Ch 4
Note: I do not own, Power Rangers. If I did Tommy and Kim never would have broke up.
The chapter title is in reference to how Tommy shows more of his powers, as well as his relationship to his parents; aka he is the son of both Rita and Zedd, powerful wizards.
This chapter will deal with some of the repercussions from the last chapter. Enjoy the fourth chapter of Questions of Loyalty.
I'd like to thank xBeLLeGrEyx, brankel1, Ghostwriter, Anora Blaze Trueheart, Corny Nighthawk3078, oldtvlover, pinkcheer, and soundwave-82 for their reviews.
The fight scene in this chapter is told from the Power Rangers pov. Also this chapter is completely my own.
This chapter is being posted early because I am going back to college this Friday, and I'm unsure if I will be able to post it on time. Anyway, the next chapters may come out alittle slower since I'll be at college, but rest assured I will attempt to post the rest of the chapters every Friday.
-Command Center-
After Ellisande had finished dropping the five teens off, the Pterodactyl Zord flew off in a hurry towards the sea. As the rangers made their way towards the hidden entrance they all noticed that the emergency lights on, indicating that something had indeed happened. When they reached the door to the center, Billy hit the manual override for the door, allowing them to force the unpowered door open. When they saw the Command Center they almost wished they hadn't opened the door.
Kimberly and Trini let out a small shriek of horror as they stared at destruction. The computer counsels were ripped open and smashed, with broken and ripped strands of wiring and computer boards showing through the gaping holes that covered the counsels. Black marks and craters dotted the walls of the Command Center showing signs of what the rangers could only assume to be lightning damage. The teleportation rods were damaged extensively. The globes on top of the rods were overloaded leaving glass shards all over the room; the rods themselves were bent and cracked leaving the delicate wires hanging loose with no protection. Mercifully the Viewing Globe was intact. But from the flickering emergency lights, it seemed as though getting power to anything would be a problem. Leaning against the wall in a crumpled heap laid Alpha whose body was covered in scorch marks. But what immediately drew everyone's attention was the fact that the tube where Zordon usually resided was empty.
After a minute of horrified silence the group of rangers carefully moved into the room. Billy moved through the shards of glass before coming to the generator. Looking at it he noted that it had largely escaped unharmed, only receiving minor damage from the lightning, as it was hidden under Zordon's warp tube. Within a few minutes he had rebooted the generator and brought the base's main lighting back online. After he finished with the generator he turned and noticed that the others were busy trying to clean up the place. Jason was assisting Trini with moving Alpha to an empty table that Zack had brought out from the storage room along with all the tools and replacement parts that they currently had stored. Kimberly was busy sweeping up all the glass on the floor.
Once Jason and Trini had set Alpha down on the table the Red Ranger began to pace. "Billy I need you to tell me what's working and what's not, as well as how long all this is going to take to repair." Jason said as he slipped into his commander role.
"The generator is running again, but most of the systems are down. The Viewing Globe is undamaged, and should be functioning. The security systems are down so that will have to be the first thing that will need to be fixed; I can reset and improve our security in a few hours. As for everything else, well from what I can see … it appears as if all the electronics and computer chips are totaled. Every wire, circuit, and probably every board are going to have to be replaced. If I have the right parts, I could probably get it done in about three days if I don't have to rewire everything. Alpha is damaged, and I have no idea of how badly, but I think that Trini can start repairing the little guy by herself. Teleportation is down, and that will need to be fixed as fast as possible. If I can find the plans for the system I should be able to get it up and running fairly quickly. The major problem with all these repairs is that I'm afraid that there might not be enough parts to repair everything. But in all reality we are lucky that he didn't know about or check any of the other rooms." Billy explained as he gazed forlornly at all the damage.
Jason nodded grimly. "But what about Zordon, do you know where he is?"
Billy sighed as he tucked his hands into his trousers and gazed at the empty warp tube. "Whoever did this cut Zordon's connection with our dimension, so he's likely wandering lost through all the dimensions trying to find us. I don't know how long it will take to find him. Or even if we can find him."
"Man we know who did this." Zack piped up as he returned from another trip from the storage area with another armload of gear. Jason and Trini nodded in agreement. "It was that new green guy."
"Yeah, no one else could have done this. But how did that jerk do all those things?" Jason pondered. "Kim does Ellisande have anything to say about the Dragon and what he can do?"
Kimberly dumped another load of glass into the trash can before turning her attention inward. "Hey Ellisande, I need to know more about Caldazar. Is there anything that you know that would help us?"
"I'm afraid that I can't offer much guidance. But I do know this; that whoever Caldazar chose is not the same as he was a week ago. Something is wrong with the Green Ranger." Ellisande replied carefully.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know, but you must be cautious. You have only seen a small bit of his power."
Shaking her head in disappointment Kimberly repeated what her Zord told her before she and her friends went back to work cleaning the Command Center well into the night.
-Lunar Palace-
Goldar strode into the audience chamber of the palace only to see Rita pacing angrily around the room throwing blasts of magic left and right as she muttered under her breath. Pausing a moment he debated on whether he should announce his presence to the visibly irritated queen. But that decision was taken away from him when Rita brought her head up and caught sight of him. The gold titan squared himself and stepped forward giving the queen a sweeping bow. "How may I serve you my queen?"
After a short pause Rita motioned for Goldar to stay as she continued to pace around the room. "My queen, is there something wrong?"
"Yes." The witch snapped. "My son is for all practical purposes courting that pink brat." Goldar looked puzzled at this. From what Rita had told him he figured that this would happen, so he didn't understand what the problem was. "And it seems that both her presence and the Dragon are helping to remove the brain washing. That's why he didn't finish off the rangers earlier." Rita growled in anger. "I won't lose my son. Not again." She whispered.
Goldar nodded in answer. While never having children of his own, he could imagine the pain that she was going through, and with Zedd on the other side of the universe overseeing their empire, she was probably under a lot of stress. "My queen, I have a suggestion." The golden armored titan announced, immediately bringing her attention. "Why not give your son the Sword of Darkness. It should stop at least the Dragon's influence and keep him from reverting any further to the way he was before."
Rita nodded in thought. "Yes, you're right. The evil of the sword should block even Caldazr's power. And maybe even Kimberly's influence. Well done Goldar." Rita complimented as she strode out of the audience chamber and towards Finster's workshop. "Finster! I want you to bring me the Sword of Darkness. I plan on giving it to my son to wield."
The white elfish scientist nodded with enthusiasm before rushing off to one of his storage rooms. When he returned he presented the blade to Rita. As Rita took the sword in hand Goldar took the chance to admire the blade. The sword in general was dull silver with a red tassel hanging off the hilt and a large red eye at the base of the blade. The blade itself was slightly curved only extending about a foot and a half, but the blade was literally dripping with dark magic. If there was anything that would keep Tommy the way he is, it would be the Sword of Darkness.
Rita smiled down at the blade before returning to her audience chamber ordering Goldar to fetch her son from his room and bring him to her. (1) Goldar nodded his assent as he teleported to Tommy's dimension in a flash of golden flames.
When Goldar arrived in the dimension, he had to immediately duck a burst of green lightning and white fire. Turning towards the location of the attack he quickly realized that Tommy was in the midst of practicing his magic, as evidenced by not only the attacks that he narrowly dodged, but also by the many books that Tommy had lying open. "If you're done fooling around, your mother wants to see you in her audience chamber."
Tommy's glowing emerald eyes bore into Goldar before he nodded and teleported out of his dimension and into the palace with Goldar following close behind. When they arrived at the door to the chamber Goldar glanced over at the young warrior who looked calm and ready for anything that his mother would throw at him.
But that notion was quickly dissolved for when he entered the room he was not met with angry shouts or disappointed silence from his mother, but rather he was thrown a wide beaming smile from her. "Ah Tommy, come here I've got a gift for you." Rita said as she motioned for Tommy to come closer. "I was so impressed by your battle with those annoying Power Rangers that I feel that you have earned a very special gift." She explained as she brought out the Sword of Darkness and presented it to her son. When he reached out for the blade he heard another roar of warning in his mind again, but aside from a minute pause he disregarded the roar and took the blade from his mother.
As Tommy held the blade he immediately felt a sense of power that seemed to rush inside him, but at the same time he was met with a deafening silence from Caldazar. Shrugging off his unease he smiled in satisfaction as he gave the blade a few swings to adjust to its weight. When he was satisfied with the weapon he turned to Rita. "Thank you mother, with this sword I will destroy the Power Rangers and add Earth to our empire." Tommy said before teleporting back to his dimension to practice with his new weapon. (2)
-Next Day-
As Tommy walked into Angel Grove high school he caught sight of Jason and Trini leaning against each other on a bench outside all but sleeping where they sat. Looking at the semi-couple he suddenly saw a new way to attack the Power Rangers. Chuckling at his plan he walked towards his locker passing by Billy who was so out of it he seemed to be running on muscle memory alone. He smiled as he realized the three must have stayed up way late past their curfews trying to repair the damage that he had done to their precious Command Center.
After he closed his locker once he had finished collecting his books he noticed that Kimberly was standing there waiting for him to notice her. "Hey Kimberly. Are you alright, you look pretty tired."
"Hey Tommy. Yeah, I'm fine, it's just that I didn't get a lot of sleep last night, I … well I had a pretty bad nightmare last night."
Tommy nodded in sympathy as he remembered some of the nightmares that had plagued him in the past. "So, not trying to pry or anything, but was it a recurring nightmare, or was it a new one?" He asked genuinely concerned for her well being.
Kimberly eyed him for a moment before explaining that the nightmare was a new one that she had never had before, but since she had so little sleep the night before she didn't think that she should go scuba diving. Tommy nodded in understanding before commenting that if she needed to share her fears, he would be there to help her. She blushed at that before thanking him and hurrying off to her class, after stopping by to wake up Trini and Jason who had by now fallen asleep. Tommy chuckled at his enemy's plight before heading off to his own, pausing to shake Zack out of a daze that was caused by a black haired girl, who had introduced herself as Angela the other day.
As the school day passed by, Tommy noted with amusement how the three rangers struggled to stay awake, and in most cases often decided to grab a nap at every chance that they could. But what did worry him was when Kimberly decided to take a nap after she ate her lunch she woke up five minutes later with wide terrified eyes. But before he could reach over and try to comfort her, she seemed to quickly get over whatever had troubled her.
So as the day progressed Tommy alternated between worrying over Kimberly's lack of rest and plotting his next attack on the Power Rangers, the only issue that he had, was finding an opportunity to get an hour or two away from Kim and Zack seeing as how the rangers were most likely heading back to the Command Center to continue their repairs. The opportunity came when Jason approached.
"Hey man, sorry about this, but we need to head to the hospital to visit my uncle. He's in critical care. But if all goes well, we should be able to hang out tomorrow. Hey, how 'bout tomorrow we go and work out." The red clad teen proposed.
"Yeah man, no problem. Besides I need to go home and prepare a room for a visitor coming by tomorrow. So working out? Must be trying to impress a certain yellow clad friend huh?" Tommy bantered forth, causing Jason to blush.
"Maybe, but I know that Kim will be all over the chance to see you work out." Jason called out as he backed away from his new friend and towards the other rangers.
"Hey if you guys get done with your visit early, then you can find me at the Youth Center around five today." Tommy called out to Jason and the others as they prepared to make their way to Billy's house.
As the rangers made their way back to the Command Center using Billy's RADBUG, a white flying Volkswagon Beatle, Tommy made a tour of the city looking for the spot for his next battle. After an hour of searching he found it, and made a quick trip to the Lunar Palace.
"Goldar!" Tommy called out, summoning the golden titan. "There's been a slight change in plans. I will not be going with you to find Scorpina, I'm sure you won't mind. But if you need extra help, you can always bring Squat and Baboo with you."
Goldar glowered in annoyance at the thought of being around those two bumbling morons for any longer than necessary. "Why? What do you have planned?" Goldar carefully questioned, fully knowing that not only did this young man have the favor of both the king and queen, but also that he probably had far more power than himself.
"I will introduce myself to the city, sowing terror among the citizens, while at the same time drawing the Power Rangers from their repairs to face me. And this time I'm not going in unarmed." Tommy said as he summoned the Sword of Darkness in a flash of black lightning. In a burst of green sparks, originating from his coin hanging around his neck and a flash of green light Tommy was morphed and in another burst of emerald lightning he returned to Earth.
Arriving back on Earth in a burst of wild lightning in the middle of Angel Grove's busiest square Tommy quickly caught everyone's attention. In silence he raised his blade and channeled some energy into it causing the blade to glow a dark green, before he swiped the blade through the air releasing an arc of dark green energy tearing down one of the city's main streets ripping up the road, and sending the previously shocked citizens scrambling away in terror.
Every citizen watched in horror as the newly revealed Green Ranger unleashed his powers upon the city as he called out the other rangers. "Power Rangers! I know you're watching, and unless you want me to unleash a monster on your city, you had best show up in five minutes." The Green Ranger said as he unleashed another arc of green energy down another major avenue.
-Command Center-
The rangers had been at the Command Center for only an hour when the alarm went off jerking everyone from their repairs. As everyone clambered towards the Viewing Globe Billy rushed toward the set of controls that operated the security systems. Quickly silencing the alarms Billy brought up an image of what was going on. The globe revealed the Green Ranger in time to hear his demand as well as watch him release an arc of energy down a crowded street. The rangers gasped in horror as their newest enemy's audacity.
"Billy, how fast can we get there?" Jason asked as he glared at the Green Ranger.
"Teleportation is still down, and walking is out of the question, and my car is too recognizable. Probably the best bet is to catch a ride on Kim's zord again." The blue genius replied.
Everyone turned to look at Kim expectantly. "Don't worry; she's already on her way."
"Alright guys, its morphin time! Tyrannosaurus!"
"Saber Tooth Tiger!"
"Mastodon!"
"Triceratops!"
"Pterodactyl!"
With everyone morphed and ready they quickly ran towards the Pterodactyl zord and within minutes had reached the Green Rangers location.
"Clever, for a minute there I almost thought you were going to be late." The Green Ranger mocked as he watched Ellisande fly off towards the ocean again.
"Why are you doing this? What's there to gain from all of this?" Zack asked, voicing the thought that all of Angel Grove had. But the Green Ranger remained silent, as if he had never heard the question at all. (3)
"If you're done standing around I think it's time to start." Tommy said as he raised his blade and charged the Power Rangers. In response all the rangers drew their power weapons. Jason lead the charge with his power sword held high while Zack and Trini followed at his flanks and Billy behind them, while Kimberly leapt back on top of a car to attack from range.
As the two forces closed Tommy had to deflect arrows as he closed with the Power Rangers, but he figured that if he was close enough the Pink Ranger wouldn't shoot because he would be too close to the others to safely hit from range.
But nearly all thought was quickly banished when the blades of both the Green and Red Ranger's collided sending sparks of green lightning all around. But before Jason could even begin to test the new ranger's guard, his opponent quickly fell into a reverse roll dodging Zack's ax. The Green Ranger quickly regained his feet and thrust his blade behind his back catching Trini, who had been preparing for a sneak attack, in the chest.
Jason briefly enraged at the casual manner the Green Ranger was dealing with his girl quickly flew at him with Billy backing him up. An arrow soared at the Green Ranger causing him to bring up his blade to deflect it, allowing a brief opportunity for Billy to swipe at his feet with his power lance. Acting quickly Tommy threw his blade into the ground blocking the lance, while stepping forward into Jason's guard and sending him crashing to the ground with a quick punch and kick combo. Summoning his blade back in a flash of black lightning the Green Ranger turned his attention to the other rangers only to find himself met by the power lance. Billy, after having used his weapon for over a year and after seeing how Tommy fought with a quarterstaff the other day he was fairly confident that he could take his opponent considering his shorter range.
But he was quickly proven wrong for while he had the range advantage, the Green Ranger moved as swift as a viper. He thrust only for his lance to be sidestepped; he twirled and slashed only to have his weapon to be effortlessly blocked. But worst of all was the fact that Billy could see his opponents' eyes glow green through the visor of his helmet, and the terror and panic built when after he blocked a slash he leaped up and over the lance and into Billy's guard and quickly delivered three slashes followed up by a burst of white fire, sending the Blue Ranger to the ground clutching his chest in pain.
While Billy and the Green Ranger were fighting Jason and Trini had regained their feet and had regrouped with Zack. "Alright guys, this time we work together." Jason said to his friends receiving nods of agreement. As a group they charged the Green Ranger who was busy dodging Kim's arrows which had suddenly picked up in frequency, speed, and strength. When they arrived Zack took the initiative by slashing with wide powerful strokes in an attempt to keep the Green Ranger out of his guard. After three such strokes, Zack went for and overhead blow only for the Green Ranger to sidestep and raise his free hand to Zack's chest. Looking into the visor Zack too noted the fiercely glowing green eyes, and at that moment he knew true fear as the ranger's gloved hand crackled with emerald sparks of lightning.
But before anything could come of this both Trini and Jason leapt to his defense attacking the Green Ranger from both sides, driving him back from the stunned Black Ranger. Trini leaped forward rushing the Green Ranger with her daggers flashing like lightning at him. Her furious rush drove the Green Ranger back into Jason's range where he quickly used his blade's longer reach to keep the new ranger at a distance. With three blades coming at him from two highly angered and skilled opponents Tommy knew that it was only a matter of time before one of them let their anger cloud their minds, and overextended themselves. Unfortunately whenever he saw the opening for an attack on one of the rangers the other would rush him and draw off his attack. Quickly getting fed up with the annoying pattern Tommy snaked an arm out and grabbed one of Trini's wrists, and with a quick twist he caused her to drop her dagger and with a surge of lightning he sent her to the ground clutching her entire right arm as it throbbed in agony.
Jason infuriated by the turn of events charged the Green Ranger and slashed high, only to be met with the smaller, yet quicker blade of the new ranger. In retaliation Tommy attempted to slide along the blade and into Jason's guard, only for the Red Ranger to pivot around to send a kick flying at the Green Ranger which was quickly ducked. Completing his spin Jason whipped his blade around and with the extra speed generated by the spin Tommy was forced to block the blade. Jason with the advantage of position tried to use his leverage and weight to force Tommy's guard down. But the Green Ranger held steady keeping the power sword at bay as he glared at the Red Ranger with his green eyes shining clearly through the tinted visor.
"Not bad Jason." The Green Ranger whispered, shocking Jason briefly before his determination hardened and pushed with more force on the Green Ranger's guard. But in a flash the battle had changed once again, as Jason's right knee erupted in pain from a quick blow from Tommy's leg. With the force lightened Tommy surged from his crouch and once on his feet he tossed Jason's blade behind him and with a series of slashes and a kick to the chest Jason was sent to the earth, clutching his body in pain.
"But not good enough. It seems that you need more incentive to fight better." The Green Ranger said as he teleported from Jason's location and over to the slowly recovering Trini. In a flash he dismissed his blade and grabbed her head with his right arm and jerked it towards Jason while he let loose some of his lightning. Jason stared in horror as he watched the girl he loved spasm and scream in pain; he quickly regained his feet and grabbed his blade. "I wonder how long she can stay conscious, or even alive for that matter." The Green Ranger said coolly, further enraging Jason, so much so that his power sword began to glow red once he saw Trini's head droop, but her body still twitching.
Just as Jason was about to charge the Green Ranger, an arrow that literally bled pink energy shot past. Jason noticed that as the arrow neared, it wasn't going to hit, but rather pass just to the side. Then in an unexpected motion the Green Ranger released Trini and snatched the arrow out of the air. Pink energy flowed into the Tommy for a few seconds before the Sword of Darkness suddenly reappeared in a flash of black lightning which immediately enveloped him in a black glow, blocking any more pink energy from flowing into him. With the sword's reappearance Tommy dropped the arrow to the ground before stepping back and after giving the defeated rangers a final look he teleported away in a flash of emerald lightning.
A few seconds of silence reigned at the departure of the Green Ranger before the citizens shouted in relief. Jason quickly ran to Trini and picked her up into his arms and made his way out of the city, calling his zord as he walked for a quick transportation back to the Command Center. The others quickly followed his lead and ten minutes later everyone was back at the Command Center. Billy went straight to repairing Alpha, figuring that if he was repaired then the robot could help with the repairs while he and the others were at school. Jason had set Trini down on a table and after he unmorphed her, he sat in a chair at her side holding her hand while Kimberly gave her a quick medical checkup. Zack, on the other hand stood leaning against the wall, staring blankly into space as he relived the fear of what had nearly happened to him.
After half an hour of worry Trini finally woke up. The yellow clad girl shot up off the table looking around wildly for the Green Ranger, before she noticed that he was nowhere in sight. Trini shuddered in both pain and fear before Jason stood up and wrapped her in a hug. "It's okay Tirini. He's gone." Jason soothed the quivering girl.
Everyone looked on in sadness at the two rangers before they heard a quiet whir. "Ah, all parts are fully functional. Thank you Billy." Alpha said starling everyone from their shock.
"Alpha. You're back!" Kimberly said as she and the others rushed to give the small robot a hug.
"Yes, Billy was able to fix my auto-repair functions earlier, so I am back to one hundred percent. Now can you tell me what's been going on?" The little robot questioned.
Jason gave a nod, and with one arm still wrapped around Trini's shoulder he told Alpha all that had happened recently. "And after he fought me he grabbed Trini and nearly shocked her to death. I think the only thing that saved her was Kimberly's arrow. I don't know why but even though the arrow would have missed him the Green Ranger reached out and grabbed it."
"Very clever Kimberly." Alpha complimented.
"Why? I mean, yeah distracting the guy was good, but I'm sure that hitting him would have been more useful." Zack said, voicing a thought that was lingering in the other ranger's heads.
"Because he's is not evil." Kimberly argued. "During the fight both Ellisande and I felt something was off about him today. I think something happened to him. First of all if you noticed he used some kind of white fire, and don't forget the black lightning that accompanied the sword. We're pretty sure that new sword of his is corrupting him."
"Kim in case you forgot, that he fought us yesterday and tore us apart. I admit that he was more intense today, but I think that whoever the dude is that he's a bad egg." Zack argued.
"I didn't forget. But in case you forgot, we all blacked out during that fight, yet we're still alive. So he's not evil. Ellisande assured me that Caldazar would never pick an evil partner. I think that he's under a spell."
"Why do you even care so much?" Zack asked. "You didn't see the look in his eyes. He wanted to kill me. If it hadn't been for Jason and Trini, I'd have been fried."
"I care because I know that is not who he really is." Kimberly said as she pointed to the viewing Globe, which was showing a clip of the battle they just fought. "He wouldn't hurt us. And besides, I know that I was getting through to him."
"How do you arrive at that conclusion?" Billy asked.
"When he was absorbing the energy from my arrow, I heard a roar of gratitude in my head. Ellisande says that it was Caldazar. That means that he is trying to fight whatever kind of spell is on him!" Kimberly shouted, trying to get it across that the Green Ranger wasn't an evil person.
Billy sighed before he spoke what everyone else was thinking. "Kim, while you may be right, his actions speak contrary to any theory or explanation that you have. And until I see and examine some positive evidence on the contrary, I have to side with Zack, that the Green Ranger is evil."
"Is this the sword you are talking about?" Alpha asked forestalling any more arguments as he pulled up an image of the Sword of Darkness onto the Viewing Globe. Everyone gave a solemn nod. "Ay yi yi. This is bad. That is the Sword of Darkness, one of the most evil artifacts in the galaxy. That cursed blade not only has enough dark magic to affect Zordon himself, but it will only work for an extremely powerful person. Rangers I suggest you all take a break for today. You have seen enough for one day." Alpha said as he ushered the rangers out of the Command Center.
"So where to guys?" Zack asked.
"I'm going to walk Trini home." Jason said earning a blush from the dark haired girl. "But if you guys want you can head to the Youth Center and hang out with Tommy. He said he'll be at there around five." He said to Billy, Zack and Kimberly.
"Yeah, maybe he can help us improve our skills, so next time we face ol' green eyes we won't get crushed." Zack said as he started to get over the fear he felt earlier now that he saw a way to make sure it wouldn't happen again. Billy and Kim nodded, though the latter somewhat reluctantly.
"Alright, I'll see you guys tomorrow." Jason said as he left with Trini.
That's the end of the fourth chapter. I hope that you liked the fight scene.
The black lightning comes from the Sword of Darkness, which is working hard to keep Caldazar from restoring Tommy's original memories. The white fire is a part of Tommy's Ninjetti battle magic, any fire he produces is white, just like any lightning he produces is green.
For those who think that Tommy was somewhat harsh, you need to remember that he believes that Zordon trapped him and his family inside the interstellar prison for nearly his entire life. So he was 'raised' to be evil and hate his enemies, also the Sword of Darkness is affecting him.
1) Tommy had returned to the Youth Center and finished waiting for Kim, before going home. He did not break his promise to Kim.
2) I'm not having Tommy fight putties to earn the Sword of Darkness, since when Goldar collected him Tommy had already defeated about thirty putties. So he's already shown his skill at combat without his powers, so I feel it unnecessary for him to fight anymore putties to earn the sword. Also Rita wants Tommy to have the sword as soon as possible.
3) Since Tommy believes that both the Black and Pink rangers are robots that are using the power coins, because Zordon couldn't or wouldn't allow the coins to find anyone to use them. Rita placed a spell on Tommy so that he can hear no voices from the Black and Pink rangers.
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