Chapter 7

on the moon 1993...

Rita walked from on side of the room to the other, to go back to her Repulsascoop, leaving a groan of anger.
" Zedd is taking his annual sleep to restore his magic, on the moment we can get rid of Tommy forever, it is needless to say that Goldar's trick to flash him back in time in another place was an excellent move, it would've worked if it wasn't for that stupid silver power punk. I didn't think that that would be his true love, I always thought it would be Kimberly."
She kept watching what was happening back in time, she knew there was only one monster that could use his full power in that timeline. The only monster that was known as the bountybug.
There was only one little problem, the ability to make a good one. The bounty bug wasn't easy to make, while Finster was doing a good job in making monsters, in her opinion anyway. The bountybug was quite another task, she would need some help but who could help her, now that she tried to take over the world without her Zeddy.
If someone told her that she would speak about her husband this way after only six months, she would think you hit your head just one time too many.
There is only one thing she could do, the one thing she hated to do, ask her father for help. He could make the improvements on Finster's bountybug.
" Alright, here it goes." sighed Rita, she really, really hated to ask help especially, her fathers, from the moment she came into the alien-family she tried so hard to make her father proud, without success.
She always had a feeling, she didn't belong in the family. One reason was the fact that she was half human, half alien. She only discovered recently that her real mother was really her aunt, her adopted mother's sister, it made her think back on the moment a few years ago when she learned the news.
** FLASHBACK **

It was a few weeks after her marriage with Lord Zedd, her father was visiting the moonpalace to help them get rid of the power rangers. they had their umpteenth quarrel, nothing new really. The quarrels were always about the same thing, defeating the power rangers.
" Can't you do anything right, it is always the same with you. You get your ass kicked by some stupid children. Master vile yelled towards his daughter.
" SOME FUCKING TEENAGERS, RITA!" he yelled even louder.
" don't yell like that, daddy. You never helped me, heck, I even think you never wanted me in the first place. If you think you can do it so much better, well be my guest. This will be fun to see." shouted Rita, trying her best to get the loudest voice in this.
Zedd, who was following this whole circus didn't speak at all, the only thing he could do was think " why did I end up in this for evil's sake circus they call family!" still listening at the argument between father and daughter.
" NOT LOVE YOU, YOU DIDN'T JUST SAY THAT! YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT WE SAVED YOU FROM WHEN YOU WERE BORN." He was going to thrown something at her feet that she didn't see coming for miles, the one thing Master Vile had promised to keep from her, a promise he made to his wife on her deathbed."
"IF IT WASN'T FOR ME YOU WOULD'T BE WHERE YOU ARE NOW, WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT LOVED YOU, WE ADOPTED YOU BECAUSE NOBODY WANTED A HALFBLOOD ALIEN AS A DAUGHTER, YOU HEARD ME RIGHT,..." he continued as a response on the shock on the faces of Rita and Zedd.
"WE ADOPTED YOU, GAVE YOU A LIFE, OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T REACH YOUR FIRST BIRTHDAY, HELL YOU WOULDN'T SURVIVE A MONTH. YOU REAL MOTHER HAD A SHORT AFFAIRE WITH A HUMAN CALLED ALFONSO RAMONE. SHE WAS A SPY IN THOSE DAYS, A SPY ON EARTH. SHE WAS IN HER HUMAN FORM WHEN THE AFFAIRE STARTED. SHE WAS ALREADY HALF WAY PREGNANT WHEN SHE FOUND OUT AND WE HAD DECIDED TO TAKE YOU IN BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET CHILDREN OF OUR OWN! SO DON'T YOU DARE TO TELL ME WE DON'T LOVE YOU!"
Rita was just too shocked to respond, she was half human.

** END OF FLASHBACK **

Los Angeles 1820...

Jason and Tommy entered the tavern, both smiling like never before. " this is going to be one of the thougest missions ever, just for keeping my emotions in check." thought Tommy and Jason both at the same time, while walking towards the table where they found Don Diego.
Diego noticed the smiles on there faces. " That can only mean one thing, their talk couldn't go better." smiled Diego to himself.
" I think I may presume that I can congratulate you, gentlemen? That your fear wasn't grounded, Tommy? Whispered Diego in such a soft voice that only both men heard what he said.
" but I want to warn you, most people won't be so tolerant about two guys having a relationship with each other."
Both men nodded in agreement, they knew that too, heck even in there time was a same-sex relationship a taboo in most family's.

on the moon 1993...

e shock disappeared, Rita was feeling guilty of the things she had said to her father. She needed to do something, she hated, apologize to her father and asks for help.
She walked towards the room where she knew she could find him after their fights.
She slowly approached him, her eyes towards the floor.
" I am sorry daddy, it was wrong to even say such a thing to you. Do you think you could help me defeat the white ranger and his loverboy? Could you make my bountybug just that little bit stronger pointing towards the monster that had placed himself behind her. His eyes following the direction of his daughter's finger towards the big green grasshopper, clothed in a sleeveless jacket, wearing a belt, armed with two special space guns.
" Hmm..." Master vile rubbed his metal chin, he misses one thing, he points his staff towards the monster, adding a big basket on his bag.
" Now he is ready to go!"
" Thank you daddy; now my dearest bountybug go fetch me some rangers and start with the two most irritating ones. Those who traveled back in time. Don't forget to capture there great-great-great-great grandfather, a masked man who calls himself Zorro. I am going to visit my ancestor their alcalde to his lancers from interfering. " an evil laugh escaping father and daughter.

Los Angeles 1820...

The alcalde was minding his own business, trying to come up with yet another plan to capture the torn in his eye, his enemy, Zorro when Rita appeared in his office.
" Yell one word and you are toast!" the alcalde took the threat quite serious. There was no messing with a witch, a real witch this time, not someone he accused without evidence to get his hands on their property.
" H...how c...can I h...help you?" stuttered the alcalde, his voice filled with fear.
" I think we can help each other, you want to get rid of your enemy right? I want to get rid of mine. I will give you the name of Zorro if you, let us say fail to send lancers towards my monster. Can I count on it?"
Luis Ramone stroked his beard, this could be a fantastic day after all. But he has his own condition.
" You have a deal if you bring the man to me. Do that and I will send my man the wrong way."
" Deal!" agreed Rita " nice to do business with an ancestor." It was the last thing she responded before leaving a stunned but otherwise happy Alcalde, he was sure that this time Zorro wouldn't get away so easily, an evil smile rising on his face.

Los Angeles dessert 1820...

Felipe was on his way to town to meet with Diego and his new found friends when a monster startled his pinto, making it stop in his tracks.
The monster with the name Bountybug.
" Listen very carefully young peepsqeeck..." Felipe interrupted the monster getting he couldn't hear.
" Shut up sqeeck, I know you can hear so don't bother, I have a message for your friends! Tell them I am on my way and that they better enjoy their last hour!" the monster laughed evily
Felipe took that opportunity to make a run for it. He would deliver the message alright.
His pony ran as fast as it possibly could. He arrived at the tavern just a few minutes later.
With a pale face, he walked in a fast tempo toward the table that was occupied by Diego, Tommy, and Jason, signing like a man possed.
" slow down Felipe!" Felipe tried to slow his signing but was failing miserably,
"slower Felipe! A monster in the dessert coming this way, a large grasshopper telling you to give us a message?" Felipe nodded, glad that Diego was understanding him so soon, Felipe had the habit of ratling when he was shocked.
" What message?" asked Diego.
Felipe started signing again.
" He said that he was on his way here and that he would kill you and them." Felipe pointed to Jason and Tommy.
" But a grasshopper Felipe?" Tommy and Jason looked towards each other they thought the same thing, this could only mean one thing.
" RITA!" they said in unison.
There was only one thing that Tommy needed to know.
" Where did you see you saw him?" Felipe signed towards Diego, that way he could easily translate to the new found friends.
" Felipe says, on his way here, that means between here and the hacienda." Tommy and Jason jumped up they had no time to lose.
"I think Zorro is going to help with this one amigo." Diego left the tavern at the same time as the two rangers, not knowing that Victoria heard everything. She walked to the back, letting her waitresses in charge, ready to follow the guys to wherever they would lead her.

Tommy and Jason arrived on the place that Felipe had described.
" I see you got my message, rangers. Are you ready to be destroyed?" came a voice behind him. Tommy didn't hesitate for a minute. "I hope this works!" he thought.
"It is Morphing time! White ranger power!"
" Silver ranger power!" Jason had morphed for the very first time in his ranger suit, a beautiful silver suit with a flying eagle on top of his helmet.
" I got some friends for you to play with today. Tenga's attack.!"
It was obvious that the rangers were winning.
" This is going terribly wrong, two rangers that is much too strong." the Bountybug took his lasso and threw it over the silver ranger, shooting him into the basket on his back. While the Tenga's were holding Tommy." He stretched his arm like he was trying to grab Jason before he disappeared.
" JASOOON! NOOO!"

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