Chapter 7
Note: Please Read and Review. I've actually taken this story well beyond where I thought I would and there is still more to come. Hopefully I'll still be able to submit documents while on deployment.
The quake shook all of Angel Grove and darkness filled the land. The roar of the dragon could be heard from all over. Out of the large dark cloud emerged a large mechanical black dragon, similar to the Red Dragon Thunderzord. It flew along the sky like a large serpent and suddenly began its transformation. Transforming into a humanoid, the Black Dragon Zord landed amidst the city. Standing atop of the Zords head was the Dark Ranger, his evil laugh echoing across the metropolis.
"This is the beginning of the end." The Dark Ranger said, his voice carrying for miles. The quake finally subsided and I looked toward the crumbling hospital.
"I'll go in and save as many people as I can." I said. I jumped up and disappeared while the Rangers watched the large mecha terrorize the city. Wielding a staff, the Zord, began destroying buildings in its wake. Diablos laughed sinisterly as the Rangers stood unsure of their next move.
"What are we gonna do?" The Pink Ranger said. The Red Ranger took command over the White Ranger as even he did not know the answer.
"You guys call the Zords and take care of this clown; I'll handle this grey baboon." The Red Ranger said. The White Ranger put his hand on the Red Ranger's shoulder and said, "No way, Diablos is too powerful."
"Never stopped me before." The Red Ranger said.
"He nearly killed Rocky, he could kill you too." The White Ranger said.
"Don't worry about me you guys have to stop that bogus Ranger." The Red Ranger said. The White Ranger hung his head and let out a sharp breath.
"Alright." The White Ranger said. "Be careful bro."
"I will." The Red Ranger said. With that the five remaining Rangers ran off. The Red Ranger turned to Diablos and said, "Alright ugly, I'm gonna break you down."
I was within the hospital, the building falling apart around me. I managed to find the room where the real Rocky was being kept and went to him. Freeing him from the mechanical lung, I picked Rocky up in my arms and then teleported from the falling building.
The Rangers called upon their Zords and the large mechas entered with great haste. The White Tiger Zord jumped and began it's transformation to its warrior mode form. The four artillery Zords moved in formation toward the White Tiger Zord. The White Tiger Zord held its arms forward and then slowly moved them to the side; meanwhile the artillery Zords broke formation. The Shoulders of the White tiger Zord dropped and the arms of the lion Zord dropped on top of them with the claws facing outward, while the rest of the lion Zord grafted to the Tiger Zord's back. The White Tiger Zord dropped onto the unicorn and griffon Zords as they were in their leg form. The firebird Zord grafted to the right arm of the White Tiger Zord with the tail pointing forward to resemble a blade arm and a helmet slid on from behind the head of the White Tiger Zord and then rose, to reveal a red opaque visor underneath a single red eye with a crown on top of its head.
In front of the hospital, The Red Ranger stood in a defensive stance against Diablos. The monster strafed to the right, mocking the Ranger.
"You think you're good enough to defeat me?" Diablos said.
"You may have changed your looks but you're still the loser that you used to be." The Red Ranger said.
"We'll see about that human." Diablos said. Diablos ran at the Red Ranger and attempted to cut the Ranger with his sword, but the Ranger dived to avoid it. The Red Ranger stood and faced Diablos then threw a right side kick to his chest. The Red Ranger then attempted to kick the monster in the head, but the monster blocked the kick, so the Ranger attempted to punch with his right hand only to have it grabbed, by Diablos' own right hand. Diablos then overpowered the Red Ranger causing him to drop to a knee. He then flipped the Ranger to the ground on his back. The Red Ranger then sprung to his feet then jumped up and delivered a kick to the monster's chest, causing it to stagger back. The Red Ranger then took a martial arts stance, even though the kick did little to no damage to the monster.
Within the hospital, I continued to look for survivors and rescue survivors. I heard the cry of a small girl and ran to where I heard it, where I found the girl trapped between flames. I effortlessly hurdled over the flame and crouched beside the small girl, but when I got to her, the ceiling caved in over top of us. I managed to stop the ceiling from crushing the girl by holding the ceiling up and soon I pushed the ceiling away. I crouched down and picked up the little girl then teleported to safety.
The Mega Tiger Zord approached the Black Dragon Zord and prepared for battle. The Mega Tiger Zord attempted to cut the Black Dragon Zord with its arm blade, but the Black Dragon Zord blocked the arm with its staff, and then hit the large Zord with it twice before delivering an uppercut that knocked the Zord down. The Black Dragon Zord then proceeded to hit the Mega Tiger Zord with its staff while it was helpless on the ground.
The Red Ranger threw a roundhouse kick at Diablos, but the monster ducked under the Ranger's leg, he then attempted to punch the monster, but Diablos grabbed the Ranger's arm and delivered a punch to the Ranger's stomach. Diablos then grabbed The Red Ranger by the neck and slammed him to the pavement, the ground cracking around the Ranger's body. Diablos then stood up as the Red Ranger lie helpless on the ground.
"And now human, it's time to seal your fate." Diablos said. He lifted his sword up over his head, with the blade pointing down. But before he could drop it he was kicked in the face by me. I crouched down to help Red Ranger to his feet and asked if he was ok.
"Yeah." The Red Ranger said weakly.
"C'mon, Jason, I'm gonna get you out of here." I said. I then jumped up and disappeared with the Red Ranger. Diablos growled in aggravation and said, "You were lucky this time, human. But we will meet again." Diablos then disappeared in black flame.
The Mega Tiger Zord continued to get hit by the staff of the Black Dragon Zord. On the head of the Zord, the Dark Ranger looked down, laughing as his Zord punished its prey. But suddenly, I appeared, delivering a back somersault kick that knocked the Dark Ranger off of his pedestal and sent him plummeting toward the ground. The Black Dragon Zord stood straight up holding its staff in hand and neither Zord moved afterward. I turned and looked down, letting out a sigh of relief as I had once again saved the Power Rangers from annihilation. With that I jumped up and disappeared.
At the moon base of Lord Zedd, both the Dark Ranger and Diablos entered and kneeled before the Zarden, who sat on Lord Zedd's throne.
"We have failed you, my lord." The Dark Ranger said.
"There is no failure to be made here." Zarden said. "The Power Rangers had the assistance of DeSean, and I too underestimated the strength of this new Red Ranger."
"So what shall we do now?" Diablos said. Zarden stood and walked toward the balcony.
"This world is beginning to crumble. Soon, I feel it shall be crushed." Zarden said. "So long as we keep DeSean and the Power Rangers preoccupied, they will not be able to stop what is at hand." Zarden turned to face his henchmen, who were now standing. "I sense you have the same negative feelings toward your predecessor as your counterpart, Dark Ranger. Return to earth and challenge young Jason. As his powers fail in comparison to yours, you can easily destroy him and there can be no replacement for his power."
"As you wish my lord." The Dark Ranger said. Zarden turned away, looking toward the dying planet earth. "Time grows short. Soon nothing will stop the inevitable."
At the Command Center the six teenagers stood in their civilian forms. I was still clad in my Zero Exoskeleton and standing ahead of the six teenagers.
"Rangers the time has come for the upgrade to your powers." Zordon said. I turned toward the Rangers and said. "For this to work, I'm gonna need you power coins." The six teenagers reached behind them and one at a time, they handed me their power coins, then the six of them stood in a line in front of me. As I held them in my right hand I closed my fingers around them and charged them with blue energy. "The 10 exoskeletons of Zero were made by the powers of the gods of planet Cosdon; using their ability to control the elements of earth, fire, wind, water, lightning and darkness and combining them with Cosdonian technology and the abilities of either the ninja or the samurai." I opened my hand and the six coins rose from my hand and floated before their owner. "As my powers are the only ones that combine all six elements, I can infuse on each of you control over one element. My powers combined with yours will infuse you all with the skills of the ninja that will greatly increase your abilities both as Rangers and as humans." I folded my arms across my body, touching my left shoulder with the middle and index finger of my right hand. Then I quickly shook my right hand, still pointing with my middle and index finger at each of the power coins, causing them to glow their subsequent color after I passed them. Once that was done, I brought both hands to my left side and then pushed them forward pointing forward with the two fingers of my right hand. This caused the six coins to quickly go to their bearer and cause them to glow their subsequent color. "Kimberly, you will be swift as wind. Aisha, you will be strong as rock. Billy, you will be fast as lightning. Adam, your will be fluid like water. Jason, you will have the will of fire, Tommy, you will move along the shadow. The power I give you far surpasses that which any Power Ranger, past or future, can attain. Your Zords and weapons will be encased in these powers and they will move as extensions of yourselves." I brought my arms down and the rangers stopped glowing. I crossed y arms in front of me and began to glow blue. I slowly brought my arms down and when they were all the way down I was in my human form. The six teenagers looked around, feeling reborn. I grinned pleased and said, "I never actually gave other people ninja powers before. How do you feel?"
"Amazing." Aisha said.
"Awesome." Tommy said.
"It's like I can sense everything around me." Kimberly said.
"Prodigious." Billy said.
"Cool." Adam said. Jason walked up to me. "Thanks a lot man." The others watched as I walked toward the viewing globe and said, "Sharing my powers with you all has greatly weakened me. I'm gonna need some time to replenish my strength. Afterward I have to go and separate Marduk from Lord Zedd and return to my own dimension." I hung my head down. "Once I leave, everything that has happened since I've been here will be restored. You all will have forgotten me, and the powers that I have given you will return to me." I turned toward them. "Until then use them wisely. The powers will increase your given abilities each time you transform, making you stronger and faster after every fight. The shell of the exoskeleton will protect you from attacks that your normal power suits couldn't. But your suits aren't invulnerable; even though I'm the only one that can completely destroy them, they can be damaged. I leave the fighting to you six until I'm strong enough to fight again."
"Rangers." Zordon said. The six teenagers stood before Zordon. "With these new powers, you are better equipped to face off against Zarden and his henchmen. Until that time comes, you must return to Angel Grove until I call for you. The planets structural integrity is beginning to falter, but even with your newfound powers, Sean may be the only one powerful enough to separate the entities making up Zarden. Time is of the essence, Rangers." Jason turned to face the others and said, "I say we go back to Angel Grove we'll have a better chance of getting the drop on things there."
"Good idea." Tommy said. Aisha went to me and put her hand on my shoulder as she saw me breathing heavily and sweating.
"Are you gonna be ok?" she asked me. I put my hand on hers and grinned saying, "I'll be fine." Jason went to me and said, "Don't worry, bro, you'll be back on your feet in no time." I nodded my head and then he and Aisha joined the other Rangers. "Alright guys, we're outta here." The six rangers pressed the teleportation buttons on their wrist communicators. But instead of changing into streams of light that darted off, they each began glowing the color of their Ranger powers and disappeared.
My friends were watching the events unfold from my house. David looked flabbergasted and turned to Stephanie saying, "I didn't know we could give our abilities like that."
"Michael is more in tune with his powers than the rest of us." Kim said.
"Even still, a transference like that takes a toll on you. Michael may need some time before he's back to full strength." Stephanie said. Mike stepped forward and said, "But he will be at full strength, right?"
"I'm not a Zero, so I couldn't tell you." Stephanie said. "I may be smart for a human but there's a lot of stuff that I still don't know about the Zero powers or Michael's half-Cosdonian physiology."
"I just hope he ends this soon." Kim said with concern in her voice. "I hate not being there for him." David put his hand on Kim's shoulder and said, "Hey, I'm worried about him too. Don't worry; DM is the strongest cat I know. If anyone can pull this off it's him." Kim grinned slightly and put her hand on David's saying "thanks." The three teenagers turned toward the television and continued to watch while Stephanie continued working and monitoring.
Jason was walking through the park alone. Realizing taking in all he had left behind. The sun gleaming off the lake as he walked beside it, Jason, slowly walked, tossing rocks into the lake. Suddenly five of Lord Zedd's putties appeared surrounding him. Jason immediately got into a martial arts stance ready for the first attack. A putty came at him from the front and Jason delivered a punch to the chest, then drew his elbow back into the chest of another and punched another putty in the face. He then delivered a front kick to that putty's chest and threw a side kick at the chest of another, spinning and kicking the putty two more times before it fell to the ground. Jason then threw a sweep kick, tripping the last putty and dropped his fist onto the putty's chest. After he stood up the five putties exploded from their limbs and Jason looked around in astonishment. He looked down at his hands as never, not even in his Ranger form, had he felt such power. He had to go tell his friends, so he started running off, running just a little bit faster than he could before. But as he entered the park, The Dark Ranger landed in his path. Jason immediately got into a fighting stance.
"Well, look at you." The Dark Ranger said. "I knew those putties wouldn't be enough to handle you, but you defeated them with such ease. What's your secret?"
"I've been working out." Jason said. "What's it to you, rookie?" The Dark Ranger laughed sinisterly and said, "Just what I'd expect from you Jason. You let all that muscle get to your head. But when I kill you, there will be no one to replace me."
"Go ahead and try it." Jason said.
"I intend to." The Dark Ranger said. Jason ran at the Dark Ranger and threw a Rounding jump kick at him, but the Dark Ranger leaned back to avoid it. Then Jason threw a roundhouse kick, but the Dark Ranger managed to avoid that as well. He retaliated with a kick to the chest that sent Jason staggering back. He held his hand to his chest all for a moment, but then returned to his stance. Jason ducked as Dark Ranger threw a cross kick and Jason threw a front kick, hitting the Ranger in the back and causing him to dive forward. The Dark Ranger turned while in a crouch and then threw an energy ball at Jason, but Jason jumped over it with a split kick and landed in a defensive stance.
Meanwhile the other Rangers were walking to the youth center, but as they got there Diablos appeared with a group of putties.
"Diablos." Tommy said.
"You Rangers left in such a hurry that I did not have time to play."
"Games over Diablos, cuz we're gonna take you down." Adam said.
"Tough talk from someone that needs a traveler to save them." Diablos said.
"We don't need Zero to beat you, Diablos." Tommy said.
"Then show me what you got, Rangers." Diablos said. Tommy looked back and forth between his friends, saying, "Alright guys, let's see what these new powers can really do."
"Right." The other teens said in unison. They reached behind their backs as Tommy called out, "It's Morphin Time!" And all five of them began glowing their subsequent ranger color.
Back at Angel Grove Park, the Dark Ranger stood up and said, "Impressive. But why is it that I sense Cosdonian energy from you?"
"Trade secret." Jason said.
"Well then let's see what other secrets you're hiding." The Dark Ranger said.
"I'm gonna show you why I'm the real Red Ranger!" Jason yelled. He reached behind him and called out, "It's Morphin Time!" And Jason then started glowing red.