Chapter 7:Eclipsing Zordon


Jason carefully opened the door to his house and walked in.

"Jason!" He heard turning to see his younger sister run over to him before giving him a hug.

"Sarah, where's mom and dad?"

"Dad's out looking for you. Why did you run away?"

"I didn't."

Jason took a deep breath as he took his phone out and held it to his head.

"Dad it's me, I'm at the house."

Fifteen minutes later Jason's father almost sprinted inside.

"Where the hell have you been!" He screamed.

"Do you have any idea what was going through my head, you've been gone for two days!"

"I was in a situation?"

"A situation? Don't tell me you were doing stupid shit again!"

"I was coming home from school near the woods, and some guy jumped me. Knocked me out, held me there for two days. I saw an opportunity to get out, and I took it."

Jason's father looked like he didn't believe him and came closer, grabbing his chin and looking at his eyes.

"Alright then, want me to take a urine test too. Cause we can go to the doctor right now if you want."

"Why do you keep doing this to me, every time it seems like you have a chance to have a decent future you screw it up!"

"Anything to make you proud dad."

Jason turned.

"Where are you going?"

"I haven't slept in two days, I feel like sleeping a little."

"We're not done here."

"When are we going to be done dad? When is this same fight going to end, you're obsession with me getting out of this town and anything I do that might hurt that."

"Because I don't want you to end up like me!"

Jason's expression changed.

His father shook his head and looked down.

"My dad never gave a shit about my education, my future, anything. I never followed any ambitions , left this town with your mother like I should have. I settled for the family trade of fishing. Took my dad's boat and make fifty-four thousand a year. I can't do anything else, can't go anywhere else."

Jason's father turned back to him.

"Watching you grow up, it was like watching a recording of myself as a kid. All the things I could have done, I didn't because of my father. I couldn't bare to see the same thing happen to you, watch you grow up settling when you could have been so much more."

Jason looked at his father in a different way.

"Dad, I don't think you're a failure."

"Maybe, but you could be so much more than me." Jason's father hugged him, something he hadn't done in a long time.


Elsewhere in the hospital Zach's mother awoke and saw Zach sitting beside her.

"Zach, what are you doing here?" She asked in chinese, noting Zach seemed happy.

"It's going to be ok mom, you're going to have surgery. You're going to live."

"Zach, what did you do, we can't afford."

"Everything's going to be fine mom, it's all taken care of." Zach ha d tear in his eye.

Billy was handing the money to a hospital administrator, all in cash.

"Here you go, that's all you need right."

The woman looked at him strangely.

"Where did you get this money?"

"Well we had this golden sword so we took it to a gold and silver exchange. They were surprised when they saw it ,but took it anyway. Zach thought we should have gone to cash for gold, but I thought it was too big for them so we went to the exchange itself and."

"Stop, you have the money here. We'll start the surgery."

"Thank you."

The doctor approached Zach.

"We're going to begin the surgery." He said as Zach backed up, still looking at his mom.

Billy saw Zach inside and smiled.

"Hey." He heard before his eyes widened seeing Cindy Wattson.

"Ohh, hey Cindy."

"Billy Cranston, I've seen you here the last few days. What's going on?"

"Oh well, my friend Zach. His mom's having some trouble and I've been coming with him to see her. You know , give him support and all."

"Oh my God is she ok?"

"Yeah , she's got a surgery today. Zach couldn't afford its we sold this gold sword."

"You've been coming here with him to see his mom?"

"Well yeah, he's my friend."

"That's so sweet of you."

Billy smiled a little.

"Hey Cindy, you know the homecoming's coming up right."


The following day, the five rangers walked into their school together.

"Ok so what was the plan again?" Zach asked.

"After class we find Tommy, surround him , grab him, take the power coin and get him to Zordon." Jason said.

"Even without his coin he still have superhuman abilities like us. Meaning he's still dangerous, Zordon should know how to hold him." Kimberly said.

"Ok, find him, surround him, grab him, take the power coin." Billy said.

The five got to class , but Tommy wasn't there. Roll call came but Tommy still didn't show up.

"Alright open your books to, oh you know the drill." Mr. Tanson said taking out his phone.

They waited a few minutes but still nothing.

"I don't think he's he coming." Billy said.

"Of course he's not coming, he knows that I know who he is. Why would he come here." Jason said feeling stupid.

"You don't think he skipped town do you?" Trini asked.

"His dad's still in prison, he told me that he would break him out of prison."

"That explains why he attacked the prison first." Zach said.

"If he knows we know his identity then I'll bet he attacks there next." Trini said.

"We can't just sit there then." Kimberly said.

"What about class?" Billy said.

"Mr. Tanson can we ditch class?" Jason asked.

"Huh, oh um do what you need to do to succeed."

The five got up.

"Are we really ditching school?"

"Yes Billy, we are." Jason said as they left the school.

They waited around the prison but there was no sign of Tommy.

"Uh guys, I don't think he's coming." Billy said.

"I don't get it, he said he was going to free his dad. It sounded like the main reason he was doing these things."

"If he won't leave without his dad, then where the hell is he?" Zach said.

Unknown to the five, the figure from before was in the woods near the prison.

He looked around at a series of plant life growing around him.

His serpent was slithering through the plants before reaching him and climbing up his arm.

The serpent turned back into the metal staff before hitting the ground.

A red energy surge ensnared the plants around him. The plants flew together and began to melt apart before forming into a humanoid shape with glowing red eyes.

"Kill them."

As the five kept watching they heard gunshots.

"Gunshots!"

"Tommy!" Jason shouted as their armor formed over them and they sprinted over to where they heard the gunfire.

To their shock they saw a few prison guards firing at not Tommy, but a monster.

The monster seemed to be made of plants with a venus flytrap like mouth on its head and chest, claws on the ends of its hands, and glowing red eyes.

"Another monster from Zedd?" Zach said.

"Why is it attacking the prison?" Kimberly asked.

"We'll find out later." Jason said as he ran forward with the others.


Elsewhere on the mountain, the figure stood over the crevice in the mountain.

He leapt down, crashing into the water before sinking down the other side.


The monster ripped through the metal fence as a few guards fell back. However, Jason leapt into the monster, kicking its head three times as it stumbled backwards.

The monster hissed as it saw the five rangers in front of him.

Zach and Billy both attacked the monster's arms, knocked them back as Kimberly and Trini both licked its chest. The creature's chest mouth opened and snatched Kimberly's mouth before its face mouth snatched Trini's legs it flipped them into the other two before it slashed Zach and Billy.

Jason dove forward under its arms and punched it's side. The monster turned and tried to strike him, but he caught its arm and locked it in an arm bar before pushing it into Kimberly who smashed her elbow into its face , followed by Zach who knocked its arm back before punching its face.


The figure moved up to the ship's entrance and took out the energy he collected from Tommy's power coin. He held it up do the door as it opened.

"Woah that's weird, Zordon the rangers are out fighting one of Zedd's monsters but the ship just registered an entry."

"What?"

"Hold on , that can't be right , it says it's the green power coin. Hold on let me check." Alpha said as he went to the entrance of the bridge before it opened.

"Ohh oh no, no, no!" The figure slammed his staff into Alpha, blasting him across the bridge and over the walkway.


The monster moved back as the five rangers ran at it.

The monster hissed before five vines flew out of its chest mouth and ensnared the five.

They grunted trying to break free as red energy surged through them.


Back on the ship , the figure approached Zordon.

"Zordon how long has it been, sixty-five million years if I'm correct. I must say, you aren't the same man I remembered you to be."

"Lord Zedd." Zordon said intensely.


Back at the prison Trini was able to form her energy daggers and cut her way free before cutting the others down.

As the vines were cut, the creature hissed again, Kimberly formed her bow as Zach unleashed a blast from his energy axe while she unleashed an arrow.

The two blasts hit the creature and knocked it back.


"It seems you've found new rangers to replace your team, they even managed to defeat the one who betrayed you."

"You'll never get this planet's Zero crystal Zedd."

"Empty words from a ghost on a wall. Even your team was no match for me, and that was when there was six of you. Only five remain."

"The green ranger lives."

"Not anymore, I saw to that."

"This team is more than mine ever was, they will do what we couldn't. They will stop you Zedd."

"No, they won't." Zedd said thrusting his staff forward and blasting the wall.

Zordon gave a painful look before his face on the wall shattered.

Zedd soon entered a rocky chamber where the five zords were resting.

The five saw him and were about to move , when Zedd hit the ground again. The chamber shook as the five Zords looked up, the ceiling crashing down onto them with rocks burying the five zords completely.


Jason , Trini, and Billy ran forward together. Jason slashed both of its arms back before Billy stabbed his tri lances into its stomach mouth and Trini stabbed her daggers into its head.

The monster hissed again before breaking apart into burned plants.

"How many of these things is he going to send?" Trini asked.

"Hey Alpha did you see that?" Jason asked, there was no response."

"Alpha? Alpha?" There was still no response. The five were now scared. They rushed to the ship as fast as they could before and leapt down the crevise.

They saw the door to the ship was already opened and sprinted inside.

"Alpha! Zordon!" Billy shouted , the five entering the bridge t see it trashed. Burn marks all over and the machinery damaged with the wall Zordon was on nearly destroyed.

"Zordon!" They screamed.

"What the hell happened here?" Zach asked.

"Alpha!" Kimberly said seeing him over the edge. She leapt down and picked him up.

Kimberly set Alpha down as Billy tried to get Alpha back on.

"Come on, come on." He said working on his burn mark with his armor still on.

"Ayi ayi ayi." Alpha holding his head.

"Alpha what happened here!?" Jason screamed.

Alpha looked at the wall.

"No, no , no Zordon!"

"Alpha what happened!?" Kimberly shouted.

Alpha's head lowered.

"Zedd, he was here."

"Wait a minute he was here, in the ship?" Billy said.

"I don't know how, he just came in here and knocked me away. He must have blasted the matrix, and …Oh no , no, no, no the zords!" The six sprinted to the Zord hanger before seeing it was completely caved in with the zords buried.

They returned to the bridge, Billy moving around with Alpha as they looked at the damaged areas.

Jason was leaning against a wall , Trini, Kimberly, and Zach sitting on the ground. All of them looking defeated.

"Ok can you get Zordon back? Can you get the zords back?"

Alpha was looking through the ship's computer.

"I can't find Zordon, I can't even contact the zords."

"Zordon's gone, the zords are gone." Zach said.

"What happens when Zedd brings out another giant monster , or his giant dragon ship?" Trini asked.

"We won't stand a chance. He'll take out the Zeo crystal, we'll all die." Kimberly said.

"No, no we're not going to talk like this." Jason said as the others turned to him.

"I'm not going to just sit here and wait for all of us to die. Zords or not, Zordon or not."

"What do you suggest we do then?" Trini asked.

"I don't know, I honestly don't know." Jason walked around the bridge.

"I sit at home listening to what my dad wants me to do with my life, I sit here being told I'm the leader. I sit at school and watch people like Tommy go through their screwed up lives. I want to know what I want to do with my life, I want to know how to help Tommy. But I don't know. I don't know anything, even with Alpha plugging everything into my head. I just don't know."

The other five kept watching him.

"But even if I don't know that, I do know that Zedd is going to kill everything on this planet. I know what nobody else on this planet has a chance against him."

Jason took a deep breath.

"I also know that no matter that lies in my future, this job, this team, I don't want it to ever end. You guys have been more real friends to me then anyone else I've ever known. I don't want to stop being a Power ranger, ever."

Kimberly got up and came beside him.

"I don't know what my future holds either. My parents are always so worried about me getting away from this town, away from my past. But the past is the past, I can make a better future for me, everyone and this team will be part of it. I'm not going anywhere." Kimberly said.

Zach got up.

"This week I thought I was going to lose my mom, the only family I have left. But Billy was with me, you're all with me. I'm never going to be alone, you guys are my family now. I'm not leaving my family."

"My family doesn't even know who I really am, I've always been afraid to show them who I am. The funny thing is I've never been afraid to show you guys. Never been afraid to be who I really am around you guys. How could I ever walk away from that." Trini said.

Billy smiled as the others turned to him.

"What, did you think I was every going to leave you guys, and you think I'm crazy."

The five laughed a little to each other.

"Well I'm glad you guys aren't going anywhere. I really like you, Zordon did too."

"I'm not giving up on Zordon. He can be brought back, we just have to have faith." Jason said.

"Well the ship's auto repair should work on the damage. I can try and regain communications with the Zords. Their auto repair functions should get them back on line even under that rock. If I can get back in touch with them we can use them."

"And Zordon?" Kimberly asked.

"I'll try, why don't you go home. I've reset the security system, Zedd's not getting back in here."

"I have a better idea." Kimberly said turning to Trini.

Later that day Trini's parents walked into their house.

"Ok easy honey." Her father said helping his wife. They entered the living room and saw Trini with the other four.

"Trini , who are they?"

"These are my friends." Trini said.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Kwan, I'm Billy , Billy Cranston."

"I have something to tell you." Trini said , the other four giving her looks of confidence and having her back.


Elsewhere at the bottom of the ocean near Angle Grove, Tommy was still in his armor unconscious as he sunk further and further down. He hit the bottom and opened his eyes before his armor started to glow near the right gauntlet.

He couldn't tell why, but something made his armor feel more complete. He moved his hand closer and his armor began to glow more. Tommy smashed through the rocky ocean floor and came up with a black and golden dagger shaped object. The dagger had what looked like circuitry on it made of gold and a mouth piece near the handle.

"At last, we've found it, our precious Dragon Dagger. Now the power of the green ranger is complete. The world is ours to remake as you see fit. Bring justice to it, make the world as you want it. No one can stand in your way now, not even the power rangers."

As he held up the dagger ,Tommy felt the ocean floor shake. He heard a cracking sound in the rocks as something rose up behind him in the darkness. Tommy turned seeing a pair of glowing red eyes and a mechanical like growl.

"I've missed you , my old friend."