Hey again! Back with another chapter: Part 2 of the MMPR: The Movie. Now, before you all decide to verbally kill me, I did say I was making this section of the fic a two-part chapter. Sadly, that has turned to three. I know, I gave our little friend Fred Kelman little screen time; things on Earth are happening just like in the movie. Parents are mind controlled, Ooze is digging up his Ectopmorphicon Titans; all that.

I want to give the Rangers a little more screen time and more focus on Phaedos. So… the Ninja Zords vs The Ectomorphicon Titans and Mega NinjaFalconZord vs Giant Ivan Ooze will not happen until Part 3.

As for the powers, The Ninja Powers and the powers of the Animal Spirits are one and the same. They were split many years ago; Ninjor guarding the Ninja aspect and Dulcea guarding the Animal Spirits. The two aspects of The Ninjetti Powers are intertwined.

Now, there was a question asked about an AU version of Return of the Green Ranger. We are already long past that! I did warn about large time jumps in advance; like in the first chapter (not Prologue). The main focus is really about Kimberly finding out who she is; with some slight deviations, but I cannot squash a total of sixty episodes, spread over three seasons into this.

I might consider a standalone fic linking to this story and the same for A Different Shade of Pink. Really, I don't know and I'll be taking a long break after I finish this.

Disclaimer as usual: I do not own any elements of the film, or the film entirely. Any slight changes belong to me!

That's all my rambling. Enjoy the chapter!


"Animals share with us, the privilege of having a soul."

- Pythagoras


Chapter 6: Revenge of an Old Enemy Part II


"There is a way." Alpha told us. We all looked at the automaton with silent surprise and maybe a little suspicion. The last source of our powers came from Ninjor; my uncle, is he telling us there's another power? Or a power that can recover our old ones? It's risky, I have a feeling the search for this power will take us far from Earth and I hate to leave it unprotected. With Ivan on the loose, he is no doubt searching for his two Ectomorphicon Titans; those things will ravage Angel Grove to the ground, then the rest of the world!

Then I gazed back to my father; he has to return to his Time Warp Tube; without it, he'll rapidly age and die! With this power, it could restore him again. It's only been a year since I discovered that he is my father; I just can't lose him! Not when I'm building up our father-daughter relationship. How will I tell Aria her husband has passed away? She'll be heartbroken! And she can't give him the proper Eltarian burial rites. There are no other options. Myself and the team are going on this quest; despite the fact we are abandoning our post, it just gives us a reason to act fast. I approached Alpha.

"Where is this power? If it's the only way to save our mentor, my father; then we need to get it!" Everyone looked at me, a small bit shocked; even Tommy, although there was… subtle pride in his features. I seem to be the one acting as the leader and not him. I'm not being a leader! It's because the driving force is saving my dad. I'm doing it for him!

"The Great Power resides on the planet of Phaedos." Revealed Alpha,

"Alpha don't let them do it!" I turned to see father attempting to sit up. Jogging over in alarm, I pushed him down. He must rest and save his strength! Zordon clutched my arm. "Phaedos is too dangerous Kara! I would rather die than lose my child or any of you!" He said hoarsely,

"I'd die saving you father. My friends will risk their lives to save you also." I countered, "I found my real family. I sort of lost my adoptive family, I'm not losing this one! The others see you as a surrogate father. We are all family! Do not fight me on this!" I watched as father rested his head back on the crystal bed, sighing. He knew he lost this argument. My father knows when it comes to family, I will fight for them. I'm fighting for him! Satisfied that he will not attempt to get up, I stepped away, back to the centre of the control room.

"The Command Centre has stored enough energy to send you six to Phaedos. I must warn you: many have tried to claim this power. All have perished in the process." Alpha warned. I shook my head, that will not be our fate!

"We're smarter than them Alpha. Send us to Phaedos." Without a word, Alpha shuffled to the last somewhat functional console. He tapped a few working buttons to teleport us. At first, we were consumed in a shimmering, dark blue light; it vanished for a brief moment. We looked at each other and I feared the Command Centre didn't have enough power. Then it happened again and we finally teleported. Hold on dad! We will be back to save you and the world!

00:00…

Sunday…

28th June 1995…

(Scene: Moon Palace, Moon, Space/No POV)

Zedd, Rita and company were laughing and celebrating at what they were witnessing on Earth. The Power Brats are now powerless and they have no way of getting their powers back; let alone retrieve a new set. Ivan Ooze did his job, his part of the bargain; now they are free to do what they wish to Earth: conquer and enslave its people. Zedd even planned to make an example to the people of Earth should they try to rebel against their rule! By executing their protectors in public and reveal they being protected by none other but a bunch of teenagers. That's if those brats do not evade capture. The warlord considered what to do with the Eltarian. If he executes Kimberly, word will get to Eltar, then all he needs is to be at war with an enraged mother and her army! And he knows too well, Aria is an accomplished leader and her wrath; when family is involved, knows no boundaries. The humans have a phrase: 'Hell hath no fury when a woman scorns'.

Perhaps he could use Kimberly again. His army needs another general and a ranger will do just that. A ranger that will instil fear into the civilians; they will no longer trust another ranger or ranger team! Zedd just has to find a spell that will be unbreakable. Rita on the other hand didn't care, she was happy that the Power Rangers are finally no more and Zordon is dead! Everyone was dancing around until they saw six streaks of teleportation beams pass them by. Zedd wordlessly strutted to the balcony and looked out. The beams were fast approaching another planet, less than a light year from Earth and he knew what planet resides there. It was the very planet he failed to conquer during the war; that was his most humiliating defeat. The goblet Zedd was holding in his right hand suddenly shattered, making everyone halt their activities as they saw their leader glowing red.

At that moment, Ivan enters quite casually, like he doesn't have a care in the world or thinks he has the power and position to come and go as he pleases. Zedd, still glowing red, storms towards Ivan.

"You said you'd kill the Rangers!" He roared, "Why are they still alive!?",

"They don't have their powers! What can they do?" Ooze answered,

"Ivan, you idiot! You should have killed them! Now, they're heading to Phaedos in search of The Great Power!" That got Rita's attention, now she was just as infuriated as her husband. She knows of The Great Power and it is beyond what any evil can comprehend. This is disastrous! Who knows what the Power Rangers will be capable of now, if they embodied with its powers!

"What!?" She screeched, "Uh! I knew that purple slime was not as useful as he made himself out to be!" Rita began to pace the room. "And he was feared throughout the Galaxy? Don't make me laugh!" Ivan was tired hearing that witch ramble and insult him, so he threw some ooze at her face to make a gag and to shut her mouth. Shutting Rita's mouth was like music to his ears; even though he doesn't exactly have ears.

"To be fair, it's about time someone shut her up." He muttered, but then he turned his attention to the real issue: no one stabs Lord Zedd in the back! "However Ivan, your treachery does not go unpunished!" With that, Zedd called forth his staff and sent a wave of lightening at Ooze. Sadly, the warlord underestimated Ivan's power and the attack was simply flicked to the side.

"How much power does this being have!?" Zedd thought furiously. For once in his life, he actually regrets releasing Ivan from his six thousand year imprisonment. This morphological being was dangerous to both good and evil. Ivan smiled wickedly at both Lord Zedd and his wife Rita. Their henchman and generals: Goldar, Rito, Finster, then Squatt and Baboo all huddled together in genuine fear. Wordlessly, Ivan lifted his hand and zapped both the evil duo. All that was left, was a shrunken down evil husband and wife, humiliatingly trapped inside a snow globe of all things! Ivan walked over and picked up the snow globe, looking inside. He could hear the high pitched, squeaky and angry outcries of the shrunken Zedd and Rita. He then placed the snow globe on the balcony and proceeded to sit on the throne that belonged to Lord Zedd. He looked the remaining companions in his presence.

"If you five don't want to end up in the same position as those two clowns; you will pledge your loyalty to me!" Goldar was first to kneel, with his sword pointed downwards.

"I, General Goldar, shall pledge my loyalty to you Ivan Ooze.",

"Good. Anyone else?" He asks, Rito does the same and so does Finster, Squatt and Baboo. Scorpina would have been here and excellent alias had she not left a few after her humiliating defeat against the Rangers. It was when the Power Brats were preparing for the Vice-versa Dance. Instead; she's become a well sought Bounty Hunter residing on Onyx. It won't be long when she gets the attention from The United Alliance of Evil. "Excellent. Now, what to do with the teenagers?",

"Hey Ooze!" Said Rito, "How about I send my Tenags after them?",

"No. Your Tengas are weak. I have something better." He then threw splotches of ooze onto the floor and everyone watched as the ooze began to move on its own and grew in size. The ooze then materialised into ten or twelve human-sized birds; they looked closely similar to Rito's Tengas, but those foot soldiers were taller, more muscled. They even had some lightweight armour around their chests and legs, not to mention had sharp talons and a pointed beak. "These are my Tengu Warriors; much stronger than your Tengas.",

"What is your bidding Master?" One of the warriors squawked,

"Your mission is to go Phaedos, find six teenagers with attitude. I want you to kill five, but bring one back to me. A brunette, wearing a silver necklace. I want her alive." Ivan ordered. "Now go!" He pointed towards the exit as his Tengu Warriors flew off into space to make their way to Phaedos and they have their specific orders. Now that's out the way, he other plans to attend to; like digging up his precious Ectomorphicon Titans. He knew they were buried close to where he was sealed away. "Let's head back down to Earth. I have more pressing matters to attend to." Ivan began to make his way to the exit of the throne room, with Goldar and company behind them.

4:00 (Earth Time)…

Night (Phaedosian Time)…

(Scene: Rocky Plateau, Phaedos/Kimberly's POV)

The teleportation trip was a little longer than normal; of course we were used to local teleportation and not the interplanetary form. I'm surprised we're even standing straight from that. Everyone scouted around a little to get their bearings; we seem to be on the plateau of the planet Phaedos. Was the planet always looking like this? It is very barren looking and not like how father described it to be. As I walked along the rocks, I felt my foot hit something solid and I looked down. It was a worn war helmet and a skeleton. Phaedos was attacked during The Galaxy War, it was one of the first of many planets to give war effort for Eltar and stopping Zedd's campaign or slowing it down. Through the skeletons ribs, I saw whoever this solider was; he or she was struck down; impaled three or four times by steel tipped broad head arrows. Ouch, at least the death was somewhat quick.

I'm guessing there were only a chosen few who could wield the power of the Ninjetti; others then must have joined this planet's army. Phaedos was well protected, just as well as Eltar. Next, I found my gaze staring up at the rocks, I thought I felt someone's presence. We're not the only ones here. I looked up once more; no one was there. Maybe I'm being paranoid. My thoughts were broken when Aisha's voice called out to us.

"Hey guys! Come look at this!" Myself and the others jogged down to Aisha's location. I was first to reach her and saw what she was looking at: a rotting corpse of a horned, reptilian creature. It had some sort of cybernetic eyepiece attached to its head. Was this creature looking for The Great Power? I have to say, he didn't get very far. I noticed the cracked ribs, some were broken, his femur… I think that's its femur, was fractured. No blow to the head, but I saw the one broken rib that was pointed inwards. The rib punctured his lung and it died due to the fluid building up and internal bleeding. Those injuries were not caused by a pointed weapon, but a blunt weapon; like a club or staff, even a mace. If a Ninjetti did not do this, then a very well trained warrior did so. Someone survived the war and is bound to the planet, to protect it!

"What is that thing?" Billy questioned,

"A seeker of power, who did not get far." I answered him. We shouldn't be all standing and looking at a corpse! Time is against us and my father is dying! "Let's go! We're wasting time!" I walked ahead and the others followed. We proceeded to head in to the mainland of the planet.

(Tommy's POV)

I followed the others as we made our way inland. I'm very worried for Kim, she's putting herself under a lot of stress and pressure. I get it, Kimberly is worried that we won't save Zordon in time and he's her father! Yet she needs to calm down! If she doesn't, it will cloud her judgment, she will do something rash and she will get herself killed. Bloody hell! My girlfriend was willing enough to sign her death warrant by going after Ivan Ooze without her powers! I couldn't help but be surprised at the hidden leadership qualities in her; she's a strong character, just like Aria, her mother.

God! I hope no word of the current situation reached Eltar, that's all we need! I can imagine an army of Eltarians and Kim's mom marching in on Earth. Even though they will mean to protect our home planet; Government officials and the military will not take lightly to foreign help, by aliens that look like us! War between Earth and Eltar is all we need. That will hurt Kim a lot, having to choose sides. Nope! Stop, it won't come to that! I then saw Kim stop walking, standing on a flat rock, looking out to Phaedos' sea. Listening to the waves as they crash against the rocks, narrowly missing her. I can tell she's in one those of reflective moods. I made a gesture to everyone to keep moving, now's my chance to talk to Kim. I walked up her and gently touched her arm.

"Hey. Everything alright?" Wow, what a question Oliver! Does Kim even look like she's OK!?

"I'm scared Tommy. What if the Great Power does not reside here? What if Alpha is wrong? We're running a fool's errand and my father is in the Command Centre barely clinging to life!" She gritted,

"Beautiful, please calm down. Alpha gave his word that The Power is here. We will find it and we will save our mentor; your father. I promise." I said to her, softly.

"Don't make promises you can't keep." She told me, her voice barely louder than a whisper. There's something she's not telling me, Kim is hiding something. I can see it in her eyes and I can hear it in her voice. What's going on with you Kimberly, we used to tell each other everything. What's stopping you? Is she scared of something? Does it have to do with her childhood or something else? Our moment together was broken when Kim let out a scream. I pulled her down as we both ducked a purplish-black bird and the other Rangers did the same. What was that?

"Tengas!?" I asked everyone, as Kim and I stood up and got into a fighting stance.

"No." Kim responded, as she let out a strong kick against an approaching bird. "They look different. Those things are taller than Tengas and they have armour!" She's right, they are different and they're strong, if not stronger! I let out my signature spin kick into the bird brain's face. I then heard Kim cry out as she fell onto her stomach. I ran over and saw three diagonal claw marks on her back. I also saw the blood seeping out.

"Can you stand Kim?" She wordlessly pulled herself up.

"I'll be fine." Kimberly winced. Fine my ass; we need to get that wound treated! That was when Billy spoke.

"You know what the funny thing about morphing is?" We all stared blankly at him. "You don't appreciate it when you can't do it!" As quickly as he said that, he was pinned down, so were Rocky, Adam and Aisha. Kim still had some fight in her, but the wound is slowing her down. Next, I saw another bird flying towards her. It brought its talons out, intending to snatch her up. I called out to her in alarm.

"KIMBERLY LOOK OUT!" Too late, the Tenga look alike picked her up by the shoulders, hoisting her up in the air. I tried to get up but the annoying bird creatures kept me pinned!

(Kimberly's POV)

I struggled against the bird's vice like grip, but it was no use. Then there's the wound I got on my back; another scar to add. Thank god mom doesn't live in Angel Grove; I would be grounded until I graduate from High School. My situation still didn't stop my fight. My friends and I, did not come here to die by hands of these Tenga wannabes! All of a sudden, there was a sound and it caused the bird to drop me. I surprisingly landed on my feet and looked up. There was a cloaked figure, who then jumped down and dug a staff into the ground. The figure removed the cloak, revealing a female! Blonde hair, light blue eyes and whatever way the light hits them, you'd mistake it for green.

Our enemies then turned their attention away from us and attacked the warrior. Picking up her staff again, she gave one bird a nasty whack to the chest, then jabbed another in the stomach. The warrior followed it up with a side kick to the head. I could tell she was trained for this; maybe she's a guardian of this planet? The next thing that happened, she then split apart her staff and began to twirl them. It gave off some sort of… high frequency whistling sound. It greatly agitated the birds; the sound simply caused the others to cover their ears. However, since they're human and I'm Eltarian, Zordon said something about slightly heightened senses and increased hearing was one of them. Like the birds, it agitated me too, making me cover my ears and curl up in a foetal position.

The warrior kept twirling the sticks, until she suddenly stopped. Is that it? Has she stopped? I pulled myself up, with help from Tommy. I saw the big Tenga look alike fly away. We all approached the warrior, dressed or… somewhat under dressed in green. Tommy was first to walk forward.

"Hey, thank-" Before he could finish his sentence, the warrior swept him off his feet with her staff and pointed it to his chest.

"Leave Phaedos. Before it's too late." She has an accent, definitely lives on this planet.

"Look lady, we don't want to cause any trouble." Aisha said, "We just-" She too was cut off.

"Then leave while you all can." She glared. Her gaze then met mine and to our surprise, her face softened. Her eyes then moved away from my face and I knew she was looking at my necklace, as it glinted off the moonlight. I clutched it tightly in case she tried to rip it off me. "Aria!? Is that you?" Her voice sounded somewhat excited, mixed with surprise. She's mixing up myself and my mom because the two of us look so similar. I shook my head.

"No. My name is Kimberly, but I was originally named Kara. My parents are-" She finished my sentence for me.

"Zordon and Aria." She removed her staff from Tommy's chest, allowing him to stand and all of a sudden, she's friendly, not hostile. "My goodness! Where have the years gone? You look so much like your mother!" I get that a lot, even from enemies.

"Um… may I ask who you are?",

"Of course! You were only a baby when I met you. My name is Dulcea; Master Warrior and Protector of Phaedos. I'm also your aunt." She's my… oh my god! I just found my aunt! So my aunt and uncle are Dulcea and Ninjor! This is crazy! All my friends were a little shocked too; it did take them a week to finally comprehend Ninjor being my uncle, now add this too. I cleared my throat once I had gathered my thoughts.

"Sadly Dulcea, this isn't a social visit." I said grimly, "Our home planet is in grave danger.",

"The planet is under attack by a being name Ivan Ooze." Rocky finished. That was when my aunt's face completely shifted. Does she know Ivan Ooze?

"Ivan Ooze is free!?" I'll take that as a yes. "What of your father Kara?" I knew by that name she was speaking to me. I've grown to my real family calling me by my birth name, it is because they always known me by that name.

"He's dying." I whispered, clutching my necklace once more.

"Well then." Dulcea's voice grew serious and she straightened her stance. "If you want to save your planet and your father; follow me. Time is of the essence." Wordlessly, we all followed my aunt across the plateau, as she guided us inland.

Three Hours Later…

7:00 (Earth Time)…

Night (Phaedosian Time)…

(Scene: Temple of the Ninjetti, Between Rocky Plateau and Niña Rainforest, Phaedos/Kimberly's POV)

After a long trek from the plateau, through a desert or tundra, my aunt Dulcea finally led us to… what looked like the ruins of a temple. It must have been desecrated during the war. I can only imagine what this would have looked like in its full glory. The war my parents fought in ruined everything; the lives of the people, endangered planets, the armies who fought and died. Zedd started all that, there is no one to blame but him; he's the reason why I was separated from my real family! Now I'm trying to rebuild and learn about my past, and everyday I'm learning something new.

All my friends and I looked around the temple, well the remains. They were in awe of what was left of the standing structure; there was a bit of Greek architecture feel to it. However, the stone masons were very skilled in their trade I must say. At the centre of the temple was a fire and it showed no sign of burning out. I looked out to the other side, the other half of Phaedos was rainforest; interesting. Perhaps before the war, I imagine Phaedos was a beautiful planet, of multiple biospheres. Food must have been plentiful, I wonder where the city was. It surely would have been built around the Temple of the Ninjetti. What is Ninjetti? It sounds awfully similar to the Ninja Powers uncle gave us.

The stories I heard about the Ninjetti was that they also had Animal Spirits, but we used the powers of the animals too! Unless… do the Ninjetti Powers have a deeper meaning to them? Is there more to them than just power? I looked up at the sky, it was still dark on this planet, I guess time passes more slowly than on Earth. The stars were shining brightly in the Phaedosian night sky and it was breath taking to look at. I wish I brought a camera. Back home, it's probably early morning now. Keep fighting dad, I know the Great Power in our reach.

"Warriors, gather around behind the fire." Dulcea said, snapping me out of my train of thought. Everyone stood in line around the fire. Dulcea then turned away, leaning her staff against something. None of us could see what was she doing, until she turned around once more. My aunt was holding something in her hands, as she had the, cupped side by side. "Deep in each of us all, is an animal waiting to be released. Close your eyes and look deep inside of yourselves. Find your Animal Spirit and become one with your creature." We all did as my aunt asked us to. We closed our eyes and focused. I then could hear the fire rise with intensity and something… surrounding us. A few seconds passed and we opened our eyes once more. Then I noticed a problem, all my friends were dressed in ninja garments similar to the ones of our Ninja Powers, except there was a golden, circular plate with a symbol of an animal. Everyone was in them, but me. I grew extremely worried. Dulcea was frowning too. Tommy, Aisha, Adam, Rocky and Billy pulled down their hoods, each having worried and nervous faces.

"I don't understand, what happened?" I asked. Am I not worthy of this power? Dulcea placed her hand on my heart and focused. What is she doing?

"Ah! Now I see what is wrong." She muttered, but loud enough for us to hear.

"Dulcea, why didn't Kim get an outfit like us?" Tommy questioned my aunt,

"Kara has found her Animal Spirit, just like you all. Though her spirit is trapped beneath the worry and anguish of the current events." She explained to Tommy and then to me. "Your childhood is also a factor. Those emotions are just too strong for the spirit to break free." I silently stared at Dulcea. So much for thinking I got over my childhood, perhaps I didn't really. I forgave my mom, despite the fact she lives in Paris now; maybe it's… my dad Kevin. He just disappeared out of my life, I don't think he realises how much I miss him. All I want is to just see him, talk to him; just clear things up. Why after the divorce, has he decided to shut me out?

"I guess there are some things I haven't properly sorted." I told her. Dulcea placed her hand on my shoulder, as a sign of comfort.

"Let's try again Kara. Just look deep down inside you. Reach out to your spirit, help it out of the shadows of your hard past. I know you can do it." Dulcea encouraged. Everyone stepped aside, as I closed my eyes.

My aunt repeated the process, my emotions of my difficult childhood tried to keep my spirit buried, I won't let it. My childhood won't stop me! It won't keep me down! It's time I stop holding the past in and just let it go. I just thought of my real father, mother, Tommy and my friends; all them. They were my rock, a shoulder to lean on, they helped in ways other people couldn't. The Rangers are my family! It was like opening a door and all saw was a pink bird flying out, letting out a proud screech and filling me with its power. I opened my eyes and saw myself dressed in the same garment; in the colour pink. I pulled down my hood as Tommy ran over and hugged me.

"You did it!" He whispered into my ear. Everyone wrapped me in hug, happy I managed to achieve this, despite the slight drawback. Tommy was right, I shouldn't be worrying. Just think of the now, the present and I know my father is fighting. My friends stood in a line once again. Dulcea started off with at the end with Rocky.

"Rocky; powerful and smart, you are the mighty Ape." She moved to Aisha, dressed in yellow. "Aisha, you are the Bear; fierce and unstoppable." My aunt made her way to Billy and Adam, looking at them both. "Billy; you are the Wolf, cunning and swift." Upon reaching Adam, she knew he wasn't happy. Uh oh, after losing the Ninja Powers he thought he wouldn't be the Frog again. "Adam? What is the matter?",

"I'm a Frog." He said unhappily and all Dulcea did was smile.

"Yes, you are a Frog; like the one you kiss." She gave him a quick peck on the forehead, but I couldn't help but feel my stomach churn. She is my aunt! "To get a handsome prince." Cliché, but it made him feel better. She then skipped me and moved onto Tommy. "Then you Tommy; you are the Falcon, Winged Lord of the Sky." That was when Dulcea turned her attention back to me. Did she leave me till last on purpose? "And Kimberly, or Kara, whichever you prefer to be called by. As I said, you are your mother in many ways and I know she is proud of you. Just like her; agile and light as the feather, you are the Crane." I smiled softly at her.

"Dulcea, I don't understand." Billy said, "These powers are like the ones Ninjor gave us." Then Dulcea's face changed to a slight, subtle smirk. So that was the friend Ninjor spoke of when he told me stories of my father and mother!

"Ah yes, I'm guessing that humorous idiot in blue armour left a few details out." All my friends stood there silently, they looked at me thinking I would have the answer. I raised my hands to say: 'I know nothing'! Just because I'm Ninjor's niece, doesn't mean he'll tell me every secret about the powers! Even my aunt could read my facial features and chuckled.

"I'm confused." Added Adam, "What information did Ninjor not tell us?",

"Allow me to explain my handsome Frog." Someone shoot me! I know my aunt means well, but could she stop flirtatiously teasing Adam. Like my father, mother and Ninjor, she's got to be years or centuries old! What does that mean? Do Eltarians have a much longer lifespan than the humans living on Earth? Anyways, push that aside, brief history lesson now. "The Ninja Powers that my friend Ninjor passed onto you, is strong, much more powerful than the dinosaur powers. However, you've all been using just the powers and abilities of a ninja and the animal. However, you do not carry their spirits. Do you all follow?" We all nodded and Aunt Dulcea carried on her lecture. "In order to keep the powers of the Animal Spirits and Ninja safe, Ninjor and I resorted to splitting the powers." Then it clicked in my head!

"So the powers my uncle gave us were only half of the whole!" Dulcea smiled at my quick thinking.

"Exactly my young niece. You all had one half of the powers. Now I feel it is the time to reunite the Animal Spirits with the Ninja Powers. They remained separated for over a millennia, it is time for them to become one. However, it is still dark and the Niña Rainforest is too dangerous to traverse. Build up your strength my Ninjetti Warriors and rest." Dulcea pointed her hand to lead us to a small camp behind the temple. I guess resting wouldn't hurt and then I realised I forgot about my back injury! It's not hurting anymore! Maybe the powers somewhat healed my wounds for me! Good, cause I need to be at full strength by sunrise.

Five Hours Later…

12:00 (Earth Time)…

Early Morning (Phaedosian Time)…

I suddenly woke up. I found it difficult sleep, even just rest; nightmares were keeping me from an undisturbed slumber. All I saw was Angel Grove, the world, burning to the ground, smoke and ash filled the air. People, children were crying and screaming; I saw them all enslaved. Our Command Centre was burnt to the ground. Then I saw my friends, they were all dead; their suits burnt and charred, hemlets cracked, Tommy's chest armour was broken, Saba and our weapons snapped in two. I even saw our Ninja Zords, they weren't enough and they were desecrated to nothing but scrap metal and complex wires. Is this what our world would become if Ivan wins? No! Stop it! Evil never triumphs! We're going to recover The Great Power, save my father and world. Ivan Ooze will be defeated.

I suddenly decided I wanted to watch the sunrise; seems like Phaedos' time moves differently to Earth, and meditate. Ninjor taught me a thing or two about it and it really helps. Apart from Tommy, my uncle showed me a few Katas as well to do, to try and lower the heart rate, slow the breathing. Looking at Tommy, he and the others are soundly sleeping. I carefully moved away from his side, silently walking out of the camp Dulcea made and headed for the temple. Once I got to the temple, I looked out over the stone balcony; watching the sun rise out from the horizon and warming my face. There's something therapeutic about watching the sunrise. A new day on Phaedos. My mind gazed back to Dulcea, what happened to her people? She must be or feel lonely, being the only Phaedosian protecting this planet. Why can't she leave? Is she trapped in a Time Warp like father? Ninjor is practically immortal since his spirit is inside a machine.

My eyes gazed at the jungle, so the power resides in there. I wonder what danger lurks in the rainforest, trying to stop us from reaching The Great Power. I touched the gold chest plate, with the engraving of the Crane. During the father-daughter time I spent with Zordon, he's been teaching me how to speak Eltarian; the language is not as easy as it looks. I've been pouring over and studying the manuscripts and books on mastering the language. They were so many rules and when to use this form and that form! Because if you use the incorrect form, you're basically being rude or impolite to the other person. It's worse than French! He at least taught me the planet's motto.

"May the Power protect you." I muttered, my voice slightly changing when I speak my language of origins. I like learning my language and its culture, it brings me closer to my home. I hope father is OK, I know he is in good hands with Alpha; they've been best friends since they met on the planet of Edenoi. All I can say is, my friends and I are different to those who sought this power. We will get it and reunite with our Animal Spirits, bringing our Ninjetti Powers back in full.

"Just like Aria, you're quite an early riser." Said a voice behind. I turned to see Dulcea, sitting on the ground cross-legged.

"I'm sorry if I woke you up Dulcea." I replied,

"No apologies necessary my young Crane. I rise with the sun also." I decided to sit down across from Dulcea; it reminds me of the times when I talk to Ninjor to just catch up. Like a normal… well somewhat normal uncle and his niece. Now here I am, about to speak to a Master Warrior as aunt and niece.

"How long have you known my mom?" I started off,

"She's been my friend from a young age. She also lived on Phaedos; therefore you have Phaedosian blood running through your veins.",

"The two of you had quite a strong bond. Then my father entered the picture." I smirked,

"He did indeed. I must say, I was very protective of Aria, but she was in love with him and I saw they were meant to be. I became a good friend to him; until he ran into me while mastering the Ninja Streak." The two of us then laughed. So it was her! My father slammed into Dulcea! "I swear I have that bruise on my back still. Zordon was quite a… well muscled man in his youth." She muttered. OK! Too much, too far! I do not need to know how my father looked physically!

"As much as I would love to catch up Dulcea, my friends and I must find The Great Power.",

"You're right Kara. I shall wake up the others.",

"We're already awake!" I heard the voice belonging to Aisha. My friends were standing there, ready to leave. Dulcea and I stood up. The six of us looked out to the rainforest.

"The six of you must seek out The Monolith. It is where The Great Power is stored; find it and open it. Release your Animal Spirits from their slumber." She explained, "But beware The Gatekeepers. They will fiercely halt your attempts from reaching the power. Now go.",

"You're not coming with us?" Rocky said to her and her face became solemn.

"Unfortunately my dear Ape, I cannot go any further than this temple or the plateau. If I was to attempt to step foot outside; I will age as rapidly as Zordon. The rest you must carry out this journey alone." So she is trapped in her own Time Warp! I feel sorry for my aunt now. "Do not be sad or afraid. Do not fret my warriors, trust in your powers; you may not have your Animal Spirits, but their essence in powers will guide you." Then she said Eltar's motto in the language I'm learning. "May the Power protect you all." Tommy and the others looked confused because they couldn't understand the foreign language. So I responded for them.

"May the Power protect you too, Aunt Dulcea." My friends were shocked at hearing me speak a language that sounds… alien to them. I forgot, I didn't tell them I was learning Eltarian. We all looked as my aunt surrounded herself in a blue light and before our eyes, she transformed into an owl! An actual owl! Dulcea hooted, before flying off. I turned to the others. "What are we waiting for? Let's go!",

"Come on guys! Let's find that Monolith!" Tommy agreed. We made our way down the steps, into the jungle.

Two Hours Later…

14:00 (Earth Time)…

(Scene: The Bone Graveyard, Niña Rainforest, Phaedos/Kimberly's POV)

After two hours of trekking through the humid rainforest, we all found ourselves in a clearing. However, it just wasn't a normal clearing, it was littered in the bones of dead, huge dinosaur like creatures. I wonder what happened here? What were these creatures? I saw the skeletal remains of what looked like a Triceratops or Styracosaurus. We walked through what I personally, like to call The Bone Graveyard, but Adam had other ideas.

"Welcome to Jurassic Park." God! Not that film from two years ago! Jason made me go see it with him upon its released. I must must say, it was a spectacularly shot film by Stephen Spielberg, ahead of its time CGI with life size dinosaurs and wonderfully composed score by John Williams. That was before the whole Power Rangers thing, before finding out the truth of my real parents. However, in a place like this, where those giant fossils look convincing enough to come to life; touch wood on that, now is not the time to make movie references! Even Aisha wasn't impressed!

"Very funny Adam." I then saw Billy taking a closer examination on the… Triceratops I'm calling it; I don't know if it even is a Triceratops, but it's close enough to it, looking through both eye sockets. I turned my attention away to look at other things, until my ears picked up something creaking. Something isn't right! I just did not jinx myself!? Just as I turned, Billy narrowly dodged a bony tail swinging at him! It got everyone's attention. It turns out I did jinx myself.

We now realised, we are dealing with a pissed off live fossil, after being disturbed from its sleep for who knows how long! I let out a silent, shocked gasp as the creature stood up in its full glory and it roared. The Triceratops then charged at us all, making us dodge to the left or right. Aisha didn't move fast enough and tripped. She moved backwards, screaming for help. Rocky came to her aid, but the dinosaur simply swiped him to the side with its head and that moved quickly for a pile of bones. It caused Rocky to fly into the air, knocking the wind out of him.

"ROCKY!" Adam yelled. The bone dinosaur continued its assault on Aisha, so it was my turn to step in. I found a sword lying on the ground, must have belonged to a fallen warrior. Well, I need that now. Picking it up, I ran at the creature yelling:

"Hey! Get away from her!" I slashed downwards on the Triceratops' horn, the sword sliced it clean off and it let out a roar in pain. Unfortunately for me, I only angered it further and I was lifted in the air after getting struck by its tail; right into my ribs! My grip on the sword dropped, then my back hit a tree as I landed on the ground with a solid 'thud'. It left me dazed for a minute or two. There goes my back for gymnastics!

"You OK Kim!?" Tommy shouted, as I picked myself up. I can't help but love the Eltarian traits, I can withstand that little more pain than my friends. I think my bones are denser too; a whack I got would have cracked one of my friend's ribs, but mine will be bruised and my back.

"Apart from the fact I'll have a nice bruise the next morning? I'll live!" I quipped. Triceratops then turned its attention onto my boyfriend Tommy, as it chased him through the clearing.

Tommy scrambled up the side of the tree, then flipping over its head and landing on the back. The White Falcon Ninjetti gripped hard onto the bones… or the vertebrae more like, as the dinosaur tried to shake him off. It was like watching a rodeo game, except it was with a live, bone dinosaur and not an angry bull! I was worried for Tommy! If he fell, that dinosaur will crush him!

"Tommy hang on!" I told him. Then he looked down and saw something, I bet he found its weakness! And he's going to exploit it!

"Hey ugly! I got a bone to pick with you!" He said and reached down into the neck. Tommy pulled out an unusually shaped bone and the head just fell off; before suddenly collapsing, bringing Tommy down too. Myself, Rocky, Aisha and Adam ran over in a worry. We helped Tommy up onto his feet. "I'm fine you guys." He reassured,

"Hey! So you did pay attention to those anatomy lessons on the musculoskeletal system!" Billy teased,

"Let's get out of here guys." Rocky said to us, "Before that thing tries to pull itself together." I very much agree and I don't want to bruise my back, anymore than it is already. Therefore, we continued on our trek.

Three Hours Thirty Minutes Later…

18:00 (Earth Time)…

Mid Day (Phaedosian Time)…

(Scene: The Monolith, Niña Rainforest, Phaedos/Kimberly's POV)

After we navigated our way through more jungle and stopping to rehydrate ourselves near a fresh water stream, we finally made it to another clearing. Not just any clearing; it was the resting place of The Monolith, where Dulcea placed all six of our Animal Spirits; even though it's filled with even more skeletons of fallen warrior. I wonder what happened to the first Ninjetti; my father's team before and after he left? Did they die protecting this planet? The only thing that stood between us and The Great Power is that large stone gate, with strange creatures carved into it. Something is fishy, this seems too easy, despite the fact we nearly got killed by a living fossil.

Suddenly, I heard a faint screech of a bird; it's my Crane! I concentrated and heard the screech again. It's asking me to free her and the other Animal Spirits. I wonder did the others hear their animals cry out? They can sense the Ninja Powers being so close, we're one step away to bringing our Ninjetti Powers back in full. The power of the Ninja and the Animal Spirits will become one again after centuries of separation. Now, how to get that gate open? Yet I recall my aunt saying something about The Gatekeepers. Who are The Gatekeepers? Tommy was after walking up to the door and touched the statue. It was like touching normal rock, so he turned. Without warning the stone started to shift and materialise!

"TOMMY MOVE!" I screeched. Tommy turned and saw the creature, armed with a deadly looking blades. It instantly attacked Tommy, who was narrowly dodging the blades and completely missed when my boyfriend back flipped away from it. He looked at his suit where the tear was; good thing it wasn't his stomach sliced clean! We looked as three other stone creatures came to life and joined their leader. I chuckled nervously as we all got into our fighting stances. "I guess we have our Gatekeepers my aunt warned us about!",

"Understatement of the year Kim!" Aisha replied. Time to get serious and show those Gatekeepers that we don't go down easily!

"Ninja!" Tommy yelled out, "The Falcon!",

"The Frog!",

"The Crane!",

"The Wolf!",

"The Bear!",

"The Ape!" In flashes of light, we were battle ready as our heads were covered by our hoods. I rolled under after a blade just barely misses my head. Wow, these guys mearn business! I wonder if we could just set them loose on Ivan? I kicked away one of the Stone Guardians as Rocky exclaimed:

"These things are literal rock! It hurts my hand to just hit them!" Rocky quickly did a back flip to dodge an axe, before rolling under a swing and seeing me punch a mace wielding Stone Guardian in the stomach. Rocky isn't kidding, those creatures are tough; but I wasn't fazed by their rocky hide and metal armour. "And how the hell are you punching them without flinching!?" I kicked my opponent again to push him away.

"Kim is Eltarian Rocky! Remember?" Billy said as he came to Rocky's aid. "Her anatomy is probably different to us! I guess her muscle and bone density is higher than ours, so she's physically stronger than the normal human! And can take more hits that would be normally painful; for us especially, with or without powers!" I rolled my eyes. Now is not the time to be comparing Eltarian and Human Physiology!

"Less talking about me and more kicking these stone freaks' asses!" I shouted as I blocked another swing from the very sharp, spiky mace, but I ended up being knocked down. I rolled to the right to dodge another attempted swing, before kicking it back. I looked up and got an idea, fight stone with stone! I ran over to the location of the large boulder just above the gate, with the Guardian behind me. I kicked him again to slow him down. Time to see if Billy is right about me being stronger physically.

"Time to rock your world." I muttered. Seeing a large stick that I can use as lever, I jabbed it down at the bottom of the rock and I put all my weight into it! The boulder moved slowly, but I put more pressure into it and it finally came loose! I watched as the boulder fell over the cliff, bringing smaller and medium sized stones with it; sending the Guardian tumbling to the ground. The rocks crushed one of the Guardians; so that's one down, three to go! Adam and Rocky were on another ledge dealing with the second Stone Guardian, Billy and Tommy had the third, then I heard Aisha yelling for help. Shit! The fourth Guardian put the Bear in a tight spot! Finding a swinging vine, I grabbed it and swung towards her location. Time to get crazy! Let's see if those aerial takedowns from video-games and movies actually work! I let of the vine and raised my fist yelling:

"Hey stone head!" The Stone Guardian turned its attention away and looked up, regrettably. As I got closer, I punched the creature in face, with a lot of force, before landing on top of it and quickly rolling away. Angered, the Gatekeeper stood up, with a piece of its jaw missing! Well shit! I pissed him off! The Guardian roared angrily at me, before speaking the Eltarian language.

"You made a big mistake Eltarian!" Since when could they actually speak? Maybe they're not savages after all. However, thanks to father's lessons, I understood him and I responded in the same language. I raised my hand and gave him a taunting gesture.

"Come at me then stone brain!" The creature charged, giving Aisha enough time to crawl out of the narrow space. I dodged the stone creature's weapon just barely, it managed to make a few tears in my ninja garment. Now I know how Tommy feels. Aisha attacked from behind, causing the Guardian to drop its weapon. I actually just saw Tommy and Billy switch places as the Stone Guardian sliced one of its own with its weapon! That's it! Dodging a fist, I picked up its weapon which turns out to be a deadly looking axe! Aisha kept it busy while I snuck up behind. Raising the axe, I brought it down hard, also slicing it in half. Then Aisha made a video-game reference:

"Kimberly Hart wins! Flawless victory! Fatatilty!" I sighed,

"Mortal Kombat!? Really Aisha?" I swear she's smirking under her mask.

"That's coming from the one who drags me to the arcade so you can get your daily, undefeated rounds of MK! Wouldn't Tommy love to know you like video-games!" I turned away, there's one more Guardian. Time to gang up on him because stone freak is outnumbered six to one!

"Mention to my boyfriend I like violent video-games, he'll never stop teasing me!" I was about to run, but then stopped, turning to Aisha. "Oh! When we survive this and destroy Ooze, remind me to take you to the arcade with me. Mortal Kombat 3 released three months ago! I intend to keep my title!" Aisha scoffed,

"Seriously Kim!?" Then we both ran off to help the others with the last Gatekeeper. Tommy was preparing himself to do something, he was standing on a thick tree branch as everyone kicked the last Guardian towards the stone gate. The stone creature was weakening and now, it was Tommy's chance!

"Ninjetti corkscrew kick!" He leaped, making full three-sixty spins and kicked the final Stone Guardian into the air. It flew towards the gate and the force from Tommy's kick caused it to smash into tiny pieces of stone. We all breathed a sigh of relief, the fight was finished! Those things really gave us a run for our money! Without warning, the area around us began to shake and darken. Was this supposed to happen? Then, the stone gate opened! Revealing The Monolith as it moved towards us! It was a large, stone pyramidal structure. In the centre was an engraving of our Animal Spirits! The Falcon, Crane, Wolf, Bear, Ape and Frog were all there! My friends and I stared in awe, as the carving began to glow, releasing the spirits from The Monolith. The animals flew out, making their way to each of us. The spirits flew around us like they were playing.

"Our Ninja Zords!" Adam exclaimed! I sort of laughed as the spirits stopped in front of us and stared at us. What's going on? They all roared, screeched and croaked like normal animals. Then my Crane spoke. Spoke!

"Greetings young Kara of Eltar. My name is Rhea, your Crane." I smiled at Rhea, then the rest of the spirits spoke to their owners.

"Tommy, I am Caeser; your Falcon. Rhea is my mate, as Kara is yours; The Winged Lady of the Sky." Tommy and I sort of choked on air after hearing that from his Falcon. The others and their animals couldn't help but laugh at us as we blushed a deep shade of red. Moving on please! Before I lose my dignity.

"Rocky, I am your Ape, Loki." Loki? The Nordic God of Mischief? Suits Rocky very well; as I recall all the pranks he pulled on us.

"Aisha, as your Bear; allow me to introduce myself as Artemis." A strong, powerful warrior of the Amazonians; living on the mysterious island of Themiscyria from Greek Mythology.

"Young and clever Billy, as the Wolf, I am a representation of yourself. I go by the name of Daedalus." One of the greatest architects and inventors, also from Greek Mythology. The name suits the spirit. Last was Adam.

"Now Adam, I know you didn't like me at first." It caused myself and everyone to laugh. "But I see you have grown to me as your Animal Spirit. I am known as Kek." Kek? Should sound familiar, but I can't place it. That's something for me to read up on. Interestingly enough, our animals are named after Gods, Goddesses, Titans and leading figures in History and Mythology. Letting out one more final screech, roar and croak, our Animal Spirits moved again, flying around then turning directly towards us. The spirits flew into our chests where the gold plate with the animal engraving on them.

I could feel our Ninja Powers being revived! Combining with our Animal Spirits and we all found ourselves glowing our respective powers. It's like we're being told to do something but what? Then it struck Tommy and the rest of us as we instantly got into our morphing stance. We called out to our revived powers.

"It's Morphin' Time!" Tommy commanded! The words were music to our ears. I never thought we'd hear it again! "White Ranger Power!",

"Black Ranger Power!",

"Pink Ranger Power!",

"Blue Ranger Power!",

"Yellow Ranger Power!",

"Red Ranger Power!" The bright light surrounding us died down and we were standing once more in our ranger suits. Our morphers were resting on our waists like belts and the colour in our Power Coins were gold once again! I smiled happily underneath my helmet.

"Our morphers are online!" Billy whooped,

"We got our Powers!" Rocky added,

"Not just any powers. Our Ninjetti Powers in full!" I said,

"Now let's teleport back to Angel Grove and defeat Ivan once and for all!" Adam encouraged. We clutched our belts and teleported. We're coming dad, just hang on a little longer!

Same Time…

(Scene: Rocky Plateau, Phaedos/No POV)

An owl perched on the rocks looking out to the sky. Next, she saw six streaks of White, Black, Pink, Blue, Yellow and Red. Dulcea instantly realised her niece and her friends succeeded in retrieving The Great Power and reuniting the Animal Spirits with the Ninja Powers. They were finally ready face Ivan Ooze and finish what the Ninjetti of Old did once more. Except this time, they will be rid of Ivan Ooze from existence. Forever.

"Good luck Rangers." She said telepathically before hooting like an normal owl and flew off.

To Be Continued…


And those three words is last thing you guys want to see, so I'm gonna run off and hide in the Command Centre.

Catch you on the flip side!