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A/N: Thanks again for all the
reviews, everyone! On we go!
"Dragonzord!"
"Mastodon!"
"Triceratops!"
"Saber-Toothed Tiger!"
"Green Axem Power!"
"Yellow Axem Power!"
"Black Axem Power!"
"Pink Axem Power!"
"Red Axem Power!"
Once fully morphed, Tommy drew his Dragon Dagger while the other three Rangers formed their respective weapons in their hands. He took this time to examine the Axem Rangers a little bit. These evil Rangers wore their respective colored spandex, with a little bit of white down near their waist. Instead of helmets, though, they wore spandex masks with openings for their eyes to see through. Axem Black, however, still had his sunglasses on, and they served as a visor for him. Lastly, their hatchet-like morphing devices had each become full sized battle axes.
"Look at that!" Axem Yellow mocked. "They don't even have a Red Ranger!"
"Or a pink one, yuck!" Axem Pink added on, clearly disgusted by their colors.
"You're in our way!" Zack reminded them, shifting into a battle stance while holding his own ax ready.
"Let's bust through!" Tommy said, and the other Rangers nodded to him.
"Axem Rangers! Destroy them!" Axem Red commanded.
The four Power Rangers went to make a move, but suddenly all the Axem Rangers except for Red vanished into thin air. They quickly looked around to see what had happened, but before they could do anything, the four Axem Rangers slammed right into each of them with powerful jump kicks, launching Earth's Rangers backwards.
"What the hell!?" Zack shouted, looking to his recovering teammates while he stood back up.
"They're...fast!" Trini said, finding no other way to put it.
"Son of a..." Tommy trailed off, deciding words weren't going to do anything. Instead, he pointed his Dragon Dagger at the evil Rangers and fired a green energy blast from it. All five of them quickly scattered, and the blast only ended up destroying a portion of the wall behind where they had been.
The Rangers quickly scanned the area, and suddenly Billy took a hard hit, being thrown backwards. Axem Pink seemed to appear out of thin air, landing where the Blue Ranger had just been standing. Trini turned went to take a swing at this alien Pink Ranger, but before she could, Axem Yellow slammed her into another wall.
Tommy and Zack gave each other quick nods, now knowing what to expect. Taking a chance, they stepped forwards at the same time and swung at the air in front of them with their weapons. Their gambles paid off, because suddenly the Red, Black, and Green Axem Rangers appeared in front of them, and were knocked backwards. While they were standing back up, Zack switched his ax into it's cannon mode.
"Get down!" he called out to his teammates. Tommy, Trini, and Billy quickly ducked to the floor, and Zack began spinning around and firing his weapon in every direction possible. The Axem Rangers, in turn, began jumping all over the place to dodge the blasts, and although he couldn't hit them, they couldn't get near him. It only took a minute before his gun overheated, though, and the five Rangers landed across the room from him. Zack adjusted some things on his weapon while his three teammates stood back up.
"This is getting nowhere..." Trini said in frustration, taking a deep breath. She frowned when their communicators suddenly beeped.
"What's up?" Tommy answered into it, keeping a careful eye on the Axem Rangers.
"Rangers, retreat," Zordon ordered. "This cannot be won tonight, report back at once."
"What about Jason and Kim!?" Tommy asked, not wanting to leave them stranded.
"We have another problem to deal with now," Zordon said. "Return to the Command Center. Now."
Tommy sighed, lowering his communicator. Zordon was right. It was late, and probably nighttime by now. What the hell were they going to tell Jason and Kimberly's families?
"Is that it, Power Rangers?" Axem Black taunted. "Can't play anymore?"
"Let them go," Axem Red ordered in a stern voice. "We have work to do on Aldar."
"This is far from over," Tommy told the evil Rangers, anger rising in his voice as he spoke.
"I can't wait for our next battle," Axem Yellow replied, grinning behind his mask.
"Let's get out of here, guys," Zack said in a low voice, and the four Power Rangers teleported out of the castle.
"What a bunch of wimps," Axem Green commented with a laugh. "We tore 'em up."
"They were so ugly, too!" Axem Pink pitched in, then thought for a moment. "Well, except for that green one. Oh...if I could just get him alone..."
"Alright, alright! Enough!" Axem Red interrupted her, holding his left hand up to make sure she was silenced. "Damn! I'm gonna be sick now. Get your butts back in the portal. Smithy has more work for us."
The Axem Rangers all jumped in, one after the other, with Axem Red leaping in last. Before he did, though, he took another look around his immediate area. He had a feeling he would be seeing a lot more of this place, and of those Power Rangers.
"I've always been able to control the weather," Mallow was explaining as they approached the Mushroom Kingdom. Night had fallen, and it was eerily cloudy out as well. "I honestly never thought about why, I just grew up like that and was so used it."
"Can you...actually control it?" Jason asked. "Or does it just follow whatever mood you're in?"
"Both!" Mallow cheerfully said with a big smile. "It gets away from me depending on how I'm feeling...but I can use it to my advantage if I want, as well..."
Jason nodded, interested by that strange ability. He shrugged, turning his attention back to the small castle town they were approaching and froze. There were no people to be seen in the streets...instead, there were patrols of humanoid robots marching through the streets. Jason quickly grabbed Mallow by the arm and jumped behind a large boulder, pulling the boy with him.
"Wha-" Mallow started to shout, but Jason quickly clamped a hand over his mouth.
"Quiet!" Jason hissed and gently removed his hand from Mallow's mouth, not noticing the scared look in the boy's eyes.
Instead he climbed up the boulder, peeking his head over to look at the nearest patrol. These robots were pretty interesting. They stood at about his height, and seemed to be made of some steel-like material. Their arms weren't too big, but not too skinny either. Just big enough to allow good mobility in fighting, he figured. On each wrist they had small openings...probably for a blade or some other weapon to extend out of. Jason rubbed his left hand across his face, trying to think. They'd only been gone a few hours...that had sure been a fast invasion. Hopefully they weren't too organized, though, and he could bust in and get to the leader. Assuming he would be in the castle, Jason got ready to jump into the streets when he suddenly felt a raindrop.
"Mallow!" Jason whispered loudly while dropping back down to his companion. "Hey, hey, I'm sorry, bro. I didn't mean to snap at you like that."
"It's...it's ok..." Mallow said, clearly trying to hold back some tears. "I'm just...I don't..."
Jason nodded, understanding completely. Seeing a hostile takeover like this could be pretty traumatic. "Alright, buddy. Stay here, alright? You'll be safe. I'm going to see what I can do."
"No!" Mallow yelled, wiping away the small tears in his eyes as he stood up. "I'm going with you."
"Mallow..." Jason said, standing up as well, noticing no more water droplets falling from the sky. Cool. "This is dangerous. These people are..."
"HALT!" a robotic voice screamed from behind Jason.
The Red Ranger spun around to see a robot standing right behind him, with two blades extended from his wrists. Before he could do anything, though, Mallow shoved him aside and fired a bolt of lightning out of his palm. The robot was launched backwards from the impact, exploding in midair.
There goes our cover... Jason thought as he drew Tommy's combat knife. He looked around the corner to see all the robots in the general area running at them.
"Wha...what are we gonna do, Jason!?" Mallow asked in a panicked voice when he looked to see the incoming enemies.
"Give us a lightning storm, and we'll make a break for the castle!" Jason yelled, deciding there was no more hiding Mallow from them. He'd just have to take the kid with him and hope for the best. He took a deep breath, and at the sound of thunder above he turned the corner and ran right at the robotic invaders...and the castle behind them.
Snifit Three opened the door to a very nicely furnished guest room on the fiftieth story of Booster's tower, and the other two threw Kimberly inside. The Pink Ranger hit the ground hard, then slowly sat up. She turned just in time to see the door slam, and listened in as they began talking outside her room.
"Booster, sir..." Snifit Two was saying. "You're actually supposed to sleep with your wife."
"What? EW!" Booster screamed in his loud, booming voice. "She's a girl! Girls have cooties!"
"Sir, that's not true..." Snifit Three quickly said.
"Yes it is!" Booster replied. "Why do you think old men die? Cooties! Years of sleeping next to cooties!!! Well, I'll have none of that, thank you very much!"
"Sir, old men die because...cooties aren't..." Snifit One said, clearly unsure where to start at all. "...Well, technically you aren't married yet so it's fine."
"That reminds me!" Booster yelled. "We need to get to work on this wedding! I want it to be the best wedding ever! I want..."
Kimberly sighed as they walked out of hearing range. She fell onto her back, exhausted from the day's events. A quick glance out the window while she struggled against the bonds still holding her wrists together showed her that it was night time now.
Is it night on Earth? How much time has passed? What are my parents thinking? What are the Rangers going to tell them? What are they doing, now? Do they have any idea where I am? Kimberly wondered, unable to control the millions of thoughts running through her head...then the most terrifying one of all came back into her head. What happened to Jason? Is he...?
She frantically shook her head, trying to get that thought out. Jason would be fine...he just couldn't be gone. Still...what was that sword that had come from the sky? It didn't seem to be working for Zedd, since he had been just as confused as them.
Finally, Kimberly got the ropes off her wrists. She quickly stood up, deciding she would worry about all that later. First thing's first...she had to get out of here. Slowly and silently she made her way to the door, turning the knob and opening it. Apparently they figured she wouldn't go anywhere. Their mistake. The Pink Ranger shot a glance down the hall on each side, being careful not to draw any attention. Zedd had stolen her morpher, which would make all of this a lot more complicated that it needed to be. Seeing no one, Kimberly took a deep breath and ran out into the hall.
A/N: Finally let yall know what Kimberly was up to. More about everyone, soon!
