Jason's Birthday Bash
Disclaimer: I own nothing exept Electrifier.
Chapter 8
Goldar and Electrifier were busy blasting buildings in downtown Angel Grove and so didn't realize the rangers had appeared until a blast from Zack's Power Axe sent Electrifier flying into Goldar knocking them both to the ground. "Get off me, you fool!" Goldar growled at Electrifier, who was sprawled on top of him.
"That's just the beginning, you freakazoids!" Kimberly yelled as the two villains got quickly to their feet.
"You're right. It is the beginning," Electrifier replied, shocking the rangers. "The beginning of your end!"
"I don't think so!" Tommy shot back. "We're here to put an end to you!"
"That's right, uglies!" Jason added. "It's time for you to go down!" He turned to his teammates, "ready, guys?" he asked and they all nodded. "Okay then, let's do it!" With that, they all sprang into action, attacking both of them at once. It didn't get very far, though, as minutes into the battle a bunch of putties appeared and also engaged the rangers causing the rangers to divide their attack. "Zack, you, Trini, Kim, and Billy take the putties; Tommy, you can handle Goldar, and Electrifier is all mine!" Jason gave the orders immediately, falling into his leader mode. The others acknowledged and split up as Jason ordered.
"Finally, I will have the pleasure of destroying you, Green Ranger!" Goldar exclaimed triumphantly as he rushed Tommy, sword held in attack position.
"You're the one who's going down, Goldar!" Tommy shot back angrily. "And this time it will be for good!" As he spoke, he blocked Goldar's thrust with his Dragon Dagger. He then used it to attack Goldar and then they were locked in battle, exchanging blows back and forth.
Meanwhile, Jason and Electrifier were circling each other, both looking for an opening from the other. "Your days of destroying are over, Electrifier," Jason shouted at the monster. "It's time to unplug you for good!" The monster replied by shooting an electric blast at Jason which he dodged and came at Electrifier, brandishing his Power Sword. Before he could reach the monster though, a new voice broke in from above.
"Jason, stop!" Commanded a familiar female voice. Jason was so startled that he stopped midstride with his sword held out in front of him. He looked up and saw Rita Repulsa standing atop a pile of rubble, looking sharply down at him. "You're supposed to be fighting the rangers, not Electrifier, my warrior," she admonished him. "They're the trai---"
"Shut up, Rita!" Jason yelled, cutting her off. "I don't want to hear any more of your lies!"
In response, Rita teleported herself down to his side. She placed a hand on his shoulder. "Remember, my warrior," she said, looking directly into his eyes. "They betrayed us, tried to destroy us, and tried to keep us from being with each other. Don't let them fool you. They are very clever with their lies and subtle manipulations." She stroked his cheek. "You're stronger than that. Much stronger. Don't let them manipulate you. You know your destiny; you know what you're supposed to do. Now do it, my love. I believe in you."
Jason's eyes flickered with uncertainty and he glanced all around and back to Rita again, who smiled and nodded encouragingly at him. He took an uncertain step toward Tommy, but a sudden scream made him whirl around to see Kimberly get flung into a wall by a pair of putties. Seeing this, Jason's head snapped up and he turned and looked sharply at Rita.
"It's a trick. Don't let---"Rita was silenced in midsentence as Jason slapped her across the face, the force of the blow knocking her flat on her back.
"No, you're the only one who has to use tricks and manipulations to get what she wants," Jason spat out angrily. You'll never turn me against my friends again!" As he spoke, he made eye contact at the yellow ranger through his helmet, his heart full of love for her.
Rita got back to her feet, holding the side of her face where Jason had slapped him and glared daggers at him. "You know what, I'm actually glad at hearing you say that. You were never worthy of being my warrior anyway. You are too weak; you don't have the courage to actually do what needs to be done. You're nothing but a miserable piece of trash and a pathetic waste of time!" Rita told him scornfully.
"Screw you, Rita!" Jason shot back. "You and your ugly freaks over there are all going down!"
"That's what you think!" Rita replied and vanished.
"That's right, run you coward!" Jason scoffed. "It's the only thing your actually good at." With that, he rejoined his friends in the battle. In several minutes time, the putties were defeated, leaving only Goldar and Electrifier to deal with. They all charged at the two villains kicking and punching viciously but while Goldar got knocked down more than once, they couldn't even get close to the Electrifier, for he just kept firing electrical blast after electrical blast at them, keeping them dodging and at bay.
After a particular strong blast, Zack shook his head. "Man, we're getting nowhere here, guys. We need to try something else, and fast!"
"Zack's right." Trini replied. "At this rate, he'll wear us down long before he gets tired himself."
"All I know is that we can't go on like this much longer," Kim put in wearily.
"Remember the plan," Jason spoke up authoritatively. It's time to put it into action! Tommy, take your place over there by that fire hydrant," he told the green ranger, pointing to his left. Tommy nodded and did as instructed. "Wait for my signal, Tommy. Zack, keep Goldar busy. The rest of you, let go!" Jason commanded and they all leapt into action at his orders. While Zack engaged Goldar in a fierce battle, the other four rangers attacked Electrifier, trying to get close while dodging his blasts. Jason hung back a few steps behind the other three and waiting until the monster was totally focused on the others before launching himself up and delivering a powerful kick to the monster's chest, sending him flying backward. The moment Electrifier hit the ground; Jason turned and gave Tommy a thumbs up.
Tommy went into action immediately upon receiving the signal from his leader."Hey, ugly, time for a bath!" He yelled as he opened the hydrant and a powerful jet of water hit Electrifier full on, the force of the water sending him tumbling to the ground again. The monster thrashed about on the ground, his body sparking and sizzling.
"Okay guys, now!" Jason yelled, pulling out his Blade Blaster. The others followed his lead. As they raised them in firing position, Rita, who'd been watching the whole battle from her palace, sneered and said, "Not so fast, rangers! It won't be that easy!" As she threw her staff down to Earth. It landed, shot out a beam of energy at Goldar and Electrifier at the same time Electrifier got blasted by the rangers' Blade Blasters, resulting in the monster avoiding the full brunt of the blast and both of them growing to giant size.
The rangers hastily dove out of the way and Jason cried, "We need Dinozord power, now!" Tommy raised his Dragon Flute and played the fanfare that summoned the Dragonzord. All the zords raced from their hiding places to answer the rangers' call, while the Dragonzord rose from the sea to join the other zords who had formed the Megazord by this time. As soon as Dragonzord reached its side, the Megazord converted from tank mode to warrior mode.
Inside the cockpit, the rangers shouted, "Let's do it!" All of them spoke as one.
Inside the Dragonzord cockpit, Tommy was ready. "It's time to send these hunks of garbage back to the trash heaps they came from!" He shouted loudly. The two of them then proceeded to engage the villains in battle. For awhile, neither side could gain the upper hand, as they all just exchanged blows. Then Goldar fired a blast of energy from his eyes at the Dragonzord, sending it stumbling backward, arms flailing as it fought to keep from falling over. It was successful for a moment until a powerful blast from Electrifier flung the Megazord back into the Dragonzord sending them both tumbling to the ground.
"We need more power," Jason declared after both zords had got back to their feet. "It's time for Dragonzord in Fighting Mode!" The zords responded, the Megazord separated and the Triceratops Dinozord, The mastodon Dinozord, and the Saber-Toothed Tiger Dinozord all joined with the Dragonzord to form the formidable Dragonzord in Fighting Mode. With the Tyrannosaurus Dinozord beside it lashed out at both of them with its Dragon Staff, driving them back, but it was short-lived as well as the combined force of both the Electrifier and Goldar proved too much for Dragonzord in Fighting Mode to handle, as blast after blast pummeled it to the ground.
Inside the cockpit, Jason was becoming absolutely livid. "That's it!" He yelled angrily. "I call upon Titanus and the power of the Ultrazord!" At Jason's call the carrier zord Titanus appeared and the three zord separated from the Dragonzord and re-formed the Megazord. It switched to Battle Mode as the Dragonzord returned to normal mode. Then the Dragonzord joined with the Megazord, forming Mega Dragonzord, and the Mega Dragonzord the leapt up and came down to stand on Titanus's back. Then, with all if it weapons raised and ready, Titanus started to roll toward the two villains. "Lock on and fie all weapons!" Jason commanded loudly and the Ultrazord responded by doing just that, pouring several incredibly powerful beams of energy simultaneously at both of them.
"I'll be back, rangers! You haven't seen the last of me yet!" Goldar shouted and then vanished before the energy beams could reach him. However, they struck Electrifier full on, causing him to collapse to the ground and then explode in a powerful fireball.
"We did it!" Jason exclaimed happily.
"Totally awesome!" Tommy declared.
"Morphinominal!" Kimberly cried.
"Yay, we bad! We bad!" Zack said in a singsong voice causing the others to crack up laughing.
"Electrifier is history!" Trini shouted.
"Yeah, we have indeed emerged the victors of this difficult and prolonged engagement," Billy stated.
"Come on guys, let's go!" Jason said and they all exited the zords and sent them back to their hiding places. They then teleported back to the Command Center where Zordon and Alpha were awaiting them.
In her palace on the moon, Rita was furious. "Damn those Rangers! And damn Jason most of all! They will pay dearly for this!"
"Yes, My Queen," Goldar said. "I promise you we will get our revenge! They won't get away with this!"
Rita laughed scornfully. "Where have I heard that about a million times before? Out of my way, you idiots! I have such a headache!" She cried, pushing past her minions and heading for her quarters to lay down and plot her revenge against the rangers, Upon entering her bedroom though, she came upon a picture of Jason that Finster had taken while he was here. "Oh, Jason," she murmured softly, picking it up and gazing at it. As she did so, a tear slid down her cheek.
"Congratulations on a job very well done!" Zordon exclaimed when the rangers had appeared in the Command Center.
"Thanks, Zordon," Jason replied. "I still can't believe I turned on you guys like that, though." He hung his head in shame and Trini wrapped her arms around him, hugging him tight.
"It wasn't really you," she reminded him gently. "You were under a spell."
"Yeah, and after the spell was broken, you wasted no time in leading us to victory," Tommy added. The others nodded and offered their own encouragement and complements to heir leader. Hearing his friends' words made Jason feel a lot better and more reassured.
"We all did it together, it wasn't just me," he replied seriously. "And in a way, I am actually grateful for the spell." He noticed his friends shocked expressions and went on. "It brought me and Trini together."
"It sure did," Trini told him, her eyes full of love.
"Trini is right," Zordon put in. "You are a strong and courageous leader and person, Jason, and the strength of your love for Trini brought you back from the darkness. I know that I speak for everyone here when I say I'm so glad to have you back with us where you belong." Everyone smiled and nodded.
"Than you, Zordon,"Jason replied and pulled Trini closer and stroked her hair. "That means a lot to me. He then turned to Trini. "Hey, I believe I promised you some time alone together," he told her tenderly. "The monster's been destroyed, what are we waiting for?"
"Nothing that I know of,' Trini replied. "Let's go."
Jason nodded in agreement and they left together.
Kim then gasped suddenly causing the others to look at her. "I just realized that tomorrow night is Jason's party! We have to go and get everything ready!"
"Wow, Kim's right!" Zack exclaimed. "But what about Trini?"
"She can join us later," Tommy replied. "She and Jason deserve some time alone with each other." The others knew he was right and left to go home and get everything ready for the bash of the century!
A/N: Well, one more chapter to go! What do you think so far? Please review. I would really appreciate your thoughts and opinions on the story so far.
