Chapter 2 – Scene 3 – Lord Zedd's Throne Room and Outskirts of Angel Grove


Meanwhile as the rangers prepare to leave for Angel Grove, Tommy arrives back on the Lord Zedd's Castle on the Moon to report the status of his mission. As the 3 rangers arrive on the outskirts of the city of Angel Grove, they are welcomed by unexpected guest who just so happens to also be at the ruins of the old Command Center.

"Ah Tommy, your mission was successful I presume?"

Lord Zedd asks with eagerness to hear his report as his throne spins around counter-clockwise to face him with his Z-Staff held in his left hand. Tommy kneels down and bows to his Emperor upon arriving in the throne room.

"Yes, my Emperor. The new generation of rangers was no match for me and my Dragonzord. Their Dino Thunder Megazord is totally out of commission. They won't be any real threat to us now!"

Tommy said as he looks up as he's kneeled there bowing to Zedd with his arms resting on his knee. Lord Zedd smiles evilly under his mask.

"HAHAHAHA! Those fucking rangers really thought they could defeat my evil Green Ranger!? These rangers are obviously weaker than the original rangers from years ago. You'd think they would be more of challenge against my power. Now it's time to commence to the next stage in our plan. With the rangers no longer capable using their "precious" zords, no force in the fucking universe can ever defeat the all mighty Lord Zedd! You are dismissed, Tommy, until I need you again."

With those words, Lord Zedd laughs diabolically as his stone throne turns counter-clockwise facing away from him. Tommy stands back up and replies before leaving his throne room.

"As you wish, my Emperor."

Moments later back on Earth, the rangers reappear in a dusty canyon outside of Angel Grove and prepare for their mission.

"Well this looks like this is it. Couldn't have picked a better place to land us. Right in the middle of nowhere."

Connor says directly after they arrive as he walks forward a few steps.

"No kidding. And we're supposed to find a broken down Command Center here? This is in the middle of the desert. It could be miles from here as far as we know."

Ethan says in agreement with Connor's words.

"Guys, come on. Haley said she was gonna get us as close as she can to the old command center. And this is southern California. What did you expect to find in this part of the state? This part of California is not gonna be the same as where Reefside is at. Now we need to get moving if we're to make any progress before Zedd decides to attack us or Reefside."

Kira comments as she walks forward and continuously walks on ahead of them. Connor looks at Ethan and then follows her without another word said. Ethan does the same directly after. After a short while, they begin to see something in the distance.

"Hey what's that in the distance there over that ridge?"

Ethan says as he points in the direction of where he sees it.

"I see it too! Come on let's go!"

Connor says quickly as he runs up towards it. The other two follow closely behind him until they stand about a football field away from it and stop to see that the Command Center isn't as in ruins as they thought.

"Oh wow! It's massive and I thought it would be ruins."

Kira says in surprise at the sight of the structure with her eyes full of wonder and continues walking up towards the building slowly. Connor appears almost speechless as he steps towards the building, as well, to walking inside. Ethan follows suit with Connor.

"This is amazing. There's not a single sign of it's destruction here. Let's head inside and get what we came here for so we can get back to Reefside."

As the rangers walk inside, they quickly find themselves in the main chamber of the Command Center and find it just as intact on the inside as it appears on the outside. Suddenly they're ambushed by a mysterious person in a grey jacket with long brown hair pointing a laser gun at them.

"Who are you guys and what are doing here?! This place is off limits to civilians!"

The mysterious person asks them. Before any of them could answer, a tall pale bluish man in a silver robe walks into the chamber seeing the situation.

"Lower your weapon, Andros! No need to do that here. Obviously they are here for something or some reason. Tell me, you three, what brings you here to my Command Center?"

The man asks them in calm tone as Andros lowers his gun and puts it in his gun holder on his belt.

Mesmerized by the man's divine-like appearance, Connor shakes his head lightly and answers him firmly.

"My name is Connor and this is Ethan and Kira. We came here from the city of Reefside on an important mission to find information on Lord Zedd. We're the Power Rangers."

The man stands there listening to Connor and intrigued by what he hears and walks a few steps to the right of them towards one of the computers nearby and then replies back.

"It is truly an honor to meet you three. I am the wizard Zordon and this here is Andros."

All three of them step back in surprise. Before any of them could speak up and ask any questions, Zordon continues his words.

"Now why would you need information on Lord Zedd? Surely you know Lord Zedd is no longer around or evil that is. He hasn't been heard from in years."

Kira steps forward a few steps towards him and begins to answer him. At the same time, Andros goes back to his work while listening in on them.

"Lord Zedd has return, Zordon, and we need your help. He's turned Doctor O, another one of us rangers, into his evil green ranger. Unfortunately for us, we were defeated easily and our zords are badly damaged from our fight with him."

Zordon turns his head facing them with curious look on his face as well as startled by this new revelation.

"This 'Doctor O' you speak of isn't Tommy by chance, is it?"

Zordon stops working for a second along with Andros upon hearing this as they continue listening to this new light of information.

"Yes it is, Zordon. Somehow Lord Zedd has managed to restore the Green Ranger's powers and it's being used for evil once again. We came here to find information on how to defeat him and to save Doctor O."

Ethan says answering Zordon's question as he looks around in amazement of the technology inside the chamber.

"Well from what I can gather from our computer database about your powers, the Dino Ranger powers you have are not strong enough to face Lord Zedd and his evil Green Ranger. The only way we can possibly free Tommy and defeat Lord Zedd once and for all is to recall the original 5 rangers. Because just so happens that I've managed to restore all the original 5 power coins and the original zords attached to them with the powers I have acquired during my return to Earth. And the only ones who can possibly reactive the power coins is the first original rangers that once possessed them. We also have to retrieve the Sword of Darkness that Tommy has in his possession as it contains energies from the morphing grid because we can't destroy it this time due to this."

Zordon says to them as he takes out a small chest and opens it up to show them 5 restored original power coins. The coins gleam in the light shined from the one of the ceiling lights. The 3 rangers look upon them with amazement. Then Connor speaks up after looking at the coins.

"Now how are going to recall the other veteran rangers? It could take us sometime to find them in Angel Grove if they're even remotely still there."

Andros smiles and walks up to the the computer next to Zordon and shows them how as he speaks.

"Well it's quite easy. Our computers here can track down and locate anyone on Earth. Searching out Angel Grove will be a snap. Like this…"

Andros pushes a couple buttons on the computer and then suddenly one by one, the veteran rangers teleport into the chamber. First Jason appeared. Then Zack. Moments later, Billy and Trini appeared together and then finally Kimberly appeared. All 5 of them looked at each other in curiosity and in confusion on how they got there then they all looked around the chamber trying to figure out where they are at. Then all of them looked over at Zordon in wonder.

"Zordon, is that you? It can't be you. How are you out of your time warp?"

Billy questioned as he stands there with the others in confusion.

"Rangers! You have all been summoned here because a threat looms upon us all and the Earth needs your help. It is a long story on how I am here but that is not important at this time. I will explain later."

Jason steps forward with determination on his face and prepared for anything thrown his way. The other 4 follow suit without another word said as they listen.

"What's the situation, Zordon? It must be big for you to call us back into action but how can we help? Wasn't our powers destroyed years ago?"

Jason says with his arms at his side. Zack adds to his words with the same sentiments.

"Yeah that's my question too, Zordon. How can we be of any sort of help if we don't have our powers? I mean Jason, Tommy, and Billy over the years have told us of what's happened to the power coins and that of the other powers with the Zeo Crystal."

Zordon brings the chest over to the 5 veteran rangers and speaks to them as he opens it revealing the fully restored power coins.

"Since I've returned to Earth, I have managed to fully restore and empower the old power coins and the zords attached to them. Just like in the past, these will be your powers to combat Lord Zedd. You will be fighting alongside these new rangers Connor, Kira, and Ethan. These 3 new generation of Power Rangers have made a call for help because Lord Zedd has returned and has turned their fellow ranger Tommy into his evil Green Ranger upon restoring the Dragon Power Coin and these 3 rangers cannot defeat Zedd without your help."

With the news revealed to them, the 5 rangers take up their coins and morphers along with them. The new information does not settle well with them and they take the power coins without question. Kimberly collapses to her knees in tears over hearing what she has heard and sobs to herself. Jason looks over at her, while Trini kneels down to try to help her handle the news, with seriousness in his eyes but feeling just has shaken as she is but remains strong for them all.

"I can't believe this is happening to him again. We were living a happy life together and I had plans to come by Reefside to visit to see how he was doing…."

Kimberly says while sobbing. Kira speaks up to her to try to help the veteran rangers.

"Hey it's okay. We were just as shocked by these turn of events as you are. We were the first ones to face him and it wasn't easy taking it in knowing we had fought the one who taught us every about being a ranger."

As Kira speaks, Trini helps Kimberly up to her feet. Jason turns back towards Zordon and then looks at Connor, Kira, and Ethan with his face showing determination.

"You know, you guys, we're ready to take the fight to Zedd and free our friend from his evil spell. Come on guys, let's get ready to head back to Reefside and prepare for the coming battle while we wait for Zedd's next move because we can't do anything until he moves first. Andros, we're gonna need you to come with us because these new rangers here must have a base of their own and we probably need to connect the Command Center to their base because we never know if the battle could be in Reefside or here in Angel Grove."

Jason says as he prepares to leave. Billy agrees with Jason and adds his own words to his.

"Affirmative. Whatever information their base has, we can send it them and vice versa with them. It's better safe than sorry."

Zordon presses a few buttons on the control panel and then turns his attention to Connor, Kira, and Ethan after setting the coordinates to send them to Reefside.

"Just to mention to you three, until Tommy is free from Lord Zedd's spell and the Sword of Darkness is retrieved, I cannot empower your current Dino powers like what I have done with the power coins because the breach in the morphing grid because, as you know, some of it's energies are infused into the Sword of Darkness."

The 3 Dino Rangers nod their heads and answer in reply as the others prepare themselves for departure.

"We understand."

Zordon looks at all of the rangers and bids them good luck and teleports them all to Reefside and then mutters to himself

"Good luck, Rangers, and may the power protect you."