Raquel growled as she approached their old neighborhood. She was not too surprised to see Tommy coming up as well. "I guess evil minds think alike," She said "but this one is mine, Twinkle Toes. This will prove to Empress Rita how loyal I am."
"You do your end of the street I'll do mine." Tommy laughed. He stomped on his old house. Raquel stomped on her house and started walking down the street in the opposite direction. She glanced at her mother, who was standing in front of her. Red Ranger walked around the screaming woman and continued knocking down houses.
Raquel and Tommy watched impassively as glimpses of their childhood fell down before them. They could see every memory, every good memory the two had ever had crush beneath their zords. Tommy was stoic and didn't flinch at all. Raquel laughed like a crazed person and cracked jokes about every neighbor's last name.
"We're too late!" Kimberly yelled when they caught up looking at the wrecked neighborhood.
"At least no one seems to have gotten hurt too badly." Jason said
"Empress have we showed you our loyalty yet?" Raquel yelled up to the sky "There is nothing in our pasts to hold us back now. There is nothing in our future but your will!"
"Couldn't have said it better myself." Tommy laughed "Empress I request that we forget about trashing the rest of the city for now and trash these power rangers for you!"
"Yes, destroy them now!" Rita screeched with delight.
"Alright!" the Red and Green ranger yelled in delight as they charged at Jason and Kimberly's Zords. Suddenly Billy and Trini caught up on the other side. "You're surrounded!" Trini yelled
"You know Tommy the best school is old school." Raquel said.
"Switch now!" Tommy yelled and the Zords stood back to back, just as Tommy and Raquel did in the cave. They fought the rangers fiercely.
"We could really use Zack about now." Kimberly said.
"You call?" Zack yelled from below!
"You're alright!" Trini yelled.
"Of course, you can't keep me down for long!" he called his Zord. This turned the tide towards the rangers. "We've got to eject, or our Zords will be destroyed." Raquel yelled.
"So close to victory this time!" Tommy said angrily they ejected. The others did too, but they still surrounded them.
Tommy and Raquel pulled out their weapons. "Get her!" Jason yelled "I'll take the Green Ranger!"
They all piled in on Raquel who was quickly loosing, due to having so many rangers to attack at once. Losing power quickly, Raquel demorphed and tried jumping over the rangers landing face first in the grass. She looked up to the face of a scared looking woman. Her mother stepped back in fear. Raquel lost concentration for a moment while backing up away from the woman. Seeing an opportunity, Kimberly grabbed Raquel's dagger. "It's time for your nightmare to end." Kimberly said
"No!" Tommy yelled breaking from his battle with Jason to run at Kimberly at full force.
The dark cloud encompassing Raquel disappeared for a second "Sálvame!" she called to Kimberly."What have I done?" Fear and desperation were evident in her eyes
"You can't have her!" Tommy yelled as he kicked Kimberly's hand hard. She screamed in pain as the dagger went flying out of her hand. Tommy jumped up into the air and caught the dagger.
Raquel's face contorted and she laughed evilly "Nice try princess." She ran to attack Jason but before she could do anything Raquel found herself fading away from the place. Once again, she was in the presence of her empress.
Green ranger handed Raquel her dagger and Raquel morphed into the Red Ranger. They both knelt.
"I am sorry we failed you." Tommy said.
"Not at all my dear Rangers," Rita laughed triumphantly "you two have proved your loyalty to me. You are rotten to the core. I know now that you are prepared for my master plan."
She laughed "Finster, get everything together. Rest quickly my rangers, for soon we will be conquering Angel Grove and then the world!"
"This place is a wreck!" Kimberly said "I can't believe those two would do this!"
"I can't believe it. We won, but we lost." Zack said.
"We should help with the cleanup." Billy said.
Suddenly Raquel's mother ran up to them. "Who was that girl? Why did she want you to save her? I thought that those were robots!"
"It's ok Ma'am." Jason said "We will deal with this. Please gather up all your neighbors and see if anyone is missing."
"Yes, yes. I hope everyone is alright." She said running off and then muttered "Figures she would destroy my home though, all I have left. She looks exactly like my good for nothing ex-husband."
"Don't worry Raquel. We will save you and Tommy." Kimberly said quietly "Wherever you guys are."
Raquel and Tommy knelt quietly in the dark dimension. "Feels like home now, huh?" Raquel said quietly.
"I don't think I ever want to go to earth again." Tommy said with a sigh "The evil here is invigorating. I envy the others for having one home. Someone is bound to be suspicious of us. My parents are starting to become a problem."
"You are better off without them like me," Raquel said "but of course the second the other people find out I'm a child living alone…."
"They would not understand. We are never alone," Tommy said holding his blade in front of him. It almost pulsed with energy in his hand, "and we are no longer children. All we are weapons ready for battle."
