When Trip regained consciousness, he noticed that his visor was shattered. He could see the shards of glass dangling from his helmet. He felt the pain of a thousand cuts and a headache from the blast that just struck him. He looked around; his head pounding with pain but he couldn't move his arms. They were tied behind him. He was sitting on the ground next to several of the other rangers. Damon sees Trip start to move.
"Trip you're awake. How do you feel?" he asks.
"I'll live; what did I miss?" Trips asks.
"Well we had a few party crashers." Damon said motioning his head to several creatures examining a door. Apparently the rangers had been attacked and were moved inside the temple. Trip examined the area. He looked down a corridor where many Cogs lay slain. Obviously they had triggered the temple's many traps. Tengas hovered around the rangers squawking and mainly causing a ruckus.
"What are those?" Trip asked motioning his head toward the black suited creatures.
"They're Kelzaks." Cam Answered. "And that's my uncle Lothor."
"Uncle? Nice Family three you got there." Damon replied.
"Don't I know it." Said Cam.
Over on the other side of room Adam was tied up with Carlos, Joel and Trey. He also looked over the immense area. It was not an ancient Temple. The outside was quite deceiving. The inside was littered with high tech devices that would have amazed even Billy, Adam thought.
"Adam who are these guys?" Carlos said motioning his head in the direction of a skeleton and a three headed sorcerer.
"That's Master Vile and his son Rito Revolto." Adam Answered. "It also looks like we have some Vorax here as well."
"Yes it appears those intergalactic Bounty hunters that were after my head are also pursuing the grail." Trey said.
"Don't forget Mamma D. that grandma doesn't look like she's here for the sights." Carlos said sarcastically.
"Vypra's here too. How the hell does she keep coming back? What does she have like nine lives or something?" Joel asks confused.
"It's been done before. Darconda was like that." Carlos pointed out.
"But who's that guy with the armored goons and a gold plate for a face?" Joel asks.
"That is Count Draegon and his Plague patrol." Try answers.
"Oh yeah I remember him. He wasn't the most welcoming guy we met on out trip to edonaoi." Adam whispered. "Look there's Gasket and Archerinia." Adam said motioning his head.
"So basically every Villian the power rangers has ever faced is in one place. Looking for a powerful grail to take over the galaxy?" Joel asks flustered.
"That would appear to be the reality." Trey answers.
"Rats they must have been following us the whole time. Double Rats!" Bridge exclaims in the back of the vast room. "What do we do now Z?" Bridge pauses for an answer non comes. "Z?"
"Hang on Bridge I almost have us untied." Z says from behind Bridge. Another Z was attempting to untie the two rangers.
"Good work other Z." Bridge cheered on.
At the doorway that villains were examining many of them were discussing how to get through.
"It appears we need a key." A Gasket stated.
"Really now! You figured that out all by yourself? Of Course We Need a KEY! You bucket of bolts!" Lothor interjected. Gasket Snarled at him. Vile attempted to keep the peace.
"Gentlemen please. This is not the time." Vile said then paused and looked at the lock on the door. "Hmmm it appears to be a Z shaped key hole. Could it be that my incompetent son-in-law is connected to this?" He ponders.
"Really pops? Maybe it's a way to turn them back?" Rito considers.
"An interesting theory boney. But lets first see if we can open it before we speculate huh?" Lothor said sternly.
Meanwhile Z and Z and Bridge were moving trying to free the other rangers.
"Hey what are you doing?" A Cog asks Z. Another Z taps him on the shoulder he looks at her and then looks bad he scratches his head confused. Z kicks him into the wall but the sound of the Cog short circuiting alerts the other villains.
"GET THEM!" Mamma D exclaims as several Kelzaks, Paranatrons, Cogs and Tengas swarm at Z and Bridge. The two heroes are quickly overwhelmed.
"Bring them here! I want them to witness their own pitiful demise." Vile Commands. The minions obey and drag Z and Bridge over to them.
"You know, we can't exactly witness our own demise. I mean we'd have to be separated from our bodies. And well let's just say its not easy to do that." Bridge points out to Vile.
"Quiet you meddlesome ranger!" Vile exclaims. He turns to Z. "Hello what's this?" He grabs her necklace and pulls it off.
"Hey that's mine!" Z shouts. Vile brings the necklace close to the mechanized lock. It seems to match the lock so Vile places it inside. The lock turns and the door opens.
"You'll never get away with this!" Bridge yells.
"Of course we will." Says Lothor. "Age before beauty." Lothor says motioning the other villains in before him. They walk inside carrying Z with them. As they enter Z stomps on a Tengas foot. It lets go of her and grabs its foot. Z dashes behind a console. Rito pursues her. He jumps behind the console but Z is no longer there. He turns around and there is Z standing before him. She thrusts her foot at him but he catches and raps her in his arms.
"Rito! Bring her here. She is apparently connected to this whole thing." Vile commands. Rio obeys. Vile is standing in a largecircle along with the other villains. There is a giant television screen above them it comes to life. Tommy is on the screen.
"Hello." It begins, "My name is Tommy Oliver. I am a power ranger."
"Duh!" Rito says tauntingly at the screen.
"If you are watching this…" Tommy continues. "Then the fortress of the grail has been penetrated. And if you are not a Power ranger, then the world is in grave danger." The screen continues to play. Outside several henchmen are attacked by a man in green. He disables several cogs and unties Adam and Carlos.
"Tommy?" Adam whispered. The green ranger nodded. He moved like lightening but with the quietness of a ninja toward the other captured rangers. He swiftly laid waste to the several minions that stood in his way. He was careful not to make a sound as he moved through the henchmen with precision and grace. He snuck up behind a cog and snapped its head off causing it to fall to the ground. He moved closer to the door where Bridge was being held.
Inside the Tommy on the screen kept talking. "Several years ago. A wave of purifying goodness destroyed many of the villains that had joined together to take over the galaxy. This wave hit two of our most notorious villains in our history. Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd. The wave destroyed the evil inside of them but it did not destroy their powers. Recently I learned that these two former villains resided on earth. They also had a child."
Z looked at the screen. She remembered the voice of the creature that was killed in her future. "It's you" he had said. She also saw that her necklace was the key to the door. It was the same symbol as the one on Lord Zedd's crown and his throne. "Could it be me?" she thought. "I am the child of Lord Zedd and Rita?" the thought frightened her.
"If this child were to fall into the hands of evil, then the power rangers would be but a memory. We would not be able to stand against such power. If an evil force has penetrated this fortress and discovered this secret then the power rangers have failed. The earth and soon the galaxy will fall to evil." The screen says.
"It is a dark day indeed young Tommy." Vile cackles along with the other Villians as they celebrate their apparent victory. Finally they had become victorious. The thought pleased Vile. He looked at Z her face filled with horror he caressed her cheek.Soon his heir would join him and restore his place to the universe and destroy the power rangers forever!
Tommy had just taken out the tengas that were holding Bridge. "Tommy! Z's inside we have to save her!" Bridge said in a loud whisper. Tommy motioned him to follow. Bridge looked at him confused when they dashed down a corridor with the other rangers instead of rushing in to save Z.
After a long pause the Tommy on the screen spoke again. "Butthere is good news for the power rangers. You see this whole thing is a HOAX!" the words rang in the villain's ears.
"What!" They all exclaimed. Suddenly the door shut behind them. A force field encased them inside the circle. The villains panicked and attempted to get out. But the field repelled their attacks. They all looked back Z. She winked waved and disappeared.
"NOOOOOOO!" Vile screamed! "THIS CAN'T BE!"
"It can." Tommy said as a wall moved up and a window appeared. He was sitting before the several rangers Z was with them. The villains looked up at them. "Don't bother trying to escape." He continued. "The more you struggle the more powerful the field becomes. Your obsession and you lust for power has brought about your own entrapment Villains. Don't you know you can never beat the power rangers!" Tommy yells with delight. "Villians, I bid you adieu." Tommy says; the other rangers wave as the villains are encased in a titanium cylinder. "Get used to your new accommodations you'll be there for a long time." Tommy says with a laugh. The villains attempt to escape but they cannot they are trapped.