A/N: It's the same as last time. I don't own em, except Lady Chaos…and, well, I own Sarah of Eltar too. Ch. 1 details those owners.
A/N 2: Note that I'm sort of combining Ninja Quest and the movie here, and at least doing my best, so bear with me.
Ch. 11-Aftermath and Unity
Moon Palace
"Excellent work, you three! We have Kimberly in our grasp!" said Lord Zedd.
"Let me go, you disgusting Ooze-man!" shouted Kimberly as she was continually pulled on by the Master of Ooze. Ivan had long since been waiting to do this…as a matter of fact, he'd been waiting since the moment he'd been blown up by Ryan's Comet.
"That will be the day, Pink Crane. GOLDAR!" shouted Lord Zedd.
"Yes, my Lord?" said the Titan as he walked into the room, pleased that the three henchmen had grabbed hold of Kimberly.
"Take Kimberly to the dungeon and lock her up with Adam. And make sure those two don't try any tricks!" said the Emperor of Evil.
"Yes, my Lord!" growled the Titan as he left the throne room with Kimberly in tow.
8:45 a.m. local time
Angel Grove Falls
Angel Grove, CA
"OK. That should do it," said Sabrina as she scooped up the necessary water into a washed Coca-Cola liter bottle. Billy wanted as much fresh water for Tommy as possible, and had just happened to find two empty Coca-Cola liter bottles lying around Sabrina's residence before she and Aisha had left.
"Sabrina, you're a miracle worker, and this time I mean that sincerely. With this much, Tommy should be OK," said Aisha as she finished keeping watch, which left Sabrina to lug the two bottles of water. She had been watching to see if Lady Chaos alliance were going to send any foot-soldiers, but seeing none, she walked over to stand by her former enemy.
"Really? After what happened between us when we first met?" the native Eltarian and former Ranger enemy asked.
"Yes. You've been working your butt off. It seems like ever since I came back to protect Kimberly all you've been doing is battle plans. You know, you could use a break every once in a while."
"Aisha, Zordon's children don't take rests," said Sabrina. She didn't act like a brat when she said it, but it was obvious to the former Yellow Ranger that Zordon's eldest child was agitated at the mention of taking rest.
"What in the world did they teach you on Eltar, Sabrina?" said Aisha.
"Sha, I'm a bit different than your mentor. While my father is calm and patient, I expect results from myself, and that's not always good," said Sabrina as she suddenly began losing control of her emotions again. "I was born with the Power. I studied around it. I trained around it. It's exactly the reason Rita Repulsa targeted me from day one…not just because I had the Power, but because it would hurt my father to know I had turned to the side of evil. I knew that because I was the daughter of the almighty Zordon that I was expected to perform."
"When Rita captured me and turned me evil," she continued, "I believed my life was over, that I would never amount to anything good again. What I thought people would think of me was 'Yeah, that daughter of Zordon. How did that turn out? She was the one that attacked his Earth Rangers.' Shortly after the whole thing with you and Adam, I managed to break through my spell and I…I went home to Eltar, and lived with my mother. She was obviously surprised and overjoyed to have me home, and agreed to help me rebuild my life and image."
"After Kimberly retired and passed her coin to Katherine, my mother told me to take residence on Earth where I could 'keep an eye' on things, so to speak. She told me not to intervene when Master Vile came to Earth, that there would be a later time when I was needed. Now, here's the one chance to get it all back, and I…I…" she couldn't finish as she just totally lost it.
Aisha decided that now would be a good time to leave the premises, since Sabrina had the necessary tools.
'Poor thing, it looks like she's been through hell and back,' said Aisha as she teleported out, Sabrina and the water bottles in tow.
'You will never know how right you are, Yellow Bear,' said a faint voice in her mind that she never knew was there.
12:15 local time
Lakeland, FL
"How's it coming, Billy?" said Aisha.
"The antidote is ready, guys," said Billy as he finished mixing what was needed for treatment. He didn't need as much fresh water as the two girls had towed in, but he was glad to have it nonetheless...it would be good for making water bottles later.
"Better hurry and give it Tommy. We don't have much time," said Rocky.
Billy immediately gave the antidote to Tommy. He then pulled out a scanner and then said, "The antidote should work fairly quickly, but I want to keep him asleep for 24 hours to make sure he's 100 percent when we go into battle."
"Good idea," said Sabrina. "Is our work here done?"
"Yes. I'm going to put Tommy to bed, and keep watch. Rocky, you and the girls can pretty much do whatever you want."
"Good. Who's up for some lunch?" said Sabrina.
"I know one person who is," said Aisha as she slapped Rocky in the ribs.
"Leave it to Aisha to make fun of my hunger," grumbled Rocky. "One of these days, I'm seriously going to get you for these hungry man comments, Aisha."
"Oh, Rocky, I'm sooo scared!" said Aisha sarcastically.
"How about some Gulf Coast shrimp? There's a Red Lobster nearby that's very good," said Sabrina.
"I like it. You got a car?" said Aisha.
"Yep, and a sleek one too. Follow me," said Sabrina as she led Rocky and Aisha to the garage until they stopped in front of a shiny, sleek, black and gold convertible.
"Nice digs," said Rocky. "Now, what say let's hit the road?"
"I'm all for that," said Aisha.
1 Day Later, Same Time
Lakeland, FL
"Kimberly was captured while we were away yesterday, was she not? I thought she went out while we were gone," said Aisha.
"She was," said Dulcea. "Several different beings towed her away, as a matter of fact."
"Can we bring those beings up on screen?" said Rocky.
"Let me see that," said Dulcea as she began to push some controls. Sabrina was sitting off to the side, still trying to contain her emotions, while Billy was feeding the antidote to Tommy, who was at that moment beginning to come around.
As a piece of paper came up, Dulcea grabbed it and read from it. "Hmph. This says that the beings that captured Kimberly were as follows: Lord Zedd, Gunthar Schmidt, Ivan Ooze, and Prince Gasket."
At the mention of Ooze, Rocky, Aisha and Billy shivered, as did Rocky and Billy when Gasket's name was called.
"So Prince Gasket's in the game too, huh? I assume Archerina was with him?" said Rocky.
"The readings don't say so, which I find strange," said Dulcea.
Um, for those of us who aren't familiar with Zeo enemies, who the hell is Prince Gasket?" said Aisha.
"A total nightmare," said a recovering male voice from nearby. Despite the fact that he'd been recovering from a poison, Tommy had not forgotten what Gasket had done to his brain recently, and the thought of Mondo's eldest son nearly made him throw up.
"TOMMY! You're awake!" said Aisha as she joined her friend.
"Yeah. What happened?" said the White Ranger, who was still a bit groggy.
"Well, Lady Chaos injected you with a poison that was meant to be temporary but could have been permanent had we not done anything about it," said Rocky.
"Well, I'm glad we got that fixed. Now, what the hell are Ivan Ooze and Prince Gasket doing together?"
"Working to destroy the Earth, obviously," snapped Aisha. "Now, want to tell us who Prince Gasket is since you've had an experience with him?"
"Well, he's the son of King Mondo of the Machine Empire. Actually he's one of two sons, Prince Sprocket being the other. He's a very fierce enemy and just as deadly as anybody we've faced," said Tommy. "He also put me in a brainwashing machine which messed up my brain patterns and turned me against my friends. Gasket is by far the better of the two warlords, so I don't know why Mondo had Sprocket running the show."
"It's because of his now-defunct marriage to Archerina," said a female voice, which belonged to Sabrina.
"Um, who's Archerina?" said Aisha.
"She was actually Gasket's robot wife, but she's not originally evil," said Sabrina.
"You mean, Archerina wasn't evil? That's news to me…she sure attacked us well," said Rocky.
"No. At least she wasn't in the first place. She is actually the daughter of my father's good friend, King Aradon, who is King Mondo's archenemy. The only reason I can think of for her and Gasket not being together is…naw…can't be…" said Sabrina.
"Do you think she's turned back towards our side?" said Rocky.
"It's a possibility, Rocky, although I don't know how much of one. I know that Aradon wasn't happy when Archerina married Gasket," said Sabrina.
"So, are you guys going to keep talking, or are you going to get the hell over here/?" said a male voice over the communications channel.
"Hey, Bro!" said Tommy, obviously delighted to hear his friend's voice. "Anything new over there?"
"Nothing. Been quiet since the Nasty Nightmare's attack. Listen, I think you guys really should get over here. There are new arrivals that you five need to meet, and the longer we stay divided, the worse it's going to be."
"Agreed. Give us one hour and we'll be there," said Sabrina.
"One hour? Why wait?"
"I need to strengthen the force-field around this place. Lady Chaos got too close to it in her fight with Tommy, and I want to make sure she doesn't get that close again."
"Why don't I stay here?" said Dulcea. "You won't need me in battle, and somebody needs to watch the place."
"Good thinking," said Tommy. "J, cancel those 1 hour plans. We're on our way right now."
"You guys ready to teleport?" Sabrina said.
"Am I ever!" said Rocky. "I like Florida, but damn, there's no place like home!"
"Goodbye, Dulcea. May the Power protect you," said Tommy.
"And may it protect you as well, White Falcon," said Dulcea as the other five teleported out.
9:30 a.m. local time
Power Chamber
Angel Grove, CA
"They're on their way," said Jason. "They should be here any minute."
Standing with Jason were two of his original five teammates, Trey, Katherine, Tanya, Archerina, who had found a home in the Power Chamber, Ninjor and two new arrivals. One appeared to stay very close to Zordon's tube, as she appeared to be good friends with Zordon. She had a veiled face, and wore plain white robes. The other was dressed in gray from head to toe, except for her hair, which was a silver-ish color. This one was talking with the Rangers and had been for the last 30 minutes. She appeared to be enjoying herself very much despite the severity of the situation.
"Good. We'll all be together again," said Zack. "Then, maybe we can discuss old times!"
"Yeah, right, like that's going to happen with Lady Chaos in town," muttered Trini.
"I'm so glad we have new reinforcements," said Katherine. "We will need all the help we can get."
"Here they come. Let's make them look for us and then surprise them! Everyone, find a place to hide, except for you three and Alpha!" said Jason, referring to the white and gray figures and Archerina as everyone scattered in different directions.
Moments later, the five Ninjetti warriors descended into the Power Chamber, only to find it deserted except for a few they didn't recognize.
"WELCOME BACK, RANGERS OF THE NINJETTI," boomed Zordon as the five glanced around at their surroundings, and saw that very few others were in the room. Four of the Rangers continued to glance at Zordon, but one was focused solely on someone else…or rather, three different people.
"What…in the name of the universe…Dimitria…Archerina…MOTHER?" cried Sabrina as she raced towards the gray figure in particular.
"Yes, my dear. It is me," said the gray figure as Sabrina embraced her mother in a hug that lasted more than two minutes, and nearly three.
"Sabrina, you know her?" said Tommy.
"Indeed she does, Thomas Oliver," said the gray figure suddenly, which made Tommy whirl around suddenly.
Immediately his mouth dropped wide open. As beautiful as his Pink Princess was, this new arrival nearly had her beat by beauty standards…no wonder his mentor was betrothed to her, and no wonder Sabrina was knockout gorgeous as well!
"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Sarah of Eltar…and I'm Zordon's wife. It is a pleasure to finally meet those whom he chose to defend this planet. I am so terribly sorry we could not meet under better circumstances."
"It's nice to meet you too, Sarah," said Tommy as he extended his hand. "You know me, and I assume you know the other three with me?"
"Indeed I do, White Falcon," said Sarah. "Your names are known throughout the cosmos for the deeds you have done to help defend the entire universe. I communicate with the Masked Rider very often even as he is on Earth. He can't stop talking about your visit to Edenoi. Do not be surprised, Rangers of Earth, if he pays Angel Grove a visit to help us. He has waited for a long time to help us against Lord Zedd and Rita just as you helped him against Dregon."
"That's good to hear, and it's nice to meet you," said Rocky. "And I've been told of Archerina. But who's the other one?"
"SHE IS A SORCERESS FROM THE PLANET INQUIRIS, DIMITRIA. SHE IS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, AND DECIDED SHE WOULD COME HELP US AGAINST LADY CHAOS ALLIANCE. BE WARNED, HOWEVER, AS SHE WILL FORCE YOU TO THINK FOR YOURSELVES BY RESPONDING IN QUESTIONS."
"It'll take a bit getting used to, but I believe we can handle that," said Tommy. "But I wonder…where is everyone else and Ninjor…wait a minute, Dimitria would probably force us to figure out where they are."
"So, let's think about it," said Sabrina. "We know they were here five minutes ago, and they couldn't have gone off gallivanting in Angel Grove, so…"
"They must be playing hide and go seek!" said Aisha.
"Well then, let's see how they like it when we throw some of their own medicine back in their faces," said Rocky.
"Good idea, Rocko, I like it a lot," said Tommy. "Though I'm sure Jason and Ninjor will kick my ass afterwards."
At this, Sarah smirked. These Rangers were the type she liked. In five minutes they'd been funny, clever, and quick-thinking all at once! Dimitria smiled under her veil as well…if things kept up like this, she wouldn't even NEED to ask questions!
Then, Sarah thought of the recent events that had happened. She'd watched Tommy's fight from her home on Eltar, immediately after which she'd left for Earth, and she felt crushed that he'd been deceived like he had. Sarah, as much as she loved her daughter, considered Tommy Oliver to be the greatest Power Ranger she'd ever seen in all the years she'd been alive, and she knew what it was like to lose your beloved when she'd found out that Zordon had been trapped in his time warp all those thousands of years ago.
"Tommy?" she suddenly said.
"Sarah?" he said, as he turned to face Zordon's betrothed one-on-one.
"I'm sorry about the recent turn of events."
"What do you have to be sorry for? You didn't cause them, after all."
"But I know what it's like to lose the one you love, especially when it pertains to the Power. I promise, by all that's good in this universe, we'll get your Kimberly back."
"I know we will. The Power Rangers have NEVER lost a fight before, and we don't intend to start now. And she won't succumb without a fight. What, or rather who, concerns me is your daughter. Your daughter's been taking this whole chain of events rather hard. Poor girl, she looks like she's been trashed five times over."
"No one takes failure harder than her. Our legacy has burdened her way too much, not to mention she was sidetracked by her time as a villain. I'm not surprised. Neither she nor Adam will admit it, but those two need each other."
"Question is, how in the world are we going to fight our friends if we have to?" said Rocky.
"Do you not know that we came with some gifts for you, Rockwell?" said Dimitria suddenly. At this, Rocky slapped himself in the forehead: he should have known the answer and this Dimitria character was really beginning to annoy him!
"Indeed, she is right, Rangers, for I come with this," said Sarah as she pulled out a tiny blue crystal that was shaped like a bit like an oval and a bit like a football.
"It's beautiful," said Tommy.
"Indeed it is," said Sarah, "but it's a lot more than just a beautiful crystal. This is a special crystal created on Eltar that can do many different things pertaining to the Power. But the main thing it can do is reconstruct what was once destroyed. Namely, it can reconstruct two certain Zords that I seem to recall were destroyed by Rito."
"Are you getting at what I think you're getting at?" said Aisha excitedly.
"You mean, it's possible for the Thunderzords to be completely functional again?" said Billy. "Those things were totally trashed in that battle with Rito right before the Ooze fight."
"Indeed, in fact it is very likely. I'd just have to install the crystal, and use my magic to bring them into this time frame."
"Yeah, that's right. Master Vile's whole Orb of Doom thing still has consequences even today," said Rocky.
"That should be done by the end of tonight," said Sarah.
"So, are you guys done talking, or are you going to just shut us out forever?" said a deep voice from behind Tommy. The voice belonged to Jason.
"Seriously, you Rangers are no fun! No fun at all, not even willing to play our game! Sometimes you guys just BURN…ME…UP!" came the voice of Ninjor as he raised his fists and suddenly started growing and powering up to his second form. All the Ninjetti Rangers could do was laugh…this was just Ninjor being Ninjor!
"Um, guys," said Tanya as she reappeared as well, "is this a common theme with Ninjor?"
"Yes," said Trey as he and the rest of the group who had been in hiding suddenly reappeared. "I've known Ninjor for millennia. That's just Ninjor being who he is."
"I AM NINJOR!" his voice suddenly shouted. "READY TO TAKE ON ANY EVIL THAT COMES MY WAY!" he shouted, almost to Lady Chaos alliance at large!
"NINJOR, I COMMAND YOU TO STOP THIS RIGHT NOW," boomed the voice of Zordon. "YOU ARE SETTING A BAD EXAMPLE FOR MY RANGERS."
"Ah yes, you are right. Sorry, Zordon, my friend," said Ninjor as he shrank and powered down.
"You heard, right?" said Tommy.
"Are you kidding? I am so incredibly fired up to see those Thunderzords again!" said Jason. "You had no idea how much I wanted to go up to the moon and kick Rito's ass after that whole series of events. Every day I was sitting in Switzerland I wanted to do that."
"I can't believe we were even able to morph against Ivan's Oozemen. Those guys were gross," said Tommy. "We barely had enough power left for one more morph. I've been wanting to get back at Rito as well."
'Who is going to pilot them, though?' Billy thought randomly through his telepathic link. The previous day, while waiting for Tommy to recover, Dulcea and Sabrina had given Rocky, Billy, and Aisha new power coins and had once again linked them with their Ninjetti animals, so those three as well as Tommy could pilot their Ninjazords.
Somehow, Tommy had heard Billy through his telepathic link. 'Who else? The Alien Rangers of Aquitar!'
"Billy, call Delphine and the Alien Rangers!" said Tommy.
"On it, Tommy," said Billy.
After a few minutes, a projection of Delphine and her Aquitar Rangers appeared on screen.
"Who has called the Rangers of Aquitar?" said Delphine.
"Delphine, it's us, the Rangers of Earth," said Tommy. "We need your help once again. Lady Chaos has come to Earth." At this, Delphine and the rest of her teammates paled.
"Ah yes, Lady Chaos. She is a most menacing force. We have defended the universe before, and can do so again. We can travel freely between the two planets since our main enemy, Hydro Hog, has been destroyed. We shall travel to Earth immediately," said Delphine.
"WE SHALL BE WAITING. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, RANGERS OF AQUITAR," said Zordon as the frequency was cut.
"Well, I think we have just about all the help we need," said Tommy.
"INDEED, WE WILL HAVE MANY ALLIES ON OUR SIDE IN THIS FIGHT. AS DIFFICULT AS IT WILL BE TO WIN THIS FIGHT, I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN EACH ONE OF YOU. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU POSSESSES A TRAIT THAT WILL BE ESSENTIAL IN THIS BATTLE. REMEMBER, USE THESE TRAITS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE TEAM, AND NEVER FOR PERSONAL GAIN. DO THAT, AND THE POWER WILL NEVER FAIL YOU," boomed Zordon.
"My father is right, my friends. I've never seen a group of warriors come together so quickly to be able to defend a planet. Some of our better teams on Eltar had trouble with Rita at first, but you handled her with no problem. You're the greatest group of Rangers I've ever seen, and as long as we stay together, I know we'll win this war."
"Let the forces of evil beware, for the Power Rangers are still in town, and we haven't lost a battle yet!" declared Jason.
"I second that," said Tommy.
And everyone in the room had the same thought.
The forces of evil would never win…at least not as long as this group had anything to say about it.