Author's Notes: Here we are again. Another chapter finished and this much closer to the end of what I'm calling the first act. I'm glad that everyone is still interested in my fan fic and I'm happy that you are reviewing it. Last time, Eric and Ryan managed to destroy Psycho Pink, Billy got a ride to Earth with the Space Rangers and Trent and Kira had a tender moment semi-ruined by Conner and Ethan.
Chapter 14: Divide and Conquer
Earth's Orbit
"Here we are. Earth." Andros announced.
"Establishing stable orbit of Earth" said the automated computer aboard the Megaship.
"Thanks DECA."
The Astro Megaship Mark 2 moved to its once familiar orbit around the Earth. The engines cut down from a loud rumble to a silent hum.
"Earth. It's been a while." Billy said looking on at the blue jewel that was before them. "It's been too long."
"Well at least you're back now, right?" Ashley asked, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"How are we going to get down from here?"
"We'll use the jump tubes since its fast and kinda fun if you've never done it before." Answered Carlos, the Black Space Ranger.
"It's real fun even if you have done it before Carlos." Cassie, the Pink Space Ranger, said.
"Well then I can't wait to try it."
All of the space rangers smiled. Andros got up from his seat and walked over to the scanner. His eyes widened and snapped around quickly.
"Everybody hang on!"
The Megaship was rocked back and forth violently. Billy was knocked off balance and fell on one of the consoles.
"Are you alright?" Ashley asked in a panic.
"Yeah I'm fine."
"DECA, status report!" Andros ordered.
"Minor damage to outer hull. Interior is undamaged."
"Andros, what's out there?"
"Velocifighters."
The space rangers jaws dropped and had stern looks on their faces.
"Velocifighters?" Cassie said in disbelief.
"How is that possible?" T.J. asked.
"I don't know, but right now we have to get Billy back to Earth."
"I'll take him to Earth." Ashley said. "I just need you guys to cover us."
Andros stood silent for a moment before speaking.
"Alright. Use your Galaxy Glider. The jump tubes will leave you defenseless."
"Come on Billy."
Ashley began to run out of the bridge while Billy tried to keep up. Every few seconds they were rocked by attacks from the Velocifighters. Billy was knocked over by another explosion and fell into the engine room. He tried to steady himself, but was again knocked over. Ashley ran into the engine room and picked Billy up.
"Come on! Try to keep up!"
Ashley pulled Billy out of the room and back into the corridor. They ended up in the cargo hold which was littered with crates and containers thrown around from the attacks.
"Alright Billy, we're going out into space so we're going to need to morph to be protected from the harsh conditions."
Billy stood speechless as Ashley opened her morpher in front of him.
"Let's Rocket!"
Ashley was surrounded by light and reappeared in her ranger form. Her suit was yellow with the chest displaying all the colours of her team.
"So, can you still morph?"
"Yes… but only once more."
"Alright then make it count."
Billy knew he would need his last morph for something more important, but this was life or death. He took one last breath before pulling out his old morpher. It was cracked and blackened from the surge caused by Rito Revolto 9 years prior. He raised the buckle shaped device in front of him and said the all too familiar phrase.
"It's Morphin Time! Triceatops!"
Billy appeared morphed in his original blue suit, the diamond pattern laid across the chest, boots and gloves was still eye catching. Billy was once again the Blue Mighty Morphin Power Ranger.
"Alright Ashley, let's go."
"Galaxy Glider, Hang Ten!"
A large yellow surfboard–like object appeared in front of them. Ashley got on and Billy did the same.
"DECA, open the cargo bay doors!"
"Cargo Bay doors, opening."
The doors separated slowly and loudly. Air was being sucked out of the cargo bay with containers being pulled out into the void of space. The glider's engines exploded with life and propelled them out the doors and into space. They sped toward Earth quickly to avoid the battle that raged on behind them.
"Looks like we're in the clear." Ashley said.
Billy was about to confirm her statement when he saw something following them.
"A little early to celebrate. Look."
Ashley turned to see 2 Velocifighter following them. They began to fire on the 2 rangers. Ashley did the best she could to dodge the oncoming laser fire.
"Billy can you take care of them, I got some flying to do." Ashley drew her Astro Blaster and handed it to Billy. He took it and drew his Blade Blaster. It had been awhile since Billy had used a blaster. He fired off a few shots from both and managed to hit one of the attacking ships. It had sparks coming from its engine and exploded a few seconds later.
"I'm not as bad of a shot as I thought I was."
Billy focused on the remaining attacker and fired off both blasters rapidly. It dodged the shots and climbed higher than the 2. It began a nose dive toward them. Billy fired off more shots, but they didn't seem to faze it.
"Alright then I'll have to do this the old fashion way."
Billy holstered his weapon and returned Ashley's.
"Power Lance!"
A large blue pole with blades at both ends appeared in Billy's hands. Billy still had fond memories of using this weapon many years ago. He just hoped he still knew how to use it. Ashley turned to Billy with confusion.
"What are you doing?"
"I'll be right back."
Billy pushed off the glider and headed straight for the Velocifighter. It fired volley after volley at Billy, but they were being deflected with the Power Lance. Once Billy was close enough he swung the lance around at the ship in front of him and separated its left wing from the rest of the ship. It spun behind him out of control. He drew his blaster and fired on the helpless craft until it exploded. Ashley had turned around the glider and picked Billy up.
"Billy, that was amazing."
"I know, I'm surprised I had…"
Billy stopped mid-sentence and tensed up. Ashley turned and knew something wasn't right.
"Billy?"
"Ashley, we have to get to Earth now. My powers are starting to fade. That little stunt I just did took a lot of energy."
Ashley gunned the engines through the Earth's atmosphere. It was getting very hot, even inside the ranger suits.
"Ashley, faster, I don't know how long I can maintain my morphed form!"
She pushed the glider as much as she could to make it to the ground before Billy's powers faded away. Once they were out of the atmosphere, Ashley slowed down the glider and prepared to land near Reefside. They passed over many tree tops until they came to a clearing. Ashley went to slowly set the glider down, when it suddenly stopped working.
"Uh-oh."
"What do you mean uh-oh."
"I just lost power to the glider."
"So were about to…"
"Crash!"
The glider toppled forward throwing its passengers off. They both fell at least 20 feet and hit the ground hard. The glider followed behind them, but crashed into a few trees, sending many pieces of yellow metal shards everywhere. It finally landed nearby, albeit rough. Ashley demorphed from the fall and was back in her uniform. Billy demorphed as well, but his morpher was acting strangely.
"What's wrong Billy?"
He held his morpher out and examined it carefully. Electrical discharges were coming off of the old power morpher.
"Well, my morpher is finally fired. Looks like I can't morph… again."
Billy went to stand up, but fell down immediately. Ashley rushed to his side.
"What's wrong?"
"My ankle. I think I've sprained it, I guess my powers could only do so much for me."
"Can you walk?"
"No, not on my own."
Ashley threw Billy's arm over her shoulder and lifted him up.
"Then I guess I'll have to help you." Ashley lifted her morpher to her mouth and had started to communicate with the Megaship. "Andros, this is Ashley."
"We read you Ashley. Status report."
"We've made it to Earth, but my glider is toast and Billy's sprained his ankle."
"You're not that far from Reefside. Looks like you're on the outskirts of town. By our intel, Tommy's place should be about a mile north from where you are."
"Thanks Andros. How are things up there?"
"Not very good. We're still under attack. They just keep coming and coming. We're going to have to leave the area for a while as to not endanger Earth anymore then it is."
"Copy that. See you guys later… And good luck."
"Same to you Ash. Andros out."
Ashley looked up at the sky to see a small stream of light go off into the distance.
Mesogog's Island
Elsa was standing at one of the consoles, checking the status of the time portal, when the lab's monitor's picked up a strange signal.
"Master, I think we've found something."
Mesogog turned away from the time portal and walked toward Elsa.
"What is it?"
"Looks like more power rangers, but one of them might be of interest."
Mesogog looked at the screen and studied the two rangers, a male and a female, but only the male caught his humanoid eye.
"That must be the original blue ranger."
"Yes, the original team's tech expert."
A sinister grin, or a vague resemblance of one, appeared on Mesogog's face.
"Capture him at once. With his technical skills, we can find a new way to power the time portal."
"Yes master. Psycho Yellow!"
The Yellow Psycho Ranger entered the room.
"You called."
"We have a job for you."
"Bring us the former blue power ranger. He is at these coordinates." Mesogog said, sending the location to her helmet.
"Why me? If it's a blue ranger, why not send Psycho Blue?"
"Because he is too unpredictable. Besides, a certain yellow ranger is with him." Mesogog displayed the video feed to the large screen in the lab. Psycho Yellow took a few steps back when she realized who it was.
"The Yellow Space Ranger!"
"Exactly. Now go."
Psycho Yellow ran out of the lab in a hurry.
"Finally, I get to destroy my yellow ranger." she thought to herself.
Reefside: Outskirts
Ashley was carrying Billy through the forest, keeping a steady pace through the rough terrain. As they passed a large tree, Billy signalled to stop for a rest. Ashley stopped by an evergreen and slowly put Billy down.
"Okay, 5 minutes and then we keep moving." Ashley told him with a hint of urgency in her voice. Billy nodded in agreement and slouched into a relaxed pose, being careful to not disturb his injured ankle.
"It doesn't matter how much time you have, you'll never make it to your destination."
Ashley and Billy turned to the direction the voice came from. Ashley's eyes widened at what she saw.
"Psycho Yellow!" Ashley adopted a defensive pose.
"Yes it's me. Surprised to see me?"
"How is this possible?"
"That's for me to know and you to not find out."
"What do you want? Revenge for earlier?"
"As if. I'm not here for you. I'm here for HIM." Psycho Yellow pointed at Billy. Ashley looked back and Billy and moved in front of him, keeping herself between him and the psycho ranger.
"If you want him, you'll have to go through me!"
"With pleasure." Psycho Yellow pulled out her bat wing shaped Psycho Slinger and opened fire on the Yellow Space Ranger. Ashley rolled away from the shots and opened her morpher.
"Let's Rocket!" Ashley reappeared morphed and pulled out her Astro Blaster and Star Slinger. She combined the two and began to return fire. Many streams of laser fire flew past the two combatants, hitting many trees and foliage in the area. The two moved closer to each other with each shot fired. Once they were in striking distance of each other, Psycho Yellow threw a punch that nearly connected with her helmet. Ashley threw some punches with her free hand and continued to fire with her weapon. Psycho Yellow dodged the punches and laser fire with her own. She then knocked Ashley's weapon out of her hand and kicked her in the stomach, making her fall backward in pain.
"Billy!" Ashley said while trying to get up. "Contact Tommy, we need help now!"
Billy raised his communicator and tried to get Tommy.
"Tommy, do you read? It's Billy, we need your assistance." No answer came from the communicator. "Tommy, this is Billy, do you read?" finally a voice came through.
"This is Hayley. I'm tracking you now, Tommy and the others are on the way."
"Thank you and tell him to hurry."
Billy looked back at Ashley to see Psycho Yellow throw her to the ground. Ashley kicked the psycho in the head and pushed her off. She got back to on her feet, but was stumbling slightly.
"Looks like you're slowing down Yellow Ranger."
"Maybe…" Ashley took a moment to steady herself. "But I can still take you down." She charged at the psycho ranger and did a flying kick, sending her back.
"Why you…" Psycho Yellow was interrupted by laser fire that hit her in the back. She turned to see Billy armed with Ashley's dropped weapon. "You're going to pay for that."
"Hey psycho!"
Psycho Yellow turned only to be met with a punch to the face.
Mesogog's Lab
The other three psycho rangers were witnessing the battle on a screen.
"She's taking too long." Psycho Black said.
"At this rate the power rangers will be there and to her what they did to Psycho Pink." Psycho Blue said.
"Well then let's not give them the chance to reach them." Psycho Red suggested.
The other two nodded in agreement and followed him to the nearest portal. Green Ranger walked into the room and had overheard the entire conversation.
"Well if a distraction is what they want then a distraction is what they'll get." He went to the same portal the Psycho Rangers did and drew his Dragon Dagger.
Reefside: Downtown
The three Psycho Rangers appeared in downtown Reefside. Many people were out and about minding their own business.
"Let's spice things up abit." Psycho Red said sending a stream of energy toward a group of civilians. It exploded nearby and everyone ran in terror. The other psychos did the same and also aimed their attacks at buildings, littering the street with debris and setting small fires around them.
Reefside: Industrial District
The Green Ranger appeared on the scaffolding of a power generator.
"Dragonzord!" he played his dagger and the Dragonzord appeared in the district. It began to thrash and destroy parts of the industry buildings, making workers run from the colossal zord. "That's right run. Run and make the power rangers come to your rescue."
Reefside: Tommy's House
Hayley was at the console and was looking between three alerts.
"Guys we have a big problem. Make it three."
"What do you mean?" Tommy asked.
"Well besides Billy being in trouble. We have the Psycho Rangers attacking downtown and the Dragonzord in the industrial sector."
"So we'll have to split into teams. Conner, you and the other Dino Rangers deal with the Psycho Rangers. Eric and Ryan take your zords and deal with the Dragonzord. Wes and Jason, you're with me. We'll take care of Billy."
The Rangers nodded in agreement and pulled out their morphers.
"It's Morphin Time! Tyrannosaurus!"
"Titanium Power!"
"Time for Time Force!"
"Quantum Power!"
"Dino Thunder, Power Up!"
"White Ranger, Dino Power!"
They became their respective rangers and headed off to deal with the triple problem that lay before them.
Author's Notes: This was much longer then I originally expected it to be. Well I hope you enjoy it and like the length, if so then I'll do my best to make each chapter this long for now on. Please Read and Review. Your thoughts and ideas are welcomed. The more I could add to the story, the better it could be. If anyone has ideas on what rangers I should bring back other than the ones I have established, it would be appreciated.
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