When Jason came around he found himself in the one place he thought he'd never have to see again. Rita's Dark Dimension…
Standing up he realized that he had no visible injuries. He checked himself over a few more times to be certain and what surprised him the most was that he did not even have any cuts or bruises. Some how he managed to survive that attack unscratched; at that same moment he realized that his friends might not have been so lucky. He only hoped that they each made it out and were in one piece too.
Walking around the room now, Jason decided to check his pockets for his morphers. When he found them he pulled them out. He half expected for them to be gone. Every other time he was ever in this place he was always prevented from morphing. Now he wondered if this time things would be different. With one last look at them both, Jason smiled and then placed them back where they belonged.
" Now what?" Jason wondered as he walked around the room some more. Usually there was always someone here to great him. But Rita was no longer around. Or so Jason thought. He was in her dark dimension after all. So there was a very good possibility that Rita was here too.
"Rita, Zed and Mondo working together. They must really want me dead or at least to suffer." Jason said with a shudder. He now dreaded what they could possibly want to do to him. He had his morphers but what if they failed to work in this place? There must be a reason why he was able to keep them both.
" I wish someone would just come out and tell me why I'm back in the one place I hate the most." Jason muttered.
" Is something the matter? And I thought bringing you here would make you remember the good old days." A sinister yet familiar voice said from behind him. Jason immediately spun around and he instinctively took a few steps back when he saw Goldar stand before him.
" Hello Jason." Goldar said as he stepped forwards. " What do you want?" Jason demanded quickly.
" I want to ask you a favor of course." Goldar said. " A favor? Yeah right. Not in a million years you big ape." Jason said darkly as he glared at Goldar defiantly.
" Don't be stubborn Jason. You don't want your friends to suffer now do you?" Goldar asked him.
" Shut up! You leave them out of this. So tell me Goldar why is Zed and Rita working with Mondo? I thought they despised each other?" Jason said as he stood in a guarded stance.
" Because they both wanted the same thing. You. And they now both realized one very important thing and that is the significance of the gold ranger powers. You do know that you will not be able to keep those powers forever? Not only that but soon those very powers that are protecting you will soon kill you. Take my word for it Jason; those powers are too much for your body to handle. It was never built for a humane body." Goldar explained.
"Shut up! I don't care what you say. I'm protecting these powers and you can't have them." Jason said determined.
" Don't be a fool Jason. If you keep those power, you will die." Goldar said. " I don't believe you." Jason said as he stepped back further.
" And why would you care if the powers kill me or not anyways? What do you want with me anyways?" Jason demanded more firmly.
" I could care less about you Jason. If the powers kill you that will be a joyous day for me indeed, but I'm not the one in charge here now am I? This is Rita's place. She has a bone to pick with you, as does Lord Zed." Goldar explained with a dark laugh.
" But don't worry they will each soon pay you a visit as will Mondo and his mechanical family. Tell me Jason how does it feel to know that you are now at the mercy of your foes? You will be individually taken and used by the three villains that you nearly succeeded in destroying. You will not want to know what they will do to you. But I am sure going to look forward to it. Don't expect any more visitors today though Jason. I just came down here to let you know of what is to come for you." Goldar said with a snicker.
Jason took a nervous gulp. " You don't scare me." Jason tried to say with a steady voice.
" We will see about that, now won't we?" Goldar said, and with another dark laugh Goldar disappeared. As soon as he was gone Jason sank to the floor. He could feel his heart begin to race, as he then slowly started to sweet and breath hard.
" What are they going to do to me?" Jason wondered. Jason though suddenly remembered something. " My communicator?" Jason said as he went to check his wrist for the small device. His face went pale though when he noticed it was missing.
" Oh no. Now how are Billy and the others supposed to find me?" Jason asked himself as he covered his face with his hands in misery. All he could do now though was wait and hope that Billy and the others would find some way in discovering where he was before his enemies returned for him...
Back at the power chamber Rocky, Kimberly and Tommy were discussing with the others the news on how Jason survived the explosion.
" So he's alive then?" Adam asked as he watched Tommy nod his head. " Yeah." Tommy said simply. " Than where is he now?" Adam asked as he looked at each of them.
" We don't know. We know he's been captured but we don't know where they have taken him." Tommy said as he looked down.
" So is this going to be like what happened to me?" Adam asked as he waited patiently for an answer from one of them.
" We don't know." Tommy responded after a few moments of silence. " Any luck Billy?" Kimberly then asked as she noticed Billy's face contort with confusion. " No. I can't get a lock on him. I don't know where he is." Billy said, his frustration building.
" He could not have just disappeared. Adam. How about you? I mean, can you remember where they took you?" Kimberly asked hopefully. Adam though shook his head no.
" Sorry Kimberly. I was blind folded half the time. And when I was tossed into the cell, everything turned out to be to pitch black for me and it was too hard to make anything out. I'm sorry." Adam said sadly as he lowered his head.
" Billy keep trying; something has to pop up eventually." Tommy said. He then looked up at each one of then and tried to give them each a reassuring smile.
" Jason will be okay. We'll find him. After all we always got him back before and even Adam here we eventually found again." Tommy said.
" Yeah, that was because of Jason." Rocky said with a pout. Tommy then looked up at each of them and with a deep breath he walked in the center of the room. He coughed a few times to get everyone's attention and once everyone was looking up Tommy started to speak.
" Listen all of you: There is no way I'm going to leave Jason behind and left in their hands understand me? No matter what we will do whatever it takes to get him back. I will do whatever it takes to make sure that we get him back and I will not let Rita, Zed or Mondo harm him. We'll get him back before they can do anything too him. You'll see. We're the Power Rangers, all of us are. So we stick together and we will get him back. Right?" Tommy said with a determined nod.
"Right." Everyone answered back. " We will get through this. We have too. For Jason's sake." Tommy finished. Kimberly then came up to him and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
" You're right Tommy. We will get him back." Kimberly said with a smile. Tommy could not help but smile back.
However before he could say another word to her the sirens went off. " Now what?" Rocky muttered.
" Guys over hear! It's Mondo!" Tanya called out as she waved them over towards the viewing globe. They each jogged over and once they stopped they watched with dread as Mondo and more of his minions were attacking the city.
" We have to stop him. He'll destroy everything. Guys he's at our school!" Adam said as he watched the cogs terrorize some students from where he was resting.
" Rangers. It seems Mondo is trying to force you out." Zordon said as he finally decided to join in.
Tommy then turned around to face Zordon. " But how do we stop him without Jason and Adam?" Tommy said with worry. Adam then looked up at Tommy, determination written all over his face.
" I'm not that bad off, see look…" Adam said as he tried to stand on his feet. He actually managed to stand on it but once he put pressure on it his face contorted in pain and he nearly collapse, if it were not for Zack who was standing near by to catch him.
" Whoa easy man." Zack said as he caught Adam just in time. " I'm okay." Adam said as he clung onto Zack's shirt tightly. " You're in no condition to fight Adam. I cannot allow you to help them. It is too risky." Zordon explained.
" But they need me Zordon and I'll be fine once I morph. My legs not that bad really." Adam insisted as he tried to stand on his own again but as he did he collapsed again, but thanks to Zack he was caught before he fell completely. " Hey, you have to stop doing that." Zack said.
" Hey guys I hate to interrupt you but we really have to hurry it up here. This is getting ugly." Rocky said as he continued to watch the viewing globe.
Tommy then sighed as he walked up towards Adam." Zordon's right. It's too risky. You have to stay here." Tommy said firmly. " But I…" Adam began but he clasped his mouth shut as he saw Tommy give him a hard stare.
" Fine I'll stay here." Adam mumbled as he folded his arms in defeat. " Alright then. You stay, and everyone else goes. Are you guys ready?" Tommy asked. Everyone nodded their heads yes.
" Good luck rangers and may the power protect you all." Zordon said. Tommy nodded his head in thanks and with one last look at each of them he called out loud and crisp:
" It's morphing time!"
The morphing sequence then started off with Zack, Kimberly, Aisha and Billy. It then moved onto Tommy and the others and before Adam knew it they were gone.
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