AN: The zords in this chapter are the zords from the movie. I didn't like Rocky's zord in the show.
Chapter Twenty-Challenges
The Rangers stared at the Viewing Globe. Three monsters were attacking the city. One was Metal Cobra and the other two were monsters they've never seen before.
The monsters were set in three different parts of Angel Grove. Monster number one, Metal Cobra, was in the business district, monster number two was sent to the beach front, and monster three was attacking downtown.
"Rangers," Zordon said. "As you can see Rita, Lord Zedd, and Mesogog have sent monsters to three different areas of Angel Grove. You are familiar with Metal Cobra. The one at the waterfront is Gator Blade. His jaws are deadly and his tail is razor sharp. He is a fast swimmer and he can fire extreme pressure of water from his mouth. Battle on land would be best."
Zordon paused and allowed the Rangers to absorb the information.
"The third monster is called Thunder Lizard. He is able to absorb electricity and fire it back at you."
The group of Rangers gulped at the same time. None of them had to deal with three monsters at the same time. Well, not when they were all over the city. The attacks were always at one place, never separate.
"Talk about divide and conquer," Aisha said nervously.
"Yeah," Kira agreed.
"We need to get there," Tommy said.
The others agreed.
"It's Morphin Time," The White Falcon Ranger exclaimed.
"Dino Thunder, Power Up," shouted the Dino Thunder Rangers.
The Rangers teleported from the Command Center to Angel Grove Park.
At Angel Grove Park, the twelve Rangers huddled together. They had to divide into teams.
Dr. Oliver automatically took charge.
"Kim, Trent, and Kira you're with me," The Black Brachio Ranger said. "Tommy, Rocky, Aisha, and Kimberly you're together. That leaves Conner, Billy, Ethan, and Adam."
"Right," the others said.
"My team will face Metal Cobra," Dr. Oliver continued. "Tommy's team will go to the waterfront and battle Gator Blade, and Conner's team will face Thunder Lizard."
The Rangers nodded their agreement and was about to break off into their teams, when Zordon's voice came through their communicators.
"Rangers, Rita, Lord Zedd, and Mesogog have sent Rito, Goldar, Elsa, and the White Ranger clone to the park."
"Got it, Zordon," Tommy said.
The line was cut off.
Ethan groaned.
"Now what are we gonna do," he asked.
"Wait a minute," Adam said. "Aren't we in the park?"
The Rangers froze. They looked around them. Their enemies were nowhere in sight and it was a little too quiet for their liking.
"Keep alert," Dr. Oliver ordered.
"What about Gator Blade, Metal Cobra, and Thunder Lizard," Kim asked. "We just can't allow them to destroy the city."
"Kim's right," Tommy said.
"Alright," Dr. O said. "Tommy, Trent, and Conner, remain here with me. "The rest of you head to the monsters. We will be there as soon as we're done here."
The Rangers agreed and teleported out.
"Come on," Dr. Oliver shouted at empty space.
"Come out you stupid goons," Conner exclaimed.
"Yeah," Trent said. "What, are you afraid we'll wipe the floor with you like we always do?"
"It's time to stop playing hide and seek," Tommy said.
"Who's hiding," Elsa asked from behind them.
The four Rangers turned. Their enemies were behind them. All evil henchmen had their weapons ready.
"You will pay for your comment, Trent," The White Ranger clone said darkly.
"Black Ranger," Goldar addressed Dr. Oliver. "I will defeat you."
"Well, it looks like it's just me and Red," Rito said.
The Rangers moved to face their opponents. They waited for them to attack.
"Get them," Goldar called and the line of evil henchmen charged forward.
They Rangers too defensive poses.
"I know your every move, Tommy," Elsa said.
"Well, good for you," Tommy said. "It won't matter."
Elsa went to kick the White Mighty Morphin Ranger, but Tommy simply moved out of her way. He came at her with some punches and kicks of his own. Elsa fell to the ground. She kicked up, knocking Tommy away from her. She stood and kicked him again.
Trent was fighting his clone. Their Drago swords clinked every time they connected.
"I'm going to destroy you once and for all," the White clone said.
"I believe we've done this dance before," Trent said. "I won."
The good White Dino Thunder Ranger sliced his sword across his clone's abdomen. The clone fell to his knees clutching his side. Trent kicked his clone on the back. The clone laid completely on the ground. Trent went to stab the evil clone in the back, but the clone turned over and connected his sword with his good counterpart's. They clone kicked Trent, pushing him back.
"Thought you had me," The clone asked. "It won't happen again."
"Wanna bet," Trent said and charged his clone.
"Man, you stick," Conner said backing away from Rito.
Rito sniffed his under arm.
"Why thank you," the villain said.
"Wasn't a compliment."
Conner summoned his Tyranno staff. Rito rushed toward the Red Ranger. His sword raised and he swiped at Conner. Conner dodged the attack. Rito swiped his sword again and Conner ducked under the weapon. He tried not to breathe to deeply as he was right under Rito's pit. The Red Ranger swung his staff and it connected with Rito's lower back. Rito fell forward.
"You're gonna pay for that," Rito snarled.
"I don't think so," Conner said.
Rito tried to grab Conner, but Conner used his super speed to get away. Rito growled and tried again.
While Conner was enjoying dodging Rito, Dr. Oliver was fighting Goldar. Their weapons clashed as they battled.
"You're easier to beat than I remember," The Black Ranger said.
"You haven't won yet, Black Ranger," Goldar growled.
Dr. Oliver crouched down and swept Goldar's feet from under him. The Black Ranger flipped through the air and landed a good distance from the golden clad, giant monkey.
"Brachio staff," Dr. Oliver exclaimed. "Fire Strike!"
Goldar cried out in pain and the smell of burnt fur filled the air.
"Now I have," Dr. Oliver said smugly.
Elsa yelled as Tommy flipped her through the air and she landed next to the burnt Goldar. Tommy dusted off his hands and approached his adult self.
"I'm done," he said.
"Be still," Rito ordered the Red Ranger.
"Ok," Conner said.
Rito charged him and Conner moved out of the way. Rito went full speed towards Goldar and Elsa. He tripped over Elsa and fell hard on Goldar.
"Get off me," Goldar cried out in pain.
Rito rolled over to the ground. He was exhausted.
Conner smiled and joined Dr. O and Tommy.
"I'm finished," Conner said proudly.
Trent sent several laser arrows flying at his clone. The clone cried out and flew back into the pile of villains. He too landed on the injured monkey, but was unconscious, so he couldn't move.
"Never mess with the original," Trent said triumphantly.
He walked to his companions.
"I think it's time for you to leave," Tommy said to their enemies.
Elsa growled and raised her hand, sending her and her male colleagues back to the moon.
The Rangers cheered happily. Their small victory was something they didn't want to take for granted. They congratulated each other until they heard the familiar dings of their communicators.
"Tommy," Kim's voice cried out to the Black Ranger. "Get your ass down here."
"Yeah," Kira said. "We need you and Trent now!"
There was a painful cry from the Yellow Ptera Ranger.
"Conner," Ethan said. "Billy's down and Adam and I could sure use your help."
They heard Billy groan as he regained consciousness.
"Tommy," Rocky said next. "This thing's under water."
"We're on our way," Tommy said to all of his friends.
The Red, Black, and two White Rangers teleported to their teams.
"Sorry," Dr. Oliver apologized as soon as he landed. "It took longer than I thought."
"Whatever," Kim said.
She was guarding Kira. Metal Cobra had gotten the Yellow Ranger with one of his barbs. Trent immediately went to the girls' side Kira was just starting to feel the effects of the barb wearing off.
"I really hate that," she said.
"Yeah," Trent said and helped the Yellow Ranger up. "You all right?"
"Yeah," Kira said.
Kim went to Dr. Oliver's side.
"Why didn't you get hit," the Black Ranger asked.
"I hit the monster with an arrow from my Power Bow," Kim answered
Dr. Oliver nodded. His defenses. Were up. Metal Cobra was nowhere in sight.
"Where is he," Dr. Oliver asked.
"I don't know," Kim said. "He attacked Kira, then came after me. I called forth my Power Bow and hit him with an arrow. He disappeared after that."
All four Rangers gathered close. They did not like the calm of the battlefield. It was unsettling.
Kim looked up to stare at the buildings around them, Kira looked to their right , Trent to their left, and Dr. Oliver stared at the ground. They didn't want any surprises.
"There," Trent cried out as he saw the mutated snake.
Metal Cobra attacked quickly. Trent grabbed Kira's hand and used his speed to get her way from harm. Kim jumped out of the way, but Dr. Oliver wasn't fast enough. Metal Cobra wrapped his long body around the paleontologist and began to squeeze.
Dr. Oliver cried out. He felt the binding pressure of the snake's coiling.
"Tommy," Kim cried out in concern.
"Dr. Oliver," Trent shouted.
The White Drago Ranger drew his sword and charged to his mentor. Trent sliced at Metal Cobra.
Metal Cobra felt the blade and, without letting go of his prize, attacked Trent. Trent cried out in pain. He dropped his sword and grabbed his arm. Venom began to affect his morph, but it wasn't deadly as long as he remained morphed.
"Trent," Kira called out.
"Stay there," the White Ranger ordered.
Kira remained where she was. She badly wanted to go to the White Ranger, but knew it was to dangerous.
Kim summoned her Power Bow. She fired an arrow at the snake.
Metal Cobra hissed in rage. He was getting sick of that bow.
"You," he hissed hatefully.
He was beginning to hate the Pink ranger more than the others. She was still sending her arrows into his body. Metal Cobra let go of Dr. Oliver. He quickly slithered toward Kim.
"No," Kira yelled.
Kim felt her body weakening. Her onslaught of arrows began to slow and her vision became hazy.
"My powers," the Pink Ranger said weakly.
She had used too much energy on her arrows. Her powers were fading. The Pink Ranger's Bow disappeared and she fell to her knees.
Metal Cobra smirked. The Pink one was now weak and perfect prey. He slithered onward. He began to circle the woman.
Kim's powers gave out and she collapsed completely to the ground.
"Kim," Dr. O shouted.
His voice was full of concern. He wanted to help Kim, but couldn't move at the moment.
Trent also wanted to help, but had to concentrate to remain in morph.
Metal Cobra prepared to attack Kim. He charged her, but came up empty when she was teleported out of danger.
At the same time, Kira used her Ptera Scream. Metal Cobra was sent into the side of a building.
By this time, Dr. Oliver had forced himself up. He called forth his Brachio staff. He used his Wind Strike to force Metal Cobra back into a building. He used his Water Strike to keep the monster back.
The metal snake was unable to move. The battle was now in the Rangers' favor.
At the waterfront, Gator Blade was attacking the Rangers from the water. He was firing extreme pressures of water from his mouth.
The Rangers hid behind a large rock.
"we have to find a way to draw him out of the water," Rocky said.
"Any ideas," Tommy asked.
Kimberly and Rocky look at each other. Aisha thought hard. Not knowing what to do, she shrugged. Tommy groaned. He could hear the rock erode away. The water pressure was deadly.
"This guy's worse than Metal Cobra," Rocky complained.
"Yeah," Tommy agreed.
"What are going to do," Kimberly asked.
"We need the others," Aisha said.
"We can't call them," Tommy said.
The Red, Yellow, and Pink Rangers agreed. Their teammates was busy with their own monsters. There was no way they could help.
Tommy's team couldn't go out in the open. Gator Blade's were too powerful. The pressure would crush them. They didn't know what they were going to do. There was nothing they could do. They could either remain hidden or die. Neither options were appealing.
"We have to do something," Kimberly groaned.
"There's nothing we can do," Tommy said. "We have to wait until the others are available."
Meanwhile Downtown Angel Grove, the last team of Rangers were trying not to get electrocuted.
"Be still," Thunder Lizard complained.
"No way," Conner shouted.
"We're not stupid," Ethan said.
The four Rangers were running in every direction. They learned early in the battle not to stay in one place for too long.
"We can't keep this up," Adam said to his friends.
"Adam is right," Billy said. "We will exhaust ourselves long before Thunder Lizard exhaust his electric energy."
Conner paused he hand been using his super speed the whole time. Now he needed to think and began to run at a normal pace.
"Too bad we cannot combine our weapons," the Red Ranger laughed.
"Yeah," Adam agreed.
The Ranger ran around a little while longer. They were grateful for their powers. The Powers added extra stamina and they really needed the energy right now.
Billy and Ethan were glad they forced themselves to become more active. They were the smartest in the group. They had spent most of their lives studying books, so they were the leas athletic.
Not able to come up with another plan, Conner picked up his pace.
On the moon, Rita, Lord Zedd, and Mesogog were pleased with the way most of the battles were going. They approved of the hopelessness of the fight. The Rangers were cornered.
"It think it's time to make our monsters grown," Rita said.
"Of course, my dear," Lord Zedd said.
They crossed their staffs and the monsters grew.
Tommy's team watched in horror as Gator Blade grew.
"Aw… Fuck," Tommy and Rocky said in unison.
"We couldn't even confront him when he was normal," Kimberly whined.
"Well, let's pray he doesn't use that water cannon on us now," Tommy said.
"Yeah," the others said at once.
Downtown, a thunderous crash filled the air as Thunder Lizard sent out a massive lightning bolt. Half the power went out of Angel Grove because of the attack.
"Dammit," Conner exclaimed.
He had barely dodged the attack.
"Everyone ok," he asked.
"Yeah," Adam said numbly.
"Barely," came Ethan's reply.
"I seem to be unharmed," Billy answered.
"Good," Conner said. "So, now what are we going to do?"
"Call our zords?" Adam suggested.
"Problem," Ethan said. "There are only seven zords…"
"Six," Billy interrupted. "The Pterodactyl zord was destroyed."
"Ok, six," Ethan said.
"That's not good," Conner said.
"No, it's not," Adam agreed.
"Rangers," Dr. Oliver said. "Teleport to the Command Center."
"But, Dr. O," Kira said.
"There's nothing we can do," he said. "We don't have our zords."
"Ok," Trent said.
They teleported to the Command Center.
"Zordon," Dr. Oliver said over his communicator. "What are we going to do?"
"Alpha," Zordon said.
"Teleport the all of the Rangers."
"Right, Zordon," Alpha said and he teleported the Rangers to the Command Center.
Red, pink, white, black, blue, and yellow beams of light appeared in the large room.
"What's going on," Aisha asked.
"I am going to separate you into pairs," Zordon explained. "Kimberly and Billy, Tommy and Rocky, and Adam and Aisha."
"But why," Adam asked.
"There is no other choice," Zordon answered.
The Mighty Morphin Rangers nodded slowly. They called upon their zords and teleported to their cockpits. Billy and Kimberly faced Metal Cobra, Tommy and Rocky went against Gator Blade, and Adam and Aisha fought Thunder Lizard.
On the battle field, Tommy flew over Gator Blade. He was circling the monster's head as he was trying to think of a plan.
"Guys," He said once something popped into his head. "I have an idea."
"Great," Kimberly said.
"C'mon tell us," Rocky said.
"Lead the monsters to the center of Angel Grove," Tommy said.
"What," Aisha asked.
"Why," Adam asked.
"It's brilliant," Billy said. "If all three of the monsters are lead to one place, we can form the Ninja Megazord."
"Right," Tommy said.
Adam used his frog's tongue to wrap around Thunder Lizard. He began to pull the monster to the center of the city. The monster sent a lightning bolt at Adam. The electricity was absorbed by the black zords.
"Doesn't work on my zords," Adam said smugly.
"Maybe not on yours, but what your friend's," Thunder Lizard said.
"Not unless you want to get hit yourself," Aisha said.
The Yellow Bear was at the back of Thunder Lizard. The zords was standing on its hind legs and used its weight to help push the monster to the center of the city.
Kimberly was flying toward the center of Angel Grove. Billy's zords was running parallel to the crane's flight. The had tricked Metal Cobra into a chase to the center of the city.
At the waterfront, Rocky's zords kicked Gator Blade back. The monster growled and tried to use his tail to attack the red ape, but the white falcon used his missiles to not only stop the attack but also to push Gator Blade back. They continued to attack this way.
The center of Angel Grove, Kimberly and Billy had reached their destination first. The were now having a difficult time keeping Metal Cobra busy.
"Come on, guys," Kimberly said.
"We sure could use your help," Billy said as he dodged a poisonous barb.
"We're here," Aisha announced her and Adam's presence.
"Aisha, let go," Adam instructed.
The Yellow Ranger moved out of the way. Adam used his frog's tongue to toss Thunder Lizard into Metal Cobra.
"Thanks," Kimberly said.
"No problem," Adam said.
"Two down," Billy began.
"One to go," Aisha finished.
Metal Cobra sent a barb towards the bear zords.
"Aisha, look out," Billy said.
Aisha jumped out of the way. The barb went pass he and hit a building. Metal Cobra hissed violently.
"Be still," he yelled.
"They don't know how," Thunder Lizard growled.
Metal Cobra went to attack the yellow bear again, when Thunder Lizard sent an attack to the black frog. The Rangers got out of the way and the attacks crossed Metal Cobra's poisonous barb struck Thunder Lizard's in his cold heart and Thunder Lizard lightning bolt struck Metal Cobra.
The Rangers watched as Metal Cobra's metal skin conduct the electricity from Thunder Lizard's lightning bolt. It didn't take long before the snake monster was fried and destroyed.
Thunder Lizard was disoriented. The poison of the other monster ran quickly through his veins. The giant lizard fell to ground and began to shake uncontrollably. The Rangers felt sorry for the painful way the monster appeared to be dying. They were relieved when Thunder Lizard was finally destroyed by the poison.
"Tommy," Kimberly said. "There's no need to bring Gator Blade this way.
"Why," the White Ranger asked.
"They eliminated each other," Billy answered.
"Okay," Tommy said.
"We should combine our zords now," Rocky said.
"Yeah," Tommy agreed.
The six Mighty Morphin Rangers combined their zords and faced off with Gator Blade.
It wasn't a very had battle. Gator Blade used his tail to send the Rangers back into an abandoned building. Dust and debris cloaked Ninja Megazord and Gator Blade was unable to see the giant zords moved. The monster attacked the area where he last saw the Megazord with his water cannon.
The Rangers had long moved and destroyed Gator Blade with their final attack. They cheered in victory before teleporting out of their Megazord and the gigantic robot separate into the six zords it was made off. The Rangers sent the giant machines back to their individual hiding places.
All of the Rangers were now at the Command Center. Kim, Trent, Billy, Kira, and Dr. Oliver were in the medical ward of the building. Alpha was tending to their injuries. The others were in the main room.
"I'm glad that's over," Aisha said with relief.
"Yeah," Conner said.
"Excellent job, Rangers," Zordon said.
"Thank you, Zordon," Ethan said. "But we still have a problem."
"What's that," Adam asked.
"How are we going to get home?" the Blue Tricera asked for his team and Kim.
The room fell silent as no one had an answer.
"I may have an idea," Dulcea said after a long while.
AN 3: Wow, this is my longest chapter.
Ok, only two more chapters.
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