Down Town Angel Grove:
The city was in an up roar as the Dora-Bore made its way into the inner city. It slashed at any soul unlucky enough to be caught in the wake of its terror yet liberation was close at hand as the five power rangers sprang into action leaping out from a direct teleportation and striking at the cyber puddies.
"Rangers to action. Form up!" Jason called as he landed a spinning heel kick at one of the cyber puddies faces, destroying the unit easily.
All five rangers had never been in combat together as a unit, yet they seemed to flow easily their powers and fighting abilities melding into one whole fighting force. Kimberly fired her power bow in succession landing two hits on a pair of charging puddies, Zach followed with his power axe slashing at two more puddies taking them out of commission; then Boi struck, first by spinning his daggers in hand and throwing them scoring three hits toward more puddies. Jason and Billy lunged into action not with weapons, rather they used their fists striking at incoming puddies. The Cyber Puddies came at them like charging rhinos attempting to land punches and kicks, but Jason and Billy blocked and dodged them with ease, countering the attacks and bringing down the forward enemies, within a few short moments the surrounding areas were clear of puddies leaving only the Dora-Bore standing.
"Rangers…" Snared the beast.
"Regroup." Jason called. The Rangers did as ordered and formed a semi-circle around Jason all facing the monster. "What are you?" Jason demanded from the monster.
"BORE!"
"I don't think his speech functions have the full regulatory abilities that we have. Perhaps neurological though I doubt it with that brain size, it's more likely physical through vocal cords." Billy said as he expressed his hypothesis.
"What?" Kimberly asked.
"Don't look at me I don't speak Billy." Boi said shrugging his shoulders.
"He said this thing can't talk. Not like us at least." Jason said raising his fists.
At a distance Ivan Ooze looked on in amazement as he eyes laid on five total rangers, while Golddar guarded him standing to his side. His instincts were correct and his primary fear of the Rangers swelling their ranks had now become apparent. "DAMN! There are five of them now!"
"It means nothing. Five Rangers is nothing we cannot handle." Golddar growled.
"Do you really think that?! Today it's five, tomorrow it could be 20 or a hundred!" Ooze said in anger and fear.
"How many teams of Rangers could they possibly accumulate? I do not think they could have so many." Golddar said skeptically.
Ivan's response was as simple as a grab to his chest armor and pulling him to his face. "I do not share your optimism!" Stating this Ivan knew it was true, prior to his reveal of the space time continuum there had been over a dozen different power ranger groups. Ivan leaded forward and landed into view of the Rangers. "Power Rangers!"
"IVAN!" Jason called.
"Whoa check out ugly!" Zach said.
"That's Ivan Ooze. He's behind all of this." Boi explained.
"He's behind what?" asked Kimberly.
"Everything…" Said Jason.
"Well we meet again. Five of you now… My tachyon plan appears to have failed. You gathered your team of Power Rangers much faster than I anticipated." Said Ivan.
"Save it Ooze. We're taking you out!" Jason pointed.
"Oh I'm sure, but have you taking the time to consider my offer? The deal still stands, you help me rid of Zedd, proclaim me emperor." Ooze smiled.
"Not going to happen!" Jason replied.
"You rangers really are suborn."
"We have a knack for that." Boi smiled. "Let's finish this Jason."
"You know it."
Again the Rangers charged into battle, their weapons raised against the Dora-Bore. One by one the Rangers began to engage the beast, each ranger striking at its hide. Thought the power rangers fought hard, their blades and swords clashing against Dora-Bore, each ranger failed to land a significant blow to the creature. The Blue Ranger struck first, trying to land a strike with his power lance, but the beast grabbed the blade and swung it around his body taking the blue ranger with it, spending Billy crashing into the ground. Kimberly fired her bow, landing a hit at Dora-Bore's chest bursting a shot of energy at the monster. Than Zach added to the blow with a few shots from his power cannon, (the alternate form of his axe) landing two hits at Dora-Bore spending the beast back.
Ooze wasted no time joining the battle; he sprang from the roof tops and landed across from Jason charging at the Red Ranger. The two warriors squared off facing one another in fighting stance. Jason looked at Ooze with some skepticism; this old looking vile creature couldn't possibly be able to fight could he? His charge came at Jason with great furry, but Jason was ready with his power sword, blocking Ooze's first attempts of striking him. The two clashed swords for sparks flying in the air as their metals crossed one another.
The other rangers continued to combat the Dora-Bore, Zach again firing his power axe at the monster, then Billy now recovered from the floor pulling his blade blaster and firing at the over grown pig creature. "Damn that thing is tough!" Billy called.
Over the com-link the Rangers heard the voice of Trini addressing them. "Rangers pull back reassemble! Focus your blade blasters into Power Rifles and hit the Dora-Bore with concentrated fire!"
Boi nodded in his helmet and signaled the other rangers to regroup while Jason battled with Ooze. "Guys form up. Trini's ordering us to hit this thing with our Power Rifles!"
The other rangers jumped, flipped and sprinted to Boi's location all holding their blade blasters. All together they formed up and held up their laser pistols calling out. "Blade Blaster Rifle Mode!" Like clockwork the Blade Blasters began to extend in size and shape turning into long ranger rifles all training them at the Dora-Bore. "Ready!" Boi called.
"Ready!" Yelled all the rangers in turn. "Power Rifles Fire!"
Large waves of laser fire began to hit the Dora-Bore hitting the beast at every inch of his body. The monster began to puke out metals, rubber tires, and human flesh from those unlucky enough to be eaten by the hideous demon prior to the power rangers arrival. "argh, argh, argh!" called the beast.
"Eeewww, gross." Kimberly stated nearly vomiting inside her own helmet.
"Is that a human leg?" Zach said his mouth open in shock.
"Let's finish this rangers!" Boi called. "Lets' bring our weapons together!"
"We can't without Jason. And he's still locked in combat with that Ooze guy." Pointed Billy.
"Damn!" Responded Boi as the rangers began to clash at the Dora-Bore again.
"Aye-yah!" Came the cry from Jason as he did battle with Ivan, sword to sword, blade to blade, steel against steel, their fight now the focus of both the view globe and the power rangers on the battle field. "Why Ivan? Why did you change it all?!"
"This universe? What you don't like it," mocked Ivan. "I think it has a lot of potential Ranger. Just imagine my rule over the galaxy!"
"People are dying!" Jason pointed his sword to the Dora-Bore who was still battling the remaining three rangers at a distance. "That beast over there I remember the Pudgy-Pig not the Dora-Bore, it was bad, no joke, but it never ate humans! Our city is in ruins, you don't realize how much worse you have made things!"
"I'm fully aware of what I'm doing, you're just being dramatic." Smiled Ivan
"This is going to end Ivan!" Jason said holding his blade in both hands. "With a sword straight through your chest."
"HA!" Ivan mocked charging again at Jason.
Once more the two battled, this time it was not long, for at the moment of Ivan's advance Jason landed a crushing blow by knocking Ivan's blade out of his hands now taking his own blade and pointing it at Ivan's neck as Ooze laid beaten on the ground. "Ivan!"
Ivan smiled at the Ranger his hands raised. "Jason… let's not do anything rash now."
"I should destroy you where you stand. Kill you for all the destruction you brought to this world Ooze." Jason tilted his weapon into Ivan's neck drawing out some of Ooze's purple blood.
"Now, now… let's not be too hasty ranger. You don't want to kill me." Ivan continued to smile.
"Give me one good reason." Jason said in anger.
"Finish him Jason. Don't listen to that asshole. Kill him now and end this!" Boi called racing to Jason's side.
"No!" Ivan panted. "Not yet… let me explain. We can go back!"
"Go back?" Jason questioned.
"Yes… back to the way it was. I can fix it all, make it as it was."
"He lies Jason. He's just trying to convince you to let him live, that's all he wants. Finish him now!" Boi demanded
"I should… I should kill you!" Jason pushed his blade a little more.
"No… I swear it. Do you think I'm stupid enough not to be able to change back what I started?"
"No…" Jason thought to himself. "Boi is right, you're just trying to give me hope that you can put it all back the way it was… Trini as a ranger, Angel Grove as a nice a beautiful city, people running… but not dying, that is what you want me to think…"
"If that is what you think, you should kill me now then…" Ooze began to lower his hands and even leaned into Jason's blade.
There Ivan was, at the point of Jason's power sword, the fate of the universe in Jason's hands. Jason wanted so badly to kill Ivan, to punish him for all that he had changed, to rid the universe of the likes of him… but he couldn't. He knew this now, that thought he wanted vengeance against Ivan, the prospect of bringing back all those that died including Trini's mother and family was too much for Jason not to let go. If there was any hope of making things as they were, putting it all back to the way it was, if there was a chance… then Jason could not in all his heart ignore it.
"FUCK!" Jason said pulling back at his sword. "FUCK! FUCK!"
"Ha, ha, ha, ha. Atta boy Jason. I knew you couldn't do it. You truly are as honorable as they say." Ooze smiled. "Putting the lives of other before yourself."
"Damn it Jason no!" Boi yelled at him. "Kill him!"
"I can't!" Jason said lowering his blade. "I can't. God knows I want to… but I can't."
"Why?" Boi demanded
"What if you're right Boi? What if he's right? If we can set things back to the way things were… to save so many that have died already… I have to take that chance…"
"Noble Jason… noble…" Boi nodded "But I'm not that fucking noble!" Boi pulled out his Saber Daggers and lunged at Ivan trying to pierce Ivan's own chest.
"Wait!" Jason yelled trying to stop Boi from his lung.
Time seemed to slow down to a crawl Boi's body came close and close to Ivan, but suddenly Golddar's figure appeared, his sword in hand landing next to Ooze pointing his blade up into the air. Boi tried to stop himself at that moment, but it was too late, Golddar's sword pierced the stomach of Boi stopping the yellow ranger in his tracks.
All the other rangers now focused on Boi. "Nooooo!" They all seemed to yell together. "NO!"
All the rangers ran to Jason's side who was now looking at Boi on the ground with Golddar's blade rammed into his stomach. "BACK OFF RANGERS!" Golddar called. "BACK!"
"Not a step closer." Ivan smiled. "Ha, ha… My, my, my. Now this is a strange turn of events isn't it power rangers?"
"Boi!" Zach called. "No… not like this."
"Aaaaahhhhh!" Cried Boi his hands clutching Golddar's blade around his stomach.
"BOI!" Yelled Jason. "Let him go! Let him go now!"
"Please don't hurt him anymore." Kimberly panted covering the mouth portion of her helmet.
"Ha, ha, ha!" Laughed Golddar. "Shall I finish him master?"
Ivan stared at the yellow ranger under the blade of Golddar. "That little shit? He tried to kill me… finish him off!"
"NO!" Cried Kimberly
"You owe me Ivan! Let him go now! Demanded Jason
"I owe you?" Ooze question. "How do I owe you anything?"
"I let you live. I could have killed you… but I spared you. You owe me the same."
"Really?" Ivan asked placing his hands on his hips thinking. "Hmmm… Golddar."
"Yes master."
"I've changed my mind… sword out. Let the boy live."
"But master!"
"I SAID LET HIM LIVE!" Demanded Ivan.
Golddar slowly began to pull his blade out of Boi's stomach. "AARGH, AAAAAHHHH!" Boi screamed in incredible pain as Golddar's blade was pulled out of him covered in blood. Boi clutched his stomach blood on his hands. "Jason… I'm sorry… I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault Boi… It's my fault. I should have killed him when I had the chance." Jason said looking into Ivan's eyes. "I won't hesitate next time Ivan."
"Neither will I Red Ranger." Ivan nodded.
"Now let him go Ivan." Jason said.
"No." Ooze smiled.
"Ivan" "What!" "No?" "What?" the rangers all said together.
"You said you'd let him live!" Billy questioned.
"And so he will… but releasing him was never part of our deal was it Jason?" Smiled Ivan as Golddar began to lift up the now fatally wounded Boi.
"You can't do this Ivan!" Jason called.
"The hell I can't I'm a bad guy. But I also am a very cunning bastard." The other Rangers began to stare in shock as Ivan gripped Boi's Power Morpher connected at his belt, pulling the morpher off instantly transforming Boi back to himself.
"His morpher!" Kimberly panicked
"What are you doing with that?" Jason said firmly
Ivan shrugged his shoulders. "Giving it back to you of course." Ivan tossed Boi's Morpher and coin to Jason who caught it in his hand.
Jason was confused by Ivan's gesture. "Why give it back to us? You have the advantage why not take it with you?"
"Because Jason, as I have said before… I'm not after you rangers. I want Zordon and Zedd. Killing Zordon is one thing, but stopping Zedd… well he's proving a little more troublesome. I need that morphing shield of your activated if I am to stop Zedd's invasion of this planet, and as we all know, you have to have all five rangers in order for the morphing shield to work. You see rangers, by defeating Zedd… you will be helping me."
Jason looked at the Yellow Power Morpher in his hand. "We'll never help you."
"It doesn't matter Jason. Stopping Zedd is only helping me in the end. And we all know you rangers love fight Zedd and Rita…"
"Let Boi go… now!" Jason demanded again.
"Not going to happen… besides, you still got a monster to kill." Ivan pointed at the Dora-Bore who was now recovering from the last attacks of the Rangers. "Good bye rangers" Ivan smiled as he, Golddar and Boi all began to teleport out of the city.
"NO!" Jason yelled. "Their gone!"
"Jason…" Kimberly called
"He's gone…"
"Uh… Jason…" Billy called
"Boi's gone…." Jason said in sadness clutching the yellow morpher.
"JASON!" Yelled Zach
"W-wha…" Jason turned to see nearly a hundred puddies in front of them with the now fully recovered Dora-Bore.
"We're surrounded." Billy said holding his power lance.
"What do we do?" Kimberly said drawing her bow.
"What do we do?" Jason looked to Kimberly anger growing in his eyes. "You mean what do they do!"
Jason raised up his sword red energy emitting all around his power suit, the Red Ranger charged into action sword in hand ready to destroy anything foolish enough to stand in his way. The puddies and even the Dora-Bore looked on at the frightening sight of Red Ranger, as the monsters all began to turn and away.
"Run! Run! It's Jason! The Red Tyranno Ranger!"
Author: What will happen to Boi now that he's captured, who will be the new yellow ranger? Find out in our next chapter: Tommy's is Back!