Outside Angel Grove: Angel Grove Forest: AG lake:

Zach found himself alone his sketch pad in hand carefully drawing a picture with his precision pencil. He had been drawing for some time now; his artwork was something that he used often enough to take his mind off of whatever seemed to be troubling him at the moment. What lingered in his mind now was the thought of being a new ranger and the idea of fighting Zedd and Rita. Not long ago Zach was merely an average teenager, trying to make it with the girls, learning Kung Fu in Master Kwan and Jason's class, but there was now much more in his life. The alien invasion had changed Zach, he was no longer care free, he was no longer able to partake in the average mundane lifestyle he was use to; he was a Ranger now, and had to except his new responsibility.

Gently Zach doodled along his sketch pad outlining the trees and lake he was near trying to capture the scenery, he began to calm his nerves, just drawing was enough to take the edge off of him. He sat along a large bolder overlooking a very breath taking view of the forest his eyes transfixed on both the scene and his paper. In his sketch pad was the same depiction of both water and forest, Zach liked to draw landscapes, and the idea of nature was more often what he had loved to draw. But then something changed in Zach's picture, began to draw a craft in the distance in his drawing, a space craft, something people would remember the war by.

"Zedd…" he spoke aloud. "My enemy…"

"My husband!" Cried Rita from atop a hill to Zach's right.

Zach shot up from his seat clinching his fist ready for combat. "RITA!" Zach had never seen Rita in person before, but nonetheless he knew it was her from all the images he had seen in the viewing globe.

Rita looked very sexy and revealing in her tight fitting black suit, jet black hair and red velvet eyes. She carried her staff with her spinning it in her hands. "Greeting little black Ranger, I thought I'd drop by and say hello!"

Zach struck a defensive stance ready for battle. "What do you want with me?!"

"Why to kill you of course… Nasty Knight!" Rita pointed to the ground and with a bolt of lightning magic from her wand the Nasty Knight began to emerge from beneath the surface of the Earth clawing his way out of the dirt. The Knight looked fierce resembling a medieval warrior, black sword in hand, a shield with the Zedd insignia placed over it. Nasty Knight wore dark black armor; his helmet and face were one in the same as the demonic being made no distinction from his armor to his actual body.

Not bothering to wait for the demon to strike first Zach reached for his morpher. "IT'S MORPHIN TIME! MASTADON!" Purple and black energy fired from his morpher covering his body in a protective shield then the energy absorbed around him transforming Zach into the Black Ranger all within the span of a millisecond.

"Fuck him up!" Rita demanded from her monster.

The Nasty Knight nodded to his Empress waling his sword at Zach. Zach charged in turn drawing his power axe both warriors trading swing at one another. The knight flung his sword wildly as if he had no fighting skill at all, but that was not the case from the knight, as the beast was timing his swings into perfect alignment attempting to land a blow. Zach dodge with expert precision, remembering what Jason had taught him in his Kung Fu classes, never underestimate the enemy. Again Zach flipped over dodging another swing from the Knight's sword, he swung back in turn with his axe, but the knight blacked with his shield.

Rita watched on in frustration wanting the Knight to land a hit, but her patience was quickly wearing thin. "Get him already!" She yelled at the Knight.

Not far off: Billy's Cabin:

Jason and Billy continued to browse through websites looking on at any information of the Power Rangers. Jason sat adjacent form Billy monitoring another computer looking on at his emails seeing if he had received a response at all to anything. "Hey look…" Jason pointed. "I finally got a response for that Bulkmier guy." Jason said.

Billy turned toward Jason's computer screen. "What he write?"

"Let's see…" Jason began to read the email aloud. "Dear Red Epsilon, I read your email and have to agree with you one hundred percent, the Power Rangers do not work for the government… you are a true patriot… yada, yada, yada…" Jason began to skip a few redundant lines and came across what he wanted to see from the email. "Ah ha… he we go… My estimations are very conclusive, I have been monitoring a group of individuals in the Angel Grove area who to me seem like likely cooperates of the Power Rangers true identities. I fight saw these people outside a Marine check point, one of them attacked and engaged a group of Marines in the defense of an old man, another appears to be a woman of Asian descent, that is all I can say online, however if you'd like to meet up…"

Jason suddenly paused and looked back toward Billy who nodded toward Jason. "Jase… that looks like a description of you and Trini…"

"I know…" Jason said with concern.

"This guy… whoever he is, seems really good. And seems to know a lot about us…"

Dee Dee Beep Beep Dee Deee

The Rangers' communicators suddenly went off. "Communicators going off."

"You don't think its Kim again do you?" Billy asked

"One way to find out." Jason held up his communicator closer to his mouth. "Come in…"

"Power Rangers!" Came Zordon's voice.

"Come in Zordon!" Jason said with more authority realizing this was a real life situation.

"Jason, Zachary is in danger in the forest. Rita Repulssa has unleashed a horrible demon, the Nasty Knight."

"Right Zordon! Red and Blue Rangers ready to respond!" said Jason

"Reinforce the Black Ranger, I'll continue to contact Trini and Kimberly."

"Yes Zordon!" Jason answered.

The Rangers both began to stand up adjusting themselves for the coming battle. "Looks like that email has to wait," said Billy.

"Never a dull moment… Ready?"

"Ready!" answered Billy.

"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" Called Jason

"TRYCERATOPS!" "TYRANNOSAURUS!"

BACK AT THE BATTLE:

A bolt of Lightning from Rita's staff rocketed toward Zach blasting at his chest bursting out sparks of energy from his power armor. "Aarrggh!" cried Zach as he flipped from the shock wave sending him crashing into the ground.

"That's how you get a ranger!" Laughed Rita.

Zach struggled back to his feet clutching his power axe. "Ah… hell of a way to spend a birthday…" Zach said aloud. The Nasty Knight stalked his prey the wounded Zach on the ground, a pack of Cyber Puddies began to surround the black ranger added more to the situation. Seeing Rita on the hill top, the horrid Nasty Knight coming to finish him off, and the surrounding putties, Zach began to feel very overwhelmed, he looked up at the sky and began to pray. "Hey God… look, I know I don't ask a lot from you, but right now, I could really use a little help…"

"AYE YAH!" Jason yelled landing a flying kick at the Nasty Knight chest red energy bursting from his leg blasting the monster back forcing it to stumble backwards. The Red Ranger landed along with the Blue Ranger at either of Zach's sides. Jason overlooked the scene of putties, Rita and the demon turning to Zach on the floor extending his hand. "Need a hand?" Jason smirked.

"Oh thanks God…" Zach laughed a little reaching up to Jason grabbing his hand getting back to his feet.

"Doing a little praying were you?" Billy smiled taking a fighting stance.

"Well… it did get a little rough." Responded Zach

"Man after my own heart." Jason added also making a stance drawing his power sword. "What do we got?"

"Puddies, Rita… Monster." Zach panted catching his breath.

"Must be Tuesday…" Billy smirked

"Must be Tuesday…" agreed Jason. "Gentlemen… Shall we?"

"Lets!" Smiled Zach. Again the Rangers all sprang into battle, Zach attacking the Nasty Knight as the Red and Blue Rangers engaged the Putties.

Rita looked on again in surprise as the other two Rangers appeared. "Fuck, Ooze wasn't kidding, these Rangers multiply like roaches! Tear them part putties!"

Jason double jabbed an oncoming putty, then slashed at another two with his power sword. Billy drew his power lance and was swinging brilliantly at any cyber putty foolish enough to get near him. Zach again found himself in a one on one clash with the Nasty Knight again trading strikes at one another. With the putties well distracted and Rita at a distance viewing the combat, Zach was free to battle the Knight giving the demon his full attention. Focusing his mind he began to sense a weakness to the Knight and saw an opening to attack. The demon drew back his sword and Zach saw the exposed under belly of the Knight, with his power axe Zach spun twisting his body and slashed across the Knight cutting the demons stomach.

"AaarggghhH!" Yelled the knight as it held its gut.

Rita screamed in anger slamming her staff to the ground again as the last of her cyber puddies were defeated. The Rangers gathered together their weapons ready for combat. "That all you got Rita?" Jason mocked.

"Oh no Rangers, I have a lot more where that came from." She smiled rising her hand to the sky and calling forth another hundred Cyber Putties that now began to surround the hills around the rangers the Nasty Knight now leading them.

The ranger shrugged their shoulders and shook their heads growing tired from the seemingly endless supply of Cyber Putties Rita was calling upon. "Damn…" Zach said clutching his axe. "Just how many of these damn things do you got?" He complained

Rita smiled. "Over 200 million."

Billy raised his fingers and began to count. "Let's see 200 million divided by 3 that's…hmm 66 million apiece… that's not fair at all, you villains are really going to need more."

"Is that so?" Rita snapped her fingers and another hundred more putties began to teleport to the Rangers location.

Billy spun his double lances back into his hands, Jason raised his sword, and Zach drew back his axe. "Okay…" Jason peered over all the putties. "Which one of you assholes wants to die first?"

"TEAR THEM A FUCKING PART!" Rita screamed and at her command the 200 or so Putties all charged at the three rangers.

The rangers fought courageously slicing, punching, kicking anything and everything at the oncoming putties. Their weapons clashed with those of the putties, Jason head butted one, and back kicked another. Billy used his double lances bashing at the enemy as if his weapons were a pair of drum sticks making music from his weapons. The Ranger fought on, but soon they became increasingly tired, their strength slowly waning. The rangers began to form a triangle defense as round after round of putties charged, for every putty defeated it seemed like two more replaced them.

"I'm getting really tired." Billy called.

"All I see is grey bodies." Added Zach.

Jason kicked another putty, "Less talking more fighting…"

"HEY!" Shouted Trini from atop another adjacent hill. "Back off our guys!"

Rita glared at the two female Rangers. "More Rangers?"

"Well hello Ladies…" Smiled Billy

"Nice of you to join us." Jason added.

"Let's show these Putties some girl power!" Smiled Kim raising her fist.

"Uh… sure…" Trini said in slight confusion at the corny lines her younger counterpart was saying. "ITS MORPHIN TIME!" Trini called.

"PTERADACTYL!" "SABER TOOTH TIGER!"

Yellow and Pink energy erupted from the girl's morphers binding the bodies of the girls transforming them into their ranger form. The two jumped down and joined the other Rangers on the ground. "Hey guys!" Kimberly smiled as she landed in between Billy and Zach.

"You okay?" Trini said as he looked to Jason.

"Yea…" He said pausing to look at the new design of the yellow ranger who looked much more girl-like as Trini now inhabited the yellow power coin. "You look…"

Trini smiled. "I know…"

"Not to break up the lovey dovey crap but…" Zach came between the two rangers and pointed at the Nasty Knight gathering a new group of putties to attack.

"Rangers Ready!" Jason called as all five rangers took a fighting stance weapons in hands.

"Ready!" they all called in unison.

"Uh… guys you really don't have to repeat everything I say, I'm just… never mind…" Jason said looking at the rangers who seemed to be imitating their leader.

Again the battle ensued, all rangers now engaging in combat. Cyber Putties seem to be flying everywhere; the rangers united together began to make short work of the demons. The Nasty Knight now felt pressure from both Jason and Zach as both Rangers double teamed the monster, landing hit to the Knight's chest and arms. Trini found little adjustment for her new powers as they seemed to meld with her perfectly. She used her twin daggers throwing one at and incoming putty, then using the other to slash at the stomach of another. The yellow ranger paused a moment looking at her new power ranger armor and suit smiling to herself. "This is so incredible… I feel like I've had these powers all my life…" she said.

In between strikes at putties and the Nasty Knight Jason managed to speak. "Trini, I'm sure it's all fascinating, but fight now embrace it later…"

"Right!" Trini nodded reengaging the enemy.

"I'm ending this right now…" Rita said walking toward the cliff edge. "Rangers!"The fighting stopped for a moment as the Rangers looked up at Rita. "I've had enough of this… Magic Wand, make my monster grow!" Rita flung her staff to the Earth causing an opening to appear energy of lightning covering the Knight causing the beast to grow to epic proportions.

"Uh… guys…" Billy said looking up beginning to back up.

"That does not look good…" Kimberly added.

"Rangers… regroup… we're going to have to show this beast some Dinozord power." Jason stated calmly.

Trini turned to Zach placing a hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Zach…"

"About what?" he asked.

"Well…" Trini paused. "Happy Birthday…"

"Fuck all that." Zach said shrugging his shoulders. "I hate Birthdays."

"You guys ready?" Jason asked calmly turning back to the Rangers. All the Rangers began to nod. "Good… let's show this Knight some Megazord power…"

Author: Sorry about the Delay: Next Chapter: MEGAZORD!