ORACLE 5
"JASON VS TOMMY"
It really began at least twelve years ago, when Jason and Tommy had first met. They met where they would last see each other, in the ring of combat. Now Jason had been familiar with the white ranger powers long ago, but it had been a long while since he had seen them in action. Jason had always been the Power Ranger leader to the team, but when he first saw the white ranger appear, he knew that his days as leader of the Rangers were over.
At first, Jason was glad of it, but then be began to realize the truth behind it all. That Tommy's smiles were not all serious. Tommy was not what he appeared to be, but before his assumptions could be confirmed he was kicked out of the Ranger team, along with Trini, his lover, and Zack his best friend.
"GOLD RANGER POWER!" Jason called as the golden aurora covered his body and transformed him into the Mighty Long Forgotten Gold Ranger. "And now you shall pay for the millions of lives you stole from this planet Tommy. I will finish this, and bring justice back to the Galaxy."
Tommy laughed. "You may think what you please Jason. But we both know that I am the greater Ranger. I am the Master, and you are but the fool who was replaced by me, and then by Rocky!"
"It was no coincidence was it Tommy? We being replaced. Zordon always meant for us to leave didn't he?" Jason asked
"Yes..." Tommy admitted "Face it Jason, you were just to smart for your own good. Zordon knew you were getting too close to the truth. I knew you couldn't remain a Ranger, so I convinced the Old Man to replace you, and those closest to you. I knew Billy was too much of a geek to understand, and Kimberly was all too much in love with poor old Tommy to care to see you leave. So I wrote false letter to congressmen under your names Jason, telling them how badly you ant Zack, and Trini wanted to go to those Peace Conferences. I removed you out of the Picture. I'm sure you may have hated me for that, but it was the only way I could gain true status as leader."
"What about my Gold Ranger Powers?"
"Their were never yours in the first place. I knew Trey would reclaim them, and you were too hurt by your failure as a leader to notice the truth again. You were weak then, you are weak now! You will never be able to defeat me. You're just a shadow of your former self."
"Not true Tommy." Jason said sternly "There's on thing you forgot."
"What might that be?" Tommy said in arrogance.
"GOLD RUSH!" Jason whipped out his staff and opened it's front end releasing a title wave of Golden energy blasting it strait at Tommy. Tommy blocked with both his hands and tried to use Saba to slow the energy, but the attack went through and Tommy was wounded. Jason went in for the kill beginning to fight fist to fist and staff to sword.
Tommy use Saba to block Jason's attack and soften others but it appeared that Jason was clearly in the offensive. Tommy struggled to match Jason's attacks, but for a good while Tommy was losing and getting beat. Jason swung with his staff and landed a shot in Tommy's gut as if it was a baseball bat. Tommy hit the floor hard and Jason brought up his staff strike at him, but at the last moment Tommy brought his hands to his face trying to protect himself.
"Jason!" Trini called in the distance
As Jason turned to her Tommy took advantage of his distraction and tripped him to the ground. Tommy quickly recovered to his feet grabbing Saba, Jason soon matched Tommy's recovery and they struck blades just as Jason scrambled to his feet. The two blades began to release energy to one another as Tommy and Jason both struggled to get the better of one another. Tommy than head butted and Jason went back from the attack. Tommy than came to attack, but Jason spun out of harms way and again struck Tommy's gut with his staff. As Tommy lay on the floor Jason brought up his staff and came down quickly with a smash to the face.
Tommy's visor quickly exploded with a huge burst of bright white energy, and from the energy came spirited white Tiger that flew away from his body and into the unknown. Soon Tommy's white suit disappeared and he was normal Tommy again. "No!" Tommy yelled raising his hand to the fleeing Tiger. "You belong to me!"
"Zordon may have created the White Ranger, but the Powers he created were meant for good. You may have been the power's master once, but it no longer serves you Tommy." Jason answered to his fallen enemy. It was then that Saba came flying toward Jason and suddenly stopped.
"Thank you." Saba said
"SABA!" Tommy yelled "YOU TRAITOR!"
"You are the real traitor Tommy. I once served you, but the day I discovered who you really were you silenced me. I will not be silenced anymore." Saba turned back to Jason "Whip his ass for me Jason!"
Tommy got back to his feet and flicked his wrists around bringing in to the battle his Zeonizers. "ZEO RANGER 5 RED!" Jason knew what was coming next and readied himself for battle. A burst of Red energy appeared and Tommy was once again the Red Zeo Ranger. Jason stood back and ready.
"Come on Jason!" Zack called "Some him who's the best Red Ranger of all time!"
Jason turned to Zack and nodded. "IT'S MORPHIN TIME! TYRANNOSAURUS"
"And now we will see who is the best in red Jason!" Tommy smirked
Jason charged. Tommy charged. They met. They battled. They clashed. They dueled. They fought. They struggled. They waged war. But in the end, none of them seem to win. Jason kicked Tommy's side, Tommy didn't flinch. Tommy then kicked Jason's side, Jason didn't flinch. And this continued for a while; each taking turns kicking each other in the exact same spot back and forth like clockwork. Jason kicked, Tommy answered, and again. "COME TOMMY!" Jason yelled taking Tommy's shots each time. "COME ON!" Tommy's eye's began to flinch at each of Jason's shot. It soon became clear that he couldn't continue to fight in this manner. One more shot was all it took to bring Tommy to the floor. But Jason's kicking continued in an almost evil manner. His eyes' lit up in a blaze of fire and furry. It was time that Jason took vengeance to Tommy.
Tommy laid on the ground wounded and hurt badly, but the fight was far from over. Tommy slowly dragged himself away from Jason and he flowed his escape. As Jason prepared to deliver his final blow Tommy jumped flipped backward off the ledge they were fighting to ground level where the other Rangers were at. The other Rangers thought about attacking him, but one look from Jason was all it took for the Ranger's to realize this was Jason's fight. Jason jumped down toward Tommy who had recovered.
The two fighters looked at one another and began to battle again with only their fists as weapons. This time however Tommy reached for Jason's belt buckle where his power coin was located. Jason blocked Tommy's arm, but Tommy answered with a spinning kick to the face and a quick grab of Jason's coin. He removed it with speed and tossed it away. Jason's red aura around his suit began to disappear and he was no longer a Ranger. Jason now powerless was greatly weaken by Tommy's ploy. Tommy still in Ranger costume delivered a punch to the face rocketing Jason back. Jason was mortally wounded and blood began to run from his lips.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha. What now little Red Ranger? Not so tough now without your power coin are you Jason?" Tommy removed his Zeo Blaster from his holster and pointed it strait at Jason. "Oh well, it was fun while it lasted."
"You're a coward Tommy!" Jason said in defiance. "From the very beginning to the end."
"Maybe... but I'm not the pathetic one. Why are you fighting Jason? Look out there, your world. It's already conquered. All that will remain will be slaves to the Oracle. Slaves to Zordon, slaves to me. And we could have ruled them Jason. Ruled them all. What are they? Who are they? They are ants Jason. A society of the rich and poor. Most of that world is starving, the rest fiddle away with their video games, their Hot Topics, their XBOX's and Victoria Secret Underwear. They don't deserve to be saved. They deserve to die. All of them. There are only two kinds of people, Masters and Serfs. I am a Master Jason... and you... you are a Serf. Give me one good reason to save them. Just one."
Jason looked out one of the Ship's windows at a fallen Earth. He could see tiny explosions on the surface. Thing had to be going bad down there for Task Force Zordon, and the other Ranger Teams, but so long as the Rangers were alive there was still hope. "I'm not trying to save them for what they are, but for who they are. And what they can become together. I am a Ranger, and you are nothing more than a virus of evil, a dark shadow of everything mankind should not want to be. Hope, Virtue, Freedom, (he looked to Trini) Love, these are not just words, they are ideals Tommy. Ideals that are bulletproof."
"Too bad you're not!" Tommy aimed
"No!" Trini yelled
In those few seconds, time slowed to a crawl. Jason could see the blast coming toward him. He thought he was dead for sure, but then he saw the Yellow suit slowly blocking his body. The blast hit, but Jason was not hit... Trini was. To Jason's surprise the blast penetrated Trini's armor and blood could be seen ejecting from her body. She was hit, and now laid next to a wounded Jason.
"TRINI!" Jason yelled grabbing on to her body. "NO! TRINI! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD PLEASE NO! TRINI!" Jason embraced her dying body. He removed her helmet and to his shock Trini began to cough blood. "OH NO TRINI! OH NO!"
"J-Jason... Jason..." Trini choked trying to speak to him.
"Oh my god Trini." Jason now began to cry as the other Rangers surrounded them. Trini was hurt badly and it seemed that this would be their last moments together. "Don't die on me Trini. Please don't die on me."
Trini slowly reached for Jason's face and caressed his cheek. "Jason... Jason I love you. I-I've always loved you."
"Trini no. Don't die, just hang on. It's be alright. I'll fix this. I'll fix it all. Don't die Trini don't die. I love you. I love you so much."
"I-I know... I know." Trini began to cry as Jason cradled her in his arms. "I love you Jason. No..." the pain of the shot began to register and blood was poring from her wound. "I don't wanna die Jason. I don't wanna die." The other Rangers began to cry, they were all speechless at what had happened. Jason's tears began to fall from his face.
"Trini... One kiss Trini" He cried
"To love a life times worth." Trini cried
And in that final kiss, in that fleeting moment, Jason and Trini loved a life times worth.
Not long after Trini closed her eyes and didn't wake up.
"TRINI! TRINI! TRINI!" Jason cried, but Trini wouldn't answer.
Jason stood up. The other Rangers moved away from him. He walked toward Tommy who was smiling, but this was not a laughing matter. He wanted vengeance.
"You killed Trini." he said calming walking toward Tommy.
"Yes I did."
"That was the greatest mistake of your life. And now I'm going to rip out your heart, like you ridded out mine. I'm going to rip out your heart and show it to you before you die." Jason said with a new feeling he had never truly experienced... hate!
"HA! And with what power are you going to do this with Jason?" Tommy mocked
"I've got all the power I need Tommy. And I have you to thank for it."
Tommy began to fire, but Jason dodged every attack still walking toward Tommy. He grabbed Tommy's arms and Twisted them so tight that Tommy dropped his Zeo Blaster his Zeonizers reappeared. Still holding on to his arms the Zeonizers broke and Tommy was his normal self.
"No, no." Tommy panted. "It's Morphin Time! DRAGON..." but before Tommy could speak Jason had struck at Tommy and his morpher fell to the ground. "Shift into Turbo..." again Jason blocked the transformation. "Dino..." and again.
"No powers Tommy. Fight me!" Jason said
Tommy came at Jason, but from his first strike, Jason blocked and from there it was all over for Tommy. A string of hard punches to the gut was all it took to bring Tommy to his knees. Jason began to beat Tommy's face in blood sprang from every shot, it was then that Jason was given Zack's Power Axe. "Finish him."
Jason raised the axe and Tommy covered his face with his hands crying in shame and fear. "No, please. No."
"HOW MANY PLEADED TO YOU! HOW MANY DIED BY YOUR HANDS! HOW MANY RANGERS DIED IN THIS POSITION NOW! DID YOU GIVE TRINI THAT MERCY! DAMN YOU TOMMY! DAMN YOU!" Jason slowly lowered the axe and dropped it by Tommy's side. "But I'm not you Tommy. I will never be you!" Jason slowly began to walk away leaving Tommy a broken man.
"B-but I am..." Kimberly pointed her blade blaster and Tommy and began to cry.
"Kimberly no!" Jason said running up to her. "Don't do it. He isn't worth it!"
"He killed Trini, he betrayed us!" she began to cry continuing to point crying on Jason shoulder.
BANG! The laser shot through his heart and Tommy died quickly after. But the shot didn't come from Kimberly, Zack, Billy, or Jason. It came from Trini. She was alive, just barley.
"TRINI!" Jason ran back to her. He held her. He cried. She cried. They kissed. But the fight wasn't over. There was one more enemy left.
TO BE CONTINUED
ZORDON SAGA ONE
"THE FINAL END, THE NEW BEGINNING"