Chapter 26

I stared in shock at Zordon. The others, they were as shocked as I was. I closed my eyes and began to shake my head over and over. Too much. Its all too much. I forced my eyes open and raised my head and stared at Zordon. He looked down at me, he looked different somehow. Tired and old as he explained that he wished that I hadn't found out this way.

"I prayed to god that you wouldn't find out this way especially from one of Count Dregon's men." I was silent, after a long moment I finally spoke but my voice was edged with growing anger.

"When were you ever going to tell me?" he looked at me surprised.

"I–uh I didn't think that ..."

"YOU WERE NEVER GOING TO TELL ME WERE YOU?" I screamed at him. He looked startled to see the rage and anger on my face. I had leaped up off the couch and screamed at him.

"YOU THINK THAT I ENJOY THIS? THAT I LIKE HAVING MY MIND SCREWED WITH? ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT EVERYTHING WAS A FREAKING LIE!! THE POWER RANGERS SAVE THE WORLD ON A DAILY BASIS AND THEY ARE INCAPABLE OF SAVING TWO CIVILIANS, BOTH OF WHOM HAPPEN TO BE MY MOTHER AND FATHER!! AND IT TURNS OUT THAT COUNT DREGON'S MEN WERE THERE AND THEY KILLED MY DAD, WHO IN REALITY WASN'T MY DAD AFTER ALL. YOU ZORDON, YOU HAPPEN TO BE MY REAL FATHER. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW THAT MAKES ME FEEL?! I TRUSTED YOU!! I THOUGHT THAT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE COULD DO NO WRONG, AND YET YOU FAILED TO TELL ME THIS PIECE OF NEWS. WHAT OTHER SECRETS HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING FROM US ZORDON HUH? LIKE MAYBE, PERHAPS THAT YOU KNEW THAT MOM WAS GOING TO DIE THAT DAY??DID YOU KNOW THAT? WELL? DID YOU?? AND SECOND OF ALL YOU KNEW WHO COUNT DREGON WAS!! YOU KNEW AND YOU PRETENDED THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW A BLASTED THING ABOUT HIM.

"Amy I—."

"SHUT UP!! JUST SHUT UP AND DON'T TALK TO ME." Then I took off.

And hour later, Kimberly found me at the park, I was sitting on a bench just staring at the passing cars. She passed the cemetery where my mother and my fa—stepfather were buried. She looked at my mother's grave, the dirt looked disturbed and judging by the groves and the fact that there was some dirt on the tombstone, justified that in a fit of rage I had kicked dirt all over the tombstone. Kimberly stared for a few minutes at the scene before her, she turned her head and saw me. Taking a deep breath, she strode over to me and sat on the right side of me. I glanced at her then continued to stare out at the street.

"Hey." she finally said.

"Hey." I said, I sniffed then I wiped at my eyes. She was silent for a few minutes, the only sounds from me were sniffing.

"So, how did the others and Dex take this little tidbit of news that Zordon," I said the name sarcastically. "Is my real father?" Kim took a deep breath. She stared straight ahead.

"Well, after everyone got over the initial shock of it. Rocky yelled at Zordon for adding another shocking moment on your growing list of shocking moments and he said that you really didn't need this. I mean considering that you're trying to fill in Aisha's shoes and all."

"And fighting another psycho who wants my powers."

"And fighting another psycho who wants your powers." Kimberly nodded. She paused. Then said.

"Then Zordon turned on Dex and began yelling at him and accusing him of bringing all of this on you."

"He did not!" I shouted angrily, turning to her my eyes flashing.

"That's what Dex said but before he could get in another word Zordon told him that if The Masked Rider hadn't come along none of this would be happening in the first place."

"That's a downright lie!!" My eyes were narrowed in anger. Kimberly continued, turning to me.

"Tommy began yelling at Zordon, telling him that he had no right to talk to Dex like that, because as the Masked Rider, he has saved you countless of times. He told Zordon that a mentor shouldn't keep secrets, because even if secrets are kept to protect a person, it ends up hurting him/her. Dex said that even if Masked Rider had never come along and made himself known to you, all of this would still be happening, I think Dex thinks that Count Dregon is after you not because he wants your powers but because you happen to be the Masked Rider's girlfriend and Zordon's daughter.." I gritted my teeth. I forced myself to ignore the last part.

"So Dregon thinks that the only way to really hurt Dex is to hurt me. Great." I said in a sarcastic tone. "We have something else in common." I turned to her.

"What is the situation now?" Kim took a breath then let it out.

"Well everyone is pretty peeved at Zordon, he was never one to keep secrets from us, in fact we didn't know that he had any secrets."

"Until I came along." I said bitterly.

"Amy, you can't blame yourself for this."

"Yes, I can!"

"You had know idea that you were going to get tangled in all of this." I knew exactly what I was getting myself into when I accepted that coin from Tommy but all of this...Blast it!! I should have fought Zedd harder I should have fought more ruthlessly. I should have used the full strength of my powers on him. I hung my head, emotion welling inside of me. What's the point? Even if I had never made that bargain with him, I would have still been placed under that spell, Aisha would still be dead, I still would have been recruited, my life torn and scrambled, my friend's already upside down lives turned more upside down by the fact that Zordon happens to be my father. I took a deep breath, raised my head and looked at Kim.

"Where is everyone?"

"They're over at the house, waiting to talk to you. Dex is there too. No one's blaming him, I mean even if you had never met Count Dregon or the Masked Rider in the first place, this would have leaked out somehow. Probably by another intergalactic alien that Zedd or Rita hired to screw with you more."

"Hmm." Was all I said. I turned back to stare at the passing cars, Kimberly stayed with me for a while more not saying anything or trying to make conversation. I'm pretty sure another hour must have passed, because the sun was setting. I slowly got to my feet and began to limp out of the park, Kimberly followed me silently. We arrived at the house I stopped and stared at it for a while. Taking a deep breath Kim and I went up the front steps. Reaching the door, I paused, my hand on the doorknob. I—I wish that I had never made that bargain or accepted the yellow ranger power coin. But its too late for wishing, wishing doesn't solve anything. I opened the front door and saw my friends and boyfriend leapt up from the couches where they were sitting on.

"Amy, are you alright?"

"Of coarse she isn't, she's just been dealt another dizzying blow." snapped Billy glaring at Rocky.

"I'll say and by our great leader, I can't believe that Zordon is..." Tommy said.

"Do you think that Alpha knew? I mean he's been with Zordon for a while now..." Adam said.

"No I'm didn't know."

"Tentomon, what are you doing here?"

"I need a bit of time out of the Command Center...after an announcement like that..."

"Tento, I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault Amy, Zordon should have told us and you a lot more sooner."

"Really? Would that have lessen the shock?" snapped Rocky angrily. All of us had sat down on the couch, I was leaning against Dex, who had been the first one to reach me.

"Are you alright? I mean really?" he murmured. I closed my eyes for a bit. I wanted to forget everything that happened, I didn't want this knowledge or the responsibility. I wanted to be normal again. I opened my eyes and looked at Dex.

"Yes, I'm okay. I–I'm just shocked that's all but I'm pretty sure that I could deal with it."

"Do you need some time alone Amy?" asked Alpha. I shook my head.

"No, I'm good. We need to get this out into open air anyway." I straighten up and looked around at all of them.

"So none of you knew that Zordon was..." Tommy shook his head.

"No, we didn't. We only knew that a thousand years ago he fought Rita, won a rigged coin toss, got imprisoned in a tube and created the Power Rangers." Adam spoke up.

"I–it never occurred to us that he...and you..." Billy, who had a thoughtful look on his face said.

"Zordon being your...um..dad...it would certainly explain where you got your powers. Perhaps we could ask him..."

"Later Billy." Tommy said firmly.

"Right now, I think Amy needs a bit of space. I mean news like this, it does not get accepted lightly you know?"

"I think all of us needs a bit of space, this...this really just blew me away." Rocky said. The others nodded. I turned to Alpha, suddenly remembering Mango and Combat Chopper, but I suddenly felt that everything that has happened to me was catching up to me all at once. I felt tired and sapped of all of my energy. So I didn't mention anything, Dex seeming to read my thoughts, told Alpha about the cave and invited him to stay over there until all of us came to terms with what we had learned. Alpha agreed, then he teleported himself away. The others got up and decided to go for walks or drives or to just work out. Dex got up to leave also but I stopped him and asked him to stay with me for a while more. And he did. I wanted the both of us to stay on the couch forever but...we couldn't. We had our responsibilities, seeing how mentally and physically exhausted I must have been Dex got up, while I laid down. He covered me up with a blanket that he found while he untied my shoes for me and let them drop to the floor. After seeing that I was covered and comfortable Dex kissed me goodbye. He put his forehead against mine.

"I wish I could do something about this. But there are things that even the Masked Rider can't fix." Then after running his finger through my hair, he left. And I fell asleep.