Katherine: This is so bad.
Billy: Putties at the tournament. Your parents knowing our secret but there are two things I'm confused about…What was those orange and green lights they saw?
Zack: Maybe we'll find out in this chapter.
Trini: I hope so.
Jason: Let's start it and see!
The Legend of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Chapter Forty-Eight: Battle in the Coliseum!
The Moon - Rita's Palace
Rita Repulsa
(Theme of Rita's Palace – The Imperial City, Kazas from Legend of the Dragoon)
Rita watched on as her putties appeared in various parts of the arena with a small smirk on her face. Behind her, Finster stood dutifully, awaiting her orders.
Rita turned around and asked "Where is Goldar?"
"He is currently meditating in his chambers," Finster said. "I posted several putties outside his chambers as you requested. If any of them are destroyed, I will know."
"Good," Rita said with a nod.
"Lady Rita…I am concerned admittedly about deceiving Goldar in this manner," Finster admitted to her.
"As am I but I…" Rita turned away from Finster and stared at the image of the arena. "I do not want to risk him leaving while he is injured. He is my protector after all."
Finster nodded in understanding before he said "As for your request, it took some time but I managed to find him. He was in a tavern in Dark Specter's sector of the universe. It took quite a bit of funds but I managed to hire him to our cause."
Coming into view was what looked to be a human Asian male with slicked back black hair, a black colored martial arts Gi with white bone-made armor beneath it, a left arm made of large bulky bones and a right shoulder made of bones. He also wore black martial arts pants with a red belt and bone-made feet.
"Ten thousand years since the last time we met Rita. That means there is a target you have for me," The warrior stated, his silver-white eyes staring at the empress.
"That is correct Garouki," Rita answered. "Your mission is for you to kidnap either one of these humans." At those words, the image of David and Tommy appeared on the screen.
The two were currently fighting putties with Ashley, Jason, Billy and Katherine by their sides. "Both of these humans are my targets? They must be very important for you to hire me again," Garouki stated.
"True but I need them alive," Rita said. "If you can't get both of them, that's fine. I just need either one of them in my grasp."
"Very well Lady Rita," Garouki said as a large swirling blue portal appeared behind him. Garouki turned around and walked towards the portal before he paused and looked back at Rita. "Tell me something. Are there any obstacles I may face during this mission?"
"The Power Rangers," Rita simply replied.
"Are they stronger than their predecessors?" Garouki questioned.
"They managed to kill Knasty Knight, Swan Song, Death Rose and quite a few of my monsters," Rita admitted.
Garouki smirked and silently walked through the portal, leaving Rita and Finster alone. "Lady Rita, do you think Garouki will be able to achieve his purpose?" Finster asked curiously.
"He's one of the best assassins that were ever in my employment," Rita said. "I know he may die. He actually prefers it but only after he achieves his mission and that is all that I need to know about him."
'And if he does…Goldar will not need to go. That is what also matters,' Rita thought to herself.
Angel Grove – Stadium
The Tournament Fighters
"They just keep coming!" David exclaimed as he stood beside Tommy, panting heavily as putties surrounded the seven teens.
"I know, isn't it great?" Tommy asked with an excited look on his face.
"You and the rest of us have wildly different thoughts the situation Tommy," Jason muttered behind him. He growled and looked down at the ring and saw their friends in deep combat with the many putties around them.
Add to the situation was the dozens of citizens screaming and running around the place, in the middle of all of the chaos. "Damn it! We need to help the others and get these people out of here now!"
Without warning, he was launched off of his feet along with the other fighters from behind.
The seven teenagers rolled down the aisles before they slammed at the base of the stairs, all of them groaning at the blossoming pain in their bodies but Jason looks up to see Garouki walking out of a swirling blue portal with a smirk on his face.
"What the hell?" Jason muttered.
This person looked human but the bone made arm and feet told him otherwise.
"I am Demon-Fist Master Garouki," Garouki explained. "And I am here on the behalf of Empress Rita to retrieve…" The creature then pointed at David and Tommy, who was starting to stand up.
"Them," Garouki finished with a chuckle. "So if you let me have them, I will take my friends and leave. If not, I kill all of you and take them. Choice is yours."
Despite the amount of screams of panic and alarm around him, Jason didn't hesitate to reach for his morpher. "Billy, Katherine, I will hold him back. Reunite with the others and get out of here now!"
"Are you crazy?" Ashley exclaimed."There is no way we are leaving you behind to fight this guy."
"Yeah," Tommy replied. "I don't intend to run, especially since he's after me and my brother for some odd reason."
"There's no time! You need to go now!" Jason told them.
"Come on, let's go!" Billy, and Katherine said as the two pulled at Ashley's arms while Cassie and David pulled at Tommy's.
"There is no way in hell am I allowing you to stay here," David said.
"But he's after us," Tommy said.
"All the more reason to leave!" Cassie said.
"Guys ! Hurry!" Jason shouted.
Ashley and Tommy looked to Jason before they relented and together, the six ran off, leaving Jason along with Garouki and the putties.
Garouki watched the six run off before he turned to Jason and said "You must be the leader of the Power Rangers. It's easy to tell. You have that look in your eyes. The last time I saw that look was when I faced down with your predecessor."
Jason narrowed his eyes and said "Then you know what's about to happen. It's Morphin time!"
Unknown Void
Mighty Morphin Red Ranger
(Theme of Morphing - Infinity Mijinion Stage from Megaman X6)
In the black void, with red aura flowing around him and his Power sword in his hands, Jason was charging to his power coin which was hovering in the air with a red orb around it.
With a leap, Jason raised his blade and sliced through the orb and the moment he did, red and white lightening encased his sword then his entire body before it exploded, revealing the Red Ranger. The Red Ranger landed on his feet and leapt up into the air from the earth.
With a forward front flip, the Red Ranger landed on the ground in a crouch before quickly rising and slashed his blade in a downward arc before stabbing it in the ground as his personalzord, the Tyrannosaurus, appearing behind him with a red outline and roaring in victory as Jason shouted "Tyrannosaurus!"
Angel Grove – Stadium
Garouki Vs Mighty Morphin Red Ranger
With a flash of red light, Red stood before Garouki, standing tall opposite of the assassin. Garouki laughed and held up his left fist before he dashed forward and aimed a punch to Red's face.
Red blocked the blow with his forearms but to his surprise, he found himself being launched backwards through the air with Garouki flying after him, his fist still connected to Red's forearms.
The two traveled at an upward angle until the two crashed through the windows of a large room near the top of the stadium, where Red's back slammed against the ceiling of the room. With a shout, he pushed the fist off his forearms, sending Garouki down to the ground.
Red landed across from him in a crouching position as Garouki stood up with a laugh. "How disappointing. Your predecessor would have been able to shake that off easily."
"Should be I be disappointed at your disappointment?" Red asked sarcastically as he stood up as well.
"Your teammates will be before I kill you," Garouki exclaimed before he dashed forward and aimed a jab to Red's head. Red slapped the fist away and took a step forward and delivered two jabs to Garouki's chest before he jumped up and aimed an elbow to the assassin's head.
Garouki blocked the elbow with his right arm and kicked Red in the chest, sending Red flying backwards into a couch, which then flipped over and caused Red to fall to the ground. Red rose to his feet and was kicked once again in the chest, sending him slamming against the wall.
Red rolled to the left of the wall to avoid a high kick from Garouki, whose foot broke through the wall, and kicked the man in the chest, sending Garouki skidding backwards from the kick before Red ran up and landed a knee to the being's face, sending him soaring away from the wall.
Garouki rolled on the ground and pushed himself up to one knee and chuckled as he stood up, his eyes watching as Red stared at him.
"You may have some skill yet," Garouki stated. "But it will take a lot more than that to stop me from completing my mission."
"Then allow me to keep it going!" Red exclaimed before he dashed forward.
Angel Grove – Stadium
The Tournament Fighters
"Can we have one day without being attacked?!" Adam exclaimed as he tossed a putty over his shoulder and punched it in the chest.
"What? You don't like the warm-up?" Zack asked after he leapt up and nailed a putty in the face with a superman punch.
"Warm-up for you maybe," Tanya said as she rose up from the ring floor, having just sent two putties to the ground with a double drop kick.
"You get used to it after some time," Trini said before she landed two solid palm strikes to a putty's chest before bending over and hitting the putty in the face with the bottom of her bent foot, sending it to the ground.
"We need to get the civilians out here," TJ said before catching a kick from a putty and pulling it close to land an elbow to its face.
Rocky leapt over two putties and rolled beneath TJ and kicked the putty behind the teen in the chest. "What? And miss the party?" He asked.
Aisha swayed against two putties rapid jabs before she punched one in the stomach then leaned back and landed an uppercut to the second putty before Kimberly appeared from behind her and leapt into the two with a spin, sending all three of them to the ground.
Kimberly rolled off the putties and onto her feet only to bend backwards to avoid a roundhouse kick from a putty where Aisha leapt up above Kimberly and kneed the putty in the face.
Kimberly rose up from her bent position and said "TJ is right. We need to get all of the civilians out of here."
"And allow the Power Rangers to show up and clear them out," Adam said, giving a pointed look to Zack, Trini and Kimberly, who ignored his look.
The three instead noticed six familiar teens running and fighting putties on the higher levels of the stadium, saving various civilians in the process.
"Seems the others have the same idea," Zack said.
"Yeah, let's follow their lead," Trini said with a nod.
"Rocky, Aisha, Tanya, Adam and I will go on the left side to get civilians out," TJ said. "You guys see if you can "summon" the Power Rangers to assist us."
"We'll do what we can," Kimberly said truthfully.
"Then let us get to it," TJ said before he motioned for the others to follow him, leaving the three rangers alone.
"I think they know," Zack said once they were out of sight.
"Yeah, I'm surprised they realized it so soon," Kimberly noted.
Trini shook her head and said "Then let's not waste any time then and morph."
The three ran down the hall, taking down any putty that came past them before Kimberly and Trini pulled out their morphers and shouted "Its Morphin time!"
With a crackle of white and black lightning, the Aura Morpher appeared around's wrist. Zack then pressed the "V" on the Aura morpher and said "Aura Change: Awaken Black Ranger!"
Unknown Void
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
(Theme of Morphing - Infinity Mijinion Stage from Megaman X6)
Kimberly and Trini found themselves falling down the black void, their bodies glowing in their respective colors when the pair saw their power coins in the middle of an glowing orb, also glowing their respective colors.
The two teens dove down and slammed into the orbs at top speed, causing two streaks of lightning shoot down to the ground.
A pink streak of lightning then slammed beside Black and formed a female's body that was in a crouch. The body rose to its feet and forced the energy away to reveal Pink with her Power Bow in her hand. Pink fired three arrows in the air where they then exploded, causing pink sparks to fly down on her as she shouted "Pterodactyl!"
Moments later, a yellow streak of lightning slammed into the ground beside Pink to form into a female form and with a burst of energy, Yellow rose from the ground with her Power Daggers and twirled the right dagger in her hand before kicking the air twice, leaping into the air and gave a roundhouse kick and landed on the ground and shouted "Saber-Tooth Tiger!
Unknown Void
Zack Taylor
(Theme of Morphing – Mass Destruction – Persona 3 Midsummer Knight's Dream Remix)
With a press of the "V", a large beam of light shot up from the ground as the color on Zack's clothes, hair and body began to fade away into bright white, with only glowing black eyes appearing.
Black energy shards appeared in the air hovering around him and began to quickly shot towards his body.
The black energy collided into his torso and legs, forming the black spandex suit while the remaining shards flew to his wrists and feet, forming the black gauntlets and boots as another black shard slammed into his chest to form black crest that held a silver "5" within it.
And last but not least, dozens of black shards slammed into Zack's head to form the black helmet where another shard slammed into the front of the forehead to make a black orb above the empty space where his visor would go.
Then one final black shard slammed into the helmet, creating the rectangle shaped visor which covered his eyes which began to shine as bright as the heavens themselves.
The Future Angel Grove
The Command Center
Aura Black
But as the morphing was finished, the ranger suddenly himself standing in the command center.
"What's going to happen this time?" Aura Black asked himself. Suddenly, the doors opened behind him and a Caucasian woman in a gray suit, flowing gray hair and intense brown eyes entered the room and behind her, six of those unfamiliar rangers followed.
In front of him, Zordon appeared in a flash, his face instantly taking on a regret as he gazed at the woman.
"Zordon," the woman said with heat in her voice.
"Grace…" Zordon responded cordially.
"I've waited years for this moment," Grace said. "All that I have done. Was for this. My rangers are properly trained to handle the threats of Rita Repulsa. You have shown that you are a failure of a mentor to your ranger team. I ask you one time…Deactivate your rangers."
"What?!" Aura Black asked before that familiar pull was felt and he found himself vanishing before he could find out more.
Angel Grove – Stadium
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
With a flash, Aura Black appeared beside Yellow and Pink, who jumped in alarm, dozens of putties around the three.
"What happened to you?!" Yellow asked.
"I…" Aura Black began.
"Your body vanished as soon as you morphed," Pink explained.
"I think I saw the future," Aura Black said, much to the surprise of the two rangers. Before anyone could speak however, a shout of panic was heard outside of the hall they were in. "We'll talk about this later. We need to move," Aura Black said.
The two nodded and quickly ran out of the hallway to assist in stopping these monsters.
Angel Grove – Skyforce Labs
Charlotte Hillard
"This…This is the discovery of a lifetime Char. We have not only the identities of our rangers, but whatever this is, it has the identities for every ranger before and after them!" Peter exclaimed as Charlotte leaned back in her chair, a concerned expression on her face.
"And while that is all well and good, we just found out our daughter is one of the Power Rangers," Charlotte replied. "She's been fighting those monsters….She is only a teenager. Hell, all of them are teenagers and they are"
She saw Peter's excitement deflate at this.
Seems he forgot that little bit of info which she could understand. They had just found out the identities of the Power Rangers. "You're right…Our daughter and her friends are the Power Rangers. This serves as more motivation to get our research done. Now that we've unlocked the power of the keys, we can create our own rangers."
Charlotte nodded and said "Yes. Let us continue. If it all goes well, we can let those kids enjoy being kids. But there is one thing that concerns me…" Charlotte motioned to the glowing orange and green orbs that faded in and out next to the red one.
"What does this mean. Does this mean there are two more rangers coming?" Charlotte questioned. Without warning, the orange light exploded, which caused the screen to shine a bright orange before it faded away, revealing a solid, glowing orange orb.
"It solidified," Peter noted as he stared at the screen.
"But what does it mean?" Charlotte asked with narrowed eyes.
"It doesn't matter. We need to contact Ms Sterling and let her know we were able to do it," Charlotte said. "After that…we speak to our daughter."
Just then, the two heard an alarm coming from one of the consoles in front of them and when they looked down on it, it showed people screaming and leaving the Angel Grove Stadium in droves.
"What is going on there?" Peter asked out loud.
"Wait…Wasn't that the place that Ninja tournament thing Katherine was talking about going to last night?" Charlotte asked.
The two grew silent as realization formed on their faces. "We need to go!" The two said in unison before they ran out of the office to assist their daughter.
Katherine: Oh lord, please don't go to the stadium mom and dad!
Kimberly: Who the hell is Grace and how does Zordon know her?
Trini: And who are those rangers?
Jason: And why is Rita after Tommy and David?
Ashley: And will Jason be ok?
Zack: Find out that and more on the next chapter!
Billy: See you next time!
