Chapter 44

Ashes to Ashes


"Ai yi yi yi y yi yi yi yi yi!" Alpha cried, watching the viewing globe. "This is worse than we thought, Zordon! Rita and Zedd have infiltrated the school and have the rangers hostage." He turned back to the ranger's mentor, who stared at the viewing globe with the utmost concern. "What are we going to do?"

"There is nothing we can do but believe they can find a way to stop Rita's and Zedd's plan," Zordon replied. "They're aware that the rangers will want to save their classmates, but won't have the ability to morph in front of them. Thus having the upper hand."

Alpha made a worrying noise as he looked over the control panel. Each button and section had a different use for the rangers and over the years they had helped the rangers with as many fights as they have ever fallen into. But this was more dangerous. If they helped as much as they wanted to, it would reveal the identities of the rangers to everyone in Angel Grove. But was that so bad compared to the lives they would be able to save?

Rita and Zedd wanted the rangers destroyed and what better way to do that than to get rid of the entire Angel Grove High student body when there was nothing else standing in their way. Then once the rangers were defeated, with no one else to protect Earth, Rita and Zedd will easily be able to take over the Earth and slowly rule over the galaxy.

How hard would it be for Zordon and Alpha to find new rangers?

Alpha shook his head, disgusted with himself. Was it possible for him to be disgusted or did these Earth creatures teach him more about humans and emotions than he originally thought they would. Yes, that was it. They were his friends, his family, and he and Zordon cared about them and their well being more than they originally thought. In fact, he hated the idea of using earthlings as the force to stop Rita and Zedd, especially teenagers. What did they know about being the only ones that would be able to help save the world?

They only cared about their relationships and the vapid things that teenagers dealt with day after day. But over time he found how wrong he was. They were very emotional creatures because they cared a lot about many different things, passing along their friendship and love to anyone they felt needed it. Alpha had been very hesitant about Avalon being a ranger from the very beginning when Zordon had first brought up bringing back the Stegosaurus ranger and he had seen what she was getting into. He had voiced it to Zordon many times, but the mentor had continued to press forward, saying it was a good idea. Much like the green ranger before.

And he had been right.

And the rangers had done the same, pushing aside their original thoughts and seeing the good that was inside both rangers.

It was them that had caused Alpha to know true friendship and knowing that he could do nothing to help his friends was the worst thing he had ever felt sine he had become in tune to the range of emotions he could reach.

"So we can only sit here and watch?"

"Only until one of them manages to get away," Zordon said with resignation. "Then we'll be able to contact them. Until then…we can only sit and watch."

"Ay yi yi," Alpha said quietly.


Bulk glanced over at Skull as they kneeled over the body that lay prone on the sidewalk.

They had been following procedures at the Police Academy, sitting in a class and learning about firearm safety, when the call came through that there was trouble at Angel Grove High School. Students were pulled away to shadow officers and Lt. Stone had commandeered Bulk and Skull once more, making it clear that he wanted the two to follow all of his instructions.

Bulk and Skull had immediately agreed and followed Lt. Stone to his police cruiser before they drove to Angel Grove University as opposed to Angel Grove High School. They had been confused at first, but it wasn't until they had arrived and followed Lt. Stone to the front quad they had understood what was wrong. The area had been taped off by campus security and while they were doing their best to keep the students away, there was a loud crowd standing around.

Some students were crying, others looks shocked, some just walked by, barely glancing at the commotion. Bulk and Skull followed Lt. Stone across the front quad and while their Lieutenant had stopped to talk to the head of campus security, the two continued over towards the figure that lay on the ground.

As his eyes landed on the figure, Skull clenched his jaw so hard that a vein popped out at the side. He swallowed thickly and looked over at Bulk, who had his hands clenched into fists before kneeling down by the woman's side.

They recognized her instantly.

Billy's mother, while being well known in the science world along with his father, had been one of their 'room mothers' when their class had been going through elementary school. She dutifully had been the one that would chaperone when a field trip came up, was the one that would pack Billy with an extra lunch in case one of his classmates didn't have money to buy lunch or forgot to bring their own, she knew everyone's parents and cared about each child from the class.

And now the woman was lying dead on the pavement, eyes half-lidded but still holding an essence of fear.

Bulk bowed his head. No matter how much he had tortured the boy that had an affinity for wearing the color blue, how many times he stole his lunch, how much he teased his friends, he wouldn't wish anything to this degree to happen to them.

"Bulkie." Skull's voice came from his side and he looked over at his best friend. "We should notify the Cranstons what happened." He cleared his throat, suddenly turning away from the body. "It won't be easy…but I think they should hear it from us…before anyone else does. I think it's the right thing to do."

Bulk thought about it. He understood what Skull was saying, and what he wasn't saying. Just like Bulk, Skull was feeling waves of guilt and sympathy for the blue ranger. Yes, he knew of their identities as well. Billy, ever since Skull had met him, had been nothing but kind to everyone around him. And even when he and Bulk had teased him, he never particularly had a bad word to say against them. He never got as riled up or angry as his friends did when they were targeted by the bullies.

He wouldn't engage in the similar tactics. Instead, he continued to be nice to everyone around him. And now that he was a power ranger he did nothing but save the city and everyone in it—on many occasions Bulk and Skull in particular—from Rita's and Zedd's monsters and plans. He didn't ask for anything in return, no recognition, he continued to do it day after day and still managed to face each day with a bright smile on his face.

He didn't deserve this.

No one did.

The former bullies felt nothing but sympathy for the blue ranger and knew breaking the news to him would be hard. They couldn't do it at the moment, for now they had to finish their job. And they would do it for Billy.

The two looked back towards the body and their eyes widened. Something was wrong.

The body was gone, all that was left was a slight wind that blew around them, bringing dark clouds with it.


Tommy ducked out of the way as the green ranger flew at him, striking out with his fists and feet. Rather than fighting back, Tommy continued to dodge and weave out of the way, maneuvering around the empty classroom. If anything, it would tired out the green ranger, giving him a better chance to get some answers before having to fight back.

"You can't be here," Tommy said once he had enough distance between himself and the green ranger. What was left of Ms. Appleby's desk was standing between the two of them. "The powers of the green ranger are gone. They were depleted in battle."

The green ranger smiled evilly. "And yet, I'm right here," he said. "The powers of the green ranger will never die!" He leapt forward and landed on top of Ms. Appleby's desk with so much force that it crushed even further under his feet, but continued to hold steady. He reached out and grabbed Tommy around the throat with one hand, squeezing.

The white ranger's hands flew up to his neck and he tried to force the hand away, but the green ranger was strong. Tommy could feel his throat starting to close, could feel the pounding start in his forehead.

"Are you going to fight me? Or are you going to make this easy for me? To do what you've always wanted, to roll over and die and die. To just give up!"

Vision darkening around the edges, Tommy brought his hands up and continued to try and pull the green ranger's hand away from his throat, but the ranger continued to squeeze as tightly as he could. The sinister smile on his face continued to increase in malice, eyes flashing red every now and then. Tommy was starting to get tired of that color in the evil ranger's eyes. It reminded him of all of the pain he inflicted upon his friends and family as he had been the green ranger.

He could still remember the hurt expressions on his mother's and Kimberly's faces when he had been so…evil to them. His demeanor had immediately changed because of the evil spell that Rita had put upon him, but deep inside he was screaming, trying to get out. He hadn't been happier since the rangers had broken the spell and he worked on their side, fighting for good. He didn't deserve to have been accepted so greatly, but Kimberly's presence, her want for him to return to normal had been enough to convince the others that he should have a second chance.

And now here he was, dying in his school's classroom because of the evil green ranger.

The part of him that would never go away.

But he was the white ranger now and he was going to protect everyone around him to the best of his abilities.

Tommy brought up a hand and punched the green ranger in the throat and chest. The green ranger's grip around Tommy's neck immediately snapped open and the white ranger fell to the floor, gasping for air. He rolled to the side as the green ranger jumped forward and tried to strike down where his head had been. Tommy got back to his feet, falling into his fighting stance, bringing his fists up near his face, right by his chin. He lightly bounced back and forth on his feet as the green ranger slowly rose from the floor and turned to the white ranger with an expression of pure, cold evil.

"If it's a fight you want, its fight you got," Tommy said to him.

"It's morphin' time!" The white and green rangers said in unison.

"Tigerzord!"

"Dragonzord!"

The white and green rangers slowly circled each other waiting for the chance to strike. Around and around they went, until, finally, the green ranger struck. They two rangers mirrored each other's move. Each spin kick was met with a spin kick, each punch met with a punch.

Every time the rangers would collide there would be a spark of white and green energy between them. Nevertheless, the rangers appeared to be evenly matched. As both rangers were made from the same human, it was as if the green ranger could read the mind of the white ranger.

It's not that he can read it, Tommy reminded himself. He's me. He knows everything I'm going to do because he's going to do the same thing. He pulled out Saba and charged towards the green ranger. Bringing the sword up high over his head, the white ranger plunged down, but the green ranger brought up his arm and blocked the shot, knowing the white ranger off balance. He combined the move with a spin kick, knocking Saba out of the white ranger's hand, causing it to skid across the floor of the classroom.

"I want a good fight," the green ranger said firmly. He pulled out his dragon sword. "But not before destroying your city first."

"Not if I have anything to say about it!" Tommy raced forward and jumped high, like the green ranger had moments before, knocking the sword out of his hand. "You said you wanted a good fight, you're going to get a good fight." He started in on a barrage of attacks once more, mostly using a combination of punches and dodge as the green ranger anticipated and blocked each and every one of them.

Thinking quickly, Tommy positioned himself in front of the classroom door and waited for the green ranger to strike. And it worked out exactly how he had hoped it would. The green ranger turned and, with a running start, leapt towards the white ranger. Tommy ducked out of the way and the green ranger blasted through the door, spilling out into the hallway. Tommy quickly hurried through the doorway after the green ranger, racing off down the hallway. He had to find his friends and get to the Command Center.

Fast.


Bailey looked up from her feet, watching as her sister and their friends were brought through the doors of the cafeteria by the putties. She caught her sister's eye and gave her a small smile as they were directed her way, forced to the floor around them.

"You OK?" Avalon leaned over, arms still tied behind her back, and rested her head against her sister's in a comforting touch.

Bailey nodded back. "I'm fine," She replied. Her eyes moved around the group, watching as the putties closed the doors to the cafeteria, allowing Goldar and Scorpina through them first. "Where's Tommy?"

"We don't know," Kimberly replied. The pink ranger kept her eyes on the doors, as if waiting for Tommy to come bursting through them. "The putties got us out of the classroom before we could see what happened." She bowed her head. "I hope he's OK."

"I'm sure he's fine, Kim," Aisha said comfortingly. "Tommy can take care of himself. He'll be here, soon, to help us."

Bailey nodded, her mind drifting to the boy that was going to become her brother if the adoption went through. He hadn't turned her away or treated her like a nagging kid when they first met. He had even been the one that she had to go to when she got her period and since then he really had been nothing but a brother and a friend to her. He helped her on many occasions with her martial arts training, listened to her ideas when it came to rangering, and the two worked well together when they were using their zords in battle.

She wasn't going to sit back and hope he would come save them. The least she could do was find a way to get the rest of them free while Tommy tried to get to them. Her eyes moved around the cafeteria. Students and teachers alike huddled together, some crying, some looking around in fear. However, she couldn't help but notice that Ms. Appleby was one of the few that didn't appear to be worried.

Goldar must've noticed for he motioned to Scorpina and the golden monster sauntered over to the older woman and grabbed her by the hair. Despite her calm exterior, Ms. Appleby couldn't help but allow a shriek of pain to come from her mouth.

"Oh no," Rocky murmured. "They better not hurt her."

"You," Scorpina hissed, bringing her bone sword up to Ms. Appleby's neck. Bailey could feel Avalon stiffen next to her. "Why aren't you cowering in fear? We've just taken over your school and you don't seem to even care!"

Ms. Appleby looked at Scorpina defiantly and replied in a calm voice, "The power rangers will be here to help us, soon. I'm not worried because you will be stopped."

Scorpina made a 'tsk' sound and threw the teacher to the floor. She stood up straight and turned towards the rangers. Her lips pulled back, showing her teeth in a mixture of a smile and a snarl. She turned to Goldar and said something to him, gently stroking his arm, before the two walked over to the rangers.

"Get up!" She snarled at him. Before they had a chance to protest, the putties grabbed them and hauled them up to their feet.

Billy struggled against the putty that held onto him. "Where are you taking us?" He demanded.

"We have someone you might want to see," Scorpina said. Her smirk/snarl widened and she and Goldar motioned for the putties to lead them out of the cafeteria. The rangers were brought to another empty classroom and the door was locked behind them. The rangers were forced down into seats the putties brought over for them.

"I don't think there's anyone from you guys I want to see," Avalon murmured from Bailey's right. The purple ranger glanced t her sister and noticed that she was moving ever so slightly. Glancing back where the lens of her glasses ended, Bailey could make out the blurry image of her sister pulling something out of her back pocket and flip it around, moving it towards the ropes that held her hands together.

Facing forward once more, Bailey heard the sound of the door open behind them and something wheeling behind them. She tried to turn around to see but Scorpina stormed over to her, striking her on the side of the face. Bailey let out a gasp of pain as Goldar, behind her, growled.

"Leave her alone!" Adam snapped. "She hasn't done anything wrong." He shifted in his head, trying to wiggle his hands free. "What do you want with us?"

"Yeah," Rocky added "Why haven't you destroyed us already?"

"That's not what we were told do," Goldar ignored the rangers and spoke only to Scorpina, who had pulled out her sword and started to move it towards Bailey's neck. The purple ranger inched backwards as far as she could, immediately feeling pain in her neck when she moved too far.

"We can't have any fun while we're following orders?" Scorpina replied. Nonetheless, she backed away from the rangers and stood next to Goldar, sharpening her fingernails with the edge of her sword. "It's not like Rita and Zedd are going to be upset, the plan is going perfectly."

"Yes and we don't want you to screw it up," Goldar replied. He turned back to the ranger and pointed his sword at him. "Finally, rangers, we have you in our clutches. Now, hand over your Power Coins so we can destroy them."

"No way," Aisha replied, eyes narrowed in a harsh stare. "We're never giving up our Power Coins. Not when we have people like you to stop."

"I'm sure you'll change your mind once you see who we have in our clutches," Goldar said. He pointed with his sword behind the rangers and the squeaking sound increased as the putties behind the pushed a chair to the front of the room. They didn't turn the chair around until they reached the front of the room and when they did, Billy was the first to react.

"Mom," he gasped. Lacey struggled to speak behind the tape that had been placed over her mouth but nothing could be heard besides muffled words. The blue ranger's eyes narrowed and he started to struggle against his constraints. "Let her go!"

Scorpina laughed loudly.

"And why would we do that? Now that we have you in our clutches?" Goldar's eyes bored into the rangers. "We know the only thing that'll stop you is having your parents hostage. And we have all of them." He pointed the sword over towards Lacey, who flinched and tried to pull away. "Just to prove that we have them."

Bailey looked over at Avalon as she felt her sister nudge something into her hand. Her fingers quickly moving over it, she recognized it as a switchblade and had the sudden fleeting thought, wondering where she had gotten it when the two had brought all of her weapons back to their former apartment. Then the thought passed and she pressed the lever on the side of the hilt, like Avalon had taught her, and the blade sprang out. Slightly leaning away from the back of the chair so that she didn't accidentally stick herself in the back, she started to rub the blade against her ropes.

She could feel them loosening and worked harder to break through them.

"Now, hand over your Power Coins and we'll let them go," Scorpina said.

Billy chewed his lower lip as he watched his mother continue to struggle against her binds, voice continuing to be muffled behind the tape over her mouth. Goldar moved towards her, bringing the sword even closer. She flinched, backing away.

As much as he wanted to help his mother, he didn't know what to do and an exchange of glances with his friends proved they didn't know either. He looked particularly at Kimberly and she appeared just as confused, he could see in her eyes she was wondering what he would do if it were her mother in the monster's clutches. The last time the rangers had gone through this ordeal, after all of their parents had been kidnapped, they had quickly given up their Power Coins before it was revealed that Jason had held onto the Dragonzord Power Coin.

But this time there were no extra coins that they could hold onto if they gave theirs over. They didn't know what Tommy was currently doing or else they could hold off on his Coin as well. He was stuck. Turn over their coins with no backup plan so that he could save his mother, or continue to hold out their bluff. He didn't think Rita and Zedd would try the same plan twice, they always—in some ways—leaned from their past mistakes and came back stronger, even if they were always defeated.

There was a large part of him that didn't want to risk it and yet…

"You have until the count of three," Goldar continued, bringing the sword closer to Lacey.

Bailey, feeling her ropes loosening enough, quickly leaned forward, the movement snapping the ropes so that she could bring her arms in front of her. She turned and shoved her chair backwards, knocking over the putty that had been guarding her. It fell to the floor and the purple ranger quickly leapt over and placed a kick into the z-plate, causing it to break apart.

"No!" Scorpina screeched. "How'd she get out?"

"Stop her!" Goldar declared.

With a snarl, Scorpina leapt forward and threw her sword like a boomerang. Bailey ducked out of the way and threw the switchblade back to her sister, who called for it, before bringing her hands up and teleported out of the school and to the Command Center.

Alpha turned as she arrived behind him. "Bailey! I'm so glad you're here!" He hurried over and wrapped his arms around her in a hug. Bailey laughed and hugged him back.

"I'm alright, Alpha," she said to him. "But we have to figure out what to do, yeah?" She brushed her hair behind her ear and turned to Zordon. "We don't know where Tommy is and Goldar and Scorpina have Billy's mother. They're demanding that we turn over our Power Coins or else our parents are going to be hurt."

"My sensors don't indicate that Rita and Zedd, in fact have your parents," Zordon said. Frowning, Bailey turned back towards the viewing globe and watched as an image of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver exited their vehicles at work before it switching over to an image of Mr. Cranston teaching his class. "But they do indicate that Rita's evil has been divulged upon the school along with Goldar and Scorpina."

"But that doesn't make any sense." Bailey looked over as Tommy teleported into the Command Center and took off his helmet. "Tommy!" She hurried over to her friend, throwing her arms around his waist in a hug. Tommy kneeled down and hugged her back.

"Hey Bailey," he said to her before looking around the Command Center. "No one else got away?" The purple ranger shook her head. "Zordon, what's going on? Why are Goldar and Scorpina and the putties in the school?" The white ranger listened as Zordon filled them in on everything that Bailey had just told him as well as what his sensors indicated. "You sense Rita's evil in the school?" Tommy rubbed his chin as he thought.

Bailey's mind whirred at a mile a minute. Rita being in school with Goldar and Scorpina…but the parents were at work like they were supposed to…and then they were demanded to turn over their Power Coins…That's it! She thought, snapping her fingers.

"What is it, Bailey?" Alpha asked. "You have an idea?"

"A theory," Bailey remarked. "What if Rita is posing as Billy's mother? She was brought in as proof that our parents were taken and yet Zordon can only sense the putties, Goldar, and Scorpina down at the school. And what better way to catch us off guard, yeah? We can't morph in front of everyone and the evil green ranger is a way to try and destroy Tommy. If we can't morph in front of them, then they know that we'll do everything we can to keep our secret, but they know that we're going to do our best to help. So what was the thing that caused you to turn all of the Power Coins in before?"

"The parents," Tommy agreed. "Bay, you're a genius!" The purple ranger smiled despite the seriousness of the situation. The white ranger turned back to Zordon and Alpha. "What are we going o do? The green ranger is still down there and he's…he's exactly like me. I can't fight him off. He does every move I do."

"We'll send Bailey down to deal with the green ranger," Zordon said. The purple ranger's eyes widened. "He won't be able to anticipate what she'll throw at him. You need to go down and stop the rangers before they give over their Power Coins or worse."

Tommy shook his head. "I don't think that's a good idea, Zordon. He's too strong."

"We may not have any other choice," Alpha reminded him. "We have to stop Rita from getting the Power Coins. It may be a distraction for the green ranger to execute a plan we don't know of. She'll have to go."

"I can do it," Bailey said firmly.

Tommy chuckled at her enthusiasm and placed a hand on her shoulder. "It must be my big brother instincts kicking in already," he said to her. Bailey's smile widened. "Alright, you deal with the green ranger and I'll get the others. Don't be afraid to call for help when you need it."

"You got it." Bailey grabbed her morpher. "It's morphin' time! Ankylosaurus!" She morphed and teleported out of the Command Center.

Tommy nodded at the empty space she left behind. "Back to action!"

He replaced his helmet and teleported out of the Command Center.


"No! Stop!"

Billy's throat burned raw with the effort of his screaming, watching as Scorpina continued to strike his mother over and over again in the head, face, and chest. Her screams were muffled behind the tape but it continued to instill fear in him he never knew he felt as each blow rained down. It was his worst fear. He had known he was putting his parents in danger the first time he took on the responsibility of being the blue ranger, especially as Rita and Zedd knew their identities.

He had hoped it would never get to that point and even when Goldar had started to count down when Bailey had teleported, there was a part of him that had hoped Goldar was just bluffing, that he wouldn't lay a hand on his mother. Each time Scorpina would smack her in the face, Billy felt as if he was the one being struck.

"Leave her alone," Rocky shouted. "She hasn't done anything to you."

Goldar held out his hand, moving closer to the rangers. "Hand over the Power Coins and we'll let her go."

Billy squeezed his eyes shut as Scorpina let out a victorious laugh and struck Lacey so hard that she and her chair both toppled over onto the floor. Her eyes squeezed shut as she writhed with pain and when she opened them again, she looked directly at Billy. Leaning forward in anguish, Billy strained his muscles, trying to break free.

Out of the corner of his eye he saw Avalon's hands suddenly move out from behind her back like Bailey's had done then struck out against the putty behind her. She pulled out her morpher and started to call out, but Goldar quickly moved over to her and knocked her power morpher out of her hands before flinging her to the floor.

"Av!" Adam called over to her.

"I warned you, rangers!" Goldar roared.

"Goldar, Scorpina, that's enough. You've done what Rita's asked," a disembodied voice said. "Because of you we've managed to get the green ranger to follow his plans. He's destroying the city as we speak."

"No!" Kimberly shouted. "Tommy would never let that happen!"

There was a swirl of gold light and Diabolico appeared before them, his arms crossed over his chest. His red eyes flashed as he looked over at Scorpina, who had finally halted in her movements. "We have the rangers right where we want them, I think now is the time to let them know what's been going on."

Goldar scowled at the newer gold monster. "Our plan was to destroy the rangers."

"And what better way to destroy them by destroying their will to fight first?" Diabolico walked over to Lacey and upright her. She glared at him and he reached over, pulling the tape from her mouth before untying her. "I think we have something to show them."

"What's going on?" Rocky demanded.

Lacey got to her feet, rubbing her wrists and turned to Scorpina, glaring. "You nitwit!" She screeched, voice sounding just like Rita's. "You weren't supposed to hit me that hard! Just wait until I get my hands on you when this is all said and done!"

Scorpina, having the grace to appear embarrassed, bowed her head. "I'm sorry my mistress," she apologized. "It won't happen again."

"What'd you do?" Avalon growled, pushing herself up from the floor. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HER?"

Lacey turned back to the rangers and held out her hand. Rita's magic wand appeared in her hand and as she waved the staff over herself, her appearance changed from Billy's mother to that of the space witch they had been battling against for the past couple of years. She laughed evilly as the rangers gasped in shock.

"I haven't done anything," Rita replied. Haughtily, she placed a hand flat against her chest before motioning to Diabolico with her wand. "That's a question you should be asking him."

"I have done nothing other than exercise my abilities," Diabolico said in his low, menacing voice. "Though now that we have you cornered and the rest of the plan going smoothly, I'll show you what'll happen to the rest of your families." He waved a hand and swirls of gold energy filled the room, collecting together and forming a figure that dropped to the ground.

Aisha let out a cry of shock, covering her face with her hands. Rocky and Adam immediately shielded her gaze from view. Kimberly reached out and grabbed onto Avalon, who clutched her back just as tightly, the two staring at the figure in front of them.

Billy suddenly felt he had just been punched in the stomach as he stared down at the prone figure of his mother.

His heart hammered against his chest as he looked down at her lifeless eyes. Fingers twitching, he reached out to touch her, but knew as his hands neared her body that she was cold. He was a scientist, and recognized the signs of a dead body, when rigor mortis set in and everything surrounding it. It was a way of life and he had always viewed it in scientific ways, even entertaining the idea that after his passing he would donate his body to science so further advancements could be made.

He felt himself starting to shake uncontrollably and suddenly a long, low sound of ear filled his ears. It took him a second to realize that it was him, screaming for his mother in despair.

Next thing he knew, everything had gone dark and he felt his body hit the floor.

He blacked out.


A/N: So just so you guys know, after having had drawn out season two a lot longer than I anticipated—and realizing this story would be even longer if I kept in my ideas for season 3, after this storyline is over, I'm planning on ending the story and then doing season 3 (which won't take nearly as long) and Zeo together in one story.

Either that or ending it with the episodes from the beginning of season 3 where the rangers go to Edenoi.

So there's a couple of chapters left until the story ends, but, like last time, when the last chapter is posted, I'll post the first chapter of the next story at the same time so you don't have to wait long for it. I also have a Billy centered side story, like Something's Gotta Give was, coming up soon.

Thanks to I love power rangers7135, TaitanoRules555, Ashley, Son of Whitebeard, Adela, ZoeyBoey224, brankel1, TerraHart, and Rose Specktor for reviewing.

~Avalon