CHAPTER FIVE
Angel Grove Lake
Divatox swerved her scope around and saw two humans getting ready to dive into the water. She started laughing evilly.
"Well what do we have here? Two humans, ripe for the picking, and they're heading our way!" She said, watching them fall back into the water, she then sent her piranhatrons out to get them.
When they came back, she saw they were successful in doing as she asked. "Two perfect specimens, worthy of feeding my fiancée." She said, looking at the two unconscious humans. "Throw them into the bilge, where they'll be fresh for my beloved Maligore." She ordered.
"It will be my pleasure." Rygog said, pulling a lever, making the 2 people drop into the bilge.
"Now let's reel in that little runt Lerigot." Divatox says evilly, walking over to where she had Lerigot's wife and child. "He's probably with Zordon. Remove the mindblock." She ordered, making the Piranhatron take off a metal like hat from Lerigot's wife's head. "We'll use his wife Yara to contact them both." Divatox said, making Yara worried.
Command Center - Angel Grove
At the Power Chamber, Lerigot was on the med table, being treated, from being drained by his time in the sun.
"Is he going to be alright?" Kat asked, looking down at Lerigot.
"The sun has taken its toll on him, but this should restore his life force for now." Alpha told the rangers.
"Divatox sure gave us a run for our money, man we got our asses kicked. I really want to get my hands on those piranhatrons" Adam said, dejected, heading over to the control panel where Tommy and Kat were.
"You can say that again, and her brother, General Havoc wasn't exactly a walk in the park either." Kat said, looking behind her, just in time to see Lerigot start shaking and speaking in his native tongue, making everybody surround him worriedly.
"No . . . Yara . . . Yara!" He said, shaking on the med table.
"What's wrong to him?" Tommy asked, looking over at Alpha, trying to keep Lerigot still.
"Wait, Lerigot is receiving a telepathic transmission that is obviously upsetting him greatly." Alpha explained to the rangers. "Zordon, what should we do?" Alpha asked her old friend.
"Perhaps if we can find out what it is he is receiving we can help him. Alpha, attach the cranial transmission scanner and connect it to the viewing globe." Zordon instructed. Alpha did as instructed and when the rangers looked up, they saw a woman in a red leather dress.
"Zordon I know you can hear me so listen well." She said, looking into a mirror, not even looking at the screen. "Lerigot must surrender. Meet Lerigot's family, Yara, loving wife, and caring mother to little baby Bethel. Don't you just want to pinch those adorable cheeks?" She said in disgust.
"Ay, yi, yi." Alpha said frantically.
"Make it stop! Look what it's doing to him!" Kat cried out, trying to hold Lerigot steady.
"We can't Kat. Just make sure he doesn't hurt himself while he listens okay." Alpha told the girl clad in pink, who just nodded solemnly.
"Bring him to me! Oh, and by the way, as a token of my appreciation, I'll spare a couple of your favorite humans." She said, making the rangers pay more attention, worried about the people. "They're certainly not much to look at, but my sensors tell me they were once one of your, oh what do you call them, oh yes Power Rangers!" On the screen one of the scuba divers took off their mask, showing that it was Kimberly.
Kat, Tanya, and Adam all looked at Tommy, who looked shocked; Tommy because she had his ex-girlfriend.
"Kimberly." Tommy whispered worried for the girl who he still had feelings for.
The other scuba diver then took off his mask, showing that it was Jason.
"A-and Jason." Tommy stuttered, afraid for his friend's lives. Pain, fear, and anger coursed through him. Who did this woman think she was, capturing his friends? "You hurt them, and I will kill you." Tommy said so calmly it sent chills through everyone's spine, mainly because he's never lost his cool before.
"So, I've hit a nerve, have I?" Divatox asked rhetorically. "Do as I say or its lights out for all of them." Divatox told the rangers, she then walked off, and the screen went black.
Everyone stayed silent; you could hear a pin drop in the room.
The Bilge - Divatox's Ship
"Kim," Jason said, looking around the bilge.
"Yeah," She said.
"I think we're in major trouble." Jason told his friend.
Kim sighed. "I'd say," she replied, looking around. A small smile came to her lips. "I wish we could morph."
"Doesn't look like there's any way out," Jason stated, pushing on a metallic door that was bolted.
Bulk and Skull looked out from a little circular barred window from their locked chamber.
"Hola!" Skull said, speaking Spanish because Elgar scrambled his brain. This made Jason and Kimberly look in their direction
"Ja, guten tag!" Bulk said in German. Kimberly and Jason started walking over to them.
"My name... is Antonio Bandana." Skull said, once Kim and Jason got to the other two.
"Bulk?" Kim questioned.
"Skull?" Jason asked, making the two 'police officers' look at each other in confusion.
"You are speaking to us?" Bulk asked with a German accent.
"Who is this, Bulk and Skull?" Skull asked in his Spanish accent.
"Something is strange with those two." Jason told his friend.
"Oh, you're just figuring that one out?" Kimberly questioned with a small laugh, looking from Jason to Bulk and Skull.
"You just sounded like Zack." Jason told his friend with a smile, making her grin back.
Command Center
Lerigot and Alpha were talking together in Lerigot's native language "They understand each other." Kat said with a smile.
"As good friends should," Zordon replied.
"I don't understand it. Why does Divatox want Lerigot?" Tanya asked Zordon getting back to the matter at hand.
"I believe Divatox plans to use Lerigot and his Golden Key to pass the treacherous Nemesis Triangle into another dimension. Once there, she will likely travel to the lost Island of Muranthias, and attempt to join forces with an evil creature named Maligore." Zordon told the five rangers
"Great." Tommy scoffed. "Then what?" He asks.
"Then nothing will be safe, you have witnessed firsthand what the power of both Divatox and General Havoc, not even the Zords would be enough to stop them." Zordon replied.
Just then Billy comes in from another part of the Power Chamber with an ample solution for the rangers. "I think I can help with that Zordon. Guys do you remember when you thought I was the Gold Ranger?"
"Yea I remember, Rocky was really having a field day during that time. What's that have to do with us being virtually powerless right now Billy?" Adam asked.
"That's the thing ever since you've acquired these powers they've been leaking out since Trey arrived on Earth, and basically the powers are getting too strong for you to handle.
"That explains why we were getting exhausted and our Powers drained out when we were battling Divatox's forces." Tanya said. "Basically the same thing that happened to Jason, but with a slower pace." She explained.
"Precisely, When you guys thought I was the Gold Ranger because I wasn't around as much I was actually working on a Power source that is strong enough for you guys to handle, just in case something like this were to happen. With assistance from Alpha, I am almost done with Project Turbo." Billy explained.
"When will it be ready? We can really use that extra boost." Kat said with a glimmer of hope.
"Give me another hour and I'll have a new Power Source for the team, I'm just going to need Alpha & Zordon's help to link it to the Morphin' Grid. Just worry about reuniting Lerigot with his family and getting our friends back." Billy explained, putting the rangers in better spirits.
Tommy, Adam, Kat & Tanya nodded in agreemnet this moment Alpha exclaims out in fear.
"What, no!" Alpha said as Lerigot started chanting.
"What's he doing?" Tanya asked, as everyone looked at the robot.
"Lerigot's performing the Liarian prayer of guidance. Lerigot is preparing to surrender." Alpha told the rangers.
"But why, we can't let him do that!" Kat shouted, looking around at her friends.
"It's his family Kat." Adam told her.
"We'd do the same for each other." Tanya finished.
"I just hope their okay." Kat said, talking about Jason and Kimberly.
"Ok, listen, we'll get Kim and Jase out of there and then go after Lerigot's family." Tommy said. This just made Kat and Tanya look at each other.
"Look, Kimberly and Jason were Power Rangers once, if anyone can get through it, they can." Adam said, reassuring the rest of the team.
"Their strong," Billy added. "They'll get through it, or knowing them, they'll find a way out if we don't get there fast enough. Even though Kim is a valley girl, she's one of the smartest people I know, and Jason is a former leader of a ranger team, they're probably working on a plan right now." Billy told everyone, making them nod.
Angel Grove Beach
At the beach, the 4 humans and the Liarian got teleported onto a rock, Kat and Tanya helped Lerigot walk over to the edge of the cliff with the other three beside them. The looked around and saw that the ship was already beached.
"Look, there they are." Tommy said, pointing to the ship. They saw a door on the side open and a bunch of Piranhatrons came out on jet skis, along with two boats. One of the boats, which held Havoc and a Piranhatron and half of the jet skis, came onto shore. The other boat, which held people on it, was still out in the ocean.
"Send Lerigot down!" Havoc yelled up to the Rangers.
"NO! Bring our friends closer first!" Tommy yelled back.
"You have no choice humans! This is as close as you're gonna get." Havoc told them. "Now send the Wizard down!" He yelled.
"I don't like this. We should try to stall them until we can figure something out." Adam said, looking down at Elgar.
"Yeah, maybe you're right." Tommy told the Green ranger.
Tanya heard a noise and looked down beside her saw that Lerigot gone, she started twisting around, catching Kat's attention. "Lerigot's gone!" Tanya told her friends.
"Lerigot no!" Kat yelled as she saw him down on the beach.
"Come back!" Tommy yelled. Lerigot turned around, waving goodbye to them.
"Lerigot!" Kat yelled, but it was no use, Lerigot turned back and started walking to Havoc.
"Come on furball, come to General Havoc." Havoc said as Lerigot started getting on the boat.
"Alright, you have what you came for! Now let our friends go!" Tommy yelled.
"Swim for 'em! Bon Voyage, weaklings, Tommy remember our duel, I'll be waiting for you. You better give me a real fight next time!" The boat holding their friends went out a few yards until Havoc let out a command. "Alright, stop the boat, you can dump them right here." They then threw their friends into the water, they then started heading for the ship. Tommy, Adam, Kat, and Tanya jumped off the side of the cliff and on to the beach.
Adam and Tommy swam to where the bodies of their two friends were floating. When Tommy looked at one of the bodies he found that it was a fake.
"Tommy, Tommy!" Adam tried talking to his friend but he wouldn't listen.
"I gotta check the other one." Tommy said swimming over to the other one, just to get the same results.
"Tommy! Tommy, come on they're gone! Tommy, come on!" Adam grabbed Tommy and started swimming back to shore.
Divatox's Ship
Underwater on the ship, Divatox was trying to get the wand to work for her, though nothing was working, making her angry. She then walked over to where Lerigot was being held captive. "If only it's magic would glow in my hands, I'd have no use for you." She told the Liarian. "You will oversee to our safe passage through the Nemesis Triangle, won't you, twerp?" Divatox asked Lerigot rhetorically. "Set a course for the Nemesis Triangle, full speed ahead!" She yelled out, walking off.
Yara, who was in a separate cage from Lerigot, reached out her hand, but then set it down when Lerigot's cage got closed.
"Once we get to the island on the other side of Muranthias. My Maligore's appetite will ignite once he sees the powerful offering I brought him. That will be the perfect wedding gift for MY Maligore." Divatox says.
"Whatever sister, I'll ship you a wedding gift. Just let me know when the combat begins, I can't wait to destroy that red ranger. He possesses the skills needed to give me the fight I've been craving." Havoc said.
"Your love for battle is going to get you killed little brother." Divatox said, with a serious look on her face. "Those rangers probably have something up their sleeve as we speak. DO NOT take them lightly!" She explained, Havoc takes in this information, then retreats to his quarters.
The Bilge - Divatox's Quarters
In the Bilge, Jason is holding Kimberly up so she could listen to Divatox's plan. "Ok," She told him, making he set her down. "This is so lame." She says, leaning up against the wall. "You know, we come back here to surprise everybody and help out with the shelter, and next thing you know, we're some snack food for some monster with the munchies." She ranted. Jason just looked at her, letting her rant.
"Munchies?" Bulk asked, grinning.
Jason looks at bulk, and just nods his head, then resumes the conversation. "This Havoc guy is really something serious. If he's as powerful as we think he is Tommy could be in some real trouble." Jason said, concerned about his friend.
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