Chapter Eight
The Deck - Divatox's Ship
In Divatox's ship was hectic, preparing to cross the Nemesis Triangle.
"It's time." Divatox says. The boat then rocks, making her loose her footing and the alarm to go off.
The Bilge - Divatox's Ship
In the Bilge Kim and Jason are still trying to hold the panel closed, though it isn't doing much good.
"Jason, the room's filling up!" She yelled at him. The ship then started rocking, making her yell out, "What's happening?"
"I don't know!" Jason shouted."
"We're minutes away from the dimensional gateway." Divatox said with excitement in her voice.
"I don't know how much longer I can hold it." Jason told Kimberly, struggling to hold the panel on the wall.
The Ghost Galleon
Back on the boat the rangers are looking out at the Nemesis Triangle. The lightning had started getting worse, striking the ground more and more, the closer they got to it. A streak of lightning shot down near the boat, making them all duck.
"Don't tell me I'm seeing things," Kat said in fear, as they all started getting up.
"No, I would say you aren't Kat." Billy told the pink ranger from next to Adam.
"It's the triangle. It looks pretty nasty." Adam said.
"Hit the deck!" Tommy said, as a bolt of lightning once again struck the boat. They all dropped to floor once again. Once the lightning was gone they looked at each other in fright. Tommy looked at the others before he started getting back to his feet.
The Deck - Divatox's Ship
"Do it, wizard. Open the gateway. C'mon, c'mon, do it." Divatox ordered while handing Lerigot the Golden Key through the bars of his cell. Lerigot just shook his head and threw his key back at Divatox. "You little fool! Open the chamber!" she ordered Rygog, who then opened the door to Yara's cell.
"Don't move, you little hairball," Rygog said. Yara just looked at Rygog and gave off a small growl.
Divatox then turned back to Lerigot and said, "You might be willing to sacrifice yourself, you runt. But how much do you love your little family? Rygog, grab the baby!" She yelled out to her minion.
"Right! Come here, you little brat." He said, taking Bethel from Yara, making both Yara and Lerigot cry out.
"Well what will it be?" Divatox asked Lerigot condescendingly. Lerigot nodded and held his hand out for the wand. "Yeah, open the gateway." Divatox told Lerigot, handing him the wand. She then opened his cell, took him by the ear, and dragged him to the middle of the deck. "Get to it." She told the Liarian.
Lerigot stuck out the wand and started talking in his language; this made sparks come out of his wand. The sparks then went and hit the dimensional gateway opening it, this let the ship and everyone in it was able to pass through the gateway.
The Bilge - Divatox's Ship
Meanwhile back on the Bilge Jason and Kim were trying to open the panel so that they could get out.
"We need something to pry to panel with," Jason said.
"Get the pipe," Kim told him.
"Good idea." He then dove into the water and seconds later found the pipe. He came back up, and started to pry the panel off.
"Okay, anytime, Jason." Kim said, looking around at the water that was waist deep.
"I'm trying." Jason told her.
"Ok, this water is getting too high for me." Kim said, still trying to help pry the panel off.
Bulk and Skull watched them threw the bars of their cage. "We go swimming?" Bulk asked stupidly.
Jason turned their way, clearly frustrated from the whole thing. "Would you guys be quiet? I'm trying to get us out of here!" He yelled at his High School bullies, he then turned back to the Panel, once again trying to open it. Bulk just looked from where Jason was to Skull.
The Deck - Divatox's Ship
Back on the deck, Divatox saw an alarm going off that said, TILT. "We're sinking; we're sinking. Okay, okay, don't panic. Don't panic. WE'RE SINKING," Divatox yelled in panic.
Rygog was talking to somebody on the phone when Divatox started freaking out. "Uh oh, we're sinking. Gotta go," he said to whoever it was, he then hung up. "Uh, for some reason, we're pulling in water." He said, looking at the computers.
"Water?" she inquired, looking out of the scope.
The Ghost Galleon
Back on the Ghost Galleon, several more bolts of lightning struck the boat, making everyone on edge.
"We're getting close to the gateway," Adam said. "We need the keys."
"You guys go below; I'll get the keys," Billy told the other fou.
"Be careful," Tommy and Adam told him
Billy quickly went to the box that held the keys, took them out, and ran below. She ran to the circle and then handed the keys to their owners.
"Ready? Now!" Tommy said, as they held their keys.
They all stuck their keys together, but then the ship lurched, making a barrel role and hit Adam's ankle, causing him to lose his grip on his key, making the key go flying out of his hand, landing between a group of barrels.
"My key, I dropped my key!" He said as he dove for it, he tried to get it but he couldn't reach it. "I can't reach it." He told the others.
"Hurry Adam!" Tanya said, franticly, as they were only about 30 seconds away from the gateway.
Adam kept on stretching, trying to get his key until finally; he was able to fully grasp it. "Got it!" He yelled out, getting up.
"Come on, Adam." Tanya said, pulling him next to her.
Once Tommy knew that Adam was in his place he said, "Let's do it." Everyone then stuck their keys out, each key letting out a glow of their respective colors, and then became one big light. The light then gave off a blast, making all of them fall onto their back.
When they passed through the Nemesis Triangle, the transparent blue wall that they had seen went through each of them one by one, making them give out grunts of surprise. Once it went through all of them they looked at each other in surprise.
"That felt weird." Billy said; looking at the rangers, who nodded, agreeing with the blue ranger.
The Bilge - Divatox's Ship
Meanwhile back in Divatox's sub in the Bilge, which was now almost full, Jason and Kim both were still trying to get the panel off. Once the panel was fully off they floated up to the top and breathed in some air.
"We gotta get Bulk and Skull first." Kim told Jason, who nodded. They both took a deep breath and then headed for the cage that had Bulk and Skull in it. When they got there they had trouble getting the wheel to turn, but once it did, the hatch opened, letting Bulk and Skull out, once they were out they all headed to the top to take a breath.
"You guys, you have to exit out slowly, on the way to the top, alright?" Jason instructed.
"Swim out, like a little guppy." Skull said in his Spanish accent.
They all took a deep breath and then dived back down to the hole. Bulk and Skull swam through without a problem, but when Kim tried to swim through her shirt got caught on a bolt. Jason managed to get Kim's shirt free after struggling with it a bit, letting her swim out.
Meanwhile back on the bridge Divatox is trying to find out why their sinking.
"What? It's coming from the bilge! Activate the emergency hatch now!" Divatox yelled at Rygog.
"Right," Rygog said, starting to do as instructed.
"Now! Quicker, quicker," Divatox assured him.
Back in the Bilge, the secondary hatch came down before Jason could swim through. Jason then swam back out of the tunnel and went up for air.
"I hope that drains not clogged." Jason heard Divatox say
Just then all the water got flushed out and Jason ended up back where he started, stuck on her ship.
Back in the bridge of the Sub.
"Now open the hatch to the bilge hurry up." Divatox said
The Piranhatron opened up the hatch and Divatox looked inside and only saw Jason, who was laughing at the small victory he just achieved.
"Well I suppose Maligore will have to do with just one sacrifice." Divatox said
She then stomped off.
Back on the Ghost Galleon Adam was on a platform near the crow's nest, looking at the Island through some binoculars. "Wow… Land ahoy." He whispered, grinning. He then turned towards where the other teens were. "There she blows! Land ahoy! Shiver me timbers!" He yelled down at his friends with a grin on his face, making the five older teens laugh. "I've always wanted to say that." He told them.
The other teens then headed to the front of the ship, looking at the Island. Adam then caught up with them a few seconds later. "There it is," Adam said. "The lost island of Muranthias,"
"Yup, it looks pretty lost to me." Tanya said.
"Zordon said that Maligore's volcano is in the Serpent's Temple," Adam recalled.
"That's most likely where they're going." Billy said, looking from Adam to Tommy.
"Then that's where we're going too," Tommy said.
Divatox's Ship
Meanwhile back in Divatox's sub, which was now above water, they were getting ready to get onto the island.
Jason was in a black robe and shackles while Elgar was trying to see if Lerigot was alright, which he wasn't.
"Your over grown Hamster ain't looking so hot." Elgar said to his aunt.
"No! He must live long enough to open Maligore's sacred temple door." Divatox said angrily.
The Alarm then went off.
"Now what?" Divatox said, annoyed.
"It's impossible. Radars detecting five human life forms approaching the island." Rygog told Divatox.
"I knew they wouldn't let me down Divatox." Jason said, heading for Divatox but he was restrained by two Piranhatrons.
"I've got to get rid of those Power Rangers." Divatox said angrily.
"Yeah they're getting on my nerves." Rygog agreed.
Divatox then picked up her phone and dialed a number.
"Hi Rita, D here," Divatox said.
"Huh?" Rita asked
"Sorry to wake you. I forgot about the time change. Now listen, I know you've had some experience in this matter. I need your advice. How do I get rid of the Power Rangers?" Divatox asked.
"What? The Power Rangers? If I knew that, do you think I'd be lying here listening to this?" Rita asked. She then put the phone near Zedd as he snored rather loudly.
"My advice to you Divatox, run!" Rita said laughing before hanging up.
"Thanks for nothing." Divatox said annoyed, hanging up the phone.
The Island of Muranthias
Meanwhile on shore of Muranthias, Kimberly was laying on the beach, trying to fully function from having to swim all the way from when she escaped the ship. Just then the natives of Muranthias showed up and surrounded her, Kimberly tried to fight them off but there was too many and she was already weak.
About 100 feet away behind a tree, Bulk and Skull watched as the natives captured Kimberly.
"She should have better camouflage." Bulk said.
"What should we do?" Skull asked his friend.
"We could rescue her, or we could enjoy the beach." Bulk told Skull.
Skull and Bulk then made weird noises, signifying that they agreed to enjoy the beach. They turned around, and started laughing, but then a few natives stepped in front of them. They immediately stopped laughing and ran, the natives running after them.
The Ghost Galleon
Meanwhile back on the Ghost Galleon. The Five Rangers walked up onto the deck as they strapped on their power boxes on their backs. Tommy was typing on his navigator and had a worried look on his face.
"Guys, something's wrong I can't get a lock on Lerigot." Tommy told his teammates.
"It will probably be easier to get a lock on his location on the island." Billy suggested.
"Good idea." Tommy said.
"Look, Desert Thunder's up first. I can drive to the top of that cliff over there and see if I can see the temple." Adam said.
"Good. Keep in contact. We'll get the other vehicles rolling." Tommy said.
Adam nodded and started for the bottom level.
"Be careful." Tanya said.
"I will." Adam said.
"You be careful too, who knows what Divatox will do." And with that he got into his car and drove off.
ack on the island Bulk and Skull were still running from the natives, but they eventually got surrounded. They then laughed and pointed up to the sky. The natives looked up, and while they were distracted, Bulk and Skull made a run for it.
Meanwhile on the shore of the island, Adam drove up on the shore.
On Divatox's sub, they were trying to figure out what the Power Rangers were on.
"They've got to be riding something! Maybe a couple of torpedoes will find out what." Divatox said, pressing the Launch button.
"Two Torpedoes armed and ready; fire one and two." Elgar said.
The sub then fired two torpedoes, making them head toward the Ghost Galleon.
Meanwhile back on the Island, Adam had driven up onto the cliff and parked his car. He then got out and looked out onto the sea.
"Cool view." He said, looking out.
He then pulled out his green binoculars and looked out onto the sea. He was about to turn around when he noticed something heading for the Ghost Galleon fast. He looked through his binoculars and saw that it was 2 torpedoes. He immediately got a worried look on his face.
The Ghost Galleon
Meanwhile on the Ghost Galleon, Tommy's navigator had picked up the signal of the Torpedoes.
"Our cover's blown. Something's coming toward us." Tanya said.
"And it's coming fast." Tommy noted.
"What?" The other four asked.
"We can't be detected inside the Turbo Vehicles." Kat said.
"Come on! We gotta get our asses in those cars!" Billy yelled.
The four rangers then ran down to their cars.
Meanwhile back on the cliff of the Island.
"Guys! Hey guys!" Adam said, frantically tapping on his communicator, but it was out of range.
He then went back to looking through his binoculars and looked on as the torpedoes hit the ship, making it explode. He then slowly lowered his binoculars slowly, feeling horrified and disbelieving.
"No…" He said, looking sadly across the cliff.
Divatox's Ship
Meanwhile back in Divatox's sub. Divatox was laughing maniacally.
"Whatever it was, we hit it!" Rygog exclaimed.
Cliffside - Muranthias
Back on the Island Adam was still looking at the burning remains of the Ghost Galleon, horrified, when he noticed something emerging from the wreckage.
On the sea, the other four Turbo zords emerged from the wreckage with the rangers in them.
"Looks like we all got through." Tommy said
"Alright, how are you feeling Billy?" Tanya asked her teammate.
"Prodigious! This is truly morphenominal!" Billy said excitedly.
"Alright, let's head for shore." Tommy told them.
Back on the Island Adam looked on as his friends emerged from the wreckage with a smile.
"Yeah! whoo!" He yelled out, walking off and started traveling around the island, trying to locate Lerigot. He had just crossed a river and climbed up rocks when he saw the temple, which he started to head towards.
Meanwhile on another part of the Island Divatox and her Minions, along with Lerigot, his family, and Jason, was heading towards the minion.
"Come on! I haven't got all day!" Divatox yelled.
Adam was still looking around when he saw Divatox and the others.
"Oh man." He said. He then zoomed in on Lerigot who was not looking good at all. Adam then turned around and headed back to find the others.
Near the temple entrance, Divatox's crew was looking around trying to find it.
"Where is it? My feet hurt." Rygog complained.
"Stop complaining. We're almost there. Wimp," Divatox said.
"Move it prisoner." Havoc said, yanking Jason forward.
Just then eerie music started to play, capturing everyone's attention.
"I don't like the sight of that." Havoc said, as natives appeared and surrounded them. "Come to think of it, I don't like the looks of it either." Havoc said.
The natives the brought Kimberly into view; she was tied onto a stretcher. Jason then removed his hood staring at Kimberly as she looked back at him. You could tell Jason was worried about her.
"Hey the little Power Geek's back." Divatox said.
"So you want a fight, huh?" Havoc asked.
"No, no, no. Wait, wait! Those are the Malachians, guardians of Maligore. Get the wizard. Bring him." Divatox said urgently.
"OK. Release the wizard!" Havoc said.
The Piranhatrons then opened Lerigot's cage and pulled him out.
"Would you hurry up?" Divatox asked. She then removed the mind block so that Lerigot could use his powers.
"Here. Do it, Wizard. Spin your magic." Divatox said.
Lerigot looked over at Yara, who was pleading with him not to do it. He then looked forward and started to walk slowly to the entrance.
"Move it furball." Havoc said to Lerigot.
Lerigot then raised his wand and a spark left the wand, making everyone duck, the spark then hit the ground. It then traveled to the Sacred Temple door, opening it.
"Well what do you know, the little guy packs a punch!" Havoc said.
"Give me that!" Divatox said as she grabbed the wand, raising it into the air. "What a rush! That's right, bow to me. I love being queen. All right, come on everybody. We've got a wedding to get to. Here comes the bride!" Divatox said, walking towards the door, bumping into Lerigot.
"Get going. Come on." Havoc said, following Divatox.
"Warriors bring the others." Rygog instructed.
"Move it." When Lerigot turned around, Havoc asked. "What are you looking at? Get inside."
Lerigot turned back around and headed inside, everyone else following him and Divatox.
END