Notes: Gonna try something new: whenever both Tommy and Tamsin are in the same scene, the POV will be both of theirs.

Chapter 5

Deal with the Devil

"The coin found a new host!"

What the hell was that? Am I sleeping? Am I dreaming?

Tamsin? What's going on?

Tommy?! You can hear me?

"I feel the green energy leaving me, Finster! What's happening?!"

Tommy, who the hell is that?

I don't know, but I feel weird. I can't see anything. Where are we? Are we sleeping? Wait, no we can't be. Right?

I don't know.

"How is that possible?!"

No, seriously, Tommy, who the hell is that and how can we both hear her?

How the hell should I know?! I don't even know where we're at!

"Finster, someone on earth found my coin! I feel its energy leaving me. My armor, it's disappearing!"

Why can we hear her? Why is everything so dark? Tommy, I'm freaking out.

I know, me too. But I see something. Like a green light.

You're right. I see it too.

It's strong. I feel like it's calling to me.

Me too.

"Whoever has my coin will have the power of the green ranger."

Tamsin, do you think she's talking about us?

She has to be. But what coin is she talking about?

That green thing we found maybe?

"Maybe this is a good thing. Whoever has this power will have the power to defeat the power rangers."

I feel it giving me strength, Tamsin. I'm feeling good. I'm feeling strong.

Me too.

Haha, man, this is gonna be awesome. No one is going to mess with us now.

Or with Dad. They'll be sorry.

You see all this green light?

Yes, shish dazha, I do.

Trini had sent several text messages and called more times than she cared to admit, but Tamsin hadn't answered. After she they parted after detention, she hadn't heard from her and her worry grew. Apparently, Kim hadn't heard from Tommy either and they both wanted to go to the twin's home, but neither knew where they lived. And now she was at school, her battery on her phone at 60%, and the day hadn't even started.

"Good morning," Kim greeted as she walked up to their shared locker.

"Hey."

"Heard from them yet?" Kim began to rummage through the locker. Trini shook her head and looked down. They stayed there for a few moments in silence as Kim finished gathering what she needed before closing it. "What should we do?" she asked.

"I don't know. I think Billy said he has English with Tommy? Maybe he could-"

"Hey babe!" Tamsin shouted, walking towards Trini and Kim.

"Oh my god," Trini exclaimed, wrapping Tamsin in a hug, "What the hell happened?"

Tamsin laughed, "Relax."

"Is Tommy okay?" Kim asked a little anxiously.

"Hmm? Oh, yeah, he's fine. We're both fine, no thanks to the power rangers."

"What? What happened?" Trini swallowed the lump in her throat and stole a glance at Kim.

"Man, I swear they cause as much destruction as those weird monsters. Twice I've seen them and twice Tommy and I got hurt."

"You got hurt?" Kim asked.

"How?" Trini added.

"Tommy and I were at the pier, being delinquents and there was a fight between them and the building we were inside fell on us. We went home and slept almost all of yesterday." Tamsin flipped her long, loose hair, and ran her fingers through it. "But enough about that, I don't want to talk about it. How about," she drawled, wrapping an arm around Trini's shoulders, "We take the day off?" Then she turned to Kim, "You too. Tommy's down, no doubt."

Kim gave a pensive look, and Trini is sure Kim would ditch with them, but she's been trying not to be that person anymore. Then Trini says, "We have a bio test today. We can't miss it."

Tamsin rolls her eyes and groans, "Oh my god, who cares about biology. We're messing up the planet anyways and people don't give a shit about living things."

"I totally would," Kim said, "But, like Trini said, we have a test. And I'm finally getting my parents off my back and if I get a call from school they'll flip."

"Yeah," Trini starts, "My mom is actually being chill with me too."

Then Tamsin's eyes went dark and she removed her arm from Trini's shoulders. "Seriously?" Her voice had a level of annoyance to it. "You don't wanna go? Because of a test?"

"Well, normally we would, it's just the test is kind of important for our grade," Trini said.

"Whatever. I'm heading out. Later." Then Tamsin turned and began walking away without another word.

"What the hell was that all about?" Kim asked, her eye brows furrowing as she looked in the direction Tamsin had walked.

"I don't know," Trini said as she shook her head.

They decided to hike the mountains, not giving too much thought into where they were going, they just wanted to be away from the hell that was school. Tommy had pushed a jock into the lockers and didn't stick around. Tamsin just didn't care and walked right passed security. They tried to stop her, but when they grabbed her arm, she nearly twisted it behind them, pushed them to the ground and walked on her way. The twins met in the parking lot and got into their shared jeep and drove until they had reached the mountains. Now they were just hiking through the trails, climbing and jumping off trees and Tommy, testing out their new-found strength, punched a boulder in half.

"It's because of this coin, I feel it," Tommy said, pulling out the green coin from his back pocket. He held it in his hand, a gleam in his eyes as he felt the surge of power from it.

Tamsin took it from his hands and held it herself. She could also feel the power when she touched it as she gently touched it with her fingers from her other hand. "You're right, shi na'áá. I feel it too. I wonder what this thing is."

"Do you think that voice was right? It's a coin to make us like the power rangers?" Tommy couldn't help the excitement.

Tamsin shrugged, "I dunno. If it is, how do we use it?" It would be extremely useful to be able to use this power at will.

They continued hiking and being rambunctious, not caring about the noise they made or animals they scared. It was fun to walk around feeling a massive power surging through them. They felt like they could do anything.

Then they came across one of those putties. "Na'áá," Tamsin said, "Look at that."

Tommy smiled, "Well, well, if it isn't a putty."

The putty made a growling noise and flexed its three arms before stomping.

"Now, now, none of that," Tamsin teased with a smirk as she began to walk towards it, "Or you might regret it."

Then another putty stepped out from behind a tree. And another jumped from the cliff above and landed in a heap in front of them.

"Hmm," Tommy hummed, "Looks like you guys are smarter than you let on."

The putties all together roared and charged the twins. Tommy was able to duck and hook a putty in the side before being back handed into a tree. Tamsin did a round house kick and sent the first putty flying to the side and tried a jab-jab-uppercut combination on the next, but the putty grabbed her hand at her first jab before lifting her up then throwing her off to the side like a rag doll.

"Damn," Tommy grunted, "They're strong." He staggered to his feet, moving hair from his face.

Tamsin rolled to her belly and pushed herself up, "But we're stronger and smarter." She smirks as she brought her fists up to her face. "We got this." Tamsin rolled her shoulders and became light on her feet. This was a fight for kick boxing she decided and as soon as a putty came close to her, she faked a right hook, but then used her right leg to connect a backwards round house kick and sent the putty flying.

A putty had jumped forward but Tommy came at it from the side and sucker punched it to ground. He looked up at Tamsin with a smirk. They high fived then slightly moved away from each other. Tommy ducked two throws at him before punching the putty in the abdomen then hammering his fist into the back of its head.

It didn't take too long to take down the five putties. The twins had some gashes along their arms and faces but the smiled triumphantly as the last putty crumpled into dust.

"How about that, dadee?" Tommy announced, "We took care of five of these things and barely did damage to our surroundings."

Tamsin huffed, "Yeah, we did." Then a ruffling in the bushes nearby made the twins whip their heads toward the noise and they got back into fighting stances. "You think there's more?"

"I dunno," Tommy replied, shaking his head. "Come out!" he shouted, bringing his fists back up to his face and rounding his shoulders.

"And just what do you think you can do to me, humans?!" a growled voiced called out. Then a grotesque body followed. It was hideous. Its body was covered in golden armor and its face was animalistic with sharp teeth coming out of its snarled snout and eyes a glowing red. In its hand was a huge, heavy looking sword. "Pathetic weaklings! You stole my mistress's coin! I'm here to take it back."

"You're crazy, we didn't steel anything!" Tommy shouted, his fists clenching.

"You possess the green power coin, do you not? That belongs to my mistress, Rita."

"Then come and get it from us," Tamsin taunted. She didn't give into human bullies and she'd be damned if she was going to allow this ugly, golden alien bully push her and Tommy around.

"With pleasure!" the alien shouted and charged them.

The alien swung its sword and Tommy rolled out of the way while Tamsin took the opportunity to kick it in the side. It did almost nothing and the monster backhanded her, throwing her several feet away. Tommy came back up and jumped up and used the momentum to make himself airborne to punch the alien across the face. The alien barely moved its snout and grabbed Tommy by the throat and lifted him as Tommy's hands gripped the arm of the golden armor as he struggled to breathe. "Silly human, what did you think you could do to Goldar?!"

Tamsin lifted her dizzy head off the ground and saw two of both Tommy and Goldar. She shook her head to clear it and the sight she saw scared her. Her little brother was being lifted off the ground by a monstrous alien and was slowly choking him. I can't let this happen, she thought to herself.

He's going to kill me, Tommy thought back.

A surge flowed through Tamsin and her arm was hot. She jumped to her feet then ran and propelled herself up into the air. With her hand in a fist, she connected with the back of Goldar's head and then he dropped Tommy. It made Goldar stumble forward and nearly drop his heavy sword. Tamsin stood there, tall with her fist clenched, but her entire right arm was armored much like a biotic arm, except the armor shone green with a gold hue.

"You okay, na'áá?" Tamsin asked, breathing heavily.

Tommy looked up at her in awe, his mouth hanging open.

"You will regret that, human," Goldar growled as Tamsin brought her fists up, the green armor began to disappear. It panicked her but she held her ground as Goldar charged her. Her initial plan was to move and use his momentum against him, but he was apparently smarter than she anticipated and instead grabbed her with his arm, wrapping it around her stomach and threw her over his shoulder. She landed in a heap and she got the wind knocked out of her. Then Goldar placed his foot on her chest. She huffed, but no sound came out as she grabbed onto his leg and tried in vain to remove it. "I've had enough of you," Goldar said as he began to press his foot down harder. It was painful and Tamsin was having trouble breathing as she kicked out her feet. She tried any movement she could to get loose, but she was stuck.

To Tommy, the entire encounter he witnessed was all in slow motion. He saw his sister getting crushed and his head was dizzy and he still couldn't say a word because his throat hurt. But he felt a surge of power in his chest and he heated up. With shaky feet, he picked himself up, clenching his fists and felt his entire body on fire. There was so much at stake here and he screamed a roar unlike anything he'd ever heard. It was primal and filled with rage as he got into a dead run and headed straight for Goldar. All of a sudden, his vision changed and it was as if he was looking through a computer lens or screen of some sort. Something was different, but he couldn't stop to check himself as he needed to stop Goldar from killing Tamsin.

The moment Tommy got to Goldar, he plowed himself into the monster and picked him up and body slammed him. Then he grabbed onto Goldar's chest plate and picked him up and punched him once, then twice, and a third time before throwing him into a tree, breaking it. When the tree fell to the ground, Tommy grabbed a thick branch and broke it off. "I've had enough of you," he snarled, twirling the branch in his hands. "Get up!" Tommy demanded, "Get up you piece of shit!"

"How dare you raise your voice to me like that, human," Goldar growled as he rose, sword in hand.

Tamsin was still on the ground, barely able to move her head to watch the scene unfold. She was in utter shock and awe as Tommy was able to call on the powers of that coin to get the armor. And as they predicted, the suit was identical to that of a power ranger, only it was green with a gold shield like covering around the chest and shoulders.

"Hey, you're the one who messed with us," Tommy countered, "And now, I'm done talking." He ran at Goldar again and swung the branch. Goldar used his sword to strike at the branch, cutting it in half, but Tommy didn't care. The branch was only a distraction anyways as he took the opportunity to grab Goldar's arm and twist it behind his back. The heat from the suit rose, but it wasn't uncomfortable, rather is was exhilarating. It made Tommy feel like he was getting stronger and he easily blocked Goldar's other arm that he used to try and elbow Tommy before he twisted it also behind Goldar's back. Tommy tightened his grip and pulled harder, so eagerly wanting to tear off those arms. "You're done," Tommy said with a darkness in his voice.

Then something hit Tommy in the chest and sent him flying back and he rolled a few times before stopping near Tamsin, who finally managed to get to her knees, while still clutching her chest. Tommy's armor began to recede and fade as he clenched his fists. In front of them stood another monstrosity in gold, but it looked more grotesque than Goldar. Its face was distorted and neither Tommy nor Tamsin could make out what it resembled. Then it caught whatever it was that it threw at Tommy with clawed hands.

"You'll do well to calm yourself," it hissed, its voice high pitched, sounding like a reptilian creature from an old sci-fi movie.

"What the hell are you?" Tommy wondered aloud. He brought himself up to his knees and placed a gentle hand on Tamsin's shoulder as she crawled closer to him.

"I am Scorpina and we were sent here to test you two by orders of Rita."

"Who the hell is Rita?" Tamsin demanded.

"The true owner of the green power coin!" Goldar shouted as he rose to his feet.

Scorpina brought out a device from behind her. It looked like a walkie-talkie, but then it made a hologram and it was of that woman in green that attacked Angel Grove a few weeks back, only now she was wearing black.

"This is Rita," Scorpina said, "And she is pleased with your ability to wield the powers of the green coin."

"It seems both of you can use it," Goldar added.

"Hello, both of you. I've been watching you," Rita said, "And I like what I see."

"What do you want?" Tommy demanded, getting up to his feet, his fists at his sides, his knuckles white.

Tamsin rose to her feet and stood next to her brother.

"The same thing you want; the destruction of the power rangers."

"Why us? Why don't you send in your goons over here?" Tamsin challenged.

"How dare you?!" Goldar roared.

"Goldar! Calm yourself," Rita said then turned her attention back to the twins, "I am powerful and my friends here will help, but you have something they don't; a coin. You can gain access to the ship and you can destroy the grid to prevent them from morphing."

"Ship? The power rangers have a ship?" Tamsin asked.

"Do you know where it's at?" Tommy added.

"In the quarry. Underground. Follow your girlfriends. They'll lead you in the right direction."

"Our girlfriends? What do you know about them?" Tommy questioned.

"How do you know about Trini and Kimberly?!" Tamsin demanded.

Both Tommy and Tamsin felt the same heat of anger boiling through them. The small thin hairs on the back of their necks stuck up and both took a step forward in a threatening manner. Their fists were tight; Tamsin's nails dug into her palms and Tommy's knuckles were even whiter than before. Both of them lowered their heads and flared their nostrils.

"Do not step any closer or else you will feel my wrath once again!" Goldar threatened.

"I see everything," Rita answered, "And as I said, I'm very impressed with you two. Now, listen, you must destroy the grid and cut off power to the ship. It'll make Zordon disappear and the ranger will be cut off from their powers."

"Wait," Tamsin said, calming herself, "If the power rangers are connected to this morphing grid, then why are Tommy and I able to use the green coin without it?"

A sinister smile appeared on Rita's holographic face. "That is a beautiful question. It's simple. The green energy was changed. It doesn't need to be connected to the other coins or to the morphing grid like the others. The green coin uses your own life energy. But don't worry, it won't kill you. It'll only make you stronger."

Tommy and Tamsin looked at each other. They didn't want to work with a villain, but they also wanted to show the power rangers that they weren't the only special beings in town anymore. That with power comes the ability to make peace, even if it was by force.

"Okay," Tommy said, "We'll do it."

Kimberly laid in her bed staring up at the ceiling with one hand under her head and the other across her abdomen. She kept replaying the scene between Trini and Tamsin in her head and tried to come up with some reason why Tamsin was acting the way she was. She'd known the girl over two weeks and she seemed to be sincere and nice and down to earth, so the whole ditching school seemed extremely out of character. It killed Kimberly to see the hurt in Trini's eyes when Tamsin walked away, dismissing her so easily. It almost made Kimberly angry and she almost wanted to go after Tamsin and confront her, but she thought better of it. Trini had suggested that maybe being caught in the middle of two battles where she got hurt each time probably caused this kind of reaction. Kimberly agreed that it was possible, but she still didn't like it.

What she didn't like even more so was that Tommy hadn't returned her texts. She knew he was okay, if Tamsin was telling the truth, and Kimberly didn't think she was lying, but she couldn't figure why he wouldn't just respond with a simple "I'm fine."

Kimberly loudly groaned and hit her bed, leaving her arms to her side. Sleep wasn't coming to her. She looked at the clock and saw it was 11:40 at night; it wasn't too late so she decided to go for a short run. She quickly put on a sports bra, changed her shorts, and put her running shoes on.

Sneaking out of her house- and sneaking into the other's- had become second nature now and she did it with such ease, she was sure she could become a thief if she wanted to. She laughed at the thought.

She was able to use her super speed as there wasn't anyone on the roads, but she still kept to the shadows. Eventually she found herself heading towards the quarry. She smirked in spite of herself as it occurred to her she always found her way back here whenever she was running or just trying to clear her head.

Looking through the dark woods, which were lightly illuminated by the moonlight, she decided a short hike wouldn't hurt. Perhaps it would help calm her even more so. So, she began to ascend a trail she was very familiar with and walked it with muscle memory. The entire area smelled like pine and fresh water. It was very soothing.

She must've been walking for several minutes and then there was a noise that sounded like something heavy was breaking followed by some kind of growl. Kimberly slowed down and stepped into the shadows for cover. She slowly rounded the brush and halted and several feet away she saw two creatures with gold armor seemingly talking among themselves. She was too far away to hear exactly what they were saying except she heard "Goldar."

Kimberly took in a sharp breath in disbelief and gripped the tree she was holding. Goldar was alive and had a partner. He must've been brought back by Rita and she sent much more trouble than her and the rest of the team and Zordon could've imagined.

Shit, she thought to herself, This is so not good. She had to get out of there and she had to get out of there as quietly as she could. Not only would this unwanted fight be two on one, but without those devices Billy and Alpha were working on, those morphers, and without her being on the ship's bridge, she would be unarmed. She backed up slowly, taking a few steps before she turned around and gasped as she was face to face with a disgusting skeletal monster.

"Hello there," the skeletal monster said, "I am Bones and you shouldn't be here." Its voice sounded distorted, almost like a malfunctioning robot.

"Right," Kimberly acknowledged, side stepping, trying to get some distance between herself and Bones, "You're absolutely right. I'm, uh, just going to leave. Right now. Sorry to disturb you." She tried to run but Bones grabbed the back of her shirt and threw her back.

"You cannot go anywhere."

Panic was itching to settle, but Kimberly used all her will power to keep it at bay. She couldn't freak out, not here and she knew it. "I thought you said I shouldn't be here?" Maybe a little reverse psychology would help. Rita's monsters are hopefully dumber than they appear.

Then Bones pulled out a sword, "Let's have some fun, shall we?"

Kimberly groaned, "I really don't think we need to do this." Bones then swung his sword at her head, which she ducked and rolled out of the way. "Apparently we do," she mumbled then thought to herself, But damn, I'm alone and I can't morph without the others. Without much of a choice, she braced herself. Bones swung again and this time, his sword caught her tank and tore it along her abdomen. "Man, I liked this top," she whined. She ran at Bones and jumped up in the air kicking him square in the chest. Then she felt her hands burning, but it wasn't painful. She looked down and saw her hands were covered in her pink armor. Well, this is interesting, she thought to herself. But it definitely was convenient that her armor did appear when she needed it, even if a little. She charged Bones again and side stepped his sword and threw a hook, hitting him in the ribs before throwing another punch and making him step back.

But her luck didn't last as Bones blocked her next attack and knocked her down. He stabbed at her on the floor, but she rolled over and tried to sweep at him, but he jumped over her legs. She rolled backwards to get to her feet and stared at Bones. Her armor had vanished from her hands and now she was completely vulnerable. She needed to get away, especially before Goldar and the other golden creature came. If those two came and joined Bones, she was doomed. She looked around and saw a fallen tree and a low branch. She got up and ran as fast as she could and used the fallen tree to propel herself up to the low branch, then from there launch herself into the air and torpedoed herself to kick Bones in the chest with both her feet, sending him flying into a tree and destroying it.

She landed on her back and got the wind knocked out of her, but she couldn't waste any time trying to breathe again. She knew she needed to get away and get away fast. There was no air in her lungs and she wobbled on her feet trying to move forward but the moment she came to a hill, she threw herself forward and rolled all the way down.

Twigs, rocks, and earth scratched Kimberly up and she was sure she was bleeding but she couldn't stop to think about it. The moment she got to the bottom of the hill, she got to her feet, despite her dizzy head, and ran. She kept running until she was so far from the quarry that she couldn't even see it anymore and only then did she slow down. The neighborhood she was currently in wasn't one she recognized, but she wasn't worried. She had time to catch her breath now and took advantage of a home that had no fence and grabbed the front hose and turned it on, drinking some water and washing her hands, arms, and face. Then she sat on the front steps. She needed to recount what had just happened.

Goldar was alive and he had not one partner, but two. There was a skeletal monster named Bones who was strong and now knew that she knew where they were. This wasn't good. Rita not only was still alive and sending putties, but she was apparently sending monsters and then her right hand goon was still alive. And apparently her right hand goon had a right hand goon.

Kimberly shook her head. She wished she never got out of bed. She also wished she had brought her phone with her to at least send the team a text about what she saw tonight, but it'd have to wait until she got home. Groaning, Kimberly stood up on shaky legs, which burned because of the numerous scratches all over, and began to walk towards the nearest cross street. She wasn't worried about being lost, Angel Grove was a small town. Once she got to a major street, which wasn't far, she'd find her home easily. She only worried about the inevitable battle with Rita's apparent growing army.

Author's Note: I apologize but I just realized the previous chapters were uploaded without my noted POV changes. I'm really sorry if the read was confusing. I'll make sure to fix each new chapters from here on.