Lauren and Dayu landed in a heap, limbs tangled together amongst the pile, "I really hate magical transportation", Dayu groaned from the bottom of the pile, "where the hell are we now?" The duo were disappointed to see they had landed in a pile of rubble, sandy coloured lumps dotted around a dusty floor. Amongst the debris though, Octoroo could see the faint signs of technology. The odd metal panel here, a jumble of wires there, it made for the strangest of scenes.
Slowly dragging themselves off the floor, the group began to look around, "No roof", Dayu commented, looking up at the open sky above, "looks like a bomb has gone off here", she added.
"And some time ago", Lauren grabbed a heap of dust from a nearby ledge, "whatever happened here, it must've been years ago".
Dayu noticed an empty space on the far wall, the gap looked vaguely cylindrical in shape, "I wonder what used to be there", she muttered to herself. She turned to Lauren, "Perhaps we should take a closer look outside", she directed.
There were several gaps amongst the rubble, bright sunlight streamed between the remains. Picking their ways through and into the outside world, the hot and humid air immediately hit them. Shielding their eyes from the sun, the duo couldn't anything on the horizon, "Where do you think we are?" Lauren asked.
"Clearly a desert of some kind", Dayu answered, "Africa maybe?"
"Not even close", a voice stunned the two women. Before Lauren could react, she felt a cool metal blade against her throat, "Now, perhaps you can start by telling us exactly who you are?"
Lauren looked down at the blade, it was a short dagger with a yellow handle held by a clearly feminine hand. Looking around she saw two other figures amongst the sunlight, a petite brunette pointing a bow and arrow in their direction and a stocky male wielding a large black axe, "Look we don't want any trouble", Lauren began, "can we just put the weapons down and discuss this".
Dayu quickly looked at the individual who was holding Lauren, " Trini Kwan?" she asked in confusion, "The original yellow ranger, what are you doing here?"
"Taking Homeland Security very seriously and personally", Trini replied, "now you're trespassing so I suggest you leave very quickly".
"Well you can thank the Mystic Mother", Lauren sighed, "she dropped us off rather abruptly".
The man in red slowly lowered his sword, "The Mystic Mother?" he shook his head, "Rita", he groaned, "stand down everyone, false alarm".
Lauren breathed a sigh of relief as Trini slowly released her grip, "Sorry about that", she began, "your unexpected arrival triggered our warning system, we like to guard this site with our lives".
"Perhaps some introductions are in order", Tommy added and went around the group, "Trini Kwan yellow ranger, Zack Taylor black ranger, Billy Cranston blue ranger, Jason Lee Scott red ranger and finally Kimberly Hart pink ranger". A few muted waves of greeting were exchanged amongst the group, "You're standing on the remains of the Power Chamber, home of the original team of Power Rangers".
Lauren and Dayu might be relatively new to the Ranger business but even they knew the significance of this site. This was the former home of the legendary Zordon of Eltar, original mentor to the first team of Power Rangers. In the confusion of the ambush though, the two failed to recognise them. "Perhaps we should go somewhere else", Dayu suggested, "maybe somewhere near civilisation".
The veteran Rangers nodded, "Alright everyone stand close to someone", Jason suggested and reached down to his wrist communicator. The group disappeared in several flashes of light, reappearing in the loading area of the Angel Grove Youth Centre. Before any further conversation could take place they heard the sounds of screaming from outside. Immediately everyone switched to battle mode and ran out into the street. "Oh my God", Kim exclaimed, "I'm not seeing things am I".
"I'm afraid not Kim" Tommy replied, "those are definitely putties".
The grey skinned footsoldiers of Rita Repulsa hadn't been seen in Angel Grove for over twenty years but the residents remembered the destruction they caused only too well. They were running as far away as possible from the creatures, "Great, I thought I'd seen the last of these things after that incident in Amber Cove last year", Jason grumbled under his breath.
"So did I", Tommy added grimly, "looks like we've got work to do".
"Any particular weakness?" Lauren asked.
"Hit them as hard as possible", Zack suggested.
Lauren loosened her neck and it cracked in the process, "I think we can do that".
The eight immediately jumped into action with split leg kick disposed of two more Putties and the black ranger landed on the ground in a split position. He popped his hips and spun around on the ground, sweeping the legs of another Putty in the process.
"Nice but let me show you how we do things in the Shiba clan", Lauren ran straight up and kicked a fallen Putty straight in the head, knocking the creature out.
"Not as elegant but effective", Zack laughed.
Over with the girls, Kim used her gymnastics skills to backflip away from a couple of would be attackers. The Putties were met with synchronised kicks to their stomachs, "These things are tougher than Moogers", Dayu brushed her hair out of her face, "My guess is they're not created by magic like Cedals so they've got more substance to them".
"You sound just like Billy", Trini chuckled, taking a Putty down with a tornado kick. Spying a loose piece of wood on the ground, she smashed over one of the creatures head "What the hell is going on?" That was a question that the rangers were about to ask the veterans, the reappearance of Putties surely meant nothing but bad news.