The Return Journey
Chapter Six - Adam

I looked at my friends. All of them had a worried look on their faces. The building had just shaken. It couldn't have been an earthquake. I looked out the window and saw the rain and flashes of lightning. One flashed, and instead of it being the normal color of lightning, it was purple. Then, the building shook again. Ivan Ooze.
"Hey guys," I said.
"What is it Adam?" Billy asked, steadying himself on the table after the shake.
"Well, Aisha and Kim were right. It's Ivan," I replied.
"Oh no. That's what all this is about. Great. How are we going to beat him now?" Kim said fearfully. Tommy put his arm around her shoulder.
"There's no way we can beat him this time! We have no powers. It's impossible," Rocky said angrily.
"Rocky, I think that from what we've been through, you would've learned that nothing is impossible," Aisha said. She turned to me. "How do you know it's Ivan?"
"Well, I looked outside and saw a flash of purple lightning. Right after, the Youth Center shook. Makes perfect sense," I said calmly. Billy shook his head in agreement.
"That still leaves the question. How do we beat him without powers?" Rocky said. He had calmed down a little.
"There's gotta be someway. What about the new rangers?" Tommy asked.
"Carlos and them? I'm not sure. I think they're out in space somewhere," I said.
"Oh. This isn't looking good," Tommy said sadly.
"No. Maybe we can find something out at the old Command Center site. There could be some kind of information on some kind of power that we could get," Billy suggested.
"That's actually a pretty good idea, but look at it outside. We'd never be able to find anything out there," Aisha said.
"We have to do something. We can't just sit around and let Ivan destroy everything," Kim said.
"Kim's right. Soon enough, with these attacks, the Youth Center will collapse. We have to get everyone out of here," Tommy said.
"Right," All of us said in unision.
We rushed around, getting everyone out of the Youth Center. Just as we got out, the building collapsed. Tommy sighed inwardly.
"Well, looks like we just got out of there in time," He laughed. Everyone laughed along with him to ease the tension.
"Lets get down to the old site," Billy advised. We all nodded and got in our cars. It took us about fifteen minutes to get to the old site of the Command Center. We walked to the edge of the site, taking in the remains of what once was the mighty Command Center. All of us guys stood strong, but the girls broke down. Rocky took Aisha in his arms and tried to comfort her. Tommy just hugged Kim and held her tight. I knew exactly how they felt. I sighed and walked through the remains, trying to find something that could help us. Billy followed me. The rain kept coming down harder and harder as we searched. We had been searching for twenty minutes until someone found something.
"Hey guys! I found something!" Rocky yelled from about 10 yards away from me.
We all ran to him.
"What'd you find, Rock?" Tommy asked.
"This." He held up a floppy disk. Billy took it from him.
"If I put this in my computer, maybe I can find something out. Let's go to my house and see," Billy said.
We got back into our cars and drove to Billy's house, which also happened to be the closest. We all gathered in his garage, almost like the old days. Billy put the disk into his computer. As we were waiting for the disk to load, I realized that everyone was soaked.
"Guys, do you realize that we're completely wet?" I asked.
"Yeah. Man, I don't think this is gonna work. That disk is soaked. Wouldn't the water destroy all of the info?" Tommy said.
"You would think that that would be the case. But actually, it's not. See, before I put the disk in, I realized that none of the disk itself was damaged," Billy said.
"That's amazing," Aisha said.
"Yeah. Hey, I'm gonna go get us some towels. Anyone want to help?" Tommy asked.
"Sure," Kim responded.
They walked out of the garage and into Billy house. I looked around the room. Rocky and Aisha were leaning against the end of table that the computer was on. Rocky had Aisha in his arms. She was still crying over what she had seen earlier. I knew that it wasn't an easy thing to take in. Billy was typing away at the computer.
"What's going Billy?" I asked him.
"I can't seem to open the disk. It says I need an access code."
"Hmmm. Well maybe since we found it at the Command Center, maybe it has something to do with the Power Rangers."
"It might. Let me try it."
He typed in "Power Rangers." It didn't work.
"What else is there?"
"Hmmm. Maybe the source of our powers, the Morphing Grid."
"Maybe."
Billy typed in "Morphing Grid." That didn't work either. Then, he typed in three letters. I'm not sure what they were, but they worked.
"What did you say?"
"Zeo. The source of the Zeo Ranger's powers."
"Oh I get it. Wonder what the disk's about."
"We'll find out soon enough."
After a few minutes, the screen went white. Billy got a little nervous. I was afraid his computer would shut down. But, it didn't. All of a sudden, a voice filled the room. It sounded like Zordon.
"RANGERS, OR ANYONE WHO HEARS THIS. IF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THIS NOW, I AM OFF IN ANOTHER GALAXY, WHERE I CAN NO LONGER BE YOUR MENTOR. PLEASE TYPE IN YOUR NAMES SO I KNOW WHOM I AM SPEAKING TO."
Before Billy typed in his name he called Tommy and Kim into the room.
"Guys," He started, "I think we found something."