The Return Journey
Chapter Eight - Billy

I rummaged through some rocks, looking for a Zeo Crystal shard. I sat down for a minute. Why had Zordon picked me to be a Terran Ranger? I wasn't a Zeo Ranger, so why was this different? He must've really trusted me to give me power again. I sighed and started searching again. I lifted up a medium sized rock. Beneath it was a faint glow of green light. With my hopes rising, I dug through more stones until I saw it. The Green Zeo shard. I picked it up, and it began glowing brighter. A few feet away, there was a pillar with an identure of a gem at the top. I stood up, and put the shard into the pillar, it fit. I looked around, everyone else had found their shard. Kim had the Yellow Shard, Aisha had the Blue Shard, Rocky had the Black Shard, Adam had the White Shard, and Tommy had the Red Shard. Suddenly, we heard a loud noise. It sounded like putties, only there was a clanging of metal. I knew it was the Machine Empires version of putties. I took my fighting stance as Tommy called out an order.
"Protect your gems! That has to be what they're after!" he yelled.
All of us nodded, then the nearly mindless metal beings attacked.