It had been a few days since the initial attack by Adler and the
Minion. The rangers were adjusting to life as super heroes again.
"I think being a super hero again is totally cool. I live to be a super hero," Kai said.
"Do you live with that huge ego, or has that developed over time," Kelsey retorted.
Kai made a face at her.
"Okay you two, that's enough," Alyssa said.
"Yea, we're super heroes, we need to be ready for an attack from the enemy at all times," Andros said.
Suddenly, a hoard of Troc's appeared in front of the Youth center.
"You're a jinx bro," Trip said.
"Looks like we have a battle on our hands," Jason said.
"Rangers Unite!" They all called.
"Space Red," Andros called
"Lightspeed Yellow," Kelsey yelled.
"Wild force White," Alyssa said.
"Lost Galaxy Blue," Kai yelled.
"Time Green," Trip shouted.
"Zeo Gold" Jason called out.
The rangers morphed, and flipped into action. When morphed the Troc's didn't have a chance, or so the rangers thought, that day the Troc's seemed stronger then ever, and the rangers didn't know why. The Troc's then disappeared after fighting for a while, and returned to the castle.
Suddenly, Adler appeared with a strange looking creature.
"Hello power brats, meet our Sand Snake monster. Have fun," Adler said, as he disappeared again.
"Hello power rangers.." the snake monster hissed.
"Prepare to go down creep!" Andros called.
"As you wishhh," the monster hissed, as it burrowed underground.
"Where'd he go?" Kai wondered.
The others looked around, but saw nothing. Suddenly, the ground broke open, and a coil wrapped around Alyssa. The white ranger screamed, as she became caught in the monster's grip.
"Alyssa!" Jason called, as he charged the monster.
The gold ranger sliced at the monster's coils with the Golden Staff. The snake monster got agitated and tossed Alyssa toward Jason. Jason took the impact and broke her fall.
"Are you guys okay?" Kelsey asked.
"Yea, thanks Jason," Alyssa said.
"No problem Alyssa," Jason replied.
"It's like slicing through sand. How are we going to defeat him?" Kai asked.
"Let's try the All-Star cannon!" Andros called.
Suddenly, the monster burrowed underground again.
"Damn it! Come out you coward!" Kai yelled.
The ground under Trip and Kelsey busted open and sucked them down.
"Trip! Kelsey!" Andros called. He ran to the hole, twirling his sonic staff expertly. The snake monster bit at Andros, trying to capture him in his mouth. Andros twirled the sonic staff rapidly, and began to create whirling sonic sounds. The rangers covered their ears, and the monster became disoriented. Trip and Kelsey got out of the hole and ran to the rest of the rangers
"Stop that horrible Sssound," the monster hissed.
Andros stopped and joined the others.
The sand snake split a spray of gas out of his mouth, it formed around each of the rangers and sucked the color from there costumes.
"What's going on Andros?" Trip asked
"Your abilities are mine now rangers," The Sand Snake said.
The sand snake put there abilities in a little glass bottle and escaped to Adler.
As he disappeared the rangers' colors went back to normal, and they all went to the Commansion to ask Billy about what happened.
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"Master, I have what you asked for."
Adler grabbed the bottle and looks at the gas entrapped within it.
"Sand Snake, you did well, you are going to be compensated well" Adler explained.
Adler walked over to his throne and opened the box beside it, and set the final item in the box, Adler then closed the box and took it with him for safekeeping.
"Rangers, your end is near." Adler screamed, "And you will never see it coming."
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at the Commansion, Andros, Jason, Kelsey, Alyssa, kai, and trip were in the breaifing room waiting for Billy, there moods were very uneasy, and when Billy returned with the results of there body scans, left then on the un easy side.
"Well guys, I have some good new and some bad news, what do you want to hear first?" Billy asked them all.
Andros looked at Jason and the back at Billy, "Billy give us the bad new first."
"Well ok, here it is you all have been copied.in other words, it is like the snake monster took everything that you know and can do, and duplicated it, I feel that this monster will be very hard to beat." Billy told them, "but the good news is, that you are all in perfect health, I didn't find anything abnormal about any of you."
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Reb-rog and Adler were in his lab, and putting the finishing touches on their transfer machine.
"Sir, we are now ready to transfer the rangers abilities in to the Dark Phantom Rangers!
Reb-rog said.
"Now I must find six extra evil teens to complete the transfer," Adler told Reb-rog.
Adler took his staff and held it over his head, and said,
"Bring me teen that evil has made, bring them here and make the Rangers pay."
Suddenly in the containment room had six teens from around the us, and under the control of Adler. They were all greeted by Reb-rog, and put in to their pre-transfer clothes.
Adler announced, "I have the power to make you the most powerful rangers in the world, and that will only happen if you defeat the other rangers. I have given you all the opportunity out of everyone evil in the world, to do this, you all should feel honored."
The teens were put back in the cell and released of full control from Adler.
"Where are we?" Jon asked.
Jon was from the mid west; he was a troubled teen and was a computer wiz. He was picked by Adler because of his past hatred of the rangers he had when he was not helped in his time of need.
"You are in Master Adler's Castle, in Death Valley." Reb-rog said.
"Once you all have given you hearts to evil he will let you out to do what you have to do to defeat the rangers, no sooner."
From in the dark corner sits a figure and he says, "I'm in." he steps from out of the shadows. "I'm Blake"
Blake was the darkest out of the six, he was a Goth, Satan worshiper that lived to serve the devil, and Master Adler is the closest to that he has come to.
After an hour or two, they all gave there hearts to the evil that will engulf them, and the transfer of the rangers power now was complete.
"Now that you all have the rangers abilities, it has come time for you to become my Dark Phantom Rangers." Adler said.
He took the box with the Power coins in it out of his robe and opened it. He handed each of the teens a coin, he then waved his hands and on the table he has put some devices for the coins to be activated.
"Now go, go to the youth center and break in and start making angel grove a destruction site." Adler said
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About an 6 hours later.
"There!" said Debbie, the Dark Yellow Phantom Ranger, snipping through the last of several colored wires. "That takes care of the Youth Center security! Can't have anyone knowing what we're up to."
"Coward," Tara, The Dark Pink Phantom ranger, muttered.
"Say that again," snapped Debbie, raising a fist threateningly.
"Come on! You know you don't have what it takes to beat the Power Rangers in a fair
fight," said Tara. "You've got to sneak up on them and take them by surprise."
"You're just jealous because you didn't think of it first," Debbie replied, "and even if you had, you wouldn't have had the brains to carry it out."
"Just because I'm a REAL warrior instead of a techno-dweeb like you..."
"I'll show you what being a real warrior is all about!" answered Debbie furiously. "Just let me track down the Yellow Ranger, and you'll see a battle you'll never forget!"
"Seeing you get blown to pieces would be a memorable event," said Tara.
"Grrrr . . ." Debbie snarled in anger, but began scanning the area in search of anyone. Her electrically enhanced senses could hear a pin being dropped on the other side of a busy city, if she chose, so of course she could easily hear the sound of the Yellow Ranger conversing with Trip and Jason inside.
"Got her!" she said. "She's over that way, with the Gold and Green Rangers. Now all I've got to do is . . ."
Suddenly, the entire youth center trembled, and the lights blinked erratically. The Pink and Yellow Phantoms braced themselves against the wall until the tremor passed.
"What was that? Some kind of earthquake?" asked Tara.
"Your a Psychotic excuse for a Phantom!" snarled Debbie. " why don't you go and do you nails or something.
"I'm not going to stand for that," said Tara. "You have your fun. I'm going to
look for the Pink Ranger. She's going to be destroyed, but I don't want to go with her. Being destroyed the first time was bad enough!"
"Fine then," said Debbie. "You won't get any more help from me!"
"Since when did you ever help me?" Tara retorted. Before her partner could reply, she turned and darted off down the hall on her own mission of destruction.
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Meanwhile, in the Youth Center, Andros and his companions had also felt the disruption in the Youth center.
"What was that?" asked Trip.
"I don't know," Andros replied, but I don't think I like it. Adele, what's going on?"
"Something's really wrong," said Adele. "You all should get home.. Everyone, I'm sorry but we are closed!"
"Wait a second," said Kai. "Are those voices? Wait, those are not voices they sound like . . . hide!"
Kai and Andros quickly hid themselves behind a stack of crates. The other two rangers followed their leader's example. As they waited, trying to keep their breathing silent,
"I know they're here somewhere," said Nick. "I heard the green Ranger's voice!"
"Who put you in charge?" Blake shot back. "I'm the leader of this team, not you!"
"It seems to me you haven't been doing a very good job of it," said Nick.
"We still could win if you don't stop interfered!" Blake snapped.
"Both of you shut up!" said Jon. "The Blue Ranger is also around here somewhere,
but I'm not going to be able to find him with you two talking so much!"
"Who cares about the Blue Ranger?" asked Blake. "It's the Red Ranger I'm
interested in!"
"Well, I heard him here, too," said Jon, "so be quiet!"
Andros listened to the voices incredulously. How could there be other Rangers? He
realized his heart was racing with fear and surprise, and he took a few cautious breaths, trying to quiet it, fearing that even such a tiny sound would be audible to the Phantom's superhuman senses.
*It's going to be okay,* he thought. *All we have to do is keep from being heard . . .*
Just then, his communicator went off, "Breet-dee-dit-da-deet-dee"
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"Why isn't he answering?" Jason asked in concern.
"Um . . . maybe we shouldn't have done that," said Kelsey. "Remember that there might be others around, so he might not be able to answer."
"Oh, that could be," Jason replied, "but let me contact Billy just to make sure though."
"Billy, I sense that the others are in trouble, I tried to contact them but there was no answer" Jason said, "can you locate them, and tell me if there all okay?"
"Sure Jason, let me get back to you on that" Billy said.
Jason, Alyssa, and Kelsey walked through the dim lit park when Billy contacted them,
"Jason they are in trouble, they are hiding at the youth center from a group of teens looking to destroy them, I don't have all the details, but I think that there are working for Adler."
Suddenly, the ground started shaking again. All the lights went black, there was a second of darkness before the lights flickered reluctantly back on.
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"Did you hear that?" Nick asked his companions.
"Hear what?" asked Blake. He had been too involved with his argument with
Blake to pay any attention to his surroundings.
"One of those foolish Rangers is trying to use his communicator," said Nick. "It
was coming from in here!"
The Phantoms entered the engine room. Andros, hidden insecurely behind a pile of cardboard boxes full of spare parts, held his breath and watched tensely.
"I don't see anything," Jon grumbled.
"You idiot!" snapped Blake. "Did you think they would be standing around in plain view? They're hiding from us."
"If they were smart, they would surrender right now," said Nick.
"we shouldn't want them to surrender," Jon replied.
"I want a real fight. I want to make the Red Ranger beg for mercy so I can have the pleasure of denying it to him!" Blake said.
In the youth center walked the other three Phantom teens, Kyle, Debbie and Tara,
"I don't know," said Kyle to Blake. "The idea of surrender does have a certain appeal. It might be fun to toy with them a little before we destroy them. Give them some hope just to snatch it away again. It could be fun."
"Don't count your Rangers before they're captured," Nick scolded. "We still
haven't found them, and we're running out of time!"
"I think it is time to Neo-Morph." Kyle said
"Didn't I tell you to stop bossing me around?" snarled Blake. "I've had it up to here with being told what to do! You're worse than Adler."
"Com' on guys" Jon said.
"Phantom Neo Morph sequence ON!" the Phantom teens said aloud.
"Phantom of Darkness.Red" Blake said.
"Phantom of Cruelty.Black" Kyle shouted.
"Phantom of hurt.Pink" Tara called out.
"Phantom of Pain.Green" screamed Nick
"Phantom of Hate.Blue" Jon said
"Phantom of Destruction.Yellow" Debbie yelled
"Well, somebody has to keep you in line," Phantom Green retorted. "You don't know
anything about leadership."
"Are you saying you want to be in charge?" asked Phantom Red dangerously.
"I'm saying you're starting to get on my nerves with your obsessions and your
overconfidence," Phantom green said, beginning to lose his cool, "and I really think I WOULD be a better leader than you!"
"Oh, is that so? Well, if you want leadership so badly, why don't you fight me for it?" Phantom Red responded
"Gladly!" The Green Phantom said.
"Um," Jon, the Phantom Blue said, "aren't we forgetting something?"
"Shut up!" Blake growled. "You stay out of this! Or are you turning against me,
too?"
"No," said Jon. "It's just that . . ."
"Save it," Phantom Green interrupted. "I want to finish this right now!"
"Okay, have it your way," said Jon, "but if the Power Rangers get away while
you're having this fight, don't blame me!"
"Ridiculous," Blake scoffed. "The Power Rangers can't get out. We have the door blocked. If they want out, they'll have to come through us."
Suddenly, a tall pile of boxes and crates fell on the Phantoms, courtesy of a small push from the Ranger who had been hiding behind them. The unfortunate Phantom Rangers were buried and half crushed by the heavy crates. Andros, deprived of his hiding place, leaped over the mess and dashed for the relative safety of the hallway.
"Kai, Trip, run!" he called out.
Kai. Obeyed the call, barging out from his hiding place and making a jump and tumble over the stacks of boxes and spilled bits of machinery. He scrambled to his feet and took off down the hall. However, Trip didn't move as quickly. As he tried to jump over the fallen Phantoms, Kyle reached up and managed to grab his ankle. he fell down hard and tried frantically to get back up, but the mess that was trapping the Phantoms hampered her movements as well. he tried to find some kind of hand or foot hold, but the objects on the floor got in his way. Finally, he managed to disentangle his self and make a half-crawl towards the door . . . only to find his way blocked by a row of black metal boots.
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Nick struck a superior pose as he stared at his heroic counterpart.
"Well, well," he said. "Green Ranger. What a pleasant surprise."
"Uh-oh," said Trip. "I think we have a small problem."
"Only a small problem?" repeated Phantom Green. "I'm insulted!"
"You can't be so tough," Andros said. "We all know you don't have very much power. You can't."
"That isn't what it looked like to me," said Blake. "We'll beat you today without even trying hard."
"Well, I'm sorry to say, but that situation is different," Andros replied.
"You're outnumbered." Phantom blue said.
"True," said Kai, "but I'm not worried, you're the only interest to me Phantom blue, no one else."
I want the Yellow Ranger, where is she?" Debbie the Yellow Phantom said angrily.
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"Where are at Billy? We need to go to them." asked Kelsey, with
"Yeah, I'm searching for there energy now" Billy replied. "I can't believe it? There are nine rangers energy's in the youth center, but 6 of them seem evil"
"Unbelievable," said Jason.
"That's just not right," added Alyssa sympathetically, "they need our help."
"Yeah, lets go guy's our friends need us," said Jason. "I'm getting the feeling this will not be an easy fight, so be prepared."
Jason, Kelsey and Alyssa got to the front of the Youth Center, and the ground shook once more.
"Where is that shaking coming from," Jason chimed in.
"I'll bet you the other are on there way right now." said Trip.
"Your right Trip," Jason added. "I'll bet your right"
they pushed the phantom rangers to the side and helped the others up. They brushed the dirt off themselves.
"I will defeat you rangers, if it is the last thing I do." Blake said
"For sure," Andros replied. "I mean, Phantom Black you obviously the best fighter in the bunch, and you apparently the one with the know-how, they don't. Smart, strong, level-headed . . . you'd make a great leader, much better than that dumb old Phantom Red."
"You think so?" Kyle had listened to the conversation with considerable
interest.
"Oh, definitely," answered Andros.
"Silence, you don't see him trying to break us down, and apart.?"
"Hmm," said Kyle, "your right, lets get them."
"Go for it!" Jason said. "Let him keep bossing you around.Stand up for yourself! Don't let the others push you around!"
"Now that you mention it," said Kyle, "Blake never was a good leader.
He can't think of anyone but himself! And lately, Nick has been getting really pushy. I'm starting to get fed up with them both."
Blake and Kyle went off to battle for the leadership position, and Jon and Nick left Debbie and Tara to deal with the rangers.
"Why do the guys always get to be in charge?" Kelsey chimed in. "The team would do much better if it was led by a woman."
"You know, you're right!" said Debbie. "I'm going to get Red and Black, and
I'm going to show them what a real warrior is like!"
"That's the spirit!" agreed Jason. "Go show 'em what you're made of!"
"Right!" Tara replied. "I can't wait to get my hands on those two . . ."
The Pink and Yellow Phantom Rangers turned and hurried down the hall in search of there comrades. The Rangers breathed sighs of relief.
"That was cutting it close," said Trip.
"Pretty quick thinking there, Alyssa " Jason said. "Maybe putting a woman in charge isn't a bad idea!"
"Who said it was?" Kelsey replied. "Right now, though, I'm worried about what their next move will be. We've got to go see Billy, and fast."
"Right," said trip. "Lets get moving, before we run into any more Phantoms."
The five Rangers hurried down the hall, not knowing that what they would find at their destination was exactly what they wanted to avoid.
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"Well, well, well," said Blake in his unctuous voice, "what do we have here? It
looks like a little lost Power Ranger. Did you think that our plan would really work? What do you think we should do with them?"
Alyssa stared up helplessly at the three Phantom Rangers blocking the only avenue to freedom and safety.
"I think we ought to destroy her," said Jon.
"But this is the White Ranger!" Nick objected. "She belongs to Phantom Pink!"
"I say, finders, keepers," answered Phantom Red. "She can have some other Ranger to destroy."
"Not mine!" said Jon. "Nobody touches the Blue Ranger but me!"
"She can have the Gold one, then," answered Phantom Red. "Besides, she should have been keeping a closer eye on this one if she really wanted her. I say we just get rid of the White Ranger ourselves, before she gets into any trouble."
"What was that about the White Ranger?" a voice interrupted.
Everyone looked up to see Tara standing outside in the hallway.
"It's about time you showed up," said Jon. "Where have you been?"
"I had another argument with Debbie," Tara replied. "What have you been
doing . . . besides trying to steal what is rightfully mine?"
"Who's stealing?" asked Phantom Red. "I found her, fair and square!"
"She tripped over you, you mean," Nick snickered. "That was right after your
Red Ranger buried you in a pile of boxes."
"Are you challenging me, too, now?" snarled Blake to Tara. "Why has
everyone turned against me? Well, I'll show you who's a leader . . . and I'll start by destroying the White Ranger!"
"Don't you dare!" screamed Tara in rage. She flew at Phantom Red, and the two clashed in a furious battle, sparks flying from their robotic suits as they struck each other. Nick tried to stop the fight, only to be pitched across the room by the two angry combatants.
"Humph!" muttered Kyle. "They are all pitiful! Well, I might as well take advantage of the situation."
With a quick hand gesture, he produced his weapon of choice, a cruel double- bladed axe. Before anyone saw what he was doing, he made his way toward Alyssa, weapon raised, ready to strike a killing blow.
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Alyssa's attention was drawn away from the battle between the three raging Phantoms by a peripheral glimpse of movement. She turned around to see Kyle approaching her with deadly intent. She froze, wondering what to do.
Suddenly, there was a brilliant flash of light - golden light that hissed through the air and struck Jon's wrist, making him scream and drop his weapon. All eyes turned to see Debbie standing at the front of the room, casually holding her own villainous Destruct-o daggers.
"Don't anybody make a move," she said. "I'm taking over!"
"You and what army?" Blake retorted.
"I don't need an army to beat you," she said. "Even our enemies admit that I'm a greater fighter than you, Phantom Red."
"The Power Rangers said that?" asked Nick. "When was this?"
"Just a minute ago, when I was talking to them in the . . ." She trailed off as realization dawned on her. "Wait a second! Those rotten Rangers tricked me! I had them, and I let them get away!"
"You moron!" jeered Jon. "Some leader you'd make! Now, if I were in charge,
you wouldn't see me doing anything like - ouch!"
The Blue Phantom Ranger's assertion was cut short. Alyssa had taken advantage of the Phantom's distraction seize the weapon Kyle had dropped. It wasn't exactly her preference in armament, but it was good enough. She aimed carefully and struck hard. Unaided by the boost of strength morphing would have given her, she wasn't able to inflict much real damage to the Phantom's armor-plated body, but she was still able to knock him off his feet. Quickly, Alyssa scrambled to her feet. The other Phantoms were still trying to figure out what had just happened, but it wouldn't take them long. She would have to act fast. Fortunately, there was help available at the touch of a button.
"Let's Rocket!" she shouted.
There was a bright flash of pink light as Alyssa made her metamorphosis. The Phantoms watched, unimpressed. They had seen the trick before, and they hadn't been very impressed the first time.
"Okay, Phantoms," she said. "I've had about enough of you. Anybody think they could take me down now?"
"No problem," said Tara. "Remember, I know everything about you. I know how you move. I know how you fight. I can block every move you make before you even think about making it."
"We'll see about that," said Alyssa. "Tiger Baton!"
The Pink Ranger produced her weapon, at the same time wishing that she might have been equipped with something a little more formidable.
"Isn't that cute?" sneered Jon. "She's going to hurt us with her little toy! Ooh,
I'm so scared!"
"Yeah, well you should be," said Alyssa. Tara's bragging had sparked a train of
thought, and now she was hatching a plan. "I have a weapon that's way stronger than anything you have."
"Ha! That's a good one," Blake laughed.
"Better watch it," cautioned Alyssa. She leveled her Satellite Stunner, aiming at the leader of the Phantom Rangers. Suddenly, she spun around and took a shot at Tara with her Astro Blaster instead. The Pink Phantom was caught totally off guard. There was an explosion of golden sparks as she was thrown against the wall.
"I thought you said you knew every move Pink Ranger would make before she made it," said Nick to his fallen comrade.
"I thought I did!" Tara protested. "She's never done anything like that before!"
"Actually," said Alyssa, "I learned that move yesterday from Jason, long after you read my mind, so of course you don't know about it."
"Well, that's no problem," said Tara, scrambling to her feet. "I'll just read your
mind again!"
"Not so fast!" interrupted a voice. The rest of the Power Rangers had arrived, morphed and ready for battle.
"What do you know?" said Phantom Red. "The gang's all here at last! Now we can finally finish this once and for all!"
"Sounds like a great idea," said Andros. "I've had about all I can stand of you Phantoms."
"Well, you won't have to worry about that much longer," Blake replied, "because in a few minutes, you'll be blown to oblivion!"
"I don't think so! Ready, Rangers?" Andros asked.
"Ready! Let's do it!"
Chaos ensued. Good Rangers and evil Rangers met in a furious battle, and sparks flew as powerful weapons struck enchanted armor or clashed with each other with a sound of ringing metal. The Phantoms were extremely strong and skilled, but the Rangers refused to give up. They were fighting for their lives in their own sanctuary, and there was nowhere to which they could escape, even if they wanted to. The Phantoms realized this, and they pressed their advantage.
"This isn't going well," said KAI., his side smarting from where he had received a blow from Jon's axe.
"You can say that again," Kelsey replied, herself feeling rather unsteady after taking a few direct hits from Debbie's daggers.
"Keep it together, gang," Blake encouraged. "We're not beaten yet. Assemble the Phantom Cannon!"
"Phantom Cell Red" Blake called.
"Phantom Cell Pink" Tara called.
"Phantom Cell Blue" Jon called.
"Phantom Cell Green" Nick called.
"Phantom Cell Yellow" Debbie called.
"Phantom Cell Black" Kyle called.
The rangers inserted all of there Phantom Power Cells in to the cannons rear, and on a word of command from Blake, the team fired two twin bursts of power and sent the rangers hurtling back. There was a loud crackling sound and a flash of light, as burning energy enveloped the All-Star Rangers.
It took a second for the Phantoms to realize that something was wrong. Instead of striking the Rangers and destroying them, the laser blasts hadn't even touched the All-Star Rangers, The energy hovered in a cloud of colored lightning bolts around the Rangers, who stood still and calm in the eye of the storm.
"What happened? What are they doing?" asked Kyle.
"I think . . . I think they're using the same strategy we are using on them," Jon said incredulously. "They've absorbed our power to use against us!"
"That's right, Phantoms" crowed Andros. "We can learn new tricks, too! All- Star Rangers, fire!"
"Get out of the way!" Blake shouted.
The Phantoms scrambled to do as they were told, but it was too late. Their own laser blast, augmented by the strength of the Rangers, poured out on them. And then.
Silence.
The Rangers stared in amazement. For a moment, they couldn't quite believe what they were seeing: six black scorch marks on the floor, a few charred- looking weapons. The Phantoms were gone.
"Can it really be true?" asked Trip. "Are they really destroyed?"
"Shhhhh!" Kelsey hissed. "Listen!"
The Rangers listened. They heard . . . silence. Dead silence.
"We did it!" cried Kai. "We defeated the Phantom Rangers!"
Any celebrating was cut short as the youth center began to tremble again. The lights blacked out, and the steady light of the street light in the window suddenly began to flicker ominously.
"I think they overdone it a little," said Kelsey. "This place is going to explode in a few minutes if we don't destroy the reactor!"
"You heard her! Get moving!" Andros ordered.
The All-Star Rangers hurried down the hallway as fast as their booted feet could carry them. They reached the electrical room where Trip hurriedly and took the reactor off the generator while the rest of the team waited impatiently. He took it off and re connected the circuit, and everything went back to normal in angel grove.
"We did it!" said Alyssa.
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Meanwhile in Adler's castle deep in the heart of Death Valley,
"HOW DARE YOU COME BACK EMPTY HANDED?" a loud voice on a throne said as the tattered Phantom Rangers cowered on the floor.
"It wasn't my fault. The Rangers managed to reflect our phantom cannon blast and use it against us." Blake said, " and the others not letting me lead didn't help much either."
The man on the throne stepped forward and said "Then it's time we stop wasting time with just Ranger battles and develop some Dark Power Zords. I also believe it's time we give these rangers a taste of my new dark army." Adler said.
To be continued.
Next Time on Power Rangers All-Stars, The Phantom rangers are thought to be destroyed, but when Adler boosts there power and gives them Zords, the rangers don't know what is in store, meanwhile, At the Commansion, Dimitria makes a visit, and brings the rangers a gift. What can Adler have in store for the rangers, and what did Dimitria bring the others, all this and more and the next Power rangers All-Stars.
"I think being a super hero again is totally cool. I live to be a super hero," Kai said.
"Do you live with that huge ego, or has that developed over time," Kelsey retorted.
Kai made a face at her.
"Okay you two, that's enough," Alyssa said.
"Yea, we're super heroes, we need to be ready for an attack from the enemy at all times," Andros said.
Suddenly, a hoard of Troc's appeared in front of the Youth center.
"You're a jinx bro," Trip said.
"Looks like we have a battle on our hands," Jason said.
"Rangers Unite!" They all called.
"Space Red," Andros called
"Lightspeed Yellow," Kelsey yelled.
"Wild force White," Alyssa said.
"Lost Galaxy Blue," Kai yelled.
"Time Green," Trip shouted.
"Zeo Gold" Jason called out.
The rangers morphed, and flipped into action. When morphed the Troc's didn't have a chance, or so the rangers thought, that day the Troc's seemed stronger then ever, and the rangers didn't know why. The Troc's then disappeared after fighting for a while, and returned to the castle.
Suddenly, Adler appeared with a strange looking creature.
"Hello power brats, meet our Sand Snake monster. Have fun," Adler said, as he disappeared again.
"Hello power rangers.." the snake monster hissed.
"Prepare to go down creep!" Andros called.
"As you wishhh," the monster hissed, as it burrowed underground.
"Where'd he go?" Kai wondered.
The others looked around, but saw nothing. Suddenly, the ground broke open, and a coil wrapped around Alyssa. The white ranger screamed, as she became caught in the monster's grip.
"Alyssa!" Jason called, as he charged the monster.
The gold ranger sliced at the monster's coils with the Golden Staff. The snake monster got agitated and tossed Alyssa toward Jason. Jason took the impact and broke her fall.
"Are you guys okay?" Kelsey asked.
"Yea, thanks Jason," Alyssa said.
"No problem Alyssa," Jason replied.
"It's like slicing through sand. How are we going to defeat him?" Kai asked.
"Let's try the All-Star cannon!" Andros called.
Suddenly, the monster burrowed underground again.
"Damn it! Come out you coward!" Kai yelled.
The ground under Trip and Kelsey busted open and sucked them down.
"Trip! Kelsey!" Andros called. He ran to the hole, twirling his sonic staff expertly. The snake monster bit at Andros, trying to capture him in his mouth. Andros twirled the sonic staff rapidly, and began to create whirling sonic sounds. The rangers covered their ears, and the monster became disoriented. Trip and Kelsey got out of the hole and ran to the rest of the rangers
"Stop that horrible Sssound," the monster hissed.
Andros stopped and joined the others.
The sand snake split a spray of gas out of his mouth, it formed around each of the rangers and sucked the color from there costumes.
"What's going on Andros?" Trip asked
"Your abilities are mine now rangers," The Sand Snake said.
The sand snake put there abilities in a little glass bottle and escaped to Adler.
As he disappeared the rangers' colors went back to normal, and they all went to the Commansion to ask Billy about what happened.
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"Master, I have what you asked for."
Adler grabbed the bottle and looks at the gas entrapped within it.
"Sand Snake, you did well, you are going to be compensated well" Adler explained.
Adler walked over to his throne and opened the box beside it, and set the final item in the box, Adler then closed the box and took it with him for safekeeping.
"Rangers, your end is near." Adler screamed, "And you will never see it coming."
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at the Commansion, Andros, Jason, Kelsey, Alyssa, kai, and trip were in the breaifing room waiting for Billy, there moods were very uneasy, and when Billy returned with the results of there body scans, left then on the un easy side.
"Well guys, I have some good new and some bad news, what do you want to hear first?" Billy asked them all.
Andros looked at Jason and the back at Billy, "Billy give us the bad new first."
"Well ok, here it is you all have been copied.in other words, it is like the snake monster took everything that you know and can do, and duplicated it, I feel that this monster will be very hard to beat." Billy told them, "but the good news is, that you are all in perfect health, I didn't find anything abnormal about any of you."
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Reb-rog and Adler were in his lab, and putting the finishing touches on their transfer machine.
"Sir, we are now ready to transfer the rangers abilities in to the Dark Phantom Rangers!
Reb-rog said.
"Now I must find six extra evil teens to complete the transfer," Adler told Reb-rog.
Adler took his staff and held it over his head, and said,
"Bring me teen that evil has made, bring them here and make the Rangers pay."
Suddenly in the containment room had six teens from around the us, and under the control of Adler. They were all greeted by Reb-rog, and put in to their pre-transfer clothes.
Adler announced, "I have the power to make you the most powerful rangers in the world, and that will only happen if you defeat the other rangers. I have given you all the opportunity out of everyone evil in the world, to do this, you all should feel honored."
The teens were put back in the cell and released of full control from Adler.
"Where are we?" Jon asked.
Jon was from the mid west; he was a troubled teen and was a computer wiz. He was picked by Adler because of his past hatred of the rangers he had when he was not helped in his time of need.
"You are in Master Adler's Castle, in Death Valley." Reb-rog said.
"Once you all have given you hearts to evil he will let you out to do what you have to do to defeat the rangers, no sooner."
From in the dark corner sits a figure and he says, "I'm in." he steps from out of the shadows. "I'm Blake"
Blake was the darkest out of the six, he was a Goth, Satan worshiper that lived to serve the devil, and Master Adler is the closest to that he has come to.
After an hour or two, they all gave there hearts to the evil that will engulf them, and the transfer of the rangers power now was complete.
"Now that you all have the rangers abilities, it has come time for you to become my Dark Phantom Rangers." Adler said.
He took the box with the Power coins in it out of his robe and opened it. He handed each of the teens a coin, he then waved his hands and on the table he has put some devices for the coins to be activated.
"Now go, go to the youth center and break in and start making angel grove a destruction site." Adler said
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About an 6 hours later.
"There!" said Debbie, the Dark Yellow Phantom Ranger, snipping through the last of several colored wires. "That takes care of the Youth Center security! Can't have anyone knowing what we're up to."
"Coward," Tara, The Dark Pink Phantom ranger, muttered.
"Say that again," snapped Debbie, raising a fist threateningly.
"Come on! You know you don't have what it takes to beat the Power Rangers in a fair
fight," said Tara. "You've got to sneak up on them and take them by surprise."
"You're just jealous because you didn't think of it first," Debbie replied, "and even if you had, you wouldn't have had the brains to carry it out."
"Just because I'm a REAL warrior instead of a techno-dweeb like you..."
"I'll show you what being a real warrior is all about!" answered Debbie furiously. "Just let me track down the Yellow Ranger, and you'll see a battle you'll never forget!"
"Seeing you get blown to pieces would be a memorable event," said Tara.
"Grrrr . . ." Debbie snarled in anger, but began scanning the area in search of anyone. Her electrically enhanced senses could hear a pin being dropped on the other side of a busy city, if she chose, so of course she could easily hear the sound of the Yellow Ranger conversing with Trip and Jason inside.
"Got her!" she said. "She's over that way, with the Gold and Green Rangers. Now all I've got to do is . . ."
Suddenly, the entire youth center trembled, and the lights blinked erratically. The Pink and Yellow Phantoms braced themselves against the wall until the tremor passed.
"What was that? Some kind of earthquake?" asked Tara.
"Your a Psychotic excuse for a Phantom!" snarled Debbie. " why don't you go and do you nails or something.
"I'm not going to stand for that," said Tara. "You have your fun. I'm going to
look for the Pink Ranger. She's going to be destroyed, but I don't want to go with her. Being destroyed the first time was bad enough!"
"Fine then," said Debbie. "You won't get any more help from me!"
"Since when did you ever help me?" Tara retorted. Before her partner could reply, she turned and darted off down the hall on her own mission of destruction.
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Meanwhile, in the Youth Center, Andros and his companions had also felt the disruption in the Youth center.
"What was that?" asked Trip.
"I don't know," Andros replied, but I don't think I like it. Adele, what's going on?"
"Something's really wrong," said Adele. "You all should get home.. Everyone, I'm sorry but we are closed!"
"Wait a second," said Kai. "Are those voices? Wait, those are not voices they sound like . . . hide!"
Kai and Andros quickly hid themselves behind a stack of crates. The other two rangers followed their leader's example. As they waited, trying to keep their breathing silent,
"I know they're here somewhere," said Nick. "I heard the green Ranger's voice!"
"Who put you in charge?" Blake shot back. "I'm the leader of this team, not you!"
"It seems to me you haven't been doing a very good job of it," said Nick.
"We still could win if you don't stop interfered!" Blake snapped.
"Both of you shut up!" said Jon. "The Blue Ranger is also around here somewhere,
but I'm not going to be able to find him with you two talking so much!"
"Who cares about the Blue Ranger?" asked Blake. "It's the Red Ranger I'm
interested in!"
"Well, I heard him here, too," said Jon, "so be quiet!"
Andros listened to the voices incredulously. How could there be other Rangers? He
realized his heart was racing with fear and surprise, and he took a few cautious breaths, trying to quiet it, fearing that even such a tiny sound would be audible to the Phantom's superhuman senses.
*It's going to be okay,* he thought. *All we have to do is keep from being heard . . .*
Just then, his communicator went off, "Breet-dee-dit-da-deet-dee"
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"Why isn't he answering?" Jason asked in concern.
"Um . . . maybe we shouldn't have done that," said Kelsey. "Remember that there might be others around, so he might not be able to answer."
"Oh, that could be," Jason replied, "but let me contact Billy just to make sure though."
"Billy, I sense that the others are in trouble, I tried to contact them but there was no answer" Jason said, "can you locate them, and tell me if there all okay?"
"Sure Jason, let me get back to you on that" Billy said.
Jason, Alyssa, and Kelsey walked through the dim lit park when Billy contacted them,
"Jason they are in trouble, they are hiding at the youth center from a group of teens looking to destroy them, I don't have all the details, but I think that there are working for Adler."
Suddenly, the ground started shaking again. All the lights went black, there was a second of darkness before the lights flickered reluctantly back on.
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"Did you hear that?" Nick asked his companions.
"Hear what?" asked Blake. He had been too involved with his argument with
Blake to pay any attention to his surroundings.
"One of those foolish Rangers is trying to use his communicator," said Nick. "It
was coming from in here!"
The Phantoms entered the engine room. Andros, hidden insecurely behind a pile of cardboard boxes full of spare parts, held his breath and watched tensely.
"I don't see anything," Jon grumbled.
"You idiot!" snapped Blake. "Did you think they would be standing around in plain view? They're hiding from us."
"If they were smart, they would surrender right now," said Nick.
"we shouldn't want them to surrender," Jon replied.
"I want a real fight. I want to make the Red Ranger beg for mercy so I can have the pleasure of denying it to him!" Blake said.
In the youth center walked the other three Phantom teens, Kyle, Debbie and Tara,
"I don't know," said Kyle to Blake. "The idea of surrender does have a certain appeal. It might be fun to toy with them a little before we destroy them. Give them some hope just to snatch it away again. It could be fun."
"Don't count your Rangers before they're captured," Nick scolded. "We still
haven't found them, and we're running out of time!"
"I think it is time to Neo-Morph." Kyle said
"Didn't I tell you to stop bossing me around?" snarled Blake. "I've had it up to here with being told what to do! You're worse than Adler."
"Com' on guys" Jon said.
"Phantom Neo Morph sequence ON!" the Phantom teens said aloud.
"Phantom of Darkness.Red" Blake said.
"Phantom of Cruelty.Black" Kyle shouted.
"Phantom of hurt.Pink" Tara called out.
"Phantom of Pain.Green" screamed Nick
"Phantom of Hate.Blue" Jon said
"Phantom of Destruction.Yellow" Debbie yelled
"Well, somebody has to keep you in line," Phantom Green retorted. "You don't know
anything about leadership."
"Are you saying you want to be in charge?" asked Phantom Red dangerously.
"I'm saying you're starting to get on my nerves with your obsessions and your
overconfidence," Phantom green said, beginning to lose his cool, "and I really think I WOULD be a better leader than you!"
"Oh, is that so? Well, if you want leadership so badly, why don't you fight me for it?" Phantom Red responded
"Gladly!" The Green Phantom said.
"Um," Jon, the Phantom Blue said, "aren't we forgetting something?"
"Shut up!" Blake growled. "You stay out of this! Or are you turning against me,
too?"
"No," said Jon. "It's just that . . ."
"Save it," Phantom Green interrupted. "I want to finish this right now!"
"Okay, have it your way," said Jon, "but if the Power Rangers get away while
you're having this fight, don't blame me!"
"Ridiculous," Blake scoffed. "The Power Rangers can't get out. We have the door blocked. If they want out, they'll have to come through us."
Suddenly, a tall pile of boxes and crates fell on the Phantoms, courtesy of a small push from the Ranger who had been hiding behind them. The unfortunate Phantom Rangers were buried and half crushed by the heavy crates. Andros, deprived of his hiding place, leaped over the mess and dashed for the relative safety of the hallway.
"Kai, Trip, run!" he called out.
Kai. Obeyed the call, barging out from his hiding place and making a jump and tumble over the stacks of boxes and spilled bits of machinery. He scrambled to his feet and took off down the hall. However, Trip didn't move as quickly. As he tried to jump over the fallen Phantoms, Kyle reached up and managed to grab his ankle. he fell down hard and tried frantically to get back up, but the mess that was trapping the Phantoms hampered her movements as well. he tried to find some kind of hand or foot hold, but the objects on the floor got in his way. Finally, he managed to disentangle his self and make a half-crawl towards the door . . . only to find his way blocked by a row of black metal boots.
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Nick struck a superior pose as he stared at his heroic counterpart.
"Well, well," he said. "Green Ranger. What a pleasant surprise."
"Uh-oh," said Trip. "I think we have a small problem."
"Only a small problem?" repeated Phantom Green. "I'm insulted!"
"You can't be so tough," Andros said. "We all know you don't have very much power. You can't."
"That isn't what it looked like to me," said Blake. "We'll beat you today without even trying hard."
"Well, I'm sorry to say, but that situation is different," Andros replied.
"You're outnumbered." Phantom blue said.
"True," said Kai, "but I'm not worried, you're the only interest to me Phantom blue, no one else."
I want the Yellow Ranger, where is she?" Debbie the Yellow Phantom said angrily.
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"Where are at Billy? We need to go to them." asked Kelsey, with
"Yeah, I'm searching for there energy now" Billy replied. "I can't believe it? There are nine rangers energy's in the youth center, but 6 of them seem evil"
"Unbelievable," said Jason.
"That's just not right," added Alyssa sympathetically, "they need our help."
"Yeah, lets go guy's our friends need us," said Jason. "I'm getting the feeling this will not be an easy fight, so be prepared."
Jason, Kelsey and Alyssa got to the front of the Youth Center, and the ground shook once more.
"Where is that shaking coming from," Jason chimed in.
"I'll bet you the other are on there way right now." said Trip.
"Your right Trip," Jason added. "I'll bet your right"
they pushed the phantom rangers to the side and helped the others up. They brushed the dirt off themselves.
"I will defeat you rangers, if it is the last thing I do." Blake said
"For sure," Andros replied. "I mean, Phantom Black you obviously the best fighter in the bunch, and you apparently the one with the know-how, they don't. Smart, strong, level-headed . . . you'd make a great leader, much better than that dumb old Phantom Red."
"You think so?" Kyle had listened to the conversation with considerable
interest.
"Oh, definitely," answered Andros.
"Silence, you don't see him trying to break us down, and apart.?"
"Hmm," said Kyle, "your right, lets get them."
"Go for it!" Jason said. "Let him keep bossing you around.Stand up for yourself! Don't let the others push you around!"
"Now that you mention it," said Kyle, "Blake never was a good leader.
He can't think of anyone but himself! And lately, Nick has been getting really pushy. I'm starting to get fed up with them both."
Blake and Kyle went off to battle for the leadership position, and Jon and Nick left Debbie and Tara to deal with the rangers.
"Why do the guys always get to be in charge?" Kelsey chimed in. "The team would do much better if it was led by a woman."
"You know, you're right!" said Debbie. "I'm going to get Red and Black, and
I'm going to show them what a real warrior is like!"
"That's the spirit!" agreed Jason. "Go show 'em what you're made of!"
"Right!" Tara replied. "I can't wait to get my hands on those two . . ."
The Pink and Yellow Phantom Rangers turned and hurried down the hall in search of there comrades. The Rangers breathed sighs of relief.
"That was cutting it close," said Trip.
"Pretty quick thinking there, Alyssa " Jason said. "Maybe putting a woman in charge isn't a bad idea!"
"Who said it was?" Kelsey replied. "Right now, though, I'm worried about what their next move will be. We've got to go see Billy, and fast."
"Right," said trip. "Lets get moving, before we run into any more Phantoms."
The five Rangers hurried down the hall, not knowing that what they would find at their destination was exactly what they wanted to avoid.
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"Well, well, well," said Blake in his unctuous voice, "what do we have here? It
looks like a little lost Power Ranger. Did you think that our plan would really work? What do you think we should do with them?"
Alyssa stared up helplessly at the three Phantom Rangers blocking the only avenue to freedom and safety.
"I think we ought to destroy her," said Jon.
"But this is the White Ranger!" Nick objected. "She belongs to Phantom Pink!"
"I say, finders, keepers," answered Phantom Red. "She can have some other Ranger to destroy."
"Not mine!" said Jon. "Nobody touches the Blue Ranger but me!"
"She can have the Gold one, then," answered Phantom Red. "Besides, she should have been keeping a closer eye on this one if she really wanted her. I say we just get rid of the White Ranger ourselves, before she gets into any trouble."
"What was that about the White Ranger?" a voice interrupted.
Everyone looked up to see Tara standing outside in the hallway.
"It's about time you showed up," said Jon. "Where have you been?"
"I had another argument with Debbie," Tara replied. "What have you been
doing . . . besides trying to steal what is rightfully mine?"
"Who's stealing?" asked Phantom Red. "I found her, fair and square!"
"She tripped over you, you mean," Nick snickered. "That was right after your
Red Ranger buried you in a pile of boxes."
"Are you challenging me, too, now?" snarled Blake to Tara. "Why has
everyone turned against me? Well, I'll show you who's a leader . . . and I'll start by destroying the White Ranger!"
"Don't you dare!" screamed Tara in rage. She flew at Phantom Red, and the two clashed in a furious battle, sparks flying from their robotic suits as they struck each other. Nick tried to stop the fight, only to be pitched across the room by the two angry combatants.
"Humph!" muttered Kyle. "They are all pitiful! Well, I might as well take advantage of the situation."
With a quick hand gesture, he produced his weapon of choice, a cruel double- bladed axe. Before anyone saw what he was doing, he made his way toward Alyssa, weapon raised, ready to strike a killing blow.
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Alyssa's attention was drawn away from the battle between the three raging Phantoms by a peripheral glimpse of movement. She turned around to see Kyle approaching her with deadly intent. She froze, wondering what to do.
Suddenly, there was a brilliant flash of light - golden light that hissed through the air and struck Jon's wrist, making him scream and drop his weapon. All eyes turned to see Debbie standing at the front of the room, casually holding her own villainous Destruct-o daggers.
"Don't anybody make a move," she said. "I'm taking over!"
"You and what army?" Blake retorted.
"I don't need an army to beat you," she said. "Even our enemies admit that I'm a greater fighter than you, Phantom Red."
"The Power Rangers said that?" asked Nick. "When was this?"
"Just a minute ago, when I was talking to them in the . . ." She trailed off as realization dawned on her. "Wait a second! Those rotten Rangers tricked me! I had them, and I let them get away!"
"You moron!" jeered Jon. "Some leader you'd make! Now, if I were in charge,
you wouldn't see me doing anything like - ouch!"
The Blue Phantom Ranger's assertion was cut short. Alyssa had taken advantage of the Phantom's distraction seize the weapon Kyle had dropped. It wasn't exactly her preference in armament, but it was good enough. She aimed carefully and struck hard. Unaided by the boost of strength morphing would have given her, she wasn't able to inflict much real damage to the Phantom's armor-plated body, but she was still able to knock him off his feet. Quickly, Alyssa scrambled to her feet. The other Phantoms were still trying to figure out what had just happened, but it wouldn't take them long. She would have to act fast. Fortunately, there was help available at the touch of a button.
"Let's Rocket!" she shouted.
There was a bright flash of pink light as Alyssa made her metamorphosis. The Phantoms watched, unimpressed. They had seen the trick before, and they hadn't been very impressed the first time.
"Okay, Phantoms," she said. "I've had about enough of you. Anybody think they could take me down now?"
"No problem," said Tara. "Remember, I know everything about you. I know how you move. I know how you fight. I can block every move you make before you even think about making it."
"We'll see about that," said Alyssa. "Tiger Baton!"
The Pink Ranger produced her weapon, at the same time wishing that she might have been equipped with something a little more formidable.
"Isn't that cute?" sneered Jon. "She's going to hurt us with her little toy! Ooh,
I'm so scared!"
"Yeah, well you should be," said Alyssa. Tara's bragging had sparked a train of
thought, and now she was hatching a plan. "I have a weapon that's way stronger than anything you have."
"Ha! That's a good one," Blake laughed.
"Better watch it," cautioned Alyssa. She leveled her Satellite Stunner, aiming at the leader of the Phantom Rangers. Suddenly, she spun around and took a shot at Tara with her Astro Blaster instead. The Pink Phantom was caught totally off guard. There was an explosion of golden sparks as she was thrown against the wall.
"I thought you said you knew every move Pink Ranger would make before she made it," said Nick to his fallen comrade.
"I thought I did!" Tara protested. "She's never done anything like that before!"
"Actually," said Alyssa, "I learned that move yesterday from Jason, long after you read my mind, so of course you don't know about it."
"Well, that's no problem," said Tara, scrambling to her feet. "I'll just read your
mind again!"
"Not so fast!" interrupted a voice. The rest of the Power Rangers had arrived, morphed and ready for battle.
"What do you know?" said Phantom Red. "The gang's all here at last! Now we can finally finish this once and for all!"
"Sounds like a great idea," said Andros. "I've had about all I can stand of you Phantoms."
"Well, you won't have to worry about that much longer," Blake replied, "because in a few minutes, you'll be blown to oblivion!"
"I don't think so! Ready, Rangers?" Andros asked.
"Ready! Let's do it!"
Chaos ensued. Good Rangers and evil Rangers met in a furious battle, and sparks flew as powerful weapons struck enchanted armor or clashed with each other with a sound of ringing metal. The Phantoms were extremely strong and skilled, but the Rangers refused to give up. They were fighting for their lives in their own sanctuary, and there was nowhere to which they could escape, even if they wanted to. The Phantoms realized this, and they pressed their advantage.
"This isn't going well," said KAI., his side smarting from where he had received a blow from Jon's axe.
"You can say that again," Kelsey replied, herself feeling rather unsteady after taking a few direct hits from Debbie's daggers.
"Keep it together, gang," Blake encouraged. "We're not beaten yet. Assemble the Phantom Cannon!"
"Phantom Cell Red" Blake called.
"Phantom Cell Pink" Tara called.
"Phantom Cell Blue" Jon called.
"Phantom Cell Green" Nick called.
"Phantom Cell Yellow" Debbie called.
"Phantom Cell Black" Kyle called.
The rangers inserted all of there Phantom Power Cells in to the cannons rear, and on a word of command from Blake, the team fired two twin bursts of power and sent the rangers hurtling back. There was a loud crackling sound and a flash of light, as burning energy enveloped the All-Star Rangers.
It took a second for the Phantoms to realize that something was wrong. Instead of striking the Rangers and destroying them, the laser blasts hadn't even touched the All-Star Rangers, The energy hovered in a cloud of colored lightning bolts around the Rangers, who stood still and calm in the eye of the storm.
"What happened? What are they doing?" asked Kyle.
"I think . . . I think they're using the same strategy we are using on them," Jon said incredulously. "They've absorbed our power to use against us!"
"That's right, Phantoms" crowed Andros. "We can learn new tricks, too! All- Star Rangers, fire!"
"Get out of the way!" Blake shouted.
The Phantoms scrambled to do as they were told, but it was too late. Their own laser blast, augmented by the strength of the Rangers, poured out on them. And then.
Silence.
The Rangers stared in amazement. For a moment, they couldn't quite believe what they were seeing: six black scorch marks on the floor, a few charred- looking weapons. The Phantoms were gone.
"Can it really be true?" asked Trip. "Are they really destroyed?"
"Shhhhh!" Kelsey hissed. "Listen!"
The Rangers listened. They heard . . . silence. Dead silence.
"We did it!" cried Kai. "We defeated the Phantom Rangers!"
Any celebrating was cut short as the youth center began to tremble again. The lights blacked out, and the steady light of the street light in the window suddenly began to flicker ominously.
"I think they overdone it a little," said Kelsey. "This place is going to explode in a few minutes if we don't destroy the reactor!"
"You heard her! Get moving!" Andros ordered.
The All-Star Rangers hurried down the hallway as fast as their booted feet could carry them. They reached the electrical room where Trip hurriedly and took the reactor off the generator while the rest of the team waited impatiently. He took it off and re connected the circuit, and everything went back to normal in angel grove.
"We did it!" said Alyssa.
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Meanwhile in Adler's castle deep in the heart of Death Valley,
"HOW DARE YOU COME BACK EMPTY HANDED?" a loud voice on a throne said as the tattered Phantom Rangers cowered on the floor.
"It wasn't my fault. The Rangers managed to reflect our phantom cannon blast and use it against us." Blake said, " and the others not letting me lead didn't help much either."
The man on the throne stepped forward and said "Then it's time we stop wasting time with just Ranger battles and develop some Dark Power Zords. I also believe it's time we give these rangers a taste of my new dark army." Adler said.
To be continued.
Next Time on Power Rangers All-Stars, The Phantom rangers are thought to be destroyed, but when Adler boosts there power and gives them Zords, the rangers don't know what is in store, meanwhile, At the Commansion, Dimitria makes a visit, and brings the rangers a gift. What can Adler have in store for the rangers, and what did Dimitria bring the others, all this and more and the next Power rangers All-Stars.