Chapter 6:  Earth Battle

Zordon and Alpha were pacing through the Command Center when Dulcea teleported in.  "Dulcea," Zordon said, "how are the Rangers?"  "They will begin their quest soon," she answered.  "What's going on here?"  "Lord Zedd has created a small army of monsters," said Alpha.  "They have been terrorizing Angel Grove since you left.  Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi!"

"Come Dulcea," said Zordon.  "We must try and stop those monsters until the Rangers return."  Dulcea nodded and stood next to Zordon.  They soon teleported away.  When they were gone Alpha said, "Ay-yi-yi."

Tigra and another creature called Serpentor were causing destruction left and right in downtown Angel Grove.  People were running for their lives.  "Yesss!" hissed Serpentor.  "Run!  Run!"  

A small squadron of police cars pulled into the battle area.  Every officer stepped out, weapons ready.  "Fire at will!" yelled a lieutenant through his bullhorn.

The cops fired their guns, but nothing seemed to happen to the monsters.  Serpentor spit venom from his mouth and blew up one of the squad cars.  Tigra ripped his claws into another one, picked it up and threw it at the rest of the squadron.  In each attack, the cops barely managed to get out of the way.

"Foolish humans," growled Tigra.  "There's nothing you can do to stop us!"  "Maybe they can't," said a male voice, "but maybe we can."

Zordon and Dulcea charged into the fray.  Zordon knocked down Serpentor with his staff, while Dulcea took down Tigra with a flying kick.  The monsters quickly recovered.  "Well, well," taunted Tigra.  "If it isn't the legendary Zordon," he said mockingly.  "I don't know who you are, Missss," said Serpentor.  "But you and that washed-up has-been will fall to the might of Lord Zedd!"  "Evil will never triumph over good," growled Dulcea.  "We'll see about that!" said Tigra.

The two beasts attacked and it was soon apparent that Zordon and Dulcea could not beat them with brute force alone.  "They're too strong!" said Dulcea.  "But are they strong enough for you-know-what?" asked Zordon.

Dulcea smiled and pulled apart her staff.  She began to twirl them around and around, causing an awful whistling sound.  It seemed to have little effect on the nearby cops and civilians other than pounding eardrums, but it hurt the two monsters so bad that they had no choice but to retreat.

Lord Zedd watched the whole ordeal from his palace.  "So, Zordon lives again.  And that miserable she-devil of a witch Dulcea is with him.  Goldar!  Scorpina!"  His two servants approached him immediately.  "Go down to Earth and obliterate Zordon once and for all!"  "As you command, my lord!" declared Goldar as he and Scorpina teleported away.

When Tigra and Serpentor were out of sight, Dulcea put her staff back together.  As she did so, the lieutenant walked up to them and said, "You saved us."  "For the moment," said Dulcea.  "They will attack again."  "How can we ever thank you?" asked the lieutenant.  "No thanks is necessary," said Zordon.  "But you must evacuate or get into hiding as many people as possible.  I can assure you that things will get worse before they get better."  "You got that right, old man!" came a hideous male voice.

Zordon and Dulcea turned to see Goldar and Scorpina teleport into the new war zone.  "Goldar.  Scorpina," Zordon said in disgust.  "That's right, Zordon," said Scorpina.  "And now, we will finally destroy you for good."  "Give it your best shot!" challenged Dulcea.  Scorpina smiled and said, "With pleasure," as she and Goldar charged toward the two warriors of good.  Goldar took on Zordon, sword and staff clashing violently.  Scorpina challenged Dulcea, their sword and staff clashing just as violently.