Power Rangers Chap 5 The Corporation: Chapter 5

Author's Notes: Now am I the master of dramatic suspense, or what? Hehehe. Keep the reviews coming and I'll keep new chapters coming, by the way. Also, I think you're over-simplyfying things in some of these reviews. First-off, don't expect things to just suddenly be happily-ever-after now that Kim has her memories back. Expect brooding. Next, I'm not a Kat-hater- the fact that she's the (inital) villain might give you that impression, but I'd wait until we've gotten farther into the story to make such an assumption. Anyway, on with the next chapter!


"So Kimberly is the Robotic Ranger, and Tommy's a traitor?" Ashley wondered.

The others shook their heads and sighed.

The five Astro Rangers were on the Bridge of the Astro Megaship, trying to figure things out following the last battle.

"If Tommy was a traitor, why didn't he kill Andros when he had the chance?" T.J. pointed out. "We're missing something here."

"But-" Andros began, but he was cut off by the alarms.

"What is it, DECA?" Carlos asked.

"Another ship is approaching our area." DECA said. "It is attempting to open communications with us. Shall we accept the offer?"

"Open communications." Andros acknowledged.

"Opening communications." DECA said.


"Are you sure you're up for this, Kim?" Tommy asked his beloved.

Tommy and Kimberly were on the Bridge of the Green Astro Battleship, dressed in the usual Astro crew garb (Tommy's green, Kimberly's a dark-gray).

Kimberly nodded and put her head on his shoulder.

"We need to set things straight." Kimberly told him.

"Alright." Tommy agreed.


Back on the Astro Megaship, Tommy and Kimberly appeared on-screen.

"You two." Andros said. "What do you want?"

"We want to set things straight." Tommy said. "First, we don't work for Kat. Kimberly was brainwashed, and I was attempting to reach her."

The other Rangers nodded.

"I don't know, I'm still not sure if I trust you." Andros replied.

"Once again, you're showing the qualities of a good Red Ranger." Tommy laughed.

"Allow us to board your ship, Astro Rangers." Kimberly said, finally speaking. "Perhaps a face-to-face meeting is in order."

"Give us a second." Andros said.

He then huddled up with the other Rangers, away from the screen.

"Should we let them on-board?" Cassie whispered.

"I say we do." T.J. whispered back. "They're former Power Rangers, I don't think they mean us any harm."

"Still, we can't know for sure." Ashley whispered. "They could both be brainwashed by Kat, and this could be a trap."

"We have to trust them." Andros finally whispered. "We give them the benefit of the doubt, and we let them on-board."

The other four nodded and broke the huddle.

"So, have the Mighty Morphin Football Rangers come to a decision yet?" Kimberly said with a slight laugh.

"We have." Andros said with a slight bat of his eyes. "We'll allow you to dock."

Kat used to talk about Kim, and she never mentioned her being this sarcastic. Cassie thought. Almost as if she still has some evil in her.

"Good." Tommy said. "We will begin the docking process."

Andros nodded as the picture faded, then turned to the other four Rangers.

"Well, it's time to see just which side those two are on." Andros told them, and they all nodded.


On the Bridge of the Green Battleship, the picture of the Astro Megaship faded.

"DECA, begin the docking process with the Astro Megaship." Tommy said.

"Beginning docking process now." DECA responded.

Tommy turned his head over to Kimberly, who was seemingly staring into space.

Wonder what she's thinking about. Tommy thought.

"Is everything okay?" Tommy asked her.

"I can still see their faces, you know." Kimberly said, not moving her head to look at Tommy. "The mother, silently praying. The father, scared for his family. The young boy, staring into my metallic helmet with defiance. And the young girl, horrified and wanting her mother. I killed.....I killed the parents first, Tommy. I killed them first so I could watch the young boy look at me with hate, and the young girl look at me with sadness. I loved it, Tommy. I loved the hate and the sadness, I reveled in it. And then.....and then I killed them too. I laughed about it."

Tommy didn't know what to respond to this with. After an awkward silence, Kimberly spoke again.

"Everything's not okay."

Tommy finally walked over to her, turned her head around, and kissed her. Deeply, and passionitley. He then hugged her.

"It wasn't you." Tommy told her.

"But it was!" Kimberly said. "I....I can still see....and I can still FEEL....what it was like! It WAS me!"

"We're going to get Kat back for this." Tommy told her. "We're going to make her pay for what she's done to you....to us."

Tommy held Kimberly's head into his chest, then pushed her long, black hair out of the way of her face, and kissed her again.

"I love you." he told her.

"I love you too." Kimberly said. "You saved me- what was left of me. I will love you forever."

"We have docked with the Astro Megaship." DECA said.

"Ready?" Tommy asked her, and Kimberly nodded.

"The Green Battleship has completed the docking sequence." DECA said.

"Thanks DECA." Andros replied, then turned to the others. "So, are you guys ready?"

The rest of them nodded, and after a few moments, the elevator doors opened, and out stepped Tommy and Kimberly.

They walked in with a cold manner that didn't make them look like "the good guys".

"Nice outfits." Cassie said. "Where'd you find Green and Dark-Gary Astro uniforms?"

"They were on the Green Battleship the Phantom Ranger gave me." Tommy said with a shrug.

"So......Kimberly has been released from however Kat was controlling her?" Andros asked.

"I can speak for myself." Kimberly snapped. "And yes, I have. Kat used a device to erase my natural memories and replace them with artifical ones. Tommy brought me back to Kat's lab and returned my natural memories to me."

"So, wait, why is Kat doing all this again?" T.J. asked them. "Do the two of you know?"

"It has to do with the Darkhaven Corporation, a weapons company." Tommy replied. "Kimberly told me that he's recruited Kat to wipe out the Power Rangers. After all, if you needed to kill Power Rangers, who better to ask than a former Power Ranger? But, we don't know why the Darkhaven Corporation wants you dead."

"But Tommy, I heard through the usual sources that you and Kat were a steady couple." Ashley said. "Surely you must know what could have turned her to this."

"I'd rather not talk about." Tommy replied quickly.

"Alright." Ashley said, a bit confused.

"So, the two of you will be joining us, right?" Carlos asked them.

"Yeah, I mean, Tommy's powers are real Astro Ranger powers and Kat created the Robotic Ranger powers based on Astro Ranger technology- so techinically, you're both Astro Rangers." T.J. said.

"You should join us." Andros said, putting out his hand to Tommy. "Put the past behind us."

Tommy looked down at his hand, then turned his back from Andros.

"I don't understand." Cassie said. "Why don't you want to join us?"

"My hands are stained with blood." Kimberly said. "I'm not worthy to be a Power Ranger anymore."

"And I stand by Kimberly." Tommy said, turning back around. "Always."

"We'll use our powers to get our revenge on Kat, but we have no intentions of joining you." Kimberly said.

"Our intentions are unpure- we're fighting for revenge, not to protect the Earth." Tommy said. "That's your job now."

"If you have no intention of joinig us, why did you come here?" Andros asked them.

"To make this clear." Kimberly responded.

"We will assist you when it is beneficial to us." Tommy clarified. "But we are out for revenge- we don't care what happens to the Earth. Are we clear?"

"Crystal." Andros responded.

As Tommy and Kimberly turned to leave, he called after them.

"You are traitors!"

Tommy and Kimberly stopped for a moment, but then continued walking, back into the elevator. They turned around from inside it, giving the Rangers one last cold stare, before the doors closed.


Kat was standing in front of the young Andrew Darkhaven- dressed, as usual, in a black buisness suit. Kat was wearing one as well, with her long blonde hair tied back into a ponytail.

"I have called you here to discuss the next phase of our plan." Andrew told her. "Now, I understand that the Robotic Ranger's natural memories were extracted from the database."

"That is correct." Kat said. "I take full responsiblity-"

"Do not waste your breath." Andrew said, cutting her off.

Andrew turned around, facing away from Kat, and put his arms together behind his back. He snapped his fingers and the wall disappered, replaced by huge glass windows, looking out at Angel Grove.

"I have decided to skip the first phase of the plan, and go right to the more important second phase." Andrew said.

"But, the Rangers, they could interfere-"

"Nonsense." Andrew said. "Once we have collected all shards of the Mirai Crystal, the Rangers will not be anything resembling a problem."

"Agreed." Kat said. "I have DrillerBot and some officials in the new BattleArmor I have developed drilling for the first shard on the outskirts of Angel Grove."

"I want you to oversee that operation personally." Andrew told her. "It is imperative that we collect the first shard before the Rangers do."

"Of course." Kat said.

She reached over and picked up the headband, fastening it around her head.

"I will keep in touch." she said, before disappering in a flash of darkness.

Andrew smiled as he looked out at Angel Grove.

"You have no idea what is coming, do you?" he said. "Poor bastards."


"Did you find the file yet?"

Tommy shook his head at Kimberly's question. The two were seated in the Bridge of the Green Battleship, both going through computer files.

"Plenty on the Mirai Crystal, nothing on the Mirai Staff." he responded. "Maybe it's not in the database."

"Wait!" Kimberly shouted out. "I think I found it."

Tommy got up and walked over to Kimberly's station, where he leaned over her shoulder.

"The Mirai Staff is an ancient weapon used by the inhabitiants of the planet of Mirai." Kimberly read. "When powered by the Mirai Crystal, it has the ability to send beings to other dimensions. Tommy, this is it!"

"We can use this to send Kat to the darkest of the Dark Dimensions." Tommy said. "According to the file on Dark Dimensions, life there is eternal, and you're subject to eternal torement. Sounds good to me."

"All we have to do is collect the shards of the Mirai Crystal and locate the Mirai Staff." Kimberly said. "I'll beginning scanning for the first shard right now."

"How many shards was the crystal broken into?" Tommy asked her.

"Says here the number was eight." Kimberly responded as she walked over to another station.

We'll give Kat exactly what she deserves..... Tommy thought.


Meanwhile, the five Astro Rangers were on the Astro Megaship's bridge, trying to figure out what they should do next.

"DECA, are we close enough to the Green Battleship to hack into their computer system?" Andros asked. "See what they're up to."

"Of course, I'll get right on it Andros." DECA responded.

The five Rangers turned to the main, holographic screen in the center of the bridge. After a few moments, a few different files popped up- on the Mirai Staff and the Mirai Crystal.

"What is all this about?" Carlos asked.

"I've heard of it." Andros said. "The people of Mirai had great power over dimensions- and the center of their power was the Mirai Crystal and the Mirai Staff. But the planet of Mirai was destroyed by a meteor shower a long time ago, and the Mirai Crystal and Staff were both destroyed."

"Not according to this." Ashley said. "According to this, the Staff and Crystal both ended up on Earth- with the Crystal broken into five shards."

"So why would Tommy and Kimberly want power over dimensions?" Cassie wondered.

Suddenly, an alram went off.

"Kat, a new robot, and some kind of armored foot soldiers are digging for something on the outskirts of Angel Grove." DECA said.

"What could they want there?" Andros wondered.

"There is a great power level coming from the area." DECA warned.

"You don't think this could be one of those Mirai Crystal shards?" T.J. asked the others. "Maybe that's why Kimberly and Tommy were researching it- because Kat wants it!"

"And they'd want to stop whatever Kat was up to." Carlos said, filling in the blanks. "Well, that's not their job- that's ours!"

"Agreed." Andros said. "Let's Rocket!"


From the Green Battleship, Tommy and Kimberly watched all of the events in the Astro Megaship, having hacked into DECA's camera system on the ship.

"One step ahead as always." Kimberly grinned.

"Too bad that when they hacked into us, they left their own ship open to hacking of the camera system." Tommy said. "Well, we're not letting the Rangers get the Mirai Crystal shard anymore than we're letting Kat get it."

"Time to go Robotic." Kimberly said.

"Let's Rocket!"


To Be Continued....