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A/N: Here comes a plot twist and the three-chapter ending of Against All Odds. PUL-EEEZE Read and review.
Chapter 13-Curve in the Road
THE COMMAND CENTER-3 DAYS LATER
The kids watched impatiently as Zelda made the finishing touches on the Re-Aging machine. She took the power coins, inserting them into the machine, powering it up.
"It is ready," Zelda said, smiling brightly.
Kathy was first, and she reverted to herself in a pink shirt, jean overalls and a sweater. Before anyone else could use the machine, a swarm of Tengas entered the Command Center, and smashed the Re-Aging machine to the floor. The birds disappeared as Zelda saw the havoc they caused.
"Now what do we do?" Neil asked.
"Do not fret rangers. The next available and accessible power source is the Zeo crystal. It is much more powerful, and will help you. It has been split into five pieces, and scattered throughout time. You will each go on a journey to a different time to retrieve your part of the crystal," Zordon said.
A large portal opened by the viewing globe, and began glowing different colors.
"Go now rangers, time is not on our side," Zordon said.
"Be careful rangers of Earth," Delphine said.
"We will, Delphine," Greg said.
The children entered the portal, which closed behind them.
Kathy turned to Zordon and said, "Zordon, what should I do?"
"Live as if you were not a power ranger," Zordon said.
Kathy sighed, nodded and bid the Aquitians farewell as she teleported away.
LORD ZEDD'S PALACE
"What the next phase of your plan my queen?" Lord Zedd asked.
"Well, step one is to distract the Alien Rangers. Step two is to lure pink ranger into a trap, and kidnap her. Step three is to posses her mind," Divatox said as a being appeared.
"Zedd I'd like you to meet Hydro Hog, the Alien Rangers greatest nemesis," Divatox said.
Hydro Hog chuckled and headed down to Earth.
THE YOUTH CENTER
Kathy sipped on soda and thumbed through the last pages of Gone with the Wind and thought about why she was the only one not streaming through time. She paid for her drink and exited, taking a stroll through the park.
ANGEL GROVE PARK
Kathy smiled as she passed the playground. She saw siblings swinging together on a tire swing, a mother walking her infant twins in a stroller and a newly married couple playing with their son. She wanted to be an adult so much, it sometimes hurt her. Suddenly, her perfect vision was shattered by the arrival of seven Tengas.
Kathy assumed fighting stance trying to get rid of the beasts. She got two, but the rest swarmed over her, and teleported her away.
MEANWHILE
In their respective times, the kids were coming closer and closer to becoming their teenage selves once more.
Susan's journey took her to China where a wise old prophetess assisted her up a cold mountain to find the yellow crystal as a source of heat.
Neil's journey took him to Scotland where he wandered with a Scottish warrior through a fog until he found his part of the crystal.
Kyle's journey took him to Mexico, specifically in the desert. He gave a dying woman water, and she led him to a buried treasure, which was the red Zeo crystal.
Greg's journey took him to Japan where a samurai warrior trained him, and presented the black crystal as his prize.
Samantha's journey took her to England where she was brought up in etiquette by Queen Elizabeth, and received the white crystal.
LORD ZEDD'S PALACE
Kathy awoke in a dungeon, her head in severe pain. When her sight focused, she saw she was face to face with her arch nemeses: Divatox and Lord Zedd.
"Divatox? Lord Zedd?" Kathy said.
"In the flesh honey," Divatox said.
Kathy tried standing up, but was electrocuted by some unseen force.
"Ah, ah, ah. I wouldn't do that, we need you intact for our little task," Lord Zedd said fiendishly.
Kathy looked up as Divatox and Zedd were laughing, taking a look at Kathy.
"If you try and destroy Earth, I'll-," she began.
"SILENCE!" Divatox said, zapping her with her staff.
Zedd followed this with a bolt from his staff, and the two combined their strikes. Kathy's eyes flashed red for a brief moment, and then returned to her casual blue.
"What is this task?" Kathy calmly asked, standing up, the barriers released.
"We have given you the power to morph. Take your firebird thunderzord, and destroy Angel Grove with it. Then defeat the Alien Rangers of Aquitar, and the world will be ours," Divatox said.
"I will obey you both, my emperor, and my queen," Kathy said, casually removing her morpher.
"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" she yelled.
"Pterodactyl!"
DOWNTOWN ANGEL GROVE
Delphine paused, stepping out of battle with Hydro Hog. Cestria rushed to her, leaving the men to deal with the monster.
"Delphine, what is it?" Cestria asked.
"Something is wrong," Delphine responded.
As if containing an answer, the pink firebird thunderzord soared above Angel Grove, spewing fire throughout the town.
"We now have the enemy, and she is us," Cestria commented.
Delphine psychically called her Battle Borg, which promptly stopped, and squashed Hydro Hog.
"Delphine, what is it?" Tideus asked.
"It is Kathleen, she has turned against us, we must force the firebird out of the air!" she replied.
The Aquitians focused their minds on their Battle Borgs, and snatched the bird out of the air. Kathy ejected and landed in the park. The Aquitians left downtown, heading for the park.
ANGEL GROVE PARK
The Alien Rangers slowly advanced on Kathy, but did not do it successfully. She turned, zapping her former comrades with her Blade Blaster.
"Kathleen, why do you do this?" Cestria asked
"Because my queen told me too," Kathy said as she created a ring of fire around the Alien Rangers.
The Alien Rangers were trapped behind their greatest peril, fire, the one thing that could extinguish the lives of the water beings. It looked like today would be evil's day.
THE COMMAND CENTER
A time portal opened, and the five children appeared, their crystal pieces in hand. Zelda collected the pieces, and molded them together. After this, the morphers reappeared on the children, and they turned back into their teenage selves.
"WE DID IT!" Samantha said, hugging Kyle.
"Unfortunately, there are consequences here in the present. Lord Zedd and Divatox have corrupted Kathy's mind, and she is now about to eliminate the Aquitians," Zordon said.
"We'll stop her," Kyle prophesied.
"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" the group said for the first time in a while.
A/N: Here it comes! Ranger versus rangers. The suspense will KILL you.