Disclaimer: I own Amber, Amy, and Cora as well as the Wizard. Rachael West owns Alexis Darling and this does not impact her series "Streaks of Purple". The rest of the Rangers are owned by Saban.

The Megaship sped toward Earth. Each of the Rangers felt apprehension about dealing with the Wizard again, even though the powers had been newly restored.

After all, Jason thought, the Wizard drained our powers to uselessness once, why can't he do it again?

Jason couldn't help but puzzle the fact that Cherubae had mentioned the Wizard had an ally, and that this mysterious ally had help that the Rangers could recruit. He was curious about these people, and if the help would be worth the trouble this ally could cause.

"We're approaching Earth." Carlos reported.

"Okay, slow us down." Andros told him and then turned to Cassie. "Is there any sign of activity?"

Cassie looked down at a few of the panels. "Not that I can detect. I would say it has been quiet, since the Wizard had sent that demon and the skeletal warriors after us." She informed him.

"He'll strike soon enough." Tommy told Andros.

Zack nodded. "The sooner he strikes, the sooner we can prove to him we aren't easily beaten." He stated.

Jason nodded. "That's true."

Kat looked around at all the Rangers. "But what about the help that Cherubae told us about, how do we find these people?" she asked.

"We weren't told how to find them." Amber recalled.

"Maybe we need to rely on this friend of the Wizard's to find them." Alexis guessed.

"That means we need to be really quick and alert." Kim said.

"Which shouldn't be a concern." Rocky said, and when they looked over at him he pointed to a screen. "That demon just returned to the surface and is attacking the city."

"How do we stop a demon who retreats whenever we start to overpower him?" Zhane asked his friends.

Karone smiled suddenly. "I think I have an idea, I'll meet you down there in a few minutes." She said.

"Let's Rocket!" "It's Morphin Time!"

"Orange Ranger Power!" "Purple Ranger Power!" "White Ranger Power!" "Green Ranger Power!" "Black Ranger Power!" "Pink Ranger Power!" "Blue Ranger Power!" "Yellow Ranger Power!" "Red Ranger Power!"

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The Space and Essence Rangers arrived at the park, and as if the demon had been expecting them. He grinned at the Rangers. "I was waiting for you miserable humans to show up. There is no running, this time I will destroy you all." It threatened.

"We'll see about that." Jason responded. He drew his Power Sword and Amy drew Saba, and the two of them jumped out at the demon, aiming to strike him. The demon blocked both of the swords with his arms, brushed them aside and punched both Rangers in the chest.

The Essence Rangers came beside their friends.

"We need to destroy that thing." Ashley said, looking at Andros.

"I know, but we need to wait for Karone. If we don't that thing will just run again." Andros reminded her.

The demon's eyes glowed and he shot out at the Space Rangers. They moved out of the way. Zhane turned his Silverizer into the laser mode and fired at the demon, which jumped out of the way of the blast.

"If this is your best attempt, you might as well give up now." The demon told them all.

"We're not giving up." Andros told the demon.

Amber and Alexis jumped away from their groups and tried to double kick the demon, but he caught the girl's foot and threw them back, landing hard.

Kat and Kimberly launched Cora into the air and she leapt out at the demon, aiming a kick to the head. The demon just dodged that one, and Cora landed on her knees.

"You fools never give up, do you?" the demon asked, turning to Cora and blasting at her.

Andros set up the Spiral Saber into booster mode and fired at the demon. He turned at the last second and blocked it with his hand. The demon blasted at Andros and he fell back.

"We're running out of options." Zhane told his best friend.

"I know." Andros said. "But we need to keep trying, and hope that Karone hurries up."

Zack took his power axe, switched it to cannon mode and fired at the demon, which just avoided the shot and blasted him.

"Zack!" Kim yelled out as she and Rocky came to his side. "Are you okay?" she asked.

Zack nodded, ignoring the feeling of guilt coming over him about where he and Kim were standing. This was not the time. "I'm fine guys."

"I don't know how much longer we can keep this up." Ashley pointed out to her friends.

"Surrender now and I will make your deaths as painless as possible." The demon told the Rangers.

If anyone could see beyond their helmets, they would have known Amber was making a face as she replied with, "Why is it I don't believe him for one minute."

It was then that an arrow shot out and struck the demon in the back. He growled and turned around to face his attacker. It was Karone, who lowered her crossbow and called out, "Now we're ready guys." And threw up a small spherical object, which flashed a blue field briefly and then returned to normal.

Zhane was the first to realize what she did. "She put a force field over the place." He told them.

"So he has nowhere to run." Jason realized. "Alright, team. Let's finish this."

"You think just because you've trapped me means that you can defeat me?" the demon questioned of the rangers. "If you're than naïve than bring it on!"

"I have a plan guys." Alexis said. "We need to hit this thing hard and fast. Step one would be the Power Cannon."

Amy and Zack stepped up, followed by Kim and Kat, and then Jason and Rocky got in back, they simultaneously called out for the cannon, and as it formed on their shoulders they inserted their energy spheres and fired at the demon.

The demon was hit full blast with it, but it just took a few steps back and shook his head. "Nice try power rangers." He said.

"Step two, Quadra blaster and the Spiral Saber booster mode." Alexis said, looking to the Space Rangers.

Andros formed the Spiral Saber's booster mode as Ashley, Cassie, Carlos and TJ combined their weapons to form the Quadra blaster. Then they took aim and fired at the demon. It had pretty much the same effect as the power cannon had.

"This thing is tough." Cassie noted.

The demon began to charge a massive fireball, but was disrupted by multiple lightning bolts that had come directly from the sky at Amber's command.

Jason had a feeling he knew what was coming next. And he was right. "Time for the Supreme Bomb Attack." Alexis stated, standing straight up and ready to jump.

"I infuse you with the power of the White Tiger!"

"I infuse you with the power of the Dragonzord!"

"I infuse you with the power of the Mastodon!"

"I infuse you with the power of the Pterodactyl!"

"I infuse you with the power of the Triceratops!"

"I infuse you with the power of the Saber Tooth Tiger!"

"I infuse you with the power of the Tyrannosaurus!"

Alexis began to make her way to the demon, and then jumped up, leaping off of Amber and Cora's shoulder and struck the demon head on. A massive explosion followed it. When the smoke cleared, Alexis lay there on the ground, unconscious and demorphed.

The rest of the team rushed over to her. "How did that happen?" Kimberly asked, looking to Jason.

Jason shook his head. "I don't know. Maybe it was something about the demon. Thicker skin or something." He speculated, and then shook his head. "It doesn't matter, we have to get back to the Megaship."

"Right." The others agreed.

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The Wizard couldn't believe it. First the demon had failed to retrieve the Turnstone for him, and now it was gone into.who knew where. Now the Power Rangers had been able to destroy him.

"This isn't over Rangers. In fact, it has just begun. Now you will see some of my true powers." He growled.

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The entire Ranger team stood there as Alpha examined Alexis. Finally he turned to them all and said, "She took a massive blow to the head from the demon just before she destroyed it. She will recover, but she will also be weak for a bit of time."

"Then we'll have to do without her." Tommy stated.

"A lot easier said than done." Zack pointed out.

"We'll have to do what we can." Jason replied. "We already know doing to many of those things will kill her. We can't take that risk."

The others agreed solemnly as they all turned back to stare at their friends unconscious form.

Will Alexis recover before the Ranger's next battle? What is the Wizard's next move against the Power Rangers? How will they find the help that they were told of? All of this and more next time.