Meanwhile...

Billy and Kim trekked through the jungles of Phaedos wondering what their challenges would be. Billy heard a noise and whirled to face...himself. He stopped in his tracks and looked at the alternate version of himself that seemed different, yet very similar.

"Who are you and what do you want of me?" Billy asked of himself. The alternate version of himself merely chuckled and beckoned him forward. Billy turned to let Kim know he was going forward and found her no where in sight. Angered, he turned to his doppelganger and snarled...

"What have you done with Kim?" Alternate Billy smiled and nodded his head in the negative.

"I have done nothing with your beloved Crane. She is not to partake in this challenge William. Now, if you will come with me I shall lead you to your challenge," Billy followed warily, not trusting himself at all, or rather this version of himself that was an illusion. They walked to a clearing in the jungle and stopped at a crystal clear pool. Alternate Billy stepped to the side and pointed at the water's surface.

"Look and tell me what you see Billy..." the alternate Billy said. Billy was skeptical, but followed his double's instruction. He looked in and saw himself, but as an older man, with some gray hair. He stepped back, unnerved by what he saw. In the meantime, Kim had been wondering where Billy had gotten off to.

"Billy? Billy where the hell are you?" Kim called, but found no answer.

~*~*~*

Aisha, Rocky, Adam, and Tommy arrived on Phaedos.

"Wow, this place is incredible," Adam said.

"Let's get going guys, we need to find this power. The earth is unprotected," Tommy said. The others agreed, and began to follow Tommy.

Rito and Goldar arrived unnoticed on Phaedos just following the rangers. The Tengu Warriors were beginning to hatch, and were learning how to fly. After a few minutes, they were ready for the attack.

"You heard what Zedd said. Find the power brats, and tear them to shreds!" Rito ordered.

The Tengus squawked and flew off, headed for the rangers.

~*~*~*

The rangers heard squawking coming toward them. They all turned abruptly, only to be met with giant bird creatures.

"What the hell?" Rocky asked.

"Hello power brats. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Rito Revolto, the beloved baby brother to Rita. And these are my Tengu warriors, who will be the end of you!" Rito laughed. The Tengus began their attack on the rangers. The rangers started off good, but soon learned that the Tengus were much stronger than putties.

"We need our powers!" Adam called.

Suddenly, a roaring noise startled the Tengus. A clocked figure descended from the cliff above. The person discarded the cloak, and revealed herself to be a beautiful woman. However, the rangers would see that this woman was a lethal warrior. She used her staff to aid her in taking out the Tengus, virtually without breaking a sweat. Then she snapped the sticks in two and began to whirl them around. This created an awful sound that was too much for the Tengus' sensitive ears. Rito and Goldar backed away in fear and called a retreat. But Rito carefully remembered to leave the Vampirus egg. The Tengus may have failed, but the Vampirus monster would be much more of a challenge. The Tengus, Rito, and Goldar teleported back to Serpentera.

The rangers stood up, and Rocky approached the woman, offering his hand out.

"Thanks," Rocky said. But the woman violently smacked his hand away with her staff.

"Ouch," Rocky said, as he drew his hurt hand back.

"Leave Phaedos, before it's too late," the woman said.

"We we're sent to find the great power, do you know about it?" Aisha asked.

"Yes, the ground is littered with the bones of those that have tried for it and failed," Dulcea said.

"Well, we're different. We won't fail," Tommy said calmly. The woman took her staff, and swept Tommy off his feet, and placed the staff up to his neck.

"Wait, our mentor Zordon...," Adam began.

"Zordon? Did you say Zordon?" the woman asked.

"You know Zordon? Who are you?" Rocky asked. The woman let Tommy up and spoke.

"I am Dulcea, master warrior of the planet Phaedos, why has Zordon sent you here?" Dulcea asked.

"We have come to look for the Ninjetti powers. Lord Zedd has turned two of our rangers evil, and it will take nothing less to defeat them and Zedd," Tommy said.

"We do not have much time, follow me," Dulcea said. The rangers obeyed, and followed Dulcea up the rocky cliffs.

Meanwhile...

The Vampirus egg had hatched, and the monster was now lurking in the shadows. It would follow the rangers, and then destroy them when they least expected it.

~*~*~*

Billy stood squared off against himself, wondering what the hell his test could be. Suddenly the doppelganger spoke to him.

"William, no need to worry about your test, it should be obvious. Who do you despise with all your heart?" Billy looked down in thought for a moment.

"Tommy Oliver, who else?" He said with a sneer in his voice. His double laughed.

"I knew that would be your answer, but it's wrong. You have always hated yourself William. Look at how you treat yourself. How you have changed yourself to fit it," The double said as Billy lunged at him, a snarl dying on his lips as the double teleported away and reappeared on the cliff above him.

"Now now, no need to get violent. I'm merely pointing out something you know, but won't admit to. All you have to admit is that you really don't like yourself sometimes, and no one else has anything to do with it," Billy closed his eyes, not wanting to admit what the double had said was true at times. He finally opened his eyes, staring his double straight in the eye.

"You know what, I don't like YOU very much, at least not all the time," His double smiled and disappeared in a flash of blue- black smoke. Billy found himself in the jungle he had just been in, and the Monolith seemed a little closer.

~*~*~*

Meanwhile in their normal reality the others had been traipsing through the jungle, doing their best to reach the Monolith before nightfall. Tommy had been silent and grim the whole way there. He was seething inside at how his life had been changed so drastically within a matter of a couple of weeks. Little did he know that his challenge would be to face that fact and then some. The others had let Tommy be, afraid of his volatile temper and his rage at their two former teammates. Adam matched his pace and fell into step with Tommy, deciding he had had enough of the silence.

"Tommy...can you talk about it? I mean you have been so quiet and pissed off, we are getting worried," Tommy snorted rudely.

"Don't worry about me Adam. I appreciate the concern, but you all should be worried about Billy and what's gonna happen to him once I get my hands on him," Tommy said this with such coldness in his voice, Adam paused for a moment.

"Tommy, you realize we can't kill them don't you? I know you hate Billy now, but the power isn't worth their lives. That's how I feel and that's what I'm going by. Let me know once we are the Monolith," Adam dropped back to the others with a concerned frown on his face.

~*~*~*

Meanwhile, on Earth Serpentera had landed and was wreaking havoc on the cities of Angel Grove and nearby Stone Canyon...there had been no casualties yet, but the day was young.

~*~*~*

Kim had sat down on a near by rock. She didn't feel safe going ahead without Billy, so she decided to wait for him.

"Hello Kimberly," a familiar voice said. Kimberly whirled around, only to find herself face to face with...herself.

"What the hell?" Kimberly said.

"That's right, it's me. Kimberly Hart, the cheerleader. The prettiest and most materialistic girl in school," the clone ranted.

"That's not who I am anymore!" Kim spat.

"Oh really? You mean that you didn't like that person?" the clone asked.

"I'm fine with who I am. I just decided to change," Kim replied.

"Liar. You changed because no really liked you. No one took you seriously," the clone said.

"That's not true," Kim yelled back.

"It is, but you won't admit it," Kim2 replied.

"All right, no I don't like the person I was. I don't like YOU at all. But I love the person that I am now," Kim said. The clone nodded, and disappeared in a magenta smoke. The smoke cleared, and Kim saw Billy in front of her.

"Billy!" Kim exclaimed. Billy turned around at the sound of her voice. He took her in his arms and kissed her.

"I think we've passed our first tests," Kim said.

"Yea, and we're closer to the monolith," Billy replied.

"Well, let's get going then," Kim said with excitement. Billy nodded, and continued their travel through the jungle.

~*~*~*

Vampirus lurked in the shadows behind the rangers. They had just encountered the bone graveyard, and barely escaped. Vampirus would attack them once they got to the monolith. He would let them taste victory, and them watch it crumble around them as he ripped them to shreds.

~*~*~*

"The mayors of Angel Grove and Stone Canyon have ordered complete evacuations of both cities. The cities are under attack by Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa. The question on everyone's mind: Where are the power rangers?" The reporter said over the TV.

"This looks bad Bulkie," Skull said.

"Yea, and we're going to stick around and find the power rangers," Bulk said.

"Um Bulkie, we're supposed to get out of Angel Grove," Skull replied.

"Since when have we done what we're supposed to do?" Bulk asked rhetorically. Skull got his usual bad feeling that they were in over their heads.

~*~*~*

While Billy and Kim continued on their quest, the remaining team members head toward the Monolith. Once they passed the Bone graveyard they finally made it to the Monolith, only to find statues at the doorway. Tommy went up to the door, figuring that he would be able to open the doorway. Adam cautioned him to be careful. "Tommy, we don't know what the hell is in there, be careful ok?" Tommy nodded, not in the mood to smile at all.

"I will, I'm not throwing my life away, at least not unless I get to take Billy with me," Tommy growled as he turned to find the Stone Golem had come to life and was in mid-swing towards his chest. Tommy managed to flip away, but not before he took a swipe across the abs. The others took fighting stances as the remaining golems came to life and took after them.

~*~*~*

In the meantime, Serpentera was doing unholy amounts of damage to Stone Canyon and Angel Grove. The mayors of the town were even considering declaring a state of emergency, as well as putting out an SOS to the Rangers. They appeared on television broadcasts across both cities imploring the Rangers to help them defeat the giant Serpentera Zord.

"We don't know where you are, or why none of the Rangers have shown up in one of our darkest hours. We, the citizens of Angel Grove and Stone Canyon implore you to come to our aide, we need you Rangers, and we need you badly," This message was broadcast in a loop all over the city as well as on radio stations and billboards in the downtown areas of the cities that had not yet been destroyed.

~*~*~*

Billy and Kim were heading through the jungle at a breakneck pace, determined to get through their challenges as soon as they could so they could enjoy their new powers, especially to make their former friends pay dearly for their treachery. They arrived at the Monolith to find a Wolf and a Crane standing calmly waiting for them. They stopped short, and waited until someone moved. Finally the animals came up to them and bowed silently.

"What do you wish of us Crane and Wolf?" Billy asked as he knelt in front of the wolf. The wolf smiled, and the crane whooped in joy at having been found by their keepers. The Wolf turned into Ice and the Crane turned into a wisp of Flame, joining with Billy and Kim. The pain was nigh unbearable for a moment as their spirit animals joined with them, granting them power unlike anything they had experienced. It was their test to see if they could stand the pain, to endure in the face of physical and mental anguish in order to reach a higher level of perfection. Once the torment was over, they opened their eyes to find themselves clad in their armor, this time in darker shades of their colors. Billy was in royal blue, with flames of Ice racing up the left side of his armor and Kim had wore a deep magenta suit with white flames up her going up her right side and back, spreading out like wings. They smiled at each other maniacally and teleported off to join Zedd on their earth.

~*~*~*

In the normal reality, the gang had finally defeated the Golem's by wiping off the glyph that stood for "life" that was written on their foreheads. After a long and grueling battle, they had finally proven themselves worthy of gaining the power of the Ninjetti. They too returned to Earth to find their towns in shambles and Serpentera wreaking havoc ad hoc on anything that moved. Tommy swore and pounded his fist into the ground.

"Damn them, they took total advantage of us being gone. I'll bet those two have turned the town inside out and upside down while we were gone," Rocky was about to reply, when he spotted Kim and Billy coming up to them in their Ninjetti uniforms.

"Au contraire Thomas...we have been on a little fieldtrip as you can tell by our new attire. I really like what Zedd has done in terms of redecorating though," Billy says with a nasty smile, waiting for the perfect moment to unleash his new power on Tommy. All the Rangers are dumbstruck as they saw Kim and Billy in Ninjetti attire. They thought that only those who were pure of heart could attain the Power. Aisha speaks up for once.

"Ok, how did you do it? Last we saw you; you were so far away from being pure of heart. There is no way for you to have quested for the great Power," Kim laughed and launched a small fireball at Aisha,

"Silly little bear, so many things none of you can ever comprehend about us, and the powers we hold," Billy and Kim stood off against their former friends, waiting to set it off.

"So what do you say, Ninjetti vs. Ninjetti? Or do you need to salvage what is left of your pathetic little town first?" Billy asked while eyeing Tommy, hoping he took the bait.

"The power of the falcon is more than you can handle Billy," Tommy said confidently. Billy smirked.

"Well, I hope you can put up a better fight than you did last time Oliver," Billy retorted. Tommy snarled, and launched at Billy. Tommy swiped his saber at Billy, but he flipped away. Billy held his hand toward the ground and created an ice beam. He trapped Tommy's feet in the ice, stopping his movement.

"If you like my Wolf Ice Beam, then you'll love this," Billy said as a powerful lance appeared in his hand. Billy stuck the lance into the ice and released powerful jolts, which jolted Tommy's body. He yelped in pain and was unable to move.

"Pink Crane Flames Encircle!" Kim called, as she released three fire rings, which trapped Rocky, Adam, and Aisha. Kimberly laughed, as a bow and arrows appeared in her hand. She shot three flaming arrows. Each one struck the red, black, and yellow rangers, and sparks ensued.

~*~*~*

"ALPHA, HAVE YOU RESTORED THE COMMAND CENTER'S POWER?" Zordon asked.

"Yes Zordon, the rangers were successful, and we are nearly back to full power," Alpha said.

"GOOD, NOW YOU MUST TELEPORT THE RANGERS HERE NOW. THEY ARE IN GRAVE DANGER. SOMEHOW, BILLY AND KIMBERLY HAVE GAINED NINJETTI POWERS THAT ARE FAR STRONGER THAN I ANTICIPATED," Zordon said.

"Teleporting now," Alpha said.

~*~*~*

Suddenly, the four troubled rangers were teleported from the battlefield.

"Awe...darn, we almost had them," Kim said.

"Don't worry love, they can run all they want. They're just avoiding the inevitable," Billy replied.

"What should we do now?" Kim asked.

"Let's report to Zedd and show him our new powers. The powers that will one day put an end to him," Billy said, with an evil glint.

"Yes, I can't wait," Kim replied.

"Besides, I'm in the mood to kill something. And if it can't be Tommy, I guess Goldar will have to do," Billy replied evilly. Kim smiled and took his arm as they teleported into Serpentera.

AN: Hope you liked it! Chapter 6 will be out soon. Thanks for reading, and please leave a review! Later!