Title: The Black Ranger

Series: Black Past

Author: Dingo

Disclaimer: I don't own the Power Rangers, Saban and some guys whose names I can't spell do. I do own Ty, and anything you don't recognise from Power Rangers canon.

Story Summary: Adam is drawn into a messy web of evil, deceit, and his past. But when his past comes back to fight against him, will he stay on the same side?

Chapter Summary: The seeds have been planted. Will the Rangers concede defeat against one they can't fight against?

Rating: Probably PG, maybe PG-13. Could even be heading for a PG-15

Warnings: Slash pairings further on. Mentions torture.

Note: I rewrote this nearly entirely in the beginning of November 2003, so if you've already read this story I suggest you re-read it. This chapter at least. It may make a little more sense in the long run, and it is also a better story overall – Ty has become less of a Mary Sue. This is dedicated to 'Bone and Chelsea – it's been a long time, girls.

Lightning crackled overhead, and Adam shivered. He was trying to figure out why this place felt familiar – he was quite certain he had never been in a green and purple field. He tried to say something, but no sound came from his mouth. Adam frowned – evidently the faint sound of far-off thunder was the only noise allowed here.

Without warning piranatrons appeared, surrounding him totally. He assumed a fighting stance and proceeded to kick butt. Just as suddenly as they had appeared the remaining piranatrons vanished. The Korean looked around in confusion as he place started getting darker, but his vision improved until he had better sight now than before. 

Kat, Tanya, Tommy, Rocky and a strange girl abruptly appeared, walking along a pathway that had appeared as strangely as they did. All had smiles on their faces and were laughing at Rocky, as his old friend was dancing somewhat like a constipated penguin. He puzzled over both that and the girl for a moment. Then suddenly he could see the threat that stalked them from the shadows.

He tried to yell a warning but there was no sound here. Adam felt sick before…everything was stripped away. The caring inside him, the love, the friendship…it was gone.

He felt happy. Happy that his friends and an innocent girl were about to be killed.

He screamed. In a tiny part of his mind he screamed.

As his friends dropped, they stared at him; five pairs of accusing eyes watching him as his friends lay dying. It was only then that he saw the threat clearly.

It was himself.
Adam sat bolt upright in his bed. His eyes glowed an eerie black for a moment before he shook his head, clearing his thoughts. That same nightmare had been in his dreams for weeks.



That same morning a girl was hurrying through a park, even though she wasn't going anywhere. She heard a sound from behind a large oak tree. She stopped. She glanced around curiously.

There was no one there.

She looked around confused.

Shrugging, the girl sat on a nearby bench and started to read a book. Fully immersed in only a few moments, it took her a while to realise there was a slight weight on her head.

She touched her hair with her hand and realized she had a small pile of leaves on her long brown hair. "Hey! Stop it!" she said indignantly, looking around while furiously brushing the leaves off her head. "Show yourself!"

The tree behind her creaked slightly like it was answering her.

"What the..." She glanced up for the first time and noticed movement in the branches. "Come down from there before you hurt yourself!" she said, thinking it was a little kid.
"I won't hurt myself." The voice was laughing, playful. "But, if you really want me to come down, okay!" There was a flash of green and black as the boy hung upside-down, with only his bent knees keeping him from falling. He laughed at her shocked face. "Okay, okay. I'll come down." Then the boy lifted himself up back onto the branch, flipped off the branch and landed on his feet in front of her. He turned around and she could see that he was at least as tall as she was, probably a fraction taller. He was wearing a plain green sweatshirt and black jeans. The boy sat, leaning against the trunk of the tree. "Sit…I haven't been known to bite people. Not right away, anyway." She sat next to him, aware that he was watching her every move. She smoothed her black skirt and purple blouse self-consciously. She decided to speak first, but he beat her to it. "You look so familiar. Do I know you?"
"I don't know. I'm Ty. And you are?"
"Let's just say I'm the mystery man." He winked.
"Okay then, mystery man. Do you go to Angel Grove High?"
"Yeah, the expensive school."
"Your folks rich or something?" Ty asked.
"Or something. I got a part-scholarship. The school pays for my classes; I pay for everything else. I've got to get my own way through school."
"Why do you go? You've finished your mandatory, haven't you?"
"Yeah, but I want an education. Someday, far on the horizon, I'll move, then I won't be able to just rely on my... um...whatever I rely on now."
"Which is?"
"I dunno." The boy flashed a sheepish grin. "Anyway, enough about me. Why are you so interested?"
" 'Cause I'm gonna go there. How old are you?"
When he told her, she was surprised. "I'm two years older than you and I just barely got in. What are you, a genius?"
"No."
Ty heard a sad tone in his voice. "What's the matter? Come on, tell Aunty Ty."
" 'Genius' just reminds me of one of my best friends. He was a total genius. I think he broke the world record IQ or something."
"Where is he now?" Ty asked quietly, sensing she was getting close to a touchy subject.
"He moved. A long way away."
"You must have been really close to him."
"Oh yeah. I spent most of my time with him and my friends. We were really...to use your word...close."
Ty looked down. "Must be nice…having really close friends."
Before the boy could ask what she meant, a beeping noise broke the moment. Ty reached into her pocket, pulling out a beeping pager. "I gotta go. See you later?"
"Yeah, I'll be around."
"Okay. Find me!"
"Mystery man will not fail in his valiant quest."
She rolled her eyes at him and he laughed. "Bye!"
"Bye to you too." The boy stared after her for a second. Then he shrugged. "Why did I say that?" He shook his head. His 'watch' beeped.

"Adam? Where are you man? It's ten forty. You're supposed to have met us at the Youth Club ten minutes ago."
"Be right there, Monkey-boy."
"You know I hate that nickname!"
"Okay, okay. Adam out."

The Green Turbo Ranger rubbed his nose as he glanced after Ty. "Nice girl," he muttered. "Pity she's not my type."


The next day was bright and cheerful, the typical day where half the school begged off classes and headed to the beach. Kat was not one of them. She headed towards her locker, reading a textbook as she went. Mr. Henderson had an annoying habit of scheduling tests just after a monster from Divatox had been fought by the Power Rangers.

Kat stopped just before her locker - some strange girl was trying to open it. "What are you doing?" Kat asked when she was near enough.
"I'm trying to get into my locker without deciding to rip it off its hinges. And you?"
"Trying to figure out why any other girl in her right mind would try to get into my locker." Kat looked at her long brown hair and laughed. "I presume you are a girl? And that you aren't insane?" She took a piece of paper out of the brunette's hands. "Your locker is...ah...thataway," she said, reading it and pointing up the hallway.
"Oh my God... you mean this is yours? Sorry...sorry," she repeated backing down the hallway.
The friendly looking girl with the soft accent was watching her with a smile on her face.
"Don't worry about it."

"Pay up Tanya," Tommy said laughing.
"Alright. How do you know her so well?" Tanya asked the laughing boy, while handing over a couple of bills.
Kat looked at her boyfriend and best friend with a little confusion. "Someone clue me in?"
"Tommy and Tanya had a bet going. If you helped the new girl before lunchtime, Tommy won," Rocky stated, slinging an arm around Tanya.
"Okay…sorry Tanya." Kat closed her locker and turned to her friends. Rocky was dressed mostly in blue, Tommy in red and Tanya in yellow. She herself was dressed mostly in pink. The bell rang, cutting off what she was thinking. "Where's Adam?" she asked, missing his dark green in the colourful crowd.
"Dunno. Probably off somewhere by himself like usual," Tanya sighed. Everyone else muttered agreements and affirmations that they hadn't seen him.
"Meet you all at Ernie's after school?" Tommy questioned.
"Righto, fearless leader," Rocky saluted. He and Kat headed off to class – they shared the same first period class.
"I'll tell Adam," offered Tanya. "I have biology with him second."



The girl stood at the front of the classroom. The teacher took pity on her and said, "Class, settle down... come on, settle down. Today we have a new student...Typhus Merina. Why don't you tell us something about yourself Typhus?"
Adam, who was passing the classroom, wondered at the name and why it seemed familiar. He shrugged it off and kept walking, without noticing the girl in the classroom. In the room Typhus stepped forward and said, "If my name sounds familiar it's no surprise since I'm actually a disease." Laughter rippled softly through the smarter people in class. Typhus continued, "And the only people who call me Typhus are my grandma and doctors. I prefer Ty."
The teacher then called out, "Now, who wants to show Ty around for her first day?" She spotted Kat in the third row. "Kat. How about you show Ty around the school? Just until she knows her way around."
Kat shrugged. "Sure."
The teacher then showed Ty to her seat and proceeded to teach the class in the most boring way she knew. Ty smiled shyly at Kat as she sat down, and Kat grinned back. "Hi," she mouthed.

Suddenly Ty wondered why she had been nervous about this school.


After class, Kat found Ty and asked, "Did you find your locker? I was wondering about you after you left."
"Yeah, I found it. Hey, do you know where to eat around here?"
"Yeah, I'll show you."
At the Youth Centre, Kat saw his some of her friends and asked Ty, "Do you want to sit with us?"
"Who's 'us'?"
"Me and my friends. They won't bite, except for Rocky." Ty looked slightly alarmed. "But the last time he did that, the girl slapped him. I think he learnt from the experience."
Both girls giggled. "Okay." Kat and Ty walked up to the 'Ranger table'. Rocky was studying and Tanya was assisting.
"OK, the bookworms are Tanya..."
"Hey." The girl smiled welcomingly at her.
"And Rocky..."
"How ya doin'?" Rocky smiled, "Thank the Lord, a relief from chemistry."
"Rocky, you're studying biology," Tanya corrected him.
"Chemistry, biology, same thing."
"That's Tommy teaching his karate class and I dunno where Adam is. Everyone, this is Typhus, or Ty."
Ty sat. There began the interrogation by her friends.
"So...how long have you been here?" Rocky inquired.
"About two days. My parents moved."
"Why?" Tanya wanted to know.
"My dad got transferred."
Ty seemed mesmerized by Tommy's class, and suddenly stood and walked over to where he was practicing.
Tommy bowed to his students before glancing up. "Hi, Tommy right?" Ty asked.
"Yeah…"

"Hi, I'm Ty."

Tommy shook her hand. "Hey, Ty. What can I help you with?"

"You seem to know a lot of people around here – you wouldn't happen to know of a good female martial artist I could spar with?" Ty questioned. "I mean, I'm pretty good but I'm not used to sparring against a guy…"

Tommy grinned. "Never fear…Tanya!" The ebony-skinned girl walked over after exchanging a glance with Rocky. "This girl wants a fight. You're gonna give it to her."
"You sure you want to spar?" Tanya asked, noting that even though Ty was tall, she was still very thin and looked like a hard wond might topple her.
"I'm sure."
The two girls then proceeded a warm-up.
"Fight!"
The girls circled each other, waiting for the first move. Then Ty came in so quickly Tanya didn't know what happened. One second she was watching Ty and the next Ty was helping her off the floor. The other rounds were exactly the same. The score ended up being 0-9 in Ty's favor.
"Wow," Tanya said, after Ty had helped her up nine times in a row.
"Wow," Ty echoed, rubbing her knee. "You've got a unique style. I like it."

"Adam and Tommy could never decide on what to teach me, so I just got taught the best of both worlds."
"Which worlds?"

"Karate, kung-fu, boxing…and Kat decided to chip in with kickboxing techniques."
"I heard my name…" Kat interjected. "And you said you wanted to learn!"

A dark-haired man entered the room then and headed for the mats where they were standing. He removed the bandanna from his head before tying up his hair and watching them from a little outside the group.
Kat started introducing them. "Adam, this is..."
"Ty, isn't it?"
"My mystery man…how did I know you'd pop up?"
"I did not fail in my valiant quest," Adam intoned.
"Okay," said Kat in total bewilderment. "Obviously you know each other."
"Yeah. We met in the park yesterday."
"So that's why you got held up!" said Rocky knowingly. Adam blushed. "Adam's going re-ed, Adam's going re-ed…" Rocky sang under his breath.

"Shut up Rocko…"
Tommy glanced between Adam and Ty, noticing similar heights. "You two should spar," he said suddenly.

"Huh?" both said at the same time.

"Adam, you and Ty should spar," Tommy said slowly, as if speaking to a child.
Adam shrugged. "Have you won against someone?"
"Yeah. Me," alleged Tanya, rubbing her elbow.
"Okay. Boxing, karate, kung-fu, combination, other?"
Ty was astounded that he sprang into character so quickly. He had seemed so...harmless. Like a big teddy bear. "Anything. Taps only," she said quickly, before the amazement showed in her face.
Adam stuck out a hand. Ty shook it.
They circled. A fraction of a second before Ty was about to strike, Adam moved and the jab missed, leaving her open to a quick touch to the top of her head. Ty hissed slightly before sweeping Adam's feet from under him. However, Adam rebounded and was on his feet scant milliseconds after Ty was back on hers, and was able to zip a touch past her defenses to her shoulder.

As Ty started to get into Adam's rhythm something beeped, and all five teens stopped what they were doing.
"Gotta go. Bye!" Tommy said quickly, the other four already gone.
"…bye!"
Ty looked after them curiously, wondering where they were going in such a hurry.
The Rangers teleported to the Command Center and found Kat already trying to calm Alpha5, who was hysterical.
"Aiaiaiaiai... Rangers there is a problem."
"There is a monster called in Piranha Plant in Angel Grove Park. But beware, it can take form of any living thing and can..."
Zordon was cut out abruptly. "Aiaiaiaiai. The last time this happened Zordon was almost destroyed." Alpha5 was hysterical...for a robot that is.
"Relax, Alpha. You get Zordon back and we'll turn this plant into mulch," said Rocky.
"SHIFT INTO TURBO!"
"WIND CHASER TURBO POWER!" called out Kat.
"DUNE STAR TURBO POWER!" cried Tanya.
"MOUNTAIN BLASTER TURBO POWER!" yelled Rocky.
"DESERT THUNDER TURBO POWER!" Adam shouted.
"RED LIGHTNING TURBO POWER!" Tommy roared.
The Rangers teleported to Angel Grove Park and found Piranha Plant was terrorizing a group of children.
"Why don't you pick on someone your own size?" Tommy yelled while Tanya aimed her blaster. The shot hit him square in the chest, and made the monster fall. The kids quickly ran off, Rocky shifting discreetly to check they got away okay.
"Ah... the Power Pukes. I was just amusing myself till you showed up."

Without warning vines were shot at each of them. One at each of the girls, two at Rocky and three at Tommy. But the worst person hit was Adam, with five vines trying to cut off his air. The Piranha Plant withdrew its vines and watched the badly hurt Rangers fall to the ground.
"That was just a taste of what you're getting into. Living Leaves!" The leaves covered the Rangers, making it impossible to move. While all the Rangers were distracted, Piranha Plant zapped Adam with a beam that knocked him unconscious and teleported him to Divatox's submarine.
"Thanks for the help, Rangers," he sneered. "Bye!"
As soon as the monster disappeared the leaves vanished. The Rangers fell to the ground. Suddenly the Rangers were teleported to the Command Center.
"Everyone alright? Good," said Tommy.
"Where's Adam?" asked Tanya, panicked.
"He wasn't with you. I would have teleported him. Aiaiaiaiaiaiai!" said Alpha.


Adam woke in a dark room, tied down on a bench, unmorphed. "What the hell is going on?"
"Nothing good, my little Green Ranger." The pirate caressed his hair before turning. Adam's eyes watered slightly; she hadn't bothered to untangle her hands form his hair before she turned. "PORTO!" Divatox yelled.
"Yes, my queen?"
"Take a sample and give it to Piranha Plant and get the potion. HURRY!"
"Of course."
The mutant that disturbingly resembled a marshmallow came over to Adam and took part of Adam's long hair in his hands. He cut off a piece and walked out of the room. He came back in a few seconds. "Here it is, my queen."
"Excellent." Divatox waited as nothing happened. "Are you stupid? GIVE IT TO HIM!"
"Indeed, my queen," Porto shivered. He uncorked a small, plain bottle full of some murky liquid.
"This potion will make you do whatever I tell you. You'll even destroy the Power Rangers!" Divatox crowed.
"No." Adam whispered.
Porto poured a small amount into a container and held it to his lips. It was a black, thick substance that smelt foul. Adam struggled, and knocked the container out of Porto's hands. It spilt on the floor and made a shiny black puddle. The Green Ranger continued his struggle but saw a figure coming into the room.

It was himself!

Adam's mouth dropped in shock and Porto seized the opportunity and poured a decent amount of the potion down his throat. Adam went limp. Divatox squealed and snapped her fingers. Suddenly he opened his eyes. Adam's eyes glowed with light.
"What is it you want me to do?" He spoke in a monotone.
Divatox grinned. "I want you to destroy the Power Rangers."


The next day Rocky waited at the bus stop. He knew it was stupid, but he thought that Adam might turn up. The school bus arrived and he got on, glancing around one last time for his friend. "Wait!" someone yelled. "WAIT!"
ADAM? Rocky couldn't believe his ears or eyes. Rocky had to beckon Adam over. Adam looked at him like he didn't even know him. Adam sat down next to him. "What the heck happened yesterday?" Rocky asked.
"I'll tell you when we get to school." Adam looked sort of weird, like he didn't sleep last night.


At school with everyone gathered around him, Tanya asked, "What happened? We were fighting Piranha Plant, we got covered in leaves then you disappeared." Adam told his story. "I was with you guys fighting Divatox's monster when suddenly everything disappeared. I was in a park then... I dunno. Everything went black." Everyone was quiet. Ty came up to the group.
Adam looked at her. "Who are you?"
"You idiot." Ty switched her gaze to Tommy.
"Tommy... you still owe me a fight."
"I do? Do I?"

"Yeah, you do."

"Okay…I do."

Tommy and Ty went over to the mats. "Fight!"
Tommy's mind wasn't on the fight so Ty beat him quickly, although not easily. "Hey, no fair! I've got a headache."
"Why Tommy, didn't you know? Headache is one of the symptoms of typhus." Ty smiled sweetly while everyone groaned.

"Oh, bad joke. Very bad," Rocky groaned.

"When the king of bad jokes says it's bad, it's really bad," Kat quipped.
Tommy's communicator went off, cutting out everybody's laughter. "We gotta go. Bye!"
Ty glanced after them, still wondering where exactly they hurried off to.
"Rangers! There is an unidentified Ranger at the park. You need to go there immediately."
"Okay then. Alpha, have you got Zordon back yet?"
"Not yet Rangers."
"Okay Alpha. Teleporting now."


When the molecules of the Rangers congealed again, they saw the unidentified assailant blasting things out of his way. It was like a distorted version of a morphed Ranger – with black armor and a black helmet, resembling Tommy's Green Ranger suit.
"Hey, numbskull! Over here!" yelled out Rocky.
The Ranger, drawn by Rocky's shouts, turned around and was greeted by a foot in his chest armor, courtesy of Adam. He surprisingly didn't stumble back like anyone else would in his position, instead holding his ground and not even flinching. "This guy's like the one on Phaedos," he told the others. "He's practically made of rock!"
The Ranger snorted at the mention of Phaedos. "Oh, what are you gonna do about it hey frog? You gonna get your falcon and ape buddies to help you? Too bad the rest of your little animal friends can't help you now."
"What's he talking about?" Tanya asked, confused.
"Our spirit animals. Mine is a falcon, Adam's a frog, Kim's a crane, Billy's a wolf, Rocky's an ape and Aisha is a bear," Tommy explained to the newest member of the team.
"Don't. Say. One. Word," Rocky growled.
"No more chatting. Time for fighting!"

The Black Ranger charged. The Rangers tried to defend themselves, but they went down against the more powerful Ranger. In only a matter of moments he was standing, victorious. He suddenly cocked his head. "Whoops. My queen's calling. Love to stay but here's a goodbye." The Ranger fired laser shots at all the Rangers before disappearing.

In flashes of their respective colours the Rangers were teleported back to the Command Center. Tommy was the only one who didn't collapse, but then again he was the only one teleported next to a console.

"Strong dude," Rocky muttered.


"Zordon! You're back!" Alpha exclaimed as he locked onto the Eltarian. With a flash of blue energy the sight of Zordon's face reappeared into his time warp.
"Alpha. I need to warn the Rangers."
"About what, Zordon?"
The bluish head fizzled for a moment. "Don't trust...Adam..."
"Zordon! Aiaiaiaiai!"


The ominous beeping of Tommy's communicator disturbed everyone's thoughts. Rocky glanced up from his futile exercise in completing his biology homework that the last call had interrupted. Tanya and Kat groaned in unison as the noise disrupted their concentration – their nails were the real victims of a 'duty call'. "We gotta go," Tommy murmured.
"Adam! C'mon," Kat yelled.

Adam rolled his eyes from his place at the bar. "Um…might as well keep those on hold," he advised the portly man behind the counter. He only shrugged.

Kat touched his shoulder. " Are you feeling OK?" she asked, noting Adam looked somewhat…different.
"I'm fine. But…I've gotta show you something. It'll only take a second."
Kat glanced back behind her and saw that everyone had already headed out. "Quick," she said. Adam crooked a finger at her and walked her around the back where no one was around.
So there was no one to hear her scream.


"Where are Adam and Kat?" Alpha asked Tommy.
"I dunno."
Adam suddenly appeared in a shower of green sparks. "Adam, where's Kat?"
The Korean shrugged. "I didn't see her."
"She'll have to catch up later. Rangers, Zordon came back - he tried to tell me something!"
The alarm went off, and instinctively everyone looked at the viewing globe. "Divatox always had perfect timing," muttered Tanya.
"Rangers! Hello," the evil Ranger in the viewing globe snarled. "Come out and play? Especially if you want your little friend back." The screen showed Kat for a minute, struggling against rope bonds. "If you need a little help, search C-94 galaxy. There's a little friend of yours there. You might need him to fight against me." The guy bowed. "I await your presence." The picture flickered.
Adam snickered. "Gods, I thought they were smart," he muttered.
"What?" Tanya asked.
His smile increased. "I would have thought it was obvious."
Tommy stepped forward, not liking the smile on his second-in-command's face. "Adam, what is it?"
"I'm not Adam." He pointed a single finger at a console beside Rocky and it exploded. Rocky ducked for cover as Tommy darted forward. Unfortunately Adam was too quick, and he teleported out in a flash of green leaves.
"Great," Tommy groaned. "Evil Adam and an evil Ranger."
"We need Zordon," Rocky groaned.

"I think we should follow what that guy said, you know, search in C-94," Tanya offered. "Even if it is a dead end, it can't hurt."
Tommy nodded. "I suppose so. We've got nothing better to do. Set the computer to search C-94 Galaxy for Zordon. If you find him, bring him here."

Rocky started typing quickly into the computer. "Tanya, see if you can repair Alpha. Meanwhile, I think I saw where Kat was."
"Ay-ay, captain. See ya Tommy." Rocky had already begun the long search for Zordon.


Tommy materialized out the back of the Youth Centre. He walked around the corner when he heard someone yell "Hey!" A feminine yell. "Tommy? It's Ty. What are you doing back here? It's closed."
"What are you doing back here more like it. I'm looking for Kat."
"Need a hand?"
"I wouldn't mind." Tommy glanced around, vaguely recognising the alley from a few times he had needed to duck in to teleport. "Okay…last time I saw her she was next to the bins."
They walked around the bins and found Kat. She wasn't tied up. In fact she was standing up, waiting for them.
"Kat!" Tommy sighed in relief, quickening his pace to the Pink Ranger's side. "Are you okay?" he asked, putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Get off me Tommy." Kat's voice was cold. She stepped away from them and removed something from her wrist. She threw it at Tommy's feet.

Tommy picked it up and saw it was her communicator. "What the heck are you doing?"
"Obviously, I was right when I said none of you were smart."
"Piranha Plant," Tommy said quietly, without emotion.
"Ding-ding-ding! Give the Red Ranger a prize. I hate to go but there's a party in the park. See you soon…" She disappeared in a wave of green vines.
"Okay, I need an explanation...like right now!" Ty said in confusion, voice loud with frustration.
"Short version? Adam, Rocky, Tanya, Kat and I are Power Rangers, don't tell anyone, there's a monster that can copy our bodies, we have an evil Ranger on our tails, Adam and Kat are missing and now I have to take you to the Command Center." Tommy paused. He took a huge breath before saying, "Hold on." He then teleported himself and Ty to the Command Center.


"Tommy we've found Zordon and we're almost done with Alpha why the heck have you got Ty with you?" Rocky asked as soon as Tommy materialized.
"Great, and I had to 'cause she knows. Now, where did I put Kat's communicator?"
"In your pocket," said Ty, half in shock as she stared in awe at the technology surrounding her.
Tommy took it out of his pocket and laid it on the table. It disappeared. Not even teleported. It just fizzled out like it never had existed in the first place.
"What the...?"
"Rangers. You need to get down to Angel Grove, Divatox's Ranger is attacking."
"Zordon! You're back!" Rocky grinned. "Yes! My computer skills are that damn good!"
If Zordon had had a physical body he probably would have rolled his eyes. "Go! Angel Grove needs you!"
Tommy reached behind him.

"SHIFT INTO TURBO!"
"DUNE STAR TURBO POWER!" cried Tanya.
"MOUNTAIN BLASTER TURBO POWER!" called Rocky.
"RED LIGHTNING TURBO POWER!" yelled Tommy.
In flashes of colour they teleported out.
Zordon regarded the girl in front of him, who couldn't be more shocked. "Now, I need to fix Alpha, then run some tests on you and then we'll sort this out."
Ty made a strangled noise in her throat.


The evil Ranger chuckled low in his throat as he shot a beam of energy towards a group of kids. It didn't hit them, but scared them enough so that one of them started to cry.
"Hey punk!"
The Black Ranger turned and faced the three remaining Rangers. "Finally some fun!" He cocked his head. "Just to make it more even, here's your little friend." The Pink Ranger materialized in a cloud of pink sparkles. As the group ran up to her, Kat held her head.

"Are you okay, Kat?" Tommy questioned. Kat nodded before pointing at the evil Ranger, then at Tommy's communicator.
"I don't follow."
"I forgot to mention, she can't talk…she saw too much. The next time she'll talk will be when she's in mortal peril," the Ranger chuckled.
Tommy nearly vibrated with anger, before lashing out with a kick.
As Tommy and Tanya distracted the Ranger, Rocky took careful aim with his blaster. Just as he was squeezing the trigger, the Ranger quite purposefully moved and the shot flew harmlessly over his head. With a quick flip Rocky was facing the black visor, and an instant later was facing the blue sky.

Rocky spent an extra few seconds on the ground, wondering about the one thing that niggled at him…the Ranger had moved as if he knew what they were about to do. But the good Ranger team hadn't put that move into practice yet – 'Team Omega' had only been practiced at the Command Centre. Rocky shook his head to get rid of both the thoughts and the little birdies that seemed to be flying around his head, before jumping up and returning to the fight.

Kat watched helplessly, because as she couldn't speak, she couldn't morph. She bit her lip as she saw Tommy go down again.

Suddenly a laser blast hit the Ranger. He stumbled backwards a few steps.
A purple figure flipped over their heads and landed near Tanya with catlike grace. "Hi guys. Need a hand?"
"Who are you?" demanded Tommy.
"It's me...Ty. These powers are only temporary, so we need to get this over and done with."
"Cool," Tanya said, looking her up and down.

"You look good in purple," Tommy told her. Ty struck an over-the-top pose before returning to business.
"What would Adam say to you complimenting her?" asked Rocky half- seriously.
That reminded Tanya of who was missing. "Where's Adam?" she demanded of the Ranger.
He laughed. "Your friend is dead."
"Who killed him?"
"That would be me."
"You're going to pay!"
All the Rangers got up and charged at the evil Ranger, including Kat who ran last. The evil Ranger slashed them all easily with a sword he pulled from a sheath on his waist. He dropped Kat on the ground and stood with one foot on her chest. "This was too easy." He raised his blade high above his head. "Any last words?"
"It's Adam!" The words burst from Kat's mouth.
The black ranger hesitated. With a quick chop to the Ranger's knee Kat freed herself and retreated to the rest of the Rangers. "SHIFT INTO TURBO! WIND CHASER TURBO POWER!"
"Adam? Is that you?" Tommy asked softly, looking intently at the Black Ranger.
"Adam is dead."
Kat shook her head hard. "No he's not."
"Yes he is! I'll prove it!" The Ranger rushed them swinging his sword madly. He hit them all, with sparks flying off of them. He stopped suddenly and cocked his head. "I would really love to destroy you now, but my mistress is calling. Catch ya on the flipside!" Black light punctuated his sentence as he teleported out.
"Now we have to fight against our own?" Tanya whispered.


"A brilliant plan if I do say so myself," Divatox said as she looked at herself in the mirror. "Beauty and brains? Huh! I wish I could kiss myself. "
"My Queen, I think that the potion may be weakening," Porto timidly interrupted. He motioned to Adam, studying the panels with an expression that perfectly described the phrase, 'The lights are on but no one's home.'
"No! He must be under my control until we destroy the Rangers and Earth is mine!" Divatox ranted. A grin stole across her face. "And until he is suitably evil enough to become my fiancée."
Adam walked over to Divatox and bowed. "May I destroy the Rangers now, mistress?" At the sound of his slightly huskier voice, Divatox shivered, whether in fear or something definitely more primal, no one around could be certain. She simply nodded. He met her eyes briefly. She could almost see her own face in the red and orange flames that danced in his formerly black irises.


"Guys, Adam's back at the park," Kat called out. She glanced nervously at the screen. "He's...demorphed?"
"Figures," Rocky muttered. "He was always saying back in Stone Canyon that he wanted to fight the morphed Rangers." When everyone looked at him, he grew defensive. "What? He did."


Adam turned around at the slight hissing noise of the teleportation. Tommy, Tanya, Ty, Kat and Rocky all shivered as they saw the flames in his eyes. He said nothing, just smiled coldly.
"Adam, man, don't do this!" Tommy called.
Adam's smile grew.
"Come on bud, don't do it!" Rocky yelled.
He cocked his head. "Don't do what?" he near-whispered, his now-husky voice making the Rangers even more wary of him.
"Whatever you're going to do!" Rocky called.
Adam raised his eyebrows. "So you don't want me to tell you where Divatox is."
"Where?" Tommy demanded, stepping forward.
Adam shook a finger at him. "Tsk, tsk, Tommy. Do you really expect me to tell you where my hideout is? I mean, I know where yours is."
"Then why don't you attack us there?" Kat yelled. "You're a coward!"
The thing in front of them chuckled. "Oh, I've been called a lot of names in my time, but that has got to be one that has no place describing me. Remember, I was a Power Ranger."
"If you're a Power Ranger, then you're on the side of good! All Power Rangers work for the side of good!" Tanya shouted.
Adam raised a hand, and magically it filled with fire. The bright blue flames were in a large teardrop shape, floating less than two inches above the palm of his hand. The Rangers stared at the fire, captivated. He smiled slowly, and after a brief pause he strode forward, the flame suddenly disappearing. The Rangers, suddenly released mentally from the staring contest with the flames, struggled to move, but found none of their body parts would respond.
His husky voice lowered. "I was a Power Ranger." He walked around each of them, sizing them up. Rocky was first, the flame-drenched orbs of his best friend flicking up and down before moving on. Tanya was the next victim, the red colour flickering over her face and going onto Kat before even looking her up and down. The glance up and down Kat was slow, studying, but in the end he moved on. Flickering colour met Tommy's helmet. The lithe young man smiled and pretend-saluted before he stepped away. Ty met his eyes defiantly. "Dalao," he hissed softly, turning so the softly exhaled breath skimmed over between where her helmet and where her shirt ended, if she hadn't been wearing the helmet.
The young man flicked his wrist, and a shiny, slightly gray bubble appeared over the top of them, spreading to cover the Rangers, some of the closer trees and the nearby pathway, which disappeared under the barrier. Adam clicked his fingers, and unwillingly all the Rangers took off their helmets. "Definitely my choice," he purred into Ty's ear. "You could have the world, anything you want." His voice sharpened, his next words directed at Tommy. "You would be my second hand, but I know you would never move to evil again. But, then again," Adam shrugged. "Maybe I could find a certain Green Power coin?" The look Tommy gave him would have intimidated the living daylights out of anyone, but Adam simply smiled, amused. "The famous 'look of death'. No one in six galaxies could match the look given by the famed Tommy Oliver."

The former Green and Black Ranger walked up to the leader of the Power Rangers and stood in front of him. Tommy, for the first time in a long time, felt real fear, even though the man before him was a good fifteen kilograms lighter, had less muscle, and was nearly an inch shorter. "Don't underestimate your opponents, bird-boy," he hissed. Adam suddenly grinned, making him look even more evilly manic. "Especially don't underestimate me." He clicked his fingers, and the Rangers found themselves placing their helmets back on. "I don't need to let out your identities to win."

Adam pointed his thumb and first finger like a gun and shot at Ty. "I'll be back for you," he promised. His evil smile became more evil, if possible, and he said as if he had forgotten. "Oh yeah. Welcome to the Power Rangers." He waved and teleported out.


Ty was sitting on the floor of the Command Centre, demorphed, staring into space. Kat had immediately sat and started reviewing fighting patterns, hoping for a weak spot, any weak spot, in their former friend's defenses. Tanya and Rocky were watching her. Tanya poked Rocky in the side. "Do you think she needs someone to talk to?" she whispered. "I did."
Rocky remembered it easily. They had just come back from fighting one of the first monsters Tanya had seen, and she had been the first to teleport away. He didn't see the next part, but he knew Adam had found her and had talked to her, giving her a shoulder to unload her worries and fears. He could remember, back near when he joined, a monster based on him, and Kimberly had spoken and listened to him, giving him a chance to talk. Adam hadn't really talked to anyone, just after the whole Sabrina/Mirror things he had taken a day off and mused about the whole Ranger thing. He had briefly confided in Billy, whom Rocky knew had probably been one of the easier people on the team for him to talk to.
Rocky nodded. "I'll do it." He nodded at Tommy, who was glancing occasionally at statistics during the fight, but was mostly looking into space. "You take Tom, I'll take Ty."


"How are you holding up?" a voice asked quietly. Ty recognized the voice as Rocky, and although she hadn't spoken to him much, she knew he was a pretty decent guy. He had to be, to be a Power Ranger…right?
"Pretty good, considering a homicidal maniac just threatened my life," she said lightly. "How are you?"
"Not quite so good," Rocky said, sitting on the ground and stretching his legs out in front. "My quote, best friend, end quote, turned out to be a monster, my real best friend turns out to be a evil Ranger, I don't know if we'll ever get him back, I don't know if we'll have to…" Rocky stopped for a second. "Destroy him, and I don't think he's ever going to be the same again. Other than that, I'm doing fine!" he said sarcastically.
"He was your best friend?" Ty asked softly. "I got the feeling Tommy was."
Rocky shook his head. "Tommy and Adam are equals in a lot of ways, but Tommy isn't one of those guys you can totally open up to. He's a good guy, but sometimes you need more than similarities to get through."
Ty looked up at him. "No offense, but it doesn't really seem like you and Adam have much in common."
"We have a bit, you just have to know both of us really well." Rocky stared at his hands. "Actually, we compliment each other more than we have in common. I've got a weird sense of humor, but Adam's more of the dry humor type. He's shy, won't usually talk to anyone he doesn't know, but I'll go up to anyone on the street and start a conversation." Rocky shrugged. "He's my conscience." He let out a dry laugh and shook his head. "Except for once in grade eight. It took me three weeks to get my revenge after he turned my hair purple."
Ty laughed in spite of herself. "I will not even ask."
Rocky turned serious. "Ty, there is always a chance to back out. No more battles, no more death threats…"
"No more evil Rangers after my butt?" Ty finished. She sighed. "I would really like quitting, but after you start…"
"You get addicted to the adrenaline rush. And you can't turn your back on being one of the Earth's only defenses," Rocky summed up. Ty smiled weakly. Rocky put an arm around her shoulders, pulling her towards him. "If you ever need to talk, just let me know," he said softly.
Ty nodded. "I will."


"Divatox!" Dark Spectre roared. The lava-monster appeared on the view screen on Divatox's base.
Divatox sashayed up to the screen. "Yes, my greatness?"
"Your pet is working excellently," Dark Spectre growled. "But he can no longer fight the earth-bound Rangers."
The evil pirate lost her composure. "What? That was my whole plan! Get a Ranger, destroy the rest, get a man...and plastic surgery!" she wailed.
"Divatox!" the monarch of evil bellowed. "That Ranger may serve you in whatever way you wish, but he must not, cannot, and will not have any contact with the earth-bound Rangers!" he commanded. Those being his last words, he disappeared from the viewing screen. Divatox wailed some more, generally being like a three-year-old kiddie throwing a tantrum.


"Rocko, Ty, there's something you should see,' Kat said. They rushed over, standing behind Tanya and Tommy as they watched the monitor. There was a diagram of Adam, with his body lightly coloured green, and a picture of a coloured Ty, her purple hue not even disguising the light colour of her skin.
"The Green Turbo powers are almost completely destroyed," Kat said without preamble. "The Black Turbo power has taken all possible footholds in Adam, pushing out the Green." She paused as they silently remembered their teammate. The diagram of Adam was draining the green and replacing it with a gray-black. "As we all know, Ty's Purple Turbo powers can't be permanent. There simply isn't enough information nor power to supply both Green and Purple. We can't destroy the Green or let it be destroyed, because that power is tied into our own. If we lose Green, we lose the rest. Fortunately, with four Turbo powers right here, we can call back the Green powers and let them replenish inside a chosen Ranger."

She glanced over at her fellow Rangers. Ty, Tommy and Tanya were all still blank-faced, but on Rocky, she could see that the possibility had dawned. "So, we transfer the Green Turbo powers to Ty! Kat, you're a genius!" Rocky exclaimed.
Kat rolled her eyes. "Stop with the Jolt, Rocky. It's permanently done something to your brain."


Ty watched as the stars up above were covered by clouds. Not even an hour ago, she had become the first female Green Ranger to walk the planet Earth. One of the first to receive powers that had been residing in an enemy. A tear dripped off her face and onto her knee, as she silently reminisced about the soft-spoken teenager she had met in Angel Grove Park, now possibly one of the deadliest enemies the Power Rangers would ever face.
After all, how could Power Rangers fight against their own?