Part 1
Jarrold and soldiers faced off for a few moments before one of the soldiers got anxious. The soldier charged at the unmorphed ranger who responded by doing a spin kick and hitting him in the side of the head. The soldier dropped to his knees and his eyes began to water. Jarrold picked up a large book and took the offensive by jumping up and smashing the soldier in the head with it. The helmet immediately fell into pieces and the soldier turned to dust.
The others looked on at Jarrold in shock, as if decideing if they wanted to risk attacking him. One of them decided that the reward was worth the risk and charged catching the youngster off guard as he turned around from his previous attack. Jarrold was caught in the stomach and sent flying into an empty bookshelf. The soldier decided that to press the attack and ran towards Jarrold.
Jarrold orientated himself quickly and spun to the side bringing his leg up into the soldiers midsection. The soldier doubled over and was caught by another kick in the face which caused him to flip over and crash through a table.
The little boy and girl quietly stood up and started towards the door. One of the soldiers saw them moving and ran to cut them off. Just as he grabbed the little girl Jarrold kicked him the back of the head and sent him flipping out of the door. "Try picking on someone your own size jerk." he said wiping his hands off on his pants.
Jarrold looked down at the girl, who looked like she was about to begin crying. The girl held her arms up as if wanting their rescuer to pick her up. Jarrold reached down to pick her up but felt a kick in the leg. He turned around and saw the little boy standing behind him shaking his fist. "Stay away from my sister" the boy warned as he grabbed the girl and pulled her to him. Jarrold lunged at the boy and his eyes turned white as he expected the strange amn to attack him. But to his surprise the man lept over him with a kick and hit that hit a soldier coming in the door in the chest.
Jarrold turned to look at the boy once more. "Are you going to fight me some more or are you going to come with me so that I can get to somewhere safe?" he asked.
"How do I know that I can trust you?" the boy asked.
"It's a whole lot better than trusting them isn't?" Jarrold told the boy, who still looked weary of him. "Tell you what, I'll take you to somewhere safe where you can eat and get cleaned up. You have to be scared of them anymore, I won't let them hurt you."
The little girl seemed convinced and once again raised her arms for Jarrold to pick her up. This time her older brother didn't object and walked with them through the door. "Call me Jarrold" he told them.
"I'm Kimmie" the little girl told him. Her brother didn't say a word. "My big brothers name is Travis." she told Jarrold.
Jason and his dad walked through the city of Angel Grove towards the outskirts. Jason had hoped to see Jarrold so they could all go back together but that didn't happen. Jason had decided that Jarrold must have wanted to be alone for a while and that they would meet up at the Power Chamber.
"How are things going for you guys?" Tommy asked his son.
Well now that we have the Zords things seem to be going a lot better. We haven't been attacked in a week or so and decided to take a break. Jarrold was supposed to be around here some where but I guess just meet him back at the Power Chamber."
"So how is the old place Jase? I bet it's just like we left it."
"I don't know about that but I wasn't prepared for what I saw when I got there. That place is so small on the outside but when you get in it's huge. We have a whole village of people living in there and it's not even crowded."
Tommy shot his son a worried look "what do you mean?"
"Oh yeah." Jason said as he realized what it sounded like. "They don't know that we're the Rangers. We have an inner chamber setup that no one else can enter and that's where we stay."
"Jason that's dangerous. If you guys get caught going in or coming out they'll find out who you are. No ones supposed to know."
"Well what should we do? Barberon destroyed their village and they had no where else to go."
"I understand, as a Ranger you have to do whatever you can to help but I have an idea of how we can help them."
"And how is that dad?" Jason questioned his Tommy.
"I'll tell you later. For now I want you to tell me about the other Rangers."
"Man those guys are a piece of work. Their my bestfriends but it really takes some work to get used to their different personalites. I bet things were easier in your day."
"Well in some ways they were. The original team had known each other already when they became Power Rangers and they took me in after I came to Angel Grove before I was a Ranger. We did have our problems though. Rita attacked us on a daily basis as did the others. It wasn't that bad but each villain came close to beating us several times. We always won in the end. We even had our fair share of fights between ourselves but through it all we remained friends."
"Cool friends are important. We're all friends it's just that there a some major personality conflicts. Like Tara and Ashlyn."
"Their purple and yellow aren't they?" The former Ranger asked.
"Yeah and they also want to kill each other and just about everyone else."
"Well why don't you tell me about them Jase."
"Okay, well Tara seems to be smart but she has a major chip on her shoulder. She also just might be the best fighter on the team." Jason told him.
"So what's the problem between her and Ashlyn?"
"Ashlyns got a real attitude problem. But I think that the real problem is that Jarrold has this thing for Ashlyn and she just keeps blowing him off. Tara is very protective of her older brother."
"So this is about about Jarrold then."
"Even with all that I don't think it's about him. The two really just don't like each other."
"Wow my team really didn't have anything like that, everyone got along great."
"That's not the half of it dad."
"Well tell me all about it."
Get ready for a long story then." Jason laughed.
Jarrold walked to the door of the Oliver home along with the two children that he had rescued from the Vandairre soldiers. 'Hopefully Jason is here' he thought to himself. He felt a tug on his pants leg and looked down at Kimmie "What is it sweetie?" he asked as the door opened. The girl didn't answer but instead ducked behind him when she saw the women that opened the door.
"Jarrold!" Kim said, surprised to see the Green Ranger.
"Hi Kimberly. I'm here to meet Jason." the team leader said.
"He left with his dad earlier this morning. Their probably on the edge of town by now. Why don't you try the communicator?"
"Good idea" he said placing the bracelet type communications device next to his mouth.
Kimberly leaned over and scrutinized the two children that were with Jarrold. They were very small and looked like they hadn't eaten in days. The little girl really caught her attention though, maybe it was because of her big eyes or maybe it was that she looked so frail but Kimberly wanted to pick her up. As she reached to out to her the little girl clutched Jarrolds leg tightly and tugged on his pants.
Jarrold pulled the communicator away and looked down at the frightened little girl. "What is it Kimmie, are you okay?" then he realized how skittish the kids had been when they first met him an hour or so ago.
Kimberly looked at Jarrold 'I haven't been called Kimmie in years' she said but she made a realization when the girl answered.
"I'm scared Jarrold." the little girl told him. "The soldiers are going to come for us again."
"No they won't sweetie I won't let them get you. And do you see this nice lady. Well she was a Power Ranger. I won't let them and neither will she."
"That's right Kimmie we won't let anyone hurt you." She tried to assure the girl.
This was the about all that Travis could take "What do you mean she was a Power Ranger!" he exclaimed. "We have to run from them or they'll get us like they got mom and dad." the boy said almost on the verge of tears.
"Travis what happened to your parents?" Jarrold asked. "What did those aliens do to them?"
"We were on our way to meet up with our camp on the outside of the city and we got caught by a group of soldiers on their way inside the city. Mom and dad were captured by Kimmie and I got away. I over heard them saying they were going to kill the White Rangers and there were a lot of them. I feel sorry for whoever the White Rangers are."
That didn't mean anything to Travis and Kimmie but to Kimberly Ann Hart that meant everything. Her bestfriend and son were about to be attacked by who knows how many aliens soldiers that wanted nothing more than to destroy them. "Jarrold" she gasped "you better warn them."
Jarrold got a really worried look on his face. "I tried to call them but get an answer." he said.
"Jarrold..."
"I'm on it, just make sure that these two are okay please." He said as he turned to run off. Kimmie grabbed his leg.
"What's going on Jarrold?" the little girl asked. "I wanna go with you."
"You'll be safer here with Kimberly kiddo."
"You guys come with me. I'll get you cleaned up and fed then you could meet Elliot."
"I'll be back for you guys when I find my friends." Jarrold told the kids as he ran off to find the White Rangers.
Prince Goldar stepped off of his shuttle and walked towards the throne room. Goldar hated these long space flights almost as much as he hated this planet. He would have much rather teleported here but had lost that ability years ago when Zedd and Rita had been turned to good by Zordons wave of pure good energy. He remembered the feeling as the energy washed over him and felt as if his body were being torn apart molecule by molecule but when he awoke he found that he was lying in some sort of throne room. At first he thought that Lord Zedd had somehow found a way to save them but he would soon learn the truth. Within a matter of days Goldar was pledging his loyatly to a new master who was far more powerful then Zedd and Rita could have ever been even with their combined strength.
Emperor Nicandros had excepted Goldar because he had once encountered his race before and they were known to be the fiercest warriors in the galaxy. Mainly it was because Nicandros had recognized Goldars royal armor and knew that among his race not even the most vile would stupe to wearing the golden armor of a royal. Goldar was different under Nicandros he was no longer the bumbler that he had been before. Nicandros treated Goldar with respect and the two actually became friends. Rito (who had been teleported along was even different.) He was more serious, more graceful and what's more had been restored to his humanoid self. Something that Rita hadn't been able to do ever since she caused the accident that transformed him into a pile of animated bones. Goldar felt sorry for having to leave his bestfriend behind but knew that Triforia would be in good hands with him in charge.
Goldar entered the throne room and knelt before he emperor. "You summoned me my lord?" Goldar said in his guttural tone.
"No need to be so formal my friend. Stand up and come to me." Nicandros said from atop his elevated throne. "I have a mission for you."
"What is it my emperor I conquer whatever planet that you want me to." Goldar howled.
"There's no need for that. I already have the planets that I want save two and I'm off for the first of those soon."
"Then what do you require of me my lord?" Goldar asked once again. He knew that he was maybe the only person in the universe that could get away with questioning the emperor and he didn't take that lightly.
"I'll be brief about it Goldar. The Power Rangers have returned." Nicandros said raising from his throne.
"How is this possible?" Goldar shouted. "We destroyed them and captured the ones that lived."
"It doens't matter how they came back. They have returned and now have their Zords. Barberon is dead and to make matters worse Tommy Oliver is still alive."
"This is impossible. I was there I saw Oliver die." Goldar saw the emperor tremble at every mention of Tommy Oliver. The ranger that was destined to end his reign. "I will destroy them again my lord. They don't have a chance."
"Good Goldar. This is what I want to hear. Now go and finish this nuisance once and for all." With that he waved his hand to dismiss his friend.
Goldar didn't say another word but simply walked out of the throne room and turned towards the shuttle bay.
Vaard walked up to Goldar and grabbed his arm. "Wait a minute Prince Goldar. I want you to take this with you." he said handing the monster a golden pendant. "It will help you to defeat the Power Rangers."
"Thank you Vaard." The alien Prince said as he continued on to the shuttle bay. He looked down at the pendant and began to smile. "Those rangers are doomed."
"Aron is hiding something." Jason continued "whatever it is he's scared to tell us as if he doesn't trust us. I think that Tara knows but she's not saying."
"Pretty interesting team you guys have there son. So what about Mark and Bryan. Well Bryan is an excellent ranger and so is Mark and they both keep cool in a fight. Bryan won't tell us to much about himself and Mark who by the way is a lot younger than the rest of us is in major love with Tara."
"They sound like good people and you should appreciate that. They may not be what your used to but they really do seem to be perfect to be rangers."
"Thanks dad I wa..." Jason was cut off when Tommy put his hand over his mouth.
"Shh.. Do you hear that?" Tommy asked.
Jason craned his neck out to see is he could hear what his dad was talking about. There was the sound of voices and had the metallic grating sound that could be recognized as a Vandairre soldiers armor. There were dozens of them and they sounded as if they were angry about something. "Man there's got to be like forty of them. What are we going to do?"
"Normally you wouldn't morph just to fight these guys but I think that it would be a good idea to go ahead this time." Tommy told him.
Jason nodded and reached behind his back. "It's Morphin Time!" he called out. Then his eyes went large. The morpher didn't appear. "It's Morphin Time!" he called out again. The morpher still didn't appear. Then he remembered. "Damn I left the morpher and coin at the house."
"Well use your communicator and call for backup."
Jason reached to activate the communicaor then put his head down. "Sorry left that at the house to."
Despite the situation Tommy couldn't help but laugh. How many times had he forgot his morpher or his communicator. He had certainly done it enough times himself. This only served to prove one thing Jason was most certainly an Oliver. "We'd better get out of here as quietly as we can." he said to his son.
"Okay but which way do we go. The town looks like it's crawling with those guys, the Power Chamber is a lot farther but there's less of a chance of us running into a bunch of soldiers."
"You decide, you're the White Ranger now. We'll go your way."
"We'll go back to the Power Chamber. I doubt that even morphed I could take this many of them."
"Okay lets go then." Tommy said sneaking around the back of a group of soldiers. Even though he wouldn't be morphin again it felt good for him to be out actively fighting the aliens.
Jason followed his dad past the soldiers and into the desert that led to the Power Chamber.
Jarrold ran as fast as he could trying to reach the outskirts of the city in hopes of catching up with Jason and Tommy before the Vandairre soldiers did. He had already begun to fear the worse. He had tried several times to contact Jason via the wrist communicator but got no response. The Green Ranger knew that Jason was a very capable fighter and that his father was even better. He still couldn't shake the feeling that something bad had happened or was about to happen. Jarrold picked up his pace.
Kimberly finished making lunch for the two kids that had been brought to her and sat them down at the table. She had already washed them up and as they ate she pulled out a brush and started to run it through Kimmies long brunnette hair. The little girl started to giggle, this reminded Kimberly of her at this age. Her mom would sit down with her while she ate lunch and spend an ahour brushing her long hair. Kim remembered the day that she cut her hair (it was just 2 day before she became a Power Ranger) and how her mother had reacted when she walked into the house. "How could you do that to your long beautiful hair?" she had asked. Kimberly tried to explain that it got in the way during her gymnastics. Things were even worse when she saw the look on Jasons face. Not many people knew about her crush on the star athlete that she carried even through her long relationship with Tommy.
"Kim" he had said, "where's your hair?" his eyes had opened wide as he looked at her. She had been expecting some sort of reaction but the look on his face almost made her cry. But she certainly understood why he had reacted that way. They had known each other since they were 3 years old and her hair had alays been long. What upset her however was the fact that Zach, Billy and Trini had all seemed to like her new look. Kim had gone through so much to impress Jason and for him to react like this was a very stinging thing. He hadn't said anything mean it was just the look that he had.
The sound of the front door opening broke Kimberly away from her nostalgia. She slowly stood up and walked to the kitchen door. Just as she reached to open it and head into the living room Elliot burst through the door nearly knocking her down. The boy was panting heavily and out of breath.
Travis stood up from the table and moved in front of Kimberly, taking a defensive stance. Elliot simply looked at him and reached for Kimberly. "Kim we need to get out of here fast." he shouted.
"Elliot what's going on?" she asked picking up on the boys excitement.
"What's going on is that this city is crawling with those soldiers and their headed this way!" he said. "We need to hurry."
Travis grabbed his little sister and headed for the door.
"You kids better stay with us. You'll be safe. I won't let them get you." Kim reassured them.
"How can you stop them?" Kimmie asked.
"There's a hiding spot in the dojo." We can sneak out the back and hide until help comes."
"Whatever, let's just get out of here." Travis said.
Everyone looked at the boy but nodded in agreement.
"Come on." Kimberly told them. "Let's get out of here."
"Tara I thought that I told you know to touch my weapon!" Ashlyn shouted, as she stormed into the room.
"Trust me it'll work even better now." the young Purple Ranger said as she put the weapon back on the table.
"It worked just fine before. I don't want it blowing up in my face." Ashlyn said.
"Have a little faith Ashlyn. I fixed all of them. Even managed to add a little something special to all of them. Here try it." she said handing the sword to the Yellow Ranger.
Ashlyn took the sword from Tara and swung it around slowly. The weapon sliced through the air with the slightest movement. "It's a lot lighter than it was before. What did you do to it?"
"It's really complicated but think about how much more effective it will be when your morphed."
Ashlyn contemplated what she could do with a weapon this light. She was going to enjoy the enhancements that Tara made to the weapon. "What else did you do to it?" she asked.
"I'm saving the best part for last." Tara told her.
"Well just make sure that you don't mess em up." Ashlyn said, slightly annoyed that Tara wouldn't tell her what else she had done to their weapons. She then placed her newly modified weapon back on Taras work table and walked out of the door.
"She's going to love the rest of it." Tara said rubbing her hands together like some sort of mad genious.
Leslie walked through the cooridors of the Power Chamber. It seemed different than when she had first come here a few weeks ago. Mainly it was the cavernous structure was now filled with people where it had been empty the day that the Rangers had first come here. She liked having all these people around but it made her claustrophobic. She had gotten used to wandering around alone when she needed to think but now there was no way to do that.
Becky came around the corner holding her head down, still in thought about how to ask the Power Rangers if they were who she thought. She bumped into Leslie, who was also not watching and both of the young women went sprawling to the ground.
"I'm sorry." Leslie said, reaching out to help the Captain up.
"No problem." Becky said, as she took Leslies hand to stand up. The two looked at each other for a moment and then started to walk away. "Hey have you seen Jarrold or Jason?" she asked just before Leslie rounded the corner.
"Sorry no I haven't." Leslie replied.
"Well if you see either of them could you tell them that I want to talk to them. I understand that Jason is from Angel Grove. I just got information that the Vandairre are setting up some kind of base it the city and I want Jason to go in and see what it would take to sabotage them."
Leslie began to worry but tried to hide it "I'll tell them" she said rushing off around the corner.
The Pink Ranger ran into the Inner Sanctum that the rangers kept private "Rangers we have a problem!" she shouted.
Bryan and Mark came running into the room. "What is it Leslie?" Mark asked.
"Captain Sawyer just told me that she was looking for Jason because she wanted him to go on a mission for her."
"So what's the problem with that?" Bryan asked.
"The mission was to infiltrate a Vandairre base in Angel Grove to sabotage it."
"Those aliens have a base in the city now." Tara said as she ran into the Command Center.
"We have to get there fast. Where's Aron? He's in charge here." said Mark.
"He said that he was going to visit Jenn and Kari and take them on a picnic." Tara said.
"Yeah we can always call him if we need him."
"I guess that put's Bryan in charge." Ashlyn said.
"Okay let's get going." Bryan said.
"Right!!!" They all called out in unison.
They ran out into the cooridor and headed to the front of the building.
"I hope we're not to late." Ashlyn said.
Jason ran to his dads side. They were caught by surprise and didn't have a real chance to defend themselves. There were dozens of soldiers and as good as they were both knew that they wouldn't be able to take this many soldiers so they had just been intent on holding them of until they could slip away. That plan hadn't worked either because one of the soldiers had got a lucky shot hitting Tommy in the legs and making it impossible for him to walk.
"Jason I thought that I told you to get out of here." The former White Ranger shouted at the new White Ranger.
"And leave you with these guys. Mom would kill me if I did that." Jason said.
"You might not have to worry about that if these jerks have their way." Tommy retorted.
"Oh believe me I'm definately more afraid of mom then these morons."
"And you have a good reason to be. I've seen her mad before. Man she's a psycho sometimes." They both laughed.
The soldiers began to move in closer. Tommy tried to get to his feet he was to proud to be killed laying on his back like some kind of invalid.
Soldiers parted as Tommy stood up. The two heroes heard the clank of metal and loud footsteps approaching. "Oh no not another one of Nicandros half-witted monsters." Jason said
"Hardly" came trhe response in the form of a low growl.
Tommys mouth dropped when he heard the voice. Jason had never seen fear on his dads face until today. "What is it dad? Do you know that guy?"
"Tommy I'm hurt that you wouldn't tell your son about me and I thought that we were friends."
Tommy began to shake but quickly regained himself. "There's now way in hell we were friends Goldar."