Part 3
"I can't believe that they got into the city." Ashlyn complained as she ran towards the area that Kimberly had indicated Leslie would be in.
"Well we can worry about how they got in later. Our main concern is making sure Leslie is okay." Kimberly reinforced. She looked down at the pink Power Morpher that she was carrying. It didn't look much different than the one that the Rangers used back when Zordon first recruited them. She did take note of the things that were different however. Like the fact the Leslies was gold with pink time. Kimberly also noticed that Leslies Power Coin was pink. She hadn't had a chance to see the rangers morph yet but was sure that it looked quite similar to her old morph. "They should be right over here." she pointed out as they rounded the corner to the cafe.
To their surprise the two women found that the area was empty. There were signs that a fight had obviously went on her but it had either ended or moved on to another location. There was foot prints heading off in another direction. Ashlyn kneeled down and took a look at them.
"Well it doesnt look like they caught her." She told Kimberly "Looks like they ran off this way." She said pointing towards the cities outskirts.
"Yeah and it looks like there are a lot more of them than Melissa told me." Kimberly added after looking down at the tracks. "You better call in the others."
"Good idea." Ashlyn reached down and grabbed her communicator. "Guys we have a problem." She said.
After a few moments there was a crackle and then a voice from the communicator. "What's wrong Ashlyn?" Mark asked. It was his turn to stay in the Command Center and monitor things.
"Looks like a group of Vandairre Soldiers and an Alpha got into the city. They're chasing Leslie somewhere near the outskirts." Ashlyn informed the Black Ranger.
"Hold on I'll see if I can get her location." He replied.
"Don't bother she left her communicator at home. Kimberly and I found it and her Morpher on her nightstand." Ashlyn returned.
"Oh that's just great. I'll call the others and have them meet you. Everyone except for Tara is at home." Mark told her.
"Thanks. Ashlyn out." The Yellow Ranger lowered her communicator and turned to Kimberly. "Well they should around in a few minutes."
"Fine then I think there's only one thing left to do before we head out." Kimberly said in response.
"Right." Ashlyn placed her hand behind her back. "It's Morphin Time!!!"
Kat awoke to find herself in a tent surrounded by what looked like medical personel. They were doing various things but all of them seemed to be focused on checking her condition. She sat up quickly and found that the act had made her extremely dizzy. She slumped back down and then held up her had. Several medical personel moved over to her and helped her to sit up slowly. "Where's my husband?" she asked.
"He's talking to the Queen." One of the staff said to her. "You should lay down, you've been through quite a shock."
"I want my husband." Kat bellowed.
"I'll send someone to get him immediately." the staff member told her.
"No need." Tommy said as he walked into the medical tent. "I'm right here honey."
Kat tried to smile but the act seemed to hurt. "Tommy what happened?"
"We made it to the camp and you seemed to be pretty bad off. We had to rush you to the medical tent so that they could look at you." He told her.
A female figure that had been standing close to Tommy walked over to Kat. "You've been through quite an ordeal." The female told her.
"Who are you?" Kat asked.
"Forgive me. I am Queen Xanya the ruler of Keldeha." the stranger answered.
"Kat the Vandairre have all but ruined this planet. They didn't have a defense when Nicandros' armada arrived" Tommy told his wife.
Kat put her hand up as if to ask him to 'hold that thought.' "Can I leave now?" she asked one of the medical staff.
"Of course. But you going to be sore for a while. Those animals really did a number on you. It's a wonder that you survived as long as you did."
Kat nodded in agreement and then held her hand out for Tommy to come help her up. "Now what were you saying?"
"When Nicandros got here they didn't have much of a defense so..."
"So..." the Queen cut in "So I looked back to an old legend that my people have. I sent my only daughter to the planet Earth to seek the help of a wise and powerful wizard that is said to have the power to save the universe."
"Zordon?" Kat puzzled.
"That is correct. And when I discovered that the Earth to was under control of these marauders I sent a boy named Aron to find my daughter and protect her." The Queen finished.
Tommy took over again. "When they left the Queen gave each of them golden coins that were supposed to be proof that they were from Keldeha. Aron made it to Earth and his coin helped to reactivate the Power Chamber."
"That's right you told me that there's a new team of Rangers and our son is one of them." Kat remembered.
"Yes and so is Aron. He became the Red Ranger." Tommy told her
"Then that means that Jayna must also be one of these Power Rangers." the Queen said.
"That's just what I was about to tell you when we got here." said Tommy. "There is no Ranger named Jayna. There are a total of eight Rangers."
"Eight!!!" Kat gasped. "There's never been more than six of us on one team."
"Yeah eight Ranger and eight Zords." Tommy told his wife.
"There's something that I want to know Tommy." Kat said.
"What's that?"
"Where do I get something to eat. The Vandairre don't feed their prisoners very well and I'm starving." Kat said rubbing her stomach.
Kimberly was amazed by Ashlyns morph. It was unlike any she had seen before. She had felt the rush of energy gather through that area and settle on the Yellow Ranger and knew in that instant that this one Ranger was more powerful than the her past teams would have been combined.
"We better get that morpher to Leslie." the Yellow Ranger said.
"Here you go." Kimberly said offering the device to her companion.
"No you hold onto it. I might have to hold them off while you get it to her."
Kimberly nodded in agreement as they ran to find Leslie.
It wasn't long before they spotted her and saw that she was fitting a dozen or so Soldiers. "Leslie are you okay?" Yellow asked.
"I'm fine but I don't have my morpher." Leslie answered as she hit one of the Soldiers with a backhand.
"Let me take care of some of those jerks for you." Yellow said while she moved to the attack.
"I would appreciate that." Leslie returned.
The Yellow Ranger became a sudden blur of motion. In what seemed like just a fraction of a second she had shattered four of the Soldiers helmets and knocked three others to the ground. "See no problem at all." she taunted.
"Yes Yellow Ranger you are quite good at destroying mere foot soldiers but why don't you try battling someone closer to your level of power." a voice said from a shadow in front of her.
"You want a piece of me come and get it." Yellow said.
A figure stepped into view. It was a horrible looking creature with skin as black as night and flame red hair. It's eyes as well as it's finger nails glowed a pale orange. To top it all of the creature was wearing a suit of chainmail that appeared to be decorated with the skulls of several creatures and exuded an aura of fear.
"And what are you exactly supposed to be?" Yellow asked arrogantly even though her stomach was sinking into the pits of her feet.
"I Power Ranger am what shall be your ultimate doom but you may refer to me as Fearax." The Alpha replied.
The soldier seemed to be effected by the creatures fearsome aura also. The began to back away as Fearax and the Yellow Ranger circled each other. "It's a shame I'm going to have to destroy you. You are both very beautiful women."
"Thanks for the compliment but it's still not going to stop me from kicking your but." Yellow said but was thinking 'Brave talk Ashlyn, this think has you pertified and you know it."
"My aren't you brave Yellow Ranger but that's not going to save you." Fearax laughed.
The creature was hit by a bolt of energy and spun around and fell to the ground.
"Did you see that guys I had to save Ashlyns butt again." The Purple Ranger said as she came running in.
"What are you talking about squirt? We didn't even start fighting yet." Yellow retorted.
"Yeah and it's a good thing. That guy would have trashed you." Purple threw back.
"Umm guys maybe you can do this later." Blue said.
"There will be no later for you Rangers." Fearax said.
The Alpha turned around and looked at the Rangers. Each could feel a wash of fear over take them and they all began to back away as the creature moved in closer.
Fearax hit the Green Ranger and sent him spinning into a building. Next he attacked the White Ranger with a kick that sent him flying into the air and then slamming into the ground.
Purple ran to help her teammates and executed a flying roundhouse. Fearax ducked under her kick and caught her leg. He then twirled around and slammed her to the ground.
Kimberly stood on oneside of the monster unable to move while Leslie stood on his otherside in the same condition.
Fearax reached forward and pulled some type of sword out of thin air. He quickly moved to attack the Red and Blue Rangers, who were standing next to each other preparing their attack. The sword strike hit it's mark on Blue and made him stagger to the side and trip over Red.
"Leslie this guy is tearing the Rangers apart I think you'll need this." Kimberly said as she tossed the Power Morpher through the air to the Pink Ranger.
Fearax jumped up in an attempt to catch the device but was intercepted by a dropkick from the incoming Black Ranger.
"Leslie I think It's Morphin Time." Black said as Fearax retaliated with a sword strike to his leg.
Leslie caught the Power Morpher and held it up "Phoenix!!!" she called out.
A bath of pink light washed over her and transformed her into the Pink Ranger.
"Phoenix Fire Whip Strike!!!" she called yelled. Her flaming weapon appeared in her hand and she used it to lash at Fearax.
The Alpha shrugged off the attack and moved over to Pink Ranger. He reached down and grabbed her by the neck. With her firmly in his grasp her lifted her into the air and pointed his sword at her stomach.
"Quick Blade!!!" Yellow called out. When the weapon appeared she yelled out "Hyper Rush!" and in a blur of motion knocked Pink from Fearaxs grip. "How about we try this again?"
Pink stood up gasping for air. "Lets bring them together." she said.
"Ice Blade!!!" White said.
"Elemental Staff!!!" Black yelled.
"Aqua Axe!!!" Blue cried.
"Storm Sword!!!" said Green.
"Quick Blade!!!" Yellow shouted.
"Flame Sais!!!" called out Red.
"Plasma Bow!!!" Purple said.
"Okay, Fire Whip." Pink Ranger used her weapon to grab the completed Power Blaster and pulled it down to her.
The other Rangers surrounded her as she aimed the weapon. "FIRE!!!" they shouted out in unison.
The multi-colored blast shot forth and smashed into Fearax. The monster stumbled back as his body was rocked by the energy that hit it and could feel his body beginning to break apart. He responded with the only option that he had left and pulled out the vial of growth potion that was giving to all Alphas and monsters.
With the vial broken the contents began to ooze out and coagulate around Fearax, causing the growth effect that the Rangers had become familiar with.
"When are they going to learn that this never does any good?" Black asked.
"We need TitanZord power now!!!" the Rangers cried out in unison as the pulled their morphers from their belts and raised them to the air. Beams of light shot out of the Power Coins and into the air.
"Blue Ranger, Fox, TitanZord power."
"White Ranger, Lynx, TitansZord power."
"Yellow Ranger, Cheetah, TitanZord power."
"Black Ranger, Panther, TitanZord power."
"Purple Ranger, Dragon, TitanZord, power."
"Red Ranger, Bull, TitanZord power."
"Pink Ranger, Phoenix, TitanZord power."
"Green Ranger, Eagle, TitanZord power."
The TitanZords came charging and diving in and the Rangers took their places at the control panels of their living fighting machines.
"It's your call Leslie, are you ready?" Jarrold said from the cockpit of the Eagle TitanZord.
"Yeah, guys form the Mega TitanZord." Leslie ordered.
Kimberly watched on as the massive machines combined to form the most awesome MegaZord ever created. She stood in awe as she looked at a site that she hadn't seen in years and missed being part of. "Go get em Power Rangers!" she called out to the teens.
The TitanZords combined into their more menacing form and rushed into the attack.
"Wing Blades!!!" Leslie commanded the Zord.
The huge warrior took flight and came down in a dive, heading straight for Fearax. The wings of the Mega TitanZord became charged with energy and the two middle wings launched and flew down, striking the Alpha.
"Now it's time for the Wing Drill!!!" this time the lower wings seperated from the rest of the machine just as it touched down. The DragonZords tail appeared and merged with the wings. The new weapon hit raced towards Fearax and pierced his heavy armor.
"I think that's where we should hit him." Tara suggested.
"Alright then, Power Sword Online." Jarrold said.
The Mega TitanZords final weapon appeared in the sky and dropped down to its hand. The wings of the Zord reattached and it raced towards the Alpha. Jarrold aimed the Mega TitanZords attack at the weak point the the Wing Drill had created and pushed the blade through, impaling Fearax and cuasing him to explode.
"And that as they say is that." Leslie said with a smile.
"Why do these things seem to get easier every time we fight them?" Tara griped.
"Easy huh? Maybe we should let you fight the next one by yourself." Ashlyn said.
"Why not? I'd do a lot better than you Ashlyn."
"Wake up Melissa." Leslie said as he gently shook the girl.
Melissa looked up, saww that her friend was alright and gave her a hug. "How did you get back?"
"The Power Rangers found me and beat the Soldiers and a monster that was with them." Leslie answered.
"You saw the Power Rangers?" Melissa asked excitedly.
"Yeah and they said that they would looked for your family."
"Really?!" Melissas face brightened up.
"And I was wondering if you wanted to stay with me until they do." Leslie told her.
"Thank you Leslie." For the first time in as long as she could remember a feeling of safety overcame the girl as she stood up and prepared to go to her new home with her new friend.