Part 3
Jarrold and the Vandairre commander stared at each other harshly for a few moments, trying to get a feeling for each others resolve. Finally the commander made the first move and charged at Jarrold. The battle began with the commander reaching forward to grab Jarrold. Jarrold spun around behind the soldier, grabbed his arm, twisted it behind his back and swept his leg back causing the soldier to fall face first with sickening thud.
The other soldiers stopped to look at their commander for a moment and then continued their attack on the unmorphed Rangers. There were now more than two dozen soldiers attacking and more seemed to be joining in. Everytime one went down two or three more would pop up.
"I can't believe this." Ashlyn said.
"Yeah these guys are coming out of the woodwork." Bryan added.
"This is getting ridiculous." said Aron.
The soldier that Jarrold was battling stood up slowly and cracked his knuckles. "Ok human now I know what you have, it's my turn to show you what I have." he said.
Jarrold realized that he was about to be in serious trouble. This was obviously no ordinary soldier. He thought back to when the Rangers had fought Barberon, more specifically their first encounter. Everyone thought that he was just a normal soldier. That was until he showed his true self. "Guys we're in trouble!" Jarrold shouted to the others. "The big ones an Alpha."
"Just how many of them are there?" Ashlyn questioned.
"There are far more than you can handle but none is more powerful than Monstar'on" the Alpha said as he started the transformation into his more powerful form.
"Damn, why does this always happen to us." questioned Bryan.
Tara stood in the living room of Kimberlys house and waited while Kimmie and Travis looked throughout the house for her. The young Power Ranger began to pace back and forth and just when she was about to walk a hole in the carpet. Just when she thought that she couldn't wait any longer Kimmie came through the door holding Kimberlys hand.
"Can I help you?" Kimberly asked.
Tara stood silent for another second then nodded. "I'm Tara, Jarrolds sister."
Kimbery had heard of Tara but this was the first time that she had met her. She realized that if the Purple Ranger left the Power Chamber something must be going on. "How is your brother?" she asked.
Tara tried to hide the worried look that she had. She didn't want the kids to catch on that somethings wrong. "An old friend stopped by the house and Jarrold told me to come get you." Tara said. "You know to see this old friend of yours." she added with a wink.
Kimberly nodded an acknowledgement and then turned to Kimmie "Tell you brother and Elliott that I had to run off for a little while. I'll be back later."
"Okay." the little girl said as she bopped off.
Kimberly leaned close to Taras ear. "What's going on?" she whispered.
"Well I found these robot parts and put them together. When I activated it the long guy freaked out and trapped us behind a force field. He said that he wouldn't let us go until I brought one of the Power Rangers." Tara explained in one long whispered breath.
"But you guys are the Power Rangers." Kimberly returned.
"Yeah but the memory module that I used was from an older Alpha. It already had memories and apparently you are in them." Tara said.
"I see. You must have found the module that Billy took from Alpha 5. Let's go." said the former Pink Ranger.
"Okay we can teleport to the Power Chamber." Tara suggested. She placed her communicator near her mouth and activated it. "Power Chamber this is Tara. Please respond."
There was silence for a few moments and then the communicator came to life. "This is the Power Chamber." came the little robots voice.
"I have her bring us in Alpha."
With two flashes on light, one purple and the other gray the two girls teleported to the Power Chamber.
Jason took a moment to size up their situation. It was basically this. There were about forty-two civilians, there were surrounded by about four dozen soldiers and there were three Rangers who and no Powers. "We are so screwed." Jason said.
Leslie spoke into her communicator "Jarrold, we ran into a little trouble here. We need help." she said.
"Sorry can't help you right now Leslie, we're kinda in a little trouble ourselves." Jarrold replied.
"What's going on over?" she asked, more than a little bit worried.
"Sorry can't talk. There's a nasty Alpha here. Jarrold out." Jarrold said as he closed there communication link.
"Guys we're not going to get any help from the others. Jarrold said their dealing with an Alpha." Leslie reported.
"This just keeps getting better and better." Mark complained.
"Well the main thing that we have to worry about is these people. Powers or not we're still Rangers so let's go it." Jason said.
The unmorphed Rangers made their move to take on the soldiers. Their main concern awas to get the civilians to safety. They could always clean come back to take out the rest of these soldiers later.
"We have to get these people a clearing to get out of here." Leslie said
"I just hope that Tara can get my mom to the Power Chamber fast." Jason announced between kicks at a Vandairre soldier.
The big Vandairre commander had undergone his transformation and was now a monster standing about eleven feet tall. He had green skin with bright blue hair. Jarrold noticed that this one looked almost ridiculous when compared to the other monsters that they had battled.
"It can't believe this. Nicandros must be joking. I mean look at this guy." Bryan laughed.
Monst'ron became angry at Bryans taunting and charged in, ramming the virtually unprotected Blue Ranger and sending him flying across the street. "How does that feel funny man?" The Alpha scoffed.
Ashlyn moved over to protect the now unconcious Bryan. Jarrold and Aron moved to circle around the Alpha trying to keep him distracted from the others. "This isn't good." Aron commented.
Purple and Gray streaks appeared in the Power Chamber behind the same force field that had held the Rangers. Kimberly looked through the transparent shield at the room that she was now in. This was much more advanced than the last time she had been here. Instead of the globe that she remembered being in the middle of the room there was a holographic globe that projected an image into the center of the room. The place was brightly lite in complete contrast to the original Command Center and was even more high tech than the last incarnation of the Power Chamber.
One thing that really struck her was the size of the place. When she was teleporting in she got a clear view of the outside of the Command Center and it looked just as it always had. But when she got inside it was truly huge. There seemed to be no way for a building of this size to have this much space inside.
Then she looked at the viewing globe and saw that a city was under attack. Then she further realized that the other Rangers were not there. Taking a close glimpse at the projection in the center of the room she swore that she could make out Jason in the middle of the attack fighting off a group of alien soldiers. 'Why aren't they morphed?' she asked herself.
"Ayiii, Ayiii, Ayiii" came the voice of the little robot as he moved from behind a control panel and began to pace back and forth, completely oblivious to the fact that Tara was standing behind the force field with another person. "What am I going to do. They need help but I can't just send them the morphers. This could be a trick."
That's when Kimberly looked over at the table on the other end of the room and saw the seven Power Morphers sitting on a table but protected by yet another force field.
"Alpha." Tara called out to her creation.
The robot kept up his frantic pacing.
"Alpha." Tara called out once more.
"I wish that she would get here with proof." he said to himself.
"ALPHA!!!" Tara finally yelled.
Alpha 7 finally turned around to see that Tara was standing behind the force field. "Ayiii, Ayiii, Ayiii, Ayiii, Ayiii, Ayiii, Ayiii. What took you so long? Never mind that, where is Kimberly?"
"Hi Alpha." Kimberly said as she stepped out in front of Tara. "It's been a while."
Alphas voice changed and suddenly became a lot more robotic sounding. "Please identity with voice phrase." he spurted out.
"I remember now." Kimberly said. "A group of imposters had gotten into the Command Center once before and trashed the place. Billy placed a voice authorization into Alpha 5 so that no one would be able to pull the same stunt again." She then turned and looked at the little robot "Hey, nice stereo." she said.
Life came back to the little robots voice and he immediately moved over to the control panel. With in seconds the force field was down and he ran over to hug Kimberly. "Nice to good you Kimberly."
"I've missed you Alpha." Kimberly returned.
"Tara I am sorry about the misunderstanding. The other Rangers have teleported to Los Angeles to stop an attack on the city. They hve left their morphers. Please go and assist them." Alpha said to the Purple Ranger.
Alpha then pressed a button and the a ornate box appeared. Alpha began gathering the Power Morphers and placing them into the box.
"Well I guess I have to get going. IT'S MORPHIN TIME!!!" Tara said placing he hand behind her back. With one quick action she pulled her own Morpher from behind her back (actually a small dimensional portal) and cried out "DRAGON!!!"
Kimberly stood and watched as the girl that was once Tara transformed into the Purple Ranger. "Very nice." she commented.
Alpha approached her and placed the box containing the Morphers and Power Coins in her hand. "I'll teleport you to the others now." In a flash of bright purple light she was gone to save the others.
Jason and the others were fighting hard but odds seemed to be against them. They had taking down several soldiers but there seemed to be and endless number of them. Mark had taken a big hit just moments before but seemed non the worse for wear. The two had bought Leslie the valuable time that she needed to get the civilians away from the fighting but she had come back and was fighting off the Vandairre just as hard as they were.
"Leslie are you okay?" Jason asked.
"I'll be better when we can morph, but at least we don't have to worry about the civilians." Leslie said while blocking a hit from a soldier "These guys are really starting to become a pain."
"Don't I know it." Mark said while rubbing his head.
A group of soldiers surrounded the teens and had them almost completely engulfed when they began to crumble to dust.
"What's going on?" Jason asked aloud. Then he looked up to see a familiar purple clad figure standing over him holding out her hand.
"Thought you could use a hand." Purple Ranger said.
"What took you so long?" Mark joked.
"I could always go back. But I think you would appreciate it more if I give you these." Purple replied while opening the box that contained their morphers.
"That's what I'm talking about." Jason smiled as he reached into the box.
"Yeah and she did it with a smile." Leslie added as she pulled out her morpher.
"Now it's our turn." Mark threw in.
"Then what are you waiting for?" Purple questioned.
"Yeah." Jason said while pulling the morpher down to a position in front of him."IT'S MORPHIN TIME!!!"
"PANTHER!!!" Mark shouted.
"PHOENIX!!!" Leslie exclaimed.
"LYNX!!!" Jason called out.
"Well that's more like it." Pink said while adjusting her gloves. "I bet the others would appreciate it to."
Monstr'on held Jarrold by his neck and pummeled his stomach relentlessly. "I don't see how a mere human could have beaten any of the mighty Vandairre warriors, much less Barberon." He said. With a single flick of the wrist he tossed the Jarrold across the street and into a lamppost.
Jarrold let out a groan and then stood up slowly. "I don't need my powers to beat you." Jarrold said.
There was a loud thump and then several soldiers when flying over the heads of the unmorphed Rangers.
"Let's not see you try." came the voice of the White Ranger.
"I think that you guys came use these." The Purple Ranger said as she threw the Power Morphers to the Rangers.
"Alright. IT'S MORPHIN TIME!!!" Bryan cried as he caught his device.
"CHEETAH!!!" Ashlyn exclaimed.
"BULL!!!" Aron shouted.
"FOX!!!" yelled Bryan.
"EAGLE!!!" called out Jarrold.
The eight Power Rangers gathered next to each other and Green stepped forward. "Now let's see how tough you are."
"YOu honestly think this has me the least bit worried?" Monstr'on said.
"Maybe that doesn't but this better." Green said commandingly. "Power Blaster."
"Right" the Rangers said in unison.
"PLASMA BOW!"
"ICE BLADE!"
"FLAME SAIS!"
"QUICK BLADE!"
"AQUA AXE!"
"ELEMENTAL STAFF!"
"PHOENIX FIRE WHIP!"
"STORM SWORD!"
"POWER BLASTER!!!" the cleed in simultaneously.
"Fire." Jarrold ordered.
The blast happened so fast the Monstr'on didn't see it coming. In a flash of light he disintegrated leaving behind no trace.
"That was to easy." said Purple.
"Yeah we didn't even have to use the Zords." Black quipped.
"Well we still have to worry about getting these people to Angel Grove." Pink said.
The Rangers communicators began to beep. Green answered "This is Green Ranger."
"Rangers this is Kimberly. I'm at the Power Chamber, we monitored the battle and contacted Captain Sawyer. She's going to be bringing in people to help evacuate the city."
"Well looks like that's that." Green said. "Let's get home." and in a rainbow of light the Power Rangers teleported back to the Power Chamber.
The Rangers appeared in the Power Chamber with their helmets removed. Kimberly and Alpha were laughing at something and then turned around to greet them.
"I've been telling Alpha about what's been going on since he was deactivated." Kimberly informed them.
"I'm sorry that I didn't believe you Rangers." The little robot apologized.
"No problem. Everything worked out in the end." Leslie said as she reached across his chest piece and pulled off his armor to demorph.
"And the best thing is that my sister can leave the Power Chamber and stop acting like a mad scientist." Jarrold joked while demorphing.
"Well Rangers allow me to offer my assistance in your battle against the evil Vandairre Empire." Alpha said.
"Welcome to the team buddy." Mark said offering his hand to the newest addition to their team.
A soldier entered Emperor Nicandros' throne room on Keldeha holding a message and cowering.
"Let me see what you have warrior." Nicandros ordered.
The soldier timidly placed the pad with the message into the emperors hand bowed and then left before Nicandros could read it.
"This says that Monstr'on has been destroyed by the Power Rangers." The Emperors started to glow red and he threw the pad across the room shattering it against the wall. "I told that moron to carry the growth potion with him." he ranted. "And those Rangers are really starting to become more than just an annoyance."
Nicandros stood from the throne and began to pace back and forth. "Vaard I want you to summon Lothor."
"Yes my lord, but are you sure that is a wise choice. You know how unpredictable he can be." Vaard answered.
"I expect you to obey me without question Vaard. If you ever question me again maybe I will send you to face the Rangers." Nicandros threated.
"Yes my lord." Vaard snivelled while leaving the room.