Chapter Nine

Melissa walked through the front door of Tommy's house, rubbing her sore shoulders. "Never again." She muttered to herself as she plopped down onto the couch. "Never, ever again." She said again as she lifted up her shirt so she could take a good look at her stomach. It was stinging very badly and it was beginning to bruise. She really didn't need this.

"Mel?" She heard Tommy call to her. "Is that you?"

"Yeah. It's me." She called back, pulling her shirt back down. She figured she wouldn't let him see her stomach, just yet. There were other things to worry about.

Tommy walked out of the kitchen to see her sitting on the couch. He gave her a confused look as he saw how beat up she was. "Wow! What happened to you?"

"Oh, the usual. Went for a hike in the woods... got attacked by monsters... talked with one of the new Power Rangers—I liked that—and…" She paused for a second. "Oh yeah, and I got the crap kicked out of me... You know, stuff like that." She said, sarcastically.

"You okay?" He seemed really concerned for her.

She thought it was sweet of him to care, for maybe a second. He was still hiding everything from her and she didnt' like it when people did that. "I should be fine. I just need to soak in the tub for a day or… four. Then, I'll be good as new." She was exaggerating which only made him laugh. She could always make a joke out of any bad situation.

"So, you got to talk to a Power Ranger, huh?" She nodded. "Why was he there?"

"Well, I was walking through the woods and I started to hear this humming." She couldn't tell him the truth. She didn't know what he'd say to her if she did. "So, I continue to walk and I hear it getting louder. So, I follow the sound to a tree where it was hidden…"

"So, Dr. O., you said that you and this Mel girl used to be friends in high school, right?" Conner asked as the four of them sat in the secret lab.

"I think she's a bit old for you, Conner." Kira said, looking disgusted at her jock friend.

"That's not what I was going to ask." He said, looking very offended.

"Then, what were you going to ask?" Tommy asked as he sat at the main console, typing something on the green Dino Gem as another computer scanned it.

"Did she ever figure out that you were a ranger?"

Tommy wasn't expecting that question. It was obvious that the others didn't expect it either. But, he didn't know what to say. He could give the truth, but he figured that they just wouldn't understand it. So, he decided to lie. "No. She didn't and she still doesn't know."

"Are you going to tell her?" Ethan asked.

"I'm not really sure… I don't know how she'd take it. She was like a sister to me. I told her everything. But, this was and still is a big thing. I don't think she'd understand it." He was only telling a half truth. He wasn't exactly sure if he would tell her. 'Why would she need to know, anyway?' He asked himself.

He couldn't answer himself, though it made him remember the day things changed for him and the Rangers.

They were still getting slammed by Goldar and the chainsaw monster. They couldn't believe how strong this monster was. They couldn't even defeat him as a group. They were in very big trouble.

"He's too strong!" Adam said, falling to his knees.

"We have to keep fighting!" Rocky cried out.

"We need help!" Billy said, lying on the ground after he was struck by the monster.

"Ha-ha, Power Pukes! I've finally defeated you! Your planet is doomed!" Goldar cheered.

"Don't be so sure of that, Monkey Boy!" A female voice cried out.

The other rangers looked up to see what was going on only to see a new ranger. A new green ranger! Her uniform was almost like theirs, except for the green jewel set in a golden chest plate.

"Wha? Who are you?" Goldar asked.

"The new Green Ranger. Nice to meet you." She said, setting her hands on her hips.

"She's a Power Ranger… get her!" Goldar ordered to the chainsaw monster after staring in awe of her for a second.

"Right… Hm… Pretty girl… Too bad I'm going to have to cut you up." He said, his arms revving up.

"I'd like to see you try." She said, getting into her fighting stance. The monster charged at her, but she just jumped over him and landed softly on her feet. "You'll have to try harder than that!" She called to him.

"Whoa! Who is that?" Adam asked.

"I've never seen her before." Aisha said.

"Why didn't Zordon tell us about her?" Kimberly asked.

"Green Serpent Power Strike!" The new ranger cried out as the gem in her chest plate began to glow. It then fired a bolt of green energy at the monster. It flew back and hit the ground very hard.

"You'll pay for that!" Goldar said as he charged toward her.

"Power Saber!" She cried out as she pulled a saber from her belt. The sound of metal hitting metal filled the area as her sword struck Goldar's.

"You may think you're more powerful, but you will fall just like they did." He said, pulling away from her.

"How much do you want to bet?" She asked, slyly. "Saber Strike!" She cried out as her sword charged up. She pointed the blade at Goldar and energy balls flew out of the tip of it and they struck the blue-furred monster square in the chest. He flew back and hit the ground much harder than the chainsaw monster had.

"Take care of them!" He ordered right before he teleported out of there, panting from the pain.

The chainsaw monster charged back at her. She just dodged his attack and kicked it in the back. It stumbled slightly as it picked up one of Zedd's growing potions. "This is getting tiresome! I think it's time to grow!"

She watched as the monster grew story after story tall. "Well, that's just wrong." She said as she looked up at it.

"Don't worry. We can take it from here!" Tommy said as he and the others called for their Zords.

She watched from the ground as they formed the Megatigerzord. (AN: thanks to for the name. I couldn't remember.) They were doing very good in the beginning, but they soon began to stagger. She knew she had to help them.

"Serpent Zord!" She called out and touched the gem in her chest plate.

A snake-like Zord pulled itself from a mountainside and joined the Megatigerzord by wrapping itself around the body of the collection of zords and creating a shield for the Megatigerzord, which made it become the Serpa-mega-tigerzord.

The new green ranger didn't join the others in the Serpa-mega-tigerzord, leaving Tommy in charge of the whole operation. She was positive that he'd be able to handle it.

"Wow! Our energy has never been this strong." Billy said. "We can defeat him in one final swipe."

"Right." Tommy said. "Serpashield, Power Up!" He cried out. The shield began to glow. "Serpent Tongue Blast… fire!" The shield fired shot a stream of energy at the chainsaw monster. The monster was surrounded by the green-colored energy. It glowed for only a second, before it combusted in front of their eyes.

"Yes!" Kimberly cheered.

"We did it!" Rocky said.

"Woo-hoo!" Adam rooted.

"Awesome!" Tommy complimented.

"Now, that was cool." Aisha commented.

"Excellent." Billy chimed it.

The rangers exited the zords, expecting to speak to the green ranger, but when they reached the ground she was gone.

"Do you think we'll see her again?" Kimberly asked.

"I'd bet my life on it." Tommy answered.

Yay! Another chapter, done and posted.

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