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Nicarni-Aso's home planet"Here you go, your majesty," Zefoid said, bowing as he entered Nicarni-Aso's lair, in order to ensure he would not be yelled at. He had been yelled at enough for the asoriods horrible battle and he did not wish to be yelled at any more. He didn't know why she blamed him for their poor attack, but he was trying to be sure that nothing else would cause Nicarni-Aso to break. "Is there anything else I might do for you?"
"Come here and listen well," Nicarni-Aso said, curling one finger towards her and Zefoid did as she asked.
"Yes, your majesty," Zefoid said.
"The asoriods are no longer strong enough to defeat the Power Rangers, two of them would have been able to destroy the whole attack force I sent out yesterday, without any powers to speak of," Nicarni-Aso said, as she was in a great deal of personal despair. She had thought her rise back to power would be easy, but these rangers were getting in her way. "What we need is a way to undoubtedly outnumber them."
"Your majesty, if I may make a suggestion," Zefoid said.
"Go ahead, Zefoid," Nicarni-Aso said, quite sharply.
"The asoriods have a long lost cousin, who just might be able to keep them busy while we ready all of our attack forces for a major battle," Zefoid said.
"Where, pray tell, can we find this cousin? And how shall it help us?" Nicarni-Aso asked, becoming increasingly interested.
"We can find it on Nonatasion and it has extensive defenses that the rangers will not be likely to break," Zefoid said.
"Go now, and talk to their leader, assemble as many as they see fit to send," Nicarni-Aso said.
"Yes, your majesty," Zefoid said and disappeared.
"Now, let's see what they are really made of," Nicarni-Aso said and laughed a laugh that can only be produced by someone as evil as her.
Back on Earth"Everybody rise and shine, up and at 'em," Zack said, waking up cheerfully and was surprised to see none of the others looked to be awake, except for Tommy and Kim, who seemed to only be in pain. He had thought that they would surely follow him quickly in being taken off the machine, but he could still see it well attached to the both of them.
"Zack, none of us got a bit of sleep last night. Can you please be quiet?" Aisha asked sharply as Zack looked over to see Kim and Tommy had not been disconnected from the machine.
"Oh," Kim groaned, clutching her stomach.
"They've been groaning, moaning, yelling and screaming all night," Rocky said and then yawned, as he could still remember some of the worst activity from only a few hours before, but Billy did give them some sort of pain killer, so it had gotten better. He had no clue where Billy was finding all of this stuff, but he was sure that the others were more than appreciative for it. They had been able to get a precious few minutes of sleep then, which was why they were still functioning right now. "Didn't you hear any of it?"
"No, I can't say that I did. Why haven't they been disconnected yet?" Zack asked, knowing that an hour was very painful, much less a whole night connected to that damn machine.
"Because I've just now been able to confirm that they have no residual powers left inside of them," Billy said who had dark circles under his eyes, just like all the others. Zack could not help but feel lucky that he had been able to get some sleep, even though that did mean that he no longer had any sort of powers left in his body. "I'm going to unhook both of you now."
"Unhook her first, Billy," Tommy said, as Billy had reached to unhook him. He was hurting, but her moans had much more pain behind them, not that anyone else couldn't tell that. "She's suffered more."
"Alright," Billy said, walking over and disconnecting Kim.
"Thanks, Billy," Kim said, trying to sit up.
"I wouldn't suggest that at the moment," Billy said as Jason caught Kim from smacking into the floor, as she had no strength left inside of her.
"This should come with a warning label," Kim said, rubbing her temples, as Jason picked her up.
"Yeah," Jason said and laughed. "Will make you feel like shit, also causes dizziness and the loss of ability to stand and, or sit at will."
"That about covers it," Kim said, continuing to rub her temples as her head throbbed.
"Are you alright?" Tommy asked, turning his head to the side, trying to catch a glimspe of Kim.
"She'll be fine, Tommy," Billy said, blocking Tommy's view of Kim and disconnecting him as well. "The two of you need to get some rest, for the time being."
"You don't have to tell me twice," Tommy said, closing his eyes and quickly drifting off to sleep.
"Come on, you need to get some rest," Jason said, laying Kim down on the bed.
"How's Tommy?" Kim asked, looking up at her brother and he just shrugged. He figured that outright lying was the best thing for the situation, even if Kim did beat him to a bloody pulp about it later.
"He's fine, but both of you need to rest so you'll be able to get some of your strength back," Jason said, taking on his big brother tone with Kim.
"Okay," Kim said and then dozed off.
"We only have a limited amount of time to finish all of this off," Billy said, and then yawned a gigantic yawn.
"Let's face it, Billy, we're all too tired to finish this now," Trini said, rubbing her eyes as an attempt to keep herself awake, as she was barely able to hold herself upright as well. "Why don't we all get some rest and finish this when we wake up?"
"You win," Billy said, with a sleepy smile. "Let's go ahead and try to get some shut eye."
"Can't I do something?" Zack asked, feeling totally useless.
"It probably wouldn't hurt you to get some more sleep, too," Aisha said, stretching out on the floor along with everyone else.
"Alright, whatever you say," Zack said and joined them on the floor, as the only ones that needed to be on beds were Kim and Tommy.
Nonatasion"What have you disturbed me for?" Lord Zedd asked, as this unknown creature landed in his lair, looking slightly frightened to be in his presence.
"We have a little nuisance on Earth that needs to be taken care of and my empress was wondering if you'd loan us the use of the amephors?" Zefoid asked, in one rather hurried breath, having sensed Lord Zedd's anger.
"Who on Earth are you trying to destroy?" Lord Zedd asked, having tried to forget the Power Rangers and what they had done to them.
"The Power Rangers," Zefoid said and saw a look of pure hatred rise in Lord Zedd's face.
"You may have my whole army, if need be," Lord Zedd said, quickly, "as long as you make sure you get rid of them, for good."
"We will," Zefoid said, with a great deal of confidence, although it seemed that Lord Zedd had been up against these people before and had not faired well. That did not make him feel any better at all. "Many thanks, Lord Zedd, my empress will be delighted."
"Well, do you have good news for me?" Nicarni-Aso asked, as Zefoid reappeared.
"Yes, Lord Zedd has agreed to let us use his whole army if we find the need for it, but he did have one stipulation," Zefoid said.
"What's that?" Nicarni-Aso asked, with that hideous smile of hers.
"We have to make sure they do not survive this," Zefoid said.
"I don't see why that should be a problem," Nicarni-Aso said. "Ready them for attack; we will begin this war on the Power Rangers turf."
AN: I know this chapter is a little bit shorter than the others, but I felt that ya'll needed to know some of what the evildoers were up to. Hope you enjoyed and feel free to review!