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Kim's ThoughtsWhen we landed on Asoriotan, I was expecting for the asoriods and amephors to appear immediately and attack us for everything we were worth , but they didn't. We actually made good progress on the planet for the first few hours we were there, which is not what I envisioned when Zordon told us about defeating an evil that would threaten our home planet with utter destruction. I don't know if Nicarni-Aso is as strong as Zordon thought she was, but she does seem to have a record that would surely make anyone scared, even us.
Tommy and I were doing research yesterday and discovered that this isn't the first time Nicarni-Aso has pulled a group of Power Rangers into her grasps and played with their minds a little bit, trying to press her advantage. She came to our planet, years ago, and tried to fight the Power Rangers there, which did not work out so well for her.
That was over a thousand years ago, and she was captured and put away, not that it matters now. She escaped from the cavern they had constructed to keep her in and Zordon felt her presence come back, that was why he told us. Why the nine of us? I'll never know the answer, but if she has the powers that she once had, we will be in more danger than any of us thought we would be on this mission.
"Oh, wow. What is this place?" Tommy asked, looking at the oasis, which was obviously going to be our first obstacle of the day. It was really beautiful, but it was a shame that it was not being used as a beautiful place. It was being used to decieve the eye, in every way possible.
"Tommy, this is the aisle of deception," Jason said, looking at the map that Billy had made for them. The map contained summaries on all oases in the area, which was a blessing because of what Nicarni-Aso used them for. If Billy hadn't done this, they would have been in deep trouble, because things would happen that were very unexpected and would upset them even more. They were supposed to try to stay as calm as possible, but it did not seem at all possible. "All of our worst fears will play out in front of us as we go through the aisle. We have to resist the temptation to stop the fear from occurring and it's possible that some of us will be pulled into the others fears. Nicarni-Aso will surely know that we are here when actions start to occur in there."
"You ready for this?" Tommy asked, looking down at Kim. Jason, was already heading into the aisle of deception, and did not need to be asked about what he wanted to do. It was very obvious to the two of them what he had in mind and they had been hoping to avoid this place all together.
"Yeah, let's go," Kim said and they began walking through the aisle, fearful of what would be brought out of their subconscious, each having things there that the others did not know about and would have been best kept that way.
Nicarni-Aso's Lair
"Your majesty, we have intruders. Do you wish to find out who they are?" Zefoid asked as he walked into the dark, gloomy room, trying to not disturb her any more than he would be already.
Nicarni-Aso, had never been one to decorate her surroundings, and in her mansion, the dark curtains were never opened. She liked things to be desolate and grim, because that was what her innermost core truly was. In the years before she was captured, her reign of terror had grown and she had only one planet left to capture, Earth. This is where she made her fatal error; she took the battle to them, to the Power Rangers home and she had never been the same since. She was soon captured and vowed to one-day get out and do the one thing she had been incapable of doing, capture the Earth and destroy the Power Rangers. Unbeknownst to her, Zordon knew of her intentions and upon her escape found the group of rangers, he wanted to protect the Earth, even if he was no longer there to instruct them anymore.
"So, your friends did show up? It took them long enough," Nicarni-Aso said, looking over at Trini, with a sickening grin. She now was pleased that she would be watching them die. "How many and where are they?"
She was such a typical Power Ranger, fighting the extraction of her powers, only to have to give them up in the end. To Nicarni-Aso, it only proved that she was going to win, no matter what they threw at her. She was happy to have to clash against them again and in her joy forgot some simple things, like making her house undetectable.
"Those three came to find her," Zefoid said, making a bubble appear with an image of Jason, Tommy, and Kim inside of it. They were plodding along, in regular clothing, having decided to save their energy by waiting to morph. They were going to need all of the extra energy that they could muster once they found the monsters. Tommy had on a white tank and a pair of khaki shorts, Jason had on his normal red T-shirt and a pair of jeans, and Kim had on a pink halter top with a pair of blue jean shorts. At the sight of her friends, Trini's spirits soared, knowing that help was on the way, and wondering to herself were the others were, as they woud surely not have stayed on Earth, "and they are headed for the aisle of deception, your majesty."
"If they make it through, make sure that the amephors are waiting for them," Nicarni-Aso said, knowing that it was highly unlikely for anyone to cross through this oasis without much emotional damage being done to them. Although she did appear ignorant, she knew that their powers ran off emotions and if their emotions were in the wrong place, they were more likely to be killed by the amephors, which would be a good start. "What fools! They think that three little rangers can overtake me. Ha! Say good-bye to your friends, this may be the last time you can see them alive."
"I doubt that," Trini said, feeling some hope rise up inside of her. Trini may not have had her powers any longer, but she could do one thing, make Nicarni-Aso second-guess herself, as her plan had obvious flaws.
Aisle of Deception"Billy," Tommy said into his communicator. The aisle had not registered that they were there yet, so it was safe to do this because they would not have to worry about being attacked from their own fears.
"Go ahead, Tommy," Billy's voice said out of the communicator speaker, as they were on the outer deck and waiting for the okay to move out.
"Go ahead and move out, but don't come through the aisle of deception, we're keeping it busy for the time being," Tommy said, as they seemed to walk into a scene in the middle of this deceitfully beautiful oasis.
"Alright," Billy said and released his communicator from his grasp. He had been waiting for them to be able to move out, but he was worried that all of their hard work would be for nothing by the time that they got to Nicarni-Aso's lair. "It's time for us to leave."
"Good," Zack said, as Billy, Aisha, Rocky, Adam, and he began the journey to Nicarni-Aso's lair. Their course was to be a little bit different from the fighting force, they were to avoid all of Nicarni-Aso's traps and try to surprise her, as much as humanly possible.
"This isn't going to be good, Jason," Tommy said, recognizing the scene that was in front of them.
This was when they had to leave Earth to retrieve the Ninja powers and the dinosaur bones were lying all over the ground, only in his fears that day had never turned out good, someone had always died. Tommy was already getting nervous at seeing his worst fear in real life and refused to look at Kim, knowing that she would be waltzing in, in a few moments.
"Where'd Kim go?" Jason asked, looking at where Kim had stood mere seconds before and then at Tommy, who had turned deathly pale over the past few seconds.
This was not looking good, because if Tommy fainted there would only be one person to wake him up and Jason knew he would have great difficulty doing that. As heknew that all of the ways to wake him up that popped up in his head would probably cause him bodily harm.
"Into my fear," Tommy muttered, pushing Jason back into a tree and pinning him there. He then looked Jason in the eyes and made sure he had heard the description right. He had been known for taking things the wrong way, but he was certain that this was not one of those times. He was sure that he had understood all of the directions he had been given. "All we can do is watch and not react, right?"
"Yeah, what's going to happen?" Jason asked, as the bones began to move themselves. The pink Ninja ranger walked into the scenes with the other rangers around her. They had gotten about halfway through when the skeletons had completely reassembled themselves and started going after the rangers. One singled the pink ranger out and went after her. All of the other rangers were fighting and Jason could now tell what was going to happen and he did not like it at all. He didn't want to see this happen when they were about to go through the hell of fighting later. "No way."
"Tommy!" Kim yelled, finding herself at a dead end. She was doing her best to try and keep the thing away, but it was too strong for her and she desperately needed Tommy's or anyone's help at the moment. "Tommy, help me!"
"Hold on, Kim," the white ranger said, fighting his way around one of the other demon possessed skeletons. The white ranger looked up, in time to see the skeleton spear Kim with one of his horns, he stopped dead in his tracks. The other rangers then heard a anguished yell, that they had never imagined Tommy could be capable of. "No!"
"Tommy, we have to go," Billy said, holding the white ranger back, after they had defeated the remaining skeletons. Billy knew that this mission had to be continued, but he also knew that it was now in jeopardy because their leader would no longer be able to focus. "She's gone."
"No, it can't be," the white ranger said, breaking free of Billy's grip and ran over to were the bloody, pink ranger lay. She still felt warm as he hugged her to him and he could only hope that she wasn't gone. Wasn't a dead person supposed to be cold to the touch? "Come on, beautiful, wake up, please. You can't leave me now, not after everything we have been through, come on Beautiful, wake up. Please wake up."
"We have to go," Adam said, as Rocky and he each took an arm and dragged the crying white ranger away. "She's gone."
"We can't leave her, not like this," the white ranger said and the aisle went dark.
"Tommy," the white ranger said, pulling off his mask to reveal himself, to Tommy who had tears streaming down his cheeks.Tommy had decided there was not any use in trying to hide it anymore and simply tried to wipe the tears away, but they continued to be replaced by new ones. He had never imagined having to see that in real life and he could only hope that it would stay a figment of his imagination. "You have passed this test and being that you're me you will win this war, I have no doubt in that. Go, pick Kim up and she will be fine, remember your powers will never fail you unless your heart is not willing to finish the job."
"What was that about?" Jason asked, as Tommy ran to pick Kim up off the ground, his heart still racing.
Jason had not been with them on that particular mission and it went without saying that his best friend had not disposed this information to him before. After seeing what might have happened, he understood why it had not been mentioned to him at all. He would have worried himself sick over something that had already happened and he had absolutely no control over that.
"What about?" Tommy asked, picking Kim up and looking over at Jason. He was so scared that he couldn't answer the simple question without it being fully explained, if Kim did not wake up he did not know what he would do.
"Your fear," Jason said, shocked. He knew that they had only made up right before this mission and it really made him wonder how long Tommy had secretly been wishing for this to happen, so Kim would be his again. Jason was also finding it hard to grasp, how Tommy could fear something like this, knowing how many times it had nearly come true in the past.
"My biggest fear was always letting Kim down and her dying because of it. I can't help it," Tommy said, as Kim looked up at him, still clad in her pink ninja suit. She was dazed and extremely confused as to why Tommy was carrying her, at the moment, but she was sure he'd explain it to her eventually. He also looked as if he was crying and that worried her even more. What had happened to cause him to act like this?
"So that is what you fear most?" Jason said, quite surprised. He had always thought Tommy would fear something with a much heavier burden, but he had always been Kim's knight in shining armor, after all.
"Yeah, it is," Tommy said, having recomposed himself after a few deep breaths.
"What is?" Kim piped up as Tommy almost dropped her from the shock of hearing her voice. She did not look at her garment yet; otherwise, she might have figured it out, without asking Tommy and Jason.
"Don't scare me like that," Tommy said with a smile and a sigh of relief. He was glad that his old self had told him the truth or he'd have had to go back and kick his own ass.
"Whose fear is this?" Kim asked as Tommy put her down. The aisle had changed itself into Angel Grove Park, and after a few minutes of standing there a much younger Jason and Trini walked into the park. They seemed to be enjoying an afternoon stroll in the park, but that was soon to come to a halt, as it always did in those days.
"It's mine," Jason said, biting his lip and moving himself as far away from the pair as he could. This was not what he had thought the aisle would choose and he was going to have a lot of explaining to do after Tommy and Kim saw this one. He knew he wouldn't take it well and it was all going to prove what he most feared, he would never get a chance to tell Trini the truth.
"Jason," Tommy said and Kim grabbed his arm to silence him from saying anymore. This was obviously something that was going to bewilder them and the only way they would get any explanation, was to let Jason do whatever he needed to. Some puddies appeared, which were obviously of Rita's doing. She must have thought that the attack would work, but Rita had always failed.
"These things are stronger than they used to be," Trini said, as she was attacked by three of the puddies. Jason then ran over to help her with the puddies and managed to do so for a little while.
"Yeah, but the others will be here soon. We just have to hold out a little longer," the young Jason said, as the puddies decided to restrain him, which was hard for them considering how much struggling he was doing against their grips. On this particular day, Rita was not after Jason; she was after just Trini.
"Yeah, you're right," Trini said, kicking one of the puddies and trying to make her way over to help Jason escape from his captors.
She never made it. They attacked her too soon. Jason then fell onto his hands and knees and started to sob uncontrollably, as Kim and Tommy watched on in shock. Nothing too bad had happened, but it seemed that it wasn't going to stay that way for long.
"Trini, watch out," the young Jason yelled, as a net was thrown over Trini and she, as well as the puddies, disappeared. Tommy and Kim stood there, in shock, as they watched one of their best friends fought to keep his emotions in check. "No!"
"Jason, what happened?" a young Tommy asked, running up to him, as the other rangers followed him. Jason was walking towards a tree and looked to be enraged.
"She's gone, they took Trini," the young Jason said and punched the tree, not noticing the injuries he had sustained to his hand. "I didn't do a damn thing to help her, Tommy! Now, Rita has her and I don't know if we'll be able to get her back."
"You gotta calm down, it's gonna be alright," the young Tommy said and the aisle suddenly went dark.
"Jason," the young Trini said walking up to Jason, who looked helplessly up at her, from his kneeling position. "You have to keep going, I'll always be here for you. There isn't much time left before Nicarni-Aso puts the finishing touches on her plan and returns to her full power. I'll be fine, until you get to me and I'll be more than happy to see you when all of you rescue me, do not give up on this mission, Jason. Zordon would never send us on an impossible mission and you know that. I love you, Jason, don't forget that."
"Trini," Jason said, reaching a hand out at where the image had been and then began to wipe his eyes. Tommy and Kim exchanged a glance and then looked back at Jason. Unlike the two of them, his worst nightmare had become a living nightmare, which made it even harder to stand.
"We never knew," Kim said, giving Jason a hug and then pulled him along as they continued to walk in only the dim moonlight that the oasis had chosen. She had only seen Jason cry one other time in all the years that they had been friends and that was when his grandfather died, fifteen years ago. "Are you going to be alright?"
"I'll be fine, Kim," Jason said, giving her a small smile, but knowing that she did not believe him in the least bit. "It's just worse because now she has Billy and I don't think I will ever get a chance to tell her the truth."
"It's gonna be fine, Jason. If it's meant to be, then something will happen to let you know that. Trust me," Kim said, looking over at Tommy and giving him a smile.
She had never thought she would be able to look at him again, without feeling deep regret and seeing the pain in his eyes. What a miracle forgiveness is, she was now able to look at Tommy and know that it may be discussed in more depth later, but that he did still love her.
"Well, there's only one fear left," Tommy said as Jason and he looked at Kim. She could only stare at Tommy and try to keep the tears from overwhelming her, already.
"Yeah, I know," Kim said, knowing deep down what her fear was going to be. Tommy then disappeared, as the aisle changed itself into Tommy's old house. "I don't know if I can be as good as the two of you."
"This was all a lie!" A Tommy clad in red, yelled forcefully looking down at a Kim with a leotard and shorts on. She was shaking at the force and amount of anger that filled him, she had never seen him like this before and she was not sure if she would make it through this. "How could you do this to me?"
"Tommy, I'm sorry. Please let me explain," the young Kim begged, as the real Kim slumped against Jason's shoulder and started sobbing, uncontrollably.
"No, you don't deserve the chance to explain this away," Tommy said, viciously. "I never want to see you again! Leave me alone!"
"Tommy, please let me explain," the young Kim said, with tears now streaming down her cheeks.
"No, there is no more explaining," Tommy said as Katherine walked up behind him and put her arms around his waist. "I've moved on, maybe you should too."
"No, Tommy please give me a second chance," the young Kim said, trying to grab his hand.
"There are no second chances when you do something like this," Tommy said and wrenched his hand away. "You should have thought about that before you did this."
"Please, Tommy," Kim begged as Tommy and Kim began to fade away, while Katherine made her way over to where Jason stood, while managing to keep Kim from crumbling to the ground.
"Kimberly, you have succeeded in more than one way over the last few days," Katherine said in her Australian accent and smiled at Kim, who was now looking at her. "You are what Tommy has always needed, believe me I've dated him and it wasn't that great for either of us. Don't worry, all of the other rangers will be with you and those of us not lucky enough to be chosen will be waiting for you when you return back to Earth. Jason, I know this is not your fear, but I advise you to follow your heart and do not worry about breaking mine."
"Thank you, Kat," Kim said, feeling horrible for the envy she had felt towards someone who had known the truth for a long time, maybe even longer that Tommy and she had known.
"Well, I guess that means she won't be mad when we get back," Tommy said, reappearing. He then gave her a hug and wiped away the tears that continued to flow. The tears did not subside immeadiately, so he let her cry for a little while before deciding they could not take another fear apiece. Jason and he were about as emotionally drained as they had ever been and Kim, well let's just say she still hadn't pulled herself back together. "Let's get out of here, I don't want this place to bring out another fear of mine."
"This is just a wonderful place," Jason said, as Tommy and he had decided it would be easier to carry Kim out of the aisle of deception. She was still trying to stifle sobs and it was slowing them up considerably as she had stumbled along. "It managed to bring all of us to tears."
"Holy shit," Kim said, seeing full army of amephors, her nerves then came back full force and it was obvious to the other two as well. "I think we underestimated how many she had at her disposal."
"Don't morph yet," Jason said, as he saw Kim automatically reach for her morpher. He knew that if they were not careful now, they might not have enough power left to finish the job later. That was what they were really needed for, if they could hold these things up for just a few more minutes with their powers, they buy the others enough time to get to Trini. "Let's take as many as we can out without having to morph, remember we have to conserve our energy."
"Okay," Tommy said and they started towards the amephors.
The battle was soon raging between the amephors and themselves. Although they had been in battle with the amephors before, this was much worse and they were indeed outnumbered by more than a thousand. Their will to fight was present, but it seemed to be taking a back seat, as their emotions were still not completely in battle mode.
"How did Billy expect us to do this?" Kim yelled over to Tommy, who was combating five amephors on his own. They had never doubted Billy before, but it was becoming obvious that they were now. They had never seen anything like this before, ever in their experience as rangers.
"I don't know, but you better keep moving or one of them will…" Tommy said, as Kim was thrown into him by one amephor, which shocked her. Kim looked more dazed than she had in a long time and the first wave of worry went through Tommy's mind, he did not want her to get hurt. "Do that."
"We need to morph. We're getting our asses whooped, right now," Kim yelled, in Jason's general direction. He was struggling as much as they were and he knew it was useless to continue to fight without morphing.
"Yeah," Jason said, as he was thrown within two feet of where Kim and Tommy stood. He shook the shock off rather quickly and jumped to his feet to morph.
"It's morphin' time," Tommy yelled, as they each pulled out their morpher.
"Pink," Kim yelled.
"Red," Jason bellowed.
"White," Tommy yelled, finishing out the group.
"Power blaster," Kim yelled summoning the weapon as a group of amephors started charging towards them, without a second thought she fired the weapon. "Fire!"
"That thing has some kick, doesn't it?" Tommy asked, as Kim stumbled back a few steps, but continued to fire the weapon. They didn't seem to have any choice about using their weapons now, they would die if they didn't and that would not do the other rangers any good.
"Keep on firing and we'll do the hand to hand combat for the moment," Jason said, as Tommy and he made a few of the amephors disappear into nothingness, rather easily.
"Can do," Kim said smiling under her helmet as she continued to fire the rounds. This trend continued, until they came to the last group of amephors, which seemed to be immune to this type of ammunition. "One of you better think of something soon or we will be the ones that disappear."
"Trying to do that, but it is a little bit difficult at the moment," Tommy said, while in battle with one of the twenty amephors left.
"Tommy, call out the power sabers, Kim your power bow, and I'll get my sword. Let's see if they can take the combination of those three, together," Jason said as each one of them did just that.
"You want to do the honors?" Tommy asked, knowing that Jason had always been the one to bring the weapons together. He had Saba, and Saba didn't go into this configuration all too well.
"Yeah, let's bring them together," Jason said, as Kim went to throw her bow into the air.
"Power bow," Kim yelled, throwing the newly activated weapon into the air.
"Power sabers," Tommy yelled, throwing the sabers, which attached themselves on the ends of the bow.
"Power sword," Jason yelled, and retrieved to weapon as his took its place. "Ready, aim, fire!"
The amephors, although immune to the power blasters, were not immune to this weapon of choice. They went flying in all directions; many of them being killed by the blast and the others were injured to the point that it was safe to continue along their journey towards Nicarni-Aso's lair, without the worry of them catching up and attacking again.
"Power down," Tommy said, thoroughly exhausted, this was the worst battle he could remember in a very long time. He also knew that they needed all the rest they could get before they met the asoriods, but they needed to hurry, in order to protect the other rangers intended path. "We better hurry before she sends anything else after us."
"Where can we go?" Kim asked, and she saw Tommy looking at her with a worried expression on his face. She then looked down to see she had some bruises appearing and a few small cuts, but they all seemed to have that problem. "She obviously knows that we are here and we can't retreat into any of the oasis's, because they all have powerful evils inside of them. Let's just stay on the path that Billy has marked for us for the time being. Billy, were are you?"
"We passed your battle a few hours ago," Billy said, speaking into his communicator. They had kept themselves out of the aisle of deception and most of the other challenges Nicarni-Aso had implanted on the island. He, as well as the others, were hoping that they would be able to reach Nicarni-Aso's lair before sunset. "Are all of you alright?"
"We're fine, Billy," Kim said, looking at Tommy and Jason, who both had multiple cuts and bruises, but they were tending to it well. "You'll probably run into the asoriods before we can get there, but we'll try and hurry."
"That's fine," Billy said, having expected this situation to arise. Zack and Rocky could stay back and fight if they had to, but Billy hoped that it would not come to that. They would need as many people as possible at Nicarni-Aso's lair. "See you soon."
"Are they all right?" Aisha asked, having sensed there was more to this than what Kim had told them.
"It seems that they are," Billy said, but he knew that you couldn't trust any of their definitions of 'alright'. Tommy and Jason could both have broken bones and still be 'alright' by their definitions of the word. "Kim didn't sound like she was at her best, though."
"They've been through hell today. What did you expect out of them? They are only human," Rocky said, as they continued to trudge on towards their goal. They had been walking for the past few hours and it was beginning to get boring, but they would rather it be boring than be going through all of the fighting.
"This, but we'll really see if they are 'alright' when they catch up to us," Billy said, with a smile, which caught many of them off guard. He had been all business until the latest transmission from the fighting force, as they had been nicknamed by Zack. Billy must have thought that things were going well for him to be smiling at them.
"There's no way they can teleport to where we are?" Adam asked, having thought about it for a long time. This would surely save them some energy and having all of them together would make it easier on the fighters. They could hitch a ride for a couple of miles and conserve the energy that they were going to need later on.
"They could, but we risk being discovered if they do. Tommy and Jason know that and I know that it doesn't make sense, but it is best for them to have to catch up with us," Billy said.
"We understand, I don't want to have to deal with those things unless we have to," Zack said, remembering the small bit of the battle they had seen, the amephors and the 'fighting force' were having to be ruthless in an attempt to destroy the other.
"Jason, how long have you known that you felt like that?" Kim asked, as they walked on through a seemingly endless forest of dead trees.
"A long time," Jason said, staring at the ground, "I just never had the guts to tell her, now I wish I would have. Hell, I even told Zordon about it and he told me that my fears might become reality if I didn't act on my feelings. I'm such a dumb ass."
"I wouldn't go that far, but this certainly wasn't your brightest moment," Kim said, with a smile.
"And this comes from the girl that threw her relationship away," Tommy said and laughed as he received a punch to the stomach. "So you know that you must believe what she says."
"I did get it back, didn't I?" Kim asked looking at Tommy with a sly grin.
"I guess you did, let's face it. It's boring when you're around," Tommy said as they approached another oasis.
"This isn't on Billy's map," Jason said, unfolding the map he had been carrying in his survival kit and then looking at the oasis, it did seem harmless, but so had the aisle of deception, at first sight. He was not sure if they should chance it, but it would be a lot faster on them. "It could take hours to go around and we don't have that much time to spare."
"Kim, are you up for whatever is in there?" Tommy asked, knowing that this was best for the team, no delays could be afforded at the moment.
"Yeah, let's go," Kim said, taking a hold of Tommy's hand.
"This is wonderful," Nicarni-Aso said, as she had continued to monitor their progress, having not detected the other five rangers that were nearing her home at that very moment.
"Your majesty, they are about to enter the desert of agony. After what the aisle of deception did, they shouldn't be able to take much more," Zefoid said, in the most encouraging tone he could muster, "even though they did defeat all of the amephors."
"None were left?" Nicarni-Aso asked and for the first time found herself a little worried, these three meant business and looked to be readying themselves for a battle with her, if that became necessary. That was not something that she could believe would happen, but these were not the same rangers that she usually dealt with. "They will, however be in my control after this, though."
"You know, you are a moron," Trini said, having watched the whole battle and seen the rangers win decisively in the battle.
She also knew that their energy had been depleted, but with those three, nothing seemed to be impossible. Plus she had the sinking feeling that the other five were out there somewhere, as she had seen Kim more than once go to reach for her communicator, as if she needed to talk to someone about this.
"What?" Nicarni-Aso asked, turning around very slowly, to look at the ranger, who had dared to state her opinion of the battle, even if she did have a valid point. "How dare you, what makes you think I do not have the power to control them."
"It's not what I think, it's what I know. You captured me, instead of one of them in the first place. That would have been the smart thing to do," Trini said, laughing even harder. She was going to have so much fun playing into Nicarni-Aso's insecurities, although she knew this was not like her. "They already destroyed all of the amephors, what do you expect them to do to you?"
"No mere human has ever made it through the desert of agony," Nicarni-Aso said, spitting in Trini's face. Trini calmly wiped the spit away before glaring at Nicarni-Aso.
"Don't say I didn't warn you," Trini said and went back to silently watching the bubbles. 'And the others are out there somewhere. Ha!"
"Tommy, are you alright?" Kim asked, noticing he had gone deathly pale. She wasn't feeling so great herself, but Tommy looked to have as much color as a sheet of printer paper.
"Yeah," Tommy said, shaking his head. "We better hurry, I don't like the feeling this place gives off."
"I'm with him," Jason said, as they picked their pace up to a jog.
"This woman has to have something wrong with her," Kim said, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
"Maybe," Tommy said looking down at Kim and seeing her collapse in pain. "Jason, hold up."
"We don't have time for a joke like this, Kim," Jason said walking back to where Tommy was standing.
"Who said it was a joke?" Kim asked, as Tommy picked her up. She suddenly did not have enough energy to do anything and her stomach was cramping, but it didn't make sense. She had been fine only seconds before.
"Billy, we need to know how to teleport out of were we are," Tommy said, as Kim held her communicator up to Tommy's mouth.
"Okay, where do you want to teleport to?" Billy asked, looking at the others with a bit of apprehension, this couldn't be good.
"We don't care, just get us the hell out of here," Jason said, starting to find it harder to stand, whatever was happening to them came on suddenly and they would be dead if Billy could not teleport them out of there.
"Alright, I'm teleporting you to the asoriods coordinates," Billy said, as he pulled out a laptop and started typing into the network.
"Something's wrong, isn't it?" Aisha asked walking over to where Billy was sitting. She had heard the anxiousness in Tommy's voice and could only pray that they were not in deep trouble.
"Yeah, Tommy wouldn't do this, unless…oh no," Billy said, having the reality hit him like a ton of bricks. "Something must have happened to the others."
"Any day now, would be great," Tommy said, trying to hold Kim and he upright, which was not an easy task anymore.
"Okay," Billy said, teleporting them to the asoriods location.
"Here we go again," Tommy said, letting Kim stand up. They were now faced with the asoriods who, unlike the amephors, did not seem ready to give up anything. Jason, Kim, and Tommy were now faced with the realization that the battle with the amephors was just the first of many they would have to deal with on this planet, if they were going to survive to see Trini and the other rangers ever again.
AN: That's all for this one. I know that it is long, but I have the feeling that the next few chapters will be like this. I know that they didn't save Trini like I thought they would, but it will happen in one of the next few chapters, I can promise that much. Thank you for reading and I hope that you will review!