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"Billy, have you already passed the asoriods?" Kim asked, after getting a connection with Billy's communicator. She was feeling better, but she was still not too steady on her own two feet. She, however, was feeling much better than either Tommy or Jason at the moment.
"Yeah, we have," Billy said, looking back over his shoulder. He did not hear the noises from a battle, but he was sure that it was forthcoming, as Kim was hurrying out her words. "I gotta go, we're getting close to Nicarni-Aso's lair. Be careful, Kim, we're not on Earth anymore and they may be stronger than you remember and you are tired."
"We'll try to, Billy," Kim said, and then turned to look at the exhausted Tommy and Jason. "How about we divide and conquer?"
"Hell no," Tommy said, rather forcefully. He had the rather disturbing feeling that if they did that, they would all wind up unconscious, or worse, dead. "We have to have each others back, they won't be able to teleport back to help us if we get into trouble while they are dealing with Nicarni-Aso."
"They're going on to save Trini, we can't hold them back from doing that by getting ourselves hurt," Jason said, with a sigh. Why, he wondered, did he have to be one of the better fighters?
It took him a little while but, he came to one conclusion why he was one of the three standing there, alone. Zordon was no fool and he must have told Billy what to do in a situation such as this one. Jason soon found his mind drifting back in time to a conversation he had with Zordon.
Flashback to the Command Center" Zordon, I do not understand why this would happen again. We have not done anything to aggravate anyone," Jason said, as he paced around the command center. It had only been a few hours since Zordon had told them of their destiny to kill off this evil and there were still too many unanswered questions in Jason's mind.
"It is not meant for you to understand, Jason," Zordon said, simply. Jason always wanted to know why, while many of them simply wanted to know how they would get through it. "It is meant for you to complete, whether you like it or not."
"But, why the nine of us and not the current rangers?" Jason asked, staring up at Zordon.
"Because, no other rangers have ever been as close as the nine of you, Jason. I know that may not seem like it is the truth right now, but you are the closest group of young people that I have ever mentored. I thought about this long and hard before I dispensed the information upon you, it is not an easy task to take on, but things will happen that you would not have been prepared for if I had not told you before I was gone," Zordon said.
"Zordon, we are not as close as we used to be, look at Kim and Tommy. What's going to happen to them?" Jason asked, voicing the worry that many of the rangers had.
"That is a tough thing to say, Jason. Tommy has had his heart broken, by two different women, for different reasons. Katherine broke up with Tommy because she knew she was never going to replace the hole that had developed in Tommy's heart. Kimberly, well I have no clue what was going through her mind, but something will have to be done if they are ever going to be able to work together again," Zordon said.
"Tommy still loves her Zordon, he may not admit to many people, but he still does," Jason said, very confidently.
"Yes, he does, Jason, but now their pride has stepped in the way and it is not as easy to forgive and forget once that happens," Zordon said, then sighed. "It will be rough on all of you the longer they go without correcting this horrible wrong, but you have to let them do it on their own. If they don't seem ready to, you may have to push them, should the time arise for that."
"Alright, but what can you tell me about this evil?" Jason asked, letting his curiosity take over him.
"Not much, only that it will take all of you and no one will be unimportant to the task," Zordon said.
"Jason, Jason," Kim said, waving a hand in front of his eyes in order to gain his undivided attention. "You gotta stop daydreaming, we have to go to work on destroying the Asoriods."
"Alright," Jason said, reluctantly bringing himself out of this bittersweet memory.
The asoriods seemed to have been waiting for them to attack first, so they took the initiative and did just that. It had been much easier on Earth to attack them from behind and they didn't know if it was from their mounting exhaustion or that this fight was on the Asoriods home turf.
"Jason! Are you alright?" Kim yelled, running over to check on him. Jason had been thrown anywhere between twenty and thirty feet and seemed to be close to going into unconsciousness. "You have to morph, Jase. It's the only way that you will survive."
"You and Tommy are still fine," Jason said, as Kim helped him to stand up.
"Lose the damn pride and morph Jason!" Tommy yelled, as he continued to fight with the asoriods. "We need to get you back to Trini in one piece and you know that."
"It's morphin time," Jason said, "red. This is supposed to help?"
"Just fight, Jason. That is all we can do now," Kim said and kicked a few asoriods away from the two of them. "We have to have you, you are important."
Those few words of encouragement made something snap inside of Jason. He knew that he had been so close to giving up on all of this and he could not believe it. He had been chosen as one of 'the fighters' and he had to finish his job. He took a few seconds to look at the fighting Kim and Tommy and realized that this had been hell for them too. It may have been even worse on them, for all he knew. Right before pulling himself out of this revelry, he thought of the last words the ghostly Trini had said and then threw himself back into the battle.
"Keep…your…hands…off me!" Kim yelled, struggling to keep on fighting without morphing.
"We better morph too," Tommy said, as he found himself struggling as well. The asoriods definitely had a lot more intensity to their fighting here and he knew that it was becoming very dangerous to not have the powers protecting them. "It's morphin time! White!"
"Pink!" Kim yelled, summoning her powers and as she did this, she managed to throw several asoriods a fair distance away from herself, although that had not been what she had planned to do. "I thought these were the easy ones!"
"On Earth they may have been, but they have the advantage here," Tommy said, reaching for his communicator. "Billy, come in."
"What do you need, Tommy?" Billy asked, stopping their progress towards Nicarni-Aso's lair.
"A weapon or something that will help us get rid of these things faster," Tommy said as Jason and Kim managed to keep the asoriods from getting to him.
"Use the armor flexor, Tommy," Billy said. "It will increase the protection your suit gives you and will make it easier to inflict deadly blows to the asoriods."
"Thanks, Billy," Tommy said. "Armor flexor, power up!"
"That was easy enough," Kim said, as her suit changed into a much deeper shade of pink, which was the protection of the armor flexor coming into view. The other two now wore shields over the upper part of their bodies, which was their version of the armor flexor.
"Kim, watch out!" Tommy said, as he saw an asoriod heading towards her with a sword in hand. Tommy, did not know that Billy had saw it appropriate to bring Saba back into power, but when the sword appeared it headed straight towards the asoriod and began to duel. Thank goodness it could think on its own.
"Thank you!" Kim yelled in Tommy's general direction and continued to fight with the asoriod closest to her.
"You are more than welcome," Saba said, as the sword continued to duel with the pesky asoriod.
Nicarni-Aso's Lair"Your friends are not having as easy a time with the Asoriods," Nicarni-Aso said and smiles toward Trini, "but I expected that."
"They will win, even if it does take them a little longer this time," Trini said, but couldn't help finding herself becoming concerned. She could tell that the three of them were becoming more fatigued as the battle went on, but she could also tell that Jason was doing the worst, which surprised her. He had never been one to give up and it looked as if he was coming extremely close to doing just that. "Come on, Jason."
"I've never had a Power Ranger die at my hands before," Nicarni-Aso said and then cackled. "Won't that just be delightful for you to see?"
"Your majesty," Zefoid said, not taking his eyes off the bubbles.
"Yes, Zefoid," Nicarni-Aso, rather annoyed at this interruption from Zefoid.
"They cannot be killed by the Asoriods or it will bring no honor to you and your evilness," Zefoid said. "You vowed that you would be the one to kill them and it is now time for you to do so."
"You fool!" Nicarni-Aso yelled. "We have to stay and guard her, that is what they came here for and that is what we will protect. I do not care about honor, there is no honor when you are as evil as I am, Zefoid."
"Yes, your majesty," Zefoid said with a slight bow and then quickly backed away from her.
"Lucky for you, their worst fighter has been captured," Trini said, downplaying her combative skills
"Shut up!" Nicarni-Aso yelled, getting tired of this ranger bringing out the flaws in her plan. "You will never understand how a mind as great as mine works."
"If you have a great mind, then Zefoid must be a genius," Trini said and then smiled. She found herself able to ignore Nicarni-Aso's ranting. She knew that if she was able to distract her for a few seconds, that it would help the others when they finally arrived.
Outside Nicarni-Aso's Lair"This is the place," Billy announced. It had taken them ten hours, but they had finally reached Nicarni-Aso's lair and by the sounds from the battlefield, it was not a moment too soon. They knew that the Asoriods were occupied, many miles away, fighting the ones that their fearless leader had told them to destroy. "Some of us should remain out here to watch out for any asoriods that may sense that Nicarni-Aso is in trouble."
"I'll stay," Rocky said.
"So will I," Aisha said, looking around at the others.
"Fine with me," Billy said, happy to not have had to volunteer himself. "We all have to morph and call on the invisashield. The asoriods will be unable to see any of us and that will give us an advantage."
"It's morphin' time!" Zack yelled. "Black!
"Blue!" Billy yelled.
"Yellow!" Aisha yelled.
"Green!" Rocky yelled.
"Grey!" Adam yelled. "Invisashield up."
"We'll see you later," Billy said as Adam, Zack, and he entered Nicarni-Aso's lair.
"Okay," Aisha said, as she saw the door close. "What do we do now?"
"Wait and hope the asoriods don't sense this," Rocky said, as he sat down.
"What was that?" Nicarni-Aso asked as she jerked her head towards Zefoid. She had been attacked by the Power Rangers before and had just seen their signature flash show up, right outside of her residence.
"What was what, your majesty?" Zefoid asked, utterly confused.
"The bright flashes of light," Nicarni-Aso said.
"That was my friends," Trini said with a smile.
"But, they are still battling the Asoriods. How can they be here as well?" Nicarni-Aso asked, looking at the bubbles that still displayed a raging battle.
"Who said those were my only friends?" Trini asked, as she watched a club fall upon Zefoid's head and rendering him unconscious. "You know that you're next, Ms. Aso. I'm so sorry there was no warning, but it has to happen sometime."
"You and all of your trickery. I am going to join my Asoriods, they will protect me," Nicarni-Aso said and then disappeared.
"Trini, are you alright?" Billy asked, powering down the invisashield and then opening the cell door so he could give her a hug.
"Here you go," Zack said, having retrieved the morpher from Zefoid pocket before knocking him out.
"I'm fine Billy, but Jason, Kim and Tommy are not. We must go and help them, Nicarni-Aso has no problem with killing them in order to keep herself alive," Trini said and then let go of Billy so she could reach for her communicator. "Rocky, Aisha, come in."
"Yes, Trini?" Aisha said, happily.
"Teleport to the Asoriods coordinates and we'll meet you there soon," Trini said, looking warily at the bubbles.
"Can do and its good to have you back, Trini," Aisha said, then Rocky and she teleported into battle.
"Why are we staying behind?" Adam asked, as the other three began scavenging around the place for anything that might be important.
"We have to destroy this place," Billy said, pulling out a bomb and seeing that Zack and Trini had finished their investigation of the place. "How long do we need to set it for?"
"Two minutes," Zack said. "We will be far away from here when it goes off and the Asoriods probably won't be able to detect it in such a short time period."
"Billy, we don't have much time, set it and let's get out of this place," Trini said, as she saw Jason get thrown, for what seemed like the hundredth time. She then grasped her communicator and readied herself to teleport.
"It's set, ready to fight?" Billy asked and then the remaining rangers teleported to the Asoriods battle.
AN: That's it for this chapter and as of tomorrow my spring break is officially over, so I will probably only get out one chapter a week. Please be patient with me, for the next few weeks and once school is over, I will be able to write at a nice rate again. Thanks for reading and please review!