Chapter 3

The Dawn

The lights in the Command Center were dimly lit; a lone figure could be seen standing in the darkness, waiting to speak to one of her dearest friends. Her dark brown hair fell into her eyes as she waited for him to finish speaking.

"LILIA I AM AFRAID THAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, I NEVER GOT A MESSAGE FROM YOU, UNTIL ABOUT A WEEK AGO. THEREFORE I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THAROS IS." Zordon's voice echoed.

Lilia looked up at this, tears forming in her bright blue eyes. "How can this be, I spoke to you myself that day." She replied with a bit of sadness in her normally sweet voice. Long ago she had made sure that it was Zordon that she had asked about hiding her youngest son Tharos. "Could someone have made themselves like and sound like you, so that I would feel safe by leaving him here."

"THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY LILIA, I'LL HAVE ALPHA SCAN THE PLANET, IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND HIM, BEFORE ZEDD OR TOMIAS DO. IN THE MEANTIME YOU SHOULD GO BACK TO TRIFORIA." Zordon looked down at one of his along time friends with concern. "IT'LL BE SAFER THIS WAY LILIA."

She just nodded her hand and teleported away. When she reappeared she was standing at the bridge of her spaceship. "Set a course back to Triforia, hyper speed." She told the helmsmen, before leaving the bridge to go to her private chambers.

Scattered across the endless panorama of space, tiny stars twinkle in the distance as they moved around. They traveled with no direction, almost as though looking for something, until they finally saw the great, white sphere, the light of its sun bouncing off of it. Just behind it, they could see the faint image of the greenest blue planet. It is Earth. All is quiet until…

The silence is shattered by the incredible roar of a giant spacecraft, shrieking over our heads at magnificent speeds. It is circular in shape, a dark blue color, with a florescent blue exhaust flowing from its rear, causing vibrations in the fabric of space as it passes the moon, and left the solar system.

When she arrived, she open an audio communicate link with one of her allies. The view screen want black, she then began to speak. "The old man doesn't now where he is. These changes the plans abet, we need to rethink this out before we take action, I don't want this to fail like the other five plans we came up with."

"Calm yourself Lilia, we don't need you to blow your top." The speaker's voice was harsh. "I told you that foul wouldn't know where your son is, and I don't thing he'll be finding the boy anytime soon."

"How are thing on your end?" Lilia asked. But before the speaker could reply their, was a knock on the door. "My Lady, there is a communication, form Lord Trey. He wishes to learn if you have found you Son." A male voice spoke though the door. "Please tell Trey that, I'll be their shortly." Lilia replied with a cold tone. "Yes Mama." The man replied, before leaving.

"Things here are going somewhat smoothly, well almost that is, I'm pregnant." The speaker said softly. "I'm still not liking the idea of having his children." The speaker added, before continuing. "What a shook it was to find out."

"WHAT. Well continue this later." Lilia replied ending the conversation. Then she opened a communication with her nephew, the screen blinked to life and showed an image of a young man in his early twenties, with short dark brown hair his eyes were a grayish blue. "Hello Aunt Lilia, how did it go?" Trey asked.

"Not so well, Zordon had no idea where my son is, and did not know that I lifted him their." She replied her face grim. "I'm on my way back home, I should be arriving in fewer than two Triforia weeks (two months)." She added.

Back on Earth

'Well it's another beautiful day here in Angle Grove, this next song goes out to Ernie, down at the local Youth Center, keep thus smoothes coming Ernie.' The local radio DJ said.

The youth center was fall of teenagers, and young children. Most of the children were playing the pinball games or in the martial arts classes. The teens on the other hand, were teaching the classes, doing gymnastics, working on homework or other things, and some where eating lunch.

Today like most days the rangers where at the youth center hanging out after a long day at school. Trini and Billy were setting at their usually table, working on the English homework, well Zack, was as usual trying to get a date with Angela. Kimberly was working on her gymnastics, and as for Jason and Tommy, they were teaching their class a new karate moves.

"That's all for today class." Jason spoke up, and then he bowed his head, singling the end of class, students also bowed their heads before walking to the locker room. "Man that was a hard lesson." One of the students said to another, the other one just nodded his head before disappearing into the locker room.

The two older boys just looked at each other and laugh. Jason walked over to the juice bar, well Tommy walked over to Kim. "Hey beautiful." He said with a warm smile.

Kim looked up at him before jumping off the beam. "Is class over already?" She asked, picking up a bright pink towel.

The Moon

Lord Zedd gripped his staff tighter as he walked into the dark dungeon. The floor was covered in thick bellowing smoke and the lights were dim. He was angry, more angry then usual. His plans to have the power rangers destroyed, by now were spoiled and now he had to create a new plan. As he walked into the dungeon he eyes scanned for his prisoner. If he couldn't have the power rangers destroyed yet he at least had his prisoner to toy with.

"Stupid Brat!" He yelled and swung his arms out sending a red bolt of lightning across the dungeon. "Did you think you would get away with this?" he laughed coldly and turned his glare down on his prisoner.

"Oh so many options what should I do with you…I could use you in so many different ways….or I could simply destroy you with a snap of my finger" As if on cue he snapped and several creatures that looked like updated version of putties appeared in the dungeon behind him.

"But for now I think I'll leave you to get better acquainted with my latest creation" He turned and walked away only stopping momentarily and speaking without even turning around. "If there is anything left of you when I get back maybe I'll consider feeding you" He soon left the dungeon, to return to his throne room.

When he arrived at the throne room, he found his oldest son setting on his throne, fell morphined in the all too familiar form of the original green ranger, except his helmet had a silver streak and the shield was much sturdier. He had never seen his son out of his ranger uniform; Tomias had received his ranger powers when he was still very young. "Well that woman ever shut-up, she only sets their and complains about her back pains, that or her feet, and her damn headaches." Tomias said coldly.

Zedd said nothing to this, but in stand walked over to the balcony overlooking the peaceful globe of Earth. "What do you except, she is pregnant." Zedd replied looking down at the planet below. "WHAT, PREGNANT WHY WOULD YOU GET THAT WOMAN PREGNANT!!" Tomias yells. As if on cue, Rita's high peat voice could be heard throughout the palace.

"Zeddy, why can't you do something about those damn power brats." Her voice comes for behind him. Zedd remand where he was at the balcony. Tomias on the other hand rise for his seat, and left the throne room. "Their as to be something I can do to get the witch out of my life." Tomias thought to himself.

The Command Center

"Oh Ai-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi! I'm sorry Zordon, I still can't find him, there are why too many people on earth, to look for just one person." Alpha spoke up form the read out. After scanning, for hours, Alpha signed a little bet. "Maybe, if she had told us, where she had left him, it would have been easier to find."

"THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN YES, BUT THIS IS AFTER ALL LILIA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, AND WHEN HAS SHE HAVE BEEN HELPFUL." Zordon replied. "KEEP LOOKING ALPHA, THE SOONER WE FIND HIM THE BETTER."

"Right away Zordon. Oh Ai-Yi-Yi-Yi-Yi!."

Angle Grove Park

Bright autumn sun light struck Angel Grove Bay, causing harsh shards of light to blind all passersby. Tommy Oliver closed his eyes with a soft groan. He had been staring at his reflection in the bay.

Tommy watched a pair of dolphins playing in the bay. The young dolphins leapt into the air; the sunlight reflecting silver off their smooth skin. One dolphin did a mid air flip, and then landed in the water with a resounding SPLASH! The second dove underwater, to where Tommy was watching. She swam up to Tommy and splashed him with one of her flippers.

"AH!" Tommy gasped as he inhaled sea water.

The dolphin laughed at Tommy, slapping her fins against the surface of the water. She did another flip and then splashed the White Ranger again.

"Gross!" Tommy spluttered as he shook out his long hair. Tommy turned his attention back to his reflection.

Tomias' Bedroom

It was a dark room, with fearsome dragons carved into the brickwork and a few, unlit torches hung upon the walls. Furniture was scarce, limited to a double bed, a couple of bedside units, some kind of wardrobe and a desk. It all opened onto a small balcony at the room's extremity, and there was the entrance to an unsuited by the right-hand corner, too.

Tomias walked over to his bed, seating firmly a pane it. He spends most of his time, think in his room. But before he could do too much more thinking, there was a sudden knock on the door. "Come in Goldar." Tomias replied knowing who it was before hand. The door opened slowly. "My prince." Goldar said walking into the dark room.

"There has to be something, anything we can do, about the damn woman. Her damn, cries of pain, I can't believe he got the damned woman pregnant." Tomias replied working over to this small balcony. "She driving me up a wall, I can't take it anymore." He added.

Goldar looked over at him. "I agree, but there's not much that we can do at this time……PREGNANT!!!"

Cranston Residence

Professor David Cranston crossed the study and parted the heavy drapes to reveal a clear crisp night sky filled with multitude of twinkling stars. He thoroughly enjoyed evenings like this -- as long as he was indoors. The fireplace contained a few quietly burning logs that filled the room with warmth as well a golden glow that always had such a relaxing effect on him. The house had taken years of work to get to the point where he felt it was perfect for both himself and his son, Billy. The perfect environment to sit down and enjoy a new book that he had recently purchased; the background material for the project his wife was undertaking in Oregon.

He placed his hand on the windowpane, which revealed something else about this evening, it was extremely cold -- unusually so. Angel Grove did not suffer from abnormally cold weather even in the heart of winter -- in spring such conditions were almost unheard of. Of course nothing in Angel Grove could be described as normal anymore. Since the Power Rangers first arrived on the scene, life in Angel Grove had taken a definite turn for the bizarre.

As he glanced across the great lawn of his detached residence, he noticed a thin cloud of smoke rising from just behind the shrubs marking the property's boundary. He quickly looked down see that it was not smoke at all but steam that was coming off some late night joggers.

He closed the drapes and left them to their exercise; it made him cold just to watch. He was glad that Billy was sensible enough to exercise indoors when the weather turned chilly. He was also glad that his son had friends who ensured that he was active instead of sitting in the garage all day. It not for his friendship with Jason and the others, David wondered how his son might have turned out.

Out of instinct he walked into the hall and looked at the distribution board. No real surprise there. Billy was home and downstairs in the garage, working on some new project. What he was working on David didn't know, but he was sure that if Billy was involved he would find it truly remarkable. He had a very remarkable son.

Cranston Garage

Zack Taylor burst into the Cranstons' garage, a copy of 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court' in one hand and a large jelly sandwich in the other. He gave a short nod to the rooms only other occupant before flopping down on the battered sofa in to back corner.

Billy raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything. No doubt Zack would say what he wanted when he was done reading, dozing or eating. Whichever it was he was doing at that point in time. At one time Zack's antics would have annoyed the Power Rangers' resident genius, but just like Trini's awkwardness and Tommy's long periods of silence, Zack's exuberance had grown on him.

Billy continued his work and didn't appear to notice that Zack had even entered the room. Not the result the Black Ranger had been seeking.

"So that's how it's going to be Billy. I am not going away until you say yes."

"You have yet to pose a question," Billy mumbled, his head deep inside a strange box of assorted wires.

"Oh so there is someone alive in there," Zack laughed. "Let me cut to the chase. Tommy Jason, and me are heading down to the beach tomorrow for a day out. We need four people to play beach volleyball and you are cordially invited."

"I have too much work to accomplish this weekend Zack," Billy said without glancing up. "I have to realign the vertical lift on Lion Zord and determine a way to integrate the Thunder Megazord so they can work in unison." He paused for a thought. "Another time perhaps?"

"Bull!" Zack exclaimed. "We're not stupid Billy. We all know what's going on, who you're avoiding. We're a team Billy, you need to get these things out, discuss them and at least make it so you can be in the same room as..."

"I am well aware of your concerns. I assure you my personal issues will not effect the cohesive functioning of the team."

Though he spoke the words quietly, it was easy for Zack to hear the venom behind each syllable. That was not good, Billy was more upset than he was letting on and Zack was unsure about how to help him.

"I'm sorry Billy," Zack said quietly. "I just thought that you needed a break," he went on nervously. "We've all had a busy time of it lately... I just think you should take some time out while you can, look at what happened to Kim when she overworked herself."

Billy sighed. "Zack, please forgive me and accept my sincerest apology," his voice already tinged with regret. "My frustration level with all my ineffectual attempts to repair tigerzord has reached an all-time high. Everything I've tried has been a dismal failure. My anger has nothing to do with you and is inexcusable." A small smile crossed his face as he added: "Nor is any other member of the team responsible for my mood. Perhaps some beach volleyball would make and interesting diversion. It would be beneficial to forget about Rita and Zedd for a short time."

The Moon

Lord Zedd could rarely claim to be inspired. He had many ideas, some of them too disgusting to ever voice. But inspiration was something he had lacked for a long period. Nothing seemed original anymore, he was just falling into old patterns and failing to plan ahead.

But today he had had one of those rare moments when an idea had surfaced that was too good to ignore. It was a rare opportunity and he wished to take full advantage of it.

"This is it, there has never been a better time," Zedd announced, expecting his audience to be as enthusiastic as he was.

"What are you talking about Zeddy?" Rita asked. Unfortunately Rita was not convinced that easily.

Triforian Star System

The Triforian System was blessed with a wide variety of animal and plant life. Although some of its citizens resembled humans, the similarities were on the surface. Beneath the skin they were very different.

The system consisted of three central suns around which, five planets orbited. The three primary planets were the same size as Earth and had the same atmosphere and gravity. They were named Triforia, Drallax and Zecht. The two smaller planets of Tralus and Talus were habitable, but had an increased level of gravity.

Triforia itself was the second planet from the suns and home to system's human population. Time had caused them to evolve to a level where they were composed of three entities. Triforia was the system's government and their representative to the Galactic Council. Therefore the Lord of Triforia was the ruler of the entire system.

Triforia was a world of great technological and spiritual indulgence, a world where the royal family were seen in the same ways as the Egyptians of Earth viewed their Pharaohs. They were gods to be worshipped and adored by the population, their word to be obeyed above all others; in the future, Egyptian society would be inspired by the arrival of Triforian settlers on Earth, descendants of this noble race. The Nebka dynasty had reigned over the world for hundreds of thousands of years with one king succeeding another to bring a continuing sense of security and wealth to their people.

And while their beliefs made them appear simplistic, their society was anything but backwards. Art and music were valued, science reaching greater levels of development as their space exploration continued.

Drallax was a desert world, dry and warm. Aside from a few speculators who mined the planet for precious metals, the planet considered too primitive to visit. The native Dralls were larger that Triforian humans with large hands. They usually lived underground and their bodies were developed for digging. The few creatures that lived on the surface were either scavengers or bandits. It was also the place where Triforians buried their dead.

The third planet, Zecht, was a world similar to Earth. Instead of the high concentration of Iron in the air, the planet was mostly copper and had resulted in some bizarre life forms. At least six different races lived on the planet each with a separate continent. The blue skinned Chiss were the dominant life form. Next came the green dwarf like Bevins with their four eyes, the orange skinned Ssi-runs, the green skinned Dorrsks and the Quarren. Animal life was abundant and technology ad reached its peak. In fact the only reason Triforia was the capital of the System was because the people on Zecht held little interest in politics.

Talus was in a unique orbit that meant it only benefited from the light of all three suns for one moth of the year. It was cooler than the other worlds that required weather control to maintain a breeze. Its inhabitants were a highly advanced race who had reached the pinnacle of fighting prowess and then destroyed their weapons. Because their world had three suns, they shared the Triforian Humans' ability to split their souls. Instead of Heart, Mind and Courage, they were able to divide into good and evil. They had mostly green skin with enlarged ears and sharp teeth. They served as both defenders ands advisors although it was the advisory role that they preferred.

The final planet in the Triforian System was Tralus. Smaller than the other planets, it was a modern world where nature had taken a back seat to urbanizations. Metal cities towered into the sky where floating platforms provided even more residential areas. Real estate was expensive and only the elite could afford to visit let alone live there. The native Morlos had found a way to produce medicines from the planet's crust; something that brought in a vast amount of money.

Woglinde

The Woglinde also known to many as Lady Lilia Flagship, most people feared that ship, for many good reasons. Today the Woglinde was making its way back to the Triforian System. Even at its top speed it would take the spaceship a long time to return to Triforian.

Lilia sat in his command chair on the bridge of her ship. Where she was contemplating the future of the universe. She lay back on her chair as she looked at the viewing screen, which showed a black blanket littered with pinholes of white light that was the vastness of space.

"We will be approaching Triforia orbit in seven hours present speed, sire." The helm reported. Lilia clasped her hands together. "Excellent, Commander."

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