Chapter Three:
To Defend Earth Once More
"If it is in fact that Zordon is dead, Professor, then how can this man here be the mighty wizard?" questioned Astral One.
"Well, from what I understand, astral, he was trapped in an inter-dimensional time warp by the evil space witch, Rita Repulsa, but it was believed that his existence depended on the energy tube that linked him to the regular world. To rid the universe of evil Andros, the Red Space Ranger, under guidance of Zordon himself destroyed the tube and its energy; it was believed to eradicate the universe of evil. It was unfortunate for us the energy wave dissipated before making it to our region of galaxy, thus having no effect on Lord Doom and his army," explained Elledan.
"I've updated this information into my memory banks and the ship databases do you suppose we should retrieve Zordon, Professor?" replies the android. "Of course Astral, at once," responds Elledan as he activates the tractor beam and brings Zordon into the small XR-10's holding bay. Elledan quickly runs to the doorway to let Zordon into the ship, surprised by seeing other living beings in this dimension and especially another Eltarean male, Zordon, relieved, walks through the door and greets the young scientist.
"Greetings, I am Zordon of Eltar and you are?" questions Zordon.
"I'm Professor Elledan Ellesare of Eltar, I'm a scientist and this is Astral One my android assistant," replies Elledan.
Zordon chuckles and replies, "Android assistant? It appears I've started a trend on Eltar" as he smiles, something he hasn't done in years.
"It's believed that you perished with the destruction of the energy tube. How is it possible for you to have survived may I ask?" asks Elledan.
"The energy tube was basically a communicator or link for me to the outside world, with the help of Alpha Five that communication link was established, but it was primarily believed that without it I would die. Since I was stuck somewhere between this place and the real universe, but with the force of Andros's blow to the energy tube it must have transported me completely into the time warp. I've been trapped in this dimension for years till now. May I ask how you made it into here?" answers Zordon and Astral One begins explaining about the destruction of Eltar and the ship's damage and being pulled into the black hole which linked them into the present situation.
"I see, well with the unfortunate destruction of Eltar then I know exactly where he would be headed next, the same place that all my adversaries seem to go, the planet Earth, we must go to Earth and reactivate the Power Chamber and reunite with some of my former friends" explains Zordon. The powerful wizard looks over to Astral One and asks, "Do you think you can calculate a way out of here?"
"Let me perform scans on the structure of this dimension and search through the ships database and I might just be able to locate a way out of this time warp, since we were linked through a black hole it is very possible we could exit through another black hole," replies the small robot.
"It's worth a try" exclaims Elledan, "We've got to put a stop to Lord Doom's plans. I can't let another planet or family go through what I have"
"It's not your fault, Elledan" says Zordon as he puts his hand on the young professor's shoulder, "but we will stop him I can promise you. I know of a force that is so powerful not even Lord Doom can conquer it."
"What is it?" asks Astral One. "The human spirit," answers Zordon.
And with that the three locate a black hole nearby and start calculations on when they can get to it and if the ship can make it through the dimensional transposition. While it is decided by Astral One's perfect calculations the ship should be able to make through the dimensional change, it is not determined if will take them any closer to Earth and if so if they'll have enough power in the ship to actually make it to Earth.
Meanwhile back at Lord Doom's flying fortress they have made it to Earth. In the throne room the evil Lord and his royal court stand, overlooking the next conquest on their list.
"It seems so small and puny doesn't it? Much more than I thought of the previous planet, Eltar" questions Commander Nerissa
"Well then, if that's the case, Nerissa, then it's best that you stay here and I leave this invasion under the control of your much better replacements, don't you think?" sarcastically replies Lord Doom. Nerissa just sulks and remains quiet after that stab at her competence.
"Wise choice my lord. I trust we will not let you down" replies General Demona, "Elros, let's gather the army and prepare to attack this waste of a planet." "Yes, General, I will make sure the Demonites are ready for battle" responds Lt. General Elros.
Unknowing, of the danger about to be wrecked on Earth in the familiar town of Angel Grove at the college campus of Angel Grove University the students are walking the grounds leaving for the day and getting ready to party since today marks the beginning of Spring Break. The sounds of friends calling out to each other, car stereos blasting through the parking lot, filling the campus grounds. Dr. Tommy Oliver can be seen walking out of a pair of glass doors. He's dressed very professionally in black slacks, a grey shirt, and a red tie; he's carrying his brief case and coat making his way toward his new red Jeep Grand Cherokee. "Have a good weekend, Dr. O" shouts one of his students as they pass him on his way to his vehicle, Tommy just smiles and waives back at his students. On the way to his jeep he also passes by a pair of teachers, makes a courteous smile and nod; he then hops into his jeep and drives off on his way home.
Tommy pulls into the driveway of a cute little crème colored Cape Cod style house, it has wood siding with white trim and windows. It has dark red wood shutters and a white picket fenced front yard, the front yard is full of trees, bushes, and hedges. On the front porch in pots and in the window flower boxes set a mixture of white, pink, and red flowers. Tommy walks in through the side door and into the kitchen, he sets his brief case and keys on the counter goes to the phone to see if he has any messages, just a small note written in pink ink, "We will be late getting home, K". He smiles, sets the note back down and goes into the living room. He takes off his tie and unbuttons the first 3 buttons of his shirt and turns on the TV to relax, but the regular programming is interrupted by a news bulletin…
"I'm Cassidy Cornel with an important announcement. It appears that an alien spacecraft may have crash landed just outside of Angel Grove in the remote desert areas." The map shown on the screen shows the ship crashed about a mile away from the former Power Chamber, this catches Tommy's attention as he lends forward in his chair.
"Also there are reports of electrical interference in the Earth's atmosphere, whether or not it has something to do with the alien ship or something bigger isn't known yet. But we will update you as information is discovered; now back to your regularly scheduled programming."
He just sits in his chair, mouth opened with a look of shock on his face. Suddenly he jumps back in his seat, looking behind him, startled by commotion in foyer as the front door opens; the sound of rustling shopping bags fills the air. Suddenly Tommy's son, Timothy aqua Timmy, slings his backpack to floor and runs into the living "Daddy! I missed you!" Tommy smiles and picks his young son up and hugs him "Hey, Buddy, how was your day?" trying not to be appear worried about what he has just seen on television.
"It was okay, I've got a lot of homework to do" the miniature Tommy replies with an unhappy look on his face.
"That's okay you have the whole Spring Break to have fun and I'll be here with you" the smiling Dad replies.
Suddenly more commotion comes from the foyer and a voice calls out "Couldn't someone please help me?"
They look at each other and Tommy says, "Come on, let's help mom with the shopping" and together they help her with the bags of groceries. Timmy holds the door open as his dad takes the bags out his mom's hands and she replies back "Thanks, Tommy… I have just a few more in the car I'll be right back"
"Ok, beautiful," Tommy replies with his arms are full and carries the bags into the kitchen. He's amazed at the amount of groceries purchased and even more shocked as she stumbles in with her arms weighted down with almost the same amount of bags again... "Kat, are we stocking up for something?" he jokes back with a sly looking grin.
"Yes we are," replies his blonde beauty, "Since its spring break and we're all going to be home together, I thought we would have Jason and Kimberly along with Jacob and have a BBQ. Also, I spoke with Tanya and Adam they plan on joining the party and I haven't heard back from Rocky or Billy so I'm not sure what is happening with them."
"Yay! A party!" calls out the young Timmy as he bounces into the living room, both parents smile and giggle at the little boys excitement.
"Wow! That sounds like a lot of fun, Kat" Tommy replies giving his wife and hug and kiss, "You're so thoughtful, I love you." The couple shares this tender moment and then continue putting the groceries up and preparing for the oncoming event that night, Tommy doesn't let on anything about what he has seen on the news just yet, he just doesn't want to wreck this moment with his family. But neither one knows the danger about to bring havoc to their lives.
Back at the wreckage of the XR-10 ship, just outside of Angel Grove in the remote desert area the small spacecraft is damaged beyond repair during the crash landing, but everyone and its cargo are okay. Zordon leads Elledan and his robotic assistant to the remains of the Power Chamber, which is pretty bad shape after the attack of the Divatox's Piranatrons. "This is the Power Chamber, at one time it was a grand place and the latest in strategic command centers, but now it appears to be nothing more than ruins of a forgotten era" explains Zordon. As he explains more of the Power Chamber's past experiences and technological advancements to Elledan he is interrupted by a sudden revelation by Astral One.
"Wait, Zordon!" exclaims the android, "all isn't as it seems, yes the physical condition of the Power Chamber is very poor, but it does appear that the control panels and all of the Chamber's system computers are in operational order." With this the android begins to upload information to the Power Chambers computer systems as she also downloads information from the Power Chamber's memory banks and records so she and Power Chamber are on the same level when it comes to information.
During this Zordon goes directly to a storage panel, very close to where Tommy and Kat had once retrieved their power boxes before retrieving Lerigot in Africa. This area of the Power Chamber appeared to be badly damaged and burned; a worried expression appears on Zordon's face as he pulls a panel open and removes a large rectangular case from inside the storage panel.
"Ah yes, they are still here" Zordon says to himself "I hope they are still in working order" as he carries the case out into the main chamber setting it down on a counter and opens the case revealing it's contents to the others. Inside are the five Zeonizers, unfortunately the green and blue crystals have been damaged in the fire and have shattered but the other three are in pristine condition, Zordon's face shows a small sign of disappointment at the condition of two of the crystals.
"Can you use your powers to restore them?" ask Elledan.
"No the Zeo Crystal was a unique power not even I can restore, once a fragment of the Zeo Crystal is destroyed it's powers are lost forever," replies Zordon, "However there may be a way to combine these with remains of other existing power sources…"
Suddenly the alert of the Power Chamber beings to chime due to Astral One has restoring the warning system's power to the viewing globe. "Zordon, Professor!" exclaims the android, "Lord Doom and his army are attacking downtown Angel Grove, we've got to stop them!"
Elledan is disgusted to see the exact same scene repeat it's self on the viewing globe as the Demonite Army begins attacking the citizens of Angel Grove and exclaims with fear in his voice "Zordon! We can't let this happen! We've got to get the power activated now!" as he grabs Zordon's shoulders with his hands giving him a slight shake.
"Elledan, it is going to take time to empower these Zeonizers and I'm not even sure it can be done. The threat to Angel Grove however must be taken care of immediately," explains Zordon. "Astral One, is the inter-planetary communication link still operational?"
"Yes, Zordon I've restored its power and we can make contact" responds the little robotic lady.
"Great, open a channel to the planet, Aquitar" commands Zordon.