Chapter 7- The Homecoming Pt. 1
It'd been five days since the take off of Terra Venture, and things had been extremely quiet in Angel Grove, give or take a few new monster attacks by Astronema's forces. Jason was still somewhat upset over his and Kimberly's decision to conceal their feelings for one another, and they hadn't spoken much for days. Now with Adam's news that the Zeo Crystal was gone, things were even worse for him, and they still hadn't heard from Tommy, Billy, or Trini.
Kimberly was worried as well, she figured Billy would have contacted them now, and it was obvious that Trini didn't care either. She found herself sitting constantly by the phone waiting for a chance of communication from one of them. She also found herself thinking about Tommy, and the passion she once had for him, but knew that it'd be impossible to rekindle their relationship, because so much had happened, and she knew that somehow he'd return to Katherine.
Jason casually knocked on Kimberly's bedroom door, wondering if she'd gotten up yet. Kimberly opened the door, she was in a pair of pink pajamas, and a white sports bra, but Jason could tell that she'd been up for awhile, because she'd already applied makeup, and had her hair up. "Hey," he said.
"Hi Jason," Kimberly responded. She could still see the hurt in his eyes, and she couldn't stand it, and for that reason, she tried ignoring him for the past couple of days, but it was hard as they were living together. "How are you?"
Jason shrugged his shoulders at her. "I don't know Kim. All of this crap has put a lot of stress on me lately, and let's face it, I'm not the same sixteen year old I was when I became a Power Ranger,"
Kimberly nodded, she too had felt a lot of stress, especially with her unsettled feelings for Jason. She stood and told her that she needed to get dressed, and Jason walked out of the room feeling rejected once again. Kimberly sorrowfully closed her bedroom door and sat back down on the best lost in thought.
Out in the hallway, Jason made his way towards the bathroom deciding that he'd needed a shower wishing that he could only wash away his feelings for Kimberly, and be done with it. He opened the bathroom door and pulled off his boxers and t-shirt. He dropped his clothes into the laundry hamper but suddenly heard the bathroom door open again.
Kimberly walked in looking down at the ground, and hadn't noticed Jason until she looked up. There he was, his husky body, exposed in front of her eyes. She found herself staring at his amazing body, unable to look away. Finally she snapped back to reality. "I'm sorry," she said, her face turning bright red.
Jason grabbed a towel and wrapped it around him. "Don't be sorry. With us living together this was going to happen sooner or later. I was just going to take a shower, did you need anything?"
Kimberly shook her head and tried to walk of the room, but she couldn't seem to get off her fixation on Jason's masculinity. However, her dream vision was snapped back into reality, when they both heard a knock at the front door.
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High above the romantic conflictions that Kimberly and Jason were having, Lord Zedd toyed with his new trophy as he fondled the Zeo Crystal tightly in his hands. Darkonda however, wasn't about to let him get his hands on the two captured prizes for nothing, especially the powerful Zeo Crystal and Zedd knew that with Bounty Hunter scum like Darkonda, there was sure to be a catch. Zedd ended up paying one million Zanabatars for each, but Zedd felt great, and knew that with the Zeo Crystal in his hands, he was back on top.
"Zeddy!" Rita yelled, making her way back from the dungeons. "I've just thought of something,"
"I don't need your doltish thoughts my dear," Zedd responded with a tad bit sense of humor. "I don't need anyone's thoughts anymore! I have the Zeo Crystal, and that's all that matters!" he broke into a chorus of demonic laughter which echoed throughout the rock structure.
Rita's face fumed red, but she knew that her husband was lost in a fantasy world of felicity, but still she knew that he'd want to hear her words, so she began speaking anyway. "Zeddy, I don't know if you've realized this or not, but the Power Rangers are back, and they have a space ship now, and they have Astro Technology. If we don't do something about them, they could possibly get in our way,"
Lord Zedd realized that his wife was right, and if there had been any inkling of an invasion on Earth, the Power Rangers would be right there with their Megazord attempting to stop it. "You've made a valid point, my dear," he agreed. "I must contact Dark Specter at once!"
Rita hurried over to the new viewing screen that the members of the Alliance had been issued, and used her wand to open a frequency to the Cimmerian Planet. Within minutes, Dark Specter appeared on the screen demanding why his personal time had been interrupted.
"Dark Specter," Lord Zedd said distinctly. "It has come to my attention that there are indeed five new Power Rangers, and that Astronema is attacking the Earth, with them responding to her every monster. I've seen no movement of action from Zordon's power pioneers, but I'm sure they are planning something. We need some kind of diversion, that will keep the Ranger's regard fullness away from Earth,"
The Monarch of Evil coughed loudly, noting that Zedd had made a unsurpassed point and nodded at his minion. "You're intentions are good Lord Zedd, and I will pay a personal visit to Astronema to indite a plan prolonged enough to keep their attention away from Planet Earth,"
"Thank you," Lord Zedd returned. "You will not be let down,"
Dark Specter's image faded, and Rita turned to her husband with a scandalized expression. "Why didn't you tell him of our obtaining of Tommy Oliver, and the Zeo Crystal?"
Lord Zedd sighed. "You have no significance in the art of antics my dear, that is why you have failed in everything you've ever tried to accomplish as a sorceress, and why you chose pathetic belligerents!" He stormed out of the throne room quickly before Rita could throw in her two cents, and made his way to the dungeons. He'd been meaning to pay his "old friend" a visit, and finally realized that now would be the perfect time.
Rita stormed off into the Palace Kitchen, a rarely place she was seen because Finster usually prepared their meals. She marched over to a large steel structure which resembled an Earthen refrigerator and opened it. Inside were various pitchers that had steaming liquids pouring from them, she grabbed a bowl filled with various extrinsic eye pieces and began shoving them into her mouth.
Meanwhile in the Palace dungeons, Lord Zedd came face to face with Tommy Oliver, the very Power Ranger who he'd fought during his prime as the Prince of Darkness. Tommy was tied to the stone walls, his arms and legs stretched out as far as possible. Zedd rested the tip of his staff under Tommy's chin, and laughed at the most delightful sight he could ever imagine.
Tommy could feel the evil vibes coming from Zedd's 'Z' tipped staff, and struggled to break free, but the chains were tied too tightly. He regretted his failure, and had been to weak to withstand Darkonda's extensive weaponry, and was unable to summon his zeonizer in time. "You're never going to win Zedd," Tommy grumbled. "You always loose, and you'll loose again this time!"
Zedd laughed at his prisoner's pathetic fortitude and forced his staff even deeper into Tommy's chin. "You're in no position to be generating threats my friend," Zedd laughed. "Besides, you don't have your power coin to attack me this time, and Zordon, I'm afraid is captured,"
"You lie!" Tommy yelled. "And besides, the Rangers are still out there,"
Zedd shook his head, "No no, Tommy," he laughed. "I'm afraid Divatox was capable to destroy your precious Power Chamber, and the Rangers along with it," Zedd said half truthfully. He needed to take away the hope that Tommy had, and if it meant hiding the secret of the Astro Rangers, then so be it.
"No!" Tommy's cry echoed. "I don't believe you!"
"Believe what you wish White Ranger, or whatever color you formerly were," Zedd turned to leave. "The Power Rangers legacy is over, and may affliction rule well into the millennium!" The dark lord slowly made his way up the stairs leaving Tommy speechless, with no choice to believe Zedd's words.
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Kimberly Hart slowly proceeded towards Jason's front door, but she took her steps cautiously, because in her mind, she knew that it was Adam, venturing to tell them further bad news. But hesitantly, she grasped the doorknob and slowly opened the door.
Trini Kwan's smiling face stared back at her through the glass screen door. "Hey Kim," Trini greeted, sounding the same way she did the day she'd left for the World Peace Conference.
Kimberly's face lit up as she threw her arms around one of her best friends. Trini's presence had given Kimberly a reason to be happy, and she wasn't about to miss an inkling that that the joy had brought. "Oh my gosh! Trini! I can't believe you really came."
Jason pulled on his clothes slowly, but as he heard Kimberly shouting Trini's name, he increased the pace at wish he dressed. Quickly he stumbled downstairs into the living room where, he saw them, together again. "Wow! This is like old times," Jason smiled, remembering the sleepovers the two had.
"Hi Jason," Trini waved. "You guys make such a cute couple, I'm so glad you guys got together!"
Kimberly shook her head and mumbled at Trini. "Um, we're not really together,"
Trini giggled. "Ops," she said. "I guess I figured since the two of you were living together, that...never mind,"
Kimberly smiled. "It's okay Trini,"
"I would have gotten here sooner," Trini said changing the subject. "I stopped by the Youth Center to say hi to Ernie, but everything is different there,"
"Yeah," Jason nodded. "Ernie had to leave for some kind of family business, and he gave it to the new owner Adele, well she hired a guy named Jerome Stone as the manager, and he stopped her from changing it for awhile, be he was killed recently in a car crash. The new owner Adele, went through my company to do new designs, and when I saw them, I stopped going there. It's just not the Youth Center for me anymore,"
Trini nodded. "Gosh, that's so sad. Does Ernie know?"
Jason shook his head. "I don't think so, I haven't heard from him since he left,"
Trini frowned. "It's great to be back though, everything else is pretty much the same, so Kim, are you still a Ranger?"
Kimberly laughed. "Oh no,"
Jason nodded. "Yeah Trini, you'd better sit down, we have a lot to tell you,"
---
Elgar had turned the control room of the Dark Fortress into a beauty salon, as he and Astronema danced around to Aqua's 1997 hit "Barbie Girl". Lined up along the control panel were many colored hair dye, Astronema had ordered stolen from a store in Angel Grove. Each of them danced around mouthing the boy and girl parts of the song respectively.
Astronema found herself enjoying Elgar's company, for she would have never acted this way, but she felt as if she finally had a person who could act up with her. She couldn't believe the females on Earth had so many hair colors to their disposal, and she'd thought she'd always be stuck with the purple hair she'd had since she could remember. "This is great!" the Princess of Evil yelled.
"Come on, Barbie, let's go party," Elgar mouthed to the guy's part.
"Ha ha ha, yeah," Astronema mouthed in.
Suddenly Ecliptor walked in, irritated by the level of noise that was being emitted from the control room, but he'd finally heard the message buzzer, signifying that Dark Specter was trying to make contact with Astronema. What he saw horrified him, because Elgar had turned Astronema into a pop loving image fanatic teenager. "STOP THIS!" Ecliptor roared, kicking the human boom box device to the ground.
The music stopped instantly, and Astronema turned to Ecliptor, now with bright blonde hair, and flashed him an angry look. "What is the meaning of this Ecliptor?" Astronema demanded.
"You are the Princess of Evil, and there is no reason for someone with such high standards to be acting this way, and besides Dark Specter is trying to contact you!" Ecliptor answered.
Astronema pushed Elgar out of her way and made her way towards the viewing globe, as Dark Specter's body appeared.
"Astronema, I need you to do something very important!" Dark Specter growled. "I'm sending you a video message, and I've had Divatox disguise herself as the Ranger's latest mentor Dimitria, this will lead the Rangers away from Earth and into the Lost Galaxy where they can't meddle with our plans any farther!"
"Away from Earth?" Astronema confusingly asked.
"Just do as I've instructed," Dark Specter answered. "All shall be revealed within time. I'm also sending a little peasant who has been captured from Eltar, I have no use for him here, perhaps you'll find a better help."
Astronema nodded, and plugged in the stolen coordinates for the Astro Mega ship, and carefully sent the message, making sure that the signal from the Dark Fortress was untraceable. Leading the Rangers away from Earth was very peculiar, but she wasn't in position to question the Grand Monarch's plan.
---
Back at Jason's, Trini had heard the entire story of what had happened since her departing for the World Peace Conference, and Zack had already arrived to meet her as well. She was amazed at all of the new power sources that had arisen for the Rangers. "I can't believe Zordon's really captured, have you heard from Billy at all?"
Kimberly shook her head. "We sent a message to Aquitar, but.. Jason wait, maybe we should stop back over at the garage and see if he sent a message back,"
"That's a great idea Kim!" Jason nodded. "I can't believe I never thought of that before,"
"All right, great," Zack said. "Let's go, we only need one more, and the original guys are back in action!"
Trini smiled at them all, grateful to be back among them once again. She couldn't believe she'd doubted coming back.
---
Up in space on the Astro Mega ship, the Space Rangers had gathered around the viewing screen, prepared to watch the message sent my Dimitria. She was on a planet that seemed to be covered by a jungle, and it was obvious that something or someone was chasing her.
"Rangers," she said. "I've heard the reports of the destruction of the Power Chamber, but it softens my heart to know that you've found new powers. I've found Zordon, but I'm afraid his power is being drained quickly. The coordinates are embedded in this video message, you must hurry, he's not going to last much longer," the message faded.
"Oh my gosh!" Ashley said. "We've finally found him!"
"Yeah, this is great," Carlos responded.
"Andros, are you getting the coordinates?" T.J. asked quickly.
Andros nodded. "They're weird though, they are farther away from the Milky Way Galaxy then I've ever seen,"
"Where are they Andros?" Cassie asked.
"They're in the Lost Galaxy..." Andros replied.
"The Lost Galaxy?" T.J. asked. "I've never heard of it,"
"You're not supposed to, it's mostly used by criminals, and it's well hidden, there's only one way in and out, and finding them is harder then you think," Andros replied.
"How?" Ashley asked.
"Portals, or rifts in space, whichever you wish to call them," Andros answered. "They are rarely seen, but it would be a good place to hide Zordon, or even my sister. But I hope you realize that if we pursue this, then we'd be leaving Earth unprotected,"
They all nodded, but especially Carlos was worried about the way Adam had been judging their devotion as Rangers, so he spoke up. "I'm sure Astronema will catch on and follow us, and besides this might be our only chance to save Zordon,"
They all agreed.
"All right, the portals usually appear near the farthest end of the universe, so I guess we'll go there first," Andros replied. "DECA, set a course for the Perish Realm,"
"But Andros, that is a very dangerous galaxy, and I don't think-"
"Do it DECA," Andros replied.
Suddenly the Astro Mega ship zoomed forwards and made the jump to light speed, a vision that Zedd watched from his palace balcony. "Marvelous," Zedd said. "It's time for the invasion of Earth,"
To Be Continued
It'd been five days since the take off of Terra Venture, and things had been extremely quiet in Angel Grove, give or take a few new monster attacks by Astronema's forces. Jason was still somewhat upset over his and Kimberly's decision to conceal their feelings for one another, and they hadn't spoken much for days. Now with Adam's news that the Zeo Crystal was gone, things were even worse for him, and they still hadn't heard from Tommy, Billy, or Trini.
Kimberly was worried as well, she figured Billy would have contacted them now, and it was obvious that Trini didn't care either. She found herself sitting constantly by the phone waiting for a chance of communication from one of them. She also found herself thinking about Tommy, and the passion she once had for him, but knew that it'd be impossible to rekindle their relationship, because so much had happened, and she knew that somehow he'd return to Katherine.
Jason casually knocked on Kimberly's bedroom door, wondering if she'd gotten up yet. Kimberly opened the door, she was in a pair of pink pajamas, and a white sports bra, but Jason could tell that she'd been up for awhile, because she'd already applied makeup, and had her hair up. "Hey," he said.
"Hi Jason," Kimberly responded. She could still see the hurt in his eyes, and she couldn't stand it, and for that reason, she tried ignoring him for the past couple of days, but it was hard as they were living together. "How are you?"
Jason shrugged his shoulders at her. "I don't know Kim. All of this crap has put a lot of stress on me lately, and let's face it, I'm not the same sixteen year old I was when I became a Power Ranger,"
Kimberly nodded, she too had felt a lot of stress, especially with her unsettled feelings for Jason. She stood and told her that she needed to get dressed, and Jason walked out of the room feeling rejected once again. Kimberly sorrowfully closed her bedroom door and sat back down on the best lost in thought.
Out in the hallway, Jason made his way towards the bathroom deciding that he'd needed a shower wishing that he could only wash away his feelings for Kimberly, and be done with it. He opened the bathroom door and pulled off his boxers and t-shirt. He dropped his clothes into the laundry hamper but suddenly heard the bathroom door open again.
Kimberly walked in looking down at the ground, and hadn't noticed Jason until she looked up. There he was, his husky body, exposed in front of her eyes. She found herself staring at his amazing body, unable to look away. Finally she snapped back to reality. "I'm sorry," she said, her face turning bright red.
Jason grabbed a towel and wrapped it around him. "Don't be sorry. With us living together this was going to happen sooner or later. I was just going to take a shower, did you need anything?"
Kimberly shook her head and tried to walk of the room, but she couldn't seem to get off her fixation on Jason's masculinity. However, her dream vision was snapped back into reality, when they both heard a knock at the front door.
---
High above the romantic conflictions that Kimberly and Jason were having, Lord Zedd toyed with his new trophy as he fondled the Zeo Crystal tightly in his hands. Darkonda however, wasn't about to let him get his hands on the two captured prizes for nothing, especially the powerful Zeo Crystal and Zedd knew that with Bounty Hunter scum like Darkonda, there was sure to be a catch. Zedd ended up paying one million Zanabatars for each, but Zedd felt great, and knew that with the Zeo Crystal in his hands, he was back on top.
"Zeddy!" Rita yelled, making her way back from the dungeons. "I've just thought of something,"
"I don't need your doltish thoughts my dear," Zedd responded with a tad bit sense of humor. "I don't need anyone's thoughts anymore! I have the Zeo Crystal, and that's all that matters!" he broke into a chorus of demonic laughter which echoed throughout the rock structure.
Rita's face fumed red, but she knew that her husband was lost in a fantasy world of felicity, but still she knew that he'd want to hear her words, so she began speaking anyway. "Zeddy, I don't know if you've realized this or not, but the Power Rangers are back, and they have a space ship now, and they have Astro Technology. If we don't do something about them, they could possibly get in our way,"
Lord Zedd realized that his wife was right, and if there had been any inkling of an invasion on Earth, the Power Rangers would be right there with their Megazord attempting to stop it. "You've made a valid point, my dear," he agreed. "I must contact Dark Specter at once!"
Rita hurried over to the new viewing screen that the members of the Alliance had been issued, and used her wand to open a frequency to the Cimmerian Planet. Within minutes, Dark Specter appeared on the screen demanding why his personal time had been interrupted.
"Dark Specter," Lord Zedd said distinctly. "It has come to my attention that there are indeed five new Power Rangers, and that Astronema is attacking the Earth, with them responding to her every monster. I've seen no movement of action from Zordon's power pioneers, but I'm sure they are planning something. We need some kind of diversion, that will keep the Ranger's regard fullness away from Earth,"
The Monarch of Evil coughed loudly, noting that Zedd had made a unsurpassed point and nodded at his minion. "You're intentions are good Lord Zedd, and I will pay a personal visit to Astronema to indite a plan prolonged enough to keep their attention away from Planet Earth,"
"Thank you," Lord Zedd returned. "You will not be let down,"
Dark Specter's image faded, and Rita turned to her husband with a scandalized expression. "Why didn't you tell him of our obtaining of Tommy Oliver, and the Zeo Crystal?"
Lord Zedd sighed. "You have no significance in the art of antics my dear, that is why you have failed in everything you've ever tried to accomplish as a sorceress, and why you chose pathetic belligerents!" He stormed out of the throne room quickly before Rita could throw in her two cents, and made his way to the dungeons. He'd been meaning to pay his "old friend" a visit, and finally realized that now would be the perfect time.
Rita stormed off into the Palace Kitchen, a rarely place she was seen because Finster usually prepared their meals. She marched over to a large steel structure which resembled an Earthen refrigerator and opened it. Inside were various pitchers that had steaming liquids pouring from them, she grabbed a bowl filled with various extrinsic eye pieces and began shoving them into her mouth.
Meanwhile in the Palace dungeons, Lord Zedd came face to face with Tommy Oliver, the very Power Ranger who he'd fought during his prime as the Prince of Darkness. Tommy was tied to the stone walls, his arms and legs stretched out as far as possible. Zedd rested the tip of his staff under Tommy's chin, and laughed at the most delightful sight he could ever imagine.
Tommy could feel the evil vibes coming from Zedd's 'Z' tipped staff, and struggled to break free, but the chains were tied too tightly. He regretted his failure, and had been to weak to withstand Darkonda's extensive weaponry, and was unable to summon his zeonizer in time. "You're never going to win Zedd," Tommy grumbled. "You always loose, and you'll loose again this time!"
Zedd laughed at his prisoner's pathetic fortitude and forced his staff even deeper into Tommy's chin. "You're in no position to be generating threats my friend," Zedd laughed. "Besides, you don't have your power coin to attack me this time, and Zordon, I'm afraid is captured,"
"You lie!" Tommy yelled. "And besides, the Rangers are still out there,"
Zedd shook his head, "No no, Tommy," he laughed. "I'm afraid Divatox was capable to destroy your precious Power Chamber, and the Rangers along with it," Zedd said half truthfully. He needed to take away the hope that Tommy had, and if it meant hiding the secret of the Astro Rangers, then so be it.
"No!" Tommy's cry echoed. "I don't believe you!"
"Believe what you wish White Ranger, or whatever color you formerly were," Zedd turned to leave. "The Power Rangers legacy is over, and may affliction rule well into the millennium!" The dark lord slowly made his way up the stairs leaving Tommy speechless, with no choice to believe Zedd's words.
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Kimberly Hart slowly proceeded towards Jason's front door, but she took her steps cautiously, because in her mind, she knew that it was Adam, venturing to tell them further bad news. But hesitantly, she grasped the doorknob and slowly opened the door.
Trini Kwan's smiling face stared back at her through the glass screen door. "Hey Kim," Trini greeted, sounding the same way she did the day she'd left for the World Peace Conference.
Kimberly's face lit up as she threw her arms around one of her best friends. Trini's presence had given Kimberly a reason to be happy, and she wasn't about to miss an inkling that that the joy had brought. "Oh my gosh! Trini! I can't believe you really came."
Jason pulled on his clothes slowly, but as he heard Kimberly shouting Trini's name, he increased the pace at wish he dressed. Quickly he stumbled downstairs into the living room where, he saw them, together again. "Wow! This is like old times," Jason smiled, remembering the sleepovers the two had.
"Hi Jason," Trini waved. "You guys make such a cute couple, I'm so glad you guys got together!"
Kimberly shook her head and mumbled at Trini. "Um, we're not really together,"
Trini giggled. "Ops," she said. "I guess I figured since the two of you were living together, that...never mind,"
Kimberly smiled. "It's okay Trini,"
"I would have gotten here sooner," Trini said changing the subject. "I stopped by the Youth Center to say hi to Ernie, but everything is different there,"
"Yeah," Jason nodded. "Ernie had to leave for some kind of family business, and he gave it to the new owner Adele, well she hired a guy named Jerome Stone as the manager, and he stopped her from changing it for awhile, be he was killed recently in a car crash. The new owner Adele, went through my company to do new designs, and when I saw them, I stopped going there. It's just not the Youth Center for me anymore,"
Trini nodded. "Gosh, that's so sad. Does Ernie know?"
Jason shook his head. "I don't think so, I haven't heard from him since he left,"
Trini frowned. "It's great to be back though, everything else is pretty much the same, so Kim, are you still a Ranger?"
Kimberly laughed. "Oh no,"
Jason nodded. "Yeah Trini, you'd better sit down, we have a lot to tell you,"
---
Elgar had turned the control room of the Dark Fortress into a beauty salon, as he and Astronema danced around to Aqua's 1997 hit "Barbie Girl". Lined up along the control panel were many colored hair dye, Astronema had ordered stolen from a store in Angel Grove. Each of them danced around mouthing the boy and girl parts of the song respectively.
Astronema found herself enjoying Elgar's company, for she would have never acted this way, but she felt as if she finally had a person who could act up with her. She couldn't believe the females on Earth had so many hair colors to their disposal, and she'd thought she'd always be stuck with the purple hair she'd had since she could remember. "This is great!" the Princess of Evil yelled.
"Come on, Barbie, let's go party," Elgar mouthed to the guy's part.
"Ha ha ha, yeah," Astronema mouthed in.
Suddenly Ecliptor walked in, irritated by the level of noise that was being emitted from the control room, but he'd finally heard the message buzzer, signifying that Dark Specter was trying to make contact with Astronema. What he saw horrified him, because Elgar had turned Astronema into a pop loving image fanatic teenager. "STOP THIS!" Ecliptor roared, kicking the human boom box device to the ground.
The music stopped instantly, and Astronema turned to Ecliptor, now with bright blonde hair, and flashed him an angry look. "What is the meaning of this Ecliptor?" Astronema demanded.
"You are the Princess of Evil, and there is no reason for someone with such high standards to be acting this way, and besides Dark Specter is trying to contact you!" Ecliptor answered.
Astronema pushed Elgar out of her way and made her way towards the viewing globe, as Dark Specter's body appeared.
"Astronema, I need you to do something very important!" Dark Specter growled. "I'm sending you a video message, and I've had Divatox disguise herself as the Ranger's latest mentor Dimitria, this will lead the Rangers away from Earth and into the Lost Galaxy where they can't meddle with our plans any farther!"
"Away from Earth?" Astronema confusingly asked.
"Just do as I've instructed," Dark Specter answered. "All shall be revealed within time. I'm also sending a little peasant who has been captured from Eltar, I have no use for him here, perhaps you'll find a better help."
Astronema nodded, and plugged in the stolen coordinates for the Astro Mega ship, and carefully sent the message, making sure that the signal from the Dark Fortress was untraceable. Leading the Rangers away from Earth was very peculiar, but she wasn't in position to question the Grand Monarch's plan.
---
Back at Jason's, Trini had heard the entire story of what had happened since her departing for the World Peace Conference, and Zack had already arrived to meet her as well. She was amazed at all of the new power sources that had arisen for the Rangers. "I can't believe Zordon's really captured, have you heard from Billy at all?"
Kimberly shook her head. "We sent a message to Aquitar, but.. Jason wait, maybe we should stop back over at the garage and see if he sent a message back,"
"That's a great idea Kim!" Jason nodded. "I can't believe I never thought of that before,"
"All right, great," Zack said. "Let's go, we only need one more, and the original guys are back in action!"
Trini smiled at them all, grateful to be back among them once again. She couldn't believe she'd doubted coming back.
---
Up in space on the Astro Mega ship, the Space Rangers had gathered around the viewing screen, prepared to watch the message sent my Dimitria. She was on a planet that seemed to be covered by a jungle, and it was obvious that something or someone was chasing her.
"Rangers," she said. "I've heard the reports of the destruction of the Power Chamber, but it softens my heart to know that you've found new powers. I've found Zordon, but I'm afraid his power is being drained quickly. The coordinates are embedded in this video message, you must hurry, he's not going to last much longer," the message faded.
"Oh my gosh!" Ashley said. "We've finally found him!"
"Yeah, this is great," Carlos responded.
"Andros, are you getting the coordinates?" T.J. asked quickly.
Andros nodded. "They're weird though, they are farther away from the Milky Way Galaxy then I've ever seen,"
"Where are they Andros?" Cassie asked.
"They're in the Lost Galaxy..." Andros replied.
"The Lost Galaxy?" T.J. asked. "I've never heard of it,"
"You're not supposed to, it's mostly used by criminals, and it's well hidden, there's only one way in and out, and finding them is harder then you think," Andros replied.
"How?" Ashley asked.
"Portals, or rifts in space, whichever you wish to call them," Andros answered. "They are rarely seen, but it would be a good place to hide Zordon, or even my sister. But I hope you realize that if we pursue this, then we'd be leaving Earth unprotected,"
They all nodded, but especially Carlos was worried about the way Adam had been judging their devotion as Rangers, so he spoke up. "I'm sure Astronema will catch on and follow us, and besides this might be our only chance to save Zordon,"
They all agreed.
"All right, the portals usually appear near the farthest end of the universe, so I guess we'll go there first," Andros replied. "DECA, set a course for the Perish Realm,"
"But Andros, that is a very dangerous galaxy, and I don't think-"
"Do it DECA," Andros replied.
Suddenly the Astro Mega ship zoomed forwards and made the jump to light speed, a vision that Zedd watched from his palace balcony. "Marvelous," Zedd said. "It's time for the invasion of Earth,"
To Be Continued