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Damsels in distress

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The communicated sounded loudly again in the kitchen as Zach saw Billy and Tommy teleport away from the fight.

"They lost," said his father surprised.

"No," replied Zach, "they retreated after Tr… the yellow ranger was injured. If they'd lost they'd be dead," he paused thoughtfully, "or at least captured."

His father looked at him.

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"That damn thing is going off again," said his mother, "I want you to tell me how to turn it off."

Zach was about to argue that they shouldn't touch it and that the call might be important but paused as he realised that he could answer honestly, "I don't think you can."

"What?" asked his mother surprised, "you've got to be able to, look at all these buttons one of them has to turn it off."

He shook his head; "Billy built it so its brilliant but far too complicated. I've never figured out how to turn it off."

His father snorted a little laugh, "I should have known, only Billy could build something with so many buttons to act as a walkie talkie."

"Maybe I can just take the batteries out," suggested Mrs Taylor as it sounded again.

Zach looked on hopelessly as his mother examined every inch of his communicator for a battery. Moments later it sounded again: 'this must be serious' he thought and did the only thing that made sense. "I think I remember how it works, can you pass it here."

She handed it to him.

"Sorry mom," he said as he walked out, "I'll be back soon."

Billy felt a shock run through him as he landed in the command centre.

"Where is she?" he heard a voice to the left of him ask.

"She?" asked Zordon

"My lady," replied Tommy simply, "my lady victory."

" Your lady?" asked Billy incredulously, "she is my lady."

"This isn't good," said Jason, "they think they're in love with her."

"Must be because they were exposed for longer," concluded Zordon.

" Maybe" agreed the red ranger, "but we need a way to snap the guys out of it," The two affected rangers were now glaring viciously at each other, "er quickly."

"Well what snapped you out of it?" asked Trini, "because short of having her knock them unconscious we don't know another way."

"She hurt one of my friends," he replied simply.

"But it didn't snap them out of it," stated Zordon.

Jason looked uncomfortable for a moment before answering, "I couldn't not be the hero," he paused again, "you're not going to like this," he said.

"Go on," urged Trini a little impatiently.

"You just seemed so innocent, like a damsel in distress: I couldn't not help you and anyone who could hurt you, well they were clearly evil."

She looked at him curiously for a moment before bursting into laughter, "Damsel in distress? Me?"

The first thing Zach heard, as he teleported into the command centre was Trini's almost hysterical laughter and the comment, "Damsel in distress? Me?"

"Ok?" he said, "who are you and what have you done with the real power rangers?"

Looking round the command centre he wished he could take that comment back, everyone was acting very unlike them selves: Tommy and Billy looked about to attack one another, Trini was laughing uncharacteristically loudly and Jason was practically blushing.

He began again, "whats going on?"

" A monster who seems to have power to appear so innocent all the rangers fall in love with her," replied Zordon, "Jason and Trini snapped out of it but Tommy and Billy haven't."

"How do we snap them out of it?"

"Well by the sounds of it," said Trini regaining a little control, "either by having her knock them unconscious or having her attack someone who seems like a 'damsel in distress' so they are overcome by the need to rescue her."

He looked at Trini and he looked at Jason and then he too began to laugh.

"Its not that funny," insisted Jason, besides, " it wasn't that its just Trini is part of my team, I had to rescue her. I couldn't let her stay hurt, I …

Zach stopped laughing, "so what you are saying is we need to get someone they both really care about to be attacked in front of them to snap Tommy and Billy out of it."

"Well," said Trini thoughtfully, "that would be one solution, not a great one but the only one we have so far."

"Ok so that's easy enough for Tommy, I don't think anyone could play a damsel in distress better than Kimberly, I mean she has that whole pretty girly thing going on and he and Kim are very close. But Billy, my best bet would have been you…"

Jason nodded in agreement, "but even if we can find someone, how do we keep them safe and stop them from being affected."

"Well I thought her innocence radiated from her eyes, maybe blinding her or blindfolding them: preferably blinding her since blindfolds would leave Kim very vulnerable," suggested Trini.

Jason nodded, "but who do we get for Billy? Who do you think he would act most to protect?"

There was silence for a moment until the red ranger answered his own question: " his Dad."

"His dad?" asked Zach

"Yes, it makes sense: he already lost his mother and his dad has been a bit fragile since then…"

"So one of us needs to go and attempt to blind 'Lady Victory,' another needs to go and get Kim and another Billy's dad."

" I would recommend the task of blinding the monster to Zach," came the voice of Zordon, "as he has not yet been affected by her charms and is therefore least susceptible."

"You'll need to get her on your first attack before she affects you."

"And if I don't?" he asked, "you'll need someone to snap me out of it."

"Who?"

The black ranger blushed, "Angela," he said trying to laugh it off, "my damsel in distress."

Trini nodded, "that might be difficult to explain, but I'm sure we'll manage."