Episode 3
"Black Skies Return"
"Remember we strike hard and fast. Once we begin to engage the Putties we fend them off until Bandora or Golddar appears to counter our attack. Then we quickly form the Megazord and force Bandora into retreat or death." Jason said with a stern look in his eye. The Rangers began to form around him as they looked out toward Angel Grove. Bandora's palace was still there, almost mocking the world as it lay atop the ruins of the Angel Grove Trade Center. Death was truly in the air as the Rangers could sense their world in pain. Jason's eyes stared blankly into the openness of the far seeing city. It was time for the Rangers to strike.
"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"
"Mastodon" "Pterodactyl" "Triceratops" "Saber Tooth Tiger" "Tyrannosaurus"
In a flash of light the powerful armor of the power suits formed around the Rangers and like lightning they teleported into the city. In an instant they were gone.
-In the center of Angel Grove Rita's Palace
"Golddar! Golddar!" Bandora screeched loudly calling for her General to appear
"Yes my Queen." Golddar spoke approaching behind her as she was about to yell again
"Jason… He's a Ranger. How is this possible? How can he be one of them?"
"Finster has been working on the solution to that problem my Queen. He believe it may be do to the fact that they were born on Earth and not the Dark Dimension like you were my Queen." Golddar answered
"I do not want guesses Golddar. I want answers. If anything we may be able to convert him into one of us. An evil Ranger. I want his brother found. I believe he has the last power coin. Find him!" Rita demanded
"Yes my Queen." With that, Golddar excused himself and left Rita's Chambers
-Outside the Palace gates
The Five Ranger sprang into action as they quickly landed and began attacking Bandora's Putty guards. They Putties charged the Rangers the second they landed and the Rangers began to address the welcoming committee. As the Putties charged the Rangers clashed with bare hands and engaged their enemy in mortal combat. The Putties could do little to stop the Rangers, as each of them that attacked met with defeat.
Jason became cornered against five Bulkers but with quick thinking and fast reflects each was struck down. The first slashed at Jason with his hand-bladed, but Jason dodged the attack and kicked him as he missed. The second met with little success as he found himself thrown back toward the other Bulkers with a quick grab by Jason. The remaining three tried to attack as one but Jason broke their formation with a jump and a doubled kick knocking two back leaving the other alone.
"What's it gonna be grey boy?" Jason taunted as the Putty tried to escape. He ran away from Jason realizing his death was near. Jason laughed as he drew his Blade Blaster and converted it from blade to blaster and aimed at the fleeing Putty Bulker. "Not fast enough bitch!" and with two shots of his blaster sent the last Putty to his death.
The other Rangers were all having equal success as they quickly crushed any attack that approached them. In the time span of three minutes the putties were all dead, and Bandora Rita still had no idea what was happening. The smoke around the battlefield had slowly dissipated revealing a lone Putty Bulkers still alive. The Rangers turned to it and stared into its dark eyes. It looked like a wounded puppy, crawling on its knees trying to survive his encounter. Zach nudged Jason grabbing his attention and pointed to the one surviving Putty. "Hey look, one survived." He stated calmly.
"Kill'em" Jason urged.
The Putty fell to his knees and began to clasp his hands begging the Rangers not to kill him in a display of utter fear and surrender. "What's it doing?" Billy asked
"It's trying to surrender." Kim Rei stated with a sense of disgust in her voice. "How pathetic."
"Finish him." Jason urged again "Kill'em Zach."
"What for? He's beaten. What could he possibly do to us?" Zach questioned
"That's not the point. He's a fucking lap-dog of Rita. That's reason enough. Now fucking kill the little shit." Jason said with a growing tone of anger
"No. He's surrendering. There's no reason-" but before Zach could finish his sentence, Jason march up to the Putty drew back his sword and cut the Putty's head clean of as it pleaded with his hand to stop. Jason just stood quiet over the dead Putty as his body began to disappear into the ground. He had killed the beast and felt no remorse for it. "Why did you do that Jason? He was surrendering!"
"Jason's right Zach. He was a lap-dog to Bandora Rita. That was reason enough to kill him." Kim Rei stated with understanding in her tone
"Bullshit. He was surrendering, and was no threat to us. He was created by Rita. He had no choice in what purpose of life he was to take. He was just chosen to serve Bandora Rita without question."
Jason turned to Zach at this remark and shook his head. "That's funny Zach… no one ever gave me a choice either." As Jason walked passed Zach a silence period came over the Rangers, as if all had taken in what Jason had just said with harden understanding.
-Inside the Palace
Bandora had heard the sounds of laser blasts and explosions outside her chambers and as she walked to her window see saw the last moments of a Putty being decapitated by the Red Ranger. The Rangers had returned much sooner than she thought and to her delight the Red ranger seemed to have great aggression against his enemies. He could be turned she thought. He will be mine. The Black Ranger seemed to be mad at the Red, perhaps over the death of the last putty she thought. The Black Ranger was not at all as angry as Jason was, so to her knowledge she knew these Rangers could be beaten. "What interest. They seem to be arguing with one another. I can use this to my advantage. Golddar." Rita called behind her
"Yes Empress." He answered
"Our friends have returned. Give them a warm reception."
-Outside the Palace
Golddar appeared almost out of nowhere and charged the Rangers with total fury. The Rangers quickly realized Golddar's presence and dodged his attack by scattering and surrounding Golddar as he landed. "Well, well. Looks who's deciding to join the party guys." Zach said with humor
"Insolent fool, I will break every bone in your body." Golddar yelled drawing out his sword to the Rangers
"You'll have to go through me first Golddar." Jason said raising his sword to match Golddar's
"As well as I" Kim Rei added as she draw an arrow cross her bow.
Golddar paused and grinned his teeth across the Rangers as they began to close in upon him. "So be it." He yelled as he began viciously swinging his sword slashing out on the rangers. The Rangers all began to dodge his swipes some missing by slight inches. Suddenly he began to land hits Trini was the first to fall followed by Jason and Zack, Billy went down as well and Kimberly was the last standing trying to launch an arrow at Golddar but like the other she too soon fell.
"Ha," he said in rejoice. "You all can not stand against the awesome power of Golddar."
"Lucky hit Fang-face." Jason said as he got up. "I think it's time we showed this guy the Power Cannon. Rangers… Bring'em together!"
The Power Cannon was the combined force of all the Rangers weapons. The center and main gun of the Cannon was Zack's Power Axe, which when converted into Gun mode made an awesome weapon, across Zach's axe was Kimberly's bow which held in place Billy's power Lance and Trini's Daggers, the activation weapon was Jason's Power Sword that lay atop Kimberly's Bow and Zach's Axe.
"Power Axe" "Power Bow" "Power Daggers" "Power Lance" "Power Sword"
Jason jumped to place his Power Sword atop the Power Cannon and slowly floated down to the other Ranger who grabbed a hold of Jason and the weapon. They quickly struck a pose and all yelled "Fire" as the weapon fired directly at Golddar. The five beams of energy emitting from the Power Cannon fused together to make one super shot of pure energy that send Golddar flying back and blowing up before the Ranger.
"Great job guys" Jason said as he overlooked the Rangers "But what was with all the Posing? It seemed a little childish don't you think?"
"Well considering you get to fire the weapon which seems unfair, so it's just as much if we strike a pose as you fire." Trini stated with some delight.
"Does it really make you guys fell better about the whole thing?" Jason asked
The Ranger all responded with a head nod.
"Tell you what guys; we'll rotate who gets to fire so long as you guys stop the unnecessary posing. It just kinda gay. I mean-" Jason's sentence was cut short as Golddar appeared from behind the dust cloud created by the Power Cannon. "No fucking way!"
"Holy shit guys! He's still alive." Trini added
"What the fuck man!" Zach said in frustration and humor "We just shot this asshole with our biggest gun. That's it!" Drawing out his Blade blaster Zach began to fire wildly at Golddar releasing his frustration in single shot of energy.
The laser blast cause loud in the background and the shocking sounds generating from his blade blaster filled the near by streets as they echoed. "Zach, Zach, Zach!" Billy yelled trying to gain his attention.
Suddenly Zach stopped. "What! What is it William?"
"That ain't working buddy." He answered revealing a now heavily angered Golddar.
"Can we please just form up the Megazord now/" Zach said
"Yes." Jason responded in a cold tone.
The Ranger lifted their hands to the sky as the called upon their Zord Spirits "We new Dinozord Power Now!"
The Dinozord where exactly what they sounded to be; each was a hug robot piloted by the rangers themselves and all were in the forms of the Rangers Dinosaurs sprits. Jason's Tyrannosaurus sprang up from the molten lava's of the earth. Zach's Mastodon charges from the icy glaziers of the North Pole. Trini's Saber Tooth leaped out of the Jungle's of the Amazon. William's Triceratops rolled from the deserts of Africa, and Kimberly's Pterodactyl flew out of a volcano of the Pacific islands. The five giant robots all came together and raced toward the rangers who were eagerly awaiting them.
"Alright!" Jason called as he jumped 100 feet into the air and entered his Dinozord. "Log on!" he yelled as the remaining Rangers leaped into their zords.
"Zach here, on line!"
"This is William all systems go."
"Trini on line. Ready to rock."
"Kim Rei, in position."
"Alright guy we know the drill. Let's do this quick before they have a chance to realize what's happening. Activate power crystals." Jason drew out his Power Coin and formed it into a crystal as red energy began to charge out of it. With a sift stroke he slammed the crystal into it's place in the cockpit of the Zord and began to control the giant beast himself.
"Power Crystals activated." The Rangers said in sequence as they too flowed Jason's lead precisely. "2-1 Power Up." And all slammed their crystals into the locked position and began to use their colossal weapons.
Jason shook his head. "Guys really all that chanting in unison is not necessary. You know what, just forget it. Lets just show this bitch some Megazord Power!"
The Zords now began to combined into the giant walking Robot of the Megazord. The Mastodon became the arms the Saber Tooth and Triceratops the Legs, the Pterodactyl the chest and the tyrannosaurus the head and body.
"Megazord sequence has been initiated. Megazord activated." A computer voice stated as the Rangers began to form into one giant cockpit in the head of the Megazord.
"What is this?" Golddar yelled in disbelief. It's the Megazord! "I haven't seen this in thousands of years." Golddar extended his wings and flew away from the battle.
"Golddar's running." Kimberly stated as she looked at her scanners. "There's nothing to stop our approach to the palace except space."
"Good. That takes care of the winged bastard. Alright guys, it takes all five of us to operate this hunk of metal so let's do this." Jason said as the huge Zord began to move toward Bandora's Palace.
-Inside the tower
"The Megazord… I haven't seen this thing in some ten thousand years. Still… Golddar!" Bandora Yelled raising her wand to the sky. "Get back here you
coward! Damn! Finster! Finster!" she continued to yell
"Yes my queen." The old white monster said as he put down his clay creatures and walked to his highness.
"Get us out of here. I don't want that thing to get in my way." Rita said pointing at the Megazord
"Oh, the Megazord, yes I see your highness. Well I better get moving then." The Monster spoke as he walked out of the thrown room and left Bandora to her pondering.
"Jason… I want you."…
As the Megazord charged the Castle the giant palace began to fly strait into the air. Jason's plan had worked flawlessly. He had predicted Bandora's every move and made good on his word that his plan would succeed. Yet a deepening feeling grew inside him, she had escaped, and the war had just begun.
-Inside the Megazord
"We did it" Billy said
"She's gone alright. I can't pick her up anywhere on my scopes" Kimberly said "Cowardly bitch."
"Well our work here is done." Zach stated
"The hell it is." Said Trini looking at Jason. "This fight's just begun
"She's right it has just begun." Jason looked at the city that they had just saved, many of the buildings were in shambles, where the Palace once stood a gapping whole was all that remained. This was just the beginning of the hardship Angel Grove would have to endure and slowly the Rangers began to realize it. "Guys look at the city."
"Holy shit." Zack stated in amazement.
"I can't believe it." Trini uttered
Smoke began to rise and the dark cloud that was above the city still remained, thought the Earth had withstood the first battle with success, the worst was yet to come. "Master Osaka is gonna be pissed." Billy said shaking his head. But the reaction the Rangers gave was one of pure amusement as they all began to laugh.
"I'm not cleaning it up."