Alpha VII had been at it for days, doing everything in his power to revive her, but nothing seemed to be working. He had been programmed with millions of medical techniques, but he had never had to operate on someone with injuries so serious. Alpha had managed to repair the nerve damage, and the wounds were healing, but Zolara wouldn't regain consciousness.

"I won't give up on you my master," he said, and then went back to his work.


"I can't believe we got stuck grocery shopping," Karen said as she and Ka'Ron were on their way back to Aqua Base with bags of grocery bags in their hands.

"Stop complaining, we'll be back in a minute," her brother told her.

As they continued to walk, they saw Shao Kahn and several robots.

"What the..." Ka'Ron covered her mouth, dropping the bags as he pulled her off to the side. The two of them ducked down behind a dumpster.

"Shhhhhh, do you want him to see us?" he whispered.

They tried to get a close as they could to see what Shao Kahn was up to. It appeared as though he and the robots had someone cornered. At first glance, he appeared human.

"Come with us and you will not be harmed, you have been chosen by the great Shin Getti to serve himself," Shao Kahn told the boy.

Despite the fact the boy was seriously out numbered, he didn't look afraid.

"Never!" he shot back, holding his ground.

"Very well, than you will be destroyed," Shao Kahn told him.

The robots moved in, but the young man held his own. He took down one of the robots with a reverse kick, and then flipped over the second one, kicking him from behind. The robot collided with another, and they both exploded. Ka'Ron and Karen watched on as the young man took down nearly a dozen robots, but finally, they were able to corner him. A robot grabbed each of him arms and Shao Kahn put his sword to the young man's throat.

"Impressive, but it ends here," he told him.

Finally, Karen and Ka'Ron dropped their bags and made their move. "TRIXYRUIM POWER," they both called out as their ranger uniforms replaced their clothes.

Shao Kahn swung his sword, but the blue ranger blocked with his sword, knocking Shao Kahn's sword out his hand. Just then, the yellow ranger hit a spin kick on Shao Kahn, knocking him over. The henchman got back to his feet, picking up his sword.

"Robots, attack!" he shouted.

There were 6 robots left, but the young man behind them made his move, taking down 2 of them with a double sweet. Ka'Ron and Karen called for their thunder sabers, slicing the others in half.

"Its over for you Shao Kahn," the blue ranger said, holding the tip of his blade at Shao Kahn's throat.

"No ranger, it's only beginning," he said, and in a flash of light, disappeared.

The rangers turned to the young man.

"Are you okay?" Yellow ranger asked.

"Yeah, but thanks for the assist," he told her, dusting himself off.

It was Ka'Ron who recognized the young man first. "POWER DOWN," he called out, and his ranger uniform was replaced by his regular clothing.

"Ka'Ron?" the young man asked.

He nodded.

"Chris?" Ka'Ron responded.

The two of them wrapped their arms around one another. "You're a ranger? Wow," he turned to the yellow ranger, who had yet to reveal herself. "Is that you under there Karen?" Chris asked.

"POWER DOWN," she ordered. Her uniform disappeared, and she was able to get a good look at him. "Chris, its really you!" she squealed, then rushed over to him, wrapping her arms around him.

Chris picked her up, spinning her around.

"What are you doing in Marnier Bay? And what did Shao Kahn want with you?" Ka'Ron asked him.

Chris put Karen down, and then shrugged his shoulder. "I don't know, I just arrived in town to visit my Uncle when that big gold guy attacked me. He said something about being chosen, but that's all I know," he told him.

"You should come back to the Aqua Base with us, maybe Ms. Fairweather and Jen can help," Karen said.

"Yeah, sure," he said eagerly.

She grabbed his hand, but it was Ka'Ron who stopped, looking down at the groceries, that had been stomped in during the battle.

"There goes lunch," he sighed.


"Hand me the frequency modulator," Josh said, simply reaching his hand out at Mike as he continued to work on systems in the Aqua Base.

Mike looked through some tools on the ground, picking one up and handing it to him.

"Thats the plasma manifold, I need the frequency modulator," Josh repeated.

Again, Mike looked down, grabbing a wrench and handing it to him.

"Never mind," he sighed, leaning down to pick it up himself, then went back to work on the computer.

"This is your cup of tea, not mine," Mike said down across from him. "How did you learn all this stuff anyway?" he asked him.

"I don't know, it's just something I was already interested in. I won a science fare once by building an Exo-skeleton," he told him.

Just then, Ka'Ron and Karen walked in with Chris, catching Mike's attention.

"Who is that?" he asked.

"Guys, this is our friend Chris, we all grew up together in Silver Hills," Ka'Ron told them.

"Good to meet you," Josh mumbled in a nonchalant tone, never taking his eyes off his work.

"Why did you bring him here?" Mike asked.

"He was being attacked by Shao Kahn in the city, it just seemed right to bring him here," Karen said.

Mike reached for his morpher. "Mike to Ms. Fairweather, could you meet us in the control center?"
he asked.

For a moment, there was silence.

'On my way Mike,' a voice answered.

"So I take it you guys are power rangers too!" Chris mentioned.

Mike looked at the twins.

"You told him?" he asked.

"We know Chris, he's cool," Ka'Ron assured him.

"I don't know how Jen and Ms. Fairweather are going to take that," Mike said.

"Take what?" they heard a voice say.

They all turned around as Ms. Fairweather walked in the room.

"Ms. Fairweather, this is our friend Chris," Karen introduced.

Chris extended his hand to her, and Ms. Fairweather looked at the twins, then at Mike, who shook his head, acknowledging that he didn't know anything about it. She turned to Chris, shaking his hand.

"Brining him wasn't the best idea Ka'Ron," she said.

"Told'ja," Mike added.

"Shao Kahn and a group of robots were attacking him. Shao Kahn said something about Chris being chosen," Karen said.

Ms. Fairweather turned to Chris. "Do you know why Shao Kahn would be interested in you?" she asked.

"No,"

"It might be best if one of us stays with him the entire time, just to make sure he's safe," Karen mentioned, which got Josh's attention in a hurry.

He finally took a break from his work, making his presence known.

"I don't think that's a good idea. If Shao Kahn or Shin Getti attacks, you need to be here," he brought up.

"Josh is right, you need to be here," Ms. Fairweather added.

"Well listen, I have to get to my Uncle. If that Shao Kahn guy attacks, I'll be able to handle myself," Chris said, then headed for the exit.

Karen tried to stop him, but Ms. Fairweather stopped her.

"Let him go," she said.

"But he needs our help," Karen pointed out.

"He'll be fine Karen, Chris always could take care of himself," Ka'Ron told her.

"So where do you guys know him anyway?" Josh asked, sitting down at the table.

"We grew up with him. Our mother saved his life when he was just a baby during a battle with Ransik and the pink ranger," Ka'Ron told them.

"I remember that," Jen added as she walked into the room. "Nadira had a baby in his arms," she mentioned.

"Our mom raised him until she was able to find a member of his family, his Aunt. He went to stay with his aunt, but we stayed friends for years. After his Aunt died, he moved, and that was left we saw of him," Karen explained.

"We can't spend our time watching over him, but I have a feeling that if Shao Kahn was that interested in your friend, he'll try again," Ms. Fairweather said.


"Well done Shao Kahn, you have served me well," Shin Getti told him.

Shao Kahn fell to one knee, bowing in front of him.

"Thank you my master," he said.

"The candidate you have selected is excellent. The rangers will never attack one of their friends," he mentioned.

"What will you do master?" Shao Kahn asked.

"I will harness the power of the Eltarian Crystal to create a ranger of my own, a ranger of evil who will carry out my vengeance on the power rangers," Shin Getti explained to him.

"Brilliant my Lord," he said.

"I have used the crystal to pin point the candidate's position. Retrieve the candidate and bring them to me," he ordered.

"Yes Lord," Shao Kahn said, and in a flash of light, disappeared.


Karen sat in his quarters, wrestling with her own emotions. There was part of the story about Chris that she didn't tell Ms. Fairweather or Jen. Not even her brother knew about it. Before Chris' Aunt died and he moved away, the two of them were in a relationship together. They kept it hidden from Ka'Ron because she knew how her brother would respond to her seeing an older man. They had been together nearly a year when his Aunt died. They tried to hold on to one another, but the letters got farther and farther apart, and soon, they stopped coming altogether. There was a part of her that was glad to see him again, the part of her wondered why they lost touch. But now, things were different. She was a power ranger now. The destiny her parents had prepared her for had finally come to pass. 'Excuses, excuses,' she thought to herself. 'I can't have feelings for Chris anymore, I'm falling in love with...' her thoughts were cut short. "

"Hey Karen, you busy?" Josh asked as he walked into the room.

Karen sat up, turning to him. "Never too busy for you Josh, what's up?" she replied.

"You seem a little distracted, that's all. Just wanted to know if you were okay,"

"Yeah, I'm fine," she lied.

Even without Chris popping up in her life again, there were other problems she was wrestling with.

"Your friend seems like a tough son of a bitch, and if he took on Shao Kahn and a group of robots like you said, he should be fine," Josh assured her.

"Yeah, you're right," she said.

Rebecca helped Ka'Ron into the control center where Ms. Fairweather and Jen were working.

"Ms. F, Jen, I need your help," she said.

They turned around, and they saw Ka'Ron was barely on his feet. They rushed over to him, laying him across a table.

"What happened to him?" Jen asked.

"I don't know, I found him in the hallway like this," Rebecca told them.

Ms. Fairweather walked over to him, forcing his eyes open and shined a light in his eyes. "Ka'Ron, can you hear me?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine," he moaned.

He tried to sit up, but he collapsed again, falling to the floor.

"No, you're not. Tell us what's wrong," Jen said.

"Its just a head ache, I'll be fine, really,"

"I still think I should examine you just to be sure," she said. Ka'Ron managed to get back to his feet on his own.

"No, no tests, I'm fine. I just need to lay down," he insisted, then walked away.

"What really happened Rebecca?" Jen asked.

She struggled her shoulders. "I don't know. Like I said, I just found him in the hall like that. There were so signs of a battle, so I don't think he was attacked. It looks like his headache, or whatever it was, got the best of him," she explained.

"Maybe it has something to do with his race, maybe its something they go through because of their ability to hear thoughts," Ms. Fairweather brought up.

"I'll ask Karen about it and see what she says," Jen added.

Ms. Fairweather turned to Rebecca. "In the meantime, keep an eye on him. If it gets any worse, you contact me," she instructed.

Rebecca nodded, then walked away.


Back at Shin Getti's palace, he was performing a ceremony of some sorts. He chanted something in an unknown language, and the Eltarian Crystal began to glow. The light got too bright to see anything at all, and Shin Getti continued his chant. Finally, a beam of light shot from the crystal, and then, the lights returned to normal.

"It is done," he sighed, admiring his work. "Step forward my servant, and declare your loyalty to me," he ordered.

Shao Kahn, who had been watching from a distance, watched on as The Green Ranger bowed in front of Shin Getti.

"I vow to serve you my Lord," the ranger said in a distorted voice.

"Good. Go forward Green Ranger, unleash the power of my fury on the rangers," Shin Getti ordered.

"As you wish," the ranger said.

Just then, the ranger was surrounded by a green light, and then disappeared.