The ancient scrolls of Eltar tell the story of five data cards, said to hold the remains of one of the most sinister groups known to man, The Psycho Rangers. Decades ago, these evil rangers were created with the purpose of destroying the space rangers, led by Andros, but their efforts failed. The space rangers were able to defeat them, once again confining them to the data cards. Years later, the cards were retrieved, and the Psycho Rangers were reborn. But now, things were different. There was a completely new incarnation of the power rangers team, but when The Psycho Rangers were let loose, the space rangers and the Lost Galaxy rangers joined forces to put an end to them once and for all.
Or so was thought...
Although the Psycho Rangers were destroyed in the battle, the data cards were still active, and the memories of each Psycho Ranger was kept locked on the cards. The Great Sage knew of their power, and he decreed that the data cards be brought to Eltar for safe keeping. The cards were given to his most trusted advisor, the only living relative of Zordon, Zolara. Little did he know that Zolara would turn on him, and with aspirations of one day ruling not only Eltar, but the entire universe, she would use the data cards against him. Zolara had forgotten about the cards, never knowing what they truly were until recently. Now that she had full knowledge of The Psycho Rangers and what they were capable of, she had every intention of releasing them on the rangers.
Zolara stood in front of the control panels on her computer, typing in the last bit of information, then inserted each data card into the computer.
"Master, are you sure this is wise?" Alpha questioned as he walked up behind her.
Normally, she would have had him deactivated for questioning her decisions, but these weren't normal times. Alpha had saved her life, tending to her wounds after being betrayed by Shin Getti.
"I know what I'm doing," she insisted as she continued with her work.
"But master, when you released Shin Getti from the sphere, he betrayed you. Do you think you can trust that these Psycho Rangers will do your bidding?" he brought up.
Zolara turned around.
If Alpha had been a person, he would have given her a worried look.
"The Psycho Rangers aren't physical people my mechanical friend, they are information. Data can be altered, which is what I'm doing now," she turned back to the computer. "I am inputting a hidden command sequence that will forbid them to betray me. If they attempt betrayal, or if either of them lay a hand on me, there programs will automatically shut down," she explained to him.
"Brilliant master, simply brilliant," he praised.
"It is only a matter of time before Shin Getti pays for his deception," Zolara said.
Karen opened her eyes slowly to find herself on an operating table. There were machines hooked up to her, and what looked to be a heart monitor. Without looking down at all, she could tell that her morpher was gone. 'I know what it feels like on my wrist, and it isn't there,' she thought to herself. She turned her head, looking for her brother, only to find Josh sitting next to her bed fast asleep. She smiled warmly.
"Wake up sleepy head," she whispered, shaking him gently. Josh opened his eyes, then smiled to see that Karen was awake as well.
"How you feeling?" he asked her.
"I've been better, but no complaints. How long have you been here?" she replied.
"When Jen told us about your condition, I figured you could use a familiar face when you woke up. I've been here for a few hours now," he told her.
She sat up, putting her feet on the floor.
"So, how bad is it?" she asked.
"Ms. Fairweather says that the Trixyruim isn't wrecking havoc on your nervous system. Something about you being a Xybrian and not human," Josh explained as best he could.
"I suspected that's what it was," she sighed.
"Why didn't you tell us? We're your friends, your family. You could have come to us and told us you were having these complications," he mentioned.
"Why, so you could make this big fuss over me? No thanks," she snapped.
"Karen, we're worried about you," he said.
She stood up. "Don't worry about me. This is my destiny; this is what I was born to do. I have to be a power ranger. This is what my parents raised me to be. Every moment of my life has been preparing me for this, and if I came to you and told you about this complication, you and the others would take my morpher from me," she held up her wrist, pointing out to him that her morpher was already gone. "Don't you get it Josh, this is all that I am? I never studied to be a doctor or a teacher; I didn't take up a trade in high school. I knew that it was my destiny to be a power ranger. If you take that from me now, I have nothing left," Karen explained.
Josh stood up, standing eye to eye with her. "We're a team Karen, you have all of us," he paused. "You have me,"
Then it happened. The two of them moved in closer to one another, caught up in the moment. They were inches away from each other when they were interrupted.
'Josh, this is Jen, do you read me?' The voice was coming from his morpher.
He took a step back. "Yes ma'am, I'm here. What's up?" he answered.
'Get Rebecca and meet me in the control center, its time to go to work,' she told him.
"On my way," he replied, and then turned to Karen. "You remember what I told you," he said, then kissed her warmly on the forehead.
Before she had a chance to respond, he walked out the room.
On his way to the control center, he bumped into Rebecca in the hallway.
"You know what this is about?" she asked him.
He shook his head. "No, but it can't be good," he answered.
They made it to the control center a few minutes later, where Jen and Ms. Fairweather were waiting for them.
"The green ranger is back and he's terrorizing the city, you guys know what to do," Jen said.
"But what about Mike and the others?" Josh asked.
"Mike still needs time to recover, and we can't afford to send the twins out. There's no telling what a battle would do to them physically. Like it or not, you two are all we have left," Ms. Fairweather explained.
Trying not to let their disappointment or their concerns show, Josh and Rebecca looked at one another, then nodded.
"TRIXYRUIM POWER."
The rangers teleported to the city, where the green ranger was destroying anyone and anything in his past. He swung with his sword, about to slice a building in half when the Red Ranger blocked with his thunder saber.
"Give it up green ranger, you're outnumbered and out classed," the Pink Ranger said, swinging her sword at him.
"Oh really?" he answered.
He held his arm up, blocking her sword attack, then in one quick motion, snatched her sword away from her. She stumbled forward, and when Green Ranger tried to stab her with the sword, Red Ranger caught him in the chest with a kick, knocking him up against a wall with so much force, he went through the wall.
"You okay?" Josh asked, helping Rebecca back to her feet.
She nodded. The two of them moved in to finish off the green ranger, but a green energy blast shot out from the hole in the wall, knocking both of them off their feet. Through the smoke, the green ranger stepped out with the Pink Thunder saber in one hand, and his own sword in the other.
"Prepare to meet your doom," he said, and then cocked back to slice Pink Ranger in half.
Just then, from out of nowhere, it was the Yellow and Blue Rangers landing a double kick on the green ranger, knocking him over. Rebecca got back to her feet.
"What are you doing here?" she asked. "Saving your ass, you can thank me later," Ka'Ron said as the four of them ganged up on the green ranger.
"Its over green ranger," Josh said, pointing his sword at the green rangers throat.
Before he could make a move, an explosion went off behind them, catching all of them off guard... even the green ranger. They turned to see what happened, and through the smoke came five figures.
"Who are they?" Karen asked.
"They're huge," Rebecca added.
The green ranger got back to his feet, but instead of going after the rangers, stood his ground as these five mystery men walked towards them. Without a word, the five strangers attacked the rangers. Almost effortlessly, they pounded on the rangers, leaving them helpless.
"Wait, whoever or whatever you are. I don't care what you beef is with these half wits, my masters orders are clear. The ranger will die by MY hands and no one else's," the green ranger proclaimed, going after them.
"You fool, do you think that you can stand against the Psycho Rangers?" one of them said in an almost robotic voice.
Not answering at all, the green ranger continued his attack on them. The other rangers joined in, but even working together, they seemed to be no match for these 'Psycho Rangers'.
"I can take a hint guys, lets get out of here," Josh said. They agreed, and in a flash of multicolored lights, the rangers disappeared.
"POWERDOWN," they said in unison as their ranger uniforms were replaced by their clothes. As soon as the sequence was complete, Ka'Ron and Karen collapsed to the floor.
"Why did you let them come out in this condition?" Josh asked.
"We couldn't stop them," Jen admitted.
Rebecca and Josh helped the twins up onto tables while Ms. Fairweather examined them.
"Who were those guys?" Rebecca asked.
"They were too strong for us, even with the green rangers help," Josh added.
"The data banks indicate they're the Psycho Rangers, a group of digital rangers sent to destroy the original rangers almost 25 years ago. There are stopped, but their information remained on data cards, which were reactivated a few years later and they were thought to had been destroyed," Jen explained.
"It looks like Shin Getti got his hands on the data cards and brought them back," Rebecca said. Josh shook his head.
"No, if they were working for Shin Getti, why did they attack the green ranger? It seems like we have more than Shin Getti to worry about," he mentioned.
Ms. Fairweather finished her exam, then turned to Josh and Rebecca.
"There's no serious damage... yet, but prolonged exposure to the Trixyruim could be fatal," she told him.
Josh looked down at Karen, who was barely conscious on the table. With the last of her strength, she reached up, grabbing his hand. Josh looked into her eyes, and he knew what had to be done.
"If they don't use their morphers, we'll all be dead anyway. Its their decision to make, not mine," he said, remembering what Karen told him earlier.
Ka'Ron sat up slowly. "Count me in," he mumbled.
"You once told us that we had to stick together if we wanted to figure things out, and now seems just as good a time as any," Karen said as she sat up, then used Josh to pull herself up, getting back to her feet.
Josh wrapped his arm around her to hold her up.
"She's right Josh, either we do this together or we die trying," Mike said as he walked in the room with his stomach taped up and his arm in a sling.
Josh looked around the room at each of them. It was hard to believe that a few weeks ago, the five of them were total strangers. Now, he couldn't imagine a day of his life without them. They were his family, his friends, and there was no one he trusted more than them.
"Alright guys, if we do this, we do it together," Josh said.
"TOGETHER," all five of them said in unison.
