Disclaimer: Ha! Like I owned this. If I owned this, I wouldn't be currently sitting on a backpack, a couple of blankets, and three pillows instead of a chair. It is not comfortable.
Author's Notes: I tried to get this out as fast as I could. Thanks to all that reviewed. It made me try to get it out as fast as possible.
PadFootCc- Yes, Tommy is Zeltrax. I am a big Tommy/Kim fan and I had been trying to rack my brain as to how to integrate him into it. Then someone had given me the idea. Kim doesn't find out for a while though.
Ghostwriter- I heard the chocolate and homework on one of the episodes and couldn't help myself.
Harry2- Not sure how I'm going to explain it, though I have a few ideas.
DeathDragon66- Kim had always been my favorite ranger. I usually put her in all my fanfiction. (That's Power Ranger related, of course)
Past
The place was trashed. There was smoking debris, ravaged panels, exposed wires and mechanisms. One of the pillars had been knocked over and lights were flickering on and off.
"...what happened here?..." Tommy was barely audible even though there was complete silence in the chamber, except for the occasional buzz of one of the broken machines.
Adam spotted Alpha's arm protruding from a mound of rubble. He scampered over to him. "Guys!" He called to the others.
As the other's quickly uncovered the battered robot, Kim hung back, her face paling. It was happening again. But.. it couldn't be. She had warned them. She had told them. She had all but spelled it out from them. How could this have happened again? Her eyes filled with tears.
Billy sat the robot up. "Alpha, are you okay!"
"I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog, too!" Alpha 5 let out a high pitched laughed.
"He must have blown an anitromic demodulator!" Billy commented.
Aisha turned the place where Zordon was supposed to be. "Oh, no..."
Everyone followed Aisha's gaze, thunderstruck expressions coming over them. Laying on a destroyed bed of crystals was Zordon, aged a good sixty years.
The teenagers ran over to him, forlorn.
Aisha's voice trembled. "What's happening to him?"
Billy's voice raised a few notches, becoming slightly hysterical. "Outside of his time warp he's aging at a vastly accelerated rate!"
Kim's voice called out from the back of the room where she was backed against a consol, trying to get as far away from the scene as possible. "How... But I shouldn't have happened. I told you that he'd come..." Her voice broke off. "Not again. Not again." There were tears rolling down her face. "We have to help him." She began to slowly walk towards Zordon.
Zordon opened his eyes and smiled. "... Rangers... thank goodness you're safe."
Tommy gave Kim a quick glance as she stepped beside him. He wanted to reassure her that it would be alright, but at this moment he wasn't sure how she would react. Tommy turned back to Zordon. "We have to get you back inside your time warp."
Zordon shook his head, using some of the little energy that he had left. "I'm afraid that's impossible. The power has been destroyed. It's gone... The Zords, the weapons... all of it." He paused for a beat and closed his eyes, scaring the ones around him. They were relieve when he once again opened his eyes. "The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers are no more." He sighed. "... Be strong... Ivan almost overthrew the planet once... and now I am afraid he has the strength to see his scheme through." He looked over at Kim. "Kimberly, I am sorry. I'm afraid that we will not be able to return you to your time." He closed his eyes reserving what strength he had left.
Billy shook his head, refusing to believe it. "What're we going to do?"
Alpha's voice broke through, before anyone could say anything. "I do not like green eggs and ham! I do not like them, Sam-I-Am!"
Billy walked behind Alpha and opened a panel on his back, making an adjustment.
Alpha's head rolled back like he was going to sneeze. "Ah-ah-ahhhh-CHOO!" Sparks burst from where his nose was supposed to be. He sniffed. "Thanks, Billy." He accepted a hanky from Rocky and wiped his nose area.
Adam crossed his arms. "There has to be something we can do."
"Come on, guys, think!" Tommy cried.
It was Rocky who answered. "What about that power Kim was talking about? What was it called? Um... Ninjetti?"
Kim's eyes widened with recognition. "Yeah..."
Alpha shook his head. "There is no time. He will be gone before you get back."
"That can't be. It happened before." Kim replied.
"There are a number of possibilities for the differences. The timing could be off or he could have hit something that had depleted more power than you had. But, unless we can find another source of power, it is impossible."
The teenager gather around Zordon once again. Kim hung back once again, glancing downing as Alpha walked to her side.
Kim could feel tears in her eyes once again. She brushed them away, the silver bracelet on her arm glittering. Another power source. It would leave her defenseless and majorly suck at her energy. But just maybe... She looked to Alpha and whispered, "If I had a source of power would you do me a favor and not tell the other's where you got it?"
Alpha nodded. "Why?"
"It will draw energy straight from me and I'd don't want them to worry. But if it does suck to much energy, it will kill me." She whispered. At Alpha's nod she slipped the bracelet off of her wrist and handed it to him.
He took the bracelet from her and headed over to the central power reserve. Alpha rigged it to the system and walked over to the teenagers. "I found another source of power."
"You did?" Aisha asked, hope filling her voice.
Alpha nodded and walked over to the power converter to turn it on. He noticed that Kim had once again stepped behind the teenagers. She nodded at him and he flicked the power on.
The teenagers turned to see that the time warp was once again there. Although he was still unconcious.
Kim, however, gasped and nearly falling over, feeling the power being sucked out of her. She would have fallen to her knee if she hadn't braced herself for the fall. Luckily, the only one to notice was Alpha. She nodded to him, acknowledging to him that she was okay. Looking up, she noticed that Zordon was back and smiled. Kim up righted herself and managed to regain some composure.
Tommy looked around to see the faces of the other. Kim looked a little more pale than she had before and weak, but when she noticed him noticing she just smiled.
Alpha walked over beside Rocky and shook his head. "I fear that it is only temporary. It will sustain his life force for only a matter of thirty-two hours. But it will buy you time to get the great power from Phaedos." He shook his head. "There is not even enough energy to let you transform again. I only have enough power to send you there... I can't bring you back."
"Then how will we get back?" Rocky asked.
"... You'll have to pray that the legends are true." Alpha 5 turned back to Kimberly who had managed to dreg up enough energy to put some color back into her cheeks. "You will also have to accompany them."
"Why?" Kim asked. It would just take more of her energy. If the journey was to back it would take up to much energy, she would fall unconcious and then into a coma and with the energy still drawing from her, it would kill both her and Zordon.
"Our Kimberly won't have the Ninjetti power. It would still be on Phaedos. If you'll accept it and transfer it to our Kim." Alpha informed her.
"But I have already accepted the power once. Won't that mess things up?" Kimberly asked, understanding where he was coming from. She couldn't help but voice her fears, though.
"Since your powers have been inactive for a time, it shouldn't."Alpha shook his head, and punched in the final codes. "Safe journey!" He pulled the lever. "Be careful!"
The five teenagers and one adult transformed into six streams of color and blasted off through the ceiling.
"Be safe." Alpha whispered.
Zedd, Rita and their minions were inside Zedd's dark palace. Goldar was looking through Rita's telescope as Rita ranted.
"How could he let them slip through his hands!" Rita yelled, outraged. "He's no better than the rest of the hires help around here!"
Goldar looked up from the telescope. "According to the TX Tracker, they're headed for Phaedos."
Zedd growled and clinched the staff tighter. "I'm going to fire that slimeball so fast his head is going to spin."
The door flung open and Ivan swept regally into the room. "Hi, honey, I'm home." He grinned at them.
Rita's screechy voice cut through the air. "You garlic-sucking dinglebrain. The Rangers are going after the Great Power!" She turned to her husband. "I thought you said that this guy was the Master of Disaster?" She turned once again to Ooze. "He's nothing but a slime-infested, jelly-bellied blob of--" Rita was shut up by a wad of ooze that shot from his hand to her mouth. "Rrgh mmffpprr brghuh!"
Zedd jumped up from his seat and approached Ivan. "How dare you! Nobody shuts up Rita but me!"
Ivan shook his head. "Sorry, slick, there's been a slight change of plans." He held his arms out in his trademark stance. "The 'booger man' is taking over." He dropped regally into Zedd's chair.
"Nobody double-crosses Lord Zedd and lives!"
Slipping behind Goldar, Mordant used him as a shield. "Zedd's gonna kick this snotball into next week!"
Zedd shot a blast from his staff at Ivan, who just giggled. "Ooooh, that tickles." Ivan grinned. "My turn." He zapped Rita and Zedd, making them disappear in a flash of light.
Mordant glanced at a snow-globe on the table, his mouth falling open. Inside of it was Rita and Zedd.
Wiping the ooze off of her mouth, Rita started ranting at her husband, her voice very munchkiny. "This is all your fault! If you'd taken me out tonight like you were supposed to, none of this would have happened."
Ivan turned menacingly to Goldar and Mordant. "Now you have a choice, either serve me, or join those insufferable cheesedongs."
Goldar exchanged a look with Mordant, then turned back to Ivan. "We never liked the cheesedongs in the first place."
Mordant agreed. "Couldn't stand them. Low-class all the way. And did you catch a whiff of their BREATH! It's like having a conversation with a couple of onions! Not to mention..." He was cut off as Goldar threw a hand over Mordant's mouth.
"He's just visiting for the summer." Goldar apologized. "Now what about the Rangers, oh hideous one?"
Ivan nodded. "Ah yes, the Rangers!" He made a hoarking sound and spit ooze onto the floor.
"Gasunteit." Mordant muttered.
The ooze began to multiply in size and take shape. Moments later ten bird-like creatures with long beaks and enormous wings appeared.
Tengu Warriors.
They started to gobble, squawk and chirp like newborn chickens. The cacophony of sounds began to grow continuously.
"SHUT YOU BEAKS!" Ivan yelled, grinning as the Tengu immediately fell silent. "Tengu Warriors, you will fly to Phaedos, find the Power Rangers... and TEAR THEM APART!"
The creatures made horrendous squawking sounds as they spread their reptilian wings, preparing to take flight.
Ivan turned to the others. "Mordant, go with them and report back to me!"
Mordant shook his head repeatedly. "You know boss, I'd really like to help out but I've got this gastronomic condition which rules out all space travel!" He was grabbed by one of the Tengu and they took off like a flock of bats. "Watch the hair!" His voice faded away.
Inside the snow globe, Zedd waved his arms around in outrage. "Isn't this just typical! We finally do somebody a good turn and just look what happens!"
"From now on it's E-V-I-L, NO exceptions!" Rita replied. She plopped down on the ground, sending up a flurry of snow substitute.
Five streaks of color flew through the sky of Phaedos. White, red, yellow, pink, and black. They landed on the sand, materializing into human bodies.
Tommy immediately jumped up. "Everybody okay?" He glanced around watching the three teenagers jump up as well. The adult Kimberly seemed to be taking a little longer.
Kim took a deep breath. That teleporting had taken out more than she anticipated. But she did manage to pull herself to her feet. She counted the teenagers. Four. There were only four. That's wrong. "Where's Billy?"
Inside the command center, Alpha was working frantically. Hitting buttons and levers. "Ay, yi, yi, yi! The filamentary transistors have malfunctioned!" Sparks erupted from the panel, singeing him. He snarled. "Why you low-frequency, battery operated--" He trailed off, winding up and delivering a mighty kick to the panel. It suddenly came to life with beeps and blips.
The five scoured the sky. A blue light shot through the sky and materialized in midair. "WHOAAAHHH!" He splashed into a puddle.
"Billy!" Aisha called out, running to his side. The others quickly joined her.
Kimberly took in his soaked clothes. No apparent injuries. "You okay?"
Billy looked at her, pausing before answering. "I think so." He looked down at the puddle and his mud soaked apparel. "This puddle thing is really getting on my nerves." He grinned as Rocky and Tommy helped him up.
They were sitting on a pale sandy beach, littered with rocks and one strange looking bird that took one look at them and flew off. A large fish poked its head above the silent cerulean blue water, eerily resembling the Lochness Monster. There was exotic jungle environment was behind them, emerald in color with flecks of vibrant flower colors. There were strange animal sounds coming from it.
"Welcome to beautiful downtown Phaedos." Aisha commentated. The surroundings were truly beautiful.
Rocky agreed. "...Incredible..."
"Just like I remember." Kimberly mumbled to herself. She still felt a little weak, but she was getting better.
Tommy nodded. "Let's see if we can find this Master warrior." He headed down the path, only one thing on his mind.
Ivan was walking through Angel Grove Chemical Plant, Goldar beside him. He examined the machines and nodded. This would do. He turned to Goldar. "Taking over the world is one thing. It's finding good help to run it for you that's the killer."
"You want me to place a few calls?" Goldar questioned the purple creature.
"No need. I'm going to use the young minds of Angel Grove."
Goldar tried not to snicker. "No offense, boss, but they may find yo a tad disgusting."
"Yes, well, I suppose you'd know a little something about that." Ivan paused looking at the gold monkey. "Not to worry. I'll ever so gently lure them in and mold them into a army of devils! And what better way to entice them... than with a little Ivan's Ooze!" He approached one of the enormous vats and turned a tap. It burped and gloped as purple ooze poured out.
"But boss, what about their parents?" Goldar watched the ooze pour out.
Ivan smirked. "Ah, the old and doddering. I'm going to scourge their puny minds, reducing them to zombie's. And then I'll put them to work rebuilding my empire." There was a loud thunk and he turned to find two teenagers enter the room, waving a 'help wanted' flier. Both were wearing their garnish blazers and dark sunglasses.
Skull smiled. "I understand you're looking for a few new assistants."
Bulk did a G.Q. stance and began on the speech they had devised. "Well put your mind to rest 'cause now you've got the best."
Ivan wasn't too pleased. "What is this! I advertised for brilliant and good looking assistants!"
"Hi, I'm brilliant." Skull extended his hand.
Bulk joined him. "And I'm good looking."
"And I'm Little-Bo-Peep." Ivan replied as he stepped forward.
Both Bulk and Skull lowered their glasses and took a good look at Ivan. They both swallowed hard.
Skull turned to Bulk, tittering nervously. "Bulk... why don't we give Mr. Peep, over here, a chance to think it over?"
"A stellar idea, Skull." Bulk grabbed Skulls arm and they began to back away.
"Not so fast, greaseballs." Ivan said, annoyed. Goldar blocked the exit and he grabbed their shoulders. "You'll have to do."
They moved through out the foreboding jungle terrain, their ears alert to all the unearthly sounds surrounding them.
Kimberly hung toward the back, pausing momentarily to catch her breath. Her energy was quickly draining. At this rate, she wouldn't make it. She didn't glance up as she even heard someone approach her.
"Hey." Tommy said to Kim. She was pale. Maybe it was a side effect of the time traveling? She glance up at him finally. "You okay?"
"I was just thinking about everything." Kim replied. "Everything that is changing here. My own time. The differences. We saved Zordon that time, but with everything that is going on, I'm not sure it can be done this time." She ran her hand through her hair.
Adam shook his head. "We can do it. He's going to make it."
"Adam's right. We'll get this warrior... save Zordon... and send that slimeball Ivan Ooze back to the sewer he crawled out of." Tommy told her. She seemed to think that over for a minute before straightening up and looking around. "What?"
Kim just shook her head. "Nothing." She smiled at them. "You're right."
Hiding behind a tree, Mordant watched them pass. He nodded to the Tengu.
Moments later, there was a horrific screech. They looked up in the air was the Tengu warriors came sweeping out of the sky.
"Take cover!" Rocky called out.
It was too late. The Tengu attacked with unbelievable ferocity. They slashed with their claws, stabbed with their beaks and battered with their wings.
"Oh, great. Tengu." Kim rolled away from another one. "I had hoped to seen the last of them a long time ago." She muttered.
"THEY'RE TOO STRONG!" Aisha called out, right before she was knocked into a tree.
"We need our powers!" Adam was hurtled into some bushes. He glanced up in time to see Kim being tossed into the creek and hear her groan. He knew how she felt.
Mordant grinned. "WHAM! KAPOW! BOOM!" He accidently punched the tree and bit off a curse.
Reaching Kim before she could get up, one of the Tengu managed to get Kim in a choke hold. And in her weakened state, she could fight them off.
"Hang on, Kimberly!" Tommy rushed to help her and another Tengu tripped him, causing him to tumble head over heels down a slope.
There was an otherworldly cry and a tall slender figure in a tattered robe swung down on a vine. What she pulled of was nothing short of a miracle. She executed snapped her staff in half and began to spin them. They emitted a high pitched squeaky noise, causing the Tengu to freak out.
"What's the matter with you woodpeckers! Take this guy out!" Mordant cried. The Tengu just continued to squawk and squeal. "The Tengu Warriors my butt! The Tengu Turkeys is more like it!" He watched as the Tengu began to retreat, winging through the trees. "Hey, aren't you bird-brains forgetting something!" One of them returned an snatched him up. "Watch the meathooks!" He called as they disappeared into the sky.
They recovered and the teens exchanged looks of utter disbelief.
Kim just groaned and sat up. "Ouch. Now that hurt." Someone held a hand out to her and she took it. She looked up to find Billy standing beside her. "Thanks."
"No problem." He replied.
The figure cut in. "You're trespassing." She paused a beat. "Now state your business."
Tommy felt the others come to stand beside him. "We're looking for the Master Warrior. Do you know where we can find him?"
"Her." Kim whispered to Tommy.
Everyone immediately quieted. Even the robbed figure stopped all movement.
"What?" Tommy requested of her.
"Her." She replied, louder. "The master warrior is a girl." Kim grinned. "As our robed friend may know." Her grin grew as she turned to the robed figure. "Don't you Dulcea?"
The robed figure shed her rob. Underneath was a scantily clad, stunningly amazonian woman. The master warrior, Dulcea. "How do you know who I am?" She demanded of the woman.
"That is a story for another time." Kim replied. "We came to you for a reason. Zordon is dying."
Dulcea frowned. Too much at one time. "Zordon? Zordon of Eltar?" At Kim nod, her frown deepened. "How did this happen!" This question she directed to the one in the middle who was wearing the white. He was just standing there, staring.
Kim looked over at Tommy, who was gaping. She gave him a cold look and thunked her one with her elbow. Even though they weren't dating in the future, she knew that the one of this time and this Tommy were dating and that was enough for her to do that. "The lady asked you a question."
Tommy just blinked and glanced at the adult Kim. "Huh..oh, uh, we're, ah..."
"Guys." Kim mumbled before intervening. "He was attacked by this horrific being. Ivan Ooze."
It was Dulcea's turn to gape. "Ivan Ooze is free! We are all in mortal danger!" She moved off leaving the others to follow. "Let's go."
As they quickly followed her through the brush, Aisha turned to Kim and spoke under her breath. "Kind of bossy, isn't she?" She was rewarded with a muffled snicker from the adult.