Sorry this is so short compared to the other ones, but I'll get the next chapter out soon.

Chapter Fourteen

"Oh no, look!" exclaimed Kim. She pointed out the window. "What planet is that?"

Andros followed her gaze. A look of worry came across his face. "That's Liaria." He looked at Tommy. "Lerigot's planet."

"Oh no. We've got to go there!"

Andros nodded. "Stop by there and then proceed to earth?"

Tommy was about to nod when something caught his eye. He looked out another window and saw the same thing in different places. "What about those places?" He pointed.

Zhane ran to his side. "That's KO-35."

Billy looked over his shoulder. "And it looks like Earth is under attack."

Tommy glanced at Billy. "Can you get in touch with Zordon?"

"I'll try." Billy sat at one of the screens and began to frantically press buttons.

"Do you think we could split up?" asked Andros. "A group of us to Liaria, KO-35, and Earth?"

"Maybe we should get in touch with the Alien Rangers, too," added Adam.

Tommy nodded. "We should at least get them on alert."

"I'm really worried, now," said Kim. "Whatever this is..."

Aisha nodded. "We'll get there soon."

Kira looked out the window at Earth. She felt Trent, Conner, and Ethan come up next to her. "I guess there's no chance that Reefside survived through all of this?" she said.

Trent shook his head sadly. He put his arm around Kira.

"No," said Conner. "Reefside might not have survived through that, but we will return and save it."

"Whatever's left of it," said Ethan.

"I believe." Conner looked at them. "Don't you?" He looked at Kira. "In a couple of days, you'll be sitting out on the grounds at Reefside, getting in trouble for playing your guitar." He looked at Trent. "And you'll be sitting at the Cybercafe, drawing pictures of what we're going to go through." He looked at Ethan. "And you're gonna be looking for girls on your computer!"

Ethan shook his head. "If there are any girls to look for."

Conner stared at them. "We're gonna get through this guys. I know we will."

Kira glanced from him to the window. "I guess." She looked at the other rangers. "And we've got some of the legends here." Kira nodded. "Yeah, we could do this." She looked at Conner with renewed vigor. "Dr. Z? We've got to hurry and get to Earth."

Tommy looked at them, listening to their conversation. He smiled. 'You guys have learned well,' he thought. "Of course, Kira. We're doing everything we can."

"Tommy? There's a problem," said Billy. "I can't reach Zordon or Alpha. It's almost as if they've disappeared. Their signal is not coming up anywhere on the grid."

"What?"

"Come here, look." Tommy, Andros, TJ, and Jason hurried to where Billy was. "No trace of them at all. Alpha's not answering."

"There must be some mistake." Tommy pulled his wrist up to his mouth. "Zordon, come in. Zordon, it's Tommy. Zordon, Alpha, come in." Silence. Tommy shook his head. He tried again. "Zordon, Zordon, come in!" Everyone looked at him worriedly.

"Wait, I'm getting something." Everyone crowded around Billy. "I'll pull it up at the main control room. That way we're not all crowded around this little corner." He pressed a few buttons. "It should be coming up...now."

Everyone turned their attention to the main screen.

"Rangers!"

"Dark Spector!" exclaimed Andros.

"Now that you are returning from your journey, we hope that you are pleased to see the status of our handiwork while you were away," said Dark Spector. "No doubt, you've already seen the damage on KO-35 and Liaria, but you have not seen Earth, yet, have you?"

Worry creased the foreheads of everyone in the room.

"We would like to re-introduce you to some of the members of our Reunited Alliance of Evil. I'm sure you remember Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa."

"Rangers!" growled Lord Zedd. "I can't wait until I see you again."

"I have a message for a Tommy Oliver," said Rita. Everyone looked at Tommy. "Tommy, are you really a doctor?" Zedd groaned at her and pushed her from view of the rangers.

Kim looked at him with a raised eyebrow and a small smile on her face. "Looks like someone had a little crush."

"Hey, at least I wasn't going to be Zedd's wife," he retorted with a smile on his face.

"I would hope not." Everyone gave a small smile and turned to the screen again.

"You've already been reacquainted with Goldar, Scorpina, and Rito Revolto," continued Dark Spector. "You also remember Master Vile."

"Eww, what's that?" asked Kira.

"Rita and Rito's father," answered Tommy.

"He tried to capture the Zeo crystal," said Adam.

"Ah," said Kira.

"You also remember King Mondo and Queen Machina. And Prince Sprocket," continued Dark Spector.

"You missed the destruction of KO-35!" exclaimed Sprocket. He laughed.

"And you will pay for your antics on the moon," said Mondo.

"And you remember Divatox, and her brother General Havoc," continued Dark Spector.

"Rangers. Nothing can stop us!" yelled Divatox. She laughed as well.

"And...ah yes...Ecliptor," continued Dark Spector.

Andros stared anxiously at the screen. 'No...' he thought.

"And red space ranger, if you're there, this should interest you." Andros inched closer to the screen. "My evil princess. Astronema."

Andros shook his head. "No!!" he yelled.

Ashley went to him and put an arm around him. "Hey, we'll get her back. We did before."

"And the brains of this operation. The reason why we, those who were destroyed on that fateful day so long ago, have returned. Mesagog. With Zeltrax and Elsa."

"We're waiting for you," drawled Mesagog.

"And rangers, this should also interest you," continued Dark Spector. He looked at Divatox.

She stepped forward. "I wanted to give you a picture of your fabulous Command Center. I thought it needed a few changes."

Kim shook her head. "No..." The rangers stared at the inside of the Command Center with everything in disarray. They saw wires and sparks coming out from various places and Alpha was bent over, lifeless. They didn't see Zordon.

"And it looks like you're missing someone, huh?" gloated Divatox. "Well, you can bet that big giant head will not be able to stop us anymore."

Kim shook her head more vigorously. "No."

"Yes." Divatox smiled. "And now for the final curtain: ta-da." They dropped a curtain and saw Zordon. "Well, goodbye, rangers! Happy destruction!" The screen went black.

"I don't believe this," said TJ. "They gotten Zordon again? What more could they possibly want?"

"He's one of the most powerful beings in the universe," answered Jason. "They didn't get the power source, so now they're after him." He looked at them. "Well, not after him, now they've gotten him."

"What do we do?" asked Carlos.

Everyone looked at Tommy. Tommy looked at Andros. "Should we still split up?"

Andros looked at Jason. He raised his eyebrow. Jason shrugged. "Sprocket said something about KO-35. They're not there now. And whoever was on Liaria must have returned to wherever the Alliance of Evil is gathered."

"So we should go to Earth," said Tommy.

"And get rid of these creeps once and for all," said Adam.

"Yeah!" agreed Aisha.

"D.E.C.A. Set a course for Earth," said Andros. "Billy, do you think you could find out where they're located?"

"It looks like Mesagog's lair," answered Tommy. "Since he's the one that brought them back, I would think that they're there."

Andros nodded. "So we're off to Reefside."

"They are on their way," said Zedd.

"Very well," replied Dark Spector. "We will destroy them once and for all."