Power Rangers: Galactic Onslaught
Chapter 3
If he was being honest, Tommy was happy to be a ranger again. Sure, he wasn't exactly pleased to hear that the Earth was under threat of being destroyed again but he missed the excitement of battle and the feeling he got when the power of the Grid flowed through his veins… the absolute thrill of fighting unearthly beings. It was a bit addictive and he supposed, that was one of the reasons Zordon didn't mention it to them that they were zeo rangers for life.
He stood alongside the others in Grace's secret headquarters in Promethea Island, watching in amazement as Kruger's team teleported in. While they were aware of alien life, they had presumed all aliens would be humanoid like Rita or the Aquatians. With Kruger was three other aliens, only one of them who looked human.
The first member was a white humanoid fish, who introduced himself as Magister Icthior from the planet, Piscciss Volann. He had grey scales, purple eyes, a green antenna on his head, jagged shark like teeth, prominent gills and three fingers on each hand. Golden fins extended from his head and over his collar bone like a mane and from his elbows.
The second looked the most human. He had long black hair and sharp Asian features. He called himself Sherrif Skyfire from Ninniger Galaxy.
The third arrival made the rangers fall back on their fighting stances. Although he was in standard white plumber gear, Tommy could clearly see Goldar's face staring back at him.
"How the hell did you get in here, Goldar?" he snarled.
"Goldar?" The feminine voice was nothing like Goldar's gravelly tone. It seemed slightly bemused.
"At ease, rangers. This is Magister Marigold Grifforzer from Titan." Kruger barked.
On looking closely, she looked very different from the monster they fought on a daily basis. Though she had blue skin, feline features and wings, her eyes lacked any sort of feral rage. Instead of a shaggy blue mane, her long auburn hair was tied in a braided ponytail.
"I am sorry. We thought you were-" Katherine said sheepishly.
"It's all good. I know Goldar is the only titan humanity has seen. Let me tell you he does not speak for the rest of us from Titan. We bear no ill will towards you. In fact, we are one of the major supporters of Zordon and Eltar in the Galactic Alliance." She smirked at them, her tail flipping behind her.
The rangers smiled warily at her.
Melanie entered the room with seven people in heavily armoured black EAGLE gear following her.
"We are ready, Grace." She said. "These are some of the best agents from all over the world. Others will provide aerial support, should we need it."
"Aie aie aie!" Alpha waved his arm.
Grace strapped a device which looked suspiciously like a morpher. "I will join you all in this mission."
"Is that a good idea, Grace?" Kruger asked. "You are the leader of Promethea."
"I can fight and Alpha can handle mission control." She smiled. "You ready, rangers?"
"It's Morphin Time!" Tommy called. "Zeo Ranger 5- Red!"
"Zeo Ranger 4- Green!"
"Zeo Ranger 3- Blue!"
"Zeo Ranger 2- Yellow!"
"Zeo Ranger 1- Pink!"
"Quantum Power!" Grace shouted, a red light flowing over her as she transformed into a ranger unlike anything they had encountered before. The suit was a brilliant shade of red. The helmet had a red arrow on top of black glass instead of a visor. She wore a black vest with the red arrow on it. Her gloves and boots were white and a blaster with a tyrannosaurus design hung on her hip holster.
"Man, that suit looks so dope!" Rocky exclaimed in awe.
"Thank you. Took me a while to reformat the morpher but it feels great to be a ranger again." Grace turned towards Alpha. "Teleport us to the Hellcarrier."
"Aie aie aie! May the power protect you all!" the android said, pressing some controls and watching all eighteen of them disappear in streams of coloured lights.
The moment they teleported to the Hellcarrier, they were surrounded by several oozemen, tengas and some brainwashed EAGLE soldiers.
"They were expecting us." Adam noted, whipping out his zeo pistol and firing at the advancing henchmen.
Katherine grunted as an oozeman kicked her from behind. "I forgot these creeps never fight fair."
She staggered forwards before whipping around and pelleting the purple being with lasers. She watched it melt into a puddle. "Gross."
Tommy and Rocky fought back to back, knocking down the tengas and brainwashed agents. Adam and Tanya blasted the oozemen who approached them.
The EAGLE agents fired upon the tengas and oozemen with their blasters, reducing them to ashes.
"Shadow Saber!" Kruger shouted, swinging his sword and cutting through the oozemen.
"Ocean Saber!" Icthior swung his own saber, summoning a tidal wave that swept over the footsoldiers.
"D-Magnums!" Marigold took out her twin blasters and continued to pellet the incoming oozemen with bullets. From the corner of her eyes, she spotted a group of tengas charging at her. "Not today, birdbrains!" She flapped her own wings and rose up, dodging their attacks. She fired at them with a vengeance, pulverising them.
"Justice Strike!" Skyfire lashed out with his sword.
"Quantum Defender!" Grace took out her blaster and fired upon the incoming horde of tengas, reducing them to pile of feathers.
"I'm impressed." A condescending drawl echoed throughout the hangar as they all regrouped.
"Show yourself, Ooze." Kruger demanded.
There was a thud. The door of a nearby fighter jet was blasted open as Ivan Ooze walked out, clapping his hands. "I was cooped up in there for hours… the things you have to do for a grand entrance!"
"I see you finally caught up with me, Doggy. And you brought me a gift… the zeo crystal. Why thank you!" He smiled at the rangers cruelly. "So, you are Zordon's little whelps. Oh, we are going to have so much fun!"
Jason hated being away from his home. First, it was the Peace Conference and now, it was because of whatever Maligore's pit did to him.
His brief stint as the Gold Ranger left residual energies within his body which the Muranthian Fires reignited. His DNA was changed on a fundamental basis. He was no longer completely human but half triforian.
Like a triforian, his body, mind and spirit had been enhanced giving him superhuman strength, telepathy and empathy as a result. On hindsight, it was a blessing as the residual gold ranger powers prevented him from turning half muranthian or in other words, half demon. He wondered how Kim was doing.
Everyone including the other rangers thought he was back in Geneva at the peace conference while in reality, he had been in Triforia for the past year, training with Trey and the other triforian warriors to hone his new abilities.
"Hiyah!" Jason launched a flurry of kicks, which the prince avoided barely before charging at him. He jumped back, dodging Trey's punch. With a spinning kick, he knocked his opponent off his feet.
"Nice." Trey said as Jason helped him up. "You have got used to your strength."
During his time here, the royal family had basically adopted him. Biologically he was now Trey's half brother thanks to whatever happened when muranthian magic combined with residual triforian energy signatures. Besides, he was one of Zordon's chosen and that itself made him somewhat of a galactic celebrity.
"Jason Scott, you need to come with me." An unfamiliar voice echoed across the battle arena.
Both of them snapped into their katas as a blue armoured warrior walked towards them.
"Who are you? How did you get past the defences?" Trey demanded.
"I am the mighty Ninjor, creator of the power coins and ally of the power rangers." he announced. "Surely, you have heard of me?"
"We have." Jason nodded.
"Time is of essence." Ninjor said urgently, tossing something at him. He caught it and felt a familiar presence against his palm. He looked down to see the tyrannosaurus emblem look back at him.
"My old power coin!"
"Yes. We need to go now. Earth is in danger." He said.
Jason nodded, turning towards Trey. "Go. I wish I could go with you but Dark Spectre's forces continue to grow. It's only a matter of time before they attack Triforia." The prince said, hugging him. "Know you are always welcome here, brother Jason."
Jason nodded. "I will miss you too, bro. Tell Tria and the others. Bye, Trey."
Ninjor snapped his fingers and the two of them disappeared in flickers of coloured lights.