Chapter 1
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Billy showed up at the juice bar to see his friends Jason, Zack, and Tommy. He had a new invention with him and was ready to show it off.
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Billy: Where are Kimberly and Trini?
Tommy: Kimberly's still in the bathroom, Trini's helping her.
Billy: She still has the flu?
Tommy: Yeah, her mother even took her to the doctor today, hopefully he'll say it's almost gone.
Zack: What's that you have Billy?
Billy: It's my new invention. I don't have a name for it yet, but it measures a person's good versus their evil. This will make it harder for Rita and Zed to try and infiltrate us. I can't explain it, but Alpha and Zordon think they might be trying.
Tommy: Try it on me, unless I still have some leftover evil from when I was under Rita's spell.
Billy: Don't worry, it measures a person's true essence. Evil magic can force you to do something against your will, but can't change your essence.
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Billy used the device to scan Tommy. As expected, it showed he had more good than most people. The same held true when he scanned Jason, Zack, and himself. They covertly tried it on Bulk and Skull. It showed that they were a work in progress, that they were trying to do better. This was likely a result of their joining the police academy recently. Billy covertly scanned Ernie, his good essence was higher than average. Then they saw their new friend, Catherine, Some things did start to add up with her, Catherine was new, and somewhat mysterious. Rita and Zed seemed to learn certain things right around the time that Catherine came to Angel Grove. Not to mention that Catherine seemed to have a crush on Tommy. She hadn't tried to steal him from Kimberly, but Billy could see how that would make things awkward, could cause problems. Billy covertly scanned Catherine, her essence was good, at the same level as the Power Rangers. When Trini and Kimberly came back from the ladies room Kimberly clearly still felt sick, Tommy tried to comfort her. Having already scanned so many people Billy instinctively scanned Trini, very good, then he scanned Kimberly, and the machine broke.
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Kimberly: What are you up to now Billy?
Billy: Just a little device to try and wead out any ringers that Rita and Zed try to place among us.
Kimberly: So the fact that it broke on me?
Billy: Means you have a lot of good essence, like abnormally good.
Trini: And that made the machine broke?
Billy: It shouldn't have, unless...
Kimberly: Unless what?
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Billy lowered his voice, didn't think this conversation should be a matter of public record.
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Billy: This machine says you have more good than any one person should have, unless you're not just one person. I don't like to pry, but is there any chance you might be pregnant?