"Billy, why? It's not us, is it?" Rocky asked concerned.

"Not at all, it's just..." Billy started.

"I love being a ranger, but I think with everything going on, it's time to pass it to someone else. After all, out of all six of us, only two have been rangers the longest." Billy said. "I think it's time for me to retire from being a ranger."

"I understand your point, Billy." Zordon said as Billy put his power coin down.

"But if Billy won't be the new gold ranger, who will?" Adam asked.

"I don't know, but we'll find someone. I know we will." Tommy said. "In the meantime, Trey you can stay with me until we do."

"Thank you, Tommy. But I must advise, that if we do not find a new gold ranger within several days, I will not survive on this planet much longer."

"Speaking of, I believe that our time to leave is coming also." Delphine said.

"Goodbye, Rangers of Earth. We hope to see you again." The Alien rangers said as they teleported back home.

"So, I guess rather than finding a new gold ranger, and getting new ranger powers, everything is back to normal." Rocky said.

"NOT SO FAST RANGERS!" They heard a familiar voice say.

"Lord Zedd! What do you want, now?!" Tommy said.

"You rangers aren't the only ones who have new powers. Goldar and my new and improved putties would like to show you!" Lord Zedd said.

Goldar and the putties appeared in the park, with Goldar saying "come out rangers!"

"It might be a trap, but we have to go. There's innocent people not far form there." Kimberly said.

"Alright, guys ready. IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"

"ZEO RANGER I - PINK!"

ZEO RANGER II - YELLOW!"

ZEO RANGER III - BLUE!"

ZEO RANGER IV - GREEN!"

ZEO RANGER V - RED!"

Trey stayed behind with Billy fearing the fight would drain him of his powers even faster.

"Alright, Goldar, you want some of this Zeo power, come and get it!" Tommy said.

"THe gang's all here! Attack!" Goldar said.

Not long after, a new monster appeared, having the appearance of two scythes crossed to form an x.

Each handle of the crossed scythes had an eye, with arms extending from the center of the x.

"It is a trap." Tommy said. "We still have to fight."

"Do it! Follow what I said!" Goldar said as he attacked Tommy.

Tommy blocked and attack from Goldar's sword with his new one, both evenly matched.

"He is stronger than before" Tommy said grunting.

"So are the putties!" Aisha said noting their endurance in taking their attacks, along with Kimberly.

The scythe monster set it eyes on it's two targets.

"You-hoo, Blue and green!"

"What? Us?" Adam said standing right in front of it.

"Lord Zedd wants some revenge on you two, so my orders are to kill you two first. And he wants to others to watch!"

"Bring it on, you overgrown weed whacker!" Rocky said.

His arms then turned into blades, and slashed towards Rocky and Adam, who narrowly dodged it.

"Adam! Rocky! Careful!" Tommy said as he was knocked down by Goldar.

"Do it!" Goldar said.

Adam and Rocky were distracted by Tommy getting knocked down to see the monster swinging it's blades towards them.

Both the blue and green Zeo rangers let out screams of pain as they fell on their backs.

"Now to get what I came for!" The monster said as he carried Adam and Rocky away as it disappeared.

"Goodbye for now, rangers!" Goldar said before he disappeared too.

"He took Adam and Rocky!" Billy screamed in frustration in the command center.

"It's my fault, for giving up my powers! I should've accepted the gold ranger powers when I had the chance." Billy said looking down in agony.

Just then, the other ranger steleported to the command center.

"Zordon, where did the monster take them? He said he wanted us to watch, so he can't just destroy them." Tommy said.

"And we have to find them fast, befor the monster changes it's mind about an audience." Kimberly said.

Adam and Rocky woke up later in the same cave where he tried to turn them evil along with Aisha.

"What do want with us?" Rocky said struggling as the monsterchained them both to the wall.

"To kill you both, of course. It's so ironic. You rangers get new powers, and my master does too, now thanks to my master, your powers can't do anything."

The monster now slowly brought it's blade up to each of them.

"It's tempting. I almost want to kill you both right here, and keave you for dead for your friends to find. In fact, I might just do that."

The monster laughed as he enjoyed watching them struggle to no avail.

"Eenie, meenie, miney, moe" The monster started saying as he slowly went back and forth between who to kill first.

"And you are it!" The monster said landing on Adam.

"Don't worry, green ranger, I'll make it fast and painless" he said as he raised his blade up above Adam's face.

"NO! PLEASE KILL ME! KILL ME! DON'T HURT HIM PLEASE!"Rocky screamed.

"Rocky, no..." Adam said as he continued to struggle.

"Really? Tears? From a ranger? Don't make me laugh." The monster said as Adam watched in horror.

"PLEASE! DON'T KILL HIM! KILL ME! I CAN'T STAND TO SEE HIM GET HURT! I LOVE HIM!" Rocky said almost to the point of a breakdown.

"It's so sweet, but flattery will get you nowhere."

"ADAM, I LOVE YOU! I'M SO SORRY I COULDN'T PROTECT YOU!"

"OH MY GOD! SHUT UP!" THe monster said slapping Rocky in the face.

"ROCKY!" Adam screamed in horror as Rocky now had a cut on his cheek.

"I SHOULD JUST KILL BOTH OF YOU AT THE SAME TIME WHEN THE OTHERS GET HERE!"

"WE'RE ALREADY HERE, BUT YOU WON'T KILL ANYONE TODAY!" Tommy said arriving with Kimberly, and Aisha.

"Tommy!" Adam said.

"Sorry, it took a while. We had to get something." Tommy said.

"Get what?" The monster said.

"Gold Ranger Power!" They heard a voice say.

"More of you?! I thought there was only five!"

The gold ranger used his staff to fire energy beams to break the chains holding Adam and Rocky.

Then he used a similar beam to heal their injuries.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, thanks, Trey."

"Enough of this! You hurt enough people today!" He said before using his staff to destroy the monster.

"Adam, Rocky, how are you?"

"I've had better days." Rocky said.

"Me too." Adam said.

"Thank you for helping us, Trey."

"I'm not Trey."

"But if you're not Trey, who are you?"

The gold ranger removed his helmet revealing his new alter ego.

"Jason?!"

"It's me. I heard you guys got new powers, and someone needed to step up and save Trey before the powers drained his life energy."

"It's good to have you back on the team, Jason."

"It's good to be back, though it's weired seeing you guys in diffrent colors. Last time I checked, Rocky took my spot as red, and Adam was the black ranger."

"It's complicated. But the important thing is that we're all okay."

The rangers left the cave none sensing Adam being shocked form the revelation in the cave.

Rocky said he loved him.

Adam wanted to talk to Rocky and make sure it was really love, or if Rocky was jsut saying that.

Sure, Adam did love Rocky, but he hadn't told him yet. He was sure that they tell each ither in different circumstances.

NEXT CHAPTER: Adam and Rocky talk about Rocky's declaration.