Meanwhile on Phaedos...
Patch and the teenagers soon arrived on the planet once they were successful in getting off of Earth.
"Wow..." Aisha whispered in amazement.
"This looks almost similar to Earth." Mo said.
"Makes me think of something my dad would watch on Star Trek." Cherry commented.
"My gosh. Look at this place." Kimberly commented.
"You guys! Over here! Quick!" Aisha soon called out as she wandered off from them.
"Coming!" Patch told her.
They all soon came to join the Yellow Ranger's sides. They found what looked like a decaying body which was now skeletal like a rotten old corpse.
"Whoa. Looks like somebody had a bad day." Kimberly commented.
"What was it?" Atticus asked.
"That's a good question, but it reeks of death." Cherry replied.
"Definitely not the welcoming committee, that's for sure." Kimberly commented.
"We better keep moving." Mo said.
"Come on, guys, we got a job to do." Tommy added in agreement.
They soon began to walk past the skeleton. They looked all around as they took a look on the new distant planet.
"You ever get the feeling you're being watched?" Cherry spoke up.
"Yeah, now that you mentioned, it I'm getting that feeling too." Mo said before looking up to one of the cliffs.
Someone appeared to be there before suddenly walking away.
"Okay, that was weird." Mo said.
"Too weird." Cherry added.
"Guys, come on!" Tommy told them.
Cherry and Mo looked over before following him and the other Power Rangers.
They continued to walk along the rocky trail and which seemed to go on for miles.
"Atticus...?" Cherry called.
"You need to sit down?" Atticus asked.
Cherry nodded.
"All right, guys, break time." Atticus told the others.
"About time." Patch sighed as he collapsed.
Everyone then sat down as Cherry put her feet up as she seemed to be a little sore.
"Any aches?" Atticus asked her.
"I think I just need to sit." Cherry replied.
"Well, we have been walking for what feels like hours." Patch said.
Cherry soon took her shoes off as her feet hurt a bit. A wave soon splashed in the background before soaking her.
"...Oh, sure... Why not?" Cherry muttered.
Atticus soon made a towel appear. Cherry took it and dried herself off.
"You're welcome." Atticus said before looking over as Tommy and Kimberly were alone together.
"Are those two a thing?" Mo asked Aisha, referring to Tommy and Kimberly.
"Well... I didn't wanna say anything, but... Yeah." Aisha hid a small smirk.
"I had a feeling they were." Mo smirked back.
"Kinda like you and that Atticus guy?" Aisha replied. "You two seem close."
"Yeah, we've been a couple for a long time." Mo smiled.
"You guys do look cute together." Aisha replied.
"I'm glad you think so, because when I first met him, I never thought about having a boyfriend, but he's just amazing." Mo smiled.
"He sure is." Patch agreed.
"You got a puppy girlfriend?" Aisha giggled.
"Well, I do like this cocker spaniel named Collette." Patch admitted.
"It's true, he visits every time he has the chance to." Mo said.
"Oh, is she your dog?" Aisha asked about Collette.
"Sort of," Mo replied. "My dog is more of the one called Angel, but after my parents adopted me, I guess their dogs could count as my dogs too."
Patch soon heard something coming from the sky. This made Aisha and Mo look with Patch as that got their attention.
"That looks like a crow..." Patch commented.
"And looks like those crow creatures are about to attack us." Atticus said.
The crow men soon flew in to attack the Power Rangers like they were sent in to do. Cherry looked over and yelped as she ducked down from the crow men who came from the skies.
"Looks like it's time to fight some unwanted company." Atticus said.
"I couldn't agree more!" Patch replied as he came beside his owner.
"Time that these crows flew back home." Mo added as she joined them.
"Or else I'll fly 'em to the moon like the rats with wings that they are." Atticus chuckled.
They soon began to fight the crow creatures.
"Man, these guys are worse than the crows from The Wizard of Oz." Cherry complained.
"Yeah, only they're anthro crows." Atticus said.
"Let's move!" Tommy called out.
They all began to fight the anthro birds, but Atticus, Mo, Patch, and Cherry seemed to be the only ones that seemed to handle them.
"You guys okay?" Atticus asked the Power Rangers.
"I don't think we can do it!" Tommy replied.
"Yes, you can!" Mo told him as she roundhouse kicked a Tengu Warrior.
"What a woman.' Atticus whispered.
"Focus, Romeo." Cherry told him. She soon saw one of the Tengu Warriors crashing right into Atticus as if it had crashed into a wall.
"I think I'm fine, Cher Bear." Atticus smirked.
"Hey!" Cherry glared from the nickname.
"What?" Atticus smirked.
"These guys are gonna put us out of the job." Billy commented about Atticus, Cherry, Mo, and Patch.
"Incoming!" Mo told Billy as she saw one coming from behind him.
Billy looked over and yelped as he tried to roundhouse kick it away, and where the roundhouse kick seem to do the trick as the Tengu Warrior was sent crashing to the ground after that one kick.
"See? You can do it!" Patch smiled. "You guys just gotta believe in yourselves."
"Yeah, besides, you guys are still the Power Rangers." Cherry said.
"She's right... We can do this." Tommy replied.
"You know the funny thing about morphing?" Billy asked.
"What's that?" Rocky replied.
"You don't appreciate it 'til you can do it!" Billy told him.
"I get the feeling these birdbrains were sent from Ivan Ooze." Patch said as he attacked a Tengu Warrior.
"That would make a lot of sense." Cherry replied as she did her best to remember her moves from Mortal Kombat.
No matter how many times they took down the Tengu Warriors, they didn't seem to stay down.
"Come on, guys, don't give up." Atticus told the others.
"I can't go anymore..." Cherry groaned a little.
"Isn't there anything that can send these birdbrains flying?" Mo panted.
"Giant anthro worms?" Cherry smirked.
"Very funny, Cherry, but I doubt that'll work." Patch replied.
They soon heard what sounded like a roar from something as they saw the same figure from before that had ran off after being seen as it jumped down from the cliff.
"What's that...?" Cherry asked, trying not to freak out.
The figure soon jumped down before removing their cloak to show that they were a beautiful woman in hunting garb. She then began to fight off the crow men for the Power Rangers and their new allies with ease.
"Whoa... She is good..." Mo said.
"Who is she?" Atticus wondered.
"And she should put some clothes on." Cherry commented.
The warrior woman continued to fight as she seemed like a professional. Soon enough, she split her weapon in two and began to swing them around, and where it made a whirling sound that sounded like nails on a chalkboard. Patch winced as that hurt worse for him since he was a dog with extra sensitive hearing. The warrior woman smirked as she sent the crow men away.
"That was amazing... Thanks..." Cherry said, walking over, but then yelped as she got hit by the woman. "Ow!"
"If you want to thank me, go back to wherever it is you came from." The woman glared.
"We can't; first reason, we heard there was a great power, here, is it true? And second, we can't get back to Earth because we don't have a way to get back to Earth yet." Mo said.
"Yes," The warrior woman replied. "The ground is littered with the bones of those who have tried for it and failed."
"Well, we're different," Tommy said as he soon stepped forward. "We won't fail."
The warrior woman soon tripped him up and placed her scepter against his chest as he lay there on the ground. "Leave Phaedos before it's too late." she then demanded.
"Listen, we don't want any trouble; Zordon was attacked-" Atticus started.
"Zordon?" The warrior woman asked, pressing her spear against Tommy which made him grunt a bit. "Did you say 'Zordon'?"
"Do you know Zordon?" Kimberly asked her. "Who are you?"
The woman soon retracted her spear which allowed Tommy to stand up straight. "I am Dulcea: master warrior of the planet Phaedos," she then introduced herself. "What has happened to Zordon?"
"He was attacked by this guy named Ivan Ooze." Rocky told her.
"Ivan Ooze is free?" Dulcea replied.
"You've heard of him?" Cherry asked.
"Ivan Ooze is a monster," Dulcea nodded. "If we don't hurry, your planet is doomed. Follow me."
"Yes, ma'am." Mo said.
Dulcea then led them away once the crow men were taken care of, thanks to her.
And where the path they were walking on went on for hours.
"Dulcea, where are you taking us?" Cherry asked.
"You shall know soon enough." Dulcea reassured.
"I hope it's worth it with how far we've been walking." Cherry said.
"Are you hurt?" Atticus asked.
"My feet are getting sore," Cherry said. "Mind if I ride on your back?"
"Sure." Atticus told her.
Cherry soon came up to him. Atticus got on his hands and knees and Cherry soon climbed onto his back, allowing him to stand up with her on his back, and where he soon started to walk the rest of the way for Cherry.
"We have to hurry," Aisha frowned. "Zordon won't last much longer."
They kept walking, and walking, and walking... Until finally, they came up to a special place that Dulcea led them to.
"What is this place?" Patch asked.
"These are the ancient ruins of the Ninjetti Temple," Dulcea informed. "There, beyond the Niola Jungle, is the monolith. Inside awaits the power of the universe. The monolith is heavily guarded against intruders. No one has ever survived an attempt to reach it."
"Sounds dangerous." Mo said.
"Then how can we do it?" Aisha wondered.
"You were chosen by Zordon," Dulcea replied. "I have faith in his wisdom."
'Good thing she's not an enemy of Zordon, and hopefully the same is said between her and Drell.' Patch thought to himself.
"Can you help us?" Tommy asked Dulcea.
"We will call upon the sacred animals of the Ninjetti for help." Dulcea informed as she walked off.
"Before we start, do you know a warlock by the name of Drell?" Mo asked.
"...Did you say... 'Drell'...?" Dulcea asked, almost coldly.
"We'll take that as a yes." Patch sighed.
"So, you do know him." Atticus said.
Dulcea growled slightly.
"Um... Problem?" Cherry smiled nervously.
"He's an idiot," Dulcea glared. "He said he loved me, and then he left me the next morning."
"Wow." Mo said.
"Um... When was this?" Cherry asked.
"In the 17th century." Dulcea glared.
"Um... Perhaps he was trying to get over his broken heart?" Cherry suggested from what she knew about Drell in that time-frame because that was when he tried to marry Hilda the first time only for him to leave her at the altar.
"Yeah." Mo added.
"Is that right?" Dulcea asked.
"How did you two meet?" Cherry asked.
"I found him at a bar... He seemed upset over something..." Dulcea explained. "He said I was very beautiful and I terrified him... That always makes my day... After a few drinks, I invited him over to stay with me... He spent the night and we seemed to fall in love... But then... He vanished."
"Yeah, that sounds like Drell back in the day." Atticus said.
"He sent you because he's a coward, DIDN'T HE?!" Dulcea glared at them.
Atticus began to explain why Drell didn't come with as he wasn't with them at the Power Rangers HQ. Dulcea listened as she was soon told more about Drell than she knew since she wasn't from their world and only knew what she knew from the night she shared with the powerful warlock.
"So you see, to redeem himself now, Drell is our teacher, and he takes us on various adventures, and to also help us master our special abilities like how Zordon helps the Power Rangers, and he's probably sorry about standing you up like that, but he was still very much in love with Hilda Spellman." Atticus soon concluded.
Mo hoped Dulcea would be understanding.
"Hmm... How do I know you're not making all of this up?" Dulcea asked.
"I can't lie!" Atticus told her.
"He really can't to save his life." Cherry added.
"Plus if he tried to lie, he would bite his lower lip and soon go all shifty-eyed when his lying would be for a wrong reason." Patch added.
"Are you guys just about done?" Atticus groaned.
"Also his heartbeat goes up." Cherry smirked.
Atticus then dropped her off of his back.
"Okay, I deserved that." Cherry groaned.
"Hmm... You do seem to have an honest face..." Dulcea had to admit to Atticus.
"There no one else other than Applejack more honest than Atticus." Mo smiled.
"Hm... Quite... Well...I suppose I can trust you..." Dulcea replied. "Just don't betray me, or it won't be pretty."
"We won't." Atticus, Cherry, Mo, and Patch said.
"Come with me then." Dulcea told her.
The others nodded as they soon got to work altogether not only save Zordon, but the future of the planet they all lived on.
'I knew she would believe us after hearing how honest Atticus was.' Patch thought to himself.
This seemed to take even longer than it did with their walk over to the temple as it was almost dark outside now.
Dulcea was preforming a ritual with the group and the Power Rangers behind her after they built a fire.
'Cool, a ritual.' Atticus thought to himself.
The others just waited in silence, though they wondered what this woman was doing.
"Buried deep within each of us is an animal spirit waiting to be released." Dulcea informed the group before her.
Patch raised his paw.
"You'll see too," Dulcea told him before continuing. "Close your eyes and look deep inside."
'I wonder what animal spirit I have?' Patch thought to himself.
Everyone soon closed their eyes and waited for their cue. Cherry closed her eyes before glancing with one eye open.
"No peaking." Dulcea told her.
Cherry then closed both of her eyes again once she was caught. Dulcea nodded to that and soon blew some magical dust against the fire that was built in front of the Power Rangers, and where the magical dust began to swirl all around the others and the Power Rangers. They were given very special transformations like their colorful uniforms, and Cherry, Atticus, Mo, and Patch had their own which were different colors. Royal Majesty Purple for Mo, Navy Blue for Atticus, Indigo for Cherry, and a Scarlet Red for Patch. They soon opened their eyes and looked to their new forms that were given to them from Dulcea, and they had golden seals on their uniforms.
"We look like ninjas," Cherry commented. "Almost like Scorpion from Mortal Kombat."
"And look at our golden seals." Mo said.
"Aisha, you are the bear," Dulcea told the Yellow Ranger. "Fierce and unstoppable."
Aisha smiled to that.
"Rocky, powerful, smart," Dulcea told the Red Ranger. "You are the mighty ape."
Rocky smiled to that.
"Billy, you are the wolf, cunning and swift." Dulcea told the Blue Ranger.
Billy smiled as that seemed to touch him deep inside.
"Agile Kimberly, light as a feather, you are the crane." Dulcea told the Pink Ranger.
"Adam-" Dulcea began but then frowned as the Black Ranger frowned. "Adam, what's wrong?"
"I'm a frog." Adam frowned back.
'Can't blame him.' Cherry thought to herself.
"Yes, a frog," Dulcea smiled before planting a kiss on him. "Like the one you kiss to get a handsome prince."
Adam soon smiled to that as it made him feel better.
'Yeah, that is a perk of being a frog in fairy tales.' Mo thought to herself.
"And you, Tommy, are the falcon, winged lord of the skies." Dulcea told the White Ranger as she concluded with the original Power Rangers before they had met Atticus, Cherry, Mo, and Patch.
Next was Atticus, Cherry, Mo, and Patch as Dulcea went up to the Dalmatian. Patch smiled as he looked up to her, standing brave and tall.
"Patch... You really are a one of a kind dog..." Dulcea said to him. "Like Billy, you wear the mark of your ancestors, who are the ancestors of all dogs, the wolves, so you will be a wolf as well as The Blue Power Ranger."
"Awesome." Patch smiled.
"Ah, Monique-Erm... Sorry... Mo..." Dulcea then said to the tomboy. "You shall be a duck."
"But why?" Mo complained about being a duck like Adam complained about being a frog.
"Because you are graceful and elegant, especially when using dancing in combat." Dulcea said.
"I-I don't dance like a ballerina... No... That's silly." Mo smiled bashfully.
"But wait wouldn't that make her a swan then?" Cherry asked.
"Well, yes, but there's a very special story and legend that goes with Mo's genetics and her family that goes to generations to many of the women in her family, including some of her descendants," Dulcea replied. "It's about a special girl they call Princess Tutu."
"Who's she?" Cherry asked.
"Ah, that's for the future to answer that question for." Dulcea smirked.
"Dang it." Cherry groaned.
Dulcea soon went up to Cherry next as it was her turn. Cherry looked up slightly.
"Cherry... A very interesting one..." Dulcea said. "You are as quiet as a mouse unless you find the bravery of a lion within you... You are also as curious as a cat... I feel you are best suited for... A panther."
"Panthers are pretty cool." Cherry admitted.
Dulcea soon walked up to Atticus, saving him for last.
"Atticus..." Dulcea smiled. "A natural born leader... A heart as big as your intelligence... A very strong, independent soul."
"Aw, go on." Atticus replied bashfully.
"Are you gonna tell Atticus what his spirit animal is or are you just gonna be flattering him?" Cherry asked Dulcea.
"Patience, child..." Dulcea replied. "Atticus... I reward you the golden seal of... A brave and mighty lion: the King of the Jungle."
"Yep, that's Atticus for sure." Mo smiled.
"Thank you, Miss Dulcea." Atticus added.
"Please, Miss is too formal." Dulcea replied.
"So, when do we leave for the temple?" Mo asked Dulcea.
"I must tell you something first," Dulcea replied. "To be in harmony with a sacred animal spirit is to have the force of the Ninjetti."
The others smiled and nodded until Dulcea soon changed dramatically into the form of an owl.
"Whoa, she turned into an owl." Patch commented in surprise.
Dulcea hooted to them before flying off suddenly.
"So then I guess that means we'll have to go to the temple on our own." Patch said.
"Oh, come on, Spot, don't be silly." Cherry replied.
"I'm afraid your dog friend is right," Dulcea told her and the others. "To those who are Ninjetti, anything is possible, but... I am afraid you must do this on you own."
"You can't be serious." Cherry said.
"I'm sorry, but this is how it should be." Dulcea told her.
"We understand." Atticus replied to Dulcea.
And so, the Power Rangers were on their own. Kimberly soon came beside Tommy after a while.
'Yep, those two are definitely a couple.' Mo thought to herself.
"So... A duck?" Cherry asked Mo.
"I guess so," Mo replied. "Who is Princess Tutu though I wonder?"
"I guess we'll know in the future." Cherry shrugged.
"Hmm..." Mo pouted.
"Mo, it's okay if you dance," Atticus smiled. "I think you're a great dancer, whether you dance ballet or anything else like that."
"Yeah." Patch nodded.
"Oh, Atticus, you're not just saying that, are you?" Mo asked.
"Of course not." Atticus smiled warmly.
"Aw." Mo smiled back.
Atticus blushed to her smile before she soon kissed him on the lips.
"Oh, come on; get a room." Cherry complained playfully as she covered her eyes.
The others lightly chuckled to that.
"I guess I could be like a duckling..." Mo shrugged. "I always thought that The Swan Princess was a bit majestic."
"The Swan Princess, huh?" Atticus asked.
"Yeah, it's sorta like Swan Lake... I think it's a nice movie..." Mo smiled. "I used to watch it at my old home all the time."
"Plus it's from the ballet The Swan Princess." Cherry said.
"Maybe you'd like to come over and watch it with me and JJ?" Mo smiled to Atticus.
"I'd like that." Atticus smiled back.
Cherry seemed to gag in the background. "You two are like a soap opera!"
Atticus and Mo simply rolled their eyes at her. Cherry made a face in response.
"Oh... Go be a panther." Atticus smirked.
The others soon looked to Tommy to know if they should go to the temple now.
"Tommy, you're in charge right now, shall we go?" Cherry asked the White Ranger.
Tommy looked over to the temple as the others joined him before he gave a steady nod of his head. "It's time."
They soon started to make their way to the temple.
"I think I can walk that far." Cherry told Atticus.
"If you feel sore, don't hesitate to tell me." Atticus replied.
Cherry nodded and they soon walked with the Power Rangers towards the sacred temple. They began to walk through a jungle which led to the sacred temple.