Power Rangers: A Legend Retold

The Chosen Part 4

Goldar flew high above the desolated city, wings outspread. They had done well despite there resources, at least in his mind. As he reached the centre of the city he saw flashes of light and heard weapons fire, energy weapons not projectiles. They must have begun to flank his forces. No matter, he would depose of these pathetic humans and their toys. Zordon would pay for his insolence as would the weaklings who rallied to his cause.

He retracted his wings and let himself fall to what looked like the heart of the battle. His feet connecting with the stone pavement and rubble as he made a perfect landing and growled, looking over at the enemy. He saw the armour, the symbols on their chest. There was no doubt now, these warriors were of the coins power. He stepped aside and raised his com link, knowing he had to report this to his "Empress", bah she wished.

"Goldar to Repulsa" he spoke into the device on his wrist.

***

High above the Earth the Repulsa continued to orbit waiting for news.

Bandora came alive at Goldar's gravelled voice and pressed the switch to respond.

"Yes Goldar, is it done? Have you taken the America continent?" She asked eagerly.

"Almost Commander" he replied.

"Almost?! What do you mean almost?" She snapped at him.

"There has been a complication" Goldar frowned "Zordon has given the coins to humans and it has given them armour and weapons. They are destroying our forces."
"What?!" Bandora screamed as she stood and then lowered her head in thought "the prophecy...the warriors."
"What?"Goldar asked.

"Lord Zedd of knew this I think" she replied "regroup all forces to your location and destroy them!"

***

"Understood" he acknowledged and closed the channel before opening another to his ground forces "all troops regroup at my location. We will destroy the human fighters in the name of Zedd!"

***

Zack brought down his axe, slicing through the stone enemy soldier. It was strange, he wasn't even getting tired. But he imagined he would feel it once he removed the suit. He revolved the axe in his hand to form the blast weapon, aimed at five oncoming "putties" and fired sending stone body parts flying.

The last in the area fell to them as Jason gave it a spinning jump kick and finished it off with a blow from his powerful sword. They all looked at each other, nodding, they had done it. Or so they thought.

They felt a rumble beneath their feet, the ruble quaked at the tremors. They were in rhythm. The five of them regrouped together looking out into the dust and smoke to see a marching army heading for them. In front of the new wave was Goldar and Scorpina, their golden armour now battered and stained from battle. They stopped now ten feet away from them and simply stared at each other.

"You have caused us a lot of trouble humans, but anyone can defeat the half witted putties. Lets see how you fair against me" Goldar growled over at them.

"I can understand it" said Trini to the group.

"They must have some sort of translator on them" offered Billy.

"We will not let you kill any more people! This planet is not just going to keel over to you!" Jason shouted.

Goldar smirked "we will see. Attack!"

With that Bandora's forces were charging for them and they responded in kind raising their weapons and charging head first into the overwhelming odds. Jason felt his limbs move with ease, almost on autopilot as his brain raced a thousand times a minuet. How did he get here? How could he hope to survive? If he didn't...he should have left his family a message. He was snapped from his train of though as he took down a Golem and looked on as Goldar charged for him, screaming a primal rage. All Jason knew was it was scareing the life out of him. He brought up his sword and stopped Goldar's as it swung for him. Again a swing from the golden alien and again Jason blocked it with perfect movement of his sword.

"I will enjoy removing you head from its body and hanging it on my wall human" Goldar sneered as they circled each other. This time Jason went on the offensive, attacking and being deflected as the blades once again met each other.

Trini meanwhile took down two golems and rose her head to look over the battle. Not to far from her Billy was reeling as Scorpina lashed at his lances with her whip. She charged for the alien, taking flight and brining down the daggers across the whip, breaking it in two. Scorpina let out a scream as though the weapon was part of her and glared at Trini with anger. A golem tried his luck but was taken down easy beside Trini and she and Billy moved in on the attack. Scorpina deflected a few blows with her arms, sparks flying somewhat. Billy activated his targeting mode, took aim and threw one of his lance with Scorpina's attention on Trini at the time. She let out a cry as the lance dug deep into her armour, passed through it and wounded her flesh. She brought up her hand and pulled it out, throwing it to the ground and falling to her knees.

Goldar meanwhile was reeling as Jason was becoming more confident, getting his stride and attacking with perfect force. The golems numbers were thinning as Zack masterfully used his axe and rifle to destroy them with occasional help from the others

Finally Jason pushed off, taking to the air and coming down with a diagonal slash of his sword. Goldar's own sword fell in two in his hands. It was now becoming clear to Goldar that retreat was their only option. He reached for his side, brining up a grenade and throwing it toward the red clad warrior. Jason was barley able to get out of the way but was knocked down by the blast. Goldar took the chance he had created and rushed over to his injured wife.

"We have lost" she whimpered.

"This is not the end" Goldar sneered "come on."

The five of them gave chase as Goldar took to the sky, carrying Scorpina with him. Kimberly aimed her bow but Jason raised his hand on it to stop her.

"No, let him crawl back to Bandora and their Lord Zedd and let them know what happened here today" Jason told her.

Kim nodded and the five of them looked on as the drop ship took to the sky.

***

Bandora sat in her command chair, her had in her hand as behind her Goldar walked onto the deck.

"Children. You we beaten by human children!" She screamed at him "What am I meant to tell Zedd?!"
"That the power coins work" Goldar offered.

"Shut up!" She snapped and returned to her previous position.

"Um excuse me Bandora but Lord Zedd is signalling, he has entered this Galaxy" a crewman reported.

Bandora gulped and sat up in her chair "put him on then you fool!"

"Yes mam" the crewman replied.

On the screen in front of them the face of Zedd appeared, his voice rumbled the very plating of the Repulsa.

"How goes the Invasion Bandora" he demanded to know.

"Well you see my Lord there has been some complications and..." She began but was cut off.

"What?! That weak planet should be ours by now! Even for you it was a simple task" he bellowed at her.

"Zordon used the coins my Lord, the prophecy was true. Five humans became empowered and decimated our forces. My best only just escaped with their lives" she pleaded.

Zedd did not respond but simply sat back in his chair "then it is lucky for Bandora that I will soon be there. No humans no matter how powerful will stand in the way of my vengeance. I bring weapons that will leave their Earth as a lifeless crater!"

The screen switched to an exterior view from Serpentera showing various cargo looking vessels "these are battle suits. Our greatest minds have designed them. They will destroy the planet and crush those who try to stop us. When in battle mode they will tower over the humans cities leaving nothing but destruction in their wake. Close the channel."

As the screen changed back to the shot of Earth Bandora felt her confidence return. She smiled and turned to her pilots.

"Set course to rendezvous with the fleet" she ordered "they will pay for today in blood."

The Repulsa powered its engines and left Earth's orbit. Soon it was just a glimmer of light on horizon.

***

Zordon looked down at his defenders of Earth now back in their regular attire. The Command Centre was abuzz with their chatter as they shared their amazement with each other of what they had done.

"Well done humans. You have saved you planet. For now" Zordon said to them.

"For now?" Jason asked cutting the chat and looking up at Zordon.

"Yes Jason. The battle is won but the war has just begun. My sensors indicate that Lord Zedd will soon be here and this time you will need far more than your will and your power coins" Zordon replied.

"The 'Zords' you spoke of" chimed in Billy.

Zordon nodded "we will soon have the locations for you to search for them but for now you deserve to rest and to return to your lives. It may take Zedd weeks, even months to arrive."
"We'll be ready for him" Jason responded quickly.

"Indeed you shall. For now however I think you should turn your attention to a name that will identify your team to the world and to ourselves" Zordon told them.

"What about Beast Warriors?" Offered Zack.

They all just burst out laughing before Jason said "Hell no."

"Dinosaur Warriors?" Said Jason.

"To corny" replied Zack.

"How about Rangers" spoke up Billy "we are Rangers that defend this planet."

They all agreed they liked Rangers. But they needed more.

"Hey" said Jason, a light going off "what about Power Rangers?"

They all looked at each other and nodded. It fit.

"That works" smiled Billy.

"Then that is the name you will go by" announced Zordon "Power Rangers."

***

The late teens stood by the Transporter pad being sent home one by one. As they waited at the back of line Kimberly turned to Jason.

"Hey, keep in contact" she said looking to him.

"OF course. I will get around to adding you on IM" he smiled back to her.

They stood there for a moment in an uncomfortable silence both thinking there was more to be said. Out of nowhere as Billy waved and was Transported Kim leaned over and pressed her lips to his.

"See you soon" she said in a hushed tone.

"Kimberly, your next" called Alpha.

She looked over and nodded at Jason who was starring in shocked silence before nodding to Alpha and taking to the pad. Jason watched as the white light once again engulfed her and she faded to nothing.

"Yeah" he smiled "you will."

END

Next Time: The Power Rangers must find their ancient weapons to take on Lord Zedd's Battle Suits in "Zord Quest"