Power Rangers: A Legend Retold
The Sixth Power Coin Part 1
Bandora watched as Thomas Oliver sat up on the medical table, his eyes glowing green for a moment before returning to normal.
"The doctors have restructured parts of his brain. He will be more susceptible to what ever we choose to tell him, easily convinced" Goldar told Bandora as they stood behind the glass window to the medical bay.
"As much as I trust your technology I think the true sway will come from the spell I have put on his coin. So long as he has it he will remain under our control. Of course you being as secular as our Lord is you probably think its all nonsense" Bandora replied.
"Of course not my Queen" Goldar somewhat lied "but I am secure knowing that two forms of mind conditioning are at work in making sure he follows our orders."
"Yes, my Green Ranger will be magnificent" She grinned and walked around to the entrance of the bay.
She entered the room and looked at Tommy who was sat in the Zedorian equivalent of a medical gown.
"How are we doing Tommy?" Bandora asked deliberately showing off her body in the leather outfit.
Tommy looked now, his mind hazed, at the beautiful but seductive women before him who looked to be in her early thirties at most.
"Where am I? A Hospital?" Tommy asked.
"In a sense Tommy, you are in our hospital. We only just managed to save you life after what the Power Rangers did to you" Bandora walked over to him.
"Power Rangers?" Tommy frowned.
"Yes Tommy, don't you remember? Oh you poor dear they really must have damaged your head. Do you want me to help you remember?"
Tommy looked over at her and held his head "yes, please tell me. Who did this to me?"
"What is the last thing you remember?" Bandora asked.
"I picked up some kind of coin out of the grass and everything went dark…then here" he replied.
"Yes, try and remember my boy. The coin was a trap; it took you to a command base where you met Zordon the alien responsible for a terrible war. He told you that you would now be one of his Power Rangers and that you would help him keep his control over the Earth."
"What?" He cut in.
"Yes I am afraid it's true, everything you know, all your world leaders and your governments they are controlled by Zordon. He is an alien from our galaxy but by time we found him he had already got his control on the Earth and fortified his position in a base we can not enter without one of the power coins, and not just the coin. The coin has to be active, joined with a human to control its power. These power coins, like the one you found are weapons of great power that gives its chosen host a magnificent battle suit and a weapons the ancient scrolls we found them with called Zords, giant fighting machines that can come together to from an even more destructive weapon. Zordon stole five of the sixth coins from our people, we were determined to protect them and to never use their power against other worlds. But Zordon he wanted the power for himself, he wanted to control a planet and eventually a dominion. He took them from us and fled to your galaxy. We found him here as we said already in control of you world through various plants and hands in the world governments ruling the world. You major power countries decided to fight back and as a result he created the Power Rangers from five humans. We do not know who they are but we know his mind games have damaged them greatly. They are beyond saving and determined to help Zordon in his cause. We have attacked trying to bring Zordon to justice and to retrieve the coins but when we did his Power Rangers destroyed our ships, killing hundreds of our men. It has been a costly war.
He found the sixth power coin an Earth week ago and decided to choose you as he did the other five. As I said when he told you of your new role you had to much decency to help him control the world. You ran, but Zordon sent the Power Rangers after you. They brutalised you Tommy, which is when we found you, left for dead by Zordon's Rangers. You told us all of this before passing out from your injuries. Then we brought you here and treated your wounds but I fear the damage to your brain was severe for you to have forgotten all this."
Tommy stood now and looked at her, the horror of the story and the "revelations" she had told sinking in.
"What can I do to thank you? How can I help you stop this evil tyrant Zordon?" He asked with determination.
Bandora smiled back and put a hand on his shoulder.
"We recovered the sixth coin in a battle with the returning Rangers before we found you. Become our own Power Ranger, be the Great Dragon Ranger that will be on the side of good and justice. Help us destroy Zordon and his Power Rangers and take the Earth back from him" Bandora told him.
Tommy thought for a moment before answering "I would be honoured. What can I call you?"
"My name is Bandora. I am the Empress of the peaceful Zedorian Empire" Bandora smiled at him.
"Then you are now my Empress" Tommy held his head high.
"You do realise that we may have to attack human cities, human casualties and hostages will be necessary to bring the remaining humans who can be saved out of Zordon's control. He is the system Tommy."
"I understand. Whatever it takes to save my planet from Zordon and his Power Rangers Empress" Tommy bowed to her.
Bandora walked toward the door and turned back.
"Get dressed and meet me in my office. We still have much to discuss and plan for the long battle ahead" she said to him before leaving.
The wheels of her plan were now in motion.
***
Zack walked out of class as the day ended and toward his locker with a spin, he loved to dance. He opened his locker up, putting the books in and taking out the stuff he wanted to take home. Out of the corner of his eye he saw Billy and Jason walking toward him.
"Hey guys!" He called to them.
"Hey Zack" Jason clasped hands with his friend "all set for tonight?"
"Ready to pain the town red, black and blue" Zack grinned.
"It's only a dance; no alcohol will be served as we are still minors" Billy said as he walked up.
"I'm talkin' about the ladies Billy" Zack replied.
"Oh. Right" Billy shrugged sheepishly.
"You invited anyone Billy?" Jason asked.
"Who me? No" Billy answered.
"What? Not even…Trini" Zack added.
"No! Shut up!" Billy was going red, blushing now.
As he did Bulk and Skull walked past them.
"Hey dweebs, see you tonight when we have out hot dates" Bulk sneered at them.
"Yeah" added Skull "super hot dates."
"Yeah right" Jason rolled his eyes.
Bulk was about to respond, clenching his fist when he and Skull both ran for it. Jason frowned at the others before turning around and seeing Trini and Kimberly coming over.
"Oh" Jason started to laugh as he saw her.
"Looks like Bulk and Skull are pretty much scared shitless of you Trini" Zack chuckled.
"They better be after last time" laughed Trini.
They all chatted for a moment before Jason decided to do a favour on Billy's behalf; he just hoped he would take his chance.
"Come on guys we better go get ready. Trini I think Billy has something to ask you. Alone" Jason said to the group.
Billy was about to protest when the other three left him high and dry facing Trini.
"What is it Billy?" Trini asked, a hopefully look in her eye.
Billy took a deep breath and spoke "Trini would you….like to…you know...perhaps go with me tonight?"
Trini smiled at him warmly "to the dance? Of course I would."
"Great! I mean awesome" Billy stumbled "see you later then."
"Yeah, see ya then" Trini smiled and walked down the hall.
Billy breathed out still not quiet believing it, he was taking Trini to the dance. Wow.
***
It was a quiet evening outside the Command Centre. The desert canyons around it peaceful as the birds chirped, ready for sleep and the crickets began to take over the ambient sounds of night. A shimmer of light broke this peace as Tommy formed from it. He looked up the large building in front of him.
"Very clever Zordon" he commented "right under their noses and yet undetectable. Good thing my coin could find you, anyone using the power of the coins as you do leaves a mark on the aura the coins draw from."
He then prepared himself before lifting the coin in the device Zedorian scientists had designed, made to harness his Dragon coins power. He raised the device high as he was instructed.
"Great Dragon!" He called out.
Suddenly he disappeared into a different, brighter and green shimmering light. As it faded he saw what he was wearing; Green armour with a helmet and and an extra golden shield. He was now the sixth Green Ranger.
He found an opening and entered the walls of the giant structure, finding himself able to pass through what seemed to be some sort of force field. Alarms didn't sound and no one intercepted him, he was in. The technology seemed similar to what he has seen at the base and yet different, a cooler colour scheme. He once again passed through a beam of energy as he entered another door.
Tommy now found himself in a large pulsing chamber of marvellous grandeur and technology. The very heart of Zordon's command base it would seem. As he walked down a walkway he looked below and saw some sort of computer core that was feeding energy into the panels and structures ahead. He suddenly froze as over the other side of the chamber another door opened and a robot of some kind began to walk in, it stopped in its tracks upon seeing him. Tommy raised a sword from his side and aimed it at the robot as he stepped into the main platform surrounded by computer consoles.
"Who are you robot?" Tommy demanded.
"I am Alpha 5. You look like a Ranger and yet you threaten me with a blade weapon. Who are you?"
Tommy did not reply, he knew this mechanoid worked for Zordon and that was all he needed to know, he was trouble. He launched forward with the weapon. Alpha let out almost a cry of pain as the blade pierced him, his system wires cut and his systems shutting down. Tommy withdrew the sword from Alpha and let the robot fall to the catwalk floor as he powered down. He put his sword back on his belt and walked back over to the centre of the chamber. At that moment the core below him did something, it pulsed until finally a face appeared in the tube before him.
"Who are you? Why have you attacked Alpha 5?" Zordon demanded.
"Zordon I presume" Tommy spoke "and my name is Green Ranger to you."
"Then Zedd and Bandora have finally chosen someone to give it to. I expected this" Zordon spoke.
"Yeah, I'm here to shut you down. You and the Power Rangers will pay for what you have done. Starting with the destruction of you and this base of yours. Shame your a computer now Zordon, it would have been far greater justice to all the people whose lives you took if you had been a living person for me to kill" Tommy walked up and put a downloading device he had been given into the computer console in front of him "oh well. Justice will be served either way. But first I need to download your database, we will soon find out who your Rangers are and how to defeat them."
"Green Ranger I do not understand. Bandora must be clouding your mind with deceit and mind alteration" Zordon responded.
"Oh no Zordon. For the first time in my life I am thinking clearly. I know who really controls modern humanity and I intend to stop you" the device beeped prompting him to remove it "now its time to answer for what you have done."
He placed the device on his belt and watched as a blaster weapon appeared in his hands.
"Green Ranger, please I will tell you truth about them, we can save you from what they have done" Zordon said.
"Goodbye Zordon" Tommy replied, he aimed the blaster at the core below and fired.
The beam of energy hit the core with a huge blast, sparks flew and ahead Zordon's image began to fade. He fired again this time causing the whole place to shake as the half of the computer core shattered and went dull. Tommy now turned and aimed for the consoles in front of him and fired again, and again, and once more watching the circular consoles explode in a last blast of light from the now powerless base.
"It is done" Tommy sighed and brought his arm up.
He pressed the transport device he had been given and was gone.
The Command Centre had been destroyed, Zordon was gone and Alpha may be beyond repair. The Power Rangers were now on their own in their greatest challenge yet.