Power Rangers: A Legend Retold

The Sixth Power Coin Part 6

Jason lay, barely conscious on the hard floor. He opened his eyes and in the bur he saw Green Ranger raising his sword and saying something he couldn't make out. All he could think of in that state was home and everything they had gone through in these past few months. How an ordinary set of teenagers had been transformed into Earths only hope and how he was meant to some how lead this force. Why him? Why was he chosen to lead this great team of strange, alien powers? He was just a kid from Detroit.

His vision began to clear after a moment and he saw something distract Green Ranger. Something was shot into his chest, damaging his shield and knocking him back.

***

Kim lowered the bow, having just fired it as the others ran forward to Jason's aid. Zack charged Tommy bringing his Axe down on Tommy's sword. He leaned in pushing against the blade before pulling back as Billy attacked to the right and Trini rasing her daggers in front of Green Ranger.

"All of you at once huh? So much the better" Tommy snarled as they circled him.

He waited for a moment before attacking Zack, charging forward and slashing with his long sword, bringing the dagger from his waist and stopping Trini's attack as he did. He raised his foot and got in a strong kick to Trini's stomach, knocking her back. Billy moved in attacking with both lance and Zack continued to push against the long sword. Tommy began to buckle at the knees, trying to hold against both of them.

Meanwhile Kim had ran over to Jason and was assessing how badly he was hurt, it turned out gravely. As Trini fell to the floor next to her, she called over as the Yellow Ranger got back to her feet.

"We need to get Jason out of here. Now" She told her friend.

Trini nodded and look over to where Green Ranger was now exchanging kicks and weapon attacks with the other two. Billy activated the full power of his boots and launched himself into the air, raising the lance in a fighting position and hitting a perfect flying dropkick on the surprised Tommy. Green Ranger fell backwards from the blow and hit hard against the far metal wall, collapsing to the ground for a moment.

"A lucky shot" he sneered, standing.

He replied in kind crossing his dagger and sword, a massive beam of green light firing out at them. They rolled to avoid it but the blast hit with full force, knocking them all down.

"You see Power Rangers, I have a few new tricks up my sleeve. Surrender now and your death penalty will be quick and painless" Green Ranger said and let out a disturbing laugh.

"I don't think so ass hole!" Zack replied, moving forward to re engaged him.

Before he moved a few steps Kimberly called out to Zack, stopping him in his tracks.

"Zack no! We need to get Jason out of here. He's hurt, bad" She pleaded.

Zack and sighed and nodded to the other two who were now also in an offensive position.

"Trouble with that Kimberly" Tommy spoke to them "is you have to go through me."

"Stop this Tommy! I don't know what they told you or what they have done to you but your being driven mad! The man I knew would never do this" Kimberly stood in a rage.

"Then you don't know me at all" Tommy shot back.

He then raised his sword and transformed it into a blaster gun. He took aimed and fired directly at Kim. She rolled out of the way and watched as behind her the hull gave way and opened the area to the open Mars air.

"Billy!" Zack called over the roaring wind as the oxygen escaped, both now hanging onto anything they could "we need the Zords. Where are they?"
"We sent them back!" Billy shouted over "Jason didn't want them to be destroyed."

"Then were screwed" Kimberly added.

"No" Billy answered "were not. Kim the com units should work even out here. Call Pterodactyl."
"But it will take forever to get here" she replied.

"Its a flying Zord, besides its engines are twice as powerful and fast as any space shuttle. It will take minutes yes. But its all we got" Billy told her.

"Well alright" Kim sighed, stood an raised her hand to the air "Pterodactyl come to me!"

By now the decompression had finished and Green Ranger stood, now ready to continue to the fight. The Rangers were to busy worrying about getting back they had forgotten about him. He crouched and shot off, heading full speed for them. Before Zack and Trini knew what had happened he had raised both arms and taken them both with him, knocking them meters away from the base and sending them all crashing to the red sand.

Kimberly and Billy now stood, looking out into the distance as Zack and Trini battled with the Green Ranger.

"Stay with Jason!" Billy called back over his helmet microphone as ran into the open.

She simply accepted it and nodded. She hoped Pterodactyl would be here soon.

Zack jumped into the air, even with the suit he felt the difference in gravity, and brought his ax down. As Green Ranger blocked it with his sword he brought his arm up and got in a good punch to the helmet of Green Ranger, cracking some of the detail. Tommy reeled and slashed at Zack with his sword, however Trini took advantage of the distraction and threw one of her knives. It hit Tommy's back, just below the shield causing him to grab for the area in pain.

Billy continued his run, almost at his desired destination when he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and was pushed to the ground. He looked up, standing in pain as Goldar, a golden mask over his mouth and nose, marched forward, slashing his sword at Billy who ducked the first two slashes before lifting his lance in a crossed position to block the alien's blade.

Meanwhile Green Ranger turned to Trini as she came in on the attack, timed his attack, aimed and threw his sword with a twist of his wrist. It knocked her out of mid air, damaging but not compromising the yellow armour. He barley had time to take advantage when Zack was back, running at him from behind. At the last moment Tommy spun with a kick and knocked the axe out of Zack's hand and slashed with his dagger, sparks flying from Zack's chest as he fell to the ground. The hit had not been as close nor compromised the armour like Jason's but if he had his way he would soon change that.

Kimberly was now in a panic as she watched Goldar and Tommy get the advantage over her friends and fellow Rangers in the distance. She had no choice, she withdrew her bow and aimed.

"Shit!" She said as she lowered it "I have to get closer."

But she had been told to stay with Jason. She was conflicted for a moment, she was about to make her decision and help the others when in the distance she saw it. Pterodactyl Zord, flying toward her.

"Good timing" she said aloud, relieved.

The sand near her parted and the booming thrusters echoed as the mechanical beast touched down on the planet surface.

"Come on Jason" She grunted as she put his arm around her shoulder "we're getting out of here."

The other Rangers had seen the Zord landing but the problem was getting to it. Billy for his part rolled from a horizontal swing of Goldar's sword and ran for it, speeding with all his coin powered might toward the Zord. Zack was now getting to he knees, looking over as Trini and Green Ranger went at it. They crossed daggers with sword and dagger in a double wielded duel as Zack came in, taking Tommy by surprised and getting in a good flying kick sending Tommy to the red ground.

"Come on" Zack said, helping her up "our flights ready to depart."

The two followed Billy and raced for the Pterodactyl as blurs of black and yellow, able to get to it just as Kimberly brought the craft under her control.

Tommy walked over to Goldar, showing the effects of the battle and holding his wounds as they watched the Zord take to air and disappear into the atmosphere.

"I think Green Ranger" Goldar growled "its time for them to meet your Zord and finish this once and for all."

Tommy simply looked over at him and nodded.

***

By the time the Rangers had got back to the Command Centre Alpha had enlisted the aid of old work droids, that had built the structure in the first place, and repaired most of the damage. Now an old medical robot stood over Jason's bed, the thing hadn't been used since Zordon was mortal but Alpha assured them it knew what it was doing. Kimberly watched through glass as Jason lay, breathing steadily with many strange alien machines hooked up to him and a respiratory mask over his face. She hopped he would be ok.

She turned and walked through a couple of doors to the main chamber where the others were gathered.

"Hows he doing?" Billy asked as she descended the catwalk.

"Better" she nodded with a faint smile.

"We can't stay here long" Trini spoke up "they know where we are."
"Why bother" Billy sighed "they can just draw us out with an attack on civilians."

"Yeah" Zack rested on a console "and I get a feeling this ain't over by a long shot. It will be sooner rather than later."

"What about our armour?" Kimberly asked.

"It will self repair now you are demorphed" Alpha told them and went back to work.

"And Zordon?" Billy walked over to the robot.

"Zordon's memory was backed up on an auxiliary computer core but after all these years getting it to work and transfer the data to the main core, once it has been repaired, will be most difficult" Alpha responded.

"Great" Kim exclaimed "no leader and no mentor. Not to mention Tommy going completely off the deep end and nearly killing all of us. We're done for guys."

***

Tommy now stood on the roof of as building above the docks of Tokyo Japan. He had his orders and he intended to follow them. His Zord would lay waste to all he saw before him and when the Rangers came to stop they would finally die at his hands.

He looked down in his right hand at his dagger, he had been taught and practised the correct way of playing not only the flute portion of it but also the correct tune to summon his Zord and take control of it. He only hoped he not not miss a note. More and more his conflicted mind on his orders and the nature of the them dissipated with each battle, he was completely surrendering to Bandora and her orders.
'So what, so long as I save mankind from the Power Rangers' he told himself.

He raised the flute to his lips, put his fingers over the playing buttons and turned to the open water where he had been told the Zord rested. He blew into the flute, playing in the order he had practised, a beautiful tune sounding loud over the docks. Below folk lifts and men roamed about their daily work as the tune played. Some asked where it was coming from while others continued to work, ignoring it. But they were fools to do so. In the ocean beyond, two red glowing eyes lit up and something below began to move, a fin like stripe of metal rising from the water and moving toward the shore. Tommy continued to play, seeing the fin as it grew closer to the docks. A forklift near the shore stacked crates, the man inside controlling it moving it with expertise. As he placed the crates down he turned as water sprayed him and the others nearby. He wiped it from his face and looked up. He wished he hadn't

The dock was now in a state of screaming panic as from the water the Dragon Zord rose. It looked like the great dragons of Japanese legend, like Godzilla itself as it roared and stepped forward out of the water.

Tommy smiled and looked over in pride as his Zord came out of the water and brought its weapons to bare.

"Now" Tommy said to himself "justice will be served."

Next: The Conclusion of Sixth Power Coin story arc with the final battle between the Power Rangers and the Green Ranger.