Authors Note: For anyone interested I have made a music video on youtube showing what these stories would look like in live action. Not quite what it would look like but I worked with what I had. Also at the end it has a sneak peak of what is to come.

Your can find it at: .com/watch?v=Ng7Qzcx812Q

Power Rangers: A Legend Retold

"Doomsday" Part 1

The Command Deck of Serpentera was alive with activity as each officer went about preparing for the battle ahead. After several failed attempts to take Earth alone the flagship had fallen back from its temporary command base on the nearest planet of Mars. The only task force in the Galaxy had been the seventh fleet and now they moved under orders to attack Earth will full force.

Commander Brach walked up the steps now from the main deck to military ops where Lord Zedd and General Goldar where discussing tactical plans with the captains of the fleet. He stood, hands behind his back as he reached the side of his Emperor.

"I made the mistake of taking this planet lightly. With the 'Rangers' at their disposal they have become our primary target Captain. I want all resources directed toward the attack, no exceptions" Zedd spoke in his low pitched voice before looking up at Brach "yes Commander?"

Brach moved his hand forward and passed a computer pad to him. Zedd took it with his armoured hand and began looking over the markings upon it.

"It's two tactical recommendations for the attack sir. Given the data we recored from Zordon's base it seems to be sound tactics, both physical and mental" Brach told Zedd.

"I see. We only have one ship with such a cloak but the first can be done...and the second" Zedd seemed to mull it over for a moment "is as you say, sound. Who recommended this?"

Brach straightened and gulped "Bandora sir."
Zedd stood straight himself and thought for a moment, breathing in the air through his mask.

"I see. Seems she may still have her uses. While I hate to admit it she was successful in getting us this tactical information in the first place. Perhaps her tactics are 'sound' but its her implementation I worry about" Zedd said finally.

"My Lord. You can not release her, she is a tactical risk" Goldar spoke up.

"Did I ask you?" Zedd turned to Goldar.

"No my Emperor" he bowed in response.

"Good" Zedd scowled and turned back to Brach "I think even she can handle the first of her suggestions herself. It is insignificant should she fail and it would give me a reason for her fate to be...unfortunate. Master Vilius would not be able to complain. You have my consent."

He passed the pad back to Brach who remained where he was after taking it.

"Is there anything else?" Zedd enquired.

"Yes sir; Our scout ship discovered our Mars base scavenged and the...experiment we had no time to transport. Gone my Lord" Brach reported.

Zedd breathed out making a rumble from beneath his mask "I see. We will deal with that when we get to it. In the mean time" he turned to the others "we attack. No human or 'Power Ranger' will survive this day."

***

The four Zords passed finally through Earth's atmosphere and into space. At the head of the group the Masterdon's legs were retracted as it remained in steady flight mode.

Zack lent forward in his flight chair and looked out into the blackness of space.

"I don't see anyone" he sent a message to the others.

"There out there" Billy replied inside the Triceratops "my sensors are picking up over thirty ships just like Serpentera."

"We have a plan?" Trini asked nervously.

"Fire on anything that moves and try to make sure no alien ship gets past us to Earth" Zack responded.

"Great" Trini sighed.

"Sorry. I'm not Jason, I'm not great at this leader stuff" Zack said.

"Were a team" Kimberly spoke up "I just wish Tommy and Jason get their asses here fast."

"Amen to that" Billy added.

Zack lowered his head with a chuckle. Suddenly alarms were sounding, Zack looked out at the blackness and saw them. They looked like a swam of insects but they were getting closer and larger.

"Well like Zordon says 'may the power protect us'" Zack sighed and took the manuel controls.

***

Zedd looked on at the viewing port, watching as the Zords approached. He taped his silver armoured fingers on the arm of his throne and turned toward the communication officer.

"All ships prepare to attack. Is the Shadow underway?" He asked.

"Its away my Lord. All ships report attack status" the officer called back over.

"Engage phase one. Lets see if we can't destroy a few while we are it" Zedd sat back "engage targets!"

***

Chaos overtook the silence as the four Zords clashed with the fleet. Weapons fire lit up the black sky, some hit, many missed. The cannons of the Masterdon fired hitting a small target and destroying it, the Zord weaved its way through the fleet and fired again once charged. That hit took heavy damage as a large explosion burst from the hull of one of the larger ships. Zack had done his best to avoid all returning fire but now he took two hits to the rear, parts of his black hull flying away as debris.

Billy piloted the Triceratops to a course left from the centre of the fleet, where Zack had entered. He did what he could firing the main cannon, destroying and damaging targets as he made his pass. However a chain gun locked on and in only seconds the Triceratops had holes across the right side of the head and main body. Billy ducked as around him sparks marked the walls and computer panels.

The Sabretooth Tiger had entered to the right, firing all it had from its front guns and main cannon on its retracted tail. These weapons had not been designed to be used in flight combat but the served well enough.

The Pteryadactyl had gone up and over, after firing a few shots the Zord was in the crosshairs of various enemy ships. They fired, Kim did her best to bank to the left but she took heavy damage. The Zord lost main engines and began to float adrift.

Zack saw this and brought the Masterdon up over the enemy ships and in turn took weapons fire of his own.

"Billy, Trini. Get up here and cover me while I protect Kim" Zack was getting used to command as though it was in his blood.

Before long all four of them were above, the blue and yellow Zords taking the brunt as it continued firing, covering the other two. Zack laid down a few shots of his own as he turned and covered the Pteryadactyl. He however paid a heavy price of his own as multiple shots hit, carving chunks out of the Zords metal hide.

"We can't survive many more hits like this!" Billy called to the others.

As if in response two huge blasts hit with all the force of a nuclear explosion destroying and damaging several ships in Zedd's fleet. Zack raised his head and looked out of the slightly frosted cockpit window to see, silhouetted on the sun and coming toward them, Titanus.

"Sorry were late" They heard Jason's voice over their speakers.

The Titanus fired its long cannons again but this time they didn't even reach the fleet as it began to turn back away from the planet.

"What the hell?" Trini frowned in confusion.

In moments the Zords were the only ones left in orbit of the planet as the last of the fleet went to faster than light speeds and disappeared.

"Did they give up?" Kim said wide eyed.

"I don't know, but we should head back to the Command Centre" Jason ordered.

***

Zedd was now standing as the Fleet dropped to sub light speed around the orbit of Saturn. He clenched his staff confident that all was going to plan. To the side of his the doors opened and Bandora walked in and over toward him.

"I trust everything went to plan" Zedd asked, not looking at her.

"It did" she reached him "It is done."
Zedd nodded and walked back toward his chair, sitting in it and looking back up at her.

"Then phase one is complete. An excellent suggestion, this will take some of the fight out of them. A moral victory as well as litteraly one" Zedd said.

"That was the plan. Now what my Lord?" Bandora asked.

"We regroup and then spring the main assault with half the fleet. We then implement your other suggestion and draw them here to the rest of the fleet."

"Where a solar eclipse is due to take place" Bandora smiled.

"Indeed. And then we finally destroy humanities last hope" Zedd announced, satisfied with the plan.

***

All six Power Rangers now stood on the main platform of the Command Centre as Zordon looked down at them solumly.

"This is difficult to tell you even for me" Zordon spoke to them.

"What is it?" Jason gulped.
"The fleet assault was not designed to destroy you or attack Earth. It was to distract you as a vessel rendered invisible by a one of a kind device landed on Earth and carried out its task" Zordon looked deadly serious.

"Which was?" Jason asked, he however was not prepared for the answer.

"To target you psycologicly. Five small teams mobilised through out the continent and raided the homes and places of work of your families. From the news outlets and police communication we have determined that your parents, siblings and other blood relations have been killed" Zordon told them and lowered his virtual head.

The Rangers all stood for a moment not really taking the news in. Everyone in the past lives were now gone, murdered because of their being Power Rangers.

Kimberly was the first to react letting out a sharp breath and bursting into tears. Each of them then took it in and began to weep, some openly while others held it beneath the surface. Jason lowered his head and clenched his fist in anger and sadness combined.

"I am sorry Rangers" Zordon finally spoke "luckily they were made to look like random incidents so it will not lead anyone to the truth of why they were killed."

"Luckily!" Kim cried and ran up the centre catwalk.

The others then also disbanded to grieve to themselves as Zordon told them "use this time to morn and get rest. I fear this will be the only quiet we will have for some time."

Tommy, who was now leant over a consol looked up and over at Jason who nodded back at him.

"Go" was all Jason said.

Tommy knew what Jason meant, each of them needed someone. Billy and Trini has each other, Jason and Zack had a friendship and for him it was time to grasp onto what was important.

He walked up the centre catwalk, through the doors and found Kimberly hunched over on a sofa in the living area. Her eyes were a mess as she looked up at him.

"I would like to be on my own now please" she said to him.

He sighed and walked over, sitting on the sofa next to her.

"No you don't" he replied "you know. Me and Jason had a...talk out there and it got me to realise that I needed to stop living in past and start working on what I had here and now. And then with this. I guess I just realise that all we have now...is each other."
She looked up at him with a start and they stared at each other for a moment before he turned his head away and continued.

"I know how your feeling Kim. All of us are the only ones that can know what this is like. They died because of the things we were chosen for. I just thought I would let you know I'm here if you need someone, if you..."

He was stopped as Kimberly moved closed and grabbed his chin and face with her hand, pulling it toward her. Without saying a word she leaned in and kissed him. Tommy felt like he had back on Mars, however this was far more real. He felt passion and love course through him as he grabbed her and passionately returned the kiss. Their arms wrapped around each other as they stood, now fully embraced and removing each others cloathing. They fell back into Tommy's room, the door closing behind him. In this moment of quiet, in this moment of sadness they had found each other and they held onto it with every fibre of their being. After all they probally wouldn't get another chance.