Chapter 3
Many of the customers from the Youth Center are standing outside, after the Earthquake passed. Tommy is wondering around, looking throughout the crowd. He sees Ernie and walks over to him.
"Hey, you're the owner, right?" He asks.
"That me." Ernie says. "Call me Ernie."
"Have you seen Kim, or her friends?" Tommy asks. "I was with them, then I went to the bathroom, the Earthquake hit, and I haven't seen them since."
"I was actually delivering them some milkshakes when the Earthquake hit." Ernie says. "I yelled for everyone to get out. I figured they were behind me, but now that you mention it, I haven't seen them since."
"Could they still be inside?" Tommy says.
"I don't think so." Ernie says. "A police officer came by and says that no one was left inside. He said that he had to check out a few things, and as soon as he was done, we could go back in."
"If they're not out here, and they're not in there, then where did they go?" Tommy asks.
"I don't know." Ernie says. "It's not like those guys to ditch people."
"Well, thanks anyway Ernie." Tommy says. He turned and started to walk away and bumped into a larger teenager boy. Next to him was a skinny teenage boy. These are Fargas "Bulk" Bulkmeyer and Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch. Bulk had long hair, and was wearing a bandana, baggy jeans, a purple t-shirt, and a black leather jacket. Skull also had long hair. He had on a read shirt, a brown leather jacket and skinny jeans.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to bump into you." Tommy says.
"You better be sorry." Bulk says. He then looks at Tommy. "Well, well, well. Looky what we have here, Skull."
"Who do you think you are?" Skull asks Tommy.
Tommy looks confused. "I think I'm Tommy Oliver, unless you guys know something I don't know."
"What do you think your doing hanging around my buddy's girl." Bulk asks.
"I'm sorry, I'm not sure what your talking about." Tommy says.
"Kimberly is Skull's girl." Bulk says.
"Yeah." Skull says. "Kimberly is mine."
"Oh, Skull." Tommy says. "Now I remember. Kim has mentioned you a few times. Funny, though, she didn't mention you her boyfriend. If I remember correctly she used the phrase 'He's a disgusting pig.'"
"Hey!" Skull says. "Now we may not be dating…"
"Really? Cause I thought we were." Tommy says, cutting him off. Bulk grabs him and picks him up.
"Shut up!" Bulk screams, and then throws him back.
"Kim and I aren't 'dating'," Skull says. "But, everyone knows that I've marked my territory."
"You peed on her?" Tommy says. "Weird. She doesn't seem like she'd be into that."
"OK, funny boy." Bulk says. "Let's see how funny you are after I smash your face in." Bulk pulls back his arm and throws a punch at Tommy. Tommy catches the punch and throws it down.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you." Tommy says. "You have no idea what you'd be getting yourself into."
"Well, then." Bulk says. "Let's find out." Bulk charges at Tommy, but Tommy jumps out of the way. Skull runs up behind the Tommy and tries to hold him still. Bulk winds up to punch him again. He throws the punch, but Tommy flips Skull over his back. Skull loses his grip and falls to the ground in front of Bulk. Tommy then does a sweeping leg kick on Bulk before Bulk's punch lands. Bulk loses his balance and falls on top of Skull.
"You want some more?" Tommy asks. Bulk and Skull slowly rise to their feet. Skull tries to throw another punch at Tommy, but Tommy grabs his fist, and twists his arm. He then throws Skull to the ground. Bulk is about ready to charge at Tommy when Ernie and a police officer run over. The police officer grabs Bulk and Ernie grabs Tommy.
"What is going on here?" The police officer shouts. "I'm Lt. Stone of the Angel Grove Police Department, and I demand an answer. What happened?"
"Lt. Stone!" Bulk says. "This boy just started beating up on us. We were just defending ourselves." Skull slowly rises to his feet.
"Yeah, defending ourselves." Skull says.
"Officer, don't listen to them." Tommy says. "I was just looking for a friend and accidentally bumped into them. I apologized, but they didn't seem to want to hear it. They then threatened me because I was hanging out with a girl that one of them was thinking about asking out. I told them I was still going to hang out with her, and they attacked me. I was the one defending myself. I'm a martial artist, sir. I would never use my abilities to attack someone else."
"What's your name, son." Lt. Stone asks.
"Tommy Oliver, sir." Tommy responds.
"He just moved in with his uncle, Frank Oliver." Ernie says.
"Oh, so you're the troublemaker." Lt. Stone says.
"What?" Tommy asks.
"I heard that his trouble making nephew was moving in with him." Lt. Stone says. "I guess your parents thought he could straighten you out, but it appears they were wrong."
"But, sir, I was just…" Tommy says.
"That's enough, Mr. Oliver." Lt. Stone says. "Now, since there were no serious injuries, I'm going to let you off with a warning, but be warned this type of behavior will not be accepted in Angel Grove. Now, get out of here, and stay out of trouble."
"Yes, officer." Tommy says. "I'm sorry if I caused any trouble, I didn't mean to."
"Sure." Lt. Stone says. Tommy runs off. Lt. Stone turns to Bulk and Skull. "As for you two, this is your last warning. Bulkmeyer, Skullovitch, if I catch you in another fight, I'm going to have to haul you in."
"Yes sir." Bulk and Skull say in unison.
"We won't get in no more fights." Skull says.
"Good." Lt. Stone says. He turns and starts to walk away. Bulk and Skull start walking in the opposite direction. They start to laugh.
"Yes sir." Bulk says mockingly. "Can you believe that jackass?"
"Yeah, us stop fighting." Skull says. "That's a good one."
Billy, Kim, Trini, and Zack are standing outside the Command Center looking around.
"Great." Zack says. "Where the hell are we?"
"Relax, Zack." Billy says. "We're in the Jaques Mountains, about 4.3 miles outside of Angel Grove."
"4.3 miles?" Trini says.
"So, like, how do we get back?" Kim asks.
"We walk." Billy says.
"Over 4 miles?" Kim says. "You have got to be kidding me."
"None of us like this, Kim, but it's not like we have much of a choice." Zack responds. "Come on, this way." They start heading down a path. Jason runs out the door after them.
"Hey guys, wait up." Jason shouts. The other 4 teens turn and look at him.
"Finally come to your senses?" Zack asks.
"I came to talk to you guys." Jason says. "How can you just walk out on him like that? He wants us to save the world."
"Jason, you don't know what you're talking about." Zack says. "We were talking to a giant floating head."
"Yeah." Jason says. "All the more reason to believe him. If it had just been some random guy on the street offering us powers, then I'd be a little bit skeptical, but it wasn't."
"Look, Jason, we don't know anything about this Zordon." Trini says. "For all we know, this all could have been some sort of elaborate prank."
"Besides, weren't you the one whining about how you just wanted to have fun earlier." Zack asks. "How you didn't want any responsibilities?"
"That's different." Jason quickly responds.
"How?" Zack asks.
"Because this is important, dammit!" Jason says.
Zack chuckles a little bit. "Important?" He asks. "Yeah right. The only thing that has ever been important to you was you. What do you say to that?" Jason stands there in silence. He shakes head. "That's what I thought." Zack continues. "I don't know about you guys, but I'd like to get back to the city before sundown. Let's get going."
he teens, except Jason, start to walk down the path again. Jason just stands there a few seconds. Then he speaks up. "Guys wait." Jason says. The others just ignore him. He then takes a deep breath. "You're right."
"What?" Zack asks.
"You're right." Jason says. "Nothing has really ever been very important to me, but this is. Maybe I haven't been a model citizen in the past. Maybe I've come across as lazy and selfish. To be completely honest, I have been those things. So if you guys don't believe me when I say that this is actually important, I don't blame you. I wouldn't believe myself either. But guess what, I didn't make this decision. I didn't choose us to defend the Earth. Zordon did."
"Do you really think we can protect the world?" Trini asks.
"I do, Trini, and you know why?" Jason says. "Because Zordon believes that we can. He is the Eltarian defender of the Earth. It's his job to make sure this world is safe."
"Wow, you're really passionate about this." Kim says.
"You want to know why, Kim? Because I'm not viewing this as just another opportunity that I can pass up." Jason says. "It's not something I want to do; it's something I have to do. If you guys won't join me, then I guess I'll have to defend the Earth by myself, but promise me you'll at least think about it. Here, take these."
Jason pulls out the Power Morphers from his backpack. The others look at them.
"What are these?" Trini asks. "Billy?"
"I don't know." Billy says. "I've never seen anything like them."
Jason hands one to each of the teens. "Zordon said they are the keys to our powers." Jason says.
"Jason…" Kim says.
"Just think about it, OK?" Jason says.
"We'll think about it, but I'm not guaranteeing anything." Zack says. "Now come on. We've got a long walk home. You coming Jason?"
Jason thinks for a second. "Yeah." he says. "It'll be safer for us to travel as a group."
The teens start to walk down the mountains. They follow a path that leads to the foot of the mountain. When the teens reach the bottom of the hill they stop for a very short break.
"Man, the least that floating head could've done was send us back." Zack says.
"I know I hate walking like this." Kim says.
"I'm just glad we're out of the mountains." Trini says. "I hate heights."
Billy looks at the others. "Now that we're at the foot of mountain, it should be a straight shot back to Angel Grove." he says.
"How much further, you think?" Zack asks.
"We're pretty close." Billy says. "Maybe 2 or 3 more miles"
"Really?" Kim says. "I'm tired. Can't we take a break."
"Will you quit whining, Kim?" Jason says. "If we take a break now, we won't get back to Angel Grove before sundown."
"Yeah, and there's no lights out here." Zack says. "It would be hard to get back then."
"Come on, guys, just five minutes?" Trini says. "It doesn't have to be a long break."
"Actually, I could go for a break myself." Billy says. "And if my calculations are correct. We should have another hour of sunlight. Five minutes wouldn't set us that far behind."
"Fine, five minutes, but then we have to get going again." Zack says.
Kim and Trini sit down on a big rock. Kim takes off her shoes and empties a couple rocks out of it.
"Man, I just want this to be over." Kim says. "Oh, man! I just thought about this. Tommy was still at the juice bar. How am I going to explain this to him."
"I'm sure he'll understand." Trini says.
"Really?" Kim says. "Think about what just happened. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, would you believe it?"
"Just tell him you left because of the Earthquake." Zack says. "Tell him you looked for him afterwards but couldn't find him."
"You want me to lie?" Kim says. She puts her shoes back on.
"No." Zack says. "That is mostly true. Just look around here for him. Then, everything is true."
"I guess." Kim says. She gets up and looks around the nearby trees. She spots something moving in the trees.
"Guys!" Kim says. "There's something else out here."
"What!" Jason shouts and runs over. The others come run over shortly.
"I don't see anything," Zack says. "Quit being paranoid." As he says this a few shadowy figures run behind them.
"OK, that time, I heard it." Trini says.
"Who's there!" Jason shouts. At that point tons of the shadowy figures surround them. They appear somewhat like humans, but not quite. Where there eyes and mouth should be, instead, has an empty black space. They move their arms up and down as they walk. They can't speak, but instead they make a gargling sounds.
"What are these things!" Trini shouts.
"They are not members of any species I am familiar with." Billy says.
"OK, so, I am officially freaked out." Kim says. "Let's get out of here." The teens start to run, kicking some of the grey creatures out of the way, but, seemingly out of nowhere, a large golden creature, that somewhat resembles a monkey, appears. I stands about 6 and a half feet tall and most of it's body is gold. It has two large wings coming out of it's back. The wings are black with gold on the top. It has a blue face, with red eye, and sharp white teeth.
The teens stop and stumble back. The grey creatures grab them, preventing the teens from running. The gold creature walks up to them.
"Greetings, humans." It says.
"What are you?" Jason shouts.
"Me? I'm Goldar." The creature says. "My empress has sent me, these putty patrollers, here to destroy this planet."
"Maybe that floating head was telling the truth after all." Zack says.
Goldar gets right in Zack's face. "Floating head?" He says. "Zordon? You know Zordon!" Zack can't speak. He can only nod. Goldar pulls his sword back. "Then you must be destroyed!" He begins to swing it at Zack, but Jason manages to break free of the hold the putties. He kicks Goldar in the chest, causing Goldar to drop his sword. Goldar stumbles back.
"Take that, you overgrown monkey!" Jason shouts. The other teens pull forward breaking free of the grip of the putties. "Guys, you take on those grey things. The Gold Monkey is mine!"
They begin to fight the putties. Zack gets into a fighting stance. He throws a kick and at one of the putties. That knocks it back down. He spins and hits another in the face, knocking that one to the ground.
Kim does a cartwheel to avoid being hit by a punch from one of the putties, and then jump kicks a different putty. She spins around, with arm outstretched, and knocks a couple of them back.
Trini stands in a boxing like stance. Putties keep throwing punches at her, but she keeps dodging them. After one throws a punch at her, she ducks, and comes up and knocks it in the face.
Billy keeps ducking and jumping to avoid being hit. He doesn't know much about martial arts, so he decides he best bet is to just keep moving.
Jason runs over to Goldar. Goldar looks at Jason and laughs. "Foolish human!" Goldar shouts. "Don't you know that an ordinary being such as yourself stands no chance against the great Goldar."
"We'll see about that." Jason says. Jason charges at Goldar. He throws a couple of punches, and tries a sweeping leg kick, but Goldar is not hurt. Goldar shoves Jason to the ground.
"Face it, human." Goldar says. "You cannot defeat me."
Jason slowly gets to his feet. He is breathing heavily. He looks at Goldar. "Do I look afraid?" he shouts.
"You should be!" Goldar responds. Goldar pull out a large sword and swings it at Jason. Jason jumps back to avoid getting it, and falls to the ground again. He takes off his backpack and pulls out his Power Morpher.
"Well, here goes nothing." Jason says. He pulls back the morpher, and then pushes it forward while flipping it. "Tyrannosaurus!" Jason shouts. Jason begins to glow a shade of red. Then armor appears on him. It is red, with a large white diamond across the chest. In the center of the of the diamond is the same logo that was on the power coin. He has a helmet with a mouthpiece and a vizor in the shape of a tyrannosaurus's mouth.
"What!" Goldar shouts.
The other teens also take notice of Jason morphing.
"Whoa!" Zack shouts.
"Amazing." Billy says.
"What do you think of my new look?" Jason says, now as the red ranger.
"A fancy costume won't save you." Goldar says. He again pulls his sword back to swing it at Jason. Jason pulls out his own sword, the Power Sword, and blocks Goldar's attack.
"You're not the only one with a sword, Goldar." He says. Jason then swings his sword at Goldar, striking the creature across the chest. Goldar falls to the ground.
Meanwhile, the other teens are not fairing as well with the putties. Billy is grabbed by two of them thrown to the ground. 3 putties come up behind Trini and start beating up on her. They then throw her on top of Billy. Kim and Zack also get thrown by the putties on top of their friends. They try to back away, but realize that they have been back into a corner.
"What do we do now?" Kim asks.
"I don't know, but we have to change something." Zack says. "We're getting our asses kicked out here."
"Any ideas Zack?" Trini asks.
"Yeah, but I'm not sure even I like it." Zack says. He pulls out the power morpher that Jason gave him. He looks at the others. "I didn't want to be one of Zordon's 'Power Rangers', but it looks like now we have no choice. What do you guys say?"
The others look nervous, but reluctantly pull out their morphers as well. Each of them nods to each other.
"OK guys!" Zack yells. "It's morphin' time! Mastodon!"
"Pterodactyl!" Kim yells.
"Triceratops!" Billy shouts.
"Saber-Tooth Tiger!" Trini shouts.
After each of the teens shouted out their respective animal, they all began to glow. Armor comes on them as well. Their armor is similar to Jason's, but each with their own color, and the helmets resembling that of their zords. Zack with black armor with helmet that resemble a Mastodon. Kim with pink armor with a helmet that resembled a pterodactyl. Billy with blue armor and a helmet that resembled a Triceratops. Trini with yellow armor and a helmet that resembled a Saber Tooth Tiger.
Now morphed the teens look at each other.
"Wow!" Zack says. "I never felt this kind of power."
"This is awesome!" Trini says.
"Let's kick some putty ass!" Kim shouts.
The ranger now begin the fight the putty with much more easy. Each of them pulls out a weapon and they begin to defeat the putties 1 by 1.
Zack pulls out an axe that he swings at the putties. Just one hit from the axe, and the putties fall to the ground. He then turns the axe around and uses the handle like a blaster, taking out multiple putties.
Billy pulls out a lance that he swings around. Though he was unskilled unmorphed, he masterfully commands the lance, now, and no putty can even come near him.
Trini pulls out a couple of daggers and begins to strike the putties. One starts to run at her, but she throws the daggers, hitting the putty in the chest, knocking it to the ground. She runs over to it, pulls out the daggers, and continues to fight.
Kim uses her Bow and Arrows to shoot the putties from a distance. She keeps an eye on her friends to make sure that they are fairing well and don't get ambushed.
As this is happening Jason continues to fight Goldar. Goldar is much more skilled than the putties. Jason and he exchange blows for a while. After realizing that Jason is not going to be defeated easily, Goldar pulls back. He call over the putties.
"This isn't over!" He shouts. Then he pulls his sword across his body. As he does this, he and the putties disappear.
The rangers all run over to Jason. "Power down!" He shouts, and the ranger all demorph back into their regular forms.
"Wow." Zack says. "Even I have to admit, that was pretty awesome."
"How did that even work?" Billy asks. "I mean the armor coming out of nowhere, our weapons coming out of nowhere, and us even having enough knowledge and skill to use those weapons. It doesn't make sense."
"It doesn't have to make sense." Jason says. "All that matters is that it worked. I doubt we've heard the last from that ugly gold monkey. We had better get back to the city."
The teens run off down the path back to the city. They are no longer simply friends. Now they are teammates in the fight against evil.
END CHAPTER 3
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