Chapter Nine
Back in Goldar's lair, Tommy stood before the giant monkey. He wasn't sure how he was going to get out of this situation. He had no powers, no way to escape, and no way to contact his teammates for help. He was officially screwed. But if Tommy was anything, he wasn't a quitter.
"I won't let you get away with this, Goldar," he told his captor.
He wasn't going to let his enemy know how scared he really was. Man, was he scared. He never face Goldar without his powers before. This was like a nightmare. Maybe, Goldar was Freddy Kruegar in disguise? The thought helped with the fear.
"Like to stop the candle from burning," Goldar asked the Green Ranger.
He knew the boy was scared. He could smell the fear pouring off of him and he loved it. He wanted to produce more of the delightful scent before he killed him.
"Be my guest," he invited Tommy to try to stop the candle from burning out.
Tommy attacked the golden armored monster, only to discover in his civilian state, he was no match for the wicked primate. He wished he had his morpher, but the overgrown hairball still had the device.
"You are doomed," Goldar told him cruelly.
He knew that boy was beginning to lose hope. There was no escape and he was itching to split the Green Ranger in two with his sword, but he loved to torment the boy first. He loved to see Tommy get riled up with anger. Angry humans were more likely to make mistakes.
Tommy cringed. He knew that the monster was right.
The Green Ranger nearly laughed as he thought back to earlier. He thought of Kimberly and the only worry he had was asking her to the school dance. Now, he had to worry about losing his powers and surviving his former rival. He knew Goldar hated him from the start. The monster probably hated the fact that Rita chose a human teenager to defeat the Power Rangers and that he was more successful at the task than the flying monkey.
Tommy understood that this battle and torment was Goldar's revenge. After, Goldar was through with him he would go after his friends, probably Jason first. So, the Green Ranger knew that he had to survive long enough for his friends to rescue him.
He knew that they would find a way. Billy was smart enough to invent a machine to get him out of here and stop the candle too. The Green Ranger had to have faith in his friends. They would come and after he's rescued, he would ask Kim out.