A/N: Okay here we go, chapter three. I am so glad it turned out longer, and am happy with it. It took me so long because I am having to watch the MMPR Movie and stop and pause while I type and then sometimes rewind, and then...it's just a really long process. Anyways next we get to Phaedos and the Great Power. Also a friend of mine, Jeremy Shane has posted a new story, a Power Ranger/Victorious Crossover which features Neveah who I have allowed him to write into his story. It is a great story and he does a wonderful job capturing Neve even though there is only one chapter so far. So go check it out.
On another note, please R&R! I really look forward to seeing what you all think so far. This is going be pretty original besides the episodes I follow from season three of MMPR.
Purple with Shock.
Chapter 3: The Ooze is Back!
It was only fifteen or twenty minutes before Zordon had teleported the eight Rangers out that Rita, Zedd, Goldar, and Mordant – Goldar's second cousin three times removed on his mothers side - teleported to the construction sight.
"Why should I care about something stupid egg?" Rita demanded in annoyance as she began to walk forward to the stand on the other side of her husband. They all completely ignored the securtiy guard as they did.
"This is no ordinary egg!" Zedd growled as he mentally rolled his eyes at his annoying wife.
"Well I say we hard boil the thing!" Rita replied, really not seeing the appeal of a large purple egg. Mordant made a noise of appreciation at the idea.
"I'm with her, I'm hungry," he said and Goldar hit the pig in the chest in annoyance. Though because of the armor Mordant wore it wasn't like he could feel the hit.
"That's because your a pig," Goldar told his distant cousin and Mordant looked down sheepishly for a split second. Over closer to the egg the more aware guard stared wide eyed at the evil villains and stood waling quickly over to his partner.
"Hey, hey curt, look at this." Zedd turned to the guard and with everyone turned along with him to watch what he had in mind.
"No need to wake," Zedd began. "In fact, take a little nap yourself!" he said and pointed his staff at the guard and as the purple lightning like energy left and hit the guard they began to convulse and fall to the ground.
"huh, I could do that," Mordant said looking at Goldar. "I just didn't want too." While the pig said this Zedd walked closer to the egg and grinned, or at least would have had it not been for the permanent grin like features of his face.
"After two thousand years of searching, you are finally within my grasp," he said and then stood back a little before placing his staff over the egg and zapped it as he spoke. "Now, lets crack this egg!"
The egg opened slowly after the claw holding it in place lifted and Rita stepped forward and making a face she dipping her fingers into the purple goo and twirled it around before lifting it out to take a closer look at the snot like substance.
"What?" Rita asked before flicking her finger to get the goop off. "You spent two thousand years, looking for a tub of snot!"
"Patience, motor mouth!" Zedd snapped and they all watched in silence as the purple goo rose up and slowly but surely formed the galactic being known as Ivan Ooze. They watched as he made a yawning like noise, but then being cooped in an egg for so many years probably do that to someone.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Ivan began his face bright the prospect of his freedom and release. "The Ooze is back!" he finished and Rita giggled, almost like a young school girl with a crush and the other two nodded and cheered a bit before.
"He's so handsome," Rita said smiling slightly and Ivan bowed, and made a motion almost as if tipping a hat.
"Why thank you my dear," he replied and Rita almost seemed to blush. A moment latter Lord Zedd bowed his head in honor of finally meeting Ivan Ooze.
"I am Lord Zedd, sworn enemy of all that is good and decent. It is a supreme honor to finally meet you."
"How can I ever repay you?" Ivan asked, almost mockingly but Zedd chose to ignore it.
"Do you recall the name, Zordon of Eltar?" Lord Zedd asked and a moment latter Ivan's face grew angry and a brighter purple it seemed as he threw his head back and roared in anger, purple lightning lit the sky as he did.
"I think he's heard of him," Mordant said as he flinched back.
"I want you to destroy Zordon! So that my evil may once again reign supreme," Zedd said and Ivan gave them both looks of determination and some of the anger was still very present on his face.
"I will not only destroy him, I will obliterate his entire legacy! It will be as if Zordon of Eltar never existed!" Ivan cried, his voice raising with every word. Rita smiled, she liked this man, he had flare and determination.
"Finally," Rita began as she turned, giving Zedd a look that only a married man might recognize. "A real man."
"We will leave you to weave your evil ways," Lord Zedd said before turning to Rita. "Let's go, Rita." Without much more said on the subject, the four left and Ivan asked sniffed the air as he observed his surrounding a little, frowning.
"What is that odious stench?" he wondered, as he asked himself and then a look of understanding comprehension came over his face.
"Smells like, teenagers," he growled before making haste for the next part of the plan. He always did have a way with dramatics and this time was no different.
xXx
As they teleported through the air Neve could not help but wounder how she and Hunter had gotten into this mess. She couldn't figure out how she and Hunter had wound up there, wouldn't they have seem the portal? She felt bad though, her bad luck had struck again and she'd pulled Hunter into it with her.
It was only a split second latter that the Rangers landed on a pile of rocks and looked around.
"Do you guys see anything?"Kim asked as they looked around and Neve shook her head.
"No, but I don't like this," Neve muttered and Hunter placed an hand on her arm and smiled.
"That's just because it's dark," he said and she glared at him playfully as the others withheld chuckles. Neve had to admit, she didn't like the dark but at least it wasn't as bad as being in narrow tunnels that were really spooky and dark.
"Let's take a look over there," Tommy suggested and pointed over to where the cones and yellow tape were. Everyone nodded and went up the side of the hill, Hunter helping Neve a bit since the fact it was so dark made her a bit uneasy it also made her a bit clumsy. It didn't take them long at all before they found that the egg and were worried to find that it had been opened.
They all made faces at the bad smelling disgusting slime in the egg and Neve and Kim shared very similar, almost identical facial expressions of disgust.
"Damn, we got here to late," Hunter muttered and Neve leaned into his side a bit, to calm her nerves.
"Hey!" The Rangers whirled around and Kim and Neve gasped at the unexpected arrival. The security guard, though Neve felt something was very off with him.
"What are you kids doing here?" the guard asked as he rubbed the back of his head.
Kim looked at the others before stepping forward a little and asking. "You haven't by chance seen any morphological beings lurking around here?"
The security guard looked at them confused." Morphological beings?" He rubbed the back of his neck and as the teenagers looked at each other his face changed to that of a look of realization.
"Wait a second, did it look something like this?" he asked and suddenly as they turned back to the guard his face turned purple and he morphed into Ivan Ooze. The Rangers dropped into defensive stances as they jumped back.
"Ew! Gross!" Both Kim and Neveah said in unison and Ivan chuckled.
"Too kind. Allow me to introduce myself, I am the galactically feared, globally reviled, universally despised." Ivan's face then became more serious. "They call me Ivan Ooze."
"Well, pack your bags cause we're sending you right back where you came from," Rocky said as he pointed and glared at Ivan.
"Yeah, if you think your staying on our planet your sadly mistaken," Hunter said, his voice hard and demanding and very serious.
"Gee, teenagers with a big mouth," Ivan began as he began to lean closer to them and they instinctively leaned back and then as he finished he straightened back up. "Not much has changed in six thousand years."
"You obviously don't know who you're dealing with, Mr. Raisin head," Kim said, and Neve smirked.
"You really don't," Neve said her eyes flashing pink though only Ooze and Hunter really noticed.
"Yeah, we're the Power Rangers!" Tommy said proudly as the others smirked and nodded. Hunter couldn't really say he was an active Power Ranger and neither could Neve but Ooze didn't need to know that and Neve could morph for now and she had an idea as long as Hunter still kept his morpher around.
"Ooooh! Where's my autograph book! Ha!" Ivan roared in exaggeration as he rolled his eyes.
"Power Rangers, huh? So Zordon is still using a bunch of kids to do his dirty work. Well!" He held his hands up beside him like he was waiting for a hug, which he would never get. "Meet my kids!"
Electricity shot out of Ivan's finger tips and a bunch of ooze like creatures, much like himself popped up next to him as he continued to laugh manically.
"From this moment forth, the world as you know it shall cease to exist!" Smiling an evil smile he cackled and finished. "Welcome to my nightmare! Bye bye kids!"
With those words He disappeared.
"He's gone!" Rocky said and the purple ooze creatures hissed.
"We don't have time to think about that Rocky," Neve said, her voice laced with kindness and a need to hurry.
"What are we going to do?" Kim asked worried and Billy looked behind him.
"Looks like there is plenty of room down there!" he exclaimed and Tommy nodded.
"Let's spread out!" he instructed and Tommy and Hunter kicked some of the creatures out of the way and the others leaped down to the ground below and then a moment latter after sharing a glance, Hunter and Tommy joined them and they split up to take on the oozemen.
While the others handled their own fights Neve and Hunter handled theirs.
"Okay, who's first?" Neve mocked as she edged away and around some oozemen and then chuckled and flipped over one as it charge her. She spun around and kicked it in the back as she landed and then twirled her elbow hitting another in the face and then swept it's feet out from under it. She gasped as about five more approached her and she saw Billy and Kimberly back flipping away and she smirked before shrugged.
"See ya latter snot-heads," she said and began to join her mother and uncle. Soon they all met at a cliff facing and Kim lent forward to help Adam as he was spun towards them and hit the ground hard and she went forward to catch Hunter with her own body as he to was thrown at them. Tommy moved forward to make sure Neve did not loose her balance and steadied them both.
"Thanks Beautiful," Hunter said smiling at Neve and Tommy and Kim looked at each other and shrugged. It wasn't like their nicknames were private or made just for them, other couple probably had the same ones.
"They're too strong!" Aisha exclaimed as she stood beside Adam, and they were being forced back. Tommy looked at the others and said, nodding at his teammates.
"IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"
WHITE TIGER!"
"MASTODON!"
"PTERODACTYL!"
"TRICERATOPS!"
"SABERTOOTH TIGER!"
"TYRANNOSAURUS!" In flashes of light the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers morphed. When they were done, the oozemen were gone.
"They're gone!" Rocky said looking around.
"Where'd they go?" Kimberly asked and then the others shook their heads and then Kimberly gasped and turned back to the two unmorphed Rangers.
"Hunter, Neve why don't you to morph?" Kim asked, tilting her head.
"I wish I could, but only Neve has any power left in her morpher and who knows how long it will last," Hunter said and the Rangers looked at each other confused about what to do. Neve bit her lip.
"Hunter do you have your morpher with you?" she asked and he looked down at her and reaching into his back pocket he pulled out the thunder morpher. Neve raised an eyebrow.
"You keep your morpher in your back pocket?" she asked, and Hunter chuckled.
"Not all the time, but since the whole thing with Lothor last year I like to keep it on me."
"Good, what I was thinking was I could transfer some of the energy from my power disk into yours so we can both morph even if it is only temporary," Neve explained and Kim tilted her head and Billy nodded.
"Exceptional idea Neveah, the power flow will indubitably allow for a metamorphosis to consist," Billy said and everyone looked at him.
"Uh, yeah. I'm smart Billy but I only go a few words out of that," Neve said and Hunter chuckled and she held out her hand for his power disk as she took hers out as well. Hunter handed it to her and she clasped them in either hand and closed her eyes to concentrate.
"Power of Spirit!" she called and a pink glow surrounded her and a line of pink energy left the power disk and went into the glowing crimson power disk. It was only a few seconds latter she stopped and shook her head to clear the haze. She then smiled and placed her disk back in it's place before handing Hunter his.
"You Ready?" he asked and nodding the already morphed Rangers watched as the two through their left hands up in a beginning of what was their morph. It was so different from their own but yet similar.
"Thunder Storm!"
"Spirit Storm!"
"Ranger Form! Ha!" Both called and in flashes of crimson and pink stood to Rangers. They had seen Neve's suit and they could tell Hunter's was part of the team as the suits were similar. They noticed instantly that his suit was not Red like Rocky's but darker, deeper, crimson a color they had never seen before on a Ranger but Hunter pulled it off.
"Crimson Thunder!"
"Power of Spirit!" they struck their poses and then straightened and walked forward just as Aisha turned seeing something.
"Cool suits," Adam said nodding and Hunter and Neve nodded back with smiles on their faces.
"Look! Over there!" Aisha pointed to the building which was not finished and the Rangers moved over to it.
"Be careful guys. They could be anywhere." Tommy said as they went into the building.
"Hunter, next time I say I'm bored," Neve began as she moved casually through the building in between her mom and Hunter. "Hit me." Hunter chuckles at this and Kim hides a giggle when suddenly the oozemen came at them at once.
"Spread out!" Tommy called as he took on one and they nodded and did as he asked spread out and took on the purple creatures. Now that they were morphed it was almost too easy to take them on and as Neve worked side by side with her younger mother, flipped one oozemen onto his back and slamming her foot onto his chest, making him goo again. Neve then laughed as her mother had one at her mercy, kicking it repeatedly.
"You make me sick, sick, sick!" the oozemen flew away and into a beam, becoming goo once more. Then Neve drew her spirit fans and slashed the air, before flicking her fans just as her mother turned to her, her face undoubtedly shocked behind her helmet.
"Spirit Fans, fire!" she called and Kim gasped as the Phoenix blades flew past her and hit a oncoming oozemen and made him into ooze sushi.
"Thanks," Kim said giving the girl a thumbs up and Neve nodded and the fight continued.
"Sky of wounder, power of thunder!" Hunter yelled as he threw his hand up into the air and then brought it down and crimson lightning hit four oozemen that were coming at him, Tommy and Adam. The Black and White Rangers watched in amazement as the oozemen were electrocuted and became smoking ooze on the ground.
"Wow, remind me never to have to fight you alone," Adam said in good humor and Hunter smirked.
"Your in luck, I haven't been evil in years," Hunter joked and Tommy raised an eyebrow before smiling and spinning around to kick a on coming oozemen.
Soon the eight Rangers had the purple oozemen cornered under under an iron dumpster as they stood on a ledge of some sort. As Tommy flipped onto the ledge, in the middle in between Neve and Kim he pulled out Saba.
"I want you guys to meet Saba," Tommy said as he tossed Saba into the air and Saba flew around and then floated and zapped the chain holding the dumpster up and it fell, squashing the oozemen into a puddle of ooze and Saba flew back to Tommy.
"Yeah!" Aisha cheered and high-fived Billy who was next to her. As the threat was dealt with Hunter and Neve demorphed first, feeling weakened and knowing they needed to conserve what energy the morphers had left. It was a moment latter that the other Rangers were forcefully demorphed and Hunter and Neve watched as colored lightning sparked over their bodies before stopping.
"What's happening?" Neve asked and Hunter shook his head and answered.
"I don't know, but I don't like it."
"Alpha, come in?" Billy said into his communicator but nothing happened.
"Something's wrong," Aisha voiced what everyone thought and Tommy nodded.
Let's get back to the Command Center." They nodded and left on foot, unprepared for the destruction that awaited them as they arrived in the command center.
xXx
It took about half an hour to get to the command center after they had finished at the construction sight and the sight that met them worried them greatly.
"Oh no!" Neve cried out and Billy nodded in agreement to that statement.
"Ooze," Billy said as they saw the door was covered in purple ooze.
"Let's get this open," Tommy said and he, Hunter, Billy, Adam, and Rocky pulled the doors open and Kim and Neve let out startled yelps at what was inside waiting for them. It was completely destroyed they all noted as they went in.
"This has to be some nightmare," Neve said as she moved herself into Hunter's arms. She had seen two lairs torn apart in the last two years, Ninja ops and the Dino Lair but none had been as bad as this. Things sparked as they walked further in and Kim looked through the smoke to see Zordon's tube smashed and she let out a small gasp.
"Oh no," she said and ran down the ramp with Aisha, Adam, Rocky, Billy, Neve, Hunter and Tommy following her. They came to stand over where Zordon lay amongst the crystals and Neve placed an hand over her mouth, her eyes tearing up. She had never really met Zordon, but her parents spoke highly of him, and before she'd know of who he was she had been told stories of her 'grandpa' Zordon. She had always thought he was her fathers biological father or something before she knew they had been Rangers.
"Zordon!" Aisha cried.
"What's happening to him?" Kim asked.
"Outside of his time warp, he's dying." Billy explained and Neve shook her head.
No, he can't be!" Neve said, and everyone could tell this was not just because he was her and Hunter's only chance to get home, she genuinely cared and Hunter placed an hand on his girlfriends shoulder as he looked on in shock, surprise, and sadness along with many other emotions.
"Rangers," Zordon began his voice soft and weak. "I am grateful you are safe."
"Come on, we're gonna get you back inside," Tommy said and Zordon smiled sadly as best he could in his current situation.
"I am afraid that is impossible," he began. "The power has been destroyed. It is gone; the Zords, the weapons, all of it."
"The Power Rangers are no more, Ivan ooze has won."
"No, Nothing is impossible, and he hasn't won yet," Neve said shaking her head. Her tears threatening to overflow. "Zordon, you can't die."
"Zordon you can't leave us!" Kimberly exclaimed next, as she was unable to hold back some of her tears. "Ever since you've come into our lives you've been like a father to us all."
"I haven't know you long Zordon, but there has to be a way to save you," Hunter said and Neve wiped at her eyes as a tear escaped. She had to hold it together.
"You must be strong," Zordon said and the Rangers lowered their head, their emotions threatening to take them but they refused.
"Rangers." Alpha said as the robot came out of the shadows, wires sticking out of him.
"Alpha!" The Rangers cried and went over to Alpha while Kim and Neve stayed by Zordon and Neve placed a hand of comfort on both girls while they listened from where they were.
"Are you okay?" Tommy asked and Alpha nodded.
"I'll be fine," Alpha began. "There may be a power that can save Zordon."
The Rangers looked at each other and the back to Alpha.
"What power?" Adam asked.
"It is on the distant planet of Phaedos, it's very dangerous," Alpha warned. "All who have tried for it has perished."
"We have to try Alpha," Rocky told the robot.
"Zordon's life force will not last much longer," Alpha told them. "You won't have much time."
"How can we get it?' Hunter asked as he walked over to them, after making sure Neveah and Kimberly would be alright by themselves.
"If I can download the very last plasmatic morphing gem into the transport core then I might have just enough power to get you six there, but their won't be enough to get Neveah or Hunter there and you back either," Alpha said and Neve joined Hunter with the others as she looked at him and with the telepathic powers that were somehow second nature to Ninja's they nodded and took out their power disks.
"These still have a little power Alpha," Neve began as she took Hunter's and walked over to the robot.
"Will you be able to use these to get me and Hunter there along with the others?" Alpha took them and then nodded.
"Yes, thank you Neveah, but you realize once I do you will have used up your powers for good?" Alpha asked and Neve nodded.
"It won't matter if we can get the power on Phaedos," Neveah said and Alpha nodded.
"So how do we get back?" Rocky asked and Kimberly walked over to them finally.
"We have to hope that the Great Power is there," Kim began as she came to stand in between Tommy and Rocky.
"She's right, Zordon's life depends on it," Neve said and the Rangers nodded.
"Are you ready?" Alpha asked as he turned around and Tommy and the others nodded.
"Yeah," Tommy said the eight Rangers stepped back in a line and Tommy looked at them and spoke.
"We might not have our powers, but we're still the Power Rangers."
"He's right. Once a Ranger," Neveah began and Hunter grinned and finished.
"Always a Ranger." The Rangers all smiled at the two newest additions to their team until they found a way home and Alpha turned back to them one last time.
"Remember Ranger, Zordon does not have a lot of time," Alpha said before typing in a few more things and after once failed attempt Alpha was able to teleport the eight Rangers to Phaedos.
xXx
On the moon, Rita watched as the Rangers – two more then she was used to - were teleported to Phaedos from the balcony of the Moon Palace. She turned to Zedd and screeched, her face flushed in anger.
"I can't believe it, how could he let them slip through his hands!" she fumed and then turned to Zedd. "He's no better then the rest of the hired help around here!"
"Oh, give it a rest," Lord Zedd said, annoyance the main emotion in his voice. He was about to speak again when the door to the throne room opened and Ooze walked in like he owned the place.
"Honey, I'm home," he announced as he chuckled to himself.
"You egg sucking purple pin head! The Rangers are after the Great Power!" Ooze rolled his eyes as Rita continued to rant as the husband and wife duo walked further in.
"I thought you said this guy was the master of disaster! He's nothing but a slim infested jelly doughnut..." she was cut off as ooze outstretched his arm and purple ooze covered her mouth. Lord Zedd through his head back and chuckled.
"Finally, someone shut her up!"
"Your feebleness is staggering," Ivan began walking forward. "You obviously need a vacation."
"I think circumstances force us to choose a new leader. And I pick..." Ivan stopped and looked up as if thinking before laughing. "Me!"
"Who does this clown think he is?" Lord Zedd fumed as he watched Ooze walk slowly away and sit in his throne.
"The bogyman is taking over!" Ooze announced. Zedd said, pointing his staff at Ooze in anger.
"No one double crosses Lord Zedd and lives!" and with that he sent his purple/blue lightning at Ooze, who laughed as it covered his form.
"Oh stop, stop! It tickles!" Zedd stopped and Ooze said, glaring after he'd stopped laughing.
"My turn." He sent purple lightning at them and for a moment it looked like he's vaporized them until a snow globe appeared in his put stretched hand.
"Way to go bonehead," Rita said form inside the snow globe.
"It's getting so you can't trust anyone in this galaxy!" Zedd said, throwing his hands up from inside the globe.
"Oh, I love snow globes," Ivan said before shaking the globe.
"Now, you have a choice," Ooze said as he look up at Goldar and Mordant. "You can serve me, or you can join these insufferable dingle dorks."
"Goldar let us out of here!" Zedd demanded.
"Don't listen to that purple pooper! Don't betray me!" Rita cried. Goldar, ignoring Rita and Zedd's words looked at his distant cousin before looking back at Ooze.
"We never liked those dingle dorks anyway," Goldar said and then Mordant nodded. "So what are you going to do about the Power Rangers, my hideous one?" Ooze nodded and stood.
"Ah, yes the Power Rangers," he inhaled and then made some noises before he sent a ball of snot flying onto the ground and it began to bubble and grow until it turned into a group of tengas.
"Shut your beaks!" Ooze demanded. "Now my Tengu warriors, you will fly to Phaedos, you will find the Power Rangers and you will tare them apart!" Ooze rared and the birds cawed loudly and with out another word took off for Phaedos.