Ranger Tales
Chapter 6: Azazel
A/N: This story is set in an alternate universe where the Alien Rangers arc never happened, although the Alien Rangers do exist. I'll find another way to explain to eventual Zeo Crystal search. Carri Hillard and all things relating to Carri belong to KJ with many thanks. I used Phaedos as the source of the Ninjetti Powers, but Ninjor exists and is the acknowledged creator of Ninjetti. Also, this story has nothing to do with my previous two. This fic takes place after "Good as Gold ", as will the rest of the story, also, the episodes in which Billy went to Aquitar did not happen in this fic, and he has not graduated yet as I changed it around some so that their second semester is just now starting, they still graduate in 1997 though. In this fic, Tommy and Kim have not broken up. Azazel, Meg (demon that possesses Meg, or Meg!Demon, w/e), Sam and John belong to Eric Kripke. From here and on, it develops into a completely original story.
Also, let me know what you think, I appreciate the feedback. Thank you for reading.
It was a cool day in mid January 1997, and Rocky was feeling better as he sat out by the lake, Carri lening over on his shoulder. Over Christmas break he had gotten to meet Carri's parents and her brother. He'd gotten along great with her dad and her brother, Josh, but her mom didn't seem to care for him. She always wrinkled her nose at him, called him a "karate-bum with no future" behind his back, and hardly said two words to him the entire time. Where as her dad and brother welcomed him with opened arms and the three sat around talking about Baseball and picking on Carri for liking the Astros as her favorite team. Every time they made a remark about the Astros in front of her she would stick her tongue out and swat them with a pillow. Overall it had been a great trip.
Then when they returned to Angel Grove they had Christmas with his family. His mom had been very welcoming of Carri. It had even been her idea to have her over for Christmas. Rocky had been thrilled about that, even more so that his siblings approved of her. Though he didn't really care for their approval, it was still nice to have it. Carri let out a sigh and he looked down noticing for the first time that she had fallen asleep. He couldn't blame her, exams for the first semester were coming up and Zedd had increased his attacks because of it. They ha heard a rumor that Zedd and Rita destroyed Mondo then took short vacation, which would explain why things had been quiet ever since Jason returned the Gold Ranger Power to Trey up until about a week ago. But now Zedd was back and the Rangers had duty to get back to, dates to cut short, lies to tell, such was the life of a Ranger. He leaned down and kissed the top of Carri's head, watching as her eyes fluttered open.
"Did I fall asleep? Or did I dream I did?" she asked sleepily, rubbing her eyes.
"You did," he smiled, thinking about how cute and peaceful she looked.
"Why didn't you wake me? We're supposed to be on a date," she reminded him, though she was actually kind of glad she took that little nap. Zedd had been attacking any chance he could get, day or night it didn't matter. If he kept her up one more night she was going to march up to the moon and give him a piece of her mind, and he did not wan that.
"You just looked so cute, I couldn't bare to wake you," he smiled. "That, and I didn't want the wrath of Carri turned on me," he laughed.
"Ha ha. Very funny."
"Thank you, I thought so," he smiled wider as she playfully shoved him over.
Unknown to the happy couple a mysterious figure watched them from afar. The man wore a dark trench coat which covered most of his body, he had short brown hair, and in the blink of an eye his eyes changed from normal blue eyes to a sickly yellow and he vanished.
Jason had been happy, not that he had to give up being a Ranger again, but that he no longer had to lie to Emily. Tommy was right that day by the lake, he would be kept busy. He and Emily had been on so many un-interrupted dates that she asked him more than once what happened to his pager. He lied one last time and said he had lost it. Truth was in put up in his night stand, in case he ever needed it again.
He missed being a Ranger, after giving the Red Ranger Power up to Rocky when he left for the peace conferences, he felt like there was a void in him, a void he couldn't fill. It wasn't until he received the Gold Ranger Powers that he felt like that void had been filled. Now, since he gave the Powers back, that void was back. He loved Emily, and he knew that she loved him, and he was glad he didn't have to lie to her anymore, but he missed being out there on the fiels with everyone. It just didn't feel right anymore, to be in Angel Grove and not fight.
"Hey," Emily said as she walked up, snapping him from his thoughts.
"Hey gorgeous," he greeted, pulling her down into his lap. She was working for Ernie at the Youth Center after school, and had come over to take her break.
"How's work been?" he asked, making small talk for the moment, she cut a glare out and gestured around the Youth Center, which was packed.
"I was lucky to even find you in this mess."
"You'd spot me a mile away and you know it," he replied as he kissed her.
"Miss, I need service!" called a customer.
Emily sighed and stood "Duty calls." Jason smiled at her and began thinking about that saying. Duty calls, he repeated in his head. How he wished he could say that again.
Tommy was sitting out by the beach, thinking about how his break had gone. He'd taken his brother David to Florida with him and spent the holidays with Kim. He had payed for a hotel room, but David was the only one used it. Tommy had spent every night with Kim. David had assure dit was fine, that he understood the two didn't get to see each other too often. Tommy had contempleted asking her then, as a Christmas present. But ultimately he decided to wait until later, maybe towards the end of college, around her birthday.
Break had been the most incredible two weeks of his life, and didn't take a genious to figure out that Kim felt the same way. The two had been planning that trip for a while, and it had been everything he'd been expecting it to be, and more. He sighed as he leaned back in the sand. Things with Kim were going great, they were managing to deal with long distance, and the Pan Globals were coming up, which meant another couple months and she'd possibly be coming home. He couldn't wait. He closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep there on the beach.
Adam was sitting over at Ernie's Beach Club. It was closed for the day, but Ernie had told Adam he could take his girlfriend there for something to eat, since the Youth Center was so packed. Adam and his girlfriend were sitting there eating, and Adam couldn't help but let his thoughts drift back to the day after Jason gave up his Gold Ranger Powers. The five Rangers stayed after hours to talk to Ernie with no interruptions...
flashback
Tommy was the first to approach the owner, confidence in his stride. "Hey Ernie, could we talk to you for a sec?"
Ernie placed his cleaning towel over his shoulder and said "Yeah sure. But, let me guess first, this has something to do with what I said yesterday, doesn't it?" All five Rangers nodded their heads. "Let me explain how I know, and how long I've known. Well, I've known since the first day actually. When Rita first attacked the city, as everyone was jostling about I saw five streaks light exit the building, right where Jason, Zack, Trini, Billy, and Kimberly were standing." He paused and then said "After that it was just a matter of matching up who wore what color. Then I noticed the Green Ranger appear, and Tommy, wearing green, started hanging out with Jason and his friends. Then of course the brief times when Tommy was gone, there were only five Rangers. Then the White ranger showed up, and Tommy began always wearing white."
"Ernie, listen, I'm sure you know this but-"
Tommy was abruptly cut off by Ernie raising his hand. "Don't worry, I haven't said a word in four years, and I'm not going to start now. Though, I do think Jason should tell Emily. The poor girl."
Rocky shook his head. "He has no need to, he gave the Gold Ranger Powers back. He's no longer a Ranger."
"Oh, well that's too bad. But its great for his relationship."
Adam nodded and said "Yeah, he never liked having to lie to Emily, none of like lying, but we have to. Comes with the job."
Ernie nodded "I know, it must be rough. Here, let me get you kids some smoothies."
"But Ernie, you just cleaned up, and did all your counting, and-"
Kat was cut off by Ernie saying "On the house. It's the least I can do for you guys."
"Well, you could give us free food for life," Rocky joked, earning a nudge from Carri.
"Are you nuts? If I did that then you alone would leave me broke in a days time!" Ernie joked back.
"I don't eat that much," Rocky muttered in mock offense.
"Two burgers, a large order of fries, a mini pizza? That's not too much?" Carri questioned, raising an eyebrow.
"I don't always get the pizza," he said with a laugh. "But I see your point. I'll try to cut back on the food."
"Yeah like we haven't heard that one before," Tommy laughed.
"Seriously," Adam said "remember the Panchinko machine?"
"Don't bring that up," Rocky tossed his head and groaned, causing everyone to laugh again.
Unknown to them a certain blonde was listening in on the whole thing, she had come to help Ernie close up when she heard something about Jason.
End flashback
"What're you thinking about?" the voice across the table asked, snapping Adam back to the present.
"Huh?" he asked before he gave her words time to make sense. "Oh, just how Ernie found out."
"It was nice of him to give us the key and let us in," said the Australian accent.
"Yeah, it was. Though I don't think he'd make the same offer to Rocky and Carri, knowing Rocky's appetite."
Kat laughed "Yeah, you're probably right."
The two continued to talk about other things, school, classes next semester, where they were going to college next semester, that sort of thing. After they were finished eating and cleaning th eplace up they got in Adam's car and headed home. Along the way Kat began to think about she ended up with Adam. It had been after she was attacked by the Djinn, she had awoke to find Adam sleeping on her legs. Zordon had told her that he hadn't left her side since she'd been rescued. When she talked to Adam about it he replied that he'd always had a crush on her, but was too nervous to ask her out. One reason was because of his seemingly bad luck with women, like the Sabrina/Scorpina incident, and two she was interested in Tommy. Kat assured him that after living in the Djinn's dream world she found out that dating Tommy was not something she wanted any longer, it felt weird in that dream, and she didn't like it. Adam then took his opportunity, he asked her out and she agreed. They went on a few dates before deciding to make everything official. Since declaring that they were a couple they had been completely enthralled with one another. It reminded Jason of Tommy and Kim when they first hooked up.
"Here we are," Adam said as he pulled his car to a stop, snapping Kat back to reality.
"Great, I'll see you tomorrow after school?" she asked as she got out.
"Well I had planned on walking you to the door at least," he smiled.
"Well, come on then, chop chop," she said, playfully trying to hurry him along. He got out and walked her to her front door, giving a few final kisses before saying goodnight.
After he got home he checked the mail box, figuring his parents hadn't. Surprisingly they had, so he headed inside and asked them where it was. He was expecting a few letters from a few different colleges, and he couldn't wait to see where he got accepted. Upon finding the mail he found a letter from the college he really wanted to go to. Slowly, he opened it...
A dark figure walked through the streets of a night time Angel Grove, lights flickering as he walked by. He was here to check up on a certain boy, though he learned from someone named Zedd that the boy had already left town. He did see a point in helping this Zedd character out though, which is why he stuck around. These Power Rangers could prove to be a nuisence to his forthcoming plans, plans that were twenty-five years in the making, and still had another thirteen years until they would come to fruition. He wanted to take these Rangers out now, before they posed a threat. As he walked along he was joined by a woman, he smiled when he saw her pure black eyes. "Meg, how are you my child?" he asked casually.
"As good as can be expected. You summoned me?"
"Yes, I have. Well you see, I have work for you. I want you to leave this body behind, and go possess her," he pointed up into a second floor window where a certain blonde Australian was getting ready for bed.
"What's so special about her?" Meg asked, sounding snooty.
"She's...she's a Power Ranger? Whatever that is. Anyway, I want you to possess her so that you can then kill her teammates, then of course kill her."
Meg smiled evilly and replied "As you wish." She tilted her head back and a thick black smoke poured out of her mouth and up through the window, seconds later the girl upstairs could be heard screaming as Meg entered her body.
The mans eyes turned a sickly looking yellow color as he smiled and said "Good."
Up on the moon Zedd watched these events transpire and said "Well, how come we never thought of that?"
"Thought of what Zeddie?" Rita asked as she scurried over to her Repulsascope to watch the events that were taking place down on Earth, "Ick, what is that?"
Zedd chuckled to himself and said "It is a demon, a true Hell spawn."
"What's goin' on?" Rito asked as he tried to see what was happening.
"The Pink Ranger is being possessed by a demon as we speak, it's brilliant."
"Why thank you."
Zedd and Rita both snapped to see who had said that, seeing a man in a dark trench coat with yellow eyes staring at them. "You!" Zedd cried, he recognized the demon beneath the man as the demon who just down on Earth. "What are you doing here?"
"Well, I figured I'd come check your place out. Not bad, beats Hell. That's for sure." He turned to smile at Zedd and said "Listen, I don't want any trouble, yet, I'm just going to help you out these Power Rangers so that they don't interfere with the plans I have for young Sam Winchester."
"Fair enough," Zedd grumbled "But what are your plans?"
The man tsked him "If I told you it would ruin the surprise, and the Angels would then figure out my end game. And I simply cannot have that, not after all the work I put into covering my tracks." Before Zedd could say anymore the man vanished, leaving everyone speechless. Amost everyone.
"Did we just have a visitor?" Rito asked, looking around. He could've sworn he saw someone, but now he wasn't sure, so he just chalked it up to a mirage. Though why he'd be seeing things he didn't know.
The next day at Angel Grove High everyone was excited as it was the last day of finals, and then a three day weekend. Well, almost everyone was excited. Five particular teens were worried about their friend, Carri had said that Kat had been different ever since she heard her scream the night before. Adam was worried about her, maybe even more so than Carri. They were standing by Jason's locker, talking about what to do, how to help her, when Emily came walking up. "Jason, we need to talk. I've been putting this off for weeks now, but I can't any longer." Jason gulped, this could not be good. He didn't want to go, but against his better judgement he agreed.
The two rounded the corner and he asked "Alright, shoot. What's on your mind." Please don't let be what I think it is, he pleaded.
Emily stood there, playing with her fingers, unsure of how to start what she wanted to say. Finally she began to blurt "I kn-" but was cut off by the bell.
"Oh, shit. Hey, I'll talk to you after the exam, alright?" Emily nodded her head and made her way to class, as Jason ran the opposite direction for his class.
All throughout his exam all Jason could concentrate on was what Emily had wanted to talk about. He was seriously hoping that it wasn't what he thought it was, it sounded like a break up talk. He tried his best to stay completely focused on his test, and he did, for the most part. It was his History exam, a good subject for him, but still, that thought that she wanted to break up kept distracting him, it was a knat buzzing around inside his head. No matter how times he swatted it away, it kept coming back. Finally he just gave up and answered the last few questions on the test at random. After the exam ended he left to find Emily.
While Jason went to find Emily, Tommy and the rest of the Rangers went to find Kat. She was supposed to be in Rocky's class, taking the exam. But she never showed, it wasn't like her. After a while of searching with no results they decided to scan for her in the Power Chamber. When they arrved they found Billy hunched over the console, working on something. As the Rangers finished materializing he turned to face them. "Hey guys, how'd exams go?" Billy had exempt his secons, third and fourth period exams. The only one he had to take was English, as that was required. He was preparing to graduate a full semester early also.
"Exams were okay," Tommy answered quickly "but we need you to do a search for Kat. She seemed off this morning, and Rocky said she never showed for exam."
Billy frowned "That doesn't sound like her. Alright, I'll get started." He turned back to the computer and began searching for Kat's energy signature. After a few seconds, that to Adam seemed like hours, Billy said "Found her. According to my scans she's over by the harbor."
"What's she doing there?" Adam quickly asked, confused.
"I don't know, but my scans are showing that she's not alone."
"You mean someone kidnapped her?" Rocky asked, his thoughts drifting back to the last time they were captured. It was right before Jason gave the Gold Ranger Powers up.
"I can't say for sure. The other signature is mixed with Kat's, as in they're one in the same."
"That doesn't sound like any sort of spell I've ever heard of," Tommy pointed out.
"Well, whatever it is we need to hurry and save Kat, now!" Carri said, she had done her best to keep quiet. Her cousin was her best friend, and she didn't want anything to happen to her.
"Agreed," Billy said. he had an idea of what this energy signature was, but he didn't want anyone to worry if they didn't need to. As soon as they teleported out he pulled his phone out and scrolled down to his contacts, landing on J.W. Hitting call he held the phone to his ear and listened to it ring until it went to voicemail. "Hey John, it's Billy. I need to talk to you, we may have a problem right up your alley." He hung up and about a minute later his phone rang, right on schedule, he thought.
"Billy here."
"Hey Billy, what's this problem that's "right up my alley" about?" John Winchester's voice rang through.
"I'm not sure, but it seems like possession from how you described it to me. The signature on my screen kind of matched the EMF you track."
"I'll be down in about an hour. I'm over at Reefside working a case. Just let me explain it to Dean and Sam and I'll be right down."
"Don't worry about driving. This is Ranger related business, I'm sure Zordon wouldn't mind if I teleported you in." He looked up at the interdimensional being, who nodded his head in response. "Yeah, fill your boys in and call me back. I'll be waiting by to teleport you up." John agreed and the two hung up. A few minutes later his phone rang again and he teleported John into the Power Chamber, showing him the readings.
The Rangers landed by the harbor, they could see Kat's backside from where they landed. "There she is," Carri pointed out as they finished materializing.
"What should we do?" Rocky asked, looking over at Tommy.
"We talk to her, try to find out why she skipped out on class," he answered.
As they began approaching her she said without turning her head "Rangers, so good of you to finally join me."
"Kat, what happened to you?" Adam asked, his concern for his girlfriend growing.
"I'm sorry, Kat is unavailable. Please leave a message, and she'll get back with you in Hell," Kat said as she turned around, her eyes going black as she smiled at them. The Rangers instinctively took a step back.
"What have you done with Kat?" Tommy demanded, he didn't think was Kat, but a clone of her like the Wizard of Deception made of him two years prior.
"She's here, come on out an say hello Katherine," she closed her eyes and Kat's body slumped for a second before straightening back up. "Guys," Kat said, tears streaming down her face, "help me. I can't control it. Help," she sobbed, whatever was possessing her took her over again and smiled. "See? She's here."
The Rangers were getting ready to morph when Kat moved her arms and sent all four of them flying back, keeping them pinned to the ground as she walked up to the Red Ranger. "What's...what's going on?" Tommy asked as he struggled to move, but to no avail.
Kat smiled evilly at him as she spoke. "You have no clue, do you?" He looked at her, confused. "Let me explain it, before I kill you. This, this human," she said the word with more than a hint of disgust in her voice, "loved you. She wanted nothing more than to be with you. But when it became apparent that being with you was no more than a fantasy, she decided to settle for the green loser over there," she pointed to Adam. "So you see," she said as placed on foot on Tommy's throat and began to add her weight to it, "you've done nothing but cause pain to everyone around you. You rejecting her hurt the yellow canary over there, which in turn hurt blue boy. You're just here to make everyone suffer. So now, I'm going to do them all a favor."
She began slowly beating on him, she loved torturing people, and she knew it would drive her host mad if she tortured them before killing them. He was doing good not to scream, though she wondered how long that would last as she snapped his arm. He let out a hurtful grunt, but refused to scream, he would give her that satisfaction. She smiled at him, she was impressed. Any normal human would have passed out by now. She glanced over the guy in green and tossed him an evil smile as she crawled down onto Tommy, kissing his neck. Might as well torture them emotionally, she thought as she continued to kiss him, eventually moving to his lips. If there was one thing she learned about humans, it was emotional torture was sometimes worse than physical torture.
Tommy glared at her, as he did he saw something out of the corner of his eye. It was Billy, and he had John Winchester with him. Things were beginning to look up. He watched as Billy hit a few buttons on his remote, and John pulled out a bottle of water and a book. He didn't know how the water would help, but apparently they had a plan. He would endure this torture a little longer, what choice did he have?
The other Rangers noticed Billy and John as well. Billy noticed the pleading looks in both Tommy and Adam's eyes, as well as Tommy's broken bones. He nodded and quickly went to work, putting his latest invention to the test. As he did what appeared to be some sort of pentagram appeared both above and below Tommy and Kat. Kat looked around, she stood and placed her hands on the invisible force field. Tommy quickly pulled himself out of it. Apparently whatever Billy had done had nulled her powers. That was a good sign. The other Rangers quickly helped Tommy up and Rocky teleported him to the Power Chamber. Billy had shown him a while back how to operate the medical machines, in case something ever happened to him.
"You," Kat glared at John "what are you doing here?" John eyed the blonde carefully, she was definitely possessed.
"Do I know you?" he asked, unscrewing the cap on his bottle of water.
Kat smiled evilly as she responded sweetly. "No, but you've had a run in with my father. He told me how sweet it was to hear Mary screaming as he sliced her, then burned her. Oh how I wish I could have been there."
John's anger flared, discovering the cause of his wife's death was the whole reason he got into hunting. Finally he had a lead. The demon standing before him knew what killed his wife, and he was going to make her talk. "Who are you? Who killed my wife?" he demanded as he poured some of the water on her. Billy watched as Kat shrieked in pain, steam rising her skin.
"Are you sure your not hurting her?" he asked, his concern for his friend showing.
"Positive. Holy water harms the bitch inside her, but leaves the host unharmed," John said through clenched teeth.
"Tsk tsk. Poor Johnny. Poor, poor Johnny. That's not how you ask someone something," Kat taunted. "You have to be sweeter, be nice. I might tell you something then."
"Fine," he said, gritting his teeth, "please tell me who killed my wife, you son of a bitch." Kat shrieked as more holy water hit her.
"Stop it!" Adam shouted from behind Kat. "You're hurting her!" Adam continued to plead as John continued to try and get an answer out of the demon. After another minute or two he saw he wasn't going to get anywhere with this. Sighing, he opened the book and began reciting the spell to send the demon back to Hell. Adam ran over and grabbed Kat before she hit the pavement. He quickly teleported her back to the Power Chamber to heal.
Billy looked over at John and said "I appreciate your help, but I do not appreciate you torturing mt friend like that."
"She'll be fine. A few bad memories from the possession maybe, but physically she'll be fine," John replied. Together Carri, Billy, and John all teleported back to the Power Chamber and Billy sent John back to Reefside before Adam, or Carri, could attack him.
While all that was going on down at the harbor, a figure in a dark trench coat watched it all from afar. When he saw John Winchester arrive on the scene he smiled. "So, they're friends of the Winchester boys. This should be fun." His eyes flashed yellow as he continued "I'll have to deal with these Rangers at a later date though, my primary concern is the vessel." With that he vanished, leaving no sign that he was ever in Angel Grove.
Up on the moon Zedd was furious. He had allowed this stranger the opportunity to destroy the Rangers, and like all the others he failed. "That does it, these Rangers have gotten on my last nerve. Finster!"
Finster came scurrying in "Yes Lord Zedd?"
"Finster, I want you to make me a monster, one that will take out the Power Rangers. We must strike now while they are two members short."
"Right away, I have the perfect monster in mind."
Rita crossed the throne room and squealed "Oh Zeddie, with Tommy injured the others won't stand a chance!" In a sing-song voice she began "We're gonna win, we're gonna win."
Zedd looked out over the Earth. Soon, soon it would be his. After three years, it would be his. He couldn't wait, he smiled as he thought about it, his previous anger forgotten.
Down in the Power Chamber Billy was running scans on both Tommy and Kat. Kat had been left unconscious after her possession, and Tommy had some broken bones, and some that were flat out crushed. How he managed to stay silent throughout that no one knew, but he had. Billy informed them that it would be a while before either Ranger was ready for battle, a couple hours for Kat, maybe longer depending on her mental situation, and a day at the least for Tommy. Billy's machines were working on fixing him, that along with his natural Ranger healing abilities should have hima s good as new in two days tops. They hoped Zedd could hold off attacking for another two days.
Unfortunately that wasn't the case as the alarm sounded and everyone turned to the viewing globe. Goldar, Rito, a new upgraded Lizzinator, and a small army of Tenga's were down in the park. Carri sighed "Can't we even have time for our teammates to recover?"
''Fraid not," Rocky said as he placed a hand on her shoulder. With Tommy out of commission he was the temporary leader now. "It's morphin' time!"
"Zeo Ranger II, Yellow!"
"Zeo Ranger III, Blue!"
"Zeo Ranger IV, Green!"
The three Zeo Rangers teleported down to Angel Grove Park to battle the monster. Unfortunately with only three of them the battle wasn't going well. Lizzinator tossed Rocky into a tree while Adam handled both Rito and Goldar, seperately they were a joke, but together Adam found himself having a tough time. Of course, it didn't help that his mind was back in the Power Chamber. Carri was having the easiest time taking on the Tenga's, they were not more powerful than usual. She made quick work of them and wen to help Adam with the bumbling duo. Just as she did, another Tenga army landed. "Shit," she said as she went back to dealing with the over sized birds.
Tommy was watching the battle from the Power Chamber. He couldn't stand to see his teammates getting tossed around like they were. If he could, he'd go out there and help them, even if it killed him. But Billy wouldn't allow that, and Kim would kill him if he got himself killed. An idea hit him them. "Zordon," he said, turning to face his mentor.
"What is it Tommy?" Zordon asked, he didn't like watching his three Rangers get beat down anymore than Tommy did, but he would not allow Tommy to go out into battle in his condition.
"I have a plan to help them, but I need two people teleported here first." Zordon nodded and Tommy told him the people in question, and Alpha quickly found and teleported them up.
Zordon explained the situation to them, and they quickly agreed to fill in for Tommy and Kat in the battle. Tommy brought his Zeo shard forth and handed it and his Zeonizers over to the guy they had teleported in, as Billy handed Kat's over to the girl.
"Ready?" the guy asked, the girl nodded her head, "It's morphin' time!"
"Zeo Ranger I, Pink!"
"Zeo Ranger V, Red!"
Adam was getting tossed around by Goldar and Rito, Carri kept trying to help him, but every time she did another army of Tenga's would arrive. Goldar was about to bring his sword down on Adam when he heard "Zeo V Flying Power Kick!" and saw a white boot connect with his face. Goldar flew back and hit the Lizzinator, who was getting pushed back by the Pink and Blue Zeo Rangers.
"Tommy? Kat?" Carri questioned as she once again finshed with the Tenga's.
"Not quite," the Red Ranger said, and Carri smiled. She'd recognize that voice anywhere.
"Zeo I Power Discs," the Pink Ranger yelled, bringing her Power Weapn forward as she attacked Lizzinator. After the reinforcements arrived it didn't take long for them to make quick work of Lizzinator and send Goldar and Rito packing. Of course, as always, Lizzinator grew and tried to squish them.
"We need Super Zeo Zord Power now!" the Red Ranger yelled. The five Super Zeo Zords came barreling forth, each Ranger jumped into their Zord and formed the MegaZord. They wasted no time in summoning their saber and finishing off Lizzinator, this time for good, again.
Not long the two temporary Zeo's left Kat came to. She wasted no time in apologizing to Tommy for what had happened. Tommy told her not to worry about it, that she wasn't in control, that it wasn't her fault. Kat didn't believe him though, she felt as though she could've been stronger, strong enough to overcome the possession. Billy assured that no one that John had ever heard of ever overcame the possession, that they stayed possessed until the demon got bored with them, or a hunter exorcised it. At the mention of John's name Kat made an "oh" sound and quickly asked for Billy's phone. She explained that she had been awake during his talk with the demon, and that she had learned a couple of things he might want to know. Billy handed her his phone and she called, leaving a voicemail. A few minutes later he called back.
"John, this is Kat, the girl you helped today," she was going to say tortured, but he had been right, the holy water didn't affect her.
"Yes?" John said, not quite sure why she was calling, unless it was to thank him.
"I have some details, about the demon your looking for."
John snapped to attention at once. "Go on."
"Well, according to what I heard the demon saying, it's not just your wife he's gone after. He did something t your son, Sam, and a bunch of other kids. I'm not sure what though," she said sadly, the demon hadn't said that much.
"Did you get anything else?"
"Yes," she paused, biting her lip. "The name of the demon that did all that, his name. It's Azazel."
John thought about that for a moment, he'd heard that name before. But he just brushed it off as a myth, he should know better though. "Thank you. That's a great deal more than what I had." He looked over at his son, Sam. He seemed so peaceful, he argued all the time, but he was a good kid. John made it his mission to find out what happened to Sam that night as well. There were so many unanswered questions, but he knew he'd find them out eventually.
"You're welcome, and thank you for saving me. Again," she said, forcing a tiny laugh.
"My pleasure," John said. The two said their goodbyes and Kat hung up just as the Rangers teleported in.
The Blue, Green, and Yellow Rangers powered down, immediately going over to Kat to see how she was. After assuring, and reassuring them that she was fine, they turned to look at the still morphed Red and Pink Rangers. "So," Rocky said "do we get to see who our mysterious saviors are?"
The Red and Pink Rangers looked at each other and nodded, powering down. Standing in their place was Jason Lee Scott and Kimberly Ann Hart. The two former Rangers smiled at their friends, both had been overjoyed to be called back into action, even if it was temporarily. Kim greeted everyone then went to sit by her boyfriends bed, giving him aproper greeting. Jason stood there, he had enjoyed getting one last chance at being a Ranger. A Red Ranger at that.
Kat looked at how happy Kim seemed to be as a Ranger. Kat thought about how she had felt that happy when she first became a Ranger. But lately, lately she had been wanting to find a way out. It was fun and all, but she wanted to do more with her life. This seemed to be her chance to do that too. "Kim, everyone," she said, gaining everyones attention. "I would like to make an announcement."
Zordon looked down at his Pink Ranger, he had a feeling he knew where this was going. He had felt that Kat was no longer happy as a Ranger, that she enjoyed it yes, but she wanted to do something else with her life. It was never his intention to keep the Rangers from fulfilling their dreams, he encouraged them to do so. He was always sad when one of them chose to leave, but he wanted them to continue on. There was more to life than being a Ranger, in a way he was proud that some of them decided to walk away, but he was overjoyed whenever one of them returned.
"I'm leaving. I want to pursue my dance career. So, I've decided to move to New York to go finish high school and go to college." Adam looked over at her, and he made up his mind as well. He had been accepted to a college in New York, one for stunt men.
"Me too," he added, flashing her a smile.
Kat looked at him and said "Adam, you can't give up being a Ranger just move across the country with me."
"I'm not. I mean, kinda, but I got accepted to a college over there. You just helped make up my mind. Besides, this way you won't be all alone."
Zordon looked down at his two Rangers, he was glad that they had both made up their minds and decided to pursue their interests. "You shall be missed," he said, smiling at them. "I am glad you both are pursuing your interests, there is more to life than being a Ranger. Though I am sad to see you go."
Kat smiled up at her mentor and said "I'll miss you too, Zordon. Being a Ranger was great, but after this last mission, I just couldn't stand it if someone made me evil again. I couldn't...I'm not sure if I'll be able to for-"
"Stop right there," Adam said, wraping his arm around her waste. "No one blames you, for anything. You did absolutely nothing wrong."
"First I tried to kill Kim by stealing her Power Coin-"
"You were under one of Rita's spells. They're powerful stuff, but you managed to break it," Kim interrupted. Kat wasn't her favorite person, the few times she'd come back to visit Tommy she'd seen the way Kat would at him, and her. She knew Kat wanted Tommy, but something in the recent weeks had changed that, sometime before Thanksgiving. But, like her or not, she didn't want Kat feeling bad for something she had no control over.
"And now I tried to kill Tommy through torture..."
"That wasn't your fault either. You were possessed," Tommy interjected.
"But the things I said..."
"Kat, demons lie. They say what they think will hurt someone the most, remember? Joh told us that when he explained about them last time," Adam said. He knew that was the demon talking back then, not Kat. It hurt to hear it coming out of Kat's mouth, yes. But he knew it wasn't her saying it.
Kat sighed, she knew it wasn't her that said those things, but she still couldn't help but feel guilty over it. After a few more minutes of trying to comfort Kat, Zordon said it was time to name their replacements and transfew the Power.
Adam walked up to Jason, handing him his Zeo shard and Zeonizers. "Jason, I want you to be my replacement for the team." Jason was overjoyed, sure it meant lying to Emily again, but now he wouldn't have the need to fill a void inside him. He nodded.
"Thank you, I really appreciate this." Adam nodded in response and patted his old friend on the shoulder.
Kat looked over at Kim and plastered a fake smile on her face as she said "And Kimberly, I want you to replace me." She really didn't want Kim to replace her, but she was here so why not?
Kim smiled back at her, fake as well as she said "Thank you, but I can't. Not until after the Pan Globals anyway. After that I'll be more than happy to return to the Power." Jason thought for a moment, Kat wanted to get rid of the Power now, and he needed to get something off of his chest. He asked the others if he could have a moment alone with Zordon, which they happily gave him. Jason told Zordon his plan, and Zordon agreed since it would only temporary. Jason called Billy back in and had him bring one more person into the Power Chamber.
Emily stood stunned for a second asking "Where am I?" as she took everything in. Eventually her eyes fell upon Jason and she asked in a breath"Is this your headquarters?" Jason looked at her curiously and she gathered herself as she continued. "Jason, what I wanted to talk to you about was that I know about you being a Power Ranger. I heard your friends talking to Ernie about it. He said he'd known since day one."
Jason gave her an apologetic smile as he said "Yeah, I was a Ranger..."
"So your not now?"
"No. I am," he quickly corrected "I wasn't, up until today. I just got called back into active duty. That's sorta why you're here too. We'd like for you to be a temporary Ranger, just until the Pan Globals are over."
"Me?" Emily squeaked, she'd never even thought of herself anywhere close to being a Ranger. Jason nodded and she said "Well, would I be fighting alongside you?"
He nodded again and said "And I promise nothing will happen to you. I'll be by your side in every battle. Which hopefully won't be many, our enemy, Lord Zedd, has been really quiet as of late."
She looked around again, the place looked really high tech. She thought this kind of place only existed in sci-fi movies, not in real life. "Who am I taking over for? And who is taking over for me?" she asked.
Jason called everyone back out there. Everyone was a little stunned to see Emily standing there, though they shouldn't be surprised. Jason hated having to lie to her, and this presented a great opportunity to fill her in. Zordon must have agreed to it, otherwise she wouldn't be standing here. Kim walked up to Emily and handed her the Pink Zeo shard and Zeonizers. "Am I filling in for you?" Emily asked, she'd met Kim once or twice, but didn't really know anything about her except that she was an olf friend of Jason's and Tommy's girlfriend.
"Kind of," Kim replied with a smile, she was happy that this is who was chosen. She didn't know a lot about Emily, other than the fact that Jason was crazy about her, but from what she had seen of her, she liked. "She's the one leaving," she motioned to Kat, who smiled in their direction. "She chose me to replace her, but I've got the Pan Globals coming up, so we just need you to fill in until I get back."
Emily nodded, she understood. At least for a while Jason wouldn't be running off in the middle of a date. She'd be running off with him, the htought of it was kind of exciting, but she hoped he was right and that this Zedd guy didn't attack too much. She wasn't much of a fighter, she could defend herself, but that was about it.
The Rangers continued the duscussion of the replacements, and Kat and Adam moving to New York over the weekend, realizing that they wouldn't see their friends for a while the group decided to go out and play volleyball on the beach, get cleaned up, and treat Kat and Adam to dinner.