Ranger Tales

Chapter 18: Psycho Fight

Disclaimer: Power Rangers belongs to Saban/Disney, Carri Hillard and all things relating to Carri, including Jessica McClintock, belong to KJ with many thanks. Azazel belongs to Eric Kripke. Gol and Marx belong to me. Much thanks to KJ for helping me with the ideas for the planet Geeta and the name of the chasm.

A/N: This story is set in an alternate universe where the Alien Rangers arc never happened, although the Alien Rangers do exist. 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. The episodes in which Billy went to Aquitar did not happen in this fic. In this fic, Tommy and Kim have not broken up. Timeline wise 1998 has begun.

As always reviews are appreciated.

It had been three months since Ashley returned hom safely, and Andros had finally, after seeing her and Zhane interact, confessed his love for her. The two had been joined at the hip ever since. The Astro's had been through a lot, they had been captured by Dark Specter and nearly killed. Though that was just a ploy by Astronema, who had been revealed to be Andros's long lost sister Karone. She had tried helping the Rangers, even became the honary purple Ranger. But Dark Specter hadn't wanted to give her up, he threatened to destroy Earth if they didn't reuturn her to him. In the end he captured her and had mechanical devices implanted in both her and Ecliptor. Ashley had also told Andros about their trip, and what had happened to her. He explained that it didn't matter as long as she was safe.

Now Andros was once again trying to save his sister, and trying to figure out how to beat the Psycho Rangers that she had sent out as well. Zordon's energy was quickly depleteing too. It seemed as though everything was just going downhill for them.

The Zeo's had contacted Billy on Aquitar about the slivers, and he explained that when they first retrieved the Zeo sub-crystals he had removed the tiny slivers in case something ever happened and they needed to restore the crystals power. He had hoped they never had to use them. It proved to beneficial for more than just Jason though, in the past three months Zedd had found a way to de-energize the zeo sub-crystals. Each of the Rangers had to use their slivers and destroy his device. Billy informed them though, that the slivers were not permanent powers. They had a limited amount of morphs, how many he wasn't sure. But they had to be careful.

The Zeo's agreed that they would only morph if it was necessary. Which against Zedd's goons, it usually wasn't. They found it odd that Rito hadn't shown himself as of late, but they shrugged it off as him being afraid. Goldar hadn't been any more of a challenge than usual, nor had Scorpina whenever she decided to show. The Zeo's hardly morphed for their fights anymore. They didn't want to risk morphing too much, then being powerless when the final confrontation took place.

Carri and Kim were walking through Angel Grove, Spring Break was coming to an end in a couple of days. The two girls were out shopping at the mall, they hadn't been there in a while so they figured why not? The two were walking and talking about their boyfriends when Kim bumped into a woman in a leather jacket. "Oh, sorry. I didn't see you."

The woman turned around, a yellow top beneath the leather jacket. "Maybe you should watch where your going, instead of flapping that oversized mouth of yours."

Carri stepped up, ready to defend her friend. That and she didn't like the woman just by her attitude. "Hey, she said she was sorry. So lay off."

The woman looked over at Carri and let out a chuckle. "How cute. Tell me, does your girlfriend fight all your battles for you?"

Kim started to open her mouth to say something, when out of nowhere Carri decked the woman right in her nose. She drew her hand back, shaking it and mouthing "ow". That womans face felt like it was made out of steel, not flesh. The woman grunted and in a yellow flash she became Psycho Yellow. "Well that's not good."

Kim made a face as her friend pointed out the obvious. From the way the Astro's talked these Psycho's weren't to be taken lightly. Morphing was a must. Satisfied that no one was around the two Zeo's morphed and engaged Psycho Yellow. "Another yellow Ranger? Well..." Psycho Yellow let her voice trail off as she thought abot how she could use this to her advantage. She could care less about the pink Ranger. Azazel had created her specifically for the purpose of annihilating the yellow. After that was taken of, then she'd go after the pinks.

She attacked the yellow Zeo with a flury of punches, sending her flying. As the Zeo flew through the air, she most at lightning speed and appeared behind her, kicking her in the back. But as she had her concetration on the yellow Zeo, she didn't notice when the pink Zeo attacked her from behind.

Kim continued to fire her pistol at the Psycho Ranger, keeping her away from Carri until she could pull herself to her feet. After Carri stood Kim jumped back next to her. "I think we may need to retreat for now. We don't know how to handle her, and the other Psycho's could show up at any minute." Carri nodded her head in agreement and the two teleported off just as Psycho Yellow leaped for them. She hit the ground and cursed. She couldn't believe they got away. She'd have to plan for them next time. This was, after all, a random encounter. She didn't even know they were Rangers until they morphed.

Azazel sat in Cold Oak, South Dakota. Two of his creations had already been destroyed, Psycho Blue and Psycho Pink. But it didn't really matter, three of them could drain Dark Specter's power effectively. The fool didn't even realize that the mechanical attachments he gave Astronema and Ecliptor were also weakening him little by little. Based on that alone he didn't see Dark Specter as a leader.

Azazel hadn't planned on it, but the purification of the Infernal Chasm had actually worked in his favor. It meant that after Dark Specter's energy was drained, he would have no way to re-energize himself. Azazel would then have Darkonda attack him, the alien bounty hunter was more than happy to oblige. The fool thought he would take out Astronema after killing Dark Specter and become the leader. Little did he know that Azazel planned on ending his last life right after he killed the two. From there it would be a simple matter of killing Zedd and that thing he called a wife, as well as Divatox. Then nothing would stand in the way of his Father's rising. Well, almost nothing. The Winchester's would eventually become a pain in his side, he knew that from his encounter with Dean when he was sent to the past.

The eldest Winchester had said that he was the one who killed him. Azazel didn't believe him though. But based on that little remark he could tell that they would be a thorn in his side. They were, after all, the true vessels of Michael and Lucifer.

He just had to hope that his remaining Psycho's, the very ones he gave to Astronema, would hold out long enough to effectively drain the Grand Monarch of Evil of his powers.

Once they were in the Power Chamber the girls contacted the other Zeo's, as well as the Astro's. The Zeo's to inform them that the Psycho's were onto them now, and the Astro's so they could help them out in the fight. A few minutes later nine streaks of color poured into the Power Chamber. The girls immediately filled them in on the little skirmish they had with with Psycho Yellow. The Astro's all sighed, they had hoped to keep the fight with the Psycho's isolated to just them. They didn't want to get the Zeo's dragged into the fight with Astronema, not while they were fighting Rita and Zedd anyway.

"So, how do we handle them?" Carri asked once they finished their explanation.

Andros looked over at her and said "Well first you don't fight your respective color. Switch it up, blue on red, red on black. That's the best way we've found to deal with them. And secondly, don't fight them alone. Always make sure your team, or part of your team, is with you. The Psycho's are tough. Extremely tough." The others nodded in response. They knew what he was saying, try and confuse the Psycho's. That was their best bet at victory.

"Just go on with your normal lives," Zhane said as he looked over at the Zeo's. He normally helped out the KO-35 rebels, but Andros had contacted him about the Psycho Rangers, and he agreed to come help. "If they attack, contact us and we'll help you." The Zeo's nodded in response and they all teleported back to what they doing before hand. Except for Kim and Carri, they headed back to the Hillard house. Psycho Yellow was possibly still lurking around the mall somewhere and they didn't feel ike dealing with her again just yet.

Jason and Emily were sitting in the Surf Center, discussing Emily moving to LA for college the next year, when two men entered. One wore a red shirt with a black leather jacket, while the other wore a black shirt with a black leather jacket. Jason watched as they walked over to Adell and asked if Andros or Carlos had been in that day. Jason assumed that these were Psycho Red and Psycho Black based on the description of Psycho Yellow's human form. It certainly didn't please them when Adell told she hadn't seen them. Those had to be the Psycho's, he was certain of it. "Emily," he whispered "get out of here. Those guys are after us." He put emphasis on the "us" so as to let her know that he meant Rangers. Emily nodded and quietly slipped away.

Jason stood, he was going to go face them alone, disobeying a direct order from Andros. He didn't care though, to him Andros was the newbie and he was the experienced Ranger. That didn't mean he didn't respect the Kaoan, he just thought he could at least handle one of them on his own. He was relieved when Rocky walked in, two on two should be an even fight. He approached the Psycho's and put his friendliest face on. "Hey guys, you know, I can take to Andros and Carlos if you'd like. It's no troube at all." The Psycho's looked at each other and nodded. As they were leaving Jason caught Rocky's attention and nodded towards the door. Rocky nodded in response and quietly followed them out.

One they were in a back alley Jason stopped and turned to the Psycho's. "Alright, here we are."

Psycho Red looked around. "I don't see Andros anywhere."

"Or Carlos." Psycho Black added.

Jason smiled and said "Well, I lied. It's morphin' time! Zeo Ranger IV, green!" In a green flash he stood as the green Zeo Ranger, and he heard Rocky morph from behind the Psycho's.

"We're not interested in green or blue Ranger. We want red and black." Psycho Red announced.

"Well, would it help if I said I was once a black Ranger?" Jason asked, then added "And that both of us used to be red?"

The Psycho's smiled and changed into the Psycho Ranger forms. "It just might," Psycho Black said as he charged Jason, and Psycho Red went after Rocky. Jason ducked out of the way and called for his Zeo power weapons. He struck Psycho Black with the blades and pushed him into the wall. It didn't take long for Psycho Black to counterattack and send Jason across the alley.

As Jason battled Psycho Black, Rocky fought Psycho Red. He cracked the Psycho's visor with his Zeo Laser Sword and kicked him into a dumpster. The two battled fiercely, but ultimately both Rangers went down against the Psycho's. Rocky was knocked unconscious, and Jason was struggling to stand. He managed to bring his communicator up to his mouth and call for back up. A few minutes later nine streaks of light entered the alley and Cassie grabbed Jason and Carri picked Rocky up and teleported them back to the Power Chamber and set them up to heal before returning to battle.

A few minutes after Carri and Cassie returned to the battle Psycho Yellow arrived on the scene and the Ranger split into three groups. Andros, Tommy, and T.J fought Psycho Red, Carri, Ashley, and Kim took on Psycho Yellow, and Carlos, Zhane, and Cassie battled Psycho Black. The odds were in the Rangers favor and they proved to be winning. The Psycho's were only prepared for six Rangers, not nine. As the Astro's grouped together and called for the Quadrablaster and the Spiral Saber Booster Mode, the Zeo's called on the Zeo Cannon and together they fired three huge blasts at the Psycho's, who retreated at the last second. Satisfied that they had won this battle the Rangers all returned to the Power Chamber.

The first thing the Zeo's did was check in on Jason and Rocky, who were nearly completely healed. The Astro's assured the Zeo's that the Psycho's would be back, but that they were their fight, not the Zeo's. Tommy understood that, but he told them not to hesitate to call them if they need help. The Astro's thanked them for the offer, but stated that they had a plan. Zhane revealed a special morpher that was to be destroyed after the Psycho's were finished. He called out the Astro phrase "let's rocket" and in a silver flash he was dressed as a silver Psycho Ranger. The Zeo's liked the idea, and wished the Astro's goodluck.

Up on the Dark Fortress Astronema was torturing her Psycho Rangers for going after the Zeo's. Their mission was clear, destroy the Astro Rangers. Leave the Zeo's for Zedd's forces. The Psycho's told her that it wouldn't happen again, that their full attention would be on the Astro's from now on. Astronema smiled, pleased with their answer.

She didn't care what Azazel ordered them to do, they were hers now and she was going to have them destroy the Astro's, not the Zeo's.

The next day the Zeo's were preparing to head back to LA. Classes started up again the next day. Jason and Emily were walking along the lake, as he already had his things ready to go. He smiled at her. She was so beautiful. He couldn't wait until she started college in LA next year. It seemed so far away, even though he knew he'd be spending Summer here with her.

Emily sighed, she didn't want this day to end. It was the beginning of April, and it wouln't be until June that she really got to spend time with Jason. Sure he would come by when he could between now and then, but it wouldn't be the same. Spending endless hours together, sitting out by the lake at night.

Jason heard her sigh and asked "Something wrong?"

Emily shook her head. "Just thinking."

"About?"

"How I don't want today to end." She leaned up and gave him a passionate kiss before he could respond. He knew what she meant, he didn't want it to end either. He wrapped his arms around her and returned her kiss, eventually falling to the ground. They pulled apart and sat there, staring out over the lake. His arm wrapped around her and her head nestled between his and his shoulder.