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Episode 29- The Arrival of Secrets

"Zordon they have arrived, shall I transfer them to the command center" Alpha asked excitedly.

Zordon looked at the robot who was absolutely twittering in excitement.

"Not yet the time Alpha, they will need to rest some before we bestow this burden on them"

Alpha even for a robot look a little disappointed "Yes Zordon...But soon?"

"Yes Alpha. Very soon"

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Adam once again knocked Tommy on the mat again, for the fourth time again today.

He crouched and leaned very close to Tommy's face.

"Little of your game today aren't ya?"

Tommy scowled at Adam but accepted his hand as he got up.

" I'm not feeling so hot today " he said dusting himself off.

"Not by their standards" Adam said pointing to a group of girls continuely staring at the two dreamily.

Tommy spared a glance that way then looked back at his friend.

"I think they are staring at you" he said grinning slightly.

Adam lightly punched his friend in the shoulder.

"I did over-hear them saying how hot Tommy Oliver was" he said in a high pitched girly voice.

This Tommy punched Adam slightly harder in the shoulder making his friend give him his puppy dog look and fluttering his eyes.

"Oh you look like you have been praticing that one in the mirror" Tommy said laughing.

"Shut up Tommy"

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"Welcome to Angel Grove, please careful on the steps and have a wonderful day" a voice sang out through the bus PA speakers.

Six teenagers departed the bus looking rather in awe at the sight of Angel Grove; all but one knew where the Angel Grove baggage lounge was. He had to follow closely behind the one in red to make sure he didn't lose his duffel, he always manage to do that.

The six looked through the mess of duffels, bags, and suitcases to find their own.

"I swear this city gets more crowded every year" the one in blue commented pulling up his duffel under his female companions and handing it to her.

"But you guys were right" the white one said "This city is pretty amazing"

The other five shared a warm smile.

Yes, it was.

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"You guys look like all your dogs just got shot" Ernie commented to Adam and Tommy who had later retired to a corner table by a window.

Tommy gave Ernie a small smile

"Nah, we are just pretty tired from practicing, we have an upcoming martial arts competition"

This was in actuality a lie, true they did have a competition, but they had been discussing Lord Zedd before Ernie came with their drinks and he didn't think Ernie would understand about their after school activities. So they took a look that could accompany someone mourning a death when they saw Ernie approaching.

Ernie returned his smile with a much bigger one

"Oh yes, I hope you guys win against Myrtle High, I hear they are pretty tough to take down"

This time Adam answered

"Ha, tough for other schools than Angel Grove, we can beat anyone"

Even to himself Adam sounded sure of himself and cocky.

Ernie just let out a jumble of laughs, clapping Adam on the back.

"Now Adam, that's what I'm talking about".

Adam smiled to himself to rather proudly.

"Oh, yea "Ernie said taking shakes off his tray "Your drinks" giving them to Adam and Tommy, who accepted gratefully.

Ernie put the tray under his left arm; he started to turn away from them, but turned back looking excited for some reason.

"I forgot to tell you two something!"

Adam and Tommy shared a look and then looked to an excited Ernie.

"What?" Tommy asked.

Ernie let out a small chuckle

"I can't believe I forget to tell you guys…you guys are getting six new students soon"

Adam and Tommy looked taken back.

"Six?" Adam said eyes big.

"Yep, six new" he said "I heard the principal talking about it yesterday when I went to pick up the dance schedules"

As Ernie departed from the table Adam leaned close to Tommy

"Six new students huh? Kind of weird"

Tommy nodded in agreement as Rocky approached their table, looking a little disheveled.

Adam looked at him amusedly "What happened to you?"

Rocky sat down in exhaustion.

"Tanya and Kat"

Tommy cocked his head "Yea...what about them?"

"They absolutely harassed me to come down here, all the way from the park, to tell you guys to meet them there after they are done with the Day Care Program"

Adam quirked his eyebrow

"Probably want us to come shopping with them or something"

Rocky ran a hand through his hair

"Oh man, that is what they probably want……I enjoyed it better when Kimberly wanted us to shop, at least she made it fun"

Rocky didn't realize what he said until after he said it. Adam through him a "what the heck are you thinking?" look but Tommy said...

"Yea, I remember when Aisha and Billy came out with their new makeovers"

Adam and Rocky shared a look of pure shock.

"Uh, yea Aisha looked good, but pink was not Billy's color" Rocky said tentatively smiling at the memory.

Adam and Tommy laughed

"Yea" Adam said "He should stick to blue……speaking of Billy by the way" he said as an afterthought "have you heard from him lately?"

Rocky and Tommy both shook their heads.

It was weird, they at least got a letter every week from Billy, telling them how Fermount was going and how he was showing off for all the brainac chicks. But nobody had from him in at least 5 weeks. This was not at all like Billy Cranston.

Rocky broke the silence

"Well, we can't dote on it; he is probably just busying working for NASA or something nerdy like that"

Tommy sure hoped Rocky was right.

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" Zordon they are ready" Dulicea said as she laid out the six power coins.

Zordon nodded to Alpha

"Transfer them into the command center Alpha"

The robot clapped his hands together

"Ayi Ayi Ayi right away Zordon"

He pushed a blue button and six streaks of colors landed infront of Zordon.

Alpha positively went giddy from excitement staring at the six teenagers who appeared.

"Ayi Ayi Ayi !"

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Katherine spotted the three guys coming from the walkway first; she waved them down to make sure they saw her and Tanya at the picnic tables.

" You guys are late" she said as they approached them.

Adam rolled his eyes as he took a seat on the dusty picnic table.

"Sorry for the inconvenience Kat, we feel ever so bad"

Sarcasm dripped from the comment, which Katherine chose to ignore.

"Anyways" she continued " I haven't seen much action today so why don't we all just spend a day at the beach or something?"

The three guys shared a quiet look, one thing that was never really their style was spending a day on the beach. They did when Aisha and Kimberly were around because they didn't spend all day tanning and claiming the water was too cold. However Tanya and Katherine had become masters at that.

"Well…" Rocky began "I'm sure Lord Zedd isn't spending a day at the beach, so I don't think it's a good idea to put our guards down"

Katherine looked to Tommy as if saying "Tell him to shut his mouth and go to the beach", but Tommy remained mute.

Anger flashed in Katherine's eyes, but she looked to Adam, who just smiled and shook his head.

"Ok" she said tersely "What do you guys recommend we do then?"

However Katherine's question was answered as their communicators went off.

Tommy brought his up to his mouth

"Alpha this is Tommy, come in"

However it was Zordon's voice that answered him.

"Tommy you and the other Rangers need to report to the Command Center, we have much to discuss"

The rangers shared a confused looked but they were gone in two seconds leaving a mist of colors behind.

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"Alpha, the Rangers are on their way, is everything in order?"

The robot looked to Zordon

"Yes Zordon"

Five bright streaks of light landed right behind Alpha, revealing to be Tommy, Katherine, Rocky, Adam and Tanya all looking slightly confused.

"Zordon..." Tommy began but he cut him off

"There is only a little time and we have much to dicuss, your concerns and questions will be answered at a later time."

Tommy immediately went quiet.

Zordon looked down at his rangers and started to speak

" There is a great power Lord Zedd has acquired, and it cannot be stopped with just five rangers, although extremely talented, you are no match for what he has in store."

He let that sink in and continued swiftly

" You five will need help with this battle, Lord Zedd has many monsters, many of whom you have met and defeated, but it was only one or two, this time it may be hundreds"

Alpha pitched in " And with his new power, his monsters are bound to be 10x stronger"

Zordon nodded to Alpha " Alpha is right, not only will he have many but they will be extremely powerful"

Adam looked positively bemused "But Zordon …" he was also cut off.

"You will have help Adam, expert help, do not worry"

Katherine looked skeptical

"Who would help us battle over powerful monsters of the most notorious villain?"

Zordon cast his eyes down upon Katherine but did not say a word

Instead a new voice rang out..

"That's where I will come in"

The rangers all turned around to see a woman in a long flowing blue robe.

"Dulciea" Adam, Rocky and Tommy said together.

Dulciea gave the three teenagers a warm smile as she approached closer.

" We meet again Rangers"

Tanya and Katherine looked confused at her and the guys

"You know her?" Tanya asked.

"Yea...long story" Adam said not looking at her, eyes still on Dulciea.

Dulciea approached even closer, to get a better view of the five standing before her.

She spoke softly

" Rangers, before you had this great power, there were others who also wielded it, your friends who have moved on from it, yet, they feel the same dark power coming as you do"

Dulceia looked as Zordon and then back to the Rangers

"As Zordon says, once a ranger, always a ranger"

The five stared at her, eyes huge and mouths silent

She continued

"These six have demonstrated outstanding abilities as a ranger and proved to be great warriors, which is why…………….."

The rangers looked shocked at her

"They will be accompanying you to defeat this dark power"

Almost as on queue, five bright flashes of light appeared and then disappeared revealing five teenagers.

Jason, Zack, Aisha, Billy and a stranger stepped into the light.

"Hello guys" Jason said smiling.