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DISLAIMER

Power Rangers Belongs to Haim Saban, Fox Kids, and Disney. I only own the plot and characters you don't recognize.

While all of this was going on, on the Dark Fortress, Astronema was devising away to combat the Rangers.

"Ecliptor," she called.

"Yes, Princess?" he asked.

"Now that the Psychos have been destroyed and much of Dark Specter's energy has been drained, the time to strike is now. Find me a monster. A nasty one," she ordered.

"As you wish, Princess," he agreed. She grinned evilly. Soon the world would be hers. Just then, the screen turned on to reveal Dark Specter. Astronema immediately stood at attention.

"I await your command, Dark Specter," she said respectfully.

"Astronema, I have just gotten word that an ex-Ranger is being held captive on Horath by Lord Magnus," Dark Specter told her.

"What is it that you wish me to do, Dark Specter?" Astronema questioned.

"Convince Lord Magnus to sell the human to me. He is one of Zordon's chosen and I want to destroy the human in front of him," Dark Specter answered.

"As you wish, Dark Specter. It will be done," Astronema agreed. The evil overlord's image disappeared from the screen. "So…one of the first Rangers is trapped on Horath is he? Well, I'll just have to make sure that I have him instead of Dark Specter!"

"What is your command, Princess?"

"Head for Horath. We're getting us a Ranger." Ecliptor did as he was told. On Horath, Jason was in his cell, leaning against the wall. Magnus' words played in Jason's head over and over. Was it true? Was Zordon really close to dying? No! It's not true. I can't think like that, he reminded himself. Magnus was just trying to scare him…make him lose hope. He just had to hold on. The Rangers would come. Ashley wouldn't leave him. He sighed and laid his head against the wall. Man, it's just like when Kim and I got kidnapped by Divatox, he thought to himself. But at least it was just him this time. He closed his eyes. Jason was studying in the living room when he heard the sound of the front door being kicked open and he immediately jumped into a defensive stance. Strange creatures surrounded him.

"Man, why is it always me?" he muttered. Then, he blocked an attack and was soon fighting furiously, moving through the house. In the melee, several pieces of furniture was knocked down and demolished. A blast coming from seemingly out of nowhere knocked him on his back. Before he could get his bearings a foot came down on his chest and the ex-Ranger found himself looking into the yellow eyes of a dark red creature. Jason struggled under the weight and started to raise his wrist to speak into his communicator. However, the creature yanked the device off of his wrist and flung it into another room. Then, they disappeared. Footsteps broke Jason out of his memories and he tensed. Now who is it? he wondered. He got the answer to his silent question when one of Magnus' generals, Travox---a creature with silver skin and dark claws---walked up. With a nod of his head, he made the bars disappear. Jason rose to his feet and shrank against the wall as the monster walked in. Travox grinned. He knew the human feared him. He approached and grabbed Jason by the throat and lifted him up.

"Magnus will kill you if you kill me," he rasped.

"I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to hurt you," Travox sneered. Jason gasped as he felt the monster's claws pressing against his throat. Then, everything went black.