Chapter Two

Zack, Jason and Tommy fall.

Their bodies limp.

They burn through the atmosphere along with the debris of the battle cruiser.

Armor melts as they begin to lose their powers.

Thermosphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and troposphere.

They descend through the clouds.

The thunderstorm has gone.

The heros are greeted by a warm sun and a colorful rainbow.

Soft air glides through their hair.

Graceful raindrops run down their faces.

They have lost their suits completely now.

And plunge into the unwelcoming asphalt.

The impact should shatter their bones.

But it doesn't, instead; the tiny bit of strength still left in them expires with a short burst of shielding energy.

Although, critically injured already; their landing does not harm them any further.

The sun's rays shine upon them.

A gasp.

A breath.

A life.

The eye of the storm.

Billy and Trini crash their dreadfully damaged Zords.

They eject before impact and drift down in parachutes.

Billy:"Are you okay?"

Trini:"I'll live. We've gotta teleport to the Command Center."

Billy:"We don't have any powers."

Trini:"What about the others?"

Billy:"I'm not sure they made it."

Trini:"If that's the case; we gotta get to the Command Center."

Billy:"I'll hot-wire that jeep over there and we'll go to the coordinates."

Trini:"Ahh! My leg."

Her knee is dislocated and hamstring has been torn.

Trini:"I can't walk."

Billy:"I'll pull the car over here."

Jason's eyes open.

The sun is so bright.

But so beautiful.

He struggles to his side.

The protection of his stims are gone, as are his powers.

His pain is excruciating.

Jason coughs up a fair amount of blood.

He is in the process of dying.

Zack is on his feet.

Zack:"Are you alive?"

Jason:"No."

Zack:"Tommy?"

He still has Jason's sword impaled in him.

Zack:"I'm going to remove the blade."

Tommy:"No."

Zack:"It'll kill you."

Tommy:"No. Leave it."

Jason:"We've gotta get to the Command Center."

Zack:"Tommy won't make it."

Jason:"Leave him."

Zack:"The code."

Jason:"There is no code. Not anymore."

Tommy:"Go without me. I deserve to die. I know what Zedd made me do."

Zack:"No. Your a good person."

Jason crawls in the direction of a car across the street.

Zack:"Hey, calm down."

Zack uses the rest of his might to carry Jason to the car then go back and carry Tommy.

They head to the Command Center in the hot-wired sedan.

Zack drives.

Billy is driving through what's left of Angel Grove.

//log.on/blue/billy/03/ The place reminds me of what hell ought to look like; rubble everywhere, there isn't a solid structure for miles. The place appears to have been bombed continuously for months on end; but the war has only been going for a few hours now. I'm surrounded by all kinds of death, I roll over corpses. The smell of rotting flesh burns my nostrils. I'm glad Trini is asleep. Doesn't have to see this. I wish I was asleep. I wish I didn't have to see this. But I am. So that means I have to accept that most of the human race is gone. But not everyone. There is still hope. As long as I can get to Zordon and get back my powers. Heal her. There is still hope. I'm still a Power Ranger. 5. Never cease to uphold the values. I will never stop. Till I die. Hold on humanity. I swear I will save you. /log.off/blue/billy/03/

Zack arrives at the coordinates.

He steps out of the car and runs over to a hatch.

Zack:"Thank you Zordon."

He climbs down.

//log.on/black/Zack/04/ As I climb in, I come to grips with the truth. This place is a tomb. Whatever happened, nothing could have survived. Not even Zordon. But he surprises me. The old man is still breathing. Barely. But breathing nonetheless. /log.off/black/Zack/04/

Zordon is pinned by a pillar.

He battles just to speak:"Infirmary is intact. Use it. Go to (321,457) (529,124), moon. Reserves. Use it. New power. Take the fight to Zedd. Save Eltar. Save Eltar."

Zordon dies.

Zack sheds a tear and runs up for Jason and Tommy.

As he opens the car door.

Jason:"He went into shock. Take him first."

Zack:"Okay. I'll be right back."

Billy pulls up to the sedan that contains Jason's body.

He grabs Trini and runs over.

Billy:"Are you alone?"

Jason:"No. Zack. Tommy."

Billy:"Hold on."

He climbs down with Trini.

As Zack puts Tommy into a med. tank Billy runs in.

Billy:"Her leg."

Zack:"Jason needs a tank. Use that."

Billy grabs a machine shaped like a leg and attaches it to Trini.

Zack:"Stay here with them, I'll get Jason."

He runs up.

When Zack arrives at the car Jason is in shock.

Zack:"Don't die on me!"

He races him into a med. tank.

Hours pass.

Trini slips in and out of nightmares and reality.

//log.on/yellow/trini/02/ Pain. Flashes. Blood everywhere. Screams. They need my help. I can't move. Glued to the floor. Pain. They howl. Why can't I move. What happening to them. I see black. I hear shrieks. Where am I? Pain. /log.off/yellow/trini/02/

Billy:"Wake up."

Trini sees a blur.

Billy:"Wake up."

She suddenly wakes from her nightmare.

Cold sweat drips down her face.

Billy:"Are you alright?"

Trini:"Yea. How are they doing?"

Billy:"They'll make it."

Trini:"Can I walk?"

Billy:"Yes. Your fine. Healed nicely."

Zack:"Hey, Zordon spoke to me. Before he died."

Billy:"What did he say?"

Zack:"Told me about a moon. With reserves. Powers. There's still hope. With his last breath he told me to save Eltar."

Trini:"We've got to get those powers."

Billy:"We've got to stop Zedd."

Zack:"We also have to deal with Tommy."

Trini:"What's he doing here?"

Zack:"He's the green ranger, was."

Billy:"Are you mad. He'll kill us."

Zack:"He's not evil. Zedd possessed him. He didn't have a choice."

Trini:"He tired to kill me."

Zack:"The green ranger, tried to kill you. Tommy is a good man."

Billy:"We'll see. When he wakes up. We'll see.

Hours pass.

Rangers heal.

Jason:"I'm going to that moon. Tommy is coming with me. I am going to kill Zedd myself. His head will fall, and his body with it, and when this happens I will have done my duty. I will have saved Eltar. All of the universe will know that the Power Rangers have returned. We will retake the empire. Zordon will have his revenge! I will Have my revenge! And I will not allow myself to die until that is accomplished! Who stands with me? Who stands with me?"

Zack:"I said it before I'll say it again. I am your brother, till death. And as your brother I cannot let you go off to war, unless I am right there beside you. Killing every last fucking one of them! Together we fight! Together we die!"

Billy:"I am a Power Ranger as much as any of you are, therefore this is my fight as much as yours.

Trini:"Do you even have to ask! We are rangers! To the very end. And this is the end."

Jason:"Wake up Tommy. It's time we showed the people of Eltar; the people of this fucking universe! The Power Rangers will never stop! Ever!"

Using what is left of the Command Center's power supply; the five rangers teleport to the moon.

Location: Zordon's Reserve Power Chamber, On a Desolate Moon.

The rangers approach an enormous citadel.

As they look upon the immense structure; the great doors open.

Jason:"In and out."

The warriors cross the threshold into the blackness.

Massive fluorescent lights pound unforgiving luminosity throughout the chamber.

It's a room larger than a stadium.

Empty.

Billy:"Over here."

He has located an elevator.

They descend deep within the moon.

The compartment door opens automatically revealing a Zord bay.

Six pristine machines await their pilots.

Jason:"This will do."

As the rangers enter the hanger and approach their soon to be Zords, receptacles filled with a certain pill surface from specialized ducts.

The silence is broken by the reanimation of electronics and pistons.

The Zords come to life.

They ingest their pills.

A surge of almighty power ignites them, once again.

Cells fuse with cybernetic armor, once again.

And the Power Rangers are born, once again.

Jason whispers:"Yes."

Trini:"Are you ready?"

They teleport inside the new Zords.

Tommy runs his hand along the controls.

This is his first time in a Zord.

And it will be his last last.

Five mighty engines ignite.

The sound of fuel combusting fills the room.

System controls activate.

Pilot monitors are activated.

Weapons are loaded.

/com-transmission/jason-rangers/"Take it all. We'll need every piece of ammunition we can get."/com-transmission/jason-rangers/

/com-transmission/tommy-jason/"I just want you to know, I care. I want to be here. I want to fight. Even though I'm not really one of you, this is my fight too."/com-transmission/tommy-jason/

/com-transmission/jason-tommy/"I don't care why your here. I don't care why you fight. Just promise me you won't die until I've reached the palace doors."/com-transmission/jason-tommy/

/com-transmission/tommy-jason/"Your not human."/com-transmission/tommy-jason/

/com-transmission/jason-tommy/"I don't have to be."/com-transmission/jason-tommy/

Jason sheds a tear.

He knows he's lost every bit of compassion that he once had.

He knows what he has become.

And he embraces this beast.

He must if he is to have his vengeance.

//log.on/red/jason/01/ I don't have to be. /log.off/red/jason/01/

/com-transmission/trini-rangers/"Start burn."/com-transmission/trini-rangers/

The hanger bay doors slide open.

/com-transmission/trini-billy/"Promise me you won't die. Promise me we'll make it out of this alive, together. I can't live without you. Your all I have left and all I'll ever need."/com-transmission/trini-billy/

/com-transmission/billy-trini/"You know I can't promise you that. I can only tell you I feel the same."/com-transmission/billy-trini/

/com-transmission/jason-rangers/"Whatever piece of humanity you still have left in you; I recommend forgetting it was ever there. Forget you were even human. Because where we're going. You'll need every ounce of brutality you can muster. I'm not asking you to fight with me! I'm asking you to die with me! When I leave this hanger I'm injecting the lot of battle stimulants directly into my veins. I'm going to die today! And so will Zedd!"/com-transmission/jason-rangers/

Jason powers his thrusters and bolts out of the hanger.

A massive dose of fire explodes into pure violence.

He wasn't lying about the stims.

Jason teleports.

Tommy and Zack follow.

/com-transmission/billy-trini/"I love you."/com-transmission/billy-trini/

/com-transmission/trini-billy/"I'm going to fight for our love, but I'm not going to fight with it."/com-transmission/trini-billy/

The two teleport to Eltar.

Leaving themselves behind.

What has teleported to Eltar wasn't Trini and Billy.

It was the yellow and blue rangers.

And nothing else.