Disclaimer: Still don't own Power Rangers.

A/N: Updates are going to be getting a little scarce here, its finals week and then I'm going home, so I won't really be picking up until after New Years, but I'm trying to get to a good point here. Oh, PrettyDiva and Willowxxx, you two seriously rock. Thanks for the constant reviews.

It was Tuesday afternoon the next week, and school had just ended. The whole gang was at the youth center, like always, doing homework, sparring, and generally just enjoying life. Jason and Tommy were sparring on one of the floor mats like always, Zack was at the bar talking with Ernie, and the other four were sitting at the typical Ranger table, doing homework.

Kim was extremely frustrated. She had a big math test tomorrow, and she just didn't get how to work the problems. She was only friends with one other person in that class with her, and he was doing his usual thing when it came to tests: avoiding it entirely. She watched as the match ended, and seized that brief window of opportunity.

"Jason! Get over here and help me study!" Kim yelled across the youth center.

Jason and Tommy both turned to look at Kimberly, staring at Jason in particular with obvious annoyance. Jason hated to study, he always just winged it. Kim tried so hard to break him of that habit, but it never really worked. He had to think quick if he was going to get out of this one. "I would...but uh...me and Tommy are..." He looked around. No, they weren't sparring anymore. "Busy!" Jason caught Tommy completely off guard by throwing a random swing at him, and their match continued.

Kim groaned with frustration, while Billy just laughed and patted her on the back. "You'll be alright, Kimberly, it isn't all that hard."

Kim just put her hands on her head and sighed. "I hate math. I'm tired of math. I'm tired of studying. I want a break." With that, their communicators all sounded off. "Oh, that's nice."

The four of them got up and followed after Jason and Tommy, with Zack not far behind them. After checking to make sure everything was clear, Jason and Tommy both went to answer the communicators before making eye contact. Jason just laughed and lowered his wrist to let Tommy answer. This was going to take a lot more time.

Tommy had to laugh before answering, too. "We read you, Zordon."

"Rangers, report to the Command Center at once." Zordon's voice came back at them.

"On our way." Tommy answered, and the Rangers all teleported out in their respective colors, appearing in the Command Center near Alpha.

"Whoa, not sure when I'm going to get used to that." David said, blinking his eyes.

The other Rangers laughed as Zordon spoke up. "Rangers, Lord Zedd is at it again. Observe the viewing globe." David spun quickly, while the Rangers all turned casually, looking at the newest creation Zedd had. It was pretty much human shaped, but much taller and larger. It was almost completely black, and had two massive fangs coming from it's mouth. "This is the Demon Fang. It's fighting skills are quite formidable, and it has the ability to create weapons out of thin air. In addition, it has the ability to fire very powerful acid from its mouth. You must avoid the acid at all costs. Any questions, Rangers?"

David stared in shock. That thing looked dangerous, not to mention powerful. Could they handle it? "Uh, are you sure we can handle it?" He spoke without realizing it, causing the others to turn to him. "I mean, it looks really strong."

Jason just smiled. "There's only one way to find out, isn't there?" David frowned, he didn't like that outlook very much.

He suddenly jumped as Trini put her hand on his shoulder. "It'll be ok, David. It's your first battle. Things will be alright." She tried to comfort him, and he slowly nodded.

"Well, let's do this!" Zack said, starting hop up and down. He was ready to be on the move.

"Alright." Tommy said, stepping up to the front as all the Rangers reached for their morphers. "It's morphin' time!"

"Dragonzord!"

"Tigerzord!"

"Mastodon!"

"Pterodactyl!"

"Triceratops!"

"Saber Tooth Tiger!"

"Tyrannosaurus!"

The seven Rangers morphed and teleported out of the Command Center like always, heading to the battlefield.

They appeared on top of a skyscraper this time, facing off with Demon Fang and a horde of Putties. David watched as the team all drew their weapons before he pulled out the Dragon Dagger. He was watching the Demon Fang intently. Now that he was out of the Command Center and on the battlefield, he felt so much powerful. He wanted to fight and destroy this monster. He wanted to be the hero.

"Rangers! I've been expecting you!" Demon Fang let out a laugh as it held out it's hands, and a long, double bladed staff appeared in them. "Prepare to meet your end!" The monster opened it's mouth, releasing a blast of acid at the team. They were a little too quick, however, and all dodged in different directions with ease. Demon Fang grunted with obvious dissatisfaction, and leaped to another skyscraper roof.

The Rangers ran up to the edge, looking after the Demon Fang. They had to catch him, but they couldn't leave these putties here either, there were way too many of them. Tommy frowned and quickly began to calculate a battle plan in his head.

"Alright. Jason, Zack, and I will deal with the Demon Fang! The rest of you worry about these putties!" Tommy ordered quickly, but just as they were about to go their different ways, a voice spoke up from the group.

"What!? Why do I have to deal with the useless Putties!?" All heads turned to the Green Ranger, who was obviously upset with this plan. "I'm the Green Ranger! I should be going after the monster!"

You've got to be kidding me. Tommy didn't know what to say to this. No one did. There had never been any competition among the ranks before. There was no point in it, they all knew they were important...right?

"David, it's your first fight. Just deal with the putties." Tommy said as soothingly as he could.

"No! The Green Ranger doesn't just fight Putties! You think I know nothing?! You always went for the big monsters and that's what I'm going to do, too!" David protested, stomping his foot on the ground.

"David! We don't have time for this!" Tommy eyed the Putties, they were watching, almost with amusement, but the Demon Fang had moved over another skyscraper. He was going to get away.

"Then leave the Black Ranger here and let's g-" David never finished that sentence. The scariest voice he had ever heard cut him off.

"Listen to me, WORM!" All heads spun to the Red Ranger. They didn't even need to see his face to know how furious he was. The last person to be addressed in that way by Jason had been a drunk football player trying to get a little too close to Kimberly a year ago. "You're going over there and you're going to fight those putties, right now! You think you're better than Zack or something? You're not! If I were in charge, I'd send your worthless ass back to the Command Center to watch and see how real Power Rangers act in battle!" Tommy had to admit that sounded pretty good, but he needed all the manpower he could get here.

David was speechless for a minute before he pulled himself together. "Well, why aren't you in charge then? You seem to be a whole lot better than Tommy here!"

"Shut up!" Jason replied in the most powerful voice he could muster. He didn't know David that well, still, so Jason hadn't had much of an opinion about him. He did now, though, and it sure wasn't a good one. "You don't know anything! Now get over there, fight those putties. Trini's in charge without the three of us, and I swear if you give her any trouble..."

"OK, alright, Jason!" Tommy stepped back in. There wasn't time for this. They knew Zedd was up there loving every minute of this, and Demon Fang was still moving on. "Jason, Zack. Let's go! The rest of you, meet up as soon as possible!"

The whole team nodded and ran off their separate ways, David watching the three take off after the real threat in silence before joining in the battle with the putties. It's not right...

The White, Red, and Black Rangers finally caught up with Demon Fang, who immediately turned to acknowledge their arrival with an amused laugh.

"I hope everything is alright between your team." The monster mocked, spinning it's staff around.

"Oh, shut up!" Tommy was too frustrated to argue with monsters. He really just wanted to attack this thing. He held his sword ready, and Jason did the same to his right, while to his left he saw Zack ready his battle ax.

Demon fang made the first move by charging straight at three of them, more particularly at Tommy, who was in the center of the group. Jason and Zack rolled to the side as the monster swung it's staff, the attack hitting Tommy square in the chest and launching him backwards. The monster quickly turning and blocked two sword slashes from the Red Ranger before sending a hard kick into his stomach, launching him away as well. It finally turned to the Black Ranger, blocking one slash of the ax before pushing back hard, throwing Zack away.

Zack was on his feet in no time, turning his ax around and pulling on the slide to convert it to it's cannon mode. He released a fully powered blast into the Demon Fang, who was blown backwards. Demon fang quickly rolled it's feet near Jason, who managed to get in a good slash before being thrown forwards. The monster wasted no time, and shot a stream of acid at the downed Red Ranger, hitting him head on.

Jason screamed in pain as the acid covered him, it wasn't tearing through his suit, luckily, but he felt like it was digging into his skin, and he couldn't even move from the pain. Just as he looked up to see the monster getting near him, the White Ranger came out of no where, throwing a jump kick that launched the monster backwards, causing him to stumble and fall over the edge just as the rest of the Power Rangers arrived.

"What happened!?" Billy yelled, looking towards the edge.

"It got Jason with it's acid, guys!" They turned to see Zack kneeling next to the fallen Red Ranger.

"Jason!" Kimberly called out as the other Rangers crowded around him, they could see the acid still on his suit, but couldn't think off what to do about it.

Suddenly Tommy had an idea, it had worked before, so why not now? "David! Give Jason your shield!"

"What!?" David yelled in surprise. Why the hell would he do that?

"The Green Ranger's shield can heal his wounds, but you have to hurry!" Tommy explained, praying David would just listen to him. He didn't need his lip, not with Jason down and unable to shut him up again.

"But..." David started, only to be cut off again.

"David, Jason could die!" Kimberly pleaded with him, and David finally nodded, and put his hand on Jason's chest, causing the shield to transfer to the Red Ranger, and they could see the acid begin to fade right away.

"Oh, thank..." Trini was interrupted by the sight of a now enlarged Demon Fang rising above the buildings.

Tommy shook his head. "You guys know what to do! David, stay with Jason until he's on his feet again!"

David slowly nodded as the other four held their hands up. "We need Thunderzord power, now!"

"Mastodon Lion Thunderzord Power!"

"Pterodactyl Firebird Thunderzord Power!"

"Triceratops Unicorn Thunderzord Power!"

"Saber Tooth Tiger Griffin Thunderzord Power!"

"I need Tigerzord power, now!"

The five Rangers quickly leaped to their Zords, forming into the Mega Tigerzord without any delay. The Demon Fang immediately charged at the Megazord, swinging it's staff at it with all the power it had. The Megazord held up it's right hand, blocking the staff with the Firebird attachment, and threw a left hook with its other hand, knocking the monster away. The monster then stabbed forwards with it's staff, catching the Megazord right in the chest, sending it stumbling away. While it was still falling back, Demon Fang took another swing, this time catching it upside the head, throwing all the Rangers inside out of their seats from the direct impact.

David was watching in awe. He had never seen anything like it before. Suddenly, he felt a hand grip his shoulder, and his shield suddenly transferred back to him. David spun to see Jason on his feet.

"Come on, man! Get the Dragonzord out here! They need out help!" Jason told him, not sounding anywhere near as mad as before, but still slightly frustrated, before David could say anything though, Jason was calling forth his own Zord. "Tyrannosaurus Red Dragon Thunderzord Power!"

David quickly held the Dragon Dagger up and began playing it as Jason landed in his Zord and set up the battle mode. The result was both Zords joining the battle at about the same time.

As the Rangers got back in their seats, Tommy just grinned. "About time you guys!"

"We thought we'd get you good and scared before we decided to come to the rescue." Jason jokingly replied over the radio, not a trace of his anger from before apparent in his voice anymore. That didn't really surprise anyone, though. Jason and Tommy were notorious for their change in behavior once they got in the Zords. Zack and Billy seemed to suffer from the same thing as well. Kimberly and Trini had chalked it up to little boys with big toys a long time ago.

"Well, let's see what three of these can do, huh?" Tommy asked as he grabbed his controls once more.

"Here we go!" Jason yelled, and charged the Red Dragon forwards.

As the Red Dragon passed, it slammed it's staff into the Demon Fang. Before the Demon Fang could even realize what had happened, the Dragonzord slammed it's tail into the monster, throwing it backward and into the Mega Tigerzord's arms. The Mega Tigerzord lifted up the monster, and threw it straight at the Red Dragon. Jason was ready, and made the Zord swing it's staff almost baseball style. The monster roared in agony at the impact as it hit the ground between the three, and the Mega Tigerzord raised it's arm, releasing the Firebird, which slashed right through the monster before returning and reattaching itself, and the monster just fell, screaming in pain as it exploded.

"Nice work, everyone." Tommy called out. He still didn't really have a saying of his own yet, so he figured he would borrow Jason's once more, since it was so basic anyway. "Let's disengage the Zords and head back to the Command Center."

"You got it." Jason responded as he powered down the Red Dragon and sent it back to it's hiding spot, teleporting out. The other Rangers detached the Megazord and did pretty much the same thing.

David stood on the building's edge, listening to Jason and Tommy's banter over the communicator on his wrist, but stayed silent. He just kept a firm grip on the Dragon Dagger as he returned the Dragonzord to the sea, teleporting out last.

A/N: A little taste of David's true colors here, but it's far from over. Next time, some of the team's reactions and more! Please review!