Disclaimer: Still don't own Power Rangers.

A/N: Well, I guess the last chapter wasn't all that pointless after all, haha. Thanks so much for the insightful reviews, yall. Means a lot to me. So, here's the next chapter!

Jason opened his eyes slowly, trying to figure out just where he was. His head was killing him. Last night had been a big mistake. He couldn't believe he'd gotten so carried away. Looking around, he was a little bit surprised that he wasn't lying in some random front yard. Instead...he recognized this house. Then it hit him. This was Kimberly's house. He instantly tried to leap to his feet, but that crushing headache put him right back on the couch. Still adjusting his eyes to the light, he noticed Kimberly walking in from the kitchen.

"Kim...?" Jason slowly asked as she sat down in a reclining chair, crossing her arms.

"Way to go, Jason," she said, not hiding the disappointment in her voice. "Now you can call us Firebird and Free Bird."

"What, did I serenade you or something?" Jason asked, and she gave a shrug. He shook his head, that didn't matter. He tried once again to stand up, but again found himself back on the couch. "I'm...sorry."

"You promised," she said, and Jason suddenly noticed how obvious it was that she had been crying all morning.

Hangover be damned, he got up and off that couch, moving over to her as fast as he could. He squeezed into the chair with her, putting his arm around her.

"I know. I did. I'm sorry," Jason said, really unsure how to answer. He remembered the promise he had made in the youth center, that he wouldn't let anything happen to himself. And he had. He had really let her, and the team, down.

"I don't think I've ever felt so lost," she said, closing her eyes as she felt the tears welling up again. "Thank God for Zack and Billy."

"I just agreed to stop by," Jason said, shaking his head. "It got way out of hand."

"I noticed," Kim commented dryly, not making eye contact with him.

"Never again, I promise," Jason said, and she finally turned and looked at him, noticing he was reaching behind himself, feeling around the back of his belt.

"Looking for this?" Kimberly asked, pulling out his morpher.

"Aw, no," Jason said, hating himself even more. "What happened?"

"You said you were done with the Power Rangers. That it was taking away our lives," Kimberly said, choking back a few more sobs.

"Even if I really thought it was, Kim," Jason said, pulling his morpher from her hands. "I would still go on. Because I'll sacrifice my life so everyone can live theirs."

"I don't think we've ever faced something that's devastated us this badly," Kimberly said, while trembling a little bit.

"We're going to get him, Kim," Jason said, tightening his grip on her shoulder. "We're going to get him and end this whole mess. "

"I hope so..." Kimberly trailed off, looking out a window at her backyard. Jason looked outside too, struggling with his killer hangover still.

"So," he finally said, breaking the silence. "I sang Free Bird?"

"Just the last lines," Kimberly commented, a small smile forming on her face. "The rest was you trying to do the solo."

Jason winced. He really had made an idiot of himself.

"Why don't you get some more rest?" Kimberly suggested. "I'll go make you something to eat."

"That sounds good. Thanks, Kim," Jason said, smiling at her. Right after he spoke, though, their communicators went off. With a groan he answered. "Jason, here."

"Jason," Zordon spoke through the communicator. "Zack and Billy are already here. Report to the Command Center at once. We have a breakthrough."

"On our way," Jason said, as he and Kim stood up, and quickly teleported away.

Jason never realized how damn bright the Command Center was. As soon as he arrived he gripped his head in pain.

"Rise and shine, big guy," Zack said, smacking him in the back of the head. Jason winced in pain, but shrugged it off. He deserved that one.

"Rangers," Zordon said. Jason never noticed just how damn loud Zordon was either, and flinched a little bit when he spoke. "We have located Trini. She is being held inside Zedd's castle, deep in the dungeon underneath it."

"How can we get to her?" Billy asked, stepping forwards.

"We will have to teleport you straight into the castle, where you will have to find her and rescue her, then escape," Zordon explained, and they all nodded. "Unfortunately, we have two other problems. Observe."

They all turned to the viewing globe, another object Jason found obnoxiously bright today. First it showed the Angel Grove junkyard, where Goldar, Scorpina, several putties, and a strange monster with shovels for arms were all hard at work digging.

"What are they doing?" Kimberly asked, leaning towards the screen a little bit.

"We don't know, and although it is certainly no good, they are not the main problem right now," Zordon said as the screen switched to downtown Angel Grove, where the Dragonzord was on another rampage.

"Eight o'clock on a Saturday morning," Jason said, shaking his head. "You think he'd be sleeping or something!"

"Jason, it's two o'clock in the afternoon," Zack informed his friend.

"Son of a bitch," Jason cursed, stomping his foot on the ground.

"Jason and Kimberly. I have been analyzing past battles and I believe I have found a weakness in the Dragonzord," Zordon announced. "It requires the two of you, however. Zack, you must go to Zedd's castle alone and rescue Trini."

"Not a problem!" Zack said, clenching his fists.

"Good! I'm ready to end this!" Kimberly almost yelled, getting a little excited.

"Let's do it, then." Jason added on.

"And, Jason. Although it's never been tested," Zordon said, and that little extra emphasis at the end made Jason lower his head. "I believe your Ranger powers should restore you to full strength."

"Great. Thanks, Zordon," Jason said, relieved that his hangover would be gone soon and unable to slow him down.

"Well then, I better get out of here," Zack said, looking between them all.

"Good luck, Black Ranger, and may the power protect you," Zordon told him, then looked to Alpha. "Prepare to teleport him to the moon base as soon as he morphs."

"Yes, Zordon!" Alpha said, working at the controls.

"Alright! It's morphin' time!" Zack yelled, pulling out his morpher. He quickly activated it and held it infront of him. "Mastodon!"

Zordon watched as Zack left, then looked to his other Rangers. "This plan will be dangerous and requires teamwork. Are you up for it?"

Jason nodded. He had calmed down considerably, and was willing to do whatever it took to stop David, even if it meant he wasn't the one to actually deal the final blow.

"Good," Zordon said. "Then let's get to work."

Zack appeared in the middle of a hallway in the moon base, looking around while holding his ax ready. Seeing no one, he was satisfied, and proceeded to walk down the hallway, looking around. Find the dungeon, find Trini, get out. Easy enough. Especially with part of Zedd's lineup down on Earth. He turned a corner, however, to see probably the absolute worst case scenario only inches from his face.

"What!? Black Ranger!?" Lord Zedd bellowed, stepping back in surprise.

"Uh...um...yea!" Zack quickly regained his composure, and slashed hard across Lord Zedd's chest, knocking him backwards. He then turned and bolted down the hallway he had just been in.

Zedd stepped around the corner, completely enraged, and launched a lightning bolt after Zack. The bolt hit the ground by Zack's feet and threw him forwards, and he slid across the ground. While sliding, he converted his ax into it's cannon mode, and fired a blast down the hallway, which Zedd countered with another lightning bolt. The explosion, however, filled the hall with smoke. Zack quickly seized that opportunity and ran into the first room he saw.

"Putties!" Zedd screamed in rage, and a squad of putties soon came running down the hallway. "The Black Ranger is here! Find him! Destroy him!"

The putties ran down the hallway and began searching all the rooms, with Zedd right behind them.

"I told you, Scorpina. I won't give you any potions so that you and Goldar can..." Finster was saying as he looked up from his work, having been rudely interrupted for the fifth time today. What he saw certainly wasn't Scorpina. "Black Ranger!"

Zack cussed under his breath as he looked around the room. He had been hoping for something with another exit. Making due with what he had, though, he pointed the ax right at Finster. "Don't move!"

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot!" Finster responded immediately, holding his hands up. "I've been working here for quite some time, please don't ruin anything!"

Zack looked around, trying to think of what to do. "Is there another exit from this room!?"

"Of course not," Finster casually explained. "I greatly value my privacy and a second entrance is just twice the risk of one of these fools around here destroying all my hard work."

Zack nodded. This guy was pretty respectable. He was just doing his job, too bad it was for the wrong side. Still, maybe he wouldn't trash this place on his way out. Suddenly, though, the door was blasted off it's hinges and into his back, throwing him face first onto Finster's worktable, breaking all the small glass containers and spilling their contents everywhere. Zack rolled over to his back, kicking the door off him to see Lord Zedd closing in on him.

"Thought you could run away, little Zachary?" Zedd taunted as he moved in closer.

Zack tightened his grip on his ax, taking a swing at Zedd from the side. Zedd held out his staff to block, however, he didn't expect what came next. Zack's ax, having some random potion on it, sent an electric surge through the staff and into Zedd's hand. With a roar of pain, Zedd threw his staff aside and into a shelf full of chemicals, breaking the containers and spilling them all over his staff. He didn't notice, though. Instead, he grabbed Zack's wrist and threw him into another cabinet full of chemicals, not hearing Finster's pleas for them to stop.

Zack hit the shelf hard, and felt the potions dripping all over him. He stood up quickly, grabbing his ax while Zedd grabbed his staff. Zack knew he didn't stand a chance against Zedd in a straight fight, so he wasn't even going to bother. He just wanted to find a way out of this room. Zedd charged at Zack with all the speed he had, taking a swing at him from the side. Zack moved to block, but it turned out to be unnecessary, because as soon as the staff came near him, the Black Ranger become temporarily transparent, and the staff went through him. A second later he was back to normal, and Zack took that opportunity to swing at Zedd from above. Zedd held his staff up and blocked the attack, but the two potions on their weapons reacted to each other, causing an explosion that launched the two of them backwards.

"Finster! We need more putties down there! Work's going to slow and..." Scorpina stopped as soon as she entered the room to see the scene infront of her.

"Help me destroy him!" Lord Zedd yelled, and Scorpina quickly drew her crescent blade.

Zack grabbed a bottle off the cabinet marked 'Dangerous' and quickly threw it to the ground by Zedd's feet, launching him to the side and into Finster. Scorpina quickly moved in however, and swung a slash across Zack's chest. Zack was caught off guard, and stumbled backwards into the cabinet. He quickly grabbed the first potion he could, and threw it at Scorpina. It hit her dead on, and she just stopped where she was, not moving an inch. Zedd got to his feet, looking over to her.

"Finster! What's wrong with her?" he demanded loudly.

"It's a love potion, sire," Finster explained. "All you have to do is say a name and she'll fall madly in love with that person."

"I don't want her falling madly in love with anyone!" Zedd yelled. "I want her fighting the..."

"Lord Zedd!" Zack suddenly yelled as loud as he could, and sprinted out of the room. Zedd went to chase him, but Scorpina stepped in his way.

"Woman!" Zedd roared, taking a step backwards, however. Scorpina just started walking closer to him, backing Zedd and Finster into a corner. "Finster! Fix this! NOW!!!"

"Sire! He broke the antidote potion!" Finster responded, trying to get out from behind Zedd. "I have to make a new one!"

"Finster!!!" Zedd screamed in a rage.

Zack smiled as he sprinted down the hall. That had gone far better than he imagined it would. Leaving a trail of fire, ice, electricity, and hundred of other things, he kept running through the castle, trying to find Trini.

A/N: What's Zordon's big plan? Will Zack find Trini? Find out next time!