Disclaimer: Still don't own Power Rangers.

A/N: Here we are with the next chapter and another thank you to everyone who reviewed! The name of this chapter comes from me listening to Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down while writing it.

Jason stepped into the Command Center, unmorphed, and carrying the unmorphed and unconscious Kimberly. Billy already had a medical bed ready to go, and he placed Kimberly on it. Jason then stepped back, letting Billy get to work. He glanced across the room to see Zack and Alpha over another bed, with the unconscious Trini on it. Jason walked over to them, looking at Trini.

"How is she?" Jason asked, looking to Alpha.

"She'll be alright. She's just dehydrated and starved. We're putting all the necessary nutrients in her now," Alpha said, pointing to an IV. "She should wake up soon."

"Kimberly's fine, too!" Billy yelled over to them. "A little beat up, obviously, but it appears she braced herself for that landing. We should be able to fully heal her here."

"Finally, some good news," Zack said, putting his hands behind his head.

"No kidding," Jason agreed, but looked up to Zordon. "The air strikes did nothing. Neither did close combat."

"I saw, Red Ranger. It is very troubling," Zordon replied, clearly in deep thought. "It appears none of the Thunderzords can compete with the upgraded Dragonzord's power." he continued, but suddenly, a smile formed on his face.

"...What?" Billy asked, a bit hesitantly. Had Zordon thought of a new plan?

"What about the Tigerzord?" a voice asked from behind them. Jason, Zack, Billy, and Alpha all turned to see Tommy standing there, arms crossed and with a huge grin on his face. "I'm ready for round two."

"Good to have you back, man!" Zack said, running over to him and giving him a brotherly hug. Alpha and Billy quickly joined in, and Jason stepped up last, patting the whole group on the back before they separated.

"Good to be back," Tommy said as they all looked up to Zordon, who was still smiling. Meanwhile, Tommy went over to Kimberly to see just how badly she'd been beat up.

"It is good to see that you are well, again, Tommy," Zordon said. "When did you get out of the hospital?"

"Thirty minutes ago, tops." Tommy answered, causing a little bit of laughter in the group. Just like Tommy to jump right back into the action.

"Well, Rangers," Zordon said, looking between the four men. "Our numbers are still at three. Kimberly should recover soon, putting us to four. Then our goal becomes locating and recovering Billy and Trini's morphers. In the meantime, we have work to do."

"David's still on the loose," Jason said, crossing his arms.

"Yes, and Tommy will take the White Tigerzord to battle him," Zordon said. "I do not know how the two Zords compare to each other right now, but it is a risk we must take."

"I'm ready for it," Tommy said, clenching his fists. He didn't want to waste any time getting back on the battlefield.

"Jason, I have another assignment for you. One that will not involve David," Zordon said, and Jason slowly nodded. "Zedd's forces at the junkyard have been left alone for far too long. Although we don't know what they're after, we can't let them get it. Use any means necessary to disrupt their operation."

"You got it, Zordon," Jason answered. That would work. When Zordon told him to use any means necessary he always interpreted that as an order to run in swinging and shooting, and not to worry about anything else. His specialty. "Can I get some details on that monster though?"

"Here we go, Jason!" Alpha said, handing him a few sheets of paper, but read out the information anyway. "It's a non combat monster called the Diginator. It's only real specialty is it's ability to dig extra fast. However, those shovel arms could still cause damage if swung."

"Zack, as for you, I have a very different assignment," Zordon said, and Zack tilted his head a bit as Jason finished reading the papers, setting them on top of a console. "We cannot afford to be at war with military forces anymore. Black Ranger, I need you to teleport into the mayor's office and talk things through. Explain to him the situation as much as you can and help him to understand just who the real threats are."

"Consider it done," Zack answered.

"Then go, Rangers. And may the power protect you," Zordon finished up, and the three of them nodded as Tommy stepped forwards.

"Alright then, guys," Tommy said, looking to Jason and Zack as all three of them reached behind their backs. "It's morphin' time!"

"Tigerzord!"

"Mastodon!"

"Tyrannosaurus!"

Billy watched as the three of them teleported out, and he went to work helping Alpha with the controls and making sure the girls healed properly. The sooner the team was at full power, the better.

"Alright! I need Tigerzord power! NOW!" Tommy yelled as soon as he appeared on a building's roof, spinning Saba around appropriately. Soon enough, the Tigerzord charged into downtown Angel Grove, and Tommy leaped onto it. After that, he didn't waste any time getting into the cockpit, setting Saba in it's slot and began the transformation to battle mode. "How you doing, little buddy?"

"As fine as I can be," Saba casually answered as the transformation completed.. "All systems powered up."

"Well, well. Look who's back," David's voice called over the radio, and Tommy looked ahead to see the Dragonzord moving in, stopping at a distance.

"You're going to pay for everything you've done, David!" Tommy yelled back into it, feeling the anger rising in him.

"You're nothing to me and my Zord, fool!" David laughed back.

"Your Zord is my old Zord! My scraps! You're nothing!" Tommy yelled back.

"I'll show you who's nothing! You're worthless, Tommy! And I'll prove it to everyone!" David screamed back, clearly becoming enraged.

"Says the guy with hand me down powers!" Tommy responded. He was noticing how...insecure David was. There had to be an opening he could take advantage of somewhere in this. He really hated to see his old Zord and powers used like this, but had already come to terms with that while sitting in that hospital bed. Not like there was much else to do. Now it was time to get down to business.

"I'll kill you!" David responded with all he had left, fury coursing through him like never before. He was about to slam the controls forward and begin his attack, but a deep laughter from the side caused him to turn his head. Approaching them from the side was Goldar, enlarged to the size of the Zords, and sword in hand.

"Goldar! Get out of here! I already have one crazy bastard who's trying to prove himself to the world to worry about!" Tommy yelled into the PA system as soon as he saw his approaching nemesis.

"Didn't you miss me, White Ranger? I thought I would make things a little interesting!" Goldar taunted back. "This way I destroy both of your identities and Zords in one fell swoop!"

"This isn't his identity anymore!!!" David roared into his own PA system. He almost couldn't see straight from his anger. "I'm the Green Ranger now! I control the Dragonzord now! Not him! ME!!!"

Goldar just began laughing. "You were nice to give us the Yellow Ranger, but in the big picture, the master plan, you're really just a worthless speck. Get used to that."

"Master plan!?" Tommy asked through the PA. Goldar was in one of his 'act like an idiot and spill everything' modes. His adrenaline must cut off the blood that flows to his brain or something. "What master plan!?"

"Soon, when we finish the excavation of..." Goldar started, with Tommy leaning forwards in interest, but was interrupted as the Dragonzord slammed into him, knocking him away.

"Dammit, David!" Tommy yelled, switching the PA back to radio as he did, and took the controls once more, bringing the White Tigerzord towards the two of them.

The Dragonzord took another swing at Goldar with it's right arm, while swinging it's tail at the Tigerzord as it came in. Goldar took the hit, and stumbled backwards even further, however Tommy had the Tigerzord swing its sword to meet the tail. The result was the Dragonzord being knocked aside and spun sideways. Goldar charged forwards, swinging at the Tigerzord with his own sword, which responded with it's own swing. The two swords clashed, but shortly afterwards David fired a spray of missiles into the two of them. The Tigerzord stumbled sideways, with Tommy reeling to keep it balanced and on it's feet. Goldar just hit the ground and quickly rolled to his feet, slashing across the Tigerzord's back as he did so.

"Saba! This is crazy!" Tommy yelled as he messed with a few switches. He had considerably less work to do in this cabin than the others had in theirs because of Saba automating most of it's systems, but there was still a little bit of manual requirements.

"I don't know what to tell you, Tommy!" Saba said, clearly overwhelmed as well.

The Tigerzord took another slash at the Dragonzord, knocking it backwards. Goldar was still behind it, though, so he slammed his foot into the Tigerzord's back. The Tigerzord stumbled forwards as the Dragonzord spun around and slammed it's tail into it. The Tigerzord stumbled to the side finally, escaping from between the two of them. The Zord quickly spun in a wide circle, holding it's sword out and slashing Goldar and the Dragonzord both away.

"I'll destroy both of you!" David yelled into his PA. "Everyone will know my power!"

"Silence, human!" Goldar yelled. "Lord Zedd will soon destroy all the Power Rangers! Including you!"

Tommy just looked between the two of them, deciding not to participate in the screaming match. He was looking for an opening to attack. He could tell, though, this was going to be a long battle.

"Yea...Yea. No, look, I want you to pull out," Mayor John Garrett was saying into a phone, pacing back and forth through his office. "We're just losing lives. You have to get us out of..." he trailed off as a streak of black light appeared in his office, becoming the Black Ranger. "Let me call you back."

Zack crossed his arms as the mayor hung up his phone, setting it on his desk.

"With a press of a button I've called all the security in this building," Mayor Garrett said, looking a little confused and interested.

"With a press of button I'm gone just as fast as I came," Zack said back as Angel Grove's mayor studied him.

"...Have a seat," the mayor said, taking a seat in his own chair as Zack sat in one. "So, although I can guess...what's a wanted man doing here on a surprise visit?"

Zack smiled behind his helmet. John Garrett was always said to be a pretty down to Earth guy, a bit sarcastic, with an interesting personality. Seemed to be fitting the description so far. "Trying to get unwanted. Mayor, we can't operate with your forces attacking us constantly."

Mayor Garrett's eyes narrowed. "Angel Grove isn't your playground. We won't stand for this civil war."

"Look, I can't give you the details, but it's entirely the Green Ranger in his Dragonzord," Zack said, shaking his head. "And you know it. You've seen the battles. He's the one attacking the city, We're still defending."

"Alright, Black Ranger. I'm a fair man, you seem like a fair man. Let's make a deal," Mayor Garrett said after a moment of thought. "Give me the Green Ranger's identity, and the rest of the Rangers are off the hook."

Zack's eyes widened behind the helmet. He had been afraid of that question. He didn't know the answer to it. On one hand, they could bust David for every single thing possible. Kidnapping, murder...hell, they could technically classify him as a terrorist. On the other hand...it would be a security breach. Rule number three. Despite this war, David hadn't exposed them and they hadn't either. However, if they told the government about him...he wouldn't waste any time returning the favor. And even if he didn't, the trail of evidence started there. They could trace him to Trini's kidnapping and Jim's murder, which he was suspected for. They also didn't know where their morphers were, and they could fall into police hands. Zack was glad that the mayor couldn't see his very conflicted face. He was actually patiently waiting, understanding what this was about. Zack sighed. He had to make a decision. End it now and face the aftermath...or risk more lives and deal with it on their own. Zack nodded. He had made his decision. He looked up to face the mayor...and opened his mouth to speak...

A/N: The much dreaded cliffhanger. Don't you just hate me?