Disclaimer: Still don't own Power Rangers.

A/N: All the reviewers...you're the best. Seriously, thanks so much. Now, here's what you've all been waiting for.

Kimberly rolled over, looking to Jason and then David. She had a smile on her face that practically said "You're gonna get it!" like a two year old who just saw their biggest enemy get busted by the parents. David ignored her completely, he was watching Jason very carefully.

Jason stopped, crouching down next to Kimberly while he holstered his blade blaster. "You ok?"

"How's this for a reversal?" Kimberly answered with a weak laugh, but winced in pain a little bit when she tried to move. "I'll be alright."

"This won't take long," Jason told her, and noticed an uncomfortable shift in David's fighting stance as he said that.

"You kept your promise..." Kimberly told him, smiling and closing her eyes for a second. When she opened them again, her smile vanished. "Rex...remember what Zordon s-"

"I'll take care of everything," Jason cut her off in a stern tone, then stood back up. He turned and faced the Green Ranger once more.

"This isn't possible..." David tried to convince himself. He couldn't believe Jason had made it all the way across the building that fast. Still, he knew he couldn't show signs of weakness. He could do this. The Green and Red powers were famously even. He just had to exploit his own speed and defense over Jason's strength and endurance. "I hope you're ready to..."

"Shut up!" Jason interrupted, tired of his voice. "You just blew it, David. Any chance you had of being spared is gone!"

"Is that all you have to say?" David asked with a bit of a laugh. He'd expected some typical hero speech, almost.

"There's nothing left to say," Jason said, spinning his sword and holding it ready.

David opened his mouth to reply, but it was too late. Jason charged right at him, swinging at his head with that sword. While the Red Ranger approached, David spun the Dragon Dagger around in his right hand, holding it backwards so the flat of the blade was pressed against his arm. He held up his arm and began blocking blow after blow. Jason was striking fast and furiously, alternating sides he was attacking from with every swing. With David's set up, however, all he had to do was twist his arm a little bit to block each incoming attack. The problem was the fact that Jason was backing him up at an incredibly steady rate. If David didn't think of something soon, he was going to walk right off the edge of the building.

Right when David was finally at the edge, he brought his arm down and ducked under one of Jason's blows, quickly stepping sideways afterwards. Jason recovered quickly from his miss, and turned to swing at David once again. David, meanwhile, spun the Dragon Dagger back around, pointing the tip at Jason. He fired a blast into Jason at point blank, but it was still too late. Jason redirected his attack just enough so that he slashed the energy beam instead, redirecting the blast into the ground and causing an explosion. David stumbled backwards, not expecting that at all. He then quickly stepped forwards, swinging the Dragon Dagger at Jason with all the force he had. The Red Ranger countered with all of his strength, and the blades connected, sending green and red sparks everywhere from the impact. David's eyes widened at the sight, realizing just how much power was being exerted here. That turned out to be a big mistake, because Jason brought up his left fist and punched David right in the face when he wasn't paying attention.

David turned around and stumbled backwards, turning just in time to block another vicious swing at his head. The two of them locked blades momentarily, before David decided to try his hand on the offensive. He pushed against Jason's sword, causing him to back up a little bit. David then ran forwards, swinging at Jason's chest while he was recovering. Jason blocked that with ease, and then blocked two more quick strikes from the Green Ranger as well. David attempted to roll over to Jason's left side, but the Red Ranger read his movements like a book. He swung and slashed him right out of the roll, knocking the Green Ranger onto his back.

Jason stepped forwards, swinging downwards at David while he was still on the ground. David barely rolled aside in time to dodge the attack, and stumbled to his feet quickly. Before he could collect himself, the Red Ranger was unleashing another relentless flurry of attacks at him, and the retreating Green Ranger began hopelessly blocking once again.

"Tommy! Tommy we're taking too much damage!" Saba yelled as the Tigerzord was rocked with explosions.

"Pulling out!" Tommy yelled back as he turned the Tigerzord into another street, escaping the Dragonzord's missiles and breaking off the attack. "What's our status?"

"Shields at five percent. White Ranger, we have to retreat," Saba reluctantly reported. "Only for a bit, but we have to recharge or the Zord will be destroyed."

"Angel Grove'll be destroyed!" Tommy answered, but he knew Saba was right. "Alright. Take the Zord outside town and recharge. I'll keep the Dragonzord busy again."

"Without me?" Saba hesitantly asked.

"Without you. It'll be fine, trust me," Tommy reassured his sword. He took that moment to think about the fact that he was talking to a sword with a tiger's head. Huh. Funny world. Anyway, he jumped out of the cockpit and down to the streets below while Saba piloted the Tigerzord away. When the Dragonzord turned the corner, the Tigerzord still wasn't out of range yet. Tommy started frantically jumping up and down, waving his arms. "HEY!!! Look at me!!!"

It worked, and the Dragonzord redirected it's attention from the fleeing Zord to the pilot himself. Tommy tried to run, but the missiles hit the ground all around him, launching him down another street. He slid on his back a few yards after the rough landing, and slowly got to his feet while holding his head.

"Son of a..." Tommy started, only for someone's yell to interrupt his thinking.

"Skull!!!"

Tommy turned to see Bulk running at him as fast as he could. What...?

"Bulk!" Tommy yelled without even thinking about it. "What're you doing here!?"

"...You know my name!" Bulk said, and Tommy shook his head in confusion. All of a sudden, Bulk embraced him in a tight hug. "It is you, Skull! It is you!!!"

"Let me..." Tommy turned his head to see the Dragonzord turning the corner. "Let me go!!!"

"Oh, right. Go do your work, Skull!" Bulk stepped back with a salute.

"Bulkie! Are you ok!?"

A very confused Bulk turned to see Skull running towards him. "Skull!? But you're..." Bulk turned, and saw that the White Ranger was gone. "How did you...!? What did you..."

Skull tilted his head for a second, then pointed upwards with an amazed look. "Bulk, look! It's the White Ranger!"

Bulk turned, jaw dropped as he saw the White Ranger landing on a window's ledge. "It's not you. You're not a Power Ranger..."

"Of course I'm not, Bulk! What's the matter with you!?" Skull asked, genuinely confused right now.

"He was right here...I had him. I could have pulled off his helmet...I could have..." Bulk was interrupted when missiles from the Dragonzord slammed into Tommy's perch, and the White Ranger leaped to another ledge on the building across the street.

"Get out of here, guys!!!" Tommy ordered down to them, and the two bullies quickly nodded before running away. Tommy just shook his head in annoyance. He just didn't understand Bulk, sometimes.

Too little, too late. David had it all figured out now. As he stepped back, blocking all of Jason's seemingly effortless strikes with all the energy he had...he figured it all out. The Red and Green Ranger powers were even. Tommy and Jason were known for their epic battles involving the two powers. Whether they were sparring at the youth center, battling side by side, sparring while fully morphed in the desert outside the Command Center...and of course that one battle where the Sword of Darkness had been destroyed. There was no debating the powers were evenly matched up. However, David had made the horrible realization. He knew what Jason had that he didn't.

Experience.

Jason knew how to fight against the Green Ranger. He knew the strengths and weaknesses that were within the powers, and how to counteract all of it. That's what made his duels with Tommy so legendary. Tommy was the same way with the Red Ranger powers. Those two men knew things about each other's powers that the other didn't, observations made fighting alongside or against them. David didn't have that. This was his first true battle against the Red Ranger, while Jason had lost count of the battles he'd fought against the Green Ranger. David now understood that, and with that, he understood how truly hopeless this battle was.

Blow after blow came, and David was searching for every opportunity he could to get an advantage. Blocking most of Jason's attacks, ducking under the occasional one to try and throw him off, he found nothing. Jason's fighting style was locked down tight. He knew every single rational move David's powers would allow him to make.

No way. I can't go out like this.

David blocked another strike, but this time Jason didn't pull back to take another swing. Instead, they locked blades and pressed them tightly against each other. And David saw it. An opportunity like no other. Jason had left himself wide open. The Green Ranger was going to win this one after all.

With his left hand, David grabbed the handle of Jason's sword and sidestepped while pulling him forwards. As Jason stumbled past him, David ripped the Power Sword from his hands. He had to let out a laugh at that one. He now had control of both his weapons. He was so excited about outsmarting Jason, he never saw it coming.

Jason spun around on his left heel, standing sideways to David. With all the force he had, he shot a side kick had into David's stomach, knocking the surprised Green Ranger backwards. The Power Sword and Dragon Dagger both fell to the ground in front of David, who was trying to get back up as fast as he could.

Jason reclaimed his sword in his right hand, while taking the Dragon Dagger in his left. He let David get back to his feet, keeping a slow and steady walk towards him. He finally stopped only a couple yards away from the Green Ranger and played a tune to call off the Dragonzord. David stepped back, and lowered his head a little bit. It really was over.

"You think I'm done?" Jason asked, his tone cold and filled with hatred.

"What?" David asked, shooting his head back up to look at the Red Ranger.

Jason said no more. Instead, he let out a yell of anger, charging forwards at full speed. David instinctively raised his fists and tried to throw a punch into him, but Jason's sword slashed his hand aside. David screamed in pain, but Jason took another step forwards, slashing across his chest with the Dragon Dagger. David stumbled backwards, but Jason swung once again with both blades, connecting with the Green Ranger again.

"Jason! Stop!" Kimberly screamed from across the rooftop. This wasn't right. David was unarmed and the battle was over. He was supposed to be a prisoner now, not a punching bag. Otherwise, they were no better than him. She tried to get to get her feet, to stop him, but the pain was still too much.

The Red Ranger didn't hear Kim's pleas. He didn't even hear David's. All he heard was Jim's voice, over and over. With each strike he made, they became louder and more intense. Finally, David fell backwards, hitting the ground and unmorphing against his will.

David's eyes were widened in terror. He quickly got to his knees and held his morpher forward. His only chance of survival was in those powers. Before he could activate it, though, Jason's sword connected with it. David kept his grip on the morpher, barely, as it was thrown to the side. The green power coin, however, flew from the center and rolled across the rooftop, glowing strangely. David watched silently as the coin split into two separate pieces. Jason had cut it in half. The two pieces disintegrated into nothing, and David knew his last chance was gone. He was going to die here.

"J-Jason..." David said, looking around. His pistol was no where near him, nor was Kim's Power Bow. He dropped down to his back, slowly crawling backwards. "Give me a chance here..."

"Did you give my brother a chance!?" Jason yelled, pointing his sword at David's throat, advancing on him as he crawled backwards. He kept a firm grip on the Dragon Dagger, channeling his own red powers into it to keep it from vanishing like the rest of the Green Ranger's arsenal.

"Please, Jason. Don't do this," David was scared like never before. He didn't want to die. God, he didn't want to die. He tried to get to his feet, only to receive a sword slash across his chest. The intense pain made him fall onto his back once again, writhing in pain.

"Jason!!!" Kimberly screamed once again, this time getting to her feet. "Don't!!!"

"We trusted you," Jason said, ignoring Kimberly. "We helped you. We made you one of us. This is what we get for it?"

"J-Ja-Jason..." David's eyes couldn't get any wider, and the fear was running nonstop through him as he watched Jason raise the sword for that finishing strike. His mind was searching for ways out of this one. Then, he thought of something. "What would Zordon say?"

Jason stopped. He didn't drop out of his battle stance, but he didn't swing either. David's face remained ghost white with horror, and then he saw all the other core Rangers arriving on the scene.

"Big trouble, guys!" Zack yelled, not paying any attention to Jason and David's predicament.

"Where're the monsters!?" Kimberly asked as Trini tossed her the Power Bow. She went to move towards Jason, but saw that he had turned to face the Rangers. He was standing sideways to David now, keeping the sword at his throat.

"There!" Billy yelled, pointing out to the area where all the buildings had been cleared out.

Kim couldn't believe her eyes. The Ice Hawk, Demon Fang, Screaming Squid, Diginator, and Encycloeater had all grown to a massive size. She noticed the other two monsters that they had battled when David was on the team weren't there, although she wasn't sure why. She looked over with a smile when Tommy landed

"I talked to Zordon!" Tommy said without any hesitation. "Zedd's used the Gem of Life. It can restore certain creatures to life within a set amount of time! He's been preparing for a full scale monster invasion all this time! And he got all the monsters we fought except two!"

"I'd say he still got enough of 'em," Zack commented.

"So that's it!? We have to call the Zords and destroy them now!" Trini said, panic filling her voice. They couldn't let all these monsters roam freely for long.

Before Tommy could answer, a massive balled object slammed into the ground near the monsters. The ball unwrapped into a full sized Zord, standing tall among the other warriors of darkness. The Rangers all froze at the site. Billy and Jason, in particular, noticed that one of it's arms was the same thing they had dug up in the junk yard the other day. So that was it. They were building a Zord all this time. No, not just any Zord. They were rebuilding it.

"It's..." Kimberly could barely get the words out. "It's Cyclopsis!!!"

A/N: David's down, Zedd's plan in in full swing! More soon!