Episode Three: Crash of the Coins
Inside the Command Centre, five of the six teenagers were watching Billy as he worked on something. He was wearing a helmet with a prismed overlay, and held a magnifying glass close to his face.
Guiding him through his project was Alpha.
"Now move the refractile telemetry oscillator aside" the helpful droid instructed.
The teenagers decided to make small talk amongst themselves while Billy worked.
"How are you holding up back home?" Adam asked Aisha.
"I had to look up where my home was, my parents lived in Stone Canyon when I was very young. Seems they're still living there" she said.
"You should go visit them" said Adam.
"And tell them what? That I'm their missing daughter all aged up? They'd think I was nuts"
"You kind of have to be crazy to live around these parts anyway" remarked Rocky.
Katherine observed Tommy, who was feeling increasingly guilty for making the call to retreat.
"Alright guys, it's finished" said Billy as he unveiled the device.
"What is it?" said Adam.
"A chrono regenerator, it work on the same frequencies as the time storms generated by the Orb of Doom, it's powered by the remnants of energy found in our Ninja Coins" said Billy.
"So you can use this to reverse the effects?" asked Rocky.
"Affirmative" said Billy.
"Well what are we waiting for? When can we get started?" asked Rocky.
"I'll need to fetch some equipment I have back at my garage first" Billy said.
"That won't be easy. Your parents don't know you're all grown up now" said Adam.
"That's why we have to create a cover story to disguise our true intentions" Billy revealed.
"Do you have anything in mind?" asked Tommy.
"Yes, my dad told me a few years ago some men came to our house asking if anyone in the neighbourhood had positronic receptors. He said he had a few lying around and let them have their pick of the litter"
"And you want us to pose as these men?" asked Tommy.
"We have always been those men Tommy, it's what we call a temporal paradox" Billy explained.
Rocky's eyes widened.
"Mind. Blown" he said.
"Well while you're off selecting what we need, me, Aisha and Adam will have our hands full, we volunteered to help out Angel Grove Kindergarten with the school field trip and keep an eye on the kids on the bus" said Katherine.
"That's going to prove a handful" said Aisha.
"It's the best way we can keep any eye on all our friends in case Zedd and Rita try to take another shot at them like they did the other day with Bulk and Skull" explained Adam.
Meanwhile, at the lunar palace, Lord Zedd was in one of his usual hotly tempered moods.
"That tyrant father of yours is turning this entire building upside down to make room for his precious monster council meeting" he complained to his wife.
"We all have to give members of this family space Zeddy" said Rita.
"I'd be more than delighted to give him space, I'd love to send him straight into space, across the farthest galaxies, and out of my hair" said Zedd.
"Zeddy, you don't even have hair" Rita remarked.
"If he did, he'd have long pulled it out by now, those Rangers are living alopecia" said Rito.
"Those Rangers are all I have to keep myself distracted from Vile turning my palace into a world chaos conference" Zedd added.
"Speaking of the power brats, they're bound to be up to something by now. I'd better check on them" said Rita, peering into her repulsacope and eyeing the situation at the school.
"In the meantime, since the psychic barriers blocking me from detecting whatever Zordon gets up to have been removed, I will jam all interplanetary communications for this star system so he cannot call on any help from the neighbouring galaxies.
Zedd schemed, taking his staff and triggering an electromagnetic wave that encircled the entire Earth.
"From Eltar to Edenoi to Aquitar. He and his Rangers will be forced to face whatever comes next alone"
At the command centre, Zedds' intervention could be detected by Alpha and Zordon.
"Ay-Ay-Ay, our interstellar transmitters have gone haywire" Alpha said in a panic.
"Lord Zedd has become wise to our intentions Alpha, without sufficient help from our allies, the Rangers' will have a limited window from which to succeed" Zordon revealed.
Just outside the crowded Angel Grove Elementary School, several of the teenagers were meeting up with the teachers outside of the bus.
"Well Ms. Hillard, you and your friends credentials appear to check out, so I suppose I'd best leave you to it. Just remember that their lunch hour is at 1 PM and to pick up everything they litter the park with" said Ms. Calendar to Katherine.
"How long do you think it'll be before she finds out the documentation is falsified?" whispered Aisha as she herded several of the kids into the bus.
"We won't let you down Ms. Calendar" assured Katherine as she climbed into the bus, Aisha, and Adam joining her.
The Rangers headed towards the back of the bus, and took their seats alongside the rowdier kids, which included Bulk and Skull, who were busy chewing up pieces of paper and flinging them at the girls sitting in front of them.
Katherine noticed one quiet lad seated next to the two of them who was trying to get them to cut it out by removing the pile of blank paper that they had appropriated from the school printers.
"Jerome? Jerome Stone? You're a prize pupil, you should be at the front" she said.
"I'm good where I am ma'am, someone needs to keep a beady eye on those two" Stone said, pointing to the two loudmouthed mischief makers.
"Somehow I get the feeling I'm destined to put up with a lot from them in the future" he remarked.
"Well, I'll tell you what, Aisha and I are going to check on the kids at the front, you can keep an eye on these two while we're away" said Katherine.
Jerome nodded; Katherine placed one finger on his nose affectionately before moving away and towards the front of the bus with Aisha.
Bulk pushed Skull out of the way so he could talk to Jermone
"Hey Jerkrome, look what I'm packing" he said, pulling out a large black carrier bag underneath his seat and opening it, showing a large stash of red balloons loaded with water.
What are you gonna do with those?" Jerome asked.
"What else?" Skull said, hoisting one of the balloons out of the bag.
"I wouldn't waste any on him Skull, he's already a drip" said Bulk.
"You two need to act their age rather than your own" said Stone.
"Aw, look at that, he wants to grow up so fast" mocked Skull.
The bus closed its doors and was soon on its way to the park.
Peering out from the bushes close to the school were Rito and Goldar.
"Looking after the little ones, how big of those brats" said Rito.
"That means the team is split in half, if we attack now, they won't be able to fight back without comprising their secrets in front of the children" said Goldar.
"Oh yeah, that pesky rule of cool from Zordon, never reveal your secret ID. Smart thinking that ya manic monkey you" said Rito, rubbing his hand on Goldar's forehead, with Goldar quickly brushing it off.
"Come on, we've got to catch up with them" said Goldar, trying to move out of position only to trip up over Rito and his clumsy feet.
At the Cranston residence, Billy had put his plan into action and was conversing with his father, unaware of his true identity.
"What do you say Mr. Cranston? We could really appreciate your help here" said Billy.
"Positronic receptors you say? Well don't that just beat all, my boy Billy's been working on something with just that. Boy I miss him; you haven't seen him by any chance have you?"
"I wouldn't know where to look sir, but trust me, I'm sure given time he'll turn up" Billy said, patting his father on the shoulder.
"Well, let me know if you need anything else" Mr. Cranston said, and allowed Billy access to the garage.
Billy gave Tommy and Rocky the all clear, the two walked over to help Billy with the receptors, attaching them to the regenerator and depositing the Rangers' power coins into an allocated slot at the far right of the device.
"This should be the last connection we make, it's too bad some of the more advanced components won't be invented for another twelve years, so we'll definitely have to rely fully on what we can get out of the power coins" Billy explained.
Observing events from the Lunar Palace, Zedd was ecstatic.
"Yes, the power coins are out in the open, all we need do now is swoop in and take what we need, we can take care of the rest once they are in our hands" Zedd cackled.
"Should we strike now Zedd?" said Rita.
"First, we'll make sure the Rangers don't have the opportunity to reunite" Zedd revealed.
On board the bus, Katherine and Aisha were comforting a girl at the front who was visibly upset and already being tended to by Adam.
"Alright, you're among friends now, tell them what you told me" said Adam.
"What's the matter?" asked Katherine.
"Yeah, spill little lady, you're among friends here" said Aisha.
The girl did her best to dry her eyes and perk up.
"It's just...all the attacks we've had lately, and there's been kids who come to this school who are missing...nobody knows where they are, I've heard people talking, they say monsters came and ate them, and any one of us could be next" she said.
"Who told you that they've been eaten?" asked Adam.
The girl pointed to Bulk and Skull at the back.
"Figures" muttered Adam.
"Missing kids?" Katherine said.
She pulled Aisha and Adam to one side.
"Do you think she's referring to some of us?" she whispered.
"Neither of us are local to the city, Rocky, Adam and I are from Stone Canyon, and you don't move here for another few years...she must be talking about Billy and Tommy" Aisha replied.
Adam leaned over to the little girl again.
"Listen, I'm sure we'll find them, you don't have to be frightened, those mean old monsters have a thorn in their side, six thorns to be exact" he assured her.
"You mean those Power Rangers?"She asked.
"Yeah, and hey, even hard working ordinary joes can look out for you too, just give both of them a chance, they won't let you down"
"You sure there's a chance?" she asked.
"There's always a chance" Adam replied.
The girl smiled, her tears had dried up, and she felt confident again.
As the bus travelled along the road, the elderly driver hummed a small diddy; Katherine and Aisha were soon inspired and encouraged the rest of the kids to join in. All except Bulk and Skull were willing to participate.
"Man, I'd rather they tried their hand at trash metal" said Bulk.
"Yeah, right now this is just nothing but pure trash" remarked Skull.
Suddenly, with no warning, Rito leapt onto the front of the bus and appeared menacingly in the front window before the terrified driver.
Rito pounded his bony fists against the window as the bus increased in speed, demanding he be let in. The driver then slammed his foot on the breaks, causing Rito to fall off of the bus and land on the hard concrete of the road.
"I hope nothing's broken" Rito said as he struggled to get up, suddenly feeling a crack in the lower part of his leg.
"Yeah, that'll need some glue" he remarked.
The little girl at the very front of the bus, only too briefly brought out of her funk by the teenagers, soon found reason to be fearful once more.
"Help, a monster's come to eat us" she yelled.
Bulk & Skull spotted Goldar peering at them through the back of the bus and they dashed down the corridor of the bus towards the front, as soon as they saw Rito, they ran back down again but were too afraid to complete the journey because of Goldar's presence. Stone rolled his eyes at their behaviour.
Rito walked over to the door of the bus and knocked it on it, he received no answer.
"Guess the polite approach never works out for people with mugs like ours" he said to Goldar, who joined him.
He grabbed the door with his hands and pulled it off of its hinges. The driver got up and stared down the skeleton defiantly.
"You can't just barge in here, we have rules" he said.
"Rules are like rubber to me, they bounce straight off" Rito argued, his eyes glowing radiant with evil energy.
"Now, are you going to play hero, or are you going to drop and give me zero?" he said.
The elderly driver fainted, his brief act of bravery all too much for him.
"Right, while papa is asleep, I'll give you brats a real wake-up call" said Rito as he took aim at the Rangers, who stood between him and the kids in the back.
"Surrender now and the kids don't get hurt"
"We can't let the kids in on our secret, it could jeopardize the timeline" Adam whispered to Kat and Aisha.
"Mr. Park, we need a plan" said Jerome to Adam.
"Don't worry, I've got just the idea Stone" said Adam, who beckoned Bulk and Skull to join them.
Bulk and Skull pointed to themselves, confused.
"Us?" they said in unison.
"And bring your bag" he said.
Rito's patience was wearing thin.
"I'm going to give you ten seconds to give me what I want, and if not, I'm gonna start taking these brats on a one way trip to the moon"
"Times up,
"Now!" Adam yelled.
Bulk, Skull, Stone, Adam, Kat and Aisha suddenly began pelting Rito with water balloons, bombarding Rito, and he eventually slipped on the now wet floor of the bus and fell down.
Rito pleaded with the kids to stop, but his voice was drowned out by the defiant screams and catcalls of the student body. The school bus began rocking back and forth as the kids kicked and stomped on the fallen Rito.
The frightened little girl also found some extra nerve, and she took out a packet of popcorn and threw pellets of it at Rito, who got up and swiftly left the bus to join up once more with Goldar.
Adam checked on the bus driver, who steadily came around.
"Its ok sir, the dangers over, we can proceed with the trip" he said.
The driver took a moment to collect himself, before putting his foot on the pedal and putting as much distance between himself and the monsters as possible.
Back at the lunar palace, Rita despaired at the latest round of bungling from her brother and right hand henchman.
"How can he contribute to one near and total triumph one day and over the next couple of days, revert right back to type?" Rita replied, irate.
"If only the Orb of Doom wasn't the only good luck charm we could rely on" said Zedd.
"Ah luck is for shmucks" Rita replied.
Rito and Goldar barged in, each pointing at the other in an attempt to lay blame at each of their feet.
"He didn't back me up" said Rito.
"He backed away" said Goldar.
"Quiet you fools, it's fortunate in your case we have two trios of Rangers to select from, and this set of teens comes with a most valuable prize, namely the power coins. Follow them; wait for the precise moment to strike. When you have the coins in your possession, summon me. We shall soon be rid of the Rangers forever"
Back at his home neighbourhood, Billy was putting the finishing touches to the regenerator and making his way down a sidewalk with Rocky by his side.
"It was tough having to lie to my dad, I can't imagine what he must be going through right now thinking I'm missing" said Billy.
"Best not to dwell on it much longer Billy, hopefully we'll be able to turn time forward again" said Rocky.
Unbeknownst to them, Rito and Goldar were hot on their tail.
"Stay close behind me and don't make a peep" said Rito.
"Can you try repeating that a little quieter loud mouth?" Goldar hissed, not entirely pleased with the noise pollution emitting from Rito's lips.
The commotion was enough to get Billy and Rocky to turn their heads and glance at the source of the noise, but Rito and Goldar displayed a rare flair for stealth and hid behind a hedge.
"So far, so good" Goldar whispered, only for Rito to bump into him in an attempt to resume the pursuit, falling on top of Goldar and causing both to hit the pavement.
Rito stood up and kicked Goldar square in the shin, angry that he caused him to take his second tumble of the day.
"Watch where you're going you golden goomba" snapped Rito.
"You were the one who took me for a ride" said Goldar.
"Oh great, playing the blame game are we?" Rito replied.
"Come on, the Rangers are getting away" Goldar said
"And who's at fault for that?" Rito said insistently.
Goldar grabbed Rito by the shoulder blades and dragged him after the teenagers.
Billy and Rocky continued to make small chat as they continued on their merry way.
"You know what I'm gonna miss when the world is turned back to normal? The lack of an online internet presence, life in this timeline is so much simpler. People are out more, socialising with their families, playing with their friends in the park, not just on online games. People being of sound mind and character, instead of projecting themselves onto people with a false persona and attitude. Life has changed for us Rocky, it's changed for the worse" Billy said.
Once again, Goldar and Rito were making too much of a commotion, as Rita's bumbling brother found himself complaining a lot about Goldar's grip on his shoulder blades. Eventually, Rocky and Billy turned around, only for Goldar to duck behind a pair of trash cans.
"Do you get the feeling we're being watched?" asked Billy.
"Yeah, it's kind of spooky" replied Rocky.
"Look, I see Tommy up ahead with the van" Billy said as Tommy pulled up with a transport with which to make transporting the regenerator to their intended destination easier.
Tommy emerged from the driver's seat to open the back end of the van's doors so Billy could place the Regenerator inside of it.
Goldar realised the ideal opportunity had fallen into their lap.
The evil henchmonsters sprang from their hiding places and summoned forth a swarm of Tengas.
"Rito and Goldar" Rock yelled.
"We've got to protect the regenerator" said Billy, loading the regenerator into the back of the van.
"It's Morphing Time" said Tommy
Raising their Metallic morphers to the air, the Rangers drew forth power from their fused ninja ranger and metallic armour powers.
"Red Metallic Power"
"Blue Metallic Power"
"White Metallic Power"
The Rangers posed in a fighting stance as the Tengas danced merrily around them.
Tommy suddenly realised something and tried to make his way over to the van, only for a Tenga to block his path.
"What's wrong Tommy?" asked Billy.
"I left the keys in the ignition" said Tommy.
Hearing those words lit Rito's world right up, he teleported towards the front of the van, opened the door to the driver's corner, and swiftly turned the key.
"Let's take this show on the road. Ed's a waiting" said Rito.
To his dismay however, the van was having difficulty starting.
"Get those wheels turning, I'll stay here and make sure the power pests don't interfere" said Goldar, ordering the Tengas to attack.
The Rangers swiftly engaged their foes. Rocky threw a few fists into one Tenga while another tried sneaking up from behind, only to be blindsided by Billy.
Tommy summer salted across the road and delivered two fierce kicks and right hands to some other Tengas. Goldar tried blasting him with his eye beams and flames emitting from his sword, Tommy avoided all of the blasts and drew out his faithful sword Saba and crossed swords with Goldar.
The clash of swords proved so great, it shattered several windows in the neighbourhood.
Rito managed after a few tries to get the engine running, and he pressed his foot down hard on the pedal, sending the van careering down the road.
"Oh no, Tommy we have to intercept him" Billy replied.
"Zordon, I need my Shark Cycle, is it possible?" Tommy said, contacting Zordon.
"Yes Tommy, I can draw enough energy from your power source for the cycles to assist you this one time" said Zordon.
Tommy's shark cycle swiftly materialized, the White Ranger mounted it and took off after the van and its hijacker.
Rito glimpsed Tommy catching up to him in the rear view mirror.
"We playing Chase HQ now? I love that game, let's play a little risk with the road" said Rito, and began swerving the van from left to right, briefly even attempting to reverse and run over Tommy with the back end, but Tommy's cycle swerved out of the way and rode alongside the van.
Tommy began to ram the van at one side, trying to get it to crash into a nearby set of trash cans and thus be immobilised, but Rito regained control and tried to ram Tommy.
Tommy found himself trailing behind the van once again, but this was intentional, as he very carefully got up and balanced himself on the edge of the cycle.
Tommy took careful aim with Saba and leapt off of the cycle, the sword slashed the padlock on the back of the van and it came loose.
Tommy landed on the road too fast however, and he landed in a heap. The van sped away, and the White Ranger pounded the concrete in frustration. To the left of him, the unmanned white shark cycle swerved and crashed into a nearby fence and collided with the wall of a house.
Back where he had left them, Billy and Rocky were mopping up what remained of the Tenga forces. Exhausted and literally licking their wounds, the Tengas opted to retreat.
"This one's in the books Goldar" said Rocky.
"Indeed it is, for the final chapter in your careers are about to be written Rangers" cackled a triumphant Goldar, who teleported away.
Tommy ran over to where Billy and Rocky were standing, exhausted.
"Guys, I'm sorry, I did everything I could, but Rito got away. I was able to unlock the doors of the van before he slipped away, so it may turn up on the road"
"Let's just hope Rito is as reckless in driving as he is at everything else" said Rocky.
Tommy called on his friends at the Angel Grove Park asking for their assistance, but they had their hands full.
"I don't think we can afford to leave the kids alone Tommy. We were attacked earlier by Rito and the driver is in a state of shock. He was fine earlier, but that was mainly adrenaline. We'll stay here with everyone until the paramedics arrive, but I can't guarantee we'll be freed up even then" Katherine said apologetically.
"I understand" Tommy said with a faint and saddened sigh.
"Man, I can't believe a simple mistake cost us everything" said Rocky.
Back at the park, Bulk and Skull were boasting of their victory over Rito.
"We've faced down hundreds of evil space aliens, none of them have ever phased us" gloated Bulk as he held a water balloon in his hand.
"And you can all thank me for this weapon of choice" he continued, pointing to the balloon.
"Yeah, they may snap, they may crackle, but sooner or later they pop" Skull said, and punctured the water balloon with his toothpick, which caused it to explode all over Bulk.
The children all laughed and quickly dispersed from the gathering Bulk had assembled.
Jerome observed this latest mishap.
"Eugene, you really shouldn't interrupt anyone when they're talking" he said.
The little girl Adam, Kat and Aisha had been befriending earlier came up to them, feeling a little more jubilant.
"Hey little lady, how are you holding up?" Aisha asked.
"Fine, I got a call from my mom asking how I was...I told her how I dealt with that monster" she said.
"Yeah, that was pretty brave of you, how'd she take the news?" Adam said.
"I think I heard her faint, then daddy got on the phone, so I had to explain it again. He took it well, and told me he was proud, and how glad he was that I wasn't eaten"
"See, your dad shouldn't be listening to any horror stories, I'm sure one day those missing kids will turn up again and you won't need to feel blue" said Adam.
"I'm not afraid anymore, you taught me that if there's always a chance, there's always another day to come" she said, and gripped Adam in a hug.
On the outskirts of the city, at the Angel Grove reservoir rehydration centre, Zedd and Rita celebrated as Rito parked the van and checked the back of it to find the regenerator had rolled all the way over to a corner of the van where it had become trapped, keeping it locked in perfect position.
"Zeddy, about what I said about luck being for shmucks..." Rita replied.
"Save it my sourpuss princess, we have more pressing matters to attend to. Rito, hand me one of the power coins" Zedd replied.
Rito tossed the blue power coin to Zedd, who marvelled at it and its potential.
"This will give us easy access to Zordon's command centre. Now that we know where it is, we can put forward our best plan of attack. I already have a strategy in place that will enable us to cause the most damage without us being harmed by any of Zordon's interior defences" Zedd revealed.
"Enough strategising, it's high time we get on with causing some real damage" said Rita.
"I couldn't have put it better myself, let's get this over with" Zedd said.
Goldar teleported in and helped Rito hold up the regenerator containing the remainder of the power coins.
Rita and Zedd raised their staff and wand into the air, aiming them at the carefully positioned regenerator and fire crimson red energy blasts from both of them, the regenerator glowed brightly, and trinkets of golden radiance glowed from within as the power coins were brought to boiling point. Cries of falcons, apes, cranes, frog and bear could all be heard echoing throughout the heavens.
"Crash and burn baby" said Rito.
Back at the Command Centre, the Rangers had finally all assembled again to bear witness to this horrific sight, knowing they could do nothing to prevent it.
Billy feel weak, he clutched his chest. The teens all helped him to his feet.
"My power coin, it wasn't destroyed, I can feel it" said Billy.
"Ay-Ay-Ay, with Billy's coin in the hands of evil, there's little we can do to prevent you from suffering the same fate as Kimberly when her power coin was compromised" Alpha said.
"We can't afford to lose Billy" said Katherine.
"There is only one recourse Alpha, sever Billy's connection to the morphing grid" Zordon instructed.
"Ay-Ay-Ay, that could prove dangerous Zordon, and Billy would never be able to replenish his powers, he would effectively cease to be a Power Ranger permanently"
"It's ok Alpha, Katherine's right, you need me at my best, so long as I'm connected to my coin, Zedd can take advantage of my health" said Billy.
Alpha, solemn, pressed a few buttons on the control console. A silver and blue streak of energy shot forth from Billy's body and he fell to the floor.
"Are you Ok?" said Adam
Billy's face swirled with bright blue morphing energy.
"Yeah, yeah I'm good, my body is just morphing back to its original state is all" he said.
"We're so sorry Billy" said Katherine.
Watching the remainder of the situation on the viewing globe, the Rangers held back their rage and small tears as the regenerator finally exploded, the Rangers felt their powers ebbing away as the coins were reduced to dust.
Zedd, Rita, Goldar and Rito swiftly returned to the lunar palace to prepare a celebration of the day's events.
"I guess some of that ol' orb of doom luck stayed with me after all" said Rito.
"And then some" Rita replied.
"This day would go down in history if the timelines weren't already screwed up, so let's just call it the last chapter in a sordid and sorry book nobody enjoyed reading" said Zedd.
Master Vile soon made his presence known in the chamber.
"It's about time my sinful son-in-law did something right"
"Daddy, you've been locked in your private chambers for days, what kept you?" asked Rita.
"I was busy negotiating with the council of evil over which parts of the Earth we will rule over. You have no idea how many of us have an affinity for New Zealand beachfront property"
"Ah yes, your precious monster council...whenever are they arriving?" Zedd said.
"They have been notified of the situation. Now that we have a power coin, we can proceed with eliminating Zordon from the equation, I assign this task to my most fortunate child" said Vile.
"Ah daddy, I don't know what to say, I've been meaning to have words with Zordon for eons" said Rita.
"Not you, Rito" said Vile.
Rita gave Rito a scornful look.
"Lucky you" she said.
Back at the Command Centre, the Rangers were determining who was to blame for the current situation.
"This is our fault, we couldn't organize around our responsibilities to others." Said Katherine.
"Hey, we're all human Kat, don't beat yourself up over this" Tommy said, giving her a hug.
"We don't even know how much longer our metallic armour, or even the temporal gracepoint, will hold out" said Aisha.
"It looks like Rita and Zedd have won" said Katherine.
"Don't think like that guys, when there's a will, there's a way" said Tommy.
"Tommy is correct, there is one chance left" said Zordon.
The Rangers looked at each other in surprise.
"There is only one other source of power that could restore the Earth to normal. The Zeo crystal"
"But Zordon, we scattered the Zeo crystal into pieces around the entire planet, all through time and space" said Adam.
"Correct, however through the powers they emanate, I have pinpointed the countries and time periods where each of them is located. You must seek them out separately, for each one restores a particular Ranger. This is a quest for your roots. During which you will face potentially fatal danger. If you succeed, your part of the crystal will bestow upon you powers that will make you stronger than before"
"Zordon, there are only five sub crystals, what about Billy?" asked Aisha.
"Nothing can be done Aisha, Billy's link to the morphing grid is severed. Even if I could, I cannot re-establish that link"
"It's ok Aisha, we knew this day would come for one of us, so long as I can help you guys with weapons and new technology, I'll always be at the ready"
"You're forever a Ranger in spirit" said Adam.
The teenagers stepped forward as Zordon addressed them.
"Tommy, Aisha, Rocky, Adam & Katherine. Your journey is VERY dangerous, and the outcome uncertain. Will you accept this challenge?"
The Rangers nodded in acceptance.
"Good. Then let the Zeo Quest, begin!"
TO BE CONTINUED
