Chapter Nine

Tommy teleported back to the cave, he quickly glanced around the chamber and gripped the Sword of Power tightly in his right hand. He could sense something was wrong, he just did not know what it was.

"Ah," Goldar's voice invaded the Green Ranger's hearing. "The Sword of Power."

Tommy turned to face the golden armored monkey. For some reason he wanted to attack. He never really liked the prime ape. Not when he first was evil and not when he was good. Goldar was a creature Tommy Oliver wished never existed. But since the giant pain did exist, the Green Ranger knew they were working on the same side, but something was not right.

"Now you will hand it over to a friend of mine," Goldar instructed.

Tommy closed his eyes. The feeling he had had something to do with the sword. He instinctively knew he should not hand it over. Mentally shaking himself, Tommy forced himself to believe that the feeling was from his good side trying to reemerge itself. He turned to see Robogoat appearing from the mist.

"So, weakling Power Ranger, give me the sword," the monster baaed.

Tommy's grip on the sword tightened as he reluctantly lifted his arm. Robogoat held out his hand to take the weapon away. Just as the sword was released from the teenager's grasp, he felt something slip away. He now understood why he should have never let go of the sword as soon as Robogoat wrapped a fist around the handle.

"You are free," Goldar told him.

Tommy closed his eyes and finally understood. With his task complete, there was no need for him to be evil anymore. All of his evil plans were laid to waste. The evil of him slipped away.

"Free to be destroyed," Robogoat said. "I will smash the powers of each Ranger, starting with you."

Hearing this threat, Tommy snapped his eyes open.

"No," he exclaimed and tried to grab the monster but it vanished before his arms could touch it.

Now angry, Tommy turned to Goldar and prepared to morph.

"Go on Ranger," Goldar taunted. "Use up the last of your powers. It's exactly what we want you to do."

Ignoring him and without hardly a hesitation, Tommy made his decision to morph anyway.

"It's morphin time," he exclaimed. "Dragonzord!"

Morphed now, Tommy exited the Dark Chamber to search for Robogoat.

"Where'd you go?" He asked. "Come out and fight!"

He moved cautiously around the area. He was now in an abandoned quarry.

"I've got to get the sword of Power back," he said aloud to himself. "Even if it's the last thing I do."

He almost smiled when he spotted the sword buried in some rocks on a cliff. He knew it was a trap. It would be too easy to run up and grab the sword. He weighed his options. He had to flush out the monster.

"Wait, there it is," he said. He said for show. "The sword is ours. Their never turn me against my friend's again. The sword is ours."

Tommy races for the sword and Robogoat attacks.

"If you want the Sword of Power, you'll have to conquer me first, Green Ranger," Robogoat challenged.

Tommy smiled under his helmet.

"No problem, geekoid, you're history," he announced.

"Not as long as I have the sword," Robogoat said and slashed at the Green Ranger.

"That sword belongs to the Power Rangers," Tommy said bravely and began to fight back against the monster.

"You want the sword?" Robogoat teased. "Here it is."

He jabbed his weapon at Tommy. It was not the sword at all. It was a different weapon, a rod of some kind. The Green Ranger rolls his eyes. He easily flips over his enemy and grabs the sword.

"Like I said, Goat face," he said triumphantly. "The sword belongs to the Power Rangers and no one else, got it."

"You're wrong," Robogoat said. "It's mine and I'll use it to steal your powers."

Tommy looked down at the sword and it turns into the stick. It was unbelievable. He was tricked.

"What?" He said in shock. "No way."

He is attacked once more by the monster before the monster hides again.

"Where'd he go?" Tommy asked quietly looking around for the beast only to have it appear again, sneaking an attack.

"Victory is mine," the monster announced. "Goodbye, Green Ranger."

Robogoat blasts Tommy off the side of the cliff. The Green Ranger rolled down the wall of the cliff, slowing his fall. He landed at the bottom with a thud. It was at this time the Green Ranger grew weak.

"My powers, they're fading," he said woefully. "I've got to tell the guys what happened."

END OF CH.9