Chapter Thirteen
Ever since Robogoat, Tommy's life had not been so easy. Lord Zedd had attacked four timesand he was becoming predictable when it came to his plans, send down a monster to rid the Green Ranger of his powers and the evil lord was slowly succeeding.
First Tommy had been kidnapped by Lord Zedd's Octophantom monster. It's jar was made to hold the Rangers and steal the Rangers' powers. The Rangers defeated the monster with all of their powers still fully intact, except for Tommy's. The battle did indeed take away some of Tommy's powers, leaving him a bit weaker than he was before.
The next battle did not help the Green Ranger's power dilemma. Lord Zedd continued his relentless assault on the teenager. The Stag Beetle was made to defeat the Green Ranger. It, like the Octophantom, was able to drain Tommy of his powers. It was amazing that he was able to remain morphed after his powers were stolen. The monster was made to be use thr Green Ranger's powers against the Rangers. The team was able to get Tommy's powers back, well, what was left of his powers after the Stag Beetle had used some of them up.
The third battle was also a plot to drain Tommy of his powers. Only this time, Zedd didn't kidnap Tommy, he kidnapped Trini's young neighbor. The monster, Invenusable Fly Trap was a tough beast. When it was closed it was invincible. The monster was able to us its chest mouth to kidnap Jason, Kimberly, Zack, and Billy, as leverage for Tommy to give up his powers. Tommy was willing to trade his life for Trini's neighbor and give up his remaining powers. Luckily, though weaker, the Green Ranger did not have to give up his powers. The Power Rangers were able to defeat Zedd's monster. Tommy, again, was weaker but still the Green Ranger.
The battle against the last monster of Lord Zedd's left Tommy even more discouraged than before. The villain had the monster Guitardo to use Kimberly's guitar against the Rangers. The monster could used music to hypnotize the monster's victims to make them do whatever it wanted. This power incapacitated Jason, Zack, Trini, and Billy, leaving Kimberly and Tommy alone to battle the monster. Tommy was brave and went up against the monster on his own, discovering the monster's weakness, music. Tommy was able to use his Dragon dagger/flute against the monster and Kimberly turned her Power Bow into a harp to use against Guitardo. Together, they were able to defeat the monster. The battle left Tommy further drained of his powers. He was still upset over his weakened powers, but in the end, Kimberly's song she wrote with Zack especially for the Green Ranger helped him feel better. It was a really touching song it made him feel that if he wanted his friends' help, he could always count on them, but still the reality of the Green Ranger's situation still weighed down the young man.
Tommy's powers are quickly fading and he could feel that he didn't have many battles left in him. Though he knew and understood this, he could not accept it. He knew he adjusted well after he lost his powers the first time, but now he just couldn't. He wanted to protect the world, he wanted to continue to fight side by side with his friends. He didn't want to be a normal person with normal problems. And to make matters worse, because of his fear, instead of becoming closer to his friends, he was pulling away from them.
Tommy stopped spending most of his time with his friends. He wasn't spending as much time at the Youth Center like he used to. He stopped talking to Trini, Zack, or Billy. He barely talked to Jason or Kimberly. Tommy could tell they were worried but he couldn't bring himself to be more open. He felt that this was is battle and it he had to fight it alone.
END OF CH. 13