A/N 1: You know the drill. I don't own them, but I wish I did. The one exception is Lady Chaos. See Ch. 1 for those owners.

A/N 2: I'm sorry for taking so long to get this out (especially for you Ghostwriter). I just had to get my crap together before I did this. Been a lot going on through Christmas/New Year's.

A/N 3: I'm getting ready to come out with a new story…it will be called Ninjetti Rangers: Generations. It will deal with what happens in my universe were the Rangers not able to save Tommy as Rita's Evil Green Ranger. So be on the lookout for that. For now, enjoy Ch. 8 of this story.

Ch. 8: New Zeo Heroes and Missing Green

Monday, April 7

9:00 a.m.r

Sabrina's Residence

Lakeland, FL

"YOU DID WHAT?" Aisha screeched to Tommy when she heard about what happened the previous day.

"Sha, calm down," said Kimberly as she dug into her food. "I told him to do it. I felt he could handle her by himself. Besides, who the hell else could come after me?"

"Um, in case you haven't noticed, they have Goldar, Rito and whoever knows what else working up there for them," said Sabrina of Eltar as she sat at table with her friends and former enemies. "They could still send any one of those goons down to capture Kimberly, whether Tommy defeats Lady Chaos or not."

"Would they really cheat that bad?" said Tommy.

"Chaos is far more evil than any being you have ever faced. She'll do anything to get her claws on Kimberly. I'm quite sure she's got backup plans, I only wish I knew what they were," said Dulcea.

"Tell me about it," Sabrina replied. "I could know what's going on in their base at one time, but they have increased security so that I can't see what's going on in there."

"In that case, I really can't fault Tommy for taking that challenge," said Billy. "I just wish we could know what's going on up there."

"For now, I think we should all get some rest," said Tommy. "I have this sinking feeling that this is going to be a long 24 hours."

Unknown Time

Lunar Palace

"Ha! You have no idea how right you are, White Ranger!" said Lady Chaos. She looked around, and then shouted, "FINSTER! GOLDAR! RITO!"

Immediately, Rita's master scientist and both warriors came into the room and bowed respectfully before the evil warrior/sorceress.

"You two…" she said pointing to Goldar and Rito, "your assignment is simple. When I give the word, you are to go to Earth and capture the one who is formerly known as Zeo Ranger IV, Green."

"How are we to do it when he's around his friends all day? In case you haven't noticed, his Power Brat friends are starting to get closer to him within the last couple of days," said Goldar.

"That is where Finster comes in," said Lady Chaos. "If there's a time we ever needed a good monster, Finster, now is the time for one! This monster must be able to at least keep the Rangers busy while you two retrieve the Frog Prince!"

"I've been saving my best monster for just this moment, Lady Chaos," said the scientist. "And in honor of what you are making Adam suffer through, I've created a monster that brings back horrible memories for everyone it faces. It can link telepathically to someone's mind and bring their worst nightmares against them. Presenting…the Nasty Nightmare."

At Finster's motion, a vaguely humanoid monster came bounding into the throne room…much like Rita's Octoplant monster was. It had single horns on each side of its body, which was orange and blue, and had strong hands and slender legs. It also had a projector that was like a mini-television screen on its head, which was obviously used for the purposes of submitting victims to their nightmares.

"I await your command, masters!" Nasty Nightmare shouted.

"Excellent. By golly, Finster, this one may outright destroy the Zeo Rangers, which would be just as good as my ultimate goal. Now, Nasty Nightmare, listen to me," said Lady Chaos.

"When I give word, you are to go to downtown Angel Grove and destroy as much of it as you can. If you can destroy the Power Rangers, great. However, if you find yourself in trouble during battle, come back to the palace. We don't need another monster turned into scrap metal."

"As you wish," said Nasty Nightmare.

4:30 p.m. local time

Angel Grove Park

Angel Grove, CA

Shortly after school had ended, Adam walked through Angel Grove Park, simply needing to get away.

The revelations that he'd been given by Jason and Ninjor still shook him to his core, and he couldn't figure out what to think about what he'd done to his teammates at that point.

And he was alone.

Lunar Palace

Same Time

"He's in perfect position! Goldar, Rito, now! Nasty Nightmare, go and destroy Angel Grove!" shouted Lady Chaos as her minions disappeared.

Angel Grove Park

Adam was just starting to go into a kata when he was suddenly kicked from behind. He pulled himself up…and stared right into the faces of Goldar and Rito.

"So, you two knuckleheads still think you can take me?" said Adam as he stood up. "I'll escape you before you can ever take me!" he said as he pressed his communicator.

Nothing happened.

"It doesn't work here, Power Brat! You can't run from us!" said Goldar.

'Damn! Some time of forcefield!' thought Adam. 'At least I still have Ninjetti within me.'

"OK, you two, if it's a fight you want, it's a fight you're going to get! Ninja Ranger Power! The Frog!" said Adam. Instantly, he morphed into his black Ninjetti suit. However, he was soon overpowered by the two warriors, as the link to him and his spirit animal was not as strong as he had hoped it would be. He was then grabbed and forced to his feet.

"Let me go, bucket-heads!" said Adam. "You're never going to get away with this!"

"Quit with the clichéd Ranger lines, Master Frog! You are coming with us!" said Goldar as he and Rito disappeared with Adam…without Zordon even knowing what happened.

3:45 p.m.

Angel Grove Youth Center

For the rest of the Rangers, it was simply a normal day.

Tanya was at the Juice Bar sipping on one of Ernie's patented smoothies, while Rocky and Jason sparred on the mats, while Kat was sitting at a table looking over her homework.

That was until their communicators beeped. Instinctively, the Rangers moved to their back corridor.

"This is Jason. We read you."

"JASON, ANGEL GROVE IS UNDER ATTACK. TELEPORT TO THE POWER CHAMBER AND I WILL EXPLAIN."

"We're on it. Where's Tommy?"

"HE IS ON HIS WAY AS WELL. I HAVE ALSO TELEPORTED ZACK TO THE POWER CHAMBER."

Instantly, the four Rangers teleported out.

Power Chamber

As four of the Rangers teleported in, Tommy teleported in at the same time.

"Got here as soon as I could, guys. What's the word?" said Tommy.

"OBSERVE THE VIEWING GLOBE, RANGERS."

As the Rangers turned their attention to their newest opponent, Zordon began to speak again.

"SHE IS CALLED THE NASTY NIGHTMARE. SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO LINK WITH ANY ONE OF YOUR MINDS AND THUS USE YOUR WORST NIGHTMARES AGAINST YOU. THIS WOULD HINDER YOU IN BATTLE, ALLOWING HER TO EASILY OVERPOWER YOU."

"Sounds like we're going to have a mighty tough time out there," said Jason.

"Hey, at least you'll have a full team!" said Zack.

"You mean, you took the Zeo Ranger IV powers?" said Tommy.

"Yep, they stuck to me like glue. It's great for the Zack-man to be back in the saddle again," said Zack.

"Are Ninjor and Auric the Conqueror ready in case we need backup?" said Tommy.

"THEY ARE, TOMMY. THEY ARE READY AT YOUR COMMAND, AS ALWAYS."

"All right then, let's do it, guys! IT'S MORPHIN TIME!" said Tommy as all six Rangers activated their Zeonizers and brought them together.

"Zeo Ranger I, Pink!" called Kat.

"Zeo Ranger II, Yellow!" said Tanya.

"Zeo Ranger III, Blue!" summoned Rocky.

"Zeo Ranger IV, Green!" yelled Zack, as he morphed into the Green Ranger for the first time.

"Zeo Ranger V, Red!" shouted Tommy.

"Gold Ranger Power!" shouted Jason.

Downtown Angel Grove

"Well, hello there, Rangers. How nice of you to come…to your doom," said the Nasty Nightmare.

"Wow. I've seen lots of Rita's goons, but you may be the ugliest one yet, projector-face!" said Jason.

"You have a mighty sharp tongue, Golden one. Let's see how sharp it is when I've connected my mind to your own!" said the monster as she suddenly shot a trapping tentacle out from her side. Jason tried to dodge it, but could not, as he was easily wrapped up and brought to the monster.

"Let me go, you overgrown projector!" shouted Jason.

"Hahaha, no way, honey. This is much better. Now your mind will be MINE!" she said as she laughed. She then fired a beam of light from her projector, which struck Jason, connecting his mind with hers.

"Now, Gold Ranger, observe how pathetic you've been…" said the monster as it began to show horrid images of nothing but Jason's worst times as a Ranger.

"This…can't…be…happening…to…me…" shouted Jason.

"Jason, NO!" shouted Katherine as she charged forward.

"Kat, watch out! It's a trap!" shouted Tommy as another tentacle suddenly shot out from the Nightmare's side and enveloped Kat.

"No way! This idiot can't be doing this to us that easily. Tommy, it's time for some backup!" shouted Zack.

"You're right, Zack-man. Ninjor, we need you now!"

Power Chamber

"Well, looks like the first action in a while. Time to show those good-for-nothings the full anger of the Power of Ninja!" shouted Ninjor as he teleported out.

Angel Grove Park

As the monster was about to drain the two Rangers powerless, suddenly, four blue energy blasts hit her tentacles dead on, freeing Jason and Kat.

'No way. Could it be?' thought Kat weakly.

"If you thought evil had won, you overgrown horn-head, think again!" said the high pitched voice of Ninjor as he came charging onto the scene, sword held high. He then pulled up beside Tommy, who suddenly noticed how weak Jason and Katherine were.

"Alpha, teleport Jason and Kat back to the Power Chamber. They're in no position to fight," said Tommy.

"Aye-yi-yi! You got it, Tommy!" said Alpha as streaks of gold and rose colored light vanished.

"OK. Now, where were we?" said Tommy.

"OK, Rangers, you may have escaped thanks to your friend, but I'll be back when you least expect it!" said Nasty Nightmare as she vanished in a flash of orange.

"Guys, I need to get back to Florida. Kim's worried sick about me," said Tommy.

"You're right, we should get back to the Power Chamber and discuss this," said Tanya.

"Right. Let's go," said Rocky.

Power Chamber

"Guys, what am I going to do if I am helping Kimberly and have to teleport back here all of a sudden because of a monster attack? I can't be in two places at once!" said Tommy.

"I've got a solution, Zordon," said Zack as he stepped forward. "We give Jason's Golden Powers back to Trey, and then Jason can take Tommy's powers so he can go to Florida."

"Um, don't you think I should be going with him?" said Rocky suddenly. "After all, I have Ninjetti powers too."

"That's what I'm here for," said a voice behind them.

"Trini!" said Tommy. "You came!"

"Of course I did, silly!" said Trini. "Heck, I've simply been here all day, just feeling I'd be needed."

"We should probably take care of this one at a time, Rangers," said Ninjor as he stood near them.

"Right you are," said Tommy. "Rocky, go ahead with your transfer first." With that, Rocky stepped forward and presented his Zeo Crystal and Zeonizers to Trini.

"I, Rocky DeSantos, give you, Trini Kwan, the knowledge, honor and mental strength that comes with holding the power of Zeo Ranger III, Blue. I trust that you will have enough experience to help this team," said Rocky.

Trini could suddenly feel the rush of power that she hadn't felt in a couple of years. As she morphed into her new Ranger costume, she felt like she could jump through the roof.

"Yes! I can feel it!" said Trini. "Thank you for trusting me with the Power, Rocky. I'll take good care of it."

"I know you will," said Rocky.

Just then, a flash of gold was seen in the Chamber, which revealed Trey.

"Zordon just contacted me guys. I got here as fast as I could," said the Triforian Prince.

"THAT IS GOOD. ALPHA, WHAT IS THE CONDITION OF JASON AND KAT?" said Zordon.

Alpha, who had put Jason and Kat in a recovery chamber earlier, then went to look, and reported back.

"They are better than before, but they need about 30 more minutes. They should be stable by then. That Nightmare monster really damaged their thought processes," said Alpha.

"EXCELLENT WORK, ALPHA," said Zordon.

5:00 p.m.

30 minutes later, after Jason and Kat had fully recovered, they stumbled their way into the Power Chamber.

"Ugh, did anyone see that Zord that hit me?" said Jason.

"I pretty much feel like mush," said Katherine.

"THOSE ARE THE EFFECTS OF THE MONSTER'S MIND CONTROL WEARING OFF. BY LATER THIS EVENING, YOU SHOULD BE FINE," said Zordon.

Then Jason took a look around, and saw Trey near him.

"Trey! What are you doing back here?" said Jason in surprise.

"I came back because you need to take on Tommy's powers," said Trey. "He is still protected by Ninjetti, and Kimberly needs him in Florida, but we still need a red Zeo Ranger. Thus, I am willing to take back my Golden Power Staff and stay here on Earth until this threat passes."

"I'll take it and lead the Zeo team," Jason said. "First of all, I believe you need something." As he said this, he produced the Golden Power Staff and handed it back to the Triforian Prince, who immediately morphed back into his uniform.

"Thank you for holding my powers while my souls reunited, Jason. I will be forever grateful to you," said Trey.

"Now, we need to start the second transfer," said Tommy as he produced his Zeo Crystal.

"I, Tommy Oliver, give to you, Jason Scott, the leadership responsibilities which come with being Zeo Ranger V, Red. I trust you and know you will lead the team well." As Tommy handed Jason his Zeonizers and the Crystal's power transferred, Jason immediately morphed back into his red form.

"Man, it feels GREAT to be back in red!" said Jason.

"You shall command Zeo Zord V and Super Zeo Zord V, as well as my Red Battlezord. Use them well," said Tommy.

"NOW, ROCKY AND TOMMY, I BELIEVE A CERTAIN FORMER PINK RANGER COULD USE YOUR ASSISTANCE."

"Right. Are you ready, Rocko?" said Tommy.

"Ready as I'll ever be, Tommy!" said Rocky.

"Goodbye, Red Ape and White Falcon. We shall miss you. May the Power protect you," said Ninjor.

"All right Tommy. Let's hit it!" said Rocky as the two teleported out in flashes of white light.

Palace Dungeon

Lunar Palace

Unknown Time

In a lone cell in the dungeon of the Lunar Palace lay the former Green Zeo Ranger, Adam Park. 90 minutes earlier, Goldar and Rito had thrown him in this cell, and there he had stayed for some time now.

For 30 minutes, he'd tried banging on the door, yelling "Let me out of here!" but when no one heard him, he'd simply slumped to the back of the cell and cried himself to sleep.

Suddenly, he was shoved awake.

"Feeding time, human!" said Lady Chaos as she brought a tray of food. "My future warrior needs to be as healthy as he can!"

"There's no way I'd ever serve you! My friends will save me, just like they have before!" said Adam.

"If you really think that, then you need to come off your high horse, human! Your friends don't even know where you are! We took you from right under their noses! You are going to help me defeat Sabrina, as well as the Power Rangers!"

"There's no way I'd ever destroy my friends, even if I have to spare Sabrina! Never gonna happen, you vile creature!"

"Oh, yes it will, Adam. Yes it can, and yes it will! And I'll torture you if I have to! Now, eat!" said Lady Chaos as she left.

As she left, and as Adam began digging into his food blankly (and he was surprised at how closely it resembled food on Earth), he began wondering: Did I really do the right thing by surrendering my place on the team? Is it even remotely possible that Sabrina was just under an evil spell?

As he cried himself to sleep again after eating, these questions raced through his mind.

'Rangers, Sabrina,' he thought, 'if I'm forced to destroy you, I'm sorry for everything.'

TBC…