A/N: You know the disclaimer, I don't own em, nor do I own what happened between the Power Rangers and Masked Rider.. Chapters 1 and 15 have that info. I own Lady Chaos and Sarah of Eltar.
Ch. 16-Shifting into Turbo, Dex's Return
Friday, April 25
5:00 p.m. local time
Angel Grove Park
As the Black Ninjetti Ranger, Adam Park, charged at the rejuvenated Blue Globbor monster, he was haunted by the pictures he had just seen courtesy of Dulcea.
He was not going to lose Sabrina again...not if he could help it.
The two began to lock up, ironically, by wrestling each other. The Globbor had Adam in a chokehold for about two or three minutes before Adam finally managed to free himself by sheer willpower.
"Let's see how you like this one!" shouted Globbor as he fired blue balls of energy from the top of his head. Adam managed to roll out of harm's way, then stood up and hissed fiercely.
"Nice try, you overgrown piece of slime!" shouted Adam. "Now let's see how you like a little taste of MY power!" Adam brought his Power Axe up, and fired a few rounds of laser blasts from his weapon. These blasts sent Globbor hurtling to the grass.
Globbor, by this time, was getting really annoyed, and so he charged Adam angrily. But he wasn't watching his back, and he was hit from behind with a well-timed kick to the back of his left leg, which sent him flying about 20 yards.
"Always watch behind you, slime-ball," shouted Sabrina, who had recovered enough of her energy to perform the sneak attack, as she curled her hands into fists.
"Yeah, but I could say the same about you!" shouted Globbor.
Adam and Sabrina turned just in time to see a squadron of Cogs throwing punches at them.
"I'll go left, you go right. If you start feeling weak, teleport out of here immediately," said Adam.
"You got it!" said Sabrina, as she and Adam charged to their different assignments.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Tommy was in a fierce fight with Kimberly, which, for the most part, had been a fight of punches and kicks...until Kimberly decided to raise the stakes.
"That does it, White Ranger! I'm through playing games!" shouted Kimberly, as she summoned a black archer's bow, and mounted several arrows shaded in pink, but with a touch of blue on the sharp end.
"Let's see if you get a charge out of these!" shouted Kimberly as she fired a barrage of arrows at Tommy. Before Tommy could do anything, the arrows surrounded him and made contact, sending a lot of voltage into his body. Tommy cried out painfully as he fell to the grass.
"I bet that didn't taste very good, Tommy-Boy," smirked Kimberly as she watched him struggle to stand.
"How would you like to become evil and join me and Jason anyways, Tommy? After all, you aren't looking so good," said Kimberly.
"Never. Evil will never triumph, Kim," said Tommy shakily.
"Put a sock in it, Thomas!" shouted Gasket. "Kimberly, do it now!"
"It would be my pleasure, Gasket," said Kimberly. "I didn't say you had a choice on whether you want to be evil or not, Tommy Say goodbye to fighting with your friends, for soon you will be fighting AGAINST them!" She took out an arrow with a touch of black, aimed and fired.
The arrow never hit its target. Instead, it simply glanced off a sword that had stuck out to intercept it...a sword that belonged to the White Aquitar Ranger.
"Never count your chickens before they hatch, Pink Crane," said Delphine calmly as she charged forward, sword in hand.
"Why, you! I'll get you for that, ya little fish-tailed Ranger!" shouted Kimberly as she fired a barrage of electric charge arrows at Delphine, which Aquitar's White Ranger was barely able to dodge. Delphine then ran up to Tommy's side.
"Are you OK?" said Delphine.
"Yes, thanks to you," said Tommy.
"Good. We need to regroup as one!" said Delphine, and she and Tommy ran off to help Sabrina and Adam. Kimberly was in hot pursuit of them both.
Meanwhile, the other three Ninjetti Rangers were having problems with the numerous goons of Goldar, Rito, Gasket, Tengas, Cogs and the Nasty Nightmare. Suddenly, the villains charged their weapons and prepared to deliver a nasty blow.
"Everyone, duck!" shouted Rocky.
But before the blasts could hit them, they were negated...and the villains were blasted by four of Aquitar's Rangers!
"Aurico! Cestro! Corcus! Tideus! Just in time!" shouted Rocky.
"We hope we will be able to help while Zordon figures out what to do as far as the Power Chamber and the Zeo Powers goes," Aurico said.
"Now, what do you say we finish off these vile creatures?" said Cestro.
"I say let's do it!" said Billy.
Somewhere inside the mountains...
"Anyone know where we are?" said Tanya.
"I think we're inside the mountain that was holding the Power Chamber," said Trey.
"Yeah, but where the hell are we supposed to go?" said Zack. A potential rant was interrupted by a bright light, which nearly blinded them all...it seemed to be coming from a crack in the wall.
"Rangers!" came a familiar voice, possibly Ninjor's, "please step through the wall crack!"
Somewhere in California...
Elsewhere in California, a teenager who appeared to be no older than eighteen stood in a meditative state, listening to instructions from who appeared to be his grandfather.
"Dregon's forces have retreated," the grandfather told the younger one. "There is an unholy alliance of villains on this planet's moon, carrying a dangerous source of power. Your mission is twofold. First, go to the moon and retrieve this power source."
"What is it, grandfather?" the younger one asked.
"The legendary Zeo Crystal," the other replied. At this, the younger one shuddered.
"Then, you must go help this planet's Power Rangers in stopping this alliance. Without your help, this planet will fall easily. They are located in your very state...in Angel Grove City, I believe. Find their Command Center and meet up with my good friend Zordon of Eltar. He will give you more information," said the older one.
"The ones that helped us on Edenoi?" said the child.
"That's right," said the older grandfather.
"Grandfather, I don't want to take the risk that Dregon's forces are going to return."
"He will not come back. Now, go, Dex, before it's too late."
Lunar Palace
"Wonderful, Jason!" shouted Lord Zedd. "No more Zeo Rangers in our hair! Too bad the Rangers' fish-tailed allies showed up to help when they did!"
"The fish-folk can't hold up outside of their water environment, though," said Jason with a grin. "We just need to keep them occupied long enough."
"Now, what do we do with the Zeo Crystal?" said Rita.
"We could use it to make our own evil Rangers, but I don't think we'll do that," said Lady Chaos. "I have other plans for it, but I'll reveal them at a later time."
Suddenly, a flash of black swept over all the villains, knocking them off their feet. A second flash kept them on the ground, too stunned to move.
"Who the hell are you, intruder?" shouted Lord Zedd at the top of his lungs.
"You will know soon enough. I am here because you have taken something that's not yours!" came the voice of a stern-faced, young looking man wearing black and red. He then flashed behind the throne to where the Crystal was being kept, grabbed it, and returned to his spot.
"Why, you!" shouted Jason. "You'll pay for that, you pathetic teenager!" He fired a blast from the Sword of Darkness, but the teen was able to roll out of the way.
"Give that back immediately!" shouted Lady Chaos.
"I don't think so, you vile creatures. As the Power Rangers once rallied to my planet's cause against my enemy, Dregon, so I have become compelled to rally to theirs against you wannabes. Now, you want to know who I am? I'll show you just who I am! In the name of King Lexian of Edenoi, I call upon the powers of the Masked Rider! Ecto-Phase Activate!"
There was a flash of light, and seconds later, the famed Masked Rider stood in the teen's place, fully ready for battle.
"So, you're the famed twit who the Power Rangers helped on your planet, huh?" shouted Rita. "I'll make sure you can't help them on this planet though! Tengas, get him!"
But before they could swarm the Masked Rider, he teleported away, leaving Rita and Zedd to scream at their henchmen.
Inside the Power Chamber's mountain...
"Man, I don't know, you guys," said Kat. "But if it's Ninjor giving the commands, then I think we have to trust him."
"You're right," said Trini. "Let's do it."
"I'm in," said Zack. With that, the four Rangers went through the crack in the mountain wall...and wound up in a place which made them gasp.
Televisions and monitors adorned the walls of the place...sometimes four to a wall. The Zeo and Morphin suits were hanging on one of the walls, just as the Morphin suits did in the old Power Chamber. There was a discussion table located just outside of the control panel, which was now a full circle except for a small entryway on one of the ends.
"Wow," said Trini, "this place is absolutely incredible."
"WELCOME TO YOUR NEW COMMAND BASE, POWER RANGERS," came a familiar voice. Everyone turned to look at the far wall, and saw Zordon's plasma time warp, just as it usually was.
"Already I can tell...this place looks incredible," said Tanya.
"NINJOR AND I HAVE BEEN MAKING PLANS FOR THIS TO BECOME YOUR NEW HOME EVER SINCE HE CAME INTO OUR ALLIANCE, RANGERS. EVEN WHEN THE POWER CHAMBER WAS FORMED, I WOULD SPEAK WITH NINJOR ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND HE HAS WORRIED FOR SOME TIME THAT THE HIGHER POWERS WITHIN THE FORCES OF EVIL WOULD LAUNCH A MAJOR ATTACK ON THE CHAMBER. LADY CHAOS HAS DECIDED TO TAKE THE FIGHT DIRECTLY TO US, AND THUS, WE FELT IT WOULD BE BEST IF THE COMMAND BASE WERE OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH'S VIEW ENTIRELY," said Zordon.
"You will be given a tour of this command base when we have more time to do so. It's too bad we had to do this under circumstnaces out of the ordinary," said Sarah, who was standing off to the right.
"Good that we still have the Command Center," said Trini. "But what are we going to do without powers or Zords?"
"Man, that was BRUTAL!" said Zack. "We had our powers taken from us just like THAT!"
"Man, I am so going to get Jason for this," said Tanya.
"How in the world are we supposed to survive without our powers?" said Kat.
"RANGERS, I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION. THE SITUATION WOULD INDEED BE BLEAK, WERE SARAH AND SABRINA NOT WORKING WITH ME ON DEVELOPING A NEW POWER FOR YOUR TEAM...DERIVED FROM THE ZEO CRYSTAL ITSELF."
"Rangers," Sarah said, "Behold...the Power of Turbo!"
A holographic projector then appeared, showing different scenes. The first was of a group of weapons...amongst them were weapons that looked like a bow with arrows, there were two blue blasters, and there was a sword, amongst others.
The second was of five different cars, and the image appeared to be of these cars forming some kind of Megazord.
After several more images were seen, the projector was turned off, and Zordon spoke again.
"SABRINA, SARAH AND I WERE WORKING ON THESE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. FORTUNATELY, WHEN JASON TOOK THE CRYSTAL, WE HAD THE POWERS FINISHED. BEHOLD YOUR TURBO KEYS AND MORPHERS."
Instantly, five keys appeared before them, in the identical colors that the Zeo powers came from.
"THE TURBO KEYS AND MORPHERS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR ZEONIZERS OF THE PAST. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO TO MORPH IS INSERT THE TURBO KEY INTO THE MORPHER. A NOTE ABOUT YOUR NEW ZORDS...THEY COME WITH FAR MORE TECHNOLOGY AND POWER THAN EITHER THE ZEO ZORDS OR THE SUPER ZEO ZORDS. BUT, AS BEFORE, YOU CANNOT DEFEAT YOUR OPPONENTS WITH ANY ONE ZORD. WHICH LEADS ME TO POINT OUT THAT THESE ZORDS CAN COMBINE TO FORM THE TURBO MEGAZORD, THE MOST POWERFUL MEGAZORD TO DATE. NOW, BEHOLD YOUR NEW RANGER ASSIGNMENTS," Zordon said.
Instantly, the four were bathed in different colors of light...one pink, one yellow, one blue and one red.
"GRACEFUL KATHERINE, YOU HAVE IMPROVED FROM THE FIRST DAY YOU BECAME A POWER RANGER, AND YOU HAVE HELPED US BECOME BETTER FOR THAT CHOICE. THE POWER OF THE PINK TURBO RANGER, YOUR NEW WEAPON, WINDFIRE, AND THE WIND CHASER TURBO ZORD ARE YOURS TO COMMAND," said Zordon as Katherine successfully finished her forced morph.
"TANYA," said Zordon, as the young African singer stepped forward, "YOU ARE FULL OF SPIRIT AND ENERGY. THE POWER OF THE YELLOW TURBO RANGER, THE TURBO STAR CHARGERS, AND THE POWER OF THE DUNE STAR TURBO ZORD ARE YOURS. USE THEM WELL."
"Count on it, Zordon," said Tanya as her morph finished.
"TRINI," said Zordon, "YOU ARE PATIENT AND CALM IN MOST SITUATIONS. THE POWER OF THE BLUE TURBO RANGER, YOUR TURBO HAND BLASTERS, AND YOUR MOUNTAIN BLASTER TURBO ZORD WILL SERVE YOU WELL."
"AND ZACHARY, FREE-WHEELING AND LOOSE, YOU ARE THE NEW LEADER OF THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF POWER RANGERS. YOU SHALL COMMAND THE POWER OF THE RED TURBO RANGER, SHALL DRIVE THE RED LIGHTNING TURBO ZORD, AND WILL WIELD THE TURBO LIGHTNING SWORD."
"Awesome, Zordon," said Trini. "But who, pray tell, is going to be our new Green Ranger?"
"TO FUFILL THOSE DUTIES," said Zordon, "I HAVE RECRUITED, WITH TOMMY'S HELP, SOMEONE WHO IS VERY CLOSE TO TOMMY AND MAY VERY WELL HELP HIM IN THE FUTURE.. BEHOLD, YOUR NEW GREEN RANGER."
With that, the door to the base lifted up to reveal...
"David?" said Tanya as she stared in shock.
"Hi, guys," said Tommy Oliver's brother, David Trueheart.
Angel Grove Park
In Angel Grove Park, the Rangers were continuing to fight their enemies off. The problem was that the villains didn't lose energy, while the Ninjetti Rangers were having to do all they could to fight their enemies off.
"At long last! Victory is ours!" shouted Gasket.
"Yes," said Kimberly as she mounted some explosive arrows. "Say good-night, Power-less Rangers."
"I'm going to enjoy destroying you in particular, White Ranger," Goldar sneered as he charged his own sword.
But before any of them could do anything, they were met with a round of sword blasts.
"What the...DEX!" shouted Billy. "Are we ever glad to see you!"
"Did someone call for an exterminator?" said the Masked Rider as he joined his Earthen friends and took a defensive stance.
"You shall pay for intruding, Masked Rider!" shouted Goldar as he charged his sword and sent fire towards Dex, who promptly rolled out of the way.
"Hahaha. Nice try, but you're going to have to do better than THAT, you poor excuse for a monkey," said Dex.
Tommy then ran up to his friend and whispered something in his ear.
"It's worth a shot," said Dex. "Rangers, Aqitian and Earthen, form a circle around me."
As the Rangers were forming their circle, Kimberly addressed the villains.
"Don't let them do what they're doing. I've got a bad feeling about this!" she shouted. "Rita, we need HELP!"
Moon Palace
"We must answer Kimberly's call, my dear," said Zedd. "Are you ready?"
"Am I ever!" said Rita, as she joined staves with Zedd. "Those idiots only have their Ninjazords, and so the Aquitians and that idiot Dex won't be able to help them!"
"MAKE OUR MONSTERS GROW!" they both shouted as lightning streaked to Earth.
Angel Grove Park
As the Rangers were about to break Gasket's teleportation interference, their attention was broken by loud roars from their opponents.
They turned around and noticed the footmen were goine, but they also were turned to see Goldar, Rito, Kimberly, Gasket, and the Nasty Nightmare all grown to skyscraper size.
"It looks like you won't be going anywhere, Rangers!" shouted Gasket.
"Guys, I think our problems just got a whole lot bigger! We're going to have to call on the Zords," said Tommy.
"Dex, you better get out of here," said Adam. "You're not going to be able to help us in this fight, as you don't have a Zord."
"Right," said Dex. "Teleporting now." With that, Dex disappeared, heading for the Chamber.
"Sabrina, you don't have a Zord, do you?" said Aisha.
"Oh yes I do, and I've been waiting to put it into action for a LONG time! It can do a LOT of neat tricks...you'll see!" said the Gold Ninjetti as she lined up with her teammates.
"OK, but be careful," said Adam. "We don't need you getting hurt."
"Aquitians, you guys better call on your Zords, and I'll go with these guys so we can form the NinjaMegaFalconZord," said Tommy. "I don't want to show them all our tricks right away." Tommy then pressed his communicator. "Sarah, send the Crane out on remote. We're going to have to summon the Zords."
"On it, Tommy," came the distinctly foreign voice of Zordon's wife. "The Crane is activated and on its way."
"Good," said Tommy. "Let's do it, guys!"
"We need NinjaZord Power, now!" shouted the six Ninjetti Rangers
"Gold Cougar, NinjaZord, power up!" shouted Sabrina...and instantly, a time-warp opened, bringing forth a monstrous, golden cat-like creature.
"Black Frog, NinjaZord, power up!" shouted Adam.
"Blue Wolf, NinjaZord, power up!" shouted Billy.
"Yellow Bear, NinjaZord, power up!" shouted Aisha.
"Red Ape, NinjaZord, power up!" shouted Rocky.
"White Ninja FalconZord, power up!" shouted Tommy.
With those calls, the seven NinjaZords were activated in another part of Angel Grove, and the Rangers soon found themselves in their respective cockpits.
"Ninja CougarZord, Battle Mode 1!" shouted Sabrina. Instantly, much like the TigerZord of old, this Zord changed from a carrier cat into a fierce warrior robot. Also, its had a sword in its sheath.
"OK, guys, initiate NinjaMegaFalconZord sequence!" shouted Tommy. Instantly, the other six Ninjazords formed the famed NinjaMegaFalconZord, which landed gracefully next to its Cougar counterpart.
Meanwhile, in another part of Angel Grove Park, the Aquitians had gone far enough away from the battle where they could pull their surprise.
"Power of Water, Power of Thunder, Power of Light! Powers Unite! We need Thunderzord Power, NOW!" shouted the five Aquitians.
Moon Palace
"IMPOSSIBLE! THOSE ZORDS WERE DESTROYED!" shouted Lord Zedd.
Angel Grove Park.
"Mastodon/Lion ThunderZord Power!" shouted Corcus.
"Pterodactyl/Firebird ThunderZord Power!" shouted Delphine.
"Triceratops/Unicorn ThunderZord Power!" shouted Cestro.
"Saber-Toothed Tiger/Griffin ThunderZord Power!:" shouted Tideus.
"Tyrannosaurus/Red Dragon ThunderZord Power!" shouted Aurico.
The five ThunderZords momentarily streaked forward, with the Red Dragon ThunderZord immediately transforming into its Battle Mode. It landed gracefully and then waited for the other Zords to combine. When the Lion ThunderZord formed the chest, the transformation was complete.
"ThunderMegaZord, Power Up!" shouted the Aquitian Rangers. This MegaZord joined its two friends and stood ready to counter the forces of evil, three Zords in all.
"Destroy them all!" shouted Goldar as he and his fellow henchmen charged forward.
TBC...