In the town center, the chaos continued and got even worse when the monsters arrived. A horde of Putty Patrollers frightened, cornered, and attacked several people. They also joined Goldar in destroying cars and beginning to raze buildings; they smashed things with their crude fists while Rita's chief warrior skillfully caused havoc by swinging his sword and shooting flames from its blade. Police officers who had arrived on the scene were quickly felled by his attacks.
"You will now do as we command you!" Goldar said as he faced a few families that were huddled together. "You humans are now in the service of Rita Repulsa, and will help us take over this miserable planet!"
"We have no idea what you are talking about!" one of the men yelled back, wiping the blood off his mouth.
"We won't work for any ugly weirdos like you!" said his little girl, who clung to her father's arm.
"I thought you would say that," Goldar growled, a hint of glee in his voice. "Adder!"
The Adder was near one of the stores the Putties were breaking into, screams flying out the broken windows. He dropped a teenager whose shoulder he had just sunk his fangs into. An injured officer crawled to check on the victim.
"It's time to begin mass recruitment!" Goldar shouted.
"With pleasure, my friend," the Adder said. With a guttural growl and a hiss, the alien opened his mouth wide and started spewing a thick crimson gas into the air.
A small boy came out from hiding behind a hedge and began to run from the incoming cloud. He ran close to Goldar, who instantly scooped him up.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asked as the child screamed.
"What's that?" somebody asked, pointing to the top of one of the taller buildings in the square. Five streaks of light came down on the roof. It was the Power Rangers.
"There they are. Let's stop them!" the Red Ranger yelled.
"Right!" the others cried in unison.
With battle cries, the Rangers leapt from the building to the ground and ran toward the masses. Nobody moved a muscle.
"Putty Patrol, attack!" shouted Goldar, brandishing his sword.
The clay minions rushed to meet the new challengers, hoping to overtake them again. This time, it was different. The Power Rangers engaged the enemy with a new sense of confidence and duty, as well as amplified fighting instincts.
Four Putties advanced on the Pink Ranger, but she cleared them away with one spinning heel kick. Meanwhile, the Yellow and Red Rangers blocked and dodged a flurry of strikes from their foes, sending the claybrains to the ground with roundhouse kicks, elbow strikes, and hook punches.
The Blue Ranger landed some blows on the Putties, but did an even better job of making them crash into each other. During one attack, while one of the Putties grabbed him in a full nelson lock, another went to launch a kick. Tracey dropped straight down and it was his captor that was sent flying.
A few minutes later, the Black and Red Rangers squared off with the remaining Putty Patrollers that were menacing a woman and her daughter; thanks to their HUDs, they knew that only five more remained in the fight. Ash downed one with a flying side kick while Brock picked up another and threw it to the street. Seeing this, the last goon ran off.
"Are you two okay?" Ash asked mother and child. The woman nodded, an amazed look on her and her daughter's face.
"Go on, get to safety!" Brock told them. The two quickly retreated.
More police and paramedics were arriving, and the Power Rangers helped usher the civilians to them.
"You'll be alright!" Lia shouted as she and Tracey took a few of them to a waiting ambulance. Howard and his teammate, who were preparing things, looked at the Rangers with puzzled expressions. "Who are you?" He asked.
"Don't worry. We've got the situation under control," Tracey assured them. "We'll handle the monsters while you all get those civilians."
"Right," Howard said as the two went back to the battlefield. "Whoever they are, I want to know who does their uniforms," he thought.
As Misty returned from taking some children over to a waiting police car, her HUD warned her of an oncoming attack from behind.
"Watch out, guys!" she said as she turned to see Goldar running to strike her with his sword. She rolled out of the way and tried to punch Goldar, but the monster landed a swipe from his sword. Misty fell down, sparks flying from her suit as the power protected her from further damage.
The other Rangers made their way to face Goldar, but he easily dodged high kicks and blocked strikes, knocking them back.
"Your feeble skills are no match for us!" he roared as the Rangers regrouped.
"We'll see about that!" the Pink Ranger answered.
"You fools have no idea how lucky you are," the Adder hissed, calmly making his way around a corner. "Your helmets have been protecting you from my gas. Most of these people you are trying to save and those foolish rescuers are going comatose even as we speak! And that's just my warmup."
"That's what you think, ugly!" shot the Red Ranger as the creature prepared to let more of his noxious fumes into the air. "Rangers, draw your Blade Blasters!"
The five reached to their left sides to draw red laser blasters from their holsters. Before the Adder could complete his actions, the Power Rangers fired and filled his maw with beams of energy. An explosion rocked the Adder and sent him tumbling down. Goldar readied his blade, but was met with a hail of laser fire, bringing him to his companion's level.
"I can't believe those nitwits are winning!" Rita screeched, pacing around the main court of the Moon Palace. "Finster you dolt, your Putties and that monster is a complete imbecile. And Goldar is just as pathetic!" Finster held his ears as Rita brandished her wand at Squatt and Baboo, who cowered away.
"Well, why don't you make them grow big with your magic staff?" Squatt suggested.
"A brilliant idea!" Baboo added.
"Of course it is!" Rita shrieked as she moved to her balcony overlooking Earth. "Magic wand, make my monsters grow!"
The witch hurled her scepter down to the planet. It plummeted with supersonic speed, hitting the ground her soldiers and the Rangers were standing on, sticking in the Earth. Lightning crept its way into the ground, causing the Adder and Goldar to be swallowed by a white mist of energy. In a matter of seconds, the already physically imposing duo grew to be well over fifty stories tall.
"Let's see how those punks deal with an even larger problem.