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CHAPTER 17
Though Kimberly never would have said it, she had been wondering how Adam and Melanie had been so badly beaten by the Piscelons. She had been a Ranger from the beginning, had stayed a Ranger longer than many of her friends. She has fought with all varieties of evil minions, and never had she, a gymnast with little martial training, been hurt as badly as Adam was. Kimberly questioned whether Adam had simply lost his edge.
According to Billy the Aquitians had spend years mutating the Piscelons into the perfect foot soldiers. But Billy had never faced these monsters. He couldn't know, not without firsthand knowledge, how easy it was for the Piscelons to block any of the former-rangers' advances. These were not just designed to fight any who stood in the Aquitians' path to power; these were designed specifically for the Power Rangers.
Within minutes of joining the fight Kimberly know there was no way to defeat the Piscelons without the Ranger powers. Perhaps that is why she was the first to fall, knocked down by a talon to her side. Rocky was next. Both a member of his family and his best friend had nearly been killed by these abominations; rage, blinding and red, washed through his every thought, blocking out all but his revenge. Rocky had not been in the park during the first confrontation, nor had he been in the Command Center watching, learning how the Piselons fought. If he had seen, he would have known not to ignore the Piscelons he was not fighting, for they often proved the greater threat.
This was a lesson Rocky would now learn, as on Piscelon took advantage of Rocky's distracted mind and ripped its claws down his back. Unprepared for such a blow, Rocky fell quickly. The Piscelon took a moment to consider Tanya before it sent her flying over the bar, where she landed on top of the twice defeated Melanie.
Only Zack remained. His own peculiar brand of martial dance left the Piscelons unable to pin him down. But even though the original Black Ranger had managed to stay standing, and despite the cocky words flowing from his mouth, even Zack was not fool enough to try to take on ten Piscelons.
"You know those Cows," he said, hoping his communicator was still transmitting. "They're tougher than we thought."
Back in the Command Center no on needed Andi to translate. The team was in trouble. All five were teleported from the restaurant, leaving the Piscelons to play havoc with Melanie's precious kitchen.