A/N: Raise of hands, how many people thought I forgot about this story? Yeah, I'm raising my hand too. Sorry it took me forever to update but just so you know I do have another story going on but I am not going to ignore this story. It might take a little longer.
It's been two days since Kamia and Victoria arrived and all hell broke loose. Victoria stayed at the Command Center, watching the Rangers and their three friends fight monsters and putties. She had to admit, those friends of theirs were good, and Alpha was right about them helping the Rangers in battle when the odds were against them. Her only problem was she still had trouble trusting them. There were only three Ninja Coins left and she didn't want them to be destroyed because of these three.
"Zordon, when will we contact Dulcea?" she asked.
"WE WILL WAIT AND SEE WHAT KAMIA'S NEXT MOVE WILL BE."
"But we don't want to wait until the last minute. The Ectomorphicon Titans could be found anytime now and I know for a fact Kamia is looking for them." At that moment, the alarms went off, making her cover her ears. She saw Alpha walk around in circles with his arms in the air, and according to the Rangers that meant trouble. "Zordon. What's going on?"
"IT APPEARS ONE OF THE ECTOMORPHICON TITANS HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED. ALPHA, CONTACT THE RANGERS."
Victoria walked over to the viewing globe and watched as putties jump up and down with glee as a couple of them dusted sand and dirt off the machine. She feared this would happen. She turned around when the Rangers and their friends arrived.
"What's wrong Zordon?" Jason asked.
"RANGERS, IT APPEARS THE PUTTIES HAVE DUG UP ONE OF THE ECTOMORPHICON TITANS. YOU MUST STOP THEM FROM UNCOVERING THE OTHER ONE."
"Zordon, I wish to join the Rangers," Victoria spoke up, looking up at her old mentor.
"We could use all the help we can get," Tommy said, smiling at her.
"Yeah, I think it's cool to have a past Ranger help us," Kim added in.
"VERY WELL THEN. VICTORIA, YOU MAY JOIN THE RANGERS. ADAM, AISHA, AND ROCKY. I WILL ASK YOU TO STAY HERE WHILE THE RANGERS ARE AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE."
Adam, Aisha, and Rocky nodded, knowing they couldn't help their friends in this one. They watched as they morphed and teleported out of the Command Center. Once they were gone, they looked up at Zordon, as if asking what they could do.
"I HAVE ASKED YOU TO STAY FOR TWO REASON. ONE WAS THAT YOU WILL BE NO GOOD IN HELPING YOUR FRIENDS. THE SECOND REASON IS I WISH TO ASK YOU SOMETHING."
"Sure. What is it?" Aisha asked.
"THE ECTOMORPHICON TITANS THAT THE PUTTIES ARE UNCOVERING BELONG TO KAMIA AND HER FATHER, IVAN OOZE. IF KAMIA GETS HER HANDS ON BOTH MACHINES, THEN I'M AFRAID THE RANGERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEFEAT HER. BUT THERE IS A WAY TO DEFEAT HER AND THE MACHINES BUT THE RANGERS WILL NEED SOME HELP."
"We want to help," said Rocky. "We might not be able to do much but we really do want to help our friends. We can't sit and watch them get hurt." Adam and Aisha both agreed with their friend.
"I WAS HOPING YOU THREE WOULD FEEL THAT WAY. WHICH IS WHY I AM SURE I'VE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION."
"What's that?" asked Adam.
"THE RANGERS WILL NEED THE HELP OF THE NINJA RANGERS THAT POSSESS THE NINJA COINS TO DEFEAT KAMIA AND THE MACHINES ONCE AND FOR ALL. FOUR THOUSAND YEARS AGO THEY HAVE HELPED US AND IT SEEMS WE NEED THEIR HELP ONCE MORE."
"The Ninja Coins are on the planet Phados," Alpha said, walking behind the friends.
"Okay. So you want us to go to Phados and get the Ninja Rangers?"
"I NEED YOU THREE TO GO TO PHADOS, YES, BUT NOT TO GET THE NINJA RANGERS BUT TO ACCEPT THE NINA COINS."
"What? You want us to be the Ninja Rangers? What about the original Ninja Rangers?" Aisha asked, not believing this.
"That's right Aisha. There are no real Ninja Rangers, just the coins. You three have proven yourselves worthy of this," Alpha said, whipping away a tear that would have fallen if he wasn't a robot.
"Don't get me wrong, I want to help and always wanted to be a Power Ranger," Rocky said, "but what the others? Why don't you ask one of them?"
"THE POWERS OF THE NINJA COINS AND POWER COINS WILL CANCEL EACH OTHER OUT AND THEN THE RANGERS WILL BE THREE SHORT. THAT IS WHY I AM ASKING YOU THREE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ACCEPT THE NINJA COINS AND BECOME THE NEXT NINJA RANGERS."
"You can count on us," Adam said with a smile. There was no way he was passing this opportunity up and he knew his friends felt the same way. Now they could help the rangers fight monsters. "When do we leave?"
"So, Victoria. How do you like the present?" Zack asked, kicking a puttie in the chest.
"It's not that bad," she said, swing her scythe and destroying three putties in a row. She saw a couple of putties back away as the Rangers gathered together. "Rangers, I have a feeling we're about to get a visit from Kamia very soon."
"How do you know?" Trini asked.
"They have uncovered one of her machines. She will try anything to get it back wherever she's staying. The second one will not be far behind."
"How right you are, Purple Ranger," a voice said behind them. They all turned around to see Kamia standing on top of a dirt pile, Goldar and a monster on either side. "I see that you noticed one of my machines. Bring back memories?"
"Yeah. Memories I wish to forget and after we destroy you, I will finally be able to go home with a happy heart."
"Your words wound me," Kamia said, holding her hand over her heart and pretending to cry. "Enough talk. I'm sure you are here to stop me so that's why I came with a friend. Allow me to introduce Mud Man."
"Mud Man? I think Rita and Lord Zedd are running out of monster idea's," Billy said. The monster was made of mud and looked like something out of a comic book he read once. Then he noticed something that was right. Mud was usually brown but Mud Man's mud had a shade of purple. "Um, maybe I was wrong."
"What do you mean?" Tommy asked.
"It seems the Blue Ranger figured it out," Kamia said. "As you can see, Mud Man might look like an easy monster but let me tell you a little secret. I added some of my ooze into him."
"And that means?" Kim asked, still not understanding.
"That means," Victoria said, getting into a fighting stance, "Mud Man has some of her powers and will be a little harder to defeat."
"Great," Jason said. "Okay Rangers, lets do this."
Mud Man gave a yell and jumped down to face the Rangers. He shot his arms out in front of him and laughed when they extended all the way to where the Rangers stood. When half of the Rangers rolled to the right and the others went left, his arms followed them.
"Oh man, this is not good," Zack said, jumping over Mud Mans left arm. "How's he able to extend his arms like this and just stand in one spot?"
"Kamia wasn't lying when she said she put some of her powers into Mud Man," Victoria said, trying to cut the right arm off. "Mud Man has Kamia's powers so whatever Kamia can do, Mud Man can do and that means..." She gasped when Mud Man pulled his arms back towards his body and then started to slowly blend in with the mud and dirt on the ground until his whole body disappeared into a pile of mud.
"What just happened?" Trini asked.
"Rangers. You must be careful around any mud or dirt now. Mud Man can be any of those mud piles you see." Victoria looked around the empty construction site until her eyes landed on the machine that was half covered, half exposed. She couldn't believe she was looking at the machine that nearly destroyed them many years ago and she also couldn't believe she was in the present. She went to reach out to touch the machine when a yell of warning got her attention, but it was too late. She felt something slide up her legs and looked down to see two mud hands grab her ankles and then her whole body was suddenly lifted up and she was now hanging upside down when Mud Man formed back to his normal state, making his body taller and taller until he was as tall as one of the unfinished buildings. This was not looking good.