Author's Notes: Well I did it. I made it to Chapter 20. Had some trouble writing this one for some reason, but it's done now. I hope you guys enjoy it and thank you to everyone for liking my story and giving me ideas.
Chapter 20: Old Friends at Hand
Angel Grove: Outskirts
"I repeat this is Billy! I need help!"
The Replicant Zord continued to spin its drill arm; increasing in speed every second. Billy was struggling to get the Zeo Megazord to respond.
"I need some time. Red Battlezord, fire!"
The Red Battlezord lifted its upper body off the ground and fired its lasers. They struck the Replicant Zord, sending it falling on its side; the drill slowing down from the impact. The Super Zeo Megazord and Red Battlezord lifted themselves up and moved in front of the still downed Zeo Megazord.
"Why won't you move?" Billy said in frustration. He looked over the console and saw a part of it flashing. "Damn, the controls came loose from the rest of the megazord! Super Zeo Megazord! Red Battlezord! Engage!"
Both zords did as commanded and walked toward the Replicant Zord. As they were doing that, Billy exited the cockpit of the Zeo Megazord to try and repair it from the inside. He maneuvered his way through the small corridors toward the secondary cockpit in the left leg.
"Don't remember this place being so small." He said as he squeezed through an access hatch.
The Super Zeo Megazord slashed at the Replicant Zord while the Red Battlezord fired its lasers. The Replicant was having trouble dealing with the double team. As it locked swords with the Super Zeo Megazord, it was shot from behind by the Red Battlezord. The Replicant fell to one knee and was slashed across the chest by the Super Zeo Megazord. It was about to get up when the Red Battlezord went in front of it and began to punch it relentlessly. The Replicant tried to raise its shield, but it was knocked out of its hand by the battlezord.
Billy lowered himself down another hatch and landed in a room full of consoles.
"Finally. Let's see what went wrong."
Billy began to look between each of the consoles. He checked wires and connections quickly. Billy then noticed something behind one of the consoles. He climbed on top of one console to look behind when he saw the loose connection. "Found it." He reached over to grab the wire, but it was out of his grasp. "Come on, reach!" Billy pushed himself forward and grabbed for the wire again. Once he felt it in his hand he pulled it closer to himself. He looked for the port it goes to, but couldn't make it out on the tangle of wires. "When did the wiring get this bad?" Using his free hand, Billy moved wires out of the way and found the right port. He stretched his arm out, trying to plug the wire back in. His face contorted and twisted. "Come on. Come on!"
Angel Grove: Youth Center
The Youth Center was booming with sound. Teens were always seen in or around the center. It was one of the many things that made Angel Grove. The Youth Center had a small gymnastic area, a mini dojo, a gym and the most popular and memorable of all, the juice bar. It didn't matter who you were or where you came from, the Youth Center was welcoming to all. The only thing that had changed from when it was first opened was who operated it. Originally, it had been a man known as Ernie, who'd always go out of his way to help the teens with their problems, but he retired and it was passed on to former police officer Jerome Stone, who would also help the teens anyway he could. He had retired from operating the center as well and it was passed onto the current owners, former regulars of the center. The two were happily married and took the center because of the good times they had in it as teenagers, hoping that something like that would happen to others now that they ran it.
"Here you go, one vanilla shake and an order of fries."
"Thanks Mrs. Park."
"No problem, and I told you, call me Tanya."
Tanya Park, the former Yellow Zeo Ranger and Turbo Ranger, was now behind the juice bar making all sorts of drinks and food for the teens. She continued to wear yellow clothing on a daily basis despite being retired from ranger duty many years ago. Her hair was at shoulder length and tied back and always had a smile on her face.
Over in the dojo, a group on teenagers were dressed in karate outfits and practicing a kata, mirroring their teacher, who always wore a combination of black and green clothing.
"Alright, that does it for today. Great work everyone."
The teens all bowed to their teacher before leaving to do other things around the center. The man walked up to Tanya and sat down on one of the stools in front of the juice bar.
"So how's the class coming along Adam?" Tanya asked.
"Very good actually. Everyone seems to be picking it up rather easy."
"Well that's because they have a great teacher."
Adam formed a smile and gave a small laugh.
"So, what are the two love birds up to today?" a voice called out.
"I'd recognize that accent anywhere." Tanya said as her smile began to grow larger "Kat!"
"Hey Tanya, how's it been?" Katherine said as she gave Tanya a hug over the counter.
"Hey Kat." Adam said as he also gave Kat a hug. "What brings you into town?"
"Well I heard a certain couple run the Youth Center now and just wanted to pop by to try and get a job."
"A job? Why would you get a job here? I thought you had the ballet school?"
"Well… let's just say the times haven't been good to me." Kat said in a frown.
"Don't worry Kat, we'll help you out." Tanya said, trying to cheer up her old teammate.
"Really? You'd do that?"
"Of course!" Tanya said.
"Ya. That's what friends are for." Adam told her.
"Thanks guys, that means a lot."
Suddenly, the televisions changed channels to the news.
"We have Breaking News! Angel Grove is not as monster free as once thought!"
The three former rangers turned to the nearest t.v. and listened to the news report.
"This just in! It appears we may have another monster problem on our hands! Four giant robots have been spotted fighting it out on the outskirts of town! We'll go to our eye in the sky for a better update!"
"Yes it appears robots are fighting each other near Angel Grove! We're getting closer to try and get a good visual of the commotion!"
The three looked between themselves with worry on their faces,
"More monsters?" Tanya said.
"Wait they said robots right? Could it be the Machine Empire again?"Kat asked.
"No, it can't be. They've been destroyed for good."
"Now we have a better look at the act… wait aren't those the Zeo Power Ranger's Megazords! What are they doing here! Could this mean the Zeo Rangers are back? Anyways, it looks as though the three megazords are fighting with another megazord! I have never seen one like that before, but whatever it is, it's seems to have taken down one of the megazords already!"
"Zeo Megazords?" the three former rangers said in unison.
"What is going on?" Kat asked.
"I don't know, but if it involves the Zeo Zords, we better get down there." Adam answered.
"But Adam…" Tanya lowered her voice "we're not rangers anymore."
"Do you still have your Zeonizers?" he asked. Kat and Tanya nodded to confirm it. "Then we still are so let's go."
Adam and Kat ran to the front door while Tanya got out from behind the counter.
"Everyone, due to the emergency, the Youth Center will be evacuated! Please leave in an organized fashion." Tanya told the patrons of the Youth Center, who began to head to the doors.
Angel Grove: Outskirts
Adam, Tanya and Kat were running since they left the Youth Center. No one seemed to notice though as many people were also running. It had taken them ten minutes to get from the center to where the megazords were battling. The three stopped at the edge of a cliff and looked on at the battle in front of them.
"I can't believe they're still working?" Kat said in disbelief.
"I thought they were destroyed when the Power Chamber blew up?" Tanya said.
"We'll deal with that later, right now whoever is using them needs help." Adam told the two.
"But what if they're an enemy?" Kat asked.
Before Adam could answer, the Red Battlezord fell in front of them. It began to lift itself up, but was stopped by the Replicant Zord slashing at it with its sword and stepping on its back.
"Do you think an ally would be doing that to a downed zord?" Adam asked rhetorically.
"Alright, we'll follow your lead." Kat said. All three twisted their wrists, revealing the two-part Zeonizer.
"Right. Its Morphin' Time!"
"Zeo Ranger 1, Pink!"
"Zeo Ranger 2, Yellow!"
"Zeo Ranger 4, Green!"
The three were engulfed in light and became the Zeo Rangers once again. Their helmets adorned with a shape corresponding with their number. Their suits were mostly one solid color with white and gold around the neck.
"Now what Adam?" Tanya asked.
"You two get in the Super Zeo Megazord and cover the Red Battlezord. I'll check out the Zeo Megazord."
"Right!" the two female Zeo Rangers said in unison.
Inside the Zeo Megazord, Billy was still struggling to fix the megazord. His arm was still out stretched, trying to plug a wire back in.
"Nearly there. Got it!" The Zeo Megazord's controls hummed to life and began to move again. "Now to get back to the main cockpit. Whoa!" Billy was suddenly rocked from side to side. "The Zeo Megazord. It's moving?" Billy didn't understand what was going on. The Zeo Megazord was the only one on manual control. He ran over to one of the consoles and checked the view of the main cockpit. In the operator's chair sat a green ranger with a rectangular visor. "No way could it be? Adam, do you read me?"
"Billy? Is that you?"
"Affirmative. So you're the one controlling the Zeo Megazord."
"How did you know that?"
"I'm in the secondary cockpit right now. I went to fix a problem."
"I was wondering why the Zeo Blaster was sitting on the floor. Could you get up here and help me drive this thing?"
"Affirmative, be there soon." Billy ran back to the access shaft and lifted himself up and began to climb back to the cockpit.
Meanwhile, Tanya and Kat had snuck their way onto the Super Zeo Megazord while the Replicant was busy with the Red Battlezord.
"We're in. Switching off auto pilot now." Tanya said. The Super Zeo Megazord went into standby mode, then powered up to manual control.
"Super Zeo Megazord online!" the two female Zeo Rangers said in unison. They turned the megazord toward the Replicant Zord and swung its swords at its back. The Replicant Zord fell to the side, off of the Red Battlezord. Kat and Tanya used their megazord to get the battlezord back to its feet.
"Red Battlezord is back up and ready to go. How about you Adam? You ready?" Kat asked.
"One second." He replied. After a moment Billy appeared out of the access hatch and climbed into the seat next to Adam, and disassembled and holstered his zeo weapon copies. "Alright, I'm set to go."
All three zeo zords charged the Replicant Zord. The Zeo and Super Zeo Megazords slashed the Replicant Zord as they passed by it, while the Red Battlezord performed punches to its chest and fired the barrels of its cannons with each punch. The powered punches were knocking the Replicant Zord around like a rag doll. The other two turned powered up their swords. Energy built up in the Zeo Megazord Saber and the female Zeo Rangers combined the Super Zeo Megazord Sabers together.
"Zeo Megazord Slash!" Adam and Billy shouted.
"Super Zeo Megazord Slash!" Kat and Tanya shouted also.
Both swords descended on the Replicant Zord and struck it with great force. Electrical discharges came off the evil megazord as well as small explosions. The Replicant Zord's triceratops arm fell off and exploded once it hit the ground. The Replicant reverted to its tyrannosaurus form due to the loss of the triceratops. It roared at the megazords and ran off.
"You better run!" Adam shouted at the fleeing zord.
"Thank god that's over." Kat said in relief.
"Yeah, let's put these guys back where they came from." Tanya said.
"No!" Billy shouted.
"What? Why not?" Adam asked.
"Cause I just came from there! I literally escaped from the Power Chamber with these!"
"What are you talking about?" Adam asked.
"I'll explain later, we need to get to Reefside!"
"Reefside?" Kat and Tanya said in unison.
"What's in Reefside?" Adam asked.
"Tommy."
Reefside: Tommy's House – Lab
Alarms were going off in the lab. Only Ashley was around and she had ran to the monitors to see what was wrong. She pushed nearly every button, trying to read the alarm.
"Come on. How do you work this thing?" she said frustrated.
After a minute, Hayley had come running down the stairs and moved Ashley out of the way. Hayley pushed a few buttons and the alarm had stopped and appeared on the screen. Hayley and Ashley's eyes sprang open.
"We've got to tell Tommy." Ashley said.
"All ready on it. Tommy, do you read, its Hayley?"
"I read you loud and clear. What's the situation?"
"We found him."
"Found who?"
"Billy."
Billy? You found?"
"Yes and you're not going to believe where he is and what he's got."
Mariner Bay – Lightspeed Aqua Base
Technicians were scrambling to gather tools and put on safety gear.
"Alright, let's get this done as fast as possible!" the foreman shouted.
Technicians were using plasma cutters to separate metal from metal. Cranes had been set up to take away chunks of metal and lower them safely to the ground. From an overhead window, an older man in a naval uniform watched over the men working. He walked over to his large desk and sat down. He looked over many papers; some request forms, others were reports. He looked back over at the window and picked up the corresponding paper work. He'd let out a sigh and had begun to fill out a report.
"This is going to require a lot of explaining." he said to himself.
Another man appeared at the doorway.
"Permission to enter sir?"
"Yes, Joel, come in." he said.
Joel Rawlings, the Green Lightspeed Ranger, entered the room and sat in a chair that was in front of the navy man's desk.
"You wanted to speak with me?"
"Yes, it's about the situation in Reefside."
"But I thought Ryan was all over it?" The man pointed to the window and Joel looked at the men working. "The Max Solarzord? No, you don't mean?"
"Yes. My son trashed the zord after its second day out in the field."
Joel was trying not to laugh.
"I'm sorry Captain Mitchell, but you have to admit that is pretty funny." Mitchell shot Joel a glare and stared at him with a stern face. "I mean… not funny at all." Joel said quickly. He'd straightened up in the chair and shook slightly.
"What I need you to do is go to Reefside and provide assistance."
"Me? Why not Carter or one of the others?"
"Because they're all on other assignments and helping get the new aqua base to one hundred percent power." Joel frowned slightly. "Also you'll be needing this."
Mitchell placed a morpher on the table. Joel started to light up.
"My morpher." Joel grabbed his old morpher and strapped it to his wrist.
"We've arranged a plane to take you to Reefside. You'll link up with Ryan and from there, do whatever you can to help ease the situation."
Joel had shot up out of his proceeded toward the door.
"I won't let you down sir."
"One more thing Joel."
Joel was halfway out the door when Mitchell stopped him.
"Sir?"
"You forgot this."
Mitchell placed a Battle Booster on his desk. Joel walked back over and picked it up. He also strapped it his other wrist and began to walk out of the door again. Joel walked down the half-finished hallway and proceeded to the vehicle bay.
"Yes! The Sky Cowboy is back! As is the Green Ranger! Look out Reefside, Joel's coming to town!"
Mesogog's Island – Lab
"What! More megazords! Elsa shouted. "How! How could they get more?"
"Calm down Elsa, it's not like they made the things." the Green Ranger said.
"The better question is, why did the Replicant Zord attack them?" Mesogog questioned. Mesogog and Elsa looked at the Green Ranger curiously.
"What? You think I did that? How would I have known the blue ranger was there in the first place?"
"Well you are the only here that even knows where the power rangers first assembled and where zords would be stored." Elsa said. "Master, I think he's lying to us."
"Please, why would I lie to you? You've given me the chance to destroy the good me once and for all." the Green Ranger defended.
Mesogog stroked his chin with his three clawed hand. He tapped his other hand on his throne, staring at the Green Ranger.
"Now… why should I believe you… power ranger?"
"Because if I had the Blue Ranger then I would have brought him to you. You needed him for a plan to destroy the Power Rangers and all I want is the destruction of the Power Rangers."
Mesogog sat silently for a few moments. Elsa looked between her master and the Green Ranger.
"Fine." Mesogog said. "I believe you… for now. But if it turns out you are plotting against me… the consequences will be… dire. "
"I understand." The Green Ranger turned and left the room. "Oh I understand alright. If you find out then I'll have to destroy you faster than scheduled." The Green Ranger had disappeared halfway down the hallway.
Power Chamber Ruins – Zeo Zord Hanger Bay
The Green Ranger had reappeared next to his project, as did the three Psycho Rangers.
"What do you want now? We have to invade Reefside." Psycho Red asked.
"You will still invade Reefside." Green Ranger answered. "But you will also use these."
The hanger bay's remaining flood lights sprang to life and engulfed the area in light, revealing two large machines.
"What are they?" Psycho Blue asked.
"These two things helped the Powers Rangers back in the "good old days", but now they will be used to destroy them."
"Excellent." Psycho Yellow said.
"No! I want to destroy the Red Rangers on my own, not with machines!" Psycho Red exclaimed.
The Green Ranger turned to Psycho Red and drew his Dragon Dagger. He grabbed Psycho Red and threw him to the ground; the dagger pointed at his throat.
"You will destroy them anyway I say. I care not for your vendetta against the Red Rangers. Do what I say or you will be destroyed." Green Ranger threatened.
Psycho Red kicked the Green Ranger away and drew his sword.
"You can't tell me what to do! No one can!" Psycho Red shouted as he ran toward the Green Ranger. He swung his sword, but it was blocked by the Green Ranger's dagger. Green Ranger grabbed Psycho Red's sword and lifted it over his head. He slashed at the Psycho Ranger's chest; Psycho Red was disarmed at the same time.
"Really? Is that all you can muster? At this rate you'll never destroy a pink ranger let alone a red one."
Psycho Red screamed and pushed the Green Ranger away. He then ran toward him and jumped into the air; his hand formed a fist and aimed for the Green Ranger. The Green Ranger jumped up to meet Psycho Red; still holding his Psycho Sword. Green Ranger used his feet to push Psycho Red to the ground. The floor had cracked underneath the two from the force of the fall. Green Ranger raised Psycho Red's sword, as well as his own dagger, and had jabbed them through his shoulder, pinning him to the ground. Psycho Red let out an inhuman scream as he struggled on the ground, trying to grip the weapons.
"So, will you listen to me now?" Green Ranger asked.
Psycho Red let out a grunt in between his screams.
"What was that? I can't hear you."
"Yes! I'll do what you say! Just get these things out of me!"
Green Ranger yanked the weapons out of Psycho Red. Psycho Red was still on the ground, squirming in pain.
"Now," Green Ranger said, pointing to the other Psycho Rangers. "If any of you try to defy me like Psycho Red here. I'll do much worse than what I already showed you. Understand?"
"We understand." Psycho Blue and Yellow said in unison.
"Good. Now take these and whatever else Mesogog is sending you with and destroy the Power Rangers!"
Author's Notes: This brings Chapter 20 to a close. Fair amount of stuff happened. Will the Zeo Rangers and Billy get to Reefside in time? What does the Green have in store for Tommy and the others? Will Ashley ever get to fight in this story? Find out in the next chapter. The poll is still going on. Keep it as one long story or split it up into two separate stories. Please Read and Review.
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