Chapter 12

Fall Formal 3

Josh kicked Twin Man in the stomach and sent him flying into a light post. He proceeded to do the same thing to Spit Flower, and Mantis. He had never felt so much power coursing through his body.

The others watched in awe as Josh threw around the monsters like they were rag dolls. "That is so cool!" Bryn called happily.

"Vega wasn't lying." Karina laughed.

"Told you I wasn't." Vega grumbled. He wanted to go in and fight Goldar, and make him pay for wanting to kill Tess. He stood up, and shot daggers at Goldar. "You! I will make you pay for wanting to kill the girl I care most about!" he shouted.

Goldar looked at him and laughed. "What are you going to do about it?"

"Titanus!" Vega shouted, remembering what he had yelled the last time. Suddenly, he powered up into his armored suit. He pulled out Saba. "Time for you to die Monkey boy." he said, in an unusual Vega tone.

Tess looked at Vega in shock, and then the other girls. "Did he just say the girl he cares most about?" she asked. The girls smiled, and nodded.

Ninjor looked at the battle in shock. The Rangers suits could now power up to an armored mode by shouting out their Dinosaur Zords name? That couldn't just be the case, they probably had to have done something different. He then figured it out.

"Rangers. If you have a strong passion, and shout out the name of your Dino Zord, you will transform into these new armored suits." Ninjor told them.

The girls stood up, and began thinking about a strong passion. Bryn began thinking about her father over in Afghanistan, and how she wanted to make him proud by being a Power Ranger. Karina began thinking about her family. Maralynn began thinking about her mother, and surprisingly Josh. Tess began thinking about her search for her father, and Vega.

"Mastadon!"

"Triceratops!"

"Pterodactyl!"

"Saber Toothed Tiger!"

The four girls switched to their armored suits, and helped out the boys. The battle was going a lot smoother for them now that they were stronger.

Thrax was still writhing in pain, but managed to get up. Still clutching his chest, he grabbed his Z-Staff, and teleported to Earth. Once there, he looked at his Generals and monsters. "Creatures!" he yelled out.

All six Rangers, and monsters looked at him. He then powered up his Z-Staff, and destroyed Twin Man, Spit Flower, and Goatan. He then looked at Mantis, who was standing next to Tess. "Don't you touch her!" Thrax yelled, destroying Mantis.

Suddenly, looking like he had a momentary space out moment, he looked at his Generals. "Come back to the Moon Palace." he croaked, disappearing. Goldar, and King Sphinx looked at each other, then looked back at the Rangers.

"We will be back Rangers." Goldar said. The two then disappeared.

The Rangers then powered down, and looked at each other, confused. "What just happened?" asked Bryn.

"I have no idea, but it was weird." Josh replied.

"I don't think anything could get weirder than that." Vega said.

Suddenly, an SUV showed up in front of the six, and out stepped Bulk Jr. He was carrying a Nightstick that Cops usually used. "Hello assholes. I've come to collect Maralynn. So if you all would please step aside, we'll be on our way." he said arrogantly.

Maralynn stepped forward. "I've told you a million times; I am not going to ever like you, or think of you as anything other than a fat, moronic dirt bag who has abandonment issues." she snapped.

"DON'T INSULT ME!" Bulk Jr. screamed in a scary voice.

Maralynn backed away in fear, as did the other Rangers. Looking at her, Josh stepped forward. "Alright you pathetic piece of crap. If you want her, you have to go through me." Josh stated boldly.

Bulk Jr. laughed. "Fine jackass. Don't say you weren't warned." he snapped. He then ran forward at Josh, and tried to strike him with the Nightstick. Josh dodged the Nightstick, and punched Bulk Jr. in the upper lip, with Josh's punch knocking Bulk Jr. unconscious.

Josh then looked at the others. "Someone want to call the Police?" he asked.

The Cops arrived within minutes, and the Rangers explained the whole story. Officer Scott-Lee, and Uncle Skull knew that Bulk Jr. had left Uncle Skull's house after he had been forbade not to, and had struck Aunt Kim in the head, causing her to go to the hospital to get stitches.

"What will happen to him Officer?" asked Karina.

Officer Scott-Lee looked at Bulk Jr. who was sitting in the Squad car, tears streaming down his face as Uncle Skull talked to him. "He is going to jail for Assault, and then hopefully to receive some help for his anger issues, and depression." Officer Scott- Lee said. "Also, can I talk to you six for a minute please?" he asked the six Rangers.

They nodded and followed him away from the squad cars. Once alone, he turned and looked at them. "You guys are doing an awesome job." he said smiling at them.

They gapped at him. "What are you talking about Officer Scott-Lee?" asked Bryn.

"Oh you know. School, beating the crap out of bad guys, and being good kids." he said, hoping they would catch on.

"Thank you sir. That means a lot." said Maralynn. The six Rangers then headed off back home, while Officer Scott-Lee smiled. They would know what he meant eventually.

Once away from the others, Tess turned around and faced Vega. "Did you really mean what you said to Goldar? About me being the one girl you truly care about?" she asked, determined to know the truth.

Vega blushed. "Yeah it was." he admitted. "I've liked you for awhile now. But I also know that somewhere down deep inside, you can do better than your goth appearance, and crappy outlook on life." he told her.

Tess smiled. "You're the first person to ever say that." she said.

"And I probably won't be the last." he said, also smiling. The two then kissed. It was the best feeling in the world for Tess, who had never had a boy that liked her. The same was felt by Vega. The two broke off, and they smiled at each other. They turned around, and headed off to Vega's Punch Bug (Vega really hates that thing). It was when they turned around, Tess let out a gasp, and a scream. Vega looked at her in alarm.

"What's going on!" he asked.

"The man over there, he. He…" Tess managed to say.

Vega looked at the man standing in the shadows. "Who are you?" Vega shouted. The man simply turned and walked away.

Vega glared at the disappearing man, and turned to Tess, who to his shock had tears pouring down her cheeks. "What's wrong Tess?" he asked her.

Tess looked at Vega. "I think that was my father." she said. She then hugged Vega for all that she could.

Thrax, Goldar, and King Sphinx sat in the Moon Palace, having only arrived several minutes prior. "What is going on Master?" Goldar asked Thrax.

"If I knew, I would fix it!" Thrax yelled at Goldar. Truth is, he had no idea what was going on, but he knew it was something inside him that was causing him pain.

And that concludes the Fall Formal 3 parter. So what is going on with Thrax? Did Tess really see her dad? And what did Officer Scott-Lee mean? (Not that we don't already know).

Also, I've decided to stop doing the "Next time on MMPR:NG", only because I usually have millions of ideas in my head at the time lol