Ivan is Back
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Chapter 9
Ivan looked out at his generals and his foot soldiers frowning, "why, we have attacked seven of their teams and have only managed to kill six rangers. Why?"
One of the generals came forward and bowed, "I apologize sire, we didn't aim to kill the Dino thunder rangers due to the white ninjetti being there. I believe we are close to the rangers declaring war though. The crane seems tense."
"Ah yes, the pink crane, perhaps we should send her a message maybe attacking her fellow pink; Katherine Hillard.
On earth the tall blond Australian was just arriving in Angel Grove; she felt the power surge just like the others had even though she never truly held the power of the ninjetti for herself. She decided to go to the Youth Center and see if someone could tell her where any of her former friends had moved to. Before getting to far from her car she was suddenly overpowered by a group of tengu warriors. She did her best to fight them off and then she saw her. Kimberly Hart had lept into action along with Tanya Scott in hopes of beating the tengu back. Unfortunately, Katherine was so distracted by the appearance of the one girl she had been jealous of during her youth that she let them get the drop on her. She was grabbed by the tengu and held helpless as Kimberly and Tanya tried valiantly to reach her. Sadly, they disappeared with the former pink ranger. Kimberly went to where some things had been dropped by Katherine's car and picked them up.
"Tanya, call Jason. They aren't attacking the cities anymore." Kim said showing the yellow zeo ranger a note covered in purple ooze.
'she is the first but not the last.'
Tanya gasped worried for her one time friend. Sure after Tanya and Jason had discovered that Katherine knew the true meaning behind Kim's letter to Tommy years ago they lost their trust in her for playing on Tommy's feelings the way she did and decided to part ways with the pink zeo ranger but that didn't mean she wanted her to die or anything. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her phone calling her husband.
(phone call)
"Jason, Kim said they aren't attacking cities any more. No, of course we know the cities would be left defenseless but Ivan is going after rangers now."
"How do you know?" Jason questioned his wife.
"Jason Lee Scott, you call Tommy and Andros and report back to Angel Grove immediately. Katherine was just taken. Come to the old theater where we were trapped while Zedd married Rita." Kimberly shouted at her pseudo brother.
"Jase, I'd bring all the ranger teams together this time. Ivan's not playing anymore. He said 'she's the first but she won't be the last.' and hurry." Tanya said before hanging up the phone on her husband.
(end call)
The two girls decided that since not enough rangers lived in Angel Grove to provide suitable living conditions for everyone they would just have to make great use of the theater as it would become their home and base for the foreseeable future.
While Tanya and Kim were shopping for supplies Kimberly chose to send a message to her fellow ninjetti.
-whatever rangers you are with gather them and get to Angel Grove. The old theater where we were trapped.-
In five towns across California the ninjetti answered the call of the crane. Each feeling a power surge at the Crane's fury over this war with no hope of winning at the moment.
"Kim, how many teams aren't on earth?" Tanya asked as they bought carts full of supplies.
"The Aquitan rangers; which we've lost, the astro rangers; who are already on their way back to earth, and the lost galaxy rangers; I believe Andros was going to collect them on the way."
Rocky had it the easiest due to the Animarium being a floating island it can easily move over the towns and get to Angel Grove first, Jason, was just outside of Angel Grove in passing from Paranorma City to Silver Hills when Wes and Eric called to inform him they were on their way to Angel Grove. Aisha was in Briarwood collecting the Mystic Force rangers when the message came through. While Adam had gone to Blue Bay Harbor to gather the Ninja Storm rangers. Billy and Justin both received the call from Mariner Bay and immediately loaded up. Both having served as rangers with Katherine they owed it to her to get her free of Ivan's company before losing her forever. Tommy opened the message and before he could say anything his rangers already had their go bags in hand. Each in their own color they made sure they had everything they would need for a few days, the rest they would buy in Angel Grove.
Kimberly unlocked the door to the theater as she and Tanya began to unload stuff. They had made sure to get sleeping bags, food, and just about everything else they could possibly need for the foreseeable future. Neither knowing how many more rangers would be lost before Ivan was destroyed but both promising they weren't going down without a fight.
On Phaedos the two women watched sadly as the pool of truth showed what was happening to their pink comrade in the grasps of evil. Ivan was torturing her even though she knew nothing of what the rangers were doing. He was telling her how even if the rangers turned their backs on her as ranger and friend they would come because she was human.
"Dulcea," the younger girl whimpered as she watched what was happening to Katherine. She knew she was once one that shunned the former ranger but at the same time she knew that Kim had known what to expect when she wrote that letter breaking Tommy's heart.
"Be calm young one, we will find a way to free her. I just hope we can save her before her connection to the grid is completely severed." Dulcea whispered softly.
"What will happen if the connection is severed?"
"If Katherine's connection to the morphing grid is severed it will matter not if she has ranger powers as her body will reject them. Much like Kimberly's would have had Tommy not saved her from Zedd's machine first."
"What can we do?" the girl asked as she watched her long time friends all receive calls to return to Angel Grove.
A deep voice came from behind the two, "we prepare, I fear that Ivan will not be stopped by simply reconnecting the lost powers to the grid."
"Zordon? How? Andros killed you." the girl questioned.
"Ah, Trinity, my young saber-toothed tiger. You should know as well as I that sometimes we don't stay dead long. You look much better." Zordon spoke holding his former yellow ranger to him as she wept for the loss she along with many others mourned when Astronema had launched her attack on earth.
"I missed you so much, we all did," Trini cried into his shoulder. She was never one to show much emotion but like Kimberly Zordon had been a father figure to her and the others as well. They all felt the power of his death.
"I know young one. We don't have much time though. I fear that Ivan's next attack will be much more dangerous than his previous ones. Dulcea, have you managed to recharge the saber-toothed tiger coin?" Zordon spoke first to Trini then to his former ninjetti warrior from his time.
"The coin has been recharged but until Trinity is able to return to earth we have no idea who can use it."
"I believe Tanya Scott would serve well with the guide of the saber-tooth. Don't you agree Trini?" Zordon asked knowing that Trini was always one to give anyone a chance.
"I agree, what will happen to the Zeo powers though?"
"Sadly, the zeo powers were scattered once more with the destruction of the turbo powers in 1997, Tanya, Katherine, and Justin were going to need new powers all along. Tanya will recieve the saber-tooth tiger coin while Justin has gained the blue lightspeed morpher. However, these powers aren't enough; for any of the rangers." Zordon said as the three of them peered into the pool and saw all the rangers gathering in Angel Grove.
Trini was confused, "what do we need if our powers aren't enough then?"
Dulcea looked sadly at the pool and all the lives that were being disrupted by Ivan's presence before answering.
"They will need the power of Ninjetti."