The people of Angel Grove couldn't believe their eyes as, from a safe distance, they watched seven colorful warriors battle the thing that had suddenly appeared and started attacking them. They watched in awe as the seven fought with their own unique style. Though they could tell that it was the white fighter that was, for whatever reason, the most experienced. Murmurs were spread between them as the populace tried to figure out what was happening, none of it made any sense, all they knew was these colorful warriors were fighting to protect them. They could see that each of them had their own unique fighting style, with the pink and black ranger staying back and using their ranged weapons while the others did what they could to gain some ground against him.
His body was hurting, it hurt more than it's ever hurt before and to the red ranger turned white he knew that it was only a matter of time before he collapsed from exhaustion. His visor was cracked from the force of Zedd's attacks and his once white suit was covered in dirt, grime, and ash. To make matters worse Zedd was making sure to show just how powerful he truly was. Every time the rangers attacked he would not only block them but would absorb their power and redirect it back at them. It was if he wasn't even trying before now and was simply judging their power before deciding that he was going to show them their place.
"Damn it," Conner muttered, holding his arm and shaking his head, "there's got to be a better way to do this."
"I'm sorry Conner but this might be all we can do," Saba said almost regretfully, "as you are aware Lord Zedd is a powerful adversary."
"Yeah kind of figured that out with all the stories Dr. O told me," the white ranger replied, "not to mention the fact that he keeps tossing us around like we're trash."
Trying to clear his head Conner looked up and saw the red, blue, black, and yellow ranger attack Zedd, Zedd himself shooting out lightning from his staff and strike them to the ground with enough force to demorph them. Conner then looked around to make sure that no one was around to see them and was relieved to see that it looked like everyone was running away from the area they were fighting in. He then watched as Kimberly and Tommy attacked Zedd, the Emperor of Darkness knocking Tommy to the side before grabbing a hold of Kimberly and lifting her into the air.
"What Zordon ever saw in a bunch of pathetic teens is beyond me," Zedd stated tightening his grip in Kimberly's neck, "but that won't stop me from destroying whoever gets in my way."
"NO!" both Tommy and Conner yelled as Zedd tossed her into the and kicked her as she was coming down.
Tommy jumped off a car and caught the now demorphed pink ranger, the green ranger cradling her to his chest as he looked down at her.
"Kim...Kimberly!" he said fearfully.
"She's okay for now," Conner reassured him as the white ranger reached them, "she'll be a little sore when she gets up but other then that…"
Tommy trembled as he looked around them, the street they were on was torn apart, his new friends laying on the ground demorphed. Looking back at the unconscious girl in his arms he felt a rush of anger flood his body, tears falling to the inside of his visor as he laid her down gently.
"He's going to pay for this," Tommy growled as he picked up his dagger and stood up, "he's going to pay for hurting my friends."
Conner felt a chill run down his spine at the green ranger's words, the meaning behind them very, very clear. Tommy wasn't going to allow Zedd to leave this battle without some sort of punishment, and judging by the way he was talking it was going to be along the lines of a dagger through the chest or one of his limbs. Just looking at Tommy, the white ranger was also certain that he would his future mentor's, or at least in his timeline, eyes flash a malevolent green.
"Tommy…" Conner whispered placing his hand on the green ranger's shoulder.
"What?!"
Shaking his head the white ranger tried to think of the best way to go about this.
'What would my dad say?'
"Look Tommy I get that you're mad," Conner said sagely, "but losing your temper will only end up hurting you."
"Says the guy who was trying to piss Zedd off," Tommy countered making Conner wince.
"Yes I was trying to make him mad, but that doesn't mean we should get mad in the process."
He watched as his fellow ranger took a shaky breath, doing what he could to calm down. Though Tommy still felt angry about this red menace hurting his new friends he understood what Conner meant.
"Right then, so what should we do?" he asked with a nod.
"Not to sound coincided but the two of us are the two most powerful rangers," Conner explained to his teammate, "Not that the others aren't powerful in their own rights but…"
"I get it, but how is that going to help us," he asked confused.
"I'm tired of trying to come up with a plan," the white ranger admitted clenching his fist, "let's just do what we can and beat this guy."
Tommy looked at Conner confused, not sure what it was that was running through his teammate's head.
"Do you normally not go into a fight with a plan?" the green rangers questioned.
"Not normally, but YOLO," he replied with a shrug.
"YOLO?"
"Nevermind that, let's just give it all we got okay?" the white ranger suggested with a thumbs up.
Tommy nodded in agreement, the two turning towards their opponent and rushing at him to catch him off guards. Zedd twirled his staff, watching as the two rangers ran to either side of him. With a twist to his left the Emperor of Darkness blocked the green ranger and spun around pulling him with him to counter the white ranger's attack. Ducking underneath a spin kick Zedd swung his staff up to hit Tommy upside the head, the green ranger leaning back to dodge it before slashing at him with his dagger. The three traded blows multiple times, the rangers managing to gain some ground only to have it taken right back away from them.
"Give up rangers there's no way you can win," Zedd commanded as he blocked their two blades with his staff, "this miserable planet will be destroyed."
"Oh just shut up will you," Conner replied as he kicked Zedd in the gut, making him double over as he slid back.
In a flash of anger Zedd sent out a shockwave of energy, knocking the two rangers back, before sending out some lightning.
"Tommy energy attacks!" Conner commanded, firing lasers at Zedd through Saba.
Tommy fired his own lightning from his weapon and countered Zedd's attack, allowing Conner's attack to get through and hit their opponent. Zedd flipped through the air and landed on his face as he hit the ground. The two rangers high fived each other as Zedd let out a roar of anger and pushed himself off the ground, holding out his hand and catching his staff as it flew over to him.
"I can't understand why that good for nothing Zordon picked those other pest," Zedd said pointing at the others, "but I can see why he choose you two, and I see that I can no longer hold back in this fight."
"He was holding back?" Tommy asked in shock.
"Of course he was," Conner groaned, "when do they ever go all out from the beginning?"
Dark clouds started to form over the city, a large gust of wind nearly lifting the two rangers off the ground. Lightning started to strike the ground and Zedd held out his staff and directed the lightning towards the two, Tommy and Conner redirecting it to the ground with their weapons. Sending more bolts of lightning at them Zedd pushed the back as they continued to redirect the lightning to the ground, but with each new bolt it became harder and harder to deflect them. With one final bolt of lightning Zedd managed to hit them, knocking both of them to the ground.
"Haven't you figured it out yet power pest, you can't possibly won win against me!" he laughed pointing his staff at them for his final blow, "and now to finish you off once and for all."
The crackle of lightning, the twang of a bow string being fired, and a small explosion happened in a matter of seconds as Zedd once again was thrown off guard. Looking up Tommy felt his heart start to race as the pink ranger, once again morphed, ran over to them.
"Are you guys okay?" Kimberly asked helping them up.
"Forget about us, are you okay?" Tommy asked placing his hands on her shoulders.
Kimberly nodded, the three hearing Zedd yell out in anger before standing up.
"Okay so we need to finish this quickly," Conner muttered as they backed up.
"Indeed Conner, and I believe I might have a suggestion as to how you can win," came Zordon's voice over the communicator.
"Whoa Zordon, you have an idea?" the white ranger replied in shock.
"While you and Tommy were battling him, Lord Zedd had sustained damage that his powers were not able to heal," Zordon pointed out, "if the two of you were to combine your powers into one of Kimberly's arrows then it should be enough to force him to retreat."
"Combine our powers into one of Kim's arrows," Tommy muttered looking at Conner, "is that possible?"
"If Zordon says it is then it is," Conner said looking at Saba, "you feeling up to it partner?"
"I can muster up a bit of power to lend to Kimberly," Saba replied.
"What about you Tommy?"
Tommy nodded, holding up his Dragon Dagger and placing it over Kim's bow.
"Rangers we must warn you that this attack may come at a price," Alpha spoke up making them stop.
"What is it Alpha?" Conner asked confused.
"The green ranger coin has seen many battles and was used to help save some worlds before Alpha and I came to Earth," Zordon explained, "I'm afraid that it's power is draining fast and if you were to do this then…"
"The Tommy might not be a power ranger after this," Kim whispered softly, looking at the green ranger, "w-we can find another way to beat him right?"
Tommy remained quiet, looking at the dagger in his hand and then to the power coin around his waist. He could lose his powers, was that something he wanted to risk? He looked around and saw the damage that Zedd had created, saw just what could happen if they didn't stop him.
"I'll do it," Tommy said finally, making the two look at him.
"Tommy…"
"Kim if we don't do this now there's no telling if we can beat him," the green ranger explained, "me losing my powers is a risk we have to take."
Conner nodded, placing his hand on Tommy's shoulder and giving it a reassuring squeeze.
"You're a great ranger Tommy," he told him, "and I don't believe your story is going to end here."
The two held up their weapons once more, holding them over Kimberly's bow, before transferring some of their power to it. A flash of white and green, Conner looked up to see that Tommy was indeed demorphed as a arrow materialized emitting the power that created it. Zedd saw the three rangers in front of him, the pink ranger pulling back on her bow and getting ready to fire.
"You think a puny weapon like that will stop me, we'll just see about that then shall we," he bellowed before charging them.
"Aim for the green slash on his chest Kim," Conner told her pointing it out.
"Got it!"
The pink ranger released the arrow with a now familiar twang as it went flying towards it's intended target. Before Zedd could even think of doing anything the arrow pierced where Tommy had previously damaged him and let off an explosion of energy that knocked both sides down. Struggling to get up Conner looked over to see Kimberly helping up Tommy and then over to see Zedd pushing himself up as well.
"You...you think you've won?" he panted clutching his chest, "I am Lord Zedd, Emperor of Darkness."
"Just give up Zedd, you're too badly hurt to continue this fight," Conner said standing up and holding his arm, "leave now and remember that this planet is protected."
Zedd was about to retort when he felt a stinging pain course through his body. Looking down he could see that the wound left by the green ranger was now worse because of the attack he just took, the scar now oozing green and white energy.
"Grrr...very well white ranger I shall leave," Zedd replied clutching his staff, "But know this, I shall be back to claim this miserable planet and destroy you power rangers, you're already one ranger down since the green energy is no more, so good luck with that Hahhahahahahahaha!"
Vanishing in a mass of red energy Zedd left the three standing there staring at where their opponent has just stood.
"I-is that it?" Kim asked hesitantly, "he's gone now right?"
"I'm afraid not Kim," Conner replied shaking his head, "he's just licking his wounds, and while that may take a while, he'll send monsters to attack and weaken you."
"I'm sure we'll be ready for them when they come," Tommy said standing up, "or at least, the others will be."
Conner chuckled and shook his head.
"Like I said Tommy, I don't...believe…"
Conner blinked a couple of times before powering down and collapsing to the ground, Kimberly and Tommy rushing over to him.
"Conner...CONNER!" Kim yelped as they tried to wake him up.
"We need to get him to the Command Center," Tommy stated as the others ran over to them, "maybe Zordon can help him."
A/N:
A New White Light is about to wrap up in the next few chapters, until then I hope you enjoy this chapter and the rest of my story, with any luck it won't take me multiple months to complete the next chapter. It shouldn't I already have it started and know what I'm doing with it. I just have an issue where I'll sit down, start a chapter and then look at it and go "nope don't like it" that and I've been reading A LOT of books lately so...yeah. Anyway may the power protect you all.