How did it come to this? Kira groaned as she laid on her back, blood trickling down her side as Kimberly held her steady and Kat attempted to stop the bleeding. Not but possibly thirty yards away from them, Jason, Dr. O, Trent, and Ethan were fighting Goldar, Rita's general holding his own as he used the power of the rangers against them.
"Stay with us Kira, don't fall asleep," Kat ordered as she applied a bit more pressure, "we need you to stay awake."
"I..It's hurts," Kira whimpered, her vision starting to blur.
"We know sweetie," Kim cooed trying to keep both herself and Kira calm, "and we're doing what we can to ease the pain but we can't have you falling asleep just yet."
Kira whimpered again as she felt another sting of pain, the younger ranger looking up at her predecessor.
"K-Kimberly, tell Conner that I…"
"Shush now none of that," the pink ranger shushed her, "you can tell Conner whatever you want when he gets back."
Kat bit down on her lower lip as she listened to her fellow female rangers. She could recall just what happened to lead them to this situation, the four of them seeing Goldar was back had quickly contacted the younger rangers. The seven of them did what they could to stop Goldar and the Tyrannodrones but, while the foot soldiers were simple enough to handle, Goldar himself proved just how powerful he was now that he was syphoning their powers. It didn't take the gold armored warrior long for him to cast the rangers aside, injuring Kira in the process when he sliced her side. Now as the boys fought Goldar, her and Kim were doing what they could to help Kira.
'To think, that Goldar would go this far just to get revenge on Tommy,' the second pink ranger thought shaking her head, 'no this isn't surprising, we all knew Goldar will stop at, nothing to beat us in the name of Zedd and Rita.'
Kat heard Kira gasp in pain again, looking up to see Kim's distressed expression towards her.
"I'm sorry," Kat muttered looking back down, "but I'm not a doctor, the best I can do is attempt to stop the bleeding before we move her."
"You're doing fine Kat," Kim assured her, "Let's just focus on doing what we can before moving her."
Before Kat could respond Tommy and Jason were flung over to them, the girls looking up to see Trent and Ethan on the and Ethan on the ground. Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath Kat took a hold of one of Kim's hand, moving it so that it was now on the bloodied rag she was using.
"Kat?"
"You hold that there," Kat ordered sternly, "I'll help Tommy and Jason."
"Let me help you Kat," Kim said about to stand up when the second pink ranger held up a hand to stop her.
"No Ptera," Kat stated, "Kira needs you, much like a baby needs its mother when it's injured."
"But I'm not Kira's mother," the mother pink argued.
"No but you're Conner's mother and she's his mate, even if they don't know it yet" she reminded her, a twinkle in her eye, "those two are so much like you and Tommy when we were younger."
Kimberly blushed and was about to retort when Kat rushed in to help their boyfriends, leaving Kim there to tend to their injured yellow friend. Goldar grinned as the second pink ranger charged him, readying his sword and preparing for her attack. Moving with the grace that both her and Kim were known for Kat twirled around and lashed out, Goldar blocking her kick with the flat of his sword. Even though she kicked with enough force to push him back a couple of feet Goldar was more than ready for her next attack, effortlessly grabbing her wrist and snapping it. Gasping in pain, Kat held her wrist but continued to press her attack, Tommy and Jason finally getting up and joining her.
Goldar knew that it would be difficult fighting Tommy and Jason on his own, even more so now that the second pink ranger was joining the fight. In the past he would have, begrudgingly, counted his losses and returned to Rita's side. However that was before he had gotten this crystal from that Messagog guy and infused it the ranger's powers, now he was the one calling the shots, he was the one that was going to win this time. And he was going to make sure he enjoyed every second of it.
"You would think that with Zordon's wisdom you'd understand when you're beat," Goldar laughed as he fought them off.
"You don't get to talk about Zordon!" Kat hissed lashing out at him.
With a couple of quick attacks Goldar defeated Kat, stabbing her through her side and making her collapse to the ground. Jason saw red as he watched Kat fall to the ground, his body trembling in rage. It was no secret that both he and Tommy both hated Goldar with a passion, he was after all the reason for a good portion of their pain in life. Now that golden armored bat had hurt his girlfriend, the one who had helped him after Trini passed away. He was going to pay for that.
Pushing himself up the original red ranger attacked his opponent, moving with a precision that came from years of martial arts. Goldar pushed back though, matching him blow for blow and making it hard to gain any ground on him. This changed however when Tommy rejoined the fray, the two of them managing to find some purchase against him. Goldar growled, getting frustrated at the fact that these two were causing more of a problem now. With a slash of his sword he put some distance between the two of them, quickly directing his attention towards Jason. The two exchanged a couple of blows, Goldar managing to overpower him in the end before spinning around and backhanding the original green ranger. Groaning Tommy attempted to push himself up but felt a swift kick to his stomach.
"Tommy!" Kim cried in shock.
Clenching her fist Kim moved Kira's hand to hold the rag on her wound, whispering in her ear to be strong for a few more moments. Standing up she stood in front of Kira to protect her from Goldar as her old enemy started towards them. She could feel adrenaline coursing through her veins she blocked a few of his attacks, even managing to deliver a few of her own, but just like her fellow rangers Goldar overpowered her, stabbing her right leg and making her scream.
"Now then Tommy," Goldar said looking back at the white ranger, "You'll get to watch as I kill the one you love and one of your puny rangers."
"NO!" Tommy yelled trying to move but finding he couldn't.
The warrior monster raised his blade, ready to make the final strike and deal a major blow to his most hated enemy. However a white blur came into play, knocking Goldar away from the two women and causing him to drop his sword to the ground. Kim looked up in shock, not sure what had just happened but was grateful that it did, and was even more surprised when she saw who it was that had just saved them. Reaching down he picked up the sword, Conner looked it over before forcing a bit of the white ranger energy he's obtained through it and snapping it over his leg. He didn't even know he could do that, just followed his instincts, but was glad that he could.
"Thank Zordon I made it in time," he huffed, turning to face Kim and Kira, "how badly are you guys hurt."
"I have a gash through my leg, Kira has a deep wound in her side, and so does Kat," his mother explained, grateful that her son was back.
Conner walked over to Kira, the yellow ranger smiling softly as she saw her team leader there.
"I promise you, he won't get away with this," he whispered stroking her cheek.
"I know he won't jock," she replied groaning in pain, "kick his ass."
Conner smirked and stood up, turning around to face Goldar.
"So you've returned have you," Goldar snarled as he got up and saw who it was, "I thought that you had ran away."
"You know Goldar," Conner said to him as he tossed the broken blade to either side of him, "we can do this one of two ways, either you give up and give me that shard you have…"
"And the second option?" Goldar question already knowing the answer.
"I take it from you either way and throw you through the portal back to where you belong."
"I think you already know my answer."
"Then I'm going to enjoy this," the red dino thunder ranger remarked grinning.
Getting into a fighting stance Conner eyed his opponent and felt...relaxed. He had fought Lord Zedd so this, this should be easy for him right? No he knew that wasn't true, Goldar was using their dino powers against him and this fight wasn't going to be easy. Closing his eyes he felt the White Tiger coin around his waist, felt the power of the friends he had made here and in the other world. He wasn't fighting alone. Opening his eyes he grinned and took a fighting stance that he saw his father use in some of the old videos he had.
"Alright Goldar let's do this."
Goldar didn't need to be told twice. He lunged at his opponent, mad at the fact he was stopped from destroying the one that Tommy loved and that this kid had broken his sword. He wasn't stupid though he knew how to fight in hand to hand combat and proved just that as the two of the matched each other blow for blow. Goldar kicked at him, the red ranger ducking underneath the attack and grabbing his ankle before thrusting his arm up and flipping Goldar through the air. Jumping up after him Conner continued with a few kicks that landing on his armored opponent's chest and abdomen.
"Argh!" Goldar yelped as he hit a wall behind him.
Conner landed and got back into his fighting stance, grinning at him as he watched Goldar stand back up.
"You, you annoying bastard," Goldar growled glaring at Conner, "I'm going to enjoy gutting you."
"You're going to have a hard time doing that without your sword Goldar," Conner stated with a grin.
Goldar didn't reply, instead he pulled out the Star Shard and placed his hand over it, the crystal glowing before a new sword appeared in his hand.
"Okay then," Conner muttered frowning, "that's new."
"You are nothing without your powers and I'm going to prove it red ranger!"
Conner's smirk returned as he rolled his shoulder.
"A few things I want to tell you bat breath," he said looking back at him, "first of all never count a power ranger out, secondly you're nowhere near the strength that Zedd was at when I fought him, and I had to have back up to beat him."
"You've beaten Lord Zedd impossible!" Goldar barked in disbelief.
"You're wrong," Conner snapped back at him with a glare, "nothing is impossible for a power ranger."
Goldar huffed in anger, his patience with the ranger in front of him starting to thin.
"Anything else you want to add red ranger?"
Conner tugged the hem of his white tank top up, revealing the morpher around his waist and holding it up for all to see.
"I'm not just a red ranger anymore."
"Impossible, how did you get that coin?" Goldar asked in shock.
"A story I'm afraid you're not going to get to hear," Conner replied, "it's morph'n time! White Tiger!"
A/N: The white ranger returned to his proper time line! And just in time to save Kira and Kim as well. Now for what I really want to say, I have had a few request and I make no guarantees that it will be soon but hopefully either later this year or sometime next year I'll be posting a new story placed in the same universe. So be on the look out for A Different Shade of Red okay! May the power protect you.