DISCLAIMER

Power Rangers belongs to Haim Saban and Nickelodeon. I only own the subplots. Reference to the "Green With Evil" saga.

"Trini!" Richie exclaimed.

"Zack!" Angela cried at the same time.

"Aisha!" Bulk yelled along with them.

"Come on you guys. Get up!" Zane urged. The Rangers frantically tried to get back up. Scorpina zapped them again.

"Man, she's gonna make mincemeat out of us!" the Black Ranger said.

"Tommy, though you are using the White Ranger Powers, you are still able to call on the Dragonzord," Zordon told him. The Ranger summoned the Dragon Dagger and then played the tune that called his zord. With a roar, it came from the Angel Grove Lake and the White Ranger summoned the missiles which hit Goldar and Scorpina simultaneously. Once they were released, the Tigerzord and Thunder Megazord quickly stood up.

"Yes!" the group on the ground cheered. Okay, now we're talking, Justin thought to himself. On the moon, Rita's eyes widened at the turn of events.

"THE DRAGONZORD? HE WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE DRAGONZORD WHILE USING THE TIGER POWERS!" she shrieked.

"Don't worry, my Prickly Pear. One more zord won't make a difference," Zedd reminded her. Rita just growled. Don't you tell me what to do, Crater Face! she thought to herself. She couldn't wait to get rid of him. Just be patient, it'll happen, she reminded herself. This wasn't like trying to destroy the Rangers. She couldn't afford to lose her cool. She watched through her telescope as the Goldar and Scorpina fought the Rangers.

"Go get them, my monsters! Destroy them!" she urged. Hearing their Queen's command, Goldar and Scorpina began fighting harder. The Dragonzord whipped a tail around and struck Scorpina hard in the midsection, striking at flesh. She shrieked in pain and Goldar was instantly at her side, checking her wound.

"You have to get healed. I'll take you to Finster," he said, and then disappeared. Seeing this, Rita hurried to Finster's lab.

"Get some antibiotics! Scorpina's hurt!" she snapped.

"Right away, Empress," Finster said, and hurried to another part of his lab to get what he would need to heal her. Meanwhile, back on Earth, the Rangers had sent their zords away and demorphed. Their friends ran up to them.

"I was scared when I saw the zords fall," Angela stated, hugging Zack.

"Aw, girl. We're okay," he assured her, returning to the gesture. No need to tell her that it scared the heck out of me as well, he thought to himself.

"Great job," Chris said.

"Thanks," Jason said.

"I just can't believe Goldar ran like that," Kimberly stated as they all headed away.

"What do you expect? I dealt a major blow to his wife," Tommy answered.

"Wife?" everyone chorused and then shuddered.

"Dude, how do you know these things?" Jason wondered.

"Jase, you of all people know that I remember everything from when she first placed me under her spell," Tommy reminded.

"Well, I didn't think you had found that out," Jason retorted. The next day in school, everyone was waiting to show their projects to Mrs. Binx. Billy walked up to Marge.

"Uh, Marge, I'd like to apologize profusely for my malevolent behavior towards you. I realize that my boorish demeanor must've wounded you greatly," he said hesitantly. I wouldn't blame her if she told me to get lost, he thought to himself.

"Think nothing of it, Billy. Everyone has a bad day once in a while. I'm sure there was a good reason," Marge replied. He grinned in relief.

"Thanks. You're very understanding," he said. "Um, Marge, would-would you-care to accompany me to a movie sometime?"

"That'd be capital!"

"Prodigious." He flashed a smile at her and then turned the smile to the others who grinned and Kimberly gave him a thumbs up.

"All right. Who would like to be the first to show their project?" Mrs. Binx asked.

"I will," Kimberly answered and then put her painting on a stand.

"Why, I think it's lovely, Kimberly. You've done a remarkable job capturing the warmth and the friendship you all share," Mrs. Binx stated.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's great. We know," Bulk stated, walking in front of the painting.

"I see we have our next volunteers," Mrs. Binx stated dryly. "All right. Let's see what you've come up with gentlemen," she continued. Bulk cleared his throat.

"As many great artists do, we had someone else do the work for us," Bulk said and he and Skull clapped.

"Uh, yeah. Name two," Mrs. Binx challenged.

"Bulk and Skull," Skull replied. Jason rolled his eyes. Not helping your case, guys, he thought.

"This statue will sit proudly in town square," Bulk continued. "And the Power Rangers themselves will appear and thank us for our vision!" Bulk cried, yanking the cloth off. Kimberly stopped a gasp by clapping a hand over her mouth. The result was a statue of a helmetless Billy in a gold Mighty Morphin suit. Did she somehow find out but get his color wrong? she wondered.

"Do you like it?" Marge queried. Billy stammered. Bulk and Skull stared in surprise. What the-I didn't give away his identity, and that's the wrong color. That's Rocky's, Bulk thought to himself. Oh, this is not good. This is not good. This is not good! This is not good! was all Skull could think.

"What-what-what is this supposed to be?" Bulk finally managed to get out.

"Uh, well I thought you'd want a statue that illustrates the qualities it takes to be a Power Ranger," Marge explained. "If anyone has them, it's Billy," she continued, turning to gaze at him adoringly. Oh, good. We didn't blow his cover, Skull thought with an inner sigh of relief.

"You are out of your mind," Bulk told her.

"Yeah, get real," Skull agreed.

"Billy, a Power Ranger? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard in my entire life," Bulk declared. Tone it down, guys, Jason thought to himself. "You know what? That's it! I'm through! No more trying to find out who the Power Rangers are!" the boy continued as he and Skull went to their work station. Everyone laughed. On the moon, Scorpina had since been healed as much as Finster could.

"Now, you'll have to rest for a couple of days-that hit was awful hard-but you should be back in top form in no time," the dog-eared monster stated.

"Thank you," she said, and was helped from the table by Goldar with Rita watching them. Just then, there was a static-y noise and Finster turned to the pages of paper that had spewed out from a machine.

"What is that?" Goldar wondered.

"My search into Empress Rita's idea is finally finished," Finster replied.

"Well, don't keep me in suspense, Finster. Can it be done or not?" Rita queried.

"Yes. It is possible to drain Zedd's energy by linking him to your monsters. But in order to keep him from getting suspicious, I would advise you to only link him to one monster at a time, and that if you use the same monster twice, only choose one time to link his life force," Finster told her. She cackled.

"Good work, Finster! Make it happen!" Finster started concocting a potion while Goldar took Scorpina their chambers, and Rita hurried down the halls cackling in laughter. Zedd Darling, do I have plans for you! she thought again.

THE END

AUTHOR'S NOTE

I didn't use Vase Face because I always thought that he was stupid. The concept of linking Zedd's life force with Rita's monsters was taken from the "Psycho Ranger" plot in Power Rangers In Space and belongs to Haim Saban.