Here's the new chapter! It's considerably a lot shorter than the past few chapters have been, but that's because the bulk of the action has passed.


"How's she doing?" asked Amy, looking over at Hayley from her spot. Amy stood above Ernie, cleaning out his cuts and applying ointment to them and his bruises. She rubbed a soothing oil around his wrists to alleviate the pain from the burns caused by the ropes.

Hayley exhaled above Tori. "Not good," she answered, softly. Tori's blood pressure was continuously dropping and Hayley knew that she, along with everyone else in the room, needed a real hospital to get better. She didn't want to risk going into Angel Grove or Reefside, or even anywhere else because of she didn't know what the state Earth was in at the moment. Her gut told her that her friends were in trouble, the way they seemed to be bringing more people in at every second. She just wished that there was some way she could keep track of what was going on back on Angel Grove.

She moved to check on the other people, stopping at Conner's bed first. Hayley held his wrist, checking his pulse. "Conner seems to have a pretty steady heart rate. Weak, but steady." She grimaced looking at his pale face. "He's just lost so much blood."

Amy winced, looking at Hayley. "I think they all have."

Hayley moved over to Eric. "He's not doing well, either. He seems to be pretty stable, but...there's no telling."

Amy stepped to Zack's bed and briefly looked him over. "Zack, too," she said sadly. "This is just crazy. I hope...I hope they're doing fine."

"Me too."

"Me too," chimed in Zhane. He grabbed a walking stick that Hayley scrounged up and struggled over to sit beside Zack's bed. He sat down and sighed in relief as he held his abdomen.

"You feeling okay?" Amy asked with a look of concern at Zhane's movement.

Zhane nodded slowly. "Yeah...it just...sometimes it hurts."

"I would imagine so. It kind of looked like you got mauled."

"I'm sure you've seen worst."

"No...I actually haven't." She smiled at Zhane. "I've always wanted to take care of animals, not people."

"Does this make you want to change jobs?"

She widened her eyes and grinned as she changed the bandages on Zack. "No, not really. I think I'm good with animals. But, I'll stick around for a bit."

"Then that's good for us, right?" Zhane winked at her as he closed his eyes and smiled.


The rangers scrambled around, fighting the tiyanaks, aswangs, and ekeks with all of their might as Rita's mother stood on the rooftop, laughing hysterically.

Syd screamed as she and Z were thrown backward. They hit a hard piece of debris and fell to the ground. A couple of tiyanaks approached them, licking their lips. Bridge and Sky saw them and they used their Deltamax Strikers to bring them down. Syd and Z jumped up and resumed fighting the tiyanaks.

Taylor was fighting her way through a group of ekeks. She focused on one in particular and used both her Crystal Saber and Golden Eagle sword against it. She used the wings attached to her suit to fly alongside a group of aswangs and fought them in the sky. The people captured in the cage were given a front-row seat to the fight between Taylor and the aswangs. They gasped at every blow and screamed when Taylor was hit and was steadily flying back towards the ground.

Kira ran up a couple of large pieces of debris and flipped over to face the back of an aswang. She stuck her Thundermax Saber within its back and screamed to throw it and a few others away from her. Trent followed her and used his Drago Sword to copy her actions, minus the scream. Ethan fought off to the side and used his Tricera Shield to block the attacks of numerous ekeks.

Mack jumped up and roared in anger when he recognized his father and Spencer in the cage. He fought his way through another group of aswangs and turned their arms on themselves, twisting it around to stab themselves. He threw aside the broken bodies of the aswangs and jumped back in surprise when one tried to grab hold of him while lying close to death on the ground.

Wes used his Chrono Saber to block an attack on Lucas. Lucas turned around and he and Wes used their Chrono Sabers to kill two ekeks heading their way. Wes turned and jumped into a group of ekeks, killing them also. Lucas followed his path and the two of them began to fight another group of tiyanaks. Wes happened to glance up at the cage and noticed his father trapped within it.

"NOO!!" he yelled. He took out his anger on a couple of aswangs, threatening to attack Karone. She looked at him in surprise, nodded, and proceeded to fight the other aswangs who stepped forward to continue the fight.

TJ took out his blaster and used it to shoot down a few aswangs that were attacking Cassie and Ashley. The three of them stood side by side for a bit and a second later, they jumped off the ground and continued to fight the aswangs. Andros flew over them on his Galaxy Glider, jumping off to fight alongside his teammates.

Aisha yelled out in surprise as she felt a blade run along her arm. She dropped one of her Power Daggers and threw the other ones in the direction of the tiyanak that attacked her. It promptly went down as the dagger went through its heart. Aisha looked down and clutched her arm as she limped over to the tiyanak and pulled out her dagger. She moaned in disgust as she looked at the blood dripping from her dagger. Aisha wrapped the remnants of her sleeve around her arm, tying it tightly around her wound.

Rocky performed a series of kicks and flips while fighting the aswangs. He panted heavily as felt sweat dripping down his brow beneath his helmet. "Whew," he said to himself, looking over the fallen aswangs in front of him. "Gotta lay off those hamburgers, Rocko."

Adam jumped back as he used his Power Axe to block an attack from a few ekeks. He dropped down and did a spinning kick to knock the ekek down and dropped his axe over its neck.

Tommy kicked an aswang and ducked to avoid an attack from its arm. He looked up quickly and saw the candle was about halfway melted. He couldn't believe that the candle had melted that much already. He heard Rita's mother's laughter, sounding a lot like her daughter.

Billy did a series of backflips to put space between him and the tiyanaks that were flying towards him. He stopped suddenly and dropped down, lying against the ground. When the tiyanaks came close enough, he popped back up, surprising the tiyanaks and killed it with his Power Lance.

Kim stood atop a large piece of debris and held her Power Bow in front of her, shooting down as many tiyanaks, aswangs, and ekeks as she can. She kept the people in the cage and the candle in sight as she continued to pull out arrows from nowhere.

Trini ducked and used her own set of Power Daggers against an ekek. She kicked behind her and flipped over to kick in front of her.

Jason pulled his Power Sword out of an aswang and yelled in anger as he drove it through the chest of another. He pulled it out and held it at his side as he performed a series of kicks against a group of ekeks. He used his sword to cut the arms of a couple of ekeks off and ran to Trini's side, helping her fight off a set of ekeks.


"What do we do, Hayles?" asked Amy quietly, running a cold, wet towel along Kat's face. She bandaged up her wounds as best she could, but Amy could tell that she was in a lot of pain. From looking at her, she could tell that her left arm was broken and was afraid to move it in any way. Likewise, the wound in her shoulder didn't help anything.

"I don't know," Hayley answered. She looked around the room, sadly. "I'm so used to having answers...I just...I don't have any right now. I don't know how to make them better, I don't know how to help Tommy and Billy and everybody. Conner...I just...I have no idea what to do. I don't even know if..." she exhaled, fatigue running through her voice.

Amy looked at her quietly. She glanced at Zhane, who was watching Hayley from his seat next to Zack's sleeping body. "I don't either," she said.

"I usually know what to do...and I don't. I don't even know how they're doing down there, if they're still alive."

"You've got to believe that they are," Zhane said. "There could've been so many times that I've died, but I haven't. We just have to have faith. That they'll come through."

"Look," Amy started. "I'm still pretty new to this whole Power Ranger world, but everything that I've heard about the Power Rangers is that they've never failed to save the day. And I'd like to believe that."

"Yeah," Hayley replied. "So would I."


A bright light interrupted the fighting. At once, everyone, rangers, tiyanaks, ekeks, and aswangs alike, all stopped fighting and shielded their eyes from the light that seemed to be growing brighter and brighter. The only thing standing was Rita's mother and she was glaring into the source of the light, snarling and growling at it.

The aswangs, tiyanaks, and ekeks flew behind the building that Rita's mother was standing over and sheilded themselves from the light. The rangers stood closer together, facing the light, but still shielding their eyes.

As the light dimmed, three figures appeared. Mayari, her brother Apolaki, and their sister, Tala. She looked very much like her sister, Mayari. The two of them had long, long, black hair that almost reached the ground. Her hair looked a bit lighter than Mayari's though. Unlike Mayari, she had both of her eyes, though they were also inundated with sadness.

"You must stop this," commanded Apolaki.

"No," Rita's mother said defiantly. "And besides, who's going to stop me? You? Your one-eyed sister?" She gestured to Mayari. "Your weaker sister?" She gestured to Tala. "Or them?" she spat out, gesturing to the Power Rangers. "You know I am powerful. More powerful than anything this universe has ever seen before. And the three of you cannot stop me. Your powers were not made to fight. Your powers were merely made to rule."

"You must stop this," Apolaki repeated in a firm voice. "The people of this world, of the other worlds that you have destroyed are innocent. What is there to gain?"

"What is there to gain?" Rita's mother laughed. "My own personal satisfaction. Until everyone has suffered, I will not be happy." She looked at Apolaki and snarled again. "And besides, why should I listen to a ball of light who injured his own sister anyway?" The rangers looked at each other in surprise. "You have no power to fight me."

"Let them go," Apolaki said, raising a hand towards the cage. "They have nothing to do with this. If you wish to take revenge upon the innocents, than it is true. We do not have the powers to stop you."

"You admit it! You can never be as powerful as me."

"Nonsense," Apolaki said in a booming voice. "Power is a mere form of energy. It is not what is most important."

"No. What was most important was taken away from me."

"For the better of the universe."

Rita's mother spat in response. "The better of the universe? What about the better of my universe?" She gestured around. "Now this, this is the better for my universe. To see the world that has taken down my family. To see the universe under my control. The same universe that my daughter, my son, and my husband tried to take over."

"Tried and failed."

"They only failed because of these damn rangers!"

"Your family has seen the light. They turned away from the darkness that corrupted their souls."

"No, they didn't. If that blasted tube of energy was not destroyed, they would still be here."

"Perhaps. Or perhaps the same result would've came out."

"NO!" she yelled. "And then I come to find out that my grandson, the one that I never knew about was imprisoned and returned to Earth to only be destroyed by...who else?" She looked at the rangers with anger in her face. "The Power Rangers." She looked at Apolaki and his two sisters on either side of him. "But no...you can't stop me. Don't you know that by now?"

"We may not have the power to fight. But others do."

In a swift moment, Apolaki, Tala, and Mayari glanced at the rangers and nodded before disappearing. The rangers left standing all felt some sort of energy flow through them and noticed that the sun rose magnificently above them. They also saw the moon shining brightly next to the sun and the morning and evening star, the brightest star in the sky, shining above them.

"WAIT!" Tommy yelled. He glanced at the candle and saw that it was very close to being completely melted. "What about us?" he said quietly, realizing that Mayari, Tala, and Apolaki disappeared.

"Yeah," agreed Aisha. "How are we supposed to fight them without the god and goddesses on our side?"

Rita's mother laughed in response. "Your protectors have left you, haven't they? Although it seems that that's how it usually goes, doesn't it?" She waved her staff.

"Wait," Adam said quickly. He looked at Aisha. "They are on our side."

The rangers looked up as the tiyanaks, aswangs, and ekeks flew above them once more, readying themselves for an attack. They also looked at Adam, hearing the excitement in his voice.

Adam picked out the Power Coin from his belt and held it up. For some reason, he stayed morphed in his suit. "When we were first brought here or there or wherever it was, we were given these new coins."

"Yeah..." Kim said. She waved her hands, trying to hurry Adam up. She looked up and saw the creatures above them, circling around. "Could you hurry up a bit? I think we're about to be buzzard food."

"Mayari said that the new coins were made by her, Apolaki, and Tala, holding the powers of the sun, moon, and stars, therefore putting their own powers into it."

"Still doesn't help us," Taylor said in a hurried voice. "Didn't they say that they can't fight her? If we have their powers, how are we going to fight them?"

"Yeah, but what if it doesn't apply to them? They aren't fighters. But us...Zordon chose most of us to be the protectors of Earth, the warriors of the universe. Apolaki said that they may not have the power to fight, but others do. Us."

Andros nodded slowly. "It does make sense. We--" He was cut off by the loud screeching heading their way. Everyone looked up, temporarily forgetting where they were and Sky held up his arm to put up a force field around them, buying a bit more time. "Thanks," Andros said. "Now, it does make sense," he said quickly. "But--"

"They were also created in the same likenesses as the ones that Zordon gave to you guys," Bridge added, cutting Andros off. "If we combine our powers together--"

"We have the power of the sun, the moon, and stars," finished Tommy. He nodded.

"But how do we get them out?" Mack said, pointing to the cage.

"I'm not sure, yet." He looked at the candle and winced underneath his helmet. "Let's just worry about trying to finish the last of Rita's family." Tommy looked at Sky and nodded.

Sky put down the force field and the rangers stood in a line.


Zhane stood up from Zack's bedside, leaning on the walking cane.

"What's up?" Amy asked.

"I'm fine. I just felt...something...I don't know."

"You should sit down."

Zhane shook his head. "I'm fine." He walked back to his bed, slowly and looked through his stack of clothes. He picked up his silver coin and held it tightly in his hand, feeling the warm metal in his fist. "I'm gonna go sit out here for a bit."

"Okay," said Amy. She and Hayley didn't look up when Zhane walked out of the room.

He looked at the coin and thought hard. He knew something was happening, but he wasn't quite sure what it was yet. He stuck his head back in the room and asked Hayley where the other rangers' coins were.

"Here," Hayley said, handing them to Zhane after walking by Zack, Tori, Eric, and Conner's bed. "Why?"

Zhane shook his head again. "No reason." He took the coins in his hand and walked slowly to the room where he knew Carlos and Alyssa's bodies were. He was silent as he looked over Carlos' body again. He noticed a third body in the room, but didn't recognize it, but he also felt the pain running through his body. He reached for Carlos' and Alyssa's power coins, noting how the three of them merely looked like they were sleeping. He glanced at the black and white coins in his left hand and slowly walked out of the room.

Amy and Hayley didn't see a beam of silver light disappear from the main room.


The rangers stood facing Rita's mother and her armies of tiyanaks, ekeks, and aswangs.

"We're sure about this, right?" Tommy said.

"Right?" echoed the voices around him.

The sun shone above them more brightly, displaying the moon and the stars that are rarely seen during daylight, giving them a soft glow.

"Wait up," Zhane said, weakly.

"What are you doing here?" Andros asked quickly. He immediately walked to Zhane's side and put an arm around his shoulders.

"I thought...thought we...you...we...might need...these." He held out his hands and showed the seven coins he held, along with his own.

"Yeah. How'd you know?"

Zhane shrugged weakly.

"Come on," Andros said and brought him to the line.

The rangers once again took their spot across from Rita's mother, who took no notice of the appearance of a new ranger. She raised her staff in the air and pointed down, instructing the tiyanaks, ekeks, and aswangs to attack again.

Bridge, Z, Syd, Sky, Wes, Lucas, Karone, Ashley, Cassie, TJ, Zhane, Andros, Tommy, Jason, Adam, Kim, Aisha, Rocky, Trini, Billy, Ethan, Trent, Kira, Taylor, and Mack stood shoulder to shoulder. They watched as the creatures screeched, flying towards them.

"NOW!" Tommy yelled and he and the other rangers took their coins from belts and held it before them. Zhane, who was unmorphed, held his own along with the six others in front of him. "GO!" Tommy yelled again. The twenty-five rangers threw their coins in the air, a mass of thirty-one coins flying through the air. The rangers raised their arms in the air and a wave of energy flowed from the bottoms of their feet to the tips of their fingers. They felt it extend throughout their bodies and into the space around them.


"Oh no," Hayley said, running to Tori's side. Amy ran behind her, feeling her wrist for a pulse.

A loud, long collection of irritating beeps echoed throughout the room.

"I'm not getting anything. I don't feel a pulse."

Amy lowered the bed and performed CPR on Tori.

Hayley stood nearby, watching the screen closely. She jumped when she heard the similar noises coming from Conner, Eric, and Zack's bed. "Oh no," she said again. She ran to Conner's bed since it was the closest and tried to reach over to feel for pulses in Eric's and Conner's wrists.


"STOP THAT!" Rita's mother yelled, spit emitting from her mouth. Her eyes showed a crazy sort of look and she waved her staff around.

The rangers watched as the energy from their bodies destroyed the creatures nearest to them. The first wave of aswangs, tiyanaks, and ekeks started to writh and cringe as if their bodies were on fire. They blew up in a flash, with their bodies turning to dust, blowing away in the wind. The rangers concentrated their energies and extended their power further. The sun shone even more brightly on the moon and the stars. The rest of the tiyanaks, aswangs, and ekeks blew up into dust.

The rangers looked at the cage and concentrated on it. Whatever was left of the candle blew up and the cage disappeared. Sky quickly held out his hand and raised a forcefield beneath the falling bodies to soften their fall.

"Give it up!" Tommy yelled at Rita's mother, who was still waving her staff around.

"NO!" She waved her staff around some more, looking around frantically. She pointed her staff toward Tommy and the other rangers. A blast emitted from the staff, aiming toward the rangers. It bounced back at Rita's mother when it hit the tip of their energy field.

She fell backward with a crazed look of surprise.

The rangers dropped their arms and their coins flew back to them. The remaining six coins dropped to the ground in front of the rangers. Taylor bent down to pick up Eric's and Alyssa's coins, Andros picked up Carlos', Ethan picked up Conner's, Kira picked up Tori's, and Jason picked up Zack's.

Wes and Mack ran to the group of people and helped them up. Mack gave his father and Spencer a big hug while Wes did the same with his own father.

Trini and Rocky walked over to Michael and helped him up. "Thank you," he said, brushing his hands off. "For everything."

"We should be thanking you," Rocky said. Trini nodded in response.

"So what do we do now?"

Trini shrugged. "Go find your family. Let's help rebuild Angel Grove again." She looked around. "I've never seen it like this."

Michael nodded. He gestured to the rest of the people. "What about them?"

"Same thing. Find your family and see what's left of your home."

Michael nodded again. "I'll do it. I'll tell them. And I'll help them, too." He pointed to the other people who were captured with him.

Trini smiled. "Okay."

Rocky clapped a hand on his shoulder.

"Will I see you guys again?" Michael asked.

Rocky laughed a bit before answering. "I'm not sure. Maybe you will, maybe you won't. Who knows, you might be the next red ranger that we're asking help from."

Michael grinned before he turned back to the others.


"Whoa," Amy said, jumping back from Tori's bed. She put two fingers on Tori's neck, feeling for a pulse. "It's there. And it feels like it's getting stronger." She turned around to feel for Zack's pulse. "I feel Zack's pulse, too. Stronger than it was a few minutes ago."

Across the room, Hayley nodded. "Conner's too." She reached over to feel for Eric's pulse. "Eric, too. They both seem to be growing more stable."

"And Tori's coloring is coming back."


Tommy looked up at the bright sky above him. He looked at Andros to his right. "Well...I guess that's it then, huh?"

Andros laughed. "It's definitely over. But that's not it." He looked around, at all the destruction surrounding them. "It looks like this everywhere in the universe...we've still got a lot of work to do."

x

Kim turned to Adam after she saw Rita's mother fall backward. "I don't think I want to do it anymore."

"What do you mean?"

"Touring...interviews...videos...all that stuff. I don't want it anymore. Don't get me wrong, I love making music, but...I don't want to be the main person." She looked over at Kira, who was hugging Trent and Ethan. "She can do it. I'll just help her."

Adam grinned underneath his helmet and enveloped Kim into a hug. "Whatever you want, I'm with you."

x

"Trini!" Jason called, running after her. She was finishing up her goodbye with Michael and Rocky headed off to Aisha.

"What?" she said as she stopped in her tracks.

Jason put his arms around Trini and held her tight. "I know this isn't exactly what you or I even pictured it, but...marry me."

Trini looked at him in surprise and threw her arms around him. "Of course." She grinned underneath her helmet and hugged him tighter. "I love you."

"I love you too."

x

A light flashed in front of them and the twenty-five rangers disappeared.

They later reappeared, unmorphed, in the main room of their safe haven, which expanded to hold everybody once more.

"Adam?" Amy ran out of the medical room, hearing voices in the main room. "Adam!" She threw her arms around him as he returned the hug.

Jason and Trini looked at each other and gave each other a long kiss.

Hayley ran out of the medical room and threw her arms around Billy.

Kim looked up from her tight embrace within Tommy's arms. "How are they?" she asked Hayley.

"I'm not sure," she answered. "It would probably be best if some of you went in." She nodded toward the medical room as Kira, Trent, Ethan, Kim, Tommy, Taylor, and Billy followed her into the medical room.

Immediately, Taylor walked as fast as she could to Eric's side and took his hand. She leaned over and gave him a kiss on the forehead, taking a seat at his side.

"I know for sure that these four, Eric, Conner, Tori, and Zack, are stable at the moment. There was a bit of a scare, I'd say about fifteen to twenty minutes before you all arrived."

"What happened?" Kim asked, taking a seat next to Zack's bed.

"They all...well...they all seemed to have lost a pulse for a bit."

"WHAT?"

Hayley nodded slowly. "But, in a blink of an eye, they seemed to be fine."

" 'Scuse me, Tommy. I do believe this is my bed." Zhane's voice interrupted their conversation as he limped into the medical room, with a very angry-looking Karone and Andros behind him. Tommy promptly moved out of Zhane's way and he plopped on the bed.

"Are you crazy?" Karone said angrily, shaking a finger in Zhane's face.

Zhane smiled and closed his eyes. He slightly shook his head.

"You could've been killed out there," Andros said, a bit softer than his sister.

"But I wasn't," came Zhane's reply.

"You went out there?" Hayley said, in an equally angry voice as Karone's.

Zhane just simply smiled again. "Nothing was gonna happen. I could feel it. For some reason, I knew I had to get those coins to you."

"The Power Coins?"

Tommy nodded. "That's how we finally defeated her."

"Our power, along with the powers of the sun, the moon, and stars, combined to finally destroy her and all of her evil minions," Billy said.

Hayley nodded slowly. "I get it." She looked at Zhane, whose eyes were still closed. "That's why you had that urge to get the coins and get into a dangerous situation." She gestured to the four bodies, lying peacefully in slumber. "And why they..." She looked at them. "They seem fine, though."

"How...are the others doing, Hayley?" asked Tommy. He walked over and stood at the foot of Skull's bed. He looked at Ernie, Ms. Appleby, Tanya, and Kat.

Hayley winced. "I'm not sure. Their injuries...they're pretty serious. We need to get them and the others to a real doctor."

"I don't even know if there are any hospitals that are open in Angel Grove."

"Then we'll bring them somewhere else. They just need some real medical attention."

A soft groan was heard from Ms. Appleby's bed. Billy, Tommy, Kim, and Hayley ran to her side.

"Ki--" She coughed. "Kim...Kimber--"

"Yeah, it's me," Kim said, taking a seat and her hand. "It's Kimberly Hart. Do you remember me?"

Ms. Appleby smiled and nodded weakly. "Of...of cour-...of course...I...do." She moved her eyes and saw Billy. "And...and Bi--" She coughed again. "Billy...Cran...Cranston." Billy nodded and smiled. "And...Tommy...Ol...i...ver..." Tommy nodded also.

"Save your strength, Ms. Appleby," said Kim, squeezing her hand. "We'll get you to a hospital and you'll be as good as new in no time, okay?"

Ms. Appleby smiled. "You guys are...you're...the...Power...Power Rangers."

Kim looked up at Tommy and Billy. A silent look of understanding passed between the three of them. "Yeah, we are. And we're glad you're all right."

"J--jas..." Ms. Appleby coughed again. "Jas...Tri..." She coughed again. Hayley went to get her a cup of water. Kim helped Ms. Appleby take a sip of it. "Jas...Jason...Trini..."

"Jason and Trini are here, too. So are Zack, Adam, Rocky, and Aisha."

"How...how are...Kat...Katherine...and Tan...Tanya? And Skull? And...and...the others?"

Kim looked up at Hayley before answering. She looked at Katherine's bed and at Tanya and saw that the two of them were still unmoving. "We...we don't really know, Ms. Appleby, I'm sorry."

She smiled again. "You're the Power Rangers...I...I taught...the Power Rangers."

"Yeah," Kim said, smiling. "You taught us all so much. Just hang on a bit more, okay?"

Ms. Appleby nodded weakly. "Yes...rest..." Her eyes fluttered close.

"Yeah, just rest for now," Kim said softly. She looked up at Tommy with tears in her eyes. "I feel so bad...it's our fault why she and the others are here."

Tommy rubbed her back and looked at Billy over the bed. "Let's just figure out how to get them out of here and into a hospital."

"Hey...what's going on over there?" A weak voice came from Conner's bed. Kira, Trent, and Ethan looked up at him. Tommy smiled over him as he moved over to stand at the head of Conner's bed.

"Shouldn't you be resting?" Tommy said in a playful voice.

"You know how worried you had us?" Kira said in an irritated voice.

Conner laughed weakly, holding his side. Trent and Ethan looked at each other and shook their heads at Kira. "So, what's the deal? When can I go out there and kick some aswang ass?"

"Well, I don't know who you'll be fighting, cuz we already kicked their ass," Ethan said, grinning.

"And I missed it?" Conner closed his eyes, smiling. "I knew you guys could do it."

"How you feeling?"

Conner exhaled slowly. "Like I've just been hit by a bus."

"Hey guys," Jason said, sticking his head into the room. He cocked his head toward the main room. "Come out here real quick."

Tommy nodded. He headed towards the main room, with Kim, Billy, Trent, Ethan, and Kira following.

Taylor looked up at them. "I'm gonna stay in here, you guys." She sat at Eric's bedside. Tommy nodded again.

He walked out of the medical room and saw all of the rangers and Amy sitting before Mayari. Billy and Kim took seats next to Jason and Tommy stood off to the side.

"Well done, rangers," Mayari said, smiling. "You have all done a tremendous job, a great service to your peers, your community, and the world. There is no thanks that can be said that would demonstrate the gratitude I feel in my heart." She looked around the room. "However...there is much to discuss."

Billy nodded and half-raised his hand. "The people in there--" He pointed to the medical room. "Need to get to a hospital. We don't have the medicine, the equipment..."

Mayari nodded in response. "That is part of it. We also have to help all of the worlds that have been destroyed. That is the only way we can all move forward." She looked around again. "First we will move everyone to a hospital. But before we do that, we must discuss something else."

The rangers looked at each other.

"The powers that have been entrusted unto you. I understand that your previous powers, some of them, have been drained or depleted. However, as I am sure that you could feel, you still retain your powers. And you will for as long as you wish."

A chorus of "what?" echoed around the room.

"We get to keep our powers?" said Trini, incredulously. She pulled out her Power Coin and looked at it as if she had never seen it before.

Mayari nodded. "My siblings and I have agreed that you have all proven worthy to hold the power for as long as you wish. We fully leave the decision up to you. If you wish to keep the power, you may. If not, that is fine."

"Do we have to decide now?" asked Trent.

Mayari shook her head. "No. Although, I will give you all approximately a week. In one week, I wish to meet with all of you to discuss your decision. Until then, we will fix what has been broken."

She waved her arms and in a flash of light, the rangers disappeared from the room.

Tommy looked around the room and noticed that they were back in Angel Grove. He saw people coming out of their hiding places, calling out to one another, spreading hugs and kisses around. He also noticed that they appeared in front of Angel Grove General Hospital and saw that nobody around them noticed the sudden appearance of a big group of people. He looked around at his fellow rangers and saw Ethan and Trent, pulling Conner up. He nodded to them and gestured towards the entrance to the hospital.

Andros and Karone seemed to be arguing with Zhane. Karone was pulling him toward the entrance to the hospital and Zhane didn't want to follow. He insisted on taking his time and trying to help the others. Amy followed the three of them with an amused expression written across her face. She also seemed to be lecturing Zhane.

Mack had a subdued look on his face as he was reunited with his father and his butler once more. He grinned as he saw them and hugged them, but a look of sadness tinted his face as he remembered Rose.

Syd, Z, and Sky were walking around the streets of Angel Grove, finding people who were trapped underneath buildings and concrete and led them to the hospital.

Kira knelt at Tori's side, feeling for a pulse. She debated with herself on whether or not she should try to shake her awake, but didn't. Bridge knelt next to her and put a hand on her shoulder. He picked Tori's unconscious body up and led her to the emergency room at the hospital. Kira followed the two of them closely.

Wes hugged his father as the two of them reunited again. Wes knelt down to pick up his best friend and bring him into the hospital while Lucas followed closely. Wes' father coaxed Taylor into standing position and followed Wes, Eric and Lucas into the hospital.

Cassie and Ashley pulled the half-conscious Tanya to her feet. They each pulled one of Tanya's arms around their shoulders so they could lead her into the hospital. Amy followed them, trying to shift some of Tanya's weight, so it wouldn't be too heavy on them.

TJ bent down to pick up Katherine's lifeless body. He grimaced when he noticed her shoulder was still bleeding. Aisha followed him, holding a piece of cloth to Kat's open wound.

Jason and Billy helped each other with Zack's body. He groaned as he felt himself being lifted off the ground and opened his eyes to see Jason and Billy at his side. Hayley followed the two of them closely.

Rocky and Adam bent down to pick Ernie up and help him inside.

Tommy picked up Ms. Appleby and followed Rocky and Adam into the emergency room.

Trini and Kim looked at each other and bent down to try to lift Skull up.

"Wait! Kimberly! Trini."

The two of them turned at the sound of their names and saw a familiar face running towards them. He looked out of breath and extremely worried.

"Bulk?" Kim said.

He nodded. "I've been looking for Skull everywhere. He disappeared a few weeks ago."

Trini nodded. "Rita Repulsa's mother captured him."

"WHAT? I thought she turned good."

"Rita did, but her mother didn't," said Kim. "Can you help us with him?"

"Of course, of course!" Bulk bent down and picked up Skull in one swift moment. He followed Kim and Trini into the emergency room and groaned at the long line waiting before them.

"Can we at least get these people in a bed?" Tommy said, impatiently.

"We're doing the best we can, sir," one of the emergency room doctors said. "We've pulled all available medical personnel to help, but there is just not much that we could do."

"We've got some open beds over here," another voice said. "I could look over these new patients also."

Bulk followed her and gently lowered Skull onto the closest bed. Tommy followed suit lowering Ms. Appleby into the bed next to Skull, as did Rocky and Adam with Ernie.

"Dana?" Tommy looked at the familiar face in surprise.

"Tommy?" she said in equal surprise.

"What are you doing here?" they asked at the same time.

"Helping out," she answered, gesturing towards the beds.

"Same," he said.

"So I heard some rumors..."

"I think they're all true."

Kim cleared her throat and raised an eyebrow.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Tommy said, taking Kim's hand into his own. "This is Dana; Dana, this is Kim." He looked at Dana. "You remember...right?"

Dana nodded, looking at Kim in recognition. "The first pink..." she whispered.

Kim looked at Dana in surprise. "How did you..."

"I was a part of the Lightspeed team, down in Mariner Bay. News about the attack came out and I figured they would need some help here. I'm really a pediatrician, but...I guess some of my skills could be used to help, I hope."

"And this is Trini, Bulk, Rocky, and Adam," Tommy added, gesturing to each of them. They all nodded in resopnose.

"Nice to meet you guys."

"You too," Adam said.

"Do you know where Conner McKnight, Victoria Hanson, Eric Myers, Tanya Sloan, Katherine Hillard, or Zack Taylor are? Or have you seen Hayley and Billy anywhere?"

Dana shook her head. "I haven't seen Hayley or Billy; Conner and Tanya are actually two of my patients, but I don't know where the others are. I could probably find out where they are though. Any idea on how their condition is?"

"Um...I don't really know. I think they were all unconscious, though."

Dana nodded. "I'll find out. I'm gonna run a few tests on them first and check them out, but I'll let you know as soon as I know something. But first, I need their names."

Tommy proceeded to tell Dana the information that she needed and Kim, Adam, Rocky, and Trini found four empty seats in the waiting area and sat down. Bulk looked like he was about to follow them, but proceeded outside instead.

"Where's 'Sha? And Jason?" asked Adam.

Rocky and Trini shrugged in response. Kim looked around anxiously, jumping at every little sound. She glanced around her nervously, keeping an eye on the doors to the emergency room and another eye on the other hallways surrounding them. She also looked around the waiting room, anxiously, glancing up at the TV and out the window every so often.

"You okay?" Rocky asked, extending an arm over Kim's shoulders.

"Yeah...it's just...you know how I get in here." She tapped her foot a few times and glanced around the room again. "I just...I just need to think for a bit." She stood up.

Adam followed her. "I'll come with you."

Kim nodded to him as Adam looked at Trini and Rocky, following Kim out of the emergency room.

"Where're you rushing off to, speed racer?"

Kim gave him a look. "If I write a song, will you sing it?"

"I suppose this goes along with your not wanting to be in the spotlight, right?"

She shook her head. "I'm...writing a song in my head right now...and you would so be perfect for it. It won't suit mine or Kira's voice. Maybe another song that I'm thinking of."

"I guess so, then. What're you thinking of?"

She smiled as the two of them stepped over a big piece of debris. "You'll see."


And there goes the end of that chapter. Let me know what you think! I'm gonna try and get the next chapter up in the next couple of days.