AN: I forgot to mention I also met Richard Horvitz, voice of Alpha 5 and a lot of other cartoons at AwesomeCon 2014. I met David Yost (Billy the blue ranger) and Walter Jones (Zack the black ranger) at AwesomeCon 2014. They were both really nice and got me thinking about how much MMPR influenced my childhood and who I grew up to be. And then this little story popped out.

Also please review, it means a lot to me.

*************************Outside the Youth Center**************************

The sky was turning a forboding dark gray as Tommy made his way to the youth center. He has some kata practice to get in and was really hoping to beat the rain. He could just make out the sound of distant thunder.

As he was just pushing open the youth center door his watched beeped. Looking around Tommy quickly made his way to the side of the building by the dumpsters. Once he was sure he was alone he answered the communicator. "Tommy here, Zordon."

"Tommy, the rangers are in need of immediate assistance in the park. Rita's latest monster has put them each under a spell and they are unable to morph." Zordon warned.

"I'm on my way! It's Morphing time! Dragonzord!" in an instant later the Green Ranger stood in Tommy's place. He immediately teleported to the park and landed a short distance away from his friends.

"Guys! What's happening!?" Tommy could hear Jason calling to the others, he could see Kimberly, Billy and Zack on the ground. Hysterical laughter seemed to be coming from Kimberly and Billy. Zack's was sneezing wildly and Tommy could see from how he was acting, Jason appeared to be blind.

"And now, heeheeheehee, for the best trick of all." Tricky Trickster said approaching Sarah, who was prone on the ground, in immobilizing pain. "I'm going to cut out your heart and present it to Queen Rita." Trickster laughed again, now wearing a surgical mask and brandishing a sharp sword from seemingly nowhere. "I always wanted to be a surgeon. Heeheehee."

Tommy calculated the distance. He wasn't going to get there in time. Pulling out his blaster Tommy aimed as carefully as he could. He had to make this shot perfect or he would hit one of his friends.

Tommy pulled the trigger, expecting the blast to hit Trickster only nothing happened. His blaster had jammed. "No, not now!" He yelled, he began to run, unable to take his eyes off the scene in front of him. Knowing he would be too late Tommy watched as the Trickster's blade came down with a swipe, pointed right at Sarah's chest. Sarah gasped, closing her eyes. Only nothing happened, she felt no pain. Blinking she looked up in confusion as a misty white, see through and only half visible power ranger was before her. He was down on one knee, his hands catching the sword blade, stopping if from reaching her heart.

"What?" Trickster asked confused, as white lightening electricity shot into his blade, flipping the Trickster back a great distance. Trickster yelled as he hit the grass.

Sarah looked up and this ghost of a ranger nodded towards her before vanishing again. Although still feeling weak Sarah was no longer in pain as she desperately tried to get to her feet. Her legs and arms were shaking making standing nearly impossible but she had to try.

***********************On the moon************************************

Rita watched her evil monster through her telescope. All had been going so well until that little girl's power prism outburst.

"Such power! It's amazing. I could find some use for all that power. Goldar!" She screamed.

"Yes, your wickedness," He said bowing.

"I've changed my mind. I want the girl alive, bring her to me!" Rita commanded.

"Right away my queen" Goldar replied disappearing.

************************Back at the park******************************

"Hee hee hee, that was a tricky trick!" Trickster laughed approaching Sarah again. His sword low, swinging almost absentmindedly from side to side, slicing the tops of the grass with ease. Giggling, as he pointed once more his blade towards her heart. "But now your ghost guardian seems to be gone. Hee hee hee."

"Hi-Ya!" the Green Ranger yelled spinning over Sarah and kicking the Tricky Trickster right in the chest, making the Trickster fall back on the ground.

"Sarah what's happening!?" Jason asked, feeling around on the ground for her. Sarah grabbed his arm. "Jason, it's the green power ranger!" She exclaimed.

"Yes!" Jason yelled, even though he couldn't see, if Tommy was there they had a chance.

"Alright you monster, you're evil stops here. He-Ya!" Tommy attacked.

In a flurry of punches, kicks and sword strikes the two battled. Sarah had never seen anything like this before. Not on TV, not in the movies. Even though a war between good and evil was just happening feet from where she sat on the ground, it seemed almost unreal. At least until the Putties appeared behind the green ranger.

"Green Ranger look out!" Sarah screamed, as Goldar and a dozen putties appeared next to the Tricky Trickster. Tommy took a few flips backwards, putting some distance between him and them.

"Change of plans, Trickster. Queen Rita wants the girl alive. Putties keep the Green ranger occupied." Goldar ordered.

"Stay behind me Sarah." Jason said, still blinded, he raised his hands up into a defensive position. He couldn't see and his friends were helplessly while under spells but he would be a leader to the end no matter what the cost, even his own life.

The putties burbled and garbled. The majority of them easily outnumbering the green ranger, who was putting up an amazing fight. A few of the left over putties made their way towards the spell bound rangers. Jason twisted his body towards every sound but there were too many identical putty burblings to follow at one time.

"Direct me Sarah!" Jason called.

"2 o'clock!" She yelled, Jason punching the air felt contact with the clay base of a putty. "4'oclock!" Jason kicked, sending another putty flying into two more. "9 o'clock!" Sarah continued, Jason striking at her directions.

"How's the green ranger doing?" Jason asked.

"Not good. The putties are all over him. I…I can't see that Trickster monster anymore. Just the putties and the ape- lion monster fighting the green ranger." Sarah said turning her head in all directions.

"Hee hee hee…"came a whisper from all around them.

"Sarah stay close." Jason warned, trying to focus his hearing.

Sarah went unnaturally quiet. "Sarah?" Jason questioned spinning to face the direction he last heard her voice.

"Heeheeheehee." the Trickster's manic laugh was right in Jason's ear. Jason swung out quickly but it was a bit too wide and over calculating the punch he lost his balance, tripping over Zack's still uncontrollably sneezing form. Jason landed hard on his tail bone and winced.

"She needed a little nap so I, heeheehee, used dust of dreams, heeheehee. She won't be waking up for a while, heehee." Trickster laughed again.

"No!" Jason yelled swinging again at the Trickster's voice and met nothing but air. "Heeheehee." The Trickster continued to mock Jason, laughing all around him while he punched at nothing.

Goldar soon joined him. "Let's finish the rangers now." He stated. Jason heard the sound of metal scraping on metal. He knew a weapon was being drawn. Suddenly the familiar sound of blaster shots rang out over his head.

Goldar and the Trickster yelped in pain.

"Ki-Ya!" Trini yelled joining the fight, "Sorry I'm late." She said kicking the closest putty.

"Glad to see you." Tommy called, before being grabbed onto by a large number of Putties.

"Hold on!" Trini cried, taking down another two putties, making her way through them towards Tommy.

"Hee hee hee only two puny rangers? We can take them." Trickster smiled.

Goldar growled, scooping up Sarah and tossing her roughly over his shoulder. "We have our prize. Retreat!" He commanded. Yes, they probably had the upper hand but the rangers had been known to be incredibly lucky and still beat him even when outnumbered. He didn't want to risk losing Queen Rita's prize.

"No!" Trini screamed as two putties grabbed her, stopping her from shooting her blaster at Goldar.

"Don't take her!" Tommy yelled, struggling in vain against the five putties holding onto his arms and legs, but it was too late. Goldar, Trickster and the putties all vanished away into the air, taking Sarah with them.

Unmorphing Trini and Tommy ran to the others.

"Jason! Are you okay?" Trini asked. He felt Trini pull on his arm. Jason held up his hand and gently pushed her away. "I'm okay, I just can't see. Help the others."

Tommy was on his knees next to Kimberly. Her face was bright red, tears streaming down her cheeks. She was breathing in short, shallow gasps between the laughter. Her arms held tight against her sides as if trying to ward off an attack. "Kim, can you hear me?"

"Tommy! Haheehee…hiccup, make it…hahaha…stop! Please! Heeheehee," She begged desperately. "It….hahaha…tickles!"

Billy was in no better shape than his laughing counterpart. With tears dripping down his cheeks, from under his glasses. He also appeared to be trying to fight off an invisible force from his body. "I would…haha…hiccup, theorize…heeheehee…that our diaphragm contractions…hahahee…are reaching…hahaha, hiccup…injury levels…heeheehee."

Tommy looked over at Trini. She her hands on Zack's back trying to help sooth him. Zack's face was a mess of mucus from the constant sneezing. Jason's hand was on Trini's shoulder. From the look on her face Tommy could see she didn't know what to do.

Tommy reached for his communicator when a flash of lighting and booming crack of thunder struck overhead. The rain clouds opened in a torrential downpour soaking the six teenagers from head to foot, in a matter of seconds.

"Zordon, this is Tommy. We've got a real situation. The others are still under a spell and I don't know how much more they can take, they need help." He shouted over the thunder into his communicator.

"Ai Yi Yi Yi Yi! I'll teleport you now!" Alpha 5 answered.

**********************Command center*************************************

"Zordon we have to find a way to break the spell. I don't think Kimberly, Billy and Zack can last much longer." But even as Tommy spoke he became aware how quiet it now was.

Jason wiped at his eyes. "Hey I can see." He said shaking his head and blinked a few times.

"Ugh that's good man, but anyone have a towel?" Zack asked no longer sneezing, wiping at his nose, snot dripping from his fingers.

"Here Zack." Alpha 5 said, handing him a handkerchief to blow his nose clear.

"Kimberly? Billy?" Trini called to the two lying still, heads next to each other, on the command center floor.

"We're functional." Billy assured Trini, sitting up on his elbows. "Though I must admit, that is not something I would care to repeat."

Kimberly merely turned her head towards Billy. "How do you even have any energy to move? My whole body feels like jelly." She mumbled, her eyes starting to feel extremely heavy.

Billy smiled, but he was unable to stand. He was at the limit of his strength, taking what little he had left to try and stay awake. "My body is less gargalesis sensitive than yours." He said. Kimberly looked at him with an expression that Billy understood meant to clarify what he had said. "I'm less ticklish than you are." Billy explained. Kimberly nodded.

"So what just happened?" Jason asked addressing Zordon.

"I would speculate that water is a counter balance to the spells cast by the Tricky Trickster. Getting soaked in the rain broke the spells." Zordon stated.

"Ai Yi Yi, that's right, you're drenched. You'll get sick. I have towels around here somewhere." Alpha 5 said beginning to search the chamber. Finding the towels the teens began to dry off.

"What happened to Sarah?" Billy asked with worry, "I know she was with us when we were attacked.

Tommy looked upset, like he doubted himself. "I got there too late. Goldar, he took her."

"Any ideas where they might have taken her?" Zack asked. "When Kimberly and Tommy were taking it was to some kind of trans-dimensional super dungeon."

"There has been no activity yet to indicate that Sarah has been taking to the same place." Zordon frowned.

"Ai Yi Yi, but Zordon the only place that is shielded from the viewing globe is Rita's castle! Ai Yi Yi Yi Yi!" Alpha 5 worried.

"Do you think that's where she is?" Billy asked struggling to get up off the floor and failing. Kimberly had fallen asleep next to him on the floor, using one of the towels as a pillow. Her body having had too much of a shock to stay awake any longer.

Tommy shivered. "Gosh I hope not." He said as memories of being under Rita's control entered his mind. "It's a pretty bad place to be."

"Yeah and you were strong to begin with." Trini said. "Sarah's not."

"Did the castle have a dungeon?" Jason asked.

"Yeah but I only saw it once. At least that I can remember. It was a pretty small dungeon, just one cell really." Tommy replied. "If she's being held there we have our work cut out for us."

*************************On the moon********************************

"Ah I'm so happy! Hahaha!" Rita laughed looking at the unconscious girl lying on a floor of the dungeon of her castle. "You finally did something right Goldar. I just might reward you for this." Rita praised.

"You're happiness is my reward your majesty," Goldar said. "But perhaps you would consider restoring my…"

But Rita Repulsa cut him off. "And Finster for once you didn't make a worthless monster."

"I live you please you, oh radiant one." Finster said with a bow.

Rita looked at the girl through the metal bars. "I'm going to get ready to make an entrance. Baboo, Squatt! While I'm gone wake her up." Rita demanded turning to go up the narrow winding staircase.

"Wake her up? How do we do that?" Squatt said

"I'm not sure. Maybe like in the fairytales, where a handsome knight kisses an enchanted princess." Baboo answered romantically.

"Sounds gross." Squatt pouted, "You do it."

"No you do it." Insisted Baboo

"No, you." Squatt said pushing Baboo towards the cell.

"Really I insist." Baboo said, slipping out of Squatt's grip and pushing him now in front.

"Water you IDIOTS! Water breaks the spell!" Rita screamed from the top of the stairs sending her minions scrabbling and running into each other.

"Right got it! Water." Squatt whimpered.

"I've got it right here." Baboo replied carrying a bucket across the room. "On three, One, Two, Three!" They shouted together as they poured the bucket of water through the bars drenching Sarah.

Sarah sat up almost instantly coughing. She rubbed her eyes before looking around. "You hoo, hi there." Squatt said from outside the bars causing Sarah to whimper and shift to the back of the cell.

Baboo hit him on the head. "See what you did, you scared her."

"Well for once I wasn't trying to." Squatt answered.

"Who are you? Where am I?" Sarah demanded weakly.

"I am Baboo and this is Squatt, you are in the castle of the magnificent queen of mean, the empress of evil, the duchess of darkness, Queen Rita Repulsa." Baboo said as if the name would mean something to Sarah.

Sarah blinked, Queen Rita, that's what the ape- lion had said. Queen Rita wanted her. She blinked again at the strange pair before her. "W…what?"

"Oh boy, not very bright this one." Squatt said nudging Baboo's knee with his elbow.

Suddenly a horn filled the air, it was so loud Sarah was forced to cover her ears. A new creature had entered the room. A strange sort of white goblin rabbit-thing. Standing at the bottom of the stairs it spoke. "May I present her most regal wickedness, queen of the galaxy, my majesty and your, Queen Rita Repulsa."

"Thank you Finster for that royal introduction." She smiled coming towards the cell. Baboo and Squatt bowed in her wake, mumbling words of praise for her greatness. "Hello my dear, come into the light, let me look at you." She said with a wave of her hand and a speck of light from her staff. Sarah felt herself involuntarily take a few steps forward coming closer to the bars of the cage. She had never seen anyone dressed like this before, well maybe on Halloween but that was different. Queen Rita seemed to be staring at her as much as Sarah was staring back.

"So," she said reaching towards Sarah's chest. "The prism piece is inside you? That makes you very important to me. I wonder, if it was destroyed or corrupted somehow, would the power rangers would be helpless?"

Sarah couldn't find her voice, her throat felt dry and she had no idea what this woman was talking about. All she wanted to do was get away from here as far as she could go. She did not want this vile queen touching her! But Sarah was unable to move, she couldn't pull away. Rita eased her hand into Sarah karate top and immediately yelled drawing back with a spark of bright light. She hadn't touched Sarah.

"You! How dare you!" Rita snapped, her control over Sarah suddenly broke as Sarah could now move away from the enraged queen. "So I can't touch you huh?" Rita put a hand to her head. This would make things more challenging; she would have to come up with a clever plan to get what she wanted.

"Get comfortable girl, until I decide you fate, this is your new home. Baboo! Squatt! I'm placing you in charge of her care. Don't fail!" With a flurry of skirts Rita was gone, her minions hot on her heels.

Sarah sank to grimy, wet floor of the cage and cried. Hours pasted and Sarah lost track of time very quickly, she cried and cried till her tears were empty. Her cell was so dark, there was no sign of any light save the few torchs glowing on the walls. She wasn't just worried for herself, that laughing monster had done something terrible to her friends. She had no way of knowing time on the moon and on the earth was not the same. An hour here equaled roughly 12 hours down on earth. No one had come down to her cell in hours and she was getting afraid. She had already had to use the corner of the cell as a bathroom.

Suddenly there was a commotion coming down the stairs. Sarah could hear the metallic banging of pots and pans. "Watch where you're going, you big dummy." Baboo shouted as Squatt rolled down the stairs. Each managing to carry a few covered dishes.

"Dinner is served." Baboo said coming towards the bars of the cell while wearing a chef hat and apron. "Eyeball surprise!" He said pulling off the lid to the dish he was holding. Eyeballs floating in a bubbling red liquid blinked at Sarah.

"Gross no!" Sarah said, shaking her head.

"What about night worm wigglers?" Squatt offered another dish of pasta covered with wriggling worms. "They dance all the way down."

Sarah visibly gaged, shaking slightly.

"Then how about dessert?" Baboo offered. "Chocolate dipped bat wings."

"With caramel sauce." Squatt said wiping drool from his mouth.

"No!" Sarah shouted, "I can't eat any of that stuff. It will make me sick or worse. Don't you have any idea what humans eat?"

Squatt and Baboo exchanged glances. "Well no, not really."

Sarah sighed and then had an idea, "Well Rita said you have to take care of me right?" They nodded. "Then let me explain what we do eat."

Soon Baboo and Squatt were walking around in Angel Grove.

"So we just need to get the things on the list. Seems easy enough." Baboo said.

"Yeah, really handy her giving us a list like that." Squatt added.

"Oh here the first shop." Baboo said walking in. "Excuse me do you have…?" Suddenly screams were heard while people fled the shop. "Huh, guess well get it ourselves."

**************************Command Center*******************************

Billy laid his head on the main consol of the command center. He swore to Alpha that he was only just resting his eyes but his soft snoring told a diffrent story. Almost 4 days had pasted since Sarah was kidnapped and there wasn't any sign of her. When he wasn't obliged to be in school he had been spending as much time as he could at the command center searching for her.

Tommy wasn't fairing much better. He had taken to punishing himself with extra intense practices all week. No matter how many times Kimberly said it wasn't his fault. Tommy knew better, if he had only been faster, if he had only been stronger. Sarah would still be here.

Even Jason had been working hard trying to learn to fight blindfolded. They had not defeated the Tricky Trickster and he had to be ready for the next time they met.

Zack had been spending a little more time on his own then usual gathering his thoughts. Could he have done anything diffrent? He often wondered. He had even cancelled his last Hip hop Kido class.

Kimberly and Trini had the hardest job of all. They had to convince Bulk and his mother that Sarah was on a school sponsed trip while being unsure about the details. The whole conversation left the girls feeling drained and sort of digusted with themselves.

What were the rangers going to do?

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