A/N: Hey, everyone! Here is the next chapter. It is the last chapter told in Drakkon's POV which makes me sad. He is such a fun character to write as and I think I may need some more things with him and the Ranger Slayer in the future. We have one chapter left after this one so hang on to your seats just a little longer. :)

As always, thank you for reading and please leave a review to let me know what you think will happen in the end!

Lord Drakkon

The intense light of the Morphing Grid caused me to squint as I was suddenly ripped from the Command Center to where I was now. It had been enough to knock me off my feet, forcing me to push myself up from my back. I saw that I wasn't alone either. Tommy stood a few feet away from me while both Kimberlys were on the ground. The younger Kim was tending to Kimberly, looking around us. I knew she was probably looking for Abby. That is who she had been with when I had last seen her. I didn't see any sign of her though. I also couldn't feel her energy. I assumed that the Grid was consuming all of the energy readings around us. As I pushed myself to my feet, that was when Tommy noticed me. I felt the best I had in a long time, nothing trying to rip my skin from my body. I also noted that the voices I typically hear in the Grid were gone along with the hiss of Zedd. Tommy turned his attention to me, putting himself between myself and the girls. Grinning, I motioned for energy to appear in my hands. None of them were morphed now. It would be a simple thing to end them.

I looked at my hands, expecting to see the energy forming there. There was none though. I couldn't even feel it coursing through my body. I tried again and the same result. The Grid must have blocked Zedd's energy from entering with me. I raised my eyes, glaring over at Tommy.

"Seems like your powers are worthless here in the Grid." He called. I shook my head. It didn't matter. I felt like I had the strength of a younger version of me on steroids.

"I don't need them to finish you," I replied. I raised my leg, going for a kick. Tommy was quick to deflect it though, pushing it away. I decided to try a higher attack and threw a punch at his face, knicking Tommy slightly in the jaw. I saw that it stunned him for a second, sending him stumbling back a couple of steps. He was careful to not step on the girls as he regained his footing. He went for a counter then, quick kicks and punches that moved with a coordinated tactic of trying to catch me off guard. I noticed that I wasn't moving as quickly as I thought I would be able to. I almost felt like I was fighting underwater, my arms and legs slowed down for some reason. This left Tommy with the ability to land some hits to my rib cage. I winced, stepping back and holding my sides. As I did, he kicked his leg out and swept mine out from under me. I hit the ground hard, pain radiating throughout my back and tailbone from the fall.

"Kim? Kimberly!" The other world's Kim yelled and I saw that she was frantically trying to get the attention of her counterpart. The Ranger Slayer didn't make a move though, her eyes still closed as Kim slapped her a couple of times on the cheek. I watched as she called for her over and over again, the color draining from my Kimberly's face as the life left her body. My eyes widened as I felt an ache form in my chest. "I think she's…" Kim trailed off as tears welled in her eyes. I felt a hotness burn in the back of mine that I tried to blink away as I slowly climbed to my feet. Tommy shook his head in disbelief before turning his rage-filled eyes towards me. He grabbed the front of my shirt in his fists and pulled me tightly towards him. I could fully see Kimberly's pale face with the blood spatter on her cheeks as she lay on the ground now, knowing that I would never see her eyes open again. I would never see the warmth in her eyes when she laughed, the sunken dimple on her cheek when she smiled. I'd never hear a witty remark from her lips.

"See what you fucking did? Everything you fucking fought for, everything you did to everyone. It was all worthless now. You killed the one person in the whole world that wanted nothing but the best for you. She fought for you and tried to save you. You ran her down like it was nothing without batting an eye." Tommy said through gritted teeth. Rita's words came to mind again from when she had killed my parents. I could see her standing there in my mind, telling me that I would never be able to achieve greatness until everything I loved that was meaningless was behind me.

"It needed to happen," I said, my own voice sounding hollow and distant. "Sacrifices need to be made to achieve greatness."

"Well, I feel like you're going to be the next one." Tommy's voice said but I was unable to pull my eyes from Kim. To my surprise though, she began to glow a bright pink color. Her entire body was surrounded by this light, illuminating every feature on her face and every strand of hair on her head. Right in front of my eyes, the wounds on her face seemed to vanish and the blood that had drenched into her clothes from my dagger wounds was gone as well. It was like the events of the last few hours just never happened, her body recovering right before us.

"Something is happening!" Kim called, covering her mouth. My Kimberly's eyes fluttered open and she glanced around with a look of confusion on her face. I couldn't believe what I had just seen. Tommy released me, turning towards the girls.

"What happened?" She whispered, Kim helping her into a sitting position. Her voice sounded like it hadn't been used in a long time and it looked painful for her to talk. "The last thing I remember was the Command Center. Are we in the Grid?"

"Yes. Yes, you are." A voice called from what felt like nowhere. I instantly recognized the voice but I couldn't bring myself to actually believe it. It became true though as Jason materialized from thin air practically in front of us. Abby then appeared as well, her now only being the age as she had been when I had Finster place her in the pocket dimension. The Grid was unraveling everything I had done.

I couldn't quite understand as to why I was seeing Jason alive again. He truly was just a ghost from my past that I haven't been able to get rid of. He seemed to have more lives than a damn cat and I needed to make sure that he wasn't going to continue being a source of annoyance in my life. I glared at him, balling my hand into a fist. He had the same cocky look on his face as he smiled over at Kimberly like the two of them had some long-standing secret language that no one understood but them. If he was truly dead like he was claiming, even in death he was annoying me to the core. I didn't care if it was going to take me beating his face in with my bare hands. I was going to make him pay for everything until I saw him take his last breath for the third time.

Bringing my fist back, I took three large steps forward. As I moved to take another step, I felt my entire body tighten to the point that I couldn't move anything. I pulled against this hold, trying my best to move. Nothing budged, preventing me from swinging or stepping. Abby stood in front of me, glaring as she crossed her arms over her chest. It was clear that she would no longer believe anything I would say over her parents now, her blind trust in me gone. I wasn't sure why that left an emptiness in my chest to think about. I also wasn't sure exactly how the Grid could just easily revert her back. Did the Grid have the ability to change the past as well as connect to different universes?

"The story starts with you," Abby said, letting her arms fall to her sides as she gazed up at me. "I don't think you even realize it."

"What are you talking about Abby?" Her mother asked, looking confused. Abby shifted away from me but her hold on me was still there.

"A long, long time ago, there was a war on this planet. It was just like the one happening now. The being that created Earth and the universe it was in wanted to protect it from those who were trying to abuse it." Abby said. "So, he created the Zeo crystal to protect the Earth and the Grid."

"Remulon," Tommy stated. "Zordon and Alpha told us about him."

"When he did so, he created a series of prophecies," Jason said. "They were designed to protect the Earth in the multiple universes that were created. It was something that Zordon's people were sworn to protect. It was the main reason why he was sent here to Earth. His mission was to ensure that it was never fulfilled no matter what."

"Right. It was determined that we screwed that up." The Ranger Slayer said, now standing with her arms across her chest. Abby smiled and shook her head.

"The prophecy wasn't told correctly. Zordon was misinformed about what the prophecy was about." She replied, sounding much more intelligent than a normal five-year-old. "Zordon's people translated the wrong prophecies for the universes. The prophecy for Lord Drakkon's universe was accidentally translated to sent to this world. Instead of the belief that a forbidden relationship is the cause of the new war, it was supposed to read that the war would be ended by a destined relationship."

"A destined relationship? Foolish." I scoffed. "Prophecies are just delusions of beings that don't understand how war and the world work."

"How about you shut the fuck up?" Tommy asked, moving to punch me. Abby waved her hand and pink energy stopped his hand from moving. Frowning, he looked over at his daughter.

"It's okay, Daddy." She said sweetly. Tommy nodded and she released him from the power. I remained stuck though.

"So, what does this all mean then? That somehow, Tommy and I being together didn't go against the prophecy? That it helped it somehow?" Kimberly asked, looking confused as she stood next to the Ranger Slayer.

"Kinda," Abby said, nodding her head.

"But then how does that involve Drakkon and me?" The Ranger Slayer asked, daring a glance in my direction.

"Because it was his actions that began the war, to begin with. His love for you and then his jealousy are the reasons that he became Lord Drakkon. It was your universe's version of the prophecy. If the two of you hadn't come together, the prophecy from our world wouldn't have gone into action as well. Without that happening, both worlds would have been destroyed when the Morphing Grid died." Abby explained, twirling a strand of her hair around her fingertips.

"The Morphing Grid was losing energy. It's been working for centuries, powering the Power Ranger teams of all dimensions. Over all that time, it pulled a high amount of power from it. This caused it to grow weaker with each morph or pull from it." Jason stated, seeing that the adults in the room were having some trouble trying to understand what was being said.

"So, it wasn't my powers that were losing power. It was the Grid." Tommy stated. Jason nodded.

"Chances are since you received your Power Coin last, it was resulting in the weakest connection." He replied.

"That explains why Drakkon's powers were faltering in our world as well. It was beginning to die." The Ranger Slayer said, resulting in a glare from me as she revealed what I had been trying to hide from everyone.

"It was only a matter of time before the Grid collapsed, taking every universe that was connected to it with it. So, it began trying to find a way to make the prophecies occur." Jason said.

"That's how Rita ended up with the Green Power Coin," Tommy said, shaking his head. "It had to happen so that I could join the team and meet Kimberly."

"But I don't understand why it was so important that we were together. Was it so that the Zeo crystal was found and reunited? We weren't able to force the pieces back together though. That means that the Grid could still fail at any time." Kimberly said. I couldn't take this much longer. They were talking nonsense. It didn't matter to me what the Grid wanted or who the fuck it wanted to support it. I had enough power on my own to not rely on it anymore.

"It's complicated," Jason said. "If Tommy hadn't met you, he wouldn't have wanted to join the team so badly. Chances are, the Grid needed him to want to join the team and then have his coin recharged. This opened the Grid up for Drakkon to sense the coin on his side. The Grid opened in our world and allowed for Drakkon to sense it from there. If that event didn't occur, he wouldn't have come to this world to try and take over the rest of the Power Coins."

"And he never would have become Drakkon if it wasn't for the fact of you," Tommy said, turning his eyes towards the Ranger Slayer. "Just like me, he wanted to be with you and that was how he sought it."

"No. I became Drakkon to become a God." I said, glaring at them. "To show how pathetic you all are and to seek out revenge on those who betrayed me." My eyes landed on Jason as I narrowed my eyes. "Especially those I thought I could trust as my friends."

"He never did anything!" The Ranger Slayer said, stepping towards me. "I don't understand what you think happened between the two of us but I have sworn to you for YEARS that nothing ever happened and you've never believed me. Why? Why is that?"

"Because I know what I heard that day," I said, looking over at her. "I know what he told you that day by the lake. You've been lying to me ever since then."

"What are you talking about?" She asked, looking confused. "Jason never told me he loved me by the lake."

"Yes, he did. I heard him clear as day confess that he wanted to be with you. And you said it right back to him. You've taken me as an idiot all this time."

"That isn't what happened," Jason said, shaking his head. "I would never do that to you, man." I let out a dark laugh, shaking my head the best I could in the hold.

"Yeah, right. I tell you that I'm going to tell Kimberly that I was in love with her and you run off to tell her you love her before I get the chance to. And you wanted me to consider you my friend? You've got an odd way of showing it."

"I don't know what you think you saw but you're wrong. I've only ever loved you." The Ranger Slayer said.

"I think I can help with this." Abby smiled. She raised her hands, forming a square with her thumbs. She pulled them apart, and a white rectangle of white appeared in the square. It grew in size as she spread her hands. As it floated away from her, I saw that there was an image on it like a large television would. There was an image on the screen that I recognized as Angel Grove Park. A young Kimberly was sitting on one of the larger rocks near the water's edge, a book and a binder open next to her as she wrote in a notebook. She wore exactly what she had been that day, the same breeze blowing her hair around her face in a gentle way.

"This is a trick," I said, shaking my head.

"No. This is what actually happened that day." Abby replied, resting her hands at her sides.

"Kim!" A voice called, causing Kim on the screen to look up. Jason came into view then, jogging from the right said. She smiled at him, closing her book as he walked near her.

"Hey. What are you doing here?" Kim asked, setting her book down. Jason stopped in front of her, a small smile on his face.

"They said at the Youth Center that I'd find you here." He said. She nodded, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"Yeah. It helps me focus more. The fresh air helps. Especially after the last couple of days we've had, thanks to Rita. Plus I mean, a free tan is never a bad thing." She smirked, her nose crinkling in that cute way that still made my heart quicken in my chest. This was the day in the park that I had witnessed in the shadows, neither of them knowing I was there.

"I know. Things have been crazy. That's why I'm glad I have the team behind me. Things are about to change a lot." Kim stood, setting the binder down.

"You're a great leader, Jase. We've been a great team long before Tommy showed up. We'll be an even better team now and it's all thanks to you. Zordon wouldn't have made you the red Ranger if he didn't think you would be the best man for the job." Jason scratched the back of his head before nervously wringing his hands in front of him, rocking back and forth from heel to heel.

"I try my best. That's why I'm here now." Taking a deep breath, he raised his gaze to her and reached out to take her hands in his. "I have to tell you something but I need you to listen to the whole thing before you say anything, okay?"

"We're friends, Jase. You can tell me anything." She replied, looking concerned as she looked up at him.

"I know. We've been friends a long time, Kim. There's probably not a memory in my brain that doesn't involve you in some fashion growing up. I think that's why I have been afraid all this time to say anything to you before now. It was just easier than admitting out loud what I had been feeling. I'm not sure if it was the fear of rejection or the fear of everything changing if it didn't go exactly as planned."

"Jase…we don't have to do this. You know that." She said, biting her lip. He nodded, giving her a sad smile.

"I know. Please, just hear me out. Kim, I know how important the team is to you. And I know how much you enjoy being a Ranger and I know how much that is going to mean to you now that Tommy is on our team. I know he means a lot to you. That's the main reason I'm here right now. I was talking to Tommy this morning. He's ready to tell you how he feels. I don't blame him either after all that he's been through. I'm sure he just wants something normal for once since he's shown up here. But I knew that I needed to see you before he got the chance to." He dropped his head, looking at her hands.

"What are you here for?" She whispered.

"I'm no idiot. I know you love him. We've all known it since that first day. I've tried to block it out for my own selfish reasons but I can't anymore. I am happy that he feels the same way about you and I really think that Tommy can make you happy. And I also know that in order for that to happen, I need to get over this one-sided crush I've had on you all this time. It's not fair to you or Tommy for me to feel this way and to put you in such a weird situation between the two of us. So, I wanted to let you know that you have my complete blessing to be with him and that I'm not going to stand in the way of you two. I mean, it might suck for a bit but I would rather see the two of you together than having to feel guilty for preventing it."

"Jason, I don't know what to say," Kim whispered. Jason nodded.

"I know. You don't need to say anything. I needed to tell you the truth about how I felt. It's felt like a lifetime for me. When you think about it, I guess it has been. I've known since we were about five that I loved you more than anyone else I've ever known. There's just something about you and the air around you that makes me feel like I have the world in my hands. I'm a better man when I'm with you."

"Jason, you mean so much to me too." Kim wrapped her arms around Jason's neck in a tight hug that he returned. I watched as she rubbed his back but my attention turned to Jason whose eyes seemed to mist over.

Like he was saying goodbye to her.

"Just promise me that when he comes to tell you all this, you'll act surprised. Or else he'll kick my ass." Jason said, causing Kim to laugh as the two pulled away. Kim smiled up at him, reaching up and messing up his hair.

"You're gonna make some girl a happy woman someday, Jase. Please don't sell yourself short."

"I'll try. Don't worry about me, okay? I'll need some time but I'll be okay. Besides, you'll have other things on your mind." She smiled, letting out a nervous laugh. "I'm going to take off before he gets here. Call me later and let me know how it goes, okay?"

"I will." Jason gave her another quick hug before heading back to the main path out of view. Kim smiled, sitting back on the rock. She looked around the park, a hopeful look on her face. The image suddenly picked up speed and I watched as she moved quickly, not going far from the rock. She would look around and pace for a bit, defeat coming across her features as the sun went down. The image slowed as she packed her things up. The sound of the communicator on her wrist sang out.

"Zordon, come in." She said into the bracelet.

"Kim, there's been an attack on Angel Grove. Teleport to the Command Center at once." Zordon's voice said. She nodded, looking around one last time. Grabbing her back, she teleported out of frame in a flash of pink. Abby made the screen disappear as I tried to take in everything I had just seen. I knew exactly what attack had been happening in Angel Grove. It had been myself and Goldar, ripping downtown Angel Grove to pieces as I let the Rangers know that I had gone back to Rita. I had been so angry and upset and it was the only way I knew how to seek my revenge against Jason. I was going to make him pay for what he had done to me. For running and telling Kim that he loved her when I had confided in him. Jason hadn't gone there to tell her that he loved her before I could. He had gone there to tell her that he was going to move on and let her be happy. That's all he wanted for her. He was stepping aside to let her be with the person she wanted to be with.

And that person had been me all along.

A sharp pain suddenly filled my mind and I gasped. Abby released her hold on me and I doubled over in pain, grabbing my head. It felt like my brain was trying to burst through one side of my head to escape what I had just seen. My brain was screaming that it was all a lie. That it had been something that they had made up to make it look like I'd been wrong all this time. But there was a louder voice that seemed to pull at me, trying to take over. It was my heart, telling me to believe it.

"That day at the lake." The Slayer said, looking over at me as I managed to stand back up again. "You were there?"

"Yes," I panted. "I heard him say that he loved you. That's when I left to join Rita's forces again."

"Why didn't you say something?" She asked. "Why didn't you listen to me when I tried to tell you?"

"I…I don't know." I whispered, looking away from her in shame. "I couldn't handle the idea of someone else loving you and being better for you than I ever could be. I thought Jason had stolen you from me right in front of my face."

"It's what the Grid wanted you to feel," Jason said, reminding me that Kimberly and I weren't alone. "Without feeling betrayed, you wouldn't have gone back to Rita. No war would have started and none of this would have led us to this."

"That day on the roof," Kim said, turning back to face me. "Was it true what you said to me? That you would have traveled the ends of the universes for me?" I nodded, letting my hands drop down from my head now that the pain has subsided enough to allow me to see and hear without throbbing.

"Yes. I've always loved you, Kimberly. That's why I was heading to the lake that day. It's the whole reason why I've done everything I have done. I wanted to do whatever I could to prove to you and the universe that I was the one you were meant to be with. But I did it all in the worst way possible. Rita let me build this entire empire and army based on a lie. I had no control on any of this once the Grid decided what it wanted, did I?" I questioned, looking at Jason.

"You've always had control." He replied. "The Grid just kick-started the process. You can't blame everything that's happened on it. You need to take responsibility for your actions. For those you've hurt." For the first time in a long time, I felt tears well in my eyes.

"There are so many," I said in a hoarse and hushed whisper. "I don't know where to begin."

"I do," Abby said a cheerful smile on her face. She cupped her hands together, straightening out her fingertips. In the palm of her hands, the pieces of the Zeo crystal appeared. Each glowed their respective color, the energy coming from them making the colors flowing around us respond in what felt like a happy jitter around the room.

"The Zeo crystal," Tommy said. Abby nodded.

"It's strong enough to purify you and return you to the person you were before," Abby said, gazing up at me.

"I thought we couldn't use it for that because the pieces weren't together," Kimberly asked, stepping next to Tommy. "Zordon said there was no power in the world strong enough to mold them back to one piece."

"Zordon doesn't always know everything," Jason said, winking at me. Together, we watched as Abby held the pieces in her hands. She closed her eyes and the pieces began to glow brightly, illuminating her face with a rainbow of light. My eyes widened as I watched the pieces fuse together, forming one solid shape of a crystal. Opening her eyes, the colored lights disappeared, replaced with bright white ones. There wasn't even a trace of a crack anywhere, the crystal looking like it had never been broken at all.

"With the Zeo crystal whole, it now has the power to purify you," Abby said. "You will lose all your powers but you will no longer have the darkness inside of you that was created. It's your decision though." I cast a glance over at the Ranger Slayer. Her hands were clasped in front of her, an unreadable expression on her face. It had been so long since I had been the person I was before Lord Drakkon took over. Fear lit inside of my chest at the thought of being the person I was. But looking at her, I knew that there was no other option. I needed to make up for all the hurt, destruction, and agony I had caused so many people.

"Do it," I said, nodding. Abby smiled, giving me a short nod. Tommy grabbed Kim's arm, pulling her back a couple of feet. Kim grabbed the Ranger Slayer and did the same. Abby lifted the crystal slightly, pointing it towards me. It glowed brightly, the brightness increasing as the energy-charged inside of it.

A beam of energy blasted from the tip of the crystal and headed straight towards me. I balled my fist, waiting for the pain of some sort. When it hit me, I instead felt a calmy warm sensation wrap around my entire body. It felt like a towel fresh out of the dryer had been placed around my shoulders. Instantly, flashbacks began to run through my head. I could see myself fighting in the Command center just a few minutes ago. Then, it was Finster and I in his lab when I killed him. It was like watching a reverse montage of events from the last few hours. The speed picked up as I saw all the attacks on both sets of Rangers and whoever Zordon was using to attack me. Every awful thing played out in my mind reminding me of the evil I had done. I could hear Rita cackling in her high-pitched voice in the memory and I wished with every fiber of my being that I had ended things with her side the moment Jason and the team had freed me from her spell. All the anger and resentment I had built up in my chest began to melt away. I felt any trace of overpowering energy inside of me vanish. That warm feeling deepened as I recalled my last moments with Kim after Rita's spell was broken. The times we had spent together. My mind liked these memories, staying here to watch them like they were a movie they had paid for.

The warmth faded and I didn't realize I had closed my eyes until I opened them. I saw that the Zeo crystal was no longer glowing as brightly and the beam of light pointed at me was gone. I looked down at my hands and saw that the purple veins that typically covered them were gone. Reaching up, I touched my cheek. The veins were gone from here too, the residing pain that was usually here missing from my touching. There was still a warmth in my chest that I enjoyed. I tried to recall the bad memories I had just had but found myself coming up short. They were no longer in my mind as a memory rooted in evil but rather as a moment in time that occurred in a dream.

"Are you alright?" The Ranger Slayer's voice asked softly, fear evident in her tone. I raised my head to look at her. Kimberly. The Kimberly that I longed for all these years. All wasted because of the fool I had been. "Lord Drakkon?" I stepped towards her, wrapping my arms around her in a tight hug. She returned it, holding to me with everything in her. Pulling away slightly, I pressed my lips to hers in a long and slow kiss that I had longed for my entire life with her. She placed her hands on my checks, leaning into me. When I parted my lips from hers for air, I pressed my forward against hers.

"I"m fine," I whispered. "And it's Tommy."