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Chapter 51: The Rangers Who Stole Christmas

In the Arctic, Thrax was breaking apart the ice. "Where is it? It has to be here," he said. Soon he find found a large black colored chunk in the ice. Thrax picked it up and said, "Finally a fragment of the Dark Crystal is mine. Now I need to remake the Badges of Darkness and I'll destroy the Power Rangers."

Days past and it was winter break for students and it was already Christmas Eve in Boardman. The Rangers and their friends were in the mall hanging out before they head home and get prepared for the night with their relatives. "I can't believe that it's almost the end of the year. It felt like only yesterday that we became Rangers," Tyler said.

"And that day is when all the craziness started," Matt added.

"True, but at least it's not out of control," Haley stated.

"Not out of control yet," Courtney started, "Clay foot soldiers attack at random times, monsters mostly made from common objects, and now parents want you out of this town. So when is it going to be considered out of control."

"Maybe when there's an army of monster attacking then it will be out of control,"

"No, we'll still have control," Paige said which caused the other to laugh.

"Aren't you guys confident in yourselves," Julian said.

"Comes with the job," Emile stated.

Soon there was cell phone ringing amongst them, they each check their phones then Z announced, "That's my cue to head home and get ready. I hope you guys enjoy yourselves and Merry Christmas."

Everyone was saying goodbye as Z was leaving the mall. On his way to his car, Z was grabbed by someone and was dragged into the men's bathroom. "What the hell!" Z shouted and noticed that it was Dark Putties that caught him. "Get off of me!" Then a Putty got a pair of scissors and cut a piece of Z's hair and disappeared. "What was that about?" he said as he pulled out his Communicator, "Guys can you read me?"

Back with the others, Tyler decided to hide and answer Z's call, "I hear you, go ahead."

"I just had a weird encounter with Dark Putties," Z said.

"Are you okay?" Tyler asked.

"I'm fine," Z replied, "But they just grabbed me and took some my hair. I have no clue of what's going on, but you should warn the others."

"Okay, just be careful," Tyler said as he got off the Communicator. Suddenly Tyler felt something tug on his hair and cut it. Tyler quickly turned around to face a wall. He brushed it off and went back to the others, "Guys, we should leave."

"Why?" Chris asked.

"Z just had an encounter with Dark Putties," Tyler said, "We should get so no civilians get hurt."

The Rangers nodded as they left. Once outside the Rangers saw eight Dark Putties hanging around the enclosed truck unloading area. "Looks like they Putties been waiting for us," Brittany said.

"Then let's take care of them," Jon said as the Rangers charged at the Putties.

The Putties saw the Rangers and got ready to fight.

Paige swung a punch at a Putty but the Putty dodged the punched and took some of her hair.

Two Putties grabbed Emile by the arms and a third Putty cut a piece of his hair, then it kicked Emile to the ground.

Chris tackled a Putty, where it took the advantage and cut a piece of his hair.

Jon and Haley tried to kick two of the Putties, but they caught the Rangers' kicks and two more Putties cut some of their hair.

The Brittany was grabbed from behind and then the Putty cut some of her hair.

Then when they got the Rangers' hair they teleported out of there.

"What was that about?" Dave asked.

"Who knows? Let's just warn Zordon and head home," Tyler suggested.

On the moon, Rita was entering her and Zedd's master bedroom, "Oh Zeddy," she said, "You know today is Christmas Eve."

Zedd turned to his wife, "I know what you want, but you'll have to wait until Christmas Day."

"You always knew what I'm thinking of," Rita giggled as she walked over to Zedd and hugged him, "I just knew taking a few days off from the Power Rangers would be good for us."

The two were giggling until a loud bang interrupted them. They looked at the door to see Thrax. "Thrax, what are you doing here?" Zedd asked

Thrax pulled out the Drak Crystal fragment, "You two failed so many times. I believe it's time for new way," he explained.

"What do you mean?" Rita asked nervously.

"You two are done for," Thrax said as the fragment started to glow.

Later that night, families were gathering in their houses for Christmas Eve. Tyler was dressed up and ready to join his family. "There you are Tyler," his mother said.

"Sorry about that," Tyler apologized, "I forgot about the time at the mall." Tyler didn't like to like that but he couldn't tell them about the Putties.

"Well just wait with your brother as everything gets ready," Tyler's father said.

Tyler nodded and went to the living room, where his brother was on the coach and the Christmas Tree was at with all the presents. Then there was a knock on the door, puzzling everyone. Tyler's father answered the door and was surprised at who it was. "White Ranger, what are you doing here?"

Tyler was confused, 'How could there be a White Ranger when I'm right here?'

"Well I came to wish your family a Merry Christmas," the 'White Ranger' said, Tyler felt something evil about the voice. "And I came to collect what the world owes me and the other Power Rangers."

Tyler quickly turned to see a Ranger copy of himself, only with grey gloves, boots, and belt with no Morpher, holding his father by the shirt. "Everyone, stay where you are and I promise that no one will get hurt," The false Ranger said as he dropped Tyler's father and walked to the Christmas Tree. Tyler tried to punch the evil Ranger, only to have it caught by him. "Did you think that you could hurt me boy?" the evil Ranger asked as he kicked Tyler away.

"Why are you doing this!" Tyler mother shouted.

"For years the Power Rangers protected the Earth from evil and never asked for anything in return. But now we believe that today the world should pay for their debt to the Power Rangers," the copy explained before he and the presents disappeared.

Without another word Tyler grabbed his jacket and ran out of the house. "Tyler! Where are you going!" his father shouted.

Tyler ran down the street as far as he could until he find a good place to hide. He pulled the Communicator out and contact the others, "Everyone, you won't believe what happened," he said.

"That a copy of ourselves came to our houses and took the presents," Jon said though the Communicator.

"My little brother was devastated when my copy came and took the presents," Emile said.

"Same here with my cousin," Z added.

"Guys let's meet at the Command Center," Tyler suggested.

The other Rangers agreed and teleported away.

At the Power Chamber, the Rangers, all dressed up for Christmas, saw Alpha panicking. "Rangers as you are aware, there are evil copies of you," Zordon said.

"What are those Zordon?" Brittany asked, "I thought we defeated the Evil Rangers month ago?"

"You did defeat the Evil Rangers, but these are Mutant Rangers now," Zordon answered.

"Mutant Rangers?" Jon said.

"Correct," Zordon said, "Zedd and Rita must have recreated the Badges of Darkness."

"Does have to do with us getting our cut?" Z asked.

"Yes Z," Zordon answered, "They must of figured out to make better copies they need some of your DNA. This would allow them to make a powerful Mutant to lead the others."

"What do you mean?" Haley asked.

"Last time Rita used the Badges of Darkness a Putty wasn't powerful enough to be the leader, so Rita use Commander Crayfish to lead the Mutants." Zordon explains.

"Ayeyaiyai! Look at what the Mutants are doing!" Alpha said.

The Rangers turned to see a news report, "This is an emergency report," a female news reporter said, "Today could be the worst holiday worldwide. According to worldwide reports, the defenders of the Earth, the Power Rangers, have gone around the world stealing presents from families no matter what holiday it is. Have the Power Rangers gone evil or is it something worst. We report more on this as we get more information."

"So they created evil copies of us to frame us," Tyler said, "This is an all time low for them."

"That may be, but right now we need to focus on destroying the Mutant Rangers before looking for the presents," Zordon said.

"We understand Zordon. So where are the Mutants?" Tyler asked.

Alpha checked the computers to see where the Mutants are, "Looks like he Mutant Rangers are standing in a meadow," Alpha said.

"Rangers, this is most likely a trap," Zordon said, "Be careful, and may the Power protect you."

"Thank you Zordon," Tyler said, "It's Morphin Time!"

"Shadow!"

"Turtle!"

"Phoenix!"

"Frog!"

"Serpent!"

"Saber-Toothed Tiger!"

"Lion!"

"Dragon!"

The Rangers arrived at the meadows in their snowmobiles, "Good to see you again Rangers," the White Mutant greeted the rest of the Mutants walked out, and they were wearing the same gloves, boots, and belt as the White Mutant.

"Can't say the same for you guys," Tyler responded as the Rangers got of their snowmobiles.

"Why did you take all those presents?" Brittany immediately asked.

"Isn't it obvious," Brittany's evil copy replied, "We wanted to discredit you and have everyone hate you."

"Then when we get rid of you goodie Rangers, we'll go out and destroy your hometown and the rest of the world," the Blue Mutant said.

"But even if you destroy us, you'll never prove your innocents," Red Mutant finished.

"Don't underestimate us. We'll stop you and find those presents," Jon said.

The Mutants started to laugh until the leader shouted, "Try us Power Rangers!"

The Rangers got back on their snowmobiles and started to drive away from the Mutants. "Stay and fight cowards!" the Green Mutant shouted.

"Catch us if you can!" Emile shouted as the Rangers sped up.

The Mutant Rangers were determined to catch the Rangers, but they noticed that the Rangers were started to circle around them. The Rangers pulled out their Blasters and fired at the Mutants, but the Mutants jumped high into the air, dodging the blast and they pulled out dark versions of the Rangers' Power Weapons. The Rangers pulled out their weapons and jumped to their evil copies and clashed their weapons.

Once they land back on the ground, the Rangers started to attack their evil copies.

Z and the Shadow Mutant clashed their sword, then the Shadow Mutant kicked Z and slashed him a few time with his sword, knocking Z to the snow. "So Z, was your little cousin still crying after I left?" the Mutant asked.

"You'll pay for that!" Z shouted as he swung his sword and hit the copy.

Emile's axe was in its gun mode and he was firing at the Green Mutant, but the Mutant deflected the shots and attacked Emile. "Do you think the world will forgive you guys?" the Mutant asked.

"We'll find a way," Emile said as he countered the Mutant's attack.

Brittany and the Pink Mutant fired arrows at each other hitting themselves. "What makes you think you guys can beat us?" Brittany demanded.

The Mutant hit Brittany with her bow before saying, "We were crated carefully to destroy you all."

Chris and the Blue Mutant were clashing their lances. The Blue Mutant twirled his lance before he strike Chris. "Do you Rangers know the meaning of 'giving up'?"

Chris spilt his lance into two, he hit the Mutant with the lances and then stabbed the Mutant. "We did, but we refuse it," Chris replied.

Paige and the Orange Mutant were lashing their whips at each other until their whips tangled up with each other. The Mutant used it to her advantage and pulled the whip, which dragged Paige and she punched Paige. "You should stay on the ground it suits you?" the Mutant said.

Paige got back up and lashed her whip which wrapped around the Mutant's legs. She pulled the whip making the copy fall to the ground and Paige jumped and landed on the Mutant. "I think it's better with you," Paige said.

Haley used her daggers to attack her copy, then she jumped into the air and tossed a dagger at the Mutant. "Just give up and tell us where the presents are!" Haley demand.

"Like hell," the Yellow Mutant said as she jumped on Haley and stroked her with the daggers.

Jon and the Red Mutant were dodging each other shots, "You're good Jon," the Mutant complemented, "Too bad I don't play fair!" The Red Mutant trip Jon and fired him to the ground.

Jon quickly got back up and said, "Just shows that I'm a better fighter." Jon jumped backwards and rapidly fired his gun and hit the Muntant.

Tyler and the White Mutant were clashing their swords, "Do Zedd and Rita think that this plan will work?" Tyler said as he locked swords with the Mutant.

"What makes you think this is Zedd and Rita's plan?" the Mutant asked.

"What?" Tyler shouted as the two stopped locking their swords. The White Muntant jumped into the air and Tyler followed suit. Then the two kicked each other away.

"Tyler!" Haley shouted as she and the other Rangers rushed to his side as Mutants did with whier leader.

"I'm fine," Tyler replied, "We need to end this."

"Tyler I got an idea, bring out the Power Cannon," Brittany said, "Jon I'll need to borrow your Power Guns."

"Alright, formation!" Tyler said.

"One!" Z and Brittany shouted as they stood next to each other.

"Two!" Emile and Haley shouted as they stood next to each other.

"Three!" Chris and Paige shouted as they stood next to each other.

"Four!" Tyler and Jon shouted as they stood next to each other.

"Power Cannon!" the Rangers shouted as the Power Cannon landed on the Rangers shoulders, then they placed their hands on their colored panels.

The Mutant Ranger got in the same formation, "We have our own cannon," the White Mutant said.

"Mutant Cannon!" the Mutants shouted as a demonic looking cannon appeared on their shoulders.

"Fire!" both teams shouted as energy balls fired from both cannons and collided in the middle causing an explosion that knocked back both teams.

Brittany took this chance and pulled out her Power Bow with Jon's Power Guns attached and her Light Javelin as the arrow. When she fired the javelin it extended to its full length and the energy shot from the guns combined with the javelin. The javelin hit the Mutant Cannon, causing it to explode making the Mutant Rangers fly in different directions.

When Brittany's javelin landed near the Ranger, they were surprised to see that the Mutants were still alive.

"You were good Power Rangers," the White Mutant said, "But this isn't over, we'll be back."

Then the Mutant Rangers disappeared in multi colored flame.

"Great, we lost our chance to figure out where presents are," Chris said.

"Well right now let's return to the Command Center and plan our next move," Tyler suggested.

"Right," The other Rangers agreed before they teleported out of there.

The Mutant Rangers arrived at an icy cave where Thrax and the presents were at. "You Mutants did better than I expected," he said.

"They fell for it easily," White Mutant said, "Alpha would have analyzed our energies during the fight so they can find us again. The Rangers should be here soon."

"Then we'll destroy the Power Rangers," Thrax said as the Dark Crystal fragment start to pulse with energy.

A/N: I know it is almost June, but it is the winter chapters and I always wanted to do this. I hope you all liked it and the Mutant Rangers were from the first season of Power Ranger, if you didn't know.