The moment of despair is quite often the moment that precedes courage.

-Christopher Hitchens

Micah fought Rito as Jason took on Goldar as the Tengas tried to attack both of them. Micah had not encountered any of them before. He was knocked down by a lucky blow from Rito. He used his telekinesis to push Tengas away from him as he struggled to get back to his feet.

"What are you," Rito whined as he tried to kick Micah. Micah just kept blocking him. "One of those Ninja Rangers?"

"No," Micah said with a grin, "just as bad."

Don't goad Rito.

Tommy?

He sent in surprise. He thought tommy was unconscious. He looked up at the platform and it did look like Tommy was unconscious. Who was that? He wondered.

"Hey Jason," Micah called as he saw Jason was trading blows with Goldar. "I don't suppose you have any swords on you."

"All out," Jason said as he sent a vicious kick to Goldar's stomach.

There was a flash of light that blinded them for a moment. When the light disappeared Micah found himself in his Ranger suit. "Whoa." He said. That was unexpected.

You've been on earth too long. The voice sent again.

This time he knew who it was. Tiestor? Any chance you can get us out of here? He asked his former teammate.

Wish I could man. That force field is blocking all teleportation. I saw that you were trying to use your powers but that's all I can give you. We're lucky I could even do that! Word of advice, that guy, who looks like Tommy, isn't doing too well.

Thanks.

Zedd was not happy with the fact that the stranger was able to morph. He didn't know the man was a Power Ranger but the force field should have blocked any morphing. "Enough!" He yelled firing his staff into the sky. All fighting stopped. He reached down and pulled Tommy up so that he was in front of him. "I have a proposition for both of you. But first, Blue Ranger, you must power down."

Micah hesitated. Zedd pointed the staff at Tommy's head so he quickly powered down.

The rage inside of Jason started to boil again. He was not going to let Zedd hurt Tommy again. He moved to stand next to Micah. "Can you bring Tommy down here with your telekinesis?" He whispered.

"I…I don't know. I've never tried from such a distance. I guess I can try." His brow creased as he concentrated. He concentrated harder than he had in his life. He felt Tommy being pulled. Zedd struggled to hold onto Tommy and momentarily dropped his staff. Tommy was coming quickly. "Catch him!" He yelled as he sank to a knee.

Jason was surprised as Tommy came flying at him. He was barely able to catch Tommy before he fell to the ground. Tommy moaned in pain.

"I see you are going to be trouble," Zedd said looking down at Micah. His visor glowed red as he picked up his fallen staff. He raised his staff and pointed it at the Power Ranger. Tommy weakly reached out his hand grabbed at Micah but he didn't have the strength to do anything more than that.

Jason saw what Tommy was trying to do and shoved Micah down. Micah fell taking Jason down with him. The three men lay in a heap. Zedd's blast hit Rito who disappeared.

"Blast it!" Zedd yelled. Rita was calling him and he left. They wouldn't be able to go anywhere anyway.

Jason and Micah untangled themselves.

"You've been in the arena before Jason. Is there anywhere we can go? We need to get out of the open." He said eying the Tengas who were staring down at them. He pulled Tommy up.

"I don't know," Jason said, "I only remember this part of the arena."

"A…Altor came through over there," Tommy said weakly pointing at a doorway. "Didn't Bulk and Skull say they were in a cell in the Arena?"

"Sounds good enough to me," Micah said as he put one of Tommy's arms around his shoulder. Jason did the same thing. He looked around and discovered something. "Where'd Goldar go?"

"Let's worry about that later," Jason said as he started hurrying toward the doorway that Tommy had indicated. Tommy lost consciousness halfway through the doorway. His body was wracked with so much pain he couldn't the movement didn't help. They dragged him until they found a large room to set Tommy down in.

"I don't think we've ever been introduced." Micah said. "My name's Micah."

"Jason Scott." Jason said as he sat down next to Tommy. He felt so tired at the moment. "You already know Tommy. Still can't believe it's him."

Micah sat down on the other side of Tommy. "Can I ask you a question Jason?" Jason shrugged. "How did you meet Draegan?"

Jason didn't say anything for a long moment. "After I left the base Zordon left me at, I went in search of Rita and Zedd. I wanted revenge for what they did to Tommy. Even under a 'spell' I guess you can call whatever Gasket did to me, I knew enough to know who was responsible. It was then that I found out the Machine Empire had been destroyed by the Zeo Rangers. Zedd and Rita found me and taunted me saying I was the one who killed Tommy. I was the one who asked him to take the Gold Ranger powers and I started to believe it was my fault. That's when I met Draegan. He…" he stopped as he looked down at Tommy. "He said he was a part of the Council and had seen what Zordon did. He said that he would help me get back at Zordon for making me watch Tommy die."

"Why does he want the Zeonizers," Micah asked as he examined Tommy. The burns on Tommy's chest were ugly and the way Tommy was having trouble breathing wasn't good.

"He said if I got my Zeonizer and Tommy's Zeonizer, I would have the power to do it. He showed me a guy posing as my cousin and said he had been the one to take my position on the team. I just wanted the Zeonizers. I wasn't trying to kill him."

"He's going to be okay Jason. He's a good kid who has good genes. I've known him since he was like five."

"Man you are old," Tommy rasped as he opened his eyes. "Told you, you could have passed as my dad."

"Never taunt a guy who's trying to wrap your chest." Micah said as he tried to tear the remainder of Tommy's shirt into strips as the shirt was useless for Tommy at the moment. He didn't see any bleeding but if Zedd came back…He placed Tommy's jacket on top of him and sat back on his heels.

"How do you two know each other," Jason asked.

"Well I thought he was the Tommy from my dimension and so did he. We didn't know the truth until Draegan told us Jason. Zordon said the reason he left you at the base was he thought you would be safe. He took Tommy somewhere else. We never did find out why he didn't take you as well."

"Why did he make me watch Tommy…" he stopped as he realized what he was about to ask. "I guess he didn't. Draegan lied."

"He's pretty good at that," Tommy said as he started to shiver. Jason took his jacket off and placed it on him and reached to check his pulse. It wasn't bad but he wasn't a medic. He was worried Tommy was in shock. He stood up and walked to the entrance of the room and looked out. The Tengas were nowhere to be seen.

Micah waited until Tommy was unconscious again before he joined Jason.

"I think he might be in shock," Jason said. "I don't know I'm not a doctor. Can you teleport us out? We need to get Tommy to a doctor. Who knows what Zedd fired at him?"

Micah shook his head. "I've tried. The force field is all around the arena."

"If we don't get Tommy help now, Zedd may have finally done what he's been trying to do since he met Tommy."

Micah didn't have to ask what Jason meant.

Notes: The quote at the start of the chapter just works for this fic. Long fic that could come to an end soon though I'm playing with the idea of another fic.