It was a nice day, just the prefect day to go to the carnival. A long line of customers was stretched from the parking lot to the entrance, as they were waiting impatiently and took a few steps forward while the line was slowly moving. Music could be heard from the tall gates. As the rangers waited in line, they could see massive structures of the rides: a big tall Ferris wheel, a Tilt-A-Whirl spinning around, Bumper Cars hitting each other, a Carousel, a tall Fun Slide, a Pirate Ship, a Graviton, Swings flying high in the air, and so much more. Younger children were sitting on benches with their parents enjoying their snacks. Drops of melting Ice-Cream was running down the cone as it melted, some were enjoying eating bright multi-colored sugar like cotton threads and were letting it dissolve on their tongue, others were eating funnel cakes, freshly popped popcorn and other delicious snacks.
"Hey, look they have a magic show!" Billy beamed with excitement as soon as he saw people gathered around a magician pulling a rabbit out of his hat. "I wish Zack was here. He could put on the best magic shows there ever was. One time he told me about the time he played a trick on Bulk and Skull."
"Yeah, I remember that!" Kimberly laughed. "They wanted to make his disappear and he let them do it. They really thought that they made him disappear. How was he able to do that?"
"We had a monster attack and Zack was called to come help," Billy explained while he was watching the magician do another trick. "Zack teleported out of the box and didn't come back until we defeated the monster. But, I think Bulk and Skull were having enjoyment out of it. Zack told them to make him reappear all they had to say was "Zack." However, they didn't do it for a while."
They walked passed a clown juggling, making balloon animals, and doing other cool tricks. "Do you mind if I stay here and watch the clown do tricks?" Rocky asked.
"Sure, go ahead," Adam assured him. "I was going to go back and watch the magic show."
"I'm going to go watch the pageants," Aisha stated as she headed back to the pageant area.
"Let's meet by the food cart in two hours," Adam suggested as he walked over to the clown's booth. "We can have lunch then."
The team spilt up and went in different directions. Tommy, Kimberly, and Billy headed to the Ferris Wheel. Billy noticed something strange. He thought he saw someone dressed up like a gold monkey with wings heading into a tent. Were his eyes playing tricks on him? Or did he really see Goldar? "You two go on head," Billy informed as he got out of line. "I'll catch up with you."
"Is everything okay?" Kimberly asked as she took hold of Tommy's hand.
"Yeah," Billy lied. "Everything is fine." He walked to the tent and peaked inside. Goldar was giving them each a bag to clip on to their clown suits.
"This magic dust will turn the rangers into card board cut outs," he explained as he threw some dust on a chair to demonstrate. The chair turned into a card board cut out fell to the ground. "You just need to sprinkle the lest little bit of dust on the rangers to do the job. Leave the green and pink rangers alone."
Billy quietly walked away from the tent and tried to act as clam as he tried to find a place to hide to contact the other rangers and the command center. But, where could he hide? There were some porter putty's there, but there were people lined up to use them. He couldn't go there and besides someone would be likely to over hear him contacting his friends. "Where am I going to go?" Billy asked place was surrounded with people everywhere. Everyone was watching shows, riding rides, in line for food, in pageants, or in the merchant's barn. A light bulb clicked in his head the very minute he thought of the merchant's barn. People went there to go look at the crafts, flowers, and the baked goods that people brought in. All the judges were in there judging the entries and awarding ribbons to the winners. There were some booths in there but it was mostly politics, churches, restaurants, banks, schools, and the library. It had a small bathroom inside and he could lock the door so no one else could come in. "That's the prefect place."
He made his way to the merchant's barn and made a mad dash to the bathroom locking the door behind him. "Alpha, this is Billy. Goldar and the putties are here and are planning to everybody expect for Tommy and Kim in to card board cut outs," Billy said in a quiet voice. He felt sweat run down his face as soon as he heard someone knocking on the door.
"I know you're in there, blue ranger!" said a familiar voice. He recognized it was Goldar. "I'm coming to get you!" Goldar grabbed his sword and began to strike the door with his sword.
"Billy teleport to the command center now!" ordered Zordon.
A column of blue light appeared in command center and Alpha standing at the computer systems. He saw a card board cut out of the Aisha laying on a table. "What happened to Aisha?" Billy gasped as he walked over to the table.
"The clowns disguised as putties have already went to hunt the other rangers down," Zordon started as he watched Alpha put a hand on Billy's shoulder. "Aisha was the first one to be attacked. She was watching the beauty pageant and didn't even notice the putty sneaking up on her."
"What about Rocky, Adam, Tommy, and Kimberly?" he fretted. Alpha pulled up an image on the viewing globe. Tommy and Kimberly were at the top of the Ferris wheel. "What happened to the Ferris Wheel?"
"One of the putties is disguised as someone who works the carnival rides," Alpha explained as he walked over to the viewing globe. "I fear that they were given orders to get them at the top of Ferris Wheel. Everyone on the Ferris Wheel thinks it has broken down. I've been trying to contact them but I can't get through."
"Try Rocky and Adam!" declared Zordon. Both Billy and Alpha tried to contact them and had no luck. So, they pulled up an image on the viewing globe. A clown was standing on a ball and was juggling. Rocky was lost in thought as he is enjoying the show. Another clown walked up behind Rocky and sprinkled dust on Rocky and he was immediately turned into a flat piece of card board. "Teleport him to the command center!"
A beam of red light appeared in the command center and Rocky was laying on the floor. Billy walked over to Rocky and laid him on the table next to Aisha. "Zordon, I have to go back and warn the other three!" Billy declared as he watches an image of Adam appear on the viewing globe. The magician was doing a trick to make someone disappear and called on Adam. "NO! ADAM!" Adam walked into the box and the magician closed the box.
"Alpha teleport Adam here now!" ordered Zordon.
A beam of black light appeared in the command center and Billy's heart sank. They were too late. Adam had already been turned into a card board cut out. Alpha walked over to him and laid him on the table with Rocky and Aisha. The sirens began to light up and began to go off. Goldar appeared in the Carnival and everyone was running out of the carnival he was walking through the carnival scaring people off. The viewing globe suddenly got full of static and they lost the picture.
"Zordon, I have to go back!" Billy repeated as Alpha tried pulling up the viewing globe and had no luck. "Tommy and Kimberly are in danger! I must try to help them. I know what the risk is."
"You're a true power ranger, Billy!" praised Zordon. "May the power protect you!"
Billy pulled out his morpher and held it in the air. "It's Morphin Time!" he shouted. "Triceratops!"
Meanwhile, Kimberly and Tommy were getting off the Ferris Wheel. "What's going on?" Kimberly panicked. She took hold of Tommy's hand and held it in a nice firm grip. "I don't think we were stuck on the Ferris Wheel. Tommy, I fear that Rita and Zedd had something to do with this."
"I think you're right," Tommy whispered as he his heart began to pound. "We have to find a place to hide and contact the others."
"I don't think so!" laughed Goldar and he held up a green candle and it was beginning to quickly drain Tommy of his energy. "Your time as a power ranger is over!"
Tommy dropped to the ground and screamed out in pain. "TOMMY!" Kimberly cried while she watched him suffer.
"KIMBERLY! TOMMY!" Billy shouted as he started to run over to Kimberly and Tommy. Goldar put the candle down and started to fight Billy.
This was Kimberly's chance. She could steal the candle and put the flame out. "Tommy, hold on!" she told him. She ran over to the candle and picked it up. "Tommy, I've got it!"
Goldar walked up behind her and threw dust on her that put her to sleep. He threw her over his shoulder and disappeared. "OH! NO!" Tommy cried as he woke up and saw Kimberly's morpher, communicator, and Billy as a card board cut out laying on the ground. "Zordon, Kim's been captured, Billy's been turned into a card board cut out."
"Alpha is teleporting you two the command center now!" declared Zordon.
