A beam of green and blue light landed in the command center. "Ay-yi-yi!" Alpha cried as he lifted Billy of the ground and laid him on the table next to the other three rangers. He began to run some tests to see what he could do to reverse the spell.

"Zordon, this is all my fault!" Tommy choked. He covered his eyes with his hand, while tears were starting to run down his face. "Rocky, Adam, Aisha, and Billy are card board cut outs and Goldar took Kim. Early this morning she had a dream about Rita and Zedd wanting her for some reason. She was afraid that Rita and Zedd would try to pull a stunt. But, I thought it was just a dream."

"Tommy, this isn't your fault," Zordon assured him. "Alpha will find a way to reverse the spell. We'll find Kimberly-"

"Zordon, I was having dreams for weeks about me losing my powers growing weaker. All of the other rangers were frozen in place and during a fight I lost my powers," Tommy started to explain while he wiped his face with his shirt sleeve. "Then I have to go retrieve something that Rita and Zedd have taken. After what Kim told me about her dreams, I fear that she's the item I must retrieve. Do I have enough power for one more fight?"

Alpha grabbed a scanning device and started to use it on Tommy. "Tommy, Billy invented this weeks ago. I can use it to scan how much of your powers you lost during battles," Alpha began. Tommy's fingers were crossed that he still had enough power for one last battle. The scanning device had a very weak signal. "Tommy, I'm afraid when you were burned by the bloom of dooms pollen it drained 35% of your powers-"

"Did I lose any powers when Kim and I were in the interdimensional warp? The monster used its pollen in there too."

Alpha looked up from the scanner and sighed. "Tommy, you lost about 45% of your powers in the interdimensional warp," Alpha squeaked while he was reading the results from the scanner. "And getting in contacted with the green candle has caused you to lose about 15% of your powers."

Meanwhile, Zedd appeared inside the tent where Goldar was hiding in at the carnival. He smiled when his eyes landed on Kimberly. Her face was covered in tear stains. She was struggling in the chair that she was sitting in. A rope was tied around Kimberly's waist around the chair. Her legs were strapped in place and her hands were down at her sides with a shackle around each of her wrists. A chain was attached to the shackle and it was connected to the stretcher on each side of the chair. A chain was attached to both stretchers on each side of the chair. He walked over to Kimberly pulled the duct tape off her mouth.

"I was wondering when you were going to ungag me," Kimberly hissed while she glared at Zedd. "What do you want with me?"

"Kimberly, my dear, you are here because you are the item that Tommy has to retrieve," Zedd said in a sweet voice. "When he became the evil green ranger, he promised he wouldn't betray us. We warned him ahead of time that if he did, he would be greatly punished-"

"But, why are you going to use me?!"

"You are the reason we don't have our evil green ranger. Rita and I spied on you and saw the whole thing. He couldn't finish you off at the park once he learned you were the pink ranger-"

"-He couldn't finish me off because he loves me."

"Silence!" Zedd shouted as he slapped Kimberly across the face. "We thought he was smart when he ran away and hid in the cave. But, you knew where to go to find him. Let, me tell you a little secret. When his eye flashed green that was Rita and me using magic to add more evil energy to the coin. The energy was used to control his mind and his actions. When you were there we sent all the evil energy that we could to the coin and we thought it would control him when he wanted to fight you, knowing who you were. He had you pinned to the wall and could have finished you off...but, you had to remind him that he wasn't evil, he was under mine and Rita's control and he was your friend-"

"I wasn't going to let him suffer-"

"I told you to remain silent!" Zedd shouted as he grabbed her face and his sharp finger nails were sinking into her face. "You begged him to release you. But, we thought he was smart and wasn't going to because he knew you'd run away. But, no, that didn't work. You offered to help him and promised you wouldn't run away because you love him. And your love was so powerful, it broke right through our control. So, we decided to use you in our plan."

Goldar walked over to Kimberly and he had a pink candle in his hand. "Once I light this, Tommy will begin his quest to retrieve you, pink ranger," Goldar laughed as he was about to light the candle.

"Goldar, wait for a second," Zedd requested while he slapped a hand over Kimberly's mouth. "We're at the carnival and people should have fun at a carnival. I've read about Harry Houdini who was a magician. He was well known for his amazing escape acts and could escape from handcuffs, cages, steel boxes, and anything you could think of. Why don't we disguise the pink ranger as a clown and let the people in this carnival watch her try to escape?"

"I love the idea," Goldar smiled as he looked at Kimberly. Her eyes were full of fear. "The best thing about this tent is that we've place magic over it to prevent rangers from being located or teleported out of here. The blue ranger is a card board cut out and can't tell anyone which tent we're in. We can let the pink ranger entertain our guests for the next several hours and she'll be all worn out and tired when Tommy goes on his quest."

Zedd waved his wand and a funny looking clown suit and big red clown shoes appeared on Kimberly's body. They showed Kimberly what she looked like with a mirror and she hated what she saw. "This suit doesn't even match and it is not up with the fashion trends," Kimberly complained. The left side of suit was blue and the right side of the suit was a bright shade of kiwi green. Even the sleeves were different colors. The left sleeve was a bright shade or orange and the right sleeve was a dark shade of red. Her suit was covered with white polka dots and it had buttons going down the front in the same colors of her suit. Goldar placed a white ruffled color around her neck. Kimberly's pink satin tracksuit, pink tee shirt, and black and pink tennis shoes were laying in the floor. Goldar picked up her clothes and folded them up and placed them in a bag. "Can I change back?"

"You can after you entertain the carnival guests," Zedd replied. Goldar brought over some face paint and Zedd grabbed Kimberly's head so Goldar could paint her face. He painted her whole face white so it would be harder people to recognize her. Once her face was painted white, her mouth and nose were painted and a yellow star was painted on each cheek. Zedd grabbed a pink clown wig and placed it on Kimberly's head. He double checked to make sure all her Carmel locks were hidden underneath the wig.

"I don't want to be clown," Kimberly repeated while she was struggling and wiggling around. "I'll make sure someone knows-" Goldar slapped a hand over Kimberly's mouth.

Zedd got out a panel and walked over to Kimberly. Just as she was opening her mouth to scream, Zedd placed the panel over her mouth and held it against her mouth. Goldar walked behind her and grabbed the straps and buckled them behind her head. She felt her cheeks beginning squeezed when Goldar pulled the strap as tight as it would go. Goldar and Zedd walked in front of Kimberly once she panel was strapped on her face. They began to laugh when they saw her lip prints on panel. "She looks like a real damsel in distress," Zedd remarked as he let out an evil laugh. "Let's let the show begin!"

Goldar and Zedd teleported back to his turned back into clowns and a real clown walked with people following him. A putty handed him a piece of paper. "Let me introduce you to Pinky the Clown!" read the clown. "Pinky is an escape artist and can escape from anything! I'm going to turn the floor over to her now."

The clown walked away and Kimberly began to struggle and wiggle around. She pulled at the chains that were attached to her wrist restraints and was yanking them hard. But, she wasn't having any luck escaping.

Zordon and Alpha had been trying to locate Kimberly for hours, but they weren't having any luck. But, they did have luck restoring the other rangers to normal. Alpha suspected that the four rangers were lacking water and started pouring water on them, until they returned to their original state. Adam and Billy stood at the computer system assisting Alpha trying to help the search for Kimberly go quicker.

"We're still trying, Tommy," Billy assured him.

An image appeared on the viewing globe unexpectedly. "Please, allow me to save you from going to a lot of trouble," said a familiar evil voice. Tommy's heart skipped a beat when he saw Zedd's face show up on the viewing globe.

"Oh, my goodness!" Aisha gasped.

"How did this happen?" Adam asked Billy and Alpha.

Billy just shook his head in shock and disbelief. "I don't have any idea."

"ZEDD, WHERE IS KIMBERLY!?" Tommy demanded through clenched teeth.

"Tommy, your girlfriend is here with me," Zedd replied in a sweet nasty voice. An image appeared of Kimberly appeared on screen. She was standing between two pillars. There were putties on each side of her, holding her arms out. Goldar fastened each wrist restraint. The putties disappeared and Goldar took a seat next to a table with a pink candle and the green candle. "The green candle is already burnt out. But, the pink candle is wasting away. When it burns out, she'll face destruction."

"I DEMAND YOU RELEASE HER NOW!" Tommy demanded as he crossed his arms.

"You are an insignificant fool, Tommy!" retaliated Zedd. "You don't make demands with Lord Zedd ever! I'm the only one who will make demands, understood?!"

"What do you want?" Tommy questioned. He walked closer to the viewing globe. His fists were clenched and he was trying to show his fear. "Just name it."

"Teleport me to the command center!" Zedd ordered. He slammed his staff hard on the ground. "I want to talk with you, Tommy, in person!"

Alpha walked over to the viewing globe and the others followed him. "The command center, isn't a place for the evil ones like you!"

Zedd raised his hands in the air; it appeared as if he wanted to scratch someone like a cat. "Do it now!" Zedd shouted. "Or something will happen to your beautiful pink ranger."

"Zordon, we don't have a choice," Tommy sighed while looking up at his mentor. "We have to allow him to come here. I'm willing to do whatever Zedd wants me to do to get Kimberly back."

"I agree with your decision," Zordon agreed. He looked at Alpha who was reluctantly heading over to the computer system. "Alpha, you may teleport him here." Alpha started to press the keys on the computer systems as he hands were shaking.

Everything in the command center was shaking as if an earthquake was taking effect. A blinding flash of light began to appear and the rangers had to look away. Smoke followed and a throne with a Z on the back of it was sitting the command center. Lord Zedd turned around in his throne and faced all the rangers, Alpha, and Zordon. "Hello Rangers," greeted Zedd as his eyes locked on Tommy. "Isn't anyone going to ask me if I had a safe trip to the command center?"

"Just tell us what you want," Zordon requested. His was staring at his arch enemy, who he had never seen in person since Eltar was attacked. "While you are getting your glory sitting in this command center, Kimberly is weakening."

He watched Alpha slowly rise from behind the computer system. "Alpha, you can come out now!" he smirked as he watched Alpha shake with fear. "There is no need to hide."

"I don't like you, Lord Ed!" Alpha trembled as he came out of his hiding place. He never dreamed that Zedd would ever come into the command center.

"My name is Zedd, not Ed!" Zedd shouted as he stood up and stomped his feet on the floor and hit the arms on his throne with his fists. "Surely, you had it in your robotic brain by now!"

"What do you want, Zedd?!" Tommy said angrily.

"Okay, Tommy. If you want your precious Kimberly, you may have her," Zedd answered as he walked down of his thrown and walked closer to Tommy. "You will have to come to my dungeon and retrieve her. But, to calm her, you must fight Goldar in battle. And I forgot to mention that when you are teleported to my dungeon it will take the last bit of your powers. You will no longer be the green ranger! And you must come alone! If you refuse, we can enjoy watching Kimberly fade away."

"Zedd, I'll never let you get away with this!" Zordon warned.

"Shut up!" shouted Zedd as he slammed his staff on the ground. "I am the one who will be giving commands around here! I will give you a few seconds to make your choice."

All the rangers gathered around Tommy. "What are you going to decide, Tommy?" Rocky questioned while he watched Tommy drop his power morpher on the ground.

"I'm sure Zedd has had Goldar trained for this battle," Adam warned. "Are you sure-"

"Time is up!" Zedd shouted with evil laughter. He looked at Tommy, who in his opinion was powerless and wouldn't stand a chance against Goldar. He'd be able to take out two rangers at once. "What have you decided?"

"I am going to go retrieve her," Tommy said bravely. He walked slowly over to Zedd and his friend watched in fear. Zedd waved his wand and Tommy disappeared with him.

Tommy appeared in a corridor outside Zedd's throne room. Looking around the corner, he saw Rita and Zedd sitting on their thrones. "The green ranger is no more!" Zedd exclaimed as he laid his hand on Rita's. "He's here in this castle and has to journey down to my dungeon to rescue his princess. Once, he gets to her, she'll be history."

"I've got to get to her!" Tommy said to himself as he started to race down the corridor. He didn't care if anyone saw him or not. All that mattered was Kimberly. As he ran down the hall, he felt as if he had been there in that castle before. But, it was only in his nightmares that he had for the last several weeks. He swallowed hard and closed his eyes; his feet seemed to know the way. Tommy made his way through the maze of Zedd's castle to a door. His hands were trembling as he opened the door and saw a long-twisted stair case. Why weren't there any guards? Was this a concupiscence or part of Zedd's plan. He couldn't stand there and play what if because he knew this was Kimberly's only chance of getting out of there. Tommy ran down the stairs and missed a step; he ended up tumbling the down the last four or five steps.

The very minute he got up, he was facing to face with Squatt and Baboo.

"What are you doing here, Mr. Powerless Ranger?" Baboo began. "We can't allow you to pass. And we can't tell you which part of this dungeon Kimberly is in."

"I'm not Mr. Powerless Ranger, I'm Tommy!" he snarled. Tommy grabbed Baboo and slammed him against the wall. "You're going to tell me where she is and how to get there!"

"Why should we tell you?" Squatt asked.

He grabbed Squatt by the arm and slammed him against the wall next to Baboo. "If you don't, I will strangle both of you with my bare hands!" Tommy hissed as he his eyes flashed green. His eyes looked very dangerous and dark as if he was still the evil green ranger. "You're choice. What will it be? You have ten seconds to answer me or I'll decide for you."

"Squatt, I think he means every word!" Baboo gulped while he considered Tommy's eyes with fear. "I think we better tell him!"

"She is at the end of the dungeon," Squatt squeaked, as he held out the key.

Tommy snatched the key out of Squatt's hand and took off running. It dawned on him that he'd need a weapon. But, since his powers were gone, he could no longer use his dragon dagger. "I guess, I'll have to take him on the best I can," Tommy realized. He continued to run down the hall as the place got darker. The only light that he had was coming from the lit torches on the wall. He could barely make out the figure of at the end of the hall. Taking a deep breath, he slowly walked to figure, as he got closer he recognized a tired and weak Kimberly. Her lips had cuts in each corner and her wrists appeared to have been bleeding. Tommy used the keys to unlock Kimberly's wrist restraints and she grabbed his hand and followed him over to the candle. He blew the candle out and stomped on it.

"Come on let's get out of here," Tommy whispered as he pulled her into a tight hug. "I'm so glad you're okay. Wonder where Goldar is?"

"Tommy, I'm right here!" Goldar gibed when appeared right in front of them. "You really think you can stand a chance against me?"

"Goldar, I demand you let Kimberly go!" Tommy ordered.

"If you want her, you'll have to defeat me!" Goldar laughed pulling out his sword. "In the meantime, she's going to be thrown into the sea of sorrow. If you win, maybe, you'll still be able to rescue her. Hand her over now!"

"No!" Tommy response as his arms folded tighter around Kimberly. " She will not be taken to the sea of sorrow!"

He glared at Tommy and smiled when he realized, Tommy had no weapon or no way to morph. "Where's you're weapon and power morpher?" Goldar taunted as he pulled out his sword. "That's right you don't have one. This is going to be an easy win."

"What do you mean an easy win?" he questioned. Tommy searched his surroundings and noticed Goldar was gone. "Where'd he go?"

"TOMMY!" Kimberly whispered. "He's above us!"

"Kim, go hide somewhere?" Tommy requested as he let go of her. "I'll take care of him."

Just as he let her go, Goldar grabbed Tommy and grabbed up to the ceiling, Goldar was just hovering there smile and seeing Tommy trying to attach him. "I think it's time to put you down now!" He began to swing Tommy around in the air and then he flew down closer to the ground and tossed Tommy across the room. Just as Tommy hit the back wall, Goldar flew at a fast pace and grabbed him just before he hit the ground and punched him in the chest.

Kimberly was hiding behind one of the big pillars with her knees pulled against her chest. She covered her mouth with her hand to prevent her from scream. There was a loud crash next to the pillar and she slowly looked around it. Tommy was laying on the floor in pain and Goldar landed on the ground. He threw his sword at the side and he was headed straight to Tommy. Goldar had no weapon in his hand. This was her chance. She had to get the sword to Tommy. It was his only chance of defeating Goldar.

"GET UP!" Goldar shouted as he kicked Tommy over, stepping on his shirt. Kneeling he used his sharp claw like succors and ran it down the front of his shirt. Taking a deep breath, Tommy weakly sat up and his ragged green tee shirt fell off his body. "This fight isn't over yet!"

He stood up feeling the aches and pains he had all over his battle. Tommy feasted his eyes on Goldar's sword when he watched Kimberly take it and go back to her hiding spot. Now, she was in trouble because at Goldar would be looking for his sword. Goldar turned back to go get his sword, Kimberly rushed out of her hiding place and grabbed Tommy's hand. "You have to hide," she whispered while she handed him the sword. He needed time to regain strength, but how would she be able to get Tommy time. There was a big boulder that they could hide behind. While her eyes were locked on Goldar, they made their way behind the boulder and took a seat.

"Kim, why did you get the sword?" Tommy whispered in an unhappy tone. "He'll know you took it."

"You had no weapon," Kimberly whispered back as she moved closer to him. "I couldn't stand to see Goldar attack you. You needed something to defined yourself with. When Goldar kicked you over, I felt as if I was the one being attacked. I knew there was no way you could get to the sword without Goldar stopping you. So, I went and got it for you...I had to because I knew if Goldar kept this up... I'd lose you."

"I would have done the same for you," Tommy admitted as he held the sword in one hand and wrapped his free arm around Kimberly. "Now what are we going to do? Goldar is going to be flying around looking for us."

"Tommy, that's it! You must strike one of Goldar's wings. Once his wing is injured he won't be able to fly with just one wing. It will be a more evened up match!"

"All right where is my sword!?" shouted Goldar. "I know Tommy and the pink ranger have it. The pink ranger will be going to the sea of sorrow for this, as soon as I find her!"

Tommy's heart leaped. How could he fight Goldar and protect Kimberly at the same time? "Tommy, go fight Goldar," Kimberly urged as she helped him to his feet. "I'll be fine. You have the sword and you can attack him now-"

"-Kim, you need me too," he whispered. "I don't think I could ever forgive myself if I fought Goldar and left you here unprotected. Someone could teleport in here, while I was fighting Goldar and take you to the sea of sorrow. And I wouldn't know it until it was too late."

"What are you saying? You have to fight Goldar to leave-"

"-Kim," he began as he looked around the corner watching Goldar search the room for them. "When I joined the team, I made some commitments. One of those was to watch out for the others as would myself. I came here to get you and I am not leaving without you-"

"Give me the pink ranger now!" He ordered as he reached out to take the sword. Kimberly held her foot out and tripped Goldar making him fall flat on his face. "You'll pay for that, pink ranger."

This was Tommy's chance, he swung the sword at Goldar and cut his right wing off. Goldar cried out in pain as he got to his feet. "I forgot to tell you my answer about if I'm giving you, Kimberly or not!" Tommy remarked squeezing Kimberly's hand in his. "The answer is no!"

"You'll be sorry, Tommy!" Goldar hissed glaring at Tommy. "I may not be able to attack you from the sky, but I can still attack you."

Suddenly, a bright light surrounded Tommy.

Billy stood at the computer system after getting a strange reading. "Wow, I don't believe this!" he cried when he saw a white sword with a tiger's head on the handle appear and it was glowing white. "Have we found someone worth to be the white ranger?"

"Yes, we have!" Zordon smiled. "It's Tommy. He has bravely fought Goldar without his powers and was willing to give his life to save Kimberly. Please teleport them here now!"

Alpha pressed some buttons on the key board and a beam of pink and white light appeared in the command center. Tommy landed on the floor in his white ranger suit. The front of his helmet looked like a tiger other than the tiger design was gold. He was wearing a black shield with gold plates and a tiger symbol in the middle. Kimberly landed next to him.

"What happened?" Aisha cried out in concern as she ran to her best friend. "Is she okay?"

"She's just weak," Tommy explained as he took his helmet off and laid it on the ground. He gathered Kimberly in his arms and held her close. "Goldar almost stabbed her with his sword, but I morphed into the white ranger and attacked him with my new sword." He held out his tiger sword and showed it to his friends.

"What happened to Goldar?" Billy asked as he walked over to Tommy.

"I cut one of his wings off with his sword before I morphed," Tommy started. "Then we had a sword fight and I struck Goldar. The next thing I know is that Kim and I are teleported here." He gave her a kiss on the head and she slowly opened her eyes.

"I can't believe it," she smiled while gazing into Tommy's eyes. "Is it really you?"

"Yes, Beautiful, it's really me," Tommy beamed and Kimberly's arms wrapped around his neck.

"Tommy, this time your powers can't be taken away," Zordon explained. "We were looking for the prefect person to be the white ranger. You were willing to do whatever you had to do to protect Kimberly without or without powers. Your courage and determination proved you were prefect to be the white ranger. You are now the leader of the power rangers."

The story isn't over yet. The next half of the story will focus on Tommy's thoughts and feeling about being the leader of the power rangers, dealing with Zedd and Rita, getting into college, and his relationship with Kimberly.