CHAPTER 4 MOTHER-EFFERS! I'm not even gonna wait for chapter 3 to get reviews, I'm on a role. That being said, if you're getting into this chapter and you're confused at all, it's because I posted chapter 3 just a few hours ago and was inspired so I jumped straight into this chapter. You may have to go back and read it. Thank you all for reading, and here we go!
The Command Center was filled with beeping as Billy continued to try and unfreeze Jason, Trini, and Zack. At the same time, the four remaining Rangers- Tommy, Kimberly, Billy, and Jamie- were also worried about their new friends Adam, Aisha, and Rocky, who were trapped in Zedd's Dimension of Despair with their teacher Mr. Anderson. The three young ninjas were doing what they could to not turn evil, but if the snake that was loose in there with them bit them, then they wouldn't have a choice.
"I don't understand it, Zordon; I boosted stimulator to maximum capacity, but it's not working," Billy said. "They're still frozen."
"Keep trying, Billy; you must find a way to break the Terra Blossom's spell," Zordon said.
"Zordon, what about Mr. Anderson and the others?" Tommy asked.
"I'm afraid their time is running out, Rangers; the serpent of darkness has almost completely completed its' transformation. As soon as the three young ninjas are bitten, they will be filled forever with the venom of evil."
Well. That certainly didn't raise the spirits of the down-trodden Rangers.
"Yeah, and in the meantime, the Terra Blossom is rampaging around, loose," Kimberly said, only adding onto the worriedness everyone was feeling.
"Unfortunately, yes, Kimberly," Zordon answered.
Billy looked up at their mentor. "We need more power," he said.
"So, what do we do, now?" Jamie asked. She had her arms crossed, but one hand was still twirling around a piece of her hair nervously.
Billy just sighed, "I guess we'll have to keep trying. I could use some help," he said.
Jamie nodded and joined him. She wasn't nearly as smart as the Blue Ranger, but Jamie could keep up with what he was saying easily enough and mostly just handed him tools when he asked for them. However, the alarms were soon blaring, alerting the Rangers to trouble.
"That can only mean one thing," Tommy said.
"Yeah," Kimberly agreed, "More bad news."
"Zordon, what's going on?!" Jamie asked. Her whiskey brown eyes were wide, a mixture of worry and scared, which distracted from the pretty shade of her eyes.
"The Terra Blossom is headed toward the power plant," Zordon told them, "to use it as a heat source to germinate his evil seed pods."
Kimberly turned to Tommy, "If he destroys the power plant, that means he'll shut down the whole city," she said.
"We've gotta do something!" Tommy exclaimed; the White Ranger, and leader, felt powerless, something he hated feeling more than anything.
Billy turned away from the three frozen Rangers for a moment. "It's starting to work, Alpha; give me all the power you can," he said.
"Be very careful, Billy," Alpha said as he pushed a button, "the whole place could blow up."
Jamie raised an eyebrow at the little bot, "Well, at least he's being honest about it," she said.
Kimberly turned towards the frozen Rangers. "Come on, you guys; you better fight this thing." Billy ran his device over the Rangers, and suddenly there was a small power surge. All four Rangers jumped a little bit, not expecting it, but then the frozen Rangers began to glow.
"It didn't work," Kimberly said.
"Wait a minute," Billy said.
Lo and behold, the frozen Rangers began to move! It started off with their hands, and then they were able to move fully.
"Yes!" Kimberly cheered, rushing forward to hug Trini. Jamie did the same with Jason, who had always been an older brother figure in her life, even when they were kids.
"I'm so glad you guys are alright," Jamie said as she let Jason go.
"We all are," Tommy added.
"Man, what's going on, here?!" Jason demanded, moving his hands with a degree of uncertainty.
"I don't understand," Trini added.
"Look, we don't have much time to explain," Tommy said, "All I know is we have a lot of work to do."
"Let's do it!" Zack raised up an arm, full of confidence.
"Alright," Tommy said, "Back to action!" Once he, Kimberly, Billy, and Jamie had fully morphed again, the seven rangers went right back out to the fight.
"Alright, Terra Blossom! You're through!" Tommy exclaimed once they found the monster.
"And who's gonna stop me?" he mocked. "You seven shrinking violets?"
Before anything else could be said, an orb landed in Terra Blossom's outstretched hand.
"Oh, a present from Lord Zedd!" with a maniacal laugh, Terra Blossom through the orb to the ground. Once the smoke cleared, he was the size of a skyscraper. "That's the best fertilizer I've ever used!" he laughed.
"We've gotta stop him before he reaches the power plant!" Tommy exclaimed, "Let's do it!" While Tommy got the White Tiger Zord set up, the others called their own Zords.
"We need Thunder Megazord Power, now!"
"Mastodon Lion Thunderzord Power!"
"Pterodactyl Firebird Thunderzord Power!"
"Megaladon Orca Thunderzord Power!"
"Triceratops Unicorn Thunderzord Power!"
"Saber Tooth Tiger Gryphon Thunderzord Power!"
"Tyrannosaurus Red Dragon Thunderzord Power!"
The Thunder Megazord was quickly built, ready to fight.
"So, you've done a little growing of your own, have you?" Terra Blossom mocked, "tell me, how well will your Zord stand the cooooooollld?" he shot his flower petals at the Megazord, intent on freezing it solid. Luckily, the Rangers were able to shake off the admittedly cold attack.
"Ah, now to plant you in my garden!" he laughed and sent more petals at the Megazord, causing it to spark and tip over slightly, throwing around the Rangers inside.
Luckily, Tommy came to their rescue in the White Tiger Warrior Mode Megazord. However, Zordon soon came over their intercom, telling them that Adam, Aisha, and Rocky needed their help immediately, and that Jason and Zack alone would be able to take on the Terra Blossom.
"You guys hear that? Let's go!" Tommy yelled, taking the lead. Billy, Kimberly, Jamie, and Trini followed him, leaving Jason and Zack in the Megazord to fight Terra Blossom. They made it to the cave relatively quickly, but there were putties standing outside.
"Expecting someone?!" Billy called, gaining their attention.
"That's quite a welcoming committee," Kimberly said.
"Let's kick their butts and save our friends!" Jamie exclaimed, before jumping into the fight with her friends. The Rangers fought the putties off easily, it just took more time than the Rangers thought that they had. Jamie slowly inched her way towards the entrance to the cave, hoping to get inside.
"Billy, I'll handle these guys," Tommy eventually said, "You get inside and help Rocky and the others!"
"Right!" With that, the Blue Ranger ran inside the cave. "Trini, come on! We're going in!"
"Right!" The Yellow Ranger swiftly joined the Blue, and together they ran inside, leaving Kimberly, Jamie, and Tommy to occupy the putties.
"These guys just don't give up," Jamie panted out when she landed next to Kimberly, right on her butt.
"For having such easy targets on 'em, they can be pretty hard to hit," Kimberly agreed, swiftly pulling her best friend up to her feet and rejoining the fight.
The three Rangers, however, soon found themselves more outnumbered than to begin with.
"There's more now, where are they coming from?!" Kimberly asked as she, Tommy, and Jamie became backed into a corner.
They fought off the ones who got too close, and then movement at the entrance of the cave caught their attention. It was Adam, Rocky, and Aisha!
"It worked! They're free!" Tommy exclaimed.
The three ninjas stopped, though, when they realized that they were surrounded by putties. However, rather than go and hide, they joined the fight. They were ninjas, after all.
"Oh, no," Kimberly mumbled, before raising her voice, "Aim for the Z!" she shouted.
Aisha nodded to show that she heard, and punched a puttie right where Kimberly told her to. Upon the puttie shattering, Aisha gave Kimberly a thumb's up. Finally, they were down to the last three putties.
"Okay, ready?" Tommy asked, looking at Kimberly and Jamie. Both girls nodded. Jumping forward, the three Rangers kicked out and hit the remaining putties right on target, causing them to disintegrate before they could harm Adam, Rocky, or Aisha.
"Good job, you guys," Kimberly praised, only to pause at Rocky's words.
"Where's the Blue Ranger?"
"He must still be in the cave!" Jamie exclaimed.
"Let's go!" Tommy finished.
"He was in the cave fighting the snake!" Aisha supplied.
Sure enough, once they entered the cave, Billy was on the ground, still morphed, but wrestling a snake. It seemed to be trying to choke him.
"Guys, my brother had a pet snake, I can get it off him," Jamie said, rushing forward. Crouching down, she grabbed the snake by the head, so it couldn't bite her. "Billy, let go of it, I got it," she said, "Kimberly, shoot it!" she called. Throwing it into the air, the snake landed on a rock a few feet away, hissing.
"I'm gonna send this thing back to Lord Zedd," Kimberly said, shooting the snake with her blaster. In a pink ray, the snake was destroyed. That done, the Rangers' attention could go back to Billy.
"We gotta do something!" Tommy exclaimed as his friend struggled to breath.
"We gotta get his helmet off!" Kimberly said.
Tommy looked up, realizing that the ninjas were still watching.
"Tommy, if we don't, he'll die," Jamie said.
Tommy nodded, "Okay." Undoing the clasps that kept his helmet on, they got it off, and he rolled to his side, coughing.
"Billy, are you alright?" Kimberly asked as she and Jamie helped him to sit up. "Just take a deep breath." He did as told, his airways finally clearing.
"Just sit here for a few moments, it'll be alright," Jamie said, although she looked behind her when she heard Adam's voice. Billy, too, looked up.
"Oh, no," he said, realizing that his, and probably his friends' identities as well, had been compromised.
"Billy?" Rocky sounded surprised, like he couldn't believe that the nerdy boy was a Power Ranger.
"So, you must be…" Aisha started, pointing to Kimberly.
"I don't believe this," Kimberly said, raising her hands up to take off her helmet. Tommy and Jamie did the same.
"Kimberly!"
"Tommy!"
"Jamie, too!"
"You guys are the Power Rangers?" Aisha asked, her voice full of awe. "That's unbelievable!"
The unmasked Rangers looked at each other, unsure now of what to do. No one else knew the secret (Ernie did, but the Rangers didn't know that) so they had no idea what to do. However, Jamie glanced behind her, realizing that Trini wasn't with them.
"Hang on, where's Trini? And Mr. Anderson?" she asked, turning back to look at Kimberly.
"The Yellow Ranger?" Adam asked, "I think I heard her say that she was taking Mr. Anderson to Jacob," he said.
"Oh thank God," Jamie breathed, "I don't think Bulk and Skull were the best babysitters around for that child." Even considering the circumstances, the others laughed. Now they just had to figure out what was left to do.
They ended up going back to the Command Center. Kimberly with Aisha, Jamie with Adam, and Tommy and Rocky helping Billy. They met up with Jason, Trini, and Zack there, the Terra Blossom finally destroyed.
"I am very glad to see you all made it back, safe and sound," Zordon said. "And I would like to extend a warm welcome to our new friends, Rocky, Aisha, and Adam."
"This is amazing," Rocky muttered.
"Shh, Rocky, let the man talk!" Aisha shushed him. "I think he's a man."
"Rocky, Adam, and Aisha; you are the only other people to know the identity of the Power Rangers. It is imperative that this information remains a secret. Alpha has conducted an analysis of your background, and has determined you to be model citizens. You have shown yourselves to be loyal, fair, and most importantly, trustworthy. Therefore, we ask that you take a solemn vow to never reveal the secret of the Power Rangers' identities."
Adam smiled, "We'll take that vow."
"Count on it," Aisha continued.
"And never betray you," Rocky finished.
"Then repeat after me," Zordon said, "I swear upon the forces of goodness."
"I swear upon the forces of goodness," the three repeated.
"To maintain the secret of the true identities of the Power Rangers."
"To maintain the secret of the true identities of the Power Rangers."
"Thank you, friends."
With the ceremony of sorts done, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha were finally properly introduced to Jason, Trini, and Zack. That done, Tommy, Billy, Rocky, Aisha, Kimberly, Jamie, and Adam went to the park to meet up with Mr. Anderson. He was with Bulk and Skull, his son safely in his arms.
"We knew the Power Rangers would rescue you," Bulk was saying.
"Yeah, they saved us, once, too," Skull said.
"Um, what is this about the Power Rangers?" Kimberly asked, stepping up beside them.
"Am I glad to see you, guys; are you alright?" the question was aimed at Adam, Rocky, and Aisha.
"Yep!" Rocky answered. "We're great!"
"Thanks to the Power Rangers," Aisha added.
"You know, we'd like to interview you," Bulk said, "All in depth about these Power Rangers."
"Uh, well…" Adam started, but Mr. Anderson interrupted him.
"Maybe some other time. Uh, we'll wash your bandanna and get it back to you, Skull," Mr. Anderson said, glancing down at the makeshift diaper ties around his son's waist.
"Uh, no thanks," Skull said, "Jacob can keep it." He tapped Jacob's back lightly twice.
Tommy let out a few chuckles.
"You know, you two did such a good job babysitting, maybe you'd like to do it again!" the teacher offered.
"Uh, we're kind of busy!" Bulk rushed out.
"Yeah!" Skull agreed.
"In fact, we're out of here." With that, the two ran off, leaving four laughing Rangers, three laughing ninjas, a laughing teacher, and a very confused child. After a high-five to Aisha, Kimberly turned to Jamie.
"How's your shoulder, Jay?" she asked.
Jamie looked down at her shoulder and shrugged. It was still bruised, and due to the fight, it had gotten a little more battered up. "I don't know; feels the same as it did earlier."
"I'll put some more ice on it," Kimberly said, going to one of the ice boxes that was kept near the benches.
"Kimberly, no, I'm fine," Jamie said, although she started to back up.
Kimberly didn't listen, though, and came at her with a bag of ice. Where she got the bag, no one knew.
"Jay, you need ice to heal your shoulder! Your coach said you needed to ice it!" Kimberly pointed out.
"And I did!" Jamie exclaimed, dodging away from the Pink Ranger and backing up.
"For like, half an hour!" Kimberly lunged forward again, and managed to catch Jamie's arm. Jamie, however, got free easily.
"Kim, my shoulder is fine!" Jamie said, although she was giggling. Finally, Kimberly bodily tackled the girl and held her down as she tied the bag of ice to her shoulder. Jamie protested the entire time, much to the other's amusement, and she was pouting when she finally sat on the bench next to Adam.
"Does that happen a lot?" Rocky finally asked, staring wide-eyed at the girl.
"Pretty much every time she gets hurt, yeah," Kimberly nodded, smiling smugly at her best friend.
"For some reason, whenever Jamie gets hurt playing soccer, Kimberly has to hold her down in order to get her to use ice," Billy said.
"I thought it was weird the first time I saw it, too, but you get pretty used to it," Tommy shrugged, "Plus it's funny."
"I hate all of you," Jamie grumbled. Everyone else laughed, and Adam smiled at her, causing her to blush bright red.
And that's it! Two chapters in one day, never thought that would happen again! So, the ninjas are saved, and now new friendships can bloom! I probably won't have Adam and Jamie get together as quickly as Hunter and Andy did, but I'm also not going to wait forever. I just finished an Assassin's Creed story (I say finished, it isn't done yet) and it took 51 chapters for the two characters to finally get together. 51! That being said, if you're an Assassin's Creed fan, go read Chronos, it's in my favorites,it's an amazing story, and it's an Ezio story because Ezio Auditore is arguably the best Assassin. Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed this, and don't forget to comment!