The Power Within

by Lmv16

Jamie had known the Power Rangers all her life, although she didn't know who they were until she herself had to become one. Now with three of her friends leaving, to be replaced with three new Rangers, Jamie must learn what it means to be a Power Ranger, and maybe even fall in love? Tommy/Kimberly Adam/OC

5. A Monster of Global Proportions

Alright, chapter 5! I still can't believe that I managed to post two in one go, last time! In case anyone forgot, (because it's been over a year, oops) Adam, Rocky, and Aisha have been saved, they know about the Power Rangers, and all is good in the world. Also, this is the episode that introduces the Teen Summit, so I hope I can describe everyone okay. Finally, I decided to rewrite Power of Winter, the first chapter is out, already. I'm really excited to see what I can do with it that I didn't do last time.

I finished this chapter. It was done. It was beautiful. It was 11 pages. And my laptop crashed or glitched or something as I was trying to post it. I lost half of it. And no matter what I did, I couldn't get it back. So. After many tears shed and a death threat aimed at my laptop, I re-wrote it. Actually ended up longer than the original, so, there's that.

Thank you to thunderyoshi (times 2 and for answering my message when I was panicking about losing half my chapter), grapejuice101 (times 2), ctran03931, Jimmyle311, .2016, brankel1, guest, Alex B. Good, and KyriaFox for commenting on chapters 3 and 4! Here we go!

The World Teen Summit. An idea thought of by Billy, the World Teen Summit would bring teens from around the world together to talk about global issues. Billy had worked his ass off bringing this together, even managing to bring six teenagers from other countries to Angel Grove. It would be what he was known for, for years to come, and the Blue Ranger was perfectly content with that.

"Man, I can't believe this is all finally coming together!" Tommy said, rubbing his hands together excitedly.

"I know," Kimberly agreed.

"And Billy's hosting this incredible event," the White Ranger added. He was so proud of his Blue Ranger.

"To have all of these students from all over the world talking about Global events," Kimberly said.

"Yep," Tommy agreed. "Hey, I wonder who they'll get to represent Angel Grove in the next Teen Summit."

"That's a good question," Kimberly said. Just then, Rocky, Adam, and Aisha walked up.

"Hey, did we miss anything?" Rocky asked.

"Nope," Tommy assured.

"Yeah, workout ran long," Adam added. "Where's Jamie?"

"She's at a soccer game, but she should be here, by now," Kimberly said, looking around for her best friend.

Sure enough, Jamie came crashing through the door seconds later. "Hey, I'm here!" she skidded to a stop by Adam. The Silver Ranger was still in her uniform, which was different from her practice uniform. Her cleats were still on her feet, and she still had her goalie gloves on. Her mass of curls was pulled back into a French braid. "Did I miss anything?"

"No, you didn't, they haven't started yet," Kimberly said. "How was the game?"

"It was good," Jamie said. She took off her goalie gloves, and stuffed them into the bag on her shoulder. "We won, 3 -0."

Kimberly smiled at her friend, "Because you are the best goalie this school has seen in years," she complimented.

Jamie blushed slightly, "Thanks, Kim." She sat down on the floor to change her cleats for her favorite, gray converse. "But to be honest, everyone else were really good about keeping the ball on the other end of the field, I only had to block the goal once."

"You still kept the ball from going in, ergo, best goalie this school has had in a while," Kimberly insisted.

Jamie let out a single chuckle, "Whatever you say, Kim," she said, taking Adam's hand as he offered to pull her up.

"We need to come and see one of your games sometime," Rocky said.

"Yeah, we should all go!" Aisha added excitedly. Before anything else could be said, Ernie stepped up to speak.

"Alright, everyone, settle down," Ernie said, ushering people to their seats. "We're about to begin!"

"Oh, wait, I think it's starting!"

As the other participants of the Teen Summit, six teenagers from all around the world, sat down on either side of him, Billy stood and cleared his throat. "Uh, before we begin, I'd like to thank the Angel Grove art class for sculpting this international symbol of peace. Its' four faces represent wisdom, beauty, strength, and vitality." He gestured to the small statue in front of him. Everyone in the audience clapped, all understanding just how important this summit was.

"Uh, and now I'd like to introduce you to the team of the first ever National Teen Summit, who will also be interviewing students from Angel Grove High to travel to Switzerland as part of our own teen peace ambassadors." Everyone clapped again, and Billy sat down his clipboard. Jamie smiled watching her friend talk so confidently in front of everyone; he'd practiced his entire speech to her, making sure it all sounded okay. She knew he would be amazing.

"And now let me introduce our guests; um, all the way from South Africa, we have Tomba," he gestured towards the man sitting at the end of the table. The dark orange robe and hat he wore was traditional, and his skin was a rich, dark brown. He stood up, and gave a quick wave, before sitting down.

"From China, we have Chung Mae," Billy continued. At the other end stood a Chinese girl in a yellow Kimono with her hair done up with two clips. She stood up and bowed, before sitting back down.

"We have Charlie from Australia," Charlie sat next to Tomba, and he wore a vest and a hat. He stood up, nodded his head, and then sat back down.

"This is Boris, who joined us all the way from Russia," Boris sat on Billy's other side next to the two girls, wearing a blue jacket, and his hair had a curl to it that challenged Jamie's.

"Pablo, from Mexico," the boy on his other side stood, wearing a black vest with traditional designs on it over a white shirt, and his long black hair was pulled back.

"And finally, uh, our committee chair person, Tamara, from Israel." he introduced the last girl, a pretty blonde in a purple dress.

"Shalom," she said, "Greetings from Israel. On the behalf of this committee, I must say what an honor it is to be here. We are looking forward to a wonderful visit in your beautiful country." Once again, everyone clapped at her short speech.

Tamara sat down, and once the clapping subsided, Billy began talking again. He spoke of all of the hope that the summit was hoping to create, and the good it was hoping to do. Then he opened it up to questions, for anyone to ask.

After the summit was over, the Rangers and their friends decided to take their international guests to the park. Jason, Zack, and Trini had commitments already, and were elsewhere. So, as Tommy, Rocky, and Adam taught their summit members some martial arts moves, and Aisha, Kimberly, and Jamie had a little picnic nearby, Billy was farther down the hill, with Tamara. All the Rangers and ninjas had changed- Jamie managed to take a short shower at the youth center- into blue shirts that had World Teen Summit written on them in yellow.

The girls had seen it when Billy introduced the Israel native; the Blue Ranger was smitten. It was utterly adorable. So, the girls made sure that Billy had some alone time with Tamara. Putties, however, were not a part of the plan.

"Putties!" Kimberly exclaimed, throwing her food into the basket and scrambling up. Aisha and Jamie followed suit quickly.

"Guys, we've got crashers!" Tommy said, spotting the annoying foot soldiers just as the girls reached them. Billy wasn't far behind.

"We'll help out, Tommy!" Rocky exclaimed.

"Let's help make this a fair fight!" Aisha added.

"Pablo, take everyone over to that tree!" Tommy ordered. Pablo did as told, leading the other members of the summit away from the fight. With them safely out of the way, the four Rangers and their three ninja friends were able to run into the fight.

As Jamie easily fought off the putties, she eventually found herself sticking by Adam, who was much more experienced than her when it came to fighting, ranger or not. Although fighting off the putties was a good workout, either way.

The putties finally defeated, the Rangers met up with the three ninjas again, all breathing heavily, but happy for the win.

"Oh, man, am I happy you guys are with us," Tommy said.

"Hey, anytime we can help out, we're there," Aisha replied.

"We should probably get the others back to the Youth Center," Jamie suggested, crossing her arms under her chest.

"Good idea," Kimberly agreed, looking around to try and find the summit members. Only, they were nowhere to be found. "Oh, no. What if something happened?"

"You don't think Zedd has them, do you?" Jamie asked, worrying her lip.

"Come on, we better go look for them," Tommy said, quickly coming up with a plan. The others agreed, and they ran off to look for them, not knowing the horrible fate befalling their international friends.

Hours later, they met up again in a clearing, having split up to better look for Pablo and the others.

"Any luck, guys?" Tommy asked.

"Nothing," Aisha said, dejection lacing her voice.

"Maybe they're back at the Youth Center with Tamara," Rocky suggested. Tamara was the only one of the summit teens to not disappear.

"You're probably right," Tommy agreed. "Can you guys go back there, and we'll keep looking around."

"Sure," Adam agreed, "We'll see you guys later."

"Good luck," Kimberly called as the ninjas ran off to the Youth Center.

With them gone, Tommy turned back to Kimberly, Billy, and Jamie. "Man, I'm glad we have them around," he said.

"I can't believe we hadn't met them before this, Stone Canyon High's just outside of Angel Grove," Jamie said, "My neighborhood's right on the border between our high school and theirs."

Kimberly went to agree, only to spot something in the sky. "Hey, what's that?" she pointed up to it, and the others followed her finger. What looked like a scroll attached to a small parachute was floating towards them.

Tommy furrowed his eyebrows in confusion, and stepped forward to easily snatch it out of the air. He unrolled it, finding a note.

"What does it say?" Billy asked.

"Zedd's holding them hostage," Tommy said, eyes scanning the note.

"Yeah, and if we don't turn over our Power Coins, then we might never see the team leaders again," Kimberly said.

"Oh, my God," Jamie whispered, horrified. "We need to get to the Command Center."

The others agreed, and the four teleported to the Command Center, quickly telling Zordon and Alpha what had happened.

"Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi! This is turning into an international incident!" Alpha exclaimed.

"Unfortunately, you are correct, Alpha," Zordon said. "View the Viewing Globe, Rangers," Tommy led the way to the globe, showing their international friends with Goldar. "Zedd has imprisoned the teen ambassadors. He plans to use them to create his own evil Power teams."

Tommy clenched his fists, unable to keep watching, "Come on, guys," he said, turning to face Zordon again. "We'd better hurry."

"Wait, Tommy," Zordon said, "As new leader of the Power Rangers, it is your responsibility above all to protect the teen ambassadors. World Peace may depend on them."

Tommy nodded, and then made a face that could only mean a lightbulb had gone off. "Guys, I've got an idea," he said.

Jamie grinned, "Let's hear it."

Hear it, they did. It was a good plan, if a little reckless, but it should work.

"In order for your plan to work, Tommy, you will need all seven power coins," Zordon said.

"That's no problem, Zordon," Alpha chirped, "I'll contact the others right away!" The little robot hurried to one of the panels, and began pushing buttons that only he and Billy knew what they did.

"We read you, Zordon," Jason's voice filled the Command Center.

"Jason," Zordon said. "A serious situation has arisen, and you are needed. Five of the Teen Ambassadors have been captured by Lord Zedd." On the Viewing Globe, the other four Rangers could see Jason, Trini, and Zack listening, their faces morphing into ones of horror. "Tommy has a plan, and in order to win their freedom, he will need you, Trini, and Zack to morph into action." Jason nodded his head.

"Let's go, guys," Tommy said.

"Proceed, Tommy. I will transmit the coordinates to the others," Zordon said.

Tommy nodded, "Guys. It's morphing time!"

"Tigerzord!"

"Pterodactyl!"

"Megaladon!"

"Triceratops!"

After morphing, the Rangers made a quick stop to the grocery store, which was… Interesting. Jamie went in alone while the others waited by the entrance. She went through the store as fast as possible, finding what she needed quickly, and checking out.

Chocolate coins were always popular, but once the people who made them figured out that the Power Rangers got their powers from the coins on their belts… Well, they were quick to make chocolate Power Coins. And even though Jamie had only been a part of the team for a month and a half, there was already a chocolate coin with a silver wrapper, a giant shark prominent on it.

The customers of the Angel Grove Supermarket had a fun story to tell that day.

After putting the chocolate coins into a box that was laying around the Command Center, the Rangers teleported to the coordinates Zordon provided, landing right in front of a cave, and Goldar.

"What's taking those power brats so long?!" Goldar demanded, taking a step back when seven beams of color landed in front of him. "Ah, there you are!"

"Alright, Goldar, we're here," Tommy said, sounding properly defeated.

"You have the Power Coins?" Goldar asked.

"Right here in this box," Tommy opened the box, revealing the seven chocolate coins. "All seven of them. Now release the hostages as you promised!"

Goldar took the box, and then laughed manically. "WHY SHOULD I?! WITHOUT YOUR POWER COINS YOU'RE POWERLESS!" He continued to laugh, although he didn't seem to realize that had those coins been the real Power Coins, none of them would have been morphed. "I NEVER INTENDED TO ACTUALLY RELEASE YOUR HOSTAGES!"

With a shrug, Billy stepped forward, "That's alright," he grabbed the box out of Goldar's hands. "These aren't our real Power Coins, anyways." He chuckled.

"YOU DARE TO BRING ME FAKES YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Goldar yelled, "PUTTIES ATTACK!"

A gang of Zedd's Z-Putties appeared in a flash, moving menacingly towards them. The Rangers got into position, splitting up to take them on. Tommy broke off, going straight to Goldar with his sword, Saba.

Three of them ganged up on Jamie, backing her up so that she was against the wall. With three Putties in front of her, and a wall to her back, Jamie glanced over her shoulder, and grinned.

"Prepare to meet your makers, boys," she said, kicking off the wall with one foot, the other outstretched in a split. This move kicked one of the Putties away from her, and the other two tried to get at her. She punched the closer one, hitting it right in the Z, making it shatter. She did the same to the other, shattering it, as well. The first Puttie came at her, again, and Jamie kicked it away from her with a shout. It hit the ground.

As Tommy threw Goldar to the ground, the remaining Putties went to help the Golden lion up.

"THIS ISN'T OVER, RANGERS!" Goldar exclaimed. "ZEDD WILL TRIUMPH!"

"Let's finish these guys off, Rangers!" Tommy ordered, sheathing Saba.

"WHEN NEXT WE MEET, YOU WILL NOT BE SO FORTUNATE!" with that, Goldar and the Putties disappeared in a flash of fire.

"Woah, they bailed!" Tommy exclaimed in surprise, "Come on, guys, we have to free those hostages!"

There were shouts of agreement, and the Rangers ran into the cave. They were quick to find the five Teen Ambassadors, who were more than happy to see the Rangers. Turns out, news of the Power Rangers of Angel Grove had even made it to their countries.

The Rangers took the five international students to the Youth Center, where Tamara had hidden away, and Rocky, Aisha, and Adam were waiting.

"I knew they'd do it," Aisha smiled.

"Hey guys," Tommy greeted, "Can you do us a favor and watch over our friends here? What do ya say?"

"No problemo, man," Rocky said.

"Sure," Adam added.

A quick beep drew Tommy's attention, and he brought his wrist up, "We read you, Zordon," he said.

"You must hurry, Rangers, Zedd's FourHead creature has appeared downtown," Zordon told them.

"Alright, we're on our way!" Tommy answered. "Come on, guys, we've still got work to do!" With that, the Rangers ran off, ready to save the day once again.

"Good luck, guys!" Adam called.

"The entire city is mine to destroy!" FourHead laughed, a female creature created from the statue that Billy introduced at the beginning of the summit.

"You're not destroying anything, FourHead!" Tommy exclaimed, "Because the Power Rangers are here!"

Taking that as their que, the other Rangers called on their weapons, eager to create their most ultimate weapon, the Power Canon. Turns out, the Power Canon wasn't as complete as they thought; Jamie's weapon went into it, too.

"Power Ax!"

"Power Bow!"

"Power Katana!" Like Jason, Jamie had been given a sword, although hers was longer than the Power Sword.

"Power Daggers!"

"Power Lance!"

"Power Sword!"

"POWER RANGERS!"

"Fancy toys, girls and boys, but you can't stop me!" FourHead gloated, not realizing the power that the Rangers had.

"FIRE!"

Six beams of colored light shot out of the Power Canon, hitting FourHead. She was thrown back, screaming all the way, but not destroyed.

The device Zedd used to grow his monsters to building size soon appeared, and FourHead grew to ten times her original size.

"We need Thunderzord Power, now!" the Rangers commanded, calling on their Zords so they could make a Megazord.

"Mastodon Lion Thunderzord Power!"

"Pterodactyl Firebird Thunderzord Power!"

"Megaladon Orca Thunderzord Power!"

"Triceratops Unicorn Thunderzord Power!"

"Saber Tooth Tiger Griffin Thunderzord Power!"

"Tyrannosaurus Rex Red Dragon Thunderzord Power!"

"White Tiger Zord, battle ready now!"

The two Megazords were quickly created, and FourHead immediately fired on them.

"Alright, Assault Team, Tiger Formation, now!"

"I'm not impressed!" FourHead exclaimed, seeing Tommy's Megazord get even more powerful not even phasing her.

In response, Tommy sent an attack in the form of a small firebird, only for FourHead to swing her staff like a baseball bat and send it back at them. Both Megazords went down, hitting the ground hard.

In response to this, Alpha and Zordon sent the Torre Zord, a shuttle Zord that looked like a turtle, to protect the Rangers.

The Torre Zord appeared, surprising FourHead, who screeched, "What is that?!"

That information didn't matter, though, because with the help of Torre, the Rangers were able to combine their Megazord with it and finally defeat FourHead, destroying her and marking another win for the Rangers. This also made the monster go back to her original form, as a small statue made of clay.

A few hours later found the Rangers, as well as most of Angel Grove High School back at the Youth Center for the last meeting on the World Teen Summit.

Tommy, Kimberly, and Jamie had managed to claim front-row seats, Adam, Rocky, and Aisha right behind them. Jason, Trini, and Zack were in the back of the room, having arrived a little later than the others.

"Hey, you guys were incredible," Rocky said, a smile gracing his features.

"Hey, thanks, man," Tommy replied.

"Yeah, unbelievable," Aisha added.

"Must be a pretty big responsibility to be the Power Rangers," Adam finished.

Kimberly took a deep breath, "You have no idea."

"You know what they say," Jamie said with a smile, "With great power, comes great responsibility." Adam smiled at the Silver Ranger, who returned it with a large grin, red tinting her cheeks. Kimberly smirked and lightly elbowed her friend, taking the girl's attention, before Billy spoke, commanding the attention of everyone in the room.

"Today was the final day of the Teen Summit," Billy said, "And I'm glad to report, it was a huge success."

The audience clapped.

"Well, we certainly learned a lot this week, eh, mates?" Charlie asked. His Australian accent alone had given him a lot of attention from a lot of a girls, and a few guys, as well. The Australian had happily taken it all in.

Tamara nodded in agreement, "About each other, and about ourselves." Tamara had gotten very close to Billy, and although both were sad to each other go, they promised to always keep in touch.

"We learned that although we are different in many ways, we are also similar," Chung Mae added, a smile pulling her lips up. The Chinese woman had taken her opportunity to better her English, as well as teaching some Chinese-American students Mandarin, which they'd always wanted to learn.

"We learned that, together, no problem is too big!" Boris said. The Russian native had met a student who was adopted from Russia as a small child and had bonded with her; she could speak a little bit of Russian, so he taught her more.

"Or too difficult, to solve," Tomba said. Tomba had gotten along amazingly well with Zack, and the Black Ranger had taken a day to teach Tomba how to dance hip-hop. He had picked it up wonderfully.

"If we work together, we can make the Earth a place we're all proud of," Pablo said next. Pablo had taken a little bit of time to sit in on some of the Spanish classes at the high school, teaching some slang words to the upper-level students, as well as a Mexican song.

"And a place to live peacefully, for years to come," Billy finally finished, adding a smile to the end of his statement. Everyone clapped, proud of the success of the Summit, but no one clapped harder than the Rangers, all extremely proud of the Blue Ranger.

Just him being on it made the World a better place.