Captain Blues: So originally, I actually had an intro and an outro to each "episode" to keep with the fun of it but I wasn't sure to add it so I just didn't. Here is the next episode. I hope you all enjoy!
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Final Mix
Episode Two: The First Challenge
[Location: The Scott Residence
POV: Jason Lee Scott]
"And today, we are still talking about the five mysterious heroes that saved the Harbor Distract of Angel Grove from these strange monsters."
Jason was walking down the stairs of his house when he heard the cute voice of the Angel Grove News Reporter reporting about the exploits of yesterday's battle between his friend and Rita's Putty Patrol.
"While there were casualties during these strange creatures' assault on our city, it was the group of five colored champions that came to our rescue."
Jason walked into his kitchen to see his mother and father watching the news, clearly into what they were seeing, and when Jason saw the screen, he was enraptured by the sight of his team battling the putties.
He honestly couldn't believe that his team was this good.
Especially Billy.
True, he had been teaching the computer whiz some martial arts, but he never pegged Billy as more of a wrestler, but as he watched as much footage of Billy's fight, he could see it.
But regardless, seeing his team like this made him feel like something bigger than himself, and he hoped his friends saw this as well.
[Location: Angel Grove High
POV: Jason Lee Scott]
"Dude, tell me you saw the news today."
Jason gave Zack a large grin to convey his answer, and together, the two shared a loud high five before embracing in a brief hug. "Dude, we were wild and out of control," Jason said as he and Zack walked briskly down the hall towards the lunchroom.
"Yeah, to think we can deal out that much damage to them…It's very awesome to think we are true blue superheroes," Zack whispered with a giant grin on his face, and as much as Jason wanted to tell him that they had only done one battle, he was truly stoked as well.
"If all of our battles go like that, it'll make saving the world super easy," Jason replied with a nod of his head before he then looked at the clock and said, "Trini is about to leave class soon, and I want us all to have a team meeting,"
Zack nodded reluctantly and walked off with his friend with a pout, but then he asked, "So what is the meeting about?" Jason tilted his head and quirked a brow at this.
"Well, it's simple. Since our first battle went well, I want us to train more so we stay on our game. Not to mention another few things we'll talk about," Jason replied as he slipped his hands into his pockets.
The first thing was the training, but the second thing was the codenames.
Jason did not want to get into a situation where one of them was hurt, and they screamed their real names out.
Especially considering how much the news got in terms of noise during their fight yesterday.
But there was one more thing, but this one, all of them, would have to speak with Zordon about.
They had to tell their parents.
He knew they would freak out about this, but the issue was that if one of them were severely injured or even died in the line of duty, their parents need to prepare for that, but then he paused in that thought.
Death.
That hadn't occurred to him at all due to the afterglow of their first victory.
No, he couldn't let that be thought about right now.
He needed to focus on everything else.
That single, dark thought on this new adventure could wait a while.
[Location: Rita's Palace
POV: Rita Repulsa]
"Finster!"
Finster walked into the palace room when Rita yelled out for him and gave a brief bow before he answered with a polite, "Yes, Lady Rita?"
Rita got up from her throne, took her scepter into her hands, stepped in front of Finster, and asked, "Is my monster ready for action?"
"Of course, Lady Rita," Finster shuffled to the entrance of his lab, opened the door, and announced, "May I introduce the mighty Minotaur!"
A brown-furred Minotaur with a large club in its right hand and a large shield in other with leather armor around its hips walked out the room and kneeled before her.
Rita smirked as she cooed out to Finster, "Ah, an excellent choice Finster!" while her hand was running under Finster's very furry chin, making the monster kick the ground shyly
Rita was sure that the meddling Zordon would know of this monster. The Mighty Minotaur was the monster that his very own group of rangers faced off against after he had destroyed Zordon's home village on the ancient Earth.
This monster was responsible for many deaths in his village, but she knew that while this one would shake him up, she had many other nightmares from their joint past that would slowly break him into surrendering.
"Lady Rita, I have returned from the Netherworld as your ever-loyal champion," The monster announced as it returned to its full stature.
Pleased with his instant obedience, Rita rose from her throne and shouted, "Now, my loyal Mighty Minotaur, I want you to go down and cause as much havoc as you can and when those rotten Power Rangers show up, crush them beneath your hoof!"
"In your name Lady Rita!" The monster roared out before his form wavered until it disappeared.
Rita then looked at Baboo and Squatt and said, "You two know what to do." The two monsters nodded before disappearing in a blue swirl.
[Location: Angel Grove Cafeteria
POV: Trinity "Trini" Kwan]
It was lunch time at Angel Grove High, and Trini found herself sitting alone at her usual table, munching on her food, listening to her music in peace, when she happened to notice both Jason and Zack standing in line with their lunch trays in hand.
Trini watched the two of them for a moment, watching as Zack told a joke to Jason, which caused the latter to laugh, and Trini felt herself frown a bit, her eyes lingering on Zack for a moment before she shut her eyes.
An image of a sleeping Zack, his head resting on Trini's lap as the two of them sat beneath her family's cherry blossom tree, appeared in her mind suddenly before she stamped it out immediately and thought, 'No…Those times are gone now…' with a bitter tone in her voice.
Why?
Why did her mind keep going back to him?
He had done something unforgivable to her, and yet she kept thinking about him and their time together. It burned her up inside that she missed what they had.
"Zack, you need to be more careful…." Trini remembered saying to him after another incident of his heroics.
"I can't help it…Anytime someone is in trouble, I have to help. It's what my folks would have done…." She remembered Zack replying to her, but Trini could remember the hidden sorrow in his eyes when he said it.
"You have to promise me that this will be the last time. I don't want to lose you or anyone else," Trini remembered herself saying, trying to urge Zack to stop with his heroics.
She remembered how conflicted Zack looked for a moment before he nodded and told her, "I promise. No more…"
Trini balled up her fists tightly as she scowled. "I need to stop thinking about this..." she muttered.
"Stop thinking about what?" Jason's voice suddenly asked, which caused Trini to look up to see both Jason and Zack looking at her in concern.
Trini quickly swallowed up the angry and conflicting thoughts in her mind. "N-Nothing," Trini responded with a stammer.
She saw that neither Jason nor Zack didn't believe her, but it was Zack who said, "Well, whatever it is…Just tell me. I'll always be there to listen."
Trini nodded and murmured, "Thank you…" before she spoke up louder and asked, "You two are late. What happened?"
"I was trying to pry out what Jason wanted to talk about, but Jason Tight-lips didn't want to spill anything more than training," Zack said as he sat down at the table while an amused Jason sat down beside him.
Trini gave a small "Ahhh…" before she looked at the two and asked, "So where are our resident Pink and Blue combo?"
[Location: Angel Grove Gymnasium
POV: Kimberly Ann Hart]
"Hey Kimberly, you ready to do this?"
Kimberly glanced at her fellow ranger Billy and gave a slight grin.
"I'm so ready," Kimberly replied, but a look from her friend caused Kimberly's grin to melt away.
"I don't know Billy…I don't want to goof up out there in front of the judges. It's my only shot to get into cheerleading. What if I fail at the last moment? I don't know what I'll do. Especially since I promised my mom that I get it…." Kimberly admitted sadly.
Kimberly's mother had been pressuring her for months to try out for cheerleading due to the older Hart being the coach for the Angel Grove Saints cheerleading squad.
Kimberly initially didn't want to do it due to her mother being the head coach and wanting to go into gymnastics. But her mother convinced her that cheerleading would help her hone her athletic ability more, and if she wanted to make the Olympics, she had to keep honing her skills.
While Kimberly didn't honestly believe that, she promised her mother she would at least try.
With Billy being like her brother, she had to drag him along for moral support, but now she found herself thinking, 'What if can't do it?'
Kimberly wasn't aware that Billy had noticed her panicked expression and placed a strong enough hand on her shoulder, catching her attention.
"Kimberly, if I didn't think you could handle this new addition to your life, I would have pulled you aside to tell you," Billy told her with a smile on his face. "Unless I was incorrect in my assumptions, and you believe your skills are subpar?"
Kimberly gasped before she narrowed her eyes at her best friend. He was Jedi-mind tricking her mind into making her go out there by insulting her skills. Unfortunately, it worked.
Nervousness morphed into indignation as Kimberly announced, "No way! You sit tight, Billy, and watch me go out there and do what I do best!" while standing up to meet Billy's confident gaze.
Billy nodded and said, "I shall be cheering for you over her, Kimberly. Good luck. I know you can do it."
Kimberly nodded happily, took a deep breath, then walked to the doors that went to the gym.
Kimberly looked as if she wanted to back out from this, but she had to calm her nerves. She knew she could do this. She had to do this, or else she would be letting down her mom and Billy, and she couldn't do that.
Kimberly then took a deep breath as she watched her squad doing its dancing and waited just at the right time and ran out the double doors, and began to back flip to her group.
The group of girls split away except for two, who kneeled on the ground.
When Kimberly got towards them, she forced herself off the ground, twirling in the air before both of her feet fell into the palms of her kneeling squad mates.
After a quick five-second break to make sure she was firmly in their palms, she felt them raise her into the air forcefully, making her jump high into the air.
Kimberly spun around in the air before forming a small ball and splitting apart at the last second to land on the ground on her hands, where she flipped back to land on her feet.
A grinning Kimberly began to sway side to side, her squad following her movements before everyone started to dance in a synchronized manner.
Kimberly's squadmates followed each move Kimberly did until she flipped backward to two of her partners, who lifted her in the air then tossed her, making her perform three summersaults in the air, then landed onto the group of five that was below her.
The group tossed Kimberly forward, causing her to spin before landing on her feet, her body sliding around fully where she then punched the air.
The gym grew quiet until the judges stood up and gave them applause, making Kimberly form a relieved look on her face.
"That was very good, Ms. Hart. We will contact you in a few days to let you know our decision," The female judge stated, causing Kimberly to bow in thanks before bouncing off to where Billy was watching with a proud expression on his face.
"Did you see that Smart Guy? I was able to do it, no problem whatsoever," Kimberly boasted while bouncing on her toes.
Billy nodded and shared a small hug with his friend before looking at the clock on the wall and frowning a bit.
It was lunchtime, and Jason had scheduled their first team meeting.
Kimberly seemed to notice this as well because she suddenly wrung her hands, a habit she does when she is nervous, and said, "We need to hurry before Jason gets an attitude."
"Aye, and we both know how Jason changes when he undergoes an attitude shift," Billy told her before the two ran off.
[Location: Angel Grove Cafeteria
POV: The Chosen Five]
"Hey guys, we could barely see the table over here," Billy said as he sat down between Zack and Trini while Kimberly sat down next in between Jason and Trini.
"It's super secluded over here. Who found this spot?" Kimberly asked after she took a drink of her water?
"Trini did," Zack responded while munching on his bag of Doritos happily before he smacked away Jason's hand when the leader tried to take some chips out of his bag.
"Wow. This is the perfect spot to talk about our duties as rangers. Everyone is far away enough not to hear us, and it is dark enough over here, so no one will know who we are. Great job finding this meeting spot Trini."
Trini looked at Jason for a moment and gave him a salute before going back to her food, making him stare at her for a moment, but then he said, "Guys if we're going to be rangers, we need to talk about a few things."
"Like what?" Billy asked with a tilt of his head, sitting his plate of food on the table.
"Well, when we are in uniform, we shouldn't call each other by our real names but by color," Jason stared immediately, eyeing his four friends and teammates.
Trini nodded in agreement at this and sat down her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and replied, "I get it. Because just in case our family members and people from school are nearby."
Billy nodded, leaned in his chair, and added, "Plus, we all saw that we were on the news. Any reporter would tell that our voices are voices of teenagers in high school, and if we said our names, they could easily look our names up, find us here, and then who knows what could happen."
"Well, If Rita doesn't know our identities yet, then she could find out if our cover is blown and kill us when we are at our weakest and not only us, but our families as well…" Zack concluded with a sigh.
"Yeah, and because we don't have any idea when she'll strike, it's only best that we use our color as codenames," Jason concluded while crossing his arms.
"…Guys, I have to say, I'm a bit nervous about our next battle," Kimberly said gently after drinking her soda, her eyes gazing at the table beneath her while wringing her hands nervously, causing the other table members to look at her.
"I mean, we fought those gross putty things yesterday and managed to kick butt…But what if Rita sends something stronger down here on her next attack?" Kimberly asked, her eyes turning to Jason.
"Truth be told, Jason, she is correct," Trini told her friend, eyeing him from the side. "We all know a good bit of martial arts or some skill related. Except for Billy for now…."
"Well…That's funny because yesterday, Mr. Cranston was busting out some rather unorthodox World Wrestling Federation type wrestling moves," Zack said with a teasing grin to his friend.
Billy blushed at this while his friends glanced at him.
Everyone within their group knew that he enjoyed watching wrestling on TV after school on Monday and Friday nights.
He wasn't expecting that to be his go-to fighting style when this began. He had a theory that subconsciously, he pulled moves from the various bouts he had seen to help him in battle.
It was a good theory, but he hasn't had the chance to see if it was founded.
"It was just instinct, I suppose…." Billy muttered softly with a smile.
"True, but regardless, we all did get pretty lucky," Jason began. "If Rita sends someone down before we can get to training, then we'll defeat the monster by working toge-."
Jason was interrupted when all of their power coins began to glow brightly before all of them were suddenly enveloped in the light of their respective ranger colors and transported out away, with no one in the cafeteria none the wiser.
[Location: Command Center
POV: The Chosen Five]
Zordon watched as the five light forms of his rangers came towards the ground, but instead of standing, all of them materialized then fell on the floor on their butts, causes them to wince lightly.
"Ow…" Zack said with a frown towards Zordon.
"A little warning next time, old man?" Zordon couldn't help but chuckle at Zack's words, but he quickly became serious again.
"One of Rita's monsters is attacking the city," Zordon announced before they could even get out their "Hellos" or "What is going on?"
All of the rangers stood up and composed themselves as quickly as possible and turned to the viewing globe to see a two-legged minotaur attacking downtown with a group of putties.
"We need to get down there quickly!" Jason announced before glancing at his team, but then Alpha shuffled in front of them with a small chest in his hands.
"Before you go, Rangers, I must give you these," Alpha told them while lifting the top of the small chest revealed five silver bracelets.
"These are your communicators. These will help you stay in touch with each other and us. If there is a monster or if one of you is in danger, you can tell the other rangers or us." Alpha proudly said.
Zack was the first one to take one and wrap it around his left wrist as he said, "Thanks, I'll be using this baby a lot."
"Rangers…There is something else I must share with you…." Zordon's booming voice announced, but it sounded softer as if he didn't want this to come out. The rangers turned around to look at their leader with a look of confusion on their young faces.
"What's wrong, Zordon?" Kimberly asked in concern.
Zordon's head moved to the side, causing his face to blur as he did so, seemingly in hesitation, but after a moment, Zordon said, "This monster…He was one of Rita's Generals during my battle with her. Be careful and be wary…."
The five rangers nodded at their leader's words and stood in a straight line, each of them pulling out their morphers, but as they got ready, Zordon had one more thing to say to them.
"Rangers! You're first true test has arrived! Do not fear and do not hesitate. Let the power flow through you and defeat this foe," Zordon told them with a fierceness in his voice they had not expected, but his words did the trick as fury resonated within their souls.
"Understood!" Jason exclaimed before turning to his head to the left at Zack and Trini, who nodded at him before turning his head to his right, where Billy and Kimberly nodded their heads.
In unison, each of them placed their hands on their chest, then with a thrust forward, all of them shouted, "It's Morphin Time!"
And with a small click of the switch on the right side of their morphers, all of their power morphers opened up, and their coins began to glow brightly, streaks of lighting going across them.
[Morphing Grid
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]
(Theme of Morphing - Infinity Mijinion Stage from Megaman X6)
Zack, Kimberly, Jason, Billy, and Trini found themselves falling down the black void, their bodies glowing in their respective colors when each of them saw their power coins in the middle of a glowing orb, each one in their individual colors.
The five teens dove down and slammed into the orbs at top speed, causing five streaks of lightning to shoot down to the ground.
The black streak of lightning and the lightning formed a male's body on one knee. The glowing black and white male figure got on his feet and forced the energy away from his body, revealing Black holding his Power Ax. Black swung his ax twice before placing it on his right shoulder and pointed a thumb at his head as he shouted, "Mastodon!"
A pink streak of lightning then slammed beside Black and formed a female's body in a crouch. The body rose to its feet and forced the energy away to reveal Pink with her Power Bow in her hand. Pink fired three arrows in the air, where they then exploded, causing pink sparks to fly down on her as she shouted, "Pterodactyl!"
Moments later, a blue streak of lightning slammed a few feet away from Pink. It formed a male form before it rose and forced the energy away, revealing Blue with his Power Lanc. Blue twirled the lance in the air before slamming it on the ground as he shouted, "Triceratops!"
A yellow streak of lightning slammed into the ground beside Blue to form into a female form. With a burst of energy, Yellow rose from the ground with her Power Daggers and twirled the right dagger in her hand before kicking the air twice, gave a roundhouse kick, then landed on the ground as she shouted, "Saber-Tooth Tiger!"
Finally, a minor streak of red lightning slammed in between Pink and Blue in the shape of a sword, and moments later, a large streak of red lightning slammed behind the blade.
A hand reached out of the lighting as it reached out and grabbed the hilt, and the moment it did, the lightning exploded, revealing Red, who was kneeling on one knee.
Red slowly stood up from the ground and pointed it into the air as he shouted, "Tyrannosaurus!" As he did, each of the Rangers' zords appeared behind them and roared in victory.
[Location: Command Center
POV: Zordon]
Once the rangers were entirely morphed, all of them turned around to Zordon gave their goodbyes before the five transported to downtown Angel Grove, leaving Zordon and Alpha alone.
"Be careful, Rangers…This will not be as easy as your battle yesterday was…." Zordon whispered.
He knew he was wrong for not telling them that he knew who this monster was. That he knew how devastating its power was, but he had faith in the rangers to do what they must.
He just hoped he wouldn't pay for hiding his past.
[Location: Downtown Angel Grove
POV: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]
When the five appearing downtown, they saw the putties and the Minotaur destroying anything that crossed their way.
Seeing the wanton destruction caused Black to growl out, "Come on, we have to stop them before anyone gets hurt."
Red shook his head while placing a hand on Black's shoulder, making the ranger turn his head to look at him.
"I know Black, but I have a plan…." Red looked around and looked to a roof nearby, then pointed to it with both index and middle finger as he asked, "Pink, can you get to the rooftop of the building next to us?"
Pink looked to where Red was talking and gave her leader a nod.
"Good. You will be our sniper. When we give the signal, you will fire your arrow towards the Minotaur. Blue, you stay behind and guard her so she can take the shot. She will be the key to our victory. The rest of you will follow me."
The four nodded, and while Red, Black, and Yellow ran towards the group of enemies.
Blue summoned his Power Lance as Pink summoned her power bow, and together, the two made their way to the roof of the building, rushing past the tons of people that were trying to escape it, yelling out "Excuse me!" or "Pardon me" or "Get out of the way!"
When the two made it to the roof, they were met by Squatt and Baboo, the taller monster watching the destruction while the short one recorded it, but then the more towering monster noticed the two and took a step back in fear.
"Oh Squatt, my good fellow, we need to go," The short monster was bobbing its head to the carnage that was being recorded.
"What? Why do we need to go?" Squatt asked while looking at his friend, but then the stumpy monster saw what his friend was looking at and squeaked in terror at the sight of the two rangers. "O-Oh, hello rangers, we are the mighty Squatt and Baboo. Beware our awesome might!"
Blue and Pink slowly looked at each other, then back at the two monsters, and with a slight chuckle from Blue, Pink pulled out an arrow from the arrow holster on her back and notched it on her bow, aiming it at the two before firing it towards them.
The two screamed in panic and disappeared in two blue swirls just as the arrow hit the left blue swirl.
But when the two thought everything was clear, ten putties appeared in front of them from those same blue swirls, causing Pink and Blue to scowl beneath their masks.
"Of course, it couldn't be easy," Pink muttered in annoyance while Blue chuckled.
"Alright, Pink, let's do this!" Blue ran forward and delivered a hard right hook to a putty, then grabbed its head and used it as a battering ram, hitting another putty in the chest before leaping up and dropkicking the two off of the roof.
Pink waited for two putties to come at her, maneuvered around the putties' fists expertly, grabbed their heads, and slammed them together.
Pink then pushed the two off the roof, then used her bow to fire two arrows to two more putties running towards her, making them explode into clay.
"We need to kill these things so we can help the others," Pink said with a worried tone in his voice before using her bow to smack three putties across their faces, making them spin in the air before falling onto the roof floor.
Blue nodded and rolled on the ground before leaping up and slamming his total weight down on the three putties that Pink had smacked down, making them groan in pain before dispersing into clay.
Blue then got up, turned around, ran towards a putty, jumped forward, and rammed his knee into its jaw hard, making it fall into clay.
"I'll take care of these guys! You just make sure you can get a clear shot of the monster!"
[Location: Downtown Angel Grove
POV: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]
The Minotaur roared as a crowd of people ran from him and his small group of putties, but a male adult tripped over a rock and fell to the ground.
The man turned around to see the Minotaur standing above him and tried to crawl away, but the monster stepped on the man's left leg, causing the man to scream out.
"That's right, you puny human! Scream for my master, Lady Rita, Scream!" The Minotaur added more pressure onto the man's leg, causing the male to wail in agony.
The Minotaur lifted its club and roared out, "Do you hear the scream of this mortal, Lady Rita?! He screams for y-"
Without warning, he was interrupted by two feet kicking him in the face, sending the monster falling back into the group of putties. "You know, I saw Lady Rita once, and I would scream too if her ugly mug were all up against my helmet."
Hearing the insulting remarks to his mistress, The Minotaur looked up to see Black standing before him, his ax resting on his right shoulder, unaware of the smirk on the teen's face.
"You dare insult my Empress?!" The Minotaur roared out as he climbed onto his feet, but when he got up on his feet, he swung his club towards Black, but the Ranger used his ax to block the swing.
Without warning, Yellow and Red flew over his shoulders and kicked the Minotaur in the face once more, causing the Minotaur to stumble backward.
"Putty Patrol, attack!" The Minotaur screamed. The putties made a garbled yell then charged forward to the rangers, who quickly engaged them in combat.
Black slashed his ax through two of the putties next to him, then he dashed forward to the Minotaur with his ax coming up from off the ground while the Minotaur swung his club down, causes both of their weapons to clash, showing the two warriors in sparks briefly.
"You will pay for talking about Lady Rita on this day, worm!" Minotaur shouted.
"Well, today ain't that day!" Black retorted before leaning his head back and swinging it forward, smashing his helmet against Minotaur's head, making it stumble backward where Black took the chance and swung his ax down Minotaur's chest, causing a brief sprinkle of sparks to fly from its chest.
Black then twisted his body and laid a hard kick to the monster's chest, making it stumble back again.
"Impressive mortal…" The Minotaur murmured.
The monster leaned back then let out a roar before hunching forward and charging towards Black at top speeds before ramming his two horns into Black's chest, sending the Ranger flying backward into a car, a rain of sparks flying from both his chest and his back.
'Hell! That shit hurt!' Black groaned out in his head as he lurched forward from the dent in the car on one knee, holding his chest lightly as he leaned on his ax, but when Black looked up, he saw the Minotaur charging towards him horns first.
Black leaped over the charging monster and kicked the back of his head, making the beast collide into the side of the car.
Black landed and rolled on the ground and blocked a kick from a putty with his ax, then leaped up and slammed the top of his helmet into the putty's chin, making it soar into the air before falling on its shoulders, its lower body leaning in the air.
"Nice job Black! You made the thing mad," Red shouted out while punching a putty in the face before turning around and shooting his blade blaster, hitting a putty that was sneaking behind Yellow as she tossed a putty to the ground.
"Just what we needed," Yellow drawled out while using her left power dagger to slash a putty in the face before kicking the putty to another putty that was near it.
"Well, excuse me for doing what I do best," Black said while pushing two putties to the charging Minotaur before rolling to the side to avoid another charge, making the Minotaur smash into a building wall that was behind him.
Yellow kneed a putty in the chest before dashing backward, then leaping forward to knee it in the face, making it fly in the air, then slammed onto the ground, then asked, "So pissing off monsters that want to kill you is what you do best? And here I thought you were smart, Mr. Hero."
Black rolled next to her and stood up, rubbing his knees knocking the dust from off of them as he said, "Well…Yeah. Someone has to have humor on the team," with a teasing tone in his voice, thumbing the right side of his helmet then crossing his arms in front of his chest while Yellow shook her head with her left hand in front of her helmet.
"Idiot…" Yellow hissed out in annoyance before she asked, "But then again, what I can expect from you of all people?" with a bitter tone in her voice.
Black turned his head to her and asked, "What is your deal today?"
Without warning, Red appeared behind them and put his hands on their shoulders, and said to the two, "Guys, we need to focus on what's at hand instead of arguing."
The two rangers turned their heads to Red, but while Black nodded, Yellow shrugged his hands off her shoulder before the three heard a large crash coming from the right of them.
Minotaur came crashing out of the building and straight into the three rangers, managed to not only his horns into Red's chest but clotheslining Black and Yellow in the waists, causing sparks to fly from all three of the rangers' bodies.
The Minotaur continued to run until he slammed all three rangers into the side of a bank wall, then crashing through it.
The three rangers flew backward through the bank, then slamming into the hard oak-made desks, cracking the desks severely, then falling onto the ground.
"Oh shit…That hurt." Yellow said while lying on the ground, slowly moving her hands to her sides to push her off the ground.
"Yeah…I thought the same thing when it happened to me the first time," Black replied while using the desk next to him to stand on his somewhat shaky feet.
"We need to avoid that at all costs, or else this thing will kill us," Red murmured while forcing himself onto his feet, holding his chest in pain.
The Minotaur growled as he swung his club in his hands, slowly advancing on the rangers as it said, "It is time I send you three to Hades in Lady Rita's honor…And nothing will save you three…."
The three rangers clawed up their way to their feet, each of them using an object nearby to keep them steady, and just as the Mighty Minotaur swung his club, Black and Yellow rolled to the left and right respectively while Red leaped backward to avoid the attack.
Black and Yellow kicked the monster's legs to make it fall onto its knees. Red followed up by leaping onto the counter he had rolled on, jumped into the air, and kneed the monster in the face.
The monster flew backward into several food stands, where the beast skidded on the ground until it stopped.
The monster rose to its feet quickly and swung his club towards the oncoming Yellow, who bent backward to avoid the strike and flipped her legs up to kick the monster underneath its chin, which caused it to stumble backward.
Yellow landed back on her feet and ducked a wild swing from the monster before she dropped to the ground and rolled to the left to avoid a downward swing from the club, and when she got to her feet, she dashed backward to avoid another quick swing from the monster.
Black and Red dashed forward the Power Ax and Power Sword respectively and struck the monster in the chest twice, and when the Mighty Minotaur swung his club downwards, Black and Red blocked the club.
Yellow saw that the monster was slowly overpowering the two rangers and quickly pulled out her Blade Blaster and fired three shots, sending the Minotaur stumbling back.
Red and Black twisted their bodies and struck the monster in the chest with their weapons, which caused the monster to fly back through the brick wall and back outside.
The three rangers jumped through the monster-made hole, and when they landed, the three quickly avoided the Minotaur charging for them once again, with Black and Red rolling to the left and right side respectfully while yellow jumped above the beast, making it slam through the bank wall again.
Seeing a chance, Red pressed the communicator beneath his left glove and said, "Pink, get ready to take the shot!"
[Location: Downtown Angel Grove
POV: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]
"Pink, get ready to take the shot!"
Pink slammed her bow into the head of a putty and tossed the foot soldier off the roof before she pressed her left wrist and held it up to her mouthpiece and said, "Gotcha, Red!"
Pink drew her hand at the string on her bow and began to pull back, slowly creating a pink energy arrow and began to focus, trying to ignore the remaining five putties behind her that Blue was currently dealing with.
She could make out the figures of her comrades fighting off the large Minotaur, making her wince when the brute managed to hit all three of them with his club.
"I need a clear shot…." She said as she narrowed her eyes in annoyance as she watched Red being thrown into a car, then watched as Yellow was slammed into the ground before slamming his club into her chest, making a large number of yellow sparks fly from her chest.
She watched as Black instantly slash down the monster's back to force Minotaur off of Yellow but was rewarded with a solid kicked square in his chest, sending him crashing into a cement wall and slumping into the ground.
She watched as the monster Red leaped onto the Minotaur, but the beast merely jumped back into the ground, slamming the leader against the ground hard.
She watched Yellow engage the monster in combat, kicking it three times in the side before leaping up and kicking the beast in the face, making it slide back. When Yellow went for a right punch, the monster avoided it and slammed his club into the side of her body, whipping her into a large van.
"Come on…" Pink whispered in annoyance as she aimed her arrow at the beast as it slowly stalked towards the down Black Ranger, who was holding his chest in pain, and when it stood in front of him and raised its arms, she was ready to take the shot.
But to Pink's anger, two putties that had slipped past Blue grabbed her shoulders and pulled her backward onto her back.
Pink rolled onto her feet and punched one putty in the chest, then ducked the second putty's sloppy punch and kneed it in the stomach before swinging over its back and took that split second and shot her arrow, hoping that it would hit its mark.
[Location: Downtown Angel Grove
POV: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]
The Minotaur raised its arms in glory and let a roar leave his lips while it stood in front of Black, yelling, "Lady Rita! I have defeated the rangers, and now, I shall kill the one who insulted your honor first!"
But just as he raised his club, he was struck in the side of the head by Pink's arrow, which then exploded with pink energy, causing the monster to fly off his feet violently and soar in the air before falling to the ground, but it was still clinging to life.
"Damn it. It's still alive!" Red angrily roared as he gripped his blade, but that was when he heard a beeping coming from his left wrist. Realizing it was his communicator, Red lifted his arm and said, "This is Red."
"Oh my goodness," Alpha exclaimed in his ear, causing him to smile.
"It's good to hear you too, Alpha, but we are a little busy," Red told him while Yellow and Black ran to his side, both gripping their weapons tightly.
"I know. This is why I contacted all of you. I am watching the battle, but that rude monster will not go down with just your weapons alone. Its hide is quite strong. You must combine your might to defeat him!" Alpha exclaimed, his mechanical childlike voice making Red's eyes narrow slightly in thought before they winded as Zordon's words entered his mind.
"These weapons can combine to form the Power Blaster…."
Is that what Alpha meant?
It had to be!
Seeing the Minotaur standing up, black blood pouring from the side of its face, Red turned his body behind him to look at the roof his two rangers were on and contacted Pink and Blue by communicator and said, "Guys! We need you down here quickly!"
"We are on our way!" Pink quickly replied.
Just as Red turned around, he, Yellow, and Black were tackled once again, sending the three rangers in the air before slamming on the ground, sparks flying from their body but the monster, still in pain over Pink's arrow, fell to his knees while growling lowly.
"Damn it…" Black hissed out while climbing to his knees, holding his side in pain, smoke rising from his chest.
"We need to do something, or he'll kill us at this rate," Yellow said, much more calmly than Black, but there was a strained sound to her voice as she leaned on one leg, her body smoking as well.
Red stabbed his blade into the ground and used it to rise to his feet, but just then, Pink and Blue came running to their side. "You guys look terrible," Pink exclaimed as she kneeled next to Yellow to help her to her feet.
"Yes, you all sound exhausted," Blue added on while pulled Black to his feet.
"No time for banter. We need to form up the Power Blaster!" Red exclaimed as he and the remaining rangers stood in a straight line, side by side as the monster stood up on wobbly legs.
"The Power Blaster?" Pink asked with a tilt of her head.
Red nodded at used his communicator to contact Alpha and said, "How do we make the Power Blaster?"
"I will teach you now, all of you, listen!" Alpha exclaimed excitedly before he quickly explained how to form the weapon, and after he was finished, he said, "Good luck, Rangers!" before signing off.
"Thanks, Alpha…Now let's form the Blaster!" Red shouted.
Changing his Power Ax to the Power Cannon, Black cocked it and said, "Power Cannon!" before tossing it in the air.
"Power Bow!" Pink enthusiastically shouted while tossing her bow into the air, watching as the bow locks on the top of the Power Cannon horizontally.
"Power Daggers!" Yellow shouted as she tossed both of her daggers into the air, both of them hooking underneath the bow on separate sides of the Power Cannon, the handles of her daggers facing forward.
"Power Lance!" Blue shouted as he separated his lance and tossed them in the air, the two instantly going next to the power daggers on both sides of the cannon, the handles of the separated lance facing forward as well.
With a jump into the air, Red said, "Power Sword." Placing his blade on top of the bow, locking it in place, making the newly combine weapon look similar to a crossbow, with his sword acting as the arrow.
"Y-You can't hurt me. I am the Mighty Minotaur! I cannot be stopped!" The monster exclaimed as it gripped its club tightly and ran forward, trying to attack before the blaster was formed, but it was too late.
The Blaster had been constructed, and the rangers were ready to fire it.
"He's coming. We need to fire," Yellow said as she turned her head to Red, who nodded and narrowed his eyes.
Holding the Power Blaster in his hands, Red landed on the ground, and his team instantly came by his side, Black and Yellow on his left and Blue and Pink on his right, the rangers held the Blaster, and as the Minotaur charged forward, Red commanded, "Fire!"
With the pull of the trigger, five beams of energy shot out from the sides of the bow, the handles of the separated lance and daggers, from the cannon and from the sword, each beam taking the color of the ranger that was standing behind it.
The monster took the five beams of energy head-on, and for a moment, he looked as if he was battling the beams before he let out a roar of fury and exploded in a flash of fire.
Everything was quiet for a moment, only the sirens wailing in the background and the breathing from the five rangers until Black fell to one knee."We did it…." Black panted out.
Yellow slid down to sit on the ground and leaned forward, and took deep, slow breathes.
Red raised his hand and gave a thumbs-up before letting his arms sink to the ground, causing the Power Blaster to fall to the ground as he crumpled to both knees.
"Man, you three looked like hell warmed over twice," Pink said to the three rangers, grinning as the three hurting rangers giving her a middle finger, but she shared a hug with all of them, which they all returned happily.
"I have to say, this battle put yesterday's bout to shame. That Minotaur was brutal from what I saw," Blue said with a sigh.
"I agree, all we had to deal with were the putties…Well, Blue had to deal with them most of the time," Pink told them, but she sounded a bit disappointed that she wasn't able to help her friend out.
Blue patted her shoulder with a grin beneath his helmet and said, "No worries. I worked up a pretty good sweat."
"…I just hope things get easier….If not, we'll lose this war…." Yellow grumbled with a small sigh.
[Location: Rita Palace
POV: Rita Repulsa]
Rita was steaming.
Sure, the Mighty Minotaur was a great challenge that managed to take the newbie rangers to their limits, it was still only three out of five of them, and they still managed to defeat him, but this wasn't over quite yet.
"If the Minotaur couldn't defeat the puny rangers while at their size…He can crush them when he's ten times their size!"
Standing up from her throne, Rita walked out to the patio of her palace and gazed at the earth with dark eyes while gripping her scepter tightly and stared at it for a moment.
The scepter began to glow a bright red due to the gem, and that was when she lifted it into the air and yelled, "Mighty Minotaur, you have failed me once, but you will not fail me again! You will crush these rangers beneath your heel! Now my magic scepter, make my monster grow!"
With a mighty toss, she threw her scepter to the earth, watching as the gem started to glow brighter as it descended.
[Location: Command Center
POV: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]
The five rangers had just been transported to the Command Center at Zordon's command and were currently bandaging the few wounds Zack, Trini, and Jason had sustained during the battle with the beast.
"Rangers, I am proud that you five were able to defeat a powerful opponent. The Mighty Minotaur was a fearsome foe in the past, but I fear that Rita will not let his defeat hinder her on this day," Zordon stated with a firm tone in his voice.
The five rangers looked at their leader with confusion written on their faces until the alarms began to blare, causing the five rangers to stand up but with the three of them wincing slightly from the action.
"Rangers, look to the viewing globe and see the enemy you must defeat," Zordon told his rangers ominously.
The rangers looked at the globe and gasped in shock as they watched Rita's scepter slam into the remains.
With a crackle of red energy coming from the red gem, the shape of the beast they had just defeated returned then started to grow until it was high in the sky, and once the red energy dispersed, the Mighty Minotaur was revived.
"No fucking way…." Zack exclaimed slowly while looking at the screen, slipping on his ripped black shirt with a sharp breath.
"How are we supposed to combat this goliath like this?" Billy asked with shock.
"This is very bothersome. That beast was tough enough already when he was at our size…." Trini announced while pinching the bridge of her nose, small bandages on her forehead and cheek.
"How terrible! A lot of people will get hurt," Kimberly distressingly said, placing her hands in front of her chest.
"Scratch hurt! A lot of people will be killed! We need to do something before he destroys the city!" Jason yelled out in alarm, holding his side with a wince, but then he turned around to look at Zordon and said, "We need to do something, Zordon. We can't fight this giant like this."
"I know Jason, which is why it is time, Alpha and I show you the last and most crucial weapon in the force of fighting Rita's evil…Look onto the viewing globe," Zordon said,
The five rangers turned back to the viewing globe and gasped in surprise as the first thing they saw was a giant black and silver mechanical Mastodon crashing out of a massive glacier in the deep artic.
"Zack, this is the Mastodon Dinozord, the personal Zord of the Black Mastodon Ranger," Zordon introduced. "It can freeze enemies in its place with its mighty trunk. Your Zord can form the back and arms of the Dino Megazord."
The image on the viewing globe changed to reveal a white and pink Pterodactyl flying from a dormant volcano, twirling in the air before flying above the Mastodon Dinozord. "Kimberly, this is the Pterodactyl Dinozord, the personal Zord of the Pink Pterodactyl Ranger," Zordon explained., It can shoot lightning from out of its swift wings. Your Zord forms the chest plate of the Dino Megazord."
The image on the viewing globe changed to show a blue and silver mechanical Triceratops with black tracks underneath its legs charging out of the sand and out of the desert, charging right next to the Mastodon Dinozord. "Billy, this is the Triceratops Dinozord, the personal Zord of the Blue Triceratops Ranger. It can bind any enemy down with its magnificent horns and shoot energy from its tail. Your Zord forms into the left leg of the Dino Megazord."
The next image on the globe revealed a yellow and silver mechanical Saber-Tooth Tiger with black wheels on its legs, running through the deep forest until it met with the other three Dinozords. "Trini, this is the Saber-Tooth Tiger Dinozord, the personal Zord of the Yellow Saber-Tooth Tiger Ranger. It can stab into enemies with its piercing fangs while also firing lasers from its tail. Your Zord forms into the right leg of the Dino Megazord."
And finally, a red and silver mechanical Tyrannosaurs Rex rose from beneath the earth, accompanied by flames rising beside it until it was running on land slowly until it met with the rest of the Dinozords. "Jason, this is the Tyrannosaurs Rex Dinozord, the personal Zord of the Red Tyrannosaurs Ranger. It can use its large tail and head as a weapon and create seismic blasts from its ferocious roar. Your Zord is the key to connecting the others, forming the head and torso of the Dino Megazord."
"Now that is what I'm talking about! Now we have a fighting chance!" Zack exclaimed with an exciting whoop.
"I never expected us to pull a Voltron, but honestly, I should have, considering all at our disposal here…" Billy chuckled out as he crossed his arms with a sparkle in his eyes, seeing the mechanical wonders of all of the Dinozords.
Trini didn't say anything but the slight smirk on her face could tell that she enjoyed this turn of events.
"Marvelous…" Kimberly said with an awed tone, her eyes shining similar to Billy's at the sheer sight of the Dinozords.
"Zordon…How are we going to control these things?" Jason asked curiously.
"When inside the cockpits of your Dinozords, you must take out your power coins which will turn into crystals which will be the key to making the Dinozords listen to your commands. All you must do is place the tip of the crystal into the slot on the right side of the console, and then the Dinozords will do the rest." Zordon told him in a grandfatherly way.
Jason nodded in understanding as he gingerly reached for his Morpher, causing the other rangers to follow suit. With a look to his teammates, Jason nodded and said, "Alright, Rangers. Let's show this monster how we do things!"
"right!" The rangers shouted.
"Back to action!" Jason shouted.
[Location: The Rangers Personal Zords
POV: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]
When the five appeared in their cockpits, all of them were similar except for a glowing icon of their respective power coin insignia shining in their individual colors on a wall behind them.
All of the Rangers looked around with amazement.
"Guys, these chairs are leather…Leather! And it's soft too," Pink cooed with a quick clap.
"Yeah, it also has a rather nice stereo system in here too," Blue replied with a wistful tone, a smile on his face, leaning his right forearm on top of the console in front of him.
"Hey, focus, you guys. We have the Minotaur to deal with," Red told them with a tiny chuckle.
"Let's hope these things can truly defeat it," Yellow said with a sigh, leaning her body back in her chair.
Overhearing this, Black shook his head and touched his console, and said, "You should trust these things, Yellow. The old man wouldn't give us these nifty toys only to have them fail."
Yellow didn't respond to him, but she did nod in agreement.
"Guys, the Minotaur is in range of our vision!" Blue exclaimed, seeing the beast swinging its club into a building nearby, shattering it entirely from the strike.
"And he's causing hella damage," Black added with a narrow of his eyes.
"Then let's not waste any time and connect our zords," Red said before taking his power coin from his Morpher, which changed into a red crystal. He placed the crystal into a slot on the console with a nod, which started to glow brightly.
Remembering Zordon's instructions, the four rangers took out their power coins which changed into crystals of their respective colors, and placed the tip into the slot, making them all glow brightly.
Suddenly, Yellow's zord gave a brief growl as its legs sunk underneath its form, riding on the wheels that were on its legs and the tail of the zord turned until it was right against the tiger's back.
Blue's zord followed suit while the legs on Red's zord folded backward, leaving metal nubs which connected to the slots on Blue and Yellow's zords then Black's zord split apart from the back and collided with the back of Red's zord, giving Red's zord cannons for arms.
The head of Black's zord connected to the chest of Red's zord as Pink's zord flew behind the head of Red's Zord and landed on its shoulders, its chest resting against the back of the Zord's head and with each successful connection of the zords, blue electricity flowed around the connected joints.
Suddenly, the five rangers found themselves in a much larger cockpit together with Red sitting in between Black and Blue while Yellow and Pink sat behind Black and Blue, facing the consoles on the separate walls.
"Dino Megazord: Tank mode activated," A male robotic voice exclaimed in the cockpit, making the Rangers look around in confusion before shrugging.
"Well, it isn't the Megazord I was expecting but no matter…Alright, guys, let's get that beast!" Red said with a nod while tapping the console in front of him.
"Right!" The four other rangers before the Dino Megazord began firing its cannons at the unsuspecting Minotaur, hitting it square in the back, sending it falling into a building.
The Minotaur stood up and turned around to face the Dino Megazord and said, "In Lady Rita's name, I will crush you rangers!" before it charged at the Zord
The Rangers wasted no time firing their weapons, hitting the beast in his chest repeatedly until it again fell backward onto the ground.
"Don't stop now, guys!" Red exclaimed as the Zord kept firing, causing the Minotaur to scream out in pain as sparks flew from its body with every hit of the zord's lasers slamming into his body. "Alright, guys, let's ram this monster!" Red said.
Yellow nodded and placed her hand on a black handle and moved it forward, causing the zord to drive forward and slam into the monster hard, making it fly back into the air.
Black and Blue aimed their cannons at the flying Minotaur and fired them, hitting the Minotaur hard in the chest before falling to the ground. Still, the monster slowly started to stand up again.
"No matter what we attack it with, it keeps getting up!" Blue said with some annoyance in his voice.
"Rangers!" Alpha's voice rang out into the cockpit, causing all of the ranger's heads to tilt up at his voice.
"Hello Alpha, what is going on?" Pink asked.
"There is another form to the Dino Megazord!" Alpha said, reminding the rangers of this fact.
Black let a grin form on his face as he recalled what Zordon had said about the zords and said, "Yeah…Alpha is right! We have another mode to use. So let's use it!"
Red let his head turn to face the monster before narrowing his eyes at their opponent intently.
"You're right, Black," Red stated. "Let's kick this into overdrive. Dino Megazord, enter battle mode now!"
"Megazord sequence has been initiated," The voice announced as the cannon arms began to flip slowly into a compartment on the side as two black fists took the cannon's spot as the arms.
Pink's zord suddenly flew off of the shoulders of Red's zord while Blue and Yellow's Zords slowly began to lift off the ground until the entire Megazord was standing upright.
Pink's Zord flew around the zord for a moment before its head slides down into its chest while turning so the Zord's back was facing the monster.
In contrast, the chest of Red's zord lifted as the Tyrannosaurs head bent into its chest, which then closed over the head, revealing a black and red robot head with a smooth grey steel plate where the mouth would be with a yellow spike on top of the head.
Once Pink's Zord connected to the chest of Red's zord, two red horns flipped onto the Robot's cheeks with a snap of blue electricity, causing its yellow eyes to glow red briefly before fading back to yellow, revealing the proper form of the Dino Megazord.
"Megazord activated!" the voice chimed out before blue electricity flowed around the zord's body.
The monster gazed upon the Dino Megazord standing proudly in the streets of Angel Grove, streaks of blue electricity shooting in random parts of its body, and merely grunted and said, "You're still no match for me, no matter how many transformations that has! Lady Rita wants you dead; I will deliver your skulls to her as tribute!"
Then the monster ran forward with its club in the air, ready to swing it towards the zord, but when it got close enough to take that swing, the zord caught it in its left hand and kicked it in the gut with its right leg, making the monster fly back.
But before the monster could get its bearings, the Megazord walked forward and started to punch the beast in its face repeatedly, making sparks rain down onto the streets below them.
The Megazord ducked a swing of the monster's club only to lunge up and head-butt it, making the Minotaur stumble backward.
The Minotaur walked forward swung his club at an angle, but just as it came close, Black said, "Time to bring forth the Mastodon shield!"
With a lift of its left arm and a flash of black light, the head of the Black Mastodon Zord appeared in its hand to block the hit, then pushed the club away and bashed the shield against the Minotaur's chest, making it stumble back.
"Well, let's add a weapon to our shield! Power Saber!" Red announced.
For a moment, nothing happened, but then, a large blade descended blade first from the clouds of the sky and would have slammed into the street beneath them had the Megazord not caught the sword by its hilt with its right hand, the tip hovering over the pavement lightly.
With a twist of its hand, the sword was standing proudly in the air before it was bought down in an arch, hitting the Minotaur in its chest then following it up with a sideways slash, sending tons of sparks flying from the monster's body.
With a turn, the Megazord bashed the Mastodon shield into the monster's chest then smacked it in the face, making it twirl to the ground.
The Minotaur quickly got back up and attempted to bash his club to the left side of the zord, but once more, the shield blocked then pushed the blade away.
The Zord then took a step forward and bashed the shield against the monster's chest three times before it turned its body and struck it in the middle of the face with its elbow, which caused the monster to step backward and take the brutal onslaught of the zord's blade, sparks flying everywhere.
"Alright guys, let's finish off this loser for good," Yellow exclaimed to her teammates, the blade in the zord's hand beginning to glow heavily.
The monster, which was now covered in smoke, let out an enormous roar of anger as he gripped his club tightly, lifted it into the air, and swung it downwards but seeing this, the zord smacked the club away with the shield before the rangers said in unison "It's over! Thunder Power strike!"
With a powerful upward swing of the Megazord's blade, a large energy wave shot straight through the Minotaur's body.
All was still until the monster let out a loud, painful scream of "Lady Rita!" before falling backward on the ground and exploding on impact, making the ground shake furiously.
With a short swing of the blade going left then right, The Dino Megazord slowly lowered its arms towards the ground, the tip of its blade gently scraping the ground as it posed, the sunlight reflecting off its head.
Inside the cockpit, the victorious Rangers stood up with a yell of victory and gave each other high fives.
"Rangers: Two, Rita, Zip!" Black chirped happily, sitting back in his chair but then he stilled in a sudden realization and asked in a shaky voice, "Uh guys…What time is it?"
All of the other rangers looked at him with a tilt of their head. "Uh, we have no idea. Why do you ask Black?" Pink asked softly, touching Black's tense shoulder.
"Because we need to get back to school…." Black answered.
The remaining four rangers stilled in horror when they realized what this meant.
They were so in trouble.
[Location: Angel Grove High
POV: The Chosen Five]
"I cannot believe all five of you!"
Now dressed in fresh clothes, the five battered teens looked up at their teacher, a plump middle-aged Caucasian woman with grey hair staring down at them with disappointment in her eyes, causing the teens to squirm slightly in their seats.
The moment the five of them came back into their classes, each of them was immediately sent back out to go to the principal's office, where they all sat.
"I don't understand it. The five of you are usually prompt to your classes but to have all five of you being horrendously late at the same time is unacceptable! When those monsters appeared, the staff nearly had heart attacks when we realized you five were unaccounted for!" The principal yelled while smacking the ruler she held in her right hand onto her desk, causing Zack and Kimberly to flinch slightly.
"Because this is your first offense, I will not give all of you detention, but all of you are banned from all of your extracurricular activities for the next two weeks," The principal said with a frown on her face.
Billy gasped in shock, and Trini opened her mouth to dispute this rather brutal punishment for their first-time offense, but when she saw the stern look in her eyes, she paused and lowered her head with shame.
Jason, who saw Trini get shot down, immediately caused him to inwardly think, 'How the hell could we face that damn Minotaur, but our principal instills fear within us?! Even Trini couldn't face her!' while also eyeing his principal warily.
From the look on the principal's face, nothing they could say or do could get her to understand why that had suddenly gone missing, and honestly, they had no answers.
"Go home and remember, you are all banned from your activates!" hearing their principal's sharp yell caused all five of the teens to rise from their seats and run out of the room, where all five of them walked down the halls with sullen looks.
"I can't believe it," Zack exclaimed in a whisper as he smacked his face with his right palm. "After the intense fight we've just gotten through with, we're all banned from our activities! Talk about gratitude for saving everyone."
Trini, who had been listening to him, merely rolled her eyes.
"We aren't doing this for gratitude or pride, Zack," Trini started while glancing in his direction with a slight glare, but before an insulted Zack could respond, Jason stepped between them.
"She's right. We're doing this to protect everyone. Not to gain any fame and fortune," Jason said while staring at the ranger with a stern voice, causing Zack to roll his eyes.
"I know that," Zack replied with a heat in his voice before he looked down, his tone growing soft as he said, "How could I ever forget that?"
Trini looked at Zack, hearing the soft tone, and reached out to him but shook her head with a frustrated look.
"It still bites regardless…." Zack continued with a small sigh and kicked a non-existent. "No martial arts or dancing class…." Zack sighed out.
"No Gymnastics practice," Kimberly murmured, disheartened.
"No Tech class…." Billy groaned out.
"No racing or martial arts," Jason groaned out while smacking his palm against his face.
"And no martial arts or singing classes…." Trini finished with a muted sigh, trying to hide her complete disappointment.
Catching what Trini said, Zack turned to her with a tilted head and asked, "What, you take singing classes now? When did this happen?" Trini eyed her friend and narrowed her eyes in annoyance.
"I've been taking singing classes since last year. If you bothered to remember anything from that time, you would know that, you ass!" Trini said with anger behind her voice before she stomped off ahead of her friends.
Jason, Billy, and Kimberly glanced at Zack and then back at the retreating form of Trini before Zack let out a small sigh and said, "I'll be back," before he ran off after Trini.
[Location: Angel Grove High
POV: Zachary "Zack" Taylor]
Zack ran down the school halls, and after turning a corner, he finally saw Trini walking down towards the school's exit.
"Trini!" Zack shouted to try and stop her from leaving.
Trini stopped mid-step for just a moment, and that gave Zack all the time he needed to catch up to her, and once he did, he hunched forward and panted a bit as he said, "Man, you can walk fast when you want."
Zack then looked up and saw the upset face of Trini and quickly wiped the smile off his face, straightened his body out, and said, "Look, I came after you to-"
"Apology accepted," Trini quickly replied before she turned around and started to walk again, but Zack let out a small breath.
"Trini, hold up a minute! I'm trying to apologize!" Zack exclaimed as he raced back to Trini's side, which made her stop mid-step and frown in annoyance.
"You always do that when you get upset with me. Apologize super quick like that and then continue to storm off. Well, guess what, I'm not letting you pass until you tell me why you're so upset at me," Zack told her, which caused her to grab her right forearm with her left hand, her head tilted slightly to the side and her eyes on the ground.
"So you didn't remember anything last year, but you remember that?" Trini asked him with a scornful tone in her voice before she scoffed and walked away from him as she added, "I already forgave you, so leave me alone. That's all I want."
Zack let out a sigh.
Trini and Zack had been best friends since they were five years old before they met Kimberly, Billy, or Jason, and it was developing to the point where he had begun to feel something more for her.
But ever since early this year, Trini had been very angry towards him about something that had occurred, but he didn't know why.
And she refused to tell him what happened.
All he knew was that it happened last year, and it was something that had been between them because none of the others knew about it.
She was the only one who knew, and she refused to tell anyone what happened. All he knew was that it pretty much destroyed their friendship.
And that hurt him.
Zack turned around and watched her open the door to the school and walk off, and all Zack could do was raise his hand feebly and murmured, "Trini…I don't know what I did to hurt you so much, but I am so sorry…."