Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Final Mix
Crossover Episode Two: Might Morphin x Armada Force


[Location: Abandoned Warehouse
POV:
Pirate Yellow Vs Might Morphin Yellow]

The minute the two yellow rangers landed on the ground, they rolled up onto one knee where Yellow quickly threw a punch. Pirate Yellow blocked the fist and attempted to land a left hook. However, Yellow rolled backward to avoid the hook, got onto her feet, and stepped into a fighting stance. Pirate Yellow rose to her feet and got into a loose fighting stance in return.

Yellow nodded her head and quickly dashed forward and threw two quick jabs, which Pirate Yellow blocked before she leaned down and slammed her left shoulder into Yellow's chest, causing Yellow to stumble back onto one leg where Pirate Yellow turned the right side of her body forward and landed a hard fist to Yellow's head, sending the ranger onto her back.

Yellow quickly kicked Pirate Yellow's left knee, forcing the ranger to fall onto that knee, and delivered an upward kick to Pirate Yellow's face, causing the fellow ranger's head to whip back into the air.

Yellow then kicked the ranger's chest, causing Pirate Yellow to fall completely before she flipped up to her feet and said, "Too easy."

Pirate Yellow flipped her body around, making her chest touch the ground, before she lifted herself off the ground and rolled her right shoulder once before getting back into a loose fighting stance.

Pirate Yellow brushed off her shoulder as if she was dusting off dust before she stepped back into her fighting stance.

Yellow returned to her feet and scowled beneath her helmet before she ran towards her opponent and aimed three jabs at her head. Pirate Yellow avoided two jabs away before grabbing Yellow's wrist on the third.

Pirate Yellow then took a step forward with her left leg, placed her palm against Yellow's chest, and tilted her head as yellow energy began to flow to her hand Seconds later, Yellow was sent flying backward as sparks flew from her chest from the powerful yellow blast that hit her point blank.

Yellow slammed against the wall, slid to the ground, and coughed heavily as Pirate Yellow walked up to her downed form. Yellow quickly pushed herself off the ground and kicked Pirate Yellow in the stomach with her right leg before she kicked her in the head with her left.

Once Pirate Yellow stepped back, Yellow pushed herself off the ground at an angle, rose to her feet together, and did a tiny spin as she kicked Pirate Yellow in the chest. Pirate Yellow bounced off the ground and then skidded against it into several crates. Yellow landed on her feet, sprinted towards the still-down Pirate Yellow, and angled a falling dropkick to the other ranger's head.


[POV: Pirate Blue Vs Might Morphin Blue]

With a crash, Pirate Blue smashed through a large window after tackling Blue through it. The two slammed against a dusty wooden desk, which caused the desk to collapse under their combined weight.

Blue rolled off of Pirate Blue and turned to face the opposing ranger but Pirate Blue, who had risen to one knee immediately after Blue got off of him, instantly decked Blue in the head, sending the ranger to the ground.

Blue rolled onto his feet and ducked a clothesline Pirate Blue tried to land and Blue grabbed the back of his opponent's head and forcefully sent them both to the ground on their backs.

Blue quickly rolled on top of Pirate Blue and aimed a fist at his opponent's face but Pirate Blue managed to catch the fist. Without hesitation, Pirate Blue slammed his head forward to collide with Blue's, leaving Blue stunned. Pirate Blue slid out from beneath Blue and kicked Blue twice in the chest before he kicked him in the face, which caused Blue's body and head to whip back against the ground.

Pirate Blue rolled backward onto his feet and stalked his opponent while said opponent rose to his feet. Just as Pirate Blue was going to charge, Blue quickly turned around and drop-kicked Pirate Blue in the chest, which sent the brainwashed ranger slamming against the wall.

Blue flipped to his feet and ran towards Pirate Blue with a shout before he hopped into the air and aimed a knee at the head of Pirate Blue in the head. Unfortunately, Pirate Blue caught the knee and quickly wrapped his arms around Blue's body, twisted his body, and slammed Blue's body through the wall behind him, which caused the wall to crumble under the powerful slam.

Without warning, Blue's legs came out from the rubble and drop-kicked Pirate Blue in the head, sending him flying back onto another desk, which crumbled underneath the weight.

Blue pushed himself out of the rubble and moved to his feet while Pirate Blue began to stand. Seeing his chance, Blue jumped into the air with his right arm cocked back but without warning, Pirate Blue launched himself into the air and collided into the air-born Blue with a tackle, sending the two crashing through another wall.


[POV: Pirate Silver Vs Might Morphin Pink]

Pink ran as fast as she could as she fired her power arrows towards Pirate Silver, who deflected her arrows with his Pirate Trident before he changed his trident into its gun mode and returned fire.

Pink dove through an empty crate, rolled onto her feet, and performed several cartwheels which then changed into backflips as she avoided his energy bolts. When Pirate Silver ceased firing, Pink flipped over a broken crate while simultaneously firing several arrows. Pirate Silver managed to deflect two of them before being struck by the last one, which sent him soaring through a window and onto the ground.

Pink saw this and shouted, "Direct hit!" before she ran towards the broken window and hopped over it just to be sent flying out of it when Pirate Silver's Trident struck her in the chest.

Pink landed on the ground, with her chest smoking from the hit, and quickly rolled to her feet just to use her Power Bow to block two swipes of the Pirate Trident before she ducked his third sweep and attempted to smack his stomach with her bow.

Pirate Silver flipped over Pink and her attack, landed behind her, and kicked Pink in the back, which sent her stumbling forward. Pink turned around to face her opponent, only for Pirate Silver to strike her twice with his trident before he spun around and attempted to kick Pink in the head. Pink managed to duck the kick at the last second while grabbing his stretched-out leg. Pink pulled Pirate Silver close and punched his chest twice before she used her left leg and kicked his left leg from under him, which sent him to the ground.

But without warning, Pirate Silver's Personal Pirate Pistol appeared in his hand and he fired three shots at Pink's chest, which sent her flying back from him and onto the ground, smoke ebbing from her chest.


[POV: Pirate Green Vs Might Morphin Black]

Power Ax and Pirate Sabre collided as Pirate Green and Black stood before each other, locked in a duel to see who would break first.

Pirate Green pushed his blade forward, which caused Black's Power Ax to move closer to him but Black then forced his ax forward, which made Pirate Green's sabre move closer to its owner.

The two continued this duel of strength until the rangers broke away and simultaneously swung their weapons, which struck them both in the chest, causing sparks to fly from their chests in unison. The two staggered back and swung their weapons again and once more, their weapons struck each other's chest, which caused another round of sparks to fly from their chests.

The two staggered backward and swung their weapons once more and this time, it caused their weapons to clash once again.

The two quickly broke apart and Pirate Green jumped forward to deliver a flying kick. Black moved to the side to avoid it and swung his ax to strike Pirate Green's back Pirate Green blocked the strike to his back with his sabre and quickly turned around and kicked Black in his side.

Black stumbled backward and blocked a high swing and low swing of the sabre with his ax before he twisted his body and swung his ax towards the head of Pirate Green, who blocked the powerful blow with his sabre, but it sent him skidding backward.

Black took this chance and darted towards Pirate Green and leaped into the air and drop-kicked him in the chest, which caused Pirate Green to fall to the ground but Pirate Green quickly flipped back to his feet at the same time Black did and struck the Mastodon ranger in the chest with his sabre.

Black skidded backward and held his chest in pain as he growled, "That's it." Black tossed his ax towards Pirate Green, who used his sabre to deflect the thrown weapon, only for Black to spring towards him and kick the ranger in his head, sending Pirate Green staggering backward to the wall.

Black landed before the ranger as he summoned his Power Ax to his hand and repeatedly slashed at Pirate Green's chest, causing several sparks to bounce off Black's helmet and chest. However, after the fifth strike, Pirate Green blocked the next strike and kicked Black in the chest to send him stumbling backward.

Pirate Green leaped into the air as his Pirate Sabre glowed a bright green and when he landed in front of Black, he swung his sword down and struck Black in the chest, just as Black swung his Power Ax upwards and struck Pirate Green in the chest, causing a rain of sparks to fly from their torsos.


[POV: Captain Red Vs Might Morphin Red]

Red skidded backward on his bent toes as he stopped the charge of Captain Red, his Power Sword barely holding back Captain Red's Pirate Sabre, which was glowing a violent red.

Red gritted his teeth, pushed the Captain away from him and struck the ranger twice in the chest with his sword before he twisted his body and slammed the tip of his blade into Captain Red's stomach, which sent the ranger staggering backward.

Captain Red pulled out his Pirate Revolver and shot several shots at Red, who deflected each bolt of red energy with his sword before he pulled out his own Blade Blaster and fired five shots.

Captain Red deflected all five shots from Red and threw his Pirate Sabre tip first towards Red, which caught Red in the chest and sent him flying backward in the air before he crashed into a bunch of steel crates.

Red shook his head and kicked himself off the crates just as Captain Red dove where he was seconds later with his Pirate Sabre stabbing through the crates.

Red bounced on the ground and rolled onto his feet just to maneuver around Captain Red's slashes before he kicked the sabre out of his opponent's right hand then kicked the revolver out of his left hand before he finally kicked Captain Red in the head.

Captain Red twisted his body from the kick, sprang off the ground, and slammed his left ankle against the head of Red, which sent Red to the ground as well.

The two rangers quickly flipped to their feet and where the two then kicked each other in the chest, once again sending each other to the ground once again.

The two rangers rolled backward to their hands and flipped to their feet and for a moment, they just stared at one another.

'This is unreal…We are evenly matched…' Red thought to himself as he twirled his sword for a moment. For the past several minutes, he and Captain Red had been in an intense battle and neither could get the edge on the other.

One of them had to give.

Red placed his sword at his side and began to walk towards Captain Red and as he got closer, his walking speed soon increased into a job and soon into an outright run. When he reached his top speed, Red leaped into the air and swung his Power Sword down towards Captain Red, the blade of his weapon glowing a bright red.

Captain Red managed to raise his sabre at the last possible second to block with his own weapon glowing red and the moment the blades clashed, a large explosion of red energy appeared, followed by a large amount of smoke.

Streaks of red-colored lightning sprang to life sporadically for a moment before Red came soaring out of the smoke and slammed into the metal railing above him while Captain Red shot out from the smoke and collided with the wall behind him.

The two rangers fell from their respective spots onto the ground as their rangers, all of the smoking and sporting battle wounds ran to their leaders, who were now getting up from the ground.

Captain placed his arms in front of him and with a flash of red, a large double-barreled heavy cannon with the motif of a red pirate ship appeared in his hands. Captain Red pulled out a black lever underneath the blaster and the five Pirate rangers quickly put their ranger keys within the cylinders on them where a see-through sail with the Pirate Ranger insignia rose from the deck.

Pirate Green stood behind Captain Red and placed his hand on his shoulder while Pirate Silver stood behind Pirate Green and placed his hand on his shoulder on the other side, Pirate Blue and Pirate Yellow mimicked Pirates Green and Silver.

Red, seeing the immediate danger, quickly shouted, "Form the Power Blaster now!"

Changing his Power Ax to the Power Cannon, Black cocked it and said "Power Cannon!" before tossing it in the air.

"Power Bow!" Pink shouted enthusiastically while tossing her bow into the air, watching as the bow horizontally locked on the top of the Power Cannon

"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 shouted, "Power Sword!" He placed his sword on top of the bow, locking it in place, making the newly combined weapon look similar to a crossbow, with his sword acting as the arrow.

"This won't end well!" Black shouted just as Red and Captain Red pulled the trigger and the moment they did, a golden beam in the shape of a pirate ship came soaring towards the Power Blaster's beam of light blue energy.


[Location: Abandoned Warehouse
POV:
Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran]

Kori was a wreck as she watched her team battle the original Power Rangers…The same Power Rangers that they all had looked up to.

This wasn't right!

They should be working together but because of that damn robot, her friends were fighting their idols.

Kori held her side as she limped over to the window and noticed that said robot was making his way towards the still unconscious Katherine, with the same collar that her friends were wearing.

"No…I can't let him do this to her," Kori whispered with gritted teeth. She had to get down there but despite her healing ability, she wasn't at battle capacity yet.

But she had to get down there and save Katherine before she wound up like her friends.

Kori gritted her teeth and made her towards the door and hissed out a pain-filled breath as Hiramechimedes inched closer and closer to Katherine's unconscious form.

She could hear his laughter from where she stood.

Kori forced herself to focus more on her anger for Hiramechimedes than her pain and without hesitation, she ran down the steps and jumped into the air just as Hiramechimedes reached his hand toward Katherine. Just as the machine was about to touch the unconscious girl, Kori delivered a flying kick to the side of his head, which sent him soaring to the side and into the crates.

Kori landed on her back and groaned in agony.

She needed to not do something as risky as that ever again.

Kori rose to her knees and panted heavily as she rummaged through the clothes of the unconscious Katherine until she found her Pirate Mobile. Kori held the mobile close, looked at Katherine, and whispered, "You did great Katherine but this is my fight…Please rest here…"

Kori stood up on her feet as Hiramechimedes returned to his own feet. "You dare to get in my way?" He snarled to her as he raised his sword, ready to cut her down.

Kori smirked held the Pirate Mobile in her hand and challenged, "I dare!" Kori twirled the ranger key in her hand and placed it in the lock on the mobile. "Armada Force: Set Sail!"


[Morphing Grid
Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran]

(Theme of Pirate Morph - The King of Fighters 2002 UM – Destiny)

Appearing in a dimension with pink starlight behind her, Kori was floating with her naked body glowing a bright white.

Suddenly, a black "V" slammed into Kori's chest with a black flash, forming her wearing her black spandex, along with her boots and gloves.

Then another pink "V" slammed into her chest with a flash of pink, forming her pink jacket and skirt.

Another pink "X" slammed into her head with a pink flash, forming her helmet.

A final pink "X" slammed into her body and with a pink flash, the Armada Force emblem was etched into the middle of her chest and helmet.

Pirate Pink slammed both of her hands on the ground and made a heart from her hands before she pulled her hands apart and the words "Armada Force Pink Ranger" in bright pink words before she cut through the words with her Pirate Sabre, where she placed it on her shoulder.


[Location: Abandoned Warehouse
POV:
Armada Force Pirate Pink Ranger]

"Now you're dealing with the true Pirate Pink, you pathetic machine," Pirate Pink exclaimed as she wielded her Pirate Sabre in her right hand.

Hiramechimedes chuckled in response. "Then you are the one that I want to control, Pirate Pink…" Hiramechimedes responded before he charged towards her with his blade in the air. Pirate Pink immediately ducked the first swing of his sword and blocked the diagonal swing with her sabre before she kicked Hiramechimedes in the knee and kneed him in the face with her left knee.

Hiramechimedes fell to the ground, only to raise his head and fire a beam of crimson energy from his eyes, which nailed Pirate Pink in the chest, sending her soaring backward as sparks exploded from her chest. Pirate Pink rose to her feet and ducked a swipe from his blade but was kicked in the chest hard by her opponent, which sent her skidding backward but before she could recover, an upward diagonal strike of Hiramechimedes' sword sent her flying into the air, more sparks leaving her body.

Pirate Pink landed on a higher level landing and groaned in pain, her body smoking. "This isn't working out too well…I'm just too injured…" Pirate Pink muttered as she stood and leaned against the metal railing. "I'll need to fight him at a distance…And I think I know how…" Pirate Pink pulled out her Pirate Mobile and pulled out a small key of the Pink Ranger she needed.

With a twirl, Pirate Pink announced, "Lightspeed…Rescue!" before putting the key into its lock and twisting it.


[Morphing Grid
Armada Force Pirate Pink Ranger]
(Theme of Pirate Morph – Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue theme)

Pirate Pink threw a pink and white triangle and stood stock still as she passed through the liquid and when she came out, her suit was pink with thick white triangles going diagonally on her chest and lower side.

Her boots and gloves were white with a thick golden band around the edge of them. Around her waist was a golden belt that held a blue asterisk sign on it.

Pirate Pink's helmet was changed from her pirate theme to a smooth helmet round helmet with a stripe going from the back of her helmet to the chin of her helmet as well as another white strip going around the helmet and in the middle of the helmet was a triangle opening that showed her glowing pink eyes covered with a metal breathing mask and with narrowed eyes, a black visor slide up over the triangle opening.

The new Pink Rangercrossed her arms in an "X" formation, leaned back, and shouted, "Lightspeed Rescue Pink Ranger!"


[Location: Abandoned Warehouse
POV:
Lightspeed Rescue Pink Ranger]

Lightspeed Pink quickly lifted her arm and shouted, "V-Lancer!" With a pink flash, a large lance with a large pink "V" in the middle of the lance. Lightspeed Pink grabbed it and pointed it at the rather stunned Hiramechimedes.

"Remarkable…I had no idea…" The robot said with awe in his voice. "You rangers can change into other rangers…This opens up so much more…"

"Too bad you won't be capitalizing on this realization after this. V-Lance Blaster!" Lightspeed Pink exclaimed as her V-Lancer changed into its blaster mode and without any further fanfare, Lightspeed Pink leapt off and began to fire at Hiramechimedes.

The robot was struck with several powerful beams of pink energy, which sent him flying backward with tons of sparks leaving his body. As he flew back, Lightspeed Pink landed on the ground and continued to fire, nailing every inch of his body with her V-Lance Blaster.

Hiramechimedes recovered after the tenth blast struck him and immediately used his blade to slice through the three oncoming beams, sending the remains flying past him to explode in a flash of pink energy.

But without warning, Lightspeed Pink appeared before him, her V-Lancer back in its original form, the golden blade glowing a bright pink, along with her visor.

"Now di-" Lightspeed Pink started to say until a massive explosion was heard, followed by an extremely bright light.

Both Lightspeed Pink and Hiramechimedes turned to see a massive wave of energy, followed by fire coming towards them. Lightspeed Pink turned her head to see Hiramechimedes chuckle and said "Looks like this is goodbye for all of you Rangers," before he vanished in a flash of small light blue hexagons.

Lightspeed Pink quickly turned around and grabbed Katherine's unconscious form and ran as fast as she could towards a window and just as she leaped out of it, the warehouse exploded.


[Location: Abandoned Warehouse
POV:
Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran]

Thirty minutes passed when Kori came to, she found herself unmorphed and buried under a ton of rubble.

Kori shook her head and pushed herself out of the rubble to reveal that the large warehouse they had fought in was completely gone, only the remains of bricks, metal, and flames being its remains.

Kori looked down and saw that Katherine was still unconscious but at least she was still alive.

Kori stumbled and fell to her knees as the pain flared in her side, which caused her to fall face-first into the rubble.

Kori tried to keep her eyes open but the pain was so much that she began to drift off.

Before she fully went into unconsciousness, she could feel warm energy around her and a voice she had never heard before say "Do not worry…I will heal you all…"


[Location: Command Center - Medical Bay
POV: Jason Lee Scott
]

Jason was surprised.

Out of all the other rangers who were unconscious from the huge explosion of energy, he was the only one who was still conscious.

He was seriously banged up, but he was otherwise ok.

Alpha was currently in the medical bay with him, wrapping up his bruised torso with some medical wrap.

After Zordon had transported all of them to the Command Center, he requested for Jason to use the healing chamber but Jason refused.

The other rangers needed it far more than he did because a lot of them were worse off than he was.

But Zordon didn't hear any of it and at least requested for Alpha to look after his injuries.

But as Alpha wrapped his wounds, Jason's mind was racing.

He and his friends had just battled with another extremely powerful ranger group. As far as he knew, they were the only ranger team so where did this one come from?

Jason wanted to ask the Pink Ranger that was with Katherine but she had fallen unconscious the moment she was transported here.

This didn't make any sense.

Then again, was it supposed to?

He and his friends went from normal teenagers to the World's protectors in six weeks and some change…

'Had it truly just been six weeks?' Jason thought to himself, a surprised look on his face.

It seemed so much longer than that.

Especially considering what had been going out for the past three weeks…

Zack nearly being killed by Knasty Knight.

Trini nearly kills Zack after deception by Swan Song.

Zack and Kimberly were kidnapped by Knasty Knight.

Katherine, a regular human, had to become a ranger to save them all from the fatal four known as Swan Song, Death Rose, a controlled Zack, and Knasty Knight.

The only story that had a happy resolution was Billy's incident with Adonis. Other than that, each battle had a consequence they had to deal with in the next battle.

It was then that Jason realized something.

All of these sagas had one thing in common and that was Zack.

Zack was the first one to be targeted when she sent Knasty Knight after him and since then, she hadn't let up from him.

Was Rita purposely going after Zack?

She had to have been!

He was the only one being targeted consistently since this all began.

How could Jason have not seen this before?!

But what did she have to gain?

"Are you ok Jason?" Alpha's voice rang out, which caused Jason's eyes to snap onto the robot before him.

"I'm ok Alpha…Because I think I found something out…" Jason replied before a thought occurred to him. "Alpha…What can you tell me about Zordon's Rangers?"

Alpha tilted his head in thought before the small robot replied, "They were the chosen champions of Zordon to combat Rita but that is all I know unfortunately…"

Jason nodded, slightly bummed that he didn't get any more information other than that before he asked, "Has Zordon awakened yet from his rest?"

When Jason and the other rangers were transported here by Zordon, he was drained from this experience and disappeared to recharge his energy.

"He is still regaining his energy, why?" Alpha asked curiously.

Jason nodded. "I want you to find out about Zordon's rangers for me…I believe that they hold the answers to the questions I seek…Can you do that for me?" he asked.

Alpha nodded and said, "I shall gather all the information I can!"

Jason patted Alpha's head with a smile and said, "Thank you." Just then, a claxon began to sound off in the healing tank that Katherine was currently in, which told Alpha that her wounds had officially healed.

Alpha rushed over to the healing tank and after pressing a few buttons, the liquid lowered and the tank opened up. Alpha held Katherine in place as he removed some hookups that were on her body and carried her to the medical bed that was next to Jason.

The moment Katherine was laid on the bed, her eyes began to clench before they opened slowly as she groaned, "What the hell hit me?"

Jason chuckled and answered, "A lot. Welcome back."

Katherine rose from the bed and rubbed her head as she replied, "Thanks…Boy…the last few days have been a wreck on my body…"

"It tends to do that when you morph your first few times," Jason noted with a chuckle while Katherine's eyes bugged out from her head.

"Oh no, Kori! Is she alri—" Katherine started but Jason pointed at the healing tank right behind him.

He watched as Katherine followed his point and instantly became relieved at the sight of the Rangers.

"Good…I was worried that she had gotten caught," Katherine said with a small sigh of relief.

"You should be more concerned about yourself," Jason softly chastised as he looked at her. "You remember what Zordon said. If he caught you in battle for any reason, your memories would be erased…And we all saw your battle as that pink ranger…"

Katherine lowered her gaze and replied, "I knew the risks when I helped Kori but…I couldn't allow her to be hurt. Besides, I didn't hear from any of you for two whole days! What was I supposed to do?"

Jason nodded and rose from his bed as he said, "I know…Which is why when Zordon wakes up, I'll try to help you keep your memories."

It was then that Katherine let a sad smile appear on her face. "There is no need…You and Billy stuck up for me the first time…I can't have you guys stick up for me again. Besides, I agreed to Zordon's terms and I broke them. I deserve any punishment that is given…And I accept it proudly," Katherine told him.

Jason opened his mouth but four more claxons rang out in the healing tanks that Trini, Zack, Billy, and Kimberly were in, which caused Alpha to rush back into the medical bay to get them out, which Jason and Katherine helped the small robot with.

"But it still isn't right," Jason stated as he placed Trini's body on the third medical bed. "You did it to protect someone…"

"I know but it is what it is…Just make sure you guys stay my friends after all of this," Katherine said as she placed Billy's body on the bed but it was then Jason saw her look down at him with a sad look on her face.

"I don't think I could live with myself if I woke up without you guys hanging with me…" Katherine said softly as she brushed the hair out of Billy's face.

Jason walked towards the tank where Kimberly's body was, lifted her into his arms, and carried her to the bed as a familiar voice groaned, "Ugh…I knew that was a bad idea…"

Katherine and Jason's head whipped to Zack's body, which was now leaning up from the bed, where Zack added, "Jay, the next time you decide to do that…Don't…"

Katherine rushed to Zack's side as he leaned off the bed and instantly hugged him tight as she shouted, "I've been wanting to give you this since I saw you!"

"You know Kat, we gotta stop meeting like this…People are going to start to wonder…" Zack teased as he wrapped his right arm around her with a small laugh. "I guess I can say that you missed me?"

"Of course I did, you goof," she responded with a happy laugh as she pulled away from him. "Thank you for saving me that day…"

"Anytime. Let's not make it a habit though…Don't think my body could handle it," Zack said with a joking smile on his face. "Then again, I seem to have an "Injure and/or Kill me" sign on my ass at all times so if I save you again, we'll blame it on that."

Jason snorted at this and said, "Well, maybe you should take it easy on the heroics."

Jason watched Zack's head turn to him with a grin on his face and replied, "You kidding me Jay? I live for this."

It was then Jason's face became serious as he said, "I know…But I don't want your heroics to cost you your life."

Zack nodded and murmured, "Trust me, Jay…I'll be ok…Promise."

"Bull…" Jason murmured with a small grin.

A few seconds later, It was Billy's turn to awaken and when he did, Katherine was by his side instantly, a worried look on her face. "Billy, are you ok?" She asked the resident genius, who laughed a bit weakly.

"I have had worse admittedly…But I consider this up there…I have been in this room far too much…" Billy softly answered before he let out another laugh, which made Katherine smile a bit.

"Let's not make this a habit then," Katherine gently told him with a tender smile. "I would hate for you to keep getting injured…"

"Well…If that meant that I got the chance to wake up to you next to me each time then…I would consider getting hurt more often," Billy replied, which caused Katherine's face to heat up.

Jason looked super amused by this, as did Zack, who walked up to Jason and whispered, "When did Billy get super smooth?"

"I think he's been watching you work your magic on some of the girls at school far too often," Jason responded in a hushed tone of his own.

"Yeah, but I never sounded as smooth as that," Zack noted in amusement before he sniffed."Our little Blue is growing up…I'm so proud."

Jason wrapped an arm around Zack's shoulders and said, "I am too dear…" The two began to laugh softly but the two were quickly silenced when Trini began to groan on the table behind them.

"You two hyenas better quiet down," Trini grumbled as she turned her head in their direction, but kept her eyes closed. "Or else this lioness is going to have to strike you both down."

"You can try," Both Zack and Jason said in unison before the two cracked a smile.

Trini leaned up off the bed, bent her left leg up to place her left arm on top of her knee and said, "That can be arranged…" Trini then opened her eyes and stared at the two. "Well...After I'm fully awake."

"How are you feeling?" Jason asked her.

"I feel as if a truck rammed into me twice but I'll be alright," Trini replied before she looked to Zack. "Zack…I…"

Zack instantly waved her off as he interjected, "Don't worry about it. It's all in the past."

Trini shook her head in disagreement and replied, "It's not in the past anymore…When we get the time…We will all need to talk…Because Jason was right, this world is more important than what happened and it's something we need to get past."

Zack looked at Jason questioningly but Jason pointedly ignored the look it was then that he felt something lean against his right shoulder. When Jason looked to his right, he saw Kimberly resting her head against it, her eyes half-lidded in exhaustion.

"Welcome back to the land of the living Kimberly," Jason softly greeted.

"Thanks…I was up for a while but I'm still so tired," Kimberly yawned as she leaned more against his shoulder. "I just need a few seconds."

"More like a few hours. Otherwise, you tend to start throwing stuff at the person who woke you up," Trini quipped, which made Kimberly sneer at her before the two shared a smile.

"I don't need that much sleep…And I don't throw stuff at people that wake me up…" Kimberly said with a small pout as Jason placed her on her feet. She then turned to Jason with a curious expression on her face. "Do I?"

Jason also ignored this question and opted to just look straight ahead but it was Billy who responded, "You have thrown several things in my vicinity whenever I woke you up for school."

"Oh boo! I don't throw stuff," Kimberly responded to his words before walking up in front of Kimberly with a smile on her face.

Jason quickly moved away from Kimberly and in between Zack and Trini as the rest of them looked at Kimberly and Katherine.

The two K's seemed to stare at each other for a long time as if an entire conversation was going through their heads before Katherine leaned forward and hugged Kimberly as tight as she could, to which Kimberly instantly returned.

"Thank you for saving me," Katherine whispered into Kimberly's ear, which caused the latter to laugh sweetly.

"Thank you for saving me…" Kimberly replied before she pulled away. "Jason and Billy told me and the others what happened before we went to the warehouse…You have no idea how much your actions have touched me."

"It was my fault that you and Zack wound up in that situation in the first place…I needed to save you both. No matter what the cost may be…" Katherine said softly with a peaceful smile.

"But at the cost of your memories?" Kimberly asked.

Katherine nodded and answered, "Even at the cost of my memories…"

"Well, no matter what happens, we consider you one of our own," Kimberly told her, sincerity thick in her voice.

"She's not wrong," Zack added with a smile on his face. "Even if your memories are gone, you will always be our friend."

"And you will always be a ranger in our eyes," Billy added with a smile on his face.

Trini and Jason both nodded in agreement at this.

Katherine looked at all of them and Jason could see that she had tears in her eyes but Kimberly quickly brought her back into her arms and hugged her as tightly as possible.

"Face facts, you're one of us," Kimberly whispered. "Now and forever…" It was then that the four other rangers wrapped their arms around Kimberly and Katherine, forming a group hug, while Katherine's body shook slightly.

When the group pulled away, Katherine wiped away the tears that had fallen just as Alpha walked into the room and said "Zordon is awake…He is requesting your presence at once."

The six teens exchanged glances before they all nodded and walked out of the room together.


[Location: Command Center
POV: General
]

There they stood…Surrounded by her friends…staring at Katherine's lone form while their leader Zordon stared down at her friend with a disappointed look on his face.

Despite Katherine stating that she didn't regret what she did in saving Kimberly and Zack as well as Kori, Kimberly was very upset that Katherine was going to lose her memories.

"Katherine…I must say, I am disappointed that you are here in front of me again," Zordon stated while Katherine looked down at the ground in shame.

"I specifically stated that if you were anywhere near the battle, I would erase your memories of the rangers from your mind…But two short days later, you decided to throw yourself into this situation with the Pirate Force Rangers.," Zordon continued, disappointment heavy in his voice.

"I did…I knew the risks in helping her but I don't regret it," Katherine said, her eyes gleaming in resolution. "She needed help and I was there to give it. If that means that I am to lose my memories, at least I know that I did it to help someone who needed it."

"No matter how noble the cause, you have gone against our word and therefore, You must be held responsible for your actions," Zordon told her as a tile before her dropped down and slid away, revealing an octagonal shape on the floor. Seconds later, a purple stand with a glowing purple orb, which had streaks of silver lightning rose from the hole until it stood menacingly in front of Katherine.

Katherine looked down at the orb in front of her and noticed indents on the sides of the orb, which looked like hand marks. "Place your hands on the orb and accept your punishment," Zordon softly ordered.

Katherine turned back to the five rangers, each of them showing sadness on their faces and she said, "Don't be sad guys…I accept my fate…Just don't forget about me…" Before she turned around stared down at the orb with her sad look.

Just as she reached her hands out to touch the orb, Zack's enraged voice shouted, "This is bullshit!" Everyone looked at Zack, who took a step forward from his spot. "I'm sorry for cursing Zordon but I cannot allow this crap to continue. Katherine shouldn't be punished for helping someone, agreement or not!"

Billy was the second one to step up and yell, "I agree! Katherine is the reason all of us are here now! If she wasn't, all of us would have been killed by that knight and Rita would have won!"

"They're right!" Kimberly shouted as well. "Hell, Zack and I would have been far worse off had Katherine not saved us when we were attacked by the putties that day!"

"Who cares about the rules she broke? She did it to save us all and she did it to save that girl in the healing tank now. She's a damn hero!" Trini added as she stepped up as well.

Jason took a step forward as well and said "She did what any of us would have done Zordon! Don't forget, she may not be a ranger but she's human, just like us! We are under the same risk she and everyone else is! Instead of punishing her for interfering when she's not a ranger, we should be rewarding her for helping us in our time of need!"

"Guys!" Katherine shouted, catching their attention. "It's ok…"

"No, it's not!" Kimberly shouted as she ran up to Katherine and pulled her into another tight hug, which caused tears to shine in her eyes. "You should not be punished for saving us…You shouldn't be punished for this…"

"K-Kimberly…" Katherine stammered out before she nestled her head against Kimberly's neck and wrapped her arms around her as tightly as she could.

"Please Zordon…" Billy softly pleaded. "Please reconsider this choice…"

"I cannot…" Zordon said. "I understand all of your objections to this but she disobeyed my orders...She has to accept the consequences of her actions…"

Katherine softly pulled away and looked Kimberly in the eyes. "He's right…I must accept responsibility for what I did…" Katherine told her before she took a step back to stare at the rest of them. "Thanks for sticking up to me but I have to do this…" Katherine turned around and stared at the orb for a moment. She took a deep breath, placed her hands on the sides of the orb, and shakily said, "I a-am ready…"

The moment she said those words, purple and silver streaks of energy shot up her body and It was then that she felt a large amount of energy coursing within her body.

Katherine's body began to glow in bright purple light, which caused the other rangers to cover their eyes from the intense glow.


[Location: Command Center - Medical Bay
POV:
Princess Koriand'r of Tamaran]

Kori could feel the cold air of the medical bay hit her the minute her tank opened. Kori opened her eyes and saw Alpha in front of her and she instantly realized where she was. She had heard stories from the original rangers up to the Turbo Rangers about the command center but she had never seen it before so being in this place was nothing short of amazing for her.

And what was even more amazing was that she was staring at the original Alpha. "Wow," Kori rasped with awe in her voice as she watched Alpha remove some of the hookups that were attached to her body. "You're Alpha…"

"Yes, I am Alpha. And you are Armada Force Pink Ranger, Princess Kori Anders from Tamaran," The small robot responded with a cheerful tone. "When Zordon realized who you were, He was very puzzled."

"How did you know?" Kori asked, surprised about how he knew of her official title.

"Zordon and I found out from your DNA. Whenever someone who is not a Power Ranger enters our Command Center, their DNA is instantly scanned and matched with those who share it in the universe. We found yours through your parents. The only thing we are confused about is how the princess of Tamaran is here when there is no princess yet."

Kori smiled as Alpha helped her to the medical bed and explained, "I am not of this Universe…It is a frightfully long story and I'll happily explain to Zordon when I see him."

Alpha nodded and said, "Zordon awaits you and your team when they awaken."

"Thank you, Alpha," Kori chirped. Alpha nodded and walked away and when he left, Kori found herself staring at her team, which was still unconscious on the other beds around her.

But without warning, her leader rose his head off of the medical bed and said, "About time he left, I don't think I could have stayed still for much longer."

Kori felt her heart stop at the sight of her Captain looking at her.

The last time she saw him was during his battle with Hiramechimedes when he ordered her to leave him.

"C-Captain…" She breathed out as tears fell down her face. Without warning, she quickly rushed to him and hugged him with all of her might, openly sobbing against his chest.

She knew that the life of a ranger was not an easy one and death faced them every day but the reality that she could have been without her friends and the Captain that she loved, hadn't hit her until she sat in her Captain's embrace.

And it only made her cry harder.

Kori instantly felt his arms wrap around her just as tightly as he whispered, "I'm sorry I worried you."

"You should be…" she said against his chest, her voice trembling against his body as more tears fell from her eyes. "It was not easy leaving you behind, not knowing if that was the last time I would be able to see you."

"I'm sorry I gave that order to you, Kori, but It would have killed me to have you stay there and possibly die alongside me," her captain responded but this instantly caused her to move away from him with anger in her eyes.

"I'd rather die by your side than live without you!" Kori exclaimed, which shocked her Captain to the core.

"Kori…" He whispered but she shook her head immediately and lowered her head.

Kori then felt her head being lifted and that was when her emerald green eyes stared into his crystal blue eyes.

She felt her captain wipe the tears from her cheeks and she nuzzled her face into his hand and without warning, she saw him move his head forward and then she felt his lips collide with hers in a soft kiss. She stiffened up in surprise for a split second before she closed her eyes and returned the kiss just as softly, her arms wrapping around his neck to pull him close while his grip tightened around her.

The two separated slowly and panted softly, a small blush on both of their faces and it was then that they heard a voice tease, "So? It took all of this for you two to finally kiss?"

"It's about time. I was so tired of them skirting around it for ages. I'm so proud of 'em!" another voice stated, clearly pleased by the turn of events.

The two broke apart to see Victor Stone, the Armada Force Pirate Blue Ranger, and Wally West, the Armada Force Pirate Silver Ranger, grinning from ear to ear.

Kori could feel her face heat up as she lowered her gaze to her lap while her captain glowered at the two and said, "You two are so running drills when we return."

"Aww, how come Rich?" Victor questioned with a grin. "Was it because we interrupted?"

"Because if so, we can go back to sleep and you two can continue to show how much you guys missed one another…" Wally added with a smug grin.

Kori could see her captain's face take on a deep shade of red before he mumbled, "Shut up you idiots."

"We will…As soon as you stop hogging Kori and let us get some of our teammates," Wally said with a pout on his face.

Victor motioned to Wally and said, "What he said. When we found out that you were steering the ship while Rich, Wally, and I were in battle, we all grew scared that they would overrun you."

"Yeah…And when we saw the Galleon explode from their ship, we thought we lost you in it when we realized that you weren't on that damn ship with the rest of us. Man, we were upset…But the Captain was pissed and we were planning to avenge you before the collars came on…" Wally added on with a frown.

"In short, we missed you and I don't think any of us could live in a world without ya, Kori," Victor finished.

Kori gave a caring smile to both of them before she removed herself from her Captain's arms and launched herself to both Victor and Wally, who instantly caught her and engaged in a three-way hug.

"I don't think I could live in a world without you two goofballs either," Kori said with a laugh as Wally and Victor tightened their hold on her before the three disengaged from the hug.

"Nah, you could. It would just be boring," Victor replied before he realized something important and exclaimed, "Oh man, Gar's gonna freak when he finds out!"

Victor turned to the sleeping Garfield Mark Logan, the Pirate Force Green Ranger, and nudged him with his foot as he said "Gar! Wake up! You missed it!"

Garfield waved his arm and murmured "I don't wanna train today Cap…Let me sleep…" as he turned his body to lay on his right side.

Victor nudged him again and shouted, "The Captain and Kori just kissed!"

Garfield suddenly leaned up from the bed and shouted, "What?! And I missed it?!"

"We tried waking you up beforehand man," Wally laughed.

Garfield grinned as he looked towards Kori and exclaimed, "At least I'll get more chances to see them, thanks to you, you crazy woman!" before he launched himself off his medical bed and gave her a tight hug, which Kori returned after a squeal of happiness as he spun her around in the air. "The next time you run off shouting "I need to steer the ship", I'm going to hogtie ya!" Garfield pulled away from her with a grin. "Nearly gave me a heart attack when the ship exploded! I thought you were still on it!"

Kori laughed and replied, "I am sorry for worrying you so…But had I not, the ship would have plummeted into the sun during our battle and we all would have died."

"That I agree with," A female voice calmly stated, which caused Kori to turn her head to see the Pirate Force Yellow Ranger, Rachel Roth, staring at her with a proud look on her face. "If not for her, none of us would be here to have this reunion."

"Rachel…" Kori said softly as Garfield sat her down on the ground. Rachel was the more aloof member of their ranger team and didn't often give praise but when she did, she meant it, and hearing it from Rachel made Kori feel wonderful inside.

Rachel nodded at Wally, Victor, and Grayson and said, "Glad you guys are still with us," before she turned to Garfield, who was staring at her with a warm smile. "Garfield…I am glad to see you unharmed. I thought that after you took that attack for me you might have died."

Garfield smacked his chest and said, "Can't keep a good ranger down. You should know this by now, Rae."

"It's Rachel," Rachel instantly responded. "But regardless, you shouldn't take such dangerous risks. You may not get as lucky as you did on the ship."

"I know but anytime you're in danger, I'll do anything to protect you. You should also know that by now…" Garfield said with a wink.

Rachel rolled her eyes and muttered "Idiot." But as she turned away, Kori noticed a very faint blush on Rachel's face, which made Kori grin.

She'll file that away for later.

"Meanwhile, it's good to see all of you are alive and well. It seems Pirate Force is together again," Captain Richard said, which caused everyone to smile in agreement, except Rachel, who nodded in approval.

"But now that we are all awake…We need to know where we are," Captain Richard added before he turned to Kori. "Kori, I need a report of what had occurred after our separation."

Kori saw the serious look on her captain's face and grew serious as well and relayed everything that had occurred, from the moment she landed to before she fell unconscious again at the destroyed warehouse. Once she was done, the entire team had a look of shock on their faces.

"So…We fought the OG Rangers after fighting Katherine?" Wally asked as if he couldn't believe what Kori had told him.

"Yes. From what I saw, you all fought them to a standstill. The battles were quite amazing from what I could remember," Kori told Wally, who looked at his hands in wonder.

No one needed to comment on it but every ranger from the Ninja Storm crew to their own admired the rangers that came before them but the original Mighty Morphin team was the team of legends.

And the fact that they had fought them to a standstill was something amazing to all of them.

"And not only that, Katherine was able to withstand the energy of using our Pirate Mobiles?" Victor added on, which made Kori nod.

"Yes, she was able to morph and managed to fight all of you off until you took her down, Victor," Kori told him.

"But how can that be? They don't meet Katherine until long after Jason, Trini, and Zack are at the Peace Conference and close to the time that Kimberly leaves for her Olympic training," Captain Grayson said, his arms crossed with a stern look on his face.

"It seems this universe has a lot of differences than our own…But I wonder how many it has," Rachel stated.

Just then, they heard and felt a large amount of energy exploding from outside of the medical bay.

"What the hell was that?!" Garfield shouted in alarm.

"No clue but let's find out!" Captain Richard exclaimed and together, the six of them quickly got off of their butts and headed towards the exit of the medical bay.


[Location: Command Center
POV: General
]

But when the light faded and the five rangers were able to see the command center once again, Kimberly felt herself gasp in shock.

Instead of Katherine's form, there stood something different.

The figure had a ranger suit on that was similar to her own but instead, it was in a violet color with silver diamonds on her white gloves and boots, which had a silver trim around the edges of her boots and gloves.

On her torso was a silver vest-like armor which had a large purple diamond etched into the back of the vest-like armor.

The armor itself was attached to the armored silver belt with a silver buckle melded in the middle of the belt that held a power coin within it as well as a silver-colored holster that held a Blade Blaster along with a violet skirt with silver trim around the edge of it.

When the figure turned around, Kimberly saw a single silver diamond in the middle of her chest and when Kimberly looked at the head, she saw a violet helmet that had the silver trim shape of the etched bird on her helmet, light silver eyes on the "head" of the bird, the silver beak of her bird resting right in the middle of her visor, causing the visor to become more of a "V" shaped visor and the wings of her bird resting on the sides of her helmet as well.

"Holy shit…" Zack breathed out from beside her.

"You got that right…" Jason responded to Zack but all Kimberly could do was stare at the visor of this new ranger.

Kimberly took a step toward the ranger as she murmured, "Katherine? Are you in there?"

The ranger remained silent for a second before Katherine's voice stammered, "This is…I don't…I-I thought…"

Kimberly leaned forward and unsnapped the sides of the helmet and slowly pulled the helmet off of the ranger, which slowly revealed the stunned face of Katherine.

"It's about time I truly reveal what I have done," Zordon said with a proud tone in his voice, which prompted all of the rangers to look at him. "From the moment you appeared Katherine, I have been watching you. I've watched you interact with my rangers and while at first, I didn't expect anything more than them having another human friend, Zachary, and Kimberly were attacked…"

"I then saw you, with no hesitation step in and fight for them with all that you had. It was then I realized that I was looking at someone who was selfless enough to fight for them without knowing the full story. And even when you did, you continued your campaign to save them until you wielded the power of the Aura Pink Ranger, something that could have killed you, and yet you selflessly donned the suit and used its remaining power to save them."

"Even after I forbade you from stepping foot into battle, you wasted no time in helping the Pirate Force Pink Ranger and even donned her ranger powers to protect her from the Cogs and her teammates. After watching you do all of this…It was then I made my choice."

Zordon then let a large smile appear on his face as he said "There are Nine Power coins that have been created. The Mastodon, The Pterodactyl, The Triceratops, The Saber-tooth Tiger, and The Tyrannosaurs, along with more one that I have in my possession but the remaining three are lost."

"Wait…You didn't create the power coins?" Jason asked in surprise.

He and the others honestly thought that since Zordon had given them their powers, he had created them but apparently, that wasn't so because Zordon explained, "Unfortunately, I did not. While I have created my own Power Rangers in the past, the Power coins are not my doing…There is another who has created them but like the last three Power coins, he is lost as well. The reason I bring this up is because after all that I have seen…Katherine Hillard, I have deemed you worthy of holding the Sixth Power Coin…"

Zordon smiled at the stunned ranger group and said "The Rahonavis…The perfect mix of the ancient bird and Dinosaur….The Symbol of Sacrifice, Duty, and fierceness had chosen you to wield its power…Do you accept its power in return?"

Katherine looked down at the ground for a moment and said, "The moment I helped Zack and Kimberly, I knew I had gotten into something that I had no business getting into…And when I raced through town, I had feelings to back out of it before it got worse…" Katherine then looked up at Zordon with a gleam in her eyes. "But I didn't because I did not want to see anyone hurt or killed on my watch! Even if I had a chance to refuse all of this and live a normal life, I couldn't ignore what's going on in the city…Our city is in danger and I'm going to help stop it so count me in."

"Then this test is over! You now wield the Power of the Rahonavis Katherine Hillard…Now rise as the Violet Rahonavis Ranger and join the other rangers in protecting this Earth!" Zordon shouted with pride as Katherine let a large smile form on her face.

Katherine let out a scream of excitement before she turned around and was quickly tackled by the other rangers, who hugged her tightly as she laughed in happiness.


When the six Pirate Force Rangers ran out of the medical bay, the six were greeted by the sight of Kimberly standing in front of a brand new ranger none of them had seen before.

"What in the world?" Captain Richard said out loud as he turned to Victor and then to Kori, who both wore looks of confusion on their faces as well.

"This is new…" Wally stated. "I don't think I've ever seen this ranger before…"

"Neither have I. How strange…I wonder who is behind the helmet," Garfield said as he crossed his arms in thought.

"It can't be Tommy…It would be too early for him to become a ranger," Rachel commented with narrowed eyes.

Kori merely smiled and said, "I think I know who it is." The five rangers turned and looked at Kori but she only motioned her head to the new ranger, and it was then that they watched Kimberly remove the helmet to reveal Katherine as the new ranger.

"Whoa, what did we miss?" Garfield asked with a loud voice, which caused the original Power Rangers to turn around sharply to face them while they all had smiles on their faces.

"From the looks of it, It seems a brand new ranger was crowned and we got the chance to see it," Kori responded before she ran up to Katherine and gave her a tight hug, which Katherine happily returned.

"I'm so glad you're safe and sound," Katherine said as she broke the hold to stare into Kori's eyes.

"And I'm glad you are still alive," Kori countered with a large smile on her face. "I mean, they didn't pull any punches with you at all."

"That is certainly true," Zack said as he rubbed his chest with a grin on his face before he eyed Garfield, who looked rather sheepish. "You're damn good with your weapon. I wasn't expecting such a hard battle."

"Well," Garfield said with a grin but as he opened his mouth to speak, Rachel's hand collided with the back of his head, which caused him to look back at her. "What was that for Rae?!"

"It's Rachel," Rachel instantly replied. "And that was to stop any dumb comments from leaving your lips before you could think about it."

Garfield rolled his eyes while Victor laughed and walked up to Billy then held out his right hand and said, "From what Kori told me, you were a hellish challenge for me. We'll need to spar sometime."

"Anytime. You were a great challenge. Not since Adonis did I feel like I was in grave danger," Billy smiled gratefully and shook his hand.

Kimberly then went up to Wally and complimented, "You were pretty darn good at keeping pace with me."

Wally blushed a bit as he rubbed the back of his neck and said, "You were really good too from what Kori told me. I was really surprised to find out that I went against you. I'm surprised I'm still standing."

Kimberly laughed a bit at this as a blush appeared on her face. "Well I do try," Kimberly giggled.

Meanwhile, Rachel and Trini eyed each other down for a moment before Trini said "You kept pace with me. Your martial arts is quite impressive."

"Thank you. I do my teacher for my skills," Rachel replied as she crossed her arms.

Trini tilted her head and asked, "And who taught you?"

Rachel merely chuckled and gave a small bow to Trini, who blinked in surprise at the implication before she smiled and bowed in response.

Jason and Richard shook each other's right hands for a moment before Jason said, "You are very skilled. Not only with your martial arts but with your team as well. Even when controlled, they followed your lead without question."

"Well, To be the best leader I can be, I had to look to the past Red Rangers to see how they led their teams," Richard replied before he looked at Jason in the eyes. "The way you led/lead the rangers is admirable."

Jason shook his head and corrected, "I'm no leader…We are all equal in this team."

Richard nodded and added,, "You can be a leader without feeling above your team, Jason. That was the very first lesson you taught me while I was learning how to be a leader."

Jason looked at Richard for a moment before he nodded and said "I'll have to remember that." Jason then moved his hand back. "Now, I think we need to talk. You mention past Red Rangers but I'm the sole Red Ranger…Until you came. What do you mean by that?"

The other rangers stopped talking and all focused in on Jason and Richard, the latter of whom crossed his arms and leaned on a console. "It's a bit hard to explain but I will try my best to explain it."


[Location: Rita's Palace
POV: Rita Repulsa]

"Has he awakened yet Healtress?" Rita asked softly as she looked towards her latest monster.

The monster had silver-white skin and glowing blue eyes beneath the blank white mask she wore and her body was similar to a Victorian-era dress but it had red crosses circling at the bottom of the dress and she had her glove-covered hands above Goldar's bare chest, her hands glowing a soft golden light.

"He has not awakened yet, Lady Rita," Healtress replied, her voice as soft as the golden light around her hands. "But he did suffer a lot of damage due to that venomous knight's actions."

Rita nodded at this.

How could she have not seen it coming?

Knasty Knight was her most trusted monster, created and trained to defeat the Black Ranger and yet it was that same purpose that caused him to not only betray them but cause the deaths of many of her putties along with Squatt and Baboo, her most trusted henchmen.

Sure, she could make more putties but there was nothing left of Squatt and Baboo to bring back…They would never return. And while that hurt, all she could do was focus on Goldar.

He…He was her best friend and now he was fighting for his life because of this betrayal.

Rita shut her eyes and took a shaky breath.

It was as if her heart was breaking in two.

No, she couldn't show weakness!

She had to continue with her conquest, with or without Goldar!

But…As she looked at her knight, she couldn't stop a single tear from falling down her right cheek. She may have to do this without him but…She'd rather be with him when they conquered the planet Earth and rid the universe of Zordon once and for all.

And for that…She needed her trump card.

It was time to find Tommy Oliver and start her ultimate plan.