Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Final Mix
Episode Sixteen: Knight of Devotion: Ranger Killer Red (Final)


[Location: Downtown
POV: Genral]

With a leap, Black and Blue jumped into the air with their respective weapons and swung them down against Goldar's sword, causing a brief burst of sparks to fly from the clashing weapons. Goldar pushed the pair back into the air with ease before he blocked Yellow's lunging daggers with his blade. Yellow growled and attempted to strike at the knight, who effortlessly blocked each strike before he landed a solid kick to her chest.

Pink leaped into the air and fired three energy arrows at Goldar, who deflected each one with his blade before he lifted his left hand to form a red fiery orb and fired it at her but Violet tackled her out of the air to save her from the attack.

Red dashed forward and swung his sword upwards but Goldar blocked it with his blade. Goldar then grabbed Red by the neck and threw him backward against Black and Blue, sending the trio to the ground.

Violet ran forward and lunged her blade forward, causing the metal to dislodge into its whip form to strike Goldar's chest from afar. Goldar moved to the left, grabbed the whip blade, and tugged it forward sharply, which sent Violet flying towards him. Goldar grabbed her, twisted his body, and slammed her down to the ground hard by the bottom of her helmet.

"Want to know what death tastes like?" Goldar threatened.

In a panic, Violet clawed at his wrist as crimson beams of light shined beneath his palm as she felt the heat of his attack against the bottom of her helmet.

"Let her go!" Pink shouted as she ran forward and landed a running knee strike to his face which caused him to release Violet while forcing his body upward, sending the ball of energy from his palm into the air. Pink twisted around and jumped back as she lifted her bow and shot a volley of energy arrows into his back where they exploded in a pink flash, sending crimson sparks flying from the affected areas.

Violet grabbed his head and brought it down for a headbutt before she placed her foot against his chest and vaulted him above her head. Goldar recovered in the air and landed on his feet while Violet flipped to her feet. Pink ran beside her and asked, "Are you okay?"

"Peachy," Violet replied. The two nodded and charged toward Goldar, who ran toward the pair. Violet vaulted into the air and landed a spiral kick to Goldar's chest, which made him stumble backward again before Pink hopped into the air to perform a scissor kick to his head. Unfortunately, Goldar grabbed Pink's right leg and swung her hard into Violet, sending both of them through a jewelry store window,

Goldar pulled out his blade and immediately blocked Black's overhead ax swing.

"Ah, the slayer of my former apprentice. I should thank you for dealing with him before I did," Goldar said.

"He was a menace," Black replied through gritted teeth as he tried to force down his weapon.

"That he was…So from me to you," Goldar said before shoving the ax away and placing his hand against Black's chest. "Thank you," Goldar fired a burst of fiery red energy against Black's chest, which sent the ranger soaring towards Red, where both of them flew back into a small garden store which exploded upon impact.

"Red! Black!" Blue shouted before he growled and launched himself towards Goldar and threw two quick haymakers. Goldar blocked them both before Blue ducked a right hook and tackled/carried Goldar hard. Blue ran to an abandoned car and with a shout, jumped up and slammed Goldar onto the hood of it, causing sparks to fly from the hood. Blue then lifted Goldar back into the air but Goldar slammed his elbow on the top of Blue's helmet, which sent Blue onto one knee before Goldar kneed Blue in the face, sending the ranger skidding backward against the ground.

Blue adjusted himself, pushed himself on his feet while still skidding backward, and shouted, "Power Lance!" Blue's weapon appeared in his hand before he charged forward and jumped into the air, where he swung his lance at Goldar, who blocked it with his forearm. Goldar grabbed Blue's belt with his other hand and swung around to throw him against a car door to his left before he kicked Blue through the car, sending him sprawled out on the other side.

Goldar then released his hold and charged a ball of energy, only for Yellow's flying knee to slam into his face, which sent him crashing to the ground while Yellow landed on her feet and immediately ran forward. While on one knee, Goldar blocked her knee strike then her overhead ax-kick but Violet suddenly slid into view on one knee with her Blade Blaster and fired three shots, which nailed Goldar's right side, causing red sparks to fly from his side.

Goldar winced and pushed Yellow's leg away from him before he jumped to his feet and landed a kick to her chest, which sent Yellow spiraling backward onto the car rough as sparks flew from her chest. Violet hopped to her feet and ran forward and began to land jab after jab to Goldar's chest before she leaped up and landed a right hook to his jaw. Goldar rolled with the punch with a spin and landed an elbow shot to the back of Violet's head before he spun around, grabbed her head, and slammed it through the car window.

Yellow flipped to her feet on the roof and delivered a sweeping kick to Goldar's face which made him stagger to the side before he threw a fiery red orb at Yellow. However, Yellow performed a cartwheel flip to avoid it before she took out Blade Blaster to fire shots at him. Goldar summoned his blade and deflected two shots but Violet's right fist slammed into his face, which distracted him enough for three of Yellow's shots to impact his chest, sending red sparks out of his body.

He then blocked two jabs from Violet and leaned back from a roundhouse kick before he leaned forward and delivered a hard head-butt, which made her stagger backward. Goldar grabbed Violet's neck, pulled her close, and kneed her side twice, each strike causing sparks to fly before he lifted her and punched her towards Yellow, where Yellow caught her but the two were sent backward into the air.

Yellow slammed her feet to the ground as she held Violet in her arms before Violet fell forward and Yellow fell to one knee. "Shit…He's tough," Yellow panted out.

"You're telling me," Violet panted, her Australian thick due to her anger. "Six of us and this bloody ass is matching us! It's pissing me off!" Violet punched the ground and stood up on her feet as Yellow did the same only to see Goldar lift the car in front of her and Yellow.

"Catch!" Goldar shouted as he threw the car.


[Location: Holiday Inn
POV: Genral]

"This is the most fun I've had ever," Tommy said with an excited tone as he roundhouse kicked a putty in the head.

The Tournament Fighters had just cleared two floors, battling through wave after wave of Putties and despite the seriousness of the situation, there was still some light-hearted snarking that was shared between the group.

"We gotta get you some more hobbies," Cassie replied wryly after ducking a Putty's haymaker and kicking it down the stairs.

"Battling monsters is my hobby," Tommy replied before he let out a "Kiai!" and delivered a flying kick to another Putty which was sent colliding with a Putty that was sneaking up on TJ, who was in combat with two Putties.

TJ smacked the fist of an oncoming Putty and kicked it through the door of an empty hotel room before he turned around and kicked another one out of the window then followed up by performing a bicycle kick to a Putty which made it stumble towards David.

David hopped to the side and landed a jab at the Putty's face before Ashley followed up with a dropkick to its chest, which sent it flying out the window as well.

She flipped to her feet and said, "Damn…I can hear them coming up..."

"We have two more floors left before we reach the bottom," David said.

"Yeah…" Ashley suddenly fell to her knees as she clutched her head, her eyes flashing orange.

"Whoa, you alright?" David asked.

The light faded and Ashley muttered, "I'm fine…We need to keep going."

David looked unsure before he nodded and looked back to Tommy, TJ, and Cassie and told them, "We're moving down." It was then David noticed a flicker behind Tommy and then a portal opened up. Without hesitation, David ran to Tommy as he shouted, "Look out!" and kicked Tommy to the left only for two pairs of hands to grab him and pull him into the portal.

"David!" The group shouted in horror before Tommy let out a scream and leaped in after him, just as the portal closed.

"Oh no…" Ashley whispered.

"Oh no!" Cassie and TJ exclaimed before the sound of rapidly approaching footsteps alerted them to the presence of more Putties heading their way.

"This isn't good…" Cassie murmured.


[Location: Downtown
POV: Genral]

With a loud shout, Pink jumped from the jewelry store window and tackled Yellow and Violet to the ground just before the car was going to hit them, sending the vehicle tumbling against the ground before skidding to a stop.

Pink rolled off of Yellow and Violet, held up her Power Bow, and fired off three bolts of energy arrows. Goldar managed to deflect all three before he was suddenly kicked forward by Blue, where Yellow and Violet leaped up and kneed Goldar in the face, which made him stumble backward into Blue, who wrapped his arms around Goldar's waist and lifted him into the air.

Pink ran forward and jumped onto Yellow and Violet's shoulders before she vaulted off and elbow-dropped Goldar in the face as Blue bent backward, slamming Goldar into the ground. Blue and Pink rolled away as Yellow and Violet leaped into the and stomped on Goldar's chest hard, sending him deeper into the ground but with a roar, the pair was sent flying and a large crater appeared beneath Goldar as a fiery red aura exploded from his body.

Yellow and Violet landed with a skid beside Blue and Pink while Goldar to his feet. "Very good. I can see why the monsters we've sent have given you trouble. Even with four of you active, you all are quite a handful. However, none of you will wi" Without warning, a screaming Red and Black vaulted over the four surprised rangers and interrupted Goldar, their respective weapons in their hands as they swung them down and slashed Goldar's chest, causing red sparks to fly from his chest before two relentlessly slashed away at him, rage in each of their swings.

Goldar was struck four times before he grabbed both the ax and the sword and snarled, "I've enraged you both…Good…This is what I want!" with a hard tug back of their weapons, Goldar clotheslined the pair of rangers, sending them both to the ground before he summoned his blade and swung it sharply, causing an arc of fiery red energy to shoot towards the rangers.

Blue and Violet rolled to the left while Yellow and Pink rolled to the right to avoid the arch of energy. Red and Black grabbed Goldar's legs and tugged them sharply, sending him to the ground but with a grunt, Goldar's wings exploded into view and he smacked both Red and Black hard, sending them both sailing backward with Red colliding with a car and Black crashing through a window.

Goldar flew up to his feet and retracted his wings only to block a flying kick from both Yellow and Pink. Goldar shoved them back into the air and fired two orbs of fiery red energy, which slammed into their chest and sent them further into the air with sparks leaving their chests.

Violet suddenly came into view as she aimed a fist at Goldar's head but he caught it, only for Blue to come from behind and deliver a hard jab to the face, which made him stagger back and begin to block each quick and alternate punch from Violet and Blue before he caught Blue's fist and kicked Violet in the chest to send her crashing into a car.

He lifted Blue into the air, turned his body, and threw him towards Red, who just rose to his feet and was barely able to catch Blue. Red sat his teammate down and jumped up to land a left hook to Goldar's face. Goldar stumbled and responded with a punch to the gut that lifted Red off his feet before landing a left hook, which sent Red sailing backward into a car beside Violet, who was on one knee.

Black, Blue Yellow, and Pink ran to their side as the two rangers rose to their feet while Goldar stood confidently across from them. "This guy…He's really tough…" Pink said. "Even with our numbers, he's giving us a run for our money."

"He is Rita's right hand," Black stated. "Of course, he's going to be strong like this…"

"But to be able to knock us around like nothing?" Violet asked. "This is absurd."

"We'll need to think of something," Yellow said.

"I have an idea," Blue said. "The Power Blaster. If we can get a good grip on him for long enough, Red can wield the Power Blaster and deliver a point-blank shot. He won't have a chance to defend himself from it."

"As dishonorable as that sounds, he's forced our hand…" Red said. "We have our plan…Let's get to it! Form the blaster!"

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 locked 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.

"Power Whip-Sword!" Violet shouted as she tossed it into the air, which connected to the top of the bow, where Red's Power Sword would usually be.

Red shouted, "Power Sword," as he placed his blade on top of the Power Whip-sword locking it in place, making the combined weapon look similar to a crossbow, with his sword acting as the arrow.

"Interesting…" Goldar said with a smirk as the Rangers stood in front of them.

"Go!" Red shouted. The five Rangers dashed forward and Goldar smirked as he summoned his sword and ran forward and swung it at Yellow but she ducked it and landed an elbow to Goldar's stomach before she grabbed his left leg. Goldar turned his blade in an attempt to stab Yellow but Black kicked his right arm back before he flipped over his head and grabbed the arm and held it tight against him.

Pink skidded to Goldar's right leg and held it down while Violet leaped over Pink and grabbed Goldar's left arm and held it tight while Blue slid in between Goldar's legs and wrapped his arms around his waist.

Goldar struggled against the grips of rangers and shouted, "You all must be truly desperate!"

"Anything to stop you at this point! Now take this!" Red shouted as he fired the blaster, the recoil causing his body to skid backward as the large orb of multi-colored energy shot toward Goldar.

Goldar narrowed his eyes and let out a large roar as fiery red energy exploded from his body, which caused the rangers to tighten their hold as they all were lifted into the air before being forcibly removed from Goldar's limbs.

Goldar then pulled out his blade and performed an upward slash at the orb just seconds before it could hit him and with a roar, he sliced through the powerful attack, causing the halves of the orbs to fly past him before exploding.

Red took a step back and growled.

"You will have to try harder to defeat me," Goldar said.

Red scowled beneath his helmet as the other rangers joined his side. "Fuck me, that failed," Black said.

"This is really bad guys," Violet said.

"He's the last step…If we can defeat him, Rita will fall as well," Blue said.

"But the question is how? We're throwing everything we've got at him and he's successfully tanked our strongest weapon," Pink said.

Meanwhile, Goldar panted lightly. These rangers were impressive to fight on an even playing field for so long but he knew his energy was dwindling and they were getting weaker.

He had to finish this now.

And there was one thing to do.

Goldar smirked placed his palm against his blade and slowly slid it upwards, causing a bright golden light to cover the weapon before it became dulled. He held a golden orb of energy and pushed it into his chest, where he then hissed in displeasure before a pulse of energy filled Goldar's veins and a gold outline formed around his body.

His blade, which held the reserves of his power, was now empty but he was not only fully replenished, he was stronger than before but this was only temporary. He had five minutes before he would return back at the diminished levels he was at previously.

But that would be more than enough.

With the rangers, Yellow narrowed her eyes and said, "We need to keep trying. Maybe we should attack him all at once. Give him no chance to breathe."

"That'll be the best option," Red said. "Use your blade blasters. I have one more idea if all else fails…"

The rangers nodded and all of them pulled out their blade blasters and switched them to their "Blade" mode but Black turned his head to Red curiously. "Wanna clue us in?" Black asked.

Red smirked beneath his helmet and ominously replied, "No matter what happens from this moment on, it's either our lives or his and we have too much to lose so let's finish this and save the Earth!" With that yell, the six rangers charged forward toward Goldar with a furious yell.

"Fools," Goldar said with a sneer as he summoned energy into his right hand and launched it towards the rangers but the group leaped to the left to avoid it then to the right to avoid another one, causing two large explosions to erupt from behind them.

"Time to end this," Goldar said before he jumped forward into the air.

"I got him!" Violet exclaimed before she leaped into the air in front of him, Violet went for a swing but Goldar was quicker and slashed at her chest, causing a rain of violet-colored sparks to fly from her body as she fell to the from the sky and crashed into the ground where she de-morphed back to an unconscious Katherine.

Goldar landed on the ground and blocked a strike of the sword from Yellow before he kicked her in the chest, which caused her to fly backward and slam into the car before he leaped up and kicked Black in the chest then followed up by kicking Blue in the chest, sending the two rangers flying backward. He landed and blocked Red's sword strike with his own. Goldar pushed it away and slashed at Red's chest twice before he summoned a ball of energy and slammed it into Red's chest, which sent Red soaring backward into two cars.

Then he felt two bolts of energy slam into his shoulder and turned to see Pink with her blade blaster pointing right at him. She fired two shots but Goldar deflected each with his sword before he ran forward, jumped into the air, and delivered a double drop kick to her chest. Pink yelled as she went flying towards a building where he then fired a ball of energy, which slammed into her the minute she hit the wall, causing a rain of pink sparks. Pink then fell to the ground and de-morphed into an unconscious Kimberly.

"Why you!" Blue shouted as he tackled Goldar off of the car, where they both slammed to the ground but Goldar kicked Blue off of him, sending Blue sailing backward against a car.

Goldar flipped to his feet and snarled, "You escaped me last time Blue Ranger…This time you fall." Blue grunted and after avoiding Goldar's blade, Blue landed two punches to Goldar's chest but when he went for the face, Goldar caught the fist. "Goodbye Ranger," Goldar smirked before he landed two brutal stabs to Blue's chest before releasing the hand and slashing upwards and backward, sending Blue into the air with blue sparks before he crashed into a bus and de-morphed into an unconscious Billy, who fell to the ground.

Black ran up and landed a hard knee to the back of Goldar's head while Yellow rolled before Goldar and leaped up to knee him in the face. The two rangers landed and in synch, they swiped their blades at Goldar's chest and back, which caused red sparks to fly from his body.

Goldar swung his blade to his back to block Black's next strike and kicked Black's knee, forcing the ranger to kneel as he grabbed Yellow's blade and delivered a brutal kick to her chest. Yellow sailed backward with a yell as Goldar fired an orb of energy, which slammed into Yellow's body as she crashed through a window, sending her body further into the bakery where she slammed against the counter and de-morphed into an unconscious Trini, who crashed to the ground.

Goldar turned around just as Black stood up and blocked his sword strike with Yellow's blade blaster. Goldar chuckled and slashed Black's hand, forcing the blade blaster from his, and proceeded and deliver four straight strikes to his chest with both his sword and Yellow's blade blaster before he dropped Yellow's weapon and grabbed Black's head.

Black punched at Goldar's side repeatedly but Goldar smirked and turned around and tossed Black high into the air and fired three orbs of energy, each one exploded against the ranger's body, causing multiple black sparks to fly from Black's body. Black slammed into a street light and crashed against the hood of a car where he de-morphed into an unconscious Zack.

"All too easy," Goldar said with a successful smirk on his face but then he heard an enraged roar come from behind him. Goldar turned around only to be punched in the jaw by Red's right fist, causing him to drop his blade.

Red landed on the ground and began to aim wild punches at Goldar's face, each one making Goldar step backward but Goldar caught one of the fists and pulled Red close and delivered two brutal knee strikes to Red's chest, causing sparks to fly from his chest.

Red caught the third knee and pushed the knee away with one hand, smacked his other hand free, and landed a hard right hook to Goldar's face, which caused Goldar to stumble to the sight but he still stood.

Red growled and landed another hard blow but Goldar's face but Goldar resisted the second punch and his head didn't move on the third one. Goldar let a cruel smirk form on his face and turned around to land a hard blow to Red's stomach, which caused the ranger to lift off the ground before he grabbed Red by the neck and twisted his body to launch Red towards a large truck.

Red slammed against the truck and fell to the ground as his suit began to warble wildly but he punched the ground and remained morphed. "C-Can't fall here!" Red hissed out as he rose to his feet. It was then his eyes landed on the Power Blaster. Just then, Red rolled to the left to avoid a winged Goldar's blade from skewering him and grabbed the Power Blaster and lifted it up to fire but Goldar quickly flew towards him and slammed into Red's body, sending them both crashing through the building to the right of them.

The two slammed to the ground and rolled to a stop.

Red groaned and once again, his suit began to warble before he slammed his fist against the floor and the suit remained.

Red turned his body around and stood up on shaky legs as he turned to Goldar, who was also rising to his feet, the golden aura around his body slightly dull but still outlined around him.

Goldar summoned his blade while Red pulled out his blade blaster in its blade form and with a yell, the two clashed weapons, causing the blades to spark upon impact. The two broke apart and took several steps back from one another.

Red dashed forward and attempted to punch the knight's face but Goldar maneuvered around the fists and aimed a quick jab to Red's head. Red sidestepped Goldar's right fist and blocked two quick jabs from the knight before dashing backward to avoid the sharp knee that would have rocketed him in the air.

But despite Red's quick retreat, Goldar chased after him. Once he got close, Goldar threw a right jab toward the ranger but Red took the hit, swiftly moved back, and responded with an uppercut which would have hit Goldar, if he hadn't backflipped in time to avoid it.

Goldar quickly dashed forward and managed to land two hits to Red's face before Red sidestepped the knee and landed a solid blow to Goldar's chest.

With another step forward, Red's right fist slammed into the face of Goldar's, sending the knight backward into the air before slamming to the ground.

Goldar flipped to his feet and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and smirked before he dashed forward and started to deliver several quick jabs in rapid succession. Red blocked the punches with his forearms as well and swiftly dodged the blows as well before he saw his opening and countered with an uppercut.

Goldar dodged the uppercut again by dashing backward three times before charging forward and with a yell, Goldar dashed towards with his right foot emblazoned.

Seeing the attack coming, Red dashed then hopped forward to avoid the kick and performed a downward right hook, which nailed Goldar in the face, and caused the knight's head to slam into the ground.

Red landed on the ground and turned around only for Goldar to bounce back up and deliver a brutal uppercut with golden flames wrapped around his right hand, causing sparks to fly from Red's body as he crashed through the ceiling and landed on the second floor.

Red then slammed against the second floor's ceiling but before Goldar could collide with him, Red recovered and kicked off the ceiling and with a shout, punched the flying Goldar in the face, sending the knight through the hole and back to the first floor of the building.

Red landed on the ground beside Goldar, who quickly flipped up to his feet and jumped up to knee the side of Red's head, which caused the ranger to skid against the cement floor before he slammed against the wall.

Red shook his head and saw Goldar charging towards him and quickly rose to his feet, threw himself into the air at Goldar, and delivered a clothesline to Goldar, sending them both to the ground.

Red and Goldar once again flipped to their feet and delivered a hard straight kick to each other's chests, sending them skidding back from the blow but it was Goldar who fell to one knee as the golden aura that outlined around his body began to flicker and dull. Red dashed forward but Goldar summoned his blade and swung it upwards at an angle, sending an arc of golden energy towards Red. Red rolled to the right, pulled out his blade blaster, and began to fire at Goldar.

Goldar deflected the blasts with his blade then flew toward his opponent and slashed Red's chest twice, causing sparks to fly from Red's body. Red kicked the knight backward into the air and then followed up with a flying dropkick, sending Goldar crashing to the ground. Red fell to the ground as well and he stood up and fired his blade blaster repeatedly at the slow standing Goldar.

Goldar stumbled backward repeatedly as each beam of energy slammed into his chest as he hoisted his sword into his hand and tossed it at Red's where it struck the ranger in the chest, causing more sparks to fly.

Red fell to one knee and Goldar did the same, the golden aura around his body barely visible. Every attack that the ranger had landed had now seemed to weigh a little more heavier than before but despite this, he knew the ranger was on his last legs.

'Just one more push…' Goldar thought as he forced himself to his feet.

Red panted heavily and slowly pushed himself to his feet and steadied himself as best as he could. Goldar was tougher than anyone he had ever faced in his life. He was honestly surprised that he had lasted so long but that couldn't last.

He was barely hanging on.

But then his eyes caught it.

The Power Blaster.

It was just a few feet behind Goldar.

If he could get to it, he could potentially take him down…

Red narrowed his eyes and muttered, "One more push," as he slowly stood up.

The two enemies faced each other but suddenly, Goldar chuckled, albeit weakly. "This is the second time I've faced down a Red Ranger and I'm bound and determined to repeat that last meeting," Goldar ominously growled.

"You fought my predecessor?" Red asked.

"I killed him…He was the last of the Aura to fall," Goldar replied.

"So Death Rose…Violent Knight…Swan Song…They killed rangers before?" Red asked.

"Yes, Death Rose was responsible for the death of Aura Pink. My traitorous apprentice was responsible for Aura Black's demise and Swan Song ended the life of Aura Yellow. We were known as the "Ranger Killers." The undefeatable of my Empress' army," Goldar explained.

"I get it now…You guys sent them to kill us one by one but unlike then, they couldn't get the job done," Red said.

Goldar chuckled and replied, "Don't try to boost your team up. My traitorous student killed both Swan Song and Death Rose."

Red smirked beneath his helmet and retorted, "And yet we still stand and we defeated both the reincarnated Death Rose while Black defeated Violent Knight. You and your other killers were able to capitalize on the weaknesses of our predecessors and succeeded but when you tried to do the same to us, you all failed because we have something they didn't. Unity."

"Where is that unity now when your teammates have fallen in battle?" Goldar taunted.

"They may be out of the fight but they haven't fallen and as long as I breathe, they never will," Red answered. "And I predict that another "Ranger Killer" will fall very soon."

Goldar nodded and challenged, "Then Red Tyrannosaurus Ranger. Prepare yourself." Goldar summoned his sword and ran towards Red and swung his sword from left to right but Red rolled beneath the sword swipe and skidded beside the Power Blaster and grabbed it and just as Goldar turned around to swing.

Red held up his left arm to block the sword, causing sparks to fly from his hand before he lifted his Power Blaster, pointed it to Goldar's chest, and shouted, "Got you!"

And with that, Red pulled the trigger.


[Location: Holiday Inn
POV: Genral]

"We did it," Tanya said as she fell to her knees. Cassie and Ashley sat on the stairs in front of the hotel, sweat dripping down their faces while TJ leaned against the wall. They had finally made it to the first floor of the hotel and all of the Putties were defeated, saving everyone inside.

"Let's not do that again," Tanya panted out.

"Guys!" Rocky's voice shouted out, causing the four teens to look to the left.

"Oh thank god," Tanya whispered as Adam immediately ran up to her and gave her a hug, which she gratefully returned. "You're okay!" Tanya exclaimed.

"They were child's play," Adam replied with a smile.

Aisha, who sat between Cassie and Ashley, wrapped her arms around their shoulders and said, "If I ever have to fight another one of those things, I will kill someone."

"Umm TJ, where are Tommy and David?" Rocky asked.

The jovial mood died down immediately at Rocky's question. "He and David were sucked into this weird portal thing…" TJ replied.

"Oh shit…Kimberly's gonna be pissed," Rocky replied.

"Speaking of which, where are they?" Cassie asked.

"They ran to help Jason. Downtown wa" Before Aisha could finish, a large explosion shook the area, causing the group to fall to the ground from the intense rumble, and in the distance, a building in the distance crumbled to the ground.

"What the hell was that?!" Rocky and Aisha shouted in terror.

"We need to check it out," TJ said with a worried expression.

"Um guys, we got other issues," Cassie said, catching the others' attention. In her arms was Ashley and her eyes were glowing a bright orange.

"Oh boy…What the hell is going on with this city?" TJ asked with disbelief.


[Location: Downtown (Ashley's Vision)
POV: Ashley Hammond]

With a flicker of orange energy, Ashley flickered onto the roof of a building beside the remains of another, in her arms were the unconscious forms of Kimberly and Katherine. She sat them down beside Zack, Billy, and Trini and for a moment, she looked to Kimberly.

Her right hand shook as the brief surge of anger flowed through her body and with a flourish of orange light; her blade appeared in her right hand. She pointed it at Kimberly's chest and whispered "It would be so easy to put you out of your misery…But I won't grant that…" The blade disappeared and Ashley continued to stare down at the ranger. "I want to kill you when you're awake…And repay all of the evil you have done in his name…So sleep tight traitor."

Ashley then turned around to face the ruins of the building below and noticed a spot in the rubble moving.

"And now, time to change history…"


[Location: Holiday Inn
POV: Ashley Hammond]

Ashley gasped, her orange eyes fading back to her normal ones, revealing the group of her friends stood around her with a look of concern on their faces.

But all she could think about was that vision.

"Yo Ashley, you alright?" Rocky asked.

"Your eyes are back to normal," Cassie noted.

Ashley suddenly leaned up off the ground and said "I need to go. I need to go now."

"You just woke up but you need to relax and stay here," TJ told her but Ashley shook her head, stood up off the ground, and looked around wildly until she noticed a car.

The passenger's side door was open and there were a pair of keys in the ignition.

This was her chance.

"What's in your head, Ashley?" Adam asked.

"You're right, I'm just not thinking clearly," Ashley said as she turned around, which prompted the others to turn around and it was then she turned around and broke away from the group and ran towards the car.

"Ashley!" The teens yelled after her as she ran into the car, crawled into the driver's seat, and turned the ignition.

Ashley saw her friends running towards her and exclaimed, "Sorry guys but I need to go!"

She quickly floored it and took off as fast as she could towards downtown.


[Location: Downtown
POV: Mighty Morphin Red Ranger]

In the rubble of the now-destroyed building, a torn and bleeding hand exploded from the ruins. The hand pressed against the ground and began to push against it seconds later, the broken rubble began to move to reveal Red but he looked extremely worse for wear.

His suit was torn from the midsection to the left side of his body, revealing the circuitry beneath the spandex of the suit but his left sleeve was completely bare, merely revealing his bloody left arm.

The remains of his suit were ripped and torn in several places while the right side of his helmet was gone from the mouth guard up, revealing his glowing red eye and strands of his now messy brown hair.

He let out a yell as he pulled his lower body out of the rubble and sat there on his knees, panting heavily as he looked at the surrounding area.

The building he was in just moments before was now gone and he was lucky that he wasn't as destroyed as the building was. "I did it guys…" Red said softly as he closed his eyes and let out a long breath of relief.


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

Rita looked at the two unconscious humans in her cell with a satisfied smirk on her face. Their plan had worked! Distracted the Rangers long enough to pull off this heist but now she sat here with two humans instead of one.

But she had a good idea of what she could do with the unwanted one.

"But for now, time for Goldar to return," Rita said as she walked to her orb and the first thing her orb showed was a destroyed building...

And the Red Ranger sat on top of it.

"What in the world?! Goldar?!" Rita exclaimed as she searched for his presence but to her horror, she couldn't sense him. "Oh no…Please don't let this be true…Goldar please…" Rita whispered to herself before she felt it.

It was faint…But it was there…

Rita let out a sigh of relief and said "Good…Now to bring you back to me."

She lifted her scepter and it glowed crimson briefly before it suddenly stopped. Rita blinked in alarm. "Bring my Loyal Knight Goldar back here," Rita said as she lifted her scepter again but this time, nothing happened.

"What in the world?" Rita whispered with dread.

She couldn't get him out of there.

But why?


[Location: Downtown
POV: Mighty Morphin Red Ranger]

Red lifted up his left wrist and saw that his communicator was missing and mentally sighed. There was no way to get in touch with Alpha and Zordon right now…But he had to figure out if any of his friends had been saved before the explosion.

"No matter…I'll just need to get transport out of here," Red whispered before he pressed the button on the side of his Morpher. He felt the energy flow around his body but suddenly, it dispersed.

"What?" Red whispered with a frown. "I know I'm pretty banged up but I can't be that bad off that I can't teleport myself, can I?"

It was then he heard it.

The sound of rubble being shifted in the distance.

"Oh please no…" Red whispered, dread heavy in his voice as he opened his eyes to see the ground a few feet away from him shake.

Goldar pulled himself from the ground, his upper body completely stripped of his armor, revealing his blue furry muscular body, various spots of his fur matted down due to the blood seeping from his wounds.

Red watched as Goldar turned his body and lay there on the ground.

Red let out a shout of anger and summoned his Power Sword, which was now cracked in several places, and stabbed it into the ground and lifted himself to his feet. Red staggered to the downed monster, his vision blurring with every other step but he had to keep going.

Just one more push.

Red now stood above Goldar's downed body, his hand gripping the hilt of his sword tightly. "That was a good trick…It could have killed us both. I commend you for doing something like that," Goldar weakly complimented, his left eye shut as blood poured down his forehead.

Red panted and replied, "Thanks...Desperate times call for desperate measures..."

"It took all my power to avoid being killed by it…Because of that, I have nothing left. I can't move any of my limbs…I can barely even focus on you…You have won this battle and my respect, Red Ranger," Goldar softly admitted, a faint smile on his face.

Red stayed silent as he stared at the monster beneath him. It was strange that despite the hard battle, his respect for the monster had grown. "I respect you and your will to fight for the woman you love," Red panted as he used all of his strength to slowly lift his blade. "And as cruel as you were, you fought with more honor than any of the monsters we've fought before...But despite it all, I have to kill you..."

"I am aware..." Goldar replied as he closed his other eyes. "But even with my death, my Empress succeeded and that is all that matters to me now. I fought, I failed and now, I fall. Now finish this...and let me die with honor."

With a nod, Red lifted his blade high above his head, where it gleamed with red light, and said, "Goodbye, Goldar..." But just as Red lunged his weapon down, Red felt something pierce through his left shoulder, which caused him to drop his sword. Red looked backward slowly and a ranger with a cloak covering their head and part of their body, a Blade Blaster in their right hand.

"W-What?" Red questioned. "Another ranger?"

"I'm sorry Jason," The hooded figure said with a hint of remorse in her voice. "But I have to stop you from dooming us all."

Red's eyes widened but before he could speak, the figure pulled the trigger and sent another beam of energy colliding and piercing through Red's midsection, sending him off of his feet and soaring away from Goldar and onto the ground, where he finally demorphed back to Jason.

Jason gritted his teeth and watched as the ranger walked to Goldar and effortlessly lifted him onto her shoulder.

"Y-You're voice…You can't be her…" Jason weakly breathed out.

The Ranger looked at Jason's downed form but then she heard a car in the distance. The Ranger then turned back to Jason and said, "All that I do is for a better future. Do not think otherwise, no matter how dark my actions will become…"

The Ranger then looked up into the sky and shouted "Rita! I have your precious knight and lover! If you want him, come and get him!"

The mysterious ranger raised her hand into the air and seconds later, both the mysterious ranger and the broken Goldar were transported away with a flash of orange and gold energy.

"Ashley…" Jason whispered before his vision grew dark and he fell unconscious.


Captain Blues: And that is the end of that. I don't know if people are enjoying it but I sure hope so.