Power Rangers: Legacy
“Power Quest”
Billy arrived with the two teams of rangers back in the Command Chamber. He looked around as the two teams stood together. Kim and Carri were standing at the front of their team, eyes firmly glued to Billy. Billy sighed, he hoped that they would be able to smooth everything out between themselves and the guys or else it was going to be a long, rocky road to defending the planet.
“First, we need to get you guys started on your search for powers.” Billy said looking over at the five former Ninja Zeo rangers
“Just point us in the right direction.” Kim replied with a smile. She was anxious to get the powers and get back to start the battle. Although she wasn’t sure if she was ready to start the battle at Tommy’s side. She knew she would have to see him at the meeting, but she was almost hoping he wouldn’t volunteer. She figured she could get her powers, then smooth things out with him on her own time. At least for the moment there were more important things to worry about than her unresolved issues with Tommy.
Billy nodded and continued. “You’ll need to go to Eltar to start your quest.”
“Eltar?” Carri questioned. “What could possibly be on Eltar that we’ve never heard of before?” Much like Kim, Carri was pointedly avoiding making eye contact with her former boyfriend. There was so much she wanted to say and she didn’t know how to start, plus she didn’t think this was exactly the appropriate time to try.
“Zordon kept quite a few secrets. One of them was a set of powers he developed called Turbo powers.” Billy explained. “He had left them on Eltar and never thought he’d need them on Earth because he had the power coins.”
“How come he never told us about them before?” Tommy spoke up as he took a step forward and stood by Kim. He didn’t notice as she shifted uncomfortably.
“From what I can tell, he planned on having the powers brought to Earth while you guys were still Zeo rangers. I created the Ninja Zeo powers long before we actually needed them, and Zordon deemed that it wasn’t necessary to bring over the Turbo powers. He left the powers on Eltar for later, but as you are well aware Zordon didn’t make it long enough to have those powers sent to Earth.” Billy was surprised to read of this entire set of powers Zordon created, and was even more surprised that he had never heard of them before. But perhaps it was a good thing, as they had never been needed until now.
“So then where on Eltar are these Turbo powers?” Rocky asked as he stepped forward as well. It was Carri’s turn to shift uncomfortably.
“That I’m not sure of. But I do believe there’s someone on Eltar who can help, and will be there to greet you upon arrival.” Billy told them
Kim and Carri shifted a little closer together then inched forward to try and feel a little more comfortable. Kim crossed her arms and looked over at Billy. “So that’s it then, we’re off to Eltar?”
“Almost.” Billy said smiling at her. Although he couldn’t pick up any good information on the direct location of the command center, he did find out a little bit of what they’d need when they got there. “Do you all still have your power coins?”
Billy waited as each of the former rangers pulled out a power coin. He shouldn’t be surprised that they still kept the coins on them, he still kept his blue coin although he couldn’t get any powers from it. “Zordon built a security system for this command center much like the one he originally had here. The power coins are the keys and security codes for the front door of the command center.” Billy found that out while they were waiting to start the meeting. If Rocky and Tommy hadn’t volunteered, he would have had to ask to borrow their coins. They wouldn’t be able to do this mission without the coins.
“So then we head for the command center, use the coins, enter sesame, and we have powers.” Carri said trying to clarify the situation. It all seemed pretty simple to her. Much more simple than some of the other quests they had been on.
“Essentially.” Billy replied. Getting to the command center may be a little more difficult than that but it was basically the plan. Billy reached over to one of the consoles and picked a disk up. “You won’t get the powers or the zords without this.”
“What’s on the disk?” Jason asked as he stepped forward and gestured toward it. He wanted to step forward and try to keep the girls from fidgeting so much. He could tell it was awkward for them to be standing there with Rocky and Tommy.
“The disk is to access your powers and activate your zords. You’ll need to put it in the command center’s computer system to get to them.” Billy explained
“The zords are on Eltar too?” Tommy asked as Billy nodded. “So then we can just fly them back?”
“Not quite. Actually I have a carrier spaceship lined up to take you to Eltar and bring you back with the zords.” Billy explained. A spaceship was going to be the quickest and easiest way to get the rangers and the zords back. There was a wormhole they could go through to get them to Eltar in a few hours. As for the zords, he could possibly get them back without the ship but that could be a disaster.
Carri couldn’t help but smile. “I hope you have a pilot. I mean I did pick up some about spaceships spending practically four years on one, but I don’t think I’d let me fly one. Especially if it doesn’t have megaship in the title.”
Billy reached over to the console and hit a button. “No I have a solution to helping you fly the ship.”
“Hello rangers.” a voice said from behind them
The rangers spun around to see Alpha 5 standing there. None of them had really gotten to see Alpha since Zordon was taken from the Power Chamber. From what they had heard, after he was done helping the Astro Rangers he had gone on to help the Galaxy team.
“Alpha.” Kim greeted the pleasant surprise in her voice conveying what the rest of the team felt
“At your service rangers.” the little robot replied
“Great then let’s go.” Rocky said as he turned from Alpha to Billy
“Should we meet on the ship in five minutes?” Carri asked. The boys looked at her oddly but she brushed it off. She had been at work that morning and was planning on working that afternoon and she wasn’t quite dressed for a quest. Although she was wearing jeans, she had put on nice shoes and a nice shirt that morning and neither made good apparel for running around Eltar and she wanted to be prepared. “Billy can you teleport me home please.” she said smiling at the former blue ranger
“I have a better idea.” Billy replied as he smiled at her before walking off. He disappeared and a few seconds later reappeared with a box in his hand. Opening the box to the rangers he revealed five new communicators.
“Great.” Carri said as she took hers and clicked it onto her wrist. She paused as she looked at it. It was similar to the one she had when she was younger, but it had been updated. “So then we’ll meet on the ship in five minutes?” she questioned, although it was more of a statement as she teleported herself out before giving anyone a chance to protest.
“Five minutes.” Kim repeated in agreement as she teleported out behind her. She had changed earlier after her interview, and was just going to hang at the house for a few minutes until Carri was ready only to avoid being uncomfortable around Tommy.
Rocky and Tommy looked at Jason curiously and he shrugged. He didn’t know what the girls were up to any more than they did. “Why don’t we head for the ship and when the girls are ready we’ll leave.” he suggested
Tommy nodded. “Sounds good.” he replied. Quickly the boys exited the Command Chamber with Alpha, leaving Billy alone with the Galaxy team.
“Thank you guys for helping out. It should only be for a day or two tops, but we have no idea what they could do in a day.” Billy said smiling at the team of rangers
“It’s not a problem.” Leo replied. They were always happy to help out whenever they could.
Maya smiled at Billy. “So should we just go spend time on Earth until we see an attack?” she asked
“Well...” Billy said with a smile as he retrieved five more communicators, handing one out to each member of the Galaxy team. “You guys can go do what you like. I’ll page you if there’s an attack.”
“Our zords are still on Mirinoi. Do you think that will be a problem?” Damon asked
“There’s no indication that Callisto and Rhianna have the capability at the moment to make monsters, let alone make them grow.” Billy replied. Although there was really no telling what they were capable of, but it was a safe assumption considering they had just arrived in the Earth’s atmosphere.
“Well guys, let’s go get settled.” Kendrix suggested. Mike had a house on Earth and after his brother volunteered he had let him know that they were all welcome to stay with him while they were on the planet.
“Right.” Kai agreed
“Thanks Billy.” Leo said as the Galaxy team teleported out
As Kim and Carri arrived on the ship they went straight to find their temporary quarters, ignoring the bridge and their three teammates who were currently standing on it. They weren’t trying to be rude, they wanted to take a deep breath and come out when they were ready. They had a long afternoon and after sitting in their quarters for an hour they decided to come out and get something to eat.
They headed out toward the ships small kitchen. “Shit.” Carri said under her breath as the realization dawned on her that at least for the moment she was back on synthetron food.
“This is the part of space travel I didn’t miss.” Kim said sharing her sentiments
The girls took a few moments to figure out what they wanted to eat, then collected their food and headed into the ship’s dining area which was adjacent to the kitchen. When they arrived they saw the three ranger boys sitting at the table already enjoying their own dinners. Kim and Carri stood awkwardly for a moment before Carri was the first to sit, immediately jumping in the seat beside Jason leaving Kim in between her and Rocky.
Rocky glanced at Carri as she sat. He wasn’t sure what to say to her or if he should even say anything at all. He didn’t think he was going to say what he really wanted to, he wasn’t sure how appropriate it was to get into it at the moment. For now, he decided on small talk. “So...,” he started not sure where to go next, “are we all ready to get back into the swing of things?”
“Kim and I have kinda been in the swing of things.” Carri replied not intending for it to come across as snooty as it did. She wondered what Rocky knew about everything that she and Kim had gone through and the battles they had been in.
“Yes but this is the first time in eight years the five of us have fought as a team on Earth. Things are different than they were for you guys in space and we all have to get used to them again.” Jason was quick to point out. Everything had been such a whirlwind since that afternoon he hadn’t really got the chance to ask Kim or Carri how they were with Tommy and Rocky, let alone if they could work with them. He hardly talked to Tommy over the years and only spoke to Rocky at Kat’s wedding, so he had no idea how they felt either. What he did know was for this team to work they at least had to try.
“I haven’t exactly been out of the action either.” Tommy mused as he took a bite of his dinner. Working with the Dino Thunder team and being a ranger again had been reminiscent of days of old. He didn’t know how much the others knew about what he was doing in Reefside, especially the girls.
“That’s right you did have your own team.” Kim replied politely, speaking to him as though she were talking to a distant cousin she only saw every other Christmas.
Kim’s comment peaked Tommy’s curiosity. He didn’t know how she heard about Reefside or the Dino Thunder team, unless Jason had filled her in earlier. Part of him was surprised to think that she’d even care. He was hurt that she had taken off for space without an explanation, something more than something important came up. He had heard later from Zack who had heard from Billy of Kim’s exact whereabouts. For the longest time he thought Kim had flat out left him. He had to admit, once he found out about the quest she had taken off to go on, he was proud of her.
It was weird now four years later sitting in front of her. At the moment he wasn’t sure what to say or what to do. His plan was to get his team their powers and worry about the rest of it later.
Carri took her fork and played with the food on her plate before smiling quickly over at Kim, who was doing much of the same. A silence fell over the group as noone knew quite what to say. Jason glanced at his four teammates, all of which were concentrating heavily on the food on their plates and not on each other.
He couldn’t help but wonder what went wrong. Before the Zordon wave everything was so simple. They split their time between going to school and fighting monsters, always managing to squeeze in time to hang out with each other. Back then a dinner like this would have meant non stop chatter, with Kim and Carri leading the way and the boys silently groaning about how much they talked all the while enjoying listening to them.
It was hard to pinpoint a spot when everything was suddenly different. He supposed it started with Tommy graduating early and moving away. Jason spent a lot of time with the girls who he still lived with, but things had changed. He spent most of his weekends taking trips on his motorcycle just to get out and clear his mind. The following semester he graduated along with Rocky and Carri. They moved in together and he took off for a while before moving back home and secretly starting on his first book. Kim was around for a bit until she graduated college, then she took off. He had kept up with both girls until they traveled into space, then lost all contact with his former team. They were inseparable until they all started breaking off on their own.
Now here they were, sitting in awkward silence and eating dinner, trying to figure out how to be a team again. He didn’t know how this is going to work but he was more than willing to give it a try. Not only was he getting to spend time with old friends again, but he was getting a morpher so he was determined to make it work if he had to lock the four of them in a room together and not let them out until they could be decent with each other again.
“I haven’t had a morpher in a long time. I’m looking forward to it.” Jason said trying to start the conversation up again
“I am too.” Rocky agreed. Although he was looking forward to spending the time with Carri more than getting another morpher. That was the main reason he stood up in the first place.
“It’s like riding a bicycle.” Carri commented. Although she had been on a mission she went almost seven years without donning another morpher. But once you accepted powers again it was like you never lost them in the first place.
Rocky smiled at her, he was glad that she was participating in a conversation with him regardless of how weird it seemed. She didn’t notice his smile as her eyes were glued to her plate. He wanted to say something more to try to get her to open up a bit, but he wasn’t sure what to say so he went back to focusing on his dinner for the moment.
Kim finished swallowing a bite of food. “I hope these powers are strong enough.” she said to noone in particular
“Billy knows about Callisto and Rhianna. He wouldn’t send us after powers if he didn’t think they’d get the job done.” Tommy was quick to point out. He had faith in Billy and knew that if he thought they should have Turbo powers, than Turbo it was. Besides he had heard a rumor of the powers before and heard that they were good.
“Billy knows what he’s heard. I’ve been there.” Kim replied
Tommy was a little shocked to see Kim not throwing her trust in Billy but he let it slide. “Maybe these powers will be just as good if not better than the ones you’ve had before.” Tommy knew that they had some sort of powers when they fought Callisto and Rhianna in space, he just wasn’t sure what.
“Doubtful.” Kim said. She appreciated Tommy’s enthusiasm but she knew that the Planetary Rangers were the top rangers in the galaxy, and even if the Turbo powers were good they wouldn’t compare.
Tommy tried to ignore her distant responses as they continued eating. It was strange, she answered with a level of confidence that he’d never seen in her before. Not that she wasn’t confidant before, but she’d definitely changed. He could tell by watching her and Carri that their experiences in space had affected them. He could only imagine that they were not only stronger people, but better rangers because of it.
Silence took over again and the rangers started to finish their food. As Kim was done she looked over at Carri. “Want to go work out?” she asked
Carri nodded as she was looking for a quick excuse to get away from the table. The girls cleaned up after themselves and quickly took off, leaving the three ranger boys alone.
Kim and Carri ended up in the ship’s simudeck, fighting as Ninjetti’s against putties. They weren’t very effective to prepare for combat, but they were good for getting out stress and getting in a good workout. Suddenly the simulation ended, and the pink and yellow Ninjetti’s found themselves standing in the middle of the simudeck as the doors opened and Jason walked through.
“Hey.” he greeted as the doors closed behind him
“Hey.” Kim replied as she and Carri both pulled down the hoods and mouth coverings of their suits. “What’s going on?”
“Alpha says we should be at Eltar in a few hours. The rest of us were going to get some rest. I thought you might want to as well.” Jason replied looking over at the girls
“Thanks but we’re good.” Carri replied smiling at him. In the final hours of their battle in space, they had gone days without sleep. It wasn’t an option, and wasn’t something they were worried about. That wasn’t the only time in either woman’s four year adventure that they couldn’t afford to sleep. When you had the adrenaline going, it was easy not to notice.
Kim nodded in agreement. “We’re just trying to let a little stress out before we get there.”
“Sounds good.” Jason replied. He started to leave but stopped, he had something else he wanted to talk to them about first. “Where do you stand? With Tommy and Rocky.”
“It’s... complicated.” Carri said and Kim echoed her sentiments. “Neither of us have spoken to either of them in four years. It’s just... it’s odd you know?”
“Honestly? Not really.” Jason admitted with a smile. He didn’t know much about either relationship past the fact that as of Kat’s wedding Rocky still missed Carri. “Were you on good terms before?”
Carri nodded as Kim shrugged. “I think it may have been just as complicated before.” she confessed. With Tommy concentrating on school, sometimes she felt as though she didn’t know where they stood.
“Don’t worry Jase. The team will be fine.” Carri assured him with a smile. At least, she hoped so anyway. However they were all mature adults and they all took rangering very seriously so she doubted any of them would let emotions get in the way of duty.
“Are you sure?” Jason questioned rasing an eyebrow
Carri laughed at him. “Come on Jase have you ever known me to lie?”
“No comment.” he replied with a smile. “You will tell me if stuff is going on?” Jason was hoping he’d have a heads up if the team were about to implode.
“You’ll probably know well in advance.” Kim promised. Jason had always been the girls sounding board on matters concerning his two friends. Although things were different now than they were back in college, as easily as they came back together at lunch she couldn’t imagine they wouldn’t be sharing things with Jason once again.
Jason nodded. “Alright. Well I’m going to go get some rest.” Regardless of what the girls claimed to be able to do, he wanted to be well rested when they got to Eltar.
“Can you resume the program on your way out?” Kim asked
“Not a problem.” he replied. Jason exited the simudeck and started the girls program back up before heading down to his quarters. He laid on the bed and closed his eyes, thinking about the team and upcoming missions as he drifted to sleep.
A few hours later Kim and Carri decided they were done with the program and they powered down before ending it. Neither felt the urge to rest, so they headed up toward the bridge and spoke with Alpha for a while about the upcoming mission on Eltar. Alpha gave them a little more information than Billy did, although the girls had a feeling he knew a lot more than what he was letting on.
It didn’t matter as soon Eltar came into view. The girls used the ships intercom system to alert the male rangers then watched as Alpha landed the ship. A few seconds later the rest of the team stood on the bridge, waiting to see what was next.
As the dust settled Alpha opened the outer doors of the ship. “Let’s go.” Kim said simply as she turned and walked past the guys and headed for the outer doors with Carri following in beside her.
The three male rangers were quick to join them, and it wasn’t long before they found themselves standing on the surface of Eltar. Although it was nighttime back home, here it was a bright sunny morning. The rangers looked around the area where they were standing and were surprised by some of the similarities to their home world.
They didn’t have much time to think about Eltar as they were interrupted. “Hello rangers.” a voice greeted
“Phantom Ranger. It’s good to see you again.” Kim replied with a smile. The male rangers looked at her curiously, they had all heard of the Phantom Ranger but had never actually met him. “I only wish it were under better circumstances.”
Phantom nodded. He had been a part of the battle against Callisto and Rhianna and was surprised to hear that they were alive and hovering over Earth. He only hoped that Kim and Carri could be successful in this battle, and he was glad that they had brought a team out to search for the Turbo powers. “Let’s not waste any time.” he said as he pulled out a small hand held device.
“What’s that?” Carri asked looking at it
“This holds a map.” Phantom Ranger replied. “It will lead you to Zordon’s command center. There is no way to find it without the map.”
Tommy stepped forward to take the map from Phantom Ranger, but Kim was a bit quicker and held her hand out for it. He quickly placed the electronic map in the fire ranger’s hands. “It will be a long, hard journey.” Phantom said as Kim looked at the device and started playing with it. “Zordon set up the path so that only those who were worthy could find his command center and access its powers. I have no doubt you will be worthy, but I will warn you to be careful.”
“Is there anything else we should know?” Tommy asked stepping forward to take command
“Everything else is on the map.” Phantom assured him
Kim was busy looking at the map and trying to figure out which way to go while Carri was standing beside her glancing at the map as well. Before Tommy had a chance to ask to see it, Kim looked up and pointed. “This way.” she said as she looked over toward Phantom Ranger. “Thank you for all of your help.”
He nodded. “Good luck and may the power protect you.” Phantom said sending them off with some of Zordon’s words
Kim smiled and nodded as she and Carri took off with the boys behind them. It had been a long time since she had heard the phrase “may the power protect you”, but it was certainly nice to hear it again. They pushed into the forest until Kim came to a small area that looked like it may be a path. “According to the map we need to follow this.” she said as she briefly glanced back at the male rangers
The rangers complied and followed her over toward the path. Tommy couldn’t help but wonder why Kim was taking such a leadership position. She was always a strong ranger, but he had never thought of her to be a leader. Yet her she was taking charge of this mission as if she were the red. It was fascinating yet in a way her behavior bothered him, as he was under the impression that he was leading this team. This made him even more curious to know what exactly went on in space, and he knew he would have try and get her to tell him sometime.
There was no point in trying to bring it up now, as she was leading the team down the path. He pulled his thoughts back to the current mission as he followed and wondered what laid before them on their path to Zordon’s command center.
The rangers weren’t the only busy ones as back in their home galaxy a lot was happening on the little spaceship that circled their planet.
Callisto walked onto the bridge of the spaceship and approached Rhianna. “The Cirranadrones are coming along quite nicely.” she said. They had a batch that was completed just recently and they were working on making more. Of course once they got settled somewhere she would really be able to crank up production, but for now they would take what they could get. Besides it would be just as much fun to send them down and let them toy with the rangers for a while until they got everything up and ready.
“Should we send them to Earth and see how they do?” Rhianna questioned. These were made a bit differently than they were making them before as all of their equipment had been destroyed by the rangers in the attack. They were hoping that the adjustments they had made in the production would make them stronger than before, but there was only one way to find out for sure. She just had to make sure Callisto thought they were ready.
“I’ll get them and have them sent to the surface.” Callisto replied
As the goddess turned to walk away, Rhianna called back to her. “Let Goldar take them down. He has been dying to see more old friends.” Over the years Goldar’s abilities had vastly improved, and although he wanted payback on the Planetary Rangers what he really wanted to do was find Tommy and destroy him. He was thrilled to find Jason with Kim and Carri when they attacked the first time.
Callisto nodded and went to follow Rhianna’s order. It was weird working with her and sometimes taking commands from her. She wasn’t fond of her parents, but Rhianna seemed to inherit little from them. She had keen sense for battle and strategy, something Callisto thought neither Zedd nor Rita ever had. Rhianna had a delightfully evil streak that compared to that of Master Vile and would have made Astronema jealous.
When Callisto had the wizard age her, she was looking to have an ally. Those rangers had always foiled her plans, and she knew she was stronger when she worked with Astronema. For those reasons she was looking for someone to work with again and who better to choose than the only other person in the universe who would want the former Ninja Zeo rangers dead and Earth conquered more than she did. She had Cratus who did her bidding, but he wasn’t exactly help with missions. So when she realized just how smart and evil Rhianna was, she took a step back and let her be technically in charge although both women ran the mission. Although with Rhianna in charge Callisto found herself much less likely to let raw emotion influence her decisions, which was why she never succeeded on Earth before.
Now things were going to be different, this time those rangers wouldn’t be able to defeat them. This has been a long time coming, but as the saying goes revenge is a dish best served cold. As Callisto approached Goldar she couldn’t help but be excited about the prospect of finally taking out her enemies.
Kim was continuing to lead the way with the map as the rangers headed toward the command center. So far things had been calm but Kim knew that was about to change as the map forewarned of danger ahead. They continued down the path and came into a small clearing. Kim looked down at the map and realized that something was going on in that area.
“Keep your eyes peeled.” she warned as they slowly inched forward while looking around
Suddenly the ground below them jolted slightly. “This can’t be good.” Carri said just as the land gave away and the five rangers went plummeting below.
As they hit the ground the trap door above them closed, leaving them in complete darkness. Slowly they stood and started brushing themselves off. “Is everyone alright?” Rocky asked. He was answered with a chorus of yes’s as the rangers were trying to figure out what was going on.
Carri sighed. “I don’t suppose anyone brought a flashlight.” she said not expecting an answer
“Kim did you see anything about this on the map?” Jason asked looking around to see if he could make her out
“Nope.” Kim replied
Jason turned toward the sound of her voice. “Any ideas?”
“We should huddle together and move forward.” Tommy suggested. As awkward as it was being that close it was the only way to guarantee they could stay together and stay safe while figuring out a way out of there.
“I agree.” Kim said. She wasn’t that fond of the idea either but Tommy was right. That would be their best chance of finding a way out. “Let’s get together and make sure everyone is accounted for then we’ll move forward.”
Slowly they all huddled up, everyone grabbing onto everyone else to make sure they were there. They inched forward until they hit a wall, then followed the wall until they came to some sort of doorway. Kim put one foot in the doorway and torches lit up, going down the long hallway in front of them. They let go of each other and separated as they glanced down the hallway.
Carri peaked between Kim and Tommy, who were standing at the front of the group. “This can’t be good.” she pointed out as the lit torches brought to life the warriors who were standing in their way.
“Looks like we’re going to have to fight our way through.” Tommy pointed out
“Yeah but we should have a little fun while we’re doing it.” Kim replied with a smile. She held her hands out in front of her as she yelled. “Ninjetti, crane!”
“Panther!”
The boys watched as they transformed into Ninjetti’s. It had been eight years since Rocky and Tommy had used their ninjetti powers, and Jason had only accessed them in the previous day’s fight, so all three boys were excited to be able to use them again..
“Falcon!”
“Ape!”
“Cougar!”
With that the trio were ready for action as they all ran to attack the oncoming warriors. Jason felt like he was on an adrenaline high as he fought the warriors and tried to help push their way down the hallway.
For Rocky this was his first time using powers in eight years. Being a Ninjetti made him feel like he actually missed being an active ranger. He had forgotten what it was like to be a Ninjetti and to fight against the bad guys. Now he found himself excited to get to the end of this path to obtain his new morphing powers.
Carri ducked the incoming advances of one warrior and turned to kick him in his back so that he would hit the wall. She smashed the glowing green diamond as she kicked him, and when he hit the wall it was almost as though he shut down. The body of the warrior slumped toward the ground, and he didn’t move any more. “Guys get to their backs, hit the diamonds!” she called out to the rest of her team
“Easy enough.” Kim said as she flipped over one and smashed him from behind, shutting him down.
Thanks to Carri’s piece of advice, the rangers found themselves with the upper hand in the battle. They were able to easily take out the warriors with their Ninjetti powers, and were slowly but surely making their way down the lit hallway. Of course the farther down they got, the more warriors there seemed to be until suddenly they felt like they were drowning in a sea of them.
The rangers were standing in a circle with dozens of warriors quickly closing in on them. “If anybody has any ideas, now would be the time to share them.” Carri pointed out as she looked around
Kim was about to hover over them and start attacking from the other side. It wouldn’t help her teammates much but it would be a start. She decided against it when Tommy came up with an idea of his own.
“What if we split into two teams? One person can work on getting the warriors close enough while the other can sneak up on them from behind.” he suggested
“Sounds like a good a plan as any.” Jason replied. He immediately broke off with Kim and Tommy followed, leaving Rocky and Carri to fight together.
Everyone concentrated on the task and hand, and although the beginning was a little shaky eventually both sets of rangers got into some sort of groove and they were taking the warriors out again. As the warriors numbers dwindled, the rangers split up and took on the rest of them. Finally they were left in the center of a crowd of disabled warriors.
“Is that it?” Rocky asked as he looked around
“Yeah.” Kim replied as she pointed. “I think that’s the exit.”
In front of the rangers was a set of stairs. They walked over toward the stairs as Kim pulled the map out once again. “The fall wasn’t on the map but the stairs going up are. I just assumed they were going up outside not from underground.” she said
As Kim continued to look at the map Tommy climbed the stairs and heaved open the door so they could all walk out. He ducked his head out just as he heard Kim call out to him. Tommy caught something sharp and metal rushing toward his head and he quickly stumbled back, slipping down the stairs. He got up and brushed himself off as all the rangers were looking up at the surface. “What was that?” he asked
“The map says to beware of traps.” Kim explained
Tommy grunted. “Well it’s trapped alright.”
“I vote we get back to the drawing board and figure out how to get out of here with our heads still intact.” Carri said as she went to stand beside Kim to examine the map and look for clues
“You’re probably right.” Jason said as he headed over to stand with the girls so he could try and help
Tommy and Rocky watched as they conferred amongst each other for a few moments before they went to join them so that they could figure out how to get to the end of this journey and get to their powers.
Leo sat at the kitchen table with his older brother. The sun was rising and both men were up early, and both were enjoying a cup of coffee at the table and the chance to catch up with family.
“So how are you and Kendrix doing?” Mike asked as he smiled at his little brother. Leo had been dating his team’s pink ranger since sometime after their mission with the Lightspeed team against Trakeena.
“We’re doing good.” Leo replied. They had been together for a little over five years. They had both at one point discussed marriage but neither were ready. Kendrix was an upper level scientist on the planet Redinoi, a sister planet to Mirinoi only more technologically advanced. As the red galaxy ranger he was an ambassador for Mirinoi, his job taking him to planets all over the universe. Both loved each other and were engrossed in their jobs, and both were completely happy with where they were at the moment.
Mike nodded with Leo’s response. “Are you guys ready to be back in the action?”
“As ready as were going to be.” he told him. “Honestly I think the team misses being rangers so it’s fun when we get to help out.”
“Hopefully it won’t be long because you guys are crowding my space.” Mike joked
Leo rolled his eyes and gave his brother a playful shove just as the back door opened and Maya strolled through. “Good morning boys. I didn’t know either of you were up yet.”
“We could say the same thing about you.” Leo replied with a smile
“Leo you know me.” Maya said smiling back at him as she gave him a look. Leo did know her, and for that he shouldn’t be surprised that she was up and about already. Maya had voted to sleep outside and had woken up before the sunrise to enjoy nature. She had come into the house to have breakfast and take a shower, figuring by that time people would be up already.
“Yes well....” Leo started but was interrupted by the sound of his communicator going off. Maya walked over toward him as he answered it. “Go ahead.” he spoke
“Leo, Goldar has brought some Cirranadrones to downtown Angel Grove. Get your team and morph and I’ll teleport you down to the scene.” Billy said quickly
“I”m on it.” Leo replied. He looked at Maya who nodded, then both tore off around the house.
A few seconds later the Galaxy team was assembled in Mike’s living room, some looking like they were still asleep. “Are we ready?” Leo asked
Damon covered his mouth as he let out a yawn and he nodded. Kai gave him a thumbs up as he worked on keeping his eyes open and Kendrix nodded her head. Leo figured they were as ready as they were going to be so he maneuvered his hands as he yelled “Go Galactic!”
Suddenly the five of them found themselves standing in front of Goldar and the Cirranadrones. “Stop right there!” Leo called as they stood staring at him
“Who are you?” Goldar growled
“We’re the power rangers.” Damon replied
Goldar looked from ranger to ranger. So far none of the voices he recognized. With the way the blue, pink and yellow rangers stood they didn’t come across as familiar to him either. Something was wrong here and he wasn’t happy about it. “Destroying you will do for now. Get them!” he ordered holding his sword high in the air
The Cirranadrones were quick to advance on the Galaxy Rangers. The fight started and the rangers realized that the Cirranadrones were much stronger than they would have thought. After getting pushed around for a bit they called on their transdaggers.
This made the fight slightly easier and after increasing their firepower the Cirranadrones were gone. Goldar looked at the ranger team and realized that without a doubt, neither he nor Rhianna or Callisto cared much about destroying this ranger team, they were just in the way. He decided instead of advancing against them he would go back to the ship and see what they wanted to do next.
The rangers watched as Goldar disappeared. “Well that wasn’t too bad.” Kendrix commented
“Yeah but he could have been just testing us.” Kai replied. It all seemed weird and he was concerned about what was going to happen next.
“Let’s check in with Billy then we can head back to Mike’s.” Leo suggested. The others agreed, and with five flashes of light the rangers were gone.
Kim led the ranger team up to a small opening between two giant hedges. Carri stood beside her and peaked behind the hedges. “What’s this?”
Kim glanced over at her. “Have you ever done one of those giant garden mazes?”
“Crap.” she said with a sigh. “Let’s do it.”
“Wait.” Kim urged as she threw her arm out in front of Carri’s chest, stopping her from leading the team in. “This isn’t an ordinary maze. We need to stick together. And be careful the wrong ways are trouble.”
“I don’t suppose the map gives us a clear shot.” Jason mused. If Zordon left a map to his command center on Eltar, the least he could do would be to help the rangers out and give them directions.
“It has some cryptic hints but nothing helpful. Maybe if we could run it through the computer but for now...” Kim’s voice trailed off
“Here let me see it.” Tommy requested. Kim was hesitant at first but handed the map over. Tommy had done a lot of side work in the ranger community besides his stint as a Dino Thunder ranger. He had learned some stuff and he thought he might be able to help. He glanced at the hints that were given. Some of the cryptic hints he picked up on, but not enough to be of any help. “This one has something to do with Phaedos.” he pointed out as he handed the map back to Kim
“Yeah I caught that too.” she replied. Working closely with Dulcea had given her more than a little knowledge about all things Phaedos. “Let’s just get started.”
Kim kept a close eye on the map as Carri slowly entered the maze. Kim stood beside her, trying to be ready to grab her friend in case of any danger. The team stayed close together as they tried to maneuver through. They had found plenty of dead ends, but had yet to run into any trouble. Kim warned them to stay as far away from the dead ends as possible, and as soon as they found one they turned and headed back.
Just as they were starting to think that the maze wasn’t that bad Carri turned the corner and all but ran into the dead end there. She heard a clicking noise and went to jump back, just as someone grabbed her from behind and helped to throw her back. As Carri looked up from the ground she saw Rocky standing over her, and spikes shooting out of the wall where she once stood.
“Thank you.” Carri said hurriedly as Rocky helped her up. She quickly turned to Kim and spoke. “So this isn’t going to be as easy as we thought.”
Kim nodded. “No more blindly turning corners. Zordon was smart, he knows how to catch someone who doesn’t belong.” Kim was almost glad that Carri about got sliced, the team was started to get a bit too relaxed about the maze. Now they’d all bring it back together.
They continued on and worked hard at avoiding the traps that Zordon had set out for those who went the wrong direction. Kim was trying to figure out the best way to go from the map and was helping a little, but they still couldn’t avoid coming up on bad areas. Finally they got to a spot that appeared to be a translucent wall, guarded fiercely by animal spirits.
“What is this?” Jason asked as they all stopped and looked it over
“It’s the Phaedos reference.” Tommy replied as things started to click. “These are animal guides.”
Suddenly Kim realized exactly what it was. These were animal spirits banded together to guard important powers for one of the great beings. They were guarding the turbo powers for Zordon from intruders. Dulcea said that animal spirits would protect things of great importance for those guardians in the universe who were well connected with their powers.
“They’re trying to keep out intruders.” Kim said as she started to walk toward the spirits. “They’ll let us pass.”
“How can you be so sure?” Jason asked. He wasn’t completely convinced that approaching these spirits was a good idea.
“I just am.” she replied not wanting to get into her time spent with Dulcea at the moment. Kim stood close to the wall and the figure of a crane appeared at the forefront.
As she watched a falcon suddenly appeared beside the crane. She turned to see Tommy standing next to her. He made eye contact with her and nodded. He believed she was right. He had vaguely heard of spirit animals as guards before.
Carri sighed as she thought about joining them. However the only person she knew that knew more about animal spirit guides was Dulcea herself, so if Kim was convinced it was alright than it must be. Carri slowly walked up and stood by Kim, watching as a panther approached.
Jason and Rocky were yet to feel comfortable enough, and watched intently as Kim scooted a little closer to the wall. “I think we can just walk through.” she said approaching the crane. She reached out and touched the wall before putting a little force behind it, sticking her hand through it. “I’m going in.” she said simply
A few seconds later Kim’s entire body went through and she disappeared. Carri glanced over at Tommy, who nodded in agreement to the unasked question. Both rangers approached the wall and stepped through, leaving Jason and Rocky behind.
“What the hell.” Jason said with a sigh as he walked up to the wall and watched as the cougar came forward. He quickly advanced through the wall, appearing on the other side with his three friends. “Easy enough.” he said looking around and realizing they were free of the maze
“Where’s Rocky?” Tommy asked
“I think he’s still hesitating.” Jason replied
Tommy couldn’t help but chuckle as he felt a bit of deja vu. A few seconds later Rocky appeared on the other side. “That never gets any more fun.” he said. He hated going through strange walls to God only knows what on the other side.
“Come on guys, let’s keep going. The command center should be right up here.” Kim said as she walked off and gestured for her team to follow.
They walked until they came to a huge clearing which held a giant gold symbol in the middle. The rangers walked over and stood around the symbol examining it. “So now what?” Jason asked looking over at Kim
“I don’t know the map just says our journey ends here.” Kim replied. She glanced over at Carri, who had reached into her pocket and pulled out her power coin.
“Billy said these were the key right?” she asked
Kim nodded and watched as Carri walked out onto the gold symbol. The symbol was a circle, with the middle looking like an original power coin, holding symbols of all five dinosaurs that the rangers first drew their powers from. Around that on the edges were various animal symbols, which if Kim had to guess they represented animal spirit guides.
Carri walked across the gold symbol, looking at the engravings on it. She paused when she got into the middle, then before anyone could react in a flash of yellow light she was gone.
“Was that supposed to happen?” Rocky asked feeling slightly panicked
Kim smiled. “I think she accidentally found the door.” She pulled out her power coin and walked to the center where Carri once stood, then in a flash of pink light she was gone as well.
“We have to follow them.” Tommy pointed out. Door or not, if they needed to be rescued the guys would need to get down there. Tommy pulled out his power coin and watched as the other two rangers did the same. Tommy walked to the center and disappeared in a flash of white light, and was followed by Jason and Rocky who disappeared in flashes of black and red.
When the boys landed they realized they were underground in front of a door, and the girls were nowhere to be found. “I’ll bet they went inside already.” Jason said. Knowing them they didn’t have the patience to wait and started exploring already.
“Then what are we waiting for?” Tommy asked as he walked forward and took the lead, taking the rest of the team through the door.
When they entered what they found was a setup similar to their original command center, with Kim and Carri walking around examining it. “What took you boys so long?” Kim joked
Tommy took a brief second to look around before pulling Billy’s disk out of his back pocket. “Let’s do this.” He was anxious to get their powers and get back to Earth before anything bad happened.
The boys huddled around the console while Tommy put the disk in. Kim and Carri stood off to the side and watched as the command center came to life and the contents of the disk popped up on screen. Thanks to Tommy’s knowledge that he’s picked up over the years, he was easily able to follow the first part of the instructions and work on activating the powers.
“That should do it.” Tommy said putting the finishing touches on the powers. He turned to see a door open behind Kim and Carri, with the room behind them glowing in five soft colors. The girls turned to enter and the rest of the team quickly caught up.
In the middle of the small room was a circular stand made up of five colors: pink, yellow, green, blue and red. The rangers walked around to find their old zeo color and what appeared to be their new morphers sitting there. Kim made eye contact with the team and gave a slight nod. “Let’s do this.”
Simultaneously the rangers reached out to grab their turbo morphers. As they did bright multicolored lights shot up toward the sky, and when the lights faded the rangers found themselves morphed as Turbo rangers. “Looks like the morphers liked us.” Carri mused as they were each checking out their new powers
“Let’s power down and find the zords. Then we can get out of here.” Tommy said glancing over his team and their new powers
“Right.” Kim agreed. She didn’t want Callisto and Rhianna running around on Earth any longer than absolutely necessary. The group powered down and headed out of the little room and back to the control panel.
Tommy quickly went back to work to see how to activate the zords. He worked fast and furious, and a few minutes later was rewarded as a giant door opened and the turbo zords appeared.
“Cars?” Rocky questioned looking the new zords over
Carri grinned. “This ought to be fun.”
“How do we get them out of here? There wasn’t exactly room the way we came in.” Jason pointed out
Kim walked over to the control panel and started to do some research on the building. A few seconds later she had an answer. “We can drive them off.” she said as everyone turned to look at her. “There’s an underground tunnel that leads to the ship. You couldn’t get in from that side, but you can get the zords out from our side.”
“Shall we take them for a spin?” Carri asked looking over at the pink ranger
“Absolutely.” Kim replied smiling back at her. The two girls headed into the room and climbed into their respective zords. The rest of the team followed behind them.
After a few minutes of everyone checking their new zords out and getting over the initial amazement of them, the sounds of engines starting filled the room and the rangers were off. Driving back took much less time than walking the quest, and it wasn’t long before they arrived at the end of the tunnel. The outer doors automatically opened, and they drove the cars to the ship and loaded them up, before boarding and taking off for Earth.
Callisto walked onto the bridge of the ship with Cratus in tow. “We have more Cirranadrones ready.” she said casually as she approached Rhianna
“Yes but what’s the point of sending them down? Kim and Carri don’t seem to be around.” Rhianna pointed out
Callisto laughed. “You’ve underestimated the ties of the ranger community. If we can destroy the Galaxy team, not only do we prove that we mean business but we’ll devastate Kim and Carri when they come home.”
Rhianna frowned. “Won’t that just give them more of a reason to come after us?”
“Do you think it will really make a difference?” Callisto questioned. They already had enough reasons to try and kill them. This would be just adding fuel to the fire and making Callisto a little bit giddy for the day.
“I suppose you’re right. This may be fun.” Rhianna replied
Callisto smiled. “Now you’re starting to see it my way.”
“Callisto.” Cratus started. He waited until the goddess turned her attention toward him. “May I suggest that you send me down with them. I will ensure the destruction of those rangers.” He had been dying to get his hands on any rangers since they were almost destroyed a few weeks ago. He didn’t care who he crushed, as long as it was one of the good guys.
“That would be a wonderful idea.” Callisto said nodding at him. “And perhaps you can take Goldar with you. Maybe he’ll actually fight this time.” Goldar growled at Callisto then she shot him a look and he backed down.
“Callisto’s right.” Rhianna agreed. “Go down to the surface and don’t come back until the entire Galaxy team is dead.”
Cratus and Goldar nodded then the duo took off to collect the Cirranadrones and go back down to Earth.
“Do you think they’ll be successful?” Rhianna pondered out loud
“They will if they know what’s good for them.” Callisto replied. She walked off to find a good place to watch the upcoming battle on Earth.
The Galaxy team had split up that afternoon. Billy had assured them that there was nothing to worry about with Callisto and Rhianna other than the usual, and that he would let them know if they were needed.
Kendrix and Leo wondered hand in hand down to Angel Grove Lake. They had never been down there before, and according to everyone who had ever lived in the town it was a wonderful place to bring a date. They had decided on a picnic that afternoon and were sitting on the blanket as the evening hours approached, finishing a bottle of wine and goofing off when their communicators went off.
Leo sighed. This was the one thing about active duty he didn’t miss, how bad guys seemed to have the worst timing. “Go ahead.”
“Goldar’s back in the downtown area with Cirranadrones, and it looks like he’s brought a friend.” Billy’s voice rang through
“Alright we’re on our way.” Leo said as he looked over at Kendrix. Kendrix nodded and they both stood, glancing around to make sure the area was clear before morphing. “Go Galactic!”
The red and pink Galaxy rangers arrived on the scene just seconds before the rest of the team. The five of them glanced at the small army standing in front of them. “You came back for more?” he questioned
“We came to destroy you.” Cratus replied giving Leo a cold hard look that would send chills down anyone’s spine
“I wouldn’t count on it.” Leo replied trying to ignore the stare of the strange creature standing in front of him
Cratus pulled out his sword and lunged his arm forward before he and Goldar attacked with the Cirranadrones. The rangers were quick to call on their transdaggers as the hand to hand combat began.
Callisto watched the fight from high above the planet’s surface. Those rangers were fighting hard and not giving up, although her Cirranadrones seemed to be a bit tough for them. Of course as everyone had weapons, the fight seemed a bit too fair for her. She wanted to up the odds a bit.
She was working on increasing Rhianna’s magical abilities so that she could have the same if not better powers that her parents did, including the ability to make things grow. But with the destruction of their palace and the unexpected trip to Earth, she was a bit behind schedule. Fortunately she had picked up on some things from her days as Astronema’s friend, and could work the ships systems to do the dirty work for her.
She wanted to make Cratus grow. He could just stop the Galaxy team from there. Callisto knew that their zords were on Mirinoi and that there was no way they would get there in time to save them. It was the perfect plan. Callisto smiled at herself as she adjusted the lasers and fired them down to the surface.
The new Turbo team arrived back in the Command Chamber a few hours after they departed Eltar and were immediately greeted by Billy. “Great you’re here.” he said flashing them a smile and pulling up images on screen. “The Galaxy rangers are fighting your friends down on the surface but it’s a tough battle. They need some help.”
“Well then let’s fire these powers up and see what they can do.” Carri said as she smiled over at Billy.
“Shift into turbo!” Tommy yelled. The team wasted no time jumping into their first morph and running to the aid of the Galaxy rangers, who had been kind enough to protect the planet while they were gone.
“Mountain Blaster Turbo Power!”
“Desert Thunder Turbo Power!”
“Dune Star Turbo Power!”
“Wind Chaser Turbo Power!”
“Red Lightning Turbo Power!”
The five members of the new Turbo team appeared behind the fight in downtown Angel Grove. They glanced over at the chaos in front of them and decided to dive right in. As the rangers ran toward the scene, the ground rumbled beneath them as a beam shot through the sky, hitting Cratus and causing him to grow to city wrecking size.
“The Galactabeasts will never get here on time!” they heard Maya point out from the crowd
“Don’t worry I think we’ve got that handled.” Tommy said from behind them. The Galaxy rangers spun around and to their surprise saw a second team of rangers standing there. “We need turbozord power now!”
The five turbozords arrived out of nowhere and the rangers jumped into them. “Ready to bring them together?” Kim asked from her zord. She got a chorus of ready’s in reply.
“Turbo megazord morph sequence, online.” Tommy called across the comm system
“This is awesome.” Carri said as she absolutely loved the car zords. She started the sequence to transform her Dune Star Zord as she spun around and connected with Jason’s Desert Thunder zord.
Quickly the two zords became connected to the Mountain Blaster and Wind Chaser Zords, which had connected earlier. To finish the sequence, Tommy’s Red Lightning Zord pulled up the back of Mountain Blaster and the megazord stood up.
“Alright Cratus let’s end this.” Kim said as she looked through the cockpit of the zord and at one of her enemies
The fight started out as hand to hand combat before Cratus brought out his sword. The rangers called on the saber and the shield of their megazord and fought back. After a long battle, the megazord got an edge as it blocked Cratus’s shot with it’s shield while slashing him back. Cratus hit the ground with enough force to shrink him back down to his normal size.
The rangers jumped out of their zords and back into the city streets. They ran into the fight and helped the Galaxy rangers take down the rest of the Cirranadrones. It wasn’t long before all ten rangers were standing face to face with Goldar and Cratus.
“You guys want to take on all of us?” Carri questioned almost hoping they’d say yes. Neither had any reply as they both teleported off. “Well that was no fun.” Carri said
“Come on, let’s get back to the Command Chamber.” Tommy said. In flashes of multicolored light, the ten rangers teleported off.
Callisto was furious as Goldar and Cratus appeared on the bridge of the ship. “I sent you down with one simple task and you failed me.”
“If destroying rangers were easy Lord Zedd and Rita would have done it years ago.” Goldar pointed out
Callisto used her powers to fling him across the room and smash him into the wall. “You don’t speak to me like that.” she warned as he pulled himself to his feet. “I don’t know what we’re going to do about those turbo rangers.”
“They’re just rangers. We’ll destroy them just like we’ll destroy their friends.” Rhianna pointed out trying to calm the goddess down
“They’re not just any rangers. They’re the Ninja Zeo team. They’re the ones I came to destroy. Now they’re back together again with powers.” Callisto was quick to point out. She thought for a moment then continued. “This time things are going to be different. This time they won’t make it out of this alive.”
The ten rangers arrived in the Command Chamber and simultaneously powered down. Tommy walked up to Leo and smiled. “Thanks for helping out while we were gone.”
“No problem. It’s always fun to be active again.” Leo replied. Which was the truth, although he didn’t know if he’d do it full time. “Well we had better get back to Mirinoi, return the sabers.”
“Well we’re here now so...” Tommy let his voice trail off as he gave a slight nod to Leo, as if to say it was alright for him to take off
“If you ever need help again, just let us know.” Leo said as he smiled at them. The rest of the Galaxy team said their goodbyes then they took off, going to put the saber’s back and get back to their normal lives.
“So now what?” Rocky questioned
“Now it’s the same as usual. We go back to our normal lives until they attack.” Billy replied
“Good because I have a lot of work to do.” Carri said as she quickly teleported out, trying to avoid any team bonding time
Kim couldn’t believe that Carri just took off on her like that. She wanted to go home and strangle her for leaving her alone. Instead she thought up her on excuse so she could teleport out as well. “Yeah and I have to prepare some things for Monday.” she said and in a flash of pink light she was gone
“That went well.” Jason muttered. Tommy and Rocky shot him a look and he gave them a smile. “I have some work of my own to do.” he told them. He certainly didn’t feel like having a discussion with Tommy and Rocky about Kim and Carri at the moment. “I’ll talk to you guys later.” he said as he teleported out
Tommy sighed as Jason left. He had a lot to think about if he was going to be doing this full time again. They were in the middle of a school year, so he was going to have to get someone to help cover his classes. He imagined since it was ranger related, Anton would help out and Principal Randall wouldn’t mind. He also didn’t know what he was going to do about his home in Reefside. He was the only ranger who didn’t live in Angel Grove, and it may be helpful for the fight if he temporarily moved back. He loathed to give his house up as he had put a lot into the home as well as the command center below it. He had a lot to do and a lot to think about, and a short time to do it in. “I’m heading home.” Tommy said as he teleported out
Rocky also had work of his own to do as his schools weren’t going to run themselves when he was busy being a ranger. He said his goodbyes to Billy then teleported out, leaving the former blue ranger alone in the Command Chamber.
Billy shook his head as all the rangers teleported out. It had been a long time since they had fought together, and he hoped that they would be able to do it again. He knew a lot had changed in eight years, but they were going to have to put all that behind them if they were going to defeat Callisto and Rhianna. That he would worry about at a later date. For now, all he was concerned with was getting back to work and finishing stuff up so he could get home to his wife. Billy teleported out of the Command Chamber, leaving the Turbo Ranger’s base empty for the moment.
The End