Power Rangers Zeo
"Link to the Past"
“I won’t let you win!”, he yelled staring the goddess down
“You can’t stop me.”, Callisto replied as she brought her hand back
He looked at the woman he was with, the one he was there to protect, and his look was that of someone who was deathly afraid of what could happen. “Let’s go.”, he said grabbing her arm and leading her off.
Callisto threw fireball after fireball at the duo yet they were managing to dodge them. Finally he found a barn and led her into it. “Stay here I’m going to face Callisto.” She nodded, she had no choice not only did she fear for her life but the life of her unborn son. This stranger was obviously here to help and she had to trust him.
He ran out of the barn and came face to face with Callisto. Reaching to his side, he pulled out a dagger covered in blood, hinds blood to be exact. The goddess knew exactly what he had in his hand as he came running after her. She countered everything he had easily. He brought the dagger close to her several times. Eventually she became on the offense and she kicked the dagger away from him, into a stack of hay. As he bent down to get it, she used a fireball to set the barn on fire, killing the woman.
Once he stood up he looked on in horror, but there was nothing he could do. Well there was one thing and that was to follow her though time and try and stop her. She left and with one final glance at the burning building he followed.
Jason Lee Scott awoke from this dream. It wasn’t the only one he had like this, in fact it was one in a line of many. He felt like the guy in the dream, the one always facing Callisto, it felt like a memory to him only he never experienced it before. Jason got up and got dressed before visiting the Power Chamber. If anybody could analyze these dreams it would be Zordon and Alpha.
She was being hunted. And as if her day wasn’t going bad enough she was forced to work with Callisto, who would easily betray her for her own personal gain.
“We need to get her onto the rope bridge.”, her best friend said
She nodded. Her, her best friend and Callisto all headed in the direction of the bridge but they were stopped by her predator. She created a whirlwind in order to suck in her prey. Callisto hid and the only person who was there to help her was her best friend. In fact if it hadn’t been for her she would have died. Soon enough the whirlwind died and they could continue on their original mission. To get both Callisto and her predator onto the rope bridge and trap both of them in the lava pit below.
“You know she’s after you.”, Callisto pointed out. “You be the bait.”
“No.”, her best friend was quick to respond
“She’s right.”, she said. “She is after me. I’ll go ahead on the bridge and Callisto you can come and fight her.”
Reluctantly her best friend nodded and Callisto got excited. She went ahead and walked onto the rope bridge to lure her enemy out. Sure enough it worked. Her enemy managed to throw her off so she was hanging from the rope facing the lava below.
Callisto jumped onto the bridge and stretched her hand out to her. “Give it to me.”
She looked at her best friend, who was standing on land waiting to cut the rope so both Callisto and her enemy would be taken care of. “Go ahead and give it to her.”
She tossed her the pouch which held the ambrosia. Callisto ate it and immediately became a goddess. Then she attacked the predator.
As she hung from the rope and watched the two goddesses fight she knew what had to be done. “Cut the rope!”
Hesitant at first, her best friend did what she knew needed to be done and cut the rope. Both goddesses fell into the lava pit. Then her best friend saved her life.
For the fifth time that week Kimberly Heart awoke from one of her dreams involving Callisto. She tried to shake it off but she couldn’t. It was real... yet it wasn’t. For her own sanity Kim needed to figure out what all this meant. She got dressed and teleported to the Power Chamber.
He wasn’t really a warrior. Yes he dressed the part but when it came down to fighting skills he just didn’t have them and he knew it. But the girl he was in love with was trapped along with her friend and he knew he had to save them. Maybe he lacked the skill of the others but courage and caring is something he had plenty of. It was that alone which led him into the cave of Callisto and her men.
Sneaking in to the best of his ability, he drew his sword and walked up to Callisto who was facing one of her captures. Before he got there her warriors stopped him. “Let them go.”, he said bravely
Callisto turned to him and laughed. He knew he was in trouble. But he also knew that Callisto was distracted enough for his love’s friend to take her weapon back from Callisto without Callisto knowing.
As he backed up nervously, he was hit with an arrow. It went through his shoulder and knocked him into a pole. He turned his head in time to see what was happening to his love. She was tied to another pole with wood all around the bottom, and the wood was lit on fire. But her friend wouldn’t have that. Using the weapon of hers that she stole back from Callisto, she freed herself and her friend. Then she and Callisto got into a fight. Then ran outside onto the beach and were followed by all of Callisto’s warriors, leaving him and his love alone.
His love jumped over the burning wood and went to help him. She sighed, she knew he was risking his life by running in like that. Of course she had risked her life coming in as well. She let him lean on her as they headed out of the cave and around the side looking for a safe spot to stay at until her friend came back. He looked down at her thinking about how beautiful she was. He only wished she felt the same way about him.
Billy Cranston woke up and shook his head. He was having similar dreams. They were strange yet familiar and he couldn’t quite figure out why. There was one place Billy went to when he didn’t have the answers and that was to Zordon. After he got dressed, Billy teleported to the Power Chamber.
Zordon looked at the three teens who were trying to tell him about their dreams. “I believe I know why you are all having these strange dreams.”
“Why?”, Jason questioned
“You are dreaming through the eyes of your ancestors, reliving their memories.”, Zordon explained
“Yeah but why us?”, Billy asked
“And why with Callisto?”, asked Kim
Alpha walked over to the trio. “It has to do with your becoming ninjetti’s.”
“Well why aren’t the others having these dreams?”, Billy asked
“There are two reasons Billy why you three are having these dreams. The other rangers have all met their ancestors and are already connected to them.”, Alpha started an explanation. “The other reason is the three of you along with Adam and Carri are all strongly connected to your ancestors.”
“Why?”, asked Jason
“Because Jason you and Carri never had ninjetti powers to begin with so they were never connected to the power coin giving you a stronger connection to your past. And Billy, Kim, the two of you along with Adam are not holding any type of ranger powers that can take away from your ancestral connection.”, Alpha said
“Is that why Carri can fight like Xena?”, questioned Jason
“That and they have the same spirit animal, which creates a stronger connection.”, Alpha said
“So we know we’re connected to our ancestors, only we don’t know who they are.”, Billy pointed out
“And we’re still having these dreams.”, Jason added
“Yeah.”, Kim agreed. “How do we stop them? And I still want to know why Callisto is involved.”
“Callisto is involved because she was your ancestors common enemy as she is yours.”, Zordon explained. “And to stop your dreams you must meet your ancestors to complete the connection.”
“How do we do that?”, Jason asked
Zordon looked over the three of them. They were three of the best rangers he had ever seen. He knew what they had to do, and that if Callisto’s involved that it might be dangerous. Especially if Zedd were to find out and try and stop them. There would not be a way for the other rangers to help, but he had to let them it was the only way to stop the dreams. “You must travel back in time.”
“Well if that’s all it takes.”, Kim said
“It will not be easy.”, Zordon warned
Jason nodded in agreement. “We have to do it though.”
“Should we alert the others?”, Billy asked
“No we will let them sleep for now and tell them in the morning.”, Alpha said. The others nodded.
“Rangers to travel in time you must go to Triforia and meet with Trey. He can take you to the Time Stone and send you back. But it will be up to you to come back to the present.”, Zordon explained
The three rangers who were looking intently at him nodded. They stood there and looked at Alpha. “We’re ready when you are.”, Jason said
After a few minutes passed Alpha sent them on their way.
Trey greeted the rangers upon arrival on Triforia. “Welcome. Zordon has already told me of your mission.”
“So you’ll help us?”, Jason questioned
“Of course I will.”, the Triforian replied. “Follow me.”
“And you know this guy how?”, Kim whispered as she walked behind Jason
“He is the Gold Ranger. The one whose powers I held.”, Jason explained
Kim nodded. “So he’s the original.”
“Zordon said it’s up to us to find our way back.”, Billy spoke up from the back of the line. “Do you know how we could do that?”
Trey led them towards some caves. “Yes and no. I have been told the area of time you are traveling back to in order to find the answers you seek. The people of that time will not let you stay there for long - only long enough to see what you need to know.”
“So you think they’ll send us back?”, Billy asked
“I can only assume they will.”, Trey replied. “In here rangers.” The trio followed Trey into a cave and he led them to the Time Stone. “This is the Time Stone. If you will stand around it I will be able to speak the spell to send you to the desired time.”
The rangers nodded and formed a circle around the Time Stone. Trey started chanting some words in another language and before they knew it the world around them became black and they disappeared.
“I’m telling you Herc we need a vacation.”, Iolaus tried once again to convince his best friend to a nice get away
“Last vacation we went on lasted all of two minutes before we went to save somebody.”, Hercules told him as they went walking through the woods
Iolaus jumped out in front of Hercules and started to walk backwards and talk. “I know of a pond where nobody can find us. We can fish there for a few days.”
Hercules gave his friend a look. “So how do the people need our help find us?”
Sighing, Iolaus turned around just in time to face the guy he ran into. “Sorry about that.”, he said extending his hand to help the guy up
Jason took it. “No problem.”, he said. Then he stared at Iolaus curiously, and Iolaus stared back.
“Do I know you?”, Iolaus asked
“No. I’m from.... well....”, Jason’s voice trailed off
“The future right?”, Hercules asked. Jason looked stunned that he knew. “I seem to remember a scene exactly like that a few weeks ago except it was between me and my descendant.”
“Oh you mean that power hero with the long hair and....”, Iolaus started
“Tommy.”, Jason interrupted
Hercules nodded. “And I’m guessing you’re not here on a social visit.”
“No.... not really.”, Jason replied. “My friends and I were sent back in time to find our ancestors, to stop the dreams we were having.”
“What kind of dreams?”, Hercules asked
“Well... in my latest one I was being chased through a field by Callisto. I helped some woman get to a barn and I went to kill Callisto only I failed and she burnt down the barn.”, Jason answered
“Hey that’s me!”, Iolaus exclaimed. “I mean that’s my memory. I was trying to stop Callisto from killing Herc’s mother before he was born.”
“Which means your descendant is.... I’m sorry what was your name?”, Hercules asked
“Jason.”, he told them
“Well I’m Iolaus and this is Hercules.”, he said doing a quick introduction
“Come on.”, Hercules said walking off. “We’ll help you find your friends.”
Iolaus sighed as he and Jason followed him. “There went that vacation.”
Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa watched Earth. “Look the rangers have gone to find their ancestors.”, Rita said making a face
“The team is now short one member.”, Zedd pointed out as he watched scenes from the rooms of different rangers who were still asleep at four am.
“Now is the perfect time for an attack.”, Rita told him
“Yes but this has to be good.”, Zedd agreed with his wife. “We want to take out the four power pests that are left and conquer Earth so the others won’t have anything to come home to.”
“Hey Ed just give me a couple of tengas and send me down. I’ll take care of ‘em.”, Rito Revolto said entering midway through the conversation
Zedd snickered. “I’m sure you would. Just like you’ve taken care of the rangers in the past.”
“Lord Zedd, I am looking forward to a fight with the Power Rangers. It is time they were finished.”, Goldar said angrily
“How about we get Finster to make us a mold then we make it powerful.”, Rita suggested. Zedd nodded in agreement. “Finster!”, she screeched
Upon hearing Rita, Finster came out of his lab. “Yes?”
“Make me a monster mold.”, she ordered
“What kind of monster would you like?”, Finster questioned
“Anything that will take out the rangers.”, she told him. Finster nodded and hurried off to get started on Zedd and Rita’s latest idea.
Joxer was walking down a dirt path. He started adjusting his helmet as he hummed the tune of his favorite song. Then he started to softly sing. “He’s Joxer the mighty he roams through the countryside with Gabby as his sidekick fighting with her little stick he’s Joxer he’s Joxer the mighty.” He started humming the tune again when someone came out of the bushes at him.
“Hold it right there.”, Joxer said in a semi threatening tone
Billy threw his hands up. “I’m not here to hurt anyone.”
“Who are you?”, Joxer questioned looking at him strangely
“Billy.”, he replied
“Nice to meet you. I’m Joxer.”, he said extending his hand which Billy promptly shook. “So.... where are you from?”
Billy looked at his outfit. “Oh see.... well you wouldn’t believe me if I told you.”
“Believe me as a warrior I’ve seen more than my fair share of strange stuff.”, Joxer assured him
“I’m from the future.”, Billy said
Joxer made a face. “Future?”, he questioned. “What are you doing here?”
“I was sent back to find my ancestor.”, Billy replied
“Oh. Well follow me I can help you look.”, Joxer said as he continued down the dirt path with Billy at his side. “So how do you know who this guy is?”
Billy shook his head. “I don’t. All I know about him is what I can see through his eyes.”
“Sounds creepy.”, Joxer said
“Not really.”, Billy told him. “It’s rather interesting. Like last night I was him in a dream where he went after this goddess - Callisto - in order to save his friends. Only he was shot with an arrow and taken out of there by the woman he loved.”
Joxer suddenly stopped. “That sounds familiar.... wait a second here I know why that story sounds familiar. I went into a cave once with Callisto and her warriors in order to save Xena and Gabrielle. Only she wasn’t a goddess then.”
“That means... you’re my ancestor.”, Billy said
“Hey cool.”, Joxer said. “So what now?”
For once Billy didn’t really have a solid answer. “I don’t know... I guess I follow you.”
“So you can be my temporary sidekick.”, Joxer told him. “But as soon as we run into Gabrielle she gets her position back.”
Billy agreed not quite knowing what Joxer was talking about, but he figured it would be best to follow him anyway.
The four remaining rangers plus one met at a coffee shop like they often did before class.
“Where are the others?”, Tommy Oliver asked as he sat down beside Carri in the booth
Carri Hillard shrugged. “They were gone long before I got up. I never heard them leave.” Since second semester started, Carri, Kim, Jason and Billy had been sharing an off campus apartment.
“They probably went out and partied all night long.”, Chris Black suggested
“Those three don’t do that. Unlike some other people I know.”, Katherine Hillard teased her boyfriend
Chris made a face. “Hey I don’t do that. At least I haven’t in a while.”
“Eh they probably went out for an early morning jog.”, Rocky DeSantos commented. He was sitting on the other side of Carri, across from Chris and Kat. A waitress came over and placed cups in front of each one of them.
Carri leaned over and smelled hers. “Mmmm French Vanilla. Caffeine. Time to wake up.”
“You think we have time for breakfast? I’m starving.”, Rocky said
“Go figure.”, Tommy replied as he drank some of his coffee
Kat and Carri snickered. Chris smiled. He may be new to this group, but he had already picked up on the fact that Rocky eats. A lot. And manages to stay in really good shape.
“Don’t you guys know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day?”, Rocky questioned
“That’s what he says about lunch and dinner too.”, Carri said in the direction of the others
“You think you’re funny. All of you. But just wait. I”ll get you.”, Rocky said smiling
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Carri put her head down on the table. “It’s too early.”, she griped
“For what?”, Chris questioned
“School. Being up.”, Kat covered
“I second that. But there’s not much we can do about it.”, Chris said
Tommy stood up. “Come on guys let’s get going.”, he said
“So early?”, Chris asked
“We were going to talk to one of the professors.”, Rocky said as he nudged Carri out of the booth and followed behind her
Kat mouthed the words “I’ll catch up” as her friends went to get their page.
Xena walked back to her campsite and threw a rope with some fish on one end at her best friend. “There.”
Gabrielle, who wasn’t paying attention, looked up suddenly and got hit by the fish, putting her arms around them as a reflex reaction. She scrunched her nose up as she grabbed the rope and held the fish out. “Great. Just great.”
“What you said if I’d catch them you’d cook them.”, Xena said quizzically
“Do you know how hard it is to get the fish smell out of your clothes? I’m going to smell like breakfast all week.”, Gabrielle complained as she went to put the fish in a pan
Xena smiled and shrugged as she walked off. Gabrielle made a face as she started to cook. “Of course it isn’t of any importance to Xena.”, she said talking to herself. “I mean she’s not the one who....” Suddenly she heard a noise in the bushes. “Who’s there?”, she questioned reaching for her staff. “I’m warning you I...”
Gabrielle stopped when a female walked out of the woods. “Look I don’t want any trouble.”, Kim said
“I’m sorry it’s just a habit. Most of the time when I hear someone in the bushes it’s because they are trying to attack.”, Gabrielle apologized putting her staff down. She looked at the stranger in front of her and noticed her outfit. “Something about this seems awfully familiar.”
Kim looked at her strangely. There was something about this person, she just couldn’t put her finger on it. She shook her head. “No we haven’t met before.”
“I know I haven’t met you. But... maybe it’s the outfit. Something about you brings back memories I just can’t come up with what.”, Gabrielle told her
“Remember,” Xena started coming back into the clearing, “You look more available than the girls that work for Meg.”
Gabrielle’s eyes lit up. “That’s it. You remind me of her.”
“Who?”, Kim questioned
“That girl... oh what was her name...”, Gabrielle said thinking about it
“Carri.”, Xena replied glancing at the still raw fish. “Aren’t you supposed to be cooking?”
“Well I kind of got interrupted.”, Gabrielle pointed out
“I know Carri.”, Kim said going back to Xena’s comment
“Which means you’re from the future.”, Xena pointed out taking the fish and shoving it into Gabrielle’s hands
Gabrielle went to cook. “Don’t take this the wrong way, but why are you here?”
“To find my ancestor.”, Kim replied
“Well you won’t find this person here. Been there done that.”, Gabrielle told her
“I’ve been there you haven’t.”, Xena pointed out. “And even if she can’t find the person here we can help her look. Do you have any clue who this person may be?”
“None.... well these dreams I’ve been having.”, Kim told them
Xena looked over at her. “Like what?”
“Like the one I just had. I was being chased by this goddess who wanted my head. And you were there to protect me,” she pointed to Xena, “Along with someone else - Callisto.”
Gabrielle and Xena looked at her upon hearing that name. Kim stopped. “Go on.”, Xena said after a few seconds of silence
“Callisto had me be the bait for this goddess. I lured her onto a rope bridge over a lava pit. Callisto came to fight the goddess. I gave Callisto ambrosia, making her a goddess. Then as Callisto was fighting we got both goddesses into the lava pit trapping them hopefully forever.” Kim explained
Gabrielle stopped cooking and stared at Kim. “That’s my memory - being chased by the goddess Velasca, making Callisto a goddess, trapping them both in the lava pit.”
“Well I guess I have found who I’m looking for.”, Kim said
Gabrielle smiled. “I guess so. Now what?”
“Too be honest, I’m not really sure. Zordon just sent us down here to meet you guys. I guess the rest of it is supposed to fall into place.”
“Us? So there’s more of you?”, asked Xena
“Yes my two friends are here with me. I don’t know where they ended up. Trey sent us here and that was the last I saw of either of them.”
Xena thought for a moment. “Let’s have breakfast. Then we’ll see if we can find your missing friends.”
Xena walked off. Gabrielle looked down at the fish she still didn’t want to fool with. She smiled and looked at Kim. “So, do you know how to cook a fish?”
The rangers teleported into the Power Chamber. Alpha said something was up. He just couldn’t tell them what.
“What’s wrong Zordon?”, Tommy asked
Zordon looked at the three rangers. “Where’s Katherine?”
“With dippy. She should be right behind us.”, Carri replied
“We will wait for her.”
Carri leaned her head up against Rocky’s shoulder. She had been enjoying her caffeinated beverage. Now she was going to have to rely on adrenaline to keep her awake. Tommy leaned back against a console, eyes drooping. She could tell he felt the same way.
Rocky looked down at her, seeing her drifting away. He smiled “Don’t fall asleep on me.”
“I’ll try not to.”
A few moments later Kat teleported in. Tommy and Carri jumped.
“Don’t do that again you scared the shit out of me.”, Carri said
Kat and Rocky smiled.
“So what’s going on?”, Kat asked
The three rangers turned to Zordon. He looked over at them. “Rangers, Kim, Jason and Billy have gone on a quest.”
“Quest? What kind of quest?”, Tommy asked
“Because of their ninjetti powers, they have had dreams about their ancestors. The only way to resolve those dreams was to send them back in time.”, Zordon told them
“Is there anything we can do to help?”, Carri asked
“They must do this on their own.”
“Is it dangerous?”, asked Kat
“I am unsure of what they will be facing. They are going to the same time period you did. Their greatest threat is Callisto.”
At the mere mention of the name, Carri felt her blood boil. “Are you sure I can’t go back there and help them and kick some ass?”
Rocky chuckled. He knew she felt like she owed her a beating or two.
“No. You rangers will be needed here on Earth. Rita and Zedd may have already found out that one member of your team is gone. They will stop at nothing to conquer Earth.”
“So what do you want us to do Zordon?”, asked Tommy
“For now, nothing. Go to class rangers. We will contact you if there is an attack.”
Tommy sighed. He always hated the waiting part. The other rangers nodded compliantly. Where Tommy had trouble concentrating on daily activity, waiting for the inevitable, the others would rather get on with their lives and take care of business as it came up.
“Intro to anthropology awaits. Are you ready?”, Rocky asked looking at Carri
She sighed. “As ready as I’m going to be.”The two teleported out and back to campus.
“I have class too.”, Kat said as she went to teleport. She looked over at the red ranger. “Coming?”
He nodded and teleported out right behind her.
Finster walked in and approached Zedd and Rita. “I have two molds I am working on. Both would be powerful.”
“Why haven’t you finished them yet?”, Zedd asked
“To give them have the capability to be more powerful takes more time.”
Rita smiled. “As soon as they are ready, we will send them down to destroy those rangers.”
“Lemme help. Please sis. I can do it.”, Rito begged
“I will go down an ensure the monsters victory over the rangers.”, Goldar said
“Silence! When the monsters are ready, both of you will go to Earth and take some tengas with you to assist them.”
Rito chuckled. “I can’t wait.”
Zedd adjusted himself so he was sitting higher on his throne and smiled. “Soon, the world will be ours.”
Gabrielle sniffed her shirt and rolled her eyes. “Fish.”
Xena laughed as she started walking her horse.
“So which direction are we going?”, asked Kim. “I have no idea where to even begin looking for my friends.”
“I heard Hercules was last in a village not far from here. Since all of your ancestors seem to be with the same group, maybe he would know something.”
“But Hercules already found his decedent. That long haired kid.”, Gabrielle protested
Xena shot her friend a look. “But Iolaus hasn’t.”
They were walking down the road when Gabrielle heard someone call her name. She instantly recognized who it was.
“Great.”, she muttered rolling her eyes. She turned to face him. “Joxer, hi, what are you doing here?”
“I’ve come to find my sidekick of course.”, Joxer said
Kim turned to look and see what was going on. “Billy?”
“In the flesh.”, he replied
“Looks like you two know each other already.”, Joxer stated
They nodded. “Billy, this is Xena and Gabrielle. And this is one of my friends, Billy.”, Kim introduced them as she turned towards Joxer. “And I’m Kim.”
“Joxer the mighty at your service.”
Gabrielle made a face.
“Well that was easy enough. I still say we march on towards Herc to find your other friend.”, Xena said
Xena continued to lead the group to find Hercules, and hopefully Kim’s missing friend.
Zedd started tapping his fingers on his throne. “I’m sick of waiting.”
“But Lord Zedd, you cannot rush this process.”, Finster protested
“Goldar!”, he yelled
“Yes my lord?”
“Why don’t you go down and give those power punks a taste of what’s to come.”
Goldar smiled. “Of course my lord.”
Carri walked out of her history class with Mollie Monroe. This was their second history class together. They were taking an ancient Greek and Roman history class. Which, Carri thought, was rather appropriate considering.
She stretched as the two girls walked across the lawn. “Man I’m tired.”
“This is your last class today isn’t it?”, Mollie asked
“Yes but I hate Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those hour and a half classes are killer.”
Mollie nodded her head. “But at least your day ends at twelve-thirty.”
“True.”, she said. “Are we going to get something to eat?”
“Normally yes. But today no. I have a meeting with my next professor about a paper she assigned.”
“A paper already? That sucks. The semester just started.”
She rolled her eyes. “Tell me about it. That’s what I get for taking an advanced English class.”
“I was thinking about taking that next semester.”
“Well good luck.”, Mollie stopped and looked at the buildings. “This is my stop. I’ll see ya later.”
“Later.”, Carri replied as she walked off. Carri turned to walk towards her apartment. There were some fast food places right off campus near her, and she figured she would just stop and grab something. She thought about giving Rocky a call and seeing if he wanted anything. Sometimes he stayed on campus during his hour and a half break, sometimes he didn’t. She just couldn’t believe when he signed up for three Tuesday-Thursday classes. If she didn’t have to, she wasn’t going to. Fifty minutes was long enough.
She started to search for her cell phone when she heard a noise, followed by screams. She looked up in time to see college students fleeing from the lawn. And the reason why.
“Prepare to die.”, Goldar said
She rolled her eyes. “Oh please. This will be easy.”
“One ranger cannot defeat me.”
“You’re pretty stupid if you think that it’s going to stay one on one. Well actually....”, she smiled as she looked around to make sure the area was clear. “It’s morphin time!”
“ZEO RANGER II, YELLOW!”
She looked around to see her self surrounded by tengas. “Boo. Pansy. If I thought this was all I had to face, I wouldn’t have gone all out.”
Carri went flying through the tengas. There weren’t too many. And she was right. She could have easily been the Yellow Ninjetti to take care of the tengas. Even though a Ninjetti didn’t have as much power as the Zeo’s, they were certainly more fun. Just as she was tired of taking on tengas, Goldar jumped in and kicked her back.
“What a cheap shot.”, she said. Two sets of hands came to help her up.
“You alright?”, Tommy asked
“Peachy.”, she replied. “Where have you guys been?”
“Sorry.”, Rocky said as he teleported in to round off the team
She looked at her friends. “Goldar here wanted a little one on one action with the yellow ranger. So if you’ll excuse me.” With that, she flipped over the tengas, leaving her friends with the birds and her with Goldar.
“You’ve made a mistake yellow ranger.”, Goldar threatened. “Nobody messes with me.”
She smiled. “You’re just afraid you’re about to get your ass kicked by a girl.” And with that, she rushed at him calling for a weapon as she did.
Rocky, Tommy and Kat were keeping busy with the tengas. “Why don’t they just give up?”, Rocky asked
“They enjoy their daily beating.”, Tommy answered
“Let’s just hurry this up. I have better things to do than deal with these idiots.”, Kat said
Tommy flung the last tenga that was near him out of the way. He looked up and saw his enemy battling with the yellow ranger. He called for his sword and ran over there. “Need a hand?”
“Actually I’m just starting to have a little fun here. But if you wanna take a swing be my guest.”
“You don’t have to tell me twice.”, Tommy said. He jumped at Goldar. Goldar kicked him off, and he saw Carri jump in behind him and get some really good moves in.
“See Goldie I told you that you were going to get your ass kicked by a girl.”, she grinned going to stand beside Tommy
Goldar furiously attacked both rangers. Tommy kicked Goldar away, then the red and yellow Zeo’s called on the full power of their Zeo weapons and attacked back. Goldar fell down. As he climbed back to his feet, he noticed that Rocky and Kat had finished off his tenga warriors.
“This isn’t over rangers.”, he said as he took off
“Well I’m feeling invigorated and awake now, how about you guys?”, Carri asked
“A fight always gets my adrenaline pumping, that’s for sure.”, Tommy replied. “I hate to cut all conversation short, but I am already ten minutes late for class.”
“Me too.”, added Kat. Both the pink and red rangers took off.
“How about it blue, wanna grab some lunch?”, Carri asked
“Actually I was in the library when Alpha called. I have to start to find a topic for a paper I have to write for my next class.”, Rocky replied
“That sucks. I am dreading papers.... Later then?”, she asked
“Of course.”, he said as he took off as well.
Carri looked around and saw noone on the fields. Just to be extra cautious, she walked between some trees kids usually used for shade, and powered down. She grabbed her fallen backpack and started walking home.
Xena had led her group into the village where Hercules was last known to be. She stopped one of the villagers. “Excuse me, have you seen Hercules?”
The older woman smiled. “He saved our village.”
“Is he still here?”, Xena asked
The woman shook her head no. She pointed a finger. “I saw him leave a little while ago. He went that way.”
Xena smiled. “Thank you.” She turned to face the rest of her group. “We’ll have to move quickly to catch up.”
They nodded. Xena led them off quickly. Soon they were in the forest.
“They had a head start. How do we know that we will even catch up to them?”, Gabrielle asked
“Because they have no reason to rush. We do. Eventually we will find them.”
The group marched on at a fast pace for another forty-five minutes. That’s when they saw him.
Billy was excited. These are the kind of myths you only read about in books. And yet, here he was, in the flesh. “Is that....”
“Hey Herc.”, Xena called out
The muscular figure turned around. He saw Xena standing there, with Joxer and Gabrielle, and to people he assumed to be from the same time period as Jason. “Xena, it’s good to see you.”
She smiled at him. “It’s good to see you too. Where’s Iolaus?”
“He’ll be right back. Him and his friend took off that way. They were looking for a place to fish.”, he said smiling. “I told him we didn’t have time for a vacation, but he insisted that I wait here. He swore there was a spot nearby that we could be found at, and we could catch a good dinner.”
Gabrielle wrinkled her nose at the thought of more fish. Before she had a chance to make a comment, there was a noise coming from the forest. She saw Xena put a hand on her sword just in case.
“See Herc I told you I could find a spot.”, Iolaus said as he and Jason came out into the open
Xena relaxed as she saw the duo. “Is this your friend?”
The look on Kim’s face confirmed it. She went over to him. “It’s good to see you Jason.”
He smiled. “Good to see you guys too. I wasn’t sure if I would find you or not.”
Billy walked over to his friends. “It seems is though all of our friends ancestors knew each other, so it is only logical that we would meet up at some point in our journey.”
“So now that you have all met up, what are you supposed to do?”, asked Gabrielle
“We still aren’t sure.”, Kim replied
“How are you supposed to get home?”, asked Joxer
“We don’t know. Trey told us that the people of this time would not let us stay for long.”, Billy answered
“Zeus.”, Hercules said. “He will probably send you home when he sees fit.”
“And in the meantime?”, Jason asked
“In the meantime we just continue on in the same direction we had planned on going this morning.”, Xena replied
“Mind if we joined you?”, Hercules asked
Iolaus threw his hands up. “Aw Herc, come on! Vacation, fishing...”
Hercules smiled as his friend. “People in need don’t wait you know.”
“Yeah well neither will these fish.”, he replied
“Come on, let’s go.”, Hercules said as gestured to Xena to lead them off
Iolaus sighed as everyone walked past him. “Fine. Wait for me.”, he called as he jogged off to join them.
At around three pm, Carri heard a knock on her door. She went to get it. “Hello.”, she greeted
“Hello.”, Rocky replied walking in
“How was class?”, she asked
“Boring as usual.”, he told her. “What about you, what have you been up to?”
“I went and talked to Alpha. Something was kinda odd about this afternoon. He agrees. He said there have been no real signs of activity from the Lunar Palace except Goldar’s attack. The fear is that they were just teasing us, maybe wearing us down for something worse.”
Rocky nodded. “That’s what I was afraid of too.”
“I’ve got good news.”, she told him
“What?”
“I talked to Kat after she got out of class. Me, you, Kat, Chris and Tommy are going bowling at four.”
He raised an eyebrow. “We are now?”
She smiled at him. “Yup. What better to do during an impending crisis than bowl.”
He put his arms around her waist. “I’ll just have to take your word for it.”
“I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
The two stayed in the quiet apartment until it was time to leave. Then they walked over to the bowling alley, which was very close to campus. The school had a bowling team, and this was where they practiced.
Rocky and Carri were standing by the front counter of the bowling alley a few minutes before four. Kat and Chris showed up right at four.
“Is Tommy here yet?”, Kat asked
Carri rolled her eyes. “Please.”
Kat giggled. “Never mind.”
“Should we go ahead and get started?”, Chris asked
“We can get some lanes.”, Rocky replied. “I’m sure Tommy will be here any minute.”
The four walked over to the counter to get set up. As they were paying for their old, mismatched bowling shoe rentals, Tommy wondered in.
“It’s about time.”, Rocky said
“Hey I’m only,” Tommy paused to check his watch, “Seven minutes late this time.”
“Seven. Not bad.”, Carri teased
“Yeah yeah. Let’s just bowl ok.”, Tommy grinned
They finished with the lady at the counter and walked off to their lane.
“So do we have two or one?”, Tommy asked
“Two. That way we can get more games in. I need practice at this sport.”, Carri said
Rocky looked at Tommy and Carri. “Yeah but how many games do you think we will get in before...”, he let his voice trail off as he looked at his communicator
She laughed. “A half a frame maybe. If we’re lucky. That’s usually the way it goes around here.”
Tommy smiled at her as they walked up behind Kat and Chris at their lanes.
“How about me and Chris versus all three of you?”, Kat asked as she smiled at her boyfriend
“Well that would actually be a fair competition since my twelve pins aren’t going to help our score much.”
Rocky chuckled. “Carri you’ve been getting better.”
She smiled. “I know I’ve broke one hundred twice now.”
The others laughed at her. “Come on, let’s get balls and get started.”, Tommy said as he walked off. The rest of the group followed him.
“You see, this is what we call a hero’s life.”, Iolaus said as the group marched on. “You never get vacations, you’re always on call. It’s not very fun or exciting.”
“Yes but don’t you think that all the lives you save make up for it?”, Gabrielle asked
Iolaus sighed. “That’s besides the point. The point is I haven’t gotten to go fishing in two months.”
Hercules laughed. “Don’t worry. After we take care of this situation, we’ll find a spot, near civilization, and we will relax.”
“In other words we’ll sit down for about an hour until someone else needs help.”, Iolaus replied
“That’s what happens when you have good versus evil. Evil never stops.”, Xena told him
Jason smiled. “Isn’t that the truth. Don’t feel bad, the last vacation I had was.... well when I lost my powers last year.”
Kim and Billy laughed. “Vacation just isn’t in a ranger’s vocabulary.”, Kim said
“No, it’s in there, we just don’t ever get a chance to experience it.”, Billy corrected
The others smiled. Everything seemed peaceful. Until Xena looked up suddenly. “What’s that?”, she asked
“What?”, asked Joxer
She sniffed. “It’s fire.”, she replied. Quickly she jumped on her horse and took off after the smell.
“Where is she going?”, asked Gabrielle
“I don’t know but I think we should follow her.”, replied Hercules
The group ran in the direction Xena took off in. They couldn’t smell the smoke at first, but as they got closer the smell engulfed their nostrils. They knew exactly where they were going.
They arrived at the edge of a village. When they got there, they could see that the entire village had been set on fire. Xena was confronting someone, but they couldn’t tell who. At that point, they could see other villages in the distance that had also been set on fire.
Jason was the first to run up to Xena to see who had done such a horrifying thing. When he saw who she was talking to, it came as no surprise. “Callisto.”, he growled
She cocked her head and looked at him. “You know who I am?”
“What are you doing here, going on another one of your rampages?”, Jason asked. He remembered how easy it was for her to light people on fire in Angel Grove Park.
She smiled at him. “So you do know me. I’m impressed. I’m not usually one of the goddesses people take note of.”
Xena glared at her. “You’re only half a goddess compared to the ones on Olympus. You want to be as powerful as them but you will never see that kind of power.”
Callisto laughed. “You may not want to respect me the way you respect your precious gods on Olympus. But let’s not forget. The same godly blood that runs through their veins runs through mine. You can’t stop me. Only prey to your gods that you are fast enough to get out of my way.”
With that, Callisto reached her hand back and formed a fireball. She shot it forward at the group. Nobody had much time to react. Everyone scattered to avoid being lit on fire.
Jason hit the ground hard. He looked back at his friends. Everyone was still there. Callisto was laughing at everyone. She created another fireball and tried again. Jason was out of range of this one. She was mainly aiming for Xena. He saw Xena and Hercules try to get to her while avoiding her wrath. While Callisto was distracted, Jason collected his friends and tried to hide.
“We have to do something.”, Jason said
“But what? Billy and I don’t have any powers and yours don’t work here.”, Kim pointed out
“You’re wrong. You and Billy are Ninjetti’s. I am a Ninjetti. Those powers are connected through us. Maybe the Green Zeo Ranger can’t join the fight, but the Green Ninjetti sure as hell can.”
Billy looked skeptical at first. But the more he thought of it, the more he realized that he was probably right. “I’m in.”, Billy told his friend
Kim sighed. “We’ll I’m not going to let you two do this on your own.”
Jason nodded. “Then what are we waiting for? Ninjetti, cougar!”
“Crane!”
“Wolf!”
The green, blue and pink Ninjetti’s looked at each other. They knew what they had to do next.
Finster walked into the throne room with a smile on his face. “Lord Zedd, the monsters are ready.”
“It’s about time.”, Zedd said as he got off of his throne. Zedd and Rita followed Finster, with Rito and Goldar on their heels.
“Lord Zedd, may I present to you the two most powerful monsters to ever be created by me.”
Zedd smiled. “Excellent. Rito, Goldar, gather up some tengas. Take these two monsters and get down to Earth. I want those power punks destroyed!”
“Yes my lord.”, Goldar replied, leaving the room and dragging Rito with him
Rita smiled and looked over at Zedd. “Oh Zeddie, I’m so excited. This is the moment we’ve been waiting for.”
“Yes and as soon as those brats are destroyed, we will have our chance to rule the world!”
Three games into bowling, Carri was excited. “Guys look. If you add up my first three scores, that’s at least a three hundred!”
Rocky laughed at her. “Yes but most people try to achieve three hundred in one game.”
Tommy smiled. “Come on Rocky, leave her alone.”
“Yeah leave me alone.”, she chimed in
“She’ll never in this lifetime see two hundred in one game, much less three, so let her enjoy her own personal accomplishments.”
Rocky laughed as he went to start the game over. Carri rolled her eyes and playfully hit Tommy. Kat smiled at her friends. “Well anyway I am glad you are learning. Are we going to go for one more?”, Kat asked
“But of course.”, Rocky replied
“This is fun. I am glad we all got to come out here. I just wish your other friends could’ve joined us.”, Chris said
“Yes, well, they’re just busy. Some other time, I’m sure.”, Carri said
Rocky grabbed her by the waist and pointed at the screen. “Come on, you’re up first.”
Carri smiled as she grabbed her ball. Kat was first on the other lane and came to stand beside her. The two girls looked at each other and smiled as the fourth game began.
They almost got three frames through the fourth game when their communicators went off.
“I should have had you put some money on that.”, Tommy said
“Who knew they would let us have a little fun.”, Carri replied
Chris came and sat down. He saw Carri, Rocky and Tommy turn to leave. Kat looked at her friends. She knew what was going on, she just couldn’t leave with them at the moment.
“Where are you going?”, Chris asked
“To the pro shop.”, Rocky replied. The pro shop was out of sight of their lane, and hopefully Chris wouldn’t come to look for them there.
“For what?”, asked Chris
“I just had an idea. It’s a surprise. But I have to go in there and see if they have what I’m looking for.”, Carri told him
“You’re taking your whole team?”, Chris asked
She shrugged. “Why not?”
With that the three took off. They went past the pro shop, and when nobody was looking they slipped out the back of the building.
Tommy pulled his communicator to his mouth. “What is it Alpha?”
“Zedd has sent Rito, Goldar, tengas, and two new powerful monsters down to Earth. You must stop them rangers.”
“Shit.”, Rocky stated
“This is what we were afraid of isn’t it?”, Carri asked. She knew the answer.
“We’ve got to do it.”, Tommy replied. She nodded. She didn’t need to, he knew he would never have to ask her to put her life on the line for the good of the universe. He looked around to make sure it was clear. “It’s morphin time!”
“ZEO RANGER II, YELLOW!”
“ZEO RANGER III, BLUE!”
“ZEO RANGER V, RED!”
And with that, they were off to try and save the world again.
The rangers showed up at the fight not quite sure what to expect. They were hoping what they saw was no more than the usual fight, but when they looked around they realized that they were sadly mistaken.
“Rangers, it’s nice of you to join us. Now prepare for your final battle.”, Goldar said
The trio was unsure of what to do. Not only did Goldar come down and bring Rito and some tengas, but there were two monsters waiting for them as well.
“We’re going to have to split up guys.”, Tommy said
“Right.”, Carri agreed. Rocky sighed. He didn’t like the idea, but he knew they didn’t have any other choice.
“Rocky and I will take the monsters, you take Goldar, and as soon as Kat gets here she can take Rito.”, Tommy dished out the bad guys
“Did I hear you correctly? You mean I have to put up with the bag of bones?”, Kat asked teleporting in
“Well we don’t have much choice.”, Tommy told her. And with that, the foursome split up.
“Hey, pinky, it’s good to see you.”, Rito greeted Kat as she jumped in front of him
“You won’t think that way for long.”, Kat replied as they started the fight
Carri flipped over Goldar’s head. As soon as the ape turned around she attacked him. “Two ass kickings by a girl in one day has got to be a little embarrassing Goldie.”
“You have greatly overestimated your position on the battle field this time. Before you had your friends to fight the tengas. Now, you have to deal with all of us on your own.” No sooner had Goldar finished then the tengas spread out to help attack the rangers.
“Great.”, Carri said looking over at her teammates
Tommy and Rocky each called for their weapons to go attack the monsters. Both of the monsters were similar, and both were like nothing they had ever seen before.
Before they knew it, both boys had been flung across the grass.
“Something’s not right about these guys.”, Rocky said turning to Tommy
“You’re right. They seem.... more powerful than usual.”, Tommy agreed with him
Just as he said that the monsters fired beams at them. The boys sat up just in time to see them turn and fire on the female rangers. The girls hit the ground and were each immediately attacked.
“We’ve got to stop them.”, Rocky said. Tommy nodded and the boys went back up against the monsters full force.
The monsters continued to easily throw the male rangers to the ground, and attempt to attack the girls at the same time.
“I don’t know how much longer we can do this.”, Rocky said looking at Tommy
“I know.”, he agreed. “But we’ve got to try.”
Rocky didn’t even really listen to Tommy’s reply as he had already ran back to try and destroy the monsters.
The blue and pink ninjetti’s attacked Callisto with a force she had never seen before.
“What’s this?”, Callisto asked turning toward the duo. “More hero’s for me to destroy?” Callisto then attacked the two ninjetti’s.
Billy and Kim fought back, then threw her off of them. Before Callisto had time to react, Jason attacked her from above and sent her flying backwards.
“Nobody messes with the power rangers.”, he growled
Callisto quickly rose to her feet. “Power rangers?”, she questioned smiling as she did so. “Well rangers, I have news for you. Nobody messes with me and lives.” With that, she resumed throwing fireballs, this time at the three ninjetti’s.
Jason leaped high in the air, above her fireball while Kim and Billy scattered to the sides. Before Jason’s feet touched the ground, he executed a ninjetti power move and knocked Callisto harder than she ever thought possible.
When Callisto got up, Jason could see she was seething. “How could you do this to me?”, she asked. “You are not a god. Not even partially. You are just a weak human in a costume.”
Jason smiled. “Oh Calli you’ve really underestimated the power of a ninjetti.”
Furiously, Callisto reached for her sword and ran at Jason. She was going to kill all three of them, starting with their obvious leader. As she approached Jason, she lunged the sword forward into his chest. She looked down, expecting to see him standing there. Instead, all she saw was dirt at her feet. “What the...”
Callisto started to spin around but Jason gave her no time to react as he hit her and sent her sailing into one of the buildings she had set on fire. Callisto looked around at her surroundings. She didn’t know what to think. What she did know is that she was a goddess who had just gotten embarrassed by a mere mortal. She had to regroup, to figure out what had just happened. “This isn’t over yet.”, she said to herself as she took off
The three ninjetti ran over to the building, with Xena and Hercules on their heels. When they got there, they saw that Callisto had disappeared.
“She’s gone.”, Kim said
Xena smiled. “You must have really surprised her.”
“We couldn’t let her win.”, Jason replied
“At least that’s over for now.”, Hercules said. “Now we have to hope for some rain.”
“If anything, it should just burn itself out. Trust me, I know.”, Xena put her head down and walked off. The others followed her.
“Is it over?”, asked Joxer. “Because, you know, if it’s not I am ready to take on Callisto.”
Gabrielle rolled her eyes. “You were hiding with the rest of us.”
“I was not. I was preparing for the attack.”, Joxer said
“Let’s not argue over it. She’s gone, that’s all that matters.”, Iolaus pointed out
“Actually there are more pressing things to worry about that Callisto.”, a voice said from behind
Everyone turned around. “Go ahead father, tell them how they are messing you up by being her and how you have to send them home.”, Hercules said sighing
“Well if you know that, then why are they here in the first place?”, Zeus asked
“We needed to find the answers... the reasons for our nightmares.”, Billy told him, in complete awe of the figure standing before him
Zeus looked at the ninjetti’s. “Are you satisfied?”, he asked. The three nodded. “Good. Then it is time to send you home.”
With that Zeus lifted his hand and opened a portal. The three ninjetti said good-bye to all of their new acquaintances. Then they jumped into the portal, hoping to get home and finally get a good nights sleep.
Tommy and Rocky laid on the ground powerless. The male rangers were hurt. They were struggling to their feet. The monsters had left them there. They knew they had defeated them for the time being. They were going to kill them. But it had been so easy to defeat them. And Lord Zedd thought that watching the female rangers perish would be the final nail in the boys coffins before they were killed too.
Tommy and Rocky morphed again. They looked at each other. They didn’t have enough energy to continue the fight. They were afraid it was hopeless, they knew something had to change. And quickly. They looked around. They had lost the monsters for the moment. Neither one of them knew what was going on. Until they heard the two girls screaming. They didn’t know where it was coming from, Rito and Goldar had separated them. They only hoped that they could get there in time.
The monsters caught up with the pink and yellow zeo rangers far from where they had left the boys. Zedd’s plan was working perfectly. The two monsters separated and each went to help attack the female rangers.
Both monsters went to fire at the girls. The girls went flying across the field. Kat landed in the middle of the grass. Carri’s back smacked up against a tree as she slid down it. The monsters fired at them again. Kat was able to roll away from the blast. Carri was not. The second shot was powerful enough to temporarily strip her of her powers.
She looked down at herself, then over at the monster. She didn’t have much time to think before Goldar was on top of her. “These are Finster’s most powerful creations. Never before has a monster been able to handle rangers like he just did. And thanks to them, we will finally be able to destroy you.”
Carri propped herself up, trying to morph again. “You will never defeat us.”
Goldar grabbed her by the throat and slammed her to the ground. “I would think twice about that if I was you ranger.” He put his sword in her face, ready for the kill.
Carri hoped that her friends were on the way, but she knew that they were busy with their own monsters. Well she assumed they were. The two monsters that Rocky and Tommy were supposed to be fighting were here. She was afraid that meant that they were dead, and she was next.
As Goldar put his arm back a pair of boots hit him squarely in the chest. The Green Zeo Ranger bent down and put his arms around his friend, helping her up.
She looked at him and smiled. “Thank you.”, she said
He grinned at her. “You know that it helps if you morph before you jump into a fight.”
She laughed. “Yeah yeah. It’s morphin time! ZEO RANGER II, YELLOW!” She smiled as she saw Rocky and Tommy running over to them.
“You’re back!”, Tommy greeted
“And I’ve come with reinforcements.”, Jason replied. The rangers looked over as Kat came and joined them. She was no longer needed to fight the tengas and Rito, as Kim and Billy had taken over for her.
Tommy looked over at his team. A new wave of energy had come over them. “You’ll be sorry you ever messed with us.”, he said
“What makes you think you can defeat us even with your extra ranger?”, Goldar asked
“Rangers.”, Trey corrected as he teleported onto the scene
“Took you long enough.”, Carri said
“I apologize. There were some problems I was attending to first.”, Trey said
“No matter. He’s here now. And you’re going down.”, Tommy said to Goldar
“Never.”, Goldar hissed
“We’ll see about that.”, Trey said as he attacked
The five rangers were left with the two monsters. Tommy and Carri took one, while Jason, Rocky and Kat took the other.
Moments later, Trey sent Goldar packing for the time being and joined Tommy and Carri in the fight. Even the two ninjetti’s finished what they were doing and jumped in. Eventually the Zeo Rangers called for the Zeo Cannon and destroyed one monster, while a new more powerful Gold Rush took out the other one.
Rita and Zedd were furious and quickly made their monsters grow.
Rocky turned to the two ninjetti’s. “Thanks for the help guys, but I think we’ve got it from here.”
The two ninjetti’s nodded and teleported off.
“We need Super Zeo Zord Power now!”, yelled Tommy
“I call upon the power of Pyramidas!”, Trey yelled out
Sitting in the cockpit of the zord, Tommy looked at his friends. “You guys got this?”, he asked
“Absolutely.”, Rocky replied
With that, Tommy called for the Red Battlezord. Between the three zords, and then the combined power of the Super Zeo MegaZord and Pyramidas, they were able to defeat Zedd’s monsters.
“Finster!”, Lord Zedd yelled
Finster ran into the throne room. “Yes?”
“I thought you said that these monsters would be more powerful.”
“They were more powerful Lord Zedd. They almost defeated the rangers. They just couldn’t withstand the power of all those rangers put together.”
“So how do we fix that?”, Rita asked
“I am not sure.”, Finster replied
“Well find out!”, Zedd yelled. “As for you two, I thought that you were going to help ensure the ranger’s defeat, and you left.”
“Well Ed when all those other rangers showed up, we kinda got our butt’s kicked.”, Rito replied
“Idiots! I want you out of my sight!”, Zedd put his hand in his head as the two lackeys walked off. “One day rangers.”, he said. “One day you will feel my wrath and you will regret the day you ever messed with Lord Zedd.”
“Aye ai ai, rangers we were so worried!”, Alpha exclaimed as they teleported back
“Yeah, well, us too. But we pulled through.”, Tommy replied
Kat nodded. “We’re just lucky you guys made it back when you did.”
“How was your journey rangers?”, Zordon asked
“I think we got exactly what we were looking for.”, Kim answered
“Did you see Callisto?”, asked Carri
“We not only saw, but fought Callisto.”, Jason answered
“I told you to let me go help kick some ass.”
Jason laughed at his friend. “Don’t worry we gave her an ass kicking for you.”
Billy smiled. “It was actually easier than we thought.”
Rocky looked over at his friends. “Guys, I think Chris is waiting for us. Maybe we should head back.”
“Chris!”, Kat exclaimed putting a hand to her mouth. “What... what do I tell him? I mean we were gone a while. And he thinks I was in the bathroom. Should I just tell him the truth? No I can’t tell him the truth, what am I saying. You guys, I don’t know what to say.”
“Just tell him it was something you ate. He won’t ask questions.”, Tommy said
“Yeah maybe.”, she replied thoughtfully. “I’m going to go ahead and go back down. Give me a few minutes then you guys can come in.”
Kat teleported out. “You guys are welcome to join us.”, Rocky offered his friends
“Yeah. I’m providing some pretty serious competition.”, Carri said
Tommy laughed. The others looked at each other. “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m up for some fun.”, Jason replied
“Me too.”, Kim said. “All the crap we’ve had to worry about it would be fun to go out and have a good time.”
“As long as I’m not needed around here, count me in.”, Billy added
“Go and have a good time Billy.”, Zordon encouraged
“Well give us some time to talk to Chris. Then you guys can appear.”, Carri said
“Will do.”, Jason replied
With that, the three rangers teleported down with the others soon to follow.
As they approached their lanes, they noticed Kat and Chris sitting there, Chris looking confused. “And where have you guys been?”, he asked
“They didn’t have what I was looking for.”, Carri replied
“Then we ran into some friends from school.”, Rocky added
“And well, Carri started yipping and drew us in and we lost track of time.”, Tommy finished
“Oh and Kim called. They got the note I left about bowling. She said everyone was there, and that they were on their way over here.”, Carri told them
As if on cue, the remaining three walked in and grabbed some shoes, then headed over.
“Hey guys, are we ready to play?”, Jason asked
“Absolutely.”, Kat replied
“We’ll restart these games. Kim why don’t you play on our team, and Jason and Billy can join the other.”, Tommy suggested
Kim smiled. “Sounds like a plan.”
And with that, the group started bowling, trying to forget about everything that had happened that day.
A figure sat straight up in her chair. She would not forget that day. Well. She had forgotten. Until now. Suddenly it all made sense. How a human could have embarrassed her so much. She had wanted to punish him for that. But she couldn’t. Now she knew why. But, she could punish him now. Now that she realized who he was. And she would make sure he would pay. Callisto smiled as the ideas started flowing in. She would have her payback, and it would be soon.