The Last ones left

6

Zordon had finally gotten the message he'd been hoping for. The final team member would arrive within the hour. Things having calmed enough in some of the other hot spots where good and evil fought. It was time to put the parts together and make a whole final plan. As Zordon watched Justin and alpha work away, he considered wether or not to offer the red power coin to Rocky. It may not be necessary. He didn't like the idea of inducting a new ranger with little expirience. These current ones were polished, but he'd just have to keep it in mind.

"What in the hell were you doing there Rocky?!" Adam shouted, clearly not caring, nor hearing the answer his friend gave. "Look, you can't follow me here." Adam was still battling his confusion when Rocky walked up behind him and hugged him. Adam leaned into the embrace. "We left this in the past." Adam stated almost imploring rocking to ignore it and continue with the hug. "You did." Rocky whispered. "I never did." As he whispered the last bit Adam closed his eyes and felt the embrace grow warm as lips reached his cheek. He could be pissed later.

Jason and Tommy continued to spar in the open space just below the command center. It was a nice thing to be able to do and it kept Jason's itch for battle in check and helped Tommy avoid his feelings of insecurity for a time. "Good combo bro." Jason smiled. As Tommy bowed. Taking the match three out of five. "We'll be ready should things pick up." Tommy smiled too. "Yeah, I feel pretty good." He wiped his brow with some towels that Alpha had tracked down with some clean clothes and such, seeing as how they were brought here with no time to pack a suitcase. The other rangers had places to stay, but Tommy and Jason, unfamiliar with the area chose to just camp near the command center. Something Tommy didn't exactly enjoy. Being in a cramped tent with his closterphobia wasn't easy and Jason had gotten so used to him waking up and freaking out that he seemed to react to Tommy while still managing to sleep.

Justin and Alpha continued work on Justin's most recent idea. Though alpha seemed to be less help than he was company, Justin didn't seem to mind. He furrowed his brow as he calculated a few things and went to a few buttons and fidgeted with them. "Zordon, did you go through my numbers? Do you think we have enough power?" Justin asking wearily as he looked over some readouts. "It should be fine blue ranger. Though I think a battle test is in order. We don't want any of you to discover that the new addition didn't work." Justin frowed a bit. "Yeah, you're right." His frowned turned into a smile "We'll just have to pick our spot, then, wham, they'll never see it comin'" He chuckled.

Jason and Tommy returned to the command center after a bit of idle chat and were in a reasonably good mood. However, that would change. "Rangers, observe the viewing globe." The three present did as instructed. Billy was currently working with what looked like Justin's teleport machine. However, Justin saw several alterations and alarm bells went off in his head. "Oh no, we've gotta stop him. The device he has may not move acorss dimensions yet, but he's almost there." JUstin was upset. This was all that Rocky guys' fault, he thought bitterly. "You three go on. I will contact the other rangers and have them meet you there." Zordon commanded. "And may the power potect you." And with that, the rangers were gone.

Jason took the lead as they approached the target area. Morphed and ready, they were on high alert. "Tommy, keep your eyes pealed. Justin, when we get there, go after your machine and destory it." Jason ordered, both his teamates nodded compliance. They were about to call Zordon to say they didn't see anthing when Justin finally saw his machine in the distance. "There it is! Let's go!" Justin shouted with excitment. His body filled with adrenaline as his teen counter parts protested his head on approach. He was only 10 feet from the machine when Billy, several putties and scorpina apeared. Tommy and Jason split off and attacked scorpina and the putties as Justin got set to square off against the ranger gone bad. He attacked with a flury of offense, but clearly, Billy was the superior fighter as he slammed several punches into the boy's chest and face. Justin was quick to take a new stance and hope that an opening to destory the machine would pop up.

"Stupid boy blue." Billy spat. "I did this to bring you here. I will take those powers back." Billy's smile was slight but evil intent all over it. Justin stood angrily defiant. "Hey, listen, for a smart guy, you sure make a lot of mistakes." He grinned and he sort of wished the man in front of him could see it. "I may be a kid, but I am also a ranger." He pointed his finger at Billy. "Now you'll see what I can do." He clenched his fist and hoped this wouldn't go badly. "Metalic Armor, power up!" He shouted. He looked himself over. The costume sparkled and he almost jumped with excitment, it had worked. Now the battle test was next.

He attacked Billy again. It was still to no avail, he just was too outmatched by the veteran and the blue armor though protecting him from Billy's attacks didn't provide any counter for his lack of expirience. Billy laughed. "You can't stop me." He said into the air. Jason and Tommy appeared next to there comrade as they had run scorpina off. This provided the momentary distraction Justin needed and he took aim and fired on his machine with his blade blaster. The Dark ranger didn't even move. A split second later, all three rangers sprang on him. He fought them off nearly effortlessly. Several rounds of fighting later, they knew they were in trouble.

"Mind if I help out?" The three heros looked over to see a man dressed in a gold and black ranger costume holding a large staff. "I don't have any idea who you are, but stay out of this." Billy barked. He took an attack stance and the golden figured stepped in front of the tired rangers. "The name is KingRanger and you won't be battling with them anymore. Your fight is with me." The gold ranger yelled. Rita's General grinned. "So be it." He was about to attack when the gold ranger's staff opened and spit several balls of energy at him knocking the wind out of him. "Grrrr! I'll be backed." He cursed as he teleported away.

When they got back to the command center the three rangers demophed. However, their mysterious guest did not. Zordon spoke and so that drew their attention away from him. "Rangers, I'd like you to meet the gold ranger. He is a protector from a distant world who has come to aid us in our time of need. This could not have come at a better time since it apears that others are now aware of what Rita has been trying to do and are moving to claim their own chance at earth. Gold Ranger, the time has come for you to reveal your identity." Zordon's words didn't phase them. They just wanted to meet this new guy.

The Gold Ranger powered down and two jaws dropped and a third's was all smiles. "A kid, you're a kid?" Justin asked, clearly enthusiastic about this prospect. "My name is Rikki." The boy, who looked to be about 14 announced to the boy infront of him. "Wow another kid ranger. This is so cool." Justin was stuck on that for a while but eeventually everyone's hand was shaken and all the rangers met the new ally.

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End Chapter 6

A/N So now I have all the rangers and cross relationships started we can start with some major battles soon. Yay.