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Disclaimer: I don't own the Rangers etc. Well, I warned you that I was getting nasty and I am not stopping yet. You know the drill; you have any problems with this let me know. Also, I am rating this particular chapter PG-15. There is a lot of violence and swearing involved, so if your offended, scroll to the end of the chapter now, you'll get the gist of what happened. Also, if I happen to kill off anyone's favorite Ranger and you have strong moral objections or whatever - please remember this is just a story. Also apologies to any fellow Star Trek fans, yes I know I stole the title from a brilliant DS9 episode, but it fits what I want to convey.
By Mouse.
It's kind of fun to do the impossible --Walt Disney Phaedos, April 2000. The three Ultra Zords were in orbit around Phaedos, their inhabitants having teleported down to the planet's surface with the grave news about the loss of Zack and the destruction of Triforia. They silently monitored the galactic situation, gathering data, and analyzing sensor readings, correlating facts into one startling conclusion. The forces of evil were winning. After destroying Triforia, Dathan had launched numerous attacks against many worlds, scattered all through numerous systems and galaxies. But the Rangers just couldn't get there in time to do any good other than help the survivors. So they had decided to re-group and try and come up with a strategy. Down on the planet's surface the surviving Rangers had gathered with Dulcea and Dimitra. They had settled Justin into Dulcea's cave, to recover from his injuries. The power could only heal so much and his injuries were extremely grave. Dulcea was hopeful that being close to the center of the Great Power it would help him heal completely. But she didn't hold out too much hope, none of them did. He had numerous broken bones and some terrible scarring. As it was, the young teenager would never loose the scar that now marred the side of his face. But Justin had surprised them all with his acceptance of this. He was holding up well. The Rangers had gathered around the fire in the middle of the temple. They were not really talking about anything but mainly trying to adjust to the circumstances they now found themselves in. It wasn't easy, but they were trying. The four Red Ranger leaders had been discussing what to do next. They had already warned Aquitar of Dathan's threat and were undecided about what to do next. Unbeknownst to them, the decision was being taken out of their hands.
Triforia. Rubble and dirt crunched beneath his feet as Dathan walked around the ruins of what was once the capital city of Triforia. Everything was now destroyed. A blackened, charred remains of what was once a great and proud society. Dathan was pleased at how this had turned out. The Rangers had lost another friend, along with his ship. They had also lost a planet that was openly supporting them. They would be trying to come to terms with everything and come up with a plan to stop him, he realized. They had been constantly reacting to his attacks but so far, nothing had worked. Better to do something now to continue to distract them and hopefully kill off a few more, before it became to late. His attacks against various planets had destroyed a considerable amount of people and materials and also support for the Rangers. He knew that they would only take so much before fighting back and fighting back hard. He took one last look around and then willed himself back to the deck of his ship, the Revenge.
He knew the name of the ship was predictable, but what the hell, he could do whatever he liked. He liked the quietness of the ship, as it was run totally by his thoughts and will alone. Which is how he liked it. He pondered what to do to distract the Rangers while he gathered more energy to finally collapse the Great Barrier and bring the rest of his essence through. The death of all those millions of Triforians had supplied him with an enormous reserve of energy, but he wanted to save as much as he could. And then he stumbled onto it. He would create some form of indestructible creature for the Rangers to fight. Yes, that would do it. He sent his essence on a quick tour of the universe, looking at all the various monsters and henchmen that were out there. He eventually gave up in disgust; one Ranger team or another had easily defeated them all. So he decided to create his own monsters, calling them Rocknies. They were approximately six feet tall and had an outer layer of skin made of granite. Underneath the granite was solid tritainium, the hardest known metal in the universe. They were humanoid in look, with a high intelligence, which was a nice change for a henchman. They could adapt to whatever techniques of fighting that the Rangers threw at them. He also gave them a limited amount of sentience, just enough so that they could carry out his instructions to the letter, without mucking things up as their predecessors seemed to have done on a regular basis. This would also allow them to learn from the fighting style of the Rangers, that way, be able to defeat them more easily. He created twenty Rocknies, thinking that five, sent to four different locations, would spilt the Rangers up quite well, and allow him to kill more of them off more easily. With a laugh he sent them on their way; to KO-35, Earth Aquitar and Phaedos.
Phaedos.
Everyone had gathered around the fire to discuss the plan that the four Red Rangers had finally decided on. Jason had just stood up to speak when the five Rocknies appeared. Dulcea looked at Billy, horror on her features. Never in the history of the Great Power had evil been able to send warriors to Phaedos. Now even that rule was being broken. All the Rangers leapt up and assumed a protective circle around Dulcea. They weren't going to let anything happen to her, even though she was perfectly capable of taking care of herself. Jason stood forward, his voice, like his presence, commanding, strong.
They were all immediately morphed into their armor. Jason had the feeling that they would need it more than ever now. They prepared to fight the monsters, when every single communicator went off. Jason raised his, exchanging glances with everyone else. It wasn't good that they all went off at once. He got a sinking feeling in his stomach.
KO35.
The seven Space Rangers teleported down to the planet's surface to confront the Rocknies. They attacked with a vengeance, using all their fighting skills. For Andros and Zhane, it brought back horrible memories of a day long ago on KO35, one that they had hoped never to see happen again.
For a few minutes they were holding there own, but then the monsters started learning from them, the tables turning. They were slowly, but surely, being beaten back.
Earth.
The six Galaxy Rangers landed smack dab, into the middle of chaos incarnate. The monsters were attacking anything and everything that moved. They had landed in the middle of a greatly populated shopping mall. Taking a look at the situation, Leo nodded to Kendrix and Maya. The two girls immediately began coordinating the people to evacuate, with the help of the emergency personal that had shown up, while the four remaining Rangers tried to slow the Rocknies.
They weren't having a lot of luck though.
Aquitar.
The Aquitian Rangers had immediately leapt to their planet's defense. Unfortunately they were ill equipped to handle the Rocknies and were being soundly beaten when the Rangers arrived. Taking in the situation with a glance Tom got Kat and Tanya to help the Aquitian Rangers regroup themselves. The remaining five Rangers distracted the Rocknies, allowing time for the Aquitians to recover.
But it still didn't help. They were being beaten rather soundly.
The Revenge.
Dathan watched the various battles going on from his rather large over stuffed chair on the Revenge's bridge. He could see each Ranger team struggling to fight off his creations. He smiled evilly. It was good to see the Rangers off balance and confused, it made his heart glad. What else could he do to make their task harder? With a wicked laugh he waved his hand and abruptly, one Ranger from each team disappeared from the scene of the battles. He turned to see them standing behind him, held in place by invisible bonds of his will. They were demorphed, dressed only in their Ninjetti uniforms. Two male Black Rangers. One female Pink Ranger and one female Yellow Ranger.
Earth.
Leo looked around frantically but could see no sign of Damon. The monster's they were fighting were now getting the upper hand completely. He looked over at his older brother and could see that Mike had come to the same conclusion. Mike nodded in support of Leo's actions, giving his younger brother the confidence he needed.
Aquitar.
KO-35.
Phaedos.
With a grunt, Billy delivered a spin kick that sent one of the monsters flying off the mountain's edge, landing with a rather loud bang on the ground below. They had been holding their own when, all of a sudden, Trini disappeared. To say Jason was distracted by his wife's disappearance was an understatement. He had taken a bad blow, it knocking him senseless. Kim had dragged him away from the battle and into the cave where Justin was resting. She had re-joined the battle moments ago. She flipped her way over to the others. It was just Billy, T'Risa, Dulcea and her fighting now and they weren't doing so well.
The Revenge.
The four captured Rangers watched the various battles with Dathan. Damon cheered when his friends discovered how to destroy the monsters. Kat let out a yell when she saw the last of the monsters destroyed by her team. They all cheered when they watched the monsters slowly be beaten. Dathan shrugged and turned to face them, examining each in turn.
He motioned for them to look at the screens. Damon reappeared on Earth in front of his friends. He quickly started running towards them, but unfortunately he had appeared in front of a building that had been heavily damaged. They could see the other Rangers starting to move towards him, waving and shouting something when suddenly Damon looked up, his eyes going wide with what he saw. With a growing sense of horror, the captured Rangers realized what was happening. Trini tore her eyes from the screen, her voice desperate.
It was crushed, almost beyond recognition. It was only the fact that somehow in the last seconds of his life, he had managed to morph into his armor, that they managed to find his body and that it wasn't crushed totally beyond recognition. The Galaxy Rangers stood around the body of their fallen friend, heads bowed in grief, oblivious to the gathering crowd. Reacting to some unseen signal, Mike and Leo picked Damon's body up and teleported away. Dathan turned to the captured Rangers.
They had been standing there for, God knew how long, when Dathan wandered back over to them. He looked at each one of them in turn, as if examining their souls and stopping in front of Trini he finally spoke. His voice was normal, conversational even.
Kathryn Hillard had spent the last six years of her life trying to forget the whole evil Ranger bit that Rita put her through. After giving the power to Cassie she had gone to London for a year to study dance. She enjoyed her time there but decided that a career in dancing wasn't for her. Instead of returning to America to be with her family she returned home to Sydney and stayed with relatives. She went to University and studied architecture, something she had always wanted to do. Upon graduation she got a job with one of the most prestigious firms in Sydney. She even worked on designs for the upcoming Olympics, which she was extremely proud of. She really enjoyed her job and the challenges it brought to her everyday life. She was also enjoying a long distance relationship with Rocky. It was hard but they were doing well. There was even talk of marriage later that year, which was surprising to all their friends as they had all thought Kat had been interested in Tommy. But she hadn't really, and when he got back together with Kimberly she and Rocky had began to date, something no one had foreseen, and it was good. So when Dathan mentioned turning her into an evil Ranger, the quiet and mild mannered Ranger quite literally blew her 'Australian' top. As she spoke, her strong and unique accent rang out over the quiet bridge. He was about to find out why no one in his or her right mind got an Australian, any Australian, angry.
Dathan looked startled by her outburst. It was the last thing he expected from any Pink Ranger, let alone this one. Pink Rangers were always mild mannered, sweet tempered and kind individuals. But this one defiantly had a temper, a rather large temper. It was refreshing actually he decided. She certainly wasn't afraid of speaking her mind that's for sure. Kat was confused; she could see real merriment in his eyes, and then he started laughing. A strangely normal kind of laugh. All of a sudden she found herself free. Dathan held up one hand, trying to regain his composure but he was having a battle, as he was laughing so hard.
Phaedos.
After the defeat of the monsters all the Rangers had gathered back at Phaedos. They were uncertain of what would happen next. There was even more grief when the Galaxy Rangers returned with the body of Damon for burial. There was also concern for Carlos, it turned out that his leg was broken in three places and he was currently sharing the cavern with Justin and the still unconscious Jason. Trini was worried that it might not set properly, and had brought down equipment from the UltraZords to help him heal. The remaining Rangers sat around the bonfire with Dulcea in the evening twilight. There was still no sign of Kat and they were all worried. From the accounts given by both Trini and Carlos, hope for her safe return was fading fast. There was nothing they could do now, but wait.
And hope for a miracle.
Tbc.
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