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Strength of the Storm
By Crusader Vega

Scene opens in Cape Hatteras. There is a big team motocross race that our five teens are participating in.

Announcer: Now you all know the rules: Never leave a team member behind, stay within the boundries, and above all……

All: Have fun!!

Our attention is directed toward five cycles of diferent colors; orange, brown, sky blue, and white. The drivers of these cycles, who are sitting on them, are talking with one another.

Jerry: Well guys, are we ready?

Keith: Definitely!

Theresa: I'm a little nervous. I've never raced a motorcycle before.

Matthew: You'll be fine. If you wreck, we'll be there.

Eugene: And besides, this is an easy track. As long as you keep your balance, you will be safe.

Keith: Just remember that space five is our alotted slot.

Theresa: Thanks guys.

Jerry leans over to Keith and whispers in his ear.

Jerry: *whispering* Let me ride beside Theresa, okay?

Keith: *whispering* You'll have to outrace me for it!

Announcer: Racers, take your positions. On your marks! Get set! GO!

A small pistol is fired and the cycles take off! In space five, Theresa takes the lead with the two captivated minds right behind her. Jerry pulls up beside her and winks at her. She just smiles as he pulls back behind her.

Keith: Oh, please!

Keith brings his cycle beside hers and revs the engine. He pops a wheely, pulling his front wheel up into the air. When he brings it down, he zooms ahead of all the others to gain the lead.

Theresa: Show off!

~*~

Meanwhile on the moon, Rita and her court are watching the events take place.

Rita: A fun activity! Are we going to put up with that? I think not! We've got to get those rangers! Finster!

Finster: My queen, we have lost our last thirty battles with the rangers and their zords! Do you risk loosing another?

Rita: Finster, you sound like you're hiding something.

Goldar: Do not be frightened, Finster. It is time for her to know.

Rita: Know what, you big monkey?

Goldar: We have sent news to Lord Zedd about your failures!

Rita: What?! You've got to be kidding!

Goldar: He will be arriving shortly!

Suddenly, roaring thunder is heard outside and the palace is shaken violently.

Goldar: It is time! Prepare for Lord Zedd's arrival!

Goldar walks out of the room and down the stairs to a great hall with a throne in the center of it. There is a 'Z' on the back of the chair which is struck by lighning, announcing Zedd's arrival. The chair slowly turns around, revealing a figure completely musceloid in an aluminum skeletal cage. His facial "mask" is topped with a pole with a 'Z' at its summit. Rita Repulsa is stricken with fear at the sight of her superior. She falls to her knees and trembles.

Zedd: Rita, I imprisoned you because you failed to bring the earth under my control. I heard you had escaped, and I took no notice, until now! My faithful minions have informed that you have again failed and failed miserabely! I will not tolerate this! I am assuming command of this post.

Zedd rises off his chair and causes a bolt of lightning to strike his arm, presenting a long snake coiled around it. Zedd raises the snake and it transforms into a long staff atopped with a 'Z'. Rita gets up off the floor, still trembling.

Rita: Lord Zedd, please. I was just starting to win! Give me a second chace!

Zedd: This was your second chance! Any last words?

Rita: None, sir.

Zedd raises the staff above his head, releasing bolts of lightning, which all converge on Rita. Rita is trapped inside a energy cage and shrunken into a small crystalline egg. Goldar picks up the egg.

Zedd: Now Goldar, throw the egg deep into the galaxy!

Goldar: With pleasure!

Goldar throws the egg into the air. He pulls out his sword and hits it baseball-style out of the palace. The egg is seen soaring into space.

Zedd: Good riddance to bad rubbish! Now, let's see who those pests are that Rita kept loosing to.

Zedd's visor activates, sending a beam toward Earth. The beam is an ocular extension, which enables Zedd to view the five teen's motocross competition.

Zedd: Teenagers? Zordon's still as tacky as used to be! We attack immediately!

Goldar: Uh, boss, what forces will we be sending?

Zedd: Rita's Putty Patrol will simply not do. We will instead use my heavily-armed Patrollers!

Zedd raises the staff again, once more releasing the bolts from it. These bolts extend outward to the halls and from them new, pure white putties are formed, each with a 'vest' covering its chest. On these vests is the now familiar letter, Z.

Zedd: Now, my putties, go! Attack those pitiful teenagers!

~*~

The scene changes back to the race. The five teens are stopped on the side of the track, their cycles resting in a line against the wall. Theresa is nursing a scrape on her left arm, aparently from a fall.

Jerry: Great! Now it'll be a while before we can get back to the race!

Keith: Well, if it wasn't for a certain someone wrecking, we wouldn't have to worry about it!

Theresa: Hey! If you hadn't showboated with the wheely, I wouldn't have lost my balance!

Keith: Why you little……!

Eugene: Hey! Calm down! Both of you! This is nobody's fault.

Jerry: Eugene's right. We're a team. Let's not be divided.

Keith: Yeah. I'm sorry I snapped, Theresa.

Theresa: It's okay. I love guys with an attitude.

Keith: Well, I'm bad to the bone!

Theresa starts laughing uncontrollably.

Keith: Hey! What's so funny?!

Theresa: Nothing.

Bolts of lightning hit the ground as several of the aformentioned putties appear.

Jerry: Huh?

Matthew: Is Rita trying a new look?

The putties converge on their position to threaten them. Jerry looks around. Seeing no one for miles, the five teens jump in and attack the putties. They are successful at fighting them, but cannot seem to destroy them.

Matthew: These putties don't tire out like the others did.

Eugene: It looks like these putties have a single power source on their bodies. They can't simply tire out like the other ones. We'll just have to experiment a little.

Jerry lands a side kick to a putty's Z, sending him flying back into three other putties and creating a domino effect. The putties stumble back as the Z symbol lights up. A flash of light is seen as the putties disassemble.

Jerry: Guys, aim for the Z!

The fight is now quicker. The five are successful at destroying all of the putties. Then, a musical tone is heard on Jerry's watch. Jerry presses the button to hear Zordon's voice.

Zordon: Rangers, teleport to the Command Center immediately!

Jerry: We read you, Zordon. I have a feeling it concerns these new putties.

Zordon: It does, more than you can imagine.

The five form a line and each press the side button on their communicators. Five different colors of light, each respective to the rangers' colors, engulf the five and send them flying toward the Command Center. They arrive at the Command Center safely and are greeted by Zordon.

Zordon: Welcome, Rangers.

Keith: Zordon, what's up with the new putties?

Zordon: These new attackers are not Rita's henchmen. As we speak, Rita's superior, Lord Zedd has returned from the Andromeda galaxy. He has taken over Rita's castle and secured it with his forces. Rangers, this battle has just gotten worse. It will now be harder to protect the Earth.

~*~

Back on the moon, Zedd and Goldar are on the great hall balcony overlooking the surface.

Zedd: Goldar, it's time to give the rangers a dilemma.

Goldar: What are you going to do, boss?

Zedd: I'm going to create a monster. I need something purely evil, something that is always attacking man.

Zedd's ocular beam activates again, this time focusing on a river in South America.

Zedd: Yes, a Piranha!

Zedd swings his staff outward, sending surges of lightning toward the unknowing fish. The fish receives all of the energy and is enlargened twenty times by them. He is seen with a fish-shaped flute and a sharp blade.

Zedd: Now, Pirhanoia, go! Destroy the rangers!

Pirhanoia: To hear is to obey.

~*~

Scene changes to Command Center. An alarm sounds, attracting the atention of Zordon and the five teens. The huge globe in the center of the room activates and displays the previously described monster attacking Cape Hatteras.

Zordon: As you see, rangers, Lord Zedd has created a new monster. You must try to stop it, but I fear your zords may not be sufficent.

Jerry: We'll just have to chance that, Zordon. It's morphin' time!

Theresa: Velociraptor!

Matthew: Iguanadon!

Keith: Brachiosaurus!

Eugene: Styracosaurus!

Jerry: Allosaurus!

The five used their morphers to complete their metemorphisis into the Power Rangers. They teleport to the city to face the monster. Seeing the thirty story tall monster, they again form a line.

Orange: Let's get down to business!

All: We need Dinozord power, now!

Four robotic dinosaur machines appear and make their way to the rangers. The huge fish turns to see the mechas and brings his flute to his mouth.

Pirhanoia: Oh, you think you're going get me with these machines? I don't think so!

Pirhanoia blows hard on his flute, causing a wave of water to rush over the zords. When the water clears, the zords are seen encased in ice.

Orange: Hey!

Brown: He froze the zords!

White: Well, let's see what he thinks about mine!

Theresa twirls her Raptor Spear around, then slams it into the ground.

White: Velociraptor Dinozord, arise!

The Raptor jumps out of the tall grass of a jungle far away and teleports to the rangers' location. Theresa jumps up to its head, landing in the cockpit. Pirhanoia raises its flute again, only to be hit away by Raptor zord's tail.

White: Uh-uh! No one freezes my zord!

Raptor zord punces on Pirhanoia and starts to claw at his chest. Pirhanoia grabs its blade and pushes the zord off, crashing it into a nearby building. Raptor zord stands to its feet again, quickly assuming its attack position.

White: Now, I'm really angry!

Raptor spins around and around, releasing a charged energy vortex from its tail. Pirhanoia just stands there as the blasts hit him.

Pirhanoia: Hahaha. Who's winning now, rangers?

Pirhanoia has recovered his flute, which is at his lips again. He sends the tidal wave over the Raptor zord, encasing it as well.

White: Help! It's freezing!

On the ground, the other rangers watch in horror as the Raptor zord is completely frozen.

Orange: Theresa!

Aquamarine: With her zord frozen, she can't exit any of the tunnels.

A musical tone is heard on Keith's watch as Zordon accesses the proper channels.

Zordon: Rangers, report back here immediately!

Keith: Zordon, we can't Theresa and the city like this!

Zordon: Without your zords, you can never Zedd's monster. What I have to tell you will concern your zords and Theresa. We would never leave a ranger behind.

Keith: Okay. We'll be there in a few minutes.

The four form their line and are gone in a flash. At the Command Center, Alpha 5 is operating the controls of one of the panels while Zordon overlooks the work.

Jerry: Zordon, we have to go back. There has to be something we can do.

Alpha: There is, Rangers.

Zordon: Lord Zedd and his minions possess high levels of electric flow. Their elemental energy is derived from Thunder and Lightning.

Matthew: So, what are you saying?

Zordon: The Dinozords possess brute strength. This type of power is not enough to combat Zedd's creation. In order to approach Pirhanoia again, you must have zords that also possess this elemental.

Alpha: Zordon has instructed me to direct a high-level carrier beam to each of the zords. This will melt the ice and give the zords the power they need to transform.

Eugene: Transform into what?

Zordon: The carrier beams will transform your zords into new animachines that embody the spirit of the storm. Observe the Viewing Globe.

The sphere is activated once more and displays five new mechas.

Zordon: Matthew, your new zord will be the Stallion Storm zord. It's agility and cunning are also yours. Keith, the Phoenix Storm is yours to command. Let its beautiful song flow through you. Eugene, the mythical Hydra will be your Storm zord. It's endurance and wisdom are also a part of you. Jerry, from a volcano far away will come the Fiery Salamander Storm zord.

Keith: What about Theresa?

Zordon: She will be given the Pegasus Storm zord, capable of carrying the dreams of mortals to restful sleep. As before, the five of you can combine your zords to form the Mega Stormzord. Use these gifts wisely, Rangers.

Alpha: Carrier beams ready.

Jerry: Let's get back to the city. Back to Action!

The four teleport back to the location of the zords as Alpha releases the carrier beams. The carrier beams are five different strikes of lightning, each a color respective to the rangers' zord. The beams strike each individual zord.

Orange: All right, guys. We're back in business!

Sky Blue: Iguanadon, Stallion Stormzord power!

The carrier beam turns the Iguanadon into a galloping horse mecha at Matthew's request.

Brown: Brachiosaur, Phoenix Stormzord power!

The huge Brachiosaurus is turned into a soaring bird, which creates a shrill hum as it flies.

Aquamarine: Styracosaurus, Hydra Stormzord power!

The beam hits Eugene's zord and transforms it into the eight-headed serpent of legend.

Orange: Allosaurus, Fiery Salamander Stormzord power!

The beam hits Allosaurus, turning it into the aformentioned zord. Another beam hits Theresa's frozen Velociraptor, melting the ice, transforming the zord, and keeping the pilot safe.

White: Thanks guys! Hey what's up with my zord?

Sky Blue: A new gift from Zordon. Cool, huh?

Orange: Let's not waste our time remarking. Let's bring them together!

The four each jump into the zord's cockpit and pilot the zords to Megazord stance. The Pegasus and Stallion run side by side, until stopping to become the zord's legs. Hydra zord folds out to be the arms, a helmet, and a chest piece. Fiery Salamander goes through a complete metamorphisis to become a humanoid robot. It then jumps into the two leg pieces and is joined by the arms, the helmet, and then the chest piece. Finally, the Phoenix zord circles around and attaches itself to one of the arms. The five are seen in a single cockpit, piloting the zord to Pirhanoia's location.

Pirhanoia: Oh, look. A bigger fish to fry!

Pirhanoia sprays the water at the Mega Stormzord, but it has no effect. The huge zord still walks slowly toward the monster.

Orange: We've had about as much as we can take from you!

All: Mega Stormzord, Phoenix Strike!

The Phoenix zord on the arm is activated as the Mega Storm zord begins to release tremendous amounts of lightning. The lightning gathers itself into the Phoenix zord, charging it. The Mega Storm zord bring the Phoenix down on Pirhanoia in a charged slash. Pirhanoia is destroyed instantly.

~*~

Back on the moon, Zedd and Goldar are watching from the great hall.

Goldar: Sorry, boss. Looks like you've been defeated.

Zedd: Shut up, Goldar! I will be victorious if I have to take longer than Rita did!

~*~

The five friends are meeting at the Cape Hatteras Youth Center. They are seated at a table each with a slush drink.

Matthew: Another day of saving the world.

Keith: Yeah. Just don't let it get to your head.

Jerry: The Stormzords are awesome!

Eugene: And it's really fun to pilot them.

Jerry: Yeah. It looks like we can't be kept down.

Theresa: Well, if you were the only people who were fighting the world's evil, wouldn't you stop at nothing to protect it?

Keith: Yeah, either that or get a date!

Matthew: What?

Keith: Just kidding.

THE END

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