The Terran Ranger/The Spectrum Force - The Preliminaries Volume 2 by Heather Ray (most difficult books to read txt) 📖

to blind-side Billy, found himself trapped in a force field of purple light.

"Not so fast, Tin Man," said Rachel, turning to Goldar, who now sat helpless within the field. "If you don't fight fair, you don't fight at all!"

The Spectrum Force then turned to Lord Zed, who was waiting for them with his "Z"

staff at the ready.

"Now, children, you face a real challenge!" he yelled, throwing various lightning bolts at the group of young heroes. They each dodged the bolts, leaping and flipping in various directions. Keith automatically created a red shield around his body to protect him from the bolt, but the bolt managed to penetrate the shield.

"OW!"

he moaned, clutching his chest. Craig leapt and pushed Keith out of the way before Zedd could strike him again.

"You okay, Buddy?" asked Craig, staying low to avoid the flying energy bolts.

"I will be," said Keith with a small grin, "I didn't expect those bolts to be powerful enough to penetrate the Spectrum Shield. We have to be careful here."

Billy, who found shelter behind a pile of Puttie remains, called to the Spectrum Force. "Guys! We have to find out where Celea is, and what she did with Kimberly!"

"Celea went to the planet surface," growled Goldar, "and she took Kimberly with her. She also took one of Finster's monsters, and they are no doubt wreaking havoc throughout the countryside of Angel Grove!"

"Why would Celea want to destroy Angel Grove?" asked Billy.

"She wants two beings from another dimension," moaned Goldar. "Now, please let me out of here! I can't stand tight places!"

"Spectrum Force!" cried Billy. "We have to get to Earth now!"

"There's no way you can contact Zordon to teleport you home, Billy!," laughed Lord Zedd triumphantly. "You are trapped on the Moon, forever!"

"Is he kidding?" asked Craig, flying at super-speed to where Billy is. "Why can't we just fly down to Earth through the balcony?"

"I suppose he isn't aware that the Spectrum Force is capable of interplanetary flight!"

"Well, he's about to learn!" said Craig, grabbing Billy's hand. He constructed a blue force field around them both to protect them from the vacuum of space, and they made his way to the balcony.

"Time to go!" he called, taking flight.

"Right behind you!" yelled Rachel, following his lead.

"See ya next time!" Tamara called to Zedd before leaping off the balcony.

"It's been real!" said Keith, following his friends. Zedd angrily ran to the balcony and continued to throw lightning bolts at the Spectrum Force. However, they moved so quickly that all he could see was the trails of colored light they left behind. Zed angrily moved to his throne and took a seat. Once the Spectrum Force was out of range, the field encasing Goldar disappeared, dropping him to the ground below. He rose to his feet, sighed in relief, and stood beside Lord Zedd's throne.

"What is you plan, my lord?" he asked humbly.

"Nothing," mumbled Zedd. "They are are Celea's enemies, so they're Celea's problems. She asked me to tell her about the Power Rangers, but she forgot to inform me about the Spectrum Force. Since I don't know they're capabilities, I can do nothing to attack them. However, the combined might of Dracola and Celea ought to keep both teams of heroes busy, especially considering Kimberly and Alexis are out of the fight. Victory may still be mine!"

Chapter Thirteen

In the Command Center, Kimberly paced impatiently across the room, stopping on occasion to glance at the fight through the viewing globe, and also to see if Alexis had waken up.

"Stupid, stupid Kim!" she yelled at herself. "How could I have lost my Power Coin! Now, it's in some alternate dimension, and I'll never see it again! I feel so useless..."

"Stop blaming yourself, Kimberly," said Alpha, still monitoring the Mulitverse for the radio signal. "After all, if you had brought your coin with you through the portal, Lord Zedd would have taken it from you anyway. You said yourself he asked Goldar to take it from you."

"I guess your right," she moaned, kneeling beside Alexis and touching her forehead. "What about Lex? Is she gonna be alright?"

"She is already alright,"

answered Zordon, "but I'd rather not awaken her, in case there is more damage done than can be discerned at the moment."

Suddenly, Alexis moaned quietly, her head turning from side to side. Kimberly knelt beside her friend and waited for her to open her eyes.

"Oooh," she groaned, her hand reaching for her head. "Did anyone get the license plate number of the truck that hit me?"

"Are you okay, Lex?" asked Kimberly, smiling.

"Kim!" cried Alexis in excitement, giving her friend a warm hug. "Are YOU

okay? What happened? Did the Power Rangers save the day? How long was I out?"

"Easy Lex, you need to relax. I'm fine, Matt and Jocelyn saved me."

"Where is everyone else?" asked Alexis, sitting up on the cot.

"They are still in battle against the Dracola and Celea,"

said Zordon. "The two Spectrum Enforcers are managing to keep Celea from doing any harm, but they appear to be at a stand-still. The Power Rangers, on the other hand, are unable to even damage Dracola. The Thunderzords are just barely keeping Dracola from crushing Angel Grove."

"Well," said Alexis, snapping on her helmet, "I guess I'd better get going."

"Are you sure?" asked Kimberly, helping Alexis to her feet.

"Absolutely! I'm a Power Ranger, aren't I? Besides, its about time I got a chance to try out my Eaglezord in a battle situation."

"Be careful!" warned Kim, "you may have flown the Eaglezord in a few test runs, but this is the real deal!"

"Stop worrying so much, girl!" said Alexis. "You're beginning to sound like Tommy, always concerned about the rookie on the squad. I can handle it! Purple Ranger, Back To Action!"

With that, Alexis disappeared in a flash of purple light.

"Zordon!" screeched Alpha, "I'm picking up four energy traces approaching Earth! They're coming from the Moon!"

"Zedd must be sending reinforcements!" cried Kimberly. "Where are they headed, Alpha?"

"They're headed...straight for the Command Center!"

At the rock quarry, the four active Thunderzords--the White Tigerzord, Red Dragon, Griffin, and Lion--continued to battle Dracola. Dracola continued to move toward downtown Angel Grove, with the Thunderzords following him, firing all weapons.

"This isn't working!" yelled Jason. "The Red Dragon's Flame-throwers are out of juice, and they didn't even phase Dracola!"

"My lasers are having the same effect," said Trini through the communicators, "which is none at all!"

"We need the Megazord!" moaned Zack. "Or at least Eaglezord!"

"No," said Tommy. "What we really need is a new plan of attack. I'm going to cut him off and take the battle right to his face. You guys, cover me!"

Tommy steered the Tigerzord up one of the cliffs bordering the rock quarry. The mighty claws of the Tigerzord dug into the hard rock and mud, and soon the Tigerzord stood atop the cliff, watching as Dracola passed below him.

"Now!" yelled Tommy, diving down the cliff. The Tigerzord's fearsome claws tried to penetrate Dracola's scaly skin on impact, but instead, they scraped against an invisible shield. The Tigerzord managed to push Dracola back a few gigantic steps, but Tigerzord bounced off the shield on impact. It crashed back into the cliff, starting an avalanche. Dracola chuckled and continued its march towards the city.

The Purple Ranger materialized on the same cliff the Tigerzord crashed into just seconds before the avalanche started.

"Whoa," she said, flying off the cliff as the rocks beneath her began to tumble, "I think its safer up here!"

She looked down and saw the right posterior claw of the Tigerzord. The rest of the zord was covered in rocks from the cliff. The other three zords quickly began digging it out of the rocks.

"Well, now that the other Rangers are tending to our fearless leader, someone oughta keep Dracola busy," she mused, "and that someone appears to be me! Purple Eaglezord...Activate!" Alexis, who was still hovering in the air, raised her hand towards the setting Sun. Immediately, a cry could be heard, and a massive mechanical Eagle descended from the heavens. Alexis flew directly at the shimmering silver beak of the bald eagle.

"Open hangar door!" she cried aloud, and the beak of the zord opened for her entrance. She sat in a pilot seat within the beak, and buckled up. once the seat belt was fastened, she pressed a button on the right arm of the chair, which caused the seat to elevate from the beak area to behind the right eye of the zord, where the control center was.

"Time to rock and roll!" she cried, cracking her knuckles. She activated main thrusters, causing the majestic purple and silver battle machine to propel towards Dracola. She activated the zord-to-zord communications relay.

"Power Rangers!" she called into the communicator. "This is the Eaglezord, and I'm hot on Dracola's tracks! Is Tommy okay?"

"I'm fine," answered Tommy, "but I'm still under several tons of rock!"

"It'll take us an hour to dig Tommy out!" said Zack, using the Lion's massive paws to crush boulders one by one into a fine powder.

"I wish Billy was here," said Trini. "The Unicorn's antigravity ray would really come in handy right about now!"

"Or Kimberly's Firebird," added Jason. "The windstorm could also lift these rocks off Tommy in seconds."

"Well, you guys hurry up and meet me at the outskirts of Angel Grove," continued Alexis. "My scanners read that Dracola is less than a mile from the city limits!"

"Be careful, Lex," warned Tommy. "You've never flown the Eaglezord in a real battle situation before, and you'll be by yourself!"

"I can handle it!" said Alexis angrily, "I'm outtie!"

The Purple Ranger turned off the communicator and set her sights on Dracola, who was quickly approaching Angel Grove.

"Time to fry the scales off his back! Activate Ultraviolet Eyebeams!"

The Eaglezord's golden eyes fired two beams of invisible ultraviolet energy, potent enough to give an entire city skin cancer. Dracola completely ignored the beams, and continued unhindered towards the business district.

"Uh, oh," said Alexis, "my volley didn't even phase him! Now I'm WAAAY

too close to the city to risk releasing dangerous radiation. Time to put the pedal to the metal!"

Alexis flew the Eaglezord at top speed, right over Dracola's head. She hovered right above the boarder of Angel Grove, waiting for Dracola to come up over the horizon. While waiting, she patched into the outside speakers.

"Citizens of Angel Grove!" she said calmly into the microphone. "This is the Purple Power Ranger, piloting the Eaglezord above