Chapter 8 -- The End of The Power Rangers?


"I think I may have something!" proclaimed Billy, as he and Alpha-5 surveyed the latest series of printouts. "At the least, it gives us a few places to look!" "Way to go Billy!" exclaimed Tommy. And all the other Rangers shared his enthusiasm. "Now we'll get Kimberly and kick some butt!" cried out Zack, ready for battle. "Let's go now, " said Trini, "I can't stand the thought of poor Kim being there another second." "You got it guys, " said Jason, and standing up straight, he said "It's morhpin' time!" But before the Rangers had a chance to activate their power coins, Lord Zedd's voice filled the hall. "You are too late, Power Rangers! Behold! I give you The Pink Ranger! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!" And with that, a flash of light filled the room and Kimberly's body appeared. Besides the ravaged corpse, Zedd also sent all the body parts that had been removed from her, so her toenails, bones and bits of flesh from her fingers, her tongue, the pieces of her ear, and the flesh that was cut from her breasts were littered about and on her body. Kimberly's pretty face was contorted in agony with her eyes wide open. Blood was all over her, in fact, even though there was no heart to pump it through her body, it continued to seep from her mouth and from several of her wounds. At the sight of Kimberly's body, Trini collapsed onto the floor in tears, and began to whimper, and Billy threw up. There was no doubt what had happened to the poor girl. Alpha-5 began to run around the room chanting "Ay-yi-yi-yi-yi, Kimberly's been tortured to death! What are we going to do?" And then Zedd's voice filled the air and his image filled the viewing globe. "Here is your precious Pink Ranger! And if any of you tries to get in my way again, the same fate will be waiting for you! Our torture chamber seems so lonely now that the Pink Ranger is gone! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!" Silence filled the command center. Even Zordon didn't know what to say.

It took a long time for the other Rangers to stir. Jason stood up and tried to think straight. "What are we going to tell Kim's parents? What will we tell anybody? My God, look at her! How can we get her buried? Zordon, what can we do?" Zordon looked down at the crestfallen Rangers. "There is nothing we can do. We can clearly not let anybody see Kimberly's body. We must destroy it, and then find a new Pink Ranger to fight Zedd." "A new Pink Ranger?!?" cried Trini, regaining her senses. "You just can't REPLACE Kim! And how are you going to prevent the same thing from happening to us? No, I can't do it anymore!" and with that Trini threw down her power coin and communicator and ran from the center. Zordon could sense that the same thoughts were going through the rest of the Ranger's minds, and so he spoke.

"Go now, rest, and mourn the loss of our dear friend. Later, I will call you back, and if you no longer wish to wear the colors of the Power Rangers, I will understand, and we will transfer the power to others."

Are the Power Rangers finished? Had Lord Zedd finally won? Or will they regroup and save the world? Stay tuned!