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!