AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hello, everyone. It's been quite a while since I've done a new episode! I've been very busy with a new job, and I've also been writing for a non fan fiction project that is very close to my heart, one I hope to start putting out there next year. Plus, I needed some time off after completing Episode 10. You'll also notice a change in my dream voiceover cast that I do just for fun at the start of every episode, and it will be reflected in updates of earlier episodes soon; Wendee Lee is a wonderful voice actress, but I feel this famous addition will reflect Scorpina's giddiness and thirst for carnage. This is the final change for Season 1, and I will add Special Guest Voices for certain monsters and characters I feel fit the character.

Now, in a previous update, I said that I'd be editing all of my stories for readability and better context. I've done so with Episode 1 of MMPR (uploads coming soon), but I wanted to get a new episode out right now out of necessity. I'm not judging anybody out there, but from an American perspective, I feel that this country needs as much positivity as there is out there, and this is a time when we need superheroes. I say that mainly from a creative perspective, as the real work is done by our everyday people: veterans, police officers, fire and medical workers, and our teachers. They and every good person in this country are our real superheroes, but I hope these stories where I throw together Nintendo mascots and people in colorful costumes with robot dinosaurs bring at least a moment of happiness to all of you not just in the United States, but all over the world.

Thank You.

Eons ago, the evil sorceress Rita Repulsa ruled everything with a poison grip, enslaving humanity and destroying countless wondrous creatures, all in the name of a lust for control and a hidden power. The good wizard Zordon was able to seal her away for ten thousand years at the cost of his freedom, but she has returned to wreak havoc on Earth again. Now, Zordon has chosen a team of noble, world-traveled teenagers to harness the power of the dinosaurs to stop her and bring peace to the world. They are the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

VOICE CAST

Brennan Mejia as Ash Ketchum/Red Ranger

Rachel Lillis as Misty Williams/Yellow Ranger

Lucien Dodge as Tracey "Sketchit" Matthews/Blue Ranger

Erin Cahill as Lia Feran/Pink Ranger

Johnny Yong Bosch as Brock Harrison/Black Ranger

Josh Grelle as Hayashi Feran/Green Ranger

David Fielding as Zordon

Richard Horovitz as Alpha 5

Barbara Goodson as Rita Repulsa

Kerrigan Mahan as Goldar

Featuring

Linda Blair as Scorpina

Robert Englund as Eye Guy

Unseen

"You're sure you're okay?"

"I'm fine, Aunt Rose. It's just been a crazy few days."

Misty Williams took her face away from her cell phone and sighed, placing a hand over her forehead. This was the second time her aunt had called her that Wednesday and the eighth school day in a row.

"I just want to make sure," Aunt Rose said sweetly and insistently. "I've found you passed out on your bedroom floor the last three afternoons. I don't blame you with everything that's been going on."

"I can't afford to take any days off. Exams are just around the corner. I'll just have to take some more time to rest when I get home."

Aunt Rose hummed on the other end of the phone. "Alright, dear. If you say so," she said. "Just let me know if you need anything. See you later."

"Bye," Misty ended, hanging up. She shifted in her seat at one of the big wooden benches right in the middle of Feron Grove High School's courtyard. She grabbed her sandwich and took a tentative bite out of it, closing her eyes after seeing the faint outline of a perfect circle on her wrist.

"Passed out on the floor?" Ash Ketchum asked, leaning over and reaching into the young lady's lunch bag. "You never told me that."

Misty repressed a laugh. She watched Ash take her pickle and grabbed the other end, snapping it in two with him.

"Does it matter where I collapse? I can't tell the difference when I'm asleep," she replied, chewing on her food.

"What is sleep?" Tracey Matthews interjected, taking a seat on the other side of the bench and setting down his laptop; he opened it up and started typing away. Brock Harrison slid right next to him, tossing his book bag off of his back and onto the table.

"This," Brock answered, putting his head on his bag and sighing. He lifted his head five seconds later when the sounds of shoes crunching dead leaves on the grass got louder and louder. Wincing, he saw Lia Feran and her older brother Hayashi. Both of them wore faint smiles, and the four returned the expressions in kind. Nobody said a word as the two took their places at the table. They just sat, breathed in the chilly November air, and looked around at the students talking and laughing and at the sun that shone overhead.

"Long time, no see, Mr. Sun," Hayashi remarked, chuckling.

Lia nudged him in the side, shaking her head. "It's been nice and bright for nearly two weeks." She narrowed her gaze at a paper in her hand. "Speaking of nice and bright…not me…"

Hayashi looked over at her paper and raised an eyebrow. "Eh, it's fine, Lia," he said, stuffing his hands into the pockets of his fleece jacket. "Heaven forbid Miss History bungle a few questions."

"Yeah, the lowest I've ever seen you get is what, a B plus?" Ash inquired.

Lia grimaced and turned the page, revealing her anthropology exam to be covered in crimson Xs, yielding a 76.

"Oooh…" Ash let out, but he clammed up upon seeing Lia's frown deepen, followed up by disapproving looks from Brock and Misty.

"Join the club," Ash said. "I aced that math exam, but after that it feels like everything's been tumbling out of my head." He then turned to Misty and smirked. "Not like someone slammed their fist into it or anything."

Misty exhaled and rolled her eyes while Lia and Hayashi laughed. She took a rough bite out of her food and then stuffed the rest of the sandwich in her mouth.

"I'm just trying to not worry about it," Brock mumbled, scratching his bushy hair. "We beat Dredwing, we can beat some assignments. Rita backing off gives us some time to breathe, so we just need to take a breather…"

"Hey, I'm glad someone's listening to my advice and not freaking out," Hayashi cut in, putting an arm around his older friend. "But did you have to nod off while checking Terry's gag reflex during your lab? He told me he almost ate that tongue depressor."

Brock stirred and yawned. "It checked out, didn't it?"

Lia smiled and moved next to Tracey, who had since resumed typing. She moved a USB connector that protruded out of the top pocket of his blue overalls and looked at the screen.

"Well at least we know who isn't keeling over," she said.

Tracey nodded. "I've just been wide awake for the most part," he quickly answered. "I'm not trying to sound like a robot, but it's times like these when I can just go."

He extended his hand, and Lia placed a flash drive into his palm. As Tracey plugged the device into his computer, Brock rose from his attempted slumber.

"So you got my maps alright," he said, rubbing his eyes.

"Absolutely," Lia responded. "And I thank you."

"You're wellllllcome…" Brock yawned.

"So you were on maps?" Ash asked, stretching his arms over his head. He then rested his right arm on Misty's shoulder, who didn't seem to mind. "That's easy. Lia told me to comb through Island Legends again last night."

Misty tilted her head to the side. "Yeah… I just tried to find what I could online. Marine biology waits for nobody if you put it off long enough. What gives?"

Lia's eyes began to light up. "I know I've inconvenienced you guys, especially with everything going on right now. But something's been bugging me. Remember what we read about the Golden Power? It's what Rita's been after the whole time."

"Other than taking over the planet again," Tracey added, pulling up maps and text documents on his laptop.

"Uh-huh," Ash acknowledged, finishing his pickle and wiping drops of juice off the collar of his solid red button-up shirt. "But remember, it's still missing. It's locked away in…" He winced as he craned his neck upward, his heavy eyes meeting the sun. "The Sacred Realm, right?"

"Right," Lia said back. Ash pointed, and Lia looked back. She quieted down upon seeing their friends Wendy Cooper, Eliza Peterson, and the Naji brothers Rashid and Yashid talking to some other kids near the west school entrance. The other teens looked excited, the Najis and Eliza smiled politely, and Wendy looked to the side nervously. The six at the table couldn't hear everything being said, but the words "vampires," "Putties," and "deadly" stood out.

"Just leave them alone…" Hayashi hissed. "Come on…"

Lia silently agreed, but caught everyone's attention once more. "Ash is right. The Sacred Realm is the hiding place of the Golden Power, and only the chosen ones can enter it."

"But there's always a different way to do so," Misty said, pointing to the quoted text from one of the old books she found online. "Though the dark ones may try to seize the treasure, only those courageous and pure of heart may open the door. And the Golden Power will grant the desire of whomever wields it! But look, it all comes back to collecting certain pendants or jewels or something along those lines and then bringing them to a point in the kingdom."

"Well, we have the Power Coins," Hayashi supplied, keeping his eyes on the group talking on the other side of the courtyard. "They helped lead you guys to the Dino Crystals and my Dragon Dagger. That's a good start."

Tracey displayed the maps Brock had compiled on-screen. "Take a look here," he said. Faded drawings of mountains, deserts, fields, and lakes on what appeared to be parchment were in view next to a modern map of the Amalei Region. "This is what the Amalei Region used to look like, a lot bigger than it used to be."

"Ten thousand years, give or take, could certainly have changed that," Brock noted. "But not everything."

"Right," Hayashi said, dragging his finger across the map, squinting to see. "See, Feron Grove and the kingdom…Hyrule? Yeah, that's central. The sea is to the south, that explains Kau Cove, and then farmland in the north for Riko."

"But look," Ash pointed out. "The desert is in the west. And so is the Command Center…"

"So if the Hyrule kingdom is central, then the access point to the Sacred Realm must be here," Misty whispered.

Lia clapped her hands together. "And if we can somehow find the Golden Power, we'll get rid of Rita for good. We just have to…"

Suddenly, an electronic chime stopped Lia. Everyone snapped their heads up to see what it was, ready to answer the call.

Ash smiled sheepishly. "It's just my phone," he said. The others sighed and Brock pushed his head.

"You're really calming us down, man," he said as Ash kept grinning.

"Thought it was on silent. Let's see…" Ash started, scrolling through his read texts to get to the new one, Misty and Tracey frowning in unison as he spoke. "Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Dad, Mom, Mom, Mike…"

"What did he say?" Tracey asked.

"The doctors are going to see if he can come home today."

The six young people looked at each other again in silence, their pensive expressions slowly turning into ones of relief. They all turned to look at their cornered friends across the way, their smiles dipping slightly. That's when the bell signaling the second half of the school day rang, and the exhausted team rose and went their separate ways.