Keys To The Universe
By Didi
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the recognizable characters, they are the sole property of Saban and company. I am not making any money off of this, though I wish I was, so please do not sue me. All you are going to get is pocket lint.
Note: Story picks up after the death of Zordon and before Lost Galaxy. I don't remember every little detail to any of the series so don't expect the story to be perfect.
Rated: R due to context and language. I reserve the right to change the rating if I feel like picking up the heat a little. Enjoy.
Summary: With Zordon gone, who is there to guard those he defeated before?
"Spoken words." [Thoughts]
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Chapter One - Gates of Hell
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-Planet Zoxton-
The soft soled shoes made little sound as they struck the floor at an unusually fast pace. The two hurried men were no more than shadows in the long corridors leading to the central communication room.
"When did it show up?" Elder Coran asked his aid as he continued to speed along the hall, his heart almost jumping into his throat as the seconds past.
"An hour ago." Gail looked slightly disturbed by the Elder's sudden panic. The hundred and three year old councilmen was the most unflappable being he has met in his short forty-six years. "What is it? What could possibly..."
"There are many evils in this world, Gail. Jorian is one of those that have sought to destroy all that Zordon has sacrificed everything for." His usually clear blue eyes were cloudy with concern and almost near panic over the situation at hand. "We simply cannot allow him to escape the planet." Coran knew all too well why they could not. If Jorian was to escape his prison home on Deveron, the universe will once again be plunge into chaos. [Light, now many died just to put him there in the first place?] "Even with the current Space Rangers, we do not have any hope of defeating him. It would be disastrous if he were to break free."
"I will summon the Elder's Council." Gail offered as he made to go.
"I can only hope that there is time for the Council to do anything about this." Coran looked at the monitors in front of him as they arrive at the control room. "By the bright lady!" The prison Zordon and his champions had created over an eon ago, the planet Deveron, was glowing bright red. "The gates are already weakening too fast." [Light, he must not escape!] "Call the planetary guards, we must reinforce those gates however we can."
Gail was gone before Caron was finished, the aid had learn to never question his master's orders long ago. Plus the panic in the older man's voice got his feet moving.
"Light!" Caron stared at the red-hot planetary gates with that elaborate locks and spells that kept it sealed, protecting the rest of the world from the eternal evil that dwells behind it. "Please do not allow us to be too late."
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-Planet Deveron-
Jorian's eyes were the color of dark ambers, glowing in the night, so filled with hate that were one to stare into them they would not survive long. Three hundred thousand years and he sits here rotting while others seek their glory. Three hundred thousand years of complete isolation from everything in the world. All the reasons for living taken away from a being whose life is longer than time, who had nothing but his thoughts and hatred to keep him warm through the long years.
Zordon, the last of his capturers, is dead. Jorian had felt the death; the minute Zordon was no more. And while he had wanted to be the one to destroy that intergalactic busybody, he smiled for the first time in over too long. He was going to be freed. The gates that guard his prison home were weakened, the intricate spells and locks were coming undone, slowly perhaps but they were loosening.
[Fool! Did they not know that the power of Zordon and his league of goodness was what kept this planet my prison? Doubly foolish of Zordon for not having passed on the keys to my cage to those that could keep them. It is time! After millenniums, it is time to reclaim the universe. This time, no one will stop me!]
The heavy gates glowed more intensely.
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-KO-35-
"How could this have happened?"
"Where are the Rangers?"
"We must do something!"
"The files, where are Zordon's files?"
"PLEASE, PLEASE!!! Let us not panic!" Elder Koran called as he took his seat at the head of the table. "We must think of this rationally and act with the outmost discretion. It would hardly be productive if we were to start a panic among the people."
The Elders of KO-35 were beside themselves. They all knew all too well what could happen. Having studied the history of the universe expensively, they knew all about the galactic battle between Jorian's army of Doom vs. Zordon's league of Justice, a war that lasted too long and cost too many lives of good people. They have no Zordon to protect them now. It would be impossible for them to defend themselves if anything was to happen now.
"Get the files! Zordon must have left something for us to use in case of this kind of emergency. He was always very efficient in this capacity. Zordon would have planned for this kind of....." Elder Koran sighed, no one could have predicted this. Times may have been precarious but no one every thought that they would lose Zordon. It was simply a contingency that was never planned.
Lady Marrian was a beautiful woman in her youth and every more so as she matured. Her serenity gave those around peace. Unfortunately, she was less than calm at the moment. She had known Zordon for a short period in her life. Her impressions of him has not dimmed over time nor space. The thought that everything he had worked for would be lost in a.... [We must not ever let that happen!] "We must recall the Space Rangers from Earth. If nothing else, they can buy us more time to find a way to stop this. They have..."
"I have them." Locar's face held the eerie glow from the green screen computer that sat to the side of the chamber.
Everyone crowded around the computer console, eager for anything, no matter how small, that may give them hope in this dark time. "Zordon always had Alpha keep a tight record of everything. There are back up copies of this scattered through the universe. We might be able to...."
"Look at these!" Lady Tonel pointed to a large file that was simply labeled "Keys."
Koran frowned. "Do you think..."
Locar sighed, not really believing in luck. "There is only one way to find out." His fingers skimmed over the panels with practiced ease. The old archieves keeper was efficient if nothing else in his job.
"Oh my...."
"May the bright lady..."
"Can it be?"
"Does it work?"
"It is in riddles."
"'The Soul'? What does that..."
"'The Heart' sound like...."
"What is 'The Strength' mean?"
"Did Zordon have a 'Light' source of some sort?"
Marrian sighed and rubbed her forehead in frustration. It would take them days to understand all this. "I wish Zordon was here."
Koran shook his head. [What else can we do?] "Get the ship..."
"Communications are up with the Astro Mega ship, we can...."
"Find the rest of the Rangers, we must find a way to delay the...."
"Can we locate...."
"What about..."
To be Continued...
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Okay, since people thought the teaser lines worked well in "New Start," I thought I'd keep them around.
"What did I ever do to deserve you?"
By Didi
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the recognizable characters, they are the sole property of Saban and company. I am not making any money off of this, though I wish I was, so please do not sue me. All you are going to get is pocket lint.
Note: Story picks up after the death of Zordon and before Lost Galaxy. I don't remember every little detail to any of the series so don't expect the story to be perfect.
Rated: R due to context and language. I reserve the right to change the rating if I feel like picking up the heat a little. Enjoy.
Summary: With Zordon gone, who is there to guard those he defeated before?
"Spoken words." [Thoughts]
-------------------------------------------------------
Chapter One - Gates of Hell
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Planet Zoxton-
The soft soled shoes made little sound as they struck the floor at an unusually fast pace. The two hurried men were no more than shadows in the long corridors leading to the central communication room.
"When did it show up?" Elder Coran asked his aid as he continued to speed along the hall, his heart almost jumping into his throat as the seconds past.
"An hour ago." Gail looked slightly disturbed by the Elder's sudden panic. The hundred and three year old councilmen was the most unflappable being he has met in his short forty-six years. "What is it? What could possibly..."
"There are many evils in this world, Gail. Jorian is one of those that have sought to destroy all that Zordon has sacrificed everything for." His usually clear blue eyes were cloudy with concern and almost near panic over the situation at hand. "We simply cannot allow him to escape the planet." Coran knew all too well why they could not. If Jorian was to escape his prison home on Deveron, the universe will once again be plunge into chaos. [Light, now many died just to put him there in the first place?] "Even with the current Space Rangers, we do not have any hope of defeating him. It would be disastrous if he were to break free."
"I will summon the Elder's Council." Gail offered as he made to go.
"I can only hope that there is time for the Council to do anything about this." Coran looked at the monitors in front of him as they arrive at the control room. "By the bright lady!" The prison Zordon and his champions had created over an eon ago, the planet Deveron, was glowing bright red. "The gates are already weakening too fast." [Light, he must not escape!] "Call the planetary guards, we must reinforce those gates however we can."
Gail was gone before Caron was finished, the aid had learn to never question his master's orders long ago. Plus the panic in the older man's voice got his feet moving.
"Light!" Caron stared at the red-hot planetary gates with that elaborate locks and spells that kept it sealed, protecting the rest of the world from the eternal evil that dwells behind it. "Please do not allow us to be too late."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Planet Deveron-
Jorian's eyes were the color of dark ambers, glowing in the night, so filled with hate that were one to stare into them they would not survive long. Three hundred thousand years and he sits here rotting while others seek their glory. Three hundred thousand years of complete isolation from everything in the world. All the reasons for living taken away from a being whose life is longer than time, who had nothing but his thoughts and hatred to keep him warm through the long years.
Zordon, the last of his capturers, is dead. Jorian had felt the death; the minute Zordon was no more. And while he had wanted to be the one to destroy that intergalactic busybody, he smiled for the first time in over too long. He was going to be freed. The gates that guard his prison home were weakened, the intricate spells and locks were coming undone, slowly perhaps but they were loosening.
[Fool! Did they not know that the power of Zordon and his league of goodness was what kept this planet my prison? Doubly foolish of Zordon for not having passed on the keys to my cage to those that could keep them. It is time! After millenniums, it is time to reclaim the universe. This time, no one will stop me!]
The heavy gates glowed more intensely.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-KO-35-
"How could this have happened?"
"Where are the Rangers?"
"We must do something!"
"The files, where are Zordon's files?"
"PLEASE, PLEASE!!! Let us not panic!" Elder Koran called as he took his seat at the head of the table. "We must think of this rationally and act with the outmost discretion. It would hardly be productive if we were to start a panic among the people."
The Elders of KO-35 were beside themselves. They all knew all too well what could happen. Having studied the history of the universe expensively, they knew all about the galactic battle between Jorian's army of Doom vs. Zordon's league of Justice, a war that lasted too long and cost too many lives of good people. They have no Zordon to protect them now. It would be impossible for them to defend themselves if anything was to happen now.
"Get the files! Zordon must have left something for us to use in case of this kind of emergency. He was always very efficient in this capacity. Zordon would have planned for this kind of....." Elder Koran sighed, no one could have predicted this. Times may have been precarious but no one every thought that they would lose Zordon. It was simply a contingency that was never planned.
Lady Marrian was a beautiful woman in her youth and every more so as she matured. Her serenity gave those around peace. Unfortunately, she was less than calm at the moment. She had known Zordon for a short period in her life. Her impressions of him has not dimmed over time nor space. The thought that everything he had worked for would be lost in a.... [We must not ever let that happen!] "We must recall the Space Rangers from Earth. If nothing else, they can buy us more time to find a way to stop this. They have..."
"I have them." Locar's face held the eerie glow from the green screen computer that sat to the side of the chamber.
Everyone crowded around the computer console, eager for anything, no matter how small, that may give them hope in this dark time. "Zordon always had Alpha keep a tight record of everything. There are back up copies of this scattered through the universe. We might be able to...."
"Look at these!" Lady Tonel pointed to a large file that was simply labeled "Keys."
Koran frowned. "Do you think..."
Locar sighed, not really believing in luck. "There is only one way to find out." His fingers skimmed over the panels with practiced ease. The old archieves keeper was efficient if nothing else in his job.
"Oh my...."
"May the bright lady..."
"Can it be?"
"Does it work?"
"It is in riddles."
"'The Soul'? What does that..."
"'The Heart' sound like...."
"What is 'The Strength' mean?"
"Did Zordon have a 'Light' source of some sort?"
Marrian sighed and rubbed her forehead in frustration. It would take them days to understand all this. "I wish Zordon was here."
Koran shook his head. [What else can we do?] "Get the ship..."
"Communications are up with the Astro Mega ship, we can...."
"Find the rest of the Rangers, we must find a way to delay the...."
"Can we locate...."
"What about..."
To be Continued...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okay, since people thought the teaser lines worked well in "New Start," I thought I'd keep them around.
"What did I ever do to deserve you?"