A/N: I don't own anything but the concept. So here it is finally, the last chapter. I hope that everyone enjoys this chapter and really big thanks to everyone that has read, liked, and reviewed this story. You guys are amazing and big thanks to mae-E for the hints, suggestions, and thoughts on the stroy. Also big thanks to mykkila09 for always being there whenever I need help.
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Kim finally made it to Tommy's side as Goldar just stared at him. What was he doing in the White Ninjetti robes? Those powers should have been destroyed a long time ago.
"Do you think that going back to an older power will help you against me? You couldn't do it before with those powers." He taunted as the other rangers continued to fight the putties and tengas that had surrounded them once again.
"You forget that I have a team of rangers behind me that will be more than happy to destroy you if I can't." Tommy replied as slipped into his fighting stance. He felt better than he had in a long time, these powers made him feel like he could fly. There was a calmness in him that he hadn't felt in a long time.
"None of you are strong enough to defeat me." Goldar fired back as he ran towards Tommy and Kimberly. They both easily jumped out of the way as Goldar swung his sword high. He was facing Kim and knew that this was his chance to take her out. Swinging his sword again, he came close to hitting her but she blocked his attack at the last second with her bow. He hadn't expected her to block him that easily. She was quicker than he had thought but that wouldn't stop him. He would destroy the rangers starting with their Pink Ranger.
"You're not quick enough." Kim said as she kicked him back giving her room to move. She was a better fighter at a distance so she knew that she would need to scoot back in order to be effective against him.
"It doesn't matter if I'm quick enough; you are not strong enough to fight me one-on-one." He said attacking her again. She knew what he said was true but she didn't have to be strong enough. She had Tommy and he was her strength.
"No but she doesn't have to fight you alone." Tommy said blocking his attack this time with a sword. Kim knew that he had called on it to face Goldar since he didn't really have one as the White Ninjetti except for Saba. It was weird seeing him with a sword since the last time she saw him with one was when he was the Evil Green Ranger with the Sword of Darkness.
Jason took his eyes off one of the tengas to check on Tommy and Kim. They seemed to be handling Goldar for the moment which was good because he was surrounded at the moment and couldn't get over there to them. Turning back he was knocked back and had to focus on the tengas surrounding him. He couldn't watch Tommy and Kimberly at the moment and fight these birds and clay brains.
"Need some help?" Trini asked after flipping over to his side. She kicked a tenga away from Jason's back and looked at him. It was great just to have her at his side right now.
"Thanks, my partner decided to change clothes and join his girlfriend." He said as Trini laughed. She couldn't help herself because Jason had just sounded so cheerful when he had said that.
"He's flaky that way but at least they are on the same side now. We don't have to worry about him chasing after her during the middle of fighting." She said with a laugh as he nodded. He didn't laugh but she knew that he wanted too. "Have you found the putties self-destruct button yet?" She asked flipping a putty over her head.
"No, I thought that you had." He said punching a tenga back into a tree. "You know I hate not knowing how to fight these things." He said ducking a swing from a putty.
"The blaster is all that I know that works." She said pulling hers out and firing away. She cleared at least five putties in one blast.
"Works for me." Jason said as he pulled his out as well and fired to his left away from any other rangers. They quickly gained control over the remaining putties and tengas.
"Okay you know that we should have gotten blasters. I mean we did with our first powers." Rocky muttered as he got back up from a tenga knocking him down. These birds were starting to get on his nerves. They just wouldn't leave him alone.
"We do have weapons that we could use." Tanya answered while she swept her leg through several putties. She had been knocked back and thought to gain the upper hand by taking their legs out from under them.
"Too big a risk, I would think. I mean the rangers are pretty much all around us fighting and we don't need to hit them." Adam stated looking at his friends spread out. They didn't need to take out one of their team members just to destroy a few putties.
"I guess you're right, I just hate these putties and tengas. Lethal combination if you ask me." Rocky said flipping over a tenga and knocking it in the back. The tenga hit a tree and disappeared into a bunch of feathers.
"Well that's one down." Adam said as Rocky huffed and went to work on another tenga while Adam and Tanya attack some nearby putties still working on finding that self-destruct button on them.
"Watch you head." Zack said as he flipped over Katherine and helped her with two tengas that were giving her problems.
"Thanks." She stated as the tengas disappeared as they hit the tree behind them. Zack and Kat had kicked them at the same time and sent back into the tree with force.
"You know I missed fighting when I left but I was just crazy. These putties just won't die." He said as Kat laughed. She knew the feeling. After fighting the COGS and having them explode with no problems these putties were taking some work to even weaken. Zedd had stepped up the game and she knew that they would have to do something and fast. They couldn't keep fighting like this.
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"Those putties are just not dying." Aisha said as Billy nodded. He and Alpha had been working on that problem but still didn't come up with anything.
"At least the tengas are disappearing so that the rangers can focus on the putties once the tengas are gone." He said as Aisha nodded. He looked up at watched as Tommy did a roundhouse kick to a putty and watched as one finally disappeared.
"Well at least Tommy got one destroyed without a blaster." Aisha stated as Billy and Alpha looked at each other before going back to the control panel.
"Let's see if we can find out why." Billy said without looking up.
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"Well at least we know that a roundhouse kick to the head will destroy a putty." Kim commented as she fired a shot at a tenga making its way over to her. She also shot an arrow at Goldar but missed him. It was barely a miss but a miss just the same. He had moved at the last second to escape her arrow.
"Have no clue why but I'm taking it." He said throwing another putty into air before kicking it into the tree. This one didn't explode as it rushed him again. Kim stopped this one with a shot from her bow. She then flipped over next to him to take out another tenga at his back. Goldar was making his way back over to them when a putty hit him and knocked him down.
"I hate these birds." Kim said ducking away from two of them.
"We at least have powers facing them though unlike the first time." Tommy replied as he offered Kim his hand before picking her up so that she could kick three tengas back. He then set her back on her feet and spun her away from him like he had done a few years ago on one of their dates. Even though she had been gone months, nothing felt different in their fighting styles. In fact they seemed more in tune with each other than they had been before she left.
"You will not have those powers long." Goldar said from behind them as he blasted them. They both fell back from his attack as Trini and Jason ran over to them to help them up.
"Are you alright?" Jason asked helping Kim up as Trini helped Tommy.
"Yea I'm fine just didn't expect him to do that." She mumbled gaining her feet next to him.
"We should have though, its Goldar." Tommy said standing up beside Trini.
"Well look, more former rangers to play with." Goldar said as he charged towards them. Tommy and Jason blocked his attack with their swords. The girls turned and guarded their backs from the tengas and putties that were advancing on them quickly.
"You ready?" Trini asked as Kim nodded and they grabbed each other's arms and spun around to kick the tengas and putties back. Releasing Trini's arms, Kim did a roundhouse kick to a putty but unlike when Tommy had done it, this one didn't disappeared.
"I thought that would work." Kim said as Trini pulled out her blaster and took out the same putty that Kimberly had kicked.
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Zedd and Rita eased closer to the battle and saw that Zack and Katherine were surrounding by tengas and putties. This was their chance to take out two of the rangers. Crossing their staffs they took aim at the rangers and fired.
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Kim felt that Zedd and Rita were closed. Turning around she looked over the park and didn't see but she knew that they were here. Somehow they were here but she didn't know what she could do. Ducking a punch from a putty she saw an energy beam heading for Zack and Katherine. They were over there then. "DUCK!" She yelled as all the rangers hit the ground. They didn't know who Kim was yelling at but they did as she yelled.
"Kim, what's wrong?" Trini asked as Jason and Tommy blocked another attack from Goldar. He was powering through their attacks and had the rangers on the defense.
"Zedd and Rita are here and they are somewhere close to Zack and Katherine. I'll be back." She whispered as she focused her thoughts and began to fly. Zack and Katherine needed help and she was the only one that could get there fast enough.
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"Zedd and Rita are in the park." Zordon informed Alpha, Billy, and Aisha.
"What can the rangers do? They can't destroy the putties without blasting them." Alpha said as Aisha nodded. Billy was still hard at work.
"Do not worry, Alpha. The rangers can handle this. I have faith in them." Zordon stated as Aisha held her breath. She saw Kim flying through the air and knew that Kim knew that Zedd and Rtia were in the park. She would also bet that Kim knew where they were too since she was actually flying.
"I think I know how to destroy the putties." Billy said looking up finally.
"How?" Aisha and Alpha asked at the same time.
"They need to be hit in the side of the head around their temple." He said. "Its their weakest area that I can find."
"I'll inform the rangers then." Alpha stated as he locked onto the rangers communicators.
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"We read you Alpha." Tommy said as he drove out of the way of another blast from Goldar.
"Aim for the side of the putties head." Alpha instructed.
"Got it, thanks Alpha." Tommy said as he jumped into the air to land on a tenga.
Kimberly finally made it to Zack and Katherine's side as another blast headed their way.
"Who is shooting at us?" Zack yelled out as he hit the ground once again. He was tired of not being able to shoot back because he had no clue who it was.
"Zedd and Rita, they are close by." Kim said helping him and Katherine up.
"Well they need to show themselves and take it like a man." Zack griped as he grabbed a putty and flipped him over Kim and Kat's heads. He was angry that he was having to fight the puttie and tengas but now he had to add Zedd and Rita to the mix.
"Are you okay?" Kat asked as she spun around and kicked a putty back away from her.
"Yea, I'm fine. Its just these putties won't die and now we have the dynamic duo firing at us." He said as Kim laughed. She loved it when Zack got angry while he was fighting. He moved faster almost as if someone upped the tempo on the music that he claimed played in his head.
"Well good news is that Billy said aim for the side of the putties head and that should destroy them." She said getting back to the fight and destroying a putty in the process. They watched the putty explode and disappear before spinning to face the putties surrounding them.
"I thought I heard Alpha say something about the side of someone's head but I didn't catch the first part." Kat stated as she did some dance move before kicking the putty in the head.
"I didn't even hear that much with Zedd and Rita firing at us." Zack muttered while punching a putty in the side of its head and just like Kim's it exploded before disappearing. "At least they figure out how we can take these things down though."
"Well score one for Billy and Alpha; I can't believe that we didn't figure it out." Rocky said as he watched the putty explode. He was several feet away from Kim, Kat, and Zack trying out what Alpha had told them.
"Its because we don't really aim at their heads, that's why. We still aim for their chest because that's where we were trained to hit." Adam reasoned as he and Tanya took out four putties. The tengas were finally outnumbered so the rangers got to work on the putties trying to destroy them before helping Jason and Tommy with Goldar. They knew that Jason and Tommy could handle Goldar but they wanted to help take part and finally end this. In the middle of everything Zedd and Rita were still shooting at them which made it harder to focus on what they had to do.
"You know if I could find them, I would be attacking them at the moment instead of these putties." Rocky said as he dove out of the way of another blast from Zedd and Rita.
"I know what you mean but we sort of have our hands full at the moment." Tanya replied as she flipped over a set of putties before kicking the on her way down. She wasn't as good flipping like Kim and Trini were but she was getting better.
"Guys where is Kimberly?" Adam asked as the putty in front of him disappeared. He had been trying to keep an eye on her so that she was never alone but now he couldn't find her.
"I thought she was over there with Kat and Zack." Rocky said sounding a little confused. Where would Kimberly be if not over there?
"She was but now she's not. I know that I saw her a few seconds ago. I mean she can't disappear like that." Adam stated while helping Tanya out of a jam. The forgot about Kimbelry for a moment while they got back to fighting.
"Trini, you know that I could have done that." Jason muttered as he watched the putties all disappear that had had him surrounded.
"I know but you were taking too long so I did it." She replied sweetly as he shook his head. If something didn't get done soon enough, Trini came in and finished the job.
"I love your confidence in my ability." He fired back as she laughed.
"You know that if you need your girlfriend to fight your battles then you are not a worthy adversary." Goldar shouted as he kicked Tommy back.
"She can fight my battles all day any day as long as she leaves you for me." Jason shouted back as he whipped back out his sword and charged Goldar to give Tommy time to stand up.
"You are no match for me." Goldar gritted out as he tried to disarm Jason.
"He may not be but I am." Tommy said kicking him from the side, knocking him to his back. "You know I'm tired of dealing with him, you want to finish him off?" He asked Jason nodded.
"You can't destroy me." Goldar said getting back to face the rangers.
"Want to be on that?" Kimberly said from behind him.
"Where did you come from?" He asked as Kim flipped over his head to land on the other side of Tommy.
"It doesn't matter." She replied pulling her bow out. She grabbed an arrow and took aim.
"You think that you can defeat me?" Goldar laughed.
"I know that we can beat you." Tommy said as he and Kim started glowing their colors.
"What's going on?" Jason whispered as Tommy and Kim hovered off the ground. He hadn't seen anything like this and didn't know what to really do.
"Uh, why are they glowing and flying?" Rocky asked as the others finally made it to them.
"I don't know." Jason said slowly as Goldar stopped laughing when he realized that something big was happening.
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"Now's our chance, those rangers are all together." Rita said as Zedd nodded. They raised their staffs once and crossed them in front of them to fire.
"Ready, my dear?" Zedd asked as Rita nodded. "Say goodbye rangers." He muttered as they fired.
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Tommy and Kimberly started spinning as the rangers fell back. They still didn't know what was going on, only that these had to be their powers. They then heard two birds crying out.
"It's the falcon and crane." Adam said as they saw a beam hit the spinning Tommy and Kimberly.
"NO!" Jason yelled as he jumped up but before he could do anything the beam reflected off of Tommy and Kim and hit Goldar. The golden monkey had one look of panic before he exploded.
"Whoa." The rangers said as Tommy and Kimberly finally stopped spinning and came back down to the ground.
"You guys rock." Zack said as they gathered around the White and Pink Rangers.
"You will pay for destroying him!" Zedd yelled as he and Rita stepped out of the woods form behind them.
"News flash, we're the good guys." Rocky said throwing his arms up in the air. "We are suppose to destroy him."
"It doesn't matter because very soon you will be dead." Zedd said firing at them. The rangers ducked out of the way while Rita raised her staff. Putties and tengas appeared at her side before running towards the rangers.
"What? Really, we just beat these things." Zack said as he kicked three putties away from him. The rangers split up once again to take on the putties and tenags while Tommy and Kim faced Zedd and Rita. Jason tried to get back to their sides but the putties and tengas pushed him further and further back.
"We need to get back over to them. We need to beat them together." Jason said as Trini nodded. She had stuck by his side while Adam and Tanya had paired up again with Kat, Rocky, and Zack close to each other.
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"I didn't think that they would show up and actually fight." Aisha stated as she watched Zedd and Rita fire at will at the rangers while they were fighting more putties and tengas. It seemed like they were getting nowhere, no matter how many they destroyed.
"Well they are not the bigger concern at the moment." Billy said looking over at her.
"What do you mean?" She asked looking away from the viewing screen at him.
"Tommy and Kimberly's powers have double within the past few minutes. They are becoming stronger and stronger." He explained.
"Billy, that doesn't really sound like a bad thing. I mean they are going to need that extra power to defeat them." She said walking over to him.
"The problem is that I don't know how more power their bodies can take. I mean Kim's is still pretty much weak from fighting the evil and who knows about the state that Tommy's body is in." Billy said looking back at the viewing screen.
"Oh, well hopefully they can manage to destroy Zedd and Rita before their bodies give out." She said quietly as she watched the battle.
"Have faith, Rangers. They can handle this." Zordon said in a calm voice.
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"Kim, I have an idea." Tommy whispered as they stood back up. They had spent more time on the ground in the past few minutes than any other battle before now.
"Well as long as its better than ducking and diving, I'm all for it." She said.
"Our powers are strong and I think that we can take them out with an energy beam from us." He said as he pulled her out of the way of another blast aimed at them. Spinning her around, he kicked a putty that had swung at them.
"Do you think that we can?" Kim asked kicking a tenga back into three putties. She watched as Tommy roundhouse kicked three putties and they disappeared on contact.
"I do." He said reaching out his hand to hers. She stared at it for a second or two until she placed her smaller hand into his much larger one.
"Let's do this." Kim said as Tommy nodded. They closed their eyes and began to float in the air. The rangers looked over at them and saw flashes of pink and white flying around them and they knew that it was the falcon and crane helping Tommy and Kim. They started glowing their colors as the wind picked up.
Zedd and Rita even paused to look at the site before them. They hadn't seen anything like this in all their years of evil. They could feel the power flowing around them in the air and knew that this was their end.
Tommy and Kimberly's bodies began to spin in a circle before an energy beam of white and pink hit Zedd and Rita destroying them in seconds.
"They did it." Jason breathed as the putties and tengas disappeared from the park. Everything settled down as the wind slowed. It was then that Tommy and Kim landed in a heap at the rangers' feet.
"Let's get them back to the Power Chamber." Trini said as Jason lifted Tommy up with Rocky's help and Adam scoped Kim into his arms.
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"Good news, Tommy and Kimberly will be alright. Their bodies are adjusting to much lower power levels at the moment but they will be fine." Billy said as the rangers cheered. Tommy and Kim finally got a few hours later. Alpha and Billy checked them over before allowing them to leave.
"I can't believe that Zedd and Rita are gone." Kim said as she lay in Tommy arms later that night. She hadn't wanted to leave his side so he had suggested that she join him at his house. His parents didn't care if Kim spent the night since they knew that he was responsible where Kim was concerned and he just wanted to hold her in his arms for the time being. It had been way too long since they had been alone together. The last time was probably at Christmas when she had come home for the holidays. You never knew how much you missed something until you didn't have anymore.
"You know I am just glad that I have you back and that they are gone." He whispered into her ear. "I miss you, beautiful."
"I miss you too, handsome. I can't believe all that has happened since I've been back in Angel Grove." She said turning in his arms to face him.
"Oh I can, I mean it is you." He said with a laugh as she sighed.
"This is true." She stated smiling up at him.
"At least I don't have to worry about Zedd capturing you anymore." He said turning serious.
"I'm happy about that too, believe me." She said snuggling deeper into his chest. She could hear his heart beating steady beneath her ear and she yawned. Being in his arms, she felt safer than she had in a long while. This was perfect for her.
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A Few Days Later
Zordon had contacted the Rangers and asked them to teleport to the Power Chamber. They hadn't been back since Zedd and Rita had been destroyed and that's when it hit them.
"You know guys we don't have any bad guys to fight." Rocky said as everyone quieted down and thought about what he said. They had all thought the same thing but didn't know how to really process the news.
"You're right, we don't." Jason said rubbing his chin. For the past three years, they had fought an evil being every day. What was going to happen to them now?
"Rangers, you have earned your rest. You can enjoy your Senior year of school without having to worry about fighting." Zordon stated calmly.
"What about our powers?" Jason asked knowing that they probably couldn't keep them because the next set of rangers would need them and there would be another set of rangers because there was always someone trying to take over the world and as long as there was a bad guy, there would Power Rangers.
"The Turbo Rangers will need to turn over their morphers but the other powers are yours to keep. They will not be connected to the morphing grid after today. You have served well, rangers." He said as they heard Alpha sniffle behind them.
"Zordon and I have made you tokens to remember us by." Alpha said as he walked over to the control panel. He hit three buttons to reveal a hidden compartment. Opening the box, the rangers saw something shiny.
"These will allow you to contact me if something should ever happen to you or one of your fellow rangers." Zordon explained as Alpha handed each ranger their token. The girls all had necklaces with a charm on it. The charm was in the shape of either their dino, animal, or shape depending on what powers they had held or do hold. The boys each received a bracelet that had their dino, animal, or shape etched into it depending on their powers as well.
After receiving their gifts, the Turbo Rangers each handed Alpha their morphers with a bittersweet smile. They knew that they would never see Zordon and Alpha again even though they had gained their freedom in a way. This wasn't the way that they wanted to say goodbye. Zordon and Alpha were family.
"Zordon, thank you for believing in us." Jason said stepping forward.
"Yes, thank you." Tommy echoed before all the rangers joined in.
"Rangers, you had all you ever needed, I only supplied the power to get it done. You have made me proud." He said smiling at them. "Go and may the power protect you." He said dismissing them for the final time.
"Bye Zordon and Alpha." Kim whispered as she wiped a tear away. She wasn't the only one wiping tears though. The rangers looked around one last time before teleporting one final time.
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A Few Months Later
"I can't believe that there hasn't been an attack in Angel Grove since Zedd and Rita were destroyed." Kim said taking a bite out of her apple. They were sitting the park enjoying their first real day out of school. They had graduated last night which proved to be another bittersweet moment for them. It meant that their time as rangers was really over.
"At least we did get the chance to destroy them so another team didn't have to worry about them." Adam said finishing off his sandwich.
"That's true." Rocky stated agreeing with Adam.
"I do miss it though." Kim revealed as they all nodded. They knew what she was feeling and knew that they would always miss being a ranger. It had challenged them in a way that they had never imaged but it also bought them closer as a group.
"So what are we going to do with the rest of our lives?" Trini asked as everyone smiled.
"We're going to live." Kim said as they nodded. They were going to enjoy not having to show up for a battle at any time of the day or being captured for just being in Angel Grove. It was a great start for their future.
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"Oh Zordon, this is so sad." Alpha said as he watched the rangers in the park. He still kept watch over them to make sure that they were alright.
"Alpha it was time for them to live their lives. They have their entire future ahead of them." Zordon said quietly. He was sad to see them go but they had earned this rest.
"You're right, Zordon." Alpha confirmed as he pulled up another image. This one was of the ship of the Pirate Divatox. She was on the move for Earth. "Do you know who the new rangers will be?" Alpha asked changing the subject. They had been searching for a group that was as close as the Originals.
"I do know who they will be; two are on their way right now to Angel Grove. Don't worry Alpha they will step into the Original Rangers' boots no problem." He replied as Alpha nodded. Soon they would have another ranger team but for now, he watched the Original Rangers.
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What did you think? Please let me know. This is the final chapter. I do have a few stories coming up, one is based/inspired by The Hunger Games. It will be called Games. Things will change but some of the basic ideas will be the same. I hope to have the first chapter up in a few days. Thanks once again to all of my readers. You are wonderful, wonderful people.