Mighty Morphin Power Rangers by Heather Ray (read an ebook week .txt) 📕

did design the Pudgy Pig, didn't you? If I wanted someone to do that, I could've just sent Squatt to Earth! Look through your book! I need a monster who can create blinding light, to blind the Power Rangers!"

Finster rubbed his chin in thought. "I don't have a monster who can create light, Empress, but if my memory serves, I may have a monster who can focus light. Let me look..."

Finster began flipping through the hundreds of pages inside his text, while Rita continued to tap her foot.

"Ah," he said after ten full minutes, "here it is! His name is Illuminator."

Finster showed Rita the sketch of the monster in the text. The monster was, in essence, a walking magnifying glass. Rita arched an eyebrow, unimpressed.

"Oh yeah," she snarled, "That's threatening!"

"Achem," said Finster, "with all due respect, Empress, the Illuminator fits the bill perfectly. His magnifying glass will focus the usually harmless rays of the sun into a powerful beam of energy. It will easily blind whoever it hits directly in the eye. The actual heat will not penetrate the Power Rangers' helmets, but their visors will not be able to protect them from such a powerful dose of radiation. The damage done to the human retina will be devastating."

"Excellent," said Rita with a grin, "Start baking, Finster! We have to get the Illuminator to Angel Grove before the sun sets!"
Chapter Three

At the Angel Grove Gym and Juice Bar, the five teenagers sit at their usual round table, enjoying some of Ernie's famous shakes. While they sit and relax, they all bounce around ideas for their English assignment on "Romeo and Juliet".

"So," said Kimberly, stirring her kiwi-strawberry shake with a straw, "what are you guys gonna write about?"

"I'm planning on developing a thesis, expanding the nature of the Capulet/Montague feud, and analyzing the consequences of their stubbornness regarding reconciliation."

"Come again?" asked Zack with a confused frown on his face.

"He's writing a paper on the feud between Romeo and Juliet's families," Trini translated, "That's a good idea, Billy."

"I haven't given it much thought," said Jason, "I have to admit, I didn't much like 'Romeo and Juliet'. I liked 'Macbeth' and 'Julius C3/4sar' more."

"Perhaps the themes of political coups and cruel tyrants is more interesting to you than a tale of romantic tragedy, Jason," said Billy.

"Well, not me," said Kimberly with a starry look in her eyes, "This was the best story we've read in English for a long, long time!"

Just then, Jason's communicator rang with a familiar six-tone signal. All the teens traded concerned glances, and Jason motioned towards the hallway. Then, Jason left some money on the table, and led the group as indiscreetly as possible to the lockers, where no one was watching.

"We read you, Zordon," said Jason into his wrist. The other teens listened from their own wrist communicators.

^POWER RANGERS. RITA REPULSA HAS SENT DOWN A NEW MONSTER. TELEPORT TO THE COMMAND CENTER, SO ALPHA AND I CAN PREPARE YOU FOR BATTLE.^

"We're on our way," said Trini, and the five teens simultaneously pressed a series of buttons on the side of the communicators. They all vanished in streaks of bright colored light, only to reappear milliseconds later within the darkened Command Center, with a circle of complex computer consols, a short red and gold android, a large glass sphere on a stand, and a large column with a green tint. Inside that column was the head of a man.

"GREETINGS, POWER RANGERS,"

the head said.

"What's up, Zordon?" asked Zack, stepping forward.

"I TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VIEWING GLOBE."

While the rangers watched, and image of a slender monster with a rather large glass circle on its head appeared in Angel Grove Park. It immediately began running around excitedly, and it stopped before a tree. Rays of light beamed from the center of the glass plate, setting the tree on fire.

"RITA HAS SENT A MONSTER CALLED THE ILLUMINATOR,"

Zordon explained, "IT ARRIVED A FEW SECONDS AGO, AND BEGAN SETTING THE PARK AFLAME."

"What is it shooting?" asked Kimberly, staring at the image curiously.

"Its firing concentrated beams of sunlight," explained Alpha, the small robot, "The magnifying glass is focusing the sun's light, intensifying the heat to dangerous levels."

"Then, let's get going," said Jason, "The longer we wait, the more of Angel Grove Park will be blazing. Its Morphin Time!"

The five teenagers each pulled a small, silver rectangle from behind their backs. Embedded within the silver was a golden coin, with the image of an ancient dinosaur on it. The coins began to glow as their owners called upon their ancient magical powers.

"MASTODON!!"

yelled Zack.

"PTERODACTYL!!"

cried Kimberly.

"TRICERATOPS!!"

shouted Billy.

"SABER-TOOTHED TIGER!!"

called Trini.

"TYRANNOSAURUS!!"

bellowed Jason.

The five teenagers were each bathed in brilliant light, each one according to his/her signature color. When the light faded, the teens were gone, leaving the ancient sage and the gentle robot alone in the Command Center.

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

"I can't believe it!" roared the Empress of Evil in a heated rage, "The Illuminator failed! Finster, get in here!!"

Goldar, Squatt, and Baboo snuck out of the throne room as discreetly as possible, deciding it was in their best interests to avoid their mistress when she's in a bad mood. Soon, the old scientist entered the throne room, and bowed. "What is it, my Queen?" he asked.

"Finster!" she shouted, stepping down from the balcony and smacking Finster over the head with her wand, "The Illuminator was a waste of clay! It couldn't last five minutes against those Putrid Rangers! They didn't even need to use the Power Blaster!"

"Well, if I may say, sending a monster to blind the Power Rangers was not my idea."

"Don't talk to me like that!" Rita shrieked, "You've got a lot of nerve!"

"But, my Queen," said Finster, backing off a bit, "at least the Black Ranger was injured in the battle! He was unconscious when they returned to the Command Center."

"True," said Rita, stepping away from the scientist, "Although, I won't be able to figure out what happened to him until the Power Rangers leave the Command Center. My Repulsascope cannot penetrate the shields. Well, I've always considered myself a patient tyrant."

"Of course," Finster muttered sarcastically, leaving the throne room.

Chapter Six

"What's wrong with him, Alpha?" asked Kimberly, wringing her fingers nervously. Alpha Five was busy scanning the unconscious Black Ranger, who was now un-morphed and lying on a black table. The other Power Rangers stood in a semi-circle, waiting for Alpha's diagnosis.

"Aye yi yi!" the little robot shrieked, "I don't detect any serious injury. He's just had the wind knocked out of him."

"Are you sure?" asked Trini, "He took a direct hit from Illuminator!"

"Where was he hit?" asked Alpha, turning around, "My equipment isn't detecting any physical damage to his body at all."

"I... I don't know," Trini admitted, "I didn't see what happened exactly. It all happened so fast."

Just then, Zack moaned, and rubbed his eyes with his hands. He sat up slowly, still rubbing his eyes.

"What... what happened?" he asked, "My eyes itch."

"YOU WERE HIT BY ONE OF ILLUMINATOR'S LIGHT BEAMS, ZACHARY. HOW DO YOU FEEL?"

Zack opened his eyes weakly, and turned his head.

"Why are the lights out?" he asked, holding his hands out and waving them slowly through the air around him.

"What do you mean?" asked Jason with a nervous laugh, "The lights are on!"

"No they're not!" said Zack, still waving his hands around, "I can't see a thing!"

"Oh no," gasped Trini, "Alpha, scan his eyes!"

Alpha nodded, and stepped closer to the Black Ranger, who was still waving his arms frantically.

"Calm down, Zack," said Kim gently, touching his waving arm, "Alpha's gonna figure out what's wrong."

Zack sighed and laid back down, his eyes remaining wide open. Alpha focussed the scans on his eyes.

"Aye yi yi!" he shrieked, "His pupils didn't contract when I brought the scanner close!"

"What does that mean?" asked Zack.

"It means the receptors in your retina aren't affected by the change in light intensity," explained Billy, stepping over to Zack and Alpha, "Under normal circumstances, the pupil will contract when exposed to intense light, and dialate when there is minimal light. That is how the eye regulates the amount of light focused on the retina, so that the correct amount is processed through the optic nerve. The fact that your pupil is unaffected by the intensity of light