Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie by Heather Ray (free books to read TXT) 📕

As Kimberly and Jason dove off the motor boat, a periscope reached over the water's surface.

"What do we have here?" said Divatox excitedly, looking through the periscope, "Two humans ripe for the picking, and they're heading our way! Ha ha!"

The two teens leisurely swam through the water, watching as schools of fish swam by. They were taken by surprise as two Piranatrons grabbed them by their air tanks, and took them to Divatox. They were thrown into the lower levels of the submarine.

"Now that we have the humans, its time to find that little runt Lerigot," said Divatox, rubbing her hands, "He's probably with Zordon by now. Remove the mindguard!"

Elgar took off a small helmet that was on a female Liarian, who was carrying a small baby.

"She'll telepathically find her hubbie for us!"

In the Power Chamber, Katherine watches over Lerigot, the little troll-like magician, who was lying unconscious on the medical bed. He had landed in Africa, and the treacherous heat almost killed him.

"Is he gonna be alright?" Katherine asked, turning to Alpha.

"The sun has taken its toll on him," Alpha said, "but this should restore his life force. At least, for now."

"I wonder who's after him," asked Adam.

Suddenly, Lerigot's eyes opened, and he began struggling.

"What's happening to him?" asked Tommy, as the four rangers circled him.

"He is receiving a telepathic transmission that is obviously upsetting him greatly," Alpha explained, "Zordon, what should we do?"

"PERHAPS IF WE CAN SEE WHAT IT IS HE'S RECEIVING, WE CAN HELP HIM,"

said Zordon, "ALPHA, ATTACH THE CRANIAL TRANSMISSION SCANNER, AND CONNECT IT TO THE VIEWING GLOBE."

Alpha followed Zordon's instructions, and the rangers turned around to see and image of a woman with a gold mask, gazing into a mirror compact.

^Zordon,^

she said, applying another coat of lipstick, ^I know you can hear me, so listen up. Lerigot must surrender. Say hello to Lerigot's family -- Yara, the loving wife and caring mother to little baby Bitel.^

The image pulled away, revealing a cage behind Divatox, with two Liarians trapped inside. A Piranatron stood behind them, holding a mechanical cap about a foot over Yara's head.

^Don't you just want to pinch those adorable cheeks?^

Divatox said mockingly.

"Stop!" cried Kat, turning back to Lerigot, who was fidgeting even more, "Look what it's doing to him!"

^Bring him to me. Oh, and by the way, as a token of my appreciation, I'll spare a couple of your favorite humans.^

All the rangers turned back to the Viewing Globe with urgent expressions on their faces. The image in the globe shifted to a dark, wet cell, with two scuba divers walking around in confusion.

^They're not much to look at,^

Divatox's voice continued off-screen, ^But my sensors tell me that they used to be some of your...oh, what do you call yourselves? Power Rangers.^

On the screen, one of the divers pulled off her mask, letting a mass of caramel brown hair cascade over her shoulders. Her eyes were wide with confusion and fear.

Katherine gasped and turned to Tommy, who slowly moved closer to the Viewing Globe, his lower lip quivering. "Kimberly," he whispered.

^Do what I say or its lights out for all of them!^

Divatox ordered, as the other diver pulled off his mask and looked around.

"And Jason," Tommy added, as Katherine placed a consoling hand on his shoulder. Then, the Piranatron placed the metallic cap back on Yara, breaking the telepathic transmission. All that was left was static.

The four rangers turned to Zordon.

"I don't understand," said Tanya, throwing up her hands, "Why does Divatox want Lerigot?"

"I SUSPECT THAT DIVATOX PLANS TO USE LERIGOT AND HIS GOLDEN KEY TO PASS THROUGH THE TREACHEROUS NEMESIS TRIANGLE INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION. ONCE THERE, SHE WILL MOST LIKELY TRAVEL TO THE LOST ISLAND OF MUIRANTHIAS, AND ATTEMPT TO JOIN FORCES WITH AN EVIL CREATURE NAMED MALIGORE."

"Great," muttered Tommy, "Then what?"

"THEN NOTHING WILL BE SAFE. NOT EVEN THE ZORDS WOULD BE ENOUGH TO STOP THEM."

"What?" said Alpha, who was standing beside Lerigot, "No!"

"What's he doing?" asked Tanya, glancing at the small wizard.

"Aye yi yi! He is performing the Liarian Prayer of Guidance. Lerigot is preparing to surrender to Divatox."

"We can't let him do that!" said Katherine.

"Its his family, Kat," said Adam solemnly, "We'd do the same for each other."

"I just hope they're okay," Kat sighed.

"Okay listen," said Tommy, his face the very image of determination, "We'll get Jason and Kim out of there. Then we'll go after Lerigot's family."

"Look," said Adam, "Kimberly and Jason were Power Rangers once. If anyone can get through it, they can."

Katherine, Tanya, Adam, and Tommy accompanied Lerigot to the seashore. They looked around for Divatox.

"Look," said Tommy quietly, pointing to a large rock, "They're over there."

Sure enough, the space-submarine had surfaced, and a group of Piranatrons on jetskis rode out of the submarine onto the choppy waves. They, as well as Elgar, rode to the shore, where the Power Rangers were waiting on a nearby cliff. Two unconscious bodies, wearing full scuba gear, were on one of the jetskis.

"Send Lerigot down!" Elgar ordered.

"No!" Tommy responded, "Give us back our friends first!"

"You have no choice, Humans!" Elgar roared, "This is as close as you get! Now send the wizard DOWN!!"

"I don't like it," whispered Adam, "We should try to stall until we can think of something else."

"Yeah," Tommy agreed, "I think maybe you're right."

Meanwhile, Tanya spun around, looking for Lerigot.

"Lerigot's gone!" she cried. Katherine spotted him down by the boats.

"No!" Kat cried, as the Piranatrons grabbed the wizard.

"You have what you came for!" Tommy cried, "Now let our friends go!"

"Swim for 'em!" Elgar cried, as the Piranatrons pushed off into the water. They dropped the two unmoving bodies into the ocean. The four rangers hurried to the ocean, and Tommy and Adam leapt into the water. Tommy reached one of the bodies first, and took off its mask.

"Its a fake!" Tommy yelled angrily, dropping the dummy and headed for the other one.

"Tommy!" Adam called, "They're gone!"

"I've got to check the other one," Tommy gasped desperately, swimming towards the sinking body.

"Tommy come on!" Adam cried, grabbing his shoulder, "They're gone!"

Adam pulled the reluctant leader out of the ocean.

Divatox held Lerigot's key high in the air, and laughed victoriously. "Set a course for the Nemesis Triangle, full speed ahead!"

Divatox sat down at her vanity, and brushed out her long purple ponytail. "Once we get to the Island of Muiranthias on the other side, my Maligore's appetite will ignite once he sees the tasty offerings I'm bringing him."

Meanwhile, a few levels down, Kimberly listens to Divatox as she relates her plan through the iron door. Kimberly sighes deeply, and throws her hands on her hips in frustration.

"This is so lame!" she moans, "We come back, so we can surprise everyone, and the next thing you know we're snack food for some monster with the munchies!"

"Maybe we shouldn't have gone scuba-diving," Jason said with a smirk on his face. Kim glared at him, and folded her arms.

"Why are you in such a good mood?!"

"I'm not," he said defensively, "Look Kim, we've been in worse situations. We can't panic --"

"I'm not panicking," she snapped, sitting down and touching her forehead, "but we're really in trouble this time."

"The Power Rangers will help us," Jason offered, "You know Tommy will do everything he can to come rescue us."

"Whatever," Kim muttered, rolling her eyes, "Look Jason, I'm not

going to sit around and wait for the dashing White Knight to come to my rescue! I'm way

past that."

"He's red," Jason remarked.

"Huh?" Kim asked, looking up at him.

"He wears Red now," Jason repeated, "He's the Red Zeo Ranger."

"Big difference," she said, "Different color, same dependable, self-centered jerk!"

"You really believe that?" Jason asked, sitting beside her. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes tightly.

"I don't know what to believe anymore."

"All systems go here," said Katherine, punching in the final sequence of commands.

"THE ZORDS YOU ARE NOW CREATING WILL POSSESS THE POWER TO CARRY YOU SAFELY THROUGH THE NEMESIS TRIANGLE,"

said Zordon, as a large metal door opened, revealing a dark room filled with thick smoke, "TO RESCUE LERIGOT,