Green With Evil: Power Rangers

Splitting Hares

Constantly shuffling back and forth between home or school or anywhere social over to the gold mines where the secret ship and hideaway lay barren was more of a monotonous slog than any of the five carried to admit. Previously admonished time, gas, and brain cells chugged away on this precarious teeter-totter of tedium back and forth between familiar scenery.

The attitude does shift abruptly, however, whenever there's an emergency. And when your homes invaded, that's a telltale sign to drop everything and run: a notion that Billy, Zack, and Trini took advantage of upon learning about the possible Hindenburg disaster that potentially awaited them back at the Pit.

Driving up to the mountains and scourging up to the ravine that composed the watery cave was no biggie.

Rummaging around the Pit only to witness the ship's dented, torn and decayed entranceway was more troubling for the three adolescents with attitude. As if scattered ashes and split chunks of debris and boulders spread across the grainy ground weren't eye-raising enough for them to sink their teeth into. This more or less confirmed what Billy already spelled out for everyone else.

The ship had been ransacked.

"Oh, my god....Rita?" Billy utters hesitantly, looking over at Zack.

"Or the Green with Evil. Let's get it open."

The boys grabbed the door inches apart, BIlly from the right and Zack from the left, and with their combined strength, pulled back. Pressure shared among the both of them forced the normally-revolving door to open slowly; a spark of electricity blew out, which startled Trini enough to jump backward.

The aftermath of the Green Ranger's destruction awaited them.

Blown wires, frizzling circuitry, shredded and torn mesh and metal from the walls and floor; it was an unpleasant sight, seeing the closest thing they got to a second home trashed this severely.

And this was only the hull of the ship? They were far from comfortable walking and making their way through the rest of it after seeing the carnage inflicted on only the first floor. Yet, that does little to deter the three.

The only place to go from then onwards was up. And unfortunately, the only means of getting up to the main hall, the retractable stairs, were completely torn out, leaving this massive gaping hole between the two floors.

Made way for easy access for Trini to quickly leap through the hole with the boys sticking close by.

From here, the sight was quick to adjust but the feeling only got worse. If who they think broke in here and tore most of the interior to shreds, the thought of what could've happened to either Alpha or Zordon was excruciating. The fearful thoughts looped around in their minds until there was almost no room for anything else.

The loop pressed on and on as the three eventually trudged onwards towards the doors that separated them from the Command Center. However, once crossing past the hallway and within viewing distance of the door, Billy felt a bit of a budge down by his leg. It didn't take long for him to realize and recognize that it wasn't part of the ship.

"Guys! A little help?!"

Almost immediately, the others came over to assist him. With a Mighty effort, they managed to pull off 2 tons of shredded metal and debris away from the wall, releasing what was entangled up and out of the confines of the wrecked ship.

It was far from what they were expecting it to be.

It was Alpha. He was completely unresponsive and battered and bruised with his brief yet short brutal confrontation with the Green Ranger.