Legacy Rangers (Book Two of the Chosen Universe)

Chapter Twenty-Six

ZORDON

He was only moderately surprised when Zedd came to the Command Center. He walked in quite nervously and looked around. "It's really very impressive," Zedd told him.

"Thank you... Are you alright, Zedd? You seem nervous," Zordon said.

"Aye-yi-yi! Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Lord Zedd has breached the Command Center! I shall alert the Rangers at once!" Alpha declared.

"Calm yourself, Alpha," Zordon said. "Zedd is no longer evil. He is my friend and he is welcome here."

"But..." Zordon gave him a stern look. "Aye-yi-yi... Yes, Zordon. Of course." Alpha said.

"So, which Alpha are you?" Zedd asked pleasantly.

"I am Alpha Twenty-Six."

"I see. Well, Alpha Twenty-Six, I knew your great-great-and-so-on-grandfather, the very first Alpha. He was a wonderful friend. I do hope you can learn to tolerate me."

"I am an automaton. I do not have grandparents. Or parents."

"Your brother, then."

"I am not technically a living being."

"Hush! Of course you are. Every Alpha I have ever encountered has had their own unique personality. You may be robots, but never doubt that you are your own beings, each with something special you contribute. Many a battle would have been lost without an Alpha being involved."

"Lord Zedd... You are... Being... Kind. Aye-yi-yi! This does not compute! System overload!"

"Alpha, take this," Zordon said urgently.

"Why?" Alpha asked.

"It will calm you. Here, let me help..." Zordon quickly slid a programming chip into Alpha's back. Alpha immediately calmed down. "Better?" Zordon asked.

"Much! Thank you, Zordon," Alpha replied. He left the room.

"Was that the equivalent of telling him to 'Eat a Snickers?'" Zedd asked.

"I do not understand..." Zordon said in confusion.

"It's a commercial... I have recently been forced to watch television often, as there is not much else to do when I'm in the house. People behave angrily or just unlike themselves, someone tells them to eat the candy bar, and then they're instantly better. It's powerful magic... There must be an impressive potion inside of the chocolate bar."

Zordon decided that chocolate did, indeed, act as a magic potion to improve moods and did not correct Zedd. "Why did you seem nervous when you came here?" Zordon asked.

"I have something to tell you... Something difficult," Zedd replied.

"Go on."

"Katherine was not your only sister, Zordon. You had a twin. Your father hid her from everyone outside of the timeline."

Zordon stared at him for several moments. "A twin... You're certain?"

"I am. I began to suspect it was true because of Jason's boy, Luke... He recently found out-"

"I know. Maddie told me about Lucy."

"Your father is going after Luke, Zordon... Brutally. He kept it from his father, but he reached out to Sage for help, and I went with her... When we found the boy, he was acting so much like you used to, it was as if I'd gone back in time. The brutality your father showed requires rage, and the only thing that sets him off more than the Chosen is you. I also began to wonder why Zell went out of his way to kill Jason's wife... That's not like him. He prefers to arrange 'accidents' or have others do his dirty work. The idea of him firing a gun at a defenseless woman's head is hard for me to wrap my head around. People had forgotten him... They didn't know what a monster he is. Why stray from his usual act of being the perfect force of Good? Shooting her destroyed any credibility he might have had."