"The Power Chamber that met him on his return was nothing like the one he had left a week previously. Consoles sparked, lights flickered...equipment was damaged and it looked like a conflict had taken place with in the sacrosanct walls of the Power Chamber itself. That in itself brought back too many bad memories of the last time there had been such destruction, which resulted in him losing the Power. He took a deep breath and focused his disturbed emotions as panic threatened."Eeyyah!" The battle cry caused everyone in the valley to look up from the fight. Red and Black Rangers vaulted in to land in the middle, with Zack not far behind them. Parker and Daystar, not capable of the same acrobatic feats as their Ranger friends, followed in a slightly less flashy manner.
          Red Ranger found himself going hand to hand with the same Plague soldier that he had fought on his first trip to Edenoi. Sending the man head over heels, he shook his head. "Have a nice trip! See you next fall."
          Meanwhile, Black Ranger had produced her Shadow Staff, converted it to three-section mode, and was happily beating three Plague Patrollers senseless. Behind her, Zack covered her back, whacking at enemies with his ax. Carlos made no further attempts at conversation, and they sat there in silence until the metallic song of magical teleportation intruded. Zhane didn't bother to look over, knowing who would be standing in front of the jump tubes. Kerone had gone to Earth at Cassie's request, and DECA had informed him later that the sorceress was in the company of not only Cassie but TJ and Tessa as well.

She had encouraged him to join them. Zhane wasn't sure whether the suggestion or the intent behind it seemed stranger to him at the moment. He had no reason to visit Earth. In fact, he found himself becoming vaguely resentful of the planet as a whole. DECA, too, seemed to be going out of her way to irritate him today, but he couldn't put his finger on exactly how.

          Parker had found himself suddenly embroiled in a full-fledged sword duel with one of Dregon's smarter henchmen. However, years of kendo and keeping his skin intact had given Parker a great deal of fighting skill, and he was more than holding his own. Daystar, meanwhile, was blasting away at a troop of Cogworts, sending them in all directions.
          Finally, the five heroes sent the Plague Patrollers packing. Then they turned back to the two Edenite rebels, only to find themselves on the business end of a blaster. Red Ranger raised his hands slowly, and the others followed suit.
          "Nice to see Edenite hospitality hasn't changed any," Red Ranger grumbled.

"Zordon...what the....what on earth has happened here?" he asked in an intense controlled tone. If this had happened to the Power Chamber..then what on earth has happened to the others? Before their Mentor could answer, Adam and Tanya ran into the room both looking worn and upset, their clothes dishevelled as if they had been working and sleeping in the same outfits for some time.

"Billy! Billy man am I glad to see you!" One look at the worried on Tanya's nigh on permanently optimistic face was enough to convince Billy that this was not going to be the best of homecomings. He surreptitiously summoned the comforting presence of his Wolf spirit and began to assess the technical damage and start repairs as he said,