Disclaimer: The Power Rangers, Ninjor, Zedd, Rita, Master Vile, Rito, Goldar, Scorpina, and Katherine Hillard, they all belong to Saban Entertainment. The characters Ricky Summers & Shogunar are my creations.
Note: I've changed the timeline a bit. In which Gunter Schmidt never came to Angel Grove, and Kim never left for the Pan Global Games. However, I've decided to keep Kat in, since she was a major key player when she was a villain, and when she turned good. I've made it that Kat helped get Kim's coin back, helped get Ninjor & the Falcon-Zord back, but never became the Pink Ranger, just a good friend & a trusted ally to the Rangers. Kind of like what Rocky, Aisha, and Adam were before becoming Power Rangers. Parts 1-6 were written by me alone. Parts 7 & up were co-authored by Sandy 'The Sandman' Riedinger. I received some help from Aaron Thall in writing Part 10.
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Sibling Rivalry Part 10
by Robert L. Torres & Sandy 'The Sandman' Riedinger
Our story opens up a little differently this time. We are looking at something extremely strange, for it appears to be an assortment of flashback images of past battles. However, these flashbacks seem to have one thing in common, they all involve battles between the original Power Ranger team, and Tommy Oliver, the original evil Green Ranger. These images include when the Green Ranger broke into the cockpit of the Mega-Zord and forced the Rangers to abandon their Zord, and fighting them for the first time. They also included when four of the Rangers fought against the evil Green Ranger when he possessed the Sword of Darkness. And let us not forget when he was transformed into a giant and, alongside Goldar & Scorpina, fought against the mighty Mega-Zord, and caused it to fall into a lava pit. Then, the strangest thing happened, someone from behind these images ripped the scene in half. This person revealed himself to be Ricky Summers, Tommy's twin brother, and the new evil Green Ranger.
"I guess we're not that different after all, isn't that right, brother dear?" Ricky said with an evil grin on his face, and his eyes glowing fiery green.
It was at that moment that Tommy Oliver jerked awake from the nightmare in a cold sweat screaming. Nearby to hold him down was his girlfriend, Kimberly Hart, who just recovered from injuries sustained the previous day by both Ricky & Scorpina.
"Tommy, Tommy, calm down! It's okay, it's okay, I'm right here." The Pink Ranger said to her boyfriend soothingly as he started to calm down somewhat, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and laid back down on his bed.
"Isn't this funny, you wanted to stay over so I could take care of you in case you had nightmares about what happened yesterday, and I'm the one who's having nightmares. By the way, what time is it?"
"It's 7:30 in the morning, and it's a Saturday. Tommy, what happened in your nightmare, I mean you were screaming & when you woke up you looked like you had just seen a ghost." Kim said running her fingers through her beloved's long hair.
Tommy sat up in bed and leaned against the headboard, he closed his eyes, and took in a deep breath. "Okay, here's what happened in the dream. It was basically a weird collage of flashbacks of my time as the evil Green Ranger, being forced to fight against you guys. And then Ricky ripped through the scenery and said to me, 'I guess we're not that different after all, isn't that right brother dear?' That's when I woke up." Tommy said rubbing his eyes, letting out a loud yawn.
All Kimberly could do was offer sympathy & comfort to Tommy, but at the same time she had the nagging feeling of deja vu. Tommy having disturbing nightmares like these were nothing new. She remembers the first couple of days after Jason broke Rita's spell over Tommy, he was filled with guilt, and didn't get much sleep due to nightmares of him being the evil Green Ranger. It took some time, but with the Rangers helped Tommy get over his guilt. Then, there was that time when Tommy was having nightmares about losing his powers, when his powers became a constant worry to not only Tommy, but to Zordon, Alpha, and the other Rangers as well. "Tommy, I thought you had gotten over this already. It's been three years since you were the evil Green Ranger, why all of a sudden are you having nightmares about it again?"
"Because I can't help but try to think about what Ricky is going through mentally. When I was the Green Ranger, I couldn't stop myself, it was like I was looking at the world through another person's eyes. I tried to fight the spell with everything I had, but nothing I did seemed to matter. As Rita's spell controlled my thoughts & my every move, it was like I was trapped in some sort of mental prison, being forced to watch and not do anything to stop the death & destruction. Kim, I did get over it, with your help, and with the help of the others. But, I can't help but wonder, is Ricky going through the same thing, or is it worse for him than it was for me? When we do find a way to free my brother, how much harder will it be for him to overcome his inner demons? How much harder will it be for Ricky to open his heart up to people, or to me?" Tommy looked down with a sad look in his eyes.
Kimberly placed a hand over his, and gave it a comforting squeeze. "Tommy, you've got to think positively about this, okay? You've gotta hold onto the hope that you'll be able to help your brother overcome his guilt once we get him on our side."
The White Ranger then slowly looked up and into the beautiful brown eyes of his girlfriend, and smiled. "You're right, of course. It's not gonna be easy ya know."
"That's true. But then again, constantly fighting the forces of evil, while still maintaining a somewhat normal teenage life, isn't exactly easy as pie either." Kim replied, giving Tommy a beautiful smile.
"I still can't help but wonder what Ricky is going through mentally."
"Well, the only person that would know what Ricky is going through mentally, is Ricky. Now I don't know about you Tommy, but I'm starving. How about you & me sneak downstairs, and we make ourselves breakfast. What do ya say?" Kimberly said to him with a mischievous, impish smile on her face.
"Let's do it." Tommy said as the two of them walked out of Tommy's room, holding hands, and, without waking up his parents, went downstairs to make themselves breakfast.
Meanwhile, in a dark & gloomy place, fog rolling on the floor, dimly lit candles were placed carefully along a long, dungeon-like corridor. At the end of this long corridor was a single door, made of wood, with an old-fashion lock with a large insert for an old-fashion key. Behind this door, sitting against the wall was a teenage boy, looking around 17 years old, with looks resembling that of Tommy Oliver or his brother Ricky Summers. Only his hair was dirty, messy, and unkempt, his clothes were dirty and had soot on them, as well as his face.
At that moment, the prisoner jumped to his feet as he saw the door to his cell slowly opening up. The door opened up completely, and standing in the doorway was also a teenage boy, looking around 17 years of age, with looks resembling Tommy Oliver or his brother Ricky Summers. Only his hair was dark green, and pulled back into a ponytail, and he wore the uniform of the Green Ranger on his body, minus the helmet, and he had a sinister smile on his face. "Hello Ricky, nice to you again, or is it, nice to see me again? I could never figure out how to say it when it comes to us. How have you been feeling? Miserable I hope."
Good Ricky just looked at Evil Ricky and still couldn't believe what he was seeing. He was looking at his dark side, the dark side that exists within every living being in the universe. The same dark side that took control of his mind with a little help from Lord Zedd, Rita Repulsa, and Master Vile just recently, and also, with Shogunar's help, now possesses the Dark Ninjetti powers of the Green Ranger. Once that happened, his dark side locked his good half in a mental prison, never to be released again. But even though Good Ricky was locked in this mental prison, he was also forced to sit in his prison cell & watch everything his dark side was doing, never to be able to do anything to stop his dark side, not able to do anything but just sit there and watch. "You know that Tommy & the other Rangers will find a way to set me free eventually. Even if he doesn't, I'll find a way to break out of this fucking hell hole! And when I do, I'll kick your ass & take control of my mind & body again!"
"You know that's simply impossible, you see by the time our brother finds a way to set you free, he'll be dead. And even if you do manage to break yourself out of this prison, you'll only be trading places with me. You'll be in control, and I'll be the one locked up. Then I'll find a way out, and we'll just keep going back & forth, back & forth, until you realize that it is useless to fight against me. I am you, you are me. Only, I'm the most powerful, evil side, the one that takes advantage of any opportunity, to act on what I want to do, for my own dark pleasure. You're the weak, pathetic, goody-two shoes side. The coward that didn't even have the guts to strike back against the man that was abusing us!! You kept on taking it, and taking it, and taking it. And for what? FOR WHAT?!!?! For nothing, that's what." Evil Ricky said, his face really close to Good Ricky's face.
Good Ricky pushed his evil side away from him, and walked to the left side of the prison cell. "You shut up about that, I was... I was... I wanted to strike back against him, but I just couldn't do it. The man was our father, he deserved our respect."
"BULLSHIT!! He took pleasure out of beating us up! Why are you defending him? Didn't you hate the way he treated you, the way he treated us? The drunken beatings he gave us, for the littlest things! For getting a B on our report card, for leaving one dish in the sink unwashed, for coming home from karate practice two minutes late, for-"
"YES I HATED IT ALRIGHT!?!?!? I hated the beatings, I hated them, I... we didn't deserve it, I admit it, alright? But we still had Mom, she took care of us, remember? Besides, that's still no reason to take it out on Tommy, and the other Rangers, or the world. They had nothing to do with what happened!"
"You're still diluting yourself Ricky. Tommy lived in the life of luxury, with a great family, great friends, and a drop dead gorgeous girlfriend. You're the same coward that didn't even have the guts to ask a girl out."
"Oh, and you think what YOU'RE doing is any better?! Making love to a woman you hardly know? Losing our virginity, our precious gift of love & affection to someone you've met only once? Yeah, that's really showing courage & guts."
"And you think that you're plan would've been any better either? To wait for the right woman to come along? To wait until marriage, and hope to God that the woman is also a virgin? Wake up & smell the coffee pal. There are no more female virgins in this day & age. There are hardly any male virgins around either. Get with it Rick, without me, it would've taken you a hundred years for you to finally lose your virginity to a woman."
"SHUT UP!!" Good Ricky shouted as he punched his evil twin right in the jaw.
Evil Ricky backed up a little, and moved his jaw around, and felt it with his left hand, then massaged it a little, and then pain went away. "Good shot old boy. You caught me off guard. You claim to be the side of goodness, but your heart is filled with anger for me, you struck against me in rage, and anger is all part of the dark side."
"Wrong, it's how we use our emotions that makes them good or bad. Yes there is hatred & anger in my heart, but it is directed at you, my dark side. And since you are a part of me, in a way, I'm hating myself. I know that you despise me, because I'm your good side, so also in essence you hate yourself also."
"Oh no you don't. You're not gonna get psychological on me. I may hate you, my good side, but I do not hate myself. I've embraced the dark side, and I'm loving every minute of it. Now if you would only stop resisting me, and join me, you'd learn to enjoy it too."
"Never. To steal a phrase from 'Star Wars', I'll never turn to the dark side. I would rather die than to join you."
Evil Ricky could only laugh at his good side. "As much as I can say that that can be arranged, I cannot. Mainly because I can't kill you, only keep you prisoner. Mainly because of the rule that by destroying you I destroy myself. You know, the whole universal balance thing with good & evil, one can't exist without the other, etc., etc., that sort of thing."
"You may not be able to kill me, and I may not be able to kill you, but there is one thing that I know I can do to you." Good Ricky said with his back to Evil Ricky.
"Oh, and what is that, if I might ask?"
"I can kick your ass & take back control of my mind & body!" Good Ricky said as he quickly turned around and lunged at Evil Ricky, and tackled him as the two of them fell through the doorway into the long corridor. They rolled around on the floor, with their hands at each other's throats. They did this for a few minutes until they ended up with Evil Ricky on top, and Good Ricky on the bottom.
"Don't you think this is rather pointless? You're just gonna give yourself more heartache by fighting me, because you're fighting against yourself." Evil Ricky said in a ragged voice.
"Not if I win!" Good Ricky said as one of his hands let go of Evil Ricky's throat, and he punched his dark side right in the side of the face, knocking him over. Good Ricky then grabbed Evil Ricky by the back of his Green Ranger uniform, and threw him up against the wall. The good side was about to hit him again, when his dark side threw a hard punch right into the stomach. As his good side bent over & held his stomach, moaning in pain, Evil Ricky grabbed him by the shoulders and gave him a knee to the face. Good Ricky fell to the floor on his stomach, still moaning in pain from the punch to the stomach, and the hit to the face he received.
"You know I would tell you to just give up, but knowing me, thus knowing you, you won't give up so easily. But just look at yourself, you're pathetic, you're on the floor, moaning in pain, and why? Because you thought you could kick my ass. Brother please, I have the forces of darkness empowering me, what could you possibly do that could have any effect on me?" Evil Ricky said looking down at his good side, taunting him.
"Improvise." Good Ricky said as he grabbed a handful of dirt & sand, and threw it into Evil Ricky's eyes. With his dark side blinded, Good Ricky charged the Green Ranger and gave him an uppercut to the chin, and rapid punches to the stomach and face. He then gave him an inside crescent kick to the head, followed up by a side kick to the stomach. Evil Ricky slowly fell to the floor, leaning against the wall, and held his hands up to cover his eyes. Good Ricky just stood there, looking at his dark side, trying to catch his breath. "Looks like I beat you. Now are you gonna get into that fucking cell peacefully, or am I gonna have to throw your ass in there myself?"
It was at that moment that Evil Ricky quickly lowered his hands from his eyes, and showed his good side that he could see just fine. He then let out a sinister laugh as an evil smile crept across his face. "I have a better idea." As he said this, beams of fiery green energy shot out of his palms and wrapped themselves around Good Ricky, and threw him back into the prison cell. After he was back in his cell, the energy beams grabbed a hold of the door, and closed it, locking the good side within the mental prison once again. Evil Ricky approached the small window in the door, and looked at his good side. "How's about you stay here like a good little boy, and I'll continue to chaos pain & suffering to our dear brother and to his friends? Yes, I think that's what we'll do. Now although it has been fun visiting you again, and as much as I have enjoyed playing with you, I have to be going now. You see, the real fun is going to begin very soon. The ultimate battle shall soon commence, and I'm afraid that our poor brother Tommy, and all of his friends will be destroyed. See ya around Rickster." With that Evil Ricky turned around, and walked down the long corridor and vanished into the darkness.
"COME BACK HERE!!!! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!! I'LL FIND A WAY OUT, YOU JUST WAIT & SEE!! I'LL GET OUT OF HERE, AND WHEN I DO, YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD!!! TOMMY!!! TOMMY PLEASE GET ME OUT OF HERE!! TOMMY!! Please, help me." Ricky said as he began to cry, and he sank down to the floor, leaning up against the prison door.
Just then, Ricky Summers opened his eyes, and sat up in his bed, and saw his future wife, the lovely Scorpina, putting on her warrior's outfit. He slowly got out of bed, came up behind her, wrapped his arms around her waist, and kissed the back of her neck. "Hey beautiful, where ya off to?"
Scorpina just smiled, turned around and kissed her husband-to-be on the lips. "Master Vile, Zedd, and Rita just called all of the warriors to the Chamber of Commands for a meeting. I think it has something to do about the coming battle on Earth."
This brought a huge smile to Ricky's face, the plan for the ultimate battle was to be announced. "Well, it's about fucking time."
"Come on, hurry up and get dressed, so we won't be late."
At that moment, Ricky grabbed his Power Morpher, and morphed into his Green Ranger uniform. He then grabbed the Sword of Darkness, and walked out of his quarters with Scorpina at his side, to the Chamber of Commands. On the way, they met up with Goldar, Rito, and Shogunar, and the five of them arrived in the Chamber of Commands together.
"Welcome warriors! The time has come to reveal the plan for the ultimate battle that shall guarantee us victory over the Power Rangers, once & for all!" Lord Zedd said as he, his wife Rita Repulsa, and Master Vile all laughed in unison. Soon, the warriors gathered in the room joined in the chorus of evil laughter.
I know what you're saying right now, you're saying things like it's not fair that I'm leaving you guys hanging once again. It's not right that I'm dragging this story along for this much without so much as a conclusion to it all. Well, let me tell you guys something, it's like I've always said, the best is yet to come. I'm just getting to the good part of my saga. What exactly is this ultimate battle plan that our resident villains have conjured up? What does it entail, and will this ultimate battle plan mean ultimate destruction of our heroes? You really wanna know? Well, be patient, and stay tuned for part 11 of the Sibling Rivalry Saga.
