A/N – So here's the first chapter of the sequel to Bulls On Parade. You will need to read that one first, lest you be confused. This story will be primarily based on Mighty Morphin' season 3. Having said that other than the major events I have largely rewritten the entire season, drawing a little bit more from Kakuranger than the show. I've also added a touch from the Ninja Storm series in as well. I hope you enjoy it.

Strike of the Ninja

Chapter 1 - Living On A Prayer

March 29 1995 – The Moon Palace

For the first time in months, the atmosphere inside the Moon Palace was jubilant. Rita Repulsa had just watched her younger brother and a small army of monsters destroy the Power Rangers zords. The witch had also detected a surge in the morphing grid. This could only mean one thing, the power coins had also been destroyed.

The last time Rita had experienced a victory like this was the day she had imprisoned Zordon in his timewarp over 10,000 years ago. That day had been tainted, however, as she and her gang had been imprisoned in the space dumpster by Zordon at the same time. Nothing could bring her down from the high she was feeling at this moment. She couldn't wait to congratulate her brother on his success.

At that exact moment, Rito limped into the throne room to join his older sister. He had taken a beating at the hands of both megazords but he had come out victorious.

"Hey sis", Rito greeted, "I assume you've heard the good news".

Rita greeted her brother with a broad smile, "I saw it all Rito, you don't understand how happy you've made me. If you didn't smell like a dead animal I would kiss you".

"Aww sis, stop you'll make me blush", Rito responded, "so what's the plan now".

Rita cackled with laugher before responding, "Now Rito we invade Earth. I'll have Finster create an army of putties and we'll take over the planet. Without the Power Rangers nothing can stop us now".

This was the day Rita had been waiting for since she first launched her assault on Earth over two years ago. Firstly she would destroy Angel Grove, more as a symbolic gesture than anything. The city represented all of the failures she had experienced during the last couple of years. Once she had done this, her putties would secure the capitals of all the major countries of the whole. She would march into Washington D.C. and proclaim herself Empress of Earth.

She was pulled out of her daydream by the clanking of armour, which could only mean that Goldar had returned. Rita had seen his fight with Jason Lee Scott, the former red ranger, and she was not impressed by what she had witnessed. "Ah Goldar I'm surprised to see your face around here".

"Yeah after your humiliation", Rito jeered, "one powerless human Goldar, honestly".

Goldar stared at Rito but didn't respond to his taunt, "You know that I am bound to serve Lord Zedd, until the day dies or he leaves this pathetic rock I'm stuck here with you".

"That's no way to talk to the future Empress of Earth", Rita replied.

"Don't tell me your idiot of a brother actually succeeded in destroying the Power Rangers?" Goldar shot back.

Rito puffed out his chest as much as he could, "I destroyed their zords and their power coins".

"But you didn't kill the rangers?"

"Well, no", Rito stammered, "but without their powers they're just humans".

Goldar laughed, "As much as it pains me to admit it, those rangers are resourceful. Don't start celebrating until you've seen their corpses".

Rita decided to jump in at this moment, "So what's your excuse for your defeat this time Goldar?" she asked.

"The people at the house were armed with weapons the likes of which I've never seen", Goldar replied. "The former red ranger wielded a sword of immense power".

"Face it Goldar, you're not the force you once were", Rito snarled, "maybe we should put you out of your misery so you can join your precious Scorpina".

Goldar said nothing and just stared at Rito, never once breaking eye contact. After what felt like ages he responded, "You don't have the talent to best me Rito and you never will". The next statement he made to both siblings, "If the rangers find a way to defeat you, don't come crying to me", and with this Goldar stomped out of the throne room.

"Just give the word sis and I'll eliminate him for you", Rito said.

"As much as I would like that Rito, sadly Goldar is right, he is bound to Lord Zedd". Rita turned away from her brother to look over the balcony, "Before I was imprisoned by Zordon, I asked father to find me a skilled warrior to help me. In response I was loaned Goldar and Scorpina from Lord Zedd on the condition that father was personally responsible for their safe return. To kill Goldar would harm father's reputation throughout the galaxy".

Rito nodded in response, "Talking of Dad have you given him the good news?"

"Not yet I shall do that now", Rita walked back to the throne and took a seat, "why don't you rest up Rito, tomorrow is a big day".

Rito smiled at his sister and took his leave as Rita prepared to contact her father. She thought to herself that today was a good day to be Rita Repulsa.

The Command Center

It wasn't just the lights that were dim inside the Command Center, the mood was also pretty gloomy. When the morphing grid surged, it knocked out most of the power to the Command Center. The main room was being illuminated by small emergency lights and the glow from Zordon's energy tube. All of the consoles were fried and nothing short of an overhaul of the electrics could bring them back online.

Alpha had been able to use the last of the Command Center's power to teleport the rangers back. All of them were despondent, they had lost their zords before but never all of their powers. The six rangers were only slightly injured, with minor cuts, bruises and burns.

The others would had been at the lakehouse were in a slightly worst state. Kris had suffered a nasty cut to his head but he was stubbornly refusing to rest up in the medical room. Currently in the medical room were Aimi and Trini, the young agent had injured her leg and was strapping it up for support. The former yellow ranger hadn't suffered a physical injury but the battle had exhausted her and she was lying down resting. Jason and Xander had been fortunate and like the rangers, they had only picked superficial injuries.

"What are we going to do now", Aisha asked the group, "we've haven't got any powers or any zords".

"I still don't know how this happened", Jason added, "I mean the zords have taken a beating before but they've still survived. Remember when the Dinozords were beaten by Cycolpsis, they automatically retreated to prevent destruction. Why didn't that happen this time?"

"It wasn't included in the Thunderzords programming Jason", Alpha replied, "it was one of the many changes we had to make when the Dinozords were reconfigured".

"Well that explains that but what about the morphing grid?" Adam asked.

Billy fielded this question, "It's all connected, the zords get their power from the morphing grid, the same as our powers. My guess is that we were using too much energy during the battle and it overloaded".

As Billy finished his explanation they heard a mumbling coming from Rocky as he stared directly at Tommy. When he had finished he looked at the floor and started scratching his head.

"You got some to say Rocky?" Tommy asked with a tone of hostility.

"Yeah I do", Rocky replied as he stood up to his full height, "Billy warned you this could happen during the battle but you didn't listen. We walked right into Rito's trap and then did nothing to remove ourselves from it".

"I did what I was best Rocky, we couldn't let all of those monsters any closer to the city", Tommy replied.

"Yeah and look what it's cost us, we could have repositioned ourselves or tried a different mode or something".

"Yeah coming from the person who commanded the megazord into a suicide attack".

"The damage had been done already by your tactics and let's not forget that your zord fell first".

"That's a low blow Rocky"

During this exchange Tommy and Rocky had slowly gotten closer to each other until they were practically nose to nose. The others stood their stunned as they watched the two of them verbal rip into each other.

"Hey you two", everyone heard a voice coming from the door to the medical bay. It was Trini who had been disturbed by the shouting. "Some of us are trying to rest but we can't because you two being pig headed".

Rocky and Tommy both looked ashamed at their actions and stood back from each other. Trini continued, "From what I've heard this was a no win situation so arguing about it isn't going to help. You two are suppose to be friends, now I'm going back to bed and I don't want to hear another raised voice", she looked around at the entire group, "from any of you". With this closing statement, Trini retreated back to the medical room.

Xander finally spoke up, "Geez remind me not to piss her off, she was right though".

"About what", Adam asked.

"Everything, firstly I think Tommy and Rocky should kiss and make up", he responded. The two rangers looked at each other and shook each other's hands.

"Sorry man, sometimes my temper gets the best of me", Rocky said.

"Don't worry about it Rocky, you're not afraid to speak your mind and I respect that", Tommy replied. After they separated they moved away to opposite corners of the Command Center. Despite the apology you could still sense the tension between them.

"Awesome now that's settled, Trini was also right about the battle. It was a classic Kobayashi Maru". Everyone looked blankly at Xander as they didn't get the reference, "I take it no one here watches Star Trek then".

"Ah the unwinnable scenario", Billy said as he remembered where he had heard of it before. "It was a test given to new recruits where you cannot win".

"Exactly Billy", Xander exclaimed, "the choice you all had was to either retreat and let the baddies trample Angel Grove or stand and fight, possibly with the loss of your powers. You defeated five monsters, forced Rito to retreat and saved the city. That seems like a win to me, now as Aisha said earlier, what now?"

Zordon had remained quiet during the previous few minutes as he thought of a way to help the rangers. The power coins had been created several thousand years ago. With them destroyed there was only one person who could help now. "Rangers I know this situation seems hopeless, however, you must not lose faith or turn on each other", although he didn't say it directly this comment was directed at Tommy and Rocky.

"The power coins were created by a legendary ninja master", Zordon continued, "you must seek out Ninjor. He will be able to craft new power coins to help you combat the forces of evil. He currently resides in t a region known as the Desert of Despair".

"That sounds like a fun place to live", Xander sarcastically commented to himself.

"Zordon, couldn't you use the template for the white tiger coin to recreate new powers?" Tommy asked, remembering how he gained the white ranger powers.

Zordon shook his head, "Sadly not Tommy, it will take too long to create new powers for all six of you. Ninjor is your only hope." A beam of light came out of Zordon's energy tube and a map appeared in Tommy's hand, "This map will allow you to locate the Temple of Power".

"I've been able to divert all power available to the teleporter rangers", Alpha said, "but it will completely drain our systems. We will not be able to view your progress on the viewing globe".

Xander thought for a moment as an idea formed in his head, "Alpha will the system have enough juice to teleport to two different locations", the robot nodded, "then sent me back to our base. I'll be able to track the rangers remotely and if I can have the frequency for their communicator I can talk to them".

"Thank you Xander, I'll program that into the teleporter", Alpha replied.

"Send me as well Alpha", Jason added, "a second pair of eyes couldn't hurt".

Alpha nodded, "I'll have to plug myself into the computer to do this, Billy could you give me a hand".

"Are you sure this is safe for you Alpha?" Billy asked.

"Positive Billy, now use the cable on the console behind you", the blue ranger did as requested and started hooking Alpha into the machines.

"What about the wreckage in the park Zordon, we can't just leave it there?" Tommy asked.

Kris' head bolted up, Tommy's suggestion gave him an idea, "I can take care of that if you send me back with Xander and Jason. The agency has the equipment to get it shifted by the end of the day. Just tell me what you want done with it".

"Very well I shall send you the co-ordinates of a secure location", Zordon replied. He turned his head to address his robot assistant, "once you have completed the teleportation Alpha, you can check on our guests in the medical bay".

"I'll get right on it Zordon", Alpha responded and then addressed the group, "Everyone ready to go", The assembled group nodded in agreed and Alpha pushed a button on his chest panel and everyone departed in a flash of light.

As Alpha was unplugging himself from the main computer, he took this opportunity to raise a concern with Zordon, "Why did you allow Kris and the agency to clear away the zord wreckage Zordon? Did you forget about the conversation he had with his boss?"

Unknown to everyone, Zordon had been able to observe the call Kris had with Major Harmon a few weeks ago. They had discussed the possibility of the government building their own ranger technology and replacing the current team of rangers. "I haven't forgotten Alpha", the Eltarian replied simply.

"But isn't this the opportunity they're looking for, what's stopping them copying our technology and designs?"

"Nothing Alpha", Zordon curtly replied.

"But Zordon-"

"I will monitor the situation Alpha, now I believe there are two patients in the medical bay that could use some assistance"

Recognising this as a dismissal, Alpha shuffled off to help Aimi and Trini. "I hope you know what you're doing Zordon", Alpha muttered when he was sure he was out of earshot.