Disclaimer: Don't own PR, Mario RPG (which this is based on), or anything else.
A/N: Yea, you read the disclaimer
right. This is a PR version of the Super Nintendo game Super Mario
RPG, starring Jason and Kimberly, with scenes changed/added/removed to make it into more of a PR story and not just a copy of that game. If you haven't played the game, don't worry. I'll describe all the locations and characters throughout the story. Each chapter in the story will be named after a section of the world map as Jason travels through it, although the story will focus on more characters than just him. You'll see.
Basically...if you're a fan of Jason/Kim, or just something
different...give it a try.
Lord Zedd stepped onto the balcony of his castle, looking down at Earth with his super vision. Goldar and Scorpina had just departed to Earth to battle the Power Rangers once again. Today was different, though. There was no monster, no initial putty attack...just this battle. The Rangers would simply attack as soon as they discovered Goldar and Scorpina's presence on Earth. That was all that was needed. They would surely know that something was wrong...different, even, but there was nothing they could do about it.
This plan would be unstoppable.
Jason, Zack, Billy, Trini, and Kimberly all teleported into the small clearing in the middle of the nearby mountains that they were so used to fighting in. Across from them were their two most fearsome rivals...Goldar and Scorpina.
"Welcome, Rangers!!!" Goldar yelled as he held his sword ready, and Scorpina did the same beside him.
"Don't you guys ever give up!?" Zack shouted back across the clearing.
"Rangers, weapons ready!" Jason yelled, and the five of them quickly formed their respective weapons in their hands. "Let's do it!!!"
The five Rangers charged forwards, while the two aliens charged from the other side of the field.
Goldar stopped midway and braced himself as Jason, Zack, and Kimberly charged at him. The golden beast swung an overhead slash at Jason, who arrived first. The Red Ranger blocked that strike, and quickly rolled to the side. Zack immediately stepped up to where his leader had just been and swung his ax at Goldar. Goldar ducked under that swing, spinning his sword behind his back as he stood back up. In doing so, he blocked an arrow that Kimberly had just fired. Jason and Zack moved in to attack once more, but Goldar spun his sword around above his head while tilting it slightly downwards. The Red and Black Rangers were forced to jump back so they wouldn't be slashed by it. Still, when Goldar looked around he saw the three Rangers were surrounding him.
Scorpina hurled her crescent shaped sword at the approaching Blue and Yellow Rangers, causing it to spiral in a circle as it approached them. Billy quickly split his lance into two smaller pieces, holding both ends out and catching the sword in between the blades. He quickly slammed the sword into the ground, continuing his charge. Trini made it to Scorpina first, and swung at her with the right dagger. Scorpina caught her wrist and twisted it around, causing Trini to spin around backwards. Trini stabbed behind her with her left dagger, but Scorpina caught that wrist as well, holding her helplessly in place. When Billy got closer, Scorpina shoved the Yellow Ranger right at him. Trini stumbled forwards, but jumped up and over Billy while the Blue Ranger rolled under her. Billy came up at a kneel, stabbing at Scorpina with the lance in his right hand. Scorpina sidestepped that one and kicked Billy right in the gut, knocking him over. The alien warrior then cartwheeled to the side. When she stood back up she ducked a left handed swing from Trini, then scooped her sword up and blocked the other dagger. While she was in that blade lock, Billy came from out of no where and threw a jump kick into her side. Scorpina was thrown away, but quickly rolled to her feet. She held her sword ready, looking at each Ranger.
A flash of light caught all the attention of all five Rangers. They looked over to see a horde of putties appear and run right at them.
"Putties!" Kimberly yelled, sounding pretty annoyed.
"Zack, Kim! Take care of 'em," Jason yelled as he charged forwards again, locking blades with Goldar.
Kimberly smiled slightly, knowing she wouldn't be able to talk Jason out of a one-on-one with Goldar. She and Zack ran a bit away from the group, standing between them and the approaching putties. Zack took a kneel, switching his ax to it's cannon mode and aiming. Meanwhile, Kim pulled an arrow back into her bow and took aim as well.
"Fire!" Zack yelled, pulling the trigger as Kim released her arrow. They got one each, but the explosion from Zack's blast slowed all the putties down. The two of them continued firing as fast as they could into the horde.
While still in the blade lock, Goldar threw his knee into Jason's stomach, sending him stumbling back. The massive alien stepped forward, not allowing any recovery time, and swung a powerful strike at Jason's side. The Red Ranger spun his sword and blocked that strike, then quickly moved his sword to strike at Goldar's neck from the other side. Goldar blocked that one, taking a step backwards while his foe took one forwards. Jason unleashed three more quick strikes, yet Goldar managed to block them all. On that last strike, they locked blades once again, pushing hard against each other.
"No monsters? No unnecessarily elaborate plot?" Jason asked. "You guys getting lazy?"
"Too much work just for weaklings like you!" Goldar replied.
Jason was about to respond, but Goldar kicked him in the left shin, sending him to a kneel. Goldar pulled his sword back and swung downwards at Jason's head, but the Red Ranger held up his sword and blocked just in time. Before he could do anything else, though, Goldar kicked the sword right out of his hands. Unarmed, Jason looked up as Goldar raised his sword again for a finishing blow.
Before Goldar could swing a beam of pure green energy slammed into his chest, launching him away. Jason stood back up with a smile as the Green Ranger stepped up next to him, holding the Dragon Dagger and the Power Sword.
"You're early!" Jason said with a small laugh.
"Yea, yea. Thought I'd mix things up a bit," Tommy replied as he handed Jason his sword back. He had actually remembered to bring both his morpher and communicator with him, today...he'd just had a hard time getting away from his history study group. "Good thing, eh?"
"You know I had it under control," Jason said, holding his sword ready.
"All the better!" Goldar roared as he recovered. "I'll destroy both of you at once!"
Trini jumped up and preformed a spin kick, but Scorpina ducked under it. The alien quickly stood back up, swinging her blade at the Blue Ranger. Billy caught that in one of his two lance blades, and stabbed it into the ground. He then swung with the other blade, causing Scorpina to jump away.
"You can't beat us!" Trini said, holding her daggers ready again.
Scorpina didn't answer. Instead, she charged right back at the two Rangers.
Jason stepped forwards, swinging an overhead slash at Goldar. The golden monster blocked that strike, but Jason held the blades in place. While Goldar was stuck in that lock, Tommy delivered a hard slash into his back. Enraged, Goldar ripped his sword from the lock with a force that caused Jason to stumble back a bit. The beast turned and swung a slash at Tommy's neck, but the Green Ranger ducked in time. While Goldar was recovering, Tommy back flipped away, getting some distance. When Goldar moved to follow, Jason slashed his sword across his back. Goldar roared in pain, turning sideways and leaping backwards this time. Jason and Tommy, now both in front of him, quickly ran to each other's sides.
"Fools!" Goldar shouted as he readied his sword once more.
"Come on, Goldar," Jason said, rolling his eyes. Goldar's blind determination to kill the Rangers really was getting ridiculous. "Let's wrap this up! I have a date tonight!"
"Really?" Tommy asked, looking to his leader. "Who?"
"Courtney," Jason said, and Tommy tilted his head a little bit. "The cross country runner."
"Oh! Her! She's pretty hot. Awesome, bro," Tommy said, and the two of them looked back to Goldar. The warrior general's face was a mix of disbelief and outrage.
Goldar charged at the two of them as fast as he could, holding his sword back. Tommy quickly handed his dagger to Jason and jumped forwards, right in Goldar's path. Goldar swung his sword, connecting with the Green Ranger's golden chest armor. Tommy let out a yell that was a mix of pain and satisfaction on impact, while Goldar let out a roar of frustration. Before the giant could recover, Jason rolled up beside him and swung at him with both blades. Goldar stumbled away, and Jason handed Tommy his weapon back.
The recovering monster looked to his two sworn rivals, taking deep breaths. There was no way he could stop both of them at once, anymore. They were just too much. Besides...he was here for a reason. He turned and saw Kimberly and Zack still firing on the putties. They were appearing nonstop, but the Black and Pink Rangers had them contained easily. However...the two of them were very distracted.
"Scorpina! NOW!" Goldar roared over to his teammate.
Scorpina unhooked a small taser shaped device from her belt, while swinging a wide slash that knocked away Billy and Trini. She then pointed it at Kimberly, firing a beam from it into the Pink Ranger's back. Kimberly let out a scream of pain and hit the ground, demorphing as she fell.
"Kim!" Zack yelled, moving to help her. Before he could, Scorpina threw her blade at him and knocked him away.
Jason and Tommy ran forwards, but Goldar stepped in their way, swinging right at them. Jason locked blades with the Zedd's general, allowing Tommy to run right past him to his girlfriend, while the putties surrounded her and lifted her up.
"Tommy!!!" Kimberly screamed, trying to fight her way free. Her efforts proved futile and the putties vanished, taking her with them.
"KIM!!!" Tommy screamed to nothing, looking around frantically.
"So long, Power Rangers!" Scorpina yelled, catching her sword as it returned to her. Billy and Trini moved in to tackle her, but she vanished before they could reach her.
"Where is she!?" Jason demanded as he looked back to Goldar.
"Gone! Forever!!!" Goldar roared triumphantly, shoving Jason backwards.
Jason fell onto his back, but quickly rolled to his feet. The whole time he was turning his sword into a beam of red energy, and when he got to his feet he spiked it at Goldar. The golden beast just laughed and disappeared right before it hit him, and the energy beam sailed off into the mountains.
"Where did they take her?" Tommy asked the team, as if they knew, while helping Zack back up. "We gotta get her back!"
"Man...it was a setup," Zack said, shaking his head while placing his hands on his hips.
"I can't believe we fell for it," Trini said as she and Billy walked over to them.
"Zordon," Jason said into his communicator as he joined the four of them.
"I'm aware of the situation, Jason," Zordon said through it. "However, our preliminary scanning equipment already shows that she is nowhere on Earth, the moon, or any of the Dark Dimensions."
"What!?" Billy said. "That's impossible! They had to take her somewhere."
"...They did, Rangers," Zordon said, a bit hesitantly. "Report to the Command Center at once...I have much to explain."
Not liking the sound of that one bit, the five Rangers teleported out.
A/N: Just a little introductory chapter to set the usual Power Rangers mood. How was it?