Chapter 2

On the Angel Grove volleyball court Trini, Zack and Jason were warming up. "Nice hit!" jason
shouted as Trini spiked the volleyball over the net, her long black hair flying around behind
her, Trini's hieght helped to make her a good player.
Zack lunged and bumped the ball back.  "oh no," he groaned.  He had hit it right to jason.
Jason slammed the ball back acorss the net just as Billy and Kimberly entered the volleyball
court.

"hi guys!" Kimberly yelled, waving to jason, Zach, and Trini.
"billy and I are ready to play, but i'd better warn you that we have a secret weapon."

Just then Bulk and Skull, Angel Groves biggest, troublemakers, walked onto the volleyball court.
Bulk looked ridiculous ,as usual. He wore white cutoff jeans and high green socks.  An orange
sweatband was wrapped around his head and under his black leather jacket, he wore a purple 
tie-dyed shirt.  Skull his skinny, dark-haired pal, was dressed all in black.
"is this your secret weapon?" asked Zack, pointing to Bulk and skull. "one look at them
and the other team will laugh ntill they drop!"
"this court is reserved for our practice," Trini told bulk. "you'll have to leave."
"bulk is so good that people think he should play professional volleyball," Skull said.
"show them your moves Bulk."
"this ought to be really good," Jason said with a grin.
Skull went to one side of the net and served the ball to Bulk, but the ball fell short.  
Bulk charged the net and  ran right into it. The net gave under his wieght, then shot him 
back across the court.
"this way said skull, leading a very dizzy Bulk off the court.
"Hey Bulk, I've never seen moves like yours!"  Zack called after them.
As soon as they were gone the Power rangers played a few practice games.
"good shot billy!" Jason shouted as Billy returned Trini's serve.
"hey guys lets take a break," Kimberly suggested after thier third game.
She headed to the bench at the edge of the court. she picked up her thermos and said,
"now it's time for my homemade Power Drink!" Who's going to be the first to try it?"
No one answered.
"come on billy" Kimberly pouted "how about you?"
While Kimberly tried to convince Billy to take a sip of her dirnk, someone else was making a
speical Power Drink, too-- somone on the moon.


Rita and Baboo huddled in Baboo's lab. The room was dark and damp.  Cages full of strange animals
lined one side of the wall,and jars of pickled insects lined another.  a terrible foul odor
filled the air.

"Oh I just love the smell of this room," said Rita. "you must try to bottle it for me. But first 
we have to work on my  Power-Drink-- my hate potino! "now!"
"calm yourself, Your Awfullness," said Baboo.  "I have just the right recipe.  One drop of this
potion will turn those goody-goody teenagers into the worst kids in Angel Grove. Then they'll
turn on each other and destroy themselves."
"and I'll be free to destroy the Earth!" Rita cackled.
Baboo rushed around the lab. He colected all sorts of odd ingredients.  There were bottles
of foaming green liquid, cans of hundred-year-old anchovies, bottles of moldy ketchup, jars of
mosquito wings, and a can of axle grease. Baboo mixed everything together in a large beaker, then
zapped it in the microwave on high for one minute.
Rita paced back and forth as he worked, scratching at the pointy cones of her hat with her black
nails. "hurry up with that potion, you stupid twit. If we are going to fix the Power Rangers' drinks
we need that potion this minute!"  Then she screamed for Finster.
"you called my Empress of evil?" Finster answered, rushing into the room.
"you must send the Putty Patrol to have the Power Rangers away from the thermos at once.
Or they'll drink that silly girl's Power Drink, before we can get to it. We've got to hurry!"
As Rita finished bellowing the microwave beeped.  Glowing red smoke billowed out the door.
"its done!" cried Baboo.

He took an eyedropper and squeezed up a small amount of the red liquid. "ill need only one
drop," he said.  "one drop and the Power Rangers will be destroyed!"