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11-08-2013, 08:45 PM | #11 |
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Inside the Blizkon, Serpen stepped into the laboratory, closing the door and locking it behind her. She ran over to the figure sitting on a slab, wrapping a sheet around the form. “Are you alright?” she asked, clear concern in her voice. Nodding, a mass of brown hair fell around a feminine face. “I…I think so,” she whispered. “Wait…where am I?” “Someplace where you’re going to be safe. I promise,” Serpen said, putting her hand on the young woman’s cheek. “I swear. You’ll be safe here. If I can’t protect you here, I’ll take you someplace safe. I swear.” The young woman nodded, shaking softly. “I believe you,” she whispered. “What’s your name?” “Artemis,” Serpen said, her body melting into itself again, her light red hair springing forward again. “My name is Artemis.” “What’s my name?” the other girl asked, looking up at Serpen, confusion in her eyes. _____________________________________________ As the Rangers milled around the ship getting to work on repairing whatever Geeps couldn’t get, Drake--the newest addition in Silver--was busy learning the ropes of how the Rangers worked, each one giving bits of information about themselves, with the exception of Thomas. Drake sighed as he watched the Rangers interact, each of them laughing about random things, be it stories or memories from before they became Rangers. “April?” Drake asked, the Pink Ranger pausing her DVD and popping out her headphones. “What’s up, dude?” April asked, smiling warmly. Drake sighed, holding his hand out. “Here,” he said, putting the Silver Ranger Key in her hands. “You don’t need me. You proved that a couple of hours ago. I mean…I did nothing during that fight. You don’t need a Silver Ranger. Not at this point in the fight.” “Drake,” April said, closing her DVD player and standing up, looking at the young man in front of her. “We do need you. We just need to get things back up and running so we can get you integrated.” “April, please. We all know that the only reason Thomas took me on was because I was an asset for five minutes,” Drake said. “I’ll see you around, kid.” He turned and walked out, dropping down into the crowded street before blending in, disappearing into the twilight sky. “Drake!” April yelled, getting up and running out after him, looking around before she lost him. Her hands crossed in front of her, sniffling softly. “Damn it.” She ran back to the ship, sinking down into a chair as Demi and Richmond came out of the kitchen. “April?” Demi asked, kneeling down beside her friend’s chair. “What’s wrong?” “Drake left,” the Pink Ranger whispered, setting the Silver Ranger Key on the table. “Said we didn’t need him.” She sighed softly, watching Richmond pick up the key. “What do we do?” “Survive,” Thomas said. “We did kind of shove him to the side last time. We didn’t give him a chance. No Shifts, no Megazord, no nothing. We did act like assholes.” “Well, you did,” Demi said, smirking. “I mean, what the hell was with you today? You…really were a jerk to everyone, Thomas.” As Demi talked, nobody noticed the Pink Ranger slip out of the ship, disappearing into the crowds. “I don’t know,” Thomas admitted. “I honestly don’t know what got into me.” “Well, whatever it was, don’t let it happen again,” Richmond said. “Honestly, next time it happens, I’ll shoot you myself.” “Get in line,” Alec smirked, looking around. “Hey, where’d April go?” “She was here a minute ago,” Richmond said. “Maybe she just headed to her room. She was saying on the way back from the fight that she was a bit worn out.” “I might have an idea where she’d go,” Demi whispered, the men’s eyes turning to her. “I know where she’d go.” __________________________ Stopping at a flower shop, the Pink Ranger had managed to get the last of two dozen tulips and some petunias, walking through the city with the flowers in hand before taking a taxi to the Cemetery. Paying her fare, April got out and headed deep into the granite headstones, tears falling down her cheeks slowly. Kneeling down in front of a grave, she removed the dead flower stalks and replaced them with the new ones, sitting on the ground in front of the gravestone. Inscribed were the words: Here lies Virginia “Ginny” Underwood Beloved Mother and friend December 23, 1956--October 13, 2006 “Hi, Mama,” April whispered, dusting off the gravestone softly. “I’m sorry I haven’t been by lately. I’ve been busy with some friends. I know you’re watching me, so I won’t go into the details since you probably already know. I…it’s been seven years and I still miss you. I wish you would have taken me with you when you left…” As the day wore on into the early night, April stayed beside the gravestone, never hardly moving except to try and find a more comfortable spot until a flashlight caught her eyes. She held her Caller and Key tightly, hoping she was only being found by the groundskeeper instead of a mugger. She really didn’t want to have to hurt an innocent civilian as a Ranger. As the light crested over the small hill that her mothers gravestone was on, April put her Key and Caller away, seeing Demi. “April,” the Yellow Ranger said, her voice a sigh of relief as she hugged her best friend. “Don’t do that to me. I thought something bad had happened to you.” “Sorry,” April whispered, hugging Demi back tightly. “I just wanted to see Mama, and I know the guys wouldn’t have understood.” “Yeah, they would have. At least Alec and Rich would have. You know?” Demi asked, putting her hand on the gravestone. “Come on. Let’s go home. The Pay-per-view was getting ready to come on.” “Summer Super Slam 40? Punk and Orton?” April asked, a small smile coming to her lips. “Um, duh,” Demi smirked. “Come on. If we hurry we can beat the pizza man and have a couple of beers while we watch and drool over the semi-naked men.” “Oh, you know me too well,” April said, smiling as she followed Demi back to the road. “But, one question. Why would we drool over semi naked men when we’ve got perfect hunks on the ship?” “Touché, Ms. Month,” Demi snickered. “But, these are ones that fight for fun, not because the world’s in danger.” “Yeah, I heard that,” April laughed, shaking her head. As the two headed towards the exit again, April stopped and put her hand on Demi’s arm. “Hey, give me a minute, alright?” she asked, turning and ducking back, running down the far side of the cemetery before she found what she was looking for. Kneeling down in front of Andrea’s gravestone, the Pink Ranger put her hand on the marble. “Hey. I know that you’re watching us kick some major ass from above, Andrea, and…I’m so sorry we couldn’t save you. I hope you can forgive us. Trust me…we’ll get her for what she did to you. I swear.” She smiled softly, getting up and running back to Demi who had a confused look on her face. “What was that all about?” the Yellow Ranger asked. “I wanted to see Andrea and tell her hi,” April said. “When I was a girl, my mom used to tell me, “Appy, when someone passes away, you have to visit them occasionally or they’ll get angry with you.” So I made it a point to see her again. Her and Mama.” Demi smiled softly, nodding. “You never told me that,” she said, wrapping her arm around April’s shoulder. “Come on, Pinkie. Let’s go back to the house and drool.” “Alright, Twilight,” April snickered, walking with Demi out of the cemetery. ______________________________________ Two days later, the Empire started to get restless. Without orders to attack, they didn’t know how to fully function, Serpen being less then her usual leading self since Lothor’s…“disappearance”. Serpen, having returned from her time in the lower labs, sighed as she watched the generals of her empire mill around, each of them looking for something to do. “Dimas,” she uttered, motioning him forward. “Take some Kelzaks and the first round of Eternaks and head to the surface. Just cause some destruction. It’s too quiet.” “Yes, my queen,” Dimas said, motioning the Kelzaks forward. “Head to the landing bay, and I will meet you with the Eternaks.” When they didn’t move, he shoved some of them forward. “MOVE!” Shaking her head, Serpen watched Dimas walk out before she turned to Vexacon. “What happened to Lothor?” she asked. Laughing, Vexacon simply pulled up the surveillance video from two days before. As Serpen watched the footage, she had started wishing her cameras had audio instead of just visual. As Lothor was beheaded, Vexacon arrived on the scene and dragged the body off, the footage switching to a camera near the furnace, Lothor’s body being thrown in. Serpen growled lowly in her throat, shutting off the footage. “I do not see why you are laughing, Vexacon,” she growled, standing and turning her back to the shark-headed ninja. “I see nothing about this that is funny. Not when you are next to be eliminated if you do not swear yourself fully to me. Like you should have done before.” “My apologies, Lady Serpen,” Vexacon said, bowing his head. “I was walking by the room on my way to the Landing bay to go down to the surface when Dimas asked for my help.” “Do NOT let it happen again, or what happened to Lothor will happen to you,” Serpen growled, her hair hissing and shaking violently. “Now get out.” “Yes, my queen,” Vexacon said, stepping out of the bridge and heading down to his quarters, anger in his eyes. “You stupid woman. You don’t even know what’s coming for you.” Serpen activated the communication systems, the other end of the line “ringing” before the being on the other end accepted. “Mitagas.” “Ah! Lady Serpen!” the professor on the other side said, grinning as he typed on the computers. “Are you calling about the CyborEx program?” “You know me too well, old friend,” Serpen said, smiling. “Is he ready for active combat?” Nodding, the aged professor panned the camera around. “As soon as his Twin DioSabers are done cooking, he’ll be fully combat ready,” he said, looking at his creation. “It wasn’t easy grafting the CyborArmor on his body with how mangled he was, but I managed. He’s the ultimate warrior now, my queen.” “Good,” Serpen said, nodding lightly. “Also, Mitagas. Thank you.” “For what, Lady Serpen?” “The other thing that I requested,” Serpen said, a rare sign of “humanity” in her silver eyes. “You don’t know what it meant that you could rewind what had happened with that subject.” Nodding, Mitagas bowed his head. “No thanks are required. You and I have been friends how many years, Serpen? You asked this one for personal reasons, and I did not ask why, I just did. If you want to explain the reasons to me, that’s fine, but otherwise I won’t pry,” Mitagas said, smiling. “Now, I need to finish the DioSabers.” “Of course, Mitagas. I’ll leave you to your work,” Serpen said, smiling softly before cutting the connection, her face and smile dropping and turning cold again. She sighed softly, putting her hand on her head before taking a drink out of a silver flask, shaking her head. “Goddamn it.” ____________________________________ April, having managed to get some time alone in her room, turned up her DVD player, thankful she didn’t need her headphones this time. Bobbing her head to the opening of the DVD’s first disk, she pulled a bowl of custard into her lap, dipping some breaded fish fingers into the bowl and grinning. “Now this is cool,” she grinned, chomping down on the custard-coated fish finger. A knock on the door made her pout, reaching over and opening it. She looked up at Richmond, grinning. “Hey!” “What are you hiding in here for?” the Green Ranger asked, sitting on the bed. “And what the hell are you eating?” “Hiding so I can watch some DVDs I’ve been meaning to,” April said, holding up the Doctor Who Series 1 Box, grinning. “As for what I’m eating, it’s Fish fingers and custard.” She held up an unbitten fish fingers before dipping it into the custard, twisting it and letting some of the excess fall off before holding it out. “Take a bite.” Raising his eyebrow, Richmond cautiously took the custard coated treat, taking a bite of it. His face contorted in disgust before he slowly came around. “That’s good! Why didn’t we think about this before?” “Because nobody wants to explore my weird food choices,” April giggled. She started the DVD again, growling in frustration as the alarms rang out. “Damn.” She ran with Richmond out of her room, diverting to the kitchen before putting her custard away, throwing the last couple of fish fingers away. She met with the rest out in the main galley, looking at the monitors. “Yuck! What are they?!” she asked, pointing to the screen. “Eternaks. They’re going to take all of us to beat,” Thomas said. “Upgraded Golbaks, they’ve got immense power. It’s going to take…all of our strength to make a dent.” “Then let’s go,” April said, smirking. “Jesus, what’s gotten into you? You’re awful eager for a fight, Appy,” Demi said, raising her eyebrow softly. “Did he wrestling match really pump you up that much?” “Among other things,” April smirked, playfully bumping Richmond with her elbow, making the Green Ranger turn red. Shaking his head, Thomas laughed as he watched his team interact. “Let’s roll, guys. Geeps, get the UQRs gassed up. We’re taking the quick way.” “You got it!” Geeps chirped, hitting several buttons and causing the bikes to gas up, the engines revving from their spots inside the cargo hold. “Refuel complete. Quick Runners ready to ride.” “Thank you much!” Thomas smirked. “Let’s go!” He led the Rangers downstairs, the back hatch of the ship opening and causing a ramp to fall, each Ranger blasting out of the ramp and tearing down the street, people moving aside for the multi-colored bikes that sped by in a blur. After a few minutes of driving, the Rangers skidding to a halt and jumped off of their bikes, Thomas stood in the middle of the team’s “line”, Alec and Demi on his left with Richmond and April on his right. “Dimas!” Turing around, Dimas smirked as the Kelzak Poisons and Eternaks stood beside him, stopping their assaults on the human population. “About time. I was starting to wonder if you’d ever come out to play,” he said. “Besides, I’ve got an old friend of some predecessors of yours that wants to play.” He snapped his fingers, a red crack appearing in the sidewalk before the Nighlok Negatron--looking rather decomposed--appeared, cracking his neck. “Negatron…welcome back from Hell.” “I’d say it’s good to be back, but when Rangers are involved, it’s going to a challenge,” Negatron growled. “Lucky for me I know some better secrets this time.” “Enough,” Thomas said. “Let’s Ranger up!” “UNLEASHED ENGAGE!” Turning their Keys, the five Rangers transformed, going from their street clothes into their multicolored spandex forms of the Unleashed Power Rangers. “Oh, shiny. Too bad it won’t help you!” Negatron laughed, rushing forward as the Kelzaks dispersed around the Rangers, starting to throw punches and attempt to hit them. Thomas lashed out with his Saber, slashing one in the chest before coming face to face with Negatron. “What do you want?” he asked, trying to land a slash with his sword before Negatron caught it. The three eyes on Negatron’s back glowed, the Nighlok grabbing Thomas by the neck. “You’re afraid of failing these losers,” he said, letting go before the Red Ranger exploded, flying backwards from the force of the insult. “Thomas!” Alec yelled, lunging at Negatron before getting kicked in the stomach and slammed onto the ground. “Get off me!” He slashed out, missing and getting his sword knocked out of his hand. “You’re too chicken to tell the girl you like that you want to stay. Don’t deserve her anyway,” Negatron snickered, Alec flying across the pavement as sparks flew off of his suit. “Ok, I hate this guy,” Alec growled, standing up weakly and holding his chest where a few thin gashes were seen bleeding slowly. “Thank you,” Negatron laughed, rushing Demi who dodged a few swings before he grabbed the Yellow Ranger’s arms and pinned them behind her. “Hey! Get off of me, creep!” Demi growled, driving her foot back in an attempt to connect with Negatron’s crotch, only to end up on her stomach. “Anorexic failure,” Negatron laughed, Demi yelping as she collided with Alec and Thomas like a bowling ball. “Strike!” “Demi!” April yelled, jumping onto the Negatron’s back before slamming her sword into his side, making him yell out in pain. “Oh, I’ve got the juiciest secret about you!” he laughed. “No…don’t you dare!” April growled, yelping as Negatron spun around and knocked her off of him. “Please…don’t.” Her sword fell limply from her hand, fear in her eyes. “Please…” “You’re just a scared little girl who’s afraid of everyone abandoning her,” Negatron laughed, April’s yell of pain as her suit exploded music to his ears. The Pink Ranger hit her back, holding her ribs as she tried to sit up. Fear clouded April’s eyes, tears streaking down her cheeks behind the broken visor of her helmet, flecks of black plastic pierced into her face and making some small cuts that bled. “April,” Richmond said, kneeling down and blasting Negatron in the chest, the Nighlok backtracking. “Come on. Let’s get you--” “Don’t touch me!” April screeched, throwing Richmond aside and scrambling away from him. With cold fear in her eyes, the Pink Rangers suit fell away, revealing a broken young woman underneath. “Negatron. That’s enough for now,” Dimas said, tossing Thomas onto the ground where he rolled to a stop. “We’ve done our damage for the day.” Turning and brushing his arm away, he vanished with Negatron and the remaining Poisons and the pair of Eternaks, leaving the Rangers to regroup. “April, come here,” Demi said, running over to her friend only to get shoved away. “April?” “Leave me alone,” April whispered, her Key and Caller dropping onto the ground before she took off running, leaving her UQR behind as she tore off for the ship. “What the hell?” Thomas asked, stepping beside Demi. “Demi, what’s going on?” The Yellow Ranger sighed, looking down as she wrapped her arms around her stomach. She knew about April’s past and she’d sworn never to talk about it unless April told her it was alright, but she knew that the boys needed to know. “Her mother left when she was eight years old,” she said. “Her father was an abusive jerk, always hitting her and making her a punching bag. She ran away when she was fifteen, and I met her a few weeks later. She broke into the house looking for food. When my mom saw how thin she was, April became a welcome addition to the family. My brothers liked her, but she stayed beside me until we graduated high school.” “Then what happened?” Alec asked. He knew he shouldn’t pry into April’s life, but he wanted to help her. “Dem?” Before the Yellow Ranger could answer, the four felt something tugging at them, almost like they were being called away before the four disappeared. _______________________________ Throwing Dimas and Negatron into the wall, Serpen lashed out and slammed her fist into Negatron’s stomach. “Gorgon Conversion!” she snapped, two snakes on her head hissing as they stood up and turned Negatron into a statue, the Empire’s leader shattering it and leaving the pieces on the ground. “I send you to do something simple, and you don’t do it! Why shouldn’t I kill you where stand, Dimas!?” “Because as of right now, spores that I crafted myself a very long time ago are weeding into the Rangers bloodstreams. In a matter of minutes, the four main Rangers are going to be stuck in our Ship where Mitagas will begin his testing on them for turning them into the ultimate warriors in your CyborEx Program, so that when the Outlying get here, you have nothing standing in your way as you conquer,” Dimas said, standing up and shaking his head out before hearing the sounds of teleportation devices. Four black flashes later, the four Rangers stood in the middle of the bridge on the Blizkon, Demi and Thomas looking ready to fight while Richmond and Alec stood confused. “Oh, hell no!” Demi snapped. “Welcome to the beginning of the last day of your lives, Rangers,” Dimas smirked, throwing an electrical field around the Rangers as Alec lunged at Serpen, ten thousand volts of power being surged through the Blue Ranger. “What do you want with us?” Thomas asked. He knew that if Serpen and Dimas wanted them on the ship that he and his team would be out for a fight to the death soon. “That’s for us to know and you to find out, Thomas,” Dimas smirked, waving his hand. “Take them to the cells. Take their Keys and Callers and lock them up separately. Put the girl in my chambers.” “Don’t touch her!” Richmond snapped, getting a fist into the mouth from a Golbak that knocked him into Demi, the Yellow Ranger helping steady him. “I’ll be fine,” Demi said, noting the look in Alec’s eyes as well. “I promise.” As they were marched off, Thomas noticed several small objects in the laboratories that they passed, objects that looked strangely like their Keys…. ________________________________ Having run away back to the ship, April heard Geeps teleport her Key and Caller back into the Chest, the young Pink Ranger sinking into the couch before the alarm rang. “Damn... Now what?” she whined, not in the mood to fight. “We’re getting a message, April,” Geeps said, tapping a few keys on the computer before Dimas’ face popped up. “You!” “Hello, little birdie. And hello to you, Pinky Pie.” Dimas sneered. “What do you want, you son of a bitch?” April growled, standing up. “It wasn’t enough to humiliate me with your stupid Nighlok? Have to taunt me in a video call?” ”Oh, no. That’s just the icing on the chocolate cake. You see….I want something that you’ve got. I want the Keys. But, I also have something that you need. Your friends. If you want them alive, bring the Keys to the coordinates I’m sending to your computer in two days. Until then, have fun trying to find me.” Dimas smirked. “Bastard!” April yelled. “Give me back my friends!” “Why? So that you can run away because you’re a scared little girl? I don’t think so. If anything, you’re going to come to me, Pinky Pie. See…it works like this. I’m the bad guy. I hold your friends lives in my hand. And something else of your Yellow Ranger friends, but that’s not here or there. So you see…either do what I want or I kill them. And then we’ll see how well one Ranger stands up to an Empire!” Dimas laughed, cutting the call. April’s hand clenched, anger in her eyes. “This is not over,” she growled, cold fury replacing her anger. “Nobody insults me and kidnaps my friends and gets away with it.” As the Pink Ranger ran towards her room, she started forming a plan in her mind--one she hoped would save her friends, her own life be damned. |
11-08-2013, 08:46 PM | #12 |
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Last time on Power Rangers Unleashed: “What’s your name?” “Artemis.” Serpen said as her body melted into itself again and her light red hair sprang forward again. “My name is Artemis.” “What’s my name?” The other girl asked, looking up at Serpen, confusion in her eyes. _____________________ Drake let out a heavy sigh and held his hand out. “Here.” He said as he gave his Silver Ranger key to the pink ranger. “You don’t need me. You proved that a couple of hours ago. I mean…I did nothing during that fight. You don’t need a Silver Ranger. Not at this point in the fight.” “Drake…” April closed her DVD player and stood up to look at the young man in front of her. “We do need you. We just need to get things back up and running so we can get you integrated.” “April, please. We all know that the only reason Thomas took me on was because I was an asset for five minutes,” Drake said. “I’ll see you around, kid.” He turned and walked out before dropping down into the crowded street below and blending in. Before April could catch sight of him, he disappeared. “Drake!” April got up and ran out after him, yelling his name the entire time. When she got to the spot where he dropped down to the street, she looked around for him, but it was too late. There was no sign of him anywhere. _______________________ The young woman knelt down in front of the grave she was searching for and removed the dead flower stalks before replacing them with the new ones. She sat on the ground in front of the gravestone with these words inscribes in the cold granite: Here lies Virginia “Ginny” Underwood Beloved Mother and friend December 23, 1956--October 13, 2006 “Hi, Mama.” April whispered. As she dusted off the gravestone softly. “I’m sorry I haven’t been by lately. I’ve been busy with some friends. I know you’re watching me, so I won’t go into the details since you probably already know. I…it’s been seven years and I still miss you. I wish you would have taken me with you when you left…” ______________________ “About time. I was starting to wonder if you’d ever come out to play,” Dimas said. “Besides, I’ve got an old friend of some predecessors of yours that wants to play.” He snapped his fingers, a red crack appearing in the sidewalk before the Nighlok Negatron--looking rather decomposed--appeared, cracking his neck. “Negatron…welcome back from Hell.” “I’d say it’s good to be back, but when Rangers are involved, it’s going to a challenge,” Negatron growled. “Lucky for me I know some better secrets this time.” “Enough!” Thomas said. “Let’s Ranger up!” “UNLEASHED ENGAGE!” Turning their Keys, the five Rangers transformed, going from their street clothes into their multicolored spandex forms of the Unleashed Power Rangers. “Oh, I’ve got the juiciest secret about you!” He laughed. “No…don’t you dare!” April growled, yelping as Negatron spun around and knocked her off of him. “Please…don’t.” Her sword fell limply from her hand, fear in her eyes. “Please…” “You’re just a scared little girl who’s afraid of everyone abandoning her!” Negatron laughed, April’s yell of pain as her suit exploded music to his ears. The Pink Ranger hit her back, holding her ribs as she tried to sit up. Fear clouded April’s eyes, tears streaking down her cheeks behind the broken visor of her helmet, flecks of black plastic pierced into her face and making some small cuts that bled. ________________________ “Because as of right now, spores that I crafted myself a very long time ago are weeding into the Rangers bloodstreams. In a matter of minutes, the four main Rangers are going to be stuck in our Ship where Mitagas will begin his testing on them for turning them into the ultimate warriors in your CyborEx Program, so that when the Outlying get here, you have nothing standing in your way as you conquer.” Dimas explained, standing up and shaking his head out before hearing the sounds of teleportation devices. Four black flashes later, the four Rangers stood in the middle of the bridge on the Blizkon, Demi and Thomas looking ready to fight while Richmond and Alec stood confused. “Oh, hell no!” Demi snapped. “Welcome to the beginning of the last day of your lives, Rangers!” Dimas smirked, throwing an electrical field around the Rangers as Alec lunged at Serpen, ten thousand volts of power being surged through the Blue Ranger. “What do you want with us?” Thomas asked. He knew that if Serpen and Dimas wanted them on the ship that he and his team would be out for a fight to the death soon. “That’s for us to know and you to find out, Thomas,” Dimas smirked, waving his hand. “Take them to the cells. Take their Keys and Callers and lock them up separately. Put the girl in my chambers.” “Don’t touch her!” Richmond snapped, getting a fist into the mouth from a Golbak that knocked him into Demi, the Yellow Ranger helping steady him. “I’ll be fine.” Demi said, noting the look in Alec’s eyes as well. “I promise.” As they were marched off, Thomas noticed several small objects in the laboratories that they passed, objects that looked strangely like their Keys…. __________________________ April, having been determined to find her friends since Dimas’ message, clenched her fists as she did another sit up. “Two hundred…” she mumbled, relaxing and taking a deep breath. “Geeps, where did that slimy son of a bitch say he was going to be?” She flipped over, pointing her feet down before she started push ups, counting lowly. “One…two….three….” “He didn’t,” Geeps said, flying in with a towel and dropping it on the bed beside April’s water bottle. “He said, “Have fun trying to find me.” I don’t really want to think of what he’s doing to them.” “Or what he’s doing to Demi,” April growled. “Fifteen….” As she kept going, she moved one hand to get to her mPod, scrolling through before finding the theme she wanted. As the tune from the Rocky Movies blared throughout the ship, the Pink Rangers eyes blazed with cold fury and determination. “Twenty…twenty-one…” ____________________________________ Deep inside of the Blizkon, Thomas and the other Rangers yelled out as electric shocks coursed through them, Mitagas’ experiments searing them deep inside. The Red Ranger fought against his bonds but to no avail. After a while, the four Rangers felt the electricity stop, allowing them to catch whatever breath they could. Mitagas looked at his screens, trying to find a way to break the Rangers, despite their chances of staying alive being very low. “I do not know why you don’t give in, Rangers,” the aged professor said, looking over the Ranger’s vital signs. “Especially you, Thomas.” “Because if we give up, Serpen wins,” Thomas growled. “I refuse to give up and let her win,” Alec snarled, struggling against his own restraints. “After all the hell she’s caused, I don’t want her to win. I love Earth, and I won’t go down without a fight!” Richmond snapped, pure anger blazing in his eyes. “If she wins, that’s it,” Demi sighed, having stopped struggling a long time ago. Her muscles, sore from Dimas’ assaults on her body, didn’t think she could stand more. “I refuse to let her have my home. As it is, she’s already wiped out half of the population. She’s killing more and more of us every day, never giving up. Why should we quit and let her have this planet where she can screw it over!? She already did that once by acting like she was a friend!” “You don’t understand,” Mitagas said. “None of you know her as I do. That’s why these electroshock treatments will continue until your mind or body breaks. Whichever. It is of no consequence to me which goes first so long as you all succumb to the CyborEx program.” Stepping into the lab, Serpen had her arms crossed behind her. “Mitagas,” she said, putting her hand on the professor’s arm. “Let them rest. They’re not any good to us dead.” “Of course, Lady Serpen,” Mitagas said, bowing his head in respect. “Though the insolence will only be accepted for a short time. My patience with them is wearing deadly thin.” He bowed his head again, retreating to his office before the door hissed closed behind them. “Get up,” Serpen said, undoing the restraints and pulling the Rangers to their feet. “Come on. You don’t have any time.” “Why are you helping us?” Thomas growled, pulling away from Serpen before he helped Demi up, the Yellow Ranger pale. “You’re trying to kill us. Why help us escape?” “Because there are bigger forces here then you can imagine,” Serpen said, melting back into Artemis before her eyes softened. “Please, Thomas. You have to trust me. Dimas is planning something that’s going to throw me out of command in a heartbeat, and he’s planning on using Vexacon and the remaining Ranger Keys to do so. I need you to get out.” “No way in hell are we trusting you,” Thomas snapped, shoving Serpen away. “Not after what you did to us.” “Very well then,” she said, returning to normal before she stabbed Thomas in the shoulder, driving him to the ground. “Jesus, Thomas, for once in your life, listen to me. Dimas is planning something. You remember the Outlying? The Key of Deletion? Yeah, that’s happening. If we can’t stop Dimas, nothing is going to stop him from gaining ultimate power.” “Ultimate Power?” Alec asked, looking up at Serpen. “Are you serious?” “Listen, Alec--” “No. You don’t get to tell me to listen,” Alec snapped. “Not after what you’ve done to us.” Serpen sighed, looking away. “Do you think I wanted to do what I did? I didn’t,” she said, healing the cut in Thomas’ arm before she let herself return to normal. She knew that Mitagas wouldn't be long gone, so she restrapped the Rangers down. "I'm sorry for this." “Then why don’t you put yourself in front of your little subordinate’s cattle prod?” Demi asked, her voice low. Everyone turned to look at the Yellow Ranger, none more intrigued then Serpen. “PUt yourself in front of him and let him do to you what he did to me. See if you’re still so adamant.” Serpen looked down, having a damn sure idea of what Demi was talking about. “I told him not to touch you,” she said. “I’ll deal with him. Severely. Just…for now, please trust me. I can get you out of here and get the Keys we’ve gained to Geeps.” Thomas sighed, looking at his team. “We don’t have much choice, do we?” “Guess not,” Alec said, Richmond nodding in agreement. “Fine,” Thomas said. “But take the ship into Earth so that April can find it.” “Done,” Serpen said, nodding. “And I’ll take a few swings from each of you if it’ll make you feel better.” She looked up as Mitagas came back inside, stepping back before nodding softly, heading for the door. “They’re useless. Begin the upgrades.” “Of course,” Mitagas said, restarting the electroshock treatments. As the Rangers screamed out, he set to work lining up several large pieces of metal, knowing exactly what he wanted to do. _____________________________ April, having taken a hot shower and eaten enough for eight people, paced around the ship’s main deck. “Geeps! I know what I can do to help get the guys back.” “What?” the parrot asked, landing on his friend’s shoulder. “My aunt Koyomi has my fathers War Katana at her house. It’s just a few blocks away. I can get it, and with that razor sharp steel that never dulls, I’ll be able to slice my way around more then with a Ranger Saber,” she said, adjusting a black long sleeve shirt over her torso, tightening a black belt before she pulled on her boots, cracking her knuckles. Geeps nodded, tapping the keyboard before he squawked, alarms ringing out. “Looks like that katana will have to wait, April,” he said, pulling up the cause of the alarm. “The Empire’s flagship, the Blizkon, just lowered down into the planet. What do you want me to do?” “Set a course right for them. Full speed. Ram the bastards,” the Pink Ranger growled, putting her Caller and Pink Ranger Key in her pocket. She knew what she had to do, and if it got her killed, so be it. _____________________________ Dimas, having been watching the way the ship was working on his monitors, growled as it slowly descended into the city. “What the hell is going on!?” he demanded. “Why are we near the surface?!” “Lord Dimas, it appears that Lady Serpen has authorized us to lower onto the planet,” Vexacon said, tapping some keys. “I cannot override the commands.” “Volan!” Dimas swore. “I’ll fix this.” He started towards the door, planning on ending Serpen’s life and taking over. He opened the door, taking one foot out when suddenly-- “Sir!” one of the guards called out, making Dimas turn. “The Rangers Uchuu Galleon! It’s coming right for us!” “Evasive--” Dimas started. His words were cut off in his throat when a thunderous crash was heard. He toppled over, ending up on the floor under the view screen, anger in his normally calm blue eyes. “What the hell!?” “It was the Galleon!” the same guard yelled out. He got back into his seat, tapping several keys. “There’s a massive hull breach on decks nine through fifteen. Reporting several casualties spanning the width of the ship.” “Get an attack force down there now! Stop her!” Dimas snapped getting up and grabbing his sword again before he ran out with the guards, seeing blasts of light from several corridors down. As he rounded the corner, he was met with April hacking and slashing down his Timbaks, knocking several of them away. “Unleashed Engage!” the Pink Ranger yelled. GO GO SAMURAI was heard, the Caller changing the Pink Ranger into that of the Samurai Rangers. As Golbaks gathered around her, she drew out her Samuraizer, flipping it open. “Symbol Power! Shield!” Drawing out the Japanese character for Shield, she managed to get it around her fast enough that the Golbaks’ attack didn’t even scratch her. “Kill her!” Dimas yelled, holding his sword out. “NOW!” The Golbaks rushed forward, swinging their arms around and hoping to land a hit on the Pink Ranger. One took charge, knocking April off of her feet before she landed on the ground, a solid smirk on her face under the helmet. “Is that really all you’ve got?” she asked, laughing. “I haven't even started! Unleashed Engage!” WILD ACCESS her Caller rang out, turning her into the White Tiger Wild Force Ranger. “White Tiger Baton!” She thrust forward, slamming it headlong into one of the Golbaks’ face, leaping up and over before flipping it onto his head, throwing it into it’s friends. “Come on, I thought you were tough.” “Try them on for size,” Dimas growled, slamming his fist into the wall as two Eternaks walked out, holding their staffs up before crossing them, the symbol of the Empire shining before it blasted out. “Oh, shit,” April yelped, landing on her back as she jumped backwards, the blast making the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. “Ok, you want to play like that? Try this on. Unleashed Engage!” RPM! GET IN GEAR! As her suit changed into that of the Black RPM Ranger, she summoned her Rocket Blaster, firing several high powered blasts into the Eternaks’ chests, knocking them back before she got up and ran. “Yeah, keep running,” one of the Eternaks laughed, taking chase. He ran down the hall, blasting at April only to miss, slamming headlong into the wall as she made a sharp left, running towards the cells. “Guys!” the Pink Ranger yelled, kicking down a door and hearing her friend’s screams. “No…please, don’t be too late…” She ran down the hallway, following the Ranger’s screams as they were electrocuted, kicking the door for the lab in. “Turn it off!” Pointing her Rocket Blaster at Mitagas, she wanted it to be known she wasn’t playing. “NOW!” Mitagas nodded, flipping off the switch and undoing the Rangers bonds and allowing them to sit up, discreetly hitting a second switch that activated the CyborEx Program. “Do you think you’re going to get away with this, Pink?” the aged professor asked, looking at the Pink Ranger who was helping her friends up. “I think I just did,” April growled, kicking a filing cabinet over and taking the Callers and Keys back, handing them to her friends. “Let’s get out of here.” “Not so fast, actually,” Mitagas said, smirking. “See…what you didn’t notice was I activated the CyborEx program. Now, with Skelecron back, have fun trying to get out of here alive!” He laughed as he ducked out of a side door, leaving the room strangely silent. “April,” Thomas said, putting his hand on the Pink Ranger’s shoulder. “Good job.” “Dude, you rock,” Demi smiled, though her smile was dimmer then she wanted. “Thomas, we need to find those Keys Serpen spoke about.” “I know where to look,” Thomas said. “I spent eight years on this ship. I know it inside and out, and I know where a lot of hiding spots are. Come on.” He led the four Rangers out of the lab, running down the hallway towards the docking bay, running into Serpen’s personal runner. “She keeps everything valuable to her in here.” He opened a door, several Ranger Keys falling out. “SPD Shadow, Omega, and Kat Rangers! Lady Samurai Red, Dino Thunder White, Solaris Knight, Wolf Warrior, and White Mystic Ranger. Oh, my god!” Demi said, grinning. “Let’s get the hell out of here while we still can enjoy these things, huh?” Just then, the entire docking bay shook as heavy footsteps stormed through, Eternaks’ laughing voices ringing down the hallway. “Rangers!” a familiar voice yelled out, the double doors of the docking bay blasting off of their hinges in a cloud of smoke. Stepping out of the smoke, Skelecron, now converted into a Cyborg, stood holding his Twin DioSabers, ready for battle. “You had to open your mouth,” Richmond snickered. “Let’s Ranger up and put an eternal end to him, shall we?” “Couldn’t have said it better myself,” Thomas said, holding his Caller up. “Ready!?” “Unleashed Engage!” the four unmorphed Rangers yelled out, transforming in a blast of colored light. Standing ready to fight, the five Rangers--April back in her Unleashed Suit--each held their respective weapons: Thomas using both Saber and Blaster, Demi and Alec both wielding Swords, and April and Richmond with the Blasters. “Let’s rumble,” Thomas said, rushing forward and slashing out with his Saber, the blade not even connecting as Skelecron leapt backwards, driving two solid waves of energy out of his Blades at the five Rangers. As they hit the ground with their suits sparking lightly, April growled as she stood up. “I’ve got an idea,” she smirked, hitting her belt and taking out the White Dino Thunder Key. “Oh, you’re good,” Demi said, tapping her belt and summoning the Silver Space Ranger Key. Thomas, Richmond, and Alec shook their heads at the Yellow and Pink Rangers interactions, each man taking a Key from their own belts. “Unleashed Engage!” DRAGONZORD QUANTUM POWER MAGICAL SOURCE, MYSTIC FORCE LET’S ROCKET WHITE RANGER, DINO POWER As the Rangers transformed, they summoned their respective weapons, Thomas rushing Skelecron again with the Dragon Dagger, slamming it into his chest before he kicked the converted warrior backwards. Super Silverizer in hand, Demi followed with a cross slash against his head, severing several horns that had been placed. “You think that can stop me?” Skelecron growled, combining his DioSabers into one and throwing it like a boomerang, knocking the Rangers backward again, throwing Demi and Richmond against the wall before April landed on a very sensitive spot on Alec, making the Blue Ranger groan out. “Ow…” Alec groaned. “Sorry,” April said, helping Alec up. “Let’s do this.” She held her Drago Sword out, drawing a dozen arrows in the air before throwing them forward, making them collide with Skelecron as Alec leapt up, following the arrows. “Quantum Defender!” the Blue Ranger called out, slashing with the two-in-one sword/gun, connecting multiple times with Skelecron. “My turn,” Richmond said, smirking as he held up the Laser Lamp, spinning the silver dial on the side. “Fire!” As he pulled the trigger, a dozen bursts of energy emerged, colliding with Skelecron, knocking him backwards. “You think you pathetic pansies can stop me again!?” Skelecron growled. “DioSaber Burst!” Charging both DioSabers, he threw each one like a boomerang, the twin weapons connecting with the Rangers and knocking all of them backwards, each one falling out of their secondary morph, leaving them in their Unleashed Suits. “You’re weak. You’re always going to be weak, Rangers. You can’t stop me!” Struggling to get up, Thomas forced himself up, firing a few rounds from his Unleashed Blaster, the other Rangers getting up and firing beside him. Demi kept her focus on his chest, aiming for the small rectangular slot that would cover whatever heart he didn’t have. “April, you alright?” Richmond asked, glancing back at the Pink Ranger who had yet to get up. “April!” “Mmm…I’m alright,” she groaned, holding her side where a bit of black was seen seeping out of her fingers. “I think…” “Let’s end this,” Skelecron growled, firing again. “Unleashed Engage!” Thomas yelled, transforming one more time. DINO THUNDER POWER UP his Caller rang out, his suit changing into the Blue Dino Thunder Ranger, blocking the shot with the Tricera Shield. He threw the shield, spearing it into Skelecron’s chest. “Guys, let’s go Pink and go home.” “Sounds good,” Demi said, watching April stumble a bit. “April, sit down. You’ve done enough today. Rest.” “I can’t,” the Pink Ranger groaned. She used the wall to stand up, holding her Caller before she summoned a Pink Ranger Key. “Let’s finish this.” “If you say so,” Demi said, her tone clearly worried for her best friend. She held up her own Pink Ranger Key, nodding. “Let’s do it, guys.” “Pink,” Alec groaned, taking a Key from his belt. “Get used to it, dude,” Richmond snickered. “Unleashed Engage!” the five Rangers called out for the final time, turning the five Pink Ranger Keys in their Callers. PTERADACTYL OVERDRIVE ACCELERATE! SHIFT INTO TURBO! MAGICAL SOURCE, MYSTIC FORCE! GO GALACTIC! “Power Bow!” Thomas yelled, firing several arrows from the bow, each of them landing in Skelecrons’ chest. He ducked down, letting Richmond leap over him. “Hydro Geyser!” the Green Ranger called out, firing a blast of high power water from the spout on the front of his weapon. He knocked Skelecron backwards with a snap kick, landing him on the Quasar Saber thanks to Demi. “Tell your boss something,” the Yellow Ranger growled, twisting the blade. “Go to hell.” She pulled the blade out of his back, slashing down before throwing him into Alec. “You’re up, babe.” “Thank you,” Alec said, taking the MagiStaff from his belt before he channeled a gust of wind at Skelecron that lifted him up, slamming him into the roof of the ship before he delivered a kick to the face. “April, finish him!” “With pleasure,” April growled. “Turbo Wind Fire! Unleashed Break!” She leapt up, slamming the bumper-styled bow into Skelecron’s chest, firing all she could before she kicked him backwards, standing with her back to the explosion. “Let’s go--” She hit her knees, Demi rushing over and keeping her from falling over. “Thomas! Get us back to the ship!” the Yellow Ranger yelled, her voice carrying urgency. “Now!” “Right,” Thomas said, looking at Alec. The Blue Ranger waved the MagiStaff, taking all five Rangers back to the Galleon which reversed and sped away. Dimas, having gotten to the fight late, growled as he kicked Skelecron’s body to the side. “Idiot!” he snapped, the Cyborg warrior sitting up with anger in his eyes. “Damn,” Skelecron sighed, stuffing his DioSabers on his back. ______________________________ Demi laid April on a bed in the medical bay, cutting her friends shirt off of her and throwing it into the trash. “April, look at me,” she said. “Can’t keep my eyes open,” April admitted with a light chuckle. “Just hurts, that’s all.” She sighed, looking up at her best friend. “Guess we have to tell them the truth, don’t we?” “Yeah, Ap,” Demi whispered, moving her friends brunette hair out of her eyes. “Yeah, we have to tell them…I know you didn’t want to tell them and keep the charade up, but…we don’t have a choice, sweetheart. We have to tell them.” Thomas, Alec, and Richmond stepped into the room, watching the two girls talk. “How is she?” Richmond asked, looking at Demi. April sighed, thankful she was still in her bra as she sat up with Demi’s help. As she moved lightly, sparks could be seen from inside of her skin, black fluid seeping out. “Guys--” “You’re an android,” Alec said, cutting April off. “Yes. Created by the Empire. I was only supposed to be used to find out things about the planet, find out if it was protected or not. I went above that programming, I…I grew,” April whispered. “I was found by a woman named Koyomi, the woman I called my aunt. I met Virginia Underwood and Hiromu Chang twenty years ago, and after she left, he started beating me. My metal endoskeleton grows like a humans. I was only a child-like being when I was first sent to Earth. I’ve grown up on this planet, and…” “Enough,” Thomas said. “It doesn’t matter to us what you used to be, April. What matters to us is what you are now, and that’s more human then I am. It doesn’t matter to us if you were Empire or not. I was for the first twenty years of my life. It doesn’t matter. You’re as human as Demi is to me, and you’re nothing like what the Empire made you to be. So don’t worry about anything. Alright?” April, who wasn’t expecting that kind of reaction, lowered her eyes. She knew they had a right to hate her for what she really was, but seeing how accepting they were, and coupled with Demi’s hand on her shoulder, it made the Pink Ranger smile. “Thank you, guys. I’ll keep doing my best to make the best out of what I am and how much I love this planet.” Demi smiled, hugging April and kissing her head, grabbing some bandages and a wrap. “Now, can I fix you up?” she asked, smiling at her friend. “Please?” “Yeah,” April smiled, laying back down. “Oi, you three. Get your butts out. I’m about to be topless here. Go!” Laughing, Thomas grabbed Richmond and Alec, leading them out of the room. “I don’t think we want to see this happen,” he snickered. “Speak for yourself,” Richmond laughed, sitting down at the table while Demi and April’s giggles filled the hallways. “Boys,” the two female Rangers giggled, Demi starting to work on fixing April’s side. With Skelecron returned, Serpen caught in the middle of her right hand man’s devilish ways, and the Keys of Deletion nearing Earth ever so slowly, the Rangers gladly welcome a breath of relief from the last months of endless fighting. |
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Yelling out as she flew through the air, April rolled to a stop just beside Demi, holding her shoulder. “Goddamn, these guys are stronger today,” she groaned, standing up. “We need to do something.” “Die, perhaps?” Dimas asked, slashing out with his sword and causing a blast of black tinted energy to fly out, slamming into the Pink and Yellow Rangers. Turning his attention elsewhere, Dimas focused on helping Furyblaze deal with the Red Ranger while CyborSkelecron took on Richmond and Alec simultaneously. “Stay down if you know what’s good for you, girls, and maybe I’ll consider making your corpses trophies.” Richmond blocked a cut from CyborSkelecron before getting a boot in the chest, hitting his back hard on the concrete. “Thomas, what do you want us to do?” “Whatever you can to get these bastards!” Thomas yelled, leaping backwards and barely avoiding a slash from both Dimas and Furyblaze. “Why don’t you just die!?” Turning his Red Ranger Key in his Saber, Thomas sent a focused blast of energy at the two, getting a cut in the chest in return. “Did you not know that you cannot defeat us?” Skelecron asked. “Not now, nor if you get stronger. We are stronger then you hope to be, Thomas.” “I don’t think so,” Thomas snarled, growling before throwing Skelecron backwards, hitting his belt. “Guys! Change it up! Unleashed Engage!” S.P.D. EMERGENY the Red Rangers Caller rang out, transforming him into the Shadow Ranger. “Shadow Saber!” Unsheathing to Anubis-headed sword, Thomas opened the jowls on the sword, a small vortex circling the blade and strengthening it, giving it power. “You can’t defeat me with that,” Skelecron laughed, throwing his Twin DioSabers like a boomerang, the Red Ranger flying backwards and ending up on his back, his suit falling from around him. “Lord Dimas. Shall we defeat these impudent children?” Kneeling down over April who struggled to get away, Dimas took the Pink Ranger’s face in hand. “A shame to waste such technology,” he mused, slapping the young woman hard across the cheek, sending her rolling. As Richmond helped her up, Dimas unsheathed his sword, charging it with several rounds of energy. “Let’s do this, boys.” “Triplex Wave!” the three Generals yelled in unison, red, black, and blue energy waves combining into a lethal skull that bit down on the Rangers, knocking them out of their morphs and into unconsciousness. “Leave them,” Dimas said, turning on his heel. “Death will welcome them soon enough. Return to the ship and prepare for the first Key’s arrival. Lady Serpen says it shall be here tonight.” “About time,” Furyblaze growled. As the three Generals vanished in a burst of black fire, Geeps flew down and chirped sadly. “Oi, wake up!” Geeps cried out, slamming himself on Thomas’ head. “Come on, you dolt!” When they didn’t wake up, he teleported them all to the medical bay. “Damn it…those three tricked us…” “Of course they did,” April groaned, sitting up and holding her side. “Oh, I feel like my servos got thrashed in a meat grinder.” “Because they did,” Geeps retorted, sitting on April’s shoulder. “The others are resting, so we need to leave them to that.” “I’ll make some food, then,” April said, patting Geeps’ head softly and walking out. “After I change, and a shower.” She walked off towards her room, stripping down and letting the water heat up before stepping under, sighing as she rested her back on the cold marble tiles. “What do we do to stop them? I can’t do that whole Wonder Woman shtick again. Doing that once almost got me killed….” Slowly, the Rangers were woken up, each due to varying reasons: Geeps flapping wings, key strokes on a computer, the smell of French Toast and Coffee, music playing in the background. Showering and walking out in new clothes, the Rangers slowly piled around the table, each one not saying much until… “We need help,” Demi whispered. “We need to find Drake and bring him back.” The look of silence around the table as the thought was considered before Alec spoke up. “We do need his help, and he said when he left that he wasn’t needed right then. It’s been a month. I think we need to find him,” the Blue Ranger admitted, nodding to his counterparts around the table. “No,” Thomas said, being ever stubborn. “I don’t think that’s a good idea. We don’t know anything about him, don’t know where his loyalties lie, nor do we know we can trust him.” “Says the man who never gives his past information out, refuses to talk about being part of the Empire, and basically is the same thing as Drake, just in red,” Richmond said, causing Demi and April to nod. “Dude, seriously, what’s the reason you don’t want him here?” “Because I destroyed his home.” __________________ “What the hell were you thinking!?” Serpen yelled, slapping Dimas hard in the face. “I ordered you NOT TO GO DOWN THERE, but the first bloody thing you do was go down there!” She growled lightly in her throat, stepping away from Dimas before moving to Furyblaze with a hushed, “Yours is coming later, Furyblaze.” Stopping in front of Skelecron, she just shook her head. “Don’t make me regret bringing you back to life, Skelecron. I really don’t want to have to kill you again.” As Serpen walked out, the three Generals all groaned in annoyance. “She is wearing thin on my nerves,” Dimas growled. “Agreed. Something must be done,” Furyblaze sighed. “I do not care if she is the Leader of our Empire. Choices in the past have been made by her that have cost us dearly. Like allowing her--the Red Ranger to survive. Thomas is the root of these problems, yet the man does not realize it.” “As soon as the first Key of Deletion gets here, alert only me,” Dimas said, turning to Skelecron. “You, however, Skelecron, have a task ahead of you.” “And what is that, my Lord Dimas?” "Take the Dark Shinobi Azio out for a bit of exercise. But…his Shadow Seal is going to be the key to your victory,” Dimas said, smirking as the Shinobi himself appeared in the room. “Azio. Any words that Skelecron speak will be followed completely. Do you understand?” As his title implied, the Shinobi just simply nodded, standing back in the shadows, the light blue lines on his torso armor glowing lightly in the dim. “Interesting,” Skelecron said, looking back at Azio. “Your orders are to disable the Rangers accessing their Keys. Is that correct, sir?” “Finally, someone is learning,” Dimas said, smirking as he nodded. “Correct, Skelecron. You will disable the Rangers. Two hours. Then you leave. Allow me to deal with Serpen.” ___________________________ Sitting around the main screen enjoying a few minutes of downtime thanks to their still recovering wounds, the Rangers were in the middle of a movie to kill some time. ”Give me your face!” the character on the screen roared out, ripping the monster’s head off of it’s shoulders. “Cool,” Alec and Richmond spouted at the same time. “Different, that’s for sure,” Thomas chuckled, the girls giggling as they gauged the boy’s reactions. “So…do you think we could end up getting a win this time if all three of them attack again?” Sighing, Demi paused the movie and shook her head. “I don’t know,” she said, looking at the Red Ranger. “But I do know this. If you don’t let me finish the movie, I’ll break three of your legs.” “But there’s only--oh,” April snickered, Richmond and Alec crossing their legs and remembering not to cross the Yellow Ranger. “Boys are so vulnerable.” “Yep, but we love them anyway,” Demi giggled, kissing Alec’s cheek. “Now, can we get back to the movie?” But, as usual, something had to happen to get in the way. The alarms rang out, alerting the Rangers to something happening in town. “Figures,” Thomas huffed, getting up and tapping some keys. “Looks like Skelecron and Furyblaze are back. And they brought a friend. His name’s Azio, the Dark Shinobi. We need to seriously be careful of Shadow Seal. It can honestly block our power.” “Lovely,” Demi said. “Let’s go. Where is he?” “Downtown,” Richmond said, pulling up several large holographic maps. “We need Drake, Thomas. What do we do?” “Split up,” Thomas said. “April, you go find him. We’ll start trying to hold these guys off for now. Until you can get him here and get his suit hooked into the Chest.” “Alright. You guys be careful out there,” April said, running out and grabbing her Caller and Key out of the chest, taking the Silver Key as well as the Silver Shifter before jumping out of the ship, running through town. “Drake! Drake!” “Let’s rock,” Alec said, tossing the Yellow Key to Demi and taking his own before putting it in his pocket, Thomas and Richmond behind the Blue and Yellow Rangers as they headed towards downtown. _______________________ Sitting in a café not far from where he was when he first made a show out of himself, Drake Holmes sighed as he turned another page in his book, Pride and Prejudice. Taking a small drink out of the hot coffee cup, the one time Silver Ranger sighed as he watched people walk by, not caring that a Power Ranger was in their midst. “Happy go lucky bastards,” he sighed, setting the hot cup back down, looking at his page again before a shadow crossed his eyes. “Excuse me, you’re in my light.” When the shadow moved, Drake nodded. “Thank you.” “Pride and Prejudice? Didn’t think you’d read something like that,” a voice said. “Thought you’d be more of a Bleach or One Piece kind of guy. Maybe Attack on Titan, I don’t know.” Without even looking, Drake just shook his head. “And what would you know about my reading habits?” “Only that what you read reflects the person you are,” the other person said. “And let me guess. You read Chicken Soup for the Soul, self help columns in the newspaper, and think that Star Wars sucked?” “Yes, yes, and no. I‘ve cosplayed as Leia a few times, including the sexy metal bikini,” the other voice said, clearly enjoying the game as Drake‘s eyebrows shot up to his hairline. “Would you put the damn book down and look at me? I’ve got something you might be interested in, Drake.” Marking his page carefully, Drake looked up, seeing April. “Oh.” “Aw, is that all I get? “Oh.” Make me sound like the plague. Though, I guess I am in a way, huh? Being the only one to give a shit about you being one of us,” April said, smiling. “Drake, we need you now.” “No, you don’t, April. We’ve been over this before. You don’t need me. You’re just perfectly find on your own,” Drake said, looking over at the Pink Ranger. “Drake, yes, we do need you,” April said. “We got our cans kicked today. And I don’t care if I have to drag you out of here by your boys, I’ll do it. We’re in dire need right now, Drake. Please.” “Why should I?” Drake asked. “What do I care if you get killed? Why the fuck should I care about this stupid war? Why does it concern me!?” As he yelled at April, all heads turned to Drake and the Pink Ranger, April sighing softly. “It matters because you’ve lost things to the Empire, just like everyone else has. Well…almost everyone else.." She sighed softly again, looking down before she looked at the man in front of her, her eyes pleading. "But, Drake, the point is we need you. Please. This time, I’m serious. We need you to fight with us. We can’t do this alone. We got triple teamed by Dimas, Skelecron, and Furyblaze. I got my servos handed to me.” Drake sighed, looking at his hands as thoughts made their way around his mind. He knew that if he didn’t help, the others would die, and he’d hoped to hang out with April a bit more, but on the other hand, he didn’t want to help and be put in the crossfire. “Gnartz,” he sighed. “I hate when women give good arguments for things and turn on the damn puppy dog eyes.” “Then you’ll do it?” _______________________ As the other four Rangers ran through town, Thomas couldn’t help but wonder if they were being set up. “Something about this isn’t right,” he said, Alec looking at him. “You mean like we’re running into a trap?” “Exactly,” Thomas nodded, taking his Key and Caller in hand at the same time as the other Rangers did. “Unleashed Engage!” the four yelled, turning their Keys and morphing, running down the road before skidding to a halt in front of Azio and Skelecron. “You again,” Demi growled. “I still so owe you a kick in the face for that sword to the back the other day, asshole!” “Azio,” CyborSkelecron said, snapping his fingers as the Shinobi dropped into the ground. “Shadow Seal,” his voice whispered, ethereal as his form. Black tendrils leapt up from the ground, slamming into the Rangers belts, sealing their access to various other Ranger Keys. Reappearing beside CyborSkelecron, he bowed his head in success. Skelecron pointed forward, two Eternaks--similar to the Golbaks but in red with staff-type weapons--rushed forward and attempted to engage the Rangers. “Damn it! He blocked my belt!” Alec growled, trying to slash at the gunk covering his belt. “I can’t get any new Keys!” He growled as he got hit in the chest by one of the Eternaks’ staffs, flying backwards. “Neither can I!” Demi yelled, ducking a swing from the other Eternak before she kicked it in the leg, knocking it backwards. The two Eternaks regrouped, crossing their Staves together before the image of the Blizkon appeared out of the tops of the weapons, hurtling forward at the Rangers at a high rate of speed. As the ship collided with the four Rangers, they got flung backwards into the side of a brick wall, each one landing hard on the ground. “We need to do something,” Richmond huffed, standing up slowly. “At least until April can get here.” He aimed and fired his Blaster, the shot knocking one of the Eternaks backwards. “You’re right,” Thomas growled, standing up. “We need to give April time to get Drake and have him get connected into the Chest.” ____________________________ “You ready to try this?” April asked, looking at Drake who was holding his Cell and Ranger Key in hand. “Drake?” “Hm?” Drake asked, looking up. “Yeah, sorry. I was thinking. If we win this fight against the Empire…does that mean things can start being normal again?” April sighed, shaking her head. “I don’t know,” she admitted. “I honestly don’t have an answer for you, Drake. I…hope things can start to settle down after we stop Serpen and the Empire, but…I don’t know if it’ll happen. There’s a lot of factors that can lead into it being a success or a failure, and if we fail, we’re all dead.” “Yeah, I was afraid of that,” Drake sighed. “Guess I need to morph so the parakeet can do his job, right?” “Oi! I ain’t a parakeet, mate. I’m a parrot,” Geeps chirped, smacking Drake with his wing and flying up to the rafters again. “Bleeding jackrabbit.” April giggled, shaking her head at the two. “Yeah, you’re gonna fit right in,” she snickered, looking at Drake. “But yeah, go ahead and morph.” “Alright,” Drake said, flipping open the window on the Cell. He put the Key--still in a solid Ranger form--into the center, closing it down. “Silver Shift!” Pushing the button the keypad that corresponded with his Silver Ranger form, a small scanner slid down the Ranger key, the suit forming around Drake. “Very cool,” April said, grinning. “A lot different then ours. Why “Silver Shift” instead of “Unleashed Engage” if I can ask?” “It was the only thing that seemed to work,” Drake said. “I tried “It’s Morphin’ Time” and a lot of other phrases, including “Unleashed Engage“, but it didn’t respond. So I tried “Silver Shift“, and it worked.” “Well, it makes sense to me,” April said. “Geeps, we need to get him hooked up and then we need to go.” “Right!” the bird chirped, flying down and touching his beak to the Chest that housed the Rangers Keys before flapping over to Drake, touching his beak down to the belt, attaching a glowing silver line to him. As he flapped off, the line disappeared, the belt sparkling lightly. “Now what?” Drake asked. “Think about what Key you want and then tap the button on the top of the belt,” April said. Thinking of one Key, Drake tapped the button and the center of the belt spun around, the White Mighty Morphin’ Key coming from the belt into his hand. “Awesome!” he said, tossing the Key up and catching it again. “Now, what do we do?” “We go help the others,” April said, taking her own Key in hand. “Unleashed Engage!” She twisted her Key in the Caller, her morph taking place and forming her suit around her, the helmet clapping down over her head. “Geeps, set a course for the others. We need to get there fast, and the UQRs aren’t fueled.” “Got it,” Geeps said, flying down to the computer and tapping a few keys as the ship started moving. ________________________ Yelling as they landed in a pile, Furyblaze swung his sword down and caused a wall of fire to rain down on the Rangers, their suits falling away as the put out small fires on their clothes, standing up weakly. “Get up,” Thomas groaned, helping Demi up and making sure the guys were good. “You good?” “Other then knowing what a steak feels like, I’m fine,” Richmond coughed, holding his ribs. “Azio,” Furyblaze directed, moving backwards and standing beside CyborSkelecron. “You know what to do, Skelecron.” “Yes, master,” CyborSkelecron nodded, Azio making complex movements with his hands in the style of ninja symbols. “Dark Technique: Dimensional Drift,” Azio deadpanned, thrusting his hands forward as a tear appeared in the sky above the Rangers, lightning and high winds whipping around them. “What’s going on?!” Demi yelled, trying to stay rooted in her spot. “It’s a tear in the Dimensional Gates!” Richmond yelled, feeling his feet leaving the ground. “We’re getting sucked in!” CyborSkelecron ran forward, jumping up and allowing himself to be sucked in as well, going through first with Azio hot on his heels. The Rangers reached out for each other, linking their arms before Thomas left the ground, all four being sucked up into the air. Near where the rift was, the Uchuu Galleon came to a stop, April looking out of the porthole. “No!” she yelled, the Rangers’ bodies vanishing into the sky as the rift closed behind them, cutting them off from April and the Galleon. “What the hell was that?” Drake asked. “It was…a Dimensional tear,” April said, her eyes wide with fear as her suit fell away. “They’re gone...” _______________________________ For the second time that day, the Rangers landed in a pile in the middle of the street, honking horns and people muttering about the new arrivals pointing at them at the same time. “Where are we?” Thomas asked, standing up again slowly and helping his friends up. “Looks like…Angel Grove,” Demi said, looking around before holding her arm, seeing the skyline that was so familiar to her. “We’re in Angel Grove…” “Better question: What Dimension are we in?” Alec asked, the Rangers sharing a look that said they were screwed. Elsewhere, a being trapped in an interdimensional tube appeared, his eyes full of knowledge. “Alpha. We have trouble,” he said, looking down… |
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LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS UNLEASHED: “Did you not know that you cannot defeat us?” Skelecron asked. “Not now, nor if you get stronger. We are stronger then you hope to be, Thomas.” “I don’t think so,” Thomas snarled, growling before throwing Skelecron backwards, hitting his belt. “Guys! Change it up! Unleashed Engage!” S.P.D. EMERGENY the Red Rangers Caller rang out, transforming him into the Shadow Ranger. “Shadow Saber!” Unsheathing to Anubis-headed sword, Thomas opened the jowls on the sword, a small vortex circling the blade and strengthening it, giving it power. “You can’t defeat me with that,” Skelecron laughed, throwing his Twin DioSabers like a boomerang, the Red Ranger flying backwards and ending up on his back, his suit falling from around him. “Lord Dimas. Shall we defeat these impudent children?” _______________________ “As soon as the first Key of Deletion gets here, alert only me,” Dimas said, turning to Skelecron. “You, however, Skelecron, have a task ahead of you.” “And what is that, my Lord Dimas?” “Take the Dark Shinobi Azio out for a bit of exercise. But…his Shadow Seal is going to be the key to your victory,” Dimas said, smirking as the Shinobi himself appeared in the room. “Azio. Any words that Skelecron speak will be followed completely. Do you understand?” As his title implied, the Shinobi just simply nodded, standing back in the shadows, the light blue lines on his torso armor glowing lightly in the dim. “Interesting,” Skelecron said, looking back at Azio. “Your orders are to disable the Rangers accessing their Keys. Is that correct, sir?” “Finally, someone is learning,” Dimas said, smirking as he nodded. “Correct, Skelecron. You will disable the Rangers. Two hours. Then you leave. Allow me to deal with Serpen.” _________________________ “Why should I?” Drake asked. “What do I care if you get killed? Why the fuck should I care about this stupid war? Why does it concern me!?” As he yelled at April, all heads turned to Drake and the Pink Ranger, April sighing softly. “It matters because you’ve lost things to the Empire, just like everyone else has. Well…almost everyone else. But, Drake, the point is we need you. Please. This time, I’m serious. We need you to fight with us. We can’t do this alone. We got triple teamed by Dimas, Skelecron, and Furyblaze. I got my servos handed to me.” Drake sighed, looking at his hands as thoughts made their way around his mind. He knew that if he didn’t help, the others would die, and he’d hoped to hang out with April a bit more, but on the other hand, he didn’t want to help and be put in the crossfire. “Gnartz,” he sighed. “I hate when women give good arguments for things.” “Then you’ll do it?” ___________________________ “Azio,” Furyblaze directed, moving backwards and standing beside CyborSkelecron. “You know what to do, Skelecron.” “Yes, master,” CyborSkelecron nodded, Azio making complex movements with his hands in the style of ninja symbols. “Dark Technique: Dimensional Drift,” Azio deadpanned, thrusting his hands forward as a tear appeared in the sky above the Rangers, lightning and high winds whipping around them. “What’s going on?!” Demi yelled, trying to stay rooted in her spot. “It’s a tear in the Dimensional Gates!” Richmond yelled, feeling his feet leaving the ground. “We’re getting sucked in!” ______________________ For the second time that day, the Rangers landed in a pile in the middle of the street, honking horns and people muttering about the new arrivals pointing at them at the same time. “Where are we?” Thomas asked, standing up again slowly and helping his friends up. “Looks like…Angel Grove,” Demi said, looking around before holding her arm, seeing the skyline that was so familiar to her. “We’re in Angel Grove…” “Better question: What Dimension are we in?” Alec asked, the Rangers sharing a look that said they were screwed. _______________________ Episode 13: Scattered Dimensions Looking down at the ground from the crows nest, April slid down the railing and headed back inside, seeing Drake propped up on the couch with a bowl of cereal. “Are you serious?” she huffed. “Our team got sucked into a frigging alternate dimension and you’re eating Wheaties?!” “When I don’t know what t’ do, I eat,” Drake said, shoving another spoonful of cereal into his mouth. “And besides. It ain’t like we don’t know where they ended up.” “We don’t!” April snapped, taking the cereal from Drake and setting it on the table, wrenching him from the couch. “Besides, I saw something on the ground I want to check out, and you’re coming with me.” “Was afraid of that,” the Silver Ranger admitted, following April down onto the blacktop. ____________________ Looking around the city as they walked, Thomas sighed as he stuffed his hands in his pockets. “What the hell are we doing in Angel Grove?” “We got sucked through a Dimensional Rift. There’s no telling where we could have ended up. But, at least we ended up somewhere familiar,” Richmond said. “I used to live in Angel Grove, but it never looked like this,” Demi said, sighing. “Do you think…the Empire’s here in this Dimension?” “I don’t think so,” Thomas said, looking towards a window with a television in a display stand. “I think its something worse.” Leading the other three Rangers towards the television store, he stopped and watched a news report. “Good evening and welcome to Channel Seven News. I’m Amanda McKinley. More news coming in from the West Coast tonight. Riots and mass outbreaks of fires are spreading across California and into Oregon as the Occupation continues. The Occupation warns to not involve yourself with the battles that are started by the armor wearing thugs, the Power Rangers. Now we go live to Christa Tanaka in Sacramento, where she has been following the riots for days. Christa?” Demi sighed, resisting the urge to blow up the television before she walked off, anger in her eyes. “How can these guys say that the Power Rangers are the bad guys!? We’re the good guys!” the Yellow Ranger vented. “Apparently, not in this Dimension,” Alec said, looking at the television. “Apparently, something this “Occupation” has done has turned the city, and probably the world, against the Rangers in this Dimension.” “You got that right,” a female voice behind the Rangers said, making them stop. “I mean, why are we the bad guys when it’s the Occupations alien freakazoids that are the ones enslaving and killing most of Earth?” The Rangers turned, seeing a woman of roughly twenty five standing in front of them, her brunette hair shimmering in the early evening sunset. Her jacket, silver with a stylized anchor symbol, hugged and held at the right curves to make the three male Rangers tilt their heads in study. Green eyes shimmered mischievously, holding secrets and possible deception. “Hey!” Demi snapped, stamping down on Alec’s foot and kicking Richmond into Thomas. “Eyes are up there, boys.” Giggling, the woman in the jacket rubbed her neck. “Sorry,” she said, smiling. “I’m Adira Nunez. Come with me. The Occupation doesn’t like anyone out after sundown. And we’re cutting it close.” She turned and started running, Thomas and Richmond watching as her legs pounded down on the pavement, the Red Ranger clearly focused just a little higher then her thighs. “THOMAS!” Demi yelled, driving another kick into his posterior. “Do we trust her?” Narrowing her eyes at the woman’s retreating form, sparks of jealousy could be seen in her eyes. “Do we have much of a choice?” Thomas asked, running off after Adira and catching up quickly. “Give us one reason to trust you.” He heard the others footfalls behind him, and he watched the young woman reach into her jeans pocket and procure a Ranger Key, Silver in color, it’s design remarkably like the Silver Unleashed Key. “These,” she said, smirking as she made a hard left that caused Alec to trip and smack into a brick wall. “My friends and I are the Rangers. And judging by how the other three follow you, I’m guessing you’re either military or you’re a Ranger, and without any stripes or stars, I’m leaning more towards Ranger.” “Good guess,” Thomas said, stopping when Adira did. ____________________________ Back in Pan Central City, the Pink and Silver Rangers were helping up a pile of four women who looked thoroughly beat up. “Hey, you girls alright?” April asked, helping up a woman in a red jacket. “Yeah, we’re fine,” she replied, looking over at the last figure on the ground. “Kinu!” Running over, the woman in red knelt beside her friend. “Come on, baby. Don’t--” “I’m not dying, ba~ka,” the woman named Kinu giggled, opening her eyes and smiling. “I was just playing. Just making sure what you said at the Command Center was true.” She sat up and hugged the woman in Red, kissing her cheek. “Destiny, you need to calm down. You can’t wig out every time I get hurt.” “Want to watch me?” Destiny asked, smiling softly. “Ok, did I miss something?” Drake asked, rubbing his neck nervously. “That Dimensional Rift was two way. Our team got sucked into it, and these four women got dropped into ours. Rangers replaced civilians,” April said. “Um, excuse me?” the girl in the blue Jacket asked, smirking. “Try Rangers replaced Rangers.” “Anisha, don’t,” Destiny said. “They helped us.” “They could be Occupation!” Anisha yelled, looking at her friend in the green shirt. “Nyota, what do you think?” Having remained silent for the duration of the bickering between her Red and Blue Counterparts, Nyota sighed and looked down. “Anisha, I know you’re my best friend, but if they were Occupation, would we be standing here talking right now?” she asked, her calm voice stopping most of the talking going on. “If these two were the Occupation, we would be dead.” Anisha sighed, looking down. “Yeah, you’re right as usual,” she admitted. “Guess you’ve got a point.” Destiny shook her head, helping Kinu up before shaking April’s hand. “Thanks for the help,” the woman said. “Oh, no problem. Come on. You girls are welcome up on the ship. Get us all out of the public eye for a minute for intros,” the Pink Ranger said with a smile. ________________________ Having followed Adira through Angel Grove and narrowly avoiding several Occupation vessels and guards thanks to back alleys and shortcuts, the five Rangers entered a warehouse that seemed to be abandoned on the far side of town near the waters edge. “Again with the empty warehouses,” Demi said, rubbing her arms. “It’s cold in here.” “That’s because of what we have to do to keep this place hidden,” Adira said with a soft smile before taking her jacket and wrapping it around Demi’s shoulders. “I wish I knew what happened to Destiny and the others.” “Destiny?” Thomas asked. “Our Red Ranger,” Adira said. “And my half sister. I didn’t know I had a sister until a few months ago.” She smiled, rubbing her neck softly. “We’re an all girls team of Rangers. Destiny and I, Nyota and her girlfriend Anisha, Kinu, our Yellow Ranger and Dest’s girlfriend, and my best friend in the world Catty. Or Catherine, depending on her mood. The twit should be around here.” “I’m right here, you jabber mouth,” a voice said, the person it was attached to running out of the back with her hair up in a towel, a pink low cut top and a pair of blue shorts covering most of her body. “And who are these people? You know Destiny’s going to be pissed that you brought strangers into the CC.” “I never did get your names,” Adira admitted with a sheepish smile. “I’m Thomas. And this is Demi, Alec, and Richmond,” the Red Ranger said with a soft smile of his own. “I’m Catherine, and you’ve obviously met Adira. I hope she didn’t run you guys too ragged,” Catherine said with a smile. She tapped a few buttons, a tray filled several bottles of water rising up from the counter. “Take these and then follow me. Alpha’s getting pissed, Adira. And you know how Megas gets when you make him wait.” Adira smiled sheepishly, rubbing her neck. “I didn’t mean to take so long. Red here wouldn’t stop staring at my ass,“ she giggled. Thomas started passing out the water, but one slipped and crashed open onto the floor as Adira spoke, making the Red Ranger get flustered. “See? That proves it!” “Was not staring,” Thomas said. “It was…admiration of the female form.” Getting kicked it his backside by an irate Demi once again, the Red Ranger decided it would be best to simply keep his mouth shut. “Yeah…anyway. Back to the topic at hand. Who’s Megas, and why does he want to see us?” He cracked open a bottle of water, emptying it down in a few seconds. “Megas is our mentor figure, our leader if you want,” Catherine said, hopping up on the counter. “He’s from Eltar, but…” She shared a look with the Silver Ranger, both women biting their lips. “But what?” Richmond asked, clearly intrigued. He took a bottle of water and took a drink, leaning back against the counter as he waited. “He’s stuck in a time warp. Similar to how his great grandfather Zordon was,” Adira said. “And he wants to meet the four of you. That’s why I was in town damn near after the curfew. He thinks….that you can help us stop the Occupation.” Looking between his teammates and friends, Thomas nodded. “Let’s go, then. It’s not very often we’re invited somewhere,” he said, standing up and helping Demi up as well. Adira and Catherine nodded, smiling at the four Rangers before the Pink Ranger went to the sink and flipped the counter, pulling up a computer. “Descending in three…two…one,” she said, hitting a red button on her console that made the floor of the warehouse--or more specifically, the section the six Rangers were standing on--start sinking through the floor. __________________________ As the Rangers sat down in the main deck of the Galleon, April brought out a tray of drinks, various assorted flavors and colors before setting the tray on the table in the center of the room. Drake was sitting on the floor against the mast, watching the five women interacting. Destiny was looking around, enjoying being somewhere that wasn’t underground, looking out at the city from so high up. “How do you guys manage to stay invisible up here? Don’t you get noticed?” she asked. “We don’t really worry about it,” April said with a small smile. “The guys we fight, the Battlesnare Empire, keep their forces in LEO, Lower Earth Orbit, and they monitor everything at random intervals, so we don’t really worry about it. The civilians on the ground know the ship, and they know the Power Rangers live up here and not to bother us.” Anisha raised her hand, looking up from her coffee mug. “I do have a question, though,” she said. “What?” Drake asked, standing up. “You called them the Battlesnare Empire. Why do they want Earth?” the Blue Ranger asked, looking at her companions with a confused look. “Earth…we’re the center for a lot of trouble,” April said. “It’s something about the Morphin’ Masters having earth be the Center of the Morphing Grid, evil wanting the Grids power, and if Earth blows up, the Morphing Grid collapses. It’s all sorts of complicated, and I’m not smart enough to figure it out. Even with all my processors and servos.” “Wait, your what?” Kinu asked, her eyes lighting up with intrigue. “What did you say?” “I’m an Android. I was created by the Empire to kill the Rangers if they ever showed up, but I evolved past the programming and decided I’d do whatever I wanted, and what I wanted was to stop the Empire,” April said, giving the short version of her life. “Didn’t expect that,” Kinu said, smiling. “I think that’s kind of cool, actually. I wish--” “Don’t even finish that sentence,” April said, covering Kinu’s mouth with her hand. “Do not wish you could be like me. I wouldn’t even want a little me to be like me.” She shook her head, slowly pulling back. “Anyway. Enough about us. What about you guys? How do you transform? We use these.” She pulled out her Caller and her Pink Ranger Key, setting them on the table. “Kind of bulky, don’t you think?” Nyota asked, picking up the Pink Ranger Key. “Don’t have to worry about someone stealing these?” “Nope,” the Pink Ranger said. “Well? I showed you mine. Let me see yours.” Giggling as she stood up, Kinu smiled and slid her sleeve up, a small device on her arm in yellow. “Our Morphers. Megas made them up for us. We don’t use Keys. See this slot in the top?” she asked. “We take these, Ranger Memories, and put them in there and twist. Like this.” Reaching into her pocket, the Yellow Ranger smiled and held out a small memory card, almost like what would typically be found in a cell phone. “Ranger Memory! Unleash!” Slotting the Card into the Morpher, she twisted like she said, the image of a Yellow Ranger suit--very similar to Demi’s--appeared, coating the young Japanese woman in the suit. “Sweet!” Demi said, lifting Kinu’s arm and looking at the armor that comprised the suit. “Dude, that’s wicked.” “I showed you mine,” Kinu smirked under her helmet, echoing the Pink Ranger. Taking her Key in hand, April flipped the legs up. “Unleashed Engage!” she called, flipping her Caller open and inserting the Key before twisting it, her Pink Ranger suit appearing around her body. “Cute,” Kinu said, Destiny rolling her eyes behind April. “Oh, shut up, Destiny. You like a cute skirt as much as the next girl. Don’t deny the short skirts in your closet.” She let go of her transformation, smirking at her girlfriend. “I’d say you could punish me, but we’re not at home right now.” “”Do you ever quit?” Destiny asked, causing the room to erupt in laughter. __________________ Standing on a rooftop in the southern half of Angel Grove, CyborSkelecron and Azio looked down over the city, eerily empty thanks to the Occupation and their laws. The Cybernetic Warrior put his DioSabers on his shoulders, looking over the city. “It is not any fun to attack when there is nobody to kill,” he mused, Azio nodding his head lightly beside him. “Master. A suggestion,” the usually silent Shinobi said. “What?” “Attack anyway. We know the Rangers were drawn through my Rift, and we know they reside in Angel Grove at this moment. We do not know where, but in giving us a chance to end them entirely, we destroy anyone that crosses our path,” Azio mused, his hands folded behind his back. Taking that into consideration, Skelecron nodded before redrawing his Sabers. “A brilliant idea,” he said, slashing out and causing several large energy waves to break out. The waves slashed through several large buildings, the structures imploding and then causing their parts to flare out, coating the street in rubble and fires. “Come on out, Rangers!” Across town in the middle of the Command Center, Thomas couldn’t help but think something was wrong. “Catherine? Is there a way to see outside surveillance?” he asked. “Yeah,” the Pink Ranger said, tapping a few keys on her console in front of her and pulling up a monitor while Adira ran to the corner and opened a door, a robot walking out behind her. “Oh, crap.” “I don’t like that,” Demi said, running over. “What is it? Occupation?” She looked at the screen, her heart stopping when she realized the energy waves. “It’s Skelecron, Thomas.” “Great,” Thomas growled. “And our Belts are still sealed thanks to Azio.” Alec looking at his hand, a thought running through his mind. “What if the belt wasn’t locked? We demorphed when we hit the ground. The demorph, and then a remorph right now might undo it.” Thinking about Alec’s words, Thomas nodded. “It’s worth a shot,” he said. Adira nodded, looking at her friends. “Then what are we waiting for/’ she asked. “Are we going to kick some ass or not?” As a tube lowered from the ceiling, Catherine typed into the computer. “Hang on, guys. Megas wants a word,” she said, the head of the Rangers mentor appearing in the tube. Looking more like a giant swan, Megas bowed his head to the four Rangers. “Welcome to Angel Grove, Rangers. I know that this is not your home, but for the time, being--” “Not to sound rude,” Richmond said, stepping up and cutting Megas’ words off, while sounding extremely rude. “But there’s a bastard from our home tearing around your city causing death and destruction, and unless we get down there to stop him now, you won’t have a city to protect, and this Occupation or whatever they won’t have people to kick around.” “Richmond,” Demi said, her eyes wide at the Green Ranger. “I’m serious, Demi. We’ve got bigger things to deal with then Zordon’s grandchild. Let’s go,” Richmond said, heading towards the lift again. “Richmond,” Thomas said, sighing. “As much as I don’t agree with how he said it, we do need to go and stop Skelecron.” Looking to Adira and Catherine, he posed a question that he never thought he’d ask. “Will you help us?” “Damn right we will!” Adira said, smirking. “Any bastard that comes after my city is going to be getting my Silver Trident up their butt.” “I like her,” Demi smirked. “We are so taking her home with us. Forget Drake. This is our Silver Ranger.” “Don’t think so,” Catherine said with a pout. “Like hell she’s leaving me.” “Ay-yi-yi-yi. Would you three stop talking and start fighting bad guys?” Alpha said, her voice annoyed as she put her hands on her hips. “What’s the fastest way out of here?” Alec asked, already prepping his Caller and Key. “Like this,” Alpha said, a smirk in her voice processor as she hit a button, six beams of colored light vanishing from the Command Center as she laughed. “Hehe, ain’t I stinker?” Landing in town, Thomas looked around and growled, his hand clenched around his Key as Golbaks and Eternaks lined the streets. “Let’s Ranger up,” he said. “You two ready for this?” “Dude. Our dimension. We’re ready for anything,” Catherine said with a smirk, pushing her sleeve back and holding up a Memory with the picture of the Pink Ranger on it, Adira doing the same except with Silver. “Ranger Memory! Unleash!” the two women called in unison, putting the chips into the wrist Morpher before twisting it, their suits appearing in the air before covering them. “Unleashed Engage!” Thomas and the others called out, turning their Keys in the Callers. “Unleashed Red!” “Unleashed Blue!” “Unleashed Yellow!” “Unleashed Green!” “Sailing the stars in search of love! Pink Unleashed Ranger!” “Traversing the depths of the Ocean! Silver Unleashed Ranger!” __________________________ The five female Rangers, having outnumbered Drake for a movie choice, were sitting comfortably and scattered around the main cabin watching as Ryan Gosling spoke in the rain when suddenly the alarms rang out. “Thank god,” Drake groaned, looking up. “Geeps, what is it?” The parrot tapped the keys, pulling up the map. “It’s Thomas! They morphed and I found their signals!” “Sweet!” Destiny called, jumping up and helping a sleeping Kinu up. “Where are they?” “Your home Dimension,” Geeps said, looking back at the six Rangers. “How do we get there?” Kinu asked, tilting her head. “I mean…we don’t have a thing that can tear rifts in space and time.” “Yes, we do,” Anisha said. “You guys remember Adira talking about the Trinity Zord? Using Quantum, Green Ranger, and White Drago Ranger’s powers?” “You are brilliant!” Nyota grinned, kissing Anisha’s cheek. “Do you guys have those powers?” April nodded, running over to the chest and digging inside before pulling the three Keys out. “Yep!” she grinned. “Drake? You think we can do this?” “Hey, I don’t think we can,” Drake said. “I know we can. Gimme the Quantum.” Taking the Key from the air as April tossed it, he slotted his own Silver Ranger Key before running out to the crows nest, holding his Cell up. “Let this work.” He put the Quantum Ranger Key in the slot, pushing the button on the top. “Summon! Trinity Zord!” Waiting with baited breath, the six Rangers stood around the crows nest looking into the sky. Suddenly, like a burst of fire, the sky tore open revealing the Trinity Zord, a dinosaur head acting as the cockpit while a gigantic drill spun in place before it leveled off with the Galleon. Drake smirked as a ramp came between the Galleon and the Trinity Zord. “All aboard,” the Silver Ranger said with a smile. “Geeps, after we go through with the Trinity Zord, follow in the Galleon,” April said, looking into her Caller. “I think we’re going to need our Zords if something happens.” “You got it, kid,” Geeps said, locking a course to follow the Silver Ranger’s Zord. “Whenever you lot are ready, we’ll be on the way.” Drake led the five girls to his Zord, sitting in the main chair as everyone else sat around him. Taking the two steering controls in his hands, he spun around and heard a beeping, the Zord’s detection system zeroing in on Thomas’s Ranger Key signature. “Next stop…who knows.” “Home,” Destiny said, smiling softly as she grabbed part of a wall to keep steady as the Zord turned in the air. “Ugh…” “What?” April asked, putting her hand on the other woman’s shoulder. “Hate flying,” Destiny admitted, looking down to avoid throwing up. The Zord lurched forward, a beam coming from the tip of the drill that reopened the Dimensional Rift. Drake, with precision accuracy, steered his Zord into the rift, hearing the Galleon behind as they headed for their guests home. ________________________ Landing hard on his back, Thomas yelled out as he hit the ground, feeling Skelecron’s foot in his chest. “Why send us here?” the Red Ranger asked, trying to get his Ranger Gun pointed up at the enemy. “So that my masters could destroy your planet without any resistance,” Skelecron growled, grabbing Thomas by the neck and flinging him into Adira and Catherine who were busy with the Golbaks and Eternaks. “And the fact that this world is already under someone else’s control makes things for us a little easier.” “The Occupation won’t allow you to try and take over what they’ve already conquered,” Adira growled, getting up and firing several blasts from her Trinity Staff’s laser mode at the Golbaks. “They’ll destroy you in a heartbeat!” Demi growled as she swung a kick at Azio, yelping when he grabbed her leg and drove his knee into her back, dropping her to the ground. “Bastard,” she snarled, leaping up again and driving her knees into his face, Richmond and Alec tangling with the Eternaks that were keeping them from the Yellow Ranger. “Demi!” Alec yelled, breaking one of the Eternaks’ arms before kicking it backwards, slashing down it’s chest at the same time. As the battle continued, Skelecron stepped back and observed the sky, the sounds of fighting dying down around him. “Damn,” he growled. “They found us.” Just the, the sky tore open again as the Trinity Zord and the Galleon appeared in the sky, six figures jumping from the leading Zord. “April!” Demi yelled, getting up and running over to her best friend, hugging her. “About time. I thought I’d never get to pick on my best friend again.” “Ah, you can’t keep me away,” April smirked. “Oh, Thomas. We’re replacing you.” “What?” the Red Ranger asked in shock, April’s laughter breaking his confusion. “I’m kidding, dude,” she said, hugging him. “But we did find these four where you guys vanished.” “Destiny!” Adira yelled, all but glomping her sister and hugging her tightly. “About time you showed up again.” “NO!” Skelecron yelled, anger in his eyes. “This was not supposed to happen!” “Well, it did, ugly,” Anisha said, standing beside her team. “Girls, what do we say about ending this little fight and sending these guys home?” “Couldn’t agree more,” Destiny said, smirking. “Hade ni ikuze!” Kinu giggled, taking her Ranger Memory out of her pocket. “Let’s do it,” Nyota said, smiling. “Ranger Memory! Unleash!” the four women Rangers yelled, slotting the Memories into their Morphers and twisting them, the suits appearing and clasping over them. “Heart of a Volcano! Red Unleashed Ranger!” Destiny said, posing with her right hand crossed under her left elbow. “Excitement seeking seafaring maiden! Blue Unleashed Ranger!” Anisha said, her left hand on her hip with her right hand pointing out. “Underground adventure in the palm of my hand! Yellow Unleashed Ranger!’ Kinu said, her arms crossed over her chest. “Highflying daredevil! Green Unleashed Ranger!” Nyota said, her left arm over the top of her head while her right arm extended into the sky. “Sailing the stars in search of love! Pink Unleashed Ranger!” Catherine said, her hip cocked out with her hands on her thighs. “Traversing the depths of the Ocean! Silver Unleashed Ranger!” Adira smirked, her Trinity Staff over her shoulders. “The light of Eltar guides us as we defend the Earth! Power Rangers Unleashed!” the six women yelled out, a minor colored explosion happening behind them. “Well, that was an underwhelming boom,” Adira pouted. “Oh, you’ll get over it,” Destiny snickered, shaking her head. “Let’s get these bastards.” “Couldn’t agree more, red,” Thomas said, rushing forward with his and Destiny’s teams on their heels. As the twelve Rangers collided with the Eternaks and Golbaks, Demi and Kinu paired up to take out whatever they could. Demi stabbed a Golbak in the chest, knocking it into it’s companions before wrenching her sword out of it, kicking out and slamming into an Eternak before she got thrown forward. “Demi!” Kinu yelled, firing several shots from her own sidearm, blasting the Eternaks’ head off of it’s shoulders and helping up her alternate dimension counterpart. “You alright?” “I’m fine,” Demi said with a sigh. “I’ve been through worse.” She held her arm lightly, shaking her head out. “Maybe we should change it up a bit.” Kinu nodded, taking a Memory from her wrist pouch. “Ranger Memory! Jungle Beast!” “Unleashed Engage!” Demi yelled, twisting the Key in her Caller. As the two Yellow Rangers turned their individual devices, Demi simply changed in a flash of yellow light while Kinu’s Ranger Suit appeared and closed over her. “Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!” the two girls called out, delivering high speed punches and kicks. Azio jumped in to fight the girls, slashing towards them and having his sword hit he middle of the air with a dodge, Demi kicking him in the chest and sending him backwards. “You will regret this,” he drawled, his voice slow. “Don’t think so,” Kinu said, leaping up and taking Demi’s hand, throwing the older girl into Azio and throwing him against Skelecron. Thomas and Destiny were locked in with several Eternaks, the two Red Rangers having the same idea. “Ranger Memory! Accelerate!” “Unleashed Engage!” As the two Red Rangers turned their Memory and Key, Thomas changed in a slight red light, the sound of a dump truck coming from his Morpher whereas Destiny’s appeared before colliding around her. “Shift into Overdrive! Red Ranger!” the two yelled, taking their Drive Lances out before attacking the Eternaks once again. Skelecron, realizing that what was going on was not going to end well, grabbed a device from his side, growling as he opened it up. “Scroll of Empowerment! Descend!” As the scroll opened up, Azio grew to immense sizes, as did Skelecron. “Try and stop us now, Rangers!” “Unleashed Zords! Online!” Thomas yelled, the Galleon opening up and allowing the Zords free, his team of Rangers jumping into their individual Zords. As the five Zords fired at the two from the Empire, Thomas was typing away at the helm. “Omnizord Formation!” The Zords folded and came together in a burst of metal and sparks, combining with ease. “Unleashed Omnizord!” the five Rangers yelled.. “My turn!” Drake yelled, jumping up into to Trinity Zord and sitting in the cockpit again, cracking his neck. “Trinity Zord! Rex Mode!” Taking the Green Ranger Key, he flipped it around and slotted it into the compartment on the left side of his console, the Zord shifting around. Legs came from the underside, the dinosaur head separating and sitting up on a newly formed neck. A pair of arms appeared from the underside, having been hidden by the legs, and the drill became a tail. Roaring out with authority, Drake smirked as he got a feel of his Zord. “TriZord! Dino Mode! Complete!” As the two Megazords stood side by side, Skelecron laughed and blasted at Drake, the Silver Ranger forcing the Megazord into the air and causing the drill to spin. “Insolent punk!” “Thank you!” Drake laughed, firing a steady stream of fire from the maw of the Zord. “Hey, Destiny! You six getting in on this or not?” “Alpha, mobilize the ZORD Systems,” the female Red Ranger said, the sounds of the Galleon ringing out over the horizon. She leapt up, her team following behind into their own Zords. “Alright, girls. Activate the Defensor System!” As the other five Zords--similar in aesthetics and design to Thomas and his teams with slight differences--combined, the Megazord was slightly darker then it’s counterpart, the twin swords black instead of silver. “Nice,” Thomas said, smirking as he looked over at Destiny. “Not so bad yourself, bucko,” the other Red Ranger smirked. “Addy, you coming up?” “Gimme a minute,” Adira said, shaking her head. “Trinity Zord! Rise up!” She twisted a Memory in her Morpher, holding her wrist up as the sounds of the Green Ranger’s Dragon Dagger played, the sounds of the water in the bay churning as the Trinity Zord rose from the depths, roaring out. “Booyah!” She jumped up and landed in the cockpit, taking her seat and holding up a Memory. “Trinity Zord Fighter Mode!” Slamming the Memory into the slot, she twisted the entire console. The Megazord’s legs straightened out, the two dinosaur arms folding back to the back as the head became the left arm, the tail drill transitioning into the right arm. A closed head came out of the neck, opening up in the same of a trident. “Trinity Megazord!” “Four Megazords!?” Skelecron yelled, his hands clenched around his Twin DioSabers. “No matter. Azio!” The Shinobi nodded, vanishing into the shadows of the buildings, leaving his master with the Rangers. “You cannot stop us, Rangers, and I think you know that.” “Can we shut him up already!?” Catherine asked, looking down the line of her team at Destiny. “I think we should,” the female Red Ranger said, taking a Memory from her pouch. “Let’s do this.” The other girls nodded, slotting their own Memories into the consoles. “Ranger Memory! Get in Gear!” the women called out, the sounds of an engine roaring through the city before the Formula One-inspired Race car appeared, the Megazord lifting up as the legs detached from the Megazord, lowering down onto the racer. “RPM Unleashed Megazord!” “Nice trick,“ Demi said. “Watch ours,” April finished. “Thomas?” “You got it,” the Red Ranger said, taking out a key. “Let’s go.” “Unleashed Engage!” the five Rangers yelled out. As the Keys turned, the compartments on the Megazord opened up, the main symbol of the Mighty Morphin’ Rangers coming out of the center of the chest, surrounding the Megazord. MEGAZORD ACTIVATED was heard as the Megazords’ eyes flashed, the Power Sword dropping into it’s hand. “Why can’t we have that?” Anisha asked, her eyes wide under her helmet as she took her controls again. “Either way, let’s end these two and get them back home.” “You cannot win,” Skelecron taunted, throwing his DioSabers out and missing the four Megazords, Adira and Drake rushing forward and hitting him with both drills before piercing his armor in the chest. “Impossible! This is the strongest Metal in the Universe!” “That’s where you’re wrong!” Drake snapped, kicking the Cyborg warrior backwards. “These drills are Eltarian metal and Liarian enchantments. Way harder then metal found on Onyx!” Slamming the tail into him again, Drake forced him to stagger back against Thomas and the others from his team. “Azio!” Skelecron yelled, forcing Adira’s drill out of his chest before the Shinobi leapt out of the shadows and tackled the two Trinity Zords, knocking them down. “Now to deal with the ten of you personally.” He stalked towards the two Unleashed Megazords. “I kill all of you, and Serpen rewards me.” “She can go to hell!” Thomas snarled, using his controls and slashing the Megazord’s arm out, cutting against Skelecron’s neck, throwing him backwards. “Guys, let’s end this for good.” “Couldn’t agree more!” Drake yelled, turning his controls. “Do you five think I can change my whole Megazord like that?” “Try it and find out,” Demi said, bracing as Skelecron kicked them backwards into a building. “Silver Shift!” Drake called out, slamming a Key into the console and twisting it. His Zord glowed before changing appearance into the Mega Winger, taking flight and firing down at Azio. “Alright, guys! Let’s get this over with.” “Let’s do it,” Destiny said, laughing as she watched Drake spin through the air. “Drake, stop fooling around!” She swung her control around, using the swords on the Megazord’s arms, slashing Skelecrons’ DioSabers out of his hands before Adira shattered them with the Drill. Adira took her three Ranger Memories for her Zord, putting them in the slots. “Trinity Dreamer Spin!” she yelled, twirling the two steering wheels around before the Trinity Zord’s Drill and Dino Modes appeared as apparitions on the sides of the Fighter Mode, each Drill spinning in a swirl of energy before piercing Azio. “Now, Drake!” the female Silver Ranger yelled. “Mega Crash!” Drake yelled, slamming into Azio with a flaming Mega Winger before sending him flying, the Shinobi’s sword landing in the ground point down before he stood up. “Impossible….this….can’t end like this,” Azio groaned, hitting his stomach and exploding, the two Silver Rangers making their Zords high five each other. “Alright, girls! Our turn,” Destiny said. “RPM High Octane Slam!!” The Megazord lifted off of the ground, the four wheels of the race car folding up before catching fire, slamming hard into Skelecron and knocking him backwards. “Thomas!” “Power Sword!” Thomas yelled, drawing the saber again before it charged with lightning. The five Rangers slashed down, tearing the sword through Skelecron for good, his body combusting and lightning the four victorious Megazords as the sun came up. __________________________ A few hours later, after the Rangers managed to get some sleep, Thomas and his team stood with Destiny and her team in the cabin on the Galleon. “Well, it’s been fun,” Thomas said, holding his hand out. “And I can’t wait to do it again,” Destiny said, shaking Thomas’ hand and giving him a hug as well, smiling. “You guys stop your Empire’s invasion and come back and help us stop the Occupation. Could always use a bit of new faces around once in a while.” “Take care of the Occupation and come help us,” Thomas said with a smirk, shaking the other women’s hands. “You girls take care. I wish I could have gotten to know you just a bit better.” “Thomas, if you knew us any better, we’d have slept with you,” Anisha smirked, causing Richmond and Alec to do a double take before their faces got red. “We’d have probably done all of you if we had the time.” “Anisha, stop,” Nyota laughed, shaking her head before hutting the boys and giving them both gentle squeezes. “Come back one day, huh?” “If we can,” Alec said, smiling as he took Demi’s hand. “Don’t lose her,” Kinu said, noting the way Alec was keeping close to Demi. “She’s the best thing you’ll ever have.” “She already is,” Alec said with a smile. Geeps flew in, thunking Thomas in the head. “We need to go. The Rift’s closing, and I don’t think we’d be able to open it again.” “Alright. We’ll head out,” Destiny said, smiling softly. “Take care, Rangers.” “And you,” Thomas said as the six women Rangers teleported out, leaving the main team standing on the Galleon. “Let’s go home.” |
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CHAPTER 14: ATONEMENT Getting up from it’s console and running through the ship, an Eternak Soldier knocked on the door to his commanders door, her words allowing him entrance. “My lady Serpen,” he said, bowing. “Speak already before I lose what’s left of my patience,” Serpen snarled. “Calm down, little sister,” another female voice said, a tanned hand on the snake-headed woman’s arm. Serpen‘s face softened, her eyes closing as she regained herself. Her subordinates failures and manipulations behind her back were beginning to wear on her, and she was not taking it lightly. “I’m sorry, sister,” she said, turning her attention back to the Eternak in front of her. “What is it?” “My lady, the first Key has arrived,” the solider said, standing taller. “The Key and the first of the Outlying have arrived, entering the sector. The estimated time is less then two hours.” “Then begin the process,” Serpen said. “I’ll arrive momentarily.” The Eternak bowed, ducking out of the room before breaking into a run again. He ran into the main control room where the device that was to be the housing unit for the Keys of Deletion set up and attached to a cannon pointed at the planet below. Entering the room, Drancon the Destroyer held up a translucent Red Key with flecks of black inside of it. “I hold the first Key of Deletion. Allow me to demonstrate it’s power.” His body was as red as his namesake of the Dragon, he had black wings sprouting from his back which ended in sharp claws. His body covered in scales, red menacing eyes glowing in the dim of the room. “Drancon,” Serpen’s voice said, the door opening a second time. Clad in her black robe, she shook hands with Drancon. “I take it Mumman and Frakis are the next to arrive, with Faerin and Dhamphin close behind?” “I can only hope,” Drancon said, nodding. “Otherwise my trip would have been a waste, my old friend.” “What do you need from us, Drancon? Rest? Food and drink? Audience with the world while we blow up part of their planet?” Serpen asked, hiding the anger in her eyes. “You know me too well. Though, allow me a change this time. Audience first, then the food. I ate on the way in,” Drancon said. “Your men might have to clean the blood from my lunch up from the hallways.” ____________________________ Drake laughed as he listened to the Rangers, hearing how Thomas became flustered when Adira was walking or talking to him, hearing Demi recount how she wanted to beat the three male Rangers over the head with their own legs ala Quan Chi. “God, I wish I could have seen that,” the Silver Ranger laughed, shaking his head. “Oh, we heard you were doing your own share of getting flustered and drooling, Drake,” Demi smirked, wiggling her eyebrows. “Being stuck on a ship with five beautiful women must have been….hard to handle.” Her emphasis on the word “hard” made Drake blush eight shades of red, and the Silver Ranger coughed lightly. “I refuse to answer on grounds that I’m not that dumb,” he said, smirking. “But, yes, it was.” Geeps shook his head, flying over to the console in the main part of the room and bringing up a news feed. “Oh, this ain’t good. You lot, get over here and see this,” he said, the six Rangers scrambling off of their chairs into the main room. “Good afternoon. I’m Miki Tanaka with a special report. We’ve received a transmission from the Battlesnare Empire who are currently in orbit around our planet. We’re going live to their feed in just a moment. We do not know what they want nor why they’re asking to speak directly to the entire world, but let us hope and pray that things will not prove explosive. I’m getting reports that they’re ready to stream, so we’re going to go live to the representative of the Empire, a man calling himself Drancon.” the reporter on the news said, the image flashing and flickering into the main room of the Empire’s ship. “About time,” Drancon growled. “You weak, pathetic flesh bags of Earth, listen up.” The Camera moved to the wall, the device set up and humming. “As you pitiful meat sacks can see, this device is connected to a cannon the size of Rhode Island and it’s aimed directly at your pathetic little planet. Now…you don’t know where this will hit, but when it does, there will be nothing left of you in that part of the world. Each Key that we acquire for the Deletion as my brother and sisters arrive, more of your planet will be destroyed. Now. For the fun part.” He walked over to the device, taking the clear red Key in his hand and flipping it up. “Deletion in progress.” As the beam activated, it centered in on a specific part of Earth, completely obliterating it. The sea dried up, land masses crumbled into piles of ocean life, and the machine powered down. “Judging by my readout here, the continent you called Russia, most of your Pacific Ocean, the State named Alaska, and some of your Canada’s western boarder are no more. This is but a taste of our power. You will fear us. Or there will be consequences.” With that, the transmission shut off, Miki Tanaka’s face reappearing on the screen, looking visibly distraught. “After…my God, that terrible and terrific display of power, I have one question for the world: Where are the Power Rangers and why do they not come to stop this threat?” Thomas turned off the monitor, his hand clenched. “I should have destroyed that damn machine after we used it on Bertrasis Seven,” he snarled, punching the center post. “FUCK!” “Thomas,” Demi said, putting her hand on his shoulder. “What are you talking about?” “It was five years ago,” Thomas said, his mind taking him back to the fight. _______________________ FIVE YEARS PREVIOUS The Outlying had involved themselves in the fight personally to ensure the completion of the device to make sure our victory on Bertrasis Seven was a success. Furyblaze and Serpen had been in the background, barking orders from the shadows, and they had me spearheading the mission into the palace to steal their Princess, Demitra. We stormed the castle, knocking down defenses and soldiers for the length of the entrance hall. “Get upstairs! Kill any that get in your way! Find the girl and drag her downstairs if you have to!” Drancon yelled, slamming his staff into several of the guards before slinging them off of the end. “For the Empire!” “For the Empire!” the slew of Timbaks and Golbaks yelled, Serpen never thinking of the Eternaks’ until we came to Earth. I ran upstairs, kicking doors in and throwing people over the balcony, trying to get through. The last door I kicked open was the Princess’s room. Her handmaidens, who quickly jumped out of the bed and readjusted their uniforms, ran out of the room. As they ran I killed both of them with a single shot in the back of the head, not missing either woman. “What do you want from me?” Demitra asked as I wrenched her half naked form to her feet, throwing her robe at her. “Answer me, please. Why do you want me?” “It’s my job to bring you to the Blizkon, Princess,” I said, grabbing her and slinging her over my shoulders, not giving her an option. I ran downstairs and yelled for the rest of the Empire’s men and women to fall back, the slew of us and the Princess getting teleported back to the ship. As we tied the Princess down, Serpen started talking while the five Keys were set up. “You see your pretty little planet down there?” she sneered. “It’s beautiful, really. Another pearl on the string of jewels in the Tridex Galaxy. Almost too beautiful to destroy. But, Princess, it’s in my way. See…if your little planet survives, then you could rise against me. Rise against my empire. And I can’t have that, see. So, what I need from you is to watch as your planet’s destroyed.” She snapped her fingers, and I walked forward with a silk pillow that held the five Keys. Dhamphin was first, the Pink Key being inserted into the last slot. Faerin followed, turning the Green key above that. Next came Frakis, Yellow in his possession and above Faerin. Next after Frakis was Mumman, Blue being his color as the Key twisted. Finally, it was Drancon, his scales as red as his Key. “Look at that, Princess,” Serpen giggled, her snake hair rattling in the laughter. “Thomas, my boy. Please fire the Cannon.” “Yes, my queen,” I replied, walking over to the console and taking the targeted in hand. I focused on Bertrasis Seven, and I pulled the trigger, the planet being fired on by five waves of colored energy which converged and formed one massive spiral. It hit the center of the planet, causing the core to rupture. As the land masses started to disintegrate, the planet just collapsed, the space where it was being nothing more then an empty void. And that’s what they’re going to do here. Thomas sighed as he looked at his Rangers, each one reacting differently to the story. “You see? This is what I’m atoning for by fighting my former Queen and my father,” he said. “Your father?” April asked. “Dimas?” “Furyblaze.” Thomas turned away, his hands clenched. “Furyblaze is my father. I was born and raised in the Empire, and why you five stay and fight beside me is a mystery to me. With all the wrong done in my past, I don’t deserve friends like you.” Demi reached out and slapped Thomas hard in the face, a red handprint making itself known on the Red Ranger’s face as he fell backwards into the post of the center mast. “Snap out of it!” she yelled, grabbing him by the collar. She hauled him to his feet, driving her knee into his stomach. “For God’s sake, I’m so tired of the damn pity party out of you!” Thomas growled lightly, shaking his head. “If you’d seen the hell I’ve caused over the galaxy, and seen the destruction I’ve caused, Demi, you wouldn’t say pity party,” he said, walking out. “Bastard!” ___________________________ Drancon looked at the burning of whatever land on the surface he could see, smirking to himself. “Now…the end of the World is soon at hand,” he said, turning to the remains of the bridge crew. “Now. For the way to kill the Rangers. Zexias.” Stepping through the door, Zexias appeared, the mark on his belt glowing dimly while the different ringlets on his arms shone with a symbol of past Rangers. “Lord Drancon. It is always a pleasure to serve by your side.” “Cut the shit, Zexias. I need you to destroy the Rangers,” Drancon said. “Excuse me, Drancon,” Serpen said, stepping up and getting in Drancon’s face. “This is my ship, and my army. You don’t give orders, I’m afraid. Not here.” “Lady Serpen, it is clear that you are unfit to continue leadership. Your time as a human has clearly impaired your judgment, otherwise you would have destroyed the Rangers by now. Stand aside,” Drancon said. “I don’t think so, Drancon! What the hell makes you think you can just waltz onto my bridge and demand I step aside in my own ship?!” Serpen yelled. “You give no orders here, old man!” Drancon’s hand lashed out, knocking Serpen to the ground before his knee dropped in her stomach, forcing the air from her lungs. “You listen well, half breed. I will do as I please. I have been since Time immemorial. You will do well to remember your place. Or I will begin to regret my choice to allow you to live,” he snarled, grabbing her throat. “Get out.” He threw her to the side, Serpen rolling to a stop at Furyblaze’s feet. Getting up, Serpen growled as she held her ribs, her eyes flashing a dangerous black. “I see. At last the truth reveals itself. Father,” she said, turning on her heel and walking out, slamming her fist into the wall as she stepped outside. She stepped inside her quarters and screamed, throwing whatever she could. “Sister?” a voice asked. The lights came on, revealing Andrea sitting on the bed in a longer shirt and a skirt, her brown hair bobbing on her head as she turned to Serpen. “What’s wrong?” “Andrea,” Serpen whispered, her body melting back into Artemis as she sat on the bed. “We need to get out of here. I need you to run.” “Why?” Andrea asked, putting her hand on her sister’s cheek. “Sweetheart, talk to me.” “I’ve done something I shouldn’t have,” Artemis whispered, tears falling down her cheeks. “I shouldn’t have betrayed them. We had a good life with the Rangers. Goddamn it, I’m so stupid. This is all my fault.” “Artemis, what happened?” Andrea asked. Back on the bridge, Furyblaze shook his head as he looked at Drancon. “Was that the best option, Drancon?” he asked. “Do not question me, Furyblaze. Or I cut you down next. Send Zexias down to the surface with the Eternaks. Go as well. End the boy,” Drancon said, turning away. “Yes, my lord,” Furyblaze said, turning and walking out, summoning the Eternaks to his side as Zexias appeared beside him as well. “This ends today.” With that, he transported himself and Zexias as well as the Eternaks down to the surface, appearing near the television station. ______________________________ Thomas, having been near downtown, hard the screams of the civilians as fireballs and lightning blasts flew through the air. “Never a dull moment,” he mused, throwing down the rest of his drink and taking off, his Key in his hand before he twisted it in the Caller. “Unleashed Engage!” He transformed into his Ranger persona and drew his saber and gun, blasting at the Eternaks as he saw them. “Furyblaze!” “About time, Thomas. It’s time for you to return the life you don’t deserve,” Furyblaze said, holding his sword out. “Though I do have to ask, son. Where are your friends now?” “I don’t need them to stop you,” Thomas snarled, lunging forward and locking blades with his father. “And don’t think I’m not stronger then the last time we fought. I’m more powerful then you hope to be!” Furyblaze laughed, driving his foot into Thomas’ chest and knocking him backwards. “Zexias. Destroy the city.” “Yes, sir,” the monster said, bowing as blasts of colored energy came from his hands. The beams hit the local buildings, chunks of rubble falling around the street, hitting civilians as well. “Thomas!” Alec’s voice called out, two shots zinging out and hitting Zexias. “Why didn’t you call for some backup?” He and Drake engaged the newest monster, the Silver Ranger swinging his Tri-Staff around into the side of Zexias. “Didn’t need it,” Thomas growled, taking a Key from his belt. ”Unleashed Engage!” As his suit changed into that of the Red Wild Force Ranger, he summoned the Lion Blaster and started firing several large shots at Furyblaze who parried each and every shot. “Thomas, you’re letting your anger cloud you,” Furyblaze said, his voice calm like a teacher. “Focus. Do not allow the anger to cloud your mind. Breathe.” “Why don’t you cease breathing!?” Thomas yelled, drawing the Crystal Saber from his side and lunging again, driving it deep into Furyblaze’s side. “All my life you manipulated me! I won’t let it happen again!” “Then why don’t you look at this,” Furyblaze said, snapping his fingers as two bodies fell from the sky. One was a body they had previously buried, and the other was a traitor. All fighting in the street stopped, Richmond running over to the two fallen bodies. “Andrea and Artemis,” he said, turning them over. “They’re dead. What did you do to them? And why was Andrea alive?” “That’s a question that you’ll never have the answer to,” Furyblaze said, kicking Thomas backwards and wrenching the Crystal Saber from his ribs, throwing it down. “Zexias.” Alec fired several blasts at the retreating villains only to have his shots absorbed and used against him. He flew backwards and crashed into Demi and April, the Pink Ranger landing on his back while Demi ended up on his hips. “Move,” he groaned, sitting up after the girls got off of him. “BASTARD!” Thomas yelled, rushing forward and leaping out as Furyblaze and Zexias vanished into the setting sun, leaving the six Rangers standing around dumbfounded. He yelled out, hitting his knees. “Let’s get back to the Galleon,” Richmond said, picking up Andrea’s body while Alec took Artemis’s in his arms. “Who are they?” Drake asked. Demi walked up and shook her head. “What?” “Not right now,” the Yellow Ranger said, April running over to Thomas. “Thomas. Let’s go,” April said, kneeling beside the Red Ranger. “Please? We need to go home.” Thomas just nodded, hitting his Caller as everyone teleported to the Galleon, Richmond and Alec walking downstairs with the two women’s bodies, laying them beside the Runners. The Red Ranger sank into the chair, his head in his hands. “How did it come to this?” he mused. “We started out doing what we were meant to, stopping the Empire. I can’t believe this is what’s going on.” He sighed as he got up and walked onto the main deck, looking down at the city. “What do we do now?” Above the Red Ranger, a rift opened up as a young woman fell down, hitting her back on the deck and making Thomas jump and spin around, his sword in hand. “Easy, jumpy jeans,” she muttered, standing up. “It’s me.” “Destiny?” Thomas asked, his sword vanishing as he ran over to the other Red Ranger. “What happened? Where’s the others?” “Dead,” Destiny said, tears forming in her eyes before she and Thomas went downstairs. “Occupation found the Command Center. Killed Alpha and Megas. Kinu and Anisha tried to fight off their Commander, but he used his Serpent’s Cannon to blow them up first, their Chips falling to the ground. Nyota and Catherine rushed him, managing to barely score hits before he broke their necks. Adira and I tried to run, but she was gunned down by an Occupation ship. I had enough juice to send me to the last place my Morpher energy was, and that was here.” “Let’s get you inside and get you cleaned up,” Thomas said, sighing softly as he helped Destiny downstairs. “Guys.” “Destiny!” April yelled, running over and helping Thomas. “Oh, my God, are you ok?” “I will be, April,” Destiny muttered, hugging the Pink Ranger. __________________________ “With Serpen out of our way, our conquest will not take long,” Drancon said. “Mumman is arriving tonight, giving us the second of Five Keys. Things are moving along at a better pace now. At the current moment, Mumman is nearing the edge of the Galaxy. Furyblaze. Zexias. Dimas. Finish off the Rangers tonight. I do not care how. End them before I end you.” “Yes, my lord,” the three said, bowing. “Vexacon, with me,” Dimas said, walking out and leaving Furyblaze and Zexias alone. Taking the shark headed general out of the room, he drew his sword and pointed it at Vexacon’s throat. “Hey!” Vexacon panicked, his back literally against the wall. “What the hell!?” “Kill Furyblaze. Tonight,” Dimas growled. “Or it’s you I feed into the Hells Inferno Engines. Understand?” “Yes, sir,” Vexacon said, bowing his head and nodding rapidly. “I’ll do whatever you want. How do you want me to do this?” “Drown him, poison him, bash his brains in, I don’t care!” Dimas snarled, pressing the sword against Vexacon’s throat tighter. “Go!” “Yes, sir,” Vexacon yelled, scrambling towards his own vessel to go down to Earth. “Poisons, front and center!” As Vexacon ran out, Dimas smirked to himself. “With Vexacon going to attempt to murder Furyblaze for me, Furyblaze and the Rangers wanting each other dead, plus Zexias, this night is going to be a blast,” he mused, strapping his sword back to his hip before he walked out of the hallway and down towards the teleported bay. “The pieces are moving into place, my brother and sisters. Soon…this Galaxy will be mine,” Drancon growled, snapping a Timbaks’ neck. ____________________________ “You’re kidding?!” April screeched, looking at Destiny. “They’re dead? All of them?” “Sadly, I'm not kidding, April,” Destiny sighed. “And with them gone, my powers are dead. So, I’m single, powerless, and stuck in a Dimension I don’t know. The only thing I’ve got is six friends who are still fighting their own war, and I’m helpless to fight with them.” “Destiny, you aren’t helpless,” Demi said. “Trust me, there’s still ways to fight.” “Yeah, like how?” “We do need someone in the Galleon to steer when we’re on the ground fighting,” Thomas said, looking around. “Especially when the Commanders get big and we’re trying to get to the Zords.” As the Rangers spoke, the alarms rang out. April pulled up the alert, her blood running cold. “Oh, screw my servos,” she groaned. “We’ve got Zexias, Furyblaze, Dimas, and Vexacon, along with Poisons and Eternaks. Here’s the problem. Zexias and Dimas are downtown with the Eternaks, and Furyblaze and Vexacon are at the shopping center near the edge of town.” She went to turn back, but something caught her eye. “Hang on. Furyblaze and Vexacon just started going after each other.” “Let’s split up. Drake, April, and Richmond, go after the Shopping Center. Demi and Alec, you’re with me,” Thomas said. “Destiny, I want you to monitor how things look down there. Keep us updated.” “Got it,” the other Red Ranger said, nodding and rubbing her arms. As the six Rangers split up, Thomas couldn’t help but wonder: With Serpen dead, what did it mean for the Empire and the rest of the Keys. Finally, he, Demi, and Alec made it downtown where Zexias and Dimas were busy laughing at the destruction they’d caused. “Dimas!” “Ah, about time Rangers,” the former second-in-command said, smirking as he turned to them. “Come to die?” “One question before we get to the fun part,” Thomas said, stepping forward. “You told Vexacon to take out my father. For what end?” “Power,” Dimas said nonchalantly with a wave of his hand. “It’s simple, my friend. Power is what makes the world turn. We destroyed one of the super powers in the world by wiping Russia off of the map. What’s to stop me from killing everyone on that ship and taking the power for myself?” “Simple, Dimas. Because for the eighteen years I was on the Blizkon under your guidance and your teaching…you never desired power,” Thomas said, holding up his Key. “You never wanted power. It’s because Furyblaze has been making a bid for the high chair, ain’t it?” “Enough talking!” Zexias yelled, drawing a sword from his side. “Dimas, you speak too much. Take a lesson from Azio. Do not speak. Act!” He rushed forward, slashing out at the Rangers before the three morphed, Thomas blocking the slash just barely in time. “Zexias, you know that if we don’t kill you, Dimas is already plotting your death,” Thomas growled, blasting Zexias. The shots, instead of doing damage, absorbed into his body, Zexias’ laughing as he stepped back. “What? That’s new.” “Oh, Thomas, my boy. I’ve had some upgrades done,” Zexias laughed, throwing Thomas backwards. “What are you going to do now, boy?” “You two take care of Dimas. Zexias is mine,” Thomas said, standing up before hearing and seeing Alec and Demi run off to fight Dimas who was directing Eternaks into the rubble for more killing. “Zexias, you know I’m right about Dimas. He’s got Furyblaze and Vexacon trying to kill each other right now!” “Shut it,” Zexias growled, elbowing Thomas hard in the stomach and sending him backwards. Alec and Dimas locked blades while Demi started working on taking down Eternaks. Alec slammed his fist hard into Dimas’ jaw, some of his helmet chipping away. Keeping his assault going, the Blue Ranger jumped over Dimas and slashed the back of his leg, knocking him to the ground. “Thought you were supposed to be stronger then this?” Alec asked. “I am,” Dimas snarled, leaping up and hitting Alec hard in the chest, flinging him backwards. He rushed Demi, who’s back was turned. “Say hello to the two in hell!” Demi heard the swing of the sword, ducking just in time and firing several close range blasts into Dimas’ chest. “Alec, we need to change it up,” she said, hitting her belt and taking a Key. “Unleashed Engage!" “Got it, Demi,” Alec said, holding his side before taking a Key. “Unleashed Engage!” WILD ACCESS GO GO SAMURAI Leaping into the air, Demi took off with wings sprouting from her arms as the Yellow Wild Force Ranger. “Eagle Darts!” she yelled, throwing several small darts shaped like small birds into Dimas’ chest. “Go for it, Alec!” “Spin Sword! Dragon Splash!” Alec leapt up as he spun the Dragon Disk on his Sword, the blade becoming coated in a rush of blue energy that splashed like water. He slashed down, driving the slash through Dimas’s body. “You’ll have to do better then that,” Dimas growled, throwing Alec onto the ground and stabbing him hard in the shoulder. “ALEC!” Demi yelled, flying down again and slashing Dimas’ stomach. Dimas laughed, grabbing Demi’s leg and yanking her out of the air before slamming her face first into the ground. “Get off me!” “Scream,” Dimas snarled, wrenching Demi’s head up and forcing her to watch Thomas getting beaten by Zexias. “Scream, little Ranger.” “Fuck…you,” Demi growled, driving her leg up hard enough to hit Dimas in the groin, sending him over her while she got up and rushed to Alec. “What can I do?” “Get the sword out of my arm,” Alec said, steeling himself as Demi ripped the sword out of the ground, throwing it to the side. “We need to help Thomas.” “Don’t!” Thomas yelled, slashing back at Zexias who blocked the shot. “I’ll be fine! Finish Dimas!” “Don’t tell them things to get their hopes up,” Zexias growled, kicking Thomas backwards again and slashing him, the suit sparking and causing the Red Ranger to be caught in a burst of fire. MAGICAL SOURCE, MYSTIC FORCE rang out, Thomas coming up from the fire shrouded in the blaze like a Phoenix in the Red Mystic Force suit as he lunged at Zexias. “Burn!” Thomas yelled, colliding with Zexias’ stomach before knocking him backwards into the side of a car, the Red Ranger landing on his feet. ______________________ Across town, April and Richmond were locked with Furyblaze and Vexacon respectively while Drake took on the Kelzak Poisons. April thrust out with her sword, slamming the blade into Furyblaze’s arm, hearing the bone break. “You little tramp!” Furyblaze yelled, letting loose with a roar of fire that caught April up. MAGICAL SOURCE, MYSTIC FORCE rang out for a second time, the Pink Ranger using the Blue Mystic Force Powers to stop the stream of fire with a wave of water that soaked Furyblaze through, extinguishing his fire. “I take that as a complement, creator,” April growled, holding her MagiStaff down. “Rich, you gonna get in on the changing up?” “Oh, thought crossed my mind,” Richmond laughed, ducking a swing from Vexacon. “Unleashed Change!” BLACK AQUITAR RANGER POWER rang out, Richmond transformed into the Black Alien Ranger as he drew the Aquitian Saber and Laser, firing several blasts at Vexacon that knocked him backwards. “Thought you were supposed to be tough, sharky?” “I’ll show you tough!” Vexacon yelled, rushing Richmond and landing several hits that sent the Green Ranger backwards. “Sharks Blaze!” He leapt up and formed into a full sized shark, his body engulfed in fire and water, aiming right for Richmond. He hit the Green Ranger dead on, knocking him into the ground again. “Rich!” Drake yelled, hitting his Belt. “Silver Shift!” S.P.D. EMERGENCY! rang out from the Silver Cell, turning Drake into the Omega SPD Ranger. He ran forward and caught Vexacon by the fins, twisting the handle on his Omega Morpher. “Electro Mode!” he yelled, applying pressure and causing Vexacon to hit the ground and revert back, over ten thousand volts surging through him. “That…was an electric slide,” Vexacon growled, standing up and shaking the electricity from his body. He reached for his saber but growled when he realized it was in pieces on the ground. “Scrap.” “What do you boys say we end this?” April asked, holding up the Navy Thunder Ranger Key. “Totally works for me,” Richmond said, holding up the Crimson Thunder Key while Drake took the Green Samurai Ranger from his Belt. “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” THUNDER STORM, RANGER FORM! SAMURAI STORM, RANGER FORM! As the three changed into the Ninja Storm Rangers, April and Richmond formed the Lightning Blaster from the Navy Antler and Crimson Shot, Drake holding the Samurai Saber in his hand. Launching their Thunder Blast at Furyblaze, the shot hitting dead on while the fiery villain tried to fight it off. Drake launched himself at Vexacon, slashing in a thousand directions at the speed of light, Vexacon flying backwards. As Vexacon and Furyblaze picked themselves up, Furyblaze shook off the attack. “You win this time,” he snarled, vanishing back onto the Blizkon. “Furyblaze!” Vexacon yelled, turning and starting to run only to explode from the force of the blast, the remaining Poisons dissolving into the ground. “Let’s go find the others,” April said, starting to run. _________________________ Across town, Thomas growled as he locked blades with Zexias again. Dimas watched the battle interestedly, Alec and Demi having given up fighting to watch the fight. “I told you earlier. You can’t win,” Zexias laughed. “You know that burst of fire you hit me with before? I’ve been storing that.” “No…” Thomas whispered, his eyes wide. “COMBUSTION TRANSFER!” Zexias yelled, ramming his sword blade first into Thomas’ stomach. The transfer of energy from Zexias to Thomas was near instantaneous. As Thomas stepped back and let go of his two morphs, he threw his Key and Caller with his last bit of energy to Alec who caught them before looking down. “My sins are paid for. Goodbye,” Thomas whispered, his eyes closing as April, Richmond, and Drake ran up. “THOMAS!” April yelled, trying to rush forward. “Don’t, April!” Demi yelled, grabbing her friend by the waist and dragging her back as she felt the teleport being activated, the five Rangers reappearing in the Galleon. “Send me back!” April yelled, turning to Destiny. “I can’t,” Destiny said, her voice low as an explosion happened, Thomas’ life signs going black. “I can’t send you back to save him, April…there’s nothing to save…” “NO!” April yelled, grabbing Destiny by the shirt. “You’re lying!” “She’s not,” Geeps said, fluttering down and landing in April’s arms. “She’s not lying. He knew what was going to happen…Thomas James paid the ultimate sacrifice for Earth…” ______________________ On the Blizkon, Drancon and Dimas were laughing as the pair rewatched Thomas’ death, the two leaders of the Empire shaking hands. “Now that he is dead, the Rangers will soon follow,” Drancon laughed as the doors opened to the bridge one last time… |
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As the door opened on the Blizkon, a giggle filled the room as a black cloak swished into the area. Lowering the hood, Dhamphin giggled as she revealed herself, her hair slicked back on her head while thin black marks ran down her cheeks. “Drancon!” “Dhamphin,” Drancon said, bowing his head. “So glad you could make it. I was under the assumption, however, that Mumman was the first to arrive behind me.” “He was supposed to be,” Dhamphin said, moving some of her hair from her eyes. “But, as his shuttle went to leave Onyx, some rebels got in his way. And you know how my brother is when it comes to dispersing trouble in front of him, Dranny. Always has to be gentle and cautious about it.” “Idiot,” Drancon snarled. “Either way. It doesn’t matter.” He turned away, taking the Red Key out of the machine and putting it back on the silk pillow before he turned to Dhamphin. “Your key, my dear. If you wouldn’t mind.” Nodding, Dhamphin reached into her cloak’s sleeve and took out the Key, handing it to Drancon. “So, are we destroying this world or letting Serpen take it over?” she asked. “Serpen is no longer the problem.” _____________________________________ The Rangers stood in shock on the main deck of the Galleon, none of them speaking as they tried to process what had just happened. April turned her back, walking over to one of the portholes. Richmond disappeared into the kitchen, while Alec and Demi sat down in the main galley. Destiny looked down, tears falling down her cheeks as she relived the moment her team was killed as well. “So much death,” Destiny whispered, wiping her eyes lightly. She sank down to the floor, her arms wrapped around her knees. “I failed at home, and….we’re going to fail here…” Geeps sighed softly, fluttering down and landing beside Destiny, sitting on hr knee. “Don’t think like that,” he said, turning his head to look at the young woman. “It’s true, Geeps,” Destiny muttered. “Thomas is dead, and we don’t have anyone to replace him.” “Yeah, we do,” Demi’s voice said, the young woman getting up and crossing the room. “We’ve got you.” Destiny shook her head softly, looking down. “I’m not doing this again…I got my family killed once. I don’t want to be the one that kills you guys…” “Destiny, please,” Demi whispered. “We need you to help us.” “I can’t,” Destiny said, getting up and running out of the ship, tears obscuring her vision as she ran. “I can’t help you…” Demi sighed as she sat back down, looking at the floor. “Damn it,” the Yellow Ranger sighed. Richmond, meanwhile, was in the cargo hold next to Artemis and Andrea’s bodies. “How did you come back, Andrea?” he mumbled, taking her hand in his and sighing softly. “We buried you…” “Richmond?” April asked, stepping into the cargo bay. “You ok?” “Just thinking, April,” the Green Ranger admitted, looking over at his friend. “We buried Andrea, right? You were there.” “Yeah. I was there when Skelecron threw her dead body on the ground that day we joined the team,” April remembered. “Why? What’s wrong?” “Look,” Richmond said, pulling Andrea’s shirt away and revealing stab wounds, whip marks, as well as a few burns. “She was reanimated somehow. I think I know how and by who. But the problem is…I need to get him from the Blizkon.” “Mitagas. That old bastard that was there when I came and freed you guys,” the Pink Ranger said, her eyes wide. “How do we go about getting him?” As April asked her question, Geeps flew down into the main belly of the ship. “What’s up, Geeps?” “Umm…Mitagas is upstairs. Says he can give you the rundown on how the girl was brought back,” the mechanical parrot said, flapping his wings to stay in the air. “I don’t know how the hell he got on board, but we’ll finally get some answers.” “Good,” Richmond sighed, letting go of Andrea’s hand and rubbing her arm. “I’m hoping we get the answers we want and not some bullshit that he’ll say is the truth.” “Yeah, well, the bastard worked for Serpen. I don’t think we’ll get much truth out of him,” April said, raising her eyebrow. “Come on, Rich. Let’s get the others. We need to find Destiny, too.” “One thing at a time, April,” Richmond sighed, leading the Pink Ranger back up the stairs. “Alec, Demi? You guys in the Galley?” “Yeah,” Demi’s voice called. “No why in hell are we letting this Empire bastard out of our sight.” As the two Rangers walked into the main galley, they were met with Mitagas staring down the barrels of two Ranger Guns, Demi and Alec’s fingers poised on the triggers. Mitagas, having been against the wall, made no move to get in the Ranger’s ways, nor did he attempt an escape. He looked up when Richmond and April walked in, bowing his head. “I’m sorry for the intrusion,” he said, stepping forward. “Then just get to the point before I do blow your head off,” Demi snarled. Mitagas sighed, looking down. “You want the truth about what happened and why Serpen started having a change of heart? Then sit down and listen to me.” Earlier that day Serpen had come to me looking scared. I’d never known her in the twenty plus years I’d known her to show fear, and the fact that she was scared and shaking was the first clue I had that something was really wrong. “Serpen, what’s wrong?” I’d asked, getting up from my chair behind my computer where my newest schematics were running. “I’ve screwed up, Mitagas,” she’d said, sitting down and melting back into her human disguise. “I spent too much time down there on Earth as Artemis. I grew too close to Earth. I can’t blow it up…” She looked up at me with confusion in those blue eyes, tears forming in the corners. “What have I done, Mitagas?” I didn’t have the answer for her. I shook my head and hugged her, letting her use my shoulder to cry on. I was astounded. This woman I’d thought could never show emotion other then rage and anger was scared and crying like a child who’s lost their mother. After a while, she stepped back out of the room, and that was the last I’d seen of her. "Now, I've got one last thing to explain," Mitagas said, sighing. "And it's going to hurt." With that explained, let me tell you about the girl. After Skelecron first showed up and he was tasked with killing you all, he kidnapped Andrea. Well, Serpen had found her in the cells, and she went to talk to her. The conviction and sadness in her eyes spoke volumes. She hated what she was doing, and she knew that without destroying everything from the inside, she couldn’t stop it. After Andrea was killed and she was returned to you, the body was brought to me by Serpen herself. “Fix her,” she begged me. “Mitagas, you have to give her life again. I know you can. Please!” I took the body and started working. I focused day and night on her. I did whatever I could, but the human body is so much more complex then what we’ve got on the Blizkon. After two weeks of working diligently, I finally had a breakthrough. I called Artemis down to the labs, and she was overjoyed. She was planning on leaving, having crafted her own Ranger Keys out of two uncut that she’d found in the Holds. She hid Andrea away, never letting the world know about her. That day I had you all strapped to the tables in the labs, she had given me the choice. Continue with what I was doing and be killed, or run with her and Andrea and make a better life. I blend in well enough with humans to be passed off as one, but I didn’t think about leaving as an option. As Mitagas finished, Demi’s hand lowered as did Alec’s. Richmond and April sat down, Drake having taken residence in one of the chairs around the room. Alec was the first to speak. “Why come to us and tell us?” the Blue Ranger asked. “Your little companion in Zexias killed Thomas. I think that’s more then ample reason to blow your brains out, don’t you?” Mitagas backed up slowly, growling when he’d backed into the wall again. “Please, you misunderstand me. I did what I did with Andrea and bringing her back to life as well as help Artemis form those two Keys because she was sick of hurting the planet she loved,” the professor said, looking at the four Rangers. “And with the Earth being targeted by Drancon and the Outlying, she wanted to fight back again.” April sighed, rubbing her arm lightly. “Who killed her?” she asked, voicing the biggest question in the room. “Vexacon. She took herbal tea in her chambers after every trip to the bridge, Vexacon being the one that was to deliver it constantly. He poisoned it, but when the poison didn’t do it’s job fast enough thanks to her being immune to most intergalactic poisons, she was brutalized before her neck snapped,” Mitagas whispered. “I’m so sorry, Rangers. For everything that’s happened. I tried to help her, and she paid for it dearly. I…don’t know what else to say except that I’m sorry for what’s happened.” “It’s alright, Mitagas. We can find somewhere for you to stay for the rest of this war,” Demi said. “I’m pretty sure you can go in town somewhere and live the rest of your life.” Nodding, Mitagas turned to leave as the alarms blared out again. “Figures,” Alec growled, shaking his head. “Geeps?” “Looks like Zexias is back. And he’s got company,” the mechanical parrot chirped out. Looking at the screen, Mitagas’ hand clenched. “It’s Dhamphin. She’s one of the worst of the Outlying,” he revealed. “Take caution with her. Her power over the electrical element is not to be taken lightly.” “Understood,” April said, nodding softly. “We need to convince Destiny to help us. But…we need to fight first. Goddamn it.” “Go fight Zexias and Dhamphin. There will be plenty of time to deal with your friend in the coming hours,” Mitagas said. Soon, the Rangers were running down the street towards the commotion, helping people down the street and away from the battle. Lightning blasts soared over the Ranger’s heads, making them duck as they ran. Stopping in the middle of the road, Alec fired three shots past Dhamphin’s head, making her stop firing. “What the bloody hell was that?” she screeched, turning and looking at the five Rangers. “Ah…should have known you freaks would have shown up. Can’t stop getting in the way, can you? No wonder we blew up your Red Ranger.” “Dhamphin,” Drake growled. His hands clenched, the blonde haired woman turning to him and giggling. “You killed my family.” “You seem familiar, yeah,” Dhamphin said, inching forward bit as she stayed behind her Eternaks. “Have I threatened you before?” “Done a lot worse then that, bimbo,” the Silver Ranger snarled, his hand tightening around his Key. “Can we end this?” “Don’t see why not,” Alec said, holding out his own Key and Caller. “We do this as a team, not on our own, Drake. Got it?” “Can’t make a promise I can’t keep,” the Silver Ranger replied, his grip on his Key tightening. “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” Soon, the five Rangers were transformed, Drake converting his Tri-Staff into a long range weapon before he started firing at Dhamphin. “I’ll take the ugly one in the coat,” Drake chimed, rushing forward. “Looks like we don’t have a choice, do we?” Alec asked, firing at some of the Eternaks that were around. Drake rushed Dhamphin, the Outlying woman transforming into her more Vampiric form before she swooped down at the Silver Ranger. “I bet you think you can stop me, right Sparkles?” Dhamphin asked, laughing as she snagged Drake into the air. “I don’t think I can. I know I can,” Drake growled, slamming the trident part of his staff into her leg, forcing her to drop him. He didn’t get flipped in time, landing hard on his stomach. “Ow…” “Ew,” April said, watching as Dhamphin transformed into an uglier form. “What, she run out of Neutrogena Plaster?” “And that’s why drinking was invented! For ugly as fuck skanks like that!” Demi smirked, firing several shots. “Hang on. I‘ve got a better one. It’d take a FACTORY of booze to make her look good!” “YOU LITTLE SLUTS!” Dhamphin screeched, roaring as she aimed for Demi and April’s heads, the two female Rangers barely dodging. “I’ll kill you for insulting me!” “Actually, it’d be a compliment,” Zexias chimed in, blocking Alec and Richmond’s swords. “You know that the doctors slapped your mother after you were born, Dhamphin!” He slammed his foot into the two men, throwing them backwards before he absorbed a blast from the Tri-Staff. “Do you not remember what happened the last time I absorbed your shots, boy?” He returned the fire, three times harder then it was given, slamming it into Drake and throwing the Silver Ranger against the ground. “YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE ON MY SIDE!” Dhamphin screamed, throwing lightning around. She slammed her hand into Demi’s chest, throwing the Yellow Ranger backwards. “Ok…let’s change this up,” Demi said, holding her chest where she’d been shoved and shocked. “Because I am SO getting tired of the Buffy reject!” “Oh, you did not insult Sunnydale!” April chimed in, taking a Key from her belt. “I’ll have to kick your ass for that later, lady!” “Rain check,” Alec said, shaking his head as Dhamphin landed. “We’ll focus on Zexias first. We need to get out of here. We’re outmatched because of the Outlying woman being here.” Richmond nodded, Drake standing as well as they both took Keys from their Belts. “Unleashed Engage!” “SIlver Shift!” As the five Keys turned, five different Ranger teams or names rang out. Demi rushed Zexias with the Rhino Morpher on her arm, the blade extending as she slashed. She leapt backwards and almost fired several large shots but remembered that she couldn’t without getting them rebounded. “April!” “HA!” the Pink Ranger yelled, her body clad in the suit of the White Mystic Ranger. She leapt forward, summoning a snow storm that froze Zexias to the ground. She slammed her Staff into his chest, throwing him backwards again. “Alec!” “White Tiger Baton!” the Blue Ranger yelled out, lunging and slamming the Tiger-headed weapon into Zexias’ back, not giving him a chance to fight back. He threw Zexias into the air, grabbing his ankles and throwing him into the ground. “Richmond!” “Let’s do this, Saba,” Richmond said, taking his sword from it’s sheath. He ran forward, Zexias getting up and heading for the Green Ranger and meeting him head on. “In the words of some wrestlers I saw on old WWE, SUCK IT!” He slammed Saba into Zexias’ shoulder, snapping the bone and headbutting him, knocking him backwards as black blood flooded into the street. “Drake! Go Drago on his ass!” “You got it,” the Silver Ranger called out, his Drago Saber in his hand. “Arrow Strike!” He used the pen tip and drew several dozen arrows in the air, swiping the Saber over them before they multiplied, flying through the gap in the air to penetrate Zexias, a cloud of smoke lining the street. “Let’s go,” Alec said, grabbing Demi’s arm and feeling the others around him. As they teleported out, the smoke cleared, leaving Dhamphin and Zexias in the middle of the street. “Damn,” Dhamphin growled, returning to normal as she held a cut that was dripping blood on her arm. “Let’s return, Zexias.” “Yes, Dhamphin,” Zexias said, vanishing in a burst of light with Dhamphin behind him. _________________________ Alec groaned as he crashed onto the couch, sighing as he looked out at the light of the setting sun from the porthole. “I can’t believe this. Dhamphin’s coming out to play first thing, Zexias is taunting us, and we’ve got no goddamn Red Ranger. What the hell are we going to do?!” “We can start by not getting so pissed off,” Demi said, pushing her sleeve up and wrapping some gauze around her cut appendage. “One of us needs to find Destiny and convince her.” She tied the gauze, putting some over April's eyebrow. “How do you keep getting cuts on the face?” “Because the evil women are jealous of my beautiful visage and want it for themselves?” April asked, cocking her good eyebrow. “Ok, stop Dwayne Johnson,” Demi said, shaking her head. “I want to do something. For Thomas.” “What?” Alec asked, letting Richmond help patch up his wounds. “A headstone. Next to Andrea and Artemis,” the Yellow Ranger replied. She looked up at her friends, and each of them were nodding. “Ok. That solves it.” “Ok, you told me earlier that I’d get the story about the girls in time. But…I’m confused,” Drake said, raising his hand from the table. “Can I please get some fill in the blanks before the next fight?” Alec sighed, nodding. “He’s right. He needs to know everything,” he said, looking around. “Basically, it started when the Empire first started attacking…” ______________________________ Dhamphin snarled as she slammed a Timbak out of her way, throwing it to the side as she stormed down the hall. “Vanak!” she swore, her hand clenched. “This is not how the battle was supposed to go. I was supposed to win!” “The problem is you got cocky,” a voice drawled from the end of the hallway. Dimas walked out of the shadow, his hands at his hips. “Dhamphin, these Rangers have caused us problems for six months. It would be best if you did not just blindly attack or let their words get under your skin.” “Ha! Like you know about the way they fight. You’ve only fought them once from what I’ve seen,” Dhamphin said, cocking her eyebrow. “The planet surveillance system Serpen put in, Dimas.” Dimas growled lightly. “I’ve fought them on this very ship, Dhamphin At the time, the Pink woman was formidable enough. Though, considering she is my technology, it isn’t a surprise.” Dhamphin laughed, shaking her head as she listened to Dimas’ pitiful reasons. “You really are pathetic. I’m surprised that Drancon hasn’t killed you yet. Or Furyblaze. That’d be a fight I’d pay Zagins to see.” She turned and walked back down the hall, slipping into the command room. “Dranny, baby.” “Dhamphin, I’ve told you to not call me that,” Drancon snarled, shoving the blonde off of his arm. “Bring up the footage from the battle. Let’s see what needs to be worked on.” As the battle replayed on several large screens, Dhamphin’s blood boiled as she watched herself get her ass handed to her. “I need to fight alone,” she snarled, her hands clenched tightly. “That bastard Zexias got in my way! I couldn’t get any hits in even after taking to the air.” “That was not the way it happened,” Zexias said, stepping into the room. “I was doing my duty and fighting. You got in my way, Dhamphin. If it happens again, I’ve permission from Lord Drancon to end the nuisance.” “WHAT!?” Dhamphin screeched, one of the monitors blowing up from a surge in electrical power. “ARE YOU NUTS!?” “If you continue to under perform, Dhamphin, Zexias is given permission to end you,” Drancon said, shrugging his shoulder. “You know in our Laws that if a member of the Outlying gets in the Empire’s way in a battle, the battle changes to stopping or killing the Outlying Member. It was how you appropriated your position, is it not?” ”Vanak…” Dhamphin sighed, looking away. ____________________________ Downtown, Destiny sighed as she walked through the streets, nibbling on a carton of cheese fries with a shopping bag on her left arm. “I don’t like the thought of being the Red again,” she mused, sitting down on a bench and rubbing her legs. “Mmm…need a massage…” Her mind started to wander, replying the battle that took her family in her mind again… The fires exploded around the six women, each of them trying to get to a different cover spot in the Command Center. Kinu screamed as she dove down, skidding to a halt beside Anisha. She growled as she held her leg where a small burn was visible under the armored plating of the leg. “We can’t stop them,” the Yellow Ranger said, holding her Gun tightly as she tried to get her breathing focused. “Don’t think like that, Kinu,” Anisha said, popping up and blasting several Gokins backwards. “We’ll get out of this alive, and you can Destiny can get out of Angel Grove.” She stood to fire again, but she was slightly slower this time. A blast hit her in the chest, throwing her backwards, her suit fading as her Ranger Chips fell to the ground. “Ani!” Nyota yelled, jumping up from her hiding spot and slashing down the Gokins’ where they stood. “Bastards!” She ran over to Anisha’s body, dragging her out of the line of fire. “Damn it. Destiny! What do we do!?” “Change it up!” the Red Ranger yelled, tying off a cut on her arm while Adira blasted and gave cover. “Let’s go with some sparkling silvers!” The four women nodded, each of them taking their Unleashed Memory out of the Morpher.” “Ranger Memory!” “Wolf!” “Knight!” “Get in Gear!” “Accelerate!” “Let’s Rocket!” As the five Silver Ranger suits formed around the women, they jumped from their hiding spots and started running, firing or slashing down Gokins’ and other smaller monsters, heading for the main commander. “We have to break through!” Destiny yelled, driving her foot into one’s head, her Drive Detector breaking one’s skull open. “You can’t escape us,” the Commander snarled, unleashing a wave of black energy from his chest that sent the Rangers to the ground… Destiny jumped, holding her chest as the remainder of her fries hit the ground. “Goddamn it,” she whispered, wiping her eyes. “Kinu, Adira…I’m so sorry…” _____________________ Back on the Galleon, the Rangers finished their tale of the two fallen Rangers, Drake sighing as he looked out of the window. “So, Artemis was really Serpen and Dricos, even though nobody knew about it. God, this is whacked. So now that she’s dead, the Outlying are moving in and taking over,” the Silver Ranger said, reflecting on the story. “Pretty much,” Demi said, watching Geeps flutter over to the computer. “Geeps?” “I saw Destiny’s faint Ranger signal. I’m trying to get a lock,” the parrot said, tapping several keys before the blip shone brightly. “She’s downtown.” “I’ll go,” Demi said, standing up and putting the Red Ranger Key and Caller into her pocket. “Maybe I can convince her to help us.” “Good luck,” Alec said, standing up and heading towards the kitchen. “Gods know we could use some good news for a change.” Demi nodded, going towards the ropes that let them repel to the ground. She grabbed a yellow rope, falling down and landing swiftly on the street. Letting the rope retract back into the Galleon, she turned and headed towards downtown, seeing Destiny sitting on a bench looking distressed. “Destiny?” The young woman in question jerked, looking at Demi. “Oh…hi, Demi,” she sighed, watching the Yellow Ranger sit down. “What’s up?” “We’re worried about you, sweetheart,” Demi said, taking her friend’s hand. “I’m sorry we pushed everything on you like that. I wasn’t even thinking when I said we could use you to be our Red Ranger.” “It’s ok, Demi. Really. It’s just…gonna take a while for my heart to heal after what happened,” Destiny admitted. “What happened?” Demi asked, concerned and curious about how Destiny ended up in their world again. “We were under attack. The Occupation came in guns blazing. We hid in various corners of the Command Center. Megas’ tube was shattered, killing him, Alpha was shot in the back, her circuits lining the floor. Kinu had hidden with Anisha, both of them firing over their cover,” Destiny said. “Anisha stood up to fire at more of the Gokins, but she was slower on the second rounds. She got shot in the chest, dead before she hit the ground. Her Memories dropped to the ground, her body beside them as her suit fizzled out. We changed into the Silver Rangers we had Memories for, rushing out to fight.” Demi handed Destiny a tissue, the woman accepting them as tears started down her cheeks. “As we got near the Commander, he let out a blast of energy that knocked us backwards. Nyota and Catherine were the first up, Cat rushing towards him. She started firing from her Rocket Dagger, but she didn’t get very far. A single shot to the head had her down. Nyota tried to get out, knowing the battle was lost and we were done for, but the Commander shot her in the back, blood lining the wall where the blast entered. Adira, Kinu, and I got up to fight again, but two of his henchmen killed them. I just ran. I put on as much speed as I could, and I got the fuck out of there.” She sighed softly, wiping her eyes again. “Then that Rift opened up again, just enough for one. I got through somehow, and I landed on the Galleon where Thomas found me,” Destiny finished, looking down. “I don’t want to be responsible for another team’s death, Demi.” “You won’t be,” Demi said, looking at Destiny. “We’ve all got faith in you, Destiny. I know you can do this.” “Demi, please. Just…don’t,” Destiny whispered, wiping her eyes. “Please?” Demi nodded, getting up and taking the Key and Caller from her pockets. “Just in case you do decide to join us,” the Yellow Ranger said, setting the two devices down beside Destiny. “You know where to find us if you want to join, Destiny.” With that, the Yellow Ranger walked off into downtown, ducking into a shop that caught her eye. Destiny sighed as she picked up the Red Ranger key, turning it over in her hands. “Goddamn it…” _______________________ Dhamphin sighed as she watched the Earth spin out of her room’s window. “Damn this,” she growled, throwing her lamp. “We need to end this!” “I couldn’t agree more,” Furyblaze’s voice said from the doorway. “How do you plan on going about it, then?” Dhamphin asked, clearly intrigued. “Besides, I thought that you were Dimas’ right hand nut sucker.” ‘You misinterpret then,” Furyblaze said. “He tried to kill me with Vexacon today. Vengeance is on my mind, and I have the thing to do so.” “Mmm…do tell,” Dhamphin said, smirking. "But before you do, let me give you my idea." _______________________ As the Rangers again sat down to try and eat, the alarms rang out. “Never fails,” Richmond sighed, getting up and heading to the computers. “Looks like Dhamphin’s back, and so is Furyblaze. No sign of Zexias.” “Where’s Demi?” Alec asked, getting up. “Downtown. About five blocks from where they’re at,” Richmond replied, opening a channel to Demi. “Demi! Head five blocks south from where you’re at. Furyblaze and Dhamphin are back. We’re on our way there now.” “Got it, dude. I’m just finishing up a bite to eat. Be there in a minute.” Demi’s voice replied over the systems, the sounds of a café in the background evident. “Let’s go,” Drake said, standing up and putting his Key and Cell in his pockets. “Couldn’t agree more,” Alec and April said, Richmond nodding. “Let’s do three full color changes,” April said, looking at the boys. “Sorry, boys, but it’s time to see how you’d look like me.” With the look on the men’s faces, April smirked and headed towards the hold for the UQRs’, jumping on her own and revving the engine. The boys followed April down, jumping on their Runners and heading straight out of the belly of the ship, tearing through downtown. After several minutes of driving, the four Rangers jumped off of their bikes and landed on the ground, seeing Demi already tangling with some of the Timbaks that had been brought down. “About time you showed up,” the Yellow Ranger smirked, flipping over an Eternak and landing beside her friends. “How about you get in on this shindig, hm?” “Oh, thought crossed my mind,” April smirked, holding her Caller up. “Let’s do it!” “Unleashed Engage!” the Rangers yelled. “Silver Shift!” Drake chimed out, transforming into the Silver Ranger. As the five Rangers rushed forward, Furyblaze threw large blasts of fire at the Rangers, Demi barely managing to dodge the blast that flew at her. The red member of the Empire threw Dhamphin forward, causing her to crash into the two female Rangers. “What the hell!?” she snapped, looking at Furyblaze. “Just doing my job,” Furyblaze mocked, slashing out at Alec and Richmond while Drake ducked around and went after the footwork. “Besides, I think you could handle two little girls.” “Little girls?” Demi asked, stopping in the road. “Boy, if I wasn’t wearing a helmet, these earrings would be comin’ off my head at you.” “If I remember, Furyblaze, I owned you when I stormed the Blizkon a few weeks ago,” April smirked, slashing out at Dhamphin. “A minor fluke. I was not on my game that day,” Furyblaze retorted, kicking Alec into Drake. “What do you say we change this up?” Alec asked, helping Drake stand up. “As much as I’d rather not be seen in that color.” “Can’t say I don’t agree. Not my first choice,” Drake said, he and Alec hitting their belts while Richmond blocked a shot again. “Demi, let’s change up,” April smirked. “Got it, girl,” the Yellow Ranger replied, smirking as the two women hit their belts. “Unleashed Engage!” the four Rangers called out, turning their Keys in their Callers. “Silver Shift!” Drake called, leaping backwards. Five bursts of Pink lights later, the five Rangers were clad as various Pink Rangers. Demi rushed in at Furyblaze first, firing large quantities of arrows from her Power Bow, slamming the end of the weapon into his chest. “Drake, give him a lift!” Demi yelled, flipping Furyblaze over her back. “Got it,” Drake said, taking his Spin Sword from his hip. Spinning the black disc, the weapon changed into the Sky Fan. “And, Houston, we have lift off!” He swung his arms around and caused a gust of wind to whip up, taking Furyblaze into the sky. “Alright, who’s next?” Dhamphin, watching the scene, couldn’t help but start laughing as the male Rangers were clad in pink. But what was funnier to her was Furyblaze getting what he deserved. “Hahaha! Sucks for you, dude!” she laughed, throwing a blast of lightning at Furyblaze for good measure. “I’ll take it,” April said, summoning her Drive Geyser and firing several blasts of scalding water at Furyblaze, throwing him down into the ground with a well placed kick in the chest. Alec and Richmond ran in simultaneously, Alec holding the Turbo Wind Fire bow, launching several arrows out. Richmond took the Deltamax Striker from his own sides, a number “5” on his chest before he slammed the baton half into Furyblaze’s neck, causing him to double over. After Furyblaze slowly stood up, Dhamphin ran over and started flinging lightning at the Rangers, knocking them all onto the ground. She laughed as she and Furyblaze forced the Rangers out of their morphs, and she picked Demi up by the neck. “You might think you’re so tough, but you’re really not, little girl,” Dhamphin smirked, growing fangs out of her mouth. “Don’t you dare,” April growled, trying to get up. She screamed when a wall of fire erupted around them, sucking the oxygen out of the area. “Demi…” “No!” Demi growled, trying to get away from Dhamphin. She screamed when she felt Dhamphin plunge the fangs into her neck, feeling something enter the wound as she felt her own blood being sucked out. “AH!!” “Demi…” Alec groaned with his last bit of strength, the fire around them dying down. Dhamphin let go of Demi’s neck, the Yellow Ranger’s morph falling as her Key and Caller clattered to the ground. She slung Demi’s body over her shoulder, licking her lips a little more sensually then was probably needed. “Mmm…so yummy,” she said, a devilish look in her eyes. “Don’t worry, little Rangers. You’ll see her again. In a whole new light.” As she started laughing, a black light surrounded Dhamphin and Furyblaze, taking the two higher ups in the Empire and Demi away, leaving four Rangers in the middle of the street unconscious. On the Galleon, Geeps was fluttering around like, well, a chicken with his head cut off. “Not another one! Now what do I do!?” he squawked, trying to think. “This is not going to end well…” |
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LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS UNLEASHED: Dhamphin laughed as she and Furyblaze forced the Rangers out of their morphs, and she picked Demi up by the neck. “You might think you’re so tough, but you’re really not, little girl,” Dhamphin smirked, growing fangs out of her mouth. “Don’t you dare,” April growled, trying to get up. She screamed when a wall of fire erupted around them, sucking the oxygen out of the area. “Demi…” “No!” Demi growled, trying to get away from Dhamphin. She screamed when she felt Dhamphin plunge the fangs into her neck, feeling something enter the wound as she felt her own blood being sucked out. “AH!!” “Demi…” Alec groaned with his last bit of strength, the fire around them dying down. Dhamphin let go of Demi’s neck, the Yellow Ranger’s morph falling as her Key and Caller clattered to the ground. She slung Demi’s body over her shoulder, licking her lips a little more sensually then was probably needed. “Mmm…so yummy,” she said, a devilish look in her eyes. “Don’t worry, little Rangers. You’ll see her again. In a whole new light.” As she started laughing, a black light surrounded Dhamphin and Furyblaze, taking the two higher ups in the Empire and Demi away, leaving four Rangers in the middle of the street unconscious. ________________________________ EPISODE 16: BLACK AND WHITE April was the first to stir after the dust and smoke settled from the fire. “Demi!” she yelled, getting up and looking around. “Damn it!” She ran over to Alec and Richmond, shaking them awake. “Get up, guys! We’ve got a freaking problem!” “Yeah, no shit,” Drake sighed, wincing as he stood up and held his ribs. “We’ve got no goddamn Red Ranger, our Yellow Ranger just got screwed up and got her blood sucked and taken away, and we’ve got our butts handed to us.” “Well, when you put it like that,” April sighed. “We are in a bit of a suck moment, ain’t we?” “Yeah, you can say that again,” Richmond mumbled, holding his arm and trying to stem the bleeding on his hand at the same time. He noticed April‘s look, and he shook his head weakly. “Don’t say it again.” “Sorry,” April said, tearing a bit of her shirt and wrapping it around Richmond’s hand. “Just until we can get you back to the ship.” “Speaking of, we need to go,” Alec said, sighing. “And then we need to find a way to get Demi back.” ____________________________ The Yellow Ranger in question was tied down while Dhamphin’s toxins took hold of her. As she screamed, tears fell hot and fast down her cheeks until her throat burned. Dhamphin stood over Demi’s thrashing body, hearing her venom taking hold. “Excellent work, Dhamphin,” Furyblaze said, stepping into the room beside Dhamphin. “We’ve killed three of them, one of them now works for us. It is almost time to finish this war and bring the Empire’s conquest of the Inhabited Planets to an end.” “Then what becomes of the Empire?” Dhamphin asked, her arms crossed over her chest. “What good is trying to conquer a planet if we’re using the Keys to blow it up? Like we did with the girl on Bertrasis Seven?” “Because destruction is the way that a race cannot rise above us again,” Furyblaze admitted, looking down at Demi who had stopped thrashing. “Let her up. Help her adjust.” “Yes, sir,” Dhamphin said, nodding her head lightly as she undid the restraints and helped Demi to sit up. “I have not yet attempted my conversion on a human before today. I will be interested to see how it worked.” Slowly but surely, Demi’s eyes opened. Instead of the usual loving brown, they were a dark and deadly red, her irises black as night. “How do you feel, young one?” “Thirsty,” Demi growled, her voice raspy. “Thirsty for blood.” “I will teach you,” Dhamphin said, smiling like a new mother. “Come. We will get you changed into something more our style.” “Yes, my queen,” Demi said, getting up and shaking on her feet lightly. She steadied herself and followed Dhamphin out, the smell of blood in Furyblaze’s neck making her salivate. She turned to the fire element general, fangs drawing from her canine teeth. She went to lunge at Furyblaze, but was blocked. “No, my love,” Dhamphin said, taking Demi’s arm in her hand lightly. “This way. I will get you something to drink very soon.” “It burns,” the Yellow Ranger growled, her hand on her throat. “Why do you resist me from quenching this?” “Because you need new attire first, sweet. Then you can feed,” Dhamphin said, her tone soft and motherly. “Come with me and then you may feed.” Demi simply nodded, turning and following Dhamphin. Furyblaze scoffed, shaking his head. “Pathetic,” he mumbled, turning on his own heel and starting out of the room. Demi, having heard what he said, felt her blood boil. She broke out of Dhamphin’s light grip, lunging at Furyblaze before sinking her fangs into his neck, his screams music to her ears. She felt the rush of blood in her throat, Furyblaze’s struggles and yells of anguish dying off as she drained him of his blood. She dropped the corpse, licking her lips sensually. “Damn,” Dhamphin said, her eyes wide as she watched the scene unfold. “Come, my dear. Now.” Demi simply nodded again, licking the rest of the blood from her lips before she went to Dhamphin’s side once more before being led out. _____________________________ April sighed as she patched up Richmond’s arm, Drake sitting with his shirt off and an icepack on his ribs. “I wish we knew what was going with Destiny and if Demi was ok,” she mused. “We’ll figure it out, April,” Alec said, sighing as he threw back the last bit of his coffee. “I just hope that Demi’s ok.” “So do I,” Drake said, putting the icepack on the table. “Though that bite she took the neck might be problematic.” “Yeah, think so,” Richmond said. “And judging by Dhamphin’s uglier face, I’m more then willing to bet she’s a real Vampyyri, one of the most dangerous races in the Galaxy.” “Vampyyri?” April asked. “Vampire, right?” “Yeah. It’s where the term Vampire first came from,” Richmond said. “Legend has it that thousands of years ago, several races came from the various inhabited planets, Vampyyri being one of them. They inspired some of Earth’s greatest tales, Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy, the Wolfman, All sorts of alien races that were the basis for a lot of fairy tales and a lot of ways to scare kids at their bedtimes. Even on my planet, my grandmother used to tell me tales of the Vamprin and Howler dup that would eat little children if they didn’t obey their elders and go to sleep on time. Scared me straight.” “Well, Vampires here got nerfed quite a while ago,” April sighed, pulling up footage of a movie series that basically screwed the Vampire genre for years. “Ugh, Demi made me watch those,” Alec said, covering his eyes. “Take it away!” As April canceled out the screen, the alarms rang out. “What now?” “Looks like Dhamphin and Demi,” April said, tapping some keys. “Yep, signatures the same.” She nodded to the boys, turning the main steering wheel on the wall and setting the ship for the middle of the city. “Demi…you have to come back…” Downtown, where apparently all monster attacks seem to occur, Dhamphin laughed as she watched Demi devour the blood of all that neared her path. “Very good, my love!” she said, clapping her hands like a mother who just taught her daughter to walk. “Now…when the Rangers get here…we end this for good.” “You won’t be ending anything!” a voice yelled, four morphed Rangers appearing on the roof of a nearby fast food spot. “Demi, what the hell are you wearing?” Alec asked, his eyebrow cocked under his helmet. Clad in a short skirt, fishnet leggings, a high collared/low cut top, with sleeves that were detached from the shoulders, the Rangers couldn’t believe what Demi had on. “I will never get this image out of my head,” Drake said, blinking rapidly. “Oh, dear God. That’s enough, boys,” April said, shaking her head--though she was also intrigued and slightly enchanted by Demi’s sexier style of dress as a Vampire. “About time,” Dhamphin growled. “Demi, my dear, let’s show them what we can do now.” “Yes, my Queen,” Demi said, reaching into her sleeve. She pulled out an all black Caller, similar to what she had as the Yellow Ranger, but in her other hand was a White Unleashed Key. Dhamphin reached into her own cloak and grabbed a second all black Caller, as well as a Black Unleashed Key. “Why don’t we level the playing field?” she asked, smirking as she flipped open the Caller. “I agree,” Demi growled. “Darkness Change!” the two women snapped, their Ranger suits, looking strikingly similar to the main Rangers suits, but with more sharp edges as well as a blacker key and cross swords on the chest. “Empire Black!” Demi growled. “Empire White!” Dhamphin snarled. “Oh, this just gets better and freaking better!” April groaned. “Now what?” “Fight,” Drake said, his Tri-Staff in hand. “You think?” “I think,” April said, her hand clenched around her Saber. “I’ll take Demi. You three deal with skinny, blonde, and ugly.” “No problem,” Richmond said, nodding as he and the other men rushed forward. Dhamphin snarled, rushing forward to meet the boys head on. “Too bad I’m not a big fan of blue, green, or silver,” she said, her black Saber in hand as she clashed with the boy’s weapons. “And by the way…I hope you don’t want my little prize back.” “Let her go,” Alec growled, kicking Dhamphin hard in the chest. “Don’t think so,” she growled, leaping out at the Blue Ranger. Demi and April, meanwhile, were locked hard in their fight. Not letting up, Demi slammed her palm into April’s stomach, knocking her friend backwards. “What’s the matter, little girl?” she taunted. “Can’t stand up to the big time now that you have to fight your friend?” “Demi, this isn’t you,” April said, getting up and tightening her grip on her weapon. “Please, look at me and come back. You’re stronger then a little bit of poison!” “I don’t think so,” Demi growled, hitting her belt. A Key popped off into her hand, the legs flipping up. “Darkness Change.” She twisted the Key in the Caller, a black flash taking over. ZOKATO rang out from the Caller, a black energy emitting from Demi before she changed into the leader of the Overlords, Grizzaka. Leaping towards April, Demi slashed out with the bear claws on her arms, slashing the Pink Ranger’s chest. “Ah!” April screamed, landing on her back before popping up. As she hit her belt for a key, she looked over Demi’s changed form. “Enemy Keys? That’s really new. But, I guess it’s time to go Jungle to Jungle. Unleashed Engage!” JUNGLE BEAST SPIRIT UNLEASHED rang out, April leapt up as the Violet Jungle Fury Ranger, the suit complete with a skirt, throwing charged blasts from the Wolf Morpher on her wrist. “Wolf Beam strike!” she snapped, the blasts slamming hard into Demi. She lunged forward again, firing several more beams to try and stop her friend. “Demi, damn it! Listen to me!” “Go to hell,” Demi growled, taking another Key in her hand. “Darkness Change!” She twisted the Key in her Caller again, her body changing into an enemy of the Lost Galaxy Rangers, Deviot. Taking the sword from her hip, the former Yellow Ranger roared as she slashed out at April, trying to cleave her head from her shoulders. “Stand still and let my sword make friends!” “Don’t think so, Dems!” April yelled, back flipping and taking a Key from her own belt. “Unleashed Engage!” Taking the Wolf decorated Quasar Saber from her own hip, she met her best friend again in locked combat, neither woman giving any quarter. “Demi, please! Stop this!” From the other end of the field, Dhamphin was laughing. “You think that you can get through to her that way?!” she laughed, slashing the boys backwards and throwing Richmond to the side. “She’s too far gone. All the blood she’s ingested? Good luck trying to get her back.” Alec stood up weakly, growling as he charged at Dhamphin with all of his strength, ramming his sword into her stomach. “Turn her back or I tear you in half,” he snarled, twisting the blade slowly, making Dhamphin scream. “I can’t!” she yelled, managing to throw Alec off of her, wrenching his sword from her stomach. “I’m surprised, Blue Ranger. None have ever been able to stab me in the stomach before.” She threw the sword down, silver blood seeping from the wound. “Demi, my dear. Let’s retreat for now.” Demi nodded, running over to Dhamphin. “My queen, you’re hurt,” she said, worry in her voice. “A minor setback, my dear. An easy fix,” Dhamphin said, the two vanishing in a burst of black fire. “Damn,” Drake coughed, unclipping his helmet. “Honestly, I think I would have rather fought Furyblaze again instead of her and Demi.” “I think we can safely assume that Furyblaze is dead,” Richmond said, shaking his head. “You heard what she said about Demi. All the blood she’d ingested. Usually it’s Furyblaze leading the charge out of the gate, but this time, it was just Dhamphin and Demi. Not even any Golbaks or Eternaks. You notice?” “Yeah, I did. Let’s get back to the ship and see what we can figure out,” April said, letting her morph fall before she turned away, running towards the ship to avoid letting the boys see her cry for her best friend. ”I’ve got to keep this together. I can’t let Demi go and stay with Dhamphin…it wont’ happen…” ____________________ Across town, Destiny was still sitting in the same spot on her bench, the Red Key still in hand. “Damn it,” she mumbled, running her hand in her hair. “God, what do I do? I start fighting, I’ll get someone killed. I don’t fight, I’ll get someone killed. Ah, I wish this was easier to figure out!” Her mind started to wander back to when they were first found and approached by Megas to be Rangers, and she couldn’t help but smile a bit. ”Are you sure we’re the right ones?” Kinu had asked, her voice barely carrying over the sounds of the computers beeping. “Yes, Kinu Yamagura. I am sure,” Megas said, a smile in his voice. “You six are the ones that have the greatest potential in the World, and I am certain that a day may come when you all rise to your destinies.” Adira smiled, giving her sister’s hand a squeeze. “What do you say, Des? I say we do it,” she said, looking at Destiny. “I mean, yeah, we’re all women here, but that’s going to make it more fun. No mangy boys getting in the way and causing trouble.” Anisha laughed lightly, shaking her head. “Leave it to the open lesbian to make that point,” she said, crossing her arms. “Destiny, I say we go for it. We really don’t have much else to lose, do we?” Destiny was still skeptical, but seeing the determination in her friends faces, she nodded. “Alright. We’re in,” she said, smirking lightly and taking the Red Morpher that Alpha handed her, strapping it to her wrist. “Now to fight the Occupation and take back our home.” “Yeah!” the five other women cheered, nodding their heads. “Let’s kick some ass!” Nyota smirked. From that day on, for a year and a half, the six women Rangers fought until their dying breaths… “Alright, I’ll think about it, Adira. You made your point,” Destiny said, snapping out of her daydream and rubbing her arms. “It’s getting cold.” “It is almost Halloween, my dear,” a passing shop owner said. “Just a couple of days to go.” “Oh. I didn’t realize that,” Destiny said, smiling softly. _____________________ On the Blizkon, Dhamphin growled as she let Demi stitch her stomach, the stab wound slightly deep. “It is unfortunate that my brother Mumman is not here yet. His skills in healing would be much appreciated,” she muttered, hearing the thread being cut, soft hands being replaced by a warm wash rag. “I’ll kill that Blue Ranger for this…” Demi’s hands stopped moving, the words Blue Ranger awakening something in the back of her mind. She shook her head, growling lightly. “Leave the Pink one for me, my Queen. I’ll bring her to see that we are the way she needs to live her immortal life.” “Hmm…one of Furyblaze’s creations,” Dhamphin said, biting her lip in thought. She narrowed her eyes, pulling her black cloak back around her shoulders and zipping it up. “It is an option, yes. But…considering she is one of Furyblaze’s creations, I don’t know how well my venom would work on her oil.” Demi nodded lightly, thinking. “Perhaps we attack them directly,” she mused. “The Galleon is not well protected inside.” “And with Drancon’s newest invention in my hands, things will explode for the Rangers once and for all,” Dhamphin smirked, leading Demi towards the bridge of the Blizkon. “Drancon! We need to speak at once.” “Of course, Dhamphin. What is it?” Drancon asked, turning from his monitor where Frakis and Faerin’s images could be seen. “We will conclude this when you arrive.” He shut off the monitor and gave his full focus to Dhamphin. “What do you want?” “The Rapparatta.” ________________________ Drake sighed as he sat back against the couch, rubbing his head. “This shit’s gone too far. We need three things. Help, a Red Ranger, and a freaking ten ton nuke to put the Empire out of our misery.” “While a nuclear device would be beneficial, I don’t think the Governments of the world would let us have one,” April said, pulling a shirt down as she walked back into the room, several spots on her chest and stomach bandaged up. “Honestly, I need to isolate Demi and get her to see things the right way, breaking her out of this fucked up spell that Dhamphin’s got her in.” “How?” Alec asked. “April, unless you didn’t see it, she’s not in her right mind at all. I don’t think that trying to talk is going to be enough to get her to see sense.” “Then what do I do!?” April snapped, throwing her Caller at the Blue Ranger. “She’s my best friend, and then this shit keeps getting in my way and making it hard to keep my best friend right where she freaking belongs!” Drake and Alec felt their hearts break for April, neither man knowing what to say. Richmond, having been in the storage levels under the Zords, came back up with a box in his arms. The Green Ranger noticed the tension, and he blinked slightly. “Did I miss something here?” he asked, setting the box on the table. “Just a bit of discussion, Richmond,” Alec said, shaking his head. “What’s the box for?” “Ah. Well, Thomas told me once that there was a weapon stored in the underbelly of the ship. I went looking for it. It’ll augment our Ranger Key powers a thousand fold, letting us tear through just about anything,” Richmond said, opening the box. “I present the Unleashed Destroyer. Five Keys go in the five slots, aim and pull the trigger.” “Perhaps you’ll get a chance to use it,” a voice said, Dhamphin and Demi reappearing in the middle of the ship. She held her Caller and Key in hand, a trumpet like device in her other. “My dear, be a doll and let the fun begin.” “Yes, my queen,” Demi said, taking the Rapparatta and flipping five Keys up, putting them into the five slots on the top of the weapon, bringing the smaller end to her lips. She played several long notes, the five Keys twisting on their own and being absorbed into the slots, five balls of light coming from the larger end before turning into the five Psycho Rangers. “Psychos. Destroy them.” “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” With the four Rangers morphed, they rushed headlong into the battle, meeting the five Psychos head on. Drake clashed with Red, throwing him into the bookshelves beside the dining table, slamming him backwards before driving the end of the Tri-Staff into his chest, trying to gain the upper hands again. The Red Psycho Ranger kicked Drake backwards, sending him across the galley of the ship, driving him into the wall beside the computer. April and Psycho Pink met in the middle of the room, neither giving up an inch. April drew her Blaster and pointed it just under Psycho Pink’s chest plate, firing several rapid blasts that sent her falling backwards. As Psycho Pink popped up again, she let loose a blast of pink lightning from her eyes, hitting April hard in the chest. “Stay down, Pinky,” Psycho Pink growled, dropping her elbow into April’s stomach, a slight red spot making itself known on the pink spandex. Psycho Black and Richmond found themselves in the kitchen, the Green Ranger using whatever he could in the small area for a weapon. Finally grabbed the dish drainer, Richmond slammed it down on Psycho Black’s head, kicking him back out of the kitchen and following up with a few well placed blasts to the chest, driving him backward again. Psycho Black ripped the remains of the wire dish drainer off of his head, launching himself forward at Richmond before tackling the Green Ranger in the stomach, driving him towards the lower levels. “We need to get this outside!” Alec yelled, blocking a slash from Psycho Blue and Yellow. He drove his foot into Blue’s chest, throwing him into Yellow before he dove for the ground, rolling to a stop and blasting at Yellow’s knee. “Geeps! Get the teleported now!” “No!” Demi yelled, lunging after the bird. “Get back here, you damn mech bird!” She swiped at the air, Geeps being just a bit faster as he landed hard on the transporter button, sending the Rangers and Psycho Rangers, as well as Dhamphin and Demi off of the ship and into the city. “Oh, I’m going to kill that damn parrot!” “Get in line,” Dhamphin growled, holding her side. “End them!” The Psycho Rangers nodded, rushing towards their counterparts. April and the boys flipped backwards, narrowly avoiding any contact at all. “Let’s change it up!” she said, hitting her belt. “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” As the four Rangers transformed again, the symbol of the Dino Thunder Rangers flashed over them, each Ranger taking one of the signature weapons of the Dino Rangers. Alec, Richmond, and April quickly combined their weapons, Drake slamming the Brachio Staff on top of the three. “Z-Rex Blaster!” they yelled. “Ready!” Alec called, standing at the trigger. “Fire!” Launching the attack forward, the blast shaped itself like a dinosaur, slamming into the five Psycho Rangers and throwing them backwards, causing them to explode at Demi and Dhamphin’s feet. “Dhamphin, one last warning. Give her back to us now.” “When are you going to learn that I can’t?” Dhamphin asked, laughing as she shifted into her vampire form. “Demi, destroy them!” “Yes, my queen,” Demi growled, rushing forward and barreling through the boys, lunging at April as her fangs appeared. “April, you know you want to join me, baby. You know how much fun this is? Not ever wanting food, not sleeping, basically doing whatever you want. We can rule together.” “I don’t do ruling, Demi!” April yelled, feeling herself get pinned down and watching as Demi straddled her waist, pinning her hands over her head and making it where she couldn’t struggle. “Please, Demi…” “Don’t beg. It takes the fun out of it,” Demi whispered, opening her mouth and placing her fangs over the throbbing vein in Demi’s throat. Before she got a chance to plunge them in, several red tinted blasts hit her in the back, flipping her over April and making her hit her back on the cold ground. “The hell!?” Stepping into view with a smoking blaster, Destiny came over sidewalk, a cold determination on her face. “Boys, April, you can’t do this layin’ down,” she said, taking her Key and Caller in hand. “Destiny!” April yelled, standing up and grabbing her blaster, running over to the young woman. “You sure you can do this?” “Positive,” Destiny said, flipping the Caller open. “Unleashed Engage!” As the morph took place, Destiny was clad in the red suit of the Unleashed Red Ranger. “Let’s turn this up. We need to stop Dhamphin. Can we restrain Demi somehow?” With a quick change into the Green Mystic Ranger, Richmond strung Demi up to the side of a building with the power over the earth he had in that suit, changing back to his regular suit. “That should hold for a bit.” “Good. Dhamphin! Time’s up for you,” Destiny said, holding her Saber and Blaster out, firing two shots… |
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Demi growled, rushing forward and barreling through the boys, lunging at April as her fangs appeared. “April, you know you want to join me, baby. You know how much fun this is? Not ever wanting food, not sleeping, basically doing whatever you want. We can rule together.” “I don’t do ruling, Demi!” April yelled, feeling herself get pinned down and watching as Demi straddled her waist, pinning her hands over her head and making it where she couldn’t struggle. “Please, Demi…” “Don’t beg. It takes the fun out of it,” Demi whispered, opening her mouth and placing her fangs over the throbbing vein in April’s throat. Before she got a chance to plunge them in, several red tinted blasts hit her in the back, flipping her over April and making her hit her back on the cold ground. “The hell!?” Stepping into view with a smoking blaster, Destiny came over sidewalk, a cold determination on her face. “Boys, April, you can’t do this layin’ down,” she said, taking her Key and Caller in hand. “Destiny!” April yelled, standing up and grabbing her blaster, running over to the young woman. “You sure you can do this?” “Positive,” Destiny said, flipping the Caller open. “Unleashed Engage!” As the morph took place, Destiny was clad in the red suit of the Unleashed Red Ranger. “Let’s turn this up. We need to stop Dhamphin. Can we restrain Demi somehow?” With a quick change into the Green Mystic Ranger, Richmond strung Demi up to the side of a building with the power over the earth he had in that suit, changing back to his regular suit. “That should hold for a bit.” “Good. Dhamphin! Time’s up for you,” Destiny said, holding her Saber and Blaster out, firing two shots… EPISODE 17: KEYS UNBOUND “Geeps. Play it,” Destiny said, leading her team forward and firing several blasts at the same time, slashing down a Timbak that rushed her. Filling the helmets at Destiny’s request, the theme from Mortal Kombat started to play, April’s laughter filling the air. The Rangers rushed forward, each of them slamming their swords and guns into the Timbaks and Golbaks, Drake slamming his Tri-Staff into one of the Eternaks’ chest, knocking it backwards. “This girl gets cool points just for this song,” April snickered, landing a kick to a Timbaks’ chest as she rushed towards Demi. “Come on, girl. You have to get out of this.” “Don’t talk,” Destiny said, slashing down a Golbak and knocking Dhamphin backwards. “Just subdue her somehow!” She hit her Belt, taking a Key from the buckle. “Unleashed Engage!” S.P.D. EMERGENCY rang out from the Caller in her hand, her Sword and Blaster being replaced by the Delta Blasters. She fired several rounds at Dhamphin, the blasts knocking the blonde backwards again. “How?!” Dhamphin yelled as she rushed Destiny. She swung out with her leg, catching Destiny in the ribs before slamming her fist into her stomach. She yelled out as Destiny shot her in the arm, stumbling back as green blood seeped from between her fingers, coating her pale white skin. “You little tramp!” “Thank you,” Destiny growled, slamming her foot out and catching Dhamphin just under her bust, flipping her backwards into a duo of sword slashes from Alec and Richmond. “April, how you doing over there?” She turned her head to look, seeing April and Demi locked in basically a struggle for supremacy. “April?” “Get to you in a minute, thanks!” April growled, slashing down at Demi and cutting her friend’s arm, drawing black-tinted blood. “Demi, please! Think about Selena!” Demi, who had started rushing towards April again, stopped in her tracks as images played in her head of her daughter’s birth and the small ice cream date between the two of them and Alec a few weeks before. She shook her head and slammed her fist into April’s stomach, knocking the Pink Ranger backwards before snapping a kick to her head. “Shut up!” she snarled, kicking April’s weapons away. “I’ll end you, Pink Ranger!” “Demi, please….don’t do this,” April whispered, forcing her morph to let go so she could look at her best friend. “Come back to me…” Dhamphin snarled, throwing the boys back and standing up, rushing over to Demi and grabbing her by the arm. “Let’s go,” she hissed, the two vanishing in a burst of black fire. April stood up and wiped her eyes, fear replacing the sadness. She looked at Destiny who was letting her morph fall, and she ran over and slugged her hard in the face. “Where the hell where you!?” she snarled, slamming both hands into the Red Ranger. “We needed you, and you show up when it’s fucking convenient for you!?” Destiny stumbled backwards, letting April’s assault continue. She knew she deserved it, and she knew she didn’t have the answer that her friend wanted. “April,” she finally said, grabbing her friend’s hands. “I’m sorry. Alright? I’m sorry for not being here when you needed me. I’m sorry I was trying to work through my own personal dilemmas before I started fighting. I’m so sorry…” April freed her hands from Destiny’s hugging the other girl tightly. “And I’m sorry for just now…” she said, sighing softly. “I’m just…I don’t know what to do. I don’t know…how to get her back, how to break Dhamphin’s hold, reverse the toxins, none of it. I’m…for the first time, lost.” “Come on,” Destiny said, rubbing April’s arm. “Let’s get back to the ship and find a way to fix this. And then I can tell you how I decided to stop moping and join the fight.” She looked at the others, nodding softly. “Let’s go, boys.” “Yes, ma’am,” the three men said, Alec hitting the four digit command on his Caller and summoning the ship before the six Rangers went up. As the five Rangers slumped down in chairs across the galley, Geeps fluttered over and sat in Destiny’s lap, the Red Ranger rubbing his head lightly. “I’m glad that you decided to join us, Destiny,” he said, flapping his wings a bit. “But…why did you come back? I’m curious about that, actually.” “Yeah, same here,” Richmond said, coming from the kitchen with bottles of water in his hands. “I mean, last we heard, you weren’t ready to fight, still hating that we asked you to help.” “Yeah, I’m sorry about that,” Destiny sighed, rubbing her arms. “I just…I had to get my head on right, and I didn’t know how to do that without flipping out.” “It’s alright. We’re all used to having things taken from us,” Alec said, giving Destiny’s shoulder a squeeze. “Go take a shower, then you can talk. We waited this long. We can wait another forty-five minutes.” “Alright,” Destiny said, nodding softly before she stood up and headed out, closing the door to the room she had before gathering a bit of clothes and stripping down. As she stepped under the blazing hot water, the Red Ranger couldn’t help but let out a soft sigh. “I’ll make this up to you…all of you…” ____________________ On the Blizkon, Demi snarled as she slammed a Golbak away from herself, her hands clenched. “That pathetic Pink!” she growled, snapping the Golbaks’ neck. She threw the corpse to the ground, screaming out and hitting the wall. Demi hit her knees, her hands tangled in her hair as images flashed through her mind of times long past. “Come on, Demi!” she heard April’s voice yell, Demi herself heading the Cheer squad in a tournament. “You can do it, girl! Woohoo!!” Soon her images changed, the day Alec threw her out of the way of the bomb from Filmas being the forerunner in her mind. “Hey, get off me!” she remembered yelling, shoving the Blue Ranger away before feeling her heart swell, her cheeks warming at how cute he was. “Umm…” “Sorry,” Alec said, rubbing his neck softly. “I didn’t mean to hurt you if I did.” “You didn’t.” Demi hit her knees, slamming her fists into the wall. “No…I can’t turn back!” she snarled, tearing the pillow on her bed in half, white feathers falling around the room. “What’s happening to me?” “I was afraid of this,” Dhamphin mused from the door, sighing lightly. “My conversion was never tested on a human, and I didn’t know how to proceed. Your natural defenses against viruses and infection are working against my toxin.” “Help….me….” “I can’t,” Dhamphin said lowly, kneeling beside Demi and putting her hand on the young woman’s cheek, regret in her eyes. “The toxins and your own body are going to fight against each other, killing you soon, my dear.” “You did this to me….fix me!” Demi yelled, her hands finding Dhamphin’s throat. “NOW!” “I am unable to!” Dhamphin pleaded, trying to get Demi off of her. Despite the young woman being close to Death’s door, she was still strong, Dhamphin’s face turning blue. “Demi…let go…” Demi’s hands slacked, and she got up from the floor, Dhamphin’s coughing music in her ears. “Then what do I do?” she asked. “Fight your enemy. With some help,” Dhamphin said, standing up and rubbing her neck, opening the door to the room and allowing a figure in, the corpse of Furyblaze, his eyes black and dead as his hands clenched and returned slowly. “When you drained Furyblaze this morning, love, you injected him with your own venom. He’s yours to control.” “Interesting,” Demi whispered, blinking as she looked at Furyblaze. “Come. I want to try something.” ______________________ Destiny sighed as she sat on her bed, her shirt in hand as she slid into her shoes. Her brown hair fell in a curtain down her back, leaving a small trail of water going under the strap of her bra and down her spine. She pulled her shirt on, red with yellow patterns, taking her hair and putting it in a high ponytail, walking back into the main galley. “Hey…” she said, looking at the Rangers. “Hey,” April said, smiling a bit. “You ok?” “Just…tired, I guess,” Destiny said. “I haven’t slept since the night before the Occupation attacked, and it’s starting to catch up, I think.” She sat down on the couch, falling against April and sighing. “You ever…wonder what it’s like to die?” “All the time,” Alec said. “Parts of all of us have died in some form or another. Richmond’s grandmother, my wife and daughter, Thomas’ family on Gojin Seven, April’s family on Earth, Demi’s planet, Drake’s home. All places and people that we’ve lost that shape our lives in ways we can’t see in the past when it happened.” Destiny listened to Alec, biting her lip. “Kinu and Adira dying…” she said, wiping her eyes. “My family and friends. Everyone I loved.” She sighed lightly, blinking a bit to clear her vision. “And if we don’t use their deaths as power, we’ll end up losing to the Empire, making it easy for them to screw Earth up,” April said, handing Destiny a tissue. “So, we turn our pain into power, use our family’s deaths as fuel to stop the enemy, and pray that one day we’ll see them again.” “Wait. You said Demi’s planet,” Destiny said, cocking her eyebrow as she twisted the tissue in her hands. “I thought she was from Earth?” “That’s what she tells people,” Richmond said. “She doesn’t realize that she’s from Bertrasis Seven, the same planet that Thomas helped destroy years ago. And…we need to try and keep it from her as long as we can.” “Well, that’s kind of screwed up, but if you say so,” Destiny said, sighing. The Rangers fell silent, the only sounds being Geeps pecking at some of the keys on the computer. April finally broke the silence, clearing her throat a bit. “Destiny? How did you make up your mind to come back and fight?” the Pink Ranger asked. “Oh. That,” Destiny said, scratching her neck nervously. “How about I show you?” “Show us?” Alec asked. Destiny nodded, reaching over into the chest that held the Ranger Keys, taking the Red Mystic Force Key and slotting it in her Caller. “Unleashed Engage,” she said, twisting it as she was covered in the suit of the Red Mystic Ranger. “Galwit Mystio Memoriam!” A red swirl of energy appeared, passing through Destiny before it reached the computer screen, the image of Destiny sitting on the bench where Demi had left her. Destiny sighed as she rubbed her arms, watching everyone around the street laughing and having a good time. “Damn,” she muttered, sitting back against the bench and taking the Red Key in hand again. “I wish I knew what to do…I don’t feel like I deserve to fight again…” A shadow crossed Destiny’s eyes, and the young woman looked up. “Sorry, would you mind getting out of the light, please?” “Sorry,” a man’s voice said, sitting on the bench. “Seriously?” Destiny asked. “Can I help you with anything or can I just get you to go away?” The man chuckled, shaking his head. “Sorry. It’s a long way from Charterville, and I’ve been trying to find a motel to take a rest in. I’m Josh,” he said, turning and extending his hand. “Destiny,” she said, shaking Josh’s hand. As she pulled away, she got a flash of something interesting, a white warrior designed like a Hercules beetle flashed through her mind, the young woman seeing a fight with a warrior in black. “Who are you?” “I told you. My name is Josh Baldwin,” he said. “But, I guess you’re referring to the White Blaster Borg that you’re probably seeing in your head.” “Yeah, that’d be it,” Destiny said, sighing. “But, what do you want from me?” She looked at Josh, trying to find a reason for his visit, but she kept coming up empty. “Well, I know you’re struggling with something big. Trying to determine if you want to fight in a battle that doesn’t have anything for you when you win or not,” Josh said, smiling a bit. “How do you know so much?” “I was in a similar situation a long time ago,” Josh admitted, sighing. “My power as a Beetleborg was tied directly to the Shadowborg, one that was cloned from my friend Drew’s power as the Blue Stinger Borg. Flabber, our team ghost and mentor, I guess, gave me the power of the White Blaster Borg to fight Shadow. But, I was tied with him, and when Drew landed the death blow to Shadow, I lost my powers.” Destiny nodded, understanding what he was saying. “Wow,” she said, sighing. “And I’m sitting here moping because I lost my world and my friends.” “Destiny, losing your friends is a part of life. We can either sit back and let the world be taken over by the Empire, or we can get up and fight. Jo, Drew, and Roland fought in the Legend War a few years ago, giving up their powers by sacrificing themselves for the planet they loved. I knew my time as a Borg was short, but I didn’t care,” Josh said. “It’s part of life, and like I said, we can either let it happen or we can fight back.” Before Destiny had a chance to say anything, a horde of Golbaks appeared, surrounding the two and making the street empty as everyone ran. Standing in front of the Golbaks, however, was a little four year old girl who held up her bubble gun at the Empire’s foot soldiers. One of the Golbaks brushed the bubbles of his face, aiming his arm-mounted cannon at the young girl. Destiny leapt up and slammed the Key in the Caller, twisting it and morphing before throwing her sword and slamming it into the Golbaks’ arm, forcing him to turn and miss the child. Destiny scooped the girl up, leaping over the rest of the Golbaks as a woman came running down the street. “Hannah! Hannah!” the older woman called, taking her daughter. “Thank you! Thank you so much!” Destiny shook her head. “Don’t need to thank me,” she said, smiling softly under her helmet. “You’ll be safe now. Run.” Her sword reappearing in her hand, Josh snickered as he stood up. “What are you laughing about?” “Watching you,” Josh said, rolling his shoulders and cracking his knuckles. “How you jumped in to save the kid.” “Never let anyone get hurt was what my girlfriend told me,” Destiny said, smirking. “Let’s make this a show, Golbaks. Teach your boss that you can’t push us around.” She rushed forward, starting her assault. “Geeps! Where are the others?” ”They’re downtown. Demi and Dhamphin are back, and April’s getting trashed!” Geeps’ voice called out over the headset built into the helmet. ”Destiny. It’s good to have you back.” “Good to be back,” Destiny said, firing several blasts. With that, the images faded from the screen, Destiny putting the Red Mystic Key back in the chest. “So, yeah…I saw the girl almost get hurt, and I jumped in. That’s when I found you guys and helped out just now,” she said, sighing. April stood up and hugged Destiny tightly, smiling softly. “I’m glad you’re here. But…I’ve got an idea to get Demi back, and seeing the girl in your memories gave me this thought,” she said. “I need to go for a bit. Call me if there’s trouble.” With that, she turned and took off, leaping off of the side of the ship and landing on the ground. She took off through town, a plan forming in her mind. “What was that all about?” Destiny asked. Alec started thinking, slapping his forehead. “Selena. Demi’s daughter.” _________________________ On the Blizkon, Demi smirked as she looked at her “army” of Timbaks’ she’d converted into Vampires, her hands crossed on her stomach. “Now…to present you to Lord Drancon,” she said, turning and walking out with the Vampire Timbaks on her heels. She walked into the main bridge, two of the Timbaks at her back. “Lord Drancon.” “Demetria,” Drancon said, turning his chair. “What do I owe this visit?” “My army, sir,” Demi said, stepping to the side and revealing her converted Timbaks. “Converted Timbaks to take down the Rangers, and with the Rapparatta in our hands, anything we can throw at them will be enough to stop them.” “Very well, young one,” Drancon said. “Take Dhamphin, Furyblaze, and your army and end the Rangers.” “Yes, sir,” Demi said, turning on her heel and walking out, heading back to Dhamphin. “Dhamphin. Time to go.” “What makes you think you can order me around?” Dhamphin asked, cocking her blonde eyebrow. “Well?” “The fact that Drancon is giving me the lead. Now move out,” Demi snarled, grabbing Dhamphin and throwing her towards the door. Dimas, having heard the conversation, smirked. “Perfect. End the Yellow Ranger and Dhamphin at the same time, and things will go smoothly for me from here out,” he mused, turning and vanishing in a burst of silver fire, reappearing down in the city. ________________________ Soon, the alarms rang out in the ship, alerting the Rangers to trouble. Destiny ran over and hit the keyboard, pulling up the map. “Movie theatre. Let’s go, guys,” she said, teleporting out of the ship and landing near the theatre, the others appearing beside her in a flash. “Destiny,” Demi’s voice drawled, the young woman stepping out and looking dressed to kill. Clad in black leather pants and a black halter top, Demi was ready for the final fight with her friends, her hands clenched around a black lance in one hand and a gun in the other. “Well? Give me your best shot.” “We have to keep her busy until April gets here,” Alec said. “Destiny?” “Let’s Ranger up,” Destiny said, taking her Key and flipping it up, slotting it in the Caller. “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” As the Rangers morphed, Destiny fired at Dhamphin, the Vampire Queen blocking the shots with her blade. “I’ll take the ugly one. You guys keep Demi restrained and hold off the Timbaks until we get April here,” the Red Ranger said, firing again. “Don’t have to wait for me,” April called, running onto the street with Selena in her arms. “Demi. I know how to get you back.” “Mama!” Selena yelled, jumping out of the Pink Rangers’ arm and rushing over, ducking through Timbaks and Rangers legs to latch herself onto Demi’s legs. “Mama! Why you not come pick me up the other day?” Demi stumbled backwards, looking at the young girl clinging to her leg. She growled lightly, trying to push Selena off of her before her head snapped up, remembering laughing with Selena over ice cream, introducing her daughter to Alec and her comments about him, and she fell to her knees. “Selena…” she whispered, her mind and body forcing Dhamphin’s toxins out of her neck, the black liquid turning into a vapor and disappearing. “Mama!” “Demi,” April said, running over and helping her stand up. “Come on. Let’s get Selena somewhere safe and come back and these things.” “You go,” Demi whispered. “I want to own Dhamphin’s head on a platter.” She stood up, giving her daughter a squeeze and kissing her cheek. “Go with Aunt Appy, ok? I’ll come find you soon, sweetheart.” “Oks, Mama!” Selena said, hugging her mother’s neck tightly and jumping down, running beside April. “Unleashed Engage!” Demi yelled, twisting her Yellow Ranger Key in her Caller, slashing at Dhamphin who was trying to get to Destiny. “Dhamphin!” “NO!” Dhamphin yelled, her hands clenched. “Nobody’s able to break out of my hold!” She rushed towards Demi, driving her foot into the Yellow Ranger’s chest. “How?!” “Power of my family,” Demi snarled, slashing Dhamphin’s cloak and drawing blood across her stomach. “And now…I’m going to kill you.” April rushed back in, morphing on her way through before driving a kick into one Timbaks’ chest, slashing down and drawing black blood. “Go, Demi! Though, I have to ask. How did these things get uglier?!” she asked, firing three rounds into one’s head. “Yeah, that’d be my fault,” Demi said, slashing at Dhamphin and cutting her cheek. “I used the power I had thanks to this ugly hoe and mutated them to fight you guys. And that also goes for--oh, shit!” At that moment, Furyblaze walked forward, sending a blast of fire out that caught Dhamphin’s cloak on fire, forcing her to shed it, revealing her usual attire of black clothes, as well as combat boots. “Kill the Rangers. Kill Dhamphin. Kill the Rangers,” Furyblaze droned in a monotone voice. “I’ll deal with him,” Alec said, slashing and breaking off from his Timbaks he was fighting to rush Furyblaze. He rushed into a shoulder push, ramming his shoulder into Furyblaze’s stomach, dropping him before he dropped his elbow into his throat, throwing Furyblaze into the Timbaks. “Come on, Flamey-O.” Furyblaze snarled, taking his sword from a black tuft of fire on his side, the handle made of bone instead of the polished Chrome it used to be. He met Alec’s blade in the air, the two locked in swordplay, neither gaining the upper hand. Richmond and Drake were helping Destiny with the Timbaks, leaving Dhamphin to the Yellow and Pink Rangers. “Guys! Change it up!” Demi yelled, hitting her belt and taking a Key. “Right!” the others yelled, each one taking a Key. “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” IT’S MORPHIN’ TIME! six Callers rang out, covering the Rangers in the Mighty Morphin’ Rangers suits, Drake as White Ranger. As they summoned their individual weapons, Destiny and Alec rushed Furyblaze, each one aiming to end the Fire-based general once and for all. Demi took out the Power Daggers, stabbing at Dhamphin while April fired from the distance with the Power Bow, Drake and Richmond using Saba and the Power Axe to cut down more and more of the Timbaks. Drake slashed one down, kicking another into his buddies. “Ok, question!” the Silver Ranger called, jumping backwards. “What!?” Destiny asked. “If we kill Dhamphin, anything created by her or that’s been created from one of her conversions dies as well, yes?” Drake inquired, ducking a swing. “In theory,” Demi said, yelling out as she got hit in the chest, hitting her knees from Dhamphin’s assault. “At least, it should. Though when the toxin left me, it should have killed Furyblaze and the Timbaks!” “It doesn’t work like that,” Dhamphin said, grabbing Demi by the neck and driving her knee into the Yellow Ranger’s stomach. “You don’t seem to grasp that you will never be free of me, love.” “Listen, bitch, I’ll be free of you as soon as we stop you,” Demi snarled, blasting Dhamphin hard in the chest, getting released. “Richmond! You ever find that thing that Thomas talked about?!” “The Destroyer? Yeah,” the Green Range replied, slamming his Axe into a Timbaks’ head, knocking it down. “But, might I suggest we use the Power Cannon first?” “Good idea,” Destiny called, slashing out at Furyblaze and knocking him into the Timbaks, each of them snarling to get out of the mass of tangled limbs. “Power Axe!” Richmond yelled, changing the Axe into the main body of the Cannon. “April!” “Power bow!” April called, her bow attaching. “Alec!” “Power Lance!” the Blue Ranger split the lance in half, tossing each half onto opposite sides of the cannon. “Demi?” “Power Daggers!” Demi called out, tossing the Daggers up where they attached to the Cannon beside the pieces of the Lance. “Lady Leader!” “Power Sword!” Destiny yelled finally, leaping up and placing her sword in the middle of the combination, lowering back down as everyone gathered around. “Power Cannon!” She focused the sights on Furyblaze and the Timbaks, her finger on the trigger. “Fire!” She gently squeezed, the large blast flying out and connecting with Furyblaze, engulfing him and the Timbaks in an epic fireball that left the ground singed as they dropped the Mighty Morphin’ suits. “Dhamphin!” “Oh, Gnartz,” Dhamphin sighed. “And hell, since I‘m going to die anyway…” She shrugged and rushed forward, driving kicks and punches into each Ranger’s stomach or chest, throwing the boys into a pile while she slammed her head into Demi’s helmet, catching Destiny in the ribs. “You three ain’t so tough.” “You did not,” Demi asked, slamming her sword into Dhamphin’s side, April kicking her in the stomach as Destiny snap kicked her head to the side. “Girls, why don’t we show this floozy how tough we really are.” She reached down and took another Key out of her belt, smirking. “Couldn’t agree more, Demi,” Destiny said, her and April taking a Key in their own hands. “Unleashed Change!” the three called out, their suits changing. “Spin Sword! Unleashed Trinity Slash!” As the three female Rangers slashed their Spin Swords down Dhamphin’s body, they leapt back to the boys who were picking themselves off of the ground. “Richmond, you got that cannon ready?” Destiny asked. “As ready as I’ll ever get it,” Richmond said, looking at his friends. “Just concentrate on it as we hit our belts.” As the Rangers hit their belts again, five bursts of light came from within, forming into the Unleashed Destroyer. Pushing the handle forward, Destiny and the others held up their Keys, Drake twisting his Silver Ranger Key in his Tri-Staff. The Five Rangers flipped their Key’s around, putting them into the individual slots in the Destroyer as Destiny pulled the handle back, the keys snapping up and causing a targeting scope to form. RED CHARGE FINALE WAVE “Unleashed Tri-Stab!” Drake yelled, leaping into the air and throwing his Staff, watching it sail through the air into Dhamphin. “Do it, guys!” “Ultimate Blast! Unleashed Fire Storm!” the five Rangers yelled out, Destiny pulling the trigger. An image of the Uchuu Galleon blasted out of the double barrels on the front, Dhamphin just hanging her head. “Oh, well. My brother, Faerin, and Frakis are nearing the planet. I’ll be avenged!” Dhamphin yelled, the blast connecting and searing through her, causing her to combust and line the street with fire. Destiny held the cannon down, the smoking remains of Dhamphin laying on the ground. “She’s down. Four to go,” she said, sighing. “And it ain’t going to be easy,” April mused, letting her morph fall. She turned and hugged Demi tightly, holding her best friend tightly. “You ever go evil on me again, and I will so freaking kill you!” “Yes, ma’am,” Demi snickered, hugging April back. “Can we go back to the Galleon? I want some real food so I can sleep. I don’t want to be a vampire ever again….” As everyone laughed, Destiny smiled. “Don’t worry, Thomas,” she said, looking up at the heavens. “I’ll make sure they’re alright. You have my word.” She smiled again, taking off after the others and jumping on Drake’s back, making the Silver Ranger laugh. The Rangers teleported back to the Galleon, content for the first time in a few days. ______________________ Drancon smirked, shaking his head. “Dhamphin got cocky. Let us hope that the three of you do better,” he said, turning to the rest of the Outlying: Mumman, Faerin, and Frakis, each holding their Keys up. ______________________ On the far side of town, Dimas rushed into the forest. “Perhaps…the time is come for my final plan…” What could Dimas be planning? And with the five Keys of Deletion in Drancon’s hand, what’s stopping him from turning them on and blowing up the Earth?! FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON POWER RANGERS UNLEASHED
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CHAPTER 18: FEAR AND BUSINESS IN PAN CENTRAL Two days after defeating Dhamphin, the Rangers were milling around the Galleon, taking on small tasks or just lounging. April was sitting in the dining area with her laptop, headphones in as she listened to some music, bobbing her head to the beat; Demi was flipping cards on a table, growling at her solitaire game; Richmond was tinkering with the Destroyer, recalibrating some worn out parts; Alec seemed to be in a more relaxed state, napping on the couch; Drake reading on the couch; and Destiny was propped up in a chair reading a book while waiting for her toenails to dry. “It’s been kind of nice the last two days,” the Red Ranger said, smiling as she marked her place in the book, setting it aside. “No attacks, no nothing. Just that interview thing we did the other day for the talk shows.” “Yeah, it’s been fun,” Demi admitted, smiling a bit. “Though this stupid game’s pissing me off!” She sighed and tossed her deck down, crossing her arms in defeat. “Stupid solitaire.” “Demi,” April snickered, pausing her music and heading to the table to observe the game. After a few minutes, she grimaced. “Yeah, you’re pretty well flunked.” “Yeah, thanks for the brilliant observation, Dr. Watson,” Demi sighed as she rubbed her eyes. “I’m gonna go take a shower.” With that, the Yellow Ranger got up and walked out, her bedroom door slamming behind her. “What’s with Demi?” Drake asked, marking his book and setting it down. “I mean, she’s been cranky ever since we got back from the fight the other day.” April sighed, knowing Demi would want the truth out, but she also knew that she’d break her friend’s trust if she told. “Damn,” she sighed. “It’s because of what Dhamphin did to her. She’s not sleeping, she’s not eating, and she snapped at Selena the other day, and she never does that. She’s…scared, a little confused, and more then a little lost on how to deal with the memories of the people she’d hurt and killed under Dhamphin’s influence, and nothing I said can take her pain away.” The room fell silent, the only sound being Geeps sleeping in his nest. Destiny pulled the cotton from her toes, tossing it in the trash before clapping her hands. “That’s it. Girls day,” she said, standing up. “Go tell Demi. When she’s done in the shower, you and her meet me at Café la Crème over on the west end of town in the shopping center. No questions.” “Guess she told me,” April said, nodding. “We’ll meet you there.” She watched Destiny slip her socks and shoes on again and head out, going down the hall herself. She knocked on Demi’s door, waiting a minute. “Demi?” “Hang on,” Demi’s voice called, the sounds of someone shuffling around reaching April’s ears. “Come on in, April.” April pushed the door open, her eyes taking in the destruction in Demi’s room. Picture frames strewn across the floor, the mattress on the floor as well, the chair from the desk in pieces against the walls, and several large indents in the metal caught her eyes. “Demi…” “Sorry…about the mess,” Demi said, her eyes cast to the floor. She tensed when she felt April’s hand on her arm, falling into her friend and clinging to her shirt. “I’m just…so freaking scared, April…” “I know, sweetheart, I know,” April whispered, hugging Demi tightly. “It’s alright to be scared. I know you haven’t been sleeping because of the memories of Dhamphin making you hurt people. It’s going to be alright, Demi. I promise.” “How can you promise that?” Demi asked, sniffling as she stood back, looking at her best friend. “Because anyone that tries to tell you otherwise is going to get a size five Pink Ranger boot up their ass,” April said, wiping Demi’s eyes. “You know me. I’ll kick anyone’s ass that threatens my oldest and best friend.” “Thanks, April,” Demi said, smiling softly. “I guess I’ve just been scared of closing my eyes…seeing Dhamphin’s jaw opening and biting me, the searing pain and…” She kept trying to speak, but she felt April’s finger on her lip. “Hey.” “Stop,” April said, looking down at Demi. “Just stop, Dem. I know it’s hard to live with those memories, but we have to work past them to make sure you’re alright in the long run. You’re my best friend, have I ever let you down?” “No,” Demi said, smiling a bit. “Like that day the cheerleader was picking on me our Freshman year and you popped her fake boob.” April laughed, nodding. “Yep!” she laughed, grinning. “And I’d do it again! But, you need to get dressed. Destiny wants us both to meet her at Café la Crème in the shopping center across town after you’re ready to go.” “What are the boys going to do without their brains around?” Demi smirked, pulling a pair of jeans on and pulling a shirt down over her head. “I mean, we think about everything for them, so it’s going to be interesting if they don’t blow up the Galleon when we’re gone.” “Aw, they’ll be fine,” April snickered, stuffing her hands in her hoodie’s pockets. “But yeah, soon as you’re ready, we’ll ditch the dudes and meet up with Destiny.” “Guess you can say we've got a date with Destiny,” Demi said, pushing into her shoes, sighing as she grabbed a zip up jacket. She heard April groan at the bad joke, and she stuck her tongue out. "You're terrible," April snickered, shaking her head. _____________________________ On the Blizkon, Faerin--glowing a light pink with her energy powers--stretched as she rested her arms around the neck of a Timbak soldier who was trying to work. “Drancon, can’t we have some fun?” she asked, pouting. “Soon, Faerin,” Drancon said, rolling his shoulder. “With Dhamphin dead, we must employ a new strategy if we are to take the Rangers down once and for all. Perhaps….yes, that would work.” He turned around to his screen, frantically typing a message into the computer. “Yes, this is excellent. Yes….” “Great Gods,” Frakis mused, shaking his head. “Drancon, do you wish to let us in on your plan or must we remain in the dark?” “Apologies, brother,” Drancon said, tapping some keys before watching an image connect to the main screen. “While most of our forces have been reduced to nonexistent on Earth thanks to the Rangers, we have one operative left in the Kasterberous System who is more then equipped to bring more despair then the Rangers know how to handle.” “You cannot be serious about bringing him to the Planet,” Mumman said, stepping forward. “The last time that the Ringed One was loose on a planet, nothing was left.” “Precisely,” Drancon said. “With him on our side, as well as his power to split into eleven versions of himself, the Rangers will be at a loss for words or fighting skill to fend off that many attacks at once.” “Interesting idea,” Frakis said, his arms crossed over his armored chest, tapping his chin in thought. “However, the fact remains that we are down one Outlying for the Deletion to occur. Or had you not thought of this?” He knew that, if Drancon had an idea, that it would be wiser to simply go with his leaders idea instead of questioning it, but he needed to be sure. “Because, in honesty, I would like a chance to fight the Rangers myself before we let the Ringed One loose. Since you know how unstable his Dragon Forms are.” “I do know how unstable the Forms are separated, but I also know that he will not allow anything to happen to a planet we wish to conquer,” Drancon said, sending the subspace message. “Now all that remains is his arrival, and the end of the Rangers once and for all.” With that, Faerin walked out of the bridge, floating above the hard metal floors towards her room, the door sliding closed. “Perhaps I can turn this around to what I wish…” she mused. __________________________ Down in the woods on the edge of Pan Central City, Dimas sighed as he went through some sword movements, first left then right followed by an upper slash, driving his sword backward. “The Outlying have moved in, my companions dead, my way of living virtually gone to me,” he mused, sheathing his sword again. “Perhaps…it’s time to extend the hand of compromise to the ones that actually have the power to end this battle once and for all.” He grabbed a bag and stuffed three items into it, knowing that this would change the War for good on the right advantage. Leaving his makeshift home in the woods, Dimas made his way into the city, rolling his eyes as people started running. “Well, that’ll get their attention,” he chuckled, sitting down on a bench before setting his sheathed weapon beside him, deciding to wait. ___________________ On the Galleon, Geeps flapped as he rose from his perch, landing on the computer. “The hell!?” he squawked, shaking his head before rechecking his readings. “Boys, we’ve…got something big here.” “What is it, Geeps?” Richmond asked, heading over and looking at the screen. “I don’t understand.” “Yeah, that’s what I’m not getting either,” Geeps said, chuckling. “Dimas is downtown, but…he’s just sitting there on a bench. Not even attacking a human.” “Call the girls and have them meet us downtown,” Alec said, grabbing a coat from the closet before shrugging it on, heading towards the top deck. “Let’s go, guys.” “Got it,” Drake said, following the Blue Ranger as he heard Geeps open a call to Destiny. “What is it, Geeps?” Destiny asked, her voice sounding slightly irritated. “Sorry to mess up your afternoon, girls, but Dimas is downtown not far from your location,” Geeps said. He heard Destiny sigh on the other end of the call. ”Alright. Tell the boys to meet us there.” “They’re already on their way,” Geeps said, the line dying as he said it. ___________________________ As soon as all six Rangers were downtown, they followed the empty street to the end, seeing Dimas sitting on a bench staring into the skies. Destiny took her Key in hand as she walked down the street, the others following suit to be quicker on the morph if they were being tricked. “Dimas,” she said, stepping up. “Rangers,” Dimas said, bowing his head as he stood, leaving his sword on the bench. “Thank you for coming.” “What do you want? Honestly, I’m surprised you’re not blowing things up,” Drake said, crossing his arms. “What’s with you?” He cocked his eyebrow, echoing what everyone was thinking. He flinched when Demi glared at him, and he raised his hands. “Hey, I was just saying what everyone was thinking. Jesus.” He shook his head, stepping back. “Well, first I know that you’ve no reason to trust me, but hear me out. With the four remaining Outlying on the Blizkon in low Earth orbit, they’ve officially kicked me out of the club, so to speak. But, the jokes are on them,” Dimas said, drawing a bag from the bench. He reached inside and took the Rapparatta and Black Empire Key and Caller in hand, setting them down. “Without the Rapparatta, they can’t summon the Monster Key Clones, and without the Black Empire Key, their Dark Duo is duped.” Destiny shared a look with the Rangers, Demi being the one that was the most skeptical. “Why should we trust you?” the Yellow Ranger asked, moving her way to the front. “I mean…you did kidnap us, electrocute several of us, tried to kill us on multiple occasions, and you planted the idea to turn against Dhamphin in my head. What’s to say that you’re not going to turn on us as well?” Dimas reached down, setting the Caller, Key, and Rapparatta on the bench again, taking his sword in hand as he heard the Rangers tense before kneeling down, holding it out. “My promise as a warrior,” he said, his head down. “I know I have wronged all of you in the past, but the Outlying have made time on the Blizkon unbearable with their plans, never allowing a moments peace. I do not expect you to trust me fully, just enough that we can end this war. You have my word, as soon as Drancon and his Outlying are destroyed, I will take the remains of the Empire and leave your planet. We will settle a world far from here, and we’ll leave all of you in peace.” Sharing a look, Destiny sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose. “You betray us in any form, I’ll cut your head from your shoulders,” she said, taking Dimas’ sword. “Fair enough,” Dimas said, watching as she took her Caller out. “I wouldn’t call your ship. I have a feeling that Faerin and the newest guest are on the way down.” And he was right. Landing on the ground near the Rangers, Faerin and a Black and Red clad man appeared, the man in black holding his left hand up where a Ruby-styled Ring glowed on his finger. “Faerin. You brought Warpstrike, then?” Dimas asked, taking the Key and Caller in his hand again. “Of course I did,” Faerin giggled, smiling. “After all, you killed my friend. It’s time I returned the favor, and my favorite mystic here wants to help me!” “Well, you and your mystic user are going to be a dust pile,” April said, stepping beside the other Rangers as they formed a line. “Dest? What’cha say we show this pixie wanna-be the front door to Hell?” “Couldn’t agree more,” Destiny said. “Ready?!” “Ready!” six people called out. “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” “Empire Change!” Soon, the Six Rangers were joined by Dimas, holding the saber of the Black Ranger in his hand. Each Ranger held up their respective weapons, grey creatures flowed from under Warpstrike’s cloak, surrounding the Rangers and Dimas. “Goboklins. Destroy them,” Warpstrike commanded, walking forward before sliding a Ring on his right hand over the belt he wore. DIMENSION it rang out, his hand entering the red dimension portal, retrieving his weapon before it closed, slashing down at Dimas who rushed forward. “I’ll deal with Warpstrike. You try and get back through the Goboklins to get to Faerin,” Dimas said, locking blades with Warpstrike. “Go!” Destiny nodded, taking her team and rushing forward, her Saber becoming acquainted with new blood that afternoon. “We need to force through,” she said, slamming her fist into a Goboklins’ face, throwing it backwards. “April! You and Demi keep forcing through! We’ll hold these things off as best that we can!” “Alright!” Demi called back, trading her blaster for April’s sword, the women getting what the two were more comfortable with. Slashing down two Goboklins, Demi leapt up and slammed her swords into one’s shoulders, knocking it down. “April, I think we need to change it up!” “You got it,” April said, hitting her belt and taking a Key. “Let’s do it!” “Unleashed Engage!” the two Rangers yelled, twisting their Keys. DINO THUNDER POWER UP! As the symbol of the Dino Thunder Rangers flashed from the Callers, the two women were soon clad in the Yellow and White Dino Thunder suits. Demi leapt up and slashed out with her Ptera Daggers, flipping over a pair of Goboklins that got in her way. April slashed out with the Drago Saber, jumping backwards and getting hit hard in the back as she did, landing on her stomach. “Oh, you want to go that route, huh?” she growled, slashing a Goboklins’ chest, throwing him backwards before she leapt up again, drawing thousands of arrows with the Saber, sending them flying. “We need to get to Faerin, Demi!” “I know!” Drake yelled out as he landed hard on his back, groaning as he felt something under his shoulder blade. “Alec?” “Yes. Now get your ass out of my face!” the Blue Ranger groaned, sitting up as Drake rolled off of him. “We need to find a way to get these Goboklins out of the way.” “The cloak on Warpstrike,” Richmond said, slashing down another set of Goboklins. “They’re flowing from that. We need to get around and cut that cloak off.” “Good idea,” Drake said, hitting his belt. “Destiny, what do you think?” “I’m up for anything right now,” the Red Ranger growled, kicking some more Goboklins’ back. As she and the boys hit their belts, Destiny hoped that they’d be able to make this work. “Dimas, move!” “Right!” the former Empire general called back, jumping backwards and landing in the Goboklins, clearing a path for the Rangers. “All yours!” “Unleashed Engage!” “Silver Shift!” RPM GET IN GEAR! the Callers spouted, covering the four Rangers in the RPM Ranger’s suit, Destiny having a skirt for the Red Ranger. “Cloud Hatchet! Fire Mode!” Drake called out, flipping two switches on the small hand dagger he had, summoning a fire storm that took out several of the Goboklins, turning to try and attack Warpstrike. “Street Saber!” the Red Ranger called, jumping forward and slashing out towards Warpstrike only to get hit hard in the chest, sailing backwards into Richmond who was carrying the Bridge Axe. “Sorry, Rich.” “No problem,” Richmond groaned, standing up with Destiny’s help before throwing his Axe forward, only for it to meet resistance. “The hell!?” DEFENSE rang out, Warpstrike’s hand over his belt as a black set of runes appeared, blocking the Rangers attacks. “You will be unable to defeat me, Rangers. Especially with this,” he deadpanned, flipping the belt to the other side. He slid a Ring to his left hand, passing it over the belt. FIRE DRAGON BURN! it rang out, changing his suit into predominantly red, the motif of the Dragon he wields adorning his helmet and chest armor. “To the end of the planet earth.” “That’s my Warpy!” Faerin giggled, leaping backwards to avoid a blast from the Turbo Cannon on Alec’s arm. “Hey! Watch it, you trigger-happy harpy!” “I was,” the Blue Ranger growled, blasting towards Warpstrike again, only to have the Dragon-Powered Warpstrike absorb the power from the blast. “Oh, that sucks.” “Nothing you may do in your Ranger Forms can stop me,” Warpstrike said, stepping forward as he summoned dual sabers, slashing the Green and Silver Rangers backward, knocking them out of the RPM Morphs they’d taken. “Even your strongest forms are weak compared to my power.” “Can’t give up, though,” Drake coughed, standing up as he hit his belt. “I won’t ever quit…not after my planet was destroyed. I won’t let that happen again!” He slammed the Key into his Cell, snarling behind his helmet. “SILVER SHIFT!” OVERDRIVE ACCELERATE As the Key twisted, Drake grabbed the Mercury Overdrive Ranger’s Drive Detector, rushing forward and slashing down at Warpstrike, actually landing a hit as more Goboklins’ rushed from under the cloak. “You jerks get back!” He slammed the Drive Detector out, stabbing more of the Goboklins. “Destroy them!” Faerin yelled, blasting several shots of pink energy from her hands, hitting Drake and Destiny hard in the chest, throwing the two Rangers backwards. “Kill them! Do something, Warpstrike!” “Yes, milady,” Warpstrike growled, rushing forward and slashing at the Rangers, knocking them all down and back to their base forms, even throwing Dimas back into his unmorphed form. “Weak. All of you.” He stepped to Dimas, lifting the former General by the throat. “For betraying the Empire, defiling the name of your Line, and betraying your beliefs, the sentence is maximum. Death.” “At least I’m going to die doing what was right,” Dimas growled, his hand dropping his own sword back to the ground. “And my last words and thought is this. Rangers. Kill these bastards for good.” Hitting the ground as Warpstrike dropped him, Dimas just closed his eyes as he felt the twin swords of Warpstrike’s plunge into his chest, his heart stopping as his blood filled the street, running into the gutter. Warpstrike reverted to his base form, stepping back to Faerin. The Goboklins receded back into the cloak, leaving the street empty save for the smoldering piles of burning Goboklins that had been dealt with. “Mission successful, milady?” “Yes, I believe so,” Faerin said, nodding lightly. “Now that all of the former leaders of the Empire have been destroyed in one way or the other, nothing is stopping us from finishing what we came here to do.” She smirked devilishly, blasting at the Rangers again. “Goodbye for now, little Rangers. Until I come back to kill you next time!” With the smoke from the blasts covering the Rangers, Faerin and Warpstrike took their leave, vanishing from the city. Destiny growled as she sat up, coughing as she did. “That freaking hurt,” she muttered, helping Demi and April up, the Pink Ranger holding her left wrist. “You ok?” “Sprained my wrist when I hit the ground. I’ll be fine,” April said, wincing a bit. “Drake, you ok?” Alec, having been the second to rise, looked to Drake, the Silver Rangers‘ chest cut up from some of the blasts. “Looks like he is. Let’s get back to the ship and get everyone fixed up,” the Blue Ranger said, helping Richmond lift Drake up. “For looking like a lightweight, this dude’s heavy.” “Heard…that…” Drake coughed, groaning. “Ow…” “Just don’t talk,” Richmond said, grabbing his Caller from his pocket before he teleported everyone back to the Galleon, taking Drake straight to the medical bay. __________________________________________ On the Blizkon, Drancon laughed as he replayed the battle from Earth, watching how expertly Faerin commanded the battle, rewinding when the Rangers kept getting thrashed by Warpstrike. “I made a beautiful decision to bring him in,” he laughed, shutting off the video feed as Warpstrike and Faerin walked back into the bridge. “Good work, sister. And you as well, Warpstrike. Your mission in Kasterberous System was successful then?” “Yes, my lord. The resistance did not stand a chance, nor did the factions that rose to the fight,” Warpstrike said, bowing his head. “Despite the Phantom Ranger, Blue Senturion, and Magna Defender attempting to stop me, they fell quickly to my Unlimit Power.” “Good!” Drancon said, clasping his hands together. “Now, while you two were keeping the Rangers distracted, I sent Mumman on a little errand, keeping something akin to work for him.” “Oh?” Faerin asked, cocking a violet eyebrow. “What would that be, then?” “A little kidnapping,” Frakis chimed in, smirking as he watched Mumman walk back in, carrying a small child over his shoulder. “Let me go!” the girl yelled out, screaming as Mumman dropped her on the cold metal floor. “The Yellow Rangers daughter,” Drancon smirked, the room filling with dark laughter. _______________________________ On the Galleon, Demi sighed as she sat down, an ice pack around her neck. “Damn it,” she muttered. “What are we going to do? There’s four of those freaking Outlying left, and we’re almost out of time. If just one Key of Deletion could just take out a whole continent, what chance do we have of standing against all five Keys?” “We’ve got a better chance then most of the other planets the Empire’s destroyed. We’re fighting to protect something. Other planets didn’t have Power Rangers or Beetleborgs or mutant reptiles under their big cities. Some planets…hadn’t even begun to get out of the dirt and find technology,” Richmond said, sighing. “Like my world,” Alec chimed. “We’d had council buildings, fire tools, farming tools, irrigation tunnels. But we were a long way off from getting indoor plumbing or television. Hell, before I started working with Thomas, I didn’t even know what the hell a picture was.” He looked up, hearing Demi running in from the kitchen where her teleport landed her. “Demi?” The Yellow Ranger looked ready to cry, blow up in anger, and rip someone’s head off all in one shot. Hands shaking, she held out a slip of paper. “When I went to get Selena….I found this at my brother’s house, his blood on the walls…” she whispered. Destiny got up, running over and taking the note. “No doubt you’re just finding the note, Yellow Ranger. If you want your daughter back alive--and relatively unharmed--you’ll do exactly as we command and turn over your Keys and vow yourself to the Empire. If not, say goodbye to your daughter as she plummets back to Earth from Space.,” the Red Ranger read out, taking Demi’s hand as April hugged her best friend. “They kidnapped my daughter and killed my brother…and they’re threatening to kill my daughter. I’ll kill them myself,” Demi growled. “We’ll get her back. I promise,” April said, tightening her arms around Demi and wishing she knew what to do. __________________________ Laughing, Drancon threw Selena into a cell, hearing her small body hit against the cold steel wall. “Hope you enjoy your stay, little one. Soon…this will be the last place you know,” he laughed, walking back out of the cell and slamming the door behind him. “Mama…” Selena whispered, her arms wrapped around her knees. “Mama….come finds me…” Drancon isn’t pulling his punches now! With the end of the War for Earth in sight, it’s up to the Rangers to find a way to save Selena and put an end to Drancon and his Outlying Forces! But, with all Five Keys of Deletion in his hand, Drancon has something much bigger in mind for Earth!
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LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS UNLEASHED: “Come on in, April.” April pushed the door open, her eyes taking in the destruction in Demi’s room. Picture frames strewn across the floor, the mattress on the floor as well, the chair from the desk in pieces against the walls, and several large indents in the metal caught her eyes. “Demi…” “Sorry…about the mess,” Demi said, her eyes cast to the floor. She tensed when she felt April’s hand on her arm, falling into her friend and clinging to her shirt. “I’m just…so freaking scared, April…” ___________________________ “Interesting idea,” Frakis said, his arms crossed over his armored chest, tapping his chin in thought. “However, the fact remains that we are down one Outlying for the Deletion to occur. Or had you not thought of this?” He knew that, if Drancon had an idea, that it would be wiser to simply go with his leaders idea instead of questioning it, but he needed to be sure. “Because, in honesty, I would like a chance to fight the Rangers myself before we let the Ringed One loose. Since you know how unstable his Dragon Forms are.” “I do know how unstable the Forms are separated, but I also know that he will not allow anything to happen to a planet we wish to conquer,” Drancon said, sending the subspace message. “Now all that remains is his arrival, and the end of the Rangers once and for all.” With that, Faerin walked out of the bridge, floating above the hard metal floors towards her room, the door sliding closed. “Perhaps I can turn this around to what I wish…” she mused. ___________________________ DEFENSE rang out, Warpstrike’s hand over his belt as a black set of runes appeared, blocking the Rangers attacks. “You will be unable to defeat me, Rangers. Especially with this,” he deadpanned, flipping the belt to the other side. He slid a Ring to his left hand, passing it over the belt. FIRE DRAGON BURN! it rang out, changing his suit into predominantly red, the motif of the Dragon he wields adorning his helmet and chest armor. “To the end of the planet earth.” ____________________________ On the Blizkon, Drancon laughed as he replayed the battle from Earth, watching how expertly Faerin commanded the battle, rewinding when the Rangers kept getting thrashed by Warpstrike. “I made a beautiful decision to bring him in,” he laughed, shutting off the video feed as Warpstrike and Faerin walked back into the bridge. “Good work, sister. And you as well, Warpstrike. Your mission in Kasterberous System was successful then?” “Yes, my lord. The resistance did not stand a chance, nor did the factions that rose to the fight,” Warpstrike said, bowing his head. “Despite the Phantom Ranger, Blue Senturion, and Magna Defender attempting to stop me, they fell quickly to my Unlimit Power.” “Good!” Drancon said, clasping his hands together. “Now, while you two were keeping the Rangers distracted, I sent Mumman on a little errand, keeping something akin to work for him.” “Oh?” Faerin asked, cocking a violet eyebrow. “What would that be, then?” ______________________________ The Yellow Ranger looked ready to cry, blow up in anger, and rip someone’s head off all in one shot. Hands shaking, she held out a slip of paper. “When I went to get Selena….I found this at my brother’s house, his blood on the walls…” she whispered. Destiny got up, running over and taking the note. “No doubt you’re just finding the note, Yellow Ranger. If you want your daughter back alive--and relatively unharmed--you’ll do exactly as we command and turn over your Keys and vow yourself to the Empire. If not, say goodbye to your daughter as she plummets back to Earth from Space.,” the Red Ranger read out, taking Demi’s hand as April hugged her best friend. “They kidnapped my daughter and killed my brother…and they’re threatening to kill my daughter. I’ll kill them myself,” Demi growled. “We’ll get her back. I promise,” April said, tightening her arms around Demi and wishing she knew what to do. ________________________________________ The Rangers were exhausted. Three days of running around the city stopping whatever small bits of the Empire’s forces that showed up wreaking havoc, to larger scale attacks, usually by Faerin and Warpstrike as the days wore on. They were contacted by Drancon personally two days after the ransom note for Demi’s daughter was delivered, and given a choice. “The end of the month, Rangers. Four days to decide what you will do,” Drancon had said, his hands crossed behind his back as Selena’s screams could be heard in the background, Mumman’s robotic hand slapping the young girl as Drancon took sick pleasure in the hatred in Demi’s eyes. “Just give me back my daughter, you bastard,” the Yellow Ranger growled. “Please!” “Four days. Turn the Keys and your weapons over to us by December 31st, or watch your daughter die,” Drancon said, shutting off the feed. Demi yelled out, fighting April and Destiny off of her before she tried to retrace the signal. “Get back here, asshole! NOW! AH!” she screamed, collapsing against the console as tears streamed down her face, her dark hair falling around her cheeks. Her chocolate brown shoulders shook with sobs, none of the Rangers speaking for fear of setting her off again. “Demi. We’ll figure this out,” April whispered, kneeling down beside her oldest friend. “I promise, honey. I promise.” “I want his head….on a silver platter…” Now, on the eve of the last day, Demi sat on the railing of the Galleon, the cold winter air feeling slightly delightful against her bare arms as she twisted her Yellow Ranger Key around in her hands. “It’s ok, Sel…Mama’s coming. I promise…Mama’s coming, sweetheart,” she vowed, not seeing a pair of green eyes and brown hair vanish back behind the door leading into the main galley. “She ok?” Alec asked, looking up as Destiny walked back in, the Red Ranger shaking her head. “She’s been on that rail for days. I’m worried she’s going to do--” Destiny started, a growl from behind her stopping her. “What? Afraid I’ll do what, Destiny?” Demi spat, her knuckles turning white from a clenched fist. “You’ll do something to jeopardize her life even worse then it already is, and you’ll force Drancon’s hand. Do you want that?” Destiny asked, turning and facing her friend. “Demi, we’re looking out for you. You’re our sister, our family. Please.” “Don’t bullshit me about family, you bitch,” Demi growled. “You got yours killed.” She didn’t realize what she’d said until Destiny leapt over the railing and tackled her into the wall. “Destiny…I’m sorry. I didn’t…I didn’t mean it like that…I…” “Don’t…ever talk about Adira and Kinu like that again,” Destiny growled. “I atoned for that sin. I’m trying to make sure it doesn’t get repeated here, Demi! Get that through your goddamn head!” With that, she dropped the Yellow Ranger on the ground and stormed off, tears in her eyes as she slammed her own door. Demi drew her knees up, burying her face against her knees, tears streaming down her face again. “I can’t do this…I keep screwing up…” “Join the club,” April said, kneeling down beside Demi. “Come on. Let’s get you some hot coffee and something to eat. Maybe that’ll help…” She helped her friend up, leading her into the kitchen. Busying herself, April sighed as she heard Demi sniffling, her heart breaking for her friend. “Demi, it’s going to be alright.” “No, it isn’t,” Demi said, rubbing her eyes of tears and setting her hands in front of her. “I don’t like that they killed my family and took my daughter, April. I shouldn’t…I shouldn’t have taken the Key when it was offered..” “Then we’d be down a Yellow Ranger, and you would have been killed by now,” April said, setting the coffee in front of the other girl. “I mean…we took the Keys because Thomas needed us after Andrea died. We did what we had to because we were needed. It’s understandable that we’re skeptical that we’re going to win, but…Demi, you got to understand. We’re going to do whatever we can to make sure we get Selena back and end the Empire for good.” Demi nodded, wrapping her hands around the coffee cup. “Alright. You’re my best friend, April. I trust you,” she whispered. “Then you need to extend that trust to Destiny and the boys. Especially Destiny. She know what it’s like to lose everything, Dem. Don’t shut her out,” April said, walking out of the kitchen and heading towards the main galley again. “Anything on radar?” “Nothing,” Alec said, tapping some keys on the console. “Everything’s fairly calm right now. It’s just…I’s weird.” __________________________ On the Blizkon, Mumman threw Selena back in her cell, the young girl’s body nearly broken. Slamming the cell door, Mumman smirked under his breathing apparatus. “You do realize, young one, that your mother is not coming to save you?” “Mama’s coming to save me,” Selena growled, coughing up some blood and spitting it out, wiping her mouth. “And she’s gonna kick your butt!” “Such optimism,” Mumman said, shaking his head as he turned and walked away. “Such foolish optimism. You will die in that cell.” “Like heck I will, ugly!” Selena yelled, climbing up onto the cot and wrapping her arms around herself, tears falling down her cheeks. “Mama….come and find me…” As the doors to the bridge closed behind him, Mumman took his place at his console, Drancon and Warpstrike planning the next moves. Faerin had changed her appearance from her usual energy appearance to a woman in a white cloak, her hands busy over the keys in front of her. Drancon stood, moving to the center of the room. “Faerin, open a channel to the ships we’ve got in orbit,” he said. “Yes, sir,” the woman replied, tapping some keys as a beep sounded. “Open.” “Battlesnare Empire. This is Drancon, lord over you. It is time to begin the final assault on Earth. All forces surrounding this pathetic little planet, send all troops down and wipe out human life!” Drancon yelled, the sounds of cheering on the Blizkon ringing in the metal hallways. “Faerin, Mumman, you will come with me to put an end to the Power Rangers once and for all.” “About time,” Faerin said. “Adalite Make-Up!” She waved her hand in front of her face, the human appearance melting back into her normal violet and pink body. “Let’s make this world bleed!” “Focus your attacks on Pan Central City first,” Drancon said. “Attack various points. Warpstrike. You will come with us.” “Yes, my lord,” Warpstrike smirked. “I’ve a new form I wish to test, and this will give me the perfect chance to do so.” “Very good,” Drancon said. “All forces. Begin the assault!” With that final word, the crews of the ships surrounding Earth teleported down, Pan Central City becoming overrun with Golbaks, Timbaks, and Eternaks. “Let’s go.” He led his three remaining Outlying brothers and sister out of the bridge, Warpstrike on their heels. __________________________ As the Rangers gathered themselves after Demi and Destiny’s scuffle, Geeps tapped away at the computer before all alarms lit up, the city map shining red with enemy signatures, the galley flooded in red lights. “Oh, damn!” Geeps chirped, hitting the all call for the Rangers. “Guys! Get your butts to the Galley. We’ve got….a lot of trouble.” The Rangers piled in, Destiny in the lead. “What’s up, Geeps?” she asked. “Everything. Everyone the Empire could throw at us…it’s here,” Geeps said. “Drancon, Warpstrike, Faerin, Frakis, Mumman….legions of Golbaks and Timbaks. I don’t…” “We’ll deal with it,” Destiny said. “Let’s Ranger up.” “UNLEASHED ENGAGE!” “Silver Shift!” As the six morphed, Geeps sent them down into town, landing them right in the middle of a crowd. “Oh, fun,” Demi sighed, taking her saber in hand. “Let’s do this.” “Split up,” Destiny said, taking off and barreling through a group of Golbaks, knocking them down before she slashed, yelling as she got hit in the back, falling forward before popping up again, split kicking two Timbaks before she landed again. Drancon stepped up from a rooftop, throwing a fireball down at the Rangers, searing their suits off of them, knocking them to the ground. Jumping down, he landed in front of the Rangers and sent a black wave that sealed their Morphers shut, inserts flooding the keyholes on their Morphers. “Hello, Rangers,” he sneered, smirking as he stepped forward again. “Dran…con…” Destiny coughed, holding her ribs where a bit of blood was pooling against her skin. “Son of a bitch.” “Thank you,” Drancon growled. “You’ve been thorns in my side for far too long. Now, I’m going to kill you and finish my conquest of this planet before I just blow you up for fun.” He snapped his fingers, Faerin, Mumman, and Frakis walked out of the shadows, surrounding the Rangers as Warpstrike flew in from above. “And you see….with the five of us…killing you will be easy without your powers.” “You bastard,” Drake coughed, spitting up some blood, a small trickle coming from a cut on his head. “We’ll stop you somehow…” “I doubt that,” Drancon said, kicking Drake backwards into Faerin, the female Outlying lifting the Silver Ranger up before she rammed a small silver handled dagger into his stomach, letting him fall from her hand before she kicked him backwards as well. “Warpstrike. Are your men ready?” Mumman asked. “Yes, my lords. They are prepared,” Warpstrike said, taking a diamond-centered Ring from his belt. Passing it over the scanner belt he wore, Warpstrike’s suit changed again. DRAGON FINALE it rang out, his body changing from black to clad in white, his hands becoming the Dragon’s Hell Claws, a Dragon’s tail growing from the back of his hip as great white wings, shining like diamonds grew from his back. “And now the Final Countdown! Blizkon deploy U.D.C.!” As the Blizkon lowered into the Earth’s atmosphere, it slowly elongated and changed from a twin-horse fronted ship. The horse heads slid down, forming into knees, while a spinal column grew from the back, stretching out as the Rangers watched in horror. Soon, the formation was complete, and standing in front of the Rangers, and standing much taller then the Megazord, stood the U.D.C., the Empire’s secret Weapon. “Finally!” Drancon laughed, clapping his hands together. “The Gigant Cannon in that ship will be enough to wipe this planet off of the map, just like we’ve done to Bertrasis and countless other worlds. Come, my brothers. Let us prepare the cannon.” With that, he and the rest of the Outlying vanished in a burst of black fire, the Timbaks and Golbaks surrounding the Rangers and Warpstrike. “We won’t go down so easily,” Alec growled, helping Drake pull the knife out of his stomach before pressing his shirt into the wound. “Hold that there. We’ll take care of this.” He stood again, blood dripping from his fingers as he stood beside his team who slowly dragged themselves up. “We’ll fight…even if we die,” Destiny vowed, a renewed sense of power inside the Red Ranger. “Adira, Kinu….just watch. I’ll take these guys down just like the Occupation back home.” Looking at her Caller, she pushed it into her pocket and clenched her fists. “We can’t use our powers, but that doesn’t mean we’re not the Power Rangers any less!” April stood up, determination in her eyes. “I might have been created by you bastards at the Empire, but I refuse to let my home be destroyed!” she snarled, her hands clenched. “Come on, guys. Let’s end these jerks!” Richmond wiped a bit of blood from his face, nodding. “Let’s do this for the Earth,” he said. “For those we’ve lost!” “Thomas, Andrea, Artemis, Dimas. This is for them,” Demi said, tearing her shirt and tying the strip to a cut on her arm, the yellow cloth slowly turning red. “Destiny, just say the word.” Warpstrike laughed, shaking his head. “You five just do not get it. You are powerless against me, and I will not be beaten by puny humans,” he said, rushing forward with a burst of speed, slamming into the Rangers again before feeling Richmond and Alec grab his arms, dragging him backwards while Demi and April delivered punches and kicks to his ribs and torso, Demi even landing a kick below the belt. Throwing Richmond and Alec off of him, Warpstrike slammed Demi and April backwards, stabbing both of them in the shoulder, pinning them to the ground. “Foolish humans.” “Thank you!” April yelled, driving her feet up into Warpstrike’s chest, forcing him backwards. “Even though I’m a machine, not human.” Warpstrike growled, charging his power before he flipped the belt, taking a Ring from his side before sliding it over the bed. FINALE STRIKER FULL POWER the belt rang out, Warpstrike rising into the air, the dragon’s head on his chest making it’s way to his foot as a mighty roar sounded. “HA!” He dove down, slamming into the ground, blinding the Rangers… ___________________________ A little while later, Destiny sighed as she sat up, seeing she was back on the Galleon. “Geeps! What happened?!” she yelled, jumping up from her cot in the medical wing before running out to the galley. “Geeps!” “Destiny!” Geeps’ voice called from under the overturned table. The Red Ranger ran over, moving the chairs out of the way before yelling out as she lifted the table up, setting it up right. “Destiny…they took…the Keys.” “Who?” Destiny asked, sitting on the floor and examining Geeps’ wing. “Geeps, your wing’s broken.” “I know,” Geeps coughed, sighing. “Drancon and Faerin. They snuck on board as Warpstrike tried to kill you guys. They trashed the Galley, trapping me under the table. I heard them tearing the place up, and I was praying they wouldn’t find the chest with the Keys. I wasn’t so lucky. They found the Keys and the Rapparatta, taking the Chest. It had all the Keys. Mighty Morphin to Unleashed. Destiny…they’re planning on using the Keys to help destroy the universe.” “We have to get the Keys back. We can’t fight without them, and our Morphers are still sealed,” Destiny sighed. “Geeps, don’t blame yourself for this. It could have happened to anyone.” She went back to the medical bay, waking the others up. “Guys, we need to do something stupid, suicidal, and fucking crazy, but…it’s going to save the world.” “Actually, about that…” Geeps said. “Um…look out the window, guys.” Destiny helped April and Demi sit up, opening the blinds before she gasped. Demi took Destiny’s hand, feeling Alec’s hand on her back, April burying her face against Destiny’s shoulder, the Pink Ranger shaking slightly. Richmond looked out of the window, his eyes wide. “The Earth…it’s gone,” the Green Ranger said, clearly stunned. “We failed…we let the Earth get destroyed.” “We didn’t fail yet. This is just a set back,” Destiny vowed. “We’ve still got to destroy the Empire. We just have seven billion reasons for doing so now.” “There’s something else,” Geeps said. “The Empire…found the Zeo Zord hangar. Under the Command Center in Angel Grove.” ‘If they’ve got their hands on the Zeo Zords…we’re screwed,” Alec sighed. ____________________________ Standing on the bridge of the Blizkon, the Outlying were celebrating the destruction of Earth. With the Blizkon stopped on the moon, the Zeo Zords, Super Zeo Zords, Red Battlezord, and Pyramidas surrounded them, standing tall in the various Megazord modes. Drancon laughed as he looked out of the window, seeing their conquest. “The Earth is destroyed! We’ve done what no other enemy in the history of Power Rangers have done!” he cheered over the fleet wide intercoms. “With the Power Rangers destroyed, we should have no trouble using the Keys we stole from them to destroy Phaedos, Miranoi, and Triforia. Liaria is on it’s last legs, so they should fall in the next days. Within the week, we should--” “Lord Drancon!” one of the Timbaks called. “We’ve got a problem.” “What is it?” Drancon asked, walking over to the console. “IMPOSSIBLE!” Coming up on the monitor, the Galleon sailed into view, heading straight for the moon. “Get the Blizkon out of here. Evasive maneuver!” As the Blizkon lifted off, they tried to turn and get away from the Galleon, but the Rangers wre just slightly faster. “All hands! Brace for collision!” The Galleon’s bow colliding with the Blizkon, sending the two ships off into space. “Geeps! Activate the breathing field!” Destiny yelled, holding onto her console. “NOW!” “I’m on it!” Demi yelled, tumbling over and hitting several buttons, a transparent tunnel connecting the Blizkon and the Galleon. “Let’s go!” “I’m coming too!” Drake growled, stumbling out into the galley. “Can’t keep me down.” “You had a dagger plunged into your stomach,” April said. “Drake, please. Stay here.” Drake sighed, shaking his head. “I don’t like staying behind, but…I’ll do it,” he sighed, slumping down onto the couch. “Let’s go, Rangers,” Destiny said, grabbing Dimas’ sword from the wall and rushing out into the tunnel, slamming into Timbaks as she landed on the innards of the Blizkon, looking around. “Alright. We need to be careful. They do have all of our Keys.” As she spoke, twelve pairs of boots stepped into the light, the Mighty Morphing and Alien Rangers as well as the White Ranger stepped out. “Lovely,” Demi sighed. “You had to say something, didn’t you?” “Sorry,” Destiny said, drawing Dimas’ sword from it’s sheath before dropping the sheath. “We don’t have our own powers to fight the clones, but we can at least improvise.” She rushed forward, slashing out towards the two Red Rangers. “You guys go on! Meet on the bridge!” The Rangers nodded, rushing off and leaving Destiny to deal with the twelve Rangers in front of her. “Come on, then!” She slammed her sword into the Pink Ranger, ducking a swing before she heard the Power Axe power up, flipping back and watching the blast sail over her head and hit the Tricera Ranger square in the chest, his body disintegrating and leaving just the Key. “Of course!” As Demi and the others ran forward, they were stopped by the Turbo and Zeo Rangers. “You guys go,” Demi said. “I’ll deal here. I’m fast enough.” “Be careful,” Alec whispered, facing Demi. He gave her hand a squeeze, turning to follow the others. “ALEC!” Demi yelled, stopping the Blue Ranger cold. “If we die…I’m glad I met you.” She wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him. Alec wrapped his arms around Demi, returning the kiss just as eagerly. “Alright, you two. There’s still a war on,” April said, grabbing Alec and dragging him back. “You’ll have plenty of time to suck face with my best friend after we kill everything on board.” She smirked at Demi, nodding. “Good luck, Demi.” “Yeah, you too,” Demi said, taking her fighting stance before rushing the Zeo Rangers, tackling the Red Ranger around the waist, his Zeo Power Sword clattering to the ground before she jumped backwards, taking the sword in hand as she held it up. “Alright. So we can separate you from your weapons and I can use them. Bitchin’. Let’s rumble, boys and girls.” As the remaining three Rangers ran forward, Alec couldn’t help but think that they were being slowed down. “I don’t like this,” the Blue Ranger said, looking around. “They’re sending two teams of Clones after each of us, separating us. Why?” “Make us easy targets?” Richmond asked. “Who knows? Let’s just keep moving. We need to find the bridge.” As he stepped forward again, another twelve stepped out of the hallway, this time the Clones being the Space and Lost Galaxy Rangers. “Great. I’ll deal here. You guys go.” “You sure?” Alec asked. “If you think I’m kissing you, you got another thing comin’, dude,” Richmond said. “Alec, go. I’ve handled tougher then these.” He shook the Blue Ranger’s hand, turning and running towards the Rangers, leaping up and slamming into the two Pink Rangers. “Sorry, ladies.” He wrenched a Quasar Saber from one of them, slashing down the Black Space Ranger’s chest before he tried to fight against the power of both Red Rangers. “GO!” April grabbed Alec’s arm and drug him along, looking around. “Great. So that’s six teams. Which leaves thirteen. Lightspeed, Time Force, SPD, Mystic Force, RPM, Samurai, Dino Thunder, Overdrive, Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Jungle Fury, Megaforce, and us. Goddamn it,” the Pink Ranger sighed, slumping against a wall. “And with three of us left behind and Drake on the Galleon out of commission right now, we’re screwed.” “Well, I think we’re screwed right now,” Alec said, standing up as the RPM and SPD teams walked out, fourteen Rangers in all. “April, you go. Find Selena and get her back to the Galleon. I’ll meet you on the bridge.” He cracked his neck and rolled his shoulders, stepping forward. “Go, April. Find Selena. Now!” He slammed into the Blue RPM Ranger, knocking him down before he grabbed him up, using the Blue Ranger as a weapon on his own. April nodded, taking off running. “Again, I’m the last one standing,” she muttered. “Least I know my way around.” She took down a hallway, skidding to a halt before she followed a separate corridor, jumping over a staircase and landing on the walkway below. “Getting close to the dungeon, I hope…” She took a corner, squeaking before she ducked back, watching two Timbaks turn the corner and leave, taking off again before she managed to make it to the cell. “Selena?” “April!” the young girl exclaimed. “Where’s Mama?” “She’s kicking bad guy butt,” April said. She started looking at the lock, growling. “Shit. No key.” She saw Selena scurry back in her cell a bit, confusion in the Pink Ranger’s eyes. “Sel?” She turned when Selena pointed, looking up and seeing the Unleashed Rangers standing over her. “Great.” She stood up and tackled her Ranger Form, wrenching the Gun out of the Pink Ranger’s hand. “Selena! Get under your bed now!” She turned and fired several blasts, each one knocking down the Unleashed Rangers. “God, what I’d give to morph right now!” She swore loudly, jumping up and wrapping her legs around the Yellow Ranger helmet, grabbing Green and slamming him down, pulling Yellow over her head before she slammed the Saber into Yellows’ chest, dropping down when the body fell apart and left just the Key. “Duh! Key Clones!” She stashed the Key in her inner coat pocket, a renewed sense of energy around her. ____________________ Back on the bridge, Drancon had five separate visuals, each one housing the Ranges fighting and winning against the Clones made from the Keys. “Damn it!” the dragon-based leader snarled, slamming his hand on the desk. “All forces! KILL THE HEROES!” “Without their powers, my lord, they should go down easily,” Mumman said. He turned to his own console, visibly flinching when Destiny and Demi each finished off their clones, taking off for the next areas. “But, I have been wrong before.” “Shut up, Mumman!” Faerin smirked. “Can you not see our leader is distressed about this turn of events?” Inside, she was giddy as a schoolgirl. She had grown tired of Drancon constantly housing victory, so to see him disheveled and losing his grip on his army was making her VERY happy. “Drancon, my dear. Why not just go deal with them yourself?” “Because then you, my dear Faerin, would attempt to usurp my position. You have tried this before,” Drancon said. “However. If you were to take Warpstrike, you would all make short work of them again. I sincerely hope that you would not screw this up again, Faerin. It’d be a shame to end a life like yours, even though your real talents only show up in the bedding chambers.” Faerin growled, lunging for Drancon only to be swatted aside, the woman becoming one with the wall as she got hit to the side. “Bastard!” she snarled, peeling herself out. “Didn’t enjoy you anyway. Spikes that freaking hurt on reentry.” As she finished speaking, Drancon slammed his hand down on the desk again. “Damn it!” he yelled, shutting off the monitors. “They’re on the way here. All of them.” He sat down, reaching for a bottle of clear liquid from the side of his desk. “Timbaks. Prepare the Zeo Zords for attack. Destroy the Galleon.” “Yes, sir,” the Timbaks on the Bridge said, each one getting up and running out, taking a ramp to the moons surface, climbing into the Megazords that were stationary before the systems powered up. Colliding in a heap in the corridor leading to the bridge, Demi and the other Rangers were happy to see each other. “Mama!” Selena called, climbing into her mother’s arms and hugging her neck. “Mama, I’m scared.” “I know, baby girl. I’m scared too,” Demi whispered, hugging her daughter tightly. She pulled her Caller from her pocket, growling as she looked at the stopper that blocked them from morphing. “Geeps? Can you get a lock on my daughter and get her back to the Galleon? I don’t’ want her in this fight.” ”You got it, Demi.” Geeps’ voice responded. “Mama…come back,” Selena said, wiping her eyes. “Please?” “Of course, baby,” Demi said, kissing Selena’s head. “I promise. And when I come home, we’ll get you all cleaned up, ok?” “Ok, Mama,” Selena said, sniffling as the teleport happened, taking the girl to the Galleon. Destiny stood up, helping the others up. “Come on, guys. We’ve still got Drancon and the Outlying to deal with,” she said. “Hang on,” April said, taking the Ranger Keys from her pocket. “I got stuck fighting us.” She passed out the Keys, sighing. “We can’t use them, but…it’s good to have them.” “Thanks, April,” Destiny said, smiling softly. Her smile faltered into a hard glare. “Let’s end this for good.” “I couldn’t agree more, Rangers,” Drancon growled, stepping off of the bridge and into the hallway. “You’ve been thorns in my side for too long! Just die!” “You first,” Destiny growled. “Just to make this interesting…I’ll allow you to fight with your powers,” Drancon said, throwing his arm forward and undoing his lock on the Callers, the Rangers able to morph now. “Well, hurry up. Do the flashy morph you’re so good at wasting time doing.” “You heard the man,” Alec said, taking his Key in hand and clenching his fingers around the key. “Destiny. Call it.” “Let’s Ranger up!” the Red Ranger smirked, flipping her Caller open. “Ready!” “Ready!” “UNLEASHED ENGAGE!” _______________________________
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