[Kiryu]

Access 07: Tokunation Fusion Approved! Mod King is Born

On his way to the internet cafe, Kyle stopped by a nearby cemetery. In his arms he carried a bouquet of pink flowers. He had a smile on his face as he set the flowers down by a tombstone. The epitaph on the stone read: "Here lies Luna J. Crawford- Beloved friend and daughter. May her soul find peace in the afterlife. 1987-2012.” With a hand Kyle brushed a bit of dust away from the stone. Placing his Luka plush on top of the tombstone, Kyle let out a deep and exhausted sigh and spoke- “Hey there babe...sorry I haven’t been here in awhile..been kinda busy you know...saving the world and all.” His tone changed to a more positive one as he said: “Let’s see....what’s new...well...our team increased from three to five...and the big bad dudes have finally revealed themselves to us, Reggie and Matt are good kids I think you’d like them.” Kyle smiled but his smile quickly turned to a frown and his tone shifted as he said the next part: “Your uh...parents still think I’m to blame for...well....y’know....and they’ve well I’m sorry to say but... they’ve gone their separate ways I’m afraid.” Kyle hung his head closing his eyes. “Well...I have to go...I’ll try to visit more...I promise, Take care Luna...oh and if you see Grandma up there in Heaven...tell her I said hi...and that I miss her.” He planted two fingers on his lips, kissing them before planting them on the tombstone. As he said his goodbyes, a gentle wind passed through. He smiled contently as he reached forward, taking the plush into his hand.

Meanwhile across town, Jordan’s alarm sounded. He let out a deep yawn as he sat up and stretched. Turning over, he saw that his wife wasn’t beside him. He went through his usual morning routine, which started with an ice cold shower, followed by shaving off his body hair and brushing his teeth. Fully dressed he walked downstairs and saw his beautiful wife hard at work making breakfast. “Smells good, what’s cooking?” Jordan asked, with brown crispy toast popping out from the toaster. Smiling, Kristin kissed her beloved husband. “The usual...bacon and eggs with a side of toast,” she said. “Looks tasty and...” Jordan let out a groan- his phone went off with the Den-O Sword Form Henshin tune on an endless loop. Looking at his phone, Jordan saw that the call was from Tony. “Yeah?” Jordan looked up to see Kristin’s mood turn sour. “Meet me at CPU Command right away Jordan, there’s something I gotta show you.” Jordan let out a deep sigh and nodded “I’ll be right there Tony.”

He could see Kristin giving him the cold shoulder as she scrubbed away at the dishes. Jordan let out another deep sigh. When he wasn’t working the store, he was off fighting monsters, and when he wasn’t off fighting monsters, Dan was making him train. He would come home late in the evening, too exhausted to really spend time with Kristin and sometimes covered in bruises from either training or the battle that ensued. “Honey don’t be like that.” Of course, Jordan knew how much she worried about him, he was putting his life on the line day after day and for Kristin, it was hard watching her husband risk his life, even if it was for a noble cause. If the Anon’s mass attack on the city was enough to give an indication that the battles to come would get fiercer, there was no reason she shouldn’t be worried. “We’ve had this discussion before...besides...I’ve gotten a lot stronger since we moved here.” Jordan flexed a muscle but Kristin continued to ignore him “Alright, tell you what? This Saturday we’ll go out just the two of us. We’ll do a little shopping, catch a movie, have some steaks...it’ll be like when the two of us were dating!” A skeptical Kristin turned to her husband. “I’ll be yours the whole day...I’ll get someone to watch the store so what do you say?” Kristin sighed before saying “Just promise me you’ll come back safe....” Jordan nodded and said “I promise” before the two shared a kiss.

Nathan was fortunate enough to finally find a place. Unfortunately, the day of the city’s attack was the day that he was suppose to move in. Luckily for him, they were able to contain the battle before it reached his apartment. The place was quite large and spacious with a master bedroom large enough to hide one or two Detolf shelves. Moving day was perhaps the worst possible day for any collector. And while most of his collection may have been engulfed in flames, it didn’t take long for him to buy most of it back. He smirked to himself; Jordan was quite helpful in tracking down some of his rarer pieces.

He kept his things in a box at the back room of Jordan’s shop, and until then he bunked at the base’s dormitories until he was able to find a new apartment, and he had a pile of them nearly as big as he was. He was sorting through his boxes when he hearx a knock at his door. There was a woman wearing a blue tank top standing outside “Hey, I’m Allie. I live across the hall from you,” she said. “Hey Allie, I’m Nathan.” Nathan shook Allie’s hand, and Allie noticed his Tensouder sticking out of one of his boxes. “Oh! Cool Tensouder!” she said picking up the toy. She put it in front of her and with a smirk she snapped it shut shouting “Tensou!” The toy responds with “Gotcha! Goseiger!” as Nathan’s jaw hit the floor. “Wait wait wait...you can tell the difference between a Tensouder and a Gosei Morpher?” he asked. “Oh yeah, the differences are there but they’re very subtle you just have to squint at it hard enough...I love Goseiger, it’s a very underrated Sentai.” As she handed the morpher back to him, a stunned yet overjoyed Nathan exclaimed “I KNOW RIGHT?!” Allie nodded and said “It’s such a let down that Megaforce isn’t a full season adaption of Goseiger.” Nathan nodded in agreement and the two shared a laugh. “Exceeeept Moune...didn’t like her at all, and I found her to be too pouty.” Heartbroken at what she just said, Nathan glared at her and pointed to the door. “Get out! OUT!”

Reggie was kicking himself for not allowing the monsters to demolish his campus or at least damage it. But his teammates would not let him wait for the battle to reach the University. It was his finals day, something he was dreading as much as any battle with the Anons, perhaps even more. Apparently the professors didn’t see a near cataclysmic event on the city as an excuse to close the campus and cancel classes.

Of course Reggie studied in between his training at the base, but with the big bads of the Anon army finally revealing themselves to them, Dan took his whole military drill instructor thing to a whole new level. Mentally he felt prepared...the difficult part was trying not to fall asleep. With the last page filled out, Reggie checked, double checked, and even triple checked to make sure he didn’t leave anything out. Confident in his answers, he handed the paper in and dashed out of the room.

Matt was already at the CPU base, he was training fighting horde after horde of SpammerBots. His mind flashed back to when they were at Viralindas’s mercy. It infuriated him just how much of a power gap there was between them. He shook the image out of his mind. With determination he declared “I won’t lose next time!” before continuing to spar the infinitely spawning holograms.

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Will walked down the ruined street; behind him he dragged a large luggage case probably big enough to stuff a body if one so desired. Over his free shoulder he carried a duffle bag. He passed by an electronics store which had TVs of various shapes, size, and models out on display protected behind a glass window, they all played the same news broadcast of a woman standing behind a ruined building. “A large portion of California still lies in ruins, and some districts are even without power, following the aftermath of the attack on the city in what the Government is now officially labeling a terrorist attack. And while the U.S. Government is still quiet about the attack, the Secretary of Defense had this to say:” The news broadcast cut to a press conference showing the aforementioned Secretary: he was standing behind a podium attached to multiple microphones, while flashes from various cameras could be seen going off. As he spoke he slammed his fist into the podium saying “Our government will not stand by while one of our own cities comes under attack by terrorist threats! Rest assured that the criminal responsible for this atrocity WILL be brought to justice, and our defenses will be tightened to prevent any further tragedies in the future.” The Secretary straightened up his tie and backed away from the podium in front of him. As he walked off stage, reporters bombarded a million questions at him all at once. The newsfeed cut back to the reporter. “City officials work tirelessly to restore the peace in the wake of the attack though it is harder for some. And while officials deny the eye witness reports, the claims continue to come in that a group of unknown superheroes came to the city’s aid and were successful in repelling the attack. Whomever you brave souls are, if you’re watching this broadcast the whole city of California thanks you. I’m Sarah Lockhart, CPB News, back to you Jim.”

Will shook his head as the news broadcast cut back to the station. He knew a conspiracy when he smelled one as he continued down the street. Will was one of the unfortunate people that lost his home during the attack. His building was partially demolished when ModGamma was knocked into it during the fight with the enlarged foot soldiers, and while his room was fortunate enough to remain somewhat intact, the apartment was no longer stable or safe to live in. Until the building’s repairs and renovations could be completed Will was left homeless. Fortunately for him, Will saved James’ life from falling debris during an attack, when he foolishly tried to stick around to take as many pictures of the battle as he could- a grateful James offered to let Will stay in his apartment free of charge until the renovations were completed. Salvaging whatever he could from his apartment, he headed down there.

Arriving at James’ apartment, Will was greeted with an extra large pepperoni pizza and a couple of beer cans. James opened a beer can and the two bump cans before taking a swig. Will reached over for a slice before saying “Thanks a lot for letting me stay here James.” James was already eating his mouth half full of pizza he says “No problem it’s the least I could do.” Swallowing his pizza, James began to speak more clearly while reaching for another slice “If not for you, I’d be flat as this pizza here.” Will nodded in acknowledgement before he began to eat his slice. “Besides, we see each other practically everyday as it is...I always pictured we’d be rooming together sooner or later.” At James’ comment, Will nearly choked on his pizza but managed to clear his throat with some beer. “Eeew! Dude, that sounded too suggestive!” With one of his eyebrows raised, a disgusted and creeped out look was plastered on Will’s face. Embarrassed, James stammered “What?! Er I...t...that’s not what I ...oh man!” The two sat in awkward silence for a while before Will finally spoke up stammering: “Lets...lets uh...t-turnon the TV!” James nodded in agreement, his hand could not reach over towards the remote fast enough. The television set turned on and a similar news broadcast to the one Will saw at the electronics store was displayed. Will let out a sigh. “Every news outlet, blog, and would be star youtuber is going to be after footage of those guys now...we’re going to have some fierce competition on our hands.” James agreed and said “That’s why we gotta keep telling it as it is, go places people’ll be too afraid to dive into,” taking a swig from his beer can and Will nodded in agreement. “The good news is...our blog is still generating a hundred million hits per day but we gotta bring something unique to the table and fast, otherwise it’ll get old. ” James rubbed his chin as a light bulb in his mind suddenly turned on. “I got it!” he suddenly exclaims. “Will, my friend...we gotta unmask these rangers!” James said, placing his arm around Will’s shoulder. Will would only raise an eyebrow of skepticism at James’ suggestion.

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Stepping off the elevator, Kyle walked into the CPU Command Center but he’s stopped when he bumps into Nathan. “Hey, what gives!” Kyle exclaimed, rubbing his nose. Taking a good look at the inside of the Command Center letting out a “Whoa...”, Kyle rubbed his eyes. “Something’s...different about this place.” The group walked into the room, and Jordan ran his index finger along the table in front of him. “It’s...clean...Tony what gives?” Jordan asks. Tony smirked but remained silent; moments later the door to the command center opened and the group turned to an unfamiliar voice that said “Tony, I got those reports that you requested and a...ara!” A petite Japanese girl wearing her hair in a bun stepped in, but like a deer caught in the headlights of a car she froze uncomfortably as the group stared at her in amazement. Nathan was the first to speak, he rose a shaking finger towards her stammering: “H...H...H..h..h..h..h…h.HOOOOLLLY CRAP! A girl!” Matt let out a sigh of relief, clasping his hands together as he said “Thank you god! For a second I was worried this was going to be one big sausage fest.” Ai was dressed in the same CPU uniform that the other staff members wore along with a pair of thick nerdy-looking glasses. “Team I want you to meet you to meet Ai. I recruited her myself to help out. She’ll be taking care of all the clerical stuff as well as the housekeeping...she’ll also be taking over Ryan’s duty as nurse.” Ryan leaned back and responded with “Which is fine by me, cleaning up after you guys isn’t how I enjoy spending an afternoon”. Ai bowed deeply and said “Konichiwa, my name is Ai, Ai Kurosawa-desu. It’s a pleasure to meet you all”

As she came up from her bow, Ai nearly dropped the papers she was holding in her hand but managed to catch them at the last second; she sighed in relief but saw the team still ogling her with the same stunned faces. “U....um.....is...there isn’t something on my face is there....?” Ai asked. Her face became as red as a cherry as she began shuffling uncomfortably, crumbling the papers a bit in her hand as she gripped them. This awkward stance would continue for a few moments longer before Ai finally bowed once more exclaiming: “G-Gomenasai!”

Jordan let out a chuckle “Why are you apologizing? You did nothing wrong!” Raising from her second bow, Ai blinked before saying “I...I didn’t? It’s just that...w-when people stare at me it’s usually because I did something wrong or stupid and....oh....oh my...” Her face became even redder than it was before as she hid her face behind the papers she was holding. “Aweeee she’s so KAWAII!!!” Kyle exclaimed. “She’s adorable! Tony man, where did you find this girl?” Nathan asked. Tony merely smirked to himself.

“Ai....” Reggie said. Letting out a gasp, mental images come flooding back to him; he saw Viralindas’s rise and Hax corrupting the computer program with a strong resemble to the woman in front of him. Reggie suddenly hugged Ai tightly much to her confusion and the confusion of everyone else. “Ai! It’s you! It’s really truly you!” Blinking a confused Ai would respond with “S...sumimasen? I beg your pardon but...I believe this is the first time we’ve met.” A confused and crushed Reggie reluctantly released Ai from his bear hug. “But...I....we...you...” He began to stammer and suddenly felt slightly light headed. Wobbling a bit causing Ai to let out a gasp. She kept himself up staggering a little at his weight. “Reg man, you okay?” Nathan asked. Ai helped him sit down at the meeting table. “Y-yeah...I’m fine...just...dizzy all of a sudden.” He shook the images out of his head. An alarm sounded, causing Ai to let out a shriek as she ran to her terminal. “T...these readings can’t be right....C-Captain! I’m detecting a massive surge of energy downtown...whatever’s attacking the city...it’s huge! Bringing it up on screen now!” Ai fiddled with the terminal and the monitors displayed a massive Godzilla-like monster attacking the city. “Hey...that’s...Godzilla?!” Kyle said in surprise. “Little far from Tokyo, isn’t he?” Matt asked with a smirk. “Team, head out in the Mod Machines and do whatever you can minimize damage!” The group saluted and responded to the command with “Roger!”

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In Cyberspace, after days of staying inside a restoration chamber, Viralindas came out of the pod. His armor looked as though nothing had damaged it save for a scar that was now across his chest, the same length as Jordan’s blade. “You know boss, I can buffer that right out for ya.” Hax said pointing to the scar. Viralindas shook his head and bellowed out: ‘RAAAAANGERS....STRONG...REMINDER..DO NOT UNDERSTIMAAATE....” Hax and Agro both nodded in agreement. “Well then Boss! While you were asleep, I was working on something Big! And I mean really, really BIG!” Hax walked towards the monitor, fiddling with the buttons and instruments- a screen displayed a hangar. Docked inside was a large, bare exoskeleton the size of a building. “Whoa! He’s a big! DAT’S WAT SHE SAID EYOOOO!”” Agro said. He turned around for someone to high five him, but was met with a silence and deep sigh from Hax.

Hax giggled “I took the liberty of incorporating more of the Dorkranger’s tech into this framework! Soon, we’ll have unstoppable fighting machines of our own!” Hax fiddled with the terminal before a cylinder shaped machine closed around the exoskeleton. It rumbled to life, making lots of noise and releasing a lot of steam. After a few minutes, the steam subsided as the machine opened, revealing a mechanical Godzilla-like monster. “The humans call him Godzilla, the King of all Monsters! He’s really strong so I based the design off him! What do you think? Pretty cool huh!” she said cackling. Viralindas nodded in agreement. “GO...AND DESTROOOOY THEM!!!!” The machine came to life bellowing out Godzilla’s iconic roar. Vanishing from the hangar, it began to wreak havoc in the real world.

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Will let out a deep, yawn. He was leaning against the wall as James began to take random photos of whatever came within his view lens. An annoyed Will looked at his watch, suddenly he got a case of deja vu. “Hey, James! We didn’t come here so you can ogle random women! Actually I don’t know why we’re here to begin with, since you kinda dragged me off without saying a word...” Will said glaring at James. “Remember what I told you Will? Those dudes are Superheroes...the first sight of trouble they’ll come running, we just have to hang tight until....” James’s words are suddenly interrupted by the ground shaking beneath them, causing car alarms to sound off in it’s wake. “Was that an earthquake?” Will asked. Another tremor was felt and a monstrous roar was heard. The roar was so loud it caused many windows to shatter.

The Godzilla-like Monster suddenly appeared before Will and James, causing Will’s jaw to drop at the very sight of it. “G...G..G...G.G...G.G..G.G..GOJIRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!” Will shouted, with James grabbing Will and shaking him. “Snap out of it man!” James turned his attention back towards the towering mecha lizard, watching as it began demolishing buildings. “Ooooh crap! We gotta get out of here!” said Will, panicking. “Eyup, ep! ep! Not so fast! This is perfect! We’re staying put.” James said, snapping pictures of the monster as it rampaged throughout the city. “Are you crazy man?! Are you forgetting what happened the last time you pulled a crazy stunt like this?! C’mon!” Will tries to pull his friend to safety, but a stubborn James would not move. The flash from James’ camera caught the eye of the mechanized Lizard. Bellowing out a roar, it rose its foot and prepared to stomp them. Seeing the shadow of the massive foot overhead, Will and James cling to each other and together they let out the loudest scream. At the last minute, ModPhoenix and ModLiner flew overhead firing at the Godzilla-like creature. It didn’t take long for Will and James to quickly realize they were still in one piece. They opened their eyes, and noticed they were practically hugging each other. Awkwardly, Will says: “Um...James...let go...” James responds: “Hey, YOU'RE touching ME! YOU let go!” Repulsed the two quickly release each other and ran from the battle. As they run Will said “Let us never speak of this AGAIN, this never happened okay?” James nodded in agreement several times as they kept running for their lives.


“So...I’m confused.” Kyle said, displaying a close up image of the monster inside his cockpit. “The design is clearly based on the original Godzilla...but he’s got all this weird machinery all over him...so does that make him a Mecha Godzilla...I mean what gives...WHOA!” Kyle shouts narrowly avoiding an attack from the Godzilla-esque Monster. “Pay attention Kyle! Guys we gotta prevent this guy from doing any more damage to the city!” “You thinking what I’m thinking Jordan?” Nathan asked. Jordan nods and responds: “Yeah!” Placing a finger on his chin and Jordan looked up and adds: “No...actually I’m thinking I could really go for a grilled cheese...come to think of it, I left in such a hurry this morning I didn’t get a chance to eat breakfast and...” Jordan’s rambling was interrupted by an annoyed Nathan shouting “NO you dolt! We use those new Warp Missiles Ryan installed in our crafts and take this fight outside the city!” “O...OH oh...right...I’m still kinda hungry though... Annoyed, Nathan says "JUST FIRE THE GOD DAMNED MISSILES!" Jordan, Matt and Kyle began to fiddle around with the instruments onboard their crafts.

Meanwhile, Reggie was deep in thought talking to himself out loud. “That girl...she called herself Ai...she looks so much like...like the AI that I knew but...is she really THAT Ai? Come to think of it...who is this “Ai” person anyway? And why am I thinking about her so much? And why the hell am I talking to myself like this!?!?! Aaaargh!” Frustrated, Reggie scratched at his helmet, before his rambling was interrupted by Jordan. “Yo Reg! Didn’t you hear what we said? Fire the Warp Missiles already!” Embarrassed Reggie says ‘Uh...r-right Jordan!” He began to fiddle around with his dashboard. Not realizing that he had his Com open the whole time, an awkward Reggie asked: “You uh...you guys didn’t hear all that just now did you?” Jordan, nodding in his cockpit, said: “Every word man.”. “Reggie and Ai sitting in the tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!” said Matt, tauntingly while chuckling. Annoyed, Reggie yelled into the Com: “Oh grow up Matt! You’re lucky these aren’t REAL missiles I’m firing!” as he begrudgingly pressed the fire button.

Each Mod Machine fired a set of missiles, but the Godzilla-esque monster was more nimble then he looked and managed to dodge out of the way. The missiles hit behind the creature opening up a swirling hole. “Push him into the portal guys!” Now in robot mode, ModBeta, ModGamma, and ModDelta rushed the creature. Gamma and Delta jump kicked the monster, but all the creature does is roar and stagger a bit. Bracing itself as Mod Beta attacked, the Godzilla-like monster used its tail in an attempt to attack all three at once. Dodging, the three of them revealed ModAlpha, armed with the Epsilon Cannon. “Take THIS!” Jordan cried as he pushed a button. Unleashing a wave of energy that collided with the monster, the force of the blast was enough to cause the monster to get sucked into the vortex, with the Mod Machines jumping in after it.

*Insert internal eyecatch here*

The vortex reopened, with the Monster and the Mod Machines arriving through it, far away from the city in a forest location. The Godzilla-like creature lands on its back, but it uses its tail to plant itself back up with a roar. It fires an atomic breath at the Mod Machines, but they narrowly dodge out of the way. Shocked, a gasped Jordan exclaims: ”The thing took a direct hit from the Epsilon Cannon and wasn’t even scratched! Impossible!” Kyle scuffed and said “Well he IS the King of Monsters, a simple laser blast won’t take him down.” The monster bellowed out a roar, as a squad of enlarged SpammerBots and Trollers appeared in front of the ModRangers. “Tch, let’s waste’em guys!” Jordan shouts, with the rest of them shouting “Right!” as they assume a fighting stance.

Armed with the AlphaSword, a long blade resembling Jordan’s own ModCaliber, ModAlpha began to cut his way through the SpammerBot. One spammer triesd to block his attack but Jordan’s blade managed to cut it in half as though it was made of butter. Jordan then retaliated with a roundhouse kick sending the Spammer flying towards the ground. Meanwhile, Nathan found himself surrounded by a group of SpammerBots. Smirking to himself, he exclaims “Attack Function! Spike Missiles!!” The spikes around ModBeta’s body detached, shooting in every direction. The missiles collided with the SpammerBots and when the smoke cleared, Mod Beta was the only one left standing.

Seeing the missiles coming towards him, Reggie pulled up, narrowly avoiding the missiles in time. “Yo! Watch the friendly fire!” Reggie shouted, annoyed. Nathan rubbed the back of his head saying “Whoops...heh...sorry about that Reggie.” Reggie growls to himself, he turns the ModPhoenix around firing lasers at the SpammerBots before engaging them in hand to hand combat as ModGamma. The Godzilla-like monster bellowed out another one of its iconic roars, firing an atomic blast at the group regardless if the SpammerBots dodged out of the way in time. ModGamma, ModDelta and ModEpsilon dodged out of the way in time, and with the ModEpsilon’s rife in hand, Kyle fired at the Godzilla like monster. Matt, using ModDelta’s weaponry, drove its drill arm into the ground, throwing a large boulder at the creature. Both attacks hit but were ineffective. The Godzilla-like monster let out another roar as it hit both ModDelta and Epsilon with an atomic breath attack, knocking the two of them down as the others joined them. “We’re getting our butts kicked here!” Matt says. “We gotta bring out the big guns! Tony! We need to use ModKing!” The group gasped at Jordan’s suggestion.

“ModRed requesting Tokunation Fusion Access!” Ai shouts turning towards Tony. Infuriated, Max slammed his hand on his terminal, responding with “No way! No how! You guys might be ready for ModKing but the Poozers Reggie and Matt hasn't logged enough hours on the training sim yet! It won’t work man!” “Success rate with Reggie and Matt’s current skill level is almost zero...%” said Ryan in agreement. “Hey!” an insulted Reggie yelled, with Matt following up with- “We’re right here you know, we can listen to everything you’re saying!” Crossing his arms Tony went into deep thought, considering Max’s warning. “Numbers mean nothing! Courageous hearts can make anything happen!” clenching a fist before throwing his finger towards the monitor, Tony declared: “Tokunation Fusion...Access Approved!” “Roger!” said Ai, nodding. Ai then turned towards the monitor in front of her and began fiddling with the dashboard. “Tokunation Fusion...Program Execute!!!!” Ai shouts slamming her index finger on the Enter Key.

The eyes of the ModMachines lit up. Jordan exclaimed “Alright!” before he and the rest of the team shouts: “TOKUNATION FUUUSION!” They began running in a V formation before leaping into the air, a green colored T appearing beneath them. Gears shifted as the machinery rearranged themselves in the proper configuration. Parts separate and they fly in formation around ModBeta and ModEpsilon who both formed the torso. Seeing the combination, the Godzilla Monster bellowed out a roar, and fired another fireball at them, just as Reggie was bringing ModPhoenix into formation “Guyaaaah!!!!” Reggie shouts, missing the connector points by a fraction of the inch. The fireball itself however, was absorbed by a green barrier protecting them. “Concentrate Reg! Don’t worry about the Monster. The forcefield will protect us just finish the combination!” Jordan says. Reggie nodded, finally managing to connect ModPhoenix’s wings to the completed Robot mode. All five ModRangers appearred in a cockpit located in the mecha’s chest and all together they shout: “Complete! ModKing, Ready!!” ModKing displayed a cool pose, with its wings spread as it landed on the ground. At the sight of ModKing’s completion, the crew back at base cheered, throwing papers into the air. Tony smirked at the sight of the now completed ModKing.

Underneath his helmet, a surprised Reggie marveled at the new surroundings of ModKing’s torso cabin. “Wow! This is too cool! Hey Max? You seeing this? Who’s the Zero% chance Poozer now huh?! Proved you’re numbers wrong!” Reggie said in delight. “I’m looking at him, he’s obnoxious and he’s wearing purple spandex” Max said grinning, causing Reggie to almost fall out of his chair. “Kick his ass later Reg, get ready! Big ugly is coming.” Seeing the Godzilla-like monster readying itself to attack them again, Reggie responds with “O...oh. right!” As the fireball was shot towards them, the team responds by pulling back their controls, raising their shield as ModKing advanced towards the creature. The shots ricochet off the shield causing explosions everywhere. Sword in hand, ModKing struck the mechanical lizard twice, once in a horizontal pattern, and again downward.

Letting out a cry, the monster staggered back. With a roar, the monster turned around attempting to strike ModKing with its long spiked tail. “Don’t think so!” Jordan cried. ModKing catches the tail before it has a chance to hit, then brought down the sword and sliced the tail clean off. The monster roars out in response, with the clean cut revealing the creature’s sparking inner workings. Tossing the tail to the side Jordan cries “You’re done!” ModKing began to draw a circle, as an image of the Earth with a T appeared behind them. Once the circle was complete, ModKing brought down his sword in a T pattern and all together the ModRangers cried out “Submission Crush!!!!” The attack hits the creature, causing it to stagger a bit. Bellowing out a final roar, it fell back exploding in a tower of fire as a victorious ModKing turned his back to the creature, lowering his sword in a simple pose.

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Stepping into the command center after a nice long hot shower, Reggie sees Ai, packing up for the evening. “Oh! Um...Ai...” Reggie says. Ai stopped in her tracks, turning to face Reggie before tilting her head. “Hai?” Sitting up, Reggie awkwardly placed a hand around his neck stammering. After a while, he began to speak: “If...um...you...aren’t...that is...um....” Swallowing, he takes in a deep breath. “I think we got off on the wrong foot today, you just looked like someone I thought I knew and...oh man I must sound totally stupid right now,” Reggie says laughing uneasily. He clears his throat and continues “Would...would you like to go out for dinner tonight?” Ai retreats back for a bit and blinks uneasily before she shakes her head. “I’m sorry Reggie-san but Matt already offered to take me out to a celebration dinner.” A shocked Reggie got up and said “Eh?!” “Yeah....but I’ll see you at the dinner, right?” Ai smiled. All Reggie could do was nod though as he stood there wondering what she was talking about.


At that moment Matt entered the room. With a coy grin plastered on his face, he said “C’mon Ai! The reservation is at 8!” Ai nods, quickly finishing up before she ran towards Matt’s side. As the two walked out of the door, Matt turned to see a befuddled Reggie. Matt winked, and formed his fingers into a gun-esque shape. Making a motion with his hand as though he was firing, the two left making small talk as Reggie stood there, disappointed and befuddled at the new development.

Next time on Tokunation Sentai ModRanger!




Tony: We’re under attack!
????: That was truly pathetic, Boy! You have ZERO technique!

ZeoRangerV: You idiot! Why did you do that for?!
Tony: Master Access! Log in!

Access 08: The Hitwoman in Black and The Unstoppable Blade