[Galvantula]

Chapter 1 Part 1: As Darkness foretold

It was as fine a night as possible. Crimson lighting lashed out in the night sky with ominous thunder following soon after. Cliffs with jaded edges and ends litter the landscape, with a castle at its summit. Made of iron and stone, it appeared to be darker than the night itself. Inside however told a different, but even more horrifying story. Plum drapes hung over like the shadow of death over charcoal gray walls. Paintings of demonic creatures were placed on the walls with the greatest of care, but to a human, they wouldn't really be considered as art in a traditional sense.

But the worst part was its owner, a being known only as Overshadow. No one really knows where and how he came to this world and conquered it, but it was no secret that he was a cruel and unforgiving man. Wearing a black and purple rode adored with magical symbols of protection and a helmet that covered his eyes and head, leaving only his mouth exposed, he is an imposing figure indeed.

He was known for his fondness of executing his enemies and extorting wealth and obedience from the populace. Anything that dared to question his regime or Overshadow himself was met with the harshest of punishments. All whom were of age must serve in his army of pay the price with their very lives.

In his throne room he has called the five who would be the spearhead of the invasion. The leader was a humanoid bat with white fur and blood-red eyes. He was however a notorious klutz but out of the quintet, his power was second to none. To his right was his second in command, a frog woman with eyes as black as a moonless night and powerful legs that could, in theory, bring down a telephone pole with ease. But she was a cheerful soul, loved for her kindness and good humor. Lurking nearby was a kelpie that stands like a man, with a misanthropic personality to match his harsh looks. But to the vampire bat, he is a good friend and a honorable warrior, having grown up and trained together ever since they were children.A werewolf with silver fur and crushing jaws stood arms akimbo by the kelpie. He loves children and is a warm-hearted fellow, but he is young and too headstrong for his own good sometimes. Next to the bat was a siren, with wings folded down as a sort of makeshift cape and a long, jaded beak, sharp claws and talons, and eyes that are sharper still. She is thought of as like a mother to the others, even though she is only a few years older than the bat, frogwoman, siren, werewolf and kelpie, giving advice that helps them out from time to time. She is greedy and has been known to hoard money from time to time, but due to her helpful nature this is often overlooked.

"Warriors", Overshadow boomed, "Today marks a momentous occasion for all of us. Our mystics have finally opened a portal to Earth. I wish for each of you to research this world as best you can, because tonight we shall conquer this plane of existence for for the glory of the Nightshade Empire!!!"

Loud and thunderous applause emerged from monitors installed in the throne room. Those cheering the good news were the Zorigummies, clockwork foot soldiers that are mass produced and are reputed to be quite deadly. Other than the generals and about 30 other monsters lurking about the castle, the Nightshade Empire is mostly automated, since maintenance is always needed for the castle and no organic being can go on forever, as Overshadow found out the hard way.

"Eh, I won't miss the locals. They had their chance and blew it big time" the kelpie snarled.

"Oh come on, the humans are kinda charming, don't cha think? Just give 'em a chance, I think you'll turn around" the frogwoman said.

"Still, it should be noted than humans judge on appearance. We're going to need these." the siren stated with a motherly tone. In her claws was a chest with five cellphones inside, each adored with black tribal markings on the casings. All five had a different color to them, one each was red, blue, green, yellow and pink.

"Ah man, I wish these weren't touchscreens. You know how bad I am with things like this" the vampire moaned. The kelpie groaned in annoyance at his statement.

"Don't you worry about a thing, I'll be happy to help you out with these babies!" the werewolf happily declared. "Anything is easy once you have enough practice. Just give me the word, ol buddy"

Overshadow cleared his throat to get the others' attention back at him and gave them a colored key as well, each matching with the aforementioned cellphones. "Our R&D department has come up with vehicles using our latest technology. They can combine into a giant warrior than shall crush all that dare to oppose our rule! Once you locate your designated vehicle, you only have a few hours to pack up all your personal belongings. Any thing else that you need you must accumulate yourselves. The cellphones you have been given as known as Cloaking Cells. Each will allow you to turn into human form as well as suit you with high-performance battle gear. They are auto repairing and are not to be treated lightly. Do you understand?" He proclaimed with his teeth bared. All five nodded in fearful agreement.

Next time on NightMaranger: The five know that the humans will be conquered just like their people were! They shall rebel and become the NightMaranger for the first time to defend the Earth from Overshadow's madness!

[Galvantula]

Chapter 1 Part 2: The best laid plans of mice and men

"The one thing that's been bugging me since the meeting is why he doesn't use our real names. He's known us for years, he should at least have the common courtesy to refer to us by name", snapped Alasdair the kelpie. "He has abused our people for years and we are forced to take part of it or die. If this plan is to work, you must not fail" he barked at Melia the frogwoman, Aiko the siren and Gregory the werewolf.

"You shouldn't be so hard on them" Blaise the vampire bat meekly told him."None of us like Overshadow at all and we all know the only way out was to work for him, even though it meant giving up on our dreams." He sighed sadly as he looked down in shame, the horrors they had helped to bring about on their world will hang over them for the rest of their lives.

"Still, we should reap the fruits of our labor and finish what we have started" Aiko calmly told them."The humans will not survive without aid. We mustn't fail them or both of our worlds are doomed"

"Can you image how ticked Overshadow would be if he knew we did our own research on Earth already?" Melia giggled."They are a good people, they just need a helpin' hand and a good ol' kick in the pants to set them straight!"

"Plus thanks to my design inputs we can also be heroes in style!" Gregory boomed in." Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Nightmaranger!" He inputed a secret code with the touch screen and a Ranger suit popped out via holographic technology. All but Alasdair were impressed.

"Even if we do escape, what good will it do to protect these...inferior creatures?!?" he spat out in disgust."If they do not fear us or have us killed, we will be at their beck and call forever. I do not wish to be a slave to lesser beings than myself"

Blaise looked at Alasdair with a face than was a mix of sadness and anger."These people have it bad enough with having to deal with OverShadow and his Nightshade Empire looming around the bend." he calmly but nervously said."I think more than ever people need heroes to protect them and give hope in the darkest of times. It's been my dream since we were children. It's also the only one we have left." As he stated this tears ran down his face and mucus leaked out of his nose.

"Oh for pity's sake, Blaise, use a tissue!"Alasdair shouted out, earning him the glares of Aiko and Melia. Gregory wanted to strike him, but it would have done no good. The mission is all that mattered now. Their families have been dead for years and if they fail tonight, that will be their end as well.

After a tense but thankfully short walk they reached the docking bay were the Monsterrors, the giant vehicles that serve as the vanguard of the invasion, were being held. Just a few Zorigummies were guarding them and it was no problem dealing with them.

However Aiko's fondness for all things bright and shiny was another story.She never wanted to be a part of Overshadow's army, having grown up in luxury.She has heard stories of a good amount of wealth hidden somewhere in the castle and when she saw a old wooden door her lust for money got the best of her.

"Let's see what's behind this door shall we? It could be something worth its weight in gold. Gold itself perhaps!" she happily cried out, paying no heed to where poor Blaise was standing. They were both knocked down and took the others with them as a domino effect.

"You idiots are going to be the very death of me!" Alasdair roared as he threw them all off. In the commotion the Cloaking Cells fell to the floor.

"Uh, don't look now gang but I think we may took a little longer than we had hoped" Gregory said. The destruction of the robots had triggered the alarm and there was no time left to sort though who had this and that. A small army of Zorigummies was heading straight for them and if they wanted to get out alive, now was the time to field test the suits.

"I've always wanted to grind the Empire's gears and get away with it.... Now let's hop to it ,no pun intended" Melia quipped. Just after she said that she used her tongue to bring a small piece of the ceiling down on a few of the robots, flattening them."Now that they have been dealt a crushing blow, let's get this party started right! WAHOO!" She immediately scrolled down to the Transform command and selected the Suit Up feature.

"Eclipse Formation!" A Beam of light shines out of the screen of the Cloaking Cell of Melia and almost by instinct placed it on her abs, with the screen facing out. The light turned green and fanned out over Melia and just like that, Nightmare Green was on the scene. Her helmet had frog eyes that worked as floodlights, with white gloves and green boots that had tribal thorn designs at the ends of them.The top of the suit and skirt was green with tribal thorns at the bottom of the skirt and a tribal frog's head at the chest with black pants. She was quite pleased with the look as a mirror was nearby as she admired her suit."Check me out, I'm got a look with a LOT of hop to it!" she sang out. "Now you guys give it a whirl. C'mon now, don't be shy!"

"I guess we gotta do this then" Blaise said shyly. "Alright then, everyone ready?" The rest nodded in agreement except for Alasdair."You own us big for this" Alasdair growled at Aiko.

"Eclipse Formation!"

Soon all of them were in their suits. Blaise's suit has a red top with a bat themed helmet with floodlights in the eyes as well, black pants, and white gloves and red boots with tribal flames at the ends of them. A tribal bat adored his chest as well. "I guess I'm Nightmare Red, even though I was meant to be green" he quietly said.

"Now that's what I call a happy accident! I never wanted to be pink anyways. Too weak looking for my tastes." Nightmare Green told him with a strong pat on the back."Plus red's totally your color, Y'know?"

Gregory's Nightmare Blue suit has a blue top with a tribal wolf's head on the chest, white gloves and blue boots with tribal water patterns, black pants and a wolflike helmet with floodlights in the eyes too." Beware evildoers, 'cause the wolf's on the prowl!"He follows this with a loud howl, much to Alasdair's annoyance.

Speaking of our kelpie friend, his Nighmare Yellow suit has a yellow top with a tribal horse head on his chest, white gloves and yellow boots with tribal earth symbols at the ends of them, black pants and a horse's head shaped helmet with floodlights in the eyes."I was meant to be Red. Gregory, aren't you upset you're not yellow like you wanted?" Nightmare blue just shook his head."Nope, I am rockin' true blue, baby!" Gregory happily beamed. Alasdair just shrugged at this statement.

Finally Aiko's Nightmare Pink outfit has a pink top with a tribal hawk on the chest, white gloves and pink boots with tribal air patterns at the ends, black pants and a pink skirt with tribal air patterns at the bottom of it and a hawklike helmet with floodlights in the eyes too. "I was meant to be blue, but pink's good too. It's more fitting to my personality and it works with the hawk motive better" she stated.

On all five suits were white belts with laser guns called Lantern Blasters in holsters on the right hand side. In the middle is the Cloaking Cell with the screens reading, STANDBY on all of them.

"Deceptive Sentai, Nightmaranger!" Blaise, Aiko, Melia and Gregory boomed out. Alasdair just looked on with a look of disgust.

Next time: Our first battle and our heroes get their mechs! Plus we get to meet a member of the supporting cast! See you there!

[Galvantula]

Chapter 1 Part 3: The not-so Great Escape

"To bring light into the darkness and make justice's blood run wild! Nighmare Red!"

"To ensure that people can enjoy their lives and jump for joy! Nightmare Green!"

"To punish evil and defend the planet from all that wish it harm. Nightmare Yellow."

"To clear the skies of evil and make people's spirits soar again! Nightmare Pink!"

"To lash out against the darkness and sing the songs of hope! Nightmare Blue"

"Uh, Alasdair you didn't put much effort into your role call" Blaise said."To be a hero you must have passion and heart"

"I'll never see myself as something so foolish" Alasdair moaned."This is only a means to a end for me" but he was cut out by Melia, who was rather upset by his lack of commitment.

"Our first role call and you ruined it!" she screamed at the top of her lungs."You are such a pill! We need to work together if we want to win this!"

After getting that out her chest, everyone got into their fighting poses as the Zorigummies advanced. As they do that the code "Weapon Summon" was imputed into the Cloaking Cell. As quick as a wink the main weapons were brought before them in a flash of light.

"Hanging Staff!" Red's weapon is a red bostaff with golden bat's heads at the ends of it. He spun it around a bit before dropping it with a loud clank then picked it up sheepishly.The Zorigummies wern't going to be polite and wait for him to get his bearings so Red kicked the staff up to where he could grab it then did a rabid multi strike attack on the group heading towards him, taking out about 8 or so.After doing that he dropped it again to the annoyance of Alasdair.

"Swamp Hammer!" Green's weapon is a giant hammer with a brownish-green head and bottom. The head has a lillypad theme to it with a spike at the top of it. She swung it down and caused a tremor to know down a good number of Zorigummies."I'd say I'm laying the hammer down but that'd be a big lie, now would it?" she said with her usual happy-go-lucky tone of voice.

"Ocean Whip!" Yellow's weapon is a cat o'nine tailes with a yellow handle with nine stretchy cords. At the ends of the cords are horse's heads molded in a copper-like metal. This same material is at the end of the handle too. With a flick of the wrist he knocks back several Zorigummies. Green and Blue started an A cappella version of Devo's "Whip It" but Alasdiar glared at them to stop.

"Wild Knuckles" Blues was now wearing a pair of blue brass knuckles with four silver curved blades at the end of each. With two swings he destroys two Zorigummies."UNABLE TO IDENTIFY UNKNOWN ITEM" one of the robots droned. " You can call them knuckles. They don't like tonic, they don't chuckle. They'd rather flex their muscles." Blue told them. Yellow just facepalms at this.

"Crusher Sais"Pink's weapons are a pair of sai with silver blades. The handles are pink with a silver four-toed bird claw at the end of them. She impales one of the automations in its power source located in its chest and chucks it at four others, knocking them all down. "I always was a bit of a heart breaker" she chuckled.

Of course the bots aren't going to stand around forever and the Nightmaranger have proven to be a threat that needed to be dealt with right now. All of them charged after the traitors, but they were more than ready now. Red spun his staff at one of them then planted it into the ground. He then did a spinning kick with two legs, breaking a baker's dozen of Zorigummies. Green crushed a robot with her hammer then did a split kick to two bots than were wishing to flank her. She then advanced over to a small grouping of them, swinging her hammer at them. In a short while she disabled them all.Yellow cracked his whip at the robots, shattering a few of them. He then wrapped it around one of the Zorigummies's neck and threw it over to a cluster of them. The force caused them to shut down after that. He just snorted at them.Blue slashed at ten of them, cutting each cleaning though. He rolled towards one of them and tore it in half with sheer brute strength."I may be a werewolf but it's you guys that are howling mad!" he laughed. Pink impales a ZoriGummy with her sais and while stilling holding on to them kicks another's head off. She then yanks them out and strikes seven straight into their CPUs, shutting them down for good."I guess in the end you lost you heads over this battle" she said with a smile. The rest of the Zorigummies had no choice but to retreat, knowing this to be a losing battle.

"Yeah, alright, we did it guys!" Red said with a leap of joy. But unfortunately on the way down he slipped on some oil and faceplanted."Oh no,Blaise!" Green, Blue and Pink shouted out of worry. But Red was able to get up and do a weak thumbs up, showing he was alright.

"Well that went better than I hoped, although it was still painfully bad" Yellow snipped as they powered down."If we're done here can we get the Monsterrors and go? We no longer have a life here."

Meanwhile on Earth a down on his luck detective is sitting at his deck, rubbing his temples in frustration. He's a man in his early 30s with short graying hair and stubble, wearing a mustard yellow suit with a old black duster. He was tasked to figure out why there was this strange hole in sky and he was at wit's end. He wasn't a scientist, for heaven's sake! But money is tight and he could always use a little extra scratch. Still he couldn't help but wonder if anything would come out. Little did he know that will come true sooner than he thinks.

"OK we each need to claim a vehicle and get out of here imminently." Alasdair told the rest."You're not the boss of us, Y'know" Melia said."I say we let Gregory pick first. After all if it wasn't for him we won't be here right now."

"In that case I get the big one" Greg then placed his key into the holding chamber's keyhole. After turning it the metal box faded away reveling a colossal F-1 racer with wolf's legs details molded into the wheel wells, a engine shaped like a wolf's head and the spoiler having a pattern like a wolf's tail."Suh-Weet!" he exclaimed.

Alasdair was annoying that the core vehicle wasn't his, but there were four other boxes to choose from. Two were slighter larger than the other two and so he pick one of the bigger ones. From out of the container came a large speedboat with a seahorse's head and horns as it front and it rear engines looking like coiled seahorse tails."This will have to do"

Melia was next and she chooses the last of the larger boxes. From within came a hovercraft with a frog's upper head-like hood and the fan having a lillypad look to it." It's just perfect for little ol' me"

Blaise picked one of the smaller boxes. A fighter jet with a bat's head for a nose and wing designs on it own wings hovered out of the container."I hope I don't get too nauseous flying this thing" he stated.

Last was Aiko. Her container reveled another fighter, this time with a bird's head theme nose and bird like designs on the wings." To soar even higher than before is a gift I shall cherish and use to defend the peoples of the Earth" she calmly said.

After boarding their respective Monsterrors and using their Heart Keys given to them by Overshadow himself to turn them on, The Nightmaranger left for the portal to Earth and with a little luck, freedom.

But their luck had run out long before. One of Overshadow's most loyal henchmen has seen what had transpired and he was not pleased at all."You were given such gifts and you choose to squander them on hopeless dreams! It is time for you to wake up from this false dream!" He then threw out his cloak to reveal a octopus-like form with mechanical tentacles.

"It's high time you faced Octocrush,'Nightmarangers'"

Next time: The Nightmarangers and Grant Garrenson meet. Plus, they use their human forms for the very first time!

[Galvantula]

Chapter 1 Part 4: Crashing the party.

Detective Grant Garrenson was at his office staring at the portal that had opened nearby. Being that it was by his brownstone he had to be the one that took the case.'The department's getting lazier by the day if no one else to tackle this simply because it's not right by THEIR offices' Garrenson thought. If nothing else he just wanted it go away so he could at least get severance pay and get those bills paid. There was no way he was going without water for over a week again. Cooking was a nightmare and the smell, ugh! Better to scrape by than do without something so important. No sooner than he thought this the portal surged with electricity and out came five of the strangest vehicles he'd ever seen. They were larger than any other racer, jet or boat on Earth and the animal themes and colors were, to him somewhat tacky.

But what happened next was something the pilots nor Grant could had anticipated. The crafts know as the Monsterrors busted into balls of light than went into the belt buckles of five strangely dressed people. Odder still was after than they glowed brightly then monsters fell into his window."WHAT TH-"The impact scared him too much to even finish his sentence.

About a hour of so later, the five Nightmarangers woke up to the sight of a man in a mustard colored suits sitting across from them with a look of awe and bewilderment." I suppose you need to know two things first. I'm known as Detective Grant Garrenson. My department is under going renovations so money's tight.I don't know why I'd tell any of you this but I guess when you're frustrated enough things just slip out. I've been living on paycheck to paycheck with little else money wise so things here are in a state of disrepair. Second, you're in Kyoto, Japan and monsters like you are pretty old hat by now. With that out of the way how do you plan to fix my window, hmm?"

Blaise was the first to speak"I'll be honest, I'm very sorry about what happened. But I'm surprised you're not afraid of us.If you don't mind my asking, why is it you can talk to us like we're normal?" Grant cleared his throat and simply told them"Because you are normal,relatively speaking. Normally, monsters just attack people like me on sight. You five were not only not trying to fall on me, you looked remorseful about what had happened. I guess I'm a little desensitized in regards to odd going-ons. I'm sorry, I should have asked for your names first."

Blaise was the first to tell him his name, followed by Melia, Gregory and Aiko. Alasdair was somewhat reluctant to reveal his name, but a sharp poke in the ribs from Melia changed his mind.

"From the outfits you were wearing I take it you're a Super Sentai, correct?" Grant asked. "You bet!" Greg beamed "To be honest we were meant as the first strike force of a ruler we once served called Overshadow. He wishes to conquer your world so he can expand his empire" Detective Garrenson slipped his coffee, which was lukewarm by now and said"So what happened? You clearly weren't attacking anything, just flying by in a panic. What exactly happened out there?"

"We were meant to go under cover as a super hero team to gain the people's trust here. Then once their defenses were down, the Nightshade Empire's armies would attack full force, as Gregory has stated" Aiko told him."We had done research on your world so we would be able to blend in. But something happened during our review of Earth."

"The truth is we fell in love with it" Melia sighed happly."You guys have no idea how lucky you are that you can laugh, cry and do most anything you want without fear of death" "That's not totally true, but I take it Overshadow's not the most kindhearted ruler you had." Grant told Melia

"He conquered out world and killed our families because they would not bow to his rule. We only had each other to depend on since every other officer was loyal to him, to a fault" Alasdair bitterly shot out.[COLOR="Yellow"]"I was the only one who did not enjoy looking at your world's history. We looked over everything that mattered in your world and I was not impressed." [/COLOR]"Oh don't mind him, he's always like that with everything" Melia half-laughed."But the one thing we all agreed on was how awesome your heroes are. We wanted to be a Super Sentai too so we tricked Overshadow's R&D to make us Sentai gear too"

"Once we had what we needed we broke out and entered your dimension. But the Monsterrors needed to recharge, as did our suits. That's why we fell since we ran out of power for both" Blaise quietly whispered. He was thankful to be alive after that stunt. Aiko put a conforming arm around his shoulder."The important thing is we're here, as a family. But Grant is correct. We do need to cover the damages we caused."

"I'm just wondering how you plan to do that" Grant asked."After all, you're going to freak people out with disguises and you'll need good ones"

"That's not goin' be a problem!" Gregory boomed."There's a niffy feature that doesn't take much power from the Cloaking Cells and it's the one we want to try the most"

"It's the one all four of you want to try" Alasdair corrected."I'm just going along with this so I don't go mad with boredom" With that out of the way all five inputted HUMAN FORM on their CCs. Within a few seconds all five were the spitting image of humans.

Blasie was a young man with a sad looking face with a mop of unruly hair that was dyed crimson in streaks half covering his brown eyes.. Gothic clothes that were black with red highlights completed his look.

Melia was a teenage girl with long, black hair that fell to her shoulders. She was wearing a green long shelved shirt and blue jeans with black sneakers that had green laces.Her eyes were black with a tinge of green in them.

Gregory turned into a teenage boy with spiky white hair. He was wearing a blue plaid shirt that was unbuttoned, reveling a mesh undershirt. Blue pants with flames printed on the legs and sneakers with blue laces were part of his look too, with eyes the color of red clay.

Aiko had a black bob haircut that complemented her soft hazel eyes. A pink sundress with a white coat and high heels is her outfit. Her lips had on coral pink lipstick that sparkled a little bit.

Alasdair's human form was to put it bluntly, harsh looking. He had a buzzcut that was very short, piercing blue eyes, a leather jacket with chains attached to the right shoulder, a gold T-shirt, dark blue jeans with the knees worn out and workboots. In both ears were gold rings that looked as if they seen better days.

"I have to admit those are impressive looks you guys" Grant told them. They were all pleased, very much so in the case of Melia and Gregory."Now then, what are you going to do for jobs? I can't really take care of five freeters and myself." But the peaceful mood was ruined by the sight of a cybernetic octopus that was the size of a building."You five are under arrest for the crime of desertion. If you come quietly, I will speak on your behalf to out master" Octocrush bellowed.

"There is no chance for that happening! We like not having to kiss Overshadow's overrated butt all the time!" Melia shouted at him." I think it's time you were on your way, tentacle breath!" Octocrush wasn't pleased with that answer.

"Alright everyone, I think the Monsterrors are fully recharged by now. Let's see what they can do against him." Blasie calmly said. With that all five whipped out their Cloaking Cells and selected the Suit Up feature.

"Eclipse Formation!" Soon all five were in Nightmaranger form and were ready for action. It didn't take long to find the Monsterror feature in the CCs."Arise, Monsterrors!" With a beam of light the five vehicles soared in the night sky. They then teleported into their respective cockpits and used their Heart Keys to turn them on.

"Nightbat, ready to prowl."

"StrikerHawk, it's time to fly!"

"HoverToad's ready for action!"

"Howling Racer's going to charge on ahead!"

Alasdair just said that the SeaStallion was online.

With that all five went ahead to combat Octocrush.

Next time, learn what these babys can really do! Plus, see the combined form, Nightmare King!

[Galvantula]

Chapter 1 Part 5: Awaken, Nightmare King!

It's not everyday that a giant octopus attacks on land, even more so with a cyborg varrent.Still, this was what is happening at time moment and Grant STILL can't believe a Sentai feel right in his lap and is now fighting to protect their new world from the terror that enslaved the home they once knew.

Blasie/Nightmare Red flew over Octocrush and dropped a few bombs from his bomber jet, NightBat.Apart from denting the faceplate that is over the left side of his face, Octocrush was otherwise unharmed."Surely that craft can do more than that!" he snarled at him.

"As a matter of fact it can do a lot more than you'd like, Octocrush." Nighmare Red firmly said. Soon lasers were firing from the nosecone on Octocrush and singed his hide. Then two cables were launched from the wings and latched onto him."Wha-wha what's going on?" he sputtered before they activated and began draining his energy. But Nightmare Red was tired from his escape. They all were and now wasn't the time to deal with Overshadow's executioner. But they had a job to do and for Red, Green, Pink and Blue it was also a matter of justice.

But Octocrush wasn't going down without a fight. After shaking off the cables he struck the Nightbat and caused it to wobber in the air, forcing Red to land it before he crashed.He had to fight to avoid throwing up in his helmet. But now he had to wait until it can fly again.

Melia was next with her HoverToad. Launching homing missiles at her enemy, she also tried to sideswipe the octopus as well.But Octocrush kicked it over and it spanned around in the air before landing pontoon side up on the streets. But the attack was meant to distract him while the missiles stuck true. Octocrush howled in pain as Blasies radioed Melia to see if she was alright."Melia, are you Ok? That was quite a stunt you pulled back there"

"I always was a risktaker, Y'know. But that wasn't how I wanted to take it for a spin"she laughed. Even when in the thick of battle she was as cheerful as can be.

Alasdair jumped off a energy wave made by the SeaStallion and use the underside of the boat to strike Octocrush in the face. As Octocrush held the speedboat in his clutches and began to try and crush it heat seeking mines were deployed from it and blasted at his two tentacles that were holding him up, knocking him down and freeing the SeaStallion."You were always too grabby for your own damn good" Nightmare Yellow snapped.

Gregory and the Howling Race were next, with Aiko and the StrikerHawk running air support. Homing lasers were fired from guns placed by the cockpit of Howling Racer as StrikerHawk powered up a firey aura and slammed into Octocrush before the laser struck home, knocking him down again.

"Nice moves Aiko-san! I take it you didn't want him holding you too tighly, right?" Gregory joked, knowing full well that was her intent all along.

"He's neither rich nor compassionate. I like my men to be both." Nightmare Pink told Blue."I'm not fond of playing too roughly and Octocrush was always a pathetic toady" Nightmare Green did a sad puppy expression, knowing that Pink meant no offense to her. She only did so as a joke. Aiko laughed at Melia's joking reaction to what she had said.

"AWWW, this is taking forever!" Nighmare Blue moaned."We need to combine the Monsterrors now or we'll just stalemate with him"

"But we never had full training with these vehicles, remember?" Red told him worriedly."We don't fully know how the combined form works"

"There's no nothin' like on-site learnin'!" Melia said."I really want to see how the robots looks"

"For once I'm with you Melia. But don't make it a habit of trying to seek my favor"Yellow droned. Green pouted at his helmeted picture on the viewscreen.
"Do not worry about what he says" Aiko comforted her."He is unwilling to let joy and happiness into his heart" Yellow just shock his head at this.

"Alright! Let's form Nightmare King!" Red and Blue shouted. With that command all five Nighmarangers grabbed their Heart Keys and used them to unlock an overhead compartment. Inside was a single button that was in their respective colors. After it was pushed the screens flashed"Nightmare King Protocol Initiated"

The NightBat and StrikerHawk extended so that elbow joints were seen in between the fronts and the engines. The engines then went down to form shoulder joints and the wings went up 90 degrees and half of them folded into outer shoulder armor. The cockpits lifted up and the nosecoses flipped over to revel robotic hands as the cockpits went back into place.

The bows of the Hovertoad and the Seastallion split in half to form feet and ankles. The fan of the Hovertoad and the propulsion systems of the SeaStallion went over the rears of their respective crafts, forming shin guards and reveling ports to connect Howling Racer.

The front and bottom metal rocker moldings of Howling Racer flipped over and around to form a jumper pack. Then the spoiler split in half and each half went forward. The rear of Howling Racer flipped around and folded in to form the upper legs with ports sticking out so they can connect to Green and Yellow's Monsterrors. Two panels spun around to show holes that NightBat and StrikerHawk can dock into. As the vehicles were combining the front of Howling Racer's cockpit opened up to revel a red head that had its covered in black bat wings. But soon the wing flared open and the face was showed, with golden eyes and a blue jewel at the forehead. When the sequence was completed the robot flipped over and stood up in the air, its arm raised like a bird's wings.

"Nightmare King, Arise!"

Octocrush was unimpressed. In fact he laughed at Nightmare King. But that didn't detere them at all. Soon NightMare King was on the move.

Octocrush was the first to strike, bashing NK with a tentacle. But NK was able to roll away before Octocrush could follow up with another attack.As soon as it stood up it leapt into the air and did a double jumping face right in Octocrush's face. NK then performed a one-two punch combo that stuned the octopus monster followed by a double hand uppercut that sent him flying down hard into the streets. The impact woke him up from his stutter as he grabbed NK and started to crush it.

Meanwhile in the Nightmare King cockpit in its head the Nightmarangers were stuggling to break free."Do we have any opinions to shake free?" Red asked."Nothing is working at 100 efficiency. We're in the red on life support! If we don't do something we're doomed!" Blue bemoaned.

"Do not lose hope yet my friends. The means for our salvation are within our grasp" Pink told them."It's time to cue the sword and..and..Ugh, I can't think of a clever rhyme right now!"Green grumbled.

"Summoning the Dream Slasher"Yellow said. A sword with a black handle, golden trim and handle and a red jewel shaped like a jack o-lantern face that can be seen from both sides fell into the hand that was part of NightBat. With one swing the tentacles that held onto NK were servered, leaving Octocrush without his most powerful attack. But he was far from helpless. Soon he was spitting ink bombs at NK, who was able to defect most of them back at him. One however struck it straight in the face, leaving the Nightmaranger without a means to see the enemy.It soon fell over as Octocrush prepared to finish them off. But by the time he was close enough, they were able to wipe the ink off with NK's free StrikerHawk hand and slashed at his face, leaving a gash over his eyes.

"Now guys, while he's stunned!"Red ordered.

"Crimson Downfall!!"

Dark red energy cover the blade and then Nightmare King performed a rolling slash, hitting Octocrush at the downswing.

"Ahhh..Ah..You were lucky this day, 'heroes'. But one day your time will run out and you shall all payyyyyyyyy......." As Octocrush breathed his last he blew up as Sentai monsters are known to do.

"Yeah, we did it you guys!" Red cheered. Blue and Pink gave nods of approval while Green gave him a big hug.

"That's all well and good, but there's still the matter of paying Garrenson back for the damages we caused"Yellow stated nonchalantly. The mood soon turned uneasy. How were they going to fix the brownstone?

Next time: The conclusion of Chapter 1! The Nighmaranger must find jobs so they can fix things!

[Galvantula]

Chapter 1, final part: You're working men and women now.

Grant was pouring six mugs with black coffee for all of them. The matter of money and repairs needed to be brought up now and he wanted them to be as awake as possible.He was still somewhat shocked that the Nightmarangers defaulted to human after using their suits."If we use all available energy in the Cloaking Cell we turn back to our true forms" Gregory told him."We'll have to wait until they fully recharge until we can resume human form." "There is still the matter of how we will repair the damage we have done to your home" Aiko said.

"I've given it some thought and I think you'd do well getting jobs of your own. Of course we'll have to get you IDs, clothes, living quarters, that sort of thing." He sighed at that meant spending more money and delaying the repairs that he wanted done for the brownstone."There are five jobs available: assistant for a well know geneticist, gardener, chef, computer programer and lifeguard. I can't afford to pay for you to live, as I can barely support myself. Don't worry about your secret identities, I won't tell a soul." After some thought Blaise choosed the job for gardener, Melia picked being a assistant, Aiko wanted the chef possistion, Gregory circles computer programer and Alasdair took lifeguard with some reluctance.

"Now then get some sleep, guys. Tomorrow's going to be a big day, for all of us.

Meanwhile back at Ironclash Castle in the Darknight Dimension, Overshadow was livid at what had transpired. He had finally gotten all his generals to summit to cybernetic enhancement, but the five that refused, the Nightmarangers, destroyed one of his warriors with relative ease. As he fumed over his lost a small drone shaped like a underwater prode with two tiny claws under its viewscreen hovered in. "Master, do not let Octocrush's death deter you from you goal of conquest" CyProde told him in its robotic voice. A glare from Overshadow silenced it as he turned away to look at the morning dawn, pondering what to do with the 29 that remained. 'They must pay for this. I will not be made a fool by these descenders' he thought. As the sun rose on the new day he held something in his hand. It was far from finished, but when it was it shall spell certain victory for him. Far more powerful that the Cloaking Cells the Nighmarangers held, the Dragon Phone shall be the cornerstone of his vengeance on them.

End of Chapter 1.

Author's notes: I hope you're enjoying this story so far. As more chapters are written more of the characters' back-stories will be reveled.

Next time: While his teammate are adapting to hired life Blaise is struggling with his new job as a gardener. Making matters worse is another of Overshadow's Techno-Yokais: Cyborg-Drake, half mandrake, half machine! Can Nighmare Red deal with these new challenges or will he have mud on his face?

[Galvantula]

Chapter 2 part 1: New beginings.....

As the mourning light of the sun strikes the partly repaired brownstone, one wonder what the future holds for the people living there. What challenges and trails await them as they grow closer as a family. For Blaise that has been the one thing that's been on his mind ever since their first battle one week ago and so far the answers have been out of reach."Just how long do you plan on hanging around?" Alasdair snarled grumpily."You're redirecting sunlight into my face and it's not pleasant to have to light burning you eyes"

Blaise was indeed hanging around both figuratively and literally speaking. The Cloaking Cells are not perpetual machines and must recharge after 200 hours use. Turning into the Nightmarangers takes up more power than being human so there are times where they must turn back into monster form. Blaise's fur however was rather reflective of sunlight and when you're hanging overhead and sunlight hits light reflective fut it's going to cause problems, especially if your roommate is light sensitive.

Sunlight has been a mixed blessing to the Nightmarangers. While there was much to do in the daytime on Earth, they were weakened by the UV ray our sun produces. To deal with this sunscreen must be put on every two hours so they can operate in the daytime. Prolonged exposure without protection is fatal to denizens of Nox Aeterna, the homeworld of the Nighmarangers.For vampires like Blaise this is a point he is reminded of everyday as he sunburns easily so he has taken to carrying a black umbrella to block out as much sun as he can. Turning back into human form he picked up a prepacked lunch and went off to his first day as a gardener.

Meanwhile back in Nox Aeterna Overshadow was going over the plans with a humaniod plant monster."As the Dragon Phone is still being completed we are in need of a test subject. I have upgraded your vocal cords to stun humans and project soundwaves as a offensive tactic. If you are able to bring back one of the traitors so we can do...testing to see if it work correctly"Overshadow then pointed at CyborgDrake with a dark look in his eyes, flaring red"I do not want a repeat of what happened with Octocrush! I will have this world as my own!"

For the most part CyborgDrake was unaltered. His body was a mass of thorns and vines with muddy brown eye and blood red teeth exposed with long fangs and two holes that passed for a nose. His chest was silver with lights placed here and there and in his clawed hand there are nozzles that spray spores at his enemies. He gave a solemn salute and walked into the portal to Earth.

"Master I must ponder what it is you feel is wrong with your generals as they are" CyProde beeped."Not everyone survived the cybernetic surgery and should CyborgDrake fail we will only have 28 left" "Far too many have died due to the weakness of flesh" he said."I want warriors who are unyielding, without remorse and feel no pain.Those five are the only ones without cyborg parts and they also have the Cloaking Cells. I NEED them back!!"Overshadow thundered. CyProde hovered back in utter fear.

After orientation Blasie began watering the plants. It was a humble job for a humble man but that was OK with him. Better to do something he enjoyed doing than to struggle with people like the others. He wasn't a unfriendly person, it's just he never did well in making friends of his own until he met Alasdair and later Aiko, Melia and Gregory. When he was finished he swept away the old plant material and did a little deadheading on flowers that had finished producing pollen. He wasn't wearing his usual Goth attire as that would get dirtier than he'd like. Instead he wore a simple button up shirt and slacks with a green smock. 'So far this is going well' he thought to himself. But things are ever that simple as he would soon discover.....

Next time: Blaise meets his rival in gardening and he's rather headstrong! To make matters worse CyborgDrake attacks and Blaise is framed for damaging the garden! See you there!

[Galvantula]

Chapter 2 part 2:Roar of CyborgDrake!

No sooner than he sat down for his lunch break a man ploped down right next to him. He was moderately muscled with a rat tail hairstyle and dark grey eyes. His sleeves were rolled up and his boots have seen better days."I take it you're the shrimp that's just starting out" he said rudely."You smell like old sunscreen and I really,REALLY doubt a Goth like you can do this job."Blaise couldn't think of anything to say in his defense and even if he could, what good would it had done? He cannot tell people he was a Nightmaranger nor a monster and he didn't wish to fight anyone on his first day at the job. But someone wasn't going to respect his wishes of nonviolence.

Landing with a thud was CyborgDrake himself with a small platoon of ZoriGummies. Using sign language he told them to attack Nightmare Red and his reluctant coworker."I have no idea what the hell's going on but this is so far the worst performance group ever!" Takato bemoans.Blaise however knew to grab him and rolled out of the way of a Zomigummy's axe. The chard behind them however was not as fortunate.Takato angrily shoved him out of his way and charged the robots with a mad look in his eyes. Blaise ran as fast as he could to a shaded area and typed in "REVERT" going back to his vampire bat form.Flying overhead he dive-bombed the Zomigummies but C-Drake leapt out of the way leaving him to crash into the flowerbeds. Nervously brushing off the remains he attempts a jump-kick at CyborgDrake but he was able to catch his foot and throw Baise straight up into the air. Signing at Takato that his days are over unless he surrenders, he points at the vampire that laid down in a painful heap.

"I DON'T TAKE ORDERS FROM DAMN MONSTERS!!!" he roars and punches him square in the chest. As C.Drake's torso is metal he broke his hand but that didn't stop him all that much. Before he could attack again C.Drake unleashed a horrible howl that knocks both Takato and Blaise over and destroys the rest of the garden. Blaise looks over at the remains with sorrow and regret, while Takato slams his fist in rage over what happened. Grabbing a shovel he tried to swing it over C.Drake's head but a soundwave from his month sent him to the land of slumber.

"Yo Blaise we got..." Greg was going to tell him he had brought his wallet over as he forgot to bring it but was in a state of shock over at what he saw. Thankfully Blaise resumed human form and ran over to where Gregory, Akio and Melia were standing."I don't believe this happened. Oh poor Blaise, you must be devastated" Melia told him. She then looked at C.Drake with a fierce look in her eyes."You are goin' to pay for this you no good" but Aiko cut her off with a comforting hand on her shoulder."It would do us no good to be angry at what has already happened. But he should be the one to pay as we are not at fault here. I don't like having to spend more if I can't help it."Blaise nodded in response and glared at CyborgDrake."We shall not allow yu to run rampant here or anywhere. Prepare to face defeat!" he said.

"Eclipse Formation!"

Now in their Nightmaranger suits they charged at C.Drake, trading blows with him at first before he jumped to a table and fired a sonic blast that knocked them back a bit.Regaining their bearings they summoned their weapons and attacked him again. Red and Green swung their staff weapons at C.Drake's at the same time stunning him. With the small window that was open Green slammed her Swamp Hammer at his chin, sending the monster airborne. Red jumped up soon after and smacked him down using his Hanging Staff. Green then attempted to attack him again while he was grounded but C.Drake caught her weapon and threw both it and her into a wall, bringing it down on top of her."GREEN!" Red shouted in fear and ran over to where she was. She poked her out of the rumble and looked at him dazed but otherwise unharmed."I guess we brought the house down...."she quipped before falling down.Blue tried to attack from behind with the Wild Knuckles but he faired no better than Green did, with C.Drake spinkicking him in the chest, knocking the wind out of him before bringing both hand down over his head in a hammer strike. Greg let out a wolfish whimper then clonked out.Pink and Red unholdsterd their Lantern Blasters and fired at C.Drake. He felt little pain and sprayed spores at them, burning them both before they fell out.

"Unbelievable.We're losing to this fool that threw away everything just for power"Aiko shook her head in disbelief."If there was even a time to pull though, now is that time Blaise"

Blaise detached his Cloaking Cell and looked at it being at a total lost as to what to do. Suddenly the words "FIRE BREATH" popped up on the screen. He was spellbound to say the least. But it wasn't before long that he knew what to do. Tapping the screen he inhaled and blew a gush of flame from his helmet's mouthpiece, damaging CyborgDrake. As the monster fell down Melia and Greg regained consciousness and were pleased to see Blaise had saved the day, so to speak.

"YATA!" Green cheered as she bearhugged Red and lifted him up and spun him around, making him dizzy."Oppise daisy.Sorry 'bout that" putting him down gently.Blue then tried to give him a high five but Red fell down and soon Blue came tumbling after."While we are all happy that Blaise unlocked a power we should deal with CyborgDrake before he stands again" Aiko told them. Blaise got up and typed in FIRE SPEAR and soon after one end was ablaze with a fiery spearhead. Aiming true at C.Drake he cried out "Olympus Charge" and threw it right into C.Drake's chest. C.Drake staggered around for a while but soon was on a knee.Yanking it out and throwing it back at Red who was able to catch it and deactivate Flame Spear mode, C.Drake stumbled out holding his damaged chest before teleporting away. The Nightmarangers were annoyed at what happened but the worst was yet to come for Blaise.

Shortly before nightfall Blaise got a phonecall from Takato and he didn't sound happy at all.

"WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THOSE THINGS ATTACKED, YOU DAMNED COWARD?!?"He raged over at the other line."Where they your friends, trying to discredit me? How shameful can you get? I knew you were a worthless Goth but hiring actors to ruin the garden? I will see to it that you're fired first thing tomorrow! Enjoy you evening you worthless-"

Blaise hung up on him before he could finish.How could he tell him that what happened was not his fault without reveling his secret?Melia gave him a sympathetic look."We know you're innocent. We're willing to defend you and prove you didn't ruin your jobsite"

"However it will be our word against his and while we showed up at the end of it he was there the whole time. It will not be easy to prove your innocence but we will not give up"Aiko told him. "I think I can hack the computers over at your worksite and see if I can't savage the security videos" Gregory said."They do say that a picture's worth a thousand words on Earth" he happily added.

"Let us hope there are the right words indeed" Blaise sighed. For the first time since coming to Earth he feared the coming dawn.

Next time: Will Blaise save his job or will Takato see to it he's fired? Wait and see.

[Galvantula]

Chapter 2 part 3: Innocence lost and found..

Even getting back to the Nightshade Empire's base was a hassle for the badly injured Cyborg Drake. It certainly didn't help matters than Overshadow was busy extorting money from the general populace via vidscreens and fear mongering. His loud coughs of pain and the spray of sparks from the hole in his chest made by Nightmare Red finally got Overshadow's attention."I take it you've failed you mission, have you not?" he stated without turning around.

Cyborg Drake was once a talented singer songwriter before Overshadow's coming. His voice had the ability to stun lower lifeforms and he was strong even before his cybernetic "upgrade". Overshadow however was far more powerful than anything else in Nox Aeterna. When he came for Drake he gave him a choice, the same as everyone else: serve him loyally or die. Drake was no coward but he had always craved power so following OverShadow was an easy choice for him. He sacrificed his beautiful voice for the sonic powers and armor that are now a part of his being. A flaw in the process that turned him into a cyborg was that he had to give up his vocal cords to make room for the sonic tech. Learning sign language to communicate, he became one of the 30 Generals, Oveshadow's royal guard, second only to Overshadow himself and the five that are now the Nightmarangers.

'They are beginning to unlock the powers than are stored in their suits' he signed to Overshadow.'I fear that someday they will' but Overshadow crushed his hands before he was finished."I was willing to let you get by with the least amount of cybernetics but it seems I was too lendant with you" he snarled."You proved to be nothing more than a petty vandal. You will be repaired but you must not fail me again!" He then let go and brutally kicked CyborgDrake down.

Back on Earth Grant looked over at what happened at the garden. He stood up and walked over to Blaise."I know you didn't do this, but it's going to be hard to prove your innocence without evidence."He turned his head to Greg's direction where he was trying to hack into the computer systems to view the camera data. So far he was having next to little luck with doing so, his brow streaming with sweat."I take it you're having as little luck as I am" Grant comforted him."ACCKKK! These computers are so outdated it's a real bear even getting them to load!" Gregory moaned outloud."Plus I don't know the passwords so it's been a real crapshoot just getting anything done! Alasdair's also been gone all day, even when we needed him! This is HOPELESS! Utterly hopeles!!" He tend slamed his fist down on the keyboard and as luck would have it the camera data was onscreen, clear as day.

"Well that was convenience. We're lucky to have ya around Greggy." Melia clipped in as she gave him a hug. Blaise and Aiko were equally as happy but didn't hug Gregory."Now we can prove my innocence and get Takato off my back." Blaise breathed a sigh of relief."If we can upload this to a memory storage device Takato will surely believe me" Aiko looked up at the nightsky seeing that the light of day was creaking by ever so surely."We haven't much time left Gregory. If it is going to be done it must be done now" she ordered in a firm yet gentle tone.

"I just wonder where that kelpie bastard is right now" Melia groaned."He better be doing SOMETHING to help

Alasdair meanwhile had finally gotten the permits to renovate the brownstone. AC and more room to move around were the big issues right now on his mind. He should have told them that he was getting errands done so they have a decent place to call home, but apart from Blaise he didn't get along with the others. Plus it was nice to have time to himself. A soft ring however brought a abrupt end to that. Thankfully for Alasdiar it was Grant on the other line, using Greg's Cloaking Cell to call him on the matters that were facing Blaise.

"I see. I will be home shortly after I am done." He got up looking rather annoyed at what happened. 'Humans are far too quick to judge things' he thought bitterly to himself. He was just about to get on his motorcycle when the radio played a ominous bit of news:

"Attention!A Monster that seems to be made of metal and plant material is attacking the shopping district. So far the people are unharmed but he will not let anyone though. If there's anyone that can deal with this thing please-"

Alsadair heard enough. The matter of the garden will have to wait. Having the humans' suffering on his hands was something he wanted no part of, even though he hated them for what they can do. Soon he was in his Nightmare Yellow suit and with the words"Devil Cycle" typed on the screen his bike became a high-tech vehicle with kelpie designs on the sides. It was mostly black with some yellow detailing and as far as he was concerned it was the best part about having to do this "Super Sentai" thing the others have their hearts on. With a turn of the Heart Key the Yellow Devil Cycle roared onto the scene of the crime.

'Don't worry about repaying me. I doubt you could ever do so, humans' he thought aloud.

Next time: All 5 Nightmarangers VS CyborgDarke V.2!

[Galvantula]

Chapter 2 part 4: Song of sorrow

Normally people would be shopping around, chatting about the latest fashions and whatnot. But what was meant to be a fun time for all turned sour when something attacked the shopping district and captured the hapless shoppers. To think it happened just a short while ago...

Two hours ago

"OMG! That outfit looks so cute on you Hitomi-chan!" "EEEEE! Check out these deals, Nami-san. Two bottles of perfume for the price of one. Now that's a bargin!" "Ohmagod ohmagod you guys, Jam Project's doing a concert here in a week! We have to go there!"

Takato was trying to drown out the sounds of the three girls he was forced to watch out for, but somehow their voices were louder than his iPod.He grit his teeth as so far they have been nothing but a bother.'First than Goth got a job at the garden center and ruined it with his cosplay buddies. Now since it will take some time to fix the place up I'm forced to watch over these brats until the time comes' he pondered. All three were about his age, 18 to 19 but they were not as mature as he would have liked.

Nami was a kogal with two short pigtails and a sleeveless top with white straps, with a sparkling pink tube skirt and sandals. Being spoiled from a young age meant she never learned how to control the volume of her voice, much to his chagrin as his ears were still sore from CyborgDrake's attack. Hitomi was the youngest of the trio, with long black straight hair with white stripes by the middle, a teddy bear T-shirt with a blue jacket and bejewled jeans and sneakers. She was also a notorious daddy's girl with a fondness for things fancy and cute, with emphasize on the later. The third of the trio was Sakoya, the oldest but you'd never have guessed by how she looks and acts. With brown curly hair, a yellow sundress and orange highheels, you'd think she was in junior high still and in a way her mindset was still that way in a sense.

Takato wanted to end the trip early so he can rest up for tomorrow but the girls kept finding things to buy, things to gawk at and since it was around dinner time, things to eat as well. He glared at the multicolored bags that littered their area and at long last spoke up."I'm glad you had a great time but I'm in the red right now and I should rest up for Blaise's termination. You'll have to wait until I have my job back or I find other employment." He tried to say this politely but the tone of his voice betrayed his annoyance with the girls."You really need to mellow out Takato-san. All that stress isn't good for his skin"Sakoya told him."She's right. Try to be ultra happy! After all, life is too short to be bummed out about these sorts of things!"Nami bellowed, causing him to flinch."Not so loud Nami-chan. You know he's a little senative right now about loud noises."Hitomi stated to Nami, not minding the fact that she was being just as loud. Takato was at this point giving them the evil eye. The girls were staring at him blankly, having no idea they were driving him to the point of anger.

While they were talking to themselves, Cyborg Drake teleported behind them. His hands were cover with clawed gantlets and his eyes were purple instead of the brown they were before. Takato however knew to warn them but they kept shushing him to keep quiet. By the time he grabbed Hitomi by the shouders C Drake stunned them with sleeping spores and wrapped them up in strong vines.

Present time

Cyborg Drake had knocked away all who had tried to rescue his captives, from fellow shoppers to guards to police officers, all of whom he stunned and wrapped up. He was just about teleport them back to Ironclash Castle for experimentation when Takato woke up and he was not happy at all."After dealing with these three idiots and that damn Goth you'd had to come back! I'm sick of you!"As he raged on all the others were in a state of deep slumber, unaware of what was transpiring.'Do not try to resist us, human',Drake signed back at him.'We shall bring you back to my homeworld for experiments. You will pay for harboring the traitors.' Soon a portal opened up behind Cyborg Drake and Takato knew he was no mere cosplayer. He tried to break free but the vines were too strong for normal humans to free themselves from.

Before he could be thrown through it Alasdair crashed thorough the glass ceiling on his Devil Cycle, landing on top of Drake."I think you're the bigger traitor,Drake. Throwing away everything you had, everything you were, all for false power." he boldly told him as he turns off his bike and hopped off it. C. Drake did a rude gesture and ran at Nightmare Yellow, tackling him to the lowest level. When they landed Drake kept punched N. Yellow, trying to break his helmet open but the Lantern Blasters of the other four Nightmarangers blasted him off.

"Taking part of the late night deals, hmmm?" Pink joked to Yellow."I doubt it. That ol' pony wouldn't know how to have fun even if he downloaded a app for it" Green giggled. "Are you alright, Alasdair-san?" Red asked out of worry to the prone Yellow."Um Red try not to use our real names while we're in uniform. We do have to keep this a secret so Grant's not bothered by our fans"Blue corrected him.Yellow jumped up and pointed to the problem that was still at hand."We still have to deal with Cyborg Drake and it doesn't help that you two are babbling on about out personal lives!" he snapped at the two of them.

"One of these days you're going to go too far and then where will you be?" Green told him sternly."We can argue later.Right now we have people to save"

"We shall hold him off for you. Blue, you free the hostages." Pink calmly said."No problemo, Pink! I'm on this like glue and paper!" Blue shouted as he ran off to free the people.

"No offense to you but you're too woodsy for a place like this. What we need here are some flowers!" As Green was saying this she typed in FLOWER FLUTTER and a cluster of flowers soon struck C.Drake, sending him to one knee. Before they could bumrush him Drake slammed him palms down and jaded trees popped up and damaged the four Nighmarangers. Just as Blue was about to reach the top floor when the others were C. Drake fired spores and sonic waves at him, knocking him over the side. As he hung on, trying to get back up Cyborg Drake lashed out with a thorn cover vine at Nightmare Blue's hands, cutting them open. He kept doing this until only Blue's right hand was holding on. But soon the slickness of his blood combined with his fatigue caused him to let go, sending him down to the bottom floor in a help. He tried to get up but he was too tired to even stand up, let alone fight.

Cyborg Drake was pleased indeed. Soon all of Overshadow's enemies will fall and the Nightshade Empire will rule over both worlds! If he was still able to laugh he would have done so over at how well this had gone.

Next time: Can Takato and Grant turn the tide of battle for the Nightmarangers or is C. Drake too strong for them?