[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by conundrum

That's my fault then. I thought I caught and corrected all usage of 'ModLinear'.

I guess you could say we've got a conundrum.

[Kiryu]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

I guess you could say we've got a conundrum.

Da dum tsssssh

[AkibaSilver]

Wow thats good. So OOO keeps having Gokai Silver visions?

[Kiryu]

Access 04: Mod Green, His Drill Shall Pierce the Heavens!

Shortly after the monster’s defeat and the Modranger’s latest victory over the Viral forces the team, as promised, took Matt to their headquarters. One awkward and cramped car ride later, the team arrives outside the internet cafe. Matt’s hopes and dreams of seeing all kinds of cool sci fi tech were prematurely shattered “THIS is your super secret HQ? It isn’t at all what I was expecting...” Matt says disappointedly.. The rest of the team follows Matt out of the car and Jordan smiles at him. “This is just the outside man. C’mon, there’s more to this old place then meets the eye.” He says with a grin.

Matt is rather skeptical but still follows the team into the Internet cafe. An eyebrow was raised at the odd interaction between the Team and the Staff, who didn’t seem at all bothered at their presence. Matt raises another eyebrow at the retina scanner in the storage closet but his jaw drops when a hidden door is revealed moments after the terminal acknowledges Jordan’s identity. “After you, I insist” Jordan says, gesturing Matt to step inside the elevator. Matt steps into the lift and down the shaft the group went.

Moments later, the elevator arrives at it’s destination and the team step out. Matt’s can only gaze on, slacked jawed, as he marvels at the Command Centre’s high tech machinery. “Jordan...I will never...ever doubt you again for as long as I live...” Matt stammers. Jordan smiles and the four ModRangers line up, single file, in front of Tony. The group salutes their leader as Tony turns around and says “Good work team, at ease”. Tony approaches the ModRanger’s newest recruit and says “Matt, I won’t lie to you. This isn’t like on TV... There’s a very real risk that none of us will make it out of this alive. If you want to back out, now is the time.” Tony says. Matt bites his lower lip, deep in thought, before finally saying “And miss this once in a lifetime opportunity? Hell no! I’m in!” Matt says.

Tony smiles, in his hand he holds Matt’s ModBelt and pass and hands it to him. “Then welcome to the team...ZeoRangerV!” he announces. Matt nods and accepts the belt from Tony. “I won’t let any of you down!” he says. Tony acknowledges, “Good... Kickback! Why don’t you take our newest recruit to the simulation room and see what he’s capable of? Reggie, it’s also time you learn how to pilot your Mod Machine”. Reggie can’t keep a wide grin from appearing on his face as he salutes the commander. “This ought to be good”, he says to himself.

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Meanwhile, in the cyber world, Hax was in high spirits. She was humming to herself as she began to analyze the data. Behind her, several Spammerbots were anxiously shuffling about, unsure of why they’ve been summoned by this mad woman. The doors to her lab slide open and VI1Z steps inside with Agro following close behind. “HAAAAAx...WHAAAAt...ISSS...yOUUUR proGRESSS?” He asks. “Ah! Boss! Great timing”. Hax lets out a sigh. “Unfortunately, I can’t replicate the DorkRanger’s gear yet... It seems like I’m missing... something but I don’t know what that certain something is...The tech they use is way too advanced for this era.” Hax says with a shrug. VI1Z lets out a discerning growl and Hax could tell that he was beginning to loose his patience. “B...b..b...BUT! From what information I was able to get off the suits... I can now use that data to upgrade our troops! See! Spammerbots! Enter the transformation pods!” The small group of Spammerbots fight amongst themselves to decide which of them will become Hax’s science experiments. Three of the monsters are taken by others and thrown into the large, egg shaped capsules. Hax pushes a button on her computer console and the pods suddenly start up with a loud hum. A crackling surge of energy courses through the pods, enveloping the Spammerbots.

The creatures emit groans of agony as they begin to mutate and change into a new hideous beast. The pneumatic doors of the pods open with a hiss and three large creatures exit the chambers amidst clouds of smoke. The beasts gaze at their new physiques, admiring their large muscles and even bigger fists. “Boys”, Hax says, addressing the beasts. “Why don’t you thank your comrades for volunteering you?” The three monsters grunt in agreement as the four remaining Spammerbots begin to quiver and attempt to escape. The beasts leap in front of the labs exit, towering over the quaking, cowering Spammerbots. Hax rubs her hands together and squeals in delight as the newly born monsters reduce the lowly footsoldiers to scraps.

“Preeeeeesenting...our new and improved foot soldiers...the Trollers!” Hax elaborates as she again giggles in delight, “I wanted something that humans would be afraid so I scoured their history databanks and based our new soldiers on beasts known as trolls’. “GOOooD. GoOoODDDdd”, VI1Z bellows. “YOoU HAAaVe DooNE wEll HaaAXx”. Hax clumsily curtseys, “It’ll take some time to prepare the upgrade program for the rest of our troops... And I’m still missing one or two vital parts of data to fully grasp the DorkRanger’s abilities”, she says. “Trollers! Lets go!” Hax commands, as she and the Trollers vanish from the room.

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Matt’s Modranger Blank Suit looked similar to the one Reggie wore in every way except green line ran down the center instead of purple. att was standing in a simulated ruined cityscape. “All right, let’s start you off nice and slow so you can get a feel for your suit and...” Much to everyone’s surprise, especially Reggie’s, Matt’s suit suddenly announces “Data Construct recognized...downloading....downloading...download complete!” Matt’s suit becomes surrounded in an emerald green light as as the ranger suit begins to form. The light fades away and there stands Matt in his proper ModGreen suit. Amazed, Matt stares at his suit. “Wow, this feels totally awesome!” he exclaims, poking and prodding different parts of the armor. The team is stunned but it’s an astonished Reggie that’s the first to speak. “I....I...I...I don’t...I don’t believe it...it...it took me weeks just to summon the damned sword and he....he...” Reggie stammers. “Hey, don’t take it so personally... Everyone masters these suits at a different pace” Kickback says. Jordan nods and says “Yeah, for Kyle it was almost instantaneous... It was harder for Nathan and me.” Nathan and Kyle nod in agreement. “Hey! Give me something to fight! C’mon! C’mon! I want to see what this suit’s capable of!” He challenges. “Cool it, hot shot!” Kickback says, as he fiddles with the terminal’s dials and switches. “OK Poozer... Be careful what you wish for.” Kickback warns. In the sim room, Spammerbots materialize on the virtual plane. “Now that’s what I’m talkin about!”, Matt yells. The Spammerbots take aim at ModGreen as he raises his hand into the air and says “C’mon, give me a cool weapon!” The massive drill construct, almost too big for Matt to manage, materializes around in his right hand. “Aweeee hell yeah baby!” Matt says. The Spammerbots fire but Matt plants the large drill down, deflecting the laser blasts. The drill constricts to a more manageable size and, drawing his ModBlaster, Matt returns fire on the creatures.

Four Spammerbots go down without much effort and the last one is quickly taken out by Matt’s drill. The ModGigaDrill vanishes from his hand, Matt dusts his hands off, and turns to Kickback. Matt points to the control and room and smugly says “C’mon man! Footsoilders can’t be the best you guys can come up with... Give me a challenge! I’m hardly breaking a sweat here.” he says. Kickback lets out a sigh and responds with “You young guns are always like this! Fine, you want a challenge... We’ll give you one” Kickback says. “Please... Allow me” Reggie says. He approaches the terminal, a smirk on his face, and begins to rub his hands together. “Now... Which button was it...” He mutters to himself as he looks at the control panel with it’s foreign buttons, switches, and displays. After a moment, an annoyed Kickback interrupts Reggie’s thought process, “Why don’t you tell me what you want and I’ll create it?”, he asks. Reggie leans forward and whispers something into Kickback’s ear. Kickback shrugs, “Whatever you say, kid”, and presses a few buttons on his panel.

The city landscape changes instaneously to a barren wasteland. Two holograms flicker to life in front of Matt and he lets out a gasp in shock. Standing in front of him are the Gobuster villains Enter and Escape in their Metaroid forms. “Ca va, Monsieur?” The hologram of Enter says, swiping his blade with his hand. The Escape hologram raises her guns saying “This is Gock, and this is Magock, and I’m Escape. I’m pretty good!”, she says. Matt chuckles and counters her boast. “Yeah, well I’m damned good too, lady!", he says. Enter vanishes in the blink of an eye then suddenly reappears in front of Matt. Enter attempts to hit the Ranger with his sword but the attacks are parried by Matt’s ModGigaDrill that has changed sizes to match the length of Enter’s sword. The two warriors clash weapons once more, neither of them willing to back off. Suddenly, Enter vanishes once again and Escape points both guns towards the Modranger.

Matt lets out a gasp as Escape begins to fire at him. With the Drill arm, Matt parries each shot but is blindsided by Enter. Matt staggers and falls to his knees. Enter and Escape chuckle but suddenly, a computerized voice says. “Login accepted...charging”. Matt surges forward and slashes at Enter, knocking the villain's sword out of the way. The Ranger points his Modblaster in Enter’s face as Matt cocks his head to the side and says "C'est la viei” The sharp crack of the laser blast resonates across the barren wasteland. Escape shields her eyes but gasps as Enter is taken down by the blast. Working quickly, Matt inserts the Modpass from his gun and into the drill weapon. The Gun again responds “Log in accepted, charging...” The drill expands in size and begins spinning at a high velocity. “GIGA....DRILL...BREAAAAAAAAH!” Matt shouts. The drill collides with Escape’s body and the villain cries out in agony as she explodes. Matt dramatically turns his back to explosion and allows the gigadrill to dissipate into bytes and bits. He strikes a pose cooly and says “Villains, you’ve just been exterminated”.

Reggie’s stands slack jawed, sharing a sense of shock with the rest of the team. “I...I don’t believe...he...he took them both down...two of the strongest villains in Gobusters and he...he took them down like they were nothing!” He stammers. Reggie clenches a fist, shooting a glare towards Matt “I...I...I can’t let him beat me! I’ll show this rookie who’s boss!” He thinks to himself.

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Matt powers down and steps into the control room. He smacks his hands together “Woooooo! Oh man...what a RUSH!” he shouts. “Dude... Where did you learn to fight like that?” Jordan asks. “Well, my dad taught me how to use firearms, the rest I learned from taking self defense classes at college.” The sound of clapping fills the room and the group collectively turns to see Tony Bacala standing in the doorway. “Impressive, most impressive. I think we might’ve picked the right candidate!” he says. “C’mon, follow me... It’s time you learned how to pilot your mechs” Tony says. The group steps out of the control room, leaving Reggie behind. Reggie clenches both of his fists and glares at Matt while he making odd noises that sound a lot like a boiling kettle.

Another section of the training room was an area that Reggie spent very little time in. There is a large cylinder-shaped hub in the center of the room, thick cables branching out from it to five pods that are dispersed in a half hexagon pattern. “Okay, Matt. You handled yourself pretty well on the battlefield but piloting a mech is an entirely different animal” Kickback says. Walking over to the machine, he places his hand on the pod and says “These machines are built to work exactly like your mech’s cockpit. They’re design to simulate real combat, meaning if you get hit...you’ll feel it.” Kickback explains. “That’s why you should never use one of these machines without someone monitoring with you... Simply insert your ModPass and the machine will do the rest.” Kickback says.

Matt approaches the console and sees a card reader on top of the pod. He inserts his ModPass into the reader and the light changes from Red to green with the machine responding “ModPass recognized, welcome.” The cockpit hatch slowly opens, letting out a loud pneumatic hiss as it does. Rubbing his hands together, Matt sits down at the controls and the hatch closes shut. The interior of the pod goes dark for a moment but in front of him a blue screen flickers on and the sounds of the machine starting up are heard. The simulated environment loads onscreen and Matt lets out an amazed “Whoaaaaaaa! It’s exactly like at the arcades! The thing even keeps score!” “Hey Reggie! What are you waiting for? Hop in already” Kickback says, noticing that Reggie is still shooting mental, flaming arrows at Matt. Reggie snaps back into reality and mutters “Huh? Oh...um right”. He rummages through his pocket and pulls out the Mod Pass. Activating the pod next to Matt, he steps in.

With the newbies inside their respective Mod Machines, Kickback steps inside the operating room. He fiddles around with the terminal’s controls and a large squad of Spammerbots appear on screen. “Hey Reggie, why don’t we have a little wager?” Matt asks. Reggie turns towards Matt and grumbles something to himself “Fine, you’re on! Looser has to by the team dinner! And not something cheap like pizza or fast food either!” Reggie says. Matt smirks to himself “Well I’m in the mood for Chinese! I know this great place downtown.” He says. “Fine, whatever! High score wins, game on! Hey Kickback! Set a time limit for 30 minutes!” Reggie shouts.With a shrug, Max says: “I guess a little friendly competition wouldn’t hurt... All right newbs, you got it!” . “If you’re all set, the sim is going to start in 3.. 2.. 1! Go!”, he shouts.

Reggie is first to take charge, letting out a scream at the top of his lungs. Guns deployed, he fires like a madman at the group of SpammerBots. The wild shots still hit their target and destroy a large number of Spammerbots. Meanwhile, Matt tunnels underground in his machine and reemerges behind a group of Spammerbots. With a smirk Matt opens fire, obliterating the group of monsters.

This pattern would continue, with the scores for both Matt and Reggie climbing up and up. Just when it looks like Reggie would be the clear winner, Matt manages to close the gap and the two were now neck and neck. “Man, Reggie’s really fired up today!” Nathan says. Kyle nods in agreement Reggie transforms the ModPhoenix into ModGamma and lands in the center of a large group of enemies. With a sword in each hand, Reggie furiously hacks his way through the horde of Spammerbots. Despite his furious and aggressive attacks, one Spammerbot manages to grab hold of his legs, trapping him in place.

Reggie lets out a gasp as he desperately tries to get free. The match timer begins its countdown “10....9....8....7....6...5...4....3...2....1....0!” In the final seconds, Matt rockets up from under the ground, the drill at the front of his tank impaling the Spammer bot holding Reggie’s mech in place. Transforming into robot mode, his drill begins to spin at a high speed. Matt drives the drill down into the ground, the resulting attack causing an earthquake. The resounding shockwave rips through the simulated landscape, deleting the last remaining Spammerbots and allowing Matt’s total score to surge past Reggie’s.

The final total was Reggie: 28,000. Matt: 30,000. Matt comes out of the cockpit “Woo! Kung Pow chicken is going to taste so sweet today!” He triumphantly shouts. The rest of the team approaches Matt and congratulates him on his victory. The group walks out of the room, leaving a furious Reggie behind. He balls his hands up into tight fist and begins to gnash his teeth together. Like a volcano erupting, Reggie lets out a cry of anger and takes out his frustrations on the cockpit dashboard. He slams his fists onto the dash before getting out of the pod to kick it with all the strength he could muster. Reggie quickly realizes that attacking an solid steel object is not the best of ideas, as pain shoots through his foot. He grabs onto his foot, hopping up and down on one leg while shouting every profanity and curse word he can think of. The alarm system goes off in the middle of Reggie’s painful tangent. Jordan runs back into the room and shouts “Hey Reg! Quit messing around! We got a job to do” He yells. Looking up towards Jordan, Reggie nods and hurriedly limps out of the room.

*Insert Internal Eyecatch Here*

The morphed team of ModRangers leaps into action Jordan lets out a “Tch,” and adds “Again with these attacks?” He says in an annoyed tone. “Gotta admit they’re persistent” Nathan quips. Matt slams his fist into his open palm and says “All right! It’s time to show you guys what I can really do!” Matt says. He draws his ModBlaster and charges ahead of the group. Clenching a fist Reggie says “I won’t let you beat me!!!” he shouts and runs to catch up.

Nathan and Kyle are about to join in when Jordan suddenly stops them “Jordan! What gives? Shouldn’t we help out?” Nathan asks “The princess is itching for some action!” Kyle says stroking his ModPistol. Jordan turns towards the two and says “We could but...I want to see how the newbs handle themselves on their own.”

ModBlaster in hand, Reggie leapfrogs over a Spammerbot, quickly turns, and then fires at the monster while roundhousing another that tried to sneak up on him. Seeing a squad of five Spammerbots about to fire on him, Reggie picks up the one he knocked to the ground and uses it as a meat shield.

It’s at this moment that he noticed the other ModRangers were just standing on the sidelines. He sees ModRed sitting on the ground watching them, arms and legs crossed. Nathan was standing around texting, while Kyle was slow dancing with the ModPistol in it’s MML doll mode. “Really guys?!”, he shouts, throwing a Spammerbot into the group that fired at him. He then returns fire with his own ModPistol, obliterating the group while narrowly managing to avoid another punch. “I see how it is... I’m not afraid to do all the heavy lifting you know!” Reggie yells.

Eventually, Reggie and Matt stand back to back with each other as a new wave of Spammerbots arrive on scene. “Hey Reg, how about we go double or nothing? Loser has to buy lunch for the whole team too!” Matt says. “Oh, you’re on!” Reggie says as he fires at the Spammerbots. “Better hurry up, cause I’m already at 59 kills!” Matt says with a laugh. He arms himself with the ModGigaDrill in lance mode and cuts his way through the Viral forces. “uuuragh! I can’t stand that guy! Who the hell does he think he is?!” an annoyed Reggie says to himself, fighting away through his own mess of Spammerbots.

Matt is happily cutting away at Spammerbots, all the while counting up from his previous number. Another one goes down, but a Troller suddenly leaps towards him. “Huh? Oh, so you wanna play too. Huh, tough guy?!” Matt thrusts his ModGigaDrill at the Troller but the beast parries the attacks with it’s large fists. Knocking the drill away, the Troller hits Matt square with an uppercut, sending him flying upwards and then dropping to the ground. Surprised, Matt would say "Tough and ugly…owe…" and stammers to his feet.

The second Troller lands in front of Reggie, he lets out a gasp as it sends a series of powerful punches in his direction. With his sword, Reggie attempts to block the attack but his weapon is knocked away. “Whoa! What’s the deal with this guy?! They’re a lot tougher than the usual cannon fodder!” Reggie lets out a cry of pain as he’s knocked away by the Troller’s attack. Meanwhile, the third Troller appears and bounds toward Blue, Red, and Black. Black is the first to notice this this new threat, panicked he cries out to the others, “Guys look out!” Red gasps as the Troller heads straight for him. The beast drives his fist into the ground but ModRed manages to roll out of the way just in time. ModBlue and ModBlack open fire at the Troller but the attacks have little effect on the creature.

The enraged Troller barrels toward the two Rangers and Black manages to get out of the way, but Blue is caught off guard. He lets out a gasp and quickly calls “ModClawShield!” ModBlue brings the shield up just in time but is still sent flying back. Nathan hits the ground hard with an “Oomph!”. Red rushes in and attacks with his sword but the blade bounces off the Troller’s thick hide. “What’s with these guys?! Whoa!” Jordan cries. He narrowly avoids the Troller’s massive fist, evading the attack with a back flip. “We take him down together man!” Nathan says and Kyle nods in agreement. “Right! Alpha 5 formation then! Move!” Jordan says

Nathan and Kyle move around the monster while simultaneously shooting at the beast. “Over here!” Nathan cries, throwing his ModClawShield at the Troller. The shield slams into the monster’s back with little effect but the force is enough to make the Troller loose his balance. Following up on Nathan’s attack, Kyle fires unrelentingly at the Troller. The beast lets out a grunt as he’s hit by the barrage of attacks and Jordan comes up from behind, attacking the monster with an upward slash.

With the monster finally worn down from their coordinated assault, the three take out their Mod Pass and insert them into their respective weapons. Each weapon comes alive with “Login accepted, charging.” Nathan throws his shield shouting “Claw Shield Electro Strike!!!” and throws the shield like a boomerang. It flies towards the monster and makes a solid hit. Kyle’s gun begins to charge with energy and he shouts.“Megurine Full Burst!” He fires a ball of energy that takes the shape of Luka and winks at the monster before returning to it’s energy form. It hits the monster square in it’s chest, sending it flying.

The smoking Troller struggles to get up as Jordan moves in, his sword beginning to charge with energy as ModRed screams at the top of his lungs “Ore wa no hisatsu waza!!!” He grabs the sword hilt with both hands holding it over his head in a Hassan Chop pose. “Parto 4!” Jordan brings the sword down and as he does the energy around his blade grows to enormous lengths. The energized blade cleaves through the monster, as well as the ground beneath it. The Troller lets out a final, agonized groan before falling back, sparks flying from it’s body before finally exploding. The three ModRangers turn around to pose cooly but Kyle break from his pose and smacks Jordan’s arm. “Dude, you skipped a Hisatsu! What about Part 3 man?” He asks. “To hell with that! I ain’t got the time to properly count! 1, 2, 4, 5!” Jordan happily says.


Meanwhile, Reggie and Matt are finding their own enemies to be more than enough trouble. Both ModGreen and ModViolet are knocked into the air by an explosion, landing hard on the ground causes them to drop their weapons and their transformations to cancel out. A troller lumbers over to the fallen Modgreen, backhands him, and slings the unconscious Matt over his shoulder. The second beast comes for Reggie, but he scrambles for his ModBlaster and fires a series of shots, knocking the Troller back. “Reggie! Matt!” Jordan shouts. The ModRanger trio fires at the Troller bearing down on Reggie. The monster backs off but suddenly slams his fists together, sending a shockwave that knocks the trio off their feet. They too land hard and their transformations are canceled.

This distraction allows Reggie to scurry away and take aim at the Troller holding Matt. Reggie lines up the shot with his shaking hands but he hesitates a second too long. “What are you dolts waiting for?! Go! Go!” Hax shouts from her perch. The two Trollers look at each other and then vanish with Matt in tow. Reggie lets out a gasp and shouts “MAAAAAAATTT!!!!!” He falls to his knees and the three ModRangers walks up towards him. “It’ll be all right Reggie... We’ll find him” Jordan quietly says.

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Injured, the ModRangers retreat back to base while Kickback and Sentai Tamashi tend to the team’s wounds “OUCH!” Reggie cries, as he feels the burning, stinging iodine seeping into his wounds. “Quit squirming, you big baby!” Kickback says, slapping a bandage over the lacerations. Reggie bites his lower lip, his hands ball up into fists and he slams them onto the table in frustration. “This is all my fault! Matt’s in enemy hands and it’s all because of me!” Reggie exclaims. “Chill Reg, no one is blaming you... Ouch!” Jordan says, as Sentai Tamashii was addressing his wound. “No! You guys don’t get it!” Reggie says and then shamefully looks away from the group. All eyes are now on Reggie as they await his explanation. “I...I had a clear shot of the damned monster but I hesitated!!! I could’ve saved Matt but I allowed him to get captured!” He stammers. Reggie takes in a deep breath, he was shaking trying to hold back the tears. He finally calms down and explains.

“I...I...it took me weeks to finally master my suit and then Matt comes along and BAM! just like that he upstages me” said Reggie. He emphases the ‘bam’ by slamming his fist onto the tabletop in front of him. “He was so damned cocky that it just pissed me the hell off! I wanted... I begged to some higher power to knock Matt off his damned high horse! Guess I got my wish...” he ends his sentence with an uneasy chuckle. The group looks towards Reggie as he vents his frustration. Jordan is the first to get up and comfort Reggie by placing a hand on his shoulder. “It’s okay man... Just get it all off your chest. In a way we were all like that when we first started off... But you have to get passed that. We all have to tolerate the people we're with and learn to function as a team...” Jordan says. Looking at Reggie in the eye, Kyle, Nathan, Max, Ryan, and Tony all nod. “The good news is he’s still alive... Mod Belts are hard wired to your DNA, allowing us to monitor your condition and adjust the suit accordingly during battle.” Ryan says. He steps over to the control terminal and with the push of a button displays the team’s life signatures and Matt’s heart electro graph was still reading. “I’m tracking his signal now, but there’s something blocking his signal... If they try to tamper with his belt or if Matt transforms... I’ll know where he is in a heart beat.” Ryan says. He no sooner stops talking when the machine begins to beep and on the map pops up on screen, an area of the city is highlighted with a green crosshair. “Speak of the devil... He’s in the abandoned warehouse district! Point 2-A!” Ryan exclaims. The Modrangers stand up and salute, they all respond with “Roger!”

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At the aforementioned warehouse, Hax approaches the unconscious Matt whom is securely chained to a steel pole, the two remaining Trollers standing beside side him. Hax has a smile on her face and takes delight in throwing a bucket of ice cold water onto Matt. The ice water slapping him in the face would cause him to jump start him into consciousness. Matt snaps to with a gasp, his impromptu bath only adding further insult to injury. “Sleep well?” Hax asks tossing the bucket aside. The bright and garish colors of Hax’s attire is enough to cause Matt to let out a disgusted groan. “What reject anime did you come crawling out of?” Matt asks, weakly.

Annoyed, Hax slaps Matt as hard as she could, “Be quite!”, she commands. “Now, how does your belt work? How do you transform? Answer me!” She yells. “Lady, you’re asking the wrong person... I just joined the team. Hell if I know.” Matt grins. “Tch... Fine. If you won’t tell me, then I have other ways of finding out.” Hax says. A series of wires suddenly extend from Hax’s body and menacingly move towards Matt. “Whoa... Hey now! Keep those away from me! I’ve seen enough Hentai to know where this is going!” Matt says. Hax giggles and moves in closer to Matt but the sound of explosions interrupts her. “Tch! Looks like your dorky friends are here...” Hax turns towards the Trollers and motions her head towards the exit. “I’m vulnerable like this, stall them!” She says. The two Trollers nods and move towards the exit.

Outside, the ModRangers are battling a large squad of SpammerBots. “Man, there’s no end to these guys!” Kyle says “Reggie! Go rescue Matt! We’ll cover you!” Jordan says. Reggie looks towards Jordan stunned “Are... Are you sure?” Reggie asks. Jordan nods “You want to apologize to Matt don’t you? Well actions speak louder than words!” Jordan yells. Stunned, Reggie looks away from Jordan, but ModRed gives him a reassuring nod. “Thanks guys!” Reggie shouts. ModViolet lets out a hot blooded scream as he charges through the group of enemies, the ModSpinSword in his hand “Clear a path for him guys!” Jordan shouts. Kyle and Nathan respond with “Right!” and the Trio fires at the group of SpammerBots in front of Reggie. He breaks through the crowd but is blindsided by an attack by the two Trollers. They swing their massive fists at Reggie but he manages to narrowly dip, duck, and dodge out of the way. Kyle, Jordan, and Nathan fire on the Trollers. “Hey dumb assess! Over here!” Nathan shouts. “Come and get us!” Jordan yells. Kyle turns around, showing the Trollers his butt and slaps it in a taunting manner. Annoyed, the two trollers ignore Reggie and bound towards the trio. “Thanks guys! Hang tight!” Reggie yells.

Hax’s tendrils work their magic and she was giggling in delight watching Matt trying to break free from his restraints “Struggle all you want, it’ll be over soon!”, she says in delight. Hax is taken off guard and hit from behind by Reggie’s Modblaster. She lets out a cry in surprise as her tendrils hastily retract back into her body. “Get your hands off him, you damned dirty robot lady!” Reggie yells. Modviolet quickly aims and fires on the chains binding his teammate. Free at last, Matt wastes no time transforming into ModGreen. Giga drill in hand, he strikes Hax in an upward slash motion and she cries out in pain again as she’s knocked to the floor. “Matt. Man I’m so sorry... I... Because of me you...” Reggie begins to stammer. Matt interjects and places his hand on Reggie’s shoulder “Save it for later right now we got a battle to win!” He says. “Together then?” Reggie asks. Matt nods “Together bro!” and the two shake hands.

“Tch... You guys are making me angry!” Hax slowly stands up and whips out her own personal weapon: a large bazooka. “You won’t like me when I’m angry!!!!” She says, and the Bazooka begins to charge with energy. “Uh oh....” Matt and Reggie say in unison. Hax fires at ModRangers, the resulting explosion knocking them out of the warehouse and back outside.

Simultaneously, the other Modrangers are also knocked off their feet by explosions. The two groups come together and as they hit the ground their transformations cancel out. Hax joins the two Trollers and laughs. “That’s what you get for interrupting my work, nyah, nyah! Why don’t you just give up? There’s no way you can beat me now that I know how your gear works!” She says. “Yeah, sorry... She scanned my belt guys.” Matt says, struggling to get up along the rest of his teammates. “Stow that talk! We’re more than just the suit and the weapons! She might know how they work but she doesn’t know how we use them! You want to learn how our stuff works so badly? Well why don’t we show you the hard way! Right guys?!” Jordan shouts. The team nods and all together they respond “Right!” “All right guys! let’s do this!” Jordan shouts, strapping his ModBelt back on. The group follows suit and then each Ranger takes out his personal Mod Pass. All together they shout “MOD ACESS! LOG IN!” Each insert the pass into their belt and the belt responds with:

“Red Login accepted, downloading.” As Red’s suit materializes, he shouts “Ore...Sanjou! Mod Red!” Jordan does Den-O’s Signature pose as the suit appears around his body, a red explosion is seen behind him.

“Blue, Login accepted...downloading.” Blue’s suit begins to materialize over his body, as it does he says “Spiky Courage! Shield of Tokunation! ModBlue!” He shouts and then strikes Moune’s signature roll call pose as a blue explosion can be seen behind him.

“Black Login accepted....downloading” As Black’s Suit materializes over his body, he takes out his Luka Plus and begins to hug it saying “I am the one who will protect the Pink-haired goddess! ModBlack!” The suit appears over his body, and a black explosion is seen behind him.

“Violet, log in accepted...downloading” It was Reggie’s turn to transform as the suit materializes he shouts “The Princess of my Desires is my Hope in my Delusions! Newbie Mod! ModViolet!” He strikes Kamen Rider OOO’s signature pose, and a purple colored explosion can be seen behind him.

“Green, Log in accepted....download” Finally, Modgreen’s suit begins to appear over his body as he does he shouts “Striking from across the Atlantic, the logic defying Moderator! ModGreen!” He points his finger to the sky, and as he does a Green colored explosion is seen behind him.

Hax lets out a gasp seeing the five of them now transformed. Together they shout “Banning scum and villainy off the face of the Tokunation!! Tokunation Sentai...” The four strike another pose. “MODRANGER!” A large explosion featuring each of the Mod’s respective color is seen behind them.

“oooh...preeeetty....” The Trollers say in unison, mesmerized by the bright, multi-colored explosions and noises. Hax’s anger peaking, she smacks the two Trollers. “You dolts! Get them already! Attack! Attack! Attack!” She shouts. As the two Trollers rtowards the freshly transformed ModRangers, Hax retreats to a safe distance. Summoning their individual weapons Jordan says “These guys are tough, but they’re dumb... We can exploit that! Don’t attack them head on and try to keep them off balance!” He yells. The team nods in agreement as they all charge forward.

The ModRangers each engage the Trollers with their own fighting styles. ModBlack fires at one but each of his shots are punched away by the Troller’s massive fists. This distraction gives Mod Blue and Mod Red the openings they needed to attack him from behind with their weapons. The Troller tries to swing a punch at them but the smaller, nimbler Rangers are able to dodge the heavy, slow attack of the beast. Jordan catches the monster off guard and attacks him from behind with an energy charged slash. ModRed ducks out of the way as Nathan hits the Monster with a flying kick. Kyle runs towards the monster, shooting at it furiously. The monster attempts to swing a punch at Kyle but he ducks down and slides through the monster’s legs while continuing to fire like a madman. The Monster staggers back off balance, it’s body smoking from the shots.

Meanwhile, the two newbie ModRangers engage their Troller, nimbly avoiding the slow Troller’s massive fists. It stumbles for a moment, giving Green and Violet the opening they needed. The Rangers simultaneously strike the Troller with their melee weapons, sending the creature flying upward. It slowly rises to its feet and retreats to the side of the other Troller . Red, Blue, and Black draw their Mod Blasters and inserts their mod passes. The weapons come alive as the computerized voice responds with “Login accepted, charging....”

Reggie separates the Spinner and the Sabre and taking his ModScanner from the side of his ModBelt, scans the Taja-Spinner like weapon. The sabre responds with “SCANNING...FINAL WAVE! CHARGE!” As fire surrounds his suit and weapon, Reggie kneels down, getting ready to charge. “Gokai Giga Scan!!!!” Reggie shouts. Beside him, Matt inserts the Mod Pass into his Giga Drill and the weapon acknowledges his action with ‘Log in accepted, charging!” The weapon shifts from lance mode into a large drill that fits over Matt’s forearm like an extended glove. The drill continues to expand in size and spins wildly, surrounded by crackling energy. “Giga Drill Crusher!” Matt shouts.

Reggie charges first, his flaming body taking the shape of the Gokai Galleon with Tajadol’s wings and strikes through the first Troller. Matt follows behind, driving his drill straight through the second Troller. The drill stops spinning and Matt removes it, leaving a large gaping hole where the Troller’s abdomen use to be. At the same time, Kyle, Nathan and Jordan each fire their charged shots toward the two beasts. The Troller’s bodies begin to spark with electricity, and they fall crisscross from one another, exploding in a giant ball of fire. Victoriously, Matt and Reggie bump fists.

The sun is beginning to set as Red, Black, and Blue, now demorphed, watch from afar. Reggie rubs the back of his neck. “Matt... This isn’t easy for me to say but...I...I’m sorry for being such a jealous bastard!” Reggie says bowing. Matt smiles and lets out a sigh “Get up man, I’m at fault too... I guess I’m sorry for being such a pompous ass...” He extends his hand towards Reggie. “You saved my life today and as far as I’m concerned we’re even... We’re cool?” Reggie smiles and accepts Matt’s handshake. “We cool!” He says. Jordan and the rest of the team smile watching them making amends. The two rejoin the group and they begin walking down the road. With his hands behind his head Matt says “You’re still buying the team dinner, I did win our little wager after all” he says with a wink. Reggie drops his jaw and stomps his foot on the ground screaming out “Son of a BITCH!!!!!!”

Next time on Tokunation Sentai Modranger!


DaiRiderRX: Marry me, Honey!
Hax: It’s only a matter of time before my trap is sprung!
Luka: DESTROY!
DaiRiderRX: I won’t let you hurt her!!!!!

Access 05: Black’s Obsession

[Kiryu]

DISCLAIMER: Data File Black written by Kamen Rider OOO in the Tokunation Secret Origins contains vital information regarding Chapter 5 and 6. As such, it's advised that you read those chapters first before reading this and the next one. END DISCLAIMER

Access 05: Black’s Obsession

Kyle lives in an apartment by himself downtown. Most people would be shocked to learn that outside of his Luka obsession and ModRanger duties he was a mentally sound person. He has a job of course, working full time at a large retail chain to pay the rent and like most people, he followed a religion. But while most people followed Jesus Christ or Buddha, Kyle was the sole proprietor of the Holy Church of Luka Megurine.

There was a locked door in his room. Inside was a very spacious closet where he kept a small set of clothes. This was to make room for a shrine at the far back. A framed poster, which was signed by Luka Megurine’s voice actress hung on the wall beside a cosplay outfit which was displayed on a mannequin. Hanging beside the poster was couple of fortune charms Kyle bought from China Town, and underneath the frame there were four lit candles. Of course, Kyle did try to recruit people into his religion but even die-hard fans of Luka found that he was more than a little loopy. To Kyle, they were pretenders and they did not have the conviction nor devotion to the pink-haired Goddess that he did.

Kyle was kneeling in front of the shrine that he made for her. He had his hands clasped together, and his eyes were closed, he was dressed in his usual black Luka t-shirt, covered in a Mighty Morphin’ Black Ranger hoodie that he got from Hot Topic, the hood was of course up. He was deep in thought, and deep in prayer. He felt his phone vibrating in his pocket, interrupting him from his prayer. Annoyed, Kyle reaches into his pants to pull out his cell phone, covered in of course Luka-themed decals. “Hello?” Kyle says, answering his phone. “Kyle we got a situation, Anons are attacking close by to where you are. The other ModRangers are on their way but you’re the only one in the area that can respond to it fast enough...we’ll transmit the coordinates to you,” Tony says. “I won’t let you down, Tony!” Kyle says. Moments later, he receives a password protected e-mail from Tony which contained a map of his neighborhood highlighted with a green crosshair.

Kyle returns to his praying position, saying ‘Oh divine pink-haired Goddess...grant me strength so that I may deliver a quick end in the battle to come...and grant me you’re protection so that I may return to you safely...amen,” Kyle says leaning down blowing out the candles.

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A group of SpammerBots and a monster that resembled the Emoticron were terrorizing the city. They’re seen beating down on a defenseless woman unfortunate enough to not escape with the crowd. The woman could only shriek as the gang of SpammerBots attacked her, hoping that someone would hear her. Kyle quickly arrives on the scene, seeing the woman in trouble Kyle lets out a gasp. “I have to help her!” He straps on his ModBelt and inserts the ModPass shouting “Mod Access! Log In!” The belt would respond with “BLACK. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING.” Kyle’s ModSuit would appear over his body, while he drew his ModPistol. Kyle fired at the SpammerBots before they could land another hit on the defenseless woman. “Hey bolts for brains, pick on someone your own size!” Two SpammerBots turn to face each other, becoming enraged as they charged towards Kyle. Not flinching, Kyle simply stood there and began firing at them.

A couple of the Spammerbots dropped to the ground like flies, but those that survived began to attack Kyle. They attempted to hit him with their staff weapons, but Kyle, once again adapting his Bruce Lee/Gun kata fighting style, reached out and grabbed a Spammerbot’s’ staff and threw it into another one that tried to blindside him. Without even looking, he backhanded another while firing shots behind him. He began to spin around in a circle while firing, taking out the group of SpammerBots.

The Emoticron Mk.2 attacked Kyle with its bayonet style weapon while displaying the "" emoticon. Kyle managed to dodge the bladed weapon, and retaliated with a roundhouse kick while firing his ModPistol. “You’re done ugly!” Kyle says “Luka Hybrid Rifle!” Kyle shouts combining both the ModPistol and ModBlaster together while inserting his ModPass. The Pass comes alive and responds “Log in accepted, charging.” Lowering the gun down towards the monster Kyle shouts “Megurine Charged Blast!” A ball of energy travels towards the Monster, taking the shape of Luka who winks at the monster before returning to its original form as it envelops the Emoticron. The monster displays the "" emoticon on its monitor before exploding. “Piece of cake!” Kyle exclaims.

Holstering his ModBlaster, Kyle approaches the woman; she was sitting on the ground clutching her stomach, frightened. Kyle smiles underneath his helmet and in a stoic voice he says ”Something about this woman seems...familiar...” He thinks to himself before offering his hand to her. “Don’t worry Ma’am, I made the monsters go away! You’re safe now!” The frightened pink-haired woman looked up towards Kyle. Seeing her face, Kyle lets out a gasp “This...you....but…you..you died and…you can’t possibly be!” Kyle stammers in disbelief. “T-thank you for saving me...” the pink-haired woman says shyly. “My...my name...my name is...my name is...” A pained look comes to the woman’s face but an overjoyed Kyle reaches out and hugs her tightly. “You’re Luka Megurine! You’re really her! You’re really here! Oh pink Goddess be praised!!! I’m not worthy! I’m not worthy!!!!!” says an overjoyed Kyle. Confused at first, the pink-haired woman closes her eyes and returns Kyle’s hug. The other ModRangers arrive on the scene and upon seeing the pink-haired woman, Jordan lets out a gasp. “Hey...is that...who I think it is?” Jordan asks. “I see it and I don’t believe it...” Nathan says.

From a distance, Hax watches an overjoyed Kyle bear hug Luka. Giggling to herself, Hax returned to Cyberspace.

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Hax was in high spirits as of late. Despite her slow progress and the Troller’s defeat, VI1Z was impressed with the promising results. She struts into her lab humming a tune to herself. Sitting on her chair, she kicks back and plants her feet onto the control board, taking out a remote control and pushes the A button. The screen comes on displaying a first person display of where Luka and Kyle were. She was listening to their conversation with a chuckle. Moments later, Agro walked by and saw Hax watching the monitor, he asks: ‘Hay u! Quit slackin off! Y aren’t u out dere attacking da city?”

“Oh pipe down you grammatically challenged nincompoop! I’m in a good mood today, and not even you can spoil it!” said a joyful Hax, giggling as she turns back towards the monitor.

Agro steps in and sees the monitor “whoa, wat gives? u sound happy for someone who’s monster just got beat! u ain’t mad?” Agro says laughing. “No silly! I wanted Black to save the damsel in distress...just sit back and watch!” Hax says. She reaches out to grab a can of oil, downing it in almost one gulp. She chuckles “The girl was just the bait...and that dolt Black swallowed it whole...” She takes another swig from the can and tosses it over her shoulder with little care where it landed. “All we have to do is sit back and wait...it’s only a matter of time before my trap is sprung!” Hax goes into a giggling fit while nearly falling out of her chair.

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While Kyle was convinced that the woman before them was indeed Luna Crawford reborn, and if not then she was the real deal Luka Megurin, regardless he was head over heels for her. The rest of the team were quite weary as such, they stayed in their Ranger forms while Ryan examined her. “So you say you don’t remember who you are?” A skeptical Ryan asks, raising an eyebrow. The woman fidgeted uncomfortably and nods “Y-yes...I...I remember waking up on the sidewalk but that’s about it. I ...I tried to walk around the city, trying to remember...but that’s when those...those horrible things attacked...all I remember is my name...Luka...Luka Megurine sounds about right,” she says trying to hold back tears. Kyle clenches the woman’s hand. The woman calling herself “Luka” leaned onto Kyle’s shoulder for comfort.

Still skeptical, Ryan continued to run his scanner over the woman before the scanner showed results. With a pained look on his face, Ryan revealed what the scanner told him. “Well I don’t know how to break this to you... I don’t know where you came from...but it looks like you have...some cybernetics incorporated into your body. You’re...not 100% human...damned close to it, but not entirely.” Luka lets out a gasp and broke down, covering her face as she cried. Kyle reaches down for his ModBelt and removed his ModPass, revealing his human form. "So…what you're saying is she's not my darling Luna reborn?" Ryan shakes his head back and fourth. He hugs Luka tightly and reassures her. “Shhh, shhh...there there...it’s alright...it’s alright, I’m here for you baby”

Stunned the ModRangers look at one another. “Luna…I heard about her…she's that super talented cosplayer right? And your saying that she's not her?” Reggie asks. Ryan shakes his head “We try not to talk about it…but she died in an incident last year. As far as I can tell...she’s the real deal Luka Megurine guys.” An exasperated Nathan exclaims “No way! That’s impossible!” . Skeptical, Jordan speaks up: “I don’t like this...Kyle...I know it might seem like she’s the real deal and everything but you have to consider the fact that this could be a trap,”

“I don’t give a damn about that!” Kyle says glaring at Jordan and the others. He released Luka from her hug and stood up “I thought we were a team! All for one and one for all to defend the weak and the helpless and all that!” Kyle shouts. “Kyle, I know this might sound too good to be true but this woman is neither Luna or Luka, there's too much about this woman we don't know and we-” Kyle interjects by raising his hand “Save it Jordan! If you won’t help me help her regain her memories then I’ll do it myself! You guys suck!” Kyle says. Enraged, Kyle storms off gently grabbing Luka’s hand. “C’mon babe! We’re out of here!!!” Kyle says. Luka looks back at the group confused at what just happened but she didn’t interject, and instead walked alongside Kyle.

“Jordan, you aren’t just gonna let him walk off like that are you?” Nathan asks. Jordan shook his head. “No, but there’s no way in hell Kyle’s going to let us be cautious about this...we should follow them and make sure they don’t get into any trouble.” The team nodded in agreement.

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Walking down the street with a real life Luka Megurine was quite surreal for Kyle. Sure he hung out with Cosplayers at various conventions before but to him; this felt right, he felt at peace. He blocked out Jordan’s concerns no matter how truthful he may have found them. As he walked, it released feelings he long surpassed since Luna's passing.

“So this is where you woke up?” Kyle asks examining the area with a thorough eye. Luka nodded twice. “Yes sir, I regained consciousness over there there” Luka, points across the street where an Internet cafe and an ATM machine could be seen. “Listen...Kyle was it? I appreciate that you’re trying to help me and all...but...you have to listen to your friends. I’m not who you say I am I'm…" Kyle interrupted her, grabbing Luka and pulled her in for a kiss. Luka was shocked, but she doesn’t object to the kiss and closed her eyes. After a minute or two, Kyle is the first to pull away. Holding Luka’s chin up, she found herself looking directly into his eyes. “Babe, that felt pretty real to me...” he said. Luka smiled and blushed. “C’mon, I’ll show you around town. Maybe that’ll help jog your memory?” Kyle says, taking her hand into his as he began to walk down the street. Hiding from the corner of the street, the four ModRangers watched Kyle from the shadows. Nathan and Reggie both looked at each other with concern written all over their faces. Waiting until Kyle and Luka were just out of sight, the four quickly followed behind them.

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Kyle took Luka to various locations throughout the city before ending his tour at one of the largest shopping centers in the city. There they went from store to store, trying out various outfits. Some classy, others just borderline ridiculous, but all got a smile and thumbs up from Kyle. The two stopped at a cafe for lunch, while the ModRangers were sitting at a table at the end of the room. They were wearing sunglasses, and had their faces covered by either a newspaper or the menu.

Jordan looked up every now and again to see that Kyle was making small talk with Luka, saying something which caused Luka to laugh. In a whisper, Reggie was the first to speak up and say “Okay, this is disturbing even for him...I mean is he helping her or dating her?” Reggie says. “Looks like he’s doing both. The dude’s head over heels for her...I mean, you don’t see us going googly-eyed over our obsessions!” Reggie nods in agreement with Nathan, Matt tries to hold back a laugh. “Says the dude with ‘Moune <3’ written on his armor, and the dude with GokaiPink plastered all over his sword.” Unable to contain his laughter. “Why you little-!” Reggie shouts. “Oooh dem’s fightin’ words, BOY!” Nathan stands up from his chair, rolling up his sleeve. With his hand, Jordan discreetly tries to motion the three to sit back down. “Shhhh! Knock it off you two or you’ll get us caught!”.The fighting is suddenly interrupted when a loud “A-HEM!” could be heard. Awkwardly the group turned towards Kyle who stood there with a stern look, tapping his finger impatiently on his arm. Nathan released Matt from his chokehold and the three quickly sat back down, trying to act discrete. Nathan whistles, trying to act as though Kyle had not just spotted them but Jordan is the first to speak stammering: “K-Kyle! What a coincidence...you eat here too?” Raising an eyebrow, Kyle responds: “I know you’ve been following us...you guys suck at tailing someone y’know.” The awkwardness amongst the group continued as they look at each other for a good excuse. Again Jordan is the first to speak saying “Look Kyle, we're all just worried about you is all we just-” Kyle interjects by raising his hand exclaiming: “Stuff it, Jordan! I’m not someone that needs to be babied. I’m perfectly capable of handling this situation on my own! I don’t need you guys. Stop following us PLEASE! . The restaurant suddenly grows quiet, all diners look up from their tables to see the group fighting. Matt slinks into his shirt, trying to hide his face, Kyle lets out a sigh and raises his hand. “Miss! Check please.” the waitress responds by simply nodding, and business resumed as normal. Angrily, Kyle rummages through his pockets pulling out his wallet. He begrudgingly slams down money on the table and grabs Luka’s hand. “C’mon let’s go babe!” He says.

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The day was slowly coming to an end, and Kyle took Luka to a park with a beautiful view of the city as the sun was setting behind it; the sky was ablaze with hues of orange and green which made the view breathtaking. “Perfect end to a perfect day.” Kyle said with a smile. He came back with two ice cream bars and passed one to Luka, who sat on a bench. Sitting right next to her, Kyle put his arm behind Luka as the two watched the sunset.

They ate ice cream together, admiring the view in solemn silence until Luka stood up. “Kyle, thank you for your help today but...I really think you should listen to your friends I-" Kyle placed a finger on her lips before she is able to finish her sentence. “Hold that thought.” He says.

Kyle reaches into his pocket he pulled out a ring holder and inside it...was a prop replica Green Lantern Power Ring. “Marry me honey!” Kyle says Shocked, Luka exclaims:“W-what?!”. “I...I know this isn’t a proper wedding ring but I promise! I’ll buy you the most extravagant wedding money can buy....so please Luka Megurine...will you do me the honor of being my wife?” Kyle asks. Luka’s face lit up, and nodding twice “Yes, yes I will!” An over joyed Kyle slips the ring onto her finger, standing up he exclaims: “Oh you’ve made me the happiest man on Earth!” He stands up to embrass. “Darling...” Luka says leaning into Kyle, embracing in a kiss.

*Insert internal eyecatch here*

“That’s the situation Tony...I’m afraid Kyle might be playing into the enemy’s hand.” Said Jordan. Tony nods in agreement and responds: “Agreed, but there isn’t much we can do about it...Kyle is stubborn especially when it comes to anything Luka related...for now, watch over him and make sure he doesn’t do anything foolish like...” Before Tony could finish his sentence, Kyle stepped into the room with Luka resting against his shoulder, and his arm over her’s.

“Sup guys?” Kyle, in a happy would would say with a big smile on his face. “...like bringing her to HQ.” Tony says facepalming . Jordan could feel his anger peaking. “Kyle! What the hell are you thinking?! Bringing her to base! You know we’re not suppose to bring outsiders in here!” Jordan shouts. “Chill man, it’s cool! I’ve got great news and I just had to tell you guys in person.” Kyle says, unfazed by Jordan’s sudden outburst. Though still angry Jordan calms down, the group remains silent, awaiting Kyle’s response. “Luka and I...are getting married! And I’m inviting all of you to the wedding!” Kyle says. The look of anger suddenly turned to a look of surprise but then quickly back to anger as Jordan is the first to speak saying “What?! Are you out of your Gouram mind?!” He exclaims. “I’m dead serious! Jordan...I want you to be my best man at the wedding.”. Enraged Jordan would continue to shout at Kyle.

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Bored of watching Kyle and Luka’s date, Hax had fallen fast asleep in her chair. Jordan’s shouting would suddenly wake her up and she blinks in confusion. Returning to a proper sitting pose, a big sinister smile appeared on her face. “Is that...?” Hax giggled. “It is! DorkRanger HQ!!!! Finally!!!” she squeals in delight. Reaching for the remote on the counter, she began fiddling with it in her hand before saying “You have your orders...now Execute Order 66!” After pushing a button on the remote, she crushed it in her hand while cackling like a madwoman.

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Frustration building, Jordan turns towards Tony and exclaims: “Tony this thing has gone too far! Even for him! We HAVE to interject.” Tony nods "Kyle don't you think your rushing into this? Think of your future. There's still much about this woman we don't know…besides how will you two…well…you know….rock the cassaba?" Kyle responds: “I know what my heart wants Tony! It wants Luka, it wants to be by her side always! Now and forever. I thought you guys would be more supportive than this...” he says. “We are, we’re just concerned for your own wellbeing man!” Jordan says.

The argument and shouting are all suddenly interrupted by Luka’s agonizing outburst. She fell down to the floor, holding onto her head and clenching her eyes tightly shut. “Luka? Luka! Darling! What’s wrong?” a concerned Kyle asks, kneeling down while helping her up. “Hey, hey, talk to me honey!”. Luka opened her eyes; her irises vanished, leaving only a blank gaze. Looking at her hands they shook in horror as battle armor began forming over her body. “G...get...get away from me!”Luka exclaims. With surprising strength for a woman of her size and build, she shoved Kyle out of the way as hard as she could and dashes out of the room with inhuman speed.

A stunned and surprised Kyle sat over the sudden outburst. Tony pressed on the comlink and said “Team, we got a situation! ModRangers, Assemble!” He turns his attention towards Kyle and says “Kyle! You’ve got too much emotional stake in this, so you’re staying put.” Getting up, Kyle exclaims “To hell I am! That’s my wife out there! I have to help her!” as he prepares to walk out of the room, Tony declares: “Kyle! You are to remain here, that’s an order!” Kyle shakes his head, responding: “Tony you can take your order and shove it up your ass!” he shouts running out of the room “Kyle!!!” Tony shouts but was too late, Kyle was out of the room in a blink of an eye. Tony turns towards Ryan and Dan and says “Well what are you waiting for?! Lock down the base NOW!” a stunned Ryan responds: “Oh...um right boss!” fiddling around with his terminal.

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Luka was now cast in an Iron Man-esque battle armor. Her body was no longer her own as Hax willed her towards towards the CPU’s mainframe like a puppet without strings. Tony was quick to lock down the entire base with the walls closing off the hallways in a futile attempt to block her path. Luka's arm would morph into a high powered laser, and with the futuristic-looking weapon armed, she blasts through the thick steel walls as though it was made out of cardboard. As she walked towards the laboratory memories of her creation flooded back in her mind. While doing research on the ModRanger’s weapons and gear, Hax made note of the woman plastered all over ModBlack’s armor. She cross-referenced various databases and search engines until her search eventually found Luka Megurine from the Vocaloid series. Delving deeper into the subject at hand, she found pictures of Kyle’s collection that he posted online.

Hax giggles to herself “Man what a weirdo!” Saving the image of Luka into her wrist device, Hax found the Vocaloid program and made a copy of its data cache. Behind Hax was a pod, and sitting inside was a blank robotic skeleton. A wire from Hax’s own body would plug into the pod, and the pod flowed with energy. A strange liquid was poured into the pod, and after a few minutes the pod is drained. In place of where the metal skeleton was “Luka.” The pod opened with a hiss, and “Luka” sat up and in a robotic emotionless voice she says "Please input command". “Listen closely...you’ll have two mission objectives!” giggled Hax, as she brought up Kyle’s photo. “Gain this dweeb’s trust...do whatever it takes but make him fall head over heels for you. Next, gain access to the DorkRanger’s database files and make a copy of everything....everything...understand?” Luka slowly nodded and in the same robotic voice Luka responds “Orders received, I will obey” Giggling again, Hax said “Good! Now to tweak your emotion circuits" Hax's finger would morph into a wielding tool, she reaches for a panel hidden by clothing and hair and begins to fiddle with the circuitry. "Oh and just in case I’ll be wiping your data banks clean...now go!” With a push of a button, Hax transported the Luka robot to the real world where she arrived just outside the cafe. Cackling, Hax said “Oh boy, this is going to be good!” squealing in delight at what she just did.

Eventually, Luka found herself at the CPU Mainframe. Auto turrets would deploy firing at Luka but the shots proved ineffective, and both turrets were taken out by Luka’s arm cannons. As her arms morphed back to normal, wires shot out of her fingers and attached to the hub. Data began to flow into her body.

It didn’t take long for Kyle to guess what she was there for. All he had to do was follow the trail of destruction and damage that she left behind. Eventually he found her inside the mainframe “Luka!!” Kyle shouted but Luka tried to ignored him. “Luka...honey...say it ain’t so...” Kyle says. “Mission objective complete….” Luka said in an robotic voice. The wires returned to her body and she suddenly turned around, her arm cannon pointed right at Kyle’s face. "Terminate….terminate…." Luka keeps repeating.

Kyle let out a gasp. “Don’t do this! I know you can fight this! Fight back, Luka please! Please...” Kyle shakes his head. "Terminate…terminate….termine…ugh….d….darling…" Luka’s arm shook, energy began to gather inside the nozzle. Suddenly she pointed the cannon to the roof above Kyle’s head and fired. Rock and rubble came tumbling down, trapping Kyle’s body underneath. Luka then used the hole to escape into the outside world.

Regaining consciousness some time later, Kyle’s vision, though blurry at first, slowly returned to him. Ryan and Max managed to dig him out of the rubble “Hey...hey! Kyle! Snap out of it man!” Max says giving his face a gentle slap. “Owe..my aching everything...” Weakly, Kyle sits up. He suddenly remembered what happened gasping “Luka! What happened to her?!” he exclaims. “Gone, and with our data files too.” Ryan says. Max smacks his leg “Knock it off man! Guy’s been through enough already...she’s top side, terrorizing the town. The rest of the guys are already dealing with the situation.” Max says to Kyle. “I have to help her I!” A sudden pain shoots through Kyle’s body and he sat back down. “You’re in no shape to be helping anyone! You’re lucky to be a live.” Max says. “That’s just it! Luka could’ve blasted me but she didn’t…there's a piece of her still inside so I… I have to try!” Kyle desperately says Max looks towards Ryan before looking towards Kyle. “Alright, go help your girl friend” He says. Kyle smiles “Thank you! Thank you so much!” He says He gets up to his feet and quickly runs out the door.

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A group of SpammerBots began to destroy the city, lead by the armored Luka. Nathan, Reggie, Jordan, and Matt quickly arrived on the scene. “I knew that they were setting us up!”Nathan exclaims. “Man, Tony’s gonna kill that Luka-obsessed freak!” Reggie responds with a nod. “Cool it guys, let’s worry about Kyle later. For now, we have to stop them” said Jordan. The team whipped out their ModBelts, and strapped them around their waists. All together they shouted “Mod Access, Log In!” Each Mod Ranger inserted their respective ModPass into the ModBelt, with each one responding-

“RED. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING...”

“BLUE. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING...”

“VIOLET. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING…”

“GREEN. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING...”

The suits materialized around their bodies, and with the transformation complete, they got ready to do their roll calls:

“Ore...Sanjou! Mod Red!”

“Spiky Courage! Shield of Tokunation! ModBlue!”

“The Princess of my Desires is my Hope in my Delusions! Newbie Mod! ModViolet!”

“Striking from across the Atlantic, the logic defying Moderator! ModGreen!”


“Banning scum and villainy off the face of the Tokunation!! Tokunation Sentai...MODRANGER!” they shouted out all together. “DESTROY!” declared Luka as the group of SpammerBots charged towards them.

Kyle arrived on the scene at the moment the four ModRangers engaged the enemies. Blue, Green, and Violet were engaging the SpammerBots in hand-to-hand combat, while Red engaged the armored Luka; her arms morphed into swords as the two of them clashed weapons. Jumping into the air, Jordan hit the Luka monster with a double kick. With his sword, Jordan rose it up and was about to strike her when Kyle rushed into the battlefield knocking Jordan off his feet shouting “No! I won’t let you hurt her!” The two of them rolled on the ground, grappling with one another, giving Luka a chance to escape.

A frustrated Jordan hit Kyle as hard as he could with the dull end of his sword. Kyle was thrown off of him and Jordan stood up. “What the hell man!? Whose side are you on anyway?!?!” he yelled out. Kyle stood up and pointed his ModPistol at Jordan, causing Jordan and the rest of the team to respond with surprised gasps “I’m on the side of the Pink Haired princess, and I won’t let anyone lay a finger on her! And that includes you guys!” Kyle declared. “Get a grip man!!! That’s not the real Luka, never was!” Matt cried out. “Don’t you think I don’t know that?! I might be obsessed but I’m not insane! I know that Luka can’t be real, and there's no bringing Luna back no matter how much I wish to...it’s just that...it’s just that...you guys just don’t understand how I feel about her!” Frustrated, Kyle fired a series of shots into the air, before he calmed down and lowered his weapon. Emotionally, Kyle said “At...at the base she...she could’ve fried me but she didn’t. I know the real her is somewhere inside so please...let me try do this...let me help her!” There was a moment of silence amongst the group. With a hefty sigh Jordan nodded and spoke: “Go on...go get her. But if you can’t bring her down, we’re gonna have to step in and do it.” Kyle nodded and quickly ran off.

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For a brief moment, Luka managed to break free from Hax’s control. She returned to the spot where Kyle had proposed to her, she stood there as her hair flowed in the wind while holding her arm. The scenery was exactly like how it was the other day, with the sun beginning to set in the sky. Unmorphed, Kyle arrived on the scene. “I knew I’d find you here...Luka...” Kyle said. Luka reluctantly turned around to face Kyle. “I remember everything Kyle...I was created to deceive and steal from you...I’m so..so sorry...” She said. Luka closes her eyes, a single tear rolls down.

She reached for her hand and tossed the ring back to him; the ring bounced off Kyle’s chest but Kyle doesn’t flinch. “...I can hear her, I can feel my creator...I’ll be gone for good soon, Kyle...you have to kill me...I’m a danger to you and this world.” Luka said. “Don't give me that BS!...You resisted her before I KNOW you can resist her again!”

Suddenly, Luka let out an agonized scream as sparks flew from her body, her irises began to fade and once more her armor formed around her body. “I’m sorry Kyle! But her grip is just too strong...you know what you have to do...please promise me...” Luka said. Kyle began to cry, wiping away his tears he nods slowly. He brought up his ModPass and says “Mod Access...Log...Log In...” He slid the Pass into his Belt with it responding “BLACK. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING.” Just like a western movie, a tumbleweed swirled by as the two stood in silence; Kyle’s ModSuit formed around his body, and his ModPistol was in hand, while Luka had her gun arm deployed. Luka was the first to attack and Kyle quickly responded, he drew his weapon and off in the distance a single gunshot was heard firing. For a moment, the two stood there as though time had frozen up. Slowly, Luka looked down and saw a gaping hole in her chest. Looking back up at Kyle, her helmet cracks in half exposing her face she began to fall back, a grateful smile can be seen half covered by the half cracked mask. “Thank you...and goodbye.” were her final words to him as her body fell to the ground exploding in a tower of fire. Taking out his ModPass, Kyle fell to his knees, with tears flooding his eyes, gripping his hands into tight fists Kyle lets out an agonized yell as loud as his voice box could project

Kyle stayed in the park until nightfall; he sat on a bench that overlooked the illuminated city. His hands balled up into fists while gripping the Luka plush that he always carried with him, the tears never stopped flowing...

Next Time on Tokunation Sentai Modranger!

Sentai: What do ya mean Kyle left the team?!
Den-O: Ranger up Kyle, because we’re throwing down!!!
DaiRiderRX: LEAVE.ME.ALONE!
VI1Z: I...AM...VIRALINDASSSS! I AM YOUR DOOOOM!!!!

Access 06: Black’s Despair

[Kiryu]

Access 06: Black's Despair

Following Luka’s attack, Ryan and Max are hard at work cleaning up the place. While the base itself has an automatic repair function, Ryan and Max stay behind to upgrade, change, and repair their computer systems. It is a painstaking long process that for lasted through most of the night and was still on going, but is a necessary preparation in case the Anon Army decided to attack. Tony grabbed his coat and was about to leave but then he turned to Ryan and Max. “You guys have been at it all night...maybe you should take it easy for a while?” Tony asks. Ryan looked up from his work, and with a smile he responds: “Thanks Tony, but the enemy knows where we are now...gotta make sure we’re ready for any surprise attacks.” Max nodded in agreement. “Alright keep at it then...just lock up on your way out.” Tony said, heading to the door.

Just as Tony is about to leave, the door slid open, revealing Kyle behind it. With a grim look on his face, his eyes and cheeks were red and puffy from crying. He gripped his Mod Belt and pass in his hand and walked up towards Tony. Ryan and Max looked towards each other, before their eyes focused on Tony, Tony said nothing as their eyes met and Kyle slammed the belt onto the round table. As he turned around getting ready to leave, unsurprised and unfazed,Tony asks: “You're sure about this, Kyle?” Swallowing hard and with a shaken and emotional voice, Kyle responded: “Yes...no…I...I don’t know...Tony...I...I need some time alone to think things through...so please...please don’t call on me...” Nodding twice, Tony reached out and grabbed Kyle’s ModBelt and took it into his own hand.. “I understand...” T Tony said saluting, he then places a firm, gentle and reassuring hand on his shoulder adding:. “Kyle...if you need someone to talk to...we’re here for you man.” Kyle simply nodded at his former commander and walked out of the room....

Three weeks had passed since then, and that was the last anyone had heard from Kyle. Slamming his hands on the table, an enraged Nathan shouted “What do you mean Kyle resigned from the team?! This is important man, why you didn’t think to tell us?!” “Chill...we didn’t think it was anything to worry about at the time so Tony kept it quiet.” Max explained. Of course, the rest of the team noticed Kyle’s absence right away. At the time, nobody questioned Kyle’s absence. They all figured he would be back eventually, and it wasn’t the first time Kyle tried to leave the team after a traumatic experience. “But that was three weeks ago. No one’s heard or seen him since, he’s even stopped going to work.” Max said. Ryan nodded and added, “That’s why Tony and Jordan aren’t here...they’ve gone to have a little chat with him.”

With a hefty sigh, Nathan calmed down and sat by the table. “Poor guy....” he said, with Reggie nodding in agreement. “Yeah, the dude had to kill his idol...I can’t imagine what that would do to someone who is as big a fan as he is…I'd be devastated if I had was forced to kill Ahim...” Reggie says. Matt was leaning back against his chair, he had his feet planted on the table and his arms behind his neck. “Meh, the guy’s a trooper...I’m sure they can bring him around” he said. Suddenly the alarms began to sound. Ryan turned to the monitor before speaking to the group “Sure hope you’re right... because I’m detecting Anons...A LOT of them.”

The group turned their attention to the monitor in front of them. They were shocked to see the map of the city on screen, and half of it was completely filled with red dots, each representing an Anon soldier. “You guys better deal with it, and hang on tight till we can get back up!” Ryan said. The group saluted and said “Roger!” as they quickly rushed out of the room.

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Earlier, back in Cyberspace, a delighted Hax was putting the finishing touches on something she had been working on for a long time. Something which put her in the spotlight and annoyed Agro Leet to no end. Hax stepped into the throne room with a frightened SpammerBot dragged behind her. He was wearing an apparatus around his waist that resembled a crude version of the ModBelt with an S in the centre. “The humans have a saying...fight fire...with fire!” she giggled. “That’s why I created this! The SpamBelt!”

With a sinister look on her face, she turned towards the reluctant and scared SpammerBot. “Turn it on!” She demands. The SpammerBot shakes his head back and forth but Hax takes out her blaster, and pointed it to his head. “Turn it on or I’ll reduce you to spare parts!” Defeated and with no other option, the SpammerBot relucantly nodded twice as Hax lowered her weapon, stepping away from the SpammerBot and retreating to a safe distance. All eyes became set on the SpammerBot.

With his arms, he made a hand gesture that looks very much like the one Meteor does before transforming. He made a noise that almost sounds like “Henshin” and hit the belt. The Belt began to spark and blew up moments after, taking the SpammerBot with it. Agro laughed while Hax let out a defeated sigh shaking her head. “And he was ONE day away from retirement too...oh well! Back to the drawing board!” Hax was about to leave but VI1Z let out an angered growl; one that stopped Hax in her tracks. Turning slowly, she saw the general pointing his massive Plasma rifle directly at her.

Nervously, Hax raised her hands. “Whoa whoa whoa! Put that thing away boss! I...it’s not like my plan was a complete and total failure! I...I checked up on that Black dweeb and his fighting spirit is totally broken!” Hax said. VI1Z calmed down and lowered his weapon. “I saw it myself! My monster did a number on their base and the DorkRangers must still be licking their wounds! Plus they’re one man down...it’s the perfect time to launch a full scale attack!” VI1Z nodded in agreement and thrust an open hand forward. “ARISE, MY ARRMMMMMMY!” he bellowed out. Lights turnend on revealing more of the hall; surrounding him and his two generals was an army of SpammerBots and Trollers. VI1Z rose up from his throne. “I WILL LEAAAAD THIS ARMY MYSEEEEEEEELF! NOW GOOOOO, GO AND DESTROOOOOOY!” The army roared and cheered at his command and marched into battle...

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Arriving at Kyle’s apartment, Jordan knocked on his door. “Yo, you Kyle you in there?” but was met with silence, Jordan knocked again. But there was no answer, Jordan and Tony both looked at each other. Tony gave Jordan a nod of approval. Reaching into his pocket, Jordan pulled out a key and unlocked the door. As they opened the door, they’re met with a foul odor which could be best described as a sweaty track and field team after taking a run through a junkyard. “Ugh...it smells rank in here.” Jordan said, both were shocked to see the state that Kyle was in.

The lights were turned off in Kyle’s apartment; his walls, once completely filled with anime and Luka-related posters, wall scrolls, and other nerdy memorable were now bare. Even his collection of Toku and other things non-related to that were now gone, with his shelves and display cabinets empty. His apartment was a mess, with clothing and discarded take-out containers haphazardly scattered around the room. Kyle was sitting huddled together on nothing more than a mattress, with his TV right in front of him.

Kyle himself was sitting on the mattress, huddled with his face buried in his knees. His television was on, but not tuned to any specific channel. Kyle was wearing nothing but his boxers, a tank top and socks. Kyle looked just as messy as his apartment; his face was dirty and unshaven and his hair was a greasy mess, with his eyes and cheeks red and puffy from crying. Jordan and Tony could see pill bottles of various kinds scattered, though a good majority of those were antidepressants and sleeping medicine along with boxes and boxes of tissue.

Jordan and Tony looked at each other concerned before turning back to Kyle. “Uh...Hey there buddy...We were worried about you so we can to check up on you...How you holding up?” Jordan said. Sniffling, Kyle's head was still leaning ontop of his knees, in a muddled voice Kyle responds: “Go away....I don’t want you to see me like this...How did you get in here anyway?” Jordan kneeled down and said, “We talked to your landlord and he gave us the key to your door. He’s concerned about you...We all are.” Kyle finally looked up to Jordan and Tony. Realizing that they weren’t going to leave any time soon, still emotional he said: “What...Are you worried that you don’t have someone to fill the Black role? Is that it, huh? That’s all that I’m good for after all...Destroying things...Shooting my friends and all those I care about in the back! Just go away and let me rot in peace.” Kyle buried his face in his knees once more. “No, no man! That’s not it all...Look you need help and we...” Jordan was interrupted as Kyle threw a pillow at him. “LEAVE. ME. ALONE!” he shouted as loud as his coarse, dry throat would allow him too. Jordan and Tony both dodged the pillow with ease and returned to look at Kyle.

Frustration building within him, Jordan let out a sigh “Okay that tears it! No more Mister nice guy!” Jordan swiftly and roughly grabbed Kyle by his arm. “Hey, what?! Let go!” Kyle said, attempting to struggle out of Jordan’s grasp. Jordan refused to let go and tightened his grip. “I said let go!!!!” Kyle shouted as he struggled. Eventually, he managed to restrain Kyle by twisting his arms behind his back. Forcing Kyle to stand up, Jordan yelled “Tony! Get the door and hurry!” Tony quickly got up and opened the door. Jordan started to drag Kyle out of the room despite his futile resistance. “Let go of me! I said LET GO!” Kyle shouted. Jordan ignored his cries as he continued to drag Kyle out.

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Meanwhile, the three remaining ModRangers arrived downtown. There they found the streets filled completely with SpammerBots and Trollers attacking a few stragglers that didn’t manage to get away. The three of them nodded to each other and ran into the battle. They kicked and punched their way through the SpammerBots, helping the defenseless people run away. Regrouping together, they found themselves back to back, completely surrounded by SpammerBots.

“I’ve never seen so many of them before!” Reggie said. Nathan nodded “Yeah, guess it’s clear what those Anons want with us now.” “Aw what’s the matter? You ladies two getting cold feet?” Matt said. “What?! I’ll show you who’s the lady!!!” Reggie said whipping out his ModPass and ModBelt.

Smiling, Matt and Nathan follow suit, and together they all shout- “Mod Access! Log in!” Each Ranger inserted his own ModPass into his Belt; each belt responds with 

“BLUE. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING.”


“GREEN. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING.”


“VIOLET. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING.”


The ModSuits materialize over their bodies. Nathan crouches down, bringing his arms forward saying “ModRangers....reaaaaaaaady......” Tapping his wrists together, Nathan shouts “Go!” as the three ModRangers charge towards the horde of SpammerBots.

Each ranger’s personal weapons appear in his hand as they fight off the horde. With his Mod SpinSabre Reggie cuts and slices his way through. A group of Spammerbots attempt to blindside him but luckily, Reggie notices them in time. The creatures fire at him but Reggie deflects each blast with the ModSabre’s blade. He quickly inserts his ModPass into the ModSabre. “Log In Accepted... FIII-NAL WAVE!” the Sabre announces. Covered in purple energy, Reggie swings the blade downward, shouting “Gokai Mod Slash!!!” In the form of a slashing energy effect, the attack travels through the ground, cutting through the horde of SpammerBots before finally stopping at a Troller, severing it in two.

As Reggie dealt with the small fry, Agro Leet and Hax leap over the horde of enemies. Nathan narrowly manages to get out of the way as Agro brings down the four swords that each of his hands hold. “Sup bytches?!” Agro says, bringing down two of his swords again. Nathan raised his ModClawShield to block the two swords but he isn’t ready to deal with the other two. Nathan was sent flying back before he planted his shield down to stop him from sliding any more. “Ugh...it just HAD to be you!” Nathan shouted while charging towards Agro. Agro let out a laugh as he brought his four swords down. Nathan, separating his ModClaw from his ModShield, deflected and blocked each slash. “u maaaaad bro?” Agro asked, switching his faces around until he stopped at his Troll face. “Argh, you’re so...ARGH!” Nathan shouts. Agro’s taunting threw Nathan off balance, and unable to guard against Agro’s attack, Nathan was hit in the chest and once again sent flying. Agro slowly approached the fallen Nathan laughing, but Nathan recombined his weapons and threw them at Agro. The shield swung across Agro’s armor causing the Asura-like monster to stagger. Nathan caught the shield and rushed once again towards Agro.

With a maniacal chuckle, Hax fired her gun at Matt. Matt skillfully parried the shots with his ModGigaDrill held in lance mode, but found himself defenseless when Hax’s tendrils struck him from behind. “You and me have unfinished business!” Hax said cackling. She slowly approached the downed Matt with her weapon in hand. Matt leapt up in a flip kick knocking Hax’s gun away, causing her to gasp as Matt fired on the mismatched robot girl. Hax let out a shriek as she was knocked backwards by the attack. Matt let out a laugh and said triumphantly “Pay back’s a bitch, ain’t it?!”

Hax slowly staggered to her feet, her body still smoking from the gunshots as she continued to grind her teeth together. “Okay now you’re REALLY MAKING ME ANGRY!!!! You won’t like me when I’m angry!!!!” she shouted. More tendrils came out of Hax’s body, whipping at Matt in all directions. Matt let out a pained yell as he’s once again knocked down, dropping his weapons in the process.

At the same time as Nathan and Matt’s battle with Hax and Agro, a group of enlarged Trollers and Spammers would suddenly appear above them, demolishing buildings. Reggie let out a gasp as he sees this from the comlink. Reggie could hear Nathan say “Yo Reg! This is all on you pal. We got our hands full with these mooks! aaaargh!” Over the comlink he could hear Nathan getting hit with some sort of energy attack, with the communication dead. Raising his hand towards the sky, Reggie shouts “ModPhoenix, come fourth!!!!” The mechanical violet Phoenix would emerge from an inter-dimensional portal as Reggie leapt into it. Igniting its wings, Reggie flew towards the horde of SpammerBots around the city, before coming around to a larger group that was still demolishing a building. “Transform! ModGamma!” Reggie shouted, flicking a switch converting ModPhoenix into Robot Mode. Armed with two swords, he slashed at a Troller, before delivering a roundhouse kick to one that tried to get behind him. As the battle went on a pleased VI1Z watched from the shadows. With his arms crossed, he marveled at the chaos his army was creating.

*Insert internal eyecatch here*

Jordan dragged Kyle up to the roof of the building, their struggle was met with concerned and awkward gazes from the neighbors. Kicking the door open, Jordan tosses Kyle to the ground, he lands with a loud thud. “Tony watch the door!” Jordan exclaims, Tony nods he closes the door behind him and leans back against it, placing his foot up on it and crossed his arms. Jordan would then toss Kyle’s Mod Pass and Mod Belt to the ground, Jordan was wearing his own.

“Ranger up Kyle, because we’re throwing down!!” Jordan shouts. Kyle slowly gets up and looks Jordan in the eye he scoffs and says “A...Are you kidding man?” Jordan suddenly kicked Kyle in the stomach shouting “Does it look like I’m joking around!?” While writhing in pain, Jordan attaches the Mod Belt around Kyle inserting his Mod Pass as he does so. He forces him to stand up. “Now suit up!” Jordan cries. “You can’t make me Jordan, I’m not fighting you I won’t! I...” Kyle’s shouting is suddenly interrupted by Tony, who says “Master Control Access, override ModBelt 05Black, initiate transformation!” Tony says. Kyle gasps and looks down at his own ModBelt, it responds with “Voice recognition acknowledged, initiating transformation sequence.”

Much to Kyle’s surprise, his ModSuit sans the Luka armor suddenly materialized over his body. Transforming as well, Jordan said: “You ain’t got a choice in the matter!” He gripped his ModCaliber and brought it downwards Kyle, all the while shouting “Now fight me, damnit!!!!!” With a gasp, Kyle dodged out of the way, materializing a BlankSword in his hand. Jordan and Kyle clashed blades, but Kyle’s current mental condition, combined with his inexperience in melee combat, made him less of a challenge to Jordan. Jordan parries away from the clash, striking Kyle down. “You think this was going to be easy?! You think everyone was going to hold your hand?! This is real fucking life Kyle, NOT some god damned TV show!!!!” Jordan shouts. Kyle is sent backwards by Jordan’s attack. He writhes around in pain for a few moments before getting up, using his sword for balance. “I...I can’t...Jordan I just can’t go through something like this a third time!!! I can’t!” Kyle says, doing his best to hold back the tears.

He rushes Kyle again, attacking him with a series of slashes. “So what?! They twisted and turned your own obsession against you... and you lost your imaginary fiance, cry me a freaking RIVER!” Jordan grabbed Kyle and kicked the back of his knee, forcing him down on it. He grabbed Kyle’s arm roughly and held it in place while wrapping his free arm around Kyle’s neck. Kyle struggled, but the struggling only made it worse. He saw the city engulfed in fire and smoke, while ModGamma engaged the enlarged foot soldiers. “Take a good long hard look! This is what war is like Kyle! This is what we all agreed for when we signed on for this. The enemy isn’t going to play nice, this wasn’t the last time they tried something like this and it won’t be the last!!!” Jordan released Kyle from his hold and kicked him to the ground. Kyle struggles to get up but gasps when he sees Jordan’s blade next to his face. “What’s your roll call shout?” Jordan asks, but Kyle refused to answer him.

“I said TELL ME YOUR GOD DAMNED ROLL CALL SHOUT!!!!!!” Jordan cried out, raising his blade once more. Kyle stammered and shouted “I...I will be the one who will protect the Pink haired Goddess!!!” letting out a gasp of realization. Jordan smiled underneath his helmet. The ModCaliber vanished from his hand, and he walked towards Kyle and leaned down, offering his hand. Kyle flinched for a moment but hesitatingly accepted Jordan’s hand. Jordan pulled Kyle up and plants a gentle reassuring hand on his shoulder. “Now you get it. Luka choose death over becoming the Anon Army’s puppet. You protected Luka’s image that day; you released her from Anon control and in my book...that’s doing her a solid. You did exactly what you claim to do every time you put on that suit.” Jordan says, tapping his finger against Kyle’s armor.

For a moment the two of them remained silent, Jordan kept quiet to allow what he just told Kyle to sink in. The silence is soon broken up by comlink chatter. “Hey Jordan, I hate to interrupt your man-date with Kyle.” Matt lets out a grunt, his struggle with Hax could be heard in the background. “But we can sure use a hand here...arrrrgh!” An explosion was heard and the commutation suddenly ended, with nothing but static in the background. Jordan prepares to leave before turning around to Kyle. “They need my help so I’m going. You can stay in the dark and wallow in self pity...or you can continue to honor Luna’s memory by doing what you do...either way...it’s your choice. And I hope you can make the right one.” Jordan takes one last look at Kyle before heading down the stairs. Hearing a noise, Kyle turned to see a ghostly image of Luna appear before him. Kyle let out a gasp, but Luna simply nodded and smiled at Kyle before her ghostly form vanished. Kyle turned back to face the burning city behind him, and with new found conviction he dashes towards the stairs.

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A two story tall fireball would knock Matt and Nathan off their feet, while a three pronged attack hitting the ModGamma would rock Reggie out of his ModMachine. All three land on the ground hard- the impact leaves them stunned and wide open to a triumphant Agro and Hax. As they approached closer, shots were fired at Agro and Hax forcing the two to back of, while Jordan’s ModLiner appeared out of a portal and fired on the remaining enlarged enemies. Jordan leapt out of the ModLiner and the three ModRangers on the ground turned to see Kyle, now fully armored up. Nathan let out a gasp “Kyle!”. “I knew you’d turn around...you owe me five bucks by the way,” Matt smirks at Reggie. Reggie pounding his fist on the ground, yelling “Damnit!” Jordan smiled and gently punched Kyle’s shoulder. “I knew you wouldn’t let us down.” Kyle nodded and said, “Yeah...you were right Jordan...thanks...for bringing me to my senses.” A fallen Agro and Hax staggered to get back from Kyle’s attack. “We’ll make you pay for that!” Hax said, with Agro nodding in agreement. “You looserz r goin down!”

Jordan turned around to face Agro and Hax. He laughs and says “I’d like to see you try...alright team, let’s tell’em who we are!”

“Ore...Sanjou! ModRed!” Jordan cries doing Den-O’s signature pose.

“Spiky Courage! Shield of Tokunation! ModBlue!” Nathan cries, doing Gosei Yellow’s signature pose.

“I am the one who will protect the Pink-Haired Goddess! ModBlack!” Kyle shouts, doing Ichigo Rider’s signature pose.

“The Princess of my Desires is my Hope in my Delusions! Newbie Mod! ModViolet!” Reggie shouts doing Kamen Rider OOO’s signature pose.

“Striking from across the Atlantic, the logic defying Moderator! ModGreen!” Matt shouts, he points his finger towards the sky.

Altogether the five of them shouted: “Banning scum and villainy throughout Tokunation! Tokunation Sentai...MODRANGER!!!” before striking a dynamic pose, with a bright green “T” appearing behind the group. Snapping his fingers, Jordan shouts “ATTACK!” as the group charged towards Hax and Agro. A new squad of troops appeared before them but that did not stop the ModRangers. Nathan and Reggie both run towards Agro Leet; Nathan kicked a SpammerBot away while he began pummeling another, until he and Reggie we forced to become back to back. Bending down, Reggie rolled off Nathan’s back, sending a double kick at Agro. Agro brought his swords down but Reggie and Nathan dodged out of the way, before swinging again, resulting in his swords being blocked both by Nathan’s ModShield and Reggie’s ModSabre. Reggie and Nathan both nod at each other, and with all their might, send Agro staggering. With Agro open, they both fired at him with their ModBlasters. “wat?!” Agro cries as he drops his sword. “You aren’t the only one with four arms!” Reggie said with Nathan chuckling behind him, as they charged to deliver the finishing blow. Hax’s tendrils came out of her body, whipping furiously at the three ModRangers that charged towards her. Jordan leapt in front of the group, he allowed his sword to get tangled up by the mass of wires, and with all of his might Hax let out a scream as she was lifted up by Jordan, Matt leapt into the air and cut the wires in half, sending Hax back down to the ground. Hax staggers to get up “My tendrils!!!!” she cried, retracting her wires back into her body. “Why you I’ll....!” Hax let out a gasp, as Kyle rushed up towards her with his ModBlaster in hand “This one is for Luka!!!!”, firing a shot at point blank range .

Hax and Agro are both sent flying and all five ModRangers come together from their individual battles. “You’re done!” All five ModRangers took out their ModBlasters, and each one inserted their ModPass. The Blaster responds to this with “LOG IN ACCEPTED, CHARGING...” Energy began to gather at end of the nozzle, and each ModRanger fired at Hax and Agro. Each shot came together, forming a massive ball of energy. Hax and Agro let out a scream, but another energy shot of the same size was fired. The shot absorbed the blast, doubling in size before colliding with the ModRangers. They let out a cry as they’re knocked backwards, landing hard on the ground, causing them to return to their human form.

Slowly approaching them was VI1Z, holding his pulse rifle in both of his hands. The group gasped at the sight. “Who’s...that?” Nathan asked. “Trouble...” said Jordan. “I am Vi....Vi......” VI1Z shakes his head. “I AM VIRALINDAS! COMMANDER OF THE ANNON ARMY...FEAR ME, FOR I AM YOUR DOOOOOOM!” Viralindas bellowed out, with tendrils emerging from his fingers, with each one connecting with the ModRanger’s gear. Absorbing their data, the information download was completed. Viralindas pointed his pulse rifle towards the group, and as the gun began to gather energy, the ModRangers desperately tried to get up but their bodies failed them. “DIE!” Viralindas said. Just as he was about to fire, a wave of white energy hit Viralindas, knocking his pulse rifle out of his hand. Reggie saw this attack and gasped- looking behind him, a white armored figure armed with a sword was off in the distance. But before Reggie could get a good look at their savior, the white figure vanished, leaving behind white feathers.

Seeing Viralindas stagger, Jordan quickly got up and grabbed his Mod Belt. he’s enveloped in Red light once again becoming ModRed. Charging forward and screaming at the top of his lungs, energy enveloped the ModCaliber while it responds “LOG IN ACCEPTED, CHARGING... FULL CHARGE!” He struck the blade across Viralindas’s chest, causing him to bellow out in pain. A deep gash in his armor marked his chest, and Viralindas retaliated by grabbing Jordan and slamming him to the ground. Viralindas had sparks fly off of his damaged armor. He staggers back but Hax and Agro help him up “Boss! You’re hurt!” Hax said. “We GTG man!” said Agro. Viralindas looked towards the Rangers and bellowed: “NEXT TIIMME...YOU WILL NOT BE SO LUCKY! NEXT TIIIIIIIIME!” The three disappeared, retreating back to Cyberspace.

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Battered and injured, the team returned to the base. “Ouch!” Jordan cried as Max applied the iodine. Max let out a sigh. “Suddenly I’m getting a case of deja vu” He says shaking his head with a smile. In front of them, Tony was reviewing footage taken from the battle with a stern glance. “So...that’s the Anon Army leader.” he said, rubbing his chin. “That gun of his packed quite the wallop.” Jordan said with the team nodding in agreement. Reggie glanced up at the monitor just as it played the footage of the team being saved. The recording however, only managed to get a blurry image of their savior. “Friend of yours?” Reggie asked. “Sorta looks like...ModWhite” Ryan says with the team glancing up in surprise.

“Tony, my sword just barely managed to scratch his armor...he’s going to be trouble.” Jordan said. “You did good team” Tony said. Turning to Kyle, Tony looks at him and says “And Kyle...it’s good to have you back with us.” Kyle smiled and nodded in agreement, “Good to be back Tony...” Walking off to get some alone time, Kyle found the ghostly images of Luka and Luna smiling at him before fading. “Good to be back...”

Next time on Tokunation Sentai Modranger!

Nathan: HOOOOOOOOOLY CRAP! A GIRL!
Reggie: Ai...it’s you! It’s really you!
Ai: ModRed requesting Tokunation Fusion access!
Tony: Tokunation Fusion...Access Approved!

Access 07: Tokunation Fusion Approved! Mod King is Born

[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

[SideswipePrime]

wow...I know what I'll be doing this weekend...

[Kiryu]

Access 08: The Hitwoman in Black and the Unstoppable Blade

Late at night, Reggie was returning home on bicycle. As he turns the corner he was suddenly stopped by mysterious gunfire. Stopping himself, Reggie stares forward but sees only darkness illuminated by street lamps. “Who’s there?! Show yourself!” he demanded. An alluring seductive laugh echoed through the darkness, and a figure emerged from the shadows, with a pair of glowing yellows eyes staring at Reggie. The figure stepped into the light, revealing itself to be a woman clad in gothic styled battle armor with spikes everywhere. In her hand she carried a rifle; the gun resembled the Pulse rifle used by Viralindas, though appeared to match the mysterious woman’s preferences. The nozzle at the end was still smoking, filling the air.

The woman swings the massive long barreled gun over her shoulder, and places her free arm on her hip. “Say...I hear you’re pretty strong...are you?” While the woman’s question caught Reggie off guard, he responded: “Who me? I uh...well I suppose I am yeah!” The woman lets out a laugh and says “I’d like to see that strength first hand...fight me!” Lowering the gun once more, she aligned her scope’s sight, with Reggie in her sight. “Guess I got no choice...oh well! I was hoping for some action anyways.” Stepping off his bike, Reggie straps on his ModBelt, inserting the ModPass. Yelling out “MOD ACCESS, LOG IN!” the machine responds “VIOLET. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING....” Just as Reggie’s suit begins to materialize around him, the woman in black opens fire at him three times.

Each shot is deflected by Reggie’s ModSpinSaber but the woman lays down a barrage of continuous fire, managing to successfully keep Reggie at bay. This standoff would continue, with the black-clad woman firing vigorously at Reggie, while Reggie could only stand there and deflect the shots as they came towards him. Just when it seems as though the standstill would continue, the woman moved her gun slightly. “He’s moving to the left...fire 90 degrees” the black clad woman mutters to herself. The shot hits Reggie’s wrist causing him to cry out in pain, and although his ModSuit prevented any major damage, he still felt the impact, and it hurt...a lot. With a gasp Reggie attempted to reach for his weapon but the woman opened fire on it, knocking it out of reach before firing on Reggie. Reggie dodged out of the way and hid behind a corner.

“You’re going to have to do better then that boy,” the black clad woman said in a taunting manner, ending it with a seductive chuckle. “Grrrr....” Reggie mumbles to himself in frustration. He comes out of his hiding spot now holding his ModBlaster, however the black-clad woman throws a combat knife at the gun knocking it out of his hand. Reggie lets out a gasp as he was now wide open for the woman’s barrage of gunfire. Reggie lets out a cry of pain as he’s knocked off his feet, with his transformation canceled. The woman slings the gun over her shoulder letting out a disappointing sigh; she never once moved from her standing spot. She shook her head saying “Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk....that was truly pathetic boy. You have zero technique! You swing that sword as though a child with a stick and that stance? Don’t get me started! HOW you’ve managed to survive this long is beyond me.” Reggie struggles to get up saying “Don’t...don’t you look down on me!” before falls back down to the ground with a thud. The black clad woman laughs at the sight. “Boy, there’s a storm coming...and unless you don’t want to get swallowed up by it, I suggest you get stronger...let’s do this again someday” The woman blows a kiss at Reggie, and with a final giggle she vanishes in a storm of black feathers.

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Deep in cyberspace, at the Anon Army fortress, alarms suddenly sounded and flaired. One after another, SpammerBots were taken out by gunfire. The same black-clad woman calmly walked into the dark throne room, reloading her rifle. As she steps into the center of the room, the door behind her suddenly closed shut and the lights turned on, revealing a small legion of SpammerBots that surrounded her in every direction. Agro Leet stood behind her with his sword on her shoulder while Hax stood in front holding a gun at point-blank range. “I don’t know who you are missy! But you better surrender now!” “GG, son!” Agro added. The woman could only laugh and began to mumble: “30 enemies in the room altogether...fire at 360 degrees....” A confused Hax blinked, before saying “Hey, are you daft? We said drop your weapons!”

Suddenly the woman made her move, she drops her rifle before shouting “Attack THUSLY!” She kicks Agro Leet where the sun don’t shine, causing Agro’s eyes to bulge out. In an instant, she grabs Agro’s arm and throws him over her shoulder. Hax lets out a shriek as both she and Agro are thrown across the room; their momentum and combined weight would knock over five SpammerBots behind them as though they were bowling pins. The woman then grabs her rifle before it hits the ground, spinning in a circle while firing everywhere. For a second it seemed as though her attack had no effect, but every SpammerBot in the room that was still standing fell over, with a smoking bullet hole seen in each of the SpammerBot’s vital spots.

“ENOUGH!” Viralindas cries as he suddenly enters the room. The black-clad woman kneeled down in front of the Anon Army commander. “Master...” Both Hax and Agro let out a surprised “Eeeeeeh!?” Raising his hand, Viralindas said- “RIIIIIISE...EAAASE....” The black clad woman gets up on her feet, and the armor around her retracted. She reveals herself as a fairly-human looking woman with glowing crimson eyes, dressed in a black leather goth outfit. She wore a choker with a red cross around her neck, and a single bat-wing earring dangling on her ear. She wore her long hair in a ponytail, and some parts of her body were clearly cybernetic.

She places a hand on her hip, sticking it out before saying “Pardon this intrusion, Master but I merely wished to test how my allies would fair in battle...and I can see their as pathetic and weak as the Rangers…” She narrows her eyes and glares over her shoulder at Agro and Hax. “Wut waz dat?!” an insulted Agro exclaims. “Why you!!!” An infuriated Hax balls her hands into fists and shoots mental flaming daggers at Ease. Viralindas bellows out a warning growl, and the two quickly calm down. “EAAASE IS MY SECOND LIEUTENANT...MOST POWERFUL COMMANDER...NO FIGHTING...AMONGST USSSSS!” “Hah...I see they have no backbone either...truly pathetic, but beggars can’t be choosers...” Ease shrugs much to the frustration of Agro and Hax. “My plan does involve these two in order to succeed after all...” Confused, Agro and Hax look at each other before they face Ease. “Plan? What plan?” Hax asks. “You’ve known where the Rangers were located for quite sometime now...I suggest we attack them directly.” Hax lets out a gasp and says “The Rangers beefed up the security since last time, and changed their IP address and passwords! I haven’t been able to break through their encryption!” Shaking her head, Ease grins and says “Leave everything to me...”

An infuriated Hax marches into her laboratory with her hands balled up into fists. “Oooooh that woman is infuriating!!! Who the hell does she think she is?!” she shouts, kicking over a stack of drum barrels before letting out a defeated sigh. “Even if her plan IS pretty good.” Hax walks to a capsule with crimson lining. Hax places a hand on the capsule and chuckles manically. “Soon...my ultimate creation...we’ll put the new blood in her place!”

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While Reggie wanted to keep his embarrassing defeat a secret, the knowledge of a new powerful foe was information too important to keep to himself. The next day, Reggie quickly rushed to the base with the new info in hand. Tony stood, watching the footage from Reggie’s battle the other night while Matt was trying not to chuckle at Reggie’s rather embarrassing performance.

Kyle lets out a whistle while watching the footage. “Whoever she is, she’s handy with a gun, that’s for sure.” The footage ends with Ease repeating “Boy, there’s a storm coming...and unless you don’t want to get swallowed up by it, I suggest you get stronger...let’s do this again someday.” At that point, Tony paused the footage allowing the team to get a good look at the armor. Placing a hand on his chin, Tony entered a state of deep thought. “It’s obviously a warning...but for what I’m unsure.” “The armor...I have a feeling I’ve seen it somewhere before...” Reggie says. Tony nods “I was thinking the same thing...Ryan!” Ryan fiddled with his console, bringing up footage from Viralindas’s attack on the city.

He paused on a frame showing the mysterious white warrior that saved them. Though the image was blurry and out of focus, by squinting hard enough, one could make out some details of the armor. “They look almost identical.” Nathan comments. “But...the White one saved us...doesn’t that make him our ally?” Reggie asks. “Don’t be naive...we can’t assume that with such little information to go on...” Matt responds. Tony nods in agreement. “For now, we can’t trust either of them...but a new enemy is definitely bad news for us”

The air in the room suddenly grew heavy and silent. Minutes later the door slides open “O...Ohayō, minasan!...I have coffee and doughnuts for everyone and....whoa!” Ai suddenly tripped, tossing her box of doughnuts in the air. “Ai!” Reggie and Matt both shout at the same time. Matt is the first to react and successfully manages to catch Ai before she falls, much to Reggie’s annoyance. Both Nathan and Kyle would let out a gasp as the spilled coffee is thrown on top of them. It spills all over Nathan’s lap causing him to cry out: “YEEEEEEEowww! That’s hooooT.” Jordan gasps shouting “The doughnuts!!!!!” He catches the box before it could land on the ground. “Arigato, Matt-kun!” a grateful Ai would say. Matt smiles, and Reggie could only growl and grit his teeth at him. Seeing Kyle and Nathan covered in coffee, Ai lets out a gasp quickly getting napkins. “I...I’m so sorry, let me clean you up whoa!” Ai trips again but manages to catch herself on the round table, but the box of tissues flew out of her hands and hit Kyle square on the head. “What the hell man!?” an annoyed Nathan said, cleaning himself up with the tissue. “DAMN girl, you’re dangerous!” Kyle exclaims rubbing his head. Tony could only let out a deep sigh and facepalm as the chaos continued amongst the group with Ai repeatedly saying “I’m sorry,” narrowly losing balance or tripping once or twice as she tried to back away from the group. The chaos was interrupted by a sounding alarm. “I’m detecting multiple Viral signals from downtown!” Ryan shouts Tony nods “ModRangers, respond to this threat immediately!” The ModRangers each stood at attention; Jordan had a doughnut in his mouth while Nathan was still wearing his coffee soaked clothes. All together they salute and respond “Roger!” before leaving the room. Tony could only let out another sigh.

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Across town the Anon Army was attacking the city. Leading them in the assault was a monster that could be best describe as a football player with large spikes in his shoulder pads and a semi-large football shaped head covered in a helmet. “That’s it SpammerBots do more! These humans are so weak it’s sad!” the football themed monster said, speaking in a typical tough guy voice while laughing. The team arrives on scene and see the monster. “Ugh...man is it just me or are these monsters getting weirder and weirder? It’s like...something out of the Showa era…” Nathan said. “Don’t worry guys. This’ll be a synch, we’ll bring home a touchdown!” Reggie says. The team all look towards him giving a “Really?” look. Reggie looks around and shrugs “What? Someone had to say it.” Jordan shakes his head strapping on his ModBelt, the rest follow suit with their own belts. Together, the ModRangers shout “MOD ACCESS, LOG IN!” Inserting the passes into the belts, the belts respond with:
“RED. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING...”

“BLUE. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING...”

“VIOLET. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING…”

“GREEN. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING...”

“BLACK. ACCESS GRANTED. DOWNLOADING...”


With their suits materializing on their bodies, the Football Monster says “Oh? What’s this! Looks like we got a new challenger boys!” “That’s right, so why don’t we tell you who you’re playing against?” Jordan says.
“Ore...Sanjou! Mod Red!”

“Spiky Courage! Shield of Tokunation! ModBlue!”

“The Princess of my Desires is my Hope in my Delusions! Newbie Mod! ModViolet!”
“Striking from across the Atlantic, the logic defying Moderator! ModGreen!”

“I am the one who will protect the Pink-haired Goddess. ModBlack!” All together the team shouts: “Banning scum and villainy across Tokunation! Tokunation Sentai...MODRANGER!” The group poses heroically as the team logo appears behind them. “Game on!” the football monster cries, as he breaks up their cool pose by attempting to ram into them with the spiky part of his shoulder. “That was close!” Reggie says, but suddenly he is tackled from behind by two Trollers. The group engages the group of SpammerBots, punching and kicking their way through the herd. Nathan is suddenly grabbed by a pair of Trollers shouting “H...hey what?! What are you doing? Let me go!” He struggles out of their grasp but the monsters refuse to let him go. At that moment, Nathan sees the Football Kamen monster charging towards him. “Uh oh...” Nathan says, as the monster shouts “PUUUUUUNT!!!!!” delivering a powerful kick into Nathan. Nathan lets out a cry of pain as he’s hit and sent flying.

Jordan and Reggie blast and slice their way through their SpammerBots, before seeing Nathan being thrown on top of them. “What the hell? Get off man!” Jordan cries. Kyle and Reggie would then suddenly be thrown into the dogpile as the group struggled to get off of one another. “Man is it just me, or are these guys more coordinated?” Reggie asks finally managing to get free. Jordan nods in agreement “Yeah I think it’s the monster...we’re gonna get nowhere like this!” The Football Kamen suddenly kicked a football towards the group. "HIT THE DECK!!!!" Jordan cries out. The team scatters as the ball lands just a few feet away from Reggie. Laughing and picking up the ball, Reggie asks “You guys are afraid of a little football...really?” A red light suddenly began blinking and Reggie quickly realized what the “Ball” really was. “...crap...” Reggie says as he’s caught in an explosion. “Reggie!” Jordan cries out. The smoke dissipated and Reggie coughs “I won’t be doing that again.” The football monster merely laughed at the sight.

Across town at the Internet cafe, an annoyed customer walks up to Niki and says “Hey! What gives?! My computer is on the fritz!” Behind him, a line of angry customers were forming. “I...I’m sorry sir, but all the computers are malfunctioning and...” Niki lets out a gasp seeing a group of SpammerBots lead by Ease and Agro appearing in the room. The man turns around and sees the group, letting out a scream. Panic erupts as people scramble out of the cafe. Ease leads the group to the back closet where Agro laughs “Dis is the Ranger’s secret HQ?! laaaaame.” Ease rolls her eyes “It’s UNDERNEATH this place...dolt!” A wire would shoot out of Ease’s body, attaching itself to the retinal scanner causing the doors to CPU HQ to open.

Down below, the alarms would sound and red lights began flashing as the base itself announced “UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS DETECTED, LOCKDOWN MODE ENGAGED.”
Every door in the entire base suddenly closed shut. On the camera, Tony saw a group led by Ease coming down the elevator shaft, which stopped once the Lockdown was engaged. But not even that was enough to deter them as Ease simply blasted through the floor and the group leapt down. Pressing a finger on the comlink, Tony shouts “Team, our base is under attack! I repeat we’re under attack! Return here ASAP!”

Over the comlink, Tony could hear the ModRangers’ battle with Football Kamen. “I’d love to Tony, but we got our hands full here! Arrrgh! We’ll send help as soon as we’re able!” Jordan says, before cutting transmission. Back at the battle, the team continued to struggle with Football Kamen’s seemingly flawless coordinated attacks. Football Kamen’s large fists would clash with Jordan’s sword. “R-Reggie! Matt! You guys need to head back to base pronto! While there’s still a base to get back to!” Jordan shouts. He breaks from the clash and manages to get two strikes on the Football Kamen monster. “Are you sure?” Reggie asks. “Get going! We’ll be fine!” Nathan says, deflecting attacks with his ModClawShield. “Don’t worry guys! We’ll be okay....the Goddess’ll protect us!” Kyle reassures them. “Alright..hang in there guys!” Reggie says as the two quickly leave the battle. “Tch...Ai, Max, Ryan...you three will need to escape.” Tony says. “What about you?” a concerned Ai asked. Tony looked up from his monitor and sees a thin laser beam was cutting its way through the door, slicing through the thick steel like a hot knife through butter. “Someone will have to cover your escape...” Tony says. The doors suddenly blew open and a legion of SpammerBots would flooded the room. Tony moves in front of the group shielding them. Ease and Agro walks into the room, and with a smirk, Ease looked towards a frightened Ai and only chuckled seductively. “You won’t lay a hand on these people!” Tony says. Agro laughs. “Who’s gonna stop us?! u? ha!” A grin came to Tony’s face. “You have no idea who you’re dealing with are you?”

In his hand, Tony slowly brought up a futuristic looking blade and inserts his Master ModPass shouting “MASTER ACCESS, LOG IN!”

*insert internal Eyecatch here*

“MASTER ACCESS, LOG IN!” Tony inserts his Master ModPass into the blade, and the “T” at the hilt suddenly lit up. The mechanics in the blade claim to life responding with “ACCESS GRANTED. MASTER LOGGING IN. DOWNLOADING.” Dark blue sparkles gathered around Tony’s body, and in a blue flash his ModSuit appeared around his body. Resembling DekaMaster’s suit, the warrior held his blade up facing the Anon forces. “Wut?! Who r u suppose ta b!?” a surprised Agro asked. Ai blinked and gasped in amazement. “ModMaster...remember it!” Tony said, getting into a fighting stance. “Fire!” Ease shouts, with the SpammerBots laying down a siege of laser fire. Gripping his sword, ModMaster would begin to deflect each shot, while Ai cowers behind them and shrieks. Ease raised a hand, and the SpammerBots stopped firing. When the smoke cleared Mod Master still stood there, not a single scratch on his suit. “What?!” Ease exclaims in surprise.

Underneath his helmet, Tony grins and says: “My turn!” His sword became covered in energy, and yelling at the top of his lungs, ModMaster brought down his blade in a downward horizontal slash. A wave of energy was released, and flew across the room. Ease and Agro barely managed to defend themselves from the attack, as Ai let out an amazed gasp upon seeing Tony take out a squad of enemies effortlessly with just one attack. “S...sugoi! Hontōni sugoi!!!” she exclaimed as the SpammerBots would then explode. Out of the smoke, ModMaster leapt towards Agro and Ease, engaging them in combat.

Agro readied his four swords, while Ease drew her combat knives. The trio clashed weapons, each strike would be skillfully parried by ModMaster, with neither of them managing to land a hit. “What are you waiting for?! Hurry and run while you have the chance! Go!” Tony shouts. “C”mon Ai, let’s go!” Getting up, Ai ran closely behind Ryan and Max as the three dashed out of the room. Noticing the three running, Ease shouts “Like I’d like you’d escape!” Breaking off from her attack on Master, Ease aimed her weapon at the escaping trio and fired, but the shot is blocked by ModMaster’s blade. Kicking Ease aside, Tony shouts “Your opponent is me!” Bringing his sword in a downward strike, Tony attacked, but Ease managed to dodge out of the way. It was at that moment that Ease noticed that he managed to nick off a piece of her armor. Ease chuckled, before saying “You’re strong...VERY strong...I’d like to keep playing with you...but unfortunately you’re not why I’m here...Agro!” As she dashed out of the room, Tony moved to intercept her but found Agro blocking his way. “U ain’t goin nowhere brah!” Agro brought down his four swords, but Tony leapt backwards. “Tch...fine, I’ll slice you first!!!” shouts Tony, dashing towards Agro.

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The trio kept running down the hallway as fast as their legs could carry them. During their escape, Ai kept tripping. Finally fed up, Ryan says “Oh for the love of!!!” Picking up Ai, Ryan carried her, despite her objections. “You REALLY need to work on your hand-eye coordination and balance, Ai!” Ryan shouts as the two turned a corner. Ai blushed, replying with a soft “S...sumimasen”.

“Look!” Max saidpointing to the emergency exit straight ahead. As they approached closer, they found their path blocked by SpammerBots and Trollers. Another squad surrounded them from behind. “Tch....looks like we’re gonna have to fight our way out.” Ryan says, putting Ai down. “Ready Max?” Max looked at Ryan and nodded, with both of them whipping out a belt that resembled a crude version of the Modbelt. Strapping it around their waists, both shout “Admin Access, Login!” Silver and Gold lights covered the two, with their Admin Blank suits materializing on their bodies. “Stay close to us Ai...” Ryan said. The two of them move back to back, with Ai sandwiched in between them. “We’ll make an opening for you...and then you’ll have to run towards the exit...got that?” Max says. Ai nods and meekly replies “H...hai...” “And try not to trip this time,” said Ryan, who found Ai glaring at him, puffing up her cheeks. “Here they come!” A SpammerBot charged towards Ryan with his staff, but Ryan managed to block the staff by guarding with both of his arms. With all his might, he pushes the SpammerBot off with a kick.

Another Spammer comes from behind causing Ai to shriek, but Max would respond by back-kicking it away. Armed with a Blank sword, Max cut away at the Spammers as they came closer. Meanwhile, Ryan drew twin pistols and open fired in a continuous circle to make sure Ai was protected. Whipping around and holding his guns slanted, he fired at a group blocking the emergency escape. “Now! Ai! Go!” he shouted. Ai nods in response and began running, doing her best not to trip on her feet again. Just when she was about to reach the door, Ease arrived. With her rifle, she shot at the ceiling above the door. The resulting rock would block the exit causing Ai to finally trip. “Ai!” Both Ryan and Max shout. Ease fires a series of shots at both of them, with one of them managing to hit their ModBelts. Sparking, the belts announce “ERROR, TRANSMISSION TERMINATED.” Their belts explode, sending Ryan and Max off their feet and knocks them both unconscious. Ai nudged them, shouting “Ryan-San! Max-San! S... shikarishite!” With her gun slung over her shoulder, Ease approached Ai and reached down towards her, causing Ai to let out the loudest shriek she possibly could.

Shots bounced off Ease’s armor, causing her to stagger a bit. Annoyed, she turns her back and sees Reggie and Matt, both armed with ModBlasters. This little distraction allowed Ai the time she needed to run, hiding behind some rubble. Ease let out a chuckle .“Oh...it’s you again” she said, obviously not amused by their arrival. “Oooh, and you brought a friend with you this time, cute...I certainly hope he’s stronger than you were.” Matt laughed and responds: “Lady, Reggie is no where NEAR my league.” Reggie bellows out an annoyed grumble saying “I’m standing right HERE you know!”. “Then why don’t you both take me on? I was getting bored anyways,” she says. ModGigaDrill in hand, Matt shouts “Gladly!” while dashing forward. “Wait Matt! That’s not gonna work!” Immediately after he warned him, Reggie saw Matt being thrown passed him. Reggie let out a sigh and shook his head back and forth. “Dude haven’t you been paying attention?! That gun of her’s makes direct frontal assaults almost impossible!” Reggie says. He offers Matt a hand but Matt bats it away, managing to get up on his own. “So what do you suggest we do?! Just sit here and let her shoot at us!?” Reggie felt his frustration building. “No! That’s not what I’m saying we do. Geez, even though we did that bond thing, you STILL have to act like a jerk! You think you’re such a badass, and that’s why you gotta show off all the time! ESPECIALLY in front of Ai! Oh, it sure didn’t take you long to sweep in and ask her out on a date, now did it, Mr.Fancy Pants Hot Shot Hero?!” Reggie shouts pushing Matt. “What does that have to do with right freakin now!? Calm down man!” Matt exclaims while pushing Reggie back. Reggie shoves back harder exclaiming “Calm down?! Why don’t YOU calm down! Don’t tell ME to calm down!” Their arguing continued, eventually turning into an exchange of childish insults, profanities and curse words. Ease blinked, finding herself somewhat amused by watching the two arguing. She turned towards Ai and asked “Are they... always like this?” Ai lets out a deep sigh. “Unfortunately....” Ai gasped, as Ease took aim at the two of them silently. “This is almost too easy...” she says to herself. Ai shouts “Watch out!!!!!!” But it’s too late, Ease fires a shot towards them but Reggie was quick to notice. He pushed Matt out of the way, taking the shot square in the chest. Ease giggled at the sight, watching Reggie fall down onto the ground, his transformation canceling out.

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“ClawShield ElectroStrike!” Nathan cried out, throwing his shield like a boomerang. The attack was successful in breaking up the enemy’s formation, while Kyle kept the group off focus by firing at them from a distance. This attack allowed Jordan to sweep in with his sword, dispatching the group of grunts as they fell behind him like dominos. “M...my teaaaaam!” the football monster cried out. Nathan’s shield came around for a second strike, managing to hit the football monster, sending it off its feet. “Good work, Nathan you figured out his play!” Jordan said. Nathan chuckles “Looks like watching football with my dad paid off! Even though I’d fall asleep halfway through...” Jordan nods. “Alright let’s finish him off!” The three ModRangers drew their ModBlasters, inserting their ModPasses. The firearm responds with “LOG IN ACCEPTED, CHARGING.” The three ModRangers lower their weapons, taking aim at the monster. The nozzles of their guns began to charge with energy and together, they shout “Fire!” Balls of energy in each of the ModBlasters flew out, before they collected together and formed a massive energy ball colliding with the Football Monster. The monster cried out “Game Over...I’ve been benched!” falling over and exploding. It didn’t take too long for Hax’s Upgrade Program to cause him to enlarge. “Tch...this guy’s persistent...ModMachines! Come forth!” ModLiner, ModLoco, and ModTiger emerged from a portal connecting with Cyberspace, with each of the ModRangers leaping up into their cockpits.

Back at the base, ModMaster’s fight with Agro was nearing its conclusion. The two continued to clash weapons with each strike being successfully parried by ModMaster. Not once did Agro land a successful hit, much to his frustration and annoyance. They clash again, but this time ModMaster moved his blade in a semi-circular motion before cutting towards the left, causing Agro’s swords to fly out of his hand. “Wut?!” Agro cried in surprise. “It’s over!” ModMaster shouts, swinging his sword in a downward slash. Agro staggered back and gasped at the sight of ModMaster’s sword becoming enveloped by energy. “Tch...i’ll remember dis!” Agro says, vanishing into Cyberspace before the attack could hit. ModMaster quickly ran out of the room, upon hearing a noise that alarmed him.

The ModMachines already began engaging the Football Kamen monster. “You’re not the only one that can play rough!” Jordan cries as both he and Nathan rush the creature. The creature managed to successfully keep them at bay until Jordan and Nathan managed to dodge out of the way. “What?! Uh oh...” Kyle suddenly attacked the monster with a barrage of shots while Jordan came up from behind with a downward slash. “Lets end this guys!” Kyle and Nathan both say “Right!,” transforming ModEpsilon into cannon mode, while ModBeta transformed into shield mode. Jordan brought the shield down in front of him to act as a brace for the massive cannon. The cannon began to take in a massive amount of energy before Jordan cried out “Epsilon Cannon!! Fire!!!” The energy discharged and enveloped the monster. The monster let out a final cry in agony as it fell down and exploded in a tower of fire.

At the base, another shot hit Matt, causing him to fall to the ground. Matt’s transformation was also canceled out as Ease chuckled and took aim at the two downed ModRangers. Seeing this, Ai gasps and shouts: “REGGIE! MATT! NOOOOO!” Ease fired at the two but a white flash of light nullified Ease’s shot, and slammed into her armor. Ease cried in pain and staggered back. Holding onto her shoulder, Ease let out a gasp after seeing her attacker- a woman donning white armor stood in front of Matt and Reggie. “You!” Ease shouted, as the mysterious white-clad woman pointed her rapier-like sword in a fencing pose. But Ease, sensing the monster’s defeat and Agro’s retreat, said “Tsk...you got lucky boy...we’ll settle this another day!” before vanishing in a storm of black feathers.

Reggie managed to get up, holding his neck up with his arm. Glancing up, he found himself looking at the white-clad woman offering a hand to him. “S...so...you really are on our side?” Reggie asks. The woman simply nodded, as Reggie reluctantly took her hand and was helped onto his feet. She glanced back towards Ai for a moment before vanishing in a storm of white feathers. “Wait! What’s your name? Who are you? Why are you helping us?!” Reggie cries out, but the woman was already gone before she could answer. Matt approached Reggie with one hand in his pocket. Closing his eyes, he sighed and said, “Look Reg, there’s something you gotta know...” Reggie turned towards Matt, staring at him intensely. ""Yeah, I did intend to take Ai out without telling everyone. But at the restaurant, she couldn’t stop talking about you. She kept saying how cool and brave you were for taking on the role of Violet and well...when she realized that no one else was coming...she left. Must’ve tripped about three or four times on her way out.” Matt said. Reggie gasped in surprise and turned in Ai’s direction; she was trying to hide her face behind the rubble, her face was glowing redder than a pepper. “I...it’s true...I…I…I…I might be klutzy but I'm not dumb…and..well…I...don’t like being deceived and...um...it just didn’t...seem right...” Ai slinks back behind the rock trying to cover her face with it. All Reggie could do upon learning this new information was smile. He heard footsteps coming from down the hallway and said “MORE of them!?” He readied his belt in case he needed to transform, but upon seeing ModMaster approaching them, the two blinked in surprise. Even more surprised when ModMaster revealed himself to be Tony. “T-Tony...you’re a ranger too!?” Strapping his sword over his back, Tony nods and says “Of course, I didn’t get to become CPU Commander by pushing pens all day.” Tony rushes towards Ryan and Max whom were just getting back up. “Ugh....what happened? Is it over?” Max asks. Tony nods “Yeah they’re gone...but this place isn’t safe anymore. We’re going to have to move our base.”

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Three days pass and the team hadn’t heard anything from Tony since. The Internet Cafe was closed down for good, leading Reggie and the rest of the team to worry. Of course the question on everyone’s mind was: “How could they continue to fight the Anons without CPU's resources backing them up?” On the third day, Reggie received a call from an urgent Jordan. “Dude! Meet up at the store, pronto!” he said in an excited tone. Confused, Reggie quickly went over. He saw the rest of the team gathered by the entrance of the store, closed for the day.

Stepping in, Reggie asked “What’s going on guys?” “You are NOT going to believe this...” said a smiling Jordan. He led the group to the back room and walked up to a wall. Moving some panels out of the way, they revealed a high-tech security setup. Reggie gasped as Jordan inserted his ModPass into a card reader. The Reader changed from Green to Red responding “ACCESS GRANTED, WELCOME” as the door opened, releasing some steam.

Descending in the elevator, Reggie let out a gasp at the sight of their new base, which looked exactly like their old one. “Welcome team...to the new CPU HQ!” Tony said.

Next time on Tokunation Sentai Modranger!


??????: I’ll delete this world...starting with you!
Hax: Now let’s see how my ultimate pet changes the game!
Den-O: Argh! This damned guy is TOUGH!
KamenRiderOOO: Dude, this isn’t funny man WAKE UP!

Access 09: Premonition

[Kiryu]

Access 09: Premonition

Reggie found himself running through a fog so thick he couldn’t see his hands in front of him. In the distance he heard noise, which sounded like steel clashing against and someone fighting. Listening, he recognized one of the voices belonging to Jordan. The fog lifts just enough for Reggie to see the city in ruins and his fellow ModRangers laying dead on the floor. Fear and anxiety coursed through his body as he approached the scene of the fight ahead.

He saw Jordan, clashing swords with a crimson shadow. However, the fog cleared in time to see the shadow was getting the upper hand. He managed to knock Jordan’s sword of the way, and thrust his own weapon deep into Jordan’s chest. Seeing this, Reggie lets out a gasp and shouts: “JOOOOOOORDAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!” His voice would echo through the fog...

It’s at that moment that Reggie, who was asleep in his bed, woke up screaming. He took in deep shallow breaths in an attempt to calm his nerves and he found that he was covered in a cold sweat. It was still late at night, as his digital clock read 3:33 AM. Reggie found that he couldn’t stop trembling in fear. Walking into the bathroom, he splashed water on his face. He turned the faucet off and stared at his own reflection in the mirror. For a brief moment the crimson shadow would appear in the reflection, causing Reggie to stagger back to the wall and cling to the towel rack. Mentally exhausted, he placed his hand over his eyes. “What...the hell was that...?” he mutters to himself.

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“Reggie? Reeeeeggieee.....” Reggie could hear someone calling to him but he was too lost in thought and exhausted. He failed to notice a hand being waved in front of his face. To him the voice calling him sounded muffled and distant. “Earth to Reggie? Hello!” Someone snapped his fingers right in front of Reggie’s face, causing him to blink in surprise and snap out of his trance-like state. “Huh...? W..wha…? W…were you saying something?” he asked, rubbing his eyes before he remembered where he was: inside Jordan’s anime store during closing hours. “You okay man? You’ve been acting really weird lately,” a concerned Jordan asked. “Yeah, even for you!” laughed Matt. “Shut up Matt...I’m not in the mood for your crap today....” an exhausted Reggie said rubbing his eyes. “I’ll be okay Jordan...I’m just....I haven’t been getting enough sleep lately...” Nodding but also skeptical, Jordan asked “If you say so man...but maybe we should have Ai look at you just in case?”

“Huh? Wha? Ai..well...um...if...if you say so...” Reggie says suddenly blushing mad like a cherry. Matt laughed at the scene and smirked, “He’ll be fine.” The group walked to the back store room where Jordan placed his ModPass against the card reader. “Dude, I still can’t believe you didn’t know you had a whole freakin base underneath your own store!” Nathan said as the group followed Jordan inside the elevator. “That makes two of us, but Tony was the one who gave me this place, so I guess I should’ve seen it coming...”. “Still...I can’t believe that Tony is really a sword slinging badass...I mean...who knew?” Matt said in surprise as they all nodded in agreement.

The group went down the elevator shaft and entered the CPU HQ. Moments later Ai exited the elevator holding in her hand a large pot for making medicine, and three bags worth of herbs, supplements, and other odd-looking things. “Ohaiyo!” she said before she bowed, dropping the contents of her bags in the process. Noticing them falling, Ai caught the medicine pot before it could fall to the ground, sighing in relief. Jordan bent down and picked one of the packages up; the bag contained all manner of things foreign to him with only one object he could recognize: dried ginseng. The package was written in Chinese but had English written underneath it. “Traditional Chinese Medicine Kit? What’s all this for, Ai?” Jordan asked, handing Ai back the kit. “Well, Matt-san told me that Reggie’s been having trouble sleeping...and I know a recipe for some medicinal tea that might do the trick! It’s been in my family for generations and it can cure all sorts of ailments.”

Reggie raised a skeptical eyebrow but reluctantly said “S...sure...I’ve actually been curious to try your cooking, Ai-san.” Ai smiled and nods “Alright! I’ll start making it then.” The group watched Ai fumble around as she started throwing various objects inside the pot. Within minutes, the base smelled like a store in Chinatown that sold medicinal products. Ai poured a hot cup of jet black tea in front of Reggie. “Well it certainly smells...exotic...” Gulping, Reggie reached for the tea and said “Bottoms up.” Taking one sip, Reggie spit out the contents and said, “Urrrragh, hack! It’s so nasty and bitter and....uraaaagh! Doctors honestly expect people to drink this crud?!” Crushed, Ai sniffled and asked “You don’t like it...?” “N...no! It’s great Ai...it’s just has a....unique flavor to it.” Ai perked up once more and Reggie let out a sigh. Covering his nose, he began to down the disgusting tasting tea in one gulp while Ai looked over the recipe. “Oh dear! I used the wrong recipe...Warui, Reggie-san!” Hearing Ai’s words, Reggie spat out the tea once more. “H-here! Let me make another brew using the correct recipe and....”

At that moment, the alarms began to sound. Reggie placed the cup down and said “Ugh...saved by the bell…” Tony stepped into the room and blinked, seeing all the medicinal items laid scattered all about the table. Sighing, he began to speak- “I’m not even going to ask...team there’s a Viral energy signature coming from downtown...deal with the situation immediately...and Ai, clean up this mess!” The group saluted and nodded. “Roger!”

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Fully armed in their ModRanger gear, the team quickly arrived at the scene of the attack. The outdoor shopping center downtown was already a mess. The team saw mannequins laying scattered about with their heads missing, along with several billboards and advertisements missing their faces. “Who the hell would do something like this?” Nathan asked as the team remained on guard. “Can’t say I blame ’em...mannequins give me the willies.” Matt said shuddering. What sounded like a semi-truck’s horn honking was suddenly heard in the distance. Reggie gasped and saw a cloud of dust kicking. “L-Look!” Reggie said, pointing to a semi-truck that was driving towards them. Jordan looked closely and said “Hey...isn’t that…” Recognizing the shape of the truck, he quickly noticed that it matched the iconic design belonging to the supreme commander of the Autobots: Optimus Prime. The truck that stopped in front of them however, was much smaller than a full sized truck and stood as tall as one of the ModRanger’s waists. “It’s...puny.”

Suddenly the semi-truck began changing shape. Panels exploded and parts rearranged until the semi-truck was replaced by a robot. The robot resembled Optimus Prime as he appeared in Michael Bay’s films, but a few parts here and there were more blocky like his Generation One self. The Optimus Prime looking monster pointed to the ModRangers and said “My name is Monstimous Primoid, leader of the Autobots and I bring you this message...” His arm suddenly morphed into a cannon and it began to charge with energy. “Die!” The monster fired the ball of energy at the ModRangers, as they dodged out of the way. The blast hit a car behind them and they watch as it exploded in flames. Both of Primoid’s arms morphed into swords and he let out a loud cry, leaping into the air towards the ModRangers. The ModRangers leapt out of the way as his sword hit the ground. With their ModBlasters the ModRangers opened fire but the shots proved ineffective as the Primoid began to wildly attack them. He managed to strike Nathan and Kyle at the same time, while he and Matt clashed their weapons with one another, but the monster suddenly grabbed Matt’s head and delivered a fierce knee drop to his face. Matt let out a cry of pain as he’s knocked back by the attack. “GIVE ME YOUR FACE!!!!” the Primoid exclaimed, dashing towards Reggie and Jordan.

The two of them parry swords with the monster but with one sweep he broke their stance and sent them flying. “Ugh...see THIS is one of the reasons why I stopped collecting Transformers...they made Optimus Prime into a god damned psychopath...freaking Michael Bay!” The Primoid monster morphed his sword back into a gun and fired at Reggie and Jordan. Jordan managed to deflect the attack but Reggie wasn’t quick enough to guard and was hit. “Focus, Reg!” Jordan exclaimed. “This isn’t working, guys we’re gonna have to regroup!” “Retreat? Ain’t no way in hell I’m backing down from a fight!!!!” Matt exclaimed, as he attempted to defend from the monster’s attacks, but a swift horizontal slash broke his stance as well and he was sent flying. “We got no choice! Kyle, lay down some cover fire!” Jordan ordered. “O-Oh! Right!” Kyle said, laying down a barrage of fire creating a thick layer of dust. Monstimus Primoid cut through the smoke with his blade but the Rangers were already gone when it cleared.

The Rangers took cover by a corner; from there they could see the Primoid wreaking havoc on what was left of the mall in a furious attempt to look for the Rangers. “Our weapons aren’t having any effect on him. So what do we do?” Nathan asked in a low whisper. “I say we get into our mechs and flatten him!” Matt said, pounding the floor with his hand. “And what if the monster gets big in response? It won’t work Matt!” Nathan said, annoying Matt. “A frontal attack won’t work...but what if we kept him off balance?” Kyle asks.

“Did you guys see that construction yard across from the mall? I say we use that.” All eyes turned towards Reggie. “You have a plan?” asked Jordan Reggie nods in response. “Now there’s a scary thought.” Matt chuckled. Reggie bopped Matt on the head in response. “Alright here’s what we do....”

The Primoid continued his furious hunt for the Rangers, leaving behind him a path of destruction. “Where are you....” he said. The monster suddenly let out a grunt of pain as he’s hit from behind. “Over here!” Kyle said, hitting him with his ModBlaster from a distance. The Primoid quickly turned around, firing an energy blast at the ModRanger but Kyle quickly leapt off from his position to avoid it.

Nathan and Matt came out of hiding; Nathan threw his shield at the Primoid, causing it to stagger a bit and growl in frustration. “Hey rust bucket! Catch us if you can!” Nathan taunted as the two began running towards the construction yard. The angered Primoid chased after them, firing energy blasts in their direction. With his ModClawShield, Nathan deflects the attacks while running forward, but still felt the force of the shots. “I hope Reg’s plan works!” he said. “You and me both! Man, I’m starting to understand how a Vehichon must feel!” said Matt. The Primoid suddenly leapt into the sky and landed in front of Nathan and Matt. Bringing down his swords, the Primoid began to furiously slash away at them. “A-Any time guys! I don’t know how much longer I can keep this up!” said Nathan. The Primoid stopped in his tracks as soon as it heard- “Megurine Full Burst!!!!” Nathan and Matt both dodged out of the way as the large blast of energy from Kyle’s Luka Hybrid Rifle made contact. The monster defended from the large blast of energy, but was knocked off his feet. While in midair, Reggie leapt towards the Primoid shouting “Gokai Giga Scan!!!” Covered in flames, he pushed the Primoid into the center of the half-constructed building. “Now! Tear down the supports guys!!!” shouted Reggie, leaping to a safe distance as the ModRangers blasted out the supports. The Primoid was getting up, just as the building above him came tumbling down and trapped the monster underneath a mountain of rock and steel. The Rangers gathered at the sight and give each other high fives. “Good job Reggie! Your plan worked,” Jordan said.

Their celebration was cut short however when they heard the pile of rubble rumbling. The Primoid emerged from the rubble but damage was clearly seen all over his body. “We will finish this...some other time.” Turning back into a semi-truck, the Primoid made his escape. “Wait, no! Damnit!” Reggie said, kicking the ground with a groan.

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With her rifle in hand, Ease as requested by Hax was sparring with Agro in an arena. She fired fast at Agro while an audience of SpammerBots gathered to watch, some even gambled against them. Ease of course, saw no point in a sparring match but Hax claimed it was for her own research, and Viralindas ordered her to assist. Agro rushed towards Ease, whom stood on top of a pillar firing at him. The brute would run shoulder first into the column causing it to to fall to piece, but Ease however leapt off the column and while in mid air, she fired at Agro’s back. Agro staggered back from the shot. “Ur really makin me mad girly!!!” he said. Ease chuckled and asked “Oh am I now...and what are you going to do about it?” before landing gracefully on the ground. “DIS!” Agro cried rushing towards her. Ease let out a deep sigh as she fired at Agro, knocking all four swords out of his hands. “Wut?!” Agro cried out in surprise.

As quick as lightning, Ease rushed Agro in the blink of an eye; before he noticed, she was right in front of him, knife aimed at his throat. Ease smirked and said “I believe that’s game...” “Tch...again! fight me AGAIN?!” Agro asked. “What for?” Ease asked with a shrug. “We’ve already had three consecutive battles each with the same result...all you do is swing your swords. You can’t fight with primal rage alone, Agro.” Hax chuckled as the Spammerbots passed her the winnings from the gambling that took place. Counting the large stack of money in her hand, she laughed “That’s enough for today...” Hearing the honk of a semi-truck, Hax sits down. “Besides...I think I hear my latest creation coming home.”

The Primoid arrived in the throne room, and transformed back into Robot mode. Kneeling down on one leg, he says “I have returned, Creator.” Hax chuckled at her creation. “I incorporated more of the Ranger’s tech into his design...given the intended purpose I chose well. You're dismissed, head off to be repaired.” she ordered. Yawning and now bored, Hax left the laboratory; unbeknownst to her that the pod with crimson lining suddenly came on and opened.

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After hours of searching for the Primoid, the group returned to base. The group sat around impatiently while Nathan wrapped his fingers against the round table and Reggie was pacing back and forth. Jordan left the group to tend to his store, Kyle had his music player on and an annoyed Matt tapped his foot before shouting “Arrrrgh will you two stop that?! You’re driving me nuts!” Both Reggie and Nathan stopped what they were doing and said “S...sorry...” at the same time. Ryan let out a deep sigh “I ain’t detecting the monster at all...and it’s getting late. Why don’t you guys head home for the day? As soon as we find something we’ll let you know.” The group agreed, with Kyle stretching and yawning.

Reggie looked up and saw that Ai was getting ready to leave. She reached down under her terminal and grabbed her purse, hitting her head underneath the desk on her way up. “Itaaai!” she said, rubbing her head. “You okay, Ai?” Ryan asked. Ai bowed and said “H-Hai...I’m going home for today...oyasuminasai.” “Oh uh! Ai-san!” Reggie said, suddenly standing in front of her. “H-Hai, Reggie-San??” Ai asked shyly. “Well....uh...if you aren’t doing anything special...how about we go out to dinner?” Ai let out a surprised gasp and immediately became nervous. “Y...you mean...just the two of us....as in..a...a..d...date?!” Reggie shook his head and said “No uh...no...nothing like that just...as co-workers getting to know each other better...we hardly spend time outside of work and...I’d like to get to know you better...” Ai looked around the room and asked “W..well what about the others?” Matt was the first to respond, “Pass, I got other plans that are more important than watching you two love birds silently and awkwardly staring at one another all night,” before walking out of the room. “We got plans too right Kyle?” Nathan asked. Kyle takes out his earphones and nodded. “Yeah important training.” said Kyle as the two walked out of the room. Ryan and Max were the last two to leave, before Ryan asked “You two enjoy yourselves, okay?” Reggie nodded twice blushing.

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Jordan continued his duties watching over the Anime store. It was a busy afternoon, as he was organizing a card game tournament. The back room of his store was filled with passionate players with delusions of grandeur and dreams of claiming the prize for themselves. Across town, Matt was getting some much needed shut eye, he laid on his sofa with his hands over his head and a leg over the sofa in a rather ridiculous position, snoring rather loudly. While Nathan and Kyle went head to head in a fighting game. the two were in fierce competition with neither player willing to back down; a large pizza box was on the centre of Kyle’s coffee table, surrounded by soda cans and opened bags of chips, candies, and all sorts of junk food.

At the restaurant, Reggie and Ai sat there in awkward silence as they waited for their food. Ai shuffled in her seat uncomfortably. “S...so uh...” Reggie is the first to end the awkward silence, with Ai looking up from her seat at him. “How long have you been working at CPU? And um...what were you doing before then?” he asked before taking a sip from his glass. ‘Um...n...not very long...I worked in the IT Department of some government owned company.” Hearing those words made Reggie spit out his drink. Wiping away the water from his chin he stuttered “Wait, wait, wait...you mean to tell me you were building computers for the government?! Then...that means you’re like...ridiculously smart right?!” Ai giggled and smiled “That’s one way of putting it...I was working on a supercomputer for the military. When I was recruited by Tony the project was very hush hush.” Reggie blinked twice as his jaw hit the floor. “Amazing...” he said, stunned. At that moment, the staff came by with the food that they ordered.

The steak Ai ordered presented much trouble for the girl. Thrice, Ai nicked herself with the steak knife until finally a concerned Reggie decided to help cut Ai’s steak for her. Ai of course protested to this, and while cutting her steak, her hand slipped and she punched Reggie square in the jaw. Reggie let out a grunt of pain, and Ai kept apologizing. The accidents kept on happening; Ai spilt a glass of red wine all over Reggie’s pants, knocked an entire jug of water all over his head, and while getting up to use the washroom she’d accidentally tripped, knocking down a waiter and all the plates he was carrying. Even paying for the dinner proved troublesome as the contents of her entire purse spilled all over the floor, all the while Ai kept apologizing for the mishaps over and over, and over.

After those moments, the two arrived at the door of her apartment, having not really spoken a word since leaving the restaurant. “You really didn’t have to walk me home, Reggie-san” an embarrassed Ai finally said while rummaging through her pockets for her keys. “After seeing you trip four times before you were able to go around the corner...I think I had too...” Reggie rubbed his chin, which now had a small bruise. “Damn though, you have a pretty nasty right hook...ow...” Ai then opened the door and swung it open. However the door swung open so fast that it smacked Reggie across the face. Landing on the floor blacking out, he faintly heard Ai calling out to him as he lost consciousness.

*Insert internal eyecatch here*

Meanwhile deep in Cyberspace Hax returned to her lab, stretching, humming and cackling as she strutted into the darkened room. Turning on a light and she let out a gasp: one of her pods had been opened. “Wha!? How! Who?!” Quickly returning to her terminal, Hax fiddled with the console bringing up security footage from earlier. “But that’s impossible! He wasn’t suppose to wake up yet!” Turning to the repair chamber the Primoid slept in, Hax slammed her hand on the release button. The pod opened up with a hiss and the Primoid stepped out. “Are you’re repairs complete?!” she asked. The monster replied “Affirmative, creator.” Hax pointed at the monitor and shouted “You see that that test subject there?! Bring him back! Do whatever you have to, understand?!” The monster responded with “It shall be done.” Transforming into semi-truck mode, the creature drove out of the room, with Hax letting out a deep sigh. Turning to the monitor she cackled “Although this might prove to be an interesting experiment...now let’s see how my ultimate pet changes the game!”

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Reggie tossed and turned in his sleep, he was having the same nightmare again and try as he might he could not prevent the crimson shadow from impaling Jordan. Reggie woke up with a shriek, causing Ai to jump back a little and drop her medical kit to the ground.“Did I scare you?…Gome.” Reggie said before Ai shook her head “I...it’s fine Reggie san...” she said, quickly picking up the contents that spilled from the box. “W...what happened...? Why does my head hurt so much?” he asked, rubbing his head. “Oh...um...you suddenly passed out. I guess you had a little too much to drink at the restaurant.” Ai said, closing the first aid kit up. “Strange...that’s not how I remember it...I mean I hardly had any alcohol at the restaurant...but I’ll take your word for it.” It took a while for Reggie to realize where he really was: he was sitting inside Ai’s apartment!

Slowly, he got to his feet and looked around at his surroundings. Ai’s apartment was furnished with expensive looking furniture; on the sofa sat a rather large stuffed panda bear, something someone of Ai’s size and stature could sit in comfortably. She had an HD TV that was build right into the wall, and a touch-screen tablet which seemed to act as a kind of universal remote for every electronic in the room. Hanging beside the TV was Ai’s Master Degree in Engineering, which caused Reggie to let out an impressed whistle. “Man... you weren’t kidding when you said you knew how to build computers.” Ai could only smile and giggle in response. Reggie saw various golden trophies on display behind a glass cabinet. “What are these trophies for?” Reggie asked. “Oh, those! They’re trophies I got from winning competitions...I use to be a ballet dancer.” Reggie’s face reflected how surprised he was, before he said “Really? Get out!” Ai shook her head. “No! Really! When I was little, all I could think about was becoming the world’s most famous dancer...” Ai said, turning away embarrassed. “So how did you go from award winning ballet dancer to Queen of the Klutzes then?” Ai let out a sigh of embarrassment. “It started when I was still young..I was out with my mother when I accidentally broke an entire store’s supply worth of mirrors...I wasn’t very superstitious mind you, but then one thing happened after another and....well you know,” she said blushing. “Wow...all those mirrors...enough bad luck to last a life time...” Ai let out a hefty sigh and nodded. “Um...you really must let me look at you...it’s the least I can do after all the trouble I caused tonight.” Reggie glanced down at the medical kit and gulped. He imagined a million different ways how putting sharp objects in Ai’s hands could go wrong. “N...no scissors...alright?” Ai nodded, setting the medical kit down, she took a seat by her sofa. Gulping, a reluctant Reggie sat next to her and with a mini flashlight, she inspected Reggie’s face. “T...thank you for taking me out to dinner tonight Reggie-san. I...despite everything that happened, I had...fun. ” Ai said blushing. “I had fun too Ai..” Reggie said. For a moment, the two said nothing and merely stared at one another. Reggie could hear his heart thumping a mile a minute. Reggie leaned in to kiss her, but Ai heard the phone ringing and stood up to answer it; in the process of getting up she ended up head-butting into Reggie. With a cry of pain, Reggie backed off, holding onto his forehead. “G-Gomen ne Reggie!...daijobu?” a concerned Ai asked. “I...I’m fine...I’ll have a splitting headache later but...I’m fine...” Reggie said, as the ringing from the phone stopped.

At the same time, Reggie’s own phone rang. While still in pain, Reggie reached into his pocket and answered it. “H...h..hello?” “Yo Reg! We located that Prime knockoff, get your butt downtown pronto!” said Ryan from the phone. “O...on it!” He turned back towards Ai who was too embarrassed to even look at him. With a hefty sigh he saw himself out of Ai’s apartment.

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Headlights from the monster’s chest suddenly shined on a mysterious crimson armored figure. Slowly, the figure turned around to face the monster. “You have been ordered by the Creator to return to your stasis pod...lay down your arms and come with me.” The figure merely scuffed at the monster’s words, turning away from him and continued to ignore him. Glaring at him, the Primoid’s arm shifted to a sword “Then you leave me no choice...one shall stand...one shall fa....uuuragh!” In the blink of an eye, the crimson shadow closed the gap between him and the monster, driving his blade deep into the monster’s chest.

The Modrangers arrived on the scene just as the Primoid was impaled by the crimson shadow. He pulled his weapon out of the monster, and the creature fell back. “Till all are one...” were his final words. The creature exploded in a two story tall fireball. Unfazed, the figure stepped through the flames and swung his chainsaw/rifle hybrid weapon over his shoulder. Reggie let out a gasp, as the images from the nightmares which had been plaguing him for days came back to him. “No...no...no..no...you can’t be real...you....” Reggie said in utter disbelief. "Who are you?!" Jordan would ask The mysterious figure chuckles and said, “You group of weaklings don’t deserve to know my deserve to know my true name. But if you must call me something...then I am OnoRed!” he declared, pointing his rifle at the group. “And I will delete this world...starting with you.”

The group let out a gasp. “OnoRed!?” Jordan cried out. “Tch so this is what that freaky robot lady did with our data...damn her!” Matt said, slamming his fist into his open palm. OnoRed laughed. “Please, those weakling Anons are nowhere near my league...allow me to demonstrate!!!” OnoRed charged towards the ModRangers. With his chainsaw rifle in hand, OnoRed brought down the blade towards the group. Gasping, the ModRangers narrowly managed to escape. In response to the sudden attack, the group shouted “MOD ACCESS, LOG IN!” The ModSuits appeared around their bodies just as the group landed on their feet. However, OnoRed vanished, leaving behind crimson streaks in the air before he suddenly reappeared in front of Matt, Nathan, and Kyle. The three gasped, seeing OnoRed raise his chainsaw rifle and in one swing knocked them off their feet. “S...so fast!” Reggie said, but not even a second later, OnoRed was right in front of him. Reggie let out a shriek, before his legs finally gave in and in fear, he backed away from the warrior. OnoRed scuffed and said “Pathetic,” before stomping Reggie into the ground.

Jordan managed to strike him twice with his ModCalibur but OnoRed barely flinched. Instead, he retaliated by delivering a swift kick that sent Jordan flying. Jordan hit the ground hard, but rolled out of the way as OnoRed’s chainsaw rifle came down towards him. OnoRed kept furiously attacking him, and with no opening to defend or counter, all Joran could do was roll out of the way. Finally seeing an opening, Jordan used his hand to boost himself forward, kicking OnoRed in the process. “What?!” OnoRed said in surprise as Jordan managed to get back on his feet. With sword in hand, Jordan made furious swipes at OnoRed, but OnoRed effortlessly dodged Jordan’s attacks. “Arrgh, this guy is tough! Quit.Messing.With.Me.Damnit!” a furious Jordan said in between slashes. “Hrhmph...you’re beginning to bore me...” OnoRed began to effortlessly clash swords with Jordan. He knocked Jordan’s sword out of his hand, and with a gasp Jordan cried “Oh no!!!” OnoRed impaled his sword through Jordan’s stomach.

Reggie managed to stagger into a standing position, just in time to see Jordan getting stabbed by OnoRed. The crimson-clad figure removed his blood soaked weapon, watching Jordan fall down behind him. As his ModSuit vanished, Reggie cried “JORDAAAAAAN!!!!!” Reggie ran to his fallen friend and fell to his knees. His hands trembled as he reached towards him. “J-Jordan, c’mon man! Wake up! Wake up! Dude this isn’t funny, WAKE UP! GODAMNIT” his voice was full of fear and terror as he spoke, beginning to cry. OnoRed chuckled at the scene, before pointing his chainsaw rifle right at Reggie’s head. “Don’t sound so bad for him...you’ll be joining him in hell soon enough.” Slowly, OnoRed’s finger inched towards the trigger...

Next time on Tokunation Sentai Modranger!

????: Hurry and escape while I have his attention!
OnoRed: Stay out of my way! I refuse to take orders from anyone, especially someone as weak as you!
ZeoRangerV: Coward! Are you just giving up!?
Den-O: BanCannon...FIRE!

Access 10: Rise of the Red Beast