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Legacy Of Power: At World’s End
Part 3 – The Beginning
Chapter 14 – It’s Morphin Time
Written By Pink-Green-White-4ever
Story Ideas By: Pink-Green-White-4ever and Marcus
Last Revised: December 20, 2007
Summary: The return of some familiar foes to Angel Grove also brings with it some familiar looking heroes, while the Mystic Force Rangers get their butts handed to them
Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance
Rating: T for now
AN: First of all, to all of you who are celebrating this time of year, Happy Holidays – whether it’s Christmas, Hanukkah,
"And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own." -- André Malraux –-
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” -- Dale Carnegie --
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“God,” Kim murmured as Aisha drove through downtown Angel Grove. On their first visit home a few days before, there hadn’t been time to sight see. Kim was amazed to see how much had changed in her time away.
“I know,” Aisha giggled at the look on Kim’s face. She’d been the same way her first visit back to the place she’d come to consider home a few years before.
Shaking her head, Kim looked over at her best friend. “Where are we going?”
“Tanya and I figured the team needed a pick-me-up. We’re meeting up for lunch before we head back to Briarwood,” Aisha just grinned.
Kim perked up as Aisha drove past the park and turned down the road toward the high school and the
Aisha’s smile was wistful. “Maybe.”
When the pair pulled into the parking lot, Kim instantly recognized most of the vehicles – Rocky and Jason’s trucks, Tommy’s jeep, her car, and Tanya and Adam’s rental. There were also a few she didn’t recognize. “Looks like Bulk’s here,” Aisha commented nonchalantly as she parked her truck.
“I don’t see Zack,” Kim responded.
“They drove Angela’s car, it’s over there,” Aisha pointed out a silver colored Taurus. The two women quickly made their way into the building and were surprised to see it empty beyond their teammates and a few other familiar faces.
“Kim! Aisha!” Justin called out in greeting.
“Oh my God,” Kim muttered. When she and Rocky had gone to Bulkmeiers, Bulk hadn’t been anywhere in sight. Kim saw him and Skull sitting at the bar, chatting with Justin, Tommy and Zack.
“Well, well look what the cat dragged in,” Bulk laughed, standing up to greet the girls.
“You grew up,” Kim quipped, giving both men a hug.
“We had to sometime, right?” Skull laughed. “How are you?”
Kim gave him a tired but happy smile. “Tired.”
“Well, if you weren’t rushing off to save the world day and night,” Bulk off-handedly told her, watching her go pale in the process.
“Don’t look so shocked, Kimberly,” Skull started. “Bulkie and I have known for a while now.”
Kimberly approached her fiancé, who was grinning madly and asked, “Do I want to ask how that happened?”
Tommy chuckled and kissed her. “They aren’t half bad detectives, believe it or not. After discovering the identities of the Space team, and seeing me having lunch with T.J. and Jason after the Red Ranger mission, Bulk kinda put two and two together. They’ve been sworn to secrecy.”
Kim just nodded and leaned against Tommy, wondering what other surprises were around the corner for the team. “Is everyone hungry?” a voice called as a familiar body emerged from the back room.
Aisha and Kim let out happy chirps. “ERNIE!” they called out.
“Look what we have here,” he laughed, walking out front to hug both women. “When did you two get here?”
“A few minutes ago,” Aisha laughed. “I heard from T.J. you’d sold the place, what brought you back?”
Ernie grinned. “Adele’s mother got sick about two years ago, so I got back in the game. Skull’s been managing the place for me and I come in when it suits me.”
Aisha looked to Skull, who smiled. “Bulkie and I took business management courses at AGU a few years ago, so between this and my night gigs playing piano, I keep busy.”
“Nice,” Kim just laughed. “You know what, I’m starving.”
“Food’s on the house!” Ernie called out.
--
Phineas scratched his head and stared at his five friends in wonder. Nick sat in one of the over-stuffed chairs, with
“I guess it’s a good thing they aren’t working today,” Clare giggled lightly.
“They’ve been really busy lately,” Phineas pointed out. “But why are they sleeping here?”
Clare shook her head. “I don’t think they intended to, Phineas. They’ve got training with Ninjor and Sensei Watanabe this afternoon.”
Phineas made a face. “Humans, I’ll never understand them,” he muttered. Shaking his head, he turned and headed for Leelee at the cash register.
--
After lunch, the Ranger relayed some of their adventures to Ernie, Bilk, and Skull, filling in gaps for the trio who’d been through so much of those adventures with them. Finally, the Rangers had to ask one question that had prayed on their minds for years. “So, Ernie, how’d you find out?” Zack finally asked.
The Rangers gathered around, wanting to hear what Ernie would say. Zack sat back in his chair, his hand holding Angela’s. For her part, Angela wasn’t shocked or fazed in the least about Zack and his closest friends having been Power Rangers, or being back in the game. There had been too many clues over the years, too many coincidences, for her to ignore the facts, but she’d kept quiet, knowing Zack would tell her if, and when, he could. She was, however, mad that he hadn’t told her outright when he’d been called back to duty, but they’d discuss that when the situation had been dealt with and life was back to normal. It
wouldn’t do for him to worry about her being angry with him when he and his friends were about to risk their lives to save the world, yet again.
The jolly owner of the Gym and Juice bar chuckled. “Would you believe I had suspicious to begin with but wasn’t absolutely sure until after the Green Ranger showed up?” he told them.
Those who’d been Rangers at that time blushed. “How?” Jason asked.
“When the Green Ranger joined the team, Tommy began hanging out with you guys, and then when the Green Ranger wasn’t around, neither was Tommy. Let’s not forget, of course, that when the White Ranger showed up…”
“Tommy came home the same weekend,” Kim murmured.
Ernie nodded. “It’s why I never gave you kids problems about your disappearing acts. I knew you’d be back after putting Rita and Zedd in their places.”
Bulk shook his head. “How many times did our schemes point right to the Rangers and we wouldn’t believe it because it was them?” he asked Skull while jerking his thumb in the Rangers’ general direction.
“Too many to count Bulkie, too many to count,” Skull responded. “It wasn’t until the Space Rangers incident that I think we accepted that goodie-two-shoes people could be Rangers.”
Billy let out a sarcastic laugh and shook his head. “Did you think the Rangers weren’t law abiding citizens?”
“We thought you were aliens,” Skull corrected him.
As almost an after thought, Ernie spoke up. “Trini was the original Yellow, wasn’t she?” The Rangers grew quiet while Tommy nodded. “I’m so sorry guys. This must be so hard without her.”
Tanya was about to speak up when a familiar six tone chime startled them all. Cautiously, Jason brought his communicator up. “This is Jason, go ahead.”
“It’s Cam. We’ve got the communication system up and running.”
Cheers went out from those gathered. “Excellent.”
“Let Billy know that the communicators he gave Dana have been assigned to Time Force, for some reason, we couldn’t sync up their communicators with the system. Everyone else’s communicators are working fine; Hayley, Kendrix, Kai and I have been testing them for the last hour or so.”
“Perfect Cam, I appreciate the help,” Billy spoke up.
“Uh guys, I wish I didn’t have to say this, but we have a problem.” Cam’s voice changed, tension filling it. “Udonna says you’ve got something big and ugly in your area, some giant monkey with gold armor and a weird looking woman in a mini skirt.”
“Goldar!” Jason snapped.
“And Divatox,” Kim spoke up just seconds after.
“We’re heading out now, keep the others posted,” Jason ordered as the eleven Rangers rushed from the scene, knowing they’d be able to tell where the trouble was from the screams that always accompanied an attack.
--
A familiar chiming startled the five Rangers from their sleep. “This is Nick, go ahead,” the red Ranger spoke into his communicator.
“Trouble at the city center,” Lianbow spoke through it. “Daggeron will meet you there.”
“Got it!” they told him before rushing from the store.
--
“I don’t see a thing,” Justin muttered as the Rangers walked toward the park.
“Just keep your eyes open,” Rocky told him. “The park was their favorite place to hit.”
A loud, powerful explosion happened just feet from the group, sending them flying in scattered directions. Tommy, Jason, Rocky, and Adam were the first to recover, scrambling to their feet to find themselves face to face with Goldar, Divatox, and a horde of Tengas and Piranhatrons.
“Hello Rangers,” Divatox purred.
Kat, Tanya, and Kim shook their heads and rolled their eyes. Aisha just crossed her arms over her chest and raised an eyebrow. “Give me a break, at least Rita was comical, she’s just scary looking,” Aisha shot over to her fellow female Rangers, who tried not to laugh.
Rocky, Zack, and Justin just snickered, while the other guys just shook their heads. “And just who might you be, little girl?” Divatox growled.
Aisha just smiled. “Aisha Campbell, Yellow Ranger.”
“Uh huh…” Divatox mumbled. “I’m not impressed.”
Kim laid a calming hand on Aisha’s arm. “She’s not worth it, Sha,” the Pink Ranger spoke.
“Not worth it!” the space pirate screeched. “How dare you! I should have just killed you when I had the chance, power brat!”
The Pink Ranger smiled sweetly. “Your mistake, cause you’ll find I’m not powerless, like I was last time.”
Justin cleared his throat then. “As I recall, Kim, you and Jason kicked pretty good ass, even after Lerigot freed you.”
Divatox glared at the Blue Zeo Ranger. “Well, well, little boy blue finally grew up, the normal way.”
“You don’t bother me in the least.”
“Enough talking!” Goldar bellowed. “ATTACK!” he ordered. The teams broke off quickly into groups as the Tengas and Piranhatrons rushed forward.
Justin joined Kat and Tanya again the Piranhatrons while Jason and Zack worked together in tandem. Even though the five had only been teammates with some of the others on their team, they quickly developed an air of team unity as they switched out partners now and then, surprising Divatox and Goldar, not to mention the Piranhatrons.
Meanwhile, the others picked up as a team right where they left off when Kimberly had left. The only difference in them was they were older and much more skilled than before. Billy found himself with Aisha, the pair moving with a swiftness and ferocity that surpassed their original time as Rangers. Both were more aggressive, and in Billy’s case, using more martial arts than sheer determination to overcome their enemy. Aisha was surprised to see the level of skill Billy had obtained in his time away.
Rocky and Adam, as always, were feeding off each other’s energy. Brisk snap-kicks, dizzying round house kicks, and some wickedly defensive punches were coming from the two as they duked it out with the Tengas. The giant crows didn’t know if they were coming or going, as they found one of the pair disappearing only to have the other pop up in front of them on the attack.
The final two fighters, Tommy and Kim, went after Goldar and Divatox. As the two engaged their opponents, Tommy couldn’t help but wonder how alike this battle with Goldar was when compared to some of his more recent battles against Zeltrax. The White Ranger simply raised an eyebrow when Goldar suddenly took flight.
Meanwhile, Kim found herself dodging Divatox’s punches and kicks. She kind of wished this had happened during her first meeting with the Space Pirate, instead of what actually had occurred then. Just when the Pink Ranger was about to take a good swing at her opponent, Divatox shot her tongue out, grabbed Kim’s legs, and pulled them out from under her.
“Kim!” Billy called out to her, witnessing the sneak attack.
“Ew! Gross!” Kim shuddered as Divatox drug her towards her then let her go so the Piranhatrons could grab her.
Divatox sucked her tongue back into her mouth before licking her lips. “Mmmmm…tasty!”
Kim made a face. “Sick…” she muttered. The pair were startled when Tommy let out a surprised yelp after Goldar picked him up and tossed him through the air. “TOMMY!”
“Nice!” Divatox grinned.
Kim let out a shriek as she too soon found herself airborne. Lucky for her, Rocky managed to dash forward and catch her. “Thanks Rocko!”
“No problem, but I think its time to break out the hardware!”
“I think you’re right,” Kim told him as the two teams regrouped. “Jason?”
The Red Ranger grinned. The two teams smirked and stood at the ready. “It’s Morphin Time!”
“ZEO RANGER I, PINK!” Kat’s voice announced her designation, her lips curving up in a smile as she felt the familiar power fill her for the first time in years.
“ZEO RANGER II, YELLOW!” Tanya wanted to jump for joy as her body filled with energy, filling a place in her heart that had sorely missed this.
“ZEO RANGER III, BLUE!” Justin grinned. It wasn’t like his Turbo powers, but the Zeo powers gave him a heady sensation, and he knew that his body would be more than able to withstand the power this time.
“ZEO RANGER IV, GREEN!” Zack gasped as the rush of power shot through him. Of them all, he’d been the one who’d not been a ranger the longest. To finally have the power singing through his veins again was remarkable. It also saddened him a bit that he wasn’t wearing his black uniform, but he knew one thing rang true – no matter what color uniform he was, he was still a ranger.
“ZEO RANGER V, RED!” During his time as the Gold Ranger, Jason had often wondered what it would have felt like to be Zeo Ranger V, and now he knew. The power of the Red Ranger was almost identical to his time as Morphin Red, but had a smack of something else underlying it, something he couldn’t quite name.
“WHITE RANGER POWER!” Tommy’s voice followed Jason’s by a mere three seconds. For the first time in a long, long time, the man who had served longer than any other of Earth’s Rangers felt the power settle comfortably back into his soul. Each time he’d been a Ranger, each mantle he’d held, had meant something different to him. His Green Ranger days had meant striving for redemption as the lone, sixth Ranger. His Zeo mantle had been his way of hiding from the loss of his beloved Crane, while the Turbo powers never brought a happy thought to him because he’d held those when Zordon had gone from Earth and had been what he’d figured would be his last. The Dino Thunder powers meant he’d finally come full circle, being the mentor to a new team. It was the White Ranger powers, even with all the pain associated with them, that he’d always felt most comfortable with.
“BLACK RANGER POWER!” Adam couldn’t help but sigh in relief. While both his Zeo and Turbo mantles had been special in their own way, he’d always felt more comfortable in his Morphin’ mantle, with his spirit animal backing him up.
“PINK RANGER POWER!” Kimberly felt her spirit soar as she reconnected with the power that she’d given up so long ago to chase her dreams. She closed her eyes as the power washed over her, tears pricking her eyes when she felt the Crane deep within her for the first time in what seemed like forever.
“BLUE RANGER POWER!” With the howling of an old friend ringing in his ears, Billy felt the weight of his armor settle over him, even as his heart, mind and soul filled with the power that he’d carried for so long, a power no one else had held. It was the best welcome home he could have ever had, because now he truly felt like he’d made the right decision to come back from Aquitar.
“YELLOW RANGER POWER!” Aisha’s happy-filled voice bounced as she called forth her power, the same power she’d shared with Trini. Just as she had with every morph after receiving her power, Aisha’s thoughts shifted to Trini, a silent thankful prayer going to the original Yellow Ranger for believing in her enough to give up her place to her.
“RED RANGER POWER!” Rocky all but shouted, feeling the joy of being back in what he considered his color. Yes, Jason had held the Red Morphin mantle before him, but as a Ninjetti, Rocky had made it his own, and he’d never felt as intimidated by the Red powers and Jason’s legacy as he had by being Blue Zeo and Billy’s legacy as Blue Ranger.
Goldar’s eyes widened while Divatox’s jaw dropped. “How is that possible?” Divatox grunted. “The Morphin powers were destroyed!”
“Tell me about it,” Goldar muttered. “I think it’s time to up the stakes.”
Divatox nodded and pulled out a device, punched two buttons, and let out a laugh as she started to grow as big as a building. Goldar let out an evil laugh before slamming the end of his sword into the ground. His body, like Divatox’s, began to grow.
The Rangers looked up in momentary surprise. “Oh wonderful,” Kim muttered.
“There goes the insurance on the studio,” Kat sighed.
Rocky cackled at that. “I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m itching to get back into my zord.”
“Let’s do it!” Tommy ordered. The six Morphin Rangers stood together.
“WE NEED NINJA ZORD POWER, NOW!”
Jason nodded to the Zeo Rangers, who gathered together. “WE NEED ZEO ZORD POWER, NOW!”
Goldar and Divatox growled when they saw the eleven Zords suddenly appear. “Damn! How’d they get those damn zords back?” the space pirate whined.
“Zordon.”
Divatox raised an eyebrow at Goldar’s one word answer. “He’s dead.”
“Yeah? No kidding, so was I until recently,” Goldar smarted off at her. “It doesn’t matter, we must destroy them.”
“No? Really?” she shot back, heading for the Zeo Megazord while Goldar advanced on the Ninja Mega Falcon Zord.
--
The five Mystic rangers flew onto the scene, finding Daggeron and Jenji already engaged in a fight with a group of Hidiacs and Imperious. “Mind if we join the party?” Vida called to Daggeron as she and Xander slid in next to him and helped keep Imperious back.
“Be my guest,” Daggeron smiled. He let out a grunt of surprise when Imperious kicked him in the stomach and sent him stumbling back a few feet.
“Wrong move, big boy,” Vida all but snarled, bursting forward and meeting the former Mystic blow for blow.
“You won’t beat me, Pink Witch!”
“Right, which is why I’m not on my own!” she smirked, seconds before Xander kicked him toward her. “TORNADO POWER!”
Imperious tried to counter the attack but was too busy trying not to fall on his face thanks to Xander. The mummy-like creature roared and shot power out in all directions. A beam struck Vida, another took out a Hidiac, and two hit Nick and Chip respectively.
Maddy whirled around then, her eyes narrowing in on Imperious. “YOU…” she growled, stalking toward him.
“You think you can beat me, little Blue Witch?” he taunted.
“I don’t think, I know!”
“Maddy?” Daggeron questioned, worried by the Blue Ranger’s sudden forwardness.
“Let’s do this,” she told him. Xander joined them, nodding to Maddy. “Ready?”
“READY!”
“LEGENDARY SOURCE MYSTIC FORCE!”
Imperious loomed in the background, watching the three morph. “You three can’t beat me, none of you can!”
“We’ll see about that,” Xander fired back, the three sprinting forward to fight him.
Vida, Nick and Chip were pushing themselves up when the sounds of battle reached their ears. “Pull it together,” Nick ordered. The three were injured, but willing to join the fight.
“LEGENDARY SOURCE MYSTIC FORCE!”
Daggeron spared a glance at the three and smiled. Pride in his teammates and protégés welled inside of him. ‘Good job, Rangers’ he thought.
“Mind if we cut in?” Nick asked, the three braving the laser fire to join the fray.
“Be our guests,” Xander joked, stepping back to take a breather.
“You will die!” Imperious bellowed.
“I highly doubt that,” Nick responded.
--
The Zeo Megazord was tossed a considerable ways away from the forty-story Divatox, causing the Zeo Rangers to slam around inside the cockpit. “Damn!” Zack muttered as he and Justin worked to get the zord upright. “Game plan, Jase?”
The Red Ranger shook his head. “Been a while since I did this, I’m open to suggestions.”
The girls laughed. “Let’s switch helmets and give her a taste of her own medicine,” Tanya cracked.
One by one, the five rotated their battle helmets on the Megazord, keeping Divatox on her toes before they went in with a physical hit. Divatox crashed to the ground, unconscious, after a direct blow to her stomach. “One down, one to go,” Justin quipped.
Not far away, the Ninja Mega Falcon Zord was taking on Goldar, who was proving to be a more formidable foe than Divatox. The gold-plated titan sent the Morphin’ Rangers crashing into the side of a mountain with one hit. “Since when did he get so strong?” Rocky uttered as the team got their zord on its feet.
“Since his ass got brought back from the great beyond,” Kim countered, just as the zord took another hit. “I’m so over this! Aisha, you with me?”
The Yellow Ranger grinned under her helmet. “Boys, allow us,” Aisha cracked, causing the boys to back off and man the secondary systems while Kim and Aisha moved in a grove, piloting the colossal zord.
“You will not defeat me!” Goldar raged, swinging his sword at them.
“Can it!” Kim hissed at him. “Now Sha!”
Aisha leaned over and hit the button on the side panel, which brought the Megazord’s knee up and directly into contact with Goldar. The golden warrior made a gasping sound as he stumbled back.
“Damn! You know that had to hurt,” Rocky laughed.
A beep sounded just before Jason could be heard. “Alright, which of you girls did that?” The laughter in his voice was evident.
The Pink and Yellow Rangers laughed out loud. “Combined effort.”
“SCORE!” Kat and Tanya’s voices sounded over the communications channel.
“Uh oh!” Kim squeaked when Goldar headed toward them, having recovered from the blow.
“Evasive maneuvers!” Tommy ordered. Just as Goldar reached them, the Ninja Mega Falcon Zord took flight, causing Goldar to stumble back, this time right into one of the nearby mountains.
“Heads up!” Kat warned. The Rangers noticed Divatox stirring and groaned.
However, the fight was soon interrupted by a vision in the sky. “Goldar! Divatox! Return!”
The Rangers were shocked to see Master Vile’s face. “But!” Divatox protested.
“No buts! NOW!”
“We’ll finish this some other time,” Goldar warned before the two disappeared.
“Wonderful,” Tanya huffed.
“Let’s head back,” Jason semi-ordered as they left the scene.
--
“This isn’t working!” Vida’s voice rose above the sounds of fighting. Nick, Maddy and Daggeron were fighting Imperious while Vida, Xander and Chip fought the Hidiacs.
“Allow me to even the odds,” a new voice rang out. The Rangers smiled and then shivered as a blast of cold air came through and froze most of the Hidiacs.
“Udonna!” Imperious hissed, staring at the unmorphed White Ranger.
“Perfect timing, Mom,” Nick laughed.
The White Ranger nodded and then grinned, bringing her wand up. “LEGENDARY SOUCE MYSTIC FORCE!”
It was the first time Udonna had called upon her Legend Warrior powers since she’d been given them. Her suit looked like Maddy and Vida’s, only where theirs were colored with their Ranger color, hers was a light silver, and her snow staff was now a mutation between what it had been and the Lion staffs the Rangers carried in legend mode.
“Nice,” Maddy grinned as the group of eight gathered together.
Imperious and the Hidiacs that remained stood before them. “I will destroy you!” the mummy-like warrior announced. “I’ll be rewarded by the First for destroying the legendary Mystic Rangers!”
Daggeron finally had enough and stepped forward. “Why don’t you quit talking and pit your skill against ours!” The Rangers were in shock that their mentor had spoken up like that.
“Why Daggeron, impatience? From you?” Imperious taunted.
The Solaris Knight narrowed his gaze under the helmet he wore. “Even my patience has its limits, and your kind has finally found them.”
“Oooh, I’m so proud. Mark your calendars, Kiddies. I’ve finally upset the mighty Daggeron.”
Daggeron just shook his head. “You couldn’t beat me in bound battle, what makes you think you can take eight of us on?”
“Because this time, I’m not alone!”
The Rangers and Jenji gasped when two figured emerged from behind Imperious out of thin air. “Hello Rangers.”
“Sculpin!” Chip gasped.
“Now, now, don’t forget me,” the second smirked.
Udonna’s eyes narrowed at him. “Morticon.”
--
Cam sighed in frustration as he, Kai, Kendrix and Bridge worked to realign the Megaship’s sensors so they could keep track of both battles. As it was, they had to keep switching back and forth on the Crystal ball to see what was happening. “Cam,” Hunter’s calm voice sounded.
The Green Samurai turned his head and found his teammate right over his shoulder. “What?”
The Crimson Ranger gave him a silencing look. “Relax,” he told him, resting his hands on Cam’s shoulders. “The madder you get, the harder it’ll be to think. Take a deep breath. Do you want me to get you something to drink or eat?”
Cam let out a sigh. “I’d love a sandwich and some tea, believe it or not.”
Hunter nodded. “Relax, I can handle that. Besides, Billy wouldn’t have put you in charge of this if he didn’t think you could handle it.” That said, the Thunder Ninja headed for the kitchen.
Bridge was across the room, engrossed in the Mystics’ computer, every so often muttering something to Kendrix or Kai on the screen, both of whom were on the Megaship outside. Sensing his fellow Green Ranger was busy, Cam took a moment to relax and then his eyes took in the crystal ball that was finally starting to merge the two battles for them to see. The Mentors had agreed to alert all the teams, but no one was to interfere unless it became a life or death situation. Cam’s eyes widened when Sculpin and Morticon showed up. “LIANBOW!” Cam yelled, causing the Red Wolf to rush into the room and he and Bridge met Cam at the Crystal ball.
“What’s wrong?” the older man asked.
“Look!” Cam pointed, drawing Lianbow and Bridge’s attention to the
“I knew Imperious wasn’t alone.”
“What do you want to do?”
“Alert everyone.”
Cam nodded. “Bridge, get the word out!” the Samurai ordered.
“Already on it!” Bridge responded, even as he was sitting in the chair at the computer.
--
Jen grinned as she felt the heat on her right as she jogged along the trail Daggeron had set up for them to use to train outside on. Wes was matching her step for step, his warmth next to her comforting. They were almost back to Rootcore when her new communicator chimed. “This is Jen, go ahead.”
“Lianbow wants you to come back, immediately. We might have a problem,” Cam’s voice sounded.
Lucas, Katie, Trip, Eric and
“We have an emergency,” Jen informed him.
“Well, let’s morph,” Eric started.
Jen shook her head. “We have to get back to Rootcore first.”
“Let’s move!” Wes ordered.
--
“Go ahead,” Jason spoke into his communicator as the group headed back for the
Cam’s voice came out of the device. “Mystic Force is having a difficult time, if we need you, could you get here?”
“Give us a ten minute head start, but yeah,” Jason responded.
“Okay, Cam out.”
The eleven Rangers looked at each other in worry. “Should we leave now?” Justin asked.
Kim shook her head. “No, they’ll call us if they need us that bad. There is how many other teams with them right there? Besides, we have to trust them to finish this on their own.”
“Kim’s right,” Billy spoke up then. All of the others looked to the Morphin Blue Ranger. “They have something to prove to themselves, and to each other. We’ll jump in if we have to. Besides, at highest velocity, Tommy, Kim and Jason could be there in less than three minutes with the three aerial zords.”
“See,” Aisha pointed out. “Now come on, I’m sure Angela wants to make sure Zack’s in one piece.”
“You know,” Rocky started. “I’m surprised she hasn’t belted you one for not telling her,” he told Zack.
“Oh trust me, she wanted to, you could see it in her eyes. I think, however, she hasn’t said anything because she didn’t want me to worry about dealing with her being pissed and trying to save the world. I’ll hear it after we get done with this insane situation, trust me.”
--
Lianbow was tense as he watched the Mystic Rangers struggle against the Darkness’ trio of warriors. Cam stood next to him while Bridge was across the room informing the other teams of what was happening.
All of the teams were spread out across Briarwood – Time Force with the addition of
“We came as soon as we could!” Katie called as the seven Rangers rushed in. Right behind them was Andros, Jack, Conner, Leo, Cole, Carter and Shane.
“The others have already headed over,” Leo spoke up. He and Cole been with Wild Force and Lost Galaxy, but he had headed back early to spend some time with Kendrix and Cole had wanted to simply come back and rest. They’d been on the edge of the forest when the distress signal had come through.
Lianbow nodded. “Andros, Jack and Jen, without Jason and Kim here, this falls to your shoulders,” the Red Wolf told them.
The trio nodded in understanding. “How are they holding up?” Jen asked.
“Lost Galaxy and Wild Force just got there,” Cam informed them as he gestured to the crystal where eight people had suddenly appeared.
“So not good,” Bridge muttered when Imperious, Morticon and Sculpin grew to forty stories.
“Zord time,” Conner responded, just as the Mystic Rangers began to call for their zords.
--
“Not good,” Chip uttered.
“You guys what help?” Maya asked, itching for a fight.
“Nope, we’ve got this,” Nick just grinned under his helmet. “Let’s do it guys!”
“SOLAR STREAK MEGAZORD!” Daggeron called before he and Jenji jumped up into the cockpit.
“CODE 3! Legend Of The Sky, Mystic Firebird!” Nick called out as he used his Lion Staff to do his transformation.
“CODE 4! Legend of The Jungle, Mystic Lion!” the others called, swinging their staffs around until they united into their one zord.
“Code 5! MANTICORE MEGAZORD!” they called once the two zords combined into one.
“Galwit-Mysto-Prifior!” Udonna called, growing as big as the Megazord, her snow staff in hand. “Now, the odds are even.”
“You will not win!” Morticon growled. “We’re going to destroy you once and for all!”
“Again, like we haven’t heard that before,” Vida quipped from inside the Megazord, causing her teammates to chuckle. That chuckle soon turned into a gasp when Morticon darted forward and knocked the Manticore Megazord back ten full steps.
While that was going on, Daggeron and Jenji used the Solar Streak to go head to head with Imperious, and left Udonna to face Sculpin. Imperious and the Solar Streak were locked in a dead fight while Udonna struggled against Sculpin. The Rangers watched in horror as the former member of the Ten Terrors picked Udonna up and sent her flying into the side of a nearby mountain.
“MOM!” Nick called out.
“Udonna!” the others cried.
Sculpin was towering over Udonna, his sword at the read, while Morticon and Imperious kept the others at bay. Just as he brought his weapon down, two beams of light – one black and one white – knocked the sword from his hands, startling all the fighters. Looking to where the lights came from, the Rangers gasped when they saw two large horses had appeared.
“Catastros!” Nick gasped.
“Brightstar!” Maddy laughed.
“What are they doing here?” Chip asked.
“Better question is, what the heck are they doing?” Xander butted in.
The two horses had moved until they were between Udonna and Sculpin. The Rangers watched on as Catastros pushed Sculpin back far enough, by pawing the air near Sculpin’s head, for Udonna to get to her feet. “Brightstar?” Udonna murmured, reaching over to stroke the unicorn’s mane.
The beautiful mare bent her head toward Udonna before she began to glow as white as the White Ranger. “Sombor-Unithos-Equestras!” Udonna spoke as if in a trance.
Everyone watched as Udonna and Brightstar merged, just as Nick once had. “I didn’t know that was possible!” Xander let out.
Maddy shook her head. “Xander, she’s a Power Ranger, and a formidable witch, anything’s possible. Plus, both her son and husband can do it, why shouldn’t she?”
“SNOWSTAR UNIZORD!” Udonna cried out once she and the mare had combined.
Another interruption a second later drew their attention. “Uthay-Mejor-Catastros!” Lianbow’s voice echoed, drawing Catastros to him. “Sombor-Unithos-Equestras!”
“DAD!”
The Rangers watched as the Red Wolf and Catastros merged in a move reminiscent of a year before when Lianbow had still been Koragg. “Fight someone your own size, Sculpin,” Lianbow growled.
“Ooooh, the big, bad Red Wolf wants to fight!” Morticon snickered until he was tossed off the Rangers’ Megazord by Udonna.
“Do you believe your wife is incapable of facing me?” Sculpin asked Lianbow.
Lianbow chuckled. “Your better chance at winning is to face me; she’d be more match for you than you’d ever believe. Besides, you and I have a score to settle.”
“Then let’s settle it!”
--
“Itassis!” Clare called out when the former Terror entered the main room at Rootcore.
“So, he’s back,” Itassis asked, having heard the commotion in
Clare nodded. “Lianbow’s facing him.”
Itassis sighed. She knew, in her heart, why the Master had chosen Sculpin, and it wasn’t because he’d been the last of the Ten Terrors to fall. “Clare, I know the reason he’s come back. It’s because of Matumbo and me.”
The young sorceress looked confused. “I don’t think I understand.”
“Why else would the Master bring him back?”
Jen, Andros and Jack turned and tuned into the conversation. “I don’t get it either,” Jack started.
The former member of the Ten Terrors turned to him. “Matumbo and I are the only two Ten Terrors to defect from the darkness. The Master knew this. The only reason he’s brought back Sculpin was to make both of us ineffective in this fight.”
“IF he’s going after you, he might go after Nikki too,” Clare surmised, bringing a hand to her chest. “We’ve got to warn her.”
--
“Are you sure you can get that box, Mom?” Leelee called as she and Phineas carried a large shelf from the back of Toby’s van into the Rock Porium.
“Leelee, I’m not helpless,” Nikki laughed, waving her daughter off. “I use to be the Queen of the Vampires, remember?”
Leelee grinned and nodded before she and Phineas headed inside. Nikki turned to the van and was surprised by the alien standing behind her. “Necrolai, I presume?” he grinned, his voice sending Nikki into fight mode.
The former member of the darkness felt her spine stiffen as she turned to him. “I no longer go by that name.”
“Oh no? That’s sad to hear. You should never turn your back on who you really are,” he taunted.
“What do you want?” she asked, her body dropping into a fighting stance.
“To complete my mission.”
Nikki glared. “And do I want to ask what that is?”
“The First wants you,” he laughed.
“The First?” Nick questioned, puzzlement on her face.
“The First. Now come, we can’t keep him waiting!”
Nikki had two seconds to scream as he opened the plates on his chest before she disappeared. “MOM!” Leelee screamed.
--
Udonna stumbled as she and Brightstar attempted to work in unison. Morticon was proving a lot tougher for them than he’d been the first time the Rangers had faced him. “I don’t get it!” Vida hissed as the Rangers struggled to right their zord. “We didn’t have this much of a problem with him before!”
“Remember what Zordon said? They’re more powerful now than before because they have the Master’s energy,” Maddy retorted.
“But still, it’s two on one, and he’s still kicking our butts,” Xander huffed.
“And we’re even in Legend mode!” Chip added.
“Daggeron’s having a hard time with Imperious as well,” Udonna looked over at them from her zord.
“Any ideas Mom?” Nick asked.
“Not at the moment, I’m afraid.”
Nick muttered something under his breath when Morticon swung out and knocked them out of Megazord mode and separated Udonna and Brightstar. The second they hit the ground, all six unmorphed. Morticon stood over them and was about to step on them when an ear-splitting cry echoed. Turning their eyes to the horizon, they saw a large green and silver body flying toward them.
“What is that?” Vida asked.
Chip grinned under his helmet. “That would be the Green Lost Galaxy Rangers’ Condor Galacta Beast.”
The team watched as Daggeron and Jenji were tossed from their Zord, leaving Lianbow and Catastros still fighting. As if from no where, several other zords suddenly appeared – Kai’s Gorilla, Maya’s Wolf, Alyssa’s Tiger, Danny’s Bison, Max’s Shark, and
Lianbow was momentarily startled to realize his teammates were no longer in their zord or morphed forms; that surprise turned into determination when he realized that the other Rangers were there to back him up; he wasn’t about to lose this fight.
“Don’t you think you can beat all of us on your own, mighty Lianbow?” Imperious taunted.
“You talk too much,” Lianbow told him fiercely.
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