The weekend had come and gone, and the rangers and their friends were soon back in school. "Back to the old routine huh? Well at least we all get to be together again.", Inferno said with a smile as he walked Rarity to class.
"There's always next weekend darling.", Rarity said with a smile. "Besides, I've missed out walks to class."
"You're one of the things that makes school worthy showing up for gorgeous." As everyone headed off to their classes, Tirek was plotting his next move.
"It's time for the people to know who will soon rule over them. Those fools shall soon know my name and fear my very mention! Starlight! We attack the city now!"
"Yes Master!" Starlight said as she donned her mask as she and Tirek teleported and Tirek summoned a golem army!
"People of Canterlot! You now gaze upon Lord Tirek! The lives you once knew are gone! Now I rule over you! You shall kneel before me.." Tirek fired a blast of energy from his hands at a nearby building! "Or suffer!" People started to run and panic! "Yes...yes! Fear me weaklings! For soon, there will be nowhere to hide!" At the command center, Pegasus had just noticed Tirek making his attack, and relayed an urgent message to the rangers! Burst and the others heard their morphers go off, and immediately answered!
"What's going on Pegasus?", Burst asked.
"Rangers! A new threat has surfaced! He's named Tirek and is attacking the city! He has an army of golems with him! Put a stop to him!"
"We're on it! Guess what time it is guys?" The rangers nodded and headed out from their classes. "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" Burst and the other rangers morphed and teleported to Tirek's location! Tirek was caught completely off-guard when the rangers appeared! Starlight however, was amused.
"And who're you supposed to be?", she said in a mocking tone. "A bunch of wannabe heroes?"
"That's really the best insult you can come up with? Geez, Sombra and Chryssi had better banter than you.", Inferno answered. "We're the Duelist Rangers! And we're here to take you down!"
"I'd be amused to see you try whelp.", Tirek said with a sneer. "Golems! Destroy them!" The golems charged, and the rangers engaged them! Landing hit after hit!
"These things are a bit tougher than Shadowbolts and Changelings!", Ace said as he engaged a squad of golems and turned them to rubble with a series of punches! "But that just means we get to hit harder!" Soon there were pieces of golems littered in the streets before they crumbled away! Tirek scowled as his forces were literally reduced to rubble! Starlight noticed his anger and had an idea.
"Master! Allow me to eliminate these pests for you!" Tirek had a wicked smile after hearing this.
"Yes. Make sure you siphon off their strength and feed it to me once you defeat them! I'll be waiting back at the lair."
"Thank you master. I'll crush them!" Tirek nodded as he teleported back to his lair. Starlight had an evil smile as she turned to face the rangers. "Looks like it's my turn to play..." Starlight then summoned her staff and got into a fighting stance! "Who wants to be first?" Shadow summoned his spear and got into his own fighting stance!
"Let's dance!" Shadow and Starlight charged at each other! Their weapons clashing and locking! "You're pretty good....for a bad girl.", Shadow said as he and Starlight were locked!
"Thanks.", Starlight said with a smirk as their faces were almost an inch away from each other. "I can't see your face, but you sound kinda cute. For a good guy." Starlight then knocked Shadow onto his back and prepared to strike! "Too bad we're on opposite sides. Game over ranger boy!" Starlight was about to fire off a point-blank range blast of magic, but Ace managed to force away her staff with his sword!
"You mess with my brother, you mess with all of his family!" Ace charged at Starlight! Swinging away at her while she blocked every slash! He was then pushed back by a powerful blast of magic from Starlight! However, she was left vulnerable to Ice's attack! Ice charged up energy and focused it into his fist!
"ABSOLUTE POWER FORCE!" All Starlight could see was a fist wrapped in flame coming right at her that soon sent her flying! She used an impact-cushion spell to minimize the damage she took from colliding with a nearby wall!
"That's it. No more playing around!" Starlight then rammed her staff into the ground and sent out a magic shockwave that pushed back the rangers! Burst and Inferno soon recovered and got into fighting stances!
"Inferno, I think it's time to release some of our restraint. Let's power up!"
"Right! Meteor Black Comet!"
"Ultimate!" In a flash of lighting and flame, Burst and Inferno powered up to their more powerful modes! "Blue Eyes Ultimate Ranger!"
"Meteor Black Comet Ranger!" Starlight was shocked! Which gave Burst and Inferno just the chance they needed! The two of them summoned their weapons and charged up their attacks! "Meteor Blast Barrage!", Inferno cried as he fired his meteor black Vulcan blaster!
"Neutron Blast!", Burst shouted as the dragon heads on his chest rose to his shoulders and started charging along with his blaster and fired! Starlight cast a shield spell, but it shattered from the energy of their attacks and she was soon caught in the blast! When the dust cleared, Starlight was pretty beat up and glaring at the rangers!
"This isn't over!" Starlight then pretended to teleport back to Tirek and then hid in the shadows. Satisfied that they had defeated their opponents, the rangers powered down while Starlight was watching them! Starlight couldn't get a good look at them, but she did manage to figure out their age range. "This could be usefull...", she thought out loud with a wicked smile. "I think I know how to play this to Lord Tirek's advantage..."