//------------------------------// // Episode 8: Rangers Return! // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! EQG: Duelist Rangers Final Season // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// The next day, Burst was troubled. Not only about Blitz, but the recent monster attacks as well. In all the time he'd been a ranger, he'd never seen so many portals open up at once. Such an event only occured when the Lancers made their debut. 'When I defeated Tirek and after Sombra and Chrysalis were reformed, there shouldn't have been any portals left to open. Unless....!' Burst then narrowed his eyes. 'Looks like the Lancers might not be the knights everyone thinks they are.' Burst approached Gold as soon as lunch hit. "Gold. We need to get the guys." "What for?", Gold asked. "Because I've got the feeling we're going to need all the rangers together for this one. Also, we need to send out a spy drone to observe the Lancers. Their sudden appearance on the scene of the monster attacks doesn't add up. But first, we gotta get back to the command center. I think you know what we'll need from there.", Burst said with a sly smile. "No problem.", Gold said. Burst gathered the guys and they all warped back to the command center. "We kept the morphers right where you left them. Dad just sent out the spy drone. It's cloaked, so we won't have to worry about being spotted. It just infiltrated Lancer HQ. We've got video and audio...now!" Gold pulled up the drone's feed, and the monitor displayed the inside of Lancer HQ. "I'll try to move towards Blitz's office...." Gold manuevered the drone, and soon picked up on Blitz. "It's all in place.", Blitz said with a smirk. "Today, a large portal will open up and a fearsome monster will be released. My team will show up to the site and engage, but be no match. Then I'll morph, defeat the monster, and the whole city will be more than willing to name me its hero. Those previous monster releases will pale in comparison to this!" Burst and the others were horrified! Blitz had been the one who was releasing monsters into the city, and he'd done so just so he could be seen as a hero! "This is crazy! If he's planning on releasing that strong a monster so soon, there's no telling how many people could get hurt!", Inferno said. "Gold. Recall the drone. I've got the feeling that some reporters would be very interested in seeing this footage.", Burst said with a determined gaze. "The rest of us?" Burst looked at the other guys. "You know what time it is." Each of the rangers got out their morphers. "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" In a flash of light, all the rangers stood in their armor. "Okay guys. Our main concern is taking down whatever monster Blitz intends to bring through that portal! Let's not pull any punches!" Before the rangers could activate their power ups, Gold approached Burst. "Here's one last upgrade. Your Absolute mode won't activate at will, but this should be a good substitute." Gold handed Burst a module for his Blue-Eyes morpher. "Trust me. It'll go really well with your Chaos MAX Cannon." "Thanks Gold. Make sure that footage gets seen." As Gold went off to deliver the footage, the alarm started to blare! "Looks like Blitz is making his move! Let's go!" Burst and the other rangers teleported downtown to where the Lancers were going up against the monster Blitz had unleashed! Burst and the others were shocked to see the beast that Blitz had unleashed! "That's....that's Chaos Emperor Dragon!" "Blitz unleashed THAT beast?!", Inferno cried. "That thing's been banned from the game for years! If CED uses his effect, everyone's toast!" "I think Blitz neglected to mention that to his team!", Ace noted! Blitz and the Lancers were still engaging CED with blaster fire and punches and kicks! However, all that did was annoy the beast! Adding to CED's legendary rage! CED tail whipped a Lancer into a wall before lashing out with his claws at any unfortunate to be in front of him! "YOU PATHETIC WORMS! DID YOU REALLY THINK YOU STOOD A CHANCE AGAINST ME?!", CED bellowed. Blitz got to his feet, and morphed! CED snorted. "So it appears there is a stubborn bug among you." "This bug's going to squash you!", Blitz roared as he charged at CED! Blitz punched CED full force, but it did nothing! "What?!" "Heh heh heh! Don't you know that Blue-Eyes has the same basic stats as me? We're equal in strength!" CED threw Blitz off of him! "But I do have ONE edge!" CED began to gather energy at his core, and a dark aura washed over him. "Now I'll show you all why I'm called the Envoy of the End!" "STEEL!", Burst cried! "On it!" Steel jumped in front of the Lancers and raised his shield! "Super Soldier Shield!" Steel's shield put up a barrier that shielded the Lancers from the blast of dark energy CED sent out! However, Blitz wasn't so lucky! The damage he took caused him to de-morph! "How...?", Blitz groaned as he staggered to his feet. "How...was I beaten so easily?" "Because you overestimated your own strength.", Burst answered as he stood between Blitz and CED. "Good thing I read up on my opponents. Now..." Burst plugged the moduel Gold had given him into his morpher. "Time to fight chaos with chaos!" Burst then pushed a button on the module! "MAXIMUM!" Burst was enveloped in an aura of chaos energy! When the light faded, Burst stood in new armor resembling Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon! "Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Ranger!" CED roared and charged at Burst! "A bit testy are we?" Burst grabbed CED by the head and threw him into a pillar! CED broke the pillar on impact! "Wow. This is a pretty sweet new form!" CED growled as he emerged from the rubble. "Looks like you're not going down without a fight!" Burst charged at CED, and leaped into the air before coming down on CED with a powerful kick to the face! "Now to see what new toys I've got!" Burst summoned one of his weapons, and a larger version of the Blue-Eyes Blaster appeared. The most notable thing was that it was designed after Chaos MAX. CED once again recovered, and let out a fearsome roar! Burst fired off a shot fro his new blaster! Just one hit sent CED flying! "Whoa! This thing packs a serious punch!" CED snarled and began to unleash another wave of dark energy! "Steel! Get everyone to safety! NOW!" Steel moved the others out of the way just in time before CED unleashed another wave of dark energy! But whent he dust cleared, Burst was still standing without a scratch! "Looks like this new form's got function to match! Time to put this guy in his place before he wrecks anything else!" Burst activated his suit's wings, and flew into the sky! Burst then channeled into his fist, and dived down right at CED! "CHAOS....BURST......IMPAAAAAAACT!", Burst screamed as his fist crashed into CED! Causing a large explosion! When the smoke cleared, only Burst remained. "Now that's a MAXIMUM VICTORY!" Blitz frowned. 'No..NO! My victory! My glory! He took it all away!' Blitz then noticed the news crews pulling up. "Ah. No need to worry ladies and gentlemen of the press. The monster's been defeated. It's all under control." "We know that. The Duelist Rangers took care of the monster. We're here about this." The reporter showed the footage of Blitz's plan, and it was broadcast all over television! "Would you care to explain this?" The other Lancers scowled at Blitz, but Gilda was the most upset out of all of them. "You.....YOU LIED TO US!", Gilda screamed! "You told us these attacks were random! But you were behind it all?!" Gilda threw her Lancer cap to the ground. "Forget this! I quit!" The other Lancers followed suit and left. Burst and the rangers then made their way over to the press. "Rangers!" The reporters then rushed up to the rangers. "Anything to say about the scandal involving the leader of the Lancers?", a reporter asked. "Are you going to start charging for protecting the city?", another asked. "Was this your last fight?" Burst held up his hand for silence. "To answer your first question: We've nothing to say on the matter. As for the second one, no. We'd never charge the city we swore to protect. We fight because it's right and the world needs heroes. Lastly, this wasn't our last fight. We'll never leave if you can't pay us, or fight harder just for the sake of a paycheck. We'll always protect the citizens of Canterlot with all we have! Thank you for your time." Burst and the rangers teleported back to the command center and took off their helmets. "Now that we've gone through all that, are there any of you who want to call it quits?" "You kidding?", Inferno asked. "We've GOTTA stay rangers! Who knows what other kinds of villains like Blitz might come along?" "The people need us Burst.", Ace added. "Someone's gotta save the day. Might as well be us!" "You said it yourself Burst.", Gold said with a smile. "We fight for what's right. And the world needs heroes like that!" "Bring it in everyone." Burst and their others put their hands in. "One...two...three!" "RANGERS FOREVER!"