//------------------------------// // Episode 23: Frienemies: Part 2 // Story: Power Rangers SUPER Starfleet (Starfleet Humans) // by DakariKingMykan //------------------------------// EPISODE TWENTY-THREE Lightning suddenly bolted upright onto his feet, much to Nacluv’s amazement. “I’m not so easy to keep down.” Lightning said, and then he activated his morpher, “Crystal Battle Armor!” “Crystal Armor, Engage!” “Oh, such fancy armor.” hissed Nacluv “You rangers are full of more and more surprises all the time.” The two figures glared at one another and brawled again while Zecora and Krysta could still do nothing but watch. “Come on, Lightning!” Krysta cheered softly. “He is a very good fighter, And his courage is burning brighter.” said Zecora. “That’s Lightning for you.” Meanwhile, on Mystic Island, the rangers were still un-morphed and face-to-face with the group of villains and monsters staring them down. “Any last words…?” Adagio asked, and the villains snarled and growled at them. The rangers still felt rather upset deep down knowing these monsters were really their friends, but it was pointless to try and reason with them. “No last words, huh?” said Aria, “Suits us fine.” Sonata nodded, “Adios!” The villains all powered up, ready to fire and blow the team to ashes. “What are we supposed to do?” whimpered Fluttershy. Sunset felt there was only one hope for them, “I hope this works.” (Que Intro) Adagio sang out loud, “Feel the power of our Equestrian Magic!” and she all the other villains attacked, firing a barrage of magical waves, pulses, and flames at the team, while at the same moment, Sunset began to glow brightly, along with the others. “What’s happening?” asked Buddy. “Why are we glowing?” added Rainbow. The magical blasts hit them all nonstop, shrouding them all in flames and explosions that leveled the ground and charred the grass where they stood. The villains all laughed wickedly. “We did it!” cheered Marla. “We finally beat ‘em!” cried Keto. Suddenly, as the smoke cleared, “Wait! Look!” cried Bronc. All the villains gawked in horror, and saw the rangers were still standing with not even a scratch. “Ah!!” cried Adagio. “How is this possible?!” shouted Aria. Sunset smirked at The Sirens, “You seem to have forgotten that I, also, have Equestrian Powers.” Sonata gawked and blinked her eyes once, “Oh yeah…” she giggled nervously, “How could we forget that?” Her comrades all glared at her, growling! “Get ready to run, guys.” Sunset whispered to the rangers, and she concentrated as hard as she could. Then, before the villains could act, Sunset created a huge flash of light that momentarily blinded them all, allowing her and the rangers to dash for the nearest jump-tube and escape to safety. The monsters were outraged. “They’ve escaped us!” whined Rarity. “Never mind that.” said Starla “I think it’s perfectly clear they can’t beat us as they are.” The Sirens agreed as well, “Using their friends as monsters was a great idea.” Adagio said to Keto, and Keto boastingly blew on the tip his staff, “When I’m right, I’m right.” Marla and Bronc grunted softly. “Let’s get going.” said Aria “We have a city to conquer, and a world to takeover.” Sonata giggled with glee, “This is gonna be awesome!” At the base the rangers were all frustrated and upset. “I just can’t believe we actually had to fight our friends.” said Rainbow. Spike cleared his throat, “Ya know, it’s not exactly the first time you’ve done that.” he was referencing, Sunset, Flash Sentry, even Twilight and Lightning. “Thanks for bringing all that up.” grumbled Twilight. “The point is…” said Spike “You all managed to undo the evil before, you can do it again.” Much and the others agreed with Spike’s confidence, “Spike,” said Buddy “In those situations, we knew what we were doing and we had our Starfleet and Equestrians powers to help us, but we don’t have them now. It won’t be as easy.” The others all sighed, knowing he was right. “Couldn’t we trying our Crystal Armor?” suggested Fluttershy “After all, it can fix things.” “It fixes THINGS, Fluttershy, not people.” said Rainbow. Rhymey sighed, “If only we could split the evil from good, Then our friends would be just how they should.” Sunset suddenly thought of something she hadn’t before. “There just may be a way?” “What did you say?” rhymed Rhymey. Sunset then looked down at her hands, and clenched them together. “What are you thinking, Sunset?” asked Celesto. Sunset didn’t answer, at first, and went to the central table in the room. She pressed a switch which opened a panel in the center of the table, revealing the Dimensional Diary that she could use to contact United Equestria. As the book rose out from its hiding spot, it was already glowing, meaning someone was trying to contact the human world from United Equestria. “Hold on…” said Celesto, and he placed the book in its special device which showed its pages on the monitor, and this way everyone could speak into the microphone and their messages would be instantly written on the pages, almost like using an internet chatroom. The book opened, and there was a message from Commander Lightning Dawn… “Hello Rangers, It has been quite a while since we have spoken, but I have great news: We have almost succeeded in repairing the Dimensional Gateway between our two worlds. Soon, travel will be possible again, and I will be able to return your energizers to you.” “Oh, that’s so wonderful.” cried Fluttershy. “We’ll have our real powers back.” said Buddy, and he looked over at Celesto, “No offense, sir.” “None taken.” replied Celesto. Sunset quickly spoke her message into the book, hoping Lightning would answer. “While I have you, Commander, we have a serious situation on our hands at the moment…” and she explained the situation. Lightning answered almost at once,“I see… that is very disturbing to hear. It makes me wish the portal was fully-fixed now, and we could solve the problem easily.” The Rangers all felt a bit dismayed. Nevertheless Sunset spoke to the book again, “I remember you told me once that Princess Twilight Sparkle knew a spell that could separate well from evil.” Lightning responded, “Yes… it is called “The Splitter Spell.” The book then began to show magical pictures of the time when Starfleet fought against the Changelings. The evil creatures would seep into the minds of ponies to feed off their energies, but also to take control of the victim and make that victim turn evil. Princess Twilight Sparkle had perfected a special spell that could separate unnatural sources from the body, which we used to eject the Changelings and any evil energy out of the victim. Sunset clenched her fists and again, and said into the book as well as her friends, “I think I can produce that very same spell.” The rangers and the others began to feel hope returning to them. “Do you really think you can?” asked Twilight. Sunset was rather unsure, “I remember I used to train with Queen Celestia, long before I came to this world, but as you all know the case with me…” she paused “I abandoned my studies and wasn’t able to perfect quite so many spells, and of course being in this world and without my energizer and all that… But I think want to try, it just may be all we have.” Nobody said a thing, pondering over the idea, but seeing as there was no other alternative; they all agreed to go for it. “I must warn you…”Lightning said within the book,“Even if you manage to cast the spell, due to the instability and the limits of your magic, your best and only chance is to cast the magic upon your friends after weakening them down so they cannot resist the power. I must go now, I am needed elsewhere. Good luck to you all and I will see you all very soon… I hope.” He said nothing more and the book stopped glowing. The entire team had deep concerned looks on their faces. Celesto finally broke the silence, though he himself felt just as bad, “I’m afraid you have no choice.” This was the hardest thing the rangers ever had to agree upon, but it just had to be done. Suddenly, the alarms sounded. “Trouble in town!” cried Twilight, and she punched it up on the monitors. The entire team of monsters, The Sirens and the minions were on the biggest rampage through town ever. Sunset clenched her fists tight, “Friends or not, we can’t let them destroy things like this. Let’s go!” The rangers agreed and dashed for the jump tubes. Celesto shut his eyes tightly. Despite what everyone had just agreed on, and that it was for the best, he still hated the ideas of attacking his own students… his friends… the people he helped to educate and set off for life. Twilight felt no different, and neither did Spike, and much as neither of them wanted to, they all had to watch the fight on the monitors. The police had already begun ording civilians to flee the area and get out of the buildings… just in time too as all the villians began to wreak havoc worse than ever before. The Twins smashes up the streets with their maces, Pinkie Pie launched her pie-bombs at cars, blowing them up and frightening citizens away. The other villians all used their vile powers to blast and blow up buildings, blasting them all to the ground. The Sirens laughed and cackled, “I can’t believe we’re actually winning!” cried Adagio “It feels so… so…!” she paused, and then all three girls shouted together “...AWESOME!!” The began to sing and old song of theirs, which helped them to blast more magic around and break more things… “Welcome to the Show” More destruction and more chaos spread all over town. The minions were enjoying themselves a lot. “Ah, this feels so incredile!” said Bronc. “After all this time, things are finally going our way!” added Marla. Keto only laughed as he blasted more of the streets, breaking them up even more. “Now, who or what is next?” he asked aloud. “You’re next… all of you!” shouted Sunset, and she and the rangers all leapt onto the scene. “This time you creeps have gone way over the line!” The monsters all snarled and jeered at the team. “You should have kept on running when you did.” said Artie. “We’ve never run from anything before, and we’re not starting now.” said Buddy. “One thing about being the good guys we know,” said Rainbow “It’s the Bad guys NEVER win!” “And we’ll make sure of that, Save our friends and beat you all flat.” added Rhymey. Fluttershy just nodded fercily without saying anything. <“It’s Morphin’ Time!” said Sunset. “Morphing Sequence, Ready.” “STARFLEET MAGIC… POWER ON!!” The minions all snickered, “So you want to go again, huh?” sneered Keto “Well, it just makes this even more entertaining than it is now.” Bronc and Marla luaghed along with The Sirens. “Go, get ‘em!” said Adagio, and the team of monsters runshed forth. The Rangers all got their weapons ready, and Sunset thought softly to herself to her friends, “Sorry to do this to you guys, but it’s the only way.” Then she and the rangers charged forth, coliding into the monsters. Rarity rushed forth to attack Fluttershy, blasting her with her magic, but Fluttershy blocked the attack with her shield, and rammed into Rarity, punching her hard in the chest. “What?” snapped Aria. “She actually attacked her?!” added Sonata. Fluttershy felt really bad about that, but this was no time to be sentimental. “So you do have some fight in you.” hissed Rarity. “Perhaps this won’t be as borin’ as we thought.” Added Applejack, and she went after Buddy, swinging her fists at him, and he served and dodged her every swing and then used his whipe to lasso her huge wrists together. “Hey!” she thundered as she tried to pull her wrists apart. “Now take this!” Buddy hollered as he High-Jump Kicked Applejack hard, knocked her back, but she countered by zapping at him with her eye-lasers, knocking him back in a big explosion. He was far from beaten. “I will help you, Applejack. That’s a promise.” he said to himself to help give himself strength to fight on. Rainbow and Pinkie Pie stared each other down. “Have some pie!” Pinkie thundered at her and threw her pie bombs which Rainbow dodged, avoiding the explosions, “I don’t eat pie!” “Then eat some lead!” shouted Pinkie, and she fired her cannon-balls. “Sonic Cannon!” Rainbow grabbed her weapon and quickly fired at the metal-balls, blowing them down. “Hey! That’s not fair! You cheated!” shouted Pinkie. “Pinkie, I’m really sorry about this…” Rainbow said with honest guilt in her voice, but she fired her cannon straight at Pinkie, making a big explosion and knocking her down hard. Rainbow hated herself for that, but she didn’t have time to grieve over it, and she didn’t have to as Marla latched her long hair around Rainbow’s cannon, yanking it away, and then she proceeded to launched her finger-nails right at the rangers, hitting her hard and making sparks fly. “You may have some fight in you, but We have a lot of fight in ourselves!” Rainbow growled as she stood, and she lunged forth to attack…! The Sirens did nothing to help out, just yet. They just sat on the sidelines conserving their powers. “That’s it; wear them all down.” hissed Adagio. Aria snickered, “Once the rangers are all weak enough, we’ll move in…” “…And blow them all out of existance!” added Sonata. The three girls snickered, and continued to watch the battle. The Twins lunged at Rhymey, both striking him hard with their maces and sent him rolling along the ground. Rhymey then got out his sword and weilded it, “You may be two, But I can take you!” The Twins snickered, “Your little sword doesn’t frighten us.” jeered Dyno. “We’re fully armored. You’ll never get close to landing a hit.” Rhymey snickered and held his sword like a proud fencer signaling that he was ready. The two monsters growled and charged at him. Rhymey leapt up and over behind them both, and the two monsters turned swiftly around! Rhymey then swung his sword, skillfully parrying the maces as they came at him. He wasn’t holding back this time like he did before, and really putting everything he had into mantaining his focuss. Even constantly reminding himself… “Fighting my friends does break my heart. But if I am to save them, I must do my part.” He continued to fend off the monsters’ attacks, and the monsters were both growing annoyed. “I’ll get him!” shouted Dyno. “No I will!” thundered Myte. Both of them raised their maces and gave a huge swing, but Rhymey quickly ducked down cuasing the monsters to miss and accidently hit each other hard, making a huge flow of sparks, and bits of their armor to fly off, exposing some of their bodies underneath. “NOW SEE WHAT YOU’VE DONE!!”the monsters bickered. “Enough!” growled Bronc, and he thrust his huge fists into the ground, making it shake, knocking rhymey and the monsters over. “You’re supposed to be fighting him, not yourselves!” The monsters agreed, and now with Bronc’s help, Rhymey was more outmatched than ever and found it harder to battle three tough guys at once. He got hit more times than he could block attacks, but he refused to give up. As for Sunset, she was stuck fighting both Artie and Starla at the same time, and Keto was there to help them. “Give it up, Red Ranger! You’re no match for us.” sneered Keto. The two monsters sneered at Sunset. “I won’t have to fight you guys.” The villians were at first confused. “Does this mean you surrender?” asked Starla. “Never!” snapped Sunset. “Fine by us.” jeered Artie and he and the others all rushed her at once. Artie charged at her, like a rushing bull, and Sunset just leapt up and over him, not even bothering to counter back. “Oh, yeah…?!” sneered Starla “Take this!” and she unleashed a magical wave of energy at her, and Keto blasted at Sunset with his staff, not needing to call out a mugic spell, but Sunset dodged both attacks. “Get her!” shouted Keto. The trio of villians attacked, and while Sunset made her every effort to dodge every blast, and block every punch and kick waged at her, she made no atempt to offensvley strike…“I need to save my energy and build up my magic.”she thought silently to herself. She suddenly found herself surrounded by the three enemies. Artie unleashed his fire, and Starla and Keto unleashed magical blasts straight at Sunset, which she dodged by leaping way high up, and the blasts struck each of the villians in big explosions. “Watch where you’re aiming!” shouted Artie. “Why don’t you?!” snarled Starla. “Why you big lugheads!” growled Keto, and he and the monsters began to wail on each other. “Hey! Stop that!” shouted Adagio, and she and the other Sirens blasted their lightning bolts to break them up. “Go after the rangers!” sneered Aria. “Can it, you sneeks!” snapped Rainbow, and she fired her cannon at The Sirens, hitting them hard and sent them rolling along the ground. “Ha!” said Rainbow, but got punched hard by Pinkie. Applejack and Buddy were struggling hard, but Applejack headbutt Buddy hard in the gut and blasted him with her eye-lasers. Rarity shot at Fluttershy with her magical blasts, knocking Fluttershy’s sheild away, and then she fired again at Fluttershy herself. Rhymey struggled aginast the Twin’s maces, but it meant he was unable to defend himself agianst Bronc’s lasers, blasting him hard. Even Sunset got struck, when the villians all fired at her from one directions, making one thunderous explosion knocking her along the ground, straight to where he friends all lay about and struggled to their feet. “Are you guys okay?” asked Sunset. “Yeah, in a matter of speaking.” replied Buddy. The villians all lined up, and the rangers all stood together. Sunset didn’t feel her magic spell qas quite ready to use yet, and even still the villians looked only a little beaten up, but still not nearly enough for her to get a good short. “Why do you continue?” sneered Artie “Why not surrender and spare yourselves more pain?” “Because…” snapped Sunset “We never give up, especially not on our friends!” One-by-one each of the rangers nodded in strongly in agrement. The Sirens stood and brushed themselves clean. “What are you waiting for?!” shouted Adagio, “GET THEM!!” The monsters agreed and all rushed forth again, but the rangers were hoping they would do that, and, quickly, they all jumped away causing the monsters to all colide into each other… much to The Sirens chagrin. “Hey!” “Move over!” “Get off me!” The monsters all began to wail on each other, and now there was no breaking them up. Rainbow chuckled, “They may have the strnegths of monsters, but they’re still not as smart.” “Well, at least we don’t have to fight them now.” said Fluttershy. The Sires and the minions were furious, and while they couldn’t break the monsters up, at least they could still fight the rangers themselves. “This has gone far enough!” growled Adagio “We’ll beat you rangers ourselves!” the other villians all agreed and growled fericly. “I think we need to take this up a notch.” said Sunset. The other rangers agreed, knowing what it was time for. Altogether they shouted,“CRYSTAL BATTLE ARMOR!!” “Crystal Armor, Engage!” Once they were all armored up, Buddy asked Sunset, “You going to be okay?” Sunset nodded, “I’ll be fine, I just need a few more minutes.” The villians didn’t know what they were planning, and didn’t care at the moment. “Go!” shouted Adagio, and the six villians all rushed forth. The rangers all drew out their swords and charged. The sirens sang their lungs out, firing huge lightning bolts at the rangers, but the rangers raised their swords, actualy deflected the blast right back towards the villians. “Look out!” shouted Marla, but it was too late. KAPOW! Big explosions erupted, throwing the villians all about. “Get ‘em!” shouted Sunset, and she and the others all rushed in. The minions got up quickly and tried their best, but the rangers fought so furiously and fercily! They parried the minions’ every attack with their swords, and slashed at them hard, knocking them all down again. “You idiots!” snarled Adagio, but she, Aria, and Sonata all looked frigthened as all five rangers glared them down. “You three have had it!” snarled Rainbow. “It’s time to end this, once and for all!” added Buddy. Sunset couldn’t agree more, “Engage Crystal Sabers!” “Crystal Sabers, Engage!” The Sirens all whimpered as they watched the rangers power up their swords. “What are we going to do?!” squaled Sonata. Aria then spotted the fallen minions. “I think I got it!” Adagio got the idea and agreed. “Quick…!” “CRYSTAL SLASH!!”hollered the rangers, and they slashed their swords at the same moment The Sirens sang loudly, and began to absorb magic and energy from the minions. “Hey!” snapped Keto. “Our super powers…!” cried Marla. “Mistresses…!” shouted Bronc. The rangers attack colided with The Sirens as they absorbed the last of the minions super powers-- reverting the three back to their former selves-- while the power shrouded The Sirens, actually sheilding them from the attack, and made them grow and transform. “Behold… THE TRUE FORM OF THE SIRENS!!” Adagio growled as she, Aria and Sonata had become their monsterous forms, each resembling a large dragonlike creature, with fishlike tail fins. The girls roared and unleashed their power through the skies, darkening the entire area! “Oh my!” cried Fluttershy. “I can’t believe this!” wailed Rainbow. The next thing they all saw was the girls rampaging through town, toppling the buildings over like dominos, and using their wicked voices to unleash sonic-waves all over, making more explosions and desruction that could be seen for miles. Sunset quickly called to the base, “Ultra-Star Megazord!” “Summon Zords!” The huge hulking Zord arrived on the scene, fully mobilized and everything. “Come on, guys!” said Buddy, and he, Rhymey, Fluttershy and Rainbow beamed inside, but Sunset stayed behind, as she needed to deal with the monsters below. “Good luck, you guys.” “Thanks, Sunset.” said Buddy. The Sirens growled at the Zord. “You thought we were tough now,” said Aria. “You’ve never faced us in our true forms before!” added Sonata. “Maybe so, But here we go!” said Rhymey. The Zord rushed forth. “Go, girls!” said Adagio, and one-by-one, she and her comrades flew past the zord, striking it and making sparks fly, rocking the rangers about, and not even giving them a chance to get their focuss. The Sirens laughed and their voices actually shot at the rangers in powerful soundwaves. “Hang on! We’re going over!!” cried Buddy. The zord keeled over and crashed down with a loud thud that shook the ground, and Sunset fell off her feet, while the minions sprung to their feet. The minions glared up angrily at The Sirens for just taking their super powers like that, as if they meant nothing to them. “I never liked those witches from the start.” sneered Marla. The boys agreed, and while it was tempting to stay and finish off Sunset as she stood alone, they prefered to get their revenge first. “Let’s go!” said Bronc, and they all dashed off. Sunset got back onto her feet and growled softly, for letting them get away like that, but she had other things to worry about; like the team of monsters that finally broke from their quarrel and were now all standing togetehr and glaring her down. All seven of them looked really beaten from wailing on each other. “We… will… beat you… YET!!” groaned Artie. Sunset merely thrust her sword hard into the ground. “Now’s my chance.” She said to herself, “I sure hope this works.” She held out her arms and concentrated hard. “What is she doing?” asked Rarity. “Who cares? Let’s get her!” snapped Applejack. The monsters all charged straight at her and pepared to blast at her again, but Sunset’s hands began to glow brightly, and the magic halted the creatures dead in the tracks. “Hey!” cried Dyno. “What’s happening?!” shouted Myte. The monsters all struggled and growled, demanding to be let go, but Sunset kept a firm grip on them. “Come on… Come on…!” she cried trying to make her spell work all she could. While the Zord got back up again, and The Sirens were closing in on it. “How many times do we have knock you down to size?!” snarled Adagio. The other two growled fercily. “Let’s rocket upward into the darkness.” suggested Rainbow “They won’t find us as easily up there.” “Good idea.” said Buddy “Firing thrusters!” POW!! The Zord’s rocket pack fired and, and the Zord headed upward. “So, you wanna take to the skies, huh?” Aria sneered, and she and the others followed the Zord up, up and into the dark clouds. “Where’d ya go?” hissed Sonata as she and the others all looked around. Suddenly, without warning, the zord charged at her from within the darkness and rammed her hard, sending her crashing into Aria, and she crashed into Adagio. “Got ‘em!” hollered Rainbow. The rangers pounded on the controls and using the darkness and the radar to their advantage, they continuously rammed, punched and blasted at the evil creatures. “Yay.” chirped Fluttershy, and she rammed on the controls making the Zord punch Adagio hard and sent her crashing into the others again. “That does it!” thundered Adagio “Come on, girls; deep breath!” The others agreed and all three of them inhaled deeply. “What are they doing?” wondered Buddy. He got his answer when The Sirens unleashed the biggest and deadliest sound-wave they had ever screeched, causing magical discharges that fired at the rangers super hard and rocking them about inside the cockpit, and the consoles began to spark and short out a little. Nothing was badly damaged, but the zord began to plummet down hard. “We’re gonna hit!” screamed Rainbow, and the zord slammed hard down on top of a high-rise, crashing it down in such an explosion. Fortunately, the building had been evacuated and there no people in it. Sunset was very worried of her friends, but she couldn’t break her concentration as she continued to keep the magic strong. “Please work!” she cried. She didn’t know how much longer she could hold out. As for the rangers, “Is everyone okay?” asked Buddy. “Barely.” groaned Fluttershy. Rhymey checked the consoles. They were still intact despite the massive pummeling they had just taken, but the powers systems were failing and would need servicing. “We cannot hold out for much longer, The power drain is growing even stronger.” “First we have to get back up again.” said Buddy. The zord was still a little banged up and having trouble getting up quickly. The Sirens descended. “Too late!” whimpered Fluttershy “They’re coming at us again!” The Sirens cackled wicked… Sunset was most disturbed. “You may defeat us…” Artie sneered “But The Sirens will destroy you and yours friends in the end!” “No!” snapped Sunset “It won’t be that way… THAT’S A PROMISE!!” and that gave her all the boost she needed to give her magic full-power. The monsters screamed and roared as they felt their evil energies disappearing, and surely enough Sunset succeeded in separating the Good from the Bad, and the monster forces were vanquished in clouds of smoke, and left behind all of Sunset’s friends, completely restored to normal, and they all collapsed onto the ground. “I did it!” cried Sunset “It really worked!” She had no time to really rejoice though, as the other rangers were still in trouble. With The Sirens approaching them and the megazord still down and struggling to correct itself… things were looking really bad for the rangers. “We’ve waited for this, for a long, long time.” hissed Adagio. “Ever since we were banished to this world,” added Aria “Now we finally will be rid of you pests, and take our rightful places as rulers of this planet.” Sonata shuddered with delight and excitement, “Pinch me, I must be dreaming.” Suddenly, before they could attack, they got struck by what appeared to be multiple mugics, all of which were the same. “Refrain of Denial! Refrain of Denial! Refrain of Denial!” Keto was casting the same mugic over and over again, and each one was draining The Sirens strength and magic. “You stole from us!” snarled Bronc. “Now we’re stealing from you!” added Marla. “YOU… YOU TRAITORS!!” shouted Adagio. The rangers could not believe this was happening; the minions were actually helping them?! I’ll never forgive myself for helping the rangers.” groaned Keto “But it’s worth it by getting revenge!” The Sirens wailed and groaned as the felt themselves growing weaker by the minute. “YOU…!!” Aria roared, and she used what was left of her fading magic to try and blast at the minions, but they vanished out of sight and returned to the tower. “I don’t believe this!” cried Sunset. The Sirens were still horribly trapped within the many mugics that continued to weaken them. “Now’s your chance, guys!” Sunset called “Finish them!” “Right!” said Buddy, and he and the others pulled on the controls with all their might and finally got the zord standing on its feet again. “We have just enough power for one big blast!” said Rainbow. “Give it all we’ve got.” The Megazord charged up its energy wave, ready to fire. “THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING?!!” cried Adagio. “WE’VE COME TO FAR!!” added Aria. “WE’RE GOING BACK TO THE SLAMMER!” screamed Sonata. (4:16) “FIRE!!” shouted Buddy, and the energy charge was unleashed, striking the three creatures hard in a huge collision. “So long, Sirens!” said Sunset. The Sirens wailed and screeched as little explosions erupted all over their large bodies, followed by bursts of bolts of energy and a big white flash…! KA-BLAM!!! The biggest and hardest explosion ever seen, that rocked the whole island in a small quake. Sunset fell off her feet and the megazord nearly keeled over again. The darkness cleared away, and all that was left were three different spheres, each with only one of the girls, in their human forms again, imprisoned inside. All their magic was gone, they had nothing left, and they were completely cut off from each other. Sunset leapt for joy, and the rangers all cheered and exchanged high-fives and hugs. At the base, “THEY DID IT!!” cheered Twilight. Spike howled loudly in rejoice. “YES…!!! YES…!!” shouted Celesto. All the technicians and workers cheered for joy. Meanwhile, Lightning and Nacluv’s battle had long since reached its climax, and Nacluv was looking pretty worn out, but still he would not give in. “You’re mine, Ranger!” he thundered as he charged. Lightning just held up his cannon, “Time for the big bang!” he hollered and charged up his weapon. “Crystal Cannon, Engage!” “Eat power, Nacluv!” and Lightning fired his cannon straight at the monster, hitting him hard. Nacluv screamed and hollered as large explosions consumed him, leaving a cloud of dust all around. “He got him!” cried Krysta. “Yes!!” shouted Zecora. Lightning, exhausted from battle, sighed heavily as he fell to his knees, and his suit powered down. Zecora and Krysta went up to him. “Are you all right?” asked Krysta. “You put up quite a fight.” rhymed Zecora. Lightning was okay, just exhausted. “At least Nacluv’s gone for good.” “I wouldn’t bet on that!” hissed a deeper and much eviler voice from the smoke. The friends looked over at the clearing smoke, and what they saw made Lightning and Krysta’s stomachs turn… …It was Vulcan…! “I’m baa-aack!” he laughed “My evolution is finally complete, and I have YOU to thank for it, Ranger.” He explained that he was a creature known as a Pyros from the Planet Emberon, and he like all his people had a special ability to regenerate themselves whenever they got killed. That was why he created Nacluv. He was no descendant, just a reincarnation of himself reborn, but he would need to gain strength and power to evolve back into his proper form. “I can’t believe this!” said Lightning. “Oh, believe it…” sneered Vulcan “Thanks to our little brawl, I finally got the last bit of power I needed, and now I can return to my forces and finish what I began. …But first!” he flared up strongly, “I’m going to be rid of you while I can!” Poor Lightning had no power left to fight back, but thankfully Zecora had a plan: She stepped right in front of Lightning and grabbed a small vail of red liquid out from her robe pocket, and in a swift motion, she slammed the glass on the ground, making a huge blast of red smoke, which blinded Vulcan, and when the smoke had cleared, Lightning, Zecora and Krysta were nowhere to be seen! “AAAA’RGH!!” bellowed Vulcan. He took a moment to catch a hold of himself remembering he had only just evolved. “You escaped for now!” he called out, “But know this: Once I am ruler of this world, you’ll be wishing you had let me finish you here and now!” He laughed most sinisterly, and then, since he did not have a teleporter, he spouted fire from his feet like rockets, and flew off into the sky, heading off to reclaim his rightful place at his tower. After he had gone, the three friends peeked up from behind a large boulder, and they sighed in relief. “That’s as close as I ever want to cut it.” said Krysta. “You’re telling me.” said Lightning “This is really bad!” Zecora quite agreed, but there was very little she could do to help now, especially since her burrow had completely burned down inside, but all was not lost…! After Lightning had a little rest, he used the power of his Crystal Armor to restore everything to just how it was before the attack. Zecora was ever so amazed and grateful, “I have never seen such a power so fine, But I thank you for fixing the home of mine.” Lightning smiled, “I guess you and I have a knack for helping each other.” Zecora smiled at him graciously, but then the moment turned solemn. “Zecora,” Lightning said “I must go. I must warn my friends of the danger that is near.” Zecora understood fully, “Words cannot express what you have done for me. Therefore, I have a small gift for thee.” She reached into her pocket and pulled out a small black charm bracelet. “I only give these to whom I really trust a lot And you have done many things that I will never have forgot. Your heart is pure, and your spirit does shine, I wish you most luck, dear friends of mine.” Lightning felt most flattered at the gift he had received, and he hugged Zecora, and she hugged him back. The two were now more than kindred spirits no matter how far away they would be. Krysta shed a little tear at the beautiful sight. Soon, Lightning was walking back towards his jeeps with Krysta perched on his shoulder, leaving Zecora behind as she could fend for herself. “…Until we meet again.”