When we last left our heroes, the Beast-X King Zord was re-unleashed! But, Robo-Blaze, Robo-Roxy and Tempest Shadow had brought the Zord to the Storm King’s control, and the worst was yet to come! “The Storm King is behind all this?!” Twilight said, now fully shocked. “He’s back?! But, how!? I thought we defeated him!”
“Well, it may sound impossible, Sugarcube.” Applejack told her. “I thought he was gone for good but, it’s true. Fluttershy, and Rarity told us.”
“You all knew about this and you didn’t tell me that he was back?!” Twilight asked, going into Twilighting mode again.
“Well, we didn’t know this entirely, Darling.” Rarity said. “Steel just told us about this a couple of weeks ago.”
“I wanted to tell you, Twilight, but you weren’t there.” Steel said to her, serious and unsure.
“We’re sorry, we didn’t tell you sooner, Twi.” Spike said. “We just figured you knew.” Twilight seemed to calm down a little bit.
“At least you guys were there.” Cozy said, pointing to Spike and Starlight, who both nodded.
“Yeah, we were.” Starlight said.
“That’s not important right now!” Rainbow said with panic. “We’ve got to find a way to stop that thing, and fast!”
“Devon! Ben! Get out there in the Beast-X Hydro Megazord, and stop that thing before it does any real damage!” Commander Shaw told the two teens urgently.
“Roger that!” Devon said, as he and Ben raced over to their respective zords.
“I’ll go with too!” Spike said, as he zoomed over with them.
As they left, Megan was shocked at what the Zord was doing out there. “I don’t understand how this happened.” She said in calm shock.
“I understand. I don’t know how it happened either!” Fluttershy said, as she patted her on the arm.
“I don’t think any of us think it’s your fault either.” Rainbow said, trying to comfort her.
“The Storm King must have sent someone to brainwash the Zord.” Starlight said, pondering this situation. “But who?” Unbeknownst to all of them, the Mayor...or the Storm King was smiling triumphantly that his plan was going well.
In the Zord hangar, the Racer and Hydro zords were ready to be deployed. “In position!” Devon said, as he docked his Zord. “Okay, Cruise! Let’s do it!”
Ben docked his Zord too! “Let’s ride, Spike!” He said to the drake.
“You got it!” Spike said, giving Ben the thumbs up, as the zords deployed out into the open.
The Beast-X King Zord was already revving up fireballs at the two zords as they arrived. Right on time. “Looks like this will be interesting!” Devon said. “Cheetah mode!” The racer Zord morphed into cheetah mode, ready to take him on.
“Let’s go too!” Spike said urgently, as the Hydro Zord hovered over him.
“Let’s give that Zord a frog bath!” Ben said, as he activated it. “Frog mode!” The hydro Zord transformed into frog mode, ready to help Devon!
The two zords duked it out with the lion Zord, as they crashed into each other. The Beast-X King Zord rammed into the racer Zord and bit it on the ‘neck’.
“DEVON!” Ben and Spike shouted, as they fired their Hydro bombs. “Rapid blast!” The Hydro Zord fired mini versions of itself and fired on it, but the Zord flung them off like it was child’s play.
“This zord’s got attitude!” Devon said, as he and the Zord were flailing about in a game of tug of war.
“Let’s show that Zord that we got a Megazord with a lot of attitude!” Ben said, as he and Spike activated the combination code,
“You got that right!” Spike said. “BEAST-X HYDRO MEGAZORD...COMBINE!” The Racer, Hydro and Wheeler zords combined to form said Megazord, and it was ready to show this savage Zord a whole lot of attitude.
The Beast-X King Zord got ready to charge at them, and the heroes were ready as well. “Ready!” Spike called out, as the Megazord climbed on top of the lion, as if it were a bucking bronco!
The Megazord tried to keep its grip, as well as the heroes were. “Hold on!” Devon called out.
“This ride’s getting bumpy!” Cruise said.
“Ditto!” Ribbit said as well. They tried to hang on for dear life, but the savage Zord got a extra sprint of wind, which made the Megazord lose its grip as it fell to the ground.
“WHOA!” All 3 of them said, as they landed with a thud. The Beast-X King Zord was ready to charge at them again. They had to do something!
“Nate! Guys!” Devon contacted the others. “This zord’s not giving up! Can you regain control?”
Back at the base, the others were having the same problem as well. “I don’t know, guys.” Nate said. “But, we’re going to figure it out.”
“I don’t understand how this happened, Megan Darling.” Rarity said, worried. “Usually those zords are protected.”
“I know, Rarity.” Megan said, worried as well. “There was no virus before.”
“And the Zord was fine in all of your simulations too, Sugarcube.” Applejack agreed. “You couldn’t have added a virus to the Zord, because you were there when that purple glow enveloped it.”
Just then, Nate saw something on the screen, close-up at the zord. “Aha!” He said triumphantly.
“What is it, Bro?” Steel asked his brother.
Nate pulled up the footage on the screen, and zoomed it in. “Look at this!” He said, revealing the dart that brainwashed the Zord. “It’s footage from earlier. See anything?”
They all saw the footage unfold and were shocked upon seeing why it went bad. “What is that?” Megan asked in shock.
“That’s the virus being uploaded.” Nate said. “My guess is that Zord has had a visit from the Storm King’s crew. Which wouldn’t have been a problem if you had installed a firewall.” He turned to Megan who was shocked that it was directed at her.
“Don’t let your emotions cloud ya, Sugarcube.” Applejack tried to stop Nate. “I know there hasn’t been any firewalls on that Zord, but you can’t just go accusing anyone when you don’t have proof.”
“Especially if Megan wasn’t even there.” Pinkie agreed with her cousin.
“I...I...” Megan stammered.
“Okay!” Twilight tried to separate the two geniuses. “I feel like we should step back, take a deep breath, and think about what you’re saying before you even say it!”
“How would I even do that with someone who tried to sabotage Zoey’s job as my assistant?!” Nate started to shout.
They others jumped back in shock. “Ugh! Say it, don’t SPRAY it!” Spike said a little quickly.
“Just how could Megan have put you guys in trouble when she was in the base the whole time?” Fluttershy asked, with worry.
“Oh, wait.” Nate said, stressed. “Don't tell me you actually believe what she says, too?”
“That’s not important right now! We need to focus on resolving this.” Commander Shaw said. “Nate?”
“I might have an idea.” He said. “Ravi, Steel, Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity! I need you out in the field.” They nodded, and dashed out of the lab. “Zoey, you help coordinate.” Zoey went to one of the computers.
“What can I do to help?” Megan asked him.
“Nothing.” Nate said to her defiantly. “I’ll fix this.” He left to go help the others.
“Zoey, wait!” Cozy said, as Zoey turned to the girl geniuses. “Here.” She handed Zoey the Beast-X King morpher, and Key. “You’ll need these.”
Zoey took them. “Thanks, you two.” She said, smiling at them, as she left the lab.
Meanwhile as the Hydro Megazord got back up, the Beast-X King Zord fired a beam from its mouth, making it stagger back. It further weakened the Zord, by jumping up and clawing it, making it stagger back even more. Devon, Ben and Spike were taking a huge beating, and weren’t sure if they could handle any more damage.
“We’re taking damage!” Cruise said in alarm.
“I don’t know how much longer we can hold out!” Ben said with worry.
Back at the base, The Mane six, Nate, Steel, Ravi, Starlight, Zoey and Cozy were gathering up some satellite dishes into the SUV. “Got it!” Steel said, as he gathered the stuff inside.
“Now, what?” Pinkie asked.
“Point the satellite dish at the Zord.” Nate told them. “It’ll beam new programming into the Zord system.”
The others nodded and were about to leave, when they heard a voice. “Zoey?” It was Megan. They all turned to her. Well, half of them did. The others finished loading the vehicle up.
“By the time you get there, we’ll have the new programming ready to go.” Nate continued to instruct them.
“Roger that.” Ravi said, as he revved up the car. “You guys coming?”
“We’ll catch up with you, Darling.” Rarity said.
“We’ll come get there as soon as we can!” Applejack said as well.
“Okay.” Ravi told them, as he took off to the scene of the Zord.
The others were about to leave too, as Zoey contacted Devon. “Devon! Spike! Ben!” She told them. “The others are on their way with the dish.”
“Copy!” Devon contacted them. “Fingers crossed.”
Just then, the ponies saw Megan alone and decided to stay and help her. “O-o-on second thought, m-m-maybe we’d better just stay here with Megan.” Fluttershy suggested to the others. “In case she needs us.” They all nodded in agreement.
“Good idea.” Pinkie answered. “She seems sad, and that makes me sad.”
"We can’t just leave Megan alone like this, especially since she helped create that Zord, right?" Rainbow asked.
“We sure can’t.” Applejack agreed. “Besides, what has she ever done to the others or us?”
“And we’ve always helped friends in need when they were in a pickle.” Rarity agreed as well. “Since when have we helped Nate in the past? Even if he doesn’t know he needs is right now?”
“We’ve got to help him realize that she can help!” Cozy piped up as well.
“No contest.” Starlight added as well.
As Nate and Zoey started to head back to the lab, Megan spoke up. “Please, Nate. I can help!” she said.
“Not now!” Nate said, still feeling defensive.
“Nate, Megan may have a plan that could help!” Cozy tried to reason.
“We can fix this very well on our own, Cozy.” Nate said, still gritting his teeth. “So, just leave us alone!” And he left.
“Zoey, please!” Megan said, as she stopped her. “I know what he’s planning, and it’s going to backfire. Cozy knows it too.”
Zoey scoffed. “How can we believe anything you or Cozy have to say if...”
“Zoey, I’m sorry for what I did back then!” Megan tried to tell her. “It was horrible.”
“Yes, it was.” Zoey said in agreement. “Very!”
“Besides, I’m sure you’ve worked things out by now.” Fluttershy tried to explain to her.
“It doesn’t matter!” Zoey shot back. “Megan blackmailed me because we were hanging out! And if She helped Cozy with whatever she did to help us, I’m not even sure if I can trust her either!”
“I know!” Megan said dejectedly. “I was too ambitious. I heard a lot of people trying to get ahead. I was so selfish, but just please believe that I’ve changed.”
Cozy flew up to Zoey as well. “The reason Megan agreed to help build that Zord was to show you she wanted to help the rangers. So that...maybe you could give her a second chance!” She started to tear up. “Please, Zoey! Her her out! She can help!”
“It’ll be worse if y’all don’t.” Applejack added, taking her hat off. “Twilight even had a grudge with Trixie even after she forgave her! She tried to hurt her...twice! She lied about vanquishing an Ursa Major when...”
“Wait...she stopped in Ursa Major?!” Zoey asked in shock.
“No...I did.” Twilight told her. “She made it up, just so she could show off and prove to everyone that she was brave, when she wasn’t. And, that wasn’t an Ursa Major. It was an Ursa Minor. Trust me. You don’t want to even know how big those are. Eventually, she came back, and banished my from Ponyville to prove herself that she was powerful. I tried to stop her, and my friends showed her that magic can show friendship to others. True, I did have a grudge with Trixie, even when Starlight made friends with her, but I let that subside, knowing that they were good with magic together and I gave her a second chance.”
Zoey thought about all this as Twilight told her about how she wanted to help, and started to have second thoughts. “Zoey, if you do this...” the alicorn told her, “...you’re only going to make things worse for yourself and Nate. Megan may be telling the truth about this plan. Can’t you just accept the fact that she’s trying to help?”
Zoey thought about what Twilight told her, and wondered if she was right. She knew Twilight wouldn’t lie, especially since Megan did have a point about this plan. But, with the new Zord trashing their friends, she had to take initiative and help Nate. “I understand the concern, Twilight. But, I need to go help Nate.” She said, as she started to leave.
“Zoey, Wait!” Cozy wailed. “We’re telling you his idea won’t work!”
“Listen to Cozy on this one!” Megan pleaded. But, Zoey was already gone. Now, Megan really was on her own, and she wasn’t sure if anyone would listen to her.
The others were shocked that Zoey and Nate would reject Megan’s help, and they knew that they couldn’t do this on their own. “Don’t they both know that this plan might not work?!” Rainbow asked in protest.
“We just have to make them realize that sometimes, things don’t go according to plan.” Twilight said in agreement.
“We have to stop them!” Starlight said.
“Before things get worse!” Rarity said as well.
“Come, on!” The others made a mad dash out of the hangar. “Don’t worry, Megan.” Rainbow said to her. “We’ll help them see the light...even if they don’t know it yet.”
Megan thought this was a bad idea, and that it would fail. But, she realized she was right. “Good luck.” She said to them. “I hope you know what you’re doing?”
Rainbow nodded as they dashed out, leaving Megan there. The hard part was over, and the burden was off of her. Now, it was all up to the Mane 6, Starlight and Cozy to make their ranger allies listen.
When we last left Trixie, she entered the portal to the rangers’ world, and arrived in a nearby woods. She was trying to find her friend, Starlight. So far, she couldn’t find her, but maybe she would have better luck on Earth.
“Starlight!” She called out as she arrived. “Your great and powerful sidekick is here!” She leaned her ear closer to see if she heard anything. No answer. Trixie got concerned. Usually, Starlight responds to her. “Where could she be?” she wondered.
She continued to search the woods far and wide for her. At that moment, she heard a really loud roar. Trixie gulped nervously. “What is that?!” she wondered. “I haven’t heard a loud roar for a long time! Unless...” The showmare suddenly had an awful thought. “An Ursa Minor?! It couldn’t be! I thought Twilight had vanquished them all!”
Trixie’s blood ran cold, and was now boarding on horrified. She heard the roar again and looked up to see the Beast-X King Zord going at it with the Beast-X Hydro Megazord! She was shocked and amazed to see the Power Rangers fight before her eyes for the first time! “Wow! The Power Rangers?!” she wondered in excitement. “Fighting a giant lion that looks like an Ursa Major?! That’s outstanding! Not even I could vanquish something like that, even if I tried.”
She watched the fight unfold and saw the lion spew out a fiery beam at the forest, making acres of trees burn. Trixie was scared as she saw this! “YOW!” she cried out. “HOT!” She decided to let the rangers deal with this massive lion. “I’ve got to get out of here!” she thought, as she made a mad dash out of the woods.
Meanwhile, Daring Do, herself was shocked upon seeing the Beast-X King Zord up close, and personal ravaging the land. Daring ran as quickly as her legs would carry her, until she managed to arrive at a safe spot in the woods where she wouldn’t be razed to death.
“What even IS that thing?!” Daring thought out loud. “Is that another one of Ahuizotl‘s goons? I never thought he’d go that big. She decided to find somewhere safe, and come up with a plan to stop that thing.
“This sounds to me like I’m way, way, way over my head.” She said out loud to herself. “I’m going to need a carefully thought out plan so I can face that overgrown cat again...” She ran so quickly that she didn’t even bother to see Trixie running in the opposite direction in front of her, as the two collided, and fell to to ground.
Daring rubbed her temples. “Ooh...my aching head.” She said groggy, as she got back up. “That’s going to feel sore later.” She then saw Trixie on the ground, trying to get up, and was startled as she grabbed her hat, and covered her with it, tackling her to the ground. Daring had her pinned, as she heard someone say. “Ow...” she said. Daring got off of her, and saw her gasping for breath.
“Honestly!” Trixie said, angrily as she dusted herself off. “Tackling Trixie recklessly...who DOES that?!”
“Wait a minute....” Daring said, as she got a clear look at her. “Are you a unicorn?”
“Yes, A great and Powerful unicorn to be exact.” She said weakly.
Daring gasped in shock, as she got a clear look at her. “I’m so sorry there, Ma’am!” She said apologetic.
“That’s alright.” Trixie said, as was now back up. “Although, it would be nice you didn’t call me ‘ma’am’”!
“Oh, then...who are you even?” The adventurer asked.
The showmare smirked. “Feast your eyes on the great and powerful Trrrrrrixie!” She introduced herself to Daring, as she let off a smoke bomb-like background. Daring coughed, as the smoke got in her mouth. “Sorry.” She said. “But, if you want, you can just call me ‘Trixie’.”
Daring finishing coughing and smiled as she saw her. “Nice to meet you, Trixie.” She said. “I’m Daring.” She shook her hoof. “Daring Do.”
“Charmed.” Trixie said, as she shook her hoof. “So, what we’re you running from...exactly?”
“I was just running away from one of Ahuizotl‘s goons.” Daring explained.
“Ahuizotl?!” Trixie asked, frightened. “Is he here?”
“Not exactly.” Daring said, calmly as she carefully pushed Trixie off of her. “It was very big, black and blue, and it even looked it had fire coming out of its mouth!”
“Fire coming out of its...” she realized something didn’t fit right with the description. “Wait...what do you mean, exactly?”
“It looked like a huge lion, and it was rampaging this way, and...” Daring said, when Trixie cut her off.
“I may have seen what looked like a huge Ursa Minor back there earlier!” She said in shock.
“An Ursa Minor?” Daring asked. “Here?”
“It appeared to be a huge lion, black and blue, and...” she was shocked, as she realized they both saw the same thing.
“You saw that thing too?!” Daring asked.
“Yes, I did.” The showmare responded. “And I thought it looked like it too, until it looked something that resembled a lion. I don’t think it’s an Ursa Minor, or one of Ahuizotl‘s goons. I think that’s a Zord!”
“A Zord?!” Daring asked, still in shock.
“From what I heard it’s one of the vehicles that the Power Rangers use to take on giant monsters.” Trixie continued to explain.
“The Power Rangers?!” The adventurer asked, still confused. “Who are they?”
“There a group of 5 heroic teenagers who defend our world from evil!” Trixie told her, now sounding brave.
“You mean...like the Power Ponies?” Daring asked.
“Yep. Only, they stand on two legs, and have arms and such.” Trixie told her. Daring was surprised at what she even told her.
“If that’s true, I got to find a way to stop that thing!” Daring said, as she started to head off. She stopped herself. “I can’t do it on my own.”
“Then, let Trixie help you!” She said, getting in front of her quickly. “As a great and powerful ally, I could be of some...assistance.” She smiled sheepishly.
“I. Work. Alone.” she said to her, before stopping for a moment. “Well...usually.”
“Usually?” Trixie asked.
“Well, not all the time.” She admitted. “Sometimes, I even have help from one of my huge fans, who is also an adventurer like I am. It’s Rainbow Dash.”
Trixie’s mouth was agape and was completely dumbstruck for a few moments, before regaining her bearings. “You’ve been on adventures with Rainbow Dash?!” She asked. “The Wonderbolt?!”
“Yeah.” Daring did a double take, as she heard the second sentence the showmare replied. “She’s a Wonderbolt?”
“Yeah...that’s what Twilight told me.” The showmare said, admittedly.
“Wow! I never knew any of this until now!” Daring was a combination of excited, and surprised at the same time as she heard what her friend said was true. “My work usually always involves secrets. And, you never know who you can trust.” She looked around, and then spit on her hoof. “Want to team up, and stop that mangy lion Zord?”
Trixie looked at the hoof, and spit on hers, and smiled. “You bet!” She said, as they both did a hoof bump.
“Let’s go!” Daring said, as the two darted to get to safer place...at least to come up with a plan for how to stop the new Zord.
Meanwhile, The Beast-X Hydro Megazord was still going at it with the Beast-X King Zord, as it used its Hydro Screws to take it out, just as Ravi and Steel had arrived.
Steel took a look at the zords, and was ready to start the plan. “I think this is close enough.” He said. Ravi nodded as they set the containers down, and got out the satellite blasters. “Let’s make this quick!” The beast bot said as he armed it.
Ravi had just finished typing in the coordinates to where they were, as Steel contacted Nate. “We’re in position!” He told him.
Nate and Zoey got the message. “Copy that, Steel.” Zoey answered. “The new programming signal is ready to sent out.” Nate was just about to send the signal to the Blue and Silver rangers. Zoey switched over to Devon. “Devon! We need a clear shot!”
The Beast-X Hydro Megazord was ready to have another go at it. “Roger that!” Devon said. At that moment, the Zord fired, and the Megazord got out of the way.
“It might not be easy!” Ben said, as they got the Zord back up, and the lion Zord was ready to charge again.
“We just need to hold it still!” Ribbit said urgently.
The Zord was coming right to them. “DEVON! Jump on!” Cruise shouted, and the Megazord jumped up, and landed on the zord’s back.
“What now?” Devon asked.
“Good question.” Spike said, as the Zord was trying to throw its occupants off.
“Hold on!” Cruise shouted, as the Megazord tried to grab on with all its might.
“Whoa, steady there, pardner!” Spike said, as they grabbed the Zord like a cowboy would, riding a horse. They pulled it back, and it landed safely. So far, so good.
“Quick! Here’s your chance!” Devon told Nate.
Nate just finished the data, and was ready to send it. “Sending Data now!” He said, as it was sent.
“Got it, Bro!” Steel said, as he fired it at the Zord. The blast was spot on as a blue glow enveloped the Zord, but unfortunately, it made Devon, and Ben’s Megazord fall off.
“Oof!” Spike said, as he got hit in the head. But, thankfully not too hard.
“I think we got him!” Ben said triumphantly. But just as the Megazord got back up, the Zord quickly changed into its battle mode, which shocked everyone!
“Did it...change modes?” Steel asked in shock. The Beast-X King Zord got its weapon ready and was ready to charge at the other Megazord.
“Uh, guys?” Spike asked in shock. “That Zord changed into battle mode! Was that supposed to happen?”
“I don’t think so, Spike!” Ribbit said in shock. And from the sound of it, it looked like the heroes were in for a rough ride.
Back at the base, Nate was shocked to see that the results of his plan failed. “No, no, NO!” He said in shock. “Instead of reprogramming the Zord, the signal triggered it to change into battle mode.” He gasped. “Megan gave it a battle mode!” He said in realization.
At that moment, the Mane Six, Cozy and Starlight rushed in and were shocked. “Oh, no!” Rainbow gasped. “We’re too late!”
Cozy groaned. “I KNEW that plan wouldn’t work!” She said, flustered.
“Glad you guys are here!” Nate said, as he turned to them. “I realized that Megan gave this Zord a battle mode.”
The ponies all groaned as Applejack hid her face in her hat, a few graced themselves, and Rainbow Dash facehoofed. “You’re telling us this JUST NOW?!” She asked, as if he were nuts.
Zoey contacted Ravi and Steel. “Ravi! Steel! Get back to base!” She told them. “We have to try something new!” She switched to Devon. “Devon, are you, Ben and Spike okay?”
“Yeah.” Devon said.
“But, we don’t know if we can hold it for long!” Ben said in shock.
“IT’S COMING STRAIGHT FOR US!” Spike screamed, as he pointed at the Zord which charged at the Megazord with its weapon. Luckily, it’s arms deflected the weapon, but the Zord whapped it in the chest! The 3 heroes were already taking a serious beating, and it looked like they couldn’t last out longer.
“Nate!” Devon said in alarm. “What do we do now?!”
“I’ll go get help!” Spike said, as he flew out of the Hydro Zord cockpit, and over to the base.
Back at the base, the rest of the heroes were shocked that their friends were taking a beating, and needed to help their friends. “I don’t how else to help, Devon!” He said, worriedly. “But, we’ll figure it out.” He closed his laptop, and paced around like a madman. “There must be a way to control that Zord!”
“Face it, Nate!” Rainbow said to him. “Your plan was a total bust! It failed!”
“Yeah!” Pinkie added. “Your plan deflated just like a bad balloon did.”
“I do have to agree with the others on this one, Nate.” Rarity said as well. “You just could’ve accepted another one’s help.”
“I appreciate the concern, guys.” Nate said. “But, right now we need another plan to try and control that Zord!”
“Megan said this wouldn’t work.” Zoey started.
“She tried to tell you...” Cozy started.
Nate turned around quickly at them. “Megan caused us problems to begin with!” Nate protested.
“Now, wait just a cotton-pickin’ minute!” Applejack tried to stop him.
“We all know you’re upset with her, as well as Zoey!” Fluttershy said, pointing to her. “No offence.”
“None taken.” Zoey admitted.
“But, she, and Cozy does know this Beast-X King Zord better than anypony else.” Starlight added, as Cozy nodded in agreement.
“It’s true.” The alicorn filly said, “She helped me deploy it when we were fighting Evox.”
Nate’s jaw dropped when he heard what Cozy said. For some unknown reason, anger started to build up inside him. He just couldn't believe that Megan helped assist Cozy with the Zord in the past. Finally, Nate’s blood boiled, and had finally reached its critical point, as he finally spoke out.
"Are you kidding me?!" Nate yelled, which caught the attention of everyone in the room. "You and Megan both knew about this? You could’ve gotten us in big trouble! I thought you knew better than this!”
“Nate, Darling!” Rarity sputtered out. “Please try to understand that she never did anything to Devon, Ravi and Steel, she certainly did nothing for us, or even Cozy. And she, helped send her out to help us. Uh, how can I say this tactfully...?” She thought about what to say next. “You've been out of it.”
“You don’t understand!” Nate said, now defensive again. “She blackmailed me and Zoey! She tried to get us both in trouble, by showing the commander about our movie date.”
“But, all she wanted was a chance to help you guys out, now!” Fluttershy said, as she started crying. “I can see that’s messed up, too.”
“I hate to say this, but, well... you've become...!” Pinkie said, before saying in hushed shock. “A party pooper!”
“That doesn’t matter!” Nate snapped at her. “I couldn’t trust her after what she did, and I don’t think I can trust Cozy either! She’s probably working secretly for Megan after using that Zord against Evox! That was your plan, wasn’t it?!” He tapped her not too hard on the head, so that she would understand. “You were going to keep the big reveal a secret, so I couldn’t find out the truth about who really made it!”
"B-but it was for good intentions," Cozy whimpered as her eyes formed tears.
"Good intentions or not, that doesn't change the fact about what you did with Megan, and how she helped you, and Mayor Daniels into building the Zord." He said sternly. "What you did was so deceitful! That is the exact opposite of what a friend would do!" Cozy couldn't take it anymore as she teared up pretty huge, and started to cry.
“What in the world has gotten into you?!” The alicorn filly asked, as got upset. “I thought you were my friend! But, I guess I was wrong! If all you care about is your plan, your team, and only your safety and your team’s except her’s, ignoring other people’s advice even when it’s crucial, THEN YOU CLEARLY DON’T KNOW ME AT ALL!” She cried and flew out of the room in sadness.
"Cozy, wait!" Starlight said as she galloped after Cozy. The Mane Six, and Zoey were shocked as they talked almost each other. Nobody liked how Nate yelled at Cozy, or how he treated Megan, even if she was trying to help.
Nate turned to the others. “Well, I hope you've learned something from all of this.” he told them.
“What?” Rainbow asked, a little miffed.
“Maybe if you've been sticking to my plan like you were supposed to, none of this would've happened.” Nate said to them seriously.
Rainbow felt like she had enough as she responded by punching Nate hard in the face, as he almost fell had he not grabbed onto the edge of the table. Everyone else cried in shock as they grabbed Rainbow, trying to hold her back.
“Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?!” Nate asked in pure shock and anger as he got up.
“What's your problem?!” Rainbow shouted. “This has nothing to do with work! Megan just wanted to help!”
“And look where it got her!” Nate said, angrily. “Your friend over there is only going to get you into trouble!” He pointed to where Cozy left as he said that.
“Pfft! Yeah right!” Rainbow said harshly. “Take advice from Nate about friends, since you've got soooo many of 'em.”
“I have friends.” Nate calmly stated.
“No, you don't.” The wonderbolt said, as she went through her friends. “Everyone only hangs out with you because you're the Gold Ranger!”
“What does that have to do with anything?!” Nate said to her. “You saw what Megan did! She tried to get Zoey and I in trouble, and gave us more than enough problems from the start! She blackmailed Zoey!” He pointed to her as he said that, which made Zoey feel a little shocked, and a little sorry for Cozy.
“Nate, please try to understand...” Zoey tried to explain. “Cozy wasn’t like Megan. She didn’t blackmail us, and she did go against her schoolmates, but she reformed and joined our side.”
Twilight marched up to him. “I agree with Zoey. She didn’t mean to...” she said before she was interrupted.
"Don't think you can lecture me as if you had a part in this!" Nate shouted while pointing an accusatory finger at Twilight. This caused Twilight and her friends to gasp in response. "Megan built that Zord, and didn’t install a firewall! That shows she clearly hasn’t learned her lesson at all! I thought you knew better than to trust her! I don’t care if she was trying to help! She clearly has NO place, whatsoever in these walls! And YOU were all followers of her, and didn’t listen to MY plan...”
“STOP!” Rainbow yelled in rage to him. “This is ridiculous! Nate, you are being too stubborn, as to shut out Megan, and our friend!” Nate was now shocked, as he started to step back. “This is exactly why we told you not to ignore Megan and listen to us for a change! This is just... too much! Even for Cozy!”
“Rainbow, I know Megan meant well.” Nate said, frightened, but calm. “But, she didn’t protect the Zord from the virus, which made the Storm King try to destroy us. I know how hard this is for you, but...”
“I'm tired of it!” Rainbow said, as she slapped Nate’s hand back. “We’ve had enough of you being so proud of your own plans, that you wouldn’t even go out of your way to listen to the one ex-employee that was trying to help you fix the zord’s control! Megan only wanted to try to help. She doesn't deserve to be cast out because of it.” She started to leave the lab.
“Where are you going?!” Nate asked.
“To find Megan, and Cozy.” Rainbow answered harshly.
“Why?!” He asked.
“Because, I’m choosing to help out Cozy to help control the Zord, and I would never back out of a friend in need. And, that’s what friends do for each other!” Rainbow said as she left. and slammed the door, mad.
Nate was shocked upon seeing his friend leave in a fit of rage. He then turned to see Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie, Fluttershy and Zoey who were all mad with him about the way he treated Cozy, Megan and even themselves. They had looks that were ready to kill as they were about to let loose the vicious rant, they set out for their friend.
Applejack threw her hat down in anger to let him have it. “Corsarn it, Nate!” She shouted. “Y’all wanna know why she was helping Mayor Daniels, and General Burke create the Zord? Because ever since she came here, all she wanted to do was to contribute to our arsenal. She hasn’t been ‘blackmailing us,’ and she never did! She’s been wanting to help us!”
“You can’t believe that!” Nate scoffed. “It’s the ambition talking. Do you think it’s a coincidence that she would help us as soon as you all disagreed with me?”
“Of course it was!” Fluttershy shouted. “Because concidences happen! Did you see her blackmail Devon, Ravi, Steel, Ben, or us any other time?”
“No, but after she—“ he tried to say.
“And she decided to try to be your assistant that one time,” Rarity continued, ignoring his comments, “...because she found out that she knows a lot about your arsenal inside and out than any of us combined, so that she could add her know-how to your experiments.”
“Megan wouldn’t—!” Nate started again. “If she wanted that, I would’ve-“ he tried to say, his conviction draining.
“And if she hasn’t been on the best behavior with your friends, or us if that need be,” Twilight stomped her hoof, “It’s because with us being so busy, she’s had to make all the decisions about the tech at Battleforce, while we were always out, fighting tronics!”
They all glared at him, daring him to move. “She’s been completely stressed out!” Pinkie shouted, with Fluttershy’s stare boring into the genius. “It’s important to her that the Beast-X King Zord is perfect! Something we, and the rest of the staff, including our friends would have loved! And that obviously wasn’t important to you!”
“I agree that the others are right on this one!” Zoey said, as well. “I mean, if you are just going to be proud, and not listen to what any of us, Cozy or Megan have to say, then why should we listen to you? You could’ve put your feelings aside to listen to her, but I can see that’s been messed up too, because you were too focused in your pride to even accept that!”
“You’ve really hurt our feelings, and crossed the line, Nate!” Applejack said, to him very angry. “That's not how you get things done around here, and especially not how we treat our friends!”
Nate just stood still with his jaws agape in horror. He had never seen his friends that mad at him before. "But, I just wanted to..." He started as tears welled up in his eyes.
“Now if you’ll excuse us...” Rarity said, ignoring him and walking past the doors of the lab. “We have friends to comfort. And you can forget about helping us trying to control the zord. In fact, if I were you, I wouldn’t even come near us, Megan or Cozy at all!” As soon as Rarity left, the others followed suit, giving angry glares at Nate and not wanting to talk to him, or even see him.
Twilight started to leave too. "Twilight, I was–" Nate tried to say.
"You have a lot to think about!" Twilight said in an icy tone as she walked past him and left, leaving only the sole Gold ranger in the room with unfinished built ranger weapons, glass cases with morphers, and complete sections of arsenal, and a cluttered lab table.
Nate just stood where he was as tears streamed down from his face. He couldn't take it anymore, as he cried and ran out of the lab, and into a nearby room. He cried his eyes out, falling into a depression. His actions were what pushed Cozy and Megan away from the team, and it might as well push the rest of the ponies and the rangers away from Nate as well! The damage was probably too great for him.
“I could have gained a new zord to add to our arsenal someday, but instead…I just lost a friend!" Nate thought out loud, as he sobbed so hard, that he couldn't bear to move on from this painful moment. "WHY?!" He felt like his heart dropped out of his body and onto the ground, where it was stomped on. How could he ever make up for this?? He cried alone and felt like, for the first time in his life, he had failed friendship.