PREVIOUSLY ON BEAST MORPHERS...
Cosmos: “NO! DISCORD! STOP THEM!”
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Twilight Sparkle: “I know those stars...We gotta tell the Rangers!”
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Twilight Sparkle: “This is the Andalusian! It’s a series of stars that just showed up in the night sky one day...centuries ago!”
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Twilight Sparkle: “At last...somepony powerful enough for to embody has found me!”
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Discord: “She’s FOUND ONE?!?!”
Zoey: “Yes! Shouldn’t you be excited!”
Discord: “We have to get out of here! Twilight cannot reunite all the pieces! They are COSMOS!”
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Twilight, Celestia and Luna: “Discord! Darling! It’s so lovely to see you again!”
Discord: “Oooooooh No!”
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Zoey: He’s not joining you! He’s one of the good guys now!”
Discord: “Did you really have to say that, Zoey?”
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Devon: “Stop right there...Twilight?”
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Rainbow Dash: “TWI!!! Don’t fire! It’s me! I’m your friend!
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Ben: “Big Mac! You’re under Cosmos’s control!“
Steel: “Now, that is so messed up!”
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Ravi: “We either go back there, and help or Twilight will be stuck like this forever!”
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Cadence: “Finally...All my stars together again. At last, I can be myself after all this time!”
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Cozy Glow: “Starting today, I’ll be your opponent! It’s Morphin Time!“
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Cozy Glow: “This is similar to one of our earlier battles, only it’s a role reversal, Twilight! This time I’m the good guy, and you’re the bad guy! Strange, isn't it?”
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Nate, Spike, Pinkie Pie, Starlight Glimmer, Applejack, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Rarity, Steel, Ravi, Zoey, & Fluttershy: “BEAST-X KING ULTRA STRIKE!”
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Rainbow Dash: “Twilight, I’ll never let a strange, cosmic creature possess you again!”
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Robo-Blaze: “How are we supposed to recruit a mob when all you do is scare them away?!”
Robo-Roxy: “At least I don’t build stupid, lumbering, ROBOTRONS!!!”
Robo-Blaze: “Now, you’ve...wounded me.”
It was a nice day in Coral Harbor as everyone was out and about, going on with their day. However, at Grid Battleforce, it was a day of importance since the Storm asking revealed his secret to the heroes about his double identity. This made him vulnerable to the entire Morph-X network, and the heroes needed to find a way to separate him from Devon’s own father, Mayor Daniels.
“Status report...City wide communication is open.” A worker said, as she got the computer ready in the lab for an announcement.
Inside, Commander Shaw was ready to give her announcement to the entire city of Coral Harbor. “Citizens of Coral Harbor, I’m Commander Shaw.” She introduced herself. “As you know, the Storm King, an old Equestrian enemy, is trying to take control of the Morph-X tower network. We have a reason to believe that he may have compromised the network’s computer system. As a result, this puts the entire world in jeopardy.”
All across the city, everyone was listening in on the Commander’s message, via billboards, TVs at the gym and more. “Therefore effective immediately, the towers will be shut down, and the Morph-X will be returned to the Morphin grid, where the Storm King can’t reach it.” She continued. “The old power system will be turned on temporarily. Thank you.” She wrapped up her message.
“Communication ended.” The worker said, as she wrapped up the transmission.
The Commander nodded, got up and went over to the Center of the room, where three of the greatest heroes, Devon Daniels...the red ranger, Ravi Shaw...the blue ranger, and Princess Twilight Sparkle...the current ruler of Equestria, and leader of the Mane Six were standing before her. “Commander, how can we know that the Storm King didn’t put some malware in the system?” Devon asked her.
“We’re searching for traces of his residue now.” She told them. She turned to the workers. “In the meantime, start draining the towers one at a time.”
“Yes, Ma’am.” The worker said, as she started the controls. “Beginning Tower 1 shut down.” With a few flicks of the controls, the first Morph-X tower was shutting down, and was drained of the energy.
“I know it's bad that the Storm King took control of Devon’s dad like Cosmos did to me and the other Princesses...” Twilight said, concerned. “...but is all this really necessary, Commander?”
“I’m afraid it is, Twilight.” She told her. “Since the Storm King is right in front of our Morph-X towers, this makes an easy opportunity for him to steal it. We can’t take that chance. So, we have to shut the towers down for precautions.”
“If He tries to get the Morph-X, who knows what will happen?” Ravi asked as well.
“True, but this is getting a little out of hand.” Twilight said solemnly.
“I understand, but right now, there’s no other way.” Commander Shaw told them, seriously. “Right now, we need to remove the Morph-X, so that the Storm King will be rendered weak.”
“And, by the way, Nate’s said he was working on something new.” Ravi suggested. “You guys want to check it out?”
“Yeah.” Devon said, nodding. “Come on!” They all went to the training room, to hear about Nate’s newest invention in the ranger arsenal.
In another lab room, Rainbow Dash...the element of Loyalty...was straining as she was trying to try telekinesis with her mind, like Twilight did. A brick was in front of her, as her eyes were closed.
“All is peace...all is calm.” She heard Nate’s voice guide her. “Within the silence of yourself, reach out with your mind and raise up that brick.” She strained so hard, she might burst a blood vessel as she was sweating with stress. Then, slowly, the brick started to rise up in the air, all by itself, and it levitated over to Rainbow’s face.
But, it was especially hard to teach a Pegasus pony unicorn magic, because as soon as it did that, the brick clubbed Rainbow in the face, as she tumbled onto her back. She opened her eyes, and rubbed her head in pain. “Ow!” She groaned.
“A little bit more.” Nate said, as she got back up, “Try again.”
“No way, Nate!” The Pegasus said defiantly. “This telekinesis stuff is dumb! Like egghead dumb! Why do I have to try to lift this up with my mind?”
Nate sighed. “Strength and speed can only take you so far, Dash.” He said to her.
“It got us the Black Ranger!” Rainbow shot back smugly.
“You can’t count on that!” The genius said, frustrated as he shook Rainbow’s body. “There’s more to being a warrior than just speed, and weapons!” He let go of her, as she regained her composure.
“So, will they like me more if I have the power to move things up, and hit me in the head?” Rainbow asked, confused. “Is this a good skill?!”
“Learn to do it right!” Nate said seriously to her. “Now, try a little harder, or you’ll get nothing for dinner but a piece of leather, and a blatherskite.”
“What’s a blatherskite?” She asked again.
“It’s a piece of leather!” Nate shouted in seriousness. “Now concentrate!”
“But, I’m supposed to be helping Devon find a way to save the Mayor.” Rainbow warned him.
“You’ve got time!” Nate reassured her. “Now, focus! All is peace...all is calm. Within the silence of yourself, reach out with your mind and raise that brick!”
Rainbow sighed, and rolled her eyes as she closed them, and strained to lift the brick up again. Sure enough, the brick started to lift off. “Ah...” Nate said, smiling at the process.
“Ah!” Rainbow shouted as the brick hit her in the head, and split in half. Nate was shocked at this.
“Oh, Crud!” He shouted angrily, throwing his arms up and leaving to meet up with the others in the training room.
In the training room, the Mane Six, Starlight, Spike and the rangers...minus Nate and Dash were awaiting him to unveil his new invention.
“Where is Nate?” Starlight asked, concerned.
“He said he’d be a little late coming in, Steel told them. “He’ll be here soon.”
“He’s probably finishing up his invention.” Spike said. At that moment, Nate came in as if he was through a train wreck. “Well, speak of the devil.” He said in surprise.
“What took you so long, Darling?” Rarity asked him. “You look like you’ve been through an ordeal!”
“I was trying to teach Rainbow telekinesis earlier.” Nate told them calmly, “...with less than satisfactory results. I’ll get back to that later. For months, the Storm King has been using the Mayor’s body to appear human.”
“We know that, Sugarcube!” Applejack sighed. “It’s like when Twilight here, and the others were taken over by that spooky Cosmos fella.” She made a cuckoo sign.
Twilight saw her imitation. “Hey!” She said defensively.
“But, luckily, human DNA can corrupt his body.” Nate finished. “By my calculations, such a lengthy exposure had made him dependent on Morph-X to survive. He’ll need lots of it!”
The others gasped in shock as they heard this. “How’s he going to get all that Morph-X if he’s dependent like that?” Starlight asked.
“I’m not sure, Starlight.” Zoey said. “When he realizes that the City’s supplies are going away, he’ll get desperate.”
“So, we think he’s going to show up in person.” Twilight guessed, as she wondered this possibility.
“And, that’s when we hit, and trap him with this!” Steel said, as he opened a blue container, to reveal a blue arrow. “A hyper-freeze Arrow! Check it out!”
“It’s a tricky shot...” Nate said, as he took the arrow carefully. “But, I’ve made a new weapon formation.” He led them over to his newest weapon. “The Beast-X Ultra Cannon.” He said bravely. “It’s perfect to shoot the arrow at the Storm King.”
The others oogled in glory at the new weapon. “Whoa!” Devon and Spike said in amazement. “The Ultra Blaster and King Ultra Bow...combined?” Devon said in surprise.
“Betty, ready the target.” Zoey said, as Betty Burke entered with a tuxedo suit onto a mannequin.
“Alright, Zoey!” Betty said enthusiastically. “I’m ready when you are!”
“Thanks!” Zoey said, as she picked up the Ultra Cannon, and aimed it at the target. “Okay...” she pulled the trigger on the Ultra Bow, and fired, making the target encased in a block of ice.
Everyone was shocked and amazed at this attempt. “Whoa!” They said in shock.
“Wow!” Spike said as he flew up. “This could easily put the Storm King in a cold snap!” He giggled, as the others followed suit as he said that.
“Very impressive!” Rarity said in awe.
“And, thanks to my genius brother...” Steel said, as he walked up to the ice block. “It’s hard as Diamond!” He tapped on it. “No way out!”
“Golly, nice work, Steel!” Cozy said, smiling.
“I aim to please, Cozy!” Steel said, accepting the compliment.
“Uh, sis!” Ben said as he ran up to the block of ice. “You do realize our dad’s wedding tux is in there?” He asked in shock.
“That’s your Dad’s tux?” Nate asked, surprised.
Betty turned around to them, and blushed. “Bad idea, huh?” She asked. “I gotta get it out!”
“I don’t think it will break.” Nate said unsure of all this.
“Stand back, Nate!” Twilight said, as she readied up her horn, and aimed it at the block. “Let’s crack that sucker open!” She fired a magic beam at it.
“WAIT, TWILIGHT! NO!” Nate shouted in alarm, but it was too late. The beam, hit the ice and deflected over to the group. “Yipe!” She yelped as the beam, was shot back to the heroes. They all gasped as they ducked, while the beam hit a wall in the hall, making it explode.
They all then looked to see the shattered pieces of debris from the wall, and were surprised at how much the horn’s destruction caused. Twilight giggled sheepishly. “Oh, Nice going, Twilight!” Pinkie said, a little frustrated. “You didn't just zap the ice... you zapped the whole freakin' wall!”
“Sorry?” The Alicorn asked, as Pinkie glared at her. She gulped, and then diverted her attention to the ice block. “So, this ice is unbreakable? Does it even melt?”
Nate shook his head. “I don’t think so, Twilight.” He told her. “Although, it could.”
“So, after we freeze the Storm King...” Devon asked, as he took a look at the block. “...how do we separate him, and my dad?”
The others, except Nate and Zoey started to gasp a little bit, as they didn’t think the consequences through of that plan. “Oh, my.” Fluttershy said in worry. “I don’t think we thought about that.”
“Yeah, It seems we kinda went blindly into this before the outcome.” Applejack agreed with her friend.
“I...haven’t figured that part out, yet.” Nate said regretfully. Devon started to feel uncomfortable at his words.
“Right now, we need to focus on stopping the Storm King, Sugarcube.” Applejack said, her face appearing serious.
“After we do that...” Commander Shaw added. “He’ll stay frozen until we can find a safe way to save your dad.”
“And, how long will it take to find a safe way to save my dad?” Devon asked again.
“I don’t know.” Nate told him. “It’s difficult to do. It could take a long time.”
Devon was trying to grasp what Nate was telling him. “My dad could be frozen...forever?” He asked, with uncertainty.
“I didn’t say forever...” Nate started, but Devon didn’t let him finish.
“You might as well have!” Devon said, worriedly. “That’s not going to happen!”
“Uh, oh!” Spike said, as he was watching the two bicker. “Here we go.”
“Hey, I’ve been working around the clock to find a way to stop the Storm King!” Nate said calm, but a little offended. “But, there’s only so much I can do.”
“There has to be another way!” Devon said, now boarding on almost panic. “You haven’t faced the Storm King before! Twilight and the others have!” He pointed to them as he said that. They slowly gasped, but realized he did have a point: none of the rangers have ever faced the Storm King in person. Only, Twilight and her friends did.
“And, if you won’t find it, I will!” Devon finished, as he left the room, and calmly pushed some of them out of the way. Leaving everyone else, without Dash in the room.
“Nate, the Hyper-Freeze arrow is good work.” The Commander thanked him. She turned to Ravi. “Get the decoy truck ready for deployment. Ravi nodded, as he went off to execute the plan. A few still felt a little sympathy towards their friend, who was feeling distressed.
“Well, we did all we could.” Twilight said with worry.
Fluttershy took a good look at the wall. “He seemed really sad.” She said, with worry. “This feels... not good.”
“Oh, Devon must feel like he’s left out.” Cozy said with worry, as she turned to the others. “Just like I was earlier when we were facing Cosmos.”
Zoey was shocked, as she remembered what happened with Target practice, and how the beast bots teased her after she got dirt on herself.
The alicorn turned to Nate. “Honestly, Nate. I don’t think that this is a good idea. Without Mayor Daniels, the city could be in a uproar.”
“I’ve been trying to work on a solution...” Nate said, getting frustrated. “The least you could do is...”
“No!” Applejack cut him off. “The least you’re doing is trying to encase the Mayor in a block of ice!”
“FOREVER!” Pinkie said as she jumped up, and took the others by surprise.
“And, you heard what Devon said!” Rarity added, as they nodded. “There has to be another way!”
“I understand your sympathy.” Nate said. “But right now, this is the only way.” He then turned attention over to the commander. “I’ve been trying to get the Beast-X King Megazord system back online. It hasn’t been used since the the last time we faced Evox.”
“And, We still need a few more memories for the scrapbook.” Spike said, not too loud to him, so that Twilight wouldn’t grab attention to his big sister as he showed him the scrapbook, and showed them a section that was still empty. “What are the chances any of us or Devon can get Twilight to remember stuff in her own quiet way?”
“I don’t know right now, Spike.” Nate told him. “But, it looks like it could be useful to reignite Devon’s Element-X mode. We may need it, and the Zord combination.”
“Good.” Commander Shaw said. They all nodded, as she left. “Stay alert, everyone.”
The rest of the heroes started to feel a little uncomfortable about Nate’s plan, but Nate himself was confident that it might be the only way to stop the Storm King.
“Alright.” Starlight said. “We’ll try your plan, but you should know that planning a mission is a two-way street.”
“I agree with Starlight.” Twilight said, as she came up to Nate as well. “Everypony knows you're a great ranger, Nate. But, so is Devon. It wouldn’t hurt to actually listen to his plan, and it might be more challenging than you think.”
Nate sighed, and realized they were right. “Aw, you're right!” He said in realization. “I mean, Devon’s got a good plan too. But could it work? Separating the Mayor and Storm King would automatically work, but is that scientifically possible? Maybe I'td work if we just froze him, and I figured out a way after that.”
The others gave him a few stares while Twilight groaned, as Starlight patted her. It would look like Nate would almost have a long way to go before he could fully trust Devon with his plan. That is...if they knew what the plan was.
Meanwhile, just outside the building, a dreadlocked, silver robot...Vargoyle...was watching through binoculars, and saw the heroes start to exit with a decoy truck to start to lure the Storm King into a trap. He watched the truck take off.
“Nate’s busy with the Morph-X towers.” Vargoyle said out loud to himself, as he took the binoculars off. “That’s one less thing to worry about.”
He lept like a ninja from building to building trying to not to be seen. Sure enough, we wasn’t! He continued leaping, until he arrived at a balcony where he met up with the current pony general of the Storm King...Tempest Shadow! Tempest smiled, as he arrived as they were ready to execute their counter plan for the heroes.
“Everything ready for today?” Vargoyle asked her.
She nodded. “Yes.” She said, smiling evilly.
“Oh, simpatico!” Vargoyle said in excitement, as he turned, and jumped to get back to the Crystal Dimension.
Tempest started to snarl as she looked at her orbs. “He didn’t say a thing about my stone orbs!” She though out loud. “Well, I think they’re light, and cheerful!” She galloped off to meet up with her master, and discuss the plan to get back at the rangers. The good guys have a plan, but the bad guys have a counter plan to prevent them. And, the outcome of this battle would lead to an encounter, nobody thought of!