//------------------------------// // Trapped In Amber // Story: Equestria Ninja Girls: Samurai Showdown // by Danyram1308 //------------------------------// A new day was starting at the Shiba house, and the guys were training, the girls were improving their handling of Symbols Power, only the only one still having problems was Rainbow Dash, who was still at it. "Oh come on." She complained. "This should work." "Rainbow Dash, if you would just listen and pay attention to the directions you would have mastered the symbols by now." Kevin said. "Sure I do, but this brush is useless." "I told you, the brush isn't the problem." He emphasized. "You know what, I had enough simbols power practice, I think it's time for some action." Rainbow said before leaving to train with the others. The other rangers and turtles were entering the courtyard. When Rainbow arrived she set about looking for a sparring partner, that's when she saw Emily doing shadow fighting with a practice sword. "Hey Emily, don't mind if I..." Before Rainbow could finish Emily did a spin with the sword that made her end up hitting the rainbow girl in the arm. "Ouch!" She grabbed her arm from the pain. "Oh, sorry Rainbow Dash." Emily apologized. "You’re okay girls?" Jayden said as he and Mike approached. "Yeah, everything's fine." Rainbow replied. "You know you were able to avoid the strike, right?" Mike said. "I didn't think she would hit me by accident." "It's not about whether or not she noticed you were coming or not, it's about sensing her next move." Jayden said. "What do you mean by that?" She asked. "Pay attention." Jayden said and Mike rolled onto his back. Jayden tried to slash against Mike but the latter dodged it the attack of the former. Then Jayden wanted to attack with a slash to the legs but Mike jumped to avoid the attack, Jayden attacked again but this time aiming for the head but Mike ducked. "Good to know Mike has good reflexes..." Rainbow couldn't finish as Jayden's sword hit her in the arm. "OUCH!!!" She rubbed her arm from the pain. "Rainbow, you need to concentrate more, get inside the opponent's head, sense his next move." Jayden told her. "Okay, I must concentrate." She said and relaxed. Jayden attacked with slash to the legs but Rainbow Dash jumped backwards to dodge the blow but when she landed on her feet, Jayden attacked again to the legs hitting right this time. "You still need to improve your reflexes." He told him. Mike saw that Kevin was meditating in the middle of the yard, so he got an idea. "Guys, watch this." Mike walked over to where Kevin was, without drawing attention he swung his sword at him but Kevin raised his in time to block his attack, Mike stepped back, Kevin stood up still with his back to Mike, the Green Ranger charged at Kevin but the latter ducked causing Mike to fall backwards to the ground. "See how focused Kevin is." Jayden said to Rainbow. "Yeah, I saw that." She said. "Or how about them?" Jayden pointed to Leo who was on his knees and swords to Twilight who was holding a wooden sword. "Whenever you say, Leo." She warned him. "Do it." The turtle gave the signal and Twilight slashed at Leo's head, but the turtle caught the sword in his hands. "See that? It takes a high degree of concentration to do that." Jayden said to Rainbow. "I can do it too, watch." She said confidently and turned to look at Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, come." "Is something wrong, Dashie?" the pink-haired girl asked. The multi-colored haired girl handed Fluttershy a wooden sword. "I want you to hit me in the head with this." "Are you sure?" "Don't worry, I'll get it." "Mmmm, ok." Rainbow knelt down, and gave Fluttershy the signal to slash at her head, Rainbow tried to catch the sword but the weapon slipped out of her hands and ended up hitting her head. "OUCH!" She screamed from the pain. "Oh, sorry Rainbow Dash." The shy girl apologized. "You still have a long way to go before you can catch a sword with your hands." Raph said as he approached them. "I know I can do it, but I need to concentrate more." Rainbow said. "You saying you can do it is one thing but being able to do it is another thing, and when you do you can even catch a sword with your feet." Meanwhile with Mike and Kevin, the green ranger kept trying to connect a punch to the blue ranger, Mike dia a diagonal slash but Kevin dodged it with a leap, but when he landed his pants fell down, Rainbooms blushed and covered his eyes while the others burst out laughing. "Oh come on, already with this it's the second time it's happened." "Hahaha, that's why I don't wear pants." Mikey said but his laughter was interrupted by a smack on the back of the head from Raph. "We don't wear pants, Mr. Obvious." He emphasized. Rarity removed her hands from her eyes and noticed that Rainbow Dash was gone. "Hey, where's Rainbow?" "Maybe she left training." Kevin said as he adjusted his pants. "Let her, she'll get over it." Raph said as everyone resumed training. After training, the boys went to rest inside the house, the Rangers were playing snakes and ladders using their zords while the ninjas and Rainbooms were talking to Raph and Applejack about what happened with Negatron and Madimot. "I'm surprised you two did all that." Sunset told them. "It's incredible that you guys faked your own death so you could free Batman." "Not to mention you didn't even warn us what you would do." Leo told them. "Exactly, the only one who knew about this was Jayden." Twilight added. "Hey, it was the only way to make it believable, if you guys believed it then Batman and the others did too." Raph said. "Yeah okay, next time try to warn us about stuff like this, we almost had a heart attack when they showed us that you two had died in the explosion." Rarity said. "Did you really think we would die in the explosion just like that?" Raph asked. "Did you really think we would go into a fight against Batman without a plan? Applejack asked. "Yeah yeah, we get it, you guys had a good plan to take Batman down and free him from his mind control." April said "What can we say, I guess Batman's luck can't last forever." Raph said. "Well, some would say Batman didn't have the script on his side this time." Pinkie Pie shrugged as she spoke to the fourth wall. "Ok ok, we get it, next time we'll try to take your side when it comes to following Batman or someone like him." Leo said. "What I don't understand was Negatron doing in Gotham, what would he be looking for there?" Donnie said. "I don't think he just went there just for Batman." Twilight said. "There must be some particular reason he attacked." "Whatever that reason is, it wasn't the only place he attacked." Sunset said. "What do you mean?" Fluttershy asked. "Princess Twilight warned me that Negatron attacked Equestria." She said as she showed her diary. "Negatron attacked Equestria?" Leo asked. "And Canterlot City too." Donnie warned and they all turned to look at him. "Fugitoid texted me." "How do you know it was him and not Madimot who did it?" Mikey said. "Maybe because he described the Nighlok as someone who attacked people with insults." "Well, that sounds like something Negatron would do." "Still, I don't think this Xandred would allow one of his Nighloks to invade other worlds just because Subprime asks him to." Sunset said. "Unless he gets something else in return." Karai said. "But what?" Shini asked. "Or rather maybe he knows he can destroy more than one world without the Rangers intervening in his plans." Fluttershy deduced. "But still, whatever Subprime and Master Xandred are planning seems to be something big." Twilight said. "Whatever Subprime and Master Xandred are planning we'll stop them." Raph said. In the park, Rainbow tied a wooden sword to a tree branch. "Well, I can show everyone that I can do it." She said before swinging the sword hard to make the sword go over the branch so she could catch it when it fell to the ground. "I can do it, I can do it." She said in her mind. She was determined to catch the sword with her hands, but the sword was faster than her and she couldn't catch it, causing the sword to hit her in the head. "Ouch." She groaned and fell sitting down on the ground. "Come on, again." She got up and tried again, but missed once more. "OUCH." She groaned. "This is useless, at this rate I won't be able to intercept the sword." Then she came up with an idea. "Unless..." She activated her geode and tried again but the result was no different. "Nope, not even like that." She rubbed her head from the pain. Her trance of pain was interrupted when she heard some screaming, so she had to go outside to investigate. A man was running but was caught by a kind of red colored goo that enveloped him completely, the goo dried up forming a thick layer, it looked like the person was trapped in an amber. "Hahahaha." A Nighlok boasted. "Keep running humans, but you can't run from me." The Nighlok continued to spit out of its goo at the people. "What do we have here?" The Nighlok turned to see two children backed into a corner. "A sitting duck." The Nighlok was about to wrap his goo around them but some shurikens got in his way and a rainbow trail took the children from where they were. "What happened here?" The Nighlok asked. "Hey Nighlok, fight someone your own size," She said. "But if it isn't one of the Rainbooms." The Nighlok said. "I was hoping your ninja friends and the Samurai Rangers would be here but I guess I'll have to settle for you." "That's if you're lucky in catching me." She replied when she transformed and started to run, the Nighlok tried to catch her with its goo but Rainbow was faster and was able to dodge the Nighlok's goo, she pulled out her naginata and tried to stab the Nighlok but it pulled out its mass to block the attack, the Nighlok used its hands to move its weapon, Rainbow tried to use this to her advantage by dodging the heavy weapon attack, when she saw her chance she rammed the Nighlok with her spear, Rainbow connected a Pele kick to the Nighlok's head, it seemed that she already had the victory in her hands so the girl with multicolored hair was ready to give the coup de grace, she jumped to pierce the Nighlok's head but the monster managed to repel her with its mass, the Nighlok advanced and attacked with its weapon, Rainbow tried to block the attack but she couldn't and her spear ended up split in two. The Nighlok connected a kick to the multicolored haired girl and prepared an up and down blow to Rainbow Dash's head. "I have to make it this time." The girl prepared to try one more time in the heat of battle but to her misfortune she missed again and the mass connected with her head, Rainbow Dash fell knocked out to the ground face down. "Ha, that was too easy." The Nighlok was about to deliver the coup de grace. "Surprise!" The Lion Zord appeared and repelled the Nighlok. When the Nighlok recovered, it saw the ninjas and Rangers appear. "Samurai Rangers and the New York Ninjas, looks like you guys are late." The Nighlok told them. "But we stopped you from finishing off Rainbow Dash." Jayden said as his Zord returned to his hand. "Rainbow Dash!" Fluttershy yelled as she and Pinkie Pie ran towards her. "Is she okay?" Applejack asked. "Yes she is, but she's out cold." Pinkie Pie reported. "Stay with her, keep the Nighlok away from her." Sunset said. "I couldn't care less about that." The Nighlok told the heroes. "You guys will have the same forte as her, if not a worse one." The ninjas lashed out at the Nighlok but the monster fired a beam from its weapon and the heroes fell. The Rangers were the next to attack but the Nighlok was very strong, Jayden and Kevin attacked together but the monster blocked their swords with its mass and moved its weapon to hit their attackers, Mike tried to attack with his forest spear but the Nighlok avoided the blow by attacking Mike's legs so that he fell to the ground. Mia and Emily attacked from the side but the Nighlok avoided them and spat out of its goo to trap them in amber at the two samurai girls. "Mia, Emily!" The guys shouted. "What did he do to them?" Mike asked as he assessed the amber where his friend and girlfriend were captured. "It looks like he fossilized them." Twilight deduced. "Are you saying he made them a fossil?" Mikey asked. "Not as much as that, they're trapped in some kind of amber." Donnie said. "And they'll stay that way forever, unless you defeat me so you can free everyone." The Nighlok told them. "In that case, let's give it a try." Raph said as he pulled out his sais and charged at the Nighlok, the monster blocked some of his attacks and countered with his mass, Leo and Twilight charged at the Nighlok as well but the monster intercepted them and knocked them down, then took the opportunity to spit out his goo and wrap them in amber. "Oh, looks like they'll be together forever after all." The Nighlok scoffed. "Hey come back here." Donnie said as he, April and Rarity tried to reach him. The Nighlok hit the three of them with his gun and spit out of his goo to trap all three of them. Mikey and Casey tried to surprise him in an aerial attack but the Nighlok was faster than them and wrapped them in his goo in mid-flight. "Too easy." The monster boasted. Applejack and Mike charged at the Nighlok, the country girl attacked with her claws while the Green Ranger used his sword. The Nighlok used its mass to gain momentum and kick Applejack and hit Mike with its mass. Karai switched to her snake form to immobilize the Nighlok with her body, when she wrapped it all the way around she prepared to bite it but the Nighlok rushed and spit goo in Karai's face, causing Karai to let go so it could catch her in an amber. Shini hit the Nighlok with his Hypno Ball causing the monster to fall to the ground, Keno took the opportunity to attack but the Nighlok got up and connected a blow to Keno's stomach with his mass. Jayden and Blade attacked together but the Nighlok was faster and knocked them both down and caught them with its goo. Starlight fired arrows in the direction of the Nighlok but it intercepted her shots with its goo, then with its weapon it sent a flashing discharge that sent the girl with aquamarine highlights flying. Then the Nighlok fired from his goo at Kevin, the Blue Ranger blocked the goo blasts as much as he could, Sunset took the moment to throw a couple of explosive kunais at the Nighlok, the monster is knocked down by the bacon girl's attack, he wanted to shoot her from his goo but it started to dry up. "You were lucky, I'm dried out, I'll deal with you guys later." The Nighlok said before escaping through a crack. Back at the house Shiba, Raph, Keno, Kevin and Mike were finishing settling the guys who were fossilized. "A little more to the left." Raph said. "Your left or mine?" Keno asked. "Yours." Raph told him. "Will you guys shut up and hurry up?" Mike told them. "My arms are getting tired." After much arguing, the guys finally finished. "Man, your friends are too heavy." Mike complained. Meanwhile in the living room, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were helping Rainbow Dash heal a cut on her head from the Nighlok's blow. Pinkie was cleaning the wound while Fluttershy was preparing a needle to sew up the wound. "Ouch, it hurts." Rainbow complained. "It will hurt more if we don't clean the wound and close it." Pinkie told her. "Good thing you were there, you stopped the Nighlok from getting more people." Ji said to Rainbow. "I thought I could handle it myself." She replied. "That was brave, but imagine what would have happened if we didn't get there in time." Kevin told her. "I know." "Rainbow Dash, you trying to defeat the Nighlok on your own is very noble of you, but not when you do it just to prove a point." The mentor said. Rainbow lowered her head. "I know, mentor." "We need to come up with a plan to defeat the Nighlok." Sunset said. "But how? Even with my super speed I couldn't defeat it." "That's why we have to come up with a strategy to take it down, we can't rely on our abilities." Mike said. "But what can we do?" Fluttershy asked. "I think I can think of something." Pinkie said. Meanwhile in the Netherworld, the nighlok was swimming in the Sanzu River. "Oh yeah, it's nice not to feel like a dehydrated fruit." He said. "If you've hydrated enough then get back to work." Subprime pointed out. "Hey, I don't take orders from you." "How about you start doing that?" "Gentlemen, calm down, there's no need to despair, Subprime." Serrator interjected, "Let's let Trapster have time to recover, the way he made those humans run and scream was great, thanks to him the Sanzu river is rising and what's better there's nothing those rangers and ninjas can do to stop him." "Is this really your idea?" Kevin asked when he saw Pinkie with a tennis ball cannon. "Hey, it's the closest thing to getting the Nighlok's goo, unless you want something more realistic like a Paintball rifle." She said. "Alright guys, are you ready?" Pinkie warned as she activated the cannon. "Now." She started shooting. The guys started dodging the tennis balls, Shini turned his hypnoball to block the shots, Keno tried to dodge them but ended up getting shot three times. "Congratulations Keno, you are now wrapped in amber." Mike said. "Come on, again." Keno said. Kevin prepared to dodge the balls, he was able to avoid them with ease, however one ball hit him in the shoulder. "Again." As everyone practiced Rainbow Dash came out to join them, she was carrying her tantō blade, her head wound had already been stitched up. "Rainbow Dash, what are you doing?" Kevin asked. "You should be resting, you just took a hard blow to the head." "Says the guy who after being wounded in combat spent his time deciphering a new combination of zords instead of resting." She replied. "Besides, you wouldn't tell the others to stay and rest when there's a nighlok on the loose, would you?" "Rainbow, now is not the time to be stubborn." "Exactly, we have to work out a way to defeat the nighlok, all of us have to." "Are you sure you can fight?" "Of course." "Okay then." Kevin relented and Rainbow joined the training. Everyone kept a steady pace to avoid getting hit by the tennis balls, soon after the gap sensor activated and everyone ran off to battle the Nighlok. Trapster was again wreaking havoc in the city, people were trying to run away from him, but some ended up wrapped in amber. "Yeah, keep screaming humans, it only makes me stronger." He enjoyed the chaos. "That's enough." Pinkie said as she threw a cupcake at the nighlok's face. "I was wondering when you guys would show up." Trapster said. "This time we'll stop you and free everyone you captured." Mike said. "Let's see if you can do it." Trapster started spitting out of his goo, but the guys moved to avoid the shots. Raph and Keno attacked from the sides, the red turtle connected with a kick but Trapster grabbed him by the leg and threw him at Keno. Starlight and Sunset threw some shurikens at the nighlok to get its attention and Applejack took the opportunity to take a leap where it swiped at the monster using its claws, which knocked the nighlok back. Pinkie and Shini threw their chains and caught the nighlok by the arms. Mike and Fluttershy ran up and threw a combined kick at the monster. Rainbow Dash and Kevin approached to attack but Trapster managed to recover in time and throw a white sphere at them that exploded in front of them. Trapster wasted no time and threw another sphere but red in the direction of Pinkie and Fluttershy, the ball exploded releasing goo with which he hit them both back to back, which the monster took advantage of to spit more of its substance and capture them both at once. Applejack tried to attack again but Trapster threw another red sphere with which he trapped AJ's left hand on the ground, the country girl tried her best to free herself but even with her great strength she couldn't free herself from the goo trap, which the nighlok took advantage of to throw goo from his own mouth and capture her completely. Raph rejoined the fight with a spinning kick that staggered Trapster, Keno jumped and hit the nighlok's head with his sticks. Shini threw his hypnoball with a kick but Trapster intercepted the weapon and pulled the chain of it to take Shini and throw her against the two boys. When the three were down, Trapster spat out of his goo to capture all three of them. Now everything was in the hands of Kevin, Mike, Rainbow, Starlight and Sunset. The bacon girl stepped forward to attack and concept a series of kicks, Starlight was next and Sunset held her hand and lifted her up to spin her, Starlight connected a series of kicks as she spun, Mike, Kevin and Rainbow took advantage and all three landed a triple slash with their swords. Trapster stepped back, and used his mass to throw a lightning blast at the guys, they all fell. "Ha, didn't think I'd go down that easy, huh?" He said. Trapster walked over to Rainbow Dash who was still lying on the ground, "So long, clown hair." He was about to finish her off with his dough. Rainbow noticed Trapster's movement, she knew what she had to do. "Come on Dash, focus, you have to make it this time." She got down on her knees and this time, caught the dough with her hands. "No way." The nighlok said in disbelief. "I did it." Rainbow couldn't believe it too. "You already did." Kevin said impressed. Rainbow stood up and elbowed the nighlok, Trapster got ready to attack with his mace again, Rainbow jumped up and caught the dough with her feet. "Wow, did you guys see that?" Mike said impressed. "That's awesome." Starlight said. Rainbow spun around and grabbed Trapster's weapon, she grabbed her tanto blade and with her super speed delivered several slashes to the nighlok. Trapster fell to the ground. "Now guys!" Rainbow called out. Kevin and Mike approached and inserted their elemental disks into their blades. "Spin Sword, Dragon Splash!" Kevin said. "Spin Sword, Forest Vortex!" The two samurai connected their slashes to the nighlok. "You think you've defeated me?" Trapster threw a red ball at the rangers. "Not this time." Rainbow stepped forward and delivered a Chilena kick to return the nighlok his ball trapping him in his goo. "Oh no, now I'm trapped in my goo." Trapster complained. "He's ours." Rainbow said. "No, he's yours." Kevin said to the girls. "Are you sure?" She asked. "Sure, do it." Mike said as he handed his spear to Rainbow and Kevin handed his bow to Starlight. "Okay, let's go girls." Rainbow said and Starlight and Sunset followed her. "Forest Spear!" She used the spear to lift Trapster into the air. "Now Sunset." Starlight said and Sunset threw her explosive kunais at the Nighlok while Starlight fired the Hydro Bow, destroying Trapster. "Yes, we defeated him." Rainbow celebrated. "Yes, we did." Starlight said. "Wow you did good Rainbow." Mike said. "Yeah, you did great." Sunset congratulated her. "I have to admit, you did well." Kevin said. "Thanks, I just had to focus." Rainbow said. "I'm glad you did, but we still have something to take care of." Kevin said to the now giant sized Trapster. "How are you guys going to form the megazord without the other rangers?" Starlight asked. "That's what the black box was created for, for moments like this." Kevin said as he pulled out the black box. "Super Samurai mode." He activated to black box and entered super mode, then inserted the combination disk into the black box. "You're coming with us, right?" "Are you serious?" Sunset asked. "But of course." Mike said. "All right, let's do it." Rainbow said. "Zords Combine." Kevin activated the black box and the zords appeared and formed the megazord. "Samurai Megazord, we are united." The five said, Kevin and Mike took their respective booths, Sunset took Jayden's place, Starlight took Emily's and Rainbow took Mia's. "Wow, so this is a megazord's booth." Sunset said. "Impressive, isn't it?" Mike said. "Yes it is." Starlight agreed. "So that's the mega mode." Rainbow pointed out as she saw the ranger suits change to something more armored. "And the one Kevin is wearing is the super mega mode." "Yep, that's right." Mike said. "Everyone concentrate, here it comes." Kevin said and everyone paid attention. Trapster charged at the megazord, but the guys raised the shield and pushed the nighlok back and slashed at the monster. "Time to play ball." Trapster threw a red ball and the ball exploded covering almost the entire megazord with goo, only the right arm with which he held the sword was free. "No, now he caught us in his goo." Mike complained. "Can anyone move?" Rainbow asked. "No, the megazord got stuck." Starlight replied. "I can't do anything either." Sunset said. "Ha, now they're helpless." Trapster took advantage of this to attack. "Whoa, there must be something we can do to defend ourselves." Sunset said. "Of course there is, Mike come with me, can you girls handle the megazord?" Kevin said. "Sure we can." Rainbow said. "Alright, because it's samurai combo time, Samurai Battlewing!" Kevin said. "Tiger Zord, Swordfish Zord, Beetle Zord." "Zords Combine." Mike and Kevin said as they formed the Battlewing. The Battlewing attacked by firing a laser from its crest, the Nighlok responded by firing beams from its mass but the Battlewing raised its flight to get out of harm's way, and fired again to repel Trapster. "Girls, it's your turn." Kevin warned. "Roger that Kevin, go ahead girls." Rainbow said and she and Sunset raised their tanto blades, while Starlight raised a mega blade provided by the boys. "Samurai Slash!" They shouted and the megazord made a diagonal slash with his free hand. The slash sent Trapster flying high into the air. "Final Strike!" Mike and Kevin shouted and the Battlewing charged the Nighlok with everything it had, destroying it for good. When Trapster was defeated, the goo dissolved, releasing the megazord and everyone who was captured by Trapster's goo. "Oh yeah, we did it!" Rainbow celebrated. "Samurai Rangers and Rainbooms, victory is ours." Kevin announced. Back at the Shiba house, Rainbow was practicing the Symbols Power. "Oh, there you are." Kevin said. "I see you're still practicing." "Yeah well, I wanted to keep practicing until I could make a symbol." She replied. "That's good to know. You did well taking on that nighlok." "Yeah, when he was about to attack me I knew I couldn't miss this time." "It's good you were able to handle it, I'm sorry about what happened to your weapon." "Don't worry, I know how to get a new one." "You do?" Kevin asked. "How?" "Watch this." Rainbow said and started tracing a kanji, when she finished making the symbol 薙刀, a naginata came out of the kanji. "You've been practicing, huh?" Kevin said. "I guess I followed some tips." "Hey, come help us, it was a mess here in the living room." Applejack called from the door, and Kevin and Rainbow entered the house. The guys went inside and helped clean up the goo that was on the floor. "Hey, where's Fluttershy?" Rainbow asked. "She and Pinkie went shopping, they said they wanted to prepare something special for today's victory." Sunset replied. "I hope it won't take too long, there's a lot of cleaning up to do here." Raph said. Meanwhile with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie, they were leaving the supermarket carrying bags in their hands. "Good thing we were able to get everything we need." Fluttershy said. "Yeah, I want to surprise the rangers with something special, besides Mentor, who has been kind enough to prepare dinner for us these days." Pinkie said. While they were walking, they didn't notice that someone was following them, the guy was walking behind them, he was carrying carrying a big bag on his back. "Help." The guy grabbed Pinkie by the arm, but he didn't count on the ninja reflexes she had, so Pinkie grabbed his arm and threw him to the ground. "Ha, nice try thie..." Pinkie said when she saw that he had tried to grab her by the shoulder. Both girls were in shock when they saw that it wasn't a thief, but a hybrid mooger. "Please don't do anything to me, food please, I'm hungry." The mooger begged. The girls were confused, as they didn't know what to do.