//------------------------------// // An Old Threat and a New Hope (Part 2) // Story: Power Rangers Super Mega Equestrian Force // by Joeyjambo122 //------------------------------// "I DEMAND TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED DOWN THERE!!!!!" Vildrax angrily demanded as he paced the main control room. Levira walked in holding a recorder like device. "The X-Borgs managed to capture an image before they were destroyed." Plugging the device into the main computer, an image of what looked their enemies the Power Rangers appeared on screen. "Power Rangers in this dimension? This is troubling." Damaras stated. "They don't appear to be the same individuals from before however." Argus noted. "My guess is that they are inhabitants from this planet." Levina guessed right. "Which means they are amateurs compared to the one's who stopped the emperor and his family last time." Vildrax stated with a sinister smile. "Bring out another general!" He demanded. A piranha like monster walked through the door, he had a humanoid appearance of a piranha and his lower was completely metal. "General Piranhatron ready and willing!" The fearsome general saluted. An image of a city appeared on the screen. "I want you to take a squad of X-Borgs down to that city and destroy every thing in your way! And if the Power Rangers attempt to stop you, crush them like the insignificant worms that they are!" The city of Fillydelphia was in a state of destruction as X-Borgs swarmed the streets and the ponies and dragons that lived there scattered around trying to find safety. The Main 6 and Starlight Glimmer were busy evacuating the citizens off the main island, though Fluttershy was mostly helping the ponies due to her phobia of dragons. "Okay, I think that's everypony and dragon that live in this district" Twilight as they regrouped. "Why are we just standing here then!? Let's take these guys down!" Rainbow boasted as she prepared to charge the nearby X-Borgs, only to be stopped by Applejack biting on her tail and pulling her back. "That's a bad idea Rainbow. These guys aren't anything like anything we ever faced before." Applejack warned sternly. "There's got to be a way to beat them isn't there Twilight?" Starlight asked her friend. Before Twilight could respond, a sudden blast caught their attention and they turned and saw a piranha like monster destroying some buildings around the district. "HA HA HA!!!!!!! This planet will fall at the might of The Armada!" He boasted as he destroyed a another building. Before Rainbow could attempt to charge him, some X-Borgs were suddenly blasted interrupting the destruction. "Hey fish-face! Why don't you pick on someone your own size!" A voice shouted. They all turned to find five different colored figures emerging from an alleyway. Piranhatron smirked upon seeing who it was. "You must be the Power Rangers I was warned about. Gotta say, you don't as intimidating as my superiors made you out to be." He boasted confidently. "You should have heeded that warning then! ATTACK!!!!" The one in red shouted as the five charged toward. "Just who are those guys!?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. Twilight looked closely at the red one. "I think that one in red is a dragon." Twilight noted. "Dra....dragon!?" Fluttershy fearfully asked. "Now Fluttershy, that dragon appears to be a kind individual and has no intention on hurting us." Rarity attempted to comfort to no avail. Piranhatron noticed the ponies standing nearby and hatched a devious idea. "X-Borgs, blast those creatures to oblivion!" He commanded. As the X-Borgs charged their blasters and aimed, the girls quickly jumped out of the way, except for Fluttershy who was to scared to move. "FIRE!" The charged energy blasted forward toward the terrified pegasus. "Oh no you don't!" A voice shouted as a red blur blocked the energy shot before it could hit Fluttershy. Opening her eyes, Fluttershy saw the dragon she was afraid of holding a sword like weapon blocking the energy shot that was pulsing on the sword until he finally managed to deflect it into the sky where it could explode without harming anyone. Spike turned to the stunned Fluttershy before asking. "You alright? Nothing broken?" She responded by jumping up and giving a big hug while saying thank you several times. Under his helmet, Spike blushed a little. "Your welcome." He turned to Twilight. "Now quick! You and your friends get somewhere safe and we'll take care of these losers!" Twilight quickly nodded. "Of... of course! Thank you!" She said before she and the girls quickly turned in the opposite direction of the fighting, much to the chargin of Rainbow Dash. However, after turning the corner, Twilight suddenly stopped them. "Girls, I want to see how this fight carries out." Pinkie Pie suddenly got up in her face. "Are you coco in the loco!?" She asked with panic in her voice. "I think it might be a good idea to see what happened during the fight so we can find out what this "Armada's" plan is." Rainbow Dash suddenly piped up. Oh yeah! I'm going to get to kick some alien butt!" She shouted excitedly. Twilight quickly shook her head. "No Rainbow Dash, I'm suggesting that we observe and watch without interfering." She stated firmly as Rainbow grumbled "Fine." Meanwhile, the fight was still going as Rover fought on a nearby conveyor belt as X-Borgs swarmed him. "Rover! Take my blaster!" Spike shouted as he fought on a nearby train while dual wielding blasters. He then threw the blaster toward his friend as he was close to falling off. "Thanks Spike, and you can have my Saber!" Rover shouted as he tossed his weapon and caught the blaster. Spike caught said Saber and used both Saber and as he slashed and blasted his way off the train. Rover soon started running down a nearby wall as he blasted the X-Borgs on the ground. Bram with his great strength, picked up a broken lamp post and swung it around as more X-Borgs started to gather. Aeris and Mel took to the sky's to face off against the air born X-Borgs. Both dual wielding sabers, slashed the X-Borgs down one by one as the fight continued. "Now that's what I call ta king out the trash!" Aeris shouted. The five quickly regrouped. "Hey guys, why don't we try a Super Sentai team this time?" Spike suggested. They suddenly got a call from Alpha. "If your planning to do that, then there's something you should know first. The Super Sentai keys will only react to the calling phrase, Gokai Change." Alpha informed. "Thanks Alpha. Talk about a weird calling phrase." Aeris noted. "Maybe because it's from a different dimension." Rover stated. "Whatever the case is, which Sentai team should we go with?" Mel asked. "How about Bioman?" Bram suggested to the others agreement. They then quickly brought the Bioman keys before posing in the usual manner. "Gokai Change!" They shouted and inserted the keys. "Bioman!" A voice shouted as they transformed. "Red 1!" "Green 2!" "Blue 3!" "Yellow 4!" "Pink 5!" They each called out one by one before posing and announcing their numbers. "One! Two! Three! Four! Five!" They shouted one by one as they before before shouting. "Choudenshi Sentai Bioman!" As a explosion set off behind them completing their entrance. Bringing out the Bio-Swords (and the Bio-Bow of Yellow 4) they quickly set about attacking the X-Borgs and Piranhatron as the Mane Six and Starlight watched from a nearby rooftop in silent amazement. "Let's go Dynaman this time!" Aeris shouted bringing out the Dynaman keys with the other following suit. "Gokai Change!" They shouted as they inserted the keys. "Dynaman!" A voice shouted as they transformed into baseball like uniforms. They all quickly posed before announcing. "Explode! Kagaku Sentai Dynaman!" As a sudden explosion destroyed several X-Borgs. "Think they got the message yet?" Spike asked as they turned back to their foes. "You'll never stop the might of Piranhatron! How about a taste of missiles!?" Piranhatron angrily warned as he prepared his missiles launcher. "I think that's a no." Mel commented. "What is it about the about bad guys that keeps them from realizing they've been beaten?" Aeris asked sarcastically. "Let's go SPD!" Bram shouted. "Say goodbye!" Piranhatron shouted as he launched the missiles at them as they held out the SPD keys and inserted them into the morphs as they shouted "Legendary Ranger Mode, SPD! SPD Emergency!" They quickly brought out the SPD blasters as they shouted. "Power Rangers SPD! Aim for the missiles and then at old fish head!" Spike commanded as they shot at the various missiles aimed at them. After shooting down the missiles, they aimed their blasters right Piranhatron and fired repeatedly until he was extremely dazed. "Let's finish this!" They they each brought out a red ranger key. "Legendary Red Ranger Mode!" They as shouted as they inserted their keys one by one which caused Spike to turn into the red Mighty Morphin Ranger. "Wow! So we can all be red?" Bram exclaimed in amazement as he transformed into the red Lightspeed Rescue Ranger. "You got that right! Man this mode has some serious power!" Aeris exclaimed as she turned into the red Mystic Force Ranger. "I can't wait to try other Legendary morphs!" Rover stated excitedly as he turned into the red Lost Galaxy Ranger. "What's the phrase? Oh yeah, let's turn this guy black and blue and red all over!" Mel uncharacteristically shouted as she turned into the red Space Ranger. They quickly made fighting poses. "You still have to destroy me first you little dimwits!" Piranhatron angrily exclaimed. Bram and Aeris struck first, with Bram firing his blaster as Aeris used the fire wand and surrounded Piranhatron in a ball of fire. Mel and Rover jumped in and quickly layer several punches and kicks to the general. They jumped out of the way, allowing Spike to finish the job with the Power Sword with a few well placed slices. They turned their backs to the fallen general as he fell on the ground and exploded. "At least it took four teams to beat me!" Piranhatron shouted in his last moments. Levira watched this defeat and scoffed. "Arrogant fool." She then picked up a gun like weapon from a console and aimed toward Equis. "This should help even the odds a little." Several cannons from the main ship then opened up and proceeded to blast a purple and pink beam toward the fallen general. The Rangers stopped in their tracks when they heard a strange noise from behind them and turned to find their fallen foe back on his feet and grow large along with three troops known as bruisers. "HOW DO LIKE ME NOW!?" The giant general taunted as he destroyed a building. The five stared dumbfounded. "He.... he grew giant! That's cheating!" Bram shouted. "How are supposed to fight some thing that huge?" Spike asked himself before suddenly hearing Gosei's voice. "Rangers, there will be many times where your enemies will grow to giant proportions. Use must utilize the power of the super Megazords. Spike, type in 5-5-0-1 on your morphed and summon the Skyship." He commanded. "Right! Summoning Skyship!" Spike shouted as he typed the numbers down. They heard from the sky behind and turned around again to find a big red pirate ship flying through the sky. "Wow! Talk about sweet ride!" Aeris shouted excitedly. The bottom of the Skyship opened as five ropes dangled from it and lowered themselves down, allowing the young heroes to grab on and lift them into the ship. The five quickly raced toward their respective vehicles (Though Spike had to go to the main cockpit of the ship itself.) And quickly inserted their ranger keys in the slots. "This is going to be awesome." Rover muttered oto himself as he examined the controls. "Couldn't have said better myself pal!" Bram exclaimed as he fiddled with controls. "This looks simple enough." Mel said herself as she quickly read through the maintenance manual. "What are waiting for then? Lets get to blasting bad guys!" Aeris impatiently shouted as she a battle ready stance on the controls. "Releasing Zords!" Spike shouted as he pressed a button, releasing four different vehicles from the ship. "Super Mega Jet!" "Super Mega Wheeler!" "Super Mega Racer!" "Super Mega Sub!" "Zords combine!" Everyone shouted at once as they pressed buttons in their respective cockpits, causing all five vehicles to break apart and start forming a huge humanoid robot. "Legendary Megazord, Ready!" In contingent with pirate theme, the Megazord put on a pirate like hat on. The pink and yellow zords formed the right and left legs respectively. The blue and green zords formed the right and left arms respectively as well. The ship itself formed the body and head of the massive robot. All five Rangers also now sat in the main cockpit with Spike in the center. The ships controls were similar to a ships sterling wheel. "Seriously, just when I this couldn't anymore awesome!" Aeris exclaimed excitedly. "Yeah, this is Morphenomenal!" Bram shouted. The others looked at him with confused looks. "Morphenomenal? Don't you mean phenomenal?" Rover asked questioning his friend's grammar. "Well, it was the original Power Rangers favorite catchphrase, so I figured why not bring it back?" Bram explained. Spike tapped his chin. "It does have a nice ring to it... why not?" Spike said to Bram's delight. "HEY! FORGETTING SOMEONE!?" They heard a familiar voice impatiently yelled. They turned back to the cockpit window to find Piranhatron impatiently tapping his foot. "Whoops! Almost for got we were in a giant fighting robot." Mel said in a embarrassed tone. "Let's get started then!" Spike shouted. The Megazord immediately charged swinging it's giant swords toward the Bruisers as well following up with an uppercut to Piranhatron, sending him halfway across the city before quickly getting back up. "Let's see your dodged this!" He shouted as he shot several missiles a the Megazord. "Quick! Evasive maneuvers!" Aeris shouted, with all of them turning the wheels, causing the Megazord to dodged left before the missiles could hit them. "Where did that tin can go now?" Rover asked when noticed the lack of the villains presence. Piranhatron suddenly jumped down from behind them. "You forgot to watch your back! Time to open your tin can!" He shouted as he attempted to twist open the back of the Megazord. "He's trying to clog our gears!" Bram shouted. As Piranhatron twisted the black wheel on the back. The front parts of the arms and legs suddenly started glowing. The chest as well as the arms and legs suddenly opened up, revealing a cannon in the chest and cannon balls in the arms and legs. The cannon suddenly fired on the lone bruiser that wasn't taken out and destroyed him. "What!?" Piranhatron exclaimed in disbelief. "That was unexpected, but handy." Mel said in awe. The five quickly grabbed Piranhatron and threw him into a nearby building, dazing him a little. "Guys, from what I can guess, we should be able to activate that attack, which I learned is called the Super Mega Star-Burst, if we insert our ranger keys into these slots next to the wheels." Rover informed. "I can't help but love your huge brain sometimes Rover!" Aeris exclaimed excitedly to Rover's embarrassment. "Let's do it then!" Spike shouted before they each inserted they're Rangers keys into the slots. This once more brought out the giant cannon and and aimed it toward Piranhatron, who had recovered a little. "What...?" "Super Mega Star-Burst Cannon!" The cannon proceded to fire cannonballs at Piranhatron as he roared in defeat. "How could I been beaten by a bunch of multicolored lower lifeforms!?" He shouted as he fell and exploded. "We did it!" Aeris shouted as the Megazord turned its back to the explosion in victory. "Super Mega Rangers, that's a Super Mega win!" Spike declared. "Hmph, that figures." Vildrax muttered to himself as he and his commanders had watched the battle. "It is clear we cannot let our guard down because they are amateurs. But we will destory them soon enough...." Vildrax stated with a sinister grin. After they managed to get out of Fillydelphia, the Rangers, who were still in uniform except they weren't wearing their helmets, were given a tour of the Skyship by Alpha when they entered the main room of the ship. (Bear with me, this is the best I can do to show you what the interior looks in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger) On top of the doorway, there was a large monitor with some kind of command board near it. In the middle of the room, there was what looked like a pirate captains chair. There was couch on the left side of the room when you walked in and in the far right corner, there was a dining room table. "This ship is incredible." Rover commented as he looked around. Gosei's image suddenly appeared on the monitor. "Welcome to Megaforce Skyship Rangers. This ship will be your main base of operations and will provide both transportation and living courters when you are required to travel outside of Equestria." He informed. "Amazing, isn't it?" Alpha commented. "Yeah it is, but where ared we gonna hide it?" Mel asked. The five pondered for a minute before Spike snapped his fingers. "I think fou out of five of us know exactly where to put it." He stated with a knowing look on his face. Rover, Bram, and Aeris caught on to what he was talking about except for Mel and Alpha, who both had a confused looks on their faces. "Riggggghhhhhht.... that place....." Bram said wistfully Mel and Alpha looked between them even more confused. "What are you guys talking about?" Near the edge of a slightly distant part of the Everfree Forest, the group were standing near an oddly shaped stone plate on the ground. "What's this thing?" Mel asked curiously. Spike smirked a little. "This... is the entrance to our secret hangout." Spike replied as he stepped on the and said the words. "Pals for Life....." As soon as the words left his mouth, the plate he was standing started glowing blue when some thick brush nearby suddenly opened up. The group began working their way through the path. "We discovered this place two weeks after the four of us met." Bram explained. Aeris suddenly turned toward Mel and Alpha. "Listen Mel, since your part of our group now, we are allowing our hangout to be your hangout as well, so you got to Pinkie Promise not to tell anyone about this place, got it?" Aeris said in a stern voice. "What's a Pinkie Promise?" Mel asked confused. Spike quickly explained the whole deal with Pinkie Promises and how breaking will quickly lose your friendship with that person or pony. He then showed her the proper hand movements and sayings. "I... I Pinkie Promise not to tell anyone about this place. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye!" All four smiled before Rover said. "Then Mel, Alpha, we welcome you both to.... (Pause for dramatic effect....) Outsider's Lookout!" They stopped in large open field when Mel and Alpha looked up and looked an awe at the giant tree before them. A large structure was built into the tree. There was a large deck like area with no railings on the right side of the tree. There couple of balconies in different places around the tree. At the very top of the tree, there was a large observation deck with a telescope mostly likely used for star gazing. "This place is incredible...." Mel muttered as she gazed the mass of the tree. "It certainly is something..." Alpha commented as he gazed at the tree. "Cool right? When discovered this place, we decided to make it our official hangout, Spike even set up that nifty password tile so only we could get in." Aeris explained. "Just a little something I learned from a book about magical protection devices." Spike said with a proud smile. "What are we waiting for? Let's give them the grand tour." Bram quickly hastened toward the basket elevator Rover set up. Everyone obliged and piled into the basket elevator. They rose into a large circular room with giant television in a corner with a large circular couch in front of it. There was also a large bookcase on right of the t.v. set. "Since Twilight doesn't use the royal budget much, we decided to use some of it to help make this a great hangout." Spike explained. Rover took notice of a chest Alpha was carrying. "Hey Alpha, what's the chest for?" He asked curiously. "Oh this? Take a look." Alpha then opened the chest to reveal the ranger keys inside. "This is just a safe place to keep the ranger keys whenever you aren't using them. Oh I just remembered!" Alpha quickly went over to the circular wall in the middle of the room and placed a small device in it and turned it on. "There! This device will allow you to teleport here or into the sky ship." Alpha explained excitedly. "Twilight and the girls aren't gonna be back for a few days, so why don't we go to Canterlot tomorrow? I can send a letter to Celestia and ask her to send a chariot to pick us up. Just a nice reward for ourselves after our first successful mission as Rangers." The others agreed to this and decided to call it quits for the night. As the five walked as they went the path. Spike turned to Mel. "Talk about an interesting first day of scool huh?" Spike joked. Mel nodded. "It certainly was, wasn't it?"I wonder what else will await us now that we're Power Rangers..." Mel thought to herself as she gazed up at Luna's starlit night.