Oozing Charisma (Part 2)
“Okay, so let me get this straight.” Rainbow pushed her arms out questioningly. Everyone was now back on Elaris’s ship and being filled in on every little detail. “You’re all from another dimension, you all have Power Ranger powers, and you’re stuck here with no way to get home?”
“...Ah, actually we do have a way to get home,” Sunburst corrected holding up the ticket Trixie had found. “Came here on a team-building exercise using a certain train, with this ticket being the only way to… uh… reactivate the Solar Streak.”
“It’s a train. A large one at that. One that can jump across dimensions simply by punching in tickets,” Lightning added. “It’s not like the trains you see on your average day-to-day commutes, though. This one has the potential to turn into a super-awesome battle robot called a Zord.”
“We have those too. Except, they’re all six animal creatures made into giant robots thanks to some of Elaris’s space-age tech,” Pinkie Pie butted in, raising a finger. “No idea where they came from, but we do know that her people made them in case something bad were to happen.”
“They came as an added benefit from the Crystals, actually. I’m not even sure if my people had any involvement with how they looked,” Elaris interjected, swiftly cutting down Pinkie’s reasoning. “However they came into being, I’m glad to know that they exist, seeing as how the Wolfpack’s soldiers have been giving us no end of trouble lately.”
“Okay, hold up. Back up just a scooch. The Wolfpack?” Lightning asked. “Sounds like Koragg’s little band of worshippers… Ugh, think I just gave myself nightmares at the thought.” she shuddered.
“A race of space pirates. Fast, efficient, and brutal in what they do.” A button push revealed a swarm of Hounds; followed with some faces that the Rainbooms had already beaten before. “They’re commanded by Captain Mar’Zek. A ruthless pillager who fits himself with the most powerful technology and weapons from every planet he conquers. He once battled the Rangers head-on as well. Needless to say, it was an absolute massacre.”
“Yeah, much as I’d like to make a joke about overcompensating for somethin’ with all that technology,“ Robert commented. “Been there on the receiving end of a beatdown from our main enemy, Thrax. Not fun. Got all of his parents’ powers, and yet none of their charm…”
“How bad did this Thrax beat you?” Sunset asked, a brow slowly rising from its’ position on her head. “Did he maul you within an inch of your lives?”
“More like totally scorched us with magic spells…” Lightning murmured. “Still get phantom pains every time a thunderstorm rolls into town. ...So you deal with space pirates as well huh? Yeah, been there. Guy named Bunglay, cross between that and intergalactic poacher. Loves to pry monsters from your memories -or former friends even- and use them against you as memory clones. Nasty bastard. If you’ve ever seen Davy Jones, imagine him as a mechanical being and you’re pretty close to what Bunglay looks like.”
“When Mar’Zek battled us, we were bleeding so bad you’d think it was a horror movie.” Applejack shivered just trying to remember. “If Elaris and Twilight hadn’t come to the rescue with the ship’s med bay, we’d be lyin’ on coffins right about now.”
“...Hey, least your world didn’t use to be ruled by a genocidal maniac. So I’d say we had it worse.” Lightning replied. Sunburst, in the background, rubbed his temples.
“...Okay, instead of just arguing who has had it worse villains-wise, can we focus on the real issue here okay?” He asked. “Ivan Ooze, -because make no doubt about it, that’s who sent you after us- has our only way back home. Or more accurately, one of the only ways to travel between dimensions. Now, we’ve got the ticket to activate the Solar Streak so that means… well, I suppose I really don’t have to say much more on that matter do I?”
“Are you saying that guy on the train was--” Applejack just spawned her Terra Hammer and snarled, putting her foot down. “If there’s one thing ah hate more than anything, it’s a dirty, rotten scoundrel who uses words to get what they want. That’s why the Flim Flam Brothers always lock horns with mah family whenever they get the chance…”
“...Guter Gott, der Allmächtige…” Robert muttered. “I’m the Ranger history nut -might even go as so far to call me an otaku- and yet I’m clueless with Ivan here. Seriously, ask any fact about any major Ranger villain over the past two decades and I’d probably able to tell you their strengths and weaknesses. But Ivan? Never heard of this guy. Look, Elaris was it? I’m going to go comb through the ship’s database, see what I can find out. As old as your people are, they’re bound to know something about this guy, like who originally sealed him away or something. Twilight, mind lending me a hand or two?”
“Of course. I’d be glad to help you out. I need something to do, seeing as how I’m always sitting on the sidelines while my friends go out and save the world.” She gave him a smile and lead him out of the room. Robert knew that kind of smile, God above he did. It was the same sort of smile his Twilight used to wear before the whole Lord Drakkon incident. Trying to hide the envy and all that. If there was one thing he knew, it was constants and variables. And one constant was that Twilight always wanted to help people. Or ponies. Or whatever. ...Mein Gott, it was going to take some getting used to talking to actual human beings again.
“Look, Twi. You don’t have to put up that sort of smile. Really, you don’t, seen it before,” Robert commented as Twilight led him into the ship’s data storage. “The Twilight I work with before she got her own powers… Same sorta thing really.”
Robert decided to leave out said powers revolved around fruit. Not entirely sure if this Twilight would really believe him if he mentioned that. Might have called him mental.
“But there’s only six crystals at the moment. Well, there’s technically seven, but we’ve no clue where in the heck that one could be. For all we know, the Wolfpack could be using it themselves, seeing as how we’ve dropped some of their agents…” Twilight pondered, bringing her hand to her chin.
“...There’s always another, isn’t there?” Robert murmured to himself. “Just like with the Dragon Coin all over again. Next thing you know, evil Ranger shows up. It’s such a cliche by this point, not even funny. But serious talk, legit talk. ...Far be it from me to be the most… let’s go with level headed, shall we? Far be it from me to be the most level headed Ranger, but you’re probably less of a burden than you realize. I mean, here you are not just warming the hearth as it were, but you’re thinking up gadgets and such for the Rangers. I knew this guy, Boom, back at the Academy. Flunked at being a Ranger, but without him, SPD may not have defeated Grumm. Family came from the Lion Galaxy, who produced another Ranger -a Red even!- so, of course, he’d want to follow in his ancestor’s footsteps,” he continued. “And to be honest, before I left SPD for… well, whatever the hell you could call my situation he was being tested for a prototype Gold Ranger powerset. Not sure if it worked, but that’s beside the point. Might be rambling here, probably am, but trust me Twilight, your time will come. The power always manages to find itself in the hands of the right people.”
Twilight blushed slightly and looked down at her hands. Sure, she had gotten to know what power really was, a taste of it being when she became Midnight Sparkle back at the Friendship Games. But the thought of using that kind of power as a Ranger along her friends, it made her imagination run with potential. All the strikes she could potentially make, every wolf she could slay, and picturing herself in the final battle with Mar’Zek alongside her friends, draped in Ranger fibers. Every one of those thoughts gave her a fuzzy sensation of warmth in her heart, prompting her to give Robert a smile.
“...Wow, you know something’s gone wrong with I’m the one dispensing actually useful advice.” Robert muttered. “Usually that’s Rarity or Sunset’s territory.”
He grumbled when the nearest computer terminal sparked. He was really not a tech-savvy person. Or a thinker in general. For him, the situation to a problem was usually punchin until something broke. Or something along those lines. “Come on… just boot up already would ya…” he grumbled kicking the terminal slightly and then letting out a little whoop of joy when the computer actually began to display data on Ivan.
“Okay, Ivan Ooze, said to be defeated by this team resembling our own from Elaris’s planet along with another known as Xybria, led by this ancient birdman sorcerer named Torin. Sealed away his essence in that canister we found Considering we’re Power Rangers and your friends are Power Rangers as well, we really need to start thinking about better over-arching names for ourselves.”
“...Seriously, you don’t have a team name yet?” Robert asked, staring at Twilight.
“No, we do. We’re the Equestrian Star Power Rangers. It’s a bit mouthy, but considering the whole Friendship Games and Camp Everfree scenarios here, you wouldn’t think it’s a bad name after the fact…” Twilight twisted her wrists.
“...Yeah, bit on the nose. ...But then again, not like the team I’m on has much room to talk. We get our powers from animals, so Wild Force it is. Why not just call yourselves Starrangers? A bit less wordy?”
“Are there any other Ranger teams who use magic that comes from a pony planet through a mirror at high school?”
“...Er, not that I can think of… No.” Robert muttered with a small sheepish blush. “But seriously, Starrangers. Less of a mouthful.”
All of a sudden, an alarm went off, ringing throughout every room on the ship. The instant shift in noise caused both Twilight and Robert to jump slightly.
“I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that’s a bad thing right?” Robert deadpanned.
“Rangers. The proximity sensors, they’re going off. We have… Well, I don’t know what to call it but we’ve got something outside the ship.”
“Ooze… He’s found us.” Robert muttered.
All twelve Rangers met Ivan outside the ship, readying themselves for battle. Truth be told, Sunset or any of her team was more than a bit nervous about fighting Ivan right now, their situation considered and all.
“Wait, so you’re telling me you don’t even have your powers right now?” Rainbow blurted out. “What the Hell’s up with that?”
“It’s all a matter of dimensions you see,” Sunburst was all too happy to explain. “You see, our powers come from our Zords. The Vampire Bat, the Thunderbird, the Phoenix, the Leviathan, and the Kitsune.”
As he said this, little lights above them displayed holographic images of the respective legendary beasts dug up from all throughout Earth’s long history. Navajo artwork, scripture from the Bible, oil paintings from Japan. The lot.
Sunburst, as he watched the group look on in awe at the various creatures from myth and legend idly, tossed his animal crystal up in the air and caught it in his palm. “So, explain how she’s able to morph then?” Rarity questioned looking towards Trixie.
“...Yeah, she draws from a different power source. That little gem in that bracelet of hers? That’s what’s giving her powers.”
“...So basically you’re out of a team of six, only one of you has access to the Morphin’ Grid right now, is that correct?” Rarity questioned, and Sunburst nodded.
“Now normally, Trixie would be all too happy to brag about how she is currently the greatest and the most powerful of you all, but if what we know about Ivan has any truth to it whatsoever… Well, Trixie is not feeling quite so confident right now is she?” the stage magician squeaked out nervously.
“So, where does that leave you guys?” Pinkie asked looking towards the Wild Force Rangers.
“Well, we’d just have to fight the best we can right?” Sunset replied with Elaris rubbing her chin in thought.
“I might be able to fix that, given time but-” she started before the alarm started to blare.
“So, the sorcerers of old are still using a bunch of namby-pamby kids to do their dirty work? Have to say… Not really impressed. Meet my kids!” he commented, as the same dreadlocked ooze creatures from before walked out of the shadows.
“So, you’re the little slimeball that crawled up out of a cosmic space dumpster. Have to say… Not really impressed.” Sunset -The Wild Force one- commented. “And your kids? ...I can see where they got their looks.”
“You're all too kind. Allow me to introduce myself. I am the galactically feared, globally reviled, and universally despised... they call me Ivan Ooze. Impressed yet? I am such a man of wealth and taste after all.” Ivan said with a little wink, his Oozemen gathering around him.
“No… Not really.” Sunset remarked with a raised eyebrow.
Oh, so witty. I’m going to miss that after you’re dead,” Ivan remarked. “Trouble is… Ah, see I have the power, and you don’t. Hell, you might even call yourself a powerLESS Ranger!”
“Dying, not in our plans for the day really. Might have to check my social calendar… Nope, not there.” the human world’s Rainbow joined in.
“Like I said, I’m going to miss that wit after you’re dead, Rangers. Where else can I find someone who will actually be able to match me?” Ivan asked.
“...I know a few swamps you can go and check out. You’d fit right in with the toads and the skeeters. Just sayin’.” Applejack remarked.
“Oh, spare me! I was locked by one of your predecessors into that stuffy hyperlock chamber and dear old Torin tossed me away in the depths like yesterday's trash! Do you have any idea what it's like to be locked in a ‘space dumpster’ for 6,000 years?! It's boring! Not to mention I've had a charley horse since the Renaissance. Frankly, I am getting sick to death of your ugly human faces and your outright dull personalities! But now, I’m out, and hoo-wee am I ready to have some fun!” Ivan cheered doing a little dance.
“Yeah, well sorry we’re going to have to cut your fun short.” Applejack said slamming a fist into her open palm.
“Uh-oh, the fun police!” Ivan remarked. “...Now, where’s my autograph book…? Kiddies, spank ‘em! I’ve got other things to do. Places to be, and people to slay.”
“Yeah, I don’t think so!” Rainbow shouted, firing her weapons at Ivan who turned into slime and let the lasers pass right through him before reforming.
“...Oh, you could honestly hurt someone with those! Let me tell you if your aim was better that might have tingled a bit! But just because I’m feeling generous, here’s some points for trying. Have a couple more playmates!”
He threw some balls of ooze that reformed into three opponents the Wild Force Rangers knew all too well. The Lamp Shade monster from the Shadow Line, the former -emphasis on former- SPD recruit Icthior and of course last but not least, Evox’s Blaze Ranger.
“Permission to say oh cock?” Robert muttered.
“Let’s just say a little birdie told me about these guys. Have a ball, eh?” Ivan asked before teleporting off.
The Oozemen slaves rushed the Rangers, flailing their arms vigorously at them the whole time. The big names just stood back and watched as the Equestrian Star Rangers hastily morphed, not even sparing a single moment for their one-liners as they met the Oozemen’s attacks with their own.
“Get outta here, ya candy-colored freaks!” Applejack swung her hammer at the slime-creatures, the resistance or weight with each swing non-existent. A part of that went to her geode’s powers of super-strength. Her blows hit most of the time, knocking the Oozemen away like ragdolls.
“Normally, I’d be totally up for a slime party, but today’s not that day!” Pinkie bounded over another group of Oozemen, applying a quick burst of detonating confetti to their faces as she did so.
“C’mon, then. Ya want some?!” Rainbow dodged a flurry of blows with her speed, sliding underneath an Oozeman after the umpteenth missed blow. She pulled his legs as she did so, before swinging him around into the others. “You’re too slow!”
Meanwhile, Robert had the ‘luxury’ of dealing with the Blaze Ranger and dodged a swing of his sword by running along the side of Elaris’ ship before using it as a springboard to leap behind the crimson-toned Ranger.
Sword met boot before the Blaze Ranger pulled back his fist and tried to sock Robert in the jaw only for the former Orange Ranger to cartwheel backward and go for his SPD issued blaster. A few quick shots knocked the Blaze Ranger to the ground.
“Good news about not having access to my powers. I don’t have to listen to Kitsune’s bitching. Bad news about not having access to my powers… I don’t have a giant nine-tailed fox at my beck and call to just incinerate this guy.”
However, the Evox Avatar was quick to recover and knocked Robert into a tree with a purple energy wave.
“You’re slipping, Kitsune. Here I thought you’d be better!” Blaze cried out, before driving his hand into Robert’s neck and following up with a swing from his sword across the chest.
Robert, coughing up blood managed to move his arms in a familiar manner, before shouting out: “Call to the Beast Inside, Free the Fox!” and sent an orange fox galloping towards Blaze ripping and tearing into his suit with tooth and claw.
As Blaze staggered backward, Icthior tagged in, rushing at Robert with a string of powerful sword swings from his Ocean Saber. Lightning was having none of that and side-tackled the fish alien. She then grabbed Icthior and shoved him with a boot towards some of the Oozemen. As he crashed down, the Lamp Shade darted in next, running Lightning down and pinning her to the ground, before letting off an energy stream directly into Robert’s face.
“Ugh, I hated that guy even when I had my powers. Where’s Zen-Aku when you need him?” Robert muttered dodging a swing of the Shadow Line member’s scythe.
The Lamp Shade was about to slice Lightning Dust’s face off when a spectral gorilla threw him off to the other Wild Access universe villains before vanishing. Fluttershy gave Lightning a nod before reaching back to play some more of her notes.
Sunburst meanwhile had summoned his Jungle Fans and was flying through the oozemen cutting down their numbers before going back to back with Vapor Trail both using their Crystal Sabers to slice and dice the monsters.
The Blaze Ranger then ran towards Robert, sword drawn and with another in a sheath before Sunset knocked him backward with a sharp shot from the Falcon Summoner.
As the second blade went flying up in the air, Robert smirked as he caught it. He shared a nod with his girlfriend who returned it.
“May not be able to summon the Falcon with this, but it still works great as a bow doesn’t it?” Sunset smiled before kicking another oozeman in the face and launching a volley of arrows at a second. Robert meanwhile went sword to sword with Icthior, turning to Lightning.
“Hey, why don’t you say we switch dance partners?” Robert asked Lightning, before they rolled to the left to avoid a high-pressure stream of water from Icthior.
“Fine by me. He flunked out of your academy anyways.” Lightning shrugged, drawing her crystal saber and going to town on some more oozemen.
“Exactly, flunked. Me… that’s a different story,” Robert remarked before he and Icthior met blades, sparks flying off their swords as the weapons ground together.
“You… You’re not worthy of that badge you wear!” Icthior hissed out. “It should have been mine!”
He kicked a bit of dirt in Robert’s face before slicing downwards with a fully charged ocean saber slash. This actually managed to cut the borrowed blade of Robert’s completely in half, as well as send him flying into the walls of the ship.
“Robert!” WA Sunset cried out, leaving her battle behind and rushing to his side, with her weapon in hand. “Okay, now I’ve dealt with my fair share of guys in my time, but breaking a weapon? No wonder SPD kicked you to the curb when they had the chance!”
“Didn’t anyone ever teach you some manners?” Equestrian Star Sunset stood by her doppelganger, holding her flame sword tight as well, fanning the flames around herself. “If not, now’s a good time to teach you!”
As his Sunset helped him up, Robert’s eyes sparkled. “Two Sunsets, I don’t know if this is heaven but…” he grinned lecherously.
“Don’t get any ideas.” one of the two remarked.
“Who cares if there’s two of them. Seems like as good a time as ever to break your heart twice, scum!” Icthior snarled, banging his hand to his chest.
“Even if we’re just cheap replicas for that Ivan Ooze creep, we’ve still got all the strength we need to pound you into a fine paste!” Blaze stood by Icthior’s side, his sword crackling with energy.
“Time to bury the fabled Wild Force team once and for all!” The Lamp Shade added, his own weapon gleaming in the rising sunlight. “Don’t worry. No-one will remember you or even care about you when you’re gone!”
“Wild Force? I know that this seems sudden, but I’ve managed to cook something up in the Forge for you. Here, catch!” Elaris burst out of the ship’s door, tossing some devices into the WA Rangers’ hands. “They don’t exactly have all the same functions as the real deal, but I’ve managed to craft pretty convincing imitations based on the power you all exert. They’ve also only got the strength for one or two morphs at best. I was… kinda on a bit of a time crunch. Now go, fight!”
The Rangers gripped the new items in hand, which were basically fancy brass knuckles. It didn’t exactly take a genius to figure out how to work them or what they were for. Slamming the morpher into their palms, lights beeped and flashed before smoke surrounded the Rangers, various creatures howling as the Rangers morphed. “Legendary Wild Access, ha!”
“White Ranger, Dino Power!”
“Lightning Speed! Ferocious Thunderbird!”
“Cunning Wit! Fighting Fox!”
“Great Strength! Monstrous Leviathan!”
“Shadowed Intent! Vampire Bat!”
“Fiery Nobility! Phoenix!”
“Tupuxuara, Power Ranger White!”
“Guardians of the Earth, united we roar! Power Rangers, Wild Force!”
“Now… Hade ni ikuze! Damn, it feels good to bust out that one again.” Robert commented.
Everyone looked at their costumes, they did seem mostly the same golden sashes and all, but they did possess lightning-streaked decals covering the costume as well. Might have been a side effect of the cosmic energy that went into making the new morphers. Crude as they were, there were definitely traces of power behind these new ‘Cosmic Knuckles’ as one could call them. Mind you, they didn’t have their personal weapons that they’d grown used to -such as the Leviathan Trident- but then again these were only crude copies of their powers, to be frank.
“Okay, may not be any sort of ‘Messiah of Love’ or anything quite so pretentious, but… I can definitely see the appeal of using what’s basically a brass knuckle to morph.” Robert remarked cracking his neck.
“Hey Elaris, think you can design something like that for us someday soon, just in case?” Rainbow asked.
“I could definitely try if that’s what you want. For now, though, I think it’d be best if you duck.” As soon as she finished, the Blaze Ranger swung at Rainbow Dash’s head, who barely had any time to evade it. Thankfully, Robert was quick to help and true to his ideals he just punched, punched and punched his way out of the problem a fox’s head made entirely of fire forming around the knuckle as he utterly obliterated the ooze clone.
“Virus eliminated. Elaris, get to cover!” Robert shouted his knuckle smoking and sparking with hot cinders.
“Noted.”
“He is expendable. We are not!” Icthior barged in towards the Rangers and met Rarity and Sunset’s swords with his own ocean saber. The four blades clashed with each other before Applejack vaulted over them and burrowed her Terra Hammer into Icthior’s head, causing the gunky imposter to collapse under the pressure and burst all over their bodies.
“Ya ooze, ya lose.” Applejack noted.
“Getting a train ticket in unfamiliar terrain or battling monsters like usual?” Trixie asked with a little head tilt. “Which do you think is the better team building exercise?”
“Point taken.” her Sunset noted.
“I’m not just going to let my comrades in arms fall like that! You’re through!” The Lamp Shade hissed, slipping under the Equestrian Star Rangers’ bodies before coming face to face with Trixie. He tried to impale her visor with his sword’s tip, only for it to be met with her own dagger. She went dagger to scythe with him before kicking him backward and going into Super Dino Mode.
“Try me, ya Mighty Morphin’ reject!” Lamp Shade taunted, throwing his arms out to the side as he gathered energy. “You’re going to be buried right this instant!”
He threw a series of blue fireballs from the little lamp attached to his scythe towards Trixie, who simply sliced them apart with her arm blades. Vapor leaped over Trixie using her shoulder pads as springboards and then drew back her fist Cosmic Knuckle in hand. The knuckle covering itself in water, forming a tusked whale’s head, Vapor slammed it into the lamp-themed monster’s stomach before Trixie followed up with an x-shaped double slash from her arm blades. The monster staggered back, its glass-like form cracking before exploding.
The remaining oozemen were soon taken out by the two teams as well. Robert, resembling a Roman Emperor of sorts -complete with the cape on his costume- did a thumbs down motion before perhaps a little too gleefully proclaiming: “Saa, jigoku o tanoshimina.”
“Equestrian Rangers, the hunt is over!”
“Now, let’s get after Ivan!” Rainbow bellowed, then lowered her arms. “...Just as soon as we know where he is.”
“Okay, the best question to ask right now, what is Ivan’s endgame?” Sunburst asked once back inside Elaris’ ship once more. “Do we know anything, anything of use?”
“He’s got a dimension traveling train,” Applejack commented. “Shouldn’t that be a bit… worrisome?”
“A train which he can’t activate,” Sunset pointed out and then held up the ticket. “Not without this.”
“What’s to stop him from coming after us again?” Rarity asked. “Come for that ticket again?”
“No, I don’t think he’s interested in the ticket, not anymore. Nor in the Solar Streak. No, remember his words to us?” Sunset -the Equestrian Rangers one- asked. “He’s pissed, at us specifically. He just wants revenge now, he just wants revenge on those who sealed him away -or more accurately their descendants if you will- all those years ago.”
“...That means us right?” Rainbow asked.
“Pretty much. Torin, he was a great mentor to our people before he passed,” Elaris agreed. “Taught us everything we knew and helped us create the level of technology we have today. He came from a wartorn planet called Deboth, going under the title of the Demonic Slicing Priest. He originally intended to conquer us, but seeing our potential -it helped he fell ill on our planet and was nursed back to health by a couple- he opted to rebel. So he created the first group of Perfect ones, a group gathered from ours alongside the neighboring planet of Xybria and together our planets united to defeat the warlords of Deboth.”
“So, what happened?” Sunset asked, her team watching Elaris as she spoke. Elaris spoke with a quivering, saddened tone as she continued. An old hologram was brought up, six warriors who were unmistakably rangers in the basic colors of red, yellow, blue, pink, black and green fighting alongside a blue and red feathered birdman in white robes. Great heroics were shown, planets being liberated before the images turned darker in nature. Mad laughter came as Torin went sword to sword with Ivan Ooze, the Rangers battling his oozemen and his warzords behind him in a ruined city.
“Ivan came, and he managed to sway the green one -a man named Trek- to his side and together they almost conquered our people had Torin not used up all his magic to seal away Ivan Ooze and the f-first team gave their lives to destroy their corrupted c-comrade, who had now evolved into a monstrous new form,” Elaris whispered, a tear dripping from her eye. “...S-Since that day, the Perfect Ones were held in reverence amongst my people. Those crystals you used to morph? They were the exact same that Torin forged all those thousands of years ago to create his Ranger team. The Wolfpack only managed to get their hands on them with the intent to use their power before I took them back. And now, I’ve passed them on to you. These crystals you hold… They were never meant to come to me. I am not their keeper because I was strong, fast, holy or ordained. It was not because I was some great warrior or scholar or sage. There was simply no one else to carry them when I fled from the Wolf-”
Elaris, about to break down into tears was suddenly swept up into a crushing hug by Sunset. Not the Wild Access one, but the one she knew.
“That’s not true. Maybe we weren’t destined or whatever for these powers, but I promise you, Elaris, we will make you and those who came before us proud. You did what you had to Elaris, you did what you could. And honestly, I couldn’t think of anyone better mentoring us.” Sunset smiled, with the rest of the girls nodding along.
“Thank… Thank you.” Elaris whispered.
“Alight. Not that I hate the mushy talk--no seriously, it’s good and I enjoy it. Keep doing whatever you’re doing--we’re still in trouble,” Lightning Dust butted in with a flick of her hand. “Ivan Ooze is still out there and he’s causing lots of trouble. Last I checked, we don’t sit around on our butts like that.”
“But where would we even think to look?” Rarity cocked a brow. “This Ivan could be anywhere by now with those powers of his…”
Sunburst opened up a small fob watch and murmured to himself: “Wait for it…” before large bolts of purple jagged lightning lit up the sky and a roar of incalculable rage split the air.
“...Yeah, figured it wouldn’t take him long to learn he didn’t exactly succeed in killing us.” Sunburst remarked. “But how…?” he trailed off before slapping his forehead and muttered: “Of course…”
He saw it now, the Blaze Ranger. Ooze clone or not, he still had all the powers of the original. And that meant he was still a virus meaning he could have easily popped into a nearby piece of electronics and disregarded his current avatar only to reform in a new body else.
“...Should have seen that one coming, huh Rangers?” the Blaze Avatar remarked, his face coming up on all of the computer screens laughing his head off. “Here, you can keep the little bird, don’t need her now anyways!” he remarked booting Navi out through a nearby screen and into Sunburst’s arms. “Me and Ivan got a little challenge for you. Tonight, the old ironworks factory. Sweetwater Manufacturing Company, that’s the place. Come along… if you’ve got the nerve. Oh, and if you don’t come, then… let’s just say that you won’t have to worry about the planet anymore. There’s not gonna be one.” The screens shut off with that remark.
“Twilight, check the surrounding area,” Elaris ordered. “Ivan probably isn’t using that Perfect One to make any idle threats. He’s luring us there for a reason!”
“Checking…” Twilight said, putting the ship’s scanners to full. “Okay… Oh boy.”
“Is that a good oh boy, or a bad oh boy?” Pinkie asked. “Like a goodie-goodie ooh I’m going to get a treat oh boy, or an oh crap kind of oh boy?”
“Which do you think?” Twilight deadpanned. “There’s a very strong energy signature, quite close to our Zords buried underneath the ground. That’s what Ivan’s been doing. While he pitted us against each other -or attempted to anyways- he just bided his time and began digging that thing up.”
“Then we need to call out our Zords! I’ll go first!” Rainbow Dash was about to call it but was restrained by Sunset and Applejack instantly.
“Hold yer horses, Rainbow Dash! What if it’s a trap to destroy the Megazord too?” Applejack asked, fighting the thrashing teenager.
“Well, we don’t know until we try! Plus, this Ivan guy already has his ranger knock-offs, so I say that we’re done playing around. We need to FIGHT!” She snarled, throwing Applejack off, but not Sunset.
“And fall into a trap, dying in the process? No wonder you’re blue and I’m red Rainbow Dash…” Sunset deadpanned to herself. “What do we know about this Megazord?”
“It’s called the Blizzard Force Megazord, it was Torin’s first attempt to create a Megazord, using the powers and DNA of Earth’s most powerful creatures at the time,” Elaris explained. “A… failsafe in case the first Perfect Ones’ Megazord were to be destroyed.”
“...Great, a dinosaur-themed Mecha. Why not?” Rainbow muttered with a small roll of her eyes. She’d seen enough crazy by now, so she could accept this.
“...Should we tell her?” Vapor asked Lightning in a whispered tone, who simply shook her head.
“If Ivan gets his hands on that Megazord, he could cause untold chaos. We need to move. The sooner you get to that manufacturing company, the better, Rangers,” Elaris punched in some commands on her panels. “Get out there and do what you do best.”
“Are you ready… Senpai?” Pinkie asked the Wild Force Rangers.
“Huh… So we’re senpai now? I can roll with that.” Sunset asked before blinking in confusion. “...Wait, what’s a senpai?”
“...Just go with it, it’s a compliment.” Robert shrugged before cracking his knuckles and bringing out his Cosmic Morpher -before Sunburst had any chance to spout off the dictionary meaning of ‘senpai’ as he was ought to do- with the rest of the team soon to follow.
“It’s Morphin’ Time.”
Nightfall came quickly to Canterlot. The sun had dipped down beneath the horizon, with the moon’s eerie glow coming into play shortly afterward. The lights would have turned on by this time, but the power station was still under repairs. It gave the Ranger team of twelve the perfect cover of darkness to slip into the manufacturing plant undetected; even with their bright, color-coded uniforms. It also sorta helped the eyes on the helmets also functioned as lights.
“...Mystic Mother, this place gives me the creeps…” Vapor murmured. “I hate the old abandoned factories… Always expect something to jump out at me.”
“You’ve been watching too many horror movies girl,” Lightning remarked before teasing: “Would you feel better if you had Zen-Aku here to protect you?”
“W-What? N-No!” Vapor stammered out, slapping her sister on the arm in shock.
“Sounds like denial to me…” Lightning teased.
“Who’s…?” Applejack trailed off.
“Former Duke Org, basically former villain. The name literally means Good-Evil which should give you an indicator of his true nature really, Currently, he’s trying to walk the path of atonement. We actually have him to thank in a way for Trixie being on our side again. ...What I wouldn’t give for him to be here right now. Even without his Predazord, trust me he’s quite capable enough to take us all on, and probably win if he wanted to,” Sunset -the Wild Access one- commented. “I’m not kidding, he gave the first Wild Force team quite the run for their money. Even took some of their Zords for a time.”
“Sounds like he knows his way around breaking people like us,” Rarity held her swords close to her chest and shuddered in fear. “Mayhaps you could have used some back-up when fighting him. After all, it never hurts to have more than one ace in your hand.”
“Oh, he was long before our time,” Sunset replied. “He’s well over a couple thousand years old by this point actually.”
“Navi, any sign of movement?” Sunburst asked.
“Sorry dad, but it’s too dark to see a thing right now,” the little parrot replied as she flew above the old ironworks. “You’re on your own.”
“...Like always then I suppose.” Sunburst sighed.
“Wait. Since when did he talk?!” Sunset staggered at the sight, almost stopping outright.
“It’s sorta a long story. I’d tell you it, but your world’s kinda in danger right now. And Navi’s a she.” WA Sunset lifted a finger.
“Oh, you have no idea!” Ivan cackled as he blasted the Rangers backward with blasts of purple lightning, looking very Darth Sidious-like really. Of course, the Blaze Ranger avatar was by his side, sword in hand. Even as the smoking Rangers picked themselves up off the floor, Ivan continued to monologue. “From this moment forth the world as you know it shall cease to exist! Welcome to my Nightmare!”
“Meh. Just seems like a showdown in a factory to me. Not really spooky scary or anything.” Pinkie shrugged but armed her cannons regardless. “You’ve really gotta work on your scary pitches, Ivan.”
“Well, pretty fancy-schmancy. I guess if you invest your money well over 60 centuries, Elaris can get you all kinds of fancy toys eh?” Ivan remarked.
Rainbow had none of it and just fired a bolt of energy in his face, with Ivan simply stopped with his palm. “Y’know, I kinda wish there was a world where monsters didn’t talk and just attacked. Saves us a lot of time, don’t ya think?”
“Elaris is one of the best mentors, and friends we could have asked for. You just need to shut yer trap!” Applejack shouted, raising her hammer.
“Oh, Elaris this, and Elaris that. I was the supreme ruler of the foulest empire in the universe! Her people robbed me of that! And now… it's time to pay the piper!” Ivan shouted, and conjured up a flute and began to play an eerie tune.
“Once this Blizzard Force Megazord is unearthed, your planet is going to be destroyed. Then, we’ll take those crystals from your ashes and use it to forge a new empire all of Ivan’s,” Blaze paced, his blade drawn with an echoing noise that rung throughout the building. “The only consolation we’ll give you is that your Wolfpack will be dead and buried shortly after you.”
Just like that, the ground trembled even as Ivan continued to play his tune and the massive components of the Blizzard Force Megazord. One, a largely blue and purple -with bits of cyan even thrown in- colored Carnotaurus Zord, and the other a Chasmosaurus in white and purple hues erupted from the ground. They quickly began freezing the whole area over, covering the entire surrounding mountain range in snow and ice. Ivan continued to play his flute all the while, then shouting out: “Carnotaurus, Chasmosaurus, combine and destroy those impudent pests!”
Ivan was quite true to his words, as what happened next… Well, I’ll let Rainbow and Pinkie describe it for you reaction-wise.
“No way…” Rainbow whispered as she watched in horror as the Carnotaurus Zord run forwards parts shifting and moving with the Chasmosaurus Zord combining to form an arm, the head detaching to form a shield.
“No fair, that’s just cheating, you big bully!” Pinkie shouted as the Carnotaurus Zord’s tail became a sword, a grinning devilish head on the Megazord appearing.
“Now ladies and gentlemen, and other various human germs,” Ivan announced. “Rejoice at the rebirth of the devil of the ice and snow, the Blizzard Force Megazord!
“Speak of the devil.” Blaze chuckled with venom in his distorted, dual-toned voice.
The newly coined Megazord now stood, raising its shield and sword armed for battle. The massive white -with pink and blue hues- prehistoric mecha stood tall, looking absolutely terrifying in stature. “And it is I who shall be piloting it, doing you in as I do so! You, before you die, shall be referring to me as your lord and master, He-Who-Is-To-Be-Revered, the grand and the glorious Ivan OOZE!”
“Hey, my sister was going to get the Grand and the Glorious copyrighted!” Sunburst shouted for all the good it did, all the while wondering where exactly she’d vanished to. Trixie wasn’t a coward, so she couldn’t have fled, but where… He suddenly smirked underneath his helmet. Of course. That’s where she was.
“Priorities man,” Blaze chuckled before turning to the Equestrian Rangers. “Play with your toys, Power Rangers. See what good it does you. The weak... are simply prey for the strong! That's why we need power! The power to stand up to any foe, no matter how strong! That’s why I gladly accepted Evox’s offer, and that’s why I’m so pleased to help Ivan.” Blaze continued before an unwelcomed voice cut him off.
“So sorry to interrupt your little monologue, but I can’t help but note a bit of plagiarism.”
All of a sudden, a portal opened up, and from it stepped Vi’Al, the Wolfpack’s scientist and the left-hand wolf of Captain Mar’Zek. His lab coat stood out more than it needed to in the darkness, and he bemusedly readjusted his glasses before them.
“It is true that the strong need to be culled by the strong, so as to ascertain the true champions at existence’s apex. But do not forget that you are far from that position.” He scoffed. “The Wolfpack are deserving of that honor. And what you seek is far from your grasp. You only have the right to seek that strength if you are one with us. And if there’s one thing that I don’t ever agree with, it’s downright theft of ideals!”
“You misunderstand me. Only those who seek strength are worthy of respect,” the Blaze Ranger stated as a three-way fight broke out between the Hounds, him and the WA Rangers. “The weak, those who don’t bother to seek out strength and allow themselves to be trampled can stay where they are. You fall under the latter category. You and your pack just plunder and pillage whatever you desire, you take strength from others never developing any of your own.”
“Absurdities from a peon of lesser strength,” Vi’Al leaped from the group of hounds and struck at the Blaze Ranger with a sword made out of pure, focused energy. Every slash had a metallic hum to it, and the light beam supercharged itself with every hit that landed. “Talking about under-developing to a scientist is basically signing your own death warrant. But I suppose that a monkey never can learn anything more than primal fighting instincts…”
“...Okay, should I start playing Ranbu Escalation right now ‘Kumon’?” Robert deadpanned as he punched the Blaze Ranger backward with a hard right hook. “Seriously, that’s who you sound like. Got him nowhere last I recall. Other Sunset, you take care of Ivan. We’ll handle these guys!” he shouted, as he and the rest of the team continued to clear out the hounds.
“On it. Come on, girls. You’re with me!” Sunset lead the charge, running for Ivan, with the rest of the Rainbooms in tow.
“Go right on ahead, Rangers. I see no need to trouble you with violence at this stage of our game,” He dealt a series of fast-paced strikes to the Blaze Ranger, with the last one knocking away his sword, impaling it into a wall. “After all. It’s blatant rip-offs like this that really upset me. The captain would have dealt with this matter personally, but he is far too busy with other matters at the moment.” He kicked Blaze away and pounced on top of him, his fangs diving into Blaze’s vizor, cracking it into pieces.
“Go… to hell!” Blaze flipped himself off of Vi’Al and darted for his sword striking Vi’Ai across the chest. Mind you, there was barely any impact, as the slash on his chest quickly regenerated itself. Vi’Ai sighed to himself.
“Look at that, I’ve already grown bored with you. Perfect Ones, deal with him as you like. Goodbye for now.” The same portal opened up, leaving the Wolfpack left-hand to step through it, back onto the Alpha Slayer taking his hounds with him.
“...Not sure what the Hell that was about, but who cares? You’re not touching Master Ivan!” Blaze snarled, picked himself up, grabbed the sword and ran for the Rangers, who were within easy striking distance. Ivan meanwhile, had launched up into the cockpit of the Blizzard Megazord.
“Shall we tango?” He asked the Equestrian Rangers. Not waiting for a response, he began wildly swinging his blade at them, some of his strikes coming very close to grazing their skin with how close they were to him. If that didn’t work, he just tried outright stomping on them.
“Zord time, I think, ladies,” Rarity remarked, with the others nodding in agreement. “As much as I hate to destroy such a masterful piece of equipment…”
“Do it, girls. Besides. Your Megazord looks much better than that old, chrome-colored pile. I swear, my people needed to get more creative with their colors…” Elaris called from the distance.
“Zords! Come to us!” The girls called out, throwing their arms upward vigorously.
“Falcon!”
“Bull!”
“Lynx!”
“Kangaroo!”
“Bear!”
“Phoenix!”
The Zords burst out of Elaris’s ship and hurtled towards the factory through the night sky, growing in size until they eventually landed before the Blizzard Force Megazord, sending tremors across the ground in the process. It didn’t take long for the Rainbooms to climb into each separate zord and get comfortable in the cockpits, getting a grip on the joysticks as the Blizzard Force Megazord reared its’ head towards them.
“Go on. Go for your Megazord. I wanna have a proper one-on-one with you, girls. Mano-a-Mano! Put up your dukes! That’s how they did it with Muhammed Ali, right?” Ivan spluttered. Down below, the Wild Access Rangers chased Blaze all over the ironworks factory, flashes of teleportation being visible in the dark of the night. Each time they met, blade met cosmic knuckle, boot met fist.
“Here’s the trouble with your little philosophy,” Sunburst stated to Blaze as he dodged a sword swing before catching another strike in his hands and kicking the dark ranger back a few steps. “You say you want to be someone who’s in a position where the strong no longer suppress the weak?” he lectured before gesturing towards the Blizzard Force Megazord and the frozen over landscape surrounding them. “Look around, that’s exactly what you’ve given yourself over to, a man who does exactly what you hate!”
“SHUT UP!” Blaze roared slashing forwards before he and Sunburst vanished in black and crimson flashes of teleportation energy respectively. Meanwhile, another battle continued to wage. The Rainbooms against Ivan Ooze in their Megazords, the showdown of the ages. Modern power vs prehistoric might, etc.
“Zords, combine!” The girls called out, immediately pounding in the buttons needed for a Megazord configuration. The six separate zords contorted, twisted, and bent themselves into shape before coming together to form the Equestrian Star Megazord, with the Rainbooms all standing in the cockpit together. “Equestrian Star Megazord! Ready!”
“Yuck, seriously who barfed a rainbow all over your pile of scrap?” Ivan gagged, playing his flute once more and he raised his mecha’s shield firing a laser blast at the Equestrian Star. “Oh wait. That’s right. You Power Pukes are always a pain for the eyes…”
“Well, you’re no better, Ivan!” Sunset stated, commanding the Megazord to charge in on the Blizzard Megazord. It took it a mere jog to get to Ivan’s Zord and start hand-to-hand combat with it. Giant fist meeting giant fist, both sides being shaken up in the process.
Ivan then played his flute once more, and the Blizzard Force Megazord really showed why it was named as such firing a beam of ice towards the Equestrian Star Megazord almost freezing it over completely. The only part that it couldn’t freeze over was the Phoenix Zord, for obvious reasons. The rest of it, though? Completely iced from top to bottom.
“May be old, but this thing still has some kicks!” Ivan laughed, kicking the Megazord backward into a block of nearby mountain ice crashing before he drew his sword once more advancing slowly towards the Equestrian Star.
“Come on, you old girl. Don’t fail us now…” Rainbow Dash tried willing her Zord to move, as the other Rainbooms did the same. “Sunset, what are we gonna do?”
“I could try to overcharge the Phoenix Zord’s fires, but that could drain the other Zords of their power, hindering our mobility…” Sunset watched as Ivan’s Blizzard Force Megazord drew closer to them. “Do you think we can sacrifice speed, girls?”
“May not have to!” Trixie shouted into their comms. “The Great and Powerful Trixie has an idea~! What, do you think she is just going to leave a certain giant train just sitting around?”
“Wait, are you saying--” Sunset tried to speak, but was cut off by the roar of the train’s whistle as the Solar Streak rattled towards them on rails of golden light.
“See, I hadn’t vanished after all! I always have a trick or two up my sleeve!” Trixie laughed, blowing the whistle again. Down below, the other Rangers were finishing their fight with the Blaze Ranger, having gone from the top of a chimney back down to the ground floor of the main factory, fighting atop a catwalk above a smelting pit. Both Vapor and Lightning punched the catwalk, sending the Blaze Ranger flying before Sunset leaped forwards and finished him with a flame-infused flying corkscrew kick.
Landing on the other side of the catwalk, she snapped her fingers as the Blaze Ranger exploded into a pile of sludge. “And that’s… that.”
Meanwhile, the Phoenix Zord, letting out a burst of hot searing flame that completely defrosted the Equestrian Star allowed Sunset a chance to breathe a sigh of relief. The Megazord then leaped on top of the Solar Streak still rattling towards Ivan on rails of light and drew its sword.
“Now for the finisher!” Trixie shouted.
“Couldn’t agree more.” Sunset grinned. “Equestrian Star Megazord! Final Searing Slice!”
The cockpit throbbed and pulsated with energy as the Rainbooms glowed brightly from head to toe, gaining their wings, ears, and tail extensions. On the outside, the Megazord gained a radiant aura as it flew towards Ivan still atop the Solar Streak, the giant steel blade drawn out wide as it too gained a rainbow hue as the Solar Streak charged towards its adversary. It barrelled towards Ivan and then stuck, the sheer power of the slice sending both Ivan and the Blizzard Zord right out of the Earth’s atmosphere and hurtling towards the sun. Ivan cursing and swearing up a storm in ancient tongues didn’t really notice the bright yellow orb hurtling towards him until it was far too late to do anything about it.
“But all I just wanted to do was have some fun…” Ivan moaned out as his last words before 27,000,000 degrees of sheer celestial heat scorched him solid.
“Equestrian Rangers… The Hunt is over.”
The sun started to rise as the WA Rangers stood by their Solar Streak, resting on the station and ready to depart. The Equestrian Star Rangers and Elaris had stood by, ready to send them off back to their own dimension.
“Well… I guess this is goodbye, for now at least,” Sunset said, shaking the hand of her counterpart. “Honestly, I hate goodbyes. And endings really,” the Alicorn Princess sighed. “Half the time I’m of the mind to tear the last page out of a book, just so it doesn’t end for me.”
“Well, I for one hope that your story never ends, Wild Force Rangers.” Elaris gave them all a smile, hands pressed together by her chest. “You and your team were exceptional in fighting Ivan and his minions. If this is what the Perfect Ones are in other dimensions, I have high hopes for my team as well.”
“Well, I suppose we’re all stories, in the end, aren’t we?” Sunburst asked before raising an eyebrow. “...You sound like you’re familiar with extra-dimensional happenings. You wouldn’t have happened to have met this Wyatt guy, would you? Passing through Kamen Rider and all that? Wears a Tartarus of a lot of pink…”
“I’m not sure I have, but I’ll be sure to keep the name in mind.” She gave them a wink.
“Yeah. If you ever feel like coming to visit sometime, we’d be glad to have you around,” said Fluttershy, giving them a gentle grin. “The world could always use more Power Rangers.”
“Exactly, and may the Power protect you all.” Lightning said, fist-bumping Rainbow in a rather awkward manner before blushing. Vapor had to suppress a smirk and had to bite her lip to stop herself from giggling. “Wh-what?” She started to blush, cheeks flushing red.
Robert and Trixie couldn’t help but stifle some laughter of their own as they watched Lightning’s face grow more and more beetroot-like in color.
“Look, if there’s some kind of beef between me and you in your world-” Rainbow started.
“No, it’s not that, it’s hardly that…” Lightning trailed off, before silencing herself before she said something truly embarrassing. Waving the Equestrian Star Rangers off, the Wild Force Rangers boarded the Solar Streak, and as the whistle blew headed for home. Elaris smiled, waving them off before turning to her team. Her team.
“Girls. I can’t thank you enough for what you’ve done today,” She gave them a bow, plucking the sides of her skirt as she did so. “You’ve not only managed to stop a notorious criminal from using our technology against us, but you’ve proven that you are getting stronger.”
“Hey, you don’t need to thank us, El. We just did what we did.” Pinkie gave her a victory pose with her fingers.
“N-Not only that, but you managed to help stop a villain from my people’s past, the killer of the first team of P-Perfect Ones…” Elaris whispered, and Sunset placed a supporting hand on her shoulder.
“It’s what we do, isn’t it?” Sunset smiled before turning to her friend. “I have to agree with her thought Pinks, we are getting stronger, each and every one of us every day. But we can’t stop now, can we? We’ve got a whole pack of wolves to put down, right?”
As the Rangers cheered, Elaris couldn’t help but think this. “But… But what if that’s exactly what Mar’Zek wants…?” and wonder if they were playing right into his hands.
“Captain. If I may have a word with you?” Vi’Al spoke to Mar’Zek as he took a seat on his throne again. “I’ve been looking at all of your past fights and I can’t seem to notice that you’re picking off some of our earliest, oldest assets. Don’t you realize that their age and experience could have been of advantage to you in your endgame?”
A small snarl came from the wolf captain before he let out a sigh and stood up before his associate. “The Wolfpack is expansive. Over a thousand champions from almost a thousand worlds. Surely, I cannot keep all of them within my rank and file. One of the hard parts of leadership is dealing with loss, both on the field of battle, as well as through the passage of time. We rely too much on ourselves, believe that our power is the only power that we have. We become lax, we let our guards down more often, we grow complacent. That complacency is what decays our strength, makes us WEAK.” He tightened his hand into a fist.
“Weak? Captain, what are you--” Siel’Viz tried to speak, but she was hastily shut down by him.
“There is no room for weakness on my ship. The weakness that my wolves show through their belief that their kills are easy. Sure, you can call me a madman for giving them that belief in the first place, call it a double bluff all that you want, but I still stand firmly by my belief that weakness is the enemy. It has no place in our cause,” With a fire in his eyes, he turned to Vi’Al. “Your science is a powerful weapon, old friend. But do not let that completely overwhelm you. In the pursuit of knowledge, you lose everything else without even noticing it.”
“Captain…” Vi’Al shuddered, letting those words ring in his mind. To think that he was beginning to feel weak was a new concept for him, completely unearthed by this speech.
“As for you, Siel’Viz, my old war partner. We may have been on the battlefields of Lupus together, in training for when this day would have come, but your excessive training goes to waste, regardless of whether or not you have a fighting sense.” He turned towards her. “No matter how hard you push yourself, whatever limits you may have, it is never good enough. And while I am very grateful to you for your services and contributions to the Wolfpack, never forget that all it takes is one well-aimed strike to end a life. Even grizzled war veterans know this; whether it be in the thick of battle, or in the luxuries of their companions.”
“I understand, Captain. Thank you for enlightening me.” She kneeled before him, eyes locked firmly on the floor.
“Whether or not these wolves deserve to remain as part of my crew is purely down to how they gauge themselves against the Power Rangers,” Mar’Zek turned towards the glass windscreen of his bridge. “In time, even the biggest herds must be culled. The weak are dead weight to me. And there is a weakness within every single living thing. The difference between someone strong and someone weak is knowing what weakness that you yourself have, and completely removing it. Only by purging and conquering this do you become strong. Only by doing this, do you deserve to remain in my Wolfpack.” He looked back at his associates. “Go now. You have work to attend to. But never forget that you are always plagued with weakness. Work hard to stomp it out.”
“Yes, captain.” Both of his wolves gave a bow before walking out of the bridge, the words sticking to their mind, causing their hairs to stand up as their footsteps cut through the otherwise silent corridors of the Alpha Slayer.
“And as for you, Power Rangers. You are strong. You know you are strong. Through the defeat of your weaknesses will we finally have a duel that will be remembered for eons upon eons of time. Let us hope you keep up the good work…” He gave a toothy grin as he reclined on his throne, staring out onto the surface of the earth. “Now, time to strike where it hurts the most I believe… At their very hearts!”
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A quick edit. There are only 11 rangers in this story not 12.
Secondly why didn't Robert have his SPD morpher with him? He was knowingly entering somewhere that he wouldn't be able to use is current powers and having the ability to morph would be an asset even if nothing was supposed to happen. Robert is savvy enough to recognize that as Rangers this could happen.
Overall this was a good chapter and it is nice to see the advice they gave out. Hopefully the girls are ready for what is to come.
Nope, there would be twelve. Both Sunsets, Lightning, Vapor, Trixie, Robert, Sunburst, and the human Mane Five. That adds up to Twelve. A larger edit I'd be concerned about would be this entire selection.
This was supposed to be a Flashback, and so italicized and maybe I can chalk that up to Shadow just being tired or something but as it stands right now it just looks very out of place.
As for the whole SPD morpher, I was trying for not any one ranger to outshine the others -especially those in the WA team- so it tossed aside for the chapter. In-Universe, Robert's never been the brightest of Rangers, and it's entirely possible taking one too many knocks to the head does make him forget these things. Plus, his original is damaged, and the one he snagged from one of Lord Drakkon's sentries he tries not to use on principle unless absolutely desperate.
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Fixed. Thanks for that, Brick.
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Ok looks like I forgot about one of the Equestrian kids. I keep forgetting that Rarity is one of them.
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...Well, that's a bit embarrassing, isn't it? ...Rarity does sorta fade into the background of this story a lot really...
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Yeah, the way I see it maybe it's finally time for one of the Big Three to go and knock Mar'Zek off his Pedestal of Invincibility.
"Oh, he is gonna invite us over for ice cream and ask pretty nicely if he could borrow the card for a few days?"
Yeah, not that fun I assume.
Yes, yes there is.
Or you just matured... Na, something is most definitely wrong. Maybe the universe is coming undone?"
obligatory, "A Ranger never let's go of his weapon" joke here
Well, quite useful.
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Huh, interesting.
Yeah, never heard of that, really.
Sorry, already pledged my aligencese and undying loyalty to another demon king.
Really Brick?
It has its charm... really!
Awesome!
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Cute.
Oh yes.
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No duh, it's probably like being permanently benched for Baseball.
It's almost a cliche really.
...We should really check. I blame Ruin for this.
And you call me out for bad jokes.
...Somehow.
No, I'm not crying, you're crying!
I REGRET NOTHING! ...Mind you, this is all going to be frankly rather embarassing once we figure out what Blaze's real personality is going to be like.
There is no Finale for you.
(Somewhere across the mulitverse Phoenix is screaming and Haruto just sneezed.)
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I have the feeling someone is speaking from experience here.
Almost?
Onore Ruin!
Hey, I'm consistently hypercritical, thank you very much.
Yeah, I don't get it either.
Ha, yes, very much yes.
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Not really. I never got what was so cool about competitive sports.
Fair enough.
...You might by the end of Kiva.
And now you know I did this on purpose.
Senpai means assistant teacher, I think. 3 years of karate and I know a little Japanese.