Power Rangers Jungle Strike "REMIX"

[ZeoFury]

Previously

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Power Rangers: Jungle Strike



The three of them sat in the classroom silently after school. Jeff sighed and leaned back in his chair, his head resting against the wall. The teacher had left, most likely out running some errands. They had to sit and wait for the next hour or so. Jeff turned and looked at them. The other boy who she’d called ‘Mr. Smith’ hadn’t spoken a word. Jeff grunted and pointed at him for a moment before lowering his hand. “Nick, right?”



Suddenly, Jeff heard footsteps charging down the hallway. Suddenly, alert, he looked up and saw En run into the room. “Guys, you need to come with me! You’re never going to BELIEVE this!”



“Well Morador,” Venena said looking at the man who seemed to be made of stone. “I haven’t been able to obtain the Power Diamonds yet, but it’s been rumored that they are right under our feet.” She turned to the scaly creature that resembled her. “Reptilla… you need to make sure that these Diamonds don’t fall into the— RIGHT hands. Haha.”




For a while there was silence and then En sighed. He threw his hands up as if admitting defeat and looked at Jeff. “I suppose we have no other choice. It’s either get those stupid diamond things or become their slaves. What do you suppose we should do?”

Jeff looked at the both of them and smirked. “We’re breaking into that school tonight.”



Rising out of the sand were creatures that resembled humans, except much too muscular and pale to be humans. All of them looked deformed. Like bodybuilders that had been dead for five years and then came back. All of them had long jet black hair and sadistic smiles. They smelled like rotting meat and they all wore street clothes. Blue jeans and sleeveless black shirts. The creatures all rose up from the sand. There were about a dozen of them. Morador smirked. “Shadowtrons… ATTACK!”



“Hah, we laid these sucks out, En,” Jeff said as Ariel helped him to his feet. The twelve Shadowtrons were lying motionless in the sand. All of them then began to glow an eerie color of green that much resembled the blood they carried. And without much more action, they vanished into the thin air. Jeff tried to catch his breath.

“Where did those two things go?” Ariel asked, looking up at the middle of the staircase where Reptilla and Morador had recently stood.

“I dunno, and I don’t care to find out,” Jeff responded. “Let’s get out of here. We have nothing left to prove.” And without argument, as he ran up the stairs, Ariel and En followed.




There were giant tubes surrounding the lab, many computers and large screens hanging from the walls. It looked like something straight out of a mystery movie. “What is this place?” Jeff was dumbfounded.

“Welcome to the Power Chamber!”

Jeff backed away a bit. “What the heck are you?” He eyed the robot.

“I am Alpha 5,” it said as it walked quickly towards a keyboard of some sort, typing things into it. Jeff walked up behind Alpha 5 and looked at what he was typing. Almost all of the keys were in an unknown language. At least unknown to Jeff.




Alpha made a whirring sound what Jeff could only assume was a sigh. “We can’t really put much of your powers to use until Zordon’s energy is restored.”

“Hold on a second there,” Jeff said in alarm. “Powers? What powers? And who is Zordon?”




En turned to the Alpha hologram. “Open the portal. Jeff, you bust the tank. I’ll find Ariel.” With that, En unplugged the tank and the image of Zordon faded. En ran out of the cave. Jeff sighed and threw his arms on top of the tank and bending his knees, jumping onto the top, pulling himself onto it. Jeff looked at the stone that En had dropped and quickly scooped it up.



“Ariel, come on, we got like, half a minute!” En cried, now half carrying-half dragging a bloody Ariel. “What happened to you?”

Ariel sighed, some blood falling down on En’s shoulder as she did so. “Putty…Patrol…” She gasped in pain. En then saw the Portal in view.




Zordon was silent for a moment. “You three… are the Power Rangers.”





The putties ran at her. Ariel managed to use her shoulder to knock one to the ground and kicked the other one in the stomach. But the one she’d shouldered grabbed her bag. Ariel struggled to keep it, but the Putty behind her hit her in the back of the head and Ariel gasped and hit the ground, clutching her head. The Putty opened the bag and looked around inside. He pulled out the sketchbook that Ariel had drawn in often. He dropped the bag to the ground and held the sketchbook. The other putty rejoined him and the two that Ariel had hit with the tree branch earlier vanished. The putties that had her sketchbook also disappeared.

“Ow…” Ariel muttered as she pushed herself up to her feet. “What was that about?”




Venena walked, pacing back and forth in the fortress. A white glow began emitting from pure air. She turned and watched as two putties formed from the glow. They walked over to her and one of them held out Ariel’s sketchbook. Venena smiled. “Perfect. You two have done well. Heh, you’re even more reliable than Morador over here.” As she said this Morador grunted.

Zen stood up and walked over to her. “So this is the sketchbook?”

“Obviously,” Venena said dully.

“Great,” Zen said as she handed it to him. He flipped through the notebook pages. There were over 60 of them filled. “So descriptive. So… perfect.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, admire it later,” Venena said hastily. “Now make me a monster, Zen. Make me a monster that can take out the Jungle Rangers."




Each of them took keys out of their Morphers and slid them into holes in the dashboard of the Zords. The Zords began to reassemble. Jeff’s Pantherzord broke into two pieces so it was into perfect halfs and in the center a hand emerged and on the other hand was the Panther’s head as a shield/hand. The Mega Junglezord also had the torso of Gorillazord. The legs of the Gorillazord and Lionzord combined and each turned into legs of the Mega Junglezord, before the head of the Lionzord was placed onto the Mega Junglezord, sprouting the Lionzord’s tale. The Mega Junglezord stood tall with a J symbol in its chest. Silver armor appeared across the shoulders down to around its chest.




“That was only the beginning,” Ariel said blankly as she stared up at the monitors.

“What?” Jeff looked at her curiously.

“The beginning of it,” Ariel said. “I created more, much more powerful creatures than Korpse and Blue Knight. Those were just the beginning. We won’t be so lucky all the time, damnit.” She turned around and looked at Jeff and Nick, tears swelling in her eyes. “Look, some of the things I drew are beastly, incredibly destructive. And sometimes the good guys don’t win. Sometimes things go wrong. And if we don’t act now, we can be putting ourselves at risk. So I think this time around, we take them out… before they do the same. To us.”




“AAAAAAAAHH!” Nick began to shake. Ninja Putty, for self-fear backed away from Nick. Nick’s skin began to turn into fur, the brown fur of a lion and a rust-colored mane sprouted around his neck. His nose and mouth elongated into a snout and his ears rose to the top of his head. He heard his spine crack and crunch as it became horizontal, restricting the lion to all-fours. His hands became paws as sharp white claws sprouted from the ends and a brown tail sprouted out from his spine. His human eyes finally made the transformation into the eyes of the lion and Nick let out a mighty roar. He was the king of the jungle.




Nick let out one final roar and then burst through the door, running down the street at full speed.

“Nick!” Jeff called.

He had ran down the street at an amazing speed. Jeff had no idea where Nick could have been. He turned to Ariel. Ariel had begun to bite her nails. “He wasn’t ready for the morph…”





Winston sat in Stephanie’s basement, sitting on her couch and removed the lens from his camcorder. He focused it around the basement. The picture came in clearly. Everything seemed to be in perfect focus. He moved the lens a bit to his left and Stephanie came into view. Winston lowered the camera. Stephanie held two glasses of soda. She handed one to Winston and sat down next to him on the couch. “So the Power Rangers are the ones with those tight colored suits right?”

“Yeah, you could say that,” Winston said before taking a swig of the soda. He wiped his lips with the back of his hand and sat the glass down on the table beside him. “All I have to do is wait for the word that something’s happened to San Diego. A monster attack, something. Then when I get the word, I’m going to search high and low for the Jungle Rangers.”

“That’s dangerous,” Stephanie said quietly.

Winston shook his head. “Come on. Knowing the Rangers and what goody-goodies they are, they’re not going to even going to risk letting anything happen to me if I’m a bystander. And once they think I’m out of harms way, they’ll power down or whatever, and I’ll get to find out who—or WHAT they are.”

“Why is it so important to you?” Stephanie asked. “I mean, they have a secret identity for a reason, don’t you think that you should respect that?”




Reptilla held out her staff and delivered a sickening blast to the door of the command center.

Zordon looked down at Alpha. “Alpha, set monitors to the outside of the premises.”

“Right away, Zordon! Aye, aye, aye.” Alpha typed in the proper coordinates. Reptilla was shown at the door of the center, sending blast after blast towards the door. “Zordon, I’m afraid those doors aren’t that sturdy! I never expected the Fortress to attack from close range.”




“Reptilla, what are you doing in here?” Zordon demanded.

“Destroying you,” Reptilla replied, as if it were your everyday question. “Please, you really need to step up your security. That ‘no one enters without a Power Coin’ thing had to be disabled when the coins were destroyed, I’d assume.” She turned towards the floating head with a smile. “But you never bothered to re-enable your magic policy, did you?” Her expression became sour. “YOU… you’re going to cost me my LIFE! So the only way to make sure that doesn’t happen is to dispose of you now.”





Ariel and Jeff had now demorphed. Nick was still right next to them. They looked ahead at the door. The door to the Command Center had been left open. Jeff looked at Ariel worriedly, but she shared the same glance. They all ran inside the Command Center.

From the bushes, Winston ran out of the path. He saw Jeff and Ariel with the lion. And his heart skipped a beat.

“What are they doing with that lion?” Winston was confused. He couldn’t put anything together. And then it all started to match. It all started to fit.

Was it possible that Ariel and Jeff were indeed the Power Rangers? He lowered his camera and looked inside the Command Center. He stood up, turned away from the door and ran as fast as he could. He was at the ever-so popular... loss for words.





"I can't believe this," Ariel said. "We almost got destroyed by my own creations, Winston is probably onto us, the command center is trashed, Nick's stuck as a lion, and. wait. Where's Zordon? And Alpha?"

Jeff stood up and looked around. He walked towards the back of the Command Center. The sound increased and then Jeff saw sparks flying onto the floor in a sort of rhythm. He peeked around the corner and saw Alpha twitching, repeatedly. "Alert, alert, alert, alert, alert, alert, alert, alert, alert." Jeff quickly ran to Alpha and sank to his knees, looking at the wires that were crossed in his now exposed back.

"Alpha!" Jeff cried in shock. "Who did this to you?"





"Anything for you my Queen," Lavacide said, lowering herself to one knee and bowing. "Give us the word, and it is done."

"I want you to go to the Shadow Cave in the Lost Mountains, south of Los Angeles," Venena said. "Go to the cave, and find the buried Golden Gem. It has been welded together in ancient times, so it is now half gem, and half pure gold."

"Pure gold?" Bosik asked. "And how can it be half?"

Venena turned away from the crystal ball. "Pure gold is much too soft to be stable and used for anything of true value. To keep it in a solid form, it has been put together with a large gem stone. The gem is very delicate. So you will need to get down to the bottom of the mountains unharmed in order to get to the Invisi-Portal and bring it back to me."




As the tape rolled on, Winston gave a sort of summary, Stephanie looking on interested. As the lion carried Black Ranger out of the building, Stephanie became intrigued as if it were a movie. The scene skipped to Winston filming Jeff, Ariel and the same lion walking up towards the Command Center. As the tape stopped, the screen went blue and Winston ejected the tape. He turned to Stephanie.

"So you think Jeff and Ariel are the Rangers?" she asked.

Winston nodded. "I do. yeah. And if that rhino dude and the lava woman are still out there, I know Jeff is out there fighting." He stood up. "There was a news broadcast about the guy they call 'Bosik'. I'm going to keep on his trail. And I know I'll run into them. And I'll get all the answers I need. Seeya, Steph."

"Fine," she muttered. "He can ignore my warnings all he wants. He wants to find Jeff? I'll find him first." Stephanie hated that she was left out of so much. If she found out the truth before Winston, maybe she'd get some respect, finally. He wouldn't leave her out of anything. She didn't enjoy being the outcast, but it was just what she was.




A golden light rose up out of the flames and Bosik held it. “Aha! And now we retreat. Let’s get back to the Invisi-Portal.” They ran towards the exit, but Winston stood in their way.

“Not this time,” Winston muttered.

“What?” Lavacide laughed. “Move, before you get hurt.”





“No way,” Winston muttered.

“Not… possible,” Stephanie said quietly, looking at her suit.

Stephanie, the Gem Ranger... Winston, the Gold Ranger. They hadn't chosen the Gem. The Gem had indeed chosen them.




“But what happened to them?!” Jeff hissed. “They could be dead up there and we could have helped them! If you had given me five seconds I could have grabbed them. They’d be okay.”

“We didn’t have five seconds, Jeff,” Ariel said, soothingly, seeing the anger in Jeff’s eyes. “It was either guarantee our safety and get out while we could, or let all four of us get destroyed. No point.”





Toxx rose a laser up that was attached to his wrist. Stephanie and Winston instantly backed up until their spines were pressed against the wall. Toxx smirked, pleased with his effect on the two teens. “You friends didn’t care about you. They don’t love you. They couldn’t have cared less if you two were lost during the cave-in. You must have saw how quickly they ran for the hills, only worrying about themselves.”

Winston and Stephanie exchanged glances. Winston closed his eyes and shook his head. “No, you’re wrong about that. My cousin wouldn’t do that. Ariel wouldn’t do that.”





“You used up too much energy,” Alpha said. “Your bodies couldn’t handle it. You injured yourselves when you formed the Megazord, which also uses some Ranger energy. It decreased rapidly as you morphed.”

“So what are we supposed to do?” Jeff asked. “Just not morph and let ourselves get destroyed?”

Nick shook his head. “Alpha has my morpher. He’s finding an alternate source for me to morph, since the grid wouldn’t sustain my life force. I could morph to a solid human form in my suit for a regular time period, when Alpha is finished. It should give us enough time to fix the grid and bring Zordon back.” They all glanced at the dark, empty energy tube that once contained the big floating head they only knew as Zordon.






“Remember,” Toxx grunted. “YOU are the one bringing justice to this planet.. not Jeff, not Ariel and not their little lion friend. You are a saint, a man among men. And it is your duty as a Power Ranger to make sure that Earth is safe. Not letting people like the Jungle Rangers take control. Who knows what havoc they could wreak upon our foundation.”

“You’re absolutely right,” Winston said, quietly. “So when do I attack?”




“Recruit?” Ariel asked. “I thought we were the only Rangers left?”

“No,” Alpha said. “There are a few other teams out there, not many however. The most active is the War Ranger team, currently positioned and Acirema.”

“Where is Acirema?” Ariel asked.




Stephanie ran to Reptilla. “About time you showed up.”

“Shut up and morph,” Reptilla said. “We have a job to do.” She nodded.

“Right,” Stephanie said, raising her morpher up. “Shadow Jungle, Gem!” She felt the suit tighten around her body and then the helmet appeared around her head. She ran towards the school and Reptilla walked slowly behind.




Gem Ranger aimed her Hawk Blaster at Ariel and fired two shots of purple energy at her. Ariel jumped against the lockers and pushed herself off with enough force to come towards Gem Ranger with a punch, but instead, her arm was grabbed. Gem Ranger flipped Ariel through the air, sending her into the lockers, leaving a dent in at least six of them. Ariel’s jaw dropped and her eyes darted open in pain as she was seemingly suspended in air for a few seconds before landing on her side on the cold floor.

Reptilla walked up to Gem Ranger and Gold Ranger, putting one hand on each of their shoulders. “Well, well, Jungle Rangers. It seems you’ve met your match.” She smirked. “Look at the new forces of good. The Gem Ranger and the Gold Ranger.”

“Good?!” Jeff yelled as he pulled himself to his feet. “If you guys are good, then why are you attacking us?! Are you that blind to not see that the real evil is right behind you?”

“Enough!” Gem Ranger cried, firing more beams from the Hawk Blaster at Jeff. Jeff ducked down and the beams hit the wall, leaving a hole the size of a tennis ball in it.





“So you want me to just sit here and watch them destroy fellow Rangers? Sit here and watch them destroy my two best friends? No, screw that, man. One way or another, I’m going to help. Open the doors, Alpha.”

“Are you sure?” Alpha asked.

“Yes, I am,” Nick replied. “Open the doors, please.” He turned his head towards the doors. Alpha hesitated but then opened the mechanical doors. Nick charged out, roaring as he ran towards the school.




“They got away,” Winston muttered, demorphing. “We let them get away! We hesitated and LOOK what happened! We could have had them. We could have stopped them from hurting anybody. Now we may never get another chance.”

“Oh, we’ll get another chance,” Stephanie whispered, reassuring him. She held her morpher out, forming a circle with her arm, opening an Invisi-Portal. She and Winston leapt through it as cops stormed into the school.



Jeff groaned in pain and tried to move out of the way a bit, but Winston ran towards him and put the Viper Staff against his neck. “You’re done! Cousin or not, I’m THROUGH with this!”

“Then end it,” Jeff gasped as less air got past his throat. “End it now. Don’t prolong the inevitable. It has to be one of us.”

“And it’s not gonna be me!” Winston yelled. He rose up the staff, preparing to bring it down on Jeff’s head, but the staff was shot from his hands by red beams of light. Winston looked up in shock. “WHAT?!”

Three Rangers walked towards Jeff and Winston. One in red, one in yellow, and one in blue. Each of them held a laser gun at Winston. Winston looked down at Jeff.




“Thanks,” Jeff said, unable to think of anything else to say. “I guess I owe you one… or three.” He looked around. “I suppose you guys are the War Rangers Alpha was talking about?”






The Red Ranger nodded. “I’m Dan. The one in Blue is Orlando and the Yellow Ranger is Brian. Looks like you guys are in need of assistance.”





Venena took Stephanie back down towards the Chamber. The Hawkzord remained on its platform surrounded by lava. Suddenly however, the lava seemed to rise. A black head in the shape of a dragon emerged followed by an enormous body. It rose to the top of the chamber and let out a thunderous roar.

“Nice…” Stephanie gasped in awe.

“Rise, Serpenterra,” Venena said, a broad grin spreading over her lips. “Rise, once again!”




Jeff heard a cry from behind him. Before he could turn, he felt a great impact in his back. He gasped out in pain and fell face-first into the ground, pain surging through his body. Jodi looked down at him in shock, but was grabbed out of nowhere as big black hands wrapped themselves around her, one around her stomach and one around her mouth. She kicked and squealed, but it was all to no avail. Jeff rose his head a bit. He saw Morador, holding Jodi.

“Reality check delivered,” he said followed by a laugh as he jumped into an Invisi-Portal, leaving with Jodi.



Kidnapping the girl was not part of the plan,” Winston said as he walked towards Toxx who sat on his throne, admiring his own weapon collection.

“Kidnapping?” Toxx repeated. “I didn’t kidnap any girl. That’s no way to talk to your commander.”

“Commander?” Winston asked. “You don’t command nothin. I thought we were on the same level here. Bring down the Rangers and bring peace back to Earth.”

“Yes, yes,” Toxx said. “But that will only happen when the Rangers are destroyed, correct? So go do something.”




Toxx crept through Venena’s lair. He walked down the corridor, glancing over his shoulder, making sure that Venena and Reptilla weren’t behind him. He then made it to the door, leading down to the chamber that held Serpenterra and Hawkzord. Toxx rubbed his hands together, greedily and placed his hands on the door, pushing it open. The boiling lava was enough to make him sweat as soon as the door was open, but it was worth it. He could see Serpenterra already. He walked down the stairs that lead to Serpenterra.

“There you are, Serpy. Hah, this was too easy,” he muttered. He closed his eyes and rose his hands, remembering the chant he’d read in Venena’s spell book. “Esir. Lik, reg nar, niaga, esir. Natas, nograd, esir. Niaga, ESIR!.” He felt the ground begin to shake.

Serpenterra’s head rose up from the lava, its glowing red eyes intimidating. Its whole body coiled around the Hawkzord, dwarfing it in comparison. Serpenterra roared, awakening.





Nick began to shake. He rose up into the air, howling in obvious pain. He glowed red, turning into a human figure, a Ranger helmet, a suit… he felt so much power. He fell back to the ground on one hand and one knee. The Red Ranger was back. He looked at Alpha. “Send the Zords.”





“Space War, missile blaze, fire!” Dan cried. Both of them shot the missiles into the air. They all raced down towards Serpenterra’s head. They connected, sparks flying from all around Serpenterra.

Winston cried out as the cockpit began to spark. He felt his seat explode, forcing him through the window, one of the eyes of Serpenterra. Winston tumbled through the air and landed on the roof of a mini-van. The roof crumpled under the impact, leaving an imprint of Winston’s body. Several people on the bus screamed. Winston rolled onto the hood and landed in front of the bus, motionless.




Jeff was slashed across the chest as Toxx swung his sword at him, connecting and sending Jeff into the wall. Jeff groaned in pain and fell to the floor. He then saw something gleaming across the room. A white button which very conveniently read “Power Field” on it. Jeff moved his head before Toxx could slam the sword down into it. The sword was stuck in the floor. Toxx tried to pull it out but Jeff jumped up and kicked him in the chest. “Hiyah!” Toxx fell to the ground. Jeff turned and ran towards the button on the wall.

“NO!” Toxx cried, pulling his sword out of the ground.

Jeff pushed the button and the force field vanished. Jodi looked around and smiled.

“Run!” Jeff ordered.

Jodi turned around. Toxx glared at her. Jodi backed away and turned to Jeff. “No! I… I don’t know what to do.” She ran behind Jeff and clutched onto his arm, standing behind him, holding his arm for dear life.





Five… four… three…two…”

Brian leapt out of the hole of Serpenterra, falling towards the ground. He yelled out as the ground came closer and closer, falling well over five hundreds feet towards the asfault as Serpenterra was sucked into the wormhole behind him. Brian screamed as he flipped through the air, at incredibly dangerous speed.






Hawkzord suddenly swept over Brian before he could hit the ground and with its metallic talons, wrapped around Brian’s shoulders. It flew gently towards the ground and released Brian. Brian landed safely on his feet. The Rangers all demorphed and looked up at the sky. The empty sky as the wormhole vanished.




“I can’t believe this!” Winston cried. “This whole time—you were trying to—AAAHH!” He ran at Venena in anger and tried to punch her in the face, but she blocked it easily with her hand. She lifted him up with incredible ease and threw him backwards. Winston fell to the ground and his chin thudded off of the cement.





“Don’t get cocky!” Ragplat warned as he grabbed the staff. He used it to swing Winston into the side of the truck one more time, denting the truck this time. Winston groaned in pain. Ragplat looked him up and down and then shook his head. “I’ve got more important business to attend to.” He reached into the truck and pulled out what looked like a syringe. He walked over towards Stephanie first, who had apparently hit her head on the ground, knocking her out. Ragplat stooped down. “This won’t hurt… much.” He jammed the syringe into her arm. Stephanie twitched as he began to suck the blood—

No, it wasn’t blood. A small bit of white energy was being pulled out of Stephanie’s body. Using the same syringe he jammed it into Winston’s arm as well, Winston also twitching violently. He drained a small amount of energy from his body. Ragplat stood up, satisfied with what he’d obtained. He slid comfortably into the driver’s seat and turned towards Winston and Stephanie. He almost felt disgust building up in his heart. “And they called you a threat. Pitiful.” He slammed the door shut and drove out of the lawn and into the street.





Nick swiped Morador with the KJ Blade. Winston flipped over Nick’s shoulder and kicked Morador in the chest, knocking him backwards into the wall. “Eat this, stone-boy!” Winston held the staff at Morador and prepared to blast him, but Nick pushed Winston out of the way.

“This isn’t your battle!” Nick snapped. He ran past Winston and tried to slash the sword into his head, but Morador swiftly moved out of the way and Nick ran into the wall. Winston grabbed the Viper Staff and swung it at Morador like a baseball bat, but Morador jumped out of the way once more. Winston’s staff hit Nick in the back, sending sparks flying and Nick hit the ground in pain.

“Oooh, snap,” Winston muttered.

Nick turned towards Winston. “WHAT’S YOUR PROBLEM?!”

“It was an accident!” Winston insisted. He turned towards Morador once again—but Morador had vanished. His last trace was an Invisi-Portal as it sealed shut, Morador already stepping within. Winston lowered his head in shame.






There was a ring of fire surrounding Toxx and Venena, but Stephanie could see them clearly. “I knew I would find you two here!” She scowled as she looked at them.

“I was almost done the ritual!” Venena hissed, turning to Stephanie. She threw her spell book to the ground. “How DARE you!”

“You don’t need to do the ritual anymore,” Toxx said. “We have the pure blood right here in front of us.” He gestured towards Stephanie with his gun hand, a laser brandished in front of her. Stephanie defensively took a step back.

“You’re right,” Venena said. “We’ll destroy her here and the Golden Gem fragments will be ours.”





“Tri Striker!” The Jungle Rangers cried, sending a white beam of energy towards Venena. Winston also fired the Viper Staff, and Stephanie shot a beam from the Hawk Blaster. Venena’s eyes rolled into the back of her head and she was thrown through the fire, clear out of view. There was a powerful explosion. The fire swarmed around the Rangers.

“Aaaah!” Winston cried out. There was a second explosion, engulfing the Rangers. Each of them flew through the air, only to land back on the ground. The rocks pierced their suits and each of them demorphed. Winston spit out blood and rolled over onto his back, looking up at the blazing sun. He sat up and wiped dirt off of his forehead.

Nick smiled. “We did it! We destroyed Venena! It’s over!”




Toxx crossed his arms and looked up. “Oh, she’s almost fixed. You’re lucky I like to intrude. Without me, she’d be dead. Not to brag or anything, of course.” Reptilla scowled and looked on anxiously.

Suddenly, Venena sat up with a jolt. She looked down at herself. She now sported a robotic arm. She rose her flesh hand to her face and felt it. She could feel metal and wire right next to her eye. Her eye… it wasn’t her eye. It was robotic. It moved around freely. Venena pushed the Mechaclones out of the way and ran quickly towards a mirror. She looked at her partly robotic face and her bald head. Her mouth dropped open, and with a final gasp she turned around.

Her shriek echoed throughout the entire fortress.






“He just blew up the car,” Lance said, with a tear trickling down his cheek. “He rose his arms and this blue beam shot down on the engine and the car exploded. It was a setup. I went flying through the windshield. I thought I was going to die, Jeff. I thought I was DEAD! I wish I had, because the pain was excruciating!”

“WHY ARE YOU TELLING ME?!” Jeff snapped.

“Because YOU’RE the Black Ranger!” Lance yelled, coming closer towards Jeff.






Lance kneeled down and opened up the bag, pulling out a black wallet and a tiny black box of some sort. He walked towards Jeff again and opened the wallet, revealing a diamond encrusted gold badge.

“I don’t follow you,” Jeff said.

“Then let me make it clear,” Lance said, as he pushed the badge closer to Jeff. “I’m with S.P.D. I’m from the year 2032. I came back here to help you guys. Top of C Squad. The name is Lance Delgado.” He pointed to the black box, which Jeff now saw was a Morpher. “Space Patrol Delta…”






“We can do both,” Lance said.

“Both? What the hell, man?!” Jeff snapped, irritated.

Lance looked up at him. “Both… save the Rangers and the SWAT Megazord.” He saw the confused look on Jeff’s face and then began to explain. “Look. In the year 2032, humans and aliens live in harmony. That may be one thing that’s weird to you guys here in 2006. Another thing is, a select few of us have genetic powers.”





All of the heaps of filler had been moved away. Somebody had placed a Megazord in a hole, attempting to hide it with some fake grass and clumps of dirt. Jeff knew that it had to be the SWAT Megazord, Lance brought from the future. Jeff tilted his head to the side. He could clearly see a part of its head.

Suddenly, the horrible truth hit Jeff like a bullet. He knew that if Venena got their hands on the SWAT Megazord, they’d have more than enough power to destroy the Jungle Zords with ease. A Megazord from the future was not what the Rangers needed at the moment. It was a horrid thought.






“I’ll do to you what should have been done a while ago,” Winston said as he and Reptilla circled each other.

“Many people have tried and failed,” Reptilla replied with a smirk. “HAH!” She swung the staff at Winston’s feet. Winston jumped into the air and kicked at Reptilla, but with a quick movement, she snapped the staff at his legs and knocked him out of the air. Winston flipped however and landed on his feet. He held the Viper Staff like a spear and went right towards Venena’s neck with it, but Venena knocked the staff away with her own and spun around, kicking him in the back. Winston tumbled to the ground.





Lance turned his head sharply towards Jeff. “Go! Get that bomb! Do it, Jeff! I trust you. I know you can defuse it.”

Jeff wanted to protest, but he couldn’t. He needed to save the energy. Jeff forced himself to his feet with a groan and trudged along towards the Command Center. Lance turned and glared at Tubtonks.

“He won’t be able to defuse it,” Tubtonks informed Lance. “The code is something that even he won’t be able to figure out. Even the great intelligent Black Ranger has met his match.”

“Maybe not,” Lance said, reaching into his pocket. “But even if he doesn’t make it, I will. And I will make sure that you’re destroyed. It’s my mission for coming here, and the mission will be completed when I go back home.”

“Back home? Kid, isn’t it past your bedtime?” Tubtonks chuckled.

“Bedtime, eh? Well, sleep on this,” Lance whispered. He pulled his Morpher from his back pocket. “SPD, EMERGENCY!”

Tubtonks took a step back. “Another Power Ranger?”

“A Ranger from the future,” Lance corrected.






“Do it now!” Stephanie commanded.

Ariel heaved the bomb into the vortex. The Invisi-Portal absorbed the bomb. Everybody turned to the SWAT Megazord. An Invisi-Portal opened directly above its head and the bomb dropped down, exploding, causing a huge explosion. The explosion was so powerful, debris washed down over the Rangers, throwing them against the wall. Nick, Stephanie and Ariel demorphed as they were thrown hard into the side of the Command Center.






need that,” the man rasped in an eerie voice. “I’ll pay you as much as you want for it. I’ll give you thousands. Hundreds of thousands. I’ll give you millions!”

“No way!” Winston snapped. “This isn’t for sale.”

“Everyone has their price,” the man said, removing his sunglasses and placing them on his shirt. “My name is William.” He took a step closer to Winston once more. “I need that transformer, young man. You do not know how valuable it is to me. I’ll give you anything you want for it. A car, I can have a star named after you, anything you want. I just really want that transformer, more than you can imagine.” He made a grab for it, but Winston pulled out of the way.





“I am Metaring!” the monster bellowed.

William gave Winston a smirk and ran out of dodge quickly. Winston looked up at Metaring and shook his head. “Well, it looks like this is it.” He grabbed his Morpher. “Shadow Jungle, Gold Ranger Power, hah!”

Jodi poked her head out of the window. “Your fries ar--.” Jodi gasped as she saw a flash of gold light engulf Winston.




Toxx shoved Morador and Reptilla out of the way and got in Venena’s face, glaring into her one human eye, and her one robotic eye. “Without me, you wouldn’t be alive. I saved you from the Power Rangers. Show me the respect I deserve, or face the consequences. I’ve put up with you long enough. I don’t HAVE your back, because you sure as Hell do not have mine. So you better learn to keep better control of your minions.”

“Or what?” Venena challenged.

“Trust me… you don’t want to find out,” Toxx said with a scowl. With that, he turned and walked out of the lair.




Lance jumped off of the wall and rebounded with a spin kick to the chest of a footman. Lance was punched in the chest by one. He was then hit sharply in the spine with a cane. Lance cried out and stumbled forward. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the cane. He jumped high into the air, flipping over the man’s shoulder. The man with the cane hit his partner in the face. He fell to the ground. Startled, he turned around. Lance punched him in the gut and then finished him off, tossing him hard against the wall by the arm. The henchman tumbled to the ground. Another man grabbed Lance by the helmet and attempted to slam Lance into the wall by the head. Lance however, tossed him easily over his head. The man landed on top of another henchman and both of them writhed on the ground in agony.

A man hit Winston in his shield. He cried out as a surge of energy traveled up his arm and around his torso. He twitched in pain and fell back. Winston took his down with an elbow thrust to the gut. He turned around and kicked a henchman in the chest. Two of them grabbed Winston by either arm. The henchman Winston had kicked angrily got up and kicked Winston in the stomach. Winston let out an “OOF!” of pain as he was thrown off of his feet into the air. The henchmen held him firmly by his arms. Winston was kicked again. Having enough, Winston with a battle cry pulled the two guys who had his arms towards each other. They knocked heads and both stood groggily in front of Winston. Winston used his leg to take their legs out from under them and send them tumbling to the ground. He jumped above them and threw himself onto the man who’d been kicking him. Winston rolled through and stood over the motionless man.






“Oh my God… it’s the Red Blood Striker Orb,” Winston said with his eyes wide.

“You’re in the Dark Dimension,” the girl explained, handing the Red Orb to Nick. “This Orb will be able to give you power to alter your Lionzord, and even your mind and body when the time is right…” She turned to Winston and Lance. “As for you two… you were lured here by an evil force, weren’t you?”

“Yeah,” Lance said. “Morador.”




“Hey, need some help!” Nick asked. He jumped into the Megazord, taking his place in the center of the cockpit.

“Nick, glad to see you back!” Ariel exclaimed. She looked as Nick placed an Orb in a slot in the cockpit. “What’s that? Oh my God… is that the Red Striker Orb?”

“Yes,” Nick replied. “Now let’s see what this baby can do.” The Zords reassembled. The Zords each became separate again. Nick pulled a lever above the Orb. “Lion Striker Megazord… combine!”

The Lionzord suddenly became tall, a humanoid figure. It became headless as its head turned a black color and went down to its chest. The Pantherzord became the legs of he Lion Striker Megazord. The Pantherzord’s tail connected to the back of the Megazord, acting as a tail for it. The Gorillazord became the arms of the Megazord. Its torso combined with the torso of the Lionzord. The Hawkzord attacked to the back of the Megazord and its head rose up off of its body, becoming a helmet for the Lion Striker Megazord. Its metallic wings flapped wildly and the LS Megazord stood triumphantly in front of Pyrobot.






“Let’s finish him off,” Nick said. “Lion Strike!”

Nick drove the tips of the sword swords into the ground. A yellow beam shot from the ground and formed the body of a lion. The lion surged straight through Pyrobot. Pyrobot was left with a big gaping hole in its body. Sparks flew from the burnt wires and the yellow eyes dimmed, turning black.

“Must… destroy… Poowerrrr Raaaaa………” Pyrobot fell forward and exploded, sending nuts, bolts, pieces of metal and wire raining down on the LS Megazord. The Rangers celebrated in the cockpit.






Toxx led Morador and Reptilla to the pits of his dungeon. He waved his hand and light filled the room. Reptilla and Morador looked up at the large robot that Toxx gestured to in awe.

“It’s huge,” Morador muttered.

“It’s amazing,” Reptilla agreed.

“It’s the Battle Fury Megazord,” Toxx said with a smirk, followed by a hoarse, evil laugh.






Winston, with a burst of energy leapt over Jeff and kicked a few of the Mechaclones away from him, but he was outnumbered and outmatched. He was grabbed by his legs and his arms. He kicked and tried to squirm out of it, but the four Mechaclones launched him into the air. One of them shot an eye laser, directed at his lower back. He felt the beam tear into him and he let out a cry of pain. He slammed hard onto the tree again and rolled off, landing next to Jeff. He saw two of the Mechaclones close in, one on him and one on Jeff. He knew it was over… they were coming in for the kill…

But much to his surprise, they didn’t. Winston felt his shoes slide off of his feet. He looked up, surprised. The other Mechaclone took Jeff’s shoes as well. And with nods to each other, the Mechaclones vanished in a flash of blue light.

“Hey, are you guys okay?!” Lance’s voice rang in through the woods. He ran towards Jeff and Winston, helping them both into a seated position. “Sorry, we couldn’t get a hold of the others. I came as soon as I heard. Looks like I was too late. Did you manage to fend them off?”

“No, it was really weird,” Winston replied. “They wanted our shoes. They took our shoes and left.”







“We don’t know anything about the guy,” Winston said. “Honestly, when do we ever see him outside of the Power Chamber unless its on the battlefield? WHY was he so upset when I followed him through the vortex to rescue you from the Dark Dimension? WHAT was the point of him being so eager to stay behind and sacrifice himself? Why’s he so secretive about his past?”

“Technically, it’s his future,” Ariel pointed out.

Nick and Winston both angrily turned towards her, snarling at her. Ariel defensively took a step back.

“So you guys don’t trust me?”

Nick and Winston groaned as they saw Lance step out of the shadows. Lance walked up to both of them.

“It’s not us,” Nick said, nodding to Lance. He turned to Winston and placed a finger on his chest and pushed him back a few steps. “It’s just him. He doesn’t trust anybody these days.”

“See, I don’t need this,” Lance said with a scowl. “It people like you that… that… ow… aaahh….”

Lance placed a hand on his forehead. Everything seemed to get blurry. The whole room became a blur of colors. Whirling, blurry, sticky colors that all blended together. Lance fell to his knees and pressed his hands to his temples. He knew this feeling too well. He was having a vision.








“You had a vision,” Jeff said. “I know you did. What was it?”

Lance shoved his hands into his pockets and lowered his head. “I can’t really explain it. It was me attacking the Mechaclones in this… this sort of new suit. I was holding this machine. I saw the Red Blood Striker Orb in it, Nick.”

“The Orb?” Nick repeated. “Well, what kind of box was it? It might be something in the Power Chamber that we can use to defeat the Mechaclones and turn them visible again.”

Lance shook his head. “No. The box had S.P.D. written on it. It must have come from Space Patrol Delta somehow.”








“Who left this door open?” It was the voice of Boom, Kat’s assistant. Boom closed the door and Lance heard the sound of a lock clicking into place. He shook his head, realizing that he was locked in the room until Boom decided to leave. Lance knew very well that he only had around twelve minutes to get back to the wormhole. Getting to it was a sixty-second journey in itself, so he had approximately eleven minutes to get the HS machine and get out of the lab. He had no time to waste.

Lance reached into his pocket, searching for something---- anything to distract Boom. Boom was whistling a tune as he looked through some files on the desk. Lance figured they were most likely files on wanted criminals in the galaxy, for Boom often scanned them at this time in the day. As Lance’s fingers touched something hard in his pocket, his heart leapt. He pulled it out, realizing it was a quarter. With no time to think, he pulled it out of his pocket and threw it as hard as he could past Boom and into the door.

As the sound of the coin connecting with the door and then the floor shot through the silent room like a gunshot, Boom jumped up in shock. “What was that?” Boom, obviously thinking it came from outside of the door walked out of the room and looked around.

“Now,” Lance whispered to himself silently. It was his time to grab the HS Machine and run out the opposite door. Lance rolled out from under the table and made his way slowly towards the HS Machine.








“Force field initiating,” Alpha reported. Ariel backed away and the entire store was instantly surrounded by a nearly transparent white light that looked like fog. Ariel then screeched as she was slashed in the back by a Mechaclone and thrown to the ground. She slid on her knees and slid chest-first into a fire hydrant. She was blasted while on the ground and flew back into the fire hydrant again, causing it to implode and sent water spraying everywhere.

“Ariel!” Jeff cried. Using his strong panther legs, he reached her in seconds. He jumped wildly in the air, but was hit again by the Mechaclone in hyper-speed.

“They’re too fast,” Nick said after being thrown to the ground as well. “Lance has to get back with that HS Machine! Time is running out!”









Lance held the HS Machine under his arm and ran full speed down the corridor. He had two minutes to get to the rooftop of the Delta Command Base or he and the other Rangers would be toast. Lance saw the window he’d left open and the swirling blue-green vortex of the Wormhole was disintegrating. Lance ran out and jumped through the window, onto the roof. Instantly, a blue blast landed in front of him, triggering an explosion and sending Lance flying back. He clutched onto the HS Machine, however.

“Where do you think you’re going?” an Orangehead asked, standing in front of the Wormhole.

“I don’t have time for this,” Lance said. “You’re standing between me and the Jungle Rangers. So if you have to come back to 2006 with me… so be it. HIYAH!” Lance ran and towards the Wormhole. The Orangehead tried to stop him by wrapping his arm around him, but he was dragged down as well. Both of them went into the Wormhole.

The two were emptied out of the Wormhole and landed in the Power Chamber. William and Alpha turned and saw the Orangehead. Their eyes grew wide with fear.

“Teleport them out of here, quick!” Alpha cried.

“Teleporting,” William said, typing in some coordinates. The Orangehead and Lance both vanished in a flash of green light.










Nick held up his hand. A streak of what seemed to be red lightning struck Nick’s hand and the Red Blood Striker Orb appeared. Lance opened the box, revealing a hole. Nick placed the Red Orb inside of it. Lance closed the box again.

“How do you make it go?!” Nick demanded, slapping the box.

“I think I know,” Lance said. He pulled the Morpher out of his pocket and placed it into a slot that he’d never seen before in the box. Instantly, the box glowed white and shook violently. Lance felt himself become encased in an energy.

Suddenly, Lance cried out as he stumbled backwards. There was a spontaneous explosion and Lance was surrounded by fire.

“Oh no, Lance!” Ariel cried. She started to run towards him, however she saw a shadowy figure rise from the fire. It was definitely Lance, however something was off.

“Impossible!” Orangehead cried as he used his sword to push himself to his feet. “He possesses the Scorpion Powers!”







“Okay… Super Lion Strike!” Nick cried. Nick drove the swords of the LS Megazord into the ground. The ground trembled and a hole opened up out of nowhere. A red beam of energy shot from it, taking on the shape of a lion. It roared and surged straight through Orangehead.

Orangehead dropped its sword and groaned in pain. “Today, Power Rangers, you were the better warriors. Ugh…” It held its chest and fell to its knees before falling face-first to the ground and exploding.






“Hey, there’s Winston,” Nick said. He spotted Winston looking at some wheels in a skating equipment store called “Freestyles.” The three of them walked into the store. Nick put a hand on Winston’s shoulder.

Winston turned around suddenly, slamming his arm into the side of Nick’s head and sending him sliding across the floor.

“Hey, what the…” Lance helped Nick to his feet.

“Don’t touch me!” Winston’s voice came out much different than normal. It was raspy---- it was a voice that didn’t belong to him. Winston’s eyes glowed red and he bared his teeth.

“Wh---- I so didn’t see that coming,” Stephanie said with a gasp.

The three Rangers looked at Winston in fear. Winston jumped into an Invisi-Portal and disappeared without a trace.

“You have gotta be kidding me,” Nick said. He groaned and rose to his feet.

“Winston’s gone off the deep end,” Lance muttered. “And I don’t think it was by choice.” He turned to Nick and Stephanie. “How much are you willing to bet that Toxx and Venena had something to do with this?”

“Too much,” Nick said. “Way too much.”










Chapters


*Chapter 1- Strike School Part One
*Chapter 2- Strike School Part Two
*Chapter 3- The Truth
*Chapter 4- It's Morphin Time!
*Chapter 5- Theft
*Chapter 6- An Innocent Date
*Chapter 7- King of the Jungle
*Chapter 8- A Loss For Words
*Chapter 9- Realization
*Chapter 10- The Golden Gem Part One
*Chapter 11- The Golden Gem Part Two
*Chapter 12- The Golden Gem Part Three
*Chapter 13- The Golden Gem Part Four
*Chapter 14- The Golden Gem Part Five
*Chapter 15- Distrust
*Chapter 16- A Blaze
*Chapter 17- The Brunt of the Attack
*Chapter 18- Legacy of the Orbs
*Chapter 19- Race Against Time
*Chapter 20- Destroy the Power Rangers
*Chapter 21- Kiss and Make Up
*Chapter 22- Follow the Leader
*Chapter 23- Oozing Out
*Chapter 24- It Must Be the Shoes
*Chapter 25- All the King's Horses...
*Chapter 26- Fauxhawk
*Chapter 27- The Merge Part 1
*Chapter 28- The Merge Part 2
*Chapter 29- The Merge Part 3
*Chapter 30- Short Circuit
*Chapter 31- The Wrong Ranger
*Chapter 32- Taking Back the Jungle
*Chapter 33- Card-Core
*Chapter 34- The Power Struggle
*Chapter 35- Digital Underground Part 1
*Chapter 36- Digital Underground Part 2
*Chapter 37- Miracle Child Part 1
*Chapter 38- Miracle Child Part 2
*Chapter 39- The Three Amigos
*Chapter 40- American Psycho
*Chapter 41- Psyche Out Part 1
*Chapter 42- Psyche Out Part 2
*Chapter 43- Psyche Out Part 3
*Chapter 44- Imploding Destiny
*Chapter 45- Quest for the Wildzords
*Chapter 46- The Toxx Factor
*Chapter 47- The Many Faces of Stephanie
*Chapter 48- Clash of the Super Powers
*Chapter 49- Obscuring Jungle
*Chapter 50- Mother Dearest
*Chapter 51- We Can't All Be Saints
*Chapter 52- (Season Finale) TO BE ANNOUNCED
*Chapter 53- (Season Finale) TO BE ANNOUNCED




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The Rangers


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Name: Nicholas Smith
Nickname: Nick
Age: 16
Nationality: Caucasion
Role: The Red Ranger
Weapon: KJ Blade
Weapon Description: A 2 foot long white sword with a red Jungle Strike design aligned down the center. Also has the ability to release powerful energy from tip of sword.
Physical Description: About 5'11 with a fairly muscular build. Dyed red hair and dresses mainly in red and black. 150 lbs and an earring on his left ear. Nick has green eyes.
Representation: Lion
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Name: Jeffrey Dixon
Nickname: Jeff
Age: 15
Nationality: African-American / Italian
Role: The Black Ranger
Weapon: Panther Blasters
Weapon Description: Black hand lasers that resemble Tec 9's and the target receives a powerful blast of energy from the lasers.
Physical Description: Jeff is 5'9 and weighs around 135 lbs. Not the strongest ranger or the biggest, but makes up for it with speed and intensity, Jeff has a similar muscular build to En's. He has wavy black hair, tan skin and hazel eyes. He dresses in cargo pants and black shirts regularly.
Representation: Panther
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Name: Ariel Candace
Age: 16
Nationality: Caucasion
Role: The Yellow Ranger
Weapon Description: Two yellow daggers. The blades are roughly seven inches long and by cutting a design into the air, the Yellow Ranger can blast enemies with a charge of electricity.
Physical Description: Ariel is 5'8 and has long blonde/brown hair and blue eyes. Jeff and En wouldn't lie and telling you that Ariel is eye candy-- but she's not just a pretty face. She can probably take any guy and her choice of "girly" clothing will throw anyone off.
Representation: Silverback Gorilla
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Name: Winston Edwards
Age: 16
Nationality: African-American / British
Role: The Gold Ranger
Weapon: Viper Staff
Weapon Description: The Viper Staff is a staff which is nearly four feet long. It has a blade at the bottom and a viper head at the top which is similar to White Ranger Tommy's Saba sabre. It can modify itself into a dagger for a limited time during battles. The Viper Staff shoots venom and energy beams at a lock-on target.
Physical Description: Although not a ranger the tall, skinny Florida native is not going to run away from a fight. Standing at about 6'1, Winston's choice in clothing varies. He may not have a sword or a gun but he will give you a size 12 to the face-- or the "Farmhand" and tell you how it is without words.
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Name: Stephanie Sloan
Age: 15
Nationality: Cuban
Role: The Gem Ranger
Weapon: Hawk Blaster
Weapon Description: The Hawk Blaster is a blaster that wraps around Stephanie's wrist and is shaped like a hawk. Several types of blasts can be shot from the beak of the "hawk" at an opponent at close or far range.
Physical Description: Standing at 5'5 Stephanie is the smallest one of her friends. She usually ties her long brown hair into a ponytail. She is short and rather skinny with deep brown eyes. Although often described by Winston as "booty-full" she seems to have low self-esteem which has led to several problems in the past.
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Name: Lance Delgado
Age: 17
Nationality: Caucasion / Hispanic
Role: The Green Ranger
Weapon: Delta Scythe
Weapon Description: A sharp scythe that Lance can wield on a short staff or Lance can wrap it around his wrist like a blade. In staff-mode, Lance can use the reverse side to shoot energy beams from it. By slicing through the air, it can shoot energy beams at the enemy.
Physical Description: Lance is about 6 feet tall. He has curly brown hair and is very muscular for his work in SPD. He's from the future, so he relies more on "special weapons and tactics" rather than karate and street fighting like the other Rangers.
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ARSENAL


KJ Blade- Red Ranger's weapon. It is a sword with the ability to shoot several energy blasts.

Panther Blasters- Black Ranger's weapon. Two hand-held, Tec-9-like lasers which shoot rapid blasts at the enemy with no need to reload.

Silver Daggers- Two 6-inch daggers which can double as a boomerang.

Tri Striker- The Black, Yellow, and Red Ranger's weapons combined. The KJ Blade is the top and middle, while the Silver Daggers are joined together on the bottoms, lying beneath the sword and the Panther Blasters attached to either side of the sword.

Viper Staff- Gold Ranger's weapon. It is a 4 foot staff which shoots venom and energy beams at the target. It can also turn into an actual viper. It serves Gold Ranger as Saba served the White Morphin Ranger.

Hawk Blaster- A Blaster that goes around Gem Ranger's wrist, much like the Delta Blasters on that SPD have at their disposal. It is shaped like a hawk however. It shoots many rappid beams from the beak at the target.

Jungle Morphers / Wrist Communicators- Seemingly digital watches, which can also be used as a morpher and a communication device.



ALLIES

Jodi James- Jeff's girlfriend. She does whatever she can to make sure that she gets her way. Can come off as a spoiled rich girl, but a good person at heart.
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Alpha 5- After newer versions being destroyed by Venena, Alpha 5 had his circuits re-pieced over time.
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William- William is Alpha 5's assistant. He tried to create Transformers (Morphers) in the 90's but he was laughed at and mocked. He was basically secluded from society. He then attempted to destroy the Rangers once finding out their technology, but realized the error of his ways.
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Zordon- Zordon was there to guide the Rangers through their first few battles, preparing them for the war ahead.
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War Rangers- The War Rangers helped the Jungle Strikers when they were busy with the then-evil Gold & Gem Rangers.
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Villains



Name: Venena

Role: Leader of the Dark Fortress

Power: Venena is a witch... literally. She masters in evil spells and also telekenesis.

Weapondry: Relies on dark magic.

Summary: Venena is a powerful witch and is over 700 years old. Hailing from the distant planet of Urnan, she came to Earth along with 16 other witches and warlocks whose intentions while coming to Earth, were to help the planet. However, she had other plans. She was hungry for power and destroyed 13 of those other witches and warlocks. Her sister joined her, but was tured into a reptile-like creature when falling into toxic chemicals that were uncovered while moving ground to place the Fortress. Venena saved her and her sister took the name Reptilla. Debuted in "Strike School Part 1" (Chapter 1)
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Name: Morador

Role: Second in command

Power: Morador is a creature where 85% of his outer body is made of stone. His strength is about 6 times more powerful than the average human.

Weapondry: Owns a sword entirely made out of jagged stone that can also shoot a powerful blast of electricity.

Summary: When joining over a hundred other humans for research on the distant planet of Ekitere, he was left seriously ill and began losing limbs due to the thick atmosphere that he couldn't handle. He was taken in by the inhabitants of the planet and healed by having his limbs replaced by stone. The only parts of his body that remain fully human are his neck and lower legs. Debuted in "Strike School Part 1" (Chapter 1)

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Name: Reptilla

Role: Hand-To-Hand Combat Battles, Third in command

Power: Reptilla was chemically mutated upon coming to Earth, but with the help of her sister Venena, was able to learn the psychic power of telekenesis and use her reptile-like skin as defense.

Weapondry: Reptilla has the Shadow Staff which is a Staff with many different abilities, mainly as a source for Reptilla to control her telekenetic powers, but its full ability is unknown. Reptilla also has five sharp claws sprouting horizontally from each knuckle. Reptilla has the power to shoot venom from her mouth, and control reptiles that she comes in contact with. She also has the Reptile Dagger which doubles as a flute used to revive monsters and make them grow.

Summary: Reptilla was transformed to half reptile and half witch when she came to Earth, but was able to heal herself after the accident with help from her sister, Venena. Now her ultimate quest is to destroy the Power Rangers and use the power from the Power Diamonds to conquer Earth and make the humans who laughed at her appearance in the past, pay. Since, she has joined Toxx alongside her friend Morador. Debuted in "Strike School Part 1" (Chapter 1)
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Name: Zen

Role: The Fortress Monster-Maker

Power: Although considered a genius, Zen has no super-human powers.

Weapondry: In the event of combat, Venena presented Zen with a pen that could transform into both a small handgun, as well as a sword.

Summary: Zen, born and raised in San Diego, California was never accepted by his peers because of his passion for drawing. He desired power and when he stumbled upon Venena casting a spell, he asked what she was doing. She threatened to destroy him if he told anybody the truth about her, but instead of running, Zen offered to join her and help her conquer the world. Debuted in "Theft"" (Chapter 5)

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Name: Toxx

Role: Venena's competition.

Power: All that is known about Toxx, physically is that he is a powerful warlock.

Weapondry: Many human weapons that can be found used by the military.

Summary: A clearly evil man who took Reptilla and Morador from Venena and relying on dark magic to build himself up. He injects himself with syringes from remnants of the late Ivan Ooze. Not much else is known about him. There are no clues as to why he wants to destroy the Jungle Rangers. Debuted in "An Innocent Date" (Chapter 6)
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Footmen

Putty Patrol- Putties are the expendable warriors made of clay who are sent down to Earth to wear down the Rangers before a monster fight, as well as for sabotage and special missions. Venena found the spellbook of Rita Repulsa and used it to make her own army of Putties. Debuted in "Strike School Part 2" (Chapter 2)
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Mechaclones- Not much is known about the Mechaclones, but Tox brought them to Earth with him. Debuted in "The Golden Gem Part Five" (Chapter 14)
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[sector_force_ranger]

wow that's big

[ZeoFury]

It was about 25 chapters...

[Angelfox]

was wonderin when you would get back to this...suprised you didnt mention the Blue Striker Orb though

[ZeoFury]

Chapter 25: All the King’s Horses…



Jeff smiled faintly as he carried his little sister on his lap, holding a book open in front of her. It contained several fairytales that Jeff had loved as a kid. He was tired, for it was almost midnight… He’d been left in charge of babysitting Deyanna, his sister while his mother was yet again away on a business trip.

Jeff was thankful as he heard the knock at the door. He knew instantly that it was Ariel. “Hey, keep reading, Deyanna. See if you can read this page by yourself.”

“Okay,” Deyanna said. She was bored with most of the fairytales. Humpty Dumpty was the only one that she seemed to have any trouble reading. At only two years old, she was making great progress. Jeff gently lifted her off of his lap and onto the couch. He made his way down the hall and towards the door of the apartment, pulling it open, flashing a warm smile as Ariel popped into vision.

“Hey,” she said, stepping into the house, dropping a yellow bag off of her shoulder and letting it fall to the floor. “My parents are gone too. I figured that it would be pretty irresponsible of me to leave YOU of all people to watch a two year old for a week, hmmm?”

“Funny,” Jeff muttered, sticking his tongue out. “Well, thanks for coming. I know nothing about kids. I guess I’ve gotten to spend a lot more time with my sister since…” He trailed off. A tinge of guilt struck his heart as he remembered Winston. Although it had been two months since his sudden disappearance, Jeff still felt a bit sick every time he thought about it.

Winston’s funeral had taken place just three days earlier when he was considered dead by the police who found no trace of his body at all. They assumed he’d been abducted from the mall and, although crude, murdered far away from home. However, Jeff still had hope. He knew all too well that Toxx and Venena had to be behind this somehow. They seemed to disappear just as quickly as Winston had.

Almost as if reading his mind, Ariel walked into Jeff’s bedroom, making sure Deyanna didn’t overhear them. “You think it’s weird how for the past couple of months, everything’s been quiet? It just all seems too sudden.”

Jeff shrugged. “Maybe they got smart and decided to back off since Lance got his new power. Scorpion Mode is pretty hardcore. Plus, the technology is about twenty-five years before its time. I would be pretty intimidated too, if I were up against something like that.”

“Heard from Nick lately?” Ariel asked as she flopped down on Jeff’s bed, scooping a music-themed magazine off of the bedside table as she did this. “It seems like he’s been really quiet for the past week. He hasn’t come over like he usually has.”

“I know,” Jeff replied. “I know that with his Dad coming back from Iraq and his mom getting diagnosed with cancer, he’s probably had his hands full.” Jeff sat on the edge of the bed. He reached into his drawer, pulling out the watch Morpher that he’d used so many times in the past. Another smile crept across his face, slowly but surely. “I never thought I’d say this, but I sort of miss being a Ranger, ya know? As sick and twisted as it sounds, I enjoyed rising up from the rubble every time we got blasted down… I enjoyed getting back up and taking out the bad guys.” He turned to Ariel. “Being a superhero was my dream as a little kid. We got to live it.”

Ariel gazed at Jeff for a while and then slowly nodded. “The fight’s not over, Jeff. We know Toxx too well. He’s not just going to give up, as much as sometimes… I just wish he would.” She sat up on his bed as well, playing with the bottom of her shorts subconsciously. “I know you’re still upset about Winston, and you don’t wanna--.”

“--I don’t wanna talk about it,” Jeff interrupted.

“But we have to talk about it, eventually,” Ariel said, sitting next to Jeff now. “You know as well as I do that he’s still out there somewhere. Remember what Stephanie told us? He walked into an Invisi-Portal in the middle of the mall. No one saw it happen besides them. Who makes Invisi-Portals? Three people. Stephanie didn’t do it… so it had to be Venena or Toxx. He’s got him. They’re planning something. The fight is not over.”

Jeff avoided eye contact. “…Yeah.”

Ariel put an arm around Jeff’s shoulders, giving him a smile. “You’re my little buddy. I can’t stand to see you upset. You’re usually the one trying to cheer me up, right?” Ariel pulled Jeff into a half hug. “How about tomorrow we head to the Power Chamber and visit Alpha and William?”

“Sounds good,” Jeff said, quietly. “Haven’t seen them in a while.”

“Great,” Ariel whispered, keeping it down since she could hear Deyanna moving around. She then heard a door close. She looked at Jeff. “Your little sister must have went to bed. Maybe you should go tuck her in.”

Jeff nodded. “Yeah, I’ll be right back.”




Venena sat in her throne, her eyes closed, a black hood pulled over her head. She’d spent the past hour in deep thought. “Time after time I’ve failed to defeat the Jungle Rangers. Time after time, I’ve planted a seed… a seed of my dream only to have it dried out in the sunlight. Time after time, I’ve ran with my tail between my legs… and accepted defeat. Time. After. Time. I’ve let Toxx walk all over me. I’ve put my dream… my NIGHTMARE aside and what has it earned me? Has it paid off? No!”

She opened her eyes, shooting an optic blast of energy at the wall, leaving a large black mark in it.

“So when you want things done right, you have to do it yourself.” Venena rose from her throne, not wasting any time. She narrowed her eyes and instantly, in a spectrum of an assortment of colors, a legion of Mechaclones surrounded her. Venena’s staff materialized in her hand and she smirked, her face hidden in the shadow of her hood. “This time, I swear I won’t fail. It’s all or nothing. Get big… or die.”




Jeff smiled as Deyanna fell asleep, the nursery-rhyme book still open next to her on the “Humpty Dumpty” page. He pulled the covers over his little sister’s body and made his way down the hall, into his own room, where Ariel had pulled a pillow under her head and was watching a program on the Disney Channel, presumably because not much else was on at this time of night that caught her interest.

“I take it you claim my bed tonight… again,” Jeff said as he threw a pillow at Ariel.

Ariel laughed as the pillow hit her and threw it back. “Duh. It’s comfortable. You should see the rags and springs that I sleep on. Meanie.”

Jeff shrugged, yawning. “Whatever, whatever. We have work tomorrow, so get some sleep.” Jeff still had a hint of sadness from his face from the earlier conversation about Winston.

Ariel smiled faintly and sat up, as if reading his mind. “Sorry, Jeff. I shouldn’t have brought it up.” She sighed and pulled him into another loose hug. She felt so bad for him. She angled her head slightly and kissed his cheek. She would have said something else, but she felt that keeping him in a hug was the best she could do at the moment.

“Goodnight,” Jeff said. He walked towards the chair by the window, but instantly froze as he saw a large explosion come from the ground. His heart sank and his jaw dropped. The explosion was multi-colored… blue, green, and purple. It was not any ordinary explosion. That sort of power could only come from one place. Jeff turned towards Ariel, however she was already pulling her shoes on, not saying a word. Jeff smiled a bit. “Finally some action.”




“Unbelievable,” William said, suddenly jumping to his feet as the alarm in the Power Chamber went off. He, however, wasn’t as excited for combat as Jeff and Ariel were. He ran towards the monitors, watching as Mechaclones--- more than usual, probably about thirty of them--- attacked the downtown district of Angel Grove. He groaned and switched on the WC alarms. “Jeff, Ariel---.”

“---Already on it,” Ariel’s voice rang in. “We should approach the area in about thirty seconds.”

“Be careful,” William said. “I’ll contact Nick and Stephanie.”

William shut off the communications and turned towards Alpha 5, who waddled out of a back room, his visor lighting up a bit. “That energy reading suggests that it’s Venena. She’s launched an attack?”

“I guess after two and a half months of sitting around and waiting, she figured now would be a good time to strike,” Alpha said. He tilted his head to the side, looking at William. “Do you think the Rangers are ready for this? They have been secluded from Venena’s forces for some time now. Perhaps they forgot what they are up against?”

“Not my Rangers,” William muttered as he contacted Nick and Stephanie.




Ariel and Jeff slid to a stop in the mud-gilded street when they saw Venena’s back turned to them, watching as three Mechaclones terrorized a taxi driver. The back of the cap was blasted. Jeff cleared his throat rather loudly.

Venena arched an eyebrow in interest and turned over her shoulder, looking at the two. “I shouldn’t be surprised to see you two here, although, quite frankly I am.” Her staff gleamed in the collaboration of fire and moonlight. “So the Jungle Rangers reunite?”

“Reunite?” Jeff repeated. “We never went anywhere. Let’s just get this over with.” He smirked. “This shouldn’t take long.”

Venena pointed her staff at Ariel and Jeff. “Attack!” On cue, the Mechaclones charged at Jeff and Ariel.

Ariel ducked under a bladed punch from a Mechaclone, grabbing its arm before it could cause any sort of damage. With a defiant “hiyah!” she delivered a sharp kick to its midsection and tossed it into a fellow grunt. Not to her surprise, this resulted in one of her assailants lifting up a bladed hand, shooting a plasma blast in Ariel’s direction. Ariel gasped and ran out of the way, rolling across the asphalt on her shoulder. She hopped to her feet and kneed a Mechaclone in the chest, driving her forearm into the back of its neck. As she restrained another one before it could attack, twisting its metallic arm behind its back she flashed Jeff a smile. “We haven’t missed a beat.”

“Got that right,” Jeff agreed, enjoying this battle a bit more than he should have been. His smile faded when a blade slashed through his shirt and cut through some of the flesh in his back, instantly causing a stinging sensation to travel through his spine. He fell to his knees and groaned in pain, however still remaining alert, he ducked his head as a plasma blast was shot his way. He jumped to his feet and kicked a Mechaclone in the chest, knocking him against the wall of a building. Jeff grabbed its legs and dropped it into his spine.

Venena folded her arms. “Oh… this is intriguing…” She still kept her staff ready in her clenched fist, looking for an opening. She was not taking any chances with the Rangers. None whatsoever.

Jeff kicked a Mechaclone’s arm away before it could fire a plasma blast in Ariel’s direction. The misfire caused it to shoot a blast into one of its own partners. In a mix of smoke and sparks, it was hurled through the air and into a row of trash cans. Jeff held the Mechaclone in place while Ariel jumped through the air and kicked it in the head. Its robotic head snapped violently to the side, causing its body to twitch, sparks shooting from his neck. It finally lost all power and fell motionless to the ground.

“You think you can take all of them?!” Venena demanded as she watched Jeff and Ariel fall to the ground, suffering a blast from two Mechaclones. “You’re outnumbered, Rangers. You should have quit while you had the chance. I thought you would have gotten the message. Now it’s too late for you to run. You couldn’t accept destiny… Now I choose your fate for you.”

Ariel closed her eyes and Jeff watched in a mix of horror and frustration as Venena walked towards them, energy seeming to drip from the blade of her staff. She rose it over her head, looking from Jeff to Ariel, deciding who to destroy first.

Suddenly, a powerful “HAAAAAH!” followed by a kick to Venena’s blade broke through the silence. Venena was forced to recoil her hand in pain as two shadows dropped from the air. Once again, although she shouldn’t have been, she was surprised to see Nick and Stephanie standing in front of her, separating the armed Venena from their friends. Nick was carrying a dagger of his own. He now sported a longer hair-do, black hair falling over his eyes. He breathed heavily as he stared at Venena.

“I should have known,” Venena muttered, venom running through her voice. She wriggled her fingers a bit in intervals, trying to get the pain out of her wrist and hand.

“Yeah, you should have,” Nick said. He threw a kick at Venena, but it was blocked by her staff. She swung the blade at his head. Nick raised his dagger. He used it with such swiftness and precision, it easily blocked the staff blade. Nick kicked Venena in the stomach and knocked her backwards. Venena grunted and kicked Nick’s legs out from under him. She drove the blade towards his skull once more, but Nick moved his head a few inches to the left and kicked up ahead of him. The sole of his sneaker caught Venena’s arm. Venena was thrown a few inches into the air and slid backwards, landing on her knees. Nick hopped up to his feet and ran at Venena, driving his knee into her jaw. Venena’s head snapped backwards and she fell on the ground, but was quick about shooting a blast from the tip of her blade and hitting Nick in the chest. Nick cried out and fell backwards. He turned towards the others. “You guys get the Mechaclones! I’ll handle Venena.”

“Got it,” Ariel said with a nod.

Jeff turned to Stephanie. “You’ll have no idea how glad we are to see you again. This could have ended… a number of ways.”

“Psh. You’d be lost without me,” Stephanie said, sarcastically, rolling her eyes. She then ran ahead of them towards a group of Mechaclones. “I haven’t done this in a while, so let’s see how it goes.” Stephanie held up her hand and it instantly began to glow a bright purple color, making her veins more pronounced. She formed a circle with her hand, creating an Invisi-Portal. The three Mechaclones than were charging at her ran straight into the portal. Stephanie turned her head to the left, her eyes taking a violet color at this point. The three Mechaclones that had vanished into the portal fell at least sixty feet through the air from another portal, landing roughly on the ground, perishing in an explosion.

Ariel ran towards a wall, performing an impressive back-flip over the heads of two Mechaclones. She grabbed both of them by the necks, driving them into the ground as well. Ariel elbowed another Mechaclone in the solar plexus before it could reach her and Snapmared it, twisting its robotic head. Ariel caught her balance and took a few steps backwards. She was exhausted, but she couldn’t show that. The last Mechaclone in range held its blade up and charged at Ariel, shooting plasma blasts in her direction. Ariel covered her head as she ran through the explosions which sent rubble flying onto her. She jumped into the air and delivered a sharp kick to the Mechaclone’s hand, knocking the blade through the air. The Mechaclone looked at Ariel in shock. She twisted and kicked it in the stomach, forcing it to hunch over. Ariel rolled over the Mechaclone’s back and kicked another one in its head before turning to the previous Mechaclone and arching her foot to kick it in the back, knocking it to the ground.

“These guys really get old after a while!” Jeff cried hoarsely as he was kicked in the stomach. Two Mechaclones grabbed each of his arms, however Jeff pulled them towards each other, stepping backwards as they knocked heads. Jeff flipped both of them onto their backs, using the momentum that propelled him forward to launch himself through the air, off of the shoulders of another Mechaclone and flipping onto the shoulders of yet another. He used his legs as scissors to flip his body backwards, also flipping the Mechaclone by the neck and knocking him into the grunt that Jeff had used to jump off of. Both of them tumbled to the ground in a shower of sparks. Jeff turned to the final Mechaclone.

“…For old times sake?” Ariel suggested to Jeff.

Jeff smirked. “You read my mind.”

Ariel lowered herself onto one knee and cupped her hands. Jeff ran towards Ariel and placed her foot in his hands. Ariel rose to her feet, throwing her hands over her head. Jeff twisted through the air and landed on top of the Mechaclone at a rapid speed, knocking the Mechaclone to the ground, inevitably disabling it. Jeff rose to his feet and smiled.

“Like I said,” Ariel said, putting an arm around Jeff’s and Stephanie’s shoulders. “Hah. The trio back in action, hmm? We haven’t missed a beat.” Her eyes then widened as she suddenly remembered, “Nick!”

Nick was forced against the wall of a building, blood visible on his forehead. His knife fell from his hands as Venena drove a knee into his gut. Venena pressed the tip of her blade to Nick’s throat, not shy about pulling out the classic cliché. “Any last words?”

“Yeah,” Nick replied. “Never leave your torso unprotected.”

Nick stepped on the butt of his blade and kicked it straight up. The blade entered Venena’s abdomen. Venena lowered her staff and staggered back in pain. She pulled Nick’s dagger out of her body and slammed it to the ground. She pressed a hand over her wound and snarled. She looked as if she wanted to say something, but didn’t. Venena simply vanished in a flash of light.

“YEAH!” the others cheered as they ran over to Nick. Stephanie embraced Nick in a hug as Ariel quickly took a cloth of some sort from her pocket and dabbed it over the cut on Nick’s forehead cut.

“Are you alright, man?” Jeff asked, although smiling. He was happy that they’d managed to defeat the Mechaclones and Venena, although a bit worried that Nick may have been hurt.

“I’m fine,” Nick responded. He bit his lip as he heard sirens approaching the area. He gently pushed Ariel’s cloth away and began to move away from the lights. “But I hear the cops comin’ so we should go… Like now.”

“Oh no, not them crazy po-po!” Jeff shrieked.




The rest of the day seemed to run smoothly. Jeff had sent Deyanna to the daycare while he and Ariel went to work. Nick took his usual spot at one of the tables, conversing with them between breaks. No one else was in Penny’s Pizza Parlor other than the three of them, and Jodi who knew their history as the Jungle Rangers, so they were free to talk.

“So does Venena still have the Blue Striker Orb?” Jodi asked as she wiped a counter down with a wet rag. “I haven’t heard much about her using it…” She frowned. She needed to get that orb back, no matter what.

“We can only assume so,” Jeff said as he hopped onto the counter.

Jodi playfully threw a rag at him. “Ho. I just cleaned that!”

“That sucks,” Jeff said as he leaned down towards Jodi.

Nick and Ariel, disgusted, turned their heads, not in the mood to see Jeff and Jodi’s romance. Nick leaned towards Ariel, whispering something. “Those two are so gross sometimes.”

”Agreed,” Ariel muttered. She groaned as Jeff and Jodi’s lips met once again and then her expression turned serious as she turned her attention to Nick. “So where did you learn those moves from this morning? We haven’t seen you around in a while. You completely took out Venena.”

Nick shrugged and took a sip of Pepsi. “Just something I picked up.”

Ariel frowned at the Pepsi that Nick was drinking. “Did you even pay for that?”

Nick ignored her last question. “My half-brother was in Japan for a few years, learning to fight there. I’ve spent the last two months training with him at home. That’s why I haven’t had much free time lately.” He stirred the straw in his soda, subconsciously. “My family’s always had high expectations, I guess. My mom was a fashion designer, my father’s a war veteran, one of my brothers is touring in a band, and the other has his own brand of toast out, which is incredibly popular in New Zealand.”

“How do you have your own brand of toast?” Ariel asked.

“...I don’t know.” Nick blinked. “Anyway, what have you and Jeff been up to?”

Ariel gestured around the restaurant. “A whole bunch of nothing, really. Oscar, our boss is on a six-week vacation to Spain, so he left Aaron in charge.”

“Aaron, the gay guy?” Nick asked.

Ariel just rolled her eyes. “Yeah, but we are really going to have to think hard about this whole Ranger thing. We’ve all been out of action for a while, Ranger-wise. Toxx and Venena could have been out getting as strong as ever for all we know. We can’t afford to underestimate them. Especially now that they have the Gold Ranger with them, that’s a major loss of power on our part. Who knows what they could be doing to Winston?” While uttering these last few sentences, she made sure that her voice was kept down, as to not upset Jeff anymore than he could have been.

“Let’s not dwell on that,” Nick said, rubbing his eyes a bit. “Out of all the times to fight, they had to pick 1:00 in the morning.” He yawned and leaned back in his chair. He then let his eyes drift across the table and towards Ariel. “You know… since V&T stopped attacking, have you tried using your powers?”

Ariel narrowed her eyes. “No. Have you?”

Nick, once again, did not reply to Ariel. Instead, he shifted in his chair, resting his arms lazily on the top of it. He sighed. “Yeah, we have a lot of things to cover.”




“What are we going to do with the boy?” Reptilla asked Toxx with interest. “He’s been sitting around here like a zombie for months and you haven’t even attempted to destroy him. Remember last time you used him to ‘destroy’ the Jungle Rangers? He failed. You have one of them right now. He’s arguably the strongest one on their team. Why can’t we just strike him dead now?!”

“You will calm down,” Toxx said, angrily to Reptilla. He turned his attention to Winston who was staring at them emotionlessly, trapped in a cage made of some sort of energy. He looked at Reptilla out of the corner of his eyes. “He can’t hear you. He is living in an alternate reality right now. However, indeed I do have plans for him. He WILL destroy the Rangers. And once he does, I will take the Golden Gem powers for myself. Reptilla, I think there’s something that you fail to understand.”

“Oh, what is there to understand?” Reptilla demanded. “You’re taking your precious time once again and this is how the Power Rangers always manage to slip out of our grasp. We continue to fail to destroy them because we get cocky when we have them at our fingertips. You saw Venena and the Red Ranger earlier. She had him right where she wanted him, but she decided to trash talk a little bit more and it resulted in her getting stabbed. Nearly gutted, that is. Now you have the most valuable Ranger on their team right here and you’re having second thoughts about destroying him? I don’t see the logic! I don’t see it, Toxx!”

“First of all, I don’t have second thoughts about destroying him right here and now because I never had FIRST ones!” Toxx hissed. “You wonder why we haven’t attacked lately. I’ve been slowly giving him my energy. Slowly, but surely, I’ve been making him stronger.”

“You could have fooled me,” Reptilla said, folding her arms. “He’s as lifeless as ever.”

“I already explained that to you,” Toxx said. He cleared his throat. “Once the Gold Ranger has become at least three times as powerful as he was before, he will take down the Jungle Strikers one by one. They will fall. One. By. One. Once they’re gone, I will fulfill my plan of using his power to find the Striker Orbs that are scattered across the Earth and I will eliminate him from the equation.”

“For so long you’ve been giving him energy,” Reptilla pointed out. “Yet, you don’t think it’s time for him to attack?”

“No,” Toxx replied, simply. “I’m not taking any chances.” He sat down in his chair. “Undoubtedly, Venena will send a monster down to Earth to destroy the Rangers. Once that inevitably fails, then the ball will be in our court. The Battle Fury Megazord is near completion and we’re not going to let a thing stand in our way. This is going to be perfect. We’ll let the Rangers get confident and think they won. That’s when they’ll be at their weakest. We’ll attack them from the inside with the Gold Ranger. The first to fall will be the Yellow and Black Rangers since they were the ones he was closest to.”

“So what are we going to do for now?” Reptilla asked.

Toxx remained silent for a moment. “We’re going to watch your sister get thrown about like a rag doll.”




“Are you sure you don’t need some help, my queen?” Zen asked as he examined the wound on Venena once again.

“Get away from me, I’m positive,” Venena said, raising her knee as a threat to kick Zen. “Now I want you to make me a monster, Zen. I need it immediately. I’ll destroy those Rangers if it’s the last thing I do. I don’t even care about the circumstances anymore. I want them dead!’

Zen raised an eyebrow. “Did you have any monster particular in mind?”

“Brute force,” Venena said. “Something that will plow them down on contact… And I want it to go straight to their Command Center to collect the Golden Gem fragments.”

”The Command Center?” Zen repeated. “That may not be the wisest decision. They’re a bit--.”

“—-JUST DO IT!” Venena snapped.




Stephanie was in the Hawkzord, although in civilian form. She looked over the mountaintops, a pleasant smile on her face as she saw the view. It was beautiful, but she was not here to enjoy the scenery. She radioed Alpha from the Zord microphone once again. “Alpha, what am I looking for again?”

“A 7.4 energy reading, exactly,” Alpha said. “We’ve been lead to believe that the White Beast Striker Orb may be in the Turtle Cove area.”

“Okay, I’ll do my best,” Stephanie said. She switched off the radio and swooped down a bit towards one of the more luxuriant mountains. Stephanie perked an eyebrow in interest as the energy reading arched a bit. It widely surpassed the 7.4 reading that she’d been told to keep an eye on.

Curiously, Stephanie kept a steady descent until the neodymium talons of the Hawkzord touched the ground. She slipped off the secure belts that were strapped around her and hopped out of the cockpit, landing on the grass. She reached into her back pocket, pulling out the portable EAR (Energy Activity Reader) that William had created. Stephanie wiped sweat off of her forehead with the back of her forehead and looked at the reading again, switching her position to make sure that nothing was wrong. No… It was accurate.

Stephanie put her Wrist Communicator to her lips and talked to Alpha. “Hey, Alpha, this reading is at about a 9.5. Are you sure that there’s nothing wrong with the EAR?”

”It’s been being tested for a while. The chances of it being off are about a 0.2% at most.”

Stephanie nodded, biting her lip. “Okay. I’m going to investigate. This reading is by far the biggest I’ve ever seen.”

“Very well, Stephanie,” Alpha replied. “Be careful. Something of that magnitude can be either really good or really bad.”

“I’ll be careful.” Stephanie lowered her arm and looked at the EAR again. She followed the trace of energy. It seemed to go straight down the mountain and into the lake. Stephanie tilted her head to the side, admiring the lake for a moment before walking towards it, although cautiously.




“Holy crap,” Ariel said with a laugh as she walked into the Power Chamber. She looked around at how much it had changed. It no longer looked like much of a Command Center, but more like a hotel lobby. Hardwood floors greeted them as they stepped inside and couches were lined up in the center of the room. Although the section with the machinery and computers remained secluded and as “dull” as ever, William seemed pleasant with the change.

“What-—when—-how did you guys do this?!” Jeff asked, clapping his hands together as he flopped down on one of the leather couches. “This is amazing. I didn’t even know you had this in you.”

“We felt it was time for a little change,” William said as he gestured towards a large plasma TV. “Since we’re here all day, why don’t we have a little luxury, hmm? I personally got bored of looking around at the colored tubes and the computers all day, with the single couch that stuck out like a sore thumb.”

Nick crossed his arms, a bit unimpressed. “Yeah, this is all very nice, but don’t you guys think that you should separate luxury from work? This could cause a bit of a distraction now that Venena is back.”

“Lighten up, Nick,” Ariel said as she joined Jeff on the couch. “We can enjoy all of this. Venena’s not attacking right NOW is she?”

An explosion slightly shook the chamber. Jeff and Ariel exchanged worried glasses.

Nick just raised an eyebrow and shot them an “I-told-you-so” look before running towards the stairs.




Another explosion, more of an optic blast shot towards the three Rangers as they ran outside. Jeff and Ariel cried out as they flew through the air and their backs connected with the wall of the Command Center before they fell to the ground; however Nick braced himself for the attack, shielding his head and lowering to one knee before charging forward at the attacker. He slid to a stop once he saw the attacker, who resembled a feline, holding a sword at his chest.



“Not so fast… hmmm,” she purred as she quickly put her sword to her side. “You three are the great Jungle Strike Rangers that my queen has been warning me about? Ha. You’re simply children.” She nodded her head to the side. “Move out of my way. I have a simple mission. There’s no need for anyone to be hurt here.”
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“Oh, I think there’s a great need,” Jeff said as he rose to his feet. “And we’re not just kids. We’ve taken everything that Venena has thrown at us and we’ve knocked it out of the park. I don’t see why you should be any different.”

“My name is Bruta,” the monster said, bowing slightly. “I fight with honor… I fight with brute force… I do have compassion for other warriors. I will not take it easy on you just because you’re kids, if that’s what you are anticipating.”

“We don’t expect you to,” Ariel said, climbing to her feet as well. “It’s you who should worry about us taking it easy on you.” She looked from side to side at her friends. “…We’re a little rusty.”

“But we still got it,” Nick finished. He rose his Morpher up, and with a bit of a smiled, shouted, “READY?!”

“Ready!” Jeff and Ariel cried in unison.

Nick inserted the key into the Morpher and twisted. “Jungle Strike…”

“…Power Up!”

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Bruta wasted no time, debuting a battle cry and running at the three Rangers, swiping each of them with her sword. Ariel was taken down first, followed by Nick. She thrust the tip of the sword towards Jeff’s chest. Jeff was quick to cartwheel out of the way and run up the wall of the Command Center. At about four feet in the air, he twisted and delivered a kick towards Bruta’s head but she knocked his leg away with the slash of her sword. Jeff spun to the ground, landing roughly on his feet. He swung a punch at Bruta, but it was sidestepped and he took a slash to the stomach. As Jeff hit the ground, Nick jumped over him and grabbed Bruta by the shoulders. He tucked his legs under her arms and rolled backwards, flipping her over his head and towards Ariel, who was waiting with her arms at her sides.

“Silverback Daggers!” Ariel summoned. Her two daggers appeared in her hands in a flash of brilliant yellow light. She jumped into the air, slashing at Bruta halfway, but Bruta managed to block the daggers with her sword. She hit the ground at the same time as Ariel and twisted around. Bruta shot a blast from the tip of her sword, hitting Ariel in the chest. Ariel fell to the ground.

“Panther Blasters!” Jeff called.

“KJ Blade!” Nick cried, following suit.

Jeff held his two lasers at his side as Nick brandished his long sword. They stood on either side of Bruta. Bruta just turned to the two of them, having no apparent fear in her eyes. Jeff fired two silver laser blasts from the barrels of the Panther Blasters, but they were blocked swiftly by Bruta’s sword and sent back at him. Although the shots landed a few inches in front of Jeff, the impact was enough to cause him to lose his footing and fall onto his back, less than gracefully.

Nick slammed the tip of his sword into the ground, shooting a red fireball in Bruta’s direction. Bruta was hit by the fireball, hard in her midsection, but it barely seemed to faze her. She charged at Nick and leapt through the air. She seemed to hover a bit as she swirled around, shooting red optic blasts onto the ground. One of the beams hit Nick’s sword. Nick grunted as he was forced back from the impact. He jumped into the air and swung his sword at Bruta, but yet again, she was able to block his shot with her own sword. She kicked Nick in the sternum. Nick let out an “OOF!” of pain as he was elbowed in the neck and fell through the air, landing on the ground, roughly although on his feet.

“You really are pests,” Bruta said with a frown. “Oh well. I guess I should keep you busy, hmm? It would be rude to leave you unattended.”

Bruta tossed what seemed like a wad of clay through the air. It landed a few feet from Jeff’s face. Jeff opened his visor to get a better look at what it was. Instantly, the clay began to expand and grow into nine large shapes.

“Putties,” Jeff and Ariel groaned in unison.

Bruta knocked Nick to the ground with another optic blast before running towards the Power Chamber.




Stephanie pulled her hair into a ponytail as she walked into a dark cave. She pulled the top of her shirt up to wipe some sweat off of her face once again. It was scorching in Turtle Cove. The chances were that it was around a hundred degrees. She hoped that it would be a bit cooler in the cave, which the EAR lead her to. Stephanie glanced outside for a bit. She seemed a bit confused when she saw that the cave seemed to descent underground and travel along under the surface of the lake.

“…Let’s get this over with,” Stephanie whispered to herself before walking further into the cave, never taking her eyes off of the EAR. She trudged along the dirt path that leads further into darkness, which she should have expected since there were obviously no lights in the cave. Subconsciously running her free hand along her ponytail, smoothing her hair out, she continued to look at the EAR. A large red dot blinking in front of the path that she was following indicated that she was not far from her target.

The sound of fluttering wings in the calm silence of the cave startled Stephanie. She nearly dropped the device as she scrambled behind a rock. However when a couple of bats fluttered overhead, flying towards the opening of the cave since the sun had begun to set, Stephanie scolded herself for allowing herself to be scared. She shook her head and continued her trek.




“Panther Blasters, Machine Mode,” Jeff muttered as he quickly combined the Panther Blasters to form a slightly larger, but much more powerful laser in the form of a machine gun. He used this to block a punch from a Putty and deliver a high kick to its head, knocking it to the ground. Jeff ran towards another one, firing blast after blast at it, eventually pinning it to the wall of the Command Center before it crumbled to the ground.

Ariel grunted as she drove her two Silverback Daggers into the heart of one of the Putties and tossed it over her shoulders. She was frustrated by the constant interference by the foot soldiers. She twisted around and was promptly kicked in the back by one of the Putties. She was surprised to see Jeff get taken down as well by a stiff punch to his chest. Jeff crashed into Ariel and the two bounced away from each other, falling to the ground.

Nick watched as he friends were knocked down and tried his best to get two them. He was able to decapitate one of the Putties with a powerful swing of his powered-up sword to its neck. The Putty’s limp body fell to the ground, but four others grabbed each of Nick’s limbs. Nick cried out with a surprised “WOAH!” as he was heaved towards his friends, launched through the air. His body bounced off of the cement and he rolled onto his back, dazed.

“We need a better plan,” Nick said, using his sword to prop himself up onto one elbow.

“No kidding, Captain Obvious.” Ariel was a bit apologetic for saying this, since she was only frustrated; however she was not in the mood for an attack by Putties.

Meanwhile, Bruta was slashing furiously at the doors of the Power Chamber. Inside, Alpha was in panic. He turned to William. “You remembered to put the Power Diamond security system back on after we checked for bugs, correct?”

William sighed. “Um… it was definitely on my to-do list.”

“AAAH!” Alpha squealed.

Bruta pried open the door just enough to slip into with a mix of optic blasts and shots from her sword. Alpha had already ran into a safe-room of sorts and locked the door behind him in panic. William looked around for something to possibly fight with or maybe a hiding place as well.

“You… stay back!” William said, picking his pen up and waving it threateningly.

Bruta simply laughed, shrugging her shoulders a bit. “I came here to retrieve the fragments of the Golden Gem. My queen wishes to piece them back together. You’re a human… You have no clue what to do with such power.” She swung her sword, tearing into the arm of one of the couches. She then flicked a chunk of flaming cotton towards William. William moved out of the way as the flaming cotton balls eventually fizzled into smoke and black, charred lumps on the ground.

“H-h-haven’t you heart that t-the p-pen is m-m-mightier than the s-sword?” William stammered. He was trying to reach deep down and be brave, but he found it do at this particular moment.

“Is that a challenge?” Bruta demanded. She hissed and jumped into the air, landing just a foot from William. She raised her sword above her head, preparing to bring it down on William, however the sword was grabbed from behind. Bruta looked over her shoulder in curiosity.

Lance was holding the sword in his hands and smirking. “Hope I’m not late.” He pushed Bruta to the side and grabbed his Morpher. “SPD Emergency!”

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“Venena’s monster seems to be doing quite well for itself,” Morador announced as he walked into the lair which Reptilla and Toxx were sitting in. They were watching the battle between the Rangers and the Putties on a monitor. Morador politely bowed before Toxx before sitting next to Reptilla. Morador was casually polishing his sword, but he stole a quick glance at Winston who was still lying motionlessly in the cage. He turned to Toxx. “Does he have enough energy to attack yet?”

“Not quite yet,” Toxx said, never taking his eyes off of the monitor. “However, he will have enough energy soon. Hmm. It looks like you’re right, Morador. Bruta is holding her own against the Rangers, but like I said: she will inevitably fail just like every other mediocre warrior that Venena has and will thrown out there.”

“How can you be sure?” Morador asked, now turning his attention to the monitor as well.

“She doesn’t put enough thought into her plan of attack,” Toxx said. “I take the time to think of plans to make my ideas work. I put energy and time into my creations. Venena just hopes for the best and curses others when her plans fail. That is not the way. She’s been stalling to catch the Rangers off-guard. I hate to admit it, but the Rangers will not let their guard down, despite my earlier protests.” Toxx sighed a bit and seemed to look thoughtful. “I have not been stalling. I’ve spent every single waking moment of my life working and I will not fail like she has.”

Reptilla turned to Toxx. “What if the Rangers destroy Venena during all of this?”

Toxx shrugged. “Venena is a pawn. I’m a king. You’d be wise to remember that much.”

Reptilla turned back to the monitor and lowered her head. What Toxx said was true, but she wasn’t exactly excited about watching the destruction of her sister, no matter how much they disagreed. Reptilla stifled a sigh and substituted it for a fake yawn.

“The Gem Ranger is near the---,” Morador started.

Toxx cut him off. “I know she is. Go stop her immediately! We cannot allow her to find them. We’ve hidden them in Turtle Cove for a reason.”

“Very well,” Morador said. He rose to his feet and once again exited the lair.




“Here it is!” Stephanie whispered to herself excitedly as the EAR lead her to a large dirt pit. She reached into a pocket of her cargo pants for a flashlight, shining it upon the interior of the pit. A series of footholds lead her down towards the ground which was about a fifteen foot drop. Stephanie held the flashlight between her teeth, not happy at all about the dirt that she would soon find on her hands. Stephanie lowered her feet into one of the holes of the pit and began a descent.

Stephanie had made it about five feet into the cave with the footholds before she began to lose her balance. Stephanie gasped as she slid down a bit, but steadily dug her fingers into another one of the holds. She groaned as mud splashed onto her arms and her pants. Shaking her head again, she finally climbed the rest of the way down, landing on the surprisingly solid ground. Taking the flashlight out of the ground, she shined it around the walls of the cave.

Another few bats flew away as the light hit them and out of view and earshot. Stephanie bit her lip as she saw a silver box at the far end of the tunnel. She looked at the EAR and back at the box. Yes, this was definitely it. Stephanie placed the EAR in a pocket of her pants, along with her flashlight and cautiously made her way to the box.

“STOP RIGHT THERE!”

Stephanie gasped and turned around as a black streak stopped in front of her. There was enough light coming from the overhead tunnels to see that it was Morador. Morador shot a few blasts at the cave, creating some flames overhead. This was mainly so he could see around the cave himself.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Stephanie demanded as she took a step back.

“Making sure you don’t get your hands on that briefcase,” Morador said, venomously. “Now I’ll give you a chance to run away.”

“I don’t think so,” Stephanie said. She pulled her Morpher towards her. “Jungle Strike---.”

Morador swung the sword at Stephanie’s wrist. She gasped as the Morpher was knocked from her wrist and through the air. It landed in one of the footholds of the cave wall. Stephanie held her wrist in pain and then looked at Morador.

“Morador… is taken from the German word ‘Mordor’,” Morador said as he walked closer to Stephanie, backing her closer towards the briefcase. “It is the word that the Americans know as ‘murderer’. Interesting fun fact, is it not?”

Stephanie didn’t reply. She glanced out of the corner of her eye towards the briefcase and then back at Morador. “What’s inside of it?”

“Wouldn’t you like to know?” Morador taunted. He swung the sword at Stephanie’s head with a battle cry. Stephanie ducked under the sword and made a dash towards the briefcase, but Morador grabbed her by the back of her shirt and threw her through the air. Stephanie hit the wall and the back of her head thudded against it. She fell to her knees and groaned in pain. Her vision blurred for a moment, but she was stable enough to see another sword shot come towards her face.

With a shriek, Stephanie was able to scramble out of the way and the sword hit the wall with enough power to slightly shake the cave. A few pebbles rained down on Stephanie and Morador before Stephanie saw that Morador was the only thing standing between her and the briefcase. Her Morpher was too far away to grab at this point as well. Morador was not about to let her get to it anytime soon.

“I hate you so much,” Stephanie said as she clenched her hands into fists.

“I know,” Morador replied. “HAH!” He shot a silver blast from the palm of his hand at Stephanie. Stephanie was hit in the stomach. The blast wasn’t lethal, but it was enough to force her onto her back. Stephanie coughed up a wad of saliva. Hot tears burned in her eyes as she tried to pull herself onto her feet. She gazed ahead at Morador. Morador was making his way towards the briefcase.

“No!” Stephanie cried. She hopped to her feet and half-ran, half-limped towards Morador. She jumped onto his back and began choking him with everything she had. Morador grunted and choked. He spun around until Stephanie’s hold loosened and reached over his head with one hand, grabbing her by the hair. He swung over his head and onto her back in front of him. Stephanie arched her spine and cried out in agony. Morador then proceeded to deliver an unremorseful and unforgiving punt to her ribs. Stephanie screamed out in a mix of pain and pure hatred towards her assailant, Morador.




“Alright, I’m really sick of these guys,” Nick said as he kicked a Putty away from him. “I say it’s Tri Striker Time.”

“Good idea,” Jeff agreed.

The three of them put their weapons together. Ariel’s daggers faced each other while Jeff’s panther blasters sat atop the rear of the Silverback Daggers. Nick laid his sword on top and each of them held onto him, anticipating the recoil of the blast. The five remaining Putties seemed to dance around, unsurely. With a unanimous decision, they then charged the Rangers.

“FIRE!” Ariel cried.

The swirling color blast flew through the air and wrapped around the Putties like a rope. The three Rangers wisely turned around to avoid the bright explosion that ensued, sending chunks of clay all over them. Pulling their weapons apart, Nick turned to Jeff and Ariel. “Now let’s go stop Bruta before crap gets out of hand…”

The three Rangers charged around the Command Center and each gasped when they saw the open door of the Power Chamber. Nick nodded to the others and they ran inside.

“Hey… it’s Lance,” Jeff said excitedly as he saw Lance toss Bruta through the air and onto the ground in front of them.

Lance smirked and nodded to the others. “Hope I didn’t miss too much, eh?” Lance reached into his holster pulling out the Delta Scythe. He swung it at Bruta while she was still on her knees, knocking her backwards. Bruta got to her feet but another slash from the scythe knocked her staggering back and clear out of the Power Chamber.

“Now take that fight outside where it belongs,” William muttered, closing the doors once everyone exited. He sighed. “…I really need to get that security system back on.” Before doing so, he shrieked, seeing the condition of one of the couches. He ran over, attempting to salvage it.




Bruta rolled down the hill that lead up to the Power Chamber. She looked up at the four Rangers and shook her head. “You’re all fools if you think that this is the end.” Bruta swung her sword through the air, shooting a red plasma blast at them. An explosion destroyed a chunk of the hill and sent them flying through the air and onto the ground.

“Psh. It never ends,” Ariel said with a groan. “It’s time to try something new. Silverback Daggers, double-edged blade mode!” She put the two rears of her daggers together, quickly pulling them apart again, only to have a silver pole holding the two daggers together at this point. She charged at Bruta with her blade and swung at her. Bruta hissed and extended claws from her hand, swiping the blade away. She then kicked Ariel in the chest, knocking her backwards. Ariel jumped through the air and twisted, catching Bruta in the abdomen with a tip of her blade. Bruta cried out in pain again.

“Are you ready to give up now?” Nick demanded as he placed the sword on his shoulder, casually.

“Not now… Not ever,” Bruta responded. She held her sword above her head before pointing at the Rangers again. A green flame shot from the ground and surrounded the Rangers, closing in on them and causing combustion. With another powerful explosion, the Rangers were scattered about, smoke rising from their suits. Bruta began another ascent up the hill. “I’m on a mission and I vowed to NOT let you kids stand in my way!”




Stephanie tasted blood on her lip. Her scrunchie had been knocked through her hair during the struggle with Morador and her hair was now tangled around her face. Stephanie got to her elbows and knees and watched as Morador made his way towards the silver briefcase which sat ominously at the end of the cave tunnel. He smirked a bit and stood about a foot away from it.

“You’re not going to get away with this,” Stephanie said, lowering her head. Inside, she’d lost all hope. She knew that there was no possible way that she could defeat Morador unmorphed.

Morador looked at Stephanie, almost apologetically, as strange as that seemed. “The sad thing is; you know very well that I am. I always get away with it. I’m Morador. Without your powers, you have no hope. You’re not going to get this briefcase back. You’re not going to get your friend, Winston back. Darkness will rein supreme and all good will fall. It’s almost a sorry sight. You’re crawling, scratching, and scraping to live an already-dead dream. You’re fighting to live something that’s been dead for some time now. I think that I should do the nice thing and end your fight here.”

Morador walked away from the briefcase in a moment of over-confidence and raised his sword above his head to bring it down over Stephanie. Stephanie however thrust herself forward, between Morador’s legs, and behind him. Morador whipped around in shock. Stephanie snatched Morador’s sword out of his hands. With all of her might she swung it at him. The sword connected with Morador’s chest. Morador wailed out in pain as sparks flew from his stone body and he fell to one knee. With another grunt of defiance, Stephanie twisted and slammed Morador’s sword into the side of his head.

Morador’s neck snapped to the side and he fell to the ground, comatose for the time being. Stephanie wasted no time throwing the sword aside and running to the briefcase. She grabbed it from its spot on the ground and ran back to the footholds. She climbed up the cave, quickly, grabbing her Morpher as she did so, sliding it around her wrist, running from the cave.

Morador opened one eye. Everything slowly came into focus. A cry escaped his lips when he realized that Stephanie had escaped with the briefcase. “NOOOOOO!”

By the time Morador had leapt over the wall of footholds and ran out of the twisting and winding cave, all he saw was the fading figure of the Hawkzord as it glided by overhead, flying towards Angel Grove.

Morador kicked the ground in frustration before vanishing in an explosion of sparks, teleporting himself back to Toxx’s lair.




Lance turned to Nick. “If we want to defeat Bruta, we’re going to need a little bit of extra power if you get what I mean.”

“Right,” Nick agreed. “I summon the Red Blood Striker Orb!” He held his hand in the air. Energy swarmed from the sky and into his palm before shortly, the Red Blood Striker Orb materialized.

Lance grabbed it. “SPD, Scorpion Mode!”

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“You think that scares me?!” Bruta demanded. She charged at Lance with her sword drawn once again and delivered a slash to his chest. Although Lance twitched in obvious pain from the blow, he gripped his scythe and slashed Bruta as well. Both Bruta and Lance let out grunts of pain, but Lance pointed the scythe at Bruta, releasing a green static charge from the blade and into Bruta’s abdomen. Bruta took the brunt of the attack and leapt through the air. She threw her sword at Lance. It hit Lance’s stomach and despite the extra power, he placed a hand to the spot he was hit and dropped to one knee.

“Nothing’s gonna get accomplished by sitting around here,” Jeff said to Ariel. The two of them were resting on the sidelines while Nick and Lance were fighting Bruta. Jeff rose to his feet, pulling out his Panther Blasters. “We’re gonna need to work together if we’re going to beat Bruta.”

Ariel opened her mouth to protest, but Jeff charged ahead of her. With a sigh, Ariel grabbed her daggers and followed. Bruta had just taken Nick off of his feet, placing a leg behind both of his and shoving him to the ground with her sword. Jeff swung a kick at the back of her head, but Bruta sensed this and hissed as she ducked under Jeff’s leg. She drew claws from her free hand and slashed at Jeff, however a defiant Jeff blocked her claws with both of his Panther Blasters. He kicked Bruta’s stomach and knocked her backwards. Bruta, with a powerful battle cry shot a green flame from her sword, into Ariel. The Yellow Ranger fell to the ground, defenseless as her daggers slipped out of her grasp.

“Got enough left in you for another Tri Striker?” Nick suggested as he helped pull Ariel to her feet.

“Sounds good,” Ariel said through gasps. She picked up her Silverback Daggers and nodded to Jeff.

Jeff, Ariel, and Nick put their weapons together. Ariel’s daggers faced each other while Jeff’s panther blasters sat atop the rear of the Silverback Daggers. Nick laid his sword on top and each of them held onto him, once again, preparing for the recoil that would surely ensue because of the blast.

“We’ve got to get her to hold still,” Jeff pointed out. Bruta was back on her feet and battling Lance. However, the Tri Striker was already charging. Jeff snapped his head towards Lance. “Lance, get out of there!”

“Don’t worry about me!” Lance yelled. He suffered a knee to the abdomen by Bruta. “I’ll keep her down.”

“If I go down, he goes with me!” Bruta hissed. She drove her claws into Lance’s chest, repeatedly. Lance felt every blow as if they were rusted nails piercing his skin. He felt his muscles tense as Bruta slashed at his neck. Lance however, bear-hugged one of Bruta’s arms to her torso and tried to hold her in place. Bruta hissed once again. “FOOL!”

“Lance, you need to move!” Jeff repeated.

“Just do it, NOW!” Lance grunted. He was struggling to keep Bruta grounded.

“We have no choice,” Nick muttered. “Fire.” He said the word “fire” with absolutely no enthusiasm in his voice. The swirling colors shot from the Tri Striker once again and hit Bruta and Lance. Lance was wise to move as far away as he could once the beam hit, but he still suffered some of the damage as he too was engulfed in the explosion. Lance flew through the air and his back slammed into the outer wall of the Command Center. He groaned and demorphed in a shower of green sparks.

Ariel and Jeff ran to check on Lance while Nick sill held onto the Tri Striker, sighing.




“Some things never change,” Venena murmured under her breath. She extended her staff and opened an Invisi-Portal. She hoisted the crystal ball up in the air before swinging her staff at it like a baseball bat. It entered the Invisi-Portal.




The crystal ball flew out of another portal above the subdued Bruta and released a purple energy onto her. It ran through Bruta’s body. Nick watched as their opponent slowly began to grow until she reached a height of what he could only estimate to be around 300 feet. Bruta stared down at the Rangers and just growled. She r