Battle Defenders

[KamenRanger]

This is an original fanfic I had created, which is inspired by Super Sentai/Power Rangers. After post the first two episodes tonight, I will post one every Saturdays.

1: “Battle Ready, pt. 1”

“I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.”
-Michael Bergin

The city of Crestview Heights is a normally peaceful home for many, with its tall skyscrapers and its beautiful beaches. And at the beginning of the fall season, it’s a day that every teenager dreads: first day of school. The outsides of Crestview North High is busy, as its students are either entering or just hanging around, trying to stretch out their ending summer.

Across the street, a black car is parked, with its driver, a man wearing dark sunglasses and has a laptop on the passenger seat. He presses the side of the glasses, and the lens zoom in on a blond, beautiful girl, as she is walking with some of her friends, as they’re heading toward the school. The man presses couple keystrokes on his laptop and a picture of the same girl appears with text next to the picture.

Subject: Samantha Qualli
DOB: June 16, 1992
POB: Niceville, FL
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Blue
Parents: Jennifer, Paul
Parents’ Marital Status: Married
Brothers: N/A
Sisters: N/A
Misc.: Parents argue all times; cares about her friends;

The man then turns his head and sees a black haired guy getting out of his parked car. The guy waves his hand at couple attractive girls as they pass. The man presses couple keystrokes on his laptop, causes the picture of the guy appears with text.

Subject: David Masters
DOB: May 21, 1992
POB: Ft. Walton Beach, FL
Hair: Black
Eyes: Blue
Parents: Jenny, Dave
Parents’ Marital Status: Divorced
Brothers: N/A
Sisters: N/A
Misc.: Lives with father, alternates holidays between parents; curiosity about the world and technology; bad test taker; dates a lot;

The man changes his attention to another blond girl, whose hair is darker then Samantha. She runs up to a brown haired guy, with his hands in his pockets, and she starts talking to him friendly. The man presses some keystrokes and the girl’s information appears on the screen with her picture.

Subject: Holly Barryson
DOB: March 1, 1992
POB: Dallas, TX
Hair: Blond
Eyes: Green
Parents: Lily, Norman
Parents’ Martial Status: Father’s widow
Brothers: N/A
Sisters: N/A
Misc.: Father is a General in the military and barely sees him; Kenny is best friend.

The man enters more keys and the brown haired guy’s data appears on the screen with his picture.

Subject: Kenny Estelle
DOB: November 4, 1992
POB: Crestview Heights, FL
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Parents: Misty, Edward
Parents’ Martial Status: Mother’s widow
Brothers: Barry
Sisters: N/A
Misc.: Shy, lacks self-confident; Holly is best friend; cares about his friends;

The man closes his laptop and takes off his sunglasses, revealing his green eyes and with a smile, says, “Got you.”

Inside the school, Kenny and Holly enter and start down a hallway, holding papers with their class schedule list on them.

“I don’t believe how fast summer went by,” Holly says to Kenny, then holds up her schedule. “And I got Algebra first period, argh!” Kenny smirks at Holly’s displeases. “What you got?”

Kenny and Holly come to a stop and he looks at his schedule, “Hum, Earth Science.”

“Let’s me see,” Holly says, as Kenny gives her his schedule, which she looks over. “Mm, it look like we got third and sixth period together. Oh, PE, that’s should be fun.”

“Yeah, fun,” Kenny says, as he takes his schedule back. He looks around to see Samantha walking down the hall. Kenny smiles as she turns a corner.

“You know where room 118 is?” Holly says, catching Kenny’s attention again, unaware she lost it.

“Hum, no,” Kenny says, then looks over her shoulder.

While Samantha turns a corner, as she is looking around with her schedule in her hand.

“115, 115,” Samantha whispers under her breath, and then bumps into a guy’s shoulder. “Oh, sorry.”

“That’s okay,” the guy turns around and Samantha sees he’s relatively good looking with his brown hair part on the side.

“I’m looking for room 115,” Samantha tells him.

“It’s over there,” he points to his left and Samantha realizes they are standing in front of the classroom.

“Oh,” Samantha starts to feels embarrasses.

“I think I saw you around last year,” he says before offering a handshake. “I’m Jeremy.”

“Samantha,” she accepts the handshake. “Yeah, I think our homerooms are next to each other.”

“That’s right,” Jeremy says, as they break the handshake, then his glace over to room 115. “So you got Ms. Palmer?”

“Yeah, World Geography,” Samantha tells him.

“Good luck, she’s a tough grader,” Jeremy warns.

“Thanks,” Samantha says, as she’s start motion toward the classroom but bumps into a wall. “Oh, hum.”

“Probably should watch where you’re going,” Jeremy jokes.

“Yes,” Samantha says before turning around and into the classroom.

Meanwhile, Kenny and Holly continue down the hall.

“Oh, Kenny, you know how you been struggling for some money,” Holly says to Kenny, who nods “yes.” “Well, yesterday, I saw this new bookstore with a help wanted sign in the window. I believe its call Bookz or maybe Book Z. Sound likes an anime. Anyway, maybe you should check it out.”

“Maybe,” Kenny says.

“Hi, guys,” says a familiar voice.

Kenny and Holly stop and turn around to see David running up to them.

“David, please don’t use ‘guys’ to refer to me,” Holly tells him, as he catches up to them.

“Its quicker then saying ‘hi, Kenny, Holly,’” David explains, before the three friends start walking away and turns a corner in the hall. “Oh, and you won’t believe the kind of summer I had.”

“I’m sure neither Kenny nor me want to hear that,” Holly explains, causes a smile from Kenny.

“No, not that,” David tells her. “I met this amazing girl, Jill. She’s beautiful and smart and funny and dang can she kisses.”

“I think I was right about not wanting to hear it,” Holly says, causing Kenny to laughs a little.

“The weird thing is it almost like she was avoiding me the last month,” David stops, causing his friends to also stop. “I know she goes to school here, think I should look for her?”

“Well…” Holly starts.

“I definite should,” David says, before starts running off. “Thanks, guys.”

“What’s the point of him asking?” Holly asks Kenny, who shrugs before starts back down the hall. Before Holly follows after him, she turns back toward David and says, “And stops saying ‘guys!’”

Later, after school let out, Kenny walks down the streets and finds the store Holly told him about. He sees the “Help Wanted” sign in the large window next to the single door. Above the door is a sign that reads “BookZ.” Kenny enters the door and sees rows of shelves full of books; at the back is a door that leads into the backroom. To the right of the door is a coat rack and to the left is a counter with the cash register on it. And then Kenny sees it: Samantha is standing next to the counter and talking to a tall man, wearing casual clothing with black hair. The man’s green eyes see Kenny, as the door is closing behind him.

“Hi, may I help you?” the man asks Kenny, causes Samantha to notices him.

“Hum, yeah, I’m here for a job,” Kenny says, quite nervously.

“Sound like we had the same idea, Kenny,” Samantha says.

“So you two know each other, good,” the man says, then turns to Kenny. “I’m Henry Takashi, Kenny, is it?” Kenny nods in agreement, as Henry switches his attention back and forth between the two. “I’ll be right back, with the applications.”

Henry walks into the backroom, closing the door behind him. Kenny places his hands in his pockets and acts like he’s looking away, follows by Samantha approaches him.

“So, how was your first day of school?” Samantha asks, trying to starts a conversation.

“Oh, hum, fine, fine,” Kenny says, thinking of something to say. “How yours?”

“Okay, except that my World Geography teacher gave us homework,” Samantha tells him, then lowers her head to look at the books on one of the shelf.

“Ms Palmer?” Kenny asks, causing Samantha to raises her head.

“Yeah, how you know?” Samantha asks.

“I have her for third period,” Kenny explains.

Suddenly, Henry returns from the backroom with two applications for them, leading to Kenny and Samantha turns to him.

“So, who’s ready to get a job?” Henry asks.

Meanwhile, at a dark cave, at an unknown location, suddenly a strange creature with a head resembles a skull, wearing a white robe, and carrying a large scythe, riding a pale, sick-looking horse. The horseman comes to a stop outside the cave, dismounts his horse, which walks over to the side of the cave. The horseman walks into the cave, dragging his scythe on the ground.

“Greling!” the horseman shouts, almost like he’s angry. “Greling! Show you’re weak, frighten hide!”

Suddenly, a form starts coming out of a cave wall. The form starts to take the shape of a hairless and pale creature in a permanent bend, as it’s starting to break away from the wall.

“You bellowed, master,” Greling says, as the horseman approaches an orb suspense’s up off the ground by a group of standing sticks.

“We got a lot of work to do and a short time to do it in,” the horseman waves his free hand over the orb. “We’ll need a demon to causes as much deaths as possible.”

“May I suggest Sucidial, sir?” Greling says.

“Sucidial, yes,” the horseman stops waving his hand for a second before starting again. “He’s can enters depresses people’s minds and effect their mindset to become suicidal.” The horseman turns his head to Greling, “Get him!”

“Yes, master,” Greling says, before walking to the back wall and places one of his hands on the wall. “I call upon the wicked and the evil. Come to me, come to this spot: Sucidial!”

A bolt of lightning shoots out of the cave’s roof and upon hitting the ground, a creature, that resembles an armadillo with a dial on the left side of his chest, appears. The pictures on the dial include a cartoon ghost, fire, ball, and a ball on fire. Sucidial looks up and its reveals he’s eating a corn on the knob.

“What?” Sucidial says, taking the corn on the knob out of his mouth. “I was eating dinner.”

“Who heard of a vegetarian demon?” the horseman says under his breath. “I want you to goes into the city of Crestview Heights and increase the death rate.”

“Can I finish my dinner first?” Sucidial asks.

“Go!” the horseman yells.

The dial on Sucidial’s chest switches to the picture of the cartoon ghost and he seemly turns into a spirit and flies away.

Deep within the city, a tall blond man is walking down an alley when he comes to a stop, obvious angry, before kicks a nearby trash can. Suddenly, Sucidial’s spirit form flies to the man and enters him, causing a blue glow on the man for a second.

“Your wife left you,” Sucidial’s voice is heard in the back of the man’s head. “For another man and he’s a stinky plumber!” The man looks to his left and sees the busy traffic. “The only woman you ever love, every wants to love, leaves you. What do you have to live for? What?!” The man starts to walk toward the traffic. “You loved her.”

“I loved her,” the man says, weakly and depresses.

“And she breaks your heart,” Sucidial’s voice says. “You have to no reason to keep on living.”

“No reason,” the man says, just as he walks onto the road when a large truck is heading toward him. “To liv…”

The next day at school, David continues his hunt of his summer fling, Jill. He looks in the lunchroom, every hallway, twice. He even waits outside the girl restrooms, getting some weird looks. Until finally, David walks past a classroom and sees Jill’s seating behind a desk. With a smile, David enters the room to Jill’s surprise.

“David, you’re here?” Jill says, surprised at seeing her summer romance.

“Yeah, I told you I went here, remember,” David says.

“Oh, right,” Jill says. “I guess I was just surprised to see you.”

“Yeah, Jill, I thought we had fun over the summer,” David says to her.

“We did,” Jill says, with a smile.

“Then why it seems like you had been avoiding me the last month?” David asks, puzzled.

“Hum, yeah, there’s a reason for that,” Jill says, then rolls out from behind her desk and over to the side, revealing she’s in a wheelchair to David’s shocked.

“W-What’s happened?” David asks.

“One night I was driving home,” Jill starts. “When a drunk driver hits me and I got paralyzed the waist down.”

“I-I’m sorry, I didn’t know,” David says, been sincere.

“Well, that’s why I been avoiding you,” Jill says, becoming sadden. “I was afraid of the way you might react.”

“Listen,” David says, kneeing down. “This changes nothing, okay?”

“Okay,” Jill tells him, when a bell is heard.

“That’s the warning bell,” David says. “I catch you later.” David gets up and leaves the classroom, as Jill is watching and smiling.

Later after the class period had ended, Jill is coming down the hallway when she sees David next to his open locker. Then a pretty girl walks up to him and the two starts to talk friendly with she’s wrapping her arm around his.

“Yeah, it changes nothing,” Jill whispers, with tears forming in her eyes.

After school had ended, Holly is standing next to the counter, as Kenny is ringing up a woman’s books, while Samantha is putting up some books on the shelf on the right wall. After the woman leaves, Holly turns around to see the left wall’s shelf are CDs, next to the books.

“I got to say, Kenny, this place’s supply of books is pretty impressive,” Holly says, as she looks at the CDs. “But the CDs, well here’s Britney Spears’ first CD, next to Madonna’s first.”

Samantha gets up, and carries the now empty box that contained the books she had put up, “Just be glad there’s none of those large black disc things.”

“Vinyl records,” Kenny says, as he’s look down at the cash register. When he looks up, Kenny sees the girls’ surprised faces, and becomes embarrasses.

“Kenny, I’ll go in the back and get the other box of new books,” Samantha says, with a small smile.

“Okay,” Kenny says, as Samantha goes through the back door, as Holly fights back a little laugher.

“Hey, is that a TV?” Holly asks, notices a TV suspends over the counter.

Kenny looks up to see it, “Yeah.”

“Well, turn it on,” Holly tells him. “I mean, I loves hanging out with you but only two people had came in since we been here and one of them wants directions.”

Kenny also fights back a laugh, as he brings a remote controller from under the counter and turns on the TV. A news broadcasts appear on TV, with a woman seating behind the news desk, as Samantha exits the backroom with an unopened box.

“Mrs. Lee, whose husband and only son died when their boat capsized on a fishing trip during the big storm last month, was found last night, having hanged herself,” the newscaster says. “The police called it a suicide, and say that in her depression and sadness over losing her family, she took her own life.”

“Unbelievable,” Holly says, shocked at what she heard.

“I guess some people are so affected by what’s happened in their lives, that it took completely control over them,” Samantha says, before walking back over to the shelves to stock the new books.

Holly turns around with her back against the counter, “That’s a very interesting view on the subject.”

“My father always says that bad things happen, but you can’t let those bad things destroy you,” Samantha says as she’s stocking the books.

Suddenly, David enters the store, “Hey, guys.”

“What’s had we said about that?” Holly asks him.

“Had you people ever know anyone in a wheelchair,” David says, catching everyone’s, including Samantha’s, attention.

“And the prize for the weirdest question of the year goes to,” Holly says, with sarcasms.

“Why you ask?” Kenny asks him.

“Remember I told you about Jill?” David asks.

“Oh, yeah, the infamous summer fling,” Holly says, tired of hearing about it.

“Well, she’s in a wheelchair,” David tells her.

“You didn’t say that before?” Holly says, confused.

“I just found out today,” David explains. “Apparently she was in a car accident with a drunk driver last month.”

“Oh my god,” Samantha says, catching David’s attention.

“Oh, I didn’t see you there,” David says.

“David, were you sincere?” Holly asks, catching his attention again.

“Of course, I told her it changes nothing,” David says, almost insulted at the question before calming down. “But the truth is I don’t know how to acts around her, now she’s stuck in a wheelchair.”

“Why?” Samantha asks, getting up and walks couple feet forward. “Did it change the way you feels about her?”

“No, she’s still very beautiful and I had a lot of fun with her over the summer,” David explains, facing her.

“Then what’s the problem?” Kenny asks.

“Pardon?” David asks, after he turns around to face his friend.

“If your feelings for her hadn’t change,” Kenny starts. “Then you shouldn’t let her paralysis had any effects on you and continues to spend time with her.”

David smiles and nods in agreement, as Kenny is unaware that Samantha’s smiling and is impresses by her coworker. Suddenly, the lights went out, surprising the four teens.

“Did your boss pay the light bills?” Holly asks, partly joking.

“Henry did say we are using an old light bulb,” Samantha explains. “I think there’s some in the back, can you give me a hand Kenny? It’s not like people are going to come into a darken bookstore.”

“Yes,” Kenny says, following Samantha into the backroom.

“We’ll help too,” Holly says, as she and David follow them.

Once in the backroom, they see a large table with several boxes on it and next to it on the ground, a large cupboard with double doors, and bookshelf on the far wall.

“I think there’s a box of light bulbs in one of theses?” Samantha says, as David notices the bookshelf.

“More books,” David says.

“It’s Henry’s private collection,” Samantha says, as she starting to open one of the boxes on the table.

“There are a lot of boxes here,” Holly says, as Kenny is joining Samantha in opening boxes and looking through them, while David is walking toward the bookshelf.

“Henry just opened,” Samantha explains, as she looks through what’s inside the box. “He said he got a lot of unpacking to do.” Samantha then notices the cupboard. “Holly, why don’t you check inside the cupboard?”

“Okay,” Holly starts toward the cupboard when she notices David. “David, are you going to help?”

“Huh, yeah sure,” David says, as his glance is on a book entitled “Demonology.” “This guy has some weird books. Check out this one, ‘Demonology.’”

David’s starting to pull out the book, when the bookshelf starts to swing into the wall, revealing a short hallway that leads into a large room with a large computer at the far end. Everyone is frozen at the sight, with Holly barely opens the cupboard and Kenny holding a box of light bulbs.

David turns to face his friends, “Are you sure your boss’ name isn’t Bruce Wayne?”

Kenny, Samantha, and Holly walk toward the newly discovered secret entrance with Kenny put the box of light bulbs on the table. The four teenagers look down into the room, for a second before starts to walk into the room. Once inside, they realize how big the computer is and notices a large table to the right of the doorway, with a briefcase on it.

“I think we’re in that old abandoned building behind the bookstore,” David says, as they look around.

“So,” the four teens turn around to see Henry is standing in the doorway. “Who’s minding the store?”

“Henry, what’s this place?” Samantha asks.

“Yeah, I can imagine you, Kenny, Holly and David have a lot of questions,” Henry says.

“Wait, how you knows our names?” David asks, pointing to his self and Holly.

“Maybe I should starts at the beginning,” Henry says, as he walks over to the computer and starts entering keystrokes. “Over twenty years ago, maybe more I’m not sure, a group was formed that was called simply the Organization. With one goal in mind: create technology and equipment designed to combat and defend people from demons and demon threats.”

“Demons?” Holly says, with obvious surprises in her voice. “You’re joking, right?”

“No, I’m very serious,” Henry says, drawing their attention to the computer monitor, which shows varies creatures and monstrous including a large bug-like creature, a giant lizard with spikes coming out of its arms, and a creature formed out of a large tornado.

“This got to be a joke,” David says, also disbelieving.

“I was only with the Organization for about twelve years,” Henry begins. “But I learned quickly. The Organization acquired advanced technology from crashed spaceships and other strange artifacts.” The monitor changes to some a large laboratory with people in white coats working on varies of equipment. “I was recruited because of my scientific mind and interests in demonology; leaving behind my wife and infant daughter to do so. But a year and half ago, a demon attacks the facility.” The monitor changes to showing explosions rage around the laboratory, as people are screaming in fright till the screen changes to static. “I’m the only one who managed to escape. I went back and find people I consisted, not just coworkers, but also friends, dead.”

Samantha notices Henry is fighting back a tear.

“So they won’t have died in vain,” Henry begins again. “I take it upon myself to takes the technology and equipment that was left and finishes Project Battle.”

“Project Battle?” Kenny asks.

“Yeah, Project Battle was the nicknamed for developing the equipment for a fighting force against demons,” Henry explains. “I spend the last year, looking through the Organization’s database to find the four people best suited for the job. And I had been wondering how to approaches them.”

“And who are these people?” Holly asks, even though she knows the answer.

“You four,” Henry tells them. “I had chosen you four to defend the planet against the forces of evil.”

Sucidial, in his spirit form, is flying throughout the city, looking for the next person depresses enough that he could leads them to their deaths. Then Sucidial turns back into his normal form and lands on a building adjacent to Crestview North High.

Sucidial looks down and with a smile, says, “And there you are; my next victim.”

Sucidial looks down upon a crying Jill.

To Be Continued.

[KamenRanger]

2: “Battle Ready, pt. 2�

Through the backroom of BookZ, into the secret laboratory, stand Kenny, Samantha, David, and Holly disbelieving at what Henry has been telling them about demons, advanced technology, and equipment created to fight demons.

“This can’t be real,� Samantha says, shaking her heads.

“Everything I had told you is very much real,� Henry tells her, before walking over to the briefcase on the large table. He picks it up, faces the four teenagers, “Inside are your key to access the equipment I been telling you about.� Henry opens the briefcase to reveal what looks like four cell phones.

“You want us to fight demons with cell phones?� Holly asks, with a sarcasm tone.

“Don’t let your eyes fool you,� Henry says, holds out the briefcase, getting each of them to grab one. “These are Transformers. They might look like normal cell phones but by presses the key button and says the voice command; they turn into a full body armor to protect you against demons’ attacks and gives you access to the other arsenal in your disposal.�

“You really expect us to believe that,� David says, holding up his Transformer.

All of them are unaware that Kenny had opened his Transformer, with the screen and the keypad resembles a normal cell phone expect for a button on the top of the keypad with the picture of a triangle on it. Kenny presses the triangle pictured button and the words “Transformation� appears on the screen.

“Transformation,� Kenny whispers, as he reads the screen.

Suddenly, to his friends’ surprised, Kenny’s Transformer breaks apart and then starts speeding around him, before reassembling on his body, forming mainly purple armor, with a large round device on his right arm and a blue triangle, with a green circle on top, a pink circle at the left corner, an orange circle at the right corner, and a purple circle in the center, on the chest. Around his head forms a helmet and an opening around his eyes before a black visor slides close. Samantha, David, and Holly stand shocked at their friend, while Henry is pleased. Kenny is also shocked as he looks down at his self, holding his hands up to his helmet.

“Kenny?� Samantha says, confused.

“How’s does it feels?� David asks his friend.

“It’s hard to describe,� Kenny tries to answer. “I feel protected and strong.�

David opens his Transformer and looks at it for a second before he presses the triangle pictured button, causing “Transformation� to appear on the screen.

“Transformation,� David says, causing his Transformer to breaks apart, speeds around his body, then reassembles as the same armor as Kenny’s expect colored green, follows by his visor to slides close. “Whoa,� David says, looking at his self.

Samantha and Holly open their Transformers and look down at them for a quick second before they also press the triangle pictured button with the words “Transformation� to appear on the screens.

“Transformation,� Samantha and Holly says together, causing their Transformers to break apart, speed around their bodies, then reassemble as the same armor expect Samantha’s colored pink and Holly’s colored orange. Their visors then slide close.

“So, what’s you think?� Henry asks, as the girls are looking at their armored bodies.

“It’s definitely rate high on the cool meter,� David says. “But still, this is too unreal.�

Henry’s happy face disappears as quickly as it’s appeared.

“I sorry about what happened to your friends, I really am, but this is too much,� Samantha tells him. “We’re not demon fighters.�

“Yeah, so mind telling us how to get out of these things?� Holly asks.

“Presses the ‘zero’ button on your Battle Gauntlets and says ‘revert,’� Henry instructs.

“This thing?� David says, looking at the round device on his right arm, seeing the keypad resembles a cell phone’s keypad. David presses the “zero� button, “Revert.� David’s armor breaks apart and reassembles as a Transformer in David’s hand.

“Revert,� Samantha presses the “zero� button and the same happens, as the armor becomes a Transformer in her hand again.

“Revert,� Holly is next with her armor turns back into a Transformer and lands in her hand.

“Revert,� Kenny is the last to press the “zero� button, causing his armor to breaks apart and reassembles as a Transformer in his hands.

The fours hand their Transformers toward Henry, but Henry puts up one hand in protest.

“No, keep them for a day,� Henry tells them. “If by today, you still don’t want anything to do with this, I will gladly accept them back.�

“Okay,� David says, as he and his friends put their Transformers in their pockets. “Excuse me; I need to go find Jill.�

“Hum, we better get back to work, Kenny,� Samantha says, as David leavings, then turns to Henry. “That if we still got our jobs.�

“Oh, yeah, of course,� Henry says. “I do need employees to help run the store.�

Meanwhile, Jill is seating in her wheelchair next to a wall of the school building, crying. From an adjacent roof, Sucidial turns back into his spirit form and enters Jill’s body, causing a blue glow to covers her body for a quick second.

“Without the uses of your legs, whose would want to spend time with you,� Sucidial’s voice is heard in the back of Jill’s mind. “Anyone who’s nice to you just feels sorry for you. They’re petty you. No one really cares about you. No one loves you. No one will ever love you.�

“No one… will ever… love me,� Jill says, as tears are rolling down her cheek.

“There’s only one way to get rid of this pain,� Sucidial says.

Meanwhile David had begun his search for Jill, wanting to talk to her and maybe set a date for the two. Having someone at the high school telling him that he saw her goes toward the forest, David follows the trail through the forest. He finally reaches the end of the forest to a bridge suspends over a road. David then sees Jill seating near the edge of the bridge, looking over the edge.

“Jill?� David’s confuses as to why Jill would be here.

“No one… will ever… love me,� Jill repeats, almost zombie-like.

David then realizes that Jill is pulling herself over the edge, he starts into a run, “Jill, don’t! NO!!�

David’s cries fall on deaf ears as Jill pulls herself over the edge. Without thinking, David pulls his Transformer out of his pocket, jump onto the railing and then jump off. He holds up the open Transformer, “Transformation!� The Transformer forms David’s armor around him. As the two are falling, David manages to catches her in mid air and he lands on his feet. When David straights up, Jill’s body glows blue for a second before Sucidial’s spirit form leaves her.

“Wh-What’s happened,� Jill says, as she starting to come to her senses.

“I had an idea,� David says, looking up to sees Sucidial’s spirit form suspends over the bridge next to Jill’s wheelchair before flying off.

“The last thing I remember,� Jill says, slowly shakes her head. “I was at the school, when I heard a voice in the back of my head, and then…� Jill realizes she in the arms of a man in green armor. “What’s you supposes to be?�

“Hum, that’s not important, right now,� David tells her, before looking up at her wheelchair. “If I take you back to your wheelchair, will you be able to get home by yourself alright?�

“Yeah, I sure had been fine,� Jill tells him, and then David starts to walk back up the hill to the bridge.

Back at BookZ, David, after making sure Jill is okay, rushing inside to find Kenny and Samantha behind the counter with Holly in front of it.

“Guys, we need to talk,� David says.

“Two girls and one guy,� Holly tries to tell him, but David isn’t interested.

“Not now, Holly,� David says. “Jill just tried to kill herself.�

“What?� Holly says, shocked, an impresses each of them have.

“Is she okay?� Samantha asks.

“Yeah, I used my Transformer to save her,� David explains, just as Henry comes out of the backroom. “But that not the point right now, after I saved her, this ghost thing comes out of her.�

“She’s not the only one,� Henry tells them, catching everyone’s attention.

Meanwhile at the horseman’s cave, Sucidial had return to face his boss and Greling.

“Hum, sir, I don’t mean to anger you,� Sucidial says, afraid of the horseman’s wrath. “But when I try to kill this handicapped girl, a guy in green armor saves her. I think I should report to you.�

“A guy in green armor,� the horseman says, places his free hand on his chin as he thinks, before removes it. “Greling, bring me the dust.�

Greling sticks his hand in the same cave wall he came out of and a moment later he pulls out a bag, with a piece of rope tied the top of the bag closed.

“Here you go, master,� Greling says, handing the bag to the horseman.

“If you face more trouble, use these,� the horseman gives the bag to Sucidial.

Sucidial opens the bag and sees it’s full of dust, “Dust?�

Later, in the laboratory, Kenny, Samantha, David, and Holly are facing Henry in front of the large computer.

Henry enters couple keystrokes, when the image of a ghostly shape appears, “Is this what you saw?�

“Yeah, that it,� David says.

“Is it a demon?� Kenny asks the question everyone was thinking.

“Yeah, but this is its true form,� Henry says, enters more keystrokes till a picture of Sucidial appears with text appears next to it and the images of the ghostly shape and a flaming ball appears at the bottom of the screen. “It’s called Sucidial.�

“You’re quick to find it,� Holly points out.

“I get suspicious when I heard of all the suicides that been happening,� Henry explains. “And I remember hearing of a demon that can cause depresses people to kill their selves. So I check the database the Organization had created and, well, the rest is history.�

“People had died because of this thing?� Samantha asks.

“And Jill almost died,� David adds.

“That why the world need defenders who can use Project Battle to stop the demons,� Henry tells him.

“I’m in,� Kenny says, surprising everyone.

“Kenny?� Holly looks to her friend for an explanation.

“If someone doesn’t do something, then people will just keep on dying,� Kenny explains.

Holly nods her head in agreement then turns to Henry, “Kenny’s right, you can count on me too.�

“Yeah, me too,� David agrees.

“Something must be done,� Samantha says. “So let’s make it four.�

“I guess Project Battle Defenders is complete,� Holly says.

“Battle Defenders, I like it,� Henry says.

Suddenly, an alarm is heard, causes everyone to jump in surprises.

“What’s that?� David asks.

“It’s the early warning system,� Henry says, turning to the computer and starts entering keystrokes. “Something is wrong in the city.�

They then sees it on the screen, a reckless driver is driving a black car down a road, crossing lanes, causing other cars to drive onto the sidewalk to avoid him.

“A reckless driver?� Samantha says.

“Not just that,� Henry says, entering more keystrokes, then the screen turns a blue tinted and a square appears with a picture of Sucidial’s spirit form in it and a line leading to the driver. “He had been affected by Sucidial. He’s a suicides driver.� He then turns to the newly christen Battle Defenders. “You need to stop him before someone is hurt.�

“He’s just passed Nembar Dr.� David points out. “He’s all the way in downtown; we’ll never be able to reach him in time.�

“Not on foot,� Henry enters more keystrokes. “But you can on theses.�

The wall, next to the walls with the large table and large computer, opens, revealing a room with four multi-colored cycles.

“Motorcycles?� Holly says, confused.

“Those are your Battle Cycles,� Henry tells them.

“Hum, I never ridden a motorcycle before,� Samantha says.

“I don’t even have a driver’s license,� Kenny says.

“Don’t worry, you will receives data on how to operate them by way of your visors,� Henry explains.

David notices the same triangle symbol of the side of the Battle Cycles as are their armor’s chest plate, “Hey, what’s this symbol, anyway?�

“That’s the ancient Trideck symbol of truth,� Henry starts. “Each of the circles stands for a different Trideck virtue.� He looks at David, “Intelligence.� He looks at Samantha, “Kindness.� He looks at Holly, “Strength.� He looks at Kenny, “And Courage. You must have each of those virtues and stand together and nothing can stop you.� The four teenagers nod in agreement. “Now, you better hurry, you’re needed.�

The four teenagers hold up their opened Transformers, “Transformation!� In a quick second, they are fully clad in their colored armors. They mount their individual cycles and revs the engines, as the wall in front of them lowers, “Battle Cycles, Battle Ready!� The Defenders ride out of the abandoned building and down the street.

“Battle Ready?� Henry’s curious about what they said and then with a smile, says, “Why not.�

In the center of Crestview Heights’ downtown, the possessed driver is driving reckless, as other cars are trying to avoid him.

“You lost your job; you lost your wife; why should you go on living?� Sucidial’s voice is heard at the back of the driver’s mind.

“I shouldn’t go on living,� the driver says in a dazed.

Suddenly the driver sees in his rearview mirror, the four Battle Defenders are riding their Battle Cycles toward him.

“We need to stop him, somehow,� Samantha points out.

“Takes out the tires,� David suggests.

“I’m on it,� Holly says, driving forward, breaking the formation they had formed. Holly sees in her visor instructions that read: “Battle Laser: 1.� Holly follows the instruction and presses the “one� button on her Battle Gauntlet, “Battle Laser!� On her right hand appears a wrist-mounted red and silver weapon with a silver laser pistol on the front. Holly takes aim with her weapon and fires at the back left wheel, causing a large hole, as the tire is deflating. “One’s down,� Holly fires at the other back wheel, with the same results.

The driver starting to have trouble with controlling the car, as the car’s back waves back and forth.

“He’s losing control!� David notices.

“Watch out!� Kenny points ahead toward a wall the driver is heading toward.

“The driver!� Holly becomes worry for his safety.

“I got him,� David drives toward the car and then jump off his cycle onto the car’s roof. “Whoa!� David manages to stable his self, before opening the driver’s side door. “Out you go,� David pulls the driver out of the car, before jumping off the roof, just seconds before the car slammed into the wall.

As the man and David land on the ground, the man glows blue for a second before Sucidial’s spirit form leaves the man. He flies for couple feet before return to his original form and turns around to face his enemies, now all on their feet and staring down Sucidial.

“Now let’s turn this into a fair fight,� Holly says.

“Who would want that,� Sucidial says, before pulling out the bag of dust and opens it. “Now let’s see, what was that spells, oh yeah, Sselmrof Epahs Sekat Mrof!�

Suddenly, the dust shoots out of the bag before coming together and takes on the form of a small army of human-shaped creatures seemly made out of dust and sand. The Defenders are taken back by what they just see.

“Those are Dustoids,� Henry’s voice is heard through a com link in the Defenders’ helmets. “They aren’t much alone but in a large group they could be dangerous. I suggest using your Battle Weapons, the data is sending to your visors.�

“Got it, let’s go,� Kenny says, before presses the “two� button on his Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Saber!� A long saber with a violet hilt appears in his right hand.

“Battle Bow!� Samantha presses the “two� button and a long pink bow appears in her right hand.

“Battle Lance!� David presses the “two� button and a long green lance appears in his right hand.

“Battle Axe!� Holly presses the “two� button and a huge orange axe appears in her right hand.

“Nice toys, let’s play,� Sucidial says, before launching an order to the Dustoids. “Kill them!�

“Battle Defenders, Battle Ready!� the Defenders take fighting stances with their weapons before rushing their enemies.

A Dustoid strikes down, with a short sword also made out of dust, at Samantha. She blocks with her bow, before kicking the Dustoid in the chest. Another Dustoid tries a sideward strike, but Samantha dodges under it with a back flip. The Dustoid charges with a sword stab, but Samantha slams the attack away and strikes the Dustoid in the chest with her bow. She turns and look up to see a Dustoid jumping toward her with its sword held high. She pulls back the bow’s string, causing an arrow made out of pure light appears. She releases the bow’s string and the arrow flies through the Dustoid’s chest, causing a small hole, before the Dustoid is blows apart into dust.

Samantha stands ready with her weapon, “You got to love laser arrows.�

Samantha sees two Dustoids racing toward her. She races toward them, before throwing her bow into the air. She flips between the two Dustoids, kicking them in the heads as she passes. When Samantha returns to her feet, she jumps up and catches her Battle Bow. While in midair, she aims at the Dustoids as one stand in front of the other. She pulls back the bow’s string, summoning a laser arrow and releases it. The laser arrow shoots through both of the Dustoids at the same time. Samantha lands on one knee, with her free hand on the ground, the Dustoids blow apart behind her.

“Two for the price of one,� Samantha says, as she straights back up.

David twirls around his Battle Lance like a staff, with it presses at his back, “Welcome to my nightmare.�

David twirls around his lance, knocking one Dustoid back and then another. David twirls it around again, striking, in a diagonal angle, at a Dustoid, causing it to blow apart a second later.

“Let’s make this more interesting,� David switches his lance into his left hand and he presses the “one� button on his Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Laser!�

David’s Battle Laser appears on his right hand, he then takes aim at three charging Dustoids. He fires at each of them, causing them to blow apart. A Dustoid pulls away his right arm, and then punches him in the stomach. David quickly uses his left leg to block another punch, before using it to kick the Dustoid away. He then switches his lance back to his right hand and twirls it around striking the Dustoid and causes it to blow apart as David readies his weapon in front of it.

Holly uses her Battle Axe to block a sword strike from a Dustoid, before pushing it back and launches a downward strike, causing it to blow apart. After the Dustoid blown apart, Holly sees five Dustoids charging her.

“Don’t know I was so popular,� Holly says, before kicking off the ground and flies backward till she lands on her Battle Cycle and places her Battle Axe on the side of the cycle in a holder.

Holly revs her cycle’s engine before starts riding toward the Dustoids. She presses a button on the onboard console, firing couple lasers out of the cycle’s front. She blasts down two of the Dustoids, before she starts riding past them, knocking the other three off their feet. She spins to a stop, before sees the three remaining Dustoids get to their feet and starts racing toward her.

“I guess we have to do this the old way,� Holly says, grabs her axe and dismount her cycle.

Holly races toward the Dustoids, she strikes down the first Dustoid, before blocking a sword from the second Dustoid. She kicks away the third before she pushes up the second Dustoid’s arms and fires an upward strike with her weapon. Holly returns to the third Dustoid, jumps forward, and strikes it diagonally. She lands on one knee and takes a fighting pose with her axe as the three Dustoids are blow apart behind her.

Kenny sees a group of Dustoids heading toward him. He twirls around his Battle Saber so the blade is point toward him, and then takes a fighting stance before rushing his enemies. He blocks one sword strike and then strike downward at an angle, destroying the attacker. Kenny spins around his weapon, so he will hold it normally. He deflects another sword strike and kicks away another attacker. The Dustoid with the sword attacks again, but Kenny block it again and fires a downward strike, causing the Dustoid to blow apart. He sees two more Dustoids launch downward strikes, but Kenny jumps back to avoid them. Upon landing, he jumps forward, firing a sideward strike, causing the two Dustoids to blow apart.

Kenny takes a fighting pose, “And that is how it is done.�

Kenny then notices Sucidial is charging him, Sucidial’s dial changes to the picture of a ball. Sucidial then turns into a round shape and rolls toward Kenny, knocking him off his feet. Sucidial turns around and rolls back toward the fallen Kenny, suddenly David fires his Battle Laser at Sucidial, causing him to been knock back and returns to his normal form. The other Battle Defenders regroup around Kenny, as he returns to his feet.

“Are you okay, Kenny?� David asks his friend.

“I’m fine,� Kenny answers.

“You won’t be for long,� Sucidial says, and then his dial switches to the picture of the ghost shape. Sucidial turns into his spirit form and flies at Kenny, but he bounces off, then he bounces off Samantha, Holly and then finally David. Sucidial flies back to the spot he was standing on and returns to his feet. “W-What happened?!�

The Battle Defenders are looking at themselves and each others, wondering the same.

“What did happen?� Holy asks.

“I think our armors prevented him from possessing us,� David says.

“Don’t matter, you’re cook!� Sucidial says, as his dial switches to the picture of fire. Sucidial then starts shooting fire from his mouth, the Battle Defenders roll out of the way. “Let’s really turn up the heat,� Sucidial says, as his dial switches to the picture of the flaming ball.

Sucidial turns back into his ball shape, but he is then engulfs by fire. Sucidial rolls toward the Defenders, causing them to fall over as he passes. The Defenders barely return to their feet, when they see Sucidial turns around and starts rolling toward them again.

“He’s coming back!� Samantha warns her friends.

David thinks for a quick second, “I got an idea, Samantha, tries to slow him down.�

Samantha then starts shooting laser arrows at the rolling Sucidial, slowing him down a bit. David then stabs one end of his lance in the ground and holds it up at an angle. Uncontrollable, Sucidial rolls onto the lance and fly into the air.

Kenny watches as Sucidial is flying, then turns to Holly, “Holly, give me a boost.�

“Right,� Holly understands and holds out her axe horizontally.

Kenny jumps up and then jump off Holly’s Battle Axe, flying high in the sky. Kenny then fires a downward strike with his Battle Saber, causing Sucidial to explode in midair. Kenny lands on one knee as a ball of fire crashes behind him. The other Defenders join him and starts celebrating their victory with cries of “Alright!� and “We did it!�

Later on, back at the BookZ, Samantha is behind the counter, with Holly on the other side, as Kenny and Henry are coming out of the backroom, when David enters.

“Hey,� David starts, before pauses for a second. “Everyone.�

“You’re learning,� Holly says to him.

“So how Jill’s doing,� Samantha asks.

“Fine,� David starts. “She’s starting to see a therapist. Maybe working out her depresses over losing the use of her legs.�

“It’s going be tough,� Henry says. “I can’t manage losing the use of one of my limbs. But on a brighter note, I’m proud of all of you.� Henry says, with smiles appearing on everyone’s faces. “A lot of lives are now safe.�

“At least it’s over,� Samantha says, then lends on the counter.

“I’m afraid its not,� Henry tells her. “There are a lot more demons out there and a lot more people will be in danger.�

“Not with us around,� Kenny says, causing each of his friends to nod in agreement.

Meanwhile, back at the dark cave, the horseman is standing in front of the orb with Greling on the other side of the orb.

“I don’t believe Sucidial was so easy defeated,� the horseman says, angry, as he watches the orb.

“Death!�

The horseman turns around to see three more horsemen riding toward the cave. Riding a white horse is a creature whose face makes him look like a king with a crown on top of his head and a bow in his hand. Riding a red horse is a creature with wildly hair, a bare chest and a sword in his hand. Riding a black horse is a creature that resembles a sickly and dying man with gray hair with a balance weighting scale in his hand.

“Ah,� Death says, as his comrades come to a stop and dismounts their horses. “Conquest,� Death says to the king creature. “War,� Death says to the wildly haired creature. “Famine,� Death says to the sickly looking creature.

“We heard you have some trouble,� War says, as their horses walk over to the side of the cave.

“Yeah, some group of crime fighters that called themselves the Battle Defenders,� Death explains.

“Humans?� Famine says, not believing his ears. “You were defeated by stinky humans?�

“They have weapons more advanced then they should’ve,� Death tells them, as Greling is watching from the corner.

“That is a pickle,� Conquest says, as he walks over to the orb and waves his hand over it for a second. “We must complete our mission at all cost.�

“But we can’t let these Defenders interfere, either,� War says, as he, Famine, and Death stands beside Conquest around the orb.

“That require just one course of action,� Famine says.

“Yeah,� Death starts. “We must split our time between completing our mission and kills the Battle Defenders.�

Next time on Battle Defenders:
The Battle Defenders return to their normal lives. Easier said then done.

They must contend with a demon that threatens to burn the entire city down.

Plus Henry introduces some new weapons for our heroes in the form of giant robots.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

3: “Normal Isn’t the Watchword�

It’s another normal sunny day in Crestview Heights. The streets are busy as people are either going to work or school at North High or South High. Except for one student whose made a detour on his way to Crestview Heights North High. That student is David and his detour is at BookZ. Or more precise the secret room that the back of BooZ leads into.

David is standing beside Henry, as he is working on the large computer that covers an entire wall. Three boxes appear on the computer screen. In one box is a humanoid robot with pieces of the color violet on it, but mostly black and gray. In the second box is a large tank with shades of the color orange, with the rest been black and gray. And in the final box is a large jet with shades of the colors green and pink but again is mostly black and gray.

“Those things are amazing looking,� David tells Henry, keeping his eyes on the machines. “What are they called?�

“Mechadum,� Henry answers, as he enters more keystrokes. “They should be online later today.� Henry then turns around from the computer to look at David. “Which reminds me, should you be on your way to school?�

“Well, I’m curiosity about what other stuff you got for us, I’m always had been interested in technology and the advancement that had been done,� David says, before looking at his watch for a second. “But, I probably should heads to school now. See ya’ later.�

“Bye,� Henry says, as David leaves, before continues work on the computer.

Not too much later, at Crestview Heights North High School, Kenny and Holly are hanging out in front of her locker when they see David walking up to them.

“There you are, David,� Holly says upon seeing David. “We thought you going to be late for first period.�

“Yeah, I’m curiosity about the kind of tech Henry has for us,� David explains. “And also, on the way here, I was thinking that maybe we should have codenames like Battle Green and so on.�

“We’re not Power Rangers, David,� Holly tells him.

“Just think about it,� David tells her.

While his friends are talking, Kenny sees Samantha’s walking down the hallway toward them. As he watches her walk toward them, it almost like Kenny is in another world when he realizes she is watching toward them.

“Hey, guys,� Samantha says, stopping in front of the three friends.

“Well, isn’t Battle Pink,� David says.

“Pardon?� Samantha asks.

“David thinks we should have codenames,� Holly thinks her before lead in for a whisper. “You know, for our Battle Defenders lives.�

“Oh, yeah, that what I want to talk to you guys about,� Samantha starts. “Now, it was interested fighting that demon the other day, and I’m going to keep on doing it, but I think we should, when there isn’t a demon attack, try to keep to a normal life. No demon talk or talk about Battle Defenders till there is a demon.�

“I guess that makes sense,� David says.

“Saying Mr. Codename,� Holly mocks him.

“I just agree there should be a sense of normality, and I think I know how to get it,� David says. “The basketball tryouts are coming up.�

“Did last year you said you don’t want something like practice intervenes with dating,� Holly says, with Kenny nods his head in agreement.

“Things change,� David says. “Besides, there’re always cheerleaders.�

Suddenly a bell is heard throughout the school.

“The warning bell, need to go,� Samantha says, starting to walk pass her new friends. “Later.�

“Later,� Kenny says; who, now with Samantha’s stance on normality, only have their jobs at BookZ in common.

Later on in the day, Kenny is starting to walk between tables with his lunch tray in his hands. Kenny is looking around for Samantha, hoping to have lunch with her and maybe starts a conversation with her, if he can find the courage to talk to her, since to Kenny fighting demons is easier then talking to a beautiful girl.

Kenny finally sees Samantha, seating by herself and had started eating her lunch. Suddenly Jeremy came out of nowhere and seats next to Samantha.

“Hey there,� Jeremy says, putting a smile on Samantha’s face. “Bumping into anyone lately?�

“Hey that only happens on that one time,� Samantha tells him, while fighting back a laugher.

“Well, maybe it was like two magnets?� Jeremy guesses, before putting a French Fry in his mouth.

“Magnets?� Samantha asks.

“You know; attraction?� Jeremy says, causing Samantha to blushes as the two shares a laugh.

“C’mon, moves it,� a guy says, as he walks around Kenny, who had stopped between two rolls of tables.

“Sorry,� Kenny says, before returning his attention to Samantha and Jeremy, both of whom are still laughing. Kenny looks down for a second before turning around and walks away.

After lunch had ended, David spies Norman Lee, one of the basketball team’s leading players. He decides to walk up to him.

“Hey, Norman,� David says to him.

“Hum, hi, you’re David, right?� Norman says. “I remember seeing you playing basketball in the park. You’re petty good.�

“Yeah,� David agrees “Hey, when the tryouts today?�

“Two o’clock,� Norman answers. “Are you going to tryout?�

“Yes,� David tells him.

“Well, it won’t be easy,� Norman says. “The tryouts or the practices.�

“Well, I’m a tough player,� David tells him.

“That what some of the girls said,� Norman says, walking away with a chuckle.

David thinks for a second before realizing it, “That not what I meant!�

Within the dark cave, Death, War, Famine, and Conquest are waiting for Greling to returns.

“How long does it takes that worthless creature of yours to return,� Famine says to Death.

“You the one that wants Greling to go and get him instead of just summoning him,� Death says.

“We all know how Flarlord is, chances are he sends Greling back as a pile of ashes,� Conquest says.

“If that happens then you just build a new one out of a set,� War says, with a chuckle.

Suddenly, Greling starts into the cave, covering in burnt marks.

“Flarlord, masters,� Greling says, with behind him is a large red bared chest creature whose body is seemly made out of frozen fire with a sword in one hand with the blade made out of fire.

“You summoned me?� Flarlord asks.

“I did,� Famine tells him. “I want you to create the ultimate drought by burning the moisture in the air and if anyone tries to intervene, burn them alive.�

“It would be my pleasure,� Flarlord tells his new master.

Meanwhile, school had ended and Kenny and Holly are walking down a sidewalk.

“Kenny, are you okay?� Holly says, realizes that Kenny’s mind is elsewhere. “You’re very quiet, more then usually, so of.�

“Hum, I guess I have something on my mind,� Kenny tells her.

Suddenly, Kenny and Holly see an apartment building on fire, with people panicking around it and the firemen fighting a losing battle while trying to pull out of the fire.

“Oh my god,� Holly says, as she and Kenny looks on frighten.

They then overhear a woman rushing over to one of the fireman.

“Please, my little girl is still up there,� the woman cries, with tears running down her cheeks. “Please, you got to save her.�

“Kenny,� Holly says, and then notices Kenny is holding up his Transformer.

Kenny and Holy share a nod before running away into an alleyway. The two opens up their Transformers and press the triangle button, “Transformation!� Suddenly, their transformers break apart and reassemble as their armor.

“Demon fighters one day, firefighters the next,� Holly says to Kenny.

“Let’s do this,� Kenny says.

The two rushes out of the alleyway and run into the burning building, catching strange looks from people.

“Well, that not something you see everyday,� a fireman says to another fireman.

“You didn’t watch a lot of TV when you were kid, did you?� says the other fireman.

Now inside the burning building, Kenny and Holly are hurrying through smoke and pass fires, as they’re trying to find their way.

“There got to be an easier way to become heroes,� Holly says, as they looks around.

Suddenly, Henry’s voice appears over a com link, “Kenny, Holly, what are you doing?�

“We are taking a midday stroll,� Holly jokes.

“There’s a girl trapped in here,� Kenny explains.

“Okay, I understand,� Henry says. “I’m sending information on how to detect human heat signals, it should be able to tell the difference between human and fire.�

Then “5#6� appears in Kenny and Holly’s visors. The two presses the same buttons on their Battle Gauntlets. Suddenly their view through their visors turns blue with the fire turns green. They looks up and sees a blob of red in the shape of a little girl through the ceiling.

“She’s couple floors up,� Kenny says.

“The stairs are over there,� Holly points down the hallway. “Let’s go.�

Kenny and Holly hurry up several flights of stairs before they reach the floor below the top floor. They walk down the long hallway, looking back and forth as they try to find the heat signal again. Then Kenny spots it.

“There!� Kenny kicks down the door.

The two friends then hear a little girl screaming and coughing, “Help! <cough> Someone <cough> Help!�

“We’re our way!� Holly yells.

Kenny and Holly are about to go forward when a wall of fire shoots up. Out of instinct, they hold up their arms to defend their selves. When the fire dies down, they hurry forward to see a little girl seating down near a couch, coughing.

Holly knees down near her, “Don’t worry, we’ll get you out.� Holly then picks the girl up and holds her in her arms. Suddenly a beam falls down behind them. “We need to get out of here and fast.�

“Right,� Kenny says, and then he presses the “#� button on his Battle Gauntlet to contacts Henry. “Henry, can you tell if anyone else is here.�

“No, it’s only you three left,� Henry’s voice comes over their com link.

“Okay,� Kenny presses the “1� button on his Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Laser!� Kenny’s Battle Laser appears on right hand. “Get ready to move.�

Holly nods her head, as she holds the girl closes, and then Kenny fires his Battle Laser at the wall, blasting a hole into it. Suddenly, explosions of fire shoot out of one of the building’s windows. Kenny and Holly, holding the girl, jump out the hole and manage to lands on the street. They turn around to see the now empty building collapses.

“Oh my god!� the girl’s mother yells, as she runs to her daughter and the heroes. Holly hands the girl to her mother, who hugs and kisses her daughter. “I’m so glad, you’re okay. Thanks god.� She then turns to her heroes. “And thanks you, very much.

“We are glad to help,� Kenny tells her.

“Who are you?� the woman asks.

“Hum,� Holly turns to Kenny before facing the woman. “We’re the Battle Defenders.�

Not too far away, Flarlord is watching from an alleyway and he is getting angrier by the minute.

“That fire would have lasted for hours if they hadn’t damaged the building’s foundation,� Flarlord says. “Don’t matter; I will burn this entire city down.�

Then electric starts to shoot out of the ground and entangles Flarlord. As he tries to break free, the electric causes him to disappear in a flash of electric.

Just as sudden he disappeared from a city alleyway; Flarlord appears in the center of the horsemen’s cave. Flarlord falls to his knees, then Death shoots electric from his fingers, blinding Flarlord’s right arm, causing him to drops his sword. War shoots electric from his fingers, blinding Flarlord’s left arm, follows by Conquest shoots electric from his fingers at Flarlord’s forehead, holding his head still.

“W-What’s going on?!� Flarlord yells.

“Crestview Heights is a spiritual focal point, it took us forever to find it,� Famine says, as he walks toward Flarlord with a large collar in his hands. “We can’t waste time finding a new spiritual focal point, so this city can’t die, at least not yet.�

“Okay, I understand,� Flarlord says, unable to move. “I won’t destroy the city.�

“Well, that the thing, we can’t risk your powers going so out of control that you burns the entire city,� Famine says, then holds up the collar. “That is why we will put this inhibited collar on you to keep your powers in check.�

“Wait, I’m no mutt,� Flarlord says, as Famine places the collar around Flarlord’s neck.

Once the collar clicks close, Death, War, and Conquest releases Flarlord, who falls to his hands and then tries to remove the collar but finds it can’t.

“You can’t remove the inhibited collar yourself,� Famine says, before raising his voice. “Now, go and creates the biggest drought this world had ever seen!!�

Meanwhile, back in the secret room behind BookZ, Kenny and Holly are with Henry.

“I don’t believe we actually save a little girl from a burning building,� Holly says.

“I’m proud of you two,� Henry tells them. “You went beyond the call of duty.� Henry looks at the large computer. “I guess this technology can do more good then just fight demons.�

“We are superheroes, right Kenny?� Holly looks to her friend.

“Right,� Kenny agrees.

Then the computer’s warning system starts sounding off, causing both Kenny and Holly, not used to the sudden loud sound, jump up.

“Now what?� Holly asks, as everyone faces the computer screen.

Henry enters some keystrokes, causing the screen to show Flarlord to appear on the screen. He points his sword upward, shooting fire into the sky. Henry presses more keys, causing the screen to splits in half. In the other half, an image of Flarlord appears with text next to it.

“His name is Flarlord,� Henry explains. “He can generate heat as hot as 150 degrees. Wait, he might had causes that fire at the apartment building.�

“Then why we wouldn’t alert to him before?� Kenny asks.

“I was afraid of this,� Henry says. “Periodically, I have to set the computer on a preprogrammed maintenance run to prevent old data from disintegrate.�

“We better call David and Samantha and stop him,� Holly says.

“Wait,� Kenny says, remembering Samantha having lunch with Jeremy. “Maybe we should let them have some normality.�

“Maybe you right,� Holly says.

“Okay, then but be careful,� Henry tells them.

Kenny and Holly step back, pull out their Transformers and open them. They press the triangle button, “Transformation!� Their Transformers break apart before reassembling as their armors.

The wall adjoined to the walls with the computer and table, open up, revealing the four Battle Cycles. Kenny and Holly mount their respective cycles and rev their cycles, “Battle Cycles, Battle Ready!� The two ride down the long tunnel, as Henry turns to face the computer.

“I don’t like they go on their own,� Henry thinks out loud.

Kenny and Holly are driving their Battle Cycles down a long tunnel till they reach a light. Sudden, the back wall of an alley slides back, revealing an opening in the ground, then Kenny and Holly ride their Battle Cycles out of the opening and down the long road, as the back wall closes over the opening.

Only minutes later, Kenny and Holly ride down the street toward Flarlord.

“Ah, you again?� Flarlord sees Kenny and Holly riding toward him. “Here for a roast?�

Flarlord strikes down his sword, causing a wall of fire to erupt from it toward Kenny and Holly.

“Watch out!� Kenny yells, before kick the side of Holly’s cycle, pushing both her and his cycle out of the wall of the wall of fire.

Both Holly and Kenny fall off their cycles and look up to see a long trail of a scorch mark where the wall of fire was.

“Well, this should be fun,� Holly says, before he and Kenny get back up to fight Flarlord.

Meanwhile back at school, Samantha and Jeremy are leaving the library, where they hanged out.

“So, where does Ms. Samantha Qualli spends her free time?� Jeremy asks her.

“Well, I got a job at this bookstore not too far from here,� Samantha answers. “It’s called Book Z or Bookz.�

“Maybe someday, I could hang out with you while you’re at work,� Jeremy says.

“I would like that,� Samantha tells him, smiling, and then her Transformer starts ringing. “Excuse me.� Samantha walks couple steps ahead, while Jeremy stays back and she answers her Transformer. “Hello?�

“Samantha,� Henry’s voice is heard by Samantha from her Transformer. “There’s a demon in the city. Kenny and Samantha are fighting it, but they’re going to need help.�

“Okay, I’m on my way,� Samantha tells him before hanging up, she then turns to Jeremy. “I’m sorry, something came up. I need to go.�

“Is something wrong, maybe I can go with you?� Jeremy says.

“No, just a friend emergency,� Samantha tells him. “I’ll see you tomorrow at school. Bye.�

Samantha waves bye as she walks away before running away, Jeremy waves back before walking off.

Elsewhere, outside the school gym, David shows up and sees people throwing basketballs back and forth. Suddenly, David’s Transformer rings, leading to him turn away from the gym and answers it.

“Hello,� David says, before hearing Henry’s voice. David turns to look in on the gym, “Got it, on my way.�

David closes his Transformer and runs off to help his friends.

Back at the fight with Flarlord, Kenny falls on his back with his Battle Saber by his side. Meanwhile Holly is trying to hold down Flarlord’s sword with her Battle Axe. But Flarlord overpowers her, pushing up her axe and then strike her across the chest.

“Now, burn baby burn,� Flarlord holds his sword over the fallen heroes, when suddenly Flarlord is hit by laser beams.

Kenny and Holly then see David and Samantha, in their armor and riding their Battle Cycles, firing their Battle Lasers. They fire couple more shots, knocking Flarlord off his feet. Kenny and Holly pick up their weapons and join their friends, as they dismount their cycles and remove their weapons from the side of the cycles.

“Guys, you’re okay?� David asks Kenny and Holly.

“Yes,� Holly tells him and Samantha.

“No one is going to be okay,� Flarlord says, returning to his feet. “When I’m get done with you!�

Kenny then notices couple people had shown up, including the woman and his daughter from the apartment fire.

“David, I think you are right about codenames,� Kenny says.

“Alright, let’s do it!� David says.

“Battle Violet, Battle Ready!� Kenny enters a fighting stance.

“Battle Pink, Battle Ready!� Samantha enters a fighting pose.

“Battle Green, Battle Ready!� David enters a fighting pose.

“Battle Orange, Battle Ready!� Holly enters a fighting stance.

“Battle Defenders, Battle Ready!�

“I don’t care who you are or what you called yourself,� Flarlord says, angry. “I will kill all of you and then I burn this entire city down, spiritual focal point or not!�

“No you will not,� Kenny tells him. “This city and its inhabitants are under our protection.�

“Let’s do it!� David says.

The four Defenders charge Flarlord who raises his sword and strike it down, sending a bolt of fire at them. David spins around his Battle Lance, before using it to swat away the bolt of fire into the ground. Holly jumps up and strikes down with her axe, but Flarlord uses his sword to block it in midair. Flarlord manages to push back the attack, but Holly counters by kicking off his chest, causing her to fly backward.

Samantha stands beside Holly, and starts shoots laser arrows at Flarlord, who slams down his sword creating a wall of fire to block them. The wall of fire disappears and Kenny runs through. Their swords clash, as Kenny tries to throw a successful hit on Flarlord.

“You can never defeat me,� Flarlord tells Kenny, as he holding Kenny’s sword down with his own. “I’m the true demon of fire.�

“I’m not impresses,� Kenny says, then presses the “1� button on his Battle Gauntlet and his Battle Laser appears in his hand.

Kenny fires his Battle Laser down, causing him to fly up above Flarlord. Flarlord then sees Samantha firing a laser arrow, into Flarlord’s shoulder, with the laser arrow disappears soon after. Kenny falls back down and strikes down with his Battle Saber, breaking Flarlord’s sword in half. Kenny stands on one knee, allowing David to jump over him and he strikes down Flarlord with his Battle Lance before striking him again. Holly then jumps over David’s head and then after performing a spin in midair, strikes down Flarlord with her axe.

Flarlord falls down, injured and the inhibited collar falls off, damaged.

Back at the horsemen’s cave, they are watching the fight from their orb, position in the center of the cave.

“They removed the inhibited collar!� Conquest yells.

Back at the fight, Flarlord returns to his feet, angry.

“This is it! I have enough!� Flarlord’s body is slowly engulfs by fire. “I will destroy this pathetic city, I will kill everyone here. The only that will be left is a pile of ashes!�

Flarlord is fully cover by fire, and then grows to a giant size, and the fire disappears. Flarlord holds out his hand and fire shoots out before taking the form of his sword.

“If we don’t do somethine, he will destroy all of Crestview Heights,� Conquest says, as he and the other horsemen are watching from their cave.

“Let’s wait,� War says.

“What are you thinking?� Famine says, getting angry.

“I’m curiosity as to what those Battle Defenders would do in this situation,� War says.

Back at the fight, the Battle Defenders look up at a giant Flarlord.

“What we suppose to do now?� Samantha asks.

“There are always the Mechadum,� Henry’s voice is heard through the com link in the Defenders’ helmets.

“Mechadum?� Samantha says, confuses.

“Mechadum,� Henry says, within the secret room. “Mechanized Defense Unit Machines. There are three.� Henry enters some keys. “One for Kenny, one for Holly, and the third will be shared by David and Samantha.�

“And they’re online,� David asks, as his friends stand around him.

“Yes, they’re online,� Henry’s voice is heard from their com link. “Now, use them.�

David nods his head at Kenny, who nods in agreement. Kenny presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet, “All Mechadum Assemble!�

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is the large humanoid robot, next to it is the large tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is the large jet.

“Amazing,� Holly says, as the Defenders see them. “But how are we supposed to reach them?�

Suddenly, the Defenders’ bodies starting to glow bright.

“I think we are about to find out,� David says.

The Defenders turn into small balls of light and shoots toward the Mechadum. Inside the jet’s cockpit, David appears in a chair behind a large console and below at a lower level, Samantha appears in a chair behind a large console.

“Awesome, instant transportation,� David says.

Inside the tank’s cockpit, Holly appears in a charge behind a large console, as Kenny appears in a chair behind a large console in the humanoid robot’s cockpit.

“Okay, let’s do it,� Holly says.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charges forward Flarlord.

“No mount of weaponries can save you,� Flarlord says, throws a bolt of fire from his sword.

Battle Warrior crosses its arms in defense, as the bolt of fire hits it. The Battle Warrior is rears back by the force of the attack. Flarlord places his sword on his shoulder and starts laughing when he is hit by a blast. Flarlord turns to see Battle Tank riding toward him.

“Laugh at this, fire starter,� Holly says, inside her cockpit, before presses a button on the console.

Battle Tank fires another blast at Flarlord, and then another. But this time Flarlord blocks with his sword before he fires a stream of fire from his sword, blasting Battle Tank.

Battle Jet is flying over Flarlord’s head, when he notices it.

“Samantha, bring us around and let’s blast him in the back,� David says, inside the shared cockpit.

“Right,� Samantha says, as she is flying the Mechadum.

Battle Jet flies back at Flarlord and it starts to fire at his back. Flarlord gets angry, turns around, and fires a stream of fire at it. Battle Jet barely misses the attack. Then Battle Warrior grabs Flarlord’s arms from behind and tries to pins his arms down.

“You can get hurt, playing with fire,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit, as he’s struggling with the controls to keep Flarlord’s arms pinned.

“The only one to get hurt; is you!� Flarlord says, sudden his body becomes engulf in fire.

“To-Too close,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit, still trying to keep Flarlord’s arms pinned. “Too h-hot, <cough> I ca-can’t keep th-this up. Argh!!� The heat gets too bad, forcing Kenny to let go of his controls.

Battle Warrior is force to let go, Flarlord turns around, with the fire disappears and he strike across Battle Warrior with his sword, forcing it to fall down.

“Now do you understand?� Flarlord waves his sword around. “No one can stop me!�

“That’s not true,� Henry’s voice is heard from the Battle Defenders’ com link.

“Henry,� Kenny says, inside the cockpit, exhausted from the heat.

“You can beat him, by doing something that demons can’t,� Henry says. “By working as a team.�

Kenny nods his head and using his controls, get Battle Warrior back on its feet.

“Tell us what to do,� Kenny says.

“There is a switch on your console,� Henry instructs them. “Pull it and says ‘Transform and Combine.’�

“Got ya’,� Kenny says.

The Defenders pull the switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“A fancy trick won’t save you,� Flarlord says as he points his sword at them. “Now, die!!�

A large stream of fire shoots out of Flarlord’s sword, blasting Battle Mechadum, and completely covering it in fire, blocking it from view. As Flarlord and the people below watches, sudden Battle Mechadum walks through the fire.

“What?!� Flarlord yells in disbelieving, as the people below cheers.

“Alright, the heat shields are holding,� David says, inside his shared cockpit, reading the data coming from a small computer screen next to his console.

“Now, let’s extinguish his fire,� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“Release the Battle Sword!� Kenny commands and presses a button on his console.

The cannon’s platform on Battle Mechadum’s back splits open as a sword handle pop up. Battle Mechadum reaches behind itself to grab the sword handle and pull it out, revealing a large metallic in appearance double bladed sword.

“You call that a sword,� Flarlord says, holding down his sword. “This is a sword.�

Suddenly the fire on his sword increases and fiery blade extend. Flarlord points his sword toward Battle Mechadum and the blade extends more till it reach Battle Mechadum, but it quickly holds up its sword, blocking the edge of the sword with the side its own.

“Samantha, takes us airborne,� David tells her, inside their cockpit.

“Right,� Samantha says.

The jets on the back of Battle Jet come to life and Battle Mechadum flies up into the sky. Flarlord’s sword returns to its normal length.

“You not getting ready that easy,� Flarlord says, as the fire on his sword increases again and he starts whipping the long blade like a whip at Battle Mechadum.

Battle Mechadum dodges one attack and then blocks another with its sword. It blocks another but then Flarlord manages to get hit on Battle Mechadum’s chest.

“We need to end this quick,� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“Wait, Henry, how far we can fly up?� David asks, inside his cockpit, through their com link.

“I don’t know, it was never clock for something like that,� Henry says, from the secret room.

“You thinking what I’m thinking?� Samantha asks David, inside their cockpit, with David nods his head in agreement.

“Let’s do it,� Kenny agrees with the plan, inside his cockpit.

Battle Mechadum flies around Flarlord and grabs him from the back and then flies him high up.

“W-What’s you doing?� Flarlord asks, as Battle Mechadum flying them high up through the sky.

“Without enough oxygen, fire can’t breath,� David says, inside his cockpit.

“Y-You won’t get away with this,� Flarlord says, as the fire on his sword starting to die out and he becomes weaker.

Sudden Battle Mechadum’s eyes go black and it and Flarlord starting to fall back down.

“What happened?� Holly asks, inside her cockpit.

“We went too far,� David answers, inside his shared cockpit. “We lost power.�

Flarlord falls out of Battle Mechadum’s arms, as the two are falling back to terra firma. The flames on Flarlord’s sword return and he points it toward the coming ground.

“Look!� Samantha says, inside her shared cockpit, as she sees Flarlord. “He won’t!�

“We can’t take that risk,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit. “David, get the system back online.�

David starts pressing the keys on his console, “Almost.� David presses a keystroke as the consoles in each of the cockpits come alive and so does Battle Mechadum’s eyes. “There!�

They then see Flarlord is getting ready to shoot fire at the busy streets.

“He’s going to kill them!� Samantha screams, in her shared cockpit.

“No, he’s not,� Kenny says, in his cockpit.

Battle Mechadum spins around in midair and flies around and then toward the falling Flarlord. In a quick moment, Battle Mechadum strikes Flarlord with the Battle Sword. Battle Mechadum lands on the ground, after a creaking stop. It takes a fighting stance with its sword as Flarlord explodes in midair and the people below celebrating at their heroes’ victories.

Later at BookZ, Kenny and Samantha are standing behind the counter as David and Holly are standing in front of it.

“So why you guys didn’t called us to begin with?� Samantha asks.

“Well, if we could handle him,� Holly starts. “Then all of us don’t have to lose ours normality.�

“Yeah, I mean David wants to join the basketball team,� Kenny explains.

“Ah, it’s nothing,� David says. “Besides, helping my friends are more important.�

“Yeah, so if something happens,� Samantha starts. “No matter what, we will call each other.�

“Agree,� David and Holly say.

“Kenny?� Samantha turns to Kenny.

“Yeah, agree,� Kenny says, with a smile.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
Things get intense as David and Holly’s arguing gets on everyone’s nerves. But it’s about to get worse, and deadly.

Plus Jeremy visits BookZ, with a question for a young heroine.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

Its look like I won’t be able to post the next episode of Battle Defenders today, but I will post it tomorrow.

*Crossing all fingers, toes, limbs, and eyes*

So anyone who would look forward to the next episode tonight: I’m sorry. And anyone who don’t care: then why are you reading this thread?

[KamenRanger]

Here you goes, better late than never.

4: “Teamwork is the Keyword�

With the walls of Crestview Heights North High, classes are taking place as students are either learning or acquiring new assignments. Within Ms Mesby’s science class, David and Holly are seating among their class, leading to their teacher.

“As you remembered,� Ms. Mesby says, as she walks down an aisle between her students’ desks. “On the first day of school I told you, you will have to partner up with a classmate for a project due at the end of the semester. So today you will get started.� A male student raises his hand for a question. “No, Keith, you can’t choose your partner.� The student lowers his head, as Ms. Mesby reaches her desk at the front of the classroom before turning around to face her students. “I will assign your partner.�

There is a silent moan throughout the room, as Ms. Mesby picks up her class roster and opens it, “Let’s see, Teri, you will be partner up with Keith.�

“Ah, great, the poster child for zit cream,� Teri says, obvious upset.

“William and Mark, Sara and Willow,� Ms. Mesby continues to read names as she assigns partners. “David and Holly.�

Upon hearing their names been called, David and Holly look up and then look at each other, surprised at been made partners.

After class had ended, David and Holly had joined Kenny by his locker, as the two are arguing.

“I swear we should do our project on how different mounts of light affect the same type of plants and then how mounts of water affect them,� David tells Holly.

“And what should we do when the class fell asleep?� Holly mocks.

“And what’s your genius plan?� David asks.

“Something that involves the solar system,� Holly says.

“‘Something that involves the solar system,’� David says, mocking her. “Why don’t you just say something that involves science, that might be a little more vain.�

“At least I don’t come up with ideas that boring and stupid,� Holly says.

“Yeah, you come up with no ideas,� David tells her.

“You believe this, Kenny?� Holly asks her friends.

“No,� Kenny says. “I don’t believe you two had been arguing about this since you came out of the classroom.�

“We’re arguing because of him,� Holly points to David.

“Me, no, you’re the stubborn one here,� David tells her.

Kenny sticks his head in his locker, “Where’s a demon when you need one?�

Meanwhile, within the Horsemen’s dark cave, Greling has his hand place on the far side of the cave as War is standing behind him and the other Horsemen are standing around the orb.

“Hurry up, already,� War says, getting impatience.

“This is a process, master, just wait a minute,� Greling explains. “I call upon the wicked and the evil. Come to me, come to this spot: Argunor!�

A bolt of lightning shoots out of the cave’s roof and upon hitting the ground, a creature, covers in black armor with two red glowing eyes emitting from the darkness in his helmet, appears.

“Ah, Argunor,� War says, as he passes Greling, pushing him to the side in the process. “Long time, no see.�

“Master,� Argunor, upon seeing War, gets down on one knee and bows in front of him. “It’s a honor to serve you once again.�

“Rise,� War tells Argunor, who returns to his feet. “I want you to go to Crestview Heights and use your power to incense arguments between those who are arguing and spread war throughout the city.�

“It will be a honor, my master,� Argunor says, bows for a second and then disappears in a blast of black light.

“Now that demon won’t burn down the city,� War says.

“Everyone is a comedian,� Famine says, before returning his attention to the orb with the other Horsemen.

Within Crestview Heights, a man and woman, a married couple, are walking out of their house toward their car.

“I’m tired of the devil incarnated coming over every week,� the man says.

“I told you to stop calling my mother that,� the woman says.

Not too far from, Argunor sneaks up behind a tree.

“Ah, perfect,� Argunor says. “I love nothing more then causing fights between a married couple and then watches as their love is replaced by hate and then death.� Argunor’s hands glow blue before he points his arms forward and shoots blue beams at the couple, shocking them for a second before they start acting like nothing happened.

“Listen witch, I’m the man of this house and if I say your mother won’t come over, she won’t!� the man yells.

“Oh, the big tough man of the house, you’re nothing but a wimp who cries for his mommy in his sleep,� the woman says, getting angrier.

“Don’t give me a reason,� the man says.

“Just try it and you joins your mother,� the woman threats.

“This is fun,� Argunor starts walking away from the tree as the couple is continuing arguing. “Now time to start more wars.�

Argunor is starting to walk across the street when he sees the Battle Defenders ride up on their Battle Cycles. They come to a stop and dismount.

“Alright, let’s end this quick and returns to school,� David says. “Or my math class will think I’m struck in the bathroom.�

“Right, let’s hurries back for the genius that is David,� Holly mocks.

“Enough,� Samantha says, already getting annoyed at her friends’ arguing. “Now, what do you want?�

“Simply, to causes as much havoc as I want,� Argunor tells them.

“We won’t let you do that,� Kenny tells him.

“Like you can stop me,� Argunor says, before holding up piles of dust in his hands. “Sselmrof Epahs Sekat Mrof!�

The dust shoots into the air and comes together to creates a small army of Dustoids.

“Dustoids, again,� Holly says.

“Thanks for speaking the obvious,� David mocks.

“Let just take care of this,� Kenny says, before he and his friends rush toward the Dustoids.

Kenny blocks an arm swipe from a Dustoid before kick it in the chest and then back kick an approaching Dustoid. Samantha flips backward away from couple Dustoids’ sword strikes. Upon landing, she catches another sword strike, bends the arm backward and kicks its owner in the chest twice. She flips it onto its back and then turns around to kick an approaching Dustoid.

David catches two sword strikes as they cross in front of him. David then pushes the arms up and split kicks two Dustoids. He then knees down and trip an approaching Dustoid, causing to spin in midair before its fall to the ground. Holly raises a knee to block a kick from Dustoid, she then uses her other leg to kick it away. Holly then catches a sword strike from behind; she hits her attack’s arm with an elbow before she kicks the Dustoid away.

Argunor watches as the Battle Defenders continue fighting the Dustoids, with his focus mainly on David and Holly. “Mm, interesting there seems to be a small feud between Battle Green and Battle Orange. And any small feud could, and with a little help, will become more.�

Argunor’s hands glow blue before reaches out with them and shoots blue energy at David and Holly, shocking them for a quick second, before they fall to their knees.

“David, Holly!� Kenny yells, seeing his friends in trouble, before kick away a Dustoid and rushes toward them.

“No!� Samantha yells, and then rushes forward her friends.

“Ah, this is enough fun for now, bye-bye,� Argunor says, before disappears in a blast of black light.

“Are you guys okay?� Kenny asks, as he grabs Holly’s shoulders from behind.

“I-I think so,� Holly tells him. “I don’t feel any different.�

“Which is too bad,� David says, as he nods his head with Samantha kneeing beside him. “If you’re different, then we all will be better off.�

“What’s that supposes to mean?!� Holly shouts.

“It’s meant the way it’s sounded!� David yells as he gets up.

“Loudmouth, little weasel,� Holly says and gets up, with Kenny and Samantha following after her.

“Watch who you call a weasel, witch,� David says. “Call me that again and you’ll be sorry.�

“Well, why don’t you pull out that toothpick you called a lance and make me sorry,� Holly tells him.

“I think we got a problem,� Samantha says to Kenny, as she stands behind David.

“We better get them to Henry,� Kenny tells her, as he stands behind Holly.

Minutes later at BookZ, Samantha is behind on the counter and leans on it, while Kenny is standing beside the counter and David and Holly continuing their arguing in front of their friends.

“And what you called that haircut, Scary Spice?� David tells Holly.

“Why don’t you just dig a hole and bury yourself in it,� Holly says.

“I might just do that with your breath,� David says, covering his mouth.

“Big talk coming from Edward Scissor-Toenails,� Holly insults him.

“Oh, very clever,� David says. “Did you came up with that, or did you have help?�

“And I thought my parents argue a lot,� Samantha says. “Those two make them look like honeymooners.�

Henry enters the room from the back room and sees they’re still arguing, “They’re still at it.�

“They turning the dirty dozens into the dirty thousands,� Samantha explains.

“Is there a way to break this spell?� Kenny asks.

“It looks like the only way is to kill Argunor,� Henry explains. “But till he shows himself again, I’m searching for alternates.�

“What are we suppose to do till then?� Samantha asks. “We need to get back to school before someone realizes how long we had been gone.�

“The only thing you can do is continue your normal life,� Henry says, as he turns to return to the back room, but stops. “And which include taking them with you.�

“Perfect,� Samantha says, as Henry returns to the back room

Back at school, Kenny and Samantha are in the hallway with David and Holly at their lockers.

“Their lockers are next to each other?� Samantha realizes. “This’ going to be fun.�

“Like pulling teeth,� Kenny says, with Samantha looks at him, surprised he told a joke.

“Hey, watch the elbow,� David says, as Holly bumps him with her elbow as they are trying to go through their belongings in their lockers.

“Oh, sorry, I didn’t see you there,� Holly says. “You are very non noticeable.�

David slams his locker closes as Kenny notices Jeremy is heading toward them.

“Hey, Samantha,� Jeremy says, happily surprises Samantha.

“Hi, Jeremy,� Samantha says, with Jeremy notices Kenny. “Oh, this is my friend, and co-worker, Kenny.�

“Hey there,� Jeremy says to Kenny.

“Hi,� Kenny says, quietly.

“Hey, Samantha, I wonder if I can walk you to class,� Jeremy says to her.

“That would be nice,� Samantha says, with a smile, before turns to Kenny. “See ya’ later, Kenny.�

“Bye,� Kenny says, quietly.

“I guess she couldn’t wait to get away from you,� Holly says to David.

“Okay, I had enough of you,� David tells her.

“Well, that’s something we had in common, because I also had enough of you,� Holly says.

“Maybe we should ends this now,� David says.

“I would love to,� Holly says.

Kenny realizes that they are going to fight and he step in between them, “Whoa, stop!�

“Get out of the way, Kenny, this witch has it coming,� David tells him.

“Ohhh, stop acting tough, you’re glad that Kenny is here because you don’t want to get beat by a girl,� Holly says.

“That’s it!� David leaps toward Holly, but Kenny holds him back with one arm while keeping Holly with his other hand.

“You two stop it, before someone see,� Kenny says. “Argh, I don’t believe I’m wishing for a demon attack, again.� Kenny finally pushes David away, “Enough! David goes to your next period. Holly c’mon, we’re late for History.�

Kenny grabs Holly’s arm and pull her down the hallway as David walks in the opposite direction.

“This is all of your fault!� an angry man yells as he gets out of his cars, just moments after it had hit another car in the center of a busy street.

“My fault?!� yells a man as he gets out of the second car. “You’re the one that ran the red light!�

“I was making a right turn, I had the right of way!� the first man yells.

“You loudmouth…� the second man says as he grabs his shirt and the two starts grappling.

Just couple feet away from them, Argunor is watching. He turns around and starts walking down the street as two women fall out of a department store as they fight over a dress and then Argunor walks pass a man fighting with a cop trying to give him a parking ticket.

“Now this is fun!!� Argunor yells, excited, as he raises his arms.

Meanwhile, in the secret room of BookZ, Henry is watching Argunor causes more chaos on the large computer monitor.

“Not good,� Henry says, and starts entering keystrokes. “The Battle Defenders are needed.�

At the city limits, Argunor is watching as two kids are fighting over a new bike.

“Ah!� Argunor is pleases at the sight. “Kids does the darnest thing.� Argunor then notices the Battle Defenders are riding up to him on their Battle Cycles. “You again.�

“This ends now,� Kenny says, as he and his friends get off their cycles and walk out in front of them.

As they walk, David and Holly bumps shoulders.

“Hey, watch where you’re going!� Holly says, angry.

“You’re the one that bumped into me!� David tells her.

“Don’t make me separate you two!� Samantha yells at them.

“Having fun?� Argunor asks his enemies.

“Henry said the only way to break the spell is destroying him,� Samantha says to Kenny. “So let’s do this.� As Samantha enters a fighting stance, Kenny nods in agreement.

“I don’t think so!� Argunor says, as he shoots two large green orbs from his hands hitting the Battle Defenders.

Large smoke blocks the Battle Defenders from sight, but then Kenny runs out of the smoke with his Battle Saber readied. Kenny launches a downward strike at Argunor, but he misses. Kenny tries a sideward strike, but Argunor blocks with a knee and then holds it down with his hand.

“I sense anger in you,� Argunor says to his pinned foe. “Have brother issues?�

Argunor pulls up Kenny’s sword, kicks him in the chest and then punches him away. Argunor looks up to see Samantha had jumped toward him with her Battle Bow. She fires a laser arrow at him, but Argunor effortful less knocks it away and then catches Samantha’s bow after she lands and then twirl around the bow, holding it down and crosses her arms.

“I hate no one,� Samantha says, realizing Argunor will try to senses anger in her.

“So you don’t hate that your parents argue all the time,� Argunor says to her. “And you fear that you’re the reason that your parents might get a divorce.�

“N-No, I-� Samantha is caught unaware.

Argunor pulls up Samantha’s bow, releasing her, and kicks her away. David and Holly stop their arguing for a second as they run to their fallen friends’ aid. Kenny and Samantha start to get back to their feet without removing their eyes from Argunor.

“Have you realized it yet?� Argunor asks them. “Anger and hatred feel every human’s heart, and it will reveal itself in time. I just help it along.� Suddenly purple energy surrounds Argunor’s body as he grows. “Now let’s have some real fun!�

“We need the Mechadum,� David says.

“Yeah, just don’t get in my way,� Holly tells him.

“There’s no way, you two can work together with the Mechadum,� Samantha says.

“She right, you guys better seat it out,� Kenny tells David and Holly, before turning his attention to Samantha. “Let’s go.� Samantha nods in agreement. Kenny presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet. “Mechadum Assemble!�

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.

Kenny and Samantha turn into balls of light and fly off to Battle Warrior and Battle Jet, respectively.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny yells, after appearing in his cockpit.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� Samantha yells, after appearing in her cockpit. “I hope I can pilot this thing without David.�

Battle Warrior and Battle Jet race off the platform toward Argunor. Battle Warrior launches a punch at Argunor, but he catches it. Argunor then catches another punch from Battle Warrior and starts pushing both arms down.

“What wrong? Didn’t oil your robot today?� Argunor asks.

Argunor then releases Battle Warrior and punches it in the chest following with a side kick, knocking it backward. Battle Jet flies overhead and fires lasers at Argunor. Argunor holds up his hands as small explosions fire around him at each laser impact.

“Ha! Ha! I can sense your hatred from here,� Argunor says as he fires green orbs from his hands.

Battle Jet flies past the first orb, but the second hits one of the wings.

“I had been hit!� Samantha yells, inside her cockpit.

“You won’t make it to the ground,� Argunor says, getting ready to fire another shot, but Battle Warrior grabs it around the arms from behind. “Sorry, I don’t hug guys, or anyone for that matter.�

Argunor flexes his muscle to force Battle Warrior to release and back kick it. Argunor turns around and fires a green orb at the ground, causing it to shake. As David and Holly look up at the fight, they start to feel the ground shaking. Suddenly a crevice opens up in the ground. David loses his footing and falls in, barely able to hold on the side of the crevice but finds his self unable to pull up. Holly looks up to see David in trouble.

“David,� Holly says, as her body glows blue for a second before blue energy dissipates. “David!!� Holly runs to the crevice and stretches her hand at David. “Hurry, grab my hand!�

David grabs Holly’s hand and she manages to pull him out of the crevice. Once out of the crevice, the two seats on the ground, tired.

“Holly, you saved my life,� David says, as his body glows blue for a second before blue energy dissipates.

“It’s what friends are for,� Holly tells him, and then the two notices Battle Warrior and Battle Jet are fighting Argunor.

“Speaking of friends,� David says, as he and Holly return to their feet.

“Yeah, our other friends need us,� Holly says.

Battle Warrior is knocked backward after receiving an attack but remains on its feet.

“Now let’s end this,� Argunor says as he closes a fist, suddenly he is hits by a laser beam. “What the?!�

Argunor turns to see Battle Tank riding toward him.

“Holly, what’s going on?� Samantha asks, inside her cockpit.

“It’s okay,� David’s voice is heard. Samantha turns around to see David is inside the cockpit. “The spell is broken and we ready to kick some butt.�

“I couldn’t have said it any better,� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“Alright, let’s go,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“I don’t know how you broke my spell,� Argunor starts. “But I will break your bones!�

Argunor fires two green orbs from his hands at Battle Mechadum, which stop for a second before continue forward. Argunor fires a kick which Battle Mechadum blocks with an arm before Argunor punches it in the chest. Argunor then fires two green orbs from his hands at pointblank range, causing it to step back.

“Let’s end this fight,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit. “Release the Battle Sword!�

The cannon’s platform on Battle Mechadum’s back splits open as a sword handle pop up. Battle Mechadum reaches behind itself to grab the sword handle and pull it out, revealing a large metallic in appearance double bladed sword.

Argunor fires two more green orbs from his hands, but Battle Mechadum uses its sword to cut through each orb.

“You want anger, we’ll give you anger,� Samantha says, inside her shared cockpit.

The jets on Battle Mechadum’s back fires, causing it to speeds forward and perform a sideward strike on Argunor. The jets stop and Battle Mechadum takes a fighting stance with its sword as Argunor is consume in a big explosion behind it.

Back at BookZ, Kenny and Henry are standing behind the counter as David and Holly are standing in front of it and Samantha is near one of the shelves.

“I would seem that it was David and Holly’s friendship that break the spell, incredible,� Henry says, after David and Holly explained what happened.

“I’m glad it’s over,� Samantha says, as Henry walks through the door into the backroom.

“Yeah, and we had decided on a project for science class,� David says.

“Yeah, we’re doing that plant thing,� Holly says. “Oh, this is going to be fun.� Holly says as she walks over to the side of the counter.

“Don’t start,� David says, as he walks into the backroom.

Then Jeremy enters the store to Samantha’s glad.

“Hey, Jeremy,� Samantha says to him, before bring his attention to Kenny and Holly. “You remember Kenny? And this is his best friend, Holly.�

“Hi,� Jeremy says, before quickly returning his attention to Samantha. “Samantha, I was wondering if you would like to go out with me.� Jeremy manages to get Kenny’s attention.

“You mean on a date, I would love to,� Samantha says, excited, before manage to calm down. “I mean that sound nice.�

“Great,� Jeremy says, smiling.

Holly then notices Kenny looks depresses as Samantha and Jeremy are happily talking and Holly realizes that Kenny has feelings for Samantha.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
Samantha gets ready for her date with Jeremy.

Conquest sends a demon who takes advantage of Samantha’s nervousness of her first date.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

5: “First Date Jitters�

It’s a blissful Fall day in Crestview Heights and romance is in the air. Especially for the young sixteen years old Samantha Qualli; for a hour she tries to find the perfect clothes in her closet, something that don’t make her look too fat or too skinny, for her first date, not just with Jeremy Anders, but her first date in her life. And there are enough butterflies in her stomach to make a bug collector jealous.

Samantha enters her place of employment, BookZ, to find her friends. Kenny, also her coworker, is behind the counter reading a book they got overstocked. Holly is looking at one of the book shelves and listening, on her ipod, to a song from, the popular teenage pop star, Kelly Parston’s new album. David is just coming out from the backroom probably with Henry in the secret computer room looking at some new tech or something.

Kenny looks up to see Samantha had entered and realizes she looks nervous about something. But before Kenny can find the courage and then think of something to say to her, David spots her first.

“Hi, Samantha, what’s up?� David asks, causing Holly to notice her and removes her ipod earplugs and turn it off.

“Hi, guys,� Samantha says, as she walks away from the entrance, obvious nervous about something.

“Something’s wrong?� Holly asks, having realizes how nervous she is.

“I guess I’m just a bit nervous about my date with Jeremy,� Samantha explains, with Kenny looks depress for a second when she mentions her date.

“What is it to be nervous about?� David asks. “I been on a ton of dates and I was never nervous.�

“Not everyone tries to get in The Guinness Book of World Records for most dating in a single season,� Holly tells David.

“It just that I never been on a date before, so I nervous,� Samantha says. “I mean, I want it to go well.�

“I remember been nervous on my first date, but then I think my date was more nervous,� Holly says. “He spills popcorn all over his self.�

“What about you, Kenny?� Samantha asks him, surprising Kenny by her question. “Was you nervous on your first date.�

“Hum, I never been on a date,� Kenny tells her.

“Really?� Samantha says, surprised someone’s so nice hadn’t been on a date.

“Well, Kenny is still fifteen years old,� Holly says, not realizing why Samantha surprises.

“So?� David asks. “I went on my first date when I was fourteen.�

“Not everyone starts dating when they hit puberty,� Holly tells him.

Suddenly, Henry rushes out of the backroom, catching everyone’s attention.

“Everyone, there’s a demon attack in the city,� Henry tells them.

The four teenagers start to head toward the backroom to get to the secret room.

“Hmm, maybe a demon fight would calm my nerves,� Samantha says, as they enter the backroom.

Within quick moments, the four friends had transformed into their armor and mount their Battle Cycles.

“Battle Cycles, Battle Ready!� The Battle Defenders start down the long tunnel.

The Battle Defenders are driving their Battle Cycles down the long tunnel till they reach a light. Sudden, the back wall of an alley slides back, revealing an opening in the ground, then the Battle Defenders ride their Battle Cycles out of the opening and down the long road, as the back wall closes over the opening.

Meanwhile on a city street, a grown woman cowers in fear in front of a small dog that just looks at her confused.

“St-stay away!� the woman cries, fearing the small animal.

Across the street a man is on a ladder against his house. The man grabs his arms around the ladder, terrified.

“Someone help! Someone helps me!� the man screams.

Not too far away, watching the scared people is a large green creature with a red headband, blue gauntlets, and a brown belt. The creature is known only as Fearor.

“Yeah, be afraid,� Fearor says, pleases. “Be afraid till your heart just can’t take it anymore.� Fearor starts laughing when he hears the Battle Defenders’ cycles and turns around to see them coming to a stop and dismount their cycles. “Ah, the Battle Defenders, I presume.�

“You presumed correctly,� David tells him.

“So what’s your game?� Holly asks.

“Be careful, everyone,� Henry’s voice is heard through the com link in the Battle Defenders’ helmets. “His name is Fearor and he can intensify someone’s fears to the point of them dying of a heart attack.�

“You scare people to death,� Kenny says to Fearor.

“Exactly,� Fearor tells him. “And I senses great fear in one of you. Now which one is it?�

“It doesn’t matter,� David says. “You won’t be around long enough for it’s to matter.�

“We’ll see,� Fearor stretches out his arms and fires green blasts at the Battle Defenders from his fists.

The Battle Defenders roll out of the way of the explosions caused by Fearor’s attack. Holly looks up to see Fearor standing over her and he pulls Holly to her feet by grabbing her arms.

“Ah, you afraid you will lose your best friend,� Fearor says. “Impressive, but not strong enough.�

“Sorry to disappoint you,� Holly says, trying to kick him but Fearor jumps high up, leaving Holly confuses.

David had returned to his feet when Fearor lands behind him and grabs David by one arm.

“Hey,� David says, surprised.

“You’re afraid you’ll fall in love and end up divorce,� Fearor says.

“Stay out of my mind,� David says, then tries to spin around and hit Fearor with a backhand but Fearor jumps high up causing David to spin around and falls on the ground.

Kenny returns to his feet when Fearor lands behind him and grabs Kenny from behind.

“What the?� Kenny says, surprised.

“You’re afraid you won’t be able to expresses your true feelings in time,� Fearor tells him, leaving Kenny’s speechless. “I think we’re getting closer.� Fearor jumps high up, causing Kenny to fall forward.

Samantha looks up to see Fearor had landed in front of her and she returns to her feet.

“I think we got a winner,� Fearor says, places one hand on Samantha’s helmeted head as blue energy runs down Fearor’s arms into Samantha’s helmet.

Kenny looks up to see his friend in trouble and rushes to his feet and toward them.

“GET AWAY FROM HER!� Kenny yells, before presses the “2� button on his Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Saber, Battle Ready!� Kenny’s weapon appears in his hand and he raises and gets ready to launches a downward strike at Fearor’s outstretched arm when Fearor sees him coming and jumps high up, avoiding Kenny’s attack. Kenny realizes Fearor is gone when he sees Samantha falls to her knees as David and Holly walk over to their friends. “Samantha, are you okay?�

“I think so,� Samantha says, placing a hand on her helmeted head.

“Well its look like Fearor is long gone,� David says. “We better head back.�

“Okay, besides I need to washes my arms, I don’t believe that oversized frog touches me,� Holly says.

“Let’s go,� Kenny says, offering a hand to Samantha to help her up.

Samantha then notices the Battle Cycles, “O-On those?� Samantha points toward the Battle Cycles.

“Hum,� Kenny looks at the cycles before looks back at Samantha. “Yeah, of course.�

“I-I can’t,� Samantha says, backing away while still on the ground. “D-Don’t make me, please don’t make me.�

“Samantha?� Kenny says, confuses, as he, David, and Holly look at her, puzzled.

The Battle Defenders return back at the secret room behind BookZ, with Samantha’s Battle Cycle runs on an autopilot program as Samantha rides with Holly with her arms clutched around Holly’s waist.

After they came to a stop, Holly notices Samantha is loosing her hold, “Its okay, Samantha. We had stopped.�

“O-Okay,� Samantha says, before slowly letting go of Holly’s waist and then slowly dismounts the Battle Cycle. Samantha presses the “zero� button on her Battle Gauntlet and says, “Revert.�

Samantha lets out a shriek when her armor disassembles and reassembles as her Transformer, which falls to the ground.

“Its okay, Samantha,� Holly picks up the fallen Transformer and hands it to Samantha. “Just take a seat on the table.�

Samantha walks out of the tunnel and sees the table, “Hum, its too high. I think I will just stand.�

“Revert,� Kenny, Holly, and David press the “zero� button on their Battle Gauntlets, causing their armors to disassembles and reassembles as their Transformers, which they all catch in midair.

“I’m confused,� David says. “Is Samantha afraid of heights or motorcycles?�

“They’re just basic fears that Samantha holds, like how a lot of kids are afraid of the dark,� Henry explains. “But this will worsen if Samantha is confronted by her worse fear at the moment.�

“What you mean ‘at the moment?’� David asks.

“People’s fears change as they grow and gains new life experiences,� Henry continues to explain. “Someone whose worse fear was spiders could become more afraid of flying after 9/11. Do you know what Samantha’s worse fear at the moment could be?�

“Her first date with Jeremy,� Kenny says, catching Samantha’s attention.

“You really think that would be her worse fear?� Holly says.

“I-I can’t go out with him,� Samantha says, becoming terrified. “W-What if I say something stupid or spill something or what if he wants to kiss me. I-I can’t.�

Holly notices Kenny looks depresses when Samantha mentions kissing.

Meanwhile, within the Horsemen’s dark cave, while Death, War, Famine, and Greling at the back of the cave, Conquest is pacing back and forth in front of Fearor.

“I send you so people will be conquered by their worst fears,� Conquest says, obvious upset.

“Yes, sir,� Fearor says, afraid that his master is so angry.

“Then explain why, when you faced the Battle Defenders, you didn’t kill them!� Conquest yells.

“Well, Battle Pink has the biggest fear at the moment,� Fearor starts to explain. “So I affect her with my powers and she will be so consumed by her fears that wouldn’t be able to life a finger to fight. And with only three Battle Defenders to contend with, they can easy be destroyed and meanwhile little pinky will die of fright.�

“Very well, but you better not fail,� Conquest tells him.

“Yes, sir,� Fearor says.

“Fearor, your biology is similar to frogs, right?� Death asks.

“Hum, yes, sir,� Fearor says. “Why you ask?�

“Well, if you fail to kill the Battle Defenders, then I will have frog legs for dinner tonight,� Death explains, with Fearor gulps out of fright.

Back at BookZ, Jeremy enters through the door and sees that no one is there.

“Samantha?� Jeremy’s calling for his date.

Inside the secret lab, everyone hears Jeremy’s voice, which causes Samantha to step away from the entrance in fright.

“Its Jeremy,� Holly announces the obvious.

“He must be here to pick up Samantha,� David guesses.

“Samantha’s in position to go out to see him and we can’t let him come into the backroom and find the lab, the entrance is still open,� Henry explains.

“I’ll cover, close the entrance behind me,� David says, before leaving the lab.

Tired of waiting, Jeremy starts to motion toward the backroom entrance, when David comes out of the backroom. David closes the backroom door as the secret entrance to the lab swings to a close.

“You work here too?� Jeremy asks, surprised.

“Hum, I was helping with arranging the inventory in the back,� David lies. “As a favor.�

“Where’s Samantha?� Jeremy asks.

“She’s also helping with the inventory,� David lies. “She’s been out when she’s done.� David then notices the CDs in stock. “Hum, so had you heard the new Kelly Parston’s album? ‘Old Flame,’ is my favorite.�

“It’s okay,� Jeremy says.

Meanwhile in the secret lab, Henry, Kenny, and Holly are facing the large computer while Samantha is seating on the ground in front of the table.

“Well, its look like she must either face her worse fear or Fearor must be destroyed,� Henry explains.

“Consider how much the spell had affected Samantha, fighting Fearor might be the easer of the two options,� Holly says.

“If he would stay still,� Kenny adds.

“Well, it’s only a matter of time till he shows his ugly head,� Holly says. “So let’s go and find him. Let David keeps Jeremy busy.�

“Fighting Fearor might be easier then what’s David is doing,� Henry jokes, as Kenny and Holly walk over to their Battle Cycles.

“Transformation,� Kenny and Holly say as they presses the triangle button on their Transformers, causing them to break apart and reassembles on Kenny and Holly’s bodies as their armors. The two mounts their cycles, “Battle Cycles, Battle Ready!� Kenny and Holly rides down the long tunnel as Samantha watches, still afraid.

In a quick moment, Kenny and Holly, still riding their Battle Cycles, see Fearor in the middle of a street, watching a man running down the street after seeing a spider. Fearor then sees Kenny and Holly riding toward him.

“Ah, only two, this will be more easy then I thought,� Fearor says, then he shoots green blasts from his arms at the two Battle Defenders.

“Let’s play a game of leapfrog,� Kenny suggests.

Kenny and Holly jump their Battle Cycles into the air, dodging over the attacks and over Fearor’s head. Kenny and Holly land behind Fearor and they skid to a stop. The two quickly dismounts their cycles and face their enemy.

“Nice, but you will have to do more then that to stop me,� Fearor tells them.

“We got more,� Kenny tells him as he and Holly presses “2� button on their Battle Gauntlets. “Battle Saber, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Axe, Battle Ready!�

Kenny and Holly ready their weapons as they appear in their hands, before starts charging Fearor. But Fearor slams a fist onto the ground causing a green shockwave on the ground leading to Kenny and Holly having trouble remains steady.

“Now that we had rocked,� Fearor says, straighten up. “Let’s roll!�

Fearor jumps toward Holly, throwing a punch. Holly tries to block with her axe, but Fearor still manage to send her flying backward. Kenny able to remains stable but before he could attack, Fearor kick in the stomach. Kenny, still been affected by the shockwave, fall down easy.

Holly had recovered and rushes toward Fearor with her weapon readied. Fearor rushes toward Holly and dodge an axe strike before avoiding another attack. Holly tries another attack with her axe, but Fearor punches the axe, sending it flying. Fearor then punches Holly repeating, before firing a final punch which sends green shockwaves from the point of impact and causes to fall down.

Fearor looks up to see Kenny had jumped toward him with his Battle Saber rose. Fearor jumps up toward Kenny and catches the sword before he could be hit and then delivers a strong punch in Kenny’s guts, emitting a green shockwave from the impact, and sends him flying and forced to let go of his sword. Fearor lands on his feet as Kenny crashes on his back. Fearor looks at the Battle Saber before throwing it away.

“Now let the real fun begins,� Fearor says.

Back at BookZ, David and Jeremy are still alone, while Jeremy is waiting for Samantha.

“So, read any good books lately?� David asks an annoyed Jeremy. Suddenly a phone ringing is heard before David realizes it’s his Transformer. “Oh, it’s me. Excuse me.� David answers his Transformer, “Yes?�

“David,� Henry says on the other line. “Kenny and Holly need your help.�

“Okay, but what about Jeremy?� David asks.

“I’ll keep him busy, but you better hurry,� Henry says.

“Okay,� David says, before closing his Transformer and faces Jeremy. “I need to go; I’ll just get something of mine in the backroom and leaves through the back entrance.� David opens the backroom door. “Oh, and I’ll tell Samantha you are waiting for her.�

David closes the door behind himself as Jeremy nods his head. Couple a seconds later, Jeremy notices the backroom door is opening and thinks its Samantha till he sees Henry, who closes the door behind himself.

“Samantha is almost done, she’s a very hard worker,� Henry tells Jeremy, before thinking of something to say. “So, read any good books lately?� Henry says to Jeremy, who becomes annoyed again.

In only couple moments, David had joined the fight. He had jumped up with his Battle Lance readied. David strikes down at Fearor with his lance, but Fearor dodges it. David swings around his lance and tries again, but Fearor dodges again. David tries two more attacks as he swings around his weapon, but Fearor continues to dodge them.

“Will you stay still?!� David say, angry.

“I got a better idea,� Fearor says, before launching a punch.

David tries to block with his Battle Lance but a green shockwave emitted from the point of impact and causes David to fly backward. David lands on the ground as Kenny and Holly regroup around him.

“Nice rescue,� Holly mocks.

“Aw, shut up,� David says, annoyed.

Meanwhile at the secret lab behind BookZ, Samantha, still seating on the ground in front of the table, is watching the fight on the computer monitor.

“Oh my god, they’re in trouble,� Samantha says, shocked to see her friends in trouble. “They’re going to die.�

Back at the fight, Fearor delivers quick punches to Kenny, Holly, and David, sending them flying backward as green shockwaves emitted from the points of impact. As the three Battle Defenders land on the ground, they look up to see Fearor slowly walks toward them.

“Since I’m a demon, I don’t believe in Heaven,� Fearor says. “So I guess I’m sending you to the Underworld.� Suddenly a laser arrow hits Fearor, knocking him off his feet and as he tries to regroup back on his feet. “What the?!�

Fearor, Kenny, Holly, and David look up to see Samantha, in her armor and her Battle Bow in her hand, walking toward them.

“Samantha!� Kenny says, as he, Holly, and David are both happy and surprise to see their friend.

“Impossible, your fears should have paralyzed you,� Fearor says to Samantha.

“I am afraid of going on my first date,� Samantha says, lowering her helmeted head before raising it again to face Fearor head on. “But I’m more afraid of seeing my friends killed.�

“Don’t matter,� Fearor says as he returns to his feet. “I will still kill you!�

“Bring it, Froggy,� Samantha says, readies her Battle Bow.

Fearor races toward Samantha, who starts to fire laser arrows at him. But Fearor punches each of the laser arrows; causing small green shockwaves as each arrow explode in midair. Samantha then tosses her bow up in the air and then performs couple back flips to avoid a punch from Fearor. Upon stop flipping, Samantha lands crouching, then Fearor punch the ground, causing a green shockwave to emit from the point of impact. But Samantha jumps up; leading to the shockwave sending her flying high up and Samantha catches her Battle Bow as she passes.

“Wow, because Samantha jumps just when the shockwave hit, it propels her high in the air,� David says.

“Two can play that game,� Fearor jumps high up after Samantha

In defense, Samantha starts shooting laser arrows as Fearor who punches away each laser arrows as he flies toward Samantha, who started to fall back down.

“David, your lance!� Kenny instructs.

“Right,� David swings his Battle Lance around before throwing it, causing his lance to spin as its flies.

The Battle Lance flies at Fearor, which hits him as it passes. Then the laser arrows start hitting Fearor, causing him to flies back to the ground, hitting the ground. Samantha lands just couple feet away from Fearor, then Kenny, Holly, and David, who got his lance back, regroup around her.

“Good work, Samantha,� Holly congrats her.

“Thanks, and thanks David for your help,� Samantha says to David.

“Thanks Kenny, it was his idea,� David explains.

“Oh, well thanks, Kenny,� Samantha says.

“Hum, well, we are a team,� Kenny says, acting like he’s embarrasses.

They turn around to see Fearor is returning to his feet, angry.

“Enough!� Fearor says. “Now your fears will destroy you, I will!� Suddenly Fearor grows to a giant size.

“All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands as he presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.

The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Fearor.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“Once I’m done, you will be afraid of me,� Fearor says and runs toward Battle Mechadum.

Battle Mechadum fires a punch but Fearor jumps high up to avoid it and lands behind it, punching it in the back. Battle Mechadum turns around to tries another punch but Fearor jumps high up again and lands behind it and punches it twice in the back. Battle Mechadum turns back around and fires a kick but Fearor jumps high up. He lands behind it and punches it repeating in the back.

“I’m getting sick and tired of his jumping act,� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“If he doesn’t stay still, we won’t be able to nail him with the Battle Sword,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

“Wait, maybe we can get him with the Battle Cannon,� David says, in his shared cockpit.

“Battle Cannon?� Samantha says, surprised, in her shared cockpit.

“Trust me,� David says, in their shared cockpit.

“Alright then,� Kenny says, in his shared cockpit.

A handle comes out of the cannon on Battle Mechadum’s back as it reaches around to grab it and pull it out, as its controllers yell, “Battle Cannon, Battle Ready!�

Battle Mechadum fires the Battle Cannon, but Fearor jumps high up to avoid it.

“You got to be quicker than that!� Fearor calls out before falls down and double kick Battle Mechadum in the chest, before lands back on the ground.

“He’s still too fast,� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“Now let’s rock and roll,� Fearor says, rubbing his fists.

“‘Rock and roll,’ he’s getting ready to punch the ground again,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

“What?� Holly says, realizing that Kenny is right, inside her cockpit.

“I got an idea, we can use the shockwaves just like Samantha did,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit. “But you will have to be quick with the jets, Samantha.�

“I got it under control,� Samantha says, confident.

Fearor punches the ground, causing a green shockwave to emit from the point of impact. But when the shockwave hits, Battle Mecadum jumps up and fires its jets, sending it speed into the sky so fast that it created a sonic boom.

“What the?� Fearor says, confused as he looks up but can’t see Battle Mechadum as the sun is blinding him.

Suddenly Fearor sees Battle Mechadum flying down him with the sun behind it and the Battle Cannon pointing.

“Battle Cannon, Fire!� the Battle Defenders shout.

The Battle Cannon fires a large blast that hits through Fearor. Battle Mechadum lands on the ground and readies its Battle Cannon as Fearor is consumed by a large explosion.

Back at BookZ, Henry and Jeremy are still alone, as Jeremy is growing more and more annoyed.

“I’m not very interested in books or reading,� Jeremy tells him.

“Why not?� Henry asks.

“They just never hold my interest,� Jeremy says, having grown tired of talking about books, the new Kelly Parston’s album and wants he planning on doing after graduation. “So what’s keeping Samantha?�

Almost to answer Jeremy’s question, Samantha enters from the backroom, with Kenny, David, and Holly.

“Sorry to keep you waiting,� Samantha says to Jeremy, who becomes happy upon seeing her.

“It’s worth the wait,� Jeremy says, as Samantha walks toward him.

“Sure, he’s was so impatience,� David whispers to Holly, before going with Henry to the secret lab, probably to talk about the full capabilities of their Mechadum.

“Well, let’s go,� Jeremy says.

“Let’s,� Samantha says, with a smile, facing her fear. Before she leaves she turns to her remaining friends, “Bye.�

“Bye,� Kenny and Holly say, with Kenny sounding depresses, as Samantha and Jeremy leaves.

Holly puts a hand on Kenny, trying to console him; though he doesn’t know Holly is aware of his feelings for Samantha.

“Hum, I probably should restock some of the books,� Kenny says.

Holly watches as Kenny goes into the backroom, wishing she knows how to help her best friend.

Next time on the Battle Defenders:
Kenny’s friends decide that he should be their official leader, but Kenny isn’t too sure about their decision.

But when his friends’ lives are on the line, Kenny must rise to the challenge or watches as the people he loves die.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[BlackWarrior]

keep writing. not bad

[KamenRanger]

6: “And He Shall Lead Them�

It’s a quiet morning in Crestview Heights, as Kenny, also knows as Battle Violet, on the Battle Defenders, earth’s protectors against demons, is walking to work at BookZ. Upon reach the front door, he notices nobody inside, which not surprising considers the store’s usually quiet on Sunday, and everyday for that matter. But Kenny notices that neither Henry, the sole survivor of the Organization, the creators of the Battle Defenders’ weapons, or Samantha, his coworker and teammate.

Kenny enters through the front door, and as he reaches the counter, notices the backroom door is open and so is the secret entrance to a lab that connects to the back of the store. Kenny realizes Henry must be there, as well as he should be more careful about leaving the secret entrance and the backroom door opens. And then Kenny sees his best friend Holly, and David, and there’s Samantha. David, with his interests in technology and how things work, isn’t too big of surprise been there, but if Samantha and Holly there too, then something must be going on, Kenny starting to think, as he wonders why he wasn’t called.

Kenny walks through the backroom and as he gets closer to the secret lab, he starts to hear what’s his friends are saying.

“So we all are in agreement?� David asks.

“Definitely,� Holly agrees.

“Kenny,� Samantha says, as she notices Kenny is in the doorway beside the moved bookshelf.

“Good you’re here,� Henry says, to Kenny’s confusion.

“We were talking about needing an actual leader,� David explains.

“You were?� Kenny asks, as he wonders why he wasn’t apart of the conversation.

“Yeah, David’s brought it up first,� Holly starts. “And I hate to admit it, but he made a good point. The demon attacks going to keep on coming, and its might help that we has an official leader, who can take charge.�

“And we made a vote,� Samantha starts, as Kenny wonders why he wasn’t included. “And we voted that you should lead us.�

“What?� Kenny says, surprised.

“So, congratulates on becoming the leader of the Battle Defenders,� David says to the still surprised Kenny.

Meanwhile, at the Horsemen’s dark cave, Death, Famine, Conquest, and War are standing around the stand orb in the center of the cave as Greling is entering.

“Where you been?!!� Conquest commands to Greling.

“Out to get a little snack,� Greling says, as he licks his lips. “The rats around here are quiet tasty.�

“Just summons me Quakking,� Death orders, causing Greling to walks to the back wall of the cave.

“Why Quakking?� Famine asks.

“We been standing here for hours talking about the Battle Defenders and how they preventing us from completing our mission,� Death tells. “You know he will skin us alive if we fail.�

“So you want to go after the Battle Defenders directly?� War asks. “That won’t allow us to complete our mission.�

“No, it would take those Battle Defenders out of the equation,� Death explains.

“But why Quakking’s in particular?� Conquest asks.

“Remember, when the Battle Defenders fought Argunor,� Death starts. “When Battle Green fell in that crevice.�

“Yeah, and Battle Orange pulled him out,� Famine reminds him.

“But nobody can save them if all of the Battle Defenders fall to their doom,� Death explains, pleasing the other Horsemen.

Greling had placed one hand on the back wall of the cave, “I call upon the wicked and the evil. Come to me, come to this spot: Quakking!�

A bolt of lightning shoots out of the cave’s roof and upon hitting the ground, a creature that resembles a large armadillo with spikes coming out of its shell appears. Quakking looks up to see the Horsemen.

“Ah, it’s an honored to see the Fo-� Quakking starts.

“Enough with that,� War interrupts Quakking.

“Had you heard about the Battle Defenders?� Death asks.

“Yeah, rumor is they are a real pain in the shell,� Quakking says.

“Yeah, and we want you to remove them, permanently,� Death tells him.

Back at BookZ, Samantha is behind the counter, as Kenny is sweeping with a broom. Holly turns away from the CDs on the shelf when she notices Kenny is deep in thought.

“Penny for your thought,� Holly asks Kenny.

“Ah, oh, nothing,� Kenny tells her.

“Now, you know better then tries to keep anything from me,� Holly says, before turns her head to face Samantha, thinking Kenny’s depresses about Samantha’s date with Jeremy yesterday and the fact she said they are going out again next Friday. Holly’s hope Kenny will confesses in her about it.

“Well, I’m not sure if I would be a very good leader,� Kenny says, without notices Holly is looking at Samantha.

“What?� Holly says, spins around her head, surprised. “Kenny, don’t be ridiculous. Listen…�

But before Holly could finishes, David rushes out from the backroom, “There’s a demon attack outside the city.�

Samantha and David hurry into the backroom, but Holly stops Kenny for a second.

“Kenny, wait, let’s talk more about this later, okay?� Holly asks, with Kenny nods his head in agreement, before they hurry after their friends.

In just a matter of moments, Kenny, Samantha, David, and Holly had transformed into their armors and mount their individual Battle Cycles after a wall slide open revealing them.

“Battle Cycles, Battle Ready!� The Battle Defenders start down the long tunnel.

The Battle Defenders are driving their Battle Cycles down the long tunnel till they reach a light. Sudden, the back wall of an alley slides back, revealing an opening in the ground, then the Battle Defenders ride their Battle Cycles out of the opening and down the long road, as the back wall closes over the opening.

Miles outside the city, Quakking is looking around, like he’s surveying the area.

“This is the perfect spot,� Quakking says. “Now let’s the fun begins.� Quakking starts to bend over to the ground when four laser blasts hit the ground around him. “Argh! What the?� Quakking looks up to see the Battle Defenders riding on their Battle Cycles toward him. “Ah, party crashers eh?�

Quakking then shoots some of the spikes off his body at the Battle Defenders. They manage to dodge the attacks, but once the spikes hit the ground, they sink into it and the ground starts shaking. After a quick moment, the Battle Defenders aren’t able to stay stable and they fall off their cycles.

“Insert bad rock n’ roll joke,� David says, as he and his friends return to their feet.

“Forget the bad jokes, let’s just send this armadillo packing,� Holly tells her friends, before placing the “2� button on her Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Axe, Battle Ready!�

After Holly’s weapon appears in her hand, she jumps up and launches a downward strike at Quakking, but he bends over and the Battle Axe hits his shell, sending off small sparks.

“Nothing happened!� Holly yells, surprised.

“What’s wrong?� Quakking says. “Expect something, like this!� Quakking straights up, and forces Holly off him.

More spikes fly off Quakking’s body at Holly, but suddenly laser beams hit each of the spikes, destroying them in midair. Holly turns to see David’s running toward them with his Battle Laser pointed and his Battle Lance in his other hand.

“Battle Lance, Battle Ready!� David calls as he twirls around his weapon.

“Battle Ready this!� Quakking yells as he fires more spikes at David.

David hits each of the spikes with his lance before taking a swing at Quakking who jumps over it. David turns around and swings his lance again at Quakking, who jumps back.

“Oh great, a relation of Fearor,� David says, before takes a fighting stance with his lance.

“I don’t dodge everything like that wuss, now check this one out,� Quakking shoots more spikes at David.

David starts swing away spikes with his lance, but they soon proves too much and David is hit several times. Quakking starts laughing when he is hit by a laser arrow in his armored shell. He turns to see Samantha with her Battle Bow aim at Quakking and Kenny behind her with his Battle Saber readied.

“Battle Bow, Battle Ready!� Samantha fires two laser arrows, one after the other, at Quakking, which seems to stun him for a second.

Kenny then jumps over Samantha and raises his sword to the air, “Battle Saber, Battle Ready!�

Kenny launches a downward strike with his sword, but Quakking turns around and his sword connects to Quakking’s shell.

“Not even a scratch,� Kenny says, shocked.

“While you’re back there, mind getting rid of an itch I been having for weeks,� Quakking says with a laugh, before throws Kenny off his back and kicks Kenny in the chest.

Kenny rolls onto the ground for a second before his friends regroup around him.

“I’m being analyzing him with my visor,� David says, as Kenny is returning to his feet. “And there don’t seem to be any weak spots in his armor.�

“Well, thanks you for that newscast,� Holly says, sarcasm.

“Now what?� Samantha asks, as Kenny lowers his head trying to come up with an answer.

“How this for a plan: die!� Quakking suddenly grows to a giant size, towering over the Battle Defenders.

Kenny quickly springs to action, “All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands as he presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.

The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Fearor.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“Ever heard of the saying,� Quakking starts as he charges Battle Mechadum. “The bigger they are, the harder they will fall!�

Quakking scratches Battle Mechadum across the chest, before it counters with a punch, but the attack seems to have no effect. Battle Mechadum attacks with a kick to Quakking’s side, but Quakking don’t walk away, seemly unhurt.

“I don’t get it, nothing seems to have any effect,� David says, inside his shared cockpit.

“Kenny, it looks like we might need the Battle Sword,� Holly suggests.

“Hum, right,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit, still thinking about what his friends said. “Release the…�

But before Kenny could finishes, Quakking fires spikes at Battle Mechadum, causing sparks to fly off its body and explosions rage around the ground.

“Holly gets us stable, David analyzes the damage, Samantha fires th-, argh!� Kenny starts, inside his cockpit, before the continuing attack worsens.

Suddenly, some of the spikes, that hit the ground, start to sink into it, as the ground shakes violently. Battle Mechadum falls on one knee as the shaking worsens.

“Everyone, you must evacuate Battle Mechadum before the earthquake causes major damage to its systems,� Henry instructs them from the secret lab.

“How can we evacuate from this?� Samantha says, in her shared cockpit, as she tries and fails to get up from her seat.

“Wait, we can reverse the instant transportation,� David says, as he enters some keystrokes. “And there we go.�

The four Battle Defenders transform into balls of light and flies out of their cockpits and lands just couple feet from Battle Defender. With the earthquake keeps on going, the Battle Defenders immediate fall off their feet. Suddenly a cracks open up in the ground under Holly’s feet.

“Argh!� Holly yells as she falls into the crevice.

“Holly, aahh!� David yells as he also falls into the crevice.

“Kenny, they fell- argh!� Samantha yells, as she also falls into the crevice.

“NO!� Kenny yells, as he turns his head to see his friends gone, when suddenly the earthquake stops.

“Ah, I’m so tired, I need a break,� Quakking says, as he turns into yellow mist and flies away.

Kenny gets up on his feet and looks around to see the crevice had sealed itself.

“Samantha! Holly! David!� Kenny falls to his knees and clenches his fists. “NOOO!�

Back at the secret lab behind BookZ, Kenny had returned and reverts out of his armor. Kenny looks at his Transformer in the palm of his hand, with Henry looks at them.

“You made a mistake in choosing me,� Kenny says to Henry.

“No I didn’t, Kenny,� Henry tells him.

“Then they made a mistake in choosing me,� Kenny says, as he turns his attention away from his Transformer to Henry. “They shouldn’t have chosen me to be the leader. I failed them and now they might be gone forever.�

“You didn’t hear what they said before you arrived,� Henry says.

“So what?� Kenny asks.

“They talk about you’re a great friend and they can always count on you,� Henry starts. “They said you care about others and you always to risk your very life to protect someone in danger. They believed in you, Kenny.�

“Still, that doesn’t make me a leader,� Kenny tells him.

“It doesn’t?� Henry asks without looking for an answer. “If that doesn’t make a great leader, I don’t know what then.� Henry can tell Kenny still doesn’t believe it, and then he walks over to the large computer and presses couple buttons. “Kenny, I always observes you and your friends fight and record them, now watch.�

Appear on the screen: a beam falls down behind Kenny and Holly, as they’re in their armor, as the two are in a burning building, with a little girl in Holly’s arms.

“We need to get out of here and fast,� Holly tells Kenny.

“Right,� Kenny says, and then he presses the “#� button on his Battle Gauntlet to contacts Henry. “Henry, can you tell if anyone else is here.�

“No, it’s only you three left,� Henry’s voice comes over their com link.

“Okay,� Kenny presses the “1� button on his Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Laser!� Kenny’s Battle Laser appears on right hand. “Get ready to move.�

Holly nods her head, as she holds the girl closes, and then Kenny fires his Battle Laser at the wall, blasting a hole into it. Suddenly, explosions of fire shoot out of one of the building’s windows. Kenny and Holly, holding the girl, jump out the hole and manage to lands on the street. They turn around to see the now empty building collapses.

Then appear on the screen: Flarlord falls out of Battle Mechadum’s arms, as the two are falling back to terra firma. The flames on Flarlord’s sword appear and he points it toward the coming ground.

“Look!� Samantha says, inside her shared cockpit, as she sees Flarlord. “He won’t!�

“We can’t take that risk,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit. “David, get the system back online.�

David starts pressing the keys on his console, “Almost.� David presses a keystroke as the consoles in each of the cockpits come alive and so does Battle Mechadum’s eyes. “There!�

They then see Flarlord is getting ready to shoot fire at the busy streets.

“He’s going to kill them!� Samantha screams, in her shared cockpit.

“No, he’s not,� Kenny says, in his cockpit.

Battle Mechadum spins around in midair and flies around and then toward the falling Flarlord. In a quick moment, Battle Mechadum strikes Flarlord with the Battle Sword. Battle Mechadum lands on the ground, after a creaking stop. It takes a fighting stance with its sword as Flarlord explodes in midair and the people below celebrating at their heroes’ victories.

Next that appear on the screen: “Two can play that game,� Fearor jumps high up after Samantha, as she is falling toward him.

In defense, Samantha starts shooting laser arrows as Fearor who punches away each laser arrows as he flies toward Samantha, who started to fall back down.

“David, your lance!� Kenny instructs.

“Right,� David swings his Battle Lance around before throwing it, causing his lance to spin as its flies.

The Battle Lance flies at Fearor, which hits him as it passes. Then the laser arrows start hitting Fearor, causing him to flies back to the ground, hitting the ground.

And finally on the screen: “Now let’s rock and roll,� Fearor says, rubbing his fists.

“‘Rock and roll,’ he’s getting ready to punch the ground again,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

“What?� Holly says, realizing that Kenny is right, inside her cockpit.

“I got an idea, we can use the shockwaves just like Samantha did,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit. “But you will have to be quick with the jets, Samantha.�

“I got it under control,� Samantha says, confident.

Fearor punches the ground, causing a green shockwave to emit from the point of impact. But when the shockwave hits, Battle Mecadum jumps up and fires its jets, sending it speed into the sky so fast that it created a sonic boom.

Suddenly Fearor sees Battle Mechadum flying down him with the sun behind it and the Battle Cannon pointing.

“Battle Cannon, Fire!� the Battle Defenders shout.

The Battle Cannon fires a large blast that hits through Fearor. Battle Mechadum lands on the ground and readies its Battle Cannon as Fearor is consumed by a large explosion.

Henry presses a button, causing the screen returns to the same image as before.

“See, Kenny, you been leading them for weeks,� Henry tells him.

“I’m just trying to keep everyone safe, that is the only thing on my mind the entire time,� Kenny explains.

“And that makes a great leader,� Henry says. “Because you want to keep everyone safe, that why your friends chose you and that why they didn’t make a mistake.� As Kenny lowers his head in thought, Henry turns to see three circles had appeared on a map of the area the Battle Defenders were fighting Quakking in. “There they are!�

“What?� Kenny says, surprised.

“The others,� Henry starts to explain. “I’m been trying to detect the signal from their Transformers, but all the rocks and sediments must be interfering, but I got them now.� Kenny joins by Henry to look at the screen. “It looks like they are trapped in a cavern underground.�

“A cavern?� Kenny asks, wondering about it.

“Yeah, there are underground caverns spread around Crestview Heights,� Henry says. “But I’m afraid the one they’re in could collapse, if not then, with three of them there and a limited air supply in their suits and not very big of an oxygen pocket, they might runs out of air soon. We need to get them out of there and fast.�

“And I might have an idea,� Kenny says.

In a couple of moments, Kenny had transformed back into his armor and reenter Battle Mechadum. Its eyes glow before Battle Mechadum returns to both feet.

“Overdrive code: Hikari 1301995,� Kenny says, before looks at his controls. “It work I got control of the entire system.� Kenny enters some keystrokes.

A handle comes out of the cannon on Battle Mechadum’s back as it reaches around to grab it and pull it out, as Kenny yells, “Battle Cannon, Battle Ready!� Battle Mechadum points the cannon at the ground.

Kenny enters more buttons, “Now narrows the cannon’s beam, and enters the correct angle and I hope this work. Battle Cannon, Fire!

Battle Mechadum fires a narrowed laser beam at the ground for couple seconds before finally stopping, created what appeared to be a long tunnel in the ground.

Kenny watches closely at the tunnel, waiting anxiety for his friends to appear, “Was I’m too late? D-Did they ran out of air? Are they…�

Suddenly, Samantha is climbing out of the tunnel, follows by Holly and then David, still in their armor with some dirt falling off their armored bodies.

“They’re alive!� Kenny yells, excited, before starting to get up.

“Genius!� David yells as he looks up at Battle Mechadum. “Narrowing the Battle Cannon’s beam to creates an underground tunnel at an angle, great job, Henry!�

“No, something like this is definite Kenny’s idea,� Holly says.

Suddenly, Kenny runs over to his friends, happy to see them, “I’m so glad you guys are okay, I’m afraid you are dead.�

“Well, we know you will find a way to save us,� Samantha says.

“Really?� Kenny says, with his friends nod their head in response, as Kenny blushes behind his helmet.

“None of you are safe, now that I’ve rest up,� Quakking says, causing the Battle Defenders to turn around to see he had returned.

“We see about that,� Kenny says, as all four of them press the “2� button on their Battle Gauntlets, causing their individual weapons to appear in their hands.

“Battle Defenders, Battle Ready!�

“I got a plan, follow my lead,� Kenny tells his friends.

“I knew you had potential, lad,� David jokes.

“Now taste my spikes!� Quakking yells, before shooting spikes at the Battle Defenders.

“David, Holly, hit away the spikes,� Kenny instructs as he also hit away the spikes with his saber. “Samantha, fire your laser arrows at the spikes’ origins.�

As her friends use their weapons to swat away the spikes, Samantha starts to fire laser arrows at each point on Quakking’s shell where spikes were a moment ago. As sparks shoot off Quakking’s shell, causing cracks to appear on his shell. He then notices David and Holly charging toward him. The two jumps up and strike with their weapons and together form a x-shaped strike, knocking Quakking backward.

“Argh, don’t matter, I will crush you in that oversize tin can,� Quakking says, as he starting to recover.

“I don’t think so,� Kenny says. “You almost killed my friends, and I won’t let you put anyone else in danger!�

Kenny jumps up and enters a flip before firing his Battle Saber, causing it to get struck in the back of Quakking’s shell. Kenny quickly kick jump off the ground again and flip in midair before kicking the end of his saber’s handle, causing it to go deeper in Quakking’s shell. Kenny lands behind and stands straight up before Quakking is engulfed in a large explosion. Kenny picks up his Battle Saber, as his friends join around him, congratulating him.

Meanwhile, the Horsemen had been watching the entire fight from their orb within their dark cave.

“Another demon bites the dust,� Famine says.

“There’s got to be a way to kill them,� Death says, thinking to his self.

“No, we can’t waste our time focusing on killing them,� Conquest says.

“But we can’t let them interfere either,� War tells him.

“Yeah, but we must complete our mission at all cost,� Conquest says. “So let’s we do it; we just won’t go after them directly.�

“I see, we go to complete our mission and then the Battle Defenders try to stop us,� War says. “So then we will kill them.�

“That what we been doing before today and it hadn’t gotten us anywhere,� Death tells them.

“Yeah, but if we don’t complete our mission in time, he will pull us into the underworld and we will spend the rest of existence in total damnation,� Famine reminds Death.

“Fine, we will continue as normal,� Death finally agrees. “And let’s hope our creator won’t become our destroyer.�

Back at BookZ, Kenny is facing Samantha, David, and Holly in front of the counter.

“Hum, guys, I had decided to accept your decision as leader,� Kenny tells his friends. “And I hope I will make you proud.�

“Don’t have to worries about that, Kenny,� Samantha says, putting a smile on Kenny’s face.

“So, I guess this is official, the Battle Defenders now have their official leader,� Holly says.

“Demons of the world beware, we take no prisoners,� David says, causing everyone to laugh.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
Something is wrong with Samantha. But what?

Can Kenny figure it out, before Samantha’s fate is sealed?

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

7: “Starvation Destruction�

Deep inside their dark cave, the Horsemen had surrounded the orb in the center of the cave.

“I don’t like this,� War says to his self. “We might have got a lot of time, but we can’t be wasting it, not a second.�

“Don’t worry your self,� Famine says. “I’m sure the demon I had sent will work out fine.�

Meanwhile within the halls of Crestview Heights North High School, Kenny is at his locker, taking out a textbook, with Holly to his side.

“I don’t believe its just September and we already have a Math test,� Holly says, and then notices Samantha is walking down the hallway. “Hey, Samantha.� Holly catches Samantha’s attention. “I thought we were meeting at that new diner for breakfast today.�

“Oh, yeah, sorry,� Samantha starts. “I overslept; I barely had time to get dress this morning. Later.� Samantha starts back down the hallway; with Holly quickly dismiss the issue.

“Well, I got to hunt down a date for the homecoming,� Holly says to Kenny, half joking. “Later.�

“Later,� Kenny says, as Holly is leaving, before he closes his locker and walks in the opposite direction.

At another part of the school, David is walking past the school’s front entrance when he sees a beautiful raven haired girl entering. One thing enters David’s head: man, she’s hot. David wastes no time and walks up to her.

“Hi there, are you new,� David says, knowing he’s never see her before and he had seen every girl in the school and half of the girls that go to Crestview Heights South High School.

“Yes, David,� says the girl, putting a surprised look on his face as the two stops walking.

“H-Had you heard of me?� David asks, not sure if it’s a good thing or bad.

The girl laughs a little, “So you really don’t remember me?�

“We met?� David asks again; swear he would remember someone’s so hot.

“Yes, we have,� the girl says. “In fact, if you can remember my name, I will go out with you.�

“Deal,� David says, without suspension.

“Good luck,� the girl says with a smile, before walking way, leaving David behind to think.

Later on, in the lunchroom, Kenny and David are seating next to each other at a table with their lunch trays in front of them; Kenny’s lunch tray is pretty much empty, with David’s food barely touched.

“I would swear meeting someone that looks like her,� David says.

“Mmm,� Kenny says, barely listening.

“Maybe, it was just in passing,� David says. “What was the name of the girl I met in the DMV?�

“David did you said she’s new?� Kenny asks, tired of listening to David.

“Yeah,� David agrees.

“Well, maybe she is also new to Crestview Heights,� Kenny says.

“Yeah, before I lived here, I lived in Ft. Walton Beach,� David says. “Maybe I met her there.�

“Glad I could help,� Kenny says, picking up his lunch tray and starts to walk away, down between the rolls of tables.

As he’s walking, Kenny notices Samantha is having lunch with Jeremy, with no food in front of Samantha.

“Aren’t you going to eat?� Jeremy asks Samantha.

“Oh, no,� Samantha answers. “I had a big breakfast, I couldn’t eat a thing.�

Confused, Kenny pauses a quick second before continue down between the rolls of tables.

Later on in the school day, Kenny is turning a corner down a nearly empty hallway and he sees Samantha, standing in front of her locker. Kenny notices Samantha looks tired and suddenly she falls to her knees.

“Samantha,� Kenny says, worried. Kenny runs over to Samantha and helps her to her feet. “Samantha, are you okay?

“I’m fine; I just guess I’m a little tired. It’s been a busy day,� Samantha tells him, but Kenny knows there more to it then that.

“Samantha, I overheard you told Jeremy you had a big breakfast,� Kenny says.

“Yeah, so?� Samantha asks.

“You told Holly you didn’t had breakfast,� Kenny says.

“What busy is it of yours!� Samantha yells, before calming down. “I-I’m sorry, I didn’t meant it.�

“When the last time you eat?� Kenny asks.

“Yesterday,� Samantha tells him.

“You hadn’t eaten anything in almost a day,� Kenny says, shocked. “Why?�

“I need to lose weight,� Samantha explains, then looks down at her stomach. “I’m too fat, I need to lose weight.�

“You don’t need to lose weight,� Kenny tells her.

“You’re just saying that to be nice,� Samantha says.

“No, I’m not,� Kenny says, before look over his shoulder and sees a long mirror on the wall, next to the lockers. “C’mon.� Kenny pulls Samantha to the mirror. “Look at yourself.�

“Kenny,� Samantha says, disinterested.

“Samantha, look,� Kenny says to her. “Look at yourself, you’re beautiful as you are, you don’t need to starve yourself.�

“I-I just don’t know,� Samantha says, pulls up her shirt to see her stomach in her reflection. “I see all those models in the magazines and…�

“Samantha, you shouldn’t compare yourself to them or to anyone else,� Kenny tells her. “All that matters is that you know you’re beautiful, and that the people that really matters love you for yourself.�

Samantha looks at her stomach’s reflection before let her shirt drops back and she turns to Kenny and smiles, “You’re right, Kenny, thanks.� Kenny returns the smile.

“Ah, how sweet,� says a feminine voice.

Kenny and Samantha turn to see their reflections had been replaced by Vantie, a silver creature that resembles a woman with two long tendrils came out of the back of her head.

“Let me break this up,� Vantie says, before reaching her arms out of the mirror grabbing both Kenny and Samantha by the shoulders and pull them into the mirror, leaving a ripple on the mirror surface that quickly disappears.

Suddenly Kenny and Samantha fall to the ground and they look up to see they aren’t in the high school anymore. All they know is that they’re somewhere dark with nearly hundreds of mirrors floating around them.

“We not in Florida anymore, Toto,� Samantha says, as Kenny gets to his feet.

“That is correct, dear,� Vantie says, as a mirror float out from in front of her. “I’m Vantie, and this is my personal dimension.�

“Personal dimension,� Kenny says, confused.

“Yeah, some demons are powerful enough that they can create their own dimensions, with their own appearance and rules,� Vantie explains.

“That voice,� Samantha says, still on the ground. “I had been hearing that voice in the back of my head since last night. You’re the reason why I think I need to diet!�

“That right and you would have starved yourself to death if it wasn’t for Mr. you’re beautiful the way you are,� Vantie tells her. “Which remind me.�

Vantie snaps her fingers, causing a mirror to come up behind Kenny, who falls into the mirror, as he yells in surprises.

“Kenny!� Samantha yells, in fright. As the same mirror floats away with Kenny banging his fists inside the mirror, trying to break free, Samantha returns to her feet and runs after her friend. “Kenny!�

But then a mirror, with Vantie inside it, floats out in front of Samantha. “Coming thru,� Vantie says, before punch through the mirror surface hitting Samantha in the chin, knocking her back to the floor. Samantha looks up angry. “If you want to save your boy toy and escape, dear, you must first beat me in my own dimension.�

“Fine,� Samantha says, as she returns to her feet. “If the only way Kenny and I can escape is to defeat you, then I will beat you.� Samantha pulls out her Transformer, opening it up, holds it up and then presses the triangle pictured button, “Transformation!� The Transformer breaks up and reassembles around Samantha as armor.

“Ah, so you’re Battle Pink, now this is my lucky day,� Vantie says, rubbing her fists.

“Think again,� Samantha says, before fires a punch at the mirror, but when her punch lands Vantie is gone. “She’s gone!�

“Look for me?� Samantha turns to see Vantie’s in another mirror before she fires her own punch. Samantha falls down to the ground and looks up to see Vantie is in a different mirror, again. Vantie kicks Samantha twice in the chest, before kicks her in the head, knocking Samantha into a short roll. Vantie then appears in a mirror behind Samantha, “What wrong, fallen and can’t get up?�

“There!� Samantha launches a back kick, but when the kick connects on the mirror, Vantie is gone again. “I miss her, again.�

“That right.�

Samantha looks up to see Vantie is in the mirror in front of her. Vantie then launches a kick, knocking Samantha backward.

Meanwhile, outside the school building, David is looking through an old yearbook when Holly walks up to him.

“Hey, David, had you seen Kenny we suppose walk to the bookstore together?� Holly asks.

“Hum, no,� David says, flipping through pages of the yearbook.

“What that?� Holly asks David.

“Oh, I had a free period, so I ran home and gets my old elementary school yearbook,� David explains.

“Ah, the mystery girl,� Holly says. “I don’t take it, there’s dozens girls here, some of which you never dated, so what’s so special about this one.�

“There’s just something about her, she’s so amazing looking,� David tells Holly, as she rolls her eyes. “She’s so hot, if you see her, you might just change teams.�

“Doubtful,� Holly says when her Transformer rings. Holly pulls out her Transformer and answers it, “Hello. Oh hi, Henry. Kenny and Samantha leave the what? The dimension?� Suddenly Holly catches David’s attention, who finally looks away from his old yearbook.

Back in Vantie’s personal dimension, Samantha manages to get to her feet as Vantie is taunting her.

“Do you get it yet, dear,� Vantie says, as she instant disappear in one mirror and appear in another before transferring to another mirror and then to another. “I can instantly transfers between mirrors, you can’t beat me. No human eyes or reflexes can move faster then light!� Vantie starts laughing as she claims victory.

“Faster then… light,� Samantha thinks to herself as she gets an idea. Samantha presses the “2� button on her Battle Gauntlet, “Battle Bow, Battle Ready!� Samantha’s weapon appears in her hands.

“Fool,� Vantie says, believing what’s ever Samantha is thinking won’t work. “Not even an arrow can strike me, dear.�

“Try laser arrow, dear,� Samantha says, as she pulls back the bow string, causing a laser arrow to appear before Samantha releases it.

The laser arrow hits a mirror, but then bounces off it into another mirror and bounces off it into another. The laser arrow continues to bounces back and forth off the dozens mirrors around Samantha, till it finally hits Vantie, as if it’s moving in slow motion, the entire dimension around Vantie breaks apart like a mirror breaking.

Suddenly Vantie falls on a city road with blue electric runs around her body. Meanwhile Samantha, still in her armor, runs up to Kenny, who had fallen to the ground.

“Kenny, you okay?� Samantha asks her friend.

“I think so,� Kenny says, as he starting to get up.

“Kenny, Samantha!� Holly yells, as she and David, both in their armor, run up to their friends.

“David, Holly, what you guys are doing here?� Samantha asks.

“Henry called us and said you left the dimension?� Holly says, wondering.

“What happened?� David asks.

“We explain later,� Samantha tells them, before facing Vantie, who had return to her feet. “Right now, we got a bigger problem.�

“You bet you do,� Vantie says, angry. “And you won’t have to worry about seven years of bad luck, because you won’t live that long!�

“We see about that,� Samantha says.

Kenny pulls out his Transformer, opening it up, before holds it up and presses the triangle button, “Transformation!� Kenny’s Transformer breaks apart and reassembles as armor on Kenny.

“Battle Violet, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Pink, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Green, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Orange, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Defenders, Battle Ready!�

Vantie holds out piles of dust in both of her hands, “Sselmrof Epahs Sekat Mrof!� The dusts shoot out of her hands and come together to form an army of Dustoids around her. “Kill them, but leave Battle Pink for me!�

“Let’s go, guys!� Kenny says, as all of four of them rush their enemies.

Kenny catches an attacking Dustoid’s arm, before kicks away a second Dustoid and then he throws up the first Dustoid’s arm and elbow it in the chest.

Kenny presses the “2� button on his Battle Gauntlet, “Battle Saber, Battle Ready!�

After Kenny’s weapon appears in his hands, he turns it around so the blade will be pointing downward. He then uses it to blocks a Dustoid’s sword, and back kicks an approaching Dustoid. Kenny pushes away the first Dustoid with his saber and strikes it across the chest with his saber, causing it to blow apart. Kenny twists around his sword, so the blade will points and he spins around striking down another approaching Dustoid, causing it to blow apart.

“Ashes to ashes, dusts to Dustoid,� Kenny says.

Holly blocks an attacking Dustoid’s sword with her Battle Axe; she then blocks another Dustoid’s sword with her leg before kicking the sword down and kicks the Dustoid away. Holly then pushes away the first Dustoid, and strikes it horizontally, causing it to blow apart. She then spins around and strikes down the second Dustoid with her axe, causing it to blow apart.

Holly looks up to see two Dustoids jumping toward her, with their swords rose. Holly jumps back, avoiding the Dustoids’ sword strikes. She then runs forward, using her axe to knock away one sword, before using her elbow to knocks away the other. She then strikes the first Dustoid before immediate strike the other. She turns around in a fighting stance with her Battle Axe, as the two Dustoids blow apart behind her.

David holds up his Battle Lance, to block two Dustoids’ sword strikes, then with one hand holding up his lance, David uses his free hand to backhand a third sword strike before grabbing the Dustoid’s sword arm. David releases it and kicks away the Dustoid. David then grabs his lance with both hands. He pushes the two Dustoids away with his lance and strike them with his lance, causing them to blow apart. David turns to sees the third Dustoid rushing him. David jumps over it, striking it with his lance as he passes. David lands and strikes a fighting pose as the Dustoid blow apart behind him.

Vantie launches a backhand at Samantha, who is holding her Battle Bow, but Samantha ducks under it. Samantha tries to fire a kick but Vantie blocks it with her own leg and then fires an open palm forcing Samantha backward, which Samantha turns into a back flip.

“Now, die!� Vantie yells as she starts to shoot blue electric from her hand.

But Samantha continues to perform back flips, avoiding Vantie’s attack, till Samantha finally stops and fires couple laser arrows at Vantie, who yells in anger. Samantha then starts running toward Vantie, firing off two laser arrows, but Vantie knocks each away. When she reaches Vantie, Samantha launches a kick but Vantie blocks it with her own leg again. But this time Samantha grabs Vantie’s arm and strikes her across the chest with her Battle Bow. Samantha then kicks off Vantie’s chest, knocking her backward as Samantha launches herself in the air. Samantha fires one more laser arrow that hits Vantie causing her to falls down.

Kenny, Holly, and David regroup around Samantha, as they congratulating her.

“Well job, Samantha,� David says.

“That sure made her think about messing with a girl’s self image,� Samantha says.

“What?� Holly asks, not understanding.

“That’s it!� Vantie yells, as she returns to her feet, catching the Battle Defenders’ attention. “I had enough of you! You are dead!!� Vantie suddenly grows to a giant size, towering over the Battle Defenders.

“All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands, as he presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.

The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Vantie.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“I’ll show you a new meaning to the phrase ‘a bad reflection on you,’� Vantie says, as the air around her creates a ripple effect as Vantie disappears.

Battle Mechadum looks on surprised, as sudden four Vantie appear around it.

“How she’s in four places at once?� Holly asks, inside her cockpit.

“It’s some type of trick,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

“Think this is a trick?� the Vanties say, as all four shoots blue electric from their hands, shocking Battle Mechadum.

“Aahh! We’re getting attacks from all sides,� Samantha says, inside her shared cockpit. “But she never shows the power to multiply.�

“What are her powers?� David asks, inside their cockpit.

“She can transport between mirrors,� Samantha explains, inside their cockpit.

“Really,� David says, inside their cockpit, as he enters some keystrokes. “That it!�

“What is?� Holly asks, inside her cockpit.

“She condenses the moisture in the air, creating a giant reflection surface around us, it’s an optical illusion,� David explains, inside his shared cockpit.

“Is that possible?� Holly asks, inside her cockpit.

“Saying the girl piloting a giant robot,� David jokes, inside his shared cockpit.

“What can we do?� Kenny asks, inside his cockpit.

“I don’t know,� David says, inside his shared cockpit, as he’s starting to think.

“Wait, a mirror can crack due to a high frequency sound, right?� Samantha mentions, inside their cockpit. “Well, can we create a sonic boom to destroy the reflection surface?�

“Samantha, you’re a blonde genius,� David tells her, inside their cockpit. “Starts up the jets, we’ll need to fire them at full force at the right time, to pull of a sonic boom.�

“Right,� Samantha says, inside their cockpit, as she works on her controls.

Meanwhile the four Vanties continue to shock Battle Mechadum with blue electric, as the jets’ engines start up.

“Nobody hit me and get away with it,� the Vanties say. “You will burn in the underworld, forever!�

“Now!!� David instructs, inside his shared cockpit.

Suddenly, Battle Mechadum shoots straight up, creating a large sonic boom, as three of the Vanties breaks apart like a breaking mirror as the fourth Vantie falls backward. Battle Mechadum circles in midair before flies back down.

“Kenny, here ours chance,� Holly tells him, inside her cockpit.

“Right, Release the Battle Sword!� Kenny commands, inside his cockpit.

The cannon’s platform on Battle Mechadum’s back splits open as a sword handle pop up. Battle Mechadum reaches behind itself to grab the sword handle and pull it out, revealing a large metallic in appearance double bladed sword.

The jets on Battle Mechadum’s back fires, causing it to speeds forward and perform a sideward strike on Vantie. The jets stop and Battle Mechadum takes a fighting stance with its sword as Vantie is consume in a big explosion behind it.

Later on, back at school, David had found the new girl, but he had still doesn’t who she is.

“Well, David Masters, who am I?� the girl asks him.

“I don’t know,� David admits defeat.

“Well, maybe this would help, thinks of a pair of glasses and…� the girls says, before puffing her cheeks.

“Suzie!� David says, surprised. “But you were overweight in elementary school.�

“Well, a crash course in dieting and couple of contact lenses later and here I am,� Suzie tells him.

“I-I got to say you look great,� David says.

“Well, thanks you,� Suzie says, wit a smile. “And I will look great tonight too, pick me up at six.�

“You bet,� David says, also with a smile.

Meanwhile, in a different hallway, Samantha walks up to Kenny.

“Kenny, I just want to say thanks you for your help earlier,� Samantha says.

“It was nothing,� Kenny says, been modest and trying not to blushes.

“It was everything and thanks, you’re a real friend,� Samantha tells him, before walking away.

With a smile on his face, Kenny watches Samantha walks down the hallway, when Jeremy comes up to her, placing a hand on the small of her back for a second before they holds hands as they talk. The smile quickly disappears from Kenny’s face.

“Yeah, a friend,� Kenny says, depressing watching Samantha walking, hand in hand, with Jeremy.

Depresses, Kenny turns around and walks down the hallway, alone.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
The Homecoming Dance is coming up. Will Jeremy and Samantha go together and will Kenny goes at all.

But this time of happiness might ends in tragedy, when a demon feeds on an innocent girl’s anger at been rejected.

Can the Battle Defenders save the day before a life is lost?

On the next Battle Defenders.

[BlackWarrior]

Not bad ......will Jill still be seen or heard from again even though she is on a wheelchair

[KamenRanger]

Thanks for reading, BlackWarrior.

To answer your question: Jill was originally meant just to show the Battle Defenders they are needed. But as I was thinking of how to anwer your question the creative wheels were turning. And I think I will bring her back for another episode.

Besides as I were thinking about it, I guess I don't want to just leave her with going to therapy, without a clue if she gets better or not.

Thanks again for reading, and wondering about whenether Jill will return or not. And I think I will leave you with the world's smallest spoiler (and the only one I will give): there are/will be 40 episodes. Hope you enjoy the future episodes.

[KamenRanger]

8: “Homecoming�

It’s another normal day at Crestview Heights North High, with the Homecoming Dance coming up; students are getting ready by asking out their dream dates to the dance. Well, not everyone.

“C’mon, Kenny, you got to go to the dance,� Holly tells her best friend, as the two are walking down a hallway.

“Actually, I don’t,� Kenny says, as he doesn’t remember a school rule about going to the Homecoming Dance.

“Kenny, its okay if you don’t have a date,� Holly tells him, as the two come to a stop. “You can go by yourself. Nobody would think of anything about it.�

Kenny lowers his head for a moment, as he’s thinking, before brings it up to Holly, “I’ll think about it.�

“I’ll accept that,� Holly says, as she starts back down the hallway with Kenny behind her.

Not too far from Kenny and Holly, David turns a corner when he sees the beautiful Suzie. David still doesn’t believe she’s the same overweight girl from Elementary School. David then walks toward Suzie, who smiles upon seeing him.

“Hey, Suzie,� David says.

“Hi handsome,� Suzie says, keeping a smile as she starts.

“Suzie, I was just wondering if you would like to go to the Homecoming Dance with me.� David asks.

“Well, I don’t know,� Suzie says, as she walks past David and stop. “I was planning on washing my hair.�

“Very funny,� David responses.

“I don’t want it to be too easy for you,� Suzie turns to face David. “I would love to go with you.�

“Great,� David says, now wearing a smile too.

Meanwhile, Jeremy walks past the lovebirds when he sees Samantha closing her locker after putting away some textbooks.

“Hey, Samantha,� Jeremy says, catching his girlfriend’s attention. “I was wondering when I should pick you up for the dance.�

“Well, usually before someone pick their date up for the dance, that someone asks their date to the dance,� Samantha tells him.

“I was just thinking since we’re dating, then it’s a given that we going to the dance together,� Jeremy explains.

“Well, its not,� Samantha says. “Yes, we been dating but you should till asks me to something like this if you want to go with me.�

“Did someone already ask you?� Jeremy says, as his voice slightly rises.

“No,� Samantha answers, not noticing that’s Jeremy seems angry.

“Well, what the problem?� Jeremy asks.

“The problem is that you took it for granted that I will go with you, and you shouldn’t,� Samantha says, before walking away.

Meanwhile at the Horsemen’s dark cave, War is standing behind Greling as Greling had placed a hand on the back wall of the cave, with Famine, Conquest, and Death around the orb in the center of the cave.

“I call upon the wicked and the evil. Come to me, come to this spot: Angra!�

A bolt of lightning shoots out of the cave’s roof and upon hitting the ground, a creature covers from head to a toe in samurai armor appears. Upon the helmet is a red face with yellow evils and large roll of teeth. On Angra’s back is a large staff with a spear at one end.

“Ah, Angra,� War says, upon seeing the demon. “Just the demon I want.�

“That’s my job,� Greling says.

“Why don’t you go play with matches on top of a leaking gas pump,� War tells Greling before changing his attention back to Angra. “Angra, I want you to go into the city and feeds on people’s anger.�

“It’s my reason for being,� Angra says.

“I always wondered,� Death mocks.

“Death, please, insult your own servants,� War tells him.

“Just be glad he’s not killing them,� Famine says.

Back at Crestview Heights North High, David and Suzie are walking down the hallway together, as he’s walking her to her next class. Suddenly they see April, a blond girl who is neither beautiful nor ugly, walks up to Jackson, captain of the football team.

“Hum, Jackson,� April says, nervously, getting the football player’s attention.

“Yes,� Jackson says to her, only half-interested.

“I heard you don’t have a date for the upcoming dance yet,� April starts. “So, I was wondering if you like to go to the dance with me?�

Then Jackson breaks out into a laugh, putting a worried look on April’s face.

“You got to be joking, I won’t go with you if you’re the last living creature on the planet,� Jackson says, fighting back more laugher. “You really think I would go out with you. You got to be kidding.�

As Jackson continues to laugh, April starts running away with tears in her eyes.

“Some people can be so cruel,� David says, before he and Suzie start back down the hallway.

Not too much later, April runs out of the school building and stands behind one of the pillars supporting the overhanging roof. April fails to fight back her tears as they roll down her cheeks uncontrollably. She looks to her right to see a shadowy figure heading toward her. As the figure gets closer, April realizes it’s someone in samurai armor. It’s Angra!

“I can sense your anger,� Angra says, as he voices echo in April’s head. “Your anger at been rejected. Your anger at having your heart’s broken. So much anger, just boiling inside, till you must finally releases it.�

Suddenly, April’s tears stop fall down her cheeks and her face quickly changes into an angry expression.

“I don’t understand the problem,� Jeremy says, after catch back up with Samantha. “We’re dating, so of course we go to the dance together.�

“That it, you don’t understand,� Samantha tells him. “Yes, we’re dating, but you should still ask me to the dance. You shouldn’t just think because we are dating that we are going to the dance without asking me. I could go with someone else.�

“Who, that guy you work with?� Jeremy asks her.

“Kenny and I are just friends,� Samantha explains. “I just don’t you want to take it for granted that I’m go to the dance with you.�

Samantha and Jeremy rounds a corner in the hallway, as Kenny and Holly pass them.

“Sound like trouble in paradise,� Holly says, noticing a smile on Kenny’s face. Then April walks between the two, knocking into their shoulders. “Whoa, April watch it.�

“Don’t you know where Jackson is?� April asks, with a deepen voice.

“Hum, no, something wrong?� Holly asks, noticing something is different with her classmate.

“That lousy accuses of a man rejected me when I asked him to the dance,� April says.

“Oh, I’m sorry,� Holly says, trying to sound sincere.

“Don’t be, but he will be,� April tells them, before walking away.

“That’s different, she’s usually so quiet, almost like a female Kenny,� Holly says.

“Thanks,� Kenny says, with a sarcasm tone.

Later on in the day, Kenny is with David next to his locker, when suddenly Kenny’s Transformer ring.

“Hello,� Kenny answers his Transformer.

“Kenny, I had detected a demon in the city,� Henry says, over the Transformer.

“A demon,� Kenny says, catching David’s attention.

“Yeah, but I can’t seem to pinpoint his location,� Henry tells him. “It might be like Vanity and he’s hiding in another dimension.�

“Well, what are we going to do?� Kenny asks.

“Nothing for now, I guess but I’ll try to find his exact position,� Henry tells them. “David’s with you, right? Well, then I’ll call the girls and tell them.�

“Okay,� Kenny says before closing his Transformer and notices David is waiting. “He can’t pinpoint his location, we have to wait.� Kenny then notices how light David’s hair is. “Are you feeling okay?�

“Yes,� David tells him, as he returns his attention to his locker. “Why?�

“Well, your hair looks a little lighter then notice, almost white,� Kenny tells his friend.

“Probably nothing,� David tells him, and then closes his locker. David notices April is walking toward them. “Hey, April.� But April don’t respond, she continues to walk when David and Kenny notices she’s heading toward Jackson, who is by his own locker. “Okay.�

“She was rejected,� Kenny mentions.

“Yeah, but it look like she’s out for blood,� David tells them.

That when Kenny notices April pulls an army knife out and a long knife comes out of it.

“Oh my god.�

“Its time for you to pay,� April says, with a deep voice. But then David and Kenny each grab April by an arm. “Hey, what are you’re doing?�

Then Kenny and David pull April into a nearby empty classroom. Once in, David closes the door behind them and stands in front of it, like he was guarding it, while Kenny takes the army knife from April.

“What are you doing?� David asks, as Kenny closes the army knife.

“He doesn’t deserve to live,� April tells them. “He broke my heart and now he’ll die.�

“Whoa,� Kenny pushes April by the shoulders when she tries to pass them. “Thinking what I’m thinking,� Kenny says to David.

“Demon,� Kenny and David say together.

Later at BookZ, Samantha and Henry are behind the counter and Holly on the other side of the counter, when Kenny and David forces April inside.

“Let me go!� April yells, catching Samantha, Henry, and Holly’s attentions.

“David, Kenny, what’s going on?� Samantha asks as she round the counter.

“April just tried to kill Jackson,� David explains. “We think a demon had got to her.�

“That is a possibility,� Henry says, as he walks from behind the counter and stands in front of the back room. “I remember hearing about a demon that influences people’s anger to dangerous levels.

“Any luck finding the demon?� Holly asks Henry.

“No, I think he’s hiding in his own personal dimension till he senses a possible victim,� Henry says.

“Do you mind, I got a wrong to right,� April says, before starts toward the exit.

“Hey,� Kenny says, blocking April. “Two wrongs don’t make a right.�

“Ah, shut-up you bas-,� April starts.

“Okay, calm down,� Samantha interrupts her. “You guys better go in the back and try to find the demon; I will keep an eye on April.�

“Okay,� Kenny says, as they head to the back.

“Good luck,� Holly tells her.

Time passes, as Samantha waits behind the counter, as April is leaning against the wall next to the backroom entrance.

“This is ridiculous, I should be out there and squash that little bug,� April says, angry.

“You can’t kill someone, it’s a crime,� Samantha tries to explain.

“There is not a jury alive that would put me away,� April says.

“I hope I will never be that angry,� Samantha says, looking down, depresses. But then she is surprises to see Jeremy entering the bookstore. “Jeremy.�

“Hi, Samantha, can we talk?� Jeremy asks.

“Hum,� Samantha looks at April for second before walking around the counter. “Sure. What you want?�

:�I want to talk about before,� Jeremy starts. “I been thinking about it and you’re right. I should never have assumed that we were going without actually asking you.�

“I-I shouldn’t overacted the way I did,� Samantha explains. “I guess, it just you’re my first boyfriend, the first guy I ever dated, and I just afraid it will end badly.�

“Samantha, if I had any say, it won’t end at all,� Jeremy says, with a smile, causing Samantha to smile in reaction. “And it won’t end badly. Now would you go with me to the Homecoming Dance?�

“I think, I’m washing my hair that night,� Samantha jokes, with a large smile.

“Very funny,� Jeremy fights a laugher, as Samantha turns around and her smile disappears.

Samantha realizes April is missing, “April.� Samantha turns to Jeremy. “Where’s April?�

“The girl,� Jeremy says, doesn’t understand Samantha’s panic. “I think she left.�

“Oh my god,� Samantha says, as a frighten expression covers her face.

Suddenly, Kenny, Samantha, and David are in their armors and driving their Battle Cycles down the long tunnel till they reach a light. Sudden, the back wall of an alley slides back, revealing an opening in the ground, then the Battle Defenders ride their Battle Cycles out of the opening and down the long road, as the back wall closes over the opening.

“I don’t believe I let her go,� Samantha says, as the three riding their cycles.

“It isn’t your fault,� Kenny tells her.

“Still, I hope that Holly is right about claiming her down,� Samantha says.

“I don’t see how, I could be the better choice,� David mentions.

“Hum, David, I don’t know you very well,� Samantha starts. “But, what is the longest relationship you ever had?�

“Two weeks,� David answers.

“And let me guess, Suzie is the only one who dated for two weeks,� Samantha interjects.

“Your point?� David asks.

“Holly is the better choice,� Kenny says.

“You coming up to Angra,� Henry’s voice appears over the Battle Defenders’ comlinks in their helmets. “You better hurry; Angra is closing in on his next victim. And I’m afraid that Holly won’t be able to stop April from taking a human life.�

“Won’t worry, we will stop Angra,� David tells Henry.

“And Holly will stop April,� Kenny tells them all.

Back at Crestview Heights North High School, April is watching the football team practicing. But April’s focus is on Jackson. April slowly pulls a gun out of her pocket, but suddenly a grab her arm before the gun is fully out of her pocket. April turns her head to sees its Holly.

“We need to talk,� Holly tells her.

Holly manages to pull April into a storage room near the stands by the field. But before letting her go, Holly pulls the gun out of April’s pocket. Holly opens the chamber and lets the bullets fall to the ground.

“Give me that!� April yells and launches herself at Holly, but Holly uses her arm to push her away.

“Calm down,� Holly tells her and throws the gun to the ground.

“You don’t know what I’m going through!� April yells.

“Do you think you’re the only one who faces rejection?� Holly asks.

“Do you have a date for Homecoming?� April asks.

“Yes,� Holly answers, but regretting it.

“Then you have no idea about what’s I’m going through,� April explains.

“I hadn’t date much, but I do have my heart broken,� Holly explains. “And my best friend has huge feelings for this girl, but he can’t tell her. And he’s so blind by her, that any other girl is invisible to him.� Holly realizes that April is calming down, looking less angry and sadder. “Everyone has their hearts broken. Some worst then others. But what matter is you don’t let it destroy you. Of course you will be hurt, but you can recover. And once you do, then you don’t give up at finding love.�

“It won’t be easy, would it?� April asks.

“No, but it would happens,� Holly says, smile as April shares it. Holly’s Transformer starts to ring and she answers it. “Yeah?�

“Holly, the others had found Angra, but they’re having trouble,� Henry explains from the secret lab.

“On my way,� Holly answers.

Meanwhile across the city, Angra swings around his weapon and blocks a sword strike from Kenny. He then strikes Kenny with the blade of his spear

“Incoming!�

Angra looks up to see Samantha had jumped toward him and fires a laser arrow. Angra strikes down with his spear, cutting away the laser arrow. Angra swings around his spear, but Samantha lands and ducks under it. Samantha fires a strike with her Battle Bow, but the attack didn’t leave a scratch.

“Incoming!� Angra yells before striking away Samantha with his spear. He then sees David running toward him with his Battle Lance readied.

“Your spear VS my lance,� David challenges.

“I’ll turn that toothpick, and you, into dust!� Angra says, swings around his spear.

Angra and David’s weapons meet as sparks fly off at each blow. The two continue to swing around their respective weapons as attacks fail after attacks. Angra swings around his spear one more time before launching a stab, that knocks away David’s Battle Lance and hits him in the side, causing the young hero to falls down.

“Who next?� Angra asks.

“I am!�

Angra turns to see Holly, in her armor, riding her Battle Cycle towards him.

“Ha, do I sense a little anger in you?� Angra notices.

“I am angry,� Holly tells him, still riding her cycle. “Angry that you had hurt my friends. And I’m one girl you don’t want to be angry at you.�

Holly presses a button on her cycle’s onboard console, causing lasers to shoot out of the front of the cycle. But Angra uses his spear to swat away each lasers, leading to Holly have to ride around him.

“That spear seems to be his strength,� David explains.

“Then let’s take it away,� Samantha suggests.

“Right, Samantha attacks him with your laser arrows,� Kenny instructs. “Holly, when you see your chance, takes it!�

“Right!� both girls say at once.

Samantha starts firing laser arrows at Angra, who swats away each of them.

“HAHA! Fools, nothing you try will work!� Angra tells them.

“Think again!� Holly rides her Battle Cycle over Angra’s head and the front wheel knocks the spear out of his hands.

The spear flies toward David, who cuts it in half with his lance.

“My spear!� Angra says, angry. “You will pay for that!�

“Bill us!� Holly yells, as she jumps off her cycle with her Battle Axe and throws a downward strike at Angra.

Angra rolls onto the ground as smoke comes out of his chest. Angra returns to his feet.

“Listen little girl, I’m one demon you don’t want to be angry at all!� Angra tells her, as he grows to a giant size.

“All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands, as he presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.
The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Angra.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“This should be a piece of cake, without his spear,� David says, inside his shared cockpit.

“Think again, Battle Defenders,� Angra tells them, before pushing his hand into a black hole in space.

“What in the world!� Samantha yells, in surprised, inside her shared cockpit.

Angra pulls his hand out of the black hole, which disappears soon after, and in his hand is a spear identical to the one he had. Angra swings around his weapon, as Battle Mechadum looks on.

“Don’t care me he got a supply of those,� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“We broke one, we will break another,� Kenny tells his friends, inside his cockpit.

“What about a thousand!� Angra says, as a giant black hole appears behind him and suddenly thousands of identical spears shoot out of it.

Some of them fade away as they pass Battle Mechadum, but the others hit it straight on.

“There’s too many!� Samantha panics, inside her shared cockpit.

“Some of them aren’t even real,� David explains as he reads data off a computer screen, inside their cockpit.

“It doesn’t matter, if they are too fast for us to hit,� Holly explains, inside her cockpit.

“There got to be…� Kenny starts, inside his cockpit. “Wait, why didn’t he do this before?�

“That’s a good point,� David agrees, before entering some keystrokes and watches a computer screen, inside his shared cockpit, “That it! Listen guys, it seems those portals are too massive. If he tries to open one at his original size, he will lose control.�

“How that’ll help us?� Holly asks, inside her cockpit, as Battle Mechadum continues to be hit by the flying spears.

“We need a distraction that big enough to severe his connection with the portal,� David starts to think, inside his shared cockpit.

“What would happen if his entire body enters that portal?� Samantha asks, inside their cockpit.

“Well, there was a small surge of energy just when he put in one hand, so I guess it will causes a massive surge of energy, almost like a power station creates an overload of energy,� David explains, inside their cockpit.

“Enough, to distract him?� Kenny asks, inside his cockpit.

“Samantha…� David starts, inside his shared cockpit.

“On it,� Samantha answers, inside their cockpit.

The Battle Mechadum’s jets fire, causing it to flies toward Angra, as the spears continue to hit it.

“What are you, suicidal?� Angra asks, as he holds up his spear in defense.

Battle Mechadum grabs the spear as it flies, and slams Angra backward into the portal. Battle Mechadum lets go of the spear as it flies back, as black energy surrounds Angra. Battle Mechadum lands and looks on as the black portal collapses and Angra falls to his knees as the black energy slowly starting to disappear but still remains. Angra returns to his feet, tired and weaken, but still wants a fight.

“Kenny, end this,� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“Release the Battle Sword!� Kenny commands, inside his cockpit.

The cannon’s platform on Battle Mechadum’s back splits open as a sword handle pop up. Battle Mechadum reaches behind itself to grab the sword handle and pull it out, revealing a large metallic in appearance double bladed sword.

The jets on Battle Mechadum’s back fires, causing it to speeds forward and perform a sideward strike on Angra. The jets stop and Battle Mechadum takes a fighting stance with its sword as Angra is consume in a big explosion behind it.

Later that night, at the Homecoming Dance at Crestview Heights North High School, Kenny walks to the punch table, but don’t get anything to drink. Then he notices Samantha and Jeremy is slow dancing. Kenny looks and starting to rethink about coming.

“There the hot couple,� Holly says, as she walks up to Kenny, causing him to notices David and Suzie also slow dancing. “So you came.�

“Yeah, Henry closed the bookstore because he was taking April’s gun to the police,� Kenny explains. “And I’m TiVoing Heroes, so I decide to come.�

“Glad you came,� Holly says.

“Where your date?� Kenny notices Holly is alone.

“Oh, he got a bad taste of zit,� Holly starts. “He refuses to leave the house with it. And I can really pick them.� Holly then notices Kenny is back to looking at Samantha and Jeremy and becoming depresses again. “Let’s dance.�

Holly grabs Kenny’s arm and starting to pull him to the dance floor.

“I’m not much of a dancer,� Kenny tries to tell her.

“I wasn’t asking, now come on,� Holly says, finally convinces Kenny to follow her onto the dance floor.

Kenny nervously takes Holly’s hands and the two starts dancing. As the music plays and the dance rolls on.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
David and Suzie are becoming closer as moments pass. David is even thinking of saying the “L� word to her.

But a deadly force is creeping on David. And if something isn’t done soon. David will die.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[Laufwunder]

You're doing a pretty good job on this.

It's intersting that you brought up an idea for a complete unique show but which could fit into the sentai/PR world.

What I personally like is the character dynamic where I have most of the fun reading. Which dosn't mean that have no interest in the story. Even though you don't use to much space for precise discribing, It's easy for me to get a feeling for the situation and the characters feelings.

Keep up the good work.

[KamenRanger]

9: “The Old and the Restless�

Love is in the air at BookZ, the secret headquarters to Crestview Heights’ team of superheroes: the Battle Defenders, as David is talking with his friends while Holly is to his left looking at the CDs display and Kenny behind the counter, looking bored.

“I tell you, she must be the world’s greatest girl,� David tells his friends.

“If I care I will take offense,� Holly says, keeping her attention to the CDs.

Samantha comes out of the backroom and closes the door behind her.

“So what did I miss?� Samantha asks.

“Another ten minutes of the Suzie Show,� Holly jokes, as she finally looks away from the CDs.

“She must be something special, for you to date her for over two weeks,� Samantha says, as she joins her coworker behind the counter.

“I’ll say,� David starts. “I even think of saying, ‘I love you.’�

“Love?� Kenny says, shocked.

“You might know her from elementary school, but you only really knows her for three weeks,� Holly states.

“What you don’t believe in love at first sight?� David asks.

“I don’t know about that,� Samantha starts, unaware she caught Kenny’s attention. “It seems a little unrealistic if you asked me.�

“Well, I didn’t,� David snaps and don’t notices Kenny seem angry.

“Don’t snap at her just because you fell so hard that you have to look up to see some worms,� Holly tells him.

“Sorry, Samantha, I guess I’m a little on edge,� David apologies, as Kenny returns to his calm appearance, as no one notices. “This never happens to me, I mean I develop feelings for girls before. There’s Jill, and then that French girl, whose name I could never remembers, from last year. But there just something special about Suzie, you know what I means?�

“Yeah,� Kenny whispers under his breath, after gives a quick glance at Samantha.

“David, you feeling okay?� Samantha asks, catching Kenny’s attention again.

“Hum, yeah, why?� David asks.

“I think you have some… wrinkles?� Samantha says, confused, as she points at some wrinkles under David’s eyes.

“Samantha, right,� Holly notices them too, as does Kenny. “Usually teenagers don’t get wrinkles till the Finals, or the FCAT.�

David rubs the wrinkles as he feels them, “Must be just stress about the way I feels about Suzie. Yeah, that must be it. I’m sure its nothing.�

“Nothing,� Kenny says under his breath.

The next day, class is in session, as Holly and David are currently in their Science class. The students are at their desks with their textbooks open as their teacher, Ms. Mesby is seating at her desk at the front of the room with her own textbook opened.

“Okay, David, read me what a half-life is,� Ms. Mesby says, but David just keeps his head down. “David, Mr. Masters.� But David keeps his head down.

“David?� Holly tries to whisper to her friend.

“Mr. Masters!� Ms. Mesby yells, finally getting David’s attention.

“Hum, y-yes,� David says, with several of his classmates laughing.

“I sorry if I bored you, David,� Ms. Mesby says, angry. “Now, if you aren’t too busy daydreaming, mine tell me what a half-life is.�

“Y-yes, ma’am,� David quickly looks down at his book, but realizes it on the wrong page and flipping through the pages as Ms. Mesby looks on angry and Holly looks worried.

After class had ended, Holly had joined her best friend, Kenny, by his locker as they see David joins Suzie.

“I’m telling you Kenny, something is strange going on with David,� Holly tells Kenny. “He seemed to have trouble hearing Ms. Mesby and, is it just me, or does David have more wrinkles today then he did yesterday.�

“It’s not just you,� Kenny answers. “The past week David’s hair had gotten whiter.�

“Yeah, I noticed that too,� Holly mentions.

The two friends look on at David and Suzie are happily talking.

Meanwhile at the Horsemen’s cave, Conquest is entering as Death, War, and Famine are talking around their orb, with Greling at the back.

“Conquest we need to talk,� Famine notices his comrade. “There seems to be a demon at work in Crestview Heights, one we didn’t send.�

“Who cares,� Conquest tells them.

“Can we really allow a third party demon to act on its own accord?� War asks.

“Why not?� Conquest walks pass his fellow Horsemen. “This demon might actually helps us out in the long run.�

“That could be true,� War thinks out loud before realizes something. “Where had you been?�

“I was compiling a list,� Conquest says before arriving in front of Greling and hands him the list. “I want you to gather everything on this list.�

Greling takes the list, “Yes, master,� as Death watches closely.

“What it for?� Death asks.

“Just a little surprise for those little nuisances,� Conquest explains.

Later, after school had ended, Samantha is behind the counter of BookZ, with Jeremy on the other side.

“Is it just me, or is there hardly anyone here?� Jeremy asks his girlfriend.

“Well, we only been opened since August, the word hadn’t gotten out yet,� Samantha explains.

Just then Kenny and Holly enter and when they see Jeremy, Kenny’s preexisting smile disappears.

“Hi, guys,� Samantha greets her friends.

“Hi, Samantha, Jeremy,� Holly greets each of them separately.

“Hi,� Jeremy says, disinterested, before turning his attention back to Samantha. “So, are we on for that Halloween party?�

“Yeah,� Samantha answers with a smile, unaware that Kenny puts his jacket on the coat rack, looking depresses. “See how well things are when you take the time to ask.�

“I’m looking,� Jeremy says, before turning around and leaves.

“So you two are going to the Halloween party together?� Holly asks, realized that Kenny doesn’t want to hear anymore, but continues anyway.

“Yeah, we not serious or anything, but he seems to be the only guy who interested me,� Samantha answers, as Holly watches Kenny with one eye, but seeing he’s not reacting. “Anyway, I’m not like David. I think I can only handle one relationship at a time.�

“Well, that seems to be changing,� Holly says, deciding to change the topic. “And on that subject, had you notices something different about David?�

“Actually, I had,� Samantha answers, as Kenny joins her behind the counter. “I saw him during PE and he seems to have gotten tired fast. David usually very athletic is he?�

“Yeah, last year, he ran laps around me,� Holly explains. “But then again, he was running, I was walking slowly.�

“Something does seem to be wrong with him,� Kenny says, looking at the cash register when he notices an old man entering through the front door. “May we help you?�

“K-Kenny,� the old man says before collapsing to his knees.

“Whoa,� Holly says, as she and her friends rush to his side.

“Are you okay?� Samantha asks as she knees by his side, with Holly on his other side and Kenny bending over behind Holly.

Holly notices the old man’s wallet had fallen out of his pocket and she picks it up and looks at the man’s ID, “Oh my god.� Holly hands the wallet to Kenny and places one hand on the man’s face. “It can’t be.�

“What is it?� Samantha asks.

Kenny looks at the wallet and turns it around so Samantha can sees David’s driver license, “Its David.�

The three friends manage to get the aged David to his feet; help walks to the secret lab behind the backroom and explains everything to Henry, as they help David to seat on the table.

“Are we really sure it’s David,� Samantha mentions. “Maybe it’s someone who stole David’s wallet.�

“And knows Kenny’s name,� Holly says.

“There is one way to know for sure,� Henry says, before presses a button on the computer console. A red light emits from the top of the large computer that runs down David’s face and back up. A picture of young David’s face appears on the screen follows by a picture of the old David’s face, with several parts of their faces become highlighted (eyes, cheeks, noses, etc.), before the words “Matched-100%� appears on the bottom of the screen. “It’s a perfect matched, they’re one and the same.�

“It a demon, right?� Samantha asks.

“It has to be,� Kenny answers, as he gets serious.

“But I don’t get how I was alerted to it,� Henry says. “There no way a demon can do such a grand change to David without been in the same plane.�

“I think we got something else to worry about,� Holly says, as everyone look at David and watches as he ages more, now with less hair on top of his head and more wrinkles covering his face.

“He age again,� Samantha says, frighten.

“Another five or seven years,� Henry guesses. “If we don’t do something, at this rate of rapidly aging, he will die.�

“How can we reverse it?� Kenny asks Henry.

“The only way I can think of, on the top of my head, is to kills the demon behind,� Henry instructs.

“Okay, then we will split up and find this demon,� Kenny says.

“It seems you noticed most of his changes at school, so you might want to try there,� Henry explains.

“Okay, I’ll catch out the school,� Holly says.

“We must hurry,� Kenny says.

Back at Crestview Heights North High School, Holly is walking down the nearly empty hallways.

“If I’m a demon, where would I hide,� Holly says before noticing a long mirror on the wall. “Mm, maybe it’s hiding in a mirror.�

“Hi, Holly.�

Holly turns around to see Suzie walking toward her. The two hadn’t talked much, actually Holly thinks they only talks in passing.

“Have you see David?� Suzie asks. “We suppose to meet after school.�

“He not feeling well,� Holly explains. “Came down with a bad… cold.�

“Oh, well I guess I will settle on a rain check with him,� Suzie says.

“Yeah, good idea,� Holly says before turning around and sees into the mirror. Behind her own reflection, instead of seeing Suzie’s reflection, Holly sees a dark red demon with four horns on her head and dresses in a green tunic. Holly’s expression changes to that of frighten.

“Is something wrong?� Suzie’s voice asks as the demon’s mouth move in the reflection.

“You?!� Holly says, as she turns her head with her frighten expression changes to anger.

“Yes, me,� Suzie says, as she changes into the demon Holly saw in the mirror. “I am Youck and when I sensed David’s strong life-force, I couldn’t help myself and I feed on his youth. He’s make for a perfect target. And kind of cute. I’m wasn’t a demon or if he wasn’t a human, or if I’m not so evil that I killed my own creator, I might actually fall in love with me.�

“But he fell in love with you, how could you use him like that?� Holly asks.

“The world is made up of users and those who get used, it’s a fact of life,� Youck explains. “Which one are you?�

“Neither because only a wicked snake in the grass would uses someone’s feelings and then just throws them away later,� Holly tells her. “And I will never become someone like that.�

“Don’t matter, since you will die today,� Youck says, before launching a clawed hand at Holly. Holly ducks, causing Youck to breaks the mirror with her attack. Youck watches as Holly runs down the hallway and turn a corner. Youck slowly walks down the hallway, “You can’t run, you can’t hide, you can only die.�

Youck reaches the corner when Holly, completely in her armor, runs up and punches Youck in the cheek.

“How about I use you as a punching bag,� Holly says.

“We’ll see about that,� Youck rubs the spot on her cheek where she was punched. “But first let’s find a better battleground.� Youck snaps her finger and she turns into a bright red ball which hits Holly, turning her into a white glow, as the red ball and white glow fly up through the ceiling.

Meanwhile across the city at the shipping docks, the red ball and white glow lands couple feet away from each other and turns back into Youck and Holly, respective.

“Ah,� Holly takes in her surroundings. “The docks.�

“Perfect, now I can sink your battleship,� Youck says, before snaps her finger again and disappears from sight.

Holly looks on surprised, when she is hits across the cheek then hit in her stomach, causing her to falls down. Holly presses the “#� button on the Battle Gauntlet.

“Kenny, Samantha, come in,� Holly says through the com link she established. “I found the demon, but I need some help, we at the docks.�

“We on our way,� Kenny’s voice says, before the transmission ends.

Suddenly Holly is kicks twice in the stomach before she feels a foot on her stomach. Youck appears on top of Holly as she rubs her foot into Holly’s stomach.

“Get off,� Holly says, in pain.

“You didn’t say ‘please,’� Youck mocks.

“Please.�

Youck looks up to see Samantha, in her armor, had jumped toward her and fires a laser arrow. Youck moves out of the way, just as the laser arrow passes her and Samantha lands on her feet. Holly takes this chance and rolls out of the way, back toward Samantha.

“You won’t get away that easy,� Youck tells the girls as Holly returns to her feet.

“Who said we leaving.�

Youck turns to see Kenny, in his armor, is riding his Battle Cycle toward her. Kenny presses a button on the onboard console and lasers fire out of the cycles’ front, but Youck snaps her finger and disappears and the lasers miss their target. Kenny skids his cycle to a stop and dismount as Samantha and Holly join him.

“Nice trick,� Kenny says.

“She can turn invisible at will, Youck could be anyway,� Holly tells her friends.

“Youck, nice name,� Samantha says, as she looks around when suddenly she is hit hard in the side of the face.

“Did your parents ever tell you not to mock someone’s name?� Youck’s disembodied voice says.

“Battle Laser, Battle Ready,� Kenny presses the “1� button on his gauntlet, causing his Battle Laser to appears on his hand. “Did your parents ever tell you to fight fair?�

“No, but to be fair I didn’t have parents, but a creator.�

Kenny fires his weapon at where he thought Youck was, but nothing.

“Looking for me?� Youck’s voice says, before striking Kenny in the face and then kicks Holly to the side and then kicks Samantha across the face.

“Kenny,� Henry says, from the secret lab. “Presses five, zero, and star on your Battle Gauntlet, it will activate the spectrum vision. It allows you to see any physical object, visible or otherwise.�

“Understand,� Kenny says, and returns to his feet. He presses the “50*� buttons on his Battle Gauntlet, suddenly his visor turns a green tint and he can sees Youck. Kenny readies his Battle Laser at her, “I can see you.�

Kenny fires his Battle Laser repeating at Youck, causing to reappear. Kenny outspreads his arms to his sides and Samantha and Holly, both with their weapons, jump over him. Samantha fires a laser arrow at Youck, who gets hit with it. Then Holly chops down with her Battle Axe. Youck falls backward, injured.

“You won’t get away with that,� Youck says, as slowly returns to her feet while the Battle Defenders regroup. “I will get that boy’s life-force, and his youth, and your lives.�

Suddenly Youck grows to a giant size, over the Battle Defenders.

“Samantha, you got to pilot Battle Jet by yourself,� Kenny instructs.

“Got it,� Samantha agrees.

“All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands, as he presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.

The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� Samantha readies her controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Angra.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“I might not be able to feed on that robot of yours, but I can still break it,� Youck snaps her finger and disappears from sight.

“Oh great,� Samantha says, inside her cockpit. “How are we supposed to track her without David? I can’t reach those controls.�

“There got to be a way, think,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

Then Battle Mechadum is hit across the chest then again in the other direction, then it is knocked backward and another attack is launches down its chest.

“I don’t believe this!� Holly cries, inside her cockpit. “We are been knocked around!�

“It can’t end like this,� Kenny says, under his breath, inside his cockpit.

Back at the secret lab, David ages more, now with no hair on top of his head and barely any on the side of his head, with his eyebrows thinning and David gasps a little.

“He ages again,� Henry says, before facing the large computer and says into his earpiece. “David is running out of time, there isn’t long before he dies.�

“NO!� Kenny yells, inside his cockpit. “I won’t let her destroys David. We will beat her.�

“But how?� Holly asks, inside her cockpit.

“Follow my lead,� Kenny answers, inside his cockpit.

Battle Mechadum suddenly flies up and lands into the ocean by the docks.

“What are those fools doing?� Youck’s disembodied voice asks.

Battle Mechadum starts to spin around rapidly, causing a whirlpool around it, before Battle Mechadum flies back up, with the whirlpool of water following it. Battle Mechadum stops spinning, causing the whirlpool to fall apart and it rains on top of the docks, causing Youck’s silhouette to be visible.

“There!� Samantha spots her, inside her cockpit.

“Release the Battle Sword!� Kenny commands, inside his cockpit.

The cannon’s platform on Battle Mechadum’s back splits open as a sword handle pop up. Battle Mechadum reaches behind itself to grab the sword handle and pull it out, revealing a large metallic in appearance double bladed sword.

“I’m in trouble,� Youck says, as her silhouette is still visible.

The jets on Battle Mechadum’s back fires, causing it to speeds forward and perform a sideward strike on Youck. The jets stop and Battle Mechadum takes a fighting stance with its sword as behind it, Youck becomes visible after the rain stops and is consume in a big explosion.

Back at the secret lab, Henry turns to see David returns back to his normal teenage age.

“It worked, he’s back to normal,� Henry tells the Battle Defenders through the com link.

Later on, David and Henry are looking at the large computer in the secret lab.

“Because Youck disguises herself as a human, our systems didn’t warn us of her, incredible,� Henry says.

“Yeah, had you found her yet?� David asks.

“Here we go,� Henry says, as they look at database information of Suzie, whose picture is the same as Youck’s disguise. “It seems she still living in Ft. Walton Beach.�

“But I don’t get how she knows about her,� David wonders.

“If I have to guess, I’ll say she must have read your past when she senses your life-force,� Henry answers. “And for a demon who powers rely on life-force energies, it wouldn’t be hard for her to disguise herself as a modern day Suzie.�

“That would explain why she didn’t tell me anything about the past several years,� David says. “I was a fool.�

“Pardon?� Henry asks.

“I fell in love with a demon,� David says. “I’m Phoebe Halliwells.�

“Chances are, it was just a side effect of Youck feeding on your life-force,� Henry tells her.

“Still, after all the girls I had dated, I thought I had fallen in love,� David says, starting to sound depresses. “I’m starting to think I will never fall in love.�

“When you truly fall in love, you will know it,� Henry tells him, but realizes David is disbelieving. “I met my wife in college. When I saw her, she’s so beautiful, so smart, so kind. When I saw her, I know she was special. And I know I’m in love. That when you know you’re really in love.�

“Do you think it will happen with me?� David asks.

“I’m sure it will,� Henry answers with a smile.

“Thanks,� David says before starting to leave.

David exits the backroom, with Kenny behind the counter, Holly on the other side, and Samantha stocking some books.

“Hey, David, how are you doing?� Holy asks, but David continues to walk pass them.

“David?� Kenny asks, as David continues to the exit.

“David,� Samantha says, worried.

“What?� David turns his head, and talks like he not sure they say anything.

“A-Are you okay?� Samantha asks, as the three of them are worried.

A smile appears on David’s face, “Got ya’.�

David turns around and leaves as he laughs, as his friends shake their heads and return to business.

Back at the Horsemen’s cave, Greling returns holding a full, and heavy, bag.

“Here you go, master,� Greling says as he hands the bag to Conquest.

Death looks over Conquest’s shoulder into the open bag.

“What are you planning, Conquest?� Death asks.

“A little treat for the Battle Defenders,� Conquest answers. “Or should I say trick.�

Next time on Battle Defenders:
It’s Halloween and the Battle Defenders are all set for a Halloween Party, with costumes of course.

But when Conquest’s plan leaves Samantha as the last Battle Defender standing, can she save the day before Halloween becomes the end of her friends.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[BlackWarrior]

I think what I like most about this story is that it does not folllow the conventions of Power Rangers at least as far as the color motif goes and the team number is not like PR where there are 3 or 5 characters. Keep this story up. you are on your way to becoming an awesome writer

[KamenRanger]

10: “Fright Night�

It’s another slow day at BookZ, the secret headquarters of Crestview Heights’ team of superheroes: the Battle Defenders. But today, the slow day is compliment by Halloween decorations. Fake spider webs lines the side of the window on the front entrance. A jack-o’-lantern, carved by Samantha, stands beside the cash register. On the front of the cash register is a small skeleton pinup. It not much, but it changes the atmosphere, somewhat.

Kenny is counting the money in the cash register’s tray, before closing the tray, as his best friend, Holly is coming out of the backroom.

“So, racking in the bucks?� Holly asks.

“Enough to stay in business, at least,� Kenny says, as Holly looks at the jack-o’-lantern.

“I think this pumpkin is rotting,� Holly pokes it with her finger, before looking at the expression carved into it. “And the smile seems crooked on one side.�

“I think it look perfect,� Kenny says, with a grin.

“Considering that Samantha carved it, I’m not surprised,� Holly says, under her breath.

“What?� Kenny says, not sure he heard her right.

“Hum, how about the costume party, looking forward it?� Holly asks, changing the subject.

“I guess,� Kenny answers. “Can you watch the cash register? I need to tell Henry how much money there is in the cash register.�

“Sure,� Holly answers, as Kenny walks into the backroom. “Hmm, I wonder if I would be able to get him to come if Samantha wasn’t coming.�

Meanwhile within the Horsemen’s dark cave, Conquest is facing his fellow Horsemen, holding the full bag Greling had brought him.

“So what is this big plan of yours anyway, Conquest?� War asks.

“Do you know what tonight is?� Conquest answers with a question.

“Yes, October 31st, Halloween,� Death answers, angrily.

“All Hallows Eve, where demons and ghouls and monsters are commercializes, for candy,� Famine says with disgusts.

“Let me guess, you going to turn yourself into a Halloween mascot like that fat man in a red suit or that oversized rabbit that is better serve as dinner,� War mocks.

“Very funny,� Conquest says as he opens the bag. “With theses, I can cast a spell that should cause massive chaos and destruction. Greling!� Greling comes walking from the back of the cave. Conquest hands him the bag, “You know what to do.�

“Yes, master,� Greling says, walking out of the cave with the bag in hand.

“What is this spell, anyway?� Famine asks.

“It like you said Halloween had commercialized demons,� Conquest starts. “So, why don’t we just show them what it likes to be demons?�

Couple hours passed, and Kenny dresses in a black suit with an equal black cloak and vampire teeth in his mouth, with Holly who is covers in fake mummy wrappings, but pieces of her skin still shows through like her eyes and mouth, or most of her left shoulder and part of her right arm. The two friends are walking down the street when they approach a two-story white house and stop.

“This is Samantha’s house?� Holly asks.

“I think so,� Kenny says, causing his vampire teeth to falls out.

Holly can’t help but laugh, “Maybe you should wait till we get to the party.�

“Right,� Kenny says, keeping the fake teeth in his hands.

The two walks up to the front door and Holly rings the doorbell.

“Not much decorations, or any,� Holly notices as they wait.

“Yeah, hum, Samantha said her parents don’t like to decorate much, except at Christmas, and sometimes, birthdays,� Kenny explains.

Finally the door opens and the two see Samantha, dresses from head to toes in a black dress, low cut, but not enough to show any cleavage and a cross necklace around her neck. Kenny can’t help but be amazed at her beauty, but Samantha doesn’t notice she got his attention.

“Hi, guys, I’m almost ready, come in,� Samantha says, with a smile.

Kenny and Holly, both of whom had never been in Samantha’s house, follow her in. Samantha stops at an end table, where there are two sapphire earrings on top of a black cape. Kenny and Holly look around, without moving much in way of steps.

“So where your parents?� Holly asks.

“Out,� Samantha puts on one earring. “We never get much treat or trickers, so they didn’t brother with any candies and just went out for dinner.� Samantha puts on the other earring. “I’m glad there this costume party tonight or otherwise I will have to stay at home.�

Holly then notices a picture on the fireplace. The picture is of an elderly woman, who looks like an older Samantha.

“Who this?� Holly asks.

Samantha is putting on her cape, when she turns to see what Holly’s question is about. “Oh, that my grandmother.�

“She has a beautiful necklace,� Holly notices the crystal necklace wrapped around Samantha’s grandmother’s neck.

“Yeah,� Samantha says, as she walks toward the picture and looks at it dearly. “I always loved that necklace, when I was six she let me wear it while she visits. My grandfather gave it to her, when he declares his love for her. When he passed away, she was forced to pawn it so she can pay for the bills.� Kenny notices tears running down Samantha’s face. “And now she’s gone, I wished I have it to remember her and to remember the kind of pure love my grandparents have for each other.�

“You okay?� Kenny says, trying to comfort her.

“Hum, yeah, sorry,� Samantha wipes away her tears before showing Kenny a smile. “Now, let’s go, before we missed the party. David and Jeremy are meeting us there, right?�

“Yeah,� Kenny says, depresses that she brought up her boyfriend.

It didn’t take the three friends long to reach the costume party, held at a classmate’s large house. Once arrived, they notice how much people are there, all in different costumes, some dresses as monsters from movies, couple clowns, even couple dresses as Battle Defenders. They also notice they are seeing a lot of kids they never saw, probably meaning there are kids from Crestview Heights South High School.

“Hey, catch it out, we’re Halloween costumes,� Holly notices someone dresses like Battle Green.

“Samantha.�

Samantha turns to see Jeremy, dresses completely in plastic knight armor, walking up to her.

“Jeremy,� Samantha says, with a smile, while Kenny looks on disappointed and places his vampire teeth back in his mouth.

“Hey, Samantha, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to meet at your house, but it took forever to put on this armor,� Jeremy tells her.

“Jeremy, I told you it would be okay, besides I walked over here with Kenny and Holly,� Samantha explains.

“Oh, I see,� Jeremy says, eyeing Kenny for a second.

“Hi, guys,� David says, dresses like Zorro, right down to a plastic sword. “I mean guys and girls.�

“Nice one, Zorro,� Holly says. “But I take Antonio Banderas anytime.�

“Hey, Kenny, a vampire huh?� David notices his friend’s costume. “Smart, you can tell girls that you going to suck their blood.�

“Hum, well, hum,� Kenny says, nervously, realizes Samantha is grinning at him.

“David, you probably sure be careful when you seat, you might stab yourself in a very unpleasant place,� Holly says, causing everyone to forgot about Kenny and laughs.

Meanwhile in a different cave, Greling is standing behind a large cauldron. He drops a bit of bone dust in the cauldron. He then let fall the now empty bag to the ground. Greling waves his hands over the cauldron.

“They mock us with their disguises,� Greling says. “Now let their disguises become their reality. By order from Conquest, make it their reality!�

Suddenly a puff of green smoke burst out of the cauldron.

Back at the costume party, everyone stop what they’re doing as they are struck with small headaches.

“Oh, that weird,� Samantha says, as her headache passes, then she notices Kenny is still in pain. “Kenny, are you okay?� But he doesn’t answer. “Kenny?� Samantha places a hand on his shoulder, but he then turns around with bloodstain eyes and real fangs.

“Yesss,� Kenny says, with a hiss.

“Arrggh!� Samantha screams and bumps into a green goblin before turns around to see a werewolf, who howls.

“Okay then, Battle Ready,� a Battle Green says, before running off.

“W-what going on, everyone changed,� Samantha looks around confused.

“Yes, we changed,� Kenny says, staring down Samantha. “And it’s dinnertime. Guess what on the menu. Or should I say, who?�

“Kenny, just calm down,� Samantha says, panicking.

“I’ll calm down, after I washed down your blood,� Kenny says, before charging toward her.

Samantha grabs Kenny’s arms and tries to hold him back, but he manages to pushes her down. Samantha drops her Transformer and she reaches for it. Samantha turns around and holds up her Transformer in front of her, as Kenny stares down at her.

“I can’t,� Samantha realizes she can’t fight Kenny or transforms into her armor in front of all of these people.

Kenny wets his lips, “Now, stand still, I don’t like to play with my dinner.�

“Kenny, please stop,� Samantha says, frighten.

Kenny opens his mouth and charges toward Samantha, when suddenly he is pulls back by Jeremy, still in his knight armor. Jeremy turns to face Kenny.

“Stay away from her, you foul beast,� Jeremy commands.

“Jeremy?� Samantha says, still on the ground.

“I go to open that tin can and uses it as a trash can, once I’m done with you,� Kenny charges toward Jeremy, causing the two to wrestles as Jeremy keeps him at arm lengths.

“If only I have my sword or mighty steed,� Jeremy says, wrestling with Kenny.

“I was saved by Lancelot,� Samantha returns to her feet.

Jeremy finally pushes Kenny back and punches him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground.

“Jeremy, stop!� Samantha rushes to Jeremy’s side and grabs his arm.

“I still have to slay this beast, my madam,� Jeremy tells her.

“Don’t call me that,� Samantha says. “Wait, where David and Holly?� Suddenly she hears David screams. “Oh boy.� Samantha runs off, before runs back to Jeremy. “Don’t slay anyone.� She looks at Kenny. “And don’t bite anyone.� She runs back off.

Samantha finds David, with his sword out, facing against Holly, who is only speaking in growls. Samantha sees David striking at Holly with his sword.

“David, don’t!� Samantha rushes forward but is too late. She then notices David had cut a large “Z� into the wrappings covering Holly’s torso. Holly answers in only a growl. “Oh, I need an aspirin,� Samantha places a hand on her forehead.

Later the Battle Defenders and Jeremy arrive at BookZ, after Samantha manages to convince Jeremy and David to help her rally together Kenny and Holly.

“Henry, we got a problem!� Samantha calls upon entering. “Henry!� There is no answer, but she notices the backroom door is open and through that she notices the secret entrance to the lab is also open. Samantha faces her friends, “You guys stay here, and don’t kill anyone.�

“Can’t make any promises,� Kenny says, grinning.

“Try anything and I will run you through like a dragon,� Jeremy tells him.

“With what?� Kenny points out.

“Give me your sword,� Jeremy tells David.

“No way, this sword belongs to Zorro and no one else,� David explains, as Holly growls. “Aw, shut up.�

“It going to be a long night,� Samantha says, as she enters the backroom.

Samantha looks into the entrance of the secret lab, “Hum, Henry.�

Suddenly Henry pops out from the corner, dresses in gray robes, large glasses, and a huge white wig, which because of the spell isn’t a wig.

“You rang?� Henry says, causing Samantha to jump.

“Henry, something had happened,� Samantha says, lightly scares that the person she thinks might be able to help had changed like her friends.

“Yes, something did happen,� Henry says, walking over to the large computer. “A change in the air, a metamorphosis that spreads throughout the entire city. Turning people into what they dressed as for Halloween. A marvelous spell of unknown possibilities. But you don’t seem to have changed at all.�

“Hum, yeah, I don’t know why,� Samantha tells him.

“Mm, that necklace,� Henry notices the necklace Samantha is wearing.

“Hum, this,� Samantha touches the cross around her neck. “I borrowed it from a friend, for my costume.�

“It a cross, legends said that crosses had magical prowess against the forces of evil,� Henry tells her. “But then again you could just have a strong will against such spells.�

“Okay, but how do we change everything back to normal?� Samantha asks.

“The only thing I could think of is to destroy the source of the spell,� Henry presses couple buttons on the console. “And there seem to be a great source of magical powers coming from outside of the city, in one of the old caves.�

“Perfect, and with everyone else in their current state, I must go by myself,� Samantha says. “Can you keep an eye on them?�

“Well, I was working on an experiment that could change the way we lives today,� Henry says, with him raises his voice as he continues to talk as lightning is heard in the background.

“O-Okay, I just ask Jeremy, then,� Samantha says, backing away.

“Mm, suit yourself,� Henry says, before facing the computer screen and rubbing his hands together with a large grin on his face.

Samantha enters the front of the store to see David and Jeremy watching Kenny and Holly growl at each other.

“It going to be a very long night,� Samantha says, as she leans on the doorway.

Later at Greling’s cave, he looks into the cauldron, with green smoke still coming out of it, when he sees Samantha, in her armor, coming to a stop at the bottom of the hill outside the cave.

“Trouble,� Greling looks back at the cauldron. “If the spell is ruin, then my head will lay outside the Horsemen’s cave.�

Samantha looks up to see the green smoke coming out of the cave.

“That must be the source of the spell,� Samantha says, then notices Dustoids coming out of the cave, charging toward her. “Dustoids, of course.� Samantha presses the “2� button on her Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Bow, Battle Ready!�

Samantha’s weapon appears in her hands and she start firing laser arrows at the Dustoids. Two Dustoids jump toward her. Samantha raises her bow horizontal to block the Dustoids’ sword strikes. She falls to one knee, before manages to pushes them up. She roundhouse kicks them, before seeing another Dustoid, who manage to stab her with its sword. Samantha spins into a fall, as she drops her Battle Bow. She looks up to see a Dustoid kicks her down the hill. Samantha reaches for her weapon when two Dustoids rush her with their swords readied. She spins away from her bow, causing the Dustoids to miss her. Samantha starting to get to her feet when another Dustoid strikes her with his sword, causing her to falls backward to the bottom of the hill. Samantha looks up to see the Dustoids watching her.

“I don’t believe this,� Samantha says to herself. “At this rate, my friends could get hurt or… wait,� Samantha looks at her closed fist. “The spell turned us into what costume we were wearing. That means it turned me into a witch.� Samantha returns to her feet. “With magical powers.�

Greling walks to the cave entrance, “Now what?�

“I hope this work,� Samantha says, as she closes her eyes. Suddenly her right fist glows pink, “It working.� Samantha points her right hand at a Dustoid and the Dustoid starting to levitate. The Dustoids look up confused.

“Oh, damn, the spell turned her into a witch!� Greling yells.

“Alright,� Samantha quickly lowers her right hand, causing the levitating Dustoid to slams down into the ground, bursting into dust and smoke. “You guys might outnumber me, but I got more power.�

“Kill her!� Greling orders.

The Dustoids rush Samantha, who rushes down her right arm, creating a long pink fin that flies forward, destroying each of the Dustoids it hit.

“Now let try this,� Samantha says, waves around her arms, with both fists glowing pink. Suddenly Battle Violet, Battle Green, and Battle Orange appear beside her and they take fighting stances. “Okay then, Battle Defenders, Battle Ready!�

The three Battle Defenders copies rush forward, before turning into lights, colored the same as their armors, and fly forward. Each of the lights fly past and through Dustoids, hitting and destroying each of them as they pass, till none are left and the colored lights disappear.

“Now for the spell source,� Samantha says, before jumping up and starting flying toward the cave entrance.

“I don’t think so!� Greling yells, before throwing green blasts from his hands at Samantha.

Samantha holds up her left hand and a large pink square appears in front of the open hand. Each of Greling’s blasts hit the square harmlessly.

“Harry Potter got nothing on me,� Samantha holds out her right hand and the Battle Bow flies into it.

The pink square disappears and she points the Battle Bow at the cauldron and fires a laser arrow at the cauldron, causing it to explode in a large green smoke. Suddenly, Samantha falls back down to the ground.

“I guess the spell was broken,� Samantha starting to get back up.

Back at BookZ, Kenny growls when his eyes return back to normal and his vampire teeth fall out.

“Ah, what the?� Kenny says, confused as he looks around to see everyone had returned to normal.

“Hum, did someone spike the punch?� Jeremy asks, equally confused.

Later on, Samantha had returned to BookZ, and reverted out of her armor, with the five teenagers and Henry talking near the counter.

“Well, I better go, see you later Samantha,� Jeremy says.

“Later,� Samantha says, smiling.

“Hum, what did happen tonight?� Jeremy asks.

“Who knows?� Samantha lies.

Jeremy looks confuses, before turning around and leaves.

“So do you really think a necklace what saved me?� Samantha asks Henry.

“Remember I was a mad scientist at the time,� Henry tells her.

“Saying the man who helped to create giant robots,� David says.

“Anyway, we knows Samantha isn’t immune to the spell, remember the whole fear spell thing,� Holly says.

“Please don’t remind me,� Samantha says.

“Well, it could be that while everyone dresses as monsters or people from a different time period, Samantha kept her senses because she dresses as someone who is timely,� Henry says.

“Are you saying there are witches, at least still?� David asks.

“We fight demons, remember?� Holly mocks.

“Anyway, at least I know Jeremy would protect me if I need it,� Samantha says.

“Yeah,� Kenny says, depresses.

“Except that you are more likely to protect him,� Holly mentions.

“And by the way, I watched the recorded footage of your fight, and that is some amazing moves you pull off,� Henry says.

“Yeah, definitely kickass,� David tells her.

“Sound like we got our own Magiranger,� Holly says.

“Magi-what?� Samantha asks, confused.

“Ah, Samantha, we got so much to teach you,� Holly wraps an arm around Samantha’s shoulder, as everyone else laugh.

Back at the cave that Greling used, Greling is laying on the ground, injured from the explosion Samantha caused. Greling looks up to see Death is standing in front of him, holding his scythe.

“P-Please, h-help me,� Greling reaches out a hand, in pain.

“The others might don’t mind your continuing uselessness, but I’m getting sick and tired of it,� Death tells him.

“P-Please, show mercy,� Greling prays.

“I will show you mercy,� Death tells him. “The mercy of a quick death.�

Death swings down his scythe, pinning the blade onto Greling’s back. Greling screams echo in the cave as his body is consumed in an explosion. Death turns around, with his scythe by his side, and starts to walk out of the cave.

“One pain in the ass down, four to go.�

Next time on Battle Defenders:
Holly runs into an old friend who had fell in with the wrong crowd.

But it could be the least of her worries when the Battle Defenders finally meet their enemies and learn a shocking secret.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

11: “The Face of Evil�

Within the dark confides of the Horsemen’s cave, Death just finishes telling his fellow demons, Conquest, War, and Famine, of what he had done: killed Greling.

“He was all of ours servant, do you think you sure had talked with us about his fate?� Conquest asks.

“He was a waste of space, Greling had done nothing useful since his creation,� Death explains. “But that don’t matter anymore. What does is the Battle Defenders.�

“We had been through this before, Death,� Famine says, tired of the same conversation. “We can’t just focus on killing the Battle Defenders; they must only be a second thought. Or… we would be lucky, if he choose to just destroy us.�

“I’m not talking about exterminating them,� Death starts. “Just show them who they’re messing with.�

Miles away from the scheming Horsemen, at Crestview Heights North High, school continue as normal, as the halls are filled with students and teachers. This includes Holly who is walking up to her best friend, Kenny, at his locker as he taking out his Algebra textbook.

“Hey, Kenny,� Holly says.

“Hi,� Kenny packs his Algebra textbook in his backpack.

“That new compilation CD is out next Tuesday, I think we could go to the store and pick it up,� Holly says. “No offense to Henry, but it probably would take him a month to stock it up and my ipod is dieing for some new tunes.�

“Sound like fun,� Kenny says, closing his locker.

The two friends start down the hallway, when Holly’s arm bumps into a guy’s arm, as he passes them.

“Except me… wait, Holly?� the guy asks.

Holly blinks at the sight of the guy, as there is a familiar presence around him, “Gary, is that you?�

“If not, then I need a new driver license.�

“The same old Gary,� Holly says, before remembering Kenny is still here. “Oh, this is Kenny, my, hum, best friend.� Kenny raises an eyebrow at Holly hesitation. “Kenny, this is Gary, an old friend from elementary school.�

“Actually, we were best friends,� Gary says.

“Yeah, before you moved to the other side of town,� Holly says.

“Hey, you know it wasn’t my fault,� Gary tells her.

“I-I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said anything,� Holly apologizes, causes another raise eyebrow from Kenny.

“Well, I got to go,� Gary says, continues down the hallway. “Later.�

“Later,� Holly says.

“Hum, you never mention Gary before,� Kenny asks.

“Huh, oh yeah, well, there’s a good reason,� Holly starts. “Both of his parents died in a car accident in the fourth grade. He moved to live with his grandmother, on the other side of town. They must moved or something, or Gary would be going to Crestview Height South High.�

“Anyway, you sound glad to see him again,� Kenny says.

“Wait, Kenny Estelle, are you jealous that he was my best friend?� Holly asks.

“What, no, of course not,� Kenny says, defensive.

“That’s so cute,� Holly mocks Kenny, causing him to blush. “But don’t worry, he’s ancient history.� Holly notices a smile on Kenny’s face. “Speaking of which, can you help me with my history homework after school?�

“Sure, come by the bookstore,� Kenny says. “Like you do, everyday, of every week.�

“Oh, now you got jokes.�

“Hey, Holly, Kenny.�

Holly and Kenny turns to see David coming up toward them.

“What David, are you aging rapidly again?� Holly jokes.

“Funny, but who was that guy you were talking with?� David asks.

“What, are you jealous now?� Holly asks, with a mocking tone.

“What are you talking about?� David asks, puzzled.

“Never mind, it’s Gary, we used to be best friends in elementary school,� Holly answers. “Why you asked.�

“It’s the crowd that I heard he been hanging out with,� David tells them.

“What crowd?� Holly asks, confused.

“The kind that includes Louis Henson.�

“Louis Henson, I heard he was kicked out Crestview Height South High,� Kenny says.

“Yeah, because he brought a gun to school,� David tells them. “He was send to a juvenile detention center, and when he got out, he was transfer to here.�

“But are you should Gary is hanging out with him?� Holly asks.

“Yeah, I saw the two together with couple other guys the other day,� David explains. “And they look petty friendly.�

Holly looks down, deep in thought, thinking about what she learned about her former best friend.

Meanwhile in the secret lab behind BookZ, Henry, the lone survivor of the Organization, the creators of the Battle Defenders, is hard at work in front of the large computer. Henry type’s couple keys while on the screen is a map of all of Crestview Height.

“Damn, there no way of finding the source of that spell,� Henry talks to his self. “The demon that Samantha fought was just a servant; he got to be serving someone. But who.�

Henry starts to think when he notices his cell phone lying on the computer console. He picks it up and dials a phone number.

“Hello, hi, honey,� Henry says to his wife over the phone. “How you doing, Hana? That good and I’m glad the flower shop is doing so well. I’m not surprised, considering your name; you were born to run a flower shop. You heard about the Battle Defenders? Hum, yeah, I am proud about them. They’re a great bunch of kids. Can I talk to Hikari? Oh, she at her fencing club meeting. It’s good she’s a part of a club. And her grades? Just like her father, huh? And she’s studying for her High School entrance exams? Is it kind of early? Then again, I did the same thing. Got to go? Okay. Tell Hikari, I love her. And Hana. I miss you and, I love you. Sayonara.�

Henry closes his cell phone, as he starts to have pleasant memories about the life he had before joining the Organization: his beautiful wife and their beautiful daughter, the light of their life.

Back at Crestview Height North High School, school had ended and Holly manages to find Gary in the still busy hallway.

“Hey, Gary,� Holly says.

“Ah, Holly, I hope you not stalking me now,� Gary jokes.

“Gary, I heard you been hanging around Louis Henson and his friends,� Holly tells him.

“So what, we both has new friends,� Gary says. “You have what-his-name.�

“Kenny, and that different,� Holly starts to explain. “Kenny is a nice, sweet guy, and Louis is a troublemaker. He brought a gun to his last school.�

“He had a past, besides it none of your business who my friends are,� Gary tells her.

“It’s because we were friends, that I’m concern that you are getting involve with the crowd,� Holly says. “With them, you could end up in jail, or worse.�

“Yeah, ‘we were friends,’ meaning, don’t stick your nose where it don’t belong,� Gary tells her, before starting to walk away.

Holly grabs Gary’s arm, trying to stop him, “Listen, Gary, I’m worry about you, okay.�

“Not okay,� Gary says, pushing Holly away from him. “Leave me, alone.�

Gary walks away, leaving Holly alone, sadden that she might fail to help him.

Later, Jeremy is heading toward his white truck in the school parking lot, when he sees Louis, a tall guy with slick black hair and a leather jacket with a skull on the back, Gary, and some other guys talking around couple motorcycles. As Jeremy stands beside his truck, with his keys in hand, he manages to hear pieces of what they’re saying.

“So this going to be it,� Louis says to his friends. “This afternoon, after closing, we going to the other side of town and ‘borrows’ some ‘supplies’ from that old gun shop.�

“W-We going to steal guns?� Gary says, surprised.

“Yeah, got a problem with it, Gary?� Louis asks, walk up close to Gary. “Because if you do…�

“No, I-I don’t, I just wondering why?� Gary asks.

“In this world, there are enemies out to destroy us, and the only way to stop them, is with some protection,� Louis explains, putting smiles on his other friends.

Louis then thinks he notices something, but he just sees a white truck. Jeremy had step to the side of his truck, so Louis wouldn’t have see him. But now he holds his keys tightly as he wonders what to do.

Time continues to pass, as Holly and David are hanging out with their friends, Kenny and Samantha, as they run BookZ. Kenny is behind the counter with a history book on the counter, as Holly is on the other side. Samantha is taking inventory with clipboard and a pen, as David is looking at some books on the shelves.

“Holly, are you okay?� Kenny asks his friends.

“Huh?�

“You seem distracted,� Kenny tells her.

“I guess I been thinking about Gary,� Holly says.

“You talked to him, nothing else you can do now,� Samantha tells Holly.

“Still, I wish there is more I can do,� Holly says. “I’m just afraid something bad will happen to Gary, as long as he hangs around Louis.�

“You might be right,� Jeremy says, as he enters the store.

“Jeremy,� Samantha says, not seeing him coming.

“What you talking about?� Holly asks him.

“I just overheard they’re talking about robbing some gun shop on the other side town this afternoon,� Jeremy explains.

“What? Are you sure?� Holly asks, with Jeremy nods in agreement. “This can’t be. Hum, Kenny, David, Samantha, can I talk to you guys, in privately.�

“Sure,� Samantha says, as the four friends walk into the backroom, leaving Jeremy by his self.

“Okay, that wasn’t odd,� Jeremy says to his self.

In a matter of seconds, Kenny, Samantha, David, and Holly are in the secret lab, with Henry.

“It might be a little crazy, but I got a plan,� Holly tells her friends. “I know it wasn’t what the Battle Defenders are for. But I think maybe if they can confront Louis’ gang, they could stop them.�

“I think it’s a good plan, Holly,� Henry tells her.

“Definitely,� Kenny agrees.

“The Battle Defenders were made to help people,� Samantha says.

“So let’s save the day,� David says.

Across town, time continues to pass, when Louis, Gary, and their friends arrive at the gun shop, with a “closed� sign on the front door.

“Okay, Gary, prove your muscle,� Louis says to his friend. “Pick the lock.�

“Hum, okay,� Gary says, slowly walk up to the door.

“I wouldn’t do that if I would you.�

The small gang looks to see Battle Violet comes out from the right side of the building with Battle Pink.

“I agree.�

The gang turns to see Battle Orange comes out from the left side of the building with Battle Green.

“What you want?� Louis asks, angry.

“We want to stop you all from making a big mistake,� Holly tells him.

“A mistake,� Gary says to his self.

“Yeah right, with theses we can blow away all of our enemies,� says one of the gangsters.

“Violent is never the answer,� Samantha says.

“You don’t believe that, I saw you on the news, fighting those creatures,� another of the gangsters says.

“That is different,� Kenny starts to explain. “We fight demons to protect other people. And we only destroy them, if there are no other options. And sadly, we were forced to take one too many demon lives.�

“But what you’re talking about isn’t protecting the innocent but seeking blind revenge,� David tells them. “If you take those guns and shoot people, then you will be no better then soulless demons.�

“We understand that bad things might have happened to you in the past,� Holly says. “But when something happens, bad or good, you can’t let it destroy your live and causes others their lives. You need to stand back up, learns from life’s lessons, and continue on.�

Gary and the other gangsters are starting to think about what the Battle Defenders are saying, when Louis starts to laugh.

“What so funny?� Kenny asks.

“‘Violent isn’t the answer,’ you got to be kidding,� Louis says. “In this world, it kill or been killed. Destroy them, before they destroy you. That is life’s lessons. And now I will teach it to you!�

Suddenly Louis becomes surrounded by yellow energy that circles around him, till he changes into a large gray creature wearing a bandana with a skull on it and a large skull on his back.

“What the?!� Gary yells, as everyone looks on, surprised.

“He’s a demon!� David yells.

“Yeah, I’m Ganlord and with the real Louis still locked up, I could corrupt these kids, if it wouldn’t for you,� he explains.

“You will pay for this,� Kenny tells him.

“Yeah, right,� Ganlord says when his right hand transforms into a long rifle and fires it at the Battle Defenders.

The Battle Defenders dodge out of the way, as Gary and the others scatter and the gun shop is blasted. The other kids run away, but Gary stays behind a car.

“Try dodging this,� Ganlord fires another shot at David.

“Battle Lance, Battle Ready!� David holds up his weapon as it appears and tries to blocks the attack, but it fails as he is blow back.

“Still thinks violence isn’t the answer?� Ganlord asks.

“Not with you,� Kenny says, with his Battle Saber readied, as he jumps up toward Ganlord from behind.

Ganlord turns around to block with his rifle hand, but Kenny cuts through it. Ganlord falls down, but quickly returns to his feet.

“Now that is the only good gun, a broken one,� Kenny says, as he takes a fighting stance.

“Think again,� Ganlord says, as the half rifle that is still part of his arm grows back into a full rifle.

“What!� Kenny says, surprised.

“Say ‘hello’ to my little friend,� Ganlord says, fires at Kenny, who is able to defend his self, and falls down. “Who next?�

“I am,� Holly says, jumping up toward Ganlord, with her Battle Axe readied.

Holly launches a kick, but Ganlord blocks it with his rifle arm, and Holly flips back onto her feet. Holly steps to the side and Samantha fires laser arrows with her Battle Bow at Ganlord, but he fires shots to stop each laser arrows in midair.

“Let’s have some real fun,� Ganlord says, as his rifle hand transforms into a bazooka.

Ganlord fires at Samantha, who is blasted back. Then Holly fires a kick that gets blocked, follows by a dodged axe strike. Gary continues to watch fight, when he looks into the wrecked gun shop and notices a barrel of gunpowder in the back of the store. Gary nods his head and then runs off to the side.

Meanwhile Holly is continuing her fight with Ganlord, who ducks under another axe strike, when he places his bazooka hand at Holly’s abdomen and then fires, sending her flying backward. Holly starts to return to her feet as the other Battle Defenders regroup around her.

“I don’t our armor can take much more,� Holly says, when she notices Gary is on the side of the gun shop, rolling a barrel. “Guys, keep Ganlord busy, I’ll be right back.�

“Right,� David says, as he, Kenny, and Samantha rush Ganlord.

Holly runs over to Gary, while her friends continue their fight with Ganlord.

“What are you doing?� Holly asks Gary.

“I found this barrel of gunpowder, I thought it might help,� Gary explains.

“Gunpowder, huh,� Holly says, looking at the barrel. “Thanks, Ga-hum, thanks, kids. But you need to go now.�

“Okay, and thanks you, too,� Gary says, before running.

“You welcome, old friend,� Holly says, as she watches him running off.

Kenny, Samantha, and David regroups as they face Ganlord, when Holly runs up to her friends.

“Samantha, do you think you can fire a laser arrow into his bazooka?� Kenny asks.

“I might,� Samantha answers.

“Good idea, while you do that, I need Kenny and David, I got a plan,� Holly tells her friends.

“It’s your last plan that got us in this mess,� David mocks.

“Let’s just do this,� Kenny says.

“The only thing you going to do is die,� Ganlord tells them as he readies his bazooka arm.

“We’ll see,� Holly says, as she aiming a laser arrow as her friends run off.

“Gotcha,� Ganlord fires his bazooka.

Samantha rolls out of the way, missing the attack, and then fires her laser arrow into the mouth of the bazooka, causing it to explain.

“Now, I’m mad,� Ganlord says, as his damaged bazooka arm transforms into a rifle.

Ganlord aims his rifle when Kenny and Holly jump toward him. They then jump off Ganlord’s shoulders. Ganlord turns to face them.

“Is that your plan?� Ganlord asks, as Kenny and Holly ready their weapons.

“No, that is,� Holly points to behind Ganlord.

Ganlord turns to see David pushes the barrel of gunpowder which starts to roll toward him.

“Nothing can save you,� Ganlord says, fires his rifle at the barrel, which explodes consuming Ganlord in a large explosion.

The Battle Defenders, still with their weapons, regroup.

“Well that takes care of business,� David says.

“At least it now over,� Samantha says.

Suddenly, bolts of lightning hits the four friends, as they are blasted back. They look up to see a shocking sign: Death, War, Famine, and Conquest riding their horses toward them.

“What in the world are them?� David asks, as they return to their feet.

“Wait, don’t you take it,� Samantha says. “Four demons, riding horseback…�

“Oh my god,� Kenny says, upon realizing it.

“Death, War, Famine, and Conquest,� Samantha says, quietly and scared. “They’re the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.�

“It can’t be,� Holly says, as the Four Horsemen comes to a stop.

“But it is Battle Orange,� War says. “And you won’t interfere with our mission.�

“Mission?� Kenny says, confused.

“We will show you, our power,� Death says, open one hand before all four of them raises their hands forward, shooting lightning at the Battle Defenders as they disappear.

Suddenly David is another dimension that resembles a courtyard outside an old castle. He turns and sees Conquest, with his bow, walking toward him.

“Conquest, I presume?� David says.

“Battle Green, meet your fate,� Conquest tells him.

“We met, it didn’t work our, we parted on good terms though,� David jokes.

“Joking to relives pressure and fears, how childish,� Conquest says. “It’s a shame you will never outgrow it.�

Conquest holds up his bow and points it at David.

“Don’t tell you use laser arrows too,� David says.

“Not laser arrows, shadow arrows,� Conquest explains, as an arrow, that is similar made out a shadow, appears in the bow.

Conquest fires the arrow at David, who twirls his Battle Lance to stop it, but the arrow continues to travel through the air, till he hits David. David tries to return to his feet as he watches Conquest readies another shadow arrow.

“If close-range won’t work,� David says, upon return to his feet. “Then I try long-range.� David presses “1� button on his Battle Gauntlet, “Battle Laser, Battle Ready!�

David’s Battle Laser appears on his hand, before it fires two shots at Conquest. Each shot disappear inches before Conquest. Surprised at what happened, David fires couple more time, with the same result. Conquest then fires his shadow arrow, which hits it mark on David.

“Don’t forget about theses,� Conquest says, before the shots that David fired appears out of thin air in front of Conquest and hits David.

Meanwhile Holly finds herself in a dimension that resembles a battlefield, with swords and arrows sticking out of the ground. She then sees War, with his sword, walking toward her.

“Eh, the Battle Axe is stronger then the sword,� Holly readies her Battle Axe.

“We’ll see about that,� War says, before charging Holly.

Holly fires a strike at War, but he disappears before the attack could connect.

“What?!� Holly says, and then starts to look around for him.

“Lost something?� War says behind Holly.

Holly turns around, but it was too late, War strikes her down with his sword. Holly returns to her feet and counters with a strike from her axe, but War disappear again. Suddenly, translucent images of War starts running back and forth by Holly, striking her as each pass. Then the real War jumps up and strikes her down with his sword.

Meanwhile Samantha looks around in a dimension that resembles an empty meadow with dead plants and crops. She then sees Famine, with his balance scales, walking slowly toward her.

“Going to kill me with balance scales?� Samantha asks, readying her Battle Bow.

“Actually, yeah,� Famine says, holds up his balance scales. “Each side of the scales holds a different power. First…�

The left side of the scales lowers, when suddenly, a blow of razor winds flies toward Samantha. The attack connects, blasting Samantha backward. As she tries to return to her feet, Famine lowers the balance scales.

“Want to see its other power?� Famine asks.

“Actually, no,� Samantha says, fires a laser arrow at Famine.

Famine quickly raises the balance scales, and the right side lowers. The laser arrow stops inches from Famine, as blue electric fires from the point of the arrow, almost like it had hit some kind of wall.

“It would seem you will see its other power,� Famine tells her. “The power to absorb an attack and returns it, with double the punch. Now, enjoy!�

The laser arrow changes into a large pink orb and flies back at Samantha, causing a large explosion around her.

Meanwhile Kenny finds his self in a dimension that resembles a graveyard, with tombstones all over the place. Kenny places one hand on a nearby tombstone as he looks down depresses.

“Got a thing about graves?� Death says, standing couple feet behind Kenny.

Kenny turns around to face his opponent, “I guess you’re Death.�

“True, Death is my name, but it is also what you will experience now,� Death threats, as he readies his scythe.

“No, we will stop you and the other Horseman,� Kenny says, readies his Battle Saber, and then rushes toward Death.

Kenny and Death’s weapons clash, as they switch sides. Death strikes down his scythe, but Kenny holds up his saber to block it.

“You can’t win, surrenders yourself to death, where your friends will meet,� Death says.

Then Kenny looks up at Death, angrily, “Don’t threat my friends!�

Kenny pushes up Death and his scythe and then delivers a kick to Death’s abdomen. But Death counters by throwing his scythe, which becomes surrounded by dark green energy, as it spins toward Kenny, back and forth, as it hits Kenny as it pass. The scythe lands in Death’s hand who then delivers a downward strike at Kenny.

Suddenly Kenny falls back onto the city street, where David, Samantha, and Holly also fall. Several feet away from them are the Four Horsemen.

“We can’t lose here,� Holly says, as the four return to their feet.

“We won’t,� Kenny tells them. “Summons your Battle Lasers and let’s combine firepower.

“Right!� Samantha, David, and Holly say in unison.

“Battle Laser, Battle Ready!�

The Battle Defenders summon their Battle Lasers and fire together; causing the four shots to connect at one point and become a huge blast that flies at the Four Horsemen. But the Four Horsemen each holds up one arm and a wall of fire appears before them, stopping the huge blast in midair.

“We made our point,� Famine says. “We expel too much energy, already.�

“No, it will end here,� Death says.

“Don’t be a fool,� Conquest tells him. “We need to return to the cave, so its magic could revives our lost energy.�

“No,� Death says, angry. “I won’t leave, till they are dead!!�

Suddenly Death turns into a glowing green skull, which fires through the wall of fire and hits the Battle Defenders and causes a large explosion. As the smoke clears, Death places on foot on David’s chest, another foot on Holly’s abdomen, presses the blade of his scythe against Samantha’s neck, and grabs Kenny’s neck with his free hand. The Battle Defenders are obviously injured and weaken.

“This is what happens when you try to play hero,� Death tells them. “You die a horrible death.�

But suddenly Death starts to feel weak; as he releases Kenny and pieces of green energy appears at different spots of his body.

“That fool,� Conquest says, as the wall of fire fades away. “He expelled too much energy.�

“We need to get him back to the cave, before he is pulled back into the Underworld,� Famine says. “We will still need him to complete our mission.�

War, Famine, and Conquest turn into green energy and flies toward Death. Still in energy form, they surround Death and they all disappear together, leaving the Battle Defenders, beaten, on the floor.

Later, back at the secret lab behind BookZ, Kenny, Samantha, David, and Holly, out of their armor, are behind Henry as he searches the computer’s database.

“The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse,� Henry starts. “They were created by Hades, a being of pure evil. He created them, so they can prepare the world for his eventual escape to Earth. An age old prophecy foretold of Hades’ escape to Earth, once his Four Horsemen creates a world of chaos and destruction, I guess it why they here, the Organization’s database says Crestview Height is sometime of a spiritual focal point.�

“Does it say when Hades will escape?� Samantha asks.

“Yeah, it will take place at the turn of the century after the second millennium,� Henry tells them. “That is the beginning of the year 2010.�

“2010?� Holly says, shocked. “Hades will escape in a year and half?�

“I’m afraid so, if the Four Horsemen are successful,� Henry says.

“We barely survived against them today,� Kenny says. “How can we stop them from freeing Hades?�

“If Hades is free, then it will be hell on Earth,� Henry explains.

“Yeah, and we might not be able to stop it from happening,� David tells him.

“You can’t think that way,� Henry says.

“We almost died today,� Holly says.

“But you didn’t,� Henry states the obvious.

“Only because they left,� Samantha tells him.

“If we can’t beat the Four Horsemen,� Kenny starts. “Then we can’t stop Hades, and Earth is doomed.�

“You can still make a difference,� Henry tries to explain.

“We never fought anything like them before,� Samantha says. “We might not don’t have a chance.�

Kenny looks at each of his friends, “We might not be able to win. Or survive.�

Next time on Battle Defenders:
It never easy been a part-time superhero with a part-time job and been a fulltime student, but Kenny might find some enjoyment with his sixteenth birthday.

But when the tired hero goes to sleep, Kenny might never wake up when he finds even his subconscious isn’t safe.

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

12: “A Nightmarish Birthday�

It’s another quiet day in Crestview Heights, and a tiresome one for Kenny Estelle, leader of the Battle Defenders. For weeks now, Kenny’s time had been split between school works, chores at home, working at his part-time job at BookZ, and fight the forces of evil alongside his friends. And now it has finally caught up to him.

After school, Kenny comes home, like he does on any of his day off. With his mother at work, he drops his backpack on the sofa. Kenny enters his bedroom and strips off his jacket, letting it drop to the floor, too tired to put it up. He slips off his shoes, falls face first onto his bed and places his cell phone resemble Transformer onto the corner of the dresser, which is in arm reach.

Kenny closes his eyes, looking forward to count some sheep, when he hears a familiar ring. He opens his eyes to find the source of the ringing: his Transformer. Kenny picks it up, rolls onto his back and answers his Transformer.

“Hello?�

“Kenny,� Samantha’s voice is heard. “You need to hurry over to the bookstore.�

“Okay, I’m on my way,� Kenny tells her.

Kenny closes his Transformer, as he fires off a small moan at another demon attack.

It doesn’t take him long to get over to BookZ. Kenny enters the bookstore to find the lights are off and while the backroom door is open, the lights in the backroom are also off.

“Must already been in the back,� Kenny places his jacket on the coat rack. Kenny enters into the backroom, as he having trouble seeing what’s in front of him. “Hello, anyone here?�

Suddenly, the lights rush on, and to his surprise, Kenny finds Samantha, David, Holly, and Henry standing behind the table with a birthday cake that has sixteen candles and “Happy Birthday Kenny� spelled out in frostings.

“Happy Birthday, Kenny!� each of Kenny’s friends shouts.

Kenny smiles at his friends’ surprise, as the party go underway. Kenny blows out the candles, making the same wish he did last year and the year before, that Samantha likes him as more then a friend. Kenny receives presents from his friends that include a watch with a built-in compass from Samantha, the first volume of Nora: the Last Chronicle of Devildom from Holly, Spectrobes: Beyond the Portals from David, and Brisingr from Henry. The friends then cut the cake and enjoy their slices as they talk, seating at the table in the backroom.

“So I guess it isn’t long till you get your driver’s license,� Samantha says to Kenny.

“Yeah and I’m planning on helping him,� Holly interjects. “Then maybe he can drive me to the mall sometime.�

“Sure someone helps him, who didn’t fail their test the first time out,� David mentions.

“I told you, the guy I drove with was out to get me,� Holly explains.

“Maybe that because he was a woman,� David tells her.

“Well, she’s too butch.�

“I still have to remember that the driver’s side is on the left side of the car in this country,� Henry says, between taking bites.

While everyone else was laughing, Kenny has trouble keeping his eyes open.

“Kenny, are we boring you?� Holly mocks.

“Huh, oh, no,� Kenny tries to explain. “It just between work, school, chores, and demons, I hadn’t been getting much sleep.�

“Well, you got the day off, so why don’t you go home and get some sleep,� Henry tells him.

“I think I will,� Kenny says, start to get up. “Hum, thanks for the party and presents guys. Enjoy the cake.�

Kenny’s friends watch as he leaves with his presents.

“Do you think Kenny is going to be okay?� Samantha asks her remaining friends.

“Sure, he’s just tire,� David takes another bite of cake.

Meanwhile outside of the city, Death is waving a hand over the orb in the center of the Horsemen’s cave, with Famine, Conquest, and War behind him.

“We don’t have time for this, Death,� Famine tries to tell him.

“We only have till the end of 2009 to create big enough destruction and chaos to allow for Hades’ escape,� War reminds him.

“Then sends a demon to the city,� Death tells them. “I’m busy.�

“Death, the last time you try to destroy the Battle Defenders, you almost ran out of energy and gets pull into the Underworld,� Conquest reminds him.

“That why I’m not leaving the confines of the cave,� Death tells them. “Ah, I found it!� Death looks deeply into the orb.

“Found what?� War asks.

“Battle Violet’s brainwaves patterns,� Death tells them. “And once I had tapped into them when he entered the REM stage, I can kill him in his sleep.�

Back at Kenny’s house, he wastes no time to put his presents on his dresser, slipped off his shoes and jacket, put down his Transformer, and falls back into bed. In no time at all, Kenny slips into a deep sleep, as the world around him seemly disappears.

Suddenly, Kenny finds himself walking through a deep fog; he looks around confused and puzzled.

“Where am I?� Kenny turns around and then just as suddenly as he appears in the fog, he appears in his full armor. “What the? How did I end up in my armor?�

“Well, well, isn’t it my old friend.�

Kenny looks around for the source of the familiar voice, and to his shock he sees Sucidial.

“It can’t be, I destroyed you!� Kenny yells.

“It can and it is,� Sucidial turns into a flaming ball and rolls into Kenny, knocking him off his feet.

“Fine, I’ll destroy you again,� Kenny presses the “2� button on his Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Saber, Battle Ready!� But nothing happen. “What, it didn’t work!�

“Of course not!�

Kenny looks up to see Fearor jumps toward him. Moving too quickly for Kenny to dodge or counter, Fearor double punches Kenny in the chest, sending him flying backward.

“Now Fearor,� Kenny says, getting to his feet. “What is going on?�

“The Good guys will lose.�

Kenny turns to Angra wielding his staff. Angra rushes Kenny, striking Kenny with his staff before launching a downward strike, knocking Kenny backward.

Kenny, still on the ground, looks up to see Sucidial, Angra, and Fearor standing before him. He then sees his friends, in their armors, rushing toward.

“Guys, you’re here,� Kenny manages to get up, happy that his friends are here.

Sucidial turns into a flaming ball and rolls through the three Battle Defenders, knocking them off their feet. Fearor then shoots green energy from his hands at the Battle Defenders, blasting them off their feet once again.

“No, stop!!� Kenny screams.

“Sucidial and Fearor each put one hand on Angra’s shoulders, electric then runs from their hands into Angra then into his spear as he holds it high before delivering a large downward strike at the three Battle Defenders, causing large explosions.

“No!! Samantha! Holly! David!� Kenny yells in fear, as his friends fall down in large explosions. “NO!!�

Kenny falls to his knees as the three demons disappear.

“You failed us,� Samantha’s voice echoes.

“Because of you, we’ll die,� David’s voice echoes.

“It is all of your fault,� Holly’s voice echoes.

“No, no, no,� Kenny says.

“Kenny,� Samantha’s voice is heard once again.

Kenny looks up to see Samantha, David, and Holly standing before him, unharmed and out of their armor.

“You guys, you’re okay?� Kenny confuses.

“Of course we are,� Samantha says, like she’s think Kenny is been silly.

“I-I must’ve be seeing things,� Kenny returns to his feet. “I thought I saw you been killed.�

“That would never happen with you around,� Samantha says, with a smile.

Suddenly, a sword rips through Samantha’s abdomen from her back.

“NO!!� Kenny screams, as he tries to run forward but his stopped by two Dustoids holding him by his arms. Kenny then is forces to watch as three Dustoids strike at his defenseless friends with their swords. “NO! Stop! Please stop! STOP!!�

Meanwhile Samantha and Holly are walking down the streets, with Holly holding container with leftover birthday cake in it.

“For a second I thought that Henry would eat the entire thing,� Holly says.

“The man loves his cake,� Samantha says. “Hum, Holly, do you know why Kenny’s so shy.�

“Well, no, he just is,� Holly tells her. “Why you ask?�

“Well, since we became Battle Defenders, Kenny and I became closer friends, but there are still a lot I don’t know about him,� Samantha says. “I gave him a watch for his birthday, while you guys give him a manga, a video game, and a book. Hell, I didn’t even know today is his birthday till you mention it two days ago.�

“Well, Kenny likes your gift,� Holly tells her.

“Still, not very personal,� Samantha says. “There just so much about him I don’t know.�

“Do you want to know more about him?�

“We’re friends, but I know so little about him, it’s like we’re complete strangers,� Samantha explains, depress.

“Well, what do you know about Kenny?�

“Just, he’s a nice guy. He’s like to help people and don’t like to see people in pain or hurt.�

“That Kenny to a tee,� Holly tells her. “There’s not much else. Besides the fact that he’s became a real superhero.�

“A real superhero?�

“His mother once told me, in confidence of course, that when he’s a little kid, he uses to run around the house with a red blanket tied around his neck like a cape.�

“Really?� Samantha tries to fight back a chuckle.

“She has pictures,� Holly tells her, as the two friends laugh as they approach Kenny’s house.

The two walks up to the front and ring the bell. With no response, Samantha tries to knock on the door.

“No answer,� Samantha states the obvious.

“He was pretty tired,� Holly reminds her. “Let’s let him sleep.�

The two walk away from the house. As Samantha passes a window into Kenny’s bedroom, she sees Kenny is shaking in his bed with his face covers in sweats.

“Holly!� Samantha yells, catching her friend’s attention.

Holly looks into the window to see her friend’s having a terrible nightmare, “Oh my god.�

Holly rushes over to the garden in front of the porch, she picks up one of the rocks, revealing its hollow with a key inside it. Holly hurries to unlock the door and the two girls rush inside with Samantha following Holly to Kenny’s bedroom.

Holly seats next to Kenny, as she rubs his shoulders trying to wake him up, “Kenny, Kenny, wake up.�

“What’s wrong with him?� Samantha asks.

“I don’t know, I-� Holly touches Kenny’s forehead. “Oh my god, he’s burning.� Holly starts to panic, as she grabs both of his shoulders and shakes him slightly. “Kenny, wake up! Wake up!�

“Why won’t he wake up?� Samantha worries.

“I don’t know,� Holly says, also worries for her friend.

The two friends proceed to call Henry, who reserves the tele-transportation system the Battle Defenders use to reach their Mechadum to bring Kenny to the secret lab behind the bookstore’s backroom.

Kenny is lying on the table, with his friends surrounded him, as Henry is monitoring Kenny’s brainwaves.

“What wrong with him?� David asks Henry.

“I’m not sure, I’m studying his brainwaves activity,� Henry starts. “And it would appear that he is dying.�

“But how?� Samantha asks.

“I don’t know,� Henry tries to explain. “It would seem he’s having a nightmare, so bad, that it is destroying him.�

“And I give you four guesses on who is behind it,� David says.

“What can we do,� Holly asks Henry. “I mean, we can’t enter his subconscious.�

“I don’t know,� Henry tries to think. “The Organization never has any information on something like this. But it is his subconscious in danger, so maybe he can hear us.�

“You thinks we can talk to him, and help him come out of it?� Holly asks, hopeful.

“It the only thing we can do, I’m afraid,� Henry explains.

“Kenny, I-I don’t know if you can hear me, but please you have to wake up,� Samantha says to her unconscious friend.

“C’mon man, you have faced worse then this,� David acts cheery.

“We really think you,� Holly says, worries. “Please wake up, Kenny, please.�

But his friends’ voices fall on deaf ears, as Kenny, still in his armor, is on his knees and hands, now completely alone.

“Are crying, baby?�

Kenny turns to see Death, standing behind him with his scythe in hand.

“Death, why are you doing this to me?� Kenny asks as he returns to his feet.

“Because I can,� Death rushes Kenny, and strikes him with his scythe.

Kenny falls down, and then tries to get back up, when Death hits him with his scythe again. Kenny manages to get back to his feet, when he is hit in the back. Kenny drops to his knees, and then Death presses the blade of his scythe around his chest from behind.

“Now watch,� Death tells him. “Watch as everything you loves fall apart.�

Kenny is then forces to watch as David, Samantha, and Holly, in their armors, stand before a shadowy figure.

“H-Hades,� Kenny says, weaken.

“Yes, you fail to stop Hades from escaping,� Death says. “And now your friends will pay the price for your failure.�

The shadowy figure holds out one hand and fires a burst of fire at the three Battle Defenders. Kenny watches helplessly, as his friends’ armors break apart, as they scream in pain and agony.

“NO!!�

“Watch again,� Death mocks him. “Watch again, and again.�

Kenny watches as the same screen plays again and again, with each times, Kenny screams, unable to save his friends. Still everything disappears and becomes pure dark. Kenny falls down on his hands, as his armor disappears and a destroyed city appears around him.

“This is what happens,� Death’s voice echoes. “Hades escapes; he murdered your friends, and destroyed the city you loved.�

Kenny looks ahead, to see Crestview Heights in ruin and the dead bodies of Samantha, David, and Holly.

“No, no, no…� Kenny whimpers as sweats speed off his face.

“You failed and everyone paid the price.�

Back in the Battle Defenders’ headquarters, Kenny’s brainwave activities on the large computer had increased to dangerous levels.

“Oh my god,� Henry says. “This not good, there no way Kenny can take anymore. His entire mind will shut down. He’s going to die.�

“No,� tears swell up in Holly’s eyes, with Holly quickly turns to face her best friend. “Kenny, you got to wake up,� Holly grabs Kenny’s hand as everyone else look worried. “Please, you can’t die. You’re my best friend, I still need you. Kenny, please wake up. Wake up!�

“Holly,� Kenny, still trapped in a nightmare world, hears his friend’s cries. “Holly.� Kenny returns to his feet.

“You can’t escape; you are doomed to die here!� Death’s voice echoes louder.

“No, I’m not,� Kenny says, as his armor appears once again. “I’m Battle Violet, leader of the Battle Defenders, and I won’t die here!�

“I won’t die here,� Kenny says, wimpy, as his friends remain around him.

Back in his nightmare world, Kenny says, confident, “Death, I got a message for you and yours Horsemen. We gonna take you down.�

Suddenly, Kenny opens his eyes to see his friends over him.

“Kenny, you awake,� Holly says, still with tears in her eyes.

“Thanks to you,� Kenny smiles.

Later, Kenny, Samantha, David, and Holly are leaving the backroom.

“So are you going back to sleep?� David asks.

“I have enough of sleeping for awhile,� Kenny tells him.

“Is someone wrong?� Holly notices something about her friend.

“Yeah, I am afraid,� Kenny starts. “I’m afraid, I won’t be able to keep any of you safe or stop Hades from escaping. I’m afraid, I will let everyone down.�

“Kenny, you won’t let us down,� Samantha tries to comfort him.

“Samantha’s right,� Holly agrees. “Beside, we’re in this together. And together, we can keep each other safe and together we can stop Hades from escaping.�

“Together we stand,� Kenny says.

“Divided we fall,� Samantha finishes, putting a smile on Kenny’s face. Samantha then notices Kenny is wearing the watch she gave him, and she smiles.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
Samantha’s friends think she’s just stressful, when she claims she been seeing a ghost.

Is Samantha really seeing things, or is she been haunted?

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

I'm sorry about not posting last week, hopefully it would be the only time I missed posting an episode. Anyway, here it is. Enjoy.

13: “Ghost of Friend Past�

It’s another normal day in Crestview Heights, as students are arriving at Crestview Heights North High School. That includes Samantha, a member of the Battle Defenders, who had just found her boyfriend, Jeremy. Jeremy smiles upon seeing his beautiful girlfriend.

“Well, isn’t it Ms. Qualli,� Jeremy says. “It’s so nice of you granting me a visit.�

“Very funny,� Samantha says, with a smile. “You know I been busy with school and work, and… stuff.� Samantha explains, with “stuff� been fighting demons.

“Would you be busy this Friday?� Jeremy asks. “We can go to see Twilight.�

“I don’t know, a teenage girl falls in love with a vampire, sound so ‘Buffy,’� Samantha jokes. As Jeremy laughs, Samantha notices something behind him. It’s a little girl, about ten years old, wearing a white dress. “W-Who that?�

“Who what?� Jeremy asks, as he turns around, blocking Samantha’s view for a second.

When Jeremy finishes turning, the girl is gone.

“She’s gone,� Samantha says, quietly.

“Who’s gone?�

“Hum, i-it must be nothing,� Samantha says, sound slightly scared.

Meanwhile, outside the city, the Four Horsemen had gathered around their orb, centered in their cave.

“I’m telling you, I’m sensing something,� Famine tells his comrades.

“You must first have any sense,� Death mocks.

“I’m serious!� Famine snaps. “It’s faint. But there’s definite something in the city.�

“A spirit perhaps?� Conquest suggests.

“Hades did warn us that the barrier between worlds is already weakened in this city,� War starts. “And our escape from the Underworld will weaken it more.�

“There is only one way to be for certain,� Conquest says, before start to raises his hand. “I just hope I have enough energy left that I won’t be pulled back.�

Conquest shoots blue lightning into the roof of the cave, before the lightning shoots back into the ground in front of Conquest. On the spot where the lightning hit, now stands Mediam, a demon in oriental armor and holding a long staff with rings hanging off the top end.

“Mediam, a spirit medium demon, kind of clever,� Death says. “Are you feeling well, Conquest?�

“Mediam, there could be something in Crestview Heights, we want you to find it,� Conquest tells Mediam, ignoring Death.

“Yes, I do senses strong spiritual energies nearby,� Mediam tells them. “I’m on my way.�

Mediam turns into a white aura before floats out of the cave and into the sky.

Back at Crestview Heights North High School, Samantha is in the heart of her science class. Her teacher has passed out a test to everyone and Samantha picks up her pencil for the first question. Samantha looks ahead for a second, when she drops her pencil onto her desk, as she sees the same little girl standing in front of the classroom door.

“Is something wrong Ms. Qualli?�

Samantha turns her head to face her teacher, when she notices the girl is gone, “Hum, no ma’am.�

“Then keeps your eyes on your own class.�

“Yes, ma’am,� Samantha picks her pencil back up, before glance at the door to make sure the girl is still gone. And she is.

Later, school had ended; Samantha has gone to BookZ, where she finds her friends, Kenny, Holly, and David, with Kenny behind the counter.

“Guys, you won’t believe what been happening today,� Samantha says to her friends, upon seeing them.

“Samantha, we fight demons regularly, hell, Kenny almost died in a nightmare on his birthday,� David says.

“Please, don’t remind me,� Holly tells him.

“What wrong?� Kenny asks, as he’s more concern about Samantha’s wellbeing then his friend’s conversation.

“I been seeing a ghost,� Samantha tells them.

“Are you sure?� David asks.

“David, you just say we fight demons regularly,� Samantha reminds him.

“Yeah, but ghosts,� Holly says. “D-Do they even exists?�

“I thought the same thing about demons three months ago,� Samantha tells her. “We all do.�

“Did anyone else saw it?� David asks.

“Her, and no, I guess not,� Samantha realizes.

“Well, then, it might just be stress,� David tells her. “I mean, what we do is stressful.�

“Maybe, I guess,� Samantha says, not sure.

Suddenly, Henry rushes out of the backroom, worried.

“Everyone, there’s a demon downtown,� Henry says, without pause.

“Speaking of stressful,� Holly says.

Quickly, the four friends hurry into the secret lab, transform into their armors, and mount their respective Battle Cycles.

“Battle Cycles, Battle Ready!�

The Battle Defenders are driving their Battle Cycles down the long tunnel till they reach a light. Sudden, the back wall of an alley slides back, revealing an opening in the ground, then the Battle Defenders ride their Battle Cycles out of the opening and down the long road, as the back wall closes over the opening.

Meanwhile in downtown area of Crestview Heights, Mediam watches as Dustoids running around and people running away, scared.

“Now where that spirit, it continues to move in and out of this realm, but why,� Mediam thinks to his self, when couple Dustoids is blasted back by lasers fired from the Battle Defenders’ cycles. “Hum, they must be those Battle Defenders that I had heard about. Don’t matter, destroy them.� Mediam tells the Dustoids.

The Battle Defenders dismount their cycles and rush the attacking Dustoids.

Kenny raises a leg to block a sword strike from a Dustoid. He then kicks away the Dustoid, before another Dustoid grabs Kenny from behind.

“Thanks for the bear hug,� Kenny says. “But no thanks.�

Kenny pushes away his arms, forcing the Dustoid to let go. Kenny back elbows the Dustoid and then roundhouse kick another Dustoid. Kenny then presses the “2� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

“Battle Saber, Battle Ready!�

Kenny grabs the appearing weapon and uses it to block another sword strike. He kicks away his attacker and strikes it down. Kenny ducks under two sword strikes and spins around before he deflects another attempt sword attack with his own sword. Kenny kicks away the second Dustoid then he strikes down the first Dustoid before he strikes down the other. Kenny takes a fighting pose as the two Dustoids explode into dust and sand.

“Battle Axe, Battle Ready!�

Holly holds her Battle Axe in a fighting stance, with Dustoids surrounding her. She blocks a sword with her axe before forcing back her attacker. Holly strikes down her attacker and then spins around and kicks away another Dustoid. She turns around her axe, pointing the blades downward. She strikes away another Dustoid and then another. Holly looks up to see a Dustoid is jumping toward her. Holly twists around her axe and throws it into Dustoid’s chest. Holly then jumps up and grabs her axe as she passes, taking it out of the Dustoid’s chest. The Dustoid explodes as Holly lands back on the ground in a fighting stance.

David ducks under a sword strike, but the Dustoid comes back with another sword strike. But David grabs it under his armpits. Dustoid tries to pull it out but realizing it’s having trouble. David then let’s goes, causing the Dustoid to falls down. David then jumps off its back, and presses the “2� button on his Battle Gauntlet in midair.

“Battle Lance, Battle Ready!�

David grabs his appearing weapon and lands in a fighting stance. David twists around his lance, deflect Dustoids’ attempting attacks. David then places one end of the lance into the ground before using it to lift himself and kicks away an approaching Dustoid. David then spins around his lance, hitting two approaching Dustoids. David spins around his lance again and raises it up horizontally to block two Dustoids’ swords. David then uses his lance to pushes up the Dustoids and twists it around to strike down the two Dustoids, as they explode.

Samantha raises an arm to block a sword strike when she kicks away her attacker. She proceeds to roundhouse kicks another Dustoid, before she sees the little girl again.

“You okay,� Samantha says, shocked. “W-Who are you?�

“Don’t you remember me?� the little girl’s quiet voice asks.

“What we got here?� Mediam asks, catching Samantha’s attention. “You’re a hard one to find.�

“Who is she?� Samantha asks Mediam.

“I don’t know what she was, what I do know she’s a ghost,� Mediam explains. “And I will use her for my own power.�

“Power?�

“Once I captured the spirit of a human child’s ghost, no one can match me, not even the Hades’ Horsemen,� Mediam proclaims.

“He’s very bold,� Conquest says, as he and the other Horsemen watch through their orb.

“Should we take of this, now?� Famine asks.

“No, I’m curious as to how this will end,� War tells them.

“Besides, no mount of ‘spirit power’ can help him to destroy us,� Death explains.

“You want to uses her?!� Samantha asks, angry.

“In short, yes,� Mediam points his staff at Samantha and fires blue blasts at her.

Samantha falls backward as she is hit. Kenny, Holly, and David, still with their weapons, rush to Samantha’s side.

“Don’t you remember me?� the little girl repeats before disappearing.

“Ah, no you don’t, not this time!� Mediam says, before turning into a white aura flies down the street.

“Well, I guess your ghost exists,� Holly says to the still fallen Samantha.

“W-We need to help her,� Samantha says, trying to return to her feet.

“We will,� Kenny tells her.

Kenny, Holly, and David mount their Battle Cycles and ride down the street after the flying white aura.

“How we suppose to fight him like this?� Holly asks.

“We can’t,� David tells her. “We just have to wait till he changes back to normal.�

“He’s following that ghost?� Kenny asks.

“Yeah, I guess,� David says.

“How? It disappeared,� Holly mentions.

“It looks like he was looking for her,� David realizes. “I’m guessing, that once he found the ghost, he can lock-on on her.�

“He LoJacked the ghost, perfect,� Holly says.

Suddenly the ghost appears at the corner of a street, and then Mediam returns back to normal as the Battle Defenders dismount their cycles.

“The chase ends now,� Kenny tells Mediam.

“Oh, you are so correct,� Mediam holds up his staff and fires three blue blasts from its rings.

The blasts hit each of the Battle Defenders, knocking them backward, before explosions shoot off their armors. The three falls down and injured.

“Now,� Mediam turns to face the ghost. “For the ghost with the most.�

Mediam holds up his staff and two blue beams shoot out of the top of the staff. The beams each hit the girl, the beams combine into a single beam, as it constricting her.

“Stop, please, stop,� the ghost says, with tears rolling down her face.

“How cute, a ghost that is afraid,� Mediam mocks. “Now, come, and gives me your power.�

The beam lifts the ghost up, as she is wriggling to get free but failing. The beam slowly pulls her toward Mediam, as the Battle Defenders try to return to their feet, but are too injured. Suddenly Samantha jumps out of nowhere and kicks away Mediam’s staff, knocking it out of his hands. The beam dissolves, as the ghost slowly returns to the ground.

“We can move now,� Kenny says, as the three defeated Battle Defenders return to their feet.

“Interesting,� David says, looking at his hand, before getting up.

“Miserable little witch,� Mediam says, as he picks up his staff. “You’re toast!�

Mediam points his staff at Samantha, but Kenny jumps over him and kicks the top of the staff away, as Holly and David are surrounding Mediam.

Samantha turns back to see the little girl staring at her again.

“I know you,� Samantha realizes, as the girl nods her head. “When I lived in Niceville… you’re Cindy… oh my god.� Samantha holds a hand to her helmet, as she looks at the girl with teary eyes. “I’m so sorry, Cindy. I’m so sorry… I want to save you, but I was just a child.� Samantha falls to her knees. “I’m sorry, I was so sad, and I-I guess I just forgot over time. Oh my god, I’m sorry.�

The girl walks over to Samantha and hugs her.

“I forgive you,� the girl tells her, as Samantha returns the hug. Cindy pulls away from Samantha, “Now, go help your friends.� Samantha nods her head, as Cindy disappears.

Meanwhile, Mediam spins around his staff, knocking back Kenny and David. Holly then jumps over her fallen friends, and launches downward her axe at Mediam, who blocks the attack with his staff. Holly tries to force the staff down, but Mediam manages to pushes it upward and then forces Holly backward before hitting her with his staff. Mediam then looks down at his defeated enemies.

“Eh, soon I will have three ghosts to use,� Mediam says.

“No, you won’t!�

Mediam turns around to see Samantha jumping toward him. Mediam crosses his arms to block Samantha’s kick, and he is force back. Upon landing, Samantha presses the “2� button on her Battle Gauntlet.

“Battle Bow, Battle Ready!�

“The ghost?� Mediam looks around to see Cindy is gone, before returning to his feet. “You cost me a ghost!�

“You reunited me with an old friend,� Samantha tells him. “But I won’t let you hurt my other friends. You will pay for threatening my friends!�

“In that case,� Mediam says. “Bring it.�

Mediam fires blue blasts from his staff, with Samantha counters each blasts with laser arrows from her Battle Bow. When she reaches him, Mediam twirls around his staff at her, but Samantha jump over it and Mediam. She kicks off his back and spins in midair, before fires a laser arrow into Mediam’s back. Mediam spins around and fires a blue blast at Samantha. Unable to avoid it, Samantha crosses her arms as she is forced back. Samantha lands on her back, but finds she is unable to move.

“Now, for the death of Battle Pink,� Mediam says, as he raises his staff at his fallen opponent.

“Samantha, no!� Kenny yells, as he, Holly, and David rush toward them, but quickly realizes they won’t get to her in time.

Samantha then feels a chill on her arm; she turns her head to see Cindy had places a hand on Samantha’s arm. Samantha gets to her feet as she and Cindy face Mediam.

“What the?� Mediam asks, puzzled, as the other Battle Defenders stop in their tracks.

“Get him,� Cindy says.

Samantha then readies a laser arrow, but Mediam fires a long blue blast at her. Samantha fires the laser arrow, which cuts through Mediam’s blue blast and hit his staff, causing a large explosion around him.

“Amazing,� David says, as he tries to figure it out. “It like the ghost gives Samantha the power she needs to break through Mediam’s attack.�

“You just have to figure everything out,� Holly mocks him. “You can’t just leave it at ‘amazing,’�

Samantha turns to Cindy, “Thanks you, I just wished I could have helped you.�

“Just remember me,� Cindy tells her.

“I will, I promise,� Samantha says, as Cindy disappears again.

“Enough!�

The Battle Defenders return their attention to where Mediam was, as smoke clears revealing he’s still alive.

“Of course, it won’t be that easy,� Holly says.

“If I can’t have that ghost, then I will turn this entire damn city into a ghost town!� Mediam says, before starting to grow to the size of a giant.

“It be a while since we have to use the Mechadum, has it?� Holly asks.

“Before Halloween, at least,� David tells her.

“Well, let’s hope they not rusty,� Samantha jokes.

“All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands, as he presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.

The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Angra.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“A man of machine can’t stand a chance against my power!� Mediam announces.

Mediam fires a large blue blast from his staff at Battle Mechadum, but it stands unaffected.

“Nothing happened?� Holly says, inside her cockpit.

“Except we can’t move,� David says, inside his shared cockpit.

“Why is this keep on happening,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

“I think I know why.�

“Henry,� Kenny says, realizing Henry is communicating through their com link.

“It’s seemed Mediam’s power is affecting your spirits, paralyzing your bodies,� Henry explains, while in the secret lab.

“Cindy was able to free me, when she touched my arm,� Samantha realizes, inside her shared cockpit.

“She must have connected your spirits together to free you,� Henry’s voice says over the com link.

“Then can we do the same thing?� Samantha asks. “Connect our spirits to free each other.�

“Samantha,� Henry starts, inside the secret lab. “She’s a pure spirit, and you had physical contact. I’m not saying, its impossible, I’m just saying, its very unlikely that it would work.�

“Its better then be seating ducks,� Samantha tells him, inside her shared cockpit.

“Samantha’s right,� Kenny agrees, inside his cockpit. “It’s our only hope.�

“Now, its time to kill some superheroes,� Mediam slowly walks toward the frozen Battle Mechadum.

“Okay, tries to focus on the same thought, a strong thought, like…� Henry tells them through the com link.

“I think we have the idea,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

Suddenly, the Battle Mechadum grows silent, as the four Battle Defenders enter a deep thought, as Mediam gets closer and closer to the Battle Mechadum. Mediam raises his staff over the Battle Mechadum.

“Now, die!!�

Mediam lowers his staff, but suddenly Battle Mechadum catches it with one hand.

“Impossible!� Mediam yells, as he looks confused.

“Not impossible,� Samantha tells him, inside her shared cockpit. “As long, as we don’t forget.�

“Together, nothing can defeat us!� the Battle Defenders announce together.

Battle Mechadum pulls the staff out of Mediam’s hand and then strikes him with it, forcing Mediam backward.

“How you like a taste of your own medicine?� Holly asks, inside her cockpit.

Battle Mechadum snaps the staff in half and throws down the broken weapon.

“Release the Battle Sword!� Kenny commands, inside his cockpit.

The cannon’s platform on Battle Mechadum’s back splits open as a sword handle pop up. Battle Mechadum reaches behind itself to grab the sword handle and pull it out, revealing a large metallic in appearance double bladed sword.

The jets on Battle Mechadum’s back fires, causing it to speeds forward and perform a sideward strike on Mediam. The jets stop and Battle Mechadum takes a fighting stance with its sword as Mediam is consume in a big explosion behind it.

Later, life returns to normal, as Samantha walks out of BookZ, with her boyfriend, Jeremy.

“Here, you must be colde,� Jeremy tells Samantha, as he wraps his jacket around Samantha, realizing Samantha doesn’t have one.

“Thanks,� Samantha says, as the two start to walk down the sidewalk. “Jeremy, have I told you about Cindy?�

“I don’t think so.�

“She was my best friend when I was ten, and lives in Niceville,� Samantha tells him. “But then one day, when we were playing by a lake. It just stopped raining couple hours ago, so the grass was pretty slipping.� Samantha continues, as Jeremy notices she start to look sad. “And she slipped into the lake. The current were really strong, I think even a fully grown man would have trouble swimming through it. And Cindy was no match. I ran along the shore after her, but the current pulled her other. I-I was too scared, and there was nothing I can do to save her.�

“Samantha, I’m so sorry,� Jeremy tells her.

“For so long, I forgot about it,� Samantha says. “I don’t believe I forgot.�

“I guess, sometimes, as we grows up from been children, our minds just forget about the really bad things that happened,� Jeremy tries to find an explanation for her.

“I guess that it,� Samantha agrees. “But I didn’t want to forgot, and I don’t want to forget again. So I decide to tell my friends about it.�

“That’s a good idea, Sam,� Jeremy says.

“You never called me Sam before,� Samantha says.

“Yeah, I don’t know why I just did,� Jeremy says, puzzled.

“Only, Cindy ever called me that,� Samantha remembers, as she smiles.

“Why are you’re smiling?� Jeremy asks.

“Nothing, I-I was just remembering some of my good memories,� Samantha tells him, still smiling.

Meanwhile, inside a large room, where there are bunch of scientists at computers and working on machineries. Suddenly, an explosion shoots out of one of the walls. People scream and run away, as they see a red creature with a large armored shell and a face that resembles a turtle’s head walks out of the hole. The creature then proceeds to fire red energy blasts as the different computers and equipments. It then fires red blasts as the people, knocking them backward into tables and walls, injuring some and killing the others.

Then just as suddenly, Henry shoots up from his bed, covers in cold sweats, as his nightmare of the attack on the Organization’s base comes to an end.

Meanwhile, outside the city, at the “Welcome to Crestview Heights� sign, arrive the same large red creature with a large armored shell and a face that resembles a turtle’s head. The creature then starts to laugh as he looks down at the un-expecting city.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
As Henry remembers joining the Organization, he must face his past as the same demon that destroyed them arrives in Crestview Heights.

Can the Battle Defenders stop this demon before more lives are lost? And if they can, will Henry ever live down his survival guilt?

On the next Battle Defenders.

[KamenRanger]

14: “Inner Demons and Outer Demons�

A normal Saturday begins, as Samantha finishes getting dresses and walks down the stairs on her way to work. But something stops Samantha at the bottom of the stairs, a sound she hears before.

“I’m getting tired of this!� Samantha’s mother’s voice rises from within the confines of the kitchen.

“I’m a little bit late one night,� Samantha’s father defenses his self.

“An hour isn’t a little bit late, especially not when I cook a full meal and you don’t think for a second to call me and say you’re going to be late.�

“I’m tired of getting the third degree from you for every little thing I do or don’t do!�

Samantha looks sad, as she quietly walks toward the front door and opens it. She turns to listen to her parent’s continuing arguing.

“I’m starting to wonder why I married you!� Samantha’s mother yells.

“That make two of us!� her father yells.

Samantha walks out and closes behind her.

Meanwhile at BookZ, Samantha’s coworker Kenny had already arrived, as well as his best friend, Holly.

“Once again, my General dad can’t make it home for Thanksgiving,� Holly says to Kenny, as he stands behind the front counter. “So, it would just be me, a TV dinner, and my Avatar: the Last Airbender DVDs.�

“Well, you can have dinner with my family,� Kenny offers.

“That’s really sweet, Kenny,� Holly says, with a big smile. “But I can’t. Thanksgiving is for families, besides with your brother coming home, well, I’m sure you two have a lot to talk about.�

“Well, my brother and I aren’t close,� Kenny tells her.

As the two friends talk, Henry walks out from the backroom and watches them. Memories of a life that seems decades old floor back to him:

It was twelve years ago, Henry was at his home in Tokyo, Japan. Inside his home, Henry is in front of his baby girl’s, Hikari, crib in her own home.

Henry covers his face with his hands, before revealing his face to his little girl, “Peek-a-boo.� Hikari smiles in response, as Henry do it again, “Peek-a-boo.�

“I hope you will stop doing when she gets into college.�

Henry turns around to see Hana, his beautiful wife, standing in the bedroom’s doorway.

“She will never been too old for ‘peek-a-boo,’� Henry jokes, as the door bell rings.

“Just don’t ‘peek-a-boo’ me, dono iroppoi,� Hana says, before leaves the bedroom to answer the door.

Henry turns his attention back to his daughter, “You like ‘peek-a-boo,’ right?� Hikari just smiles at her father’s question, when Hana returns.

“Hey, Henry, there someone here to see you,� Hana tells her husband.

Henry leaves his wife and daughter and goes to the front door to find a man in a business suit waiting for him.

“Takashi Henry?� the man asks a question that Henry suspects he knows the answer to.

“Yes, hum, may I help you with something?� Henry asks.

“Actually, Henry-sama, yes,� the man begins. “I’m with the Organization.�

“Never heard of you,� Henry tells him.

“Not surprising, but you do believe in demons, right?� the man asks Henry.

“Nani za makai?�

Henry returns to the present as Samantha enters the bookstore, Kenny quickly notices that she seems upset about something.

“I-Is something wrong?� Kenny asks.

“Oh, it’s nothing,� Samantha starts. “Except that, when I was leaving, my parents were arguing.�

“Parents argue,� Holly tells her. “I still remember some of my parent’s argue before my mother died.�

“It just really upset me when they argue,� Samantha tells her friends as she walks to the front counter.

“I’m sure it will be okay,� Henry tells her. “My wife and I argue some before the Organization recruited me, and we are still together after spending so much time apart.�

“I guess so,� Samantha says, with Kenny notices her depress.

Meanwhile several street blocks away from BookZ, David is talking to an attracted red-haired girl.

“Hi there, hum, Christy, right?� David says upon seeing the girl.

“Right, and here I am thinking you would forget my name after we spend seven minutes in heaven at that party for twenty minutes,� Christy says.

“I never forget a girl who I kiss,� David tells her.

“Then you must have a pretty big memory,� Christy teases, as the two start to walk down the sidewalk. “Have you ever had a long-term relationship?�

“There was someone last summer,� David tells her.

“Well, what happened?� Christy asks.

“She been busy with therapy after she tried to kill herself,� David explains, saddens.

“You sound really hurt.�

“She’s special, very special,� David answers, like he’s in a different world.

“And here I thought the great David Masters is better at flirting,� Christy tells him.

Suddenly, people run away screaming, when David and Christy sees the source of their fright: Turdon, a large red creature with a large armored shell and a face that resembles a turtle’s head.

“What is that?!� Christy screams.

“Well, it’s not one of the Ninja Turtles,� David tells her.

Back at BookZ, Kenny, Holly, Samantha, and Henry are continuing their conversation when the three Battle Defenders’ Transformers ring.

“Hello,� Kenny answers his Transformer.

“Guys, there a demon, just couple streets from the bookstore actually,� David says, through the Transformer.

“Really?� Kenny asks.

“Some superheroes we are,� Holly jokes.

“You guys better hurry,� Henry tells them.

The three teenagers walk out of the exit, as Henry walks through the backroom to reach the secret lab, hidden behind a book shelf. Henry quickly enters couple keystrokes to cause a screen to appear on the large computer. A look of fear and shocked appears on Henry’s face, upon seeing the demon attacking the city. The same demon that attacked the Organization’s base, years ago.

Meanwhile, Turdon is creeping toward two boys, dressed in boy scouts outfits, both of whom had fallen down.

“Let’s me hear some screams,� Turdon says to the boys.

“Oh, very brave,� Turdon turns to see its Holly, in her armor, talking to him. “Scaring some boy scouts. They will get a big kick out of this at the demon conventions.�

“I’ll get to you, after I’m done here,� Turdon turns to see the boys are gone. He looks ahead to see the boys are several feet away holding Kenny and Samantha’s, in their armors, hands. “Hey!�

“‘Hey’ is for horses,� David, in his armor, jumps over Turdon’s head, before landing in front of him and spins, before delivering a punch to Turdon’s chest. “Good thing you’re a turtle!�

Turdon falls back as Holly jumps over him to rejoins her friends.

“You two better go home,� Samantha tells the two boys, as they run away.

“So what do we say we go ‘Shredder’ on this guy,� Holly jokes.

“Sorry, already made a Ninja Turtles joke,� David tells her.

“I just hope no one says ‘cowabunga,’� Samantha says.

“If you are done,� Turdon says as he returns to his feet. “I’m hungry for some action.�

“Sure you don’t want some pizza?� Kenny jokes

“Et tu, Kenny?� Samantha asks.

“Enough!� Turdon yells, before his arms, legs, and head disappears as black smoke into his shell. His shell starts to hover and flies toward the Battle Defenders, knocking them off their feet.

“Well, that different,� Holly says, as the return to their feet.

“He’s baaaaack,� David says, upon realizing Turdon’s shell is flying back toward them.

“I’m taking him down,� Holly says, as she presses the “2� button on her Battle Gauntlet. “Battle Axe, Battle Ready!�

Turdon’s shell flies at Holly, but before she could hit it, she is hit and drags backward by Turdon’s shell. She continues to be drag backward for several feet. Holly finally falls off, as Turdon’s shell flies up to the sky. Meanwhile Kenny, Samantha, and David had catch up to Holly, as she returns to her feet.

“Holly, are you okay?� Kenny asks his friend.

“I’m fine, but where the fifth turtle?� Holly asks.

The Battle Defenders look up to see Turdon’s shell hovering above them, before lightning shoots out of the bottom of the shell, hitting the Battle Defenders and preventing them from moving. Turdon’s shell then lowers, still shooting lightning, till each of the Battle Defenders surrounds it. Turdon’s shell hits each of the Battle Defenders as it continues to spin, knocking each of the Battle Defenders in different directions. Turdon’s shell flies away, as Turdon’s voice is heard laughing, leaving the Battle Defenders beaten on the ground.

Later, the Battle Defenders, out of armor, return to the secret lab behind BookZ to find an upset Henry.

“Something’s wrong, Henry?� Samantha asks.

“That demon,� Henry starts, as he finds trouble in saying the words. “It’s the same demon that destroyed the Organization base.�

“What?� Holly asks, shocked.

“It’s the same demon that killed each of my comrades,� Henry tells them, with each of them have shocked expresses. “It’s the same demon that I ran away from.�

“Wait, are you blaming yourself?� David asks. “Because it’s wasn’t your fault.�

“You don’t have any idea what I went through because of him,� Henry tells them.

“Then talks to us, maybe we can help,� Samantha says.

“No, hum, I just need to clear my head,� Henry tells them, as he leaves the lab, and the bookstore.

After leaving BookZ, Henry finds himself walking alone down the sidewalk. With his hands in his pockets, Henry is lost in thought as he once again remembers a time in his life that leads to tragedy:

Years ago, somewhere under Crestview Heights, Henry walks out of an elevator into a large complex fills with scientists working on different machineries and computers. On some of the computer screens are the blueprints of the three different Mechadum and the Battle Mechadum, with each screen has the words: “Construction: Completed.� In one corner are the Battle Cycles with wires coming out of them and into couple CPUs. Henry walks up to one fellow scientist who just finishes placing five cell phones into a briefcase.

“So they’re finally done,� Henry says to his comrade.

“It’s hard to believe, is it?� the scientist says.

“Yeah, I grown up watching Super Sentai, and Kamen Rider, and Ultraman, and now it all start to seem a lot more real,� Henry tells him.

“You never seen a real demon, have you?� Henry turns around to see it’s the man who recruited him.

“Hum, no, I hadn’t,� Henry tells him.

“A real demon is the stuff of nightmares,� the man explains. “They murder without cause, and they destroy without reason, and they’re endless. Do you understand, Mr. Takashi?�

“Yes, I understand,� Henry’s starting to notices he had stopped using Japanese honorifics after he agreed to join the Organization.

Suddenly an explosion goes off on the other side of the room. Everyone’s attention is drawn to the sight of the explosion and to their fears it’s a demon, Turdon.

“Oh, all the similarities, and all the fears,� Turdon says. “This is going to be fun!�

Turdon’s limbs and head disappear as black smoke into his shell. His shell then hovers up and spins around the large room and shoots lightning from its underbelly at the people as they run and scream.

Henry’s recruiter takes the briefcase with the Transformers in them and closes it. He then gives it Henry and says, “Henry, take this and go.�

“But,� Henry tries to argue.

“GO!!�

Henry takes the briefcase and starts to run away, as the recruiter takes a strange wielding tool and jumps toward Turdon’s spinning shell, trying to strike down with it. But the attempt at an attack has no effects as Turdon’s shell slams against the man. He is sends flying backward and into a wall. He then falls to the ground, dead.

Henry gets into an elevator and as the doors are closing he sees Turdon’s shell flies toward him. Turdon’s shell blasts through the elevator doors, but the elevator is already gone. Turdon stands in the empty elevator shaft, before he starts to growl.

Hours later, Henry finally returns to the base but when the elevator reaches the bottom floor, to his horror he sees destroyed machineries and computers, and dead bodies of comrades and friends and people that could had been friends. Henry walks through the complex, taking in the terrible sight before him. He then finds a table that hadn’t been turned over. Henry places the briefcase down on the table and opens it to finds only four Transformers.

“What happened…� Henry places a place on the spot where the missing Transformer was, when he notices couple pieces of paper on the table. He removes the papers and finds under them a disc that wasn’t harmed, “A data disc.� Henry turns his head to look at the dead body of the man who recruited him and remember what he had told him about demons. “I will finish our work,� Henry says. “And I will find them and help him. I promise, my friends, your sacrifices won’t be in vain.�

Henry finds himself back in the present, where he had stopped in his tracks. Henry looks down at his hand and he places his back against a nearby wall and crouch down, before he starts to cry.

Meanwhile back the Battle Defenders’ secret lab, with Henry gone, the Battle Defenders decide to find out their selves, what they are dealing with.

“I don’t get why Henry never do this, especially after that demon killed the rest of the Organization,� Holly wonders.

“It’s probably too bad of a memory for him to relive,� Kenny guesses, with Samantha’s listening.

“I think I found him,� David tells his friends, drawing their attentions to the screen. “He’s name is Turdon. That’s interesting.�

“What is?� Samantha asks.

“Well, according to the Organization’s database on him,� David starts. “Turdon is drawn to groups of like-minded people.�

“I guess that would explain why he went after those boy scouts,� Holly figures. “And the Organization.�

“So it wasn’t a random killing,� Kenny realizes.

“We better call Henry and tell him about this,� Samantha suggests.

“Right,� David opens up his Transformer and starts to presses several buttons. “I just hope he has his earpiece with him.�

Just couple streets away from BookZ, Henry is still on the ground, when he hears his earpiece rings. He takes it out of his pocket and places it in his right ear before presses the button on the side.

“Hello.�

“Henry, we found out the demon is call Turdon and he attacks people who has the same interests or goals,� David explains through Henry’s earpiece.

“So, that is why he attacked the Organization,� Henry says.

“I’m afraid so,� David tells him. “We just wish we can predict where he will attack next.�

“Me too,� Henry then notices a piece of paper on the ground. He picks it up and realizes its talk about a peace conference. “I might have an idea.�

Later, a banner that reads “Peace Conference� hangs outside a large round building, when suddenly people outside start to scream and run away from the sight Turdon coming down the street.

“Ah, I can smell it all,� Turdon says. “Now, to removes the peace part from this conference.�

Turdon’s limbs and head disappears as black smoke into his shell, before it hovers up and starts to spin toward the building. Suddenly Kenny and Holly, in their armor, jump in front of Turdon’s spinning shell with their Battle Saber and Battle Axe, respectively. Using their weapons, the two manage to hold back the spinning shell. Meanwhile David and Samantha, also in their armor, walk up just feet away their friends, with their Battle Lasers.

“Ready?� David asks, with Samantha nods in response.

David and Samantha fire their Battle Lasers at Turdon’s spinning shell, knocking it away from their friends and into the ground. Turdon returns to his feet as the Battle Defenders rally together.

“You four are really becoming a pain in my shell,� Turdon tells them.

Just then Henry arrives on the scene and upon seeing Turdon’s face, he receives flashes of memories: of Turdon’s shell flying overhead; of Turdon’s shell flying toward him; of the dead bodies of the other Organization memebers. Henry becomes frozen in spot.

“Alright, Turdon, prepare to become turtle soup,� Holly tells her enemy.

“Battle Violet, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Pink, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Green, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Orange, Battle Ready!�

“Battle Defenders, Battle Ready!�

Turdon then jumps toward the Battle Defenders, punching David in the chest as he lands. He knocks down Samantha with a back elbow. Holly strikes down with her Battle Axe, but Turdon uses his shell to block it. He flexes his muscle to force Holly off and strikes her away from him with his claw. Turdon then catches Kenny’s saber in mid strike. Turdon then swings Kenny around with the Battle Saber. Samantha returns to her feet and fires her Battle Laser at Turdon.

Turdon yells in pain before turning around to face his enemy, “You’ll pay for that that!�

Turdon’s limbs and head disappear as black smoke into his shell, before flies toward Samantha. She tries to shoot him out of the sky, but Turdon continues nonstop, hitting Samantha as he passes. Turdon flies high up before flies back down and shoots lightning down at the Battle Defenders.

“I got an idea,� David says. “He’s flying clockwise, so Holly hits him counterclockwise.�

“Right,� Holly jumps up and gets to swing her Battle Axe from left to right. “Batter up!� Holly hits Turdon’s shell, but upon landing, she realizes he’s flying toward a little girl. “What; no, watch out!�

Henry sees the little girl in trouble, as flashes of his dead friends appear in his head. Then in a quick moment, Henry dives at the little girl, but there no time to act. Henry holds the little girl closely as Turdon’s shell spins toward them.

“Holly, give me a boost!� Kenny yells, before jump up.

“Right,� Holly holds her Battle Axe horizontal, as Kenny lands on it and jumps up toward Turdon’s shell.

Kenny points down his Battle Saber, as he lands on top on Turdon’s shell, forcing it to the ground, with his saber barely piecing the still spinning shell. Henry and the little girl look to see Battle Violet manage to save them.

“Hurry, go,� Kenny tells the two.

“Right,� Henry says, helping the girl up and they run away.

Suddenly, Turdon’s shell starts to try to fly back up, but is having trouble.

“Whoa, down boy, down boy,� Kenny says, as Turdon’s shell tries to fly back up. Then Turdon’s shell manages to hover back over the ground and spins around with Kenny still on stop. “This isn’t right!!�

Suddenly, Kenny is tosses off Turdon’s shell. Samantha, David, and Holly regroup around their leader as he returns to his feet.

“I thought I saw a pussycat,� Kenny says, dizzy.

“Kenny, are you okay?� Holly asks.

“I feel better,� Kenny tells her.

Then Turdon’s shell starts to grow, and upon reaching a giant size, Turdon’s limbs and head emerge once again.

“Will this ever get old?� Holly asks.

“All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands, as he presses the “4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.

Across town, by the city’s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.

The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.

“Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.

“Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.

“Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.

The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Angra.

The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, “Transform and Combine!�

Battle Warrior’s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon’s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior’s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior’s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior’s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior’s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon’s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior’s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior’s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.

The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, “Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�

“Okay, let’s roast this turtle,� David says, inside his shared cockpit.

“Nothing you try can penetrate my shell,� Turdon tells them.

“I’m not sure about,� Kenny realizes, inside his cockpit. “I know I cracked your shell.�

“You got lucky, but you out of luck,� Turdon says, before his limbs and head disappear as black smoke into his shell, and it flies toward Battle Mechadum.

Turdon’s shell strikes across Battle Mechadum as it passes and then again.

“We are seating ducks here,� Holly proclaims, inside her cockpit. “We need the Battle Sword.�

“Maybe not,� David says, inside his shared cockpit.

“What are you talking about?� Samantha asks.

“Remember, our Battle Lasers are the only weapons that had any effect on his shell,� David realizes.

“But Kenny’s Battle Saber penetrated his shell,� Holly reminds him, inside her cockpit.

“But I hit it dead center,� Kenny tells her, inside his cockpit. “Maybe we can uses all that knowledge to our advantage. David!�

“On it,� David tell him, as he enters some keystrokes, inside his shared cockpit.

A handle comes out of the cannon on Battle Mechadum’s back as it reaches around to grab it and pull it out, as its controllers yell, “Battle Cannon, Battle Ready!�

“Okay, now, release the Battle Sword!� Kenny commands, inside his cockpit.

The cannon’s platform on Battle Mechadum’s back splits open as a sword handle pop up. Battle Mechadum reaches behind itself to grab the sword handle and pull it out, revealing a large metallic in appearance double bladed sword.

Turdon’s shell fires back toward Battle Mechadum, but it starts to fire the Battle Cannon, holding back Turdon’s shell.

“We can’t keep this up,� David informs his friends, inside his shared cockpit. “The Battle Cannon’s going to overheat.�

“It just has to last long enough, Samantha get ready with the jets,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.

“Okay,� Samantha says, inside her shared cockpit.

Battle Mechadum continues to fire at Turdon’s shell, with it continues to spin in one spot, holding back only by its enemy’s endless attacking.

“And… now!� Kenny yells, inside his cockpit.

Suddenly, the jets on Battle Mechadum’s back fires, propelling it high in the sky, as Turdon’s shell continues on its trek. Then Battle Mechadum flies back down at Turdon’s spinning shell, with the Battle Sword pointing down. The Battle Sword hits at the cracked part of Turdon’s shell, stabbing straight through it, causing a large explosion to cover both of them. Once the smoke clears, Battle Mechadum remains standing on the ground with its two weapons at its side.

Later, back at BookZ, Kenny and Samantha are behind the counter, with Henry, Holly, and David on the other side.

“You’re going on a retreat?� Holly asks.

“Yeah, after everything that had happened, I need to clear my head,� Henry tells them.

“Well, if there is ever anything you need to talk about, we’re here,� Samantha tells her friend and boss.

“Thanks, but right now, I just need to be alone,� Henry says, before leaves the bookstore.

“Well, I guess I’ll be going,� Holly says. “Later, guys.�

“Later,� Kenny says, as David heads toward the backroom’s entrance.

“And with Henry’s gone, I take a closer look at that computer,� David says, as he walks into the backroom.

Kenny laughs a little when he notices Samantha’s in deep thought. For so long, Kenny has trouble talking to her. And while they had become friends, Kenny still has trouble talking to her. But now they’re alone.

“I-Is something wrong, Samantha?� Kenny asks.

“It my parents,� Samantha tells him.

“I’m sure everything will be okay,� Kenny tries to reassure her.

“It just seems like they are arguing more now then ever before,� Samantha says, as she fails to fight back some tears. “I-I’m afraid… that they will get a divorce.�

For so long Kenny wants to be able to talk to her. But once again he’s speechless. But he also knows he doesn’t have to say anything. Kenny places an arm around Samantha’s shoulders, as she continues to cry.

Next time on Battle Defenders:
Transmissions all over the city is been affected by Famine’s next demon, leading to near tragedies.

But when our heroes’ Transformers are affected, the Battle Defenders might be forced to fight without their armor. But will they survive?

On the next Battle Defenders.