Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers.
A/N: I've attempted to keep it as close to the style of its source material as possible. However this is not easy because of the change in medium.
This is set sometime after At All Costs but before Once A Ranger.
As far as pairings go I'll try to keep it as canon as possible – that is Leanbow/Udonna, Phineas/Leelee, Toby/Nikki and (heavily implicit) Maddie/Nick. I haven't actually decided on the others yet and I hope I haven't missed any.
As the summary implies this has very much Chip as the main character.
Chip swung with all his might but his teacher easily blocked the blows. Daggeron then spiral kicked into Chip sending him flying backwards, training sword swept out of his hand. That meant Daggeron had won ten consecutive rounds. Clare, watching from the side, had to admire Chip though, because he was trying so hard with his knight training. She briefly wondered whether Chip and the others ever admired her effort in her attempts to become a sorceress back when she couldn't get her spells right.
Chip slumped up, obviously worn out.
"Rematch?" Chip asked, already going to pick up his sword.
"As you wish." Replied Daggeron.
That fight was not nearly as long as the earlier ones. Chip no longer had enough strength to fight and Daggeron easily defeated him. And Clare knew Chip wouldn't stop of his own free will. So she decided to stop him. As Chip attempted to pick up his sword again Clare summoned it into her hand.
"That's enough Chip." Clare told him gently, going over to him. "If you keep this up, you're going to get hurt." And then Clare led him and Daggeron back into Rootcore.
Chip was secretly pleased for the break. Not that he would ever admit it but he was having trouble walking in a straight line. By some means he would never quite be able to explain he managed to find his seat at the round table and collapsed into it.
"Wow, he's had way too much catnip." Came Jenji sticking his head out of the lamp.
"Not asleep yet." Said Chip groggily with his head on the table before he passed out from exhaustion. Realising training wouldn't be restarting any time some Daggeron hung up the training gear and sat down on the stairs. Clare suddenly realised that the Solaris Knight didn't have a seat on the round table.
She made a note to add it to the list of things she would ask Leanbow about when he came back. At the moment Nick was visiting his step-family with his parents and her only correspondence with them at the moment was to beg Nick to call Maddie, since as much as she likes Madison, there's only so much 'When do you think Nick will come back' that she can take. And it was obvious that everyone else thought similarly.
Many hours later Chip woke up. He very quickly noted that he was not in bed. Then that he was fully dressed. Then that his head was on a garuda symbol which he suddenly realised was a lot more comfortable than it should be. Finally he remembered where he was and started embarrassingly looking around for Daggeron and Clare.
Not finding them in any downstairs room he made his way outside. It was at this point that he discovered that he'd slept a little longer than he'd thought. It was really cold and really dark, in other words it was the middle of the night. He tried to imagine how he was going to explain this when he got home.
He cut his musings short however as he noticed something strange coming from Fireheart's Den. Checking he had his wand with him he headed over to it walked in. He was right. Sneaking in were about a dozen creatures which Chip knew from the news were called Lava Lizards.
Chip quickly guessed they'd come to steal another of Fireheart's scales. It had been a complete embarrassment for them the last time that happened. Four rangers, one terror, one vampire and one troblin were listed among Toby's employees, yet they all managed to miss Moltor and his Lava Lizards robbing them in their own car park. Chip decided it was time to stop them this time and entered the digits 123 on his mystic morpher.
"Galwit Mysto Ranger!" Came this ethereal sounding voice and Chip, lengthy morph sequence later stood to face the intruders. They seemed surprised to see him. Chip announced himself to them.
"Fast as lightning, Yellow Mystic Ranger!" Chip called as the Lava Lizards stared amusedly at him. "Magi Staff Crossbow Mode!" Chip blasted four of the Lizards and the rest started backing out. Then Chip found Moltor himself, trying and failing to subdue Fireheart. Fireheart suddenly reared up and batted Moltor with all the power the dragon's claw possessed. This had the duel function of throwing Moltor away from Fireheart and towards Chip.
"Another pesky ranger, I just can't seem to get rid of them." With that Moltor charged Chip swords drawn and Chip tried to evade as his fiery opponent slashed towards him continuously but eventually Moltor made his attack connect and Chip was knocked backwards. Chip knew he had only one weapon that was of any use up close so he once again activated his mystic morpher, typed in the spell code and summoned the Mystic Force Fighters.
Now the fight was more even and Chip was able to push them outside. After two minutes of fighting Chip powered up the boxing gloves and attempted to use the special move on Moltor. However, Moltor was faster and it was Chip was propelled backwards, Fighters and Ranger Mode dissipating as he hit the ground.
"At least I'll get to finish one ranger, still more than Flurious." And Moltor raised his swords, preparing to slash down upon Chip. Suddenly an energy blast had Moltor off his feet. As Chip pulled himself up he turned to see Itassis and an unmorphed Daggeron, Solaris Laser Lamp in one hand and Mystic Sword in the other.
Moltor barely had time to stand before a blast from Itassis hit him and Daggeron jumped towards him, morphing while still in the air and bringing the mighty sword crashing down.
Moltor was tough enough to survive such an attack, but only just and he sent the remaining Lava Lizards as a distraction while he made his escape. Daggeron unleashed Jenji and defeated the Lava Lizards but Moltor was long gone. Daggeron then turned to Chip.
"Mind telling me what's going on?" Chip's teacher asked him. Chip then recounted the events with Fireheart right through to where Moltor was about to cut him down.
"It's a sad day when a villain is brave enough to strike here." Daggeron replied at the end. "We had better tell Clare everything's OK. She thought The Master had returned with all the explosions going on out here. I should also inform her."
They headed back inside Rootcore and Clare came rushing over. Daggeron turned to Chip and Itassis soon after.
"Listen, I need you to guard the woods while Jenji and I go to speak with Mystic Mother." Daggeron told them. Chip wondered why he needed to inform her of the situation.
"Hang on, why do you need to tell her?" Chip asked earnestly. Itassis answered his question.
"Because the woods are a large area. It should have taken Moltor a lot longer to find this place; therefore it is probable that he had outside help." The sphinx lady explained to him and Chip had to admit that it did make sense.
"I see. Should I call the others?" Chip asked.
"If you need to. A true warrior knows when to ask for help." Daggeron replied. "Now, I must go. If I'm not back in two days summon Leanbow." And with that Daggeron stepped back outside, summoned his train and departed.
Chip tried to figure out exactly what they were supposed to do. The last time he had been without all of his mentors it had been simple, fight Morticon, Koragg and Necrolai in order to stop them using Clare. He knew patience was one of the skills he should be improving but that didn't help him actually improve it.
He settled on sitting at his seat and reading spell books, which caught Clare's attention. She thought he would have done something physical. She guessed he must be still hurting from his battle and briefly pondered using a healing spell on him. In the end she chose simply to go over and assist him.
Meanwhile, in a distant part of the world where nothing good dares tread, a secret meeting was going on. One figure, who carried himself as though he was the leader, took the seat at the head of the table and slammed his staff into the ground, calling the meeting to order.
"Tell me dark lords, how are the preparations for our coming war with the Earthlings?" He asked the assembled evil doers. One man, cloaked to hide his identity gave an answer.
"Our monsters are being developed nicely. We will soon have enough to launch an attack on the cities of Earth. Our plan to keep the Sentinel Knight off our backs however met with less success. Moltor failed to get the scales needed to make himself more powerful and keep the good Sentinel's gaze on those buffoons. Worse, the mystics suspect he had help. And if the Solaris Knight tells Mystic Mother she will know it's us."
The assembled villains exchanged what they would never admit were nervous glances. Then a figure at the other end of the table stood up.
"I, Imperious will destroy Solaris Knight. He will never reach Mystic Mother. Where is he?"
The cloaked man informed everyone that their enemy was on his way to her palace. The leader pulled up the train on his crystal ball and smiled wickedly.
"Not for very much longer." With that he pointed his staff at the image of the train and fired a long blast at it, causing the train carriages to split and fall from the transport dimension. The massive engine flew down into a desolate wasteland and Daggeron and Jenji were seen climbing out. The leader then turned to Imperious. "Calindor!"
Imperious growled at the name but continued to listen. "Go there and take him out. Take an army of those grunts of yours with you. Remember, our part must not be discovered."
"I have no need of grunts. I can do something he hasn't been able to since he was just Solaris Ranger." Imperious assured his follow bad doers. "Grow. He won't destroy me this time."
A/N:
I do own a copy of the Mystic Force DVD boxset so feel free to insult me if I've gotten any actual plot point wrong.
I'll try to have the next bit up within three days (that way I might manage it in four).