Chapter 1: Return of the Power Rangers (Part 1)
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November 24th 2015,
1 ALB,
Hexagon/Silver Guardians HQ,
New York,
Back at the underground base, at the same hangar bay housing the mighty Super Mega Ship, two men walked along the catwalk over the ship. They had a few conversations over the whole situation they are at. They stopped halfway to the middle of the catwalk and oversaw the massive frigate down below.
"So Tommy." began Wes. "What makes you think that an alien force twice the size of the Armada is comng for us?"
"Whenever there's an Emperor, there's always an Empress, Wes. Don't forget that we've only defeated the Armada, but we have not defeated the Empire it served under." answered Tommy. "And once word of Mavro's defeat reaches the rest of his Empire, they could be coming to get their revenge. That is why we started all of this."
"Hexagon, huh? Is that the name we're going for?"
"We function like the Pentagon, only we will be dedicated to protecting the Earth and other systems in need, from the incoming Empire. That's why those files you gave me contained information regarding all the past Rangers. I want our organization to be built in a basis in which everyone can contribute; coming together as one to protect the universe. And it was all made possible thanks to five teenagers with attitude."
"Intriguing." Wes then turned his attention to the big red ship below them, leaning against the railing. "How did this thing get here? Shouldn't it be with the Super Mega Rangers?"
"After the Legendary Battle, the Rangers decided to live out their normal lives so they gave the Zord back to their mentor, Gosei. Then, when Hexagon was formed, I talked to Gosei and he let me keep the Super Mega Zords. The Legendary Megazord they combine into had links to Auxiliary Zords which were in fact some of the Zords of the past Rangers, and I have plans for those Zords and more. It's taken a lot of damage since the Armada bombarded it."
"And the Q-Rex Zord. Was it the same Zord Eric used back in the day?"
"Absolutely. Even Time Force in the future knew that they would have to lend a hand as well." Wes couldn't agree more, thinking about the team of Power Rangers that he once served with, the memories he shared with them, and the feelings he had for one particular member. It was a gang of friends that he would treasure forever.
Even Tommy had people to remember. However, he did not have just one team, but four. He has met numerous Rangers in his past and with this many acquaintances, he felt that all of these teams of Rangers could come together and unite against evil. That came when the Armada launched their final assault on the planet Earth. Every Ranger in existence was able to join forces and engage the massive X-Borg army and together with the Super Mega Rangers, the Armada was destroyed and the Earth was saved.
Now, he felt that the entire continuity of Rangers should unite once again; this time on a regular basis that different teams should keep in touch with each other and be there when one would be in dire need of assistance. This idea became Tommy's idea of a unified Power Rangers organization. He called the organization, Hexagon, to become the universe's ultimate saviour.
"Tommy." Wes broke the brief moment of silent reminiscence. "There's just one problem though." Tommy raised an eyebrow at Wes. "How are you going to contact them all? Are you going to ask Gosei for the call?"
"Apparently yes. I mean, he was Zordon's pupil after all. He is the closest being to Zordon."
"That's a good idea. Oh, and speaking of which, where are the Super Mega Rangers anyway?" Tommy wondered to himself about Wes' question. Now that the Armada has been destroyed with Mavro, what are the five Super Mega Rangers doing now?"
November 24th 2015,
1 ALB,
New York,
At a harbour, on a wooden jetty where boats and yachts were lined up and docked at, a lone teenager was staring at the clear blue sky. He couldn't help but just delve into emptiness as peace took over in his mind. He stared at that very sky; the sky that was once clouded in sheer darkness from the onslaught of the Armada. This young man; now he was one of those people who was there when the Armada hit the Earth. He was, in fact, one of those who fought the Armada. He was a Power Ranger. He was Troy Burrows, the Super Megaforce Red Ranger.
After fulfilling his prophetical dream of a union of Power Rangers against the Armada a year ago, Troy was now enjoying the peace of the post-battle times. He had graduated from high school and was now searching for a higher education in college. But for now, he was using this time, to reminisce the epic battle and his times as a Power Ranger.
As he was gazing at the sky, little did he know that someone was sneaking up on him. The being was slowly creeping up behind him, reaching his hands at Troy's shoulders. As soon as he could reach him, Troy quickly stood up and grabbed one of the hands. With his strength, he pulled the person and threw him towards the sea. The person was sent flying towards the salty sea and plunged into the water head first.
Troy looked on, with a grin as his attacker was struggling to stay afloat. His arms flailing the water surface, suffocating. Troy bent down and smirked again.
"Come on, Jake." he teased. "When will you ever give up?" He watched as his friend and fellow Ranger, Jake Holling, tried to remain floating on the surface, gasping for air as a result of a failed antic.
"Troy!" coughed Jake. "You – mind helping me?" But Troy did not move an inch and instead, teased Jake some more.
"What are the magic words?"
"Okay! I'm sorry! Please please! Get me out of the water!" Troy shook his head and finally lent a hand to Jake. The poor boy in a black jacket grabbed on and Troy pulled him back up. The soaking boy was dripping sea water all over the floor.
Jake Holling was the Megaforce Black Ranger and then the Super Megaforce Green Ranger. He was an ace when it came to football and proved to be quite an exceptional athlete in other sports since the Armada's invasion. Now, after graduating from high school, the Black and Green Ranger was now spending time with Troy and the other Rangers.
"Dude. Have a sense of humour, will 'ya?" complained Jake. "This jacket is dry and clean only."
"Come on, man." responded Troy. "You know I'm not the type to fall for these sort of things."
"Whatever. Come on. The others are waiting for you." With matters settled, the two walked towards the harbour building. At the seats outside, there were three other teens conversing with each other. Upon seeing the approaching duo, one of them, a blonde girl with a black jacket and a yellow shirt underneath, stood up and walked towards them. She stepped towards Jake and gave him a punch to the shoulder, startling him.
"Ow! What'cha do that for?" asked Jake in pain. He was alarmed by the action, before suddenly being surprised some more by a small peck to the cheek by the girl.
"One, that's for being an idiot. And second, that was for being my idiot." Jake blushed with crimson red spreading at his cheeks. Troy walked away from the couple, who were tending to each other for a while, and went to greet the other two friends; a boy with glasses and curly hair, and a girl with a blue denim jacket and a pink pair of shorts. These three friends were the rest of the Megaforce Rangers; Gia Moran as Megaforce Yellow, Noah Carver as Megaforce Blue and Emma Goodall as Megaforce Pink.
"You done gazing at the Sun yet?" asked Noah. "Because I got a college application search to do and I really want to head off to charge my laptop."
"Relax, Noah." said Troy. "You got the whole holiday to find a college. Besides, with brains like yours, who wouldn't want to have you?"
"Yeah." added Emma. "Try not to overwork those brains of yours. Just chill out for now." Adjusting his glasses, Noah thought about it for a while. However, he could not argue with his friends about their opinions, especially since they made sense to him for being about his intellect.
"Well… I guess you guys have a point."
"After all, we did beat the Armada. We could use the rest and relaxation." Jake joined in the conversation, with his hand holding on to Gia's.
"And don't forget. You still owe us some treats after our last football game." she teased, causing Noah to groan.
"Well it wasn't like I wanted to play." He tried to defend himself.
"But you still did." But Troy bombarded Noah with a sense of irony and mockery. Noah could only sigh in defeat.
"I never liked sports anyway." His giving in caused the other Rangers to laugh about, before comforting him with friendly hugs and high-fives.
"So, let's say we head to Ernie's!" Emma declared.
"I'm with you!" agreed Gia. The five of them walked on, spirits risen and mouths watering with anticipation for a sweet dessert. Emma was skipping along, when she noticed something was missing. She looked behind and saw Troy, not moving a muscle and had his head down. It was clear to Emma that he was thinking of something. And from the looks of it, he wasn't having happy thoughts about whatever it was that got into his head. She walked towards him, aiming to seek out his worries.
"Hey, Troy." she called out to him. Troy snapped out of his thoughts and focused on Emma's call. "Are you coming or what?"
"Oh. Um, sorry, Emma. I was just… thinking…" Emma tilted her head in curiosity.
"About what?" Troy remained quiet for a few seconds until he finally spoke up.
"About what Jake said. About the Armada." More curiosity drove Emma to ask on again.
"Yeah… what about it?"
"I'm… I'm just having some sort of bad feeling."
"What's so bad about what Jake said?" Emma scoffed, not sure where Troy was heading, but the look on Troy's face was something not worth joking about.
"I dunno. I just think the Armada… was just… I don't know if I should say this."
"Well, go on. I'm listening." With his friend's approval, the
"Emma, I feel like… that…" Troy was struggling in his mind, hoping to find a way to bring up his thoughts to Emma. But finally, after much thought, he decided to shrug off his feelings of doubt, now declaring his thoughts as nothing but mere paranoia. "Ah, never mind. It must be the old vibes of our last Ranger days." Emma gave a soft smile, assured about her friend free from worry, but her curiosity remained. What was Troy thinking about exactly? Did Jake say something that gave him the chills? Was there something about the Armada bothering him? Now it wasn't just Troy being in the thought train. Emma decided to take the ride with him. But for now, all doubts must be set aside because it was time for desserts.
Troy eventually saw that the three other friends had stopped and were waiting for him. Eventually forgetting about his worries, he and Emma went to join their companions to the local ice-cream shop and favourite hangout place. But something did bother him earlier. What was Troy worrying about? What did it have to do with the Armada? Was he sensing something that might just be coming?
Little did he know, despite being a subject of paranoia, something was coming…
November 24th 2015,
1 ALB
Earth's Orbit,
Up in the orbit of Earth, all seemed quiet and calm. However, suddenly, a lone starship approached from out of nowhere and was heading straight for Earth. It was the same ship that traversed the Asteroid Belt with a fleet of other ships behind it. But for now, it came in alone, with no backup. Inside the bridge of the ship, many foot-soldiers were hard at work, operating the mighty vessel from within the command bridge. Sitting atop a fancy throne, there was the head honcho of the ship; an empress. A furious empress.
"We have arrived at last, my faithful subjects!" she gloated. "We have arrived on Earth! Home of those dreaded murderers of our great Emperor Mavro! The time has come to start our attack! Fedalis!" Answering her call, was a tall alien, who was wearing a delicate blue robe of royalty with golden highlights and had a French-style moustache. His shoulders had a large spike each coming out of them. With an eyepiece worn, he looked like a figure of royalty.
"Your Excellency! You called?" He took a bow before the Empress and she stood up to face him.
"I need you to check on the X-Borgs. Go now and see to that they are ready to strike the planet!"
"At once, Your Highness!" The butler-like alien quickly scurried away towards the hangar bay of the ship. Meanwhile, at the bridge, another figure approached the throne. This alien was a bulkier one, strapped in tough red leather armour, with a white fur collar around his neck. He wore black and gold gauntlets and boots. His head had two black flaps and two longer red straps lining down his body. (A/N~ This alien is based on Basco's armoured form from Gokaiger) He saluted to the Empress Verinora and bowed. Soon, he was followed by yet another peculiar alien. This one had orange and black pointy diamond armour, with a green inner body (A/N~ This will be Yokubarido also from Gokaiger)
"My Empress." greeted the former, with a low and cold voice. "Arkanos and I are ready for deployment."
"Just give us the word!" exclaimed the latter. Verinora raised her hand at the two.
"Patience, Generals Kalach and Arkanos." she said. "We will send a small party down below to see whether these 'heroes' are really that powerful for my beloved husband to be defeated."
"All the more reason for us to be sent in, my liege."
"You must remain here. I want you both to protect me as I witness the powers of my opponents." The eager Generals finally gave up convincing their Empress and bowed to comply. The three of them then looked at the blue planet in front of them. "Just you watch, Power Rangers. We are the Mavro Empire. We have grown more powerful, even more powerful than Dark Specter himself! We shall claim your world and destroy you all! HAHAHAHA!"
November 24th 2015,
1 ALB,
Hexagon Base,
New York,
WWWHARMM! WWWHARMM! WWWHARMM!
The sudden sounds of sirens echoed through the corridors of the underground base at Silver Guardians HQ. People laden in black military uniforms rushed along the corridors, while people wearing white lab-coats ran into different rooms. Three figures soon ran towards what appeared to be a control room with different control monitors and consoles. Workers were monitoring and operating the computers closely as the alarms continued to ring across the base. The three figures, Tommy, Wes and Eric, stopped at one of the consoles, where a woman was operating it. The monitor in front showed a radar screen, with rays scanning around the center and several alarming red blips appearing at each wave.
"Report!" ordered Tommy to the woman.
"Mr. Oliver! Several unidentified objects have been detected! And they are entering the atmosphere. Fast." Wes looked on at the screen as it switched to a very worrisome scene. There, he saw the sky being filled with a wave of alien ships coming down. The ships had multiple foot-soldiers docked underneath them as they descended down to the surface.
"Wait." he pointed at the ships. "Aren't those transport ships for X-Borgs?" He noticed the many soldiers under each ship.
"No way." said Eric, quietly. Tommy could only rub his forehead, stressed by the situation at hand. He was well suspicious that the events leading up to the Armada were all too little. He knew of the possibilities that the enemy would come back and exact their revenge. Now, all of his suspicions were all happening right in front of him.
"I was afraid this day would come…"
Acting quickly, Wes and Eric nodded to each other and ran out of the room. They rushed through the corridors and out along the catwalks of the hangar bay and back towards the elevators. Taking the lift up, Wes and Eric exited the lift and hurried through the hall and exited the building. Outside, there lined a squad of officers, standing at attention as the two superiors stopped in front of them.
"Alright, men!" shouted Eric. "Hustle up!" The officers stomped their feet with a shout of attention, complying with Eric's command.
"SIR! YES, SIR!" Wes then walked towards them.
"Listen up. There has been a string of alien ships heading right for us. We need to contain the situation and face them head on. We need to push them back to wherever they came from. Leave no X-Borg standing. Do I make myself clear?"
"YES, SIR!" With the guards ready for action, Wes and Eric wasted no time and ordered their men to their vehicles, all set for action. The men all rushed right in one by one into their transports. Wes and Eric took their own car and buckled up. Eric took the wheel with Wes riding shotgun. Then, all vehicles soon started their engines and rolled right out of their parking spaces. The two superior officers took the lead, wondering how such a normal day of peace soon turned into yet another day of chaos.
November 24th 2015,
1 ALB,
New York,
On their way to their favourite hangout place, the five teens, the Megaforce Rangers, were gleefully walking along a sidewalk. It was such a peaceful atmosphere with not many pedestrians and most of the vehicles in the area were just parked cars. It was all quiet for the road to Ernie's.
For now…
"So, what's on the menu, Noah?" taunted Gia.
"Anything that doesn't leave me broke." answered Noah, earning more snickers from his friends. But the friendly gestures wouldn't last...
AAAAAHHHHH!
Suddenly, their trek was soon interrupted with sound of a woman screaming, followed by more people doing the same. They were all alerted to the screams and ran to see what was all the commotion about. Then, they stopped to find a crowd of residents fleeing their homes and running past the Rangers.
"What's going on?" wondered Jake.
"Why are they running?" added Emma.
"Someone's cooking went horrible?" joked Noah.
"Better go check it out." Troy suggested, acting on his Ranger instincts. The others followed with his command and all of them headed on towards wherever the fleeing crowd was running from.
As they arrived at a row of shop-houses, they found more people retreating away from the scene. Eventually, among the people running was a bald man in a yellow T-shirt and a white apron tied around his waist.
"Ernie!" called Gia. The ice-cream shop owner stopped in front of the group, panting in extreme exhaustion.
"Kids!" he exclaimed in panic. "You got to run!" He panted some more before letting a strong breath out. "Those things are back. They're going to invade the planet again!" Finally, after a brief encounter, the middle-aged man picked up his feet and ran again, leaving the stunned group behind.
"Wait, Ernie! Who's back?!" Noah called as they watched Ernie flee like a mad cow. All of them, except Troy.
"Guys..." He was looking up at the sky. His face was filled with uneasiness and concern as a troublesome sight appeared right above him. The others turned around and faced the sky as well. To their horror, there was the very thing they feared the most.
Up in the sky, there a pair of alien starcraft landing down to the street the Rangers were at. When they were almost touching the ground, the force of repulsorlift boosters blew like a wind at the Rangers. Then, from underneath, one by one, soldiers with silver helmets and club-like blasters touched down onto the ground. As they landed, they immediately took action. They surrounded the Megaforce Rangers and pointed their weapons at them.
The gang huddled up, outnumbered by what appeared to be dozens of these soldiers. It looked like a familiar scenario. It was deja vu for them. This was almost exactly what had happened almost a year ago. This was a repetition of the invasion that caught the Earth unaware. These were the same soldiers that attacked the planet and served in the mightiest force of villains the world had ever seen.
"X-Borgs? More of them?" Troy looked on as he and the others were being threatened to stand down. Seeing no choice, they raised their hands up and chosen to do nothing but comply.
"I thought we took down the Armada." said Jake, in complete panic.
"Did we miss the spot or something?" uttered Gia.
"I think it's more than just a spot…" Troy murmured. Somehow, all of this was not so sudden for the teen. Somehow he knew this was going to happen. What made him think so in the first place anyway?
The troops soon closed in, trapping the Rangers further. Then, the standoff was soon interrupted with the sudden arrival of a smaller alien ship arriving to the scene. It landed right on the road in front of the Rangers. The X-Borgs standing in front of the ship moved out of the way, revealing the landed ship to the Rangers. It opened its door and out came a monster and two larger blue Brusier X-Borgs with their lobster like claws. It had a funky wardrobe, having sharp and jester-like features to his clothes, with a black mask over his pale white face to complete the makeover (A/N~ Bibaboo from Gokaiger) He walked towards the Rangers with a star-like weapon in hand, striding to them like he was on a fashion show runway.
"Aah! A perfect day for a perfect conquest!" he gloated. "Now, where are they? The, so-called, Power Rangers, hmmm?" The X-Borg next to him, pointed for him the group of teenagers standing stiff in front of him. The alien scoffed before walking towards them. He stopped in front of Troy, taking out a fan with his other hand and fanned himself.
"Hmph! These little children are the Power Rangers that destroyed the mighty Emperor Mavro? Hah! These fools look like nothing more than mere children?" He taunted the Rangers by letting out an insulting laugh. But Troy wasn't so provoked.
"Who are you?" he asked.
"Agh! Where are your manners, boy?" The alien jester took his fan and gave a light flick to the head. "I am Jestino! Action Commander of the Mavro Empire!"
At that moment, the group was taken aback. Mavro Empire? What did he mean by that?
"Mavro Empire?" Noah pondered aloud. "But we destroyed Mavro. His Armada has been obliterated with him."
"Hah! You brats only destroyed the Armada. But did you take account for the vast and glorious Empire that it served?" It made complete sense. An armada is most definitely the result of imperial glory. It would make sense that by only destroying the Armada, there was still an empire with its flags flown by it. But still, the question remained, what about Emperor Mavro? He was destroyed, thus leaving no other being capable of leading his empire. Unless…
"Who else is out there leading you?" asked Troy.
"Hmph! Why! The Empress herself of course!" An Empress. There was the answer. Whenever there is an Emperor, there's always an Empress. This was the most plausible theory for Troy.
"So, that means… there's more to come than the Armada…"
"That's right! And our forces are right above you, waiting to strike back, to exact our revenge for the destruction of our righteous leader! This is the beginning of a new era! Long live the Empire!" Jestino raised his fan, shouting out with full glory, followed by the X-Borgs and Bruisers around him. This was not a very good day for the Rangers. It has been a year since defeating one of the most evil villains ever in Power Rangers history, and now, there's an angry Empress, with an Empire almost five times bigger than the Armada, raging their way to the Earth. And all they wanted was a nice vacation. Instead, they got a little welcoming reception that would spell doom to the entire world.
"What are we going to do?" Emma whispered, clutching onto Gia's arm.
"I don't know." answered Noah. "We left our Morphers back at the Command Center."
"This is not good." uttered Jake, holding onto Gia's shoulders.
"Troy." Gia whispered. "You better have a plan for this." But despite their ears peeled for Troy, the stunned leader couldn't budge. He was busy fixing all the information he had just taken from this predicament. But then, he snapped out of it and tried to come up with a way to get himself and his comrades out of the crosshairs. Finally, he had only one option.
"There's only one way to settle this." He slowly walked towards Jestino, approaching as if he wanted to say a few words to the alien. Jestino did not have a clue on what the Ranger had in mind, but he took it as if the Ranger wanted to surrender, looking down at Troy's seemingly pacifistic nature.
"Well, now. Coming to surrender, hmmm? Excellent choice." Troy had his head down and his hands in his pockets. Then, he looked up, with a smirk on his face.
"Who says I was going to surrender?" Suddenly…
"Huh? ARRGH!" Without warning, Troy caught the Bruiser at Jestino's left side and grabbed its arm, catching everyone, especially the Bruiser by surprise. Wrestling with the shocked minion, he pointed the arm and pressed on a button on the arm. As a result, the arm fired out a laser blast, hitting one of the X-Borgs. He pressed it again, and again, pinning down X-Borg by X-Borg.
Jestino just couldn't believe what he was seeing. Fooled by Troy's trick, he quickly decided to take action.
"Don't just stand there! Destroy them!" Jestino gave the order to attack. The other Rangers soon found themselves in for a hefty brawl and grabbed an X-Borg each. The battle had begun.
At one corner, Jake handled two X-Borgs. Noah took on three. Gia and Emma banded together to beat a few more. Troy, on the other hand, took on Jestino and the two Bruisers. Remaining X-Borgs stood by to await any withdrawals from their engaging comrades.
Noah grabbed a broken pole down on the road and used it as a battle weapon. It wasn't one of his Ranger weapons, but it would have to do. He began the attack by swinging the pipe at the X-Borgs, only for it to be blocked by their weapons. They pushed him away, but Noah was able to recover and swing the pipe in a roundhouse at the X-Borg behind him. The two X-Borgs attempted to strike, but Noah returned the favour and blocked the attack, followed by a sweeping kick at their legs during the parry, toppling them down. Two more X-Borgs went in to replace the fallen and opened fire with their club blasters. However, Noah, showing his amazing prowess in swordsmanship, quickly swung the pipe and, like a baseball bat, deflected the blasts in many directions. Shot by shot, they had just been blasted back away from the impact of the pipe. Finally, Noah finally finished off the two by tossing the pipe at them, hitting both in one hit.
In the meantime, Gia and Emma were both working together to battle about six X-Borgs at their end. One tried to hit them, but Gia blocked the blow and gave it a swift kick at the thigh. Emma grabbed the arm of another X-Borg and tossed it aside to the ground. She then did some arm blocks on two more X-Borgs and brushed them off before doing a sidekick at each of them.
Jake watched momentarily as an X-Borg went in for an uppercut, but the seemingly fragile boy blocked the attack and punched the goon's face. He then grabbed hold of another X-Borg's weapon and swung it off, going in for a nasty kick to the head. He then quickly noticed two more enemies going in for a double smack, but out of reflex, he unconsciously ducked under the incoming blows. With the narrow miss, he then got down on the ground and did a spin kick, knocking the two X-Borgs off their feet.
Gia grabbed hold onto another X-Borg by the neck.
"Hey Emma!" she called out to her friend, who was knocking out another few more foot-soldiers. She managed to take hold of one as she responded to Gia's call. Knowing of what Gia had in mind, she looked back at the X-Borg and tossed it towards Gia. And as she had expected, Gia tossed her X-Borg towards the other. At the end, the two X-Borgs went colliding into each other.
"Alright!" The two girls cheered simultaneously as they shared a high-five.
Troy, on the other hand, was busy tangoing with Jestino and the two Bruisers. He landed double punches on the Bruisers before squaring off with Jestino himself. The Commander launched his attack on the teenager, swinging fists at him, but Troy kept on dodging and blocking. Even kicks didn't stop him. Troy fought hard against Jestino with all his might. He landed a punch to Jestino's chest, sending the alien reeling back. There, one of the Bruisers tried to blast him. But as the projectile was launched, Troy immediately ducked, allowing the blast to zoom right above him and hit the other Bruiser. Troy then picked a fallen blaster on the ground and kicked it up to his hands. Next, he fired the weapon at the first Bruiser, knocking it out. Jestino then moved in for another attack, using a sword to slash at him. Troy used the club weapon in a melee showdown. Jestino struck first, but Troy blocked the attack, locking the two weapons together. After a few seconds, the lockdown was broken and the two clashed upon each other in a series of swings and parries. The two seemed evenly matched as not a single attack could even lay a scratch on each other. But finally, after having had enough, Troy swung his club up, knocking off Jestino's sword and made another club strike down at him. This time, it was a successful hit. Sparks flew as Jestino took the full force of the hit, flying back towards a parked bus. The bus now a deep dent, and Jestino slumped down on the ground, laying his head on the dent. While the other Rangers were busy fighting the X-Borgs, Troy moved in and pointed his weapon at the fallen Commander. Jestino could barely look up, holding his head up with his hand.
"It's over now. Leave our planet." Troy warned him, more than ready to pull the trigger. But instead of being intimidated, Jestino could only look down…
…and gave a small chuckle.
"Heheheheh." He finally looked back up again, smirking. "Oh, Red Ranger. You really don't have a clue, do you?"
BWARMM!
"Argh!"
"Troy!" The other Rangers panicked as they saw Troy getting blasted by Jestino, who did it with a laser blaster in his right hand. Troy was sent flying and landed on his back on top of a parked car. The force of the fall caused the car to be crushed at the roof. Troy lay stiff on the roof, clutching his stomach where the blast hit. He was groaning in pain as he struggled to get back up. But it was no use.
Just then, Jestino got back up to his feet and pointed his blaster at Troy. He then used his other hand and reached for a communication device.
"Command." he called through the device. "Bring in the rain! HAHAHAHA!"
From outer space, the command ship of Empress Verinora fired a huge laser from below it right down onto the Earth.
At that moment, the gigantic projectile came blasting right down, causing a massive explosion behind everyone. Everyone within the vicinity, including the other Rangers and X-Borgs, were knocked back by the force of the explosion. The Rangers fell onto the asphalt while Troy watched in horror as his friends had been knocked off.
"NO!" he yelled. Jestino, meanwhile, was laughing in pure excitement as the mighty blast nearly engulfed the Rangers. But they were pretty much beat up and it seemed like they had no strength left to fight.
"Now, that was artistic. HAHAHAHA!" Jestino gloated as he inched closer and closer to Troy, still having his blaster pointed at him.
"Oh no." Emma and the others could only watch helplessly on the road as Jestino moved closer to deal the final blow.
"Troy, get out of there!" Gia screamed.
"Don't you touch him, you clown!" shouted Jake.
"Troy!" added Noah. But none of their pleas could help him. Troy was immobilized by the ambush and he couldn't move his legs. Jestino reached for the trigger.
"Bye bye, Red Ranger." It all seemed hopeless. They had just had enough trouble defeating the Armada and that nearly took their lives and the Earth was saved from a possible destruction. But now, a year later, it has come back to bite them. And they had barely fought the first wave. Now, Troy was done for. Meeting his end at the hands of a jester.
Jestino touched the trigger and…
BWIUM!
"AARRGH!" A laser blast was shot. Troy still had his eyes closed, still waiting for the shot to be taken. He then opened them, expecting himself to be dead. What he saw however, was far from that. He saw that he was in the same street he was pinned down at. He also saw Jestino, who was now further away, holding onto his stomach as smoke drifted from it. He let go to reveal a black dent on his stomach. Troy was still dizzy from the blow earlier, but immediately he knew, that he wasn't dead. He was very much alive.
The other Rangers quickly got up and came to Troy's aid. Seeing his friends as they helped him up from the car wreck, he felt a sudden sensation of great relief and hope. He was saved from certain doom.
"Thanks guys." Troy thanked his friends for the save. But Emma shook her head.
"Uh, Troy. That wasn't us." Troy raised an eyebrow, confused.
"Then, wh-who did?" His friends faced behind them. Troy looked to where the blast came from. And at that moment, his eyes widened. He saw a most surprising scene.
At the road behind them, there was a row of black cars all parked within a line. Out of the cars, several men in black uniforms and with black shades pointing blasters at the stunned alien. One of the men, had a blaster that was very different. It looked like a silver, red and black Tyrannosaurus head. Smoke drifted out of the nozzle of the gun as the owner lowered it down and adjusted his shades. Then, another man came from behind him. He wore a red beret and no shades unlike the other men. He pointed his blaster with one hand and with his other hand, he pulled out a badge. Concentrating on Jestino, he inched closer to the scene.
"Halt!" he ordered. "Silver Guardians! You're under arrest!"
The other Rangers couldn't believe it when they saw the man. They recognized him from the battle against the Armada. He was a valuable ally to them.
"What is this?!" yelled the downed alien jester.
"You have exactly five seconds to leave the premises!"
The Megaforce Rangers helped Troy and ran towards the troop of men. Hiding behind the leader, they started watching the action unfold.
"Wesley Collins!" Noah called out, mentioning the name of the leader.
"So that means… that's Eric Meyers?" Jake pointed at the other leader.
"The Time Force Rangers are here to help us." remarked Troy as he was still hanging on to his friends.
"That's right, guys. But you just stay put." Eric said coolly, patted Troy's stomach, causing him to flinch a little from the pain. "Let the professionals deal with this." They complied.
"Who do you think you are, hmmm?!" Jestino yelled some more. A few of the surviving X-Borgs and the Bruisers rallied to his aid.
"We're the Silver Guardians. And we're here to put a stop to your invasion. So either leave this planet or we will be forced to shoot you." Wes warned, showing the alien that he meant business. But Jestino didn't budge.
"Hah! You dare challenge the might of the Empire?! Destroy them!" He ordered his X-Borgs to rush in and take them down. But as they got in range, the Silver Guardians made ready to fire.
"FIRE!" Eric ordered his men to blast the incoming wave. They pulled the triggers. One by one, laser bolts came zapping from the blasters and right at the X-Borgs, cutting them down.
"DRRGH! Bruisers, finish them!" Next, it was the Bruisers' turn to attack. But the Silver Guardian leader, Eric, took his turn as well to shoot.
"Quantum Defender!" With a perfect aim, he launched rapid fire blasts against the larger warriors, putting them out of commission. Jestino could only watch in terror.
"AAAHH! No no no no NO! This was not supposed to happen!" Anger took over as he made a desperate attempt to charge at the Guardians himself.
Wes signaled to Eric and aimed at the alien.
"Chrono Blaster!" Along with Eric's Quantum Blaster, Wes' weapon also fired shots at Jestino. The alien jester was hit with a wave of blasts, sending him flying back and landing on the road. He struggled to get up.
The Megaforce Rangers watched in awe as the Silver Guardians easily took on the last of Jestino's forces.
"WOO! Alright!" They cheered on, except for Troy. While he was happy that he survived, he felt a little down. He felt that he wasn't strong enough to take on Jestino and yet there was a whole Empire waiting to have their go at the Earth. This sense of worry made Troy ponder about his team's capabilities. Were they not enough to take on the Empire?
"Now then." Eric pointed his blaster at Jestino again, as the battered alien got back up. "Are you going to leave, or do we have to make you?"
"Drgh! You have not seen the last of me!" The Commander swung his arm back as he retreated. Suddenly, a portal opened up as he fell back. But before he could enter, he took one last look at his victorious enemies. "You Rangers may have defeated many evil beings. The United Alliance of Evil, Dark Specter, Mavro, whatever! But do know this. The Armada was only just the beginning! The Empire will make short work of you and this planet! Farewell! HAHAHAHA!" With his last laugh of the day, he walked right into the portal and disappeared.
The damage had been done. The street was a warzone. A huge crater was left on the road. Car and bus wrecks littered the streets. The buildings around the area were also damaged from the explosion earlier.
Nevertheless, the only side that took the casualties were the Empire's. The Silver Guardians were all at ease, relieved by Wes and Eric. Setting up to return back to HQ, the two Rangers turned their attention to the Megaforce Rangers, who were tending to an injured Troy.
The Red Ranger had his stomach wrapped in a bandage and some smaller patches to his legs and hands. His clothes were burnt from the blast by Jestino. But more importantly, his morale seemed to take the biggest hit. He felt so defenceless against the sudden blow. He underestimated his opponent and as a result, he and his friends paid the price. His friends tried desperately to cheer him up. They were a little shaken, but still held on. They were that close to losing their best friend and a valuable leader.
Approaching them, Wes and Eric got their attention.
"Hey, Troy, is it?" Wes asked. Troy looked up and nodded.
"Yeah, that's me. Thanks for the save" He responded with a small smile.
"No worries."
"You must've taken a bad hit there." Eric pointed out at his injury. "But I gotta hand it to ya. Not everyone can survive a blast like that." Troy's spirit rose as the Quantum Ranger gave his remark.
"That means a lot."
"Hey, what are Red Rangers for?" The group exchanged laughs and talks as the Guardians saddled up ready to leave. But suddenly, as Wes and Eric were ready to leave, a lone car arrived from the same direction as the Guardians. This one had different symbols as opposed to the Silver Guardian logos. It was a silver hexagonal symbol with a golden lightning bolt on the hood and side doors. It parked right in front of the Rangers. The Megaforce Rangers wondered what it could be doing there, but the Time Force Rangers knew what was going on. And they had the feeling that it will be the start of a brand new era.
"What's that car doing there?" asked Emma.
"Oh, that." Wes got ready to explain to the younger Rangers. "Look, we weren't just here to save you. We're here… to recruit you." Everyone couldn't understand. What did Wes mean by "recruit"?
"Recruit us? For what?" asked Jake.
"You'll see. We'll let him do the talking."
"Him?" Troy and the others looked at the mysterious car. Then, the back door opened. Out came a pair of feet. As the door closed, a man came out.
At that moment, the Rangers were astonished. Right in front of them was the very surprising sight. The sight of a legend.
The man in a brown jacket and green shirt walked towards them, hands behind his back. Soon, shocked faces became smiling ones as the man came closer to them. They couldn't believe their eyes.
"Hey, guys. We meet again."
"Tommy!"
The battle has been won, but the war has just begun. Will the Megaforce Rangers be able to save the day? Find out next time!
A/N~ And done!
I wanna tell you readers, that most of the Empire's monsters will be villains from Gokaiger that were unused in Super Megaforce, like what I did with Basco and a few others.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The battle might seem short to be shown on TV, but that's where your imagination comes in.
For now, here I am signing off. I will need to head off to my other fics. They really need updating.
Ciao!
