Chapter Two. Blond Spectre.
Previously On Poké Rangers Genesis Overload...
The criminal group, the Coppingers attacked Verger with their robotic soldiers, the Dogbots. As the G-Force and SDI rangers came to try and defend the region, they were beaten by the opponents and their powers rendered useless. Thanks to Dorlinda, Bill and Lance, they headed to Ragnar Island where they managed to gain the power of the Eevee, taking new powers and colours to face the Coppinger threat. Managing to sneak onto the Coppinger Aerial Platform, they saved their captured friends before using the Overload Megazord to fight off two robots. However, in the process, the Coppingers got away and Paige was seemingly killed after falling off the Megazord. As the Coppingers were zapped with some strange smoke from the Genesis Book, the other rangers mourned Paige. Before the former rangers headed back to their own regions and Crane went back to the future, having confessed how he felt to everyone about Paige. Only for Dorlinda to give a packet to Katie, who opened it up. As everyone watched, Paige suddenly appeared out of the stone inside, much to their surprise...
"What the..."
At Duo's exclamation, Paige looked up in shock. Her eyes widening by the second, completely surprised by the events that had passed.
"Where am I?" she asked. "What happened? What the hell happened to me?"
"We were hoping that you could tell us," Ryan offered. "Because..."
Her eyes half closing in bemusement, everyone else could tell that she was trying to think back.
"I... I can remember..." she slowly said. "Just..."
Falling through the air, the eighty foot drop taking her by surprise. Something that she genuinely hadn't expected, the sudden landing quite literally taking her breath away for a second. Before her body began to spasm, the bones in her legs completely shattered by the fall. Screaming in pain, the blood erupted out of her throat, spattering out against her face. Suddenly feeling so warm against her cooling skin.
"No," she whispered, seeing the Overload Megazord vanish away over the side of the platform. "No! No!"
The effort from the shouts taking over her broken body for the moment, she began to choke and cough under the effort. It hurt to move at all, her only option to remain still and wait for the inevitable. The screeching crouch of the plane behind her, moving ever closer across the steel of the platform, the smoke from its burning wings entering her nostrils.
And then, it all stopped around her. The continuous screech seeming to halt in the middle of its rake, a sudden voice cutting through her pain.
"Dear dear dear," it said, softly. The loss of blood through her wounds blurring her senses so that she couldn't tell anything about it. Even if it was male or female. "You are in a bit of a pickle. Careless of you to fall."
Wanting so much to reply angrily, to make a point about how it hadn't been her intention, she was only able to muster up a choke in response.
"Yet, you have a connection to them," the voice commented. "You still have a part to play in this yet. If you want it. Let's see... I can offer you a second chance. Or, you can go off into the sweet release of death. Give the fight up, away from all the hassle. I can see that you're in a lot of pain, so if you want the first option, cough once. If it's the latter, then cough twice."
Instantly letting out a single cough, Paige tried to clear her throat for another. Just wanting it over, but her throat was in so much pain...
"Very well," the voice said, a white light erupting out across her body. All the pain, all the agony, all the conscious thought melting away...
"Interesting story," Xavier remarked. "So, looks like you're helping us out with this. Welcome back to the team."
"Forget this," she exclaimed, heading for the door. "I don't need it right now. Everyone else gets a get out. I'm..."
As she placed her hand on the door handle, it instantly passed through it. As a look of surprise passed across her face, she tried to do it again. With the same results. At the third attempt, the surprise turned to shock. She reached up to the side of the door, trying to pull it open that way. Only to stagger forward and end up half through the thing.
"How's the dramatic exit going for you?" Luke wondered, slightly sarcastically. A venomous look coming back his way in reply.
Gen-esis Over-load.
Season logo appears. Lightning crackles in the background, followed by rain and then fire. The Psychic, Grass and Dark symbols appear behind them.
Poké Rangers! Go!
Cities and towns of Verger appear. Peace occurs throughout.
Coming together to fight the evil
G-Force rangers face Regli. SDI rangers face Queen Misteria.
They will always save the day.
Katie flips through the air, firing Heat Blasters. Other rangers pose with weapons.
Poké Rangers! Go!
The Overload Megazord falls through the air, battling Garbot.
But then they lost their edge!
Rangers fall to the ground, old costumes vanish away. Dogbots celebrate their victory.
Poké Rangers! No!
The Coppinger logo appears on the horizon. Shadows fall across the land.
Gen-esis Over-load
Lance appears with his Dragonite. Bill and the Silver Gyarados appears behind him.
It's time to battle...
The rangers arrive on Ragnar Island. Rock shows them to the temple.
Poke Rangers! Go!
Xavier picks up the Water Stone. Xavier Jackson. Blue Genesis Ranger. Created by Blazin' Saddles.
Power of the Eevee!
Ryan picks up the Leaf Stone. Ryan Leopard. Green Genesis Ranger. Created by Hotrod198.
Poké Rangers! Go!
Nahir picks up the Thunder Stone. Nahir Moon. Yellow Genesis Ranger. Created by Famousgirl01.
Power of the Eevee!
Katie picks up the Fire Stone. Katie Myers. Red Genesis Ranger. Created by Blue Bongo.
Genesis Overload!
Duo picks up the Dusk Stone. Duo Roronoa. Black Genesis Ranger. Created by JMB2NAMI.
Poké Rangers!
Luke picks up the Sun Shard. Luke Sunderland, Purple Genesis Ranger. Created by MakubeDaKiddX.
Genesis Overload!
Paige sticks her head through a wall, smiling. Paige Martinez. Created by Famousgirl01.
Power of the Eevee!
The six rangers morph on the Coppinger Aerial Platform. Dogbots attack, and lose the fight.
Poké Rangers! Go!
The Hover Chasers carry the rangers into battle. Explosions occur behind them.
Verger needs you!
Mal and Tim look around, inanely. Before being chased by Golbat.
To fight that evil!
Dennis, Arbok and other enemies appear. Dennis holds the Genesis Book up high.
And save the day!
Rangers search for artefact's. Dorlinda appears.
Poké Rangers! Go!
The six rangers transform into their Eevee forms. Then, they transform into their Zords.
Power of the Eevee!
The former rangers wave at the camera, before fading away.
Fight! Fight! Fight! Win!
The Overload Megazord begins to form. It fires the Genesis Blaster.
Power of the Eevee!
The Coppinger Aerial Platform crashes to the ground and explodes.
Poké Rangers! Go!
Camera pans out to show the rangers relaxing on the Silver Gyarados. Dorlinda watches over them.
Genesis Overload!
Poké Rangers Genesis Overload created by Blue Bongo. Verger region created by Blue Bongo. All other rights reserved.
Poké Rangers! Go!
"Oh no," Paige said, looking at her hand extended through the door. "This isn't good. I so wish that I could faint right now."
"You know what this looks like, right?" Duo asked. "I mean, it looks like..."
"Don't say it," she warned. "Just..."
"You're a ghost," Bill offered. "That."
"What did I just say?" she demanded. "This is just too weird. You're joking right."
"He's not the one whose half stuck inside a door," Nahir pointed out. "Have to say it, but I think you're a ghost."
"Why not," Xavier commented. "We've had demons. Why not ghosts."
"I'm not a spook," she insisted. "I..."
"One way to find out," Dorlinda said, reaching his hand into his coat pocket. Pulling out a strange device which he tossed over to Bill. "Run that over her when you get the chance. Spectral Scanner XX84THI. A fiftieth century Silph Scope. If she's a ghost, then..."
"Two things," Katie said, shaking her head. "One, where the heck are you going? And two, you just happen to have that on your person?"
"Well, there is such a thing as foresight," he replied. "I picked it up after I dropped Crane off. I didn't have one. Also, at the same time, I left the kettle on. Okay, bye, I'll be in touch."
"Yeah right," Duo muttered, as the Lord of Time vanished out of view. "I've been in the Time Hole. He doesn't even have a kettle."
"If he can pick up a Spectral Scanner XX84-Whatever, then I'm sure he can pick up a kettle," Luke pointed out.
"Hmmm," Bill said, running the scanner across the spectral pink G-Force ranger. "Interesting. Most interesting."
"What is?" Paige demanded, angrily. "I'm not getting any solider here."
"Nah, I've just noticed," the PokéManiac replied. "Someone left a sticker on this scanner. A Solrock. Who the heck left a Solrock sticker on my scanner?"
"Try saying that really quickly," Luke muttered. "I dare you."
"Nobody knows where Dorlinda got it from," Nahir said. "He might have taken it from a child for all we know."
"He might have done," Duo remarked. "For all we know. He's just about devious enough for anything."
"Errr... What about me?" Paige asked. "Still not corporeal here. Getting more annoyed."
"And what are you going to do about it to make me go quicker?" Bill wondered. "I'm working as fast as I can."
"Now, there are ghosts," Lance muttered. "Incredible. Just incredible."
"Want to swap?" Paige demanded. "Because..."
"Okay, my examination is complete," Bill said, interrupting her. "So... You currently don't have a body, you're technically not there, but we can see and hear you..."
"You're not joking," Luke muttered. His comment drawing a glare from Paige, as Bill spoke back up.
"Although you're not there, you are giving off some residual heat and also I can pick up some brain activity."
As Duo opened his mouth up, Paige rounded on him instantly.
"Don't you dare," she snapped. "I know you, Duo Roronoa and I know what you're thinking."
"Heh," the black ranger replied. "Just say that I decided to say it. You're a ghost. What the heck are you going to do about it."
"When you go to bars to pick up girls, I'll tag along and yell out how you broke up with Danni," Paige replied. "Either that, or how you'd hit on a Pinsir if it was wearing a skirt."
"But, you wouldn't mention any of my good points," he bemoaned. "Honestly... Look, I've taken a lot of crap about that stuff with Danni. Nobody ever bothers to hear my part of the story..."
"Because we don't care," Luke replied. "I mean... I don't."
"Anyway..." Katie said, rubbing her hands together. "Where do we go from here?"
Groaning in pain, Dennis sat up. Rubbing his head, instantly recoiling slightly in pain as something sharp dug against his forehead. Even feeling it through his skin, something that felt harder than normal.
"What's going on?" he demanded, looking over to the prone forms of his fellow Coppingers. "Everyone on your feet, right now!"
As they slowly and reluctantly got up, all groaning with the pain from their predicament, Dennis felt a wave of revulsion pass across him. Followed by a sense of terror.
"Oh no," he said. "Tell me that this hasn't happened to me."
The figure that he assumed was Fuller, now a humanoid Gyarados creature, her face resembling that of the water and flying type Pokémon. Her body was covered in blue and cream scales, while her rear extended out into a tail. Her hands and feet extending out into huge Scyther claws. Across from her, Arbok now had the head of a Seviper, ironically. One of his arms resembling the tail of that same Pokémon. The rest of his body was that of an Alakazam, minus a spoon in the one good hand. Next, Jake had the head of a Honchkrow, his beak clicking away in anger. His body was that of a Weavile, while he had a Sableye face in the middle of his stomach. His beard could still be seen on the chin of the Honchkrow, creating a strange effect. Next to him, Noland had the head of an Articuno, while his body had shrank to the general size of a Porygon. He also had the wings of an Articuno, and the arms of a Kirlia. Finally, Dennis strode over to a puddle, looking at himself. Feeling sick to his stomach, as he looked at the Machoke body, the Salamence head, the Houndoom horns and the Electivire tails. His old cowboy hat still remained, only now it seemed to be made out of Salamence scales, his hands possessing a set of claws that looked like they belonged to the Dragon Pokémon.
"What happened to us?" he said, again recoiling. "This is... Horrible."
"We can't stay like this," Noland groaned. "Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Our cover is blown."
"That book mutated us," Fuller complained. "Quick, open it up again. Try to change us back."
"I don't think that will work," Arbok remarked. "It must have been a security system to stop us from using it."
Looking over at the book, he saw the indents on the cover, letting out a hiss of anger as he realised.
"Those indents," he said. "They must be for something else. This book isn't completed. Without them, we can't access its power and return to normal."
"You mean that we're stuck like this?" Jake snarled, furiously clicking his beak. "Whose bright idea was it to open the damn book up?"
Feeling the ferocious glare that Dennis was giving him, he quickly let out a gulp. Trying to readdress his comment, without being hurt.
"I mean, it was a good plan but I'm sure that there was more we could have done," he said, as a Drowzee walked out from the trees around them.
"We can't go out and find stones like this," Fuller whined. "I'm hideous."
"No more than usual," Jake snickered. "But, we need to do it. Somehow."
"Then, this creature shall be our eyes and ears," Dennis said, looking at the Drowzee in front of them. Opening the Genesis Book back up, he watched the smoke wash across the Pokémon, the creature instantly mutating in much the same way as they all had. "Arise, Soulguzzler."
As the smoke cleared away, they saw their new monster appear. The Drowzee having mutated to the shape of a Snorlax, taking the colours of the sleepy Pokémon in the style of a Drowzee. Most of its head was that of a Snorlax, but it still had the trunk-like nose of a Drowzee.
Yawning slightly, it got up, looking at the Coppingers.
"Yeah?" he asked. "What you want?"
"Show some respect to your master," Dennis growled. "We need you to go out and look for the other nine parts of this book. When you find them, bring them to us."
"I think you're missing the point of me," Soulguzzler replied, sleepily. "My purpose is to eat souls. Not go hunting for rocks."
"Are you disobeying me?" Dennis demanded. "I'm giving you an order."
"And I'm telling you that..." Soulguzzler replied, before seeing the thunderous glare that he was being given by the Coppinger leader. "... I can go and eat the souls of peope. And in the process, I can search for the stones."
"That's better," Dennis snapped, before the monster in front of them vanished away. "They better not all be that impudent."
"Anyone seen Bill or Lance recently?" Nahir asked, walking into the control room at the top of the Silver Gyarados. "I haven't..."
"He's been locked in his work room ever since we finished trying to work out what was wrong with Paige," Ryan replied, looking over at her. "If you walk past, you can hear an occasional banging, but not much more."
"All that we can do right now is try and wait for the ship to return to Verger," Xavier remarked. "We're twenty miles from Cuellar City. At the rate that we're going, we should be there within the next hour, hour and a bit."
"Small relief," Luke commented. "Where are we even going to start to look for these pieces of the Genesis Book? We haven't got a clue."
"Guess we'll have to play it by ear," Katie said. "Something will turn up eventually. It usually does."
Right on cue, a set of alarms began to ring out in the control room. The screens erupting into action, showing scenes of Soulguzzler attacking one of the cities in Verger. Barely seconds later, Bill came barreling into the room, gasping for breath.
"Excellent," he remarked, looking at the screens. "I hacked into one of the satellites above us to let me know whenever a monster attacked so I could film it. But, I guess that you've got a reason to use it now."
"We need to get over there," Duo said, as the strange monster tried to bite down on some passing civillians. "Before it gets worse."
"Oh terrific," Nahir remarked. "Looks like we're heading out into battle. Again."
"I guess I'll be here then," Paige said. "Don't worry about me. You guys just..."
"Don't worry," Xavier offered. "We'll take care of this threat and then we'll start to try and find some way of returning you to normal."
"Guess I can't ask more than that," she muttered. "It's not like I'm getting any older. That's kinda my problem."
"Hey, rangers," he said. "We're still ten miles from land. You need some way of getting across to the mainland quickly. Which is why I've just been putting the finishing touches to something."
"Anything good?" Luke asked, out of interest.
"Come down and look," Bill offered. "They're pretty awesome."
"Holy terrible Darkrai!" Ryan exclaimed, as the six rangers, plus Paige followed Bill into his work room. Lance over by one of the vehicles in front of them, finishing something up. "These are..."
"I don't believe it," Nahir said, running her eyes across the vehicles. They were big and circular, with seats sticking out of the middle. In front of the seat, there was a control panel, shielded by the sides of the vehicles. Each was painted in one of the six ranger colours.
"These are..." Bill said, confidently. "Well, we don't have a great name for them. At the moment, I'm calling them the Hover Chasers."
"Do they hover?" Luke wondered. "Or is the name just for show?"
"They hover," Bill replied. "And they're pretty damn nippy as well. Capable of going from zip to eight hundred miles per hour in twenty seconds flat. Long as you don't hit any planes or Pidgey's, you can get across the region in them in no time at all."
"I take it that it's best to use them while morphed," Duo commented. "Since eight hundred miles per hour in human form would probably cause us some bad damage."
"Yeah..." Bill said. "Probably. But, it's not like you can't morph."
"True," Katie replied. "Okay, let's do it."
As one, the six of them brought their wrist morphers up. Making to push the first button on the devices. Meanwhile, Bill hit something on his desk, the ground below them starting to rise up. The realisation that it was an elevator passing across them.
"Genesis Overload!"
Having morphed into their costumes, the group arrived on the deck, their new vehicles now able to get up and away.
"Time to give them a test drive then," Xavier remarked, hopping into the blue Hover Chaser. "Let's just hope that they don't blow up."
"It can't be as awesome as going through cyberspace on a motorcycle," Duo commented, getting into the black one. "Can it?"
"You tell us," Nahir said, in the process of climbing on board the yellow one. "We weren't there. For all we know, that's a lie."
"For once," Paige offered, from across the deck. Having come up with the elevator. "He's not lying."
"There's a surprise," Katie said, sarcastically. Already settled into the red Hover Chaser. "Anyway, let's head off and stop that threat."
"Amen to that," Bill remarked. "You can summon these at any time by using the third button on your morpher. First one being for morphing, the second one for communication..."
"So, what's the fourth one for?" Ryan wondered, already switching on the engines of the green Hover Chaser. "Or, have you not worked that out yet?"
"That's more or less the truth," Bill admitted. "I'm sure it'll all... Give me a chance."
"Good luck, rangers," Lance offered. "Try not to do something stupid that'll get you all killed."
"I don't think I've ever done anything stupid," Luke remarked, having to shout above the roar of the Hover Chase engines. "Not recently anyway... Other than go on that quest to Ragnar Island and get involved in this."
"Oh come on," Nahir said. "You know you enjoy it. You just don't admit it."
"Do I have to dignify that with a response?" the purple ranger replied, shaking his head. "No, because... Just no."
"You done yet?" Katie asked. "Because..."
Instead of finishing the question, she threw her vehicle into gear, the Hover Chaser accelerating up off into the sky. The other five soon following, virtually everyone surprised by how easy the controls were to get to grips with.
"That looks like fun," Paige muttered, sadly.
"Hey, come on," Bill replied. "Of course it's fun. But, don't worry. At some point, I'll find a way to make you corporeal again. Anything can be achieved if you put your mind to it."
"Except avoiding death," Lance pointed out. "Except... It appears that is what you did do. Strange, most strange."
As the Hover Chasers erupted over the scenes of chaos below them, the rangers saw Soulguzzler still on the attack. Grabbing people who got close to him, sucking some sort of white spirit out of them, before casting their still bodies aside.
"Let's put him in his place," Katie said, standing up inside the vehicle. "Ready?"
"Just about," Xavier replied, as the six of them jumped out of the Hover Chasers, landing across from the monster on the ground.
"Give me your souls!" Soulguzzler roared, still not having noticed them.
"What is this guy, a Channeler in disguise?" Duo wondered. "That's so much of a cliché, I can't even..."
Before he could finish speaking, Soulguzzler spun around to hurl a Psybeam attack at him. The black ranger taking the attack with ease.
"That all you got?" Duo taunted. "Because..."
"Whatever you were going to say, don't," Nahir warned. "Please. It's going to make me feel uncomfortable."
Roaring in anger, Soulguzzler jumped up, before coming crashing down. The sudden impact causing the ground to shake, throwing the six rangers to the ground in pain.
"Man, that hurt!" Ryan exclaimed. "Do they all hurt like that?"
"Oh yeah," Luke said, sitting up. "I'm already annoyed with this thing."
"I'll give you some cover," Katie offered, her hands falling to the Heat Blasters at her waist. "You guys flank him and get ready to attack."
"Sounds like a solid strategy," Xavier commented, getting ready to move.
"I think it's time to even up the odds," Soulguzzler remarked, tossing an item up into the air. Something that resembled a black and silver Poké Ball, the device opening up to let loose about a dozen Dogbots.
"New plan, ma'am?" Luke said, ever so slightly sarcastically. "I think it's time for one."
"Nah, old plan still works well," she replied, springing up off the ground into the air. Firing several blasts of flaming hot plasma from her twin pistols into the machines, her shots raking through three of them instantly to melt away their key systems.
Not hestitating, the rest of the rangers went to join in the fight.
"Shadow Sabre!"
"Tidal Trident!"
"Psycho Spear!"
"Storm Staff!"
"Fauna Hammer!"
Watching them summon their weapons, the Dogbots instantly began to howl in anticipation of the challenge. Not hesitating, Xavier went in hard and fast, impaling two with his trident, before tossing them up into the air. Across from him, Nahir struck out skillfully with her staff, managing to knock the head off one of the Dogbots before taking out the legs of another. The one that had fallen instantly getting its head crushed by Ryan's hammer, the green ranger swinging the weapon back to throw one of the robots that was behind him up into the air for Luke to leap up and hit with his spear. The blade piercing straight through the mixture of plastic and metal that passed for its skin, Luke smashing it into the ground with little mercy. With four remaining, all surrounding Duo, the black ranger gracefully swept his sword up and around. Easily cutting two in half, he jumped up and kicked their upper bodies towards the other two Dogbots, the strikes knocking them to the ground.
"That really was easy," Nahir remarked, turning her attention to where Katie had gone to fight Soulguzzler. The cumbersome monster trying to hit her with a Mega Punch, only for the red ranger to flip back away from the attack. Managing to dislodge one of the Heat Blasters from her waist, the weapon dropping into her hand between back flips to allow her to fire several times into its head. The monster roaring in pain, burns erupting across his skin around the eyes.
"Have to admit it," Luke commented. "That does look undeniably awesome."
"Kill you to say that?" Katie asked, grinning at him from under her helmet. "Are you guys going to stand there, or attack?"
"Attacking seems good right about now," Ryan said, as Luke and Nahir leaped forward through the air, brandishing their weapons.
"Psycho Cut!"
"Spark Strike!"
At their commands, two attacks raked against Soulguzzler's body. A vicious cut of psychic energy, and a deeply powerful jolt of electricity, both causing him to drop to one knee. Next, Xavier, Duo and Ryan all threw themselves to attack, their weapons swinging out.
"Waterfall!"
"Night Slash!"
"Frenzy Plant!"
This time, a trio of attacks crashed against the monster, water, dark and grass type energy being dealt to him, causing even more damage. Finally, Katie came back to attack, throwing herself out in a corkscrew motion, firing her two Heat Blasters out in front of her. The spinning vortex of fire smashing against the monster, forcing him down to the ground where he exploded. As he did so, the souls of all the people that he had attacked, returned to the fallen bodies, the victims sitting up to see the sight of the rangers celebrating.
"Well, that was a failure," Jake commented, as they watched Soulguzzler go down, in the puddle in front of them. "He didn't have a clue."
"Will we ever be rid of those rangers?" Dennis wondered, still holding the Genesis Book. "There has to be some way that he can continue the fight."
As he finished speaking, a strange ball of white light erupted out of the book, powering up into the air. Much to the surprise of everyone present.
"Now, where the hell's that going?" Arbok demanded.
As the Genesis Rangers celebrated their victory, the ball of white light fell down out of the sky in front of them, landing against the remains of Soulguzzler. In no time at all, it caused him to reform and instantly get back up. Shooting up to many times his normal size, the monster letting out a roar of anger.
"Guess they can grow," Xavier remarked. "Anyone surprised at all?"
"Not really," Katie replied. "Guess it's time to transform."
As she gave the command, their ranger colours began to emanate out of the elemental symbols on their chests. Their bodies growing to a giant size, transforming that into their Eevee power base.
"Feels a bit different this time," Nahir commented. "It's... Better."
"Overload Zords!" Katie shouted. "Megazord formation!"
At her command, the Eevolution forms began to transform into robots. The rangers appearing inside the cockpit of the machines. In no time at all, the six Zords began to combine. The Vaporeon and Umbreon Zords laying down to the ground, their legs and tails retracting inside the bodies. Their heads went down to the ground, the rear part of their bodies raising up to form legs. Next, the Leafeon Zord came bounding down, its front and rear legs fusing together before joining with the top of the Vaporeon and Umbreon Zords. Next the Flareon Zord leaped down onto the top of the Leafeon Zord, its limbsand tail folding in, a humanoid head appearing out of the area where the tail had been. The Flareon head detached, forming a helmet around the top of the head. Finally, the Espeon and Jolteon Zords jumped up, attaching to the shoulders of the Megazord. Their bodies elongating out into a prone position, the heads formed the shoulders of the robot. The rear legs and the tail of the Espeon Zord formed the hand of the right arm, while the needle-like fur at the rear of the Jolteon Zord formed the hand of the left arm. The legs vanishing away into the robotic body. As the Megazord stood up straight, it stretched out its arms.
"What?" Soulguzzler demanded. "You challenging me?"
"Apparently, we are," Ryan commented, as Katie brought the Overload Megazord over towards the foe. Bringing its arms up, it punched the monster twice in the face, Soulguzzler growling in pain. Shaking it off, he struck back with a Mega Punch. The strike causing the robot to shake violently, staggering it back.
"We've come a long way," Luke remarked, sarcastically. "First it was demons. Then robots. Now, your garden variety fat ass monster."
"I'm not fat!" Soulguzzler roared, hitting the Overload Megazord with another set of Mega Punches. Forcing it back, some dents starting to appear in the armour.
"Anyone think that it's time for a different tactic?" Xavier wondered. "If in doubt, shoot it. Genesis Blaster!"
At his command, the side of the Vaporeon leg opened up, a pistol emerging out of storage. Bringing it up, the Overload Megazord levelled it at the monster.
"You don't scare me!" Soulguzzler roared, charging towards them. Each foot step causing the ground to shake under the thunderous steps.
"Dark Pulse!" Katie shouted, pressing her finger against the trigger. "Locked on and fire!"
In no time at all, several beams of black energy erupted from the barrel, crashing against Soulguzzler's head. The shots staggering him, the Genesis Blaster being returned to its holster, before the Megazord brought its arm up.
"Genesis Staff!" Katie yelled, a new weapon appearing within its grip. A giant staff with a large blade on the end. The Megazord moving forward again, it raked the weapon against Soulguzzler's body, causing the monster to roar in pain as the blade dug in deep.
"Let's put it out of its misery," Nahir said. "Anyone got a problem with that?"
"Not really," Duo replied. "Time to exterminate this... Whatever it is."
"Element Overload!" the six rangers yelled, the Genesis Staff starting to glow, as it swiped against Soulguzzler six times. Each time glowing in one of the six ranger colours, before the monster staggered back, completely overcome by the pain. Roaring in pain, he collapsed to the ground before exploding.
"Some things never change," Duo remarked, the giant robot lowering its weapon. "Just like old times."
"You're not kidding," Xavier commented. "They still explode very well."
"Guess that was the Coppinger's striking back," Katie remarked, pensively. "They'll soon be having another crack. But, we did good today. Good job, team."
"I can't believe that they destroyed that useless Soulguzzler," Fuller whined. "I mean..."
"I can," Jake commented. "Jeez, pathetic. This isn't going to work."
"So," Dennis said, rolling his eyes. "We need a new plan. Get out on the phone, alert all other key members of our organisation. Get them over here. It's time that they were introduced to the power of the Genesis Book."
"You can't be serious," Noland remarked, slightly shocked by the order. "Put them through what we just went through."
"Does that give you a problem?" Dennis asked, his eyes narrowing at the Frontier Brain.
"Not in the slightest," Noland replied, his expression not changing. "Some of them could do with the kick up the ass."
"So," Bill said, as the six Hover Chasers landed in front of him on the deck of the Silver Gyarados. "Guess you'll be heading off right now. We're landed in Cuellar City, you can go and..."
"Actually, Bill," Katie replied, seriously. "You came through for us there. Scratch that, both of you came through for us. With the Hover Chasers. They're awesome."
"No kidding," Duo said. "That's one of the closest things available to actual flight. Other than teaching my Pidgeotto Fly. Which would be..."
"What are you actually trying to say?" Lance asked, ignoring Duo to look at Katie. "Because..."
"Well," she said. "On the way back over here, we had a talk. And we were wondering if we could continue to keep using the Silver Gyarados as a base of operations. If you two wouldn't mind helping us out with advice and the like, then..."
"It really would be appreciated," Nahir said. "The two of you obviously know what you're doing..."
"It's not like you don't have the space," Luke continued. "This boat is huge..."
"And you really wouldn't want to be responsible for Verger getting trashed, would you?" Xavier asked.
"Well," Bill replied, grinning over at Lance. "I guess we can't really turn it down, can we?"
"I was going to stick with it, whether you liked it or not," Lance pointed out. "So, it's a yes from me."
"Then, we're officially a full team," Ryan said. "Nice one."
Author's Notes.
Back to the action, if you pardon the pun.
So, I hope that you enjoyed this chapter. I had quite a bit of fun writing it.
The season's action officially starts here.
So, thanks for the reviews and the positive reception. I think...
The next one is Leader Of The Pack. The preview below as usual.
Thanks for reading.
Don't forget to review! Please! Let's see... Paige will reply to reviews for this one. Still trialling it for the first five chapters.
Chapter Three, Leader Of The Pack, preview.
Katie: Are you kidding? This rocks.
Xavier: Glad you're enjoying leadership so much.
Katie: I need to sort someone out as my second in command.
Ryan: She did what?
Bill: There's some sort of Nido... Hybrid attacking Red Moon City.
Duo: Time to take the initiative.
Xavier: Wondered how long it'd take for some of us to get captured.
Katie: We have to save them.
Xavier: Oh, now you want my help.
Coming soon.