Tommy looked up from his seat on the leg press when he saw Kyle walking up. After returning from their trip to Canada they had rested up and in the morning had gone to the gym for their workout. They usually stayed at the gym for an hour or so, which was why Kyle seeking him out after 2 was so interesting.

"Come on, we should get going. Time for a serious workout." Tommy looked at his in confusion.

"I thought we came here for a workout?"

"Nope, this was just a warm up. Time for a workout." Getting his message Tommy got up and wiped down his seat. After grabbing their workout bags, they left and went to an abandoned shopping center not too far away. After hiding their bags, the two stood facing each other and took out their moribtes.

Gokai Change: Gokaiger

Charging at each other, the two fought blade for blade, shot for shot, both trying to come up with a way to get an advantage. After hooking his foot under a piece of rubble and kicking it at Kyle, Tommy grabbed a ranger key and did the first change of their spar.

Gokai Change: Diaranger

After changing into TenmaRanger he rushes his friend with a barrage of strikes, and got the advantage. After being thrown into, and through, an old wall Kyle sat up and grabbed a ranger key of his own. Tommy ran over and jumped the hole, hoping to press the advantage, but got a surprise.

Gokai Change: GoaRanger

Before TenmaRanger's boots even hit the ground a clawed hand slashed him across the chest, sending him rolling. GoaRed and TemaRanger fought blow for blow, evenly matched once again fighting to one up each other, until eventually Kyle's brute strength got the edge, slamming Tommy into the wall and throwing him down the corridor. As Tommy spun around to his feet he slid a new key into his Morbites.

Gokai Change: Go-Onger

Before Kyle could react, Go-On Blue charged down the corridor at Mach Speed and slammed into him, sending the Red warrior flying back, sparks flying from his costume when he landed. As he sat up, he pulled a new ranger key out to counter this new change.

Gokai Change: CarRanger

As Red Racer and Go-On Blue clashed at high speeds, they both drew their weapons, with Tommy trying to keep a bit of distance to fire his Garage Launcher while Kyle tried to get up close with the Fender Sword. Kyle chance came when Tommy slipped on some timber and stumbled. Kyle ran over and hit him in the stomach and slammed his forearm repeatedly into him. Tommy brought his launcher down on Kyle's head and shoulders, and then monkey flipped him away. Kyle managed to land on his feet and skidded a few meters, sliding a key in as he spun around.

Gokai Change: DekaRanger

The moment he heard the next change, Tommy had his next key in his hand and changed as well.

Gokai Change: MegaRanger

Drawing their side arms, the two began to fire at each other, dodging most of the shots as they made their way closer to the center. Finally, they got so close that they couldn't miss, and both pirates were went back by the blasts and rolled to the ground, both demorphing.

After a few minutes Kyle hauled himself to his knees, and Tommy leaned back against a wall. They looked around the abandoned store they had fought in. Blaster marks all over the walls, claw and slash marks in the corridors and holes in the wall from them slamming each other around. To the average person who saw the fight, they would think they wanted to kill each other, but this was all training. They knew that the Zangyack wouldn't hold back if they had the chance. So the only way for them to train and improve was to go all out.

After they gathered their stuff, which had accidently been scattered, they made their way back to their apartment, stopping on the way and getting some take out. After eating and washing up, they began to brainstorm about possible ranger candidates. They kept hitting bad ideas until Tommy said the one name Kyle hoped he wouldn't.

"What about Crystal? She's tough and can hold her own. She doesn't know much about Super Sentai, buts minor compared to the big picture."

"I don't know man. I agree with you, she is tough but would she work as part of the team? I mean, we get along with her, but we aren't exactly friends."

"Kyle, you don't want her on the team because you like her. This is more important than that. We need help, she can fight, that's all there is to it." The Red Pirate sighed, knowing his friend was right. He wasn't looking forward to asking her though. "Come on man, she's usually at the gym by this time of night. Let's go ask, get this over with."

The two grabbed a new Moribates and the yellow Gokai Key and made their way to the gym. Crystal was there, as she usually was this time of night. 19 year old Crystal Austin was a waitress at the restaurant where both Kyle and Tommy worked as prep cooks. However in order to focus on fighting the Zangyack they had both taken time off, using gold they found aboard the Galleon to supplement their income. They waited by the door for her to get done with her workout and stopped her as she left.

"Tommy, Kyle, what are you both doing here so late?"

"Listen, we really need your help. Come over here, it's kind of hard to explain." Tommy said as the three walked behind the gym, and checking that there was no one looking, began to talk.

"You've heard about what's been going on with those monsters, right?"
"Duh, everyone had. What's your point?" She asked/

"We're the ones fighting them, and we can't do it alone. We're asking you for help." Kyle said. She looked at them for a few minutes but laughed and began to walk away.

"Ok, you two need to practice your humor better, because-" Gokaiger "that wasn't…..very….funn….." After hearing a new voice, the moribites, she had turned to look at them and found herself looking at Gokai's Red and Blue. After a moment they demorphed in a flash and Tommy held up the yellow gokai key and tossed it to her, which she caught easily and looked at in shock, then back up at them.

"You guys are serious, you guys are the pirates fighting those monsters who want to take over the world and you want me to help? Ok, let's slow down and go over this again, because my head is going to explode."

Kyle and Tommy nodded and began to explain the events that led to their receiving the keys, and the subsequent arrival of the Zangyack. How they've been fighting them to keep them at bay and their search for the Ultimate Powers, and how they found out the ZyuRanger Ultimate Power were taken/given by someone else.

Crystal listens and rubs her head as she tries to absorb the information being given to her.

"So…what happens if I don't accept this?" She asked.

"You don't have to of course. This is risky and our lives in danger every time we go out there and fight. But you are our best, and to be honest only choice." Kyle told her. He handed her the Moribites and stepped back. "Sleep on it and let us know your decision."

As she opened her mouth to reply, there was an explosion not far away. All three turned and saw Gormin falling from the sky. Kyle and Tommy both morphed and began running towards the group, forgetting about Crystal, who looked torn.

As soon as they spotted the gormin on the ground, both of them began to fire their guns, and drew their swords for up close combat. As they fought off a sizable number of the Gormin they spotted the action Commander from Episode 3, Salamandam, and they both tensed up. If his tail thing went underground, he could destroy the entire town. They had to fight smart and go straight for the kill. Grabbing the keys used to fight him off in the show, they got ready to fight.

Gokai Change: MagiRanger

Tossing their capes out of their way, they both held out their wands and cast an incantation.

Magi Magi Go Gokai

To their surprise the spell, which should have wrapped Salamandam in his tail thing, but instead just fizzled out.

"What's going on?" Kyle asked. Before they could have a moment to think, Salamandan began to toss fireballs at them, forcing them on the defensive. Changing back into Gokaiger, they used their swords to deflect the fireballs, trying to come up with a plan. As Salamandam raised his tail to drive it in the ground for his big attack, the two frantically reached for a new key to stop him, but they both knew they couldn't reach him in time.

Time seemed to slow down as the point of the tail approached the ground. Just before it penetrated the ground, Bouken Yellow ran over from behind and stabbed him in the tail with the scooper phantom, cutting it off. As the monster screamed in pain, he turned around to attack her, but was nailed in the side of the head with the scoopers, sending him back right into the waiting blades of the Gokai Sabers.

After they played their game of hack and slash with the action commander and sent him back, Red and Blue turned to Yellow and nodded.

"Is this your choice then?" Kyle asked. BoukenYellow nodded and changed into Gokai Yellow.

"Well I've been watching you guys, and it occurred to me, "what would you two to do without me?" So I goggled Super Sentai and choose the first one I saw."

"Delicious." Tommy said with a chuckle. "Now, let's cool this hot head down for good."

Turning to face Salamandan, the three pressed their thumbs downs on the trigger and grabbed three keys, ready for round 2.

Gokai Change: Shinkenger, Goseiger, Hurricanger

Changing into Shinkenblue and HurricaneBlue, Kyle and Crystal got up close and used their swords while Tommy, having changed into GoseiBlue used the Seaick Bowgun from a distance. As Salamandan tried to hit Crystal, Kyle blocked it and dropkicked him, which opened him up wide for an up close blast from the Sonic Megaphone, with Kyle following up with attacked using the Water Arrow weapon, and Tommy finished the three pronged attack using the Presshower Gosei card to blast him with several streams of water.

As the water based attacked hit him, Salamandan's body began to steam as the heat from his fire attacks cooled his body, weakening him severally. Stepping back, the three changed back into Gokaiger, with Tommy tossing Crystal one of his sabers. Popping the cylinders, they slide in their ranger keys, with Kyle and Tommy pressing their gun's cylinders against Crystal's two swords and closing them.

Final Wave: Gokai Blast and Slash

With the Red and Blue shots fired, Crystal brought down her Sabers and the yellow slashes, which combined with the shots and finishes off Salamandan with a large explosion. As the three congratulate themselves on their success, a pair of purple beams are fired from the sky and hit the fallen monster, making it grow.

"NO! That's what we don't need!" Tommy said as they ran to avoid being stepped on.

"Don't we have a megazord or something?" Crystal asked.

"We have the GokaiOh, but we can't use it with only three of us. But we can still fight." Kyle said as he dialed the Gokai Galleon. Once they were on board, they sent out the other Gokai Vehicles, with Crystal aboard the GokaiTrailer and Tommy on the GokaiJet. Being the smallest, GokaiJet was the last to come out. Once it was free, GokaiRacer and GokaiMarine went back into the Galleon and the three began to attack. While the Galleon and Jet fired their cannons and beam weapons, respectively, the GokaiTrailer came up from behind and rammed into its legs and sent it stumbling. But once it got it footing it attacked the Jet with flames. Their plan was to lure Salamandan to the lake in the park and knock it in.

After a few minutes of getting him to the lake Kyle got close to him in the Galleon and popped the Marine out of its back and knocked the action commander into the lake, causing large amounts of steam to begin to come out. Kyle begins to fire his cannons while Tommy fired the Jets energy cannon, damaging him. Charging at him, Crystal used the GokaiTrailer to ram into him and back into the water. One perfect shot to the head later with the Energy Cannon, and it was finished. After the vehicles were back in the Galleon, they took off and started to talk.

"Ummm, you guys said you need to find the actors to locate the Ultimate Powers right?" Crystal asked. Kyle and Tommy nodded and showed her the map of the locations they thought they could find the actors.

"We know that the actors have the powers, Amy Jo Johnson confirmed that. We just need to figure out which one to go after next." Kyle told her.

"Well, I did read in the paper that Jason David Frank is going to be in town tomorrow, as part of a Martial Arts convention. We can talk to him and see if he still has his powers." They both looked at her, and Tommy used the computer aboard to check the local paper.

"She's right. He and a group of his students will be at the Marriot Hotel tomorrow for a convention and to deliver a seminar on bullying and self-esteem." Tommy told them. Kyle nodded and got up from his seat.

"Well then, if we're going to be meeting a legend, we better get a good night's sleep." As they began to head to their rooms aboard the Galleon, Kyle turned to Crystal. "Hey, thanks for joining us, and welcome to Pirate Sentai Gokaiger."

This is chapter 3. I hope you all enjoy. Next story will feature the Jason David Frank Tribute. 50% of the credit for that chapter goes to KoolKen256.

Gokai Changes for this chapter:

Gokai Red: GoaRed, Red Racer, DekaRed, MagiRed, ShinkenBlue

Gokai Blue: TenmaRanger, Go-On Blue, MegaBlue, MagiBlue, GoseiBlue

Gokai Yellow: BoukenYellow, HurricaneBlue