Poké Rangers: Lost Zone
A Team PikaFlash Fanfic, working on Fanfics for 10 Years
With approval from Blaze Productions
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A/N: Chapter 3! It's time for a quick celebration. (*plays the first line Final Fantasy Victory Theme before stopping*) That's enough. Anyway, I neglected to mention this in the first chapter, but Poké Rangers: Lost Zone takes place circa. 2021, 15 years after the first Poké Rangers saved Hoenn (An Edit later: on FFdotNet).
[03. Red Fury Blaze]
The S.S. SeaBlade has a designated Dojo for the Rangers to practice and improve their fighting skills.
Julia throws a punch at a punching bag as David is in the middle of training by wielding two Bo staffs. He notices Julia's punch. "That's a strong punch. Since when did you learn how to fight?"
"I took a beginner's class when I was 17 before I came up with my own fighting moves." Julia lands another punch at the punching bag. "My three Aunts got me a coupon that gives me free lessons in self-defense as a 17th Birthday Present and out of boredom, I decided to use them. Guess it was a good idea to use those coupons if you think about it." Julia kicks the punching bag. "To be honest, before the BlackChops, I thought the moves I would teach myself wouldn't have any use, which was why I neglected to practice them for a while."
David nods. "I agree. In my case, I simply learn to build my strength over time by training with my Pokémon. After all, according to a great Pokémon Professor, most Pokémon tend to take on the traits of their trainers most of the time."
Julia suddenly stiffens up. Fortunately, David changes the subject before he notices Julia's change in attitude. "I heard you got a new weapon. When do I get to have a turn on it?"
Julia relaxes and quickly hits the punching bag. "I could let you ride my bike on one condition. I want you to withstand Storm's Thundershock for 5 minutes."
Julia's Pikachu is having a nap in a corner when he wakes up, hearing his name being mentioned.
"No way, I'll be fried to a crisp! Can't you make any exceptions for a fellow Poké Ranger?"
"Of course, if you're a Yellow Ranger. But seeing that you wear red, you don't qualify." Julia throws one final punch at the bag. "That's it. I'm done for the day. You want something to eat"
David shakes his head. "Not me. I'm going to see if Sarah is open for one final sparring session before I call it a day..."
Julia walks into Claire's lab, where Claire is working on a new weapon using Lugia's Silver Wing feather. Julia sits on a chair.
"David must be more than human if he could go through what I was doing without getting exhausted. I barely lasted the past 3 hours on our first session and he still has the energy to have a sparring session with Sarah..."
Claire chuckles. "David may have admirable willpower, but his mouth tends to put him into near impossible situations. If he's having a sparring session with Sarah hoping to win, he's in over his head."
As if fate is proving a point, a loud crash can be heard coming from the Dojo, followed by Sarah's voice on the ship's speakers. "Alexis, your much needed medical assistance is required over at the Dojo."
"Maybe when I have the chance, I should learn a few moves from Sarah." Julia looks at the bits and pieces on Claire's desk. "What are you working on?"
"I'm using the bits of Tornado-Zone's armor and the Silver Wing we've recovered to build a new weapon. Hopefully, it should be battle-ready soon."
VictreeBomb spits out a humanoid Ninetales wearing metal chest plate, wrist guards and leg guards. ChaRaging introduces the new monster to DeathScyther and KillerBeedrill.
"With Master ZeroMew busy with creating a new monster from scratch, I have decided to take the initiative by creating my own monster; NineWhips is the perfect adversary to counter the Red Ranger's attacks."
DeathScyther crossed his arms as he looks at NineWhips. "A fire-type. What's the plan with this one?"
ChaRaging explains the details of his plan. "After studying my battle with the Red Ranger, I intend to use NineWhips to bait the Red Ranger to use his most powerful Fire attack on her. Using Flash Fire, she will then use the Red Ranger's own power against the Rangers and wipe them out. Until then, the armor she's wearing will keep her from taking too much damage. Once she's hit by the Red Ranger's Fire attack, the armor is no longer needed as nothing can touch her."
KillerBeedrill buzzed around the room. "The master will be pleased with this. But where do we plan to strike the Rangers?"
ChaRaging sits on a rock. "You're the Spymaster, K-B. You're supposed to find out their plans so that we could disrupt their plans to seal the Master away."
"Oh yeah. I'll be right back." Embarrassed at being reminded of his purpose, KillerBeedrill flies out the room to do his job.
ChaRaging shakes his head in disgust. "Sometimes I wonder if that Beedrill's brain is smaller than VictreeBomb's. At least VictreeBomb's mouth is used for making the Monsters."
David, Claire and Julia are in the lab with the new weapon that appears to be shaped like a Lugia.
"I present to you the Lugia Booster. Using the aerodynamic armor from Tornado-Zone, this cannon can shoot an extremely-pressurized burst of air at an enemy with the strength to penetrate through any form of armor we are up against. Of course, to maintain the power in the weapon, I would need this..."
Claire opens the box on the table, revealing Silver Wing. "Lugia's Silver Wing contains a fragment of Lugia's power required to absorb and discharge the weapon's power at the user's choosing; otherwise, when you use the cannon without the feather, it may explode in your face."
"So, when do we get to test it?" David asks. "I want first dibs on it since Julia already has a new weapon!"
Claire nods. "At least that saves me from asking for a volunteer. The weapon is already linked to the Morphing Grid, so you are free to use it."
Inside a shooting range next to the Lab, the Red Charizard Ranger is holding the Lugia Booster as Julia and Claire are behind thick glass watching David's test firing.
Claire speaks into the microphone. "I suggest going at 30% for now. I don't want you to punch a hole through the side of my ship if you miss."
"Sure thing." David adjusts the weapon to 30% of its full power and he aims at the target. "Sacred Aeroblast!"
David fires the Lugia Booster. The shot obliterates the target, but the recoil of the shot sends David flying backwards into a wall. The recoil caused David to demorph and without the protection of his Ranger Suit, he gets knocked out from the impact to the wall.
Claire nods as she records the result of the test on her computer. "At 30%, it's still has a powerful recoil that causes the user to demorph. Perhaps I should..."
Julia interrupts Claire. "Shouldn't we get medical assistance for David first?"
David wakes up in his room with an icepack on his head. "What just happened? It feels like a ship hit me from behind"
"Actually, you hit the ship." Alexis is standing next to David's bed. "You took a pretty bad hit from testing the Lugia Booster."
Alexis checks David's arms and neck. "Looks like you'll be fine. Oh, and Claire also wants you to know that we'll be making a quick stopover at Olivine before going to Sinnoh. It turns out that she forgot to collect her order of Rage Candy Bars."
David sits up. "Why would Claire want candy bars from Mahagony Town?"
"It's one of Claire's favorite snacks," Alexis answered. "And it's quite a funny story about it. Claire was at a Party in Slateport City and the party organizers underestimated the demand for Rage Candy Bars. Claire was about to get her hands on the very last Rage Candy Bar at the party when someone else took it and finished it off. She overreacted by throwing a cake at the guy's face."
"How is that an overreaction? If someone takes the last item I wanted to have, I would certainly be pissed."
"The big problem is that the guy is happens to be extremely close to one of Hoenn's richest and most influential women. Claire wanted to apologize but when an angry rich woman puts a bounty on your head, you know that 'sorry' won't cut it anymore, especially when every single exit out of Hoenn has a wanted poster of your face."
"So, how did Claire escape if she couldn't leave?"
"It's best to hear my story straight from the adventurer's mouth." David and Alexis notice Claire standing at the entrance to David's room, listening to the story.
"Even though there was a dragnet all over Hoenn with a bounty on my head, no one bothered to chase me via Route 134 because of the ocean currents outside Slateport. As far as I know, Emperor is the only Water Pokémon I have that is strong enough to fight those currents. And what I learnt from that incident is that I must always keep a cool head, otherwise I would end up isolating myself from every Region in the world."
Claire sits on the chair next to the bed. "I'm here to apologize about the Lugia Booster. The weapon is still unbalanced and the recoil is far too dangerous to be used, even with the protection from your Ranger suit. Fortunately, the results of your test were able to help me I figure out a way to reduce the effect of the recoil without sacrificing the power. But I need two key components to do that."
David sits up, more interested in Claire's plan than his own pain. "So, what do we need?"
"First, I need a Rainbow Wing and that is quite easy for me to get. It's the second component that is making the situation a bit complicated. It's a rare experimental heat-treated Steel plate designed to withstand every form of Fire-Type attack. Unfortunately, the only person I know who knows how make this sort of metal is our enemy."
At the bad guy's lair, KillerBeedrill flies into the large room in a big hurry, only to hit his head on a rock wall because he was moving too quickly that he couldn't see where he is going. He quickly recovers and flies to ChaRaging and DeathScyther. "The Rangers are on their way to Olivine for a quick stopover before moving on to Sinnoh."
DeathScyther nods. He looks at NineWhips. "NineWhips, intercept the Rangers in Olivine. We do not know why they are there, but they must be stop."
NineWhips disappears in a cloud of smoke.
At Olivine Port, David, Julia and Sarah are about loading a large crate containing Rage Candy Bars onto the S.S. SeaBlade.
David groans as he pushed the large crate up onto the deck of the ship. "I'd say that this stopover is a waste of time if it weren't for the fact that this is Claire's ship."
Sarah smiles as she helps push the crate. "I know Claire long enough to know that she has a good reason for doing this."
"Rage Candy Bars do not classify as a 'good enough reason', Sarah."
"Stop complaining, David," Julia said as she pushes the crate. "The sooner we get this crate on the ship, the sooner we leave."
"Okay, I'm a bit confused here." Sarah stops pushing the crate. "Why are you two helping me push this crate onto the ship when we have a perfectly working crane on the SeaBlade?"
David's eyes went wide. "There's a crane on the SeaBlade? Why didn't you mention it earlier?"
"I was planning on using the crane to get it onboard until you decided 'help' me out by pushing it up the ramp," explained Sarah. "David, you need to cool your inner fire or you'll eventually regret it."
Suddenly, Claire performs a flip over the large crate and lands behind the group. "Guys, we've got reports of a huge LZ Energy reading at the Olivine Lighthouse. Let's go."
Sarah sends a nod to the Yellow and Red Rangers. "Don't worry about the crate. I'll get Kyle to use the crane to load it."
David, Julia and Claire arrive at the lighthouse as screaming passer-bys run for their lives away from the humanoid Ninetales monster that is terrorizing the city. Claire rubs her chin. "Well, I've never seen that one before. Guess this will be a big learning curve."
NineWhips gets into a battle stance. "I am NineWhips, and I am here to defeat you, Rangers. Give me your best shot."
David, Claire and Julia reveal their PokéGear Morphers. "Ready?" David asks.
"Ready!"
"Lost Zone, Energize!" The three Poké Rangers activate their Morphers, going through their respective morphing sequences wearing their respective Ranger Suits wearing their respective helmets.
The Three Poké Rangers perform a pose. "Poké Rangers: Lost Zone!" An explosion of red, yellow and blue smoke bursts out behind them.
"I'll end this right now!" David summons his Blazing Spears. "Fire Spin Dance!"
David spins around and strikes NineWhips with his flaming spears. However, NineWhips laughs. "You imbecile! You really think you can take me down that quickly?"
Suddenly, the flame from David's own attack hits him, sending flying backwards crashing into Claire.
Claire groans. "You call yourself a Fire-Type Trainer when you forgotten that Ninetales can absorb Fire-type attacks using Flash Fire?"
"I didn't expect her to have Flash Fire in the fire place," David retorts. "Now what do we do?"
Both the Red and Blue Rangers got off the ground as NineWhips crossed her arms. "Armor break off!"
NineWhips sheds the protective armor she is wearing. "Now that I've received a power boost from you, Red Ranger, I can no longer fear any of your attacks and move as quickly as I want to. You've just ensured your defeat."
Claire charged towards NineWhips with her Emperor Claws. "Bad move! With your armor gone, you'll take more damage. Aqua Jet Claws!"
Claire's Emperor Claws unleash a jet of water that launches Claire towards the Monster. However, the water quickly evaporates from the extreme heat emitted from NineWhip's body, weakening Claire's attack.
'Her body temperature has risen to the point that my water attacks evaporate!' Claire swings her claws at NineWhips but NineWhips dodges the claws and lands a powerful kick at Claire's stomach, knocking the air out of her stomach.
"If Water attacks won't work, perhaps an Electric attack will! Thunderbolt Punch!" Before Julia could launch her attack with her Storm Gauntlets, NineWhips is already right in front of Julia. "Too slow, little mouse." Julia blocks a kick from NineWhips, but the impact is strong enough to send the yellow ranger crashing into some crates.
NineWhips turn her attention to David. "This battle is between me and the Red Ranger. I want to humiliate you first before destroying you."
"You may use my own flames against me, but never underestimate the inner fire I have!" David pulls out his secondary weapon, the LZ Blaster. "LZ Blaster, fire!" David fires a couple of shots at NineWhips, but she easily dodges the attacks using her high speed.
David flips the LZ Blaster into its Blade forme. "LZ Blade!"
David swings his at NineWhips, but she dodged each swing and she follows up with a punch that sends David flying backwards. David slowly gets to his feet as NineWhips crossed her arms.
"It was fun playing with you, Red Ranger, but it's time for the Coup De Grace; Overheat Drive!" NineWhips engulfs herself in flames and dashes forward towards David. She then performs a spinning flame attack at David.
David raises his Blazing Spears and blocks the attack. However the huge power from the attack breaks through David's defenses, causing his spears to spin in the air, planting the blades onto the ground.
NineWhips finishes her attack and she could feel the huge drain in her power. 'Whoa. I used up a bit too much power in that attack. Luckily, the Red Ranger has been weakened, so this next one will finish him.'
Claire sits up and notices pieces of NineWhip's armor on the ground next to her. She picks up the largest piece of armor and uses her Morpher to scan the metal. After receiving the results, Claire looks up to see NineWhips engulfing herself in flames for a second time in preparation for her next Overheat Drive attack.
"David, use this to protect yourself!" Claire throws the armor to David. David catches the armor as NineWhips used Overheat Drive for a second time. Using the armor, David is able to protect himself from most of the attack, enabling him to push NineWhips back
This time, David remains standing as NineWhips drops onto one knee.
"No, I used too much power." She glares at David. "But you can't beat me. Your fire attacks will only make me stronger than before!"
David leans himself on the wall of a building. "True, but I'm not giving up that easily. Not when I can use everything we have."
Claire sees David summoning the Lugia Booster to his hands. "Are you insane, David? Didn't you experience first hand what happens if you use that weapon?"
David aims the Lugia Booster at NineWhips. "Yeah, I've seen what this can do at 30%. Let's see what it would do at 50%? Lugia Booster Attack: Sacred AeroBlast, FIRE!"
David used the wall to brace himself from the recoil as Sacred AeroBlast blasts NineWhips straight in the chest. NineWhips could only cry in disbelief. "No way!"
NineWhips collapses onto the ground as David drops the weapon. "That packed a real big punch. But at least I got her on my first shot."
"You idiot, what were you thinking?" Claire glares at David under her helmet. However, Claire smiles and pats David on the back. "But I must admit it was a pretty smart move to use the building to anchor yourself from the recoil.
David grins as he rubs the back of his helmet. "Yeah, I figured that if I am to fly backwards into a wall, I might as well be at the wall to save myself the trouble of flying there."
Claire's smile disappears. 'And I thought he figured out a way to counter the recoil without the need of the necessary components.'
DeathScyther is watching the battle.
"It's not over until I say it's over," DeathScyther clashed his blades vertically together in a Ninja-like pose. "Power of the Lost Zone, Maximize!"
Four swords appear out of nowhere and plant themselves on the ground, forming a seal around NineWhips's Body. The Swords reenergize NineWhips and increases her size that causes her to tower over Olivine City.
"K-Bird, unleash!" David and Julia summon their Zords and enter the cockpits.
"K-Bird Megazord, assemble!" The three Bird Zords combine to form the Megazord, ready to face NineWhips.
NineWhips growls. "This city will burn to the ground before I can be beaten!"
Claire speaks to the Red and Yellow Rangers through their helmets. "Guys, Trinity Blast and Trinity Slash has Fire embedded in the attacks, so Sarah made some emergency modifications to your Megazord. Your attacks might be weaker, but it should be able to handle NineWhips. But just in case, I'm helping..."
"How are you going to help us if you don't have a Zord?" David asks.
Claire is now standing on top of Olivine Lighthouse, the highest point of Olivine City. "Who said I don't have a Zord? But I need you to buy me some time to get my Zord ready."
Julia nods. "Alright, hopefully we should be able to soften her up by the time your Zord arrives, Claire."
NineWhips kicks the K-Bird Megazord, throwing it off balance.
"Correction, I think we're the ones being soften up," said David.
Meanwhile, Claire opens her Morpher and presses a few buttons. "Alright, let's see what my new Zord can do."
A purple vortex appears in sky above Olivine City as a strange serpentine-like creature exits the purple vortex.
David spots the new Zord. "What is that?"
Julia recognized the shape of the Zord. "A Zord using the shape of Giratina in its Origin Forme."
Claire teleports herself into the cockpit of the Giratina Zord and sits at her console. "Ghost Giratina, online!"
Ghost Giratina is a Zord based on Giratina's Origin Forme, with the ability to travel between two dimensions easily. And with this ability, the Zord is suited for surprise attacks on the enemy...
Claire grins as she gets a feel for her new Zord. "Showtime! Let's try this one first; Invisible Tentacles!"
The appendages on Ghost Giratina's back extend themselves and flies towards NineWhips. However, before the tentacles could even reach NineWhips, suddenly enters a time-space distortion.
"What was that? It didn't do anything to me?"
The tentacles suddenly reappear behind NineWhips and wraps around her body. "Come on, this is a T-Rated Fanfic!"
NineWhips is pulled into the time-space distortion towards Claire's location, giving the K-Bird Megazord the opening it needs.
"Let's do it!" The K-Bird Megazord is holding a Giant Shuriken made from Zapdos and Articuno's wings.
"Four-Wing Shuriken: Duality Slash!" K-Bird Megazord throws the Shuriken at NineWhips, slicing through NineWhips's body, but the monster is still standing. Despite the weakened attack, NineWhips is now close to defeat.
"Now it's my turn! Broken-Space Wrack Down!" Ghost Giratina instantly appears behind NineWhips. The tendrils on the back of Ghost Giratina wraps around NineWhips and Ghost Giratina pulls NineWhips into another dimension.
"When a weakened enemy has been hit by Broken-Space Wrack Down, Ghost Giratina will banish them to the Lost Zone, where they will change back into the very energy that created them."
Ghost Giratina abandons Ninewhips into the Lost Zone as it returns to in Olivine through the dimensional distortion Ghost Giratina created. Once the Zord leaves the Lost Zone back into the normal world, the distortion fixes itself.
Claire snaps her fingers. "Victory is mine, whether you like it or not."
On the deck of the S.S. SeaBlade, Claire opens the Crate with her bulk order of Rage Candy Bars. "This calls for a celebration. Each of you will get one Rage Candy Bar. The rest is for my own personal use."
David, Julia and Julia's Pikachu, Storm (who is sitting on Julia's shoulder) each receive a Rage Candy Bar. But when they look inside the crate, they spot a rainbow colored feather among the boxes of Rage Candy Bars.
David takes the Rainbow Wing feather out of the crate. "Claire, is this..."
"A Rainbow Wing?" finished Claire. "Yes it is. If I had told you we were coming to Olivine to get a Rainbow Wing, I'm sure ZeroMew would come for the Feather. Instead, I had the feather hidden within the crate of Rage Candy Bars."
"Wait, shouldn't the Rainbow Wing emit the same kind of energy as the Silver Wing?" asked Julia. "I mean, remember our battle for the Silver Wing against SharpMariner."
Claire kicks the crate. "This crate is one of a kind. I made it to block off any energy signature the feather gives away when I stashed it in there with the candy bars. I had it delivered to Olivine Port from Mahogany for safe keeping until I needed it."
Claire picks up a piece of NineWhip's armor. "Plus, I got some spoils from our last battle, so I'd expect for the Lugia Booster to be fully battle-ready soon." Claire looks at the Red Ranger. "And David, what is the most important lesson you have learned from my story today?"
David nods. "Don't ever take the very last Rage Candy Bar when you're around."
Claire rolls her eyes as she takes a bite out of her candy bar. "Meh, its close enough."
[End of 03]