Victor, Amanda, Elliot, Charlie and Tony all came running into the city centre, finding the place deserted. By a building block was a group of slashers, surrounding a large mechanical creature resembling a car crusher. The creature took a few steps towards them before beginning to laugh.
"Seriously?" The creature said "I, Crushor, come to begin the demise of the plague of Humanity, and all it can send is a bunch of spandex clad morons?"
"Who're you calling morons?" Charlie said, pulling his D-Fender "How's this for moronic?"
Charlie took several shots at Crushor, all of them being deflected back at the team, knocking them to the floor. As they all picked themselves up, Amanda grabbed Charlie's D-Fender.
"You can have this back if you promise to be a good Black Ranger." She said, Charlie nodding in defeat as she handed him back the blaster before patting the top of his helmet "Good boy."
"If you two are done?" Tony said, gesturing to the group of creatures "They're still here."
"None of us had noticed." Elliot said, sardonically "Shall we?"
"We shall." Victor said, pressing his belt buckle "Extinction mode! Tyranno fang!"
"Stego shield!"
"Tricera drill!"
"Raptor claw!"
"Parasaur shot!"
"Ooh, you have add ons." Crushor said "Slashers, attack!"
"Told you someone else would think it was cool!" Victor said, hitting a slasher in the chest with his Tyranno fang before charging through and beginning to fight Crushor "Thanks for proving my point, ugly."
"Who're you calling ugly, red?" Crushor asked, slashing at Victor with his right arm, a large claw like a vehicle crusher's crane arm acting as a hand, Victor going to the floor, his extinction mode collapsing "Did I break your little mod?"
"It's fine, I can still kick your butt." Victor said, looking over in time to see a pair of slashers double team Elliot "Need a hand, blue?"
"Let's double team them!" Elliot replied "D-Sabre! Crystal mode!"
"D-Sabre!" Crystal mode!" Victor said, both of them having their sabres appear in their hands before the weapons converted into crystals, the two Rangers inserting them into their D-Fenders "Double maximum strike!"
The two Rangers fired at the slashers, taking them down. As they did, Amanda, Charlie and Tony all pulled their D-Sabres and shifted them into crystal mode, following Victor and Elliot's lead.
"Triple maximum strike!" Amanda called as the three of them fired at Crushor, the attack hitting but only staggering him "What the hell?!"
"Got any more?" Crushor asked, as Victor and Elliot both charged him, attempting to fight him but being swatted away like flies "I'll take that as a no."
"How about this." Victor said as Elliot handed him his crystal "Red D-Fender, red and blue double strike!"
A red and blue beam shot from each barrel of Victor's D-Fender, hitting Crushor in the centre of his chest. The creature resisted for a moment before falling to it's knees and exploding in a fire ball. Victor ejected Elliot's crystal, handing it back to him.
"That was awesome." Victor said "Did you guys see that?"
"Yeah, we saw." Elliot said "Come on guys, let's get back to base."
"Yeah, let's do it, I'm feeling another go in that simulator!" Victor said "Amanda, come on, me and you can tag team it, see if the red and pink double strike's even better!"
"I'm okay, thanks." Amanda said "But I'll come back to base if you guys want to hang. So long as our resident Black Ranger isn't coming."
"I didn't want to anyway." Charlie said, starting to walk off and turning back "Vic, you coming?"
"No man, I want to hit the simulator again." Victor said, powering down.
"Oh, don't lie to me." Charlie said, powering down and gesturing to Amanda "I can see exactly what you want to hit! Later!"
"Charlie, don't-" Victor started before Tony put a hand on his shoulder.
"I'll go talk to him." Tony said "We'll catch you up later."
Tony ran off after Charlie, leaving Elliot and Amanda stood with Victor. After a second, he turned and began walking in the direction of the base. He got a few steps and turned back, an obviously forced smile on his face.
"You guys coming?" He asked, feigning joviality.
"Why not." Elliot said with a grin "Lead the way."
...
Victor, Elliot and Amanda walked into the warehouse, Victor quickly making his way over to the couch in the corner of the room and flopping down on it. Amanda and Elliot looked between each other, before Elliot walked over to the chair beside the couch, sitting in it, as Amanda made her way to one of the refrigerators in the corner, pulling out a coke.
"You okay, man?" Elliot asked "Look, I get that Charlie's your friend and all that, but he's kind of a tool."
"You think I don't know that?" Victor asked aggressively, before sighing "Sorry man, it's just... He's been my best friend since we were five, and this is the first time we've fallen out. Like, at all."
"Seriously?" Elliot said, surprised "So in, what, 12 years, you've never fallen out with him? How'd you manage that?"
"With difficulty." Victor admitted "Sure, it'd be easy to just fall out with him over every little thing, but-"
Before he could finish his sentence, the communicators on their wrists beeped. Victor pressed the button on the side of his and raised it to his mouth.
"What's up?" He asked.
"It's the city, it's under attack." Hayley's voice came through "Looks like the monster you fought earlier is back for round two."
"Well then, we'll school him again." Victor said, standing up and pulling his D-Fender as Elliot and Amanda stood to his right and left respectively, doing the same "Ready?"
"Wait, there's more." Hayley's voice came through "You guys might want to use this as an opportunity to test your zords."
"Zords?" Amanda asked "What do you mean zords?"
"Come on, you didn't think you'd be zordless Rangers did you?" came Hayley's reply "Tommy told you about the zords, right?"
"Not going to lie," Elliot said "I think we were all kind of in shock."
"And I missed the talk." Victor said "Now, as I was saying, ready guys?"
"Ready!" The other two said, as all three of them inserted their crystals into their D-Fenders, all calling "Dino Strike, Charge!"
Beams of each of their respective colours fired from their barrels. The beams circled back, each of them being hit in turn. First, Victor's beam hit him, leaving him in his suit before circling back once more, the front becoming a Tyrannosaurus head and biting down on his head, creating the helmet. Next, Elliot's went through the same process, before finally, Amanda's did as well, leaving her in her skirted suit.
"Tyranno power!" Victor called "Red Dino Strike Ranger!"
"Stego power!" Elliot called "Blue Dino Strike Ranger!"
"Tricera power!" Amanda called "Pink Dino Strike Ranger!"
"I'm sending the zords out to the location." Hayley's voice came "I'm also activating the instaportal function on your suits, it'll teleport you to your zords."
"Awesome." Victor said as the three Rangers were swept up in energy fields of their respective colours and disappeared.
...
The three Rangers appeared in their zord cockpits. Victor's zord, the largest of the three, was a gigantic red T-Rex with a yellow trim, it's tail having an almost crane like appearance. Elliot's was a large blue mechanical Stegosaurus, it's spikes on it's back yellow, while Amanda's was a giant pink Triceratops with drills for the two upper horns and tail, and a yellow trim once again.
"T-Rex zord, online." Victor said "I could get used to this!"
"Stegosaurus zord, activated." Elliot said "Let's see how this guy likes this baby!"
"Triceratops zord engaged." Amanda said "Shouldn't this be the Driceratops zord?"
"Skip the puns, guys." Hayley's voice came through "Just take this guy down quick."
"You got it!" Victor said "Elliot, Amanda, you've got those blades, go on the offensive!"
"That we can do!" Amanda said "Come on, blue boy!"
The Triceratops and Stegosaurus began walking towards Crushor. After a second, the Triceratops broke into a run, the drills beginning to spin a second before it impacted Crushor. A moment later, the Stegosaurus got in range, spinning on the spot and slashing at Crushor with it's tail.
"My turn!" Victor said "Tyranno bite attack!"
The Tyrannosaurus charged at Crushor, biting the arm of the creature. As the creature formed back up, it swatted the Tyrannosaurus to the ground. Victor looked around the control room of his zord, sparks flying from the consoles.
"Got any other ideas, Hayley?" Victor asked "Not sure we're doing much more than peeing him off."
"Combine the zords." Hayley's voice came through "You can use the power of your crystals to engage the transformation sequence and form the Dino Strike Megazord."
"You heard the lady." Victor said with half a laugh, inserting his crystal into his console "Tyrannosaurus zord, ready!"
"Stegosaurus zord, ready!" Elliot said as he inserted his crystal into his console.
"Triceratops zord, ready!" Amanda said, inserting her crystal into her console, all three Rangers calling "Dino Strike Megazord, transform!"
The three zords began running together. As they did, the Tyrannosaurus zord's waist spun 90 degrees, leaving it's head above it's right leg and it's tail above it's left leg. A second later, a black upper arm extended from the bottom of the neck and another extending from the base of the tail. As they did, the Stegosaurus and Triceratops zord both jumped, biting onto the right and left upper arms, respectively. The Triceratops' two upper horns swung down, a fist coming out from below the tail. As it did, the Stegosaurus' back and tail detached, attaching onto the back of the mech, as a fist came out of the tail end of the Stegosaurus. A head with a spiked golden crown came out of the top of the mech inbetween the Tyrannosaurus' head and tail.
"Dino Strike Megazord, online!" the three Rangers called from their newly formed combined cockpit, Victor sat in the centre, while Elliot was on his right and Amanda was on his left.
The Megazord began to advance on Crushor, pulling the Stegosaurus' back and tail from it's back and holding it as a shield. Crushor took a swing with his claw, the blow glancing off the shield. The Megazord raised it's Triceratops arm, the drills beginning to spin before it punched Crushor, sparks flying from the creature's chest as it staggered back.
"Time to finish this!" Victor said, pressing his belt as the other two Rangers did the same, the three of them calling "Extinction mode!"
The three Rangers' arm armour appeared on their suits, before their D-Sabres appeared in their hands, quickly converting to crystal mode. The three Rangers inserted their crystals into the consoles in front of them.
"Dino Strike Megazord, Tyranno blast!" The three Rangers called, as the Megazord turned side on, firing a large blast from the Tyrannosaurus' mouth, the front of the beam forming into the shape of the Tyrannosaurus' head, biting down on Crushor, the creature exploding as it did.
"Rangers, the dinos strike again." Victor said as the three of them powered down from extinction mode.
...
The three Rangers walked into the warehouse, finding Tommy and Hayley there waiting for them. The three teens sat on the couch, looking like a trio of kids waiting to be told off.
"Well done out there." Tommy said "You did well against that monster, but Loroth will send more."
"Who is this Loroth, anyway?" Elliot asked "What does he look like?"
"That can wait." Hayley said "Where are the other two?"
"Oh, well, Victor and Charlie had a row and Tony went after Charlie." Amanda said, adding quietly "I might've been part of the cause..."
"Well, they weren't answering their communicators." Hayley said "Something might've happened."
"Yeah, it did." Came a voice from behind them, Tommy and Hayley turning and moving aside so the three Rangers could see Tony coming in, carrying Charlie "We were attacked."
"By what?" Victor asked, looking at his unconscious friend and Tony set Charlie on the table "What did this to him?"
"Slashers." Tony said "And there was someone with them. Some freaky spider guy."
"Loroth." Tommy said "What did he say?"
"That our doom's coming. Then he blasted Charlie with some flute and teleported away." Tony said "But that's not the worrying part. Guys, he was wearing a suit. A Navy Ranger suit."
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So that's the end of the opening to this fic. Yes, I kept Loroth's introduction off page, and yes, I have replaced Deboth with Feroscious Knight D AKA Deathryuger as the primary antagonist. R&R, please, no flames.