Hello my fellow readers, writers, and people who have been enjoying this story and my other one's I'm back with yet another new chapter. In this chapter we're going to be covering Power Rangers Samurai episode 3 with Ben thrown into the mix with the rangers. Anyway if this chapter seems shorter than any of them before this one it's because this episode isn't one of my personal favorites.

Anyway, I've blabbered on for long enough so let's get this show on the road.

"Talking"

"Thought"

"Yelling"

(author's input, location change, time change)

Ben's P.O.V

While Jayden, Kevin, Mike, and Mia were training how they normally do I was training Emily while in my Diamondhead form. She was slicing at my Taydenite sword with less then success in damaging it and I said "hold on" and she stopped attacking for a moment. I then used that opening that she left in order to deal what would be a finishing blow but stopping short to avoid hurting her.

I said "I think this makes me the winner" and she said "but you said to hold on for a moment" and I said "in a fight I have a feeling that the nightlok will try to do the same tactic to avoid being destroyed. You have to make it so that the same tactic doesn't work in the middle of the battle because something I've learned from my 6 or so years of being a hero one wrong move could be the difference between a victory and defeat."

She said "okay let's go again" and I said "okay then" and I formed twin blades and she readied her blade and we charged at each other. she managed to stop my blades with her single one and then thrust her blade upward which broke the power struggle since I had my blades pressing down on hers. then she crouched over and slid her blade across my midsection which I told her not to hold back and follow through since this form wouldn't be hurt by her blade."

Just as we were taking a break since the Omnitrix had timed out Mike was getting pretty much smacked around with the wooden practice blades and after a moment he said "I'm out of here" and he went into the house only to come back out a few moments later in street clothes and walked out the front gate. After the Omnitrix recharged and I transformed into Diamondhead again and formed a couple of blades the gap sensor went off.

I turned back and said "we'll continue once this nightlok is defeated" and Emily nodded while Jayden said "the attacks at the arcade and from what we could see Mike's there already. As we were running, I said "I'll go on ahead to help him out" and I transformed into Fasttrack and after calling out his name I ran my fastest to where the attack was.

I had learned where most places were due to the simple fact that I had studied the map and took a run as XLR8 through the town. Just as I got to where the attack was taking place, I saw the Nightlok which looked like a plant with his arms in the ground and his fists actually hitting Mike. I said "okay Nightlok your time here is over" and he said "more like it's time to serve you up a knuckle sandwich" and he retracted his arms and sent them at me.

I ran to the side and said "is that really the best you can do" and he said "not in a longshot" and his fists went back underground and I could feel they were near me. I dodged again and said "okay I wonder if this will work" and I transformed into Swampfire and tried to use my powers to control him since he looked like a plant."

Just as I was trying that he managed to get a hit in on me which shattered my head and I heard Emily call out my name in concern just before I reformed my head. I said "okay dude that was rude" and he said "I'll do it a million times over before I care if it's rude" and he sent his fists at me again only for me to jump into the air and evade the attack and then I landed right behind him and shot fire at his back which caused him to groan in pain.

Just then Jayden, Kevin, Mia, and Emily moved faster then humanly possible so I figured their suits were boosting their speed and strength and they sliced the nightlok while I kept my fire hitting him. As he got up after falling flat on the ground from the slices and the fire blast, I saw that he was becoming grey and said "don't let him get away" and he said "I'll clock you later" and he disappeared into a gap heading back to wherever they go.

I looked over to where Mike was at and I looked over at Jayden and said "I'll get him back to the house" and he nodded" and I transformed into XLR8 and then grabbed Mike and ran back to the Shiba house. As I got there the Omnitrix ran out of power right outside the door and Ji came out and said "what happened" and I said "from what I was able to gather Mike was the only one there when the Nightlok appeared and he took it on alone."

Ji said "let's get him in" and he got on Mike's other side and together we got him to one of the couches in the main room since him injuries weren't life threatening. Ji went and got the first aid kit and started patching him up while I just sat on the other side of the room. I said "okay Mike just out of curiosity where were you when the nightlok appeared" and he said "I was having lunch with some of my friends" and just at the moment Jayden walked in.

He said "well it was a good thing you were there otherwise more innocent people could have been hurt but you must stay away from your friends you had. Being a ranger is a 24-hour job and if you hang out with the friends you had before you'll be putting them in danger." as he looked like he was about to protest that I said "Jayden is right in this case because with my career as a hero I've faced more than my fair share of powerful villains before."

He said "you've already mentioned that" and I said "that I have but I haven't mentioned that I broke up with my girlfriend in my universe so that she would be safe from the villains that attack me on a regular basis." He said "I get it I'm going out" and he got up with a bit of difficulty and started walking toward the gate and I said "you want me to stop him" and Jayden said "no we'll just let this play out.

Anyway, I need your help with something" and I said "what's that" and he said "can any of your forms send they're arms underground and have them reappear above ground away from them." I said "yeah in fact all of my plant-based aliens can do that why would" and then it dawned on me he wanted me to train him and the others using the same technique the Nightlok was using before.

He said "come on" and we both walked outside and I said "aren't the others going to be joining us" and he said "not yet I want to get this down first but so we don't destroy anything with you sending your arms toward me we should head to the forest." We did so and as he summoned his sword, I transformed into Wildvine and said "are you ready" and he said "come at me."

I shot my legs underground and shot them toward where Jayden was at this time and he just kneeled down and closed his eyes. Just before my legs shot out at him, he charged right at me while dodging 3 of my 4 legs while I managed to hit him with the 4th one. As he got up, he said "I probably should have asked you this before we started but this form can also regenerate right" and I said "yeah he can."

He then got up and said "okay then let's go again" and I jumped back so we were the same distance away from each other as we were before. He kneeled and closed his eyes while I shot my legs at him again which he started charging at me while narrowly avoiding my legs and slicing them off about half way down the vine as he was charging at me.

He managed to avoid all of them the first time but I regrew the first one and shot it underground again and managed to hit him with it. Just as it hit him, I said "okay want to go again" and he said "yeah let's do this" and I again jumped back and before he could start by kneeling and closing his eyes, I shot my legs underground and as he was taking his stance, I got him with a hit in the stomach with one of my legs.

When he looked up at me with disbelief I said "what do you really think the Nightlok will bother waiting on you to be ready" and he said "okay good point" and I then shot the rest of my legs at him which he was just barely able to dodge and I made it more difficult by using my arms as well. As he got close enough to slice my arms off after about 10 more tries and he actually did I said "okay I think you've got it down pat."

Just then the Omnitrix and I said "I guess we're going to have to stop now at least until the Omnitrix recharges" and he said "don't you know some sort of code that will make it so that you don't have to change back." I said "I did at one point with the old Omnitrix and even if I did, I would still change back to human after the fights because I met a future version of myself where he stayed as XLR8 most of the time and I remember how much of a buzzkill he was."

He said "so you're saying that you don't want to become too reliant on your aliens" and I said "yeah because if I do, I'll become as big of a jerk as my future self was." Just as we entered the yard the sun was setting and I said "looks like I just had time to train you in the art that the nightlok used" and he said "don't worry about it if I'm right about Mike he's using his time away from here now to train in the same technique."

(the next day)

After waking up I decided to do some before breakfast practice and when I went out there Emily was already out there. She was whacking the dummy that was set up and I said "pretty impressive strikes there however there is one thing wrong with it." She looked at me with curiosity all over her face and said "what's wrong with them" and I said "you're putting too much power behind one strike."

I grabbed one of the training swords and started whacking the dummy and while demonstrating "you see if you don't put your full power behind a single strike then you'll gradually weaken the enemy and then when they're weakened enough that's when you put your full power behind the attack. In fact, I'll give you a demonstration here" and I transformed into Fourarms.

I said "okay first attack me how you were attacking the dummy" and she said "are you sure about it" and I said "this alien's skin is more durable then it looks." She then held her blade up and sliced it downward across my chest and I threw a punch that stopped just short of her chest and said "see how you left yourself wide open there."

She said "yeah" and I said "if you try basically hit and run techniques then you'll be more able to defend against attacks so try the hit and run tactics in fact pretend your life is actually at stake here." She did so while I charged at her with a fist and then she blocked it and then did a somewhat light slash with the sword and when I tried to attack again, she moved the sword in front to block my strike."

I transformed back and said "she how much easier it is to defend when you don't put your full power behind one strike" and she said "yeah in fact" but she was interrupted by the gap sensor." Just as I was about to head into the house to check the holographic map Jayden came out with Kevin and Mia and said "it's at the subway station."

We all went there and Emily said "What about Mike" and I said "I'll contract him and tell him to meet us at the subway station" and I opened up the communication channel only to realize that Mike didn't have a plumber's badge and I said "Actually it's best if one of you contact him" and as we were running Kevin called him on they're phones and said " Nightlok at the subway" and right before he hung up I heard barely "I'm on my way."

As we got there with the others already in they're rangers outfits and me as Shocksquatch the Nightlok said "where's your green friend" and just then a voice from behind us said "right here Nightlok" and he had jumped over us and morphed and said "let me handle this guy myself" and I said "eh you sure about that" and he said "yeah I've got some new moves."

The Nightlok said "Moogers go get your daily greens" and Mike was slicing through the Moogers but he was getting slightly overwhelmed. Jayden said "come on let's help him" and I said "I thought you'd never say so eh" and I charged right into the fray and shocked a couple of Moogers into submission before they exploded.

As the we were slicing and electrocuting the Moogers Mike must have seen an opening because he split up from the group and charged right at the Nightlok. In the close quarters battle Mike was losing since the Nightlok sent him flying and as he got up again, he said "is that all you got" and the Nightlok said "you asking for it arm stretch" and he slammed his fists into the ground.

Mike then appeared to the naked eye to be just showing the Nightlok his ass but I recognized it as the same stance that Jayden had been taking when he asked me to help with his training. After a few moments Mike started running away and a car came at him which he jumped over but the Nightlok sent flying.

I transformed into Fourarms and caught the car placed it down gently and when the owner of the car got out I said "you okay" and she just ran away screaming in fear. I said "I wonder if that's a yes" and then I saw Mike confront the Nightlok again and I saw the one flaw in his plan one of the fists was going to sneak up behind him so I ran toward him and blocked the fist by grabbing onto it.

The Nightlok said "so what you stopped one punch I have two arms" and he tried attacking with his other arm and I said "you may have two arms but I have four" as I grabbed his other one while holding onto the first one with my two upper arms. He managed to get his arms away from me and send them after Mike again only to get punched in the face after Mike flipped over him.

He said "you're in for it once I reel my arms back in" and he tried to do so only for them to be tangled up like a power cord that hadn't been used but stored multiple different places all of the time. He said "what's up with my arms they're all tangled up" and I walked up to Mike and said "I take it this was your plan" and he said "yep now he can't use his arms against me and now it's time to give him a taste of my spin sword."

He opened up he circular part of his belt to reveal a green disk that had 8 sections each section showing a different picture and he placed it onto the handle of his sword. He then spun the disk and called out the name of his attack "Spin sword Forest vortex" and the Nightlok said "if I could get my hands on you" but he didn't get to finish the sentence since Mike sliced him across the waist which caused him to explode.

Just as he reappeared in his mega monster form Mike said "let me try to handle him" and I said "I'm at least helping with you in this case" and he said "no I want to do it myself." I said "fine but we'll jump in if you're losing" and he said "I guess I don't have a choice do I" and I said "you really don't." he then drew a symbol over his folding zord and it grew to the size it normally does in the mega monster fights.

While he was doing okay there for a moment, he was quickly losing footing and Jayden said "let's go" and the other drew the same symbol over their folding zords and I transformed into Jetray. I said "Seriously the one time I wanted to go Humungosaur oh well it'll have to do I don't have enough power for a full transformation" so I flew up and started zapping the Nightlok which gave the rangers time to form they're megazord.

I flew past their face and said "I'll leave the rest to you" and I flew down to the ground and landed which was a good thing because not a second too late I transformed back and said "I guess I had less juice in the Omnitrix then I thought." I then called out for Paradox and he appeared and I said "normally you don't answer calls" and he said "I figured I would this time since you're the only one of your group here."

I said "if you don't mind, I need you go run back and get maybe 6 plumber's badges" and he said "may I ask what for" and I said "for a little project" and he said "Very well." He then disappeared and after a moment reappeared while holding 6 badges and as I grabbed them and placed them in my pocket he disappeared just as Jayden, Kevin, Mike, Mia, and Emily were coming up to me.

I've got something for all of you however I'll explain back at the house" and we went back and after getting in the front yard Jayden said "what's with you being so secretive." I said "normally I wouldn't do this but in the event one of your phones aren't working or you don't pick up I've got something that will allow each of us to keep in constant contact with each other."

I pulled out 5 of the plumber's badges and said "I got a plumber's badge for each of you" and I passed them out based on color since I had Paradox get me different colored ones. Kevin said "wait in your world Plumber's need badges to work" and I said "not the kind of Plumber's your thinking of the plumber's I'm talking about are pretty much space cops.

The badges are all hooked up to a communication channel as well as the Omnitrix" and then I flipped the 6th one to Jayden and said "since I have some information from Paradox about some of the events that will happen, I'll just say this you'll know when the time is right to use this 6th one."

Yet another chapter done in the next chapter we're going to be going over the events of power rangers Samurai episode 4 chronologically titled deal with a nightlok. Also in the next chapter I'm going to be making a major change but it will be the start of the major relationship in this series. Also I know that I said in the description of this story that Kevin would hook up with Mia it's not the Kevin in the original cannon but the Kevin from Alien force and after.

Anyway with nothing else to add this is Diamondholder signing off.