The usual warning applies. These particular Rangers are my idea, but the Power Rangers in general are not. TOEI had the original ideas, Saban produced the Americanized derivatives. Certain companies like ABC Disney have the broadcast rights. What ain't mine, ain't mine.

Power Rangers Mana Warriors

Episode 4: Dog Day Morning

The Spaceship

Riki-Tiki-Kali sat on her stage, playing drums with four of her hands, and a sitar with two more. The jewel on her forehead started to glow. She chanted, and then a strange circular pattern appeared in front of her. Out of it "morphed" a strange figure. He had blue hair with red streaks, and a wolf-like head. Sharp claws adorned his paws. He only wore a pair of torn jeans.

"Who is this?" asked Talia, as she entered the room.

"His name is…"

"I am Ha-owwwwwler, howwwwww dooooo you dooooo?" he talked. Talia covered her ears. "I will stop the Rangers, that I'll doooooooo!"

"You are correct, that is your mission," told Talia. Find them. Follow them. And then smash them, bash them, crush them, rip them apart, do all that is necessary. Now go to the Earth."

"I will!" Talia pointed her hands at him and focused. Flashes of light surrounded him, and then he was gone.

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Star Chamber

The Rangers and Durgha were all in the Star Chamber. "I think you deserve to know what you're up against," explained Zotio. His star, as did Fetu's, started to glow.

Durgha pressed a few buttons. "One of these machines can tune into their special telepathic signals, and transfer it to the viewing globe."

It showed an image of General Mayhem. Fetu began explaining. "This is Mayhem, a general in the Order of the Destiny Star. They are a ruthless group They left the United Alliance of Evil shortly before Zordon's demise. Somehow, they knew that all of the evil forces in the galaxy would fall."

"And leave it ripe for someone else to come in," added Durgha. "As happened before."

"The current Empress of the Order is Tali Tulia," spoke Zotio, as the globe showed her.

Then it showed some Thrashers. "And these are Thrashers, the grunts of the Destiny Star," added Fetu.

"What about those robots that also attacked us?" asked Jerara.

"They are a new addition," said Zotio. "I don't remember them.

"We don't know about all of their forces," warned Fetu. "In particular, there's one who's very good about blocking herself." It showed a rough silhouette of Riki-Tiki-Kali. "She is able to block her mind, and may be able to see the future, at least to a limited degree."

"Which means," said Durgha, "that she is the only reason that they didn't also fall the way that the Machine Empire, Rita, Zedd, Divatox, and Ecliptor did."

"Expect them to attack soon," warned Zotio. "But until then, Darius Starr and his Foundation have work to do."

"We have yet to meet Darius Starr," said Maria.

"Oh yes you have," replied Zotio. There was a flash of light, and a dark jacket and dark ie faitaga ("businesss suit sarong") became his attire. "Now, today we're visiting the Nuanualoa (big rainbow) dare-care center for special children, near Apia."

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Near Nuanualoa

Howl appeared, along with a group of Thrashers. "She said they will be here so-oooooon!" howled Howler. "Let's hide!" They hid in an alley. A van with the Darius Star foundation logo passed by. "Let's have a good time!" suggested Howler. "Disguise!" He turned into a Doberman, and walked towards where he saw the van. Clapping erupted from a school-yard. Beside the yard was a large five-story building. Only one side of the street had buildings, the other was unbuilt, with palm trees sticking up at irregular distances. A ribbon was being cut, and applause erupted. The dog barked. A group of Thrashers ran onto the scene. People yelled.

"Calm down," said Darius/Zotio. "My assistants will go into the van to call security."

They ran into the van, for the purpose of morphing. They made their Manaformers appear. "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!" shouted Seann. "Blue Stag!"

"Green Turtle."

"Yellow Quetzal."

"Orange Dingo."

"Red Lion."

They rushed out to fight the Thrashers, while everyone else took cover. They began with exchanging punches, before a few more joined the fight. Some of them produced corkscrew-shaped daggers and slashed at the Rangers.

Red punched a couple of them simultaneously.

Green tripped another, making him stumble into yet another. Yellow jumped to avoid a sliash, and then bicycle-kicked several of them.

The dog's eyes flashed. A pair of red-furred Thrashers appeared, with long sharp claws drawn. Orange was slashed by a few swipes. He focused, and his Dingo Boomerang appeared. He used it to block the claws, and slashed. Another special Red Thrasher came towards Blue. Blue's helmet energized, and he charged at him.

Yellow leapt up and shouted "QUETZAL STRIKE!" She glowed with yellow, and then flew at some more of them, knocking them down.

The dog's eyes flashed again. He reverted to Howler.

"Helloooooooooo," he howled, "or as they say here, uh, talooooooooooooooofa lava."

"Can you cut down the howls?" asked Niu.

"No, but I can tear YOU apart!" His claws were all ready. He rushed them, and slashed liberally. They were all down.

"This is too hard," said Red.

"There has to be a way," said Yellow.

"There will be," assured Blue.

"Check THIS awoooooooout!" said Howler, as he pointed all his fingers at his enemies. Claws came out, energized, and then flew at them. They exploded with sparks.

"This is not good," said Orange.

"Stay together," suggested Red.

"I have something for YOU!" yelled Green. She made her weapon appear. Then it started to glow. She pounded the ground with it, and sparks of energy rushed to him, and threw him down with a big explosion.

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The Spaceship

"FASTER," screamed Talia at Dodonga. They were in a laboratory, with walls lined with chemicals and equipment. Dodonga, with a dust mask and goggles on in addition to his usual attire, was mixing chemicals that he then poured into gourd-like containers. "Finally, you have some grenades ready."

"I just have to prepare them, Your Majesty," he said.

"And then go to the Earth."

"As you wish," he forlornly replied. He hated working for the Destiny Star, but he was bound tot hem. His entire extended family was, and to get a chance to see most of them, he had to be very loyal to the cause he hated.

"One of these days, I will get the Key, and them…" he mumbled to himself.

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The Earth

The fight continued. Howler seemed to be losing.

"Nooooooo!" he howled, and the air around the Rnagers was distorted, with sonic rings flying at them. "That was fun, again! NOOOOOO!" With every howl, the Rangers were beat up.

Blue activated his communicator. "It's Seann. When this monster eats your head off, it's like he's actually eatin' it."

"Tell the other rangers," began Fetu. "Combine your weapons. You'll sense how to do it!"

"Rangers," said Blue, "Combine your weapons!"

Yellow began with hers. "Quetzal CLUB!" She said, as she held it out.

"DINGO BOOMERANG!" yelled Orange, as his boomerang combined into a notch in the club.

"STAG DIRKS!" added Blue, as he attached his daggers to the boomerang.

"Lion Spear," said Red, as he plunged his spear through the club and onto the ground, making a support.

"TURTLE BLADE," finished Green, as she attached her blade to the top of the club. The blade and the club started to glow, as did the dirks.

"Uh oh," exclaimed Howler.

Just then, a strange Indian-looking pattern appeared on the ground, and Dodonga appeared through it.

"Rangers, please, surrender, it will be easier for all of us," he pleaded.

"You just don't get it," said Blue. "FIRE!" Laser blasts shot from the Dirks, while a spiraling energy beam came from the blade of Green's weapon. The blasts and beam hit Howler. He fell to the ground, and had smoke coming out of him. Dodonga shrugged, and then produced a gourd with an attached chain. He twirled it by the chain and let go, and the gourd thing clattered across the ground towards Howler.

"GRENADE!" shouted Blue, as he and the others jumped back.

"If only you were so lucky," said Dodonga, "you see, Howler is getting rather steamed!"

The gourd/grenade exploded, and a thick vent of steam rose out of the ground. Howler grew to enormous proportions.

"Yoooooooooo can't stop me, I'm Hoooooooooowler!" he screamed, and buildings shook as he howled.

"We need Mana Zord power, NOW!" shouted the Rangers. Their Zords appeared, and they teleported into them.

Red converted his Zord to Warrior mode. "I'm not scared of Yoooooooooooooooooou!" screamed Howler, attacking the Zord in the process.

"How about THIS?" asked Red, as the lion's head opened its mouth. "ROAR OF THE LION, ENERGIZE!" The eyes glowed, and then a mixed fire/energy attack leapt from the lion's mouth, slamming Howler to the ground.

"Check THIS out," enthused Yellow. She dove towards Howler. "TORNADO WING STRIKE!" The Quetzal began rapidly spinning, and glowing yellow. She "drilled" through Howler, who exploded a few moments later.

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The Spaceship

"Riki-Tiki-Kali, your monster FAILED!" screamed Talia.

"Rani, he was but a monster."

"You better come up with a better one!"

"With all respect, had I not been around, you would have…"

"Yes, I still owe you for that, I will forever. Very well, come up with something better."

Riki-Tiki-Kali walked down a short flight of steps, and entered an odd football-shaped pod. She pressed some buttons, and the passage to it closed, and an opening appeared. The pod left the ship, headed towards the Earth. "I shall go to the land the Earthlings call…England. There, I shall create a monster out of the local life!" A cloaking device activated, ensuring she would be unnoticed.

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Samoa

"I'm glad there were no more incidents," said Niu, as she and the others headed back home. "I enjoyed just playing with the children."

"Me too," said Maria.

"One thing," said Darius/Zotio, "we will be going to many countries, both for charity reasons, and because of the Destiny Star. Other villains, most notably Rita and Zedd, were content to focus on just one place for most of their attacks. That isn't Talia's style, in fact Talia and Rita argued over it. Back then the Order was much weaker than it is now."

"And you may even end up on other planets," added Fetu. "Nobody knows for certain."

Author's Notes: I don't want to give too much away, but next chapter, the Rangers will go to the UK. But remember, someone is already there. And a few episodes down the line, the Rangers will go to another planet, one that's already in the Rangers cannon. And after that? A new Ranger will appear. Maybe another one will come later. And at least two Zords from a long time ago will make their return…eventually. Also, unlike some series, where it seems the "leader" (e.g. Zordon) knows EVERYTHING about the bad guys, here it is not so. Riki-Tiki-Kali, in particular, is an enigma. Ditto for Dodonga, and why he is reluctant to serve evil.

VIVE LA GARE WINDSOR LIBRE,

Ra'akone