4. Earthshock

[Goseiger 6. 3:46-4:20]

The Vago Empire ship hung in space. Clawhate approached Malkor, who stood with Vrak. The crimson alien spoke to the Admiral, "Vrak has had his chance, and he's failed. Allow me to enter this fray. It's time for a soldier to take charge of the operation." He even gave a slight bow.

Vrak turned away, not bothering to look at the bow. Malkor spoke to his subordinate, "I will give you this operation," he told his soldier.

"Thank you," Clawhate said as he rose, clearly unaccustomed to saying such a thing.

He gestured out, "Come!"

A blur ran around the three of them before stopping before them, showing himself as a dragonfly-like alien. He turned, introducing himself, "I am the fastest warrior there is; Dragonflay!" He went to a knee before Malkor.

"Dragonflay's speed will allow a very successful operation," Clawhate said, walking over to his warrior and swinging an arm over him before bowing beside him, "Allow us to bring this planet to its knees, as soon as we destroy those Rangers."

[End Sentai footage]

"Isn't there any way we can try to contact other survivors?" Gia asked the Phantom Ranger.

"No," he responded, "Even though we have some of them on our side, we have no way to contact others. They are a species that responds to need, not calls."

"But why do they come when we use the cards?" Noah asked.

"Because the need is there," the Phantom Ranger answered. "You can say that you need others immediately, right now, but that's not so. Not until the need truly arises do they come. They are guardians, not soldiers."

"Hence Star Guard, I guess," Troy said.

"I understand that this is difficult to understand," the Phantom Ranger told them, "But that's how they see things. You may see it otherwise, but it is their sight that determines their actions."

"But even then, isn't there a way to at least contact them? Let them know the danger we're in?" Emma asked, "They have to have some way of knowing, so shouldn't they have a way of communication?"

"They do, but I don't know how to use it," he answered, "And our allied Zords won't give away their secrets or deliver messages for us."

"Why's that?" Jake questioned, eyeing his Snake Zord card. "Selfish?"

"The Zords aren't machines, they're a species. They have their own way of doing things," the Phantom Ranger answered, "We must respect that."

Jake sighed.

The screens on each Ranger's terminal went active. They all looked as the Phantom Ranger spoke, "An attack," he told them, "Go."

The five nodded, teleporting away. Except Troy.

"Troy?" the Phantom Ranger asked.

"I want to know something," Troy said, "Tell me about that guy we fought yesterday."

[Goseiger 6. 5:37-6:23]

Dragonflay shot himself through a series of buildings, flying like a rocket with his speed. Gia, Jake, Emma and Noah saw it in the distance as the buildings exploded.

"No way," Gia said.

Jake tapped her shoulder, "We'll make this guy pay!"

"What could have done that?" Noah wondered, "That speed?"

"Behind us!" Emma cried.

They all span around as Dragonflay shot through the building at their backs, plowing through the four of them like they were nothing. He kept running as the Rangers hit the ground hard, rolling along and slowly rising.

Dragonflay turned to them, throwing his arms out, "Weak fools! My speed is what makes me superior! I am Dragonflay, not that my name will mean anything to you!"

They all rose, drawing up into fighting positions. Dragonflay continued to talk, "My body is a weapon; my speed the propellant. I'll smash through you like you were buildings, but weaker!"

He was already dashing forward again, but not towards them.

"Where'd he go?" Gia questioned.

They all began to look around, taking up defensive stances.

"I can't feel him yet," Emma said.

[Pause Sentai footage, 6:14 (edit out Red in the background)]

Troy looked at the monitor, reviewing their fight with the alien named Vrak. "That armor he has…," Troy said.

"Yes, there is something different about him," the Phantom Ranger commented. "His face as well. He's not like the others."

Troy nodded and looked at him, "Do you have any ideas on who he is?"

"Just a commander," the Phantom answered, "I know very little about our enemy."

Troy nodded and watched them lose pitifully. "Next time…next time we need a better way of handling him."

"Use your elements," he told Troy, "Always trust in each other, and in your elements. Remember, none of you are alone. You all have each other. You stand together to fight the monsters at the doorstep of humanity. Your alliance, your friendship; those are the strongest weapons you have."

Troy nodded, teleporting.

[Resume Sentai footage]

Troy was running to try to reach the others while they were still in their defensive positions.

"Watch out!" Noah shouted to him. "He's too fast to see!"

Troy stopped where he was while the others circled slowly.

[Closeup of Troy's face instead of Alata's]

[Goseiger 6. 6:26-6:43]

Troy turned his head and brought his arms up as Dragonflay shot through him, stopping as Troy was knocked aside.

"You're late, so you get that one," Dragonflay said before running off again. The other Rangers came to Troy's side and helped him up.

Clawhate observed from a short distance away, "They're too weak," he hissed, "We'll win this fight."

Troy got up, sword in hand. He jumped up and down a few times to loosen up before drawing his sword up in front of himself, holding the hilt with one hand and the end of the blade with his other.

[Closeup of Troy's face instead of Alata's]

[Goseiger 6. 6:45-6:58]

Emma looked at Troy, "Troy? Are you feeling for him?"

He looked at her, "I am."

She looked the other way, "I was doing that earlier," she turned her head to him.

"I think I'm getting something. The wind, his movements, I'm feeling their correlation. The vibrations in the air…"

[Closeup of Troy's face instead of Alata's]

[Goseiger 6. 6:59-8:07]

"There!" Troy shouted. He shot himself forward and slashed at Dragonflay, who was sent rolling away. He groaned on the ground, his leg sparking from the damage.

The others rushed over to Troy, "Good job!" Jake told him.

"I guess what we'd expect from our leader," Gia said, hitting him on the shoulder.

"Let's get him," Jake said.

Dragonflay slowly rose, "You dare stop my speed?" he screamed in anger.

Clawhate glanced around the corner again, "That Red Ranger…," he growled.

Jake pushed himself past Troy, "Alright, let's go!" He started to run off first. The others picked up behind him, Troy last.

Try stopped, feeling it. "No!"

The others neared Dragonflay, but Clawhate dashed out from behind him, smashing through the four of them. They screamed out, but he kept going, right for Troy.

Troy swung his sword down, but Clawhate got him anyway, sending him down.

Clawhate span around, sending an energy slash off of each claw, smashing it into the entire team, sending them rolling away as Dragonflay leapt up to avoid. Troy looked up at their new enemy while Dragonflay landed behind.

"My name is Clawhate," he hissed simply.

Troy clenched his fist as he looked at their foe, "Another commander…"

He picked himself up while the others couldn't. Clawhate laughed and slowly approached, "Come at me and be destroyed."

Troy lifted his sword in one hand, remaining standing where he was, making no moves, nor did his foe.

Clawhate crossed his claws, "Well? Come at me!"

Troy tightened his grip, canted his weapon, but made no move.

Clawhate tilted his claw, reflecting sunlight into Troy's visor.

[Closeup of Troy's face instead of Alata's]

[Goseiger 6. 8:11-8:27]

Troy ran forward in anger, keeping his blade in front of him before sending it out to the side. He leapt forward, wings flying out behind him to propel him forward, which then shattered.

Clawhate blocked on contact, forcing Troy's sword down.

"What? Are you this weak?" Clawhate hissed.

He broke contact and slashed Troy in the chest, sending him flying back towards his team. He lost his blade and hit the ground hard.

[Goseiger 6. 8:35-8:38]

Troy slowly approached, but he fell. Before Clawhate could approach he was assailed by blasts from the team's firearms.

[Goseiger 6. 8:44-8:50]

Clawhate's body was smoking from the damage. He waved his claw, "Heh, I'll be back." He fled along with his subordinate.

"No!" Troy shouted, doubled over and trying to approach, "No!"

[End Sentai footage]

Troy was being bandaged up at the command center along with the others. They didn't have the level of injuries that he did, but none of them had engaged Clawhate.

"Are you ok?" Emma asked him as she tied off his bandage.

He didn't answer her. He gazed vacantly at the wall, "I should have been able to beat him," he said.

Emma looked at him, "Vrak, this guy…they're commanders. This is only our fourth day as Rangers," she told him.

"No," he told her, "I should have been able to read his movements. You and I should be able to do that, with our elemental abilities."

"It'll take time," she told him.

"Troy," Gia said, leaning against a console, "Listen to her. This is only day four. We'll get him." She paused, "And while you're injured, I'm acting leader."

"I'm still fighting!" he told her, "That fast one is still out there!"

"But he's not so fast now that his leg is wounded," she said, "We'll handle it if you want to rest. No, wait. You WILL rest. Orders from your current leader."

"You should listen to her," Emma told him.

He shook his head, but looked at the two of them, and then at Jake and Noah on the other side of the room. They all looked fit to fight, but he knew he wasn't. He knew his limitations and his body.

"Fine," he told them, "I'll just rest here…"

Clawhate and Dragonflay stood atop a building. They looked out at the rest of the city before them, and the crimson alien looked to his warrior.

"I can't do it," he told Clawhate, "With my leg like this, I'm not able to break through them again."

Clawhate looked away from him. If he continued to look at Dragonflay he may do something he'd regret. No. He had to focus on what was ahead, on a new plan of attack.

"If you can't do it, then I will," Clawhate hissed.

"What?" Dragonflay questioned.

"I will break the Rangers," he told the soldier, "I will draw them out, and crush them underfoot. I have no qualms getting my claws dirty. I look forward to it!"

He turned from Dragonflay, "Let's begin."

Alarms were sounding in the command center. The injured Rangers looked to the Phantom Ranger; anyone near the consoles looked at those.

"Dragonflay has returned," he told the team, "The four of you go and stop him." He looked at Troy.

"I know," Troy said, "I'm staying, don't worry."

The others began to teleport. Emma was last. She looked at Troy, "Don't worry," she told her partner, "We'll get him for you."

She was gone too.

"It's not him that I want," Troy said, clenching his fist. Now it wasn't only Vrak, it was Clawhate as well.

"Troy," the Phantom Ranger said, "They will be successful."

"I know," he said, "I know they can win, but it's not that."

"I know," he replied, "Just don't think about those two. When the time comes you will have your chance again. But for now, you don't."

Troy didn't respond. He sat in silence.

The four Rangers arrived in time to see Dragonflay and a group of Stingers lining up to shoot. A few moments later, and a building would be gone.

The four drew cards and quickly placed them in their Morphers.

"Press Shower," Noah said.

"Rock Rush," Gia and Jake said.

"Compress Thunder," Emma said.

A blast of water, two giant boulders, and a blast of lightning erupted into the group, smashing them aside. Dragonflay survived, but the Stingers were gone.

"You guys again?" he shouted. "Where's Red?"

The Rangers didn't answer. They just drew up their personal weapons and rushed forward.

"Fine," Dragonflay said, rushing to meet them.

He kicked Jake's axe away and span towards Gia. He deflected her claw down and kneed her in the chest. He felt Emma's weapon in his back and saw Noah's in his chest. The two fired, the shots keeping him stuck. He shouted as he took damage, but managed to grab each one by the helmet and throw them down.

As they rolled, they fired on him. But in came Clawhate, using the speed he demonstrated earlier. He caught the attacks on his claws and threw them aside.

"You again?" Jake shouted, ready to run forward, but Gia grabbed his arm to stop him.

"That's a stupid plan," she told Jake.

"We've got him!" Noah called to Gia.

"We do?" Emma asked.

Noah nodded. He may have been meeker, quieter and weaker, but he knew he had to fight Clawhate. He looked at Emma, "You and I can try," he said, holding up his Shark Bowgun. "We have range."

She nodded, "I understand."

"Range, close battle, it doesn't matter," Clawhate hissed.

"We'll see," Noah said as he and Emma got up. Emma began to run while Noah ran backwards, firing a few shots. Clawhate deflected each one as he walked after them.

"Then he's ours," Gia told Jake, directing at Dragonflay.

"The two rushed for Dragonflay. Jake swung his axe low, but Dragonflay jumped. Gia jumped as well, slashing her claw into his chest and sending him flying back.

"Ow! Not fair!" he shouted.

Gia was coming down for him again. He moved his head to avoid the claw, but she tilted her blaster on her belt up.

"Is this fair?" she questioned, unleashing shots pointblank into him.

He cried out and kicked her off. As she landed away from him, he picked himself up, but just barely avoided the swing of Jake's axe.

"Come on!" Jake shouted, turning in anger and ramming his knee into Dragonflay. He followed up with an elbow to the head and span around to kick him back again. "There!" he shouted.

"Jake, focus!" Gia shouted, sweeping Dragonflay's legs out from under him. She drew back her claw, but Dragonflay caught it and flipped her to the ground beside him. He got up, ready to send a punch down for her head.

Jake shot him from the distance, knocking him over to where the Stingers had been before being destroyed. Some of their weapons were still lying on the ground.

Dragonflay picked one up and shot at Jake. The shots hit and sent him to the ground.

Gia slowly picked herself up and drew her sidearm. She fired, countering Dragonflay's shots a few times before one hit her in the leg. She went down, groaning.

"I take a hit to the leg, so do you!" he laughed. He turned and looked to Jake. There were a few people fleeing the area, and they were behind Jake. But Dragonflay's aim was the Black Ranger who was rising.

He started to shoot. Jake lifted his axe and used it to start bouncing shots off. He was unaware of the people behind him, just focusing on protecting himself.

"Jake!" Gia screamed.

"What?" he shouted.

"There are people behind you!" She didn't care that she had yelled his name; he needed to know that he had to focus.

He glanced back. He saw some people running, and some of the deflected shots were getting dangerously close. "No!" he shouted, trying to focus, tilting his axe to try to bounce the shots forward.

One of the deflected shots went stray and hit the ground in front of a teenage girl. It didn't hit her, but she fell from the shock of almost being hit. Jake shouted and started focusing more on the deflection.

Gia got up and tackled Dragonflay. He lost his weapon but kicked her off. She rolled up as soon as he did and fired into his chest a few times.

Jake went back to the girl, "Are you ok?" he asked her.

"I am…," she said.

"Sorry," Jake said. He looked at Gia and ran off to help her.

The two Rangers kicked Dragonflay back and farther away from this area. They needed somewhere more secluded.

Noah and Emma kept putting distance between themselves and Clawhate in, but he kept closing it. They continued to fire from both their personal weapons and their sidearms, but he didn't seem to slow. He deflected most of the shots.

"He's too strong!" Emma said.

"Yeah…," Noah admitted, "He really is…"

They realized they couldn't back up any farther and hit a wall. They continued to fire, but nothing was working.

"Time to end it," Clawhate hissed. "Ah!" he called out in pain.

Troy was behind him; he had just slashed the commander down the back.

"Troy!" both Rangers called.

Clawhate span around, swinging his claw down. Troy jumped back to avoid it, firing from his hip at the same time, hitting Clawhate in the chest a few times, but it didn't do anything to him.

"You've come back for more?" Clawhate questioned.

"You guys go!" Troy yelled to his partners, "I'll hold him off!"

"Troy!" they both shouted at him again. All three of them knew it was foolish.

"Just trust me!" Troy told them. "Please!"

They looked at each other, and ran off, leaving Troy alone.

"What can you do against me?" Clawhate questioned.

He drew down the mouth of his Morpher, but left it on his waist. He slotted a card into it and pressed it closed.

"This," Troy said, jumping forward. He slashed, but Clawhate parried.

"Compress Thunder!" Troy shouted.

Thunder tore through his blade and into Clawhate's claw. Clawhate screamed as he was consumed by the attack, stumbling away, sparking. He slashed Troy once in his blind rage, but then he vanished.

Noah and Emma reached the other two and ran drew their sidearms, just as the others had.

"Troy came," Emma told them.

"In his condition?" Gia questioned.

"We left him," Noah said, "We hated to do it, but we thought he could do it alone."

"Let's handle this guy and then go get him," Gia said.

"Here," Noah told them.

[Goseiger 6. 17:30-19:17]

Noah drew out his new Zord card and slotted it into his Morpher. The three new Zords emerged as miniature heads, which the others all looked at.

"They do this too?" Jake asked.

"They fight with us now," Noah said, "Of course."

Gia had the Hammerhead, Jake the Saw Shark, and Emma the Manta. Noah had his normal Shark.

They all nodded as they loaded the heads onto their weapons and took aim. Dragonflay was picking himself up, "No…"

Each of them charged their shots, the Zords roaring. Water energy built up for each shot, and fired out as projections of the heads.

Dragonflay was struck and exploded as the Rangers turned away, drawing up their weapons.

"I guess I should have expected this," Vrak said on the ship, snapping his fingers. Zombats flew down to Earth.

Troy stumbled out of where he had fought Clawhate, stumbling, barely able to move. The others rushed to him.

Gia crouched down, "You shouldn't have fought alone…"

All of them turned, watching as the Zombats enlarged Dragonflay.

"Should have seen that coming," Jake said.

Each of them summoned their Zords and leapt inside. They formed the Star Guard immediately.

Troy was slouched over in his controls, feeling the pain of his fights.

"My leg is healed!" Dragonflay laughed at them. He rushed forward, smashing into Star Guard, which couldn't keep up.

He laughed with each blow. The Rangers were rattled around.

"How about something different?" Dragonflay laughed, running away.

"We'll fly after him!" Troy said weakly.

But Star Guard wasn't able to take off.

[Goseiger 6. 19:32-19:34]

Gia was standing and looking at the other side of the cockpit. She gave a nod.

[Goseiger 6. 19:35-19:59]

"Jake, it's up to us," she told him, sitting back down, "We'll run after him."

He nodded and flicked his wrist before sitting down, "Got it," he said.

Star Guard began to run as they used their controls, trying to get fast enough.

"You can't catch me!" Dragonflay yelled, speeding up more.

"Jake!" Gia said.

[Goseiger 6. 20:02-20:14]

The Snake Zord shot out, biting Dragonflay's leg. He tore it off and threw it back before running again.

He sped up faster, going too fast for the Megazord.

[Goseiger 6. 20:20-20:28]

Gia took grip of her controls again, pushing. They were still too slow.

[Goseiger 6. 20:29-20:42]

Jake pushed as well. They were focusing hard, but weren't able to catch up.

"You're getting close, but you won't get me!" Dragonflay yelled back. He turned his head to fire an energy attack at them, hitting the legs.

[Goseiger 6. 20:45-20:56]

They griped their controls again after losing them and pushed.

"This isn't all we can do!" they yelled as one.

Their belts began to glow, and a card came to each one of them, materializing as a new Zord card.

[Goseiger 6. 20:59-21:22]

They both looked at the cards, "Just like Noah," Jake said.

"Yeah," Gia agreed.

"Let's do it," Jake said.

Gia looked at him, "New combination time."

Both of them placed the cards into their Morphers and closed them. The Earth Zord summon cards summoned the Zords from an area filled with hills and ground.

[Goseiger 6. 21:26-21:54]

"The three Zords sped in front of the Star Guard. The Snake went up to the next joint while the yellow Rhino Zord attached itself. The Tiger went up, and the bronze Tyranno went in. The head folded down, and the Beetle went into place, having horns coming out of the top of the head.

"Earth Star Guard Megazord!"

"What?" Dragonflay yelled.

The two pushed harder, and the Zord skated over the ground in pursuit of Dragonflay, easily catching up.

[Goseiger 6. 21:55-21:58]

The head began to glow and then they rammed him with it, catching him between the pincers, knocking him back.

[Goseiger 6. 22:00-22:11]

Jake pointed forward, "Got you."

"Good job," Gia said.

Dragonflay rose, "How? I'm the fastest being alive! How?"

"We're faster," Gia said, swinging her leg up for a kick with the Tyranno Zord.

[Goseiger 6. 22:14-22:28]

"We'll show you the power of the Earth!" Jake and Gia yelled at him together as the Megazord drew its arms together.

The drill began to spin on the right foot. Both loaded the finishing attack cards.

Three cards flew out, beams of energy sticking their enemy where he stood.

[Goseiger 6. 22:32-22:44]

"We won't allow you to bring harm to the people of this Earth!" both of them shouted.

The Megazord leapt up. They brought their arms down, "Ha!"

"Drill Kick!"

The kick went through the enemy, destroying Dragonflay.

[End Sentai footage]

As the five left the scene of the battle, Jake was looking at the new Zord card, walking ahead of the others. Gia and Noah were helping Troy along while Emma stayed at their side, concerned over her partner.

"Are you sure you're ok?" she asked Troy.

"Yeah…well, good enough," he said.

"You overdid it," Gia told him, "You can't be doing that."

"I know…"

Up ahead of them Jake cried out and collapsed to his knees. Gia shifted Troy's weight to Noah, which Emma then quickly took up as Gia ran to her partner.

"Jake!" she got to his side and crouched by him. It was obvious that dark colored electricity was running around him; the same color as his teleport and his blasts; a dark violet.

"I…I think it's the card…," Jake groaned.

Gia snatched it from his grip, and it stopped. Jake panted on his knees, looking at Gia holding it, "Just what did that thing do?"

"I don't know," Gia said, drawing her own, "Nothing's happening to me."

"I think it drained my energy," he told her, coming back up to his feet as the others reached him. He took the card back from Gia and looked it over.

"I guess maybe the Zords are telling you something?" Emma suggested.

"Telling me something?" Jake asked.

"Maybe that this isn't a game," Gia told him coldly. "You almost got a lot of people hurt today because you weren't paying attention. You need to get on top of that!" she told him. "How would you have felt if that girl had gotten hit? Or anyone had?"

Jake stood there in silence. He looked at his card, wondering if she was right. Is that what this was? The Zords sensing that he needed to improve, that he wasn't taking this seriously enough?

Jake looked at Gia and shook his head, "I know this isn't a game. I'm doing the best I can," he told her. He put the card away, "I really am."

He teleported with the others, but when they arrived at the command center, he wasn't there.

"Jake teleported out of my teleport," the Phantom Ranger told them.

"Was it the card?" Gia asked.

"I believe so," he answered, "The Earth Zords are proud and strong. They might not have thought Jake was doing the job properly. But he will learn; I chose him for a reason to be a part of this team."

"Let's hope he learns," Gia said, "And soon."

Jake walked alone towards his home. He was doing the best he could. He had been chosen to be a Ranger…

Or had there been a mistake?

Footage:

Gosei 6: 3:46-4:20, 5:37-6:23, 6:26-6:43, 6:45-6:59, 6:58-8:07, 8:11-8:27, 8:35-8:38, 8:44-8:50, 17:30-19:17, 19:32-19:34, 19:35-19:59, 20:02-20:14, 20:20-20:28, 20:29-20:42, 20:45-20:56, 20:59-21:22, 21:26-21:54, 21:55-21:58, 22:00-22:11, 22:14-22:28, 22:32-22:44

Total: 6:33 Sentai footage

Note: The TV Nihon HD subs left in some commercials, so these times will reflect only those from their torrents, unless someone uploaded it to another site with those ads still in it.