[Backing music plays, leading into theme song
(Five pairs of feet shown running up a hill one by one, they reach the top of the hill and are revealed to be Kyle, Nanene, Rei, Ritchie, and James)
Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(The Rangers all strike the screen with their Slash Batons)
Protecting Earth throughout the a-ages!
(The leaders of the Dinos Empire gaze down upon the Earth, their prize, from Dinos)
From the ancient past, to the distant future, we will fight as one!
(Rei, Yellow Ranger, Kabutops Zord shown. Credits; "Rei Danime created by Mimi Tachikawa-Sincerity)
We will never rest; we will always fight, until our job is done!
(James, Black Ranger, Armaldo Zord shown. Credits; "James Masterson created by Yankee Blaze)
(Ritchie, Green Ranger, Cradily Zord shown. Credits; "Ritchie Smith created by Psyduck Ranger)
Dino Rangers, we sooooooaaaaaar!
(Nanene, Blue Ranger, Omastar Zord shown. Credits; "Nanene Valentine created by Mimi Tachikawa-Sincerity)
Dino Rangers, we will win this war!
(Kyle, Red Ranger, Aerodactyl Zord shown. Credits; "Kyle Weaver created by Phoenix Espeon)
D-d-d-Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Dino Megazord shown battling a Dinosian)
Protecting Earth throughout the ages!
(Adelie, Anna, and Jimmy shown at Golden Youths)
Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Screen diagonally split in two. Left side shows Kurtis and Kris fighting to be the main view on a phone call, right side shows Greg working on a computer, Clara stood behind him)
We will fight, and we will win!
(Whitney and Miborg shown working in BoO)
With the power of the ancient po-ké-mon!
(Rangers shown riding Relicanth Riders)
We will make our enemies run!
(James using his Dino Blaster against Juliet)
Dino Rangers, we let out our roar!
(Kyle & Nanene fighting back to back with the Slash Batons)
Dino Rangers, beat the dinosaurs!
(Rei shown using her Dino Muscle Enhancement)
D-d-d-Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Ritchie stood by his limo with Samuel)
Protecting Earth throughout the ages!
(Donny, Carl & Prof Trex stood in a T-Rex like footprint)
Dino Force Poké Ra-a-angers!
(Everyone at a football match, either playing, cheering, commentating, or yelling)
We will fight, and we will win! [Dino Force!
(Ranger teens facing an army of Zaroids)
We will fight, and we will win! [One more time!
(The Ranger teens, Whitney, and Miborg all flee into BoO as the earthquake hits)
We will fight, and we will WIN!
(Rangers stand before series logo. Credits read "Characters created by Psyduck Ranger, Phoenix Espeon, Digimon Lantern 1, Yankee Blaze, Mimi Tachikawa-Sincerity, Daniel the Dragonfly, RubyVulpix and Nintendo. Everything else by Psyduck Ranger)
Chapter 7; Y2.108K
"We must ready ourselves for an attack!" Oday cried out to his family, all gathered together on his request, as he paced in front of them. "Tonight the Earth will be most vulnerable."
"Why is that, brother Oday?" Stegatrix asked.
"Because tonight is the celebration of a new Earthern year, 2108!" Oday told him happily.
"If we're attacking because of the holiday, then why didn't we do so last week, at Christmas?" Dorian asked in his drawl, "Or has that celebration been lost by the humans?"
Everyone else in the room rounded on Dorian angrily, bar Jashinka, who merely gasped at her husband's words.
"Are you suggesting besmirching the name of our Christ in the name of war!? Disgusting! And as a matter of fact, the humans do still celebrate Christmas, though they believe the Christ to be human. But even most of them know the significance of the day; criminals and evildoers worldwide halt their actions for the day! Indeed, in a great civil war on Earth, at Christmas time, the two sides stopped fighting to play an Earthern sport together!" Oday barked. Dorian merely scowled.
"However, the celebration of a new year is nothing we cannot interrupt. So, building upon on old fear on Earth of New Year; sister Farrah, do you have it?" Oday asked. Farrah stepped forward.
"Indeed, brother Oday. I have a virus here," she said, holding up a small test tube, "that will infect every computer on Earth, and turn it against the humans, travelling through their own Internet! Happy New Year!" she cackled, and, due to the infectious nature of laughter, her family laughed with her.
Meanwhile, at Golden Youths…
"Where are those balloons!?" Jimmy cried frantically, rushing round carrying a clipboard, as the Rangers, Anna, Adelie and Samuel scurried around him.
"Up in the ceiling, ready to be released at midnight," Ritchie told him.
"And the confetti?"
"It's all there."
"Hey, Jimmy, come on, deep breaths now," Anna said, and she led him through breathing. "Come on, it's only a party."
"Yeah…hey, Samuel, how's the disco ball?" Jimmy asked, calling up to the man on the ladder.
"Don't you worry, Jimmy, it's gonna be fine," Samuel told him calmly.
"Thank you Samuel, you're a lifesaver, helping out tonight. Hey, Nanene, Kyle, how are the preparations for the music going?"
Meanwhile, down in BoO…
"Jeez, Jimmy needs to chill out, huh?" Whitney asked Miborg with a chuckle, as the watched the shenanigans above on the monitor.
"Mm, indeed. So, what are you doing to call in the New Year?" Miborg asked, turning away from the console with Whitney.
"Oh, I'm going upstairs, helping Jimmy out tonight. Anna's got the night off, celebrating, so he needs all hands on deck. What about you?" she asked him.
"Oh come on, this'll be more than 92 new years I've lived through now, like this one will be any different," Miborg said with a chuckle, nonetheless following with a sigh.
"Oh, Miborg! That's not fair, not fun! Don't worry, I'll think of something," Whitney said sadly, patting his shoulder. Miborg smiled at her, and then twitched, clamping both hands to the metal side of his head.
"Oh dear!" he gasped. Whitney moved her hand from between his arms.
"Miborg? What's wrong?" Whitney asked, trying to look him in the face as he turned away.
"Oh dear! I knew this would happen! I knew your mother battles pokémon in hell!" he hissed, in a voice far from his own.
"Excuse me!?" Whitney gasped, standing upright, as Miborg collapsed on the floor.
"Oh my! What happened!?" he wailed.
"You just – well – I don't know. Something came over you," Whitney said, helping him up.
"Oh dear! We'd better try and get to the bottom of this right away!" Miborg said, walking to a computer, and he rapidly clicked away.
"Um…right. Well, we'd better let the Rangers know what's going on. Better to be safe than sorry," Whitney said, dialling Kyle's number in.
"No!" Miborg called suddenly, and Whitney whizzed round to him, "I mean – why worry them over nothing? If it gets too serious we can call them, but it's fine now," Miborg said, turning back to the computers. Whitney wasn't convinced.
"Miborg? Are you sure you're ok?" Whitney asked.
"I'm fine!" he bellowed, in the same voice he'd hissed in before. Whitney paced forward.
"Ok, what's going on, who are you and what have you done to- ARGH!" she screamed, as Miborg unleashed a Psychic attack, knocking her to the ground.
"Hypnosis!" he yelled, and in a beam, Whitney fell asleep.
"Now, to spread the virus into the vastest computer in the world!" Miborg cackled.
Meanwhile, up in the youth club…
"Ok, everything's really looking good," Jimmy said calmly, looking around as everyone else continued their work calmly.
"See, told you there was nothing to worry about. Everything's gonna be just-" Ritchie began.
Suddenly, Professor Trex burst through the front doors, screaming and waving his arms like a madman.
"Stop everything! Stop everything! Stop everything!" he repeated, running in as Donny and Carl stumbled in after him, panting for breath. Within a few moments they'd both collapsed on the floor.
"I'm getting too old for this," Carl muttered.
"Stop everything!" Trex wailed again.
"Oh Lord," Jimmy sighed.
"Yo, Prof! Calm it down! What's the matter?" James asked, grabbing the old man to stop him, and turning him round so they were face to face.
"Oh, right! Sorry. The boys and I have figured it all out, calculated it exactly! Throughout today, every single computer in the world is going to start going crazy! They'll try to kill all of humanity!" he wailed.
"I see. But how exactly did you figure that out? It's not exactly relevant to your occupation now, is it?" Nanene asked.
"Well of course it is! It's all down to the dinosaurs!" Trex snapped.
"Yes, but Professor, why did you come here instead of going to the authorities?" Samuel asked, in his calm, soothing voice.
"Um…actually, I can't quite remember," he said, grinning at Donny and Carl.
"Ok, well we'll keep an eye out, ok, but for now I need to focus on getting the party read-DAYAHAHAHAHA!" Jimmy screamed as he turned around.
The drinks machine was spraying milkshakes of all the colours in the rainbow everywhere, ruining the decorations.
"Oh no! It's beginning! We're too late!" the Prof wailed, leading Donny & Carl quickly from the youth club.
The printer began launching rounds of paper at the assembled group, sharp and hard; one sheet managed to slice a large gash in Jimmy's arm.
At the same time, each and every screen in the place, be it the computers or video games, began flashing fast and brightly, accompanied by high-speed whirling sounds.
"Talk about your Electric Soldier Porygon," Kyle cried, slamming his eyes shut.
"Samuel, get them out of here!" Ritchie yelled, and through squinted eyes, Samuel guided Adelie and Jimmy outside.
"Guys! What's going on!?" Rei frantically asked her PokéGear, having dialled BoO's number.
"We're sorry. The number you are dialling thinks you should go burn in hell. Please hang up, and don't call back," the automated message told her.
"We need to get down there," James said, and they all carefully tried to get outside.
However, when they felt the cold, just-about-December air on their faces and realised it was safe to open their eyes, they didn't find themselves met with a pretty sight.
Various vehicles that had been gifted with onboard computers now ruled the streets, whilst everything and anything electronic did all in its power to cause devastation; traffic lights blinded, public phones deafened, and the odd minor explosion could be seen from many buildings.
"Oh my-! We have to help! We have to-!" Nanene gasped as she looked around.
"We have to get down to BoO, now!" Rei ordered, grabbing her arm and dragging her to the rear side of the youth club, with the others following.
Kyle placed his hand on the scanner by the door, and it bleeped accordingly.
"Access granted… Ha! As if! Dream on, losers, you're not getting in here!" the computerised control panel cackled.
Ritchie's eyes went wide, and his brow rose as he stared at the loopy machine.
"Fine, if it won't let us in, I say we break in. Rei, Weaver, on three!" James called out, raising his fist. Rei lifted her leg, and Kyle licked his lips.
"THREE!" the Red Ranger called out, and with a tremendous thud, the door collapsed and fell down a few steps, as James dusted off her hand, Rei lowered her foot, and Kyle spat.
"Miborg! Whitney!" Anna called as she and the Rangers rushed down the stairs. They soon found Miborg with his back to the them, working on the computers, and Whitney unconscious on the floor.
"Oh my Arceus!" Nanene cried, rushing to her side. She tried to feel for her pulse.
"Oh, don't worry, dear, she's alive. For now," Miborg said creepily.
"Miborg, what the hell is going on here!?" Rei asked angrily.
"Oh, nothing much, just the destruction of your world!" Miborg told them, slipping back into his deep voice, as he span round and grinned at them. The Rangers took up defensive stances.
"What's happened to you!? And all the computers and stuff are acting up too, what's going on!?" Kyle asked, his temper also rising.
"Do you really think I'd tell you that!? Answering your question would only provide you with a way to worm your way out of it, as always! Now, if I were you, I wouldn't be down here talking to me, I'd be up there fighting them!" Miborg laughed, as he slammed a finger on a button, and an image of the city above came up, with the five Zords attacking.
"No!" Nanene gasped, rising to her feet.
"We've got to do something, now!" Rei wailed, biting her lip.
"You guys try and do something about the Zords, I'll get Whitney to safety," Anna suggested frantically, and without delay, the Rangers left.
"Foolish girl! Telling me your plan only provides me with the solution! Besides, do you really think you'll get out of here, past me!?" Miborg asked.
"Not me – her," Anna said, tapping one of her Poké Balls, as she leapt over to Whitney's body, "Espeon, Teleport!"
And with that they were gone. Not that Miborg cared. He simply grinned as he turned back to the monitor.
Meanwhile, on surface level…
"Oh please let this work. Ready?" Kyle asked the others nervously.
"Ready."
"AncientPower!"
"Claw Power!"
"Dome Power!"
"Helix Power!"
"Root Power!"
"Amber Power!"
"Well look who it is," Oday said, from command of the Aerodactyl Zord.
"Heh-heh, the Poke Rangers! Alright, I've been waitin' for this for a long time, reddy-boy! You're going down!" the aforementioned Zord cried.
"Dragon Pulse!" Juliet commanded relentlessly, from the helm of the Armaldo Zord.
"For justice!" it called, as a massive wad of energy grew in its mouth, until it shot forth to the ground below.
"MOVE IT!" James screamed, as everyone leapt out of the way.
And at the point, the five Zords began an onslaught of various attacks, quite literally slowly flattening Goldenrod.
"So, does anyone have any bright ideas?" Rei asked, but Kyle was already on the move.
"Relicanth Rider!" he called, and he leapt atop his vehicle as it came to him, riding forward towards the nearest Zord, the Omastar Zord, and before it could stop him, he was riding up its shell, onto the top.
"Amber Blaster! Fire Blast!" Kyle cried, launching a ring of flames on the Zord, doing only minor damage.
"Get off of there! Omastar Zord, remove that slime ball!" Dorian ordered.
"Like, no problem, boss! Spike Cannon!" Nanene's commandeered Zord cheered, shooting spikes up from all over its back, trying to take Kyle along with one – successfully.
Kyle's vehicle began changing shape; the wheels moved from vertical at the sides, to horizontal underneath, and they began spinning rapidly, flying through the air, catching the Red Ranger just in time to bring him down to ground safely.
"Oh yeah, they also have an aero mode," Ritchie chuckled nervously.
"Great, but we've just seen that we can hardly do anything to even faze the Zords, let alone hold them back from destroying the world! What now!?" Nanene asked.
"Uh…giant…Master Balls?" James muttered. The others all looked at him in alarm (even Kyle), but he just pointed at the sky.
Flying towards them at high speed were, as James put it, giant Master Balls. The Zords turned to watch as well, and the Dinosians realised with a leap of horror that the Zords were the target.
"Abandon ship!" Jashinka screamed, and they only just managed to escape before the Zords were captured.
"Excellent! They're like – Zord Balls?" Ritchie asked, as he, James, Kyle and Nanene cheered ecstatically.
"Yeah…Anna said… Let's go! Relicanth Riders!" she called, and the remaining four vehicles soon showed up.
"Huh? What're we doing?" Kyle asked, as they all leapt on their vehicles, and his transformed back to terra mode.
"You'll see, come on," she said, speeding off towards the southern edge of the city. The others followed.
They escaped the mayhem of the infected computer systems, into the Azalea Forest, and out on the other side in Azalea Town.
"What are we doing here?" James asked, as they all dismounted.
"Guys! You're ok!" Anna called to them. They all looked round and saw her, Whitney, and an unidentified man heading towards them from a house.
"Uh…yeah…so you sent the Zord Balls then?" Ritchie asked.
"That's right, I built them a while back, kept some in spare just in case. The name's Jerry," the man told them.
"Of course! Azalea Town's resident Poké Ball expert," James said.
"Eh…right, I knew that…" Kyle muttered.
"Jerry designed the Zord Balls we used to store our original Zords in back in the Johto Ranger days," Anna said, "so I thought he might be able to help us now. He doesn't use any computers, and Azalea on the whole is very limited on that front, so I thought it would be a good place to make a temporary base."
"I only wish there was more I could do, but I'm not very good with much outside of my field," Jerry told them sadly. He then turned back towards his house, suggesting, "Maybe we should go inside…"
"Well before we do anything I'd quite like to know what in the world is going on!" James cried.
"Well, I'm not entirely sure, but from what I can tell it's a computer virus, spreading through the Internet," Whitney told them.
"But it's affected everything electronic apart from our Ranger tech – not counting the Zords," Rei pointed out.
"Well more than most people realise is hooked up to the Internet nowadays. Although all your stuff is fine, it just seems Miborg dealt with the Zords himself," Whitney said.
"But how did it affect Miborg!?" Nanene gasped.
"Well you know that computer-y looking thing on his head? That's a computer," Kyle pointed out.
"Well how do we fight a computer virus? We're going to need one heck of a Norton," James put in.
"You can fight it through Miborg," Whitney told them. Instantly the room fell silent.
"They can do what now?" Anna asked nervously.
"Miborg is effectively the physical manifestation of the virus. Partly down to him being the first infected program, but also due to his own physical nature – biological matter linked to computer networking," Whitney said.
"And you worked all that out in the last couple of minutes whilst you were awake?" Rei asked in bemusement.
"No, I took advantage of the time in which I was unconscious," Whitney scoffed.
"Whatever, how are we actually supposed to do anything? Simply fighting him will never be enough, and we can't- we can't…you know. Even if we did the virus is still spreading throughout the net," Kyle sighed.
"Look, we'll worry about that when the time comes, but for now you just need to hold him off, ok?" Whitney barked, "We'll take care of the rest."
"And BoO-?" Ritchie asked.
"-May just be a sacrifice we have to make," Whitney finished grimly.
"Ok. You gotta do what you gotta do. That's what being a Ranger is all about," Rei sighed, and the Rangers all simply walked out, to make the return trip to Goldenrod.
"You do have a plan, don't you?" Jerry asked. Whitney simply smiled at him.
Shortly, in Azalea forest…
As the Rangers sped through, they were shot at, causing them all to come flying off of their Riders, and a dust cloud to rise.
"Oh dear, Rangers. This won't do. Your continued existence, I mean. I'll just have to destroy you all right now," Miborg sighed, calmly walking towards them. Then without warning he leapt at them, using Fire Punch.
Ritchie ran forwards, and took the full force of the attack, falling backwards, but managing to sit upright after he'd landed, gingerly holding his arm.
"You like punching!? I'll show you punching!" James yelled angrily, thrusting his arm out, and knocking Miborg through a tree.
"James, watch it! We're not trying to kill him!" Nanene warned him.
"How unfortunate for you!" Miborg cried, and the Rangers turned to watch as the broken tree, surrounded by a blue glow headed towards them. James smashed it into matchsticks with a single punch.
"Ooh, little boy thinks he's tough. Well break out of this!" Miborg bellowed, holding his arms out, but nothing happened.
"Ok…" Kyle said slowly, beginning to run forwards, but he collided with thin air, with a ringing clunk, like a church bell.
"Oh no, not this again," Rei sighed.
"Mime powers…" Ritchie muttered.
"Hmm…I wonder if he created a base?" Rei asked rhetorically, before stamping on the ground, causing a violent earthquake, which shook Miborg to the ground.
"There, that must have lost him his concentration, so-" Nanene began, running forwards with success, "Slash Bat-"
But with that, Miborg staggered to his knees, and held out another hand, and the Ranger were pulled uncontrollably towards each other.
"Invisible lasso…he should be a children's entertainer," Kyle chuckled.
"Except mimes are creepy," Nanene said with a shudder.
"If you're quite done!" Miborg hissed.
"No, sorry, you'll have to excuse us a moment," Kyle told him, "How can you think mimes are creepy!? That's like saying clowns aren't!"
"Guys!" they heard Anna call, and they saw her throwing something towards them, "Load it into one of the Dino Blasters!"
"Lock 'n' load!" James muttered, as he caught it, and loaded into his newly materialised weapon, firing at Miborg before he could comprehend the situation.
A purple dart fired from the weapon, reaching Miborg quickly, and injecting into his arm. His natural eye dilated, and he fell back. The six teens rushed over to his side.
"What was that?" Ritchie asked.
"Apparently it's some sort of mega Potion – the Master Ball of Potions, it can cure absolutely anything in a Pokémon – in this case, even a computer virus. It was made at a college in the Lectos region years ago, but it was never mass-produced due to the price – well, just like the Master Ball. Whitney called up a friend of hers and had it sent over pronto," Anna explained.
"Right-o, and now I've altered it and administered it onto the Internet, so everything should settle down soon enough, including the Zords, which should be ejecting the Dinosians as we speak, and – oh dear! I didn't hurt any of you did I!?" Miborg asked nervously, sitting bolt upright.
"Good to have you back," Rei said with a chuckle, as Kyle's PokéGear rang.
"Hey Whitney, what's up?" Kyle asked.
"Do you guys have any idea what time it is!? Midnight's only an hour away!" she cried at him.
"Whoa! Guys, we need to tidy ourselves up and get to the party!" Kyle reiterated to the group.
Later, at the party…
Everyone was outside, flooding the streets for the countdown, ready to watch the New Years ball thingy (whatever they have in Times Square, I don't know!) descend.
"You know 2107-08 is the 200th anniversary of the ball dropping!" Kyle cried over the babble of the crowd to Nanene.
"Great…" she muttered.
"So, anyone have any New Years resolutions?" Rei asked.
"I vow to come out of my shell more this year. I'll try to actually tell girls when I have feelings for them," declared James, the group womaniser.
"I hear that," said Kyle, "Adelie and I need to chill out around you guys more."
"And we have to stop being too nice to people! Before you know it people will seriously start taking advantage of us," put in Donny, as he, Carl, and Prof. Trex walked past.
"Mm hmm, it's true, it's so true…" Trex sighed, shaking his head.
"10!"
"Here we go. Ooh, this is so exciting!" Miborg muttered. He'd joined them using Ritchie's old holographic projector, taking on a random guise.
"8!"
"Wait a sec', what's that?" Nanene asked, pointing at the dropping ball.
"I dunno, you probably have better eyesight than the rest of us, Miss Slightly Psychic," James muttered, squinting at it.
"I think – it's a bomb!" Nanene squealed, placing her hands over her mouth to stop anyone from hearing. The other Rangers looked at her in shock.
"You sure!?" Rei asked. She nodded.
"Someone cause a diversion!" Kyle gasped.
"Look, a naked skydiver!" Miborg bellowed. Everyone span round to look where he was pointing.
Not pausing to point out the absurdity of the statement, from Miborg no less, Kyle quickly launched his long tongue just over the crowd (Miborg was pointing directly up, so even those just on the other side of the falling ball wouldn't see), wrapped it around the bomb, and hurled it into the air.
Miborg quickly vanished amongst the crowd, as they slowly turned their attention back to the ball.
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"Happy New Year!" the crowd screamed in delight, as the bomb exploded, providing free, decent fireworks. Nanene bit her lip a moment, then gave in, and gave Kyle a brief peck.
"That was, um – just – just the tradition, you know," she said, blushing furiously, and looking away to try and hide it. Fortunately Kyle didn't see because he was too busy trying to hide his own blush.
James meanwhile, was desperately scanning the crowds for the nearest female not lip-locked.
"Look!" Anna gasped, directing Rei's gaze to Donny & Carl, who were tugging on Whitney's and Jimmy's arms, trying to get them to break apart.
"Guys? Look, the kiss-tradition-thing is just for midnight, you can stop now. Guys?" Carl asked, before he and his accomplice lost consciousness, courtesy of the Danime twins.
What new assaults will the Dinosians launch in 2108? Will we ever see Miborg's human hologram again? What's the scoop on Whitney and Jimmy? Find out in the next issue of Heat Magazine! Out Monday!
A/N: Hehehe… Couldn't resist…for those of you reading who live outside the UK – eh, those of you reading – Heat is just a celebrity gossip trash magazine. For those of you living in America, this year is indeed the 100th anniversary of the ball dropping Times Square. Anyone going? Anyway, hope you all had a good Christmas (or whatever else you might celebrate), and I wish you a Happy New Year! See ya next year!
