Chapter VII: A New Friend and an Old Enemy

A couple of weeks have passed since the Rangers destroyed Rhinosnoraus, and they're facing a problem. Antonio has developed a fear of fish. No matter what they tried, they couldn't get him over it. They even tried to support him by facing their own fears. Emily has a few fears, but none of them are known to the other Rangers. Antonio had left the Shiba House a while ago to work on bringing back a new Zord to give the Samurai Rangers an edge. Just then, the Gap Sensor went off, showing that another Nighlok has attacked. "Let's go." Jayden said, and the others nodded.

But when they arrived to the Cliffside, they found only Moogers, the Nighlok foot soldiers. "Man, more Moogers?" Mike asked. "I don't know what they're up to, but we better stop them none the less." Kevin said. Jayden nodded at that. "Ready?" He asked, pulling out his Samuraizer. "Ready!" the other Rangers said, doing the same. "Samuraizer!" The Rangers shouted, flipping their Morphers to reveal the Symbols. "Go Go Samurai!" And so they drew their Symbols and started Morphing.

Soon enough, the Rangers were morphed, and ready to go. "Samurai Ranger, ready!" They raised their swords. "Rangers Together!" They swung down, and got into battle stances. "Samurai Forever!" The Rangers charged in, taking on the first Mooger to approach. Jayden had little trouble against the Moogers. One by one they fell. Kevin was doing well too, until he saw some Mooger Archers ready to fire.

Thinking quickly, Kevin transformed his Spin Sword into the Hydro Bow. "Hydro Bow!" He shouted, firing blue energy arrows at the archers. The arrows knocked back the Moogers, causing them to misfire and hit the Moogers instead. Mike had his Forest Spear knocking Moogers back. He even used it to launch a Mooger into another crowd of them. With a spin of the Forest Spear, green energy shot out and knocked the rest of the Moogers on their backs. "Man, these Moogers are getting easier and easier to beat." He commented, parrying another Mooger's slash.

Mia was using her sword to fend off the Moogers, she too had little trouble. When she saw a bunch of Moogers trying to charge at her, she quickly put a pink disc on her Spin Sword. She spun the disk, and her sword had pink energy. "Spin Sword: Air Wave!" Mia shouted, swinging her sword. The pink energy struck the Moogers and they fell down like bowling pins.

Emily was having a bit of trouble, but she was faring well. "Man, the late night training sessions with the Keyblade are making things even better than I thought." She thought. But suddenly, out of nowhere, giant fireballs rained down and hit everything, Ranger and Mooger alike. The Rangers were flat on their back, and there was no Mooger in sight. "What was that?" Mike asked, trying to get up.

Emily was the first on her feet when she looked at a bunch of smoke that came from the fireballs. But then she saw in horror on what stepped out of it. It was a Nighlok, but this one was familiar to her. It stood tall and had an Overlord's Armor. The razor claws for hands were gleaming in the sunlight and the two eyes over razor sharp teeth were pure white.

"Oh no! It can't be!" Emily thought. "A pleasure to meet you Samurai Rangers." The Nighlok said in the same malicious voice that Emily could never forget. The other Rangers were on their feet and had their Spin Swords ready to fight the Nighlok. "Who are you?" Jayden asked, no fear in his voice what so ever. "My name is Serrator, and I assure you, I'm no ordinary Nighlok." The Nighlok responded. But then he set his eyes on Emily.

"But I'm sure the Yellow Ranger can tell you much more about me." Serrator said. Mia looked at Emily confused. "What does he mean Emily?" She asked. But Emily didn't speak, just simply tightened her grip on her Spin Sword. Jayden seemed to notice, but the others couldn't tell. "Right now, I'm simply here to test out your strength. But it seems to me that you're not all that impressive." Serrator said. "What?" Mike asked, insulted. "But perhaps I'm being a bit hasty. I shall add something else. I summon you, Papyrox!" Serrator shouted, throwing a drawing into the air.

But the drawing came to life and grew, revealing the monster. Papyrox was white and black. It had blades for arms and an 'X'-like head. The Rangers were shocked at the creature and how it simply appeared, but Jayden snapped out of it before the others. "You guys handle Serrator. I'll take care of the Papyrox." The Rangers nodded, before Jayden took out a device called the Black Box. He attached it to his Spin Sword, shouting, "Super Samurai Mode!" Jayden became cloaked in light before revealing him wearing a white vest.

He then placed a colored disc in the Black Box. "Samurai Combination!" Jayden called out. Five Zords have appeared out of nowhere. The Red Lion Foldingzord, the Blue Dragon Foldingzord, the Green Bear Foldingzord, the Yellow Ape Foldingzord, and the Pink Turtle Foldingzord. The all combined. The Blue and Green became legs, the Yellow and Pink became arms, and the Red became the Torso and Head.

"Samurai Megazord! We are united!" Jayden shouted, the Megazord at the ready. The other Rangers charged at Serrator, but hardly any damage could be made, Serrator kept blocking all of their attacks. Emily was the only one that could land a hit on him, but it didn't do much. While Kevin, Mia, and Mike were recovering, Emily tried a technique she saw her brother used. She performed a slash in a reverse grip and took Serrator by surprise.

Serrator gritted in pain a bit, which brought hope to Emily, for she could see it. "I'm going to enjoy your demise most of all." He said through the pain. He quickly launched a fireball point blank at Emily, knocking her to the ground. She heard her friends calling her name in worry, but that's all she heard, for she blacked out.

In the physical world, the others ran to her as she demorphed. Serrator laughed. "So, the Yellow Ranger falls." He said. Mia held her sword towards Serrator. "Just what do you have against her, anyway?" She asked. "It's not so much her. I have resentment to her family. For that reason, I enjoy her pain the most." Serrator said. That was all he could get out before a black disc shot at him, dealing damage.

"What?" Serrator shouted, turning to see Antonio, fully morphed. And he was carrying something in his hand. It was the Light Zord. "Hey, no one messes with my friends and gets away with it!" Antonio shouted. "Antonio!" Kevin said, glad to see him. "He must have conquered his fear!" Mike said. "And he brought the Light Zord back. Alright Antonio!" Mia shouted. "I see. Perhaps you'll be up to the task!" But before Serrator could attack him, a silver flame shot out of nowhere and hit Serrator. "Huh?" Mia asked, for the Rangers were confused too.

But then Kevin saw something at the cliff. "Look!" The rangers and even Serrator looked to see something shocking. It was another Samurai Ranger, but this one was Silver. This one appeared to be a guy, and instead of a Spin Sword, he carried an elegant silver sword in the style of a bird, but what kind they couldn't tell. The blade had a gray disk on it. The helmet was what got the most attention, for it was the Symbol meaning Sun.

"A Silver Ranger?" Mike asked. The Silver Ranger jumped off the cliff. He swung his sword down at Serrator and it appeared that it did a lot more damage than the others. The Rangers were shocked at how the new Ranger easily damaged the Nighlok, but Antonio quickly snapped out of it. "All right, I'll take it from here!" He said to the Silver Ranger. To Antonio's surprise, the mysterious Ranger nodded and took the disc out of the blade, turning to face Papyrox, who was beating down the Megazord.

The Silver Ranger held the disc up in the air. He didn't shout anything, but the disc emitted a bright light. When the light faded, the Rangers were amazed at what they saw. It was a new Zord. This one was silver and it was a bird. But what was strange, was that there was fire flowing off of the wings. "A Phoenix Zord!" Kevin shouted. "Alright, looks like we have a chance." Mia said as the Silver Ranger jumped into the Zord. Meanwhile, Antonio was facing Serrator, hitting him with a dagger, damaging him.

"Okay here we go! Light Zord: Disc Scattershot!" Antonio shouted. Several black discs shot out of the Light Zord. They charged with power for a brief moment, before striking Serrator, causing him to fall back. "Very well. You passed the test. But tell the Yellow Ranger that she'll be seeing me again real soon." At those words, Serrator vanished, retreating into the Sanzo River.

Meanwhile, while the Samurai Megazord was recovering, the Phoenix Zord was keeping Papyrox busy. "Alright LZ. Let's help out." Antonio said, pulling out his Morpher. "Light Zord: Mega Mode Power!" When Antonio put in a command in his Morpher, Light Zord grew and transformed. From its dormant Lantern state, it became a robot with the dagger Antonio used as the arms. "Light Zord Battle Mode, ready!"

Just then another transformation occurred. The Phoenix Zord's wings drew back. The flames came off the wings and moved to the sides of the Zord, solidifying into black arms. The talons and tail feathers extended and formed the legs and feet. The head folded down to the chest and a human head appeared where the bird head once was. And so the new Megazord was ready. "Whoa, what kind of Megazord is that?" Mike asked. "I thought up of a good name. How about the Phoenix Shogun Megazord?" Mia suggested. "Yeah, I like it." Kevin said. "Yeah! Muy fantastico! Let's help out Light Zord!"

At Antonio words, the Light Zord launched black discs at the Papyrox. The Samurai Megazord joined the fray, having recovered. "All right, time to rejoin the fight." Jayden said, charging through. The Phoenix Shogun Megazord's wings detached and created handles that the Megazord itself grabbed onto. "No way! His wings are his swords?" Mike said, flabbergasted.

Emily soon came to, letting out the groan of pain. Mia noticed. "Emily!" At Mia's words, the other Rangers that weren't in the Zord fight looked to see Mia was right. They quickly helped Emily up. "What happened?" She asked groggily. "We'll explain soon, because it looks like it's about over." Emily looked up to see the Phoenix Shogun's blades charging up flames. Striking Papyrox with the blades, the Megazord leapt up as Light Zord launched a Scattershot at Papyrox.

The Samurai Megazord hit it with a Katana Strike. At that last blow, the Papyrox fell, exploding. The Rangers cheered. "Samurai Rangers, victory is ours." Jayden said, giving their trademark victory call. Jayden and the Silver Ranger leapt up from the cockpits, their Zords vanishing while Light Zord shrunk back to its regular size. The Silver Ranger turned to leave. "Wait!" Mike shouted, stopping the Silver Ranger.

Jayden at that time walked up. "Thank you for helping us stop Serrator. We would like to welcome you to the Samurai Rangers." Jayden held his hand up to the Silver Ranger. But the Ranger just walked past Jayden, vanishing into a gray light. Emily gasped silently at that, but no one heard her. "Just who is that guy?" Mike asked. Jayden walked back to the team. "At any rate, let's head back to the Shiba House. Emily is going to need to rest." Jayden said. "But Jayden-" "No buts Emily, you can barely walk after that last attack Serrator hit you with. In the meantime, we better find out more about him." At those words cutting off Emily's protests, the Rangers headed back to the place they call home.