Chapter 9: Apprenticing Yellow
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Seth stood in the center of a blank and bland black room. "Alright Seth, are you ready" Folse said over the intercom.
Seth nodded. "Okay, beginning simulation, now" Folse said turning on the simulation.
Seth is now standing in the middle of a destroyed city with flames everywhere and toppled buildings. "Wow Folse this looks really realistic" Rosie said as the other rangers were in the control room as well.
Rosie had one thing on her mind; did Seth feel the same way? She asked herself.
Seth had the exact same question about her.
"Hurry up and kick some butt, we haven't got all day" Dyllon said over the intercom.
As if on cue, a group of Foneys flipped onto the field and surrounded Seth easily.
"Okay" Seth said inserting his chip into his morpher "VivoFighters: Spinax Power!" he shouted transforming into his ranger form.
"Activate Weapon: SpinAxle!" He shouted drawing his weapon and slashed down across a few while smashing with his spines.
"Okay Seth, I'm sending in the B-Bot now" Folse said, sending in Nododrone.
"Alright Folse, I'm testing the Boost Armor now" Seth said pulling out his buckle and retrieving the ShanSaber medal.
"Initiate Weapon: ShanSaber" the weapon materialized "ShanSaber: Boost Up!"
The armor materialized.
The computer sparked. "Folse what's going on" Rosie asked.
"The Power of the Boost Armor is off the charts" he replied "Seth we're going to have to end this for now, wait until after we're done with calibrating and testing the armor"
"Okay Folse" Seth said, demorphing.
He walked out "hey Rosie, you heading to Rivet Ravine?"
"Sorry, but my Granddad needs me to help with his work"
"Why? Holt asked walking up.
"My family wants me to be a part of the family business"
"And what would that be?" Duna asked as she and Dyllon walked up.
"I don't know, I've been so busy with ranger duties I haven't been able to find out" she stated.
"Well looks like I'm going alone then" Seth said.
"Wait, how come Dyllon and Duna or Holt can't go with you" Rosie asked.
"Well Dyllon agreed to help Kasey at the restaurant and Duna has to stay here to help calibrate the Boost Armor and Holt has some apprentice thing to go to" Seth replied.
"Oh well sorry Seth but we all have something to do besides you" Rosie said as they all walked out except for Duna.
Seth walked into the Ravine and came across a site with the entrance covered.
When no one was looking he sneaked under the fence and walked along. He looked around and spotted a lantern and used the match from his match case and lit the lantern. He walked around before he heard a noise. He slowly turned and saw a man.
"Hey, what are you doing here" the man said.
"Sorry sir, I got lost"
"Yeah right, tell you what, if you can help me with my little problem, I won't call the cops on you"
"Fine just tell me what I need to do"
"First off, the name's McJunker" the man said shaking Seth's hand.
"I'm Seth"
"And you're going to be taking my apprentice to the mine tunnel to see what is going on down there" McJunker said as Holt walked out of the darkness.
"Holt!? You're the apprentice!" Seth exclaimed.
"Good, you know each other, which should make this job easier" he said putting both in the mine cart that accelerated forwards and took them to a tunnel.
"Holt why didn't you tell me you were here"
"Why would I, and have my leader take away something else of importance from me"
"What are you talking about?"
"Whenever something good happens to me, something better happens to you"
"What?"
"Whenever I got this job, you got the Boost Armor, whenever I got a chance to impress my crush; you created a new Zord, and ruined that chance for me"
"Wait, you have feelings for Rosie?"
"What? No I was talking about Duna, besides; Rosie likes you more than me"
"Yeah how would you know that?" Seth asked.
"You don't want to know dude" Holt said as they arrived at the place.
They walked around some before coming around the BB Bandits digging and fooling around along with a Coatlus-like robot.
"Uh these guys again" Holt said as he and Seth walked out "what are you guys doing here?"
"Uh these guys again, Coatling attack!" Vivian shouted before going back to work and the robot blasted them with green energy from its wings.
They flipped backwards "VivoFighters: Spinax/Pachy Power!" both shouted out morphing.
"SpinAxle!" "PaCrasher!" they both shouted out charging the robot.
"Let's show em' how to get it done!" Seth shouted before the robot swung.
Seth ducked under a wing swing and swung downwards as Holt punched the drone, which blocked both with its wings before attacking them. Seth rolled before returning to his feet and swinging across the chest causing momentary sparks that soon dissipated as the robot scratched across Seth's chest and sent him flying as Holt punched downwards and did more damage.
The robot stumbled backwards before extending its arms outward and it split itself into two drones.
"Ah crap!" Seth said as the left one charged him and Holt was left alone to deal with the other one.
Seth rolled backwards and avoided the smash against the ground by the wings and swung across the chest which the robot blocked as it blasted him with a wind beam from its mouth. He flew through the wall and into the mine passage as the robot flew through.
He disintegrated his SpinAxle back into his Pickaxe in Saber mode as the drone charged once more. He swung to the side and the drone deflected before he kicked and punched the chest.
The robot stumbled backwards when Seth repeatedly swung and slashed the chest of it as much as he could.
He then jumped upwards and kicked the chest, sending both flying backwards. The drone stood up and ran at Seth.
Seth landed in a mine cart and due to the force it was sent moving backwards away from the running robot.
"AxeBlaster: charge up, Red!" he shouted changing the Pickaxe into the shotgun mode as he blasted the chest and was moving faster with each blast.
The drone deflected each blast as it extended its wings and flew at him.
Seth turned and was sent flying out as he arrived back at the main center.
"What the-?" McJunker started to say before the drone few in and tackled Seth outside and across the Ravine.
Seth struggled but could not break free until he tilted the blaster up and fired, causing the robot to let him go, sending Seth dropping to the ground, and I mean between the cracks of the Ravine into the desert.
Holt punched the drone and flew forward like a missile, driving the PaCrasher through the robot and landed before he punched once more and sent the robot flying.
He turned his attention to the BB Bandits and saw they were fooling around as usual until the Drone tackled him and he was sent rolling across the ground.
Holt slid around and jumped to his feet before spinning around and kicking the chest before he transformed the PaCrasher back into the Pickaxe in Saber mode.
Holt opened the ground beneath him and reappeared under the creature jumping above and slashing the chest before shifting it to Blaster mode and blasting the drone.
The drone simply stumbled backwards and regenerated all of its health.
"What?"
But before anything else could happen the drone tackled him outside and unto the ground and almost through a crack.
He called Rosie, then Duna, then Dyllon through his helmet.
Rosie was sitting in the café in the middle of one of her Grandpa's meetings. They apparently chose the place as it was a good place to eat while you talk.
She was bored, but chose not to show it.
Then her morpher vibrated in her pocket.
Oh no, not now, she thought.
She stood up and walked to the bathroom.
"Rosie my dear, where are you going?" her Grandpa asked.
"Oh to the bathroom, my stomach isn't really feeling well" she said before she walked over into it and locked the door behind her.
She took out her morpher. "Yeah, okay Holt I'm on my way" she hung up before taking out her chip and inserting it into her morpher "VivoFighters: Elasmo Power!"
Rosie is standing in her previous position in the blue ocean just floating there. The Elasmo medal symbol flew out of the phone as Rosie ran after it. She grabbed it before she threw it causing it to ricochet and slam onto her chest causing an Elasmo head fossil symbol and the blue to envelope her in the suit. "Elasmo Ranger Blue" she shouted getting into position with Elasmo roaring behind her.
"Okay, now, how do I get out of here without anyone noticing…" she wondered before her eyes stopped on the sink "perfect" she took out a chip before inserting it into her morpher "Aqua change!" she said before pressing the button and turning into a stream of water that entered the sink and going through the pipes to Rivet Ravine.
Duna analyzed the data from the test and came across something surprising.
"Folse!" She called out as the man appeared by the computer.
"What have you found?"
"From these scans, it appears that the Boost Armor came from Seth's subconscious, and it matches the basis code for every ranger, meaning that each ranger, when motivated enough, can create their own armor"
"You got all of that, from this single scan?"
"No I actually searched the matter of Seth's brainwaves of when he was unconscious, and when I did, they matched the same his brain would react as if he was doing something seriously important, so then I checked the readings of each Ranger during battle compared to the Armor and found its power is an extension of their motivation to help"
"Wow that is impressive Duna"
Then her morpher rang.
"Go, they need you, I'll finish over here" Folse said as she ran off and he went to the computer to work.
"VivoFighters: Dinaurian Power!" she shouted as she ran out and teleported to the area.
Dyllon was just finishing up cleaning the table when Dr. Diggins burst in.
"Dyllon I need to speak with you"
"Dr. Diggins if it's any consent I need his help with this" Kasey said.
"Okay fine, then you can stay around and listen as well" he said locking the door behind him.
"Dr. Diggins what's going on?" Dyllon said.
"I know you're the Black Ranger"
"What!?"
"And I know that Seth is Red, Holt is Yellow, Duna is Blue and Rosie is Pink!"
"Well so far you got the Seth, Holt and me part right"
"About time someone found out besides me" Kasey said.
"Okay how long have you two known!" he questioned.
"I've known Seth was Red when I saw him morph, then I realized that since he's always hanging around you guys I figured out that you guys were the Rangers" Dr. Diggins said.
Now it was Kasey's turn. "My sister helped the Dino Thunder team first off, so I would know which people were the team due to us both inheriting intelligence, second, in the news report of Seth and Duna fighting, their fighting skills matched that of the Red and Pink Rangers, well before the Pink Ranger arrived truthfully, and third, you left your morphers on the tables repeatedly" Kasey admitted.
"Wow, we really need to talk about the morpher part" Dyllon said as his morpher rang "Yeah, okay. Sorry guys, but duty calls" Dyllon said as he ran into the alley unknowingly with Diggins and Kasey following.
"VivoFighters: Jara Power!" he shouted before he used his wings to fly up and towards the Ravine.
Seth fell down in between the cracks.
"Okay that's it! Initiate Weapon: ShanSaber!" he shouted generating the weapon "ShanSaber: Boost Up!" he generated the armor "Take Flight!" he flew upwards and slashed across the robots chest before he landed on the ground and helped Holt up.
Then Duna appeared in a flash of Pink in Ranger form.
A blob of clear water with a few gross parts came out of a pipe and trickled over to them before transforming into Rosie in Ranger form. "Okay they seriously need to clean that pipe" she said as she wiped some of the gunk of her arm.
And finally Dyllon landed with his wings "hey what'd I miss?"
"Alright guys; Power of a Spinax and Boost of a ShanShan: Red Air Ranger!"
"Agility of an Elasmo: Blue Aqua Ranger!"
"Strength of a Pachy: Yellow Earth Ranger!"
"Defense of a Jara: Black Flame Ranger!"
"Speed of a Dinaurian: Pink Techno Ranger!"
"United to protect the world from those with dark hearts: Power Rangers: VivoFighters!" they all shouted put in position.
"Alright Rangers, let's-"
"No leave this one to me" Holt said charging the two drones, which reconnected into one and easily beat him down.
"Holt, come on we have to help-"
"No, wait until he's ready"
"But Seth-"
"Trust me on this one"
"O-Okay" Rosie watched as Holt got beaten down.
Holt punched the drone which caught the fist and twisted his arm around before punching his gut and kneeing him. He then kicked the Yellow Ranger, sending him rolling against the wall before picking up a pipe and wrapping it around him before sending him flying.
"Guys, help, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have run off without you guys!"
"Now we can help" "right" the rangers said as they ran off in help.
In surprise, the robot dropped Holt, who was caught by Duna.
"Duna!"
"Why did you do that Holt, you could have been seriously hurt or killed!" she said.
"I'm sorry; I guess I was just jealous of Seth and how he was able to do that"
"Well don't worry we're going to be there for you"
"Yeah, I should always be there for my team, as they should as well" Holt said as Duna broke the pipe and his buckle shone.
"What?" "Huh?" "Holt?" the Rangers said simultaneously as Holt pulled out a shimmering chip that changed into a new Vivosaur chip.
"Alright" he said pulling out his Pickaxe and the stand before putting his chip into it and shutting the stand.
"Initiate weapon: AcroMace!" he shouted out raising the weapon above his head as the Pickaxe changed into a yellow mace that resembled an Acro tail with a spiked ball attached to the top and extra parts.
"AcroMace: Boost Up!" he shouted as the extra parts attached to him, it looked like Seth's except yellow and had a shield on his chest with Acro's head on it along with drills instead of turbines.
"Alright Holt!" "Wow!" "Amazing!"
"Alright, Seth, you ready?" Holt asked.
"You know it Holt" Seth replied before they both charged the robot.
Seth dodged a wing as Holt jumped over and rolled away before lashing out with his mace and hitting the center part of the chest.
Seth slashed across the chest when Holt rolled over Seth's back and swung across the chest, sending it flying.
"Alright time to dig!" Holt shouted as he dove into the ground with the drills activated
"Fossil Earth Strike!" Holt shouted appearing under the robot then jumping above and slashing across the chest with a yellow strike.
"Alright Rangers, let's finish this" "right"
The Spinaxle folded inwards as the PaCrasher connected to the center piece and the ElasWhip attached to the center spine.
The JarWings attached to the DinaCannon as the box split into a piece that connected the front of the Fossil Cannon the back of the VivoBlaster.
Holt and Seth stood at the end while Dyllon and Duna were on one side and Rosie on the other.
"Spinax Power: Initiate!" Seth shouted.
"Elasmo Power: Activate!" Rosie said.
"Pachy Power: Initiate!" Holt shouted.
"Dinaurian Power: Activate!" Duna said.
"Jara Power: Activate!" Dyllon said.
"Acro Power: Full throttle" Holt shouted as yellow energy flowed through the machine
"United Fossil Cannon!" Everyone but Holt shouted.
"Acro Boost: Final Strike!" Holt shouted out, firing a yellow-gold beam that destroyed the robot.
"Hold on just one second!" they all turned to see the BB Bandits walking up carrying some idol.
"It's not over yet!" Vivian said as she pulled out a remote and pressed a button, activating a mechanism in the rubble that constructed the robot and turned it into massive size.
"Ah what?!" "We were so close!"
"Alright Rangers, it's time; VivoZord 1 Spinax!"
"VivoZord 2: Elasmo!"
"VivoZord 3: Pachy!"
"VivoZord 4: Jara!"
"VivoZord 5: Dinaurian!"
"MegaZord mode: Activate!"
Elasmo's neck shortened by shrinking backwards into its body then the body extended outwards. Then the head went downwards 90 degrees and the lower quarter of the body turned outwards and folded upwards creating the feet before the body split in half and created the legs.
Then Spinax's head folded inwards onto his chest before his legs went into his body and connectors appeared as a head came up on top of the body where Spinax's head was and the spines remained on the back.
Then the Dinaurian Zord and the Pachy Zord attached to the right side and left side of the body as the Elasmo Zord attached to the bottom as the feet.
Then the Jara Zord had its legs move up its body then the claws attached to the connectors of the arms and the head opened its mouth wide before attaching to the head of the MegaZord, creating a helmet. "True VivoBlitz MegaZord, We Stand Together!" the rangers shouted out.
The Rangers slashed downwards but the blade got caught and taken before being reused as a weapon against them.
"What are we going to do!?"
"In case you haven't forgotten, I still have something up my sleeve" Holt said picking up a shimmering medal and placing it in his morpher.
"VivoZord 7: Acro, Boost!" he shouted out, vanishing from the cockpit and reappearing in the yellow Zord.
He charged the Zord and dug underground before reappearing under the robot and doing damage to it by forcefully biting it.
"Alright, initiate MegaZord Formation!" Holt shouted out.
The Jara Zords helmet rotated off the head and came onto the back as the Pachy head came off. The Acro Zord then split into 3 pieces.
The first piece, the head, attached to the place where the Pachy head originally was.
The second piece, the body and feet, shifted around so that they were now drills and attached to the Elasmo feet.
The final piece, the tail, turned into a mace and attached to the space in between the Jara Wings as the Pachy head attached to the head and became the helmet.
"True Earth VivoBlitz MegaZord, We Stand Together!" the rangers shouted out as Holt reappeared except with his stand in the center with Rosie and Seth to his left and Duna and Dyllon to his right
"Alright, drills, active!" Holt said as the drills activated and they dug underground.
"Land Strike!" he shouted as the MegaZord appeared under Coatling and struck with a drill kick.
"AcroMace, ready" Holt said as the MegaZord drew the mace from its back.
"Alright, Earthen Mace Boost!" he shouted as the MegaZord lashed out and caught Coatling with the spiked ball.
"All right, let's finish this!" "Right!"
The MegaZord jumped up, the drills on the feet revving up.
"Earthquake Boost: Ultimatum Strike!" they shouted as the Mace swung around the body in a tornado fashion and the Drills glowed.
They drove through Coatling with the final strike, causing it to explode.
"Alright Rangers, that is how you get it done"
"Holt that's my line" Seth said.
"Let's just let him have this moment" Rosie said.
-Later-
"Hey Seth, I'm really sorry for acting like a jerk back there" Holt told Seth when they were alone, and by that I mean the others left to go back to what they were doing.
"Its fine Holt, you were just upset about how I made you lose your chance with your crush. I would feel the same way"
"Alright man" Holt smiled as he shook Seth's hand.
Seth then left and left Holt alone in the ravine.
Holt walked forward before he spotted something jutting out of the mud. He walked over cautiously and pulled it out, revealing it to be a tacky idol.
"The BB Bandits must have abandoned this during the battle" he said before he looked around and walked away, carrying the idol, which the eyes had begun to glow an ominous red color.
TO BE CONTINUED…
