Magical Connections
Chapter 8: Setup
Disclaimer: See previous chapters.
Sorry for not updating for so long. I've been very busy and being sick just adds onto it. If anything confuses you, please tell me and I'll gladly explain them to you.
"Help!" Z shouted, her voice coming from the SPD teams' communicators. "Send backup! They've got us! The woods-" static cut the line, as well as Z's voice.
"They're in trouble." Jack sighed. "Let's go." he told the others, walking out of RootCore. No one followed. "Well?" Jack asked.
"Jack? Well, do you really think we should go out there?" Bridge asked reluctantly. "I mean, based on how they treated us a while ago, I'd say that we shouldn't. For all we know, this could be a-"
"Bridge." Jack cut off. "If you guys don't wanna go, fine." he snapped. "All I know is that somewhere out there is my sister and your teammates, and they're in trouble. I'm not just gonna sit here and let them get hurt."
"Come on." Maddie sighed, looking at the others. "He'll get lost by himself out there. Plus, maybe they're just stressed out, you know?" she reasoned with the others, trying to explain the five Rangers' strange behaviors.
"Alright. Let's go." the others said, following Maddie and Jack into the woods.
"Surprise!" Jen called from up a cliff, standing beside Casey, Z, Sky, and Xander. Behind them was an army of Hidiacs, Rin Shi, and Krybots.
"What's all this?" Nick asked, looking at his fellow Rangers.
"Isn't it obvious?" Xander asked sarcastically. "This whole thing is a set-up. Think of it as gift from us to you."
"I knew it!" "Bridge beamed. "See? I told you so." Bridge gloated.
The others shouted as three seasons' worth of foot soldiers rained down on them. Eight unmorphed Power Rangers against said foot soldiers. It was ugly.
Sooner rather than later, all of the soldiers were defeated, and the Rangers on the cliff rolled their eyes.
"Do we have to do everything ourselves?" Sky scoffed.
"Alright." Casey sighed. "Let's do this."
A purple smoke engulfed the Five, as their eyes glowed red amidst the fog. When the smoke settled, all five of them were wearing different outfits.
Casey was wearing a red Chinese robe that had the ying-yang symbol on the front, a tiger on the back. Underneath the robe was a white pair of baggy pant, which were striped with red along the bottom. His Sabers and Nunchucks were tucked away by the side of his pants. (Think Myratrix)
Jen was dressed in a pink and black Chinese dress with slits up to the thighs and baggy pants underneath. Her now long hair was pulled back into two coiled up braids on either side of her head. A bow and a quiver of arrows were tied to her back and a sword in a scabbard on her left side.
Xander was dressed in white a green armor, his civilian clothes underneath the white armor over his chest. Vines a other plants served as leg and arm protection. A wand was in his right hand, ready to cast spells.
Z was dressed in a yellow and black outfit similar to evil A-Squad's. Sky was dressed similarly, only his armor was blue.
The Five jumped off the cliff and started to fight with the other Rangers, who, albeit confused, blocked their attacks on time. Soon enough, ever member of the Five was fighting at least one or two Rangers.
Casey and Nick were going against each other, Casey attacking brutally while Nick only dodged and blocked.
"What's the matter, Nick?" Casey sneered, in between punches. "Afraid to get your Phoenix butt kicked by the scary Tiger?"
That was it. Nick's eyes became fiery and he couldn't hold it any longer. Holding nothing, back, he fought with the Tiger fiercely.
Meanwhile, Jen was fighting with Maddie and Syd, who were turning out to be a great team, as they managed to push their opponent down.
"Fist of Iron!" Syd called, as her closed light fist became the element. She then slammed on the ground and then started throwing everything in sight at her counterpart.
"Finally." Jen breathed, blocking each blast from Syd by slicing through them. After the flurry of flying forest, Jen took out her bow from behind her and strung an arrow. Aiming carefully, she let go of the arrow. It cut a lock of Sydney's curly golden blonde hair, also cutting a shallow slash across her cheek.
Syd winced, but otherwise didn't acknowledge the wound. Four years of SPD training can do that. She stepped back as Maddie took over, blasting a harmless wave of water at Jennifer, but it nevertheless knocked the girl down.
"Is that how you want it?" Jen asked, getting up. "I'll give you something to blast, Water Fairy." she said, as red smoke billowed behind her, then dissipated. An army of Rin Shi now stood behind her. "Get them." she ordered, sounding very bored, stepping back as the foot soldiers obeyed. She laughed maniacally.
Somewhere else, Lily and Bridge, morphed, were busy fighting Xander, who was proving to be a really annoying opponent, taunting them at every opportunity.
"Is that the best you can do, little Cheetah?" he asked, when Lily missed with her Jungle Mace. She growled under her helmet and switched back to her bo, as her and Bridge continued trying to knock a lot of sense back into Xander.
Xander chuckled evilly as he caught Lily's bo with one hand and stopped Bridge's Striker with his wand. He grinned, then did a backflip, twisting both weapons from their owners' hands and breaking them.
Bridge and Lily, now demorphed, stayed down, helpless, as Xander walked away.
"Sky, what happened to you?" A very confused and betrayed Jack asked.
"The best thing ever. I met the Master." Sky answered, firing a couple of blasts at Jack.
"Why are you doing this to us? We're a family, Sky."
"Not anymore, Jack." Sky replied, kicking Jack to the ground, then walking away.
On another part of the woods, Z was giving Theo and Chip a lot of tough love, blasting both boys with her SWAT Enforcer.
"Looks like someone sprinkled too much 'Aggressive' on their breakfast today." Chip remarked, blocking an attack from Z.
"You better believe it, redhead." Z replied, smirking. She saw Theo attacking with his Jungle Tonfa, and holding onto one, she slammed both boys together, demorphing them.
"Don't bother me again, little boys." she laughed, as she stalked away from the forest, back to the cliff where it all began.
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