Anna and Rei lead the way, as they, the other Rangers, Adelie, and Whitney all raced through the corridors of the hospital, desperately trying to reach the twins' mother's room. Immediately after having attacked her, Oday and Deoxys retreated once again.
Eventually they reached the floor they'd been told she'd been brought to, and raced along, trying to find her room. Instead they found a nurse.
"Do you know where we can find Lorraine Danime!?" Anna asked urgently, as they all came to a stop.
The twins looked at her expectantly. Her eyes went wide, and her smile become blank, giving little away. Whitney stopped forward, past the other teenagers, alongside the girls, with her face showing an almost knowing-anxiety.
"Um…I'm very sorry…but it was too late. There was nothing we could do…she – she passed away about twenty minutes ago.
Immediately, without letting her expression change, or taking her eyes off the end of the corridor, Whitney grabbed both girls, pulling them into her arms.
Their howls could be heard throughout most of the hospital.
[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, Tom and Sensei Omino shown at the dojo)
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 10; The Four Faces of Deoxys – Part 2
Oday and Deoxys burst into the Main Hall of the Royal Palace, holding their heads up high, triumphant.
Most of Oday's family were gathered, regarding them both with disgust.
"Yes?" Oday asked nonchalantly.
"The girls' mother. She died," Dorian reported, in his usual drawl.
"You killed an innocent woman," Stegatrix said, with cold fury in his voice.
"That innocent woman brought two of the humans responsible for the downfall of Dinos into this world! She deserved death!" Oday yelled.
"She may have done that, and all her other inherited crimes as a human, but that does not mean she deserved to die like that," Jashinka said.
"Imagine if it had been your mother who had just been slaughtered. Or perhaps – I don't know – instead of your mother, how about your son!?" Farrah spat quietly, before her voice rose to a scream, "YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW TERRIBLE THAT FEELS! NO IDEA!"
"You see, Oday, the rest of us here have something called compassion. We would only kill in battle, only kill those who deserved it, who could fight back, and who had fought us before! Lorraine Danime did no such thing!" Juliet cried.
"We have compassion. Which is why we left Earth when we did. We are granting them time to grieve, before we return, to strike again," Deoxys told them.
"You shall do no such thing, we'll give you the same sentence as you gave Dorian! Restrict you from going to Earth without another member of the Royal Family as an escort!" Stegatrix said.
"Excuse me!? You'll restrict us!? Did we ask for your permission? No. Because we don't have to. Rightfully, I am the single true ruler of this planet, and all of you only have power because I grant it, as has become customary over the last few generations of our race! But if necessary, I can take that power back! Now, in just over a week's time, we shall return to Earth! Thos discussion is OVER!" Oday boomed.
Everyone in the room looked at the duo, disgust plastered over their faces, as they all stormed out, leaving them to their planning.
One week later…
The funeral passed without a hitch. The twins and their father had all been too upset to think about anything, so Whitney had arranged it all. Kris, Kurtis, and Greg all made arrangements to come, and they and all of their families attended (including Clara), though they had to leave almost immediately after the funeral, not even able to stay for the wake. The wake was, of course, held at Golden Youths, which was closed for the day.
Anna, Rei, and their Dad didn't move at from their spots. Instead, distant relatives they never knew they had, and family friends who hadn't been seen in years came along to greet them, saying sorry for their loss, before moving on and making light conversation, and even laughing at various jokes with other guests. Jimmy also made sure they were provided with food and drinks, so they only needed to get up if they needed the toilet.
Eventually, they both reached the conclusion that they couldn't take any more, so they both excused themselves to the toilet, but in actual fact left through the rear fire exit, and escaped down to BoO.
When they made their way down the stairs, only Miborg was their waiting; the others were, of course, all upstairs.
"Oh dear. How are you holding up?" Miborg asked. At this, both girls, who had more or less managed to hold back their tears at the funeral burst out crying, and they ran to Miborg, who cradled them against him, as Whitney and the other Rangers descended into the room. They too, and even Miborg, were also silently crying.
Other than the tears, everyone remained silent for who knows how long. Eventually, the twins gained control of their sobbing.
"We've lost," Nanene croaked. Most of the room gathered dipped their heads, recognising defeat. Most of the room.
"What?" Kyle asked, his eyes going wide, his face turning white. Everyone looked at him.
"Let's face it," James added, "We have lost. People may have died like this before, but – this is different."
"Ok, look, I'm sorry if I sound a little heartless here, but how is it different?" Kyle asked, his voice shaking slightly.
"We couldn't – we didn't protect her. We could have saved her. But we failed. We can't defeat Oday and Deoxys, they've won," Ritchie sighed.
"It's true…" Anna muttered.
"We might as well give up now…if we can't protect the ones we love, and we can't defeat our enemies, what can we do?" Rei sobbed.
Even Whitney and Miborg had both resigned themselves to defeat.
"I can't believe I'm hearing this! You guys would have us give up now!? What can we do!? We can fight!" Kyle shouted, walking into the middle of the room.
"Whatever happens, even if we lose, even if we die fighting, we're the Poké Rangers! It's our duty to protect the planet! If we don't fight, then how many more will lose loved ones like we have? How many loved ones will we lose!? If we give up now, then the planet is doomed! We're the only ones who can do anything, we have to defend the world, even if it's futile! Now are you with me!?"
Everyone raised their head, and gave Kyle a weak smile.
"You're right," Anna said softly.
"Well done, Kyle. Nice speech," Whitney told him. Kyle smiled round at the group.
"I was wrong," Rei said, stepping forward, and Kyle's face showed his confusion, "You are the worthy leader of this team. You've done us proud," she told him, and then she pulled him into a hug, "Thank you."
Meanwhile, in Donny & Carl's flat…
Donny and Carl were both huddled in the same corner, and shaking. The Professor had given up trying to talk tot hem days ago, and had simply decided to continue working, using the duo's computers.
"This fan site is rather impressive…although you only have information on the Rangers of Johto – and, ahem, "Kaku" – but not, for example, those in Kanto," Trex pointed out. Donny's head rose at once.
"Other Rangers? Maybe the star chart was referring to them! Maybe they're the ones who are going to lose!" he cried happily. He and Carl instantly leapt to their feet and clapped their hands giddily.
"And why is that such a good thing?" Prof. Trex asked.
"Well we don't care about those Kanto Rangers! So long as our Rangers are good! Yay!" Carl cheered. Trex shook his head at the boys, but saw past him, and saw something falling from the sky.
"What's that?" he asked, rising from his seat, and all three of them looked outside.
"Something's falling from that second moon," Donny muttered.
"By my calculation, it's going to fall harmlessly in the heart of Route 126, right in the middle of Hoenn's ocean. But…the second moon. Aha!" he cried, and he rushed over to the desk, examining the various star charts.
Meanwhile, at Hearthome City, Sinnoh…
The sun was beginning to set over the city, and the sky was orange. Both moons hung far apart, high in the sky. One by one, everyone on the streets began looking up at the sky, as the thing spied by Donny, Carl and Trex descended from Dinos.
"It's pretty, Mummy!" one girl exclaimed, clasping her Mother's hand tightly in her left hand, and a red balloon in the right. The thing simply appeared to be a bright light, but as it came closer, people realised that the light was from flames, and they began running, and screaming.
It crashed into the Contest Hall, obliterating the building, and sending massive chunks of it flying through the town.
From amongst the rubble, Oday and Deoxys calmly walked out, and they were soon joined by a horde of Zaroids.
"Kill them all," Oday commanded, and the soldiers ran all over the city.
Back in BoO…
The alarm sirens began whirring, and the group gathered around the main computer screen. It came up with images from around the invaded city.
"Oh, I can't believe them! They're attacking Hearthome!" Whitney hissed.
"Wait, why's that so particularly terrible?" Kyle asked obliviously.
"Because Hearthome is a city designed for families. You'll find a higher population of children their than any other city in the world, almost half the residents are under 16," James spat.
"We have to be there now. We actually need to be there this second, taking the Riders will take too long!" Ritchie cried.
"Well…I can try and Teleport you…" Miborg muttered, but he then quickly added, "but not all of you! Teleporting you to and from the desert when you were getting your powers, but sending you, with the morphers and all, all the way to Hearthome!? I just couldn't do it. I think I could just about manage to send two of you, maybe three."
"Then Kyle and I should go," Rei said instantly. Everyone looked at her, and she smiled at the Red Ranger.
"Are you sure you're ready? It was your mother's funeral today," he reminded her.
"I know. And they killed her. So it's time for some retribution. I won't go mindlessly berserk. But I will kill them," Rei told him firmly.
Nanene analysed the look on Rei's face quickly, before stepping forward, "Send me too. I want to go ahead."
"Oh, very well, but it'll be diffi-"
"If you're sending her, then send me as well!" James interrupted.
"What!? No! I'm sorry James, but I'm not capable of it! I'll send Kyle, Rei, and Nanene, but James and Ritchie will have to take the Riders and catch up!" Miborg yelled, and before anyone could say another word against it, the Red, Yellow, and Blue Rangers had vanished. Miborg fainted.
"Ok, now go, move! The others need you ASAG!" Whitney yelled, waving James and Ritchie to the exit. The three teens around her stared, with their eyebrows raised.
"…I spelt that wrong, didn't I? Whatever! It doesn't matter, go!"
Meanwhile, at Hearthome…
"Ready ladies?" Kyle asked.
"Ready," both replied, with venom, as Zaroids ran at them.
"AncientPower!"
"Dome Power!"
"Helix Power!"
"Amber Power!"
Kyle pushed himself up against the girls' shoulders, pushing himself up into the air, and kicking a few Zaroids in the face on his way.
Nanene meanwhile carried out a roundhouse kick to one, before punching it down to the face, and repeating. Rei chopped one in the neck, before running at a queue of them, delivering a powerful Headbutt.
Kyle fell back down to the ground, Body Slamming several into the pavement as he did so.
"NO! NO! Leave her alone!" a woman screamed. The Rangers all looked over, and saw Oday about to attack a Mother, shielding her child; the girl with the red balloon.
"Nah," he muttered monotonously, and he used Confusion to pick the woman up, and launch her into the side of a building.
"Mummy!" the girl cried, and she ran, ignoring Deoxys, and her balloon slipped from her hand.
She roughly shook the body, wailing, "Mummy? MUMMY!"
Deoxys chuckled loudly, as he approached the girl once again. The girl turned around, stood up, and spread her arms.
"You leave her alone, you big meany!" she yelled, kicking his knee.
"I've been using this all day. Let's see how powerful it is now. Trump Car-" he began calling out, but before he could finish, Rei sent him crashing into the wall of the gym with a Blaze Kick, before sprinting over to him, and continuing to Stomp furiously.
"LEAVE! THEM! ALONE! LEAVE! THEM-!" Rei screamed, before she realised what she was doing, and held herself back.
She summoned her Slash Baton, and held it up, ready to plunge.
"STOP!" Deoxys yelled, forcing the weapon from her hand with Psychic.
"Nanene, with me!" Kyle commanded, running from in amongst the Zaroids, and summoning his Slash Baton.
"Ok…Slash Baton!" she called, running to join him. Deoxys used Double team, resulting in three of the DNA Pokémon in Attack form.
"Zap Cannon!" the trio called in unison.
Kyle pressed his back against Nanene's, and they repelled the blasts with the blades. Both secretly smiled.
Meanwhile…
"How much longer is this gonna take!?" James asked angrily, shifting all his weight to the front of his Relicanth Rider. He and Ritchie were speeding across the vast ocean.
"Look! I can see Route 213! We're not far!" Ritchie cried. James rammed hard against the front of his vehicle, in the hope that it would propel him further forward.
Back in Hearthome…
"Aqua Tail!" Oday cackled, spinning round, and slamming back against Rei, knocking her to the ground. However, as she fell, she launched her Slash Baton like a javelin.
"Night Slash!" she called, and it collided with Oday's ribs, opening a slight gash, which nonetheless was rather painful, and Oday staggered.
"Slack Off," Oday yawned, but he gave Rei a grin as his gash sewed itself together.
"Head Smash!" two voices called in unison, and within moments Oday was knocked down by Ritchie and James on their Relicanth Riders.
"Everyone, together, now!" Rei called, summoning the Dome Blaster, and aiming it at Deoxys, who'd rushed over to try and help Oday. Everyone else mimicked her action.
"Hyper Beam!" she commanded, and everyone fired. Deoxys heard, and turned to watch the beams headed for him. He instinctively knocked Oday out of the way.
"NO!!" the Slowking creature screamed, as he watched the lasers decimate Deoxys.
When the light faded, the Rangers saw Deoxys' body lying on the ground, with Oday crouched over it, sobbing.
"How… how could I have let this happen? I'm so sorry…I- I-" And with that, he softly dipped his head, and placed a kiss on Deoxys' lack-of-a-mouth.
"Uh…" James muttered incoherently.
"What!? What are you staring at!? You – you killed him! I – I loved him! And you killed him!" Oday bellowed. All of the Rangers stepped back slightly.
"Okay, so Oday is O-gay…" Kyle said, with a gulp.
"And what of it!? It needn't matter to you – I'll annihilate you just the same!" Oday wailed.
"Well I'd say it's an eye for an eye. You two killed my Mother! In fact, that's more like an eye for a – a contact lens! My Mother never harmed you, or anyone!" Rei hissed.
"Silence, you cretin! You have no idea what you're talking about! Jashinka!" he called suddenly, looking up to the sky.
'Oday…I'm sorry…' she said to him by telepathy.
"Fine. Fire up the Rapid Cell Division Accelerator," Oday told her quietly, "Not for Deoxys! It would be an insult to bring him back now. We shall let him rest in peace. Use it on me."
"Send in the Zords, pronto!" Kyle called down the line.
"Don't worry, we anticipated you'd need them, and sent them earlier, so they'd be there in time," Whitney told him. Even as she was speaking, the Zords appeared before them, and combined into the Megazord as Oday grew.
"Come on guys. With any luck we can end him right now too," Rei muttered. She jumped up to the Megazord, and the others soon warily followed.
"In the name of Deoxys!" Oday's voice boomed, and he leapt upon the Megazord, hitting it with his fists and crown furiously, causing them all to stumble across the city.
"Whoa! This is-ARGH!" James yelled angrily, as he hurtled through the cockpit.
"Yeah, um, I was thinking, you know, maybe it'd be a good idea if we, like – fought back or something," Cradily Zord muttered.
"Oh! Why didn't we think of that!?" Nanene hissed.
"Use Seismic Toss!" Kyle commanded.
"For justice!" Armaldo Zord cried, as Oday was hurtled into the air.
"Hey guys, what level is the Megazord at?" Kyle asked.
"Not high enough!" Oday cackled, as he landed with barely any struggle, "Water Pulse!"
"Oh, right, hey guys! Thought it'd be a good idea to give you a heads-up; that Slowking fella's assault earlier has knocked the TM drive offline, it's gonna need to be fixed manually later. Sorry," Omastar Zord told them.
"Well how about that. My luck's changing," Oday chortled, as he charged forward, slamming into the Megazord with Headbutt.
"So, have we already used any TM's that might have a decent effect on him?" Ritchie asked, as they lay on the back wall of the cockpit, whilst the Megazord was laying on the ground.
"How about Tri-Attack!" Rei commanded, and as the Megazord lifted itself up, it launched three separate beams from the Kabutops Zord at Oday.
"Yes! Go, X-Scissor!" Ritchie commanded. Oday's weakness meant he became only semi-conscious, as he fell to the ground.
"Now to end it! Giga-!" Kyle called out, but before any attack could be launched, Oday vanished.
"DAMNIT!" Rei screeched, banging her fist against the – for want of a better term – windshield.
Shortly, up on Dinos…
As Oday came to, he found Farrah and Juliet above him. He realised he was lying in bed.
"Why did you bring me back?" Oday croaked angrily.
"It was either that or let you die," Juliet told him.
"I'd have rather that. Better to die fighting than run in the face of death," he muttered.
"Maybe we should have left him," Stegatrix chuckled from a seat nearby.
"How are you? Are you going to be ok?" Farrah asked him, placing her hand on his shoulder, with a kindly smile.
"Well are you ok, about what happened to Relano?" he asked. Her face fell, and she hugged him.
"Do not worry, Brother Oday. The Rangers will die before long," Stegatrix told him.
Meanwhile, at Donny & Carl's flat…
"Of course! That's it!" Trex cried.
"What is it?" Donny asked, both he and Carl deeply confused.
"When you were working out this chart, you forgot to factor in the second moon!" Trex told him. Donny and Carl were ecstatic.
"So the Rangers aren't going to lose! Woohoo!" Carl cheered.
"How could I make such a sucktacular mistake?" Donny sighed, slapping his forehead, before reeling from the pain.
"Oh don't worry, it happens all the time, it's known as "Carry the One Syndrome". What you interpreted as the Rangers losing, was in actual fact, you losing…to me!" he said, giving the boys an evil grin. The duo looked at each other, fear etched over their faces.
"Anybody up for Kerplunk?" he asked cheerfully, holding up a brightly coloured box.
The next day, at Goldenrod's Leisure Centre…
"So, you're all aware of the tragedy that occurred last week," Steven said quietly, pacing back and forth in front of the team. They all remained silent.
"I've already personally let Rei and Anna know that if there's anything at all we can do for them, to simply name it. Understandably, they've opted out of training today, but they've told me that they'll make sure they're here for our next match.
"On a brighter note, I'd like to welcome the two newest members of our team. Joining us we have Tom Willows and – um…actually, I'm sorry, I don't think I caught your name?" Jimmy said, to the boy on the end of the line.
He was already decked out in the team's kit. He had bright, crew cut red hair, and was covered in freckles. He had green eyes, was rather short, and his mouth seemed to be etched into a permanent smile.
"Oh, my name's Mi-" he began to say, until James quickly covered his mouth.
"Mi…lo. Milo!" he cried, and he gave a sigh of relief, "Mile… Ipkiss…"
"Ok then…" Steven muttered, shaking his head, "Well, we're starting with keepie-uppies, so everyone get a ball."
"I can't believe you were going to give him your real name!" Kyle chuckled quietly soon after.
"I'd thought it through! I was going to say my parents were hippies…" Milo muttered.
"Remind me; exactly how come you don't look like a robo-Mime?" James asked.
"It's the belt," Miborg told them, pointing to his midriff, "It's actually a holographic projector. It used to be Ritchie's back when he was The Silver Scizor, but since he doesn't need it now, I can use it. This is so exciting, I've never been on a sporting team before!"
"Yeah, well the first rule in any team sport is: make sure you look good," James joked, as he headed his ball to Miborg, which bounced from him, back to James, but causing Miborg to lose his ball.
"Oh no you didn't!" Miborg muttered angrily, and his eyes glowed blue, as did all the footballs on the pitch, and they bombarded James, causing the rest of the team to burst out laughing.
Will Anna & Rei ever truly recover from their loss? Will Oday recover from his? Will the Rangers ever defeat the Dinosians? The action's hotting up on Poké Rangers Dino Force!
A/N: Wow. I've got to say, personally, this is my favourite chapter of anything I've written. Ever. Very emotional and all that…
So originally this storyline started out as "Oh no, an evil Deoxys is coming, and he's tougher than any of our past enemies, and also, we play football" but hopefully you'll agree that it's now so much more. After I'd developed the plot thoroughly, the episode was built around two things; Kyle's motivational speech in BoO, and the line "Okay, so Oday is O-gay". Indeed he is. Bet you didn't see that one coming.
But admittedly, the football sub-plot, as well as Donny, Carl, and Trex's really just detracted from this episode. But the football had always been there, from before I properly developed the episode, and if it wasn't here, then we wouldn't see it again until at least chapter 14, and I wanted it sooner rather than later… As for Donny and Carl – well they weren't in the episode before, so I thought they needed some screen time…but I've thought of something for them next chapter which should be much better…
Anyone notice Trex referring to the heart of Route 126 as the middle of Hoenn's ocean? For anyone who doesn't know their routes well, nor bothered to look it up, Route 126 runs around Sootopolis. This'll come back later. Also, take note; there's a mention of Kyle and Nanene fighting back to back. This shot is in the theme song.
Now, for quizzes; first, how old is Oday in Earthen years? Shouldn't be too hard, it was mentioned only last chapter. But much trickier, and anyone who gets this will find themselves with two storylines, AND an extra Elite Force Ranger; what does the name "Milo Ipkiss" reference?
Anyway, I've blabbed loads (granted I always knew I would with this chapter), so Anna can reply (since Rei is going to next chapter), and I've now planned out which character will reply for every episode, so there'll be no more confusion on my part. See ya!