Colonel Geoffrey Michaels walked through the R&D facility he'd been assigned to head up, the light making his navy blue Air Force suit look slightly less dark, reflecting off his short, black hair. Since the Power Rangers presence had become known, and the attacks of the reptilian aliens they fought had become more frequent, the government had assigned him a base and a team of scientists, stationed just outside Angel Grove, in an abandoned nuclear missile silo. His son, Quinn, had asked where he was headed a few times, but he'd had to say classified.
Even if he'd been allowed to say where he was going, he doubted that he would. Quinn's generation idolised the Power Rangers, how could he tell his son he was assigned to figure out a way to take them down if they went rogue? Originally, he had thought that was the government being paranoid. Then that green Ranger had shown up, decimating the city whenever he came into conflict with the other five Rangers. Sure, he may have stopped now, and even helped some of the others during a somewhat peculiar absence of the red Ranger, but that had shown the Colonel and his staff exactly what a rogue Power Ranger could do, and it wasn't something they wanted to see again without a defence.
He stepped into the primary lab, walking up behind the analyst, Doctor Tate, a man in his mid fifties. He coughed after a moment, making Tate half jump out of his skin.
"Status report." The Colonel said, coolly "What information have you got on the Rangers? Do you know how their powers work yet?"
"Not yet." Tate replied, as he moved to his computer, punching in a few commands "We do, however, have a lead."
"A lead?" The Colonel asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Yes, Colonel, a lead." Tate said, half smiling "Satellite imaging recently picked this up."
Tate pressed a few controls, before a very pixelated image of a figure being enveloped in a blue light appeared, seconds before the light dissipated, leaving the form of the blue ranger. Tate looked up at the Colonel as he zoomed out slightly, showing him the position of the ranger's transformation.
"It's a back alley by Angel Grove high." Tate said "The rangers have been seen a lot round there previously, but this confirms it. The blue ranger is a teacher there, or maybe even a student. Maybe the rest of them are too."
"My son goes to that school..." The Colonel said, pausing for a moment "I'll try to find out if he's noticed anything strange."
"Colonel," Tate said, stopping the Colonel as he went to walk out "We don't know who it could be, just that they're connected to the place. It could be anyone, maybe a friend of your son's, or maybe even-"
"It's not my boy." The Colonel snapped quickly "If it were, I'd know."
...
Quinn stood in the middle of the basketball court, Mike stood beside him, holding the ball, while Danny and Matt blocked their way to the hoop. After a second, Mike faked left before passing right, getting the ball to Quinn, who began running with the ball to try and get to the hoop, before finding Danny blocking the way.
"Face it, Quinn, you've got thirty seconds, you guys won't score the basket to break the tie." Danny said, chuckling.
"Sure we will." Quinn said, tossing the ball at Danny's left shoulder, hitting exactly where he knew one of his injuries from the final battle with Korulta was, catching the ball as it bounced off before taking the shot, making the basket before helping Danny up "Sorry, but I don't like to lose."
"So you won with a sucker punch." Danny said "Second time you've used that."
"Second time you've fell for it." Quinn replied with a smirk "You should stop doing that."
"Duly noted." Danny said, grabbing a red towel off of the bench at the side, wiping his face down, turning to Mike "Thanks for joining us. We needed a fourth."
"Still freelance." Mike said, grabbing his own green towel, smirking as he added "But thanks for inviting me."
"It's fine." Danny said, as he put his towel round the back of his neck, turning to Matt "You were good out there."
"Not that good, we still lost." Matt replied, before adding "That said, given it was me and you against Quinn and Mike, both of whom play basketball regularly, the odds of our winning were-"
"I don't need to know numbers, we almost won, that's enough."Danny said, before the morphers on their wrists beeped, Danny raising his to his mouth as he said "All of us except Jenny are here, Aly. What's up?"
"There's a Demalor in the city, along with a couple of dozen Pariahs." Aly's voice came through "I'm trying to get hold of Jenny now."
"Teleport us there, then get there when you have Jenny." Danny said, moments before he, Quinn, Mike and Matt were enveloped in beams of red, blue, green and black energy, respectively.
...
The four guys materialised the middle of town, Aly and Jenny materialising next to them in beams of pink and yellow energy a moment later. The six of them ran through town, until they reached the plaza, seeing the site in front of them; what looked like a feminine humanoid chameleon in skin tight, transparent armour, it's scales a mix of red, blue, yellow, pink, black and green, it's eyes blood red, surrounded by a group of Pariahs in light armour with no weaponry.
"Ahh, come to the party, I see." The creature said in a feminine voice, it's long claws extending slightly "I am Chamela, and I am your destruction."
"Yeah right." Quinn said "Do you have any idea who you're dealing with?"
"A bunch of children." Chamela replied "Pariahs, attack!"
The Pariahs ran forward, beginning to fight the Rangers hand to hand, their strikes quicker and more powerful than normal due to their decreased weight. After a moment, the six teens were staggered back, scrambling to their feet.
"Okay guys, time to kick it up a notch." Danny said, as they all raised their morphers, pressing the controls on them "It's morphin' time!"
"Green Ranger power!" Mike called before his body was enveloped in green energy, the energy dissipating to leave him in his ranger suit seconds before his helmet appeared, his gold and silver chest piece appearing a moment later.
"Black Ranger power!" Matt called, being enveloped in black energy which manifested into his suit before his helmet appeared.
"Pink Ranger power!" Aly called, before undergoing the same process.
"Blue Ranger power!" Quinn called as his morph proceeded.
"Yellow Ranger power!" Jenny called as her morph finalised.
"Red Ranger power!" Danny yelled as his suit manifested from the red energy that appeared around him seconds before his helmet appeared, the six of them yelling "Power Rangers, power up!"
"I'm touched, a new call just for me." Chamela said "Far too retro for my liking though. Pariahs, finish them off."
The Pariahs charged at the Rangers once more, forcing the six Rangers back to back. After a second, Danny pulled his Corona Defender shifting it into sabre mode, as Quinn did the same with his, their personal weapons materialising in their hands a second later as they went further into the circle, back to back.
"Defender lance!" Danny called as he put his two swords together.
"Defender spear!" Quinn called, combining his sword and his staff "Everyone, duck!"
The other four Rangers hit the deck as both Quinn and Danny began spinning on the spot, creating a red and blue blur of destruction as it hit and cut down the Pariahs. After a second, the two of them stopped spinning, the other four Rangers standing and joining them in facing down Chamela.
"Oh, you took down my boy toys. Shame, I'll just need to amuse myself." She said, being enveloped in a bright light, before it dissipated, leaving a copy of Quinn stood there, before it spoke, in Chamela's voice "I like this. I think I'll keep it."
Before they could respond, the copy charged them taking swings with it's spear at first Jenny, then Matt, then Aly, picking up Jenny's axe and brandishing it as the copy charged Mike, a bright light enveloping it as it shifted into a copy of Danny, hitting him with both the axe and the lance, before tossing the axe aside and facing down Danny and Quinn.
"Let's make this fun." The copy said, charging at them and grappling with Danny, moving him away from Quinn, both of them spinning several times as Quinn shifted his spear into sniper mode.
"Which one is it?" Quinn said, taking aim at both "Danny?!"
"Yeah?!" Both red Rangers said in Danny's voice "It's me!"
"Damnit, which one do I shoot?" Quinn muttered to himself as the other four Rangers stood up and regrouped, the five of them looking at the two copies stood side by side "Aly, which one do I take down..."
"I don't know..." She replied "Could be either one."
"Come on, you know it's him you've got to shoot!" One of the Red Rangers said.
"No, don't, shoot him." The other said.
"Quinn, I might have an idea." Matt said, tapping Mike on the shoulder and gesturing for him to follow him, both of them walking to the two Red Rangers, one standing behind each "Sucker punch."
"Got it." Quinn said, nodding as Matt an Mike both grabbed the left shoulder of the Red Ranger in front of them, the one in front of Matt flinching "Gotcha."
Matt, Danny and Mike all hit the deck as Quinn took the shot, hitting the Red Ranger copy square in the chest, a large fireball ensuing as it exploded. The three Rangers scrambled to their feet, making their way to the rest of the team, moments before Chamela reformed in a gigantic form, her armour cracked with spikes emerging from the damage.
"Corona zords, online!" Danny called.
"Wyvern zord!" Mike called.
The six zords came over the rise, the Rangers jumping into their respective cockpits.
"Corona Force Megazord!" Quinn called, the five zords beginning their transformation, finishing in the complete Megazord formation "Let's take her down."
The Megazord began walking towards Chamela, it's sword brandished, before being knocked back, it's sword clattering away. Chamela grappled with the Megazord, before a bright light enveloped her, transforming her into a copy of the Megazord.
"Let's see how you like this sword!" She said, slashing them with her copy of the Megazord's sabre, knocking the Megazord down, as she swung at the Wyvern zord "Don't think I forgot you, traitor."
The Wyvern zord crashed to the ground beside the Megazord. After a moment, the Megazord picked itself up, retrieving it's sabre as the Wyvern began to attempt taking off again.
"Guys, load the new programme." Matt said "It's untested, but it could give us the boost we need. Mike, I'm sending you your half."
"My half?" Mike questioned "What does it do? What's a 'Corona Megawyvernzord?"
"Just boot it up." Jenny said "He knows what he's doing."
"Okay guys, let's do this." Danny said, pressing the control in front of him "Corona Megawyverzord, transformation sequence!"
The Megazord leapt into the air, as the Wyvern zord took off, following it's ascent. As they got higher, the Megazord's helmet came off, as did the head of the Wyvern zord, the remainder of the Wyvern zord's body splitting into two halves of the main body, the tail, which went riggid, and the wings. The Megazords arms rotated up and over the shoulder pads, the hands retracting and being replaced with cannons, as the two halves of the Wyvern zord's body attached as new arms, the wings attaching to the back and the tail attached to the base of the sabre, forming a staff. As the new mecha landed, the Wyvern zord's head descended, it's mouth opening, forming a helmet, as the Megazord's helmet split in half, before rejoining around it, creating a crowned helmet. As the transformation completed, Mike's chair came sliding into the cockpit behind Danny.
"Corona Megawyvernzord, power up!" The six Rangers said in unison.
The Megazord spun it's staff in it's hands, before pointing the bladed tip at Chamela. After a moment, it began advancing on her.
"Okay guys, let's see what this baby can do." Danny said "Corona Megawyvernzord, hyper solar slash!"
The Megazord slowly lifted off the ground, before shooting up into the sky. After a moment, it came down in a power dive, crashing down, blade first, on Chamela, a large explosion ensuing. Inside the cockpit, the consoles began sparking around them.
"What's going on?" Mike asked "Matt, what's happening?"
"Power overload." Mate replied "The weapons absorb energy directed at them, it's triggered a critical overload... We need to evacuate, now!"
"Everyone out." Danny said, pressing controls in front of him "I'm setting a take off course, sending the megazord into orbit. Let the overload happen there."
"What about you?" Jenny asked.
"Old naval saying; Captain goes down with the ship." Danny said, standing up and moving round to mike's console, pressing a few commands as Mike, Jenny and Matt walked out of the console room "Aly, Quinn, get out of here!"
"Not without you!" Aly replied, pleading with Danny "Either we all go or none of us do. Danny, please!"
"Quinn..." Danny said, his tone serious.
"I'm sorry..." Quinn said, before picking Aly up and slinging her over his shoulder, carrying her out, turning back for a second and adding "Good luck."
"Thanks." Danny muttered as the megazord began taking off "Computer, engage auto pilot. Take the megazord into orbit, now!"
The computer beeped in response, the megazord beginning to rapidly ascend. Danny moved round to the front of the cockpit, pulling his Corona Defender and firing at the front, the bulkhead blowing out. He looked down for a second, shaking his head.
"I hate heights..." He said, before taking a running dive out of the hole in the front of the cockpit, plummeting towards the ground below, hitting it with a hard roll.
He slowly pulled himself to his feet, as the other five Rangers scrambled around him. After a second, the explosion of the Megazord was seen above them, a shockwave coming down, knocking the Rangers to the ground as their morphs collapsed.
They slowly picked themselves up, Danny helping Aly to her feet. As they regrouped, Quinn looked down before tapping Danny on the shoulder.
"You guys... Our morphers aren't normally like that, are they?" He said, holding up his wrist, revealing the charred remains of his morpher "What does this mean?"
"I don't know..." Jenny said, looking between them.
"I guess it means it's over." Danny said "We're not Power Rangers anymore..."
...
So, here we have the lead in for the next arc; "Quest of the Pirates". Yes, you guessed it, it's taking a stab at a (very loose, as in, what Turbo is to Carranger or In Space is to Megaranger) Gokaiger adaptation. I won't lie, it's partly because I really want to see the Goseiger / Gokaiger team up in PR. So, yeah, R&R, please, no flames.