Chapter 9: The New Game Plan
The Rangers arrived back at the Oliver household in a heap. All of them, except the Time Rangers, were exhausted from their fight with Ivan. They sat in random spots in the living room and began brainstorming on what to do next.
"That was a total bust," Kira stated.
"No kidding," Stryder said, "We got reinforcements, but they wouldn't have made a difference. No offense."
"None taken," Jen replied, "I completely agree. We stood no chance."
"I still don't understand how he's gotten so strong," Kimberly put in, "He wasn't nearly as strong as before."
"No idea," Tommy admitted, "But keep in mind, the last time we met him, we didn't even fight him in his normal form. The only time we directly fought him was when he combined with that giant robot and we were in the Megazord. Who knows how much power he's stored up over the years."
"So what you're saying is," Conner said, "We're pretty much screwed."
"As much as it stings to admit it," Eric sighed, "Yeah. Even when Aisha, Dominic, and the others get back, I honestly don't think we stand much of a chance."
The room went quiet with that thought hanging in the air. Stryder lowered his head in shame. For once, he didn't know what to do. He hadn't felt this helpless since Tommy was trapped in amber. Then a thought occurred to him that he'd never thought of before.
And that's when he suddenly realized what the Morphing Grid meant when he said that Stryder's time was coming. A new idea formed in his head. He knew what to do. With new confidence, Stryder stood up.
"Well," he stated, "We're gonna need more help then."
"What are you talking about?" Lucas, the Blue Time Ranger, asked.
"It's obvious that we're too weak to fight him like we are now," Stryder explained, "So we get more help."
"Yeah, but where-" Tommy stopped himself and his eyes widened, "Wait. You mean...?"
"Exactly. We need all of the Rangers."
The room was silent for a minute or so until Casey spoke up, "That's a good plan and all, but how are we gonna pull it off? We have a week until Ivan shows up again."
"Dr. O?" Stryder said, "I heard that you had gathered together the past Red Rangers before. Do you think you can contact them again?"
Tommy smiled, "This idea is sounding more and more doable. Yeah, you can count on me."
"Kira?" Stryder turned to his girlfriend, "You said you teamed up with various Rangers from the past and helped the Overdrive Rangers, right?"
"Yeah..." Kira agreed, thinking about it and smiling, "Yeah, I think I can get in touch with the teams."
Stryder smiled, "Awesome! Then that's our plan. When RJ and Theo get back with Dom and Aisha, we explain the plan, contact the other teams, and meet up with them. With all the Rangers working together, Ivan Ooze in going down. Who's with me?"
Stryder stuck his hand out. Kira smiled again and immediately put her hand on top of his. Then Tommy. Then Kimberly. Slowly, all the Rangers in the room placed their hands on top of each other.
"We're with you, captain," Tommy half-joked.
"Let's do it!" Stryder exclaimed and everyone separated.
"Wait!" Kira said, "One of the Ranger teams, SPD, is a team a decade into the future. How are we gonna get them?"
"Um, Kira?" Stryder smirked, "We have the Time Force Power Rangers. I'm pretty sure we can get SPD."
Kira thought about that for a second and then face-palmed, "I feel so stupid now."
Stryder chuckled and turned to Jen, "You guys think you can get them?"
Jen nodded, "Don't worry. That shouldn't be a problem."
"Alright then," Stryder clapped his hands together, "Let's finish this!"
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ELSEWHERE...
Ivan Ooze flew through the sky in his pink ooze form, pondering what to do. Knowing the Power Rangers, they would no doubt find some kind of way to get the upper hand on him. Probably something to do with that Stryder kid's Red Ranger power.
Then suddenly he spotted something rather interesting. A small black island in the middle of the ocean. He flew closer to it and saw that the island was manmade. But it was also in ruins with wrecked walls at the top of a hill, like some sort of palace had stood there.
He landed next to the ruins of the palace and walked inside. Amazingly, the roof was still intact as well as most of the inside walls. Ivan continued walking down the hall and came to a closed door. Smiling a bit, Ivan melted into ooze and slid right through the cracks of the door.
When he reformed, he saw that he was in some kind of laboratory. A super wrecked one at that. There were tables broken in half, or just in splinters, smashed jars with what looked like action figures in them, and a chair at the far end of the room, almost like a throne. That's when Ivan knew where he was. Mesogog's old fortress.
He then spotted a TV flickering on and off next to the throne. Ivan walked over and smacked the TV and it came back into focus. Ivan pressed rewind and saw that the TV had recorded every event the Dino Rangers and up experienced. Ivan looked at the various minions and monsters that showed up on screen every time he randomly clicked fast forward.
Ivan grinned wickedly and sat on the throne, "The Boogeyman is taking over!"
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That doesn't seem good. But what could Ivan want with old recordings of the Rangers? Till next time guys!