Author's Note: I took a long break from this story to focus on my other Megaforce fiction. That and school and work were kicking my butt anyways. I incorporated elements from the Harmony and Dizcord episode into this chapter. I wanted to try to fill in the plot-holes in the episode along with divulging more into the rivalry between my two favorite Warstars.


Discordant Rivalry

Creepox leaned against the craggy cave wall. The Warstar let out a long sigh, watching Dream Snitcher the toxic beast stirring a ladle inside a large black cauldron. He was reflecting on the latest battle against the Power Rangers and once again how they managed to defeat another one of their Warstars. Creepox hadn't been back to the Mothership Invader since the battle, he didn't want to hear Vrak's criticism, nor experience Admiral Malkor's wrath. He watched the billow of smoke raise from the cauldron covering his nose. The stench from the brew started overwhelming his senses. Unable to take the smell Creepox stepped out of the abandoned cave taking in the cool air.

Creepox took it that perhaps the strong stench meant that his hysteria spell was growing stronger. Yes, that was it, which could explain how Creepox was able to catch the red ranger off guard during the battle with Dragonflay. He had to admit the red ranger was much stronger that he thought but still Creepox could sense that something was off about him. Perhaps Dream Snitcher's spell really was working.

He snorted, unlike Vrak Creepox didn't care for technology or the need to study the humans, all he thirsted for was the complete obliteration of planet Earth. He was going to do that by all means necessary, even if that meant betraying Admiral Malkor. The only people who stood in his way were the wretched Power Rangers. Creepox slammed his fists together stomping his feet against the ground. He was sure at some point Admiral Malkor would call him back to the Mothership to execute their next plan of attack. Before, heading back Creepox wanted to gather his thoughts and come up with a plan of his own, particularly one that involved his rival against the red ranger. He stepped over to the side of the cave peering at the skyline of the city. He scratched his armored barbs together overlooking the city formulating a plan inside his head. Creepox turned around stepping back over the mouth of the cave.

He sensed something, another presence other than his and Dream Snitcher, he glanced around the area. He couldn't put a barb on it but Creepox couldn't shake the notion that something or someone was watching him. He let out a loud growl hoping to scare out the possible invader.

After a couple of moments Creepox let out a long sigh disappearing inside the cave…


Vrak peeked out from the around the corner of the cave. He had a feeling that his cohort was brewing up his own vile and sinister plan. Vrak chuckled, heading back to his ship…

He stepped back on the Mothership making his way over towards the viewing screen. Vrak wasn't sure what Creepox was up too, but he was determined to get to the bottom of it. He had a sneaking suspicion that Creepox was in contact with some aliens from his home planet. Until, Vrak could figure out what he was up too, he decided to continue scanning and dissecting the coastal regions of Harwood County along with studying the humans known as the Power Rangers. Vrak typed a series of commands into the keyboard, waiting for the computer to follow the commands. While waiting he contemplated on whether he should send for another one of Admiral Malkor's universal insectoids. Admiral Malkor had grown terribly impatient with both him and Creepox. Their latest monsters have all failed to destroy the Power Rangers.

He stood back thinking that perhaps the keys to their victories was their ability to fight cohesively as team and their unity in battle. Vrak recalled thinking about that time he came down to Earth to observe and study the rangers. If only he could come up with a way, a strategy to divide their team, and conquer their defenses he could crush those cursive Power Rangers he could become the absolute ruler over planet Earth. An idea suddenly popped into Vrak's head.

What if he found about who sustains them?

There had to be someone or something behind the scenes aiding the rangers and providing them with the tools and weapons and resources necessary for them to have been victorious in battle.

"That's it," Vrak said. "If I can find out who is sustaining them, I shall be able to crush the Power Rangers!" he said turning his attention back over to the viewing screen…


Troy laced up his shoes. He was gearing up for his daily morning run through the Harwood County Park. His daily run always helped him clear his head, especially with the all stress he had dealt with lately, from school, his night terrors and while trying to combat evil. He stood up peering at himself in the mirror. He stared, almost unable to recognize the person staring back at him. Dark circles had formed underneath his red, eyes. His skin looked much taut and paler than usual.

Troy had spent another sleepless night, lying awake in bed. He was too afraid to fall asleep for the fear of having another night terror. The previous night Troy's night terror scared him so much that he almost stayed home from school. What gives, Troy didn't know, he couldn't understand why his dreams seem like they were growing much and more violent. He let out a long sigh turning to the door unable to continue staring at his reflection in the mirror. Troy stepped out taking in the cool, crisp morning air. He took in a long deep breath, heading down the driveway. Troy's gait slowly turned into a jog as he headed along the empty sidewalk through the quiet suburban neighborhood…


Troy stopped, sucking in a long deep breath wiping away the beads of sweats. That piercing headache that first struck a few days ago flared up again. He cuffed his head in his heads, to curtail the pain jarring inside his head. He leaned against one of the red oak trees glazing into the bright morning sun. Troy glanced at his watch sighing he hated that this headache was causing him to fall behind in his routine…

After a couple of moments the headache subsided enough for Troy to continue this run through the park. Troy sprinted ahead through the open pathway feeling the crisp morning winds rip through his hair. Troy slowly climbed up the slight incline, pausing to take in the fresh morning sunlight. He continued on with each and every sprint clearing his head. Troy stopped glancing down at his watch. He had less than an hour till school started. Troy let out a long sigh, sprinting down the pathway…

As Troy continued down the pathway, he spotted that old dead tree. He paused glancing around the vacant area. His mind started drifting back to that confrontation with Creepox. Troy shuttered Creepox was the last thing he wanted to think about. After all majority of his night terrors had somehow or someway involved the mantis Warstar. He turned focusing his attention back on his run; there was no time to lag around if he wanted to get to school on time. Troy sprinted down the pathway continuing towards the winding pathway.

A sound in the distance caught his attention. Curious Troy followed the source of the sound. He stopped, peering down the pathway. Troy spotted someone coming towards him on a bike. He found this strange, normally the park was empty expect for the occasional runners like himself he would come across. As the biker sped pass him, he instantaneously recognized the rider.

It was Emma.

"Hey wait up!"

"Emma!"

She continued speeding along the familiar trial on her bmx. Troy quickly sprinted down the pathway trying to catch up with her…


Creepox stepped inside the main control room of the Mothership-Invader grunting at the sight of his cohort Vrak. Just as he had suspected Admiral Malkor had summoned both he and Vrak to discuss their next plan of attack. During their discussion Malkor made it clear that he wasn't happy with him and Vrak and their constant failures. Admiral Malkor would decide which Warstar to aid them in their destruction.

"I've called up a new ally!" Admiral Malkor announced.

"Dizcord!"

Creepox, Vrak and Malkor all watched as the freakish Teckric alien with the strange sound device land into the midst of the Mothership.

"Did someone say my name…?!"

"That's music to my ears…" he crooned stepping over to Admiral Malkor.

"Cause this guy right here is all about the music…check it out!" he rang as a burst of sound echoed throughout their hub.

"I'm the superstar of the guitarhotter than a quasarI rock and roll is just too old…" Dizcord said twirling around and around with his wicked sound.

"Gah…" Creepox said turning away disgusted. "And it he actually thinks he's good."

"Horrible," Vrak commented.

"It's so bad it hurts," Admiral Malkor said clapping his winged hands together to the wicked beat.

"I'm top to the opsawesome to the maxelectric or acousticI'm totally epic!"

"Thank you," Dizcord sang to the last chord raising his hands in the air to his unassuming audience.

"So here wants backstage passes?" Dizcord turned to both to Vrak and Creepox.

"Too what?!" Creepox sneered.

"To my concert."

"I'm going to rock your world," Dizcord said stepping over to Creepox. "And if you want to see the show…I'll take care of you little people." Dizcord spun around pointing at both Vrak and Creepox.

Creepox wasn't sure if Dizcord was referring to him but he surely wasn't going to stand around and let the Warstar speak to him in such a brazen and disrespectable matter.

"You blowhard!" He stepped over to Dizcord raising an armed barb. "I'll take care of you!"

"Wait," Vrak said. "Let's use his music against the humans," he suggested.

Vrak wanted to get rid of Dizcord too, but at the same time why not let take on some of the dirty work, so that would be less he would need to do in execute his plans to conquer planet Earth. He was thinking what better way to force the humans into submission by using something that they all were familiar with music and really horrible music at that…


Troy continued sprinting glancing around. There was still no sign of Emma. As he approached the large cove that overlook Harwood County, Troy spotted her pink bmx parked at the end of the pathway. As he approached the area, a light smoothing voice filled his ears. Wondering where the tranquil voice was coming from he wondered over towards the grassy area.

"The gentle breeze it stirs the leaves…and stirs my soul…my heart deep inside me…sends my world as one withers…a greater home all connected as one…"

Troy smiled, he was surprised and both delighted to hear the voice coming from his dear friend Emma. She twirled around, in the open area taking delight in the crisp, fresh morning air.

"So bloom," she sang spinning around. "With your sweet perfume and flowers bloom…" she sang turning around.

"Troy what are you doing here?!" Emma said.

She ceased singing; he could tell that she was embarrassed, she had that kind of expression that a little kid had getting caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

He stepped over into the open cove.

"Sorry I saw you earlier…but you didn't hear me."

"Wow Emma you're an incredible singer."

She smiled. "Thanks, I get that from my mom."

Emma turned looking at one of the branches high above them.

"I remember when she would sing that song each year when the flowers came into bloom. That's probably where my love of nature comes from."

Emma stepped over embracing one of the branches. "Singing to the trees reminds me of her."

Troy walked over peering at the branch glancing over at his friend. He started wondering if something had happened to her mother. In the back of his mind Troy always wondered about things his own mother would do for him.

"It's getting late…we better hurry or we've going to be late for school," Troy said.

Emma nodded.

They both stepped through the cove quietly making their way down towards the narrow pathway. Just as he and Emma were about to part ways, a deafening tone bought the both of them to their knees. The screeching noise was so unbearable that it silenced everything around them.

"What that horrible sound?!" Emma yelped.

Troy gripped his head the deafening tone started stirring up the migraine he had experienced earlier. Troy felt his morpher vibrating inside his back pocket.

"Rangers…there's a monster attack at the city's plaza," Tensou said.

He dropped his morpher unable to concentrate on what Tensou had alerted them too.

"We're…here…" Troy stammered picking up his moprher. "Right next to the plaza."

He glanced over at Emma; she looked like she was in about just as much pain from the deafening music.

"Troy…Emma…it's too loud!" echoed a familiar voice.

"Can you hear me?!" Gia said.

"Just meet us at the plaza," Troy instructed.

Troy helped Emma to her feet, and together they both bolted through the open field through the park over towards the danger that lurked over in the city plaza…


As they quickly approached the plaza Troy glanced over Emma.

"Let's do?!" she called.

"IT'S MORPHIN TIME…GO, GO, MEGAFORCE!" they shouted whipping out their transformation cards.

"Megaforce Pink!"

"Megaforce Red!"

They both joined up with Gia, Jake and Noah scanning the plaza. Troy noticed the passed out patrons scattered throughout the plaza, he was surprised at how the music had seemed to affect everyone in town. The closer they approached the source the more sound echoed inside his head.

"This sound feels like it's splitting my brain," Troy said.

"Mines too," Emma said.

"Really…it just sounds really loud to me," Gia called.

"Yeah…it's bad…but not that bad," Jake said gripping one side of his snake visor.

Troy glanced around at his comrades, wondering why the music wasn't affecting them as much as it had him and Emma.

"It must be because we were much closer when it started," Troy concluded running over to Emma.

"We should go help them," Emma said.

"Right," Troy replied glancing around the plaza.

He and Emma ran over to some patrons at a one of the nearby tables helping them clear the vicinity. Once the coast was clear Troy turned his attention back over towards the plaza.

Troy clutched his visor, that throbbing migraine was growing worse and worse each passing moment.

"We can't take much more of this Emma…" he cried.

"Turn off that noise!" Noah ordered pointing towards the top of a building.

"Noise...how dare you! I'm the greatest musician in the entire universe!" the Warstar boasted.

"Huh?!" Troy called.

"No one gives me a bad review! Loogies attack!" Dizcord ordered summoning the humanoid foot-soldiers.

Troy and the quickly others cleared out the frightening patrons gearing up for battle.

"Teach these haters a lesson…loogies!" the Warstar called.

The loogies stood at attention waiting their orders. Dizcord bellowed out some rhyming tunes to the strum of his bodily guitar.

"What the?!" Troy said watching the loogies dance to the tune of the Warstars music.

"Everyone?" he called pulling out his weapon's card. Troy decided to take advanced of the distracted loogies.

"SUMMON BATTLE GEAR!" They called in unison.

Troy gripped the hilt of his dragonsword charging forward toward the loogies feeling a slight bit of relief from Dizcord's horridly mesmerizing tunes.

The loogies continued following Dizcord's tunes, while he started amping up the beats and sound.

"Yeah check me out!" Dizcord cried.

Troy gripped his helmet, feeling the sound reverberate inside his head.

"Ahhhh it's getting me again!" Emma cried falling to her knees.

"I got you covered."

Troy heard Noah call as he fired a shot at a group of loogies that were about to take an assault on Emma.

"It's hurting me too…" Troy said losing his grip on his dragon-sword.

As he reached down to pick up his weapon he felt a sharp stabbing at his right temple. Troy let out a long sigh trying to fight the pain coursing through his head.

The pain swirled inside his head, it was causing him to lose focus in battle. He felt a tight grip around his shoulder. Troy turned and saw one of the humanoid foot soldiers out of the corner of his visor.

"Let me go!" Troy tried prying himself from the loogies' grip.

"Hang on Troy!"

Before he realized what was happening he saw Jake's snake ax coming towards him. He swiftly moved out the way just in the nick of time avoiding the sting from his strike.

"You okay man?" Jake asked trying to help Troy stand.

"I can't…focus…" Troy called struggling to get back to his feet.

Dizcord jumped from the building singing another rhyming tune with the loogies swarming around him dancing to the harsh melodic beats.

Troy slammed his fist against the ground, he couldn't understand how the Warstar's was getting the better of him. Troy also didn't understand how the sound of his music was causing everyone especially him and Emma to go into a frenzied panic.

"Guys the megaforce blaster," Noah suggested.

"Right..." Troy slowly stood to his feet, slowly making his way to his comrades.

They stepped into formation, but it seemed the closer he and Emma got to Dizcord the worst the effect were. He and Emma both fell to their knees, the pain became to jarring to take.

"Guys…hang in there," Jake said with reassurance.

Troy glanced at Emma, she nodded. Together the both managed to summon up enough strength to assemble the megaforce blaster. Dizcord yelped playing strumming another hard chord. The moment they shouted out the command, another string of sound attacked causing the team to miss their intended target.

"Oh no…" Troy yelped falling to his knees.

"Troy are you okay?!" Gia asked.

"I'm so…sorry guys…" Troy couldn't believe that he had caused the team to miss their target.

"Thank you and now for my encore! An extra something special just for you," Dizcord said pointing over the Troy and the others.

"I'll demorph you!" he sang with glee.

Troy watched haplessly as Dizcord fired a hail of shots towards them.

The shots bounced off him and Emma power suits causing the both of them to demorph back to their civilian form.

"Oooh yeah…thank you rangers…my power chords knocked you out! Now it's time rock and roll over some more humans!" Dizcord said skipping off with his group of dancing loogies in tow.

Troy rolled around on the ground; the pain was still piercing inside his head.

"You guys okay?" Gia asked.

"Troy…" Noah said.

"Emma…" Jake called.

"We let that monster get away…" Troy growled gripping his throbbing head.

He was so upset with himself that his lack of focus allowed Dizcord to escape.

"We'll get em' next time man," Jake reassured.

"We have too…" Troy started glanced between Gia, Jake and Noah. "Before more people get hurt."

Troy stood to his feet.

"Be careful man," Jake said helping him up.

The others demorphed back into their civilian forms.

"I'll be okay."

He glanced over at Emma. "Are you okay?" Troy asked.

"Yeah…I think so…" she stammered.

He lifted to her to feet.

"Thanks."

"Guys, looks like Dizcord is on the run right now…" Jake said glancing around the empty plaza.

Noah glanced at his watch. "I suppose till he shows up again we should head on back to class."

"Yeah…we better get going…" Gia suggested draping one of Emma's arm around her shoulders.

"Guys you can go on…I'll catch up with you."

"You sure?" Jake asked.

"Yes, I still need to change."

Troy glanced down looking over his workout clothes.

"Troy are you sure you're going to be okay?" Emma asked.

"I'll be fine…you guys go on ahead."

Troy watched them till they disappeared around into a crowd of people. Troy let out a long sigh gripping his head. It was throbbing like nobody's business. It seems as if Dizcord's horrendous tunes caused that terrible migraine to come back with vengeance. Trying his best to ignore the pain throbbing inside his head, Troy trotted through downtown quickly making his way back to his home. If he hurried he would still have time to make it to the rest of his classes…


Vrak along with his cohorts watched Dizcord anxiously from the Mothership while he bought down his reign of terror and his bad music down to Earth.

Creepox grunted. "That was nothing but dumb luck!"

He stepped away from the screen in a huff.

"I found his methods quite effective Creepox!" Admiral Malkor commented peering at the screen.

"He's too full of himself to succeed."

"That's why I'll send you…Vrak…to keep him concentrated on destroying those rangers!"

"You choose Vrak…instead of me Admiral Malkor?" Creepox turned, glancing at his cohort. "But why?!"

Admiral Malkor turned from the screen. "Dizcord's act needs to be reined in with reasoning not force." Admiral Malkor turned his attention back over to the screen. "If he needs a thumping…I will send you…but for now I'm sending Vrak."

Vrak snickered glancing back at Creepox. He took notice how the red and pink ranger seem more susceptible to Dizcord's tunes. He rubbed his metallic hands against his chin carefully thinking of ways he could exploit the two rangers' weakness...


"Troy?"

"Huh?"

"Is everything okay?"

He stopped leaning against a set of lockers. "Kris…everything's cool."

"Are you sure?" she asked peering at him.

"I'm sure…"

She shifted folding her arms together. "I'm just asking because you were really quiet in class today."

"I'm just really tired…I haven't been sleeping well lately…"

"How come?" she asked leaning in closer.

"A lot just been going on…" he stammered.

Suddenly a sharp stabbing pain struck his right temple. Troy gripped his head from the crippling pain.

"Troy are you okay?!"

"I'm fine…just been having these terrible migraines…"

"Maybe you should go see a doctor or something…"

He shook his head. "Kris…I'll be fine…"

"Well…you certainly don't look it…"

Troy let out a long sigh glancing down at his watch. "I hate to cut this short but I'm supposed to be meeting up with Noah and Jake at Ernie's…"

"Okay…"

"I'll catch up with you later…" Troy said placing a hand on her shoulders.

"Sure." Kristal stepped away sprinting ahead disappearing into a crowd of their peers.

Troy let out a long sigh shaking his head. He felt really bad for blowing off Kristal that truly wasn't his intentions at all. But how else could have explained that his inattentiveness in class was due to battling a monster that was causing him to have these terrible migraines that made him lose focus. He stepped slowly slinging his backpack over his shoulders. He decided that next time he ran into Kristal he would apologize to her.

He continued down the hallway making his way out of Harwood County High School towards Ernie's Brain Freeze…


Meanwhile, over on the Mothership-Invader Vrak was scanning the sectors in Harwood County. He would have put aside his search for the source that sustained the Power Rangers for now. Right now he was searching for Dizcord. While Dizcord and some loogies where on the rampage Vrak had taken notice not only how the Warstar's music had affected the humans but the music seem to have an extra special effect on two of the Power Rangers. Seeing how damaging Dizcord's music was to the humans especially two of the rangers, Vrak started researching how sensitive humans were to sound, so he figured if there was a way he could broadcast Dizcord's terrible tunes around the Earth it would cause catastrophic destruction leading to the total damnation of planet Earth.

"There he is."

Vrak spotted Dizcord who was hanging around one of the buildings in downtown Harwood County. As he was calculating the plan inside his head he heard a loud hissing sound. He swiftly turned and there was his cohort Creepox peeking at him from behind one of the sectors of the Mothership.

"What are you looking at?!" Creepox sneered.

"Obviously not much," Vrak snapped.

"What's that supposed to mean?!"

Vrak sighed. "As usual you're too of a simpleton to understand…"

Before he could finish his statement he saw an armed barb within inches of his face.

"You wanna repeat that?!"

Vrak shook his head slowly backing away from Creepox.

"That's what I thought…"

Vrak turned away from Creepox. "I don't have time for your childish mind games I have Power Rangers to destroy!"

Creepox growled.

"And besides Admiral Malkor said he will greatly reward you if you behave yourself now…" he said glancing over his shoulders. "You know how Admiral Malkor gets towards those that...disobey him."

"Gah…whatever!" he snarled turning his attention over to the viewing screen.

Vrak chuckled making his way over to his ship.

What an idiot, he would make sure that once the Power Rangers were destroyed that Creepox would certainly be next on the list.

Till then his would follow his plan of honing in on Dizcord's act using it to annihilate both this planet and those retched Power Rangers.

TBC