So, for the next team we'll be bringing in some former Rangers who were never even part of the Turbo team. Though I'm kinda concerned about one of them. Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, Ace Attorney, Sonic the Hedgehog, Skies of Arcadia, Shovel Knight, Mega Man, or Shantae.

Chapter 12: Turbo

The Arcadia Rangers were led to the central meeting tent by another knight from the Order of No Quarter, Plague Knight. "The call came in early this morning," Plague Knight explained, "From someone named Dr. Cossack. He claims to be an ally of the Robo Force, and is in charge of the fourth battalion." The only Turbo Ranger meeting with the Arcadia Rangers inside the tent was Blue Ranger Justin Stewart, who was just a kid when he was first inducted. "Glad you could make it," Justin said, "The rest of the team should be arriving soon." Sure enough, the next two to come in were Yellow Ranger Aisha Campbell, and Pink Ranger Karone.

Cinos raised an eyebrow. "I realize you two are veteran Rangers, but aren't the Turbo powers kinda new for you?" "Sure they are," Karone said, "But there aren't enough former Rangers to fill out the team. You already saw this with the Zeo team." "So who are the new Rangers for your team?," Apollo asked. That's when he someone call out, "Yo, whaddup A-Dog?" Apollo sighed as he turned around, revealing Wocky Kitaki, one hs former clients as a defense attorney, standing there in a Green Ranger suit. "Dang homedog," Wocky said, giving Apollo a friendly slap on the back, "Guess we're buddies in green, amiright?"

"Please tell me your new Red Ranger isn't a former client of mine," Apollo said with a groan. "Not at all," came another familiar voice. Apollo sighed in relief at seeing Hugh O'Connor as the Red Turbo Ranger. "Anyway, Cossack's message came in a few hours ago. And there was something strange in it, like he was subconsciously nervous the entire time." Eggman stroked his mustache. "There's something off about this whole scenario. Dr. Mikhail Cossack is venerated scientist in the field of engineering. More of a general researcher unlike myself, but like me he has always used his research for the betterment of mankind."

Apollo scanned the video, and at a certain point he started rubbing his wrist. "Yo dog," Wocky said, "I remember you doing that a few times during my trial. What's wrong with your wrist?" "Nothing really," Apollo said, "But I have this special ability, something of a family trait. See, when I see another person being nervous, it kinda makes me subconsciously nervous as well, and that's where my bracelet comes in. See, the bracelet is made of special material that can change in size in response to body heat, meaning that it will always fit the wearer. But when you get get nervous, you body has subconscious muscle spasms."

"I get it," Hugh said, "And because of those spasms, the bracelet briefly changes size, right?" Apollo nodded. "The change is so sharp and quick that it's easy to pick up. When it happens, I can tell that someone is getting nervous somehow. Then I just need to find that subconscious physical action. Up until now I thought I had to be face-to-face with someone for it to work. But it looks like it can also work with recordings and possibly even live feed." "Maybe your Ranger powers are increasing your natural ability," Risky suggested." "Actually," Phoenix said, "The Perception technique can be used without the bracelet if one knows when to focus. During a recording, it's possible to re-watch the entire thing to figure out when to focus."

"So what do you see?," Vera asked. Apollo took a few seconds, then pointed something out. "There. Right when Cossack speaks of working for the Robo Force, he's gripping that locket around his neck." "I've seen that locket before," Eggman said, "It holds a picture of him and his daughter, Kalinka." Risky raised an eyebrow. "His daughter...? Well now, you don't need Perception to read the writing on the wall here." "Wouldn't put it past Sigma and his goons to capture this broad just to get Cossack to cooperate," Wocky said, "But we're gonna have problems dealing with the fourth battalion."

Plague Knight brought up the file in question. "Brightman, Toadman, Drillman, Pharaohman, Ringman, Dustman, Diveman, and Skullman. They stand between us and the Control Tower. And each new battalion has greater firepower." "Not to worry," Risky said, "I came up with something interesting for the Arcadia team one the way here." She brought a large box and opened it, revealing nine steam-punk looking blunderbusses. "These are your new Blunderbuss Blasters. Since most Rangers have some sort of sidearm, I figured it was about time you guys had one to. And I know, the name isn't very imaginative, but as Eggman put it, better to have a complex machine with a simple name than the other way around."

Phoenix picked up his blaster, noting each of them was color-coded with the appropriate Ranger symbol on the side. "I tested these earlier using Egg Pawns," Risky said, "Gotta warn ya, they have some kick to them. But one shot from these puppies will obliterate a single Mettaur." "As for the matter of Kalinka," Eggman said, "I think we may have an alternate solution." He cast a subtle glance at Cinos and Risky, who both a simple smirk. "All right then," Phoenix said, "We'll head out and deal with the fourth battalion. Let's get this done Rangers!"


"So," Bass asked, "Where are you keeping the girl?" "Safe and sound in a holding cell," Wily said, "We need to keep her alive and in good health, or Cossack will turn on us in an instant." He looked out to see the Rangers confronting the fourth battalion. "Seems things are proceeding as planned." Bass narrowed his eyes. "Hold on. It may just be me, but the Arcadia Rangers seem to be one member short. Where's the Chrome Metal Ranger?" "Cinos?," Wily replied, and he scanned the screen. "Strange. It didn't seem like the other Arcadia Rangers showed him any distrust. But what of it? Our security will pick him up if he tries to infiltrate us again." Bass seemed unconvinced.


Out on the battlefield, both Ranger teams confronted the army of Mettaurs that stood between them and the lieutenants. Phoenix, Miles, and Apollo tried out their new Blunderbuss Blasters. There was some mild recoil, but the damage more than made up for it, taking out a whole squadron of Mettaurs before the auto-reload kicked in. "Nice," Apollo said, "Risky really knows her stuff." He continued to blast bot after bot, slugging those that got too close with his Life Gauntlet. "Don't let your guard down," Phoenix said, "Looks like our targets are getting ready to play."

He quickly used his Wave Cutlass to protect his eyes when Brightman came in unleashing his Flash Stopper. Phoenix used his blaster to take out Brightman's bulb so he couldn't use a second flash, forcing Brightman to rely on his own blaster. Phoenix jumped over the first few shots, then used his smaller cutlass to block a few more before striking with the larger cutlass. He followed it up with several more strikes, practically turning Brightman into a robotic pincushion. The two continued to trade blow after blow, before Phoenix called out, "Slipara!" Instantly Brightman seemed to fall asleep, leaving him open for a massive attack from Phoenix that caused the big bot to collapse.

Vera tossed her Lightning Boomerang at Toadman, who jumped out of the way. The two got into a brief hand-to-hand fight before Toadman got nailed on the boomerang's return trip. Recovering, he launched his Rain Flush attack. Thinking quickly, Vera tossed her boomerang at the projectile to stop it, nailing Toadman with a quick kick while the boomerang did its work. As Vera caught her boomerang, she asked Toadman, "Do you what happens to a toad when its struck by lightning?" Toadman seemed confused. Beneath her helmet, Vera smirked. "Same thing that happens to everything else. Electrulen!" The massive lightning spell caused Toadman to be blasted back.

Drillman fired several Drill Bombs at what he thought were several ice chunks created by Miles. In reality, Miles had cast a spell called Panika that completely confused the robot's sensors, which left him wide open to attack. Miles came in from various angles striking Drillman with his Ice Rapier. From Drillman's perspective, it looked like Miles was coming in from every direction at once. Drillman snapped out it after the assault and fired off a few more drill bombs. Miles dodged a few and stopped the last one at the very tip with his rapier. He then sent it right back at Drillman, blasting him back across the battlefield.

Iris transformed her Void Sphere into a shield to deflect Pharaohman's Pharaoh Shot. When Pharaohman tried charging his weapon to full power, Iris quickly turned her sphere into a buzzsaw and used to prevent him from focusing by striking him multiple times with it. Shaking his head, Pharaohman tried a more direct attack, bringing his fist in to smash Iris. She simply blocked the attack, pushed his arms away, then counterattacked with a quick iron palm to Pharaohman's chest. She then turned her Void Sphere into a staff and twirled it around to strike him multiple times. She finished her assault by calling out, "Eternum!" The spell struck Pharaohman hard, causing him to collapse.

Ringman fired out multiple Ring Boomerangs at Simon, who deftly dodged between them, striking down some with his Chaos Blade. When Ringman tried to cover the whole battlefield in rings, Simon simply called out, "Brackulen!" The spell knocked all the rings away and blasted Ringman back. Simon followed it up by calling out, "Drasnos!" Ringman noted that the spell didn't seem to damage him and continued to fire Ring Boomerangs, but felt himself getting more and more tired with each one. "What did you do to me...?," he asked wearily. "Made you suffer fatigue," Simon said, and he struck hard with his blade, causing Ringman to collapse.

Dustman fired off his Dust Crusher at Diego. Diego simply called out, "Incremus!" He then fired off his Fire Flintlocks, burning each Dust Crusher in mid-air, then kicking the flaming projectiles back at Dustman. Diego followed up with a few fierce punches and kicks to the big bot, who could barely block the blows. Diego then called out, "Pyrulen!" Instantly Dustman was ignited, the ammunition for his weapon causing him even more damage. Quickly, Dustman flushed his system to avoid any further pain. As Dustman was trying to recover, Diego tapped him on the shoulder. But when he turned around, Diego greeted him with a powerful headbutt, sending Dustman flying.

"Tenalren!," Franziska called out, the shadow spell simultaneously damaging Diveman and negating his Dive Missile's targeting system. She followed it up with a few quick slashes from her Shadow Scythe. Diveman stumbled before coming in with a right cross, only to have Franziska catch the limb between her arms. "Simple boxing won't hold up against a trained Kung Fu master, you fool," she said, before twisting Diveman's arm around, then grabbing her scythe to deliver another powerful strike. Diveman was sent reeling, but recovered and launched himself like a missile. Franziska ducked under the attack, causing Diveman to crash.

Skullman was sent reeling after a fierce blow from Apollo, which proved strong enough to penetrate his Skull Shield. "Don't look so surprised," Apollo said, "My element is Life, and you seem to be the ultimate symbol of death. The two forces cancel each other out." "Don't get cocky," Skullman said, and came in with a deadly kick. Apollo caught the limb, and aimed a punch right at Skullman's groin. The effect was immediate, and Skullman collapsed to the ground in pain. Just then, Apollo saw Wocky getting into some trouble with the Mettaurs. "I'll be back to finish you," he said to Skullman before heading off.

After blasting some of the Mettaurs with his Blunderbuss Blaster, Apollo helped Wocky to his feet. "Ain't feeling too good...," Wocky muttered. "You will in a second," Apollo said, "Sacrulen!" As the spell took hold, Wocky seemed to be in pain for a second, but it quickly subsided. Wocky seemed confused for a second, the rummaged through his uniform before pulling out a lead bullet. "Wait," Apollo said, realizing something, "Is that...?" "The same bullet that was threatening my life two years ago," Wocky said, "When my pop took us for those checkups, the doc doing 'em was able to find a way to keep this thing from moving."

"I should have realized," Apollo said, "Why else would your dad be willing to take a slower route of making money if your life weren't in any immediate danger from that? But how could a general surgeon stop that bullet when your family doctor couldn't?" Wocky smirked under his helmet. "Thing about mob doctors is, they became mob doctors because they sucked in the first place." He tossed the bullet aside. "Guess that's one less trouble in my life." Just then, the door to the Control Tower's loading dock opened. "And another one just came in to replace it," Apollo quipped.

To be continued...

Yeah, I figured it would take at least a year for Wocky's condition, mentioned in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, to be corrected. So I came up with a believable excuse for why that bullet wasn't threatening his life throughout that trial. Also, about Diego's headbutt. While I don't know if real martial artists do that, I have seen it in Mortal Kombat. Besides, I should point out Diego's animal spirit is the gazelle. Read and review.