Chapter 11: "Purge the Darkness Pt. 2"
Warping down to earth, the Alien rangers found themselves surronded by several scattered debris and large building remains from the previous battle. A sharp sound alerted them to the right, where they saw Graver. Leaning against the wall and looking at his blaster, he barely gave them notice. Delphine spoke directly to him, her voice venomous,
"You horrid monster, this is the last day you ever will be alive!" He chuckled and got up from his postion on the wall. He smiled mockingly,
"Oh Delphine, Delphine... you certainly have grown since the last time I... what would be a good word... saw you on Aquitar." Before she could react, Graver was behind them, from incredible speed. Tideus was the closest to him and tried to swipe him with his sword. However, Graver sidestepped and pointed the gun squarely at his chest. "One down." He said as he fired. Tideus was thrown several feet into the debris from the impact. He tried to reach for his leader and said,
"P-P-Please, get him..." As he apparently lost conciousness. Delphine, shrieking with rage, ran at Graver, with Corcus at her side. He smirked. Running past them, he grabbed Corus by the throat and squeezed. Grasping for some kind of air, Corcus couldn't fight back as Graver aimed the gun at his chest as well. Cestro, who was closer, jumped and swung down at Graver's back. Sensing this, he threw Corcus at the air-bourne Cestro, which knocked them both to the ground. Quickly taking advantage, he blasted them with precision as they lost concious. He pointed to Aurico.
"Two birds with one stone. Now... you're the battle expert, maybe you can give me a challenge." But he was interrupted by a cry of,
"NO!" Where Delphine came jumping over his head, in front of Aurico. She pointed her sword at Graver. "Never again. I'll be your opponent you villianous slimeball." Graver stared at her and began clapping.
"Well done! You have the same gusto your brother had. I like that. So, I think I'll give you the honor..." He held up his hands, revealing a sword-like pin. It was instantly covered in blue fire as it elongated into a fierce sword. "Of meeting the sword that took his life. The Carrier Sword." He brandished it in front of her, then held it down. Seeing nothing but Graver, Delphine rushed forward, ignoring Aurico's shouts of "Wait!" which caused him to run after her. Taking on both opponents, he moved fluidly as the sparks from the compact of the three swords flew.
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Back on the Megaship, the others watched in horror as Corcus, Tideus, and Cestro were beaten and blasted by Graver. Cassie stood up first, in a stressed voice,
"We gotta help them!" Andros nodded, but said,
"We can't. We would be risking their safty as well as ours." Ashley looked at him oddly, then said in an inquring tone,
"Why would you say that?" Andros continued on through the conversation,
"Well, it's like Delphine said, we aren't immune to Graver's touch. If we could somehow... I don't know... find a way to mimic the Alien Ranger's powers, it would be much easier to help them." T.J. spoke to Alpha next.
"Alpha, is there anyway to modify the Astro suits to be like the Aquitan rangers?" After thinking for a moment, Alpha said in a crestfallen tone,
"It's definately possible, but I'd need to know where to start T.J. I mean, I don't know the first thing about Aquitan technology." Just then a flash of pink in the shape of three spheres appeared in the ship. The rangers stepped back as a woman, slightly younger than the Alien Rangers, and yet still of Aquitan descent. She looked around and found Andros' eyes. She spoke.
"My name is Cestria. I came from the planet of Aquitar to deliver a message to the one named Alpha." Alpha, now coming out from behind the rangers, nodded.
"I remember you. You're Cestro's sister right?" She nodded with a warm smile. But then she continued.
"My husband... Billy, he is a human of earth. However, he lives with us on the planet of Aquitar. I thought it would be best if I told you how exactly that is possible." She paused for a moment for the others to comprehend. She continued, "He wears a special suit which treats the fluids in the body as water. It is completely safe, as it has no drawbacks recorded." Carlos perked up and said,
"Great! We can help them fight Graver." She nodded. "But of course. It will be ready in but a mere few minutes. If Alpha would like to do the honors of course." The little automoton strolled forward and took a disc from her.
"It would be an honor." With that he went to work on the control panel. Cestria then looked at the rangers.
"I'm afraid, I must help my brother and the others. Please... make hast Alpha." He nodded as Cestria put up her arm and said,
"Thank you... now... It's Morphin' Time!" She was covered in a blue fluid like the others and said next,
"Pink Aquitar Ranger Power!"
Now morphed, she teleported down to help fight Graver.
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Tracing the length of his sword, Graver glanced upwards at the Red and White rangers. They were barely standing as they used their swords to hold themselves up. With a cough from him he said,
"Yawn. You are still vastly inexperienced compared to your predecessors." He mocked them and taunted them. Delphine rushed forward, nearly toppling over doing so.
"Die foul demon!" She charged up her sword and said, "Hydro Sabre Slash!" She threw her arms up and slashed downwards with all her might. Graver blocked the attack with his own sword. However, he was pushed back alittle by the impact. His eyes glinting and smiling madly, he ended up saying with grim satisfaction,
"YES! That's the spirit I've been looking for!" He pushed Delphine's sword with very little effort and ran past her, towards Aurico. "Maybe if I... give you a little more persuasion?!" He held up his sword to slice Aurico, but stopped and jumped out of the way. A bright pink light of three spheres appeared afterwords in the span of seconds. It was Cestria, wearing a similar outfit to the other Alien Rangers, however, she was wearing a Pink color. Graver surveyed her for a moment, then spoke.
"Hm... how interesting. I never knew the Alien Rangers had a Pink member..." He held his chin for a moment, while Delphine, Aurico and Cestria regrouped, swords at the ready. He snapped his fingers and said brilliantly, "Of course! Little Cestria. Yet another face from the distant past." He held out his sword and blaster and walked slowly towards them, making them back away slowly. He snickered.
"Oh come now... you aren't scared of little ol' me now are you?" He pulled the trigger on the gun, which shot a barrage of bullets. Fortunately, they all dodged and rebounded. Graver stopped shooting for a moment. "I know. Let's make it fair." He took out his powder and sprinkled it over the area. At once, Tideus, Corcus, and Cestro were awakened. Graver smiled.
"Let's take this fight to the skies, shall we?" He pointed the sword to the sky, which was struck by lightning from seemingly nowhere. At once, Graver grew tall, inwardly and out. "Now, bring on your zords!"
Delphine looked up at him and said bitterly, "If its a zord fiight you want, it's a zord fight you'll get!" All of the Aquitar rangers, save Cestria, put up a Power Coin and called out,
"Tidal energies of the galaxy, hear our call! Battle Borgs, power up!"
The five humanoid zords appeared. Each one as slim as can be. Cestria then told them, in an urgent voice,
"Billy managed to make the Shogunzords operational again. We should call on them as well." So, along with the five Battle Borgs, the Alien Rangers called out,
"We need Shogunzord power now!"
Running at breakneck speed, the five zords appeared. Combining together, with the White and Blue as the arms. The Yellow and Black each form the legs whille the entire combination was focused on the Red as the main body.
"Shogun Megazord!" Called the rest of the rangers as the Battle Borgs stood by the enormous megazord. Holding its hand out, a sword of fire appeared. Graver was amused and said,
"Hmm... 'Shogunzords' eh? No doubt a gift from that pompus windbag Ninjor. Oh well. Makes no difference." He rushed forward and said outloud, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!" As he brought the blade down. He was met by the sword from the megazord, which surprisingly enough, was holding Graver back.
"You will pay for everything Graver! EVERYTHING!" shouted Delphine from the cockpit. As she said this, Graver was pushed back by the sheer force of the megazord. He was then held in place by the Battle Borgs. He smirked at the megazord.
"Go ahead. You can't destroy me." Granting his wish, the sword was covered in intense flames and slashed diagonally. Before it hit however, Graver disappeared from view, making the sword hit the Battle Borgs. In an explosion, the five Battle Borgs were no more. From behind them, Graver appeared and gave a heavy slash to their back. Lightning and explosions appeared from the Shogun Megazord as it began to split into its original parts. All of which were on the floor, with almost no power. Graver laughed insanely,
"HAHA! How embarassing, destroying your own zords!" He pointed the sword at Aurico in the Red Shogunzord. "Watch carefully Delphine as I pick off your friends one... by... one." He raised it and brought it down fast. Delphine screamed,
"NNNNOOOO!" But to her surprise and to Gravers, he was blasted back. Looking wildly for the origin, Graver looked in the sky. There, in the middle of the clouds was the golden and navy blue mass of the Astro Sigma megazord. Andros spoke first, in a voice of conviction,
"You won't win that easily Graver! C'mon guys, V6 Impact!" with a chorus of "RIGHT!" the megazord sequence was started. Spinning rapidly, it began to divebomb towards Graver. However, he smirked and caught the blade before it landed. Ashley and Karone, cried out in shock,
"That can't be-!" As Graver smirked and gave them a slash as well. flying backwards, the Sigma shuttles disengaged from the Astro megazord , which also lay down. T.J. called to Andros,
"We're nearly out of power and the shields are shot." Naturally, everything was almost dead. Graver looked at his handy work,
"Ah... such a beautiful site in the morning. Oh well, I wanted to play with you more, but I have a feeling I should finish this quickly. He a twisted grin on his face, he walked to the fallen Shogun and Astro zords, ready to finish them.
TO BE CONTINUED...