Episode 13: The Trump Card
Another week of peace passes. The Fleet seemed to be getting more desperate, along with thinking a bit more on how they would try to get rid of us. One thing I knew was, things were getting more and more dangerous the more we fought back...
Raikon Fleet Warship, June 28, 12:20 PM
A mysterious spacecraft had boarded the Fleet's warship. Dragun appeared to be waiting for someone in the time being. And it appeared that someone had arrived. Turning around towards the corridor that connects to any ships boarding the warship, he saw a figure walk through it towards Dragun. "There you are."
Stopping in front of Dragun, the supposed ally bowed before him. "Lord Dragun. Dimentor, your most humble servant, at your service." The one known as Dimentor then took a knee in honor of his master.
"I'm glad you came, Dimentor." said Dragun.
"But of course. Now, why have you summoned me? Have you reached a roadblock?" asked Dimentor.
"Levir is dead."
Dimentor stood up in absolute shock of this. It was hard to believe. "Levir, you say? Who is responsible for this!?"
"It was the work of those meddling Power Rangers." responded Budon from behind Dimentor.
Dragun chuckled in annoyance. "Budon has failed me enough as is."
Budon bowed in embarrassment, not wanting to say anything. Dimentor laughed at this, now seeing the opportunity this offers for him. "Even better for me!" Budon looked up in confusion as to what he meant by this. "If I do what you failed to do, I can take my rightful place as Lord Dragun's right hand as a reward for my efforts." He then turned to Dragun. "A fitting reward, is it not?"
Dragun chuckled at the thought of this. "You never disappoint to amaze me, Dimentor." Dimentor laughed at the thought of such an opportunity, prepared to do away with the Rangers once and for all. Budon, however, was annoyed by how arrogant he was, and figured it would be his downfall.
Downtown Angel Grove, 12:45 PM
Upon hearing that there was another attack on the city, the Rangers were quick to head there. Upon arriving, however, everything seemed quiet, as if nothing was going on. Something was wrong. "Where is it?" asked Jamie.
The Rangers looked in all directions, but saw nothing...at least at first. Suddenly, Sarah noticed a horrifying site. One of the major building in the city was beginning to sink into the ground. "Look over there!"
They all looked at what was going on. They couldn't believe their eyes. The building was just gone, as if it was never there to begin with. "I can't believe it. It's like...it got sucked into another dimension." said Josh to himself.
"Whoever we're facing is probably the one behind this." mentioned Ken. He had a point. With what they just saw, it couldn't be normal by any stretch of the imagination. "But I gotta wonder where he is, exactly?"
The communicator then went off again, Omega on the other end. "Rangers! I'm getting the readings in a different part of the city now!" As he said that, more buildings were swallowed up in the same fashion on the other side of the walking bridge. "And now it's gone again!"
"Ugh, what do we do?" asked Josh.
"I suggest-" said both Jamie and Ken in unison. The two looked at one another for a second as Ken continued. "Instead of going back and forth to each signal together, we split up and wait. Whoever's the closest to him should pin him down until the rest of us can get to where we need to go." All but Jamie nodded at this.
"I was gonna say that..." Jamie said to herself.
Omega then contacted the Rangers again. "I'll let you all know when I detect something again and cross-reference it with your locations."
"Understood, Omega." responded Sean as he cut off communications for the time being. "Alright, Rangers! Split up!" The Rangers did just that, even Jamie who was still upset that she was feeling underappreciated again.
Seconds later, Omega detected another signal again and contacted the Rangers. "I got it! Jamie, he's on the building behind you! Ken, assist her as you're the closest to her location!" Jamie nodded at all this as she ran in the general direction.
Moments later, Dimentor was beginning to send another building through his rift. "Everything will be apart of my rift between dimensions soon enough." As the building nearby was being brought into the rift, he turned his back, prepared to continue with the rest of the buildings. "With my skill, this is mere child's play."
Suddenly, Jamie appeared by breaking through double doors that lead to the roof of the building. She was fully morpher and prepared for the fight ahead. "Stop right there!"
Dimentor stopped upon hearing this, curious as to who could be getting his attention. He turned to the Yellow Rangers, starting to realize what is going on. "So you're one of those Power Rangers, I take it?"
"You got that right! Get ready!"
Dimentor laughed at this. "Do I look like I'm even in your league? I am known as Dimentor. The Fleet's future leader!"
"I don't care who you are!" Jamie then charged at Dimentor without a second thought.
However, Ken appeared, also fully morphed, attempting to knock some sense into her. "Wait, don't get too close!"
Jamie looked at Ken with confusion. But Dimentor took advantage of this. "How foolish to take your eyes off me!" His eyes then glowed for a split second. Jamie looked back at Dimentor, not before being attacked from some invisible force, knocking her back.
Ken rushed to help him, picking her up to her knees. "For once in your life, can you just listen to me?"
Jamie pulled away from Ken in annoyance. "How about, for once, you quit distracting me?"
Ken grabbed at Jamie and shook her a little bit, trying to make her realize the severity of the situation. "Will you stop being ignorant!? This guy's in a whole other league!"
"What are you talking about?! I was going to beat him until you got in my way!"
"I can't believe it...these are the ones who took out Levir?" Preparing for what seems to be an attack, Dimentor readied his sword-shield...thing and attacked the ground with it. "Begone from my sight, Rangers!" Upon hitting the ground, a burst of energy shot through the ground towards Jamie and Ken, revealing another rift that they would get sucked in.
"Look out!" yelled Ken as he pushed Jamie out of the rift. Next thing he knew, he was being slowly pulled in, as if he was standing on quicksand.
"Ken!" Jamie yelled with concern.
"Stay back! I'll find a way out. Just wait for the others!"
Jamie thought about it for a moment. While it was a good idea, and Ken was smart enough to probably come up with a way to get out, she wasn't about to leave him just like that. "I can't just leave you!"
Jamie then ran towards Ken, grabbing at his arm to get him out, but to no avail. Like quicksand, just pulling him out the way she did wouldn't be enough. "What are you doing!? I said get back!" Jamie didn't listen. She tried her hardest to fight against the forces pulling Ken in. But with such a strong grip on him, she fell in as well, the rift closing behind them.
Dimentor laughed at this. "How idiotic of her to fall for such an easy trap like that!"
"Hold it!" yelled Sean suddenly, him along with the others appearing before Dimentor fully morphed.
"So there are more of you, eh?" asked Dimentor.
"What did you do with Ken and Jamie?" yelled Josh.
"Curious, are you? Then I'll be honest. They have been drawn into my rift. One that takes you to a place between dimensions."
The Rangers were all shocked by this. But Josh wouldn't believe it. "You're lying!"
"Save your breath. They're never coming back."
Josh's heart skipped a beat. It was at that point he partially believed what Dimentor said, and then could care less, as now all he could think of was getting payback. Gripping hard on his Cobra Axe, he made a stance. "Why you...! I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIS!" Josh then yelled as loud as he could, charging at Dimentor without thinking.
"Josh, stop!" yelled Sean as he tried to get to Josh before he could strike.
However, he wasn't quick enough. Josh attempted to strike at him, but Dimentor blocked the strike with ease, even though it was filled with more brute force than he's willing to show. When his strike was blocked, his anger greatly diminished, and felt a little afraid of what would happen next, as he should be. "You bore me!" yelled Dimentor as he countered Josh's strike with one of his own, knocking him back against one of the walls of a higher platform on the rooftop. Even with his Land tribe durability, he was hit so hard that he was not only forced to demorph, but fell out of consciousness seconds after falling to the ground and trying to get back up.
Sean and Sarah came to his aid, but to be of very little use. Josh was severely injured, potentially on the verge of having a few fractures in some places, and was knocked out cold. There was nothing they could do in their current situation. Sarah tried to wake him up, but it didn't work. "Unlike that spineless Budon and Levir, I intend to rule the universe one day!"
"He's in a whole other league." said Sean to himself.
"So then...shall it be death, or the rift?" Dimentor then aimed his weapon at them, as if he was being serious.
"Sarah...we need to get out of here now." said Sean. Sarah was a little surprised by this, but let him continue. "If we keep fighting...we're doomed." Sean's fist was clenched, as if he was being serious as well.
"Alright." replied Sarah as Sean took out his Spirit Blaster, blasting at the ground in front of him. Blinded by the sparks, he diverted his attention from the Rangers for a split second, giving them time to teleport to the Command Center and come up with a plan.
"Hmph. Cowards. I have wasted enough time dealing with them already." Turning around, Dimentor aimed his weapon to the sky. "Now then...let's continue, shall we!?" He struck the ground once more, causing more buildings to be brought into this rift.
Command Center, 1:30 PM
It took some time to bandage up Josh. He was badly bruised all over. But thankfully, no bones seemed to have been broken. However, even though he was treated as necessary, it took a while before he was conscious again. In the meantime, they watches as more buildings were being brought into the rift, helpless to do anything about it. "Ay-ay-ay-ay-ay! It's as if he's unstoppable!" yelled Alpha 7 with more worry than ever before.
Sean punched the table he was at as he looked at the large monitor with great annoyance and helplessness. It was a frightening sight to say the least. However, Josh had eventually opened his eyes, jerking himself to sit up, but was also starting to feel the pain as a result. "Josh, you need to rest." said Sarah with concern.
"How can I just lay down after what just happened, Sarah!?" yelled Josh. Sarah didn't say a word, not knowing how to respond to such a question. "Exactly my point. I'm gonna go save Jamie and Ken."
"You can't." said Zedren who had appeared into the room just seconds ago. "This is something you can't fix. Dimentor has the ability to bring people into another dimension, one that we have no access to. Besides, Angel Grove is still being destroyed as we speak. It's only a matter of time before every last man, woman and child within the world are swallowed up into another dimension."
"Zedren's right, Josh." said Sean suddenly. "We can't just let something like this happen."
"You could have been out there already, buying us some time, but you're hear helping me! And for what!? I'm not the one who needs the help. It's Ken and Jamie! You're telling me we should just leave them!? They're our friends! They're important parts of the team!"
"You think I don't know that!?" yelled Sean. He tried to avoid getting angry at all, but he couldn't help himself this time. Josh needed to hear Sean out, one way or another. He sat right next to him with concern. "You're not the only one who feels this way. But we are helping you so you can get back on your feet and fight with us. Don't forget, we're still Power Rangers. We've been given this responsibility to protect the earth and its people. Do you want to throw all of that away just to get our friends back?"
Sean had a point. Josh was thinking far too irrationally for his own good. He cared about getting two of the most important people in his life back, not even considering the fact that they still have a responsibility. He looked at the ground, on the verge of tears for how stupid he was acting. But then, Sarah put her hand on his shoulder. "You have faith in them, don't you?" Josh nodded.
"I heard what Ken said before he was pulled into the rift with Jamie. He said he'll find a way out. And I believe him. They'll find a way out of their predicament and back to us."
Josh sighed. "I hope you're right."
"I know we are." said Sean. "Are you in a condition to keep fighting?"
Josh nodded, even though he was still fairly in pain. "Just give me a little bit more time and I'll be ready to head out again."
"Alright then. So let's buy some time, by stopping Dimentor in his tracks."
Sarah and Josh nodded at this. Josh was still very much concerned about all this. He had faith that they will find their way back. Let's just hope it won't be too late when they do. Ken...Jamie...please be okay. he thought to himself.
Unknown Location
It has been an unknown amount of time that Ken and Jamie have been in the rift between dimensions. However, Jamie had fallen unconscious due to trying to save Ken from what seemed to be an inevitable fate. After trying everything he could to possibly get out through his own line of thinking, he finally decided to try and wake up Jamie. "Jamie! Wake up!"
Jamie's eyes slowly opened to see Ken filled with worry. "...Ken?" She snapped up to a sitting-up position, looking around to see nothing but pure white. "Where are we?"
"Looks like this is the rift that guy sent us to."
Jamie then stood up, looking for a potential way out. "Well, then we got to get out of here!"
"Calm down. I've already looked everywhere and tried every possible thing I could to open up a path. Maybe you can pick up something I didn't."
"Well, alright then. Glad you're finally acknowledging my usefulness, for once."
Ken noticed that and was a bit confused. "And what is that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, don't play games, Ken! You know exactly what I'm talking about."
"Since when are you useless to me, or to the team?"
"Remember what happened with that ice guy?"
"Are you still on about that, Jamie? Come on now..."
"Why wouldn't I be? It's obvious you don't care about what I think."
"What are you talking about? I'm not Josh!"
"That may be true, but at least he learned a lesson, unlike you."
"Ugh, you know what? Forget it. Just do what you're gonna do. I'll just sit here. Not like I have anything better to do besides coming up with a way out."
Jamie was a bit shocked by this, but wasn't surprised. "Hmph, fine by me." She then ran forward, seeing if there was a potential means of leaving this area. Next thing she knew, she hit what looked to be an invisible wall. "What the...?"
"Did I forget to mention we're walled in?"
"Ugh, shut it! Let me check them." Feeling her way around all of the four walls, she didn't have an inkling of an idea as to what to do. The next thing she figured, was to potentially use her powers to gain an advantage. So, she decided to morph. After doing so, she tried to summon her Spirit Beast, but got a beeping sound, indicating that it didn't work.
"The rift we're in doesn't affect our connection with the Morphing Grid. But it does prevent up from summoning our Spirit Beasts..." Ken was cut off for a moment as Jamie tried to summon her Tiger Claw, but got the same beeping sound, Jamie being even more stressed out. "...or our Guardian Arms. I've tried it already. You understand yet?"
"Will you just leave me alone!?" She then proceeded to use her Spirit Blaster to potentially blow away the walls. However, the blasts were absorbed, giving off waves of impact as a result.
Ken was more or less done trying to reason with Jamie, for the time being, and merely just watched on, thinking about what could be done about getting out of the rift.
Raikon Fleet Warship
Dragun watched through the spectator screen as Dimentor was laughing at how much was being done. "I was right to request your assistance, Dimentor. I expect a long-awaited victory very soon!"
"I hope that is the case, my Lord."
Downtown Angel Grove, 1:50 PM
Dimentor laughed as he continued forward. Victory was at his fingertips, and the rest of the world was next after Angel Grove is dealt with. "Who is left to stand in my way now!?"
The remaining Rangers, fully morphed, ran up to where Dimentor is, ready to fight. "We're right here!" yelled Josh.
Dimentor looked to his left to see the Rangers. He was a little surprised, but also impressed. "Persistent, are you? I'll gladly get rid of you."
"Keep your distance as often as possible. Got it?" asked Sean to the others quietly.
The others nodded in response to this, and proceeded to engage Dimentor.
Unknown Location
Jamie was still relentless as ever. This time, however, she resorted to punching at a wall in hopes of smashing it and opening up a potential gateway back home. While it didn't seem to work, she still tried either way. She wasn't giving up.
Ken just looked on, wondering if something would come of this. It was then he looked directly above Jamie, and noticed something peculiar. With each hit vibrating off the wall, he noticed that a piece of the wall wasn't the same. Considering the fact that it was transparent, he wasn't completely sure what it was. But he had a hunch. He stood up to get a slightly better look at it. "No way..."
Jamie's stamina was starting to wain very quickly. As a result, she put most of effort into one last punch before falling to her knees and demorphing. She then recomposed herself in an attempt to continue, even though she was in no condition to continue what she was doing.
Ken then grabbed Jamie's arm before she could continue punching the wall. "Wait a second."
"What now?" replied Jamie as she tried to ignore Ken and continue.
However, Ken grabbed at her shoulder, trying to get her attention. "Can you just listen to me for once!?" Jamie sighed at this, but decided to let Ken speak. "I think I've found a way out."
Jamie was a little surprised by this. "Well, what are you waiting for? Tell me!"
"I think it would be better to show you." Ken then took out his Morpher, activating the Neptune's Geyser card. Upon doing so, he aimed the Morpher at the strange part of the wall, water spraying out of the Morpher towards the anomaly. Jamie was a little surprised by this. "When we were brought into this place, it was via gateway. Chances are, we fell from there."
"So, if we find a way through it, we'll be home free?" asked Jamie.
"That's what it looks like. But we'll have to work together for this to work. That's not a bad thing, is it?"
"Of course not. Especially when it's you."
Ken chuckled at this as he looked at the opened part of the wall again. "Hang on, guys, we'll be back quicker than you think."
Downtown Angel Grove
The Rangers took a triangle formation surrounding Dimentor. Taking out their Spirit Blasters, they prepared the Spirit Beasts beforehand to attack to their blasters, setting up the most powerful blasts they could at the moment.
However, it was pointless, as Dimentor was able to deflect the attack with little effort. "Keeping your distance, eh? Glad to know you're all using your heads for once." The Rangers tried to blast him again, but seemingly teleported via his own rift.
The Rangers were all shocked by this. Sean tried to look around and find him. "Where are you!?"
It was then that Dimentor reappeared in the sky through his rift to attack Sean with a preemptive strike. "Right here!" he yelled as he was able to get a devastating slash on Sean. The other noticed this and tried to help him. However, they were too late as Dimentor got to them before they could help Sean. "I won't hold back, then!" He then unleashed a slash in both Josh and Sarah at the same time.
Sean helped them up, but it didn't matter. Dimentor proceeded to unleash another energy slash at all three of them, forcing them to demorph. The Rangers try to recover from such a devastating assault, but were unable to stand up due to their injuries. Dimentor walked over to them, laughing as he did, proceeding to unleash another devastating attack on them, launching them to another part of the area.
Walking down some stairs near where the Rangers landed, Dimentor was far from unimpressed. "I suppose this is the end of you." Walking up to Sean, he aimed his sword-shield at him. "Farewell!"
Unknown Location
Ken and Jamie prepared to escape their confines. After going over the plan a few times, they knew what they had to do. Ken proceeded to open his Morpher, activating the Neptune's Geyser card once more. Aiming it at the hole in the wall, a powerful surge of water blasted towards the hole, piercing through it.
Jamie was excited to know this was possible. "It's working!"
Ken then put in more effort into the Spirit Technique, expanding the geyser to the limitations of the hole itself, giving Jamie enough space to be launched through it. "Now!" yelled Ken. Jamie nodded at this as she jumped into the geyser, letting it launch her towards the hole. "Punch it!"
Jamie did as Ken asked, and proceeded to punch the hole, allowing them to break free from the dimension they were in.
Downtown Angel Grove
The Rangers were all shocked. It seemed their end had finally come, starting with the leader. However, before Dimentor could pull off the finishing blow, something from behind him appeared. It was one of his rifts with a geyser spraying out of it. He didn't know what it was. Neither did the Rangers.
But they soon realized what was happening, as Ken and Jamie flew out of the geyser. Dimentor was near-dumbfounded by this. "It can't be!" Landing behind Dimentor, technically, they both were able to land a punch on him simultaneous upon him looking at the two, knocking him back a fair distance and a chance for all the Rangers to regroup.
"You guys..." said Josh, who was still trying to let this sink in.
"...you're back." said Sarah with a smile on her face, knowing what this meant.
"I knew you'd find a way." said Sean towards Ken and Jamie.
Ken and Jamie then helped the other Rangers who were still fairly injured. "We didn't mean to worry you." said Ken as he helped Sean up somewhat.
"Who was worried now?" asked Josh sarcastically, Jamie nodding at him.
"I'm glad to know both of you are alright. Just know that you're the only ones at the moment that can take him on. We'll join you when we're all able to stand." explained Sean. Ken nodded at this as they noticed Dimentor getting up from his sudden assault.
"I'll handle this." said Jamie as she went to face Dimentor, summoning her Tiger Fang.
"I'll crush you for this!" yelled Dimentor, who was now furious.
"Really now? You're gonna pay for imprisoning us, and that's a promise!"
"You arrogant little brat..."
Before Jamie could engage him, Ken stopped her. "Hang on for a second."
"Still wasting my time as always, huh?"
"Actually, I was wondering if you'll let me join you?" Jamie thought about it for a second, giving a light punch to Ken's arm, indicating that she complied.
"Don't let your guard down! He teleports a lot!" mentioned Josh.
"Good to know." Ken then took out his Wave Bowgun, blasting at Dimentor.
However, he entered one of his rifts once more. Knowing very well how they work, he can see where the Rangers are at a moment's notice and attack their blind spots. Jamie ran a little further up, away from Ken a little bit. Her back exposed, Dimentor appeared through another rift behind Jamie. "Behind you!" yelled Josh as she turned around just fast enough to block the strike. However, she was unprepared to block anything, and ended up knocked back.
In the heat of the moment, Ken tried to blast Dimentor from behind, but wasn't quick enough as he entered another rift immediately after. Taking the time given to him, he helped Jamie up, preparing for whatever may come next. "There's nothing you can do to hurt me!" yelled Dimentor from within the rift itself, his voice giving off an echo as a result.
Looking all around, they couldn't see him. It was then that Ken looked at Jamie, as if he knew what he had to do. "Jamie."
Jamie looked at Ken, knowing exactly what he had in mind, nodding in response. Suddenly, the two were back to back, surprising the Rangers. To think all of that time they had on their own would lead to this. They're now acting like a team. "Eliminating your blind spots by standing back to back, eh? That means nothing to me."
"Jamie, you understand, right?" asked Ken silently.
"Yeah. If we stand back to back, we still have one blind spot." replied Jamie.
It was then that Dimentor appeared from directly above them, preparing a downward strike from below. However, it wouldn't work. "Now!" yelled Ken as he began to blast continuously at Dimentor, Jamie jumping into the air and slashing at him. Jumping high enough to appear over him, she proceeded to attack from behind with her Tiger Fang, creating a small explosion that did a great deal of damage to him. Jamie then landed cleanly.
As this all happened, the others were finally able to recover just enough to stand on their two feet without much of a problem. Ken and Jamie noticed this, the latter giving a thumbs up at the three. However, this battle was far from over. Dimentor finally fell to the ground a fair distance away. Now was a better chance than never. "Hurry, you guys!" yelled Ken as the other three proceeded to morph once more, their weapons at the ready.
Immediately after, the Rangers proceeded to form the Divinity Crossbow, intending the end the fight for good. Upon firing, the blast was deflected off Dimentor's shield, but the damage was still inflicted. He was now severely injured, but wasn't about to give up. "I won't allow this...you will not defeat me ever!" It was then he unleashed one more energy slash at the Rangers, forcing the Divinity Crossbow to separate into the Rangers' weapons once more.
"Man, this guy's relentless!" yelled Josh. Dimentor couldn't handle much more before he would be down and out. The Rangers had to come up with something fast, otherwise they're done for.
"What do we do now?" asked Jamie.
Ken thought about it for a moment, and realized what they could do. "Guys, summon the Spirit Brothers!" Jamie nodded at this as she took out the Brothers of Gaia card.
"Alright, let's finish this!" yelled Sean as he took out the Brothers of Icarus card. Ken, Jamie and Sean all summoned the Spirit Brothers, who in fact began assaulting Dimentor for a few seconds before coming to the Rangers. The five all grabbed one Spirit Beast to connect to their Spirit Blasters. Ken attached the Sawtooth Shark, Sean the Crow, Sarah the Hawk, Josh the Kuwaga Beetle, and Jamie the Rhino.
The Rangers then aimed their Blasters at Dimentor, issuing a new finishing move. "Trinity Assault!" the Rangers yelled in unison as they fired at Dimentor. The Spirit Beasts took a single form, dealing massive damage at Dimentor, and seeming destroying him. The Rangers were all glad by this. However. The very moment they saw those same bat-like eye creatures enter the battlefield, they knew this battle was far from over.
Upon seeing Dimentor grow, the Rangers were quick to take the battle to the next level. They were quick to summon their Zords and request Omega's assistance. Immediately after, the Rangers formed the Guardian Megazord, Omega transforming into Warrior Mode. Both the Megazord and Omega made a stance, ready to face their adversary once more.
"Listen, guys..." began Ken towards the other Rangers.
"Don't let your guard down." interrupted Jamie. "Right, Ken?"
Ken looked at Jamie, making a small smile under his helmet. "Exactly what I was gonna say. Let's do this!" The other Rangers had noticed this, but regained focus on the battle in front of them.
"This time, I don't plan on holding back! Feel the wrath of my full power!" yelled Dimentor, who proceeded to unleash a powerful energy blast at the Rangers. Taking defensive stances, they pushed towards Dimentor and attempted to fight back. Omega got up close to him, trying to get a few hits, but they were blocked. He then tried to do a wind-up punch, but it was dodged by Dimentor teleporting behind him. He then proceeded to hit Omega from behind. "I will never be defeated by the likes of you!" He then proceeded to clash with the Megazord's Dragon Sword. "I will bury you all alive!"
Taking advantage of the situation, Omega began to set up for an attack of his own while Dimentor was distracted by the Megazord. "Great Uppercut!" he yelled as he winded up a powerful uppercut that knocked Dimentor back a fair distance. As Dimentor attempted to recover from the sudden attack, Omega engaged him, landing a barrage of punches on him. However, Dimentor was able to block one punch, and began to knock back his attacks like they were nothing.
"Move, Omega!" yelled Ken as he activated the Spirit Beast Barrage. Omega moved out of the way to not get caught in the crossfire. The resulting attack caused Dimentor's sword-shield to shatter, rendering him without a means of defending himself.
"Alright, Sean! Summon the Mystic Brother!" said Jamie.
"You sound just like Ken, now." replied Sean jokingly.
"Just do it already!"
"On it!" Sean then proceeded to summon the Mystic Brother. Upon doing so, it launched thunder at Dimentor, dazing him to allow for a combination. "Auxillary Zord, combine!" The Mystic Brother then formed its Windmill formation and attached to the Megazord. "Guardian Megazord - Windmill Mode!"
Dimentor noticed this, but was unable to do anything at this point.
"Those that do evil works..." said Sean.
"...shall receive..." said Sarah and Josh.
"...Divine Retribution!" yelled Ken and Jamie.
The Megazord then started winding up the windmill as Omega prepared for his finisher. "Mystic Fury!" yelled the Rangers and Omega in unison as the Megazord and Omega's finishing moves combined into one, the eggs halves adding even more damage than was probably needed. Either way, the deed was done, and another victory was assured.
"Look, Rangers!" yelled Omega, noticing something great. The buildings have been freed from the rift they were brought into originally. "All the buildings have returned safely!"
The Rangers were all glad to see that. Ken and Jamie then exchanged a high-five. The Mystic Brother separated from the Megazord and returning to its normal state.
Raikon Fleet Warship
Dragun was beyond horrified to see the events that have been made known to him. But more than horrified, he was now enraged without a doubt. "Impossible! Dimentor, my most loyal servant..." Dragun then clenched at his axe with more force than he ever thought he'd ever have to. "Curse you...POWER RANGERS!" Suddenly, an electrical aura formed around Dragun out of his rage, as if showing a power that has yet to be shown. "I, Dragun, leader of the Raikon Fleet, will deal with you...personally!" A golden radiance then formed around Dragun, his greater potential being released for a moment like this.
As Dragun laughed maniacally in preparation of the Rangers' demise, Budon watched on in secret, surprised by what he was seeing. Dragun has now resorted to taking out the Rangers himself to ensure their cause is not in vain.
3:00 PM
Ironically enough, the Graduation rehearsal was on that day. It was delayed for so long that the Rangers weren't sure when they'd be able to get it over with. But surprisingly enough, it was set up to happen at the end of the month.
Everything went as planned, and everybody was ready for Graduation the next day. Hopefully, things turn out well when the time finally comes.
Ernie Jr's Residence, 6:00 PM
When it was all said and done, everybody did their own thing for the rest of the day. Sean and Sarah went back to sparring at the Juice Bar, Josh decided to head back home and rest up, while Ken and Jamie decided to sit in the living room, anticipating Angel Grove's response to everything that had happened in the last five hours via the Angel Grove News.
Out of all the buildings that had been brought into Dimentor's rift, the building that housed the entire Angel Grove News Network was another of those victims. The connection to the outside world was only severed for a hours after returning to the earth. It was done with enough time to set up for the 6:00 PM news. As always, Ted Baker was seen, talking about the events that had come about since noon.
"Hello, I'm Ted Baker. As of earlier today, something beyond the imagination of anyone had come about suddenly. As of the moment we regained connection to televisions across Angel Grove, our doubts were confirmed to have been brought about most of the city thanks to the testimonies of others who have witnessed it on various social media. Building after building was pulled through some sort of wormhole that brought each building to what appeared to be a separate blank dimension. Lois Young has the rest of the story." The news broadcast transitioned into multiple different videos, among other things, that were uploaded onto social media once all of the buildings exited the rift. News reporter Lois Young began narrating the full story during all of this.
"It is an event that seemed so horrifying, yet appeared to have led to no casualties. It could only have been a miracle. Many buildings within Angel Grove were brought into a separate dimension, each building separate from one another, according to the hundreds of people who had been caught up in such a predicament. People on Facebook, Twitter and even YouTube caused major trending of such an event within the first hour alone.
"Nobody knows as to how this came about, but it could be assumed it was a weapon of some sorts used by the current threat to the planet. Thankfully, no casualties have been confirmed so far by such an unthinkable event. Maybe it was the Power Rangers that saved us, or something else entirely. We might never know for sure. Lois Young, Angel Grove News."
Ken and Jamie never expected this, but weren't surprised. Considering the fact that many people were brought into that rift and didn't have a way out, a lot of things could happen. But the two were glad that everybody was safe.
Ken then changed the channel, wanting to watch something else. Jamie looked at him, somewhat curious to what his mindset was when they were arguing earlier that day. "Hey, so I was wondering about something."
Ken looked over at Jamie, wondering what she wants to know. "What's up?"
"When you said you weren't like Josh, what did you mean by that?"
Ken sighed for a moment, not exactly feeling comfortable talking about the past. "Well, when you left the Command Center to do your own thing against the ice guy, I...confronted Josh. I told him off about how his tactics in making you toughen up were only lowering your self-esteem. When nobody else would say anything, I stood up for you. I couldn't keep quiet. I guess you can say I pushed Josh in the right direction for Sean to help open his eyes, or something like that."
Jamie had no idea. She never thought anyone would stand up for her, especially during that phase in which she felt useless. "Wow. I never knew."
"I wanted to tell you sooner, but I didn't want to dwell on what already happened and make you upset again. That's why I never told you earlier. It's in the past now, anyway. The last thing I wanted to do was open old wounds." Ken then smiled, chuckling as he did. "But I guess that was kind of inevitable, wouldn't you say?"
Jamie then gave Ken a light punch on the shoulder. "And what's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, nothing!" replied Ken, jokingly.
Jamie smiled at Ken, turning her attention to the TV once more. Reaching for the remote, she realized it wasn't on the table in front of the two. She looked around and noticed that Ken was holding it, a smile on his face. "Oh no, do not be that guy right now."
"Oh, I'm definitely being that guy right now." As if to have a little fun, Ken ran around the house to prevent Jamie from having the TV remote. She tries to grab for it multiple times, but to no avail.
Josh was still trying to sleep off his injuries from the fight when the commotion from downstairs began to wake him up. Granted, he only intended to take a nap and get a full night's sleep later that night. Being asleep for a little while, his pain had lessened to the point where he can stand up with little effort. Hearing the commotion getting louder as he headed towards the stairs, he wondered what was going on.
Jamie eventually tackled Ken to the ground, the two laughing at how she finally got him. "Alright, alright, you got me." said Ken. As the two looked at one another, their laughing slowly came to a halt.
From out of nowhere, Jamie kissed Ken suddenly, unaware of what was coming over her. This lasted for a few seconds before Jamie broke away in shock. They just stared at one another, completely surprised by what just happened. However, Ken had a feeling this would happen. Granted, he didn't expect it to happen in this particular way. Regardless, he was glad it's happened.
Without even realizing it, the two were in front of the doorway leading to the staircase upstairs. "What are you guys doing...?" said Josh just making it down the steps. As he walked through the doorway, holding his head still in pain, he eventually noticed Jamie and Ken on the floor in shock. The two looked at Josh, somewhat embarrassed upon realizing the image that he is seeing. "I'm too tired to worry about this..." Josh then slowly walked back up the stairs and continue napping.
After recovering from said shock, the two began to realize what this meant. "So...does that mean we're dating now?" asked Ken.
"I...guess so?" replied Jamie with a chuckle. The two then got back on their feet and went back to the couch, changing the channel to whatever it was they decided to watch together.
Ernie Jr's Juice Bar & Diner, June 29, 11:10 AM
"You're kidding...?" asked Sean in total shock by what he was hearing.
"Nope. It's what I saw." After Josh had recovered enough to continue life normally, he told Sean and Sarah what he saw.
"So you think they're dating now?" asked Sarah.
"That's what it seems like. We should probably congratulate him after the ceremony." replied Josh.
Jamie and Ken then walked in, waving at the Rangers, hyped for the Graduation ceremony later that day. Suddenly, the ground began to shake, much like what happened when the Rangers became who they are now. They weren't sure if it was an actual earthquake this time, or if history was to repeat itself. The Rangers had a hunch that it was the latter, and they were right.
Mantisites showed up within the Juice Bar, and everyone was in a panic. "Ernie, get everyone out of here! We'll hold them off!" yelled Sean. Ernie was reluctant to let them handle this, but he had faith in them. Getting the civilians to safety, Ernie was able to empty out the premises, leaving the Rangers with the Mantisites.
The five took stances and took the battle to the foot soldiers.
To Be Continued...
I'M STILL ALIVE! And with another completed episode, no doubt!
Alright, time for some life updates. College classes have started up for me again since a few weeks ago. So, I've been busy worrying about that. Plus, since I have this semester to get my GPA at the required minimum, I have to focus more on my studies until I get some days off on the holidays. But fear not. I intend on finishing the next episode before the semester is over. That much I can guarantee.
Now, about the episode itself. I had actually most of it done minus the last few parts, which I drew a blank on and didn't know what to do. But after giving myself a few weeks away from writing, it eventually hit me.
I'll just start off with the one that most of you either saw coming, or didn't expect. I actually had plans for Ken and Jamie to have a relationship as well. I wasn't about to leave those two single and never finding anyone they can consider to be people they'll probably spend the rest of their lives with. That's just wrong of me.
Now, if you haven't realized it now, I'm surprised. But for those who are completely unaware, the Sentai I'm using for this story has multiple enemy factions to face. So, to make things interesting, I've separated the story into Arcs for each enemy the Rangers face. The Arc 1 finale is next, so be prepared for some epicness when I finally get around to it. I'll get into more detail about how the Arcs work in the next episode. Just know that I will let you all know when whatever Arc I'm currently writing in is reaching its finale.
Next time, on Power Rangers: Guardians! The final battle with the Raikon Fleet has begun. The stakes were at its highest. In an attempt to distract the Rangers, Mantisites were sent to them to prevent them getting in Dragun's way, who has now decided to cleanse the planet himself, something he should have done from the very beginning. But regardless, this would be the greatest fight the Rangers will have to deal with. Will they defeat Dragun and bring peace to the Earth? Or will all of their efforts finally be in vain to do Dragun's overwhelming power? Find out next time, in the Arc 1 finale!
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