Po-ke (Green + blue rangers pose)
Ran-gers (Pink + yellow rangers pose)
Johto! (Red + white rangers pose, all rangers leap forward)
(Backing music, battle scenes shown)
The evil's…arisen! (Nyura and her cronies pose, their names appear on screen saying who plays them)
It must be…imprisoned! (They're shown behind bars)
The world is…in danger! (Hundreds of monsters are shown attacking)
It needs the… (Six multi-coloured legs are shown)
Poke Rangers Johto! (Poke Rangers and their Zords are introduced, with their names shown to show who plays them)
Poke Rangers Johto! (As above)
Poke Rangers Johto! (As above)
Po-ke Ran-gers! (As above)
In this strange new place! (Eddie + Sabrina look at Goldenrod city in awe, other rangers look up impressed behind them)
There must not be a trace! (Donny, Carl, Whitney and Rei shown at Golden Youths bar)
Of the evil…that taints the Earth! (Nyura and her cronies shown opposite Rangers)
So Celebi…must give birth! (Celebi and Miborg shown with the morphers in case)
To…the… (Both Megazords, both Ultrazords shown battling))
Poke Rangers Johto! (Johto!) (As above)
Poke Rangers Johto! (Johto!) (As above)
Poke Rangers Johto (Johto!) (As above)
Po-ke (Legs shown again)
Ran-gers (As above)
JOHTO (All six rangers pose in front of season logo)A/N: You heard it here first! Poke Rangers Johto now has a theme tune/opening credits! I seem to have more time on my hands at the moment, so I'm taking advantage of that! Look away now if you don't like spoilers. The answer to the quiz is Greg. Now its up to you to figure out the other pairings in the fic. Donny and Carl's fic is now the second I've put on hold due to lack of fans, and the first one ended up being cancelled permanently. I'm also annoyed slightly, because for the past few chapters, when the Rangers de-morph, I've been having them say "Power Down" instead of "Morph, Return", accidentally, and no-one was able to spot this. Remember Kris' funky remote thing he used on Celebi when he was evil? Well it's making its second and last appearance.
Chapter 21; Oh Brother
It seemed like a normal day in Goldenrod City for the Poke Rangers down at Golden Youths, but they were about to have one of the craziest days in their Poke Ranger careers. As usual, their morphers beeped and started flashing to indicate that Celebi or Miborg needed them.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Eddie asked.
"Nyura has sent down Armens to the Ilex Forest and-" Celebi started.
"You don't think she's trying to break into the Sanctuary again, do you?" Sabrina asked nervously.
"No, we believe they are chasing something, but we are unable to identify what, although it has extremely high energy readings. It's in danger, so get down here ASAP!" Celebi finished.
"Right, Celebi, we'll get down there now," Eddie said, and shut off his communicator.
"See ya Rei," Kurtis said as they left.
"Good luck!" she called.
Meanwhile, deep within the Ilex forest, but still nowhere near the Sanctuary, a large squad of Armens were chasing a speeding ball of green(Now what common character looks like a ball of green?). The poor creature was flying as fast as it could, but it wasn't good enough, because the Armens managed to catch up with it. It fell to the ground, and the leading Armen was just about to attack it when…
"Hiyah!" the Rangers yelled, jumping from nowhere, and kicking the Armens nearest the creature to the ground. The creature looked up at its saviours, and saw six humans in bright suits. It's last thought before fainting was that the suits looked cool.
"Look. There are six of us, and 60 of you. Do you seriously think you'd stand a chance?" Greg asked, and the Armens clearly didn't think they would win, as they teleported.
"Morph, Return," Eddie commanded, and all six suits disappeared, and the Rangers turned to see what they'd saved, and were shocked at what they saw.
"I can't believe it!" Anna gasped.
"What are the odds?" Sabrina asked.
"Well, as this is the most common location for them to be found, not as high as you'd think," Greg said(guessed what it is yet?)
"We'd get him to the Sanctuary," Kurtis suggested, and Sabrina picked up the unconscious creature, and the Rangers teleported.
"Guys, we think this little guy needs help, quick!" Kris said, and Miborg gasped, whilst Celebi was literally paralysed at what Sabrina was holding.
"Oh dear! I knew this would happen! Here, give him to me, I'll see what the problem is," Miborg said, and he took the creature from Sabrina, and laid it down on a table for the camera to see(lol); it was a Celebi.
"Well, as far as I can tell, he's just sleeping - no wait, make that waking up," Miborg said, and everyone sighed in relief, but there was no time to react to the Celebi waking up, as it had done whilst they sighed. It took a one look at Celebi, and a smile formed on its lips.
"Hello…brother," he said, and everyone(except Celebi, of course) gasped.
"This is you brother, Celebi!" Sabrina asked in awe.
"Yes, who I-I believed to be long dead!" Celebi said, and everyone gasped(even Celebi's brother) yet again.
"You - you see, many years ago, at a family reunion, when I was a small child, a great, dark force appeared, and attacked and destroyed everything it could!" Celebi told them, and Kris became uneasy and had a guilty expression; he remembered that it had been him as the Black Ranger who was the great, dark force.
"After it had vanished, everyone was found in the area - even if - if they weren't still living. Everyone was found, except my brother," Celebi said in barely more than a whisper, and everyone turned to Celebi's brother, who still looked shocked, but he shook his head.
"Oh, I am so, so sorry brother. I had not been destroyed. I had merely time-travelled. In fact, that incident was merely days ago for me. I had time-travelled - you know that I have only just learnt how to, and that I still cant do it very well - to this time, and have been hiding from those hideous creatures your friends here saved me from ever since. How long has it been for you?" Celebi's brother asked.
"Almost 500 years!" Celebi cried, and his brother looked crestfallen.
"Oh, I am so sorry brother. What happened after the attack?" he asked.
"Our family tried to rebuild, and get everything sorted, but I didn't fell it was enough. I decided to use it," Celebi said dramatically, but the only one who reacted was Celebi's brother.
"No! You didn't!" he asked.
"I did, but not on myself. I found a human, and gave it to them. I did not know the full extent of its power. It turned the human into a hideous form, which then rebelled, and attacked and destroyed the rest of the family. Ever since that day, I have sworn myself to fighting evil in any form, and currently, Nyura," Celebi said.
"Nyura? That name sounds familiar. Who is this "Nyura"?" Celebi's brother asked.
"She's this evil witch thing that uses pokemon-sters to try and destroy us so she can take over the world. She calls herself "The Ice Queen", and she has this staff that can make the monsters grow huge!" Greg said, and continued to babble on, but nobody was listening, and Celebi's brother raised his eyebrow at Celebi, who nodded sadly.
"And tell, who are these transforming humans?" Celebi's brother asked.
"We're the Poke Rangers Johto! Sworn to aid Celebi in his fight against Nyura, whilst he's, er, incapacitated," Eddie said, and Celebi's brother turned back to Celebi.
"Poke Rangers? You sly old dog! But why are you "incapacitated? I take it that bubble has something to do with it," he asked, and Miborg answered.
"Celebi has been badly injured against Nyura, and though once he neared full health, unfortunately he was forced to leave the great sphere, and lost its healing powers for the time being, and put his own powers under great strain," he said, and Kris again felt guilty, as it was his fault Celebi left the great sphere.
"This place is known as the Sanctuary. It is the only place in the world that has the ability to heal Celebi. And I have been running it smoothly for just over 90 years," Miborg added proudly.
"Indeed. So I take it you'd like me to stay here for a while, just in case of any - after effects?" Celebi's brother asked, and Miborg was rather taken aback.
"Um, well yes. But there shouldn't be any need for you to have to spend all of your time here, you should be free to leave temporarily, just don't stray out of the forest, or this time zone," Miborg said, and Celebi's brother nodded, and got up to leave.
"But wait, whilst you're here, how are we supposed to tell you apart from Celebi? I mean, we can't go round calling you both Celebi now. Hello! Confusion!" Greg said.
"Wait - hasn't my brother told you his name?" Celebi's brother asked.
"You mean his name isn't Celebi?" Sabrina asked.
"Of course not! Imagine what we would've been like at the reunion: "Hey Celebi, how are you?", "Oh I'm fine Celebi. And how's Celebi?". No, my name is Orion, and his is Nebula," Orion said, and he teleported out.
"Your name's Nebula?" Sabrina asked.
"Well - yes."
"Why didn't you ever tell us?" Kurtis asked.
"Well. Don't you think it sounds a bit girly?" Celebi asked, but he got no answer; everyone had just got the joke and was trying hard not to laugh.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the forest nearest Azalea Town…
Orion was to be found floating along calmly, humming an unrecognisable tune, when Nyura teleported in front of him.
"So…did everything go according to plan?" Nyura asked.
"Yep. Those suckers believed every word, and told me everything I need to know," Orion said with a chuckle(Man, how predictable was this plot?).
"Good. Now, I'll provide you with a distraction, so you can finish your brother off, then the Poke Rangers will, and so will the world, just like dominoes, and will be ours for the taking," Nyura hissed, and she teleported, and Orion turned around to head back to the Sanctuary.
When he arrived, all he could hear was tons of laughter, and a few mentionings of "Nebula" and "Girls name", and he smirked.
"I'm back," Orion said in a singsong voice.
"Oh, hey," Kurtis said, wiping back a tear, but before anyone could say anything else, the danger alarm went off, and Orion suspected his distraction had arrived.
"It's in the entertainment district, move out!" Celebi called, and the Rangers teleported.
When they arrived, they were greeted by yet another new monster.
"Ha! I am Mr. Mushroom! You pathetic Poke-losers don't stand a chance against me!" the monster yelled. It had four red Parasect legs, Parasect claws, and a Parasect mushroom top, only elongated so it was human height, with just eyes on the mushroom, so the Rangers couldn't tell where it spoke from.
"Hmm, how many times have we heard that line before, guys?" Anna asked.
"Uh, I count six," Greg answered.
"Really? I thought it was seven," Anna said, shrugging.
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
"Morph, I choose you! Johto Ranger power!"
"I'll handle this one, guys! Fire power! Blaze Kick!" Eddie cried, and jumped forward, flaming left foot first, and Mr. Mushroom burned to ashes immediately.
"And you guys think that the monsters are getting tougher?" Kris asked, disbelieving.
Meanwhile…
"SKETCH! When I asked for a distraction, I meant one that would distract the Rangers long enough for Orion to destroy Celebi!" Nyura screamed.
"I - I am sorry, my Queen! It - it wont happen again!" Sketch wailed.
"You have said that, time and time again! However, yet again, I will be merciful," Nyura said, turning away.
As all this was happening, back at the Sanctuary…
"Hey, Miborg, do you, er…have I anything I could have to eat?" Orion asked slowly.
"Of course, I'll go get you something now," Miborg said, and he teleported.
"Heh-heh. This is gonna be easier than I thought!" Orion said under his voice, and he looked at Celebi, and saw that he was asleep.
"Excellent," he said, and started looking around at the controls. He removed the panel off one, and yanked several wires. Electricity started crackling around the great sphere, causing Celebi to wake up.
"AH! What's going on!" Celebi asked.
"Oh! I am terribly sorry, Nebula. I do hope you don't mind - I was just looking at this marvellous machinery," Orion answered.
"Well, ok, but just be careful. That is the life support systems console that you are looking at there," Celebi told him, and Orion grinned.
"So this console is what is keeping you alive?" Orion asked, pulling more wires off the console in discretion, causing Celebi to feel more and more pain.
"Ah, yes, argh…what exactly are you doing there?" Celebi asked, only slightly suspiciously.
"Oh, I'm just…destroying this thing!" Orion yelled, and began madly ripping the wires apart, and Celebi almost fainted, when Miborg(with several potassium filled bananas) and the Rangers returned.
"No! You're supposed to be distracted!" he yelled, but before the Rangers could do anything, Orion was teleported away in a flash of ice.
"What in the name of Uber Cod happened!" Greg asked, as Miborg rushed over to the console, and Sabrina to Celebi.
"Celebi! Are you ok?" Sabrina asked.
"I-I'll live. But Orion. Something's happened…he - he tried to kill me!" Celebi panted, and tears started rolling down his cheek.
"No way!" Eddie yelled, and nobody could so any more than that.
"I've more or less restored the life support systems, but I'm afraid this has taken off a bit more time Celebi, so you'll have to wait quite a while longer yet," Miborg said, peeling a banana.
"I cannot believe it. My own brother - evil," Celebi cried.
Meanwhile…
"What happened to my diversion, Nyura!" Orion asked angrily.
"My idiot of an assistant didn't make it nearly strong enough to make it last long enough against the Poke Rangers," Nyura hissed.
"What now then! I can hardly go undercover again, can I!" Orion yelled.
"Yes, which is why we shall unfortunately have to go with brute force, with you using the Tyranitar Zord, it will be able to feed off of your incredible energy to power it up more than ever!" Nyura said, and the duo started laughing as villains do.
Shortly afterwards, the Tyranitar Megazord appeared in Goldenrod(you'd never have guessed that that was going to happen!)…
"Come out, Rangers, come out to play!" Orion said to himself mockingly.
At the Sanctuary…
"Oh dear! Rangers! Orion is in the Tyranitar Megazord in the city!" Miborg cried.
"Looks like he has teamed up with Nyura then!" Kurtis said.
"Hey, you guys go on, I just had an idea, I'll catch you up," Kris said with a stroke of inspiration.
"'K. Ready?"
"Ready!
"Morph, I choose you! Johto Ranger power!"
"Johto Megazord!" the Rangers yelled moments later, and the Zords combined.
"OK Orion, what's going on, why are you working with Nyura!" Eddie asked over the intercom.
"Well, if you really must know… When I left the reunion, I did not immediately arrive at this time. I went to a time shortly in the future. It was a world ruled by Nyura and myself. Naturally I went undercover. I discovered that a few years ago I had teamed up with Nyura, and together we had been strong enough to obliterate the five Poke Rangers. There I discovered the power of evil, and how great it would be to rule! I came back and found Nyura. I told her the future I'd been too. She told me about my brother and the Poke Rangers. I was of course surprised to learn that there were six of you, but that did not deter me. I told her that I would be able to destroy my brother, and that you would fall apart without him. Then we set up the plan and I left for the forest, and - AARGH!" Orion screamed, as the Megazord fell to the ground.
Whilst he'd been talking the Rangers had seized the opportunity to attack, and had done so from behind, knocking Orion down with a Focus Punch.
"Ah. The "monologue" trick. How could I have not foreseen it?" Orion asked himself, and he readied himself for battle.
"Lets try…this one," Orion said, pressing a button, and a Tidal Wave known as Surf drowned the Megazord.
"Oh. NO! Water is my type! Take this!" Greg cried, and he sent Surf's cousin(can attacks have cousins?), Muddy Water at Orion.
"Argh!"
Meanwhile, back at the Sanctuary…
"So do you think it'll work guys?" Kris asked.
"Of course it will, that wasn't designed to just be used on Nebula, it wasn't even just designed to be used on Celebi's, it was designed to work on ANYTHING," Miborg said.
"And you don't mind, Celebi?" Kris asked.
"I would prefer to not have to, but my brother is not who he once was, so you must do what you must," Celebi sighed.
"Right. Morph, I choose you! White Dragonite power!"
Back at the battle…
After one successful hit, the Rangers were now losing.
"Dynamic Punch!" Orion yelled, and his Megazord slammed its hand into its opponent.
"Where the heck is Kris!" Eddie asked, and was answered when the Megazord managed to get back to its feet due to a lack of attacks. The lack of attacks was caused by Kris being on the Tyranitar Megazord.
"What the-!" Kurtis asked.
"I'm going in!" Kris said, and he jumped through what was apparently a hatch.
"All right, Orion, take this!" Kris yelled, firing a blast from his control, the same one he'd used on Celebi a few months ago, and just like that, Orion was gone.
Kris leaped out of the Tyranitar Megazord just as the Dark Ball swept it up. The other Rangers leapt out of the Megazord as the GS balls swept the individual Zords up.
"What happened?" Greg asked, and Kris showed them his secret weapon.
"My magic remote. Remember the one I used on Celebi as the Black Ranger. Looks like its come in handy again," he said, and the Rangers admired it.
Later, back at the Sanctuary…
"Well done Rangers. This has been a tough, confusing day," Celebi said, but the Rangers weren't fooled.
"Are you going to be ok?" Sabrina asked.
"To be honest - no. I preferred to think my brother dead than evil. But he has been subdued. But due to the unpredictability of that remote, Orion could show up at any time," Celebi said, and the Rangers simply nodded.
"So…Nebula, huh?" Kurtis asked, and Celebi, blushed causing the Rangers to laugh.
"We'll just stick with Celebi, ok?" Anna told him.
Meanwhile…
"Hmmph. Once again, we are beaten. And once again, the White Ranger has shown his remote. This proves that he couldn't possibly have made it himself, as it would have been destroyed when his morpher was. Which means he must have gotten it from another source. He couldn't have gotten it from Celebi, not only would he not oblige, but it was used against him. But that means he must have gotten it from someone in this castle, as this is the only source of magic otherwise in the world. And when I find out which one of you has been using my staff…" Nyura said, spinning round to face her cronies.
"THEIR HEAD WILL BE BLASTED INTO PARTICLES!" she finished in a shriek, and she left the room, as did Krowa and Sudos, leaving Sketch to sweat a swimming pool.
A/N: Let me know what you think of the new theme song, yeah? Today's quiz - this chapter is very similar to at least two episodes of Power Rangers. Name any like this, and you will win. Here's a clue: The two I'm thinking of are in Lost Galaxy and SPD. Today's replier will be someone in deep do-do, Sketch. Yes, the first bad guy to be a replier.
Coming soon: Chapter 22; Soul Snatcher Sableye
See ya!