Power Rangers Spirit Force

Chapter 21: Spirit Unleash Part 1: The Gold Zeo Ranger

The Spirit Force Rangers and Tony appeared in front of a restaurant called Jungle Karma Pizza and went inside. "Man, I haven't had pizza for a long time," Tony said grinning. "I'll buy." The group sat down at a table and a friendly waitress named Fran came up and asked for their order. "How about an extra-large Jungle Pride pizza?" he suggested and Fran wrote down his order and went to the kitchen to give the order to the cooks. As they waited, Harry looked around. "Something wrong?"

"No," Harry said, "but the last time Ron, Hermione and myself went somewhere, we were attacked by a pair of Death Eaters when I said Voldemort's name. At that time, I didn't know the name was Taboo." Tony assured him that no Death Eaters would attack here and he was right. "Thanks, Tony. You really have changed since you joined us."

"Well, being with a team like you guys can really change a person," Tony agreed and rubbed his hands together as their pizza came. "Ah, this is good!" He put four slices onto his plate and started on the first one. "Hmm...different than what I'm used to, but living in New York is way different than here." he said through a mouthful of food. The others took a few slices and started eating. Within twenty or so minutes, the pizza was gone and everyone was full. "Well, what d'you say we find this new Ranger team and give them the update on Voldemort?"

"Agreed," Ron said nodding. "I just wish I knew where these Rangers are so we can tel them." Just then, Ron stood up as they heard screaming from outside and three people ran from the kitchen and out the door. "You don't think those three are...?" he said to Harry who shrugged. The Rangers ran out the door after the trio and watched as a group of odd people trashed the streets. "They don't look to hard, right? Why don't we just try and fight them in our human forms, then?" Harry nodded and they started to fight the weird-looking people. Harry punched one in the chest and elbowed another in the face, but they weren't going down. "I say we morph now."

The seven Rangers called out, "Spirit Force, power up!" and clicked open their Spirit Morphers. Their bodies glowed white leaving their heads normal and their suits appeared followed by their helmets. "Spirit Force!"

"Iron Power!" Tony said and touched the blue sphere on his bracelet and closed his hand into a fist. Red metal materialized onto his body and the faceplate of his Iron Man suit slid down until the eyes flashed blue. "Iron Man!" The weird people ran at them and the fight went on. Iron Man fired his repulsors at them and they turned to sand. "Hey! Hit them hard enough and they turn to sand!"

"Got it!" Ginny said and called on her Horse Blaster. "Horse Blaster, full charge...fire!" A large sphere of gold light shot from the barrel of her weapon and hit two or three of the minions and they exploded into sand. Two down and about forty to go!"

Harry called on his Stag Slinger, pulled back on the string betwen the antlers until a red fireball appeared and let go. The red fireball hit four more of the minions and they exploded. "All right!"

"Terrier Cannon!" Ron said and his yellow weapon was ready. "Firing now!" There was a loud bang followed by a huge explosion of fire and all of the minions except for one was standing. A woman wearing green body armor appeared and smiled at them. "Bloody hell! Who's that?"

The woman in armor said, "I am Camille, master of the art of the Mantis. My master Dai Shi sent me to give you Rangers a proper greeting." She opened her mouth and her tongue extended. The tongue wrapped around Harry and threw him into an oncoming car. Harry rolled over the hood of the car and landed on the ground. Camille then took a symbol from her pocket, fixed it to the last minion's head and it transformed into a monster. "Rangers, say hello to Porcupongo, a friend of mine. Porcupongo is a Rinshi inspired by a porcupine and his quills can really hurt." She looked at the monster and said, "Porcupongo, attack!"

"As you wish, Camille," said the porcupine Rinshi. "I hear you Rangers are wizards and write with quills. If you like quills so much, try mine!" Porcupongo took out six quills from his body, three in each hand, and tossed them like daggers at the Rangers. The quills exploded when they hit the Rangers and they flew backward a few feet. "Sorry, did that hurt?"

"Not as much as this will, Porcupongo!" said a voice from behind the monster. Porcupongo turned around to face the three teenagers Harry and his team watched run out the door. "Let's Ranger up, guys." The other two nodded and the three took out a pair of sunglasses each and got into a pose. "Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleash!" they cried and their costumes appeared in a flash of light. The Red Ranger struck his pose and said, "With the strength of a tiger, Jungle Fury Red Ranger!"

"With the speed of a cheetah, Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger!" said the Yellow Ranger.

"With the grace of a jaguar, Jungle Fury Blue Ranger!" said the Blue Ranger. "Okay, Porcupongo, let's see if you can handle us!" Porcupongo fired his quills at the Ranger trio but they were blocked by the Blue Ranger's Jungle Tonfas. "Sorry, not gonna happen."

"Jungle Bo!" said the Yellow Ranger and her power weapon appeared. "Jungle Strike!" The bo staff glowed yellow and she slashed diagonally. Porcupongo stumbled backward a few feet and smoke billowed from the slash. "Okay, Casey, you're up."

"All right, Jungle Chucks!" said the Red Ranger and his nunchuku appeared in his hands. "Jungle Strike!" Harry watched in awe as the Red Jungle Fury Ranger spun his weapon and struck hard and fast, dealing light blows with the weapons until Porcupongo was barely standing. "Jungle Blaster!"

"Spirit Cannon!" Harry called. He and his Ranger team combined their own weapons and got ready to fire. Both Red Rangers called out, "Fire!" and both weapons fired a ball of energy that hit Porcupongo who was turned to stone by the Jungle Blaster and exploded when the Spirit Cannon's blast hit. Camille stamped her foot in frustration and disappeared. "Spirit Force, power down!" Harry said and the Rangers' costumes vanished in a flash of light. The Jungle Fury Rangers demorphed as well. "Thank you."

"Not a problem," said Casey, the Red Ranger. "Glad to be of service. That's some power you guys have, too. What power is it?"

"Magic," said Hermione. "Our powers are drawn from our own magical cores." Casey and his two friends looked mightily impressed. "Allow me to introduce the team. Harry Potter, Ron and Ginny Weasley, Jason Scott, Kat Hillard, Draco Malfoy and I'm Hermione Granger. This is Tony Stark, or Iron Man." Tony's faceplate slid upward and he grinned at the trio. "We are called the Spirit Force."

"Good to know," said Theo the Blue Ranger, "and allow me to introduce the team. That's Casey, Lily and I'm Theo. The other two on our team were kinda busy with something else, but you'll meet them soon enough. Let's go back to the pizza parlor and you can meet them."

The Spirit Force team and Tony entered the upper level of the pizza parlor and were greatly surprised at what they saw. A man with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a purple uniform like the other three stood up when he saw the Rangers enter and smiled. "You must be the Spirit Force Rangers?" Harry nodded and shook his hand. "I'm RJ, the Violet Wolf Ranger and that guy over there," he said pointing to a young man in white, "is Dominick, the White Rhino Ranger." Dom waved at them and Harry waved back. "I was watching your conversation on the monitors," RJ said pointing to a TV, "and you should know that our powers come from the spirit animals inside us while yours come from your magical core. Basically, we're the same type of Ranger."

"You can say that," Jason said. "Of course, Kat and I have been Rangers way before this, so we're used to fighting evil. I was the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger and the Gold Zeo Ranger and Kat was the second original Pink Ranger, first Pink Zeo and Turbo Ranger. She's done well over the years." Kat grinned and kissed him on the cheek.

"Right," said RJ smiling. "Why are you here? Normally a new Ranger team wouldn't visit unless it was an emergency. So, my friends, what's the emergency?"

"Our enemy is the emergency," said Ginny. "His name is Lord Voldemort." Casey, Lily and Theo stared at her. "To put it simply, Voldemort's intentions are to destroy the non-magical population on Earth so that wizards will rule...at least that was his original plan before Harry finished him off in 1998, which is before we got our powers. During our time with the Lightspeed Rescue team, our original enemy named Ivan Ooze went to the Lightspeed Rangers' enemy base where Voldemort was revived and Ivan was destroyed completely. Now Voldemort is going around the country trying to destroy every Ranger team available and..."

"You're afraid he'll come after us next?" Dominick said with a nod. "I get that. Thanks for the warning, too. If we met this guy, we'd probably be dead by now."

Ron said, "You're not wrong on that one, mate." and the Jungle Fury Rangers stared at him now. "Well, there's an illegal curse we call the Killing Curse, one of the three Unforgivable Curses we were taught in our fourth year at school, and Voldemort uses that curse like it's his only curse available. There's no blocking it and the only person ever to have survived the curse is Harry, who survived it when he was only a baby." Casey was taken aback at this and glanced at his friends to see if they were hearing this. "Needless to say, if you're hit by the curse, you don't have a chance to say goodbye to anyone or anything."

"Okay, that explains a lot. What are the other two curses?" asked Theo curiously. "I understand the Killing Curse's effects, but what about the other two?"

"There's the Cruciatus Curse," Hermione said, "which is called the Torture Curse, and then there's the Imperius Curse which let's the user take complete control of you. Allow me to demonstrate." She drew her wand, pointed it at Casey and muttered, "Imperio!" Casey breathed in the curse and let out a sigh of happiness. Dance the ballet, Hermione thought and Casey started doing ballet steps, then lifted the curse. "Don't ask me to demonstrate the Cruciatus Curse. It's too much for me to handle. Harry, would you?"

"Of course," Harry said. He drew his own wand, pointed it at RJ and said, "Crucio!" RJ fell to the ground screaming in pain and twitching. Harry lifted the curse. "Not pretty, is it? This curse was used on our friend's parents until they turned insane and to this day still have no clue who he is. That's what you have to watch out for." RJ thanked him and sat down in his recliner until the effects wore off. "So, now that you know what our enemy is capable of, we should know a bit about your enemy in case they join forces."

Dominick cleared his throat and said, "Our enemy is an ancient spirit called Dai Shi. He's the embodiment of pure evil and Dai Shi took over a fellow student of the Pai Zhuq school named Jarrod. Now Jarrod is Dai Shi and he's been sending monster Rinshi daily almost."

"That explains what we were fighting earlier," Ron said in understanding. An alarm beeped and he looked at the monitors. "Speaking of our porcupine friend, he's back."

"Let's Ranger up and get down there, then," Harry said. It's morphin time!" The Spirit Force Rangers held out their devices and Harry started the sequence. "Red Stag Spirit Power!"

"Green Horse Spirit Power!"

"Blue Otter Spirit Power!"

"Yellow Terrier Spirit Power!"

"Pink Phoenix Spirit Power!"

"White Tiger Spirit Power!"

"Gold Serpent Spirit Power!"

"Iron Power!" The Spirit Force Rangers were morphed and ready for battle as the Jungle Fury Rangers morphed. "All right," said Iron Man, "let's get out there and take this porcupine down." The Spirit Force Rangers Apparated to where the monster was while Iron Man took to the skies through an open window.

Porcupongo was wreaking havoc as usual when the two teams of Rangers and Iron Man arrived. The Spirit Force Rangers called on their Spirit Sabers while the Jungle Fury Rangers called on their Power Weapons. "Hey, Quill-Head!" Harry shouted and Porcupongo turned around. "Ready for round two?" Instead of attacking, a little fly named Flit buzzed toward him and injected some liquid into the monster's system and it turned huge. "Spirit Zords, power up!" Once the Spirit Zords arrived and the Rangers jumped into their cockpits, Harry slid his Spirit Saber into the slot in the control panel. "Spirit Force Megazord, now!" The Zords combined and the Megazord was formed.

"Jungle Pride Megazord!" said the Jungle Fury Rangers.

"Iron Mongerzord, now!" Iron Man shouted and touched the blue light on his chest. The Iron Mongerzord flew toward the others and landed beside the Spirit Force Megazord, Jungle Pride Megazord and the Tigerzord. "On the count of three," Iron Man said into his comm link to the other Zords, "we'll do our finishing attacks. One..two...THREE!" The Spirit Force Megazord performed the Spirit Slash, the Jungle Pride Megazord did the Jungle Strike, the Tigerzord shot a Spirit Thunderball and the Iron Mongerzord shot a large blast of energy from its chest. Porcupongo fell to the ground and exploded. The two teams of Rangers and Iron Man leapt out of their Zords which vanished after they landed on the ground.

"That was quick," Ginny commented as she stared at the fiery remains of the monster, "but something tells me Voldemort isn't done with us yet." She was right. Camille and Goldar came by with a group of Rinshi and Tenga Warriors. "Oh look, it's the sand guys and the bird-brains!"

"Tengas?" Kat said cocking her head. "But they were destroyed with Zordon's energy wave."

"So was Goldar," Jason reminded her. "Zedd and Rita are on the side of good now. Zedd is now an adventurer and Rita is the Mystic Mother, the goddess of good magic. At least Voldemort's not thinking of using Pudgy Pig. That monster was so dumb. All you have to do is feed it really spicy foods."

"Pudgy Pig...isn't that the monster that ate your weapons?" Harry asked. Jason nodded. "Well, that's interesting. I sure hope that Voldemort doesn't use Pudgy Pig. The only spicy food I can think of are pepper flavored Every-Flavor Beans. They're really hot."

"That's a type of wizard candy, right?" Kat said with a grimace and Harry nodded. "I'd like to try some." Harry gave her a disgusted look. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong," said Ron, "but when the box says 'every flavor' it means it. You get your normal flavors like coffee, tripe, chocolate and other stuff like that, but then they have weird flavors like vomit, earwax, bogeys, spinach, pepper, grass...you name it. Professor Dumbledore, our headmaster until the end of our sixth year, told Harry that he'd stopped liking the sweets ever since he found a vomit-flavored bean in his box. He took one out of Harry's box at the end of our first year after Harry fought Voldemort the first time and found an earwax flavored bean."

"Disgusting!" Kat said and mimed vomitting. "Remind me not to try them, then." Harry laughed. "Well, we better go back to Jungle Karma Pizza parlor and see what Voldemort's up to, shouldn't we?"

Voldemort watched Dai Shi meditate for a while and talked with Camille, who was very interested in his plans to wipe out the Muggle population. Dai Shi finally snapped out of his trance and smiled. "Well?" Voldemort said impatiently. "Did you come up with a clever plan to destroy the Rangers once and for all?"

"Yes, I have," Dai Shi said smiling. "You told me upon your arrival that a veteran Ranger named Jason is the White Ranger, correct?" Goldar and Voldemort both nodded. "Well, what if I take his powers and use that power for my own needs? An evil Power Ranger would definitely turn the tables on the Jungle Fury Rangers."

Goldar scoffed and Dai Shi glared at him. "I apologize, but my old mistress Rita tried the evil Power Ranger thing years ago. It didn't work out."

"Oh, I'm not using Jason as my evil Ranger, my primate friend," said Dai Shi. "No, I am going to create a Ranger without a person to wield it's power. A puppet, if you will." Goldar scratched his chin and guffawed. "I need a monster to trap the White Ranger after I strip him of his power for good. Goldar, you are the best at this. What monster should I use?"

Goldar thought for a moment and finally came up with an idea. "I suggest the Samurai Fan Man. He trapped Kimberly in his jar years ago when Rita came up with the clever idea of giving her a bad day." Voldemort smiled and summoned the Samurai Fan Man to do the work needed. Finster, Voldemort's scientific alien friend, gave Goldar a device to strip Jason of his powers and told him to return with the White Ranger's powers after he was done. "I will not fail you." Goldar said with a bow to Voldemort and Dai Shi. "Consider it done." He then vanished in a flash of fire.

Harry, Ron, Ginny, Hermione, and Draco were training with the Jungle Fury Rangers while Tony showed RJ how his armor worked and watched his friends train. Jason and Kat learned Kung Fu quickly, but the others were still learning basic moves. "Don't worry, guys," said Theo smartly, "you'll get it soon. You just have to relax and channel your energy into your movements. Once you do that, you'll be able to call on your animal spirits for an extra bit of power if you need it."

"We'll definitely keep that in mind," Draco said with a nod. "Who wants to spar against me?" Harry raised his hand and stepped forward. Both got into a defensive stance and Harry attacked first with a dragon kick. Draco blocked it with his right arm and punched Harry in the chest with his left. "Good one, Potter. You're really getting the hang of this." Harry backflipped then came back with a bicycle kick to Draco's jaw and the Gold Serpent Ranger landed on the mat. Rubbing his jaw, Draco stood up and grinned. "Nice one."

"Thanks," Harry said. "Now it's time to unleash my inner spirit animal." Harry copied the Jungle Fury Rangers' hand motion to channel their spirits and Draco saw, for an instant, a stag flash across the Red Spirit Ranger's face. "With the majesty of a stag..." Harry whispered and he threw a flurry of punches and kicks to Draco who blocked all but one hit. The last hit was a short jab to the chest which knocked the wind out of him."

Draco meditated for a moment then unleashed his own inner spirit with a sweep kick like a snake's tail. Harry fell to the mat on his back laughing. "That was fun, wasn't it?" Draco said laughing with him and Harry nodded. "All right, I think we know what we're doing now, don't you? I mean, if we learn anymore, we'd be more powerful than our helpers."

"We're helping them, Draco," Hermione reminded him and he shrugged. "We can learn from each other, though. I find it interesting that the Jungle Fury draw their powers from their own spirits. It's amazing."

"It sure is," said Ginny nodding. She was holding onto Harry's arm in a light grip but dropped her arm when the alarm indicitating a monster attack blared. The Rangers looked at the monitor and Ginny groaned. "Another monster? What is up with Voldemort these days? Can't we get a break?"

"No..." Jason said shaking his head as he looked at the monster on the screen. "The Samurai Fan Man? Why that monster?" Harry asked what happened with that monster and Jason looked grim. "Rita Repulsa used this monster to trap Kimberly in his jar not long after Tommy joined our team as the Green Ranger. Rita made Kimberly's day go from bad to worse that day." He looked a little sad as he remembered all of the problems Kim had during that time. "I still can't believe it all started when she had a nightmare about Rita being her stepmother."

"Well," said Harry with a shiver, "just the thought of Rita being anyone's stepmother would've caused a bad day." Jason nodded. "Let's morph and fight this thing." The seven Spirit Rangers took out their Spirit Morphers while the Jungle Fury Rangers put on their Solar Morphers. "It's morphin time! Spirit Force, Power Up!"

"Iron Power!"

"Jungle Beast, Spirit Unleash!"

The twelve Rangers and Iron Man made it to where the Samurai Fan Man was and started to fight him. The monster was very strong because none of their close-range or long-range attacks worked. Samurai Fan Man waved his fan and they flew backward. "Okay, it's time for the Spirit Battlizer." Harry said and the Battlizer Morpher he got from the Lightspeed team appeared on his wrists. He pressed the numbers three, two, one and hit the 'go' button and the Battlizer armor appeared on his body. "Dragon Battle Warrior!" he said and pulled a new weapon from the sheath on his back called the Dragon Katana. "All right, Fan Man, let's see if you like the Dragon Blaze Strike!" The Dragon Katana's blade erupted in gold flames and he slashed downward. The attack hit the Samurai Fan Man and he flew backward.

While the other Rangers were fighting the monster, Jason was stuck fighting Goldar, who blocked and dodged every attack Jason used. Goldar finally kicked Jason in the chest hard enough to make him hit a tree and he slumped to the ground. "Finally, I can do my job," Goldar said with a laugh and the device that Finster gave him apppeared. He pointed the Spirit Extractor at Jason and squeezed the trigger. A beam of white light hit Jason and the White Ranger felt his power leave him. The beam of white light vanished and Goldar pocketed the device. "Goodbye, Jason. We shall meet again." The Samurai Fain Man aimed his jar between Kat and Ginny and Jason was sucked into the jar.

"NO!" Kat shouted and fell to her knees as the monster vanished into thin air. "Harry, we've got to get Jason back! What are we going to do now?"

"I have no clue," Harry said staring at where the monster vanished, "but we have to do something...we have to try."

Voldemort watched as Goldar and the Samurai Fan Man walked into Dai Shi's base and asked, "Well? Did you take his power?"

"Yes, Lord Voldemort," said Goldar with a bow. "I extracted the power from Jason and the Fan Man sucked him into his jar."

"Good work," said Voldemort happily. "Now, give Finster the device and he will make my new Dark Ranger." He and Goldar went to a large room in the back of the temple. Finster was in the room tending to a body under a white sheet. "How is our new friend coming along?"

"The costume is finished, my lord," said Finster. "All I have to do now is get the White Ranger's powers into the Dark Ranger and he will be completed." The goat-like alien slid the sheet off of the body and looked at it with pride. The Dark Ranger's costume looked much like the White Ranger's except for the color, which was black. The goat-like alien transferred Jason's powers into the Dark Ranger and the Dark Ranger sat up. "There we go. Dark Ranger, can you hear me?" The Ranger nodded and looked up at Finster. "Good. Welcome to Dai Shi's temple. This is your master, Lord Voldemort."

"It is a pleasure to serve you, Master," said the Dark Ranger with a bow. "I will do whatever you ask me to."

There was a flash of happiness in Voldemort's eyes and he said, "I know you will. If you don't, I will destroy you myself." The Dark Ranger nodded. "Finster is working on your own Zord, but you have the spirit of a panther instead of a tiger. You have the same weapon as the White Spirit Ranger except that the sword you have is black instead of white. It will have the same attacks." The Dark Ranger tested out the Panther Sword and sheathed it.

Jason found himself in a steel cage. He wasn't chained up, which was a good thing. "Let me out of here!" he shouted at Goldar who was standing guard. "Come on, Goldar. I know that you always wanted to get me back for teleporting away from our fight a long time ago when Tommy was on the side of evil."

"It isn't about what I want, Jason," snarled Goldar. "It is what my master wants." Jason kicked the bars but was thrown backward. "Oh, I forgot to tell you that the bars are electrical. You may not want to try kicking or punching them."

"Just you wait, Goldar," Jason seethed as he stood up. "My friends are going to get me out of here!" Goldar just laughed and walked away to the throne room. "I should try and call the others." Jason took out his Spirit Morpher and pressed a button to call the other Spirit Force Rangers. "Power Rangers, do you read me? This is Jason!" There was nothing but static. "Rangers?" Again nothing. Frustrated, Jason thrust the morpher back into his pocket. "There's got to be something I can do to get out of here!"

Triforia

Trey, lord of Triforia and the Gold Ranger, was sittin in his throne room when one of his servants came in with bad news. "My lord, Jason of Earth has been stripped of his new powers as the White Spirit Force Ranger. What should we do to help?"

Trey looked sad at his friend's dilemma and stood up. "Prepare Pyramidas to take me to Earth. I am going to help Jason and give him the Golden Power Staff." He held up the staff, morphed into the Gold Ranger, and took off to the hangar where his Zord called Pyramdias rested. Trey leapt into the cockpit, started the engine and the large pyramid shot into space.

Jungle Karma Pizza Parlor

Harry and the other Spirit Force Rangers were thinking of ways to get Jason out of wherever the Samurai Fan Man held him. Everyone had their own ideas, but none of them were any good at the moment. "Our main problem is trying to figure out what Jason is going to do when he gets back," said Harry bitterly. "Remember, he's been stripped of his Spirit Ranger powers and I highly doubt we'll get them back." The alarm beeped once more and Harry gulped as he saw a Power Ranger that looked like Jason except the suit was black. The Ranger was attacking the city. "We've got work to do, guys."

"Let us come with you," said RJ firmly. "We can help as much as possible." Harry nodded and both teams of Power Rangers and Tony went to find the new Ranger. They found the Ranger downtown and they morphed immediately. "Casey and Harry, I need you two to move in from the south. Ron and Lily will go east, Hermione and Theo will move from the west. Iron Man will go for an aerial attack while Ginny, Malfoy, Dom and I go from the north. Is everyone clear?" The Rangers nodded. "Good. Now let's go."

Harry, now in Beast Mode, ran through the woods with Casey riding him. "Are we near the enemy?" he asked Casey. The Red Jungle Fury Ranger nodded and dismounted when Harry stopped. "Warrior Mode!" The stag's head folded down to his chest while the front legs became arms and his hands protruded from the front hooves. The back hooves became the feet. "Red Spirit Warrior Ranger!" Casey got into his Jungle Master mode and called on his Jungle Claws. "Stag Blaster, ready!"

Ron and Lily came around on the east side and stopped by a large rock. "My Terrier Cannon can handle long-range shots, Lily," Ron whispered as he held his weapon steady. "You sneak up from behind and attack when I give you the signal." Lily nodded and climbed a tree near the enemy. "Terrier Cannon, fire!" He squezed the rigger and a blast of yellow energy hit the new Ranger in the back. The Ranger turned around holding a sword in one hand and a black pistol in the other.

"Who did that?" the Ranger called in a deep voice. "Whoever it is will die for this!" He fired a few quick shots at the rock Ron was behind and the Yellow Ranger fired two shots from the Spirit Saber in Blaster Mode. "Ah, the Yellow Spirit Force Ranger...what a surprise. Time to die." Ron shook his head. "What?" Ron pointed up and the new Ranger looked at the tree branch Ron pointed to. "I don't see what...OOF!" Lily landed on the ground in a crouch behind the new Ranger and swept his feet from underneath him with her Jungle Bo. A ball of red fire hit the Dark Ranger in the back when he got up and the Dark Ranger turned to face Harry in his Spirit Warrior Mode running at him at full speed. Casey was running with him. "More of you?"

"Oh yeah," said Iron Man landing beside Harry and Casey, "but you're not dealing with just Power Rangers. You're dealing with multi-millionaire playboy and philanthropist Anthony Stark, or as I like to be called, Iron Man."

"I don't care what you liked to be called, you fool!" the Dark Ranger growled. "It is my job to destroy you!" Hermione, Theo, Dom, Ginny, and Malfoy came up pointing their weapons at him. "I see I am outnumbered. Very well, Rinshi attack!" The Rinshi rose out of the ground and dropped into a defensive stance.

"Oh, these guys again," Ron grumbled. "I'll easily take them down." He charged his Spirit Saber with the essence of his own spirit energy and sliced horizontally from left to right. A yellow line of energy hit the Rinshi in front of him and desintegrated. "See?" The Dark Ranger gave a roar of anger and kicked Ron in the chest until he flew into Harry and Casey. "What that guy?"

"A bit more trouble than I thought," Harry said bitterly. "Malfoy, use your Serpent Staff. That might work better than our weapons." Malfoy nodded, called on his staff and shot gold energy blasts. The energy bolts hit the Dark Ranger and he rolled on the ground. "That should do it."

Back in Dai Shi's palace, Jason sat in his cell wondering if the others were ever going to get him. "Come on, guys," he muttered, "you've got to get here soon." The cage he was in was near the door and he heard the obvious sounds of a struggle going in the corridor, then the doors opened and he was staring at Trey of Triforia in his Gold Ranger form. "Trey? What are you...?"

"There is no time to explain, Jason of Earth." Trey said and demorphed. "I have a remedy for your situation. Grasp the Power Staff and you will once again receive my powers." Jason was more than surprised that the Gold Ranger would give his powers again, but didn't ask any questions and grabbed the staff. "I, Trey of Triforia, bequeath to you, Jason of Earth, the Gold Ranger powers. Protect them with your life and they will also protect you. Do you agree to this?" Jason said yes and the Gold Ranger powers were transferred to him. "Good luck, Jason and may the power protect you."

Jason, still in his civillian clothes, pointed the Gold Power Staff at the bars of his cage and they were blasted apart by beams of gold energy. The Rinshi outside the door heard him and came in. "Oh, sorry," said Jason in mock concern, "I must have got out somehow. I'm guessing you want me to stay here?" They ran at him and Jason started fighting them off. "Not gonna happen." When he finished with the last one, Jason ran out of the opened door, past Dai Shi and Voldemort and out into the fresh air. "Time to get to my friends." He concentrated on his destination and vanished in a stream of gold light...then landed on a rooftop above the Rangers. "Time to Ranger up. It's morphin time! Gold Ranger power!" He pulled his hands apart and his costume materialized on his body. "Gold Rush!" He raised his Power Staff and several energy beams flew from the red bulb and hit the Dark Ranger causing him to stumble.

"What was that?" the Dark Ranger said and looked up with the Spirit Force, Iron Man and the Jungle Fury Rangers. Jason was standing on the rooftop waving at him. "What? Another Ranger?"

"Yeah, another Ranger," said Jason from the rooftop. "I'm the Gold Ranger!" the Dark Ranger tensed up as Jason launched himself of the roof and landed in front of him. "Those are my powers you're using, by the way, and I want them back."

"Never!" the Dark Ranger shouted and his Panther Saber appeared in a flash of black and gold light. "Your powers are mine, Gold Ranger, and they will stay with me forever. You have lost."

"Not this time, Dark Ranger," said Jason angrily and slid the handle on the Power Staff down so it acted like a melee weapon. "Come get some." The Dark Ranger tried to slice at him, but Jason blocked the attack with an arm, then slammed the head of the staff into the Dark Ranger's chestplate, causing it to desintegrate. "Oops! I think I broke your chestplate."

The Dark Ranger looked at his costume and growled. "You pathetic excuse for a Power Ranger! You will pay for that!" Jason let out a chuckle and dodged a punch. "Stay...still!"

"As you said before, never. Now, guys!" Jason said and the other Rangers got ready to finish the Dark Ranger off.

"Spirit Cannon, ready!"

"Claw Cannon, ready!"

"Serpent Staff, Bazooka Mode!" Malfoy said and the snake head on the staff folded up and the mouth opened. "Ready!"

Both teams of Rangers aimed their weapons at the Dark Ranger while Jason moved out of the line of fire. "FIRE!" Three balls of energy flew from the weapons and hit the Dark Ranger who yelled in fear. The Jungle Claw's attack turned him to stone then exploded and he fell to the ground and struggled to get up. Jason walked over to the Dark Ranger and said, "We're the victors here Dark Ranger. You lose."

"Not...yet...I don't," the Dark Ranger said weakly. "Panther Spirit Zord, power up!" The Spirit Force Rangers watched in awe and fear as a large mechanical panther appeared and the Dark Ranger got into its control room. "Panther Warrior, now!" The Panther Zord stood on its hind legs, the front legs became the arms and the Panther's head folded downward to reveal a humanoid head and the tail became a sword. "Dark Panther Warrior!"

"Spirit Zords, power up!" Harry called and the five Spirit Zords appeared. Harry landed in the control room of the Stag Zord. "Let's go for individual attacks first and if all else fails, we'll resort to the Megazord, got it?"

"Got it, Harry," said Ginny. "I'll take the first shot. Horse Zord, let's go." The Green Horse Spirit Zord cantered up to the Dark Panther Warrior and mule-kicked it in the chest. Sparks flew from the kick and the Panther Warrior stumbled backward a little. "Okay, Hermione, you're next."

"Got it," said Hermione. "Otter Strike!" The Blue Otter Spirit Zord leapt into the air and slashed wildly with its claws. Several scratch marks appeared on the Panther Warrior's chest and sparks flew from it. "Kat?"

The Pink Phoenix Spirit Zord flew in firing lasers from its eyes. The Dark Panther Warrior blocked the attack with its staff and shot a few blasts in retaliation. "That was close," Kat said. "Guess it's time for the Phoenix Tornado attack." The Phoenix Zord started to fly in a circle around the Dark Panther Warrior which became stuck in a fiery tornado and flew into a mountain. "Go for it, Malfoy."

"I'm there." said Malfoy and pressed a few buttons on his control panels. "Serpent Warrior, now!" The Serpent's tail split in half and became the legs while two arms folded outward. The Serpent's head becme the right hand and a normal hand was on the left. The Serpent's mouth opened up. "AVADA KEDAVRA!" A large blast of green energy hit the Dark Panther Warrior and siphoned the energy from the power core. "Take that, Panther Warrior."

"I'll finish it off," said Jason and he raised the Power Staff to the sky. "I call upon the power of Pyramidas!" The large pyramid Zord called Pyramidas flew into battle and Jason flew toward the large pyramid in a streak of gold light. "Rangers, let's combine the Zords to form the Spirit Force Ultrazord."

"Right!" Harry said and hit the 'combine' key on the control panel. "Rangers, let's do it." The others pressed their 'combine' key and Spirit Zords were put into different chambers in Pyramidas while the Serpent Warrior Zord stood on a platform on the back of Pyramidas. "Spirit Force Ultrazord!"

"SPIRIT FORCE ULTRA BLAST!" shouted the Spirit Force Rangers and several attacks happened at once. The red square on Pyramidas's chest fired a blast of gold energy while the Serpent Warrior Zord's serpent head fired a blast of green light. The Phoenix Zord was on the Serpent Warrior Zord's left shoulder and fired energy beams from its eyes. The triple attack destroyed the Panther Warrior Zord and the Dark Ranger was on the ground once more. The Spirit Force Rangers landed nearby and the Zords vanished.

"You know," said Harry looking at the Dark Ranger with disgust, "we've fought many monsters and evil Power Rangers in our time, but you...you're just some sick clone of the White Tiger Ranger we remember." He turned to the Gold Ranger and said, "I think you should do the honors this time."

"My pleasure, Harry," said Jason and he took the Spirit Cannon Harry handed to him. "Spirit Cannon, full charge." A gold energy ball formed in the barrel of the cannon and, when he pulled the trigger, the energy ball hit the Dark Ranger head on and he exploded. Jason watched as the spirit of the White Tiger he had used in battle many times before dissipated in midair. The White Ranger powers were gone for good. "Gold Ranger, power down." Jason's costume disappeared and he sat on his knees looking at the ground. The other Spirit Force Rangers and the Jungle Fury Rangers joined him. "Goodbye White Ranger..." he said sadly.

"...and hello Gold Ranger," said Harry smiling. Jason pulled out the Elder Wand and watched as it broke in half, the power from it vanished. "The Elder Wand is no more, Jason. There's nothing you can do now."

"I know," said Jason. "I'm gonna miss being the White Spirit Ranger. I felt so happy using the Tigerzord Tommy used years ago. It felt...right." Harry patted his shoulder and the Gold Ranger stood up. "Well, it's time to head on. I'm sure Voldemort's gonna find another Ranger team to fight, right?"

"Yeah, I just wish I knew what other teams there are around here." Ginny said. There was a sudden roaring sound as a portal opened up in front of them. The wind from the portal hit hard and the seven Rangers were lifted into the air. "Here we go again!" The Rangers were sucked into the portal which closed after they went in.