WaterDragonMaverick here with Part 3 of the "Revenge of Taurus" trilogy for Go Go RWBY Rangers! Now, if you've been wondering about the idea of Yang's robot arm from the actual series being included, don't worry because I've got something planned for that. As well as an answer for "Burning Gold" that was mentioned in the last chapter.
Speaking of which, I tried to name the previous chapter "Like Morning Follows Night", but the word limit for the chapter title wouldn't let me. So, I went with the title I chose that could fit. Just know that the official chapter title was "Revenge of Taurus Part 2: Like Morning Follows Night".
Last chapter, Blake was having doubts about including her friends in Adam's 'war' against her. But Sun was able to convince her otherwise and he became the new Yellow Ranger to fill Yang's role until she's healed up enough. With his help, they dealt with Adam's camp in the Forever Fall Forest and saved Ilia from being a giant monster. With another friend on their side, it seems like the Power Rangers are going to have an easier time dealing with Adam. Or will Cinder's newest acquisition help Adam defeat the heroes once and for all?
This is a showdown. I hope you came prepared to bleed. Because tonight, you're gonna answer to me!
RWBY is owned by Rooster Teeth and was created by Monty Oum (Rest in peace)
Power Rangers was created by Haim Saban
After Ilia had recovered from being transformed into a monster by Torchwick and his associates, she was invited to spend time with Blake and her friends at the dorms while Ozpin, Penny, Goodwitch, and Ironwood all stayed at the Clock Tower Laboratory to inspect the sword that Ilia took from the White Fang camp. Because of the weapon's design and functions, the headmaster was suspicious of where the White Fang acquired it. To pass the time and get to know Ilia, the teenagers all decided to make a large pot of homemade ramen with Ren instructing everyone on how to help. "Alright, the first batch is almost done. Nora, how are those carrots coming along," Ren asked as he and Ruby were cooking away at a stove normally used by cooking students at Beacon Academy's culinary classrooms.
"All cut, Ren," Nora said before munching on a carrot slice and moving the vegetables into a bowl to pass to Ren.
"Thanks," Ren said as he added the bowl to the large pot of ramen. At the same time, Ruby was cooking some meat for the dish in a pan. "You're going to overcook that, you know," Ren said as he watched Ruby's progress.
"No, I'm not," Ruby replied. "I'm doing just fine."
"Then, can you explain why most of the time you make cookies at home you either make a mess or they end up burnt," Yang retorted with a teasing smirk on her face.
"Shut up," Ruby stated as a weak counter before everyone heard footsteps approaching them.
"Hey, kids," Taiyang greeted as he and Qrow walked into the kitchen and saw the meal being prepared. Just as they stepped into the room, smoke started to come off Ruby's pan. Ren took over for her after he finished stirring the ramen pot while Taiyang turned to Qrow. "I swear that this always happens when you enter a room, Qrow. It's no wonder that everyone in high school and here at Beacon called you 'Bad Luck Charm'."
"Can we not bring that up? I'd rather not be reminded of those days," Qrow said to Taiyang. "Aside from what just happened, how's the food coming along," Qrow asked the others.
"Just about ready," Ren said. "Jaune, can you start grabbing bowls for everyone?"
"Yeah, Ren. I can do that," the Blue Ranger said. "I'll need a little help. Sun? Pyrrha?"
"Sure thing," the two answered as they stood up and went to help out Jaune with getting the table set.
After everything was set up for lunch, the group of twelve started to dig into their meal and traded stories around. "And there we were, in the middle of the night," Nora said as she told her own story.
"It was day," Ren corrected before Nora continued.
"We were surrounded by giant bears..."
"They were wolves," Ren stated as Nora kept telling her tale.
"Dozens of them," Nora exclaimed as she shot up from her seat and nearly sent her half-eaten bowl of ramen flying.
"It was only a pair of them," Ren said as he kept the bowl steady.
"But they were no match for us and Ren and I took them down! Then, we made a boatload of cash selling bearskin rugs the next day," Nora explained as she finished her story.
Ren only sighed before moving Nora's lunch back to her when she sat down. "She's been having this reoccurring dream for nearly a month now," he told the others. "It kind of gets annoying when I have to remind her how it even went." As he told everyone about Nora's story, Ruby looked out the window when she heard it was a reoccurring dream and soon got lost in her thoughts.
"So, who else has a story," Yang asked as she tried to eat her ramen. "Dad? Uncle Qrow? Anything back when you went to school?"
Taiyang thought it over and started to laugh at the memory of something. "I've actually got something hilarious," Tai said as he tried to suppress his laughter and looked in Qrow's direction.
"Don't you dare," Qrow warned as he immediately realized what his brother-in-law was referring to.
"Oh, I dare," Taiyang said before turning back to the others. "Okay, so back when we were freshmen in high school, Qrow had never worn a uniform before and I thought that it would've been funny to give him the girl's outfit by telling him it wasn't the girl's uniform. Later, everyone in the auditorium was just standing there and looked at Qrow wearing a skirt," Taiyang explained and the teenagers started laughing at the thought of the veteran Ranger in a skirt.
Qrow was glaring at Taiyang as he told the story. "You told me it was a kilt! What was wrong with you back then," Qrow exclaimed.
"Hey! All the girls said you had nice legs! I did you a favor, jerk," Taiyang stated. "But that wasn't even the best part," he said to the laughing group between his own snickering. "Later, we had to head downstairs for our next class and someone left the window open, letting a strong wind blow through and you can probably guess what happened next." Everyone kept laughing and Qrow sighed at the memories of his first week of school with Taiyang.
"Hahahahahaha! Oh, my ribs," Sun managed to voice out as he slapped his hand on the table. Blake was alongside him and Ilia as they all laughed at the story with everyone else.
Ilia managed to calm down and spoke to everyone when the laughter stopped. "I can't believe that you all would let me be here after everything," she said.
"Hey, not all humans are bad guys," Taiyang told the Chameleon Faunus before he checked the time on his phone. "Oh, man. I need to do some stuff for later. Got to go, kids. See you in a few hours."
"In other news, what about that Adam creep," Jaune asked after he finished slurping down his last bowl of noodles when Taiyang left the room.
"I don't know," Blake said. "I just know that he's not done yet. Especially with Ilia defecting like she did."
Back with Adam Taurus and Cinder's Faction, the group was talking about what Cinder's recent message was about when they made their way to an abandoned quarry a few miles outside of Emerald Vale's city limit. "So, we managed to get another 'Evil Zord'? Cool," Mercury said.
"However, this one isn't like the Hellhound," Cinder explained. "It's much more powerful and has a few surprises. It can probably face off against the Hellhound itself."
"I'm just wondering how you managed to get it," Torchwick asked as the group entered the old quarry.
"I have my sources, Roman," Cinder said as she guided Adam and the others to the location of their new weapon. As they walked, multiple Gremlins were seen carrying supplies and tools around the area. When they reached their destination, Cinder faced Adam Taurus. "So, Mr. Taurus, how do like the new toy?"
Adam looked up at the robotic bull as the Gremlins worked on the machine. It easily looked bigger than the Hound Zord itself, the colors matched Adam's attire and mask, and he could see the weaponry being added to the tail and horns. "Is anyone else reminded of that Bugs Bunny cartoon where he fought the bull," Mercury commented as he noticed the gun barrels in the horns and the shotgun/rifle-like tail of the Zord.
"A little," Emerald agreed as Neo nodded. "Still, you think it might deal with those Power Rangers? Because I'm sure that at the rate their numbers are growing, there's going to be a Ranger on every street in the city."
"With this, I can easily handle the Rangers and their traitor friends," Adam said as he smiled with malice practically radiating off of him.
"Patience, Adam," Cinder told him as she placed her hand on his shoulder. "The Bull Zord won't be ready for another day. You'll have your chance," she stated with a smirk.
The next morning, Yang woke up earlier than she normally did, wore an orange tank top and leather pants while putting her hair in a ponytail, and decided to browse Netflix for anything to watch while the others did their own thing. Choosing to watch a few cartoons, Yang sat in silence as the show played until she heard someone open up the door to the common room. Seeing that it was Taiyang, she leaned back to look at him from her seat on the couch. "Hey, Dad," she greeted.
"Hey, sweetie. Are you still upset about your arm," Taiyang asked as he sat down next to his oldest daughter.
"A bit. I'm just glad it's only broken and not severed," Yang said. "I think would've had a lot to deal with if that happened."
"Yeah. But, I would've been there for you every step of the way," Taiyang said as he placed his arm around Yang and hugged her, which brought a smile to Yang's face. "So, what are we watching today?"
"I think that I've watched enough cartoons for now," Yang said as she turned off Netflix and changed the channel to play video games instead. "I'm feeling like I could play a fighting game. Street Fighter or Killer Instinct?"
"Killer Instinct," Taiyang suggested and Yang went to play the downloaded game as she grabbed a second controller for her father. "I call TJ Combo," he declared as he selected the boxing character.
"Hey, who do you think would win in a fight against Balrog from Street Fighter and TJ Combo from here," Yang asked as she chose to play as the robotic fight, Fulgore.
"Combo, no doubt," Taiyang answered. "He and Balrog may have similar feats of strength and durability, but there's the Triangle Theory and their experience."
"Triangle Theory," Yang asked in confusion.
"It's also called the 'Rock-Paper-Scissors Theory'," Tai started to explain. "There are three styles of boxing; In-fighters, Sluggers, and Out-boxers. The first focuses on overwhelming opponents with constant pressure by getting in close, like Little Mac in Punch Out. The second is Slugger-style boxers like Balrog who power through attacks and deal heavy damage at the cost of slower speeds. And Out-boxers like TJ have weaker power than Sluggers but, make up for it back staying quick on their feet and dodging attacks by staying out of their opponent's reach," he told Yang as he used a Combo Breaker on Fulgore.
"In-fighters can beat Out-boxers, Sluggers can beat In-fighters, and Out-boxers have an advantage over Sluggers," Taiyang said as he started working on performing an Ultra Combo. "It's different for every boxer, but the Triangle Theory holds weight at a fundamental level. But moving onto the conversation, Combo can dodge Balrog's slower punches and he's had twenty years of experience defending the championship title. I'd say that Combo would win, but the battle would be a close one because Balrog can punch an elephant to death with one shot while TJ can do this," Taiyang said as he finished his Ultra Combo with a Vortex Punch to send the robot skyward.
"Man, that's pretty cool," Yang said as she saw she lost the match and heard Taiyang's explanation. "I guess being a boxing champ yourself gives you some knowledge on a few things," Yang mentioned.
"And being a teacher," Tai stated. "So, you want waffles for lunch or something else?"
"That sounds good, Dad," Yang replied with a smile before she got a text about going to the Clock Tower Lab. "You should go to the store and get a few things. I think we ran out of eggs with the ramen from yesterday. I can handle myself for an hour or two," she said to Taiyang. After Taiyang left for the store, Yang walked over to the Clock Tower and met up with everyone. "What's up?"
"We've done some examination on the weapon Ilia acquired from the raid on Adam Taurus' camp and the technology's similar to the weapons for the Power Rangers," Ironwood explained. His words surprised the Rangers and Ilia as they turned their attention to the sword in his hands. "We have a few theories of why this is, however, we should focus on a concentration of Gremlin activity at an old quarry outside the city limits," Ironwood said as he pointed to a monitor. "You'll need to use your Hunter Cycles to reach the quarry."
"Yeah, I don't have one," Sun mentioned.
"You can hitch a ride with one of us," Ruby said before she pulled out her Morphing Scroll. "Ready, everyone?"
In Emerald Vale, Taiyang Xiao Long was out shopping for supplies when he recognized a familiar face approaching him. "Hey, Tai," Qrow Branwen said as he approached his old friend. "What's for lunch later?"
"Waffles," Taiyang answered. "And maybe for dinner tonight, I'll make something with rice. Then again, you'll probably sneak some sake for yourself when I'm making the rice dish." As the two walked around the store finding things for cooking later, the blond male turned to the Crow Ranger. "Why are you even here, Qrow? The closest bar is about a few blocks toward downtown."
"You and I both know that the kids aren't going to stay down for long. Especially with everything that's been happening with Yang and her little emo kitty friend," Qrow said as he reached into his pocket for something. "We both know how Yang really broke her arm. And I heard that Ironwood's little Pinocchio project found out about 'Burning Gold'." Taiyang's eyes widened at the mention and he looked at what Qrow held in his left hand. "Ozpin wanted me to give this back to you. It's your choice to use it, but I think that we both know who it might really be for later."
Taiyang looked at the object in Qrow's hand and only sighed before taking it and placing the item in his pocket. "If things are really going to get bad, then I'm going to help my girls... Especially after everything that happened with us after Beacon." Qrow and Taiyang were silent, but the former placed his hand on Tai's shoulder before heading off on his own. Taiyang sighed as he took out his wallet and unfolded a picture of himself and Qrow alongside two women that they knew since high school. The first was a short girl in a white hoodie who leaned against a tree and looked very much like Ruby. The second girl looked like Yang with black hair and red eyes but, she wore a short red and black dress as she stood back-to-back with Qrow. "I guess that history tends to repeat itself..."
Ruby, Weiss, Blake, Sun, and Team JNPR all made their way to the quarry on their Hunter Cycles while Sun rode with Blake on her bike. As they approached their destination, they chose to get off of the vehicles in order to sneak into the enemy's territory. Making their way into the quarry pits, the Rangers silently took out Gremlins and White Fang grunts that stood guard before advancing through the area. "At least this isn't like at Mountain Glenn," Nora commented. "We're seeing Gremlins all over the place this time."
"Still, I think something's wrong," Blake mentioned. "The last time we did this sort of thing, we ended up fighting Torchwick's Hellhound Megazord."
"We would've lost there if Ruby didn't unlock her Soul Zord," Jaune added before hiding behind a mining cart and waited for a Gremlin to get in range for him to defeat.
"Yeah," Ruby agreed. As the eight made their way through the facility, there were fewer and fewer guards in their path. "So, what are all of these things up to," the Red Ranger asked before Blake unlocked a door by using her Shadow Cat Blaster to destroy the rusted lock.
"No clue. But if they're working for Adam, then he's going to be up to something while these things distract us. Probably pick us off one by one," Blake surmised.
"Hey, we'll beat him no matter what," Sun said as he pumped his fist. As the Rangers found an old office, they saw something on a desk in the center of the room after handling a pair of White Fang soldiers. "Hmm? 'Minotaur'? What the hell does that mean," Sun questioned as he picked up a torn scrap of paper and read something that was actually eligible.
"I've got a bad feeling about this," Weiss expressed as she looked around the room. "We should get out of here," she suggested before they felt a strange rumbling the came from outside. "What in the world?!"
"Come on! Let's go," Ruby said as she ran outside with everyone following right behind her. As the Rangers made their way out into the quarry they were shocked to see what the source of the rumbling was. "What the heck?!"
"You have got to be kidding me," Sun said as he looked up to see what it was.
"Not again," Jaune and Nora exclaimed as they turned to see what the commotion was coming from.
Looking down on the Rangers from the top of the quarry was a black and red robotic bull with a white mask-like design over its eyes. "Hello, Power Rangers," Adam's voice called out from the mechanical beast as White Fang soldiers began to surround the teenagers. "I'd like you to meet my newest weapon. With my new Bull Zord, I can pay all of you back for what you did at my camp," he said before aiming the Bull Zord's horns at the group below him.
"Wait, High Leader Taurus," one of the masked grunts exclaimed to the pilot of the Bull Zord. "If you shoot, you're going to hit us in the crossfire!" Adam either couldn't hear him or chose to ignore him as he fired a laser blast at the Power Rangers, but Blake and Sun felt like Adam didn't care about his subordinates now that he had the Bull Zord. Acting quickly, the Rangers all jumped out of the way and made sure to tackle the White Fang soldiers out of the blast zone. "What is he doing?! He's going to get us all killed," the grunt said as he stared at the Bull Zord.
"I don't think he cares," Pyrrha said. "He's got so much power now that he probably believes that he can handle this by himself."
"And with the losses he suffered before, he's more focused on destroying us than the safety of his followers," Blake added before turning to the White Fang grunts. "You all get to safety. I think that this quarry is going to be more dangerous than we thought." The masked soldiers listened to the Black Ranger and ran for safety outside of the quarry while she pulled out her Morphing Scroll and spoke into it. "We need the Zords, now!"
As the Atlas Zords were called, Sun focused his energy to summon his Soul Zord. When all eight Zords were summoned, they began to form the Rogue and Paladin Megazords. With the Megazords ready to fight, Adam just smirked from inside the cockpit of the Bull Zord before aiming its horns at the robots and opening fire on them. Hitting both mechas with powerful lasers, the Power Rangers began to stumble around in their cockpits while sparks flew off the Megazords. "You're going to have to try better than that, Blake," Adam said before making the Bull Zord charge forward and strike the Rogue Megazord in the chest with its horns. Hitting the robot, the Bull Zord then threw the Megazord over its head and the Rangers landed on the other side of Adam. Smirking to himself, Adam went for the Paladin Megazord's legs with his next attack and knocked the robot to its knees before using the Bull Zord to stomp and trample Team JNPR's Megazord while they were down.
"Man, this thing is stronger than the Hound Zord was," Ruby commented as the Rogue Megazord stood back up.
"I'll say," Weiss agreed before they saw the Bull Zord charging straight at them. Sun acted fast and grabbed the Bull Zord by its horns before flipping over the robot and stomping on its back with the Cat Zord leg. Weiss took the chance to draw the Fox Zord's tail and use the blade on the enemy, but the Bull Zord caught the weapon in its horns and Adam fired another shot at the Rogue Megazord. "I'm getting really tired of the White Fang now," the White Ranger stated with an irritated tone in her voice.
"And I'm getting tired of you," Adam stated before pressing a few buttons and flipping some switches on the control panel on the Bull Zord's cockpit. When he did, the robot began to stand up on its hind legs as it began to change its appearance into a new form. When the Bull Zord stood on its hind legs, the robot's front legs unfolded into arms while the bull head moved to reveal a more humanoid one for the robot. The blank face of the robot was soon replaced when the Bull Zord's head folded itself to place the white and red mask over the robot's eyes while the horns were positioned to still act as weapons. When the transformation ended, the robot took its tail and it was revealed to be a sword similar to Adam's own personal weapon, complete with a sheath that doubled as a firearm. "Transformation complete. Meet my Minotaur Megazord, Blake," Adam said as the Megazord stood at the same size as the other two robots.
"Shit," Blake muttered as she and the other Rangers saw the new form of the Bull Zord.
"We need to deal with this guy, now," Nora said as she prepared the Ram Zord to strike down the Minotaur Megazord. "Magna Volt Hammer!" With electricity charged in the Ram Zord's horns, the Paladin Megazord moved in to strike. However, Adam aimed his sword and horns at the attacking robot before firing a barrage of lasers at them. The Paladin Megazord took the full force of the blasts and was knocked onto its side. "Ow... That's smarts," Nora groaned as she tried to recover.
"I can feel our Megazord's power levels falling," Ren told the others. "His Zord's too strong for us."
"Maybe we can handle him," Ruby said. "Guys, focus your energy and use your Soul Zord Auras," she instructed Sun and Weiss. As the three built up energy, the Rogue Megazord began to glow red, white, and yellow before facing down Adam again. Using the Monkey Zord's tail as a staff they began to fight the Minotaur Megazord on more even ground. As they clashed weapons a few times, the two robots traded blows with each other. "We can do this, guys," Ruby exclaimed.
"I don't think so, Adam said as he and the Rogue Megazord clashed weapons again. When the robots were caught in a lock with each other, Adam used the horns of the Minotaur Megazord and opened fire on the Power Rangers. Blasting them in the face, the teenagers were knocked back and left them open for Adam's next move. "Moonslice," Adam declared as he positioned his Megazord's sword at his side and drew it at blinding speeds to slash both the Rogue and Paladin Megazords in an instant. Both robots began to spark and explosions came from them as they both fell to the ground. Adam smirked to himself as he looked down at his defeated enemies. "I think I'll finish them off personally."
The Clock Tower Laboratory was shocked when they saw the entire fight. "How is it that they're obtaining Zords and Ranger weaponry," Goodwitch asked as she failed to keep her composure.
"I don't know, but we are going to get to the bottom of this," Ironwood stated as he started to search through the computer system for something that could help.
"On the bright side, the Atlas Zords aren't as damaged as when the Hellhound fought them the first time," Penny mentioned as she and Yang looked at the monitor.
"You're right about that, Penny," Ozpin said. "But I fear that even if we can handle that new 'Minotaur', we have a much bigger threat to us than the White Fang."
"We can't just sit here and do nothing," Yang exclaimed. "That's my sister and my friends out there!"
"Calm down, Firecracker," Qrow said as he walked into the lab. "I've already got something that will help us beat that guy."
"What is it, Uncle Qrow," Yang asked as she grabbed at her uncle's shirt and ignored the pain in her right arm.
"If you follow me, I can show you," Qrow said as he began to leave the building. Yang was hesitant, but soon followed Qrow when she saw Adam exit the Bull Zord and slowly approach the Rangers after they managed to climb out of the Megazords.
As the Rangers managed to climb out of the Megazords, they soon unmorphed because of all the damage they took from the battle. They saw that the damage to the Zords wasn't as bad as when they first went up against the Hellhound Megazord, but it was still bad enough to see circuitry and wires in the robotic animals. "Talk about déjà vu," Jaune muttered as he tried to lighten the mood.
"We're not done yet," Sun said as he stood up and helped the girls of Team RWBY to their feet.
"Oh, all of you are finished," Adam said as he slowly and menacingly approached the group as he drew his sword. With a blade in one hand and a gun in the other, Adam calmly strolled toward the Power Rangers as they protected each other. Before he was even three feet away from them, Adam felt something hit him in the side of the head. Looking in the direction it came from, he saw a blond male tossing a few stones in his hand as he glared at Adam. "And who are you," Adam asked.
"Dad," Ruby said as she saw Taiyang looking at Adam.
"I'm just somebody you don't want to mess with," Taiyang said as he leered at Adam and walked toward the Bull Faunus.
At the same time, the Rangers saw the Crow Zord fly overhead and watched somebody jump down with another person being carried in their arms. Qrow was in full Ranger costume as he carried Yang and set her down. She stood next to her uncle as she looked at the scene in front of her. "Dad? What's he doing here," Yang asked as she saw Taiyang approach Adam Taurus.
"You made a big mistake," Taiyang said as he stood in front of Adam.
"And what would that be," Adam rhetorically asked. "Fight humanity to show who should really be in charge? Ally myself with powerful friends that can help me accomplish that?"
"And where are they," Sun asked as he stepped forward. "For someone who claims to have friends to help in battle, I'm not seeing anyone helping you. Especially after you fired at your own mooks earlier." Adam growled at Sun's words when he looked around to see that only the weakened Rangers, Taiyang, and the Crow Ranger were in the quarry with him. Any soldiers from the White Fang ran away for their safety and all the Gremlins in the area were killed by the Rangers during their infiltration.
"I don't care what causes you fight for anyway," Taiyang told Adam as he cracked his knuckles. "I'm not here for justice or any lectures you have about why you're doing these stupid things. I'm just here to fight you for what you did to my daughters."
Adam only laughed at Taiyang as he aimed his rifle-sheath at him. "And just how are you going to do that," he asked.
"With this," Taiyang said as he pulled something out of his pocket. Everyone was shocked to see a Morphing Scroll in his hand, but it was colored black and gold, unlike the regular ones that the Rangers used. "It's morphing time! Hunter Aura! Ranger Form! Power Up," Taiyang shouted as he posed and placed the Scroll on his wrist. As he did, energy surged through him and everyone could practically see an image of the sun and moon surrounding Taiyang before they both shattered and became his Power Ranger uniform. It resembled the normal dragon-themed Yellow Ranger uniform that Yang wore, but it was colored gold and the right arm had a fingerless glove, vambrace, and spaulder that were all colored black. Everyone was surprised by what they saw and listened to what Taiyang said next. "Warrior with the burning power of the sun! Gold Ranger! Combat Ready," he exclaimed and an explosion appeared right behind him to control the energy of his transformation.
While the Power Rangers except for Qrow were speechless at the scene, Ruby and Yang were the two that showed the most surprise at Taiyang changing into a Power Ranger. "Oh my god," they both said to themselves before Adam managed to speak.
"So, there's yet another Power Ranger to face off against? No matter. I can handle you like the other Ran-" he said before Taiyang punched him in the face while he was speaking. As he recovered from the strike, Taiyang got closer to Adam and punched him in the face a few more times. Adam was being knocked around and stumbled back before Taiyang jumped at the Faunus and kicked him. Forced back some more, Adam managed to recover in time to see the Gold Ranger leap at him again for what looked like another kick. Raising his sheath to block the attack, Adam failed to notice Taiyang's arm was pulled back and the Ranger nailed his opponent with a superman punch that managed to knock Adam to the ground. "Annoying Ranger... I'll kill you first," Adam growled out as he stood back up and aimed his gun at Taiyang.
"You're going to need to better than that," Taiyang retorted as he started dodging shots from Adam's rifle. After forcing the Gold Ranger back with his blasts, Adam went in closer to try and slash at Taiyang with his sword. However, all of Adam's attacks were missing as Taiyang kept sidestepping or backing away from the slashes. "Come on, big guy. Show me what you got. Put 'em up," Taiyang taunted as he continued to avoid Adam's sword and rifle. When Adam went in for a big swing of his sword in his anger, Taiyang took the chance and somersaulted to avoid the slash before rolling forward and grabbing Adam by the waist. Picking up the Faunus, Taiyang quickly turned around and slammed Adam hard enough on the ground to have him bounce up. Following through with a few kicks to the vulnerable opponent, the Gold Ranger soon smashed his enemy to the ground again with a haymaker.
Adam only growled at Taiyang as the others continued to watch the fight. Taiyang kept dodging Adam's attacks and countered with jabs and hooks while Adam couldn't land a single strike on the Gold Ranger. Ducking under another swing of Adam's sword, Taiyang countered by uppercutting Adam's chin twice before spinning around and nailing him in the stomach with an elbow strike. Following through, Taiyang hit Adam's face with a backhand before kicking his arm and disarming him of his weapon. Seeing the weapon land nearby her, Yang was quick to grab it and Qrow held onto the sword as the fight continued. "That does it," Adam angrily shouted. "I'm going to deal with you the easy way," he practically screamed as he ran toward the Bull Zord and entered the cockpit.
"Well, someone's angry," Taiyang said to himself before he pulled out his Scroll. "I think that it's time we brought out another classic model, Ozpin. Does James have it still," he asked Ozpin on the Scroll.
"That he does," Ozpin answered at the Clock Tower and nodded to Ironwood. Reaching into his pocket, the general pulled out a box with two gold-colored key cards and gave one to Glynda while he held onto the second. "It's time that 'Burning Gold' has a comeback," Ozpin said as Ironwood and Goodwitch both inserted their keys into separate slots on opposite sides of the lab. "Penny, activate 'Burning Gold'," the headmaster told the gynoid. Following his instructions, Penny opened the file marked 'Burning Gold' and activated it. When she did, the monitor in the center of the room changed images to reveal a hidden tunnel for a Zord, similar to the Atlas Zords. However, this one was on a much bigger scale and a second monitor showed that it was connected to a rail system that went into Emerald Vale.
The Zord soon activated and moved forward through the tunnel it was in. In town, all the trains stopped and everyone was confused by what was happening before they heard something coming in their direction. Speeding past them was an enormous gold-colored two-headed robotic dragon that continued to fly down the tracks. As the mechanical beast zoomed on its path, part of the track began to raise up and become a ramp for the Zord. Speeding faster down the track, the Zord went up the ramp and began to fly through the sky above the city. Civilians were amazed by the giant robotic dragon and soon saw it fly away from the city as the ramp lowered itself and the trains began to run again. The new Zord headed toward the quarry that the Power Rangers and Adam were at and began to fly low enough for everyone to see it. The Zord fired energy blasts from its mouths that damaged the Minotaur Megazord, forcing it backward and out of the quarry's location.
"What," Adam screamed as he saw the new Zord's arrival.
"Whoa... What is that?! It looks like that one Godzilla enemy," Ruby asked with stars in her eyes.
"Say hello to 'Project: Burning Gold', everyone. The Supreme Dragonzord," Taiyang answered before he jumped up and entered the Zord. "Activating Megazord transformation sequence," he said as he flipped switches and pressed buttons in the cockpit. As soon as he finished putting in the right sequence of commands, the Supreme Dragonzord began to fold its body to become a new humanoid one. The legs of the Zord unfolded to become more armored, the heads moved position to become shoulders for the robot as hands appeared out of the mouths, and the chest flipped around to reveal the armored dragon-like head of the new Megazord. "Transformation complete! Solar Dragoon Megazord! Combat Ready," Taiyang exclaimed as the robot stood tall and prepared for battle. Everyone was amazed at the new Megazord not only because of what it looked like, but it also towered over the Minotaur as it was twice as big.
"Dad... You've just become the coolest ever," Ruby muttered as she kept staring at the Solar Dragoon Megazord.
"Like I'm scared of that thing," Adam shouted as he fired a barrage of lasers at the Dragoon. In response, the new Megazord used the wings on its back as a shield to defend against the blasts and reflect them back at the Minotaur. "Ah! If lasers won't work, then how about I cut that thing to pieces," Adam declared as he piloted the Minotaur Megazord to slash at his opponent. Using the sword tail, Adam attempted to attack the Gold Ranger's Megazord only to find that the shield was still holding strong against him. "Just get out of my sight!"
"Sorry, I just got here. Maybe you should go on a trip yourself," Taiyang said as he made the Solar Dragoon Megazord knock over his opponent. "Hahaha! Classic," Tai said to himself as the Minotaur stood back up. "Back for more," he rhetorically asked as he prepared one of the Dragoon's weapons. "Sun Striker," he said as the Megazord's dragon head gauntlets began to shine brightly. The robot threw a few punches and managed to damage the Minotaur Megazord badly with each strike. As sparks flew off the enemy mecha, it stumbled back and grabbed a hold of its sword again in order to use another Moonslice. Unfortunately for Adam, the Gold Ranger was prepared and grabbed at the sword before it came into contact with him. Tightening the robot's grip, the Dragoon managed to shatter Adam's weapon into pieces before backing up and charging a new attack. "Time to finish this," Taiyang declared. The wings of his Megazord spread open and he turned the robot's back to the sun as he faced down the Minotaur Megazord. "Supreme Shining Sunlight," Taiyang shouted as a ball of light condensed in the Solar Dragoon Megazord's hands and he fired it like a very familiar and iconic attack from anime.
The blast was launched at the Minotaur Megazord and Adam could immediately tell that it would kill him if he stayed inside his robot. Ejecting from the machine, he soon landed on the ground in time to witness a blinding flare fire at his former Megazord and tear it to pieces. As the Minotaur Megazord fell apart, Adam failed to notice that the Crow Ranger was right behind him and put handcuffs on him. "You're coming with us, Adam Taurus," Qrow said before Yang punched Adam in the back of the head with her left arm for what he did to her.
"Oh, that felt great," Yang said as she held up his fist and looked down at the unconscious Bull Faunus. Looking back up at the battlefield, Yang smiled at her father before turning back to the remains of Adam's Zord. "Where did he even get that thing?"
"WHAT," Cinder screamed out as she learned of the battle at the quarry.
"New Gold Power Ranger. Giant dragon Megazord. Adam's Minotaur was destroyed and he was arrested," a member of the White Fang managed to say as he looked into Cinder's literally burning eyes.
Not wasting any time after she heard the news again, Cinder conjured a sword made out of black glass and swiftly stabbed the White Fang grunt in the lungs before stomping on his head. "Mercury, deal with the body," Cinder ordered as she made the sword turn to ashes as it stayed in the murdered Faunus' chest.
"Why do I always have to do it," Mercury complained as he stood up.
"Because your father was an assassin and you decided to follow in his... footsteps," Emerald mentioned. "It's only reasonable that you should deal with the corpses."
"Screw you," Mercury said as he took the dead mook to an incinerator nearby.
"Well, this is really getting on my nerves too, gorgeous," Torchwick said as he walked up to Cinder. "With the White Fang out of here after that whole quarry thing, we're down quite a bit of manpower or whatever I should call it. You gonna call that boss of yours about this whole Ranger thing?"
"Not yet," Cinder stated. "We still have some monsters available and we can gain more equipment for handling those Power Rangers. I'm not contacting Salem until I absolutely need to."
"Our dad is a Ranger! Our dad is a Ranger," Ruby shouted in excitement as she zoomed all around the Clock Tower Laboratory. After Adam's defeat, he was taken into custody by Ironwood and was locked up in a secure prison. When the Rangers returned to the Clock Tower, Ruby couldn't contain herself any longer about how amazing her father was in combat. "Why didn't you tell us you were so badass?!"
"It was a long time ago, Ruby," Taiyang stated. "I was only a Ranger for the same time as Qrow. When we finished up at Beacon, I wanted to focus on my career choices and I soon started a family. But, I think that you two have been looking up to me and Qrow a bit too much if this is what you've been doing."
"Did you know about this from the start," Yang asked.
"It was around the time that I sent Zwei to you guys that Ozpin told me," Taiyang said as he began to pet the dog by his feet. "I wasn't really happy with it to start but, learning about how well you were doing with your friends put me at ease. Summer would be so proud of you two being heroes like you are now," he stated.
"I miss Mom, too," Ruby said as she and Yang hugged their father.
"Well, I think that we all need some rest after everything that happened," Jaune mentioned. "Dealing with that creep once and for all, meeting another veteran Ranger, and getting a super-powerful new Megazord is a lot to handle for one afternoon."
"Oh, that reminds me. We never had waffles yet," Taiyang realized.
"Waffles," Nora and Ruby shouted in excitement before they rushed out toward the dorms.
Ren and Yang only shook their heads with small smiles at the scene. "I'm starving," Ren said. "Let's go."
"Right behind you," Sun stated as he and the others began to leave the lab as well.
When only Taiyang, Qrow, and Ozpin were in the lab, they turned to each other and Ozpin told them something. "Given the technology that the White Fang acquired as well as the Hellhound Zord, I believe that there is a traitor in our ranks," Ozpin explained. "And given how closely you two, Ironwood, and Glynda are, there are only two suspects that would be doing this sort of thing. And one of them is more likely to change than the other."
AND DONE! I'm finished with the 'Revenge of Taurus' story arc! I'm so glad that I managed to do this. Now with Adam dealt with for now, the Power Rangers have a new ally to help with Cinder's increasing anger and the possibility of a traitor to Ozpin's group. But with Yang's arm still broken, can she help out her family and friends? Find out next time in Go Go RWBY Rangers, "Glitter and Gold"!
For Taiyang's battle scene with Adam, I suggest that you play "Answer to Me" (a fanmade song about Taiyang that I LOVE so much) or "I'm Back" from the 2013 Killer Instinct game (because of the discussion that Taiyang and Yang had about TJ Combo. I also loved the use of the song in the Balrog VS TJ Combo Death Battle episode). As for the Supreme Dragonzord's reveal and transformation, play the theme song from Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue because I LOVED the use of it when the Supertrain Megazord was revealed. I MEAN, SERIOUSLY! That thing TOWERED over the two demons it fought in its debut!
I might focus on writing "Sideline: Another Story" to help plan out the next chapters of this fic, so go and check that out in the meantime.
WaterDragonMaverick, signing out!