Episode 24 – Medals, a Thief, and a Savage

The fox teetered out from his room, still clutching his head. "How you feeling?" Judy asked, holding two cups of coffee.

The fox stumbled over to the couch, and fell down on it. "I feel like I've been stepped on by a rhino stampede." He said. "Twenty times."

"So, you want me to call you in sick today?" The rabbit chuckled, placing the coffee on the table.

"That would be a godsend."

"You know, we've missed a lot of days recently." She said. "Monday, Tuesday, and now you're going to miss a third day in a row. Not good work ethic, Nick."

"Seriously?" He said, sounding insulted. "Half that was kind of your fault."

"I was joking."

"Not exactly in the mood for jokes right now, Carrots."

"I'll call you in sick, don't worry." She laughed. "Its just good this isn't a monster attack day, or else-"

Before she could finish, their Zoolizers started to buzz, the fox curling into a ball at the sound of it.

"Great." He groaned. "You had to jinx it, didn't you?"

Judy sighed in response. "This doesn't usually happen. Something's up." She got up from the couch, and pulled out her phone. "I'm gonna tell Silver you're not coming, alright?"

"What!?"

"You have a headache, you can't fight like that." She said.

"No, I'm going!" He said, getting up. "Something like this is more important than a headache."

"Your job isn't as important then?" She asked, skeptically.

"A job is a job, it's not that important compared to the fate of the world."

"That's a good way of looking at it." Judy admitted. "Besides, we've gotten out of worse spats with Bogo."

"Yeah, what's he gonna do, fire us?" Nick laughed. Judy cringed a bit at this. He very well could.

Bogo had been acting very lenient with them for a while now. It was starting to get suspicious. What if he did know? What if he was letting them off easy because of the super hero stuff? She shook it off, that was something to worry about when there wasn't a monster trying to hurt innocents.

The two rushed off through the door.

"Oh come on, why did it have to be here?"

Judy looked up at the building, it was the national history museum. The building where she almost let her parents die.

"Well, that sucks." Nick sighed. "I hate being reminded of this kind of stuff."

"You sure both of you are okay with this?" Max asked, a bit concerned.

"We're fine." Judy said. She took a deep breath, and the three quietly peeked in through the glass doors.

Inside, they could see a number of Rinshi hopping around. There were a few unconscious bodies littering the ground, the security guards. "What do you think's going on?" Nick whispered.

"Looks like they're after something." Judy said. "On my mark, we transform, go in, and find out."

The three transformed, and burst through the door, catching the attention of the numerous Rinshi. The zombie monsters started to hop towards them. "Alright, undead weirdos!" Red started, quickly pulling out the Vickscannon. "You ready to see my boomstick?"

He aimed the cannon at a large chunk of them, and fired, knocking a good number of Rinshis through the air.

"Red, what did I tell you!?" Blue shouted. "No guns in-doors!"

The fox blinked a few times as the smoke cleared, revealing a heavily charred and broken section of the floor. "Oh. Whoops."

The three ran farther into the museum, slashing and shooting past the Rinshi as they went along. Blue shot through a bunch of the ghouls, while Red and Silver carved through them. Eventually, the hoard of monsters vanished, and they stopped in front of a broken glass case.

Blue stepped up to it. "This looks familiar." She said.

"Yeah, it's almost like we've been here before." Red joked.

"This isn't familiar to me." Silver said. "I was only here during the… you know."

"What was in this case?" Blue asked, examining it. Suddenly, it clicked. "This is where that treasure chest was!"

"Wait, seriously?" Red said, surprised. He quickly chuckled, and nudged the rabbit in the side. "Looks like you owe me some money."

"I never agreed to that bet, remember?"

"Oh."

"If those monsters are here, then I bet whoever's in command is here too." Blue said. "C'mon!"

The three quickly ran down the hall, eventually coming to the massive circular room, another reminder of what had happened previously. It had been months since that, so the place had been fixed up.

In the middle of the room, sitting on top of the large chest, was Long. "I was wondering when you'd get here." He said, hopping down from the chest.

"Long." Blue muttered, her heart beginning to race.

"Its been a while since we last had a fight." He said. "And you've even gotten a new member. I wonder if you have any chance now?"

A burst of fire quickly came from Long's hand, it quickly forming into a large bow. He pulled back, and fired, all within a few seconds.

The three leaped out of the way as a massive explosion erupted from the ground the fire arrow hit. The three rangers hit the ground running, each of them going into a pincer formation. They all leaped at Long, weapons out.

The dragon warrior effortlessly grabbed Red's blade, flinging him to the ground. He gracefully continued into a kick, knocking Silver away, and then continuing by slapping Blue as she leaped into the air. With a final move, he punched her across the room.

"I see you really haven't improved much." Long chuckled as the three struggled to get up. "I know you can, though. But right now, I have more interesting things to deal with."

Long turned back to the chest, but quickly glanced at the wolf as he tried to get up. With a growl, Silver rose, and rushed at Long. He swung his blade at the monster, who blocked it with the back of his hand. Silver continued to try and attack him, but the armored dragon continued to block without breaking a sweat.

"Actually," Long started, grabbing onto the blade. "I don't see any potential in you."

"I'll show you potential-"

Long quickly delivered a punch to the wolf's gut, sending him flying across the room. He crashed into the wall, leaving a massive dent.

"Go die like the animal you are."

He turned back to the other two fallen Rangers, who were silently seething. "You two are far more interesting." He said, pointing towards them.

The two growled, and rushed at him again. Blue leaped back into the air, blasters drawn this time. She fired rapidly as red attempted a low blow with his sword.

In a lightning fast motion, Long smacked the blasts from the Rabblasters directly into Red's blade, knocking it out of his hands. He followed it up with a high kick to the shocked rabbit, knocking her directly into her partner. To add insult to injury, Long shot a blast of lightning at them, launching them back.

"You rely too much on your weapons." The monster said. "If you want to become stronger, using your instincts is the key."

"And you're telling us this, why?" Red grunted, trying to get up.

"Oh, it's just something to do."

Long snapped his fingers, and vanished in a burst of fire, the treasure chest following.

Red quickly fell to his knees, Blue getting up and racing over to Silver's body. "Max, are you-"

He let out a wheezing grunt, before fully passing out.

Judy untransformed, and started pounding the ground, crying.

"He was playing with us." Nick mumbled, catching Judy's attention. "He could've just left whenever he wanted."

The fox keeled over, clutching his head. Judy rushed over, and helped him back up. "We're failures." He mumbled.

"Just because we lost one fight doesn't make us failures!" Judy yelled. Nick smacked her away, hopefully by accident.

He clutched at his head. "We couldn't protect our friend, we aren't strong enough!" He yelled. "We haven't progressed at all! We're still stuck at the same level we were when we started!" Before Judy could say anything, he screeched in pain, falling back over.

The rabbit fell to her knees, and started crying.

From high above them, just outside of the glass ceiling, a small, flying figure watched. It had caught the entire fight, and let out a laugh.

"Well, this is interesting."

It quickly flew off through the air.

Long dragged the heavy chest through the hall of the large, clean house, leaving massive scuff marks. "I brought you what you asked for, Herder." He announced, dropping the chest to the ground with a loud crash.

The goat slid off of his couch, and walked over to the massive chest. "This is a treasure chest." He said, a bit confused. "I'm looking for coins."

"Watch."

Long pulled back his arm, and thrust it into the base of the chest, causing a burst of light to shine from under its lid. He pushed the lid off, it slamming into the ground as well.

Herder hustled up the chest, and stared down into it. A veritable pool of the coins, an ocean of sparkling silver discs of power. He looked up at the armored monster's glowing face. "How did you…?"

"I know more than you possibly know, Herder." Long said. He then leaned in closer to the goat. "And what if I told you I can get you more?"

"I think this is more than enough." Herder said.

"Is it really?" Long asked. "More is always better."

Herder paused for a second. "Alright, how do we get even more?"

Long chuckled. "Go into the other room, and turn around."

Though he didn't know how this would help, Herder followed, and turned to face Long. The armored monster picked out a coin from the chest, and walked around to the goat's back. Herder felt a sudden painful shiver crawl up his back, and end at the back of his skull. He was frozen.

He then felt something move into the back of his head.

There was a sharp pain in his chest, as a glowing green mist burst forth. Suddenly, something began to crawl out of it.

A wrinkly, grey, mummy-like creature fell to the ground from the hole in his chest. It came out head first, and started to crawl out. It slowly stood up, the goat frozen in fear, and began to slowly lurch forward.

"What is that!?" Herder yelled in terror.

"That is a physical manifestation of your desires." Long explained. "I believe they call it… a Yummy."

The Yummy reached into the chest, and pulled out a pile of the coins in both hands. A sudden, horrible black maw appeared on its face, as it dumped the coins into it. "Its eating them!" Herder yelled. He tried to run over and stop it, but Long held the goat back by one of his horns. "We have to stop it!"

"Interesting." Was all Long had to say.

The creature finished, tons of the coins laying at its feet. It slowly turned around, and began to glow.

It started to morph, taking on a weightier bulk, its head transforming into that of a more goat-like nature. Two massive horns burst from the sides of its heads, which quickly curled around. Its arms grew patches of white fluff, while also gaining two silver bracelets.

Its legs gained hooves, and a much more muscular tone. The fluff appeared around all of its body, even seeming to form an organic cape that hung off its back. A belt appeared around the monster's stomach, marked with a red jewel. And as a final touch, two shoulderpads, resembling a goat's head, appeared.

The monster growled, and stepped forward. "Medals…" It grunted. "I need medals!"

Long laughed as the terrified goat fell over. "Well, aren't you something?" He said. "You want more Cell Medals?" He asked, the monster nodding. "I'm sure you can find some if you… look around."

The monster grunted, and smashed through the wall and into the outside world. It quickly ran off, leaving the two behind.

"What the hell was that?" Herder asked, trying not to sound panicked.

"The Goat Yummy." Long said. "The key to our absolute victory."

"How you doing?" Judy asked as the wolf stumbled to his feet from the couch.

"I've felt better."

After the disaster of a fight, Nick and Judy brought Max back to the apartment, where he slept for a good few hours. He stretched out a bit, groaning in pain a bit. "Should be able to fight if it comes up." He said.

"If you say so." Sighed the rabbit.

Max looked around the apartment. "Where's…?"

"Mopey is in his room." Judy said. "Hasn't come out since we got back."

"Is he alright?"

"He's had a headache since last night." She explained. "It seems like its just getting worse. I think the stress of everything might have caught up to him."

"Has he taken anything?" Max asked, sitting back down on the couch.

"He said he did, but…" She shrugged.

"Well, that Long guy is planning something." Max started. "If Nick isn't feeling better when he starts whatever it is, what will we do?"

"We'll just tell him to stay here." She said. "I'm not really sure he can handle it."

The Zoolizers suddenly started blaring. "Speak of the devil." Max joked as Judy let out a sigh.

"Alright, we should head out." She said. As soon as she finished, Nick's bedroom door slammed open.

"Alright, let's go!" He shouted, stumbling forward. The poor fox looked like he was about to fall over, gripping to the door handle, as well as his head.

"No." Judy said, sternly. "You're staying here."

"What?" Nick said, in disbelief. "But… you can't do this without me!"

"I know." She sighed. "But I don't want anyone to die on my watch. And I'm the leader, so what I say goes." She finished, sounding rather smug.

"Fiiiiine." Nick groaned. "I'll just go lay down." He headed back for his room, and slammed the door shut. From the other side, they could hear the fox groaning in pain.

"We should let him be." Max said. Judy gave a quick nod, and the two headed out.

The fox climbed into his untidy bed, and pulled the blankets over him. He let out a groan of pain as the pain thumped through his head again. Why wasn't it going away? Usually his headaches vanished after sleeping, but it only seemed to be getting worse and worse.

He kept tossing and turning in the bed, trying to get in a comfortable position. He let out a massive groan, and kicked the blankets off of the bed. The fox rolled off of the bed, and climbed to his feet. He stumbled over to the nearby wall, and slammed his head into it repeatedly.

Stumbling back, his vision became heavily blurred. The throbbing wouldn't stop, it was getting more and more intense. Red covered his vision, he tried to clear his eyes but all he could see was blood red. The fox let out a horrifying growl as he fell to his knees.

The red covering his eyes swirled around, overtaking his emerald eyes and turning them deep red. The fox stood up, and let out a laugh. The fox looked at itself, seemingly in bliss. "So, this is what a real body feels like?" He asked himself. "Feels really good."

The fox peeked out of the door, and looked around. Nobody was there, he had come in at the perfect time. Silently, he headed for the door, and headed out.

Whoever that fox was, it wasn't Nick.

"Get away from me!"

The deer crawled across the ground, away from the hulking goat monster that closed in on him. The monster let out a growl, and prepared to attack. Suddenly, lasers began to pelt the monster, causing him to stumble back.

"Stop right there, you…" Blue started, having fired the shots. "What is that thing?"

"I'm not sure." Silver said. "Never seen anything like it."

The monster let out another growl, and turned back to the cowering deer. The thing's head suddenly stretched out, attached to a fleshy, snake-like neck. It hovered over the deer, its mouth opening wider than it looked like it should have.

The thing started to inhale, the fur of the deer being pulled up. Strange objects started to rise up from under the deer's fur, and burst through his clothing. Round, silver coin like objects. They flew up into the goat monster's mouth, which it seemed to swallow with delight.

"What's it doing!?" Silver asked, terrified.

"I dunno, but it's probably not good!" The two took aim, Blue using her blasters and Silver using his sword. They fired off blasts at the monster's neck, each striking and causing its neck to retract back in.

Silver rushed in first, and knocked the monster across the street with his sword. Blue ran up to the deer. "Are you alright?" She asked the nearly unconscious deer.

He groaned in response. She felt his pulse, it was incredibly weak. "We can't let that thing finish whatever its doing." Blue said to the wolf.

"I think we might be a bit late on that."

The two looked around the ruined street, bodies littering the ground. "Oh my god…"

The monster let out another growl, and shot its head out towards them. They leaped out of the way as it slammed through the wall of a nearby building, and then retracted.

It let out another grunt, turning towards Blue. "Medals…" it groaned, before rushing towards her.

She leaped up into the air, and kicked the monster back, though it was only a stumble. "Care to explain what you are?" She asked, pulling out her daggers.

The monster groaned in response, and swung one of its large hands down at her.

She quickly hopped out of the way as the fist left a crack in the ground. "Not the talkative type, I guess."

Silver rushed in and struck at the monster with his blade again. The monster spun around, and started swinging at the wolf. "Wish I could help, Blue!" He said as he continued to block the monster's attacks. "Nothing about this guy is ringing a bell!"

Blue leaped up, and slashed the monster in the back. It didn't seem to affect the monster, as it quickly tossed Silver aside, and smacked the rabbit back into the ground. The goat thing raised its hoof upwards, and prepared to stomp on the rabbit, but was struck in the back by Silver.

The monster's head extended out again, arcing behind it and smacking Silver directly in the face, knocking him to the ground. The monster stomped down before its head even retracted, Blue barely managing to roll out of the way.

Its head whipped back into place, as the monster suddenly leaped up into the air. Its neck began to extend back and forth rapidly, showing the two Rangers with blows. It landed back to the ground, rattling like a jar full of coins.

The two had been knocked down. "You know, if Nick was here…" Silver started as the two got up, probably trying to bring some levity to the situation.

"Shut it." Blue snapped back. She quickly pulled out a blue object, and plugged it into her Zoolizer.

"LET'S MORPHIN'!
GET FIGHTIN'!
DON DON BAM!
BUSTER BOXERS!"

The gloves appeared on her paws, and she leaped into the air, delivering a punch directly to the monster's head. The force of the blow caused it to extend off to the side, but it quickly wrapped around and struck Blue directly, launching her into a wall.

Silver ran in next, switching his blade to Moon Mode. The monster thrust its head forward, but the wolf ducked out of the way, and thrust the laser whip forward. It wrapped around the monster's neck like a lasso, binding it. "Blue, smack it around a bit now!" Silver shouted.

The rabbit nodded, and leaped back up into the air, rapidly punching the monster in the face. Silver pumped his fist as he watched. Suddenly, the monster's head pulled back, dragging the wolf in close to the monster, who delivered a hard punch that sent him flying.

"Are we even doing anything to his guy!?" Blue shouted in frustration, stomping one of her feet against the ground.

The monster stomped forward again, and the two prepped their weapons. A smug sounding voice sounded from above them.

"I think I've seen enough. Looks like you could both use some help."

They looked up, watching as a small… thing floated down. It looked like a red gauntlet, though it turned a dark green at the bottom. On its wrist was a decoration of a bird, with similar coloration, and it end in inky blackness, two black tassels hanging down.

The monster grunted, and backed off at the sight of the hand.

"What the hell is that?" Silver asked. The rabbit gave a heavy shrug in response.

"What I am doesn't really matter right now." It said, wagging a finger at them. "All you need to know is that we're here to save you."

"'We'?" Both of them said. The hand pointed up, and all three parties looked.

A figure leaped through the air, and landed on the ground, slashing the monster with a sword. With the slash came a burst of the silver coins. The figure spun around again, slashing again, this time knocking the monster flying.

"Alright." The figure said, stepping forward. He turned to the two stunned mammals. "You two should be fine now."

The figure was mostly black, but still incredibly colorful at the same time. It looked like a Sentai Ranger, though a bit more armored. The armor split into three discernable pieces, head, torso, and legs, each one marked with a different color.

In the center of its body was a round marking, split into red, yellow, and green, alongside the splits present in the armor. The marking seemed to display three different creatures, some kind of bird, a feline, and an insect. The being's head was mostly red, with green, bug like eyes. Its arms ended in yellow gloves with odd protrusions, and its legs were covered in green armor from the knees down.

On its waist was a slanted belt, with red, yellow, and green objects placed in it.

"Who are you?" Silver asked, stepping up and admiring the suit.

"I'm Kamen Rider OOO!" He said, giving a thumbs up.

"Kamen Rider?" Silver said, confused. "What's a Kamen Rider?"

"He is, obviously." The hand said, butting in. The hand made a shooing motion. "You two get out of here now, you obviously aren't capable of handling a Yummy."

Blue let out a small chuckle. "A… a 'Yummy'?" Silver let out a loud snort as well.

"I don't see what's so funny." The hand said.

"Listen, all you need to know right now," OOO said, pointing towards the monster with his thumb. "Is that that thing is a Yummy."

"Well, can we help?" Blue asked, before getting interrupted by Silver.

"Shh, I wanna see this!" He said. "Mr. Ohs, can you show us your stuff?"

"Uh, sure?" OOO said, a bit confused.

The hand flew in between the two again. "Like I said, stay out of this. This is our business."

"Can't argue with that, I guess?" Blue shrugged.

OOO turned back to the monster, who had just crawled back up. It seemed to sniff the air for a moment. "MEDALS!" It roared, before rushing at the Rider.

It charged head first into OOO, who held it back by the horns. The Rider kneed the monster a few times, causing it to stumble back. OOO bared his hands out like claws, causing the protrusions on his arms to extend out into full on claws.

He leaped forward, and struck at the monster, causing more of the silver objects to fly out of it. The monster was flung back, but quickly moved to its feet. Its head suddenly extended out, and attempted to strike the Rider, who stepped out of the way as it crashed into the ground.

"This guy's definitely something!" OOO said, rushing forward again. The monster's head quickly retracted as OOO slashed at it again. This time, however, it seemed fairly ineffective.

The monster grunted, not in pain, more in annoyance, before shooting its head out, launching OOO back across the street.

The hand flitted down to the fallen Rider. "Looks like this guy's getting a bit resistant." It said. "I think I know a way to deal with that." The hand flicked its wrist, causing three coins to appear in its grasp.

"Good thinking, Ankh!" OOO said, grabbing the medals. He stood up, straightening the slanted belt, and pulled out three more coins from it.

He slipped the left and right coins in first, and the third one in the middle. He slanted the belt again, and pulled out a much larger round object. He slid it across the belt, chimes ringing as it crossed over the three sections.

A voice yelled out from the belt.

"SAI! GORILLA! ZOU!" As the voice yelled, three large versions of the coins appeared in front of OOO. They then fused together, and slammed into the Rider's chest, transforming him completely.

OOO's previous colors had changed to white, grey, and silver, forming a complete pattern. His head now had a large protrusion form it, like a horn, while his eyes turned red. His arms now had large coverings on them, and far more pronounced shoulder pads. His legs were now heavily armored as well.

"Sagohzo…" The sound of drums played for a moment. "SA-GOH-ZO!"

"THAT'S SO COOL!" Silver shouted.

OOO let out a roar, and then dashed at the monster. He pulled his fist back, and launched it directly into the monster's stomach. There was a burst of the coins as the monster was launched through the air, crashing into a nearby building.

OOO pulled out the round object again, and slid it over the belt once more.

"SCANNING CHARGE!"

The Rider rose up into the air, legs locked together, and then slammed back into the ground. There was an explosion of rubble around the monster, which somehow dragged its legs under the ground. The monster struggled as it was dragged over to the Rider, the ground shifting around it as it moved.

OOO pulled his arms and head back, his fists and horns starting to glow with energy. Once the monster was within range, he thrust the three points forward, preparing to finish off the monster.

The move didn't connect, and OOO fell to the ground. "What the!?" He shouted, looking back. The monster had turned into a cloud of the silver coins, which quickly whipped through the air and formed back into the monster.

"He's made of Cell Medals!" Ankh said, sounding both pleased and in disbelief. "Eiji, we've hit a motherload!"

The Rider stood back up, and rushed back at the monster. He tried to punch it again, only for it to disperse into the medals again. He continued to try and hit it, none of the punches connecting.

"I think we should help." Blue said to the wolf.

"Please!" Ankh said, floating up to them. "You can't take on a Yummy, period."

"Even if we can't do any real damage, I think we can still do something!" Blue argued.

The hand let out a laugh. "You ARE a lot like him. Alright, go ahead." The two Rangers stepped forward, past the hand. "But don't say I didn't warn you."

The two quickly moved in behind the monster, it being too distracted with dodging OOO's attacks to notice them. "Alright, when that thing reforms," Blue started. "We both fire on it, and that should distract it long enough for Ohs to punch it."

"Sounds good." Silver said. "But that thing will fly directly at us when he punches it, what should we do then?"

"I dunno, I guess we just hit it back?"

The two shrugged at each other, and prepared their long-ranged weapons. Blue pulled out her blasters, Silver switched his blade to Sun Mode. "Alright, on my mark." Blue said as they took aim. She watched the monster reform and disperse, keeping track of the timing.

"NOW!"

The two fired, shooting a burst of fire and lasers at the monsters back. It stumbled forward, just as OOO launched another punch. It struck right in the monster's engorged stomach, sending it and a bunch of medals flying.

The two rangers prepared their weapons for a second hit, but the monster suddenly spun around in midair. It launched its head towards the ground, with enough force to launch it farther into the air. The four watched as the monster continued this into the distance.

"Well, that was an odd one." Ankh said, floating up next to OOO. He was holding the red, yellow, and green medals, which OOO used to quickly replace the ones in his belt.

"TAKA! TORA! BATA! Ta-To-Ba! Tatoba, Ta-To-Ba!"

In a flash, OOO had transformed back into his red, yellow, and green form.

"Thanks for the help." OOO said, sounding a bit out of breath.

"Don't mention it!" Judy said, the two untransforming. "Helping out is what we do best."

"Sounds like you two will get along just fine." The hand joked, OOO responding by slapping him away.

Max walked up to the Rider, and examined him. He clenched his fists, and looked him right in the eyes. "You are SO cool."

"Uh, thanks?" OOO said, a bit bashful. "I can explain everything that's going on in a bit." OOO continued. "But first, we really need to clear up all these medals."

The two looked around, the battleground was littered with the small, silver coins. There had to be over a thousand of them. "Allow me to do my business." The hand said, gesturing as if it was bowing.

It quickly whipped around the area, and in a few seconds, the coins had all vanished. "Ah, haven't had the taste of Cell Medals in a long time." He said.

"Wait, hold on a second!" Judy said, leaping up and pulling the hand down to her level. "That monster was stealing them from all these unconscious mammals!"

"So?"

The hand paused for a moment, before jolting back up in surprise. "Wait, what!?"

"It was collecting medals from these people!?" OOO said, also in disbelief. "How was it doing that?"

"It was sucking them out like a vacuum." Max explained.

"Without those… medals in them, it looks like they're just dead." Judy continued.

"Ankh, can you do anything about this?" OOO asked the hand.

"What do you expect me to do!?" He yelled, a bit defensively.

The hand was smacked down by Max. "You can at least try something to help them!" He yelled.

"Fine, fine!" Ankh finally conceded. "I'll see if there's something I can do." He floated over to the nearby unconscious deer, and placed himself down on its chest. "Hmm… this is interesting." He muttered to himself.

Ankh floated back over to the Rider and animals. "Good news, I can do something about this." He said, all three sighing in relief. "Bad news is that it'll be a bit invasive."

"Whatever!" Judy shouted. "Just do it already before they actually die!"

"Fine, don't have to be a nag, rabbit." The hand said.

He floated over to the deer, and splayed out his fingers. The medals began to slide out of his palm, and land on the deer's head. The medals seemed to fuse with him, going under his skin. After a few had been introduced into the deer's body, it rolled over, making a grunting noise.

"See?" Ankh started. "Alive."

Ankh did this for the rest of the bodies littered around the road, each of them making some sign of life afterwards. The hand floated back up to them. "There, that's every one of them healed up." He said with a sigh. "And every medal he dropped."

"You sure?" OOO said, quickly grabbing the hand and shaking him, causing more medals to fall out.

"HEY! These ones are extras!" Ankh yelled breaking from the Rider's grasp. He swooped down and picked the medals back up. "Besides, we need at least one Cell Medal to explain what's going on to these guys."

"You have a point." OOO said, reluctantly. He turned back to the two mammals. "You guys have some kind of home base?" He asked. "Like a restaurant, or…?"

"We have an apartment."

"Well," Ankh started as they entered the cramped apartment. "This is more than you've ever had, Eiji."

"Fair enough." Replied the Rider. He bent down as he entered, and headed over to the couch. He sat down on it, taking up most of the space. "You don't mind if I sit here, right?" He asked Judy.

"Fine with me." She said with a shrug. "I prefer to pace for this kind of stuff anyway."

"So, what exactly are you guys?" Max asked, popping up from behind the Rider. "What's a Kamen Rider, why are you just a floating hand, why are you here, you know."

"It's a bit complicated." OOO said. "My name is Eiji Hino, and this is Ankh." He motioned towards the hand.

Ankh gave a wave. "I'm a hand because I'm missing a piece of my body, which was at one point a completely separate entity."

The two mammals stared at him.

"He said it was complicated, what did you expect?"

"He's just being a wise guy." Eiji said. "Ankh is a Greeed, which are monsters made up of those medals. Don't worry, he's a nice one."

"Nice is a stretch."

"And you guys are Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde, right?" Eiji asked. "AkaRed sent us to help you."

"She's Judy Hopps, I'm Max Wolford." Max said. "Nick Wilde is currently sleeping in his room."

"You could've been a Nick Wilde." Ankh said. "It's such a generic name compared to 'Hopps'."

The rabbit growled, before continuing on. "So, was that monster we fought a Greeed?" Judy asked. "It was made of those medals."

"No, that one was a Yummy, like I said earlier." Ankh explained. "they're much simpler than us Greeed, but that one was… different. Yummies aren't supposed to be able to control the Cell Medals they're made of."

"Cell Medal…" Judy thumped her foot against the ground rapidly. "I've seen those things before."

"How?" Ankh asked, flinging himself directly into Judy's face. "Where!?"

"Give me one and I'll think on it." She said, holding out a paw.

Ankh grumbled, and spat one out onto her hand. She held the medal, which looked much larger in her tiny paws, and looked at it intensely.

Her ears popped up, and her nose began to twitch. "The Den-Liner." She muttered.

"The what?" Max said, his ears popping up.

"Wait, you were on the Den-Liner?" Eiji asked, a bit surprised. "You met Momotaros?"

"Ugh, that idiot." Ankh groaned.

"You guys met him too?" The rabbit chuckled. "How'd that happen?"

"It's a nonsensical story involving time travel." Ankh said. "You shouldn't worry about it that much."

"But, why did you see a Cell Medal on the Den-Liner?" Eiji asked.

"We were in the middle of a fight with this giant monster!" Judy started. "And it blasted a hole in the side of the car, and I saw one of these slide out!"

"So, a Cell Medal came into your world…" Ankh started. "Because someone on the Den-Liner didn't clean that well? For over half a decade!?"

"Seems like it." She shrugged.

"Is it weird that I'm the only one here who has no idea what you're talking about?" Max interjected.

"Oh yeah, we never did tell you about our weird time travel adventure, did we?" Judy said with a smile. "Good times."

"I wonder how a Yummy even showed up, though." Eiji started. "I thought only Greeed could create them?"

"It's definitely an odd event." Ankh said.

"It might have something to do with that chest that Long stole." Max started.

"Chest?" Ankh asked. "Was it weird, grey, had a thing like that…" He pointed towards Eiji's belt. "On it?"

"Yeah, actually." Judy said. "That matches it perfectly."

"Well, I'm surprised your world is overrun by Greeed right now." Ankh said. "That treasure chest held all the Core and Cell Medals the Greeed were made of."

"That sounds bad." Max said.

"It is." Eiji continued. "If they run amuck, then your world is in danger."

"Even more than it already is, you mean?" Judy said. "We're already dealing with a lot."

"You better get that other member of your team up." Ankh continued. "You'll be needing all the help you can get."

"I think we can let him sleep a bit longer." Max said. "We get alerted when a monster attacks anyway, and it hasn't gone off yet, so we have time." He leaned in a bit closer to OOO, his tail wagging. "Hey, can you show me how you do that transforming stuff, its super cool."

"Now isn't the time-"

"Ankh, relax." Eiji said. "Can you sense the Yummy doing anything?"

"Uh, not really."

"Then we're fine for right now." He continued. The Rider pulled out what looked like a black folder, and placed it on the table in front of him. He opened it, revealing an array of colorful medals.

There were six sets, each a different color. Red, yellow, green, blue, white, and purple. Three were missing, one from the red, yellow, and green sections each. "These are the core medals, they were the main part of each Greeed."

"The red ones are mine." Ankh said. "The rest belonged to a bunch of dead assholes."

"Are the three missing ones in your belt?" Max asked.

Eiji nodded, and pulled out the red medal. He flipped it into Max's paws. The medal had a large, jagged crease through it, unlike the rest of them. "What happened to this one?"

"It was broken." Ankh explained. "For a while, I was dead because of that."

"I managed to fix it a while ago." Eiji continued. "This is actually our first time working together again in years."

"Must be pretty nostalgic for you, huh?" Judy said with a laugh.

"It is." Eiji said. "Ankh's helped me through a lot, he's a good friend."

"I'm sure he thinks the same way." Judy continued. She looked up at Ankh. "Right?"

The hand froze. Silently, he floated over to Nick's bedroom door. "What are you doing?" Eiji asked. "They said not to-"

He pushed the loose door open. "I knew something was up." Ankh said. "There isn't anyone in here."

"WHAT!?"

Judy rushed over, and slammed the door open even more. The room was even messier than it usually was. His blankets were on the ground, and on the wall near the door was a large dent. "What happened!?" She yelled. She was terrified, where was Nick? Did he decide to go out and fight with his headache? Did someone kidnap him?

"I think there might be more going on here than just a Yummy." Ankh said, floating back over to Eiji. "I think we should all prepare for when it attacks next."

"So, I said to the guy," The bull started. "That's why you don't grab me by the horns!"

Him and his cohorts, and elephant and a rhino, burst into laughter. They were hanging out in an alley, all of them massive and well built. Grade A thugs, in all honesty.

"Excuse me?" Said a slimy voice from behind them.

The bull turned around, and looked down. It was a fox, dressed in a tacky floral shirt and tie. He was hunched over, fur mangled, eyes blood red. It had a grin that seemed to stretch farther than its face could handle.

"I was just wondering if any of you know-" It tried to say, before the bull interrupted.

"Listen fox, I think you're in the wrong neighborhood." The bull said, stomping down. "We don't really like your kinda types around here."

"I was just trying to ask a question." The fox cooed, not sounding angry, but rather pleased.

It pointed its paws towards the bull's face, causing razor sharp, needle like claws to extend from it. They extended out at least a foot, and looked incredibly unnatural.

The fox swished his claws through the air, not even making contact with the bull.

"What the hell was-" The bull paused, and fell to his knees. He let out a blood curdling scream as he fell over, dead.

The fox kicked his body over with very little effort, considering the size difference, and revealed a large marking through the bull's clothes and skin. It was shaped like a Z, or maybe an S. There was some kind of smoke raising from the wounds.

The fox licked his chaps, and unhinged his jaw, opening it unnaturally wide. Inside the thing's mouth were rows of sharp teeth. The smoke flitted through the air, and into the creature's mouth.

His jaw snapped like a steel trap. "Mmm." He stepped over the body, and approached the other two large mammals, who started to cower back in to the alley. "As I was saying," He started. "Do any of you know about a guy named 'Long'?"

They both shook their heads, not uttering anything but terrified mumbles.

"Great!" It said, clasping its paws together.

Screams of terror rippled through the air, and abruptly stopped. The fox walked out of the alley.

"Even if I never find this guy," He started. "I'll at least get to have some fun!"

The fox froze, as he heard metallic footsteps from behind him. He leaned back to look, it was a golden armored creature, alongside something that looked kind of like a weird goat.

"I couldn't help but overhear your conversation." The armored creature said. "You're looking for someone named Long?"

The fox laughed, his entire body twisting around unnaturally, with a loud crack as his neck snapped into place. "Lemme guess, you're Long, ain'tcha?"

Long chuckled. "Exactly what I'd expect from someone like you, Savage."

"So, you know who I am?" Savage asked.

"I've been trying to meet you for a very long time." The dragon warrior continued. "Though, I must say… I never expected you to be this powerful."

"You're pretty tasty looking yourself." Savage followed, licking his lips. "What do you want?"

"A test of strength." Long explained. "Let us see who the better villain is." He motioned towards the goat monster. "Just me and him, you stay out of this."

The goat Yummy groaned and stepped back. The two glared each other in the eyes.

Savage rushed forward first, extending his claws back out and leaping at Long. The armored monster blocked the attack, the claws clanging against his arm. The reversed the attempt with a blow to the fox's gut, knocking him into the air.

The fox thrusted himself downward, and rapidly slashed at his opponent. Long continued to block the strikes with his arms, but Savage quickly pried them open, and delivered a kick to Long's chest, knocking him back.

Savage landed on the ground, and Long dashed forwards again, this time kicking at the fox. He dodged out of the way of each blow, and leaped up, attempting to smack Long with his tail. Long grabbed it, and threw the fox into the ground. He tried to stomp on him, but the mammal rolled out of the way before it could connect.

The fox got to his feet, and attempted to slash at the armored monster again, Long grabbing the claws directly with both of his hands. This left him wide open, as Savage propelled himself into his chest. This knocked the armored warrior backwards, and freed Savage from his grasp. Long created a bow of fire in his hands, and prepared to fire. Savage's claws started to glow with dark energy, as he pulled them back.

The two fired at the same time, the resulting explosion charring the entire street they were standing in, but neither of them seemed harmed. Savage dashed forward again, this time sliding under the dazed Long's legs, and pulling him down. The dragon warrior crashed into the ground, but quickly reversed the attack by pushing himself up into a flip, flinging Savage into the air.

Long landed on his feet, and raised his hand towards the fox. He fired a bolt of lightning from his fingertips at Savage, who quickly extended his claws. He slashed them forward, reversing the direction of the lightning. The bolt crashed into Long, causing an explotion of sparks around him. He quickly recovered, and leaped into the air, kicking Savage back down to the ground.

The fox's body left a crack in the ground, but he quickly sprung to his feet as Long hit the ground shortly after. The fox slashed forward, firing off several lasers, which Long quickly deflected. With the distraction of the lasers, however, Savage was able to run up to him, and deliver a tackling strike directly to his gut.

Long was only somewhat phased by this, and delivered an elbow into the fox's back a split second after it happened. Instead of crashing to the ground, the fox landed on all fours, and used his strength to spring up again, rapidly slashing at Long's helmeted face. The dragon warrior grabbed the fox by his torso, and held his palm up. It started to glow as he thrusted it into Savage's body, launching him to the ground.

Long paused as the fox got up. "You're better than I thought you'd be." Long laughed.

"Same to you, bud." Savage laughed in return. "Never seen anyone as strong as myself before."

Long stepped forward. "Thing is, I know you can be stronger." He said, surprising the fox.

"What's that mean?" He asked, sounding a bit insulted. "Am I not strong enough for you?"

"Its your body." He said.

"Hey, I worked hard to get this body!" He returned. "You don't know how painful it was waiting for those two to call on me."

"Oh, I know how painful something like that can be." Long said. "But that body is a weak vessel for your power. If you work with me, I can set you free from it, and unleash the real you."

The fox's ears twitched. "Sounds interesting. What do I have to do?"

"Unfortunately, the first thing you'll have to do is give the fox his body back." Long said.

"Ugh, seriously?" Savage groaned. "That's not just something I can do. His mind's locked up tight, there's no way I can get it freed myself."

Long glanced over to the Yummy, who was standing idly by. "I think there might be a way you can."

"I'm listening."

"Told you guys to prepare." Ankh said as he floated into the middle of a city block. Blue and Silver, alongside OOO, followed him.

"I think we should be looking for Nick." Blue said. "What if something bad happened to him?"

"I think Judy's right." OOO said. "I don't think the two of them are strong enough to handle the Yummy on its own."

"If this 'Nick' went out to fight the Yummy on his own, he's probably dead." Ankh said, incredibly bluntly. Blue let a baffled gasp of surprise, and Silver clenched one of his paws.

"Ankh, seriously?" OOO said.

"I'm just being honest." The hand said. "The only thing that can defeat a Yummy is the power of a Cell or Core Medal."

"That's not what I mean." OOO said, exasperated. "You have to consider their feelings."

"You're saying that like I have feelings."

"Okay!" Silver shouted. He got in between the two, and pushed them away from each other. "Let's just stop arguing for a bit, alright."

"Silver's right." Blue said, reluctantly. "There's a monster around here, and it's probably hurting people. We need to solve this quickly."

"Just be glad I'm not working with you, rabbit." Ankh said with a huff. Blue glared at him from behind her visor.

"Boy, that was fun to watch!"

The four turned to a nearby building. Standing on top of it was… Nick?

"Nick?" Blue yelled. "What are you doing up there?"

"We were really worried about you, man!" Silver shouted up. "Come down here and tell us what happened!"

"'Nick'?" He said, looking around. He turned to look behind himself. "Do you see a 'Nick' anywhere, buddy?"

The Yummy from before walked up next to the fox, and let out a growl. "I'll take that as a no."

"Oh no." Blue said, the two rangers stepping back.

"Why is your friend working with the Yummy?" OOO asked.

"That isn't Nick."

The two leaped down from the building. "Got that right, rabbit meat." The fox said, stepping forward. "Ol' Nicky boy is gone! All that's left is… SAVAGE!"

"WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!?" Blue shouted, absolutely furious. The level of her voice shocked everyone, including Savage. "WHAT DID YOU DO!?"

"Calm down!" Savage laughed. "All I did was take over his body and leave his mind as a prisoner inside it!"

The rabbit was trembling with anger at this point.

"See, I've actually been using you two for a long time now." Savage continued. "With every time I was summoned, I drained some of your energy. And as I continued to do that, I got stronger and stronger. With the thing from yesterday, I gained enough power to fully take over Wilde's body."

"Wait, who is this guy?" OOO asked.

"He's called Savage." Max explained. "He's some kind of evil monster that's been taking over their bodies now and again."

"Taking over their bodies?" OOO said. He went into thought for a minute.

"I'm not a 'monster', glitter boy!" Savage shouted at the wolf. "To put it simply, I'm millions of years of built up violence incarnate!"

"What does that mean?" Blue reiterated, this time more confused.

"Violence is an emotion, sweetheart, and when you have such a sickly utopic world as this…" He paused, for dramatic effect. "It can be a bit hard to let it out. Sure, there was that Nighthowler thing, but there hasn't been a single war in centuries! How am I supposed to let anything out when nobody wants to HURT EACHOTHER!?"

"I think I've heard enough." OOO said. "You two take on the Yummy, I want to fight Savage personally."

OOO pulled out two of the medals, the red and green one, and quickly replaced them with yellow ones. He slanted his belt, and ran the device over it again.

"LION! TORA! CHEETAH!"

OOO began to change again, though this time his middle section remained the same. His head gained a lion like mane around it, his eyes changing to blue. His legs gained yellow armor on them as well.

"RA-TORA-TAH! RA TORAAAA TAAAH!"

OOO bared his claws as he finished transforming, and stepped towards the fox. "Nice trick." Savage said, dismissively. "What are you gonna do, bore me to death?"

"Everyone, cover your eyes!" He shouted towards his teammates.

The Zoorangers were just about to attack the Goat Yummy before it happened. "What?" Blue shouted back. "Why?"

"JUST DO WHAT HE SAYS, RABBIT!" Ankh yelled.

The mane around OOO's head began to glow with an intense light. It then let out a massive burst of the light, powerful enough to cover the entire city block. Luckily, Blue managed to cover her eyes. Everyone else wasn't as lucky.

The light cleared, leaving everyone besides OOO writhing in pain. "I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED!" Silver screamed.

OOO then unsheathed his claws, and dashed towards Savage at incredible speeds, faster than should be possible. He became a yellow blur, zipping by the monstrous fox, who was tossed around by the force of the blows.

He crashed into the ground, and let out a whine. "Ugh, didn't realize pain felt this bad."

"Hold on!" Blue said, running up to OOO. "That's still Nick's body, you can't hurt him too bad."

OOO nodded silently. Blue turned back to the other monster, who was still blinded. "Chance." She whispered to herself, before running over. She quickly pulled out her guns, tossing one up into the air. She plugged a ZooTag into the other gun, and caught the other as it came down. She aimed it at the monster, and fired.

"CUTTING ON THROUGH!
SLICING THE SKY!
CHANBARA BAN!
RABBLASTERS!"

The blasters shot out a sharp laser blast, which went right through the blinded goat's torso. Medals began to spill out of the wound.

Blue ran over to Silver, and kicked him in the head. The force of it cleared up his eyes. "Oh, hey! Thanks, Blue!" He looked over at the monster, watching as Ankh swooped down to steal as many medals as he could.

"So, how are we gonna deal with the monster?" Silver asked. "We couldn't do anything to it before."

"We hit it with the strongest stuff we have."

"That is incredibly basic and probably not going to work."

"I know, but it's the best we got."

The wolf shrugged. "Alright, guess I'll get straight to it!"

The wolf raised his sword up, it starting to gather white energy in its blade. He spun it around in a clockwise motion, until it reached back where it started.

"COSMIC ECLIPSE SLASH!"

He brought the sword down, shooting the energy at the monster. It collided with the Goat Yummy's large frame, causing an explosion, Cell Medals flying out everywhere.

The monster let out a growl as it stepped through the explosion. "Looks like we're going to actually fight now!" Blue said, the two preparing their weapons.

Savage leaped up into the air, slashing at the Rider with his lengthy claws. OOO blocked, and delivered a strike to the fox's midsection, causing him to spin around in midair. Savage quickly straightened himself out, and fired a few laser slashes at the Rider, who continued to block.

OOO thrust his arms forward, knocking the energy back and flinging Savage back to the ground. "Kay, you're better than I thought." The fox grunted.

"Why are you doing this?" OOO asked. "Why are you using their friend like this!?"

"Because I can only channel myself through them." Savage explained. "Do you know what its like not having a body?"

"No, but I do know what its like to be used for evil." OOO said. "What you've done is completely unforgivable."

"Obviously, I'm a bad guy." The fox laughed. "What am I supposed to do, not do messed up stuff?"

OOO clenched his fist.

The two rangers dashed forward as the Yummy shot out its head towards them. Silver slashed down on the monster's neck, causing it to crash into the ground. Blue hopped up on it, and started running across to the monster's body.

The monster started to swat at the rabbit as she danced on top of its body, avoiding each swipe. With Silver, the monster's head attempted to ram into him, but he continued to dodge out of each blow's path. Blue quickly dug her blades into the monster's neck, sending pain through out it.

The monster's head began to writhe around, giving Silver the chance to attack it. He slashed through the Yummy's neck, causing more medals to fly out. Again, Ankh swooped in to collect them before they hit the ground.

"Why are you collecting those things?" Silver asked.

"Well, the Yummy can manipulate its form," Ankh started. "So, if I collect all the medals making up his body, eventually he'll be entirely gone."

"Oh, smart idea!"

The two gave each other a thumbs-up, before the monster's head slammed into Ankh. Medals flew from his body as he was knocked aside, more spilling out as he slammed into the ground. The goat head dislocated its jaw, and began vacuuming the medals up.

Its head quickly retraced after sucking up all the medals, smacking Blue off of its back. The yummy let out a massive grunt, and leaped up into the air, slamming its head down and flying off.

Blue got up, and looked over to OOO, who was still fighting Savage. She glanced around, spotting Yummy getting away. She groaned, and got up. "Silver, lets go help Ohs!" The wolf nodded, and they both ran over.

Silver whipped around the fox, and quickly trapped him in an arm lock. "Tell us how to get Nick back!" He shouted.

Savage swung himself forward, and then back into Silver's gut knocking him away and freeing the fox. He spun around and kicked Blue, launching her off. "Sorry, but there's no way to do that!" He said to the downed mammals.

"We've done this before, and we can do it again!" Blue shouted, forcing herself up. She let out a roar of anger. "YOU CAN'T HAVE HIM!"

She dashed at the fox, readying her fist. It started to glow with blue energy. Savage let out a large smirk.

"There it is."

Time seemed to slow down as her punch connected to the fox's face. OOO and Ankh watched on, stunned, while Silver tried to rush over to stop her.

There was a burst of energy, as the fox spin through the air, and crashed into the ground. Blue raised her paws to her mouth, realizing what she just did. "Oh gosh, Nick!" She untransformed, and ran over to the body.

He let out a groan of pain, and sat up. "You alright?" Max said, having also untransformed.

"Uh, yeah." Said the fox, in Nick's voice. "My headache's gone at least." He glanced around. "Where am I?"

Judy gave the fox a big hug, shocking him. "I'm so glad you're alright!"

"We were worried about you for a while." Max said as the rabbit let go. He smacked Nick in the shoulder, causing him to let out a whine.

"Oh, everything hurts." He mumbled. "Feels like I went through a meat grinder and was put back together wrong."

"Yeah, that might be partially my fault." Said OOO, stepping forward. "I take it you're Nick Wilde?"

"Yeah." Nick said, getting to his feet. "And who are you, some kind of lion-themed superhero?"

"Oh, hold on a sec." OOO quickly swapped the medals around, turning back to his red-yellow-green form. "I'm Kamen Rider OOO."

"And I'm Ankh."

The fox looked up and yelped at the sight of the floating hand. "Oh, maybe my headache isn't gone."

"Not a hallucination, Nick." Judy said. "That guy's real, whether you like it or not."

Ankh floated down, directly into Nick's face. He floated around him, seeming to examine him. "What are you doing?"

"Oh, nothing." He said, floating back up.

"Great, just being a creepy floating hand, huh?" Nick said. He turned back to Judy. "So, what exactly happened while I was out?"

"We'll explain everything to you at home." She said. "Besides, we need to come up with a plan to deal with that monster."

The three mammals headed off, OOO and Ankh trailing a bit behind. "You're acting a bit odd, Ankh." Eiji said. "There's something up, isn't there."

"I'm not sure." Ankh replied. "I can sense something in them but… We'll talk about it later.I have something more important I need to talk to you about, anyway."

The monstrous goat lifted his prey, a weasel, up into the air. "Please don't hurt me!" It muttered. The Yummy opened its mouth, and began to suck the medals out of the weasel. In a few moments, it became limp. The goat patted at its stomach, and headed down the alley.

The monster, after it had escaped, had gone after more mammals to steal medals from. In the last while, it had acquired over three hundred.

"You've done a lot in the last hour."

The goat's head extended and looped around to get a look behind it. It was Long. Its head retracted, and the goat turned around.

"Medals!" It grunted. "Need medals… need power!"

Long chuckled. "Ah, so that's what you're after, hmm? I think I can give you some of the power you crave." He held up a red object between two of his fingers, and tossed it into the goat's stomach.

The goat burst into a cloud of Cell Medals, which quickly began to multiply and morph into a new shape. The recombined, revealing the monster's new form.

Its head remained the same, but the bulk of its torso now extended into its back rather than its stomach, giving it a large hunch. Its feet were bigger, and more perfect for stomping. The fluff covering its body turned back, and covered more of it, excluding the belt, which was now marked with the chaos symbol, rather than the gem.

The biggest change was its arms. They were fleshy tubes, considerably closer to its extending neck than anything else. Instead of hands, it now had two more heads, minus the horns of the main one. The monster stomped on the ground, and pounded at its chest with its head-hands.

"Go get more medals now, Chaos Goat Yummy." Long said.

The monster grunted, and leaped off into the air. It crashed down into an open plaza, scaring a number of civilians. It let out a roar, before its head and arms began to extend upwards. They twisted and curled around each other in a very loose manner.

The three heads opened their mouths, and began to suck. The suction effected a massive part of the Downtown area, anyone within its range instantly collapsing. Cell Medals flew through the air, and entered the monster's horrific maws.

"This is going a lot better than I expected." Long chuckled as he watched from a nearby building. He turned into a golden mist, and floated off.

"So, Savage just… took over my body?" Nick said, shocked at what he had just heard.

Judy nodded. They were both sat on the couch, Max standing behind it, and Eiji crouching down a bit. "He said he was manipulating us from the start, that he was draining our energy in order to become stronger and take us over completely."

"Why'd he take over my body?" Nick pondered. "You're the more athletic, healthy one."

"He said something about being a personification of everyone's violence." Max explained. "I don't entirely get it, but maybe he wanted a predator's body? They are more dangerous."

"Then why didn't he just take over yours?"

"Uh…" Max froze up for a moment. "I have no idea."

"Well, whatever." Nick said. "I don't like being used for stuff like that."

"I understand." Eiji said. "I was used like that before."

"Some creep scientist guy tried to make Eiji turn into a monster so he could destroy the world." Ankh explained. "Not a very fun experience for anyone involved."

"Doesn't really sound like it." Nick said, leaning back. "So, do we even know what's going on with this… Yummy?" The fox tried not to laugh at the name, but a small chuckle came out as he said it.

"Its definitely something involving Long." Judy deduced. "He stole the treasure chest that was supposed to be full of medals."

"But what is he even trying to do?" Max asked. "Does he need the medals for something?"

She shrugged. "How are we supposed to know? Its not like he shows up that often."

"I just have a bad feeling about this." Nick said. "I think there's something bigger going on."

"How can you get bigger than what we're already at?" Judy asked. "We're already protecting the world."

"Not like that, Carrots." Nick said with a chuckle.

"He means there's something going on that you all need to be wary of." Ankh explained.

Eiji nodded. "If Long is trying to collect the Cell Medals, then there is definitely something up." He paused for a moment. "Personally, I'm more concerned about how we haven't seen any of the Greeed yet."

"They should've been freed once the chest was broken open." Ankh said. "But I haven't sensed anything other than the Yummy."

"Man, this alternate universe stuff is confusing, huh?" Nick joked, nudging Judy in the side.

There was a sudden strong gust of wind through the window. "When did it get so windy?" Judy asked, hopping off of the couch. She went over to the window to close it, but spotted something terrifying. "Guys? We have a problem."

Nick, Max, Eiji, and Ankh crowded around the window, seeing a massive object sticking out in the middle of the sky. It seemed to be creating a massive suction effect, small objects floating through the air towards it.

"What the hell is that?" Nick asked.

"The Yummy." Ankh said, sounding worried. "Its different, though… it feels stronger."

"It must've been upgraded!" Judy said, gripping her head.

"Your monsters get upgraded?" Eiji asked. "That sounds like a pain."

"Trust me, it is." Nick sighed.

Judy backed off from the window. "Alright, we definitely need a plan for this." She said. "We can't just rush in unprepared."

"Actually," Eiji started. "Me and Ankh were discussing a plan earlier. But you're not going to like it."

"Does it involve self sacrifice?" Nick asked quickly.

"What? No!"

"Then it's A-OK with me!" Judy quickly nudged the fox in the side. "It was a joke, Fluff."

She glared at him for a moment. "So, what's your plan?" Judy asked.

"Simple," Ankh started. "You three stay out of this, and we deal with the Yummy."

"WHAT!?" Judy yelled. "You can't just do this yourself! This is our city, we protect it."

"You couldn't even beat the Yummy when it was normal, how do you know you can beat an upgraded one?" Ankh argued.

"And you know Eiji can beat it by himself!?" She retorted. "Besides, we have all three of us now, we can help."

"This isn't your fight, rabbit." Ankh growled. "Why do you think we were sent here?"

"I'm coming anyway." Max said. "I wanna see you transform again. Have I mentioned that you're cool?"

"I have absolutely no say in this whatsoever." Nick said, flatly.

Eiji paused for a moment. "Alright, all of you can come."

"Seriously, Eiji!?" Ankh yelled.

"But!" He continued, raising a finger. "None of you can help unless absolutely necessary. You still have a lot to do, and I don't want any of you getting hurt."

"Fine." Judy said with a huff.

"You're such a pushover!" Ankh yelled. "You aren't helping them like this!"

"This is their city, Ankh, they deserve to at least be there." Eiji said.

"If any of them end up getting killed, don't blame me!"

"Can we stop arguing and go already!?" Nick yelled. "That thing is harming people every second we stay here making asses of ourselves!"

"Nick's right." Eiji said. "Let's go."

The five ran into the plaza, all of them looking up at the massive tower the monster had transformed into. "So, how are we supposed to handle something like this?" Nick asked. "Just asking since I have no idea what this thing does."

"It has an extendo-neck." Max said, stretching his neck as far as he could.

"Couldn't tell that myself, obviously." He muttered. Judy elbowed him again. "Seriously, stop doing that, I'm still in pain."

"He also has suction powers." Judy continued. "And he can turn into a cloud of those medals."

"Doesn't look like he's noticed us yet." OOO said, before turned to Ankh. "Should we…?"

"No." Ankh said. "Save that for when we need it." He flicked his wrist, summoning three more medals. Green, red, and blue, respectively. "Try this combo first, it should work well enough."

OOO quickly nodded. "Got it." He grabbed the medals, and placed them into the belt, running the device over it.

"KUWAGATA! KUJAKU! TAKO!"

OOO transformed again, this time turning into a mixed color form. His head was green, with two horn like protrusions and orange eyes, while his body was red, and had shoulder pads with wing like designs on them. On his arm was a large disc, marked with a large symbol. His legs were blue, and seemed to have suction cup like dots on the armor.

"Whoa!" Max said in awe. "He can do that too!?"

"How many animals is this guy?" Nick asked.

Large wings that seemed to be made of red energy burst from his back. They gave a mighty flap, sending OOO up into the air. He flew up, following the monster's neck. Electricity began to crackle between his two horns, as he let out a burst of lightning at the monster's necks.

The Yummy started to whine and screech. The suction stopped, hundreds of Cell Medals dropping to the ground around them. The creature's heads spotted the Rider, and whipped at him. OOO zipped and dodged each of the monster's necks.

His legs suddenly burst out into eight tentacles, which wrapped around the Yummy's necks, tangling them up. The monster attempted to retract the heads, but OOO flew against the monster's direction, pulling it up into the sky. He quickly flipped around, and threw the Yummy back down into the ground.

The monster crashed into the ground, leaving a massive crater. OOO gently landed back to the ground, the other running up to him. "That was impressive." Nick admitted.

"Why can't we have stuff like that?" Judy asked.

They turned to look as the monster rose up. It let out a massive roar, opening its hand-mouths. They emitted a pulse of energy, which shook the heroes. Ankh glanced around, noticing that the Cell Medals littering the ground were starting to shake themselves.

"Eiji!" He said, flying up next to OOO. He quickly summoned two more green medals. "Quick, use these."

"What? Why?"

"We have a waste problem."

Everyone looked at the shaking medals, which suddenly started to crack one by one. Dark energy seemed to flow from them, forming into an army of new monsters. They were tall, humanoid, mostly black but wrapped in part by what looked like bandages. Instead of a face, they simply had a black hole.

The monsters stumbled towards them. "What the heck are those!?" Judy asked.

"Waste Yummies!" Ankh explained. "They're by-products of destroyed Cell Medals!"

OOO quickly snatched the medals from Ankh, and wasted no time in transforming.

"KUWAGATA! KAMAKIRI! BATTA!"

OOO transformed again. His head remained the same, and his legs looked like they were in his base form. His midsection was now green, and had two blades folded up at his wrists.

"Gaaah ta-Gata-Gata-Kiri, Ba! Gatakiriba!"

"How exactly is this going to help us fight an army?" Nick asked.

Suddenly, OOO began to glow green. The energy flowed out of his body, and formed into an exact copy of him. Then it happened again. And again. And again.

Fairly soon, there were at least fifty OOO.

"How do you keep getting cooler!?" Silver yelled.

The army of OOO rushed into the Waste Yummy army, unsheathing the blades on their wrists, and began fighting them. The Waste Yummies seemed to go down easily, but there were a lot of them. The OOO didn't seem to be having any trouble, however.

Judy looked back at the main Yummy. It started to stretch out its arm-necks into the air. They quickly lashed down towards two of the OOO, chomping into them while they weren't looking. The heads swung them around, before the copies vanished in a burst of green energy.

The heads continued to attack the copies, whittling them down slowly. "Okay, I'm not gonna stand here anymore!" Judy said. "ZOO ON!" She transformed, and rushed into the crowd of Yummies slashing through two of them with her blades.

"Get back here!" Ankh shouted. The other two mammals transformed, and rushed in "Hey! We had a deal!"

"He's gonna die if we don't do something!" Red shouted back as he slashed through a Yummy. "Besides, I haven't gotten to do anything this whole episode… of my life."

Blue hopped across several of the Yummy's heads, slashing them and leaping off to the next one before they vanished. She hopped over to the nearest OOO. "Eiji? Is that you?" She asked.

OOO kicked a group of Yummies back, and shot bursts of energy out of his claws. "Technically, all of these guys are me." He said. "What is it?"

"Yeah, the goat monster is trying to kill you." She explained. "We're gonna help you now."

OOO gave a quick chuckle. "Well, guess I can't stop you." He said. He looked behind him, watching the heads strike down another two of his copies. "You guys take care of the Waste, I'll deal with the main course."

"Got it!"

The copies began to vanish, leaving behind a single OOO. His legs began to glow, before he leaped high into the air. He slashed at one of the monster's necks, causing it to retract, and then hit the ground in front of the monster.

"Are you really alright with this?" Ankh said, floating up next to him. "We are supposed to be protecting them."

"They can protect themselves." OOO said. "Trust me, they're capable."

"You're such a pushover."

Back with the Zoorangers. Red leaped into an air spin, pulling out the Vickscannon and firing it rapidly towards the army of monsters. He hit the ground, and pulled out a red ZooTag. "Wow, been a while since I used this thing!" He laughed, plugging it and pulling the trigger.

"BRING THE HEAT!
BURNING HEART!
BOOM BOOM!
VICKSCANNON!"

The cannon fired a massive fireball, which quickly scorched through a large chunk of the Yummies. The fox quickly threw the cannon up in the air, and pulled out his sword, slashing at a few Yummies behind him.

Blue launched herself off a Yummy, and landed next to the fox. "You're certainly active today!" She said, quickly pulling out her blasters and firing at a few of the mummy monsters.

"I know, I just feel really rejuvenated." Red said back, slashing at another Yummy. "Oh yeah, I'm really sorry about how I acted this morning, you must've been really worried."

"Its fine!" She replied, leaping up and slashing through another monster. "You weren't entirely yourself."

"I just got frustrated because…" He paused, but quickly spun around and fired the Vickscannon at another group of Yummies. "I just don't want any of you to get hurt."

Silver rushed in, slashing his blade at both sides of him, wiping out the Yummies. "I didn't realize you were such a caring guy!" He laughed.

"Its true, you guys mean a lot to me!" He said, slashing at some more of the monsters.

"You know, if we work together…" Blue leaped up, Red holding up his sword. She leaped off of it, and spun around, firing her blasters and wiping out more of the Yummies. "We can do a whole lot more!" She finished, hitting the ground.

OOO attempted to slash at the monster with his arm blades. The monster simply transformed into a cloud of medals, and avoided the attack completely. It started to laugh as Eiji grew frustrated. "How am I supposed to beat this guy if he just keeps avoiding all my attacks?"

"I have an idea." Ankh said, floating up to him with three blue medals. "Why don't you give him a taste of his own medicine."

OOO nodded, and quickly transformed

"SHACHI! UNAGI! TAKO!"

OOO's head now had fins on it, resembling a fish, and had yellow eyes. His legs remained the same as they were with the previous mixed combination. His midsection was blue now too, and had a long whip hanging from his arm.

"Sha-Sha-Shauta, Sha-Sha-Shauta!"

"Come on, try and hit me!" OOO said, egging the monster on.

The goat grunted, and extended its head towards the Rider, who quickly transformed into a watery version of himself. Head travelled directly through his liquid body, and retracted as quickly as it had come out when the monster realized it didn't hit anything.

"Come on, try again!" OOO mocked. The monster grunted, and rushed at the Rider, attempting to hit him with its arms. The Yummy's attacks went directly through OOO's body still. The Rider walked directly through the monster. "Alright, time to finish this."

He spun around, and slid the device over his belt again. The Zoorangers ran over to watch, having just cleared out the remaining Waste Yummies.

"SCANNING CHARGE!"

OOO lashed the whip at the Yummy, tangling him in it. His legs then liquified again, and burst up like a water spout, dragging the Yummy into the air alongside him. His legs reformed, but then burst into tentacles. He brought back the whip as the tentacles formed into a drill, propelling OOO towards the monster.

The drill tentacle kick connected, and brought the two back to the ground with a massive explosion. Liquid burst from the explosion, and quickly reformed into OOO, who ran up to the others. "That should do it!" He said, wiping his hands.

"That was great, Eiji!" Blue said, leaping up and giving him a high five. "Its nice to have that thing out of our fur."

"I wouldn't be so sure." Ankh started. He pointed over to the explosion. The Rangers and Rider watched as the Yummy burst from the explosion, letting out a massive roar.

"It survived a Scanning Charge!?" OOO said, baffled. "I think we're going to have to use… it."

"Its dangerous, but I agree." Ankh summoned up three red medals. "Time to team up."

"I have a feeling something really amazing is going to happen." Silver said, starting to get excited.

He put the medals into his belt, and started to transform.

"TAKA! KUJAKU! CONDOR!"

OOO transformed, his head resembling that of his base form, but with more wing-like designs on the edges, as well as red eyes. His mid section was the same as in the mixed combo, while his legs were now red, and had blade like protrusions coming from the back of them, as well as small spikes jutting up from the tip of them.

"TAAAA JAAA DORU!"

"Let's see if this guy can handle the taste of a super combo!" Ankh said.

Without hesitation, Eiji ran the device over his belt.

"SCANNING CHARGE!"

Six massive wings burst from his back, lifting the Rider into the air. Large illusions of the medals appeared in front of him, pointing directly at the monster. He pointed his legs towards it, and the wings flapped, making him burst forwards.

He kicked through the three illusions, before hitting the monster and causing a massive explosion. OOO fluttered out of the explosion, and landed next to his partners again. They watched as countless medals burst from the explosion, and clanged against the pavement.

"Good going there!" Ankh said, him and the Rider gripping their hands. Ankh let go. "Wait, no…"

The medals swirled around, gathering together as the explosion cleared. They quickly reformed back into the Goat Yummy.

"Seriously!?" Red shouted. "How many times are we going to have to go through this!?"

OOO stepped forward, his eyes shining. He seemed to examine the monster intently for a moment. "There's a Cell Medal in there that looks different." He said. "It has a red marking on it."

"That's it!" Ankh said, snapping his fingers. "If we destroy that medal, we destroy the Yummy for good!"

"Got it-" OOO suddenly started to spark with electricity as he let out a groan of pain.

"The super combo is too much!" Ankh said, pulling out a yellow and green medal. "Use these before you turn back!"

OOO grabbed the medals, and replaced them with the other two. He transformed back into his base form. "Thanks for the quick save."

"No problem." Ankh said. "But that combo definitely isn't powerful enough to defeat him."

"Why don't we do it together?" Blue butted in. "That's how we get out of these jams."

"Together…" Ankh paused for a moment. "That's it!"

"What?" Sounded everyone besides Ankh.

"I've sensed something in all three of you since we got here." He explained. "There's power inside you, and I can help bring it out!"

"Great, let's get to it then!" Blue said.

"This might hurt a lot."

Ankh zipped towards the rabbit, and went into her body, causing a blue flash. It cleared quickly, leaving a small, blue medal hanging in the air in place of her. Ankh quickly grabbed it, right before Red started to scream.

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?"

"Don't worry, she's alive." Ankh assured. "I can bring her back at any time." He quickly dashed into the fox, transforming him into a medal as well.

"Are you sure you can do that, Ankh?" Eiji asked, a bit concerned.

"I am around ninety percent sure."

"I don't really like those estimates." Silver said, right before the hand dashed into him and transformed him into a silver medal.

Ankh handed the three medals over to OOO, who glanced down at them. Silver, red, blue, marked with a wolf's head, a fox's head, and a rabbit's head. He sighed, and plugged them into his belt.

"OOKAMI! KITSUNE! USAGI!"

OOO transformed, his head becoming silver and black, its shape changing to be pointed like a snout. His bug like eyes remained, though they were crystal white, and two protrusions, shaped like ears, extended from the mid to back section of the helmet.

His midsection and arms turned a more orangey-red, two small lumps forming on his forearms. They had tubes connected to them, connecting into his back, and had small silver tubes extending from them. His shoulder pads were also much pointier now.

His legs turned a light blue, and were covered in light armor. The biggest change was his feet, which were now more elongated, emulating that of a rabbit's feet. A dance beat started to play as he finished transforming.

"OH! KITSU SAAGI!"

"What the?" OOO said, his eyes suddenly turning green. "Is this a super combo? It feels so powerful."

His eyes shifted to a dark grey, as he started to look at himself. "Wow, this is amazing!" The Rider said, but with Max's voice. "What's going on?"

His eyes turned red. "I have no idea." He said, in Nick's voice. "But I am very uncomfortable with this."

The eyes changed to blue. "Ankh, what the heck's happening!?" She yelled, in Judy's voice.

He floated around the new OOO form, and examined it. "Interesting, four souls in one body. With that power, you can defeat that monster for good!"

"We'll try!" OOO said, switching back to Eiji.

They dashed at the monster, stumbling a bit. "How do you move with these legs!?" Judy shouted.

He started waving his arms. "These arms are way too long for my liking." Nick said. "And why don't you have any claws?"

"Hey, at least you guys can move parts of your body!" Max said. The monster watched on from a distance, and shrugged, before launching its heads towards them.

The heads struck at the mixed-up Rider, knocking them to the ground. "Alright everyone, work together!" Judy said. "Nick, work the arms, Max, keep your sights on the monster, I'll work the legs!"

The Rider hopped to their feet, and entered a battle stance. It quickly dashed at the monster, and started to rapidly punch at it. "Man, maybe I was wrong about the long arms!" Nick said.

"I'm gonna do a kick!" Judy said. The fox pulled back the punches, as their body's legs started to glow. They leaped into a roundhouse kick, smacking the monster right in the head.

The force of the kick caused the monster to go flying through the air, and crash into a building. "Wow!" Max started. "That was incredible, I didn't realize you were this strong!"

"Each medal has a different power," Eiji explained. "I guess Judy's is being really good at kicking."

"So, that means I have a special power too?" Nick said. "Great, let's test it out!"

They ran over to where the monster had landed after crashing into the side of a building. It got up, and Nick aimed his arms towards the monster, the red on him starting to glow.

They quickly shot out rapid shots of fire towards the monster, causing it stumble back even more. "Why does everything I have involve fire?" He asked himself.

"My turn next!" Max said. The silver on his head started to glow, as the Rider leaned back. The swung himself forward, letting out a massive howl, strong enough to send most of the monster's Cell Medals flying, leaving it as a malformed clump of them.

"There it is!" Ankh said, pointing towards a red medal in the center of the monster's body. "Hit that with a Scanning Charge!"

The Rider nodded, one of the arms fumbling for the device on the side of the belt. "What is this thing, anyway?" Nick asked.

"The O Scanner, just use it before he reforms!" Ankh demanded.

Nick ran the scanner over the belt.

"SCANNING CHARGE!"

Almost automatically, Nick pointed the arms down, causing a burst of fire to launch them into the air. They spun around, Max letting out another howl, launching them towards the monster. Judy readied her feet as they came in contact with the monster's weak spot.

"SEIYAAAAA!"

There was an explosion, Cell Medals scattering absolutely everywhere. OOO recovered from the finisher, and looked down as the medals in his belt started to glow. They flew out, launching Eiji back, and crashed onto the ground, turning back into the mammals.

"Quick, use these before they see you!"

"TAKA! TORA! BATA! Ta-To-Ba! Tatoba, Ta-To-Ba!"

The three rangers got up, and looked back at OOO, who had transformed back to his base mode. "Good thing you guys didn't look, you almost caught Eiji in his underwear!" Ankh said.

"Hey! Don't tell them that." Eiji said, embarrassed.

"So, we beat the monster, right?" Blue asked. "We're done with this?"

"I can't sense the Yummy…" Ankh started. "But I can sense… something."

"Something tells me that we're going to have a big problem in three, two…" Red started.

The three looked over at the monster's remains, a red object floating out of it. It flew through the air, and stopped on the horizon of the city. Instead of flashing and reforming into the monster, the Chaos Badge exploded, turning into thousands of Cell Medals, which then combined into the Goat Yummy.

"Huh, happened earlier than I thought."

"How did it turn giant!?" Ankh yelled.

"Don't worry about it." Blue said.

"Yeah, this is our wheelhouse." Max continued. He pulled out a disc, which quickly caught Ankh's eye.

The three summoned their mechs, appearing in the distance to fight the monster. ZooRobo stomped forward first, slashing at the monster. The Yummy blocked it with one of his arms, causing the sword to bounce off.

The monster's arm necks extended out, lashing into ZooRobo. ZooKami rushed over and hacked at the monster's necks, but they couldn't seem to be stopped.

"Great, this thing's too strong for the robots!" Red said.

"I can't even summon anything at this rate!" Blue followed. "Silver, its up to you right now!"

"What do you think I'm trying to do!?" He shouted as ZooKami continued to hack at the monster's necks to no effect.

"Looks like they're having some trouble." OOO said. "Wish we could help them, right, Ankh?"

There wasn't a follow up.

"Ankh?" He felt at his belt. "Where did the taka medal go…?"

Silver continued to tray and cut through the monster's arms, to no effect. "What am I supposed to do!?" He yelled, slamming his head onto the control panel.

"I think I can help."

He looked up, spotting the floating hand of Ankh. "How did you get in here?" The wolf asked, confused.

"Never mind that." He said, pulling out a red medal. "I think you can use this."

Silver grabbed it. "I can use one of these?"

"Try putting in that slot there."

Silver slid the medal into the slot on the control panel. The entire room started to glow red, as an eagle's screech could be heard. "What's happening!?"

A massive emblem appeared in the night sky above the monster and the robots. All three looked up at it in awe. "Is it the apocalypse already?" Red joked.

"I think its…" Blue started. He ears popped out as something flew through it.

It was a massive, robotic eagle, colored red and black. It let out another screech, and made its way for ZooKami. The robot held out its arm, and the eagle perched on it, fusing perfectly with its arm. Its arm now resembled an axe, with the wings as blades.

"Whoa!" Silver said. "Is this my own extra mech!?" He was giddy at this point. "I'm going to call it…" He struck an over dramatic pose in the seat. "KAMIEAGLE!"

"You need to come up with a better name." Ankh chided, the wolf's ears drooping a bit.

ZooKami swung the wings into the Yummy's arms, slicing it in two. The monster roared in pain, as the robot stomped over and cut off its other arm. "That thing's pretty cool!" Red admitted. "Can it do anything else?"

"Let's find out!"

Silver aimed the bird directly towards the armless monster, which started to stumble back. The eagle began to glow red, and let out another screech while flapping its wings. It fired off of ZooKami's arm and towards the monster. It crashed through the Yummy's body, causing the monster to stumble and then explode into thousands of Cell Medals.

Silver watched as a small flying object started quickly lapping up the medals before they could hit the ground. It was definitely Ankh, who had disappeared from the cockpit.

ZooKami looked up at the eagle, which gave one last screech before flying up and into the emblem, which quickly vanished.

"Aw." He sighed. "I wanted to keep it."

"You can always combine with us, remember?" Blue said.

"I guess, but… I liked having my own thing."

The mechs vanished, and the three landed back next to OOO. "That was incredible!" He said, walking up to them. He turned to Silver. "How did you summon that big eagle?"

"Ankh gave me one of the medals, apparently it just works with the mechs." He answered, shrugging.

"There's a lot of weird things with those robots." Red said. "There was that whole thing with the train…"

"We'll tell you about that later, we promise." Blue said.

"Ah, that was a good round of medals." Ankh said, floating back up to the group. He flicked his wrist, summoning the taka medal. "Here's your medal back, Ei-"

Suddenly, a golden blur rushed past them, snatching Ankh right out of the sky. The turned to look, seeing…

"LONG!" The Zoorangers shouted stepping forward.

The armored monster held Ankh in one hand, gripping tightly to his wrist. The arm let out a horrible scratchy moan of pain. In the other hand held the taka medal. "Nice to see you again, Zoorangers." He laughed. "Also nice that you managed to walk right into my plan. And you even gave it to me gift wrapped."

"Let go of Ankh!" OOO yelled. He stepped forward, causing Long to grip onto the medal harder. Ankh's grunts turned to near screams of pain.

"If you come any closer, I'll smash this medal into tiny pieces." Long threatened. OOO instantly stepped back, as Long loosened the grip on the medal.

"Y-you…" Ankh groaned. "How… are you… alive!?"

"Ankh, do you know Long!?" Blue shouted.

"Oh, he does." Long said with a laugh. "But I know him much better. I was there when he was born."

"Wait, if you were there when he was born…" OOO paused for a moment. "That means you're eight hundred years old!?"

"Don't flatter me too hard." Long laughed. "Now, Ankh, I'll let you go, but you need to give me something first."

The hand clenched into a fist.

"I need all the Cell Medals you just collected. And if you don't do it willingly, I can do it myself."

Two Rinshi hopped up to Long, each of them holding open a bag. Long held Ankh over the bag, and squeezed even harder, causing medals to start pouring out into it. In a few moments, the bag was filled to the brim.

"Excellent." He tossed the hand and the medal back over to the group. "I could've just killed him, you know. But I have bigger chickens to cook."

He thrust his hand towards the Rinshi, firing lighting that completely obliterated them in a second. He grabbed the bag, and turned into golden mist, which flew off.

Eiji ran up to Ankh's body, and picked him up. "You alright, Ankh?" He asked.

"The only thing that hurts worse than my body… is my pride…"

"So, how exactly do you know Long?" Judy asked as they walked out into the outskirts of the city.

"Like he said, he was there when me and the other Greeed were created." He explained. "That was eight hundred years ago, and he looked completely different."

"How could you tell it was him, then?" Nick asked.

"He had an… aura."

"So, you're getting picked up by a big train?" Silver asked, trying to move the conversation along. "Is this the time travelling one or the rainbow one?"

"Rainbow one." Eiji said.

"I wouldn't go on the DenLiner again if you forced me." Ankh growled.

"Seriously what is it with you guys and trains?" Silver asked, turning to his friends.

"Don't ask us." Nick shrugged.

"I just can't believe all those Cell Medals got taken." Ankh continued. "What does someone that isn't a Greeed even need that many for?"

"Probably something world shattering, judging by that guy's power." Eiji said.

There was a sudden burst of light above them, all five looking up. An incredibly long train was moving through the air, and heading directly towards them. It skidded across the grass, and came to a halt.

"Well, I guess this is goodbye." Eiji said to the Zoorangers. "It was nice, if a bit weird, fighting alongside you."

"You can say that again." Nick joked, receiving another elbow to the side by Judy.

"Its always nice working with heroes as experienced as you are." Judy said, giving a quick salute. "Maybe we'll meet again at some point."

"Highly unlikely." Ankh said, a bit snide.

Max stepped up, a bit cautiously. "Hey, do you think I could… borrow that red medal?"

"Well, I do have two more…" Eiji said, thinking about it.

"Seriously!?" Ankh yelled. "That's my soul!"

"Kidding!" Eiji said, Ankh quickly slapping him. "Ow. Sorry, but this medal is incredibly important to me. I know you think they're cool, but… maybe you can find something about yourself that's just as cool."

Max nodded. "I'll try my best."

"One last thing before we go," Ankh started. "What happened to all those people that the Yummy stole medals from?"

"The news said they'll be fine." Judy said, shrugging. "They just need to rest."

"Great, so I could've saved some medals..." Groaned the hand.

The train car door opened, Ticket popping out. "Hey, are you numbskulls ever going to get on!?"

"Sorry, we were just saying goodbye!" Eiji said. "See you all!" He said with a wave as him and Ankh rushed over and entered the train. The door slid closed, and the Rainbow Line took off into the air.

"Was that a puppet?" Max asked, a bit stunned.

"Yep." Judy said, nonchalantly.

"Better not to think about these things that much." Nick said. "It'll save you a headache."

Max and Nick started off, but the fox turned around as he realized Judy wasn't following. "Hey, Carrots!" He shouted from several yards away. "Are you coming home, or…?"

"Oh, yeah!" She said, ears perking up. She quickly ran back over to Nick. "Sorry, I was just… thinking."

"About what?" He said, nudging her. "About how great I am?"

"Far from it." She sighed, but with a bit of a laugh. "I think you're right."

"Well, that's new." He said. "What am I right about, exactly?"

"I don't think we're strong enough."

"Carrots, aren't you usually optimistic about this sort of thing?" He said, a bit worried.

"I don't know if I can be." She admitted. "We haven't grown, we couldn't even handle that monster without help from Eiji. He was clearly stronger than us."

"So, what are you saying?" Max asked. "How are we supposed to get stronger?"

"I don't know." She shrugged. "That's what has me worried, we're not getting any stronger, while our enemies are planning against us. We can't just relax like this any more."

"If you're getting at what I think you're getting at…"

"We need to train."

The fox let out a massive groan.

"Wait, Chief Herder's coming today!?" Said one of the scientists, a gazelle, in surprise.

"Apparently!" Leopold shouted. "I just got the call like, five minutes ago, I have no idea what he's doing!"

"What if its layoffs?" Another scientist, a rhino, suggested. All three of them cringed at the prospect.

"Whatever it is, everyone look like they're busy!" Leopold ordered. "I know we've just been taking a break for the last week, but if Herder finds out he will freak out!"

The door behind him slammed open, causing his fur to stand on edge. "What were you saying, Leopold?"

"Nothing sir!"

There was a loud scraping noise. Leopold turned around, seeing the goat trying to drag in a massive treasure chest. "What is that?"

"I'll tell you if you help me bring it in!" Herder demanded.

The three scientists helped drag the chest into the room. Everyone there crowded around to look at it. Leopold gazed into it, and pulled out one of the many medals swimming around its inside. "Sir, are these…?"

"Indeed they are, Leopold." He said with a grin. "I have a bag full of them in my car."

"This is incredible!" The leopard said, trying to hold as many as he could in his paws. "We can continue development on the weapons now!"

"You definitely can." Herder said. "But I have a quick revision. I want to talk to you about it in private, Leopold."

"Oh, yes sir!"

Leopold and Herder moved through the crowd, and walked towards an office. "Trust me, Leopold." Herder said, opening the door.

"This is going to change the city forever."

"Pretty interesting game you're playing, Long."

Long turned from the sight of city's skyline to see Enter. "Oh, Enter, haven't seen you in a while." He said, calmly.

"I've been readying for my game." He said. "But I see you've already found a Mon'Amie in Savage, hmm?"

"I'm impressed you found that out." Long said. "You do have eyes and ears everywhere, huh?"

"I'm going to cut to the chase." Enter said, still calm. "Just what, exactly, are you planning."

"Easy." Long said with a laugh. "I'm going to ruin the Zoorangers forever."

"How exactly do you plan to do that?"

Long walked up to Enter, and held out two objects. Enter's eyebrows raised up in surprise.

They were statues, one resembling a rabbit, and the other a fox.

Sorry this one is late I'll beat myself up about it later.

Bet you weren't expecting me to go full OOO, right? Maybe you were considering how much time I spent on a single Cell Medal. But guess what, that arc still isn't over! It's close though.

Oh yeah, and this also marks the end of the third arc! Which means all the filler is over, we're heading right back into plot town with the next update. Unfortunately, I will be taking a small break to plan things out and work on some other minor stuff. Also, I have video games to play.

Next time… Hey, how about another tribute episode?