Chapter 25: Hotshot Has-been
Down at the skate park in Angel Grove, Dante and Nathan were skateboarding in the bowl ramp. Dante rode up into the air and went to grab his board for a trick. The board slipped out of Dante's grasp causing him to fall back into the bowl. Dante slid across the ground from the fall over to Nathan.
"Are you okay?" Nathan asked Dante.
"I've done worse than that," Dante said as he slowly leaned up.
Dante and Nathan climbed out of the bowl and walked over to a bench where their bags were sitting. As Nathan sat down on the bench one of the backpacks began vibrating.
"Oh, that's my phone," Dante said as he grabbed his backpack.
Dante opened the backpack and pulled out his phone.
"It's just a message from my aunt," Dante told Nathan.
"Did her protection senses go off when you wiped out?" Nathan asked Dante as he began chuckling.
"No, she said someone wants to meet me at the house," Dante said as he picked up his board.
"Alright then, I'll catch you later," Nathan said to Dante as Dante walked away.
Outside of the city at the crashed ship, Poisandra and Curio were sitting in their room playing with cards. As Curio went to pick a card up from the deck, a loud thud was heard outside. Curio jumped in astonishment and caused the deck of cards to fall out onto the floor.
"What was that?" Curio said in confusion as Poisandra got up.
Poisandra walked over to the door and opened it. Fury came walking by with a line of Vivix following behind him.
"Fury, what's going on?" Poisandra asked Fury.
Fury turned towards Poisandra and let the Vivix walk by.
"A ship just landed outside," Fury told Poisandra. "Heckyl and I are going out to see what it is,"
"Oh, I want to see this!" Poisandra said in excitement as she walked out of the room.
"Count me in too!" Curio said as he walked out into the hall.
Fury, Poisandra and Curio followed the Vivix down the hall until they came up to a door where Heckyl was waiting.
"Who do you think it is?" Fury asked Heckyl.
"I have no idea, but stay on your guard," Heckyl said as he hit a button on the wall.
Heckyl instantly transformed into Snide as the door began opening. Once the door opened a small ship was seen right outside inside of a crater.
"Fury, do you see anything?" Snide asked Fury.
"No, but I can smell them," Fury said in disgust.
Snide pulled out his sword as he slowly began approaching the ship. A groaning noise was then heard. Snide turned around and saw an alien sitting on top of Sledge's crashed ship.
"Who are you?" Snide asked the alien.
"Hmm?" The alien said in confusion as he looked down at Snide.
The alien jumped off the ship and landed on the ground between Snide and the others. Fury walked up behind the alien and grabbed his arm.
"You have some explaining to do," Fury said to the alien.
"I'll ask you one more time; who are you?" Snide said to the alien. "And if you don't answer, I will slice your head off with my blade,"
"Easy, I'm not an enemy," The alien said calmly. "My name is Singe,"
"If you're not an enemy, then explain why you're here Singe," Snide said to Singe.
"If you want those Energems, it will be best if you don't kill me," Singe told Snide.
"How do you know about them?" Fury asked Singe as he squeezed his arm tighter.
"Easy pussy cat, you don't want to make me mad," Singe told Fury.
"Oh, he thinks he's tough," Fury said as he began chuckling.
"Now Fury, let's see what this guy can do," Snide said as he lowered his weapon.
Fury let go of Singe's arm and backed away from him. Singe quickly pulled out a blaster and began shooting the Vivix standing at the door. In just mere seconds all the Vivix were lying on the ground in pain as smoke was flowing out of the blaster. Singe blew the smoke out of the blaster and placed it back in its holster.
"Even though I still don't fully trust you, I will give you a chance to work with us," Snide said to Singe.
"Then what is my order?" Singe asked as he knelt down.
"I want to see how you do against the Rangers themselves," Snide told Singe as he looked down at him.
"I can do that," Singe said as he began snickering.
Singe rose to his feet and walked off leaving Fury and Snide by themselves. Poisnadra and Curio peeked outside and saw Singe walking away.
"There's something odd about him," Poisandra whispered to Curio.
"Yeah," Curio said in agreement.
Dante walked up to his front door carrying his backpack in his hand. He went up to the door and opened it and quickly walked inside.
"Who's here Aunt Brooke?" Dante asked his Aunt as he walked into the living room.
Dante's eyes widened as he froze in horror. The backpack slipped out of Dante's hand and hit the floor.
"Dante, you remember Leah don't you?" Aunt Brooke asked Dante.
"Y-yeah, of course I remember her," Dante said nervously as he walked over and sat down in a chair.
Dante looked over at Leah and saw her smiling at him.
"How have you been since you moved?" Leah asked Dante.
"Good, everything's been good," Dante told Leah as he looked away.
"Well, I need to go check on the laundry," Aunt Brooke said as she got up.
"Let me help you with that!" Dante said as he quickly jumped to his feet.
"No, you stay in here with Leah," Aunt Brooke told Dante.
"No, no, I can help you," Dante said to his Aunt as he walked her out of the room.
"I'll be fine just sitting here," Leah said to Dante and his Aunt.
Dante walked into the washroom with his Aunt. As Aunt Brooke grabbed a basket Dante closed the door.
"Why did you just close that door?" Aunt Brooke asked Dante.
"Why did you bring her here?" Dante asked his Aunt.
"Come on, you two were great friends when you were younger," Aunt Brooke said as she chuckled while pulling clothes out of the dryer.
"Did you forget why I stopped hanging out with her?" Dante asked his Aunt.
"She just had a crush on you," Aunt Brooke told Dante.
"That wasn't just a crush, it was on a whole different level," Dante said to his Aunt.
"Well she obviously matured since then," Aunt Brooke told Dante. "I'm sure she would apologize if you gave her a chance to,"
"She was one of the reasons I wanted to transfer schools," Dante told his Aunt as she handed the basket to him.
"Seriously Dante, give her a chance," Aunt Brooke told Dante as she closed the dryer. "She could be an entirely different person now,"
"Fine, but if she goes pazzo again there won't be another chance," Dante said as he opened the door.
"You two just go have fun somewhere," Aunt Brooke said to Dante as she passed him in the hallway.
Dante sighed as he sat the basket down in the floor.
"Adults are so stupid when it comes to this stuff," Dante said as he headed back to the living room.
Leah looked up and saw Dante walk back into the living room.
"Look, if you want me to leave, I'll go ahead and leave," Leah said to Dante as she went to get up.
"No, everything's fine," Dante said as he stopped Leah. "Aunt Brooke just wants us to go somewhere else,"
"Like a date?" Leah asked Dante.
Dante shivered as he turned away.
"Yeah, but it's not going to be just us," Dante told Leah as he pulled out his cellphone. "I want you to meet my friend and his girlfriend too,"
"So a double date?" Leah asked Dante.
"Of course," Dante said nervously as he sent a text to Eli on his phone.
Down at the bus stop, Tracey was sitting on a bench waiting for the bus to arrive. Tracey pulled out her phone and looked at the time. As she sighed, Tracey rose up from the bench in frustration.
"The bus is fifteen minutes late," Tracey said to herself as she walked over and leaned against a wall.
Tracey looked down the street and saw no sign of the bus.
"Why did I have to pick up Landon?" Tracey wondered. "Grandma could've done this,"
Loud squealing brakes were heard coming from down the road. Tracey walked back up to the bench and looked down the street and saw a bus pulling up at a stop sign.
"About time," Tracey said to herself as the bus drove up in front of her.
The bus came to a halt and opened its doors. People began walking off the bus as Tracey stood by watching for Landon. Landon stepped of the bus carrying a suitcase. Landon looked over and saw Tracey standing to the side.
"I didn't expect you to be here," Landon said to Tracey as he walked over to her.
"Trust me, I didn't want to be here," Tracey told Landon. "So how did it go being back at your dad's place?
"It was fine, just a little quiet without mom," Landon said to Tracey as they walked away from the bus.
"Well it's not going to be quiet here," Tracey said to Landon as they walked down the street.
"Oh I know, but I've been itching to beat down some bad guys," Landon said to Tracey as he chuckled.
"Let's just get you home so you can put your stuff away," Tracey said to Landon as they continued down the street.
Eli and Christa were standing at the front gate to a carnival waiting on Dante and Christa to arrive. Christa groaned in frustration as she stepped away from Eli.
"Why did you drag us into this?" Christa asked Eli.
"I don't see what the problem is?" Eli said in confusion.
"If you were going to take me out on a date, I would've preferred it being only us," Christa told Eli as she crossed her arms.
"Dante's just nervous and he wanted us to be there to make sure he doesn't screw up," Eli told Christa. "Just go with it and we'll do something next weekend,"
"Fine, but I'm choosing where we go next week," Christa said to Eli.
"Alright then," Eli said as he nodded.
Christa looked through the gate and saw a clown messing with people as they walked past him.
"Oh and I'd prefer a double date somewhere without clowns next time," Christa told Eli with a worried look on her face.
Eli sighed with regret as he looked away from Christa. Dante and Leah suddenly walked up and saw Eli and Christa waiting on them.
"Sorry about the wait," Dante said to Eli and Christa as he and Leah walked up.
"Its fine," Eli told Dante.
"Oh, this is Leah," Dante said to Eli and Christa as he pulled Leah in front of him.
"Nice to meet you," Christa said to Leah.
"Hello," Eli said to Leah.
"Leah this is Eli and Christa," Dante told Leah.
"It's great to meet some of Dante's friends," Leah said to Eli and Christa.
"So did you move to Angel Grove?" Christa asked Leah.
"Not really, I'm just staying with my grandmother until summertime," Leah told Christa.
"Come on, let's go ahead and get in line," Dante said to the others as he walked towards the gate.
"Right behind you," Eli said as he and the girls got in line with Dante.
The four teens paid at the gate and walked into the carnival.
"This place would look better if it was night time," Christa said to the others as they began walking by booths.
Dante came to a halt when he saw a shooting game booth.
"Hey Eli, I bet I can beat you in this," Dante said to Eli as he stepped up to the booth.
"Alright, let's find out," Eli said as he came up to the booth.
"Oh no, this just turned into a play date between those two," Christa told Leah as she sighed.
Dante and Eli paid the man working the booth and picked up their guns.
"You get six shots," The man told Dante and Eli.
Dante and Eli quickly began firing the guns as the girls stood by watching. The pellets Dante fired hit the bulls-eye one after another. Eli began groaning in frustration as one of his pellets hit the outer edge of the target.
"Perfect score," Dante told Eli as he chuckled and put the gun down.
"Alright, let's see how you do at something else," Eli said as he walked over to a high striker game.
"Eli, don't turn this into a competition," Christa said to Eli as she came up to him.
Dante walked over to Leah and handed her a small teddy bear he just won.
"Um, thanks?" Leah said in confusion as Dante walked by her without saying a word.
Eli handed a ticket to the man working the game and grabbed the hammer that was leaning against a fence.
"Come on big whammy!" Eli shouted as he lifted the hammer up over his head.
Eli slammed the hammer down on the lever and sent the puck flying up to the bell. The puck struck the bell causing an alarm to go off.
"Winner!" The man working the game shouted as Eli sat the hammer down.
"Yay!" Christa shouted as she began celebrating.
Eli was handed a small stuffed panda bear and took it over to Christa.
"Alright tough guy, I can do this," Dante said as he grabbed the hammer.
Dante handed a ticket to the man and stepped in front of the lever. Dante screamed as he lifted the hammer up and slammed it down on the lever. The puck shot up three quarters of the way up the tower.
"Maybe next time buddy," The man said to Dante.
Dante groaned in frustration as he sat the hammer down. Dante walked over back to Leah with his head down.
"Don't worry, you did a good job," Leah told Dante.
"I'll show him," Dante said as he walked away.
Alex was sitting in the lab watching Alan work on a new Charger meant for him. Alex walked up to the desk and looked over Alan's shoulder at the Charger being worked on. Alan stopped working on the Charger and looked over at Alex.
"Can you please not stand behind me like that?" Alan asked Alex.
"Oh, sorry," Alex said as he backed away.
Alan took off his goggles and turned away from the desk.
"This Charger is probably the most powerful one I've ever created," Alan told Alex. "It's going to take a while before it's ready to go,"
"How long will that be exactly?" Alex asked Alan.
"I have no idea, it just depends on how well testing it goes once we get to that," Alan sad to Alex as he took his gloves off.
"So how is this the most powerful Charger?" Alex asked Alan.
"It uses all of the Energy from your Red Energem as well as the T-Rex Zord," Alan explained to Alex. "Honestly, it makes Super Dino Drive look like a joke,"
"That sounds incredible!" Alex said in amazement as he looked down at the Charger on the desk.
"Don't mess with it, it's nowhere near ready to be used," Alan told Alex as he walked up to a door.
"Where are you going?" Alex asked Alan.
"I'm just taking a break before getting back to work on that thing," Alan told Alex as the door opened.
Alan left the room and left Alex alone in the lab.
"This thing could be our answer to stopping Snide and his goons," Alex sad to himself. "I just hope completing it goes smoothly,"
A few hours have past at the carnival. Christa and Leah were standing by watching Dante and Eli play a ring toss game while their arms were full with four stuffed animals each. Leah groaned in annoyance and dropped her stuffed animals to the ground.
"I knew this wasn't a good idea," Leah said as she began walking away.
"Where are you going?" Christa asked Leah.
Dante looked back and saw Leah walking away distracting him from the game.
"What's going on?" Dante asked Christa.
"I don't know?" Christa said as she shrugged her shoulders.
"Winner!" The woman working the booth shouted as she pointed at Eli.
"Ha, that's five wins for me hot shot!" Eli said to Dante as the woman handed him a stuffed tiger.
Eli looked over and saw Dante walking away.
"What's with him?" Eli asked Christa.
"Leah left without telling him," Christa told Eli as Eli walked up to her.
"I should never have accepted his challenge," Eli said as he sighed.
People suddenly began screaming and running past Eli and Christa in horror.
"I think that clown went psycho," Eli said to Christa.
Vivix began jumping over the fence surrounding the carnival area and started attacking people.
"Get out of here," Eli said to Christa.
"Be careful," Christa said to Eli as she began walking away.
"I'm never careful," Eli said as he smirked.
Leah was walking through the parking lot mumbling angrily to herself. Vivix quietly ran by Leah as she was looking down.
"Leah!" Dante shouted to Leah.
Leah ignored Dante and continued walking through the dark parking lot.
"Leah!" Dante shouted as he ran past a couple of cars.
Dante looked up ahead and saw a pair of Vivix sneaking up on Leah.
"Crap!" Dante said in horror as he pulled out his Morpher.
One of the Vivix grabbed Leah by the arm trying to capture her. Leah quickly turned around and screamed when she saw the Vivix behind her. Leah pulled her arm away from the Vivix and took off running from the Vivix. The Vivix went after Leah as she continued running away.
"What are those things?" Leah said in confusion.
Leah ran towards a large truck in the parking lot trying to escape. Singe peeked out from behind the truck and saw Leah running towards him.
"Soon," Singe said as he began snickering.
Leah turned around as she ran up to the truck and saw the Vivix still running towards her.
"No, I can't lose them!" Leah said as she began looking for somewhere to hide.
The Vivix walked up to the truck and cornered Leah. The Vivix aimed their blasters at Leah as Leah looked away in horror. Blasts were then heard being fired causing Leah to scream in horror. Leah opened her eyes and saw the Vivix lying on the ground.
"What the?" Leah said in confusion as she looked up ahead.
The Black Ranger was standing next to a car lowering his Morpher. Dante gave a quick salute to Leah and left in a hurry.
"Thank you," Leah said in relief.
Singe quietly peeked around the truck and saw Leah walking away.
"That girl is obviously connected to the Black Ranger in some way," Singe said to himself. "I now know my plan won't fail,"
Back at the carnival, Eli grabbed the hammer from the high striker game and nailed a Vivix in the chest with it. The Vivix crashed through a picnic table and faded away. Eli tossed the hammer aside and dusted his hands off.
"Something doesn't seem right about this," Eli told himself. "Why would a group of Vivix randomly attack without a higher up ordering them?"
Eli took off running for the front gate to find the others.
Dante came up to the bus stop near the carnival and saw Leah sitting on a bench crying. Dante quietly walked up to the bench and stood over Leah. Leah stopped crying and looked behind her and saw Dante.
"What do you want?" Leah asked Dante.
"I was worried about you," Dante told Leah. "You just ran off without telling me,"
"Why do you care?" Leah asked Dante. "You obviously don't care about me,"
"I'm sorry about what happened, but I know that I was wrong about you now," Dante told Leah.
"What're you talking about?" Leah said in confusion.
Dante sighed as he nervously turned away.
"I thought you would still be crazy about me like you used to be," Dante told Leah.
"You thought I was crazy?" Leah said in disbelief.
"Yeah and I'm sorry," Dante said to Leah.
"Apparently you're the one that's still crazy," Leah said as she rose to her feet. "At least some of us have changed in the past few years,"
"What're you saying?" Dante asked Leah.
"I'm saying you're still a little kid Dante Ceraso!" Leah shouted at Dante.
Leah stormed off leaving Dante by himself.
"What have I done?" Dante asked himself as he sat down on the bench.
The next day, Dante was sitting on a bench at the skate park thinking to himself as Nathan was skating down in the bowl ramp. Nathan suddenly stopped skating and looked over at Dante.
"Alright, what's your problem?" Nathan asked Dante as he climbed out of the bowl ramp.
"I screwed up last night," Dante told Nathan.
"With what?" Nathan asked Dante.
"Leah, an old friend of mine," Dante told Nathan. "She hates me now,"
"There has to be a reason why she hates you," Nathan said to Dante as he sat down beside him.
"I told her she was crazy," Dante said to Nathan. "I also completely ignored her on our double date,"
"Ouch," Nathan said as he took his helmet off.
"What do I do?" Dante asked Nathan.
"Have you tried to apologize?" Nathan asked Dante.
"Yeah and that just made things worse," Dante told Nathan.
"Eli told me you never wanted to be with this girl; so why are you trying so hard to get her back?" Nathan asked Dante.
"Oh god, I never realized that," Dante said as his eyes widened. "I think I actually care about her!"
Dante rose from the bench and grabbed his bag.
"Where are you going?" Nathan asked Dante.
"Last night I wasn't being fully serious about caring about her," Dante told Nathan. "But now I'm serious,"
Dante tossed his skateboard on the ground and rode off out of the skate park to find Leah.
"Good luck," Nathan said as he picked up his backpack.
In the city sitting at a red light was Leah and her grandma in her grandma's car. Leah was staring out the window minding her own business as her grandma was humming to the music on the radio. Leah's grandma looked over at Leah and saw that she was feeling down.
"Is something wrong?" Her grandma asked her.
"I don't know," Leah said to her grandma.
As the light turned green, Leah's grandma began driving again.
"Maybe some grocery shopping will make you feel better," Leah's grandma said to her.
Leah looked at herself in the mirror.
"Grandma, I want to go back home to mom and dad," Leah told her grandmother.
"Why?" Her grandma asked her.
"Because this city isn't what I was expecting it to be," Leah told her grandma.
"What happened?" Leah's grandma asked her.
"I don't want to talk about it," Leah said as someone stepped out in front of the car.
Leah's grandma screamed as she slammed on the brakes and stopped the car. Leah looked out the front window and saw Singe standing in front of the car. Singe walked over to Leah's door and looked in through the window. Leah's grandma locked the doors to the car as she began panting. Singe grabbed the door handle and tore the door off the car with ease.
"Hello ladies!" Singe said to Leah and her grandma as he laughed evilly.
Dante was speeding down the sidewalk riding on his skateboard as his Dinocom began going off. Dante pulled over and pulled out his Dinocom as he came into an alley.
"Rangers, there's a traffic jam in the city caused by one of Snide's aliens," Alan said through the Dinocom. "I'm sending you the coordinates now,"
A small map of the city popped up on Dante's Dinocom.
"I'm not far from there," Dante said as he took off back onto the sidewalk. "Hopefully I can get there soon,"
Singe began laughing evilly as he went to grab Leah in the car. Singe grabbed Leah by the arm and began pulling her as she began screaming.
"Leah!" Leah's grandma shouted as she tried to grab Leah's other arm.
Singe pulled Leah out of the car and wrapped one of his arms around her neck.
"Come on girl, I need you for something," Singe told Leah as he began walking away with her.
"Hang on Leah!" Dante shouted as he was speeding towards Singe on his skateboard.
"Dante!" Leah shouted as Singe pulled out his blaster.
"You won't save her that easily!" Singe shouted as he fired a blast Dante.
The blast hit the front of Dante's skateboard causing him to fly forward. Dante crashed onto the hood of a car and rolled off onto the ground in pain.
"Dante help!" Leah shouted as Singe began walking away with her.
Dante slowly looked up and saw Singe walking away with Leah. Dante looked back at his board and saw that the wheels were melted off.
"Crap!" Dante shouted as he rose to his feet.
"Someone needs to save her!" Leah's grandma shouted as she got out of her car.
"Don't worry, I'll get her," Dante said to Leah's grandma as he took off running after Singe.
Leah was kicking and screaming as Singe was carrying her towards a bridge. Vivix began appearing in the street as Singe walked by them carrying Leah.
"Make sure no one gets through," Singe said to the Vivix.
"Let go of me!" Leah shouted as she continued struggling to get free.
"Not until I have the Energems," Singe said to Leah.
"The what?" Leah said in confusion.
Dante quickly drove through the Vivix on his Dino Cycle. Singe looked over his shoulder and saw Dante aiming his Morpher at him.
"Dino Morpher Blast!" Dante shouted as he fired multiple blasts at Singe.
Singe turned around and quickly deflected the blasts using his blaster by shooting Dante's blasts out of the air.
"You should know you can't defeat me on your own Black Ranger," Singe told Dante.
"I don't intend to," Dante said as he jumped off his Dino Cycle.
Dante landed in the road in front of Singe and began firing blasts at him again.
"Oh please, you can't outshoot me!" Singe shouted as he shot down Dante's blasts again.
"Man, this guy might be too much for me after all," Dante said to himself.
Dante looked at Leah trying to escape from Singe's grasp.
"I can't give up," Dante said as he clenched his fist. "I need to save Leah,"
"Now it's my turn!" Singe shouted as he fired fiery blasts at Dante from his blaster.
"They're too fast!" Dante said in astonishment. "I won't be able to block them all!"
Landon leapt out in front of Dante and blocked the blasts using the top of his helmet.
"Impossible!" Singe said in disbelief.
"I'm probably going to have a headache after that later," Landon said as the smoke cleared.
The other Rangers ran up next to Dante and Landon ready for battle.
"Yes, now I can take all of your Energems," Singe said as he sat Leah down on the ground.
Singe fired a green-hued energy wave from his wrist at Leah. The energy wave wrapped around Leah and restrained her.
"Who is this guy?" Alex asked Dante.
"I have no idea, but he's no joke," Dante told Alex. "I couldn't even land a single blast on him,"
"That's surprising," Nathan said to Dante.
"Then let's see him block this!" Tyson shouted as he leapt into the air.
Tyson began firing blasts from his Ptera Morpher at Singe. Singe pulled out a flaming sword and easily knocked the blasts away. Tyson landed back on the ground next to the others.
"Is that all?" Singe asked the Rangers.
"Let's go at him all at once!" Alex shouted as he took off after Singe.
Alex swung his Dino Saber at Singe and missed as Singe leaned out of the way. Singe kicked Alex in the back and knocked him away as Eli ran up and tried to punch Singe. Singe dodged the punch and struck Eli across the back with his sword.
"Keep coming at me!" Singe shouted as he blocked Nathan's Dino Saber.
Sam began firing blasts at Singe from her Morpher. Singe quickly pulled Nathan in front of him and caused Nathan to be hit by the blasts.
"Nathan!" Sam shouted in concern as Nathan fell to the ground.
Tyson and Landon ran up to Singe and both swung their sabers at him. Singe blocked both of the sabers with his sword and shoved the two Rangers back. Singe swung his flaming sword and struck both of the Rangers in one swipe. Tracey ran past Tyson and Landon as they fell to the ground.
"I've got you!" Tracey shouted as she went to strike Singe with her saber.
Singe rolled out of the way of the attack and dodged the saber. Singe pulled out his blaster and quickly shot Tracey multiple times. Tracey fell down to her knees and dropped her saber. Singe then quickly fired at Sam and hit her with a couple of blasts causing her to fall to the ground in front of Dante.
"No!" Dante shouted in horror as he saw the others lying on the ground around Singe.
"Come on Black Ranger, can you beat me," Singe said to Dante.
Dante inserted a Para Charger into his Morpher and aimed it at Singe.
"Dino Morpher Blast!" Dante shouted as he fired a powerful blast at Singe.
Singe caught the blast with his sword and began laughing.
"You're a joke!" Singe shouted as he sent the blast back at Dante.
The blast hit Dante and sent him crashing into a light post in the background. Dante fell to the ground in pain as Singe stood above the others laughing.
"I will be taking those Energems now," Singe said as he turned towards Alex.
Alex slowly rose back to his feet and pulled out a Dino Charger.
"We're not finished yet," Alex said to Singe.
The other Rangers rose back to their feet ready for more. Dante looked over at Leah lying on the ground screaming for help.
"I'm the best shooter out of all of us," Dante said as he slammed his fist on the ground. "I'm not going to let this monkey one up me!"
Dante rose to his feet as the Super Drive Saber appeared in his hand.
"Heads up!" Alex shouted as he activated the Dino Super Drive Charger.
Alex threw the Charger towards Dante as Singe went after Alex. Dante aimed the hilt away from himself causing the Charger to insert into the saber.
"Dino Super Drive Mode!" Dante shouted as each of the Rangers began glowing.
"What's going on here?" Singe said in confusion.
The eight Rangers instantly transformed as a Super Drive Saber appeared in each of their right hands.
"An upgrade won't help you stop me," Singe said as he snickered.
Alex ran up to Singe and swung his saber at Singe. Singe leapt into the air and fired a blast down at the ground causing smoke to fill the street.
"You can't hit what you can't see!" Singe shouted at the Rangers.
Dante leapt into the air after Singe and swiped him with the saber. Singe fell back to the ground and crashed on top of a car. Dante landed back on the ground with the others as Singe slowly began moving. Singe rolled off of the car and slowly rose to his feet. Singe placed his left hand over his forehead as he cringed in pain.
"You Rangers got lucky this time," Singe said as he began walking away.
"Oh no you don't!" Dante shouted as he went after Singe.
The Magna Beam suddenly shot down from the sky and hit Singe causing Dante to be blown back.
"What's happening to me?" Singe said in confusion as he began growing.
"Tracey, let's handle this," Dante said to Tracey as Vivix began surrounding the Rangers.
"Alright," Tracey said as she pulled out her Dino Charger.
"The rest of you make sure the Vivix don't get Leah," Dante told the others.
"You can count on us," Eli told Dante.
Dante pulled out a Para Charger and activated it.
"Summon Para Zord!" Dante shouted as he threw his Charger into the air.
"Summon Plesio Zord!" Tracey shouted as she threw her Charger into the air.
The two Zords instantly appeared as Singe went to stomp on the Rangers. The Plesio Zord rammed into Singe and sent him crashing into a building.
"Activate Plesio Charge Megazord Para Formation!" Dante and Tracey shouted as they leapt into the air.
Tracey and Dante entered the cockpit of the Megazord as the two Zords combined. Singe slowly rose back to his feet with his blaster in hand.
"Let's see who the true hot shot is!" Singe said as he began firing at the Megazord.
The blasts hit the Megazord causing it to stumble back.
"Ugh, let's finish this guy off fast," Tracey said to Dante.
"Plesio Charge Megazord, Galactic Para Blast!" Dante and Tracey shouted as powerful beams fired from both of the Megazord's arms.
Singe crossed his arms and blocked the blasts.
"How is that possible?" Tracey said in confusion.
Down below Nathan struck a Vivix with his Super Drive Saber. He then looked up and saw Singe firing blasts at the Megazord.
"Guys, they need more help up there," Nathan said to the others.
"Then get up there and help, we can handle these freaks without you," Sam said to Nathan.
"Summon Raptor Zord!" Nathan shouted as he leapt into the air with his Charger in hand.
The Para Zord detached from the Megazord and was replaced by the Raptor Zord. Nathan appeared in the cockpit next to Tracey.
"What're you doing?" Dante asked Nathan.
"Helping you guys out," Nathan said as Singe began walking towards the Megazord.
The Raptor Zord's blades began glowing as the Megazord raised its arm into the air.
"Bladed Raptor Slash!" The three Rangers shouted as the Megazord quickly struck Singe with the Raptor Zord's blades.
"Now I've got you!" Singe shouted as he stood his ground and began blasting the Megazord again.
Singe placed his hand over his chest and felt that the mirror on his chest had shattered.
"You will pay for damaging me!" Singe shouted in anger as he pulled out his sword.
Inside of Sledge's ship, Fury walked into the control room and came up to the Magna Beam controls. Fury flipped a switch and activated the Magna Beam as he began snickering. Wrench walked into the control room and saw Fury standing at the controls as the Magna Beam fired.
"What did you do?" Wrench asked Fury.
"The right thing," Fury said to Wrench as he walked away.
Back in the city as Singe was about to strike the Megazord with his sword; the Magna Beam shot down from the sky and hit him. Singe began screaming in anger as he returned to his normal size. Singe fell to the ground and quickly rose to his feet.
"What happened?" Singe said in confusion.
Singe looked over and saw the Rangers finish off the last of the Vivix.
"Damn, I've done enough for today," Singe said as he snuck away.
Tracey, Dante and Nathan landed back on the ground near the others as the Zords left. Dante looked over at Leah and saw the restraints fade away.
"I need to get her back to her grandmother," Dante said to the others as he walked towards Leah.
Dante picked up Leah off the ground and began carrying her. Leah opened her eyes and saw the Black Ranger above her. The other Rangers watched Dante walk away with Leah.
"Hopefully those two fix their problem," Nathan said to the others.
Later that day, Leah and her grandmother were sitting on the porch as the sun began setting. Dante walked up to the gate in front of the house and saw Leah on the porch. Dante opened the gate and began walking towards the house.
"What're you doing here?" Leah asked Dante.
"I just came to check on you," Dante told Leah.
"I don't want to talk to you," Leah said to Dante.
"Leah, that's no way to treat the boy that saved you," Leah's grandma said to her.
"What?" Leah said in confusion.
"He went right after that monster that took you and he brought you back," Leah's grandma told her.
Leah's grandma rose from her seat and walked over to the door.
"I'll leave you two alone," Leah's grandma said as she opened the door.
Dante walked up onto the porch as Leah's grandma went inside.
"I'm sorry about what happened last night at the carnival," Dante said to Leah. "We should've been having fun together, not just me and Eli,"
"Dante, you never wanted to take me out on a date," Leah said to Dante. "You only did it to see if I was still an immature little girl,"
"That's not true," Dante told Leah. "After you left, I felt like an idiot for thinking that,"
"You said that I was crazy," Leah told Dante.
"And you're not crazy," Dante said as he walked up to Leah. "If anyone's crazy, it's me for thinking you were like that,"
Leah sighed as she rose from her seat.
"I know you didn't save me earlier," Leah said to Dante. "It was the Black Ranger,"
Dante looked away to hide his face.
"He brought you to me," Dante said to Leah. "I told him where that monster took you,"
"Stop lying," Leah said as she turned away from Dante.
"I'm not lying!" Dante told Leah.
"Yes you are!" Leah said in frustration. "I know you are because you are the Black Ranger!"
Dante's eyes widened in astonishment as Leah stared at him.
"Are you sure you didn't hit your head?" Dante asked Leah. "I'm not the Black Ranger,"
"Don't try to act like you're not," Leah said to Dante.
"Fine," Dante said as he sat down. "I am,"
Dante pulled his necklace with his Energem on it out.
"Don't tell anyone else," Dante said to Leah. "My friends will already be mad about this,"
"I would never tell anyone else," Leah said to Dante as she walked over to him. "You're my friend,"
"Could we try going on a date again then?" Dante asked Leah. "Except, just us this time?"
Leah sighed as she looked away from Dante.
"Fine, but we're not going back to that carnival," Leah told Dante. "Clowns creep me out,"
Dante began smiling.
"Alright then, no carnival," Dante said as he rose to his feet.
Dante and Leah hugged each other as Leah's grandma came back outside.
"Are you two still talking?" She asked them.
"We just finished," Leah told her grandma.
Dante looked over at Leah's grandma.
"Nice to meet you ma'am," Dante said to Leah's grandma. "But I need to get going,"
"I'm sure you have some explaining to do," Leah said to Dante.
Dante nodded. Dante walked off the porch and headed for the gate.
"Is he your boyfriend?" Leah's grandma asked her.
"Grandma!" Leah shouted in embarrassment as she walked back inside with her.
Dante began laughing as he walked out of their yard and left.
At the crashed Ship, Fury walked up to his cell and saw Singe lying on his bed.
"What the hell are you doing in here?" Fury asked Singe.
"Snide told me to pick any cell I wanted after what I did today," Singe told Fury as he got off the bed. "And I chose this one,"
Singe shoved Fury out of the cell and closed the door.
"Get out of my cell!" Fury shouted in frustration.
"Then tell me something," Singe said to Fury.
"What?" Fury asked Singe.
"Were you the one who interrupted my fight with the Rangers?" Singe asked Fury.
"No, I want those Rangers gone just as much as you do," Fury told Singe.
Fury snarled as he walked away. Singe sat back down on the bed and groaned as he grabbed his head.
"I know he's lying," Singe said to himself.
"Someone needs to knock this fool off his high horse, and that someone will be me," Fury said to himself as he left the cell block.