Poké Rangers: Lost Zone

A Team PikaFlash Fanfic, working on Fanfics for 10 Years

With approval from Blaze Productions

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A/N: I originally wanted to put in a scene where Julia pilots one of the Megazords and uses it against an army of BlackChops after watching a scene from Boukenger (For reference, it's from Episode 24). However, I realized that Julia is the only one who hasn't revealed her ability related to Iron Flygon, so I decided to give her the chance to use Iron Flygon against the BlackChops...

Claire: "Here are some things to keep you up to date on Poké Rangers: Lost Zone just in case you missed it from the beginning..."

Claire Springfield traveled to Cerulean City in hopes of finding suitable candidates to become the Lost Zone Poké Rangers to rescue her brother from the evil ZeroMew. It was at the same time she witnessed a Pokémon battle between David Fury and Julia Katsumoto and it was during that Claire notices that the Morphers are reacting to the two Pokémon Trainers. When a group of BlackChops tried to ambush Claire, Claire gave the Morphers to Julia and David, turning them into the Yellow Raichu and Red Charizard Rangers while Claire becomes the Blue Emploeon Ranger.

The Rangers traveled to Canalave City and met Andy 'Dice' Black, who is the Green Sceptile Poké Ranger. Then, the Rangers traveled to Johto and met the Blight Twins, Emma and Riku, who are the Black Umbreon and Indigo Espeon Rangers.

Claire's friend and future sister-in-law, Naomi Su becomes the White Latias Ranger and works for ZeroMew for her own reasons, making things a bit complicated when she kidnapped David's Rapidash and turned it into the Rapidash Rider Battlizer.

However, Naomi gave David the Battlizer and using it, David easily dispatched BoneShaman and M-Ball in battle...

[26. The Aura Child Returns Home]

Julia is lying on a psychiatrist couch. "Is this really necessary, Alexis?"

Alexis is sitting on the chair next to the couch holding a clipboard. She calmly adjusts her glasses. "Yes it is, Julia. We are trying to help fine tune your mental abilities so that you can use your Aura more effectively as a Ranger. According to Claire, what you have is potentially the strongest and the weakest Prime Mode among the six of you."

Julia is surprised by the explanation. "What does that mean?"

Sarah is sitting on at Alexis's desk at the other side of the infirmary. "Julia, the difference between your Prime Mode and the other Prime Modes used by the others is that the others have items related to the Pokémon. Claire's Blue Orb, David's Red Orb, Dice's Gracidea, and the rocks belonging to the twins. Your Prime Mode relies on your Aura and as an Aura user, the ability to control your Aura depends on your mental state and concentration. If your focus is high, your Aura attacks could potentially eliminate enemies in one shot. And the opposite is true, when you're not focusing, your Aura attacks would be just like a Magikarp using trying to use Splash."

Julia relaxes on the couch. "If that is the case, I can live with that."

"Alright, first question: Have you had any traumatic experiences in the past?" Alexis asks.

"No," Julia replied without hesitation.

"Don't bother lying," Sarah said. "Or have you forgotten that I can use Aura as well."

Julia frowns. "Okay, so maybe I did have traumatic experiences, more so than I could count, because if you know what my Dad is like, I'd probably need therapy but I don't really like to spend the cash for it."

Alexis grins. "Well, put my number in your PokéGear's speed dial if you need to book for an appointment. And you don't even need to pay for any session with me because Claire pays me to care for your well-being. Besides, you're going to need some private therapy sessions to deal with those experiences otherwise they could affect your mental state in battle."

Julia presses a few buttons on her PokéGear. "Alright, you're now No.1 on my Speed Dial, Alexis."

Claire: "A Mew was banished from this world by Arceus hundreds of years ago, until he was set free six months ago. The only ones who can protect the world from him are..."

The Six Rangers activate their Morphers.

"Poké Rangers: Lost Zone!"

Red, Yellow, Blue, Green, Black and Indigo Poké Rangers are fully morphed.

Alright let's go, it's time to turn it on,

The Red Ranger rides the Rapidash Rider, as the screen changes to David in his civilian clothes holding his Blazing Spears.

We set the record straight, we're gonna come through to right the wrong,
(Yeah!)

The Yellow Ranger rides the Storm Rider Cycle, as the screen transitions to Julia in her civilian clothes wearing her Storm Gauntlets as she winks at the camera.

Fight evil, Ranger powers standing strong,

The Blue Ranger rides on Iron Flygon as it flies through the sky, as the screen switches over to an unmorphed Claire holding her Emperor Claws.

We got it going on,
(Lost Zone, E-ner-gize!)

The Green Ranger drives the Empoleon Humvee, as the screen changes to an unmorphed Dice holding his Leaf Sabers.

We won't let down, cause we're gonna set the pace.

The Indigo Ranger flies the Z-Jet Mk. II as it does a barrel roll in the sky, switching over to Riku in his civilian clothes holding his Psycho Bazooka as he fires a shot at the camera.

We're always on the case, putting that Mew in his place,
(Yeah!)

The Black Ranger drives the DoomCruiser, switching over to Emma in her civilian clothes as she kisses her Umbreon helmet while holding her Lunar Fan.

Bad guys keep messing with their every move,

Kyle, Alexis and Sarah are on the deck of the SeaBlade

Poké Rangers never lose, always gonna show us through!

Storm suddenly jumps onto Alexis's head.

Stop these rangers,
Here there's no need to fret,

ZeroMew, his four Generals and Naomi are facing BoneShaman, Plusorb and Minnet on a grassy field.

We're the ones that will make a way,
Here to make change,

Plusorb and Minnet charge towards ZeroMew's group.

When there's trouble we don't quit,
Come together to save the day,

Naomi morphs into the White Latias Ranger, engulfing the field in a bright light causing the screen to shatter.

Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!

The Red Volcanic Rider Ranger swings his Blaze Buster broadsword, creating a burning vortex that sends the opposing BlackChops flying into the sky.

Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)
Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)

The Yellow Ranger jumps into the burning vortex with her Storm Boomerang and swings at the BlackChops, striking them down.

Here Come The Poké Rangers,
(Lost Zone, E-ner-gize!) (Yeah!)

The Blue Ranger jumps upwards to the sky before performing a downward spin, swinging her Emperor Claws at the BlackChops below her, striking them down.

Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)
Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)

The Blue Ranger lands on the ground when a BlackChop tries to attack Claire from behind. Suddenly, the Green Ranger lands behind Claire and he quickly cuts down the BlackChop with his Leaf Sabers.

Here Come The Poké Rangers,
(Go, go, go, go, yeah!)

The Black Ranger jumps over a group of BlackChops before sending them flying upwards with a powerful black tornado from her Lunar Fan.

Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)
Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)

The Indigo Ranger fires a barrage of energy missiles from his Psycho Bazooka at the flying BlackChops.

Here Come The Poké Rangers,
Poké Rangers: Lost Zone!

(Short Instrumental Solo)

The K-Bird and S-Dragon Megazords pose next to each other.

The J-Beast and H-Weather Megazords pose next to each other

Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)
Here Come The Poké Rangers, (Yeah!)

The six Rangers pose in front of the four Megazords.

Here Come The Poké Rangers,
Poké Rangers: Lost Zone!

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Julia looks at the clock. "Is it eleven already? I'd better get to the kitchen so that I can get lunch ready."

Alexis looks at Sarah, who simply nods. "I guess we can continue after Lunch."

Julia runs out of the infirmary to the galley to make lunch. A few seconds later, Claire walks into the infirmary. "So, how's the Aura training going, Sarah"

"She's pretty hard to crack," Sarah said. "Despite her natural talent with Aura, she's having problems trying to find the right mental state for her to bring out her Prime Mode's full potential."

Alexis rubs her chin. "You know, maybe if I can help Julia get over her past traumatic experiences, perhaps it should help her maintain her focus."

Claire nods. "If that's the case, I'll prepare my experimental VR Simulator so that I can recreate the traumatic experience to help her overcome it."

Both Sarah and Alexis stare at Claire in bewilderment as the blue-haired Ranger leaves the infirmary. "Claire, we're trying to help Julia, not give her a mental breakdown!" Sarah yells as she chased after Claire.

Alone in the infirmary, Alexis makes a note on her clipboard. "I'll set up the first one-on-one therapy session with Julia today after lunch."

Sarah follows Claire into the lab. "Seriously, there are some lines you shouldn't cross."

"I know. I just needed an excuse to talk to you alone without any distraction." Claire sits at her computer and presses a button, locking the door into the lab. "What are your personal thoughts on Julia?"

Sarah crosses her arms. "To be honest, I get this strange vibe that she's built up a wall around her, despite being with us for nearly three months. Though she tells us a lot of her experiences, she barely mentions anything about her family except her father."

Claire nods as she pulls out a file and gives it to Sarah to read. "When I first met Julia, she gave me an alias. I did a background check on her and found this."

Sarah reads the file. "That explains her proficiency in Aura. But why did she use Katsumoto as her name?"

"It's her Grandmother's maiden name," answered Claire. "To Julia, it probably it seemed significant to her to use it to hide her identity and her link to her famous father, despite the fact that she willing tells us the bad points about him without mentioning his name."

"Being the daughter of one of the world's greatest Trainers, I wouldn't be surprised that she changed her name so that she wouldn't be noticed. But she doesn't need to feel closed up since you guys have secret identities as Poké Rangers."

"Well, it will only be a matter of time when the outer shell known as Julia Katsumoto breaks down in front of us. It's already tough for me to maintain two identities: being Claire Springfield and the Blue Empoleon Ranger. I can imagine that it will be even tougher for Julia to keep three different identities. Though, I wonder how Katie feels, being the Blue SDI Ranger and not worrying about having a separate identity."

"That explains why it's hard for us to pinpoint the right mental state for Julia to maintain her Aura," said Sarah. "We're only seeing what she is showing us. How are we going to get her to show us the side she doesn't want us to see?"

Claire grins. "I'll leave that to Alexis."

After lunch, Julia is back in the infirmary lying on the couch, this time with various wires and electrodes on her head. Alexis is sitting at her computer and a Hypno standing in front of Julia.

"So, I can guess what the Hypno is here for, but what's the story with these random stuff on my head?"

"I'm trying out a bit of Hypno-therapy to figure out the best mental state for you to fully utilize your Aura."

Julia shrugs. "Well, as long as you don't hypnotize me into being a Pikachu or a Psyduck, go for it."

"Don't worry, I won't," reassures Alexis. "Hypno, you know what to do."

The Hypno nods as it swings it's pendulum to use Hypnosis on Julia. It didn't take long for Julia to fall asleep under the spell, now mentally vulnerable.

"Let us start with simple question. Julia, can you hear me?"

"Yes," Julia replied in a voice lacking emotion.

"Here's another simple question. What is your full name?"

"Julia Chacha K..."

Alexis accidentally knocks over a cup of pens. "Sorry about that." She looks at the computer and sees that Julia's brainwave is beginning to get slightly erratic.

'Just the mere mention of her name is causing her to subconsciously resist the hypnosis. Perhaps I should use a different subject to relax her.'

Alexis asks another question. "What are your thoughts on David Fury?"

"A hothead who only sees in one direction and he doesn't bother to look both ways. He lacks experience in leadership, despite being a Pokémon Trainer."

Alexis checks the computer and sees that Julia's subconscious is beginning to relax. "How did you take being the leader of the team?"

"It doesn't feel different from being on a Pokémon Journey with my brother and friends. Everyone listens to me because I was the only one in the group who cooks. It makes me feel like the mother of the group."

Alexis laughs. "I guess it's better than Claire doing the cooking. The one night we let her did the cooking nearly diminished our monthly supply of digestive medicine on the SeaBlade. Anyway, let's move on to the next bit. What would be the most traumatic experience in your life?"

Surprisingly, Julia's brainwaves remain normal as she tells Alexis. "It happened when I was 8 years old. My family was in Pallet Town visiting my Grandmother and I was wandering around the town with my Dad's Pikachu."

"What happened?"

"I was abducted by a Fearow. My dad's Pikachu didn't want to worry my father, so he quickly gathers a few of my Dad's flying Pokémon to rescue me. However, when they came to my rescue, the Fearow dropped me while it was still flying. I didn't know how high I was, but I knew from that height, I might not survive. I was afraid that I would never see my brother and sister, or my parents again. But luckily, my Dad's Staraptor caught me before I fell any further. The other Pokémon fought off the Fearow, warning it to never return. When my dad found out what happened, he ordered Pikachu to stay by my side whenever we are in Pallet Town until my 10th Birthday when I hatched Storm's egg. From that day on, I trained Storm until he evolved into a Pikachu and he's been with me since."

David and Dice are walking down a corridor in the SeaBlade when David stops walking.

Dice looks back at David. "What's wrong? Did something catch your eye?

David walks to a yellow door with a black lightning symbol on it. "You know, we never really know about Julia even though she's our leader."

Dice frowns. "Are you going to do what I think you're going to do?"

As David opens the door and walks into the room, Dice runs to a green door with a black leaf symbol and locks it with a key. "Either we're really too trusting with each other or Claire is a bad influence on us."

Dice looks at the open door. "Still, I guess it wouldn't hurt to know more about Julia." Dice enters Julia's room, only to find David and Claire sitting on the bed rummaging through Julia's bag.

"Hey, when were you in Julia's room?"

"I've been here since lunch was finished. And since Julia is with Alexis, I decided to sneak into her room to check her."

Claire smiles at Dice. "Since you also invited yourself in here, join the party."

Dice sighs. 'Guess locking the door won't do any good when Claire has the master key to all the rooms on the SeaBlade.'

The four Generals return to ZeroMew's hideout. ChaRaging leans on a rock and relaxes. "I never thought we'll get back here again after being cramped inside BoneShaman's staff."

DeathScyther sharpens his Scyther blades on another rock. "I'm still feeling disgusted at how we became that coward's puppets."

Killer-Beedrill flies around. "At least we're home and we can now focus on our task to eliminate the Poké Rangers. And our first order of business is for me to make the first monster. Any objections?"

"Well, it depends on what ChaRaging says." DeathScyther looks at ChaRaging, who is so relaxed that he is already dozing off.

DeathScyther turns to his colleague. "Go ahead and make the monster. If your creation destroys the Rangers before he wakes up, it will be his fault for sleeping on the job."

Alexis clicks her pen. "Alright, I guess that's it."

"I know you might not like me for this, but I think I may have found the best way to figure out the best mental state for your Aura abilities." Alexis steps in front of Julia. "When you wake up, you will have the mind of an 8-year old. You will wake up when I snap my fingers."

Alexis snaps her fingers, breaking Julia out of her trance.

Julia blinks as she looks at Alexis.

"Nurse Joy, what am I doing here?"

Alexis's smile is pretty much like the smile given by any Nurse Joy in a Pokémon Center. "Nurse Joy is what my mother and a few of my relatives are known by. My name is Doctor Alexis Joy, someone who has more qualifications and way more intelligent than the regular Nurse Joy. And what is your name?"

"Julia. Julia Ketchum."

Back in Julia's room, Claire and the other Rangers are sitting at a table looking at various things belonging to Julia. Among the stuff is a travel journal, a PokéDex and some old family photos.

"Wow, you guys sure took a risk going into Julia's room," said Riku. "Are you sure she won't notice that we've looked around?"

"I'm going to put everything back the way they were," Claire said with a grin. "It shouldn't be a problem since I have good memory."

"I can't believe she decided to go on a journey with some young Pokémon instead of the ones she personally trained at her Gym, though I can understand why she did it," said David. "She wants a challenge. Though, I get the feeling that she could probably trash me if she did use her Gym Pokémon, after seeing how much trouble Flare had with Storm."

"Considering the type of Pokémon you use, I can see that she would be your biggest challenge," said Dice. "But then again, I proved to be a challenge during that battle when my Sceptile can cut your flames."

"Doesn't that mean that Julia can beat your Sceptile since you have the type advantage?" Claire asks with a grin.

Dice is unable to come up with a counter to Claire's words.

"Burn," said David as he gives a high-five to Claire.

"Still, I think it's an interesting insight on our leader, even though we did invade her privacy," Emma said. "I think it's best if we clean this place up and leave now because..."

"What are you doing in here?"

The five Poké Rangers look at the entrance into the room in shock as Julia is standing at the door.

"Nurse Joy, there are some strange people looking around in my room!" Julia yells out.

"I said don't call me Nurse Joy!" Alexis walks into the room and finds the other rangers caught yellow-handed invading Julia's privacy. "Oh crap, you better come up with a good explanation for this, Claire."

Thinking fast, Claire said, "Yeah, I would ask the same from you as well."

Julia smiles at the other five Rangers despite the awkward situation. "I think I should introduce myself. I'm Julia Ketchum and I am 8 years old."

In the bridge, Julia has jumped onto Kyle's back pointing at Pallet Town on the map of Kanto she is holding.

"Come on, let's go to Pallet Town and see my grandma!"

Kyle groans. "Alright, I will sail the ship there if you can get off my back, Julia."

Meanwhile, Claire and Alexis are at another part of the bridge arguing. The Blue-Haired scientist raises her hands in frustration as she glares at her pink-haired doctor and friend. "You've really screwed up this time, Alexis! Our leader now has the mind of an 8-year old!"

"Well, it doesn't excuse you from the fact that you invaded her privacy for your own reasons, Claire," Alexis retorts.

Claire groans. "I hope you come up with a solution before the next monster attack or worst, before dinner. Who's going to cook if Julia's out of commission?"

Julia has a childish grin as she walks up to Claire. "But my grandma taught me everything I need to know about cooking. I'm sure I can come up with something good..."

Claire sighs and looks at Julia. "I'm sure you know what you're doing, but this is my ship and I can't risk anything happening to it if something goes wrong."

David, Dice, Emma and Riku are sitting at a table. David raises his hand. "So, who's going to be the leader of the team since our leader is now a kid?"

Before giving an answer, Claire takes out a coin and flips it. As the coin lands on her hand, Claire covers it and checks it. "Dice will be in charge for the time being."

Dice punches his fist into the air in celebration. "Hell, yeah!"

David looks at Claire. "Surely, you can't be serious? Which side of the coin was I?"

"I am serious and for the record, David, you were heads," said Claire as she keeps her coin in her lab coat pocket. "Oh, and don't call me Shirley."

VictreeBomb spits out the latest creation picked by KillerBeedrill. The creation is a Fearow humanoid with wings instead of arms and talons for legs. It is also wearing a helmet in the shape of a Fearow's head with chain-mail over its torso and a belt with a clock on it.

Killer-Beedrill presents his creation to Naomi and DeathScyther. "I present to you my creation: Frostdrill."

"On first impression, I'm not impressed," said DeathScyther. "First of all, I get the feeling that you named it after yourself, K-B."

"His original name was FrostRow, but I thought it needed a bit of pizzazz, so I renamed him Frostdrill," Killer-Beedrill explains. A second later, Killer-Beedrill did a double take. "Wait a minute; did you just call me K-B?"

"Thought it would be faster to call you by your initials like what ChaRaging does," DeathScyther said as he looks at Naomi. "Pretend that I want to purchase a monster to eliminate the Rangers. Sell him to me."

Naomi rolls her eyes. "FrostRow/Frostdrill, whichever name you pick, has a specialty in using Ice-Type moves. However, as an added precaution, I've gave him an experimental toy that could change possibly turn the tide against the Rangers."

Naomi points at the clock belt. "I call this one my Time Belt. This toy is specially linked to FrostRow/Forstdrill's vital signs. Using the energy from the Lost Zone, if anything lethal happens to him, the Time Belt automatically take effect, returning his body to what it was ten seconds before death. Chop off his head, he'll chop yours off. Stick a stake through his heart, he'll return the favor tenfold. Inject poison, and his body will jump back to a point in time before the poison has even been injected. And et cetera, etc."

"If you had this thing in mind, why didn't you use it in the previous monsters we used?"

Naomi rubs her chin. "I suppose I could give the belt to Puree and use it to torture him for the fun of it."

"On second thought, leave the belt with this guy. That toy will turn him into a horror movie monster that won't die until the main character kills him. Plus, he's more menacing that the Great Purrie."

Naomi sends a look at DeathScyther. "Do not tempt fate. Clearly, you guys weren't around to see what happened when Eevee-Beros teamed up with Nathan and Meta."

In the SeaBlade's Bridge, the alarm rings as the image of Frostdrill appears on screen with a large platoon of BlackChops.

Claire groans. "That's really bad. Alexis, find Julia. She won't be of any use unless you fix this problem."

Alexis nods. "I'll get Storm. He'll find her." Alexis leaves the bridge as Claire begins the briefing. "Looks like ZeroMew's goons are back in business and it appears that they're going to attack Pallet Town." Claire looks at Dice. "What's the plan, Boss?"

Dice nods as he looks at his four teammates. "Alright, let's intercept these guys at Route 1 before they reach Pallet Town! That is the least we could do for Julia by protecting her ancestral home."

David blinks. "But Julia is still alive. Are you sure we should speak about here in past tense?"

On Route 1, Frostdrill and his army of fifty BlackChops are marching towards Pallet Town. "Let's test my new toy by causing some trouble around this small town! Onward!"

The five Rangers arrive, standing in the way of Frostdrill and his minions. "Ah, just as Naomi predicted. Here comes the Poké Rangers."

Dice leads the team into the battlefield. "Alright guys, for my second order as the temporary leader, let's take down this freak and his goons!"

David frowns. "You're really getting the hang of this leadership thing, aren't you?"

"Don't get use to it, Dice," Riku adds. "Eventually, Julia will come back."

"Leave him alone, guys. Let Dice have his power trip, since this will be the only chance he gets to enjoy it." Realizing the possible implication of her words, Emma quickly adds, "It will make his disappointment so much sweeter to me once Julia is back to normal."

Claire rolls her eyes as she runs towards the BlackChops. 'I wonder if I had made David the leader, these guys would follow orders because he wears Red instead of badmouthing him like they're doing to Dice. Why do I get the karmic feeling that I shouldn't have gone into Julia's room?'

As the Rangers and their enemies clash, Dice starts off by fighting Frostdrill while the others fight the BlackChops.

"You're mine!" Dice swings his Leaf Sabers at Frostdrill, instantly cutting his head off. "That wasn't so difficult. Guess ZeroMew's Generals have lost their edge."

Suddenly, both of Frostdrill's head and body disappear, as Frostdrill reappears behind Dice in one piece. "Ha, did you think I would fall that easily?" Frostdrill swings his talons, striking Dice in the back.

Alexis and Storm find Julia in the Recreation Room as she sitting in a corner. "Why are you sitting down there, Julia?"

"I saw the TV. That bad Fearow monster is attacking those Poké Rangers and it wants to attack my Grandmother's hometown. I hate Fearows! Uncle Pikachu, where are you?" Julia hugs Storm, knowing the comfort he brings to her.

Alexis sighs as she shakes her head. "Julia, you can stop the façade. I know you're not really hypnotized to think you're an 8-year old."

Julia looks up at Alexis as she releases Storm from her hug. "I'd be surprise if you actually fell for it, Alexis," Julia said in a more mature tone. "What gave me away?"

"Aura users aren't easily susceptible to cheap tricks like Hypnosis unless they're idiots," Alexis explains. "Plus, I was watching your brainwave patterns which clearly indicate that you didn't fall for the hypnosis in the first place. So, you volunteered your information to me using the hypnotism as an excuse."

Julia pouts as Storm sits on Julia's shoulder. "Still, it was pretty convincing, wasn't it? I thought it would be a decent break so that I can be myself instead of Julia Katsumoto. Or at least what I was like when I was eight. To be honest, I wanted to drop the act after the session, but when Claire and the others decided to pry into my personal life, I decided to continue, just to teach them a lesson."

Alexis laughs. "I guess the results were pretty interesting. So, are you back to being yourself or at least being the Team Leader of the Poké Rangers?"

Julia stands up as Storm jumps onto the floor. "Whether I'm Julia Chacha Katsumoto, Julia Chacha Ketchum or the Sexy Raichu Ranger, I'm still the Yellow Raichu Ranger."

Riku fires a few shots from his LZ Blaster at Frostdrill. "Dammit, he's taking the hits, but it's as though he isn't hurt at all."

"Eat this! Sacred AeroBlast!" Emma holds the Lugia Booster as she wears the Ho-oh FlameVest, firing a beam of silver energy at Frostdrill. Though the attack hits Frostdrill through the chest, Frostdrill quickly reappears behind Emma. Claire quickly jumps in and kicks Frostdrill away.

"Normally I would love the mindless slaughter, but this is a bit too much for something that keeps coming back!" said Emma.

Claire nods. "Frostdrill may be weak, but we'll only be wasting our energy until we find out his secret to his immortality."

Dice cuts down two Black Chops. "Well, not to mention the sheer number of BlackChops we're fighting against. I'm sure it will be worst if Puree was still alive!"

Frostdrill laughs as he watches the BlackChops overpower the Rangers. "Not bad. These BlackChops show no fear now that they know that I cannot die!"

"Time for me to shake things up: Earth Divider!" The Groudon Ranger slams his Volcanic Fist onto the ground, creating a shockwave that causes the BlackChops to lose their balance. However, Frostdrill is a flying type, so he is safe from the Groudon Ranger's attack.

Frostdrill flies towards David. "You have foolishly weaken yourself against my attack, Red Ranger! Prepare to die!"

A laser hits Frostdrill through the chest. However, the time belt kicks in, returning him to his original state before he got shot. He looks around for the assailant. "What the… who shot me?"

Frostdrill looks up and sees the Yellow Ranger calmly pointing her LZ Blaster at Frostdrill.

"There's about fifty BlackChops, one Fearow-like monster and five Poké Rangers in my sights. And right now, I really hate Fearow-monster more." Julia opens her PokéGear Morpher and presses a button. "Iron Flygon!"

Iron Flygon lands behind Julia as she jumps on Iron Flygon's back. Iron Flygon's wings open up, as Julia raises her hands to the sky. "Iron Flygon Combination: Dragonfly Storm Generator!"

Combining her powers with Iron Flygon, Julia unleashes a powerful burst of electricity into the sky, causing the clouds in the sky to darken.

Dice looks up at the darkened sky. "Oh crap, now she's really pissed."

Claire quickly stands behind David as a powerful bolt of lightning hits the ground in the middle of the group, almost hitting David and Claire as the result of the lightning strike, forming a large crater once the smoke clears.

"I don't think that was near David by accident!" Dice screams as he and Emma and Riku avoid another large bolt of lightning that instantly decimates a group of nearby BlackChops.

The Poké Rangers quickly dodge three more large bolts of lightning that eliminates the remaining BlackChops.

David catches his breath as looks at Claire behind him with an equally scared Frostdrill running around in circles. "You think Julia has finished venting her anger on us?"

Claire looks up at the sky. "Not yet! We got one more incoming!"

Claire and David jump away as they avoid final bolt of lightning that hits Frostdrill. The attack was lethal enough to kill him due to his type weakness, but the Time Belt quickly restores his body to the way it was 10 seconds before the lightning hits him. "Ha! I won't die that easily!"

Suddenly, sparks begin to fly from Frostdrill's Time Belt before it explodes. "No! My Time Belt! The lightning must have shorted it out! Now I'm completely mortal!"

The Red Groudon Ranger looks at Frostdrill as his helmet hides his grin as he brings out the Cherish Ball. "So, you're mortal now, eh? Alright, guess you're not going to come back after I really battlize your ass! Arise, Rapidash Rider!"

The Cherish Ball opens, calling out the armored mechanical Rapidash. The black Groudon markings on the Red Ranger suit changes to blue. The mechanical Rapidash splits apart. The four limbs open up to form arm and leg guards that instantly attach themselves to David's arms and legs. This time, the head merges with David's helmet while the body forms an additional armor that covers David's upper torso. On the back of the body armor is an emblem of three orbs colored Red, Blue and Green, bearing similarities to the Red, Blue and Jade Orbs.

"Drawing from the fury within the depths of the Earth!" A huge burning red aura erupts from the Battlized Red Ranger. "Red Volcanic Rider Ranger!"

Frostdrill tries to remain calm. "I may have lost my secret weapon, but I don't have to rely on toys to beat you, Poké Rangers!"

Frostdrill summons a large array of ice spears and flings them at David. David glares at his opponent. "It's a little too late to use your moves against me. Your little popsicles are nothing compared to the volcanic fury of the earth! Firespin Dance!"

David summons his Blazing Spears and begins to spin them in his hands at high speeds, using the friction in the air to set his spears ablaze, forming two wheels of fire from the spinning spears. The heat from the spears quickly melts the ice projectiles.

"I'm not done yet!" David charges forward with his blazing spears. "Get ready to feel the heat! Flame Drill!"

Using the enhanced speed and strength of his Battlizer, David proceeds to rapidly thrust his spears at Frostdrill.

"I'm not done yet! Fire Storm!" David's arms begin to pick up speed as his arms move faster as David continues the attack.

Frostdrill's continuous skewering causes him to stagger backwards. "Please, give me another chance to defeat my enemies!"

Suddenly, four swords land on the ground, forming a seal around Frostdrill.

A familiar voice speaks. "Power of the Lost Zone, Maximize!"

Julia jumps off Iron Flygon and stands by her fellow Rangers.

"Great to see you back, Boss," said Dice, knowing that his limited time as the team leader is over. "Are you back to normal?"

Julia's helmet hides the angry glares she giving to her teammates. "Actually, I was pretending to be hypnotized after I found you guys in my room. Anyway, I'll deal with you guys later. For now, let's call out the Megazords and take down this Fearow monster!"

Julia opens her PokéGear Morpher to summon the K-Bird Zords. "K-Bird, unleash!"

The three Kanto Bird Zords appear in the sky. Both Zapdos Jet and Articuno Support suddenly lose their wings and tail feathers. Articuno Support joins the left arm of Moltres Fighter while Zapdos Jet joins the right arm of Moltres Fighter. Both Zapdos and Articuno's heads open up down the middle, revealing the hands of the Megazord. The two wings of Zapdos and Articuno suddenly attach themselves onto Moltres Fighter's back, giving him the total of six wings. Zapdos Jet's tail feather suddenly transform into the helmet of the Megazord while Articuno's tail feathers becomes a buckle around the Zord's waist, completing the K-Bird Megazord formation.

Dice calls out the S-Dragon Zords. "S-Dragon, unleash!"

The Sinnoh Dragon Zords appear out of three different colored portals in the sky. Temporal Dialga's body splits apart. All four of Dialga legs merge to form a pair of legs. Spatial Palkia's head and neck split from the body as Ghost Giratina merges with Palkia's torso, forming a new head and neck. The merged pair of legs fuses with Palkia's legs, forming the legs of the Megazord. Dialga's head and neck merges with the right side of the Megazord, forming the right arm while Palkia's head and neck merge with the left side of the Megazord, forming the left arm. Dialga's back wing appears on the Dialga arm, forming a shield while Palkia's wings merge together, forming a sword in the Palkia arm.

Emma and Riku call out the J-Beast Zords. "J-Beast, unleash!"

The three Johto Beast Zords are running towards the battlefield. The Raikou Zord suddenly folds itself, forming a right leg while the Entei Zord folds into a left leg. The Suicune suddenly becomes bipedal as its hind legs merges with the Raikou and Entei legs. The Suicune's front paws switch into hands as Zord's mouth opens wide, revealing the J-Beast Megazord's face.

David and Claire summon the H-Weather Zords. "H-Weather, unleash!"

Three portals, colored red, blue and green, appear in the sky above the two Rangers. The three Hoenn Weather Zords fly out of their respective portals. The Groudon Tank's body opens up, revealing a slot that can fit the Kyogre Gunship vertically, with its front facing the inside of the Zord. The Rayquaza Skytrain's body splits into five pieces, the front engine with the Rayquaza head and four passenger cars. Two of the passenger cars attach themselves to Groudon's legs to form leg guards while the other two Passenger cars form arm guards on the Groudon's arms. The Rayquaza head opens up, revealing the Megazord's head as the head attaches itself to the Kyogre Body, completing the H-Weather Megazord.

Julia pilots the K-Bird Megazord, Dice pilots the S-Dragon Megazord, Riku and Emma control the J-Beast Megazord while Claire and David control the H-Weather Megazord.

Four Megazords are surrounding the outnumbered Frostdrill.

"Wait, isn't this a bit of an overkill?" asked Frostdrill.

"Unfortunately for you, I'm in a very bad mood today," said Julia as the K-Bird Megazord raises its Six-Wing Shuriken. "You made it worst by trying to attack my ancestral home. Time for you to die!"

The Megazords prepare to use their finishers.

"Extra-Dimensional Slash!" The S-Dragon Megazord swings its Palkia Wing Sword, hitting Frostdrill.

"Blaze Rain!" The J-Beast Megazord proceeds to hurl a barrage of burning kicks at the Fearow monster.

"Ozone Buster!" The H-Weather Megazord lands an uppercut that sends Frostdrill flying upwards.

"Trinity Blast!" The K-Bird Megazord's head and arms shoot out a combined energy beam of fire, lightning and ice at the flailing Frostdrill, hitting him straight in the chest.

"Do you want to know why you lost? I'll tell you why: You pissed me off," explained Julia as Frostdrill explodes in midair.

Inside the Groudon Zord's cockpit, David has a realization. "I just realized something. If I'm the Groudon Ranger, doesn't that make me a Ground-Type and protection from Julia's attacks? Is that why you were using me as a shield?"

Claire sighs as she rests her head on her console. "You only remember that now? Good thing I picked Julia over you as the team leader."

"That monster is completely hopeless!"

In his fury, DeathScyther smashes his blades into the large video screen that he, Naomi and Killer-Beedrill were watching the battle on.

ChaRaging does a stretch as he wakes up from his nap. "That nap really felt good. Now I'm pumped to do take on the Poké Rangers." ChaRaging looks around and sees the destruction DeathScyther caused. "So, did I miss something while I had my nap?"

Naomi calmly replies, "Nope, you didn't miss anything."

Alexis, Sarah and Kyle are about to disembark the S.S. SeaBlade at Pallet Town Harbor when Claire spots them on the deck.

"Going somewhere?"

Alexis nods. "Yeah, Julia is inviting us to dinner at her Grandmother's restaurant in Pallet Town. We're hoping to meet the person who taught her how to cook those awesome meals she made."

Claire pouts. "You guys are going to meet Julia's Grandmother? Why wasn't I invited?"

Standing behind Claire is Julia with Storm on her shoulder. "Yeah, about that. After you guys snuck into my room and look through my stuff without my permission, I figured that it's a decent punishment not to invite you guys."

Claire looks at Julia. "But if you're taking those three out to dinner, what will the rest of us have for dinner?"

Julia grins. "Since you kindly decided to mention it, I'm letting you cook dinner for the others tonight."

Claire shrugs. "I guess I can come up with something in the kitchen."

Julia nods. "Well then, we're off."

As the four disembark the SeaBlade, Julia's grin becomes wider as Alexis whispers to Sarah. "Remind me to make a new order for digestive medicine when we return because I think asking Claire to cook for the other may be a bit too much."

[End of 26]

David: "Next time on Poké Rangers: Lost Zone..."

Riku: "Why do I get the feeling that..."

Emma: "...this is going to be the worst Christmas ever?"

Sarah: "Hello, brother."

?: "After all this time, you still haven't changed, Claire."

[Post-Fanfic Segment - Poké Ranger Report: Poké Rangers Hoenn - Generation Two]

Claire was wearing her blue lab coat over a blue shirt, a denim skirt and a red tie while Riku was sitting next to her wearing a grey and purple striped shirt with grey pants as the duo presents the next Poké Ranger Report in Claire's Lab.

Claire greets the reader. "Welcome back. Today's Poké Ranger report is on the second generation of Hoenn's team of Poké Rangers. Let's start off with the team from Poké Rangers Turbo."

Riku nods as he reads the report. "Yes. After the Overtech Overdrive Poké Rangers defeated the Machine Empire, a space motorcycle gang known as the Reckless Riders destroyed a planet because they intended to build the largest galactic expressway in the universe and the next planet in the path of its construction is the very planet we are on."

"You know, I can't imagine anyone building a humongous expressway from Pika-knows-where to Arceus-knows-where,"

Riku continued. "However, a survivor from the destroyed planet quickly travels to Earth to inform Danny and the other rangers of the danger. Providing the Rangers with Car Magic, four of the core Overtech Overdrive Rangers and Jack's Cousin, Matt, form the Poké Rangers Turbo team. Then, they received assistance from the Gold Turbo Ranger, Spencer. However, being Rangers took a toll on the four veterans and they decided to pass the torch to four new Rangers..."

Claire interrupts Riku as she held a Torchic plush doll. "You know, I wonder if we should do a passing the torch at the end of our series. Though I think it would be meaningful if David is the one to do this with this Torchic plushie."

Riku frowned. "We'll probably talk about that one later." He continued his report. "Anyway, Danny passes on the leadership of the team to Tara, becoming the first Female Red Ranger and team leader of the Poké Rangers. So, it's no big loss for you, Claire."

Claire simply waved her hand. "Meh, it's just water off a Psyduck's back."

Riku looked back at the reader. "Joining Matt, Spencer and Tara are Darren, Angela and Spencer's sister, Violet. For these new Rangers, the battle may have been tough for them, but eventually, they prevailed against the Reckless Riders, and even gain a couple of allies from the experience."

Claire begins the next report. "However, another source of evil popped up, but this time it's a bit closer to home as it involved a computer virus known as the Neji Virus trying to take over Hoenn. Tara, Angela and Darren, with a couple of Pokémon Trainers, Felix and Ray, arrived at Littleroot Town when the virus attacked. The five were sent to Mossdeep Space Center, where they received new Morphers from P-NET and sent the newly formed team of Rangers into Space, hence Poké Rangers in Space!"

Claire's eyes sparkle. "A Poké Rangers series mixed with science fiction is like a dream come true for me. With space and cyber-space travel and so on... Go go, Cyber Sliders!"

Riku slapped his forehead in frustration. "You know, I suddenly feel as though my energy is being drained from my body trying to keep up with your mind."

Claire continued her report. "The Rangers also received assistance by a PokéMorph named Claese, who becomes the Silver Space Ranger and throughout the series, many secrets were revealed. Felix's brother and sister were involved in the creation of the Neji Virus, but after an accident, they were captured and corrupted by the Neji Virus. Also, the Silver Ranger's powers only lasted for a couple of minutes, which was easily remedied. And finally, somebody decided to be a bastard and decides to reveal the identity of the Space Rangers to the world in a public trial."

Riku relaxed in his chair. "You know, if we got involved in a public trial because we are Rangers, I bet that the legal paperwork involving insurance liabilities and compensation will make everyone's head spin, except maybe yours because you're smarter than the rest of us."

Claire laughed. "Anyway, the Space Rangers were able to free Felix's sister from the virus, but Felix's brother wasn't lucky as he was already dead as the virus that corrupted him took over his body and had a final showdown against the Space Rangers after an epic battle against all of Hoenn's past enemies with the help of the various past Hoenn Rangers and their allies. In the end, the Space Rangers prevailed. Anyway, our next report will be on Poké Rangers: Bandstand and PokéPower."

Riku nods. "Now that that's been done, shall we do the Morphing call for these two series?"

Claire nods as she puts on the Red Ranger's Turbo Morpher and Turbo Key and puts the key into the morpher. Riku has the Silver Ranger's Digitizer and he pressed the numbers 2580.

"Shift into Turbo!"

"Digitizer, Install!"

As Claire and Riku posed with the morphers, Claire suddenly remembers something and stops posing. "That reminds me, before we end this report; I have a couple of very important message to everyone: 'Always look both ways before crossing the street' and 'Always make sure you have the right Anti-Virus protection for your computer'. Oh, and don't forget to review!"