Task 26: Close Shut the Jaws of Oblivion.

Cassie grinned as she looked at the two cards that Lily had dealt to her, the gang aside from Dora sitting in the commons room, playing Texas Hold'em.

"Well," Sugimori said, "Three of a kind on the table... I'll go all in."

Cassie, being the last one in the current hand besides Sugimori, Grinned. On the board was a 5 of hearts, Five of Clubs, Five of Diamonds, a 9 of Spades, and a 10 of Hearts. Cassie had a pair of 8's, so she was fairly confident.

"I'll meet that," Cassie said, revealing her pair of 8s.

"I win then," Sugimori said, revealing a pair of ladies (Queens).

"Wow," Cassie said, "You're impossible to read."

"Eh, I was fairly certain you had a good hand," Sugimori said, "You were grinnin' like a schoolgirl when the third 5 came up."

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Dora's breath was quiet as she napped at the surveilance console. However, as the Intersystem sensors blared, she abruptly woke up.

"Huh, wha.... Oh... shit...." Dora said, "K-kev... get the guys up here lickety fucking split..."

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As the group teleported in, Gordon stumbled.

"Whoa," The young heir to the Valtreze millions said, "Please tell me when you do that again, Sug."

"First off," Sugimori said, swatting gordon up side the head, "Only one person can call me that."

"And," Dora said, very pale at the moment,"He's prevented from coming here.... Kev.... It's Emrass, he's in this plane... and he's heading straight for earth."

"Correction," Sugimori said, "Emrass is here."

Cassie grabbed the case with the casts and looked to sugimori.

"We'll hold on as long as possible," Sugimori said, "If we don't make it, get to the ship and run as fast as you can to the Dalron Expanse... That seems to be a planar weak point."

"Kev, I'm not leaving you guys." Dora said.

"And I won't let you die if we can't stop Emrass," Sugimori said, "Dora, I love you too much to allow you to die because of this."

"Don't worry, chief," Gordon said, "I'm no ranger, but i'll protect her till the bitter end. Rhino helping Rhino."

Dora grinned, "Sides, I've been working on an project... It's nowhere near done, but if we have to use it, we'll have to hope it works."

"Ok," Ready guys?"

"Morph Soul Set!"

"Tune Up!"

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Emrass grinned ever so slightly as he sauntered into the lair of the one psychotic that was overseeing the battle.

"Drenacouloshan...The one borne of Human flesh...."

"Lord Emrass.... I am humbled by your presence." Drenacouloshan said.

"Rise, Drenacouloshan.... " The supreme commander of the Psychotics said, "Why haven't you rid this world of its living population?"

"I have met... resistance... in the form of those accursed Power Rangers..."

"A group of POWER RANGERS is holding you back?" Emrass said, somewhat amused at Drenacouloshan's incompetency, "I guess what the humans say is true... when you want something done right, do it yourself... Come Drenacouloshan, Before I kill you, i'll allow you to see the destruction of your nemeses."

Drenacouloshan shrank back a little, but followed Emrass' order.

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The aerial Zords tore into the Psychotic fighters, Tartarus, and the Mach Force Zords each taking their share of enemies.

"Kiiun! This is easy!" Phoenix Harrier said, " But there's way too many of them."

"I know," Sugimori said, "The Timer's about half way gone, ph..."

"We've gotta go as long as we can," Phoenix Harrier said, "Let's Do this!"

"Kev," Kira said, "The others are done with their footsoldiers, We're about to get some help."

"Guys," Sugimori said, seeing a huge bolt of energy coming towards the Fliers, "Bug out!"

As the zords broke formation, Emrass grinned.

"I'll go after ugly," Phoenix Harrier said, "Let's do this!"

"PH," Sugimori said, "We're out of time, we need to get you back to base for a charge."

"No," Phoenix Harrier said, "As long as I don't get hit, I should be fine."

Sugimori nodded, "I hope you're right."

As the Giant crimson zord flew towards Emrass, the monstrous villain just grinned.

"Phoenix Firestorm!" Phoenix Harrier said, unleashing its firepower directly at Emrass.

As the massive amount of firepower careened towards Emrass, he concentrated and fired when the Zord had no chance to dodge.

"GAAAAAH!" Phoenix harrier said as her left wing sheared off, "I've lost my wing!"

Sugimori struggled to stabilize the zord.

"Hang in there, PH!" Sugimori said, "HANG IN THERE!"

"KEV!" Kira screamed, "Try to pull up, there's people in the building you're about to hit."

"P-H," Sugimori said, "Time for an emergency shrink.... I'm ejecting in Three... two one...... NOW!"

As Sugimori hit the ground, the smoking and damaged form of Phoenix Harrier's cast fell to the ground, the Engine Soul falling into Sugimori's hamd. As Emrass sauntered towards the ranger and his cast, Sugimori grabbed the cast, sending both the soul and the Cast back to Base.

"Ah," Emrass said, flicking Sugimori's helmet off with ease, "Dickson's lapdog..... Today... Today is the day... you DIE!"

With that, Emrass punched sugimori 4 times in the gut, on the 4th time releasing sugimori before sending the ranger flying into the horizon.

"KEV!" Cassie said, before jumping out of her zord, and sending it back to base, the other rangers following suit.

"Hmph," Emrass said, "You 7 are fools for standing against me..."

As Emrass said that, a white energy bolt hit him head on, Knocking the monster down.

"Protip," A white ranger, with armor similar to the other Wings, and with a rhino themed helmet, said, "Learn to count, newfag."

"Who are you?" Drenacouloshan said, preparing a spell.

"I could say that i'm an avenging angel, sent by the gods to make you pay for all that you've done, but one, that would make me a liar. I'm not a liar, I'm the Goddamned motherfucking White ranger..."

"Best Rollcall ever..." Theo said.

"Rollcall?" Gordon said from underneath the helmet, "I have not yet begun to rollcall... However, This is no time for a stinkin' rollcall."

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Sugimori winced as he tried to wriggle free of the tree branch that had impaled him through the chest.

"Owthisfuckinghurtsgoddamniti'mgonnafuckingkillthatassholemotherfuckerwhenigetoffthisfuckingtreethreetwoone...." Sugimori said before launching himself off the branch, "OOOOOOOOWWWWWW!"

AS sugimori landed on the ground, his healing factor began closing the wound and healing the injured tissue, bones, and such.

"Fuck... I'm gonna be pissin' blood for a year..." The crimson ranger said, grabbing his morpher, "Sugi to Dora... Sugi to Dora... come in!"

Nothing...

"Damnit...." Sugimori said as he continued to heal, "Rita must be jamming the frequency again... hehe.."

"BOAAAEL!" A far off voice said.

"What the hell?" Sugimori said, getting up slowly.

"Boaeell..." A holographic whale said, appearing from his prototrigger, "Follow my directions if you want to save your friends... booaeel..."

"A holographic whale with a captain's hat, Man I must've been fucked up in that battle."

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As sugimori walked down the path, the whale-ogram stayed with him the entire way.

"I watched that battle...." The hologram said, "That Engine.... The one you're partner's with... What's her name?"

"Her name is Phoenix Harrier," Sugimori said, bitterly, "Because... Because of me... she's damaged.. prolly beyond repair..."

"Boaeeel," The whale said, "Don't be too hard on yourself... You did the best you could... and so did your partner."

"Who are you?" Sugimori said, "And how are you hijacking my morpher when I can't even reach my girlfriend?"

"Boael!!! I, am Engine Jumbowhale," The Hologram said, "I am the instructor of Hiroto and Miu Suto... The Go-On Wings of the Ti-kra plane."

"Hi-Hiroto... M-Miu?" Sugimori said.... "My adoptive brother and sister... were named Hiroto and Miu...."

"Boooael.... Yes... I know..." Jumbowhale said, "You've arrived at the hangar where i'm hiding out... Come inside and we'll continue."

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"Pole Position!" The main five rangers said, "Hyper Chassis! Five Barrel Cannonball!"

"Attention!" The wings said, arming the Protoboosters, "Souls Set, Boost UP!"

"Three, Two One, Zero!"

"ULTIMATE CANNONBALL!!!" The eight rangers said in unison, "FIRE!"

Drenacouloshan fell to the ground, wheezing in pain from taking the full brunt.

Emrass smirked and picked the unconscious villain up, tossing him out of the battlefield.

"He did what needed to be done..." Emrass said, "Now... to take out the trash."

"Damn you, you monster!" An old man with a 30-06 in his hands said, "You destroyed my store! Take this!!!"

The man fired 5 shells, what Kira noticed to be sugicorp manufactured explosive shells, into Emrass, causing him to howl in anger.

"Damn... Damn you... DAMN YOU YOU BUG!!!!" Emrass said, Enlarging to the size of the Engine Pride Megazord.

"Dora...." Cassie said, "Send the zords."

"I can send one through 8... PH is too damaged, and when I went to test something in the master zords with the souls in, they bolted... I don't know why though..."

"Send 1-8 then." Cassie said, "Sir... get out of here!"

"Be careful, Miss," The man said, revealing a Black Knights insignia.

"Cass, I'm sending the zords" Dora said, "Be careful."

"Aye," Cassie said.

"SOULS SET!"

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As sugimori entered the hangar, he took a look at the massive Turquoise engine.

"Boael!!! Good that you've made it..."

"How... How can this be... Why are you here...?" Sugimori asked.

"I am a planeswalker.... My Spark was activated when the group I was assisting was attacked by the Gaiark Chief Executive.... We all survived, but my Planeswalking Spark activated.... "

"And why are you here?" Sugimori said.

"Hiroto and Miu still remember you, Kevin Sugimori," Bowhale said, "They don't hate you.... And though they can't see you, they believe that one day they'll see the brother that was torn away from them because of a freak of interplanar nature... Oh my...."

"What's wrong..?"

"Kev," Dora said, "The rangers are getting owned... No more zords have been damaged, but without Mach 9, We won't have enough firepower..."

"I'll try to make it over there... I'm in a fairly dense area... but as soon as I can, i'll be over there..."

"You have a Henshin (transformation) Device.... May I see it?"

Sugimori nodded and let Jumbowhale see the ProtoTrigger.

"Aha, it should work. Morph and enter my cockpit... There's a seat and a place for your Wing Trigger... or whatever you call it "

"You mean..."

"You may not be able to have a Mach 9, But While there are Engines, of any form, It's my job to help them!"

Sugimori nodded, "Wait, don't you have to rest or something?"

"Oh yes.... Back up..."

With that, Bowhale broke into a Cast and a Soul...

"Now, if you don't mind, Put the soul back in the cast so we can save your friends."

"Bowhale Soul, Set!"

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"Damn," Annika said, "This is no good, We've had to go low 3 times just to keep our Zords under the limits! If only Dad was here!"

"Attention Please! This is a Really pissed off ranger, with a Really angry whale. Now, Let's see how angry the whale is, shall we?"

As Kira looked at where the voice was coming from, She saw a huge blue whale Zord.

"Kev?"

"Yep," Sugimori said, "Jumbowhale, Let's clear the path, eh?"

"Aye, BOAEEEL!"

Jumbowhale stormed forward, slamming into Emrass with everything he could muster.

"What the Hell are you?!!!" Emrass yelled.

"Just a passing through Wing Engine, Remember that, Boael!" Jumbowhale said.

"It's Huge..." Phoenix Harrier said, her cast in a scanner while her Hologram looked at the screen... "It... I think it's possible...."

"Possible for what? Dora asked.

"Aibo!!" PH said, "The Engine You're using can combine with the rest of the Engine Zords... It should be compatible."

"How do you know this?" Sugimori asked.

"Just think of it as a Gut feeling..." PH said, before passing out due to the strain on her holo imagers.

"Let's do it," Tiger Formula, said."For Phoenix Harrier, Aru Aru..."

"Yeah," The other 7 engines said.

"So be it!" Jumbowhale said, with mirth, "G9 Formation it is!"

"G9 Formation!" Sugimori said, hitting the appropriate keys on his morpher.

"ENGINE Fusion!!"

As the Zords combined, Jumbowhale took Phoenix Harrier's spot.

"Engine Pride, G9 Formation, Tune Up.... Go On!"

"Oh really...." Emrass said, "I am the ultimate Psychotic... And you think that will stop me?"

"It has to," Sugimori said, Seeing something coming behing Emrass.

"Let's do this, G9 Blast!"

The energy blasts from the RhinoCopter and SwanBomber nailed Emrass who fell into...

"Guys," Dora said, "I can't believe it.... The FreightMaster Zords Combined on their own..."

"Holy crap!" Cassie said, "It's Holding him back...."

"But if we use the grand prix...." Dora said from the intercom."

"I think that's what it wants us to do... Attention... Protobooster!!"

The Zord flew up into the air,

"Steering Off! Blaster Soul Set!"

"Engine Pride G9, G9 Grand Prix!"

The Zord Fired the grand prix, Slamming into Emrass with Holographic Projections of all 9 of the zords in the formation.

As the explosion racked the area, Emrass fell to one knee, and shrank, whereas the Freightmaster Megazord fell to one knee, energy coarsing around the open space in the chest.

"You.. You may have defeated me today.... However... Humanity's end is approaching..." Emrass said before teleporting away.

"Oh my god!" Cassie said, causing the massive zord to run to the fallen Freightmaster Zord.

"Thank you friend." Sugimori said.

"It wants us to put it out of its misery..." Bowhale said.

"Let us do it," Cassie said, "I think you know the reasons..."

As the other six zords disengaged and went back to small size, The Engine Pride Megazord used the Engine Pride Grand Prix on the Fallen Zord.

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Dickson walked onto the command deck of the Executioner, only to be stopped by Commander Khiro.

"What's wrong Commander?"

"General... The Rangers of General Sugimori's realm... somehow... defeated Emrass... Emrass has retreated back to this plane."

"How's the planar travel routes?"

"Back to norma-" Before Khiro could finish, Dickson had already Vortexed out of there.

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"Boaaeel!" Jumbowhale said, showing Kira, Dora, and Sabrina how to repair Phoenix Harrier.

"Thank you Jumbowhale-san" Sugimori said, "For everything."

"I only assisted, Boael," Jumbowhale said, "You 9 are the reason that Emrass has fled.

"Eh, I blame PH," Sugimori said, poking the hologram of his partner, "I'm glad you can be repaired."

"And Retrofitted! Kiuun! Not to mention.. I'll Be more powerful!"

"And right now, you need rest," Dora said, "Thank You for everything Bowhale."

"For fellow heroes, Anything... Now... I have to get back to my own plane.... Sugimori... if you would."

Sugimori walked outside and put Jumbowhale's soul in its cast.

"Safe travels, Ossan," Sugimori said, as the Whale flew away.

"You know..." Dickson's voice said, "You guys have some spleenin' to do."

Sugimori turned around and grinned as Dickson stood, a grin on his face.

"You know... I'll say one thing. For a second I thought I was a goner," Sugimori said, "then that tree impaled me, and I knew I was alright."

Dickson cackled at that, "Damnit, buddy, you're becoming more like me every day."

"OH NOES!" Sugimori said with mock fear. "I don't want the BEARD!"

"You know," Dickson said, "I don't know how you guys did it... but I'm proud of you guys... Especially the new dude I don't even fucking know..."

"Oh, you've met him" Sugimori said, "remember when we got drunk after I came back? He's the dude who cleaned you out in poker."

"Hah," Dickson said, "It seems he makes a good ranger."

Dora grinned, "He should, I picked him."

"You know," Dickson said, "this calls for a celebration..."

"Actually," Sugimori said, "I don't feel like celebrating yet..."

"Me neither..." Cassie said."

"Nuh uh..." The other rangers said.

"Why not?"

Sugimori opened his hands to reveal the unusable remnants of the Freightmaster zords' Engine Souls.

"You're all sentimental over zords?" Dickson said.

"Those zords made the decision, without anybody controlling them, to combine and sacrifice themselves so Emrass could be defeated... They made a decision that you'd expect from a ranger... They deserve a little respect for what they did."

Dickson just bowed his head.

"Sorry, bro." Dickson said.

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After putting the remnants of the souls inside a small box and putting them into the ground, The Rangers did celebrate.

However, Sugimori didn't seem to be into it.

Sugimori sat in his room, ideas swirling in his mind.

"Kev," Dora said, walking into the room, "You ok?"

"Yeah." Sugimori said, "Just thinking."

"Don't do it, it's a trap," Dora said, only to frown when sugimori stayed somber.

"What's wrong?"

"Dora... When I met you... You had just saved my life..."

"I remember it well. You had saved Naomi, but you got squishied in the process... Why are you thinking about this?"

"I love you."

"And I love you... Kev... what are you getting at?"

"You know... If Arcadia wouldn't have sank... I'd be royalty right now... Then again... I wouldn't have met you, or Dickson, or Kira, or anyone like that...."

"Eh, you probably would," Dora said, massaging Sugimori's very tense back, "Loosen up and just spit it out already."

"Dora... I love you more than anything in this world... And though I can't give you a country to rule over... I still want to live out the rest of our mutual days together.... And when You told me that Emrass was here... on earth, I really felt like something horrible was going to happen to you... or me..."

Dora looked into Sugimori's eyes and noticed the tears rolling down his cheeks.

"Kev...." Dora said, "I had the utmost faith in you..."

"I know," Sugimori said, turning to face Dora, before sliding off of the bed and getting on one knee, "Xalvadora... would you give this old warrior's soul something to fight for again? Will you marry me?"

Dora gasped, before a tear slid out of her eye, looking at the ring that sugimori had undoubtedly had made before the Emrass debacle.

"You're not old," Dora said, "But i'll gladly give your soul something to fight for. Yes, i'll marry you."

Sugimori put the ring on Dora's finger and kissed her deeply.

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Part 2: Yes, The plot thickens sometimes.

The Next day.

Dora whistled as she worked with Kira on a new device.

"What's got you in such a good mood," Kira asked.

"Kev proposed to me," Dora said, showing Kira the ring.

"Oh," Kira said,a frown sneaking onto her face, "That's... great!"

"You ok?" Dora said.

"Y-yeah, i'll be fine." Kira said, working on something that looked to be an interface that would work on each ranger's armor.

"Listen..." Dora said, "If I knew this would bother you..."

"I'm Sorry Dora... I just thought I would be over Kev by now..." Kira said, "I'm really glad for you... It's just that...i hoped one day.... One day i'd be able to tell him that I still love him."

"You can still have feelings for someone," Sugimori said, walking into the room, "However, Kira, You have something special in your life right now. You have Kadahj. He's a good person, he'll treat you right, he loves you for what you are and who you are. He succeeds where i've failed. Enjoy that."

With that, sugimori put his hand on Dora's shoulder before walking out of the room.

"He's right," Dora said, "You've got someone just as good as Kev."

"You're right..." Kira said, "Hand me the protoplazer..."

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Drenacouloshan sauntered into the dungeon that was holding his project. As he entered, a massive monstrosity began to stir, having absorbed the pod it was in into its own body.

"My master..." The monster's voice, who sounded a bit like Elite Force blue said, "I am ready."

"Good.... Urataros... Listen... I've implanted a jewel into your body that will allow you to use the Crimson Ranger's sword without feeling the ill effects of it. Obtain the sword, and kill the rangers."

"Yes, my master... they won't know what hit them... until it's too late.

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When the rangers made it to the site of the monster attack, the rangers found the chinatown area deserted.

"I sense something," Lily said, "It's not like what we normally fight though."

"I smell the pain... and the anguish..." Sugimori said, "Whoever did this.... slaughtered everyone in his path... waitaminute..."

Sugimori flicked the 3 switches on his dagger and flew at a pile of rubble, clearing it away to reveal an injured african american child... no more than 10 years old.

"He's unconscious... but breathing." Sugimori said, "Dor, beam him directly to the medward."

"You got it."

As the kid beamed away, Sugimori was sent flying by a blue beam of energy.

"Ahh...." A monster's voice said.

"What the hell?" Sugimori said before seeing his attacker, "What the hell?!"

"I am Urataros," The monster said, "And you will die."

"Kev," Kira said, "His voice sounds like Tom's."

"You're right.... I think we know what happened to the four." Sugimori said, arming Serenity, "Well, If you're fighting against us, I ain't holding back!"

Urataros grinned menacingly, "Fool!"

Sugimori ran forward, meeting Urataros' attacks head on... until.

"I'm going to end this right now!" Urataros said, arming a wicked rod, "Mind if I string you along for a while?"

"Hmph... I know the legend.... this is insane," Dora said, "Kev, Watch out!"

"Hmph!" Sugimori said, "Serenity! Final Slash!"

"Checkmate!" Urataros said, hooking the greatsword, and catching it in his hand, "Ah... Looks like it's MINE now, rangers...."

"Oh shit," Kira said, "Guys, watch out!"

"Ha!" Urataros said, "I'll kill you one by one!"

The monster hefted the sword for a throw, not noticing a man in an elaborate cloak watching from afar.

"Take this, Shiny magenta chick!" The monster said, throwing the sword like a spear at Kira..

Only for a blue flash of light to send it at Cassie.

As the blade neared extremely close... the blade dissapeared... landing in Cassie's hand.

"Lol wut?" Sugimori said, surprised but all chuckles at this point. "Someone has some splainin' to do after this!"

"Here!" Cassie said, tossing sugimori back his blade.

"Cassie," Dora said, "I'm sending you something that i've been working on. Since you got to survive the near Death experience, prepare for a boost!"

Cassie pressed on her belt, and was mildly surprised when a wrist mounted device with a card slider appeared on her arm.

"That card will invoke Scion mode of the Mega-Battilizer." Dora said, "Swipe the card and take him out!"

"Got it," Cassie said, "MegaBattilizer Scion Mode!"

Bronze armor appeared on her shoulders and knees, with bracers on her hands.

"Tiger Saber, Scion Slash!"

As Cassie slid to a stop, the gem that allowed Urataros to control Serenity shattered.

"No... But how!"

"Never underestimate the unpredictable," Sugimori said, "Protobooster, Shotgun Mode!"

"Do your worst!"

"Today, we use the Tartarus soul."

"Bang Bang!" Tartarus said, "You're about to be dead."

"Fire!"

As Tartarus tore into Urataros, blue electricity soared everywhere as the monster utterly destroyed itself.

"Farewell Tom," Sugimori said, the rangers teleported back to base, not noticing the blue cloaked man following them.

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"I Don't know how I missed it..." Dora said, "Dna tests show a father and a mother... but here's where it gets hilariously fuckered up."

"I'm both?" Sugimori said, "Great, now I have another person leaching off the old allowance fund."

"You're surprisingly laid back," Kira said.

"Yeah, but that's because the planeswalker in the corner has five seconds to start explaining before I rip his spark from his body."

"And if I were any other planeswalker," A very nerdy voice said, "I'd call your bluff... Unfortunately, Kev. I'm not stupid."

"No, Billy," Sugimori said, "You're not, but you still have 2 seconds to start explaining."

"It was when you were still in the future," Billy said, "After Admiral Crusher took some DNA samples for testing, Me and two other planeswalkers replicated the samples, and took off to a planet called Kamino."

"Long time ago, galaxy far away?" Sugimori said, eliciting a nod from Bily, "It's a small multiverse after all."

"Well, using technology that we... appropriated, my team set up shop on an asteroid in the middle of the Blind Eternities... Using the special link to the morphing grid to make the asteroid habitable.... From that work, we created SC-001-01... Casey."

"From my first and middle initials, si?" Sugimori said, "That's you, billy, always original."

"When we found out that an evil planeswalker was on his way to this plane and this time to take over, we sent SC-001-01 back in time and implanted the cloned embryo into his 'mother', with instructions to name the boy casey."

"So you played Ultimuus, eh?" Sugimori said, "You decided to play mother fucking GOD!?!"

"Kev..." Billy said, "I didn't know what else to do... We didn't know what else to do!"

"Save it!" Sugimori said, slamming billy into a wall, "You could have told me."

"That's the thing!" Billy said, "To do that would have... drastically altered the timeline."

"As if I didn't by coming back here." Sugimori said.

:"You don't get it, kev...." Billy said, "Anna and Tommy are still alive."

"What?" Sugimori said, "Where?!"

"I don't know... Q didn't tell us."

"Q...."

"Kev," Theo said, taking in all this information, "Who's Q?"

"Someone who deserves to die." Sugimori said, letting go of Billy.

"Kev..." Billy said, "If you kill a Q..."

"I don't plan on killing one Q, billy," Sugimori said, "I plan on killing enough Q's so they know not to mess with the affairs of earthlings EVER again."

"Did somebody mention Q Killing?" Dickson said, making his appearance known, "OOOOH, I wanna come too!"

"Did you hear the rest of the story?" Sugimori asked.

"Yep, and i'm coming to make sure they pay." Dickson said, "And to gather some info, of course."

"Pfft," Sugimori said, "Dicky, You're about as much a scout as I am a figureskater."

"You're right, you fall through the ice."

"Bah," Sugimori said, "Don't Remind me."

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Part 3: against a Q

The Q continuum.

THE nebulous plane that houses the omnipotent quasi-planeswalkers known as Q.

Each Q is different, and most are quite capable to just sit back and watch the universe ruin itself.

"Q, honey," Lady Q said, "What's wrong?"

"I fear that the spawn of Tetrarch is coming this way."

"He's not a planeswalker or a Q," LadyQ said, "He can't..."

"He's got a Dickson with him," Q said as Sugimori and Dickson appeared, weapons drawn.

"Q!" Sugimori said, "We need to talk..."

"About what?"

"Where are my kids?" Sugimori said.

"Your kids are dead, all except Anni, and that little kid you had with that one Katherine woman... but that's besides the point. Your kids are dead, Fin, Finis, Dead, game over, asta la byebye."

"I don't believe that for one second," Sugimori said, "Here's how this exercise will go.

For every second you don't tell me where Thomas and Annaliese are... Dickson will kill 5 Q," Sugimori said, "And to prove my seriousness... It... starts.... Now!"

Dickson sliced through 5 Q right as sugimori said that.

"Now!"

"Please," Q said, "Stop!"

"Only when you tell us..." Sugimori said, "Or we can just.... take away your son like you did my children."

Q stumbled back.

"You wouldn't!"

"You're right... Instead..." Dickson said, "5000 Lashes with a leather belt to the ol nuts for you, Junior!"

"Eeep, he's serious," Sugimori said, "So, Q, whaddya say?"

"Fine! I'll tell you!!!" Q said, looking at the 1000 dead Q around him.

"Well, Dicky really loves torture, so you've got 3 seconds to start talking," Sugimori said, spinning his sword in his hand.

"They are in different planes." Q said, "I Sent both of them into Planes where they would be safe from whatever harm would befall you!"

"How touching," Sugimori said, "WHERE THE HELL ARE THEY!"

"It's futile to look for them," Q said, "I threw them into the past, They wouldn't remember you now."

Sugimori snapped, sending his sword straight at Lady Q.

Lady Q shrieked as the one weapon of this plane that could kill her screamed towards her.

"I'm SORRY!" Q said.

"Sorry doesn't cut it," Sugimori said, stopping his blade, "Q, you may have had good intentions, but..."

"No... "

"This seal will be forever bonded to every living member of the Continuum," Sugimori said, "You are banned from ever interfering with people on Earth."

"Why don't you just kill us then?"

"To tell you the truth," Sugimori said, "I wanted no bloodshed today, you just didn't cooperate."

Q frowned.

"Lets go, Joe... I'm tired."

"Ok."

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As sugimori and Dickson landed on the beach outside of Ocean bluff, Sugimori grinned, "You know, that was kinda fun."

"True..." Dickson said, "Kev... you alright?"

"Yeah..." Sugimori said, "I'll... be.. just..."

With that, Sugimori fell backwards and hit the ground, unconscious.

Dickson scrambled to lift his friend, and quickly teleported to the med unit.

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"It's the implants," Dora said, "We've gotta do an emergency surgery."

"Dora," Dickson said, "You ok?"

"No," Dora said, "But I will be..."

"Dora...." Dickson said, catching a glimpse of the ring on Dora's finger, "Did.. did he...?"

"Yeah..."

Dickson looked at Sugimori for a second, before putting a hand on Dora's shoulder, "I have a gut feeling that he'll be just fine," dickson said, grinning, "I mean, YOU are his fiancee, after all."

"You mean..."

"Sparky's been a good friend for a long time. If he feels that he can love you and keep this plane safe, then... I think I can handle getting christmas cards in 7 different languages," Dickson said, "Sides, Kev's a great guy. He reminds me of someone I know."

"Oh god...." Sugimori said weakly, the medical bed creaking under his weight, "Not the beard!"

"IT'S NOT THAT BAD!!!" Dickson said, everyone laughing, "Don't worry, bro, I think I know someone who can fix you right up."

Sugimori nodded weakly before succumbing to unconsciousness.

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Emrass belongs to general-joseph-dickson.

Bowhale is a refugee from Engine sentai Go-Onger.

The Whole thing about the Q and sugimori's other children ties in with TBG50.

If you haven't noticed, Sugi's gotten kinda boring. Time to spice things up a bit.

So join us next time, when Anni learns the perks of being sugi's child.

Until then, enjoy a nice peach, be nice to turtles, don't feed the bears, and feel free to play a little bit.

Next Task:

With sugimori in surgery, can the rangers defend against an ancient evil bent on Multiversal domination?

Task 27: Wrath of the Skyward Eye.