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: This is just a quick plug: Poké Rangers: Forever Red by Yankee Blaze and Poké Rangers: Dino Force by Psyduck Ranger. End Quick Plug.
Dice: "Previously on Poké Rangers: Lost Zone..."
The Poké Rangers and their crew celebrated Christmas in Snowpoint City. FrostDrill returns from the dead for one final attempt at revenge but he was easily defeated by the Rangers...
Claire, David and Dice enter the Recreation Room on the S.S. SeaBlade. Julia happens to be in the room reading a magazine.
"Look, the point I'm making is that you really shouldn't sing the both parts of the duet by yourself, especially when the other part is for a female," Dice explains.
"It's not my fault that the Ueda song I picked was meant to be sung as a duet," said David. "But then again, you had to pick one of Ueda's songs with the tropical theme and singing about the Joys, Jennys and every girl Ueda has met."
Julia looks up from her magazine in a weak attempt to defuse the argument. "Couldn't we just agree to disagree, guys?"
Dice changes the subject. "Speaking of which, the song you sang last night: Did you pick it because Rika sang it or is it because you like the tune?"
Julia frowns. "I sang it because I liked it. Why, did I sound a bit too much like Rika?"
"It's just that it was interesting to know why you picked that song, considering that you and Emma sang the best rendition of 'Girls in Trouble! DekaRanger' last night," said Dice.
"It was all just a bit of fun, Dice," said Julia. "Besides, I'm sure you guys admit that Claire is the best singer of the night, singing one of the most awesome songs by the great Brigade Leader Aya herself, though I doubt you'd remember any of it because you were so drunk last night."
Claire lies on the large couch in the room. "Still, I'd say that this is the best New Year's Party I've ever hosted on the ship. Though I'm feeling the worst hangover I've ever had on this ship. What was I thinking not reinstating the ban on alcohol?"
Julia nods. "Yeah, about last night... for the record, what you said and did to me last night after your song; if you were a guy, I would have sent you to the bottom of the ocean for sexual harassment."
"Whoa, what did I do last night to deserve those harsh words? The last person to use that threat on me was my friend Vee." Claire looks at David and Dice with a bemused look.
David recalls the incident in question from the night before. "Long story short: You compared Julia's body to the sexiest Gardevior you've ever seen and pinched her rear end. And I recall that you also mentioned that if you 'batted for the other team', you'd force Julia into your room and..."
Dice nudges David. "Too much information, Big Mouth. Any more and you'd be the one on his way to Davy Jones' Locker."
"Don't worry about it; I think I got the gist." Claire quickly sits up. "You know, it just got me thinking. Which would you have preferred: me throwing cake at you guys over the last Rage Candy Bar or projectile vomiting after a night of heavy drinking?
In the space of one second, the other three Rangers recall a Poké Rangers Lore about certain female Red Ranger from Hoenn they've heard about during the post-battle celebrations with the Veteran Rangers they teamed up with. Weighing that against having cake thrown against another Red Ranger's face, the three Rangers knowingly pick the answer that suits Claire Springfield.
"Cake," answered the three Rangers in unison.
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!
The S.S. SeaBlade is currently docked at Olivine City after its journey from Sinnoh. However, Julia, Riku, Emma, Dice, Storm, Sarah, Alexis and Kyle are in the recreation room watching a movie.
Inside the house, Mew was in a panic as he floats over the unconscious man as he uses the phone to call the emergency response hotline. "Hello, Ambulance? Yeah, I came to do a food delivery to this house and I found this unconscious man on the floor. I think he has a heart-attack, what do you want me to do? What? You're telling me to put my mouth on his mouth? No way!" screamed Mew.
Mew puts the phone down and hesitantly looked down at the unconscious man. "Oh dear, what am I going to do? I don't want to put my mouth on his. I'm sure this guy has bad breath."
The group watches the movie, as Julia decides to start a conversation. "I was wondering, Alexis, you've known Claire since you were kids."
Alexis nods. "Claire, Vee, Mia and I formed a pretty tight group when we were young girls. Of course, Claire being the smartest among us, tended to raise a few dangerous topics when we were in High School, which usually results in Vee promptly landing a light smack on the back of Claire's head. After High School, Vee and Mia have gone to a special martial arts training school run by Sarah's Grandfather while both Claire and I got admitted into the Jubilife Institute of Technology, with me entering as a Pre-Med Student."
"You must be pretty smart to join Claire at the Jubilife Institute of Technology, Alexis," said Julia.
Alexis sighs. "I'll be honest with you. The only reason why I did not take up a job as a Nurse, but instead becoming the Doctor I am right now was because even though my mother runs Jubilife City's Pokémon Center, she isn't exactly the smartest one in our family. I was told that it was a huge surprise that she actually passed the qualifications to become a Nurse in the first place. Long story short: the last thing I want to do is follow my mother's footsteps and become a scatterbrain like her. Still, thank Arceus for idiot-proof Pokémon Healing Machines."
"Freaking Arceus!" screamed a Paramedic. "Not you again!"
The Paramedics arrived at the house only to find the Mew performing CPR on the unconscious man by sitting up and down on the unconscious man's chest and using a vacuum cleaner on the man's mouth.
ZeroMew, Naomi and the four Generals are in a meeting room within ZeroMew's hideout.
"The reason why I called you here is because I've been very disappointed by the results I've been seeing recently."
"We're sorry, Lord ZeroMew," apologized DeathScyther. "If it weren't for..."
ZeroMew glares at DeathScyther, silencing him. "I'm not interested in your apologies or excuses. The Poké Rangers are merely an obstacle for me to overcome to realize my ambitions. Naomi?"
Naomi looks at ZeroMew. "Yes?"
"I believe you have a new plan."
Suddenly, a creature appears out of nowhere behind Naomi. The newcomer has the head of a Xatu, with the body of a Kecleon and Xatu wings on the creature's back. On the arms and legs of the Kecleon body are metal bands that are usually seen on Primeape's arms and legs.
Naomi introduces the new creation. "Xato-One: espionage specialist and guerilla warfare expert. I've sent him to Verger to do snoop around and investigate an old rumor that I heard when I was visiting a University in Verger a few years ago. According to the rumor, after the Demon army was defeated by the SDI Poké Rangers, SDI has kept a few samples of demon blood for research in a secret facility."
Xato-One bows to Naomi. "I've done as you asked, Mistress Naomi. The rumor is true and I was able to pinpoint the location of the facility which holds the demon blood. I was able to cover my tracks, so they won't know what will hit them."
Naomi nods. "Excellent. I doubt that the demon blood would be moved anytime in the near future, so we can focus on the next part of the plan. Xato-One, I believe you know what to do next."
Xato-One does a bow as he vanishes. ZeroMew looks at his Generals. "DeathScyther, ChaRaging, Killer-Beedrill, I need your assistance."
"What do you need us to do, Lord ZeroMew?" asked DeathScyther.
"We're going tomb raiding," answered ZeroMew. "Naomi, you remain here with VictreeBomb to create a few distractions for the Rangers to keep their attention away from our search."
David and Claire are walking down a shopping arcade in Goldenrod City.
"No matter how hard you look at this, with such a huge history behind Goldenrod, you won't be surprised that Goldenrod's prosperity will last for hundreds of years," said Claire. "Not when there are lots of things that attract tourists and Pokémon trainers to the city, like the Pokémon Gym, the Radio Tower, the Global Terminal, the Department Store, Goldenrod's tunnels, and let's not forget Golden Youths."
Claire looks at David. "You think these guys know what will be in store for this place in the next eight decades or so when the future Poké Rangers appear?"
"We'll probably be long forgotten by then," David joked. "Not when there will be other future Poké Ranger teams that will overshadow us."
Claire nods. "You're right. I'm thinking too far ahead. Let's focus on the Present. "
"No, let us speak of the future, where Goldenrod will be your last resting place!" a voice speaks.
Suddenly, Xato-One suddenly appears on the sidewalk in front of Claire and David. The sight of the Xatu/Kecleon hybrid quickly sends the passer-bys running to safety.
"I am Xato-One and I am here to send you to your end," said Xato-One.
David looks at Claire. "Claire, do you think everyone will forget about this in 80 years time?"
Claire opens her PokéGear Morpher. "Considering that I would barely remember any of the past few monsters we fought, I'm sure this will be forgotten in the years to come, unless it's The Great Puree."
Before the two Rangers could morph, three laser shots hits Xato-One's chest, knocking the creature on its back.
Xato-One quickly stands up. "Who dares to shoot me?"
Two familiar yellow cyborgs are walking towards the Rangers and their opponent as more people are screaming as they run off in the opposite direction.
David groans. "Oh crap, what are they doing here?"
Minnet notices David and Claire. "Plusorb, it seems that we have an audience to witness our rise to glory!"
Plusorb nods. "Yes, Minnet. These Rangers will witness us kidnapping this monster for our own uses."
Xato-One jumps back to its feet. "Kidnap me? Nobody kidnaps a soldier of Lord ZeroMew!"
David is about to activate his morpher when Claire stops David. "What do you think you're doing, David?"
"Isn't it obvious? I'm going to trash those three for trying to wreak havoc here," David said.
"Every single time I'm with you, I'm seeing fewer reasons for me to put you in charge of the team." Claire forces David to sit down on a bench and she sits next to him. "I don't want you to ruin the drama I'm watching here. Just relax and watch the show."
"You're coming with us!" said Plusorb.
Xato-One glares at the two cyborgs. "No way in hell I'm going with you guys!"
The Cyborgs charge towards Xato-One.
At ZeroMew's hideout, Naomi growls as she watches the Cyborgs fighting Xato-One on the screen. "If those damn Cyborgs kidnap Xato-One, they'll interfere with our plans. I need to rectify this before they ruin it."
Naomi leaves the hideout.
Both cyborgs easily overpower Xato-One due to the numerical advantage.
"I'm not going to go down without a fight!" Xato-One uses his left fist in an attempt to punch Minnet.
"A tough one, eh?" Minnet deflects the punch with a kick. The impact of the kick shatters the metal band around the left wrist.
A small metal shard from the broken metal flies towards David and the shard quickly embed itself into David's upper arm. "Dammit!"
David quickly pulls the out embedded metal shard out of his arm and discards it. "I think this has gone too far. Don't try to stop me, Claire" David opens his PokéGear Morpher. "Lost Zone, Energize!"
David instantly morphs as Claire rolls her eyes.
"I don't see this drama ending well," said Claire as she picks up the metal shard.
Back in the main battle, Xato-One remains standing despite the heavy damage he received. "As long as I can still fight, I will not submit to you two traitors!"
Suddenly, the Red Ranger flies in, landing a powerful kick at Xato-One's face. David quickly follows up with a spin kick that strikes Plusorb and Minnet. "Sorry, but I just can't stay out off this fight. Not after becoming collateral damage!"
David feels a stinging pain in his head. "Argh, my head!"
David suddenly feels as though his head is going to explode as he sees the images of various Poké Rangers battles flowing through his mind. Seeing David's distress, Xato-One decides to take the opportunity to attack David.
"No one kicks me in the face and gets away with it." Xato-One performs a roundhouse kick at the Red Ranger, but David instinctively blocks the kick. Although David's mind is distracted by the mental images, his body on the other hand automatically reacts as Xato-One tries another attack with his wings.
David instinctively evades the attack and grabs Xato-One by the head with one hand. With excessive force, David slams the creature's head to the sidewalk repeatedly, each blow creating an impact on the ground, even after the initial hits to the ground has rendered the monster unconscious.
Claire quickly grabs David's arm, stopping him from doing more damage than necessary. "David, that's enough! I don't think he can fight anymore!"
David releases Xato-One's head as he looks at Claire. Without a word, he lands a kick at Claire. Claire barely had time to react as she blocked the Red Ranger's kick, but the impact sends her flying backwards. "Ow...that's not like you, David."
As the Red Ranger focuses his attention to Claire, the two Cyborgs quickly sneak up on the unconscious Xato-One. "We should have let the Rangers trashed this guy before we take him," said Minnet. "But they would probably destroy him first before that happens."
"Well, we didn't plan this thing too well," Plusorb replied as he picks up the body. "But the end result is still in our favor. Let's get out of here before we get involve in this dispute."
The two cyborgs quickly escape with their prize as Claire has her full attention on David.
"David, you're really forcing me to play my hand," Claire said as she presses a button on her PokéGear Morpher.
Back on the SeaBlade, the alarm is ringing as Julia, Dice, Emma, Riku and Sarah quickly run to the Bridge to check out the situation.
Sarah sits at her console and looks at her computer. "There's a huge surge of power running through David's suit and he's unleashing it on Claire."
Sarah checks the data on David's vital signs. "Oh crap, the surge of power is affecting David's mental state."
"We're going out to help her." Julia and the other Rangers are about to leave the Bridge but before they could leave, Sarah receives a call from Claire.
"Wait! I'm getting a call from Claire," Sarah answers the call. "You're on."
Back in Goldenrod, Claire dodges a couple of punches from the out of control Red Ranger. The Blue Ranger quickly retaliates with a spinning kick at David's helmet, knocking him to the ground.
"Sarah, I need you to use the E.V.A.C. Procedure!" David quickly recovers and tries to throw a punch at Claire, who promptly blocks the punch. "Once we're back, disable the morphing grid so that we can subdue David."
As David tries to recover from the kick into his helmet, Claire quickly jumps onto David's back and grabs David in a chokehold, but the ranger suit enhances the endurance of its wearer, rending such a move as useless. Claire knows this as well, but it's all part of her plan.
Sarah: "Alright, initiating E.V.A.C. Procedure. In 3, 2, 1..."
Both Claire and David instantly teleport back to the SeaBlade. As the two Rangers arrive at the SeaBlade, the Ranger suits instantly disappear as Claire planned. The removal of the Ranger suits enables Claire's chokehold to take effect on David. It didn't take long for David to lose consciousness as he collapses on his back, with Claire underneath him.
Claire releases David from the chokehold. "Well, that was easy. Now the hard bit is getting out from under him. I wish I was a Ditto."
Riku and Dice enters the room.
"Heh...another victim of the Golden Mile," said Riku.
"Now isn't the best time for jokes," said Dice as he and Riku lift David up, allowing Claire to get out from under him.
Claire stands up as she dusts herself. "Restrain him and put him in the Testing Room next to my Lab. We need to figure out what's wrong with David."
Later, Julia, Dice and Emma enter Claire's Lab as Claire watches Alexis trying to analyze David's mental condition with Riku in the room just in case David breaks free.
"Any progress, Claire?" asked Julia.
"Well, the good news is that I've figured out the reason why David went berserk." Claire picks up a small metal shard off her desk.
The Rangers look at the strange metal shard. "What is that?" asked Emma.
"According to AMU's analysis, it's a special psychic amplifier meant to boost Xato-One's psychic abilities," Claire explains. "When it got into David's arm, part of the psychic power within that shard has somehow affected David's mind."
The other Rangers look as David struggles against his restraints on the computer monitor as Alexis tries her best to figure out what is going on. Gathering what available data she could, Alexis leaves the room and enters Claire's lab.
"What do you think he is seeing that is making him act like that?" Dice asks.
Alexis sighs. "David is seeing us as enemies. Whatever psychic energy in that shard has given David a massive overload of information, which caused a something similar to a system shut down in David's ability to differentiate between allies and enemies."
Dice rolls his eyes. "Oh great, now we have a Red Ranger who will pretty much attack anything that moves indiscriminately."
"But I did perform a test while using some pictures to see how David would react to them." Alexis puts some pictures on the table. "When I showed him these pictures, they somehow had a calming effect on him. Notice anything?"
As the Rangers look at the pictures which consist of random snapshots of past Poké Ranger battles, Ranger posing and the occasional solo Ranger snapshots consisting of only the Red Ranger. Claire quickly notices the pattern. "All of those pictures have a Red Ranger in each of them."
"Correct. I believe the key to David's problem lies in the color Red. Red Rangers, to be precise," said Alexis
"If Jake was here, he would have a calming effect on David," said Dice. "It really sucks that he isn't."
No one notices Claire walking to her desk and taking David's morpher before leaving the lab.
"Is there another Red Ranger we know?" asked Emma. "We could ask Amii's husband or Mika's fiancé for help."
"We could ask Duo," suggested Julia. "I sure he knows at least three Red Rangers, maybe five or six, if we're lucky."
"I know, what if one of us decides to use David's morpher to become the Red Ranger?" Dice suggests. "That could save us finding another Red Ranger. Right, Claire?"
Dice looks around for Claire, but the blue-haired genius is already ahead of him.
Riku looks up as he spots Claire entering the room where David is restrained. "Riku, don't let anybody into the room. I have a plan."
"I hope you know what you're doing, Claire." Riku leaves the room as Claire locks the door. Next, she disconnects the surveillance camera before turning her attention to David, who is still struggling to free himself.
Claire takes out David's PokéGear Morpher. "David, I was hoping that it wouldn't come to this." Claire laughs. "On a normal day, I would rejoice that I could do this. But in this case, this is the best way I know how to fix your problem."
"Lost Zone, Energize!"
Claire activates David's morpher, transforming into the Blazing Red Charizard Ranger. As soon as David sees the Red Ranger in front of him, he quickly calms down, returning to his normal self.
"David, are you alright?"
David blinks a couple of times before he realize who is wearing his Ranger suit. "Claire? What are you doing wearing my Ranger suit?"
Under the Charizard helmet, Claire laughs. "It's something I'm trying to make up as a I go along. Anyway, how are you?"
"Other than the splitting headache making me feel like my head is going to explode. All I keep seeing are various battles of different Poké Ranger teams against monsters, demons, robots and mutants, all happening at the same time in my head nonstop. Other than that, I'm fine."
"So, what is going through your head right now?" asked Claire.
"Strangely, my head is clear right now, as though I have nothing to fear whenever I see a Red Ranger."
Claire removes the Charizard helmet and puts it on a table in front of David. "David, I'm leaving your helmet here. Focus on it for now. I think I know how to end your pain."
Claire unlocks the door and leaves the room. Outside the room, she finds Alexis and the other Rangers waiting. "David's mind is not his own right now. He is seeing various memories from other Red Rangers in a chain of endless battles. But if he sees another Red Ranger, his mind is telling him that he is not that Ranger and he no longer sees those images."
"So, what's the plan to bringing David back to normal, barring putting him with another Red Ranger, Claire?"
Claire takes out the Cherish Ball used for the Battlizer. "I'm going to upgrade Naomi's Adaptable Battlizer System."
Naomi arrives at Goldenrod as she watches a crowd gathering around an area blocked off by the police. Naomi slips through the crowd to the front and sees the damaged sidewalk.
"What happened here?" Naomi asked the person next to her.
"First, a Xatu-monster was here and a couple of crazy yellow robots attacked it. Next, two Poké Rangers were fighting each other in the same place." The man groans, "Why did I have to pick today for me to quit drinking?"
Inside her lab on the SeaBlade, Claire is working hard on her computer as she looks at Naomi's Battlizer data.
A few seconds later in the testing room next to the lab, Claire summons Red King from the Cherish Ball. Initially, Red King attempts to struggle to escape since David isn't around, but Claire quickly calms the mechanical Rapidash down. "Calm down, Red King, I need your help, for David's sake."
Claire checks the mechanical Rapidash's body and finds the spot she was looking for on the Rapidash's back. An emblem with three different colored orbs: Red, Blue and Green. She presses the three colored orbs, opening the crest to reveal a cavity.
Claire picks up the metal shard from Xato-One's body. "You know, Red King, if I'm wrong, you could end up destroying the entire world with David. But if I'm right, David will be back to normal. What do you think?"
The mechanical Rapidash neighs in reply, as though it's telling Claire to take the risk to save its master. "You're right. Let's do this."
Claire puts the metal shard on the cavity. With a blowtorch, Claire welds the shard to the Battlizer, before closing up the crest. "Alright, it's now or never."
Plusorb and Minnet walk out of a cave near the National Park. "Now, let us unleash hell on this region so that we can conquer it for ourselves!"
Plusorb nods. "Yes, Minnet! Let's do it!"
Before the two Cyborgs could move forward, the White Latias Ranger appears, blocking the cyborgs' path. Both cyborgs quickly recognize the Ranger.
"Naomi, it's been a while," said Plusorb. "What do we owe for your visit?"
Naomi glares at the Cyborgs. "You know why I'm here. You interfered with my plans because you decided to kidnap Xato-One in the middle of his assignment."
"He was going to fight the Rangers anyway. I doubt he would win," Minnet explains.
"That doesn't give you the right to interfere!"
"Okay, here's an offer. Join us in building our cyborg army and we will promise that we won't turn you into a cyborg," Minnet offers as he crosses his fingers in plain sight. He then adds, "Though we can't guarantee it."
Naomi sighs at the stupidity she is witnessing. "You moron, if you're planning on backstabbing me, at least hide your true intentions."
Minnet looks at his partner. "But this worked when I watched it on TV."
Plusorb shakes his head in frustration. "You watch too much TV, Minnet. But that's by the bye."
Plusorb turns his attention to Naomi. "Anyway, if you don't join us, we'll give you a taste of our new toy we've specially prepared for this occasion: Alpha Tyranitar!"
A green Tyranitar robot slowly walks out of the cave. Following the Tyranitar robot is Xato-One, who has received cybernetic upgrades with robotic wings and a metallic mask over his face.
"Oh yeah, remember Xato-One? We've upgraded him and now he's called Xato-Two! He works for us now!"
Naomi braces herself for battle. "Well, I guess I would be asking for too much if we could have settled this peacefully..."
Inside the testing room next to Claire's Lab, Riku and Dice are holding a mirror in front of the Red Ranger to ensure that there is a 'Red Ranger' in David's sight to keep him calm.
The Blue Ranger gives the Cherish Ball to David. "David, here's the plan: Activate your Battlizer."
David nods as he. "Let's Prime It Up! The Red Charizard Ranger transform into the Red Groudon Ranger. Next, David activates the Cherish Ball. "Let's do it, 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.
"Alright, cover the mirror!" ordered Claire.
Riku and Dice cover the large mirror with a cloth, losing the only other 'Red Ranger' in the area, causing David to see the battles from the different Red Rangers' point of views in his mind again. However, as the Battlizer fully synchronizes itself to the Red Ranger, the images of various Poké Ranger battles instantly vanished from David's mind.
David's head finally feels clear for the first time without seeing another image of a Red Ranger. "It's stopped. The images have stopped filling my mind."
"It's a success!" In her excitement, the Blue Ranger hugs David. "I knew the Battlizer would fix the problem."
Claire quickly realizes what she is doing and takes a few steps back. Fortunately, her helmet hides her embarrassment as she gives her explanation. "You see, when I had learned that you were seeing the different Red Ranger battles in your mind, I realized that Naomi's Battlizer design could fix the problem, since we all know that it is capable of using the weapons of other Red Rangers. So I've attached the metal shard that started this mess in the first place into the Battlizer so that it could draw away whatever that is filling your mind into the Battlizer's system."
Claire walks up to David and does a check on the Battlizer. "And it seems that I've also killed two Pidgeys with one stone. Your Battlizer has been upgraded to enable you to use special attacks used by the other Red Rangers."
David clenches his fists. "Awesome. You think there will be a chance for me to find out if I can use my new moves?"
The ship's alarm rings, alerting the Rangers their next task as Claire grins. "Guess you're going to get that chance pretty soon, David."
The White Latias Ranger is sent flying into the air, crash landing in the middle of the National Park. Alpha Tyranitar and the two Cyborgs stand in front of Naomi as they look down at the White Ranger.
"You're becoming such a pest, Naomi," said Plusorb.
"We should have done this a long time ago when we captured the four Generals, Naomi!" yelled Minnet.
Plusorb points at Naomi. "Finish her off, Alpha Tyranitar!"
The Tyranitar robot stomps towards Naomi, but the White Ranger has other plans. "This is the moment I've been waiting for!"
Naomi runs towards the Tyranitar Robot. Alpha Tyranitar swings its claw at Naomi, but the White Ranger anticipated the attack and evades the swing, enabling Naomi to reach Alpha Tyranitar's flank. Naomi quickly climbs onto the Alpha Tyranitar's back and opens a small panel on the back.
Alpha Tyranitar tries to spin around to attack Naomi, but the White Ranger easily stays on the Tyranitar's back. "I only held back because I wanted to do this."
Naomi rips out the wires, causing Alpha Tyranitar's AI to shut down. "You two cyborgs are amateurs when it comes to building powerful robots," said Naomi as she fixes up the wires, causing Alpha Tyranitar's system to reboot. "I've helped Claire built Iron Flygon, so this should be a piece of cake."
With the system rebooted, Alpha Tyranitar is now under Naomi's control. "You guys are going down! Alpha Tyranitar, destroy them!"
The Tyranitar robot opens its mouth, firing a blue Hyper Beam at the Cyborgs. Plusorb and Minnet manage to evade the Hyper Beam, but the explosion from the attack knocks the cyborgs to the ground.
"Alpha Tyranitar is now mine," Naomi gloats. "That should make us even."
"Damn you, White Ranger!" cursed Plusorb. "You'll regret crossing us!"
"Actually, you're the one who crossed us, you idiots," Naomi retorts as a white seal surrounds Naomi and Alpha Tyranitar. "Either way, I would love to stay behind and watch you guys get trashed by the Poké Rangers, but I have other plans."
"So long, losers!" Naomi disappears into the seal with the Tyranitar robot.
Plusorb groans. "Everything was going our way until she had to step in!"
Minnet nods. "Let's get Xato-Two to destroy this park and rename it after us!"
Xatu-Two deactivates his ability to become invisible, appearing next to the cyborgs. Before Xato-Two could do anything, the Red Volcanic Rider Ranger flies in and kicks Xato-Two in the face.
"I'm back for a rematch."
"No one kicks Xato-Two in the face and gets away with it!" Xato-Two raises his arm as his wings unleash a powerful jet of flames from his cybernetic wings. "And I will destroy you!"
Xato-Two swings its flaming wings at David, who calmly blocks the wings with one arm.
'My mind was drowning in the various battles of all the Red Rangers I've met.' David recalls an earlier conversation with Clair. "It made me unable to differentiate between my friends and enemies, unless they are a Red Ranger."
"But the Battlizer has converted that meaningless madness into useful data," Claire explains. "It will enable you to replicate certain attacks used by the other Red Rangers. Of course, it is up to you whether you want to use those attacks. But if you do, remember that you must believe that you can use those attacks and feel as though you are using those attacks like your own."
David glares at Xato-Two. "Let's do this."
Six swords appear in David's hands. On his right hand are the Torch Sword, Flame Sword and one of the Drumstick Swords while on his left hand are the Flame Fender Sword, Fire Saber and the second Drumstick Sword.
"Claire, I'm going to borrow your attack." Charging forward with the six swords in his hands, David swings the six swords in front of him in various directions. "Red Blaze Dance!"
Xato-Two retaliates by firing another psychic projectile. "Kinetic Blast!"
Replicating Claire's dance moves from her attack, David's attack easily avoids Xato-Two's projectile. With two swift swings of the swords, David strikes Xato-Two with the six blades.
"Time for me to use an attack." Under the helmet, David closes his eyes as he recalls the various Red Ranger attacks. Among them are two Battlizer attacks. One was used by the Red Mighty Morphin' Ranger while the other is used by the Red Turbo Ranger.
"Alright, here goes." Five of the six swords disappear, replaced by the Flareon Battle Rifle in his right hand as Flame Fender Sword remains in David's left hand. "Take this: Turbo Phantom Storm!"
The Flame Fender Sword is engulfed by purple flames as David charges forward to swing the blade at Xato-Two, landing a powerful slash on the cyborg.
"You can't hit something you can't see!" Xato-Two turns invisible, using the ability from his Kecleon DNA.
"I don't need to rely on my eyes to defeat you! Have a taste of this one! Heat Seeker: The Mighty M, fire!" David spins the Flareon Battle Rifle while pressing the trigger, unleashing a barrage of flaming bullets around his body.
The flame bullets home in on the invisible Xato-Two, doing massive damage to him while at the same time, revealing the Xatu/Kecleon Cyborg. Suddenly, the image of a winged Battlizer that appeared to be inspired by a Charizard enters David's mind.
Meanwhile, Xato-Two flaps his mechanical wings and he flies forward, furious at the Red Ranger. "You're dead, Red Ranger!"
Xato-Two throws a punch at David and David easily blocks the punch with his arm. David replies by lowering his body and landing an upward kick that sends Xato-Two flying up. Two panels on the back of the Battlizer opens up, firing jets that propels David up after Xato-Two. David quickly catches up to the Xatu/Kecleon cyborg and grabs Xato-Two by the neck.
"There is no way I'm going to let fly away that easily," said David as he slams his head into Xato-Two's head. "You're going down!"
David spins around as he spins Xato-Two around his arm as he changes their trajectory towards the ground. After continuous spins, David slams Xato-Two into the ground. The impact creates a large flame pillar.
As the flames disappear and smoke clears, David is walking away from the crater with Xato-Two's head buried into the ground with the rest of his body sticking out. "That is something I call: Genesis Smash."
"It's not over yet. Not when we still have an ace up our hole." said Plusorb as he pulls out a remote. "Power of the Lost Zone, Maximize!"
Plusorb presses the button, causing Xato-Two to explode. The explosion enables Xato-Two to enlarge himself, towering over the National Park. As Xato-Two draws everyone's attention, Plusorb and Minnet quickly make their escape.
David deactivates his Battlizer and calls the 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.
David sits in the Groudon Zord's cockpit as the H-Weather Megazord faces Xato-Two. "Alright, ready for Round three?"
"You shouldn't rely on your eyes too much! I'm still part Kecleon!" Xatu-Two uses his invisibility.
"Don't get cocky," said David. "How good is invisibility when it rains?" The Kyogre parts of the H-Weather Megazord glows blue as the clouds in the sky darken, unleashing heavy rain over the battlefield. The rain hits Xato-Two's invisible body, revealing his silhouette.
"Damn you! Kinetic Blast!" Xato-Two hurls a ball of psychic energy at the H-Weather Megazord.
The attack hits the H-Weather Megazord. The Megazord quickly shrugs off the attack. "Stratospheric Disaster!"
The H-Weather Megazord fires three colored Hyper Beams at Xato-Two. The beams hit Xato-Two in the chest, causing the monster to stagger backwards.
"Ozone Buster!" The H-Weather Megazord lands an uppercut at Xato-Two, sending the monster flying into the air. The monster crash lands on the ground, causing a huge explosion.
Naomi watches Xato-Two's defeat. "Well, it wasn't exactly as I planned, but he did his job. I should keep an eye on those two cyborgs. Perhaps they could prove to be a better distraction."
In the Recreation Room, Julia is singing on the Karaoke machine as Riku, Emma and Dice watched.
'Let's bushidou
Shoubu shiyou
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger!
Appare!'
The song ends as Julia does a bow while Emma, Dice and Riku give their applause.
"So, does that make me sound like Rika?"
Dice waves his hand in defeat. "Okay, I admit that you don't sound like Rika singing that Opening Theme, but you can't ignore the fact that you still sound like Rika."
Unimpressed, Julia opens her morpher. "Iron Flygon, let's take him down!"
Before Julia could follow through with her threat, David enters the room a few sheets of paper and gives them to the other four Rangers.
"Hold on, guys! Before you guys start playing a new game, I need your vote on the best Battlizer used by the different Red Rangers!"
"Is there a good reason why we're voting?" asked Julia.
"I just want you guys to compare my Battlizer to the other Battlizers," answered David.
Inside Claire's lab, Claire finishes typing on her computer. "There, I've now linked our Satellite to the every single public surveillance system in every region. With this, we have a better coverage of everything that is happening while at the same time I can delete any footage that catches us morphing. And I can re-link to the system when I steal the next Satellite."
Claire then looks at the Charizard Plush toy next to the computer screen. She picks it up and hugs it. "Taking into consideration what happened today, I think I'll name you David."
At that moment, David walks into the lab with the voting card. "Sorry, were you calling for me?"
Claire puts her plush toy down. "Err, no. I was talking to the Christmas present you gave me."
"Oh, okay." David puts the sheet on Claire's desk. "This is special voting card on the best Battlizer used by a Red Ranger. I want to know which one you think is the best."
Claire nods. "Alright, I'll give you my answer later."
Claire sighs in relief as David leaves the lab. She looks at David the Charizard Plush Toy. "Still, I just wish the other David uses his head a bit more than his heart."
[End of 28]
Emma: "Next time on Poké Rangers: Lost Zone..."
Plusorb: "This is our final gambit!"
Minnet: "We have used the last of our scrap metal to build this robot, so fear it!"
Riku: "They've really put all their effort into this one."
Rangers: "Lost Zone Arceus Ultrazord, formation complete!"
[Post-Fanfic Segment - Poké Ranger Report: Poké Rangers: Johto, Neo & Dino Force]
Claire and Julia were inside the Sinto Megazord cockpit.
Claire began the report. "On today's report, we're looking at the three seasons of Poké Rangers Johto."
Julia continued. "In the first season, known as Poké Rangers: Johto, starts off with two Pokémon Trainers from Johto, Eddie and Sabrina, who stumbled across an epic battle between a Celebi and evil witch Nyura in 2006. During the battle, Celebi gets injured and he sends Nyura a hundred years into the future in a bid to buy some time for him to rest, but unfortunately, he unwittingly drags the two trainers with him along with Nyura. In the future, Celebi was exhausted from the time traveling and with no other choice; Celebi enlists Eddie and Sabrina with three other teens from 2106, Kurtis, Anna and Greg, to stop Nyura by becoming the Poké Rangers."
Claire steps in. "Don't forget Kris. He may be the sixth Ranger in Johto, but in Neo, he's the Red Ranger."
Julia nods. "Of course, I was about to get to that point. In Poké Rangers Neo, Team Rocket has been revived...as MUTANTS!"
Julia's sudden emphasis of the word 'Mutants' caught Claire by surprise. "Sorry about that, Claire. Anyway, here how it goes: Sometime in 2016, Team Rocket was nearly disbanded and in a bid for survival, most of the key members ended up in suspended animation using cryogenics, waking up almost 90 years later."
"Of course, as part of the plot, their Johto Ranger powers were no match for Team Rocket, so Kris, Kurtis, Anna, Greg and Rei made use of a new power," said Claire. "After the first battle between the Rangers and Team Rocket, Giovanni and his subordinates became mutated, forming Neo Team Rocket."
"NEO ACCESS!" Julia yelled, performing the morphing call.
Claire ignored the outburst. "Of course in the end, Giovanni and his goons was no match for the Poké Rangers and Neo Team Rocket blasts off...again. Which leads us to..."
"Poké Rangers: Dino Force," Julia finished the sentence. "After the destruction of Neo Team Rocket and the cost of their Sanctuary and their Neo Powers, the descendents of an old enemy in the distant past arrives on Earth"
"Which goes to show one thing: 'A Ranger's Job is never done'," quipped Claire. "To deal with the new threat to Earth, Kyle, Nanene, Ritchie, James and Rei use the power of the Fossils to form the Dino Force Poké Rangers."
"Unfortunately, that is as far as we can go," said Julia. "But Dino Force will continue on January 21st 2011."
Claire rubbed her chin. "You know, that would make a nice plug if we were in 2010-11."
Julia nods. "I know. Still, we do have to do something to promote another Poké Rangers fanfic. Not to mention we should also promote Forever Red, where our teammate David is also appearing in."
"I'm still not happy that David got to meet Katie in that crossover." Claire opened a small cake box. "By the way, are you familiar with Donny and Carl?"
"No, why do you ask?" asked Julia.
"Then, I bet you won't see this one coming." Claire picked up a cake and hurls it at Julia, hitting her in the face before she could react.
Julia wiped the cake off her eyes. "It looks like we're almost out of time and space. We'll have more Poké Ranger Fanfics to look at in our next report."
"And don't forget to review!" Claire adds before Julia smear bits of cake on Claire's face in retaliation.
