Rangers in Retrograde Mystic Force

by LurkerLordX

The Rangers in retrograde series is started on a simple premise, a small change that cascades and changes the entire setting over time. Mystic Force is founded less on "What if Blecker was a Mystic Ranger" but more on small changes to the overall setting

36. A Date in Japan?

Power Rangers In Retrograde - Mystic Force – Trick 36 A Date in Japan?

"May, Not hungry?" her Mother said softly as May paused mid bite as her gaze lingered on her armored prosthetic, her fingers clenching and unclench a few times as she turned the hand over and stared at the back.

Her father smiled, reaching across the table to hold the prosthetic in his hands, "It's pretty impressive work."

"I can't feel anything," she sighed.

Her mother smiled and held the hand as well, "Even the Power Rangers have limits."

"Their only human."

May nodded slowly, her mind wandering to Nicole, her mind still lingering on his face, drawing a small blush, which should got redder not from arousal but embarrassment as the image shifted to the Unicorn then the Zord form, "Y-Yeah...h-human."

"What is it May?"

"You want to return to them," Her father cut in with a smile.

May paused, her living hand tingling as she reached for her right waist but her sword was resting, still wafting chill smoke in the umbrella stand.

"May dear," her mother started, gently running her hand through May's hair, what there was left of it on the other side of her wrapped side. "I know you feel like you have this great responsibility," she paused looking to her husband. "Your father always talked about responsibility and power."

May nods, "That's why you became a cop, and invented your glue gun, right?"

"Web Shooters," he corrected before nodding, "but, that's right. But you want to do more don't you..."

"I know magic, and there's this great monster their trying to...and...and I can do things..."

"Things?" The two shared a look, a silence hanging between them.

"Peter," May's mother says uneasily.

May closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"What kind of things?" her father says nervously, "Does this have something to do with the what the doctors said. You're quick recovery?"

"They said I'll need less skin grafts then most people in my situation and their should be no scars. That's not normal...and it's not the first time."

Her mother smiled as she stroked May's hair, "You're lucky your have such good genes but that doesn't make you invincible."

"I-I know that it's just..."

"You sense things, like where an attack will land?"

May's eyes go wide, "Yes exactly! B-But more then that I..."

Her father smiled as he pushed himself to his feet and slowly removed his shoes and socks before leaping up, and sticking to the ceiling, "Things like this?"

May's jaw hit the floor, her mother smiled as her Father landed, "I-I though it was just me..."

Her mother sighed, "We had hoped you wouldn't inherit your father's...gifts."

"I-Inherit? How long have you had these...powers..."

Her father smiled, "When I was fifteen I was attacked by some kind of...spider...monster. I was saved by the Power Rangers but after ward I noticed some changes. I could cling to walls, had unnatural strength, even seemed to have this instinctual knowledge of how to make a web like adhesive, and seemed able to sense an attack." He smiled, "I even designed a suit out of spandex and a helmet like a real Power Ranger, wanted to take these new gifts and help people, but it just didn't seem right to force myself on an established team."

"So you became a cop instead?"

He nodded, "But it seems like the Rangers have already accepted you as one of them. And I understand wanting to help but they have done alright without you so far, you need to focus on your healing first."

May nods, "I-I know."

Her father smiled, holding her hand, "I understand how you feel, but family comes first, and your health. It's why I made your mom that belt from various alien tech that has wound up on Earth. I wanted to make sure if sheathing happened and I wasn't there she could protect herself."

"You have a transformation belt?" May gasps.

Her mother smiles, "Before you were born I even offered to join your father as his partner, was gonna call myself Masked Rider Arachne. Tell you what, after you recover why don't you introduce your father to your Ranger friends, if he approves you have my blessing to run around Briarwood in brightly colored spandex fighting evil."

"R-Really?" May beams.

"If your father approves."

"You guys are awesome," May laughs, while at the back of her mind her thoughts shift again to Nicole "Hang on Nicole, hang on."

"Are you sure your going to be able to handle this on your own?" Lieonna looked Nicole in his eyes with concern, "This is the Master we are talking about and you're still quite new."

Nicole smiled, reaching into his chest as he drew out a massive orb of energy, it was mostly white but there was streaks of pink and green, "I think I'll be fine. You see all that white energy, it used to be the Master's Energy, and I can still feel a connection, I've been blessed by Daggeron with protect from his influence and despite his efforts he could never turn me. The rest of you however are still quite vulnerable, you especially."

Lieonna nods as she holds her stomach, Calindor stepping over to hold her close, "H-He wants to put his seed into me...create a child of Darkness, an anti-Light."

"I won't let him succeed," Calindor says formerly as he wraps his arms around her as Lieonna trembles.

"Calindor please," she pulls away slowly, "I know you once held feeling for Udonna, and believed Lienbow was a new love but I'm not someone new, besides you understand we're married, we love each other. Lienbow and Udonna."

"You're not Lienbow or Udonna, your a new person, let me at least have this dream until you find a way to separate." his face turned into a smirk, "Besides is it really cheating if I'm dating both of you at the same time."

Nicole chuckled, "He has you there."

"You're not helping Ms. Blecker," Lieonna fumes as Nicole reabsorbs her magic.

"I'm just teasing," he smiles before looking to Calindor, "You know instead of chasing your ex and her husbands fusion Necrolai's been pretty down and out since switching sides, and if anything you two have a lot to talk about."

Calindor scowls in disgust, "Necrolai and myself, we have nothing in common."

"Right its not like both of you turn into monsters and served the Master or anything."

Lieonna chuckles, Calindor huffs as he summons a spell seal, "Shall we go Lienonna?"

She pauses and looks to Nicole, reach inside herself as she draws out a large orb of her own, a mix of transparent energy and red, with streaks of pink and a different shade of red within, before pinching off the Pink energy into a soccer ball sized orb, "I want you to have this."

Nicole tilts his head as he takes the orb and looks at it curiously, "Is this?"

"It's the energy Vida gave me, along with some of Udonna and Lienbow's own. I know you can handle the pink and you're going to need every edge you can get to seal the Master. Hopefully my personal Energies can give you that extra edge."

"Aren't you worried I'll get lost to the power, like Xander?"

"You said it yourself, all that Dark magic and it took a direct attack on your mind to change you. I think Daggeron's wish did more then protect you from evil, remember the Rangers first wishes, their desire to give you the strength to keep up. I think you are uniquely gifted, you're more then just a Ranger, your unique, one of a kind, like the Light, or the Mystic Mother, you're a bank, you can store magic of any kind, and once you finish the seal and return to us I'll begin training you how to access it. In time you could be master of Every Element."

Nicole blinked, staring at the orb, "Seriously?"

Lieonna smiled, just as a ball of Navy light was pressed into Nicole's hands as Calindor huffs, "You can have some of mine as well."

"I-I don't know what to say..."

Lieonna smiles, "Thank you is common."

Nicole laughed as Lieonna joined Calindor in the seal and they began to vanish, "T-Thank you."

Closing his eyes Nicole's eyes watered as she took the energy into her, the influx of Pink energy having an immediate effect as his waist cinched, hips flared, chest swelled, and hair exploded out and her tears turned into a river as she dropped to her knees.

"You guys are amazing."

Nicole summoned a handkerchief as she continued to cry, her voice calling out to the long gone duo, "I'll name my first kid after you."

As if in response the Master bellowed, tendrils snaking out of the water toward her legs. As the slick and slimy flesh wrapped around her foot her gaze hardened as she glared toward the tendril as it was instantly encased in ice, that scorched black while roots rose up to pin it down as razor like currents of wind tore at it into it dissolved into a black icor and the Master howled.

"It's about time some one taught you some manners," she hissed as she pushed to her feet and summoned the Morticon Blade of the Black Ranger, "When a lady say no you KEEP YOUR DAMN TENTACLES AWAY FROM HER!"

And charged the lake as she morphed into the Black Ranger.

"Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

"Rangers," Calindor announced as his seal appear in the training grounds where the Rangers were gathered, all save for Kat and Chris. "We return at last."

At the sight of Lieonna, and before she was fully formed Nick R. dropped his sword and rushed toward her, holding back tears as he wrapped his arms around her, "Mom! I'm so glad your back...I-I tried so hard to keep it a secret, b-but I just can't do it any longer..."

"Mom?" Calindor says confused?

"Mom!" The other Ranger echoed in shock.

Nick R. blinked as he took in Lieonna's featured and flustered, stepping back, "S-sorry I..."

She smiled and pulled him close, "I was hoping you'd come to your senses."

"Udonna?" Vida says confused.

She nods, touching her chest, "And Lienbow, it's a long story but both of us are here, are one." Her gaze turning to Nick R. "Your mother, and your father."

Nick R. stood frozen, then blushed, giving a dark glare to Calindor, "I-I'm sorry."

"For what, my child," Lieonna says softly as she holds her son close.

"For pushing you away, for lying, I-I had hoped if I could keep up the pretense that the Light was someone else that I could...I don't know...protect everyone from the inevitable war that would come when the forces of evil found out."

Lieonna smiled, "It's alright now, it's in the open now, and despite the circumstances I...we...are just so happy...we're a family...we're together...finally...after all these years."

"I-I still love my foster parents, the ones who raised me...and I'd like to introduce them to you when this is all over."

"I'd love to meet the people who raised my boy into such a fine young man."

Calindor coughs, "There is still the matter of The Master, and any other remnants. We need to stop them all, once and for all, if any of us are have lives outside of fighting."

"R-Right," Nick R. coughs, "S-so where is Nicole?"

"Tea Sir?" The older butler offered Prince Phillip of Xandar cordial as he led him and his body guards into the game room of the estate.

The 15 year old prince scowled, "I'm fine servant, just fetch your master and the Pink Ranger."

"I'm afraid Masters Hartford and Oliver are..."

"Hey Spencer," the teenage Mac interrupted as he entered the room, "who's our..."

Before Mac could try and find an answer among his memories the young price stormed over, "I am Prince Phillip the third, Crowned Prince of Xander you dolt, who the hell are you."

Mac smiled, "Me? I'm Mackenzie Hartford, Andrew is my dad."

Prince Philip course his arms irritably and looks away, "Whatever." He could have sworn that Andrew Hartford didn't have a kid, let alone as old as Summer but honestly it's not like he followed American businesses that closely, 'Still…'

Prince Philip looked back, tilting his head, as he looked at Mac closer even as he and the butler Spencer had an exchange and Spencer walked off, he was about the right age, and in good shape, so if Andrew did have a son he was sure Summer or her parents would have mentioned it at least once.

"You really should have some of Spencer's lemonade, it's great," Mac smiled.

"Whatever," Prince Phillip turned toward the door in a huff, "If Operation Overdrive wont help save Summer I'll just find a team of Power Rangers who can."

Mac cut the Prince of, genuine concern in his voice, "Summer? Summer Landsown? She was kidnapped?"

Surprised by Mac concern Prince Phillip stopped, his voice softening, "Y-Yes we were sparring, a-and then she started to change...get violent...turned into a monster and then left with some kind of demon."

"Demon you say?"

The prince nodded as Mac paused in thought, "Dad and Terry are off following a lead to an important artifact but if Demons are involved you should head to Mariner Bay, Operation Lightspeed specialized in Demons and continue to operate as Power Rangers to this day. They just focused their time to rescue operation from defense once the city was safe."

Prince Phillip paused, smiling, surprised at the young mans candor and helpfulness, "T-thanks."

Mac smiled just as Spencer returned, "No problem, and hey if you need some help rescuing Summer I've been dying for an adventure."

"That won't be necessary," Prince Phillip picked up his pace as he mad his way out, "I have an army if that's what it takes to save Summer."

Mac smiled and waved, "But my dad is a Power Ranger."

Prince Philip couldn't help but laugh as he got into his waiting ambassadorial limo, "Touche."

Chris, still in girl form, just stood there, her mind reeling as she held the thong in her hand, trembling slightly, her nerves on end as she stood in the center of the ladies section of the mall, "This is kinda sexy."

Next to her was Kat, grinning for ear to in, she was also a girl, "Aren't we the kinky girl. Well if your going for that you need some low cut shorts to match."

"It's not..." Chris blurted out cheeks red but quickly caught herself and dropped to a whisper, as Kat chuckled. "It's not for me…and you know it."

Kat just smiled wider, "Right it's for your little sister, even kinkier."

Chris fumed as she shoved the thong back on the rack before Kat took her hand and lead her over to a different isle, one with more traditional panties, just with some lace trimming, "You're doing it again. Thinking like a guy. Think about what you would want to see a girl in not what she would want to wear."

"B-But...I mean...X-Xander...and..."

Kat chuckled, "Xander isn't a traditional boyfriend either. Besides were shopping to show we support her, your not trying to help her seduce guys. And besides all that she's not that kind of girl," Kat showed the panties to Chris, letting her fell the soft material, "She's a very traditional girl."

Chris blushes, "R-Right...It's j-just..."

Kat nods, "I understand, this isn't easy, but you wanted to support her so you need to think about what a traditional girl would like."

"But I..."

Kat smiles kissing Chris cheek, "You can't change her, so stop thinking about how to adjust her tast..."

"Adjust her tastes, of course!" Chris smiled, "Why didn't I think of it sooner."

"Huh?" Kat said confused as a chill ran down her spine.

"The spell, clothes make the man remem..."

Chris was cut short as everything shifted and changed around her, in an instant she found herself on her knees wearing white socks and an elegant kimono kneeling before a man in a robe with twin swords as his side and expectant look on his face, Kat was next to her and both of them were in full makeup with their hear in buns, head bowed before then man.

"Is that the best you can do?" the man huffed, "And you call yourself Konoichi."

A wrap from his hands made both girls slump forward, dropping them into full bows at the man's feet.

"You think the Emperor is going to tolerate such headstrong women in his court? Know your place!"

Kat shifter her gaze over to Chris confused, her voice low, "W-What's going on here?"

"I don't know it...it's like we're suddenly back in ancient Japan."

"Stop muttering to each other," The man glares as his hand moves to one of his blades, "By the Master why did I have to get stuck training such obstinate women!"

"The…"

"...Master..."

Irregardless of anything else the girls lept to their feet and instinctively reached for their Morphers, only to find calligraphy brushes instead.

"Our Morphers! What did you do with our Morphers!"

The man hissed, "Don't be stupid girls, their right there in your hands. By the Master if you two weren't Power Rangers id find some real men to be my agents but it's not my choice if the God decide to give morphers to such obstinate girls as you. But that doesn't mean you get to just act any way you want. If you want my blessing to infiltrate the Emperor's court you need to first show me you can make convincing Koinchi."

"Well," Kat smiles as she stands up straight and holds out the brush defiantly, Chris just beside her, "I think I've heard enough from this monster."

"Agreed!"

"Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

As the Spell seal formed the girls found draw their Magi Staffs only to find instead a katanna in it's place the pommel was still topped by their crests, and the tang of the blade while having the smaller rounded profile of a katanna still looked like the signature M of their Magi Staffs but what was really surprising was their uniiforms which had turned into shorter black robes trimmed in gold and decorated with mystical symbols like a more traditional one might have flowers or birds. Their Belt had changed as well, becoming more like a sash to bind the rob with the clasp on their side being their normal Mystic Force crest. At least the white tights were similar enough to their normal Ranger forms but their knee boot had shark to just past the ancle and mirrored the style of their wood Tabi from before. Under the flared cuffs of their rub also remained their traditional Gold gloves. And while the kimono opened around their neck as one would expect a white turtle neck undershirt filled the exposed area that lead up to their necks. But the Oddest change by far had to be their helmets, which were more like theater masks shaped like their totems while their hair flowed freely.

"Done playing around," the man sneered, "Can we get back to your training?"

"W-what did you do to our uniforms?" Kat, who thanks to Solaris' energy was now another Gold Ranger beside Chris.

The man scoffed, "I have done nothing, that is the traditional uniform of a Power Ranger," he scoffed, "By the Master not only was I stuck with womenfolk for Rangers but their rocket stupid about being Power Rangers."

both girls pointed their blades to the man, "Explain what's going on or we'll destroy you monster."

the Man stepped back, his form transforming to a more traditional style of Ninja as he laughed, "Welcome to my game Ladies. I call it the Ninja experience, and if you hope to escape you have to defeat the boss, the Emperor, but only full fledged ninjas can play this game, and well a Konoichi has to be able to hide in plain sight, to fit in among other women right so..." he transformed back to the man, sneering, "shall we continue the lessons on proper Konoichi etiquette?"

"Like hell," Chris lunched forward, Kat right behind her but the Man drew one of his blade and dodged back, and unused to the Tabi the girls lost their balance and fell forward, the man's sword tapping the back of their necks.

"Shall we try again?"

There was the clash of steel as the Man transformed back to the ninja demon, eyes wide as the two Rangers now looked like more traditional male ninjas and he was forced to draw his second blade to hold them off.

"H-How? You were men a-all along."

Kat just smirked from under her helmet, "Gender is somewhat fluid with our team."

Dropping a smoke bomb the monster vanished as the twin Gold Rangers summoned golden energy around their blades, blasting a hole in the area as they bounded out into what seemed to be ancient Japan.

"It's a good thing we can both become guys, circumvented that monster stupid little game," Chris laughed, "We need to find a way out of this place...our at teast some way to warn the others."

Kat stopped cold, changing back to the female form, the clack of her Tabi on the shingled roof drawing Chris' attention as he stopped and doubled back, "K-Kat?"

"I'm not going to let him just dismiss me as a competent fighter just because I'm a woman."

"But," Chris searches for the word as sh shifts forms as well, "I mean look at is, look at where we are. This is feudal Japan, women weren't fighters, and if we have to be ninjas not mages then its not that different from being a spy, as women we would be serves, concubines, nurse maids, not stealthy warriors…"

"I don't care," Kat huffs, "If we do this as men it's the ultimately betrayal of my gender, it's like admitting that women aren't equal to me."

Chris drops to her rear, feet dangling over the edge as people started to gather, Kat for the most part despite the angle of the roof and her tabi shoes was balancing quite well, thanks in no small part to her feline like grace and agility, "I-I get it, really I do...but these forms are not conducive to combat...and we don't control that."

Kat huffed as she dropped to the ground in an alley, "T-Then we need to get better at operating in these forms...I won't let that monster tell me I can't be a fighter just because I have breasts."

"I'll follow you to the ends of the earth, hell i'd be lost on how to support Nikki without you so whatever you say goes." Chris followed behind her, though she didn't have nearly the balance and wound up dropping atop Kat.

Kat smiled as the two demorphed and untangled themselves from each other, keeping their voices low as they moved away from the gathering crowds, "T-thanks Chris."

She smiled back as she tried to get her balance on the tabi shoes.

Kat nods, "But you're right, we need to make contacting the others a priority."

"Whooooo!" A familiar voice carried on the wind, one full of excitement and childlike glee, "I'm a ninja!"

Kat and Chris shared a chuckle as they made their way toward the voice, "Chip!

"Of course he'd be having the time of his life."

Toby stood in the empty forest confused, his body transitioning back to it's normal male form as he looked around confused, "He was just here and now, poof, gone...what happened to Chip?"

He found a log to sit on, he was still oblivious to the change between gender, even species. He understood on a fundamental level he was not supposed to be a cat but he still never noticed it when he shifted into that form. But the change between genders? He was totally oblivious to all aspects of it. Even as his body chemistry changed, even as the Blue energy rewote his personality into something closer to a doting mother and wise matron from his normal care free music lover self. Even as he found himself looking at men's asses not women's and dreaming about the right dress and accessories to impress her future husband he never saw the disconnect. But the change always left him fuzzy, always a bit confused as those memories and thoughts lingered across form often leaving him wondering thing like why Chip's behind was do distracting today or why he was trying to budge in that peal necklace that was in the mall the other day. But when Chip just vanished in a puff of smoke Toby knew something was wrong, and now that the Rangers had dropped the pretense about not recognizing him he immediately flipped open his Mystic Morpher and mad a call. He could live with the weird thoughts, and confusing desires, he was a wizard after all you have to keep yourself open to some strangeness after all, but having one of your employees, nay friends, vanish mid sentence in a cloud of smoke was not the norm.

Even for a Power Ranger.

"It was so weird," The young man said as May exited the ladies room into the schools main hall, "One second Jake was here and the next poof, smoke, gone."

"Jake's gone?" May hurried over to the pair of boys, "Where did he go?"

The first boy shrugged, "Got me he just...vanished...there was this clod of smoke and then he was gone, like a ninja."

"A ninja? Really?" The second boy scoffed, "We get attacked by demons on a weekly basis and Jake vanishes in a puff of smoke and you immediately go to Ninjas."

May chuckled, she knew that was horrible of her, one of her fellow students was missing after all, but the second boy had a point.

The first boy shrugged, "I don't know why I went to ninjas I just got this weird ninja vibe is all."

The second boy laughed as he took out his phone, "You called the police right?"

"Of course I did!" the first boy flustered, "as weird as 'ninjas abducted my friend right in front of me' sounds somebody should know and it's not like the Power Rangers have a hotline."

"They totally should though," the second boy grinned ear to ear as he looked to May who had her eyes down on her phone, sending a text message to the others. "I mean not everyone is lucky enough to get a sweet magical replacement arm from the Power Rangers right."

May paused, head down as she rubbed the leather clad limb, the first boy punching the second in his side, "Nice going jerk, May lost her house and like half her skin and you want to make lite of things like her prosthetic arm."

"S-Sorry Troy," the second boy bowed his head to May, "S-Sorry May."

She smiles shaking her head, "Don't worry about it. My doctor says I'll make a full recovery, wont even have any scars an I'm taking to the skin grafts excellently, I'll be back to normal...sans arm...in a fraction of the time."

"That's awesome May," Troy smiles, "You keep fighting, show those monsters Briarwood girls are tough as nails!"

May chuckles, giving Troy a peck on the cheek, "Thanks Troy...I-I really needed that."

Troy smiles, offering her a water bottle, "Don't mention it, I've endured great hardship myself. You just gotta push through."

"Oh?" the second boy teased, "What kind of hardship?"

May chuckled, "Great...hardship."

The second boy fumed, "I was being serious, what happened Troy."

But he and May were already walking off side by side laughing together.

"The worst part is the bandages over my eye," May explains, "I can kinda get use to not feeling my arm and I know my hair and skin will grow back but my depth perception has gone right down the the toilet. And getting worse by the day."

"There's a simple explanation for that," Troy begins.

The water churned as Nicole pointed her Mystic Morpher toward the center, a Dark Seal forming on the surface as the Master bellowed.

Nicole smirked, "What's wrong don't like the taste of your own medicine? Maybe you should have tried to rape me under water while pouring your darkness into me. It didn't work when I was a cat, and it didn't work when I was a vampire. The Only reason I was helping you was because of Necrolai and she's up and abandoned you!"

The bellow of response shook the entire glade and a small army of Hidiacs rose from the ground, advancing on Nicole.

She took a deep breath and closed her eyes, 'Hope this works.'

A rainbow of color cascaded over her before splitting off into a number of Shadows, the only difference between them came from the highlights of their hair. Nicole's hair had been subtly shifting from hoer original brunette to a softer red head as the Pink energy grew and now had developed pink highlights. For the shadows it what those highlights, and the specs of color in her eyes, which had also shifted over time from brown to green with specks of pink. And with her more recent gifts of energy red, blue-white, navy, lavender, and back had joined the pink. But the Shadows had different highlights and only one spec of color in their eyes, each corresponding to the different energies within her; red, blue-white, navy, pink, green, and Lavender. Only the Black, the Dark energy had no counterpart in the shadows. And while Nicole was able to create six clones of herself at once she was no Bowen and none of them could use magic resorting to martial arts to hold the Hidiacs at bay. It also did not leave her unaffected as her knee buckled a moment and sweat dotted her brow but the Dark Seal remained strong, her spell continuing to form.

"You owe me a new dress when this is over, something pretty, elegant," the Pink Shadow boasted as she sweep kicked a Hidiac, causing it to explode into smoke only for 2 more to rise in it's place.

"Fat chance sister," the green one smirked as she launched into a scissor kick, "We're going to hit the Glade with Xander and dance among the flower heads for an hour!"

"Would it be cliche for me to just say I want to burn something?" The red one joked as she kicked another into oblivion with a backflip.

"Oh come on Red," Navy teased, "At least suggest what you want to burn, like I dunno our bras!"

"Yeah! Burn the Bra! Burn the Bra!" The others joined in with a laugh as Pink fumed.

"You girls are so uncivilized!"

Everyone, even the original laughed.

"Ok fine, I want to have a barbeque, with all you can eat ribs, we haven't be able to binge since we got our new body, just once I'd like to just forget my figure and enjoy a meal without worrying about loosing my girl abs."

"Ugh a BBQ?" the Blue-White one adds in, "You have any idea how many calories we're gonna have to grind after such a binge? I just want to go skiing!"

"Well you are the Ice Element," Lavender laughs, "You're all kind of one tracked. My on the other hand am just pure good magic."

"Oh here we go," Navy rolls her eyes, "Ms. Lavenders going to make us all feel like soiled children just because she's non elemental. Well I'll have you know I'm Prometheus energy, you know the god who brought fire and knowledge to man kind."

"Oh really?" The original calls across, "and what does wisdom want me to do once the Master is sealed?"

"That should be obvious," Navy smiled, "Take a nap."

The Nicoles burst out into laughter.

"Are you sure your not the Element of Common Sense," Green teases.

"Hey Common Sense is the rarest of all elements!"

The Nicoles laughed again ad a contingent of Styxoids joined the Hidiacs.

"Focus girls," the original quickly cuts in, "tell you want whoever defeats the most minions get their wish granted."

"Hey that's not fair!" Lavender laughs, "I never got to state my wish."

"Well then you should have focused on that instead of praising your nature over the rest of us," Pink teases, "For the Element of goodness that was a pretty egotistical thing to do."

"Pink's right," Red adds as she projects her voice to the original, "Hey Core Self are you sure you didn't mess up and create a Dark Magic Shadow."

The Original growls, grinding her teeth as she trying to keep focus on the spell, "Please don't joke like that. It's hard enough re channeling all this Dark energy back at the master without all of you, don't make me wonder if I accidentally made an evil clone."

"S-Sorry," Red flusters, "I should have known better."

"It's alright, we're only human," the original grunt, "B-but can you pick up the pace this is getting harder."

The Master bellowed, a chill wind nearly knocking the original off her feet as a tendril snakes toward her leg.

"Watch out," Pink lunges at the tendril severing it as she help the Original firm up her footing.

"T-Thanks," The original says weakly before her eyes go wide, on the periphery of her vision Pink was still fighting the foot solders with the other shadows, "T-Two Pinks? I Didn't make two pinks...are you guys self replicating now?"

"S-sorry," the fighting pink blushes, "I saw you faltering and well...we have 2 sets of pink energy remember? S-So I broke our our natural energy to guard you."

"So you're?" The Original stands as Pink Two help steady her arm with the Mystic Morpher.

Pink 2 nods, "She's Vida's power, I'm yours."

The original felt strangely empowered by this, even in this strange circumstance Vida found a way to watch over her, "T-thanks V."

Vida smiled as she kicked the Ninja monster in the head, a sudden was of delight filling her even with the cumbersome nature of her "Ninja" form.

"Rock you like a Hurricane! Rose Ranger!"

"This is all wrong, women are supposed to be dainty, gently, yielding, this is not at all how a Konoichi acts."

"Yeah well," Nick R, Green Ranger sways her hips seductively as her axe cuts deep into the monster's chest, "sucks to be you."

All of the Rangers were in female form as the monster collapsed and exploded, all were Konoichi; Gold Ranger Kat and Chris, Rose Ranger Vida, Green Ranger Nick and Xander, Blue Ranger Toby and Madison, and Yellow Ranger Chip.

"At least I die seeing such beauty!"

"What a pig," Kat huffed.

And then he returned as a giant, "Time for Round Two!"

"Mystic Titans!"

Even with the change in colors, and by extension titans, the only notable surprise on who became what was with Kat, who was using a portion of Daggeron's energy and so found that her titan was a golden night, bearing a strong resemblance to Daggeron's Ancient Mystic Mode. However the other titan were everything the Rangers expected, Madison was a mermaid, Toby a sea serpent, Nick, having inherited Kat's power which in turn she was given by Xander became a sprite while Xander remained a Minotaur despite his change in nature, Chris of course remained the many eyed horror of a Beholder, and Vida, drawing on Nicole's power was a unicorn. Together the Ranger were able to make short work of the monster.

Meanwhile in the Underworld Summer watched the battle beside Ghoul via the Masters empty pit and smirked, pounding her fist, "That was a pretty cool, if short, fight. Get's me really pumped up to do some damage."

Ghoul smiled as he rose from the throne, "I'm itching for a real challenge as well, lets hit the ring!"

"You're on!"

"Mr. Cranston your Afternoon Appointment is here," the receptionist buzzed the intercom on her desk bored.

"The Landsdowns? Send them right in."

The Young woman nodded to the well dressed couple and motioned them to a hall, "End of the hall, can't miss it."

"Thank you," Mr. Landsdown offered professionally as he lead the duo to the office of an older many with grey hair. "Mr. Cranston I presume?"

"Please, call me Billy," The man smiled, "and please, have a seat."

The couple nodded as they sat in the chairs opposite Billy, Mrs. Landsdown starting, her tone calm, professional, "You know why where here?"

Billy scowled, "From what I hear Summer was kidnapped by monsters. Honestly I'm surprised your taking this so well Prince Phillip of Zandar has been quite aggressive in finding Power Ranger teams to help and she was just his sparring partner, she is your daughter."

Mr. Landsdown smiled calmly, "It doesn't do any good to loose our head in a crisis."

Billy nodded, "Oh I can definitely understand that state of mind. Just surprised is all, not sure if I could stay that calm if monsters kidnapped my daughter."

The couple shared a look as Mr. Lansdown reaches into his jacket and pulled out a check book, "Let's not beat around the bush. We know your company is working on Ranger Tech, your duel with Hartford Industries to create the next full Ranger team is well known, so how much is it going to cost for for you to send your rangers to save our little girl."

Billy scowled, "I don't need your money Mr. Landsdown."

"Don't be ridiculous everyone needs money," The couple scoffed, as Mr. Landsdown quickly filled out a check and rose, slipping it face down on Billy's desk, "I trust this will be enough to get your team to save our daughter."

Billy sighed, rubbed the bridge of his nose, "You can't just buy the Power Rangers."

Mrs. Landsdown smiled, "Of course not, we knew that."

Mr. Landsdown grined as he lead his wife out, "But you can rent them for a good cause."

Billy shook his head as he turned over the check, his expression didn't change, much like the Landsdowns expression never veered from polite and professional. And the amount on the check wasn't a laughable token either. Despite Appearances the Landsdowns had put serious money on the table to find their daughter there was only one problem, not everything in life can be solve by throwing money at it.

Billy sighed and picked up the phone, "Ms. Riley please connect me to Robert."

"Right away Mr. Cranston."

Billy sighed, "I've told you before you can call me Billy."

"As you like Mr. Cranston."

"How are you feeling Roberta?" the young man smiled as the pair of technicians were rolling the blouse down the girl who could be his twin's chest and feeding her arms into the jacket she shared with him.

"Nothing is broken, self diagnostic reports green."

Robert smiled as he rolls his shoulder, his twin mirroring the action, "Good let's do a quick rundown, can't let my avatar break down in the middle of a fight just because we didn't do a post op."

Roberta nods just as a phone rings from Roberts pocket, as he answers int Roberta mirrors his actions despite the lack of a phone. "Operation Turbo, Yellow Ranger speaking how can I...oh..Mr. Cranston...B-Billy what is it..."

The conversation continued as Robert tightened up his stance, Roberta mirroring it, as he rolled his other shoulder and cracked his neck, "Summer Landsdown? No I course I...Roberta can be ready..." He paused looking at his double, a pit in his stomach tightening.

Breaking the routine Roberta wrapped her arms around her other half, "I could not function without you."

Robert sighed, as she took the phone from him to finish the call, "We are completing a routine post op shadow check, we will be ready to move out in twenty minutes."

As the call ended Roberta slipped the phone into the pocket of her jacket before she returned to comforting Robert.

"When Billy told me I'd get to be a Power Ranger I never expected he meant by proxy...I-I just wish it could be me out there sometimes, instead of just you."

"You are most compatible with the Yellow Energy, which only responds to a female gene sequence. This was the only solution."

"I-I know..."

Roberta smiles as she pulls away, placing Robert's hand on her chest, "Our situation may be unique but at least you have a pear of breast you can fondle any time you want."

Robert chuckled as he pulled his hands away, cupping his own chest which caused Roberta to shadow him and cup her breasts, "the last time I did that you broke my nose in three places for being a 'dirty old man' and a 'pervert,' your own words."

"I'll make an exception this once."

Robert smiled, shaking his head, "I'm not falling for that one, last time you pulled that I woke up the next dark buck naked in the Zord Bay."

Roberta smirks, "My mental engrams are patterned after your own. Clearly you have self masochist kinks."

"You're a terrible girl you know that?" Robert laughs.

"I'm told that just makes me more realistic."

"It does," Robert laughs, "still makes you terrible."

"According to my files this is the point when we kiss and then have sex, would you like me to undress myself or would you like to do it?"

Robert glared at his other half blankly as he reached behind him, "Pillow!"

"Oooph!" Roberta says mechanically as a throw pillow crashes into her face, "I deserved that."

"Yes you did."

"Now we will engage in consensual intercourse?"

Robert threw another pillow at her.

"My Mental Engrams are patterned on yours."

"I am a dirty old pervert of a man."

"Your own words." Roberta shadowed her better half.

Robert laughed, "You're just fine, end shadow mode, besides we have a spoiled brat to save from monsters."

"Before our after the exchange of bodily fluids?"

Robert shook his head as he lead his double way, "See now you killed the joke, you took it one step to far and it turned from cute to reinforcing I'm a pervert by having my robot clone obsess over having sex with her twin."

"My Mental Engrams are patterned on yours."

Robert laughed.

"Already?" Daggeron was at a loss for words as Kat stood before him with the Golden orb in hand, just as big as his own, most of the other Rangers had gone home for the note so only Lieonna, Calindor, Clare, and May were in Rootcore. And the First was teaching the last.

Kat smiled, "Xander wasn't kidding when he said twin suns have explosive growth. I think Chris even came out ahead of where he was before...well...before I sucked him dry."

Daggeron just nodded as Jenji emerged from his lamp with Nick's Fire in hand, "Pretty impressive, it took Daggeron a life time to gather that much Sun Magic."

Kat smiled as they exchanged energy, "I should get back to Chris, he still has a lot to learn about womanhood."

Daggeron remained silent, nodding as Kat excused herself.

After a moment he extracted his own Orb, and took Jenji's in hand as well, "I cant belive how similar in size they are...I-I'm not sure it's safe for me to re absorb it."

"Why not give it to Nicole then?" May offers, "Calindor and Lienonna were taking about how he's like some sort of magical bank right? And he's trying to seal the Master some extra power can't hurt right?"

Daggeron nodded slowly, "Are you two Absolutely sure on that."

Lieonna smiles, "You of all people Daggeron should know nothing is absolute in magic."

He laughed and nodded, "You're right, and May as well, It might be a good idea for me to collect samples from everyone else as well. And to train Nicole how to use all that power, if it means the end of the Master once and for all we can't over look the opportunity."

"But Nicole also has Fire and Ice from Lienbow and Udonna, and Nature from Xander, who's left?"

"Well Water from Madison or Toby obviously," Calindor states flatly, "And some of LeeLee's stone magic, maybe even some of Clare's Moon magic for completeness."

"M-My magic...but I'm still..."

"The Gatekeeper of the Mystic Moon, the woman who created the gates of the Underworld itself."

Clare blushes, "But I'm not..."

"Don't sell yourself short Clare," May smiles, "You're awesome!"

Clare blushes, "T-Thanks M-May."