Author's Note: Hello my lovely readers! I bring you guys another update!
Now I know what you guys are thinking? This isn't the next episode after Forged Under Fire. I wanted to post Rags to Riches and I'm gonna post Home Run Koda a little later on! There is a method to my madness I promise.
As for my personal health, I'm feeling a lot better. Being happy isn't as difficult anymore and managing my anxiety is getting better. I'm still going to therapy to deal with some personal issues. But all in all, I'm taking the steps in the right direction. Thank you for all the love and support, I really do appreciate it! It's nice to know that I'm not alone in all of this!
Also, I'm really excited that we're almost at 400 reviews! I never thought that I would even reach this many when I first started this story. It's because of you amazing readers that we're here! For all the long-time readers and the new ones, thank you! I keep writing for you guys and I'll keep writing for you guys!
For this chapter, Heckyl and Fury create a hybrid monster that makes people greedy, meanwhile Ivan has some money issues that put the museum in danger!
Enjoy!
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Chapter 34: Rags to Riches
It was another day at Amber Beach Museum. Since there wasn't too much work to be done at the museum, Ivan decided to do a little training down at the Command Center with Tess. Both of them headed down to the shipping yard to get Ivan's training dummy that he ordered.
"You're practice dummy should be here already" Tess told Ivan as they walked to the shipping yard.
"You two work here?" the delivery man asked.
"Indeed we do" Ivan answered. "This must be my new training dummy, finally."
"Just sign here, please..." the delivery man showed them his tablet.
"Yes" Ivan took out his Quil Pen, with everyone's eyes widening. "Do you have any ink?"
"Ivan, just use your finger" Tess instructed him. Ivan just looked at her confused, as Tess took his finger and used it to sign the tablet.
"Wow! How did I do that?" Ivan looked at his finger, intrigued. There were still things about the modern era that Ivan still didn't understand. Ivan was still learning.
"Thank you" Tess thanked them as the delivery men just rolled their eyes at Ivan's ignorance.
Bringing Ivan's training dummy down to the command center, he opened it to reveal a rather expensive looking suit on the dummy. "There it is!" Ivan opened it, setting it up.
"This is a fancy training dummy" Tess chuckled as she took a hard look at the training dummy. The suit on the dummy looked so familiar but Tess can't remember from where.
"It's a tad shabby" Ivan examined it. "But fortunately, my sword is not a discerning chap. En garde!" Ivan went at his training dummy.
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Back at Sledge's old ship, Fury had a new plan to steal the rangers' energems.
"I have a new plan to create a combo monster. Spellbinder's magic will curse Gold Digger's coins. Anyone who touches them will instantly become greedy..." Fury explained as he placed Spellbinder's magic pendant and Gold Digger's coins in the reanimation machine.
"I'm back, but I'm a hybrid! Call me Spell Digger!"
"What's so great about greed?" Singe asked, unimpressed.
"Greed knows no bounds" Spell Digger explained. "After those rancid rangers get a hold of my coins, they'll be at each other's throats!"
"It's perfect!" Heckyl got on board with Fury's plan. "We may need some extra fire power..." Heckyl took Singe's blaster.
"That's my blaster!"
"You don't mind, do you?" Heckyl raised an eyebrow.
"Do I have a choice?"
"No, cause you're not in charge, lame flame" Fury mocked Singe.
"Make sure Spell Digger finishes the rangers..." Heckyl hands Fury Singe's blaster.
"You can trust me, Heckyl. Unlike others" Fury reassured his superior taking a slight jab at Singe, before leaving to execute his plans.
"Ha ha, he burned you!" Spell Digger chuckles as he followed Fury.
"Me untrustworthy? You have no idea!" Singe grumbled.
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Back at the command center, Ivan was training with his new practice dummy while Tess was doing some reading. As they were minding their business, Kendall and Koda came in. Kendall was dealing with some important museum business while Koda was wheeling in a large crate.
"Good morrow, good friends" Ivan greeted them both.
"Hey guys" Tess smiled.
"Hello Ivan, hello Tess" Koda greeted his friends.
"It's very valuable, please check your system" Kendall said over her phone.
"What's wrong, Ms. Morgan?" Tess asked.
"We were supposed to receive an important delivery today but we haven't yet" Kendall informed her. "What do you mean it's already been delivered? That's impossible, check again. Ivan, your practice dummy arrived" Kendall informed Ivan.
"Thank you, my lady. But I'm already using my practice dummy."
"What did you say?" Kendall turned around.
"I said I'm already using my new dummy" Ivan stopped training.
"Yeah, we signed for it this morning" Tess informed Kendall.
Kendall took a look at the dummy Ivan was using and it was the delivery that she was waiting for. The dummy Ivan was training with was a Suit of Honor that was thousands of years old. It had a long and storied history. The Suit of Honor was meant to be put on display for a special exhibit Kendall was planning on opening this week.
"Oh no!" Kendall panicked, walking towards the newly shredded suit.
"What is it?" Ivan asked.
"Ivan... that is your practice dummy" Kendall pointed to the other crate with the training dummy inside.
"Excellent" Ivan smiled. "Then what's this piece of junk?"
"This junk is a Royal Suit of Honor. It was loaned to the museum. It's older than you!" Kendall explained.
"That was what we signed for this morning?!" Tess panicked, quickly realizing her mistake. Tess remembers seeing this exact Suit of Honor in several of her history books, no wonder she thought it looked so familiar. "No wonder it looked so familiar..."
"Well, it may be older than me, but it's not nearly as well built" Ivan examined the suit.
"Ivan, you don't understand. This is a very, very valuable antique..." Kendall explained.
"Not anymore" Ivan took in a deep breath.
"I have to call the owner, this is not going to be good" Kendall pinched her nose bridge.
"Exactly how much trouble are we in?" Tess asked her.
"I'll still have to decide" Kendall looked at them with a blank expression before going to make some phone calls.
"Thanks a lot, Ivan" Tess nudged the clueless Knight of Zandar, with sarcasm dripping off her tongue.
"You are most welcome, my lady" Ivan bowed his head as Tess smacked her forehead. Ivan does not realize the severity of his actions and unfortunately for Tess, she was deep in the fox hole with him.
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Meanwhile downtown, Heckyl was giving away gold coins to everyone in sight. "Gold! Gold for everyone!" Heckyl tossed out gold coins, which people were happy to take. "Come and get it! Free gold! It's all for you, the good people of Amber Beach! From me to you!"
Heckyl's plan to corrupt the rangers was well underway.
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Back at the cafe, Chase was at a stand off with a customer over his bill.
"Six dollars for a burger? That's crazy! Two bucks for a drink?" Dollar signs in his eyes, this customer was under the spell of Heckyl's corrupt coins.
"But you ordered it, and you ate it, right?" Chase explained.
"Hi, is there a problem?" Tyler came out, checking on the commotion.
"Yes there is, I don't like giving my money away..." the customer put some of his gold coins on the counter to pay for his meal.
"You can't pay with those" Chase declined the gold coins.
"Of course I can, they're solid gold" This made Tyler and Chase chuckle a bit.
"Says who?" Tyler asked.
"The guy down the corner. He's handing 'em out like candy..." the customer informed them. "No tip for you, pal."
Curious, Tyler and Chase picked up the coins and this strange feeling overtook them both. Suddenly, they both needed to have those gold coins.
"Man on the corner..." Tyler muttered.
"...Was giving them away" Chase added.
Suddenly on a strange impulse, Tyler and Chase left the cafe to get more gold coins.
As they left, Kendall, Ivan, and Tess had to meet with the owner of the Suit of Honor and it was going to be a very uncomfortable conversation to have.
"You have to understand, Ivan, this is a big problem" Kendall explained to him. Ivan did not understand the severity of the situation they were in.
"Yeah, shape up we're in a lot of trouble" Tess gently nudged Ivan's shoulder.
As they three of them stood there, they were approached by the owner of the Suit of Honor: Mr Smith. "Ms. Morgan, you mentioned there was some kind of problem with my Suit of Honor?" Mr. Smith asked, with his assistant Ms. Sandra standing next to him.
"Yes. I'm afraid so, Mr. Smith" Kendall reluctantly admitted as Ivan removed the tarp, revealing the destroyed suit.
"Oh, no..." Mr. Smith looked on. "This Suit of Honor was worn by an Emperor. It's over a thousand years old!"
"Yes well, that explains the shoddy construction" Ivan said, very absentmindedly.
"Ivan!" Kendall nudged to stop talking.
"It's worth two million dollars!"
"Are you certain of that?" Ivan asked, not convinced. "Honestly, Sir, as a knight I must say it isn't worth two shillings on the battlefield."
"It's worth money, you nitwit! Money is what you owe me, and money is what I want" Mr. Smith poked his cane into Ivan's chest. Coming from more simpler times, Ivan doesn't really know much about the value of money.
"Mr. Smith it was a very simple misunderstanding" Tess tried to explain. "Anyone could mix up a practice dummy and a thousand year old Suit of Honor."
"Doesn't matter, you owe me money" Mr. Smith pointed to all three of them.
"All right, then. Just give it to him, Ms. Morgan" Ivan whispered to Kendall.
"You have no idea how much money that is, Ivan" Kendall explained to him.
"She's right, Ivan..." Tess added. "The museum doesn't have millions of dollars just laying around. It doesn't work like that..."
"If I don't get my two million fast, I'll take this museum and sell it off piece by piece..."
"You can't do that!" Tess argued.
"Watch me..." Mr. Smith sneered as he and his assistant left.
Sighing, Kendall was between a rock and a hard place. As Kendall was trying to figure out what to do, Shelby came out to check up on them. "Well, how'd it go?"
"Don't ask..."
"Hey, have you seen Chase and Tyler? They must have left..." Shelby looked around for them.
"Good grief..." Kendall sighed. This was the last thing Kendall needed to be focused on. "I've got to figure out how to save the museum. Ivan, Tess, do you guys think you could find Tyler and Chase for me?"
"Have we ever let you down, my lady?" Ivan asked as Kendall's eyes drifted to the destroyed Suit of Honor. "Okay, maybe once..."
"We'll go find them" Tess pushed Ivan out as they went to go see where their friends went. As they left, Kendall took another look at the destroyed suit, letting out an annoyed groan. Kendall couldn't believe this was happening.
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Back downtown, Heckyl was still giving away coins to unsuspecting people. "Gather round! Don't be shy! Take as much as you want!"
People couldn't be more thrilled with that. As Heckyl was giving out more coins, Tyler and Chase came in. They had a feeling Heckyl was up to no good. When Heckyl saw them, a mischievous smirk appeared on his face.
"It's Heckyl..." Chase told Tyler.
"I'll be right back with more gold" Heckyl told all the people, before running off.
"Let's find out what he's up to, come on" Tyler suggested as they went after him.
Meanwhile, behind some buildings, Heckyl and Spell Digger were ready to start the next phase of their plan. "Act natural, the rangers are watching... I need more coins!"
"Coins?" Spell Digger asked, a little confused.
"More coins, remember?" Heckyl continued the act as Tyler and Chase came in, hiding behind some pillars so they wouldn't be seen.
"Of course, I'll just go back to my vast treasure and get you some more" Spell Digger played along as Chase and Tyler listened it.
"Good, fill these bags" Heckyl handed the bags to the hybrid monster.
"No problem! I'll just go back to my vest treasure-" Annoyed, Heckyl kicked Spell Digger.
"Just go get them, you fool..." Heckyl instructed.
"Yes sir! I'm off to my vast treasure!" Spell Digger ran off.
"It could be a trap..." Tyler rationalized but the greed was getting the better of them.
"Or I could be rich..." Chase contemplated before chasing after Spell Digger with Tyler close behind him.
"Farewell rangers..." Heckyl smirked as Fury joined him.
"I told you it'd work. Fury's plan could not be going more perfectly.
"Bring me their energems" Heckyl ordered Fury.
"I'll make sure they treasure their last moments!" Fury cackled, running after them.
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Deep in the forest, Ivan and Tess were busy looking for Tyler and Chase.
"Sir Tyler!" Ivan called out.
"Chase!" Tess called out as they searched for their friends.
As they searched through the forest for their missing friends, they heard a voice call out, "This coin's mine!"
"But I want it!" another voice argued.
"Is this one?"
Ivan and Tess looked out into the forest and saw Chase and Tyler.
"Sir Tyler!" Ivan called out for them.
"Chase, is that you?!" Tess tried to get their attention but their focus was somewhere else.
"More gold up ahead!" Tyler exclaimed as they kept going deeper into the forest.
"Gimme, gimme!" Chase chased after Tyler.
"What is wrong with them?" Tess looked on, confused.
"I have not the slightest idea" Ivan answered as they chased after them.
As Ivan and Tess went after their friends, they were cut off by none other than Fury. Ivan and Tess had a feeling that Fury was up to no good. "Not so fast!" Fury growled. "So we meet again pesky rangers. I'll deal with you thickheaded friends later. I have a bone to pick with you two..."
"You should see what happened to the last dummy that stepped in my way" Ivan sneered at Fury.
"Yeah, you're in for it you overgrown house cat" Tess added.
"Dino charger!"
"Ready!"
"Unleash the power!" Ivan and Tess morphed to take care of Fury. Ivan attacked Fury with his Ptera Saber while Tess came in with her Dino Saber. Even though it was the two of them against one, Fury was able to hold his own.
Deep in the forest, Tyler and Chase were still trying to get as many gold coins as they can. Noticing a large pile of gold coins, Tyler picked up as many as he could, cackling happily.
Chase looked around for more coins, noticing a large pile at his feet. "Some coins!" Chase picked up as many as his hands could carry. "He went this way!" Chase figured out where Spell Digger's treasure was.
Before Tyler could go in that direction, he was met by none other than his T-Rex Super Charge zord. "What-what is it, little Rexy?"
He roared, informing Tyler that Ivan and Tess needed help. The T-Rex Super Charge zord quickly left Tyler's arms and lead them to where the others were. "He wants us to follow him" Tyler pointed out. "Maybe it's the treasure!" Tyler and Chase chased after it.
Somewhere in the forest, Tess and Ivan were managing to hold their own against Fury, but the fierce warrior wasn't letting up. As Ivan blocked his saber, Fury sent him back with a jab before sweeping his saber under their feet. Tess jumped evading it while Ivan struck towards Fury.
"This is the end, frightful foe!" Ivan exclaimed. As Ivan charged at him, Fury easily took him down.
"Ivan!" Tess exclaimed, but she was blindsided as Fury kicked her in the back, sending her down with Ivan.
"Yes, the end of you two!" Fury armed his saber at them, but before he could attack, loud roars could be heard in the distance. It was the T-Rex Super Charge zord. "What's that?!" The T-Rex Super Charge zord charged at Fury, sending him stumbling back. "Get off me, you little red rat!" Fury growled.
"Rexy?" Ivan asked as he landed on his shoulder. "Whatever are you doing here?"
"But we're glad you are here, little guy" Tess smiled.
"Yes, he brought help!" Ivan beamed as he jumping up. Out of nowhere, Tyler and Chase were morphed and came just in time to help.
"Guys, we got your back!" Tyler told them. However when they regrouped, Fury blasted them, sending the four of them flying back.
"Time to try, Singe's blaster sword!" Fury roared.
"I'll handle this!" Tyler exclaimed. "T-Rex Super charge morpher!"
Dino charger, engage!
"Activate! T-Rex super charge, ready!" Tyler armed himself with his T-Rex super charge armor.
"Fury's roar!" Fury combined Singe's blaster sword with his own saber, enclosing Tyler is a powerful energy surge.
"Nice try, Fury. But, now you're in for a shock!" Tyler broke out with ease. "T-Rex super charge, blast!" Tyler blast Fury with his T-Rex Super charge blaster.
"Curse you, red ranger! We'll finish this later!" Fury growled, quickly retreating. It was clear to Fury that he couldn't defeat the rangers right now. He needed to ensure that his plan would go off without a hitch so he could get the rangers' energems.
"Yeah, that's right! Run away you cowardly lion!" Tyler sneered at Fury.
"Sir Tyler that was a fantastic feat indeed!" Ivan commended Tyler. "Ha! He was smart to retreat. We nearly had him..." the rangers demorphed.
"Yeah, that was awesome!" Tess added.
"These are mine" Tyler crooned as he got a handful of gold coins.
"Look at all of them" Chase added, admiring the large pile of gold coins in front of him.
Ivan and Tess turned around to see Tyler and Chase crouched around the floor. "I say, what on Earth are you doing?" Ivan asked them.
"Collecting gold coins" Tyler told him.
"You want to pay off my two million dollar debt..." Ivan smiled. "No, a Knight of Zandar would not use monster's gold to repay a debt" Ivan's integrity shined through. Ivan got himself into this mess and he was going to get himself out of it.
"You still don't think it's weird that all this gold is out here?" Tess asked him.
"Not in the slightest" Ivan brushed it off. "But maybe I know where there is some gold I can use. Yes, I'll meet you two at the museum, let us go lady Tess!"
"I'm coming!" Tess chased after Ivan.
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Tess and Ivan made it back to the city and headed straight to Amber Beach Bank. Ivan had an idea to pay off his debt and hopefully save the museum. As they waited patiently in line, Tess asked, "Ivan what are we doing at the bank?"
"When I was a Knight of Zandar, King George paid a bar of gold for my services. I had placed it in the bank and now would be a very fitting time to use it" Ivan told Tess his plan.
"I dunno Ivan..." Tess said skeptically as they approached the bank teller.
"Welcome to Amber Beach Bank, how may I assist you?" the teller asked.
"One bar of gold please" Ivan asked.
"Excuse me?" she looked at Ivan confused.
"I am Sir Ivan of Zander. One of the King's knights" Ivan told her who he was, making Tess lean her head in her hand in embarrassment. Tess could feel that this plan was gonna go south very quickly.
"And I'm the Queen of England"' she joked with Ivan. "And what can I do for you?"
"Well, I left a bar of gold in the bank... many years ago. I'm here to reclaim it."
"Account number?" she got on her computer.
"I... don't know" Ivan looked at her confused.
"You don't have an account here?!" Tess whispered to Ivan.
"I.D?" Ivan looked at the teller confused. "Something with your name on it?"
Ivan thought for a moment before remembering he did have a form of identification. "Ah, yes of course!" Ivan unsheathed his sword and showed it to the teller.
"Ivan! Put that away!" Tess panicked.
"Nonsense this is my ID" Ivan said as he showed the teller his sword. "There you are. There it is right here, see?" Ivan pointed to his name on the handle of his sword.
"Please, take whatever you want" the teller put her hands up, terrified.
"Just give me my gold" Ivan asked, making Tess smack her forehead.
"I'm so sorry about him" Tess turned around, apologizing to the terrified bank patrons. Scared, the bank teller hit the button behind her desk, activating the alarm.
As the alarm sounded off, police were quickly coming to the bank. "Ivan, let's get out of here!" Tess pulled Ivan out of the bank as he meekly put his sword back in it's sheath.
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Down in the command center, the rangers were taking inventory of some of the pieces they could sell to cover Ivan's debt. Now with the museum in jeopardy, the rangers were doing everything they can to save it.
"One triceratops horn, estimated value: $3000" Shelby said. "I can't believe the museum would sell these things."
"We have no choice..." Kendall relented. Kendall was apprehensive of selling these pieces as well but she knew that if it meant saving the museum, then it must be done. "Six trilobite fossils."
As Riley got that, he rolled his eyes at Koda before taking the horn he was using to scratch his back. "Hey guys..." Riley greeted Tyler and Chase, as they slid down to the command center.
"You guys back" Koda smiled.
"Where have you been?" Riley asked.
"We ran into one of Heckyl's monsters. Chased him through the forest... blah, blah, blah" Tyler played everything off but the rangers' attention was on their enlarged pockets. "And then we lost him."
"Yeah" Chase agreed.
"What is in your pockets?" Kendall asked, taking off her glasses.
"Pockets?" Chase asked, looking down. "Oh, just something that monster dropped..." As Chase and Tyler stood there, a coin fell out of one of their pockets
"It's mine..." Tyler claimed the coin.
"No, it's mine" Chase said, trying to keep his composure.
"It's mine..."
"It's mine..."
As Tyler and Chase were going back in forth, the rangers just looked at them confused. Wanting the coin for themselves, Tyler and Chase started shoving each other. But during their shoving match, all the coins in their pockets fell out.
"What on Earth?" Kendall asked, intrigued with the large number of coins in front of them.
"They're mine!" Tyler exclaimed, as both he and Chase scrambled on the floor to get the most coins possible.
"Why are you two acting so weird? Let me see one of those" Shelby walked towards them.
"Wait" Kendall stopped her. "Don't touch them." Kendall remembered that those coins belonged to Heckyl's monsters. It was probably because of those coins that Tyler and Chase were acting so off. Using a clamp, Kendall picked up one of the coins. "A monster dropped these? I'll bet they're made of a lot more than just gold..."
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After their failed attempt to get money at the bank, Ivan and Tess regrouped and were trying to find another way to get the money he owes to Mr. Smith.
"Yee, what an unhappy soul am I..." Ivan said dismally.
"Yeah, that was a bust" Tess breathed out. "What do we do now?"
"Alas, I do not know..." Ivan scratched his head.
As they approached the museum, they noticed Mr. Smith and his assistant, along with several contractors. "I want this half demolished to make room for my swimming pool" Mr. Smith instructed them.
"Yeah, I think we can do that" the contractors left to do some landscaping.
"Did you bring the cash?" Mr. Smith asked them.
"Please sir, I have something that is better than cash..." Ivan said.
"You do?" Tess asked, confused.
"What could be better than cash?" Mr. Smith asked.
Ivan unsheathed his sword and kneeled in front of Mr. Smith. "I, Sir Ivan of Zandar, shall become your servant sworn to protect you for the rest of my life. With every other Sunday off..."
"Protect me?" Mr. Smith scoffed. "Forget it, Ms. Sandra does more than just take notes." Ms. Sandra handed her pad to her boss, before showing off her long nails and getting into a fighting stance. Not only was Ms. Sandra was his assistant but also his bodyguard. Intimidated, Ivan took a step back and hid behind Tess.
"Now get me the money or get out of my way..." Mr. Smith sneered at them before pushing past them.
"Don't you think your being a little unreasonable?!" Tess yelled at him.
"Let's put the gate over here..." one of the contractors planned.
Ivan and Tess exchanged worried glances. They were starting to see that this situation was a lot more worse than they anticipated it to be.
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Back on Sledge's ship, Wrench was making adjustments to Spell Digger's pendant for his next encounter with the rangers.
"If the red and black rangers are greedy, why didn't you catch them?" Heckyl asked Fury. It was clear that Chase and Tyler were vulnerable enough to be defeated, so it confused Heckyl why Fury simply retreated instead of finishing the job.
"Because of those pesky gold and yellow rangers showed up and spoiled everything!"
"I may have a solution" Wrench suggested. "I turned Spell Digger's pendant into a magic portal, it'll suck the those greedy rangers right in and they'll never escape!"
"And neither will their energems" Spell Digger crooned.
"If you mess this up, you won't be escaping either... from me" Heckyl threatened Spell Digger.
Gulping, Spell Digger trembled, "I have to stay on his good side!"
"What good side?" Wrench asked. It was clear that Heckyl didn't have a good side.
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Back down at the command center, Kendall was analyzing the gold coin to see what effect that it had on Tyler and Chase. "That's it, the coins are encoded. When you touch one, it activates the part of the brain that makes a person greedy" Kendall explained.
"Good thing the coins didn't affect us" Tyler said in denial, holding his coins close to him.
"Greedy, that's so terrible!" Chase hugged his pile of coins.
As they regrouped, Ivan and Tess came in, deflated that they did not make any progress with Mr. Smith. "Alas, we were unable to secure the two million dollars..." Ivan informed them.
"Guys, why are all the pieces from upstairs down here?" Tess asked, noticing several of the artifacts out.
"These are the pieces the museum can spare. We need them to pay back Mr. Smith" Shelby told them.
"Oh, you can't sell them. These fossils are the heart and soul of the museum" Ivan argued to them.
"Doesn't matter, because even after selling them, we'd still be short" Kendall told them. "I'm afraid we're going to have to face it. The museum is lost..."
"I can't believe what I've done..." Ivan was finally realizing the consequences of his actions.
"What if we get more gold coins?" Koda suggested.
"Yeah! We have to go stop the monster anyway" Shelby got on board with Koda's idea.
"Why not? At least the gold's gonna be going towards a good cause" Riley agreed.
"Well, it's worth a shot" Kendall said, on board with the idea. At this point, Kendall was desperate to do anything to save the museum. "Tyler, Chase, you need to lead these guys back to where the monster's treasure is." Skeptical, Tyler and Chase brought their piles of coins close to them. "Don't worry, I won't let anyone touch your gold coins."
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The rangers ran mad through the forest in the hopes of finding Spell Digger's treasure.
"Keep following the trail of coins!" Tess shouted as the made it past the clearing.
"Wait, the trail splits into two" Chase saw two trails of coins, leading to two different directions.
"Maybe there's two treasure!" Tyler exclaimed.
"Or maybe they're both traps" Riley said, skeptically.
"Well, you can stand here if you want, I'm gonna get that treasure" Chase ran down one of the trails, picking up the coins on the way.
"Not if I get it first!" Tyler challenged him.
"Wait!" Tess called out for them.
"Ivan, you Koda and Tess follow them. Riley and I will take this path" Shelby suggested. Ivan, Koda, and Tess followed after Tyler and Chase, while Riley and Shelby went down the other trail.
Shelby and Riley followed the trail and it lead them to behind an abandoned warehouse. But once they reached the end of the trail, there were no more gold coins. "The trail stopped" Riley noticed.
"Just like I'm going to stop you!" a voice cackled. Shelby and Riley turned around to see Spell Digger charging towards them.
Shelby and Riley managed to dodge his hits. As Spell Digger used his axe on Shelby, she ducked underneath before attacking him with a strong kick. "Oh, this fight will be golden!" Spell Digger exclaimed.
Riley and Shelby did backflips away to create some space away from the hulking monster. Needing a bit more fire power, Shelby and Riley took out their Dino chargers, getting ready to morph.
"Dino charger, ready!"
"Unleash the power!"
"Ready when you are" Riley held up his Dino saber, charging at Spell Digger.
Jumping up in the air, Shelby hit the magical monster with a strong front kick, sending him stumbling back, as Riley struck him with his saber. "Back off you colorful creeps!" Spell Digger blocked Riley's saber and pushed them both back. Spell Digger did a flip back but Shelby and Riley were hot on his tail.
"Take this!" Riley exclaimed, slashing at Spell Digger, sending him flying back. But he quickly landed on his feet and ran away. This was all a part of Spell Digger's plan. "Tell the others!"
"Guys, Spell Digger's heading into the woods!" Shelby called the other rangers.
Once they caught up with him, Spell Digger faced off with Riley and Shelby. "Give me your best shot!" Spell Digger challenged them.
"Energize!" Riley and Shelby powered up their Dino blasters.
"And then I'll steal it!" Spell Digger opened up his upgraded pendant.
"Dino morpher blast!" they exclaimed, but Spell Digger absorbed the blast. "I'll take that!" Spell Digger smirked.
"What?!" Shelby looked on, confused.
"Glad it worked" Spell Digger cheered. "Phew! That tickles." But before Spell Digger could do anymore damage, he was met by the rest of the rangers, who were already morphed.
"We're here, guys!" Chase exclaimed.
"Boy, are we glad to see you" Riley breathed out in relief.
"Seven of you? Jackpot!" Spell Digger cheered.
"Let's clip this bird's wings!" Tyler exclaimed as the rangers charged at him.
The rangers outnumbered Spell Digger but he managed to evade all seven of them. "You're the birdbrains!" Spell Digger goaded them.
"Blast him, everyone!" Tyler suggested. The rangers blasted Spell Digger with their blasters, but the magical monster dodged all their blasts.
"You got it!" Shelby exclaimed as she, Chase, and Riley blasted at Spell Digger, but he absorbed their blasts into his pendant. "He stole our fire power again!" Shelby groaned as the rangers regrouped.
"That's right, rangers and you'll all be next!" Spell Digger exclaimed as the pendant's portal created a powerful wind, trying to suck the rangers in. "Plenty of room for all of you! And your energems!"
"We gotta move or we'll be pulled in!" Tyler told them, as he, Shelby, and Riley got behind a large rock.
"It's got me!" Chase felt the pendant pulling him.
"Chase!" Tess exclaimed.
"We got you!" Koda reassured him as he and Tess got his hands.
"T-Rex super charge, Tri-Ankylo formation!" Tyler exclaimed, loading up the Tricera charger and Ankylo charger, along with his T-Rex charger into his T-Rex super charge blaster.
Dino chargers, engage!
"Activate! T-Rex super charge, Tri-Ankylo formation, ready!" Tyler armed himself with a Tricera drill and the Ankylo hammer.
"You won't win!" Spell Digger challenged him.
"Here goes nothin'!" Tyler allowed Spell Digger to suck him, but once he was close enough, it gave him the opening for an attack. "Ankylo zord, hammer punch!" the strike was strong enough to do significant damage to Spell Digger's pendant, sending him flying back. "Bullseye!"
"Yeah Tyler!" Shelby cheered.
"My precious pendant portal has gone kaput!" Spell Digger whined. "You'll pay for that!"
"Not if I destroy you first! T-Rex super charge blast, final strike!" Combining the power of his T-Rex spirit along with the spirit of the Tricera zord and the Ankylo zord, creating a powerful blast aimed towards Spell Digger.
"This crown's going down!" Spell Digger cried out, falling at the hands of the rangers.
"Awesome!" Tyler exclaimed.
Now that Spell Digger was destroyed, his gold coins came falling down from the sky.
"Is that?" Tyler looked up.
"Spell Digger's coins!" Chase exclaimed as he and Tyler fell to their knees. Now that Spell Digger was destroyed, his effect he had on both of them was gone.
"My head!" Tyler groaned.
"What was I thinking?" Chase asked himself.
"We were so greedy" Tyler frowned.
"The coins must have lost their power" Chase picked up a gold coin. "I guess it's safe to use them to repay Mr. Smith now..."
"Yeah!" Tess smiled. "So, Ivan ready to pay off that debt?"
"This gold once so evil, will finally do some good" Ivan picked up some of Spell Digger's gold. But to everyone's surprise, Spell Digger's coins simply disappeared. "What? No!"
"The coins are disappearing!" Shelby exclaimed.
"There goes your wealth, now I'll take your health!" Spell Digger came back to life, amplified in both size and strength.
"Rexy, it's your turn now!" Tyler exclaimed.
"You're doomed!" Spell Digger cackled as he was met with the T-Rex zord. With a powerful headbutt, Spell Digger was sent stumbling back, destroying his pendant. "Not my precious pendant again!"
"Summon zords!" Chase and Ivan exclaimed, summoning the zords.
Dino chargers, engage!
"Activate Plesio charge megazord, Pachy-Rex formation!" Ivan exclaimed. "Dino charger, ready!"
Dino Super drive charger, engage!
"Dino super drive, activate!" Ivan activated Dino super drive mode. "You're going down, you crown clown!"
The rangers charged at Spell Digger, attacking him with a strike from the Pachy zord's wrecking ball.
"I don't need lessons on how to be a punching bag!" Spell Digger groaned in frustration but was met by a strike from the Plesio zord. The jab sent him stumbling back.
"Time to finish this money mongrel!" Ivan exclaimed.
"Yeah!" the other rangers exclaimed.
"Dino super drive saber, activate!" Ivan exclaimed, placing all six primary energems in the saber's barrel.
Dino chargers, engage!
"Dino super drive saber..."
"Galactic blast!" the rangers hit Spell Digger with a powerful blast, destroying the magical monster once and for all.
"I guess this treasure's about to get buried!" Spell Digger fell at the hands of the rangers.
"Monster extinct!"
...
Back on Sledge's ship, Fury fumed in frustration at another monster falling at the hands of the rangers. This was another failure Heckyl was surely going to blame him for. "I should have known Spell Digger would be useless. Heckyl is going to destroy me for these failures" Fury growled.
As Fury approached his cell, he heard Singe talking to someone. "Yes, I understand..."
"What's Singe up to now?" Fury drew his saber, slowly approaching his cell.
"Not at all, Sir. Yes, you can trust me. Heckyl is on Earth, he's after the energems, too..." Singe informed this mysterious person.
"Who are you talking to?!" Fury roared.
"Fury!" Singe quickly turned around. "Oh, that was just my sweet old grand-mama. She loves to hear about my adventures."
"Ha! You call your grand-mama, Sir?" Fury chuckled.
"Uh... sometimes."
"You may fool Heckyl, but you don't fool me!" Fury roared before leaving.
...
Back at the museum, after closing up the cafe, the rangers were hoping for a miracle or for Mr. Smith to have a change of heart so that he doesn't close down the museum. As the rangers sat with their heads down, the sound of thumps could be heard throughout the hall. It was Mr. Smith and his assistant coming to collect.
"It's time, pay up or get out" Mr. Smith said, emphatically.
"There's really nothing we can say to change your mind?" Tess asked him.
"Unless you have my money, nothing will change my mind."
"Mr. Smith, I implore you, if you could see it in your heart to be generous?" Ivan pleaded to him.
"Generous? Why should I be generous? Everybody wants something, and I want my two million" Mr. Smith demanded for his money.
"Fine then, you'll have it" a voice spoke out. It was Prince Phillip.
"Prince Phillip" Ivan said, rather surprised to see the Prince of Zandar in Amber Beach.
"The police notified me, you two visited a certain bank yesterday" Prince Phillip smirked at Ivan and Tess.
"The police?" Kendall asked, concerned.
"Oh, just a wee misunderstanding" Ivan reassured her. "Go on."
"Well that gold bar King George paid you, you put it away in the Bank of Zandar. And it's been collecting interest and growing in value everyday... for 800 years" Prince Phillip informed him.
"That's just over two million dollars" Kendall calculated.
Prince Phillip took out a check for the money, handing to Ivan. "Mr. Smith, my debt with you is settled" Ivan paid off his debt to the rather crabby millionaire.
The rangers cheered with glee. The museum as well as their home was saved. The rangers have created so many memories here and they couldn't imagine ever losing this place.
"Thank you so much!" Tess hugged the handsome prince.
Smiling, Prince Phillip hugged her back as the slowly pulled away. "It's quite all right."
"Why would you do this? You could just let me have the museum, and you'd be rich" Mr. Smith reasoned out.
"Well, that would cost the community this fine museum. And then, Sir, we would all be poorer" Ivan explained to him. Ivan knows how much this museum means to so many people and he would never want to see it disappear.
"You would be that generous and get nothing in return?" Mr. Smith looked at him, confused.
"Honesty, my good Sir, has it's own rewards."
"Indeed it does" Mr. Smith held up his check, before leaving. But before he could leave, Ivan's words resonated with him. Maybe Ivan was right about giving up a little bit of yourself for the good of others? Mr. Smith has encountered a number of cynical people over the course of his career, people who care more about themselves than others. This in turn has made him pretty disingenuous. Ivan was not like anyone he's met before.
Turning around, Mr. Smith put the check in Ivan's front shirt pocket, "Forget it, I don't want your money."
"Well, I insist you take it" Ivan shoved the check to Mr. Smith's chest.
"Out of the question" Mr. Smith put the check in the top of Ivan's shirt.
"A Knight of Zandar always repays this debt" Ivan put the check in his coat pocket.
"I hated that old Suit of Honor anyway and I'm not taking your money!" Mr. Smith put the check in the pocket of Ivan's jeans.
It was a standoff at this point. After Ivan placed the check in the inside pocket of Mr. Smith's coat, he placed the check in the space between his shirt buttons. Ivan placed the check in Mr. Smith's bow tie before he took it and placed it in his pocket, zipping it shut. Letting out a frustrated scream, Ivan placed the check back in his coat pocket. Annoyed, Mr. Smith put the check on Ivan's forehead. "You will take it and you will like it!" Ivan placed the check underneath Mr. Smith's hat.
"Absolutely not!" Mr. Smith got the check from underneath his hat. "Ms. Sandra, give him his money back." Mr. Smith asked his assistant to give Ivan his money back. Placing the check in her mouth, Ms. Sandra showed off her claws, making Ivan scream in fear.
"Stop this woman!" Ivan screamed as he ran for his life, with Ms. Sandra not too far behind him.
Author's Note: Well that ending was quite fitting! This story was so fun to write! Tess and Ivan don't really interact too much in the story so it was fun diving into their friendship in this story. It was definitely hilarious seeing them interact in this chapter! What do you guys think of their dynamic?
Also, it's crazy how a little kindness can make such a big change. Ivan's kindess and generosity can make even a crabby old man kind. People change people, don't forget that. It's crazy how are actions can make a big impact. So use your actions to make positive change! There's my little tidbit for the day :)
Again, I'm so thrilled that we're close to 400 reviews and hopefully we can reach 500 and I know with you guys we can!
Finally, what do you think of the chapter as a whole? Yay or nay? Any and all feedback is welcome!
Next Chapter: True Colors: Heckyl releases another alien to get the energems, Tess notices that the alien is gentle and was accused of a crime he did not commit. Will the yellow ranger listen to her head? or her heart?
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