Episode 11; ch3
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, but I do own this team and their adventures.
*Italic indicates thought
Episode XI: Fun For All pt2
Chapter Three: The Super Storm
A/N: Hey readers! I know it's been forver, but this chapter took a while. But it's long and exciting, so I hope you guys are ready! Enjoy!
"It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog." -Mark Twain
Leo stumbled as she walked. She was feeling more and more tired as she went on. She reached out and put a hand on one of the mirrors to steady herself. Normally when she was hurt she didn't feel it when she was morphed. Now though pain was pulsing through her every nerve. And she was tired. Really tired. She sighed and sat down, staring at her morpher. It felt like little more than a toy now. She clicked the top disc to the side and waited. She saw a flicker of red light from the top of the morpher. But it didn't light up with the raindrops captured in the red light. She clicked it back and sighed.
The reflection had taken her power. She had been wandering around the mirror maze for who knew how long without a way out. She sighed and put her head in her hands. "What am I going to do?" she whispered. The situation seemed pointless. She couldn't contact Quinn for help. In a situation like this her best friend was the one she would turn to for help. She wrapped her hands around her knees as the truth crept into her chest. Without Quinn, who knew everything, without Chris, who had the backbone the red ranger knew she'd never have, she was useless.
"I'm not a leader," she whispered. "I'm not a ranger, or a hero. I'm not even brave." She felt tears prick at the edges of her vision. She'd never felt so lost and alone before. She wondered if the other Rangers were ok. She wondered if she'd ever get out.
-Thunder Strike-
Jasper sighed as he looked at his morpher again. He tried to activate it, but it only put out a small snap of light. Barely enough to show the clouds that were normally suspended in the dark light. He tapped it, as if that would make it functional again. Dread was pooling in his stomach, making his muscles clench. If only I had a way to contact Quinn and Z, he thought. They'd know what to do. They always do. The truth of the situation was making him despair. He'd never realized how much they demanded on Z and Quinn until he couldn't reach them.
"Quinn would know how to get out," he whispered. "She'd know the way or she's build a device or something." He felt his heart pounding in his chest. If he didn't get out, who knew what could happen. Would he spend forever wandering the mirrors? Would he ever find a way out? What if there is no way out? he wondered. What if I'm trapped here forever? He stumbled, suddenly feeling more tired and reached out to a mirror to steady himself. He could normally think he way out of any situation with his unique combination book and street smarts. But not this time. He felt he weight of his situation crushing him. He was trapped. And there was no way out.
-Thunder Strike-
The silence was really starting to get on Chris' nerves. The only thing she could hear was the sound of her feet on the floor. She looked at her morpher again. She clicked it gently, hoping for a miracle. Instead all she got a feeble ray of blue light that was onto sustained for a few seconds. I wonder if Quinn will be mad if she has to fix these, Chris thought idly. She leaned against a mirror and slowly slid to the ground. She felt her confidence shaking. I couldn't even stop that reflection from taking my powers. It was right. How can we expect to beat Stormicon if we can't even get out of a house of mirrors? She looked at her morpher again. It felt impossibly heavy on her wrist.
She didn't normally notice the weight, but now with her powers gone it was all she had to focus on. She was tempted to take it off. She hadn't removed it since getting it. They were pretty much indestructible and water-proof so there was never a need to take it off. But there was always every reason to keep it on. She knew that the others felt the same way. Their morphers were their life lines to Quinn and Z. Their source of power. Without the morphers they were little more than ordinary humans. Without the Power they were nothing. She wrapped her arms around herself and seemed to curl up. She started shaking. "Help. Please. Anyone. Please help."
-Thunder Strike-
Rage built up inside of Austin as he punched another mirror. It cracked and he swore, but it didn't help. Nothing's going to help, he thought. He sat down and leaned against the broken mirror. I'm fucking trapped and nothing is going to change that. He knew if he was anyone else he might have had an actual chance wolf getting out of here. If he was Quinn he'd have the intelligence to find his way. If he was Leo he's have the natural talent to help him. If he was Chris he'd have the conviction to get out no matter what. If he was Jasper he'd have training and practice to find his way out of the situation. If he was Andy he'd have the imagination to think of how to deal with this. But I'm not any of them, he thought bitterly. I'm just me. I'm just dumb Austin. I'm not smart, or talented, or creative. I'm barely even a good person.
He nodded in agreement with himself. This was definitely true. He looked at his mopher and fiddled with it. "Storm warning," he said softly. He clicked the dial but it did nothing but emit a small ray of green light. It was gone so fast he couldn't even make out the lightning bolts holographically embedded in the light. He scowled suddenly and banged his wrist against the ground, as if that was going to bring back his powers. He clenched his fist, wishing for some kind of help. If I don't get out of here, if none of us get out of here, then the demons will win. It occurred to him that maybe his friends had already found a way out. Maybe they left me here. I wouldn't be surprised. No one's ever looked out for me before, why should they start now? He sighed and shoved his hands into the pockets of his sweater. Looks like I'm on my own.
-Thunder Strike-
Jasper stopped walking and leaned against the a mirror. He could see small patch of fog his breath created on the mirror. He slowly slumped to the floor. "Thunder strike, storm warning," he said half-heartedly. He didn't really expect anything to happen, which is exactly what he got. The face of the watch flicked with a dim white light, but it sparked out. He sighed and stared at it softly. He'd always thought with his morpher he'd be able to find a way out of any situation. And so far nothing had been able to stop them. But now he hadn't found a way out before his reflection took his power. Now he was stuck with no apparent way out and his morpher was little more than a fancy watch with snowflakes on it.
"I don't think there's a way out," he whispered. "I can't find a way out of here." He felt the fear gripping his stomach. He couldn't believe this was how it ended. Trapped and alone; if alone was still alone when he was surrounded by images of himself. He could see himself reflected back at him. The bruises forming on his face and the cuts on his neck and chest. He looked like Asa after a terrible fight. "Second book," he murmured. "The second book was the worst." He shivered in the cold. He hadn't really noticed the slight chill in the air. He wished he had someone with him to make him warmer. Austin and Jasper were usually pretty warm just in principle. He wrapped his arms around his torso, wincing slightly.
-Thunder Strike-
Quinn was ready to bang her head off the key board. She knew she was on the right path to getting in contact with the Rangers, but one glance at their power levels told her that she was running out of time. The colored lines showing their connection to the Power were dwindling lower now. She sighed as she kept connecting the new dog tags to the morphing grid. She could feel Z behind her, toying with a blaster. They both knew that if they didn't get the Rangers back soon, he'd have to go down again and start fighting the demons.
"Come on, come on, come on," Quinn whispered as she kept typing; coding her way into the morphing grid. She was getting close, she didn't know how she knew, she just did. It was a feeling in her gut. "Yes!" she cheered suddenly.
"What?!" Z asked, jumping up from his perch on the edge of one of the worktables. "What happened?"
"I'm in! I've connected the tags to the morphing grid!" Quinn kept typing, keeping her eye out for what she needed. She matched the coding to that of the morphers, but then she frowned. "No!"
"What?!"
"I don't know if it's fully connected because of how low their connection the Power is."
"Why is it going down like that?"
"I don't know!" She sighed. "Maybe it's because their powers were stolen!"
Z sighed. "They're losing faith." He started pacing a little bit. "Maybe this was a mistake Quinn."
"What'd you mean?"
"If they can't handle a small set-back like this-"
"They're trying!" Quinn snapped. "They're trying!"
"We need them to try harder!"
"You think I don't know that?!" She sigehd.
Meanwhile, Leo was looking around in amazement. "Quinn?" the red ranger asked in the empty corridor. She heard it again, Quinn's voice.
"I know we have a lot riding on them!"
"Quinn?!" Leo asked. "Quinn?!" She realized where the sound was coming from a no lifted up her hand with her morpher on it. Little did she know, the other Rangers were doing the same thing. Chris was staring at her morpher in shock. She pushed the communication button. So did Jasper.
"Quinn?!" Jasper practically yelled. "Quinn you there?!"
Andy was gripping his mopher with the opposite hand as he stared at it. "Thank god."
"I knew she'd find a way," Austin smiled.
"Quinn," Leo whispered.
"The Rangers can do it!" Quinn insisted. "They can pull through this I know they can!" Leo felt surprised. Did Quinn really believe in them that much? She heard her friend sigh. "Leo is like a raging downpour. Consistant, powerful. Seemingly weak rain drops that form a powerful force of nature. Chris is like a howling wind. Loud, strong, sure. Gentle and sweet one minute, destroying everything in her sight the next. Austin is like electrified lightning. Erratic, unstable. But when he hits, he hits hard. Austin is like the freezing snow. He reflects the light around him. He seems cold unit, you learn he can be warm. Not meant to be everywhere, he thrives in the right conditions.
"Jasper is like a doubling cloud. Ominous, obviously dangerous. He comes in full force or not at all. There's no in between with him. They're our Rangers Z. We can't. Give up on them! I refuse to!"
Leo clenched her fists. "Quinn's right." She stood up suddenly, energy starting to trickle into her muscles.
"We can't give up," Chris said. She pushed herself to her feet stubbornly.
"Morpher or not, Stormicon can't win," Austin decided. He lurched to his feet and quickly found his footing. "Never."
"I don't think power rangers are supposed to give up," Andy said to himself. He stood up, a little unsteady at first, but quickly finding his balance.
"Quinn, believes in us, so we must be doing something right," Jasper muttered. He stood up and looked at his morpher. "There's gotta be at least a little bit of power in the thing."
All of the Rangers were inspecting their morphers now. Their confidence in themselves grew as they looked for a sign their morphers still worked. Quinn blinked. "That's impossible!" she gasped.
"What?" Z asked.
"Look!" Quinn pointed to the body outlines. The lines were starting to go up again. "Their connection, it's getting stronger!"
"It is," Z nodded. "It is."
Leo felt her conviction grow. "I'm not done yet," she said. "We're not done yet." The face of her morpher blinked with red light snd she smiled. She hit the teleportation buttons no was teleported out of the mirrors.
-Thunder Strike-
When the red ranger could see again she was in the city. She saw a flash of blue light next to her and smiled. "Chris!"
"Leo!" the blue ranger smiled. The two Rangers hugged. There was a flash of white flight and they saw Andy.
"Leo, Chris!" Andy grinned. He threw his arms over their shoulders. "I'm so glad to see you two!"
"Same!" Leo replied. There was a flash of black and green lights as Jasper and Austin teleported in.
"Hey we're all alive!" Austin smiled.
"Yeah," Jasper agreed.
"Good to have you guys back," Quinn said from their morphers.
"Man it's good to hear your voice again Computer Q," Austin replied.
"It sure is," Jasper agreed.
"Well now you guys got work to do. I'm sending the coordinates to your morphers now."
"We're on it!" Leo smiled.
"Storm chasers!" the five of them yelled. "Online!" They summoned genie bikes and got on. Leo knew they were still running on low energy, but faint red light around her was still there. She still had power left. And she would see it thought to the end. They drove straight to the coordinates Quinn sent them. They felt energy and power zipping through them as they drove. They found their dopplegangers and hopped off their bikes.
"Yo!" Austin yelled to get their attention. "Give us back our powers!"
"Ahaha!" Dopplegan laughed. "Don't make me laugh! Darklings, descend!"
"We can take these guys!" Jasper said as the group found themselves surrounded by Darklings. He ducked as one of them tried to punch him. He popped back up and slammed his fist into its head. He kicked another in the chest and spun around, kicking another one. He punched another, moving between the foot soldiers with ease. He felt himself growing stronger with every one he took down.
Austin meanwhile was tripping and shoving the demons all over the place. He grinned mischievously as he tripped another one and used its own momentum to shove it into two more. He narrowly avoided being blown aside and swept the legs out from three. He punched another on the stomach, then kicked a second in the chest. He took them down on twos and threes, never once letting up. He stumbled back as a a gust of wind clipped him. He stumbled into Andy, who'd been hit in the stanch. "You good?"
The white ranger nodded. "Yeah. I'm good." He ran at the demons who'd knocked him back. They scattered a second too late and he battled into them. He sent several down right away, and was soon swarmed by them. He kicked out at them, trying to get them away. He started punching at them; landing blows on the chests, heads, stomachs, anything he could find. He spun on his heel and kicked on that had been sneaking up on him. He grabbed another by the arm and flipped it over his own body. It tumbled into a group of four, knocking them down. He jumped on them and dissipated the group. He punched another in the stomach and continued on through to the one behind it. He caught a glance of Chris, as she moved gracefully the ought the throng.
The blue ranger flipped over a group of Darklings as they attempted to knock her back with a gust of wind. She turned on them and started taking them down. A few swift kicks and punches and she had a cloud of dissipated foot soldiers at her feet. She swung and punched one of them in the chest. She avoided several hands that tried to grab her and kicked through all of them with one solid motion. She flipped backwards and away from more grabbing hands. She kicked upwards and too out two more, putting her fists up in a ready stance as she came down. She punched out again and took out another. She saw Leo dodging left and right, avoiding the Darklings that were attempting to encircle her.
Leo looked around herself and quickly started punching and kicking anything within reach. She spun around and took down another one that had been trying to sneak up behind her. She kicked a third one and grabbed the wrist of one that that had reached out for her. She spun around and kicked it backwards, giving it a good shove into the ones behind it. She smiled and ducked as two more arms shot out at her. She grabbed them both and flipped over the demons that were attached to them. She elbowed one and spun, punching the last one in the face. Th Rangers regrouped and faced Dopplegan and his copy-cat Rangers.
"Impressive," Dopplegan said. "But we still have your powers."
"Our powers are more then just what's in our morphers!" Leo yelled. "The Power is a part of us now!"
"As long as we're Rangers," Chris added. "Nothing can make us powerless!"
All five Rangers were now glowing with their respective colors. They all raised their morphers and the others gathered on top of them. They clicked the dials to the side and their respective whether symbols appeared in their holographic lights.
"THUNDER STRIKE, STORM WARNING!"
"Red ran ranger!"
"Blue wind ranger!"
"Green lighting ranger!"
"White snow ranger!"
"Black cloud ranger!"
"Clear skies are straight ahead!"
"You think that can stop us?" Copy Leo said. "We have all your weapons!" As if to prove it, they all grabbed their weapons tags and inserted them in their blasters.
"Thunder weapons, activate!" the five Copy Rangers yelled.
"Rain sticks!"
"Wind fans!"
"Lightning hammers!"
"Snow scrapers!"
"Cloud maces!"
"Haha!" Dopplegan laighed. "Looks like you rangers are trapped! Again!"
"Our weapons were no match for them last time," Jasper said.
"All we can do is fit fire with fire," Andy replied, not liking their chances.
"We can defeat them!" Leo told them confidently. "Remember that the Power is with us!" She looked at their enemies, not far away. "Nothing will stop us!"
Quinn smiled as she looked at Z. "You know I think they finally get it."
"What makes you say that?" he asked her, leaning on the desk next to her.
She grinned as the dog tags that had been sitting in their scanners started to glow with their corresponding Ranger colors. "Oh just a wild, guess." She opens up communication with the Rangers. "Guys, open your hands."
The Rangers all held up a hand and the dog tags appeared in them. "New tags?" Jasper asked.
"A power up," Quinn explained.
"You think we're ready for something like that?" Leo asked her. She heard Quinn chuckle.
"I've always know, but now you know it too."
The Rangers all smiled and held up their morphers again.
"Huh?!" Dopplegan asked. "I never sensed these powers in you before! What're you doing?!"
"Check this out!" Andy smiled.
"Super storm, upgrade!" the five Rangers yelled in unison.
They instead their new tags into a slot on the side of their morphers and clicked the dials another click to the right. They pushed the faces down and a circle of light appeared around each ranger, matching their ranger colors. The circles split, one part going up and one part going down. All five Rangers now had grey sashes traveling vertically down their torsos. One each on they had a colored circle with a weather pattern in it. One the bottom was a red circle with gold rain drops. Next was a blue circle with gold wing currents. Above that a green circle with gold lightning bolts in it. The next one up white with a good snowflake in it. The final circle was a black one with a gold cloud outline on it. In the center, above their chests was the gold outline of swirl. The circles then swirled into their Rangers hands, forming weapons. They felt the power zipping around inside of them.
"The raging downpour, super storm red!" Leo shouted.
"The howling wind, super storm blue!" Chris yelled.
"The erratic lightning, super storm green!" Austin shouted.
"The freezing snow, super storm white!" Andy yelled.
"The rumbling cloud, super storm black!" Jasper shouted.
Leo smiled as she looked down at her new weapon. She was holding a red crossbow that was shaped like a hawk. The pointed part was the head, with the wings spread out in the cross part. She pointed at Dopplegan and his copy-cats. She pulled ten trigger and caused all six of them to be blasted backwards form the shots she fired. "Whoa!"
"Sweet," Austin smiled, examining his own weapon. It was was a green axe, although it was larger than a normal sized axe, with the head leaver than his own and a pretty short handle. The top bladed part was a bobcat head, with the outline of the animal going down the handle.
"Let's get 'em!" Chris said. The five Rangers attacked, while marveling at the newfound speed and agility they felt. Chris had her when in a blue weapon that was the shape of a large tiger claw with white stripes on it. Each of the "toes" had a blade in the shape of a claw on it. The Copy Cat Rangers had scattered, so she had a clear path to the blue one. "Wind storm claw!" she yelled, swinging it. Her clone tried to block her, but the claw was so powerful that it was knocked back. It cut through the phony ranger suit and dark purple light started shining out dully. Chris smirked and swung again, hitting it across the chest. The blue ranger kept up her attacks, punching the claw into the cop-cat. It stumbled and nearly fell on it's back. Chris spun around, sending power into the claw. "Gust blast!" she shouted, scratching blue claw marks into the clone. She spun the other way and left more claw marks going in the opposite direction and the clone dissolved into dark purple light. Chris walked into the light and it turned blue. She grinned as it absorbed back into her body. "Awesome!"
Jasper meanwhile was carrying a black shield that was in the shape of a falcon with outstretched wings. "Cloud Storm Defender!" He smiled as he slammed the shield into the copy cat black. He fired to black blasts from the falcon's eyes, hitting the fake black ranger. He ran forward and kicked him, making him back up more. Jasper hit him with the shield again, then raised it as the copy-cat black ranger fired his blaster at the real one. Jasper felt the blasts bounce off harmlessly and fried again. The copy-cat was thrown off his feet and landed on his back. "Had enough yet?!" Jasper smiled. He slammed his shield into the copy-cat again and it almost fell back. He fired again, then sued his shield to block the cloud maces that were trying to knocking him into next week. He felt them hit the shield, but it was like a pin pong ball hitting a piece of wood. He smirked and fired balata form the falcon's eyes again. They hit the clone in the hand and it dropped the maces. "Overcast strike!" Jasper yelled, spinning. He channels energy into the shield which started to glow with dark light. He fired on the clone. It exploded into dark purple light, which turned black as he stepped into it. It absorbed into him and he grinned. "Take that!"
"You even knew your new attack!" Quinn praised. "Although why it's different I don't quiet know...must be something wrong with an algorithm."
Andy grinned under his helmet as he stood against his copy-cat. He raised his right hand, which held a snow white whip, which had a whip that was shaped like a fox tail. "Ice Storm Striker!" he yelled, swinging it his arm. The whip cracked against his clone, making him stumble back. He cracked it again, cutting open the suit of the copy-cat. He saw the dark purple light starting to seep out of the cuts he'd made. His clone tried to swing at him, but Andy simply knocked it away with his weapon. "That's cute. Let me show you the true power of ice!" He ran at the copy-cat and cracked the whip again, knocking the copy off its feet. It scrambled up with another gash marring it's suit, spewing more dark purple light. Andy flicked the whip forward and wrenched the first snow scraper from its hands. He smiled as he tossed it aside and reached for the other one. He yanked that one free too and smirked. "Looks like you're out of weapons." He spun around, whirling the whip over his head. "Blizz blitz!" he yelled, cracking it down on the clone, first from one side and then the other. It was destroyed in a burst of dark purple light and he smiled. He stepped into the dark light and it turned white. He felt the rejuvenation hit him as the light absorbed into him.
Austin was grinning mischievously as he swung his axe. "Lightning Storm Axer!" He swung at his clone, hitting it in the chest. He smirked as a gash appeared in it's chest. Dark purple light started to seep out and the clone snarled. The green ranger laughed and swung it again. He added another gash to the copy-cat's chest, parallel to the first one. The clone tired to hit him with the Lightning hammers, but Austin blocked them with his axe. He heaved the axe against the hammers and knocked them out of the clone's hands. He relished the apparent shock in its body language before spinning around and hitting it in the neck. More dark purple light started to pour out. He hefted his axe up and sliced starchy though the clone's neck. It disappeared in a fog of the dark purple light. The light turned green and Austin stepped into it. He smiled as it absorbed back into his body. "Aww yeah!"
Leo used her weapon to stop the rain sticks that were coming down at her. She pushed up and hit her clone with the crossbow. "Thunder Storm Crosser!" she yelled, shooting it again. She knocked the copy-cat backward and followed it. As it got to its feet, it combined the two rain sticks into one. It attacked Leo, who avoided it expertly. She tripped the clone again, sending it tumbling to the ground. She shot it in the back and it started bleed the dark purple light. Her heart started racing at the sight of it. The feeling of chaos in awed at the back of her mind, but she tried to ignore it. The clone regained its senses and at attacked again. The red ranger took aim and shot it in the left hand. She left a hole that oozed fake pull light. She smiled triumphantly and shot the other hand quickly. The rain stick was sent flying away, clattering across the ground. Leo powered up her weapon, spinning around. "Downpour strike!" she shouted, firing her weapon. The shots hit the clone and it disappeared into dark purple light. Leo nodded satisfactorily and stepped into the light. It turned red and she absorbed it back.
The Rangers all regrouped and lined up against Dopplegan. "It's over!" Leo shouted. "You guys lose!"
"Again!" Austin added.
"You Rangers haven't beat me yet!" Dopplegan boasted. "And as soon as you get close I'll delicate your powers again!"
"Who said anything about getting close?" Leo demanded. "Ready guys?"
"Ready!" the other four nodded.
She held her crossbow in a fire-ready position. "Thunder Storm Crosser!"
Chris fit her claw in the end of Leo's weapon, locking it in securely. "Wind Storm Claw!"
Austin fit his axe on with the head locking into Chris's weapon and the yanked going down the side. "Lightning Storm Axe!"
Jasper put his shield on the end of the axe, securing it. "Cloud Storm Defender!"
Andy went last, flicking his wrist out and laying it down the top of the weapon. "Ice Storm Striker!"
The Rangers lined up on either side of Leo, Chris and Austin each placing a hand on her shoulder; Jasper placing a hand on Chris' and Andy putting one on Austin's.
"Super Storm Striker, ready!" the five of them yelled in unison. They channeled their energy into it and Leo pulled the trigger. "Fire!" A blast made of five colors; red, blue, green, white, and black, spiraled at Dopplegan. It hit him and drove struggle through him, making him explode. The Rangers dropped their hands and Leo lowered the weapon.
"That was fucking awesome!" Austin cheered. He gave Andy a high-five.
"We aren't done yet," Leo said.
Up in the cloud castle, the three Superior demons all raised their spears. "Chaotic energy," they chanted, "give this demon life again!"
"There it is!" Chris yelled as the giant funnel cloud spiraled down, leaving a now ,inch bigger Dopplegan.
"You Rangers have made a big mistake!" he yelled.
They grabbed their Zord-balls. "Thunder zords, activate!"
"Thunder hawk Zord, powered up!"
"Thunder tiger Zord, powered up!"
"Thunder bobcat Zord, powered up!"
"Thunder fox Zord, powered up!"
"Thunder falcon Zord, powered up!"
"Thunder Strike Megazord!"
"Be careful guys," Leo told them. "He won't be easy to beat."
"Psh!" Austin said dismissively. "We can take him."
Dopplegan swung at the Megazord, making it move backwards. It kept avoiding him, its pilots worried about the powers being duplicated again. He laughed snd gave it a shove, making it almost lose its footing.
"I saw we call the storm chasers!" Jasper suggested.
"Excellent idea!" Leo nodded. They inserted the tags for their bikes.
"Storm chasers, online!" the five of them shouted. "Storm Chaser Megazord!"
The Megazord moved with more ease around the demon, skating around to avoid his every hit. It swung the tire spear and hit the demon in the chest. He stumbled backwards and the Megazord swung its weapon again. Dopplegan scowled, quite a feat considering his lack of mouth, and grabbed onto the spear. The Megazord tried to shake him off, but he held on tight.
"Haha!" he laughed as eh started absorbing some of its energy.
"Oh hell no!" Austin yelled as they tried to wrench it away. "He's going to clone the Megazord!"
"We really can't let that happen!" Jasper agreed. They readjusted the grip and allowed the wheels on the end to end up neat Dopplegan's face. The wheels suddenly started spinning at impossible speeds, ranger against the demon's face. He stumbled back, yelling in pain. The Megazord took the opportunity to reposition itself here he couldn't reach the spear.
"Doesn't matter!" Dopplegan laughed. "I still got some of your powers!" He held his hands out and lightning zapped at the Megazord, as well as rain drops pelting it. The Rangers all held on as sparks rained down on them on the inside.
"Let's get rid of him!" Chris suggested.
"Gladly!" Leo agreed. They all flipped the first three switches.
"Storm chaser Megazord final strike!" they yelled. The Megazord skated forward with wheels spinning. It punched Dopplegan, then drove straight though him with the spear.
"No! I almost had you! Almost!" he yelled as he exploded.
"Almost isn't close enough," Leo smiled as Jasper and Andy high-fiver Chris and Austin. They high-fived Leo, who pumped her frosts in the air. "The storm has passed!"
-Thunder Strike-
The Rangers all ran straight to Quinn as soon as they were back. They enveloped her in a group hug, making her squeal. "You guys like the power up?" she asked, fixing her glasses.
"Oh my gosh Quinnits amazing!" Leo cheered.
"Fucking fantastic!" Austin agreed.
"Your best work yet," Jasper nodded, making her blush.
"I'm glad you guys like it. I have to warn you though, it relies on chaotic energy for an initial energy starter. I'm not sure what the long-term effects of it on humans is, so I'd only use it as finisher for now."
"No problem," Leo told her. She wanted nothing to do with that energy anymore.
"Come on!" Andy said, grabbing Jasper and Austin's hands. "Let's go celebrate!" The three do them ran upstairs Chris rolled her eyes.
"Guess we'd better go keep an eye on them," she said. Z nodded and they followed the boys. "You two coming?"
"Yeah, one sec," Leo replied. She pulled the dark gold gem out of her pocket. "Hey Quinn."
"Yeah?" Quinn asked, looking away from something she'd started fiddling with.
"I...found this while we were in that crazy house of mirrors." Leo held it out and Quinn studied it curiously.
"Interesting." Quinn took it from the red ranger and studied it. "I've never seen anything like it."
"It's giving me the creeps. I thought you should be the one to hold onto it."
Quinn nodded absent-mindedly. "Mhm. I'll run tests on it as soon as possible."
"Great, thanks." Leo turned to go upstairs. She paused when she was halfway up, just remembering that they'd originally had that day off. She turned to tell Quinn, then stopped when she saw her working. She was reminded of how Quinn never got a day off. Or out. She worked almost 24/7 for the team. The red ranger smiled as an idea suddenly hit her. That smile turned into an all out grin as she raced up the stairs to tell the others about her idea.
-Thunder Strike-
The three generals bowed in front of the throne. "Sir,e the plan...failed," Blizzitor said. "The rangers have won again."
Stormicon nodded. "The the sunstone?"
"The red ranger took it," Hurricous replied. "They are now in possession of it."
Stormicon nodded again, this time with more conviction. "Excellent. Then all isn't lost. We can still defeat them."
Excuse me sire," Tornidon said, "but how exactly are we going to do that?"
"You'll see," Stormicon smiled. "We're going to beat those Rangers at their own game!"
-Thunder Strike-
Back at Cliffton Manor, Leo snuck downstairs after dinner and saw that Quinn was still hard at work. She smiled and snuck up behind her. "Hey."
"Oh, hey Leo," Quinn replied. "Sorry I missed dinner. Z brought me down some. I just have to finish these repairs and-" She stopped when Leo put her hands gently on her own and set them down. Quinn put the Zord down and looked at her.
"Come on," Leo said, taking her hand. Quinn saw an unusual spark of mischievousness in her eyes. "I have something to show you." She led Quinn back upstairs, running as fast as she dared.
"Leo where are we going?" Quinn laughed.
"You'll see," Leo replied. They finally stopped in front of the library doors.
"Ok, we're at the library."
"Quinn Oliver," Leo said, throwing open the doors. "Welcome to Camp Thunder Strike!" Quinn gasped as she stepped inside. The Rangers had rearranged the furniture so that everything was against the walls. In the center of the room were six sleeping bags all arranged in a circle around a fire pit made of books. Thiugh, instead of a fire, there was a cool lamp that blew air on an orange and red piece of cloth, making it look like fire. Quinn couldn't stop grinning as she walked in more and Leo shut the doors.
"You like it?" Chris asked. "We even added some stars." She pointed up at the roof and Quinn had to gasp again. There were glow in the dark stars on the ceiling, arranged in familiar constellations.
"We looked up the constellations for the stars," Jasper told her.
"And we found all this stuff upstairs in one of the bedrooms," Andy supplied.
"I asked Z if we could have a real fire," Austin said. "And he asked me what kind of drug I'd managed to sneak into the house. Which to me wasn't a definite 'no'-"
"It was a 'no'. Trust me."
"Do you like it?" Leo asked Quinn, standing beside her.
"I...I love it! Thank you guys so much!"
"Thank Leo, it was her idea," Chris said. Quinn beamed and gave Leo a huge hug.
"Thank you Leo!"
"Anything for you Quinn," Leo replied, hugging her back. "You do ten times more than any of us. You deserve a day off too."
"And since you can't go outside," Jasper said as Leo lead Quinn to sit down on a sleeping bag. "We brought the outside to you."
"Sort of," Austin amended. "But it's the thought that counts."
"Definitely," Quinn agreed. "What now?"
"Well," Andy said. "I raided the food pantry, and found marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate." He started passing out the supplies as he continued. "We can't actually roast the marshmallows, but we can pretend."
Quinn grinned as she pulled one out of the bag. Form the corner of her eye she saw also pick up her guitar. "You gonna serenade us?"
Leo nodded. "I found a book on camp songs and memorized a few."
"Let's hear it then!" Austin cheered.
Quinn cousins stop beaming as Leo started playing and she bit into her s'more. It wasn't outside, but it was a fun camp out with her friends. What more could she ask for?
-Thunder Strike-
Next Time On Power Rangers Thunder Strike:
Jasper admits that he has a crush in Quinn to the others, minus her. Their friends then take it upon themselves to set the two of them up.