AN: So, I was debating on how i'd run this next chapter, as this is the chapter before I shake everything up with major stuffs... so I decided to make this a little bit of a romp.
Task 35: The Man with the Blue Box
Dickson pondered what could have gone wrong with the vortex. The portal had formed like any other had before that point, and looked stable enough to hold two people... however, apparently that wasn't the case, as evident by the current situation they were both in.
They had landed in some sort of control room, with a giant center console that had a tube in the middle of it that reached into the vaulted celing. The walls of the place were burnished copper with what looked to be bolts securely fastened on at certain points, and at one part of the room stood a door with an inverted sign that would normally read POLICE BOX PUBLIC CALL.
However, the one he was worried about the most was in a heap next to the console, a bump on the side of her head.
"At least she has a pulse," Dickson said, before the door opened, revealling a brown haired man in a blue suit with a brown overcoat, and a woman wearing a black pantsuit and a pink tank top.
"Ah, I'll have to show you Planet Barcelona some time," The man said, his accent definitely british, "Donna, what's wrong?"
The woman, named Donna, pointed at the man pointing the blaster at her.
"Wot?" The man said, before putting his hands up, "Now.. now.. Just put that gun down... How did you get in here?"
Dickson looked at the man before holstering his weapon, though keeping a guarded stance over his fallen friend, "What i'd like to know is where the heck this is." Dickson said, before a small groan escaped his friend's lips.
"Joe... Calm down...," The girl said, her shirt, and skirt slightly ruffled, but not damaged, "I'm ok... Oh.. You're kidding me..."
"What's up Kenzie?" Dickson said, helping Kenzie to her feet.
"We're in a TARDIS."
"WHAT!?"
-TBGF-
"You know what a TARDIS is?" Donna said, looking at the girl named Kenzie.
"Yeah," Kenzie said, "Time and Relative Dimensions in space, Used by the Time Lords. A Time machine and a spaceship... This one's a Type Forty model here."
"And how do you know this, young lady?" the brown haired man said.
"There was one in the Arcadia museum when I was 4 years old." Kenzie said, looking at the controls, "Man, Same basic shape... but the TARDIS I always saw in the Museum... Console was more rustic... Had a game controller right here... Screen totally different."
"Hmm..." The brown haired man said, looking at Kenzie, "Does your name happen to be Kenzie Hikari?"
"Yeah," Kenzie said, looking at the man, "How did you know?"
"That means..." the man said, "You, big burly sir are Joseph Dickson, former General, you killed Emrass in hand to hand combat and then settled down in what's now the Unyarou superplane. Great job, by the way, Your defeat of the Psychotics was brilliant. Oh, and I heard about your dad. Great man, my condolences, and all that."
"Wait... Blue box, british guy.." Kenzie said, "You're the Doctor that my UNIT Contacts have talked about."
"Doctor?" Dickson said, "Doctor Who?"
"That's the unfortunate Rumor," The Doctor deadpanned, "And this is my companion, Donna Noble... So, Now that introductions are done with, How did you putz aboard the TARDIS?"
"Well," Kenzie said, "We were trying a bit of craft Joe has been teaching me, mainly a medium to long range shunt that gets you from one place to another very fast. We both jumped in, and one major headache on my part later, we're here."
"Kenz, are you alright?" Dickson said, as Kenzie stumbled a bit.
"yeah," Kenzie said, "I'm fine."
"You went through a vortex, didn't tuck your chin or do a forward roll," The Doctor said, "Come on, i've got a spare bed for ya. You don't need to be going anywhere in the condition you're in."
Kenzie only looked at Dickson, who nodded, before the small framed woman lost consciousness.
-tbgf-
Two hours later.
Dickson sat in the sleeping quarters that the Doctor and Donna readied for them, fumbling a golden coin in his hand. The coin was a rustic gold in color, and had the image of a stylized claw on it, and it glowed intermittently with faint, green light. As he continued to fiddle with the coin, he thought of the events that had been happening lately... what with Sugimori hastily fusing the two halves of his Call of Ultimuus together, to the same person now inhabiting the sleeping female form sleeping soundly on the bed.
They were in a time machine. A TARDIS. Time and Relative Dimensions in Space. A Blue box that was bigger on the inside than on the outside. And the only person who could keep him from going off the deep end at the moment, even though he had gone through Time and Space for at least a few hundred years, was passed out. He knew of the Doctor's race, of the time lords. .. OR at least the ones in his realm. They had sacrificed themselves against an evil race of totalitarian monsters... He couldn't remember who they were, but he knew that in his plane... The Time Lords were dead.
"You're perplexed," Kenzie said, groggily waking up, "What's up?"
"I'm worried," Dickson said, Pocketing the coin, "We shouldn't..."
"Be here," Kenzie said, "I know... I'm sorry."
"No worries," dickson said, "You're still new at Vortexing. You'll get better at it.. If we get out of this."
"If?" Kenzie said, sitting up, "Where's the ol'fashioned Joe Dickson 'Fuck Fate, I've got a Donut!' attitude? Joe... It's not your fault."
"What?" Dickson said, perplexed.
"I know you feel personally responsible for some of the stuff that's happened recently. Don't be. We both know that fate like to play tricks on Fools, Sugimoris, and Ships named Enterprise," Kenzie said, "Sides, What would you do if you didn't have me around?"
Dickson grinned before answering, "I'd probably have much sturdier ankles."
-TBGF-
The Doctor sat by the console in the main room of the Tardis, his coat sloppily discarded to part of the railing, and his eyes focused solely on something on the main monitor, a mug of tea forgotten at least an hour ago.
"So," Donna said, peering over the Doctor's shoulder, "What'cha lookin' at?"
"Just looking at this information that I dredged up. Look at this: Kenzie Hikari.. The name rings a bell, but aside from some classes she's taking, and the fact that She just had a child, there's nothing much I can find... But something about her face, those eyes... Those aren't the eyes of someone who just goes to classes and is a doting mother. She's seen war... and Death."
"More than you realize," Dickson said, "Kenzie's the sole reason most of my friends and family are still alive. She's young, but there's only a few other people i'd ever trust with my life."
"How's she doing?" The Doctor said, genuinely worried for the young woman.
"Her head's still pounding, but she's doing pretty good for someone who took a pounding at the hands of a Time machine," Dickson said, causing Donna to giggle a bit, which made the Doctor crack a small smile. "But I don't think she'll be ready for another Vortex for at least a day. Maybe more."
"You're welcome to stay aboard," The Doctor said, "I just ask that you keep your weapon holstered. I know that you're a fighter, and a warrior, but this place is a haven, not a battleground."
"Understood," Kenzie said, balancing in the doorway, "I know, I need to be in bed, but boredom really sucks."
"Donna," The Doctor said, "Get Ms. Hikari some food, I need to talk to Dickson alone."
"This way," Donna said, catching on to what The Doctor was hinting.
When the two women were out of sight, Dickson looked at the Time Lord and grinned, "So, what do you want to know first?"
"You said that she saved your lives many a time, that she's the reason most of your friends and family still live, but most of her records seem recently fabricated. Mind elaborating? Who is she?"
"Your tardis should have all the information you need to figure that out, Doc," Dickson said, "Sides, I'm still trying to figure out why we got here."
"Oh?" The Doctor inquired, his interest peaked.
"Yeah, if a Vortex jump goes wrong, they're designed to send the participant or participants back to the original jump point. They're a safe way to travel, especially if a seasoned practicioner uses them, even with a complete greener. So... Theoretically, we shouldn't be crashing aboard your ship for the next 1-2 days. Instead, we're in no shape to leave by vortexes... Which leads me to wonder... Why here? Why on a Tardis?"
The doctor contemplated those words as he found exactly what he wanted to find in the database.
-TBGF-
As Kenzie finished eating the bowl of Fish fingers and custard in front of her, she slurped it down quickly, giving Donna a brief chuckle, as she slammed the bowl onto the counter.
"Wow," Donna said, I don't think i've ever seen someone eat like that before.
"Try being in a coma for a week. That one sucked," Kenzie said, only then noticing the mess that she had made of her shirt, "Whoops."
"C'mon," Donna said, "You look like you need a nice shower anyway, I've got some extra clothes, too. Might be a bit big on ya, though."
-TBGF-
"So," Dickson said, "Where are you headed?"
"Well, Wherever the tardis is headed in this realm... Somehow, we're stuck in this plane, in this time period... I can't seem to get her to budge into the time vortex, which is buggering me to no end."
"Maybe after Kenzie gets some food in her stomach, we can have her look at it, She's a wizard with technology."
"not this technology," The Doctor said, ruefully, "The only people who could really do wonders with this tech are long gone. But-"
AS The Doctor continued, the two heard a loud, shrill scream. The two men ran towards the showers, where they saw Donna, pale faced, with a look of fear.
"Donna," The Doctor, "What's wrong?"
"She's.. She's not fully human!"
"Nope," Dickson said, "She's not human at all. She's an arcadian dragon."
"That's not what I mean," Donna said, "She.. She took her arm off!"
"left arm?" Dickson asked, knowingly.
"Yeah!" Donna said.
"Yep, She lost her arm a couple decades back," Dickson said, "her arm was replaced with a fully functional nano-tech replacement, along with her bones and approximately one fourth of her brain."
"A Cyborg," The doctor said, a grin on his face as he pulled out his Sonic screwdriver, "Oh, my.. This is.. cool."
"What is it, Doc?" Donna said, calmed down a bit.
"A positronic powersource within the arm... strong as 10 men, and a type 84 phase cannon... I know who she is!"
"I guess the cat's out of the bag, eh?" Kenzie said, one of Donna's spare tank tops covering her lithe frame, a baggy pair of blue jeans resting on her hips.
"Who is she?" Donna said, as Kenzie attached her arm back onto the socket.
"Donna," The doctor said, looking at Kenzie with a knowing, but mischevous grin on his face, "Our Kenzie here... is the same one that defeated a fifty foot tall monster with a piece of string and a fez."
"What can I say?" Kenzie said, "Fezzes are cool."
As the four chuckled, a low pitched bell rang out, startling the doctor.
"The cloister bell... It only rings when time is in danger of being destroyed, or when the tardis is in terrible danger," The Doctor said, running back to the console room, putting an image of whatever was outside on the viewscreen...
Much to the horror of Kenzie and dickson.
Donna and the doctor noticed the pair's slack jawed horror, and the young woman was the first to inquire, " 'ey... what's wrong?"
"They shouldn't be here..." Kenzie said, "There is no way they should be here!"
"What could have destabilized the plane enough to where they could come in?" Dickson said.
"WHO the hell are they?" Donna asked, as an audio message began playing over the speakers..
"WE ARE THE BORG. LOWER YOUR SHIELDS AND SURRENDER YOUR SHIP. YOUR BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DISTINCTIVENESS WILL BE ADDED TO OUR OWN. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE."
"The Borg?" Donna said, "Sounds Swedish."
Kenzie started to fiddle with the controls of the TARDIS, causing the Doctor to try to stop her.
"What are you doing!?" The Doctor said, being pulled back by Dickson, "The tardis can't jump into the Time vortex right now, there's some sort of interference!"
"Wasn't planning on that," Kenzie said, as the ship's engines fired up, "However we can use the same principles to put some space between us and the Borg!"
As Kenzie's hands flew over the buttons, keys, levers, and doodlewhazits, The doctor joined in, trying to stabilize the TARDIS' Pitch with the Yaw that Kenzie's ministrations was putting it into. After a while, Dickson manned a position, doing whatever Kenzie and the Doctor told him to do, with Donna following suit.
After 30 minutes, the four slumped down from fatigue, the Borg ship now far enough away to not be a problem for a while.
"How," The doctor said, catching his breath, "Did you learn to pilot this thing like that?!"
"When I was a kiddo," Kenzie said, "I made a little contraption out of a tea kettle, a whisk, a piece of string, some celery, and a fez, and that was so we could use the Washer Dryer combo."
Donna giggled, as the other 3 chuckled, before the doctor saw an interesting object on the viewscreen.
"What's this?" The Doctor said, magnifying the image, "Wow... whatever that thing is, it's perched on a dangerous orbit over that planetoid... It's like it's keeping that singularity from sucking everything up... Wait a minute... I'm getting a lifesign aboard that thing... That thing isn't an asteroid, it's a TARDIS!"
Dickson reached out to the dormant object and sighed, "Can't feel anything from it, if there's someone in there, they're probably out cold from the probable lack of atmosphere, or they're so deep in concentration trying to keep that thing from falling into that singularity... Oh crap, the borg are catching up to us... Doc.. does this thing have any weapons?"
"Absolutely not, this is a Police box, not a warship!" The doctor said, before Dickson grabbed his blaster, "Hey, wot're you doing?!"
"He can probably take out a cube or two," Kenzie said, a white and silver belt adorned with a technologically advanced belt buckle now fastened around her waist, "Enough for me to get across to that Tardis. If I can get inside, I can probably save whoever's over there."
"Need I remind you, There's no air from here to there, you'll suffocate." Donna said, before kenzie grinned.
"And need I remind you, I'm not human," Kenzie said, revealing her Ride Card, "I'm just a passing through Kamen Rider."
As Kenzie transformed into Scion, Dickson opened the doors and started getting the Borg's attention, causing them to focus on him as Kenzie took a running leap out of the TARDIS, before gaining control of her own momentum and flying towards the other ship, quickly forming Quantum Form to give her an extra speed boost. As she made it to the other Tardis, a stray borg ship trained on her location, only to be blown up seconds later by a well placed shot by Dickson.
As Kenzie entered the tardis, she sighed. It was trashed, there were singed spots everywhere, the consoles were nearly destroyed, and, to the side, was one lone figure, slumped over, seemingly unconscious.
"Hey, old man," Kenzie said, trying to rouse the being, only to find him out cold. As she laid the person down fully on the deck plates, she began to try to fiddle with the only seemingly working console,
"Come on, girl," the young Kamen Rider said, working whatever switch that she could to get the thing to start, "I've got maybe 5 minutes before this thing starts going in... and I would rather not be in here when that happens."
As the being on the ground started waking, he saw the sleek armored form of Kenzie and wheezed in pain, "This ship... It's heart is damaged... But... Who are you?"
"Kamen Rider Scion," Kenzie said, Deactivating her helmet so she could peer into the now dormant Heart of the Tardis, "Man, IT's not even saying hi... It's.. It's like it's hungry... It's like it needs something to jumpstart it."
"Sug," Dickson said over the comlink, "There's a Fusion Cube here. And if the Tardis' sensors are right, at least 4 more on the way... Hurry up."
"Well," Kenzie said, "Crap, 2 minutes til belgium."
As Kenzie continued fiddling with switches, she snapped her finger before arming her helmet, "Old man, can you hold on to something? I think I can restart this thing, but i'm going to need to create a stable Warp Bubble... and that will push back anything that's on the outside of it."
The old man nodded before clinging onto a sturdy rail.
-Final Attack- WARP!-
As Kenzie allowed her warp burst to charge up, she willed all of the energy into her hands, which channeled the energy into the dormant Heart of the Tardis. As the energy fed into the dormant organism, kenzie flew back from a burst of force, ending her transformation as the Heart of the Tardis re-awakened, reforming the consoles and beginning to heal the rest of the machine.
"You did it!" The old man said, "However, what your friend says is troubling, Did he say Fusion Cube?"
"Yeah, Listen, my name's Kenzie. We're under attack by beings called the Borg. We need to get this Tardis out of the focal point of this black hole."
"That isn't a black hole.. It was originally my Time Warp. I was trapped in this tardis, and within the time warp until Andros, a Power Ranger, was able to shatter the tube that held me, and shunted me back onto this plane fully."
"You..." Kenzie said, "You're ZORDON!"
"Yes," The old man said, "How do you know of me?"
"We'll talk later," Dickson said over Kenzie's Comlink, "I can't do much more, Kenzie.. We're.. Wait.."
"Dicky," Kenzie said, "what's up?"
"It's the Voyager," Dickson said, "They're tearing into the Borg like it's a birthday pinata. I'm getting a communication from Max, he's ready to beam us out."
"Kenzie to Oliver," Kenzie said, "Beam both ships into Cargo bay 4, then get out of here max speed."
"Affirmative," Maxwell Oliver said, "prepare for beamout."
-tbgf-
As Kenzie and Zordon left the Tardis, Kenzie chuckled, "Dicky, you were positively scared back there."
"Eh, just hamming it up a bit," Dickson said, "Kenz... you ok?"
"Yeah," Kenzie said, "still a little woozy from getting thrown back like that. Tardises do not like me, apparently."
"You sure?" Dickson said, "look at your hand, you're glowing."
"Oh fuck," Kenzie said, bringing her hand in front of her, "Not here, Not now."
"What's going on?" the Doctor asked, thinking he knew what was going on, though to him, it was totally impossible, "Why're you glowing like that.
"It's a little trick my race, the Dragons, have to cheat death... When we've taken more than enough damage to kill us, we change. Same person, just different personality, look, and such.. But... this shouldn't be happening now."
Kenzie grabbed Dickson's blaster and pointed it at the doctor's foot, "Don't move, I think I can stop this, I just need something to finish the circuit."
As kenzie's hand began to pulse with energy, with her other hand and head following suit, she fired the blaster, shooting the Doctor in the foot, before dropping the blaster and forcing the energy to go into the doctor, healing his foot and all of the bruises he had obtained that day. As she finished, Kenzie smiled, seemingly back to full health herself.
"That," the Doctor said, "was amazing... but I didn't know all dragons had that ability. I've met a few in my time, and they seemingly died off after they left prominence."
"Pretty much every dragon does, but it's a matter of knowing about it and harnessing it. Otherwise, a dragon just ages to old age and dies a peaceful death. Sorry about shooting you by the way. You were the closest being that could withstand a blaster shot like this, and I was kinda in a hurry.
"This time, i'll forgive you," The Doctor deadpanned, "Don't let it happen again... Though I might steal that."
"Go ahead," Kenzie said as max watched the conversation bemusedly from the entrance to the shuttle bay, "Max, The Voyager looks like hell, what's been going on?"
"Let's get you guys in your quarters, then we can discuss... the last 2 months have been... interesting."
"Two months?" Dickson said, "That's impossible, we had the path and time set and ready."
"Doc," Kenzie said, "The Tardis travels through the time vortex to reach its destination, right?"
"Yeah," The Doctor said, "Let me guess, you think that the vortexes might have crossed in some wibbly wobbly timey wimey fashion, dumping you both unceremoniously onto the deck of the TARDIS. That..."
"Makes so much sense that it's probably what happened," Kenzie said, reading Max's look as one of wariness, "Max, you're hiding something... what's up?"
"When you two dissapeared, Zedd, Geist, and Drena joined forces. First thing they did was cripple Sugicorp and seal the zord bays. Then they started attacking cities around california, mainly the ones that had harbored Ranger teams in the past."
"How many casualties?" Kenzie asked, her voice meek.
"Unknown, but the rangers and your friends and family were able to get to the relative safety of the Temple, and that's where they've set up shop." Max said, "However, we have another problem, One monster in particular has been attacking us at every turn, and since Kira and Dora are pregnant, and the other rangers are mostly injured, They sent Voyager to either find you guys or try to find the place where the Wizard Zordon was trapped."
"Two out of two, if you ask me," Kenzie said, pointing at Zordon, "Just kinda saved his butt, before you saved ours. How long would it take us to get back to Earth, max speed?"
"Max speed or Really frickin' max speed?" max said, "Though that would definitely give the Borg something to track."
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it," Kenzie said, "Fast as possible without alerting too many hostiles."
"Then two days, then."
-TBGF-
Two days later.
Earth, Ocean Bluff.
Temple of Ultimuus.
Kira sighed as the baby in her womb kicked, causing her to drop the cup of tea she was currently drinking.
"How are you holding up?" Cassie said, her arm immobilized in a sling.
"Oh, you know me, worried sick about Mayuri. She's been in that coma for ten days after the attack by the Rhino Fangire... Has Dora heard anything from Voyager?
As if on cue, Anni ran in, her right eye completely swolen shut due to a severe cut over said eye, "The Rhino's back, and he's brought a cadre of Psychotics and Putties for insurance. I'll hold them off."
"You're in no condition," Wataru said, his torso wrapped, but otherwise, not much worse for wear, "Lily, RJ, and I can most likely hold them off for a bit. "
"Wataru..." Fran said, bringing drinks for everyone, "You're as tired as everyone else is."
"But he does have a good point," RJ said, "With Theo gone, and no kenzie or Dickson, all we can do is hold out. How's Aly?"
"She is doing good, for a mere youngling," Kira said, "Poor little one's been crying every night."
"Come on," Lily said, grabbing Wataru and RJ, "Wish us luck."
-TBGF-
The Rhino Fangire strode purposely throughout the deserted streets of Ocean bluff, wreaking havoc as he cackled in maniacal glee.
"Come out.. Come out.. Power Rangers... Kamen Riders..."
"Stop right there," RJ said, fully morphed into Wolf Ranger mode, "It may be a thousand and one of you freaks and 3 of us, "But we won't let you near that temple."
"I don't think you have a choice," the Rhino Fangire said, stomping the ground once, causing the rangers and riders to fall to the ground, "Come on, You're all exhausted. This isn't even a fair fight."
"Then maybe I can give you one," A familiar male voice said, as a blue police box opened up on top of a building, Dickson standing proudly at the door.
"A new challenger, eh?" The monster said as the other inhabitants of the blue box helped the rangers to relative safety, "Now the odds are more in my favor than before."
"Hold them off," Dickson said, throwing the Doctor, Zordon, and Donna weapons, "If you don't want to shoot the baddies, those will still cause collateral damage, so get creative!"
"What about the Rider?" Zordon asked.
"Look!" Lily said, pointing towards the Raptor slowly picking off the aerial putties, a familiar woman standing on top of it.
"Scionus!" Kenzie said, "You ready!?"
"Hime!" Scionus said, "I thought you were gone for good! BITING!"
As the tribal markings began to flow over Kenzie's skin, she grinned, "Henshin!"
As the Scion armor formed over Kenzie, The Doctor laid down his weapon and began to sneak away, "Donna, Shoot the putties in the Z, otherwise, shoot the psychotics somewhere where it'll fell them in one hit. I think I may be able to fortify that temple, since it looks like that's where the baddies are trying to get to."
"Doctor," Zordon said, "Be careful."
"Not promising anything," The Doctor said, his face sombre, "Wish me luck."
-tbgf-
Kenzie reeled back as the rhino fangire plowed into her, knocking her out of Dogga Form.
"Geez," Kenzie said, her body definitely sore, "This isn't going too well."
"Surrender now," The Rhino fangire said, "Your friends are dead tired. You yourself look like you could use a week of shuteye. All I want is the priestess. Give her to me, and I'll gladly walk away. I'll walk away, and gladly take my soldiers with me."
"Why do you want the priestess?" Kenzie said, noticing that the fangire did not say High Priestess.
"My master is not the same as those who have attacked you in the past, " The rhino Fangire said, proudly, "All he wants is to create a master race, one without disease, and without fear of death by frailty... and the Priestess I seek has that ability."
"Sorry," Kenzie said, "Serenity!"
As the massive blade appeared, Kenzie grabbed the haft, bringing it to bear with both hands. "As long as I can stand tall and fight, I will. I can't let you have any priestesses today, and even if it costs me my life, I will stop you."
"I regret your decision," The Rhino Fangire said, a solemn sadness in his voice, "Minions, Depart! I shall fight this one honorably!"
As all the enemy soldiers departed in a flash of light, Kenzie looked to her allies, who fell back to the temple.
"May the best one win," Rhino Fangire said, before the two combatants ran towards each other.
-tbgf-
Etheria, The Realm of Gods.
A silver haired woman wearing an elaborate magic gown walked purposely towards a gigantic pool, an image of the battle in Ocean Bluff playing out.
"Lady Ultimuus," A red haired woman in immaculate silver armor said, "I feel the battle going on below us... Tell me, Has the scion met her match?"
"Unfortunately, her current power level... is insufficient. Tell me, Azrea, What do you know of Shinryus?"
"The Wyvern of legend, who pledged itself to protecting bahamut himself. Said to be sleeping in the ruins of Arcadia." Azrea said, her eyes flickering in recognition, "you don't.. you don't plan on releasing Shinryus from his bounds, do you?"
"IT is the only way... Because even with a temporary allignment of the moon, The unknown warrior will die without ascension."
-TBGF-
Kamen Rider Scion fell to the ground, her armor still intact, but totally exhausted, Serenity beside her, and the Rhino Fangire heading towards the Temple.
"Step Aside," The Fangire said, before being grappled from behind by Kenzie.
As the Fangire grabbed Kenzie's helmet, he brought her before him, before throwing her into a pillar, causing a cracking sound to emanate.
"Stay down, young one, even you will die if you don't," The Fangire said, "And I do not want to kill anyone this day."
"What's wrong?" Kenzie said, her transformation finally failing, "You've been.. Killing people for months now, You've hurt my friends, you've destroyed half of my property. Now you're too chicken to keep going? To add one more body to the pile? I'm not afraid to die, Are you?"
The Fangire turned around, and began toprepare a charge, "I will bury your crippled corpse with full honor, then." The fangire said as he charged towards his target, not expecting Kenzie to catch him by the horn...
As Kenzie caught the horn, she began to glow as her body grew, her clothes first becoming baggy carpenter pants and a black T-Shirt, with the call of ultimuus now becoming a more masculine charm. From that point, her muscles became more defined, and her chest transitioned into a masculine one, along with everything else on her torso, et al. As her face transformed into that of Kevin Sugimori, the warrior grinned, his boots now firmly touching the ground.
"How about," Sugimori said, summoning Scionus, "I try? HENSHIN!"
As Scionus re-roosted, Sugimori transformed into Scion, Serenity in his outstretched hand, "The gods have given me a small window, I might as well use it, eh?"
-tbgf-
"Shinryus has been awakened, and The unknown warrior has unveiled his trump card," Azrea said, "But will it be enough, Lady Ultimuus?"
Ultimuus smiled, "Have faith, young one."
-tbgf-
Kira watched the battle with bated breath, Kivaala directly by her side. "I wish I could help them."
"You are, young one," Mayuri said, slowly regaining consciousness, "How goes the battle?"
"Scion is on his last legs." Kira said, "even with the boon that Ultimuus apparently gave him, in allowing him to regain temporary usage of that form, Kenzie's tired."
"Do not lose hope, Kira," Mayuri said, "I sense the arrival of the Grand Wyvern."
As the Rhino Fangire fired an energy burst at Sugimori, A larger version of Tatsulot shielded Scion, before striking back, causing the monster to falter.
"Who are you?" Sugimori said, pain evident in his voice.
"I am the Grand Wyvern... Shinryus," The wyvern said, proud, "And you are the Scion... You need my power. And I am here to bestow it upon you, the mark of the emperor!"
"If it's a sign of the gods," Sugimori said, raising his left arm, "I accept."
"Good!" Shinryus said, breaking the chains on Sugimori's armor, before docking on his left arm, "Henshin!"
As with Kiva and Kivaara, Scions armor began to gain golden armor on the arms and legs, with the chest armor of Scion's now a burnished gold. The omni lenses of the helmet now glowed red, with the grand mark on the helmet now in a metallic blue, a shimmering blue cape now draping from Scion's shoulders.
"Emperor form?!" Rhino Fangire said, "You.. You can't be!"
"This is for my friends, " Sugimori said, knocking the monster into a wall, before pulling shinryus' tail.
"WAKE.. UP.. FEVER!"
Sugimori Dashed forward, before doing a massive roundhouse kick, causing the monster to explode on contact.
As Sugimori ended his transformation, his temporary link to the outside world faded, leaving Kenzie back in control, seconds before Kenzie crumpled to the ground, her face a grimace of immense pain.
"Kenzie!" Dickson said, running to his friend's side, followed by everyone else, "That.. That was awesome!"
"Glad to know I wasn't completely alone on that," Kenzie said, "Thanks for letting me fight him alone."
"You weren't alone," Kira said, "Apparently all the gods were rooting for ya too."
"Only because of pretty pregnant priestesses such as yourself," Kenzie said, forcing herself onto her feet so she could hobble over to Kira, "I'm sorry."
"Judging the circumstances, I figured something went wrong," Kira said, Come on, let's get everyone inside, so we can debrief."
-TBGF-
The next day,
"So," Kenzie said, "You two are heading out, eh?"
"Yeah," The Doctor said, "There's a new nebula forming on the other side of Gamma Orionus. Gonna show Donna here. You all are welcome to come along."
"I think i'll pass for now," Kenzie said, pointing to her heavily bandaged torso, "I think i'm going to be pissing blood for a millenia.
"Kenzie Hikari," The Doctor said, "You're a very special Dragon you know? Keep on living like you do, And I think we'll meet again."
"Doc," Anni said, walking towards the time lord, "I just want to say this: My visions say that He will Knock four times..."
"Thanks," Doctor said, perturbed by this revelation.
"Take care, Doctor, Donna!" Kenzie said as the two entered their ship, Kira waddling up next to her as the TARDIS faded from view.
"You're crying." Kira said, wiping Kenzie's tears.
"I'll be fine," Kenzie said, "It's just not every day you gain, lose, then gain back everything in what seems to ones self as hours."
"If memory serves me right, that fits our first meeting to a tee," Kira said.
"Or at least like a Tee," Kenzie said, kissing Kira on the lips, "Come on, it's chilly."