Well, Four more chapters before three huge bombshells are dropped.
Well, three, not counting this one.
Oh yeah, and keep reading for some great news at the end of this chapter.
Chapter 37: Day of Hell
It had been a hell of a day for Rose.
First, She'd been having the pains that came with withdrawal from the serum that made her look human.
Then there was the Intruder that made it to a shuttlecraft with a small statue of the Head greek god, Zeus.
Oh yeah. Then there was that little snafu with getting stuck in the gravitational field of a Class M Planetoid... Which happened to, almost on cue, even, stop her from sending out a distress beacon.
"What would the Addy do in this predicament?" Rose said to herself, cursing her sour luck, "First off, he'd prolly abscond me for calling him the Addy... second, he'd prolly find some sort of shelter."
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Ronny Robinson sat in the Watering hole, worried about her friend and fellow ranger.
"You seem down," Zelik Said, "You mind?"
"Sure, sit down..." Ronny said, "Zel, Have you ever ordered someone to do something, then regret it afterwards?"
"When I was a Commander, Yes," Zelik said, a grin on his face as he took a swig of the vodka he held, "Yes, I did. But as a superior officer to people, you have to be calm. You can't let one seemed failure let you down."
"You're right... Hey Zel... Why don't we continue this somewhere more private... That's an order."
"Aye, Lieutenant."
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"Hey, Kev!!" A young girl said, her raven black hair swaying in the wind, "Come on!!"
"I'mma Commin As fastasi can..." the very young dragon said, "I can't run as fast as you!!"
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The same damn dream... it had been plaguing Sugimori since the revelation that Rose was a dragon.
Sugimori missed his long lost sister, Kriona. She was the only one who had really understood what he was going through at those early periods of his life... and he kinda wished she was there now.
Same damn dream... and it made the last son of Arcadia weep... he was too weak to protect her back then, and she had been abducted from arcadia about 3 months before it's destruction.
Same damn dream.
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Rose shivered as she tried to rest in the cold cave.
"C-c-c-c-Cold..."
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When Rose woke up, she was in an elaborate room.
"Welcome, young one..." an old woman's voice said...
Rose got up and pulled out her dagger as small lizard things stood around her.
"The hells?"
"Do not dispair, Child."
Rose parried the attack of the first lizard and knocked it to the ground. But she was soon overwhelmed.
"You are a metallic dragon by birth, raised by one of stature..."
"And how would you know that?"
A huge dragon, with scales reflecting like mirrors, over 300 ft tall.
"Because, Child, I am the Birther of all Dragons, most notably for Radiant Dragons..."
Rose stood up as the lizards backed up.
"What the hell...Who are you?"
"I Am Zelasma, the Abundant... as my name implies, I have given birth to millions of offspring... "
" Hmmm... I've heard stories about a dragon so heug that even Behamut cowered in fear," Rose said, "But never in a million years did I expect to meet one."
"Behamut never cowered in fear of me... he was a strong soul... But you... you seem scared..."
"Well, not everyone gets to see a Dragon the size of a Megazord during their lifetimes..."
I see Zordon went through with his plan... when he left Eltar... that's when--"
"What's Wrong?" Rose asked.
"There is a battle going on over this planetoid..."
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"I thought Jem Had'dar Fighters were weaker than this!" Zelik said, "The Galactica and the Pegasus are disabled, Excalibur is dead in the water... minimal lifesupport."
"Rangers, to the Zords... That big ship looks like it's about to hatch a pod of some sort... if it's about to do what I think it's gonna do, then you guys get to have some fun," Sugimori said, "... if only Seven was here..."
"Don't worry...," Ronny said, "But what about rose... She tossed her morpher to me before she ran after the intruder... said something about not needing to raise alarm..."
"I'll Go," Kira said, "We need five rangers, and even without the Rescuemax, we should be able to take this thing out."
"Go."
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Inside the cavern, Zelasma made a viewscreen so that the two could watch the huge plant being outside take on the DeltaMax Megazord.
"That being was created by an evil more vile than that of Moltor... I am almost sure of it's creator..."
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"Admiral, We're being hailed," Zelik said, "It's the commander of the other ship."
"On Screen."
"Hmm... You are weak... Surrender..." The being on the screen said, someone who sugimori recognized almost instantly.
"Oh, this ain't fucking cool," Sugimori said, swatting a dangling cable away like it was a fly, "Who said you could come back from the dead, Edd."
"You will call me Zedd, Emperor Zedd--"
"Oh, Joy... you promoted yourself."
"Surrender, and my Archaopod Monster won't destroy your Rangers."
Sugimori checked on something in his internal database and scowled.
"You didn't..." Sugimori said, "You do realize that by releasing that thing, you've doomed us all... Right?"
"Hmm... That's what you think..."
Sugimori pressed a button, causing a cannon to build up on the bottom part of the ship.
"Well Edd, It's been swell, but I gotta send you packing... Later."
Sugimori made a cutting motion with his hand, ending the conversation, "Fire."
The cannon fired, tearing a hole the size of the Valkyrie into the opposing ship. Needless to say that the Jem-Haddar fled.
"Hartford to Enterprise, the Beast is too big!!"
"On my way!" Sugimori said.
"With what?" Zelik said, noticing that T'lorra wasn't protesting... "The Mercury morpher is a female only morpher."
"Three Words," Sugimori said, grinning, "Call of Ultimuus."
"Oh." Zelik said, knowing the meaning of that phrase.
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"The Rangers are getting their butts kicked," Rose said, "Wait... Zelasma, Do you see that?"
"The Youngish woman in the uniform strikingly similar to yours?"
"The Admiral," Rose said.
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"Overdrive, Accellerate!!" Katari said as the morph engulfed her, "RescueMax MegaZord!"
As the second Megazord joined the fray, the ArchaeoDragon that had spawned backed up.
"Not so Confident anymore, eh?" Katari said, grinning underneath the helmet, "Rangers, let's put it together."
"Aye," The others said, "Valkyrie, Descend!"
As on Cue, the DeltaMax and the RescueMax Zords combined into the SuperDeltaMax Megazord, before allowing the Valkyrie to dock on it's back.
"It's Showtime," Kira said, "Final Strike!"
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"Zelasma," Rose said, "Why did you bring me here?"
"I believed you would be safe here... whilst your friends went to war... The fight against Emrass... will be difficult... and you do not need to die before your full potential is achieved..."
"But..."
"If that sixth ranger wouldn't have come, your friends would be dead."
"Can I go back now?" Rose said, "They've been .looking for me..."
"You can use your communications device."
"Barclay to Sugimori, Can ya read?"
"Gods, it's good to hear ya," Katari said, "I'll have the enterprise beam you up... I'm getting a souvenir..."
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Sugimori sat in his Ready room, a confused Rose in front of him.
"So... Zelasma is..."
"The God-Dragon... She created all dragons... well, all Metallic ones..."
Rose looked at sugimori... ,"When she was talking to me, she said I came from a strong bloodline...Can you get anything from that?"
"There were many strong Arcadian dragon bloodlines."
"the data concerning the Arcadians is Classified to all but those with level 20 Security Clearance... Can I get permission to look at it?"
"Sure, i'll unlock ya." Sugimori said, "Normally I wouldn't, but you're an arcadian Dragon, you deserve to know your history."
"Thanks."
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Later on that night, sugimori put the Mercury morpher back where he had gotten it, just in time to be caught by Mack.
"Hey," Mack said, "Thanks for the save."
"De Nada," Sugimori said, "Since Moltor cooled off, we haven't had much to fight, so the fact that Zedd is back... Fun for you guys."
"Is Kira gonna stay a ranger?"
"I was thinking of making her the Mercury Ranger for a bit... Until we can find Seven."
"Hmm, could be interesting." Mack said, "Good Night."
"Night."
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Well, Been busy for the past bit... and with the Finals coming soon, I won't have much time to write... i'll try to eke out another chap of OAR though... and maybe TLDU...
Laters.
Ultimuus.