Poké Rangers: Lost Zone

A Team PikaFlash Fanfic, working on Fanfics for 10 Years

With approval from Blaze Productions

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Riku: "Last time on Poké Rangers: Lost Zone..."

The Poké Rangers traveled to the Eterna Forest when they learned that ZeroMew has a plan involving a dimensional distortion at the Eterna Mansion. However, as they arrived, the Rangers encountered Viragon, who pulled David, Julia and Claire into the mansion. Separating David from the others, Viragon challenged Julia to a video game. Meanwhile David makes his way through the mansion finding his way back to Julia and Claire, abruptly ending Viragon's challenge.

Outside the mansion, ten minutes has passed since Claire, David and Julia entered the mansion as Emma, Dice, Riku and Naomi waited...

[35. Black Hole]

Emma, Riku, Dice and Naomi are outside the mansion when Emma stops the others from entering.

"Wait. We don't know what else is in there," said Emma. "I know it sounds cruel, but once we go in, if we split up and something happens to one of us, you have to assume that you will be on your own."

"Emma...what are you trying to say?" asked Dice.

"We can't afford to get ourselves killed while protecting someone else. If any of us are attacked alone, the best thing you can do is to focus our energy on any enemy we encounter. If we split up, it's every Poké Ranger from themselves."

Naomi, Dice and Riku understood the meaning in Emma's words. Dice looks at Emma. "Alright Emma, but promise me that you would go on a date with me after this, deal?"

Emma nods. "Deal, but it's your treat."

"No problem," said Dice "In fact, drinks will be on me if all of us get through this."

Naomi looks at the opened doors. "Alright, are you guys ready to take a step into the unknown?"

Dice takes out his Poké Gear Morpher. "Only one way to find out..."

Riku and Emma put on their Shade Morphers as Naomi activates her Pokétch, changing it into her Dragon Gauntlet Morpher.

"Lost Zone, Energize!"

Meanwhile, the Red, Blue and Yellow Rangers are still in the Virtual Stadium as Julia swings her Thunder Hammer at Viragon, sending him flying towards the left field.

"And it's a Home Run!"

Suddenly, Viragon hits an invisible wall, the impact causing a small explosion that creates a large visible hole in the invisible wall.

"Looks like we have just broken the fourth wall," said David. "If you count the first three I destroyed getting here."

"Wait!" Julia walks up to the remains of the Viragon's Wii and TV set and digs up Jirayu from the small rubble.

"Since he's still alive, I think he might be useful to us," said Julia.

Meanwhile, the other four Poké Rangers have entered the Eterna Mansion as the four Rangers explore a hallway with caution.

"Alright, we've just entered a residence of evil," said Riku. "Keep your guard up."

"At least it's not a house full of the dead," Dice said. "Just thinking about that brings chills down my spine..."

"At least it's not so silent like we're walking up a hill," Naomi quips.

Emma groans. "Keep this up and you guys will be left for dead."

Riku slowly checks behind a door. "Emma, don't you think it's a bit weird that we entered the mansion and the first thing we see is a corridor?"

"Yeah, what happened to the front hall, or the main staircase?" Emma looks at Naomi. "Naomi, use that special scope of yours to scan the surroundings."

Naomi pulls out her modified scope and scans the area. "I'm already ahead of you, Emma."

As Naomi uses her scope to scan her surroundings, the scanner immediately picks up an anomaly as the White Ranger quickly pulls out her Ruby Staff and points it at where the anomaly is. "Dragon Pulse!"

Naomi's Ruby Staff unleashes a blue energy pulse as it hits an invisible object. The object screams in pain as it reveals itself, a Mr. Mime with a long black ponytail with the tips colored red and black claws instead of white gloves. The creature hits the ground face first before exploding into pieces.

The enemy's appearance quickly catches Dice off guard. "Whoa, where the hell did he come from?"

Suddenly, the surroundings around the Poké Rangers distort as the corridor transforms into a front hall with a large staircase. Riku looks at the surroundings the four Rangers find themselves in the front hall into the Eterna Mansion. "That was some powerful illusion we were trapped in."

"How did you know it was an illusion, Emma?" Dice asks.

"Riku and I have been here once before," Emma explains. "It didn't take long for us to figure that it was an illusion."

Naomi looks at her modified scope. "It's a good thing too. I'm sure if you hadn't realized it, we'd be completely disoriented and if I hadn't made this scope, we never would have found the enemy hiding within his illusion."

(A/N: Before we forget, the defeated enemy was El Mimoark, a Mr. Mime/Zoroark creature whose specialty is creating a powerful illusion over himself and his victim's surroundings. He's weak enough to be eliminated in one hit.)

"Moving on," said Emma.

Meanwhile, in a room deep within the Eterna Mansion, Ciel and SableTomb emerges from a purple dimensional rip.

"The Poké Rangers have arrived, just as Lord ZeroMew has predicted." Ciel closes her eyes as she focuses her psychic powers. "The Rangers have been separated into two groups, but Viragon and El Mimoark have been defeated. Jirayu is still alive, but he's a prisoner."

"What is your plan, Ciel?" asked SableTomb.

"Though it would take me some time to draw the full power of the Lost Zone through this dimensional rip, I have all the time in the world." Ciel looks at her comrade. "SableTomb, how would you like to fight to your heart's content?"

"You're letting me loose against those Poké Rangers without restriction?"

"Not exactly. Of course, the only restriction is that you bring Claire Springfield to me alive. As for everyone else, feel free to use your imagination."

Hearing the words from Ciel's mouth, SableTomb could not contain his excitement. "Of course. I can finally unleash five centuries worth of rage upon this world!"

Ciel frowns. "If Claire Springfield were to die during your rampage, I will personally kill you, take your corpse to ZeroMew so that he can bring you back to life and kill you again. Do not forget that."

SableTomb nods. "I won't forget. All I need to do is start on the group of Rangers without her."

Ciel senses the whereabouts of the Rangers within the Mansion. "You'll find the group near the entrance."

"Excellent." The Odd Keystone embedded on SableTomb's suddenly glows as it releases a Spiritomb. The Spiritomb opens its mouth and swallows SableTomb's entire body and Keystone before swallowing itself into its mouth, removing SableTomb from the current dimension. Suddenly, a large hole appears on the wall behind Ciel.

"You could have used the door to get out of here." Ciel sighs at the destruction left behind. "That's what you get when you combine a Sableye and a Spiritomb infused with Giratina's power: a negative influence on this world."

Jirayu regains consciousness as he finds himself tied up inside a room. "Man, I felt like I was sent flying into the sky before crashing through a wall..."

"That's exactly what happened to Viragon, Jirayu," David said as he, Claire and Julia enter the room.

"You're wondering why you're still alive?" asked Claire. "Considering that Viragon won't be in any shape to talk to us anytime soon, you're the next best thing."

Julia pulls out her Thunder Hammer. "Though you might end up sharing his fate if you don't talk, so this is your only chance to talk. What is ZeroMew planning with the time-space distortion?"

Jirayu looks at the Poké Rangers. "You don't understand. This whole thing is a trap!"

Julia grabs Jirayu by the neck. "What do you mean this is a trap?"

"Lord ZeroMew figured that you guys would be lured here with the distortion between this world and the Lost Zone. Mistress Ciel arrived here to utilize the power of the distortion to create an alternate dimension with the entry point right at the entrance of the Eterna Mansion."

Claire lands a punch on a wall in anger. Julia looks at her teammate with concern. "What's wrong, Claire?"

"The moment we stepped into the mansion, we're no longer in our dimension," said Claire. "Pardon the bad rap, but I'm ultimately blaming you for this mess, David."

"What do you mean?" asked David.

"When we passed through the mansion's front entrance, there must have been a portal that brought us into another dimension. Ciel must have used her powers to make the new dimension look like the inside of the Eterna Mansion," Claire explains as she looks at Jirayu.

"That probably explains why I was having trouble trying to find a way out of this place," said David. "But is it even possible to create an alternate dimension within a mansion?"

Julia rubs her chin. "I heard that the G-Force Rangers had a base called a Time Hole somewhere below Mt. Hielo in Verger and somehow it wasn't affected by the volcanic activity. From what Duo told me, though it was never seen from the outside, I believe that it could be in another dimension with links to this world, so we can't rule out that possibility."

Claire is about to opens her PokéGear when David said, "Wait? If we're in another dimension, how are you going to contact Dice back in our dimension?"

"Our Morphers are linked to the Lost Zone," Claire explains. "If this dimension is created from the Lost Zone, we shouldn't have a problem contacting each other..." Claire presses the button to contact Dice.

Dice answers the call. "Dice's Poké Gear, this is Dice."

Claire: "Hey, I know it's been more than 10 minutes, but did you guys step into the mansion?"

"Yeah, what's the problem?" asked Dice.

Claire: "Well, I don't mean to alarm you, but I don't think we're in Sinnoh anymore."

Emma quickly takes Dice's Poké Gear off him. "What are you talking about? We only just entered the mansion. How can we no longer be in Sinnoh anymore?"

Claire: "The moment we walked through the doors into the mansion, we entered a different dimension created by Ciel."

Naomi crossed her arms. "That means that Mr. Mime freak we just defeated was a distraction. His illusion was not to make disorient us when we enter the place. He was using the illusion to hide the portal that brought us into this place."

"We've just walked into a trap." Dice speaks into his Poké Gear. "What's the plan now, Claire? We can't fix the distortion without trapping ourselves in here."

"Well, we can do one of two things," said Claire. "We can find our own way out of this dimension or we kill the one who created this dimension and hope we won't stay around when once the whole place begins to implode when we kill her."

"Wait, what would make you so sure that this dimension would implode?"

Claire looks at David. "It happened once with Katie and the SDI Rangers. They barely made it out of another dimension when it imploded and they had ATVs to get the hell out of there. What do we have?"

"Motorcycle," said Julia.

"Rapidash Rider," David adds.

"Rocket-powered skateboard." Claire speaks into her PokéGear. "Well, trying to kill Ciel and getting to the nearest exit before this dimension collapses on itself is going to be difficult, but we need to regroup before we can do anything else. David, Julia and I will try to get to you while Dice, you and the others must try to find an exit if possible. Until we find you, stay safe."

Claire hangs up.

Dice frowns. "You're kidding, right? How can we find a way out when we don't even know where to begin looking?"

Riku looks back at the way the group came. "We could walk back the way we came and hopefully find the exit, but after that illusion we went through, it won't be an easy task. But we could scan for the same time-space distortion that brought us here. If we follow that signal, we'll find the exit."

Naomi takes out her Scope and starts scanning the area. "Good idea. Let's go."

As Riku and Naomi walk on ahead, Dice looks at Emma. "I just realized something. Did Claire specify me as the leader of this group?"

"Well, Claire did say 'you and the others', though you're the one with the PokéGear," said Emma as she puts her right hand on a wall. Emma feels a few small indentations on the wall as she looks at it, noticing a small writing etched into the wall that has been partially blocked by her hand.

'If you can read this, the moment you look behind you,' Emma slowly moves her hand to read the last words. 'You will die!'

As the Black Ranger is behind the others, Emma is immediately unnerved by the message.

'I can't sense any strange aura behind me, and neither does Riku. I can only hope that I'm wrong.' Emma slowly looks behind her and sees a small purple ball of energy slowly floating towards the group.

'It can't be...we should have been able to sense its aura when it moves.' Emma notices that the purple aura is beginning to pick up speed. Emma quickly looks in front of her and sees Dice unaware of the danger.

"Dice, watch out!" Emma forcefully pushes Dice away as the purple ball of energy quickly engulfs the Black Ranger.

The momentum sends Dice into a wall as all he could see was a purple flash. As the flash disappears, all that remain is Emma's weapon, a black folding fan.

Riku and Naomi quickly run to check up on Dice. "What just happened?"

"I don't know. First, Emma pushed me away and all I could see was a purple flash."

Dice picks up Emma's Lunar Fan as Riku tries to sense Emma's aura. "It can't be. I can't sense Emma's Aura at all."

Naomi checks her scope. "There was a spike in LZ Energy a second before Emma disappeared, and that energy quickly disappeared as quickly as it appeared."

The Green Ranger looks around. "Emma? Where are you? Emma!"

Suddenly, the small purple aura appears in front of the three Poké Rangers. It slowly expands, revealing a Spiritomb. The Spiritomb opens its mouth, revealing a Sableye inside the Spiritomb's mouth.

"Where is Emma? The answer is quite simple. She has been disintegrated. Every single particle of her existence scattered into the Lost Zone," the Sableye explains.

Naomi recognizes the Sableye within the Spiritomb's mouth. "SableTomb!"

SableTomb spots Naomi. "Ahhh, the traitor who dares to betray Lord ZeroMew. Don't worry. You will be joining your friends pretty soon. Whether it would be one-by-one, quick & painless or slow & torturous," SableTomb laughs. "Once you enter my dark void, your very existence will be scattered into the Lost Zone."

"No, you're lying!" A powerful green aura engulfs Dice as he activates Prime Mode, changing from the Green Sceptile Ranger into the Green Shaymin (Sky Forme) Ranger. Dice summons his Leaf Sabers and moving at high speed, he quickly gets behind SableTomb, catching him by surprise.

"He's fast," SableTomb said to himself.

"I may not be powerful like David or smart like Claire, but I'm the fastest Poké Ranger in the team! Take this, you bastard!" Dice begins a rampage of powerful slashes with his Sabers, hoping to cut SableTomb into pieces as SableTomb quickly tries to retreat by phasing through a wall. "You're not getting away!"

Dice continues to swing his swords as he begins to cut down the wall as though it was made out of paper.

Meanwhile, Claire, Julia and David are dragging their prisoner down a corridor when they feel a sudden vibration.

"It feels like someone is trying to smash through a wall," David said as he stops walking.

"The others must have gotten into a fight," said Claire. "We have to hurry."

Dice is slowly catching his breath as he glares at the destruction he caused.

"Did you get the bastard?" asked Riku.

Dice looks around. "I think I hit him, but I don't think killed him."

"SableTomb has his own portable dimension he can escape to and move around undetected," Naomi explained as she uses her scanner to check the area. "If I remember my history, it is the result of a forbidden pact between a Sableye and a Spiritomb. And since he's infused with Demon Blood, he is not to be underestimated."

Dice did not listen as he looks at Emma's Lunar Fan. 'Damn it, Emma! You're the one who said that we shouldn't risk our lives to protect anyone else. You hypocrite.'

Under his helmet, tears run down Dice's cheeks as Dice drops on his knees as he slams his fist onto the floor. 'Why is it I can never protect the ones close to me? First David, now Emma...'

"Dice, get a grip of yourself!" Riku quickly grabs Dice by the shoulders. "We have to survive!"

Dice angrily pushes Riku away from him. "Shut up! I never even got the chance to tell her that I love her!"

Suddenly, SableTomb's aura burst out of the floor between Riku and Dice, as the purple ball of aura flies up through the ceiling, leaving behind two holes; one on the floor and one in the ceiling above.

Dice and Riku could barely believe the close call they just had as they see the holes in the floor to ceiling. If Dice hadn't pushed Riku away from him in anger, two more Rangers could have suffered Emma's fate.

"This freak just appeared out of no where," said Riku. "He doesn't leave a trace of where he's going next. The only way to keep up with him is to rely on our eyes."

'If I hadn't pushed Riku away, the both of us could have been killed,' Dice thought. 'Could it be that fate is telling me to continue fighting, even though Emma is gone?'

Dice quickly regains his confidence. "Riku, Naomi. We have to move. If we stay here, we'll be open targets for SableTomb."

The three Poké Rangers quickly make a run towards the way they came. After running down the hallway, the team reached a T-junction.

Naomi looks at her teammates. "We need to split up. I'll find Claire while you two deal with SableTomb"

Riku pulls out his LZ Blaster and attaches his Psycho Scope on his weapon. "Dice, you're with me. We're going to put this freak down together."

Dice tighten his grip on his Leaf Sabers. "Yeah, let's do it for Emma."

"Wait, before you go, take this." Naomi gives Dice her scope. "You're going to need this to find the exit."

Both Riku and Dice take the right path while Naomi takes the left. After running down the corridor, the Green and Indigo Rangers find themselves in a large main hallway as they see an open door leading out to Eterna Forest.

"It's the portal we came through!" Dice said as he checks the scope. "I know this is the way out we're looking for, but we are not going to run away. Not after what this bastard did to Emma..."

The two Rangers instead run up the stairs to the second floor as a purple ball of aura appears at the portal entrance. "That's interesting. I thought the Rangers would come this way. I guess it goes to show that they're more reckless than I thought.

Better try to catch up with them."

SableTomb phases through the ceiling, only to receive a few blaster shots from Riku's LZ Blaster. SableTomb rolls out of his protective aura ball. "Not bad. It seems that I'm a bit rusty after being sealed away for nearly five centuries."

"Trust me. I'm not done with you yet!" Riku fires more shots from his LZ Blaster.

Despite taking a few shots from the LZ Blaster, SableTomb simply laughs. "Did you really think shooting me with energy from the Lost Zone would harm me?"

Riku simply grins. "So, does that mean that we can physically harm you now?"

Dice suddenly attacks SableTomb from behind as he pierces his Leaf Saber through SableTomb's head from behind, with the saber going through SableTomb's mouth.

"This one is for Emma!"

Suddenly, SableTomb's face suddenly appears on the back of his head, catching Dice by surprise. "What the?"

"Surprised? Have you forgotten that I am part-Ghost?" SableTomb lands a karate chop on Dice's arm, forcing him to release his Leaf Saber. SableTomb follows up with a kick that sends Dice flying backwards.

SableTomb raises his arms as he conjures up a large ball of purple energy. "Playtime is over! Shadow Ball!"

SableTomb throws the Shadow Ball at Dice. Before the projectile could hit Dice, Riku stands in the path of the attack and takes the hit for Dice.

"Riku!" Dice runs up to Riku.

"This guy...it's like his soul is pure evil!" Riku collapses from his injuries.

SableTomb is laughing like a maniac. "I can feel the terror you are feeling; fighting an enemy that you can't even kill when he can kill you in an instant. But all good things must come to an end. But that doesn't mean that I can't play a game with you, Green Ranger..."

SableTomb takes out a glowing purple ball and throws it at Riku, sticking the device onto Riku's arm. "My Dimensional Bomb will determine how you or the Purple Ranger will spend the final seconds of your existence. Once that bomb sticks on you, you will never get rid of it before it explodes. Whether you decide to sacrifice yourself or send your friend to the Lost Zone is your decision, but either way, a Poké Ranger will be scattered into the Lost Zone forever!"

The Spiritomb pops out from SableTomb's keystone and swallows SableTomb into his own dimension, removing himself from the current dimension to avoid the explosion.

Dice slowly stands up as he considers his options. 'Alright, Riku has a dimensional bomb and one of us is forced to have that thing stuck on us before it explodes.'

Option A: I, the Amazing Dice, will figure out a way to save the both of us.
Option B: Naomi or Claire will find us and they will do something within the few precious seconds we have.
Option C: Life is unfair and one of us has to go to the Lost Zone.

'I'm not as smart as Claire or Naomi, so Option B would have been the preferred choice. But there is no way they will appear in the nick of time to save us, especially if they are already in a fight against another enemy, so I guess I have to pick the first choice!'

Dice pulls out his Leaf Saber and swings the blade at the Dimensional Bomb. "Here goes nothing!"

Dice uses the side of his saber to knock the Dimensional Bomb off Riku's hand, but the Dimensional Bomb suddenly sticks itself onto the saber and rolls up onto Dice's arm.

"Aw crap, the bomb is now on me! That bastard wasn't lying!" In Dice's mind, the moment the bomb has stuck itself onto Dice's arm was the moment Dice realized that Option C is the only choice left.

Using his other hand, Dice grabs Riku's unconscious body and throws him into another room as Dice tries to run as quickly as he could away from Riku, hoping that at least the blast won't claim a second Poké Ranger. "Sorry, Riku, but it looks like I'll be joining your sister soon."

The dimensional bomb explodes into a huge sphere of energy, devouring everything within the sphere.

Claire, David and Julia are running down a hall when they feel the vibrations from the explosion.

"I hope that explosion was the others defeating an enemy," said David.

The trio sees Naomi running towards them.

"What's going on?" asked Claire.

"Dice and Riku are engaging an enemy," Naomi explains. "Unfortunately, we lost Emma."

Both David and Julia are shocked by the news.

"No," said Julia. "How could that happen?"

Claire remains calm. "We do not have the luxury to mourn right now. We must help Dice and Riku before anything happens to them," said Claire.

Julia nods as she looks at her tied-up prisoner, Jirayu. "Right. What about Jirayu?"

"Leave him behind," said Claire. "He's of no use to us now."

SableTomb reappears in the current dimension as the dust from the explosion settles. "Knowing these heroic-types, they would sacrifice themselves for the sake of their friends without thinking. They're so predictable. If everything has gone according to plan, the Green Ranger has been scattered into the Lost Zone while Purple Ranger is somewhere still unconscious and weak."

Suddenly, a Shaymin helmet hits SableTomb in the head. With SableTomb distracted by the hit, a helmet-less Dice swings his Leaf Saber, striking SableTomb's keystone.

"Why won't you die?" Using the remainder of his strength Dice grabs SableTomb and flings him into a broken shelf.

Tears run down Dice's cheeks as he glares at SableTomb. "Riku... I was trying to save you. Why is it that I'm the one who is still alive?"

[Seconds earlier]

As Dice tossed Riku away from him in an attempt to keep him away from the explosion, Riku was able to regain consciousness at the last minute and took the bomb off Dice's hand without him noticing.

[Presently]

SableTomb slowly stands up, now bleeding from his mouth. "What did you do to me? Why am I feeling pain? Why does it feel as though I am losing control over my own body?"

"It's because you said you're part-ghost that I realized that I have something that can find your weakness." Dice reveals Naomi's modified scope. "While you thought I was dead, I used this to scan your body, enabling me to find your weakness: that keystone on your back."

Blood is seeping out of the cuts on the Odd Keystone on SableTomb's back.

"You're immortal as long as that keystone remains intact." Dice stabs one of his Leaf Sabers into the Keystone, causing more pain to SableTomb as more blood spills out of the keystone.

"How can I be defeated by the likes of you?" SableTomb screamed.

"The one who is truly responsible for your demise isn't me, SableTomb." Dice picks up his helmet and puts it back on. "It was Emma Blight. If she hadn't sacrificed herself to save me, you would have eliminated the both of us in an instant."

Dice is now holding one of his Leaf Sabers in one hand while opening Emma's Lunar Fan with the other. The Leaf Saber begins to emit a green aura while the Lunar Fan emits a black aura. "This one is for Emma and her twin brother, Riku. Astral Night Slicer!"

Dice swings both the Leaf Saber and Lunar Fan at SableTomb, unleashing two energy slashes at SableTomb. The attack cuts through SableTomb's body and keystone. Dice turns his back to SableTomb. "Go to hell, SableTomb."

SableTomb's keystone explodes as his body hits the floor, with blood spilling out of the corpse. Dice drops to his knees as he powers down out of his Ranger suit, completely exhausted.

Dice could hear clapping. He looks at the direction of the applause to find a Celebi floating near a doorway.

"I see that you have defeated SableTomb. He was such a loyal warrior who will not be forgotten, because he was the first one to be able to single-handedly eliminate two Poké Rangers. But I will surpass his record by killing you and the other Rangers."

"You must be Ciel," said Dice. "Are you here to avenge SableTomb by finishing off what he started?"

Ciel floats towards SableTomb's corpse. "To be honest, I never really liked his bloodlust, so his death is no big loss to me, since I anticipated his defeat."

"Did you know that when we were revived, we received a tiny portion of Demon Blood that originated from a demon who could read minds? Though the blood was slightly diluted with human blood, it was enough for it to flow through our veins, granting us more power than what we used to have 500 years ago."

"So, you can read my mind? Big deal," Dice taunted. "I'm sure we can find some way to beat that."

"I'm part-psychic, so having the ability to read your mind is second nature to me and it spoils the fun. However, after comparing myself and SableTomb, I realized that only I got stronger from the demon blood while nothing changed in SableTomb since his revival. SableTomb didn't gain any benefits from the demon blood because he was merely a walking corpse pumping demon blood through that body of his thanks to that Keystone on his back. I never said a word about it because I knew that I would need more demon blood to become even stronger."

Ciel puts her paw on SableTomb's corpse. The demon blood that was already spilled on the floor suddenly move towards Ciel as her paw absorbs every drop of demon blood from SableTomb's corpse and the floor. Once every drop of demon blood has been absorbed, SableTomb's corpse turns into dust while Ciel suddenly undergoes a transformation as her small Celebi body becomes a much taller humanoid in a turquoise armor with a diamond-like jewel in the center of her chest armor and a dark turquoise helmet covering the top half of Ciel face, revealing only her mouth with long green metallic hair flowing out from under the helmet.

Ciel licks off the demon blood on the hand she used to harvest the blood from SableTomb's corpse. "As I thought, the blood I harvested from SableTomb has made me stronger."

Dice could feel his chest tightening, not from fear, but from the immense power he could feel coming from Ciel's new body.

"I will spare you for now, Green Ranger," said Ciel. "I need you to tell Claire Springfield my offer: if she surrenders to me, I will spare the rest of you and her brother will be freed. If she refuses, I will make all of you wished that you have left SableTomb alive to make it quick and painless. She has one hour to make her decision."

Ciel teleports out of the room as the other four Rangers arrive to find Dice.

"Dice, are you all right?" David asked as he checked on Dice.

Dice nods. "Yeah, I'm good. Though I think I'm still alive so that I can pass a message to Claire from Ciel."

"A message?"

"Yeah, Ciel wants you to surrender to her in one hour and she'll let the rest of us go, though I doubt she would keep her word."

"That was Ciel? She's much taller than when I last saw her," said Naomi.

"She kind of became a vampire and sucked up whatever blood she could from SableTomb," Dice explained. "Trust me, even I barely kept up with her explanation."

Julia looks around the room. "Where's Riku? I can't seem to sense his aura."

Dice frowns. "I'm sorry, but I lost Riku. SableTomb claimed him with a Dimensional Bomb."

"I see." Naomi nods. "Everyone, I think it's time I need to tell you something."

Naomi pulls out her Ruby Staff. "This Staff originally belonged to BoneShaman. It was used to revive both SableTomb and Ciel. But I think I can use this to bring Riku and Emma back from the Lost Zone."

Dice looks up at Naomi. "Wait, are you saying that you can bring them back? Why didn't you say something earlier?"

"If I had said something earlier, SableTomb would be chasing after me instead of you and any chances of you guys returning will be slim to none."

"So, are you going to do some kind of ritual to bring them back?"

"It's not that simple. If Emma and Riku are scattered into fragments into the Lost Zone like SableTomb said, it might take some time before I can bring them back here."

"How long do you need?"

"If I work fast, at least a day," said Naomi.

"That won't give us enough time to bring them back to help us against Ciel in the hour she gave us," said Claire. "But we definitely need them if we are to defeat ZeroMew. Naomi, I'm sorry to say this, but you're going to have to get back to the SeaBlade and do everything you can to bring Emma and Riku back."

"There's no need to apologize," said Naomi. "No one said that being a Ranger has to be easy."

"Naomi, wait." Dice tosses Naomi's modified scope back to her. "I used that to put a lock on the exit portal out of this dimension. You can use that to find your way out and do what needs to be done."

Naomi nods. "Alright, I'll see you guys later."

The White Ranger walks towards the exit while the Red, Yellow, Blue and Green Rangers turn to the opposite direction.

[End of 35]

Naomi: "Next time on Poké Rangers: Lost Zone..."

Ciel: "This is my world. Did you really think you can beat me that easily?"

Dice: "I made a promise that I wouldn't run away! Not after what happened to Emma and Riku!"

Claire: "Ciel is like a Skitty playing with its food before eating it."

?: "Ciel isn't the only one who has this terrifying ability..."

[Post-Fanfic Segment - Poké Rangers Aura Drive First Look]

Sarah: "Aura: It is a form of spiritual energy in every living being. There are two clans that specialize in Aura:"

One clan specializes in using Aura to protect: The White Sun Clan.

A purple-haired woman with two ponytails in her hair is on a hill practicing her moves as the sun rises, shining on her red and black martial arts uniform.

The other clan specializes in using Aura for power: The Red Moon Clan.

A man wearing a black leather suit is sitting under the night sky looking up at the red moon above him.

Sarah: "Almost 500 years ago, the two Clans assisted Arceus in sealing ZeroMew into the Lost Zone."

Two groups of humans were standing behind Arceus as ZeroMew was banished into the Lost Zone.

Sarah: "The result was a strong friendship between the two clans, knowing that by working together, they can achieve anything. However, over time, that friendship decayed. Choosing the ambition of their clan over the sake of the world, members of the Red Moon clan attempted to free ZeroMew from his prison."

The two groups of humans and Pokémon from the two clans clashed in a huge battle.

Sarah: "When the White Sun clan learned of this, they did everything they could to stop the Red Moon clan from freeing ZeroMew, resulting in a desperate battle with a huge loss of lives on both sides and a huge rift between the two Clans. But in the end, the White Sun Clan prevailed as the leaders of the Red Moon Clan were defeated, causing the Red Moon Clan to scatter."

Five hundred years later, a dark storm looms over Mt. Coronet.

Sarah: "Today, the Red Moon Clan remerges, led by the Zek, the Black Dragon.

With his right-hand woman, Darquesse, Zek leads the Red Moon Clan to gather more power to conquer the world..."

At a hidden temple on Mt. Coronet, a man whose body is completely covered in a black armor with a Zekrom helmet stands in front of an army of undead Scraftys and near-humanoid Ditto-like warrior. With him is a female Zoroark PokéMorph as his right-hand woman.

Sarah: "But the White Sun Clan was prepared for this moment. They know that there is only one way to stop Zek from fulfilling his ambitions: The Poké Rangers."

The Red Flareon Ranger is on a hill as she practices her fighting technique with a combination of roundhouse and sweep kicks.

"Fierce as the Flames! Aura Drive Burning Red Flareon Ranger!"

The Yellow Jolteon Ranger is in a forest, throwing a few high speed punches and kicks against a training dummy.

"Straight as the Lightning! Aura Drive Sparkling Yellow Jolteon Ranger!"

The Blue Vaporeon Ranger is at a beach, spinning around gracefully as he practices his evasive techniques.

"Flexible as the Water! Aura Drive Splashing Blue Vaporeon Ranger!"

Sarah: "Destiny has chosen these three heroes to stop Zek and the Red Moon Clan."

The Red Ranger is fighting against Zek as the Blue and Yellow Rangers face Darquesse as their opponent.

Sarah: "Fire vs. Lightning. Good vs. Evil. Either way, two very powerful forces will clash in the rivalry between the two Aura Clans..."

The Red Ranger throws a flaming punch while Zek unleashes an electrified punch, with their fists clashing, creating a powerful shockwave from clash of elemental punches.

Poké Rangers: Aura Drive!