Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger Crossover
Part 1
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Here I go. I'm gonna take a crack at writing a Gokaiger crossover.
P.S. Anything I write isn't supposed to be racist or to mean offense of any kind. I write the dialogue as I see they would say it & I'm trying to respect how Japanese people would say things, or how the dialogue would be. I also think I've got the characters' personalities down pat, so just have fun with it & enjoy the fact that I'm a fan of Gokaiger.
Anyways, on with the plot…
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In the last chapter:
Austin became disoriented as he almost passed out. It went all dark around him. He was so disoriented that his vision was blurry. He leaned forward, breathing hard. He could hear several people talking around him. He turned towards where the voices were coming from, but all he could see were 6 multicolored blurs. As he was trying to regain his composure, he fell down to the ground face first & passed out.
The opening music from Gokaiger started with the opening monologue, translated from the episodes' opening:
These youths travel the great seas of space searching for adventure and romance. They revolt against the Space Empire Zangyack. These hearty fellows proudly bear the pirate name! And their name is…
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger!
The song started.
Susume! Yūki no hata kakage
Nanatsu no umi wo kakenukero
Ichi ka bachi ka, muteki na kaze
Kimi wo michibiku
Mezase! Chizu ni nai basho wo
Maboroshi nanka ja nainda
Tatta hitotsu, jibun dake no
Takaramono dare mo sagashiteru
Tashikametai ze, minna
Onaji ja nai kara
Yaritai koto wo yatte yare
Inochigake da ze
Hoshikerya sono te de, tsukame!
Let's go! Let's Gōkaijā
Go! Go! Let's go! Let's! Kaji wo tore
Kimi no mae ni hirogaru umi
Michi naki michi wo yukō
Let's go! Let's Gōkaijā
Go! Go! Let's go! Let's! Arashin' naka
Ganbaru kimi no "gamushara" ga ima
Kono sekai wo kaeru ze
Dekkai yume wa mugendai
Kaizoku Sentai Gōkaijā
Translation:
Go ahead now and hoist the flag
Let's cut through all of the seven seas
When it's do or die, the invincible wind,
Will guide you
Your goal isn't on any map
It's no illusion either
Everyone are all in search of their very own personal treasures
Look out, because everyone is not on your side
Just do whatever you want
It's life, or death,
So, if you want it, then grab it!
Let's go! Let's! Gokaiger
Go! Go! Let's go! Let's! Take the helm
In the seas that spread out in front of us,
We will carve a path in our wake
Let's go! Let's! Gokaiger
Go! Go! Let's go! Let's! Sail into the storms
Work hard on your persistent "recklessness"
And you'll change this world
Big dreams are infinite
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger!
It turned to seeing the Gokaigers sitting in the Galleon.
They were all hanging out. The girls were sitting on the futon, Gai sat at the table, Doc was in the kitchen planning what to make, Joe was doing sit-ups, & Marvelous was sitting in his chair.
There was a flash of light & an electric sound as they all looked towards where it was coming from. Then, Austin appeared & fell face first on the floor, after shortly stumbling.
Austin was face down on the floor. Gai got up & ran to him as the others also got up & looked towards them. Gai turned him around on his back, getting a good look at him. Doc entered the doorway of the kitchen & looked over.
-Note: I don't speak Japanese, so, understandably, for this next part, their lines are going to be translated into English, until Austin wakes up-
"Well, Gai-san. Have any idea who he is?" Doc asked.
"I'm not so sure. He appears to be human, but he looks American."
"How are you so sure?" Ahim asked.
"Look at his face & skin color. Tan, not cross-eyed, beach-blonde hair. It would appear he's from the Northern part of America."
"Who is he?" Doc asked.
"Not sure. I don't recognize him if he is famous, I mean."
"Who cares?" Marvelous chimed in, sitting back in his chair. "Let's take him back to America & drop him off somewhere."
"Marvelous-san, we can't do that!" Gai said, running to him.
"Why not? He's not our responsibility. I say we drop him off."
"But we can't just drop him off somewhere without knowing where he belongs," Gai pleaded as Joe walked towards Austin.
He looked in Austin's vest pockets & found his wallet.
"Joe-san, what are you doing? You can't just go rummaging through his person," Ahim said.
Joe had Austin's wallet open & tried to read his driver's license.
"It doesn't matter. I can't read the damn thing anyways," he said, throwing the wallet in the air, leading it to be caught by Doc as it flew in his direction & landed on his face after he stepped out of the doorway to catch it.
He took a look at the writing on it, but couldn't make out much of the lettering. A thought came to his mind. He went over to the main computer, took out a piece of tech, & scanned the driver's license. It came up on the screen.
"Computer, translate the writing into our language," he said as it got to work.
"What are you doing?" Gai asked.
"Plugging this thing through the universal translator."
"You guys have a universal translator on this ship?"
"Yeah. How else do you expect we can speak your language? It'd be a little weird if we just spoke your language from the get-go, don't you think?" he said as the computer finished the translation.
"Yeah, I guess so."
The translated license came up.
"All right, here it is, guys," everyone but Marvelous went over to the screen. "His name is Austin Moon. Born December 29, 1995, so he's 15."
"I don't know, Don-san. Most 15-year-olds on this planet don't get driver's licenses. The legal age for even trying is 16 in America and even then, you still might even get just a permit there," Gai interjected.
"Hmm. Weird. Do you think he could've traveled through time?"
"We can with GoZyuJin, so it might be possible."
"Yes, maybe."
"All right. Where does he live?" Marvelous asked.
"It says he's from Florida. At least that's where he got the license from."
"All right. Let's drop him off."
"Marvelous-san, we can't just drop him off. He might not even be from this time. Let him wake up & tell us where he wants to go first," Gai pleaded.
"All right. Put him on the couch & we'll wait for him to wake up, so he can tell us where he came from."
Gai & Doc picked Austin up & carried him to the couch, then set him on it.
A few hours later...
Austin woke up. The room was empty. He had a mad headache. He looked around & saw no one. He got up & started to walk forward, slowly & partially stumbling as he moved forward. He felt like he recognized the place, but couldn't remember how or why. He saw the treasure chest on its podium. He opened it to see the inside & saw the ranger keys. He picked up the TimeFire key & looked at it.
"Oh man. Am I really here?" he whispered, turning around to the sight of Marvelous' sword. He put his hands at head level, keeping the key in his right hand.
Marvelous spoke, but Austin didn't understand. He just had a look of confusion. Marvelous then pointed to the key in Austin's hand, motioned his hand for Austin to give it to him, & Austin gave it to him. Marvelous put it in his jacket pocket as Austin lowered his arms to his sides slowly. Austin didn't know what to do, since Marvelous still held his sword proportionately level to his head. They looked at each other, Marvelous with a bit of contention & Austin with stoicism, hiding his curiosity concerning what was going to happen next. Marvelous sized him up, looking him over, then lowered his sword. He said something to Doc, who replied to him, but Austin couldn't understand. He looked at Marvelous, who pointed him towards Doc.
Doc motioned for him to come over to the computer & sit in a chair. Austin walked over & sat in the chair. Doc got some kind of hypo-spray-type device like the ones from Star Trek & sprayed something into the side of Austin's head. It hurt a bit & Austin scrunched his face in pain, while holding his left hand to the side of his head & bowed it a little. The pain stopped hurting after a few seconds. He opened his eyes & felt ok. He breathed deeply & sat back in the chair, sweating a bit. Doc walked in front of him & put his hand on Austin's right shoulder.
"Can you understand me now?"
"Yeah, I can. Why is that?"
"Simple, Austin. I injected a device into your brain that translates any language so you can understand it. It also allows you to speak that language back if you prefer."
"Wait a minute. How do you know my name?"
"This," Joe said, holding Austin's wallet & giving it back to him. "We had it translated & learned what it says about you."
"It says you're 15," Gai interjected. "But most 15-year-olds don't even get learner's permits, much less driver's licenses where you come from."
"So where do you come from?" Marvelous asked, cross armed, walking towards him.
"Ok, god," Austin whispered loudly in a bit of pain, putting his hand(s) on his head.
"You ok?" Doc asked.
"Yeah. Just got a bit of a headache."
"Is it the translator?"
"Nah. I've had it since I woke up. Must be a side effect of whatever transported me here."
"Oh," Gai said, getting him a Tylenol & a glass of water. "Here," he handed them to him. Austin took them in his hands.
"Thanks," he said, then put the pill in his mouth & swallowed it with a sip of water.
"All right, enough stalling. Tell us where you're from," Marvelous reiterated, looking at Austin with an intimidating stare.
"All right," he took a sip of water. He then stood up & put the cup on the computer console. "I'm not from here."
"Yeah, you're from Florida, in America."
"Yes, but not the Florida native to this Earth," they all looked at him with confusion on their faces. "I can see you all aren't familiar with the multiverse theory..."
"I am," Doc interjected. "I've always thought it was just a theory, though."
"You & so many others. I'm from another universe. Not only that, but I'm also from almost... What's the date?"
"December 1, 2011," Gai said. "Earth American calendar."
"Thanks. About 2-3 years in the future. Not only that, but I'm also from a universe where yours is represented in a Japanese children's TV show called Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger. Now, I've had a theory for a while that all TV shows, books, & movies are representations of alternate universes in mine & that, even though you exist in a TV show in my world, it doesn't mean that your lives don't matter. They do here. If you ever get to, see the show Fringe, it explains it more & better than I did, if it exists here. Anyways, I first had this theory proven right when I met the Doctor from Doctor Who almost year ago, my perspective. I didn't intend to come here. I'm just a victim of happenstance."
"Wait, wait, wait," Doc said. "Even if what you're saying is true, who'd want to send you here?"
"I don't know. Just a little while ago, I was in 1989 Wisconsin. Then I felt drowsy & ended up here."
"And you just walked up to the treanger chest, opened it, & took out a key?" Marvelous asked.
"Well...yeah. I already had a feeling I knew what this place was, but I had to be sure. Don't get me wrong, I already know I can't use the keys. I neither have one of your mobirates, nor am I one of their original owners. I gave it back to you knowing I couldn't use it, not so much to save my life. I doubt you would've seriously harmed me anyways. I'm neither your enemy, nor someone who could pose a serious threat to you guys. By the way, what was your latest adventure?"
"We just went on our adventure to the past," Doc said, then Luka pounded him in the chest with her elbow to get him to stop talking. "Ow!"
"Ah. Where you helped out the Goseigers & Shinkengers & used the Timeranger powers."
"Yeah, we did," Marvelous said. They stared at each other intensely.
The monster alarm rang.
"Zangyack. In Tokyo," Doc said.
"Stay here," Marvelous said to Austin. "We'll finish this when we get back."
"Hey, where am I gonna go?" Austin said.
The Gokaigers went down. Basco was terrorizing the people with his giant monkey, Sally, & the Goumin soldiers. He laughed, then was shot at by Marvelous.
"Ah, Marvey-chan. Come to play?" Basco said, nonchalantly.
"We're gonna do more than that, Basco!" Marvelous yelled.
They drew their mobirates, keys, & flipped them open & up (in Gai's case, he put his key in his Gokai Cellular). They motioned like they do.
"Gokai change!" They yelled, then put in their keys & turned them, Gai pressed the buttons he does usually.
"Gokaiger!"
They changed, drew their weapons, & charged. The soldiers charged as Basco watched contently. The Gokaigers started to waste the Goumin. Marvelous charged towards Basco, who drew his sword & defended himself against Marvelous' sword strikes. Sally came up from behind Marvelous & tried to hit him, but Marvelous struck her away with his sword, knocking her out upon impact.
He went back to fighting Basco, who was still blocking his strikes. Austin saw everything from the computer screen.
"Ah, man! I wish I could help!" he said, then looked toward the chest. He went to it, opened it, then saw the key he had a little bit earlier was back in it.
"I knew it would end up back here," he said, taking it back out.
"Marvelous will get mad if you take that!" Navi said.
"Oh, Navi. Forgot you existed. I think he's already a bit pissed at me, don't you?"
"Yeah, I guess," Navi said, flying over & sitting on the computer console to watch the battle.
"He needs help to battle Basco. I'm a bit hesitant to help, though. I know he will eventually defeat Basco, but it's not this time. Though, if I do help out, I could help get Basco off his back this time, but I'd be interfering with the natural course of history in this universe."
"I'd say you've already started doing that when you woke up."
"Yeah, I suppose."
They watched o, as Marvelous & Basco still fought on. Basco forced him off of him.
"This is getting boring," Basco said. He armored up. "Now we get serious, Marvey-chan."
Marvelous growled, then charged. Basco slashed a wave at him that tripped him up & wounded him, de-morphing him.
The others looked at the sight, distracted. The soldiers slashed them, wounding them, & captured them. They tied them up & took them to the side, slightly out of sight. Basco laughed.
"You see, Marvey-chan? You can't win. I have your team, & now, I'm gonna rid my existence of you!" he raised his sword arm up.
"No!" Austin yelled. The key glowed in his hand, then enveloped him.
"Austin Moon. You are not of this universe. This is interesting. You know of the Gokaiger's fate & yet they haven't made it," a mysterious voice said as Austin found himself in a zone of white light.
"Who's there?"
"I am Naoto Takizawa, TimeFire. You have experienced great loss & great heart break. You understand why life shouldn't be lost. You may use my powers to help the Gokaigers. Help Marvelous & defeat Basco! You have my permission!"
With that, the light faded & Austin came back to reality. The light glowed around his wrist & faded, revealing the V Commander (Quantum Morpher for you Power Rangers fans). He looked at it & smiled.
Basco held his sword high, Marvelous shut his eyes & tilted his head down. Suddenly, a laser blast came at Basco, throwing him back a little. Marvelous & Basco look in the direction it came from. Austin was crouched, pointing the DV (Quantum) Defender. He rose up, then stood stoically, with the Defender in his hand, pointed, right towards the 2 of them, smirking at Basco.
"Who are you?" Basco asked, surprised.
"Austin Moon. New TimeFire ranger."
"New...What?" Marvelous asked, confused.
"Marvelous, over here, quickly!" Austin yelled. Marvelous got up & ran. Basco tried to strike him down, but Austin shot at his feet.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Austin threatened as Marvelous got to him. He grabbed Austin's arm & looked at the V Commander & DV Defender.
"How'd you get it to work?" Marvelous asked. "You need a mobirate."
"I got it from the chest," Austin started, taking his arm out of Marvelous' hand. "And I was watching as you were about to be killed from the Galleon. It glowed & its original owner, Naoto, gave me permission to use it, & now, here I am."
"You know you won't get to keep it."
"Yeah, but it's gonna be one hell of a ride."
"Indeed it is. Ok, we have to free everyone, then defeat Basco, or whichever order. I don't care."
"I like the way you think. Ready!?"
Marvelous flipped open his mobirate & flipped his key.
"Ready!"
They did the calls & poses.
"Gokai change!"
"Time Fire!" (Quantum power!)
They both morphed.
"Gokaiger!"
"Gokai Red! Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger!" Marvelous called & did his pose.
"TimeFire! Mirai Sentai TimeRanger!" Austin called & did a pose.
"Nice theatrics, but they won't help you much! Goumin!" he yelled, sending them after the two.
"Marvelous, you thinking what I'm thinking?"
"Oh, yeah," he said, getting the Time Red key & changed. "Gokai change!" he said, turning the key in the mobirate.
"Timeranger!"
"Ok, let's do this!" Austin yelled as they both got their swords. They charged.
They started slashing the Goumin. Austin had trouble at first, but he'd had enough training as a kid on how to use a sword like he was to keep up with Marvelous. Eventually, there were no more soldiers left. They turned to face Basco, who was standing & waiting for them to finish.
They slashed the last one, then stood back to back, looking towards Basco. Austin changed the sword back to its gun mode.
"You ready?" Marvelous asked, reverting to his base suit.
"Yeah, but we might have to be careful here. You rush him, keeping his attention on you, then I'll try & free the others. If I get that done, then we can all rush him. Got it?"
"Yeah. Just get it done," he said, charging at Basco.
Austin started shooting lasers at Basco, who deflected them. Marvelous started slashing at him, who started blocking his attack. Austin started side-stepping away from the 2 of them towards the trapped others.
"Nice plan, Marvey-chan, but I expected one of you to go after your friends to free them," Basco said as they paused for a moment in clashing swords. "Personally, I would've preferred you to be the one, but..."
"What are you talking about!?" Marvelous asked as Basco crossed his arms.
"You have about 20 seconds, give or take 10-15," he said, walking away.
"Damn it, Basco!" he exclaimed, then transformed into a different power. "Gokai change!"
"Go-Onger!"
He ran after Austin at top speed (or is it sliding on the ground really fast? I'm not too sure, but whichever one fits better. Anyways...).
Austin got to where the bomb was. He didn't see the others, but heard a ticking noise. He then saw it. It had 5 seconds left.
"Shit!" he said, running the other way.
Marvelous got to him, grabbed his wrist, & turned around, but wasn't fast enough as the bomb exploded. They both recoiled forward, demorphing, & landed on the ground.
After a minute...
Austin got up. He was in pain & breathing hard. He walked over to Marvelous, who was also breathing hard.
"Marvelous, we need to get back to the Galleon," he said, helping him to his feet, slipping his right arm over his left shoulder, then walked at a slow pace forwards.
"Yeah," Marvelous said, taking out his mobirate & tapping in the code to call the Galleon. It came overhead & they transported aboard it.
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Part 2
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Austin helped Marvelous to his chair.
"Navi, where's the first aid kit, or whatever?" Austin asked.
"Kitchen cabinet!" Navi said.
Austin ran to the kitchen, looked all over, then found it. He then ran back to the other room.
He got a few bandages for himself, then gave the kit to Marvelous, since he didn't know what was needed for his injuries. Marvelous got some bandages & other stuff that he's seen the others use to help him & themselves to recover from past injuries, then he asked them what they were. Austin sat down on a chair near the table, applying the band-aids. He breathed out a sigh, a bit loudly, as he tried to process all that just happened.
It was all quiet as it sunk in. Austin groaned, then slammed his fist on the table.
"I hate Basco. Damn him!" Austin said.
"Calm down. We can't let him get to us. I made that mistake a few times & I don't wanna make it again," Marvelous.
"Good luck with that," Austin said, quietly.
"What?" Marvelous asked, suspiciously.
"Nothing, nothing. We need to get the others back though," Austin responded.
"Yeah, but how?" Marvelous asked, wondering.
"We make Basco a deal."
A few minutes later...
Basco answered his mobirate-type phone.
"Hello?"
"Basco, I want the others back & I'm willing to make a deal," Marvelous said.
A little bit later...
Austin & Marvelous went down to the surface where they were going to meet Basco. Austin was holding the Treanger box. He also had a jacket like Marvelous' on.
"Hope you know what you're doing," Marvelous said.
"Don't worry. Just play along & it should go all right."
Basco beamed down, with Sally & the others.
"All right. Give us the others," Marvelous said.
"The chest first," Basco answered.
"Why not a trade off?" Austin suggested.
"Fine," Basco said.
They walked towards each other. Austin handed Basco the chest. Basco hit the chest up in the air. He then blasted them, but Marvelous blocked it. While he struggled with that, Basco got the chest, then took out a few keys & took out his trumpet. He looked to see the TimeFire key.
"Hm. Too bad you don't have this now. It would so come in handy," he said.
"Oh yeah?" Austin said, then moved the sleeve of his jacket up, to reveal the G-Brace Phone.
"What's that?" Basco asked.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Austin said back to him.
"Tell me!"
"All right, all right. It's on your head. Marvelous, ready?"
"Yeah!"
"All right," Austin said as Marvelous pulls out his mobirate & ranger key. Austin pulled the G-Brace off his wrist, then flipped it open.
"Gokai change!" Marvelous yelled, then transformed.
"Gokaiger!"
"Gokai red!"
Austin put the phone to the side of his face & pressed the button.
"Gao access!" he said, transforming.
The suit flashes on him. He does that claw thing Merrick did in Wild Force.
"Howling wolf!" he said, then did the pose.
Basco looked in his hand to see the key for that suit, then it disappeared along with the rest & the chest.
"What!?"
Marvelous slightly chuckled, then held up the Magired key.
"You didn't think we'd actually trust you, did you?"
"No, but I did think you'd at least want your friends' lives," he said, aiming his gun at where they were, but didn't see them as they were off to the side, running. He re-aimed.
Marvelous transformed.
"Go-Onger!"
He sped off towards the others as Austin pulled the Gao Hustler Rod (no, I'm not kidding here) in saber mode & charged towards Basco.
Basco launched a laser bullet, but Marvelous deflected it towards the ground, causing it to explode on its way down after his strike. Austin transformed the hustler rod into its sniper mode, then fired at Basco. Basco deflected it.
"Tell me, how were they supposed to change without these?" Basco said, lifting up one side of his jacket, revealing the other 4 mobirates, the gokai cellular, & ranger keys.
"Ah, I see," Austin said, aiming at Basco.
He fired. Basco slides to the side, then Austin ran while continually firing at Basco, making him bob & weave. He got to where Basco was, then stopped. Basco stood, looking at him.
"What was that supposed to do? Kill me?"
Austin powered down.
"No," he said, picking something up off the ground. Basco looked over, confused. Austin put something in his jacket pocket, keeping 2 things in his hands.
"I just thought I'd get these back," he said, showing the blue Gokaiger key & a mobirate. Basco lifted his jacket & saw a few mobirates & keys are gone.
'Must've hit the chains in the crossfire,' Basco thought.
Austin flipped the mobirate open, then had the key flipped up, then morphed.
"Gokai change!"
He put the key in, then turned it.
Gokaiger!
"Here I go!" he said, then fired the gun at Basco. He then got the Go-On blue key out, then sped towards the others.
"Gokai change!"
"Go-Onger!"
He sped towards the group of them, who are helping Marvelous, demorphed, get away.
"Guys!" Austin yelled, then stopped in front of them. "Marvelous, you ok?"
"Not...really. Ugh," Marvelous said, in pain.
"Whoa!" Gai yelled. "How did you get the TimeFire & Gaosilver powers to work for you!?" he put his hands on Austin's arms.
"Well," Austin said, shaking him off.
A flashback showed what he's saying.
"I had come up with an idea, to surprise Basco. I got the GaoSilver key, then turned the TimeFire key back & transformed the GaoSilver key into its original form. I theorized that if I could transform one key, I could take the energy needed to transform it & channel it into another key to transform it into its original form, i.e. the G-Brace. Then, I told Marvelous my plan for dealing with Basco & freeing you guys."
"So...here we are."
"And here, you die!" Basco said, blasting a large blast at them with his gun.
"Gokai change!"
"Gouraiger!"
Austin transformed into KuwagaRaiger, the navy blue Hurricanger, then held the shield up that the ranger suit has. Basco grined as he dragged his arm down slowly & struck the ground, blowing them all into 2 different groups. Austin, Marvelous, Joe, & Doc on the right. Gai, Ahim, & Luka on the left. Basco sent Sally after the girls & Gai.
The guys then got up & went back aboard the Galleon as Basco had the others tied up.
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Part 3:
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They walked on to the main bridge. Austin & Joe were helping Marvelous to walk to his chair. They sat him down in it, then Austin demorphed.
Joe cleared his throat, then held out his hand. Austin gave him his mobirate & ranger key back. He reached into his pocket & gave Doc his too.
Marvelous opened his eyes.
"Marvelous, you all right?" Austin asked.
"Not really," he said as he tried to stand up, but fell back into his seat & groaned in pain.
"Ugh. My arm & leg hurt," he poked his arm. "I think I got burned from that blast," he said, taking off his boot & sock, then rolls his pant leg up & examined his leg. "Yep, I got burned. How did that even happen? I had my clothes covering my arm and leg."
"Shit happens," Austin said.
Doc examined him.
"Third-degree burns," he said, getting the first-aid kit. He pulled out a device, which fired a beam on Marvelous' burns.
"All right. I've kick-started the healing of your burns, but it'll take around 24 hours to heal completely."
"Can't wait that long. We need to get everyone back from Basco-Ugh!" he said, trying to stand, then fell back in pain.
"No can do, man. We've gotta have a different plan of attack," Austin said, putting his hand in front of Marvelous' torso.
The computer ringtone went off. Doc answered, turning the picture to a video feed of Basco.
"Yo ho, Marvey-chan. I'll say this one last time," he said, holding up one finger. "Give me the ranger keys, Navi, & the Gokai Galleon," he got his gun. "And I don't shoot your friends dead," he said, aiming at them.
"Basco-ugh," Marvelous said, feeling the pain on his wounds.
"What is your decision?"
Marvelous growled in anger.
"And for a little extra incentive..." he said, pulling out his phone, then said something. A blast hit the ship, causing everyone but Marvelous to fall to the ground.
Marvelous slammed his fist on the arm of the chair.
Everyone looked toward the screen, slowly getting up.
"All right. I'll give you what you want," Marvelous said, defeated. Everyone else looked at him, disheartened.
"Great. I'll meet you on top of the Galleon in say...10 minutes. Good bye," he said, then the screen turned off.
"Marvelous, you're not seriously gonna let him have everything are you?" Austin asked, looking at him.
"Of course not. I just need a plan. I don't know how to beat him, though."
"You can't beat him in your condition. You just got badly blasted."
"Is there any other way?"
"I guess not..." Austin thought for a moment. He snapped his fingers. "A ha! What if you had a 3rd party negotiator?" he said as the scene faded to Austin, in the pirate jacket Marvelous gave him, waiting on the Galleon.
Basco transported down.
"Where's Marvey-chan?"
"He's downstairs packing. He sent me as your welcomer."
"Ah, I see. Didn't want to face me himself & would rather get his stuff out of here before giving the ship to me, huh?"
"Something like that," Austin said, stepping to the side. Basco started walking to the door in front of him, smirking. When he got to the door, he tried to open it, only to find it was locked. He heard a metallic click behind his head.
"You know, you're way too damn smug to be smart," Austin said, the view pulling back to see him holding a Gokai gun to Basco's head. He put his other hand behind his back & pulled out the Gokai saber.
"Hmm. All right, you got me. Now shoot."
"You know, I'd love to, but the honor isn't really mine to put you in your place."
"Really? Who's is it then?"
"You know who," Austin said, smacking the gun on the back of Basco's head, causing him to fall forward, smacking his face on the door & falling to the floorboards. Austin pulled out the mobirate Marvelous let him borrow.
"Guys, you on the ship?"
"Yeah, we're right outside it. Nice job thinking we could use these gliders that we can ride in Megaranger form," Doc said as he & Joe fly up to one of Basco's lead space ships.
"Call me an idea man. Make sure to disable that ship before he wakes up."
"Wakes up? I thought you were going to simply tie him up."
"Yeah, well, I had to improvise. I'll get to tying him up in a sec. You inside yet?" Doc & Joe blasted a hole in the ship & entered it.
"Yeah," Doc said, then used his helmet to patch up the hole. They then transformed back to Gokaiger form.
"All right. Contact me when you get to the control center," he hung up. Basco then awoke & jumped up. Austin shot him in the foot.
"Ah! You bastard! You shot me in the damn foot!" he said, crouching & wrapping his arms around his leg, inhaling & exhaling sharply in pain.
"Damn right I did. I figured you're at your weakest when in your faux-human form & this has, unfortunately, dragged out a bit longer than a 2-parter."
"You have a point," he said, standing up & transforming. "Let this be our last battle," he pulled out his sword.
"Hmm. All right," Austin said, then pulled out the Gokai red ranger key, flipped it up, & put it into the mobirate.
"Gokai change!"
"Gokaiger!"
"Let's do this!"
"Yes, let's," Basco said, charging at him. Austin charged in too. They both slashed & clashed blades.
It turned to Joe & Doc after taking down security guards that came after them when they broke in.
"What way to the others & what way to the bridge?" Joe asked.
"Uh," Doc said, then pulled out a GPS-like device he made to find their way around the ship. "The others are down the right hallway, while the bridge is down the left."
"All right. You take over the bridge, I'll find the others," Joe said, transforming into Go-On blue & slid off.
"All right. Wait, what?" Doc said as Joe did the stuff mentioned. "Joe!" he yelled & held out his arm to try to get Joe to stop. "Ugh, this is gonna be a pain," he said, then turned into Go-On green & went the opposite way Joe did.
Joe went into a room with a bunch of Goumin & took them down fast. Doc did the same, only a little slower, given his somewhat bumbling nature.
The scene went back to Basco & Austin.
Their clashed blades still clashed. They both used their strengths to try to gain the upper hand.
"You've got heart, I'll give you that," Basco said.
"Thanks," Austin replied.
"This is truly one of the hardest matches I've had in a long time. Unfortunately, you're going to lose."
"What makes you say that?"
"Oh, just that you're not the one destined to beat me, or even come close."
"What?" Austin asked, bewildered, as their slashes both followed through & threw them both back several feet each. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, you didn't think I wasn't having my soldiers listen in on you after you got here? A few days ago, I thought to spy on the Gokaigers to try to study them to learn how to defeat them easier. As we speak, my mechanical flies on the walls are in the Galleon & we heard everything you said when you watched my earlier match with Marvelous before you interfered. You seem to know a lot more than you should. Though that makes sense, since our lives are just stories in a TV show to you."
It turned to Marvelous watching the battle on a skyscraper with an iPad.
"What? That bastard."
"What!?" Navi yelled, then activated a decontamination program to get rid of the fly spies.
"So, you heard that. It doesn't make your lives any less meaningful."
"Oh, I get that. I'm just looking to change my destiny with these constant barrages. Marvey-chan is too weak to fight me himself while you aren't, at least not yet. I captured his crewmates so he'd be forced to try to get them back. He always tries to, so I'm not expecting any different. The only element I didn't factor in was you. What makes you so special? Who brought you here? Why are you so god damn important in my failing this time!?" Basco said, charging at him & they clashed blades again.
"You wanna know those answers?" Basco shook his head 'yes.' "Well good luck with that because so do I. I haven't even the faintest idea any more than you do. Basically, your guess is as good as mine," he said, then flipped up the key holster in the sabre & put the Gokai red key in it, then put it back down. The charge built up & Austin started pushing with more force. He pushed Basco back off his feet & ran for a few seconds, sending him flying back. He pulled out the gun & put another red key in the holster for it.
"Final Wave!"
"Hyah!" he grunted, then fired the gun & struck the sabre.
The blasts hit Basco's sword, but he was too weakened, & bewildered, to really try to block. Once he hit the wall behind him, the blast exploded on the sword & engulfed him in a mini explosion.
Austin demorphed back from Gokaiger mode, panting. The mobirate he had started ringing its ringtone.
"Yeah?" he said, answering.
"We've secured the ship & got the others free!" Doc said.
"Great.," he gulped. "Have you...found out how to disable it?" he said, wiping his forehead with his sleeve as he did.
"Yeah. Have you tied Basco up?"
"Something like that," he said, looking over his unconscious body. He bent over him, moved his jacket's front flaps open, & grabbed the rest of the mobirates, ranger keys, & the Gokai Cellular. "I also got the phones & ranger keys back."
"Great. We'll be down in a few minutes, after I rig this ship to blow."
"Good. Good. Wait, um. You might just wanna implant a computer virus rather than blow it up."
"Really?"
"Yeah, it's just something that needs to stick around a bit longer."
"Ok, if you say so."
"Good. See you guys in a little bit," Austin said, hanging up, then dropped to a sitting position. Then, he lied on his back as he panted & almost losing consciousness before Marvelous appeared before him.
"You all right? Or are you gonna die on me?" he said, smiling & extending his arm.
Austin chuckled at him & grabbed his hand with his.
"Don't worry. You're not rid of me yet," he said as Marvelous pulled him up & he could barely stand. Marvelous sat him down on the Galleon's top deck stairs. He took one of the mobirates & then put a ranger key in it.
"Magiranger!"
He became Magired.
"Gii Magika," he said, then a whirlwind engulfed Basco & he floated away.
"What'd you do?" Austin asked. Marvelous sat right next to him.
"Casted a spell to wipe his memory, fix some of his injuries so he doesn't die, & carry him off to the forest, or something, where he'll wake up & remember nothing of this in a few days. Didn't want him to die before he's logically supposed to at my hand, right?" he looked at Austin, smirking.
"Right," Austin replied, smirking with him & held his hand up. Marvelous grabbed his hand, then they shared a 2 second bro-hug & had that kind of handshake associated with how their hands were. They then sat on the stairs a bit more, looking into the sky.
After a few minutes, the rest of the team transported down.
"Oh hey," Austin said.
"Succeed in your mission?" Marvelous asked.
"Yeah," Joe said, with everyone else smiling.
"There's something else though," Doc added in.
"What?" Austin asked.
"When I was looking through the ship's data files to see if I could hack into the ship to destroy itself before the last call, I saw some eerie folders. One of them had your name, Austin. The other was attached to it. Something about multi-universal travel. I thought it was worth investigating into, so I downloaded it into this unit here. I think we need to question Basco about these files."
Austin & Marvelous had worried looks on their faces as they looked at each other, then back to the others.
"What? Did he get away?"
"Well, sort of," Austin started, scratching the back of his head with his right hand.
"I used the Magiranger magic to wipe his memory & send him off," Marvelous added.
"Great. Now we have no possible witnesses to explain these files."
"Can't we just look at them & try to decipher them ourselves?"
"Yeah, but now there's going to be more difficulty with it," Doc whined as he walked down the stairs.
"Oh yeah, you guys. I got your Mobirates, Gokai Cellular, & Ranger keys back," Austin said, giving them back to the others.
"Oh, awesome!" Gai yelled. They all then went downstairs to the bridge of the ship.
Several minutes later…
"Ok, guys. I think I got these configured," Doc said. The others all peered at the viewscreen. Doc opened up the folder with Austin's name on it.
"All right, so it looks here that Basco's got a lot of info on you, Austin. Birthdate, profile, even a detailed list of what you've been doing for the last few...years."
"How's that even remotely possible? Basco didn't know much about me. Though he did overhear me say I was from another universe earlier when his spy bugs were in here."
"Spy bugs?" Doc asked & everyone looked around.
"Don't worry!" Navi yelled. "I took care of them with the decontamination program!"
"Ah, good," Doc said.
"Enough, bird. Doc, tell us more about the files," Marvelous interjected.
"Hey-" Navi started.
"Well," Doc interjected. "It says here that there's information of plans to kidnap you for some kind of experiment."
"Why would Basco have something like that?" Austin asked.
"I'm pretty sure this is far beyond Basco's limitations on planning. Usually, he doesn't think too far ahead. He can't envision himself losing, thus he always loses. Ah, this leads to the plans on the multi-universal travel I was talking about earlier," he clicked on the icon & the screen changed to it.
Everything for Austin was going very blurry again & he started feeling dizzy again. Everything started fading around him. The scene turned to him being backstage at a concert. He looked out, trying to not fall over. He saw the back of a blonde haired singer.
A song was playing, he tried to listen.
So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Hey, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, momma rock me
He moved his head to the side, in a 'not bad' motion. The singer turned to his right, while moving forward stage left, guitar in hand. Austin thought he saw...himself?
'What?' he asked himself.
He looked out in the audience & saw Ally, who was sitting at one of the tables, clapping to the rhythm with the other people. The guy singing walked down the stage, then sang to her. He had an earpiece mic on his ear, so it's not so awkward.
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
Caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he's a heading west from the Cumberland gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free
He then studied back up on stage. He winked as if he could see Austin. Austin saw his face clearer now. He may be aged a little, but it's...Austin...?
'What?' Austin asked himself again.
The scene faded again. Austin then saw a steel room around him & he was inside a glass cage. A door in the cage opened. A bald man came in the room, then spoke with a calm voice.
"Mr. Austin Moon, I presume. We've been waiting for you."
"What?"
...
To be continued...
PEACE...