Chapter Fifty Three. Case Closed. Part One.


Previously On Poké Rangers SDI...

With Jyngella tricking Darkia and Joltara into ingesting Tackleberry root, she ordered them to go and destroy Waterfall Shores and the rangers. Taking the battle to the high stakes, the rangers saw their Megazords go up in smoke. All five of them. As they worked out what to do next, they returned to the Aquabase where Miranda revealed the experimental Soul Spectre Megazord. Deciding whether to use it or not, the rangers ended up thinking about events that had gotten them there. Eventually deciding to use the Megazord, the six of them were able to use it to destroy Darkia and Joltara. However, their victory would prove to be slight, as Kable revealed he had placed a bomb on the Megazord...


"Congratulations," Bristow said, looking around the room at the rangers and at the SDI staff. "You all managed to work wonders today, despite facing innumerable odds and challenges."

"That Soul Spectre Megazord is awesome," Danni said. "Just get the thing sorted out which zaps us every few minutes and we'll be sitting pretty. It could actually be a permanent solution to our problems."

"How much more permanent can the problem be?" Luke wondered. "I mean, we took Darkia and Joltara out. Without those two in control of the demon forces, they can't hold out for much longer."

"They still have Jyngella," Xavier remarked. "And Misteria's still lurking in the background."

"Good news on that front," Miranda said, piping up to offer her opinion. "We've just about finished converting the shattered remains of her sword into the Legendary Sabre."

"That's awesome!" Katie exclaimed. "With that in our grasp, we just have to wait for her to show her face and ram it through said face."

"Do you honestly think it's going to be that easy?" Andrew asked. "She's a being of pure evil. It's not going to be an easy task to walk up to her and..."

"We need to find her first," Nahir said. "Any idea on how that might happen?"

"For that to happen, we'd need to get back into the Shadow World," Danni pointed out. "That's not going to be an easy task at all."

"I might be able to help with it," Andrew said. "I can head up to the streets and see if I can sense an opening portal."

"That's an excellent idea, son," Bristow replied. "Go for it."

"We'll hang around here, wait to see what happens," Xavier said. "No point us all going looking for it. Because we won't be able to track it."

"Later guys," the gold ranger called, heading into the elevator. "I'll hopefully come back with some good news."

"I'd have thought destroying the gruesome twosome was enough good news for one day," Nahir remarked, grinning. "You just know the universe has to even itself out at some point and really put us down."

"Please for the love of Arceus, don't tempt fate," Katie warned. "Because it might just happen."


SDI ready!

The five rangers salute at the camera. Shots of Waterfall Shores.

Somewhere out there, a signal is calling

Princess Jyngella sits on her throne. Ramelow, Kable and Joltara bow down to her.

Verger is falling.

The Aquabase is shown, the train bay rises up out of the ocean. The rangers pose with the Lugia Lances.

The danger is here.

Danni leans back in her chair, shaking her head. Shots of her climbing up the Merlin's Plateau. Danielle Tanner. Yellow SDI ranger. Created by Joseph Winter.

Better call on SDI!

Katie drops into the pool, ducking under the water. Shots of her scuba diving. Katie Myers. Blue SDI ranger. Created by Blue Bongo.

Poké Rangers SDI!

Xavier sprays a fire with a hose. Shots of him diving through a window. Xavier Jackson. Red SDI ranger. Created by Blazin' Saddles.

Poké Rangers SDI!

Nahir reads a book, shaking her head as the alarm goes off. Shots of her sat in the medical bay. Nahir Moon. Pink SDI ranger. Created by Famousgirl01.

The trials will test you.

Luke does a chin up on a door frame. Shots of him stood at the helipad. Luke Sunderland. Green SDI ranger. Created by MakubeDaKiddX.

Better call on SDI!

Andrew leans back against a console. Shots of him wielding the Dragon Staff. Andrew Bristow. Gold SDI ranger. Created by Blue Bongo.

S... D... I...

Miranda and Dominic appear. Commander Bristow shakes his head as something blows up.

Powers on display

The Skull Tower appears. Darkia, Joltara, Ramelow and Kable bow down before the altar.

Rangers on the way

The SDI Megazord appears, swinging its sword. Xavier transforms into his Battlizer.

They'll save the day.

The Guardian Jet and Dragon Shuttle appear. They transform into their battle forms.

Poké Rangers SDI!

The five rangers pose. Horizon Megazord rises up behind them.

Poké Rangers SDI!

Mal and Tim run into a cave with a camcorder. They're chased out by a swarm of Zubat.

S... D... I...

The Aura Carriers fly up off the track and into the sky. The Aura Carrier Megazord poses.

Poké Rangers!

Poké Rangers: SDI. Created by Blue Bongo. Verger Region created by Blue Bongo. All other rights reserved.

Go!


"Jyngella!"

Looking across to the plinth in the middle of the room, from where she was sat on the throne, the Princess saw the spectral form of her mother appear.

"Mother," she said. "How good to see you again!"

"I see Darkia and Joltara failed me," the Queen snarled, completely ignoring her. "This is unacceptable."

"Even with the help of some Tackleberry root, they failed," Jyngella remarked. "This is why you shouldn't have trusted Darkia. He was... Mean."

"Yes," Misteria said. "But not evil enough to carry out my will. Now, my sweet daughter, listen well..."

"I'm here too, your majesty," Ramelow piped up. "Behind you."

"Now, you two are the only ones left," the Queen said. "I need something from you both."

"Anything, my queen," Ramelow replied. "I'll do anything for you!"

"Good," she said. "Jyngella, I understand that you have a plan to take back my kingdom."

"Actually, I have a plan for defeating those who will defy you," she said. "Recently, Kable managed to place an explosive device onto one of their weapons. Soon, it will blow up, trapping them under the ocean."

"I see," Misteria replied. "Now, listen carefully. I want out of here. There are three seals that need to be broken in order to free me. One in the desert and one in the highest mountain. The third one will only be revealed when the other two are broken. Go and destroy them. Now!"

"At once mother," the Princess said, before vanishing out of the chamber.

"And what would you require of me?" Ramelow asked, noticing that the smoking energy hadn't vanished away from view.

"If all else fails," the Queen said. "You are to break the final seal for my freedom."

"But, I thought you said that..."

"I lied. You doubt that I know what that final seal is? Do you have so little faith in your leader?"

"So, what is it?"

As she told him, the demon's eyes widened in shock. Unable to believe what she had just told him.

"Do you have a problem with this task?"

"I do not," Ramelow admitted. "My loyalty is to you and you alone."

"Excellent!"


"Have you heard from Andrew?"

Looking around to the approaching yellow ranger, Miranda shook her head.

"He hasn't been in touch," she replied. "But, we've started to work on fixing the flaws of the Soul Spectre Megazord. Hopefully we can have it less hazardous to your health soon."

"No kidding," Luke remarked. "That stung a little."

"A little?" Nahir asked, shooting a grin at the green ranger. "Weren't you crying and screaming for your mother at one point?"

"No, I think that was Xavier," Luke replied. Not rising to her bait.

"Wasn't me, man," the red ranger said. "You must have been mistaken."

"Nah, that was definitely a masculine scream," Luke quipped. "Maybe it was Katie."

"You're so lucky that she's not here," Xavier remarked. "Otherwise, she'd probably throw something at you."

"Nah I don't have anything heavy," Katie said, rolling her eyes. "Seriously, Luke, think what you just said through."

When he didn't reply, she looked around to the other rangers.

"I don't sound like that, do I?"

"Heh heh," the green ranger said. "Messing with your mind! I am awesome!"

This time, Katie did bend over and pick a stapler up, tossing it over at Luke's head. Something that completely missed him as he ducked, the object cracking against one of the windows on the main command deck.

"No throwing things in here!" Miranda scolded. "It's reckless and irresponsible! Plus, it could get into the workings of the Soul Spectre."

"If being pounded on by two supremely powerful demons didn't completely wreck it, I doubt a stapler will," Nahir remarked. "Life doesn't work like that."


Striding into the ruined temple in the desert, one that had once been occupied by Arboking, Jyngella started to search for what it was that she needed to find.

"Now if I was an inter-dimensional seal, where would I be?" she asked. Running her eyes across the area, she slowly closed her eyes. Wondering if her mother could have been any more specific about what the item that she had been looking for.

"Damn," she snapped. "Kable, get your ass in here!"

Within seconds, the demon summoner appeared out of thin air, bowing to the Princess.

"Your majesty," he said, smiling at her. "What can I do for you? What is it that you desire?"

"What do these seals look like?" she demanded. "I need to know before I start destroying everything."

"Well, they could be anything," he said. "A cup, a wall, an amulet, a..."

"There aren't any of those in here," Jyngella snapped. "Nothing but rocks, stones, sand..."

"Pillars," Kable offered, gesturing to one of the fallen pillars where the roof had fallen in. "Or, you might not be able to see it."

"So, it's invisible?"

"No, it might be out of sight."

"So, it's invisible?"

"No, it might be under our very noses," Kable said. Unable to stop rolling his eyes as he spoke.

"So, it's invisib..." Jyngella began to say.

"It's under the sand!" Kable yelled. "For the love of..."

"Well, why didn't you say so?" she asked. Looking at the ground, she started to kick the sand away. Eventually, a large smooth piece of white and gold stone appeared in view, Jyngella letting out a triumphant laugh as it did so.

"Just to shatter this," she said, kicking at the stone slab several times. Watching the cracks appear, she couldn't help but let out another burst of harsh laughter. "And, I'm one for one. Now, to the mountains to go and break the next one."

"Will you require my assistance?" Kable wondered.

"If I do, I'll call."

"Well, I sense that the bomb inside the Soul Spectre Megazord is about to detonate," Kable replied. "So, I might take a while to come on account of enjoying that show."


"Just running scans across the Soul Spectre Megazord," Miranda said. "Checking to see if there was any internal damage done in the battle with Darkia and Joltara."

"Any internal damage done was probably done to us," Luke commented, darkly. "Seriously what were you thinking with..."

"Oh my Arceus!" Miranda exclaimed. "This isn't good. Oh no!"

"What is it?" Dominic asked, looking over with concern in his eyes. "What's happening?"

"We might have been had," she groaned. "The sensors are picking up a foreign object of immense power on the Megazord."

"What?" Katie asked. "How is that possible?"

"They must have used those two attacking the city as a decoy to get it on board," Miranda said, shaking her head. "Scanners show that it is giving off highly dangerous levels of latent explosive energy. It's going to blow and soon."

"Uh oh!" Xavier yelled. "We're doomed."

"Can't we just... Pump the Megazord out into the ocean?" Nahir asked. "Let it float away?"

"There won't be enough time," Miranda said. "The power of this bomb... the shock waves will still hit us. They could potentially be even more damaging out there in combination with the sudden water..."

"We need to evacuate," Dominic said, picking up one of the phones on a nearby desk. Hitting in several numbers, he barely had to wait until a voice picked up on the other end of the line.

"Commander," he urged. "We need to evacuate the Aquabase! There's a bomb on the Soul Spectre Megazord. Give the order to get everyone out of here!"

Within seconds, a set of alarms started to ring out around all the rooms of the Aquabase, followed by Bristow's voice.

"Attention all SDI staff," he said. "Please proceed to evacuate quickly and calmly. This is not a drill. I repeat, this is not a drill."

"Anything we can do?" Xavier asked. "To help?"

"You can ensure that everyone makes their way to the evac point," Dominic said. "Xavier, you, Katie and Nahir go do that at points A and B. Luke, I want you to go to point C. Danni, go and ensure that the Commander gets out okay."

"I'll be right on it," the yellow ranger said, heading in an opposite direction to the other rangers. "See you on the other side, guys."


"Okay let's go!" Danni said, as she and Commander Bristow headed up into the emergency evacuation elevator. Where the other rangers were already waiting. "Go and get out of here."

"You won't have any argument from me there," Luke commented. "I've no desire to..."

"Where are Miranda and Dominic?" Bristow asked. "Have they already...?"

"I didn't see them," Xavier said. "Anyone else...?"

His only replies were several shaken heads, all the rangers looking suddenly worried.

"Damnit, what are they playing at?" Nahir demanded. "This is ridiculous."

"You guys get out of here," Katie said. "I'll go and get them."

"I'll come with you," Xavier offered. "Just in case."

"What the hey," Nahir muttered, making to follow the two of them. "What's a little more excitement?"

"I suppose I might as well come on back with you," Luke groaned. "Someone's got to keep you out of trouble and save your ass if it comes down to it."

"Room for one more?" Danni asked, getting off the elevator. "For old times sake?"

"Rangers..." Bristow started to say. "Might I remind you that there are still demons on the loose. If you all die down here..."

"We'll have to be careful then," Xavier said. "Let's go and see where those two got to."


"So, I just need to try and..." Miranda whispered, hunched over one of the consoles. "If I do that then I might be able to..."

"What are you guys still doing in here?"

Looking up, Dominic saw the five rangers running through the doors out onto the main command deck.

"Sssh!" he said. "She decided that she might be able to defuse the bomb."

"Forget it!" Nahir said. "This place is about to get wet!"

"And, we need to get out of here before we drown!" Luke yelled. "Holy crap, this is bad."

"Unless we can detonate it safely," Miranda said. "I've got an idea. We lock this room down and let it blow. The damage will still be severe, but it should be limited to this place only."

"Is that the only way you two are going to leave?" Xavier asked.

"Probably," Dominic said. "It seems like a sound plan. I think we should do it."

Sighing, Miranda got up to her feet. Shaking her head as she did so.

"Well, I could really have done with a bit longer," she said. "But, if we're really out of time..."

"We are," Danni said. "We need to go now!"

Tapping at a few buttons in front of her, Miranda reached over to pick up the Legendary Sabre.

"When we get out, we're going to need this," she said. "Okay, let's get out of here. This room will lock down in fifteen seconds."

"Yipes," Katie muttered, as the seven of them began to run for the exit.

Seconds before the Soul Spectre Megazord exploded...


"Okay," Jyngella mused, walking into a cavern atop the Merlin Plateau. "Now, where's this next seal?"

Narrowing her eyes through the darkened space, she spotted a marked slab up at the other end of the room. Just like the one in the desert.

"Now, to break this thing and..."

Bringing one of the daggers up from her waist, she hurled it through the air, watching it crash against the slab...

And the mirrored glass shattered away, leaving the demon shocked.

"What the...?"

Turning around, she saw the real slab above her head. A deep sense of fury ripping through her as she reached up and yanked it free. Tossing it against the ground to watch it shatter.

"Two down," she said, smirking at the thought. "Soon, I'll see my mom again!"

Vanishing away, the Princess prepared to go about on her own business. To her final stop.


"Damn," Nahir groaned, picking herself up out of the water. The salty liquid about ankle height in the corridor outside the main command deck. "That was..."

"Everyone okay?" Xavier asked, dragging himself up. "Anyone hurt?"

"Other than a bang where I was thrown against the wall," Luke muttered. "I'm fine."

"I'm good," Danni said. "Katie?"

"Yeah," the blue ranger replied, laid back in the water. "What about it?"

"Seriously, you're enjoying this way too much," Luke muttered. "Where are those two?"

"Thanks for asking," Dominic quipped. "We're both fine and dandy."

"Yes, but we're locked out of the command deck now," Miranda said. "Let's just get out of the..."

"Errrr... Miranda?" Nahir asked, looking up at the roof of the corridor. Droplets of water slowly starting to filter down onto them. "Don't take this the wrong way, but I think..."

Slowly, everyone looked up as one. Seeing the cracks start to grow larger by the split second.

"Everyone out, now!" Dominic yelled. "Before..."

Not waiting for him to finish the order, everyone got up from where they had landed, sprinting for the other exit.

"Head to the emergency exit!" Luke said. "Seems like a plan!"

No sooner had they got through the door, the sound of it sealing behind them echoing through the corridors, they heard the ceiling cave in behind them.

"Guess we're not going back that way," Danni quipped.


Having been searching the streets of Waterfall Shores for the past few hours, Andrew finally felt that he was getting something. Some sort of strange signal, maybe a sign that a portal could open up somewhere.

"Well, that's a result," he muttered. Before his earpiece began to buzz, the gold ranger bringing his hand up to take the call. "Yeah, this is Andrew."

"Andrew," the voice of his father said, speaking clearly through the slightly distorted signal. "Listen to me. The Aquabase has been compromised. When you're done with whatever you're doing, don't go back there. I'll let you know where to go shortly."

"Err... Okay," he replied. "Is everyone okay?"
"We don't know yet," Bristow said. "I'm just letting you know what's going on. Do you have anything?"

"Maybe," Andrew replied. "I need to check it out before I reveal anything concrete."


"Well this sucks," Nahir said, as the seven of them looked at the emergency elevator exit. Seeing how it hadn't responded to any attempts to summon it, the smooth shaft above them seeming to ominously declare them its prisoner. "I don't think we're getting out of here."

"I guess the sudden onrush of water might have short circuited it," Miranda remarked. "However improbable that might be, it's the only explanation I can think of."

"So, how do we get out of here?" Xavier asked.

"Isn't it a bad thing to use an elevator in an emergency anyway?" Luke asked. "They say you shouldn't do it in a fire."

"There isn't a fire though," Danni said. "If anything, we've got the reverse problem."

"No middle ground, is there?" Nahir muttered. "So, what now?"

"Well," Katie offered. "I do have a suggestion. What about the service elevator in the main command deck?"

"The one that's submerged?" Luke asked. "And probably not working, therefore?"


"My mom's coming and the rangers can't stop us," Jyngella crowed, pacing around in the middle of the square in Waterfall Shores. Something had told her this was where she needed to be for the third seal to appear. "Now, I just need to wait for the third seal to reveal itself and she can come back into this world."

"Guess again!"

Looking around in fright, she saw Andrew running towards her.

"You and me!" the gold ranger roared. "You're not bringing anything back here!"
"But, you should be dead!" she pouted. "And you're not!"

"That intelligence isn't wasted on you, huh?" Andrew replied. "Come on!"

"So," she said. "It's a fight to the death. If you want it, come and get it!"

Reaching down to her waist, she brought up her daggers, hurling them both at the onrushing gold ranger. Pausing his run, the gold ranger dodged the attack, watching them sail above him.

Growling in anger, Jyngella went for more daggers, determined to get her opponent quickly.

"Well, if that's the way you want to play it," Andrew said. Bringing out his morpher, he gave the command.

"SDI! Time to battle!"


"No, listen to me," Katie said. "The way water moves... When you're in the tub, you ever place a container upside down in it? The oxygen inside stops it from filling up unless the issue is forced."

"Like sheltering under a canoe on a river?" Xavier asked.

"Exactly," Miranda remarked. "Similar thing."

"So, you think the service tunnel we used with the Defense Driver might still be dry?" Xavier asked. "Is that even a possibility?"

"Of course it's possible," Dominic said. "But to get back onto the main command deck, we'd have to swim straight through several full corridors, up through the deck and up the shaft. Which in itself is over five hundred feet deep."

"Yeah, we're going to need to breathe at some point," Luke pointed out. "Probably a lot."

"So, there's the diving equipment storage not too far from here," Miranda said. "It's crazy, but it might just work."

"Isn't the room locked down though?" Nahir asked. "That was something that..."

"No room in this Aquabase is completely inpenetrable," Miranda said. "There's always one secret way into every room."

"Yeah because your brother did it when he broke in here," Luke said, looking over at Dominic. "Remember?"

"Thanks for that reminder," Dominic muttered. "But, I have to agree that this is probably our best way out. There's a hatch in Bristow's office that leads through to the main command deck. We take that, we can end up in there."

"Let's go for it then," Katie said, rubbing her hands together. "This is fun."

"You have a strange definition of fun," Miranda muttered. "When we're about to die."


Bringing the Dragon Staff up, Andrew blocked another set of daggers that had been hurled at him, Jyngella growling in fury at the way that he had done so. Whipping out another pair of the seemingly unlimited weapons, the gold ranger made the decision to go on the attack before she could throw another attack at him. Plunging his staff into the ground, he gave the order.

"Earth Strike!"

Yelling in surprise, Jyngella was thrown up into the air by the sudden shock waves erupting out from his attack. Jumping back to her feet, she let out a snarl of fury at the gold ranger.

"You'll pay for that," she growled.

"Bring it on!" Andrew shot back. "You're not so tough, Jyngella. That royal blood is wasted on you!"

"How dare you!" she roared. "I'll rip you to pieces."


"No full tanks," Katie reported, picking up one of the metal items to expertly weigh it. "And not enough."

"Well, they don't need to be full," Miranda pointed out. "It's not going to be that far through the service tunnel to the..."

"How big's the tunnel?" the blue ranger wondered. "Because, they might be... Nah, they probably won't fit if its less than six feet wide."

"Wow it's like watching some sort of expert," Luke said, sarcastically. "Thank whatever nonexistent higher being out there for that."

"So, who do you cry out to then during...?" Nahir started to ask before thinking better of it. "Never mind. I don't want to know. I don't know why I thought of it."

"Hang on," Luke said, grinning over at the pink ranger. "Now, I'm interested. What were you about to ask?"

"Oxygen bottles," Danni said, opening a locker up to reveal about ten of the items. "What about these?"

"Well, that should work," Dominic remarked. "Pop the top, bite down onto it and you can..."

"It isn't ideal," Katie commented. "But, it'll do in a pinch."

"Great then," Miranda said, hoisting the Legendary Sabre across her back. "Let's get out of here then. I'm starting to miss the surface."

"How often do you spend down here?" Luke wondered, rolling his eyes.

"Well, it'll be a lot less now," she retorted.


"Okay," Dominic said, he and Xavier making to pull the carpet back in Bristow's office. "We pull this hatch and..."

Pulling back the slightly less dark piece of metal, the two of them managed to find the tunnel below them. Discovering that it was completely water logged.

"Crap," Danni remarked. "Hoped that it wouldn't be like that for a while."

Having strode over to Bristow's desk, Nahir almost subconsciously stretched out her arm to pick up the faded brown folder that had been left there.

"Should you really be going through the Commander's private papers?" Miranda asked, looking over at her.
"It's not like he'll know," Nahir replied. "Besides, if they were that important then he'd have taken them with him."

"Privacy doesn't mean much to you, huh?" Luke commented.

"Ah it's nothing anyway," the pink ranger said, running her eyes across the faded page. "It appears to be some sort of riddle."

"Maybe he's into them," Katie offered, checking one of the oxygen bottles. "I'll go down into the tunnel first and see what I can find. If I come back, it's safe. If I don't come back after five or six minutes..."

She paused for a moment, before flashing a grin at them all.

"... Come and see where I am," the blue ranger quipped. "No seriously, if I don't come back, wait a bit longer. If I'm not back after twenty minutes, try and head out anyway."

"Bye then," Xavier said, as Katie took an oxygen bottle and stepped down into the tunnel. Keeping herself afloat for the moment, biting down on top of the opened nozzle, she ducked her head under and began to swim away. "Good luck."

"You think we'll ever see her again?" Danni asked. "I mean, alive?"

"Probably," Miranda said. "She's a good swimmer."

"So, I mean does this make sense to anyone?" Nahir asked. "Sealed away, this great evil. Seals three and only. Broken when the door is opened. The door of family blood."

"It doesn't even rhyme," Luke said. "What's the point of that?"
"Poetry doesn't have to rhyme," Nahir pointed out. "You fool."

"What it is," Miranda remarked. "Is a piece of demon lore that an excavation team dug up. They thought it was about Misteria, but nobody could be sure."

"I see," Xavier said. "Well, it's cryptic, I'll give them that. Whoever wrote it."

"Nobody out there got it," Miranda continued. "I mean... It is cryptic. It was translated from something, there was more, it's a miracle that we even got that part."

"Yeah life's good like that," Danni said, as Katie's head popped up out of the water in front of them.

"It's safe," she replied. "Relatively clear through to the main command deck. The elevator's clear as well. Right up to the top. If everyone else doesn't have a problem with it, then we can get out of here now."

"Excellent," Xavier said. "Nahir, you and Luke go first. Do it in teams of two. Dominic and Miranda next. Me and Danni after that and Katie, are you okay to go last?"

"That sounds like a plan," Miranda remarked, before grinning. "Heh, I guess that protocol finally came in handy. In order to work in the Aquabase, you need to be able to swim pretty well, just in case of a situation like this."

"Heh," Luke said. "What are the odds? Anyway, let's go. I'm missing the sound of Wingull in the air."

As he and Nahir walked over to the edge of the tunnel, he shot her a grin.

"If you want to hold someone's hand while down there," he replied. "Just reach out to me and I'll be there."

"Yeah I'd probably rather take the drowning option," she said, smiling at him. "But, I appreciate it."

Taking the plunge, the two of them jumped down into the water, everyone else watching them vanish through the liquid.


Roughly twenty minutes later, Katie swept her body through the flooded remains of the main command deck, shooting a wistful last look at the machines below her. Of the memories that she and the other rangers had experienced throughout their times in this place. Blocking the flood through her head out, she began to start her slow ascent up through the service elevator shaft. Suddenly realising how long the trip up the shaft was when it wasn't mechanised automatically. Finally reaching the top a few minutes later, the first thing she saw was Xavier reaching down to help her up out of the pool.

"Thanks," she said, smiling at him. "We all here?"

"We're all here," Dominic confirmed. "Now, it's just a case of finding the Commander. And I think I know where he'd go at a time like this."


One of the daggers hitting his Dragon Staff, Andrew felt the shock wave run up his arm, wincing in pain as it did so. Rushing forward to strike back, he sent the blow into her stomach, the Princess roaring in pain as she brought her arm up and threw him back through the air. Throwing himself back up to his feet, he sent the weapon slamming into the ground.

"Tidal Wave!"

Behind the crouching figure of the gold ranger, a huge pillar of water erupted up over his body, crashing down on top of Jyngella. As the scream of anger ripped out above the roar of water, one of her daggers came charging through the water, hitting Andrew in the stomach. The blow enough to throw him down to his back, his suit protecting him from further damage...


"Here we are," Dominic said, reaching over to a keypad and hitting in several numbers. As a mild beep to confirm his code rang out, the door slid open to reveal a warehouse behind it. And in the middle of that warehouse, alongside several similar consoles to the ones that had been abandoned in the Aquabase...

"Welcome to our secondary SDI base," Bristow said, the seven of them walking into the warehouse. "Specifically outfitted for a purpose like this. It might not have any Zords, but..."

"There are reserves of weapons here," Miranda said, pointing to a rack of Defense Blasters across from them. "Blasters, Lugia Lancers, a second Emergency Fearow..."

"Another Defense Driver," Katie remarked, spotting the vehicle up ahead of them. "That's awesome. Since the other one is probably in the drink right now."

"There are replacement Assault Racers as well," Miranda said. "And the best part is, we have a secondary morphing grid up here. Since the other one was frequently compromised, we had a second one designed. So, your powers will still be able to work. Even though the morphing grid down below might not have been touched, this is still a backup just in case."

"That's a relief," Luke said. "What about the Battle Strikers?"

"The SDI satellite wasn't damaged in any way," Dominic replied. "All we need to do is reboot an up-link. Or something to that effect."

"Anyway let's see if we can pin down Andrew," Miranda said, walking over to one of the consoles nearby. Dropping the Legendary Sabre on top of the surface next to her, she sat down on a chair and began to type away.

"At least we managed to save that," Danni remarked, looking at the weapon. "No replacing that, is there?"

"Not a chance," Xavier said. "That thing is one of a kind."

"With the Aquabase destroyed," Dominic commented. "We're going to need all the help that we can get."

"That might just be the only way that we can destroy Misteria," Miranda said, still typing away at the keyboard. "I wasn't going to leave it behind."

"Have you managed to get a track on Andrew?" Bristow asked. "We need to find out where he is now!"

"It's a big city," she replied. "And it's not like we have the stuff we had at the Aquabase here either."

"Just keep working away," Bristow urged. "You have to find him."

"If only to let him know we're all okay," Danni said. "I mean..."

"Got him!" Miranda exclaimed. "He's... Fighting Jyngella downtown. In..."

"We'll take the Assault Racers and get to him," Xavier replied. "Let us know when you pin him down."

"Will do," Miranda replied. "We're almost close."

"SDI!" Xavier yelled, the five of them bringing out their morphers. "Time to battle!"


Picking himself up off the ground, Andrew threw a glare over at the Princess.

"Come on," she replied. "I thought that you were tougher than this."

"You want to see tough?" the gold ranger retorted, feeling the power run through him. "You want me to make your day?"

"You don't have the juice to do that," she shot back.

"Want to bet?" Andrew replied, his fists erupting into flames. "Because, you're about to get toasted by my juice! Sacred Fire of Light!"

Focusing all his inner power out onto her, the twin fireballs that his fists had become erupting out towards her in one giant golden pillar of flames, the gold ranger watched it strike her in the stomach. The blast instantly immolating her into nothing, a screech of agony ringing out around the square as her body hit the ground and broke into ashes. Behind him, Andrew heard the sound of approaching engines, his empathic abilities telling him that the other rangers had arrived on the scene."

"What took you so long?" he asked, shooting a grin around at them. Not that they'd have been able to see because of his helmet.

"Oh nothing much," Xavier replied. "Just escaping from a sinking Aquabase."

"Really?" Andrew asked, not noticing the growing burst of purple energy behind him. "Nowhere to go back to. Oh well... Hang on... I'm getting something. A portal to the Shadow World is opening. Very very close to us."

"Errr... Andrew?" Nahir asked. "Look behind you."

Across from the six rangers and the growing portal, Kable and Ramelow appeared, both of them letting out harsh laughs as they saw the gold rangers reaction to the appearance of the portal. Of the sight of the figure materialising into view out of the tear in reality. Slowly revealing itself to be...

"Holy crap!" Xavier shouted, the figure finally fully appearing in front of them. "It's Misteria!"

Straightening up to her full height, the evil monarch demon let out a grin of savage evil fury at the rangers.

"Excellent," she said, swooping her glance over to where Andrew was. "I knew that one of you would be able to do me proud."

"What happened?" Danni asked. "What was..."

"Three seals to let me back into the world," Misteria taunted. "That's what I told Jyngella. She broke the first two of those locks, allowing for the final part of my plan to be put into action. Sealed away, this great evil. Seals three and only. Broken when the door is opened. The door of family blood. The final seal was my daughter's life. Now she's dead, I can live. And your world is doomed!"

"Not while we're still here," Katie yelled. "We will stop you!"

"Just try it," Ramelow laughed. "Watching her destroy you will be hilarious. And I thought I was going to have to be the one that destroyed Jyngella."

Away from the view of the demons, Danni had managed to bring her hand up to her helmet, quietly speaking into the communicator inside.

"You're sick!" Nahir exclaimed. "Offering up your own daughter like that. What's wrong with you!"

"You think I care about her?" Misteria replied. "I care nothing but of my own survival. A means to an end, she was."

"That's just low," Luke said.

"That's rich from you," Nahir muttered, sarcastically.

"Misteria, we're giving you one chance," Xavier said. "Leave now and head back to whatever pit you've come out of. Otherwise, we will destroy you. The way that we've destroyed virtually everything your army has thrown at us."

For a moment, the Queen stared at them all, her eyes narrowing in anger.

"I'm afraid that I'm going to have to decline," she retorted, throwing up her arms. Unleashing a powerful Shadow Ball attack towards the rangers, all of them were thrown to the ground by the force of the blast.

"Man, that's power," Katie groaned. "Ouch!"

Without hesitating, Danni stepped forward. Both arms behind her back, almost as if she was concealing something from view.

"You should have taken that offer when you had the chance," she warned. "Now, you're going down."

"Oh really?" Queen Misteria asked. "And what makes you so sure?"

Slowly bringing her arms out, the yellow ranger held up the Legendary Sabre. Narrowing her eyes under her helmet at the demon monarch.

"Intuition," she replied. "Anyone else want to do this, or...?"

"Go for it!" Andrew yelled. "Destroy her!"

"There's a lot of anger in you," she remarked, her eyes shining with malice at the gold ranger. "Good. That might save you when I obliterate this world to make room for my kingdom. Plus the fact I know that a mindlessly loyal drone you can be when..."

Jumping up behind her, Danni brought the Legendary Sabre crashing against the Queen's neck. Promptly watching it bounce off her skin, the demon turning on the spot and grabbing the yellow ranger by the throat. As the sword fell from her grasp, clattering to the ground, Danni began to choke for air. Her boots flailing in the empty air, trying to get a grasp against something.

"It's really not polite to attack your betters from behind," she hissed. "Now, what should be your punishment for such a rude action."

"Leave her alone!" Andrew yelled, throwing himself at the Queen. Aiming a flying kick at her head, the momentary distraction was enough to force her into dropping the yellow ranger. Crouching down, throwing out his hand towards the fallen Legendary Sabre...

"I'll destroy you myself," the gold ranger growled.

... He grabbed it up, before instantly dropping it again with a hissing howl of pain.

"What the...?" he exclaimed. "That's not..."

"You think that piece of recycled metal could defeat me?" Misteria snickered, starting to fade away from view. "I'll be seeing you all soon. I have an army to yell at, and I think we'll take this City first. Soon, your way of life will be forfeit."

As she vanished away leaving the rangers behind, Andrew clutching his hand in pain, Danni still gasping for air and the Legendary Sabre on the ground, Xavier spoke up first.

"So," the red ranger said. "Plan B anyone?"


To Be Continued...


Author's Notes.

So... The Aquabase is destroyed. Jyngella is gone... Soul Spectre Megazord blew up... Misteria is here. And to make things completely worse, the Legendary Sabre doesn't work on her.

Anyway, this is the first part of the series finale. The final part will be up soon.

It seems like only a few days ago that I started to write this. Awww... Even though all the rangers barring Danni and Andrew are coming back next season. Along with Duo. New powers. New weapons. New colours. And of course, new enemies.

Anyway, for the element of surprise, there's no preview below.

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