Episode 49

"Injured Teammate"


Amy has gotten a bike, and she wants to ride it so that she can get to places a little faster. Even though the only places the rangers really go to regularly is the nearby town of Transition Outpost, Amy uses the bike to save a few minutes when traveling from one building to another. This is also the time when job positions are being opened, and there's not enough willing people to fill in all of them.

However, during her first test ride, Amy accidentally falls over and injures her arm. With Fluttershy being absent due to a nearby monster attack, the task of helping her heal has fallen into the hands of the remaining friends. However, helping Amy heal proves to be harder than it really is due to some bickering.


[Beginning of Episode]

Things are getting a bit crazy around these places in recent times. Tired from this, the two leaders, Sonic and Rainbow, have left with their parents for a vacation across the world to take a break from being stationed near Transition Outpost for the past several months. The team will be going without a leader for a while.

The last thing they would expect was another attack, just days after the last one which involved a train. It seems that even after these serious events, they couldn't catch a break for long.

"Alert!" Median warns. "Eggman is targeting the station connecting this town to the rest of the train network. Move, now! You won't need a whole lot of rangers for this mission."

For this mission, five rangers ran out the door, ready for action. Sunset, Shadow, Thunder, Espio, and Fluttershy have all decided to participate in defending the only station connecting this town to the rest of the rail network. While rail reparations are being made to the local station, they need to make sure that the local people aren't disconnected from the rest of the country for longer than they may tolerate.

"Rainbow and Sonic may be gone for now," Sunset said, "but that doesn't mean we're weak."

She grabs her bike from the garage, along with Shadow who hops in the seat next to her.

"I'm pretty sure they also left to test us if we are capable of defending the town without their aid," Shadow said. "Boy, they have been involved in a lot of missions lately."

"Well, if you don't count the times where our hometown got attacked because some of our friends decided to travel to there," Espio added.

"We don't have our most capable fighter available to us," Thunder reminded everyone, "so let's bring our healer along just in case." He then reaches over and pulls Fluttershy up to his riding cloud.

"I hope you don't get too injured," Fluttershy said to the others.

Espio then gives Fluttershy a reassuring pat, telling her that major injuries won't be a problem in this fight.

Sunset grips on her bike's handlebars with a tight grip, revving up the engines. "Okay, guys," she began. "Let's make sure the people don't get isolated for any longer!"

Sunset and Shadow's bike combine together, and they both hover above the ground. They ride off to the west, with Thunder and his two friends riding behind them. While these five were absent to so some defending work, a disgruntled Amy walks out of the residential building.

Amy watches as her friends ride off into the distance without her. She lets out a heavy sigh. "It really sucks to not participate in a mission," she said. "It makes me feel like I have nothing else to do besides lounging here, waiting for my time to shine. The last time I tried, some clone just threw a hammer at my head before I can even land a hit."

After not being in ranger form for quite some time, Amy is getting increasingly bored and frustrated over not being able to join along her friends in these battles. She thinks that maybe doing something else will fill her life. And she did just that.


Outside, Amy is hanging out with some of her friends. They are sitting at some benches, with some wandering around while pondering.

As she watches the others walk around her, she gives them a question. "Does being a ranger, but rarely getting a chance to do anything, really suck?" she asks.

Manic is a bit too distracted about the vacation Sonic has left this base to do to care about what Amy is asking. "I'm still not sure why I was left here when Sonic, his parents, and his friend's family all decided to go on a vacation," he said. "I have barely anything else to do outside of my hobbies. Can't I just go with them?"

Amy shifts her gaze at Manic. "You're not answering my question," she told him.

Pinkie leans over on the bench, looking at Amy. "Maybe they left him because he was not a true family member."

Manic shifts gears and becomes angry at Pinkie. "Hey! Sonic and Tails have a brother-like relationship," he said, "and they aren't even related. Same goes with Rainbow and Scootaloo. If they consider each other as siblings, why can't I? I mean, he has called me a brother a few times before, even after discovering his true brother."

"Maybe you don't deserve a vacation because you're not active enough," Pinkie suggests.

"Hey, I might not participate in them, but these missions still stress me out," Manic reacts.

Amy got frustrated because they aren't answering the question she asks them. She exploded at them. "Quit bickering right this moment!" she yells, silencing Pinkie and Manic and causing them to pay attention to Amy. "You guys aren't answering my question, so I have to express my thoughts. I rarely get into ranger mode in these mission. Outside of our Megazords, I never get to do anything."

"What? Seriously?" Pinkie asks.

"I got too bored over not having anything else to do outside of hobbies," Amy told them. "Which is why I applied for a job and got myself a bike."

"A bike?" Manic responded. He and Pinkie look at each other for a moment, both coming to the same idea. "Would you mind if you show it to us?"

Amy nodded. "Sure," she answers.

Pinkie went into a cheer. "Wee hee! This is exciting!" she said. "I'll got get the others so that they don't miss out on this!"


Later, the remaining rangers gathered around the garage as Amy opened it up and went inside. She comes out with a pink bike that's a bit small, with a height no taller than her waist.

"A bike shop has opened recently," Amy explains, "and I brought this special one that suits me."

Applejack takes a closer look at the bike Amy is holding. "Hmm. Looks more like a standard bike to me," she said. "Paint it all you want with any color you desire, but fundamentally, it's still a regular bike."

Amy shook her head. "Not just any normal bike that you've seen before," she said. Amy demonstrates the special feature of her bike by lifting the pedals up to an upright position, pulling on the ends of the handlebars, then folding the bike in half. Suddenly, it's the size of a torso. Still reaches up to her waist when set down on the ground, however.

The others don't even care on the seemingly puny size of the bike. They are amazed about how the bike collapses into a smaller shape.

"Whoa! It's collapsible?" Manic gasps.

Amy recalls this burning question she always have when playing games that have a bike as a transport tool. "I'd never understand how a bike can be stuffed in a backpack the size of a torso," she said. "Except, maybe, by use of a magical pocket. Like this!" She reaches into her pocket and pulls out her hammer, not realizing that she almost hit Knuckles.

"Hey!" Applejack yelled, angry that one of her friends was almost hit by another friend. "Quit swingin' that or you'll hurt someone!"

Amy inspects her hammer, taking in a few more angles. "It only works with my hammer," she concluded. "I think." She puts her hammer away, then lifts the bike back up. "Which is why I brought a collapsible bike."

Rarity rolls her eyes. "Amy, darling," she began. "Why would you ever need a bike? The only place we regularly visit has everything within a walkable distance. Isn't a bike kind of...oh, what's the word...pointless at this point?"

Amy wonders if everyone has realized why she decided to get a bike in the first place. "Like I said. I'm bored and tried with sitting around here doing nothing," she told everyone again to make it clearer. "That's why I applied for a job at delivery. Sending goods from one part of town to another."

Applejack remembers that on the way to work yesterday, she walked past several establishments that weren't there before. "Hang on," she realizes. "That was a job opening that was recently added. Ever since Pentagon Gym has opened a location at the nearby town, there has been a flood of establishments opening job opportunities for workers. I saw several well known companies opening new locations near the main street on the way to work."

Knuckles raised his hand. "That Pentagon Gym job as a manager and trainer has been taken my me," he told the others. "I'm expecting my first work shift there to be tomorrow morning until the afternoon."

"I'm going to be a baker!" Pinkie cheerfully declares. "There's not enough of those around selling baked goods here in town!"

Manic is a little lost about thinking about a potential job. "Uh...I have no idea what I should be doing as a job," he said.

Pinkie wrapped her arm around Manic's neck and brings him closer to her. "Well, you can always work with me!" she told him.

Manic looked at Pinkie, glancing to the side while blushing. "Hehe," he nervously chuckles.

Twilight has said nothing, and the young ones are not old enough to get jobs of their own.

Rarity thought about opening a boutique in this location and expanding her business, but after thinking about it she declined to do it. "I'm just going to stick with doing commissions, sorry," she told everyone, much to their disappointment. "I would really love to open a boutique at the nearby town but...someone already beat me to the punch."

Pinkie looked at Rarity with a confused look. "What punch?" she asks.

Applejack stares at Pinkie with a disapproving look.

"I had an opportunity to do it," Rarity explains, "but this town already has a clothing store open, both casual and formal. I don't want to look redundant."

"Same with me," Silver said, siding with Rarity. "I'm just going to...continue maintaining our weapons. Besides, what am I going to do as a job to pass the time? Sharpening people's knifes?"

This prompted the others to chuckle in the strange reason why Silver refused to get himself a job.

As for the others, it is unsure about what job they would be getting. Even if they had an idea, they're in the middle of combat. They don't think they have the mental capacity to both communicate and fight at the same time. Unless they can find a brief period of calm, but still.

Amy looks at her watch and sees that her first shift should be starting in a few minutes. "Well, I'll be one my way to my place of work for my job interview," she said. "See you later!" She then runs to the teleporters.

Everyone bids a brief goodbye to Amy as she heads off for her job interview.

"Tell us how it goes!" Pinkie asks Amy a favor.


Amy gets out of the alley riding on her bike and rides down Main Street WE while looking at the letter she got saying that she is eligible for an interview. In it contains the address of her place of work.

"Hmm..." Amy grunted as she reads her letter. "According to this mail, my workplace should be at the main street, going north and south. Get to the plaza and take a right turn to-"

She suddenly hears a bike bell go off and Amy looks ahead. She finds that a cart is heading towards her and she makes a quick move out of the way of the cart.

"Whoa!" Amy yelps as she makes the hard turn. She looks behind her as the cart passes by.

The man pulling the cart looks at Amy with a disapproving look.

Amy takes a moment to breathe. "Oh, dear. That was close call," she said. Then she snaps back to the mail she received. "Okay, so, from Main Street WE, take a right turn onto Main Street NS. After a short trip, you'll arrive at-"

"Watch out!" someone yelled.

Amy looks up from her letter and finds Applejack's brother, of all people, heading straight towards her.

"Wha!" Amy screams as she quickly applies the brakes.

This wasn't enough to slow her down to safe levels. Mack jumps out of the way while Amy impacts the apple cart nearly at full speed and she is flown out of her bike. She flies though the air and crashes into a nearby empty market stand. She crashes down arm first, breaking the wood and impacting the ground hard. Amy felt a sharp pain in her body after she lands.

A woman gasps at how poorly this ranger handles safety. "Oh, goodness!" she gasps. "You weren't even wearing your safety gear! How could you do this to yourself?"

Mack gets up and runs over to Amy. "Are you okay?" he asks.

Amy only responded with grunts and cries of pain as she rolls over. She holds on to her left arm tightly.


The interview was postponed for a later time. Mack called Applejack, and she sends the others to carry the injured Amy back to base. While Amy is recovering. everyone seems a bit baffled that a ranger like her would be able to get injured.

"How did she get hurt?" Twilight asks the others. "She wasn't fighting any monsters or robots or anything of that sorts. How did Amy managed to get hurt from a fall?"

Median sigh as he gives the truth to his rangers. "It's been a while since Amy has last transformed into her ranger form," he told the others, which sends them gasping in shock. "During her period of being unmorphed, she slowly loses out on durability. She is hovering right above the durability of a normal human who has never been exposed to the morphing grid. She'll never actually reach that point due to the math governing this factor, but after a while she'll be close to normal human durability."

Amy whines as another wave of pain pulses through her body. "Why didn't I get myself involved in these missions more often?"

"When you morph into your ranger mode, you get a surge of energy," Median explains. "This grants the user extra durability, strength, and reactions. This carries over even into their civilian form, for a while. After not being in ranger form for a while, you're pretty much close to what you would be if you were never exposed to the morphing grid. At all."

"So this happened because Amy was not active enough?" Tails asks. "Man, we must be so cruel to her, and we didn't know it."

Twilight brings her communicator up to her mouth. "I hope they don't mind if I interrupt," she said. Then she activates the communicator to make a call. "Fluttershy! We need your help! Amy has been injured, and we could use your healing abilities."

Fluttershy sounded nervous as she spoke. "Uhh, we're in the middle of a battle right now," she said. "Can you give us a moment?" The call then abruptly ends.

Twilight lets her arm down while giving out a frustrated groan.


Soon, Amy is in Room 5 sitting on her bed. Rarity is next to her checking on her condition. Amy is given an ice pack to help calm down her nerves.

"Feeling better?" Rarity asks.

Amy felt the pain going away. It seems to be working. "Yeah, I feel better," she replies. "But I need some rest now. This pain...it still hurts."

Rarity lifted the ice pack and squeeze Amy's arm in the area she applied the ice pack. Amy reacted with a yell. Rarity got frustrated. "Ugg," she grunted. "This ice pack isn't enough to heal those injuries," she said. She looks at where the pillows should be and finds that there are none. "And we shouldn't have removed all the pillows for cleanup at the same time." Grumbling, she calls for some help. "Applejack! Can you get a spare pillow for us?"

Applejack walks in the room, though not with a pillow in her hands. "What are you talking about?" she asks. "You ain't the boss of me! Our leaders are!"

"Sonic and Rainbow expected us to follow their orders only in battles unless otherwise stated," Rarity reminded. "We are expected to help out a injured friend recover faster."

"Can't she just lay there on her bed until we can get the pillows finished?" Applejack asks,

"I don't want to sleep with my head on the bed!" Amy cried. "I need a pillow now!"

Rarity glares back at Applejack with an angry look "Applejack! Get a spare pillow if you can find one!" she yells in a demanding done.

Applejack rolls her eyes upon being tasked with something. "Ugg," she groans. "Fine." She then heads upstairs.

Amy looks at the bed, bare from having no pillow for her head to rest on. "Why did we wash all the pillows at the same time?" she questioned.

"Don't ask me," Rarity answers, not looking at Amy. "Ask the fool who decided this!"

"Who?" Amy wonders.

"You don't want to know," Rarity replies.

Before Amy could guess, Applejack comes back in holding a pillow like Rarity requested. However, she doesn't look pleased.

"Here! Have a pillow!" Applejack said as she tosses the pillow.

The pillow landed right on Rarity's face, much to her displeasure. Rarity takes of the pillow and stares at Applejack displeased. "Ugg. You're just plain rude," she told her friend. "How about you hand me the pillow nicely?" She then tosses the pillow right back at Applejack.

Applejack catches the pillow and growls at Rarity in disgust. "I need to get back to work as soon as I can!" she told them. "Here!" She tosses it back at Rarity.

Rarity then responds by tossing the pillow back to Applejack, then she tosses it back to Rarity. And back. And then to Amy's face. This got a displeased look from Rarity directed to Applejack.

Median caught notice that two girls are arguing over a pillow of all things and intervened to stop them "Whoa there! Stop!" he told them. "What are you two doing? You were supposed to be helping a friend heal up. Not having a fuss over minor things. We need to help Amy recover as fast as possible. Fluttershy isn't returning until the mission is completed, so help her out as best as you can."

Applejack grumbled and stormed out of the residential building, heading back to work in a bad mood.

Median then "stares" disapprovingly at Rarity. "What's gotten into you two?" he asks. "Why are you tossing pillows around?"

Rarity does not answer. Meanwhile, Amy looks at Rarity with an annoyed face.


Meanwhile, Silver is at the workshop performing inpections of the weapons used in the most recent completed mission. He looks at Espio's katana. Since he made it in only a few days, he got a little worried that the lack of time spent on making it might lead to it breaking in the middle of battle.

"Let's see..." Silver said as he took in several angles. "No major damage, just scratches." He then gives the blade a firm push. "And it doesn't look like its even close to breaking." Seeing that he has done a good job, he smiles. "That's good. This will survive for months." He then picks up the katana, heads over to the suit chamber corresponding to Espio, opens it, then places the katana back into its scabbard. Afterwards, Silver closes it and sends it back to Espio. Then he makes a call. "No need to worry about it breaking while you're fighting," he assures him. He waits for a response as he heads out the door. "You're welcome. See you guys soon."

Finishing the call, Silver exits the workshop, only to find a grumpy Rarity on the other side.

"Oh," Silver said, nearling jumping in surprise. "Hey, Rarity. Why are you so grumpy?"

"I asked Applejack to hand me the pillow nicely," Rarity grumbled. "Instead, she tossed it at me! How rude!"

"Well, she did say that she was in a hurry to get to work," Median said. "Cut her some slack."

Rarity covered one side of her face, shaking it and sighing. "Couldn't she spent a moment to help out a friend?"

"Really?" Silver said. "I thought you two cared for each other. I thought that you two are willing to help each other out. But lately, outside of battles, I rarely see you two work together. Why is that?"

"Oh! It's just..." Rarity began, before she realizes something. "Oh dear..."

"What?" Silver reacted. "What do you mean 'oh dear'?"

"I just realize something," Rarity answers, remembering how long ago the last major interaction was. "Applejack and I haven't had any major interactions in a while!"

Silver got baffled. "What?"

Suddenly, Knuckles comes along, heading these two having a chat.

"Whoa! Whoa!" Knuckles said, stepping into this conversation. "What are you talking about?"

Rarity turrns her attention towards Knuckles. "I was angry at Applejack for being rude to me while we are taking care of Amy!" she answers. "And also, I'm kind of sad that she and I don't interact that much."

"What?" Knuckles yelled. "But we're friends!"

Silver rolled his eyes. "Some friends are closer than others, my friend," he muttered.

Then, the rangers got a call.

"Aww man!" Knuckles said in an annoyed tone. "Who's it coming from now?"

Silver answers the call on his communicator. "Hello?" he spoke.

"Guys!" Amy yelled. "I need some water!"

"Thirsty already?" Rarity gasps. Then she snaps herself back. "Okay, Amy! I will get some for you." She then takes a step towards the residential building, only to be stopped by Knuckles.

"Hey!" he shouted. "You take a break while I fetch some water for Amy." He then goes to the residential building, only to be stopped by Rarity.

"But isn't the responsibility of healing her falls on me?" Rarity asks.

"It falls on all of us!" Knuckles shouted back.

"We have no projects that we are working on as of now," Silver said, stepping up to defend Rarity. "Let her fetch some water for Amy."

Knuckles leans forward, pushing his face into Silver. "No, it should be me!" he yelled.

Rarity watches the two boys having a fight and can't help but feel the same about herself and Applejack.

Just then, Applejack poked her head out from a corner, overhearing the two boys arguing. "What are you boys doing tryin' to get into our responsibilities?" she asks. Then she walks up to the friends.

"Applejack, what tare you doing here?" Rarity asks. "I thought you were at your apple stand."

"I was," Applejack answers, "and then I heard that you two were having an argument."

"How was that work shift?" Knuckles asks.

Applejack presented her morpher to the them. "I had to cancel early after Median told me that something was going on back at base," she answers.

"Why would you do that?" Silver asks. "Don't you have apples to sell?"

Suddenly, Amy calls back on them, this time sounding more annoyed. "Guys! Get me water now!" she screams. "I'm getting thirsty!"

This was immediately followed by another call, this time from one of their friends who decided to go out there and fight Eggman.

"Hey, guys!" Sunset calls. "We'd-"

"You stay out of this!" the four of them shouted at their morphers.

"Whoa," Sunset responded. "That's just harsh. Yelling at your teammate with disrespect, come on! We just finished that mission. Give us some respect for doing our job."

"How are you guys back at base treating Amy?" Thunder asks.

The four of them realize that this was an uncomfortable, awkward topic to discuss. They turn their heads towards the residential building. "Well...it's..." Rarity began, before trailing off into silence.

"Did you help her recover?" Fluttershy asks.

"Well...we-" Rarity said, trying to delay revealing the answer until they come back. Unfortunately for her, Applejack just had to step in.

"We sort of had an argument broke out over...minor things," Applejack said. She paused when she got to trying to explain the reasoning behind their arguing. "I don't really know why this argument broke out."

"What? You didn't know?" Sunset said, shocked to hear this from her friends. "Then why are you guys fighting in the first place?"

"Umm, guys?" Espio said, his voice being heard through the communicator. "I thought we already defeated Eggman. How did he survive that?"

The sound of an object flying over their friends' head is heard from their communicators.

Sunset groans. "This is what we get for not bringing along a finisher," she said with regret.

"Guys, Eggman is heading in your way," Median alerted. "Get ready to intercept him!"

Silver looks at this teammates. "Well, time for us to drop the disputes," he told them. "Let's finish this job!"

The others (reluctantly) nodded in agreement. Then they run off to get ready for the upcoming fight.

Meanwhile, Amy is getting increasingly annoyed that she isn't getting what she asked for. She called her teammates several times asking them to get her some water, as the glass set besides her bed is empty. After calling them several times, she gives up. "Fine!" she snapped. "If you aren't willing to give me water, then I'll do it by myself." She got off her bed and makes her way towards the kitchen. Due to her injured legs and back, she trips and falls on her chest. "Whoa!" she yelped, and then she hit the floor, hurting her arm further. "Ow..."


The team runs over to intercept Dr. Eggman. There, they saw that he is using the Egg Dragoon. But it's not the same one that was fought the last time he bought it out. This was a new version with new features and built up fighting experience. It now has a shield replacing one of its hands.

It appears to be dented in several places, from the pain body to the shield itself. Despite this, according to the observations made by their friends, this thing is still working.

"Oh, those fools," Eggman said, rolling his eyes. "They thought they can do it without a finisher, but they've forgotten why a finisher is so important in a ranger fight. They thought I was finished, but turns out, I'm not."

Silver grins. "Lucky for us, we have our own finisher."

Applejack looks at the two white rangers. "Why didn't you guys go with them?" she asks.

Not wanting another argument to spark, Silver and Rarity gave Applejack a disapproving look.

Silver and Rarity transforms into ranger mode, combining both of their bows together to form the Twin Bow. Then they pull back on the drawstring, aiming it at the Egg Dragoon. As they charge up the attack, Eggman grins with confidence and readies his shield, placing it between him and the rangers. Then, they release the arrow, sending it flying. It collides with the shield, stopping and generating sparks as it attempts to pierce through it. Everyone nearby watches in anticipating, expecting for this finisher to break the shield. Then, the arrow exploded, knocking everyone off their feet and making them land on their backs.

As the smoke clears, it was revealed that the Egg Dragoon remains unscathed.

"What?" Silver gasps, shocked by this.

"He blocked it?" Rarity gasps, letting her jaw drop.

"Ha!" Eggman mockingly laughs. "Fools. I saw that coming from a mile away!"

Growling, Knuckles transforms and leaps high into the air, diving towards Eggman fist first. "How about this?" he asks as his fist is surrounded by aura. He slams his fist in to the shield...before jumping off while covering his hand. "Ow!' he cried. "That hurt!"

Eggman laughs at Knuckles, who was foolish enough to slam his powered up fist into his shield at full force.

Not wanting to have an embarrassing loss, Applejack decides it's her time to shine. She leaps up, transforms, then bring her leg down towards the Egg Dragoon, powered up by Aura Power. She slams it into the shield, only to feel a sharp pain going up her leg.

"Hey!" Applejack yelled, holding on to her leg and rubbing it. "What's with that shield?"

"This machine might have lost a little bit of combat power, but it's still enough to take down even you," Eggman said. Then he goes into a whisper. "Just as long as that hammer tossing dude doesn't cross my path again."

Surprisingly, Eggman was not as quite as he thinks he as, as his voice was being transmitted through the integrated speakers. Everyone discovers what this robot's weakness is, and the explanation behind all those dents.

"Hammers?" Silver asks, baffled by such a weakness. "So your weakness is-"

"Oh!" Eggman gasps, realizing that they hard him. "Did you really heard that? I thought I was quiet enough!" He beings to regret having his speakers on at all times.

Knuckles hears that hammers are the key to finishing this robot off, then throws that advice away. "Who needs hammers when you have fists of steel?" he asks. He then charges towards the Egg Dragoon, getting ready to punch it. His fist then collides with the shield, causing him to hurt his hand once again.

"How about a powerful kick?" Applejack asks as she swings her at the Egg Dragoon. It too was intercepted by the shield, causing her to injure her leg. "Ahh!" she scream.

At this point, Thunder calls the rangers once again. "Guys, his weakness is hammers," he them. "Earlier, I tossed my hammer at him and-"

"Okay! We know!" Silver interrupted, having known that information already. "That 'genius' told us that!"

"Oh? He did?" Thunder asks. "Well, we're getting close to your location. In the meantime, how is Amy doing? Taking care of her like you should?"

Rarity looks behind her at the residential building. "Well..." she said, trying to hide the truth away.

Suddenly, the door swings open, with a very angered Amy waiting outside.

"Do you even know how much I had to suffer?!" Amy yells, breathing heavily in anger.

"Oh! Sorry!" Applejack apologizes. "We've forgotten about you in that battle!"

"How could you?" Amy cried. "I thought you are supposed to be my friends! Instead, you left me in the dark!"

The Egg Dragoon fires off several missiles at the rangers. Rarity jumps in and creates a shield to protect them. The shots hit her diamond shield, and Eggman continued to fire hoping to break though it. While she is protecting her friends, Rarity gazes over to Amy. "How are we supposed to help Amy now?" she asks. "I can't put my shield down, otherwise we'll get hit!"

Suddenly, the five rangers that went out and fought Dr. Eggman arrives.

"Sorry if we're late," Sunset apologizes. "That thing was faster than we expected. Didn't expect a busted up robot to be able to fly so fast."

Thunder then lands right in front of Eggman. "Hi there again," he said. "Great to see each other, aren't we?"

Eggman suddenly gets frightened. "Oh no, not you again!" he said.

Thunder spins his hammer around his fingers. Then he grasps the handle. "Let me put a few dents into your powerful mech!" he said.

"Good luck with that," Eggman said. "Reinforcements, attack!"

Things turn chaotic once the Egg Pawns and foot soldiers show themselves. Planes fly over them, dropping an army of them onto the battlefield. Rangers are fighting against them. So much is going on that it's getting hard to keep things in track.

This is when the remaining rangers show up, hearing about the troubles their friends are having. Deciding that they do not want to miss out, and seeing that their friends could use some help, they transform and join in.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy runs up to the downed Amy, who is unable to help her friends out. She kneels down near her. "You okay, Amy?" she asks.

"Not much," Amy replies. "My arm and leg really hurts."

Fluttershy did a full analysis of Amy's body, checking for anything that might raise serious medical red flags. "No broken bones," she observes after touching Amy's legs and arms. "Nerves might be damaged, some wounds on the affected regions...how does it feel moving your arm and leg?"

Amy feels a slight pain when Fluttershy touches her legs. "It hurts to move them," she responded. "Even when keeping them still, I still feel the pain."

"No worries," Fluttershy assures. "Just give me some time to heal you up. Rarity?"

While Rarity is maintaining a shield, she looks off towards Amy and sees that Fluttershy is requesting some protection. She gazes over to nearby Silver, and they nodded in agreement in what to do next. Using their Power Bond ability, they created a protective shield around Amy and Fluttershy, coated with a cyan glow. Their brains might get strained from maintaining such a shield, but it's worth it for the sake of their injured friend.

"That's a little excessive," Amy remarks, looking at the shield created around her.

"I know," Rarity said, her voice sounding strained. "Just in case."

As Eggman focused his fire on the shield, Orbot comes along and taps Eggman on the finger. "Umm...master?" he said, pointing towards Amy.

Eggman looks over and sees Fluttershy healing the injuries of Amy. "Hey, who dares to heal up?" he asks. He then looks at the two shields and tries to figure out which one is the better option. "Well, a healer is the more important target. I'm going to attempt to break through that shield instead!"

Eggman then ordered his Egg Dragoon to fired multiple missiles at the shield surrounding the rose haired girls. He expected the shield to give away given how much attacks they have to endure. However, the upon impact, the missiles suddenly gain a cyan aura surrounding them, and they get fired back at the Egg Pawns and foot soldiers, creating several explosions that knock them out.

"What?" Eggman yelled, seeing that his plan has failed. "How? I thought only Sonic and Rainbow can use the power of friendship to boost their own abilities."

"Not just them," Silver said,

Eggman turns around and sees Silver in his ranger form, pointing his arrow at him. Silver releases the drawstring, sending his arrow flying towards the Egg Dragoon. Rarity opened up a brief hole in her diamond shield, allowing the arrow to pass through. The arrow hits the Egg Dragoon, causing it to fall down.

"Gah!" Eggman cries. "This thing doesn't like it when it falls over."

Just then, Fluttershy has fully nursed Amy back to full health. All of her injuries disappeared, letting her stand up again. "Alright! You're fully recovered," Fluttershy said.

Amy jumps back onto her feet. This time, she feels little pain. She looks at Fluttershy. "Thanks," she said.

After this, Rarity's shields disappears and she and Silver fell to the ground, holding onto their heads. Knuckles and Applejack rushes over to hold them up.

Eggman suddenly gets into a panic as he pushes on the levers. "Get up!" he yelled at his machine. "Get up! Get up! Get up, please!"

Thunder then lands near Amy. With all the minor minions defeated, it is time to focus on the Egg Dragoon. "This thing's main weakness is hammers," he told Amy. "Since we are both hammer users, let's bust this thing together. Ready Amy?"

Amy looks at her morpher, which she has kept on all day just in case. "It's been a while since I last transformed," she said, recalling how long ago she has last got into her ranger mode. "Now it's time for my time to shine again."

Thunder smiles. He patted on Amy's back as they face the Egg Dragoon. "Let's do this!" he said.

Pressing on their morphers, Thunder and Amy pointed their arm up into the air, firing off a circle that descends down on them. As it passes through them, it puts on their suit. First the body suit, and then the helmet.

Amy felt a surge of energy she hasn't felt in a long time. "Ahh!" she said. "There's nothing more satisfying than feeling the surge of energy when you morph." She then pulls out her hammer, grasping the handle with both hands.

Eggman looks over and sees that he has two hammer uses that he has to deal with. "What? Oh no, the hammer girl is back?" he asks. "And hers is even larger than his."

"Don't you remember doctor?" Orbot asks.

This causes Eggman to scream at his assistant that he decided it would be a great idea to bring along.

Thunder and Amy then attack the body of the downed Egg Dragoon, with each strike leaving one more dent on it. As his machine continues to get hit, Eggman slumps into his console looking like he's starting to cry.

"Man, why didn't I account for hammers out of all things?" Eggman asks himself. "Oh, Eggman. Did you account for everyone in the team? Who cares? They aren't use as often, so why would I account for them?" he said, imitating someone else's voice. "This is why. Why did I not listen to my allies, not even my advisors that I created?" He then sighs. "Well, it doesn't matter as long as I use this embiggening fluid to force them into their giant robot." He then pulls out a vile of embiggening serum and pours it into the hole. He anticipates his machine growing to a giant size, but instead nothing happens, much to his confusion. "Wait, why didn't I work this time? I swear, this pipe looks perfectly fine."

Outside, Thunder and Amy stopped attacking the Egg Dragoon, seeing that it is unable to move.

"Well, that should be enough," Thunder said. "Why would we need to hit it a few more times?"

Eggman starts to get frustrated. "Okay, why is this thing not growling larger like it intended?" he asks himself. He grabs a pipe cleaner and stuffs it down the pile he poured the substance through. It hit a stop halfway through the stick. This is when the worst comes to him. "Aww man. Did the pipe leading into the fluid processing compartment got damaged? Or did all those dents cause this thing to fail?" Eggman then grunted, pounding on his control panel. "Man, I should've packed all of these machines into one single part."

The rangers watch the body of the Egg Dragoon as it sits there, unable to move. They watch as Eggman slowly descends into madness.

"Well, since it's down," Applejack begins, "let's bring out our finisher." She gazes over to Rarity. "Bring it out!"

Rarity lifted herself up, covering her forehead as if she has a headache. "Sorry, but that shield exhausted me," she said. "I can't do it."

Silver breaths heavily as he lays there on the ground, feeling something burning in his head. "Neither than I," he added.

"Darn!" Applejack shouted. "I was hoping for-"

"Wait a minute!" Knuckles said, looking at the two hammer users. "Look over there! Their morphers, they're glowing."

The rangers look at Thunder and Amy, noticing that their morphers are glowing.

"That looks like a very good sigh," Rarity commented, "because it is indicating that a bond is growing!"

"Welcome to the club within a club," Silver congratulated."

Amy watches as the bond between her and Thunder grows. She looks at him, reminding him of something she said before. "Hey, remember that time when I decided to hook up with you because we both use hammers?" she asks.

"Oh yeah," Thunder said, recalling that memory. "That. Well, let's see what out Power Bond Ability looks like!"

Thunder and Amy then tosses their hammers up into the air, fusing with each other in the process. The team is amazed to see that these two's Power Bond ability is a finisher.

"Come on!" Eggman yelled, flicking on the controls. "Work with me! You can't fail on me, not at this point!" At this point, Orbot looks behind Eggman and notices something horrifying. Eggman turns around and sees something he did not expect. "Uh..."

Amy is holding a massive glowing hammer that sparks with electricity.

"Eggman, this is what you get for forgetting about someone!" Amy shouted. She swings the massive hammer, sending the Egg Dragoon flying.

"Cure you rangerrrrrs!' Eggman screams as his Egg Mobile gets launched out of the Egg Dragoon. The Egg Dragoon then explodes, finally giving in to all the damage it's receiving.

The mission was finally over.


After the fight, the four rangers tasked with helping Amy heal up got berated for ignoring the task set by them. The rest of the team stares at them with disapproving looks, with the most displeased coming from Amy.

"Look, Amy," Rarity began. "We're sorry for not taking care of you when you needed it. Our schedules are quite busy. I couldn't make time to take care of you."

"And I'm sorry for getting into an argument without having anything meaningful to argue about." Applejack admitted. "I don't know what I was thinking."

Tails was a bit distracted looking at his left arm. Then he turns his attention back to the other friends. "Applejack, remember when you escorted me to a hospital room when I lost my arm?"

"Huh?" Applejack said, suddenly remembering that moment. "How did I forget that?"

"You were already in the middle of checking on another friend who had a similar experience," Median reminded Applejack. "Also, it was your day off. Your workday isn't getting in the way of helping your friend out, so you were able to do it without question."

Applejack was still confused. "Wait...what?" she asks.

Nearly everyone burst into laughter. Espio just shook his head, while Knuckles and Shadow covered their faces, letting out a frustrated groan.

As the laughter calmed down, Median turns his attention to Amy. "So, Amy. How are you and Thunder doing?" he asks.

"Well," Amy begins to respond, having her eye on Thunder, "it looks like I've found someone who I can truly love. After I changed my attitude, of course. My old attitude drove Sonic away and he chose Rainbow over me." Amy blushes in embarrassment over that blunder. "I know. I was crazy back then."

"Come to think of it," Thunder ponders, "as the only members that have a different gender than the rest of the team-"

"Don't you mean each side of the team?" Pinkie asks, interrupting Thunder. "This is the result of two teams that just mashed together, after all."

Everyone else gave Pinkie a disapproving look, because the circumstances surrounding this team is complicated. Sure, it might've come from two separate teams, but the terminology describing each side of the team is complicated. Should they be considered sub-divisions? No, that's too specific. And the members have a lot of interactions with each other, especially those who can be considered couples.

Glaring at Pinkie with a disapproving look, Thunder turns his attention back towards the other friends, while walking towards Amy. "Anyway, as the only ones who are different than the others in the initial team, in terms of gender..." He then wraps his arm around Amy neck. "We are bound to be together someday."

"Aww!' Pinkie squeals.

Pinkie has once again gotten the attention of the other rangers. This time the looks are coming from pairings that are very close, excluding Manic who is giving her a confused look.

"What?" Pinkie asks.

[End of Episode]


From the Author:

Many episodes ago, the pairing between Amy and Thunderlane has been teased right after the rescue mission to save Rarity has succeeded...in an unexpected way. And around the beginning of the "Limb Debt" arc, we are introduced to the concept of "Power Bonds", special abilities that are unlocked between rangers that share a close bond.

The process of choosing which characters should be rangers is complicated. Sure, we must have the main characters come into play, but that leaves Sonic the Hedgehog with five rangers: Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy, and Shadow. Meanwhile, My Little Pony has six characters chosen to become rangers, all of which are female. To balance out the gender ratio, I choose Thunderlane as a ranger. Why him? Well, it's because that even though he's a minor or supporting character, he has plenty in common with the main (mane?) cast, such as having a younger sibling and being part of the same elite flight squadron that Rainbow is a part of. No, not the Skyrangers. The Wonderbolts.

Then, I pair one character from each franchise involved that both share something in common. Thunder, Espio, Fluttershy, and Amy are the only ones whose thing in common is their physical trait rather than a personality trait. So...if Thunder and Amy are paired, expected to see some relationship development between Espio and Fluttershy.

Now, if you excuse me, I need to see why there was a suspension of the "Off the Rails" segment because things are behaving strangely around here.


Off the Rails

"Back in Action"

Okay, so the off the rails section is back! Time to make some-

*presented with a completely trashed comedy theater*

Uh...what happened here?

"Apparently, a unmanned plane decided to crash through this building while we are in the middle of setting up a skit," Manic explains.

Oh! So that's why my publisher advised me to not publish the previous "Off the Rails" section. I thought that it was deemed insensitive. Turns out that it was a cover up for something terrible that happened to take place around the same time I was writing that episode.

"Yeah, we had to keep the news away from you," Pinkie added. "Your publisher doesn't want you to know the reality."

Huh. That explains why my access to news articles was mysteriously revoked temporarily...


Written by TheAPPstore

Sonic the Hedgehog characters property of Sega

My Little Pony characters property of Hasbro

Series inspired by Super Sentai/Power Rangers, property of Toei Company/Saban Brands