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Ok, I know I promised a fun-shot but I'm having trouble writing that so I thought of just postponing to second fun-shot and get back to the main plot of the story.
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Last time on Project Pirate…
"Oh Emperor Terror, if you want the strongest one in the universe, you should look no further. I know the perfect candidate," Insarn told him.
"Just where are you going with this Insarn?" Hectron questioned her. "Besides, we shouldn't waste any more time. I say I go to Earth next and show those pesky pirates what real Zangyack members are made of."
"Not just yet Hectron. I might need you for something far more important," Terror Gill said. "Insarn, who do you have in mind?"
The hallway leading up to the prison cells of the Zangyack Terror was dark and cold. Insarn pushed her way through the prison guards and made her way to a certain cell that was holding the one person that was going to carry out Terror Gill's next plan.
She held up a card and scanned it to the card scanner to unlock the door. She stepped in to see the one person she has been looking for.
"Damaras," she called.
Damaras however wasn't responding. He just looked down to his feet and quietly grunts.
"Damaras, Emperor Terror Gill decided to let you out on probation. He needs your help," she said to him.
"Why would he want my help?" Damaras questioned her.
"He has tasked out with the responsibility of killing the pirate rangers for good," Insarn explained. "Are you willing to do it? You are after all the strongest man in the universe. The pirate rangers won't stand a chance against you. Not even if they try they could succeed."
Damaras continued to keep silence. Insarn took out a small folder and placed it on the small table in front of him. Damaras took the folder and opened to reveal screenshots of the pirate rangers unmorphed.
He looked through each of the photos one by one, "Troy, the red pirate and leader of Project Pirate; the one who helped Zaine of Eltar foils our plans. Blue pirate Dylan, the one who defeated Barizorg; it was also the same day they killed Walz Gill and got me in this hell hole. Yellow pirate Lexi, the cunning woman who stole, used and then destroyed the Poseidon's Heart. Pink ranger Blair, I was told she led the team to defeat Zachroid. The new member of the team, Ben. He showed to be a good fighter and aid his pirate team whenever they need him."
"There is one more pirate ranger in that folder," Insarn pointed out.
"It doesn't matter. All of them going to die in my hands and I'm going to start with their leader," Damaras replied.
"I take that as a yes. You probably need help from someone. Someone who they could never defeat," Insarn informed him.
"And I have one person in mind. Prepare the Zangyack Jet," Damaras responded.
Somewhere else in space lies a space ship called the Free Joker owned by the one and only Boze ka Jolokia. Together in his space ship is his allies space monkey Sally and also the Psycho Rangers.
It has been a while since Boze went out to the field. All they have been doing is sit around while Boze goes out on his random trips with Sally. The Psycho rangers weren't too happy about it.
"Why are we held in captivity for? I thought we were brought back to life because we were supposed to do something!" Psycho Yellow said.
"I hate to say it but I actually agree with her. When are we going to get into action?" Psycho Pink said.
"I don't mind the wait. It gives me enough time for me to think of a good plan to take down the blue ranger," Psycho Blue said.
Suddenly, the Free Joker shook on impact with another space ship. The Psycho rangers quickly ran towards the screen but the system got short circuit by the impact. Boze and Sally then stepped into the room.
"What is going on? Psycho Black, how many times did I tell you to not configure anything on my system," Boze said.
"It wasn't me," Psycho Black responded.
The doors then opened to reveal a big figure standing. The Psycho rangers stepped forward to protect Boze. However, Boze did not show any signs of fear. He just simply smirks and snapped his fingers to tell his allies to stand down.
"Stand down. I know him," Boze told his allies. He walked towards the figure and greeted him, "Hello Damaras. How was it like living in the cellar?"
Damaras stepped forward into the light and grabbed Boze by his neck, "Boze ka Jolokia. What a waste of power beneath you."
Boze's body then started to give out red smoke and he was forced to reveal his alien form. "Nice to see you too," he said sarcastically while signaling his allies to stand back.
Damaras was still not finished yet, "I gave you one task and even you couldn't complete it. You could've defeated them when the red pirate lost his memory. You could have just let your little Psycho rangers kill all of them but still you didn't."
"Have you ever considered the fact that I might need them for something more useful?" Boze questioned him evenly. "So what brings you here?"
"I have been on probation. The only way for me to bring back Terror Gill's trust is to crush those pirates once and for all," Damaras told him. "Since you have been inactive; so I've been told, I am going to need your assistance. All of your assistance."
"And if I refuse?"
Damaras stared at him evenly, "I let you get away with stealing the DNAs of the Psycho rangers and I was the one to give you this space ship. Without it, you're nothing but a common space pirate. I gave you a purpose!"
"Just because I may seem not be doing anything, doesn't mean that is true. I got a lot under my sleeve, Damaras. Don't underestimate me," Boze said to him.
"Boze, I think this might be the perfect opportunity for us," Psycho Red spoke. "With all of our combined powers, we will defeat the Power Rangers for good."
"He's right you know," Damaras said to him. "If you do this for me, I can get you whatever else you need."
Boze stayed silent as he thought about it. After a few seconds, he lifted up his hand to shake Damaras'. "Ok, I'll do it. However, you should know one thing I have been keeping under wraps that we can use against the Pirate rangers."
"What is it?"
Johnny was having gym class right now. Oh how he hated this period especially when it's the time to play dodge ball. Everyone targets him because it seems to them that he's an easy target. Unfortunately for him, it is that time again to play dodge ball. But it's all good.
For once, he wasn't picked last and he's in the same team as his friends Troy and Blair who were in his class. So far, their team is doing well. Well, unless you consider three players left versus seven players on the other team well. In his team, only he, Blair and some guy named Jordan was left. Even Johnny was surprised he lasted this long.
However, he was starting to get tired.
"Blair, I don't think I can dodge anymore," Johnny told her.
"Don't give up Johnny. We have to keep up so I will win…I mean so that our team wins. Our team is the best!" Blair replied to him distractingly. The reason she was being competitive because her ex-best friends Jennifer and Annie was in the other team and she really wants to hit them with the balls.
The ball then went straight to Johnny but Blair managed to catch the ball for him and threw it back to the other team hitting one of them. Unfortunately, one of the balls hit their team member Jordan, causing him to be eliminated.
"Ok Johnny, it's just you and me, I.…I mean we cannot lose this because our pride is hanging on the balance right now. Plus if you lose, you will be just like Troy sitting at the bench pouting," Blair told him.
"I heard that!" Troy responded back. "And the reason I lost in the beginning because there was something in my eye, blocking my view."
Blair rolled her eyes and got back into the game. Due to her fast reflexes, Blair managed to dodge every ball coming her way. The reason Johnny managed to dodge them is because he stood behind Blair the whole time; plus he runs fast. He is however getting very tired but Blair is counting on him. He refuse to let her down. What kind of friend would he be if he lets his friend down?
An idea then struck Blair, "Johnny, I have a plan. Catch a ball and aim it at someone," she instructed her.
Johnny listened to what she said and caught the ball. He aimed it at one of the people in the opposing team. However, he didn't threw it properly and the ball bounced back to his head.
"Johnny, are you ok?" Blair asked him. Suddenly seven balls hit Blair causing her to fall hard on the floor.
The teacher then blew the whistle and to mark to end of the game. Troy got up to check if Blair and Johnny was alright. Jennifer and Annie then stepped forward.
"You see what just happen, Annie?" Jennifer asked her friend.
"I did. I saw two losers doing what they do best," Annie replied. "Which is…"
"LOSING!" both girls said in unison and then walked away.
"My head is already hurt enough. Hearing their voices might give me a migraine," Blair said as Troy helped her up. "I regret the day I begged the school's administrator to put me in the same class as them!"
"Alright class, I'm going to need all your help collecting all the balls and put them in the net. Troy, Jeff and Victor, you guys help me send the balls to the utility room after that. After that, class dismiss," the teacher instructed them and everyone started doing what they're supposed to.
"Are you ok Johnny?" Blair asked him.
"I'm fine. How about you?" Johnny asked her back. He was surprised. Why would Blair ask her over how he is doing? He should be worried about her.
"I'll be ok. I took much harder hits than this," Blair replied.
"Look at my girlfriend putting a tough act," Troy said playfully.
Blair punched his arm playfully, "Shut up. You suck at dodge ball."
As they started to have a playful argument, Johnny decided to help to collect the balls on the floor. A shadow casted in front of him. It was Jennifer, Annie and some guys from their class which also includes Kyle.
"Well if it isn't the useless one who caused the team to lose," Kyle said.
"I wouldn't call him useless. Because of him, our team won," Jennifer said.
"But he did let his team down; especially his friends. I have yet to see Johnny fend for himself," Annie said.
"Let's see for sure if he can fend for himself," Kyle suggested while holding the dodge ball in his hand. The others soon followed his lead.
Johnny saw he was surrounded by his least favorite people and soon they were starting to walk closer to him. Blair saw this and walked towards the group.
"Hey, leave him alone!" Blair demanded. The group then turned their attention to Blair. "Don't you guys have anything better to do? Why do you always have to pick on some people just so you feel better about yourself?"
"I never thought I'd see the day Blair Reynolds is defending a total nobody. Not that surprising considering she has become a total nobody," Kyle said to her. "Listen Blair, I know you miss being in the in-crowd so I'll make you a deal. Be my girl and your dreams will come true," he said while moving close to her.
"Let go of her. She is not your girlfriend and she never will be," Johnny told him.
"Look who stepped up," Jennifer said sarcastically.
"Let's see how long he can stand on his two feet," Kyle said as he shoved Johnny to the wall.
"Let him go!" Blair told him.
Troy then entered the circle and then pulled Kyle by his shirt away from Johnny. "If I see you lay your hands on any of my friends and my girlfriend again, you going to get yourself an eye patch," Troy said to him.
"Well, look who's being a heroic guy for his girlfriend. Since you two are together, I bet Blair knows all about you already," Kyle responded to him evenly. "Blair, did you know your 'perfect' boyfriend dissed about you in the locker room once."
"Dissed?" Blair repeated his words and looked at Troy.
"Last year after you gave him your Valentine card, he used it as a toilet paper and then he called you a desperate little tramp," Kyle confessed. Troy then got angry at him and started to grab him by his shirt and was ready to punch Kyle in the face when Blair stopped his fist.
"Troy, don't," she told him. Troy slowly released him grip on him while still giving him a death stare.
Their teacher then came back to the gym, "What is going on here? When I gave all of you instructions, I expect all of you to follow them! Troy, Kyle, you two stay back. The rest of you, get clean up and head to your next class."
Everybody then started to head out while Troy stopped Blair. "Blair, you don't know the whole story," he said to her.
"We can talk later," she told her.
Johnny watches as Blair leaves the gym hall. He couldn't help but feel responsible for what happened. If only he could have defended himself instead of having his friends fight his battles for him.
"Troy, I could have a talk with Blair about it," Johnny offered.
Troy sighed, "No, she's my girlfriend. I'll talk to her. I'll see you after school.
There it goes again. His friends are always covering for him for everything. Even when he's the green ranger, his friends are always there to cover for him and save him from any danger. Which makes him think, why isn't he strong enough to save himself instead of endangering others against him?
Like a few weeks ago when they were going against the Dugomins, he was getting fried by them and was about to shoot their power at him but Lexi, Ben and Dylan all stood in front of him and took the shot thus injuring themselves. Although they didn't blame him for it, he still felt bad.
After school that day, Johnny went to meet up with his friends. When he reached at their usual spot in front of the school, Lexi, Blair, Ben and Dylan were already there. Ben waved at Johnny as soon as he arrived.
"Hey Johnny, there's a food fair around the pier today. You want to come?" Ben asked.
"Sure," he replied. Troy soon arrived and joined the group.
"Troy, I heard you got sent to the Principal's office. What did you do this time?" Lexi asked him playfully.
Troy ignored her to talk to Blair. "Can we talk now?" he asked her with pleading eyes.
"Troy, I'm not in the mood to talk about it," Blair told him.
"But you don't know the whole story behind it," Troy tried.
"So it is true?" Blair questioned him. "You know, I know you're not crazy about me back then but to do something like that really shows me how considerate you are about other people's feelings. I know you can be a jerk and all but I didn't know you were so insensitive; and gross for that matter."
"Whoa, what happened here?" Lexi inquired them.
"It doesn't matter. Let's just all go," Blair replied as she took her bag and head towards the parking lot. Lexi followed her and Ben soon joined them; leaving Troy, Dylan and Johnny behind.
"What happened to you two?" Dylan asked Troy.
"She found out something that I did to her last year and what I said about her," Troy replied.
Johnny couldn't take it, "Troy, this is my fault. If I hadn't –"
"Johnny, I am not letting you take the blame for this. This is all my fault. You didn't do anything," Troy interrupted him.
"Well are you coming with us to the food fair?" Johnny asked him.
"I think I should give her some space for a while," Troy responded.
"I think I'll skip it too," Dylan added. He just wanted to be sure that his best friend is ok.
"Alright, I'll tell them. See you guys," Johnny said before he walked to the parking lot.
Troy and Dylan waved him goodbye as he walked away. He still felt guilty and uneasy. He keeps telling himself to do something about it but at the same time, he doesn't have the courage to do so. His friends have done so much to protect him and now it seems like he's taking advantage of it. He should be able to walk on his two feet without anyone helping him.
Later that day, the four friends were at the food fair eating everything they can get their hands on. Johnny tried his best to forget what he has been thinking for the entire day but just looking at his friends makes him feel guilty. Maybe he shouldn't have followed them.
"Johnny, you have been in a daze since you got here," Lexi said to him. "What's up?"
Johnny tried his best to put on a smile, "Nothing. It's just that today has been quite a day for me."
"I can't imagine what you have to go through for the past few years Johnny," Blair said. "I didn't know how you managed to tolerate the bullies. I truly admire you for that. If it were me, I would have just quit school."
"But I didn't really do anything," Johnny pointed out.
"I feel the same way as Blair. I sometimes get picked on too but when I look at you, you somehow gave me the motivation to just move on because if I start to believe what people say to me, it's not going to do me any good," Ben told him.
"I didn't know you guys feel that way about me," Johnny said quietly.
Lexi started to look skeptical at him, "Johnny, are you really fine?" she asked him.
"I'm good. I just…I guess I'm just worn out by today," he replied to her. "Blair, do you blame me for what happened between you and Troy? Because if I had just stopped Kyle myself, he wouldn't have said those things."
"Johnny, I told you already. I don't blame you for anything. You didn't do anything wrong. Besides, I think it's better to find out now anyways," Blair replied to him.
But you guys have been fighting my battles for me. I don't feel good about it. Johnny wanted to say.
Suddenly, a big, tall figure in bronze metal wearing a cape dropped from the sky and landed in the middle of food fair. He lifted up his arm and waved his sword at a nearby food vendor. Thankfully, people managed to dodge it.
"Damaras," Johnny spoke. He remembered the time when they infiltrated the Zangyack Terror and he was with Blair when they saw him in the prison cell of the space ship.
Damaras started walking slowly and people soon started to evacuate. Damaras spotted the four friends and waved his sword directly at them. The four lied on the ground to dodge it.
"Pirate rangers…you will pay," Damaras said as he repeated his actions again.
As the four were on the ground, they took out their ranger key and morphers but this time they got hit by the wave. Fortunately for them, they morphed in time and their suits managed to save them.
Suddenly two more Pirate rangers showed up and blasted Damaras. It was Troy and Dylan.
"You guys ok?" Dylan asked them.
"Who is he?" Troy inquired.
"That's Damaras. He was one of Walz Gill's advisors and his chief in staff. When we defeated Walz Gill, he got thrown to jail because of us," Johnny explained.
"Sounds like someone wants some payback for his misery," Lexi said.
"Let's kick into action," Troy told him team.
All of them then went in and each tried their best to fight with Damaras but he proved himself to be as strong as he looks. He didn't really do much to fight the Pirate rangers. All of the then gathered in front of Damaras and insert ranger keys inside their weapons to execute its full power.
"ARMADA BLAST AND SLASH!" they called out. However, even with their powers combined, Damaras avoided the power with his sword and pushed it back to the rangers. In addition to that, he release one more energy slash from his sword at the rangers.
"He's too strong," Ben said.
"We have to retreat for now," Troy informed his team.
Before they could retreat, the rangers got blasted from their backs. When they turned, they saw Boze, Sally and the Psycho rangers. Boze smirked at them and transformed himself into his monster form.
"Greetings," he said.
"No way…" Dylan said.
"Sally, you can set this one out. We can take it from here," Boze said to his monkey sidekick.
He and the Psycho rangers then lunged in at the Blair, Ben, Dylan and Lexi while Troy and Johnny fought against Damaras. Even so, they weren't strong enough to take them all. They were running out of energy and power to do so, in addition to be caught off-guard.
Johnny tried his best to help Troy fight with Damaras but no matter what he does, he keeps getting shoved aside by Damaras. He was growing scared and his legs were shaking. But he told himself that if doesn't help Troy, he would be letting his teammate down. More importantly, he would be letting his friend down.
After Damaras shoved Troy to the ground, he started moving his sword again to slash Troy. Johnny quickly ran towards Troy to shield him but the both of them got thrown from the building and landed hardly on the ground. Just when they landed, they witness their other teammates struggling to fight against the Boze and the Psycho rangers. After getting hit hard, the other rangers demorphed as well.
"This is so thrilling!" Psycho Yellow said.
"You pathetic pirates can't stand a chance against us!" Psycho Blue said.
"Let's move things quickly," Boze said as he started using his sword to slash the four. The Psycho rangers used their weapons as well and with their combined powers, they aimed at the remaining four rangers.
"NO!" Troy pleaded. He wanted to stop them but he couldn't move his body.
Before he knew it, the four of them were gone. Johnny couldn't take it anymore and got up to start attacking Psycho Black without his weapons. Psycho Black easily retaliated by simply shoving him to the ground and stepping on his chest.
"Foolish ranger; you will never stand a chance against me," Psycho Black told him.
"I'm all done with my side, Damaras. I'll leave the rest to you," Boze said as he teleported himself and the Psycho rangers away.
Damaras then stepped forward to Troy. Johnny got up and stood in front of Troy. "Stop! I won't let you do anything to us!" he said.
Damaras simply pushed him away, "Don't be stupid. It is not you I am after, you weakling," he said and then he pulled Troy up by his shirt and took out his ranger key and mobirate from his pocket. "I am after the leader of my problems. You will pay for all the misery you have done to the Zangyack Empire."
After that, Damaras disappeared along with Troy. Before Johnny knew it, it was all alone. He looked around the area like a kid who lost his parents in a shopping mall. He lost his friends. All of them are gone. What will he do now? What can he do now?
Back in the Free Joker, the Psycho rangers were still feeling pumped over their last battle with the rangers and were celebrating their victory. Boze dismissed himself from the room and entered another room with Sally while shutting the door.
He walked inside the room and smiled at the thing he is looking at. "You know Sally; I admit that was a good battle. It's nice to see the Pirate rangers in their place," he said. He then picked up the profiles of the Psycho rangers and the thing in front of him.
There was a big cylinder covered in a big black blanket in front of him. The big cylinder is containing someone who has been missing for months. "It's too bad that they won't last too long once I surface this part of my plan. They are going to be crushed when they found out," he said. "You promise you won't tell anyone about our little secret right?" he asked his sidekick.
Sally nodded in response of her master and Boze patted her head. "Good because I want this to surprise everybody."
As he left the room, the wind for the air-conditioning vent blew the big blanket, almost exposing what was underneath it. As the light from the solar system entered the room, there was someone in the cylinder. He was tall, white and wearing a helmet. He was also put to sleep with wires all over his body.
He was Zaine of Eltar.
So what do you think?
Are you surprised by the twist at the ending?
Sorry for my bad writing though.
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BTW! I have updated most of the chapters and rearranged some of the chapters. Also for those Troy and Blair fans, I have a new chapter for you guys to read. Please go and read Chapter 17: Friends.
Another new chapter I had written is Chapter 7: Ranger Keys, which gives you an in-sight of the Zangyack Empire.
PLEASE READ THEM AND TELL ME HOW YOU THINK ABOUT IT OR DO I NEED ANY IMPROVEMENTS OR NOT.
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