Hello, everyone! WaterDragonMaverick here with the newest chapter of "Go Go RWBY Rangers". It's been quite a while since I updated this story, but there was too much I wanted to do with my RWBY OC fic. Anyways, the Rangers faced off against Hazel Rainart and needed a new ally to join the fight in order to stand a chance against him, Oscar Pine as the Emerald Ranger. With a new warrior on the battlefield, our heroes will continue to fight against Salem's forces. Let's see what our heroes will do now with their newest ally by their side and new upgrades ready for them in the newest chapter, "The Arc Family Circus".
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The Power Rangers knew that they had a job to do and defend Emerald Vale against Salem's monsters, but most of them were still students at Beacon Academy and had classes to attend. Team RWBY and Team JNPR listened to Doctor Oobleck's lecture about Greek poets. "And with that, we move onto Sappho of Lesbos. Known for her lyrical poetry that is meant to be accompanied by a lyre, Sappho is regarded as one of the greatest poets of her time. She was even named the 'Tenth Muse' because of it," Oobleck stated. "While most of her works have been lost to time, fragments of her poems can be found and there is one complete poem called 'Ode to Aphrodite'. Also, I'm sure that you're all familiar with why Sappho and the Greek island of Lesbos sound familiar. That's because they have been used for the words 'sapphic' and 'lesbian' due to Sappho's symbolism with love and desire between women." Before Oobleck could continue, he got a notification on his phone and looked at it before turning to his class. "I'd like each of you to try and research her works and give me a report on what you can find when coming back to my class. I won't be available for the rest of the week, so you have until then to finish your papers. Have a nice day, everyone," Oobleck said before he dismissed everyone.
As the students left the lecture hall, the eight Rangers began to talk with each other. "Well, should we get to work on that paper," Weiss suggested.
"Maybe later," said Ruby. "I want to go back to the Clock Tower Lab and see what Ironwood was able to do for our equipment."
"Yeah, same here," Jaune agreed before they all headed off to the clock tower. Making their way there, the teenagers entered the elevator and reached the lab where Penny was assisting the General and an elderly man in a unique-looking chair. "Hey, how's everything going," Jaune asked.
The man turned in his chair, which had four mechanical legs that moved around similar to an insect. "Oh, everything's coming along quite nicely," he answered as he lifted his green cap to wipe off some sweat from his balding head. The man had dark skin, wore oval-shaped glasses, a red vest, cream shirt, dark pants, leather boots, and a pink bowtie. "Your weaponry was the first that we worked on, Jaune," he stated.
"Pietro, you've been a great help since the beginning. I'm glad that you could take the time to help with all the upgrades I requested," Ironwood told the man.
"Oh, it's no problem," Pietro said. "While it may have taken me away from my pharmacy and workshop, I'm at least glad to help my daughter and her new friends. She's told me quite a lot about everyone."
"That's because they're so amazing! I love helping them, Father," Penny said as she appeared next to Pietro.
"I still can't believe that this guy is Penny's dad," Ruby said as Jaune went to look at the upgrades to his sword and shield.
"You think he'll still let me test out those shoes that make you dance," Nora asked with a smile on her face.
"I'm still working out the bugs in those. Some people that tried them out told me that they couldn't stop dancing in those things," Pietro chuckled. "Maybe I shouldn't have based them off that story."
"Well, my sword looks great," Jaune said as he examined the weapon and gave it a few test swings. "And the shield?"
"I used the materials you requested, so it should work the way you want. But there's only one way to prove it," Pietro told Jaune.
"Well then, I think that I could use the practice," Oscar said as he and Jaune headed toward the training area.
After an intense training session, the Rangers were able to easily handle their new upgrades and returned to the dorms for some rest and relaxation. "That was brutal," Blake moaned as she sat down on the couch. "We might as well get our class assignments done ASAP."
"Yeah, I'm with you there," Yang said as she and Weiss made sure to grab what they needed for research.
"I don't wanna study now," Nora complained. "I wanna watch something."
Jaune was quick to solve Nora's problem as he opened up his laptop and found a show to watch online. As the group continued watching, somebody spoke up. "Oh, I love that scene. It's such a cute ending to the episode."
"Yeah, it is," Jaune replied, but noticed that none of the others said anything. "Wait a second... Oh no," Jaune said as he recognized the voice and turned around to see who it was. Behind Jaune was a young woman holding a toddler in her arms. The woman had wavy dirty blonde hair and blue eyes while the child had black hair and brown eyes. The woman wore an orange top, beige vest, light brown trousers with orange stitches on the sides, a pair of dark brown boots, a bootlace necklace, and had a wedding ring on her left hand. The toddler wore a blue and white striped shirt, a pair of denim overalls, and white socks. "What are you doing here," Jaune asked as he saw the woman.
"What? I can't visit whenever I want," the woman asked rhetorically and with a teasing tone in her voice.
"Not without a call ahead of time," Jaune retorted.
"That never stopped us when we were kids," the woman stated.
The other Rangers watched silently as Jaune spoke with the mysterious woman. "Um, Jaune. Who is this," Pyrrha asked.
The teenagers looked at Jaune and the woman and Ruby soon noticed how similar they looked to each other. With stars in her silver eyes, she gasped happily as she made the connection. "She's your sister! Isn't she," Ruby exclaimed.
Jaune sighed before he started giving everyone introductions. "Guys, this is my older sister, Saphron Cotta-Arc," he said before hearing some cooing. "And her son, Adrian." Immediately at his name being said, Adrian laughed happily and caught everyone's attention. Ruby, Weiss, Yang, and Pyrrha all fawned over the toddler and began to play with him while Jaune spoke to his sister. "Saph, these are my friends. Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang are in the room next to my roommates. There's Ren, Nora, and Pyrrha right there. And over there is Oscar and Sun. I'd introduce you to Penny, but she's helping her dad across campus while he's visiting."
"It's really nice to meet you all," she said as she handed Adrian over to Yang to let the blonde student play with her son. "So, Pyrrha's the one you gave that necklace to," Saphron asked her brother with a knowing look in her eye.
Jaune immediately turned red as he looked at his sister. "Yes, but that's not important! My question is why you're here when you live in Argus. Care to answer that, sis?"
"Terra had to attend this conference in Emerald Vale and we decided to go together. That way I could see how my baby brother is doing," Saphron said while pinching Jaune's cheek.
Jaune immediately flailed his arms to get his sister to stop pinching him. "I am not a baby! That is a baby," Jaune said in annoyance before pointing to his nephew. Adrian heard this and pouted as he seemed to understand the Blue Ranger. The girls playing with Adrian all started to make baby talk at him as they watched Adrian's adorable antics.
"So Saphron, how long are you staying here in town," Blake asked as she turned to the Arc sister.
"For the weekend, at least," Saphron said. "And speaking of, I heard that there's a circus coming to town as well. Maybe we can go enjoy it like when we were kids, Jaune."
"The circus? I don't know," the Blue Ranger said as he looked at his sister, then at the floor as he thought it over. "I've got a lot of work to do for class."
"Oh, but I came all this way to see you," Saphron playfully whined. "Don't want to spend time with your big sister after all this time away from me? And besides, I'm sure Adrian would love to go to the circus with his Uncle Jaune," she added while gesturing to the baby boy watching Yang fly Ruby's model of the Crow Zord around.
"The circus would be great, Jaune," Ruby said. "We could all use a break from everything."
Soon, the others added their opinions on the matter and most of the room agreed to see the circus. Jaune sighed as he heard everyone. "Alright, I guess we can go. I haven't been to the circus in years."
"Thanks, Jaune! We'll have a great time there. I'm going to text Terra and tell her about it," Saphron said as she pulled out her phone.
Jaune looked at his sister and nephew before Pyrrha caught his attention. "I think it's grand that you're going to spend time with your family," the Bronze Ranger told him.
"Yeah, this could be fun," Jaune said as he smiled at Pyrrha. The group began to talk all about Jaune's family, much to his embarrassment. Especially when Saphron showed them all old photos of the boy and his sisters. While they were talking and laughing, they had no idea that they were being watched.
Salem's forces were gathered in a hallway that overlooked the desolate landscape of the witch's land, pondering over what to do from what they saw on one of Salem's jellyfish-like monsters. "So, the Power Rangers are relaxing after their victory over Hazel. This could be a good time to attack them," Watts remarked. "We just need to figure out what choice of attack."
"You aren't going to do it because of other priorities," Hazel reminded the doctor as he looked over at Tyrian's tail, which still lacked a stinger.
"I'm almost finished with Tyrian's new tail, so he'll be able to go out into the field soon," Watts stated.
"Her Majesty should be discussing our strategy with us," Tyrian said as he was in his usual sitting position against a window.
"What we need is a monster that will blend in with the crowd," Cinder suggested. "One that can deal with the Rangers when their guard is down."
"Well, they're going to the circus. Why not a clown," Mercury rhetorically said.
"Because we don't have any heavy makeup to put on you and Torchwick is still in jail," Emerald retorted.
Cinder gave an evil smirk as she thought of what Mercury said. "That's an excellent idea, Mercury. What better way to bring fear and despair to the Power Rangers than a twisted version of something meant to bring joy and amusement?"
"And just what are you going to use to create such a creature," Watts asked in a dismissive tone.
"Luckily, Tyrian picked up a number of items that could be used for creating monsters as we have a limited number of masks remaining," Cinder said as she looked at Tyrian, who smiled maniacally and went to retrieve an old clown doll. "Now for a little touch-up," Cinder said as Tyrian returned with the toy.
As Cinder began to use the same ancient language that she used to create other monsters, the clown doll floated in the air and bubbled with black energy. Soon, it grew larger and changed shape before it formed into a new monster. The clown had beady red eyes, a big red nose, and sharp yellow teeth on its white face that looked like regular clown makeup. It had baggy pants with suspenders, a bright and multi-colored shirt, big red shoes that made squeaking noises as it stepped around, and had clawed gloves on its hands. The clown laughed like a normal clown as it introduced itself to the villains. "Hello, boys and girls! I'm Cackles the Clown! Nice to meet you. Put 'er there," it said with an amused voice before grabbing Watts' hand and shocked him like he wore a joy buzzer.
Seeing Watts get zapped by Cackles, Emerald and Mercury laughed hard before the doctor was released. Glaring at the younger members of the current group, Watts dusted off his coat before speaking. "Congratulations. You've succeeded in creating a nuisance. You could have gotten that by bringing Torchwick here," Watts told Cinder.
"Cackles will be able to handle the Power Rangers on his own because of his arsenal of weapons and powers," Cinder stated. "Isn't that right, clown?"
Cackles appropriately cackled before he spoke up. "Those Rangers will die laughing when I'm through with them," he stated before digging around in his pants for a wind-up car. Twisting the key around until he couldn't anymore, the toy began to idle like a real car before he opened the tiny door and comically squeezed himself inside the vehicle. "Next stop, the circus," Cackles exclaimed before the car moved and hit Tyrian in the foot. "Whoops. Had the silly thing in reverse," he joked before the clown car went forward at full speed and vanished with flaming tire tracks, leaving behind only a silence plate that read 'MKEMLAF'.
"I don't see how this thing will stop the Rangers," Watts said in annoyance. "All that clown seems to care about is humor."
"That's all an act," Cinder responded. "The true side of this clown will show itself when it finds the Power Rangers."
Just outside of Emerald Vale, the Rangers and Jaune's visiting family all looked at the large circus tent that was set up and all the people that came by to enjoy the festivities. "Wow. You don't see this kind of circus anymore lately," Qrow said as he looked at the nearby train that brought the circus into town. "This'll be fun. Thanks for bringing me along, Ruby."
"It'll be great, Uncle Qrow," Ruby exclaimed. "Too bad Maria had to stay back and get her robot eyes fixed up by Penny's dad."
"Can't really enjoy the circus if you can't see well," Yang remarked.
"Come on, let's go get a seat," Saphron said. "We always got ones at the front as kids, Jaune."
"Yeah, I'm going," Jaune said as he went toward the tent with his sister and friends. Soon, they all found their seats and the show soon began when the ringmaster introduced the first act. As magicians, acrobats, and jugglers showed their talents off for the crowd, Jaune spoke to the others. "This is really fun! How's Adrian liking it?"
Saphron watched as her son bounced on her knee and laughed as the show went on. "Looks like he loves it," she told her brother.
When the acrobats finished their death-defying act, the ringmaster spoke into his microphone. "And a spectacular finish from The Flying Falcons! Now then, after a thrill like that, I'm sure that we could all use a little humor. What do you say, folks?" Hearing the cheers from everyone, the ringmaster chuckled before speaking again. "I hear you, folks! Send in the clowns!" As the ringmaster said that, he left the ring and a pair of small clown cars arrived as comical music played. When the first car stopped, one clown managed to pull himself out and saw the others were stuck in the second one. When he did, he picked up the toy-sized vehicle and shook it before opening the door like a soda can, making the rest of the clowns fly out.
The crowd laughed at the first gag before the clowns continued. Soon, the clowns performed various acts and made the crowd laugh at the slapstick humor. However, one of the clowns soon pulled out a bag of marbles from his pants and the Rangers immediately recognized the black design of them. "How's about some real fun," the clown exclaimed before throwing the glass objects everywhere and watched them shatter on the ground. When they did, Gremlins were formed and began to attack the circus. The crowd began to run away while the clown laughed maniacally. "Hahahahahaha! Come on, boys and girls! Stick around and have fun with Cackles the Clown!"
When the Rangers saw a new monster was attacking, they immediately started evacuating the circus tent before anybody got hurt badly. "Everyone, get out of here now," Qrow exclaimed as he started guiding people to safety. The heroes split up to help with evacuation or to fight off the Gremlins that Cackles summoned. Ruby, Ren, Nora, Oscar, and Pyrrha all helped get people outside while Yang, Weiss, Blake, and Jaune went to fight off the monsters.
Seeing that the sword swallower act was set up in another ring of the circus, Jaune went to get swords for himself, Weiss, and Blake to use while Yang punched away at the Gremlins. As the blonde brawler knocked the goblin-like creatures aside, Cackles laughed in amusement while some other Gremlins managed to capture some bystanders. "This is getting fun," the clown said as he watched everything happen, then watched the teenagers slash away at the Gremlins they fought. "The party just started. Good thing there are more guests arriving," he said while a demented grin before throwing another Black Bead and summoning another group of Gremlins. As the monsters formed, Cackles turned his attention to the captured civilians and laughed to himself. "Why look so glum? Turn your frowns upside-down," he said to them as his mouth began to grow bigger and show many rows of sharp teeth, scaring the bystanders. "HAHAHAHAHA! That's it, kiddos!"
"I think it's time you split," Yang exclaimed as she ran toward Cackles and threw a punch in his face. However, the clown monster only laughed at Yang's first attack while she continued to punch away at him.
"Your punch isn't half-bad, Blondie. Let me share mine with you," Cackles stated as he pulled out a spring-loaded boxing glove and used it to knock Yang away as it impacted against her face. When the brawler was pushed back, Blake caught her while Weiss went to attack the clown. "Whoa! You look moody. Maybe you should have a snack. Who wants some pie," Cackles exclaimed as he dodged Weiss' sword swings and pulled out a large pie from his pants. Smashing it into Weiss' face, the dessert covered her face and soon began to drip down her body, coating the White Ranger in a substance that soon hardened and left her immobile before Cackles slashed at her and knocked her away.
Seeing Yang and Weiss getting beaten around by the monster, Jaune was the next to attack and swung his sword at the clown. Cackles defended himself by pulling out a balloon and somehow managed to stop the attack. "What the... How did he do that," Jaune questioned before Cackles pulled out a second balloon and began to make something out of them. "Now what?"
Cackles soon held up a pair of balloons in the shape of revolvers and pointed them at Jaune, but looked at them in confusion before they inflated and popped to reveal oversized guns with an obscene amount of additions. "I'm pretty sure that you know the obvious joke," Cackles cackled before pulling the triggers of his weapons and firing a barrage of projectiles at his enemies. Everyone who saw the weaponry ducked for cover and the clown ended up not hitting any target with his guns. "Whoops, I missed. I think somebody messed with the sights on these things when I wasn't looked," he commented as he looked at the comically oversized and ridiculous firearms.
As evacuations were nearly finished, the other Rangers were almost ready to fight seriously before they saw somebody actually run back inside. "Jaune! Come on, we have to get out of here," Saphron called out to her brother while she carried Adrian. Suddenly, Cackles appeared in front of her and made her scream in surprise as she fell.
"Ah, there's nothing sweeter than a mother's fear for her family," Cackles commented with a demonic smile on his face. Pulling out his car once again, he had the remaining Gremlins shove every captured bystander into the toy-sized vehicle before grabbing Saphron. "You're coming with me," the clown monster said as he pushed the mother and child into the car, which Jaune immediately noticed.
"JAUNE," Saphron cried out as she saw her brother running toward her.
"SAPH!"
"Buckle up," Cackles exclaimed while laughing like crazy and entering the car himself, driving away like a maniac.
"NO! Somebody stop him," Jaune called out as the vehicle was speeding away. Qrow saw the escaping monster and acted fast by turning into his bird form and tailing the vehicle. The Rangers saw this and knew that the veteran Ranger would report back to them when he found where Cackles was stopping. However, Jaune still fell to his knees when his sister and nephew were taken. "No... What am I going to tell Terra?"
"We'll get your family and all those other bystanders back," Ren stated as he put a hand on Jaune's shoulder.
Jaune looked at the ground and balled his hands into fists. Pyrrha was worried about Jaune and thought he was going to cry, but everyone was shocked to see that he was more angry than sad. "I'm going to cut that clown to pieces," the Blue Ranger said with a growl in his voice and a glow coming off his body from his Soul Zord Aura.
The Power Rangers soon regrouped back at the Clock Tower Laboratory to explain the situation to Penny, Ironwood, Maria, and Pietro. "This is a bit of an issue," Pietro remarked. "But I'm sure that you'll be able to handle this monster clown when you can actually morph."
"You did well to evacuate who you could," Ironwood commended. "And Qrow was always one of the best Rangers Ozpin selected. He'll be able to find the monster and everyone who was captured."
The others nodded in agreement, but Jaune just took out his Scroll and stared at it with a fire in his eyes. Pyrrha and Ruby could see that he was determined to fight the monster clown when they encountered it again. "Jaune," Pyrrha said to get the Blue Ranger's attention. "We'll leave the main fight to you."
"Thanks. I'm going to save my family and everyone else that freak took from the circus," Jaune said.
"It would help if we knew what your power from the machine was," Sun remarked as he stood next to Blake. "I think everyone but you has a superpower of some kind."
"Yeah, what is your ability," Oscar asked. "Ruby has some kind of super speed, Weiss has those glyphs, Blake and Sun can make copies of themselves, Yang and Nora have strength boosts, Ren can calm people down, and Pyrrha can control metal."
"Don't forget Uncle Qrow's bird transformation and your magic," Ruby added.
"We'll just need to wait and see," Ironwood said. "The machine's effects tend to sync up with the person's personality, but Ozpin has had some theories that the person's power can affect their behavior as well."
Before they could discuss the matter any further, everyone got a message from Qrow on their Scrolls. "He found them," Yang said. "Looks like that the dumb clown ended up taking everyone to an old warehouse."
"Let's go," Jaune said as he immediately teleported away with the rest of Team RWBY and Team JNPR following him.
"Should we go with them," Sun asked.
"No. I think that with family matters such as this, it's best for those eight to handle it themselves," Pietro replied. "Besides, I could use a little help with the rest of the equipment."
At the warehouse district, Cackles was laughing maniacally as he circled around the people he captured from the circus. Saphron held onto Adrian and kept him safe while everyone looked at the monster and the Gremlins keeping them hostage. "I could have gone with a bigger audience, but there's enough of you here that I'll be satisfied," Cackles told them.
"With what," Saphron asked warily.
"Oh, you'll see," Cackles said as he smiled and showed off his sharp teeth, scaring several of the hostages. The monster clown slowly approached the group and was about to grab Adrian out of Saphron's arms when something called out and attacked him. "Argh! What!?"
Saphron and the hostages watched as a crow began to fly in the clown's face to distract the clown before it transformed into one of the Power Rangers. With his giant sword in hand, the Crow Ranger easily took out the Gremlins in one swing before kicking Cackles away. "Get up! We're getting out of here," Qrow said and everyone started running for safety.
Cackles picked himself up off the ground to see his hostages running away, growling as most escaped. Pulling another balloon out of his pants, the clown sent it flying toward Saphron and it wrapped around her like a chain. "At least I have somebody to feed on," Cackles said as he started laughing.
"No, you don't," said a voice and everyone turned to it. Just after the other hostages left, Team RWBY and Team JNPR arrived with Jaune in front of them all. "You're not going to do anything to my family," Jaune said.
"Jaune! What are you doing here," Saphron asked in surprise.
"My job," Jaune stated as he held out his Morphing Scroll. "Hunter Aura! Ranger Form! Power Up!" With a flash of light, Jaune and the others transformed into their Ranger forms and Saphron was stunned by the sight while Adrian only giggled happily. "I'll explain more later, Saph. Right now, you and Adrian need to get to safety," Jaune said before cutting at the balloon chain tying his sister up with his sword. When the balloon popped, Qrow helped the Cotta-Arcs up before escorting them to safety. "You're mine, circus freak," Jaune told Cackles as he held up his sword and shield.
Cackles only cackled as the Rangers stared him down, then he pulled out more Black Beads to summon a squad of stronger Gremlins. "You're going to need more than that toothpick of a blade to handle me," Cackles taunted.
"How about this, then," Jaune retorted as he sheathed his sword into his shield, confusing the clown before the shield changed forms. Retracting into a sheath, Jaune held the sword by its handle before the edges of the sheath sharpened and turned into a heavier blade. Cackles was surprised by the weapon's new form while Ruby smiled at the sight of it under her helmet. Jaune immediately went on the attack with his heavy sword and easily carved through the Gremlins that he got close to. After dealing with them, Cackles gasped before pulling out a hammer from his pants and blocked the sword swing that came for him.
"Wow. Jaune's new weapon is pretty cool," Yang commented before punching a Gremlin in the face.
"I know, right," Ruby agreed before shooting another Gremlin in the chest.
Pyrrha watched Jaune clash with Cackles, surprised he was holding his own against the clown with his new weapon after only a little training earlier in the day. Soon, Jaune was knocked aside by Cackles' hammer and the weapon was thrown at him. However, Jaune held out his weapon as he would hold it in shield form, causing it to return to that mode and extend with hard-light barriers on the sides. As soon as the hammer made contact with the larger shield, an energy burst shot off from the center and repelled the enemy's weapon back toward him, hitting the clown in the nose with a comical honking sound. The move Jaune preformed impressed everyone and Cackles looked at the Blue Ranger. "Well, looks like I need to deal with that first," the clown said before digging for a new item in his pockets.
Jaune returned his shield to its normal size and drew his sword once again, charging toward Cackles before he could finish getting something else. However, the clown grabbed a round and cartoonish bomb to throw at Jaune. As the Blue Ranger blocked the attack, the bomb exploded and sent him flying back while disarming him of his weapons. "Jaune," shouted Saphron and Pyrrha as they were concerned for him.
"Sorry, but he's not going anywhere and neither are the rest of you," Cackles laughed as he pulled out a number of balloons and used them to tie up most of the Rangers. As the colorful heroes struggled against the balloon restraints, Cackles laughed menacingly while he approached the closest Ranger with the same oversized firearms as before. "You know what they say. There's no kill like overkill," Cackles said with a demonic laugh as he aimed his guns.
Saphron watched as Cackles was about to pull the triggers of his weapons, but she came up with an idea. "Just like we practiced, Adrian," Saphron said to her son. Adrian immediately understood and nodded to his mother before letting out a wail that echoed through the warehouse, distracting Cackles and the remaining Gremlins as they covered their ears in pain.
"Okay, that's got to be louder than construction sites," Nora shouted as she listened to the child's crying and even noticed that the baby was fussing in a way that reminded her of overly dramatic actors and the gestures they made.
Jaune saw what was happening and tried to break free from his restraints, but they wouldn't come off. "Okay, Jaune. You can do this. You can save your sister, nephew, and all your friends. You just have to keep fighting," Jaune said to himself as he tried to break free. His body began to glow with his Soul Zord Aura as he did and he felt his strength increase, almost as if his own ability was activating. "Wait a second... Weiss, get over here," Jaune said to the White Ranger as he struggled to make his way closer to her.
"What is it, Jaune," Weiss said as she managed to get close enough. When the two Rangers could reach each other, Jaune held out a hand to Weiss' shoulder and Weiss soon felt a flow of energy coursing through her body. Realizing what this meant, she began to form a small version of the armored knight she could summon. When the construct was made, it cut the two Rangers free before moving onto the others. "Thanks, Jaune. How'd you know what your power was?"
"I realized it as I was trying to get free. It's like I had too much energy and needed to share it," the Blue Ranger said as he stood up.
While Weiss worked to free the other Rangers, Cackles couldn't take Adrian's crying any longer. "That's it! Naptime, kid," Cackles shouted in anger as he aimed his oversized weapons at the mother and child. But before he could pull the triggers, Jaune used his heavy sword to break the firearms into pieces that soon popped like balloons. Cackles looked at the remains of his guns and stared at Jaune for a brief moment. "Well... Bye-bye," the clown said as he grabbed his car and immediately tried to run away. As the clown car speed out of the warehouse, Jaune used his Scroll to call his Hunter Cycle and gave chase while the others were busy at the warehouse.
Racing down the streets of Emerald Vale, Cackles sped around traffic thanks to his vehicle's size. "That Blue Ranger is trouble. It's a good thing that he can't catch me on foot," the clown remarked before his vehicle was hit from behind and he started swerving. "Argh! What the..."
"I've got you now, you clown," Jaune said as he weaved through traffic with his Hunter Cycle and fired lasers at Cackles' clown car when he had a clear shot. Soon, Cackles began to avoid the shots and the clown popped his head out of the window, which Jaune found a little creepy due to the difference in sizes. "At least I have a new target," he noted as he fired more lasers.
"Whoa! Watch it! You could take somebody's eye out with those things," Cackles exclaimed as he tried to dodge the attacks. Inside his car, he hit the steering wheel to create a balloon clown to drive the car while he stood on the vehicle's roof. "You wanna play? Let's play," the clown said as he pulled out a set of throwing knives and took aim at Jaune.
Jaune gasped at the blades in the clown's hands before he began to take evasive maneuvers. Dodging and weaving the blades, the Blue Ranger avoided the attacks and the only damage he took was a few blades grazing against his helmet and causing sparks. "That was close," Jaune said to himself before he noticed the lack of traffic. "We're heading back toward the circus tent," he remarked. "At least, I know it's empty there."
"I'm not going to miss this time," Cackles laughed as he drew more knives. But before he could throw another blade at the Ranger, he was blasted with a laser that nearly knocked him off of the wind-up car. "That's smarts," the clown said as he managed to stay on top of the car.
Soon, Jaune and Cackles made their way toward the circus' location and they stared each other down as they stopped. "Let's end this," Jaune said as he grabbed his sword and challenged Cackles to a game of chicken. The clown only laughed as he accepted the challenge and pulled out a sword from his mouth, like an inversion to a sword swallower. "That's just creepy," Jaune said before revving his Hunter Cycle's engine.
As the two prepared for their challenge, the other Rangers teleported to the tent along with an insistent Saphron and Adrian. The group was surprised by what they arrived to and didn't make any moves to stop it. Watching Jaune and Cackles wield swords while revving their engines, they waited in anticipation before the tires of the vehicles spun fast and they charged toward each other. Cackles laughed as Jaune narrowly dodged the attack and they turned around for another attempt. "Get him, Jaune," Yang shouted.
"Show that dumb clown you're the boss," Ruby cheered on.
Jaune smirked under his helmet as he began to glow with a combination of his Soul Zord Aura and special power. With a blue and white shine on his body, his Hunter Cycle began to change into a miniature version of his Unicorn Zord. "Hyaah," Jaune called out as he knew the bike's new form was alive. The robotic steed reared back before galloping toward the laughing Cackles at full speed. At the same time, Jaune combined his sword and shield into their larger blade to gain a little more reach. "Eat this," Jaune shouted as he swung the blade into the monster clown's face, avoiding the blade due to his larger weapon and knocking him back into the tent.
The other Rangers were amazed at what just happened and cheered before Jaune followed Cackles into the tent with his weapon turned back into a sword and shield. But before he could enter the tent, a geyser of sludge erupted and changed Cackles into a giant monster. "WHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm taking my act to new heights," the clown laughed before turning his attention to the Rangers. "Time to deal with you Rangers like the bugs you are," he exclaimed as he lifted his foot and quickly brought it down to stomp on the Rangers before they had a chance to do anything. Most the Rangers prepared to summon their weapons, but a loud squeaking sound from Cackles' foot stopped them. "HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAhahahaha...hahaha...ha... huh," Cackles laughed as he stomped on the Rangers, but was confused because didn't feel the ground at all.
Saphron was bracing for the inevitable and shielded her son, but was surprised when nothing happened. Looking back at the Power Rangers, she was shocked to see what stopped the monstrous clown from killing them. Holding back the clown's enormous squeaky shoe from crushing them, Jaune's shield blocked the attack and he was glowing in the same way that he summoned his Unicorn Zord as a trusty steed. "These bugs bite back," Jaune shouted as he channeled his power and Soul Zord Aura into his sword, thrusting it into Cackles' foot and knocking him down onto his back from the sheer power pushing him away. While the others were amazed at what just happened, Jaune took the initiative and called the Clock Tower. "We need the Paladin Megazord!"
As the Zords arrived, Team JNPR jumped into battle together and the robots started to combine. Saphron and the others watched as the Crane Zord and part of the Unicorn Zord formed the body, the Ram Zord and the rest of the Unicorn formed the arms, and the Falcon Zord became the armor that pieced the Megazord together. "Paladin Megazord, Combat Ready," Team JNPR called out as the giant robot prepared to face off against the clown.
"Pick on somebody your own size," Nora shouted at Cackles as she started to strike at the clown with the Ram Zord's horns, but the monster started to block with his own hammer.
"Hahahahaha! Don't worry," Cackles laughed. "I'll have plenty of fun with you," he said as he began to strike back, only for Pyrrha and Jaune to block the attack by bringing out the Megazord's shield. "No fair!" Ren followed up the counter by kicking at Cackle's sides before the clown could move his arms back, causing the clown to stumble back in pain while making a comical squeaking sound from the impact of the kick.
"Anybody else think it's funny when he makes that sound," Nora asked the others.
"Focus, Nora," Jaune told her as he made the Paladin slash at Cackles. The clown was taking several hits from the Unicorn Zord's horn, but decided to counter by grabbing a new weapon from his pocket.
Cackles pulled out a joy buzzer and grabbed at the Megazord's arm, shocking it badly and making the Rangers react from inside the cockpit when the robot fell to the ground. While Jaune, Pyrrha, and Ren were crying out in pain from the electricity, Nora wasn't affected after a second due to using her ability. "Jaune, use your new power on me," the Pink Ranger exclaimed as she came up with an idea. "If it boosts abilities, then we can stop getting zapped with my Soul Zord Aura."
"That's brilliant, Nora," Jaune said as he grabbed Nora's shoulder and channeled his power to her, which spread through the Paladin Megazord. Glowing with a white, blue, and pink aura, the Megazord stood back up and prepared to fight.
"You want more? Well, this won't be much of a shock to you then," Cackles laughed as he tried to zap the Paladin with his joy buzzer, but failed as pink electricity surged across the Megazord's body instead. "Uh-oh," the clown said as he realized he may have made a mistake with attempting the same attack twice. The Ram Zord's horns soon smashed into Cackles, making him cry out in pain and fall to the ground for a moment. "If that didn't work, maybe I need to make a new point," he exclaimed as he pulled out several knives.
"Enough with the puns," Jaune said as he and Pyrrha blocked the blades that were thrown at them. After the attack was blocked, the Rangers kicked the monster clown backward before they prepared to finish the battle. "Let's end this! PALADIN SHINING SLASH," Jaune called out as he activated his power once more. With a boost given to the Paladin Megazord, the robot swung its glowing sword at the enemy with enough power to send a wave of energy in the shape of a shattering moon. The energy slash cut at Cackles before the shards of the moon projection impacted against the clown like a barrage of meteors to damage him further.
Cackles grunted in pain as sparks shot off his body and he dropped to his knees. "THAT'S NOT FUNNY," the clown screamed as his last words before his body exploded. The Rangers watching the battle cheered at the victory while Saphron was amazed and Adrian laughed happily. After the battle was over, the Paladin Megazord struck a victory pose by raising the Unicorn Zord's sword horn up while putting the Ram Zord behind its back.
After the battle was over, everyone returned to the dorm's common room and Jaune told his sister everything while Adrian played with the others and watched a show about characters that fought against video game monsters appearing in reality. "So, you've been a Power Ranger for that long? I never thought that you would stick to something like that. I remember that whenever we all raced as kids, you gave up after tripping and hurting yourself," Saphron said to her brother.
"There's just a lot going on and I can't let my friends do everything," Jaune stated. "I've always wanted to be a hero like Dad, Grandpa, and everyone before them," he said as he remarked on their family history.
"Yeah, you're right. They were all great heroes in their own way," Saphron agreed. "Just promise me that you'll be safe. I don't want my brother getting hurt too much."
"He'll be fine," Nora said as she turned to the Arc siblings. "He's got us and his new power. After all, he blocked that monster's foot like it was nothing. That was amazing!"
As the others started to talk about Jaune's ability, the Blue Ranger remembered something and went off to his dorm room to grab an item. Returning with his hands behind his back, he saw Saphron was picking up Adrian and holding the boy in her arms. "Weiss' grandfather stopped by around Christmas and made a bunch of toys. We helped out something them were a few things you may have seen earlier," Jaune said as he revealed what he was hiding behind his back to his nephew and sister. "I thought Adrian would like it," he said as he held out an expertly crafted wooden version of the Unicorn Zord.
Adrian giggled happily as he reached for the toy, hugging it tightly as Jaune gave it to him. "Well, he certainly loves it," Saphron said as she watched her son enjoy Jaune's present. "We've got to get going now. Terra's expecting us soon. Bye, Jaune," Saphron said.
"Bye-bye, Unca Jon," Adrian said, surprising everyone at the baby's words.
"His first words," Saphron happily exclaimed. "I have to tell Terra now. I'll call you when I can," Saphron said as she gave her brother a quick hug and left with Adrian waving goodbye to his uncle.
"Oh, that was so cute," Ruby said as Team RWBY surrounded the Blue Ranger.
"Yeah, it was," Blake agreed.
"I didn't think you still had one of those," Weiss remarked as she talked about the toy Jaune gave Adrian.
"At least we know he's good with kids," Yang said with a grin.
"He really is," Pyrrha agreed before giving Jaune a kiss on the cheek and hugging him.
"Now with Jaune's new power, we'll be able to take on much stronger monsters," Ren stated as he returned to the topic of their duties as Power Rangers.
"Let's see what Salem throws our way next time," Jaune said as he had a determined glare in his eye, ready for the next fight.
In Salem's Castle, the witch's henchmen were discussing their recent failure. "Well, that was a waste," said Watts.
"Next time, you can try it yourself when you aren't busy with your machines," said an irritated Cinder.
"What do we do now," asked Emerald as she and Mercury looked at the others.
While the villains thought of their next move, a nearby door opened to show Salem approaching them. Fearful of what she would say or do, the group waited for her to speak. "I commend your initiative," the immortal witch said in response to the others. "While it may have failed due to the awakening of yet another Power Ranger's full abilities, it nearly succeeded. But because of the Blue Ranger gaining his ability, we're changing our plans," Salem stated. "Doctor Watts, finish Tyrian's tail immediately, then work with Hazel on reverse engineering his old Morphing Scroll while the Gremlins finish work on the other projects." The doctor was surprised at the new order, but agreed and went to finish the details of Tyrian's new robotic tail. "As for the rest of you, strengthen yourselves for later. You'll need it for what I have planned."
Emerald looked at Salem and tried to ask a question, which the ancient woman allowed her to ask. "What about the Rangers now? What should we do for our next plan of attack," the green-haired girl asked.
Salem gave a motherly smile that Emerald thought was calming, yet highly intimidating. "We still have a past enforcer that we can persuade to assist us," Salem said as she held out a hand to create a wisp of smoke that formed into the branded face of Adam Taurus.
Well, this chapter is finally done after life has happened. Man, I need to write and post chapters more often. In any case, I'm happy with this chapter because of how much focus Jaune got. Especially with how I added his family and gave him those badass moments. The scene with the monster attacking the Rangers and getting stopped without the mechs is based on a similar scene from "Power Rangers Dino Thunder", so I wanted Jaune to get a moment like that with how his power works in this fic.
I have to give credit to Laughalota for the monster clown idea. Thanks for the help and I hope you enjoyed the fight. In the next chapter, we'll be getting some focus on some of my favorite moments from Volume 6. Stay tuned for "Beauties and The Beast".
WaterDragonMaverick, signing out.
