Dino Charge: Merman Aqua Ranger

Hello again readers! Chapter 35 is here! Only five more chapters to go after this until this story is finished. I've already been thinking about new stories that I want to publish. It's time to add the final Ranger to the mix, even though he is coming late to the game. Enjoy!

Chapter 35: Wings of Danger

The Rangers were down in their base with Zenowing who was telling them about his past. "You're kidding me," Chase said standing up in shock. "You built the Zords?" Shelby asked. Zenowing nodded and said, "I had to. I traced Keeper to Earth, but only found the Silver Energem. The others were still hidden, so I built the Zords to protect them. I designed them to awaken when their Energems bonded to someone." "Did you build them to have their own intelligence, or did they develop them on their own?" Zac asked. The Rangers looked at him while Zac said, "What?" "Interesting," Zenowing said. "You must be able to speak to them telepathically like I could." Zac nodded as Keeper appeared behind Zenowing and said, "When we discovered our first Zord I suspected it was your work. I'm so glad you're back." Zenowing sighed and said, "Unfortunately there's no time to celebrate. I must get the Silver Energem back." He walked toward the doors as Riley said, "Wait, Zenowing, where are you going?" "To prepare to battle Doomwing," Zenowing answered. "I'll go with you," Tyler said stepping forward but Zenowing held a hand up and said, "No. I must do this myself. You'll only get in my way." He turned to Zac and said, "Besides, you all must protect the merman prince. If he gets into the clutches of Lord Arcanon, then we are all doomed." He turned and walked away as Chase said, "He thinks we're a nuisance?" Keeper sighed and said, "Zenowing's spirit has been infected by Doomwing for centuries. Be patient, as he remembers the value of teamwork." Zac stepped forward and asked, "And why is he so suddenly worried about me? I know like Heckyl and Snide, Lord Arcanon wants to make me his prisoner. But I can protect myself. Even when I have gotten incapacitated, you guys have always had my back. I understand that being forced to share his body with Doomwing messed him up, but he shouldn't just be worried about Doomwing and Lord Arcanon." Phillip looked at him and said, "You're thinking about Ursula, aren't you?" Zac nodded and said, "Think about it. She hasn't shown her face in battle for a while. Even though my dad let her have it before, I have a feeling she's planning something big. Plus if Lord Arcanon has this Dark Energem, combining that with her magic will result in something bad." Keeper nodded and said, "You are correct, Zac. If Ursula were to join alliances with Lord Arcanon, the results could be catastrophic. Like I said, we to help Zenowing remember why teamwork is valuable." Tyler nodded and said, "OK, Keeper." He turned to his teammates and said, "Let's get to work. We could do some training to make sure we're ready." "Yes," Ivan agreed. Zac nodded as well saying, "Agreed. I could practice some techniques that I just did in my recent lesson with Mimmi and my mother." The Rangers walked out of the base to go train.

Over on Sledge's ship, Doomwing was pleading with Arcanon shouting, "Please don't destroy me, Lord Arcanon! I know how I can morph into a Ranger again!" Two Spikeballs were trying to drag him away, but Lord Arcanon then said, "Wait. Let him speak." The Spikeballs let Doomwing go, who took some deep breaths, and said, "The Rangers may have split us apart, but there is a way I can reunite with Zenowing. Just give me the Silver Energem. Please!" Lord Arcanon growled and said, "This is your last chance. Don't underestimate the Rangers again. Even that puny merman. Reunite with Zenowing and bring that boy to me. Either you become the Silver Ranger, or be destroyed trying!" He handed Doomwing the Silver Energem and the bird monster put it into his sword. Ursula walked up behind the pair and said, "Doomwing, if you do also want to help your master bring in my nephew, then I have something to add to your sword to bring him down." She waved her hand over Doomwing's sword and said, "Venenum ignis!" The sword glowed a dark red then died down. She looked at Doomwing and said, "If my nephew so happens to come across you in battle, say the words I just said and the spell will activate. If you even scratch him a little, the special poison in that spell will weaken him as I added some fire magic to it, thanks to Singe kindly reminding me of that. He will slowly burn from the inside as the poison flows through his veins. And only I have the antidote. The Rangers will have no choice but to bring him to us to get the antidote. Then he will be all ours." She laughed evilly as she walked away.

The Rangers were out in the forest doing their training. Tyler and Shelby had their Dino Morphers out behind Koda who was holding a club. Chase was in front of him holding a rock and asked, "Are you ready?" Koda nodded and Chase threw it at Koda, who swung and hit the rock high into the air shouting, "Home run, Koda!" Tyler and Shelby aimed and fired at the rock, destroying it. "I hit it!" they both shouted at the same time. "No, I hit it! Stop copying me! No, you stop!" Ivan and Riley were sword clashing with each other as that was their main talent. Phillip was boxing against a tree. And Zac was meditating in the middle with his eyes closed. Suddenly leaves and rocks were floating around him. Riley and Ivan stopped clashing their swords when they heard sounds nearby and Riley asked, "Hey, what was that?" "It's coming from over there," Tyler answered. "Huh," Chase said as he threw the rock he was holding to the side, not realizing that the rock was about to land on Zac as Chase chucked it a little too hard. Phillip saw this and shouted, "Zac!" But to everyone's surprise, the rock stopped in midair near Zac's ear. Zac opened his eyes then the rocks and leaves that were surrounding him fell to the ground. Chase ran over and said, "Mate, I am so sorry. I didn't realize my own strength." Zac chuckled and said, "It's OK, Chase. It actually helped me during my mediation." "Since when are you into meditation?" Phillip asked. "Since I have been learning about it with my mother," Zac answered. "She is trying to teach me to be one with my surroundings. It will help develop my mental capabilities as you just saw. If I can understand and feel everything around me, then it will make me a better king. I think that's what she said." Everyone laughed as Koda said, "Come on. Follow sound."

The Rangers ran to where the sound was as Shelby said, "I think it's this way." They went around some trees to find Zenowing practicing some powerful sword swings to a rock that after he finished, the rock now looked like a crystal. "Incredible," Tyler said. "Yeah," Chase said. "Check that out." Zenowing lined up his sword and said, "Silver Prism Slash!" He unleashed the attack and destroyed the rock in front of him. The Rangers walked up to him as Riley said, "Hey, Zenowing!" The bird in question looked over at the Rangers approaching him and said, "What?" "Those were some pretty awesome moves," Riley said. "Yeah," Tyler agreed. "Really great." "You were watching me?" Zenowing asked. The Rangers nodded as Zenowing continued, "And now you expect me to thank you for the compliments." The Rangers stuttered to say an answer with Zac cocking an eyebrow at Zenowing's attitude as Zenowing finished, "I don't train to entertain you, Rangers. I do it because I must defeat Doomwing at any cost." Riley stepped forward as well as Ivan and said, "Hey, listen, Ivan and I are swordsmen. Maybe you could teach us that last move?" Ivan bowed a little and said, "It would be a great honor if you could." Zenowing turned to the two and said, "A human could never learn that move. You have no idea what Arcanon is capable of." Zac took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said, "Then maybe you should tell us. We have faced multiple threats before . We should know what you know. Then we will tell you what we know." Zenowing sighed and said, "He is pure evil. Arcanon wiped out an entire world simply to get the Dark Energem." "When he destroyed Centai6?" Ivan asked. "Correct," Zenowing answered. "After I found the Silver Energem, I tracked down Arcanon. During our battle, the Silver Energem bonded to me. I became the Silver Ranger. I could not defeat Arcanon, and he captured me. Arcanon knew I would never do his wicked bidding. So, with one touch of the Dark Energem, he created my evil other half, Doomwing." Shelby then said, "That explains Snide." Zac nodded and said, "That's what I thought too. The Dark Energem must have touched Heckyl and divided him, too." Zenowing nodded and said, "And I fear if Arcanon gets his hands on you, merman, then the same fate might happen to you. Which is why I need to destroy Doomwing on my own. If I defeat him, then Arcanon will be no problem." Zac stepped forward and said, "Then teach Riley and Ivan that move. Maybe all of us for that matter." Zenowing turned to Zac and said, "But I just told you, no human…" "Maybe not," Zac interrupted. "But even if we can't fully use it, learning about it will help us defeat our enemies. Even Arcanon." Zenowing sighed and said, "Young prince, you have no idea what Arcanon is fully capable of. I won't let him hurt you. Any of you." Zac shook his head as the wind started to pick up and rocks and leaves started to blow around the group. Phillip looked at Zac and said, "Ah, Zac…" "It isn't just Lord Arcanon you should be worrying about," Zac continued. "Other monsters are on that ship with him. There's Wrench, who is wickedly smart and can bring back dead monsters. There's Fury, who unleashed a monster called Dragoon, who was actually Tyler's father in a cursed form, who stopped at nothing to hunt me down like prey and nearly killed me, several times, just because Heckyl and Snide wanted the same thing Arcanon wants: me. The worst one being Ursula, who also happens to be my demented aunt. She is angry at my father for cursing her into the form she is. And she will stop at nothing to defeat him, my mother, my sister, and me. Not to mention she wants my father's throne for herself. She cursed me into an eternal slumber, she had Shelby's friend steal her Energem and almost got her life-force taken away for it, she exposed me to Heckyl and his cronies while electrocuting me mind you, and she put a siren spell on a mermaid who then used it on me, Tyler, Chase, Koda, Riley, and Ivan which made us lose our minds and turned us on our teammates. Not to mention she turned Phillip into a frog which almost killed him. So we have been through some stuff too, Zenowing. But we got through it, together. Yes I can protect myself, but I can also rely on my teammates to have my back. Maybe, you should do the same!" Zac clenched his fists and sent the debris flying into the surrounding trees causing everyone to duck to avoid getting hit. Zac stepped forward until he was right in front of Zenowing and said, "If you don't want to join this team, then fine. I am not going to force you into making that decision. But that doesn't mean we can't work together to stop this threat. We did just save your life from Doomwing, too. LET US HELP YOU!"

Suddenly everyone could hear screeching in the air and Zenowing looked around and said, "That sound…It's Doomwing! I must destroy him and get back my Energem! You, merman prince, must stay here with your team. This is my fight. I need to protect you from this threat." He turned and flew off. Zac groaned and turned to the team who looked a little shaken up from Zac's display of power. He sighed and said, "Sorry about that. But please tell me you agree with me." Phillip stepped forward and said, "We do. Just watch your temper a bit. Now I can see why your mother wants you to meditate." Zac chuckled as Ivan said, "Quickly! We must catch up with him!" The Rangers nodded and they ran after Zenowing.

Zenowing landed on the ground where he thought the source of the sound came from. He turned to see Doomwing along with Lord Arcanon and Fury as he said, "Missing something, Zenowing?" Zenowing stared down his evil half and said, "The Energem won't bond to an evil soul. You cannot morph on your own." Doomwing chuckled, "I won't be on my own for long!" Zenowing heard the footsteps behind him and he held up a hand saying, "Stay back, Rangers! Doomwing is more powerful than any of you. Even you, merman." "I seriously doubt that," Zac said. "But all of us together are more powerful. It's morphin' time!" Everyone pulled out their Dino Chargers and morphed into Power Rangers. They jumped in between Zenowing and the monsters as Tyler shouted, "Let's do this!" Zenowing growled, "This is my battle, Rangers." He fired a blast from his hand past the Rangers to Doomwing, who blocked it and flew right up, knocking the Rangers off their feet, straight to Zenowing shouting, "Out of my way!" The two halves clashed swords and Doomwing landed a blow to Zenowing's back and the bird man fell to the ground in pain. "Don't resist!" Doomwing shouted. "I am your destiny!" He sent a Doom Slash at Zenowing and the Rangers hitting them head on. Doomwing chuckled, "The Dark Energem will make us one again!" He walked forward to Zenowing while Lord Arcanon shouted from the background, "Break his spirit!" Doomwing lowered his sword to Zenowing's throat and said, "Oh, my pleasure!" Zac saw this and stood up with a Dino Saber in hand and raised his other hand shouting, "NO!" He wind pushed Doomwing several yards back shouting, "Back off, Birdbrain!" Zenowing looked up at Zac and shouted, "Zac!" Doomwing growled and said, "You'll pay for this!" He held his hand to his sword and muttered the spell Ursula told him, "Venenum ignis!" His sword glowed bright red and he charged to Zac as Zac held up his sword in defense ready to use the Turn the Tide move if needed. But Doomwing's sword slashed right through Zac's Dino Saber and slashed Zac in his abdomen. Zac winced in pain and fell to the ground demorphing. A bright red slash in his abdomen was shown and his skin started to dry up as he laid on the ground in pain. "No! Zac!" Koda shouted. "Your Highness!" Ivan got up and ran over to Zac. "Yes!" Doomwing shouted. "I struck that merman down!" Ivan glared at Doomwing and shouted, "How dare you harm the prince! What sorcery is this?" Doomwing laughed evilly and said, "Ursula sends her regards to her nephew. She enchanted my sword with a spell that is now poisoning your precious merman prince with intense fire. It will slowly work its way throughout his body until he is no more. She is the only one with the antidote so he either comes with me or he will die!" Phillip got up and stood in front of Zac with Ivan and shouted, "You will not get your hands on him! You are going to have to get through us!" Doomwing chuckled and sent a blast to the two Rangers and knocked them down hard. Doomwing chuckled, "If destruction is what you want, then so be it! You are defenseless to stop me!"

Suddenly Keeper appeared and shouted, "Think again!" "Keeper!" Tyler shouted. "Not him!" Fury shouted from the sidelines. Doomwing growled and charged at Keeper, but Keeper waved his staff and teleported the Rangers out of there before Doomwing could reach them. Doomwing growled and said, "Come back and fight, you coward! Zenowing will bond with me again, and that merman will belong to Lord Arcanon!" Speaking of which, Lord Arcanon said, "So, that was the legendary Keeper. His tricks won't stop me from ruling the universe! And it will only be a matter of time before they will come crawling back to us for Ursula's antidote. Doomwing, if you cannot capture your other half, I will destroy you and take the Silver Energem from your ashes!"

Over on Mako, the mermaids were enjoying time in the sun. Suddenly Mimmi received a vision from Zac showing his confrontation with Zenowing and Doomwing murmuring the spell and slashing Zac with his sword. She felt pain in her abdomen where Zac was slashed but there was no wound. Ordina looked at her and asked, "What's wrong?" Mimmi turned to Ordina and said, "It's Zac. He's been poisoned!" "What?" Sirena cried. "With what?" Nixie asked. "Fire poison," Mimmi said. Nerissa heard this and said, "Then he doesn't have much time. I fear this is Ursula's doing. And today is the new moon as well. Not good timing as the moon healing spell won't fix this. I will get a salve that will slow down the poison. Mimmi, go get Evie. She will want to be by his side." Mimmi nodded and dove underwater and sped swam to Evie's house. Verida stared at the other mermaids and said, "Do you think Triton knows about this?" Nerissa sighed and said, "I do not know. I just pray that my son will make it through this."

Over in the Gold Coast, Evie was staring out to the ocean from her backyard at her house. Even though her tail was gone, part of her still missed swimming in the sea with Zac and the other mermaids. Her feelings for Zac have grown over the past few months and she was starting to feel conflicted about her future. Her dad came up behind her and said, "Hey, sweetie!" Evie turned around and said, "Dad. You startled me!" Her dad chuckled, "Sorry, sweetheart. I came over to ask if you wanted to help me with boat tours tomorrow. I have a lot of customers and I could use the help." Evie nodded and said, "Sure, dad." Her father looked at her and asked, "What's got you down, peanut? You've seemed a little out of it lately." Evie shrugged and said, "Nothing. Just tired I guess." Her dad knew otherwise and said, "You're thinking about Zac again, aren't you?" Evie sighed and nodded in confirmation. Her father had her sit down in a chair while he sat down and said, "Evie. I know how much that boy means to you. You two were inseparable before he flew off to the States. And I see the look in your eyes when he is with you. You really love him, don't you?" Evie nodded as some tears came down her face and she said, "I miss him a lot. But I know what he is doing will be great for him. And I support him." Her father sighed and said, "I know that long distance relationships can be tough, but they also help couples realize if they are really meant to be. If you still have strong feelings for Zac, then maybe he is the one for you." Evie looked at her dad and then asked, "Dad, what if he goes somewhere in the future and I can't follow him? And even if I could, what about you?" Her dad chuckled and said, "If you feel like that boy is your future, then I say go for it. You may be my only daughter and I will miss you, I understand that love sometimes means that you have to let go of some things you love to be with the one who matters most to you. Your mother did the same thing with me. After we met, she moved here to be with me even though she was from far away. It hurt your grandparents, but they understood how much we loved each other. And I think history is repeating itself in a way. I will support any decision you make, because I love you." Evie cried harder and hugged here dad and whispered, "I love you too, Dad." Her dad returned the hug and said, "I'm going inside to start dinner prep. I'll shout for you when it's ready." Evie nodded and her dad stood up and walked back inside. A few moments later, Mimmi popped her head up out of the ocean near Evie's dock and said, "Evie! Come quickly!" Evie ran down to where Mimmi was, saw that her eyes were red and puffy from crying, and asked, "Mimmi? What's going on?" Mimmi cried, "It's Zac. He's hurt. I can feel it. Something happened to him and I need to go see him. Please come with me. He needs you as he needs me." Evie nodded and shouted back to her dad, "Dad! I'm taking the boat out for a while. I want to scout around for tomorrow's tours." "Ok, sweetheart!" Her dad shouted back from the house. Evie jumped into her boat and said, "Let's go!" Mimmi dove underwater and Evie followed behind in her boat, tears leaking down her face.

The Rangers arrived back at their base and Zac was immediately put in a makeshift hospital bed hooked up to wires and IV's monitoring his status. "Is he going to be OK?" Tyler asked. Kendall sighed as she put a bandage on Zac's wound and said, "I don't know. I've never seen this type of injury before." "This is Ursula's doing," Phillip said. "She's making other monsters do her dirty work. Maybe to buy her time for whatever she is planning." "Doomwing was too powerful," Zenowing said. "The merman should not have gotten in the way so that he wouldn't be hurt now. He shouldn't have interfered." Tyler glared at Zenowing and said, "Interfered? Zac just saved your life. Again. And Doomwing specifically targeted Zac because that was Ursula's spell that he used. She has just as much of a grudge on Zac that Doomwing does with you." "You don't even seem to care," Chase added. Zenowing sighed and said, "I warned all of you, including him, to stay back, but you didn't listen." "And you're alive because we didn't" Phillip said angrily. Ivan stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, this won't do us any good." Zenowing looked at Phillip and said, "You are a prince as well? Then you must understand why I am trying to protect him." Phillip shook his head and said, "I may be a prince like him, but I also know that a true prince protects his own people. Zac helped me see that. Maybe you should realize that."

Everyone saw a flash out of the corner of their eyes and turned toward the moon pool cave and saw Mimmi standing there with an angry look on her face and Evie with tears rolling down her cheeks. Ivan kneeled and said, "Princess Mimmi. Lady Evie." Evie ran past the Rangers and sat down by Zac's side whispering, "Zac. I'm here." Zac opened his eyes a little and whispered, "Evie. Sorry." Evie shook her head and said, "You have nothing to be sorry over." Mimmi stalked right over to Zenowing and shouted, "How dare you!" The Rangers and Zenowing looked at her in shock as Phillip stepped forward and put his arms around her shoulders and said, "Mimmi, sweetheart, calm down a bit." Zenowing looked at the mermaid and asked, "Who are you to say that to me?" Mimmi glared at him and said, "I am Zac's twin sister. And through our telepathic link, I know who you are and what you said and did. No wonder Zac was so angry at you. All you can think about is yourself. And because of that, Zac is hurt and you think you can say things like that about him. After he saved your life, twice. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't bring you down right here and now!" She raised her hand to him to prove her threat at Zenowing backed up a little. Phillip pulled her into a hug and said, "Mimmi, breathe. We will help Zac heal. It's OK." Mimmi's shoulders shuttered as she let the tears come out and she said, "That's just it. I don't know if I can." Phillip pulled back and asked, "What do you mean?" Mimmi sighed and said, "I heard through our telepathy what spell that birdbrain say. It literally translates to fire poison. It will go throughout Zac slowly weakening him and burning him from the inside. I hate Ursula so much right now!" A beaker on the lab table broke shocking the group as Phillip started to rub circles in Mimmi's back saying, "We can help him. I believe in you. Just use the moon healing spell like before." Mimmi cried harder and said, "But I can't. Today is a new moon, when the spell is at its weakest. I would only be able to heal minor injuries. This is more serious. I brought a salve that Mother made to slow down the progression of the poison, but it won't work forever up until the spell would be strong enough to heal him. He won't make it that long." That statement made Evie cry harder into Zac's arm. Koda walked over to get his club and started to walk over with it raised towards Zenowing but Chase blocked him saying, "Koda, relax. Don't take this out on Zenowing. Even if he might deserve it." Kendall sighed and said, "Why don't you guys get some air? I can stay here and monitor Zac." Phillip kept his arm wrapped around Mimmi and said, "I will stay here with Mimmi. She needs some comfort right now." Tyler looked at his teammates and said, "Fine. Come on, guys, let's get out of here." So he, Chase, Koda, Riley, Shelby, and Ivan walked out of the base.

Keeper appeared before Zenowing and said, "Zenowing, my old friend. I hope you did not mean what you just said." Zenowing sighed and said, "I've fought to save countless lives, but never has someone risked their life to save me. Twice. This strange feeling, what is it?" Keeper answered, "Zac made a great sacrifice for you. And now you are experiencing gratitude, an emotion Doomwing prevented you from feeling." Zenowing looked down and said, "Being tied to Doomwing made me forget who I really am." He looked over at the scene of Zac lying in the hospital bed with Evie sitting by his side holding his hand, and Mimmi putting the salve she brought onto Zac's wound with Phillip rubbing circles on her back.

Over on Sledge's ship, Wrench was reanimating several destroyed monsters shouting, "Next monster, coming up!" He had made three so far when Doomwing came into the lab shouting, "Make more mosnters, Wrench. You creeps will keep the Rangers busy, right? Why can't they talk?" Wrench gulped and said, "It's the best I could do. You want me to make monsters fast, they're gonna have flaws." Doomwing growled, "Fine, go attack the Rangers! Keep them coming, Wrench. The Rangers mustn't stop me from capturing Zenowing!" Ursula appeared in the corner and said, "So, I heard my little spell worked perfectly on my dear nephew. So where is he?" Doomwing growled, "That Keeper showed up before I could grab him and Zenowing." Ursula growled as well and said, "No matter. He doesn't have much time before the spell takes its toll on him. And the Rangers will come begging for a cure. I will go out with those reanimated monsters and try to make a deal with them." She turned and walked out of the lab.

In the cell block, Poisandra was walking around and said, "I sure miss Sledge." She passed Heckyl's cell, who popped out through the bars and whispered, "Psst! Pinky." Poisandra turned around and said, "I'm not supposed to talk to you. We could both get in lots of trouble. What?" She walked up to his cell as Heckyl said, "Help me get outta here. And I'll tell you something that will knock your socks off!" Poisandra gasped, "Really? What is it?"

Meanwhile, Tyler, Chase, Koda, Riley, Shelby, and Ivan were sitting at the park in misery. "How could Zenowing be so cold?" Tyler asked. Ivan answered, "Keeper told us not to give up on him. But 'tis very tempting." "Doomwing must have really affected him," Shelby added. "But he must be good deep down or the Silver Energem wouldn't have chosen him." "Correct," Riley said. "We must stay hopeful, for Zac's sake. And be wary of Ursula." Suddenly laser blasts were sent in their direction. They dodged and looked over to see monsters they have destroyed in the past. "We got company," Chase said. Then they saw Ursula appear in front of the monsters and she said, "Hello, Rangers. How is your little friend doing? Is he is a lot of pain?" Ivan growled and said, "No thanks to you, witch!" Koda held him back as Ursula giggled and said, "Oh, dear knight. You don't want to hurt me. Especially when I have the antidote." She held up a small vial containing said antidote. She continued, "I'll make a deal with you. I will give you this antidote if you hand over all of your Energems right now. And I will get these mindless beasts to leave you alone. Do we have a deal?" Tyler stepped forward and said, "We don't trust your deals. You always have a scheme behind them. We will just take it from you." Ursula giggled and said, "I would like to see you all try. Go ahead, boys. They're all yours." The monsters charged at the Rangers as the Rangers morphed and charged into battle.

Back at the Ranger base, Zac wasn't making much progress as the salve was starting to wear off. Zenowing sighed as he stepped forward and kneeled to Mimmi saying, "I humbly apologize to you, mermaid princess. I was unkind toward your brother even though he was right." Mimmi sighed and said, "It's OK, Zenowing." Zenowing stood and looked at Evie and said, "I can tell that you care for him very deeply. Even though you are not the same as him." Evie nodded and said, "I may be human, but I still love him. I was given a tail once, but it was taken away from me. I thought it was fine, but now that I know that Zac will have to leave one day to accept his destiny, I still want to be with him. He is so caring, he has never put any pressure on me to make this decision, and he treasures the time we spend together." Zenowing cocked his head and asked, "And if you could get your tail back, would you choose to be with him forever?" Evie thought for a moment, then looked at Zac and said, "In a heartbeat. I may miss everything here, but I would be missing a piece of my soul since he won't be there." Zenowing nodded and he walked over to Zac's side and said, "I can't return what was taken from you, but I can repay my debt to him." He looked over to Mimmi and Phillip and said, "You may not have the power to heal him today, but I do. Will you allow it, princess?" Mimmi nodded quickly as Phillip wrapped his arms around her. Zenowing looked down at Zac and said, "Your kindness reminds me of how I was a long time ago. I'm sorry. It seems I've lost my way. But not any more." He held up his sword as it started to glow as it took energy from him and directed it into Zac through his wound. Phillip asked, "What is happening?" Zenowing answered, "I am giving him some of my life energy. It will cancel out the poison in him." He looked down at Zac and said, "You'll share my skill when you fight, making your power stronger than ever before, and I'll share your heart to know what's right." The energy flow stopped and Zac's body glowed a light blue before fading. Zac fell unconscious as Zenowing said, "Thank you, merman prince. Now, I have a score to settle." He turned and walked out of the base. Mimmi looked over Zac and said, "Whatever he did worked. The poison is out of his system. Now he is using his energy to get his strength back." Kendall walked over and scanned Zac and said, "Mimmi is right. There is no trace of the poison in him. And I just got word from the others. Ursula showed up with some resurrected monsters from the past and she wanted to make a deal with us. Trading the antidote for our Energems." "What is it with her and deals?" Evie asked. "Mostly because of trickery," Mimmi answered. "Mother said that she always did things to get her way back when she was Aurora. She always put loopholes in everything so that she would win no matter what." Phillip turned to Kendall and asked, "How are the others doing against Ursula and those monsters?" "From what Tyler told me," Kendall answered. "Those resurrected monsters are mindless. So no very difficult to defeat like before." Mimmi turned to Phillip and asked, "Can you stay with me? Until Zac awakens?" Phillip sighed and kissed Mimmi's head and said, "For you, anything, my princess. Ms. Morgan will continue to monitor him and the others in the field. I will join them when they need my help." "And what about Zenowing?" Evie asked. Kendall sighed and said, "I could try to track him, but I feel like he is going somewhere where he doesn't want to be followed. I'll try my best to see where he is going."

Over at the fight, Ivan dodged a monster's attack and asked, "So you've fought these monsters before?" "Yeah," Chase answered. "But now they're even dumber than they look!" He kicked one of the monsters and he, Tyler, and Koda pulled out their morphers and shouted, "Dino Morpher Blast!" They fired at two of the monsters and destroyed them. "Two down!" Tyler shouted. Ursula groaned and said, "Stupid monsters. You, get after them!" The remaining monster nodded and chased after the six Rangers.

Over in the forest, Zenowing was looking around saying, "I can sense it. The Silver Energem is nearby." Suddenly Doomwing jumped out and stared down Zenowing, who growled and said, "Doomwing, let's finish this. Once and for all. You will pay for poisoning the merman prince." Doomwing laughed evilly and said, "Aww. The poor fishy. Such a shame. Unless he gets the antidote from Ursula, he is a goner!" Zenowing chuckled and said, "That's not exactly the case, Doomwing." Doomwing stared at Zenowing and growled realizing, "You! You cured him! How?" Zenowing pulled out his sword and said, "Like you will ever know." Doomwing roared and stormed at Zenowing and the clash began. They both flew into the air clashing swords at each other. Eventually, Doomwing slashed Zenowing's back causing the blue bird to fall to the ground in pain. "You know my moves," Zenowing realized. "And I've perfected them!" Doomwing shouted as he landed back on the ground. Zenowing stood up and said, "Imitation never beats the real thing!" He charged back towards Doomwing, but suddenly a laser blast hit him and he flew into the air and landed on the ground hard. Fury and Singe appeared out of nowhere and pulled Zenowing off the ground and held him firm as Doomwing said, "Looks like you forgot that I never fight fair!" Lord Arcanon appeared in front of Zenowing and said, "Once you touch the Dark Energem, you'll recombine with Doomwing! And I overheard you telling Doomwing that you cured the merman of Ursula's poison. You will pay dearly for that. Once you recombine with Doomwing, you will watch helplessly as he captures the Aqua Ranger right under your beak!"

Over at the Ranger base, Zac was seeing what was happening with Zenowing in his mind. When Zenowing gave some of his life energy to Zac, they became psychically linked. His eyes suddenly shot open and he sat up startling Phillip, Mimmi, Evie, and Kendall, who walked over and said, "Zac! Are you OK?" Zac nodded and said, "Yeah. What happened?" Evie answered, "Zenowing used some of his life energy to heal you. How do you feel?" Zac reached down and pulled off the bandage and showed everyone that the wound was gone and said, "I'm healed. But something feels different." As soon as he said that, he somehow was lifted off of the bed he was on and floated a few feet in the air. "Ah, Zac?" Phillip asked. "How are you doing that?" Zac looked down and shrieked, causing him to fall back down and he landed on the bed. "Ah," Zac said. "I just flew. How is that possible?" Mimmi thought for a moment and said, "Zenowing said something while he healed you. He said that you will now share his skill when you fight and your power will be stronger than ever. You might have gotten some of his abilities like flight. But you just had a vision of him just now before you woke up, didn't you?" Zac nodded as Phillip asked, "Wait, what?" Mimmi turned to Phillip and said, "Right before Zac woke up, I saw a vision with Zenowing in it." Zac nodded and said, "She's right. It's Zenowing. I think he's in trouble. It was like I could see everything he was seeing. Like I do with Mimmi. When he gave me his life energy, we must have become physically linked somehow. I need to go to him now. Phillip, go find the others and meet me in the woods!" Zac turned to run out of the base when Evie shouted, "Wait!" Zac turned as Evie ran up and gave him a quick peck and said, "Good luck. And be careful." Zac smiled and said, "I will." He ran out as Phillip turned to Mimmi and said, "I'll return soon, Mimmi." Mimmi gave him a quick peck and said, "You better." Phillip smiled and ran out of the base to where the other six Rangers were.

The other six Rangers fired their Dino Morphers at the last resurrected monster and destroyed it. Ursula growled and said, "Imbeciles!" Tyler pointed his Dino Morpher at Ursula and said, "Give us the antidote, Ursula!" Ursula giggled and said, "There is no way you humans will ever defeat me. We can battle all you want, but the clock is ticking on your friend." Suddenly a laser blast hit Ursula and she flew through the air and landed a few yards away on the ground. The six Rangers turned around and saw Phillip morphed with his Dino Morpher pointed at Ursula and said, "Take that, witch." He ran over to the other Rangers and said, "You don't need her antidote. Zenowing healed Zac and he's doing just fine." The Rangers cheered as Ursula screamed with fury and said, "How dare that creature mess with my plans! I will make you all pay! Especially that nephew of mine!" She raised her hand and disappeared. "The witch vanished," Ivan said. "We can worry about her later," Phillip said. "Zenowing's in trouble. Zac's gone after him. He needs out help." "Let's go then," Riley said. The seven Rangers nodded and ran towards the woods.

Zac arrived at the forest morphed. He got off his Dino Cycle and said, "He's close by. I can feel it. Maybe I can give those creeps the element of surprise. Let me try this flight thing out. Wind, help me out please." He jumped toward a tall tree and flew right to its top branch. He landed and said, "Wow. That worked! Now, let me get a bird's eye view for once." He flew from tree to tree until he saw Zenowing tied to a tree with Lord Arcanon, Doomwing, Singe, and Fury surrounding him. He made himself invisible to hear what was going on. Lord Arcanon said, "One touch of the Dark Energem is all it will take!" He pulled out the Dark Energem and showed it to Zenowing. Zac gulped and whispered, "So that's the Dark Energem." Doomwing walked over to Zenowing and held onto him saying, "We'll be combined forever." The Dark Energem flew out of Arcanon's hand and into Zenowing and Doomwing as the merging process began. Zac growled and shouted, "Stop!" The monsters looked around to find out who shouted, but they saw no one. Zac made himself visible and shouted, "Leave him alone!" He jumped off the tree and flew down and landed on the ground. "What?" Arcanon shouted. Zac pulled out his Dino Saber as he started to glow light blue and he shouted, "Aqua Prism Slash!" Glowing aqua wings appeared on his back as he slashed the sword just like Zenowing did and sent the attack right at the monsters, sending everyone flying, even Zenowing. The Dark Energem flew deeper into the woods as Arcanon cried, "Find the Dark Energem! Now!" Fury and Singe ran into the woods as Arcanon walked toward Doomwing and said, "Your plan has failed. I'll destroy you myself!" But suddenly laser blasts hit them as the other seven Rangers showed up and Tyler shouted, "How about we destroy you both?" Tyler, Chase, Koda, and Shelby activated their Dino Steel and got out their weapons, while Ivan pulled out his Ptera Saber and Phillip pulled out his Pachy Wrecking Ball. "Time to take him out!" Tyler shouted as the Rangers charged into battle. Arcanon growled and said to Doomwing, "The Rangers can have you!" He then teleported back to Sledge's ship and Doomwing cried, "Lord Arcanon! Come back!" He saw the Rangers coming and he turned and ran away. Tyler shouted, "Let's fry this chicken!" as they chased after him.

Zac ran over to where Zenowing was and helped him up asking, "Are you OK?" Zenowing nodded and said, "I am, Prince Zac. Thank you." Zac shook his head and said, "No need to thank me. That's what Rangers do. As well as princes. Now let's get your Silver Energem back." "Yes," Zenowing said. "And it seems you are adapting to my energy quicker than I thought." Zac chuckled and said, "Yeah. Flying is interesting. Luckily I can already control the wind so that helps me." Zenowing nodded and said, "Then let's take to the skies and strike Doomwing down." They jumped into the air and flew off to find Doomwing.

Fury and Singe were looking for the Dark Energem. "The Dark Energem must be here somewhere," Singe said. He saw something glowing in the grass and said, "Ha! There it is." He picked it up and looked up to see the Rangers running off to chase after Doomwing. Singe chuckled, "The Rangers are playing with fire. And they're gonna get burned. Especially the Aqua one."

The seven Rangers caught up with Doomwing just outside the woods. Tyler shouted, "There he is! Don't let him get away!" Suddenly another resurrected monster jumped in front of Doomwing and charged at the Rangers. Doomwing chuckled. "Time to fly!" Chase looked at Tyler and said, "Tyler, we'll take Scrapper, you finish off Doomwing." Tyler nodded and he pulled out his T-Rex Super Charge charger and activated it. He caught up with Doomwing and shouted, "Listen up, dodo bird! Arcanon didn't destroy you, but I will!" "Guess again!" Doomwing cried as he and Tyler charged in and fought each other off. The other six were trying to defeat Scrapper. "Let me go!" Koda shouted as Scrapper held onto Koda's Stage Sheild. Phillip whacked Scrapper with his Wrecking Ball as Koda jumped out of the way. Tyler was kicked off of Doomwing as the bird glared at Tyler and said, "You're in trouble now!" He charged in while Tyler shouted, "Look who's squawking!" He tried to dodge, but Doomwing was fast and slashed Tyler to the ground. He chuckled, "You were foolish to count your chickens before they hatch. Now you're cockadoodle doomed! This is the end of you, Red Ranger!" He charged up his sword as Tyler stood up and said, "Yeah, the end of you!" Tyler activated the Ankylo Pachy formation and gained their weapons on his arms. Doomwing fired a blast, but Tyler dodged and threw the Wrecking Ball at Doomwing who dodged it. Koda charged in and hit Scrapper with his shield as Shelby shouted, "Time to put Scrapper in the trash!" "Good idea," Riley said as he and Shelby threw their weapons at Koda who created the Triple Spike and pierced Scrapper with it, destroying him. "A Dinotastic finish, Sir Koda!" Ivan said. Phillip looked over at Ivan and said, "I think Tyler is rubbing off on you, Sir Ivan." Suddenly three more resurrected monsters showed up. "Not these three creeps again!" Chase shouted. Shelby said, "That's not all," as more and more resurrected monsters showed up. "But we defeat these monsters before!" Koda said. Riley then said, "We'll just destroy them again! Take one each!" Everyone nodded and they charged at different monsters, fighting them off.

Tyler was starting to have some trouble against Doomwing who mocked, "Your friends are in trouble and so are you!" He held up his sword and summoned Iceage, Stringrage, and Meteor to fight Tyler, who groaned, "These three chumps? You know how many times we've beaten these guys already, Doomwing?" "But not alone," Doomwing said. Suddenly a blast headed straight for Doomwing who sliced the attack in two. He looked up and saw Zenowing walking towards him, as he was the one who sent the attack at Doomwing. "Zenowing!" Doomwing cried. Tyler turned to Zenowing as he kicked one of the resurrected monsters back and shouted, "You came!" "Yes," Zenowing said. "Along with some help." Suddenly lightning rained down from the sky and struck the three resurrected monsters flinging them away from Tyler. Zac landed on the ground next to Tyler and asked, "Are you OK?" Tyler nodded then asked, "Did you just fly?" Zac chuckled, "I did. Learned that trick thanks to Zenowing." Zenowing nodded and said, "That's what teammates do." Doomwing growled and said, "Then I'll destroy all you and the Red Ranger. The Aqua Ranger will make a great bargaining chip to get back into Lord Arcanon's graces." Zac groaned, "Ah, no thanks. Tyler, you and I can finish off these guys. Let's leave Doomwing to Zenowing." Tyler nodded as he and Zac charged into the three resurrected monsters.

Zenowing and Doomwing charged at each other and clashed swords. Zenowing got the upper hand and slashed Doomwing to the ground. Zenowing brought his sword down onto Doomwing who held it off with his own sword and said, "I've beaten you before and I'll beat you again!" Zenowing's sword glowed and caused the Silver Energem to appear on Doomwing's sword and he said, "Not if I have this!" He took the Silver Energem and backed away with Doomwing shouting, "No!" Zenowing then said, "The Silver Energem didn't bond to you. It chose me!" He pulled out his own Dino Morpher and put the Energem into it shouting, "It's Morphin' Time! Energize! Unleash the power!" He then morphed into the Silver Ranger. "Awesome!" Tyler shouted. "He did it!" Zac cheered. The other Rangers saw from where they were fighting and cheered along with Tyler and Zac. Doomwing stood up and said, "Curse you, Zenowing!" Zenowing pulled out his sword and slashed Doomwing multiple times causing the monster to kneel in pain. "You won't beat me that easily!" Doomwing cried. The other Rangers got all of the resurrected monsters into one pile and Tyler said to the others, "Time to finish these creeps." "Together then," Zac said as he raised his Saber to the sky. Everyone else nodded as they pulled out their Dino Morphers and Ivan charged his Ptera Saber. "T-Rex Super Charge Final Blast!" Tyler shouted. "Aqua Prism Slash!" Zac shouted. "Lightning Strike!" Ivan shouted. "Dino Morpher Blast!" Chase, Koda, Riley, Shelby, and Phillip shouted. The attacks all launched and hit the monsters, destroying them. "Monster extinct!" The Rangers shouted.

Meanwhile, Zenowing was staring down Doomwing and asked, "Any last words?" Doomwing growled, "Arcanon will crush you!" "Don't count on it!" Zenowing said as he charged up his sword. "Silver Prism Slash! Titano Saber, Final Strike!" He launched himself at Doomwing and slashed his final attack, destroying Doomwing finally. "Monster extinct!" Zenowing shouted. The other Rangers cheered with Tyler shouting, "We did it!" Zac looked at Zenowing and said, "Welcome to the team, Zenowing." Zenowing nodded and said, "Thank you, my friends. It's an honor."

Over on Sledge's ship, Poisandra slipped a device to Heckyl in his cell and said, "Remember, we have a deal." "Right on time," Heckyl said as he grabbed the device from her. She walked away as Heckyl put the device on his door. It then exploded, breaking down the door. Heckyl stood up, walked out, and smiled. He crept toward the bridge and overheard Arcanon saying, "What is it, Singe?" Singe sighed and said, "Doomwing may have been destroyed, but I have good news. I found the Dark Energem." He held it out and Lord Arcanon took it and said, "Safe and sound." Heckyl looked at the Dark Energem and he was suddenly bombarded with memories he has long since forgotten. "Now I remember," Heckyl muttered. He remembers that he was the protector of the Dark Energem on his home planet, Centai6. He was running away from the attackers with it, but he was blasted down. The Dark Energem flew out in front of him. He grabbed it with haste, but it then transformed him into Snide, creating his evil opposite. "Where am I?" Snide asked. "What's this?" Lord Arcanon had walked up behind him and said, "Now you begin to see the power of the Dark Energem! It's mine now! Don't worry, you'll remember nothing." Heckyl shook away the memory and barged into the bridge and shouted, "You! You're the one who destroyed my entire planet! And my memory of that day along with it! Until now!" Lord Arcanon chuckled, "Centai6 was merely an obstacle in my quest to get all the Energems. It's taken millions of years. You won't stop me now! Shackle him!" Fury and Singe grabbed Heckyl's arms and dragged him away as Heckyl was shouting, "I'll make you pay for what you did, Arcanon! If it's the last thing I ever do!" Lord Arcanon chuckled, "It will be amusing to see you try!" Ursula appeared next to Arcane and said, "Poor Heckyl. You really messed him up good, didn't you?" Arcanon turned to Ursula and said, "Your plan against your nephew failed. Why should I let you stay here in my company?" Ursula growled and said, "You didn't tell me what that blue bird was capable of. That bird needs to go. He will mess everything up along with those other Rangers. My revenge will be fulfilled!" Arcanon chuckled, "And it will. The Dark Energem is back in my hands. Your nephew is no match against it."

Over in the forest, the Rangers were back to training. Riley and Ivan were practicing sword moves while Chase and Koda was throwing more rocks for Tyler and Shelby to fire. Zac and Phillip were standing nearby with Evie and Mimmi next to them watching the others train. "So this is how all of you train?" Mimmi asked. Phillip nodded and said, "Yes. Everyone has their own style and we practice them as well as learn each other's to help them out." Zac added, "I recently have been practicing on meditating like Nerissa wanted me to. And it's working." "Good to hear," Mimmi said. Evie looked to Zac and asked, "How are you feeling? Any more pain?" Zac shook his head and said, "Nope. Zenowing healed me pretty well. And he was right. I feel stronger than ever. Maybe Mimmi will get some of that soon." Mimmi hit Zac's shoulder and said, "Sure." Zac turned to Mimmi and Phillip and asked, "Can you two give us a minute, please?" Mimmi nodded and pulled Phillip away towards the other Rangers as Evie asked, "Zac? What's wrong?" Zac shook his head and said, "Nothing's wrong. But I may have heard what you said to Zenowing while I was out of it." Evie gasped and asked, "You heard me? Everything?" Zac nodded and asked, "Was it true? If you could have your tail back, when I leave with Mimmi, you want to come with me? Forever?" Evie nodded and said, "I've been thinking about it a lot since you came back here a few months ago. And I realized, especially after everything Ursula has done, that I can't live without you. I know that is a little cliche to say, but I love you, more than anything else. I still want to finish high school and we need to possibly explain this to my dad…." She was interrupted by Zac giving her a passionate kiss on the lips that Evie melted into. After a few moments they parted and rested their foreheads on each other as Zac said, "That would make me that happiest man in the world." Evie giggled and asked, "Was that a proposal, Mr. Blakely?" Zac chuckled and said, "Not quite. But you're sure? Your dad is still here. What about him?" Evie sighed and said, "I've thought about that. And I realized that you have to do the same thing with your parents. I think if we explain to him what is going on, minus the Power Ranger stuff, he might be a little upset, but I know that he loves me he knows that you make me happy. I still would want to visit him as much as I can, but I choose you Zac. If there is a chance for me to become a mermaid again, I'll do it. For you." Zac smiled and gave her a peck then pulled back and hugged her.

Zenowing walked over to the Rangers and said, "Hi, Rangers." The Rangers walked over while Evie and Mimmi stayed off to the side as Zac and Phillip joined the group and Zac said, "Zenowing, you're here." Zenowing nodded and asked, "I trust you're well, Prince Zac?" Zac nodded and said, "I wanted to thank you for healing me, and somehow passing on some of your powers, including that Prism Slash move." Zenowing put his hand on Zac's shoulder and said, "Young merman, it is I who should be thanking you. I now remember that a life filled with gratitude and teamwork is a rich one indeed." Zac looked to the others then to Evie and Mimmi and said, "It definitely is." Chase and Ivan picked up some rocks to aim for Koda and Riley to hit with Tyler and Shelby behind them to fire at the rocks. "All right," Chase said. "Here it comes!" Chase and Ivan threw the rocks at Koda and Riley and they swung away launching the rocks into the air and Tyler and Shelby fired at them. "You hit them!" They both said at the same time. "No, you hit them. Stop copying me!" Phillip cleared his throat and pointed to Zac and Zenowing. Zac smiled and said, "Actually…" He and Zenowing pulled out their Dino Morphers as Zenowing said, "We hit them." The Rangers laughed as Zac and Zenowing playfully clashed their Dino Morphers together with Evie and Mimmi cheering from the side. "The day may have started off terrible," Zac thought. "But it ended great. Zenowing is now on the team. And Evie gave me the best news. Fate seems to be smiling down on me…"