Dino Charge: Merman Aqua Ranger
Sorry for the delay. This whole quarantine situation threw me off a bit. But I am making the most of it. I hope that all of you are doing well and staying safe during this tough time. Only three more chapters to go after this before this story is done. The endgame is near. Enjoy!
Chapter 37: Worgworld
Over on Sledge's crashed ship, Snide was walking through the ship saying, "One last visit to solitary, where I can finally destroy Heckyl." He entered the cell block where Heckyl's cell was located but Poisandra and Curio stood in his way. Poisandra glared at him and said, "Hold it right there, buster! We had a deal! I helped you and Heckyl escape solitary, now you owe me that big secret!" She shoved him into a wall and wouldn't let him pass. Snide groaned and said, "Fine!" He started to whisper in her ear with Curio whining, "Speak up!" Snide finished and pulled away with Poisandra saying, "Are you serious? I can't believe it! Come on, Curio! Let's go!" Poisandra and Curio walked away leaving Snide there alone. Ursula appeared behind him and said, "So, you let that little heart shaped monster know the big secret. If Lord Arcanon found out this big secret, you will be in big trouble." Snide turned to Ursula and said, "Then keep you mouth shut. Heckyl and I only told you of my secret contact to help your plan of revenge along with his. Things are still going according to plan." Suddenly the alarms blared as Wrench ran to them with Snide asking, "What now?" "Hurry," Wrench said. "Heckyl got loose!" "No!" Snide said as he ran past Wrench with Ursula following him with Wrench close behind. He stopped in front of two Spikeballs and asked, "Where is Heckyl, you bumbling boneheads?" One answered, "We couldn't stop him. He was just too powerful." "Weaklings," Snide growled and he pulled out his sword and slashed through both of the monsters, destroying them. "Interesting," Ursula said. "What does Heckyl think he's going to do now that he is free?" Wrench gulped and said, "Mr. Snide, should I go after him?" Snide turned to Wrench and said, "You? A bucket of bolts? Ha! Let him go. He'll never stop Lord Arcanon's plan to destroy those rotten Rangers! And bring the Aqua one on his knees as his prisoner!" "What plan?" Wrench asked. "Music," Snide answered laughing evilly. Ursula turned to Snide and said, "Tell me about this plan then. And I'll see if I can add some of my magic to it to weaken that nephew of mine."
Over at the museum, Shelby and Tyler were out front giving away pamphlets about a new exhibit opening, Worg the Cavemen! "Be sure to visit Worg the Caveman!" Shelby said as her handed a pamphlet out. Inside, Kendall, Koda, Chase, Riley, and Ivan were watching the Worg robot in the exhibit to check to see if it was working properly. "Koda," Kendall said. "You're the biggest fan of our robotic caveman. Or the only fan." She was correct in that; many people were passing by the exhibit not even giving it a glance. "Worg every exciting!" Koda said. "Yes," Ivan said. "About as exciting as watching the paint dry." An older man with his granddaughter stopped at the exhibit and asked Riley, "Ah, young man, could you get a photo of us with the caveman?" Riley nodded and said, "Sure." He tool the camera from the man and stood back to take the picture. Koda saw this and said, "See? People love Worg." Suddenly Worg accidentally grabbed the toupee off of the man's head, causing his granddaughter to scream and the grandfather turned around to rip the toupee out of Worg's hand. He took his camera back from Riley who said, "You look great!" The man took his granddaughter's hand and angrily walked away with Ivan saying, "I take it all back. Worg puts on quite a good show." Kendall sighed and said, "Koda, I'm sorry, but this is not working." Koda replied, "Worg just playful. Please, try different mode." Kendall sighed as she adjusted the headphones on her head and said into its microphone, "Worg, attack." Worg complied and picked up a spear and did the attack motions. "Now Worg work perfectly!" Koda said. But then Worg threw his spear for real and it landed on a nearby wall almost hitting a woman. Kendall said into the microphone, "Worg, turn off!" She turned to Koda and said, "Koda, get Worg out of there!" Koda started to argue, but he saw the anger in Kendall's eyes and nodded as she handed him the headset and walked away. Koda walked up to Worg and said, "I sorry, Worg." He then got an idea as he carried the robot away towards the cafe. Chase came up to Ivan and asked, "Hey, Ivan, have you seen Zac and Prince Phillip anywhere?" Ivan nodded and said, "Both of the princes are down in the base. I believe Phillip is having his first swimming lesson."
Down in the moon pool in the Ranger base, Zac was already in the water in his merman form staring up at Phillip who asked, "You're absolutely sure that I don't need to change into more appropriate clothes for this?" Zac chuckled and said, "Phillip. You have seen me transform when I am just wearing my ordinary clothes. It will be the same for you. Once we are done, you will be back in your fancy suit like nothing happened to it. Just stop being a chicken and jump in. But active your Energem first. It will start the enchantment my father put on it." Phillip nodded and closed his eyes. Sure enough, his Energem glowed for a few seconds then went back to normal. Phillip opened his eyes and said, "OK. I am going to count to three then jump in. One, two…" But Zac got impatient and held up his hand to summon wind to push Phillip into the water, causing a big splash. Phillip broke the surface and shouted, "Zac! That was uncalled for!" Zac laughed and said, "Sorry, Phillip. I was getting impatient." Phillip sighed then he said, "I feel funny. Is this normal?" Zac nodded and said, "It's the transformation starting to take place. Just relax and let the magic work." Sure enough, Phillip's body shimmered, then he transformed into a merman. Phillip took some deep breaths and look down and saw his new tail and said, "Oh my. It worked. I'm a merman." "And how do you feel?" Zac asked. Phillip smiled and said, "Amazing. Everything feels different, which I will have to get use to, but that's a good thing. So, Zac, what should we do first?" Zac thought for a moment then said, "Well, since Mimmi told me you got your first swimming experience during the body switcharoo, I think we are going to focus on your powers." Phillip cocked his head and asked, "Really? I'll have powers like you and Mimmi?" Zac nodded and said, "But yours will probably start off more simple, probably until you become an official merman and go through that ceremony that my father talked about. Hey, I did not have all the powers I have now when I first became like this. So let's start off with the basics. Starting with water bending." Zac held out his hand and some water lifted from the pool a few feet in the air then landed back into the water. Phillip stared at it, then looked to Zac and said, "I did create that water tentacle to fight off Ursula, remember?" Zac chuckled and said, "Yea, I remember, but I want to see if you can do it again. Just hold out your hand like I did, and focus. Tell the water what to do in your mind." Phillip nodded and held out his hand and concentrated. Suddenly water started to float up toward the ceiling. Phillip opened his eyes and saw that it worked. Zac nodded and said, "Good. Try to make it do other things." Phillip nodded and he made the water move around the room, turning it into different shapes. He then smirked and made the water go right above Zac's head before letting it go and the water splashed onto Zac's head. Phillip laughed, "Got you back." Zac sighed and said, "Ok. I think you got that one. But that's only one thing you can do with water." He held up his hand and another water ball lifted up. "You know that water has three states: solid, liquid, and gas. What you were doing earlier means you were controlling its liquid state. You can freeze it." He shifted his hand and the water ball turned to ice. "And you can heat it." Zac tightened his hand into a fist and the ice melted back into water then evaporated. Phillip's eyes were wide then he asked, "I can do all of that already?" Zac nodded and said, "Let's try freezing."
They sat in the moon pool for an hour working on focusing Phillip's water powers. Zac pulled himself out of the moon pool and said, "Here's the final lesson for the day. You practiced your heating powers. Now use them on yourself." He demonstrated on himself and gained his human legs back and stood up. Phillip gulped as he pulled himself out. "My tail weighs a ton," Phillip groaned. "I should have remembered that when I dragged you out of the ocean in New Zealand." Zac chuckled and said, "Ok. Try to dry yourself. Remember to close your hand into a fist and concentrate." Phillip raised his hand over his tail and closed it into a fist and saw steam rise from it. He hissed and said, "You didn't say that it would sting." Zac sighed and said, "Well, you already experienced it once, remember?" Phillip chuckled and said, "Well, your sister was much gentler about it. I guess I am not so gentle since this is my first time trying it." Soon enough, he gained his human legs back and he stood up examining himself. "It worked!" Phillip shouted. Zac nodded and said, "And see, your suit is just fine. Like it never was damaged at all." Phillip nodded and asked, "Magic?" Zac nodded and said, "Yep. Magic. Now I have to head upstairs to work my shift at the cafe. What are you going to do?" Phillip thought for a moment and said, "I may come hang out up there for a little bit. Then I can work on some documents Maggie sent over. I may not be the crown prince of Zandar anymore but I still have things to do for Zandar." Both boys walked out of the moon pool cave and out of the base.
Up at the Cafe, Ivan was taking a table's order saying, "Your every wish is my command." Zac was working behind the counter as Ivan walked past him into the kitchen. "All right," Ivan said to Koda. "Two Bronto burgers for the damsels. You already finished my last order. Koda, you are quite efficient today." Ivan grabbed the order and walked out, but he didn't notice that the Koda working at the grill was really Worg, as the real Koda came out with the headgear and said, "Doing good work, Worg." Zac heard this and turned around and said, "Ah, Koda. Isn't that the robot that Ms. Morgan had out on display today?" Koda nodded and said, "Worg try new job." Zac cocked his head as Ivan came back into the kitchen and said, "Right, and a tuna melt on rye." He looked up and saw Koda standing next to Koda and screamed a little, causing Zac to giggle a little bit. "What?" Ivan asked. "Yes," Koda answered. "Worg like cooking." "Yes," Ivan replied. "Well, Worg almost gave me a heart attack!" Koda shushed him and said, "Don't say attack." But Worg heard the command and said, "Worg attack." He started picking up tomatoes and threw them out of the kitchen, hitting customers and almost Phillip, who turned and ran into the kitchen along with Zac as Tyler dodged one out in the cafe and shouted, "Missed me!" but then a tomato hit him right in the chest. "Koda!" Phillip shouted. "Stop this madness!" Koda was trying to put the headgear back on as Worg accidentally knocked it off of Koda's head, but Zac's reflexes kicked in as he raised his hand to Worg and shouted, "Worg, stop!" He used his powers to freeze the robot in place and start to overheat it as Koda shouted, "Worg, power down!" The robot turned off as Kendall walked in with some tomato on her face as Ivan said, "Ms. Morgan, did you order more tomato?" Kendall took off her glasses and said to Koda, "Put….Worg…..in…..storage." Koda sighed sadly and walked over and picked Worg up and walked away. Phillip looked at everyone and said, "Well, that was eventful." Kendall sighed and said, "I need a break."
She walked away as Ivan turned to the two princes and said, "So, Your Highness, how was your first lesson?" Phillip smiled and said, "Good. Zac said I have the basics down and I am looking forward to showing my progress to my lovely fiancé later today." Zac chuckled and said, "It still feels weird that you are going to be my brother in law. Mimmi is thrilled. She said that it was the best early birthday present she has even gotten." Phillip looked at Zac in confusion and said, "Wait. Her birthday is coming up?" Zac nodded and said, "It's in a couple days. She never mentioned that to you?" Phillip shook his head as Ivan said, "If it's her birthday in a few days, then that means it will also be yours in a few days as well, Your Highness." Zac cocked his head and said, "Mine isn't for another couple of weeks." Phillip shook his head and said, "Ah, Zac. You and Mimmi are twins remember? That means you two were born on the same day." Zac thought for a moment then said, "Oh right. I guess since she actually knows when our birthday is, I guess I have just gone with the one my adopted parents gave me. The day I was found by them on that beach since they didn't know when I was born. Idiot moment for me." Phillip chuckled and said, "Then that means you're turning 18 in a few days." Zac nodded and Ivan kneeled and said, "An important birthday indeed, Prince Zac. In many kingdoms that means you and your sister are now of age to become king and queen." Zac realized that and said, "I guess you're right, Sir Ivan. And the more I think about it, it may be almost time for me and Mimmi to claim our birthright. Mimmi and Phillip's engagement just happened at the right time. Which means I need to talk to Evie. I haven't told her yet about what my father said about restoring her tail." "Why not?" Phillip asked. Zac sighed and said, "I know that she said she chose me for our future, but part of me is still afraid of Evie regretting that decision. Her dad means a lot to her and she was born a human. That is going to be hard to give up." Phillip put his arm around Zac's shoulder and said, "Zac, I understand why this is hard. Look at me. I am in the same position as Evie. I know what I am giving up in order to be with Mimmi. I know that Evie feels the same as me. She loves you, Zac. She wants to be with you no matter what." Zac sighed and said, "I know you're right. I should talk to her soon before I go crazy." Phillip chuckled as Ivan stood and said, "You have nothing to fear, Your Highness. Have faith."
Outside the museum, Riley and Shelby were walking toward Worg's sign as it was falling apart and Riley said, "Even Worg's sign's broken." Tyler walked out to join them as Shelby noticed the tomato stain on his shirt and asked, "What happened to you?" Tyler sighed and said, "Worg happened. I have to buy some more tomatoes." Riley chuckled and said, "Good luck, my friend." "Thanks," Tyler replied. He turned to leave but saw two figures, one with a black cloak and mask and the other in a white cloak and mask, walk towards the museum and Tyler asked, "Hey, who are those guys?" Shelby looked over and asked, "It isn't Halloween, is it?" "No," Riley answered. "Halloween was a few months ago. It's March." "Maybe there are street performers," Tyler suggested. The black cloaked one, named Conductro, said to the white cloaked one, "Begin, Screech." Screech nodded and pulled out a trumpet as Riley covered his ears and said, "Oh, no. Hate trumpet music." Suddenly eerie music came out of the trumpet and everyone around them, except Riley, bent over. Riley looked around and said, "What the…" Everyone got up and it was revealed that the music turned them into zombies. "Zombies, attack!" Conductro shouted. Riley saw this and said to Tyler and Shelby, "They're monsters, guys, quick, cover your ears!" But Tyler and Shelby turned around to reveal they were turned into zombies as Conductro shouted, "Make him listen to the music!" All the zombies walked toward Riley who shouted, "Guys, come on! Cover your ears, it's the music! The music!" But suddenly Tyler and Shelby pulled Riley's hands away from his ears and he became a zombie too.
In the kitchen of the cafe, the music the two monsters are playing could be heard and everyone except Zac slumped over. Zac was holding his ears in pain. He felt something warm coming out of his ears and he lifted his left hand towards his face and saw blood coming out of them. His sensitive merman hearing was not liking this mysterious music at all. He looked around and saw everyone start to rise up and saw that the music has turned everyone, including Ivan and Phillip, into zombies. "What is happening?" Zac asked. "Everything has turned all Resident Evil here." Ivan and Phillip started to walk toward him as Zac said, "Ivan, Phillip. Snap out of it." He tried to use his powers to hold them in place, but the music was hurting him too much so that he could focus. He chose instead to run and find his other friends.
Koda was near a storage room with Worg and said, "I very sorry, Worg. I try to find good job for you, but I failed." Suddenly he saw Zac running towards him and asked, "What you doing? Why ears bleed?" Zac took some deep breathes and said, "Koda. Do you hear any terrible music right now?" Koda shook his head and was about to take the headset he had on off, but Zac stopped him and said, "Don't. Or else you'll become like them?" Koda cocked his head, and Zac pointed to the zombies walking toward them. Chase suddenly appeared behind them as he asked, "Hey, Koda, Zac, what's up?" He saw the zombies and said, "Whoa! What happened to them?" He then took off his headphones he was wearing before Zac could stop him and he turned into a zombie thanks to the music. "Oh, no, Chase!" Koda shouted. "Music very bad!" "Come on!" Zac shouted. "We need to get out of here and find out who is causing this! "But you hurt," Koda replied. "Then the sooner we find who is behind this," Zac answered. "The sooner this music can stop and everyone is turned back to normal and I will feel a lot better." The two ran away from the zombies approaching them.
They ran outside and saw more zombies including Tyler, Riley, and Shelby in the zombie pack. "You guys scaring me!" Koda shouted. "Zac, stop them!" Zac tried again to stop the zombies approaching by trying to summon wind to push them away, but the music was so loud that his pain was getting worse and he held onto his ears shouting, "It's too much! The pain is overriding everything!" They heard the two monsters laughing as Conductro shouting, "Make them listen to my music! And you, Aqua one, Ursula added a little something to my music to make you kneel to us." Zac groaned as Screech played the music even louder and Zac cried out in pain. He then felt his body shift and soon he was on the ground in his merman form. Conductro laughed and said, "It worked! The merman is now defenseless in his true form. Go, my servants. Make the blue one listen to my music and bring that merman to me." Koda stood in front of Zac to protect him and shouted, "Stay back! I not want to hurt you!" But the zombies continued to walk toward them as Conductro said, "When I have all the Rangers' Energems and the Aqua merman, it'll be music to Arcanon's ears!" Koda turned to see Chase, Ivan, and Phillip as zombies walking toward him and Zac and Koda shouted, "Stop, please!" Ivan went straight for Koda while Chase and Phillip grabbed onto Zac's arms as Zac shouted, "Get off of me!" Koda grabbed Ivan's arms and put Ivan's hands on his ears as Koda shouted, "Cover ears! Keep music out!" It worked as Ivan returned to normal and Koda turned to see Chase and Phillip dragging Zac towards Conductro and Screech and he ran over and put Chase's headphones on and Chase returned to normal and made Phillip put his hands over his ears and Phillip returned to normal, making the two boys drop Zac back to the ground as the merman grunted in pain. "Stop that!" Conductro shouted. "They must listen to my music!" Koda ran to Shelby and shouted, "I get Shelby, don't hurt people!" Chase ran to Riley and shouted, "I'll cover their ears!" Phillip kneeled down to Zac as Ivan ran over and kneeled to Zac and said, "Your Highness. Are you alright?" Zac shook his head and said, "No. That music may not make me turn into a zombie, but it's weakening me to the point that I shifted into my merman form and it's giving me so much pain that I can't use any of my powers." Phillip thought for a moment and said, "Wait, the enchantment your father gave my Energem! I could use that to give you energy to turn back to normal." Phillip closed his eyes and focused on his Energem as it started to glow brightly and its energy started to flow into Zac. Soon enough, Zac shifted back into his human form as Phillip shouted, "Hurry, Koda! I can only help Zac for so long." Koda nodded as he ran over to Tyler and covered Tyler's ears as Conductro shouted, "They're ruining our plan! The Rangers are normal again! Play louder! Get them!" The remaining zombies walked toward the Rangers as Zac shouted, "Hurry! I can feel the music trying to break through again!" Koda nodded and said, "Bad music stop now!" Conductro laughed and said, "You can't stop the music! Swarm them and bring me that merman!" "Oh, dear!" Ivan said as he stood up and tried to block the zombies from reaching Zac and Phillip, who was starting to tire from giving his Energem energy to Zac. "We have to get trumpet!" Koda said to Chase. "Hurry!" Zac and Phillip shouted at the same time. Koda and Chase charged through the zombies and kicked Conductro and Screech backwards, making the trumpet fly through the air and Chase shouted, "Grab the trumpet!" Koda jumped and grabbed the trumpet before it hit the ground.
The spell broke and the remaining zombies turned back to normal, all of them running away when the saw the two monsters walk toward the Rangers. "They broke our spell!" Conductro shouted. "Our zombies are leaving!" "But we not going anywhere!" Koda shouted. The other Rangers took their hands off their ears as Phillip fell to the ground in exhaustion and Zac took some deep breaths as his energy was returning to him. "Thanks, Phillip," Zac said. "Don't mention it," Phillip said as he laid on the ground weak. Ivan and Chase helped Zac and Phillip to their feet and the Rangers stared down the two monsters. "It's morphing time!" Everyone nodded and they pulled out their Dino Chargers and morphed into Power Rangers. "Let's make this quick!" Phillip shouted. "I don't know how long I can stay morphed after that energy drain." "Same here," Zac said. "I'm still trying to regain my strength after all of this." "Vivix, rise!" Conductro shouted. Multiple Vivix appeared and charged at the Rangers. The Rangers charged in and started to fight off the Vivix. Conductro charged at Koda wanting to get his trumpet back shouting, "My trumpet!" Koda dodged the monster and shouted, "Riley, catch!" He threw the trumpet to Riley, who shouted, "Got it!" Chase!" He threw it to Chase, who caught it. Conductro charged at Chase and said, "You can fight, but you can't hold a tune!" He kicked Chase, knocking the trumpet out of his hands and into Screech's hands, with Chase shouting, "Guys, I lost it!" "Time for an intermission!" Conductro shouted as he, Screech, and the Vivix ran off. The Rangers ran over to Koda and Tyler asked, "Koda, you OK?" Koda nodded and said, "Yes, but we must get trumpet!" "They're getting away!" Tyler shouted as the Rangers started to run after the monsters. But the monsters disappeared and Koda said, "They so fast! Where they go?" "They'll be back," Tyler said. Suddenly Phillip knelt to the ground and demorphed, looking tired and weak. Zac saw this and demorphed too saying, "Phillip! Are you OK?" Phillip nodded and said, "Yes, but I used up a lot of the Energem's energy to help you block that music." Zac nodded as the other Rangers demorphed and ran to the two boys. "Let's head down to the base," Riley suggested. "Keeper will be able to help Phillip." Zac put his arm around Phillip's arm and Ivan did the same to Phillip's other arm and the two boys helps Phillip stand and all the Rangers walked toward their base with Ivan and Zac in the rear helping Phillip walk.
Over on Sledge's crashed ship, Screech and Conductro were kneeling to Lord Arcanon with Conductro saying, "Give us another chance! Our debut wasn't a total fiasco." Lord Arcanon growled and said, "Explain yourself." Screech and Conductro stood up and Conductro said, "We learned the Rangers won't attack the zombies. And Ursula's magic affected the merman exactly as planned. He became so weak to where he shifted into his true form and couldn't use any of his powers to defend himself." "Perfect!" Snide said as he walked up to the two monsters. "That's how I'll destroy them! The Rangers will be defenseless against zombies since they won't attack and we will make the music louder so that the Aqua Ranger will be powerless so we can capture him." "Hmm," Lord Arcanon said. "You want to fight the Rangers when you couldn't even keep Heckyl from escaping? You're useless, Snide! Get out!" Snide growled and walked out of the bridge. Arcanon turned to Screech and Conductro and said, "But Snide does have a point. We need to play your evil music over the whole city! Then your zombies will overwhelm the Rangers and bring the Aqua Ranger to his knees. Singe!" Singe appeared next to Arcanon and said, "Yes, Lord Arcanon?" "I need to you hide in the shadows for me. When the time is right, you will grab that merman when he is at his weakest," Arcanon said. Singe bowed and replied, "It will be done."
Snide walked through the ship angry at Lord Arcanon for sending him away. Suddenly Ursula appeared beside him and said, "So, was your plan successful?" Snide growled and said, "Yes, it affected the Rangers perfectly. And your magic with it made your nephew defenseless. But those Rangers are clever. And Arcanon won't let me join the fight." Ursula giggled and said, "Fear not. I overheard that Arcanon is going to play the music over the entire city. Let's sit back and see if his plan will succeed. While he is distracted, we can pay a certain someone a visit. I have been contacted by him and found out that he is returning very soon. Our plan is coming to light and soon all of the Energems will be ours and my revenge will be complete!"
Over at the Ranger base, the Rangers walked in as Kendall walked over and said, "Put Phillip over at the table." Zac and Ivan helped Phillip sit down while Keeper appeared with Zenowing and Keeper raised his staff and scanned Phillip saying, "You did a brave thing, Phillip, using the enchantment and your Energem's energy to help Zac. This should help you recover." "Thank you, Keeper," Phillip said as he felt his strength return. "Lord Arcanon's plans are becoming more and more deceptive," Zenowing said. "He is becoming desperate to not only get all of the Energems but also to get Prince Zac into his grasp." "I agree," Zac said. "Ursula adding her magic to that music isn't good for me. I can't defend myself from it. We need to find a way to counter it or destroy it." Kendall walked over to her computer and said, "Gather round, everyone, listen to this." The eerie music played and everyone put their hands on their ears, but Kendall said, "It's OK! It won't affect you, including you Zac. I filtered out the frequency that was making you obey Conductro." "But why didn't the trumpet music affect Koda?" Tyler asked. Kendall answered, "The headset that controls Worg just happens to transmit at the same frequency." Chase held his headphones and said, "And mine blocked out all the music. I couldn't hear a thing." "In other words," Zenowing said. "Koda, Chase, you were lucky. Along with you, Prince Zac. The music must only turn humans into zombies." "True," Zac said. "But Ursula added her magic into the music to make me defenseless. Who knows if Lord Arcanon will want to make the music stronger so it will do worse damage, even to you, Zenowing." Ivan pointed to Kendall and said, "We need to construct a new headset like Koda's before they return. Correct? Then at least we can hear each other." Everyone looked at him with Phillip saying, "Ivan, that's the smartest thing I have ever heard you say. My sister must have rubbed off of you, huh?" Ivan blushed as Riley said, "Sounds like we've got some work to do."
"Exactly," Ivan said. "Then when we beat this foe, the planning of Prince Zac's birthday commences." Everyone looked at Ivan confused and Zac gulped. "Ivan," Shelby said. "What do you mean by planning Zac's birthday?" Ivan smiled and said, "Why, Prince Zac said that he and Princess Mimmi's 18th birthday is in a few days. As it is an important birthday, we should plan a great feast." Everyone turned to Zac and Phillip smirked with Zac saying, "Oh great." "Zac," Tyler said. "Why didn't you tell us that your birthday was coming up?" Zac sighed and said, "I forgot that my birthday was sooner than I thought. I thought it wasn't for another month, but that day was the anniversary of when my adopted parents found me so that is the day I thought my birthday was. I forgot that Mimmi actually knows what day we were born so it's earlier than I thought." "Mate," Chase said walking up to Zac and slapping his hand on Zac's shoulder. "We are definitely going to celebrate your birthday. 18 is a big year." "Indeed," Phillip said. "I just turned 21 myself, remember? Plus, I want to do something special for you and Mimmi." "Don't you mean mainly Mimmi?" Zac asked looking at Phillip. Phillip chuckled and said, "True indeed." "OK," Kendall said. "Let's focus on the matter at hand. Then we can start this birthday planning." Everyone nodded with Zac muttering, "Thanks a lot, Ivan."
As the Rangers worked into the night, Koda was putting Worg away in storage saying, "I not like to do this. You remind me of my old friends. Do not feel bad, Worg. This world not easy to live in. When I first got here, I make many mistakes. Just like you. I want to tell you more caveman stories. Like the time me and Taku and pet sloth, Graag, were on mammoth hunt, but I drop my spear! I already tell you this story before. You such good listener. I'm very sorry. Now you have to go to storage. I will miss you, my friend." He closed the box and turned to walk out, but he saw Zac standing there. "Sorry," Zac said. "I came up to see how you were doing." Koda nodded and said, "I OK. Just sad to put Worg in storage." Zac nodded and said, "I know. Your story was good. It must have been interesting to have a pet sloth." Koda nodded and said, "Great pet. Taku loved him." Zac sighed and asked, "You miss your brother, don't you?" Koda nodded sadly and said, "He was family. But I have new family now. And I love them too." Zac chuckled and said, "Don't worry. I think your brother knows that, wherever he is looking down at." Koda cocked his head as Zac said, "Never mind. Let's head back down to the base and see how those headphones are coming."
Early the next day, Shelby was putting the finishing touches on one of the headphones and said, "Four pairs down, four to go." "So how do these work?" Chase asked. Kendall answered, "They'll filter out the evil music, but still allow you to communicate." "Great," Tyler said. But then the alarms blared and Kendall said, "Looks like we're out of time. The evil music is being played downtown. It's being heard over the whole city." "That means the entire city is filled with zombies?" Riley asked. Kendall nodded as Tyler said, "OK. Riley, Shelby, Chase, Koda, we'll head to the source of the music. Ivan, Zac, Phillip, Zenowing, join us as soon as Ms. Morgan finishes your headsets." "Yes," Ivan said. "As fast as we can, Sir Tyler." Tyler, Chase, Koda, Riley, and Shelby grabbed a headset and ran out of the base.
Phillip then asked, "Wait. Zac, remember when you and Mimmi used your singing to overpower Lyla's siren song?" "Yea," Zac said. "Well," Phillip suggested. "Could that work with this?" Zac thought for a moment then said, "It could work. Maybe we could build a machine that amplifies my voice to spread around the city to slow the zombies down so that the others can get to the source of the music quicker." Kendall thought for a moment and said, "I may already have a machine that does just that." She ran over and pulled out a machine from storage and said, "I built this in my spare time. We can take it to the roof and Zac can hook up his headset to it. Then he can sing out into the city to help the others out." Zac nodded and said, "Hopefully I can give the others enough time to stop the eerie music. I can only sing for so long." Kendall nodded and quickly finished the other headsets and said, "OK. Take this machine to the roof and hook it up. I will stay here and communicate with both groups. Ivan, Prince Phillip, Zenowing, join Zac on the roof. I have a feeling that Lord Arcanon may try to get to Zac to stop him. Protect him." "I shall protect the prince with honor," Ivan said bowing. Zenowing grabbed the machine with his strength and said, "Quickly. We cannot waste time." The four ran to the roof and Kendall put here headset on and walked over to the computer.
Tyler, Chase, Koda, Riley, and Shelby ran out of the museum and saw everyone had turned into zombies. "Don't hurt them," Shelby said. "They're just innocent civilians." "Come on," Tyler said and they ran toward the source of the music. They got to a clearing and saw multiple zombies walk towards them. "Follow me!" Chase shouted. "I know another way." But zombies were coming from the other direction as well. Suddenly their communicators beeped and Kendall said on the other end, "Don't worry. You have some backup coming. Zac, now!"
Up on the roof, the four heard Kendall's shout as Zenowing finished hooking Zac's headset into the machine. "Now, Prince Zac!" Zenowing shouted. Zac nodded and started to sing (think of the ah's that Ariel sang when she was giving her voice to Ursula in The Little Mermaid) and the five Rangers on the ground heard Zac's voice play throughout the city. "Why is Zac singing?" Koda asked. "Look!" Riley said. They saw the zombies stop and sway to Zac's singing. "Zac's voice is trying to overpower the eerie music. We can run through them and get to the source." "Then let's hurry," Tyler said. "I don't know how long Zac can keep it up." The five ran through the zombies and towards the source of the eerie music.
Screech and Conductro were standing next to a speaker that was playing the eerie music They heard Zac's voice carry over the eerie music as Conductro shouted, "No! That merman is trying to over shine our music. Vivix rise! Find that merman and bring him to us." Vivix rose from the ground and started to run towards the museum.
The five Rangers on the ground ran toward the warehouse Screech and Conductro were hiding with their music as Tyler shouted, "We're getting closer!" But they saw zombies right near where their destination was. And since they were so close to the source of the eerie music, Zac'c voice wasn't strong enough to distract these zombies. The Rangers hid behind some boxes as Tyler said, "The source of the music is just past those zombies." "Yeah," Chase said. "We have to get through them." "But we can't hurt them," Shelby said. "Yeah," Riley agreed. "And Zac's voice isn't affecting them here since they are right next to the source. He may be running out of time." "What we do?" Koda asked.
Over at the museum, the Vivix started to climb to the roof as Zac continued to sing and Ivan said, "Vivix. Come, we must protect the prince. Prince Zac, keep singing." Zac nodded as he continued. "It's morphing time!" Zenowing shouted as he, Ivan, and Phillip morphed and charged at the Vivix to protect Zac. "Hurry guys!" Zac shouted in his mind to Tyler, Chase, Koda, Riley, and Shelby. "Vivix are here trying to get me to stop. And my energy is draining. Stop that eerie music!"
The five Rangers near the warehouse all heard Zac's mental plea as Riley said, "We need to figure out a way to distract them. And fast." Koda thought for a moment and said, "I know who can help. Wait!" Koda stood up and started to fiddle with his headset and ran behind a wall. He said into his microphone, "Worg, turn on! Run!" Worg emerged from his crate at the museum and started to run toward where Koda was located.
Up on the roof of the museum, Ivan, Phillip, and Zenowing were doing their best to hold off the Vivix from getting to Zac, but the Vivix kept growing in numbers as Phillip shouted, "We need to keep going. For Zac's sake." One Vivix got past the three Rangers and charged at Zac. But Zac saw this out of the corner of his eye and held up his hand using the wind to hold the Vivix in place. Ivan saw this and he sent a lightning strike at the Vivix, destroying it. Zac stared at the city skyline and his eyes started to glow dark blue and his Energem started to glow as he poured more energy into his singing.
Over with Tyler, Chase, Riley, and Shelby, Chase said, "We're gonna have to fight them." "No, we can't!" Tyler argued. "There's no other choice," Riley said. "They're after our Energems," Shelby added. "As well as Zac, hence why the Vivix are after him now." Tyler sighed, looked over at the approaching zombies, then looked at his team and said, "OK. Let's fight." The four stood up and walked out towards the zombies. But Shelby saw Koda get on a box in the distance and she asked, "What's Koda doing?" Suddenly Koda appeared behind her and said, "That not me. That Worg." The robot shouted, "Worg!" making the zombies turn and walk towards it as Koda said, "Worg, run." Worg obeyed and jumped down and ran leading the zombies away from the Rangers. The Rangers stood up after the zombies left. "Yes!" Chase said. "Amazing!" Shelby added. "Worg saves the day," Chase said to Koda. "Good work, Koda," Riley added. They all turned to run to the warehouse, but Vivix suddenly appeared before them. Koda looked at the others and said, "Now we fight. It's morphing time!" They morphed into the Power Rangers and Koda shouted, "Let's do this!" They all charged in and started to fight off the Vivix. "Our headsets are still protecting us!" Chase realized as they were fighting off the Vivix. "We can take care of these guys!" Tyler shouted, "Shelby, come on!" "Right behind you!" Shelby shouted the two of them ran towards the warehouse. "The music's coming from over here!" Tyler shouted as they were getting closer.
Over on the roof, they Vivix were finally defeated as Kendall came up on their communicators and said, "Good work. But the others need more firepower. Zenowing, go help them destroy the source of that music. Ivan and Phillip can continue to watch after Zac." Zenowing nodded and said, "I shall. Ivan, Prince Phillip, protect Prince Zac with all your might!" Ivan and Phillip nodded as Zenowing took flight and flew down to help the other Rangers as Zac's voice carried on in the wind.
Over in the warehouse, Conductro was boosting himself saying, "Yes, yes! This truly is my masterpiece!" Screech laughed in response as the eerie music was slowly getting more and more powerful as its tune carried on throughout the city. "Soon," Conductro said. "That merman's voice won't be enough to counter it and everyone in this city will be my obedient servants!"
Over with Chase, Koda, and Riley, they were continuing to fight of the Vivix when Riley said, "I think it's time to turn up the volume on this fight!" The three boys activated their Dino Steel and got their individual weapons and finished off all of the Vivix and ran after Tyler and Shelby.
Speaking of which, Tyler and Shelby had finally found the source of the music. "In here!" Shelby shouted to Tyler. They pulled out their Dino Morphers as Tyler shouted, "Hold it right there, you composers of cruelty!" Screech and Conductro turned to glare at the two Rangers as Conductro shouted, "Quiet in the cheap seats!" Shelby noticed the machine next to the two monsters and said, "Tyler! The music, it's coming out of that machine!" Chase, Koda, and Riley ran up behind the two and Chase asked, "Mind if we join you?" "The more, the merrier!" Tyler said. "Let's mute these musicians!" Shelby shouted as she and Tyler activated their Dino Steel and got their individual weapons. "Let's finish this!" Tyler shouted as he activated the Dino Spike Charger and the five Rangers combined their weapons. Chase, Koda, Riley, and Shelby launched Tyler into the air, and Tyler shouted, "Dino Spike! Final Strike!" He launched the Dino Spike at the two monsters, but Conductro shouted, "Not so fast! I can conduct anything!" He stopped the Dino Spike in mid air and set it back at the Rangers, disassembling it. The Rangers grabbed their individual weapons from the air as Tyler said, "He stopped the Dino Spike! Impossible!" Screech laughed evilly at the Ranger's distress.
Suddenly Zenowing landed behind the Rangers and said, "My turn! Time to end this malicious melody! Before Prince Zac runs out of energy!" "Good timing, buddy!" Tyler shouted as the six Rangers charged in and fought off Screech and Conductro. Tyler held onto Conductro and shouted, "Got you! Now's your chance, Zenowing!" "Indeed!" Zenowing said as he raced forward, grabbed the machine making the eerie music, ran outside, and slammed it into the ground, destroying it. Tyler ran outside to Zenowing and said, "Nice one, Zenowing! Let's scratch this record for good!" He picked up the record and split it in two over his knee.
Over on the roof of the museum, Zac heard the eerie music stop and he stopped his singing, dropping to his knees in exhaustion. Ivan and Phillip ran over to help him stand as Ivan asked, "Your Highness! Are you alright?" Zac nodded, took several deep breaths, and said, "Yea. Throat feels a little sore, but I'm just happy that the eerie music stopped." But then he sensed something was off and looked down to the ground below and saw that the citizens of Amber Beach were still zombies. "What!" Zac shouted as he pointed down to the ground showing Ivan and Phillip what he discovered. "Impossible!" Phillip shouted. "The eerie music stopped playing so everyone should be back to normal. We need to tell this to the others. "Right away, Prince Phillip," Ivan said as he pulled out his communicator and contacted the other Rangers.
The five Rangers at the warehouse heard their communicators going off and Ivan said on the other side, "Friends, terrible news. The citizens of Amber Beach are still acting like zombies. Despite the eerie music not playing." "What!" Shelby shouted. Conductro laughed nearby and told the Rangers, "Yes. That machine added more power to my music making the spell stronger. Stopping my music won't stop my new servants." Suddenly zombies walked in from every angle surrounding the Rangers. "We're surrounded!" Riley shouted. "What we do?" Koda shouted. "Where Worg?" "We can't fight all of them," Chase said. "I know," Tyler said. "Ms. Morgan, are you seeing this?" Ms. Morgan answered from the base, "Yes I am. Somehow the frequency from the music is somehow trapped in their brains. We need to use another frequency in order to break the spell on them." Phillip suddenly remembered something and told Zac, "Wait! Zac, do you remember the song you and Mimmi sang in order to break the siren song on all of us including Lyla?" Zac nodded then realized, "Phillip, you're a genius. I can sing the counter spell song over the city and hopefully that will make everyone return to normal." "Do you have enough energy to do that, Prince Zac?" Ivan asked. Zac nodded and said, "I have enough left to do this. Guys, get ready." He took a deep breath, then sang:
Ooo ah, stay away from me
Release me from thy spell
Back to the land of life
Spell is all but gone
Now you're free
Zac's voice carried out throughout the city as all of the zombies stopped, causing Conductro to shout, "No! That merman is ruining everything!" After Zac sang the last word, all the zombies returned to normal. The citizens all ran away when they saw the two monsters and the Rangers glared at the two monsters with Tyler shouting, "It's over! You will never play another horrible note again!" Screech laughed evilly as Conductro said, "You think that, Red Ranger. But Lord Arcanon has more planned than you think." He and Screech suddenly disappeared in front of the Rangers. "Ah, the monsters disappeared," Riley stated. "And what that monster mean by Lord Arcanon has more plans?" Chase asked. "It can't be good," Zenowing said.
Over on the roof of the museum, Zac sighed as he, Phillip, and Ivan saw the zombies below turn back to normal. Zac knelt to the ground again exhausted with Phillip saying, "You did it Zac. That was amazing." "Indeed, Prince Zac," Ivan added. "Now we can go join the others." But suddenly shots were fired right at Ivan and Phillip knocking them backwards away from Zac. Zac turned and saw Singe standing there with his Last Blaster pointed in his direction, revealing he was the one to fire the shots at his friends. He laughed evilly and said, "Well, well. The Aqua Ranger on his knees. Used too much of your powers, merman? Too bad, you belong to Lord Arcanon now." "No!" Ivan and Phillip shouted trying to stand but Singe shot at both of them again to keep them down. Zac stood up shakily and said, "I will never belong to Lord Arcanon." SInge laughed and sped ran up and grabbed Zac by the throat and held him up in the air causing Zac to struggle to breathe. "You can try all you like, Aqua Ranger," Singe said. "But your efforts to stop Conductro's spell has left you powerless to stop me. Now, Lord Arcanon is waiting to surprise your friends. Let's join them, shall we?" He wrapped his arm around Zac and jumped away. Ivan and Phillip stood up shakily as Phillip contacted Kendall and said, "Ms. Morgan! Emergency! Singe has Zac! And they are heading to Lord Arcanon now!" "No!" Kendall shouted from the base. "I'll track Zac. Just follow Singe and get Zac back." "With honor, Lady Kendall," Ivan said as he and Phillip jumped to follow Singe.
Kendall contacted the other six Rangers and shouted, "Rangers! Something terrible has happened!" But before she could answer, Lord Arcanon appeared before them with Screech and Conductro at his side and said, "Foolish Rangers! You've think you've won? Ha! I have you right where I wanted you all along! And Singe is finally delivering me my prize!" Singe appeared in front of Lord Arcanon with his arm wrapped around Zac, shocking the Rangers. "Zac!" The Rangers all shouted. Singe grinned and said, "You all left your precious merman defenseless and I happened to find him at his weakest." "What about Ivan and Phillip?" Tyler shouted. "What did you do to them?" Singe laughed and said, "Down for the moment. They were nothing against me." "Think again!" Ivan shouted and he sent a lightning strike to Singe who blocked it with his sword as Ivan and Phillip landed in front of the other Rangers. "Get your monster hands off of Zac!" Phillip shouted. Lord Arcanon laughed evilly and said, "Not a chance! Now that the merman is mine, I will use his power against you!" He opened the book he was holding as Riley asked, "What's that?" Lord Arcanon pulled out the Dark Energem as Koda shouted, "That the Dark Energem!" "How observant!" Lord Arcanon said. "Now you will experience its true purpose! I will use its powers on your precious merman to make him a servant for me and he will be the key to gaining all of your Energems." Zac growled as his eyes glowed dark blue and he tried to get out of Singe's death grip, but Singe just used his fire powers on his hands to wound Zac, causing him to scream in pain. The Rangers were shocked and horrified at the scene in front of them. Zenowing stepped forward and said, "Arcanon! Stop this now! Before you regret it!" Lord Arcanon laughed and said, "There is no way of stopping this from happening!" Zenowing raised his sword ready to attack but Singe chuckled and said, "Ah, ah. You hurt me, you hurt the prince." Zenowing growled in frustration as Phillip summoned his weapon and charged in shouting, "That still means I can't hurt the others." He charged right at Lord Arcanon, but Arcanon shot a blast from his hand right to Phillip, hitting him head on, knocking the Gray Ranger back, demorphing him as he landed on the ground. "Your Highness!" Ivan shouted as he rushed to help Phillip. "Leave them alone!" Zac shouted as he continued to try to break Singe's hold on him. Lord Arcanon chuckled as the Dark Energem in his hand glowed brightly and he said, "Oh I won't be the one harming them. You will!" He walked closer to Zac with the Dark Energem as Zac stared at it in horror.
But then Phillip suddenly shouted, "You won't win." That stopped Lord Arcanon in his tracks and turn to stare at Phillip who was grinning for some weird reason. "What are you doing?" Tyler whispered. But Phillip ignored him and stood up shakily and stared down the monsters. Lord Arcanon asked, "What did you say?" "You heard me," Phillip replied. "Even if you turn Zac against us with that thing, you won't win. I can promise you that." Lord Arcanon laughed along with Singe, Screech, and Conductro while Zac looked at Phillip confused. Phillip just looked at Zac with a stare that said, "Trust me," and looked back at Arcanon and said, "You think that we underestimate what you can do. We don't. We have seen the powerful things you can do, Lord Arcanon. You used the Dark Energem centuries ago not just to create an evil side to Zenowing, but also Heckyl. You tricked us into giving you the data on our Zords, you had us body-swapped, and you made that lunatic play awful music to turn people into zombies. So I applaud your efforts. But there is one thing that you forget, Lord Arcanon. You should never underestimate us. We have stopped you at every turn and we are more powerful and smarter than you think." The four monsters laughed at that statement as Arcanon said, "Maybe, Gray Ranger. But you forget that I am more powerful than any being here thanks to the Dark Energem. Not to mention more clever." Phillip laughed at that statement making Arcanon shout, "What's so funny?" Phillip smirked and said, "If you were so clever, then you would be able to see a distraction right in front of your eyes."
Suddenly Lord Arcanon, Screech, and Conductro were wind pushed far away to the side away from Zac and Singe. The Rangers looked ahead and saw Mimmi standing a few feet ahead with her arm held out, revealing she was the culprit. Zac smiled weakly and said, "Hey, sis. How's it hanging?" Mimmi shook her head and said, "Of all the times to say that." Singe growled and held Zac tighter and said, "Foolish mermaid. You won't be getting your dear brother back." Suddenly Singe felt ice crawling up him freezing him quickly. The cold shock made him let go Zac who tumbled out of Singe's reach towards Mimmi who ran up and hugged her brother, pulling him away from the monsters. The ice stopped when it reached Singe's neck and Phillip shouted, "Ivan, use your Lightning Strike! Now!" "With pleasure, Your Highness!" Ivan said as he raised his sword and sent a massive lightning strike toward Singe, frying him and the monster fell to the ground with bits of ice around him. Ivan looked over and saw Phillip slowly putting his arm down as the other Rangers ran over to Phillip and Riley whispered, "Wait. You made Singe ice up?" Phillip nodded and whispered, "I noticed that water tank leaking nearby so I activated the enchantment in my Energem so I could make the water come to Singe when he wasn't paying attention and have it gather at his feet. Then I iced him at the perfect moment." "What about Mimmi?" Shelby asked. Phillip smiled and said, "Mimmi contacted me telepathically saying that Keeper was bringing her here so I created a distraction to give her more time." "Cool," Chase said. "We need to help the prince," Zenowing said as the Rangers ran over to Zac and Mimmi who were still hugging each other. Ivan kneeled and said, "Many apologies, Prince Zac. I should have protected you better. And to you, Princess Mimmi." "It's fine, Sir Ivan," Zac said as he took some deep breaths. Phillip took Zac's arm and wrapped it around him and told the other Rangers, "Mimmi and I will get him back to the base. I have faith that you guys can beat this guy into the ground." "Hurry," Mimmi said. "Keeper is waiting nearby. We need to get my brother out of here so he can recover and before any other creature shows up for him." She took Zac's other arm and the three walked away quickly and Keeper quickly appeared and teleported them out of the area.
The three arrived back at the base where Kendall ran over and said, "Over here. I will start diagnostics on him." Mimmi and Phillip helped Zac sit down as Keeper walked over and said, "That was another brave thing you did today, Phillip. And it seems you are growing to become the merman who will soon be." Phillip nodded as Mimmi said, "I agree. What you did was very impressive. You are learning quickly." Phillip smiled and said, "Thanks. But Zac, how are you doing?" Zac looked up at everyone sadly and said, "OK, I think. It just scared me. I looked right at the Dark Energem. I could feel its dark power, and I saw a vision of what I could have become if Arcanon used it on me. I turned into a horrible monster, attacking everyone that stood in my way. I don't want to become that." Tears started to stream down his face as Mimmi hugged him and tried to soothe him saying, "It's OK. We're here to make sure that will never happen. You are stronger than that. Remember what you told me. We make our own destiny even if it is planned out for us. We may have to become the rulers of the sea, but we still have our own choices. Now you know what you have to do. You need to show those monsters that you will never become that." Phillip rubbed Zac's back and said, "Myself and the other Rangers will fight with you, Zac. We will put an end to all of this. Have faith." Zac let go of Mimmi and nodded saying, "I'm sorry. Normally I'm not this emotional…." "That's a lie," Mimmi interrupted grinning. Zac chuckled and continued, "But you're right Mimmi. I know what I have to do. We need to put an end to this. Arcanon, Ursula, the whole group. We have all of the Energems now. We need to end this fight. We need to get back out there." He tried to stand but Kendall stopped him, "Woah, Zac. Calm down. You need to recover first. Like Phillip said, the others can handle themselves. Just rest a little and if they need more backup, we'll be there." "She is right, Zac," Keeper said. "You did a lot today. Recover your strength. That goes for you too, Phillip. I have faith that the others will stop Lord Arcanon."
Back with the other Rangers, they saw Lord Arcanon stand up with the Dark Energem in his hands and shout, "Transform me with your power!" "What's he doing?" Riley asked. "He's using the Dark Energem on himself," Zenowing said. Lord Arcanon laughed and said, "There is no way of stopping me! And soon, your Energems shall be mine! Along with that merman!" "Careful, guys!" Tyler said. Lord Arcanon laughed as the Dark Energem started to transform him turning his skin green and horns coming out of his head. "Prepare to witness real power!" Arcanon shouted. "Rain down the fires of chaos!" He held his hand to the sky and meteors on fire fell from the sky and landed near the Rangers. "It's over!" Arcanon shouted. Ivan jumped from the rumble and shouted, "On the contrary, fiend!" The other Rangers jumped out as Ivan said, "Let's hit this oaf with all we've got!" "You got it!" Tyler said. "Fools!" Arcanon shouted. "Ptera Super Bolt! Ha!" Ivan shouted firing the attack at Arcanon, Screech, and Conductro. Tyler activated his T-Rex Super Charge mode as Ivan shouted, "All together, Ptera Lightning!" "Silver Prism Slash!" Zenowing shouted. Tyler activated the Victory Charger and Chase, Koda, Riley, and Shelby stood behind him as he shouted, "T-Rex Super Charge!" "Victory! Final Strike!" The Rangers shouted as everyone launched their attacks causing a giant explosion. They started to cheer, but the smoke faded and the three monsters were still standing. "What?" Tyler said. "No!"
"Nice try!" Arcanon said. "That's not possible!" Tyler shouted.
Lord Arcanon activated the Magna Beam and used it on himself making him giant sized as he said, "This will be amusing!" "Arcanon big trouble!" Koda said. "We can beat him," Shelby said. "The others are counting on us." "We need Ultra Zord power, now!" Tyler shouted. The Rangers summoned their Zords and created the Dino Charge Ultrazord. Koda activated the Dino Super Drive mode and summoned the Dino Super Drive Saber. The Rangers jumped into the cockpit of the Ultrazord and Koda shouted, "You and your green face gong down, Arcanon! Payback for Zac!" "I am unstoppable!" Arcanon shouted. "Your one Energem cannot defeat the power of 10!" Koda shouted. They launched several attacks on him, but Arcanon just laughed and said, "Not even a scratch!" "He's too strong!" Arcanon launched an energy rope at the Ultrazord and wrapped it up shouting, "I'm going to enjoy this!" He then opened his mouth and launched a blast at the Rangers head on, damaging the Ultrazord. "My victory is now certain!" Lord Arcanon shouted.
"Not as certain as you think!" Zac's voice rang out as the Rangers looked around but didn't see Zac. "Zac?" Koda asked. The sky suddenly darkened and lightning rang through the sky as Zac's voice said, "I am still at the base. Phillip and Mimmi are here with me along with Ms. Morgan and Keeper. Mimmi and I are giving you guys a helping hand, along with Phillip, to give you the power to strike Arcanon down. We need to end this. Now!" "Rangers!" Phillip shouted in their minds. "Let's do this!" Zenowing then realized what Zac and Phillip were thinking and said, "Time to quit playing games and use our most powerful attack!" "You read my mind!" Tyler agreed as the lightning in the sky hit the Ultrazord, but powered it up instead of damaging it. "Yeah!" Shelby shouted. "Let's do this! Ha!" The Ultrazord started to glow brightly as Arcanon shouted, "What's going on?" "Payback!" Chase shouted. "You mess with one of us," Riley shouted. "You mess with all of us." "Plasma Blast!" Koda shouted. "Dino Super Drive Saber, activate!" "Ultra Plasma Final Blast!" The Rangers shouted feeling the energy spike Zac, Mimmi, and Phillip were supplying. "What? No!" Arcanon shouted as the blast hit him head on, making him explode. "We did it, Rangers!" Zenowing shouted. "Monster extinct!" Koda shouted. "Awesome!" Tyler shouted.
Back at the base, Zac, Mimmi, and Phillip opened their eyes as they took some deep breaths. "We did it," Zac said. "Wow." Phillip said. "Now I understand how much energy you two use up all the time," Phillip said as his Energem's glow went back down. "Another lesson learned," Mimmi said. "You'll become a powerful merman in no time." Phillip smiled and put his arm around Mimmi as Keeper said, "Arcanon is defeated. But now we need to see if that resulted in the destruction of the Dark Energem."
Over in the forest, Lord Arcanon groaned and said, "The Dark Energem, where is it?" He looked up and saw the book where the Dark Energem was and said, "Yes!" He crawled towards it and said, "When I'm…done with…the Rangers…they'll be history! And…that merman…will be mine!" But before he could get his hands on the book, a boot stomped down on it. Looking up, Arcanon saw Sledge right before his eyes. Sledge reached down and grabbed the book containing the Dark Energem and said, "Speaking of history, guess who's back." "Sledge?" Arcanon asked as he stood up. "I thought you were destroyed! It's a relief to see you, my friend!" Sledge opened the book and pulled the Dark Energem out and said, "We aren't friends! I caught outlaws for you for millennia, now it's time to collect the bounty!" "Of course!" Arcanon replied. "I'll gladly pay you in space bullion!" Sledge pulled out his blaster and put the Dark Energem in it saying, "No thanks! I'll take the Dark Energem instead!" "That wasn't our deal!" Arcanon shouted. "And besides, four against one is bad odds!" Singe, Screech, and Conductro appeared beside him. Sledge laughed and said, "Good thing I got the band back together!" Poisandra, Wrench, Fury, and Curio appeared by his side. Snide and Ursula appeared next to Sledge as Arcanon cried, "You two betrayed me, Snide, Ursula?" "I've always been two faced!' Snide answered. Ursula giggled and said, "You were always so prideful. You had my nephew within your grasps and you boosted your ego so much that you let him slip through your fingers. So you have this coming to you. You know what they say, Arcanon. What goes around, comes around!" All of the monsters on Sledge's side launched their biggest attacks at Arcanon, Singe, Screech, and Conductro and destroyed them. The monsters laughed evilly as Curio said, "That'll show him!" Sledge said, "It's good to be back, Poisy!" What the monsters didn't notice was that Heckyl was watching from behind a tree and saw what just happened. He then turned and ran as fast as he could.
The Rangers returned to the base where Zac, Phillip, Mimmi, Kendall, and Keeper were waiting for them. "Zac!" Koda shouted and he ran over and gave him a big caveman hug making Zac wheeze, "Koda…ribs…getting crushed." Koda let go and smiled meekly as the other Rangers came over. Ivan immediately kneeled and said, "It good to see you unharmed, Your Highness. And many thanks to all of you for assisting us in defeating Arcanon." "Yeah," Riley said. "I understand how Zac and Mimmi helped. But how was Phillip able to do it? I thought the enchantment King Triton put on your Energem was just to transform you into a merman for temporary means." Phillip shrugged and said, "I guess the enchantment is stronger than I thought. I felt it activate when Zac was in danger and when Mimmi telepathically contacted me saying she was coming to help. Maybe Triton wanted to add another protection for Zac through me. But trust me when I say I am nowhere near the same level as Zac and Mimmi. I am still learning the basics here." Tyler turned to Zac and said, "Thank you for slowly the zombies down for us and breaking the spell on them. We couldn't have done it without you." Zac nodded and said, "Thanks." "You saw Dark Energem," Koda said. Zac nodded meekly and said, "Yeah. It was scary." "We're sorry that we couldn't protect you, Zac," Shelby said. "It's OK," Zac said. "I was just taken by surprise. I'm just glad that Arcanon didn't succeed in turning me against you guys. That is too scary to think about. I felt its power as it was getting closer to me. And I saw what I would have become. That terrified me." "Wow, mate," Chase said. "That's awful." Kendall sighed and said, "Zac, I want you to take the rest of the day off. You deserve it. Everyone else, let's head back upstairs. These guys need some space. We can do party planning later" Everyone walked out leaving Zac, Phillip, and Mimmi standing there in silence.
"So," Mimmi said. "What did Ms. Morgan mean about party planning?" Phillip smiled and said, "Zac let it slip that your birthday along with his are in a few days." Mimmi gasped and said, "I forgot! With everything going on I didn't remember my own birthday." Phillip chuckled and said, "It's OK. Besides, it gives me an excuse to spoil my fiancé. Turning 18 is a big deal." Mimmi nodded and said, "Yes, especially for merfolk. It's a big right of passage and I feel that Zac and I are drawing closer to the time to claim our birthright." "I said the exact same thing," Zac said. "I just forgot that you knew my true birthday. I guess I'm turning 18 sooner than I thought."
Mimmi giggle then said, "Also, since I am already here, do you want to go on a swim, Phillip? I still haven't seen what you look like as a merman. And I want to fully see what Zac has been teaching you." Phillip chuckled and said, "As you wish, my princess." Mimmi turned to Zac and said, "Race you to the moon pool." She took off as Zac whined, "Hey. No fair." He raced after her and both twins dove at the same time into the moon pool water. Phillip walked in casually as Mimmi and Zac broke the water's surface in their merfolk forms. Phillip closed his eyes and activated the enchantment on his Energem. He then jumped into the water, splashing Zac and Mimmi. Ten seconds later, he popped his head out of the water, having transformed into a merman. Mimmi looked Phillip over and said, "Phillip. You look amazing." Phillip smiled and said, "And you look as beautiful as ever, my princess." Zac rolled his eyes and said, "Ah, guys. I'm right here." Mimmi and Phillip chuckled as Phillip said, "Let's go for a swim. I want to see how fast I can go." Zac and Mimmi nodded and the three dove underwater and sped swam away towards the ocean.
Up at the museum, Shelby and Kendall were walking around the museum with Shelby saying, "Everyone thought Worg was useless except Koda." Kendall realized Shelby was right as Koda did use Worg to help distract the zombies earlier and she said, "I guess everybody has a purpose. Maybe we should try a little harder to find something for Worg to do around here." Suddenly they heard electronic music coming from the cafe and the two ran to it. They stopped and Kendall said, "What in the world? A caveman fitness class?" Sure enough, Koda and Worg were on the stage in caveman outfits leading a caveman fitness class and all the customers, including Tyler, Chase, Riley, and Ivan, were holding clubs and wearing workout outfits doing a fitness class. Shelby laughed and said, "Looks like somebody found Worg the right job." Worg shouted his name and everyone followed suit. Shelby cheered as Kendall shook her head but smiled at what she was watching. "What a day," Kendall thought to herself.
