{Never Again by Breaking Benjamin}
(Music plays) Parker, Kayla, Aria, Brandon, April, Skotadi and Roxanne stood in a circle and individually lifted their heads up to look in front of them. A bright light then shined behind them as the title "Renegade Sentai Zokuger" was written in Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Magenta, Crimson, and Navy colored energy.
(Carry me under, leave me abandoned.) Skotadi and Roxanne stood by themselves near a grave that had the name Thanatos written on the stone.
(Show me what's left. Show me what's left.) Skotadi and Roxanne then looked down at their hands. Skotadi had crimson, violet, and black energy appear in his hand. Roxanne just stared at her medal. The two then looked their left as Parker and Aria walked up to them.
(Beautiful anger, breaking the pattern) Kayla walked past Skotadi and Roxanne with an anger filled expression on her face.
(Show me what's left. Show me what's left.) April and Brandon walked up to Kayla. She looked at the both of them then sighed as they crossed their arms.
(Take the color from your eyes.) Suddenly, The seven Zokugers we're surrounded by an army of wisps and they stood in a circle back to back.
(I bleed for you, I bleed for you) Each Zokuger looked at one another then nodded as they charged into the wisps army while changing into their respective armors.
(Bring the broken back to life) ZokuBlue, Yellow, Drift, and Zokuwitch fought many wisps then Zokublue was getting overwhelmed. Zokuwitch slashed the wisps away from Zokublue then helped her up.
(We'll make it through, we'll make it through) Zokublue and Zokuwitch stared at each other then began fighting once more.
(Never again, Never again) Zokured, Zokugreen, and Zokudragon were fighting the wisps then they all looked past the now defeated army to see Erimosi, Brakangista, Blight, and Break standing in line. Zokublue, Zokuyellow, Zokudrift, and Zokuwitch came to stand next to the trio.
(Time will not take the life from me) The Zokugers charged towards Erimosi, Brakangista, Blight, and Break.
(Never again, Never again) Blight and Break changed into their monster forms and they charged at the Zokugers. The two managed to push back Zokuyellow, Zokudrift, Zokugreen, and Zokuwitch while Zokured, Zokublue, and Zokudragon continued towards Erimosi and Brakangista.
(Time will not take the life from me) Zokured, Zokublue, and Zokudragon readied themselves and once close they all summoned their weapons. Erimosi smirked then she and Brakangista leaped towards the trio.
(Music plays) There's a blinding flash of light that goes away to reveal "Renegade Sentai Zokuger" in Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Magenta, Crimson, and Navy colored energy.
Zokudragon blocked two slashes from Zokublue then he slashed at Zokublue with his Dragocrasher. Zokublue dodged the slash then used her Mamaxe gun to shoot at Zokudragon, who dodged them while backing away. Zokudragon then stopped and said,"Zokublue, you need to stop this."
"Stop what? We're just sparring.",Zokublue said in an angered tone before she shot at Zokudragon once again and charged at him. Zokudragon cut down the shots then he evaded three slashes from Zokublue before parrying one and grabbing her arm. He looked Zokublue in her eyes and said,"I am saying you should stop your anger fueled attack against me. It won't do you any good nor will it bring back Kaijinblue."
"Shut up.",Zokublue said before punching Zokudragon in the chest, causing him to stumble back. Zokublue then tried to kick Zokudragon but he easily blocked her kick then pushed her back. Zokublue stumbled then aimed her gun at Zokudragon, who quickly disarmed her then held his Dragocrasher to her throat. Zokublue gasped in surprise then she looked at Zokudragon as he said,"I understand that I have brought you great turmoil in the past and I am regretful of my previous actions, as is Roxanne. We seek forgiveness from you and understand how you are hesitant to give it, but you using sparring as an opportunity for revenge will do nothing but ruin our chances at defeating my sister."
Parker, Aria, Brandon, April, and Roxanne heard Zokudragon's words then watched as he made the Dragocrasher disappear. Zokublue stayed silent then angrily said,"Shut up." before she kicked Zokudragon back then went for her Mamaxe gun. Zokudragon sighed then he began to feel a heaviness on him and he looked back while saying,"She's up to something."
The other Zokugers saw this then Brandon asked,"What's wrong Skotadi?"
"Erimosi. I can sense that she's up to something right now. Something that will put her past deeds to shame.",Zokudragon said as he reverted into Skotadi. Zokublue reverted into Kayla then she said,"Really? How do you know this?"
"It's because I can sense a great power flowing through the air. One that's foreign yet, familiar to a degree.",Skotadi said. Roxanne came up to Skotadi and held his hand before asking,"We should go look for her."
Skotadi looked at Roxanne and nodded before he and Roxanne left. Kayla sighed in anger then she was surprised when April came up to her and punched her in the jaw. She stumbled a bit then turned to April while saying,"What the hell?!"
"If you're wondering why I slugged you, it's because you're being a total bitch right now.",April said in an annoyed fashion. Kayla stood up straight and opened her mouth to speak but April then continued,"And before you say you're not. News flash, you completely are. Look I get that Skotadi and Roxanne have done bad stuff to you but they've done some fucked up stuff to all of us. Yet unlike the rest of us, you're still holding onto that stuff and using it as an excuse to stay mad at them even though in the past few weeks since they've joined us they've tried their hardest to make up for what they've done."
April then stormed away from Kayla with Brandon going after her. Kayla stood in place and only stared at the ground until Parker and Aria came up to her.
In a mountain cave, Erimosi stood in front of Brakangista as the creature was standing in front of her now with sickly green veins pulsing over its entire body. Erimosi smirked evilly then she said,"It is going to take at least twelve hours for you to get to where I need you to be. I'm sure my brother has already caught on to my plan, so let's give him and his precious Zokugers some distractions."
Erimosi then turned away from Brakangista but she snapped her fingers, causing the beast to open its mouth and have two balls of energy fly out. These energy balls landed in front of Erimosi and changed into Blight and Break's monster forms. Erimosi nodded then said,"Go make a fuss for the Zokugers will you. Can't have them catching wind of what I'm doing yet."
Blight and Break nodded then they walked out of the cave as Erimosi turned back around to gaze upon Brakangista.
Back with the Zokugers, Kayla was sitting on a small rock while Parker and Aria stood around her. Kayla just looked at the ground then she said,"Can't believe April slugged me."
"I can. Like she said, you're being a complete bitch to Skotadi and Roxanne.",Aria said while crossing her arms. Kayla scoffed then said,"Of course you're on their side."
"I'm not on anyone's side Kayla. I'm just tired of seeing you constantly threaten or try to kill them.",Aria said. Kayla stood up and turned to Parker and Aria while saying,"Why?! Because I'm the only one of us that sees that after all this they're gonna go bad to how they were before Erimosi ever came?"
"You don't know that they'll do that Kayla.",Parker said.
"Yes I do, because it's what they did to Cory when he agreed to help them.",Kayla said in an angered tone. Parker and Aria stayed quiet briefly then Parker said,"Kayla, I understand that they are the reason Cory died but you gotta remember that he agreed to help them in what they did."
"Only to protect me.",Kayla said.
"It doesn't matter if it was to protect you or not. He still worked with them and it was his choice, so you can't place all blame on Skotadi and Roxanne. Besides, it's been months since Cory, Nathan, and Ekha died and both Skotadi and Roxanne are seeking redemption.",Parker said authoritatively. Kayla scoffed then said,"So what Parker?"
"So, they deserve a chance. Everyone else seems to understand that but you just hate them no matter what they do. It's to the point where I ask if it's then who has something to prove or do you.",Parker said. Kayla stayed silent as she heard Parker's words and began to think about them. Parker sighed then said,"Look Kay, I'm not saying your feelings of anger towards them are bad, but what I am saying is everyone deserves a second chance, no matter what they've done."
"We also just don't want you to be consumed by these feelings like the Kaijin were towards us. We care about you Kay, and just want you to be happy.",Aria said sincerely. Kayla stayed silent and nodded in response. Parker sighed then his phone began ringing and he picked it up to hear Brandon say,"Blight and Break are attacking the city."
Parker hung up then said,"Blight and Break are attacking the city. Let's go."
Parker, Kayla, and Aria then ran towards the city with Kayla still thinking of Parker's words.
In the city, Blight and Break were terrorizing a museum when the Zokugers charged at them in their upgraded forms. Zokugreen and Zokudrift fought against Blight while Zokured, Zokublue, and Zokuyellow fought against break.
Blight kicked Zokugreen in the chest then was pushed back by him before getting shot in the chest by him. Zokudrift hit Blight many times then was kicked three times. Both Zokugers dodged and blocked attacks from Blight then they hit her in the chest, causing her to stumble back.
Zokured flipped over a swing of Break's ball and chain then he slashed the man down the chest before delivering powerful sidekicks to the same place. Zokublue shot Break three times then blocked four attacks from the large man before slashing him three times.
Blight and Break stumbled back and the Zokugers regrouped with Zokuyellow saying,"Anyone else weirded out by how easy it is to beat these two?"
"Eh, not really. I mean we're all working together and we've gotten stronger.",Zokugreen said.
"No, something does feel off. I mean Blight and Break are usually able to at least hold their own against us.",Zokublue said. Suddenly, Zokudragon and Zokuwitch came down from the sky and slashed Blight and Break down the middle then they slashed them again. The other Zokugers gasped then were surprised when Blight and Break faded into energy.
"Just as I thought.",Zokudragon said while he and Zokuwitch relaxed themselves.
"Mind telling us what you thought.",Zokublue insisted.
Zokudragon and Zokuwitch turned to their comrades while all seven Zokugers changed into their civilian forms then Skotadi said,"I thought that those two were not the real Blight and Break and I was right. They were merely constructs made from Erimosi's energy."
"Really? She can do that?",Brandon said with an intrigued tone.
"Babe, not now.",April said to Brandon.
"My sister can do a myriad of things, however she wouldn't resolve to using constructs unless she was trying to distract us.",Skotadi said in a thoughtful tone. Parker stepped up to Skotadi then asked,"Why would Erimosi want to distract us?
"My guess is that she's either getting something really powerful or already has something powerful and is making it so we don't notice.",Roxanne suggested. The Zokugers nodded then April said,"Wait a sec, Skotadi didn't you say that Brakangista was Erimosi's prison for a long time?"
"Yes it was. Why do you ask Zokudri, I mean April.",Skotadi said, having to correct himself with April's name.
"Because if it was strong enough to hold her for that long and is still insanely powerful with her free from it; maybe she's trying to make it even stronger and turn it into a weapon.",April said. All of the Zokugers gained worried expressions then they looked up as they heard Erimosi say,"Ding ding ding, we have a winner." as she was levitating in the air.
"Erimosi, What are you doing to the Brakangista?",Skotadi asked with an angered expression on his face.
"Oh just doing what I do best. Turning it into a creature that will destroy anything I tell it to. When it's done, I'll have it destroy this city then I'll make it go to everywhere I need it to and destroy everything until this world is mine and I can use everyone on it as my playthings. Playthings that I can kill and Maine whenever I please.",Erimosi said with an evil smile. Parker, Kayla, Aria, Brandon, April, Skotadi, and Roxanne scowled at Erimosi then Parker said,"We won't let that happen."
"Heh, of course you won't. You're all too good to let that happen, even you brother. It's for that reason that I must do this.",Erimosi said while having her energy appearing over her hands. Skotadi's eyes widened then he yelled,"RUN NOW!"
Erimosi then fired a blast of energy at the Zokugers, causing them all to fly back in different directions. She chuckled then flew up so she was above the entire building before she sent a large ball of energy towards the museum. The ball hit the museum and it exploded, causing the museum to crumble down around the Zokugers and anyone else in the area. Erimosi chuckled then began cackling evilly before she said,"Now to go check on my weapon." and flew away.
In the ruins of the museum, Aria coughed as she began to awaken then she sat up and looked around, being startled by a mannequin of Gengis khan. She looked around then said,"Guys? Guys? Anyone?"
"Aria.",Aria heard coming from nearby. Aria stood up and moved through some debris and found Parker slowly getting up from a destroyed exhibit he had landed on. She helped him to his feet while saying,"Parker, are you okay? Anything hurt too badly?"
"No, nothing too bad. I can keep going. Where are the others?",Parker asked as he stood up straight and looked around.
"Don't know, you're the first one I found and I don't know where the others could be through all this rubble.",Aria said with some worry. Parker looked at Aria and hugged her close then said,"Aria, calm down. Calm down, we'll find them and we're going to stop Erimosi."
Aria nodded then she and Parker began making their way through the wreckage, calling out to their friends as they did so.
In another part of the ruined museum, April was moving a large piece of rubble, struggling to do so when she then heard rocks falling and turned around to see Brandon walking towards her, with blood coming down his left arm. April smiled and she ran up to and hugged Brandon tightly, with Brandon wincing while saying,"Glad you're okay too babe."
"Oh sorry.",April said while backing away from Brandon. She then took off her jacket and ripped off one sleeve before tying it around Brandon's bicep while saying,"What happened to your arm babe?"
"Well, I woke up and a rather large piece of glass was stabbed into it. I then took it out because it was also pinning me down next to a creepy painting.",Brandon said, grunting in pain as April finished what she was doing. April sighed then she said,"You think the others are okay?"
"Yeah, they're fine. Well, as fine as getting a building dropped on you can make you.",Brandon joked. April chuckled then said,"I'm surprised you're joking right now."
"Someone has to, I mean it's a grim situation and if I don't we'll all probably get all depressed.",Brandon said with a smile. April and Brandon laughed briefly then they stayed in silence for some moments before Brandon said,"Look April, I don't know if I've said this before but in case something happens to me. I want you to know that I, I Uh. Wow this is harder to say than I thought."
April smiled then she kissed Brandon, with him kissing her back and putting his hand on her hip, then she pulled away and said,"I love you too babe."
Brandon smiled then he and April began walking to find their friends.
In another part of the ruined museum, Kayla awoke to find that she was trapped under a large slab of rubble. She tried to lift the debris off of her to no avail then she called for help, with her voice showing fear. Kayla began breathing erratically then she said"Dammit, dammit, dammit dammit dammit! This is how I go out?! Under a piece of stupid rubble and, and…."
Kayla then looked up to see her own reflection in a piece of glass before she said,"And regretting how bitter, resentful, and overall a hateful asshole I've been my whole life."
Khalil then let her head down before saying,"Damn, this is what I get for having friends that know how to deal with stuff better than me. Now I'm actually regretting not giving those two a chance."
Suddenly, Kayla felt the piece of rubble being lifted off of her, causing her to lift her head and see Roxanne run to her and began to move her from under the rubble. Kayla accepted Roxanne's help and once she was on her feet, she saw Skotadi was the one lifting the rubble before he let it fall. Kayla looked at both Skotadi and Roxanne as they checked on her. Kayla nodded then Skotadi said,"Good, because we all need to be at full strength to defeat my sister."
"How are we going to defeat her though I mean, look at what she did to this museum.",Roxanne asked. Skotadi smirked then said,"Don't worry my love, we can beat her. Especially since I now can track her."
"You can?",Kayla and Roxanne questioned.
"Yes. When she was close to us, I became familiar with her power so I can now track her. It's a bit more complicated than I make it sound but trust me.",Skotadi said with a confident smirk. Roxanne hesitantly nodded while Kayla said,"You and your family love being cryptic don't you."
"It's a trait I try to get rid of.",Skotadi said. The trio then began making their way out of the part of the ruined museum they were in but stopped briefly when Kayla said,"Hey guys, I'm sorry for being so harsh towards you both. Even if justified, I shouldn't have held a grudge towards you two for what happened to Cory when you're trying to redeem yourselves."
Skotadi and Roxanne looked back at Kayla and nodded with Roxanne saying,"It's okay. We get why you did and can't blame you."
"Yes, and I personally knew you'd come around eventually. Considering you are the one who taught me to turn pain into resolve.",Skotadi said with a smirk. Kayla was surprised by how accepting both Skotadi and Roxanne were to her apology then she nodded and the three made their way to where they could find the others.
After some time, the Zokugers regrouped and followed Skotadi as he tracked down where Erimosi was, it being nightfall when they arrived at the mouth of the cave. The Zokugers entered the cave and made their way through it till they came upon Erimosi as she stared at a now giant Brakangista, who now had the appearance of a heavily armored crusader that was made of green stone. The Zokugers gasped at the sight then they all looked at Erimosi as she turned to them and said,"I call it the Megáli exáleipsi, Dorakghostro."
"What does that mean?",April asked with apprehension.
"It means great eradicator.",Skotadi said.
"It also means, you lose.",Erimosi said with an evilly smug grin as Dorakghostro roared, causing the ground to shake violently.
TO BE CONTINUED...