I was really looking forward to writing this chapter, and like I warned before...it really got away from me.
The title was changed to suit my canon ;)
Hope you like it!
Chapter 12: Timeline in Turmoil
"What, you're feeling threatened by this kid?" Xander was laughing as Ari walked down the stairs, stretching. She glanced at him as he sat at the table on his phone still laughing as he listened to whoever was on the other end. "Right, you just want to see what he's capable of," he was teasing, and Ari tilted her head a little as he met her gaze. As he continued to talk, she filled up a bottle of water, humming to herself.
"Who's being threatened now?" she asked when he finally hung up.
"Chip, apparently," Xander shrugged. "This kid...Preston?" he tried, and Ari nodded. "I mentioned that Teddie thinks his magic might be more powerful than most of us. Chip doesn't like that," he explained, and Ari couldn't help but laugh.
"Then he should work harder at being a Knight," she said, before wrapping her arms around Xander, who leaned into her. "I think he'll be pleasantly surprised by how similar Preston can be to him when it comes to magic. They'll bond before he realises it," she kissed the side of his head.
"He's an Air Ninja though, isn't he?" Xander asked, catching her arm and stopping her from pulling away.
"Yeah, but Chip married a Wind Mystic. I'm sure they'll be fine," Ari told him confidently, smiling down at her husband. "What about you? Any intentions on going to scope out the competition?" she asked.
"I might go visit. See how Teddie's doing after what happened with her magic," Xander said, and both their smiles faded a little. They'd been in contact with Teddie after what happened, and she seemed okay, especially with Arianna staying for a bit longer. Chase was doing fine as well, and there didn't seem to be any trace left of the corruption.
"She's okay you know. She's got her team," Ari soothed, before her smile turned mischievous. "And-"
"Don't say it," Xander groaned, leaning into her again.
"You're going to have to accept it eventually, you know," Ari told him. "She loves him, and it'll kill her if you don't accept that," she warned.
"I know," he sighed.
"I'm going for a run," Ari decided. "We'll grab lunch when I get back, maybe talk about going to visit your favourite daughter?" she suggested, and gasped when he suddenly moved to swing her around across his lap.
"Sounds great," he kissed her, and Ari couldn't help but smile as she kissed him back before pulling away.
"Okay, I'll see you in a bit," she kissed him again briefly, and headed out of the house. Hearing Ari's phone ring, Xander glanced around, seeing Kira was calling.
As soon as she left the house, Ari broke into a jog down the driveway and along the street.
"There you are, Golden Warrior," her eyes widened, and she looked around at the sudden call.
"I don't know…"
"It's way too big!"
"I liked it…"
"I think this one, it's perfect."
"Ehh...bit much, don't you think?"
"Also way out of my price range dude," Spencer shook his head as Annie walked into the command centre with Kiana in her arms. Her eyebrow raised as she saw Spencer, Kayden, Jacob and Bridge huddled together muttering.
"What are you doing?" she asked, and watched as they all jumped and whirled around.
"Uh…" Jacob and Kayden exchanged looks.
"Bike shopping," Spencer said, trying to sound innocent. The other two nodded quickly as Bridge watched them with a grin. "Was thinking about an upgrade," he shrugged.
"Uhuh," Annie didn't believe them in the slightest.
"Please make them stop," Sky sighed, a hand to his head as he tried to ignore the team in the room.
"You're the Commander, not me," Annie smirked as she shifted the sleeping infant in her arms. Sky lifted his hand to glower at her with tired blue eyes.
"Speaking of, I thought I reminded you yesterday that kids aren't allowed in here," he pointed out, and she stuck her tongue out at him.
"Don't worry, her babysitter is just running late. Or would you like me to leave her with Boom?" she asked innocently.
"There's a perfectly good daycare downstairs," Sky pointed out as Spencer, Kayden and Jacob all hissed at each other.
"I don't want to risk her being overwhelmed by other kids. We're pretty sure she's like me," Bridge explained as Kiana stirred, but didn't wake up. Sky sighed.
"Fine. Just don't make a habit of it," he told them, before his eyes narrowed and moved to Jacob when he heard his phone ring.
"Sorry!" the young man gulped and darted out of the room to answer.
"What's climbed down your pants today?" Spencer asked the irritated Commander.
"Besides your little party and not a single rule being followed?" Sky shot back at him, and Spencer raised his hands in mock surrender.
"Syd's on a surveillance training trip all week," Bridge answered, and it seemed to be his turn to earn a glare from their grumpy leader as the others finally understood the reason.
"Don't you have training to lead somewhere? And give my head a break?" Sky asked, making them chuckle, before the doors slid open again and Jacob walked back in, tapping his phone to his hand. "Done with your personal time?" Sky asked, and Jacob looked up. Sky's glower faded when he saw the young man's expression.
"It's my dad…" he started, taking a slow breath. "Guys, there's something you should know about me."
"Look out bro, you don't stand a chance this time," Brody taunted as they set the table up for another game of pool.
"Hasn't he beaten you like, every time?" Teddie asked, the others watching the two.
"This time will be different," he told her, not rising to her taunts as the others giggled. Levi bumped Teddie's fist, grinning.
"Sorry guys," as Brody leaned forwards to make his shot, Mick lifted the white ball off the table.
"Hey!" the Red Ranger protested, confused.
"What's wrong Mick?" Daisy asked. Mick was worried, and if he was interrupting their down-time, it had to be very important.
"To the base, now," he instructed quietly. He walked off, and they exchanged worried looks before following quickly.
"Aaron!" Daisy hissed to her cousin, who had been sitting talking with others.
"Sorry guys, got some stuff to take care of!" Aaron waved cheerfully to his friends before following. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"No idea, but Mick's worried," Daisy replied. Aaron's smile faded and he became a lot more serious.
"Mick, tell us what's going on!" Brody called after the workshop teacher as they reached the base.
"An emergency meeting came through, saying we're about to have some visitors," Mick explained, glancing at the computer screen.
"Visitors?"
"Emergency?" Teddie and Calvin repeated, confused.
"There!" Arianna gasped when a portal opened in the middle of the base, exactly as it had done before.
"Not again," Teddie groaned as they turned and stepped towards it. As before, three figures covered in black cloaks stepped out.
"It's them!" Hayley gasped.
"They're back," Sarah frowned.
"Isn't it about time you tell us who you are?" Brody asked, a little tired of the mystery.
"And how you're doing that mysterious portal thing?" Teddie asked, arms folded.
"Yes," the first removed his cloak, letting it drop to his feet to reveal a man with blond hair.
"I know you," Teddie frowned, recognising his face. "How do I know you?" she asked, confused. He smiled at her.
"We've never met, but you've probably read my file. I'm Wes Collins," he introduced himself, and her eyes widened.
"No way," she breathed in awe.
"Who?" Arianna asked, confused.
"The Red Time Force Ranger, and leader of the Silver Guardians," Teddie explained.
"That's right," he nodded as the others stared. The second removed her robe, and they all started in shock.
"Nora?!" they all demanded, and the dark haired girl looked a little taken aback.
"Uh, okay, I wasn't expecting everyone to know me," she said, shifting a little awkwardly.
"Now me!" the third pulled his cloak off as well, revealing Koda. Teddie put a hand to her face.
"Koda too? What is going on?" she demanded.
"We're from different timelines," Nora explained with a shrug. Koda nodded eagerly.
"Different timelines?" Levi asked, baffled.
"The timeline isn't a straight line," Wes clarified. "It branches, creating new timelines where things happen very differently. Such as…" he trailed off, looking at Nora, who sighed.
"Instead of the Ninja Steel Rangers appearing, we have the RPM Rangers in the city of Corinth," she said briefly, not meeting their gaze.
"You're a Ranger?" Arianna asked, and Nora scoffed.
"Not a chance," she denied with a shake of her head. Teddie couldn't help but laugh.
"Good to see that some things don't change," she said, and Nora smirked.
"You've no idea," she said softly.
"With help from SPD, the Time Force Rangers created these transportal devices, so we can travel between Ranger timelines," Wes explained, holding up a device in his hand.
"Jumping between timelines destabilises the Morphin' Grid," Nora added.
"That why we only use device in big emergency," Koda continued on for the other two.
"Like right now," Wes said seriously. "Recently, a number of Rangers began disappearing from different timelines. We're trying to find out what happened to them," he explained.
"Has anything seemed out of the ordinary for you?" Nora asked them. "Anything at all?"
"Other than you guys popping into our base now and again...not really," Teddie shook her head.
"Nothing," Brody confirmed. "But we wanna help. Whatever you need," he offered, and the others nodded.
"What we need first, is to get Tommy Oliver and Ari Bly to help us," Wes told them, and Mick's eyes widened.
"Tommy Oliver? I've heard of him!" he breathed.
"Trust me, everyone has heard of the legendary Tommy Oliver," Heckyl muttered, making Teddie smile a little.
"Neither of them are answering their communicator. We don't know if they've been captured too," Nora said, shooting Teddie an apologetic glance when she inhaled sharply.
"Mum isn't?" she immediately grabbed her phone and tried to call her mum. The others waited, watching her, but there was no response.
"We need to find out what's going on," Hayley said as Teddie didn't speak, going pale. The idea that someone had captured her mother was terrifying.
"Well, count one of us found," they whirled around, and found Ari stepping into the base.
"Mum!" Teddie threw herself at Ari, who hugged her tightly.
"Sorry for worrying you. My communicator was broken in an attack and I had to warn the Mystics," she apologised, and lifted her head. "I'm not sure what exactly is going on, but did I hear my old Science teacher is in trouble?" she asked, eyebrow raised. Wes nodded.
"I know exactly where to go. It's time for a roadtrip to Reefside."
"This is it, huh?" Levi spoke as they reached Tommy's house in the outskirts of Reefside.
"It's been a while since I've been here," Ari smiled at the familiar sight. "The Dino Thunder base is right under his house," she told them as Calvin's jeep pulled up beside the red truck. Thunder suddenly boomed overhead, and something flashed in the sky.
"What is that?" Nora frowned.
"Let's go find out," Brody decided.
The team quickly slipped through the bushes, keeping out of sight as Koda led the way, sniffing the air.
"Look," he stopped them, ducking a little lower. "Monsters," he gestured to the group of monsters that stepped out of a portal, carrying a large black and gold box.
"Lord Draven!" they gasped as Tommy stepped into view and bowed to the monster in charge.
"Tommy work with Lord Draven…" Koda breathed.
"Who's Draven?" Levi asked.
"Not good news," Heckyl muttered, recognising the name.
"He's the evil ruler of a dimension called the Antiverse," Wes whispered to them. "Looks like he's behind all this," he realised, before there was another flash of light.
"Hello, Lord Draven," Odius greeted.
"Not her," Teddie groaned.
"Odius…" Calvin whispered.
"I trust that my robot technology is working," she spoke with Draven as Tommy smirked beside her.
"Perfectly. This unit has already captured nine Rangers," Draven replied, turning to Tommy. "Show her," he ordered. He raised his arms, and Tommy's form faded to reveal a robot.
"Well that's a relief," Ari sighed. "It's not Tommy. Though I'm sad, I was going to have fun teasing him about this," she smirked.
"Of course," Wes turned to the others. "Every Ranger would trust Tommy Oliver. That robot could capture them easily," he realised. The others nodded.
"That explains why they went after mum as well," Teddie glanced to Ari, who shrugged.
"Remember our deal?" Odius walked towards Draven with a laugh. "Once your army has taken over, this timeline is mine," she declared.
"Yes," Draven nodded, dismissive. He pulled arrows from the pack on his back, and lifted a bow. "But first, you must make my arrows powerful enough to tear down the barriers between all timelines," he placed them inside the black crate that the Basherbots had set down. Odius cast a spell, and Ari, Preston and Teddie all shivered at the dark magic.
"Firing these three Mega-Arrows will destroy the barriers forever," once the spell was complete, she turned to Draven. She then lifted one of the large arrows. "After shooting the first arrow, you must wait for the sky to turn red before firing the next one. Understood?" she demanded.
"Yes," Draven laughed as the fake Tommy smirked again. "And when the barriers fall, we'll rule all the timelines," he declared.
"Don't disappoint me, Draven," Odius warned as she placed the arrow back into the chest. "The Power Rangers must be defeated," with that, she vanished, and Draven opened a new portal.
"Come. Now the real work begins," he stepped through, and the Basherbots followed, carrying the chest. The robot followed, and the portal closed in a red flash.
"Draven's gonna rip down the barrier between our timelines," Preston hissed once they were gone, and they emerged from the bushes.
"But how will he take over once he does?" Sarah wondered.
"By taking advantage of the chaos," they looked around as Jacob spoke, and found him approaching with Spencer and Kayden.
"What are you doing here?" Teddie asked, surprised to see them.
"We could ask you the same thing," Spencer chuckled, adjusting his glasses. "Though I suppose Odius being involved helped," he considered.
"Of course you fling yourself into it," Nora rolled her eyes.
"I was just going to ask why you did the same thing," Spencer smiled pleasantly at her, and Nora sighed.
"What are you doing here?" Brody asked, confused.
"J.J, have you heard from your dad?" Wes asked, focusing on Jacob, who was watching the house.
"Wait. You're J.J?" Ari asked, stunned. He then turned to her and grinned.
"It's been a long time Ari," he told her, and Spencer shot Jacob an irritated look.
"Uh...what's going on?" Calvin asked, confused by the reactions. Jacob cleared his throat, and turned to them properly.
"My name is Jason Jacob Oliver. Tommy Oliver is my dad," he introduced himself properly, stunning most of the team.
"And that seemed to slip his mind until just today," Spencer muttered. Kayden elbowed him, glaring at him.
"Look. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't want anyone to make a big deal about it. I even dyed my hair to keep it secret," he pulled the hairband he usually wore up to reveal darker roots. "Sky and Kat were the only ones who knew until today," Jacob rolled his eyes. "But that's not important. This threat to the timeline is," he pointed out.
"He's right," Hayley agreed. "We need to stop Draven before he can use those arrows," she reminded everyone there.
"And save our captured friends," Koda declared.
"I have a feeling the arrows and our friends are in the same place," Wes turned to them. "The Antiverse," with that, he lifted his remote and activated it, creating a portal. "Let's go find Draven's fortress," he declared. Everyone followed him through the portal, vanishing from Reefside.
The portal reopened deep in the forest, allowing everyone to step out and look around for anything out of the ordinary. Koda sniffed the air, looking around.
"What do you smell, Koda?" Wes asked as Koda seemed to pick up a scent.
"We go this way," he told them, leading the way through the forest. "There!" Koda pointed when they reached the edge of the forest, spotting the dam looming over them.
"Looks cosy," Aaron muttered.
"There's gotta be a way up," Wes muttered, leading them along the edge of the dam.
"Hey Nora?" Teddie whispered to the girl walking with them. She grunted, not looking at her. "Why are you helping? You said you're not a Ranger in your dimension, so…" she trailed off as she saw the hard look in Nora's eyes. She seemed completely different.
"In my timeline, the world has been almost completely destroyed by an evil computer virus," she said quietly, and Teddie's blood ran cold at her words. "The RPM Power Rangers are fighting to keep the last city safe and stop Venjix. When Wes came to ask for help in finding out what was happening across the timelines, I volunteered so they wouldn't be another Ranger down," she explained.
"Another?" Teddie repeated, and saw the dark look in Nora's eyes. "One of them is missing," she realised.
"Yes," Nora confirmed. "And when I get that idiot back, I'm not sure who I'm going to tear apart first," she declared, making Teddie shiver.
"Remind me to never get on her bad side," Heckyl muttered. Nora flashed him a dark smile.
"Too late," she told him simply, and he arched an eyebrow, wondering just what she meant.
After some searching, they finally found a flight of stairs leading to the top of the dam, and carefully climbed as a Kudabot patrolled above.
"Ready, Koda?" Wes whispered. They waited, and as the Kudabot reached them, Koda leapt up and yanked the monster over the side. It shrieked as it fell, but cleared the way for the group.
"That caveman strength is real handy," Daisy commented as they climbed over the railing.
"Let's go!" Ari called, and they started running along the top of the dam. They stopped as Koda looked out, and pointed into the distance.
"That is Draven's fortress," he told them, and they breathed in, staring at the massive building.
"Breaking into a fortress. Seems real ninja-like," Aaron grinned.
"We're getting close. Come on," Nora urged. Everyone kept running, until they spotted Kudabots approaching.
"We've got company!" Hayley warned.
"Oh, they've got a cannon!" Preston yelped as he saw the massive weapon being rolled along.
"They're behind us too!" Calvin shouted when more Kudabots came up the other side of the dam.
"Oh no…" Preston groaned.
"We're like sitting ducks," Levi gulped.
"Rangers never give up!" Koda growled. Nora rolled her eyes and held out her hand, calling on her sword.
"Rangers never think clearly in a fight," she said, swinging her sword in an arc in front of her. A jet of fire burst out, slamming into the Kudabots in front of them, causing them and the cannon to explode. Kayden whistled, impressed.
"Nicely done, now just the other-" Spencer stopped when he saw the Kudabots being flung over the edge, followed by the cannon.
"Uh...did they just give up?" Daisy asked slowly, confused. Ari couldn't help but laugh.
"I think someone gave them a hand," she realised. Jacob grinned as there was a flash of light, and the Black Dino Thunder Ranger stood in front of the team.
"Tommy?" Wes straightened up, and Tommy demorphed.
"Damn, so much for saving you and holding it over you forever," Ari complained as Wes hugged the legend.
"I think a lot of people can already do that to you," Tommy replied. Ari laughed, hugging him as well.
"Yeah, yeah. You were still in trouble, doc," she teased, stepping back as J.J hugged his father next.
"Good to see you're in one piece dad," he commented.
"I'm just glad you got my message," Tommy replied.
"How did you get away?" Wes asked.
"They didn't know that the Black Dino Thunder Ranger can turn invisible," Tommy grinned at them. "And when I came to, I used that to escape," he explained. "But the other Rangers, they're being held in his dungeon," he pointed to the fortress in the distance. "He's cloning them into a massive army of Ranger-powered robots," he warned.
"I suppose that's how he plans to take over each of the timelines," Nora considered.
"We have to stop him," Levi frowned.
"No!" Wes was first to spot the red arrow flying through the air towards the sky. "He's fired the first arrow," he groaned. It suddenly exploded in purple light, causing a crack to form across the sky.
"The barrier's breaking apart!" Sarah hissed.
"We have until the sky turns red to fire the second arrow," Ari reminded, eyes on the still blue sky.
"And once he fires the third one, we're toast," Sarah shook her head.
"We have to stop him," Calvin said firmly.
"Let's split up," Hayley decided, and Brody nodded.
"We'll find the chest, that's where the last two arrows will be," he decided as Tommy moved past them.
"And I'll lead you to the dungeon, so we can rescue the other Rangers," he told them. "J.J, Wes, your teams are with me," he called to his son and the Red Ranger as they started running.
"Ted, you and Aaron go with them," Brody called.
"On it!" they agreed.
"Surprise, blockheads!" the Kudabots who had been patrolling outside the fortress turned to see the Ninja Steel Rangers appear.
"NINJA SPIN!" they Morphed, running in and cutting through the Kudabots.
"Taste my wrath, Rangers!" they heard a voice call from above.
"Look out!" Preston spotted a figure standing on the rooftop with a bow, aiming at them. Draven fired an arrow, and they moved quickly, deflecting what arrows they could.
"Don't worry guys, I'll take him out!" when Draven kept firing arrows, Brody ran at him.
"Be careful!" Hayley shouted, raising a shield to block the arrows from hitting the others. Throwing a rope around a tree, Brody swung through the air and tackled Draven off the roof.
"We need to get inside!" Daisy shouted as the two disappeared behind the wall. "Call to the beast inside! Free the Magpie!" she summoned her Animal Spirit, sending it over the wall to help Brody fight off Draven.
"This way!" Calvin leapt over a fence and kicked another Kudabot out of the way.
"Rockstorm Blast!" Levi took out more of the monsters blocking their path, and they reached the courtyard just in time to see Draven falling with a shriek. "Surprise!" they all surrounded Draven as he got back to his feet.
"Let's finish this creep!" Brody shouted to his team. He raised his sword, activating it. "Super Ninja Strike…"
"Steel Slash!" Draven cried out as they bombarded him with attacks, cutting through his armour. "Final Strike!" with a combined attack, they leapt through the air and slammed down with enough force to cause a massive explosion. However, when the smoke cleared, they were pushing their swords against a purple forcefield around the monster.
"Nice try, Rangers," Draven laughed as they struggled to try and break through.
"Our blades can't get past this!" Daisy groaned.
"You'll never beat me!" the forcefield suddenly exploded out and the Rangers were shoved backwards, leaving them open to Draven's attacks. There was a large explosion of power, and they rolled along the ground.
"Let's go before he sees us!" Levi shouted, and they vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Where did they go?" Draven snarled. "You Ninja rats won't escape me!" he ran off, and Daisy, Brody and Sarah reappeared from behind a screen.
"He's gone," Sarah breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's go inside," she pointed, and the other two nodded.
"Guys, we're heading into the fortress," Brody contacted the others, who had led Draven away.
'Okay Brody, that's great. We'll keep searching for the Mega-Arrows too,' Calvin replied.
"This way," Tommy whispered, leading the way through the fortress and down a flight of steps.
"Spooky," Aaron shivered.
"I'd be worried if the dungeons were homey," Teddie pointed out, before Ari shushed them.
"Someone's coming," she warned quietly, and everyone ducked into cover.
"Are you sure it's this way?" a girl's voice hissed, but it echoed down to where they were hiding.
"Spooky steps leading down to what can only be a dungeon. Makes sense that's where they'd be keeping him," another girl replied somewhat flippantly.
"She's right. This has got to be it," a male voice spoke quietly, but with authority.
"Then let's go!" one declared, much louder, and began moving down the stairs with an odd clank to his step.
"Steel, wait!" another called, following.
"Someone else looking for their taken friend?" Heckyl whispered to Teddie from their hiding place. She shrugged, unsure if they should emerge from their hiding place.
"Guys wait!" one of the girls warned. She then spoke louder. "Whoever's hiding, come out!" she called as loudly as she dared.
"You have good senses," Tommy emerged without warning, facing the group. Taking that as a go-ahead, the others emerged too to see a group of five reaching the bottom of the stairs. They consisted of a young man in a red shirt watching them warily, along with two young women; one blonde in a yellow jacket and watching with a nervous expression, and the other with black hair in a pink dress looking curious, a shorter young man in a gold jumper and black glasses, and, to everyone's surprise, a tall robot.
"You're kidding," Spencer hissed.
"Who are you?" their leader asked.
"Uh, Devon," the black haired girl gave a shaky laugh. "I thought you read the Ranger files. That's Tommy Oliver," she told him. "And that's Wes Collins, and...oh no," immediately she darted behind the robot, who glanced at her.
"What's wrong?" he asked, confused.
"Who are you guys? I've never seen you before," Wes asked, curious.
"We're from the future. I'm Devon, Red Beast Morpher Ranger," Devon introduced himself. "One of our team, Ravi, he was captured and from what we could tell, brought here," he explained.
"Beast Morpher?" Tommy murmured to himself. He then shook his head. "You're probably right. Lord Draven has captured a number of Rangers and is using them to make an army of clone Rangers to take over every timeline there is," he explained.
"Every timeline?" the one in gold breathed, stunned. "But the barrier between the timelines…"
"With help from Madame Odius, Draven has Mega-Arrows that will smash through the barrier and give him access to each timeline," Teddie spoke up, eyes on the girl peeking out from behind the robot. She found something about her oddly familiar. "The rest of our team have gone to find the arrows while we find the other Rangers and free them," she added.
"Then we should work together," the blonde suggested, smiling at them.
"Zoey!" the other girl hissed.
"Something wrong with working with us?" Ari asked, sounding entertained. "Rangers work together, even if they're trying - somewhat badly, I might add - to hide something from us," the girl coloured red, and reluctantly stepped out from behind the robot. Devon patted her shoulder, and she glared at him as he tried and failed to hide his laughter.
"They're right. We'll definitely save Ravi with them on our side," he cleared his throat.
"I hate when you're right," she complained.
"Let's go already," Nora rolled her eyes.
"Nora's right. Another patrol will be passing soon," Ari warned them. The now even larger group ran through the dungeon, following Tommy down a winding path before finally finding the large open room.
"There they are!" he pointed to the machines where ten Rangers were strapped in. The Basherbots guarding them whirled around and rushed the team, who easily overwhelmed them with sheer numbers.
"The machines!" Ari called.
"I suppose that's my job," Heckyl blasted them with his powers, causing each to explode as the others shot out the shackles keeping each Ranger in place. Each gasped as they woke, looking around quickly.
"Whoa...what happened?" Rocky groaned, a hand to his head as he sat up.
"Last thing I remember was meeting with Tommy when some kind of Rangers attacked," Gia muttered, looking around.
"That wasn't Tommy," Wes told her as he helped her up. "And those weren't Rangers either. They're Lord Draven's robots," he explained.
"Who's Dra-" the question was cut off with a yelp, and Nora rolled her eyes, sighing as she walked over to the young man on the floor, who had rolled off by mistake.
"You know how you like asking Dr. K really stupid questions and all it does is make her want to send you back out into the Waste without your Morpher?" she asked, crouching beside him.
"I thought it made her want to test her new weapons on me," the curly haired Ranger grinned at her, earning a scowl.
"That's when you argue with her. Get up and just don't misrepresent your team, cause you know Scott will kill you for it," Nora helped Ziggy to his feet.
"Aw, you do care," he teased, and jumped when Nora suddenly flung her arms around him.
"Course I do, idiot," she muttered as he hugged her back tightly. After a moment, they pulled away to rejoin the group, and Ziggy grinned.
"Teddie! You came too?" he beamed as they walked over. Teddie frowned at him.
"Uh...have we met?" she asked as Nora rolled her eyes.
"Wrong Teddie," she said to Ziggy, who just looked confused. "She's from a different timeline than us. She's a Ninja Steel Ranger," she explained.
"Oh, right," Ziggy nodded quickly, then paused. "No, no that didn't help clear things up at all," he decided. Nora put a hand to her face.
"Wanna tell me what's going on?" Ravi asked as his team helped him up.
"Uh, you were kidnapped and cloned so that a crazy dude can take over each of the timelines," the black-haired girl explained.
"Right. And they are…?" he asked, looking up at the other Rangers getting to their feet.
"Other Rangers taken out of their timelines," she said simply. Ravi sighed.
"Ryne, why can you never just-" Ravi stopped when he saw her eyes widen. Ryne went pale. "What?" he asked, confused.
"Ryne?" Heckyl repeated, turning to her. She gave an awkward laugh, not looking at him.
"What's wrong?" Teddie asked, wondering what had earned his attention about her name. He didn't reply, watching her as if trying to work out just who she was.
"Oh, now I understand why they're so familiar!" Steel declared.
"Steel, don't," Nate whispered to his robotic brother, who turned to him.
"But Nate, it's her parents!" Steel pointed out, confused. Ryne put her hands to her face as Nate sighed. Zoey bit her lip and looked around at the two.
"Her what now?" Teddie asked, as if she hadn't properly heard what the robot had declared.
"Can we not do this now?" Ryne groaned as the two stared. Ari smirked, having seen it instantly. "Yes, you're my parents. But we kinda have a bigger problem," she pointed out. Aaron giggled.
"Oh yeah, definitely seeing the resemblance there," he said, earning two glares.
"Look. These machines," Ryne ignored him and turned to the smoking machine. "It looks like they were designed to give the robots your Ranger powers," she suggested.
"I think she's right," Kat agreed.
"Ranger powers will make his robots tough to beat," Trent considered.
"Thanks for saving us," Antonio said to the team that had broken in. "Even if I'm not entirely sure what is going on," he chuckled.
"I can relate," Ziggy admitted.
"So what do we do now?" Kayden asked.
"We gotta stop his plans," Tommy replied, all too aware that the barrier had already been cracked.
"He's right," Aaron nodded. "The rest of the Ninja Steel team is out there fighting Draven to get the Mega-Arrows away from him, but they'll need help, especially if those Ranger-powered robots get involved," he pointed out, worried for their team. Teddie nodded.
"This way," Koda led the way back out of the dungeon.
"Behind us!" Ryne warned as a large number of Basherbots appeared from around the corner, running towards them.
"Go, help the others stop Draven!" Ari told them, reaching in her pocket. "I'll handle these creeps," she told them.
"Always a showoff," Trent told her, and she shrugged.
"Just try not to get into trouble again," Ari gave him a sweet smile, and he shook his head, laughing to himself.
"Oh yeah, I can see the family resemblance," Devon snorted.
"Oh shut up," Ryne grumbled.
"So can I," Kayden said to Spencer, who just rolled his eyes in response.
"I have to agree with them," Heckyl muttered to Teddie as they started running to get out of the fortress and find the rest of the Rangers.
"Oh don't even," Teddie grumbled, going even redder as he laughed quietly.
As they all disappeared out, Ari pulled a device from her pocket, twirling it around her fingers as the Basherbots approached. She looked up at them as they stopped, watching her as if confused that she hadn't run or started fighting. Ari then grinned.
"Let's start off with some fun," she pressed the device to her hand, and it started glowing golden, changing shape until it was wrapped around her wrist, forming a Morpher. "DINO THUNDER, POWER UP, HA!" in a flash of gold, Ari Morphed into her gold and white suit. "Oh, it's been too long," she laughed. "Plesio Swords!" she held out her hands and called on her twin swords.
The first of the Basherbots were down before they realised she'd moved, and Ari continued to cut through the monsters in her path with powerful swings, spinning and twisting through the crowd as they tried to fight back. "Let's try something else," she grinned, jumping back and demorphing. Putting a hand to her Morpher, Ari let it change form until it became a new Morpher. "OVERDRIVE, ACCELERATE!" there was another flash of gold, and Ari morphed again, using her Drive Blades to finish off the last of the Basherbots.
Ari took a moment to catch her breath, admiring her Overdrive suit that she hadn't donned in years. When she heard more running towards her, she turned and ran in the direction the others had gone.
"Well, this is the last room," Brody called as he, Sarah and Daisy searched the fortress for the remaining two arrows.
"Preston, get your Dragonzord ready," Sarah contacted the others, who were working to keep Draven away. "If we find the arrows, we'll need a quick escape," she told him.
"We've searched everywhere else, they have to be around here," Daisy frowned.
"Looking for something?" they gasped, jumping back as Draven appeared in the room with a smirk. "You've come to the wrong place," he warned. "Basherbots, destroy them!" he ordered. The three grabbed their swords quickly and cut through the footsoldiers, and Draven blocked their strikes with his bow. "Time's up!" he grabbed an arrow and nocked it as he shoved the three backwards. It started to glow, charging energy. When he fired, it split into three and slammed into the Rangers, exploding in purple on contact. The three cried out, thrown backwards through a wall, and Brody landed on a large black chest.
"Yes!" Sarah grinned as she realised. "This is the chest with the Mega-Arrows!" the other two looked at it quickly, smiling with relief.
"No!" Draven growled. He ran at them to stop, but Daisy turned quickly.
"Call to the beast inside! Free the Magpie!" she sent her Animal Spirit flying at Draven. It collided with the monster, who shrieked as he was slammed backwards, trying to defend himself from the battering wings. "We gotta go!" Daisy called to the other two.
"Right," Sarah nodded. "Brody, trust me!" she said, confusing the Red Ranger before she suddenly wrapped a rope around him and the chest. "You need to guard the arrows! Get ready Preston, catch!" she hurled the other end of the rope out the window as the Dragonzord flew by. It caught the rope in its claws.
"Got it! Let's go!" Preston shouted, and Brody let out a yell as the chest was yanked out the window, smashing through.
"I feel that was a little unnecessary," Daisy told Sarah, who laughed. They leapt out the smashed window to follow. Using their gliders, they followed the Dragonzord.
"They got the arrows! Let's get outta here!" Calvin shouted as he spotted them escaping the fortress.
"Preston, we gotta get the Mega-Arrows out of this dimension, away from Draven," Brody called to the Blue Ranger as the rest of them joined them in the sky.
"Uh, let's go through the rip in the barrier," Preston suggested. "It's straight ahead, easy!" he smiled.
"Yeah, hopefully it takes us home," Brody gulped.
"And not into some other timeline," Daisy considered. A shot then flew past, narrowly missing her, and she veered off as more started to follow.
"We're hit!" the shots hit each of their gliders and ripped through the rope, causing the Rangers to fall as the Dragonzord jerked and threw Preston off. Landing heavily, the team groaned and demorphed as the chest landed nearby, smashing and revealing the two remaining arrows.
"Guys!" Preston called as he stumbled backwards. "It's the barrier. That's why the army's here. They're waiting for it to fall," they stared at the purple ripples that stopped them passing through.
"Guys!" Brody's yell earned their attention, and they sprinted over to him. When they reached him, they all inhaled sharply, seeing the massive Ranger army behind Draven.
"His army is huge," Hayley hissed, unable to hide her fear.
"Welcome, Ninjas! Meet my Robo-Ranger army!" Draven laughed as the army moved in robotic patterns, staying where they were. Various copies of reds, pinks, blues, greens, yellows, blacks and whites were ready to fight at a moment's notice. "Oh, and by the way, thanks for returning my arrows," the monster laughed, walking over to the broken crate and lifting another red arrow.
"Oh no…" Daisy hissed as they heard a noise above.
"Ah, and you couldn't have timed it any better," Draven continued to laugh as the sky turned red above them, casting everyone in a reddish light.
"No…"
"No!" they watched as Draven fired the second arrow into the sky. It exploded by the crack, further widening it.
"Soon I'll be able to shoot my last arrow and invade all the timelines. Give up," he taunted the team. "You don't have any chance against my entire army," Draven declared.
"How lame," they looked around as Teddie and Aaron appeared on either side of them in a puff of green and silver smoke. "It's almost like you don't realise that evil Rangers never win, and robots definitely won't," Teddie called over.
"Great timing," Brody smiled at the two.
"We brought a few friends," Aaron pointed over his shoulder as the rest of the Rangers appeared behind them.
"What?!" Draven gasped at the sight of his freed prisoners, as well as the extra Rangers.
"Their odds just improved," Tommy declared.
"Unbelievable," Brody laughed.
"Oh man, now that's what I call Ranger power!" Preston smiled brightly.
"Anyone know what time it is?" Brody asked.
"It's Morphin' Time!"
"NINJA SPIN!"
"ZEO RANGER ONE, PINK!"
"TIME FOR, TIME FORCE!"
"DRAGONZORD!"
"UNLEASH THE POWER!"
"SAMURAI MORPHER, GOLD POWER!"
"RPM, GET IN GEAR!"
"GO GO MEGAFORCE!"
"TYRANNOSAURUS!"
"LET'S ROCKET!"
"WHITE RANGER, DINO POWER!"
"NINJA STORM, RANGER FORM, HA!"
"SPD, EMERGENCY!"
"ACTIVATE BEAST POWER!"
"Rangers ready!" Draven growled at the amount of Rangers facing them, morphed and ready for the battle.
"Your invasion ends here, Draven!" Rocky warned.
"Attack!" Draven shouted, and the two sides ran at each other, clashing in a large fight.
"These robots are useless!" Teddie commented as she slammed her hammer against one of the Blue Beast Morpher robots running at her. When more ran at her, she laughed and moved back, grabbing Heckyl's hand. He smirked as he felt her powers charging him up. With a quick wave of his hand, he took them all out.
"Whoa," Ravi breathed as he saw them in action.
"Told you they were strong," Ryne shrugged, calling on her circular weapons. As she grabbed them from the centre, spikes flipped out, making her chakrams look even more deadly. Spinning, she threw them out, cutting through the robots and making them spark before hitting the ground, and as they flew through the air, Ryne's hands lit up with blue energy and she pulled them back to her.
As Devon sped along the fight, ramming the robots, Ravi lifted three of them with a yell and threw them through the air, where Zoey kicked them back down to the ground. As more surrounded Ryne, she grinned, watching their movements and reacting as soon as they attacked her, letting her cut through them before they could land an attack.
"We aren't the only ones," Teddie commented as she passed. Ryne laughed quietly, going red.
"Guys come on, we can settle this in a much nicer way!" Ziggy yelped as his clones rushed him, each wielding an axe. He used his own weapon to knock them away, cutting through their circuitry easily.
"Wow, it's a good thing Dr. K isn't here," Nora commented as she landed beside him. "She'd probably be happy to replace you with one of these things. They use your weapon better than you do," she teased him.
"Gee, thanks," Ziggy replied dryly, and Nora laughed as her armour surrounded her. She raised her sword, and cut through another.
"I have a lot of questions about this," she glanced around as Ari ran by, raising her Ninja Sword and using her sun magic to blast the robots away.
"So do I," Nora shrugged. "I'm so glad our Teddie isn't here. If I have to hear that crap again I will kill her," she muttered to Ziggy, who just grinned.
"Even more questions now," Ari muttered, hearing them as she joined Levi and Antonio. Her suit shattered, and she flipped the Morpher in her hand until it became a pair of sunglasses. "JUNGLE BEAST, SPIRIT UNLEASHED!" she Morphed into her Jungle Fury suit. "Jungle Whip!" using the weapon she'd learned to use with Jenna's help, she knocked one of the clones away from Antonio.
"How are you doing that?" Levi asked.
"Master Morpher," Ari replied simply.
"It's great!" Antonio laughed. "I did always wanna fight alongside my predecessor," he commented, kicking another robot aside. Ari grinned.
"As my first successor, you were pretty good," she told him, making his smile widen. "My current successor isn't too bad either," she added, and Levi laughed, pleased by her words. "Nor our future successor," Ari glanced to Nate as he landed nearby, having been fighting alongside Steel.
"This is phenomenal!" he laughed, running over to the three.
"Let's take out these posers," Antonio called. The four continued to fight off the copies, easily outmatching them.
"I have to ask," Spencer started as he blasted one of the Black Ranger clones running at them. "Do you prefer J.J or Jacob?" he asked the Green Ranger fighting beside him.
"You're never going to let this go, are you?" J.J asked, a little irritated.
"God no," Kayden grinned as he tossed a Blue Ranger aside, letting Trent cut through it nearby. "Can you turn invisible?" he asked, and earned a groan.
"This is exactly why I kept this a secret! Spencer's mum is a pretty big legend too, you know!" he pointed to Ari as she continued to fight alongside her fellow Gold Rangers.
"Yeah, but nowhere near as big a legend as Tommy Oliver," Spencer shook his head, looking over at Tommy as the original Green Ranger leapt through the air, using his Dragon Dagger to take out anything in his path. J.J just grumbled to himself, continuing to fight.
"Gather up team!" Brody's call brought the whole team back together. "Rangers together!"
"Fire!" each used their weapons, destroying the robots in their path.
"Nice work!" Daisy cheered, before there was a flash of green, and more copies of the Green RPM Ranger appeared.
"Oh...uh...that's embarrassing," Ziggy muttered as the other Rangers looked at him.
"How are they doing that?" Trent asked as they teleported around, making it hard for them to lock on.
"Levi!" Brody called to his brother. Levi nodded, and Teddie grabbed his arm. The ground rocked, and the robots stumbled as they reappeared.
"Nice," Ryne laughed, holding out her hands as they sparked blue. She threw out her powers, and they slammed into the remaining robots, causing them to jerk and crash to the ground.
"Uh, what?" Daisy frowned, turning from her to Heckyl.
"It's a long story," Teddie sighed.
"Terrifying…" Ziggy muttered, edging away from the Pink Ranger. She shrugged at him. Before the Rangers could celebrate, there was a flash of purple that burst through the crack, and Draven suddenly grew, towering over them.
"Do you know what time it is?" he sneered down at them.
"Guys, the sky's red again!" Gia warned as the sky started to change, bleeding red from the crack.
"And the last Mega-Arrow will seal your fate," Draven warned.
"We have to stop him!" Kat shouted as Draven took aim.
"I have an idea! Ari!" Tommy grabbed the golden Morpher. "WHITE RANGER POWER!"
"MAGICAL SOURCE, MYSTIC FORCE!"
"Falconzord, power up!" Tommy leapt up into the Falconzord as Ari ran after them, starting to glow before transforming into the Griffinzord.
"Whoa!" Brody breathed as the Falconzord hurtled through the air.
"No!" Draven yelled as it went for the arrow. He raised his bow to try and shoot Tommy down, only for the Griffinzord to slam into him. "No!" as he grappled with Ari, Draven saw the Falconzord catch the last arrow and fly away with it. He then shoved Ari aside as the Rangers below cheered. "You won't leave this dimension alive!" he vowed. They leapt out of the way as he stomped down, barely dodging his attacks.
"We can't give up, but he's so strong," Sarah groaned.
"Light him up Rangers!" Tommy's voice reached them. "I've got a present for Draven," they looked up to see the Falconzord flying back towards Draven.
"Everyone! Lock your weapons onto him!" Rocky shouted. "Fire!" they all fired shots that cut through Draven's armour and made him shriek.
"I'll get you!" he tried to fight against their attacks, but as he moved, the Falconzord gave a shriek and flung the final arrow at him. Draven screamed as it pierced through his armour, and he exploded.
"He's gone!" Brody laughed.
"Look, the cracks!" Calvin spotted the cracks in the sky repairing, vanishing as if they'd never been there.
"Finally, no more Draven," Gia commented as they all demorphed.
"And those Mega-Arrows are gone," Nora breathed a sigh of relief.
"The timelines will remain separate and safe," Wes grinned.
"We can go home," Trent shrugged, relieved it was over. He knew he was going to have to answer to a very stressed Kira when he got back.
"That's good, I know my team can't function without me-ow!" Ziggy yelped as Nora slapped him over the head, and the others laughed.
"You all have your own things to protect, and we still have Odius to take care of," Brody glanced to his team, who nodded.
"You'll be fine," Devon grinned confidently. "Otherwise, we wouldn't be here," he pointed out.
"Some more than others," Ravi elbowed Ryne, who rolled her eyes.
"Can't you just be grateful that we saved you and shut up?" she growled at the Blue Ranger. Ravi just smiled back at her.
"They're right though. Odious doesn't stand a chance," Rocky agreed, confident after seeing the Ninja Rangers in action.
"The Power Ranger legacy is in good hands," Tommy agreed, putting a hand on Brody's shoulder.
"There's nothing you can't do," Kat smiled at them.
"As long as you do it together," Antonio continued.
"You're a heck of a crew," TJ told them, and their words made the team smile.
"That means a lot," Brody laughed a little.
"Especially coming from legends like you guys," Hayley agreed.
"No kidding," Aaron rubbed the back of his neck, smiling in embarrassment.
"You'll get used to it," Spencer told them.
"As touching as all of this is, we should really all be getting home," Ari pointed out, and they all nodded. Wes, Devon, Koda and Nora lifted their own portal devices, and four portals opened up.
"Come on, Dillon is very eager to kick your butt. You know he doesn't handle worry well," Nora told Ziggy as she took his hand.
"You know, maybe I'll just stay here," he considered, and with a roll of her eyes, she dragged him through the portal.
"Bye!" Koda waved before jumping through his own.
"Good luck!" Devon called.
"Hey Ryne," Teddie caught the girl before she could follow the rest of her team out. "It's weird, but it was cool to meet you," she laughed, and Ryne laughed, blushing.
"You too. Both of you," she added as Heckyl stood beside Teddie, watching her with fascination. "See ya!" with a wave, she jumped through the portal, and it vanished.
"I really can't wrap my head around that," Teddie sighed.
"Me neither," he agreed.
"Come on you two, or we'll leave you behind!" Spencer shouted before stepping through the portal.
"I really wouldn't put it past them," Teddie shook her head and grabbed his hand, pulling Heckyl along to disappear through the portal.
"Coming, Sky Boy?" Daisy asked when all but she and Brody were through the portal. She turned to him, and he was gazing up at the sky with a grin.
"That was epic," he breathed, and she smiled as he took her hand. With a bright smile, they stepped through the portal, leaving the Antiverse behind.
Honestly, I had more I considered doing, but it started to feel a bit cluttered.
So I hope you liked it! Let me know what you think.
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