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House of Power Rangers

Chapter 24: House of Splits

Nina doesn't know how long she's out for but when she looks around, she's alone. Wanting to make sure her teammates are okay, she pushes herself up, off the ground and begins stumbling before finding her footing to find them all but when she does it turns out they're all looking for her.

"Where's Nina?" Kevin asks.

"I'm here," she says, appearing behind him. Taking in her teammates appearances she realises that she must look as roughed up as they do.

"Let's go back to the house," Jayden suggests, the others nodding, agreeing that's their best course of action for now.


Arriving back at the house the rangers separate, going to freshen up before regrouping back in the living room, the map open. "The Sanzu river is erupting through all six locations," Kevin informs them.

"And it gets worse," Ji says looking over the blue ranger's shoulder. How could it get any worse? Nina wonders. "Look, all along this line, the barrier between our world and the nether world is growing weaker." Yup, that would be worse.

"Isn't there anything we can do about this?" Mia asks and the red ranger looks up at her answering,

"The only way to stop this is to stop Deker."

"I'm sorry, guys," Antonio says, standing up. He had been sitting on a stool, facing away from the team since they got back so this was, they'd heard him speak in a while. "Earlier today, I had a chance to stop Deker but I, uh, let him go."

"What do you mean?" Mia asks, seriously, the rangers full focus on him.

"After the blast, he was laying there defenceless but, I- I- I – couldn't bring myself to attack him."

"Wow," Emily says, in awe but Antonio misjudges her tone.

"I know! I blew it!"

"No, samurai never attack defenceless opponents," Kevin corrects him, but Antonio isn't convinced.

"But still…"

"Dude, you made the right choice. Come on, even I know that," Mike says.

"Your decision is what separates us from the Nighlok," Jayden reminds him but none of that seems to help Antonio.

"But I still should've done something," Antonio says, running out, ashamed.

"Excuse me," Nina says, walking past the other rangers, knowing what she has to do.


She's not exactly sure how she finds her way there, but it ends up being exactly where she needed to go because as she arrives in the clearing, she finds Deker looking at the ruins of an old house. She's sure he hears her approaching but she decides to speak up anyways, just in case.

"Did this place mean something to you?" She asks but he doesn't even flinch at her voice, so she continues walking forwards until she's in line with Deker to his left.

"I don't know," he replies after a moment. "I feel like there's something I'm forgetting when I'm here. A piece of my past… I just don't remember."

"I understand," Nina nods, continuing to stare at the ruin even when she feels him turn to look at her.

"And how purple ranger, do you understand?" Nina just sighs before turning to face the half Nighlok.

"I know you know who I am. My role besides the purple ranger." Deker nods, not taking his eyes off her face.

"I wasn't completely sure, but I suppose this is confirmation, chosen one." Nina nods.

"Before I realised, I found myself drawn to things I didn't recognise, understanding things I shouldn't know. It was pretty scary."

"Is that what you think?" Deker questions, stepping closer to her, probably meaning for it to threaten her but Nina holds her ground. "That I'm scared?"

"A little bit," Nina admits. "There's a whole chunk of your life, your human life I'm assuming, that you can't remember and all you're left with is the need to fight a worthy opponent? You must be at least confused."

"You underestimate how long I've been roaming this earth, chosen one," Deker says, walking past her, Nina turning to follow. "It's more than ten times of your current life. After a while, you learn to just accept what you can't remember and focus on what you can do."

"Like fighting the red ranger? Splitting the world in two?"

"Splitting the world in two is Serrator's plan. Not my own," he reminds her as they stomp through the forest. "I just want my sword, Uramasa, back."

"I know that but Deker – whoa," she says, tripping over a large tree root. What surprises her though is that half Nighlok puts out his hand, offering to help her up. She looks at it hesitantly for a moment before taking it, brushing herself off. "Thank you." She says but he just continues walking.

"Chosen one. I just want to be free. For centuries I've roamed this earth searching for a way to be free and for the first time I've found an opponent my sword, Uramasa, deems worthy. I refuse to pass up the chance."

"Is that really the only way? A battle until one of you can't fight anymore?" Deker stops walking so suddenly that Nina almost crashes into him.

"You know, you're not the first chosen one I've met," he says. "When I met one of your predecessors, she told me that she could help me. As the chosen one she had the power to help set me free, but she was destroyed before she could. So, tell me, what power do you have to help me?"

"I – "Nina was slightly taken aback by this. She had never felt that she could help Deker before. "I don't know." She admits and Deker just continues walking through.

"I can feel Uramasa calling me."

"Deker, wait please don't do this. If she said that there's a way for me to help you just hold on. Give me some time and I'll figure it out." Deker glances back as her, not saying anything for a moment before turning back to the front.

"Had you not been the chosen one, you just might have been the one Uramasa chose for me to face."

"What does me being the chosen one has to do with it?"

"I've seen what the wrath of the Osirian looks like," he says simply. "Otherwise, I think you would've been a worthy opponent." Nina doesn't quite know how to reply to that (is she supposed to say thank you?), so she doesn't, however, after a few minutes of walking in silence she speaks again.

"I know I don't know you, but I don't think you want to destroy the whole earth. That's so many people dying for no reason. From what I've seen, you don't hate humanity that much." Before he can say anything, if he was even going to, her samuraizer begins to ring, she glances up at him and he just continues to walk so she answers it.

"Hello?"

"Nina, where are you?" Mike asks.

"Uh, the forest," she says, not quite wanting to share who her present company is. "Why?"

"The team's split up. Jayden, Emily and Mia have gone to deal with an attack from Serrator, but we think Antonio went to find Deker, so Kevin and I are looking for him."

"He did what?" Nina says but as she walks out into another clearing, onto a pathway, she sighs, "I think I can help with the Antonio situation. I'll see you soon." She hangs up, looking ahead to see her gold teammate in the path.

"Nina?" He asks, noticing her but Deker quickly refocuses his attention to himself, speaking up.

"Well, if it isn't the fisherman."

"So, are you on your way to help Serrator rip open the earth?" Antonio asks.

"Hmm, if you're worried about that then why didn't you stop me when you had the chance?" Deker taunts… Antonio said he wasn't even conscious though. How could he know?

"What?" Antonio asks, clearly as confused as Nina.

"Hmm."

"Doesn't matter. I'm here to stop you know," the gold ranger says.

"Go ahead. Attack me I'm unarmed," Deker taunts and Antonio starts to unsheathe his sword… but then he sighs, putting it back in a falling to his knees, Deker scoffing, "I didn't think so." As he walks past but he stops as Antonio speaks up,

"I'm begging you. Please, just forget about your sword and walk away. I know you wanna lift your curse but if you do what Serrator asks, millions of people will suffer a horrible fate."

"I knew it. You're no samurai. You don't have the guts to stop me," Deker spins as swings his sword at Antonio but Nina rushes forwards with her spin sword, blocking the attack.

"No," she growls, just as Mike and Kevin arrive. The two guys begin attacking him as Nina rushes back to Antonio but Deker steps back.

"This is a waste of time. You're not worthy opponents." Deker flips over the lot of them, walking away.

"You're wrong Deker," Mike yells after him. "Honour and compassion aren't Antonio's weaknesses. His heart is his greatest strength."

Mike walks back over to join his rangers.

"I was a fool to think, Deker could be reasoned with," Antonio says.

"No, you were really brave," Kevin corrects. "We need a samurai like you on the team, to remind us what we really stand for." Kevin hands Antonio his fallen sword. The gold ranger stares at it for a moment before grabbing the sword.

"Let's go stop him once and for all."


"Split this world open and you'll be free! And I'll be ruler of both our worlds," Nina hears Serrator to Deker say as her and the boys arrive, fully morphed.

"no!" Antonio yells.

"Stop!" Mike shouts.

"Don't do it!"

Serrator, however, just flings the oncoming rangers out of the way with a blast, sending them flying to where the rest of the team is.

"No!"

"Super bullzooka!" Jayden says, getting up. "Drop that sword!" he yells, pulling the trigger, aiming at Serrator and Deker.

"Enough of these games! This is the end of the line," Serrator says absorbing the blast in his hands before sending it back. "Literally!" The blast hits the rangers with such force that they fall back, demorphing. "It's time! Do it!" Serrator yells at Deker who raises his sword. Serrator cackles as Jayden cries out,

"No!"

However, in a shocking turn of events, when Deker brings his sword down, instead of striking the Earth, he spins around striking Serrator!

"Why?" Serrator asks, falling to his knees. "How could you betray me like this?"

"You had what I wanted," Deker replies. "Your mistake was thinking I shared your hatred of humanity. I care only for the sword. You made me that way. Remember?"

"You're as heartless as any Nighlok," Serrator spits.

"And so, it ends here," Deker replies, sheathing his sword.

"200 years of planning, ruined in an instant," Serrator moans, standing up. "Now you will feel my wrath!" He sends out strikes out lightning to hit the rangers. Deker manages to jump up the cliff but before making his leave, he turns back to the team.

"Rangers, I trust you'll finish this."

"The great deceiver has been deceived!" Serrator continues to whine.

"Go, go Samurai!" The rangers call out, morphing again, Jayden with the super bullzooka and the other rangers with the octo cannon.

"Antonio!" Kevin calls.

"Lead the way!" Mike nods.

"Right! Six-disc octo cannon! Ready!"

"Super bullzooka!" Jayden yells.

"Really?" Serrator laughs hysterically, stopping his tantrum to pay attention to the rangers. "You – you will all pay the ultimate price!"

"Think again!" Antonio calls. "Cannon blast! Strike!"

"Bullzooka blast!" Jayden yells, both pulling their triggers, the power of both blasts sending the Nighlok up in flames.

"We've still got another round left!" Mike exclaims.

"I'm not beaten yet!" Serrator calls, appearing in mega mode. Sending blasts down on them.

"Mega mode power!" The rangers call in unison. "Zords, combine!

"Samurai megazord!" The girls say.

"Bull megazord!" Jayden says.

"Claw battlezord south!" Antonio shouts.

"Lightzord's ready too!" Mike and Kevin say together.

"Twin papyrox!" Serrator yells, calling forth two of the minions, who immediately beginning running to the rangers.

"Jayden let us worry about the papyrox," Kevin tells him.

"Yeah, you go get Serrator!" Antonio agrees.

"With pleasure," Jayden smirks. The rangers battle the papyrox, and knowing that once they defeat them, they can help their leader defeat Serrator which does wonders for their motivation. The rangers finish them off just in time to block what Serrator believed to be his finishing move on Jayden.

"There's too much at stake," Mike says. "How do we finish this guy off?"

"We need to use the samurai gigazord!" Antonio tells him.

"Good idea," Jayden nods. Whipping out a disc, he calls,

"Ultimate Samurai combination!" Which is how all four megazords come together. They block and attack Serrator and when they finally knock him down Jayden tells them,

"Now's out chance! Shogun mode!" Although, it's just Jayden that transforms, all the rangers can feel the extra boost in power, pumping in their veins. "Power of the ancestors! Symbol power! Shogun strike!"

"What now?" Serrator groans as he gets up, the blast just reaching him, but he catches it in his hands.

"Rangers, you'll never defeat me!" He sends the blast right back to them, knocking them back a bit.

"No Nighlok has ever survived that attack before!" Kevin gasps.
"I'll take you Samurai rangers out, if it's the last thing I do!"

"We came so close to beating him!" Emily sighs.

"The gigazord just doesn't have enough power," Mia groans.

"Enough power," Antonio mutters before perking up. "Jayden, we still have one zord up our sleeve."

"Of course!" Jayden nods, recalling what Antonio means. He takes a disc from the lightzord.

"Sharkzord combination!" A fish shape zord, comes to the megazords hand.

"You defence looks awfully fishy," Serrator jokes before sending a blast at the megazord but they are blocked with ease by the Sharkzord slash.

"Everyone," Jayden says. "Channel the power of all our zords. It's going to take everything we have to take him down."

"Ultimate Samurai Slash!" The megazord's sword slashes straight through the middle of the Nighlok, a bright light appears as he speaks,

"No! I was supposed to split open your world! You weren't supposed to do it to me!" Before he finally disappears in an explosion.

"Samurai rangers, victory is ours," Jayden grins.


"Guys we did great today!"

"After a battle like that I'm starving!" Mike says.

"You're always starving," Emily laughs but the rangers slow down, seeing they're missing someone.

"Antonio?" Mia asks. "Are you okay?"

"I'm just think about what Deker did," he nods. "The choice he made."

"You made a choice too," Jayden points out. "You stood up for what's right."

Antonio nods, "And unlike the Nighlok, we will never betray each other."

Kevin laughs, putting his hand in between them all. "Rangers together." Everyone smiles, putting their hands-on top.

"Samurai forever," Antonio smiles.

So, here's chapter twenty-four! Ooh six chapters left! Are you guys ready for it to end? I'm excited for these next few chapters! Just because everything's finally reaching it's climax so I think it's going to be really interesting for you to read and of course I have a couple of my own chapters in and plot twists so I can't wait for you guys to read them. Anyways, just in preparation for the last chapter, hopefully I'm not giving too much a way, but please review or PM me some questions that you have for the rangers! Anyways, see you on Tuesday for a new chapter and thanks for reading