Chapter 108 - Coincidences Converging Saga
Episode 8 - Now We're in Deep Trouble!
by Brian Friedlander (jadeitesan@crystal-tokyo.com)
Disclaimer: Power Rangers Turbo are Property of Saban Entertainment, Inc. Sailor Moon is property of Naoko Takeuchi, Kodansha, and Toei Animation. No profit is being made from this, this is being done primarily for entertainment reasons. The storyline is my idea, please don't use it. Thank you.
Here's the story. . .
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Power Team Turbo, Go!
Power Team Turbo, Go!
Shift into high gear,
Put the metal to the floor!
Let's show the forces of evil
that love and justice conquer all!
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Last time. . .
The Machine Empire made a comeback and sent Cogs down to Earth to stir things up for our heroes. Against better judgement, the Senshi joined the Rangers in battle. Worst came to worst and the senshi were almost powerless. So Sailor Jupiter used the rest of her powers to finish the battle. Now the senshi are powerless and leave to find new ones. Meanwhile, Zedd and Rita meet in the park with leader of the Negaverse and Zedd's mother, the evil Queen Beryl. What will this evil conference mean for our heroes? What will happen to the senshi? Find out next!
Now on with the story. . .
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In the Desert of Despair. . .
The Senshi teleport onto the scene. They look around and are dazed and confused.
"Oh, that's the last time I teleport on low power. I feel like an elephant trampled over me," says Usagi.
"You, you, you, it's always about you, Usagi-chan. What about the rest of us?" complains Rei.
"You're so mean, Rei-chan," wails Usagi.
"So where do we head to now, Ami?" asks Makoto.
Ami uses her mini-computer and scans the immediate area. "I think we should head toward that rock formation. I'm getting an energy reading from it." She points toward a "N"-shaped mountain."
The girls start out toward the mountain. It took them a good thirty minutes in the desert heat to reach their destination. They took a vote and decided to stop there for a while and rest in the shade of a little nook in the side of the mountain.
"Boy, it is hot out here," says Usagi.
"No duh, odango atama! We're in the middle of a desert!" exclaims Rei.
Suddenly, there was an explosion and rocks started to fall. The senshi scramble out of the cave and out into the open. They're surrounded by the Doom and Bloom Girls.
"This can't be. We defeated them years ago," says Minako.
"What are we going to do without our powers?" asks Usagi.
"Look out!" yells Makoto as she knocks Usagi out of the path of a fireball from the head Doom and Bloom Girl. Makoto is hit by the fireball intended for Usagi.
"Mmmmmaaaaakkkkkkoooooo-cccccchhhhhhaaaaaaannnnnn!" cries Usagi.
The Doom and Bloom Girls disappear as if they had never been there at all. Makoto lies there with Usagi cuddling her.
"Don't leave me, my friend," wheeps Usagi.
"Come on, you can make it," Minako tries to encourage Makoto.
"Get those goons for me," gasps Makoto with her final breath as she starts to fade away.
Usagi breaks down and begins her potential waterworks.
The other senshi try to help calm her, but it is difficult since they too are feeling the pain at the loss of one of their dearest friend.
"Maybe it would be in our best interest to continue forth and find Ninjor to revive our powers," suggests Ami.
Rei and Minako help Usagi up and the four of them continue on their way.
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At the Power Chamber. . .
Luna was taking a nap when she started to have a nightmare. She sees chaos and confusion. She senses evil nearby.
Suddenly, Luna wakes up in a sweat and senses that one of the senshi is now gone.
"Kino Makoto, Sailor Jupiter," she says silently and starts to cry.
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In the park. . .
Goldar and Rito were standing there with the Tengas waiting for action. Jadeite had shown up, along with Ail and Ann and a squad of Shadow Fighters.
"So, where're your masters?" asks Jadeite.
"They're coming," replies Goldar. "And yours?"
"When all is well."
Zedd, Rita, and Scorpina arrive a few minutes later.
"We're here now, you can kiss my feet," says Rita Repulsa.
Ail and Ann just look at each other while Jadeite addresses the unhappily married couple.
"I'm Jadeite, 1st lieutenant in the army of the Dark Kingdom, lead by our glorious queen, the evil Beryl."
"I am Lord Zedd, emperor of all he sees, conqueror of the Dark Galaxy."
"Zeddie, those titles went out with the stone age. I am the glorious Empress of Evil, Rita Repulsa.
"She sure is repulsive," comments Ann.
"Be quiet, whelp," commands Jadeite. "My mistress, Queen Beryl, has requested that you come with us to her headquarters at the North Pole D-Point. It won't be necessary for your minions to tag along, especially that name-distorting bag of bones."
"If you don't mind, I'd like Scorpina and our monster-maker Finster to accompany us," says Zedd.
"Very well. Ann, Ail, stay here with the Shadows. Cause some trouble and disaster."
"Yes, 1st lieutenant," says Ail solemnly.
"Whatever you want," replies Ann with a glint of anger in her eyes at having to take orders from that pig-nosed, blonde-haired excuse for a human. She only did this since Beryl ordered her to take orders from Jadeite.
"FINSTER!! Get your termite-ridden carcass down NOW!!" screeches Rita.
"Is she always like this?" asks Jadeite.
"If only you knew," says Goldar.
"Shut up, Goldielocks," screams Rita.
Finster appears and Zedd tells Goldar and Rito to take the Tengas and work with Ail and Ann. Then he, Rita, Jadeite, Scorpina, and Finster disappear.
The Tengas and Shadows start to terrorized the park-going citizens. The Rangers appear and get to work, but it can be seen early in the fight that the Shadows are overwhelming the odds against the Rangers.
"Ugh, what are these things?" asks Adam of the Shadows.
"I don't know, but it's like they aren't even here," replies Tanya.
"And having the Tengas here doesn't help thing either," says Justin.
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Back to our female fighters for love and justice. . .
The senshi are still distressed at the loss of their friend. They struggle through the heat and sand that is being blown up by the hot air.
"I don't know if I can go on," complains Usagi. "This is almost as bad as when Chibiusa-chan was trying to take my Mamo-chan."
"We must carry on, Usagi. For Makoto-chan. For the world," says Rei.
"Yeah, Mako-chan wouldn't want us to give up so easily," replies Minako.
"Girls, I think we're getting closer to the temple," says Ami. "I just wish I had access to my visors, though. That would make scanning a little easier."
"It's hot," whines Usagi.
"We know that. Usagi no baka!" retorts Rei.
"Why must you be so mean to me, Rei-chan?. Wwwwwwwaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!"
"Hey, keep that up, Usagi-chan, and we'll have a lake to go swimming in," says Minako.
This only makes Usagi cry harder.
"Stop that, you guys. We're all disturbed about what happened, but we need to stick together," says Ami.
As Ami was saying this, four feminine shadows cover the girls. They turn around and are suprised to see none other than the Ayakashi sisters.
"Coonan, Beruche, Karaberas, Petz, what are you doing here?" asks Rei.
"We're here. . .," says Coonan.
". . .to repay you. . .," says Beruche.
". . .for totally. . .," says Karaberas
". . .ruining our lifes," finishes Petz.
"BURN!!" they yell together.
Usagi, Rei, and Minako jump out of the way. Ami remains where she stood, with a look that could kill on her face, looking like she was gathering up her energy. The sisters' fireball was heading toward her.
"Ami, look out!" yell the other girls.
"No!" Ami yells and brings up her right hand, which is glowing blue with energy. She yells, "Mercury Aqua Mirage!!" and throws the energy at the sisters and their fireball. The attack hits the fireball and disperses it into smaller ones, a few of which hit Ami and mortally wound her as she was still in her civilian ID. The four sisters disappear as if they had never been there in the first place.
Usagi runs up to Ami, who has already faded away. "No, Ami-chan! Please say it isn't so. How much more must we endure?
THIS IS A CRUEL WAY OF TESTING US, YOU ACCURSED DESERT!"
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The Power Chamber. . .
Luna senses it. She knows another has fallen.
"Mizuno Ami, Sailor Mercury, a senshi of water and ice," Luna cries softly. Artemis comes up to her to try and comfort her and asks why she is crying, but she won't tell him.
"I can't help you, Luna, if you won't tell me what's wrong."
"They're dead. Two of them are dead."
"Dead? Who're dea. . ., you don't mean?"
They sit there on a bed, Artemis trying to comfort Luna.
Dimitria, there in her tube, looks upon the two cats and wishes there was something she could do to help them.
Alpha brings the two cats some fish and milk to make them feel better, but Luna jumps off the bed and rushes out of the room.
The atmosphere of the Power Chamber remains solemn.
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At the park. . .
The battle didn't bode well for the Rangers. The Shadows just can't seem to be hit. And while the Rangers were occupied with Shadows, the Tengas were ganging up on them. And not to mention that Tommy was too busy settling an old score with Goldar. And that Rito was just being a nuisance.
The Rangers tried calling for Blue Senturion, Auric, and Ninjor to help, but none of them were answering. The Rangers had Alpha send out requests for help to Aquitar and Triforia, but it would be some time before the messages arrived and assistance could come to Earth, if at all.
They noticed that Alpha didn't sound like his usual self, but they didn't have time to worry about that now.
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Back to the last three senshi. . .
"Calm down, Usagi-chan," urges Rei. "Going hysterical on us isn't going to help the situation or Ami. We must keep going."
"Rei, where are your spirit wards? Why aren't you using them?" whines Usagi.
"For the same reason I can't tell you when they're about to appear. Normally, I can sense when something evil is near because of my Shinto teachings, but these things don't trigger my Shinto senses, so my spirit wards probably wouldn't work on them either."
"We have to keep going," says Minako. "We must reach Ninjor."
"How much farther?" asks Usagi.
Rei picks up Ami's forgotten mini-computer and turns it on. The numbers and facts on the screen were confusing her. "I can't make hide nor hair of this info."
"Let me try," offers Minako, who takes the computer and presses some buttons. "According to this, we've still got a half-day's walk to before we get there."
"Are you sure?" inquires Usagi.
"As sure as I can be," replies Minako.
"Then let's go," says Rei.
They walk along, each a little absent-mindedly. They walked along until four colored balls fly in front of them. The three girls look up and see the Amazoness Quartet standing on a cliff.
"You guys starting to sense a pattern?" asks Rei.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm outta here!" yells Usagi as she starts to run.
Rei and Minako follow suit. Unfortunately, Minako is hit by the four ricocheting balls, two of them hitting her in critical areas of her spinal cord and one of the last two balls snaps her neck. She falls down and goes limp. The Amazon Quartet disappears as suddenly as they appeared.
"Minako-chan!" yells Usagi as she runs toward her fallen comrade, who has started to fade away. "It's happened again, Rei-chan. It's just you and me now."
"Don't remind me, Usagi-chan. But we've got to be strong and make it through to see that memory of our friends are always remembered."
"The only part that's got me stumped is the Rangers never said anything about something like this happening when they were here," says Usagi.
"I don't know what to say. Let's just go."
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The Power Chamber again. . .
Artemis gets numb feeling in his whole body. Then he senses it. His beloved Minako was gone.
"Aino Minako, Sailor Venus."
Luna returns the Power Chamber. "You felt it too?" asks Luna.
Artemis can only nod since he is on the verge of tears.
"What about Crystal Tokyo? The future? It won't be able to happen now."
"You baka, you should know the future isn't written in stone until it actually occurs. So it is possible, as much as I hate to admit, that Crystal Tokyo may never exist. Or it may be possible that the senshi will later on be resurrected or reincarnated."
"So there's just Usagi and Rei out there?"
"Yes. I hope they make it."
They both sweatdrop at the throught of Usagi and Rei alone.
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The last leg of the Desert of Despair trek. . .
"I think I see that rock formation Tommy and Adam mentioned," says Rei.
"Finally, we're almost there," replies Usagi solemnly.
They see a cave entrance with the insignia of the Ninja Ranger clan. But before they are even within 50 feet of it, one last obstacle presents itself: a psuedo-Sailor Uranus and a psuedo-Sailor Neptune.
"Uranus, Neptune, it's great to see you!" says an unsuspecting Usagi.
"Usagi-chan, watch out, they aren't the real Uranus and Neptune!" warns Rei, who pulls out two spirit wards.
The psuedo-Senshi pull out imitations of the real Senshi's talismans.
Rei dives and knocks Usagi out of the way as the psuedo-Senshi initiate their attacks.
"Submarine Reflection!" yells pseudo-Sailor Neptune.
"Space Sword Blaster!" yells pseudo-Sailor Uranus.
Rei manages to throw her spirit wards at the fakes, but not before they release their attacks and knock Rei squarely on the chest.
"Rei-chan, nnnnnnoooooo!!!!!" screams Usagi.
The psuedo-Senshi disappear as Usagi runs over to her wounded friend.
"Rei-chan, are you okay?" ask Usagi.
"No, I'm starting to fade away. I think you're meant to finish this on your own."
"Rei-chan, about what you said earlier about your spirit wards, how were you able to use them this time and not the others."
"I was partly lying. I was telling the truth about not being able to sense the enemies, but I was lying about the spirit wards. I could have used them earlier, but I only had these two left on me. I hadn't had time to make more lately. And I knew I had to keep them ready to save you. The other Senshi knew the risks and were willing to accept them to protect you, our princess. Good-bye, my friend."
And with that, Rei faded away. And then, there was only one.
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Once again, the Power Chamber. . .
Luna and Artemis sensed the loss of Rei.
"Hino Rei, Sailor Mars," they said together.
The Rangers had returned, having retreated from the useless battle to regroup and regain their strength.
They were shocked when they heard the terrible news from Alpha 6.
"You mean they're gone?" asks Katherine with tears in her eyes.
"Isn't that what Alpha just said?" asked Dimitria, who also had tears in her eyes.
"But don't worry, Rangers, Usagi's still here," says Alpha in a slightly less Bronx voice.
"Can you pull her up on the viewing globe?" asks Tommy solemnly.
"Yo yo yo, I'll try. We've been getting a lot of static whenever we tried to view in on them. But, I'll try."
Alpha punches a few buttons on his console and Usagi appears on the viewing globe, holding a fading Rei. Then they see a
white-clothed person standing behind the kneeling Usagi.
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Four down, one still going at the Desert of Despair. . .
Usagi started crying again when she sensed a strange presence behind her and turned around to confront it.
"Get it over with already. I've been through enough as it is. Just be done with it so I can be with my friends again!"
"I am Klotho. I will be the emissary who leads you on the path to your ultimate destiny. And I have answers for you, but you must fight me first."
To Be Continued. . .
Next Time: Will Usagi except Klotho's challenge? And what about the dark meeting between Zedd and Rita and the Dark Kingdom? Will the Rangers be able to defeat the Shadows?
Sailor Says: from DiC ep. #22 "The Power of Friendship"
Serena: My friends mean a lot to me.
Lita: Yeah, and true friends are hard to find. Serena may not be the fiercest fighter...
Raye: Or win any prizes for bravery...
Amy: And you wouldn't really call her graceful...
Lita: But she has a good heart. Making someone smile is worth a lot.
Serena: It makes you feel good, too. Try it sometime! Sailor Moon says! See ya! ::giggle::
[Yeah, I didn't feel like doing my own Sailor Sez, so I borrowed one from the DiC dub. --author]
Bloopers: No bloopers just a bunch of Sailor Moon and Power Rangers plushies sitting around, looking cute.