Chapter 112 - Saga II - Changing of the Guard
Episode 12 - Risen From The Depths
by Brian Friedlander (jadeitesan@crystal-tokyo.com)
Disclaimer: Saban owns the Power Rangers and all related items. Toei Animation, Noako Takeuchi, and Kodansha own the Sailor Senshi.
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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Hi, folks. Usagi here. You're in for a suprise in today's episode. What, you ask? Well, um, er.... Heheh, I forgot.
^^; Well, just wait there and I'll show you! Teehee!
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The Lunar Palace. . .
It was quiet, very quiet. So quiet not even a mouse could be heard. And, no, it was not Christmas either.
Rita was complaining of a headache so she went to rest in her chambers. Anytime a noise was made, she'd screeched like Hell. Even Beryl knew not to mess with her when Rita was acting like this, so she went to her chambers to come up with new plans.
Zedd had also retired to the chambers he shared with Rita, to try and make her feel horrible again.
Goldar and Rito were working on Serpenterra in its hiding space.
Scorpina and Jadeite were. . ., well, suffice to say, Jadeite was climbing up the window curtains trying to stay away from Scorpina.
Baboo and Squatt had returned to Master Vile's for obvious reasons.
Finster was busy in lab, making new monsters for the fight against the Power Rangers and Sailor Senshi.
The Machine Empire was quiet, slowly rebuilding itself. They had expended a lot of energy rebuilding the royal family.
Divatox was far away, on Earth, making her own plans to deal with the Rangers and Senshi.
But where does this leave our siblings, the two Tree creatures, Ail and Ann. They had retreated to the same pocket space as where they had keep the Doom Tree, their Makaiju, now known as the Tree of Life. Of course, now that pocket space was empty.
"Ail, do you recall why we came back to Earth in the first place?" asks Ann.
"It's a bit foggy, but I think we came to look for help for the Tree of Life, our Mother. We were looking for someone in specific, but as I said, I'm a bit foggy on who."
"Well, I'm getting bored," complains Ann. "Let's go down to Earth...and have a little fun."
"Don't you remember what Beryl said. We weren't to leave the Palace without permission. Do you want her mad?"
"So what? I'm bored. Besides, it's not like she can afford to kill us, can she?"
"I don't know..."
"You are such a worrywart, Ail. I know you want to see Usagi as much as I want to see Mamoru again. And besides, we can cause a little havoc while we're at it." She holds up a Cardian card.
"It's a date, my sister," he says as they laugh and disappear.
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Angel Grove Youth Center. . .
"So, where do you think the Communication relay is?" asks Ami.
"Our best bet would be to check Billy's house, but unfortunately, his father is out of town," says Adam.
"We could teleport in," says Mina. "Short range teleportation and communication still works."
"Mamo-chan...." Usagi stares blankly into eternity.
"What's wrong with her?" asks Justin.
"She misses her Mamoru-chan," says Raye. "He's her destined future husband and king of Crystal Tokyo."
"Crystal Tokyo?" asks Tanya.
"From what we know, in the near future, a great disaster will occur and Neo-Queen Serenity, Usagi here, will put the entire world into a deep sleep for a while. And then there's the Darkmoon invasion," says Makoto.
"Well, if we're still around, you can count on the Power Rangers' help," says Tommy.
"Now, to get back to the business at hand, we need to check on the relay device," says Ami. "We need to go now."
As Usagi sits there, she daydreams and images start to appear in her mind. A blinding light, then high atop a city building, surrounding strange-yet-familiar people, a different sensation in her own body. Then a devastated Earth. A purple robot floating in space. The Earth and another planet merging. Demons and giant monsters running rampant over the planet. The distortional effects of the Gateway of time. Finally, a couple, the male blonde-haired and the female a brunette, hugging, as suddenly, lightning splits them far apart as each falls into an opening chasm.
Usagi gasps as she realizes she had stopped breathing for a minute and was being shaken. She wipes her forehead and collects a huge amount of sweat. *Was that just a dream, or was it a premonition of terrible tradegies to come?*
Rei notices Usagi pale and sweating. She starts shaking her. "Usagi-chan, are you okay? Usagi!"
"Uh, what? What's wrong?" Usagi manages to mumble.
"You were sitting there with a blank stare, Usagi," says Rei. "I was getting concerned."
Usagi struggles to maintain a smile. "Don't worry about me, Rei-chan. I'll be alright. You guys can go on ahead without me," says Serena. "I need to find my Mamo-chan."
Rei loses her look of concern. "Is that all you were thinking about, Odango Atama?"
"No, but it doesn't matter. Well, we haven't seen him the last few days, either civilian or battle, and I'm worried."
"Fine," says Tommy. "You can go. Take Katherine with you. There's strength in numbers."
"Okay, Serena, let's go," says Katherine.
"Alright! Mamo-chan, here I come!"
"As for the rest of us, we'll teleport into Billy's lab, and let Ami and Justin loose on the relay."
"Let's go," says Adam.
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Angel Grove Seaside Business District. . .
Ail and Ann appear, hovering over a group of dock workers, who are frightened by the mysterious appearance of the two. Scary monsters, they could handle, but two humanoids who float and had strange colored hair was another story altogether.
"So, brother, what do you think we should do?" asks Ann.
"Why not summon a cardian? It's the perfect time for one." Ail produces a stack of cards in his right hand. Ann picks one and turns it over, revealing a dagger of sorts.
"Brother, what is this?" asks Ann.
"Why, my sis, it appears to be the Dragon Dagger card. It is a very special card indeed. If I remember correctly, the card will pull the dagger out of a interdimensional storage space. I seem to recall hearing that the coin was totally wiped of its power, but that the Dragonzord still resides on Earth, indeed right here in this harbor area."
"Bring it forth, Ail, I want to cause some destruction."
Ail plays his flute and the card spins, and the Dragon Dagger appears in its place.
Ann looks at the Dragon Dagger. "Ail, one thing I don't understand. If this dagger is also a flute, why couldn't we have just used your flute?"
"The dagger has magical properties, which makes only it able to call forth the Dragonzord." Ail takes the Dagger and plays its tune.
Water starts jetting up in a straight path, and the Dragonzord rises. Ail plays another little tune on the Dragon Dagger.
"Go forth, Dragonzord. Destroy Angel Grove in the name of the mighty Queen Beryl!"
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Angel Grove Condominiums. . .
Usagi and Katherine knock on the door to Apartment 2F. After a few minutes of no one answering the door, Katherine asked Usagi an important question.
"Are you sure this is his apartment?"
"I'm positive. Katherine, isn't there any way to find out if he's in there?"
"Well, I don't know if this constitutes Ranger business or personal gain, but I'll use the Turbo Navigator." She pulls the aforementioned device out of her travel bag and flips it open.
"There's someone in there, but it's very faint, very faint indeed."
"Then we need to get in there, even if it is someone else, and not my Mamo-chan." Usagi pulls out her brooche. "Moon Etern..."
"No, Serena, that won't be neccessary," says Katherine right before she gives the door a swift kick.
"Gee, Katherine, I didn't know you could do that."
"You'd be suprised what you can do after several hundred goon fights and a few lessons from the male Rangers."
They enter the apartment, and are shocked at what they see. A wooden table had been beat up, pictures had fallen to the ground with their glass broken. Papers lay all over the place. But the most startling thing was Mamoru, lying spawled on the floor, with blood covering him.
"Oh, my god," gasps Katherine.
Usagi panics. "Wegottadosomethingforhim,Katherine,orhewilldie!"
"He looks like he's been like this for a few days." Katherine feels for a pulse and finds a very weak one.
"These look like marks made by a youma or droid or other various monster of the day," says Usagi.
Kat activates her communicator. "Tommy, this is Kat. Usagi and I found Mamoru. He's been badly hurt. Have you fixed the relay yet? We need to get him to the Power Chamber immediately!"
"We're working on it, Kat. Tommy out."
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Billy's garage. . .
"We're working on it, Kat. Tommy out."
"So where is the relay?" asks Ami.
"I think it's over here in this cabinet," says Adam, shining a flashlight around the room so they wouldn't have to turn on the lights and alert anyone to their presence.
Amy and Justin walk over to the cabinet and open it up. Adam shines the light into it. A device with several lights that should have been blinking but weren't was sitting on the shelf.
"Here it is, everybody," says Adam.
"Minna," says Ami.
"What, she isn't even here," says Tommy.
"No, I was giving Adam a little Japanese lesson. Minna, with two 'n's means everybody. It flows so much smoother than everybody."
"Anyway," says Justin, "I think I see the problem. Power isn't getting to this thing. It must have happened when Billy's father left. He cut off all the power."
"Well, we could take it back to the Shinto Shrine," says Ami. "We need to set up for the suprise."
"Alright, let's go," says Tommy. They teleport out of the garage.
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Downtown Angel Grove. . .
Dragonzord continued its destructive rampage, and neither the Rangers nor the Senshi were aware of it, save for three. Usagi and Katherine noticed the commention going on a few blocks from where Mamoru's apartment building was. Chibiusa's school, Angel Grove Junior High, was let out because of the attack. Usagi and Kat raced toward the battle scene and literally bumped into Chibiusa.
"Ow! Watch where you're going, you two," complains Chibiusa.
"What are you doing here, Chibiusa? You should be back home at our dorm."
"Look, Usagi, if you've forgotten, I'm a Sailor Senshi, too. And if anyone should be back at the dorm safe and sound, it should be you, my future mother and the Neo-Queen of the Earth."
Usagi sweatdrops. "Point taken. Now let's transform, everybody!"
"Wind Chaser Turbo Power!"
"Moon Eternal, Make-up!"
"Moon Crisis, Make-up!"
In three flashes of pink light, the Pink Turbo Ranger, Eternal Sailor, and Sailor Moon appeared.
"Hello, Sailor Goon," says a familiar voice.
"Ann!" exclaims Eternal Moon.
"Glad to see you remember me."
"What, no hello for me, Usagi?"
"Ail!"
"Thanks. But now you must die!"
"But why? I thought I healed you."
"Well, you thought WRONG!" screams Ann.
"Shut up!" can be heard eminating from the moon.
"You dare to interrupt the important events of the day and be an obstacle against helping our Mamo-chan. We are champions of love and justice, the pretty Sailor Soldiers, Eternal Sailor Moon and Sailor Moon! On behalf of the Moon, you will be punished!" Eternal Moon and Sailor Moon assume their battle poses.
Ann yawns. "Oh, stop with the boring speeches. They don't interest us. All we want is your death and possession of the two Silver Crystals!"
"Turbo Windfire!" Pink Ranger calls on her personal weapon and blasts at Ail's hand. He drops the Dragon Dagger. Sailor Moon jumps and catches the Dragon Dagger.
"Yes, we got it!" she exclaims as she hands it over to Pink Ranger.
"So, what am I suppose to do with it?" asks Pink Ranger.
"Just hold onto it as we heal these two. Ready, Sailor Moon?" asks Eternal Moon.
"Right!"
"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"
"Moon Crystal Healing Escalation!"
The double healing hits the siblings full force, knocking them down. Dark smoke eminates from them, forming into a giant, shadowy monster.
"I am Twinpeak. And for disrupting Beryl's plans, I'll make you pay!"
"Why is it always monsters inhabiting people?" sighs Sailor Moon. "What do we do now?"
"Tommy, come in!" Pink Ranger racks her communicator, trying to get it to work. The "inoperative" beep of the communicator is heard. "Darn, they haven't fixed these thing yet. Typical Tommy laziness."
"Hey, Kat, try the dagger," suggests Eternal Moon.
"You're right, that's a good idea." She takes the dagger and begins playing it. Unfortunately, she's having trouble getting the right tune. Dragonzord just stands there.
Meanwhile, Eternal Moon and Sailor Moon pull their power wands out of their pocket spaces.
"Why, you little spore," says Eternal Moon. "First, you steal my brooche, then my healing powers, and now my wand, even if they are somewhat outdated."
"Well, gee, 'mother', why don't you talk to *my* mother about it, then, hmm?"
Eternal Moon sweatdrops.
"Cool it, you two," remarks Pink Ranger. She plays again and manages to arm the Dragonzord's fingertip missiles. "Why don't you two call your Ninjazords?"
"Okay!" exclaims Eternal Moon. "Moon Pink Crane Ninjazord, Power Up!"
"Moon White Falconzord, Power Up!" yells Sailor Moon.
The two zords fly through the sky, the crane soaring, the falcon skreeing. The two senshi jump aboard.
"Falconzord attack mode!" commands Sailor Moon. The falcon takes a vertical position. Its head rotates down. The wings rotate forward. Missile fire from the wingtips, blazing into Twinpeak.
"You think that's going to stop me? Then you've got another thing coming!" Twinpeak knocks the Falconzord out of the sky with his sword. He fires eyebeams at the Crane.
Suddenly, a set of Burning Mandala fireballs engulf Twinpeak. Rushing onto the scene are the other Ninjazords and the Turbozords.
"Wind Chaser, Turbo Power, Turbo Up!" commands Pink Ranger.
"Lock 'em up!" commands Tommy. The Turbozords zoom together into a rolling battle platform. The Rangers slide into the cockpit.
"Turbo up!" The Megazord moves up and the Red Lightning portion folds back to reveal the head. Lightning courses through the Megazord and it becomes articulated.
"Ninja MegaFalconzord!" The Ninjazords come together to form the Megazord.
Twinpeak gets back on his feet. The two Megazords turn around to face him.
"So you think two heads, or in this case, Megazords, are better than one? I can deal with that."
"You're going down, ugly," says Green Ranger.
"Turbo Megazord Saber!" exclaims Red Ranger. "Turbo Megazord Spinout!"
"Ninja Megafalconzord Power Punch!" commands Sailor Moon.
The two Megazords fly through Twinpeak, leaving him behind with energy rippling through him. He falls down and explodes.
"Here, Tommy." Pink Ranger hands Red Ranger the Dragon Dagger. "Send Dragonzord back home."
"Right. Goodbye, old friend. Sorry we didn't get to hang out together for a short while." Red Ranger plays the dagger. Dragonzord returns to its eternal slumber at the bottom of the ocean.
"Now we need to teleport Mamoru and Ail and Ann back to the Power Chamber," says Eternal Moon.
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Power Chamber. . .
Mamoru, Ail, and Ann rest on biobeds. The Rangers and Senshi are gathered around them as Dimitria and Alpha look on.
"Are they going to be okay?" asks Usagi
"They'll be fine. See, they are waking now," says Alpha.
"What happened to us?" asks Ail.
"From the scans," says Justin, "We believe you two were under one of Beryl's spells."
"Which would explain why it feels like someone's been beating on my head like a drum," remarks Ann.
"Ugh," moans Mamoru. "Where am I? I feel like I've been run over by a herd of elephants."
"Oh, Mamo-chan, you're okay," exlcaims Usagi. "We're in the Power Chamber, remember? We came here after you freed us from our first battle in American."
"What are you doing in American? How come you didn't tell me you were coming?"
"What!?!? I sent you a letter by special courier a day before I left so you'd have time to get ready."
"Well, I never received any letter, nor did I rescue you from any battle."
"Maybe," says Ami, "The personaes of Mamoru-san and Tuxedo Kamen are separating again, as they were before any of us found out that Usagi-chan was the Moon Princess."
"Possible," says Alpha. "May I do a mental scan on you, Mamoru?"
"No!" screams Mamoru. Everybody facefaults and he sweatdrops. "Um, eh, I mean no thanks." His eyes flash purple.
"You okay, Mamo-chan?" asks Chibiusa.
"Sure, Chibiusa-chan."
Ail snaps his finger. "Now I remember what we came here for!"
"What?" asks Ami.
"Friea, our homeworld has fallen under dark magic. We've tried to repel it, but unfortunately, the evil has grown too powerful. Our Makaiju sent us to get the Senshi's help. She believes the light of your ginzuishou, Eternal Sailor Moon, can save our planet and our children, who have been consumed by the darkness."
"Will you help us, Eternal Sailor Moon?" asks Ann.
"Of course, Ann," says Usagi. "Wherever darkness blightens the life of the good, the Senshi will vanquish it."
"We'll help, too," says Tommy.
"No, Rangers," says Dimitria, uncharacteristically speaking in statements. "You cannot leave the Earth defenseless against the forces of evil."
"Dimitria's right," says Adam.
"Senshi," says Alpha. "You'll have your powers available to you on Friea, but unfortunately, you won't have access to your zords."
"That's okay, Alpha," says Makoto. "We've gotten along without zords before.
"Then let's go, guys," says Rei.
"Henshin yo, minna-san!" commands Mina.
"Moon Eternal, Make-Up!" "Moon Crisis Power, Make-Up!"
"Mercury Ninja Power, Make-Up!" "Mars Ninja Power, Make-Up!"
"Jupiter Ninja Power, Make-Up!" "Venus Ninja Power, Make-Up!"
Mamoru takes a rose out of his pocketspace and transforms into Tuxedo Kamen.
"Tuxedo Kamen, Ail, Ann, gather inside the circle, hold on tight and don't move," says Eternal Moon.
"We're going to have to gather all our strength to teleport all of us," says Sailor Mercury.
"No, let us help," says Ann.
"Count me in," says Ail.
"Same for me," replies Tuxedo Kamen.
The trio joins the Senshi circle. Everybody holds hands and concentrates. Each starts to glow their respective color: Eternal Moon - pink; Sailor Moon - pink; Mercury - blue; Mars - red; Jupiter - green; Venus - yellow; Kamen - pale purple; Ail - light blue; Ann - pink. They each turn into a bright light and soar out of the Power Chamber.
"Good luck, our friends," says Katherine.
"May the Power protect them," replies Tommy.
To be continued. . .
Next time: In the series timeline, a SM movie is next. But since that'll take a while to write and I don't want
the series to be bogged down anymore, I'll work on the regular episodes and when I'm caught up, the SM movie will be done.
Not much referencing will be done to it anyway.
Next episode takes place right after "Passing the Torch", the new Rangers will be trading places with the old Rangers as
the old Rangers go on with their lives. The Senshi return from helping out on Friea just in time to say good-bye.
Sailor Says:
Usagi: Yah, the old Rangers are leaving, the old Rangers are leaving. . .
Rei: And that means we're the senior superheroes.
Adam: Don't count on it. I'll be back!
Tommy: You don't know yet if the Phantom part will work out. And anyway, everybody knows I'll be the Phantom.
Tanya: So that's why you forced your way into our boss's office and demanded more pay.
Kat: So he'd fire you and then you could rehire as the Phantom.
Makoto: Ain't going to happen anytime this century.
Chibiusa: Geez, the "Sailor Says" are losing their education values.
Bloopers: The Dragon Dagger drops before Ail can grab it after it pops out of the card. Mamoru can't stiffle his
giggles in his trashed apartment when Kat and Serena are staring in shock at the mess in there; they sweatdrop when they hear
his laughing.