Disclaimer: You know the drill. Amber, Amy, and Cora are mine (along with
the Wizard) but I do not own the Power Ranger concept. Rachael owns Alexis
and is used with her permission. This does not impact her series "Streaks
of Purple".
Jason and Tommy used their power weapons to try to attack the monster together, but he caught the weapons by the points and flung them back into Zack and Kat. Cora and Alexis moved in, trying to maneuver him so one of the two girls could successfully hit the monster. He dodged both the girls' attacks, and wound up scratching each of them off to the side. "You fools are simply delaying the inevitable." The monster told them as he turned to face the four rangers he had knocked out the first time. "Who are you anyway?" Zack asked him. "I am the Dark Dragon. I was sent by the Wizard to destroy you foolish mortals." He introduced, taking a mock bow. "What a show off." Alexis commented as she stood up. Jason could almost see her face take an incredulous expression. "And the Wizard? How original." "What you think doesn't matter." The monster replied as it turned to face the Purple Ranger. "Especially given that you will be dead in a matter of minutes." "Promises, promises." Cora muttered as she rose to her feet. Dark Dragon turned to Cora and shot out at her, she avoided his attacks but only barely. She rolled to an akward stop and heard Kat call out, "Behind you!" and turned to see the monster almost on top of her. The White Ranger leapt out of nowhere and kicked the monster in the chest. It stumbled backwards, but she drew Saba from the holder on her left side and slashed at the monster a couple times, causing him to fall over. The other rangers ran over to Cora and the White Ranger. "So, who got these powers?" Zack asked the figure. "I'll give you three guesses, but the first two don't count." Amy said, and she could tell by the others body language they were glad to see her again. "I'll teach you to get involved, little girl." Dark Dragon said as he stood up and powered up his black energy balls. He was disrupted again as two shots struck him in the chest. The Rangers turned to see the Yellow and Blue Rangers approach. "Cora! Tommy! It's me!" Kimberly called out from the Yellow Ranger suit. "I'm back, guys!" Rocky called from the Blue Ranger suit. "Nice timing, guys." Jason said as they all came together. "Now that we're together again, it's time to stop this Dark Dragon." "So, now all of you meddlesome pests are together again, now I know I will have no more interferences in destroying you." Dark Dragon commented as he got up now. "Now that we're together again, nothing is going to stop us." Tommy responded. "We'll see about that." Dark Dragon said and then split into three different forms and blasted at the Rangers. They all fell back hard. Jason recovered immediately. "Kat, Kim, Zack, Rocky. Get your power weapons and come with me. Tommy, team up with Alexis. Cora, team up with Amy." He instructed. The other Rangers nodded. "Right." They agreed. Jason raised his power sword, Zack his power axe, Kat her power bow. Rocky called for his power lance and Kimberly called for her power daggers. They went for the creature on the left. Tommy drew his Dragon Dagger while Alexis was surprised to find she had a sword as well. They went for the middle monster. Amy drew Saba as Cora formed her weapon, a baton. They went for the monster at the right.
"Do you think they can do it?" Andros asked as he turned to Amber, who had just come on to the bridge. Amber nodded. She was the only one with experience with all of the rangers. "I'm sure they can." She said.
Dark Dragon found it easy to block all of the weapons, even in his separated state. Their fighting style had a certain rhythm, but it wasn't accomplishing much. "Only one of these things are real." Zack said, hoping he displayed more certainty in his theory out loud than he had when he thought it a moment ago. "Sure, but which is the real one." Kimberly asked him. "They all feel pretty solid to me." Cora added as she dodged a potentially harmful claw swipe from the monster she and Amy were facing. Jason brought his right wrist to his mouth and called into the communicator, "Amber, we could use some help determining which monster is real."
Amber turned to Alpha. "Can we determine which monster is real?" she asked him "I'll start scanning the monsters now." He responded. Ashley noticed the middle monster grab Tommy by the throat and slam him into the ground. "Hurry, Alpha. I don't know how much longer they can hold out." She said. "According to these scanners, all three of the monsters are real. And they all have equal strength." Alpha said. "But divided like that, the rangers will never be able to defeat them all." TJ said.
"Tommy!" Kat called out in panic as she saw the middle Dark Dragon slam the Green Ranger on the ground. But that merely left an opening for the Dark Dragon they were facing to slash her across the back. "Are you okay?" Kimberly asked Kat as she came to her side and helped her up. She nodded and they both turned to face their Dark Dragon. "They are all real." Jason told them all. "So what do we do now?" Rocky asked him. Amy looked over at the five rangers. "What about the Power Cannon?" she asked. "That might work." Zack said. "But how do we get them all together?" Alexis exchanged glances with Tommy and Cora before saying, "Leave that to us, guys." Amy joined the other five rangers while Tommy, Alexis, and Cora came up in front of them. "How dumb do you think we are?" asked the left Dark Dragon. Alexis and Cora brought their arms together and Tommy jumped on top of them, and the girls flung Tommy straight into the Dark Dragons. He used his Dragon Dagger to hit two of them before the third managed to block him. But that was when Cora and Alexis kicked him in the chest. He fell backwards. "You actually separated them." Rocky pointed out. "We need them to be together." "We're working on it!" Alexis replied. Cora turned with her baton and prevented the first two Dark Dragons from getting up. Tommy used his Dragon Dagger to back her up. That left Alexis to deal with the remaining Dark Dragon. As he tried to attack her, the Purple Ranger, she dodged him and moved from under him, just to kick him in the back and shout, "Incoming!" Tommy and Cora each stepped to the side and kicked the Dark Dragon in the back, where he wound up crashing into his two counterparts. "Now, you're up." Cora said, turning to her other six friends. Amy and Zack took the front; Kat and Kimberly took the middle, while Jason and Rocky took the end. "We need the Power Cannon." They all called out, and it formed into their hands. Tommy, Alexis, and Cora came together and just as the three Dark Dragon's got up, the three rangers kicked them down again. Which was just the time the rangers needed to lock onto the monster and fire the Power Cannon at the monster. It struck them all, and an explosion followed. When the smoke cleared the rangers found nothing. "We did it!" Cora exclaimed happily. The Rangers lowered the Power Cannon. "And that is that." Rocky said.
"I knew they could do it." Amber said proudly. Andros nodded and smiled. "Yes, they did. But I have a feeling this Wizard guys is just beginning. And they still might have problems taking on Darkconda." He said. "We'll need a plan." TJ said. "We need to call the other rangers here and begin our planning."
The Wizard saw the entire battle, surprised at the Rangers showing up when they did, as if they were destined but not together until just now. He knew they were not new powers, but he could sense their power was greater than they did before. "It appears I have more of a challenge than I thought." He said, and a smile crossed his face. If he couldn't destroy them, he'd have to weaken them. If Darkconda failed, then that is what he would have to do.
The new rangers came aboard the ship, all of them talking about how good it felt to be back in action. Except Cora, who had never been a ranger prior to. Kimberly was congratulating Cora on getting her cartwheel down when they entered the bridge, just to be greeted with praise from the Space Rangers. "I never had any doubts." Amber said as she hugged Amy and then Jason. "It's great to be back." Tommy said, exchanging a high five with TJ. "It's good to have you back." Andros told them all. "And you did a great job, but I don't know if Darkconda will be as easy. We have no guarantee that he can't clone himself more than seven times and I have no idea what he's really capable of." "We'll be ready." Alexis told him, smiling. "We'll fight Darkconda, we'll defeat him and we'll get you back your powers. Then you guys can fight with us and defeat the Wizard." "That's right." Cora agreed. "Now, what are you calling yourselves?" Cassie asked them. "Well, our powers are based on the original powers, which was the very fist to this legacy." Jason said to the group. "Almost like the essence of the entire thing." Cora said. Tommy smiled. "How about the Essence Rangers." He suggested. The others nodded, and Kimberly said, "Yeah, I like the sound of it." "Alright." Jason said, and then looked at Alpha. "Alpha, track down Darkconda and then we'll get the astral ranger powers back and then we'll defeat this Wizard character." The others agreed at that too.
The Essence Rangers are here, and now they must get the astral powers back and defeat the forces of evil. But what does the Wizard mean when he says he will weaken the Rangers? And how will they defeat Darkconda? Stay tuned.
Jason and Tommy used their power weapons to try to attack the monster together, but he caught the weapons by the points and flung them back into Zack and Kat. Cora and Alexis moved in, trying to maneuver him so one of the two girls could successfully hit the monster. He dodged both the girls' attacks, and wound up scratching each of them off to the side. "You fools are simply delaying the inevitable." The monster told them as he turned to face the four rangers he had knocked out the first time. "Who are you anyway?" Zack asked him. "I am the Dark Dragon. I was sent by the Wizard to destroy you foolish mortals." He introduced, taking a mock bow. "What a show off." Alexis commented as she stood up. Jason could almost see her face take an incredulous expression. "And the Wizard? How original." "What you think doesn't matter." The monster replied as it turned to face the Purple Ranger. "Especially given that you will be dead in a matter of minutes." "Promises, promises." Cora muttered as she rose to her feet. Dark Dragon turned to Cora and shot out at her, she avoided his attacks but only barely. She rolled to an akward stop and heard Kat call out, "Behind you!" and turned to see the monster almost on top of her. The White Ranger leapt out of nowhere and kicked the monster in the chest. It stumbled backwards, but she drew Saba from the holder on her left side and slashed at the monster a couple times, causing him to fall over. The other rangers ran over to Cora and the White Ranger. "So, who got these powers?" Zack asked the figure. "I'll give you three guesses, but the first two don't count." Amy said, and she could tell by the others body language they were glad to see her again. "I'll teach you to get involved, little girl." Dark Dragon said as he stood up and powered up his black energy balls. He was disrupted again as two shots struck him in the chest. The Rangers turned to see the Yellow and Blue Rangers approach. "Cora! Tommy! It's me!" Kimberly called out from the Yellow Ranger suit. "I'm back, guys!" Rocky called from the Blue Ranger suit. "Nice timing, guys." Jason said as they all came together. "Now that we're together again, it's time to stop this Dark Dragon." "So, now all of you meddlesome pests are together again, now I know I will have no more interferences in destroying you." Dark Dragon commented as he got up now. "Now that we're together again, nothing is going to stop us." Tommy responded. "We'll see about that." Dark Dragon said and then split into three different forms and blasted at the Rangers. They all fell back hard. Jason recovered immediately. "Kat, Kim, Zack, Rocky. Get your power weapons and come with me. Tommy, team up with Alexis. Cora, team up with Amy." He instructed. The other Rangers nodded. "Right." They agreed. Jason raised his power sword, Zack his power axe, Kat her power bow. Rocky called for his power lance and Kimberly called for her power daggers. They went for the creature on the left. Tommy drew his Dragon Dagger while Alexis was surprised to find she had a sword as well. They went for the middle monster. Amy drew Saba as Cora formed her weapon, a baton. They went for the monster at the right.
"Do you think they can do it?" Andros asked as he turned to Amber, who had just come on to the bridge. Amber nodded. She was the only one with experience with all of the rangers. "I'm sure they can." She said.
Dark Dragon found it easy to block all of the weapons, even in his separated state. Their fighting style had a certain rhythm, but it wasn't accomplishing much. "Only one of these things are real." Zack said, hoping he displayed more certainty in his theory out loud than he had when he thought it a moment ago. "Sure, but which is the real one." Kimberly asked him. "They all feel pretty solid to me." Cora added as she dodged a potentially harmful claw swipe from the monster she and Amy were facing. Jason brought his right wrist to his mouth and called into the communicator, "Amber, we could use some help determining which monster is real."
Amber turned to Alpha. "Can we determine which monster is real?" she asked him "I'll start scanning the monsters now." He responded. Ashley noticed the middle monster grab Tommy by the throat and slam him into the ground. "Hurry, Alpha. I don't know how much longer they can hold out." She said. "According to these scanners, all three of the monsters are real. And they all have equal strength." Alpha said. "But divided like that, the rangers will never be able to defeat them all." TJ said.
"Tommy!" Kat called out in panic as she saw the middle Dark Dragon slam the Green Ranger on the ground. But that merely left an opening for the Dark Dragon they were facing to slash her across the back. "Are you okay?" Kimberly asked Kat as she came to her side and helped her up. She nodded and they both turned to face their Dark Dragon. "They are all real." Jason told them all. "So what do we do now?" Rocky asked him. Amy looked over at the five rangers. "What about the Power Cannon?" she asked. "That might work." Zack said. "But how do we get them all together?" Alexis exchanged glances with Tommy and Cora before saying, "Leave that to us, guys." Amy joined the other five rangers while Tommy, Alexis, and Cora came up in front of them. "How dumb do you think we are?" asked the left Dark Dragon. Alexis and Cora brought their arms together and Tommy jumped on top of them, and the girls flung Tommy straight into the Dark Dragons. He used his Dragon Dagger to hit two of them before the third managed to block him. But that was when Cora and Alexis kicked him in the chest. He fell backwards. "You actually separated them." Rocky pointed out. "We need them to be together." "We're working on it!" Alexis replied. Cora turned with her baton and prevented the first two Dark Dragons from getting up. Tommy used his Dragon Dagger to back her up. That left Alexis to deal with the remaining Dark Dragon. As he tried to attack her, the Purple Ranger, she dodged him and moved from under him, just to kick him in the back and shout, "Incoming!" Tommy and Cora each stepped to the side and kicked the Dark Dragon in the back, where he wound up crashing into his two counterparts. "Now, you're up." Cora said, turning to her other six friends. Amy and Zack took the front; Kat and Kimberly took the middle, while Jason and Rocky took the end. "We need the Power Cannon." They all called out, and it formed into their hands. Tommy, Alexis, and Cora came together and just as the three Dark Dragon's got up, the three rangers kicked them down again. Which was just the time the rangers needed to lock onto the monster and fire the Power Cannon at the monster. It struck them all, and an explosion followed. When the smoke cleared the rangers found nothing. "We did it!" Cora exclaimed happily. The Rangers lowered the Power Cannon. "And that is that." Rocky said.
"I knew they could do it." Amber said proudly. Andros nodded and smiled. "Yes, they did. But I have a feeling this Wizard guys is just beginning. And they still might have problems taking on Darkconda." He said. "We'll need a plan." TJ said. "We need to call the other rangers here and begin our planning."
The Wizard saw the entire battle, surprised at the Rangers showing up when they did, as if they were destined but not together until just now. He knew they were not new powers, but he could sense their power was greater than they did before. "It appears I have more of a challenge than I thought." He said, and a smile crossed his face. If he couldn't destroy them, he'd have to weaken them. If Darkconda failed, then that is what he would have to do.
The new rangers came aboard the ship, all of them talking about how good it felt to be back in action. Except Cora, who had never been a ranger prior to. Kimberly was congratulating Cora on getting her cartwheel down when they entered the bridge, just to be greeted with praise from the Space Rangers. "I never had any doubts." Amber said as she hugged Amy and then Jason. "It's great to be back." Tommy said, exchanging a high five with TJ. "It's good to have you back." Andros told them all. "And you did a great job, but I don't know if Darkconda will be as easy. We have no guarantee that he can't clone himself more than seven times and I have no idea what he's really capable of." "We'll be ready." Alexis told him, smiling. "We'll fight Darkconda, we'll defeat him and we'll get you back your powers. Then you guys can fight with us and defeat the Wizard." "That's right." Cora agreed. "Now, what are you calling yourselves?" Cassie asked them. "Well, our powers are based on the original powers, which was the very fist to this legacy." Jason said to the group. "Almost like the essence of the entire thing." Cora said. Tommy smiled. "How about the Essence Rangers." He suggested. The others nodded, and Kimberly said, "Yeah, I like the sound of it." "Alright." Jason said, and then looked at Alpha. "Alpha, track down Darkconda and then we'll get the astral ranger powers back and then we'll defeat this Wizard character." The others agreed at that too.
The Essence Rangers are here, and now they must get the astral powers back and defeat the forces of evil. But what does the Wizard mean when he says he will weaken the Rangers? And how will they defeat Darkconda? Stay tuned.
