Summary: The Rangers are divided. Mesogog's new set of plans has an evil red ranger team fighting against their young legacy writers. But, who will become the victor if Tommy is under Mesogog's control and the team has to turn to their ninja mentors, who are nowhere near the ranks of their fellow ranger predecessors.
Disclaimer: Power Rangers is not mine, however the plot of this story is. So, beat that!
A/N: Okay, so we got evil rangers vs. good rangers again. C'mon, I just could not pass it up. Who will be the victor? Read on to find out. Head's up. When I mention 'team', I mean the good guys. When it is the evil team it'll be obvious. And don't you just love the tension? Cuz I love it. See ya when I do. And don't forget to reply.
"The choice is simple. Live or die. Understand the risks you're about to take and never hesitate. We can't afford it in this battle." -Eclyptyk Neo
Minutes passed slowly.
No one could believe what was liad out in front of them. A set of evil red rangers lead by the legendary ranger himself, Tommy Oliver.
The line of good rangers all without a given power coin or gem lead by the newest red ranger, Conner McKnight. But no one moved. Each side waited for the other to strike. Everyone knew that whoever made the first move would lose.
Trent had fallen back to free his father of his imprisonment as the dazed man clung to his son for standing support. Trent looked at him intently, hoping to get some answers on the situation. "Dad, do you know how to stop this?"
Anton breathed slowly as he looked at the red ranger team assembled before them. "Destroy Mesogog. It's the only way the mind control will break away."
Trent looked over at Conner, who heard everything they were talking about. Conner nodded his understanding before looking back at the red ranger line. Trent quickly escorted his father to the safety inside the semi truck still blocked from its target.
Hayley sat there shaken, watching everything on the monitor.
"We need to stop that beam." she turned to Trent who sat his father down in a chair.
Trent looked at the monitor and saw the transfiguration beam rise toward the sky from the fortress. "We got it, Hayley."
He raced outside where no one as much moved a muscle in the standoff of rangers, evil and good.
"We don't have time for this." Kira said.
"We need to take out that beam." Ethan said.
"But you do realize we got a line of evil red rangers all suited up in front of us?" Aisha corrected.
"It's not hard to miss." Conner sighed.
"You're nothing but a bunch of worthless powerless rangers." Tommy laughed.
Kim growled, not taking the diss lightly. She walked over to the assembly line. "Don't start with me, Thomas!"
Conner and Ethan grabbed her arms, but she shrugged them off and continued on. The five preceding red rangers blocked her from getting to the Red Zeo 5 Ranger, but she still didn't care. Tommy snapped his finger forcing his team to fall back. They protested, but he glared at them. Even through the visor it could scare the toughest guy.
Tommy walked up to his challenger. "You're wasting your time, Kimberly." he said coolly and dark.
"If I am, then why haven't you already destroyed us?" Kim asked intently as she searched through the visor of her true love. "Admit it, you can't do it."
The Zeo 5 Ranger growled and found his hands settled around the small neck of the petite woman. The team gasped in a panic as they raced forward, but Kim didn't even flinch. Her hands wrapped around the forearms of her fiancé hoping to find something more in his cloudy mind.
"Tommy," she said slowly as a line of tears escaped her eyes. "Handsome, it's me. Your fiancée, Kimberly. Your wife-to be."
The evil red ranger team urged their leader to end this now, but he couldn't do it. He appeared still as a statue as the plea raced through his mind, confusing him. The teens looked at each other recalling what their teacher had told them before they headed toward the invisi-portal.
"...No matter what happens, we'll always be a team. The powers will always protect you. And remember, a ranger will do whatever they have to do to stop evil." Tommy had told them only an hour ago.
"We may not have our gems, but we still got the power in us." Conner nodded toward his teammates.
"And we can't let them down." Ethan said.
"Anyone. This is the fate of the world we hold in our hands." Trent said.
"And it's all or nothing." Kira said.
"Now, that is the ranger team I know." Aisha popped in with a light smile passing her face.
The teens turned to face their aggressors. Each fell into a fighter stance and the Red Rangers saw the gesutre. Then the call of their dinosaur spirit erupted into the area. They launched themselves forward just as the red rangers were given the sign to attack.
"I summon my inner animal spirit. Ninja power! The bear!" Aisha exclaimed, and a surge of energy escaped her and took form as the spirit of the bear.
It roared to life and charged at the Red Zeo 5 Ranger and his prize. Aisha joined the teens in their battle against the red rangers. The beat took Tommy by surprise as the power claw came crashing down on him. He groaned and hit the ground, releasing his hold on Kim. She rolled away and called on her own animal spirit as it soared to life to join the battle.
The crane cried out and circled around the Quantum and Time Force Rangers sweeping them off the ground with a gust of wind.
Tommy growled in frustration and tackled Kim to the ground. And the engaged couple fought against each other as Aisha tried to snap some sense back into him, but ws stopped by Jason.
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Mesogog had returned to the fortress with his new prize, the dino gems. He hissed with satisfaction as he placed them in their designated spot on the console. He watched as the gems came to life, watching the hint of pink glow from each of them to awake the powers of the other gems.
"The world will now bow down to my feet." Mesogog growled as he powered up the machine.
"Not so fast." a voice said from behind him.
"You're plans are about to get burned." another voice said.
Mesogog turned around to see the black and red ninja standing there. He growled angrily. "You're too late, Rangers. The gems are now mine. And you will all be destroyed."
"Not if we can help it." Rocky glared at the evil being.
Mesogog growled and moved toward the ninjas with his army following suit. It was greatly outnumbered, but they had to do what they had to do. And if worse came to worse they would have to move on to Plan B.
But they had to keep Mesogog away from the gems as much as possible for him to avoid absorbing the energy and using it against them.
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Trent charged and locked arms with the Quantum Ranger, but was knocked away by the Space Ranger. He hit the ground in pain, but Ethan had his back as he blocked a blow from Andros with his armored epidermic. Ethan pulled Trent to his feet, but no conversation could be made when he Turbo Ranger charged toward him.
The bear and the crane sweapt the red rangers off their feet and sent them across the grassy plain.
Conner and Kira tried their hand against the two most skilled red rangers, Tommy and and Jason with Aisha and Kim on hand and foot. But none of them had a chance. Tommy fired his laser gun that sent Kira and Conner flying through the air and landed in the distance in pain.
"Hayley, go. We can't hold them off any longer." Trent called into his communicator.
"Okay. We'll make it quick. Just be careful." Hayley replied.
And the semi roared to life and began to roll forward onto the dirt road leading up to the fortress.
"Stop them!" Tommy growled at his teammates while locking Kim in another hold.
"On it." TJ nodded as he ran for the semi.
"On no, you don't!" Conner raced after him.
Trent followed Conner and tackled the Turbo Ranger to the ground. Andros took to his hovercraft, but Kira was there to stop him with a ptera scream. The team was working overtime, especially without their powers and they didn't know how long they were gonna last.
Minutes passed slowly.
The crane spirit saw the danger in its partner and swept passed the Zeo 5 Ranger. He pulled back and launched a set of lasers toward the crane. It cried out in pain and disappeared as Kim fell to her knees in an exhausted heap. She felt the pain in her chest as if a part of her was completely removed.
Tommy grabbed her laughing darkly. "Discouraged that I did that? Don't worry, it's not permanent. I just like to see you suffer. That's what you seem to be good at."
Kim looked a little pale and weak as a new line of tears stained her face. "Tommy, please. I know you're in there. Fight it."
"Don't cry for me, bitch. It's too late to save me or yourself from this destruction." Tommy said simply.
"Don't do it!" Aisha cried as she tired to break from Jason's grip.
Then the agonizing pain of the bear filled the area. The team stopped to watch as Eric and TJ had done away with the bear spirit. Aisha went pale as the sinking weak feeling swept over her.
"Say good-bye, Aisha. For good. It was all your fault! You, and Rocky and Adam. For breaking up a team." Jason spat with no pity.
Trent forced Wes to the ground from one side of the battlefield and saw the danger his ninja mentors were in. He raced over to them, calling out their names, but stopped short of an attack when a hand--Tommy's hand--met his throat pulling him into the air.
"Dr. O. It's me." Trent gagged trying to rip the hands off his throat.
The Red Zeo 5 Ranger turned his head toward the team. "And you! You're a disgrace to the evil ranger line."
"Tommy, don't do this." Kim pleaded.
The Red Zeo 5 Ranger's head slowly snapped to look back at Kim. "Ya know, you were the reason why I hurt as much as I do. I have all this rage inside."
"Do it, Tommy. Destroy her." Jason demanded darkly.
"Don't do it." Aisha cried.
"You asked me to be your wife, Tommy. And I accepted. I don't ever want to hurt you again."
"Yeah, well you were just a good fuck." Tommy said with some satisfaction mixed with disgust. "You were the best I had.
Those nice flexible gymnastic legs mixed with my martial art skills made us do wonders. And did I mention you also tasted so good? It's a shame it has to end."
"It doesn't have to. And you really don't mean that." Kim said.
"Dr. O. This has to stop." Trent tried to wither out of the grasp.
"Stop stalling, Tommy and just do it." Jason grew restless.
Trent fought to loosen the grip as Kira unleashed another ptera scream. It sent the red rangers off balance loosening the grip on their captors. They all rolled away to safety to catch their breath.
Kira raced over to help Trent to his feet as the ninjas helped each other up. "You guys okay?"
"Yeah, thanks, girl." Aisha nodded.
"But we're not out of this yet." Trent pointed out as Tommy and Jason were charging toward them.
Then a speed of red light streaked through, tripping the two red rangers. Conner came to a halt beside the assembled team.
"Less talking, more fighting." he instructed and zoomed back into action to help Ethan.
The others caught their breath for a second and charged back into battle.
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Inside the island fortress.
Rocky had locked onto Mesogog's arms and tried to throw him off balance, but he was tough. Adam had pre-occupied the T-
Drones fro some time, but the two had alternate. They had used their own form of Gung Ho, but it still wasn't enough. And they were begin to show signs of fatigue.
Mesogog threw the two ninjas to the ground roaring with a new feeling of victory. "It's over, Rangers. I can taste my victory and you won't be able to stop me."
Rocky and Adam picked themselves off the ground and glared at the dinosaur. They weren't gonna go down to some crazy mutant freak. And the look in their eyes had said it all. They called on their inner animal and room glowed with a gold light. And when it cleared the odds evened up a bit.
The ape and frog spirits let out a cry that indicated they were ready and so was their partner.
Adam looked at Rocky and nodded. Then they pulled out their Zeonizer morphers and locked it on their wrists.
"It's Morphin' Time!" they announced in unison.
And their respective light of blue and green covered them.
When it cleared, they were in their Zeo Ranger suits.
"Zeo Ranger 3-Blue." Rocky announced with satisfaction.
"Zeo Ranger 4-Green." Adam proclaimed.
"Whose powerless now?" Rocky teased.
"We're just full of surprises." Adam nodded.
Mesogog growled and extended his hand to where the dino gems laid. The gems slowly came to life and intertwined to create a surge of energy that was absorbed by the evil being. Then he began to transform as a new line of spike jutted out of his body and he looked like a Dino Thunder Ranger in Super Dino Mode, but only more gruesome.
"And so am I." he hissed.
The animal spirits didn't hesitate to cause destruction to the area as they kept the T-Drones busy. Their human partner went up against Mesogog.
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Hayley used the main controls to operate the semi as it raced through the hills toward its target. Anton was still weakened, but manned the control that would fire the laser toward he fortress.
Though, neither of them had said much to each other, they were determined to take out that beam. But it was hard to avoid a sneak attack with the huge size and the attacks coming from the fortress.
They watched the beam slowly come to life.
"We've run out of time. And we're still not in close range." Hayley said in a panic.
"Anything is worth a try." Anton said as he pulled the trigger.
The laser of the semi came to life as the semi came to an abrupt stop. It sailed through the air toward the transfiguration beam.
Sparks flew instantly and the fortress lit with flames and explosion.
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Rocky and Adam moved against Mesogog quickly. They knew they were running out of time, and they had to hurry to stop this.
They had watched their teammates do battle with the evil red ranger team, and losing. They had to get out there and help them.
Mesogog hissed and threw out an electrical spark that shook the place. It exploded into a series of flames.
"I will not be defeated." Mesogog growled.
Rocky and Adam charged him again, not wanting to waste any time here any longer than they needed to. Then the entire fortress shook and it could only mean one thing. The beam was fired and made contact with the fortress. The place erupted with smoke throwing Mesogog off-balance.
Adam's communicator chimed on and Hayley made the report they fall out. Rocky had charged against Mesogog again with the help of his animal spirit driving him into the distant wall.
"Rocky, fall out. We're outta here." Adam called out.
Another line of sparks blinded Rocky as his animal spirit merged back with him and he appeared in his ninja-storm like uniform.
The frog leapt for the dino gems, collected it up and merged with Adam who now had the box. He soon fell in line with his ninja powers and ended up in his ninja-storm like uniform.
Rocky grabbed Adam and forced him out of the door as they raced for an exit.
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Ethan came crashing down onto the ground as he was thrown down with little effort by TJ. Conner was showing signs of fatigue against Eric. Kira had no more strength after the excessive use of the ptera scream against the evil team. Trent tried to keep Wes and Andros back, but it wasn't enough. And Kim and Aisha continued to knock some sense into their old teammates, but it wasn't enough. The team had nothing compared to the evil red rangers. They had no power to morph, and their own special powers had been used to the max and over. They couldn't take it anymore.
They were all thrown into the center of the red ranger team. And they were surrounded with nowhere to go.
"It's been fun, Rangers. But it's time to say good-bye." Tommy said in a mocked sadness..
The team exchanged a look. Ethan locked Conner into a tight hug as he cried and admitting he'd miss the jock. then he reached over and clasped Trent and Kira saying he'd miss them, too. This had to be the end.
But Conner didn't want to think so. He got to his feet and glared into the visor of the evil Red Zeo 5 Ranger.
"So, our young red ranger doesn't want to give up?" Tommy teased as he clapped his hands together.
"We can end this several ways." Conner offered slowly. "We go. You go. We all go. Or we stop this petty good vs. evil and join up on one side. We're a team, right? New or old."
"Words are pointless. Step down, Rookie." Jason pushed the teen back.
Ethan caught his friend and helped him back to his feet. Trent and Kira followed suit and turned to look at the red ranger team assembled around them.
"Oh, four teenagers going up against a line of red rangers. How amusing." Eric chuckled with satisfaction.
"You'll die trying to fight us." TJ said.
"Haven't you had enough?" Andros teased.
"You can't win. It's over." Wes announced.
"We're not going down." Conner's eyes narrowed as they searched through the visor of his teacher.
The other three teens looked at the other red rangers, trying to find something else there, but a cloud still remained. Then a new surge of energy erupted from the teens and found a place within Conner's communicator.
Conner let out a battle cry as he felt the energy give him power. A red light covered him and when it cleared, he stood there in his Triassic suit.
Ethan whistled. "Wow! This changes everything."
"No way." Trent breathed.
"Way to go, Conner." Kira nodded her approval.
Tommy clapped slowly. "I'm impressed. Perhaps, you're not as useless asyou though, Conner."
"This has to stop now, Dr. Oliver." Conner looked at him again, walking closer to him.
Then an explosion caught their attention as everyone turned to see the laser of the semi make contact with the transfiguration team. It shook the ground, sending them all off balance.
But the eyes of the Zeo 5 Ranger and the Triassic Ranger didn't leave the other.
Another explosion shook the ground sending everyone to the ground.
And that's when the dark cloud was lifted. The red ranger predecessors were engulfed in the respective red light and when it cleared, one-by-one, they demorphed. Each collapsed into an exhausted heap.
The team breathed a sigh of relief as the helped the red rangers to their feet. None of them could recall what really happened except that they just did battle with their ranger friends.
"What the hell is going on?" TJ protested as Ethan helped him up.
"Just be glad it's over." Ethan nodded.
"What are we doing here?" Wes looked around as he helped his friend, Eric, to his feet.
"I'd like to know why, too." Erick nodded.
"Mesogog." Trent said simply as he patted Erick on the shoulder.
"And a little thing we like to call mind control." Kira finished off.
"That dino-faced menace did this?" Andros said in confusion.
The teens nodded.
Aisha was helping Jason to his feet.
"Oh shit!" he groaned, remembering all he said to her during battle. "I didn't meant anything I said, I swear, Aisha."
"I know. Just as long as you're back to normal is all good."
Conner, still suited up, was helping his teacher to his feet as he collapsed in the arms of his love.
Tears streaked Tommy's face as Kim cradled him as they collapsed to the ground.
"I'm so sorry, Kim. I didn't know it would..." he shuddered.
Kim laid a kiss on his lips to calm him down. "It's okay, baby. Just as long as you're okay,"
The ground shook again as they heard the horn of the semi echo through the area and come into view.
"Okay, I'm glad that you guys have kissed and made up, but can we get out of here?" Conner suggested as the ground rumbled.
"I'm game for that." Ethan nodded as he reached for the semi.
The entire team moved out quickly as the ground shook violently. And though it was packed, they just wanted to get out of there.
Hayley took to an invisi-portal and the semi disappeared through it before the portal system was completely shut down.
to be continued...
A/N: One more chapter! And don't think I forgot about Zeltrax or Elsa. Thank "Thunder Struck (1) and (2)" for not meeting my standards, but I hope you like this last chapter. May the powers protect you always.