MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS in THE
EIGHTH COIN - Part 6
Written by DTM666
Disclaimer: The author would like to clarify that Power Rangers and its characters is owned by BVS Entertainment and not the author.
Here's the sixth chapter, which is a bit on the short side (well, to me anyway). I'll try and get the next one up sooner. Enjoy.
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It was one of the cardinal rules that Zordon had established to all his troops and later on, his Ranger teams. Never escalate a battle, which includes raiding the enemy camp. It was a lesson that he had learned the hard way when he first confronted Rita on that fateful day before both their imprisonments. It was a lesson that Rita had not been ignorant of and for good reason, as it cost her 10,000 years of her eternal life.
Of course, someone neglected to inform Zedd of that ruling.
The monster army, lead by the Titan warrior known as Goldar, was slowly marching towards the Power Rangers's Command Center, which stood atop several mountains in the distance. Their mission was to claim the coin and in the process, finish off the accursed Rangers once and for all. The path onward was blocked when several monsters appeared before Goldar's troops. The group consisted of several silver-armored soldiers with curved double-handed honor swords, similar in design to the Klingon bat'leth. Leading the group was a slightly-bigger warrior made up of green-grid lines over a completely black body, armed with match curved sword.
"You?!" Goldar called out in recognition, "What are you doing here, Ecliptor?!"
The green-grid warrior known as Ecliptor took a brief step forward. "My princess had informed me of a great power source on this plains. My orders were to retrieve it."
The Titan nodded. "You're correct in assuming there is a great power here. But I will claim it for my Lord Zedd."
Ecliptor shook his head. "I doubt it, titan. Your pathetic army is no match for my team of Quantrons."
Goldar smiled as he gripped on his broadsword. "We'll just have to see about that."
On that note, the two generals of their respective leaders ran at each other. As soon as their swords clashed against each other, the rest of their respective monsters tackled each other. What had become a mission to finish off Earth's defenders had become a bloodbath with rivals...
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Meanwhile, far from the battlefield. Tommy was nearing the end of his grip. For the past fifteen minutes, White Ranger took every single blow that the small but powerful monster group threw at him. Their offense was really irritating; not even allowing Tommy the luxury of counterattacking. He managed to roll away but found himself back to the side of a rockface, surrounded by the monster group. He immediately went to a defensive stance, letting out tired grunts. He knew this would be his last battle and he would go down fighting.
As fate would have it, several beams of light shot from the sky, knocking back several of the monsters on the front lines. White Ranger rolled out of the way as several more beams dug into the ground, causing explosions that knocked down several more monsters. When White Ranger got a clear view as to the source, he couldn't believe that it was her. It was the hunter who possessed what Zordon called the Eighth Coin and who had attacked the Rangers early on. It was hard to tell whether she was helping him or them, but his thoughts were put to rest when the hunter took down two Knasty Knights with effective ease. She made her way to check on the Ranger.
"You okay, Thomas?" the hunter asked.
White Ranger flinched at the mention of his name. "Barely. How do you know who I am?"
"The coin told me somehow," Gillian spat, "Save the questions for later. Let's clear these guys off."
Tommy nodded (although still confused) and engaged the closest monster, a regenerated Trumpet-Top. Suddenly, White Ranger was charged with newfound energy that enabled him match Trumpet-Top move for move. A missed Trumpet-Top move gave White Ranger the opening he need, delivering a snapping kick to the chest that knocked the monster down and caused him to blink out of existence. With no time for rest, Tommy jumped towards two other familiar adversaries.
Gillian took care of the putties easily, but soon found herself pitted against Polluticorn and Gnarly Knome. Only with the coin's power was she able to withstand their inducing attacks and with a well-timed energy beam, she defeated the two monsters. Her attention turned to several monsters dashing at her and with a swing of her blade, an energy burst shot out and knocked the monsters down. With a peek, she saw the White Ranger dealing with two fish monsters and was taking a beating. With a snap of her fingers, the Ranger's saber appeared in her hands and Gillian soon tossed it at the monster closest to Tommy. Saba's blade pierced through the outer skin of the monster, allowing Tommy to pull it out and deliver a final slash that vanquished the monster.
With Saba in hand, White Ranger began taking out monster after monster with vicious slashes and roundhouse kicks that had not been used in such aggression since his Green Ranger days. His mind wasn't focused on neither his his well-being, but rather focused on taking down anything that moved. It was this aggression that had given the adrenaline rush he needed to keep fighting. It was this manic style of fighting that caused several monsters to back off while others fell before his wrath. Within minutes, the remaining monsters retreated and soon the White Ranger and Gillian were alone.
As quickly as it had formed, the aggressiveness in Tommy soon faded and left him in a confused state. He wondered as to why he suddenly felt that rage overwhelm him when he had been able to contain it in the past. With no answer popping to mind, he turned to this hunter who had come to his aid a short time after having fought the other Rangers to a standstill.
"Thanks for the helping hand," White Ranger said bitterly, "Although I have to admit, I don't know why you're trying to be my friend all of a sudden."
Gillian stared at the Ranger for a moment before she said, "Let's go."
"Go where?"
"As far away from here as possible," Gillian answered flatly, "We haven't much time."
"What about the other Rangers?" Tommy asked dumbfounded.
"They're on their own," she replied bitterly, "For now."
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Despite outnumbering the small group of Quantrons, the monsters under Goldar's command were getting massacred by the skill fighters. From the distance, Goldar and Ecliptor continued to fight, neither one able to land a successful blow to the other. When Goldar missed with a sword slash, Ecliptor struck the titan's face with the tip of his elbow. The blow was enough to open a wound below Goldar's left eye, blood slowly trickling from the open wound. Goldar growled ferociously and shot deadly beams from his eyes that impacted Ecliptor in the chest, causing small explosions and knocking down the green-grid warrior.
The Quantrons battled Zedd's monsters and delivered swift defeat to all that crossed their paths with quick efficiency. Only two Quantrons were defeated and torn apart by the various monsters and putties, but the remaining fifteen were more than enough to eliminate the remaining monsters. When the last Putty was defeated, the Quantrons cheered in victory, only to bombarded by an army of Silver Horns and Repellitors. Repellitors did most of the melee fighting while Silver Horns kept their distance and fired electron beams at the various Quantrons. The beams had no effect, but provided the needed distraction.
Goldar and Ecliptor stared each other down with making a single move for a full minute. Quickly, Ecliptor summoned a translucent projection of himself towards the Titan, who was able to destroy the projection with his sword. By doing so, Goldar left himself open and Ecliptor capitalized with a quick dash followed up with a brutal uppercut that sent the Titan hurling in the air and crashing down with a thud. Ecliptor threw himself to the air and extended his sword downward as he dove at the downed Titan. Goldar, knowing Ecliptor's intent, extended his sword upward and from the blade flew a small number of fireballs that completely enveloped Ecliptor. The Titan soon rolled out of the way, seeing his opponent crash onto the ground on the spot where Goldar was.
Other than a slight cut under his eye, Goldar was tiring but wasn't in great pain. Ecliptor's body was smoking all over, but the warrior slowly stood up without fatigue to disrupt him. Nonetheless, both had to admit this to be their toughest battle out of all they have had.
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"How's Kimberly, Alpha?" Billy asked as he observed Alpha doing a scan over Kimberly's prone body.
"She's in a deep sleep, Billy," Alpha replied regretfully, "The enhanced blow of the hunter's Power Blaster along with the ill effects of her high fever did its damage. She will recover, but not for anytime soon."
Rocky clenched his fists together. "And meanwhile, we have warring monsters just outside our doorstep."
"Where's Tommy?" Aisha asked, "It's already been half an hour."
"I do not know, Aisha," Zordon answered bitterly, "But I am certain he is not in any danger."
"The bigger concern is finding the hunter," Billy added, "If we find her, we might get some answers about this sudden strategy that Zedd is pulling off."
"I am afraid there is more to it than that, Rangers," the sage interjected, "As we speak, the forces lead by Goldar is battling another enemy force lead by Ecliptor, bodyguard to an upstart princess named Astronema."
Aisha rolled her eyes. "You mean there's someone worse than Rita and Zedd?"
Alpha shook his head. "Astronema never had any interest in Earth, but the sudden presence of the Eighth Coin on this planet must be a contributing factor to her sending Ecliptor here."
Billy groaned and hung his head in agony, which caught the attention of everyone in the Command Center chamber.
"This day just goes from bad to worse, doesn't it?"
To be continued...