A/N: I want to thank everyone who have reviewed this fic so far. I never
thought it would actually get any real success so this is a pleasant
surprise.
Disclaimer: I don't own Power Rangers, but I do own the Rangers portrayed thus far in this fic. I don't own the Dark Specter or Darkonda though. They are property of Saban just like the Power Rangers.
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It was the day after the defeat of the Hydra and things looked to be pretty quiet. Of course, appearances have a way of being deceiving.
Dark Specter glowers at the Earth. So far, these upstart Atlantean Rangers had thwarted his every attempt to conquer this disreputable little mudball. If not for the fact that several of the greatest villains the universe had ever seen had met their match in a handful of the planets teenage population, no one else in the galaxy would likely even know it existed.
Earth had almost spelt doom for the Dark Specter himself. If he hadn't been in remission from Darkonda's treacherous attack then the wave of energy that Zordon of Eltare released upon his death would have wiped him out as well. Earth's heroes ere not without their resources, it seemed. The Turbo Rangers had managed to defeat his minion Goldgoyle. Granted, they were still fairly weak and Goldgoyle was merely a lackey, but they had defeated them. He had overpowered their Rescue Megazord and their Turbo Megazord, yet a simple cannon set on overload had destroyed the mighty Goldgoyle. It was to laugh.
The Atlantean Rangers technically had no Megazord. So far they only showed having the Zords of the Bronze, Platinum, Silver, and Aqua Rangers. There was no way of telling if they had the Zords of the Crystal and White Rangers. Dark Specter assumed that they did. But only a fool would underestimate Earth humans. Even the Dark Specter himself couldn't take them lightly. A mere human female, supposedly the weaker sex on Earth, was able to fight off one of the most powerful spells in existence, cast by one of the most powerful witches to ever live.
No, humans were not a species to be taken lightly. There was something about their spirit that set them apart from anyone else in the universe, including other humanoid races such as Triforians and Aquitians. Even the Edenites did not possess such an incredible spirit. Dark Specter had conquered countless planets, each one easier than the last, and found this brief challenge refreshing. Doubtless the Machine Empire found it the same. Rita probably had a migraine and Zedd probably went into a rage. And Divatox would just whine like a spoiled brat. And Astronema. Dark Specter preferred not to think about the former Princess of Evil, but he knew that Astronema likely huffed and then would think of a suitably evil scheme for her next try. After all, she and Ecliptor had come closer to defeating the forces of good, Earth's Power Ranger, than any evil before them. Or since. True, the mutant Ransik had almost defeated the Time Force Power Rangers, but that was always the case in the final battle between Ranger teams and their archenemy. Astronema had succeeded in destroying the mighty Delta Megazord, the Voyager Megazord, crippling the Mega Winger, and severely damaging the Astro Megaship.
But what to do about these Atlantean Rangers while waiting for the Garnecia Elephantis to arrive? He had to test their new limits, to see how well they stacked up against his loyal minion.
"Master, are you thinking of a plot to destroy the Rangers?" Darkonda asks. He had gone to a sniveling coward since his near-destruction, but that was just an act. He was still as dangerous and treacherous as ever.
"Darkonda, how often must I tell you not to intrude on me," Dark Specter growls, "leave me, or be destroyed."
Darkonda apologizes. "As much as I would like to obey your command, oh mighty Dark Specter, I have news that might interest you. The Silver Ranger is among others who do not know his secret. He will be unable to morph, and if we attack somewhere else, then the other Rangers will be too preoccupied to help him."
"Very good, Darkonda," Dark Specter approves, "do you have any monsters in mind?"
"Well, there is the Boar Soldier," Darkonda begins, "he would be formidable enough to destroy even the Silver Ranger when he is morphed. To distract the other Rangers, you can always use the Destroyer Golem and make him grow."
"Yes, the Destroyer Golem," Dark Specter mumbles approvingly, "a veritable tag team of ruthlessness. Send them to Earth at once."
"Yes, my master," Darkonda bows. He hastily exits to carry out his orders.
Jesse was enjoying a day in the park. The MYF had decided to get together after church and he was enjoying himself immensely. Ever since he had gained the Silver Morpher, his stamina had improved dramatically. His strength and speed had only marginally increased. The other Rangers strength and speed were increasing by a much larger margin than his. Jesse supposed this was because most of the umorphed physical enhancement that the Morpher gave was going into bringing his stamina up to par. Not that Jesse minded, of course. He would just have to improve his strength and speed the old fashioned way.
Currently, the youth group was embroiled in a cutthroat game of kickball.
"TJ, first base!" Jesse yells, rolling the ball to his teammate. The slightly shorter, sandy-haired boy runs to first base, which was normally Jesse's territory but today Jesse had decided to be the roller for his team. Morpher or not, he still couldn't throw worth beans but he had the best strikeout average of the entire youth group. Jesse rolls the ball fast and hard to first base, where TJ scoops it up in time to tag Josh as he tried to get back to first, having decided not steal second after all.
"Nice job!" Jesse cheers as Josh walks dejectedly back to the rest of his team.
"That's the third out, so its our turn to kick," David says. David was half a head shorter than Jesse and had dark hair.
"You're not gonna score on us," Alex says confidently, "after all, we have the better fielders."
It was true. Though Jesse's team had David and TJ, Alex's team had the rest of the athletic members of the youth group. Even the girls on the team were more athletic than Jesse was!
"So you say," Jesse chuckles, "but you never know whats gonna happen until it happens, and then its too late to change it."
"Shut up and kick," Alex says crossly.
"Righto," Jesse chuckles.
But before Alex could even roll the ball, a monster appears. It appeared to be a cross between a boar and a man, with a man's body but heavily muscled and with a head similar to that of a wild boar. It was carrying an axe that appeared to be a stone tied to a club. It was also armored in black lacquered armor.
"Humans die!" the creature bellows, "Spectrons, attack!"
A platoon of about ten Spectrons teleport in, their weapons at the ready.
"Charge!" the monster commands and the Spectrons move in to attack the youth group.
'Oh crap,' Jesse thinks as he ducks from a Spectrons attempt to slice off his head, 'Dark Specter has me good. I can't morph in front of the youth group and Alex can't use his magic either. And I can't really fight the Spectrons or the MYF will get suspicious. They know I'm not taking any self- defense classes or any martial arts and that I'm not in the best of shape yet. The other Rangers had better hurry up and get here.'
But the other Rangers were busy with another monster. The Destroyer Golem was big, strong, and formidable. All five Rangers were fighting him and not proving to be much use.
The Destroyer Golem was made entirely of rock. Its right arm was more than twice the size of its left arm and left holes in the ground whenever he tried to punch a Ranger with it.
"Me bash!" The Destroyer Golem was definitely strong, but not much smarter than the Rock Ogre.
"Where is the Silver Ranger when you need him?" Bronze Ranger grumbles as she narrowly avoids being flattened by the Destroyer Golem.
Aqua Ranger's wrist communicator beeps. "Yes, what is it?"
Connerly's voice floats from the communicator. "Dark Specter is trying for a two-prong attack to destroy you. He has sent another monster to destroy the Silver Ranger while he is unmorphed."
"Why doesn't he morph?" Aqua Ranger asks.
Connerly sounded worried. "Because he was attacked when he was among a sizable group of friends who do not know his identity and he has a reputation for not being very good at defending himself so he can't even fight the Spectrons."
"I'll go and help him," Aqua Ranger offers, "I'll distract everyone enough so that they can all get away and Silver Ranger can morph."
"Do your best, Aqua Ranger," Connerly says, "over and out."
"Guys, the Silver Ranger needs help!" Aqua Ranger calls out, "I'm going to help him."
Aqua Ranger teleports out in a streak of aqua light.
Almost the moment that the Boar Soldier appeared with the Spectrons, the youth group began to scatter. Some of the guys hung back to try and give the girls time to escape, but they weren't helping much. Jesse hoped that none of the others would wonder why they were trying to gang up on him, but if push came to serve he would morph and explain things later.
Lucky for him, that was not the case. The Aqua Ranger appeared, Aqua Double Dirks in hand, and began cutting into the Spectrons. A few well-placed strikes to each Spectron was all it took to take it down.
'I'd better remember those weak points,' Jesse thinks as he tries to run, 'could be really useful to know if I'm fighting against an overwhelming number of Spectrons.'
Jesse left with the rest of the youth group so the Aqua Ranger could fight without worrying about them.
"Man, can you believe that?" Josh gushes as they reach the sanctuary, "we got attacked by alien foot soldiers and were saved by a Power Ranger!"
"But why did they attack us?" Katie asks.
"Random destruction," Jesse points out, "remember all those news footage from other cities that have been attacked by monsters, mainly Angel Grove out in California? Several times they would just attack for no reason."
"Wasn't that one of the new Rangers?" Kevin asks, "what did the press call them?"
"They are just calling them the "new Rangers" at the moment," Alex says, "since the Rangers haven't ventured a name for themselves yet."
"They may not know how," Anna says, "after all, this group of Rangers could be from another planet and know nothing of Earth."
"You know, when I was a kid people always said I was crazy for believing in aliens," Jesse chuckles, "now whose crazy?"
"Your still crazy," Katie says, "just not crazy for believing in aliens."
"Do you think its safe?" Lindsey asks.
"Dunno," Alex says, "perhaps the Ranger will come and tell us its safe before he leaves."
"Is it a he?" Mary asks, "wasn't the first Pink Ranger really short? I'm pretty sure she was, and that Ranger that saved us was short."
"Yeah, and didn't the first Yellow Ranger use daggers for weapons?" Anna asks.
"Those weren't daggers, they were dirks," Jesse says without thinking.
The youth group looks at him funny.
'Uh oh,' Alex thinks, 'can't wait to see what excuse he comes up with here.'
"Hey, I'm interested in old weapons, all right?" Jesse says indignantly, "it happens to be a hobby of mine and has been for years."
The youth group seems to accept that.
A few minutes later, the Aqua Ranger finds them. "I took care of the Spectrons, but the monster escaped. Be on the lookout. That one was extremely stupid and since it decided to attack all of you, he might be back. I suggest going home if I were you."
"That does seem like a good idea," Miss Ellen, the youth leader, says, "those of us that drive can take the others home."
"I can take Katie and Alex home since they live next door," Jesse offers.
"Thanks, but not hanks," Katie says bluntly, "I do not want to be in a car with you behind the wheel."
"Katie, I'm hurt," Jesse says, a falsely wounded expression on his face, then eliminates it. "Besides, I am not a bad driver. That wreck was not my fault. I've already lost count how many times I've told you that!"
"I'll stay until all of you are safely in your cars and are leaving," Aqua Ranger says.
"Don't the other Rangers need your help?" Jesse asks.
"No, they can handle the monster they are facing okay," Aqua Ranger says, "its power readings were high, but it was extremely slow and stupid. The others can hold it off long enough for me to get there, if they even need my help."
A chill runs down Jesse's spine. Dark Specter had sent two monsters! One to deal with him, the other to distract the other Rangers. Had he goofed in sending down a weak monster?"
"Where did the monster that was attacking us go?" Alex asks.
"He teleported out," Aqua Ranger says, "perhaps to the battle with the other Rangers to help out the other monster."
The chill suddenly got worse.
"Maybe you outta go and help your teammates," Jesse suggests, "after all, that monster looked really strong. And whose to say what kind of power the two monster contain when working together?"
"You might be right," Aqua Ranger says, cocking his head, "but your safety must come first."
"All right guys," Miss Ellen says, "lets go to our cars and leave. We've distracted the Green Ranger long enough."
"Actually, I'm the Aqua Ranger," Aqua Ranger corrects while Jesse does his best to hide a snicker, "there are only two colors on our team that you would be familiar with. The Silver Ranger, who is our leader, and the White Ranger, who is nothing like the previous two White Rangers."
"I know nothing about any of the teams of Power Rangers," Miss Ellen admits.
"Well, you might want to start learning a bit about us ma'am," Aqua Ranger advises, "because most of us are from this city and it will be the first one that we protect in a worldwide invasion."
The youth group hurries to their vehicles, with Katie reluctantly following her brother to Jesse's '92 Ford Taurus.
"Don't have a wreck," Katie warns as she gets into the car.
As soon as everyone has safely driven away, Aqua Ranger teleports back to the battle.
As it turned out, things were not going so bad. The Boar Soldier had not turned up at the battle so the other four Rangers were doing pretty well, even though the Destroyer Golem was still too powerful for them to destroy easily.
"Shouldn't we try our Power Staffs?" Bronze Ranger asks the Aqua Ranger as he rejoins the battle.
"If we try them right now, then it'll be a waste of energy," Aqua Ranger replies, "however, we can try the Blade Blaster formation that the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers used. It had quite a bit of power and our Blade Blasters are far superior to the ones they had. Let's do it!"
All of the Rangers draw their Blade Blasters and leap into action. Aqua, Crystal, and White Rangers stand side-by-side and Bronze and Platinum Rangers stand on their shoulders, each foot on a different Ranger.
"Atlantean Blast!" all five Rangers call out as their pour power from their Blade Blasters into the attack. The attack streams forth and hits the Destroyer Golem dead center. The blast knocks the Destroyer Golem back several feet, chips and pebbles breaking off of its body as the blast slowly disintegrates the mammoth creature. But in the end the blast fails to destroy the Destroyer Golem. But rather than fight, it teleports away to repair itself. It would be back.
"Well, that went well," Bronze Ranger remarks as she steps down from standing on the shoulders of the Aqua and Crystal Rangers.
"For sure," Platinum Ranger agrees as she steps off of the Aqua and White Rangers, "and now we have a new attack to use against the Dark Specter."
"We're just lucky that he doesn't have his elite warriors anymore," Aqua Ranger points out, "I've fought some of his elite warriors, and they make that thing look like a Spectron, or lower yet, one of Rita's Putty Patrollers."
"Now that's strong," Bronze Ranger comments.
"Lets teleport back to Atlantis," Aqua Ranger says wearily, "we can give our report to the Elder and then take the day off."
"Now that is a plan I like," Platinum Ranger says. The five Rangers teleport out in flashes of multi-colored light.
Later that day, Jesse is meditating when he receives a signal from the Elder via communicator.
"Yes Elder?" he asks cautiously.
"Your assistance is required," the Elder's voice says through the communicator, "the other Rangers are battling the monster that attacked them earlier to distract them from coming to your aid in the area known as the Ozarks. The battle is not going well and the monster just grew to Zord proportions."
"I'm on it sir," Jesse says as he summons his Morpher.
"One more thing, Jesse," the Elder says, "this will be as good a time as any for us to unveil the Crystal and White Atlantean Zords."
"Only if the monster proves to be too strong," Jesse says, "now, its morphin' time! Silver Power of Atlantis!"
In a stream of silver light, the Silver Ranger teleports out of his bedroom and to the battle.
The Destroyer Golem was a far bigger nuisance giant-sized than it was normal sized. The Bronze, Platinum, and Aqua Atlantean Zords were doing their best to keep it at bay, but their efforts were unsuccessful. The Destroyer Golem gave them no time to regroup or to even try to form the Binary Zord One or the Armor Mode of the Bronze or Platinum Atlantean Zords in their Warrior Modes.
The massive fist slams into the torso of the Bronze Warrior Zord, causing it to go crashing to the ground.
"How can this thing be this much more powerful?" Bronze Ranger demands.
"Either it was holding back on us before, or the Dark Specter has increased its powers," Platinum Ranger muses.
"Why aren't those two calling on their Zords?" Bronze Ranger asks.
"They have yet to be told that they have Zords," Aqua Ranger says from the comm. screen, "and we're all a bit too busy here to tell them."
He is interrupted from further speech as a flash of silver signals the arrival of the Silver Ranger.
"About time he got here," Bronze Ranger mutters violently.
"Guys, call on your Zords," Silver Ranger commands.
"We have Zords?" Crystal Ranger asks, surprised.
"Yes," Silver Ranger replies evenly, "Crystal Ranger, you command the Crystal Chimera Atlantean Zord. White Ranger, you command the White Gargoyle Atlantean Zord. They can also transform into Warrior Modes, just like all of the other Zords. And they can combine to form the Binary Zord Two. Now, call on your Zords!"
"I call upon the White Gargoyle, Zord of Atlantis!" White Ranger calls out. A majestic monster of a Zord swoops down from the sky. Its body and limbs were a pure white, with light blue trim on the edges of the bat-like wings. The face was like a cross between a lion and an ape, with a large gaping mouth.
"Whoa," White Ranger murmurs as he sees his Zord.
"I call upon the Crystal Chimera, Zord of Atlantis!" Crystal Ranger calls out. The sound of pounding feet from behind makes the Rangers turn around to see the Crystal Chimera Zord. The Zord before them had the body and head of a lion, with the head of a goat on its back and a serpent for a tail. The skin was the same color as the armor of the Crystal Ranger's, only the mane of the lion's head and the serpent were a darker color, much like the color of the Crystal Ranger's shield.
"Now that's a Zord," Crystal Ranger murmurs.
"I call upon the Silver Dragon, Zord of Atlantis!" Silver Ranger calls out. The Silver Dragon Zord comes into view. The three Rangers leap into their respective Zords.
"Silver Dragon Zord, convert to Warrior Mode!" Silver Ranger calls out. The legs extend slightly and begin to change as if a fluid. The arms extend as well and the draconic claws split and separate to reveal human-like hands. The tail splits into four sections and snakes around the legs and arms, then spread out to form a sort of armor. The neck splits and lowers, covering part of the upper torso. The draconic head splits down the middle and sets about forming a humanoid head quite similar to that of the Red Dragon Thunderzord's Warrior mode. The head then lowers and settles itself properly. The wings folds, split, and somewhat retract and form a cape, the talon of each wing focusing just in front of the face, locked together. The remains of the tail fold and strap across the back, revealing a sword and scabbard.
"Crystal Chimera Zord, convert to Warrior Mode!" Crystal Ranger commands. The Crystal Chimera Zord begins to glow with a faint light the same color of the Zord itself.. The hind legs thicken and shift to form more humanoid feet. The forepaws change slightly and become humanoid hands. The body splits open and the goat head moves up to combine with the lion head. The serpent-tail separates from the rear and curls around the combined lion and goat heads, which then splits to show a humanoid head like that of the White Tigerzord Warrior Mode. The body then closes up with the remains of the lion and goat heads forming a sort of armor over the chest.
"Crystal Chimera Zord, Warrior mode power up!" Crystal Ranger calls out.
"White Gargoyle Zord, convert to Warrior Mode!" White Ranger commands. The White Gargoyle Zord begins to glow with a faint white light. The head splits into four pieces, revealing a humanoid head underneath. The facemask goes down and settles in the middle of the chest while the back of the head does the same in the middle of the upper back. The wings fold over the chest and form a cape similar to that of the Silver Dragon Zord Warrior Mode. The cape then folds around the arms and form gauntlets
"White Gargoyle Zord, Warrior mode power up!" White Ranger calls out.
"Okay bub, now you got five Atlantean Zords in their Warrior modes staring you down," Silver Ranger murmurs, "what are you gonna do?"
At the last second, he ducks and dodges a powerful swing from the Boar Soldier, who had managed to go unnoticed throughout the battle so far.
"Great, their both here!" Silver Ranger groans as he starts dodging the powerful hits from the Boar Soldier.
"Silver Ranger!" Aqua Ranger calls out, the Aqua Golem Zord moving to help the team's leader.
"Stay back," Silver Ranger orders, "White Ranger, Crystal Ranger, form the Binary Zord Two. Ladies, form the Binary Zord One. Aqua Ranger, let's see if we can put together the Silver Dragon Zord Armor Mode in record time."
"Gotcha," Aqua Ranger says as the Aqua Golem Zord splits into the Armor components. The legs form into guards that attach themselves to the legs of the Silver Warrior Zord while the torso and arms form a suit of torso armor. The head becomes a helmet.
"Silver Warrior Zord, Armor mode, power up!" Silver and Aqua Rangers call out in unison. He draws the Silver Armor Sword and prepares to do battle with his aggressor.
The Boar Soldier brings his axe down hard on the Silver Armor Zord, but the Silver Ranger blocks the blow, though his arms go numb at the force of the blow.
'Okay, going strength for strength with this thing is definitely out of the question,' Silver Ranger thinks, 'think, Jesse, think! You need and idea!'
Silver Ranger back flips and kicks the Boar Soldier in the jaw mid flip, then leaps forward from the crouch he lands in and rams into the Boar Soldier, who grabs the Silver Armor Zord and tosses it aside like it was dead weight.
"This monster is way too powerful for us as we are," Silver Ranger tells the image of the Aqua Ranger on one of his monitors, "any ideas?"
"None come to mind except hold this guy off long enough for the Binary Zords to form," Aqua Ranger replies.
"This is not my day," Silver Ranger grumbles as he takes a powerful boot to the sternum.
"Um, any idea how to form this Binary Zord Two?" Crystal Ranger asks White Ranger.
"Not a clue," White Ranger responds, "wanna see what the Morphers tell us?"
The two Rangers focus for a moment, closing their eyes underneath their helmets. A second later, they open their eyes, knowing exactly what to do.
"Initiate Binary Zord Two!" both Ranger's call out in unison.
In a mixed flash of white and light sapphire blue light, the two Zords revert to their creature modes and begin to pulse with appropriately colored light. The Crystal Chimera Zord stands on its hind legs and begins to open up, its forelegs merging with its hind legs and parts of the body piecing around them to make the legs sturdier. The main head settles into a niche and becomes the waist while the goat head splits and becomes like a belt with the lion head becoming the buckle. The White Gargoyle Zord splits and its arms and legs become one, forming into a larger and sturdier set of arms. The head spins around and opens up, showing a different head from the White Warrior Zord. The torso shifts slightly and becomes more streamlined. The lower part of the torso slides into niches in the waist formed by the Crystal Chimera Zord, solidifying the body. White and light sapphire lightning bolts arc around the Zord as it comes alive.
"Binary Zord Two, power up!" White and Crystal Rangers call out in unison.
"Binary Scythe!" White Ranger calls out. Immediately, the weapon is in the hands of the Binary Zord Two. Like the Binary Halberd of the Binary Zord One, it is a combination of weapons. The handle was the Gargoyle Warhammer and the blade itself was the Chimera Cutlass. All in all, it looked to be a formidable weapon.
The Binary Zord Two moves in, slashing with its Scythe at the Destroy4er Golem but the attack bounces off of its thick armor. A single punch knocks the Binary Zord Two back several steps.
"Initiate Binary Zord One!" Bronze and Platinum Rangers call out now that they have a breather. Bronze and Platinum light engulf the two Zords and they transform into the creature modes. The Bronze Griffin Zord opens up from the center torso. The back legs come down and cover the front legs like armor. The head shifts and forms a kind of waist armor. The wings move up and fold around to form additional waist armor with the wingtips connecting to the griffin head.
The Platinum Winged Unicorn Zord splits long-length. The front and read flanks become shoulder armor while the front and rear legs merge to become arms. The new chest splits open and the head moves in to reveal a head with a unique design. The chest closes up again as the top part of the Binary Zord One connects with the bottom part. The wings of the top part fold over the lower torso to form a glamorous armor.
"Binzary Zord One, power up!" Bronze and Platinum Rangers call out in unison. They summon the Binary Halberd and wade in to attack the Destroyer Golem.
"Okay, lets show this guy whose boss," Bronze Ranger growls unfemininely.
With a quick slash from the Binary Halberd they rip into the back of the Destroyer Golem. This only serves to make the monster mad. It spins around and backhands the Binary Zord One so that it crashes to the ground.
Aqua Ranger's voice floats from the comm. units of the two Binary Zords. "Guys, the Binary Zord One is built better for speed and precision strikes. The Binary Zord Two is the physically stronger of the two. Work together in perfect unison and you'll be able to crush that monster."
"I think I gots me an idea," White Ranger chuckles evilly as a plan forms in his mind, "okay guys, this is what we'll do."
Meanwhile, Silver Ranger is having a somewhat easier time with the Boar Soldier. Somewhat meaning that he wasn't being totally overwhelmed by its physical strength, and easier as in "How the heck can this guy shrug off these blows?"
Not to mention that now that he was as big as a skyscraper, he smelled. Really, really bad. Something like year old gym socks that were never taken off and rotting eggs. How could anything short of an exploded sewer pipe smell this bad? And how the heck did the other monster handle it?
As if by magic, a thought dawned in Silver Ranger's mind. Of course. These two monsters were fighting a good distance from each other. Checking his scanners. He noticed that the area of stench seemed to focus only at the Silver Armor Warrior Zord.
"But I'll bet that the other monster doesn't know that," Silver Ranger says with a devious grin under his helmet. He quickly backs up after sending a small energy bolt from the Silver Dragon Saber into the Boar Soldier's chest. With that, he leaps back to avoid the Boar's Soldier's impending charge.
It didn't come. Silver Ranger looks on in amazement as the Boar Soldier howls in pain. Noticing the spot where the bolt had hit, Silver Ranger grins menacingly. "So you do have a weak spot. Well, too bad for you we can manipulate it as we wish."
"Definitely," Aqua Ranger says, "lets do it."
"Armor Slash!" Silver Ranger calls out, aiming for and hitting the newly revealed weak spot of the Boar Soldier. The Boar Soldier howls in pain, shrinking away from the Silver Armor Warrior Zord.
"Armor Blade Strike!" Silver Ranger executes the signature attack of the Silver Armor Warrior Zord, sending a blast of focused silver and aqua energy at the Boar Soldier. The energy blast focuses into a thinner stream and hits the weak spot of the Boar Soldier specifically. The attack rips through the monster and it hits the ground in a devastating explosion.
"Well, that was easy," Silver Ranger remarks.
"Speak for yourself!" Aqua Ranger cries out indignantly from his personal viewscreen, "you didn't take most of the pounding that freak delivered! Its punches packed an incredible power!"
"Let's go and help the others," Silver Ranger says, "it looks like they need it."
Indeed, the two Binary Zords looked like they were in dire straights. The Destroyer Golem was incredibly strong and it looked like it could totally overpower any Zord they had.
The battle wasn't going well and Silver Ranger was about to leap in when the Binary Zord One, which was the current Zord combating the Destroyer Golem in single combat, leaps out of the way as the Binary Zord Two rushes in and slashes hard with its Binary Scythe.
"Armor Blade Strike!" Silver and Aqua Ranger's call out, performing the attack. The energy blast hits the Destroyer Golem in the side, since the Silver Armor Warrior Zord was to the left of it instead of in front of it.
"So nice of you to join in," Bronze Ranger comments.
"Stuff it," Silver Ranger snaps, "that Boar Soldier had it in for me. I couldn't help you. At least I kept it busy enough so you didn't have to worry about a sneak attack."
"Whatever," Bronze Ranger snaps, "just help us turn this thing into rubble."
"Will do," Silver Ranger says as he combines the Armor Blades to the Dragon Saber to form a sword with two prongs, turning it from dangerous to absolutely lethal. The Silver Armor Warrior Zord leaps behind the destroyer Golem and prepares to attack.
"Armor Dragon Slash!" Silver and Aqua Ranger's call out, carving a circle in the air with the new Armor Dragon Saber. The Silver Armor Warrior Zord slashes to the upper left, then to the upper right, twirls the blade in its right hand, and the ends it with a horizontal slash from the left to the right. An incredibly powerful wave of silver and aqua energy erupts from the circle and collides with the back of the Destroyer Golem.
"Binary Halberd Strike!" Bronze and Platinum Rangers call out. The Binary Zord One performs its Binary Halberd Strike. It carves a circle into the air and then performs three slashes: two diagonally from the left to the right and one horizontally from the left to the right, spinning completely around between each slash. A streak of bronze and platinum energy bursts forth and hits the front right side of the Destroyer Golem.
"Binary Scythe Slash!" Crystal and White Rangers call out in unison. The Binary Zord Two swings its Binary Scythe and carves a circle in the air. With perfect precision, the Zord slashes upwards down the middle and then slashes downwards from the left side to the diagonal right and then spins to the right and slashes upwards from the left to the diagonal right. As soon the final slash is made energy the same color as the two Ranger's uniforms streak forth and hit the Destroyer Golem in the front left side.
Almost immediately the Destroyer Golem crumbles at the sheer amount of power it was being hit with all at once. The energy pushes through and within moments the Destroyer Golem is nothing more than dust.
"Alright!" Bronze Ranger cheers, "we did it!"
"Not bad for our first group Zord battle," Silver Ranger muses, "probably better than any other Ranger team before us. Of course, most of us got Zord experience before the team was finished, so we can't really judge. Still, I'd say we adapted pretty well."
"Are you kidding?" White Ranger cries out, "we stomped their butts good! We're the best!"
"Let Dark Specter come, we're ready for him," Crystal Ranger says.
"Let's get back to Atlantis before their male hormonal drives kick in and they start doing some sort of goofy victory dance with their Zords," Platinum Ranger tells Bronze Ranger.
"I hear that," Silver Ranger says, "lets get back. I'm sure Jacolby wants to start drilling you in Zord combat."
"What about you?" Bronze Ranger asks, "you only have one Zord battle to your credit more than me or Bronze Ranger."
"And I took in every scrap of knowledge that the Morpher supplies and I've done countless drills with Aqua Ranger when the rest of you were occupied with hanging out with your friends and the like," Silver Ranger replies, "so I'm more aware of what to do than you are. Don't worry though. Jacolby should have you up to my level in a few days. I'm not that far ahead of you and there's not much more that our current level of strength can handle."
"Say what?" Crystal Ranger asks, confused.
"Ask Connerly sometime, he can explain it way better than I can," Silver Ranger replies.
The Rangers teleport with their Zords to Atlantis.
"So, your saying that the more battles we get in, the more power we can access?" Brian asks.
Connerly nods his head. "Yes. The more you stress your bodies, forcing more power to flow from the Morphers, the more your body can handle. Eventually, you may even be able to handle the amount of power that you would have if you were able to become the Atlantean Warriors."
"Why can't we do that now?" Nathan asks.
"Because there is something about Atlantean blood that enables us to handle more power faster than other humans," Connerly explains, "we're not sure what it is, but it is a fact. We think it has something to do with Atlantis itself. As your bodies adjust to the new levels of power, new abilities may become available to you. You six are the first Atlantean Rangers. Your abilities are unknown to us. You powers are a complete unknown. There are no records of your possible powers. It may be that we can create new weapons for you."
Connerly shakes his head. "If we had all seven Morphers, you would be able to someday transform into Atlantean Warriors. But we never will since the Green Morpher was reforged into the Power Coins used by Zordon of Eltare to fight Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd."
"Is it possible to reforge the Coins back into the Green Morpher?" Brian asks.
Connerly shakes his head. "During some very odd circumstances, the Power Coins were destroyed, except for the powerless one wielded by the Green Morphin Ranger. That was when Zordon sent his charges out to search for the shards of the mighty Zeo Crystal, one of the few sources of power in the universe that can compare to that of the Atlantean Morphers. The only other known power is that of the Quasar Sabers and the Lights of Orion, which are wielded by the Galaxy Rangers."
"Do you think we can forge an alliance with them, to have some back-up?" Holly asks.
"They wouldn't really be a lot of help," Connerly says, "and if we took strides to make contact with them, we might make them targets for the Dark Specter. No, we'll have to form an alliance if your pathes ever cross with theirs. The same goes for any other Ranger team, active or not."
"So we really are alone in this war," Bethany says sadly.
"You're wrong," Silver Ranger says, "we are a team. Even though I may not act it, I do value this team. Now the only reason I got in not trusting you with my identity is that I'm not comfortable around people."
"You should try getting a night shift job cleaning at a factory or something," Brian says.
"Bah," Silver Ranger snorts, "I'm not that bad."
"Do the Zords have any other configurations?" Holly asks, "every other Ranger team has had a Megazord, where a group of the Zords they have, or all of them if they only have one group, come together to form a very powerful fighting machine."
"You do indeed," Connerly says, "technically, you do have the two Trinary Megazords."
"You mean where the Silver Warrior Zord combines with our Zords?" Bethany asks.
"And it can do the same with the Crystal Chimera and White Gargoyle Zords?" Holly adds.
"Yes," Connerly agrees, "but your four Zords can come together to form the Quadro Megazord, which is technically the Atlantean Megazord when the Aqua Golem Zord combines with it. But we never called it that for some reason."
"Any other configurations?" Silver Ranger asks.
"Well, we can call the combination of the Quadro Megazord and the Silver Dragon Zord the Atlantean Megazord since there is no possibility of combining with the Zord of the Green Atlantean Ranger, since we'll never have one. Originally though the combination was called the Silver Atlantean MegaZord."
"We'll save that config for a last resort," Silver Ranger says, "we need every surprise and boost of unexpected power we can manage."
"How do you think of this stuff?" Nathan demands, "for some reason, as far as I know of none of the students who failed were any good at strategy. Of course, hardly anyone knows anything about Jesse."
"That you know of," Silver Ranger says, smirking beneath his helmet, knowing that Nathan nearly guessed his identity, "I love playing strategy games, especially against Alex. We can play Risk all day long. I'm currently trying to find some good computer strategy games for us to play."
"So you're a sucker for strategy games?" Brian asks.
"You got it," Silver Ranger ays, "now, I must be getting home. I need to unwind after such a grueling battle."
With that, the Silver Ranger teleports home to rest and get some sleep.
"You know, that doesn't sound like a bad idea," Holly says, suppressing a yawn, "I'm heading home too."
"I think you all need some rest," Bethany says, "this was a tough battle."
With that, the four Rangers teleport to their respective homes to get some well-deserved rest.
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Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I have no idea when the next chapter will be up. I got to about the fifteenth page before I hit a writer's block. I wrote a page and a half when I finished this chapter up. Well, as always, please review. Feedback gives me more of a reason to write and update.
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It was the day after the defeat of the Hydra and things looked to be pretty quiet. Of course, appearances have a way of being deceiving.
Dark Specter glowers at the Earth. So far, these upstart Atlantean Rangers had thwarted his every attempt to conquer this disreputable little mudball. If not for the fact that several of the greatest villains the universe had ever seen had met their match in a handful of the planets teenage population, no one else in the galaxy would likely even know it existed.
Earth had almost spelt doom for the Dark Specter himself. If he hadn't been in remission from Darkonda's treacherous attack then the wave of energy that Zordon of Eltare released upon his death would have wiped him out as well. Earth's heroes ere not without their resources, it seemed. The Turbo Rangers had managed to defeat his minion Goldgoyle. Granted, they were still fairly weak and Goldgoyle was merely a lackey, but they had defeated them. He had overpowered their Rescue Megazord and their Turbo Megazord, yet a simple cannon set on overload had destroyed the mighty Goldgoyle. It was to laugh.
The Atlantean Rangers technically had no Megazord. So far they only showed having the Zords of the Bronze, Platinum, Silver, and Aqua Rangers. There was no way of telling if they had the Zords of the Crystal and White Rangers. Dark Specter assumed that they did. But only a fool would underestimate Earth humans. Even the Dark Specter himself couldn't take them lightly. A mere human female, supposedly the weaker sex on Earth, was able to fight off one of the most powerful spells in existence, cast by one of the most powerful witches to ever live.
No, humans were not a species to be taken lightly. There was something about their spirit that set them apart from anyone else in the universe, including other humanoid races such as Triforians and Aquitians. Even the Edenites did not possess such an incredible spirit. Dark Specter had conquered countless planets, each one easier than the last, and found this brief challenge refreshing. Doubtless the Machine Empire found it the same. Rita probably had a migraine and Zedd probably went into a rage. And Divatox would just whine like a spoiled brat. And Astronema. Dark Specter preferred not to think about the former Princess of Evil, but he knew that Astronema likely huffed and then would think of a suitably evil scheme for her next try. After all, she and Ecliptor had come closer to defeating the forces of good, Earth's Power Ranger, than any evil before them. Or since. True, the mutant Ransik had almost defeated the Time Force Power Rangers, but that was always the case in the final battle between Ranger teams and their archenemy. Astronema had succeeded in destroying the mighty Delta Megazord, the Voyager Megazord, crippling the Mega Winger, and severely damaging the Astro Megaship.
But what to do about these Atlantean Rangers while waiting for the Garnecia Elephantis to arrive? He had to test their new limits, to see how well they stacked up against his loyal minion.
"Master, are you thinking of a plot to destroy the Rangers?" Darkonda asks. He had gone to a sniveling coward since his near-destruction, but that was just an act. He was still as dangerous and treacherous as ever.
"Darkonda, how often must I tell you not to intrude on me," Dark Specter growls, "leave me, or be destroyed."
Darkonda apologizes. "As much as I would like to obey your command, oh mighty Dark Specter, I have news that might interest you. The Silver Ranger is among others who do not know his secret. He will be unable to morph, and if we attack somewhere else, then the other Rangers will be too preoccupied to help him."
"Very good, Darkonda," Dark Specter approves, "do you have any monsters in mind?"
"Well, there is the Boar Soldier," Darkonda begins, "he would be formidable enough to destroy even the Silver Ranger when he is morphed. To distract the other Rangers, you can always use the Destroyer Golem and make him grow."
"Yes, the Destroyer Golem," Dark Specter mumbles approvingly, "a veritable tag team of ruthlessness. Send them to Earth at once."
"Yes, my master," Darkonda bows. He hastily exits to carry out his orders.
Jesse was enjoying a day in the park. The MYF had decided to get together after church and he was enjoying himself immensely. Ever since he had gained the Silver Morpher, his stamina had improved dramatically. His strength and speed had only marginally increased. The other Rangers strength and speed were increasing by a much larger margin than his. Jesse supposed this was because most of the umorphed physical enhancement that the Morpher gave was going into bringing his stamina up to par. Not that Jesse minded, of course. He would just have to improve his strength and speed the old fashioned way.
Currently, the youth group was embroiled in a cutthroat game of kickball.
"TJ, first base!" Jesse yells, rolling the ball to his teammate. The slightly shorter, sandy-haired boy runs to first base, which was normally Jesse's territory but today Jesse had decided to be the roller for his team. Morpher or not, he still couldn't throw worth beans but he had the best strikeout average of the entire youth group. Jesse rolls the ball fast and hard to first base, where TJ scoops it up in time to tag Josh as he tried to get back to first, having decided not steal second after all.
"Nice job!" Jesse cheers as Josh walks dejectedly back to the rest of his team.
"That's the third out, so its our turn to kick," David says. David was half a head shorter than Jesse and had dark hair.
"You're not gonna score on us," Alex says confidently, "after all, we have the better fielders."
It was true. Though Jesse's team had David and TJ, Alex's team had the rest of the athletic members of the youth group. Even the girls on the team were more athletic than Jesse was!
"So you say," Jesse chuckles, "but you never know whats gonna happen until it happens, and then its too late to change it."
"Shut up and kick," Alex says crossly.
"Righto," Jesse chuckles.
But before Alex could even roll the ball, a monster appears. It appeared to be a cross between a boar and a man, with a man's body but heavily muscled and with a head similar to that of a wild boar. It was carrying an axe that appeared to be a stone tied to a club. It was also armored in black lacquered armor.
"Humans die!" the creature bellows, "Spectrons, attack!"
A platoon of about ten Spectrons teleport in, their weapons at the ready.
"Charge!" the monster commands and the Spectrons move in to attack the youth group.
'Oh crap,' Jesse thinks as he ducks from a Spectrons attempt to slice off his head, 'Dark Specter has me good. I can't morph in front of the youth group and Alex can't use his magic either. And I can't really fight the Spectrons or the MYF will get suspicious. They know I'm not taking any self- defense classes or any martial arts and that I'm not in the best of shape yet. The other Rangers had better hurry up and get here.'
But the other Rangers were busy with another monster. The Destroyer Golem was big, strong, and formidable. All five Rangers were fighting him and not proving to be much use.
The Destroyer Golem was made entirely of rock. Its right arm was more than twice the size of its left arm and left holes in the ground whenever he tried to punch a Ranger with it.
"Me bash!" The Destroyer Golem was definitely strong, but not much smarter than the Rock Ogre.
"Where is the Silver Ranger when you need him?" Bronze Ranger grumbles as she narrowly avoids being flattened by the Destroyer Golem.
Aqua Ranger's wrist communicator beeps. "Yes, what is it?"
Connerly's voice floats from the communicator. "Dark Specter is trying for a two-prong attack to destroy you. He has sent another monster to destroy the Silver Ranger while he is unmorphed."
"Why doesn't he morph?" Aqua Ranger asks.
Connerly sounded worried. "Because he was attacked when he was among a sizable group of friends who do not know his identity and he has a reputation for not being very good at defending himself so he can't even fight the Spectrons."
"I'll go and help him," Aqua Ranger offers, "I'll distract everyone enough so that they can all get away and Silver Ranger can morph."
"Do your best, Aqua Ranger," Connerly says, "over and out."
"Guys, the Silver Ranger needs help!" Aqua Ranger calls out, "I'm going to help him."
Aqua Ranger teleports out in a streak of aqua light.
Almost the moment that the Boar Soldier appeared with the Spectrons, the youth group began to scatter. Some of the guys hung back to try and give the girls time to escape, but they weren't helping much. Jesse hoped that none of the others would wonder why they were trying to gang up on him, but if push came to serve he would morph and explain things later.
Lucky for him, that was not the case. The Aqua Ranger appeared, Aqua Double Dirks in hand, and began cutting into the Spectrons. A few well-placed strikes to each Spectron was all it took to take it down.
'I'd better remember those weak points,' Jesse thinks as he tries to run, 'could be really useful to know if I'm fighting against an overwhelming number of Spectrons.'
Jesse left with the rest of the youth group so the Aqua Ranger could fight without worrying about them.
"Man, can you believe that?" Josh gushes as they reach the sanctuary, "we got attacked by alien foot soldiers and were saved by a Power Ranger!"
"But why did they attack us?" Katie asks.
"Random destruction," Jesse points out, "remember all those news footage from other cities that have been attacked by monsters, mainly Angel Grove out in California? Several times they would just attack for no reason."
"Wasn't that one of the new Rangers?" Kevin asks, "what did the press call them?"
"They are just calling them the "new Rangers" at the moment," Alex says, "since the Rangers haven't ventured a name for themselves yet."
"They may not know how," Anna says, "after all, this group of Rangers could be from another planet and know nothing of Earth."
"You know, when I was a kid people always said I was crazy for believing in aliens," Jesse chuckles, "now whose crazy?"
"Your still crazy," Katie says, "just not crazy for believing in aliens."
"Do you think its safe?" Lindsey asks.
"Dunno," Alex says, "perhaps the Ranger will come and tell us its safe before he leaves."
"Is it a he?" Mary asks, "wasn't the first Pink Ranger really short? I'm pretty sure she was, and that Ranger that saved us was short."
"Yeah, and didn't the first Yellow Ranger use daggers for weapons?" Anna asks.
"Those weren't daggers, they were dirks," Jesse says without thinking.
The youth group looks at him funny.
'Uh oh,' Alex thinks, 'can't wait to see what excuse he comes up with here.'
"Hey, I'm interested in old weapons, all right?" Jesse says indignantly, "it happens to be a hobby of mine and has been for years."
The youth group seems to accept that.
A few minutes later, the Aqua Ranger finds them. "I took care of the Spectrons, but the monster escaped. Be on the lookout. That one was extremely stupid and since it decided to attack all of you, he might be back. I suggest going home if I were you."
"That does seem like a good idea," Miss Ellen, the youth leader, says, "those of us that drive can take the others home."
"I can take Katie and Alex home since they live next door," Jesse offers.
"Thanks, but not hanks," Katie says bluntly, "I do not want to be in a car with you behind the wheel."
"Katie, I'm hurt," Jesse says, a falsely wounded expression on his face, then eliminates it. "Besides, I am not a bad driver. That wreck was not my fault. I've already lost count how many times I've told you that!"
"I'll stay until all of you are safely in your cars and are leaving," Aqua Ranger says.
"Don't the other Rangers need your help?" Jesse asks.
"No, they can handle the monster they are facing okay," Aqua Ranger says, "its power readings were high, but it was extremely slow and stupid. The others can hold it off long enough for me to get there, if they even need my help."
A chill runs down Jesse's spine. Dark Specter had sent two monsters! One to deal with him, the other to distract the other Rangers. Had he goofed in sending down a weak monster?"
"Where did the monster that was attacking us go?" Alex asks.
"He teleported out," Aqua Ranger says, "perhaps to the battle with the other Rangers to help out the other monster."
The chill suddenly got worse.
"Maybe you outta go and help your teammates," Jesse suggests, "after all, that monster looked really strong. And whose to say what kind of power the two monster contain when working together?"
"You might be right," Aqua Ranger says, cocking his head, "but your safety must come first."
"All right guys," Miss Ellen says, "lets go to our cars and leave. We've distracted the Green Ranger long enough."
"Actually, I'm the Aqua Ranger," Aqua Ranger corrects while Jesse does his best to hide a snicker, "there are only two colors on our team that you would be familiar with. The Silver Ranger, who is our leader, and the White Ranger, who is nothing like the previous two White Rangers."
"I know nothing about any of the teams of Power Rangers," Miss Ellen admits.
"Well, you might want to start learning a bit about us ma'am," Aqua Ranger advises, "because most of us are from this city and it will be the first one that we protect in a worldwide invasion."
The youth group hurries to their vehicles, with Katie reluctantly following her brother to Jesse's '92 Ford Taurus.
"Don't have a wreck," Katie warns as she gets into the car.
As soon as everyone has safely driven away, Aqua Ranger teleports back to the battle.
As it turned out, things were not going so bad. The Boar Soldier had not turned up at the battle so the other four Rangers were doing pretty well, even though the Destroyer Golem was still too powerful for them to destroy easily.
"Shouldn't we try our Power Staffs?" Bronze Ranger asks the Aqua Ranger as he rejoins the battle.
"If we try them right now, then it'll be a waste of energy," Aqua Ranger replies, "however, we can try the Blade Blaster formation that the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers used. It had quite a bit of power and our Blade Blasters are far superior to the ones they had. Let's do it!"
All of the Rangers draw their Blade Blasters and leap into action. Aqua, Crystal, and White Rangers stand side-by-side and Bronze and Platinum Rangers stand on their shoulders, each foot on a different Ranger.
"Atlantean Blast!" all five Rangers call out as their pour power from their Blade Blasters into the attack. The attack streams forth and hits the Destroyer Golem dead center. The blast knocks the Destroyer Golem back several feet, chips and pebbles breaking off of its body as the blast slowly disintegrates the mammoth creature. But in the end the blast fails to destroy the Destroyer Golem. But rather than fight, it teleports away to repair itself. It would be back.
"Well, that went well," Bronze Ranger remarks as she steps down from standing on the shoulders of the Aqua and Crystal Rangers.
"For sure," Platinum Ranger agrees as she steps off of the Aqua and White Rangers, "and now we have a new attack to use against the Dark Specter."
"We're just lucky that he doesn't have his elite warriors anymore," Aqua Ranger points out, "I've fought some of his elite warriors, and they make that thing look like a Spectron, or lower yet, one of Rita's Putty Patrollers."
"Now that's strong," Bronze Ranger comments.
"Lets teleport back to Atlantis," Aqua Ranger says wearily, "we can give our report to the Elder and then take the day off."
"Now that is a plan I like," Platinum Ranger says. The five Rangers teleport out in flashes of multi-colored light.
Later that day, Jesse is meditating when he receives a signal from the Elder via communicator.
"Yes Elder?" he asks cautiously.
"Your assistance is required," the Elder's voice says through the communicator, "the other Rangers are battling the monster that attacked them earlier to distract them from coming to your aid in the area known as the Ozarks. The battle is not going well and the monster just grew to Zord proportions."
"I'm on it sir," Jesse says as he summons his Morpher.
"One more thing, Jesse," the Elder says, "this will be as good a time as any for us to unveil the Crystal and White Atlantean Zords."
"Only if the monster proves to be too strong," Jesse says, "now, its morphin' time! Silver Power of Atlantis!"
In a stream of silver light, the Silver Ranger teleports out of his bedroom and to the battle.
The Destroyer Golem was a far bigger nuisance giant-sized than it was normal sized. The Bronze, Platinum, and Aqua Atlantean Zords were doing their best to keep it at bay, but their efforts were unsuccessful. The Destroyer Golem gave them no time to regroup or to even try to form the Binary Zord One or the Armor Mode of the Bronze or Platinum Atlantean Zords in their Warrior Modes.
The massive fist slams into the torso of the Bronze Warrior Zord, causing it to go crashing to the ground.
"How can this thing be this much more powerful?" Bronze Ranger demands.
"Either it was holding back on us before, or the Dark Specter has increased its powers," Platinum Ranger muses.
"Why aren't those two calling on their Zords?" Bronze Ranger asks.
"They have yet to be told that they have Zords," Aqua Ranger says from the comm. screen, "and we're all a bit too busy here to tell them."
He is interrupted from further speech as a flash of silver signals the arrival of the Silver Ranger.
"About time he got here," Bronze Ranger mutters violently.
"Guys, call on your Zords," Silver Ranger commands.
"We have Zords?" Crystal Ranger asks, surprised.
"Yes," Silver Ranger replies evenly, "Crystal Ranger, you command the Crystal Chimera Atlantean Zord. White Ranger, you command the White Gargoyle Atlantean Zord. They can also transform into Warrior Modes, just like all of the other Zords. And they can combine to form the Binary Zord Two. Now, call on your Zords!"
"I call upon the White Gargoyle, Zord of Atlantis!" White Ranger calls out. A majestic monster of a Zord swoops down from the sky. Its body and limbs were a pure white, with light blue trim on the edges of the bat-like wings. The face was like a cross between a lion and an ape, with a large gaping mouth.
"Whoa," White Ranger murmurs as he sees his Zord.
"I call upon the Crystal Chimera, Zord of Atlantis!" Crystal Ranger calls out. The sound of pounding feet from behind makes the Rangers turn around to see the Crystal Chimera Zord. The Zord before them had the body and head of a lion, with the head of a goat on its back and a serpent for a tail. The skin was the same color as the armor of the Crystal Ranger's, only the mane of the lion's head and the serpent were a darker color, much like the color of the Crystal Ranger's shield.
"Now that's a Zord," Crystal Ranger murmurs.
"I call upon the Silver Dragon, Zord of Atlantis!" Silver Ranger calls out. The Silver Dragon Zord comes into view. The three Rangers leap into their respective Zords.
"Silver Dragon Zord, convert to Warrior Mode!" Silver Ranger calls out. The legs extend slightly and begin to change as if a fluid. The arms extend as well and the draconic claws split and separate to reveal human-like hands. The tail splits into four sections and snakes around the legs and arms, then spread out to form a sort of armor. The neck splits and lowers, covering part of the upper torso. The draconic head splits down the middle and sets about forming a humanoid head quite similar to that of the Red Dragon Thunderzord's Warrior mode. The head then lowers and settles itself properly. The wings folds, split, and somewhat retract and form a cape, the talon of each wing focusing just in front of the face, locked together. The remains of the tail fold and strap across the back, revealing a sword and scabbard.
"Crystal Chimera Zord, convert to Warrior Mode!" Crystal Ranger commands. The Crystal Chimera Zord begins to glow with a faint light the same color of the Zord itself.. The hind legs thicken and shift to form more humanoid feet. The forepaws change slightly and become humanoid hands. The body splits open and the goat head moves up to combine with the lion head. The serpent-tail separates from the rear and curls around the combined lion and goat heads, which then splits to show a humanoid head like that of the White Tigerzord Warrior Mode. The body then closes up with the remains of the lion and goat heads forming a sort of armor over the chest.
"Crystal Chimera Zord, Warrior mode power up!" Crystal Ranger calls out.
"White Gargoyle Zord, convert to Warrior Mode!" White Ranger commands. The White Gargoyle Zord begins to glow with a faint white light. The head splits into four pieces, revealing a humanoid head underneath. The facemask goes down and settles in the middle of the chest while the back of the head does the same in the middle of the upper back. The wings fold over the chest and form a cape similar to that of the Silver Dragon Zord Warrior Mode. The cape then folds around the arms and form gauntlets
"White Gargoyle Zord, Warrior mode power up!" White Ranger calls out.
"Okay bub, now you got five Atlantean Zords in their Warrior modes staring you down," Silver Ranger murmurs, "what are you gonna do?"
At the last second, he ducks and dodges a powerful swing from the Boar Soldier, who had managed to go unnoticed throughout the battle so far.
"Great, their both here!" Silver Ranger groans as he starts dodging the powerful hits from the Boar Soldier.
"Silver Ranger!" Aqua Ranger calls out, the Aqua Golem Zord moving to help the team's leader.
"Stay back," Silver Ranger orders, "White Ranger, Crystal Ranger, form the Binary Zord Two. Ladies, form the Binary Zord One. Aqua Ranger, let's see if we can put together the Silver Dragon Zord Armor Mode in record time."
"Gotcha," Aqua Ranger says as the Aqua Golem Zord splits into the Armor components. The legs form into guards that attach themselves to the legs of the Silver Warrior Zord while the torso and arms form a suit of torso armor. The head becomes a helmet.
"Silver Warrior Zord, Armor mode, power up!" Silver and Aqua Rangers call out in unison. He draws the Silver Armor Sword and prepares to do battle with his aggressor.
The Boar Soldier brings his axe down hard on the Silver Armor Zord, but the Silver Ranger blocks the blow, though his arms go numb at the force of the blow.
'Okay, going strength for strength with this thing is definitely out of the question,' Silver Ranger thinks, 'think, Jesse, think! You need and idea!'
Silver Ranger back flips and kicks the Boar Soldier in the jaw mid flip, then leaps forward from the crouch he lands in and rams into the Boar Soldier, who grabs the Silver Armor Zord and tosses it aside like it was dead weight.
"This monster is way too powerful for us as we are," Silver Ranger tells the image of the Aqua Ranger on one of his monitors, "any ideas?"
"None come to mind except hold this guy off long enough for the Binary Zords to form," Aqua Ranger replies.
"This is not my day," Silver Ranger grumbles as he takes a powerful boot to the sternum.
"Um, any idea how to form this Binary Zord Two?" Crystal Ranger asks White Ranger.
"Not a clue," White Ranger responds, "wanna see what the Morphers tell us?"
The two Rangers focus for a moment, closing their eyes underneath their helmets. A second later, they open their eyes, knowing exactly what to do.
"Initiate Binary Zord Two!" both Ranger's call out in unison.
In a mixed flash of white and light sapphire blue light, the two Zords revert to their creature modes and begin to pulse with appropriately colored light. The Crystal Chimera Zord stands on its hind legs and begins to open up, its forelegs merging with its hind legs and parts of the body piecing around them to make the legs sturdier. The main head settles into a niche and becomes the waist while the goat head splits and becomes like a belt with the lion head becoming the buckle. The White Gargoyle Zord splits and its arms and legs become one, forming into a larger and sturdier set of arms. The head spins around and opens up, showing a different head from the White Warrior Zord. The torso shifts slightly and becomes more streamlined. The lower part of the torso slides into niches in the waist formed by the Crystal Chimera Zord, solidifying the body. White and light sapphire lightning bolts arc around the Zord as it comes alive.
"Binary Zord Two, power up!" White and Crystal Rangers call out in unison.
"Binary Scythe!" White Ranger calls out. Immediately, the weapon is in the hands of the Binary Zord Two. Like the Binary Halberd of the Binary Zord One, it is a combination of weapons. The handle was the Gargoyle Warhammer and the blade itself was the Chimera Cutlass. All in all, it looked to be a formidable weapon.
The Binary Zord Two moves in, slashing with its Scythe at the Destroy4er Golem but the attack bounces off of its thick armor. A single punch knocks the Binary Zord Two back several steps.
"Initiate Binary Zord One!" Bronze and Platinum Rangers call out now that they have a breather. Bronze and Platinum light engulf the two Zords and they transform into the creature modes. The Bronze Griffin Zord opens up from the center torso. The back legs come down and cover the front legs like armor. The head shifts and forms a kind of waist armor. The wings move up and fold around to form additional waist armor with the wingtips connecting to the griffin head.
The Platinum Winged Unicorn Zord splits long-length. The front and read flanks become shoulder armor while the front and rear legs merge to become arms. The new chest splits open and the head moves in to reveal a head with a unique design. The chest closes up again as the top part of the Binary Zord One connects with the bottom part. The wings of the top part fold over the lower torso to form a glamorous armor.
"Binzary Zord One, power up!" Bronze and Platinum Rangers call out in unison. They summon the Binary Halberd and wade in to attack the Destroyer Golem.
"Okay, lets show this guy whose boss," Bronze Ranger growls unfemininely.
With a quick slash from the Binary Halberd they rip into the back of the Destroyer Golem. This only serves to make the monster mad. It spins around and backhands the Binary Zord One so that it crashes to the ground.
Aqua Ranger's voice floats from the comm. units of the two Binary Zords. "Guys, the Binary Zord One is built better for speed and precision strikes. The Binary Zord Two is the physically stronger of the two. Work together in perfect unison and you'll be able to crush that monster."
"I think I gots me an idea," White Ranger chuckles evilly as a plan forms in his mind, "okay guys, this is what we'll do."
Meanwhile, Silver Ranger is having a somewhat easier time with the Boar Soldier. Somewhat meaning that he wasn't being totally overwhelmed by its physical strength, and easier as in "How the heck can this guy shrug off these blows?"
Not to mention that now that he was as big as a skyscraper, he smelled. Really, really bad. Something like year old gym socks that were never taken off and rotting eggs. How could anything short of an exploded sewer pipe smell this bad? And how the heck did the other monster handle it?
As if by magic, a thought dawned in Silver Ranger's mind. Of course. These two monsters were fighting a good distance from each other. Checking his scanners. He noticed that the area of stench seemed to focus only at the Silver Armor Warrior Zord.
"But I'll bet that the other monster doesn't know that," Silver Ranger says with a devious grin under his helmet. He quickly backs up after sending a small energy bolt from the Silver Dragon Saber into the Boar Soldier's chest. With that, he leaps back to avoid the Boar's Soldier's impending charge.
It didn't come. Silver Ranger looks on in amazement as the Boar Soldier howls in pain. Noticing the spot where the bolt had hit, Silver Ranger grins menacingly. "So you do have a weak spot. Well, too bad for you we can manipulate it as we wish."
"Definitely," Aqua Ranger says, "lets do it."
"Armor Slash!" Silver Ranger calls out, aiming for and hitting the newly revealed weak spot of the Boar Soldier. The Boar Soldier howls in pain, shrinking away from the Silver Armor Warrior Zord.
"Armor Blade Strike!" Silver Ranger executes the signature attack of the Silver Armor Warrior Zord, sending a blast of focused silver and aqua energy at the Boar Soldier. The energy blast focuses into a thinner stream and hits the weak spot of the Boar Soldier specifically. The attack rips through the monster and it hits the ground in a devastating explosion.
"Well, that was easy," Silver Ranger remarks.
"Speak for yourself!" Aqua Ranger cries out indignantly from his personal viewscreen, "you didn't take most of the pounding that freak delivered! Its punches packed an incredible power!"
"Let's go and help the others," Silver Ranger says, "it looks like they need it."
Indeed, the two Binary Zords looked like they were in dire straights. The Destroyer Golem was incredibly strong and it looked like it could totally overpower any Zord they had.
The battle wasn't going well and Silver Ranger was about to leap in when the Binary Zord One, which was the current Zord combating the Destroyer Golem in single combat, leaps out of the way as the Binary Zord Two rushes in and slashes hard with its Binary Scythe.
"Armor Blade Strike!" Silver and Aqua Ranger's call out, performing the attack. The energy blast hits the Destroyer Golem in the side, since the Silver Armor Warrior Zord was to the left of it instead of in front of it.
"So nice of you to join in," Bronze Ranger comments.
"Stuff it," Silver Ranger snaps, "that Boar Soldier had it in for me. I couldn't help you. At least I kept it busy enough so you didn't have to worry about a sneak attack."
"Whatever," Bronze Ranger snaps, "just help us turn this thing into rubble."
"Will do," Silver Ranger says as he combines the Armor Blades to the Dragon Saber to form a sword with two prongs, turning it from dangerous to absolutely lethal. The Silver Armor Warrior Zord leaps behind the destroyer Golem and prepares to attack.
"Armor Dragon Slash!" Silver and Aqua Ranger's call out, carving a circle in the air with the new Armor Dragon Saber. The Silver Armor Warrior Zord slashes to the upper left, then to the upper right, twirls the blade in its right hand, and the ends it with a horizontal slash from the left to the right. An incredibly powerful wave of silver and aqua energy erupts from the circle and collides with the back of the Destroyer Golem.
"Binary Halberd Strike!" Bronze and Platinum Rangers call out. The Binary Zord One performs its Binary Halberd Strike. It carves a circle into the air and then performs three slashes: two diagonally from the left to the right and one horizontally from the left to the right, spinning completely around between each slash. A streak of bronze and platinum energy bursts forth and hits the front right side of the Destroyer Golem.
"Binary Scythe Slash!" Crystal and White Rangers call out in unison. The Binary Zord Two swings its Binary Scythe and carves a circle in the air. With perfect precision, the Zord slashes upwards down the middle and then slashes downwards from the left side to the diagonal right and then spins to the right and slashes upwards from the left to the diagonal right. As soon the final slash is made energy the same color as the two Ranger's uniforms streak forth and hit the Destroyer Golem in the front left side.
Almost immediately the Destroyer Golem crumbles at the sheer amount of power it was being hit with all at once. The energy pushes through and within moments the Destroyer Golem is nothing more than dust.
"Alright!" Bronze Ranger cheers, "we did it!"
"Not bad for our first group Zord battle," Silver Ranger muses, "probably better than any other Ranger team before us. Of course, most of us got Zord experience before the team was finished, so we can't really judge. Still, I'd say we adapted pretty well."
"Are you kidding?" White Ranger cries out, "we stomped their butts good! We're the best!"
"Let Dark Specter come, we're ready for him," Crystal Ranger says.
"Let's get back to Atlantis before their male hormonal drives kick in and they start doing some sort of goofy victory dance with their Zords," Platinum Ranger tells Bronze Ranger.
"I hear that," Silver Ranger says, "lets get back. I'm sure Jacolby wants to start drilling you in Zord combat."
"What about you?" Bronze Ranger asks, "you only have one Zord battle to your credit more than me or Bronze Ranger."
"And I took in every scrap of knowledge that the Morpher supplies and I've done countless drills with Aqua Ranger when the rest of you were occupied with hanging out with your friends and the like," Silver Ranger replies, "so I'm more aware of what to do than you are. Don't worry though. Jacolby should have you up to my level in a few days. I'm not that far ahead of you and there's not much more that our current level of strength can handle."
"Say what?" Crystal Ranger asks, confused.
"Ask Connerly sometime, he can explain it way better than I can," Silver Ranger replies.
The Rangers teleport with their Zords to Atlantis.
"So, your saying that the more battles we get in, the more power we can access?" Brian asks.
Connerly nods his head. "Yes. The more you stress your bodies, forcing more power to flow from the Morphers, the more your body can handle. Eventually, you may even be able to handle the amount of power that you would have if you were able to become the Atlantean Warriors."
"Why can't we do that now?" Nathan asks.
"Because there is something about Atlantean blood that enables us to handle more power faster than other humans," Connerly explains, "we're not sure what it is, but it is a fact. We think it has something to do with Atlantis itself. As your bodies adjust to the new levels of power, new abilities may become available to you. You six are the first Atlantean Rangers. Your abilities are unknown to us. You powers are a complete unknown. There are no records of your possible powers. It may be that we can create new weapons for you."
Connerly shakes his head. "If we had all seven Morphers, you would be able to someday transform into Atlantean Warriors. But we never will since the Green Morpher was reforged into the Power Coins used by Zordon of Eltare to fight Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd."
"Is it possible to reforge the Coins back into the Green Morpher?" Brian asks.
Connerly shakes his head. "During some very odd circumstances, the Power Coins were destroyed, except for the powerless one wielded by the Green Morphin Ranger. That was when Zordon sent his charges out to search for the shards of the mighty Zeo Crystal, one of the few sources of power in the universe that can compare to that of the Atlantean Morphers. The only other known power is that of the Quasar Sabers and the Lights of Orion, which are wielded by the Galaxy Rangers."
"Do you think we can forge an alliance with them, to have some back-up?" Holly asks.
"They wouldn't really be a lot of help," Connerly says, "and if we took strides to make contact with them, we might make them targets for the Dark Specter. No, we'll have to form an alliance if your pathes ever cross with theirs. The same goes for any other Ranger team, active or not."
"So we really are alone in this war," Bethany says sadly.
"You're wrong," Silver Ranger says, "we are a team. Even though I may not act it, I do value this team. Now the only reason I got in not trusting you with my identity is that I'm not comfortable around people."
"You should try getting a night shift job cleaning at a factory or something," Brian says.
"Bah," Silver Ranger snorts, "I'm not that bad."
"Do the Zords have any other configurations?" Holly asks, "every other Ranger team has had a Megazord, where a group of the Zords they have, or all of them if they only have one group, come together to form a very powerful fighting machine."
"You do indeed," Connerly says, "technically, you do have the two Trinary Megazords."
"You mean where the Silver Warrior Zord combines with our Zords?" Bethany asks.
"And it can do the same with the Crystal Chimera and White Gargoyle Zords?" Holly adds.
"Yes," Connerly agrees, "but your four Zords can come together to form the Quadro Megazord, which is technically the Atlantean Megazord when the Aqua Golem Zord combines with it. But we never called it that for some reason."
"Any other configurations?" Silver Ranger asks.
"Well, we can call the combination of the Quadro Megazord and the Silver Dragon Zord the Atlantean Megazord since there is no possibility of combining with the Zord of the Green Atlantean Ranger, since we'll never have one. Originally though the combination was called the Silver Atlantean MegaZord."
"We'll save that config for a last resort," Silver Ranger says, "we need every surprise and boost of unexpected power we can manage."
"How do you think of this stuff?" Nathan demands, "for some reason, as far as I know of none of the students who failed were any good at strategy. Of course, hardly anyone knows anything about Jesse."
"That you know of," Silver Ranger says, smirking beneath his helmet, knowing that Nathan nearly guessed his identity, "I love playing strategy games, especially against Alex. We can play Risk all day long. I'm currently trying to find some good computer strategy games for us to play."
"So you're a sucker for strategy games?" Brian asks.
"You got it," Silver Ranger ays, "now, I must be getting home. I need to unwind after such a grueling battle."
With that, the Silver Ranger teleports home to rest and get some sleep.
"You know, that doesn't sound like a bad idea," Holly says, suppressing a yawn, "I'm heading home too."
"I think you all need some rest," Bethany says, "this was a tough battle."
With that, the four Rangers teleport to their respective homes to get some well-deserved rest.
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Well, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I have no idea when the next chapter will be up. I got to about the fifteenth page before I hit a writer's block. I wrote a page and a half when I finished this chapter up. Well, as always, please review. Feedback gives me more of a reason to write and update.
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