Chapter Eight: The Power is On Again
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'We shouldn't of split up! He's too much for us!' Sayaka thought as she watched Great Mazinger get tossed away, armless and legless, just like the Mazinger Diana A was holding. In front of her, Boss Borot layed in a heap. Behind her, Ryoko, Hikari, Izumi and Gai's Aestivalises layed, damaged badly while Akito's stood unscathed. The ThunderMegazord tried to stand up, its Thunder Power Sword cracked. Metal Amy watched in horror as Getter Dragon crashed to the ground, followed by Tornado X. On the ground, Metallix units surrounded the heroes again, also overpowered.
"I told you you would fall!" Metal Overlord said.
"Oh, my, oh, my!" Yurika said, panicing. "And we're next!"
"I don't think even the Nadesico can withstand it's attacks..." Ruri said.
"That's right, you future freaks! But first..." Metal Overlord said, grabbing Mazinger Z by its head.
"KOJI!" Sayaka shouted.
"You were one of the greatest. Now, you're nothing more than junk." Metal Overlord said. "Any last words before I crush you? Perhaps you all pledging your alleigance to me?"
"Go to hell, Metal Overlard!" Koji said.
"I'd expected that from Sonic. Oh, well..." Metal Overlord said, squeezing Mazinger Z's head.
"KOJI! GET OUT OF MAZINGER Z!" Anthony shouted.
"No way! I'm not losing him again!" Koji said.
"Oh, you don't know how I'm enjoying this!" Metal Overlord said, squeezing harder. Before he could do significant damage to the mecha, a mysterious blade slashed through his arm. "GYAAAAARGH! WHO...?!" He turned to see a mech zip past him, then look at him. The robot looked like it was part alligator, part wolf and part hammerhead shark. "No..."
"M...Merrick?!" Shayla said, seeing the mech.
"That's the Predazord!" Anthony said. Before anyone could respond, a winged mech swooped in and caught Mazinger Z, then flew towards the other robots, setting it down. It had parts resembling a falcon, rhino, armadillo, and deer. "And the Isis Megazord!"
"My Rangers... they came back..." Shayla said, tears forming.
"THE WILD FORCE POWER RANGERS?!" Metal Overlord shouted. "NOOOOO! WHY WON'T YOU RANGERS WOULD JUST *DIE*!"
"When the hell did they show up?!" Ryouma said, confused. "And what's with the animals? Last I heard, they had a spaceship!"
*Different team, Ryouma.* Anthony said via telepathy.
*And you know this HOW?!* Ryouma replied
*I'll...tell you later...* Anthony said. As he said, that, the wolf creature suddenly appeared and fought off the surrounding Metallix. "What in the...? Zen-Aku?!"
"Zen-Aku?!" Crystallis replied. "Isn't that the thing that Samurai guy fights?"
"Wrong person." Anthony said.
"Hmph... I never though I was THAT well-known." Zen-Aku said, looking at the two. "So... you need help?"
"We don't need YOUR help or the help of those spandex-wearing FREAKS!" Vegeta shouted.
"Some gratatude..." Zen-Aku said.
"Grr... It doesn't matter! I have Soul Bird, and that's all I need! I don't care if the Shuffle Alliance or that Newtype pilot destroys Devil Gundam and it's pilot, I have this!" Metal Overlord said.
"And you're not leaving Animarium with it!" the Red Ranger said, the Isis Megazord pointing its giraffe arm at Metal Overlord.
"Watch me, Jungle Boy." Metal Overlord said, taking off into the sky.
"NOBLE HULAHOOP!" a female voice shouted as a beam hoop slashed through Metal Overlord's chest. As it returned to its destination, it saw it belonged to a female-looking Gundam whose body resembled the uniform the Sailor Scouts would wear.
"What the...?!" Ryoko said, seeing the Gundam. "What IS that thing?!"
"Looks like something Serena would have!" Anthony said.
"It's Neo-Sweeden's Noble Gundam!" Sayaka said.
"ALRIGHT!" Boss said, his tounge hanging out as he was seeing the Gundam. He knew who was in it: the blue-haired beauty known as Allenby Beardsly.
"You guys need any help?" Allenby said.
"Greatly appreciate it!" Tetsuya said.
"BAH! I don't care who shows up, I'll take them down!" Metal Overlord said, going airborne, wires snatching the arm Predazord severed and reattaching it. "Bring it on!"
"Alrighty, then!" Allenby said, striking a fighting pose. "You want a fight, you got it!" With that, Noble Gundam flew straight at Metal Overlord and began punching and kicking him. After awhile of this, Metal Overlord knocked her away.
"PEST!" Metal Overlord shouted. A few seconds later, he looked just in time to be impaled by Isis Megazord's Spear of Paradols. "GYARGH!"
"Release the Soul Bird! NOW!" The Yellow Ranger shouted.
"Back..." Metal Overlord grunted, pulling the spear arm out of him. "...OFF!" With all its might, he tossed the Megazord back to the ground, nearly hitting Predazord and everyone on the ground in the process.
"Woah, watch it!" Trunks shouted.
"This guy means business!" the Lunar Wolf Ranger said.
"Oh, you don't know how much." Metal Overlord said. "Mark my words, I will see that the world my master, the one you now know as Julian Kintobor, comes to being!"
"You're sick, you know that?!" Anthony shouted.
"Sick?! Bah!" Metal Overlord said. "I'm not sick, YOU ARE! Look at you, resorting to mecha to defeat someone like me!"
"He's right!" Vegeta said. "I'll tear him apart MYSELF!" Going Super Saiyan 3, he flew towards Metal Overlord and being fighting him off. As he kept blasting the robot, Vegeta saw that Metal Overlord kept regenerating his damages. "Im...POSSIBLE! I want you to DIE NOW!" He held out his hands to unleash a Final Flash.
"No, YOU die!" Metal Overlord said, firing a finger missle at Vegeta. It struck, covering him in ice and sending him crashing back to Animarium.
"FATHER!" Trunks shouted, racing to his aid.
"This is nuts! There's something we gotta do!" Crystallis said. At that, Akito's Aestivalis went airborne and rushed towards Metal Overlord. "Akito, what are you doing?!"
"Doing what I should have done: take care of this creep! YAAAAAAAAH!" Akito shouted as his Aestivalis landed on Metal Overlord. As he held on, Metal Overlord struggled to break free.
"Release me, you Gekiganger loving nincompoop!" Metal Overlord shouted.
"Huh?! How did he know that?!" Akito said, a tad surprised.
"Alright...so we got Metal Overlord... NOW WHAT?!" Crystallis said, looking at Anthony.
"I wish I knew..." Anthony said.
"Someone...anyone... can ANYONE hear me?!" a voice called out through all the com-links.
"Huh?!" Hayato said. "Who's calling?!"
[Isn't anyone WE know!] Metal Amy said.
"Listen, if anyone can hear me, PLEASE help me!" the voice said. "There's this hedgehog here wanting to beat up my former master!"
"Hedgehog? Former master?!" Crystallis said, talking in Anthony's communicator. "What does the hedgehog look like?"
"Uh, dark blue quills, black and red eyes, slightly gray muzzle..." the voice said.
"That's DragonMetal, but who...?" Crystallis said. It hit Anthony as to who's calling.
"SABA?!" Anthony shouted.
"Well, at least someone knows who I am!" Saba said. "I just woke up to see this hedgehog muttering death threats and jamming me into this device..."
"Device? What devi..." He began when the top of the mountainside that DragonMetal was tossed in exploded. Streaking into the air was a mecha comprised of six animals: a red ape, a black frog, a blue wolf, a yellow bear, a pink crane and a white falcon. "No way..."
"What the hell is that?!" Metal Overlord said, seeing the mech.
"It looks like a Gundam! Well...with the face and all..." Akito said, still holding on.
"I reconize that! It's..It's... wait, how did it go again...?" Koji said, trying to think of the robot's name.
"Ninja Mega Falconzord!" Anthony said. "But...I thought they were lost!"
"I guess they were hiding here the whole time!" Allenby said. "And that's a good thing! More help!"
"BAH! I'll destroy it, too, along with it's pilot, whomever it may be!" Metal Overlord shouted.
[Oh, really?!] Another voice said, also being picked up by communicators. Those who had viewscreens saw who said it. The head resembled DragonMetal Sonic's, except the eyes were gone and it resembled an almagation of the classic Green and White Ranger's helmets. He wore a spandex suit covered with a combination of the Dragon and Tiger Shields and metallic gloves and boots that resembled his old arms and legs.
"DragonMetal?!" Crystallis said.
[DragonMetal...you changed again!] Metal Amy said.
[DragonMetal's dead! I'm flesh and blood now! Don't call me DragonMetal Sonic anymore. It's Metalla Hedgehog for now on!] Metalla said.
"BAH! You're nothing! Why don't you just crawl back into your grave?!" Metal Overlord said, tossing Akito off at last. Metalla caught Akito and looked at his opponent.
[I can't. You attacked this peaceful place. A place that did you no harm.] Metalla said. He stopped briefly, can't believe he was going to say what he was going to say. [And as a Power Ranger, I'll make sure you're stopped once and for all!]
"Well then, Power Ranger, let's see you try!" Metal Overlord said.
"Not without help he isn't!" the Red Ranger said, having the Isis Megazord ram into Metal Overlord.
"GYAH! GET OFF ME!" Metal Overlord shouted, tossing the Megazord aside, only to get wrapped up by Noble Gundam's Beam Ribbon.
"Heh, Wonder Woman, eat your heart out!" Allenby said, holding on tightly to the robot.
"Release me, fighter!" Metal Overlord said, struggling.
"No way!" Allenby shouted as she struggled to hold on. After a few minutes, Metal Overlord thrashed around hard enough to send Allenby and the Noble Gundam flying. Metal Overlord broke free of his bonds only to have Ninja Falcon Megazord ram into him at full force. The impact, along with the damage done by Allenby and the Isis Megazord, caused the Soul Bird to break free and it spun all the way back to Animarium.
"NO! The Soul Bird!" Metal Overlord shouted as both mechs crashed to the ground. He slapped the Megazord off him and pinned him.
[Aw, what's wrong? Lost your pet?] DragonMetal said, mockingly.
"You idiot! You cost me my biggest chance at taking over this world!" Metal Overlord said. At that, began punching the Ninja Mega Falconzord in the face. "And now, I'm going to KILL YOU!" As he continued, he felt someone tap his shoulder. "Huh? What?!" He turned around just in time to see a ebon fist slam into his face, sending him flying. As he landed, what he saw surprised him. "MAZINGER Z?! That's impossible! My men took you apart!"
"Well, it takes more than that to stop Mazinger Z!" Koji said. Then, Metal Overlord saw what revived it.
"YOU HAVE THE SOUL BIRD! GIVE IT TO ME!" Metal Overlord roared as he saw that the Soul Bird was now part of the Hover Pilder.
"I don't think so, you bad ol' puddy tat!" Koji said, trying his best to mimic Tweety Bird...and failing.
"Give it BACK!" Metal Overlord roared again, racing towards Mazinger Z. As they got close, the two grabbed each others hands. "I want the Soul Bird NOW!"
"You want it? Let's see you do it in the sky!" Koji said, Mazinger lifting his arms up, raising Metal Overlord's as well. "DOUBLE ROCKET PUNCH!" With that, Metal Overlord went airborne.
"I HATE YOU!" Metal Overlord shouted. As the fists released the Metal Sonic, it activated its Iron Cutter blades and sliced off its arms and wings on its way back to Mazinger Z. Before it hit the ground, it was caught by the Predazord. "Put me down! Now!"
"If you insist." The Lunar Wolf Ranger said, making Predazord punt kick the robot. As if it was choriographed, both Akito's Aesti and the Noble Gundam struck at Metal Overlord, their attacks destroying his legs. While in the air, Metal Overlord felt something impale him in his back. He looked to see Ninja Mega Falconzord carrying him higher, its wolf arm through his body.
[Next stop: Deep Hurting Central!] Metalla shouted, punching Metal Overlord in the face, sending him to the awaiting arms of the Isis Megazord...or more specifically, the Armadillo Zord.
"Wha...? NOOOO!" Metal Overlord shouted, just mere seconds before he saw the Isis Megazord perform its finisher, the Final Strike, sending the Armadillo Zord through the Metal Sonic with the expert ease of a soccer player making a goal. "I-It's not...over. Trust...me o-on that!" With that, the robot went up in flames and exploded.
"Aw-RIGHT!" Koji shouted. "Score one for the good guys!"
"We could of handled this ourselves!" Vegeta roared, free from the ice tomb. "We didn't need you spandex-wearing FREAKS or that...DOG!"
"Hey, watch it!" Zen-Aku said, turning to Vegeta.
"No, I won't!" Vegeta said, approaching the monster. "You think you can just march in here and steal our glory!"
"Vegeta, without them we would have lost!" Anthony shouted. Vegeta didn't hear him.
"You and your kind should have died out with that floating head in a bong!" Vegeta shouted.
"Hey, watch it there, old man!" the Red Ranger said, as he and the other Rangers approached him. "You're starting to go too far."
"You want 'far'? Here's FAR!" Vegeta yelled, striking the Red Ranger in the face, sending him flying. His helmet was shattered where it would have been his face.
"COLE!" the White Ranger shouted as the others raced to his aid.
"You freaks... I'll make you PAY!" Vegeta growled as he began charging up a ki blast.
"VEGETA, NO!" Crystallis shouted as she body rammed him, sending the prince flying. Before Vegeta could get up, Trunks, Metalla and Metal Amy dogpiled him as the other pilots raced to the Ranger's aid.
"GET OFF ME NOW!" Vegeta roared.
"Vegeta, have you LOST IT?!" Anthony shouted.
"Vegeta, you've gone MAD!" Crystallis shouted as well. "The Rangers did nothing but HELP US! If it wasn't for them, Metal Overlord would have escaped with the Soul Bird and we would have lost! Dammit, Vegeta, you..." She didn't know what to say next, but one thing did come to mind. "YOU'RE ACTING LIKE FRIEZA!" That right there caused Vegeta's eyes to widen.
"You take that back!" Vegeta said in a low growl.
"No, Vegeta, she's right. All we try to do is help and you go gung-ho! And if we do help you, you consider it an attack on your pride and attack us!" Anthony said.
"Vegeta, I considered you a friend. I looked at you as someone I could trust. I thought you changed after what we went through. I was wrong." Crystallis said. She lifted up her arm and it began glowing. A second later, Vegeta's body began glowing gray, then faded as his Guardian Gem appeared in her hands. "Until I say otherwise and until you get your act right, you are no longer one of my Guardians."
"And until you get your act together, you're off the Heroes Council and you are to stay on AniEarth. Go to any of the other worlds, and we'll consider you a foe." Anthony said. "Trunks, Metalla, Metal Amy, get off him." The three got off him as Vegeta looked at the group, the flew away from Animarium. As Vegeta left their sight, Crystallis dropped to her knees, tears rolling down her face.
"I-I can't believe this had to happen... God, I can't believe I had to do that." Crystallis said, hugging herself, Sayaka and Allenby going to her side.
"Vegeta is a loose cannon. I'm not surprised something like this hasn't happened earlier." a voice said. The group turned to see a young man with black hair spiked up a bit. He wore blue jeans, a red shirt and tennis shoes. Anthony and Metalla reconised him off the bat, but it was Koji and Boss who responded first.
"Hey, I remember that guy! Wasn't he a race car driver once?!" Boss said.
"Yeah! I saw him to when I was in America for awhile!" Koji said. "Tommy Oliver, right?"
"That's right, Koji." Tommy said, grinning a bit.
"But, wait... if you're here," Koji said, pointing to the ground. "and you know them," he pointed at the Wild Force Rangers. "Then...that means..."
[He's one of them!] Metalla said, matter of factly. [He was the two Rangers I am now!]
"You got me there." Tommy said, shrugging a bit. The others looked at him in shock.
"Th-that's the legendary greatest Power Ranger of all?!" Gai said.
"Defenantly now what I thought he would be..." Ryoko said.
"Of course, even the least likeliest of people have become Power Rangers..." Tommy said.
[What are you doing here? Are you here for the Zords? You're not taking them from me! Not on your life, Oliver!] Metalla shouted.
"Woah, woah, woah! Easy, Metalla, easy!" Tommy said. "I'm not here for your Zords. I'm here to offer help to you guys."
"You are?" Metalla said, removing his helmet.
"I think we'll need all the help we can get." Tetsuya said, looking at the battle damaged Great Mazinger, Getter Dragon and Thunder Megazord. "The Metallix are getting desperate now. Who knows what they may do now."
"Agreed." Ryouma said. "With White Base and the Gundams chasing Devil Gundam, we'll need that help."
"Alright, Tommy, I think we're all in agreement. Where do we go?" Anthony said.
"Ranger Nexus." Tommy said.
"Ranger...Nexus?" Benkei said. "What's that?"
"You'll see when we get there." Tommy said. "I've already intercepted two of your allies and directed them there. Now, let's get going."
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'We shouldn't of split up! He's too much for us!' Sayaka thought as she watched Great Mazinger get tossed away, armless and legless, just like the Mazinger Diana A was holding. In front of her, Boss Borot layed in a heap. Behind her, Ryoko, Hikari, Izumi and Gai's Aestivalises layed, damaged badly while Akito's stood unscathed. The ThunderMegazord tried to stand up, its Thunder Power Sword cracked. Metal Amy watched in horror as Getter Dragon crashed to the ground, followed by Tornado X. On the ground, Metallix units surrounded the heroes again, also overpowered.
"I told you you would fall!" Metal Overlord said.
"Oh, my, oh, my!" Yurika said, panicing. "And we're next!"
"I don't think even the Nadesico can withstand it's attacks..." Ruri said.
"That's right, you future freaks! But first..." Metal Overlord said, grabbing Mazinger Z by its head.
"KOJI!" Sayaka shouted.
"You were one of the greatest. Now, you're nothing more than junk." Metal Overlord said. "Any last words before I crush you? Perhaps you all pledging your alleigance to me?"
"Go to hell, Metal Overlard!" Koji said.
"I'd expected that from Sonic. Oh, well..." Metal Overlord said, squeezing Mazinger Z's head.
"KOJI! GET OUT OF MAZINGER Z!" Anthony shouted.
"No way! I'm not losing him again!" Koji said.
"Oh, you don't know how I'm enjoying this!" Metal Overlord said, squeezing harder. Before he could do significant damage to the mecha, a mysterious blade slashed through his arm. "GYAAAAARGH! WHO...?!" He turned to see a mech zip past him, then look at him. The robot looked like it was part alligator, part wolf and part hammerhead shark. "No..."
"M...Merrick?!" Shayla said, seeing the mech.
"That's the Predazord!" Anthony said. Before anyone could respond, a winged mech swooped in and caught Mazinger Z, then flew towards the other robots, setting it down. It had parts resembling a falcon, rhino, armadillo, and deer. "And the Isis Megazord!"
"My Rangers... they came back..." Shayla said, tears forming.
"THE WILD FORCE POWER RANGERS?!" Metal Overlord shouted. "NOOOOO! WHY WON'T YOU RANGERS WOULD JUST *DIE*!"
"When the hell did they show up?!" Ryouma said, confused. "And what's with the animals? Last I heard, they had a spaceship!"
*Different team, Ryouma.* Anthony said via telepathy.
*And you know this HOW?!* Ryouma replied
*I'll...tell you later...* Anthony said. As he said, that, the wolf creature suddenly appeared and fought off the surrounding Metallix. "What in the...? Zen-Aku?!"
"Zen-Aku?!" Crystallis replied. "Isn't that the thing that Samurai guy fights?"
"Wrong person." Anthony said.
"Hmph... I never though I was THAT well-known." Zen-Aku said, looking at the two. "So... you need help?"
"We don't need YOUR help or the help of those spandex-wearing FREAKS!" Vegeta shouted.
"Some gratatude..." Zen-Aku said.
"Grr... It doesn't matter! I have Soul Bird, and that's all I need! I don't care if the Shuffle Alliance or that Newtype pilot destroys Devil Gundam and it's pilot, I have this!" Metal Overlord said.
"And you're not leaving Animarium with it!" the Red Ranger said, the Isis Megazord pointing its giraffe arm at Metal Overlord.
"Watch me, Jungle Boy." Metal Overlord said, taking off into the sky.
"NOBLE HULAHOOP!" a female voice shouted as a beam hoop slashed through Metal Overlord's chest. As it returned to its destination, it saw it belonged to a female-looking Gundam whose body resembled the uniform the Sailor Scouts would wear.
"What the...?!" Ryoko said, seeing the Gundam. "What IS that thing?!"
"Looks like something Serena would have!" Anthony said.
"It's Neo-Sweeden's Noble Gundam!" Sayaka said.
"ALRIGHT!" Boss said, his tounge hanging out as he was seeing the Gundam. He knew who was in it: the blue-haired beauty known as Allenby Beardsly.
"You guys need any help?" Allenby said.
"Greatly appreciate it!" Tetsuya said.
"BAH! I don't care who shows up, I'll take them down!" Metal Overlord said, going airborne, wires snatching the arm Predazord severed and reattaching it. "Bring it on!"
"Alrighty, then!" Allenby said, striking a fighting pose. "You want a fight, you got it!" With that, Noble Gundam flew straight at Metal Overlord and began punching and kicking him. After awhile of this, Metal Overlord knocked her away.
"PEST!" Metal Overlord shouted. A few seconds later, he looked just in time to be impaled by Isis Megazord's Spear of Paradols. "GYARGH!"
"Release the Soul Bird! NOW!" The Yellow Ranger shouted.
"Back..." Metal Overlord grunted, pulling the spear arm out of him. "...OFF!" With all its might, he tossed the Megazord back to the ground, nearly hitting Predazord and everyone on the ground in the process.
"Woah, watch it!" Trunks shouted.
"This guy means business!" the Lunar Wolf Ranger said.
"Oh, you don't know how much." Metal Overlord said. "Mark my words, I will see that the world my master, the one you now know as Julian Kintobor, comes to being!"
"You're sick, you know that?!" Anthony shouted.
"Sick?! Bah!" Metal Overlord said. "I'm not sick, YOU ARE! Look at you, resorting to mecha to defeat someone like me!"
"He's right!" Vegeta said. "I'll tear him apart MYSELF!" Going Super Saiyan 3, he flew towards Metal Overlord and being fighting him off. As he kept blasting the robot, Vegeta saw that Metal Overlord kept regenerating his damages. "Im...POSSIBLE! I want you to DIE NOW!" He held out his hands to unleash a Final Flash.
"No, YOU die!" Metal Overlord said, firing a finger missle at Vegeta. It struck, covering him in ice and sending him crashing back to Animarium.
"FATHER!" Trunks shouted, racing to his aid.
"This is nuts! There's something we gotta do!" Crystallis said. At that, Akito's Aestivalis went airborne and rushed towards Metal Overlord. "Akito, what are you doing?!"
"Doing what I should have done: take care of this creep! YAAAAAAAAH!" Akito shouted as his Aestivalis landed on Metal Overlord. As he held on, Metal Overlord struggled to break free.
"Release me, you Gekiganger loving nincompoop!" Metal Overlord shouted.
"Huh?! How did he know that?!" Akito said, a tad surprised.
"Alright...so we got Metal Overlord... NOW WHAT?!" Crystallis said, looking at Anthony.
"I wish I knew..." Anthony said.
"Someone...anyone... can ANYONE hear me?!" a voice called out through all the com-links.
"Huh?!" Hayato said. "Who's calling?!"
[Isn't anyone WE know!] Metal Amy said.
"Listen, if anyone can hear me, PLEASE help me!" the voice said. "There's this hedgehog here wanting to beat up my former master!"
"Hedgehog? Former master?!" Crystallis said, talking in Anthony's communicator. "What does the hedgehog look like?"
"Uh, dark blue quills, black and red eyes, slightly gray muzzle..." the voice said.
"That's DragonMetal, but who...?" Crystallis said. It hit Anthony as to who's calling.
"SABA?!" Anthony shouted.
"Well, at least someone knows who I am!" Saba said. "I just woke up to see this hedgehog muttering death threats and jamming me into this device..."
"Device? What devi..." He began when the top of the mountainside that DragonMetal was tossed in exploded. Streaking into the air was a mecha comprised of six animals: a red ape, a black frog, a blue wolf, a yellow bear, a pink crane and a white falcon. "No way..."
"What the hell is that?!" Metal Overlord said, seeing the mech.
"It looks like a Gundam! Well...with the face and all..." Akito said, still holding on.
"I reconize that! It's..It's... wait, how did it go again...?" Koji said, trying to think of the robot's name.
"Ninja Mega Falconzord!" Anthony said. "But...I thought they were lost!"
"I guess they were hiding here the whole time!" Allenby said. "And that's a good thing! More help!"
"BAH! I'll destroy it, too, along with it's pilot, whomever it may be!" Metal Overlord shouted.
[Oh, really?!] Another voice said, also being picked up by communicators. Those who had viewscreens saw who said it. The head resembled DragonMetal Sonic's, except the eyes were gone and it resembled an almagation of the classic Green and White Ranger's helmets. He wore a spandex suit covered with a combination of the Dragon and Tiger Shields and metallic gloves and boots that resembled his old arms and legs.
"DragonMetal?!" Crystallis said.
[DragonMetal...you changed again!] Metal Amy said.
[DragonMetal's dead! I'm flesh and blood now! Don't call me DragonMetal Sonic anymore. It's Metalla Hedgehog for now on!] Metalla said.
"BAH! You're nothing! Why don't you just crawl back into your grave?!" Metal Overlord said, tossing Akito off at last. Metalla caught Akito and looked at his opponent.
[I can't. You attacked this peaceful place. A place that did you no harm.] Metalla said. He stopped briefly, can't believe he was going to say what he was going to say. [And as a Power Ranger, I'll make sure you're stopped once and for all!]
"Well then, Power Ranger, let's see you try!" Metal Overlord said.
"Not without help he isn't!" the Red Ranger said, having the Isis Megazord ram into Metal Overlord.
"GYAH! GET OFF ME!" Metal Overlord shouted, tossing the Megazord aside, only to get wrapped up by Noble Gundam's Beam Ribbon.
"Heh, Wonder Woman, eat your heart out!" Allenby said, holding on tightly to the robot.
"Release me, fighter!" Metal Overlord said, struggling.
"No way!" Allenby shouted as she struggled to hold on. After a few minutes, Metal Overlord thrashed around hard enough to send Allenby and the Noble Gundam flying. Metal Overlord broke free of his bonds only to have Ninja Falcon Megazord ram into him at full force. The impact, along with the damage done by Allenby and the Isis Megazord, caused the Soul Bird to break free and it spun all the way back to Animarium.
"NO! The Soul Bird!" Metal Overlord shouted as both mechs crashed to the ground. He slapped the Megazord off him and pinned him.
[Aw, what's wrong? Lost your pet?] DragonMetal said, mockingly.
"You idiot! You cost me my biggest chance at taking over this world!" Metal Overlord said. At that, began punching the Ninja Mega Falconzord in the face. "And now, I'm going to KILL YOU!" As he continued, he felt someone tap his shoulder. "Huh? What?!" He turned around just in time to see a ebon fist slam into his face, sending him flying. As he landed, what he saw surprised him. "MAZINGER Z?! That's impossible! My men took you apart!"
"Well, it takes more than that to stop Mazinger Z!" Koji said. Then, Metal Overlord saw what revived it.
"YOU HAVE THE SOUL BIRD! GIVE IT TO ME!" Metal Overlord roared as he saw that the Soul Bird was now part of the Hover Pilder.
"I don't think so, you bad ol' puddy tat!" Koji said, trying his best to mimic Tweety Bird...and failing.
"Give it BACK!" Metal Overlord roared again, racing towards Mazinger Z. As they got close, the two grabbed each others hands. "I want the Soul Bird NOW!"
"You want it? Let's see you do it in the sky!" Koji said, Mazinger lifting his arms up, raising Metal Overlord's as well. "DOUBLE ROCKET PUNCH!" With that, Metal Overlord went airborne.
"I HATE YOU!" Metal Overlord shouted. As the fists released the Metal Sonic, it activated its Iron Cutter blades and sliced off its arms and wings on its way back to Mazinger Z. Before it hit the ground, it was caught by the Predazord. "Put me down! Now!"
"If you insist." The Lunar Wolf Ranger said, making Predazord punt kick the robot. As if it was choriographed, both Akito's Aesti and the Noble Gundam struck at Metal Overlord, their attacks destroying his legs. While in the air, Metal Overlord felt something impale him in his back. He looked to see Ninja Mega Falconzord carrying him higher, its wolf arm through his body.
[Next stop: Deep Hurting Central!] Metalla shouted, punching Metal Overlord in the face, sending him to the awaiting arms of the Isis Megazord...or more specifically, the Armadillo Zord.
"Wha...? NOOOO!" Metal Overlord shouted, just mere seconds before he saw the Isis Megazord perform its finisher, the Final Strike, sending the Armadillo Zord through the Metal Sonic with the expert ease of a soccer player making a goal. "I-It's not...over. Trust...me o-on that!" With that, the robot went up in flames and exploded.
"Aw-RIGHT!" Koji shouted. "Score one for the good guys!"
"We could of handled this ourselves!" Vegeta roared, free from the ice tomb. "We didn't need you spandex-wearing FREAKS or that...DOG!"
"Hey, watch it!" Zen-Aku said, turning to Vegeta.
"No, I won't!" Vegeta said, approaching the monster. "You think you can just march in here and steal our glory!"
"Vegeta, without them we would have lost!" Anthony shouted. Vegeta didn't hear him.
"You and your kind should have died out with that floating head in a bong!" Vegeta shouted.
"Hey, watch it there, old man!" the Red Ranger said, as he and the other Rangers approached him. "You're starting to go too far."
"You want 'far'? Here's FAR!" Vegeta yelled, striking the Red Ranger in the face, sending him flying. His helmet was shattered where it would have been his face.
"COLE!" the White Ranger shouted as the others raced to his aid.
"You freaks... I'll make you PAY!" Vegeta growled as he began charging up a ki blast.
"VEGETA, NO!" Crystallis shouted as she body rammed him, sending the prince flying. Before Vegeta could get up, Trunks, Metalla and Metal Amy dogpiled him as the other pilots raced to the Ranger's aid.
"GET OFF ME NOW!" Vegeta roared.
"Vegeta, have you LOST IT?!" Anthony shouted.
"Vegeta, you've gone MAD!" Crystallis shouted as well. "The Rangers did nothing but HELP US! If it wasn't for them, Metal Overlord would have escaped with the Soul Bird and we would have lost! Dammit, Vegeta, you..." She didn't know what to say next, but one thing did come to mind. "YOU'RE ACTING LIKE FRIEZA!" That right there caused Vegeta's eyes to widen.
"You take that back!" Vegeta said in a low growl.
"No, Vegeta, she's right. All we try to do is help and you go gung-ho! And if we do help you, you consider it an attack on your pride and attack us!" Anthony said.
"Vegeta, I considered you a friend. I looked at you as someone I could trust. I thought you changed after what we went through. I was wrong." Crystallis said. She lifted up her arm and it began glowing. A second later, Vegeta's body began glowing gray, then faded as his Guardian Gem appeared in her hands. "Until I say otherwise and until you get your act right, you are no longer one of my Guardians."
"And until you get your act together, you're off the Heroes Council and you are to stay on AniEarth. Go to any of the other worlds, and we'll consider you a foe." Anthony said. "Trunks, Metalla, Metal Amy, get off him." The three got off him as Vegeta looked at the group, the flew away from Animarium. As Vegeta left their sight, Crystallis dropped to her knees, tears rolling down her face.
"I-I can't believe this had to happen... God, I can't believe I had to do that." Crystallis said, hugging herself, Sayaka and Allenby going to her side.
"Vegeta is a loose cannon. I'm not surprised something like this hasn't happened earlier." a voice said. The group turned to see a young man with black hair spiked up a bit. He wore blue jeans, a red shirt and tennis shoes. Anthony and Metalla reconised him off the bat, but it was Koji and Boss who responded first.
"Hey, I remember that guy! Wasn't he a race car driver once?!" Boss said.
"Yeah! I saw him to when I was in America for awhile!" Koji said. "Tommy Oliver, right?"
"That's right, Koji." Tommy said, grinning a bit.
"But, wait... if you're here," Koji said, pointing to the ground. "and you know them," he pointed at the Wild Force Rangers. "Then...that means..."
[He's one of them!] Metalla said, matter of factly. [He was the two Rangers I am now!]
"You got me there." Tommy said, shrugging a bit. The others looked at him in shock.
"Th-that's the legendary greatest Power Ranger of all?!" Gai said.
"Defenantly now what I thought he would be..." Ryoko said.
"Of course, even the least likeliest of people have become Power Rangers..." Tommy said.
[What are you doing here? Are you here for the Zords? You're not taking them from me! Not on your life, Oliver!] Metalla shouted.
"Woah, woah, woah! Easy, Metalla, easy!" Tommy said. "I'm not here for your Zords. I'm here to offer help to you guys."
"You are?" Metalla said, removing his helmet.
"I think we'll need all the help we can get." Tetsuya said, looking at the battle damaged Great Mazinger, Getter Dragon and Thunder Megazord. "The Metallix are getting desperate now. Who knows what they may do now."
"Agreed." Ryouma said. "With White Base and the Gundams chasing Devil Gundam, we'll need that help."
"Alright, Tommy, I think we're all in agreement. Where do we go?" Anthony said.
"Ranger Nexus." Tommy said.
"Ranger...Nexus?" Benkei said. "What's that?"
"You'll see when we get there." Tommy said. "I've already intercepted two of your allies and directed them there. Now, let's get going."