Chapter Ten: Reunions and Revenge
As night gave way to day, the Ranger Nexus once again became busy, though not with the Rangers. Seeing as many of them had went home during the night to deal with their lives, they left the base in the capible hands of the super robot team. In the Zord repairing docks, the Nadesico's engineer crew was busy finishing up the repairs on the Aestivalis' Air frames, the Great Mazinger and Getter Robo G while Tails was busy making improvements to the Tornado X. In the archives room, Metalla was busy watching battle footage of the Power Rangers' battles against the various monsters they faced over the years.
"Hmph... it's surprising how brutal these battles were compaired to what they showed on Anthony's Earth." Metalla muttered.
"They always have been, Metalla." came Princess Shayla's voice. The sudden surprised caused Metalla to nearly jump on the ceiling in shock.
"Don't DO THAT!" Metalla said. "I nearly had a heart attack!" This just caused Shayla to giggle.
"I'm sorry, Metalla. So, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Well, I've been looking up all the battle files about the Rangers to see what they've been up to." Metalla said.
"How far have you made it to?" Shayla asked.
"Uh, let's see..." Metalla muttered. As the last battle ended, the next one started. The video started fuzzy, then cleared up, revealing a red and yellowed armor creature, about 8 feet tall walkng across what was once a busy downtown area, now just a pile of rubble and flames. Metalla's eyes went wide as he saw who it was. "It's an Imperiex-Probe! This must be the battle Hayato mentioned!"
"Then, let's watch..." Shayla said. As they watched, they saw the six Astro Rangers leap at the Probe, weapons drawn. They connected solidly with the monster, but it made no damage at all. As they continued attacking, the Probe knocked the Red and Silver Rangers away with great force. The camera followed as best as it could. When it caught up with them, it showed that they were saved by two men. One was wearing a torn-up red and blue spandex outfit was a tattered red cape. The S-Shield on his chest showed that it was Superman. The other wore a badly torn orange gi with a blue shirt. The yellow hair proved that the man was none other than Goku. "Who are they?"
"Superman and Son Goku." Metalla said.
"I've heard of Superman from Max and Danny, but...who's 'Son Goku'?" Shayla asked.
"I'll explain later." Metalla said as they continued watching. They saw the two battle-weary heroes begin clobbering the probe with all their might, ending with Goku finishing it off with a Kamehameha. With that, the video ended with static.
"Soon after that battle, we decided to disband." a voice said. The two turned around to see a young man with long blonde hair wearing a gray jacket and pants and a red shirt.
"You must be Andros." Metalla said. He nodded. "Why did you disband?"
"Ani-Earth had enough protectors. When it joined with the rest of Arcadia, we figured it was time to retire and live out the rest of our lives." Andros said. "We just didn't know that so many others followed in our footsteps."
"Heh, figured." Metalla muttered. Metalla hopped out of his seat and walked out of the room. "I'm going to see how everyone else is doing."
"Just...one...more...turn...nnnnngh! There! Done!" Tails said as he finished working on the Tornado X. "Man, Metal Overlord really did a number on it!" Tails patted the machine, then flew into the cockpit, turning the plane on. "Alright, everything's up to par!"
"Tails?" A voice called out. The fox looked out to see Michiru approaching him. "Oh, there you are!"
"Uh, what's up, er... Michiru, right?" Tails asked. Michiru nodded to let him know that he got her name right.
"Well, everyone was wondering where you disappeared off to." Michiru said.
"Oh, sorry!" Tails said, laughing sheepishly. "I got carried away repairing the Tornado X."
"You repaired this!" Michiru said, shocked.
"I also built it! Well, A friend of mine helped out. Ever heard of Chuck Thorndyke?" Tails asked.
"Chuck Thorndyke?" Michiru said. She looked away, thinking. "I think my father may have mention him once or twice, but I'm not sure."
"It's okay." Tails said. "Y'know, I have some time on my hands, mind if I fix the Getter Machines?"
"Knock yourself out! I think that would be a great thing..." Michiru began to say.
"Woah, woah, woah! I don't think so, kid!" a voice called out. The two turned to see an older man with messy brown hair and wearing glasses approaching them.
"Who are you?" Tails asked.
"Seiya Urubitake, cheif engineer on the Nadesico, and my team and I can handle those machines! Why don't you go play with Ruri or that Washu kid?" he said.
"What? Are you saying I'm dumb?" Tails said, insulted.
"No, I'm saying that someone like YOU shouldn't be MESSING with delecate machines!" Seiya shouted.
"Well, YOU shouldn't be messing around with other women when you already have a WIFE!" Tails shot back, remembering something Ashura mentioned about him. This caught Seiya off guard completely. He tried to speak, but, then just marched away, muttering "Damn kids these days..."
"He had a wife!" Michiru said, shocked.
"Well, that's what Ashura said, but after seeing his reaction, I think he DID!" Tails said. "Oh, well. Off to fix the machines!" With that, Tails grabbed his tools and flew over to the awaiting Getter Machines..
In one of the rooms in the Nexus, the other pilots were busy relaxing from the hard battles they just went through. Well, almost all of them.
"GYAAAAH! I can't stand staying cooped up in here!" Koji shouted. "While we're in here, the Metallix are probably doing something horrible!"
"I understand what you're getting at, Koji, but at the moment, we can't do anything." Hayato said. "Not until we're at 100 percent fighting capability."
"So, what are we going to do until then!" Koji said.
"Well, I do have one idea..." a voice called out. The pilots turned to see a young man with messy brown hair standing there. Obviously he was working on something, as his clothes were singed and his face was dirty.
"And you are...?" Jun asked.
"Billy Cranston, former Blue Power Ranger." he said, matter of factly. "I just finished a device that would help train the various Megazords using the data of virtually every monster we've faced over the years."
"Now that sounds interesting!" Ryouma said, grinning.
"Plus, if you guys train, I'd be able to see your new machines in action. They look powerful enough to take on the Metallix by themselves." Billy said.
"Oh, I know Mazinkaiser is!" Koji said, grinning, his ego taking over. "Pick any monster, and Mazinkaiser'll squash it flat!"
"There goes Koji's ego again." Sayaka said, sighing. Billy smiled as he saw how pumped up Koji was.
"Well, then, we'll get to test run both machines!" Billy said.
A few minutes later, both Mazinkaiser and the Shin Getter Machines were outside of Ranger Nexus. The Getter Machines was circling what would be their battlefield, waiting to see who their opponent was before choosing a form. Waiting impatiently, Mazinkaiser's arms were crossed across his chest, as were Koji's.
"Alright, alright, where's the big bad monster!" Koji said.
"Would you calm down, Koji?" Benkei's voice said through one of the speakers. "We're getting 'em!"
"Fine, fine..." Koji said, sighing.
"Alright, you guys..." Billy's voice called out through the speakers. "You ready?"
"Let's do this!" Koji said, grabbing the controls to the mech as Mazinkaiser went into a fighting pose. A few seconds later, the four saw their opponent. It was a gigantic winged monkey with golden armor and an ebon sword.
"Your opponent is Goldar. More or less the second of command for both Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd, none of the teams were able to defeat him until Zordon's sacrifice destroyed him once and for all." Billy said.
"All I want to know is, where's the Wicked Witch of the West?" Ryouma muttered. "Alright, let's do this! Benkei, you first!"
"Great! I've been itching for action!" Benkei shouted as the Getter Machines flew higher, then dived to the group. "CHANGE SHIN GETTER-3! SWITCH ON!" With that, the machines began the transformation. Hayato's machine landed on the ground, the back of the plane becoming large tank treads. Ryouma's machine entered in a special attachment, becoming the torso. Benkei's was last, entering behind Ryouma's machine and forming the head and arms.
"BWA-HAHAHAHAHA! You think your pathetic little Zords can stop me?" Goldar laughed as he saw the two machines.
"Mazinkaiser is NO ZORD! PHOTON BEAM!" Koji shouted. At the same time, Mazinkaiser's eyes lit up and fired beams of gold energy, powerful enough to flash fry many monsters, but Goldar blocked it with his sword. "No way!"
"Nice trick, but I can do that, too!" Goldar said, holding his hand over his eyes, then pulling it away, energy beams shooting from it. The beams struck Mazinkaiser square in the chest and sent him flying.
"Hey, you can't do that!" Benkei shouted. Shin Getter-3 pulled back and two panels on the treads flew open revealing dozens of micro missles. "MISSLE STORM!" With that, Shin Getter-3 fired off its missles, striking Goldar and the area around him. "Now, while he's stunned..." As the barrage ended, Benkei made Shin-3 move towards Goldar and its arms wrapped around the monkey.
"Wh...what's going on!" Goldar said, struggling to break free.
"This! GREAT SNOW MOUNTAIN STORM!" Benkei shouted. With that, Shin-3 began twisting Goldar around and around, ending with tossing him in the air. What caught the pilot by surprise was that he wasn't coming down. "Hey, where'd he go!" He got his answer when he saw Goldar dive at him, sword first. "WOAH! OPEN GATE!" The Getter Machines seperated just as Goldar crashed into the ground.
"BLAST IT!" Goldar roared.
"How about 'FIRE BLAST IT!'?" Koji shouted, causing the monkey to look up, seeing Mazinkaiser's bat winged chest plates light up. "FIRE BLASTER!" With that, Mazinkaiser fired its ultimate attack at the monkey sending him flying, but barely scuffing his armor. "Man, he's tough! No wonder the Rangers had such a hard time!"
"Well, I think it's time to get serious!" Ryouma said. "CHAAAAANGE SHIN GETTER-1! SWITCH ON!" With that, the Getter Machines flew up into the sky. Benkei's machine entered Hayato's, creating the legs, arms and torso, then the two connected with Ryouma's forming the chest and head. The machine as a whole resembled the classic Getter Robo, except more buffer. As it finished. a set of demon wings shot out from its back instead of the usual cape.
"What kind of machine is that!" Goldar said, surprised.
"Your worst nightmare." Ryouma said. "GETTER TOMAHAAAAAWK!" From it's right shoulder, a long bar shot from a certain spot. Shin-1 grabbed it and began spinning it, forming two ax blades at the top. When it was finished, the machine doved down at Goldar, wound back, then slashed at the monkey, only to block it with his sword.
"Nice try, humans! But, you'll never succeed!" Goldar said.
"That's where you're wrong! TURBO SMASHER PUNCH!" Koji shouted. Goldar looked to see the right fist of Mazinkaiser rocket towards his sword, its forearm spinning like a drill, the power of the punch shattering it, allowing Shin-1 to slice Goldar's armor.
"Got 'em! GETTER BEAAAAAAM!" Ryouma shouted. From the belly of Shin-1, a panel opened up, showing an energy projector. It began gathering energy, then fired a green bolt at Goldar, sending him flying with his armor shattered. "What do you think we should do now?"
"I say we test out Stoner Sunshine..." Hayato said.
"You think that's a good idea?" Benkei asked.
"Only one way to find out." Ryouma said, grinning, then making Shin-1 fly up into the air. It, then, threw its arms in the air, its hands close together. As it did, energy started forming in its hands, condencing into a massive ball. It dropped its arms into a fireball throwing pose
"What in the world...!" Goldar roared.
"STONER...! SUN...! SHIIIIIIIIIIIIINE!" The Getter team shouted. Thrusting its left arm forward, it launched the energy ball at Goldar. Mazinkaiser crossed its arms as the ball struck the golden monkey, pure Getter energy tearing him apart. At the end, the ball exploded, disintergrating the monster and nearly sending Shin Getter and Mazinkaiser into the mountain side.
"WHOOOOOOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!" Koji shouted. "Man, that was AWESOME!"
"And if it wasn't for Merc and Sabian, we COULD have done this earlier!" Hayato said. "That, and none of this would have happened..." As he said that, they heard something metal clapping. The two bots turned to see something in the dust cloud.
"Who's there!" Ryouma said.
I'm sure you'd like to know, wouldn't you? The voice said. The figure stepped towards the heros, showing that they were stairing at the mighty Cyclopsis.
"Hooooly..." Koji muttered out.
"Everyone! Get out of there!" the voice of Billy called out. "You CAN'T handle Cyclopsis by yourself!"
"Cyclopsis...?" Benkei repeated.
"I've heard of that!" Hayato said. "And if this is the same one, we just MIGHT be outclassed here!"
"Why do you say that!" Koji said. "He doesn't look so tough!"
"Attack him once and that attack won't hurt him again!" Hayato said.
Correct, pilot. Cyclopsis' pilot said. Tell me, is the Gamemaster around?
"Why would YOU want to know!" Koji asked defiently. A panel opened up on Cyclopsis, showing the person inside...Robotnik. "No way... Billy? Is Anthony there!"
"Right here. Why?" Billy asked.
"Is he looking at Cyclopsis right now?"
"Yeah, I am..." Anthony said "...but, that can't be him! The Companions and I took care of him!"
Ah, so I see you HAVE seen me! Robotnik said.
"How did you survive, Robotnik!" Anthony shouted.
A great little plan, if I do say so. Robotnik said. You see, I knew there was a small chance that I might lose that fateful day, so Snively and I uploaded our personalities into one of my backup computers. As you defeated my flesh and blood self and returned him to that SNIVELLING shell of an Overlander, we escaped to a backup factory. We planned to begin our counterattack there, but when that blasted wolf Lupe escaped and warned you, I was forced to retreat! Soon, we were left stranded in a dying laptop until Metal Overlord rescued us. Now, revenge will be mine. By the end of the day, you will be dead, I will be back in my old body, and ARCADIA WILL BE MINE! With that, he started laughing his head off.
"Heh, you and WHAT army?" Koji said, defiantly.
Me and THIS army! Robotnik said, Metallix walking out of the smoke. Surrender now, and I just MIGHT roboticize you into higher working Workerbots when I take over.
"Want our answer for that?" Ryouma said. "Let's give it to 'em! GETTER TOMAHAWK BARRAGE!" With that, Shin Getter Robo began tossing Getter Tomahawks at high speeds at the Metallix, chopping them down like logs.
"GIGANT MISSILE!" Koji shouted, launching another missle, decimating the robots.
"Aw, man! I can't believe this!" Anthony said, watching the two mechs battling. "Robotnik...still alive and kicking... I've gotta go out there and stop him once and for all!"
"But with what?" Billy asked. "I don't even think you're capable of piloting even a basic Zord!"
"I've got to do something!" Anthony said.
"Anthony!" the voice of Metalla called out, Emi and the now-weaker Crystallis right behind him. In his hands was Saba. Anthony was slightly shocked to see this new pink hedgehog running around, but he figured he'd question that later. "Anthony, right now, in Crysty's condition, I can't go out there. Not until we find Vegeta." He held Saba out handle first. "Take Saba and Tigerzord. Emi'll join you in Thunder Megazord."
"Are you sure?" Anthony said, grabbing Saba.
"Positive. Don't worry, I'll watch over Crystallis." Metalla said.
"Metalla, be careful..." Emi said, worried.
"Oh, come on, Emi! I'm one part Sonic, one part Tommy! What's the worst that could happen!" Metalla said, Sonic's cockiness comnig through. "Don't worry, it'll be fine."
"Alright..." Emi said. "C'mon, Anthony."
"Uh, right." Anthony said, still looking at Emi. With that, the two headed for the docking bay. As they did, Anthony's communicator went off.
"Anthony, you read me?" came Washu's voice.
"Yeah, I'm here. What's up?" Anthony replied.
"All the mechs are at battle ready, but we're having a change of plans. The Metallix are trying to break through the main doors, so we can't deploy there!" Washu said.
"Oh, great..." Anthony said. "Any other ways out?"
"Not that I can see..." Washu said.
"Wait! Metalla and I found this large cannon on the east side of the compound..." Emi said.
"Of course! The Zeo Zord Launcher!" Anthony said. "You hear that, Washu?"
"Loud and clear!" Washu said. "According to my computer, there's already a Zord waiting, named Warrior Wheel..."
"That should help Koji and the Getter Team until we deploy!" Anthony said.
"Alright, we'll launch that, then set up the other mecha!" Washu said. "Washu out!"
"At least that's taken care of..." Anthony said. As he said that, he saw Emi raced ahead. "Hey, where you going?"
"Where do you think?" Emi said, as she did, her morpher appeared. "METAL AMY, ARMOR UP!" Hitting the same combination that activated the Space Rangers' powers, the Metal Amy armor appeared over.
"Holy... Metal Amy was actually a real live hedgehog!" Anthony said, shocked. Shaking the surprise away, Anthony activated his Decendancy Powers and followed right behind. As they got to the hangar, they saw that a group of Metallix had already broken in and was battling Allenby and the other available Rangers. "Dammit! They broke in!"
We've gotta help them! Metal Amy shouted. With that, she lept down, her hammer brandished and aided the heroes. As Anthony watched, he heard two female screams, one from the control room, the other within the hangar.
"Crystallis...! And Princess Shayla! Oh, man..." Anthony said, trying to figure out who to go after.
"Help Shayla! Billy and I can handle it!" Metalla shouted from the control room.
"Alright!" Anthony said, racing ahead to find the Tornado X in its walker mode swatting back Metallix left and right. Underneath it was Shayla, watching as Tails fought off the machines. "Tails! Shayla! Hold on!" With that, Anthony lept down and slashed downward with Saba, cutting a few of the Metallix in half. Landing, he turned and fired a hail of Force Blasts to scatter them.
"There's no way you two can handle them by yourselves!" Shayla said. "We have to retreat!"
"I know! But, to where!" Anthony asked.
"Hey, guys!" Tails said. "I'm getting a message! It's the Gundam team! They're almost here and they brought help!"
"Thank the stars..." Shayla said.
At the battlefield, Robotnik watched as Mazinkaiser and Shin Getter continued to fight off the Metallix. Shin Getter was constantly going through all three of its modes while Mazinkaiser had hit its Mazin Mode and was using its ultimate weapon, Kaiser Blade.
Nyeheheheheheh... pathetic humans. Don't they realized that it's all futile? Robotnik said. They should have surrendered while they had the chance!
Master Robotnik! Three new combatants entered the battlefield! One's listed as 'Warrior Wheel', another as 'Wing Gundam' and the third... A Metal Sonic said.
Yes? What about the third? Robotnik asked.
It isn't a mech! It's alive and it's moving at incredible speeds! The Metal Sonic said.
No...no, it couldn't be! Robotnik said, turning Cyclopsis around. He saw a large dustcloud racing towards the battlefield. While Wing Gundam was visible, the other one wasn't. Destracted, the Warrior Wheel went into its battle mode and tackled Cyclopsis, sending it stumbling to the ground. Blasted machine! He knocked it away and returned to looking at the dust cloud, only to see a pair of green eyes stairing at him. GYAHHHHH!
"Got a call a few minutes ago from some Billy guy saying that Robotnik was here. You seen him?" the person said.
No...no...no...NOOOOOOO! I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG! ALL METALLIX UNITS! FORGET THE MACHINES, KILL SONIC! Robotnik shouted. As he did, Cyclopsis tried to squash Sonic, only to hit himself in the face as Sonic backflipped away and dropped to the ground.
"Yep, found the Eggman!" Sonic said. As he landed, he saw the Metallix units flying toward him. "Oh, this is too easy!" With that, he went Super Sonic 2, only to suddenly power down to Super Sonic. "HUH! What gives! Something must have happened to Crystallis!" Before he could say anything else, he flew upward to dodge the stampede of Metallix units. Wing Gundam flew upward, went into Gundam mode and fired its Buster Rifle at the Metallix, obliterating them.
"Ha HA! Too easy!" said its pilot, Seiyuka.
"Way to go, Sei...!" Sonic said, before seeing a Metallix dropping from above. "SEIYUKA! WATCH OUT!"
"Huh!" Seiyuka said, turning to see it. A few seconds later, a bazooka shell slammed into the robot, destroying it.
"Seiyuka, you've got to focus on the battle more!" came the voice of Amuro Rey. He was inside a black and white Gundam with fins attached to its left shoulder.
"That's the Nu Gundam!" Hayato said. "Amuro, are the others coming!"
"They should be here...now!" Amuro replied. The fighters watched as the six Mobile Fighters, the original Gundam, the GP-01Fb, the Devil Gundam and another Gundam, the GP-03 Dendrobium Stamen.
"Sorry, we're late! Had some trouble back in Japan!" Chibodee said.
"Is everyone here alright?" George asked.
"We're fine here." Koji said, "But the Gamemaster, Allenby, Trunks, Crystallis and the Power Rangers are in deep trouble inside!"
"POWER RANGERS!" Kou shouted, nearly halting the GP-03 in shock. "They exist!"
"Long story...!" Koji said.
"Doesn't matter, we'll go in and help them!" Domon said. He turned to see the Gundam, GP-01, Wing and Devil race to Ranger Nexus. "Ooooor, they will."
Heheheheh... let them go. the voice of Robotnik called out. The Gundam pilots turned to see Cyclopsis looming over them. Rain gave out a loud shriek. I was wondering when I was going to meet Amuro Rey and the great Shuffle Alliance.
"You must be Robotnik!" Sai shouted.
"This world's?" Rain said. "But, he sounds so much different. So...evil."
That's right, my dear. I'm not "Eggman". I am Doctor Ivo Robotnik, the once great ruler of Mobius and soon, ruler of Arcadia! he said.
"Now I know which one you are!" Amuro said. "You're the one who killed all those innocent Mobians with your Roboticizer! Well, your reign of terror ends RIGHT HERE AND NOW!" With that, the Nu Gundam holsters his Nu Hyper Bazooka and unsheathes his main beam saber, then charges at Cyclopsis. Leaping in the air, Nu Gundam began hacking and slashing at the mech, then kicking him away after the last slash. "FIN FUNNELS, GO!" With that, the fins on Nu Gundam's back detached, folded itself into a certain position, then flew towards Cyclopsis, firing energy beams at it.
"Allow me to aid you, Amuro!" George said. "ROSE BITS, GO!" With that, the cape on George's Rose Gundam opened up, allowing a number of various rose shaped bits to launch out, unfurl, and attack Cyclopsis with the Fin Funnels.
Guh... blasted Newtypes! Robotnik growled, swatting Nu Gundam away, only to get a faceful of fists from Maxter and Bolt Gundams ARGH!
"Something's wrong about this thing..." Argo said. "It's like..."
"What?" Chibodee asked.
"...it's alive." Argo said.
Alive? Yes it is... Robotnik said. Alive with the attacks you've given me!
"What!" Amuro said, shocked.
"How can that be!" Domon said.
You know your ally, DragonMetal Sonic? That amazing abilty of his, "Attack Adaptation System", also runs through this machine's body! Robotnik said. At that, panels flew open on Cyclopsis, releasing bits into the air. Heh, what's that phrase? Oh, yeah... "Anything you can do, I can do better"! Bits, DESTROY! With that, the bits raced towards the seven Gundams, causing them to scatter for their lives.
Inside Ranger Nexus, the heroes inside were caught in a losing battle. As more and more Metal Sonics entered the building, the group was forced into a defensive position, espeically since the other robots were still loading in the cannon.
"I can't believe this! How could we have been so foolish?" Tommy shouted, kicking a Metal Sonic away.
You're human. Imperfect. We're Metallix. PERFECT! A Metal Sonic shouted as it lepted toward Tommy.
"Perfect this! Zee-KIYAH!" Tommy shouted, jump kicking the Metal Sonic in the face, sending him into a girder.
"I wish we had time to morph!" Billy shouted.
I'll hold them off! Metal Amy said, getting in front of the group.
"Emi..." Metalla began to say.
I'll be fine. Just go! Metal Amy said.
"Don't worry, I'll join her!" Allenby said, dropping into a fighting pose.
"Alright, just be careful!" Anthony said. With that, the others ran off as the other two prepared to fight off the Metallix.
Allenby? Metal Amy said.
"Yeah?" Allenby replied.
You scared? Metal Amy said, that hint of fear in her voice.
"Better to be scared than anything else..." Allenby said. "Ready?"
Let's do this... Metal Amy said.
"Let's GO!" Allenby said. With that, the two raced into the crowd of Metallix.
At another part of the Nexus, the heroes were making good distance away from the invading Metallix. As they did, they found themselves blocked off at almost every turn.
"Damn! Why now?" Trunks said as another room lead to a dead end.
"We're running out of room!" Tails shouted. He stopped the Tornado X and turned it to face the approaching Metallix. "Go! I'll be fine!"
"Alright, Tails, we're trusting you!" Tommy shouted as the others raced on. Soon, they found themselves trapped in the weapons storeroom. "No! No, no, no, no..."
"Trapped..." Shayla said, dropping to her knees. "The Metallix have won."
"Oh, how right you are, Princess." a familiar voice called out. The group gasped as they saw Metal Overlord approach them.
"It's Overlord!" Crystallis shouted. The group gasped even more as he tossed the fallen bodies of Emi, Allenby and Tails to them. Emi's helmet was torn off and her armor in shambles, only leaving her torso pieces intact. Allenby's outfit was torn and her vest missing and Tails' fur was covered in red at places.
"EMI!" Metalla shouted.
"Allenby...Tails..." Trunks said, shocked.
"They're alive. For now." Metal Overlord said. He held out his hand. "Rangers, your Morphers. Crystallis, your gems. Gamemaster, your Medalion and sword. Trunks, your sword as well. Hand them over and we'll let you all live. For the time being."
"What do we do?" Zen-Aku asked.
"You do nothing!" A voice called out. The Metallix turned to find that they were surrounded from behind... by one really beat up Saiyan Prince.
"He came back..." Anthony muttered, shocked.
"Vegeta..."
"So, the Saiyan Prince returns..." Metal Overlord said. "What are you gonna do? Hmm? You're weak. I can tell."
"This." Vegeta said, ramming his fist through a Metal Sonic and detonating its core, causing a small explosion, taking out a few others.
"Vegeta, you nut!" Anthony said, lowering his Barrier that he erected mere seconds before Vegeta pulled the stunt.
"So, you think you're so tough, huh?" Metal Overlord said. "Well, here's TOUGH!" With that, Metal Overlord thrusted his claws into Vegeta, the Saiyan Prince too weak to even dodge.
"FATHER!" Trunks shouted.
"You MURDERER!" Metalla shouted. Racing at top speed at him, he lept in the air and kicked Metal Overlord, his momentum knocking him away from his victim. As they went farther, Metalla began rapidly kicking the robot in the back, putting all his strength and anger into it. With one last kick, he sent Metal Overlord flying back into the hanger and into a girder. "You'll pay for Vegeta's death!"
"Try it!" Metal Overlord shouted. With that, the two raced at each other and began fighting.
"Father! Father! Hang in there!" Trunks shouted.
"No...no... this is my fault." Anthony said, in shock. "I shouldn't of done what I did..."
"Don't...don't blame yourself." Vegeta gasped. "It was my fault. Not yours."
"Vegeta... please..." Crystallis said. "If you die...I die." Her strength weakening, she grabbed his Guardian Gem and held it out. "Take it back..."
"I...I don't deserve it." Vegeta said.
"Vegeta...please... I'm begging yo...ggghh..." Crystallis said before the pain got too intense.
"They're both fading!" Trunks shouted.
"Vegeta, please, you have to!" Anthony shouted.
Too...late... A surviving Metal Sonic said. The group turned to see the battle damaged robot aiming with an arm cannon. Now... die... With the last of its energy it fired a charged shot at the group. With a big explosion, the Metal Sonic staggered to stand up from the force. As it subsided, it grinned at its job... only to look in fear as two energy blasts shot through the dust cloud and into its body. The last thing the robot saw was the dust cloud dissapating, showing Vegeta and Crystallis standing there, their hands out. N... noooo...
"Miserable hedgehog!" Metal Overlord shouted, slashing at Metalla. Completely oblivious to the action, the two hedgehogs went at it, tearing the Nexus apart in their wake.
"Miserable hedgehog? You HAVE been hanging around that Robotnik for too long!" Metalla said, flip kicking Metal Overlord, nearly causing him to fall over. In his daze, Metal Overlord was struck with Metalla's own Sonic Spin, which sent him into a girder. As Metalla went for the finishing blow, Metal Overlord came to and grabbed Metalla's neck, slamming him into the metal ground.
"Now, you faker, it's time you die..." Metal Overlord said, raising a claw into the air, only to have it slashed. "YEAAAARGH!"
"Back off from the hedgehog before the rest of your arm goes with your hand!" a voice shouted. Metal Overlord turned to see Sabian and Seiyuka standing there along with two others, Merc and Angel. Hanging on to Merc was a still-weakened Ashura. In Merc's hand was the Guardian Blade, the thing that cut off Metal Overlord's hand.
"So, you freed Sabian, eh?" Metal Overlord said.
"Yeah, and we're gonna free... whoever that is..." Sabian said.
"I can handle this..." Metalla said, kicking Metal Overlord away. Leaping up, he grabbed his morpher, ready to transform, despite the possible threat to Crystallis. "Alright, let's do this! IT'S..."
"Hold on, Metalla, let me take care of him..." a female voice called out.
"No..." Metal Overlord muttered in fear as he saw Crystallis advance towards them, garbed in her Guardian Maiden armor. Right behind her was Vegeta, Anthony, Allenby, the demorphed Emi, and the other Rangers. Riding on Trunks' shoulders was Tails, who was slowly coming to. "NO! You're supposed to be dead!"
"Crysty..." Ashura muttered.
"You think something like you can stop me? I don't think so!" Metal Overlord said, his confidence skyrocketing as he flew towards her, only to run into a quickly erected energy barrier.
"Well, I think so..." Crystallis said, grinning. With a burst of ki, she sent the robot flying out of Nexus. "I think that takes care of them..." As she dusted her hands off, she saw Ashura letting go of Merc and stumbling over to her. "Ashura!"
"Hey, Crysty... you actually think I'd miss the party?" he muttered, collapsing in her arms as she raced over to him.
"Ashura, I'd oughtta kill you for doing that..." Crystallis said. "Then... then again..." Her voice began to break. Ashura got to his feet and looked at her.
"Crystallis, what's wrong?" Ashura asked. Then, she broke down into tears.
"I was so scared! I punished myself for punishing Vegeta and I couldn't fix it!" Crystallis said. "I almost died because of it" Ashura embraced her as she cried.
"It's okay, I'm here..." Ashura said. "You think you can go on?"
"But... but what about you? You can barely stand!" Crystallis said.
"That didn't stop him!" Angel said. "Even when that Rain girl threatened him with a pistol, he kept on going!"
"Heheheh... that's my Ashura." Crystallis said, laughing between tears.
"We'll do the reunions later. We still have to deal with the Metallix...and Robotnik." Anthony said.
"Eggman? No big deal." Vegeta said, grinning.
"Not that Robotnik..." Anthony said, trailing off. This caused Vegeta's eyes to go wide.
"You don't mean..." Vegeta started.
"Him." was all Anthony said. Vegeta growled, charged up to Super Saiyan 3, then raced out of the Nexus. "Well, I think the tide's gonna change..."
"Gamemaster! Come in, Gamemaster!" Washu's voice came over his communicator. "What's going on in there?"
"Everything's okay now, Washu." Anthony said.
"Good! The Aestivalis, Mazinger and Getter units have been launched as have the Nadesico. We're waiting for Noble and Thunder Mega now." Washu said.
"They're coming... along with some well-needed help." Tommy said, grabbing Anthony's arm and pulling the communicator close.
"Does this mean what I think it means?" Washu said, a bit of happiness in her voice.
"You bet." was all Tommy said before communications cut off. "Anthony, you and the others go ahead and launch. We'll catch up with you."
"Well..." Trunks began to say.
"If you're worried about Shayla, I'll watch over her." Zen-Aku said.
"Alright, we're counting on you." Anthony said. With that, the group began to race off. As they did, Metalla let out a sigh.
"Metalla?" Emi asked.
"It's alright. Just can't believe I'm gonna do this..." Metalla said, grabbing his morpher.
"Ready guys?" Tommy asked the other Rangers. They all nodded, knowing what was next. "Let's do it!"
"IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!"
"SHIFT INTO TURBO!"
"LET'S ROCKET!"
"LIGHTSPEED! RESCUE!"
"TIME FOR! TIME FORCE!"
"QUANTUM POWER!"
"WILD ACCESS!"
"DRAGONMETAL, HENSHIN!"
"METAL AMY ARMOR UP!"
As if what they were going to do next never left them, the transformed heroes dropped into fighting poses and, with a bit of excitement in their voices, they shouted, "POWER RANGERS!"
"Ooooh, man... doesn't that make me feel younger again..." Both Ashura and Anthony said.
"That just makes me sick..." Merc muttered.