Mathais: Hmmm... I wonder if people like this story.
Jace: Probably.
Cassy: Hopefully.
Adriana: Where's Lina and Alex?
Justin: They're out.
Mathais: All right. I don't own the Power Rangers of any series. They belong to Saban, etc. These particular Elemental Powers do belong to me, however.
Justin: And onto the fic!
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Dear Journal,
It's Justin. How ya doing? I feel like I'm on a permanent high every since we retrieved Storm Blaster and Lightning Cruiser from Divatox. Lightning Cruiser went to look for TJ though. Anyway, I'm so happy. I literally bounced to school a couple days afterward. Adriana stopped be though. It was embarrassing to do that for a week straight. Hey... Adriana is here! Gotta go.
~Justin
"Hey Adriana." Justin slid his journal into his backpack.
"Hey Justin." Adriana slung her arm over Justin's shoulder and peeked at what he was drawing.
"Hey!" Justin closed his sketchbook with a blush. "My drawings are bad."
"They can't be much worse than mine. Matters of the soul ain't my job."
"Nor is it mine." Justin retorted.
Adriana quirked a smile. "Hey Jace's coming over."
"Hey guys." Jace smiled. They were currently in art class, a class in which all six Elementalists shared. "Wanna see my latest sketches?" A book was slipped into Justin's hands as Jace moved off toward Cassy, another book in his hands. "Be sure to check the last page."
Justin leafed through the pages, amazed at the drawings. Intense pictures of animals posing in attack positions. He read the notes that came with each picture. "Orange Phoenix Beastzord. No relation to Pink Firebird Thunderzord. Capable of firing blasts of fire from mouth, flaming feathers from wings, shoot lasers from eyes, and return consciousness to friends with a feather from the tail. Most heat-withstanding."
"Silver Eagle Beastzord. Quickest in the sky and most air-maneuverable. Has missiles implanted in wings, sharp talons, laser beam firing eyes, and can flap wings to create tornadoes." Adriana read off, looking at the beautifully colored drawings.
"Aqua Serpent Beastzord." Justin continued. "Aquatic speed. Long tail, water blasts from the tip of tail, oxygen missiles from mouth, energy beams from wings on head."
"Purple Bear Beastzord. No relation to the Yellow Bear Ninjazord. Able to survive the coldest weathers. Can shoot ice spikes form back, frost lasers from eyes, intense armor, and ice sheet from feet."
"Gold Lion Beastzord. No relation to the Black Lion Thunderzord. Extremely quick and can draw power during a storm. Can shoot lightning bolts from body, fire enemy blasts from mouth, unleash hordes of missiles, and cause a thunderstorm to kick up." Lina came up and saw.
"Brown Bull Beastzord. Durable and can melt into the earth. Shoots blasts of earth energy from horns, fires eye lasers, small tail can hit the ground causing mild quakes, and can slam into the ground, making huge quakes." Alex read that description.
"These are impressive." Adriana nodded.
"Absolutely." Justin agreed. "There are also Megazord specifications here. Though I don't know how on Earth are we going to power all of this."
"Didn't Jace say to read the last page?" Adriana asked.
"Yeah." Justin flipped to the end and gasped as his eyes scanned over the letter.
"What does it say?" Alex asked.
Justin, I hope you like the sketches. The new Zords, or the 'Beastzords', use a more normal cockpit. The 'Humanist Megazord' and 'Beastist Megazord' also uses a more conventional cockpit that I copied over what you described from the notes from the Megazords of the past. You have seen the designs.
But this is not why I told you to read the note. Spread this to the others and at all costs, DO NOT USE THE LINK. We're on a magical nexus here and I don't want to risk anything. Meet Cassy and me after school about at Phil's Young Hangout. We'll explain there.
-Jace
"Alex?" Lina slid her gaze over to the boy next to her.
"Adriana?" Alex's eyes darted over to the blonde girl.
"Justin." It wasn't a question.
"Let's go. I have a suspicion that something is really wrong." Justin said.
"Right." The rest agreed.
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"So Jace, what's up?" The six met at Phil's Young Hangout, Boston's equivalent to Ernie's Youth Center. Jace and Justin were currently talking privately.
"Look, me and Cassy had Zeta give us a scan of our school, Boston Middle." Jace pulled out some maps after taking a bite of his third hamburger. "Sorry if we had disobeyed some kind of rule."
"No problem." Justin smiled then bit into his third helping of fries.
"Anyway... Look at this." Jace spread out the printed maps. "Recognized this color?"
"A large magic nexus." Justin murmured.
"Right. One only slightly smaller than the one under the park and the one which our underground Control Base is in." Jace drew his finger over to another color. "And what's this?"
"I like games, but this is ridiculous." Justin cried. "It's an illusion spell!"
"Yes, but that's exactly where we stumbled upon when the Dark Elementalists attacked all those months ago."
"Exactly?" Justin sat down in his chair in shock. "We went into a hidden room? With all those crystals?"
"It's..." Jace was interrupted Phil came up to them.
"Hey boys." Phil greeted.
"Hey Phil." The two hid the maps and continued eating.
"I don't understand how you can eat all that and not get fat." Phil shook his head.
"We're thirteen-year-olds. What do you expect?" Justin smirked.
"Right..." Phil didn't believe this, but the two were saved when intense techno music filtered over to them.
"Alex." All three said at the same time as they turned to the boy at the music.
Alex was dancing a fast-paced beat. His strong steps hit the ground at quick intervals. His upper body gave motion, making the dance all the better. Many eyes stopped to stare at the thirteen-year-old who's tall and lean frame told of recent growth spurts, much like what Jace and Justin went through. Justin noticed that Lina had stopped from her favorite thing, sparring, to look at Alex. Jace saw who was playing the music and smiled dreamily. Cassy was working as best she could a synthesizer to play the appropriate music. When the song finished, intense clapped sounded Alex bowed and smiled to the crowd. A couple catcalls came from the younger girls, but Lina immediately went up to Alex and shot a warning glare out. Adriana walked up to Cassy and congratulated her. Phil left and the two continued to talk.
"Back to what I was saying, those crystals are magical. If we could get the ones we were drawn to, those could be used to power our Zords. I'm not lying."
"Really?"
"Really. Last night of the waning crescent is tonight though."
"Tomorrow, we'd be powerless." Justin muttered.
"Almost. Our main source to get extra power will be gone at night. We have to get this tonight."
"Right." Justin nodded.
Suddenly, a six-toned beep filled the air. Justin and Jace immediately gathered their things and left with Cassy, Alex, Adriana, and Lina.
"What's up Zeta?" After the six had located an empty alleyway, they opened their communicator lines in their morphers.
"Monsters are loose in the power plant. We can't get a lock on whatever is in there."
"We're in blind?" Adriana cried incredulously.
"And deaf." Kamion's tone was dry. "The building is totally shut down with electrical interference. Backup generators are what's keeping the city alight. You'll lose contact with us."
"Great..." Lina muttered.
"Let's go guys!" Justin cried. "We have to take care of this somehow!"
"Element Morph!"
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"Geez." Lina muttered as the six Rangers walked in the dark corridors.
"Heat scan activate." Justin whispered. His visor glowed orange and he saw heat patterns according to an x-y-z plane. "We've got... Dang! Twelve monsters roaming in here!"
"What?" All other five screeched.
"Twelve monsters and not pretty." Justin sighed. Then he went into a battle stance. "Orange Fire Sword!"
The others summoned their weapons as their first enemy charged down the corridor in front of them. The monster was a pink female dragon with harsh black stripes.
"A Magnadramon?" Jace cried.
"Huh?" Justin was surprised.
"A digimon." Jace grumbled. "One of the most powerful dragons ever. Uses fire attacks. I'll deal with this one!" Jace cried as he ran forward.
"Got'cha!" The other five dashed down the corridor and Jace leapt into the air.
"My name is Darkmagnadramon. Fire Tornado!" A large fire tornado caught Jace in mid-air and he was thrown backwards from the force of it. He stood back up, albeit wearily. Jace ran forward and whacked Darkmagnadramon with the tip of his staff before slamming the staff to the ground and using the force to plow his feet into her. The monster roared and sent into fire tornado at Jace. He spun his staff in rapid circles, dispersing the fire, but not without burning his hands first. "Ouch." Jace quickly dropped his staff and held his hands forward. "Healing Salve!" Water magic flowed into his hands, healing the burns before picking his staff up. This was rewarded with Darkmagnadramon plowing head first into him. Jace was flung back into the wall and left a nice Ranger-sized dent there. He rolled out of the way of another fire tornado and held his hands out before him. "Water Dragons!" His hands started to glow an aqua color and several dragons comprised solely of water flew out of his hands. They struck the evil dragon, hurting her and making her fur wet. Darkmagnadramon snarled as she started to spin in a circle. "Fire Tempest!" The dragon roared as flame sprung up all around her. Jace muttered a quick water shield spell and it encased him in a bubble of water before the massive flaming strike flew forward. The attack slammed into him, sending him through several walls and he landed rather harshly on the ground. Hope you guys are doing better. Jace groaned as another figure appeared in the doorway.
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The five that were charging forward met with another monster.
"Geez. I might not be a Digimon Analyzer, but that's a Vikemon." Alex huffed.
"What type of attacks does it use?" Justin asked, but his question was answered.
"Blackvikemon. Artic Blizzard!" A large storm of ice shards flew into the group.
"Heat Storm!" A blast of heat disintegrated all the shards. "Go! I'll handle this one!" Justin cried as sword clashed with axe.
"Do well!" The other four cried as they ran ahead.
"Feel the power of Mjolnir!" Blackvikemon was an armored gorilla with a powerful axe. He roared as his axe came crashing down. Justin managed to dodge the attack and slash the lumbering beast's back. The large armor, however, blocked the attack. Blackvikemon brought his axe and it hit Justin in the side. His spandex suit took a heavy blow as Justin was thrown several feet. "Artic Blizzard!" A blast of ice shards flew from his mouth, but they were quickly countered. "Flame Bullets!" Each ice shard was countered with a blast of pure fire and several managed to hit Blackvikemon. This only aggravated the monster, however, and he charged. "Viking Axe!" The axe began to glow an icy blue color and it was swiped at Justin. Deftly dodging the strike, Justin slammed the hilt of his sword into Blackvikemon's hand. The axe dropped to the ground and into the next floor. Wincing, Justin wasn't ready for the fist that slammed into his head. Summoning enough concentration, he thrust his hands out. "Salamdra Quartet!" Four flaming lizards shot out and slammed Blackvikemon down the corridor. Justin landed in a crumpled heap on the ground and he felt blood splatter on the inside of his helmet. Using his sword as leverage, he stood up, only to see another figure charging down the hallway.
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"Another one?" Lina cried as she leapt out of the way of a blast of earth headed their way.
"One of us needs to make it to the center!" Cassy called. "If we can find what they want here, then we can stop it!"
"Grankuwagamon." Alex growled. "Thankfully, Jace made me watch all those digimon episodes and read all those Japanese translations. This one uses plenty of earth and dimension attacks!"
"I got this one." Adriana growled. "Wind Daggers!" Daggers made of wind surrounded Adriana's palm and shot forward. They struck the giant gray bug with black stripes. "Move!"
"Take care of yourself!" Alex called as they dodged the monster's mouth claws to head up the stairs.
"So what's your name? I'm Silver Wind Ranger." An orb of wind appeared in Adriana's right hand.
"Cruelgrankuwagamon." The beast acknowledged. "Dimension Scissors!" Cruelgrankuwagamon's scissors glowed an eerie gray color and Adriana dodged to the left to avoid the space-fabric tearing attack. I can't let that hit me. "Wind Threads!" Stands of harsh wind launched from the orb in Adriana's hand and pummeled her enemy. She then threw her orb, which on impact exploded and skinned Cruelgrankuwagamon's back. "Rising Earth!" Spikes of earth shot into the air and struck the airborne Adriana. She landed on the ground painfully, but rebounded and dashed forward. She thrusted with her spear, striking the monster and little bits of something flew into the air. "You will pay for that human! Earth Shatter!" "Wind Shield!" As waves of earth energy struck Adriana, a barrier of wind blocked the incoming waves only temporarily. The power broke through and Adriana was thrown back into a wall. She went even farther that that and landed five rooms away. "Power Gale!" A slice of hardened air blew Cruelgrankuwagamon away, but that didn't stop another monster from flying toward the downed girl.
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The remaining three also got into trouble as they ran ahead.
Blasts of water rained on the trio, their numbers dropping as they encountered more monsters.
"This one's mine!" Lina cried. "Lightning's Rage!" Large bolts of electric energy slammed into their opponent. "Run!"
"It ain't even our final battle yet." Alex muttered as he and Cassy ran. "And we're already splitting up."
"This is by far one of the worst attacks." Cassy agreed.
"Thunderstorm!" Lina's rain of lightning struck hard the large pink and black furred water dragon that she was fighting. "Gold Thunder Ranger's my name and lightning's me game."
"Perfidiousplesiomon." The beast before her inclined his head before raising it again. "Shaking Pulse!" The water blasts that fired from the digimon's head struck the ground in front of Lina as she dodged toward the left and then the right. The ground was slowly becoming soaked as she raised her hand. "Bolt Plume!" An orb of thunder surrounded Perfidiousplesiomon and slowly started to shock him until he retaliated. "Solo Blue!" Perfidiousplesiomon's aura radiated out, destroying Lina's attack and slammed her into the ground. Lina gasped in pain before rolling out and shooting forward. Her rings appeared in her hands as she slashed at Perfidiousplesiomon's fins. The digimon gave a roar as he fired numerous blasts of water energy. Lina started to dodge each attack and when Perfidiousplesiomon stopped for a breather, she placed a hand onto the ground. "Eat this! Racing Thunder!" Electricity sparked all over the wet ground of the corridor, electrifying Perfidiousplesiomon. The digimon was shocked beyond belief, but still managed to get up and go over to her. A strong head butt hit Lina in the chest and she ended up sprawled on the ground. Lifting her hand, she pulled her blaster out and let loose a few charges while still on the ground. They hurt Perfidiousplesiomon, but Lina groaned as another digimon came flying toward her.
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Alex and Cassy dodged an explosion of wind energy before simultaneously firing their blasters at the large bird before them.
"This is a wind form of Hououmon." Alex gritted his teeth.
"I'll take this one. Go! Ice Tower!" A tower of ice sprung up beneath the large bird before her, but she dodged.
"Are you sure?" Alex asked as he dodged a swoop aimed at his head.
"I'm sure! Just go!" Cassy launched ice bolts from the palm of her hands to distract the huge bird before her as Alex dashed away.
"Make sure you stay alive!" Alex yelled back. "For Jace's sake." Alex whispered to himself.
Cassy turned her back to Alex as he disappeared and faced the monster before her.
"Hatredhououmon." The monster answered her unspoken question. "Starlight Explosion!"
Cassy was flung back by the force of wind generated by the attack. "Snowball Strike!" A large ball of snow, the size of two wrecking balls, flew into Hatredhououmon. The bird was thrown back by the force of it and started to plummet to the ground. She managed to pick up at the last moment, however, to swoop and peck at Cassy. Cassy's gauntlets took the brunt of the attack and she launched into the air. "Frozen Javelins!" Spears of ice formed around Cassy and they launched at Hatredhououmon. The bird did some aerial dodges that kept her away form the attacks, but a few managed to hit her. While she was stunned, Cassy leapt off the wall and drove her daggers into the neck of Hatredhououmon. Other than bits of something flowing off of it, it didn't do much else. "I forgot. Digimon are made of data. They need to be totally annihilated." She said no more as Hatredhououmon turned to glare at her. "Crimson Flare!" A blast of pure wind energy in the shape of a phoenix flew towards Cassy. "Winter Rebound!" The silhouette of Hatredhououmon rebounded off a barrier and solidified. It crashed into the dark digimon as Cassy landed on the ground. "Ice Annihilation!" Cassy's palm started to glow a purple color as she charged up her spell. Hatredhououmon turned to look at her, only to be the receiving end of one of Cassy's strongest spells. Ice blocks, blasts, and spikes of all imaginable sizes fired from Cassy's body, each striking Hatredhououmon harder and harder each time. The phoenix landed on the ground, damaged heavily, but alive. Cassy dropped to the ground, exhausted, and groaned when another figure flew down the corridor toward her.
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Alex gasped when he reached the center of the power plant where the main generators were.
"They're harnessing all the power for something big. I can't let them do this." Alex growled. "Earth Crystal!" A six-pointed crystal made of earth slammed into the figure containing all the power.
"Who dares to hit me?" The figure rumbled and Alex stepped back in shock.
"An evil Imperialdramon Paladin Mode?"
"How dare you compare me with my weak counterpart?" The warrior growled. "I'm Imperialdramon Chaosian Mode or Chaosianimperialdramon! I wield the sword of Cowardice and Animosity!"
A dragon warrior in black armor, and wielding a sharp sword, floated in front of Alex.
"I won't let you achieve what you are doing!" Alex cried. He jumped into the air and uppercutted with his axe. Chaosianimperialdramon dodged easily and retaliated with a sword swipe. All he hit was air when Alex dropped to the ground. He was lifted into the air with an earth pillar and slashed with the small blade on the back of his axe. The digimon dodged it, but wasn't prepared when there was a sudden change of direction and the larger blade slammed into his side. Chaosianimperialdramon was thrown away and Alex leapt after him. "Hyper Prominence!" The digimon's chest plate opened, revealing a pitch-black orb. It started to glow a black light and fired a huge beam of energy. Alex was easily struck and slammed into the generator. Electric energy shot through him from the connection and he screamed in pain. The lightning held him in place as Chaosianimperialdramon held his sword out. "Omega Blade!" The blade stated to glow a mixture of orange and blue with a predominantly black color. The monster flew towards Alex and connected with something. Alex moved his head just enough so that the blade hit the generator behind him and the electricity raced across the blade into Chaosianimperialdramon. Alex was released and as he fell to the ground, he lifted his hands. "Earth Sabers!" Six sabers of earth struck Chaosianimperialdramon at the same time, damaging the monster even more. "Ground Shield!" A shield of earth surrounded Alex as the generator exploding powerfully. He heard Chaosianimperialdramon scream loudly, but it was nothing compared to when his shield burst and the explosion of fire and electricity struck his suit. Alex could feel the power eating away at his outfit and he screamed in pain as he was flung out of the building through many walls. He panted as his body came to a stop and did nothing to get up.
"Get up boy!" An unfamiliar voice yelled at him.
Alex opened his eyes to see another monster in front of him. "Herculeskabuterimon? This isn't my day..."
"It's Ignorantherculeskabuterimon!" The giant golden beetle with black stripes growled. "Giga Electro Shocker!" The attack comprised of several large electric orbs hit Alex and he was flung back several feet. Opening his eyes once more, he screamed as he saw another Ranger plummet next to him.
"Wake up Water." Alex managed to the strength to shake him. "Wake up."
"I'm up Earth." Jace groaned. "I was blown out by Darkmagnadramon and Cowardwargreymon." The dragon and a humanoid orange dragon warrior with black armor came to the ground, going next to Ignorantherculeskabuterimon and Chaosianimperialdramon.
"Ahhh!" They both heard Justin scream as he crashed through several walls and landed in a heap with both of them. "Blackvikemon and Animositymetalgarurumon really back a punch..." The said gorilla and a metallic blue wolf with black stripes appeared next to the four enemies.
"Damn!" Adriana came flying next when Cruelgrankuwagamon and a red and green faerie woman with black stripes named Deceptiverosemon attacked her at the same time.
"This is cruel!" The four tried to get up as Cassy came falling down when a wind phoenix and a corrupt angel charged her. "That's Hatredhououmon and Despairseraphimon!" Cassy cried painfully.
Lina said nothing as she was blown out of a window as Perfidiousplesiomon blasted her with a water strike. An Amazon named Evilvalkyrimon attacked with several water arrows, damaging the girl more.
"They're all here." Alex practically saw the blood inside their suit spilling.
"We could try to take them out with a final strike." Jace suggested.
"Fire?" The other four asked.
"Let's do it!" Justin cried. "It's our last chance!" He scrambled to the middle of a star. Jace stood in front of him, Adriana to the top left, Lina to the bottom left, Cassy to the bottom right, and Alex to the top right. Jace started to chant in rapid Japanese while Adriana spoke Polish words of power. Lina's voice rang with power as she chanted a language native to Africa and Cassy's Korean words told of great strength. Alex was speaking in rapid-fire Chinese as Justin started chanting in English. "Lava residing in the core of the world, I draw your might! Heat coming from the stars, I tap your power! Embers burning in the heart of courage, I borrow your energy! Warmth from the feelings of love, I take you force! Fires of the universe, lend me your strength to combat my foe! Join with the star of elements!" An orange light erupted around Justin, just as a purple did so around Cassy. Aqua surrounded Jace, much like brown did to Alex. Silver sparked the air around Adriana and a golden glow bathed Lina. White lines connected the five forming the star as Justin was in the center of it all. A myriad of colors flew into the air as the twelve monsters got the gist about what was happening.
"Giga Electro Shocker!" "Hyper Prominence!" "Seven Heavens!" "Starlight Explosion!" "Fire Tempest!" "Terra Force!" "Artic Blizzard!" "Metal Wolf Bite!" "Earth Shatter!" "Rose Thorn Blast!" "Solo Blue!" "Aurvandil's Arrow!" Multitudes of attacks of various elements shot forward, ready to counter the attack. A large star shaped blast erupted from the Ranger's formation. It engulfed the attacks and headed toward the twelve digimon. All of them were obliterated upon impact and the remaining energy returned to the Earth.
The six Rangers dropped to the ground, all energy expended.
"Is that it?" Adriana barely managed to lift her head.
"Not quite." A voice familiar to Alex growled. They looked up to see twelve spirits floating in the air.
"Oh no..." Jace muttered.
"Cowardwargreymon!"
"Animositymetalgarurumon!"
"Hatredhououmon!"
"Deceptiverosemon!"
"Perfidiousplesiomon!"
"Ignorantherculeskabuterimon!"
"Despairseraphimon!"
"Darkmagnadramon!"
"Cruelgrankuwagamon!"
"Imperialdramon Chaosian Mode!"
"Evilvalkyrimon!"
"Blackvikemon!"
"Jogress Shinka! Anti-Crestmon!"
A large, Megazord height warrior stood above them. He was pure black with lightweight armor, ten black wings, and an evil mask.
"Got anything Water?" Justin asked fearfully.
"Jogress Shinka stands for Joint Progress Evolution. Basically, they all merged into one being with all the strength combined into one powerful being. He surpassed Ultimate, the level above ultimate, and I could hazard that he passed the fan-speculated Omega level also." The rest of the team grimaced. "The Human Zords will not be able to handle this also. We really need Megazord power for this one."
"Shit! Where are we going to power this?" Lina cried.
A light bulb flashed in Justin's mind. "Water! We talked about this earlier!"
"Right. The school should still be open and we could sneak in." Jace started to form a plan.
"Clue us in on those who don't know." Lina remarked sarcastically.
"When the Dark Elementalists attacked the school the first time. Remember that room we found?" The other four nodded. "Those crystals can power the Megazords and the Beast Zords. But we need those crystals NOW."
"Right. Here's the plan!" Justin was interrupted when the group had to dodged a fierce laser strike. "Water, Ice, and Lina will go retrieve the crystals while me, Earth, and Wind will hold off Anti-Crestmon until you get back with the Megazord!"
"Right!" The team said at the same time as Jace, Cassy, and Lina teleported away.
"We need Human Elemental Zord Power, now!" The remaining Rangers called at the same time.
"Orange Phoenixian Zord!"
"Silver Avian Zord!"
"Brown Golemian Zord!"
The three were transported into their cockpits.
"Remember." Justin said. "We're only here to stall."
"Right." The other two nodded.
"Dark Apocalypse!" A large cannon appeared on Anti-Crestmon's left hand and he fired it at the three Zords. They dodged, but the power radiating from it slammed them backward. The attack annihilated what was left of the Power Plant.
"Water wasn't kidding." Adriana murmured.
"Move!" Phoenixian crashed into Avian as a beam of energy crashed into where she was just standing.
"We can't stay still Wind!" Justin shouted.
"Got it Fire." Avian flew into the air and started to circle the mammoth Anti-Crestmon.
* * * * * * *
The three remaining Elementalist Rangers landed a block away from the school. Silently, they entered the building and met no resistance.
"Magic Scan." Jace and Cassy whispered quietly. They managed to find the cloaking spell and led Lina toward it. Several times, they had to dodge teachers, but they eventually made it to the room.
Jace and Cassy started to chant and they broke the spell, revealing a door. Opening it, they found the same room of crystals they found when Justin first came.
"So, what do we have here?" A male voice that was definitely older than them said.
"Who's there?" Jace's hand went to his blaster.
"I wouldn't draw that if I were you. Now close the door and no one gets hurt." A female voice said next and six blasters were pointed at the three Elementalist Rangers. Jace did so and the three raised their hands.
"Mind telling us why you're in our friends' storage?" The lights flickered on to reveal six very familiar suits.
"The Astro Rangers..." Lina murmured.
I'm getting heavy dark magic readings from these six. Cassy said through the mind link.
I thought we weren't supposed to sue the link. Lina replied.
To hell with that rule. Jace snapped. We can't let them listen to us.
So, we need to break it. Lina sighed.
The thing is, we don't know what spell.
"Speak!" Red Astro yelled and shoved his blaster under Cassy's neck.
"We're here to obtain twelve crystals within here." Lina growled.
"And who says you can go stealing from the good side, Dark Elementalists." Silver Astro asked in an off-hand manner.
That's what! Jace cried. They've been tricked magically. We can't break it now. All we can do is get the crystals and run.
"I'm sorry, but we can't stay." Jace slowly inched towards the area where he knew the twelve were. He could feel the other's magical signatures all over them.
"Don't move!" Blue Astro fired upon Jace, but Lina countered with her own blast. Cassy jerked her knee up and Red Astro crumpled like a sack. Lina and Cassy provided cover fire for Jace as Yellow Astro and Pink Astro made rushed to help Red Astro.
"Stop it brat." Silver Astro growled as he fired more shots from his Super Silverizer.
"Make me." Jace retorted as he held his hand out. "I need a bit more power for this Ice. My reserves are almost up."
"Got it!" Cassy held her hand out as she fired with one hand.
"Water Spray!"
"Crystal Freeze!"
Water covered both blasters and ice froze the internal systems.
"What gives? I didn't see any weapons." Black Astro cried as he banged his blaster.
"They've obviously harnessed magic." Red Astro replied as he stood up barely with the help of the Pink and Yellow Astros.
"Can't say we stay." Lina's smirk could be heard in her voice. The six Astros whirled to see three teleport beams.
"Damn." Red Astro growled.
* * * * * * *
As a safety measure, the three hopped to the park and then to the Control Base.
"What is the meaning of this?" Kamion rumbled.
"Not right now Kamion, I'm sorry." Jace headed into the Zord crystal room that also housed Storm Blaster.
Kamion's face appeared. "What are you doing?"
Lina answered for him. "We've obtained crystals from what we thought was a random magical room. We need Megazord Power for the current monster and Jace believes these can."
"And what do you mean 'thought'?"
"It turns out that that place was a minor storage facility for the enemies and they've recruited the Astro Rangers using a spell of some sort." Cassy took up next.
"And… Beastzords, stats up!" Jace called. Displays of the Beastzords appeared on the main screen of the Control Base.
"Wow. These are impressive Jace." Zeta commented.
"Upload Megazord specifications!" The two Megazord specifications uploaded, but Jace didn't hear nay comments as he, Cassy, and Lina teleported back to the battle.
* * * * * * *
"We need Human Elemental Zord Power, now!"
"Aqua Mermian Zord!"
"Gold Lionian Zord!"
"Purple Bearian Zord!"
"You're back!" Justin cried as all three stood up, damaged.
"Damn, you look trashed." Lina grimaced.
"This guy's powerful Jace." Alex said.
"Please tell me you have the specifications." Adriana pleaded.
"Justin, activate the Megazord sequence. Shout 'Humanist Megazord power up'!" Jace shouted.
"Humanist Megazord power up!" Justin shouted. A weird feeling passed through all of them, as they felt disconnected to their Zords. The Bearian's legs folded into her body and the arms retracted. The head rolled back in, forming the lower torso. The Golemian Zord folded in half, the head falling into a small crack. The connected arms pushed forward to form a bit of the left leg and the feet twisted to become a single foot. The Mermian Zord folding as it twisted this way and that. It eventually reached the same width as the Golemian leg. The Avian twisted its body, the legs snapping together and forming a hand. The wings retracted partially to create shoulder armor and the head disappeared. The Lionian did the same thing, except the chest plate that was a lion's head formed the other shoulder armor. The Phoenixian's legs folded to the back and the upper legs became flat. The arms folded inwards slightly to become sockets. The Mermian leg attached to the tiny bit of Golemian leg there was. The two then attached to the bottom of the Bearian, which attached to the bottom of the Phoenixian. The Avian became the right arm while the Lionian was the left arm. Phoenixian's head folded into the chest and a bigger one, much like the head of the Ninja Megazord, appeared instead.
"Alright!" Justin cried as he landed in the pilot seat of the cockpit.
"Sensor Station ready." Adriana confirmed from her seat.
"Weapons Station ready." Lina said.
"Power Level Monitor Station ready." Alex added.
"Magic Reserves Monitor Station ready." Jace called.
"Communication and Backup Station ready." Cassy said at least.
"Pilot ready." Justin finalized. "Let's go!" The sensors located at Justin's feet read Justin's movements and the Humanist Megazord started to circle Anti-Crestmon.
"Black Blizzard!" The Megazord dashed to the right to avoid the shards of ice that were firing upon it. It vaulted into the air and glided on its wings toward Anti-Crestmon.
"Despair Hells!" Seven orbs of black light fired, but Humanist Megazord rolled to the right to avoid it.
"Humanist Megazord Saber, Fire Katana Mode!" In the Megazord's right hand, there appeared a large katana made of pure fire.
"Cowardice Flames!" A large orb of fire rushed toward Humanist Megazord, but it blocked it. Humanist Megazord strained against the orb of molten energy for a moment, but it flung the attack back at Anti-Crestmon instead.
"Animosity Frost!" A wave of frozen wind destroyed the attack and Anti-Crestmon brought his sword arm up. "Deception Thorns!" Humanist Megazord was struck by the sudden attack, but continued charging quickly. Startled by the quick recovery, Anti-Crestmon was open for a quickly slash combo and a kick to the head. Anti-Crestmon dodged the final slash, however, and brought his sword to Humanist-Megazord's midriff. The Megazord shifted left at the last moment and it only pierced right above the thigh.
"Damn." Justin growled.
"What's this program Jace?" Lina called.
"Bring it up to my screen." Jace replied. After a few moments, Jace let out a chuckle. "That's the Copycat Program. Insert this to the program." A little disc retrieved from sub-space was flung at Lina. The Gold Ranger deftly caught it and inserted it into the computer. Just as Justin dodged another attack, she snorted in laughter.
"What is it?" Adriana was curious now.
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu..." Lina was laughing completely and the other Animé-minded Rangers laughed also.
Justin was clueless. "Wha?"
"It's a sword-style from Ruroni Kenshin. Try it out." Lina slammed a button and the energy data was uploaded into Justin.
Humanist Megazord suddenly changed his style and fell into a defensive stance with a sheath appearing on his waist. Its right foot was forward with the left one pointed sideways. Its left hand was hovering over the hilt of the now solid katana being held by the Megazord.
"Dark Apocalypse!" The beam of dark energy flew towards Humanist Megazord, but the Megazord dodged and easily made it up to Anti-Crestmon.
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Ryu Sho Sen!" Justin shouted. The blade of the katana was held on opposite ends and was placed under Anti-Crestmon's neck. With a leap, Anti-Crestmon's head snapped back and he flew many yards away. Inside the cockpit, Justin blinked. "What was that?"
"Copycat Program." Jace giggled. "It allows you to take a fighting style from anything, even if it's an Animé or a book, and upload it into the pilot system for usage. At least, as long as you have the data."
Justin shook his head and laughed. He then took the Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu stance again.
"What the heck was that?" Anti-Crestmon growled. "Hatred Winds!" A gust of air was fired at his enemy with him dashing with his sword out right behind it.
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Do Ryu Sen!" Humanist Megazord drew his lade and cut through the ground. The blade lifted through the ground and into the air vertically. A large blade of air cut through the ground and dissipated the gust of wind. It didn't stop there and the attack slammed into Anti-Crestmon.
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Kuzu Ryu Sen!" In a flash of light, Humanist Megazord's katana whipped out and hit nine points on Anti-Crestmon's body. The evil digimon was frozen in place as Humanist Megazord readied for a final strike.
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu, Ryu Tsui Sen!" Humanist Megazord leapt into the air, the sun right behind it. He lashed down and the blade of his katana hit the nerve at the neck section. However, unlike Kenshin with his Sakaba, this attack ripped right through Anti-Crestmon. The digimon gave a final roar of pain before he exploded into data.
The Humanist Megazord fell to one knee.
Justin was breathing heavily. "This Megazord is tough to control."
"We used practically no magic." Jace announced.
"The Saber needs regenerating and we need to files for the Copycat Program." Lina added.
"Justin, do you think you could fix the sensors later? I didn't see anything." Adriana asked.
"We're a little hot in the Power Room and we're loosing energy though the gap in our thigh." Alex said at last.
"We're getting communications for Kamion." Cassy announced.
"What is it Kamion?" Justin asked.
"I just wanted to congratulate you for defeating such a tough opponent. However, I need to teleport you to the Control Base to discuss something."
"Alright..." The Rangers teleported away and in an instant, the whole area was cleaned up.
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"Yes Kamion?" Justin removed his helmet and shrunk to being the middle-tallest of the boys.
"Does it have to do with the corrupted Rangers?" Jace asked timidly as he removed his helmet to become the shortest boy there.
"Corrupted Rangers?" Alex removed his helmet, yet he was still the tallest boy there.
"You have to be kidding me." Adriana shrunk down to being the second-shortest girl after taking her helmet off. "Six are bad enough."
"It's true." Lina became the tallest girl there, despite removing her helmet.
"The Astro Rangers." Cassy remarked as she shrunk down to being the smallest girl. "They've been trapped in a spell."
"Not again." Justin muttered. "This has happened way too many times."
"So, Kamion, what do we do with them?" Lina asked as she hopped onto a nearby diagnostic table.
"If you could capture one, I would be able to get a scan on the spell and how to break it."
"That's the hard part." Justin said grimly. "Separating a single Ranger is hard, nearly downright impossible."
"We don't know the civilian forms either." Adriana added.
"I'll look for spells!" Jace volunteered, the tone of his voice bright, despite the new info.
"I'll help." Cassy added. The two shuffled off to the library of magical books.
"Maybe I can come up with a scanner." Justin muttered as he headed towards the lab.
"You'll need my help." Adriana commented as she followed the boy.
"I'll check up the Zord specifications." Lina whirled and left.
"I need to know more about them too." Alex nodded once toward Zeta and Kamion and left.
"They really pulled through today, didn't they?" Zeta looked up at the Grid Master.
"Yes, they did." Kamion acknowledged. "However, I need you to do something for me."
"Yes Kamion?"
"Engage sensory locks on any Earth human who has ever held the Power before."
"On it." The little robot replied. "Done. 10 non-Elementalists are currently stationed on Earth. Is that all?"
"Yes Zeta." Kamion's energy field darkened, signifying that Kamion wasn't in communication with this plane of existence any more.
Zeta slowly slumped against the wall and the main room of the Control Base went dark.
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Mathais: That took awhile.
Alex: *in a singsong voice* Disclaimers?
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Jace: Thankies.
Justin: This chapter had a lot of enemies.
Cassy: Yep!
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