"Hey you!"
Serpentra turned around and flicked his tongue at the Power Rangers. "My day is complete," he hissed.
Marah waggled her fingers at the Yellow Ranger. "Hi," she mouthed. "Call me!"
"Ew," Kapri groaned. She took out her uncle's console and pushed a button, summoning the Kelzaks. "Will you stop flirting with the enemy, Marah?"
"You're just mad because boys like me better."
"Yeah, in your dreams."
"Shane, we'll take care of the Kelzaks," said Hunter. "You get the wannabe."
"Beware of my fangs, Rangers!" Serpentra exclaimed. "Fang Attack!"
A shower of spikes rained on the Wind Rangers, striking at focal spots. Nearby, the Kelzaks began to overpower the others. Meanwhile back at Ninja Ops, Jade stared at the monitor, her frustration growing. Why wouldn't Sensei allow her to join the others?
"Patience is a virtue," the guinea pig reminded her, as if he were able to read her thoughts.
"Yeah, well I'm not patient," Jade grumbled. "They're getting creamed out there. Why won't you let me help? You know I can do it."
"Yes. And that's what I fear."
She narrowed her eyes at the sensei. "You don't trust me," she said.
"I do not agree with the methods of the Shadow Ninja Academy."
Jade rolled her eyes. "Look, you're not my Sensei, alright?" she informed him. "You don't have jurisdiction, or authority over me. I'm going." She took a jet-black sphere from the pocket of her shorts and slipped it into her ivory morpher.
"It is your choice, of course," Sensei nodded. "However, I urge you to be careful. The Dark Arts are filled with empty promises. It is true that the way of the Shadow and the Wind Ninja Academy has had its conflicts in the past. But I trust that you will focus on the task at hand."
She smiled at his concern. "Medusa killed my family," she pointed out. "She destroyed everything I have ever loved. The last thing I'll ever do is to join her." She studied the Dragon Orb and summoned the power deep inside of her. "Shadow storm; Dragon form!"
Jade transformed into the Black Dragon Ranger a/n: ideas for a less lame name please? and released her molecules to merge with the shadows. She reappeared at the Rangers' side and pulled to silver rods from her back.
"Jade, I told you to stay at Ninja Ops," Tori said.
"I live to flaunt authority," the girl smirked. She held her weapons aloft, transforming them into a pair of claws. She slashed furiously, doing as much damage as she possibly could. It was not the combined efforts of the Power Rangers that destroyed Serpentra, but rather a flash of light, too quick for the naked eye that had past, disintegrating the creature.
"Whoa," Shane remarked, lowering his visor. "What was that?"
"I don't like it," Cam replied grimly. A split-second later, a larger, fiercer creature laughed gaily. "Bigger is always better!" he crowed.
"Let me help," Jade said again.
"Are you crazy?" the green ranger demanded. "Do you intend to take that thing on by yourself? He's around a thousand times bigger than you, in case you haven't noticed."
"You don't even have a Zord, man," Dustin added.
Jade scowled. "Just because I'm a rogue doesn't mean I don't have my gear," she informed them. "I do have a Zord; I built it when I was sixteen." She pushed a button on her wrist. They all looked skyward towards the sound of a loudly whirring engine. A black spectre hovered above them all.
"Nice," Hunter had to yell to be heard above the noise. "What do you call that thing?"
"I haven't thought of a name yet," she confessed. Then she grinned at her companions. "Come on; last one to defeat the alien does twenty Salutations To the Sun!" she jumped into her Zord with a triumphant cry.
"Uh...excuse me, but what?" Dustin asked.
"Does it even matter?" Blake queried, jumping into his own Zord.
The four megazords used their combined powers to get rid of the alien. Up in space, Medusa and Lothor watched the battle in distaste.
"It seems as though the Black Dragon Ranger has allied herself with the other Power Rangers," Medusa observed. "Perhaps it would be wise if we did the same."
"Good idea," Lothor agreed. "Our combined efforts will undoubtedly defeat them. Let's just hope that the rest of your army isn't as boneheaded as the jester guy."
a/n: I'm too lazy to narrate the Zord's fight scenes --#