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Chapter 16: Wild Storm
"Blazing Lion!" blared Cole
"Soaring Eagle!" sang Taylor.
"Iron Bison!" belted Danny.
"Surging Shark!" shouted Max.
"Noble Tiger!" told Alyssa.
"Howling Wolf!" hollered Merrick.
"Power of Air!" announced Shane.
"Power of Water!" purred Tori.
"Power of Earth!" exclaimed Dustin.
"Power of Thunder!" grunted Hunter and Blake in Unison.
"Power of the Samurai!" said Cam.
With their powers surging, their ranger energies built up around them in colorful swirls until they exploded into multi-colored fireworks. The 12 rangers stepped forward and struck their respective power poses. Once again, pride soared through Cole to be a Power Ranger and to help protect the planet and the people he cared about.
"Guardians of the Earth," bellowed Cole. "United we ROAR!"
"And you rangers are an utter bore," yawned Samauri Smogger.
"Let's finish this quickly…" began Duke Deforestation.
"Let's finish this quickly…" began Shane at the same time.
"So we can get back polluting the planet," finished Duke Deforestation.
"So we can get back to preserving the planet," finished Shane.
"Alright," agreed all the rangers in unison as they charged off in groups to get the various monsters.
With her specialty being water, Tori immediately focused in on Ms. O'Zone still over by the ocean inputting her dangerous toxins. Lowering her laser gun, Tori fired as she skimmed across the top of the wave ripples at the female monster. Ms. O'Zone leapt around like a Mexican Jumping Bean as the painful shots hit her.
"Ouch, ouch, ouch!" the monster yowled.
"Too hot for ya?" teased Tori. "Here's something to cool you off. Power of Water!"
"Here I come!" shouted Max as he shot up from the depths of the sea. "Blue Shark Fighting Fins!"
Leaping out of ocean, Max get surging forward on the water gush Tori had spewed forth using her ninja powers. Ms. O'Zone shrieked as Max on the aqua jet stream swam past her at the speed of light, swatting his finned fists at her. Max and Tori gave each other the thumbs-up sign when they saw Ms. O'Zone tumble to the ground.
Meanwhile across the way, Kapri and Marah were locked in debate about which rangers they wanted to take on today.
"I'm going after the pretty, pretty princess over there," said Kapri sarcastically as she pointed at Shayla. "You go take on those fashion-challenged yellow rangers."
"I can't," whined Marah. "Dustin's too cute."
"You sissy," grumbled her sister.
"You take the yellow rangers, and I'll go get Princess Shayla," said Marah. "I've never had any problem attacking someone who can't bother to get a sense of style."
Without waiting for an answer, Marah leapt up atop the rocky beach cliffs where Princess Shayla was watching the battle and cheering on the Rangers.
"Hey Princess," taunted Marah as she threw a punch. "White is so last season."
But it wasn't Marah who was laughing after Princess Shayla caught the punch and used it to send the alien spinning to the ground. Dusting off her clothes, Marah popped back up and tried – unsuccessfully - to land another series of punches on the Princess. Skillfully blocking the advances, Princess Shayla put up a powerful roundhouse kick that sent Marah stumbling back in shock.
"Since when can you fight?" gaped Marah aghast.
"Why are you female villains always surprised by that?" asked Shayla, shaking her head.
"Well, I've got other accessories to defeat you," retorted Marah as she pulled out her laser sword, causing the unarmed Princess Shayla to retreat backward slowly in fear.
"Hiya!" the females heard another girl cry from above.
"Alyssa!" gasped Princess Shayla in relief upon seeing the White Wild Force Ranger come flying in.
With claws at the ready, Alyssa to defend her princess pounced on Marah. Alyssa then swiped her sharpened claws across Marah's face, leaving deep scratch marks on Marah's cheeks. Screaming in horror not so much as pain, Marah turned pale as she felt the small amounts of blood drip down her visage.
"How could you?" wailed Marah. "I just got a facial yesterday! You Wild Force floozies are going to get it now."
As Marah summoned a huge energy blast, Alyssa dove in front of Princess Shayla. The White Tiger Ranger racked her brain for ways to block the alien's attack. Luckily Alyssa's problems were solved when she heard a chopper sound from above. The three girls looked up to see a crimson-colored helicopter come swooping in.
"Need a lift?" asked Hunter as he flew in on his Ninja Glider Cycle and airlifted away Alyssa and Princess Shayla just before Marah's energy blast would have hit them.
"What a gentleman," replied Alyssa gratefully as she blew him a kiss.
Over on the ground, Kapri taking on Taylor and Dustin was not fairing any better than her sister in battling the rangers. At the moment, Taylor had soared in like an eagle and lifted Kapri up airborne. The pink-haired alien struggled in vain, but couldn't manage to get free. All of a sudden, Kapri felt her captain's grip loosen.
"Going down," grinned Taylor as she dropped Kapri on the beach below.
"Going up!" shouted Dustin enthusiastically as he shot up from the earth and again sent Kapri skyrocketing upward.
"I think I'm going to be airsick," groaned Kapri. "Anybody got a barf bag?"
As Shane had Samauri Smogger in a sword lock, Cole took a moment to scan the battlefield. Seeing all the rangers meeting success, he turned his view to where Danny and Blake had just finished off the last of the Putrids/Kelzacks combo attacks. Lastly, Cole looked over to where Merrick and Cam had clearly taken care of Duke Deforestation. Turning his attention back to Samauri Smogger, Cole decided it was time for him and Shane to finish things.
"Animarium Armor," announced Cole as he summoned the massive, red suit.
"Good call," agreed Shane as he prepared to don his version of the protective gear. "Battilizer Armor!"
"Fire!" the two red rangers announced together as the huge inferno turned Samauri Smogger into a smoking mess of monster mash.
Samauri Smogger stumbled to where Ms. Ozone was still jumping around like hot tamale. A decimated Duke Deforestation soon joined his companions, trying to lean on Ms. Ozone for support. Kapri and Marah, though clearly beaten up as well, weren't about to let the Org Aliens get any rest.
"What are you doing?" whined Marah.
"Get back in there and beat those rangers," bossed Karpi.
"They've cut us down," gasped Duke Deforestation. "We've got to retreat."
"You're not going anywhere!" announced Shane as he and the other 11 rangers rejoined on the beach, blocking the monsters' retreat.
"Let's bring it together guys," urged Cole to the ranger group, before turning to his own Wild Force team.
"You got it," agreed Taylor. "Jungle Sword!"
"Our turn," said Shane. "Thunderstorm Cannon!"
"Ummm guys, can't we compromise?" begged Samauri Smogger desperately. "What about us doing a recycling program?"
"FIRE!" exclaimed the 12 rangers together as they set off their two, group weapons.
"We're out of here!" yelped Marah and Kapri simultaneously, teleporting up and away just before the blast hit the other, three Alien Orgs.
Samauri Smogger, Ms. O'Zone and Duke Deforestation hit the ground hard. The 12 rangers turned away just before the three exploded in a blaze of fire and light. Once again, the Power Rangers had saved the day.
A/N: Well now that the team-up has happened, it's time to resolve all our romantic entanglements. Who will Alyssa choose: Cole or Hunter? Find out in the next chapter. Please stay tuned!
Also, I so apologize for promo-ing my own stuff, but if you're a Mystic Force fan, a Maddie/Nick or Xander/Vida shipper, check out my latest story, "Under Your Spell." Basically it's about just before Maddie can build up the courage to ask Nick out, Leelee puts him and Chip under a love spell and chaos ensues.