A/N: I hereby present to you all my own version (yes, another one) of Power Rangers: Samurai. It does have a much darker theme to it than Saban's version (which I do not, as you can obviously tell by my other PR stories). There were some flaws, yes, I'm still going to use some terms you are familiar with.
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers Samurai or Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. I just own most of the plot and the characters and things you don't recognize from the original version.
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"Emily revisits the house in the forest, prompting her to run into another new face. Meanwhile, she's also having trust issues with the four who are supposed to be her teammates."
Better Together
Power Rangers: Samurai REDO
LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS: SAMURAI
"Are you sure about this?" Riley Griffin asked her the next morning.
"Positive," was Emily's reply. "I need answers, Riles. I mean, why do I keep dreaming about this house? And why this one specifically?"
"There's the bus, Hun. Be safe. I love you." Mrs. Shields gave her daughter a kiss on the forehead and a hug, before reluctantly letting her go.
Emily gave the Griffins another hug goodbye, before stepping on the bus, the first step away from home.
Once the two were out of range, the Ranger turned to Ji and asked, "I saw her fight the Marauders, and she's wearing a yellow cardigan. Could she be...?"
"The Lion Zord will tell us when the Ape Zord has found someone to lend her power to," Jii advised. "Until that happens, you must only worry about your three other fellow Samurai: the Blue, the Pink, and the Green. You four must unite if you are to stand any chance against Master Xandred when he awakens, and you all must be prepared to welcome the Yellow Samurai with open arms when they awaken as well."
"You can back out now," Ape said. "But once you say 'yes', there is no turning back. You must be willing to stand by your team and fight the Nighlock with all of your heart."
Was this little ape really choosing her as the Yellow Samurai ranger?
"I understand," Emily repeated. "And I accept."
"Hey, wait!" Emily called out to them, successfully catching their attention as they turned back around to face her. "We are teammates now. Shouldn't we get to, you know, know each other better?"
"Sorry, but I like my personal time," Green replied, surprising her.
"Same here," Blue said. "We really are sorry."
"Yeah," Pink agreed. "I couldn't stand it if people knew my real identity. I have too much to lose."
"You heard 'em," Red said, as if it were that simple, but also apologetically.
"Fine, but you only said reasons for yourselves," Emily replied, before de-morphing, revealing her curly, blonde hair, hazel eyes, and yellow cardigan, white tank top, and blue jeans.
"You–!" Green was apparently surprised at her civilian identity, as were the other three.
"Emily Shields," she introduced herself. "I look forward to working with you in the future."
Without another word, Emily turned on her heel and walked away, leaving behind four very flustered and surprised teammates, her head spinning from the day's events.
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Season 1, Episode 2: Divide and Conquer
Keller Forest, Panorama City, California
April 25, 2014
It was the next day, at approximately 8:34 in the morning, back in the forest where the old house was. Emily still had a lot of things on her mind, most of them from yesterday, especially regarding those four teammates of hers.
Emily was a generally nice person, always giving them a smile, even if they didn't return it.
But with these four?
They were teammates. They were supposed to be a team. She respected their opinions and their choices, yet they didn't seem too happy to see her.
But that wasn't what was bothering her.
It was the fact that they were selfish in their reasons for wanting to keep their identities a secret. Pink wanted to avoid the pain of possibly loosing someone or something she loved (with no mention of wanting the person or item to survive because she cared about them unconditionally). Blue and Green liked their personal time. And Red didn't even give her a reason (even if he was the only one who gave any sympathy whatsoever).
She showed them who she was because they were a team. If they were to protect this city and all of the beautiful people in it, they needed to be a team.
It angered her so much, it wasn't funny. They all seemed so selfish!
Of course, Emily had no room to judge them as harshly as she was. She had come here to Panorama City for a selfish reason too, one could say. She was trying to out why she was dreaming about an abandoned house in the forest.
Ever since Panorama City police sent Serena's stuff back to her ranch in Montana, ever since Emily was allowed to keep her older sister's old wooden flute, that house was always trapped in her dream.
"Run, they're coming!" Emily heard the voice again. "Hurry up, they're gaining on us!"
Emily snapped her head around, expecting angry, hungry wolves behind her.
And sure enough, there they were.
Wait a minute, the voice she heard sounded really familiar.
"Serena?" Little Emily spoke up from the older girl's doorway. Light from the hallway shone through small gap the little girl made by holding the bedroom door open.
Serena's voice was coated with sleep. "Another nightmare, Emmy?" Emily nodded. Serena motioned the seven-year-old to come over and sit on her bed. "What was this one about?"
"Umm...I was taking a really im-impo-imporan...?"
"Important?" Serena offered.
Emily nodded and continued, "Yeah, important test, and I was really scared I wouldn't get an A, even though I knew everything, and when I didn't, the floor shook and the walls broke down. And I got crushed by a big rock."
"An earthquake?" Emily nodded. "You don't have any important tests any time soon. It's summertime." Serena never really knew what to make of her little sister's nightmares, and obviously, neither did Emily. So she simply said, "Don't worry about it, okay? It's just your imagination running wild."
If only that were true, because the very next afternoon was the day that Sheriff Shields, their dad, was killed trying to stop a robbery at the bank downtown.
That voice warning her about the wolves was Serena's voice, her older sister's. Why? Why was Serena talking to her? Why was Serena telling her to run away? What did it all mean?
A growl from the wolves brought her attention back to animals wanted to kill her. By now, wolves had blocked the only path she knew to the abandoned house, so that way was out of the question.
Emily slowly knelt down, grabbed a large rock, and threw it as a distraction, so she could (hopefully) get away unseen. She didn't see the rock hit its target. She didn't stick around to find out.
She just ran and ran, getting scratched in the face and arms by stray branches. What made her escape even more painful and impatient was the large rock she slammed into and apparently knocked over.
"Oww..." Emily moaned, looking up just in time to see that the large rock she ran into was no rock at all.
It was a man, dressed a red shirt, blue jeans, and a black denim jacket, late-teens, early-twenties, with ash-blonde/brunette hair, and when he opened his eyes, Emily found them to a very beautiful blue.
Meaning it was a human being that she had knocked over (a handsome one at that).
So, despite the wolves behind her, she quickly got up to her knees and offered him a hand up. "I'm so sorry! Are you okay?!"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Emily felt her face turn red at the sound his quiet, baritone voice. "How about you? You've been scratched up."
Emily's heart jumped at him addressing her, but it then beat harder upon remembering the wolves, and especially when she saw a wolf behind him.
"I-I'm fine, we have to get out of here–!"
He interrupted her. "You sure? You seem really shaken up. Wait, what? Why?"
"Wolves! Behind you!"
He turned around, and turned back to her, saying, "There's nothing there." This made her face drop. "Are you sure you're okay?" He repeated.
Emily's voice had disappeared, as she looked around. The wolves were still around, still there. They weren't growling, not anymore, probably because this man was here. She looked behind her.
Did this guy really not see the wolves?
Something then dawned on her, before she turned back to him, saying, "Y-Yeah. Must've been my imagination."
His gaze was sympathetic (Had he gone through the same thing? Did he have a friend who did?). "You seem really shaken up," he repeated. "How about I take you for some coffee?"
He and Emily locked eyes again. "S-Sure, I-I'd like that."
As he helped her to her feet, he asked, "What would you like?"
"Hot chai tea, please," her voice was quiet.
"Me too," and she smiled, before following him out of the forest and back to the city.
It had dawned on her that maybe it was just her imagination. Because, if only she could see the wolves, what was the point of getting this guy (or anybody else) to believe her?
Who knew? Maybe the house was imaginary too.
In that case, why did she come here?
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Cool Bean Cafe, City Square, Panorama City, California
Emily had discovered very quickly that what she liked the most about this guy was how similar they were.
Both had ordered hot chai tea and a cinnamon roll to munch on, and had suggested they sit outside, where it was less loud and crowded. Not to mention, both were kind, gentle, and cared about other human beings so much, they would die for them.
She also liked how nice and understanding he was.
"I'm Emily Shields. Thank you for the tea, and the cinnamon roll, Mister...uhh?" Emily paused.
"Jayden," he replied. "Jayden Shiba. And please, don't add the Mister. Mr. Shiba is my father."
"Shiba's Japanese, isn't it?" Jayden nodded, but Emily didn't have to continue.
Jayden explained, "My dad was half-Japanese. His mother was full-Caucasian."
"Oh," Emily understood. "Three-fourths of my family hail from the lovely state of Montana. The other quarter has spread out all around the US. I'm a country girl."
"I know. I could tell by your accent," Jayden replied, taking a sip of his tea.
Emily had braced herself for a dumb blonde or a countryside-bashing joke. Or both. But Jayden had said nothing, only explaining that he could tell she was from the country by her accent.
And she smiled.
"So, why were you in the forest anyways?" Jayden asked, as Emily took a sip of her own tea.
Emily's heart jumped. This was the topic she wanted to avoid. But she answered anyways, "Well, I..." She quickly lowered her gaze to her tea to avoid his eyes.
What was the point of telling him about the house when it was most likely just a figment of her imagination?
"I was taking a morning walk," she quickly improvised (as well as fibbed).
"Me too," and unlike hers, she could tell he was telling the truth. "I always do. It's a good habit to get into."
She nodded in agreement, looking back up at his eyes, hoping her smile was obviously fake. But before she could say anything else, the guy in green from yesterday, Mike, had walked up to the table. "Hey, Emily. Hello, other guy."
Emily slapped her smile back on. "Hey, Mike. This is Jayden Shiba."
"Nice to meet you," Jayden said, and Mike nodded, thinking the same, as they shook hands.
"Would you like to join us?" Emily asked. "We're just talking."
Mike glanced over at Jayden for his approval, who nodded. So Mike smiled and sat next at their round table, next to Emily, who just noticed two more familiar faces approaching the table.
"Hey, Kev, Mia!" Mike, apparently, had noticed them too.
"It's Kevin," Kevin, the guy in blue from yesterday, bit back. Mike snickered.
"I know. I just love bugging you," Mike said, before turning to Mia. "Hey, today your day off?"
Mia nodded, "Yep. Thankfully. The day care kids are a lot of work sometimes. And don't worry, David's doing just fine with the older kids. Especially, the gamers."
Mike shrugged, a smirk on his face. "Well, that's my little brother for you. Gaming just runs in the family."
Emily took a deep breath and spoke up, "Hey, you two. This is Jayden Shiba."
"We know," Kevin said. "Well, at least, I do. He and I went to high school together."
"Oh, yeah, Chess Club," Jayden said, memories coming back to him.
"Chess Club?" Mia asked, her voice sounding like she was getting ready to scold Kevin. "You told me you two met in History Freshman year."
"Well," Kevin quickly explained, "yes and no. History was our first class together. Chess Club was when we officially introduced ourselves."
"Oh. Jayden and I officially met in-"
"English," Jayden finished. "Sophomore year. We did a project together, and got a A-."
Mia nodded, she and Kevin sitting down at the table as well, as Emily asked Mia, "How did you and Kevin meet?"
"Kindergarten, art project," Mia replied.
"So, you all know each other?" Emily asked, feeling like she was the odd-one out. (She usually was.)
"Absolutely," Mike said. "Kevin and Mia are childhood friends, and I know them through my little brother David going to daycare, and they know Jayden through high school."
Emily couldn't tell that her smile had faded, until Jayden asked, "It's okay. You're not intruding."
Emily nodded, her real smile not quite back yet. "It's not that." Lie. "My high school life wasn't the best." Truth. "And you're all talking about it like it's the best thing in the world."
"Oh, we're sorry," Kevin said, the four of them with sympathetic faces. "If it makes you feel any better, people liked to pick on me because I was Black."
"Me too," Mia said, "because I was a 'stereotypical' Asian."
"I'm a gamer," Mike explained "and at my high school, gamers were considered nerds."
"I was apparently a hotspot for mean words," Jayden said.
Kevin cut in, "Because no words could get through to you. They would just bounce off of you."
Emily loved these four. She secretly wished her Ranger teammates were more like them.
"Hey, give that back!" This immediately caught Emily's attention. She quickly turned her head to see a couple of little boys have a tug-of-war with a little, blonde-haired girl over a white-stuffed-bunny. "It's mine!"
The bunny was ripped from the girl's hands by one of the boys, who made an 'L' sign with his right hand and placed it on his forehead. "Loser! You said we could keep it!"
"No, I didn't!" The girl yelled back. "You're a meanie!"
"Momma!" Little seven-year-old Emily cried to her mom, the minute she walked in the door after getting home from school that day.
"What is it, Sweetie?" Mrs. Shields asked. "What's wrong?"
Tears were pouring down the girl's face. "I brought Hoppy to show-and-tell like you said, and I put in my backpack, but when I got back from recess, he was gone!"
Hoppy was Emily's favorite stuffed toy, a little white rabbit, with a yellow boy around its neck. It was really special to her, especially now since Mr. Shields had been dead for about a month now...
"Hey!" Emily yelled, stopping the fight between the kids, her sense of justice elevated (just like yesterday, when she had seen those Marauders). The boys stopped immediately (probably thinking they were in trouble), and Emily got out of her chair and walked to the trio of kids. "Give her back the rabbit."
Jayden, Kevin, Mia, and Mike noticed that Emily's voice was incredibly stern, like she was incredibly fed up with what she (and others) had just seen.
"Now," Emily ordered. And she watched as the boys fearfully gave the girl the rabbit back. She then kneeled in front of the kids, addressing the two boys, "You two don't have any parents, do you?"
Her voice wasn't stern anymore, the other four noticed. It was gentle, but still a little hard, because she wanted to get her point across.
The two boys nodded.
"What happened?" Emily asked, feeling like she already knew the answer.
"Dad was arrested for assault," one of the two boys replied quietly. The other boy nodded, as his brother continued, "and Mom liked to drink and hit us."
"I see," Emily said, her feeling being correct. "You picking on this girl is exactly how your parents started out, as bullies. If you don't want to end up like them, then...try to find the good in people, and stop people when they're doing bad things. Stand up for justice. Don't run from it. Maybe then, you'll end up like the superheroes you read in comic books. Okay?"
The two boys both cracked a smile and nodded, and Emily turned to the girl.
"What's your name?" She gently asked, her voice tone now soft and sympathetic.
"Hannah."
"Hi, Hannah. My name is Emily. What's your bunny's name?"
"Mr. Hop," Hannah replied.
"Mr. Hop is very important to you, isn't he?"
Hannah sadly nodded. "Got him from Grandpa."
"I used to have one exactly like yours, from my dad, but I lost him one day, and I never got him back. So, never, ever lose him. Okay?" Emily sent the girl a little smile of comfort.
Hannah smiled back and nodded, hugging Mr. Hop closer to her chest. The two boys turned to her and one said, "We're really sorry for trying to take him."
"It's okay," Hannah said, as Emily stood up and watched the three kids walk off, back to their parents/guardians.
When she sat back down at the table, Kevin spoke up and said, "Wow, that was..."
"Amazing," Mike finished.
Emily's voice was quiet as she replied, "My dad was the town Sheriff, and he was killed trying to stop a robbery when I was 7. When I turned 10, I learned what justice really meant. So I vowed to myself that I would follow in his footsteps, and if I went down the same way he did, well...that's fine with me."
"Not just that," Mia said. "You actually managed to make them best friends," she nodded over to the three kids having fun. "How? I'm a daycare teacher. I should to know how to do that."
"I believe everyone has the ability to be friends with each other. It's just-maybe if we all weren't so selfish, the world would be a better place."
"I like the way you think," Jayden said. "I agree."
But Emily's words really made the other four think.
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Junk Ship, Sanzu River, Netherworld
Xandred took a huge gulp of his medicine, before complaining, "This medicine is making me feel better, but that music is giving me a splitting headache!"
"OO-ah-oo," Octoroo replied, turning from his books to Xandred.
"Tch," Dayu muttered. "Everybody's a critic."
Xandred shoved a Marauder out of the way, and poured out his medicine himself. "If only we could get this Sanzu River to rise and flood the human world, we could sail into their cities and rule their pathetic world!"
"Oo-ah-oo," Octoroo said, "Boss, take a look. There's something interesting in this book."
"Spit it out, Octoroo," Xandred ordered.
"Legend says that everytime something really bad happens on Earth, the Sanzu River's water lever rises. So if we scare those humans, their tears will flow into our River and we could sail out of here!"
"Sounds fun," Dayu said. "Looks like that Noodle Face can actually use his noodle."
"That plan might work," Xandred said. "I'm glad I thought of it. Scorponic! Get over here!"
A monster popped up out of the river. "Master, you rang?" He asked when he reached the ship.
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Room 215, Paradise Hotel, Panorama City, California
"Ape?" Emily asked her Zord later the day.
"Yes?" Ape quickly morphed into Animal Mode from Defense Mode in order to talk to her master.
"Do you think I should go back to the forest house? I mean, if it really is all just my imagination, then what's the point?"
"The house is real," Ape informed her. "I found you there, remember? I could see everything you could."
"Yeah, but you're a Zord. You have special sight, don't you?" Emily's head and heart were both filled to the brim with doubt.
Ape couldn't argue with that, so she replied, "Maybe the house and the wolf are invisible to others and only we can see them."
She hadn't thought about that. "Maybe. But, do you think I should go back?"
"It is your choice, Master," Ape replied. "Either way, I am your Zord, and I will always be with you, no matter what."
Emily's mind turned back to Hannah and what she told the other four (Jayden, Kevin, Mia, and Mike). "Hannah may get attacked by the Nighlock if she hasn't already. I think I should focus my time and attention on the Nighlock, so that people don't get hurt."
"A wise choice, Master." Then Ape beeped loudly. "Master, A Nighlock is attacking downtown! We must hurry!"
Emily practically grabbed Ape and her key card, and ran out the door, closing and locking it behind her.
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Oakwood Plaza, Panorama City, California
Action Commander Scorponic had sent his Marauders out to do whatever they liked.
"Move your tails!" He said, as he attacked with his own. "I'm here!" He turned to his Marauders as people ran away from the scene screaming. "Don't attack them so quickly! They sweat and squeal more if you corner them slowly!" He stumbled back when he was attacked by the Lion Folding Zord. "Tch! You buzzing tin can!"
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the Red Ranger catch his Zord. The Red was joined a second later by Blue, Green, and Pink.
"Attack!" Scorponic ordered.
Red attacked the Marauder in front of him and before attacking another behind him and then one behind him again when his back was turned.
Blue walked down the sidewalk, attacking each Marauder that stood in his way. After spinning his black Power Disk, "Hydro Bow!" he used the said weapon to jump off the ledge he was on and shoot the rest with blue energy arrows.
"Sky Fan!" Pink used her Fan to strike down three Marauders before using it to create a giant wind storm to take care of the rest.
Emily came upon people running away from the scene. So she directed them to the buildings nearby. "Go on! Get out of here!" She said.
"Forest Spear!" Three simple waves with Green's Spear and they were all gone.
"Fire Smasher!" After taking care of the Marauders he was surrounded by, Red noticed Scorponic creating another explosion. "Woah!" He then ran to meet the Nighlock halfway.
Meanwhile, after making sure no one else was in sight, Emily used the Ape Zord (in Defense Mode) to morph.
"Earth Slicer!" And with her giant shuriken, Emily charged in.
Red had gotten into a sword fight, Emily noticed, with Scorponic. Red was also using his Fire Smasher to block and attack the Nighlock.
But Emily focused on the Marauders that had followed her. After striking two down, she then threw it, taking out the rest.
But her heart skipped a beat (in fear), when her shuriken flew past red, almost hitting him, catching him off guard and allowing Scorponic to strike him backwards into a concrete wall. Emily watched in horror as Red fell to the ground, his Fire Smasher turning back into his Spin Sword on the way.
"Oh, no!" Emily cried out before running towards Red. "I'm so sorry. Are you okay?" She asked him.
"What a lovely display of teammates not getting along," Scorponic taunted, before charging up his energy tail attack.
Emily quickly glanced up, seeing Scorponic about to attack. "I'll cover you!" She said, quickly getting up off her knees and rushing forward to meet the Nighlock's attack.
Without any kind of weapon in her hand.
Blue, Green, and Pink saw this and rushed over to push or pull her out of the way.
"Whirlwind Scythe Attack!" Scorponic smashed his energy tail down, causing a huge explosion where the Rangers were.
When the smoke cleared, he saw all five Rangers on the ground, with the Yellow Ranger de-morphed, obviously the one who took the brunt of the attack.
"Haha!" Scorponic said, before walking off. "Like taking candy from a baby. Hahaha!"
Red struggled to stand up and mentally rejoiced when he did. "Are you guys okay?" he asked.
Blue coughed. "Y-Yeah."
"I'm fine," Green said, almost struggling to speak.
"Me too," Pink replied.
But Emily coughed loudly, catching the four's attention.
"Emily!" Pink announced, she and Green crawling over to wear Emily was.
When Emily opened her eyes, she first noticed the rubble all around them. Second, she noticed her white sweater, and then the white gloves of the other four Rangers. So, only she had de-morphed from the attack. She thirdly, and most of all, noticed the pain she was in. The other four didn't appear to be in as much pain as she was in.
Which would explain why she was angry at the fact that Scorponic was still out there, causing havoc, and they were still here, with her.
"Emily, are you okay?" Pink asked.
Emily only coughed, before Pink helped her stand. "Don't worry about me. The Nighlock's still here!" She motioned her head toward the said monster a few feet away from them, using his tail to caused more damage to the city.
"Worry about yourself," Blue said. "You need to rest. We all do."
Emily's gaze, however, lowered in anger and determination. She shrugged off Pink's arm rather harshly before rushing forward and sending a kick towards a Marauder. Once she did, the rest of the group turned on her, but Emily took half of them out with a crescent kick and the other half with a sweeping kick to their ankles.
The other four Rangers finally realized by she was so mad at them when Emily rushed over a couple feet, reached down, and pulled out of the rubble a little stuffed bunny.
Mr. Hop.
"Hannah!" Emily called out, slight fear evident in her voice.
"Emily!" The Rangers were surprised when the little girl called back.
Emily noticed Hannah's location and rushed over to where the girl was, unfortunately catching Scorponic's attention too.
"Ah, so there are people here still alive!" Scorponic taunted, prompting Emily to step in front of Hannah protectively. "Too bad!" Scorponic raised his sword, and Emily turned and knelt in front of Hannah, tightly hugging her.
But Emily never felt the Nighlock's sword hit her.
She glanced behind her, back at the Nighlock, whose attacked, she noticed, had been blocked by the Red Ranger's Spin Sword.
"Get her out of here!" Red ordered.
This was an order Emily was all too happy to obey, feeling relief that one of the other four felt the same way about being a Ranger as she did.
"Emily!" She turned her head in the direction her name was called in, and noticed Blue, Green, and Pink motioning her to bring Hannah over to where they were, with a blonde-haired woman. "Over here!"
"Hannah!" The woman called out.
"Mommy!" Hannah called back, and Emily immediately understood.
After mother and daughter had been reunited, they were ordered off the battlefield and out to safety by Pink.
"I don't care if you guys want to reveal your identities or not," Emily told them. "What I do care about is if you let your reasons for hiding your faces get in the way of protecting all those who stand in harm's way, forced to or not."
"You're right," Blue told Emily, after the three were quiet for a minute. "We're Rangers."
"We can't be worried about each other. Not when innocent peoples' lives are on the line," Pink added.
"Yeah," Green said. "We're a team. We should also be working together to protect this city."
Their attention was stolen when Red was shoved harshly to the ground by the Nighlock, who was charging up his energy tail again.
"Kick back and take a seat! Whirlwind Scythe Attack!"
"Let's go!" Emily said, pulling out Ape Zord again, using her to morph. Emily unsheathed her sword, and the other three Rangers joined her in rushing forward, then jumping up, and all blocking the energy tail attack for one strike of their swords.
Red was already on his feet when the other four landed in front of him, before taking their places in the official line-up: Pink, Green, Red, Blue, and then Yellow.
Red held up his red Power Disk. "Let's beat him once and for all," he said, "for this city," hooking up his Disk to the hilt of his Sword and spinning, surrounding his Sword with a whirlwind of fire. "Lion Disk!"
Blue and Emily nodded. "For this city."
"Dragon Disk!" Blue's Sword was surrounded by blue water.
"Ape Disk!" Emily's Sword was surrounded by yelled-colored stones.
"Turtle Disk!" Pink's Sword was surrounded by pink wind.
"Bear Disk!" Green's Sword was surrounded by green leaves.
"Spin Sword: Quintuple Slash!"
"Aw, big deal!" Scorponic taunted for the last time, before the five Rangers rushed forward.
Red attacked first with fire, then Blue with water, Pink with wind, Green with forest, and finally Emily with earth.
They landed with their backs to the Nighlock, Sword points outstretched, before saluting their Swords back to their sides, Scorponic's first life finally ending in a fire ball explosion.
Blue sighed, sheathing his Sword.
"Wait a minute," Red warned, turning around to face Scorponic again, the other four turning back as well in time to see Scorponic grow to giant size.
"Don't think you've won just yet, Rangers!"
"Let's go! Samuraizer! Lion Folding Zord!"
"Dragon Folding Zord!"
"Turtle Folding Zord!"
"Bear Folding Zord!"
"Ape Folding Zord!"
"Ready!"
And before Emily knew it, she was back in the Ape Zord cockpit.
"Here!" Scorponic said, striking the ground with his sword, creating a dust cloud. "Choke on this!"
Neither of them could see. "Uh-oh," Green commented. "Where's the turbo switch!"
"Zords alone won't be enough anymore," Red said. "We need to find a way to combine forces somehow!"
"A Zord Combination, right?" Blue asked.
"Yes," Red gave him confirmation, before receiving a call from his Samuraizer. He picked it up, saying, "Bad time, Antonio!"
"You'll thank me later, amigo!" A male voice came from the other end. "I found a way to combine all five of your zords!"
"How?" Red asked.
"I'll send you the layout and the kanji." A beep from his Samuraizer notified Red that 'Antonio' had done so, and Red opened the message and quickly took a look at them.
"Let's do it!" Blue was saying. "Zords Combine!"
This was what caught Jayden's attention. Well, that and the other four Zords were in Defense Mode and stacked on top of each other, Bear at the bottom, Dragon holding up Turtle, and finally Ape at the top.
"Yes, we're locked and ready!" Blue exclaimed.
"Umm..." Pink said. "Are we supposed to look like this?"
"Not entirely sure," Blue replied. "Why?"
"What is that?" Scorponic asked, Lion flying around, surveying the scene. "A Ranger totem pole?"
"Well, if Totem Pole crushes Nighlock," Emily said, ever the optimist, "You bet!"
"You Ranger babies are playing with blocks?" Scorponic was still so confused, but his sarcasm had not disappeared.
"Blue, what have you done?" Red asked, still unable to believe that this had happened.
"Did I make a mistake?" Blue asked.
"Yes!" Red exclaimed. "You left me out!"
Blue turned back to his three other teammates. "Oh no! I did it wrong!"
"What's the deal?!" Green called. "Why am I the low-man on the Totem Pole?!"
But he was making the Totem Pole shake because of this.
"Woah!"
"Hey!" Emily called back. "Don't make it wobble!"
"Get ready, blockheads!" Scorponic exclaimed, raising his sword. "Because you're all about to take a tumble!" With his sword, he struck at the bottom of Dragon, making it, Turtle, and Ape all fall down on top of Bear.
Fortunately, Red had memorized the kanji this 'Antonio' had showed him. "How about I start it this time?"
"Rip it out, Red!" Green said, as Blue hung his head. Pink nodded in agreement.
"Yes!" Emily quietly cheered, as Red wrote, with his Samuraizer, the kanji for 'union'.
"Zords Combine!"
Lion morphed into the head and torso, while Turtle and Ape had morphed into the arms, and Dragon and Bear into the legs. Dragon had also produced the helmet, which the Megazord put on, and the sword had materialized out of thin air.
"Samurai Megazord! We Are United!" They all announced, all five of them in the cockpit, in their official/standard line-up.
Emily took a quick peak around the cockpit now. There was a slot in Red's stand off to his side, and he had placed a black Power disk in the said slot (black with a little gold shape for each of the five Folding Zords: pentagon, hexagon, circle, square, and triangle). The other four did the same, each having a Disk just like his. Their personal Disks (like the Red Lion Disk) were attacked to the hilts of their Spin Swords.
There was no slot for their Swords, and Emily had a feeling she knew why. This time, they would use their Spin Swords along with their movements, because they were controlling a Megazord (shaped like a person), while their Zords in general were animals.
"Sorry, guys," Blue apologized for screwing up the first time.
"It's okay," Emily said, patting his shoulder. "We've got it now."
"Stay alert!" Red ordered. "He's closing in on us!"
Scorponic charged forward at them, and all five of them (in perfect sync) unsheathed their Swords, and when they did, so did the Megazord. (And Emily knew her feeling was right.)
"Katana Power!"
They clashed swords. After shoving him back, they dodged a downwards strike and then another slashing upwards at their chest. The Megazord shook upon impact with the second building, but they quickly regained their balance, before charging and struck Scorponic down, along with a third building.
"Yeah, haha!" Pink exclaimed.
"Oh, man!" Green commented. "Hope that building was insured!"
Scorponic stood back up and called for "Giant Marauders!"
"Oh, man!" Green exclaimed again. "These guys again?!"
"Attack!" Scorponic ordered.
The Megazord struck down two before the other Marauders threw chains, which caught on both of the Megazord's arms.
"Are we yanking your chain there?" Scorponic punned and laughed aloud.
"Oh no! We're stuck!" Pink informed them.
"Stay strong, stay brave!" Red urged, spinning the Red Lion Disk on the hilt of his Sword. "Furious Lion Howl!"
Lion's head, attached to the Megazord, immediately spit out fire, taking out the two Marauders in front of them.
"W-What?!" Scorponic roared with fury and confusion.
"Now!" Red ordered, and the two Megazord arms yanked up, pulling the chains with them, and taking out the rest around them. "Time to squash this scorpion."
"Time to back up and use my back-up!" Scorponic announced.
"Well, we're not backing down!" Red replied.
Scorponic stumbled backwards when the Megazord struck down the last three Marauders. Fear was evident in the Nighlock's eyes as they pointed their giant sword at him.
"Katana Power: Samurai Strike!" The five announced, before bringing their swords down in a downwards slash. The Megazord did the same, striking down Scorponic.
The Megazord turned around, their back facing the explosion as Scorponic was defeated for good. The Megazord then sheathed its sword as the five Rangers inside the cockpit did the same.
The five all celebrated in their victory. "Samurai Rangers, Victory is Ours."
~B~E~T~T~E~R~~T~O~G~E~T~H~E~R~~~P~O~W~E~R~~R~A~N~G~E~R~S~~S~A~M~U~R~A~I~~R~E~D~O~
Pier 8, Panorama City, California
Emily didn't de-morph until she had come upon an empty pier, with no one in sight. Not just because of her identity as a Ranger, but mostly because she was injured and she didn't want to worry anybody.
Emily held her torso. She could feel a deep cut there as well as cuts and bruises everywhere else on her body. Her first fight turned out rather well. None of them had any injuries. At least, she didn't. She was a little sore from all the fighting she had to do, but she had come out of it just fine.
This fight was different. This fight was more lethal than the first.
"I know a place you can rest and heal up at."
Emily turned around to see Red standing.
She wanted to trust him, but...could she really?
"We won't even show our own faces to each other," Emily brought up a good point. "How do I know I can trust you?"
"Because you already do," Red replied. And Emily was confused, at least, until Red de-morphed to reveal his true face.
Then, she was surprised.
"Jayden?"
"Hey, Emily," was Jayden's reply.
TO BE CONTINUED...
~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~
Original Shinkenger Episode: Act 2
Original PRS Episode: Origins, Part 2/Rise of the Megazord
Note: Remember the Power Disk in the original series' "Shell Game", during the Megazord Battle that everyone thought was an error? That's the Disk I'm referring to and it actually does exist in Shinkenger. And Antonio makes an early debut in this? You freakin' bet.
A/N: Do review, please. If you guys have any ideas you want me to consider adding, please PM me. A preview for the next chapter:
Season 1, Episode 3: "The Green Thumb"
"Just who is the Green Samurai Ranger exactly? Well, Jayden and Emily are about to find out."