A/N: Enjoy the chapter! Sorry you guys had to wait so long.
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 versions.
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"Kevin and Mike must work in sync to defeat a Nighlok after it binds them together. Meanwhile, the auxiliary zords are out on a secret mission."
Better Together
Power Rangers: Samurai REDO
Season 2, Episode 11: Sticky Situation
Shiba House, Gianni Forest, Panorama City, California
April 9, 2015
The Rangers were enjoying a day of training. Jayden and Emily were sparring each other using hand to hand near the doors, Mia was working on her Symbol Power, Antonio was inside working on an update for the Light Zord, and Kevin and Mike had the wooden floor all to themselves.
Their Spin Swords in hand, Mike picked up an apple from the tray of snacks they brought outside with them, while Kevin practiced his sword movements.
Mike took one bite from the apple before boasting, "I bet I can beat you using only one arm."
Kevin encouraged this with only a smile, before lowering into an attack stance.
Kevin attack first. Mike ducked before blocking the next two attacks. After blocking the second one, Mike took another bite from the apple he was holding, smirking.
But Kevin was able to easily overpower him.
Mike quickly found his Sword on the ground and Kevin's Sword right by his neck.
So he stuck the apple onto the end of Kevin's Sword to distract him. It worked and now Kevin was confusedly looking at Mike's Sword against his neck.
"Ha, I win," Mike said. "And you got served."
"That doesn't count!" Kevin complained.
"Hey, I can't keep up with your technique, so I have no choice but to outwit you," was the Green's Rangers response as he walked over to get some water.
Kevin paused, a smile appearing on his face, as he took off the apple, "Was that a compliment?"
"Me? Compliment you? Ha, keep dreaming."
"You know," came Jayden's voice, as he and Emily broke apart to get some ice cold water, "if you two could work together as well as you compete against each other, you'd both be twice as strong."
"We can work together," Mike replied. "It's just that Kevin and I have a friendly rivalry thing going on and we are comfortable in that."
Kevin nodded as he took a sip of water, while Emily only shook her head, amused.
The Gap Sensor went off in that moment. Jayden glanced up at it and ran into the house, Emily and Mia close behind him.
"Wait!" Mike stopped Kevin from going inside. "I think this is the perfect chance to show him how well we work together." He shoved Kevin out of the way and was the first one inside, Kevin following shortly after.
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Tech Zone Business Building, City Square, Panorama City, California
Epoxar was laughing gleefully as the humans down below ran away from all the chaos that he had caused just by blowing up two buildings, "That's right, weaklings! Run away!"
He was enjoying his fun until he was sit with something from behind. He turned to see the main five Rangers, with the Blue Ranger holding his Hydro Bow.
"You're the one who should run," Jayden warned.
Epoxar sighed in frustration, "You know, there's explosions and misery. Such a nice day! And then you losers show up to wreck it! But I, Epoxar, will wreck you instead!"
Jayden used his Fire Smasher to block the incoming lasers. From the smoke, Kevin and Mike leapt up to attack the Nighlock together.
The fight was pretty even, before Epoxar used his trident...fork...weapon to grab Kevin and flip him over his head.
Kevin landed on the ground and Mike was quick to kneel beside him, placing a hand around Kevin's wrist, "You won't get rid of us that easily! Together, we'll shut you down!"
"'Together', huh?" the Nighlock asked. "What a good idea!" He then used his shoulder cannon to shoot some sort of white substance, which immediately wrapped around Mike and Kevin's wrists, where they were already connected.
Mike dropped his Sword as he and Kevin began to fight to break apart, but this substance wouldn't let them.
"What is this?" Kevin asked.
"We're stuck!" Mike replied.
Jayden, Mia, and Emily, meanwhile, were getting pissed off at Epoxar finding this funny.
"Back off!" Mia said, as the three charged at the Nighlock.
But Epoxar shot some more lasers from his eyes at them, "You back off!" He then turned back to Mike and Kevin. "Now, to quicken the pace!" He shot another wad of the substance (which they quickly realized was some sort of glue, just with some weird set of teeth attached to it) at them, and it hit their other wrists, tying those together too.
"Stop moving!"
"You stop moving!"
Meanwhile, Epoxar laughed with glee. "Struggle all you want, Rangers, but as long as I'm still around, you'll be stuck like that forever!"
Kevin and Mike both turned to face him, horrified, "What?! Forever?!"
The nighlock turned to the other three, "And you three are next!"
"No chance!" And in jumped Antonio, the Light Zord in hand.
After blocked a couple of strikes, Antonio used the baton to land a hit, before using LZ to fire Power Disks at him.
"Battle Disk: Scatter Shot!"
Epoxar quickly got out of there and left through a gap, "I ain't sticking around for this!"
"Hold it!" Mike yelled. "Get back here!"
Mike tried to run after it, but Kevin and his protests held him back, causing them both to fall.
The six all de-morphed, wondering how they were going to fix this one.
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Junk Ship, Sanzu River, Netherworld
"What?!" Octoroo cried. "You ran away?! How could you?!"
Epoxar's response, "It's like walking, only faster. Now, get out of my face, Squid Breath!"
"Absolutely not!" Octoroo objected. "Running away, unless you are drying out, is a serious offense!"
From behind Octoroo stood Xandred, towering over both of them, "Enough of this!" He drew his sword. "Epoxar, you've proven to be useless to me. You know what that means?"
Epoxar turned around, only to see Xandred's sword in his face, and he immediately freaked out.
But Serrator stepped in between them, "Master, please, wait a moment. I believe Epoxar is being modest. After all, he dealt quite a blow to the Rangers. He's already placed two out of commission. So, please, let's give him another chance."
"What are you babbling-?!" Epoxar cut himself off, as Serrator turned back to face him, and he immediately changed his tune. "R-Right! Yes, Master, please. Thanks to my glue, the Blue and Green Rangers are in a bit of a, I guess you could say, sticky situation."
"Wait a second," Octoroo cut in. "I have an idea for you! If you lay down your glue everywhere, one of them will trap the other Rangers eventually."
"Hey! That's a great idea, General Octoroo!" Epoxar laughed. "I can't believe I didn't think of that."
"I can," Octoroo sassed. "'Cause you've got glue on the brain. Ugh, it's so hard to find good help these days." He turned to Serrator, who was silently laughing behind his staff. "Am I right?"
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Shiba House, Gianni Forest, Panorama City, California
Jayden's Spin Sword lightly hit the glue holding Mike and Kevin's wrists together, and it stayed there for a while.
"You guys ready?" he asked, slightly hesitant.
Kevin glanced at his leader with uncharacteristic fear dancing in his dark-brown eyes, as Mike said, "Go for it, Jayden. We're as ready as we'll ever be."
"Be careful," Emily whispered from her seat off to the side, standing next to Mia.
Jayden raised his sword and swung it down with all his might. However, the glue was surprisingly somewhat sturdy, and it ricocheted the sword, taking Jayden along with it, who stumbled back and was forced to collapse in the seat behind him.
Jayden got back up, as Kevin sighed, "I'm sorry, guys."
Emily kneeled beside him and Mike, placing a comforting hand on each of their shoulders. "Don't blame yourselves. You guys didn't do anything wrong."
"We let that Nighlock get away," Kevin replied, making Emily sigh.
"And we could be like this forever..." Mike complained.
"We'll fix this," Mia promised, as Emily got back to her feet, "as soon as the Nighlock comes back."
"And what if he doesn't?" Mike asked. "Then what?"
Same thing with Splitface. They would drag him out by force.
"Oh, no," Antonio muttered after a short silence.
"Oh, he'll come back," Jayden cut in. "They always do."
"And when he does," Mentor Ji stated, "you two will be in no condition to face him."
"What?" Kevin exclaimed.
"No!" Mike shouted in protest. At least they both agreed on one thing.
"He's right," Jayden silenced them. "The rest of us will have to handle it."
"No," Kevin said, his eyes burning with determination. "We won't let down the team again. We'll learn how to fight like this."
Antonio raised an eyebrow in amusement as Kevin and Mike struggled to stand. Once the two were standing, the other four followed them out the door.
"Now, this should be interesting..." Antonio muttered, leaving Ji to ponder over the day's events so far.
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Out in the front training yard, Kevin raised the practice sword he and Mike were given, "We'll start with basic kesigiri."
Antonio was sitting down, while Jayden and Emily were standing up, watching.
Meanwhile, Mia was shaking her head, her own practice remaining at her side, not in any attack mode, "This is not a good idea. I have a severe advantage over you."
Emily could already see the issue with this. People always said that 'two heads are better than one', but right now, Kevin and Mike were fighting against each other. At least, Mia only had herself to think for, but Kevin and Mike had to be in sync for this to work.
"She's right, Kev," Mike agreed. "There's no way we're going to win."
"We won't know unless we try," Kevin replied.
Mia sighed, before raising her sword. She nodded, letting them get in the first strike.
Kevin raised the sword and pulled him and Mike over to the right, and he immediately stopped when Mike stepped on his foot hard.
"Ow, my foot!" Kevin cried, before glaring at Mike.
"How is that my fault?!" Mike demanded. "You're the one who pulled me that way!"
Emily wanted to facepalm as Kevin shrugged this off and just said, "C'mon, Mike! Focus!" as the two repositioned their sword.
This time, Mia charged at them. The two managed to block her first to attacks together, before she tapped him on the butt.
This caused them both to stop, before Mike turned on Kevin, "That was your fault! You keep pulling me around!"
"C'mon, Mike! Left to right! Left! To! Right!"
"I was doing that!"
"No, you went the other way!"
Antonio shook his head, as the two argued on, before he sighed, "Well, this is a disaster."
Emily turned from Antonio to Jayden, who was shaking his head, frowning.
Emily cut in, trying to break up the fight, "Mike, Kevin!" She succeeded in stopping the argument, and continued, "Look, we know you guys can pull this off, but first you have to get in sync!"
"Tell that to this guy, Em!" Mike said, before the two fell over, onto the ground.
They saw Jayden come into view and kneel down next to them, shaking his head in disappointment, "You guys think you're fighting that glue, but you're really fighting yourselves more."
He then got up and left the area, the other three quickly following, while Kevin and Mike both looked at each other, before looking away from each other in disgust.
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The two were in the indoor dojo now, an easel set up, with paintbrushes in both of their right hands.
"We can do this," Kevin urged, both of them hoping that Symbol Power would be easier.
The two raised their brushes and started to draw their respective morphing symbols. They were easy, and thus, were the logical first step. If they could morph, then that would be a simple start that went a long way to helping the others.
But as soon as their brushes touched the paper, they quickly discovered that the other person interrupted their writing.
Mike immediately glared at Kevin, trying his best not to yell, "Relax your left hand, Kevin, and stop pulling me. Or this is never going to work."
Kevin glared right back at him, "I'm not pulling. You are."
The two continued their practice, but immediately ran into the exact same problem.
Eventually, Kevin threw both sets of their wrists down in frustration, "Look, just follow me and we'll nail these Symbol Powers!"
Mike yelled right back, "And who put you in charge?!"
Mia and Emily had entered the scene to see what the commotion was all about. They worriedly watched as Kevin moved to draw his Symbol, but Mike pettily moved his hand away with his own.
The two continued to struggle and fight against each other, until the two girls finally had enough and stepped in to intervene.
"Stop it! Right now!" Mia said, and the two boys immediately obeyed her.
"Look," Emily tried to be calm and collected, "we know it's hard, but fighting is not going to solve anything."
Kevin sighed in frustration, "Come on. There's has to be something around here we can do to be useful!"
Mia and Emily watched with concern as Kevin pulled Mike along.
Mia then shook her head and decided to head to the kitchen, where Jayden and Antonio were having tea to calm themselves, "I'm too tired to deal with this," and she threw up her hands in surrender.
Emily wordlessly nodded and followed her, shaking her head on the way.
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"Pick it up from the top, Mike!"
"I can't when your hands are down there, Kevin!"
The two stumbled into the living room, where the Gap Sensor table was.
Kevin moved them behind him, "This way."
"But the trash is this way," Mike reminded him, motioning behind himself.
"I know," Kevin replied. "But it's hard to navigate Ji's garden when you can't see where you're walking, so it's easier to go this way." He pulled behind him again, but Mike tugged back.
"Well, this way is a shorter walk!"
"Mike, would you quit fighting-"
Kevin suddenly slipped, sending him and Mike tumbling to the ground. It also split open the garbage bag they were carrying and sent trash all over the floor.
Ji came into the room to see what the commotion was about just as the nearby lamp crashed to the floor.
"What's going on in here?" He asked, as he picked up the damaged lamp and studied it. "What is wrong with you two?"
"Sorry, Mentor," Mike sheepishly apologizes.
"Yeah, we were just trying to help out," Kevin added.
Ji sighed before getting an idea, one that would get the two out of the house for a while and give the rest of them some peace and quiet, "I have a task for you two to do. I was going to do it tomorrow, but you two need some serious bonding time if you really want to help the others fight the Nighlock." He reached into his robe and pulled out a grocery list, before handing it to Kevin. Kevin took it and Ji continued, "Work together or nothing will get done."
"Yes, Mentor," the two both rpelied, at the same time, before leaving the House together.
Once outside, Mike threw his hands down in frustration, before telling Kevin, "Dude, how can we be Rangers if we can't even take out the trash?"
Kevin understood that, but he sighed and said, "Come on."
He pulled them both down the steps, but this made Mike trip, sending them both to the ground.
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Cool Bean Café, Panorama City, California
The Octo Zord watched as Terry Watanabe entered the Cool Bean Cafe. He had been following this boy for the past three weeks, and every week, around this time, he would drop by this cafe, sit in a booth while drinking his vanilla bean frappe, and write down some music or lyrics for a song.
But this time would be different, because Terry was going to meet some of his friends today. He was a little late due to said friends working at the cafe and getting their breaks around this time.
Octo, however, was surprised to see Tiger, Beetle, and Swordfish there as well.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked them, not caring if they were too loud, because only Samurai Rangers could here them talk.
"Trailing someone," Tiger replied. "I guess that you are too."
"Who are you guys each tailing?" Octo asked, as Terry sat down with three other people, one of them being in casual clothes and the other two in cafe aprons and hats, complete with nametags.
"You first," Beetle replied.
"Terrence Watanabe," Octo replied, motioning to the Asian boy in the purple t-shirt and black leather jacket, his guitar case sitting next to him. "He's got heart, he's got guts, he already knows how to fight, and his love for music is perfect for my Symbol Power over Sound."
Swordfish went next, "Angela Cruz." She motioned to the Hispanic girl in the aqua-colored shirt and cafe apron. "Her motherly disposition and personality overall both remind me of my Symbol Power over Rain. She's perfect for it."
Beetle spoke up after, "Spike Skullovitch." He motioned to the caucasian boy dress in multiple colors, but wearing a cafe apron. "Weird kid, but has a good heart and a surprising amount of self-confidence. He's perfect for my Symbol Power over Metal."
Tiger went last, motioning to the last person at the table they were all watching, a mixed race girl, carrying a teaching book for kids, and she introduced, "Skyla Barnes. Courageous and stubborn to a fault, and I'm pretty sure her dog already knows I exist, but she's incredibly faithful to the kids she teaches and people whose secrets she protects. She's perfect for my Symbol Power over Snow."
The four continued to watch the people they were interested in, wondering if there would ever be the right time to recruit them, and what the current Rangers would say.
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Food Planet, Panorama City, California
It was an hour later before Mike and Kevin were able to get all ten items on Ji's list. It was a short list, and the two both knew where everything was, but it had taken them a freakin' hour just to get in and get out (something they've done before and only took ten minutes to do, or fifteen depending on how long the checkout lines were).
It was another fifteen minutes, full of awkward stares and flustered explanations of 'It's a school project, don't worry about it', before the two were finally able to leave the store, the two simple bags in their hands and the change in Kevin's.
"There," Kevin said. "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
"I guess," Mike shrugged.
"Hold on," Kevin said, pulling Mike's hands toward his crotch.
"Dude, what are you doing?!" Mike immediately pulled away, and the change in Kevin's hands flew away with the breeze that just so happened to pick up right that instant.
Kevin sighed, "Sorry for startling you. I was just trying to put the change in my pocket."
"You could've put it inside the bags," Mike pointed out, and Kevin nodded in agreement. "But it's okay. It's just money. Let's just focus on how we're going to get these home."
"We could just walk," Kevin replied.
"I'm not walking all the way back," Mike shot back. "We walked all the way here. I'm not doing that again."
Mike then paused when he saw a line of empty shopping carts, just waiting to be used, and he smiled as he got an idea.
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They were in the park now, and Kevin was pushing a shopping cart that Mike was riding in. The bags were also in the cart with Mike, and the two were no longer arguing.
"I gotta say, Mike," Kevin began.
"If you're to ask to switch places, the answer is no," Mike swiftly, cooly replied.
"No, no, I was just going to say how clever this idea is," Kevin finished. "You're always so creative."
"Oh," was Mike's reply. "Well, I have to be. I don't have your mad skills."
Kevin smiled, "Was that a compliment?"
"You tricked me," Mike laughed, before Kevin stopped completely. "What's wrong?"
"Um, I drank a lot of juice this morning," Kevin replied. Mike turned around to see what Kevin was looking at.
A bathroom.
"Oh no," Mike muttered. "Please, tell me you're kidding."
He wasn't.
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City Square, Panorama City, California
The Rangers had raced out to the coordinates as soon as the Gap Sensor went off.
Meanwhile, in the city, Kevin was still pushing the cart home, with Mike still riding with the bags in the basket.
"You know," Mike said, with a smile, "I was going to let you ride for a while. But after that little pitstop? There's no way."
But then Kevin stopped. Again.
"What?!" Mike asked. "Again?!"
"No, look!" Kevin motioned behind him. Mike turned around in time to see the other four Rangers running to the battlefield. The Nighlock was back, and now it was time to kick some butt.
Mike turned back to Kevin, "Let's do it."
Kevin nodded, before running, pushing Mike and the cart faster to catch up with them.
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Jayden, Emily, Mia, and Antonio, all fully morphed arrived in time to stop Epoxar from running after a group of innocent civilians.
"Nighlock!" Antonio called, holding the Light Zord. "You and I have unfinished business!"
"Ah, hello, Rangers!" Epoxar replied. "I was waiting for you!"
"This battle end right now, Epoxar!" Emily retorted. "You got us mad!"
"And when we get mad," Mia finished, "you don't want to mess with us."
"Well, then," the Nighlock replied, backing up. "Catch me if you can!" And he ran away from the scene.
"Ugh! Dirty coward! Get back here!" Jayden called out for the Nighlock, as the four Rangers ran after him. But they were suddenly jerked backward, falling forward, and they hit the concrete below them hard.
Their first instinct was to look back to see what had made the trip. Glue was stuck to their feet. They both glanced back at Epoxar, shocked and angry. Him running away was just an act. It was bait for a trap.
Epoxar was laughing his butt off. "Do you Rangers have to work hard at being this dense? Or does it just come naturally?!" He then shot more of his glue at them.
Mia quickly found herself on top of Antonio, while Emily found herself on top of Jayden.
"Mia, can you get off me?" Antonio asked.
"Don't you think I'd like too?!" Mia asked. "I'm not doing this on purpose!"
"Guys, stay calm!" Emily urged, before losing her balance.
In the distance, Mike and Kevin watched as Epoxar laughed, highly amused.
Epoxar bopped Jayden's helmet saying, "Now, you have the perfect view to watch me destroy the city. Bye, you losers!"
As the Nighlock walked away, Kevin said, "We're the only ones who can stop him now."
"But, Kev," Mike asked, "how can we fight like this?"
*'Look, we know you guys can pull this off, but first you have to get in sync.'
'You guys think you're fighting that glue, but you're really fighting yourselves more.'*
They could do this. They could get in sync. They just needed to stop fighting each other.
Mike turned to the Blue Ranger, "Kev, I have to ask you for a huge favor."
"Sure, what is it?" Kevin asked.
"I can't keep up with your technique," Mike honestly confessed. "You're too good. Would you be willing to lower yourself a notch so we can be in sync?"
Mike tried to study Kevin's face, and he couldn't read it. He seemed angry, but he wasn't sure.
But then Kevin smiled, "Well, in a situation like this, we really need your creative mind. I'd rather follow your lead and match your moves, because I already know that they'll work. Mike, I'm putting my faith in you, because I know you'll deliver. What do you say?"
"You're a great guy, Kev," Mike smiled back. "And yes, that was a compliment." Kevin almost laughed. "Now, let's do this."
The two grabbed hands, ready to fight together and not each other.
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Kevin and Mike let their cart, still filled with their groceries, be the shield for some scared, innocent civilians, as it saved them from getting hit by the Nighlock's glue.
"What?!" Epoxar turned to see two civlians he apparently already glued together. "Who ruined my fun this time?!"
"Play time's over, Nighlock!" Mike said.
"Oh, yeah? And who are you two jokers supposed to be?!" Epoxar asked.
"Watch and see," Kevin smirked, before the two pulled out their Samuraizers and drew their Symbols.
"Go, Go, Samurai!"
The two morphed in blue and green light, and this is when Epoxar started to get interested, "Hey! I know you two!"
"Samurai Forest, Power Ranger Green!"
"Samurai Water, Power Ranger Blue!"
"Rangers Together, Samurai Forever!"
Epoxar was cracking himself up just laughing at the sight, "This is the best joke ever! Well, Rangers, try and defeat me if you can!"
"Challenge accepted," Mike said.
"Alright, Mike," Kevin said, "it's to take him down with your imagination."
"Plus your technique," Mike replied. "Follow my lead."
"Right!" Kevin said.
And the two ran forward, dodging the glue blasts Epoxar shot at them by jumping in the air (done when Mike called out 'Jump!').
While in the air, Mike told Kevin, "Flying front kick to the chest!"
"Right!" And both Rangers aimed said kick directly to where Mike said to aim.
Now on the ground, Epoxar took out his weapon (seriously, was it a trident or a fork?), saying, "A couple of fancy kicks won't stop me."
"Rapid jabs!"
Both of them did so.
"Side kick!"
And Kevin delivered.
"Now flip me!"
Kevin did so, letting both of Mike's feet hit the Nighlock's head, before Mike did the same thing to Kevin, both of them then landing flat on the ground.
"Roll to safety!"
And they did. As they got to their feet, Mike called out another one.
"Now flip me up!"
Kevin did, letting Mike kick the Nighlock twice, before Mike did the same to Kevin, letting him get his own kicks in.
Mike then turned to Kevin, "You thinking what I'm thinking next?"
"Yeah."
"Windmills!"
Kevin quick picked Mike up and spun him around, letting the Green Ranger's boots kick the Nighlock multiple times, before letting him land. Epoxar, meanwhile, had been knocked to the ground.
"Nice one, Mike!"
"You too, Kev," Mike replied. "Now, let's finish this creep."
Epoxar got to his feet, "Would you two quit dancing around and fight me already?!"
He fired his eye lasers at them, but both Rangers blocked each laser with their Spin Swords.
"If dancing is what it takes to take you down, Nighlock," Mike began.
Kevin finished, "Then consider this your last dance."
The two Rangers then ran at their opponent, and as they struck him repeatedly with their Spin Swords, Mike said, "Time for a math lesson. With us, one plus one doesn't equal two!"
Kevin added, "It equals one less Nighlock!"
One combined slash from both Swords and Epoxar was back on the ground, his weapon clanging to the ground.
"Forest Spear!" The two called, before ramming the tip of it into Epoxar. Together, the two lifted him high up into the air, before calling on Kevin's weapon, "Hydro Bow!"
Kevin gave the final order to "Fire!"
One blue arrow later and Epoxar's first life was defeated. The two knew this due to the glue tying their wrists together finally disappeared, freeing them at last.
"Thank goodness!" Kevin said, before the two of them looked around at the civilians that were stuck as well.
They watched as families were reunited and people were finally able to leave, as they hadn't moved from the spot they were glued to for at least thirty minutes.
"Nice going, Kev," Mike complimented, as he sat down for a rest. The sun was starting to go down now.
"You two, Mike. I think I was even getting the hang of those dance steps."
The two were suddenly cut off by a booming voice overhead. "If I can't glue you together," Epoxar's second life had just started, "I'll tear you apart!" Kevin immediately held up his Hydro-Bow.
"This isn't-" A couple of blasts from a Zord that hit Epoxar dead on made Mike change his tone. "Good?"
The two glanced over to see the Bull Zord charging towards the Nighlock.
"Megazords to the rescue!" Jayden told the Rangers on the ground. "Thanks for ungluing us, guys. Great job. Now it's our turn. Antonio!"
"I'm ready, amigo!" Antonio piped up as Claw Zord jabbed at the Nighlock, he and Jayden currently in Shogun Mode (with Jayden obviously controlling it with the Black Box).
"That was awesome, guys!" came Mia's voice. Kevin and Mike turned around to see Mia and Emily running towards.
Kevin gave Mia a tight hug, as Emily said, "I knew you guys could do it."
"You were right, Em," Mike replied. "Like always."
Emily giggled, "Was there ever any doubt?"
Meanwhile, Jayden and Antonio summoned the Megazords.
"Bull Megazord, Armed for Battle!"
"Claw Battlezord: North! Ready!"
"Light Zord, Transformation!"
Epoxar was pretty much pissed off right now, "You Rangers don't seem to have a clue as to when to give up! Well, let me give you a hint. IT'S RIGHT NOW!" Shooting beams from his eyes, Antonio and LZ both dodged to avoid it, whereas Jayden marched right through it.
When Epoxar saw this, he decided to bring out the big ammo by firing some glue shots.
"Shoulder Blasters!" The blasts cut through the glue and manage to strike Epoxar as well.
Antonio followed up in the Clawzord, "Octo Spear: Charge!" With said Octo Spear, Epoxar was hit twice before Light Zord performed his super spin attack.
Jayden decided to end the fight, "Bull Disk: Power Up!"
Jayden and the Bullzord both charged up for the final strike.
"Katana Power: Revolving Laser Blaster!"
The great burst of energy that followed was, thankfully, enough to defeat Epoxar once and for all.
As the Nighlock exploded and burst into flames, Jayden glanced back down at the ground where his team was cheering, "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~
Shiba House, Gianni Forest, Panorama City, California
"Spaghetti!" Mike tossed Kevin the said item, who caught it perfectly and set in in the drawer it was meant to go in.
In return, Kevin tossed Mike the "Bananas!", who put them in the fruit bowl.
"Can!" Kevin caught it and placed in the drawer, as the other four Rangers (plus Ji) watched in amusement. Mike then called out "Cereal!".
Kevin caught it before the two tossed "Cans!" to each other.
"Looks like they finally found their synchronicity," Mia commented.
But then Mike called out, "Eggs!"
"No!"
The other five grimaced as the egg carton lay smashed on the ground, before starting to laugh.
Kevin glared at Mike as the two picked up a washcloth and a mop before moving down to the floor together to clean up the mess they made, all while trying to ignore the laughter of the others.
~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~PRS~REDO~
Original Shinkenger Episode: Act 37
Original PRS Episode: A Sticky Situation
Note: Quick question: why did the Gap Sensor take forever to go off the second time in canon? Also, Food Planet is the actual canon name of the supermarket Mike and Kevin visit. And yes, the four auxiliary Zords visiting those particular four people was necessary to add.
Also, it would take a lot more than just a broom and dustpan to clean up smashed eggs.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please review and tell me what you think!
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 2, Episode 12: "Trust Me"
"Serrator clouds the minds of some islanders, Maldan renders the Spin Sword obsolete in one move, while Jayden appears to be hiding something from Emily."