Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers nor do I own characters such as Tommy Oliver, Kira Ford, Alyssa Enrile and Andros. They are property of Disney. However, the Fusion Powers are my original idea as well as characters such as Zeke, Master Fireseed, Fusia, Zoe, Andrix, Arial, and Apollo.
Note to Readers: You'll notice that my stories contain more mature themes. This is due to the fact that some of us, myself included have been fans of the show since it was released back in 1993 and we're just waiting for themes such as romance, sex, tragedy and violence to mature. Enjoy and leave me a review, I'd like to know what youreaders out there think of it.
Power Rangers: Fusion
Episode I: Lone Wolf isn't Alone Part 1
It was dark out but the area was well lit by spotlights. The crowd was immense as it always was when King Kernius made public appearances. He was speaking to the crowd about new reforms in their government. Politics was one thing that least interested this particular person that looked in his early twenties wearing a red jacket and black pants with dark spiked hair and serious features. His gaze wasn't fixed on the king like everyone else's. His gaze, hidden behind sunglasses was constantly darting around looking, no waiting for something to go wrong. This man's name was Zeke. He could be regarded as a hero or maybe even a savior to the city of Scale Harbor or better yet the entire planet of Ronia but fame was another thing that meant nothing to him. The service he performed, he did from desire.
From the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of something. The light from the spotlights had reflected off of something for a single moment. That something was small and round. One thing came to Zeke's mind and one thing only. He edged towards the front of the crowd. Despite all the people in the crowd Zeke made it through easily as if the people knew he was approaching and moved just for him. He reached the guard rails now no more than a couple meters from King Kernius himself. Once again he turned his attention away from the king and focused on the spot he caught a glimpse of what he was sure was the scope of a sniper rifle.
He would've been even more sure if all this light weren't in his view. Then, it suddenly happened, a shot fired from the exact spot he predicted. Zeke reacted by leaping into the air towards the king tackling him to the ground.
"What is the meaning of this?" King Kernius shouted.
"Don't worry your highness," Zeke replied. "Just saving your ass."
Just as Zeke's sentence was complete more shots were fired that smacked into the podium Zeke and the king were behind. Zeke pulled two pistols from his side holsters. In his right hand was a pistol that was metallic blue with a laser targeting device mounted under the barrel and in the other was a red pistol with silver plates on each side of the barrel and an emblem of a wolf connecting the handle and barrel. Zeke twisted his body around the podium and unleashed a barrage of blue and red laser fire from his two pistols. When he saw a red beam from the sniper come toward him, he twisted back into the cover of the podium. The shot chipped some of the metal from the podium as it impacted. Although he was the greatest threat to the sniper his fire was more concentrated on the king's security who were firing their laser pistols blindly at the sniper. The sniper quickly and efficiently dispatched the king's security.
Zeke turned to look at the king and flashed a grin at him. "Maybe you should invest more in your own security. How are you supposed to give tax reductions if you're dead?"
King Kernius returned with a look of malice.
Zeke shrugged and twisted his body around the podium and unleashed another barrage on the sniper who returned with another shot to the podium. Zeke repeated once more and after the sniper's return shot he quickly holstered his red pistol and pressed a button on the blue one that caused a small scope to come out of the top. Zeke dropped onto his back and aimed his gun from the other side of the podium he was previously firing from. Zeke scanned the area with his scope until the no longer hidden sniper's head came into the cross-hair of his scope. He pulled the trigger and the blue beam rocketed towards its target letting globs of white demon blood spew from the back of the sniper's head.
That was when things took a turn for the worst. One-by-one the spotlights were shot out, the screams of the crowd the only thing louder than the exploding spotlights. This would normally be bad thing, night time with no light but for Zeke it wasn't. He stood up with a smile covering his face. He pulled off his sunglasses revealing eyes that shined. This mutation was a result of his powers, a gift from the Red Wolf that allowed him to see in total darkness. Although his clarity in darkness wasn't as good as in the light, it was better than nothing.
"Fools! You think the darkness is going to stop me?" Zeke shouted to his unsuspecting attackers. Then his wolf eyes picked up movement from his left, then his right. He was then suddenly attacked by three demons from each side, Craig demons to be exact. They were the weakest of the demon race but their advantage was their numbers and that was about it.
One Craig demon from Zeke's left lunged at him and was launched back by a kick from Zeke. Two on the right attacked and one on the left. Zeke dropped to the ground and tripped the one coming from his left with his leg. He quickly leaned his head back and aimed his pistols at the other two and fired blowing their heads off in a splash of white blood.
Zeke rolled back to his feet and did a side flip while firing at the two demons he had put on their backs. Upon landing he leapt back into the air and delivered a kick to one Craig's neck that caused a nasty crack. When Zeke landed from the kick he remained crouched and opened fire on the last Craig sending him to the ground in a splatter of white blood. Zeke stood up triumphant but knew the battle wasn't over yet.
The sound of running footsteps rapidly approached. Zeke didn't turn but instead waited for the runner got close to deliver a back kick followed by another one and then a roundhouse. The demon that was now on the ground was named Zertoxic. His weapon of choice was a staff but the staff he carried now was different from the one he usually has. It had a sphere mounted on the top. From his place on the ground Zertoxic swept his new staff towards Zeke's legs who back flipped to avoid being tripped. Upon landing he opened fire, Zertoxic was fast enough to get out of the way of the blasts and to his feet but wasn't prepared for the flying kick that followed. Zertoxic was once again sent to the ground. Zertoxic's expression grew angry as he leapt to his feet and began to chase Zeke. Zeke ran to the nearest wall on the stage and ran two steps up it until he back flipped off, landed and gave Zertoxic a kick to the back that sent him into the wall. Zertoxic quickly recovered from the kick and spun around. The sphere on top of the staff had a purpose after all. It let out a flash of light that under most circumstances wouldn't be considered bright but due to Zeke's mutation the flash seriously blinded him. He gasped and fell to the ground covering his eyes with his forearm.
"A little light and you're out, pathetic!" Zertoxic said as he spat on Zeke.
Zeke went for his left wrist which was occupied by a device known as a Fusion Morpher in the shape of a wolf's head. He pressed a button on the side of the morpher and the face of the wolf motif slid open revealing a pad adorned with assorted buttons. Zeke depressed a button and a red portal opened. Out of that portal a robotic metallic wolf with a red head ran towards Zertoxic.
"Sic' em, boy!" Zeke shouted.
The red wolf tackled Zertoxic. Zertoxic now once again on the ground batted the wolf off of him.
Zeke's eyes had recovered from the flash and now he was ready. Zeke performed a series of movements known as the Fusion Kata that was essential for the fusion process. "Wolf fusion: Red!" Zeke shouted as the front compartment of his morpher slid open revealing a red crystal that flew out and embedded itself onto the wolf's forehead. The wolf glowed an intense red and split into pieces of red light. These pieces swirled around Zeke's body like tornado and attached themselves becoming different pieces of armor. When the tornado of red light subsided, Zeke was wearing a red helmet in the shape of a wolf's head and armor that covered his chest, back, forearms, hands, shins, and feet. Then red lightning struck Zeke's body that formed red spandex that covered his body, red gloves, black boots, black belt that held the holsters for his two pistols, black visor and the bottom half of his helmet.
Zeke had now transformed into the Red Fusion Ranger. These powers gave him a huge edge in battle especially against the tougher enemies like Zertoxic.
Zertoxic now stood with his staff in hand ready for Zeke's attack. Now that he was transformed the helmet's visor would protect him from the blinding flashes of Zertoxic's staff.
"I have to say, I'm impressed. Did you think of the light flash thing all by yourself?"
"Actually, I did," Zertoxic replied so proudly it was as if he had discovered the cure for the common cold.
"Well good for you, that'll be the last thing I promise."
"We'll see about that red ranger."
Zeke moved his hands out to his side. "Wolf-Cry Claws," Zeke shouted as three blades escaped from the paws of the wolf on the top of his hands.
Zeke made the first move by charging towards Zertoxic. His right hand became electrified by red lightning. Zertoxic focused on Zeke's right hand and didn't see his left coming and his assumption gave him three deep cuts on his face. Zertoxic retaliated with a swift blow from the bottom of his staff that Zeke caught in his right side. Zeke batted the staff away with his claw then delivered a kick to Zertoxic that he blocked with his staff. Zertoxic took two steps back before swinging his staff towards Zeke. Zeke bent over backwards to dodge the blow and sent a punch to Zertoxic's stomach before he stood upright. Zeke refused Zertoxic an opening by sending an electrified left into his face. Zertoxic managed to escape death by moving backward and only taking another deep cut in his face. Zeke sent an uppercutting right which Zertoxic managed to narrowly escape again by only taking a cut to the throat. Zertoxic responded by sweeping his staff under Zeke. Zeke fell to the ground, rolled back, stood up, and jumped all in one motion. Zeke attempted a drop kick but Zertoxic's staff took the impact as he blocked it. The staff fell to the ground and Zeke kicked it away and ducked as Zertoxic threw a high right.
"Lightning Wolf Uppercut!" Zeke shouted.
Zeke's right hand intensely electrified and used it to land an uppercut on Zertoxic. However, Zeke's signature move wasn't done as he jumped into the air bringing Zertoxic who was hooked by the chin with Zeke's Wolf-Cry Claws. Zeke spun completely around while hooked to Zertoxic's chin and landed on the ground while he was still airborne. As soon as Zeke's feet touched solid ground he let out a burst of red lightning from his left hand that sent Zertoxic flying to the other side of the stage, drowning in a pool of his own blood.
Zeke smiled triumphantly at the sick choking sounds Zertoxic was making. His triumph was short lived as figures of black goo erupted from the stage and surrounded him. Zeke extended each arm out ward and unleashed several bolts of red lightning in every direction. The figures of black goo retracted into the stage as another pile of the goo formed a shape to his far right.
Andrix! Zeke thought to himself.
The pile of black goo formed into a three meter tall dark red demon with glowing black eyes and enormous horns. This was Andrix, the Demon King. He rarely came this close to the action but for some reason he felt a need to which peeked Zeke's interest.
"What're you doing here Andrix? Woke up this morning and found the courage to face me?" Zeke taunted.
"HA! You're a fool!" Andrix's monstrous voice boomed. "Do you honestly think you can defeat me?"
"We've been running around like this for years Andrix. I kill your henchmen, you get pissed and send another one that's maybe a little stronger. This is getting real old. Why don't we just settle this now?"
"My thoughts exactly. That is why I have this," Andrix said as he raised his right hand that had some sort of gauntlet mounted on it.
"So you have something to possibly stop the flurry of my Wolf-Cry Claws, so what?"
"You are so naive, someone as old as you should know by now what this is, it's the Gargantuan Gauntlet!"
"It ain't that big. You trying to compensate for something?"
"I guess I will have to give you and this whole damn city a demonstration!"
That was when Zeke's eyebrow perked. He's not bluffing. Something's not right.
In Andrix's hand a red globe formed and he fired it at the now dead Zertoxic. Zeke could only look in horror as the wounds that he gave Zertoxic healed and he got up but that wasn't it, not only did he get up he grew to the size of a skyscraper.
Zeke's eyes were wide in shock. He looked at Andrix who was wearing the widest smirk he'd ever seen then back to Zertoxic.
"Shit!" Zeke shouted.
He never quite understood why he had a huge version of the Red Wolf called a Zord but he was thankful for it.
"Red Wolf Fusion Zord!" Zeke shouted as he performed a series of movements known as the Zord Kata essential to summoning the Zord.
The pieces of the Red Wolf he now wore as armor left his body leaving only the red spandex, belt and boots. The pieces came together to form the wolf when a cloud above turned a light hue of red. The red storm cloud emitted massive bolts of red lightning that hit the Red Wolf. These lightning bolts turned the small Red Wolf into the massive Red Wolf Zord. He looked different now, instead of being mostly metallic like before he was all red, his true color. Zeke held out the hand with his Fusion Morpher and summoned a portal.
Before he went through he gave Andrix a look of fury. Andrix's smirk grew even bigger. Zeke disappeared into the portal. The other side of the portal dropped him onto the elevator that lead to the cockpit of his Zord. The elevator lowered him to a sliding door that revealed the cockpit behind it. Zeke spun his chair around, sat down and spun back around meeting with the two control pads. One had the controls for movement and the other was a computer console that armed different weapons and controlled other functions of his Zord.
Zeke activated the controls immediately sending his Zord at a dead sprint toward the enlarged Zertoxic. Red Wolf pounced onto his target sending him to the ground. Red Wolf dug its claws into Zertoxic's back producing bubbling white blood. Zertoxic shrilled as he rolled over forcing Red Wolf off his back. Red Wolf rolled over once and then into its attack position, robotic fangs beared. Zertoxic climbed to his feet and swung his staff towards Red Wolf. It dodged the blow and caught the end of the staff in its jaws. It began to pull the staff from Zertoxic's hands emitting a growl every couple of seconds. Zertoxic fought for control of his staff.
"You pesky little shit!" Zertoxic scowled.
Red Wolf kept pulling on the staff but Zertoxic was holding on well until suddenly Zertoxic smiled and let go of the staff. Red Wolf flew backward from his own pulling force. Zertoxic was quick on the attack, he charged scooping his staff from the ground and jammed it into Red Wolf's side. Pressurized oil from the inside of the Zord spewed out of the wound like blood. Red Wolf yelped as the pressure relieved, the oil slowed to an oozing.
Zeke looked at his oil pressure gauge and noticed the oil pressure was building back up.
Good! The bypasses are working fine but another hit like that and she won't have enough oil to keep the gears from seizing.
Red Wolf rolled over once more into its attack stance. This time Zeke waited for Zertoxic to make a move. Zertoxic stood their with a smirk on his face. Zertoxic whipped his staff around and toppled a small building.
"Shit!" Zeke shouted. "You bastard!"
Red Wolf leapt at Zertoxic who reacted by swinging his staff and knocking him away.
"Ha ha! You can't penetrate my defenses with your small size!" Zertoxic taunted.
Zeke smirked. "Size matters not. Haven't you heard?"
Zeke jammed the controls and sent Red Wolf at a full charge toward Zertoxic. He readied his staff but as soon as Red Wolf got close he jumped to the side and slashed the back of his calf. Zertoxic squealed as he fell to a knee. Red Wolf didn't waste any time and took a bite into Zertoxic's hip. He shrilled in pain and smacked Red Wolf with his closest hand but Red Wolf only sank his fangs in further.
Zertoxic screamed in pain as he pulled Red Wolf from his hip letting it keep a nice chunk of it. Zertoxic had Red Wolf by the throat now and positioned him so they were face to face.
"You'll pay for that Red Ranger!"
Red Wolf responded by spitting the chunk of his hip it had in its mouth into his face. This only served to feed Zertoxic's fury even further. Zertoxic threw Red Wolf as far as he could. Red Wolf landed on the beach immediately recovering to his attack position. The water gave him a sudden idea. He pulled a small cylinder from his belt buckle and pressed the button on it allowing a key to come from the top.
"Power Ball Four, Crab Gatling!" Zeke said as he jammed the key into its hole and turned it.
Red Wolf opened his mouth and purple tinged lightning emitted from it. The lightning formed into a solid metallic sphere that had the number four on it. The sphere split in half revealing a pink colored robotic crab. The Crab Gatling touched ground and immediately climbed onto the back of Red Wolf and latched itself on. It extended its claws out and opened them revealing two gatling barrels. Red Wolf charged toward Zertoxic once more but this time, Zeke commanded the Crab Gatling to open fire. Zertoxic was taken aback by the blasts which gave Red Wolf the perfect opportunity to make a pounce. Zeke put all the power he could behind this pounce.
It payed off when Zertoxic collapsed to the ground. Red Wolf dug its claws into Zertoxic's shoulders and then started with quick biting lunges to Zertoxic's face quickly ripping it apart piece by piece. Zertoxic screamed in pain and dropped his staff. He intercepted one of Red Wolf's lunges with his forearm. Red Wolf wouldn't give up, its blood soaked fangs continued to snap mere meters from his face. Considering how big they both were meters were pretty close. Red Wolf's snapping continued as Zertoxic desperately reached for his staff. His shaking forearm wasn't going to hold back the fury of the wolf for long but the truth was Zeke was pushing all the power left in Red Wolf into his attacks. Oil pressure was at an extremely unsafe level and the engine was overheating but the Red Wolf was repairable, people's lives weren't.
Zeke all of a sudden realized that pushing Red Wolf to its limit was a terrible idea. The heads up display screen told him that the hydraulics in Red Wolf's jaw had ruptured. Red hydraulic fluid spewed from the jaw of Red Wolf. The engine seized due to overheating causing Red Wolf to seize. Zertoxic grabbed his staff and stabbed it straight through Red Wolf's body. Red Wolf squealed as Zertoxic once again threw him across the city. Zeke struggled with the controls but the Zord had shut itself down.
"Dammit! Come on!" Zeke scowled as he continued to press the engine start again and again but to no avail.
After a few failed attempts he paused then started to jam the button harder as if it were going to work. "C'mon Red Wolf! Start dammit, start!"
Then the engine hummed to life and the screen in front of him flickered on. The engine wasn't doing too well but well enough for him to finish this. Zeke hit a couple buttons and the screen read 'Wolf Cannon Charging.' He could see on the screen that Zertoxic was approaching ever so cautiously.
"That's it move in slow you dumb bastard. I got a present for you."
Zertoxic stopped right in front of Red Wolf in the perfect spot to go in for the kill. Suddenly Zeke jerked the controls. Red Wolf's head snapped to life and immediately launched a ball of red light from inside its mouth. The red ball blew Zertoxic's head clean off his shoulders in an explosion of white blood. Zeke immediately went for the engine shutdown but before he could press it he heard a horrifying sound, a warning message came onto the screen that read 'Engine Blown.'
"No...no. No! Red Wolf! Fuck!" Zeke shouted as he pounded the control panel. He could feel a tear coming to his eye. Red Wolf was all he had ever had and all he ever will and now he was gone. It was the first time in this struggle Red Wolf had gotten hurt and Zeke couldn't forgive himself for it.
"I'm sorry for pushing you so hard, I'm so sorry."
Zeke stood up tall and barricaded his tears and not one escaped. He extended the hand with the morpher and created a red portal in place of the door and walked through.
TO BE CONCLUDED...
