Power Rangers: Fusion
Episode III: Once a Loner, Always a Loner
The battle was enormous. It was Zeke and Red Wolf versus at least twenty Craigs. Luckily Zeke was a couple of blocks away when they decided to attack this building. Zeke had battled the Craigs out into the streets by this time and eliminated half the Craigs already. Zeke wasn't morphed but he had both guns in hand. His hands were moving so fast that you couldn't tell where they were most of the time. The only indication was a shot here and there from the guns that took a Craig down.
Zeke kicked one Craig on his right into a crowd of others toppling a few over. He then opened fire with his blue pistol, the Inferno Pistol. The Craig he kicked and four others were hit by the Inferno Pistol's wrath and lay on the ground in a puddle of white blood. Zeke then leapt into the crowd of Craigs on his left sending one to the ground with a drop kick. When he landed he performed an uppercut with the barrel of the red pistol called the Fusion Saberpistol. Before contact was cut between the pistol and the Craig's chin, Zeke fired a red blast that exploded out of the top of its head in a shower of white blood. Zeke then brought the Inferno Pistol around and landed a shot into the head of the Craig he drop kicked. Then in a sweep with his left, he smacked a Craig in the head and fired a shot into the throat of the Craig next to that one. The one that got smacked in the head was not safe because Zeke brought the Inferno Pistol around low and pumped a few shots into its chest. Zeke put a hard elbow into the face of a Craig behind him sending his nose bone into his brain. He then sent a powerful spinning roundhouse kick to one on his left snapping its neck.
The ten remaining Craigs started to back away attempting to be more cautious. Zeke smiled and holstered the Inferno Pistol. He pressed a button on the Fusion Saberpistol that caused it to change. The two silver plates on each side doubled in size and rotated upwards on the emblem, the barrel of the pistol also rotated on the emblem but it rotated downward and connected to the grip of the pistol housing the trigger between them. The two silver blades extended upward and joined into one blade.
Zeke flipped the saber around so the blade was facing the ground and the bottom of the hilt toward the sky. He extended his other hand and waved the Craigs on. They did not advance, instead they assumed a deeper ready stance. Zeke rushed forward and slid into the group. One was heading to the ground but before he reached it he was shot through the head by the quickly drawn Inferno Pistol. Zeke rolled backwards to his feet, then leapt into the air and swung his blade into the throat of three Craigs killing them. When he landed he wasted no time, he crouched, jammed his saber into the chest of a Craig while firing two shots that blew the head off one Craig each. He then stood up and converted his saber back to a pistol and opened up a hail of laser fire onto the remaining three.
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"Dammit!" Andrix screamed as he slammed his fist on the wall of a building he was on top of.
He just saw the battle unfold as the Red Ranger killed a gang of twenty Craigs in minutes. He was furious. The door of the stairs swung open. Andrix's head quickly spun around to look at what was there. It was Acidica, the leader of their recent operation. Acidica was a demon of average height that wore brown rags that covered her private areas and that was it. If a Coral Snake were a human, it'd look like her.
"Well, did you get them?" Andrix inquired angrily.
"Yessss, dessspite the Red Ranger'sss interferenssse," she replied.
Andrix let out a toothy grin. "Excellent. Now get down there and finish that asshole off!"
"Yesss, my lord."
Acidica ran and jumped straight off the edge of the building landing on the ground cracking the pavement below her. Andrix only hoped that she would be enough to defeat the Red Ranger.
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Zeke looked at the source of the loud thud. It was one of the demon's. From the looks of it, one of Andrix's better ones. She stood up and took a bow.
"I am Assssidica and I will desssstroy you, then ssssuck your innardsss from where your head usssed to be! Ha ha ha!" the female creature, Acidica bellowed.
"You gotta catch me first, bitch!" Zeke snapped before he performed the Fusion Kata. "Wolf fusion: Red!"
Zeke's morphing sequence occurred yielding the Red Fusion Power Ranger. Acidica dropped into her attack stance. Zeke did the same. They began circling each other until Zeke lashed out. He electrified his fist with red lightning and sent the punch at her face. Acidica blocked the blow and then kicked Zeke away from her. She then opened her mouth and spit a wad of acid at him. Zeke back flipped to dodge the attack. When it hit the ground it ate straight through the concrete.
"Shit!" Zeke exclaimed.
When he looked up he noticed another wad of the stuff coming his way. He did another back flip and it missed by mere centimeters. While in mid-air he drew the Inferno Pistol and before he hit the ground he managed to fire off two shots that struck Acidica in her blocking arms. She then screeched and charged towards Zeke. Zeke rolled back and to his feet only to started a charge of his own. When they neared she grabbed him, planted her foot in his chest and rolled backward to the ground hurling Zeke onto solid concrete with a flat smack. She was relentless as she climbed to her feet and returned to the warpath with another charge. Zeke used his arms to push against the ground. With the strength booster of the ranger powers, this push sent him rolling upward.
"Wolf-Cry Claws!" Zeke shouted as the three blades popped from their home.
The claws made him an upward cyclone of blades that gave Acidica a few deep cuts when she got close. Zeke landed on his feet with the grace of a cat and fell into his attack stance. Acidica backed off and readied herself for another attack.
"You are pisssing me off red ranger!" Acidica spouted.
"Don't you know that's my lot in life or did Andrix forget to get you the memo?"
Acidica started to launch acid from her mouth in rapid succession. Zeke jumped to the nearest wall and ran along it. The acid wads smacked against the walls. Zeke jumped off the wall and landed a kick in Acidica's face. Acidica retaliated with a few swift blows to Zeke. They were blocked. Zeke sent a claw to Acidica's face. The blow was blocked and she planted a left into Zeke's helmet and then a spinning roundhouse into the same spot. Zeke was forced back a couple steps but was quick to respond. He sent a right kick to her face that was dodged then a quick straight left kick to her body. He then spun around and hit her with a right kick and then a left jump kick to her face which knocked her onto the ground. Acidica quickly recovered and back to the action with a jump kick that knocked Zeke back a step. She then opened up on him with a flurry of punches and finally a punch that knocked him back another step. She attempted to do the same thing but this time Zeke began blocking the flurry.
"You're pretty repetitious. Maybe if you switched things up I'd be easier to beat," Zeke advised sarcastically.
"Good point," Acidica replied.
She dropped down and did a sweeping kick. Zeke dodged with a high leap into the air.
"Let's finish this!" Zeke shouted.
Zeke shifted his weight downward in order to fall faster. He pointed both claws downward and fired red lightning from them. Acidica was immobilized by the lightning. When he landed, his claws had bore their way into her neck in an explosion of green blood. He then planted one foot on her chest and ripped his claws from her throat causing more green blood to go everywhere.
"You'll pay for this, Red Ranger!" a threat came from atop a building nearby.
Zeke looked up. "Andrix! You're next!"
"Not this time!" Andrix said as he activated the Gargantuan Gauntlet and fired the red beam at Acidica.
Acidica grew to the size of a building. Zeke opened his Fusion Morpher and pressed a button. "Guys, I'm gonna need your help."
Zeke decided to hold her off until the others arrived. He performed the Zord Kata. "Red Wolf Fusion Zord!"
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Kira was with Alyssa at a little diner towards the east side of Scale Harbor. The east side was the side that was surrounded by the massive forest that hid the Fusion Temple within its green depths. They were enjoying this planet's unique food. She didn't know if it was the diner or the planet but the food was great.
"So then, Conner does this ninja move or whatever that blows the computer up," Kira explained.
Alyssa started to laugh at Kira's story. "Did you end up finding Dr. Oliver?"
"Yeah, that's the messed up part. Because of his idiocy Hayley managed to find a way in."
Alyssa couldn't help but let out another round of laughter that Kira couldn't help but join. Suddenly a beep sounded from their Fusion Morphers. Alyssa was the first to pop her's open so Kira stopped herself from doing the same.
"Guys, I'm gonna need your help," Zeke's voice sounded through the Morpher.
"Do you think he's just calling us for the zords this time?" Alyssa inquired.
Kira mused. "Probably. We better get going, though. I got this one," Kira said as she stood up and laid money on the bar.
As they walked outside they saw a gigantic snake-woman terrorizing the city, then Zeke's zord pounced towards her and she dodged.
Kira and Alyssa looked at each other with the same unsurprised expression. They both performed the Fusion Kata in unison.
"Raven fusion: White!" Kira shouted.
"Ram fusion: Black!" Alyssa shouted.
The morphing process occurred and in its wake, the white and black fusion rangers. They both then performed the Zord Kata in unison.
"White Raven Fusion Zord!"
Kira's armor came off her body and combined to form White Raven. A white blizzard swept across White Raven that instantly transformed it into an all-white zord of mass proportions.
"Black Ram Fusion Zord!"
Alyssa's armor peeled from her body and formed Black Ram. Then a black hurricane swept through Black Ram transforming it into an all black version of itself.
They both opened portals and went through them. Kira landed on top of the elevator that would lead her into the cockpit of the White Raven Zord. She jammed the controls and zoomed toward the snake-woman immediately firing lasers from White Raven's eyes. Black Ram wasn't too far behind and behind it was Green Rhino.
"Good!" Zeke's voice called over the comm. "Let's form the Fusion Megazord. Acidica has no idea what's next."
Kira grunted as she pressed the button that would initiate the docking sequence. Green Rhino began a charge and suddenly stood up on its hind legs. Its back end split to form the thighs of the megazord. Its head moved down and faced downward making the chest as its front legs folded to the back.
Black Ram then began its charge, leapt into the air and started to transform into the left arm. Black Ram's jaw folded in as a fist came out and its legs folded into its body and its body split to form the elbow joint. Black Ram slammed into its place.
Red Wolf then started its charge, leapt into the air and started its transformation into the right arm. Red Wolf's jaw folded in as a fist came out. Its legs folded in into its body and its body split to form the elbow.
Finally, it was Kira's turn. White Raven extended its wings out and moved them behind it so it looked as though one wing was behind it. Its head sunk low and the front portion of its body swivelled around to reveal the face of the megazord. White Raven perched and the Fusion Megazord was complete. Kira and the others materialized into a bridge. Zeke was at the head of the bridge, she and Andros were at the left side and Alyssa was on the right.
"Alright. It's time to rock. Kira, get me Power Ball One," Zeke commanded.
"You got it," Kira said with little enthusiasm.
Kira pulled a small cylinder from her belt buckle and pressed the button on it allowing a key to spring from the top. She then stuck it into her control panel and turned the key. The Fusion Megazord placed its arms on its chest and a ball materialized in its hands. The ball popped open revealing a dark red insect. The hilt came out of the back end of the insect and the blade from the front end. The Fusion Megazord grabbed it and twirled it around then raised one hand to taunt the snake-woman Zeke called Acidica. She charged at the megazord and was met with a quick slash to the shins. She jumped back with a screech.
"No more games, bitch!" Zeke shouted.
Zeke jammed the controls and the megazord hurled itself forward. The megazord executed a flurry of slashes with the insectisword landing all blows on Acidica spraying green blood in every direction. Acidica shrieked and spat a green goo from her mouth.
"Oh shit!" Zeke said as he slammed the controls to the side trying to dodge it but to no avail.
The green goo smacked the rhino head that was the megazord's chest.
"Hey! What the hell!" Andros yelled.
"My bad, Andros. She'll pay," Zeke said.
The megazord charged forward and jumped into a flying kick to Acidica's face. When it landed it spun around slashing her belly and then a few more slashes to the arms and chest and then finally a strong swing to the neck that lopped her head clean off. The body of Acidica collapsed and evaporated into nothing.
Zeke stood up in triumph. "Yeah, I did it!"
"How about we, asshole," Alyssa blurted.
"You're wrong, Alyssa. 'We' didn't do a thing because Zeke seems to think he doesn't need us," Kira lashed out with a serious gaze that didn't leave Zeke's yellow wolf eyes for a second.
"Seriously. Master Fireseed didn't have us brought here so you could fight alone," Andros said.
Zeke looked around at everyone and then back at Kira who's gaze was still fixed on him. Zeke scowled and opened a red portal with his morpher and walked through.
"Geez, Kira you scared him away," Alyssa commented.
"No I didn't he knows we're right so he left," Kira replied.
Andros sighed. "We shouldn't have been so hard on him."
Kira's head and intense gaze now snapped to Andros. "And why not?"
"We were summoned here because he needed help, help he couldn't get here."
"Or maybe help here that wouldn't help him," Alyssa added.
"Exactly," Andros finished.
Kira's gaze settled. "That would explain a few things but that's still no reason to ditch us when trouble comes up."
"Agreed. But you have to look at things from his perspective," Andros said.
"Well, that's a problem. We don't know his perspective because he never talks to any of us," Alyssa said.
Kira shook her head. "Yeah really."
"I used to be like that, the lone wolf type. I'm still that way sometimes. Once a Loner, always a loner," Andros explained.
"Why don't you go talk to him since you have so much in common," Alyssa suggested.
"No," Kira interjected. "You can't fight a loner with a loner. I'll talk to him."
Alyssa rolled her eyes. "I admire your confidence dear but there are just some things that can't be done."
Andros turned and looked at the big screen that showed a view from the Fusion Megazord's eyes. "We should probably move this thing before you go do that."
Kira giggled at her absent mindedness.
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Zeke was sitting in a chair in the middle of his room. The room was pitch black and completely silent until the sound of footsteps approached.
Footsteps. About ten meters. From the sound of it, either Kira or Alyssa. No way a guy can walk with that pattern unless he's taught himself to shake his hips.
The female sex was something that Zeke deeply observed in his years and with his heightened senses he took in everything about them. Zeke silently got up and put his sunglasses on and turned the light on. He moved to the door and carefully cracked it open and took a few short sniffs.
Smells like Kira. Yeah, definitely Kira.
Zeke sat down in his chair and waited for her to just walk in but she didn't, she knocked.
"Come in Kira," Zeke said.
She entered looking puzzled and closed the door. "How'd you know it was me?"
"Process of elimination. Alyssa and Andros didn't look at me like you did today."
"I'm sorry but you really pissed me off."
"Apparently I pissed everyone off."
Zeke rose from his chair and advanced towards Kira so swiftly and quickly she jumped.
"Yeah, you did," she said except this time she seemed very nervous.
Zeke put on a sinister smirk. "So what are you here for?"
"To talk. I just want to know why you feel you have to segregate yourself. We're here to help."
Zeke's smirk disappeared but he took another step towards Kira. "I've never been helped. I've been fighting this battle on my own for a long, long time."
Kira backed up and her back hit the door. "Why have you been, why hasn't anyone helped you?" she said growing even more nervous with every word.
Zeke took another step toward Kira. "Master Fireseed won't force a person to be a ranger, he chooses them and if they decline, they go home where they're safe but the truth is, they're not. My planet has turned its back on me and I still face its enemies."
"Why?" she asked, less nervous this time.
Zeke advanced another step and they were face to face now. "I don't know maybe you should ask him."
Kira's expression and body relaxed. "No I mean why do you fight?"
Zeke shrugged as he perched a hand on the door behind Kira closing it completely. "Call it an innate sense of righteousness, call it a lust for blood, I don't care. No one else does."
Kira placed a comforting hand on Zeke's face. "I care."
Zeke felt a sensation of warmth from her hand, something he hadn't felt in a long time. He couldn't resist the urge to lean in closer and smell her.
Kira giggled. "What are you doing?"
"I haven't smelt beauty in a long time," Zeke whispered.
Kira smiled and tried to take Zeke's sunglasses off.
"No! Don't."
"Why?"
"I don't like the light."
Kira reached over and dimmed the light to near darkness. "Better?"
Zeke shook his head and she removed his sunglasses to find his eyes were reflecting shades of metallic yellow light back at her.
"What happened to your eyes?"
"It's a mutation from the fusion powers. You guys should be getting your's soon but I've had them for so long that I've gained the wolf's senses as well."
"Is that why you go around sniffing things," she said with a smirk.
"Something like that."
Zeke leaned in closer and gave Kira a kiss that she willingly returned.
"Still like being alone?" Kira asked.
"Once a loner, always a loner. But this isn't so bad."
"We're here to help, Zeke. Your problems, you can keep to yourself but facing Andrix and his new weapon is something that was meant for all of us, something that you know you can't handle yourself. You do know that right?"
"Yeah, I just don't believe it sometimes. And I'm just so used to fighting alone that when something goes down, I just take care of it."
"You've got us now and we want to help, we really do but you won't let us."
Zeke smiled. "I'll try I promise."
"That's better."
Zeke picked her up and brought her to his bed. She giggled as they embraced each other's lips.
THE END
