Power Rangers: Fusion
Episode VII: Black Bow, Green Arrow
Kira stood atop the Fusion Temple and looked out onto the beauty that was Ronia. It reminded her a lot of when she used to take trips to the mountains in Reefside and camp.
Let's go camping! We need to relax a little. I'm sure I'll have to spend days convincing Zeke to go but he will and it'll be fun.
Kira ran into the Fusion Temple and down the stairs. She then went to the recreation room where Andros and Alyssa were watching TV.
"Man," Andros said. "This planet's tv is so much better than KO-35's."
"Yeah, this stuff is pretty funny," Alyssa agreed.
"Hey guys," Kira said. "I just got this great idea, the mountains are absolutely beautiful, how about a camping trip?"
Andros looked at her curiously. "Camping?"
Alyssa turned and shot him a mean look. "Don't you know how to have fun or is being a ranger the only thing you've ever done?"
Andros simply shrugged. "I just never viewed camping as fun but it sounds like it could be."
"That's the spirit," Kira said.
"But what about Zeke?" Alyssa asked.
"I'll have to talk to him but I'm sure I can get him to come," Kira paused. "Now that I think about it I haven't seen him in almost three weeks."
Alyssa looked pale. "You haven't seen him in three weeks. Aren't you two doing the..."
"Hey! That...that's none of your business!" Kira shouted.
Alyssa got wide eyed. "My bad. Where do think he is and more importantly, what is he doing?"
"Well, he is a mechanic isn't he?" Andros said.
"The garage! Of course! That's the one place I didn't check."
They headed to the garage but when they opened the door they saw nothing but pitch black.
"You sure you didn't check here and forget?" Alyssa asked.
Kira used her Raven Rangefinder Eyes and scanned the area to find a faint light towards the back of the garage. "He's here. Just stay here, I'll talk to him."
Kira walked through the dark room and headed to the area she had magnified with her eyes. When she got there Zeke had all of a sudden stopped working.
"Yes, Kira," Zeke said tiredly.
"Haven't seen you in awhile," she replied.
When he turned he revealed a sickly face like he hadn't gotten sleep in the last three weeks. He had green tinged sacks underneath his eyes and his eyes themselves were bloodshot.
"Holy shit, Zeke, what have you done to yourself?"
"I've just been...been working."
"On what?"
"A way to allow Master Fireseed to live without the Blue Fusion Morpher."
"Zeke, that's noble and all but you shouldn't torture yourself over it."
"You don't understand. What if Andrix attacks again with two demons, then what? Tommy will come back and what if has to use the powers for more than an hour, Master Fireseed is dead! I won't allow it!"
"And if Andrix attacks in the next two minutes, you'll be too weak to do anything about it."
Zeke sunk his head knowing she was right.
"When was the last time you got some sleep?"
"I don't know, three maybe four days ago."
"Zeke, you need some sleep. I bet you're pretty frustrated with this invention aren't you?" she asked as she walked over to the workbench that was illuminated by a single dim light.
"Yeah, I just can't figure this thing out."
"What's the problem?"
"I can't get it to draw enough power from the morphing grid."
Kira looked up at Zeke and embraced him. "Ya know baby, if you got some sleep, you might realize what you're doing wrong."
"I don't think so."
"C'mon, let's get to your room so you can get some sleep. I'll even set your alarm so you can get back to work in eight hours but at least get that much, ok?"
Zeke nodded followed her weakly until she went back and threw his arm over her for support. When they got to the door, Andros and Alyssa had already cleared out probably because they heard the conversation. When they got to his room she kept the lights dim and laid him down. She grabbed his alarm clock and pretended to set it.
"When you wake up I won't be around. Alyssa, Andros, and I are going camping in the mountains. We'll be back in a couple days. When you wake up you should probably join us."
"I don't think so, I've got to get that done."
"Alright, Zeke, I'm not going to try to convince you since I know in this case I won't be able to."
Zeke smirked. "No you won't."
"Just one thing, can we borrow your car?"
Zeke yawned and turned over. "Yeah just use Black Ram to fuel it. Green Rhino will fuck up the suspension and White Raven won't fit in the slot."
"You got it, Zeke."
"Keys are over there. Also, there are Power Boxes with supplies in them inside the armory. It's the only other room connected to the garage."
Kira leaned over to look at Zeke and saw that he had already passed out. She smiled and kissed him on the cheek and then on his temple. She got up grabbed the keys and slowly closed the door behind her.
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"Arial! You had better have something good!" Andrix bellowed as he walked into her lab.
Dammit. Andrix.
She continued with her work as if nothing was said at all.
"Excuse me, Arial. Are you too busy to talk to your king?"
"Perhaps."
"What kind of insolence is this?"
Arial realized she had made a grave mistake. "Too busy working on my next creation that will take the rangers down."
"Oh, really and what's that?"
"Well," Arial said as she walked toward the training room they had for her fresh creations. "Comatore was already extremely strong so I modified his DNA to incorporate an invincible armor of rock."
Andrix looked at her skeptically. "Invincible?"
Arial simply shook her head as she opened the door. "Comatore, time for another test, the king himself would like to see your invincible armor."
Comatore settled on a knee. "As the king wishes."
Comatore walked across the room and pressed the button on the test cannon and stood in its line of fire. The test cannon fired a huge blast that struck Comatore but didn't even phase him.
Andrix started to laugh manically. "Excellent work Arial, I'm impressed. Now your new creation and my plan will work perfectly."
Arial shot him a confused glance. "Your plan?"
"Yes," Andrix said as he exited the room.
Arial followed wondering how he was going to waste another piece of her work. Bloodspine's immunity to pain, the twin dragons she had been working on for a long time, were all results of her genetic manipulation and Andrix managed to make no good use of it.
"So, what's this plan of your's?" Arial asked skeptically.
Andrix pulled from a side bag a device. "This is a comm jammer that you will implant into Comatore. My plan is to find one of the rangers alone and send Comatore after the ranger. This way the ranger can't call for back-up. Good idea, huh?"
"No it's terrible."
"What?" Andrix snarled.
"What about the satellite system they have set up. They can monitor everything going on in Scale Harbor and if one thing goes wrong they all know and Comatore isn't the most discreet thing to have two legs."
Andrix simply chuckled. "This comm jammer sets up a radius of mixed signals that also grant immunity to their satellite system."
Arial looked surprised. "No way, has it been tested?"
"Of course, how do you think that we've been getting our supply of pre-diamonds lately?"
This might actually work. I'm surprised Andrix came up with something this good.
"So, implant this thing somewhere it won't be seen and then one by one the rangers will be destroyed and then we can proceed with our master plan."
"Of course my king," Arial choked on the words.
She hated Andrix with every scale on her body. She still didn't know why she continued to work for him but she was only buying time in order to set her own plan in motion to get out of this servitude. She picked up the device and immediately got to work on implanting it on Comatore.
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Zeke awakened feeling rested but knew that he probably shouldn't since his alarm hasn't gone off. He stood out of his bed rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. He looked down at his clock and almost pissed himself in complete surprise.
"Shit, Kira! You didn't even set it!"
He took a closer look at the clock only to learn that he had been asleep for at least two and a half days.
Dammit! She did that on purpose. I'm gonna have to get her back for that.
Zeke quickly showered, got dressed and headed to the garage to continue his work. He got there and just stared at the device he was assembling. He grabbed his tools and went to work on it once again.
It was eight hours later and the device was starting to make sense.
Kira was right. All I needed was a little rest. But I didn't get just a little did I?
He figured he'd have this thing done in a few days if not less assuming he didn't run into anymore complications but Zeke knew better; there were always problems. Zeke felt so good in fact he decided to take a little break. Him and Red Wolf hadn't taken a walk in a long time. Usually he'd ride out to the city and just walk with Red Wolf in the city, let him wonder around and figure things out for himself. He went to grab the keys from the ring on his belt but the keys were gone.
I bet I let them borrow the 300Ze. Dammit, I shouldn't be answering questions like that in my sleep. They better not wreck it or I swear...
Zeke shrugged and opened his morpher, summoning Red Wolf.
"You ready for a walk, boy?" he asked it.
Red Wolf nodded excitedly and wagged his tail.
"Alright, alright."
Zeke opened a red portal with his morpher and him and his companion stepped through. They wandered the streets of the city. Red Wolf sniffed just about everything in sight as he always did but he stayed close to Zeke. He liked to take walks, it was something he used to do a lot before he became a ranger. His mind wandered back to those days as it rarely did. He tried his hardest not to think about the life he left behind but it was easier to do it when he didn't have these feelings inside of him. Before all he had to do was submerge himself in a project or a fight or even a training session. Now, however, he realized that Kira has changed him. It wasn't something he wanted nor expected but something that had just happened. He wasn't going to complain about it either, not after what they had already gone through and the others as well. He never thought that he'd except his companions but he has and he has Kira to thank for his newfound trust in people.
Zeke turned a corner and then Red Wolf started to growl. Zeke quickly snapped out of his daze and immediately started to smell the air. The scent was that of dirt. The next thing was unexpected as the wall of the building next to him exploded sending him to the ground covered in a pile of bricks. He looked up to see a two and a half meter tall rock demon.
"Why now, dammit?" Zeke shouted.
"I'm Comatore and right now, I'm going to kill you."
"Lovely."
Comatore grabbed Zeke by the head and tossed him across the street. Zeke landed on hard concrete. He got up as fast as he could.
He quickly performed the Fusion Kata. "Wolf Fusion: Re..."
Before Zeke could finish Comatore had leapt clear across the street and kicked Zeke in the chest hurling him through the window of a clothing store and knocked down a couple racks until finally landing on the floor and sliding another couple meters into a shelf. Red Wolf jumped through the broken window and came to Zeke's aid. Zeke recovered quickly. Comatore was advancing. Zeke headed to the back door and slammed it shut taking a left into another ally and then right into a different one.
"Alright we should be good here. You ready Red Wolf?"
Red Wolf nodded and Zeke performed the Fusion Kata. "Wolf Fusion: Red!"
The morphing sequence took place and Zeke was now the red ranger. Comatore managed to find him soon after.
"So, you managed to morph. It doesn't matter because I will kill you!"
Comatore charged and Zeke leapt into the air giving him a kick to the face that didn't faze him. He then deployed his Wolf-Cry Claws and wreaked havoc on his chest but he just stood and laughed. Comatore grabbed him by the head and slammed him through a wall but didn't let go, instead he swung him around to the wall opposite and sent him through that one as well but still, he didn't let go of his head. He then slammed him into the ground leaving a crater and then threw him up into the air. As Zeke came down from the air, Comatore punched him in the back sending him out of the alley and into the street where a car hit him before he finally touched ground.
Zeke struggled to get himself on his feet. He was half-way up when he flipped his morpher open and pressed the comm button.
"Guys, I need your help right away!" he shouted into the comm.
"Not gonna work," Comatore sneered as he came from the alley.
Zeke slammed the morpher shut and took off at a dead sprint. This was fruitless however when Comatore landed right on top of him. Apparently, he was a jumper. Comatore grabbed Zeke by the back of his neck and brought him level with his face.
"You don't stand a chance, red ranger."
"You just wait!" Zeke shot back.
"What? For your friends to come along? Not gonna happen!"
Comatore opened his mouth wide in laughter and Zeke noticed a small flashing red light on the inside of his right cheek. Zeke carefully placed his claws in a crevice in Comatore's armor and then quickly stuck it in. The claws went through and then Comatore's face went instantly from laughter to pain.
"Weak spot," Zeke said triumphantly.
Comatore threw Zeke into an oncoming truck. The truck instantly braked upon impact. Zeke however wasn't as fortunate as he went flying in the other direction. Before he decided to even get up he flipped his morpher open once again.
"Kira, Andros, Alyssa! I really need you guys! Right fucking now!"
Comatore quickly advanced. Zeke flipped to his feet and opened up on the advancing Comatore with a flurry of lightning infused claw strikes.
"Lightning Wolf Uppercut!"
Zeke performed his signature uppercut followed by a blast of lightning. Unfortunately the technique wasn't as effective as usual considering Comatore's weight and strength but it pissed him off none the less. Zeke once again pressed the button on his morpher.
"Where the hell are you guys?" Zeke shouted into the morpher.
"I told you, red ranger," Comatore said as he stood up and brushed the dust away. "They won't come."
There has to be an explanation for this!
Comatore dived into Zeke and they both hit the ground causing Zeke to become winded. Through his blurred vision, Zeke once again noticed the blinking red light. He reached for his Inferno Pistol and jammed it into Comatore's mouth and fired it destroying his cheek and the device inside.
Comatore screamed and grew furious. He grabbed Zeke and tossed him into a nearby building and followed with a tackle which furthered Zeke's journey into the wall.
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Fusia's sensors immediately went off and revealed the aftermath of a fight. Buildings destroyed and Zeke in one of the toughest spots he's been in awhile. She didn't understand why the sensors hadn't gone off earlier. She immediately contacted the other rangers hoping that she wasn't too late.
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Zeke continued to struggle but Comatore had pinned him against the wall. His body was pinned and he couldn't reach his pistols and electrifying himself didn't do too well either. He pushed and pushed but was no match for Comatore's strength. Zeke summoned all the power he had left in his body and smashed the wall behind him. The small hole he left was enough to send him through the wall with the help of Comatore's push. Zeke laid there not knowing what to do next, too tired to think and too weak to act.
"Let's see how rock stands against water!" Andros shouted.
Just then, a wave of green tinged water swept over Comatore. Comatore jumped from the wave and on top of the one floored building. Zeke heard Comatore say something but couldn't make it out. Kira jumped through the hole in the wall thanks to the cover fire provided by the others.
"Are you alright?" Kira asked in distress.
"No but I'll be fine," he replied.
"Why didn't you call for help?"
"I did...I'll explain later. Right now we gotta get as far away as possible from this guy."
Kira lifted Zeke up and they started towards the back of the building. Andros and Alyssa came through the hole.
"Our Saberpistols are useless!" Andros shouted.
Just then Comatore crashed through the roof and landed in front of Andros. He attacked and Andros reacted with a hard punch to the demon's gut that sent him sliding back. Comatore looked shocked.
"Rhino Strength," Andros said simply as he went on the attack again.
He jumped and kicked Comatore in the face and upon landing sent a couple strong blows to Comatore's chest. Comatore swung and Andros blocked and then spun and kicked but Comatore caught it. Andros jumped and swung his body around for a kick with the other leg. Comatore let go and stumbled back. Andros grabbed him by the shoulders, placed his leg on his chest, and then leaned back and tossed Comatore through the wall with his leg.
"Let's go, now," Andors shouted.
Zeke limped out of the building with Kira's help. The alley they came into had a couple dumpsters and several trash cans. They all hid behind the farthest dumpster from the building.
"Zeke, is there anyway we can combine our weapons?" Alyssa asked desperately.
Zeke shook his head. "Not without Tommy."
"We gotta find some other way to penetrate his armor," Andros said.
Zeke looked at all of their weapons and couldn't help but smile at his own ingenious. "Alyssa, hand me your Ram Head Staff and keep it collapsed."
Alyssa handed her weapon over.
"Andros, I want you to bend it here," Zeke instructed, "and here at a forty-five degree angle."
"What?" Alyssa exclaimed.
"Don't worry, I'll fix it. Andros, do it."
Andros grabbed the staff and bent it as Zeke asked.
"Alright, Kira, give me your Raven-Shriek Talon Whips."
Kira handed them over and Zeke fitted them to each end of the staff and pulled the whip part out to create a string. He then took his Wolf-Cry Claws off and put them together and put them at each end of the whips. He plucked the makeshift bow to ensure the whips were tense.
"Now, the Rhino Horn Blade is the arrow but in order for this to work we're going to have to empower the Rhino Horn Blade with our elemental powers."
"Zeke, you're a genius but you better fix my staff," Alyssa said.
Zeke put his thumb up and stood on his feet. He stepped out from behind the dumpster to see that Comatore had been searching the alley for him.
"Your days are numbered Comatore!" Zeke shouted as he drew back the Rhino Horn Blade.
"What, do think your pitiful weapon will hurt me? You're a dumbass!"
"We'll see! Power of Ice!" Kira shouted as a beam of white energy left her two pointed fingers and hit the Rhino Horn Blade.
"Power of Water!" Andros shouted.
"Power of Wind!" Alyssa shouted.
"Power of Lightning!" Zeke shouted as his right arm electrified and then moved to empower the Rhino Horn Blade.
The Rhino Horn Blade now glowed a faint red and orange tinge. Zeke drew the blade further and let her fly. The empowered Rhino Horn Blade flew towards its target and upon impact ripped right through Comatore's rock armor and out of his back splattering blood all over the alley. The Rhino Horn Blade, like a boomerang returned to Zeke's hand.
The team of Rangers stood victorious. Then, suddenly, Zeke collapsed.
"What's wrong?" Kira asked, worried.
"I just got the ass kicking of a life time and I can barely stand."
The others couldn't help but laugh although Zeke found nothing funny about the whole thing.
THE END
