Power Rangers: Fusion
Episode VIII: All for Two and Two for All
"So, Zeke, you gonna fix my staff or what?" Alyssa asked impatiently.
"I'll get around to it," Zeke snarled.
"You've been working on that thing all day as a matter of fact, all week and you haven't even touched my staff," she said as she pointed at her bent staff laying on Zeke's workbench.
Zeke quickly turned and his glowing eyes met her's. "What I'm doing right now is way more important than your stupid ass staff so get the hell out! I'll let you know when it's done!"
Alyssa was shocked. "You don't talk to me like that, you self-centered lying son of a bitch!"
Zeke was furious at this point. He grabbed her and threw her over his shoulder, walked to the entrance to the garage and tossed her outside closing the door and locking it behind him. Alyssa stood up and dusted herself off. She couldn't understand what was so important about whatever he was working on. She walked through the halls of the temple and went to Kira's room where she was practicing on her guitar with the door wide open. She stood and leaned on the frame of the door.
Kira stopped and looked up.
"Don't let me stop you," Alyssa said.
"It's alright I was just about done anyway," she replied.
"You can keep going, I need something to calm me down."
Kira looked at her curiously. "What for?"
Alyssa sighed. "Zeke hasn't even touched my staff and then when I asked him about it he literally tossed me out of the garage."
Kira wore an expression of shock. "He tossed you?"
Alyssa simply nodded. "I mean what could he be working on that's so important?"
"He didn't tell you?"
"The only one he tells anything to is you."
Kira shrugged. "Master Fireseed lives off the energy of the Blue Fusion Morpher and Zeke is working on a way to make it so he doesn't have to. Master Fireseed is the only family he's got, you'd do the same."
"Master Fireseed's the only family he has? He must've told you a lot."
"No, not really. I'm just assuming that's the only family he has. If he's not working on something than he's with me or Master Fireseed. Besides, a man that alone couldn't have family."
"True but he's never actually told you anything?"
"Nope but he's let out some hints."
"What do you guys talk about on dates?" Alyssa asked sarcastically.
Kira giggled. "Me."
Alyssa couldn't help but smile and shake her head. "You guys are sad."
Kira just smiled and shrugged.
"You love him, don't you?" Alyssa asked.
"We're not gonna talk about that, ok?"
"Sure but denial is in no way healthy."
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Andros was on a night on the town. He decided that he needed a little female persuasion. Ever since he left Ashley behind on earth he's been pretty hesitant around the females. No doubt he loved Ashley very much but after he left he left for good and refused to turn back. He knew that the evil in the universe had to be vanquished and it wasn't going to get accomplished on its own. Although, he never got over her completely. He heard a phrase somewhere that went something like 'you never get over your first love.' He found this to be true but none the less he tries to enjoy himself. The Disc Kit was one of the hottest clubs in Scale Harbor and Andros just happen to find by complete mistake.
Andros wasn't the best dressed in the place with a pair of jeans, black boots, and a dark green button up shirt but he was surrounded by women. He bent over the table and positioned his pool stick and then quickly tapped the white que that landed his last ball into the pocket. Playing pool was something Andros really enjoyed, whether it was because Ashley taught him or because he just liked it was unclear but he was loving it now. The several women that surrounded him cheered as it was the last shot of the game since all he had to get in was the eight ball. Once again he positioned his stick.
"Eight ball, side pocket," Andros called.
His opponent was taken aback by the call considering his striped ball was hugging the pocket. "You know if you make my ball in, you lose."
"You afraid?" Andros sneered.
The guy shrugged. "Hey if you wanna be a dumbass, be my guest."
Andros smiled as he ever so lightly tapped the white que which in turn only lightly tapped the eight ball which slid in between the table wall and the striped ball and sunk into the pocket. The crowd of women went wild once again. Andros stood tall and smirked. The guy he just beat had another five balls left as he tossed the stick onto the table with the money he just lost.
"Alright! Drinks on me ladies!" he shouted as he headed to the bar, money in hand.
Hours later the crowd of women that surrounded Andros earlier had been reduced to the one who decided she wanted to stay around. They were to the side of the dance floor dancing together.
"Hey, why don't we get outta her?" she asked casually.
"And where would we go?" Andros asked already knowing what she was getting at.
"My place," she responded with a big smile.
Andros smiled and nodded with the beat of the music. "Let's rocket."
She giggled at his corny joke and started to walk toward the door when it flew across the lobby and onto the dance floor. The creature that came through was the last thing Andros wanted. It looked like a pig and a lizard thrown into one with horns. This thing was huge and had a blue crystal set in each of its palms. The creature roared as the club quickly cleared with the exception of Andros.
"You do not run? I am the great Pigmat!" the creature shouted.
Andros stepped into the light and the creature's expression changed to one of disappointment.
"Oh, you're a ranger. Of course you wouldn't run. Which one are you anyway, the red one? Or maybe blue?"
Andros decided to answer his question. "Rhino Fusion: Green!" The morphing process took place and turned Andros into the Green Ranger. "You'll pay for ruining my evening! Rhino Horn Blade!"
Andros charged, blade first. In mid-charge he leapt into the air and came down blade first. Pigmat side-stepped and then swung his leg around for a kick. Andros dove forward, the kick sailing over him. Andros recovered and swung his blade around striking Pigmat on the shoulder drawing blood. The blood was pink in color and caused him to squeal. He then attempted to grab him but was unsuccessful. Andros did a back flip kicking Pigmat in the face and then upon landing leapt for a jump kick. Pigmat caught his kick with both hands. Then a faint glow emitted from Pigmat's palms. Andros suddenly felt weak. In a flash of green light his armor had disappeared and had been sucked into the palms of Pigmat. The crystals set in his hands were now green.
"Oh, shit," Andros said.
Pigmat punched Andros and sent him flying over the bar and into the shelves behind it. The bottles of alcohol that were stored there came crashing on top of him. Andros snapped himself up to see Pigmat's face greeting him.
"Hi," Pigmat said as he punched Andros square in the face.
Andros fell to the ground. On the ground, he summoned his Rhino Strength and kicked through the bar landing a hit on Pigmat's shins causing him to collapse. Andros went for his morpher but it was no longer there.
"Holy fuck!"
He wasted no time jumping on top of the bar and delivering an elbow to Pigmat's face. Pigmat grabbed him and tried to toss him across the room but Andros turned his toss into a flip and landed gracefully. Andros took a few steps and sent his foot coming down onto Pigmat who caught it, pushed it away and rolled to his feet. He sent a punch at Andros who dodged it and did a sweeping kick that Pigmat jumped over and sent a kick of his own in Andros' face. He fell back stunned from the blow. Pigmat picked him up and tossed him across the club and out of the door. His vision was blurry but he knew it was Alyssa who rushed to his side, morphed.
"Andros, are you ok?" she shouted.
"Be careful. He can...absorb..." he managed to get out before he passed out.
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"That bastard," Alyssa shouted as she charged into the Disc Kit.
"Wait!" Zeke said but it was too late.
Zeke and Kira rushed in to see Alyssa battling a pig-like demon using her Ram Speed.
"Raven-Shriek Talon Whips!"
Kira's whips hurled towards the pig-demon's legs and gave a hard pull that sent him to the ground. Zeke charged for an attack as Alyssa sent a kick to the downed demon. The demon caught her leg and a faint green glow came from his palms. Alyssa lit up in black light as her powers were sucked into the palms of the pig demon. Upon seeing this Zeke halted his charge.
"Alyssa! Move!" Zeke shouted as he let a blast of red lightning come from his hands.
Alyssa ran to Zeke's side. "What now?" she asked in a panic.
"Help Andros! Me and Kira will handle this!"
Zeke ran up to Kira.
"Ranged weapons?" Kira asked.
"What I was thinking," Zeke said as he pulled the red Fusion Saberpistol and the Inferno Pistol from their holsters.
He dove to his left sending a hail of laser fire at the pig demon. Upon landing he continued to fire. Kira's white beams joined his as she dove to her right. They both recovered and ran away from the demon. Kira leapt into the air firing, when she landed Zeke turned and opened fire with his weapons. After Kira took a couple steps she turned and opened fire once again. The pig demon raised his hands and fired black beams from each of the crystals on his palms like a machine gun. Zeke and Kira were both hit by the beams and sent sliding across the dance floor.
"I've had enough! Raven-Shriek Talon Whips!" she shouted as the two white whips from her forearms were hurled towards the demon.
"That's right, White Ranger!" the demon said happily.
"Shit, Kira!" Zeke said as he dove into Kira hoping to change the trajectory of the whips.
Zeke was too late as the demon grabbed hold of the whips. In a flash of white light, Kira's powers had been sucked into the crystals that were now white in color. Kira looked at Zeke with one of those 'oh shit' faces. Zeke opened a red portal and tossed Kira through it.
"So now its me and you red ranger and after I defeat you I'll be all powerful," the demon said happily.
Zeke looked back to see that Alyssa and Andros were gone. Zeke smiled and opened a portal to his left.
"Oh no you don't!" the demon shouted as he fired white beams from his palms. Zeke dove firing his pistols taking out the white beams that drew close before he went through the portal and landed on the floor of the Control Chamber pistols pointed at Master Fireseed. He immediately climbed to his feet and holstered his pistols, then bowed.
"I apologize, master."
"No need, Zeke. It's alright," Master Fireseed replied.
Zeke recovered from his bow. "Master, we're gonna need..."
"The blue ranger," Tommy interjected.
Zeke turned around and the biggest grin came onto his face but was unseen underneath the helmet.
"I figured you'd need him when Andros and Alyssa got their powers stripped from them," Master Fireseed said.
"Good call, master," Zeke said.
"We're going to need a plan in order to kill Pigmat. Zeke, your Inferno Pistol is actually a powered down version of the Inferno Cannon. When it is given to the blue ranger it will become the Inferno Cannon. With all the other weapons together it forms the Inferno Fusion Blaster."
"What good does that do us when the other's can't use their weapons?" Tommy asked.
Master Fireseed's expression turned impatient. "The Inferno Cannon and the Wolf-Cry Claws create another weapon known as the Inferno Shotgun. This should be good enough to take down Pigmat. Kill him and we get the fusion powers back."
"Alright, Tommy. You ready?" Zeke asked excited.
"Pegasus Fusion: Blue!" Tommy answered.
Tommy turned into the Blue Ranger. Zeke took the Inferno Pistol out of its holster and tossed it to Tommy. The pistol lit aflame in Tommy's hands and the blue flame grew and then subsided revealing a large metallic blue cannon with a handle mounted on top.
"Wow! This thing's kinda heavy," Tommy exclaimed.
"Good luck rangers and may the power protect you," Master Fireseed said.
"Hey, Zeke. Kick his ass," Kira said.
"Yeah and when you get my staff back, you can fix the damn thing," Alyssa commented.
Zeke opened a red portal and they both went through it. Upon leaving Pigmat behind he left the Disc Kit and began terrorizing the city.
"Looks like those devices in his hands were specifically designed to take our powers," Zeke said earlier suspecting they took life force as well.
"That means Andrix is smarter than you originally thought," Tommy said.
"I doubt it. He's your run of the mill bad guy bent on world domination but the problem with him is he has demons under him that know their shit."
"Either way, it's no good."
"Agreed. Let's just find this Pigmat and try not to get our powers absorbed."
Tommy shook his head as he followed Zeke through the streets of the city. Zeke had picked up Pigmat's scent at the club and was letting it lead him back to its source. Zeke turned a corner and Pigmat was terrorizing yet another night club.
"This guy's got Saturday night fever or something," Tommy said.
Zeke turned to look at him in silence. "What?"
"Nothing, it's an earth thing."
Zeke shrugged and started the advance on the new night club with Tommy trailing close behind. Zeke pulled out his saberpistol and then jumped through the front window of the club and opened fire, his other hand instinctively rose but no pistol was contained in it.
"Catch!" Tommy called as he tossed his saberpistol at him. Zeke caught it and continued to open fire on Pigmat. Pigmat returned with a hail of white beams. Tommy dove to one side and opened up with the Inferno Cannon while Zeke dove the opposite direction and opened up with his weapons. Zeke and Tommy hit the ground and rolled to their feet all while firing. Pigmat leaped and dodged and tried to draw himself closer but the ranger's fire kept him at bay. Tommy and Zeke moved toward each other until they were side by side.
"Ready for the Inferno Shotgun?" Tommy asked.
Zeke shook his head and holstered the saberpistols. "Wolf-Cry Claws!"
Zeke charged toward Pigmat. Pigmat immediately attacked with palms open. Zeke batted his arms away with his claws.
"Lightning Wolf Uppercut!" Zeke shouted as he performed his signature move.
Zeke ended it with a burst of red lightning from his fingertips that sent Pigmat flying back. Zeke took off his Wolf-Cry Claws, connected them and threw them at Tommy. Tommy caught the claws and attached them to the bottom of the Inferno Cannon. He held the cannon up and used Zeke's claws as a pump and loaded a round of broken energy. Pigmat stood up and charged toward Zeke.
"Now!" Zeke shouted as he cartwheeled left.
"Inferno Shotgun fire!" Tommy shouted as he fired the weapon.
Six blasts of blue energy in close proximity fired from the cannon and as Pigmat was in charge the shot hit him and he went flying towards the wall. Pigmat looked down at the white crystals in his hands. White energy spewed from them and formed White Raven who flew away in a cry of thankfulness.
"No! You'll pay for that!" Pigmat shouted as his crystals turned black.
"Don't think so," Tommy said as he pumped the shotgun once again. "Inferno Shotgun fire!"
The shot landed in Pigmat's chest once again but this time black energy spewed from the crystals and formed Black Ram who ran away immediately leaving the crystals green.
"No more!" he shouted as he charged toward Tommy.
Tommy fired once again but this time, Pigmat flipped sideways and dodged it. Tommy quickly pumped it again and fired this time hitting him and sending him clear across the room. Green energy spewed from the crystals and formed Green Rhino who charged out of the club.
"You'll pay for this rangers," Pigmat said as he got to his feet. He put his hands up palms bared.
"First mistake, Pigmat, you just left yourself open," Zeke said as he fired one blast from each saberpistol that went through each of Pigmat's palms destroying his absorbing crystals. "Second mistake, you do not know who you are fucking with!"
Zeke converted both saberpistols into saber mode and jumped into the air. Upon landing did a roundhouse and sent Pigmat a few steps back. Pigmat gave a right hook that Zeke slashed away with one saber and then Pigmat did a left hook that Zeke slashed away with both sabers. Zeke went for his neck but the blade landed on Pigmat's shoulder since he grabbed Zeke's shoulder. Zeke pulled his saber downward putting a bloody gash into Pigmat's shoulder. He then took a step back and flipped toward him in the air sabers out cutting his chest. Pigmat attempted to grab him with both arms but Zeke did a back flip to dodge.
"Tommy! Do it now!" Zeke shouted in mid-air.
When Zeke heard the pumping of the Inferno Shotgun upon landing he did a sweeping kick that sent Pigmat careening to the ground. The blast came from the Inferno Shotgun and Zeke hit the floor to avoid it while it went through Pigmat's chest before he even touched ground.
"Nice shot," Zeke said laying on the floor not wanting to get up.
"Not so bad yourself," Tommy said offering a hand.
Zeke took it and was on his feet. He opened a portal and they both traveled through.
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"You sure you gotta go back, Dr. O?" Kira asked.
Tommy smiled. "Yes, I'm sure."
"Thanks, Tommy, for everything," Zeke said as he extended his hand.
"Same here," Andros said and did the same.
"Oh, and me too," Alyssa said.
"I deeply thank you and hope we are not bothering you," Master Fireseed said.
Tommy shrugged. "It's no problem, Fireseed, glad to help. If you'll all excuse me, I'll be going."
A blue portal opened and Tommy stepped through. As soon as he was gone, Alyssa turned to look at Zeke. Zeke already knew what this was about.
"Not now, Alyssa. I got work to do," Zeke replied to her expression.
Then Kira shot him a look, almost the same one except her's was a little more angrier. Zeke sunk and motioned for Alyssa to follow. When they got to the garage Zeke showed her two objects.
"These are locking joints. What I'm going to do is replace the bends Andros made with these so we can form the Fusion Bow whenever we may need it again. And they lock so your staff won't all of a sudden buckle when you're fighting with it. Cool?"
Alyssa nodded. The job was done in a few minutes, for Zeke this was one of the most simple fixes he had ever done before. He knew it was going to be but he was just putting it off so he could finish his main project. Alyssa was pretty excited with the end product.
"Now, was that so hard? I mean it took you what, five minutes, seven tops?" Alyssa said sarcastically.
"Go away," Zeke said sourly. "I've got work to do."
Alyssa shrugged and left the garage but in her place was Kira.
"How about we go out and do something?" Kira asked.
"Like what?" Zeke said, trying not to sound too impatient.
"Well, it's so nice out. Maybe we can go for a walk, get some dinner at the cafeteria, take it back to your room, light some candles."
Zeke looked over at his project then at Kira then at the project and then again at Kira. "Don't make me choose."
"Here, let me help your decision," Kira said as she stepped closer and laid a kiss on Zeke.
Zeke smiled. "That made my mind up."
Kira smiled as she grabbed his hand and led him toward the garage door.
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Andrix walked into the laboratory of Arial filled with anger. She was at a table looking over some sort of document. As he got closer he saw that it was a collection of formulas. He pulled from his side bag an orb of swirling black, white, and green color and slammed it onto the page of formulas.
"What's this?" she asked with a twinkle in her eye.
"This is residual energy of the ranger powers collected from Pigmat's corpse. Make use of it," Andrix snarled.
It looked as though Arial was going to say something but before she had the chance, Andrix walked out and slammed the door behind him.
THE END
