A/N: Here is Chapter 39! This was written in July/August, but obviously didn't air until now. I hope you enjoy! Also, keep sending in those ranger submissions! More at the end.
"Thank you for enjoying your stay at Pacificdalog Town!" Nurse Joy said, looking at Seb and the others. Seb nodded as he turned to Nurse Joy, "And thank you for being so awesome."
"No problem… where's that mega Machop? I thought he was with you," said Nurse Joy.
"Oh…," said Seb, gulping, "He's actually an abandoned Pokémon we found and he found a new home to two Johto trainers."
"Aw… that stinks. I wanted to talk to Professor Birch about his growth spurt. It was off the chart!" she said, "Oh well, I hope to see you all again!"
Seb bowed his head as he looked at her, "Thank you, Nurse Joy!"
Seb grabbed his backpack and placed it around his back as he walked outside through the glass doors. As he walked outside, he turned around to see Rachel and her Pokémon doing some last minute training in the beach field. Lamar and Zander were sitting down as they were hanging out with their own Pokémon. Urara and Cedric were back at Ranger HQ for something that needed to be done, so it was just the four of them.
"So…," said Lamar, "We're heading to Ever Grande next?"
"Yep," said Seb, "We can finally see Rachel compete!"
"So awesome!" said Zander, looking at Leavanny, "Right, Leavanny?"
Leavanny nodded as he was rubbing Zander's back. Zander chuckled as he turned around, looking at Lamar, "Where's Grace?"
Lamar, feeding Greninja and his Marshtomp, turned around and looked at Zander, "Grace is doing a DJ gig."
"Oh yeah!" said Seb, looking at the battlefield, "She told me last night she had to leave early and head back to Slateport City for a new gig! She was DJing and was going to be on Hoenn and Friends this afternoon!"
"You mean that crazy news show?" asked Zander, laughing, "I watch it every day. They have a competition at least once every hour."
"I don't watch the news… not a political guy…," said Lamar.
"I am not a political guy either," said Seb, raising an eyebrow, "But, Grace got this opportunity to go on this show. It was a financial opportunity. She's not happy with it though."
"Well," said Zander looking at him, "Some people have their own opinion."
"Yep. Who knows though, I heard one of the co-hosts has a precious jewel…," said Lamar, grinning.
"Jewel?" asked Zander.
"Yeah," said Lamar, looking at him, "One of the co-hosts washes that ring almost every morning. It is a morning ritual."
(Poké Rangers logo appears… theme song set to GouGou Sentai Boukenger… screen shows various artifacts)
Narrator: The Poké Rangers as you know them fought through amazing villains and warriors. Now, they face the advances of the Weather Syndicate, Team Magma, Team Aqua and Dracos. Now, they must find the artifacts, get the jewels, revive Rayquaza and save Hoenn!
(The season logo appears)
Seb: Poké Rangers
Rangers: Relic Hunters!
(The Mystic Force Rangers stand in pose as they transform into the Relic Hunter Rangers with Urara looking across)
Go Go Go! Go Go Go! Ready Go!
(Rangers show one by one with their weapons: Seb and Lamar with their weapons)
Start Up, Relic Hunters!
(Zander jumps up with his weapon, shooting the Magma Grunts down)
Revive Rayquaza, Shift Up, Relic Hunters!
(Rachel fights with her weapon with Grace behind cutting new grunts)
Go, Go, Ready Go!
(The five Relic Hunters arrive, standing at Sky Pillar)
(Seb appears fighting as the Solaris Knight, Seb is then climbing up on the mountain)
(Seb appears in a red background with the Red Ranger driving a zord… "Sebastian- Red Relic Hunter Ranger" created by D.J. Scales)
Riding to the center of the Earth, my heart starts beating.
(Lamar uses his Mystic Morpher to transform into the blue ranger, then Lamar drives down a snowy mountain on a sled)
(Lamar appears in a black background with the Black Ranger driving a zord… "Lamar Clayton- Black Relic Hunter Ranger" created by NashWalker)
It gives me a strong pulse…
(Zander uses his Mystic Morpher to unleash green vines from his morpher. Zander then is standing on a ship with a telescope in his hand)
(A blue background appeared with Zander grinning with the Blue Ranger driving a zord… "Zander Jackson- Blue Relic Hunter Ranger" created by BentleyGirl)
A dream is now awakening…
(Rachel arrives in Magiland as she took out her Mystic Staff, then Rachel arrives, riding on a Rapidash)
(A yellow background appeared with Rachel grinning and the Yellow Ranger driving a zord… "Rachel- Yellow Relic Hunter Ranger" created by MakiZanaX13)
It is no longer a dream, the treasure is real.
(Grace appears DJing as she releases electricity from her station. Grace climbs up a mountain, looking overhead as she used a map to look for treasure)
(A pink background appeared with Grace and the Pink Ranger driving a zord… "Grace Jackson- Pink Relic Hunter Ranger" created by NashWalker)
Climbing up, diving down, finding your Precious!
(Cedric appears from the shadows. Cedric then takes out his Meta Tector to look for clues.)
(A silver background appeared with Cedric driving a zord. "Cedric- Silver Relic Hunter Ranger" created by D.J. Scales)
Start up right now, the adventure begins!
(Urara appears mixing chemicals and doing research. Urara puts down the map down as she uses extracts ancient DNA from a fossil)
(A green background appeared with Urara and the Green Ranger driving a zord... "Urara Nakamura- Green Relic Hunter Ranger" created by Hikaru Todokori-Midorikawa)
Shift up, increase your adrenaline!
(Jack, JT, Max, and Ray stand together... donning suits from Mighty Morphin', Dino Thunder and In Space)
We were summoned to find the Ultimate Treasure…
(Team Magma, Team Aqua and Team Dracos are standing in a backdrop with the Ranger Slayers in front)
Now, let's go and chase our dreams in harsh or mild weather!
(Seb transforms into his battlized mode, Urara uses the Hoenn Sentinel Megazord)
Go Go Go! Go Go Go! Ready Go!
(Zander, Grace, Lamar and Rachel fight the admins)
Start Up, Relic Hunters!
(Seb fights Maxie, Archie and Silva)
(Urara uses the Relic Crusher to destroy the grunts)
Through the sea, through the sky, through the desert…
(Relic Hunter, Relic Seeker and Detector Megazord form in two-way split screen... with the Super Relic Hunter Megazord and the Relic Hunter Ultrazord close in)
And even through the valleys!
(The Battleship Megazord pierces through the enemies)
Do not run! Do not lose! Do not die! Let's begin our adventure!
(Rangers pose with their helmets in the background)
Revive Rayquaza, Shift Up, Relic Hunters!
(The seven rangers jump up as Rayquaza arrives in the background)
(The rangers turn center with a facial close-up unmorphed. © 2020-2022 Blaze Productions. © 2006-2007 GouGou Sentai Boukenger by Toei. © 2007-2008 Power Rangers Operation Overdrive. All rights reserved)
Chapter 39: Grace's Big Break
Sitting outside Slateport Studios, Grace and her Luxray walked out. Behind her was a Raichu and Garchomp, who was carrying the turn tables that were shipped from her home. As she walked into the back of the building, she was walking in, wearing a black t-shirt and blue shorts with her pink thunderbolt earrings as she walked into meeting one of the staff.
"It is so nice to see you today! Welcome to Slateport Studio! Hoenn and Friends will be on in two hours for their three hour set," said one of them, "After that, it's Morning DJ Music and you are the guest host in the 11:00am hour that will lead into the DJ segment."
"Excellent," said Grace, looking at the representative. The representative had a grey suit with a black tie. She looked at him as the Pokémon were loading, "I understand that it is 7:00am but I would like to know where the power cords are so we can set up."
"We have that set up for you already," the representative said, "Come with me."
Grace followed the representative to the main studio. She was surprised as she was looking at the studio. It was bright blue with the beach showing behind the cameras. There was a blue stripe that had the date of the program with cameras. There was also three brown chairs with tropical flavor. Clefable were running around with makeup kits and Wigglytuff were holding the cameras around as Grace was looking at the location. The location had a 5x5 DJ turntable with yellow lightning bolts around it. Grace nodded as she looked at her, "Nice!"
"There's a problem though with your song selection," he said.
"Hmm?" asked Grace.
"We need to play one type," said the representative.
"I'm sorry, but as a musician, I play all types… so, tell your CEO to deal with it or the deal is off," she said, "I agreed to this in the contract, if you look at the paperwork."
"I overrode it!"
Grace turned around as she noticed a man walking toward him. He wore a blue blazer with a red tie and white dress shirt. He also had blue pants and brown shoes. He had black hair with blue stripes.
"Oh my… Pete!" he said, "This woman doesn't like your idea."
"We need to at least play one type of music for the show…," said Pete, "I'm one of the co-hosts of Hoenn and Friends. We lost our music person, so we need you."
"What genre?" asked Grace.
"Country," said Pete.
Grace gulped as she turned to him, "All three hours?"
"Just for our show's interludes and a few things," said Pete, looking at her, "Do I have talk to the station president?"
"No… No!" said Grace, shaking her head, "I haven't DJ'd in a long time so… just send me your songs and I'll mix!"
Pete nodded as he walked away. Grace noticed the ring on Pete's right hand. The ring had a sparkly blue jewel to it as Grace looked at it. Grace turned around as she went to Luxray and Garchomp, "Start getting my laptop… we will set up there."
Meanwhile…
"Pete, Jackie and Sawyer are funny cohosts when they are together," said Lamar, laughing as he turned to the TV, "Look at this."
Zander leaned toward Lamar as he was holding his portable Pokétch in the air. Jackie, Sawyer and Pete, the three co-hosts, were running around the Slateport Studio with inflatable Ponyta. Sawyer knocked into Pete as he ripped his pants.
"This is hysterical," said Zander, "This is news! We don't need nothing else."
Cedric, who was sitting on the beach, turned to Zander as he shook his head, "Can't believe Grace took a gig opportunity with Hoenn and Friends."
"It's a once in a lifetime opportunity," said Seb, grinning. Urara sat there as she shook her head, "At least she's getting paid for it. Tickets are expensive just to be on the show!"
As Seb went to say something, the Relic Detectors started going off. Cedric and Urara's morpher started going off after that as Seb activated the morpher, "Yes?"
"I need all rangers at Ranger HQ," said Max, "We have an artifact alert."
"Uh, this is Grace. I am at Slateport Studios. I have to now play music for Hoenn and Friends all three hours," said Grace.
Max sighed as he spoke into the intercom, "Well, you better find a way to get your butt here."
Ten minutes later…
All seven rangers reported to the main lobby of Ranger HQ. As they all sat down at the table, Grace looked at Max as Max walked toward them. He stopped as he saw Grace, "Wow, you weren't kidding!"
"Yeah, Pete is on my case to play country music ALL THREE HOURS!" she said, placing her head on the table, "At least today's news is all about Pokémon and the Hoenn League."
"Do you think you can get me on?" asked Rachel.
Grace looked at Rachel, "I don't know. Pete hates my guts and he runs the whole show."
"Well," said Max, "I'll be quick because Grace has to get back. Actually, Grace, it's a great thing you are there. We are reading an artifact at Slateport Studios."
"An artifact?" asked Grace.
"Yeah," said Max, looking at the diagram, "Ever heard of the Ring of Heatran?"
"Nope," said Seb, looking at the diagram.
"Every 100 years, the ring transforms from blue to red… and it releases a strong explosion of fire energy," said Max, looking at the diagram, "It can cause a chemical reaction and many things can be affected for a good amount of time."
"So, like a nuclear bomb?" asked Rachel.
"Yup," said Max.
Grace sighed as she turned around, "Oh boy… I think I know who has it."
Max nodded as he pressed the button on his clicker device. The rangers noticed Pete was sitting on the far left with his blue ring. Zooming in, Max looked at the ring as he turned to them, "Pete Styles. He was actually part of the UAFOH… United Airforce of Hoenn under Sean Fubrizzi. They have been really good friends. He may have found it when he was stationed."
"So, I have to get close to him," said Grace.
"Sadly, yes…," said Max, looking at him, "And quickly."
"Quickly?" asked Grace.
"That ring is supposed to go off in five hours," said Max. He walked over as he took a glass box. The glass box had some clear chemical as he placed it in front of Grace, "This box can inhibit and stop the chemicals from releasing."
"It wouldn't surprise me though if he has another ring," said Grace, looking at him.
"Probably… actually, Amy?" asked Max.
Amy opened the door as she walked inside. Amy walked over as she reached into her pocket. A black box appeared as she opened it, showing the ring, "This ring is a fake. But, if we can switch the rings…"
"That's going to be hard," said Grace, "Especially if I am playing music. Can anybody help?"
"Well," said Seb, looking at Grace, "We can be on standby, outside the studio… but we can't go in to help. I don't want to get kicked out."
"I personally don't want to go in," said Urara, shaking her head.
Grace took a deep breath as she grabbed both items. She turned around as she looked at the six of them, "Fine. I'll handle it. If it's not done great, oh well."
Grace stormed over to the elevator. As the door opened, she walked inside as she closed the door behind her. Seb turned around as he looked at the team. They stared at him as Seb shrugged, "Grace doesn't like it when people tell her how to play her music. If she wanted to, she could've just let that thing blow up."
"But, she won't," said Max, "Saving the world is more important than her hide at this point."
"She knows," said Seb, "But, I think she had an awful time at the studio. I would like to go in."
"I'll go," said Cedric, "Besides, its not every day I get to go see a morning show."
Meanwhile…
"Welcome to HOENN and FRIENDS! With Pete, Jackie and Sawyer!"
Grace played the music as she watched the cameras fly over the studio. There, three co-hosts were sitting on the wooden benches with the tropical umbrellas in the back. Pete sat in the far left with a woman in the middle. She had red and pink hair down to her shoulder with blue eyes and wore a purple and pink sparkly dress. The other person wore a black suit with a green and white striped tie and white dress shirt. He had brown hair and red eyes as he looked at the camera.
"Hi guys! And welcome to our show! Seeing the sunrise in Sootopolis Island, it is so great to see a beautiful morning again!" said Jackie, "I don't know about you but I've been looking forward to going there and getting my tan on! My Gyarados is looking for a good time and why not swim with the Sootopolis Gym Pokémon?"
"That is so true," said Sawyer, "And you know what? Our region is a fantastic region to go explore all these things!"
"Yep," said Pete, "The home of exploration! Hoenn is what we are known for! Anyway, we have a special guest who will be with us in the 9:00am hour. She is doing our music for today! Grace Jackson who is a really amazing DJ… thank you playing some country music for us today."
Grace waved at the camera as she was sitting to watch the news headlines in the packet.
"Well, we have a Slateport News Alert! The Poké Rangers are at it again. This time, fighting the Ranger Slayers in Pacificdalog Town. The Machoke robot that they had destroyed about 30 percent of the town. 50 people lost their lives and Pokémon were either injured or dead. But, the rangers took action quickly and destroyed them. Too bad we can't get them to book…"
Grace was watching for a few minutes as they continued their ranting on the Poké Rangers and their adventures. She shook her head as Pete was responding.
"Well, I mean with battle, there's always going to be something. They are the real heroes of Hoenn… our military equipment couldn't destroy them, so I'm glad we got them to save us. Coming up, we have Maggie the Charizard from Maggie and Friends here to talk to our kids about flames and fire! We also have representatives from the federal government to talk about your taxes. Stay with us."
Grace played another country song, which turned for the worse as pop music was combined. As the studio went to commercial, Grace stopped it as Pete walked forward.
"That was not supposed to happen," he said.
"Sorry, Mr. Styles," she said.
Pete shook his head as he went to go to the bathroom. Grace scratched her chin as she tried to figure out how to switch the rings.
Sitting outside of Slateport Studios, Cedric was on his Shadow Morpher from his Mystic Force days, which was still usable to contact people from Magiland, specifically Reshimé.
"So, what's going on in Magiland?" he asked.
"Nothing much," said Reshimé, "I know Diana went on a mission, but she's only been gone for a few days. Not too worried yet."
"Interesting… where did they send her?" asked Cedric.
"Well, Cressla asked Diana to go find something from the legendary Pokémon Diagla. I don't know too much of the mission. So, she took Percy, the Mystic Lamp and just took off," said Reshimé.
Cedric rolled his eyes, "Typical… that's something they would do."
"I'm glad you are learning," said Reshimé, grinning as she was sitting down, "How are things down there?"
"Grace is at DJ event at a news studio. So, I am just watching to make sure nothing suspicious is going on," Cedric responded, "Plus, there's a new artifact that resembles Heatran."
"Oh wow," said Reshimé, pouring tea as she was sipping it, "That must be interesting."
"It's interesting. But, Grace has close contact with one so it was best for her to do it," said Cedric, looking over as he saw a white and grey truck. As the truck pulled over, he saw the doors open up. As a few security people showed up, two Magma Grunts got out of the car and slashed both of them.
"Hey, honey… can I call you back?" asked Cedric, "It looks like Team Magma is here."
Hanging up the phone, Cedric turned around as he noticed Tabitha chopping the back of the truck. Immediately, Cedric released a silver beam from his Steel Sniper, shooting one of the Magma Grunts. Tabitha looked up as Cedric jumped down from the balcony, landing on the ground, "I guess I know what you're here for."
"If it's the ring… yes," said Tabitha, "Attack!"
The Magma Grunts started heading toward Cedric. Cedric punched two of them in the stomach and then dodged the other Magma Grunts by flipping backwards. Cedric swept one of them as they landed on the ground. Jumping up, Cedric spun around as he kicked a few of them in the face. As he dashed toward Tabitha, a red aura emerged as Maxie pushed Cedric down. Cedric got up as Maxie arrived, "Why hello!"
"Cedric!"
Cedric looked up as Seb and the others arrived. Maxie turned around as he looked at them, "Ugh… I forgot you all were going to come back with us in that wretched dimensional event."
"Well, Maxie, we know you want that ring," said Seb, "That's not happening."
"Relic Hunters, Start Up!"
Flashes of red, black, blue, yellow, green and silver materialized as they went to strike the Magma Grunts. While that was going on, Maxie faced Seb. Maxie withdrew his saber as Seb dodged the attack. Seb withdrew his Blaze Lance. Seb pushed the Blaze Lance away as he swung his weapon around, slashing Maxie. Maxie stumbled as he looked at his saber, "Fall back!"
Immediately, the grunts and Tabitha arrived behind him. A red aura surrounded Maxie as he disappeared. Rachel and the others turned around as Cedric looked at the back of the truck. Flashes of light surrounded them as they transformed out of their suits.
"So, I wonder what's in here," said Cedric.
As they opened the door, Rachel looked at the puppet. It was a stuffed Charizard with a pink bow and green eyes. Rachel stood there in awe, "Wait… isn't that Maggie the Charizard?"
"The one full of imagination?" asked Zander, "For little kids?"
"Yeah," said Rachel, "Why did they want a puppet like that?"
"I don't know," said Seb, looking at Rachel, "But, he's up to something. The Ring of Heatran is what he is looking for."
An hour passed…
"Welcome to… HOENN and FRIENDS!"
"Welcome back to the bottom of the hour, of hour number 2, of Hoenn and Friends and we are so glad you are with us!" said Sawyer, sitting down as he was looking at the camera, "We do have an interview today with our fantastic DJ… Grace Jackson."
Grace took a deep breath as she sat down next to Pete. Grace grinned as she turned to Pete and then Jackie, "Good morning!"
"Good morning," said Pete, "So, what got you into DJing?"
"Well," said Grace, looking at the camera and then at the co-hosts, "I loved music when I was growing up and it was so cool to see Pokémon Musicians actually take the stage and perform for people they love and even Pokémon. There is so much research that is done on how music affects Pokémon cognitively, emotionally and even affectively. I figured I would use that type of music to help Pokémon thrive and also provide entertainment for us."
"So," said Sawyer, "This is your first big break since your Rustboro days."
"Yes," said Grace, grinning, "Um, actually… the Poké Rangers were there during that time. They were fighting off this Persian who looked like Queen Dracula and the Pink Mystic Ranger was under her spell. The Yellow Mystic Ranger pierced her with a crystal and destroyed her."
"Ah, yes! I remember it was one of our Slateport Headlines," said Jackie, "I didn't know you knew them. They were an awesome team!"
"Thank you," Grace thought as she smiled, "Yeah, they are a great team. This team is pretty cool too."
"What do you know?" asked Sawyer.
Grace took a deep breath, "Well, these guys are obviously different from the Mystic Force. The Mystic Force team obviously stopped an underground demon from destroying the world. The Relic Hunters have been protecting artifacts from getting into Team Magma and Team Aqua's hands. I only know this because I watch the news all the time. I love watching your show."
"Well, that's good to know that you know about us and what we cover," said Pete, placing his hand on his knee. Grace turned around as she looked at him, "That's an awesome ring!"
Pete grinned as he looked at him, "Yeah, it's a rare ring. So, this ring actually I got from UAFOH when I was in Sinnoh. It was pretty cool. Feel free to take a look as I read the next headline!"
Immediately, Pete removed the ring as Grace grinned. As the camera moved to Pete reading the teleprompter, Grace quickly placed the ring in her pocket and took out the other. Examining it, she placed the ring back in Pete's hand as they went into commercial.
"We will continue our interview Grace after our break," said Sawyer.
Grace nodded as she turned to the production manager, "We have 5…"
"5 seconds?" asked Grace.
"No, 5 minutes," said Pete, looking at the ring, "I see you were intrigued with the ring."
"I love artifacts like that," said Grace, grinning, "It's pretty cool. I want to learn more about this, but first, where is your bathroom?"
Pete showed her the directions to the bathroom. Grace nodded as she followed the directions Pete was talking about. As she opened the door, she reached the counter as she grabbed the black box with the ring that was on Pete's finger. Placing the ring in the glass container, she noticed that the chemicals weren't released.
"What?" asked Grace, picking up her Relic Detector. Scanning the device, she then noticed a big 0 on her device, "Oh…"
She picked up her Relic Detector, "Max, are you sure its here?"
"Yeah," said Max on the intercom, "Why do you ask?"
"I just switched the rings during the interview. I got a big fat 0 and the ring didn't react to the chemicals," said Grace.
"After your interview, you are going to have to search," said Max, "You only have an hour left. Plus, be on your guard."
"Why?" asked Grace.
"Maxie and Tabitha are outside the studio. They are looking for the ring too," said Max.
"Great, that's what I need right now," said Grace, "Where are the others?"
"They are outside on standby. Hurry, Grace," said Max.
Grace nodded as she hung up the Relic Detector. She placed her Relic Detector in her pocket as she walked out of the bathroom, ready to start the next segment.
Meanwhile…
Seb scanned the suit as he was looking at the device, "Well, nothing abnormal in this suit."
He climbed out of the truck as Rachel looked at the puppet. She then turned around as she noticed the shoes were different. She then went to her phone as she saw the picture, "This is weird."
"What?" asked Lamar.
"That's the wrong suit," said Rachel, "Maggie has red shoes with yellow laces. That suit doesn't have any shoes at all."
Seb muttered as he looked at Rachel, "Rachel, we are here to protect Grace and evacuate people from the ring, not to look at that."
Lamar turned around as he looked at Rachel, "Yeah, he's got a point. We should probably go to the studio and make sure the co-hosts are protected."
Urara turned around as she marched toward them. Seb looked at Urara as she took a deep breath, "That was Max on the phone. Grace switched Pete's ring, but apparently he also wore a fake."
"Darn!" said Seb, "What do we do now?"
Urara sighed as she turned to her morpher, "Grace has to finish the interview and somehow I suggested she goes into Pete's office and finds the ring."
"How long do we have?" asked Lamar.
"An hour," said Urara.
Seb turned around as he looked at the Slateport Studio. He turned around as he noticed a fire alarm on the wall, "Well, if we have to… later in the hour."
A half hour later…
Grace finished her interview as she went to put her DJ magic to work. As a few fans were there to dance along, she was mixing and matching as she was working on the music work. The co-hosts were standing behind Grace as there was a camera in front of her. As she mixed beats with the country rap music that was being played in the background, a few fans were screaming as Grace was grinning, putting her magic to work. Looking up, she then noticed a few Magma Grunts dancing along, disguised. Not making a scene, Grace continued her job.
"Thirty minutes," she thought, as she was doing her DJ work. She looked up as she noticed Pete was walking from the couch toward the green room. She turned around as she saw more people jumping up to dance while on camera. All she could do is watch.
The door closed behind Pete as he sat on the white couch. He grinned as he was having a cheeseburger that was on the table and he also noticed the black and silver case. He looked at the case as he opened it, revealing the real ring.
"Ah," said Pete, putting the real ring on, "I am so glad I found this ring. And if people found about it… oof."
He carefully got up as he grabbed the cheeseburger, walking out on camera. As he opened the door, he saw his production staff member walking into the room with cleaning materials. The door closed behind him as Grace was walking in, not noticing Pete left. As she walked inside, the production staff member looked at her.
"Why aren't you at your station?" he asked.
"I just finished my set," said Grace, noticing the ring on the table. Grace walked over as she turned to the production staff member, "So, does Pete wear this all the time?"
"Yeah," he said, "I'm surprised he left it here."
Grace nodded as she turned around. The production manager started cleaning as Grace quickly got her Relic Detector. Scanning it, she saw a number 0 on the screen. She placed her Relic Detector away, "Well, that's an interesting ring, seeing that it does catastrophic things every 100 years."
The production assistant turned around as he looked at her. His blue eyes stared at her, "I thought you were just a DJ. How did you know about that?"
"That's not important," said Grace, turning to him, "If I were you, I would evacuate ASAP."
As she went to leave, he put his hand on her shoulder. Grace pushed him away as the production staff member began to glow in a red aura, transforming into a Magma Grunt. Grace quickly dashed out as she locked the door from the inside, slamming the door as she left the hall. The grunt tried to jiggle the lock as Grace started dashing.
"Guys!" shouted Grace with her Relic Detector near hear ear, "Pete has the real ring on… we have about 15 minutes left."
"What do you want us to do?" asked Seb.
"Stand by! There's no time!" shouted Grace.
About 15 minutes later…
Pete walked outside with Sawyer and Jackie as they were with Maggie the Charizard. As the screen was showing them, Pete grinned as he was walking toward the group, looking into the camera.
"Welcome back! Today, we have Maggie the Charizard and she will be showing us some new moves for their new season coming up on the PBS Hoenn channel!" said Pete, turning to Maggie, "Take it away."
Maggie turned around as she bowed her head. Dancing around, doing boxsteps and twirls, she turned around as she opened her mouth, biting Pete's finger. Pete cringed as he tried to get off, "What are you doing?"
"That ring is precious!" she shouted.
As Pete was trying to break free, Grace dashed over as she used her Relic Detector. Scanning the device, she saw her Relic Numbers.
"Hazard Level 400," she said, placing the Relic Detector down. She looked at her watch… only fifteen seconds till the explosion. She dashed over as she pushed Pete and Maggie down. Maggie yelled as the ring slipped out of Pete's finger. Pete looked up as Grace grabbed the ring, flipping toward the ground, she landed on her feet and placed the ring in the case. Immediately, a red explosion occurred in the case as Pete looked at it, "What was that?"
"You almost blew up the whole world, Pete. Today was the day the ring was supposed to refresh itself by exploding Heatran chemicals," said Grace.
"Today is the 100th year… how did you know?" asked Pete.
"It doesn't matter!" Maggie shouted.
Pete, Jackie and Sawyer turned around as Maggie began to glow. She turned into a Charizard-Y creature with silver and white claws. She also had white and red armor with green eyes, "You ruined Team Magma's plans!"
"I'm well aware that you were here," said Grace.
"Slateport News Alert!" shouted Jackie, "Team Magma is here!"
As Maggie began to strike down Grace, golden beams pierced her side as she turned left. Grace turned around as the other rangers arrived with their weapons.
"The Poké Rangers are here!" shouted Sawyer, "We need camera footage."
Seb dashed over as he turned to the co-hosts, "Are you okay?"
"Yeah," said Pete, noticing the blood marks on his finger, "I'll go get a medic."
"You three get out of here," said Rachel, "We'll handle it,"
Pete nodded as Jackie and Sawyer started dashing toward the exit. Grace turned around as she looked at Maggie, "You ruined my DJ career. You are so screwed! Relic Hunters, Start Up!"
In a flash of pink light, Grace transformed into her suits. Maggie stretched out her wings as she flew across, slashing Grace and the others. Grace turned around as Maggie went to lunge forward. Grace took out her Psychic Cutters.
"Psychic Strike!"
Slashing Maggie, Maggie landed on the ground, screaming. Red and black flames shot out as she blocked the attack. Flipping forward, Grace slashed her again. Maggie screamed as she landed on the ground.
"Hunter Armor, engage!" shouted Grace.
A pink aura surrounded her as armored plate appeared. She grabbed the Relic Crusher from her hand as she aimed at Maggie. The other rangers stood behind her as the Relic Crusher aimed at Maggie.
"Bulldoze Combination Crush!"
A blast of orange energy shot out as it pierced Maggie's body. She screamed as she exploded into pieces. The rangers turned around as Grace grinned, "I win!"
"You morons!"
Grace turned around as Maxie arrived with his saber, "You dare destroy my plan?"
He stretched out his red saber. Raising it to the sky, ruby and black energy struck the clouds and then hit Maggie's corpse. Maggie screamed as her body enlarged, destroying part of Slateport Studios. Grace quickly turned around as she grabbed her Relic Detector, "Hunter Battleship, Undock!"
"Hold up…," said Max, "The Hunter Battleship is currently undergoing a few updates. Will be done in a few minutes. However, Relic Hunter Zords 1 through 5 are finally repaired and ready to go!"
"Our zords aren't done?" asked Urara and Cedric.
"Send them," said Grace.
In a flash of white light, the Relic Drivers appeared for the core five rangers. Immediately, the five zords: Blaziken, Houndoom, Swampert, Manectric and Gallade were heading toward Slateport City. The rangers jumped into their zord cockpits and placed their Relic Drivers in the cockpit.
"Adventure Fusion!" shouted Grace.
The Houndoom and the Manectric got on all fours. The legs began to shrink as they turned into wheels. Leaving the heads where they were, their bodies lifted 90 degrees. The Blaziken Zord jumped up into the air as it landed on top of the zord legs. A red and golden charge surrounded the zords as they combined. The Swampert Zord divided in half. The Swampert's head and chest popped out as the body split in half, connecting to either side of Blaziken. The chest connected to the front of the Blaziken with the head covering the Blaziken. Last, the Gallade Zord flipped up as it put its legs together and spread its arms wide. Connecting to the back, Gallade Zord's arms wrapped around the chest. Golden eyes appeared on the helmet as the Megazord formed.
"Relic Hunter Megazord, Assembly Complete!"
Maggie charged forward as she stretched out her wings. Engines emerged as Maggie flew across. Metal claws started energizing as the Relic Hunter Megazord was hit. As the Megazord turned around, the tail swung across as the Megazord landed on the ground. Grace pressed a few buttons as the Relic Hunter Megazord stood on its feet.
"Relic Scooper!"
Immediately, a ruby colored scooper materialized in its hands. The ruby scooper smacked Maggie across the face. Maggie went to swing with her tail, only for Maggie to be smacked again by the Relic Scooper.
"Adventure Saber!" shouted Grace.
Immediately, the Relic Scooper and the Relic Axe began to shine in a golden aura, transforming into an emerald saber with golden designs. Everyone pushed the full accelerator as a red, blue and green aura surrounded the saber. A Poké Ball with a compass appeared behind the Megazord as the engines began to increase.
"Adventure Saber, Hunter Overdrive!"
As the Adventure Saber went to strike, Magma Grunts popped out of the ground, causing an earthquake. The Magma Grunts held the Relic Hunter Megazord as explosions surrounded it. Maggie charged forward as a red aura surrounded her mouth. A Blast Burn attack was used as the Relic Hunter Megazord was hit. Explosions surrounded them as the Megazord crashed into a building.
"Armor is at 70 percent," shouted Zander.
"It was a trap," said Grace.
"Do we have enough power for another attack?" asked Seb.
"Yeah… one attack only," said Rachel.
Before Seb could make an executive decision, white and yellow beams shot out from behind. The Relic Hunter Megazord turned around as they saw the Hunter Battleship shooting down the creatures.
"Cedric? Urara?" asked Grace.
"We didn't want you having all the fun!" Urara said, smiling, "Now, let's shoot some Magma Grunts!"
Laser beams spun around as the Magma Grunts were all pierced together. As the Hunter Battleship managed to make landfall, the Relic Hunter Megazord jumped up and landed on the Battleship. Cedric and Urara held on as they felt the pressure.
"What the-?" asked Cedric.
"Don't worry," said Seb, "We are going to use you for now… just shoot the grunts!"
As each grunt was getting hit by the beams, the Hunter Battleship aimed directly for Maggie, who charged her weapons.
"Relic Hunter Megazord, Battleship Overdrive!"
Using the Adventure Saber as shooting weapon, emerald beams shot out as the turrets were shooting out, combining as one attack. Beams pierced Maggie as she screamed. Landing on the ground, the Hunter Battleship ran the tires over the body as explosions appeared behind them.
"That's how we do it!" shouted Grace.
Later that afternoon…
Grace was watching the Pokémon break down the turn tables at the studio as she was looking up at the sky, seeing the jumbotron. Zander turned around as he looked at her, "Well, sis, for your first gig in a while… how does it feel?"
"Zander, to be frank," said Grace, looking at him, "It was okay. I just didn't expect to save the world."
"Well…," said Zander, "You probably don't want to see this."
"See what?" asked Grace, looking up to see her face on TV, "WHAT THE-?"
"Today, on Hoenn and Friends, we have a hero! Last hour, Grace Jackson, a DJ in the Pokémon World, saved Slateport City after learning about the Ring of Heatran, saving Slateport City from a chemical explosion. Pete Styles, who was thankful no one was hurt, was able to secure the ring to Poké Rangers. Here's footage of how he was saved…," an anchor said.
Grace sighed as she looked at the footage. She then cringed as she turned away. Zander laughed as he was looking, "I guess the interview got you to cringe."
"Bro, help me or get back on the ship," said Grace, grumbling as Zander laughed a little. The two of them started working on breaking the stuff down as they were loading it into a ship… which led to the Hunter Battleship off the coast.
Next Chapter:
Zander: May I ask who you are?
?: Because I need you.
Silva: I think we've upgraded enough!
Zander: So, this cloth…
?: ZANDER!
Poké Rangers Relic Hunters Chapter 40: The Rainbow Cloth
Zander: Darcie, your plot ends here!
A/N: So, yes, I decided to work my magic in this chapter. Hee hee… Hoenn and Friends. I had to. I spent all summer watching something similar to that to start my morning so I figured, why not make a parody? So, yeah… Grace saved the day! And this was the last Grace storyline by herself… Well, I wonder what the Rainbow Cloth is all about? Guess you will have to find out next chapter…
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