I don't own Power Rangers or Cardfight! Vanguard as it belongs to Toei, and Bushiroad respectively. I also don't own the music mentioned in this chapter. OC's belong to LovingGinger30, ThePurpleArcher24, Stormasius, TriassicDragonRanger, Mike singh, RedRanger2.3, and me. Okay let's see how the group doing now...Let's Make It Showy!
Universe Red: Morgana Ravens.
Universe Yellow: Kathy Ravens.
Universe Green: Drew Matthews.
Universe Gray: Charles Brown.
Universe Purple: Francesca "Frankie" Donaldson.
Universe Silver/Bronze: Cody Barnes.
Note: This chapter, and many of its scenes was originally written by LovingGinger30 and used in the stories Power Rangers Treasure Warriors, Power Rangers Cyber Force, and Power Rangers Mystic Warriors. I have only edited, and added scenes to it, but this is primarily Gingers work and being used with their permission.
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It has been days since Morgana returned from Cray, and the rest could tell that something seemed a bit different about her. It was as if she was more certain what to do than before.
Anyways it was nighttime now as Morgana booted up her computer, and waited for the video call to start the meeting with her fellow red rangers. Frankie had set things up for them to communicate with the twins from the other dimension.
"Hey guys." Isabelle greeted as they exchanged greetings, and the meeting got started.
Eventually Velvet sighed having some bad news to report "As you may know Vogue showed up in our dimension, and ambushed us capturing Macy and Jasper in the process. It's clear they're going after whoever has the mark of Stabella." Velvet said a still a bit upset.
Morgana and Maggie frown learning of this "That makes no sense sending Vogue to ambush you all. If anything it should have been Xolimerica and Salem." Maggie said to him.
"It's probably want Stabella wants. Send someone more unexpected to battle and capture their target, but also makes me question who will come after who next." Morgana pointed out as the rest nodded in agreement.
Isabelle sighed "That's what I'm concerned about to. Maggie I got the strong feeling Melodalix will be in your town while the rest will have to stop Xolimercia, Salem, and Arianna from capturing the rest that were marked." She told them.
"Yeah. The other marked ones are Frankie, Ellie, and Zeke. I get the strong feeling Macy and Jasper were done first just to get them out of the way before focusing on the rest." Morgana said to them.
Velvet looked down "We need to protect the others no matter what. We can't let them fall into their hands." Velvet said, and Maggie's gaze becomes a glare.
"You mean like how you failed to protect our mom from them?" Maggie says still angry with her sister about failing to protect Azalea in the first place.
"It's not her fault Maggie. Anyways it will be difficult to protect the others especially the fighters. Weall all know who that will be." Isabelle said to the other reds.
"Yeah. Ellie and Zeke will definitely object to having someone trying to protect them, and once Charles gets wind of it he'll try to protect Frankie." Morgana says as the other girls nod in agreement with her.
Maggie hums and gets an idea "What if...we do what Stabella is doing? Have the most unlikely people to protect the rest than the more obvious ones like Charles. That way we can pull a trick on them for a change." Maggie suggested the idea.
Velvet smirked "Great idea Maggie. So from your team it would be either Sofia, Zara, or even Max to protect Zeke. From Morgana's probably Kathy or Cody to protect Frankie. Arlen or Rodney could protect Ellie." She started then glanced away.
"Although..." Velvet then adds on worried.
"What is it Velvet?" Morgana asks wondering what could be weighing upon one of the youngest red rangers minds.
"What if...what if this plan to protect them fails just like the rescue mission?" Velvet asks them as she knew it was a huge possibility just like the last time.
"It's possible it might fail Velvet. However we need to pull them aside in private away from the others to explain the plan." Isabelle says talking about their teammates.
"Agreed." All the reds said, and having come up with a plan each ended the video call. None of them though not even Morgana knew that in Walkerton Isabelle had been spied upon and listened to the entire plan.
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At Stabella and her daughters hideout Melodalix rushed to her mother after receiving vital information "Mother. I've received word from our contact about the rangers, and what they're planning." She told Stabella.
Stabella was intrigued by this news "Interesting, but who is this information from exactly?" Stabella asked her.
"An accomplice to the traitor. They are rather unwilling, but don't exactly have a choice as our contact has some sensitive information about them. Anyways they spoke of them having an unlikely ranger protecting the marked ones." She informed Stabella.
Stabella hummed intrigued "So they realized we would expect them to use their stronger ones to protect the marked ones. Interesting...Melodalix I want to me this traitor, and the accomplice very soon." She started then gets up.
"Tell your sisters to adjust their battle plans to what you found out. Make sure that they are out of the way first." She instructed as Melodalix bowed.
"It will be done mother." She says, and leaves the room to find the others
Close by Salem and Vogue overheard the conversation "Interesting. A traitor, and an accomplice are the ones feeding Melodalix the information. What do you think about that Vogue?" Salem asked having a grin on her face having an idea how to reveal this bombshell to the rangers.
Vogue rolls her eyes before looking to her sister seemingly not bothered by it "It's intriguing, but we don't know which team it could be from. For all we know it could be the Treasure Warriors team." She says and turns away.
"I'd go find Xolimerica as she's likely waiting for you to start your capture." She then added on
Salem pouts before giving Vogue a look "You know I think your just saying that to protect them. Just forget about them sis, and focus on your real family, and your own assignment." Salem told her.
Vogue headed into her own room grabbing an item she had on her for a while that had been from Frankie "If you need to send critical info about a ranger related situation this will let you send texts that are encrypted once sent out." Frankie had told them all once some time ago.
Vogue looks at it conflicted after the previous battle, and then send them a message "I can't let them find out about this or the message I just sent out." She thought and quickly hide the device before leaving the room.
Melodalix watched Vogue leave and frowns "She needs to decide what side she's on." She thought planning to tell Stabella about what she had just seen, and her suspicions on her sibling.
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The following day Frankie woke up, and heard the sound of her Message Encrypter/Decrypter going off as she had recieved a message, and it was being decoded before flashing across the screen "Beware as someone isn't as they seem among the teams. Watch closely to those around you. They know what your going to do." The message says, and not long after she received another message that was encrypted.
Seeing this Frankie picked up her phone, and called Isabelle "What's going on Frankie? I'm heading for school in a few..." She started.
"Did you or one of your teammates send me a message for to decode?" Frankie asked.
Isabelle stop talking possibly in shock "No. Why?" She asked Frankie, and she told Frankie about the mysterious message she had just gotten.
"That is strange, but the only ones who could send it are anyone from my team or anyone from yours..." Isabelle started then stopped as if realizing something.
"And I do mean ANYONE from your team. Even..." She added on as Frankie understood.
"Even Vogue." Frankie finished as she had a small idea what Isabelle may just be implying.
"Thanks for the talk Isabelle. I've got to go." She says, and hangs up before heading out towards school. She and the rest were glad to know Morgana was back, but she had seemed to be contemplating a few things nor would she tell them what had happened.
Frankie arrived, and waves at the group as Drew and Charles were arguing a bit "And I'm telling you she probably saw some kind of apocalyptic future. That's what's got her so spooked she won't tell us anything." Charles said to him.
Drew rolled his eyes "I don't think so. She's looked more...well I don't know how to describe it, but definitely not spooked." Drew told Charles.
"Alright. If your so sure then what do you think she saw?" Charles asked him.
Drew hummed considering this "Well maybe what she wasn't something she'd think would happen." He said.
Kathy sighed "I know everyone is curious, but can you lay off? Please my sister just needs to be left alone." Kathy told the rest as Morgana arrived a few minutes later, and they walked onto the campus.
As they walked in Morgana stopped, and looked around which the others took notice off "Something going on Morgana?" Cody asked.
Morgana shakes her head "No. Just...taking in the sights you know. I mean it's not often that we just take in the beauty of the school." She told the rest who looked at her a bit confused.
"You alright sis?" Kathy asked worried, and Morgana nods before walking inside passing them, and Kathy watched worried.
"Hi everyone. What's going on?" Minerva asked having caught up, and with her surprising enough was Shawn.
Kathy walked over to Minerva and gave her girlfriend a quick hug and a kiss as Frankie blushed a bit seeing Shawn yet went over to hug her boyfriend.
As they walked in they told Minerva and Shawn their concerns about Morgana "So she's been acting weird ever since coming back from her trip?" Shawn asked summarizing what they'd been told.
"Yeah, and she won't tell anyone why." Drew said, and the group sighs deciding to head towards their first classes as they split up not having homeroom that morning.
As Kathy headed off she heard a small yelp from around a corner and she looked seeing one of the local cheerleaders having a girl a year or so older than her pushed up against a wall "Look. I need good grades, and you are going to help or so help me..." The cheerleader started.
Kathy bit her lip unsure what to do "What would Morgana do? Oh that's a silly question...Morgana would stand up to the bully and chase them away." Kathy thought and took in a breath gathering herself and comes out from around the corner.
She walked right up to the cheerleader and pulled her off of the other "Leave her alone. She probably already has enough pressure on her as it is." Kathy says as the cheerleader sneers at her.
"This isn't a concern of yours Ravens." The cheerleader said as Kathy huffed.
"It is when your messing with..." Kathy started before glancing towards the other girl.
"Kairi..." The other girl says and Kathy shoots her a smile letting her know she'll be okay.
"Kairi. She has better things to do then have to help you blondie!" Kathy says doing her best impersonation of Morgana.
The blond haired cheerleader not all to happy with Kathy snapped and tried to punch her which Kathy smacks her hand away "Strike one." Kathy said.
The cheerleader swung again and Kathy simply stepped back "Strike two." Kathy said.
The cheerleader swung yet again this time Kathy caught it "Strike three. Your out blondie." Kathy said as around that time a teacher came around the corner, and seeing the situation the teacher sent the three to the principals office to explain what happened.
Hours would pass as during lunchtime Morgana had sent Frankie away, and quickly explained the plan to them to which Cody and Kathy agreed to help protect Frankie.
"Come on! Why the two of them? I mean I am the much better choice." Charles said and Morgana sighed
"And that is exactly why you aren't protecting Frankie." She says and Drew nods in understanding.
"I get it. Because Stabella would think that it would be either you, me, or even Charles. But Cody and Kathy are the last people anyone would expect." She says, and before more could be said she changes the subject as Frankie returned.
Frankie sighed "So we got any plan yet to rescue Azalea yet?" She asked and the rest shake their head, and deciding now was a better time than any Frankie decided to tell them about what she got this morning.
"Guys I got a message this morning from the coder." Frankie says and takes out the device showing the message to them.
"Did Isabelle send it?" Morgana asked raising an eyebrow.
Frankie raised an eyebrow "It's not one of us, and I've checked with a few others. It wasn't any of the teams from here or the triplets dimension." She said.
Charles groaned "Great. So now we have to deal with someone hacking into Frankie's gadgets." He muttered as Frankie shakes her head.
"No. There is one...possibility that my cousin suggested. Someone else still has one of the gadgets." Frankie told them, and they all knew who she meant but it also made them wonder why Vogue would try to warn them.
It was then though that their morphers went off alerting them to trouble that was going on, and quickly the rangers left ready to deal with what was going on.
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The rangers arrived at the scene morphed, and was surprised to see a single Staknight there, and rather quickly Charles dispatched the enemy.
"Okay something must be up with the program. Because that...that wasn't even really a threat." Charles said.
Cody nods "Yeah..." He agreed as Drew hummed, and turned sensing something to which he saw a flash.
His eyes widen under his helmet, and before he could call out Cody and Kathy both let out twin cries of pain as they were forced out of their morphs. Now standing in the group having handled the two and surprising them was Xolimerica and Salem.
"Caught you off guard have we rangers?" Xolimerica says with a smirk as the youngest of the two villains chuckled as the two got up.
Cody and Kathy looked at each other before nodding and morphed again as more Staknights appeared along with Vanishers "You know we should have expected this, but you two aren't exactly welcome here." Morgana says.
Salem huffed "Like we care. Staknights, Vanishers take care of them." She instructed.
Morgana looked to them "Kathy, Cody you two know what to do!" She instructed as the two nodded and stayed close to Frankie.
With Staknights and Vanishers fighting the group was split as Xolimerica and Salem lead a small group fighting against Frankie, Kathy, and Cody. Cody shot his arrows then sliced at any of the enemy's who got close while Kathy clashed with Salem keeping her away.
As for Frankie she was tearing through the enemies yet was getting a bit exhausted "They must have brought a small army. Ugh...This is so frustrating!" Frankie said as Cody shoots another that dared to get to close.
Salem backed away and concentrated her powers forming a small sphere of psychic energy. She then tossed it aiming at Frankie, but the two saw it coming and got in the way as Kathy changed her weapon to the Universe Blaster and Cody shoots several energy arrows throwing the sphere off target and explodes in the distance.
"Nice try! But going to have to do much better than that." Cody says as Salem pouts getting angry.
"Gahh! Staknights, Vanishers don't focus on the other rangers! Take care of those two!" She shouts as Xolimerica nods deciding to aid as more pressure was put on the two protecting Frankie.
Frankie clawed at them and she charges at Xolimerica before kicking away some of the minions "What have you done to Nora and Azalea?!" Frankie demanded.
One laughs while the other smirks as both knew how close she was to both "You still don't get it. Nora is, and will forever be Vogue, and Azalea will be our prisoner...and weapon." Xolimerica said as the two then began to use there powers creating miniature psychic blasts.
The two stayed close to Frankie protecting her and taking the hits meant for her "Need some help over here!" Cody called out.
Charles hears them and starts punching through the minions to get to them to which Salem notices and grabs him with her powers "Tsk tsk tsk. Don't you know not to interfere with someone else's battle? Oh, and by the way you all had a nice plan, bit it's to bad we already know it." Salem says and tossed him back.
This surprised them, but none more so than Morgana "How could they have known about it? Did someone else find they knew, and they were the ones that warned us?" Morgana thought.
Eventually though they were overwhelmed, and Salem held all the rangers down with her power "I think we'll be taking out prize now." She says as Xolimerica grabbed Frankie who couldn't struggle and knocks her out.
"FRANKIE!" The rest called out, and they then vanished along with the rest of the Vanishers and Staknights.
"We...we failed..." Charles said and tensed while Morgana frustrated, angry, sad, and feeling useless she let out the loudest scream of anguish possible.
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After being teleported back to the hideout the rangers were being patched up by Ramiel and Ahsha while Cocytus, Macha, and Ethics Buster was watching the footage.
The rangers were all a bit bruised and frustrated as the rest minus Macha left the room to try and figure out what to do. Macha sighed and decided to contact Daranten "Greetings Macha. I'm assuming your team has experienced a...interesting battle?" He asked as more screens pop up as Daniel and Verna were on screen.
The rest of the rangers didn't hear the talk till Macha spoke "Daranten, Daniel, Verna maybe we should meet at my Headquarters to check the footage. We have room as well for the rangers to heal from their battles." Macha spoke having her own concerns she wasn't voicing primarily if the flow of information will stay among them.
The rest agreed to the meeting as they'd all be there as soon as they could. Little did they know that in another dimension, and another time two others were taken.
A young girl of 14 gripped a morpher as she was shaking "I'll get them both back. Big sis and Auntie." she muttered.
Episode 51 has come to an end, and I hope you all enjoyed the first part of this four to five part arc ender. Now I had decided to add in a small tease at the series after this as I can confirm the girl Kathy defended was in fact Kairi Nakamura. Though seems like things are not looking good with Frankie captured, and now the four teams converge for a meet up. So until the next time this has been your friendly fanfiction author decode9!