The Rangers, Fairy Godmother, Belle, and Beast were in the lab as Fairy Godmother was running a scan on the crystal Ben was trapped in.

"Is he okay?" Belle asked, worry in her voice.

"This scan should be able to tell us more." Fairy Godmother said.

"What's wrong? Is he frozen or something?" Jay asked, worried.

"Not exactly." Fairy Godmother said.

"What do you mean?" Carlos asked.

"It's more like he's crystalized. Trapped in some type of enchanted gem." Fairy Godmother replied.

"It was Vickie and Mad Maddy. They did this to him." Ruby said.

"Can we get him out?" Freddie asked, but Fairy Godmother shook her head.

"That's too risky. He's able to survive in there, but the results could be disastrous if we tried to break him out." She said.

'If they did this to him, maybe they know how to set him free." Evie offered.

"Oh, I'll get them to let him out of there." Mal said through clenched teeth. "Nobody does this to my boyfriend and gets away with it."

John placed a hand on her shoulder. "We'll do all we can to set him free." He said then looked at Jordan, Jane, Evie, then back to Mal. "Maybe you four can find a way to set him free."

"Four? John, I… I don't have a lot of experience with magic." Evie said.

"I can help you with that, Evie." Fairy Godmother said.

Evie nodded.

"Now that we have that settled, what about his duties as King?" Chad asked.

"Oh, man! He's right!" Audrey said.

"If Ben doesn't tend to his kingly duties, people are gonna get suspicious." Jane said.

"I'll arrange a press conference informing the public then Ben has gotten sick and that until he's back on his feet, I will be handling his kingly business." Beast said.

The Rangers nodded and Fairy Godmother nodded. John noticed Mal no longer looked mad, but was still upset.

"Carlos, where do you keep Dude's leash?" John asked.

"In my backpack. Why?" The Red Ranger asked.

"Hand it to Mal. Sabine, come."

Sabine hopped from the desk she sat on and rested on John's shoulders as Carlos put Dude's leash on him then handed the leash to Mal, who arched a brow while frowning at her crimson teammate as she took hold of the leash.

"What are you planning, Facilier?" She asked.

"To take your mind off of what's happened to Ben." John replied bluntly to their leader.

Mal nodded then the duo walked up the stairs and then out of Auradon Prep.

Meanwhile, on the Isle of the Lost, Maleficent, Jafar, and the Evil Queen combined their magic and summoned five monsters, one looked like a centipede, one looked like a cobra, one looked like a scorpion, one looked like a gecko, and the fifth looked like a toad.

"Are you the Five Fingers of Poison?" Maleficent asked.

"Yes. I am Naja." The cobra monster said.

"I am Rantipede." The centipede monster said.

"I am Stingerella." The scorpion monster said.

"I am Gakko." The gecko monster said.

"And I am Toady." The toad monster said.

"Who are you?" Naja asked.

"I am Maleficent. With me are Jafar of Agrabah, and Evil Queen Grimhilde. You five are on the Isle of the Lost to help us combat an enemy we understand you five are familiar with: Power Rangers."

"Where are these Rangers?" Gakko asked.

Jafar nodded to Auradon. "There, in the land of Auradon. The bridge joining this island and Auradon together is destroyed, so I will open a portal for you five to get to Auradon."

The five monsters nodded. "We will deal with those Rangers." Naja said.

"There are a group of eight Rangers who fight for our cause called the Dark Rangers. They have a lair in the Forbidden Mountains. Let them know you are with us and they will help you."

The five monsters nodded again then Jafar opened a portal and the Five Fingers of Poison went through it.

The portal opened in the Dark Rangers' lair and the Dark Rangers looked as the Five Fingers of Poison walked through.

"Who are you guys?" CJ asked.

"I am Naja. My companions are Rantipede, Gakko, Stingerella, and Toady." Naja said.

"We are the Five Fingers of Poison!" The five monsters said in unison.

"Who sent you?" Khai Yu asked.

"The villains of the Isle of the Lost." Gakko said.

"So our parents think we need help?" Gaston Jr asked.

"We don't need anything from them!" The Dark Rangers shouted through the portal, knowing their parents were listening. "We are the Dark Rangers and we are taking Auradon for ourselves!" They added, then morphed instantly and fought the Five Fingers of Poison.

The Dark Rangers were too strong for the five monsters, who were forced to retreat.

Walking through Sherwood Forest, Mal and John soon saw the Five Fingers of Poison stumble through the forest.

"Sabine, lead Dude back to the lab." John said and the two furry animals headed back.

Naja spotted Mal and John. "That girl looks a lot like Maleficent."

"So my mom summoned you chumps now?" Mal asked.

"Who are you guys?" John asked.

"100 legs to strike you! Rantipede!" Rantipede said.

"Fangs full of venom! Naja!" Naja said.

"Queen of the toxic dance! Stingerella!" Stingerella said.

"Mastery of trickery and deceit! Gakko!" Gakko said.

"Skin stronger than armor! Toady!" Toady said.

"We are the Five Fingers of Poison!" The five said in unison.

John looked at Mal. "How about we show these freaks what Defender Rangers can do?"

"You got it. Let's do it!" She said. "Ready?"

"Ready!" John replied as they both summoned their Morphers.

"Defender Ranger, Power Up! Ha!" They said in unison and then morphed. "Defender Power!"

"Feather Sword!" Mal said.

"Leopard Hammer!" John said.

"Let's go!" Mal said and the two Rangers charged the monsters, who charged back.

The monsters easily overwhelmed the two, laughing evilly.

"We're not getting anywhere with these guys, Johnny boy." Mal said.

"Ya think?" John said.

"We need to regroup."

"Then let's get gone."

With that, the two Rangers fled back to the lab.

When they arrived, the others looked at them as they took their helmets off.

"You guys look worked." Jay said.

"We just ran into these freaks who call themselves the Five Fingers of Poison." Mal said.

"They were strong. But what was weird is they looked like they'd just narrowly escaped a fight." John said.

"According to the archives, the Five Fingers of Poison fought Power Rangers who were in sync with animal spirits." Fairy Godmother said.

"Can we get in contact with them?" Mal asked and Fairy Godmother nodded then contacted the Rangers.

Meanwhile, the villains were not pleased with what they'd just heard from the Dark Rangers.

"THOSE UNGRATEFUL BRATS DARE BETRAY US?!" Madam Mim screeched.

"Then they are our enemies as much as the Defender Rangers!" Cruella shouted.

"ENOUGH!" Maleficent bellowed, and the villains all went quiet. "Now that we know where the Dark Rangers stand, we can get rid of them and the Defender Rangers!"

The villains all laughed maniacally.

That's chapter seventeen. The next chapter will pick up after this. Review and I'll post more chapters.