A/N: Here is Chapter 21! I hope you enjoy!
The alarm was beeping at around 6:30 in a morning on a beautiful Thursday. Sebastian's eyes opened up as he went to his phone, silencing it. Getting up, he rolled out of bed and walked straight to the bathroom. Brushing his teeth, he was looking in the mirror. He looked dead, exhausted. Then again, he never expected to be fighting with five other rangers. He walked back out of the room, noticing Zander was tossing and turning. Sitting on the bed, he reached for his gym clothes. Picking up his t-shirt and shorts, he reached for his notebook. Crossing it off his list, he went to go change. Zander, waking up, looked up as Seb left the room. Zander rolled over, noticing the clock. He noticed that Lamar was still sleeping above him.
"Who… who gets up at 6:45 in the morning?" Zander asked. Rolling out of bed, he silently walked to the sliding doors. Opening the sliding door, Zander stood and watched as Sebastian stretched out his Poké Balls. Throwing them up, Pokémon were released. One was a Greninja, the other two were Sandslash (an Alolan one) and a Torterra.
"Today, morning training," said Sebastian. He threw down his backpack and took out a few wooden boards. The wooden boards had target signs and were placed on the opposite side of the field, "You are going to use your special attacks and try to hit the target with precision. Does that make sense?"
The Pokémon nodded. On the balcony, Zander was observing the whole time. As he watched, Lamar snuck from behind.
"Did I wake you, bro?" Zander asked.
"Not really… it's now 7… what's up?" Lamar asked, "Where's Seb?"
"See for yourself," said Zander, stretching his hand out.
"He's really good at training," said Lamar, "Good routine."
Zander looked at Lamar, "Lamar, remember that I am a Pokémon Coordinator? I don't have a routine."
"You should if you were a coordinator… don't you groom your Pokémon?" Lamar asked.
"Yes… and give them baths every other day," said Zander.
"Case closed…," said Lamar.
Zander narrowed his eyes at Lamar and then at Seb, "Alright, I do have a routine, but it's not as… structured."
He watched as Greninja shot another water ninja star. Sandslash released a blizzard attack from his mouth and Torterra was releasing leaves and hitting the target. When they were done, Sebastian was looking at each target.
"You all did well, now let me examine," said Seb, looking at Torterra's target, "You need to be one inch more to the left."
He then walked toward Sandslash's target, "Right on… just need one more inch up to hit your opponent."
He then turned to Greninja, "Relax on your moves… you hit the target, but I can tell your technique was a little rough. Alright, good work. I'll recall you for breakfast in about an hour."
He returned his Pokémon to his Poké Balls as he walked toward the entrance. He then looked up, noticing Lamar and Zander, "Hey, guys! Want to hit the fitness center?"
"The gym?" Zander asked, "With you?"
"Oh come on," said Seb, raising his shoulders, "I need someone to help bench me. Zander, we can work out together!"
Zander looked at the ground. He wasn't that motivated to go to the gym, "Well, sure."
"Great! Let's go!" Seb shouted.
Walking into the Pokémon Center, he turned to Lamar as he went to go inside. Lamar looked at him with concern, "What's with the look?"
Zander turned around as he looked at Lamar, "I am starting not to like this guy."
"What do you mean? He's a historian, he's a trainer. Very smart," said Lamar.
"Lamar, he hit on my sister and he thinks he can run us… Sorry, I wasn't too pleased with his snobbery attitude. I don't care if he's a historian. He needs to know his place," said Zander, turning to Lamar. Lamar looked at Zander as he rolled his eyes, "What?"
Lamar went to the bathroom with his gym clothes, "Two words… lighten up."
He closed the door behind him.
(The Mystic Library, which is underneath an old house magically appears in the woods)
(The battle of Magiland is shown, with five magicians fighting)
(An explosion appears… with the Poké Rangers Mystic Force logo)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
Here come the Poké Rangers!
(The five Mystic Rangers pose)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
(Rachel appears on the left side with the Red Mystic Force Ranger on the right- "Rachel- Red Mystic Ranger" created by MakiZanaX13)
Alright, let's go time to turn it on.
(Grace appears on the left side with her headphones around her neck with the Yellow Mystic Force Ranger on the right- "Grace Jackson- Yellow Mystic Ranger" created by NashWalker)
Set the record straight, we're gonna come here to right the wrong
(Lamar shrugs on the left side with his crystal ball in his hand on the right, turning to face the camera with the Blue Mystic Ranger on the right- "Lamar Clayton- Blue Mystic Ranger" created by NashWalker)
Fight evil, Ranger powers standing strong
(Urara jumps up grinning from ear to ear, grooming her Furfrou on the left side with the Pink Mystic Ranger on the right - "Urara Nakamura- Pink Mystic Ranger" created by Daniel Kazami)
We got it goin' on (Mystic Force)
(Zander snaps his fingers as he puts on his backpack. The Green Mystic Ranger was also on the right hand side. "Zander Jackson- Green Mystic Ranger" created by BentleyGirl)
Stop, freeze! Rangers, here! There's no need to fret!
(Sebastian tips his hat to reveal his face with a sly grin. The Solaris Knight appears with his cape across. "Sebastian- Solaris Knight" created by D.J. Scales)
We're the ones that'll make the way, never make a change.
(Sally, Woodmodore and Percy appear in the Mystic Library)
When there's trouble, we don't play.
(Zeramses looks up to the camera and scowls with Persha and Incinizard behind him)
We come together to save the day
(The rangers morph)
Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!
(The six rangers pose together as a team)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
(Seb uses the Percy Pay Day Shining Attack)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
(The Shadow Warlock Megazord is formed to battle)
Here come the Poké Rangers! (Mystic Force)
(The rangers transform into Mystic Titans)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
(The Mystic Titan Megazord is formed, the Solar Express Megazord is formed)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
(The Mystic Force Rangers use the Mystic Boxing Gloves, Mystic Barrier and other spells to fight the Crobatulas)
Here come the Poké Rangers (Go, go, go, go!)
(Cedric oversees the monster battles in the woods)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
Here come the Poké Rangers!
(Rachel and the others dash across the field, jumping up in the air)
Here come the Poké Rangers!
Mystic Force, let's go yeah!
(The six rangers strike a pose together… © 2017-2019 Blaze Productions. Based off of Power Rangers Mystic Force © 2006-2007 by Saban Brands/Disney and Mahou Sentai Magiranger © 2005-2006 by Toei Co. Ltd)
Chapter 21: Zander's Wild Ride
Sol Mysto Magika
"And one…. two…,"
The sound of Seb counting as Zander was spotting him was atrocious as he continued to bench his next set. Looking up, Lamar was working on his biceps at the other side of the gym. As Seb finished his set of 10, Zander switched. Sebastian looked down as Zander went to do the next set.
"Ready?" Seb asked.
"As I'll ever be," said Zander.
Immediately, the reps started. As Zander started counting to himself, Lamar finished his arms for the day. Walking toward the two of them, Zander was continuing his reps.
"So… this is what you do every morning?" Lamar asked.
"Pretty much. If I train my Pokémon to be strong, I got to train my body too… and even if it means beating up bad guys in the process," said Seb.
"I never realized you had a structured routine so rigorous. Do you have time to relax?" Lamar asked.
"Of course! One can't work all the time… life's not fun that way," said Seb, "I enjoy my nightclubs, long studies at night, catching up on the news while drinking my cup of coffee."
"Another nightclub guy!" Lamar said, "The last time we were at a nightclub was in Rustboro…"
"Rustboro City?" Sebastian asked, "The Deck or the Dock, right?"
"Yeah," said Lamar, "We were there when there was a Hades Beast that turned everyone into vampires… Grace and Urara went in disguise to stop them. Grace is a DJ."
"DJ?" Seb asked, dropping the bar. As the bar came down, Zander was choking. Seb and Lamar quickly raised the bar and put it back on the bench holders. Zander started breathing as he lifted off the bench.
"... Yes, Grace is a DJ," said Zander, wiping off the sweat as he looked at Sebastian. Sebastian grinned as he grabbed a towel from the rack. Zander sighed as he turned to him, "If you don't mind, I got to shower and do some coordinator stuff."
"Don't forget we have training today," said Lamar.
Zander turned around, "What training?"
"Ranger Training… Seb has created a… training exercise?" Lamar asked.
"Training exercise?" Zander asked, "What about practicing spells? We have always won that way."
Sebastian turned around as he looked at the stairs and then around to make sure no one was visible, "Zander, if you want to beat Zeramses, spells are not going to do it alone."
Zander sighed as he stormed off, looking at him one last time before he walked up the stairs. Seb turned around as he looked at Lamar, "What's his problem?"
"This isn't the first time he's done this…" said Lamar.
Sebastian sighed, "Shame. Want to hit the treadmill?"
"Bro bonding," Lamar said, laughing.
"I'll take it as a yes," Sebastian said.
Two hours later…
The girls were awake. Urara, Grace and Rachel were finishing their normal Pokémon training as Zander finished his coordinating training. Looking up, Grace walked toward him. The rangers connected back at the Pokémon Center as the team decided to regroup for the day.
"Hi, sis," Zander said.
"What's up? How was training with the boys?" Grace asked.
Zander shook his head, "I don't want to talk about it."
Looking up, he noticed Sebastian and Lamar, who were walking down the stairs. Sebastian turned around as he looked at Rachel.
"Morning," Rachel said, "So, we usually start doing our training now… secret training, that is."
Seb grinned, noticing the other people walking by, "Yep. I get it. I would like to train in a different dimension though."
"You learned how to do that? What do we need to do?" Rachel asked.
"I told you I was a fast learner! Meet me at Route 118 in thirty minutes… come morphed," Seb said.
As he walked away from the scene, Zander turned to Rachel in response, "Rachel, can I speak to you?"
Rachel nodded as she walked away from the group. As the glass door opened up to the main city, Zander turned to Rachel in confusion, "I thought this leader issue was over with."
"What are you talking about?" Rachel asked.
"Remember Woodmodore's song and it pissed you and me off because you were leader and I wasn't?" Zander asked.
"Yeah?" Rachel asked, "Get to the point."
Zander stretched out his arm, "Since when does he design our training? He's new. He should know his place."
Rachel turned around as she looked at him, "Why are you saying that?"
"I thought I was your second in-command," Zander said, "Not this guy."
Rachel raised an eyebrow, "So, I sense jealousy because a new guy comes in, has a way to control his magic and you have an issue with that because when you were new, you were lucky to even transform into Virizion."
Zander nodded, "Well, yeah. He's brand new! He needs to…"
"Zander," Rachel said, "I am saying this to you as a leader, not a friend. I know how you are feeling, but Sebastian has brought a lot to the table and I know he doesn't know anything about Magiland so I get that he was in your position when you started, but his skills are exemplary. He has strategies that could help enhance our magic training."
Zander raised his shoulders as he looked at Rachel, "Okay?"
"I'll just cut to the chase. Give him a chance. Your jealousy is only going to hurt you. And if that happens, how are we going to function? Think about it," Rachel said.
Rachel turned around and walked away. The door opened up as she went into the Pokémon Center. Zander sighed as he looked at the glass doors.
Later that day…
The Mystic Rangers arrived at Route 118, morphed as promised. As they walked forward, they ran into Seb, who was also morphed.
"Good afternoon… welcome to your first training exercise," said Seb.
He revealed his Solar Cell Morpher and a deck of cards. As he took a card out, it said the word "Dimension" on it. Clicking on the card, he then placed the card in the sky.
"Mysto Gojika…," Seb said.
A white light surrounded them as it transformed into a chess board. The rangers were in a dark dimension with a golden chess board. There were six brooms that were floating to the sky with ribbons.
"So…," said Seb, "You are going to focus on your power using your Mystic Staffs. Once you get your broom, a ribbon will be tied."
He then used his Solar Cell Morpher. Pressing the button, a golden light hit a broom. The broom flew toward him. A golden bow appeared on the broomstick. The rangers revealed their Mystic Staffs. Immediately, five lights came out as four of the broomsticks came back to them. Bows were tied. Seb walked toward them, "Not bad!"
He looked at each bow and then the broomstick, "You all did a fine job… but Zander."
"Zander?" Grace asked.
Zander kept shooting his Mystic Staff. The broom kept missing.
"Get over here!" Zander shouted.
Seb sighed as he grabbed the Mystic Staff. Shooting a green beam from it, the broom came back and landed on the ground. Zander caught it as he looked at Seb. Sebastian turned around with a cold look underneath his helmet, "Zander, what was that?"
"What do you mean?" Zander asked.
"With someone that has magic experience, that was supposed to be easy," Seb asked.
"Looks like emotions get in the way," Rachel said.
"WHAT DOES THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" Zander shouted.
The rangers were silent. He then turned to Sebastian. Seb shook his head, "You have a lot of work you need to do. That is, if you plan on defeating Zeramses. If you can't even catch a simple broomstick with your staff, how do you plan on using magic at all?"
Zander stood there silently.
"Thank you for allowing me to try this out with you," Seb said.
"This was good. Thank you," Rachel said, "Come on, we got a gym battle!"
As the rangers went to leave the dimension, a flash of white light surrounded them as they morphed out of their suits… still wearing the magician clothes. Rachel, Lamar, Grace and Urara started walking back, morphing into their normal clothes as Zander went to follow.
"Not so fast," Seb said, walking toward Zander. Zander turned around as he straightened his black jacket. Sebastian crossed his arms as he straightened his golden tie, "What's your problem?"
"That's none of your concern," Zander said.
Sebastian looked at the green ranger, "Um, based off my predicament… it seems that you weren't focused. I sense a lot of rage within you."
"For the new magician in town, you can read a lot of people," Zander said sternly.
"I am a historian. It's what I do. And based off your unsatisfactory performance today, I can tell your lack of focus has gone off the deep end," said Seb.
"Says who?" Zander asked.
"ME!" Seb shouted.
Zander stood there shakily. Sebastian walked closer, "I knew you were a loose cannon since this morning when I went to train. I knew you were even defiant when we told you about this training… is there a problem?"
Zander turned around as he looked at Seb, "You know what… there is."
Zander clenched his fists as he walked toward Seb, "First, you were flirting with my sister. Second, you just come up here all magically, thinking you can just be one of us and everything else. Third, last time I checked, Rachel's the leader, I am second in command and YOU are the new person. I worked hard… and you just show up?"
Seb stood there silently. Zander stood there angrily, "Yeah, I don't care if you harness the power of Solgaleo… or however, you got this power from Magiland… I would love to know why someone so snobbish has to acquire a knight power! Know your place!"
Seb pushed Zander to the ground. Zander looked at him as he went to Seb. Seb turned around as he missed again. Seb grabbed Zander and threw him to a tree. Zander felt the pain from his neck as Seb turned to him.
"I know my place…," said Seb, "And I understand that you are in second in command… but until you realize where you lie in the Magicians of the Five Elements, you are mentally unfit to take on these adventures. I may be new, but I have seen people like you in history books. People like you usually die early… and if you are that reckless of a ranger… I don't know how you will be able to be a good coordinator and a ranger. If anybody is being a snob right now, it's you."
In a flash of gold light, Seb's clothes were back to normal as he walked away. Placing his cowboy back on his head, he started walking back to the city. Zander stood there as he threw a rock to another tree.
Meanwhile…
Zeramses sat down in the underworld as he stretched his arms. He grinned as he waved his fan. He twirled it around as he raised it to the sky.
"Mejura!"
A blue aura surrounded Zeramses as he waved his fan. A spark appeared as a humanoid Terrakion appeared. He had metallic armor with golden eyes. He also had a brown hammer that is sharp enough. He banged on his armor.
"Terramoth is here!"
Zeramses stood up from the throne as he stepped down the stairs. He spun around as he waved his fan, "Terramoth, go to the surface world. Spike Mauville City so that way humans can be sacrificed!"
"You got it!" Terramoth shouted.
A purple aura surrounded him as he disappeared.
Later that afternoon…
"Magneton, use Shock Wave!"
Magneton flew across the bright yellow gym floor, released electric bolts from its body, creating a shockwave effect across the Mauville Gym floor. The rangers, except for Rachel were sitting on the bleachers that had seats almost shaped like they were ready to go on a roller coaster ride. As the lightning went toward Torch, Rachel looked up.
"Jump and use Double Kick!" Rachel shouted.
Torch jumped up in the air. The quick Combusken used its feet and knocked Magneton across with its two kicks. As the Magneton flew backwards, Torch landed on the ground.
"Now, use Fire Spin!"
Torch released flames from its mouth, burning Magneton. Magneton slowly flew to the ground, landing on the ground and then fainting.
"Magneton is unable to battle. Combusken wins! The winner goes to Rachel!"
Rachel grinned as she jumped up in the air, "Good job!"
"Combusken…..," he shouted.
Wattson, an old gym leader, looked up as he brushed off the dust from his Hawaiian shirt. He returned Magneton to one of his Poké Balls and then headed over to Rachel. He scratched his beard as he put his hands in his pockets of his brown shorts.
"Not bad… your Combusken did pretty well, despite the fact I tried to electrify the field. I'm sure this Dynamo Badge will help you," he said.
Rachel received the badge with excitement as she turned to the others, "I did it! I did it!"
Lamar jumped up and started clapping, "Yes, yes you did! Congratulations!"
Zander nodded silently as he clapped. He knew it was a good battle. The girls started cheering and Seb didn't say anything. He was very pleased. He turned to Zander as he stood there with a silent look on his face. Sebastian raised an eyebrow as he turned back to the field.
"Hmm…" said Seb, looking at his morpher. He then took out the Mystic Lamp as the other rangers gathered around Rachel, "Percy, what was that place you were talking about?"
"Mykonos? It's a secret island in Magiland. It's a great test for survival… maybe to test out the rangers," said Percy.
Seb grinned as he looked at Percy, "Maybe it's time."
The rangers headed back to the Pokémon Center, where the rangers went to have their Pokémon healed. As they were being healed, Sebastian grinned as he sat down in the lobby. Grace and Lamar sat down on either side.
"What's up?" Grace asked.
"Nothing. I was wondering if you wanted to go on a magical field trip," Sebastian said.
"Field trip? We journey enough," said Lamar.
"Not where you are going," said Seb, "The lost island of Mykonos."
Grace and Lamar grinned as they looked at each other, happily. The two rangers turned around as they looked at Rachel, Urara and Zander, who sat down.
"Rachel, for your awesome battle, I think we should take a trip to Mykonos," said Seb.
Rachel turned around, "How do you know about that island? That island is in Magiland… never to be found."
"Unless, you have a power of a knight," said Seb, "I read about in the books. It's seems pretty nice."
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Rachel asked, turning to Urara. Urara grinned, "I can get my tan!'
As the four rangers were discussing about this, Sebastian grinned. Immediately, Zander caught on. He knew this was not going to be any normal trip. Sebastian turned around and punched Zander in the arm, "Cheer up, buttercup."
"Did he just call me BUTTERCUP?" Zander thought.
Seb grabbed his bags as he took out his Solar Cell Morpher. He then took out another blue and gold card, snapping it with his grip.
"Sol Mysto Magika!" shouted Seb.
Immediately, golden railroad tracks emerged from the ground. The rangers watched as a gigantic Solgaleo arrived and it was shaped like a train. It was silver and red with black stripes going across with Solgaleo's face as the front of the train.
"Meet the Solgaleo Express… it's an amazing train, isn't it?" asked Seb.
"How?" asked Rachel.
"It's my… zord you can say," said Seb, "But, this will allow us to cross dimensions."
The rangers were so excited, they dashed toward the nearest entrance. As the red door opened, the rangers climbed up the stairs and went inside the zord. Rachel and the others were amazed at what they saw. It was basically just like a train, seats in rows, windows on either side. Rachel sat down on a cushy chair.
"I could get used to this," she said.
"Agreed," said Grace, sitting down.
"If only the Mystic Titan Megazord had couches as a cockpit," said Lamar, looking at the seats.
"I need a place to do my nails… this is good," said Urara.
Zander, once again, said nothing as he just observed the whole train.
Inside the main cockpit, Percy was shoving coals into the flames as Sebastian sat down in the cockpit. Never piloting a zord before, Seb was reading through a few things in the book as Percy closed the gate.
"That should get you where you want to go," said Percy.
"Great…," said Seb, "Now, how do I plot a course for Mykonos?"
Percy pointed to the green button on the side. Sebastian nodded as he pressed the button. A scanner appeared on the console with a map. The map of Mykonos was already shown.
"You programmed it for me?" asked Seb.
"I'll teach you later. Solgaleo showed me how to do it many years ago… this was his idea," said Percy, "I mean… Solgaleo traveled across multiple dimensions, this should work."
Sebastian nodded as he used the lever, "Well, let's get this party started! To Mykonos!"
As he pulled the lever to his right, the engines started running. Immediately, the Solgaleo Express went at multiple speeds, charging out of Mauville City, into the woods and then up into the sky. As a blue and red portal appeared in front of them, the Solar Express took off into the dimension.
"Estimated time to Mykonos… 40 minutes,"
"Good," said Seb, grinning, "I can just relax and pilot this."
Meanwhile, in the main cabin….
"Let's enjoy a game of trash!" said Grace, pulling out a deck of cards.
As the rangers were playing, Zander sat as he watched the window. It was black outside, with blue and red sparkles on either side. As he sat, upset, he looked up as Lamar sat down across from him.
"You had that puss on your face all day…," said Lamar.
"Yeah…," said Zander, "What's your point?"
"Want to talk about it?" asked Lamar.
Zander shook his head as he looked at the window. Lamar looked at Zander as he turned around, "Seb and I had a fight after you left. I am done with him. Wish he didn't show."
The ladies overheard Seb as Zander sunk into his seat, looking at the window. Lamar looked at Zander, shaking his head. Rachel sighed as she turned to Zander, "It seems Zander is a little upset that Seb stole his thunder… again."
Zander turned around as he looked at her, "Rachel, please do me a favor… just go play your game."
Forty minutes later…
The Solgaleo Express flew out of the portal as they saw this massive beach-like island. It had palm trees, volcanoes and it was bright with green grass. As the train tracks landed, the Solar Express flew, slowing to make its stop.
"Welcome to Mykonos…" the PA sound system said throughout the train.
As the rangers hopped off the train, Seb was looking at them as he grinned. He looked at the rangers as they were surprised at what was going on.
"This is amazing!" shouted Rachel, "I could be here forever!"
Seb laughed as he turned to the rangers, "Well, it is a nice place. Anyway, I think this would be a test for survival!"
"... Survival test?" asked Urara and Grace.
"Survival?" asked Lamar and Rachel.
"... Knew it," said Zander.
Seb threw another card. Gripping it with his morpher, he threw the card at them. In sparkles, the rangers changed their clothes to prehistoric clothing. The girls wore black tops with golden cloth skirts and black sandals. Zander and Lamar wore nothing but black shorts with black sandals. Zander had a tooth necklace as he looked at him.
"So, we are going barbaric?" asked Zander.
"Yes," said Seb, "You see, one thing I have learned from you, it's not how much magic you know, it's how much you use it. Which reminds me…"
He snapped his fingers. Immediately, Percy appeared as he had a silk bag which had Poké Balls and five Mystic Morphers.
"Wait… no Pokémon? No morphers?" asked Urara.
Seb grinned as he showed a blue ticket that said "Return" on it. He then threw it across the island. A golden streak shot out from his hand.
"Now, you are going to have to find the ticket and use each other in order to get out of this realm," said Seb.
"And why aren't you doing this with us?" Zander asked.
Seb grinned as he turned to Zander, "Woodmodore said you needed extended training while I work on my basic magic training. Good luck!"
The rangers watched as Seb and Percy headed back to the Solgaleo Express, heading back to Earth. The rangers then started hiking towards the direction.
"Are you sure this is the way?" asked Rachel, turning to Lamar.
"I am positive," said Lamar.
Grace stopped as she turned around, "Guys, we have to go that way."
Urara sighed as she turned around, "I need a bath."
Zander said nothing as the four rangers got into an argument. As the argument continued, Rachel and Lamar turned to Zander. Lamar turned around as he went to speak, "So, Zander. Where should we go?"
"I don't care. I'll go wherever you go," said Zander.
The rangers said nothing. Rachel grabbed a rock and looked at Zander, "I have had it with your attitude!"
As she threw the rock at Zander, Zander's eyes bolted as the rock flew toward him. He ducked as the rock hit something. A buzzing sound occurred. The rangers stood together as a flock of Mega Beedrill appeared.
"Mega Evolutions exist… PERMANENTLY?" asked Lamar.
"Uh… nope," said Urara, "Nope, nope, nope. We out!"
The rangers started dashing away as the Mega Beedrill started attacking.
Meanwhile…
Terramoth spiked the ground in Mauville City. As he slammed and slammed the ground with the nails, he grinned as he looked at Persha, who was watching.
"So, explain…" she said.
"I need to put in at least two more spikes and then the city will erupt in a massive earthquake!" he shouted.
"YAY!" shouted Persha, "This will be fun!"
"And that will be enough!"
The two turned around as Sebastian grinned. He crossed his arms as he looked at them, "My friends are doing a training exercise…. And I need all the training I can get today."
"Who are you?" asked Persha.
Seb laughed, "Oh, you must be Persha. I heard a lot about you… guess I should probably reveal myself."
He then took out his Solar Cell Morpher and drew the Warrior Card, clipping it.
"Solar Force, Mystic Force!"
Transforming into the Solaris Knight, he turned around as he took out his Mystic Lamp, "Solaris Knight!"
"Guardian of the Sun?" asked Persha.
Terramoth laughed, "This will be fun!"
Immediately, Seb stretched out his cape, which had a shade of red that was shown. Terramoth dashed right to Sebastian. Immediately, Sebastian dodged the attack as Terramoth flipped to the ground. As he turned around, Sebastian struck out his Mystic Lamp. Pushing the button, he changed the setting.
"Mystic Lamp Blaster!" shouted Seb.
As he went to aim, purple beams struck from the outside. Sebastian fell on the ground as he looked up. His face looked up to the sky as he slowly got up. Immediately, there was a blade pointed at Sebastian. Sebastian had a weird look on his face.
"I never seen you before," said Sebastian.
"My name is Incinizard," he said.
"INCINIZARD?" shouted Persha, "Where have you been?"
"Using my avenged leader's blade, I infused it with dark magic… and then no sooner I went to train, I sensed a high level of magic, so I came," said Incinizard, turning to Sebastian, "I am also known as the Shadow Warlock: The Dark Magician."
"Dark Magician… so you're a pawn in Hades…," said Sebastian.
"Where are the Magicians of the Five Elements?" he asked.
Seb grinned as he shrugged, "They are doing some advanced training…"
"I can tell you are a novice… for someone that inherited the power of the Heavenly Hero Solgaleo… and for you to send them there was a foolish mistake," said Incinizard, "You will not leave alive."
As he released a purple blast from his shield, Seb twirled around, dodging the attack. Stretching out his blaster, he released three gold bursts from the trigger, shooting down Incinizard.
Meanwhile…
The rangers were literally panting as they were dashing through the woods, unbeknownst to what was ahead. Rachel turned to the others as they dashed down the rocky hills. As they reached a cliff, they noticed palm trees on either side of the cliff.
"Great," said Rachel, "How the hell do we get across?"
Urara turned around, 'You better think of something soon before we die today!"
Zander looked up as he noticed a few vines. He then saw the vines pinpoint up to one of the enormous trees. Picking up the vine, he looked at the others, "Follow my lead."
"Zander… what are you doing?" Grace asked.
"Simple. Taking a risk," Zander said. He grabbed the vine and jumped across. The vine swung across with ease as he landed on the ground. Landing on his feet, the vine went back. Lamar turned around as he looked at the Mega Beedrill heading toward them.
"You can contemplate… but I am gone!" Lamar shouted.
Grabbing the vine, Lamar headed over to the other side. Rachel and the others, as much as they feared, grabbed vines and headed across. Landing on the ground, the rangers took off. Zander turned around as he noticed a huge cave to his right. As the rangers dove into the cave, they noticed a few boulders.
"Quick! Let's barricade the cave!" Zander shouted.
Immediately, the rangers used their weight and started putting boulders and rocks to the entrance. Within 10 minutes of having the boulders up, the Mega Beedrill were heading straight to them.
"... We're doomed," Rachel shouted.
As the Mega Beedrill went to strike, a roar surrounded the cave. The rangers fell backwards as the wild Mega Beedrill flew away.
"What was that?" Lamar asked.
Turning around, the rangers stood in awe. Zander stood there in surprise.
"No…. way," said Zander.
The rangers huddled close as they saw Virizion walking toward them. Virizion, however, was cringing. Zander noticed a thorn stuck in its foot. There were some blood coming out of it.
"What do we do?" Urara asked, "That's a poisonous thorn…"
Zander turned around as he looked at the others. The rangers were puzzled on what to do. Virizion looked at him. Zander's eyes met as a green spark met it.
"As one who inherits the grass element… Virizion… there is a way. Urara, do you know anything about ancient medicine and herbs?"
"... Well, I know Energy Roots and some herbal leaves with a pinch of scents from a wild Gloom could help release the poisons and toxins within the body," Urara said.
"Finding a Gloom?" Lamar asked, "They release a horrible stench if we do something wrong."
"We don't have a choice," Zander said, "I would rather help a legendary Pokemon right now than be stung by a mega-evolved insect!"
Lamar turned around as he looked at Zander, shaking his head, "Zander, even if we do find a wild Gloom, how the hell are we supposed to take it back? You do realize that we can't even capture one… Seb took our Pokémon."
Zander turned around as he looked at the five rangers, "And as of right now, we need to find a way home. I would rather work on finding a way to help him."
Urara rolled her eyes as she turned to Zander, "Zander… let's be real. That thorn looks very superficial."
Zander turned his head as he looked at the creature, "True, but I sense something wrong."
Rachel turned around as she looked at Zander and then the others. Rachel stepped forward as she looked at Zander, "Fine. We will help the Pokémon… we should split up and find this Gloom."
"But, what if those Mega Beedrill come back?" Urara asked.
"Let's pray we don't see them," said Grace.
Rachel nodded, "Urara, Lamar… I want you to go find the Gloom. Grace, you and I are going to look for any Energy Roots that are attached to bushes. Zander, try to work on… working on getting that out."
Zander raised an eyebrow, "And why should I work on trying to get that out without the antidote?"
"Well, if you get it out by the time we get back, we will be able to heal that wound. It's going to be deep," said Rachel.
Zander nodded as he crossed his arms, "Understandable."
Rachel nodded as the team split up, heading out of the cave. He turned to the legendary, who laid down in agony. Zander sighed as he looked at its foot. He sighed as he started scratching his chin.
"Where do I begin?" Zander asked.
Meanwhile…
Seb landed on the ground as Incinizard went to strike. Seb released a few blasts from his Mystic Lamp, piercing his armor. The creature stood up as he looked at Seb with anger, "Just when things slowed down… at this rate, they should have learned dark magic… you too."
He released Metallico's sword and slashed Seb in half. Purple beams sparked as Sebastian flew to the ground. A golden aura surrounded Sebastian as his armor disappeared. His blade aimed directly at Seb.
"I'll let you live…," he said, "But, the next time I see you, you and I will fight to the death."
A purple aura surrounded him as he disappeared into the darkness. Seb turned around as he looked at his morpher. Pressing a few buttons, he held the phone to his ear, "Woodmodore, can you pinpoint Terrormoth's last location?"
"I can try," said Woodmodore, "Head back to the library and we can figure this out."
"On it," said Seb.
Meanwhile…
Lamar and Urara peeked through the bushes. As they noticed the Gloom, Lamar grinned as he found a few wooden sticks and wrapped a small vine around it, making tweezers. Urara found an old bees nest, which had no bees in it to use as a bowl.
"You are lucky to use that… that's nuts," said Lamar.
"Got to be practical. Are you ready?" Urara asked.
Lamar sighed as he looked at her. He peeked up through the bushes as the Gloom started to sit down. Urara nodded as the two snuck out of the bushes. Immediately, Lamar grabbed Gloom by the neck. As the Gloom started screaming, Lamar ripped a petal from Gloom. Immediately, some liquids and smells came out. As the two rangers tried not to puke, Urara poured the yellow liquid into the hive. As the mixture filled up, Lamar and Urara looked at each other as the Gloom turned to them. Gloom began to get very angry as it released yellow spores.
"Shit! Stun Spore!" Lamar shouted.
The two rangers dashed away from the bushes, heading back to the cave.
Ten minutes later…
As Zander walked over, he turned to Virizion, who was still in pain. Zander grabbed the thorn by his two hands, "This is going to hurt."
Gritting his teeth, he pulled the thorn. The creature roared as it started to move. Zander took a deep breath as he kept pulling. As the thorn became loose, he turned around as Rachel and the others came back. Zander pulled his back with the thorn out. The creature roared as the gaping wound appeared.
"Now…," said Zander. Quickly, he ripped up the petals into small pieces and smacked the Energy Roots in multiple pieces with rocks. As he combined contents into the hive, he stirred it. The rangers watched as Zander mixed the elixir, seeing a yellow gooey substance. Pouring it on the open wound, Virizion screamed a little. Finally, Zander took a piece of cloth from the ground, wrapping the wound around Virizion.
"Good…," said Zander.
The rangers turned to each other as Virizion started knocking its head toward Zander. As Zander smiled cheerfully, he went to pet Virizion. Petting its head, he felt something plastic. Looking up, he pulled from the back of his head a card. The rangers looked at it as a white light was shown.
"Our exit out of here!" Zander said with excitement.
Suddenly, horns were blowing. Looking outside, the rangers noticed the Solgaleo Express in front of them. Dashing, the rangers hopped into the express, leaving Mykonos. The Solgaleo Express flew up into the sky, leaving Mykonos behind them. Zander and the others sat down in the seats as they went through the magical dimension.
Meanwhile…
"Did we find it yet?" Seb asked.
Percy and Woodmodore were scrambling around, looking at that wonderful Emergency Mirror that was placed on the wall.
"Not yet…," said Percy, "But, it seemed like he was spiking something into the ground, right?"
"Yeah," said Woodmodore, looking at the mirror, scanning it with his eyes. He then noticed something on the Hoenn map. Zooming in on Mauville City, Woodmodore noticed six red dots going straight down the city. Woodmodore nodded as he noticed a gap in between the three dots heading north and the three dots heading south, "Percy…"
"What?" Percy asked.
"Here's a theory… if there are six spikes going straight down the line… didn't we see this before?" Woodmodore asked.
Seb turned around as he looked at them, "Well, I remember in 2011 when the Samurai Poké Rangers had something similar. Their villain created a fault line straight down, trying to blow the region to bits… in this case, that's what he's probably doing, but on a smaller level."
He picked up his Solar Cell Morpher and the Mystic Lamp, "Percy, we've got to jet."
"Ugh… okay," said Percy. In a midst of black smoke, he shrunk back into the Mystic Lamp.
Five minutes later…
Terrormoth saw the location. In between the Pokémon Center and the Poké Mart. Terrormoth decided to use this as the epicenter.
"To the Dark World you go!"
As he placed the spike in the ground, he went to raise his hammer. As his hammer struck, golden blasts struck the hammer. The hammer fell to the ground. Looking up, he noticed Seb with his blaster.
"That's enough…," said Seb.
"Damn it! I was this close to blowing up this planet and sending your humans to their deathbeds!"
Sebastian stretched out his blaster, "If you want to destroy this planet, you got to get through me first."
"And us!"
Seb turned around. He stood there surprisingly as the other rangers dashed toward him. Sebastian grinned as he looked at them, still in their prehistoric clothing.
"It seems that you passed the training," said Seb, snapping his fingers. The rangers uniforms transformed back into their Mystic Force uniforms. Poké Balls magically appeared from the ground, attaching back to the trainers belts. In a flash of white light, their Mystic Morphers appeared. Zander walked toward Seb
"Hey… just want to apologize for being an idiot. Guess I was a little jealous about you," said Zander.
"A little?" Seb asked.
"Okay…. definitely," said Zander, grinning, "Thank you for making me realize what I need to do."
Seb grinned as he turned to him, "I'm glad you realized that."
Terrormoth went to raise his hammer again while they were talking, Zander released his Mystic Morpher. Pressing a button, a vine released. Terrormoth's wrist was tightened as Zander pulled him down, dropping the hammer.
"Not today," he said.
Suddenly, a green aura surrounded his morpher as he noticed a new spell.
"Spell codes, again?" Zander asked, grinning, "This keeps getting better and better."
The rangers turned to Seb as he nodded quietly. Rachel and the others stood with their morphers.
"Let's ranger up, shall we?" Rachel asked.
The six rangers stretched out their morphers. Seb grabbed out the Warrior Card from his pile of cards.
"Heavenly saints of Magiland, grant us the power of magic! Magical Source, Mystic Force!"
"Solar Force, Mystic Force!"
In a flash of light, the six rangers transformed into their armor. As they struck a pose, Terrormoth raised the hammer, "I will kill you!"
"Not on my watch… time for the spell… Mysto Magika!" Zander shouted.
As he pressed the buttons, Zander's body began to bigger with muscles. As he grew to have bigger muscles, he struck his fists together as he looked at his new body.
"Well, I went from being pretty scrawny to terminator level!" Zander shouted.
Rachel's eyes popped out of her head. Lamar just shook his head. Grace and Urara were astonished in a good way.
"Introducing Green Mystic Ranger: Heavyweight Champion Mode!"
"This isn't wrestling," Lamar said.
"Lamar, shh…," Zander responded.
"You're dead!" Terrormoth shouted.
Immediately, Zander grabbed all four Mystic Rangers. Carrying them, he looked at the rangers as he threw them across. The rangers, who were were mortified already, screamed as they were heading toward Terrormoth.
"Mystic Staffs!"
The rangers slashed Terrormoth multiple times. As Terrormoth spun around, the rangers grabbed Terrormoth and lifted him up. Terrormoth was kicking and screaming as Zander clenched his fists. Nodding his head, the rangers threw Terrormoth to Zander. Zander threw a punch straight at his face, cracking a few bones. Terrormoth flew to the ground in anger, now officially in pain. Transforming out of his spell, Zander released his Mystic Staff.
"Mystic Staff: Gi Gi Gigiru!"
A green aura surrounded his Mystic Staff, "Power Whip!"
Green whips with bright lights struck across, smacking Terrormoth repeatedly. As green sparks surrounded him, Terrormoth screamed as he landed on the ground, exploding. Turning around, Zander snapped his fingers, grinning.
"Not bad!" Seb said, "That was impressive!"
"Thank you," said Zander, "He was challenging…"
Down below…
Zeramses laughed as he looked at the ceiling, seeing the battle. He grinned as he stretched out his fan.
"Do you honestly think I am going to let you just walk away?" he asked, "Mejia Zazare!"
He flipped his fan as a purple aura surrounded it.
Back above…
The rangers were walking away from the battle scene when a purple circle appeared behind Terrormoth. Turning around, the rangers watched as Terrormoth began to grow huge.
"Wow…" said Seb, "Guess Zeramses doesn't know when to quit."
As the rangers went to get their morphers, Sebastian raised his hand, May I?"
The rangers looked at each other and then at Seb. Seb grinned as he took out a card, the Solgaleo Express Card to be exact.
"Sol Mysto Magika!"
Golden train tracks magically appeared as the Solgaleo Express magically apppeared. Sebastian quickly dashed to the front of the express. Sitting in the cockpit, Percy magically appeared behind him.
"I hope you know how to handle this," said Percy.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah… first time for everything," Seb responded. He then took out a blue card and slid it across his morpher.
"Express Change: Solgaleo Express Megazord!"
Immediately, the Solgaleo Express began to rise. The back end of the train stretched and then split apart, becoming the legs and feet. The head of the Solgaleo Express detached itself as the wheels on the bottom shrunk in and arms stretched out with golden and red claws. A silver and black head appeared with green eyes as Solgaeo's face attached itself to the torso.
The rangers stood there on the ground, mesmerized, seeing the Megazord.
"Interesting Megazord…," Rachel said.
"This is going to be fun," said Lamar.
As Terrormoth went to raise his hammer, Seb pressed a few buttons.
"Flash Cannon!"
Silver beams struck out and hit Terrormoth's face. Terrormoth screamed as he covered his eyes.
"I'M BLIND!"
Seb turned around as he pressed a few buttons, "Time for my Anchor Shot!"
Pressing the button, a few anchors came out of the arms and legs, wrapping Terrormoth around. Terrormoth screamed as he was caught in the anchor chains. A blue and purple aura surrounded the Solgaleo Express Megazord.
"The finisher: Sunsteel Strike!"
A golden aura shot out of Solgaleo, releasing a blast of high level heat. The Solgaleo Express Megazord then charged in, destroying the beast. Turning around, Terrormoth exploded into bits.
"Checkmate!"
The rangers stood in awe as the Solgaleo Express Megazord stood over them.
Later that day...
The six rangers were sitting at the Pokémon Center, very late at night. Relaxing, Zander sighed as he looked at them, "Well, that's one less Beastman to deal with today."
"True," said Rachel, "Good job treating Virizion."
"It was a test," said Zander, "Nothing more."
Sebastian raised an eyebrow, "How did you know?"
"Urara brought up a point. Virizion is a legendary. There would be no way a thorn could stop it. But, because it was a test for myself, I didn't want to not help it."
"Plus, you do carry its power…," Lamar said, raising an eyebrow.
Zander grinned as he turned to the others. Sebastian looked at Zander as he looked back at him. Seb opened up his backpack. He brought out two cans of something amazing.
"Black Persian Beer?" Zander asked, "Are you insane?"
"Only one," Seb said, grinning.
Zander sighed as he opened up the top of the beer can, Seb and Zander smacked beer cans with each other and took a sip. Rachel and Grace looked at each other and then at them.
"Really?" Grace asked, "Zander, aren't you…"
"What mom and dad don't need to know," said Zander, grinning.
Grace raised her hand. Zander looked at her, "What?"
"On one condition… you actually call mom and dad once in a while and you got to dress up in your next coordinator conference… hopefully something embarrassing…" Grace grinned.
"But…," said Zander.
Grace raised an eyebrow, "But…"
Zander sighed, "Okay."
The rangers started laughing a little bit. Zander's face was a bit red as Seb laughed with him, "I am starting to learn about you Zander."
Zander's face began to glow bright red, "No…. I am not like that at all! I dress nice for coordinator events!"
"Your Halloween costume last year was funny… Little Bo Peep," said Grace, laughing.
Zander put the beer down on the table and started to put her arms around Grace. The other rangers started laughing as Seb grinned sheepishly. He knew that Zander was very strong-willed. However, he is triggered… even by his sister.
Next Time:
Urara: So, Seb… can I ask you a question?
Sebastian: Yes?!
Urara: I need to go to the Mirage Tower.
Sebastian: Why?
Urara: I heard I can find missing memories… and I need to know more about my nightmares that I have been having.
Sebastian: Sure.
Zeramses: Let's go to Mirage Tower!
BOOM!
Urara: What was that?
Sebastian: A ninja hades beast!
?: That is right!
Poké Rangers Mystic Force Chapter 22: Missing Memories - Luuma Goldo
A/N: So, Chapter 21 is done. Zander had a fun wild ride, gain super muscles, appreciates his time with the team and more! So, yeah… talk about a crazy episode. Next episode, we are going to enhance Urara's character development, hence "Missing Memories"... and I hope you enjoy.
I will eventually chip away on the next set of chapters... 22, 23, 24 and 25 within the month. This month has flew! :)
Anyway, take care!