A/N: Introducing Chapter 28! Here is where it gets a little… crazy.
The rangers were sitting at one of the picnic benches as Sally created an Alolan Breakfast for the rangers. It consisted with berries, pineapples and amazing pastries that were made by her. Etna smelled the wonderful scent of her breakfast as Sally sat down with the rangers.
"This is pretty good," said Urara.
"You haven't even tried it," said Sally, grinning.
"But, I can smell it… it's going to be good," Urara responded.
As the rangers went to take a bite of Sally's breakfast, all Sally could hear was the amazing compliments from the team. Sally, understanding that they never had food from Alola, was very pleased that it brightened their day.
"Hey," said Rachel, "One of these days, I would totally go to Alola."
"Alola is very beautiful," she said, "That's where Lunala and Solgaleo live, technically."
"I would love to meet them… and not in zord form," said Rachel.
Grace sat down as she finished. She noticed the beautiful mountaintops of Route 114 with beautiful wooded trees. There was a river that flowed through with bridges. Looking ahead, there was a tall mountain that stood in front of them. Grace turned around as she looked at the others, "Isn't Lavaridge Town the other direction?"
"Yeah," said Etna, "But, for Rachel's sake, I was thinking maybe if we went around and back, it would be easy. Besides, there is a shortcut from Meteor Falls to Lavaridge without even going through Mt. Chimney."
"The Rusturf Tunnel?" asked Lamar, raising his eyebrow.
"Bingo! We just got to get to Rustboro first… it's only a week walk," said Etna.
"Great…," said Zander, sighing.
Seb grinned as he turned to Zander, "Cheer up. I would love to explore Meteor Falls too."
"Meteor Falls?" asked Zander.
"There's a rumor that there were mysterious lights that came down to Meteor Falls every time there was a monster attack… or zords being launched," said Seb, "I would like to find out."
Meanwhile…
Red sparks surrounded the underworld. Zeramses and Persha landed on the ground as a loud roar surrounded the whole entire chasm. Zeramses looked up as a claw rose from the ground. He looked up as he turned to him, "Master Hades… forgive me. You will be resurrected."
The red eyes began to dart up as the roars continued. Zeramses walked forward as he raised his hand, "Don't worry… Cedric, did you find them?"
"I did," he said.
Instantly, he threw four people on the ground. One wore a black polo shirt, brown jeans and black and white shoes. His skin was white and he had red hair tips. His red eyes opened as he stood up in anger. Looking next to him, a woman stood. She had black hair, green eyes with sunflowers in her hair. She wore a blue and pink summer dress with a black and white belt. Next to her was another woman, she had blonde hair, blue eyes and wore a pink dress with a black belt with brown shoes. After her, there was an older man. He had greyish-white hair, black eyes with a beard. He wore a black captain's hat. He also wore a black jacket over his chest with blue jeans and brown shoes.
"Who are they?" asked Persha.
"Hoenn's Elite Four," said Cedric, as he turned around, "The Crobatulas were really good getting them to come. Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia and Drake are yours."
Drake spat on the ground, "Aye, I would rather be dead than be down here."
Cedric grinned as he looked at him face to face. He then punched him with his shield, knocking him down.
"Listen, old man. I don't want to hear it. I was sent to drop you down here."
Glacia turned around as she looked at Zeramses, "What do you to plan to do with us?"
Zeramses grinned as he took out a page, "Courtesy of Yvestros from Kalos…. And the playbook. I have already extracted your DNA and your Pokémon's DNA. The four of you are held hostage while we do things differently. I am going to revive the Elite Four Hades Beastmen."
"Wait," said Persha, "You mean… you plan on reviving beasts from 17 years ago using Yvestros's playbook and the Elite Four?"
"Yes," said Zeramses.
He raised his fan. The Elite Four started screaming as purple energy surrounded them. He then turned around as he saw four cages. There was a Salamence, a Glalie, a Banette and an Absol. Closing his hands and then using his fan, the creatures combined with the Elite Four as they transformed. A big explosion surrounded the chasm. Cedric watched as four beasts appeared.
The first one was female and it had a humanoid Glalie body with silver armor. Her eyes were blue as she raised her black staff with a blue orb on it. She had golden earrings and she had a silver necklace with a blue pendant.
"Elite Four Hades Beastman Glazel… at your service."
The second one was male. His face was shaped like a Salamence with his body shaped like one. He had a blue and white saber with a golden shield. He wore a black metal jacket with red wings that popped out. His tail slammed on the ground as he breathed blue flames. His eyes were red as he put on a captain's hat.
"Elite Four Hades Beastman Salagon… ready to destroy."
The third one was female. She had a Banette body with a ruby necklace with a gold pendant. She had golden armor with black claws, almost like Mega Banette. Her eyes were dark blue as she had a blue flower on her head. She grinned as she waved her staff.
"Elite Four Hades Beastman Ghosiren… ready."
The last one was male. He had two black sabers. He also had red tips on his head and his body was a humanoid Absol. He had black armor with black gauntlets and silver nails. His eyes were dark green as his red tipped hair started swaying.
"Elite Four Hades Beastman Absolute… at your service."
As the four stood across, Cedric turned around as he saw the four of them walk away. However, Absolute brushed by him. Turning around, he went to strike. Cedric blocked it with his shield. Absolute grinned as he put his saber back, "Not bad for a human…"
Walking away, Cedric turned around as he looked at the four of them and then at Persha and Zeramses.
"The Magicians of the Five Elements, think you can face the Elite Four?" he asked himself.
(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 28: Bonds of Friendship
Magine Mirakales
On Route 114…
"So… I know we are not here to celebrate Easter at home… but, what do you think if we celebrated it together with these guys?" asked Zander.
"It's not the same," said Grace, raising her eyebrows and shaking her head.
"Easter? Like looking for eggs?" asked Urara.
"Yeah," said Grace, grinning, "Well, we are a little old. But, usually one of us is in charge of dying eggs and making awesome egg salad sandwiches. It would have been Zander's turn, but it's okay if we skip."
Sally shook her head, "Please… let's do it."
Etna raised her hand to her chin, scratching her hand, "Is it a family tradition?"
"Yeah. Usually, we have holiday celebrations a lot," said Zander, raising his hands behind his back, "Now, we can't do it this year."
Lamar turned around as he looked at him. He then turned to the other rangers, "I'm sure we would be more than happy to do something."
Zander and Grace looked at each other and then at Lamar. Lamar shrugged as he stared back, "I mean… we're family, now."
Sebastian slowly nodded to what Lamar said. Lamar had a point. The five of them, before Seb, Sally and Etna, were traveling together, fighting together. At this point, there were no secrets and they all had a chance to know each other. Sebastian, even though he only knew them for a short time, understood where Lamar was coming from. He tapped on the picnic table as he looked up at the sun.
"Well, Zander. I am sure we can do something," he said.
"Well," said Zander, "We need to go back to Fallarbor to get a few things… or I can sneak back with magic so we don't have to walk all the way-."
Before he could finish, Zander's Mystic Morpher began to flash. Zander sighed as he turned to the others. This time, Woodmodore could be overheard.
"Big trouble!" shouted Woodmodore, "I am detecting a Hades Beast back in Fallarbor!"
"Let me guess…," said Urara, "It's more than just a Hades Beastman?"
"Pretty much," Woodmodore said over the intercom, "His power level is very high. Proceed with caution."
Later…
Absolute raised his saber as he released a black shadow cut across Fallarbor's skyline. The building split in half and then collapsed. As he laughed, seeing the debris and the shaking. He turned around as a ruby blast appeared from the side, causing Absolute to land on the ground. Looking up, Etna appeared with her ruby gauntlets.
"Those look nifty," said Sally.
"Still trying to figure these out, but it does help me with this Primal Reversion stuff," said Etna.
"Who are you?" asked Rachel.
"My name is Absolute. One of the Elite Four Hades Beastmen…," said Absolute, turning to the rangers.
"Absolute…," said Etna, eyeing him up and down. Her eyes grew as she turned to the others. Before she could say anything, Zander stepped forward with his Mystic Morpher. The seven rangers stood with their morphers.
"Magical Source, Mystic Force!"
"Solar Force, Mystic Force!"
The seven rangers transformed into their suits. As the rangers struck a pose, Absolute eyed them as he stretched out his saber. Zander turned around as he steppped forward, "With the seven of us, there is nothing you can do!"
"I hate teamwork… I hate bonds," he said, "And I hate friendship."
Immediately, he raised his saber, clicking the hilt to a different mode. Raising his saber, he struck across. Seb quickly dashed for Sally, Etna and Zander, trying to get the others as well. As the four landed on the ground, the red blade came across, hitting the rangers. An aura surrounded the rangers as they unmorphed. Laughing, Absolute turned to them.
"Let's see how you fight now," he said.
As Zander went toward Rachel, Rachel got up as she pushed him away, "I'm fine, Zander. How about you leave me alone?"
"Rachel, what's with you?" Zander asked.
"Annoying," a voice said.
Zander turned around. Lamar stood there, grinning, "Yep, annoying."
"Precisely, Mr. Beauty first before battle… thinks he's the gift to girls," Urara said, waving her finger.
Grace turned around as she looked at Zander, "Annoying brother."
"Wait, what?" Zander asked.
"You heard me. There are days I wonder why we are even related," she said, "I am going home…"
"We should meet at the Mystic Library," said Sally.
"Yeah," said Rachel, "If Zander's going, forget it."
"AGREED!" Lamar, Urara and Grace responded. The four rangers split off into different directions. Zander stood there as he turned to Seb. Absolute laughed as he started to disappear, away from the group.
Later that afternoon…
Persha raised her Shadow Morpher. A black aura appeared as a glass of wine appeared. Grinning, Absolute began to consume it. As he sat down on the outside of an abandoned building, Persha observed as she sat down.
"I am really glad that you have severed their bonds," said Persha grinning as she turned to Absolute, "Now, we can just deal with one at a time."
"It was a good idea," he said, scratching his armor. Turning around, a purple aura surrounded an area as Salagon appeared.
"Salagon," said Absolute.
"How is the plan going?" he asked.
"To extend my blade and cut half of Hoenn, I am going to have to cut more and destroy more living things," he said, turning to Salagon, "I had to get rid of some people first."
"I see," said Salagon, "Well, proceed with the plan. And as for you, stop drinking. I don't fight with alcoholics!"
He snapped his fingers as he disappeared. Absolute turned to Persha as he looked at the woods, "Let's continue the plot."
Zander sat down at the table as he put his feet up, bummed. Wearing his Mystic Force attire, he put his black jacket on the chair as he looked at the books of Hades Beasts… he turned to each page.
"For some reason," said Zander, turning to Woodmodore, "This is the book of all the creatures we've defeated!"
Woodmodore sighed, "Well, that's because those were all the Hades Beasts and Hades Beastmen that you defeated. This was an unseen event that unfortunately is locked in Magiland's archives."
"What do you mean?" asked Zander.
Sebastian nodded, "I would like to know. This was not in the archives."
"Even as guardian," said Sally, "I would like to know."
"So… seventeen years ago, Hades had four beastmen that were known as the Elite Four of Hades Beastmen: Absolute, Ghosiren, Glazel and Salagon. These four creatures were the ones that wiped out the villages and burned down homes… plus killed a lot of innocent families. It was not until a few years ago, when they were destroyed by Darkrai… the Shadow Wizard," said Woodmodore.
"So… how did they get resurrected?" asked Etna, raising an eyebrow.
"Zeramses must have used a revival spell," said Sally.
"Not necessarily," said Woodmodore, "It seems that these beasts were revived by other means. There were new things I have not seen… for example, red tipped hair on Absolute… that makes no sense."
Etna turned to Woodmodore, "Red-tipped hair?"
Woodmodore nodded, "The original did not have those features."
Etna sighed as she started scratching her chin. She sat down at the table as Zander was looking at her, "You seem… you know something."
"Yeah… you know that the Pokémon League in Hoenn shut down, right?" asked Etna.
Zander nodded, "Yeah, you told us this morning. It kind of put all gym leaders to cancel gym matches until further notice. They didn't explain why."
Zander raised an eyebrow as he turned to the others. He then turned to Etna as he looked at the mirror, "Galwit Misiros."
Raising his morpher, a green aura surrounded the mirror as a picture of Absolute appeared. He then turned around as pictures of Pokémon started flashing back and forth.
"What are you doing?" asked Seb.
"Analyzing…," said Zander.
As the picture stopped, he saw a human that everyone recognized. He stood there in surprise as Etna nodded her head, "My thoughts exactly."
"They captured the Elite Four and somehow managed to merge their key Pokémon," said Zander, looking at Etna, "I wonder how did they do that?"
"My thoughts exactly," said Etna, "The only villain I know that would do something similar to this is Yvestros… but he's in Kalos."
"Regardless, we got to save the Elite Four," said Seb, turning to the other rangers, "Otherwise, they might take over Hoenn and probably Kalos!"
"Well, we have to get the team together first," said Sally, turning to Zander, "Without Zander."
"But…," said Zander, looking at Sally, "Without me…"
"I know," said Sally, turning to the others, "But, if you come along to search, they are not going to respond. It seems they will be happy with the three of us… but Zander will probably reverse the process."
Zander sighed as he turned around, looking at Sally. Sally nodded as she turned to Etna. Etna said nothing as they both left the library. Seb turned around as he pulled up a chair, "Cheer up, champ. I'll get your sister back…"
"I hope so," he said, bummed, "Without them, we're screwed to beat them."
Sebastian nodded as he turned, "Well, why don't you go explore Meteor Falls while we do this? It's better than hanging around here."
Zander raised an eyebrow, "Good idea."
Later that day…
Now dressed in a green tank-top and black jeans, Zander sighed as he looked up, noticing the white mountain formation with meteor engraves. As he climbed up the mountain, he managed to see the cave. Grinning, Zander walked into the cave. He noticed the cave was sparkling. He looked up, noticing the water rushing down to the quarry. Grinning, he continued to walk toward the bridge. As he continued walking across, he noticed some Solrock and Lunatone, minding their own business. Getting outside, he could see the ocean on the other side.
"Meteor Falls is beautiful," said Zander, grinning. Looking down, he heard the sound of the door slam, specifically a car. He then looked over as he saw someone walk into Meteor Falls. There was a door that opened up as he went inside. Zander looked around, intrigued. As he used his Mystic Morpher, he pointed to a tree.
"Gii Magika… Vines, come help me!" he shouted.
Green vines sprouted to his location. Getting on the vines, he swung across as he hopped toward the ground. Rolling on the ground, he noticed the door. It was black and silver as he opened the door. Opening the door, he noticed it was a car garage. There was a blue car being fixed with a few tools. Looking up, he noticed the door was wide open. He walked up the stairs carefully. As he entered the entrance, his face stood in awe.
"Whoa…," he said, looking around.
He noticed white and silver consoles with lights. There was a black TV edged into the wall. He noticed the expansion of the wall… he was amazed to see what he was saw. Eight suits stood on one third of the wall in red, black, blue, yellow, pink, green, white and silver. On top were coins representing Torchic, Poochyena, Mudkip, Pichu, Abra, Treecko, Mewtwo and Swellow. In the second third, there were red, green, blue, yellow, pink, silver and gold suits with a different design from ancient civilizations with shapes of their visors on top. The last third of the wall had six suits that looked like racing suits. On top had the numbers 1 through 6 in numerical order.
"This is amazing… this had to be redone," said Zander, looking up.
As he went to look at one of the suits, he felt something touch his ear. He looked up as he saw red blaster at his face. Looking, he saw a man with brown hair and blue eyes. He wore a green t-shirt and blue jeans with a silver necklace. He also had a blue blaster with a golden PNET emblem at Zander's stomach.
"You are to leave," he said.
Zander turned around as he looked at him, "Hey, look. I was just exploring. I didn't know there was a secret base here… and seeing that you have two blasters at my face, you are one of them!"
"You bet. So, why don't you leave? No one's allowed back here," he said.
Zander sighed as he looked at him, "Well… it'd be a shame to see all of this history and not explain it to me… oh well. Guess, I better call my ride."
He looked at him as Zander went to walk toward the door. As Zander opened his Mystic Morpher, he switched it to unleash spells, "Gi Gi Gigiru… Leech Seed."
Releasing a green aura, the ranger went to pull the trigger, only for vines to catch him and grab him from the ground. As his grip tightened, the two blasters landed on the ground. Zander looked at him as he raised his morpher.
"You... are a magician…" he said, "But, you honestly have no idea who I am."
Zander looked up as he broke the vines off. He kicked Zander in the stomach as he landed out on the open space outside of Meteor Falls. The former ranger looked up as he turned to him, "So, now it's my turn…"
"Your turn?" asked Zander.
The former ranger grinned as he began to think. He nodded as he strapped on a wrist morpher. A wrist morpher appeared with four red lights next to a black cover with a silver Poke Ball at the end of the wrist morpher.
"Install, Poké Rangers!"
3-3-5, Install!
The mysterious ranger put his arms down as a purple aura surrounded him. His digital suit appeared. He was turning around in a 360 degree turn counterclockwise with the statistics on the screens. A green bar began to appear with a yellow line coming across. The bar flashed black and it said, "MORPHING COMPLETE." Darren was dressed in black red suit with a yellow stripe that covered his shoulder blades. He had a white stripe across his chest with blue, yellow, red, pink, and black on it. He had black on top and black below the belt. He had white gloves with black arms. He had black legs with white boots and had a white belt with a golden rectangle in the middle that had a triangle engraved in the middle. He had a blue blaster on the left hand side. His helmet was a Honchkrow helmet with a black screen on top. A dark insignia appeared on the screen.
"Strategist Warrior, Black Space Ranger!"
He pulled out his blue blaster, "Astro Blaster!"
As he went to shoot, Zander took out his morpher, "Jinga Majuna!"
A green barrier surrounded Zander as the blast shot the black ranger in the chest. Zander then took out his morpher, "Seeing that you are going to play it that way, guess this ranger is going to have to teach you a lesson!"
"You intervened by entering a sacred place," he said, getting up, "And I don't honestly believe you."
Zander opened his Mystic Morpher, "Magical Source, Mystic Force!"
A green aura surrounded him as the Magiland seal appeared from the sky, coming down as he enveloped into his suit. He then turned around as he stretched his Mystic Staff, "Earth Magician, Green Mystic Ranger!"
The Black Space Ranger sighed as he removed his helmet, "Hey, look. I am not going to fight you. There's no point and yeah… I just helped renovate this space."
Zander removed his helmet, "After you held me at gunpoint, seriously?"
He sighed, "Yeah. My name's Darren. It's nice to see a fresh ranger fighting evil these days. Tara told me about you…"
"Tara? The Red Turbo Ranger?" asked Zander.
"Yep," said Darren, "I fight with her."
"But, you are the Black Space Ranger…" said Zander, looking at him. Darren turned around, "I was the Green Turbo Ranger, too."
"What?" asked Zander.
"What's all the ruckus?"
Zander turned around as Darren grinned. A Claydol appeared as the rangers looked at him. Claydol rolled his eyes, "We have an intruder or a guest?"
"Guest," said Darren, "Claydol, this is Zander, one of the Mystic Force Rangers."
Claydol grinned as he floated over, "Ah, awesome! So nice to see that Hoenn is protected by individuals… well, what brings you here?"
"Well...," said Zander, "It's VERY complicated."
Darren grinned as he walked over to the command center, "Want a beer?"
"Beer?" asked Zander, in surprise.
Darren grinned, "Guess you never had one."
"Well…," said Zander, turning around, "I never had one."
Darren nodded slowly as he turned around, "Oh, we have a lot to talk about."
Meanwhile…
Etna turned around as she was looking around the woods. Turning around, she noticed Rachel, training away. As she was training her Flareon and Pelipper, Etna grinned as she put her head to the trees, "So… it's so nice to see you!"
Rachel grinned, "Sorry, I had to cool down. How are you? Where's everybody else?"
"Can't find them," said Etna, "Look, we need to work together if we plan on defeating Absolute."
"That's fine… if Zander is not there," said Rachel.
"Look," said Etna, "I highly doubt he will be there. But, I was wondering if you could train me."
"You?" asked Rachel, "What do you need?"
Etna grinned as she placed her backpack down. Unzipping it, Rachel stood in surprise as Etna took out a pair of gauntlets. They were ruby with topaz jewels. As she slipped them on, Omega signs began to glow.
"Is that from…," said Rachel.
"Yep," said Etna, "Shall we?"
Rachel grinned as she took out her Mystic Staff: Sword Mode, "Let's go!"
Meanwhile…
Grace and Urara turned around as they looked at Sally. They were sitting on the picnic benches as Sally to meet them.
"So… that's why we need to fight together," said Sally.
"That's a good idea!" said Grace, "At least, we can try to save Sidney from Absolute's power."
"And Absol…," said Urara, scratching her head as she turned to the girls. She then shook her head as she lifted her hand, striking her index finger, "But, the only one that can extract its power is…"
Grace sighed as she turned to Urara. She put her head down on the bench, "Wonderful. My brother. I don't want to deal with him."
"He will not be a bother," said Sally, "Besides, you use alchemy. You can do something."
Grace sighed as she turned around, "Healing magic and alchemy is different from soul extraction."
"Well," said Sally, turning around, "He will not be there. So, don't worry."
Later…
"Seb, please. Zander's going to be there," he said, turning to Lamar, "I get we need to fight together. But, do I have to deal with him?"
Sebastian turned around as he looked at Lamar, "Well, I told him to hang tight."
"You know he's not going to," said Lamar, "I have known him longer. He's not one to settle."
Seb turned around as he looked at Lamar. As Lamar went to get his crystal ball, Seb used his card and morpher. Sliding it through, a golden beam shot out, coloring the ball gold. He looked at Sebastian.
"Seriously?" asked Lamar.
"You were going to check up on him," said Seb, "You don't believe me. Now, you have to trust your instincts."
Lamar grumbled as he looked at Seb, "What makes you think I should trust you?"
Sebastian looked at Lamar. Lamar raised an eyebrow. Sebastian shook his head as he walked away. Lamar groaned as he got up, following him.
Meanwhile, at Meteor Falls…
"Wow," said Zander, his head going back and forth a little, "This is fun."
Darren grinned as he turned to him, "You so focused on coordination, you never had a chance to live a little."
Zander chuckled as he looked at Darren. As he sipped another portion of the beverage, he looked at Zander, "So, what brings you here?"
"Well," said Zander, "Everything was going fine… and well, this new empire that's currently underneath us has decided to recreate beasts from the Magiland Wars by bonding Pokémon and our current Elite Four."
"Well… that's interesting… and let me guess, you are to fight them alone," said Darren.
"Not… really," said Zander, finishing another beer and opening a new one, "He cut my friendship bond in half with my ranger friends. They said I was annoying, not worth their time and just overbearing. I don't get it, Darren. I am never like that."
"Bonds are very important. It helps you in tight times. I've been in so many pinches, it's not funny. If it wasn't for Tara, Matt, Violet or Angela the first time, King Speed would have turned this place into a massive highway," said Darren.
"What about the second time?" asked Zander, "I mean… wasn't there a computer virus that tried to take over the planet."
"Yeah, we almost died," said Darren, laughing, "And our Megazord was sacrificed, but we had no choice."
Zander nodded as he started drinking more of the beer, "This is really good."
Darren shook his head as he looked at Zander, "Keep at it, you won't be fighting, dude. Anyway, Zander, let me tell you something. Bonds are an amazing thing. You share a bond with your friends and they will be there for you. Fighting together, you get to know a lot about everyone."
"Really?" asked Zander.
"Yes. At this point, you should realize that without your bonds, how would you get this far?" asked Darren.
Zander, as buzzed as he was started to think, "Hmm… I don't know. Good point."
"Is that the alcohol or is that the Zander talking?" asked Darren.
"Keep at it and I'll have another one," said Zander, laughing.
"I think you had enough," said Darren, grinning as he turned around. Zander turned around as he smiled, "Well, I think it's time I call my buddy, Seb. I have an idea."
Twenty minutes later…
Outside Meteor Falls, Zander had a huge table set up with red and white tablecloth. He had fried chicken on one end of the table, veggies on the other table and then a loaf of bread. He even had cups of water as he was finishing his last beer. There were eggs that were in a carton with six colored containers containing dye for eggs. He sighed as he turned to Darren.
"I hope this works," said Zander, waddling.
"I'm so glad you're done for the day," said Darren.
Turning to his right, Sebastian and the others arrived. The four rangers looked at each other and then at the picnic table. Rachel looked at Etna, "I thought he wasn't going to be here."
"I thought he wasn't, either," said Urara.
"Yeah… thanks for NOT letting me use my crystal ball," said Lamar.
"Well, I wanted to make peace with all of you. Because, we have to fight together, y'all! We need to fight TOGETHER!" he shouted.
Seb turned around as he looked at Zander. Zander was grinning as he turned to Seb, "Hi, Seb!"
"Have you been drinking?" asked Grace.
"Well, someone had to mend their wounds after the insults I got… seeing that you called me annoying…" said Zander, laughing, "And… I decided that it was best to just make peace with you!"
Zander walked over as he pulled out a black album. The rangers looked at it as he turned the pages, "I took our photos and put them together in a collage. You are amazing friends and I don't want to lose you!"
"Pictures are worth 1,000 words," said Sally, raising an eyebrow.
"Pictures, Smictures," said Lamar, raising his hand at Zander, grabbing his neck, "You are still annoying… can't believe you were drinking."
Darren grinned, trying to hide that he confessed to it. Sebastian turned around as he looked at him, "I don't know you… but you were involved in this."
"Kind of," said Darren, "I think he had one too many."
"Yeah, this was a horrible plan!" shouted Seb.
Suddenly, the rangers looked up as a dark flash appeared. A giant sized Absolute appeared as he overlooked the ground.
"Hello, it's time to destroy things!" he said.
Zander broke apart from the group, "And I am going to fight to save you and prove my point!"
"Zander, wait!" shouted Seb.
"Galwit Mysto Magika!"
Transforming into the Virizion Titan Zord, he started stumbling as he waved his axe. Seb turned around as he looked at Darren, "We'll talk later."
"You aren't going to let him fight alone in this condition," said Urara, "Not that it matters."
"No… but someone's gotta stop him. You won't even help," said Seb. He reached for his Solar Cell Morpher, sliding the Solgaleo Express card, "Sol Mysto Magika!"
Immediately, the Solgaleo Express Zord flew through the mountains, landing at the battlefield. Seb dashed toward the zord as he sat in the cockpit.
"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 Solgaleo's face attached itself to the torso.
"Zander, I will handle this!" he shouted.
"No way… this is for my friends!" shouted Zander, channeling his energy.
"SHADOW CHOP!"
Raising his saber, a black aura surrounded him as he cut across. Zander was hit as explosions surrounded him. Landing on the ground, Zander got up as he raised his axe. Virizion eyes began to glow bright red as his whole aura began to glow green.
"Now…," said Zander, "Feel the power of the Earth Magician! Virizion's Special Move! Sacred Sword!"
The green and white axe began to sharpen as it turned bright orange. He jumped up to the sky as he struck Absolute in half. Absolute screamed as sparks flew out of his body. He screamed as an explosion occurred.
"Wow…," said Rachel, "I guess we weren't needed."
A few minutes later, Zander and Seb showed up. Zander looked up, starting to feel a little soberish as he turned to the others, "How's that?"
The rangers said nothing. Darren turned to Zander, "I hate to say this, but Absolute's spell didn't break."
"How?" asked Zander.
"What?" asked Etna, "That was so close!"
Zander sighed as he felt a shadow from behind. Immediately, Darren turned around as he reached for his Auto Blaster. Pulling the trigger, a green blast shot out, hitting the shadow. Absolute charged and kicked Darren in the stomach, causing Darren to destroy the picnic table as his back landed on it. Turning around, the shadow consumed Zander as Absolute's body covered him but Zander's face exposed. His face began to glow purple.
"Zander!" shouted Rachel.
"Shut up! You have pissed me off for the last time, rangers. I am in control of Zander now… and seeing that your bonds have been severed by me, I will sever every memory you have!" he shouted.
Immediately, Absolute started slicing down the table. Explosions surrounded the area as he then took the photo album. He struck it in the air as he slashed it into pieces. As the photo albums were shredded, he turned around as he looked at the rangers, laughing. Urara and Grace turned around as they looked at each other. Rachel and Lamar turned to each other and then at Etna and Sally. Sebastian looked down as he carried Darren out from the wreckage. Darren looked up as Absolute started laughing. As he pointed his saber, Darren took out his Auto Blaster.
"Former ranger… don't interfere with Hades!"
As he went to strike, Grace stepped in as she stretched her hands out. The blade was inches away. Grace looked up as Zander stood there, fighting it.
"I'm sorry… but Zander, please stop!" she said.
"Zander!" said Lamar, turning around, blocking Grace, "Stop!"
Urara and Rachel rushed over as they stood in front. Zander shook as he tried to tighten his grip. Purple bolt surrounded him as Zander screamed. Zander yelled as he threw his saber up in the air. He then looked up as his saber began to charge.
"That's it," said Seb, turning to Etna, "The saber is the weak point."
"Allow me," said Etna, raising her gauntlets, "Omega Gauntlets!"
Turning around, Zander began to strike the rangers down. Etna's gauntlets turned into ruby blades that were shaped like Groudon's. A ruby and red energy aura surrounded them as she struck, "Precipice Blades!"
Slashing the saber in half, Zander screamed as he flew out of Absolute. As Absolute screamed, a purple aura surrounded him as two beings struck out. It was Sidney and Absol, who landed on the ground.
"No…. my hosts!" he shouted.
Darren turned around as he picked himself up. The other rangers arrived as they looked at Absolute.
"Good job!" said Rachel, turning to Etna. Etna grinned as she turned to Absolute.
"Now, you are going to pay for what you have done!" said Rachel.
Zander nodded as he raised his hand to get up. Getting up, Lamar and Grace helped him up. He stretched out his finger, pointing to Absolute, "You can NEVER break our bonds! Rangers, let's go!"
The seven rangers took out their morphers.
"Magical Source… Mystic Force!"
"Solar Force… Mystic Force!"
Transforming into their suits, the seven rangers materialized as they struck a pose. Darren turned around as he took out his new morpher. This time, a silver morpher with red lights down, with a key slot. He then took out a green key from his hand.
"Mind if I join?" asked Darren.
"By all means," said Zander.
Darren turned around as Absolute looked at him, "You are not my opponent."
"You stepped on sacred ground of the Poké Rangers… anyone who trespasses with sight of destroying this place will be destroyed," said Darren, "Shift Into Turbo!"
Stretching out his hands, he did a driving wheel motion as he inserted the key into the Turbo Morpher. The red lights began to glow as a green aura surrounded Darren. A Tyranitar-Truck combination flew through him as his ranger suit appeared. He wore a green racing suit uniform. He had a silver belt with a white holder that carried a red blaster. He had white boots and white gloves with black rims and there were two yellow squares above the stomach; one square around the neck and one right under it. He had two white stripes across his upper arms. He had two yellow triangles; one on each shoulder. On his left shoulder had the number 3 on it and he had a 'T' on the right shoulder. His helmet was green with a Tyranitar as the visor with headlights and a silver mouthpiece.
"Flooring the ground, Green Turbo Ranger!"
Etna rushed over to Sidney and Absol, getting them out of harm's way. Absolute started striking down. Quickly, the Mystic Force Rangers took out their Mystic Staffs. Absolute started to release a black aura from his saber, releasing a Dark Pulse. Sally stood with her Lunar Staff, causing a barrier to arise.
As the barrier disappeared, the five rangers used their Mystic Staffs as they pointed toward Absolute. Sebastian used his Mystic Lamp Blaster at Absolute. The six auras surrounded their weapons.
"Mystic Prominence!"
Six beams of energy combined into one as Absolute screamed as he was hit hard by the attack. Landing on the ground, he noticed Darren and Zander dashing toward him. Zander raised his Mystic Staff: Axe Mode. Darren raised his hand as a new weapon appeared. It was a white cannon that had a silver engine on top. It had a green nozzle at the end as he aimed at the creature.
"Mystic Staff: Axe! Power Leaf Blade!"
He spun across as he slashed Absolute back and forth. Landing on the ground, Darren's Solar Cannon began to charge.
"Solar Cannon! Solarbeam!"
A white energy beam pierced through Absolute as he landed on the ground. Falling to the ground, an explosion occurred as the two green rangers posed.
Later that day…
Sidney was bandaged up as the rangers were sitting around on Route 114. Zander turned around as he noticed Darren, who was looking at the damage. Zander stretched his hand toward Darren as he shook hands.
"Thank you for saving me," said Sidney, "And Absol."
"It was our pleasure," said Rachel, "However, don't tell anybody about us. We are a secretive group."
"As long as you get 8 badges and we fight," said Sidney, "Not a problem. Hopefully, you can save the others."
"We will," said Lamar, turning to Sidney, "And we will destroy these beasts."
Meanwhile, Zander turned around as he looked at Darren. Darren grinned as he shook hands with him.
"Thank you," said Zander.
"It was definitely an interesting battle," said Darren, "I am just glad you managed to protect them."
Rachel grinned as Zander looked at her. She walked over as she hugged him, "You saved the day."
"That's great," said Zander, "And thanks… but."
"Yeah, drunk Zander is not what I was expecting," said Urara.
Zander chuckled, "Well, besides that…"
"Yeah," said Grace, looking at the destroyed picnic tables and egg cartons. She sighed as she sat on the bench, "How are we going to do the Easter thing now?"
Suddenly, Zander's morpher began to buzz. The rangers looked up as Zander reached for his morpher. As he opened his morpher, a few buttons appeared. Darren and Sidney looked over as he turned to the others, "A new spell!"
"You managed to save me… and you managed to protect your friends," said Darren, "I guess your courage may have helped?"
"Pretty much when a magician proves they are worthy, a spell is granted," said Sebastian, looking at Darren, "Fast learner!"
Etna grinned happily as she turned to Zander, "Well, let's see what it does!"
Zander opened his Mystic Morpher. Pressing a few buttons, he waved his phone in the air, "Magine Mirakales!"
A green aura surrounded the picnic area. The rangers watched as everything was restored back to its original configuration. There were no fires and no damage. Everything was pristine. Zander grinned as he looked at the others, "They came back!"
He then looked at his ring. It began to glow bright green as he turned to the others. Grace and Rachel looked at their rings as they began to glow. Zander turned to Seb and Sally. Sally nodded as she turned to them.
"It was a trial. A trial to protect the bond between us," said Sally.
"That means," said Seb, "Your bond will help your team become legendary."
Zander nodded as he turned to the other rangers. Darren grinned as he walked over toward him. The Green Turbo Ranger sighed as he looked at the Green Mystic Ranger, who responded with a sigh. They all laughed a little as the sun started to set a little.
"So, can I take a beer to go?" asked Zander.
"ZANDER!"
Intermediate Magic 102
"Hello," said Woodmodore, grinning, "Today, we have a special guest. Darren Hitchcock!"
Darren waved his hand as he looked at the camera, "So, I am the Green Turbo Ranger, well I replaced Jack Farrell… and I am the Black Space Ranger! I have premiered in 90 episodes of the Hoenn series… this makes 91."
"What?" asked Woodmodore, "We have a legendary people… so… what is today's spell?"
"Magine Mirakales," said Darren, "Basically, everything that got destroyed goes back to normal."
"Ah," said Woodmodore, "Well, it's nice to see you… hopefully, Zander will learn something from you."
"WHAT WAS THAT?"
Woodmodore turned around as he saw Zander… in Darren's Turbo Ranger suit.
"Why are you wearing my suit?" asked Darren.
"I wanted to try your weapons," said Zander.
Darren shook his head as he chased him around the Magic Library. Woodmodore smiled as he turned around, "See ya next time!"
Next Chapter:
Lamar: Route 115? Why are we all the way here!?
?: I must sing!
Etna: What are you doing here?
?: What are you doing here?
Lamar: You've got to stop this!
Seb: Out of the way, Lamar.
Lamar: No, you'll have to kill me first.
Poké Rangers Mystic Force Chapter 29: The Sea of Silence - Giruma Magi Mysto Magine
Lamar: Etna… and you… I will stop this!
A/N: Zander's trial is finished! It was a pleasure to come back to memory lane and see Claydol, Darren and the Meteor Falls Command Center. It was also great to see what was going on next. These next three chapters are very critical because this will be a good breaking point. I also chose to advance to Route 115 for this chapter intentionally. I do plan on getting to Verdanturf Town and Lavaridge Town at some point. I just got to meander through. So, we have Lamar's trial next. I wonder what will happen… guess you will have to find out.
Darren Hitchcock is the second Green Turbo Ranger and the Black Space Ranger. His adventures start in Chapter 12 of Turbo and end at Poké Rangers in Space, Chapter 52. Be warned, I have been wanting to edit Turbo due to lack of plot and writing style in the first half. But, I still have to edit MMPR first.
By the way, there are no more Hades Beastmen that are normal. These guys are the top of their prime… hmm… who knows what will happen. All I know right now is that currently I am writing the rest of Chapter 31 and all the notes for Act 2 are done. So, it's only a matter of time. Feel free to also answer the poll on my profile. :)
See ya soon!