Episode 4 - What's a Sentai?
It had been a week.
They'd been sitting around the base for a week, waiting for the Omnipotence to finish whatever he was actually doing in his glass tube, and Sambash was getting just a tad impatient. According to the current date, it had been over twenty years since he was killed, and he wasn't waiting any longer to cause some trouble.
Kyuemon and Enter got to do stuff outside of the base, why couldn't he?
The only upside was that he had made friends with Yogostein, despite their relatively different personalities, the two bonded over their love of alcoholic beverages. As a sign of friendship, Yogostein even made the biker a brand new motorcycle.
But even with a new friend, Sambash was finding it fairly difficult to keep calm during this quiet period.
Tonight was the last night.
He made his way to the exit of the lair, grasping onto the insect-like token he had been given by his new tube headed master in one hand, leading the bike forward with his other.
He got on the bike and revved the engine. Shit, this baby roared like a lion, just like he liked 'em.
"What's all the racket out here?" A shrill voice yelled from behind him.
It was Yabaiba, walking into the main part of the lair, most likely having been woken from his sleep by the bike's engine.
He looked the biker up and down, "What are you doing, Sambash?" He asked, skipping forward to check out the motorcycle, "You going for a joyride?"
"Guess you could say that." Sambash answered, indignantly, "You got a problem with that?"
"I couldn't care less," The clown admitted, his eyes still looking at the bike, before he turned to the inactive tube on the other side of the room, "But I dunno 'bout the boss man."
"At this point," Sambash said, "I don't give a shit what that tube-brain says, I've had enough of being cooped up in places, I need to go cause some mayhem."
"Well," Yabaiba said, walking away, "If you end up being uncreated, don't blame it on me!"
Sambash chuckled, and turned back to the exit of the lair, revving the engine again, and speeding off out of the tunnel.
Yogostein said he put something special in the bike, he just needed to hit the red button on the handle. So he did.
The cycle began to shake a bit, and then let out a burst of energy, knocking the bike into the sky. However, it didn't come down, instead being suspended in the air.
He revved the engine again, causing the bike to begin speeding off, this time through the air.
A flying bike, that robot was a genius.
He flew off into the night, ready to wreak some havoc.
It had been a week since any strange events had happened in Zootopia, no monsters, just normal, everyday things, and the previous day had been surprisingly relaxed for the two cops. They had even seen Kyle again while out on patrol, stopping for a bit to talk to him. On top of that, Bogo was also a lot more relaxed than usual as well, overall a strange, but good day, and the two had returned to their apartment, ready for another, normal day.
This would not be the case for a very, very long time.
The two had gone to sleep, but in the wee hours of the morning, strange noises began pouring through the apartment. Loud noises, noises loud enough to wake the rabbit from her peaceful slumber.
When she first woke up, she just thought it was a train pulling into the station. She tried to cover her ears and go back to bed, but to no avail, as somehow the train sounds kept getting louder. Then she realized something.
They didn't live near a train station. Where were these train noises coming from, and why did they sound so close?
She got up from bed, still dressed in her pajamas, and opened her curtain. What she saw was definitely surprising.
She couldn't exactly tell what it was, but it was big, and red, and floating directly outside of the apartment, it had to be floating since they were on the third floor, there was no way it could be standing on something.
There was also a window, but it was too high up for her to see out of. She could, however, some kind of figure quickly pass by the window, perhaps not trying to be seen.
She HAD to be dreaming, so she pinched herself.
She could tell by the sharp bit of pain that she definitely was not dreaming.
She unlocked the window, and peered out, looking to her left, she saw the thing end, it was shaped like a train, an old train, but a train nonetheless. She looked to her right and oh god it kept going.
She couldn't see all the way down, but she could see at least two other train cars, one colored a vibrant blue, and the other a very loud yellow.
Suddenly, it's horn blew, causing the rabbit to cover her ears in pain. A loud voice then seemed to appear from nowhere.
"NOW WAITING FOR OUR SPECIAL GUESTS! NOW WAITING FOR OUR SPECIAL GUESTS!"
Oh god, did it mean them?
She rushed out of the room, and into Nick's perpetually messy room, hopping up on his bed in order to shake the fox from his sleep.
"Nick!" She quietly yelled, shaking the fox, "Nick, get up!"
The fox yawned in response, mumbling in his sleep, "Five more minutes, please..."
"No! Get up now!" She shook the fox harder, getting him to finally wake up.
"Augh!" He yelled, pushing the rabbit off of him, knocking her off the bed, "Oh gosh! Sorry Judy!" He apologized.
"No, no," She said, rubbing her head, "It's okay. how did you sleep through all the noise?" She asked.
"What noise?" He asked. Then he heard it, the sound of a train's whistle blowing, "Oh, that noise." The realization suddenly hit him, "Wait, why is there a train so close to our apartment?"
"Why don't you go and find out!?" She said, gesturing out the door.
The fox walked out, over to the window, and pulled back the drapes, seeing the train floating in front of their home.
"Well," He said to himself, "That's not something you see every day." He turned back to his partner, "What's it doing here?"
Judy hopped forward, standing next to her partner in order to look out the window, "I don't know." She said, noticing a door on the train, directly facing the window they were looking out of.
It slid open, revealing something, well, odd, to say the least.
It appeared to be a puppet, they could tell by the arm coming out of its bottom, and going off to the left of the door, blue in color, wearing what looked like a small vest, and a large light attached to its head. It looked like an animal, but the two hadn't seen anything exactly like it before.
Even stranger, it appeared to be yelling at them, but they couldn't hear what it was saying because of the window.
"I think it wants us to open the window." Judy said to her partner, a bit worried.
"I recommend not opening the window for the weird puppet." Nick stated.
"I agree, let's just ignore it."
They closed the drapes, and pretended to have never seen or made eye contact with the puppet.
Suddenly, a different loud voice filled the house, this one obnoxious and shrill, coming from the open window in Judy's room.
"WHEN WE SAID SPECIAL GUESTS, WE MEANT YOU TWO IDIOTS!"
The volume of the voice made both of them cover their ears. Nick strutted over to the window, pulling back the drapes and unlocking it.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" He yelled to the puppet, who was still, uh, "standing" there.
"You two need to get on this train, right now!" It yelled back to him, in the same voice the announcement a few seconds ago had.
"How do you expect us to do that!?" Nick shouted back, "You're like, a meter away from us, and we're about fifty feet above ground!"
The puppet ducked back in, as suddenly, a flat piece of metal sprung from just under the door, slamming directly into the side of the building, just under the window, creating visible cracks on the other side of the wall, meaning it was pretty well lodged in there.
The puppet returned, "Use that, doofuses!" It yelled back, causing Nick to promptly shut his mouth.
Judy peered out the window too, and asked a question, "Can we get changed first?" The two were both in their sleepwear, not really fit for travel, regardless of what they were travelling on.
"There's no time!" It answered, "You have to get on NOW!"
The two accepted, they didn't seem to have much of a choice in the matter of things right now, so they climbed out the window, onto the distressingly high metal walkway.
Nick was the first to attempt it, but as soon as he set foot on it, he turned around to face the rabbit at the window, "How about you go first, Carrots? Ladies first, after all."
"Then you'll have no problem with it, then." She answered back, sarcastically, causing the fox to look at her, unamused.
"Alright," The fox took a deep breath, "Don't look down, just walk forward."
It took a bit, with several nervous pauses, most caused because of the cold wind that blew into the under-dressed fox, but he eventually made it to the door, waiting for his partner on the other side.
Judy hopped out of the window, her smaller size making it slightly more comfortable to walk across, meaning she had much less of an issue than the fox. She made it over much faster.
"Didn't know you were afraid of heights, Slick." She joked, hopping up into the train car.
"I'm not." He insisted, also stepping into the train.
The metallic walkway quickly retracted into the train itself, and the door shuttered behind them as they entered.
The train car was strange, like nothing they had seen before. For one, it was almost entirely white, the floor and walls being incredibly shiny, the only color being the red of the seats, and the linings of the tables.
The second thing that was odd was the tables.
On one side of the car, there were standard train seats, but on the other, were small booths, with a table between each seat. This wasn't some express train, this was a first class weird, floating train.
"Welcome," Said a calm voice from behind them, "To the Rainbow Line."
They turned around, seeing something arguably stranger than the rest of the train. It was a tall creature, significantly larger than both of them, but not really resembling anything they had seen before, but they could tell it was completely furless.
Of course, the strangest part was the large, obviously fake rabbit head covering it's face. It was pink, and had a similar light to the puppet's head on top of it. Speaking of, the puppet from before also sat on the creature's right hand.
Nick slicked his hand across his face, obviously confused by what was going on, "Alright... whatever you are," He started, "I have a few questions about what's happening."
The creature began to speak, interrupting the fox before he could ask any questions, "I am The Director, the person who runs the Rainbow Line, and your current conductor, he Rainbow Line itself is a magical railway that can cross dimensions, I know exactly why you are here, but cannot tell you, and this," The thing said, pointing it's strange elongated paw towards the puppet, "Is Ticket, my co-conductor, he is not a puppet."
"I'm not a puppet!" Ticket yelled at them, a very clearly different voice coming from him.
Nick was about to speak up, perhaps to object to the Director guessing what he was going to ask, but paused and thought, "No, that actually answers everything, thank you." He said, stepping back, "But are you SURE that thing isn't a puppet?" He asked, pointing towards the not-puppet.
"I'm not a puppet!" Ticket yelled.
"He's not a puppet." The Director calmly said, both speaking in unison, confirming that he was, indeed, not a puppet, or at least, not a normal one.
"Why did you need us on here so urgently? Is there something going on?" Judy spoke up, after staying quiet for a few minutes, due to her being weirded out by the rabbit headed creature.
"Nothing incredibly urgent," The Director admitted, "We just need to keep schedule, is all."
The Director began walking towards the door, which presumably led to the controls, "You two relax here," He said, turning to the two, "We'll be starting our trip in a few minutes." he finished, stepping through the door.
The two looked around at the strange train car, deciding to sit at one of the booths, facing each other. The seats were a bit too big for them, clearly not designed for creatures of their smaller stature, seemingly more made for animals of the Director's size.
"You know, Carrots," Nick admitted, "I was kind of hoping we were done with this weirdness."
"Me too, actually." She admitted herself, she kind of wished it had gone back to normal after the stress of their last monster encounter.
Suddenly, they heard what sounded like bell ringing, which gave way to the original, loud announcement voice
"NOW LEAVING FLOTS FLATS! NOW LEAVING FLOTS FLATS!" It chimed, stating the name of their apartment building.
Suddenly, Ticket's voice chimed in, "To our new passengers," he started, sounding both smug and professional, "You'll probably want to hold onto something!"
They felt the train start to move forward.
"Why would we need to hold onto something?" Nick thought aloud, "It's a train, they don't move very fast."
Suddenly, the two felt the train shift, going from horizontal movement, to very gradually moving to vertical.
"Oh, that's why." Nick gulped, the two of them gripping as hard as they could to the velvet lining of the seats.
It didn't work, as the train was soon going fully upwards, causing Nick to topple into the table, and Judy to slam back into her seat.
The two groaned at the sudden altitude change, before feeling the train shift again, Oh COME ON!" The rabbit yelled, as gravity started causing them to skid downwards. They were going upside-down.
The two grabbed onto the bottom of the tables as they fully went upside-down, hanging loosely from the table at what they could guess was the top of a loop.
Then the train shifted once again, this time heading downward, this time much more abruptly, as Judy's face slammed into the table, and Nick's back into the seat. Eventually, the train righted itself, causing Nick to fall to the ground, and leaving Judy laying face first of the table, both of them groaning in pain.
The door on the other side slid open again, and the Director walked out, and over to their seats, not seeming to notice that they were in pain.
"Sorry for the bumpy start" He apologized, "The rest of the ride should be smooth sailing."
Nick dropped his feet to the ground, and unsteadily rose, rubbing his stomach, "Ugh…" He groaned, "Okay, what exactly was that?" he asked, trying not to sound rude, but definitely coming across as it.
"In order to straighten ourselves out, we had to do a loop." The Director simply explained, "Do you mind if I have a seat here?" He asked the fox.
Hopps sat up from her face full of table, "Shouldn't you be driving the train?" She asked as she hopped back down to her seat.
"We have it set to autopilot." He explained, sitting down on the other side of the table, Nick joining Hopps on her side, "Besides, I have things I would like to discuss with you two."
"Like what?" The fox asked, settling into the large seat.
"I may have given you a brief explanation of what exactly is going on, but you two are still very much confused." He stated, "I would like to make you feel less confused, by explaining just what the Rainbow Line is."
"Uh, alright." The rabbit said, a bit confused, "What is this 'Rainbow Line'?"
"The Rainbow Line is a magical train that can travel through dimensions." He reiterated, but before either one could tell him he already said that, he continued, "It is powered by one of the most powerful forces in the known universes."
There was a bit of silence, as if the Director was waiting for one of them to guess, but the two just stared at him in confusion.
"And that would be…?" Nick said, trying to get him to continue.
Suddenly, the hand with Ticket on it was directly in their faces, the not-a-puppet looking at them directly with his emotionless eyes.
"IMAAAAAAAGINATION!" It yelled.
Ticket pulled back, leaving the animals rather confused.
"What?" Nick asked, confused, "How can imagination power something like this?" He got up, and started tapping on the floor with his foot, "This is tangible, there's no way I'm imagining this, right?"
"You probably want to stop talking like that." Ticket said to him, not sounding worried at all.
"What?" The fox said, as he blinked. Suddenly, there was nothing around him. He could still see Judy, the Director, and Ticket, but they were sitting in the middle of thin air.
He was standing in the middle of thin air, too.
He looked down, he saw what appeared to be the ocean, and behind him he could see the skyline of Zootopia as the moon shone down on it. He began screaming.
"Nick!?" Judy yelled, what was he seeing? She hopped over to him, "Nick, what's wrong!?" She grabbed her partner's hand, trying to comfort him, "Are you okay?"
He was still screaming.
"You need to imagine something." The Director calmly explained to the fox.
"Like what!?" He yelled at the bunny-headed creature, in a panic.
"Literally anything!" The puppet yelled at him, "Close your eyes and think of something!"
So he did, he went to his happy place, as Judy gripped his paw, trying to help him.
He opened his eyes, and the train was back.
"Alright, okay," He panted, "Everything's fine, everything's okay now."
Judy sighed in relief as she looked at her shaken partner, and then slowly lead him back to their seat.
"So," Judy asked the disturbed fox, "What did you imagine?"
"Nothing." He said quickly and simply, his face turning a bit of a red. Well, redder.
"Peh," Ticket grunted, "Adults are so fickle to work with!"
The Director raised his hand, and flicked Ticket right in the head, causing the puppet to flinch in pain.
"I'm sorry about my associate." He apologized, Ticket grunting in annoyance.
"What does he mean by that?" Judy asked, "Do you two not work with adults much?"
"No, it's not that," The Director explained, "Adults don't have the same power of imagination as children do, and only those with a powerful imagination can see the Rainbow Line."
"That's what happened to fox face there," Ticket said, attempting to point to Nick with his stubby puppet arms, "He lacked imagination for a second, and then he couldn't see the train!"
"Seriously?" The fox responded, bewildered at the concept of this imagination train.
"Oh yes, I forgot," The Director said, ignoring Nick, "If you two get famished, we can get you any refreshment you want, on the house for our special guests."
"Yeah, any food you can imagine!" Ticket announced, causing the Director to push him under the table.
"Anything we can imagine?" Nick said, thinking.
"Anything you can imagine within reason." The Director corrected.
"Oh." The fox said, a bit disappointed, Judy turning to give him an odd look.
"Anyway," The Director began, "Normally I don't use the Rainbow Line for dimension hopping, and it takes a lot of energy," He explained, "But…" He was interrupted by the door on the other side of the car opening, "Ah, here comes your meals."
"But we didn't order anything." Judy stated.
"But you thought of what you wanted, didn't you?" The Director responded.
Pushing a small trolley with two trays on it, both covered by a cloche, out came yet another weird being, purple in color, resembling more of a robot, but with a definite feminine vibe. She didn't have a visible face, only a flat visor resembling a heart, with a pair of lips underneath it, and what looked like a large spoiler rising from her head.
"Oh my!" She exclaimed, as she parked the trolley next to them, she clasped her hands together, staring at the two animals, "You two are SO adorable!"
Judy looked a bit perturbed at this statement, "Seeing as you're a robot from another dimension," She began to explain, "You probably didn't know that saying something like that to a bunny is kind of…" She gestured awkwardly.
"Oh gosh, I'm really sorry!" She apologized, setting the two trays in front of them, "Hopefully these will make up for me being so rude."
She removed the cloche, revealing the two meals. For Judy it was a surprisingly fancy carrot salad, sprinkled with a few berried. For Nick, it was a rather standard blueberry pie, nothing noticeably odd about it, aside from it looking unusually delicious.
They realized that it was really early in the morning, and the two were starved, so they began to eat the meals, which tasted as good as they looked.
"Thanks for the food, um…" Judy tried to thank the robot, realizing they didn't know her name.
"My name's Wagon!" She said cheerfully, "I'm glad you're enjoying the meal!" She pushed the trolly back out the other door, leaving the two to their food.
"Wagon is the caretaker of the Rainbow Line," The Director explained, "She does most of the chores here."
"What were you saying before, though?" Judy asked, pausing her breakfast.
"Oh, yes," The Director had remembered what he was going to say before Wagon had arrived, "Yes, I don't usually use the Rainbow Line to move between dimensions this often, but someone even more powerful than I requested that I work with him, so I really couldn't refuse."
"Who hired you?" The rabbit asked.
"You'll be meeting him soon enough." The Director ominously said, "Anyway, I assume you met our last special guest?"
"Yeah," Continued Ticket, "Big dog lookin' guy, way too serious for his own good."
"Doggie Kruger?" Judy guessed, causing the Director to nod, confirming her guess, "Yeah, we met him, he kept giving us new stuff, I don't know why."
"Oh, that was one of the best blueberry pies I've ever had." Nick stated, placing his fork down on the plate, patting his stomach.
He saw that Judy hadn't entirely finished her salad, and spied a loose blueberry on the side of the plate, which he reached for, trying not get the rabbit to notice, but she did, and quickly smacked his paw down, causing him to wince in pain.
Suddenly the announcer began to speak.
"NOW ENTERING THE DIMENSIONAL RIFT! PLEASE DO NOT LOOK OUT THE WINDOW IN EXACTLY TEN SECONDS."
"What does that mean-" The fox had tried to ask, his question quickly answered.
A magnificently bright light began to shine through the windows, causing everything to go white.
It was quickly over, as the announcer began to speak again.
"WE HAVE NOW ARRIVED IN THE DIMENSIONAL RIFT! IT IS SAFE TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS AGAIN."
"Augh!" Nick yelled, rubbing his eyes, "I think I've gone blind!"
"Ugh, me too!" Judy said.
"Quit complaining," Ticket said, "It'll be gone in a few seconds."
Soon enough, after a bit of blinking, the two's sight returned, but they were still in pain.
"What's happening?" Judy asked, she felt like every time something was starting to make sense, something even stranger would happen.
"Take a look outside." The Director said, pointing to the window.
Judy hopped up on the table in order to get a look, Nick climbed up a few seconds later.
What they saw was both beautiful and terrifying.
A swirling void, constructed of what appeared to be nothing but lights, thousands of colors shining at once, it made Nick gag, as he had to quickly stop looking at it, while Judy stared on in wonder.
She turned back, facing the Director, "Where…" She paused trying to catch her thoughts, "Where are we?"
Ticket began laughing, "You can't just poof into a different dimension!" He explained.
"Yes," The Director continued, "This is a Dimensional Rift, it lets us travel between the different worlds."
"Wait," Nick stopped him, "Other worlds, you mean like…" He stuttered, trying to find a way to describe it, "You mean like, the place Kruger comes from? A world different from ours?" He hadn't realized exactly what was happening until this very moment, despite how many times the Director had brought it up.
"Yes." The Director answered flatly.
Nick sat down on the other side of the car, he was dazed, the brunt of what was happening hitting him like a rock directly to his stomach.
"The realization of multiple universe usually hits hard, if you need a bathroom, there's one in the third car." The Director politely explained.
"Thanks." Nick said, getting up and rushing to the bathroom.
Judy sat there, stunned at what she had learned.
It had been about an hour since they had entered the rift, the Director and Ticket had returned to the controls, leaving the two mammals to sit there in silence, thinking about the fact that they had just learned about the existence of parallel universes.
This should have been an amazing moment, which was technically true, it had amazed them, but it also left a horrible, existential hole in their stomachs. How much of what they did mattered, after all, when an infinite number of worlds could exist?
The two didn't talk to each other, or even glance at each other. It was very distressing.
Suddenly, the announcer began speaking.
"NOW ARRIVING IN THE RED WORLD! NOW ARRIVING IN THE RED WORLD!"
"Well," Nick said, finally breaking the silence, "That's not ominous or anything."
"PLEASE DO NOT LOOK OUT THE WINDOW~"
"OH COME ON NOT AGA-" Another flash, nearly blinding the two again, "AUGH!" Nick yelled in pain.
WE HAVE ARRIVED IN THE RED WORLD, CURRENT TIME; UNKNOWN DAY, UNKNOWN MONTH, YEAR, FORTY AGR!" The announcer cried as the train ground to a halt.
The Director and Ticket walked into the car again, seeing the two animals writhing in pain, "We have arrived at our destination, and please be careful when leaving the train." He told them.
After the two had regained their site, they stepped out of the train, walking down a small ramp, which retracted when both of them reached the bottom.
Ticket began yelling, "THE TRAIN WILL NOW BE LEAVING! PLEASE STAND BEHIND THE LINE!" The door shutting once he finished.
There was no line to stand behind, so the two instinctively jumped backwards when it began making noise. Soon, the train started moving, flying off into the sky, and disappearing.
"Did they just abandon us?" Nick asked.
"Yeah," Judy answered, bewildered, "I think they did."
They both looked around, observing the place around them.
Well, "place" might be too strong of a word.
The ground was solid, but in every direction all they could see was black, the only thing breaking it up being the red fog that permeated the world, as well as the red stars in the sky, seeming to be the only source of light. The place stretched as far as they could see, it was disorienting to even look around.
"What is this place?" Judy asked, disturbed by the endless red void.
"I wish I knew, Judy," Nick tried to answer, "I wish I knew."
"I can help you with that." Sounded a powerful voice from behind them.
They turned around, seeing a figure step out from the inky blackness surrounding them. It was a furless creature like the Director, but this time clad entirely in a red suit, broken up by a belt, which was designed to look like four crosses, clashing together, and a symbol on his chest, the V symbol that was engraved on the briefcase they received the devices, but with a large number forty above it.
A short cape hung from the cowl around it's neck, which blew in a nonexistent wind. It's head, like the Director's was covered with an object, this time a helmet, much like the ones the two wore whenever they transformed. Despite the helmet having a large, red visor, they couldn't exactly tell if there was anyone behind it. The middle of the visor, again, had the V symbol, while just under the visor was a silver mouth, which looked like it was molded into the helmet itself.
"And you would be?" Nick asked the suspicious being.
"I..." The being placed its hand on its chest, letting off a certain intensity the two had never felt before, "Am AkaRed."
The two looked at him in silence, "Was that..." Nick looked at Judy, who looked back at Nick, "Was that supposed to mean something to us?"
Without missing a beat, AkaRed began to speak, "I am the one who has gifted you your new powers," He turned around, his cape spinning in the wind, "But there is more for you both to learn, danger is looming, and you are to discover something you could never have imagined. Follow me."
He started walking, and the two cops looked to each other shrugging. They didn't exactly have a choice, they were trapped in this weird dimension, and this guy seemed odd, but still trustworthy.
So, they followed him into the void.
"Heh." He laughed to himself, pulling his gun out, firing it at a nearby building, the wall crumbling to pieces, revealing a host of terrified mammalian creatures behind it.
"Yartots!" Sambash pointed towards the group of mammals, "Get them!" He snapped his fingers, summoning in a group of strange, pirate like creatures, dressed in green stripped pants and bandannas, with strange orange skin and what looked like drawn on eyes, each holding odd cutlasses.
As the Yartots ran forward, Sambash turned around, looking at the destruction he had managed to cause in only a few short hours. Hundreds of the sailor monsters running around, chasing, injuring, killing the citizens of this dreadfully bright city.
They were all running, running like, uh...
Well, you know.
Sambash holstered his gun, and pulled out the insect token, looking at it, "I think it's time to kick this up a notch."
He looked around searching for something, and he spotted it, a sheep, running for his life, away from all the destruction he was causing.
Sambash quickly raised his gun and fired, creating an explosion of sparks in front of the sheep, who froze in place, seeing the monster approaching him, knees shaking in fear.
The biker crouched down, making eye contact with the terrified sheep, "Hey, you." He said, staring into the sheep's eyes, "You wanna kill some people?" He asked, the sheep shaking his head, terrified of the monster before him.
He held up the insect token, "Oh well, you're gonna." He slammed the insect token onto the sheep's chest, causing it to absorb under it's wool and into it's skin.
The sheep frantically hooved at his chest, as he could tell something was wrong. Soon, a strange goo started emanating from the sheep's skin, it yelling in fear as it was covered in the substance, which soon hardened into a cocoon-like object.
"Shit, that's nasty." Sambash said, standing up as the cocoon grew larger, around as large as himself.
It burst open, covering Sambash, and most of the street surrounding the cocoon, in a thick green goo, revealing a very familiar face to Sambash. A scorpion-like monster wearing a leather jacket and pants, one of his arms ending in a normal hand, the other ending in a massive claw.
It slicked back it's hair-like protrusion and walked towards Sambash, who was trying to get the goo off of him.
"Hey boss, long time no see!" He greeted his old boss.
"Kolshizer! Nice to see you too, man." Sambash returned, the two fist-bumping, "You ready to go wreck some shit?"
"Hell yeah, I am!" The scorpion yelled, pulling out his rather large pistol, decorated with golden chains, and firing at a building, causing it to explode, causing both of them to laugh, walking off to cause a ruckus.
They had been walking for what felt like hours, they weren't even sure they were going anywhere considering the complete barrenness of this place.
"Hey, red guy," Nick asked, a bit impatiently, to the masked figure walking in front of them, "Are we actually going anywhere, or are we just walking in circles?"
AkaRed suddenly stopped, "We are here." He said.
They looked around, it was still just the endless void of smoke and lights. Where were they supposed to be?
"Excuse me," Nick said, getting surprisingly angry at the creature standing there, "We're in the literal MIDDLE OF NOWHERE!"
They heard AkaRed let out a small chuckle, before raising his arms, causing the ground to shake as he did. A large stone stage appeared from the ground, directly in front of the red being. The bottom was lined with steps leading up to the flat surface, and a back wall decorated with that same V symbol.
AkaRed then turned his head to the right, raising his right arm as well, causing another large stone structure to rise, resembling steps, four in total, each with five statues of similarly costumed heroes on each step, totaling to twenty. He then turned to the left, and raised his left hand, causing another, similar, stone structure to appear, this one set up the exact same, but with twenty different statues on it.
The two stared in awe at the large structure that had appeared, as AkaRed stepped onto the stage.
"Forty years ago," AkaRed said calmly, his voice somehow magnifying to a much louder volume, "The Earth was ravaged by evil."
He raised his hand again, causing a burst of black smoke to cover the stage, which cleared to reveal a large, white monster, with a black cross for a head, surrounded by four entirely black monsters, the only details being white rims around where the eyes should be, and white on the helmets. AkaRed had also disappeared from the stage during the smoke, but his voice continued to be heard.
"The evil Black Cross Army planned to take over the world," In a puff of white smoke, a floating model of the Earth appeared, which the white monster grabbed and lifted up, letting out a silent laugh, "The Black Cross King had wiped out the world's largest government agency, EAGLE, the world was in his complete grasp."
"However," The voice boomed, as five bursts of smoke appeared from behind the monsters, red, blue, green, yellow, and pink. Five figures jumped in and began fighting each of the monsters, four going for the identical black ones, and the red figure fighting the large white monster.
"The heroes the world needed had arrived," The five heroic figures each hit the monsters with rather simple moves, causing them all to burst into smoke, as they leaped into the middle of the stage, performing a group pose, "The first Super Sentai, Secret Sentai Goranger!"
The five disappeared suddenly in bursts of multicolored smoke, with a larger red burst overtaking the multi-color ones, AkaRed stepping through it.
"Over the next thirty nine years, the heroic warriors of the Super Sentai teams have protected the Earth from evil threats of all kind." AkaRed stepped to the edge looking at the two mammals, and then pointed to them, "And as of now, that includes you two."
"What!?" They both said, shocked at what the being had just said.
AkaRed nodded, "Yes, you two are part of the newest team in this long legacy, Zyuman Sentai..." He raised his arm into the air, pointing towards the darkened sky, "ZOORANGER!" Another burst of smoke, this time red, blue, and yellow, appeared from behind him.
"Well," Nick said sarcastically, "At least we have a name now." Judy shushed him in response.
AkaRed stepped back, "You are now the next in a long line of animal based Super Sentai teams, such as the Hundred Beast Sentai, Gaoranger, defenders of nature!" He raised his hand, causing another explosion of smoke, causing one of the statues to disappear from the steps, and reappear on the stage, this statue having a helmet resembling a feline creature, maybe a lion.
"The Starbeast Sentai, Gingaman!" Another explosion, a second statue appeared, this one also resembling a feline creature, but not in the same kind as the last one "Warriors of the Earth!" AkaRed continued.
"SpecOps Sentai, Go-Busters!" Third explosion, another statue, this one looking like a creature they hadn't seen before, but the helmet had a large pair of what looked like glasses, "The heroes who sacrificed everything!"
"Beast-Fist Sentai, Gekiranger!" Another statue appeared, this one having a helmet resembling a stylized rhinoceros, "The disciplined kung-fu masters!"
"And finally, Engine Sentai, Go-Onger!" A final statue appeared, this one having a helmet resembling a cartoonish bear, "The high-speed heroes! All of them, in some way, have contributed to your powers." AkaRed explained, "But, there is one last thing for you to learn. Come."
He gestured for the two to come up the stairs. The two followed, not exactly having much of a choice in the matter. A sword then materialized in AkaRed's hand, the hilt having a red feathered design, and a strange medallion in the middle.
"Kneel." Akared demanded, causing the two animals to look at each other nervously. What, exactly, was he going to do?
The two still knelt before the red creature, nervous sweat trailing down their fur as he raised the blade.
Quickly, AkaRed lowered the sword, first tapping Nick on the shoulder with it, "I christen you," A red light suddenly began emanating from Nick's wrist device, "ZooRed, Champion of the Sun."
"Uh, alright." Nick said nervously.
He walked over to Judy next, and placed the sword on her shoulder, this time a blue light coming from her device, "And I christen you, ZooBlue, Defender of the Moon."
She looked at her device, "Do you know what, exactly, these things are?" She asked.
"Yeah," Nick continued, "The briefcase we got it in had your logo plastered on it, so you probably have something to do with them."
"Correct," AkaRed answered, "I created those Changers, they are called the Zoolizers."
"Wait," Judy said before he could continue, "You're the one who made these things? You're the reason we're in this whole mess?"
"Yeah, it was kind of a dick move just throw this big important responsibility on us out of nowhere!" Nick continued, anger rising.
"Well, then," AkaRed started, "I give you a choice. Quit your duties, or continue. Take your time, and come back when you have reached a decision."
The stone structures began lowering, leaving the two surrounded by the void again, with only AkaRed as a marker for where they were. The two walked away from him, there was definitely some physical ground, as they gained visible space from him.
"Alright, Carrots," Nick began, "Are we giving this up or not? Because I'm ready to pack it in."
Judy thought, she wasn't entirely sure. She took a look at the Zoolizer, or whatever the red creature had called it, "But those monsters, Nick," She paused, looking up at the fox, who had gained a look of slight agitation on his muzzle, "They're still out there, we might be the only ones who can do anything about them."
She looked him in the eye, intensely, turning the fox's expression into one of guilt, "We're police officers." She stated seriously, "Our job is to protect and serve, this is like that on the next level."
Nick sighed, "Fine, we'll keep doing it." He turned to the red figure, standing still several meters away, "HEY!" He yelled, "WE'RE NOT GONNA QUIT!"
AkaRed began walking forward, suddenly appearing in front of the two in only a few seconds, much shorter than it should have actually taken him.
"I knew you would say that." He said, "You two were the perfect candidates, after all. The two perfect heroes of your world."
"What do you mean?" Judy asked.
"Judy Hopps, you are by far one of the bravest people in your city," He explained, leaning down to rest his hand on her shoulder, "Challenging expectations, and living your dreams to the fullest. It take's a special person to live as they want."
"Oh, uh," She stumbled, awkwardly trying to parse the words, "Thank you?"
He turned to Nick, looking him in the eye, "And you, Nicholas Wilde," He began, "Are also an incredible person, changing your life for what you considered the better, a tough decision you took with pride."
"I'm incredible, huh?" Nick said to himself, feeling a bit egotistical.
AkaRed then pulled out a small box, plain white in color, handing it to Judy, "What's this?" She asked.
"A present." He said, standing up, "Use it only in dire circumstances." She tried to open the box, but it was completely locked shut somehow, despite there being no lock on it.
"As a final note," He began again, "There are two more you've yet to find, search for them, do not let evil get ahold of them, or else your world will be doomed."
"What?" Nick asked, confused.
"The train has arrived," AkaRed said, the sounds of a train coming from behind them, Nick and Judy turning around to see the Rainbow line had returned, "I might not see you two again, so remember, the strength of a hero comes not from his powers, but from his heart."
The two turned back from the train, AkaRed had completely vanished. The doors on the train car slid open, and the walkway lowered.
"What was that all about?" Nick asked the rabbit, absolutely confused.
"I only got like half of what that guy was talking about, but I THINK," She tried to answer, "We're not going to be done with this weird stuff for a very long time."
"Well," Nick sighed, "That's a shame." The two turned to the Rainbow Line, and walked inside.
How could this day get any weirder?
Answer, what was waiting for them on the Rainbow Line
As soon as they had gotten on, they noticed another weird creature sitting on one of the seats, this one silver and black in color, dressed in what looked like a somewhat streamlined version of a stereotypical pirates outfit, a coat gripped to a black undercoat by a yellow belt, with a large collar. The helmet's top half made it look like a bandanna, with an anchor shaped pattern, while the bottom half resemble a kerchief around it's mouth, leaving only a golden visor, which quickly turned to their direction.
"OH MY GOD!" It enthusiastically exclaimed, standing up, gesturing to the two in an exaggerated manner, before walking over to them, slowly crouching as he got closer, "You two are Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde!"
He grasped both of their paws in his over-sized ones, shaking them up and down wildly, almost taking the much smaller mammals off their feet.
He stopped, as the two shaken animals attempted to get back to their feet, "Nice to know we have another fan." Nick groaned sarcastically.
Judy shook her head, and looked at the silver creature in front of him, "Who are you?" She asked, getting rather annoyed by all the new, strange faces she was meeting.
He stood up, "Me?" he pointed at himself, and then slicked his hand across the back of his head, "I'm the spectacular sixth member of Pirate Sentai, Gokaiger! I am..." He raised his hand, "Gooooookai..." He slowly lowered his hand as he said this, and then spun around a full 360 degrees, and then threw his hands out, "SILVER!" he finished.
The two looked at him, dumbfounded, "Can you, maybe," Nick started, "Repeat that, without the theatrics?"
He sighed, placing his hands on his waist, "Aw man, I'd been wanting to do that for years." He then began to explain, more clearly, "My name is Gai Ikari! As the sixth member of Gokaiger, they call me..." He struck an over the top pose, "GokaiSilver!"
"I mean, that was slightly less dramatic." Nick critiqued, "But I at least got what you were saying."
"Wait a second," Judy thought, "How do you know who we are?"
"Uh..." He tried to search for the words, "Well I saw you in..." Suddenly he heard a door slide open on the other side of the train car.
He glanced over, the two mammals hadn't seemed to notice. The Director was standing behind the door, Ticket on his hand, he was staring at Gai. The Director made a quick circular motion around Ticket's neck, and then pulled up on an invisible rope, causing Ticket to go into a faux-limp state.
Silver had gotten the message.
"I heard about you two from the, uh," He seemed worried, quickly glancing back at the door, "From the Director, he told me all about you!"
"Oooooooh." The two said, seemingly accepting his nervous response.
"So," GokaiSilver began, trying to move away from the conversation, "What are you guys doing in this... place?"
Nick walked over to one of the seats, explaining, "The rabbit head dude brought us here," He got up onto the seat, trying to make himself comfortable, "Then we met this weird red guy, who, I dunno, tried to explain something to us?" He looked at the rabbit, "That is what happened, right?"
She shrugged, she wasn't really sure what AkaRed had been going on about either.
"Red guy..." Silver placed his hand on his chin, thinking, he quickly clapped his hands, "Did he have a big gold V on his head?" He asked, making a V shape on his forehead.
"Uh, yeah, he did." Nick answered back.
"You guys met AkaRed!?" He yelled excitedly, looking back and fourth between the two mammals.
"You know him?" Judy asked, looking up at the tall being.
"Yeah!" Silver answered back, ecstatic, "He was a good friend of my captain!"
"Captain?" Nick asked, "What are you, a pirate?"
"Uh, yeah?" Gai shrugged sarcastically, "What else do I look like? Some kind of... super, mega ranger?"
"What an oddly specific answer." Nick sarcastically replied back.
Judy and Silver walked over, both sitting next to Nick, as the train began to move.
"So, AkaRed wanted to explain something to you?" GokaiSilver asked.
"Yeah, he told us about, uh..." Judy snapped her fingers, trying to wrap her head around what the red creature had said before, "Super heroes? Protecting Earth? Something like that."
Gai clapped his hands, "He must have been trying to explain Super Sentai to you!" He extatically stated, "Don't worry if you didn't get it, he's not that great at explaining things, I can make it more clear for you!"
Before they could object, he got up, and began posing, "Super Sentai!" He began to explain, "Forty teams of five to six heroic people, defending the Earth from all kinds of threats, the heroes of the Earth loved by all!"
He looked at them, proudly, "Do you get it now?" he asked.
"Not really." They both said in unison.
"Hmm." Silver sighed, "I guess it's hard to understand without seeing it."
"Well, he kept calling us one of those." Judy said, causing the silver-clad creature to double take.
"You guys are part of a Sentai!?" He bent over slightly, pointing at both of them, "Seriously!?"
Suddenly, before they could explain further, the announcer sounded off.
"NOW ENTERING THE DIMENSIONAL RIFT! PLEASE DO NOT LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS!"
The two shut their eyes tight, as the flash echoed through the train. Hearing a scream, they opened their eyes, looking down to see the silver hero lying on the ground, covering his visor in pain.
"I THOUGHT THE SUIT WOULD HELP THIS TIME!" He yelled in pain.
"Not exactly the brightest coin in the chest, huh?" Nick joked, looking at the rabbit next to him, who nudged him with her arm.
Quickly, GokaiSilver stood up, turning back to the two mammals, "You guys are part of a Sentai!?" He reiterated.
"Uh, I suppose we are." Nick said, holding up the Zoolizer, causing Silver to grab onto his wrist examining the device.
"Amazing!" He said to the fox, "Whaddya call them?" He asked, staring the fox in his eyes.
"Well," Judy began, Nick pulling his arm back from the weird creature grabbing onto his arm, "AkaRed called it a Zoolizer."
"Cool!" Silver yelled, "What's your Sentai team named called?" He asked, enthusiasm striking his voice.
"Zyumen Sentai Zooranger," Nick said, enunciating the words awkwardly, "That's what I heard, anyway."
"Awesome!" Gai complimented, "Can you guys transform for me?" He asked, "Please?"
The two shrugged, seeing no reason not to. The hopped down from the high seats, and stood in front of the silver being, who watched them intently.
They raised their paws, and slammed them down onto the device's button, creating a burst of light that transformed them into their Zooranger forms, the red and blue armor they hadn't found themselves wearing for a while.
Gokai Silver stared at them, seemingly expecting something else, "Was that it?" he asked, a bit disappointed.
"Were you expecting something else?" Judy asked, a bit confused.
"Well," Silver began to explain, "A Sentai transformation isn't the same without the introduction!"
"What does that mean?" Nick asked from behind his helmet, indignantly.
"Whenever I transform," Silver said, "I do that pose I did before, it's to introduce yourself to the enemy, and make them feel threatened by you powerful confidence!"
"Yeah, well," Nick began hitting the button again to untransform into his nightwear, "That's stupid."
"It's not stupid!" Silver yelled back, feeling insulted, "It's cool, and it's a tradition!" He paused in thought for a few seconds, "I Know! I'll help you come up with a pose and a roll call!" He announced to the two animals.
"No." Nick said, crossing his arms.
"C'mon, it'll be fun!" Silver said, trying to get him to agree.
"I say we at least try, Nick." Judy said to her partner, still transformed into her armored form, placing her paw on his shoulder.
Nick let out a large groan, "Fiiiiine." He said apathetically, pushing Judy's paw off his shoulder, "We'll do your dumb pose 'training'." He finally agreed.
"Great!" Silver said enthusiastically, clapping his gloved hands together and rubbing them, "We got a few hours so let's get to work!"
And so they did. The training was surprisingly lighter than Nick was probably expecting, not exactly requiring any amazing flexibility. The hardest part was the two having to get used to calling themselves by "ZooRed" and "ZooBlue", which were their apparent codenames while transformed. Using real names was probably taboo for a reason.
After a few hours, the three settled on an... appropriate pose, you could say, and decided to take a break, as they would be returning home in only a short while, according to what the announcer had said.
"I never asked," GokaiSilver said, sitting in front of the two mammals sitting in the booth, "How long have you two been a Sentai? Did you just become one, or has it been a while?" He asked.
"We've been one for about a week and a half, I'd say." Judy answered, "It was really only for three days, technically."
"Wait, have you two already fought monsters?" Silver asked, looking them back and forth, "What did they look like?"
"Well," Nick began, adjusting forward in his seat, "One was some kind of knight, dressed in gold armor, covered in weird lizards."
"The Eternal Dragon, Long!?" He stood up in amazement, "You guys met Long!?"
"I think that's what he called himself, certainly ringing a bell." Nick stated, "Guy kicked our asses like it was nothing, amazing that we even survived."
"Taking an attack from Long, at such an early stage in your Sentai history..." He paused in amazement, "You two must be amazingly strong!"
Judy rubbed her neck, feeling flattered, "Well, I guess, but..." Nick nudged her with his elbow.
"Don't let it get to your head, Carrots." He jokingly told her, before continuing, "There was also this big, gold robot guy."
Hopps nodded, "Really obsessed with pollution," She continued for the fox, "There was also this fox guy, wearing a weird mask."
Silver thought to himself, "A gold robot, obsessed with pollution..." He smacked his fist into his palm, "Land Pollution Minister Yogostein? You met him too!?" He leaned back, letting out a loud groan, "I never got to meet any of the classic villains! Aside from Ryuwon." He mused to himself.
"Who?" the rabbit asked.
"Oh, uh," Silver stumbled a bit, "No one you would know, dragon lord guy from way back."
GokaiSilver leaned back in his seat, thinking once again, "Fox mask guy..." He shrugged, "I don't know who that is!" He announced, "Haven't really been keeping track of any Sentai villains after I left Earth."
"Wait, what?" Nick questioned, surprised.
"Oh yeah, I'm a Space Pirate, didn't I tell you?" He answered.
"You just said 'pirate', that doesn't usually make someone think of space." Nick sarcastically replied.
"Oh, I guess that's true." He rubbed his head, realizing the confusion he probably caused, but moved on to another topic quickly, "So, looks like somebody has revived a bunch of old Sentai villains to fight you two."
He got up, and walked into the middle of the car, arms crossed, thinking about something, before Judy began talking, "When we fought that Yogostein guy, he said something about there being five more generals, six total."
Silver turned around, looking at them intently, "You already met three of them, right? Who could the other three be..." But before he could begin to think, the announcer chimed in.
"NOW ENTERING ZOO WORLD! DO NOT LOOK OUT THE WINDOWS!"
"CLOSE YOUR EYES!" Nick yelled, the three passengers quickly shutting their eyes tight as the light flashed.
"Oh thank god." Nick said to himself, he had closed his eyes just in time, and managed to avoid the horrible, burning pain.
"WE ARE NOW IN ZOO WORLD! CURRENT TIME; THREE FIFTY THREE PM, MARCH 21st, 2019!"
"ONE FIFTY THREE PM!?" Judy yelled in a panic, realizing she hadn't shown up to work at all today.
She hopped off her seat, and began pacing, terrified by her first true missed day. What if she was fired for this? What if her and Nick were both fired?
She didn't exactly have time to think about it, as a sudden, familiar noise filled the car. A pop song, sung by Gazelle. It was her phone, she had slipped it into her pocket before they left.
She pulled it out, looking at the address.
Oh god it was her parents.
"Can everyone be quiet for a bit, please?" She asked, trying to cover the sound with her paw Silver and Nick both nodded, they probably realized how awkward this would be. She hopped up to a seat on the other side of the car, and pressed answer.
The faces of her two parents appeared on the phone, and Judy was surprised to see them looking utterly distraught for a brief moment, as they suddenly beamed with joy as they saw her face.
"Heeeeey, guys." She greeted, awkwardly, her heart racing, "How's it going-"
Before she could finish her parents quickly interrupted her, "Oh thank god, you're okay!" Her mother said, voice hoarse, had she been... crying?
"You had us more worried than you could've imagined, Jude!" Her father sighed in relief, "Where were you all day?"
"What?" Judy asked, confused, "What do you mean?"
"Early in the morning, 'round six, your boss called us." Her father began to explain.
"He said that none of the calls or e-mail to your phone were even connecting," Her mother continued, "He had no idea where you could've gone."
"And, and," He father stuttered, "When we tried to call you, we couldn't connect to you either! We were about to give up!"
"Well," Judy said softly, trying to comfort her parents, "Everything's fine, I'm safe and sound."
"Thank goodness," Her father beamed, "We thought something might've happened to you in all the commotion happening in the city."
"What!?" She yelled, startling the two rabbits on the screen, "What's happening in Zootopia?"
"There's some kind of terrorist attack going on!" Her mother explained, "It's absolutely awful, some kind of real monster is going around blowing up buildings!"
"Hey! That sounds like-" Gokai Silver tried to say, getting shushed by Nick in the process.
"Who was that?" Judy's dad asked, hearing the unfamiliar voice, "That didn't sound like Nick. Where are you?"
"I'm, uh…" She paused, trying to come up with a plausible excuse, "On… a train! I'm on a train." She tried not to put on a suspicious smile, but she could tell it came off as that, causing a bit of an awkward silence.
Suddenly, the door slid open, and in walked Wagon, with a cart of refreshments, "Lunch is served!" She yelled cheerfully.
GokaiSilver looked over at her, letting out an over the top yell, "Are you Wagon, one of the people who helped ToQger!?" He asked enthusiastically.
"I sure am, mister!" She answered.
Silver suddenly pulled out a notepad, and shuffled over to her, "Can I have your autograph?" He asked, bowing, offering her the notepad and a pen.
"Oh, I didn't realize there was a fan on board!" She cheerfully admitted, grabbing the pen Silver had offered.
Before she could sign, or before Judy, her parents, or Nick could even get in a word, the door on the other side opened, a shrill voice screaming, as The Director came in, seemingly being dragged along by the screeching puppet on his hand.
"NO AUTOGRAPHS DURING WORK HOURS!" He screeched at the silver hero, startling both him and Wagon, causing them to step back.
"Why not!?" Silver asked, a bit angry at the puppet.
"Autographs promote egotism, which in turn invites laziness." The Director reluctantly explained, not even looking at the two.
"SO NO AUTOGRAPHS!" The puppet screeched again.
"I was gonna ask for your autograph next, monkey boy," GokaiSilver announced rather angrily, "But now I don't think I want it!"
"I wouldn't have signed anything for you anyway, you silver nerd!" The monkey puppet insulted back.
All Judy could do was stare at her phone with an awkward look, as her stunned and baffled parents listened in to the argument.
Seeing Judy's awkward face, Nick realized he had to stop the argument, and hopped down from his seat, walking over to the bickering hero and puppet.
He coughed loudly, getting the two's attention, "My friend over there is in the middle of an important phone call, so if you could-" Before he could finish, the puppet lowered down into his face.
"Stay out of this, fox!" He yelled, "This is between me and the dorkus over there!"
"Hey!" Silver yelled in offense.
"Why can't you just let him get the autograph?" Nick asked, "It's really not a big deal, Wagon will get back to work once she finishes!"
"Yeah, it's not every day you get to meet someone like this!" Silver announced, clearly making the puppet more and more agitated.
"IT'S AGAINST REGULATIONS!" Ticket yelled at the top of his lungs, causing everyone besides the Director to wince.
In a quick burst of anger, Ticket leaped off of the Director's hand, directly into Nick's face, knocking him down. The puppet writhed and wriggled, attempting to harm the fox.
"Ticket!" The Director yelled, the most emotion he'd shown all day, "Calm down, get off of him!"
Judy looked back at her phone, seeing her parent's horrified faces, "Well it was fun talking to you I have to go save Nick from a puppet okay love you bye!" She said as fast as she could, quickly hanging up, just as her father opened his mouth.
She quickly hopped down from the seat, rushing over to her struggling partner, and tried to grasp onto the wiggly puppet. Eventually, after a bit of struggling, she managed to grab it, and flung Ticket into the air, where he landed directly onto the Director's hand.
He quickly covered up Ticket's mouth, "I am very sorry for Ticket's attitude, he gets like this sometimes." He apologized, "Please, Gai, have Wagon's autograph if you so wish."
"Really?" Gai said in amazement, "Thank you, Mr. Director!"
"Excuse me, Director?" Judy interrupted, the Director turning to her, "Do you know when we'll return to Zootopia, by any chance?"
"Around fifteen minutes, why do you ask, Ms. Hopps?" He wondered.
Nick got up, grunting, "Well," He began, "According to Carrots' parents, it sounds like there's some problems happening."
"To me, it sounded like a monster attack!" Silver stated, "We need to get these two back there quickly!"
Judy and Nick nodded to each other, Judy beginning to say something, before her phone began ringing again. She looked at the number.
Oh shit, it was Chief Bogo.
"Okay, this call is actually really important," Judy announced, "I need everyone to stay absolutely quiet."
She answered it, placed the phone next to her ear, and braced herself for the Chief's loud, loud voice.
"OFFICER HOPPS!" The voice on the phone yelled. It was even louder than normal.
"Heeeeeey, Chief." She nervously said back, "You're probably wondering where I was, huh?" She chuckled.
"Actually, I'm wondering where you AND Officer Wilde were!" He yelled over the phone, loud enough for everyone in the car to hear.
"He's here with me, sir." Judy said, she looked at Nick, "He can tell you what happened to us!"
Nick's jaw dropped in disbelief, before she handed him the phone, almost forcefully.
"Good luck." She whispered, Nick returning an angry glance to her.
"Hey Chief Bogo, how's it going?" He said coolly, but with a nervous look on his face, "Would you believe me if I told you that we were kidnapped by a magic space train, and traveled to a different dimension?"
Judy looked at him, absolutely stunned.
He quickly cuffed his hand over the phone, "Why did you think I had an excuse for this!?" He whispered angrily at the rabbit.
He placed the phone back to his ear, hearing the end of Bogo's frustrated grunts, "Listen, Wilde, I don't have time for this." Despite being quieter, Nick knew that meant the chief was absolutely furious, "Zootopia is having a major crisis right now," Nick gestured for the rabbit to come over and listen, which she did, leaning in close to the phone.
"One of those… monsters, is attacking the city, and the Mayor's publicity stunt heroes haven't shown up to do anything about it," He explained, "We have every possible officer and SWAT member trying to do something, so you two being missing is a problem."
"We'll be there in five minutes sir, we just have to reach our stop." Nick said, trying to reassure the miffed buffalo, before hanging up.
"'The Mayor's publicity stunt heroes', huh?" Nick said to himself, "I've been called worse things before."
"NOW APPROACHING COOL ENTRANCE STOP! NOW APPROACHING COOL ENTRANCE STOP!" The announcer boomed.
"Oh, we're here already!" Judy said in relief, turning to the Director, GokaiSilver, Ticket, and Wagon, "Well, it was nice meeting you all! I hope we… see each other again?"
"I don't." Nick muttered to himself as he headed towards the door.
"Not exactly." The Director announced, "GokaiSilver here will be assisting you today."
"I will!? Awesome!" Silver yelled in joy.
"He will!?" The two mammals yelled in shock.
The train stopped, the door sliding open, letting in a burst of cold air.
"What the…?" Nick said, shivering, as he went to check the outside, which caused his eyes to widen, "Uh, Judy? We might have a problem."
She walked over to the door as well, also shuddering, and looked outside. She saw the city from high above, they were maybe two, three hundred meters in the air, looking down at the city from the sky, and while they were still far away, they could see most of downtown in disarray.
She turned to the Director, "C-couldn't you get us a bit closer?" She asked, stuttering from the cold.
"You said you wanted to get here quickly," Ticket answered, "This was the closest stop!"
"I w-wouldn't exactly call this a stop'." Nick replied, also bothered by the cold.
"Are you telling us that we have to JUMP down!?" Judy yelled in disbelief, the Director and Ticket nodding in response.
"Don't worry 'bout it!" Silver said, approaching the door, winding up his arms, "Just transform and you'll make it!" He then jumped out of the train, screaming in joy.
The two looked out the door, at the silver speck quickly falling to the earth, "Well, when in Rome. ZOO ON!" Nick yelled as he slammed the button on the Zoolizer, turning into ZooRed, and jumping out the window.
"Nick!" Judy yelled as she watched him fall as well, "Ugh, guess I don't have a choice, do I?" She groaned, before yelling out the code word, turning into ZooBlue, and also jumping out.
On the ground, Sambash was enjoying the carnage he had created, "Heh, the boss is gonna love me for this!" He said proudly, turning to Kolshizer, who had just finished blowing up a building, "Whaddya think, bro? Isn't it wonderful?"
"I dunno, boss," Kolshizer said, "I'm not in a good position to complain, but isn't this getting a bit boring?"
Sambash thought to himself, scratching his head with the tip of his gun, "Hm, I guess it kinda is." He admitted, "Usually Gingaman woulda shown up by now."
Suddenly, there was a large crash behind them, both the scorpion and the biker turning around to see what had caused it.
A weird black and silver guy, knees shaking looked like a Ranger from the good old days, cracks on the ground surrounding them.
He groaned in pain, "That's REALLY bad on your knees!" He quickly straightened out, and looked directly at the two monsters, "Hey, monsters! We're here to stop you!"
"Yeah?" Sambash chuckled, "You and what Sentai?"
Two figures fell down from the sky, landing much less gracefully than the silver one, both of them landing directly on their faces.
"Uh, this one." The silver guy answered back, as the two other Rangers got up, rubbing their animal faces in pain.
"Oh, it's you two." Sambash said, recognizing the two, much smaller, Rangers, "Who's the silver guy?"
"I AM!" Silver raised his hand, "GOOOOOOOKAI…" He lowered his hand as he prolonged the word, before spinning around, splaying his arms out, "SILVER!" He finished.
"Interestin'." Sambash said to himself, as a long, awkward silence filled the air, "Well, you two gonna introduce yourselves?" Sambash spoke up, waving his gun at the two animal rangers.
"Oh, uh…" Nick said awkwardly, realizing this wasn't going to start until they did something, "Well, I'm ZooRed, and this is-"
A gunshot fired at the fox's feet, causing a burst of sparks to explode from under him, knocking him back.
Sambash pulled his smoking gun back down, "Too boring. Gimme something unique." He demanded.
"Guys!" GokaiSilver said, coming to a realization, "Do the poses we practiced!"
"Seriously?" Nick groaned, crossing his arms, "Those were embarrassing."
"C'mon, Nick, we don't really have much of a choice." Judy said to the fox, trying to get him to go along with it.
"Fiiiine." He moaned, preparing himself.
He took a deep breath, and yelled out "CHAMPION OF THE SUN!" He quickly knelt down, scratching the ground, before leaping up and spinning around, splaying his arms as he landed, "ZOORED!"
"Woo!" He yelled after finishing the pose, pumping his arms, "That's actually really invigorating!"
"Alright," Hopps said, stepping up, preparing her pose, "My turn!"
"DEFENDER OF THE MOON!" She yelled, jumping up into the air, performing several fast front-flips in place, before landing down, where she shifted her right foot back, as well as pulling her right arm back, left arm outwards in a palm open stance, "ZOOBLUE!"
"Alright!" Sambash yelled, clapping, "Now THAT'S an introduction!"
"Oh, thank you!" Judy started, "We spent a while practicing them and-" Quickly a gun shot hit her feet, knocking her back with a burst of sparks.
"Time for my introduction!" The biker twirled his smoking gun, "Name's Sambash, Gun Boss Sambash." He gestured to the scorpion creature, who stepped forward, running his claw over his hair-thing, "And this is my good friend Kolshizer, we're here to kill you, and everything you love."
"Wait," GokaiSilver stepped forward, "You're Sambash?" He questioned, excitedly.
"What!? Do you know me!?" Sambash questioned, pointing his gun at the silver hero.
"You totally are!" He announced, "This guy was the first big bad guy Gingaman fought!" He then pointed to Kolshizer, "And that's the first monster they ever destroyed!" He said, obvious enthusiasm in his voice, "I'm in the presence of Sentai history here!"
"Wow, am I really that famous?" Kolshizer asked himself, again stroking his hair.
"Not really." Silver said, causing the scorpion to trip over himself, "You were kind of a joke." Gai turned to the two animal rangers, "He went down to one guy, isn't that lame?" The two chuckled in response.
Sambash turned to the scorpion, who looked away awkwardly in response, "Seriously, dude? One guy?" He said in disbelief.
"W-whatever!" Kolshizer yelled, stepping forward and pulling out his gun, "I'm stronger than ever before, it'll take a lot more than that to stop me, baby!" He fired his gun at GokaiSilver, landing a direct hit on his chest, causing him to fall over.
"GAI!" Judy yelled in a panic, rushing over to his fallen body, "Are you okay!?"
He coughed and shook his head in response, quickly sitting up, nearly knocking the rabbit over, "Of course I am!" Silver said to her, getting up, "It's gonna take a lot more than some boring gun to stop GokaiSilver!" He yelled proudly, pounding his chest.
"Gokai Spear!" He yelled, pulling out a large, golden trident from out of nowhere, spinning it around, before rushing towards the scorpion, but instead of attacking Kolshizer, Silver simply pushed him out of the way, running towards Sambash.
"What the-?" Sambash yelled in surprise, before being jabbed in the gut with the trident, knocking him backwards.
"Zoorangers!" Gai turned back to the two animals, as Kolshizer got up, "I don't really wanna insult you, but Sambash might be too strong for you right now!"
"I feel like he just insulted us." Nick said, crossing his arms.
"He might be right, though, Long and Yogostein were obviously stronger than both of us." Judy rationalized, looking at the masked fox.
"Yeah," Nick said, "But the only thing Sammy over there has is a gun, not really that much of a threat."
"Hey, uh..." Kolshizer said, trying to get the attention of the two, only to be ignored.
"Well, the monster could get away while all three of us were fighting him," Judy replied back, "That would be a problem."
"HEY!" Kolshizer yelled again, "Big scorpion biker over here, looking for a fight!"
"Yeah give us a minute, bud," Nick said, not even looking at the scorpion, "Anyway-" He was interrupted by a gun shot hitting their feet.
"I'M NOT GONNA BE IGNORED ANYMORE!" Kolshizer yelled, rushing towards the two, who pulled out their weapons.
He slammed his claw into the ground, the two dodging out of the way from it, ZooBlue rolling out of the way, using her blasters to shoot the monster in the side. Kolshizer winced in the pain, as ZooRed pulled out his blade, slashing into the scorpion's side. He pulled out his gun, shooting the two rangers, causing them to flinch from the blast,but still standing firm.
"Hmm, maybe I do need some help." Kolshizer said to himself, pulling out a handful of golden coins in his normal hand, "YARTOTS!" He yelled, throwing the coins on the ground, causing them to spread out.
The coins glowed, and shifted into the shape of six of the pirate like monsters, each wielding a strange red and green cutlass, "Geddem!" The scorpion ordered, gesturing for the Yartots to attack them.
"Ugh, what are those things?" ZooRed asked, locking blades with one of them.
"I dunno, but they sure are, uh," ZooBlue jabbed one of them with her daggers, causing it to turn into a pile of orange dust, "Ugly is the politest way I can put it."
Meanwhile, GokaiSilver and Sambash were staring down each other, Sambash quickly pulling out his gun and firing at the Gokaiger, who knocked the blast away with his spear, and then rushed forward, slashing the biker monster multiple times, causing shocks of pain with each slash, and knocking Sambash backwards.
"Maybe you should get a melee weapon, dude." Gokai Silver suggested, "Normal guns really don't mean much to Sentai Rangers, have you ever tried a sword?"
"Swords are for losers!" Sambash yelled, firing five shots rapidly at the silver hero, who only managed to block a few of them, stumbling backwards, "I think I know how to deal with you!" Sambash announced, pulling out two hands overflowing with golden coins, throwing them up in the air.
The coins landed everywhere, and suddenly transformed into an army of Yartots, around fifty or so, who all started to swarm GokaiSilver, who tried to fend them all off the best he could, taking out a handful before being swarmed.
"GUYS!" He yelled, waving his hand above the crowd of pirates, attempting to get the attention of the Zoorangers, who were currently locked in combat with Kolshizer and his own Yartots, "LITTLE HELP HERE!"
Red turned to him, quickly getting a face-full of claw, Kolshizer punching him while he was distracted. He rubbed his face in pain, and then got up and sprinted over to his partner, locked in combat with a Yartot, "I think Silver needs our help, Blue!" He quickly drew his sword, defending himself from a sudden sword swipe from behind him.
"I can see that, Red!" She yelled, jabbing the Yartot with her daggers, causing it to disintegrate, "But we're kind of in our own mess here!"
"I got a plan!" He said, knocking the Yartot away, and pulling out one of the tags, causing Blue to realize the plan.
The two popped their respective tags into the Zoolizers, causing them to light up and emit the jungle noises.
"ROAR OF THE WILD!
ROAR OF THE ENGINE!
DO YOU HEAR IT?
USAGIDER!
KITSUNIDER!"
In a burst of light, the two drove through the few remaining Yartots on their motorcycles, destroying them, and then driving to the large group of pirates attacking Gokai Silver, driving around them in circles.
"PHASE TWO OF THE PLAN!" Red yelled over to Blue, pulling out the large fox-shaped gun, as well as the corresponding tag, which he placed into it, again, causing it to emit noises.
"BRING THE HEAT!
BURNING HEART!
BOOM BOOM!
VICKSCANNON!"
The cannon fired a large blast of fire, nearly knocking the bike over, destroying most of the Yartots on one side of Silver, nearly hitting the Gokaiger himself, but allowing him to defeat the few remaining, and escape.
"Thanks guys!" He thanked them, giving the two the thumbs up, before running off to fight Sambash, who had been watching the entire ordeal.
"Guess this is what I should have expected from a Sentai!" He yelled, frustrated, blasting GokaiSilver with his gun as he ran towards the biker, only for the hero to block it.
"Alright, Gun Boss!" Silver stopped in place, a few meters away from Sambash, "You want a gun fight? I can give you a gun fight!"
He flipped his trident around, sliding the handle part of it inward, and then folding two of the spear bits downward, "Gokai Spear, Gun Mode!" He announced, before blasting the biker with it, causing Sambash to flinch backwards.
Back with the Zoorangers, the two rode their bikes towards the scorpion biker creature, who attempted to shoot the bikes with his gun, only for all his shots to miss. Red pulled out his sword, slashing the monster with it as he drove past. Blue, however, skidded her bike to a halt, jumping off of it and pulling out her blaster's tag, forming the dual gun, which emitted more noise.
"CUTTING ON THROUGH!
SLICING THE SKY!
CHANBARA BAN!
RABBLASTERS!"
The blaster shot a sharp blaster of energy at Kolshizer, going directly through his stomach, causing him to kneel down in pain.
Sambash saw this as him and GokaiSilver continued their erratic duel, him ducking behind a piece of rubble to collect his thought, "Shit, looks like we're in trouble..." He said to himself, "Need to get outta here, but..." He looked up, seeing the perfect opportunity for an escape.
A bridge, not that far away, directly going over a small river, "Heh, perfect." The Gun Boss said to himself, as he fired a blast at it, creating a large hole directly over the river.
All three of them turned to the bridge, seeing a car hanging loosely from the ledge, Silver turned as Sambash got up from his shield, "You!" He yelled, furious at the monster's act.
"You better go save those innocent, soon to be dead animals, huh?" He mocked, pulling out a black coin, throwing it to the ground. It quickly morphed into a classic American motorcycle, a chopper, "We're getting out of here!"
He got on the bike, and it began floating, then dashed towards the damaged scorpion, who used his remaining strength to leap onto the back of it, with barely any room on the bike, "SEE YOU LOSERS LATER!" Kolshizer yelled down to the three heroes, who had gathered to see them fly off.
Red stamped his foot down, looking up at the sky, and then to the bridge, "What are we supposed to do!?" He asked, frustrated.
"We save those people." Blue confidently announced.
"Alright, I knew you two were heroes!" Silver excitedly said, "I got a plan." He shifted the gun back into a trident, and then ran towards the bridge, the two Zoorangers following behind him.
"Alright, so," He started, standing directly in front of the bridge, which was easily too high for any of them to reach, by around fifty feet, "You guys are pretty small and light, right?"
"I dunno, you should see Blue here at the Christmas party," He joked, causing Blue to give him a quick, angry glance, "I dunno how she packs it all in!"
"Now's not the time for jokes!" She yelled angrily, and a bit embarrassed.
"That's not what I meant!" GokaiSilver said, "I mean, I'm going to launch you up to the bridge, it'll be faster!"
"That sounds remarkably stupid and dangerous," Nick announced, doubtful at the plan, "But we don't exactly have much of a choice right now."
Silver held the trident forward, preparing it for the plan, "Just jump on!" he told them.
Blue hopped on first, causing the trident to bend downwards a bit, before Silver flung it upwards, launching the rabbit upwards, high enough to reach the top of the bridge.
Then it was Red's turn, he caused it to bend down even more, and he he was launched, the fox barely managed to make it, having to grasp onto the edge and climb up.
The two looked down at the silver figure standing far below them, "WHAT ABOUT YOU?" Blue yelled down to him, "HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET UP?"
"I DON'T NEED TO!" Silver yelled back up, "YOU GUYS CAN DO IT ON YOUR OWN, I KNOW YOU CAN!" He gave the thumbs up, but wasn't entirely sure they saw it.
"You heard the... thing." Red said, turning to his partner, "Let's save some lives!"
The two hopped down from the wall, onto the main part of the bridge, directly next to the hole Sambash had created, car still hanging precariously from it. It was a fairly normal looking car, black, but in it was a leopard family, a father, a mother, and two kids, all of them crowded into the back, attempting to balance the car backwards.
One of the kids, about seven years old by the looks of it, saw the two Zoorangers standing behind the car, and while they couldn't hear him say anything, they could tell the kid was telling his family about them, as they all turned to look at them.
"Don't worry!" Blue yelled to them, "We'll get you out safely!" She wasn't entirely sure they could hear her.
"Okay," Red began to ask, "How are we going to do that?"
He was right, they didn't exactly have any way to move this car back onto the road, at least, not with anything they currently had available.
"Uh, well, we need a rope." Blue said, hastily trying to come up with a plan.
"We don't HAVE a rope, Blue." Nick said, indignantly.
She was feeling incredible stressed at the situation, as she desperately searched her mind for an idea, which suddenly hit her, "Red!" She yelled, "Can I see your sword for a minute?"
"Sure." He said, pulling the sword out and handing it to her, "Don't really see how that will help."
She gripped the handle, and then gripped the, surprisingly dull feeling, blade, and pulled them apart, revealing that the blade was held in place by a tight wire inside the hilt.
"I knew it!" She announced.
"Whoa, my sword can do that?" Red asked, surprised at the discovery.
"Remember when you did that super cool, flame sword attack on the weasel guy back when we first became Zoorangers?" She asked hastily, running up to the car, and jabbing the sword into it's rear.
"Yeah, what's your point?" Nick asked, a bit confused at what she was getting at.
"Well," She began explaining, "When you did that, the wire connected to the sword actually stretched out because of the wire, that's how you hit it from so far away!" She pulled the hilt towards the fox, and handed it to him.
"Wait, you thought of that, that quickly?" He asked, surprised at this strange coincidence, and she simply nodded in response.
"You think you get the rest of the plan, Slick?" She asked.
The fox looked at the car, and at the hilt, then back to the rabbit, and despite the mask on his face, she could tell he was smiling.
"'Course I do, Blue." He pulled out the motorcycle tag, and slipped it in, summoning the bike, which he hopped on, still holding the sword's hilt.
He zoomed off on the bike, it coming to a stop after a few meters, as the cycle struggled to bring the car up.
"C'mon..." The fox said to himself, looking back at the car as the bike's tires let out an awful screech.
Eventually, the car moved, he was actually managing to pull it up! In a few minutes the car was entirely back on the bridge. The family quickly got out of the car, and walked up to the two heroes.
"Thank you for saving us, Zoo Rangers!" The younger of the kids said cheerily to them.
"No, uh," Red replied, his heart racing, "No problem!"
"Please, is there anything we can do to thank you?" The father leopard asked.
"All you need to thank us," Blue stated, "Is go home, and stay safe. It's dangerous out right now."
The father nodded, and gathered the rest of the family into the car, which was miraculously still working, and drove off, around the hole.
"That was amazing!" A familiar voice said from behind them, the two looking to see GokaiSilver, "You guys are really real Sentai heroes now!"
The two looked around, making sure no one was around, and untransformed, exhausted from the fight.
"We..." Judy tried to say, catching her breath, "We need to find Sambash, before he does anything else."
"Hold it, Fluff." Nick said, grabbing her shoulder, "We don't know where he went, and I, personally, have some questions for you, Mister." He pointed to Silver, who looked a bit confused, "So, I say we go back and rest for a bit."
"Good idea, Nick." Judy said, her heart still racing, "Let's head home."
"Ooh, do you guys have a secret base?" GokaiSilver asked, as they began to walk home.
Sambash tromped into the main hall of the base, his head hanging low. Yogostein and Yabaiba were sitting around the table, looking towards him when he entered with Kolshizer.
"So, guessing it didn't go well, huh?" Yabaiba jested to the biker, who walked overly in a silent rage.
"GOD DAMN IT!" Sambash yelled, kicking a chair over.
"Whoa, sounds like it went REALLY bad." Yabaiba responded, looking over to Yogostein.
"There's a THIRD ONE now!" Sambash yelled, kicking the chair again.
"What do you mean, Sambash?" Yogostein asked, calmly.
"He means," Kolshizer answered, sitting down at a chair, as his boss continued to kick another one in frustration, "There's a third Ranger, when there were only supposed to be two!"
"What!?" The robot and the clown yelled in unison.
"So," Yabaiba started, crossing his arms and leaning back into his chair, "You snuck out against the boss' orders, got your ass kicked, and have to tell him there's a third one now?" He said to the angry biker, "Man, you're gonna get unexisted for sure!"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Sambash yelled, pulling his gun out and firing it at the clown, but it only managing to hit the table, the explosion causing Yabaiba to fall over in his chair.
Suddenly, a pulse shook the room, only startling the three villains, but causing Kolshizer to fall out of his seat in surprise.
"QUIET" The Omnipotence boomed.
"Boss," Sambash nervously tried to explain to the powerful being, "It was just taking too long for you to finish, and I was-" He was interrupted by yet another pulse.
"I SAID" The omnipotence reiterated, his voice growing louder, "QUIET"
Sambash understood, and shut his mouth.
"PHASE TWO HAS BEEN COMPLETED" It began, it's voice lowering, "AND YOU, SAMBASH, HAVE PROVIDED ME AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO TEST IT"
"What!?" Sambash said, surprised, "Seriously?"
He felt something appearing in his hand, which he opened to look at. A small metal object, red in color, with an odd shape. It had two horns coming out of the top, with a smaller one in the middle, and two ones coming out of the middle, larger than the ones on the top, going upwards alongside the other three, and finally, a second small jagged bit coming out of the bottom.
"What's this?" Sambash asked his boss.
"PETRIFIED CHAOS" It explained, "A SOLID VERSION OF THE CHAOS ENERGY YOUR MONSTER HAS GATHERED, USING IT ON YOUR MONSTER WILL GRANT IT EVEN MORE POWER"
Sambash turned to look at Kolshizer, who was just getting up, "Whoa, seriously?" The scorpion asked, "I wanna try it!"
"FEEL FREE TO USE IT ON YOUR MONSTER, SAMBASH" The omnipotence announced, "IT APPEARS IT NEEDS IT"
"Heh, sure thing, boss." The biker said, walking over to the scorpion monster, quickly jabbing it into Kolshizer's chest.
The thing disappeared into the monster, who began to glow an eerie red color, "I feel weird..." He nervously said, clutching his chest with his non-claw hand.
Quickly, a large scar appeared on his chest carapace, in the shape of the Petrified Chaos Badge, as Kolshizer began screaming in horrible pain, the three villains watching in awe as the scorpion began to change.
His neck elongated, and his shade-like visor grew off of his face, gaining more sunglasses like points, turning completely red in color, and his hair-like protrusion growing slightly longer. He also bulked up a lot, but a strange growth began to appear from his back, which burst open to reveal a large, scorpion-like tail, with a large stinger at the end. Finally, his normal hand began crusting over, turning into a second large claw.
"THIS FEELS AMAZING!" The monster announced, amazed by his new power, "I feel like a million Zagin!"
"Remarkable..." Yogostein stated, walking over to examine the powered-up monster, "A bodily transformation, to adapt to the increase in power!"
"INTRODUCING" The Omnipotence began, "CHAOS MODE, THE ULTIMATE FORM OF YOUR MONSTERS"
Sambash walked up to the newly improved chaos scorpion, and hit him in the shoulder, "Alright, Chaos bro," He began, "Let's go see what you've got!"
The two exited, ready for another round of chaos.
The three had made it back to the apartment, managing to sneak Silver into the room, which was nearly too small for him. He had to duck down a bit in order to actually fit, without his head hitting the ceiling .
"When you guys said home..." Silver began, before bumping his head on the roof, "I was expecting something a lot more impressive!"
"Yeah, we'd totally have a secret base living on an average salary." Nick replied sarcastically, taking a seat at the kitchen table.
"Please, Gai," Judy said politely, "Take a seat. You don't want to keep bumping your head, right?"
"Thank you, Judy!" He said, shuffling over the comparatively small couch, and sitting down on it, his body nearly taking up the entire thing.
"So, uh," Nick began, a bit awkwardly, "I generally don't like bringing up the 'elephant in the room', but Gai..." He turned to the silver creature sitting on his couch, who in turn looked at the fox, "What exactly... ARE you?"
"Alright, I knew this was gonna be brought up," Silver said, preparing, "Do you two know what a... a primate is?"
"Primates went extinct thirty five million years ago." Judy answered, "Every animal knows that."
"Well, in MY universe, primates DIDN'T go extinct!" He continued, "We evolved into humans, and became the dominant species of Earth."
"Dominants species?" Nick asked, a bit confused, "What about all the other animals?"
"Well, uh," GokaiSilver paused, rubbing his neck as he tried to think of a simple way to explain it, "Basically, um, no other animals evolved to become sentient."
"What?" Judy said, a bit disgusted at the thought, "So, there's no other animals to talk to besides... whatever you look like under there? That sounds awful."
"Actually, it's basically the same as this place, only a bit less... diverse?" He tried to think of a better way to explain it, but really couldn't.
"Second question," Nick began, raising up two of his fingers, "Why don't you take off your super suit?"
"That's a lot less awkward to explain!" GokaiSilver said in relief, "Basically, I don't even know if I can survive in this universe's atmosphere. If I untransformed, I could die." He started circling his face with his finger, "Also, my face could probably cause mass panic if I walked around."
"I guess that makes sense, in a weird, Star Trek kind of way." Nick admitted to himself.
"Hey! Can I ask you guys some questions now?" Silver asked enthusiastically.
"Uh, I guess?" Judy said, looking to the fox, who nodded.
"Alright!" He excitedly yelled, "Alright, so did only mammals evolve in this universe, or did, like other things like bugs and reptiles evolve too?"
"Bugs didn't evolve, I can tell you that." Nick answered, "They basically make up the fast food industry."
"Cool!" Silver announced, "In my world we use... uh..." He realized how uncomfortable the conversation would get if he explained what a hamburger was, "Nevermind, It's not important!"
"Alright, so," GokaiSilver continued, "What do you guys call your weapons?"
"Uh," Judy thought to herself, "We've just been calling them guns and swords."
"Yeah, do they need names?" Nick questioned.
"Of course they need names!" Silver stood up quickly, hitting his head on the roof, grunting in pain, then leaning back down as he shuffled to them, "How can your weapons not have names?"
"Well," Judy said, "The Zoolizers yell stuff out whenever we put these tags into them." She held up one of the tags, which Silver grabbed to look at.
"Wow! I know what we can call these!" He announced, staring at the blue tag.
"What is it?" Judy asked.
"ZooTags!"
"Oh." The both said, in relative disappointment. It was better than nothing, though.
"Yeah, I heard your Zoolizers make the noises too, they sounded familiar..." he thought for a second, before continuing, "But yeah, they DEFINITELY yelled out names for you bikes and guns!"
"Really?" Nick said, a bit surprised, "I couldn't understand a thing they said."
"Yeah, it really just sounded like gibberish." Judy agreed.
"No, it was definitely in English!" He paused, realizing something was off with that statement, "It was understandable, at least!"
"Well, if you can understand it," Nick started, a bit smugly, "Then what did they say?"
"Well, it called your bikes the Usagider and the Kitsunider!" He told them.
"That still sounds like gibberish." Judy admitted, shaking her head.
"It makes sense where I come from, alright?" He attempted to explain, before continuing, "Anyway, the guns are called the Rabblaster and the Vickscannon!"
"Okay," Nick admitted, "Rabblaster makes sense, but 'Vickscannon'?"
"Yeah, he's not a female fox." Judy said.
"It's just a pun, alright?" GokaiSilver explained, a bit frustrated, "You don't need to be getting mad at puns!"
"So, what do you think the sword and daggers are called?" Judy asked the silver human.
"I dunno," Silver said, doing his best to shrug, "Why don't you two come up with the names?"
Nick leaned back in his chair, thinking, "How about.." He leapt out of his chair, and began swinging an invisible sword, "Foxfire Blade!"
"That's good! How bout you, Judy?" Silver asked.
Judy placed her paw on her chin, taking a second to think, "What about the Crescent Cutters?"
"More like Carrot Cutters." Nick joked, nudging her in the shoulder. She returned this with a firm slap to the back, "Ouch! Sorry." He apologized.
Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. The two mammals look at each other, still wearing their sleepwear, and then looked at the strange creature that was in their home.
Judy ran to the door, and peaked through the peephole to see a familliar fox. It was Kyle.
"You can come in, in a second!" She yelled, rushing over to Gai, 'Alright, you need to hide somewhere." She whispered to him, the silver hero nodding in response, "Nick, get some clothes." She ordered the fox, who also nodded.
She lead the Human over to the storage closet, which, when opened, revealed it was definitely too small to fit him, "This might be a problem." She sighed, leading Silver over to her room, "You just stay in there for, like, ten minutes, alright?" She explained, "And don't make any noise. Or touch anything." The Gokaiger nodded in response, as he awkwardly fit through the door.
"Alright, I got the clothes." Nick said, rushing up to the rabbit with an armful of folded laundry.
The two quickly took turns changing in the bathroom, and soon were fully dressed in their casual outfits.
Judy opened the door, letting the yellow fox in, who bowed, thanking her.
"I'm sorry for interrupting anything," Kyle apologized, "But I wanted to check if you two were okay, today's been crazy, huh?"
"Yeah," Judy began, a bit awkwardly, "Definitely... strange." She turned around, beginning to invite Kyle in.
"Time Stall Ninjitsu." The fox whispered to himself, eyes glowing yellow, performing a quick series of hand motions. The entire room froze in place, gaining a sickly purple aura.
"Spirit Walk Ninjitsu." He again whispered, performing a different series of hand motions. This time, a large, black energy spirit appeared from the fox's body, and began to move towards the bedroom door, which it phased through.
The spirit looked towards the silver ranger, sitting on a fairly small bed, for his size at least. "Interesting..." The spirit whispered, before performing another series of hand gestures, "Mind's Eye Copy Ninjitsu."
In a flash, the spirit found itself back in the fox's body, holding a photo in his hand that wasn't there before, which he quickly stuffed into his pants pocket.
"Anyway, do you want to come in?" Judy finished, unaware of what had just happened.
"No thanks," Kyle began, "I just wanted to see if you two were okay. I have somewhere I need to be, anyway."
A loud beeping noise started resounding throughout the apartment, as well as a red and blue light flashing from the two mammal's wrist devices.
"Oh, your alarms are going off, I guess you have somewhere to go too?" Kyle nervously chuckled, "Don't want to keep you two, I'll go now." He finished, and shut the door, he could still hear the beeping on the other side.
The two quickly went into a panic, trying to get the Zoolizers to quiet down, "What's it doing, Carrots!?" Nick yelled at the rabbit, who shook her head in response, also trying to get it to be silent.
Suddenly, GokaiSilver burst through the bedroom door, "I know what that means!" He yelled, "There's a monster attacking! We have to go stop it!"
"It wasn't doing this before!" Judy yelled, confused at why it had just started. Would've been useful a week ago.
"Maybe when that AkaRed guy christened us, he also gave us this alarm?" Nick tried to rationalize.
"Either way, we have a city to save!" Silver yelled, excitedly, "LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!"
He burst through the apartment door, and ran down the hallway, the two mammals attempting to stay close behind.
"You ready for round two, Kolshizer?" Sambash asked, turning to the newly powered up scorpion monster.
"Sure am, Boss!" He answered, doing some shadow boxing with his new claw hands, "Let's see what this new bod can do!"
He stepped forward, aiming his sights on a nearby building, his stinger rearing up as he readied. The stinger quickly fired out several blasts of energy in rapid succession, disintegrating parts of the building, causing it to collapse.
Sambash clapped in approval, "Man, that was great!" He complimented.
"Aw shucks, Boss!" Kolshizer said, flattered, rubbing his neck with his claw.
"I'm gonna head back to base, if those Zooranger guys show up," He slammed his fist against his palm, "Crush them. See ya!"
He got onto the bike, and flew off, leaving the scorpion alone to ravage the city himself, "Guess I should get started!" He said to himself.
"Not before we stop you!" A familiar male voice said from behind him, causing the scorpion to turn around.
The three rangers from before were standing there, the voice from before coming from the red, fox one.
"Well, you haven't started," He corrected, "But we're still gonna stop you!"
"Wait," GokaiSilver announced, stepping forward, examining the monster, "That doesn't look like Kolshizer."
The two examined the monster themselves. It was similar, but very different, "Huh, guess it isn't the same guy." Judy guessed.
"Wrong!" The scorpion monster yelled, "I'm the new and improved Kolshizer, baby!" He stroked his hair, and continued, "I'm not that wimpy Kolshizer no more, I'm CHAOS KOLSHIZER!"
Quickly, the scorpion reared his tail, and fired several energy blasts at the three rangers, causing them to fly backwards, hitting the ground
"He got an upgrade!?" Red said in disbelief, trying to get up, "Seriously?"
"Look like it." Blue replied, also trying to get up.
GokaiSilver got up much easier, "I've fought way more powerful guys than you!" He yelled, pulling out his Gokai Spear, "Lets do this!" He rushed towards the chaos monster.
"Not so fast, you silver sucker!" Kolshizer yelled as Gai ran towards him. He quickly punched forward, launching one of his claws, attached to his arm by a chain, towards the ranger, which hit him directly on the chest, launching GokaiSilver backwards.
He landed near the two other rangers, who had just gotten up, with a thud, "Ugh, maybe this won't be that easy..." Silver mumbled to himself, the monster beginning to walk towards them.
"Let's get him, Blue!" ZooRed yelled, pulling out the Foxfire Blade.
"Got it!" ZooBlue replied back, twirling her Crescent Cutters.
Red rushed towards the monster, slashing him a few times, and then cutting directly through him. Blue followed up next, stabbing the monster in the stomach a few times, and then leaping up and slashing his face, before launching off by kicking him.
"Hm." Kolshizer grunted, tapping his stomach, "I feel like that should have hurt."
"Oh COME ON!" Red yelled, completely baffled they hadn't managed to do anything to him.
"Let's pull out the big guns!" Blue yelled, "RABBLASTERS!" She pulled out her twin blasters spinning them around.
"VICKSCANNON!" Red yelled pulling the large cannon out.
The two aimed their blasters, and fired rapidly at both sides of the monster, causing a cloud of sparks to surround them.
"That all you got?" Kolshizer mocked, clearing away the cloud of dust, "That barely even stung!"
"Alright, wise guy..." Red said, frustrated at the creature, who turned around to look at the fox, "Why don't you try some of THIS?" He pulled out the Vickscannon's ZooTag, and stuck it in, causing the cannon to shoot a massive burst of fire at the monster, actually managing to make the scorpion stumble back in pain.
Before he could say anything, he heard noises from the other side of him, and soon found himself being pierced by the Rabblaster's laser blade blast, slicing directly through him.
"Hrk!" Kolshizer grunted, maybe he shouldn't have gotten so cocky.
"Alright, you punks!" He yelled, aggitated at the two animals rangers, "I've got more tricks up my chitinous sleeves!"
With a clang, both of the monster's claws fell to the ground, golden chains connecting both of them. He quickly began lashing them around, incredibly skillfully, as the claws cut right through buildings, trees, and other objects they probably shouldn't be able to.
The two Zoorangers managed to dodge each swing just as skillfully though, jumping, ducking, and sliding under them.
After a few seconds of relentless thrashing, the claws retracted, and the two Zoorangers were standing next to each other. Kolshizer quickly turned to them, firing several blasts from his stinger, which the two jumped out of the way of just in time.
He suddenly felt several sharp pains in his back, it felt like multiple gunshots.
Turning around, he saw the silver one, holding what looked like the spear from earlier folded up into a gun.
"Shouldn't have counted me out so early, lobster face!" He yelled, pulling out a small, silver key, "I'm gonna finish this before it even starts!"
He popped the key into a hole on the spear, causing a familiar voice to shout out.
"FIIIIIINAL WAAAAVE!"
Silver leaped into the air, holding the spear, and rearing it back in a very awkward, but powerful looking, pose.
"GOKAI SHOOTING STAR!" He yelled, throwing the spear directly at the monster, causing it to travel at blistering speeds through it's chest.
A massive explosion enveloped the scorpion monster, covering it in flames.
"YES!" Silver yelled enthusiastically, "The silver spotlight's on me once again!" he turned to see the two mammals, staring at him in awe, "Oh, sorry, did I steal the attention from you two?"
"No, it's just..." Blue began.
"It was very, very impressive." Red finished for her.
"NOT IMPRESSIVE ENOUGH!"
Suddenly, two claws flung through the flames, hitting Silver directly on the chest, knocking him away again.
Kolshizer stepped out of the fire, his claws retracting into his arm stumps, and began laughing.
"What!?" Silver screamed in disbelief, "No monster has ever survived the Gokai Shooting Star!"
"Guess you're lookin' at the first!" Kolshizer mocked, shooting energy blasts from his tail.
Each blast hit the three, knocking them down "What are we supposed to do!?" Silver grunted, pounding the ground with his fist.
"Well," Blue started, "From what I've learned, getting rid of a monster's powers is a good place to start!"
Red nodded in response, "His tail's the most dangerous part right now, "He started explaining, "We need to get rid of it."
She examined the monster, who was just sort of idly waiting around, stroking his hair in an overly confident manner.
"Okay, I have a plan." She stated.
"Already?" Silver asked in disbelief.
She quickly glanced at Red, and made a few quick hand gestures, the fox nodding in approval.
"Alright, Silver!" Blue yelled, placing her feet firmly on the ground, "Let's get him!"
She pulled out her daggers, and ran towards the monster.
"What!? That's not really a plan!" Silver said, confused at the rabbit, before rushing in himself.
"Hah!" The scorpion yelled, rushing forward himself, "You two don't stand a chance!"
Soon, the three were fighting, Kolshizer swiping at the two with all three of his claws, Silver blocking them as they struck. Blue herself had to perform some impressive feats of agility in order to not get hit herself. She looked back, the fox was gone, everything was going to plan.
Soon enough, the scorpion knocked the two backwards, causing them to stumble on their feet. He prepared to blast them with his stinger, but a sudden sharp pain from behind stopped him.
Kolshizer looked behind him, seeing his tail on the ground, smoking, "MY TAIL!" He yelled in rage, seeing the red fox join up with the other two, "I WAS JUST GETTING USED TO IT!"
"I love it when a plan comes together!" Blue said proudly, twirling her knives.
"To be honest, Blue," Red admitted, "I didn't actually get what you told me, I just kinda guessed."
She glanced at him, the fox returning a shrug in response, before she looked away and shook her head, "Dumb fox." She said with a smile from behind the mask.
"Sly bunny." He replied.
"VERY ANGRY SCORPION!" Kolshizer yelled, interrupting their moment.
He pulled out a claw-full of golden coins, and threw them into the air, causing several Yartots to land on the ground.
"You bozos deal with them for a bit!" The scorpion yelled, still in pain.
The crew of pirates rushed towards them, erratically swinging their strange cutlasses. The three moved in, striking the Yartots down with ease, considering how unarmored the foot-soldiers actually were.
"These guys are less threatening than those zombie guys." Red admitted, cutting down the last of the Yartots.
"You have to have something better, right?" Blue asked the scorpion, "That was barely anything!"
"You're right, I DO have something better! YARTOTS!" He yelled, "BRING THE CANNON!"
"The what?" Red asked, confused.
From behind the scorpion, three Yartots had arrived, hauling in an old antique pirate ship cannon. Quickly, two of the pirates grabbed the thrid one, and stuffed him into the cannon, feet first.
Kolshizer walked up to the cannon, and grabbed the rope at the end, "YARTOT LAUNCHER, FIRE!" He yelled, tugging the string.
The cannon let out a loud noise, as the Yartot flew directly towards the three at an amazing speed, managing to slice through all of them with his cutlass.
"Ugh!" Red grunted, falling into a kneeling position, "What a stupid attack!"
He looked back, seeing another Yartot stuffed into the cannon, "FIRING ROUND TWO!" The scorpion yelled, tugging the string, which launched the Yartot towards them with a boom.
"Not so fast!" Silver yelled, getting to his feet quickly. He pulled out the Gokai Spear, and slashed right through the oncoming Yartot, causing it to disintegrate.
"Shit!" Kolshizer yelled, looking at the final Yartot, which he promptly grabbed and stuffed into the cannon himself.
"FIRING FINAL ROUND!" He tried to yell, only to be interrupted.
"Face my cannon, you bug!" Red pulled out the Vickscannon, and fired a blast directly at the cannon, causing it to explode, knocking the scorpion off his feet.
"I say it's time we finished this!" Blue yelled, pulling out her weapons, Red nodding in return and pulling out his.
They quickly formed them into the large combined form from the week before, the sight of which caused GokaiSilver to cry out, "WOW! You guys have a team bazooka!?" He asked enthusiastically.
"Uh, yeah, I guess that's what this is." Red said, struggling to lift the heavy weapon.
"What's it called? Wait, don't tell me..." Silver thought for a second, "It's called the Zookaizer, isn't it?" He guessed.
Blue helped her fox partner lift the gun, and then turned to the silver weirdo, "Yep, that's definitely what it's called!" She lied.
"Can you guys stop yapping and shoot me already!?" Kolshizer yelled from afar.
"Give us a second!" Silver said to him, not even turning around, "Some people are so rude these days!" He said, "So what's the special attack called? Is it the Animal Kingdom Blast?"
"Yes that's exactly what it's called now GET BEHIND US!" Red yelled, getting a bit annoyed at their current partner's... enthusiasm.
He understood, and got out of the way as they pulled the trigger.
"ANIMAL KINGDOM BLAST!" He yelled, pumping his fist as the beam fired towards the scorpion.
The beam shot directly through Kolshizer, causing him to scream in pain, but not explode, "Hng! I may be down..." He started, trying to stand up straight, "But I'm not out yet!"
"He survived two different finishers!?" Silver said, baffled, "How are we supposed to take him out!?"
A silver glow began emanating from him, as he pulled out the Gokai Spear, which sparkled with a new power.
"Wait a second..." Silver said to himself as he walked over to the front of the Zookaizer, knocking the Foxfire Blade off of it with his fist.
"Hey!" Red yelled, "What are you doing!?"
"Hold on, I have an idea!" Silver announced, as he folded up the spear into Gun Mode, and then placed it on the bottom of the Zookaizer, where the tip folded up into Spear Mode.
"Alright, let's fire this one together!" He yelled, running to the other side, where he knelt down and helped hold up the gun.
"Uh, alright." Red said a bit nervously, pulling the trigger.
"ANIMAL KINGDOM BLAST, EXCITING EDITION!" GokaiSilver yelled.
Instead of a normal beam, however, the spear launched forward, stabbing itself directly through the scorpion, where it latched onto his back.
"What the!?" Kolshizer yelled in surprise, as he felt himself slowly being dragged towards the Zookaizer.
he found himself lodged between the spear and the cannon, which had to be tilted upwards in order to keep the scorpion standing. As Kolshizer struggled to escape, a massive, silver beam fired from the cannon, strong enough to force the scorpion off of his impalement, and into the air, where he landed with an explosion.
"We did it!" Blue yelled, pumping her fist, "Thanks, GokaiSilver!"
"No problem, it's what any ranger would have..." Before he could finish, he turned to the fire created by the explosion, which cleared to reveal Kolshizer's lifeless body laying on the ground.
His chest started to bubble, and eventually burst open, launching a very terrified sheep onto the street, who bleated in terror has he ran away.
The bubbling didn't stop, though, as it quickly melted into a puddle of green goo, with only a small, insect shaped token, and a strange, red badge floating in it.
The two Zoorangers sighed in relief, he was finally beaten.
However, GokaiSilver gained a sudden air of seriousness to him, as he turned around to them.
"I don't think we're done yet."
"Well, that was a bust!" Sambash yelled, having watched the entire fight on the table screen, Yogostein and Yabaiba joining him as well.
"It appears the increase in power STILL wasn't enough to defeat them!" Yogostein lamented.
"Yeah, and he got his ass kicked too!" Yabaiba joined in.
"DO NOT WORRY" The Omnipotence chimed, "THERE IS STILL ONE MORE PHASE TO GO"
"What?" Sambash wondered, looking at the screen.
The red badge, the petrified chaos, began to rise into the air, the three rangers looking at it in surprise.
"What's going on?" Blue asked her partner, who just shrugged.
"It can't be!" Silver yelled, as the red object flew into the horizon.
"It can't be." Yogostein said, watching from his chair in the base.
In a burst of red energy, Chaos Kolshizer's visage appeared on the horizon, easily one hundred times bigger than before. The Zoorangers could tell he was actually miles away, directly outside the city.
"What the!?" Red yelled, "Now we have to fight a giant monster!?"
Silver turned to them, "You guys don't have any giant robots, do you?" He asked, the two shaking their heads in response.
"Great, and I don't think I can summon GouZyuJin either!" He exclaimed, rubbing his head, "AkaRed should have prepared for this..."
"Wait!" Blue yelled, as she reached behind her, "What if..." She pulled out the box AkaRed had given them hours before, which began to glow red and blue, and opened up.
Inside were two ZooTags, again, red and blue each, but this time with stylized pictures of a fox and a rabbit on them. They each grabbed their respective tag.
"AkaRed said only to use these in desperate times," She explained, looking the giant monster approaching the city, "And I think these times are desparate enough!"
They plugged the tags into the Zoolizers at the same time, once again causing lights to shine and noises to be made.
"DEFENDERS OF NATURE
ARE YOU SURE?
LOOK UP AND COMBINE!
ZOOSAGI!
ZOOKITSUNE!"
The to looked up from a bright flash, seeing two absolutely massive things standing in front of them. One looked like a large, red, mechanical fox, while the other looked like a blue, mechanical rabbit.
"Introducing your new partners!" Silver exclaimed, turning around and splaying his arms, "ZooSagi and ZooKitsune!"
The two looked up in awe at the massive robots, who in turned looked at them with large, glowing eyes.
"Hi there." Nick said nervously.
Back at the villain base, the three villains were admiring the giant monster that had just been created, ignoring the Zooranger's new discovery.
"Amazing!" Yogostein excitedly said, "You managed to make a monster grow without Suprisium!"
"Without Barban-X?" Sambash exclaimed.
"Without Org Seeds!" Yabaiba joyfully said, "Those things tasted awful!"
"WHEN A MONSTER REACHES ITS LIMIT, THE PETRIFIED CHAOS USED TO ENHANCE IT WILL REINVIGORATE IT AT ONE HUNDRED TIMES THE SIZE" The Omnipotence explained.
"Heh!" Sambash laughed, looking at his monster. "The city doesn't have a chance now!"
The four villains laughed, they were victorious.
Kolshizer reared up, preparing his now regrown tail, and shooting blasts at several buildings that were, to his size, only a few meters away. The buildings were nearly eradicated by the strength of the projectiles.
"Oh god!" Blue yelled, seeing the destruction, then turning to Silver, "What are we supposed to do with these!?" She gestured to the big robot animals.
"You gotta ride them!" He explained, "Let me show you!" He gripped Blue by the arm, and leaped up, them finding themselves in a control room.
The room was colored blue, or at least glowed blue, and Blue found herself sitting at a strange control mechanism, shaped like the Zoolizer , but with the ear sections much longer. She felt a pat on the shoulder, and turned to see Silver.
"You just need to wiggle those control sticks, and you'll be good to go!" He said.
So she did, a bit confusedly, but she soon found the giant rabbit leaping to the top of a building, the thing feeling much lighter than it appeared to be, as it didn't crush the building just by landing on it.
It leaped from building to building, as the bunny inside attempted to figure just what exactly she was doing. It kept jumping, until it reached the monster on the outskirts of the city, a large grassy field to be exact. The robot leaped into Kolshizer's face, kicking the scorpion with its large mechanical legs, knocking the monster down.
"What!?" Sambash yelled, seeing the action happen on the table screen, "Is that a Starbeast!?"
"Looks like they've managed to get their hands on a big ol' robot!" Yabaiba exclaimed, reclining back into his chair, "You're in troooouble!"
"PEH!" Sambash dismissed, "It's only gonna be a minor obstacle for my bud down there!"
Back in the city, Red was watching the fight, alongside his giant fox robot. He turned it, gazing into it's piercing red eyes.
"Guess we should probably get in there too, huh?" He said to it, "Just wish I knew how to get in you."
He thought about what Silver had done, he had just leaped up into the robot with Blue, and was suddenly in it. It couldn't be that simple, right?
"Guess I should give it a shot!" He said nervously, preparing himself.
With all his strength, he leaped up into the air, which ended up being far higher than he had expected, the fox frantically flailing his arms and legs in fear.
He closed his eyes, and felt himself land. Opening them, he found himself in a type of cockpit, the room glowing red. In front of him was a large... screen of some sort? Whatever it was, it displayed what was directly outside of the fox robot.
"Guess it was that simple!" He said to himself, laughing.
He gripped onto the controls, two small, pointed nubs, and began wiggling them. The fox robot started to move, running down the street towards the monster in the distance.
The fox was really, really not sure what he was doing, but it seemed to be working!
The mech rushed towards the monster, leaping into the air, and slashing the scorpion with it's blade like tail.
"Hnng!" Kolshizer grunted. "I'm not losing to a bunch of animals again!" He yelled, his voice deeper than before.
"Well guess what!?" Blue yelled at the scorpion. "You're gonna!"
The rabbit robot jumped up into the air again, this time slamming the scorpion with the full force of its body, knocking Kolshizer onto it's back.
"Woohoo!" Silver yelled, patting Blue on the shoulder. "You're a natural, Jude!" He complimented.
"Th-thanks!" She stuttered, feeling flattered, but not entirely sure about what. The robot felt like it was moving by itself more than she was controlling it.
The fox robot quickly ran up to the downed beast, and began scratching it with its claws, claerly causing the monster pain.
"ENOUGH!" Kolshizer yelled, knocking the fox robot backwards, before standing up. "I'm not gonna lose for a fourth time!"
"I say we finish this!" Silver yelled.
"Already!?" Blue questioned. "We haven't managed to pinpoint any weaknesses yet, or-"
She was cut off by another pat to the shoulder. "Trust me, I know what I'm doing!" Silver said.
She shrugged, and went along with it, wiggling the ear-sticks.
"You ready, partner?" She asked the pilot of the fox mech.
"Sure am!" He replied, not actually sure what he was supposed to be ready for.
However, with a bit of wiggling, the fox mech had leaped up into the air, and began spinning around in place. Shartly after, the rabbit mech had laped up even higher, and did a diving kick towards the spinning fox.
"FOX BALL CUTTER!"GokaiSilver yelled, causing the rabbit ranger to wince from how loud he was.
The kick launched the titular "fox ball" at the scorpion monster, it gaining more speed as it drew closer, quickly setting on fire. It cut directly through Kolshizer, the fox quickly gaining it's equilibrium back as it skid across the ground.
Kolshizer crackled with red energy. "At least I can say..." He stroked his hair, beginning to look uneasy, "I got beaten by two animals this time."
He fell over, and instantly burst into a giant explosion, which quickly dissipated.
Blue watched from her robot in awe at what they had just done. "Wasn't that amazing, Nick!?" She asked, only to get no response. "Nick?"
The fox uneasily climbed up to the control panel, looking like he was going to throw up. "Let's never do that again, alright?" He said, nautiously.
Blue and Silver quietly chuckled at the fox.
The villains, however, were not doing so well.
Sambash clutched his fists, and began to kick another chair around. "GOD DAMNIT!" He yelled, absolutely disappointed in his monster. "Another loss for Sambash!" He said, as he pulled out a flask, taking a swig from it.
"I wouldn't worry about it, Sammy!" Yabaiba said, a bit too cheerfully for the current situation. "We're only at the start of the series, our monsters are gonna get a lot stronger by the end!"
"What the hell are you talking about, you clown!?" Sambash yelled at him.
The clown shrugged in response. "I dunno either!" He stated, reclining so far back into his chair that it fell over.
What the three didn't see was Long, looking in from the outer hallway into the room as the three continued to bicker.
"What idiots."
The sun was setting on the city, as the three had returned to the apartment to take a bit of a rest. Judy had turned on the TV to see what was happening. It appeared that there was an impromptu meeting with Mayor Lionheart going on.
"Zootopia is the most efficient city in the world!" He explained into a microphone, presumably referring to the buildings that had been destroyed. "We'll be right as rain in a matter of weeks! Besides, given the circumstance, the number of casualties was remarkably low!"
A news crawl appeared on the bottom of the TV screen, stating that, surprisingly, less than four people had managed to be killed by Kolshizer and Sambash.
"Guess he was kind of a real loser." Nick said.
"Anyway, I'd again like to thank our city's new heroes, the Zoo Rangers, for-" The Mayor was cut off by the TV shutting down.
"Man, that guy's a real blowhard." Silver said. The two mammals turned around to see him, crouching behind the couch with the remote in his hand.
"Hey, he was just thanking us." Judy said.
"He's pretty obviously just using you two for publicity." Silver explained. "You don't need media attention to be a Sentai team." He said, trying to stand up tall, only to bump his head against the ceiling.
"it's not about the attention," he continued, rubbing his head, "It's about helping people, y'know?"
"Hey, sometimes it's nice to get a bit of recognition." Nick said, receiving a quick jab to the arm from Judy. "Jokes, Fluff." He said, rubbing his arm.
"Gai's right, though." She said. "I joined the ZPD to help people, not for attention."
"Guess the mayor's always been like that, huh?" Nick sad, turning to his partner.
Judy chuckled to herself, remembering when she first became an officer. She remembered the unwanted bits of media attention she got, which quickly stopped. Popularity is a very fleeting thing, even when they solved the Night Howler case, the publicity stopped as soon as it had started.
Silver looked over at the clock. "Oh, I have to go soon!" He stated.
"What? Already?" Judy asked.
"Rainbow Line's got a busy schedule, and I need to get some food!" He said, patting his stomach. "But before I leave, I wanted to give you two something."
He pulled out a large book, the cover clearly handmade, and handed it to the rabbit.
"It's the Super Sentai Encyclopedia, made it myself!" He proudly stated. "Thought that it might help you two along the way, since I won't be here."
He dropped the book onto the fox, the surprising weight of it nearly crushing him.
"Oops, sorry!" Silver apologized, helping Judy lift the book up off of him.
"Thank you, Gai." Judy said, struggling to carry the book herself. "It's very generous of you to, uh, give us something you made yourself!" She dropped the book onto the floor, where it landed with a loud thud.
"Your welcome!" he said, giving a thumbs up. "I should probably head out now, it'll be a long walk to get to the train stop." He explained, heading towards the door.
"It was nice meeting you, Gai." Judy said as he opened the door.
"Oh uh..." He turned around, looking back awkwardly at the two. "It was... It was nice meeting you two too, Nick, Judy." He looked down, continuing the awkward feel. "It was nice to shine in the silver spotlight again!" He gave a thumbs up, and headed out the door.
"What a weirdo." Nick said, sitting back down in the couch.
"Nick!" Judy yelled, jabbing him in the arm again. "Don't be rude!"
"What? He was a weirdo!" Nick replied back. "A helpful, nice weirdo, but still a weirdo."
There was a bit of an awkward silence, as Judy thought to herself.
"We're never going to see him again, are we?" She asked.
Nick sighed. "Probably not."
The villain base was a bit of a wreck. The three that had been there were distressed at the defeat they had been handed, and even more distressed at the possibility of a third ranger joining the already powerful other two.
Yogostein slammed a bottle onto the table. "This entire thing's been a disaster so far." He drunkenly stated. "Maybe we should just give up."
"Give up!?" Sambash yelled, getting up, slamming his own bottle onto the table, hard enough to smash it. "I'm not gonna lose again, there's no way I'm giving up!"
The three turned, hearing footsteps entering the room. It was Kyuemon, alongside Enter.
"Bonjour, my failures of teammates!" Enter mockingly greeted.
"Oh great, it's the 'busy' ones." Sambash drunkenly insulted, turning to face them. "Where were you today, out doing something stupid?"
"We were doing our jobs." Kyuemon stated, pulling out a photograph and placing it on the table.
The picture showed the new Silver ranger, sitting on a very small bed. "How'd you get this?" Yabaiba asked, grabbing the picture.
"I have my ways." Kyuemon cryptically explained. "But what's more important is who that new ranger actually is." He stepped aside, letting Enter explain.
"That is GokaiSilver, of the Gokaigers, a completely different Sentai team." He explained.
"But, there aren't supposed to be any other Sentai teams in this universe!" Yogostein yelled, a bit confused.
"Exactly." Enter continued, snatching the picture away from the clown monster. "He's from our universe, which means he was most likely only here for a short while."
"Wait, so..." Sambash began, "We don't have to deal with three rangers now?"
"Exactly." Kyuemon stated. "He lent them his power for today, and today only. We should have nothing to worry about."
The entire room sighed in relief. At least there was one piece of good news for them.
"Of course," Enter began again, "This opens up the possibilities of other rangers from our universe visiting."
The room went quiet again. Everyone in it, besides Enter and Kyuemon, feeling miserable at the events of the day.
"So!" Yabaiba exclaimed, "Who wants to go next?"
Gai looked around at the grassy field around him, which still had several large footprints made in it from the earlier giant monster fight. He looked to the stars in the sky, exactly like how they were on Earth.
He was feeling a bit homesick.
Soon the piping of a train could be heard, the Rainbow Line quickly descending from the sky, and stopping directly in front of him, the doors sliding open.
The doors closed as he stepped in, untransforming and dropping down into a seat, his stomach growling.
"Maaaaan," He said to himself, ruffling his brown-blonde hair, "Never thought I'd enjoy being out of the suit for once."
The train started to move, taking off into the sky. Soon after, the Director entered the room, with Ticket on his hand.
"It was quite impressive how you managed to keep it a secret, Gai." He said calmly.
"Keep what a secret?" Gai asked, sitting up.
"What those two are in our world." The Director tried to explain.
"I still don't get what you mean." Gai said, a bit awkwardly.
"He means," Ticket began, "He's impressed you managed to not blabber about them being movie characters!"
"Oh!" Gai exclaimed, a bit surprised. "That would have just been awkward, y'know?"
"More than just awkward, Gai." The Director began, "It would have potentially caused them both to have an existential breakdown."
"In other words, not good!" Ticket continued.
"Well," Gai started, "Glad I didn't tell them!"
"How did you see the movie, anyway?" Ticket asked. "You were in the middle of deep space!"
"Oh, that's easy." He started to explain. "We pirated it."
The train disappeared in a flash, disappearing into another dimension.
Whew!
Sorry for the long-ish wait, but as you can probably tell, this episode was a monster to write. Don't give me too many Sentai characters to work with, I'll end up having too much fun.
Anyway, a lot happened in this episode. I made a lot of referential jokes, as you can probably tell. Fun facts, Chaos Kolshizer's whipchain claws are based on his concept art, which depicts him holding a claw attached to a chain. Wasn't in the show, sadly, but it would've been cool.
Also, total accident that I paired GokaiSilver against the pirate monsters. Seriously.
Next episode, a storm begins brewing!
