Zoorangers

by Bionichute

When a group of mysterious creatures start wreaking havoc across Zootopia, Nick and Judy find themselves thrust into a legacy of heroes they never knew about, and must use new powers in order to save not only the city, but their whole universe. Features numbers of characters from across Super Sentai history. (Updates whenever I finish an episode)

31. Episode 30 - Night on the Town

Episode 30 – Night on the Town

"So, you wanted to talk to me about something?" Yogostein asked the biker monster. He was sitting at the table in the middle of the room.

"Yeah," Sambash started, motioning for Yogostein to sit down. "I've got something great planned out."

The robot sat down next to him, and looked at the object in front of him. It was a map of the city, with several different locales marked. "And this is…?"

"It's a map." Sambash replied.

"Well, yes, but what's the purpose?"

"For the last week, I've been scouting out the best places to party in this entire city." He explained. "I thought we could celebrate, considering how well we've been doing."

"I've been in a bit of a slump." Yogostein admitted. "I got chosen by the prez today, but I can't come up with anything, so maybe I need something to loosen up my bolts. So, where are we headed?"

"They're a bit to tame for me, really." Sambash admitted. "I was hoping the city had at least one hot and sexy club, but the place is disgustingly T rated."

"What?" Yogostein blurted out, confused. "They don't have any factories?"

Sambash shot a confused glare at the robot.

"There isn't anything as sexy as watching cars get made!" Yogostein said, like this was a common thing for people to be into. Despite Sambash's glare, he continued. "Gets even better when they get out there and start polluting!"

"You know, I was thinking something in the opposite direction."

"Like a junkyard?"

Sambash shook his head, and continued. He pointed at one of the circled areas. "Best I could find was a nightclub, seems pretty popular, and has a nice drink selection." He slid his hand over to another location. "This karaoke bar is pretty fun, and there's a restaurant I've heard good thinsg about, could be fun to mess it up."

"Sounds like a plan to me!"

The two looked behind them, Yabaiba was standing there. "How long have you been there?" Yogostein asked.

"Long enough to think this sounds fun!" He said, moving in to lean on both their shoulders. "Think I could come along?"

"No, absolutely not." Yogostein said, rather bluntly. "You'd be a third wheel. You know what a third wheel makes you?"

"Uh, a tricycle?"

The two looked at each other in mutual disdain.

"But seriously, what if something happens when you guys are drunk?" Yabaiba asked. "I could be, like, a designated driver or something."

"That's incredibly stupid-" Yogostein quickly received a punch from Sambash.

"I think he's got a point, actually." The biker monster admitted. He leaned in a bit closer to whisper something to Yogostein. "He's got all the cash we need, so he has to come along.."

"Ohhh, I get it." Yogostein quickly stood up. "Alright, Yabaiba, you can come with us."

"Yay!" He cheered, jumping up and clapping. "So, when do you think we can head out?"

"Not until tonight, obviously." Sambash said. They call them 'nightclubs' for a reason."

"Oh, alright." The Org sounded fairly upset about this.

"Well, it gives me ample time to prepare." Yogostein said, heading off for his lair.

"What the heck do you need to prepare for?" Sambash asked.

Yogostein let out a quick laugh. "You know, I need to be ready in case some meddlesome pests show up."

---

"You know, I'm glad you finally invited us up here for breakfast." Nick said. The three were sitting at an incredibly long table, in a fancily furnished dining room. At the very end of the table sat Mr. Big, who was seated at his own miniature table. A large polar bear in a suit hovered over them, presumably as a guard.

Judy nibbled at her fette bicotatte, which looked like a really hard piece of bread. Despite that, it tasted more like a cookie. She quickly swallowed a bite. "Yeah, this stuff is really good." She said.

"It's grandmama's recipe." The shrew said.

"Your grandmama must have been a really good cook." Max said, before taking a sip of his coffee.

"Oh, trust me, she was." Nick said.

"You know, for a bunch of wanted criminals, I had expected you three to be more… unruly." Mr. Big admitted. "But you have been incredibly respectful. You even cleaned up my spare room, an impossible feat."

"You really don't have to be surprised." Judy said. "We aren't actually criminals, you know. We're all very nice."

She turned to look at Nick, who had a bit of an… uncertain look on his face. She glanced over at Mr. Big, who, despite his eyebrows covering his eyes, had a very clear look of dislike pointed at the fox.

"I know you and Nick don't have a great history, but he's gotten better." She continued. "He's not the same fox he was before."

"It doesn't matter if someone is a changed mammal," Mr. Big started. "Experiences never change."

There was silence for a moment.

"Well, that soured the mood." Nick said, hopping down from his chair. "Come on, we have work to do."

"Can't we at least finish our breakfast before we have to go and fight crime?" Max asked.

"He's just trying to avoid any more awkwardness." Judy said. "Go ahead, Nick, we'll be ready to go in a few minutes."

"What exactly have you three been doing for the last week?" Mr. Big asked. "You've been running in and out of here even more than normal."

"Well, we accidentally caused a police strike." Judy said. "And it doesn't look like it's getting anywhere soon. There's been an excess in criminal activity because of it, and we feel responsible."

"You mean that you feel responsible." Nick followed. She shot him a glare. Despite the joke, she knew that Nick felt bad about the strike. He'd be a lot less willing to fight crime if he didn't.

"We've been trying to stop as much as we can." Max continued for her. "We haven't had a break in a while."

The shrew looked them over. They seemed exhausted, and clearly hadn't had enough sleep. "Consider this," He started. "From what you've told me, you three have more responsibility than just protecting the city. This is something bigger than that. If you want to get things back to normal, you'll need to fight for it. Take a break, just for a day."

"But we can't just-"

"He's right." Nick said, interrupting the bunny. "We need a break, especially today."

"Oh, right." Judy said. "Today's a monster attack."

"If we don't rest up, something bad will happen." The fox continued. "I'm sure the city can handle itself for a day."

"So, does that mean I can finish my cookie?" Max asked.

"Yes, you can finish it." Judy said. "I want to finish mine, too." She looked at Nick's plate, his wasn't finished, and his coffee was half full. "Are you going to finish it with us?" She asked.

"No, I'm gonna go back to sleep." He said. He glanced over at Mr. Big, and then walked away.

---

"Man, I am SO excited for this!" Yabaiba said as they approached the nightclub.

The building was planted in the middle of the Rainforest District, and in the middle of the night the place was ridiculously dark. The building in front of them not only lit the night up, but made the shadowy, muddy area of the city a lot brighter as well.

The building itself was shaped like a large, artificial tree, and was covered in multi-colored neon lights. The tree's branches seemed to be made of them. There was a large sign hanging above a double-door entrance. It read, in bright glowing neon, "THE STUMPER".

Yogostein let out a grunt as they headed towards the entrance. "Do we really have to be around all this… nature?" He asked, trying to shake the mud from his massive metallic feet.

"Yeah, this place is one of the best nightclubs in the city." Sambash assured him. "Least, that's what the reviews said."

"It looks super fun!" Yabaiba said. "Let's get in there and mess it up!"

The three villains headed to the front door. Unfortunately, a large, burly elephant bouncer stood in front of them. He stared at them through sunglasses, and let out a sigh. "Sorry, weirdos, but we're all out of room. Make a reservation and maybe we can pencil you in."

"Oh, so sad, guess we'll have to come back later." Sambash said, sarcastically. He quickly pulled out his pistol, and pointed it at the elephant's face.

"Nice toy." The elephant said, deadpan.

Sambash quickly aimed the gun upwards, and fired it at the sign above them. The force of the blast caused the sign to begin to tilt. The elephant was clearly frightened, but tried to appear calm.

"If I fire a second shot, that thing is gonna fall on your fat head." Sambash said. "Let us in, or I'll do it."

"Wait, I thought we were coming back later?" Yabaiba said, confused.

"He was being sarcastic, idiot." Yogostein replied, smacking the Org on the back if his head.

"So, what'll it be, fatass?" Sambash asked. "You gonna let us in?"

The elephant stepped aside, making enough space for them to enter. Sambash twirled his gun, and holstered it. "I think you made the right choice."

Yabaiba quickly skipped forward, and went in. Sambash followed at a fairly mild pace. Finally, Yogostein stomped his way towards the entrance, but paused next to the elephant.

"Maybe you should call the cops!" He laughed. "Oh wait! Hahahahaha!" He quickly kicked the door off its hinges and stepped in.

The interior of the nightclub was as bright as the outside. Lights seemed to line the walls, tables, and anything else that was nailed to the ground. There was a staircase swirling up to the next floor, making room for the place's multiple floors. Trance music was echoing throughout the place.

"Wow, it's a lot brighter than I was expecting." Sambash admitted.

They glanced around, aside form the music, the entire floor was silent. Around forty to fifty different animals stared at them.

"Suppose we should make this showy." Sambash said. He pointed his gun up in the air, and fired it. "Yo, party goers and rich alcoholics! Name's Sambash, this is Yogostein, and that's Yabaiba." He pointed at both of them with his gun. "We're here to have the run of the place for the next few hours, got it?"

There was a sudden amount of incoherent yelling from the terrified crowd. Sambash fired another warning shot before anyone could make a significant move.

"And don't even think of leaving!" Yogostein yelled. He pulled out a handful of nuts and bolts, and tossed them behind himself. A crowd of Ugutz appeared, blocking the entrance. "If you want to get out, you'll have to find out if you're strong enough to punch through solid steel!"

"Besides, what's a party without a bunch of strangers?" Yabaiba followed.

"Let's find somewhere to sit." Sambash ordered, the three heading down into the middle part of the club. Most of the seats were there, the bar overlooking it. The seats were red, and looked incredibly comfortable. They walked up to an antelope couple seated in a booth.

"Please don't hurt us." The male one whimpered.

"Move out of the way and I'll consider it." Sambash said.

"We paid a lot of money to get in here!" Shouted the other antelope's presumed date. "We have the right to stay here!"

The three monsters fell silent for a moment, before Sambash pulled out his gun. "You know, this gun doesn't run out of bullets." He said, aiming it at the male. "I could shoot you once, or I could keep going until your DNA registers as mashed potatoes."

"I think you're being too kind." Yogostein said. "I could take one of you back to my lab and perform painful experiments! Don't worry, you'd be alive to feel all of it."

"Or I could-" Yabaiba tried to speak up, but Sambash quickly pistol whipped him.

"Shut it, you're gonna ruin our threats." He turned back to the antelopes. "So, you gonna move, or be tortured?"

The antelopes quickly got up, and moved away from the seats. "Wise choice."

"Maybe you can find a seat at the bar!" Yabaiba yelled as the couple walked away, arguing.

The three villains slipped into the booth, Yabaiba and Sambash being forced to sit next to each other due to Yogostein taking up most of the other seat. Sambash was, quite understandably, uncomfortable sitting next to the jester.

"Man, isn't this great?" Yabaiba chirped. "Do you think I could get a milkshake here?"

"It's a bar, idiot." Sambash said. "They serve alcohol."

"Oh, I don't drink."

"Then why did you even-"

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"

The three glanced to their side, a panther in a suit had suddenly appeared next to them. He looked furious. "Who are you?" Yogostein asked.

"I'm the owner." The panther growled. "Get out of my club, and take your robot friends with you."

Sambash sighed, and pulled out his gun. "I wasn't expecting to pull this thing out so often." He grumbled, loosely pointing it at the panther. "You know, it's our day off, and we just want some down time."

"I don't care." The panther growled. "You're scaring away all the other patrons."

"Yabaiba, you got the money?"

"Got it, Sammy!" The Org quickly raised his thumb to his chin, and pushed it down, revealing the inky blackness of his mouth. He tilted forward a bit, dollar bills starting to flow from his maw like an ATM. A few seconds after the bizarre site, several clean piles of money were on the table.

"This right here is around fifteen hundred dollars." Sambash explained, sliding the money across the table. The owner stared at the money, jaw hanging. "If you give us the run of the place, then you get all this cash."

"If you don't we'll kill you." Yogostein continued for him. "Either way, win-win."

The panther thought about it for a moment. He could take the money, and then call the police… But all the officers were on strike. He also didn't want to die, so he had only one choice.

He grabbed stacks of cash, and quickly ran back up to the next floor.

"So, you guys ready to have some fun?" Sambash asked.

"I've been ready for it since 2008!" Yogostein shouted. He tried to stand up, bending the table at the pole. Sambash and Yabaiba were trapped in place by the table, crushing against their legs. "Whoops."

Sambash let out a sigh. "This is going to be a long night, isn't it?"

---

It was nice to relax for a while, but Judy wasn't entirely the laid-back type. She enjoyed doing things, even if it was incredibly menial and unimportant. Every time she had tried to do that today, Nick and Max would talk her down, saying she needed to relax.

It was really hard to when she was getting constant reports on crimes. It just made her feel more anxious. She had mostly just been pacing around the spare room, trying to ignore looking at her phone.

"You guys think it's weird that the monsters haven't attacked yet?" She asked, somewhat out of nowhere.

"Oh yeah, it is Monday, huh?" Nick said, not looking up from his phone. "Maybe they're taking a break too."

"Monsters don't take a break." Judy said.

"I could argue, but they don't tend to take breaks in the shows either." Max followed. "Maybe they're planning something?"

"We should be alert." Judy said, sounding like a leader. "We need to pay attention to the news, and figure out if anything's happened."

"Fluff, please." Nick said, sitting up. "You have to take things less seriously sometimes."

"I'll take things less seriously when we're not dealing with world-ending crisis!" She yelled.

The two looked at her, and she started to take deep breaths. "Sorry, I'm just feeling really worked up."

"See, that's why you need to relaaaax." Nick said. He walked behind her, and started to give her a massage. "Yikes, you got a lot of knots back here."

She quickly swiped at his paws. "Don't, I can deal with my stress myself." She said. "I'm just worried that, while we're here doing NOTHING, someone like Long, or Enter is doing something nefarious that we don't know about!"

"Or it could be one of the idiot ones." Max followed.

"I'd still be concerned if it was them!"

Judy's phone started to buzz. She quickly rushed over to the desk it was on, and looked at the caller ID. She smiled, it was Clawhauser.

"Hey, Ben!" She greeted, chipperly. "Got anything for us?"

"Oh no…" Nick muttered.

"Oh my gosh, I found some big news!" He said. "There have been a bunch of reports coming in from the Stumper nightclub n the Rainforest District, and guess what? There's THREE monsters!"

Her smile turned to a bit of a cringe. "Oh, wonderful!"

"I'll email you a picture right now." He said.

Her phone dinged a second later. Two phones. "Have there been any reports about attacks, because our Zoolizers should have been able to pick up something."

"Nope, no reported attacks, they just kinda showed up and took over the place! Nobody's allowed out of there until it's over, apparently." He said. "You should probably check it out before anything really bad happens."

"We'll get on it." She said, giving a quick nod. "See ya, Ben."

"Byeeee!

She hung up, and quickly opened the email app. The picture Ben had sent wasn't a particularly great one, heavily blurred and hard to make anything out, most likely due to the bright lights. She could make out three figures very clearly, however.

Sambash, Yogostein, and Yabaiba, the three… least intense of their villains. They were gathered, alongside some of their minions, in the middle of the seating area. Some of the minions were suddenly dressed in waiter outfits as well.

The three generals seemed to not be doing anything incredibly wrong. Sambash was seated by himself, drinking from a bottle of something probably very strong. Yogostein was seated with some of his mechanical troops, holding up a cocktail. Yabaiba was seated with some normal mammals… who were blocked in thanks to his Orgettes. Oddly enough, he was the only one who didn't seem to be drinking any alcohol, only having a glass of water.

"Huh." She let out, before shutting off the phone.

"This sounds like an odd one." Max said. "What do you think we should do?"

"Well, we can't just rush in." Judy rationalized. "There's three generals, we don't even know if our super forms are able to handle that many."

"I think I should take lead here." Nick said. "We need to get the jump on them, and I know how to get into nightclubs discretely."

"You've done it before?" Max asked, a bit surprised.

"Of course I have!" He chuckled. "Not an incredible success rate, mind you, but We should be able to get in no problem with those dorks there."

"They're still a problem, Nick." Judy said, tapping her foot.

"Yes, but they're drunk." He continued. "And the only one that won't be drunk is an idiot."

"He has a good point."

"Fine." She said. "What're we going to do?"

---

"I was expecting something worse." Judy admitted. The plan was incredibly simple: They just had to go in disguise.

The three, in their disguised outfits, watched the Stumper's entrance from behind a nearby perennial. "This kind of stuff is child's play, Carrots." Nick replied. "You just gotta act cool. This only works once, though, so be careful."

Judy and Max nodded. "Max, think you can get a good look at the bouncer?" Nick asked. Him and Judy were too short to peek over the plant, but the wolf was definitely tall enough.

He stood up a bit, and looked at the entrance. "Oh, this is going to be easy."

"What is it?" Judy asked.

"Its one of those robots, and one of the pirates." He said, leaning back down. "The super weak ones."

"Those things don't have half a brain between them," Nick started. "We should be able to get in easily!"

The three nodded, and quickly jumped out from the bush. They went into a more casual stride, leaving footprints in the mud as they got closer. The fox quickly shook some of the mud off his feet. "Ugh, I hate this place."

"Didn't you live here before you moved in with me?" Judy asked.

"It was cheap."

They walked up to the two minions, who quickly stepped in the way of the broken door. The robot beeped at them a few times, while the pirate waved its sword around and grunted incoherently.

"Calm down, boys." Nick said. "We just came because we heard there was a sweet party here, think your bosses have room for us?"

The two minions looked at each other, and then shook their heads, making random noises as they did so.

"Well, your bosses came here for a party, and to have a party you need guests." Judy started. "Wouldn't it be better if there were MORE guests?"

The monsters stared at each other again, but Max quickly piped in. "I bet your bosses will be super angry about it once they find you kicked us out!"

"Yeah, imagine one of those guys angry." Nick followed.

It took a moment, but the monsters quickly stepped out of the way of the door, letting the three in. "Thank you for being reasonable!" Nick shouted as they entered.

As soon as they entered, Judy had a bit of an inner panic attack. The multi-color, sometimes flashing lights were bad enough, but the MUSIC… It was some kind of hard rock, industrial soundtrack that grated on her sensitive eardrums. A quick glance told her that everyone that wasn't a monster found it grating as well.

Max, meanwhile, was having a different problem. Being a bar, the place exuded the aroma of many different kinds of alcohol, none of which were pleasant due. That wasn't even the worst of it, as there was also the smell of gasoline and oil for some reason. This horrid combination hit him as he entered, and nearly wretched.

Nick, however, didn't seem to have any problems.

"Oh, you guys are such first-timers." He joked. "Can't handle the club scene?"

"We can handle it." Judy said, pulling her ears down and putting her hood up.

"I need a bathroom." Max wheezed. He clutched his stomach, and quickly ran off.

"We'll find a seat!" Judy tried to yell over the music, but she could tell it didn't make it to him. The wolf quickly ducked into a small alcove, presumably where the bathrooms were. Hopefully that's where they were.

Judy and Nick tried to head down into the seating area, but one of the gooey Orgette monsters blocked their path. "Are we seriously going to have to do this a second time?" Nick whispered to the rabbit, who shook her head in response.

Surprisingly, as they approached the monster, it stepped out of the way and let them in. Both shrugged, but went along with it. They headed down the steps, Judy eyeing the monsters around them. They didn't seem to notice, or care, that anyone was coming.

As they took a seat at a round table, nearly the right size for them, she picked up someone yelling over the noise. "Are those two crazy?" She looked up, spotting a bear talking to a cheetah, they were looking down at them over the railing.

"Maybe they have a death wish." The cheetah said back. "Why else would they go near those things?"

She turned back to the fox. "Alright, you got us in, I'll handle everything from here on out." She said, leaning forwards a bit.

"What's the plan, Wonder Bunny?"

She tried not to scoff at the name. "We are going to wait here until we can figure something out." She explained. "If we don't have any idea what they're doing, we can't figure out a plan."

Nick nodded.

"Alright, I'm back!"

The two were startled as Max suddenly showed up next to their table. He looked down at them. "You could've at least picked a table I could sit at."

"Just sit over there." Nick said, pointing towards a table near Yogostein.

"Seriously?"

"We're trying to get information." Judy said. "We can hear Sambash and Yabaiba from over here, so we need you to keep an ear out for Yogostein. Text me if you hear anything."

The wolf rolled his eyes, but then nodded. He quickly sat over at the table, and pulled out his phone. A few seconds later, Judy's phone dinged.

"this is just like the last time I went to a bar" The text read.

"Well, now I feel bad." She muttered. She replied with a quick "sorry".

Half an hour passed, neither Nick nor Judy managing to get anything interesting from the monsters. Sambash had been silent most of the time, the only time he spoke up was when he asked a Yartot to get him another drink. Yabaiba, however, wouldn't shut up. Unfortunately, everything he was saying was useless, going on about anecdotes about bowling, karaoke, and becoming a chef. It was clear the mammals in his captivity were just as bored by it.

Judy slammed her head against the table, and then pulled out her phone. She quickly texted to see if Max had found anything.

"he's just talking about those 2 we met during tht weird au thing"

"I don't think we're getting anywhere." Judy admitted.

"What makes you think that?" Nick asked sarcastically. "What's Plan B?"

"Well, they haven't seemed to notice us yet, so…" She nodded a bit. Nick nodded back, clearly not getting it.

"What is that."

"We're gonna transform and beat them up!" She said. "I'll tell Max." She quickly started texting him the plan.

They watched as he scrambled up, from the table, and quickly transformed into ZooSilver. "Oh no, we were supposed to do that together!" Judy yelled, quickly getting up from the seat and transforming herself.

Nick shrugged, and quickly followed.

"Alright, you monsters, get ready to…" Blue paused, and looked around, none of the villains had noticed them yet. "Oh, come on, seriously!?" She shouted, still not breaking through the music.

"Let me try something." Silver cleared his throat, and took a deep breath. He then let out a loud howl, which did manage to pierce the music.

"What the hell!?" Yogostein yelled, pushing some of the Ugutz out of the way.

Yabaiba quickly pushed some of the mammals next to him out of the way, and hopped over their bodies to see what was happening. Sambash slammed his bottle in the table, and rose up.

Yogostein stomped forward. "When did-"

The robot was quickly interrupted by more howls from other wolves in the nightclub. Everyone stood around for a moment, waiting for it to finish. Red rolled his eyes, and quickly kicked Silver in the back of the leg. "Alright, Wolfsbane, that's enough."

Silver let out a quick cough. "Sorry."

"As I was saying," Yogostein continued. "When did you three get here!?"

"We've been here for like, forty minutes." Blue answered.

"Seriously?" The robot said, genuinely surprised.

"Guess we were having too much fun!" Yabaiba suggested.

"You do have the contingency plan with you, right Yogo?" Sambash asked.

"Indeed I have!" He let out a laugh, pulling out two objects. A large gear, and a brown power drill. "You see, ZooFools, we anticipated your arrival-"

"I didn't!" Yabaiba interrupted. "I didn't expect it at all!"

"That's because you're an idiot!" Yogostein shouted. He cleared his throat. "Anyway, we knew you would come, so I decided to bring something to keep you busy while we have fun!" He held up the drill. "Using this, I'll be able to summon Drill Banki, one of my most powerful creations, and he will FINALLY destroy y-"

Blue quickly pulled out her pistols while the robot was speaking, and fired them at the gear in his hand. The blast hit, causing Yogostein to uncontrollably fling the gear out of his grasp. It flew up the stairs to the bar, and stopped on its edge, before falling over.

Everyone on the floor stared at the gear for a moment.

"GET IT!" Yogostein ordered to his Ugutz. They quickly jolted from whatever they were doing and started to slowly walk towards the gear.

"You guys handle the robots, I'll get the gear!" Blue ordered. She stepped forward, but quickly spun around on her foot. "We're indoors, so no guns, alright?"

"Got it Commander Carrot." Red joked. Him and Max quickly split up, leaping up with their blades to take on the groups of Ugutz heading towards the gear.

Blue dashed up the stairs, and scooped the gear up in her paw. "Can't make a monster if they don't have this thing." She said. "Just gotta figure out a way to-"

There were sudden gunshots at her feet, causing the gear to slip out of her hands as well. It flew over to the stairs, and landed perfectly on its side. Blue glanced down, Sambash was the one who had shot at her.

He glanced over to the staircase as well, and the over to Yabaiba. "Go get that thing!" He shouted.

"Yes, cap'n!" Yabaiba let out, giving a salute. Sambash shook his head as the Org ran as fast as he could.

Unfortunately, this wasn't as fast as a rabbit. She had to cover more distance, however, and they both met right at the gear. They glared at each other, and pulled out their daggers, prepared to fight.

However, a Ugutz flew through the air, it's head hitting the gear as it landed. The force of the tap somehow caused the gear to boost all the way up the stairs and to the next floor.

"Sorry!" Red shouted as he continued to fight the Ugutz.

The rabbit and Org glanced at each other again, and then up at the stairs. "Uh, you wanna go first?" Yabaiba asked.

"What? Why would I want to go first?" She asked. "You're just gonna backstab me!"

"Alright then," He said, crossing his arms. "I'LL go up first!"

He confidently strode up the stairs. Halfway up, Blue pulled out her blasters, and fired at his back. He flipped onto his back, and fell all the way down the stairs. "Seriously?" She said as she hopped past him.

The Duke Org quickly sat up. "Wow, she got me good!" He chuckled. He quickly pointed up the stairs. "Orgettes, make sure she doesn't get that gear!"

Blue looked around the room. It was full of both monster minions AND different mammals… and all of them seemed to be having a good time. It seemed like this was the dance floor, another bar set up on the other side of it.

She stood there in awe for a moment, watching as the two completely different groups of creatures seemed to be having fun in each other presence. Maybe they just hadn't noticed each other yet.

It was weird that anyone could even dance to this music, though.

Her trance was broken by sounds from downstairs. She looked down the stairwell, a horde of Orgettes climbing up it.

"Guess this peace is gonna be broken in a second." She muttered. She quickly looked around the room, looking for the gear. The Orgettes were getting closer, so she dashed into the crowd. She dashed between and around the legs of the dancers, looking for the gear.

"It has to be around here somewhere." She said to herself. She could hardly make out anything through the multicolored lights and moving feet, it was starting to make her nauseous.

Suddenly, there was a yell, and the crowd parted. She looked back, the horde of Orgettes, now accompanied by Yartots and Ugutz, had managed to break through the crowd, and were heading towards her.

She drew her daggers, and stepped back. She was starting to get a bit unsteady, the entire club atmosphere finally starting to get to her. The rabbit looked over at the DJ table, which was being controlled by an Ugutz, of course. She should've expected a malfunctioning robot to like music like this.

"HEY! DJ!" She shouted. This seemed to catch its attention. "I think the crowd wants something a bit more epic!"

The Ugutz looked over at a pile of discs. It quickly combed through them, and picked one out. The robot smashed the record that was currently playing, and haphazardly stuck the new one on.

The group of monsters, alongside Blue, waited patiently for it to finish.

The monster started spinning the disc, taking a few seconds before the music started to play. It was a fast-paced techno beat, something that Blue enjoyed… well, a little more than the scratchy metal.

She shrugged. "Could've been worse."

She readied her daggers once again, and dashed forward, the music helping her keep up the pace as she sliced through them one by one.

Back on the first floor, Red and Silver were nearly done with the monsters there. Red caught notice of the music change. "Aw, I liked that track." He muttered, before slicing the last Ugutz in half.

The two of them turned towards the two generals, who were still standing in the middle of the seating area. "Okay, we've taken care of your minions!" Silver shouted. "Now you have to tell us your plans!"

"We don't have a plan, dumbass!" Sambash shouted back. "We're trying to take a break from that shit!"

"You really expect us to believe that?" Red retorted. "It's Monday, you guys always do something terrible on Monday!"

"Not today, we aren't!" Yogostein replied. "We might have caused some property damage, threatened violence, and illegally took over a public establishment, but worse things happen every day in El Salvador!"

"Yeah, we haven't even touched a hair on any of these animal's hides." Sambash continued. "You have no right to attack us!"

"Being a Sentai hero means fighting against you weirdos!" Silver replied. "Even if you're not hurting anyone NOW, you've still hurt others in the past and are going to keep doing so in the future."

"Well, you got us there, kid." Sambash said, with a bit of a laugh. He quickly pulled out his pistol, placing his other hand over the hammer. He rapidly slammed it down, while shooting the gun, creating a flurry of bullets impossible for any kind of normal gun.

The two leaped out of the way, leading the bullets to fire into the bar behind them. One by one, the glasses shattered, spilling alcohol all over the place. The bartender, who had been replaced with a Yartot, looked around confused. One last shot hit him, causing the pirate to explode into orange sand.

"Oh, whoops." Sambash said, stopping. "Guess my aim's a bit off."

Yabaiba watched as the four continued to fight. He was getting a bit bored. Maybe he should've gone up himself to deal with that rabbit. Nah, his Orgettes could handle it.

Just then, one of his Orgettes came tumbling down the stairs. As soon as it hit the floor, it exploded into a pile of goop.

"Well, guess I was wrong!"

He quickly went up the stairs, peeking up from the entrance to get a quick glimpse. The rabbit had nearly cleaned out the entire floor of monsters, making sure each of the mammals there was safe. Well, clean was an inaccurate way of describing it, considering the room was covered in green slime, orange sand, and motor oil.

"That was a lot of work." She said, holding the gear loosely in her paw. "Maybe I should get a drink here, could help."

"I'll give you a drink!" Yabaiba shouted, walking towards her. Blue rolled her head and let out a sigh. "It's called…" He paused for a second. "Uh…"

"Fruit punch?" She finished for him, exasperated.

"Yeah, droot paunch!"

There were collective, aggravated groans from everyone that wasn't Yabaiba.

"What?"

Blue shook her head, placed the gear at her side, and started to run forward. "Alright, let's get this-"

She slipped on some of the goo.

What happened next was a bit of a blur. She crashed into Yabaiba, the two rolling down the stairs. They continued to roll as they hit the floor, quickly rolling over Red. They continued to roll over the spilled liquids at the bar, and then over Silver. The four then rolled down the stairs, crashing into Yogostein and Sambash.

They all went flying, crashing into the tables and wrecking nearly all of them. During the crash, the gear had managed to slip from Blue's suit, and was flung up into the air. The six were still conscious, and watched as the gear flew onto the one table that wasn't destroyed.

The one with Sambash's beer bottle on it.

The gear landed on it, tooth precariously balancing on the open hole.

There was a collective sigh as nothing happened. "I have no idea what just happened," Yogostein said, getting up from the remnants of a table. "But nothing horrible came out of it, so I'll be taking that gear back now!"

He stomped forward.

The force of the stomp caused the gear to shake a bit. It twisted around by a few millimeters, and dipped into the bottle. It started to glow.

"Gulp."

The bottle started to shake, before it exploded into a cloud of smoke. The smoke quickly cleared, revealing a new monster standing on the table.

Its main body resembled the brown bottle it was created from, only with a silver face and an odd protruding nose. The monster's mouth appeared to be a bottle open, and another addition was a large cork plugged into the top of its head. The rest of its body appeared to be made out of bottles as well, most notably his forearms, which were shaped like a red bottle and a blue bottle, its hands coming out from underneath the tubes.

The legs started matching the brown bottle, but its lower legs matched the red and blue bottles. A skirt of bottle openers covered its waist. Covering both its arms and legs were several different bottlecaps, each a different color, though its kneepads were bottlecaps covered in bottlecaps. In addition to the bottles on its arms, its shoulders displayed odd, curved cap removers that were covered orange, a silver one also adorning its right arm. An older fashioned cork remover, complete with screw, was placed atop the other arm.

The monster laughed, and stepped forward. "Hello! I am-"

It quickly slipped, cracking the table beneath him. The monster climbed back up, and brushed itself off. "I am Bottle Banki, the most dangerous Banki Beast!"

Everyone else got up, and stared at the strange creature. Yogostein, however, let out a laugh, and patted Bottle Banki on the back. "Really now?" He started. "What can you do?"

"Just watch!" Bottle Banki said, before awkwardly running off. Yogostein turned back to Sambash, who gave a half-hearted shrug.

A moment later, Bottle Banki returned, carrying a recycling bin and a trash can. "Watch, as my deviousness comes to fruition!" He reached into the garbage can, and pulled out a wrapper. Cackling maniacally, he then pulled out a water bottle from the recycling bin. He then quickly dropped the bottle into the garbage, and the wrapper into the recycling.

"Oh my god." Blue let out.

"Yeah, I know." Red followed. "This is the lamest-"

"This might be the evillest monster we've ever faced." Blue finished, completely serious.

Red and Silver exchanged quizzical stares, while the monsters themselves were incredibly confused at what had just happened.

"Ooooooooh kaaaaay…" Yogostein let out. "But what can you actually, you know… DO?"

"Oh, that's what you meant!" The monster said, kicking the garbage can out of the way. "I can shoot incredibly hot water out of my arms!" He said as he walked up to the still very confused Zoorangers, and aimed his red arm at them. "HOT WATER COMMERCIAL!"

A stream of water fired out of the bottle, drenching Blue in it. She let out a groaning scream. "Oh my god, Blue, are you alright?" Silver asked.

"It's… it's lukewarm."

The monster placed both of its hands to its face, and let out a scream. The bottle monster then quickly ran up the stairs behind him, like he was in fast forward, though he tripped over the last one.

"I'm kind of scared right now." Red admitted, confused by the bizarre antics. The other two nodded in agreement.

"You get used to your every waking moment being a bizarre dream-like hellscape." Yabaiba said. "Happened a ton to me!"

"Hah, you don't even know the meaning of the words 'bizarre', 'dream-like', and 'hellscape'!" Yogostein finished. "I should tell you about the time we saved the world from a giant tuba monster by forming a band!"

"…The hell were your lives like?" Sambash asked.

The Zoorangers quickly drew their weapons, preparing for a fight.

"Whoa, whoa, hold it!" Yogostein yelled. "You three have caused enough trouble for us as it is!"

"Yeah, and this club wasn't as fun as I was expecting." Sambash admitted. "So, we're heading out for now. Ciao."

Yogostein let out a burst of smoke, covering the villains, and Bottle Banki. The smoke cleared, and the three had disappeared. The Zoorangers quickly untransformed.

"Great, we're not even done with these guys yet." Nick groaned.

"We should keep an eye open for them." Max suggested. "They're probably going to cause more trouble."

"Or, we could keep an EAR out!" Judy followed. She quickly pulled out her phone as the others looked at her, confused. "Hey, Ben!" She greeted, the cheetah's voice coming over the phone.

"Oh, hey guys, how'd the monster hunting go?" He asked.

"About the opposite of well." She answered. "Listen, the monsters escaped, and they might end up causing more trouble. We need you to keep a look out for them, alright?"

"Sure!" He said. "Good thing this happened when I decided to start marathoning shows on Petflix, I'm gonna be up all night anyway!"

"That isn't healthy, but alright!" She responded. "Just let us know!"

"Got it, Judy!"

She quickly hung up, and let out a sigh. "Let's get out of here before they can-"

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED DOWN HERE!?"

The three turned to look at the base of the stairs, a panther in a suit stood there, fuming. "DID YOU THREE RUIN MY CLUB!?"

"This is the point where the sneaking into a club plan breaks apart." Nick whispered. "We should make a run for it."

Judy and Max nodded, and they quickly scampered out of the building before the panther could do anything.

"Hope you didn't want to go there ever again!" Nick yelled as they continued to run.

---

"What the hell are we supposed to do with this guy?" Sambash asked. The four monsters were stood on a rooftop, Bottle Banki over in the corner while the three generals discussed what to do next.

"I don't think he'll be that much of a problem." Yogostein said. "We didn't even get to see if he can actually fight yet, it might be best to let him hang around."

"I think he's funny." Was all Yabaiba had to add.

"Well, to me he seems like a major screw-up." Sambash continued. "We still have two stops left, and I don't want a fourth wheel to tag along."

"But wouldn't a fourth wheel balance it out?" Yabaiba asked.

"He's right, mechanically speaking, vehicles with four wheels tend to be more steady and stable than even two wheeled vehicles." Yogostein added.

Sambash paused for a moment. "Shit, you're right. Next stop might be fun with more people anyway, tell him he can come along."

Yogostein nodded, and walked over to the Banki Beast. "What were you talking about over there, Master Yogostein?" Bottle Banki asked.

"Bottle Banki, you are to accompany us on a… very important mission." Yogostein started. "Are you sure you can handle this?"

"Yes sir!" He said, giving a salute. "I can handle anything you throw at me, I'm the great Bottle Banki. Except, don't throw balls at me. Or rings. Or anything that could shatter me."

"Uh, alright." He said, turning back and giving a confused look to the others. Sambash did nothing, while Yabaiba gave a double thumbs-up… for some reason.

"Ah hem, anyway." Yogostein continued. "I just have one thing to ask you before we head out on this daring mission."

"What is it, Master Yogostein?"

"How well can you sing?"

---

Meanwhile, the Zoorangers were also standing on top of a building, waiting around for something to happen. What a coincidence.

"Can I ask you something, Carrots?" Nick asked the rabbit, who was pacing about.

"What?"

"Were you actually being serious about calling that goof the 'evilest monster we've ever faced'?" He continued. "Because you aren't good at sarcasm, I know that."

"I was being entirely serious." She replied. "If that monster was more efficient, it could ruin the environment in no time."

"Riiiight."

"Also, it really bothers me when things aren't sorted correctly, I don't know why." She continued.

"Same." Max followed. "You've seen my collections, Nick, did you see how organized they were?"

"Uh, sorry, I wasn't really paying attention back then."

Before any more awkwardness could ensue, Judy's cellphone rang. She answered it in a heartbeat. "Hey, Ben, feels like we just talked five minutes ago!"

"I know right, but it's been an hour!" He laughed. "I got some news, I think I know where the monsters went, and you WILL NOT believe it!"

"I mean, after what just happened I'll believe anything." She replied.

"They're at the Note Pole Karaoke Bar in Tundra Town!"

"Didn't expect that one, huh, Fluff?"

"Why… what are they doing at a karaoke bar?" She asked, confused.

"Get this… they're singing karaoke!" Ben answered. "What else would you do at a karaoke bar?"

"I mean, I guess, but…" She rubbed her head. "Thanks for the help, Ben, talk to you later, alright?"

"See ya later, Judy!"

She hung up, and quickly turned to Nick. "Did you get anything out of them while we were at the club?" She asked. "Any kind of plan, any details, anything?"

"They said they were just trying to have fun." Max said with a shrug. "Maybe they're trying to keep something secret from us?"

"They have to be." Nick said. "I refuse to believe are universe is threatened by a monstrous fraternity."

"Let's just go to the bar, and try to figure something out, alright?" Judy suggested. "We'll see if we can figure out anything once we actually start fighting them."

"Okay, can I ask something before we go?" Max chimed in.

"Uh, sure?"

"Can either of you sing?"

"I have the voice of an angel, I'll have you know." Nick said.

"Does that really matter?" Judy asked. "I feel like we have more important things to handle than asking about vocal talents."

"She's just upset because she can't sing." Nick said, elbowing her.

"I CAN sing!" She let out, pushing him away. "I just don't think this is important. Why are you asking, anyway?"

"Well, I was thinking, maybe if we can defeat the monster while we're there… we could use the karaoke machine?" He admitted, bashfully.

Judy sighed. "IF that happens, we'll ask." She said. "But we don't have any money, so no drinks."

"Oh, I don't drink." Max said.

"I might need one after this." Judy mumbled to herself.

---

The three arrived outside the karaoke bar. There really wasn't much special at first glance, it mostly looked like a hole in the wall. The only thing that really made it stand out was a neon sign reading "NOTE POLE", but the "e" in "note" had gone out.

"So, should we rush in and take them by surprise, or try the subterfuge thing that went so well last time?" Nick jokingly asked.

Judy looked around the area. There didn't seem to be… well, any sign of danger. IT was strangely quiet, the only sound being that of the night itself.

"I think we should just head in." She said.

"Okay, I was joking, but we're seriously just going to go in to the monster's den?" Nick asked.

"Yep."

"Brilliant."

The three quickly walked into the karaoke bar. The first room was a pretty bare lobby, it looked like a dentist's office. Bare yellow walls, not much decorating them. They apparently also had soundproofing, as they couldn't hear anything from behind a lone door. Sitting at a desk was an arctic fox, presumably a waiter.

"I was expecting a bit more." Max admitted, sounding a bit disappointed.

"That's what they all say." Said the arctic fox. "And I'm sorry to say, but we're all completely booked out for tonight."

"Was it by a biker, a robot, and a clown?" Nick asked.

"Yes." The other fox responded. "Along with their… friends. We only have three seats left, and they're reserved."

The three Zoorangers looked at each other for a second. "Who are they reserved for?" Judy asked.

He pulled out a clipboard, and flipped through a few pages. "Yartot number eighty five, not there, Ugutz number thirty two, nope, Orgette number two hundred and fifty, getting closer…"

After a minute, the fox finally found what he was looking for. "Front table, reserved for Misters Wilde, Wolford and a Miss Hopps."

Judy's ears popped up in surprise. "Hey, that's-"

Nick quickly pulled her back. "Don't tell him, Judy!" He whispered.

"What? Why?"

"We're going to have to show ID, which means there'll be witnesses, which means that the SPD are going to find us."

"Oh, poop, you're right, but how are we-"

"Yeah, I'm Maxwell Wolford." Max started, kneeling down at the small counter. He pulled out his driver's license and placed it on the counter as well. "And those are Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde."

Nick and Judy's jaws hung open.

"Oh, well why didn't you say so?" The arctic fox chimed. "I'll let you in right away."

There was a click, sounding that the door had been unlocked.

"Why the heck'd you do that?" Judy said, sounding both angry and confused.

"Because I want to sing karaoke." Max replied, absolutely honest. "Besides, the bad guys are in there, so…"

She sighed. "If this backfires in some way, I'm blaming you."

"No one else to blame!"

They opened the door, and the mood of the building instantly changed. The bar part of the karaoke bar was colored in wintery colors, around twelve or so tables littered the white carpeted floor, and were shined on by light blue and green mood lights. A stage was present, so intoxicated mammals could go up there and embarrass themselves in front of an audience.

Despite the rather calming atmosphere the room itself presented, the things going on were far from. Several waiters, each of different species, were rushing around, trying to get drinks to tables. Most of the tables seated different minions, hooting and hollering. On the stage was a Ugutz, beeping along to a song that none of them could make out.

"Okay, this is what I was expecting." Nick said as they headed towards the front.

They spotted a table, occupied by Sambash, Yogostein, Yabaiba, and Bottle Banki. They were lined up, with another three seats opposite them.

These were the only unoccupied seats.

"Think they want us to sit there?" Max asked.

Judy shrugged. "One way to find out."

They walked over to the seats, and sat down on them. Well, Max sat down on his, Nick and Judy climbed up theirs. They had to stand on them, Judy's head barely passing the table.

"I was expecting this to look a bit less… lame." Sambash admitted.

"Shut it." Judy snapped. "What do you want?"

"To see if you guys know how to PAR-TAY!" Yabaiba shouted.

"…More accurately, we wanted to challenge you to a small contest." Yogostein continued, trying to make them sound somewhat dignified.

"A karaoke contest?" Max asked, tail starting to wag.

"No, a KARAOKE- Wait, how did you know?" Yogostein asked, surprised.

"Maybe it's because we're in a karaoke bar?" Bottle Banki suggested. Yogostein glanced around for a moment.

"Alright, that's a fair guess." He admitted.

"Really?" Nick said with a chuckle. "You're going to fight us… with karaoke?"

"Yeah, you guys have had some really dumb plans, but this is the dumbest." Judy said.

"This isn't a plan, bunny." Sambash said, reaching over and flicking her in the forehead. "If this was a plan, we would have made a karaoke monster."

"Hey, that's not a bad idea." Yabaiba muttered.

"Yeah, we just want to have some fun today." Yogostein continued. "But that doesn't mean that there aren't stakes to this contest."

"Three on three!" Yabaiba shouted. "Best outta three wins! You guys win, we leave, we win, you guys gotta leave us alone for the night!"

"Wait, three on three?" Bottle Banki said, sounding a bit disappointed. "What am I supposed to do?"

"You can, uh… announce?" Yogostein suggested, though he sounded a bit unsure.

"Sounds good to me!"

"So, you want a singing contest, huh?" Judy said, stretching her arms out. "You challenged the wrong bunny. I've kept up with the top one hundred for the last ten years of my life, and listened to every number one hit more times than I can count! Just try me."

The monsters fell silent, before they started to laugh. "You really expect us to play by your world's rules?" Sambash said.

"Wait 'til you get a load of OUR OWN karaoke machine!" Yogostein said, motioning over to the stage.

Spotlights suddenly shone on a large machine, larger than a karaoke machine probably should be. It was black in color, and had large horns coming from it. Two screens appeared to form menacing red eyes, while the menu itself was closed in via a sharp teeth pattern, completing a monstrous face. The speaker was fairly normal looking, though it was marked with the odd symbol found on most of Yogostein's monsters.

"Behold, the Kaijuoke Machine!" He declared. "It only plays the greatest hits from OUR universe!"

"Yeah, and those songs are coded into our DNA!" Yabaiba followed. "Literally, we don't even know where they came from!"

"Always expect the bad guys to play a bit shifty, huh?" Nick said.

"Even if we don't know the songs, I bet we can still school you at singing!" Judy shouted. "So, we accept."

"Yes!" Max shouted, bursting up from his seat. "Karaoke!"

"I have never seen anyone this excited about karaoke before." Nick admitted. "You know you're probably just going to embarrass yourself in front of a live audience, right?"

"Oh, I doubt it."

Nick and Judy looked at each other, both a bit confused. "Aaaaanyway." The bunny segued "How about we get this started?"

"Right!" Bottle Banki said, standing up. He quickly moved up to the stage, and spun around, a microphone suddenly appearing in his hand. The feed buzzed for a moment, causing any previous altercations to come to a halt. "Alright folks, whether you be organic or not, we're in for the very first Kaijuoke Battle Royale!"

There was applause from the audience, the waiters moving on and continuing to serve drinks.

"For our first match, we have Judy Hopps, ZooBlue, versus Duke Org Yabaiba!" Bottle Banki continued, much to the shock of the patrons at the front table.

Sambash quickly marched up on stage, and smacked the microphone out of the Banki Beast's hand. "Who the held said you could choose the match-ups?" He growled.

"Uh, I dunno, I just thought I could?"

Sambash shook his head. "Fine, whatever, they'll go first." He stomped back to the table, and sat down, arms crossed. "I wanted to go first…"

Yabaiba quickly got up, and skipped onto the stage. Jud followed, leaping up onto it. "Alright you two, to decide who goes first, you're gonna have to play RO-SHAM-BO!" Bottle Banki declared.

Yabaiba leaned down to the rabbit's level, and they exchanged cold stares. They held out their fists, and shook them up and down.

"RO-SHAM-BO!"

Judy quickly formed paper, while Yabaiba played rock. He let out a quick "Doh!" and stood up, arms crossed.

"Hah, the rock trick never works!" Judy said, before hopping over to the large machine.

She glared up at it, it was a massive and intimidating piece of metal, maybe five or six times her own height. The microphone, which looked to be too large for her paws, was also up too high to reach. "Uh, can I get some help?" She asked, looking down at the table.

Sambash got up, though he let out a sigh. "Guess we gotta play at least somewhat fair, huh?"

He reached out, and grabbed the snow leopard waiter by the shoulder, reeling him in. "You got any smaller microphones?" He asked, menacingly.

"Uh, y-yes." The snow leopard stammered.

"Then go get one."

He let go of the leopard, who quickly rushed off. A few moments later, he returned carrying a much smaller mic.

He plodded up onto the stage, clearly exhausted by all the running around, and swapped the microphones out, before handing it to Judy.

"Thank you." She said.

"You sure you can reach up to the menu, Fluff?" Nick yelled from the table.

"Yes, I'm pretty sure I can!" She said, before leaping up. She did this a few times, each time looking through the song selection.

After the first few menu rows, she came to the sudden realization that none of these songs were in English. They were written in English, but the titles seemed to be complete gibberish. Still, she had to pick one.

She looked for one that, at the least, had words she could recognize in it. It took a bit, but she found one called "Blue Is The SKY". Seemed perfect for her, considering her color designation.

She jumped up again, and tapped the name with her paw. Backing up a bit, music started to play. It was a rock song, not her preferred genre, but it reminded her of songs from the early 2000s. She prepared to sing the lyrics.

Unfortunately, it seemed like the LYRICS were in a different language as well. She hesitated as the first line came up.

"Come on, rabbit!" Sambash yelled. "You gonna give us a show, or are we gonna win by default?"

She glared at him, and then turned back to the lyrics, she had already missed some, so she needed to make up for it.

She started.

"Kokoro no oku ni himeta passion!
go on, go on!
Nemurenai yoru all night long night,
Kowaku wa nai sa all right so fight!
Togisumashite 'ku sonna power
Perfect, yeah!"

She was amazed at a few things. First, the fact she could even sing to that weird language, and secondly, the fact she was getting really into it.

"Donna mondai, oshiyosetatte,
Aseru hitsuyou, doko ni mo nai.
Subete joukyou, keisan-zumi sa,
never… nigeya shinai."

"Huh, didn't expect her to be a good singer." Sambash admitted.

"THAT'S what you're amazed by?" Nick questioned. "I'm more amazed she can sing to that gibberish."

"What?" Sambash said, sounding confused. "You three have been speaking Japanese ever since we got here."

"What?"

"Kotae nante doko ni mo nai
Nani mo kimatcha inai daro,
Mirai wa jibun de tsukamu n' da.
yes sky blue, is my blue!
Doko made mo aoi sora wo,
Sono mune ni kizande yuke.
Kimi wo matte 'ru hito ga iru.
yes sky blue, is my blue!
Puraido tsuranuite!
Tatakau n' da kyou wo!"

There was cheering as the song finished. She glanced around, amazed she had actually managed to do that. Bottle Banki quickly came back on the stage. "That was an excellent performance!" He declared. "But I have bad opinions, so let's see what the Kaijuoke Machine says!"

The eyes of the machine started to spin around, the first eye starting on a zero. They waited in suspense as the other eye continued to spin around.

It stopped on an eight.

Judy sighed in relief.

"Looks like the machine says it's an excellent performance too, but you got just a few bits wrong!" Bottle Banki said. "Let's see if Master Yabaiba can do any better than that!"

The Org came over from the other side of the stage, and looked down at the rabbit. "Scoot along, bunny, the real performer has to act!"

Judy shook her head, and dropped the mic. She then hopped down from the stage, and quickly bolted over to the table.

"So, how'd I do?" She asked.

"I'd give it two thumbs up." Nick said.

"You have a very pretty voice, Judy." Max said, a bit awkwardly.

"Weird, but I appreciate the honesty."

"Sorry." Max quickly muttered.

They looked back up at the stage, a Ugutz had run stepped down from it, carrying the smaller microphone. The larger sized one had been plugged back in.

Yabaiba quickly walked over to the large karaoke machine, which stood slightly taller than him, and stared at the menu.

It took a few minutes, but he finally picked something, and grabbed the microphone from the side of the machine. He started to back up, and peppy techno music began to play. It became apparent to the rabbit that even from several feet away, at a lower altitude, the words on the machine's screen could still be read.

However, it didn't seem like Yabaiba could read them, as he remained silent for a few moments.

"Uh, I think we have a problem." He said into the microphone.

Yogostein sighed, and quickly went up onto the stage. "What the hell are you doing?" He asked.

"I can't read the lyrics." The Duke Org admitted.

"You've got to be kidding me." He muttered. "Aren't you a thousand years old?"

"Yeah, one thousand years ago was BL, Before Language." Yabaiba responded.

"And you haven't learned to read yet?"

"Oh, I did, I just can't read that stuff."

"I swear, if we weren't on the same team, I would have killed you by now." Yogostein admitted. He looked over at the machine. "What song did you even pick!?"

"I dunno, I just picked one at random!"

"I don't even think this song is in the playlist!" Yogostein said. "How did you pick a song that doesn't exist in the machine's data!?"

Yabaiba simply shrugged in response.

"This is THE dumbest thing you have ever done." Yogostein scolded. "And you have done an incredible number of dumb things!"

The music stopped, and the two turned their attention to the karaoke machine. The eyes started to pin around again, this time stopping on a "YOU" and a "SUCK".

Yogostein quickly grabbed Yabaiba by his horn, and started to drag him off the stage. Bottle Banki quickly came back into view.

"Well, that was something." He said, flatly. "Aaaaanyway, the winner of that round was Ms. Hopps, unsurprisingly!"

"Looks like you guys've lost already." Judy boasted.

"Still two rounds left, fleaball." Sambash taunted. "It isn't over until it's over."

"I doubt you can win." Nick said. "Right, Max?"

He glanced over at the wolf, who seemed to be lost in thought. "Max?"

"Uh, huh, what?" He blurted out. "Right, whatever you said, totally right."

Nick and Judy glanced at each other, a bit confused.

"Next round!" Bottle Banki shouted. "This time, it's Nick Wilde vs my wonderful Lord and Master, Land Pollution Minister Yogostein!"

"Oh." Nick said, a bit of a fake smile creeping across his face. "Was kinda hoping I'd be the last one to go."

"Hah!" Yogostein laughed as he stepped up to the table, Yabaiba's horn still in his grasp. He quickly tossed the Org away, causing him to crash onto the ground. "Scared to go up against me, fox?" The robot taunted. "Bet you can't even sing that great!"

"I am a wonderful singer." Nick replied. "I just wanted to, uh, wow the audience in the last round."

"Good luck with that!" Yogostein taunted.

The two quickly made it up to the stage, both of them going up the stairs. "Alright, you two ready to roshambo?" Bottle Banki asked.

"Actually, I'll be generous." Yogostein said. "Since there's no way you can win, I'll let you embarrass yourself first!"

"Oh, come ON." Nick muttered to himself as he headed to the Kaijuoke Machine. He glanced up at the screen, which was still too high for him to reach. He climbed up onto the emblem in the middle of the speaker, and started to work through the menu.

Like Judy, he noticed that none of the song titles here made any kind of sense. He squinted, looking for anything that made any kind of sense. It took him a while, but he finally found something.

The song was called "Utsukishiki Dreamer", and despite him not understanding the first word of the song, something about it spoke to him. Before he could select it, an Ugutz walked up, and switched the microphones around. The robot gave him a nod, which he awkwardly returned.

He quickly selected the song, grabbed the microphone from the side, and hopped down. The song started up, with a guitar. Something about it screamed… eighties, to him. Which was definitely not a bad thing.

At least he'd probably like the song that was going to ruin his life.

He took a deep breath, and started.

"Sarigenaku, ikiru yori mo.
Kin no hibana wo, chirashitai no sa.
Kanashimi ni, fusagarete mo
Yume no tokimeki, akirame wa shinai
Iro toridori no, kokoro no iro
Inochi wo mamoru yuuki ni kaete!"

Nick's singing was a bit on the awkward side, but not worse than any recent songs that Judy listened to. It might have come down to his nerves.

"He's not as bad as I was expecting." Judy admitted. "He's just, kinda alright."

"Not gonna deny that." Max replied. "A bit of vocal training, and he could bump it up to 'pretty decent'."

"Utsukushiki dreamer! Ai no kagiri ni!
Kaze wo tsukinuke-nagara, hashiru yo
Utsukushiki doriimaa! Negai wo komete!
Afureru omoi subete, kanau hi made,
FAR AWAY... Utsukushiki dreamer!"

The song ended, and Nick let out a hefty amount of air. He glanced over at the machine, and watched its eyes spin around. The end result ended at a six. He sighed in relief, and headed down to the table.

"Was I really that not awful?" He asked as he climbed back onto the stage. "Literally every time I've done this it's been terrible."

"Maybe it's because you weren't drunk." Judy suggested.

"Entirely possible."

"I just gotta say, Nick," Max started. "You hit some of the high bits really well. I didn't expect you could do that with your voice.

"Anyway, even with that average score, there's no way Yogostein can win." Nick said, quickly deflecting the situation. This caught both Max and Judy's attention, but it was safe to assume he just didn't want to talk about his singing any more. "You heard his voice?"

"Yeah, he's got a voice like a generator." Judy chuckled. "I doubt he'll even hit a five."

"You can't base someone's singing talents on how they look. Or sound, ironically enough." Max said. "Like, you'd expect Nick to be a great singer based on his voice."

"Ouch."

"What I'm saying is that we should keep our guard up." The wolf finished. "Just be prepared."

Yogostein walked over to the Kaijuoke Machine, and picked out a song in only a few seconds. It was like he knew the exact song he was going to pick. The song started off with a heavy rock solo, before Yogostein started to sing.

"SANGYOU KAKUMEI DA!"

The level of volume and baritone that he sung the first line with was amazing, literally shaking the room with his performance.

"Sunda sora wa kishoku warui, yutaka na daichi hedo ga deru
Kirei na mizu nomeya shinai, yume ya kibou wa jama na dake
Kegare yogorete,
Kitanaku suru ze!"

Yogostein's voice was spectacular, despite its deep inflection, he was able to hit the notes in what sounded like a perfect manner. It left the entire audience, Zoorangers included, absolutely stunned. Even the waiters dropped their drinks at how surprising it was.

Well, the Ugutz in the crowd weren't as surprised, and seemed absolutely moved by the song for some reason.

"Sangyou kakumei da, jojobaa!
Ore-tacha Gaiarku, kedakaku!
Sangyou kakumei da, guchagucha!
Ore-tacha Gaiarku, kashikomare
Jigoku ni aku no hana sakase Gaiark!"

He finished, and there was uproarious metallic cheers and claps, even Sambash clapped loudly. The machine's eyes started to spin around again, this time coming up with the equally surprising result of a ten.

Bottle Banki came back on the stage, tears streaming down his face. "That was a… a beautiful performance of the Gaiark Anthem by our glorious master, Yogostein!"

"That can't be right!" Judy shouted as the robot walked down the stage, waving to the Ugutz. "He had to have cheated somehow."

"No cheating, rabbit." Yogosteins aid as he walked over, stepping on Yabaiba's body. "That was pure, vocal talent!"

"But, but…!"

Nick placed a hand on the frustrated bunny's shoulder, and patted it. "Just accept that I lost, Carrots."

She crossed her arms and scowled, before falling onto the seat. Now only her ears popped up above the table.

"Guess you were right, Max," Nick started turning to the wolf. "Shouldn't judge a record by it's cover- What are you doing?"

The wolf's face was buried in his arms, and he was making faint sobbing sounds. "You alright?" Nick asked, a bit worried by the wolf's behaviour.

"That was the most wonderful thing I've ever heard." He muttered.

"Well, get over it, because there's only one round left." Judy said. "We need you to win this, max."

He sat back up, and wiped away some tears. "Right, right. I have a plan."

They both raised their eyebrows at this.

Bottle Banki let out a very loud, prolonged sniff, and started to speak into the microphone again. "Time for round three, though I doubt it can top our previous one! Since there are only two contestants left, we're pitting 'em together! Get up her, Sambash and… wolf guy!"

Max looked around, a bit confused, before getting up and following Sambash up onto the stage. "I have a name, you know." He said to the monster.

"Yeah, but nobody cares." Sambash retorted. There was laughter from the audience, except for Nick and Judy, who just stared in disgust at the monster.

"You two ready to RO-SHAM-BO!?" Bottle Banki yelled. "I really want you two to be."

"Yeah, we are." Max said, holding out his fist. Sambash held his out as well.

They shook their fists a few times, Sambash landing on scissors, while Max landed on paper.

"Hah," Sambash laughed, pulling his fist away. "Looks like I win."

"No, go ahead." Max followed, completely sincere. "I'd love to hear your voice."

"Ooookaaaay…"

He walked up to the karaoke machine, and quickly picked out a song. It started playing, a quick electronic bit phasing into a brass background and guitar.

"Unare! Ginga no hikari! Juusoukou!
Yuusha no sakebi, kikoeta ka
Mabayui kiseki ga, gonin wo tsutsumu!"

Sambash's voice was surprisingly great, gruff enough to fit with the song's hard rock style. It didn't leave anyone as shocked as Yogostein's, but nothing could really top that.

"Baruban! Tadashii kokoro ga
Baruban! Kujikenu yuuki ga
Muteki no, genkai, buchiyaburu!"

"Are those the right lyrics?" Judy asked.

"How should I know?" Yogostein replied from the other side of the table. "Does sound a bit off, though."

"Ugh, where am I?" Yabaiba let out, quickly getting up. He sat back down at the table. "Did I miss anything?"

"You missed my wonderful performance." Yogostein boasted.

"So, didn't miss much, I guess."

"Hikari no chikara, kirari kiramekase
Nosabaru Gingaman, baan to kudake!
Kimeru n' da! Ginga no senkou!
Ba! Baban! Baban! Baruban! Seigi yo, kagayake!"

The audience clapped as Sambash finished, to which he replied with a quick wave. The eyes of the machine started rolling, leaving them in suspense. It quickly spun onto an eight, Sambash doing a fistpump in response.

"Try beating that score, mutt." He said to Max, before walking jumping down from the stage.

Max wasn't sure how to respond to that. Best thing to do was just pick a song and show him who's boss.

He walked up to the Kaijuoke Machine, and started fiddling around with the menu screen for a moment. It took a bit longer than the rest of them took, oddly enough.

"Hey, you gonna pick a song!?" Sambash yelled up from his seat. Max didn't respond.

"There it is." He said, before tapping the screen. A techno beat started to play.

"Hey, doesn't this sound… familiar?" Nick asked. "I feel like I've heard this before."

"Yeah, this is kinda déjà vu-y." Judy admitted. "Wait, isn't this-"

"I don't wanna know, heta na shinjitsu nara
I don't wanna know, shiranai kurai ga ii noni
Why? Why? Why? Why? Kizukeba I came too far."

"Hey, this is the song I picked, isn't it?" Yabaiba asked. "Can he pick the same song as me?"

"We didn't exactly have well defined rules for this contest, so probably." Yogostein replied.

"Shit." Sambash muttered to himself. "He's better than I expected."

"Tomaranai, kanjiru kono yokan wa
The new beginning!
michi no ryouiki ima wo kirihirakun da
I gotta believe!"

"Didn't Yogostein say this song wasn't even in the machine's data?" Judy whispered.

"Yeah." Nick replied, getting where she was coming from. "How'd he even pick it?"

"Soutou,
EXCITE! EXCITE! Takanaru
EXCITE! EXCITE! Kokoro ga
michibiku ano basho e kakenukete ikudake
Hey! I'm on a mission right now
Hey! I'm on a mission right now
EXCITE! EXCITE! kotae wa,
One! kono te no naka
Two! susumu beki life
Three! ikite iku dake!"

The music ended, and there was applause. The machine's eyes spun around, leaving the two groups in suspense. This would decide everything. Well, it would decide this current bout, but it was still a big deal.

Somehow, the first eye landed on an 8, while the second landed… on a 0.1.

"Looks like we have a winner!" Bottle Banki yelled. "Unfortunately!"

Sambash quickly got up, and smashed the table to the ground. "ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?"

Yogostein quickly smacked him. "We would've won if you hadn't changed the lyrics!" he shouted.

"There's no goddamn way I'm saying those asshole's names in a positive context!" Sambash shouted back.

"Boom!" Max let out, hopping down from the stage. Nick and Judy hopped down from their chairs, and walked up to him.

"What exactly was this plan?" Nick asked.

"See, I have the 'power' to sing any song I hear, even if its just once." Max explained. "Just kind of a psychological thing, I think. Anyway, while Yogostein and Yabaiba were fighting on stage, I was paying attention to the lyrics on the screen, and got them memorized!"

"So, you knew the song before you started singing?" Judy said, a bit impressed. "That was surprisingly clever."

"Hang on, how did you even get to that song?" Nick asked, still confused.

"I hit up, up, down, down, then pressed left, right, left, right and it showed up!" He explained. "That's what Yabaiba did, so I just copied it."

"Great job." Yogostein said, sarcastically, to Yabaiba. "You messed up so bad that the Zoorangers WON!"

"How was I supposed to know that was gonna happen?" He asked. "Don't blame me for this!"

"There is literally no one else to blame, hornhead." Sambash growled, smacking the Org on the back of the head.

"Alright, you guys made the deal, now you have to make up your end." Judy said.

"Yeah, go on an get out of here, run back to your mountain." Nick quickly followed.

Sambash let out a bit of a laugh. "Jokes on you guys, the only thing we lost was a bit of our pride."

"What?"

"We were gonna get out of this place after the contest, regardless of who won." He explained. "And besides, we never promised to go home if we lost, just to get out of here."

The three's ears popped up at this.

"We still have one more stop to go." Yogostein continued.

"Yeah, we'll see you guys in an hour!" Yabaiba finished.

Yogostein opened his mouth, creating a massive cloud of smoke. After a few seconds, the cloud had covered the entire room, leaving all the animals there hacking and coughing. It cleared, revealing that every monster had vanished.

The waiters all fell to the ground, relieved that the monstrous customers had gone. One particularly resilient polar bear walked up to the three. He kneeled down and vigorously shook Nick and judy's paws at the same time, and then did the same for Max. All the while he muttered "Thank you." over and over.

The bear then let out a sigh. "Sorry, we're just thankful for you getting rid of those creeps. They had us running around for hours, it was a nightmare."

"It's only eleven." Judy pointed out.

"It felt like hours."

"HEY, BOSS!" Shouted the snow leopard to the polar bear. "THEY TOOK ALL THE LIQUOR!"

"Oh, you gotta be kidding me." The polar sighed.

"We'd love to stay and help, but we have a lot of stuff to deal with right now." Nick said.

"Yeah, we need to figure out where the last place they went to is." Judy continued. "It could be anywhere in the city. Oh, speaking of." She quickly pulled out her phone, and dialed up a number. It rang for a moment. "Hello, Ben?"

"Yes, Judy?" He responded, not sounding at all tired despite how late it was getting. "Let me guess, want me to keep an eye out for any news on the monsters?"

She sighed. "Yes, exactly that. It has been one hell of a night, Ben."

"Oh, I know all about it, been keeping up with the growls." He continued. "You guys had a karaoke contest?"

"Yes, and let's never bring it up again." She said. "Anyway, just call us when you find something, alright?"

"Got it!"

She hung up. "Alright, let's get going, we need to be ready before anything major happens."

Max gave a quick wave as the three ran out. They quickly passed the arctic fox. "Hey, wait!" He shouted.

"You were supposed to pay for half of that!"

---

"How long do you think we're gonna have to wait?" Nick asked. The three had returned to Mr. Big's since it was already nearby. Right now, they were just taking a small break from all the insanity.

"It's only been thirty minutes, Nick." Judy said, exasperated.

"Not even, it's been twenty-five since we got here." Max followed. "I doubt anything will pop up that soon."

"Sheesh, fine." Nick said, sitting up from his cushion. "I just want this to be done with so I can sleep."

"Well, it's not going to be done with until we beat the monsters." Judy said. "It's like this every week."

"Did they have to do it so late though?"

"Whatever they're planning requires them to be up this late, obviously." Judy continued. She frowned a bit. "And go to a club and do nothing. And then go to a karaoke bar and do nothing. What exactly are they planning?"

"When we tried to ask them, they just said they 'wanted to have fun'." Max explained.

"Yeah, like we'd buy that." Nick said with a bit of a chuckle. "They have to be up to something."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Judy said, sounding a bit unsure herself. "Their monster seemed like a mistake, so I seriously doubt that they had any idea about what they were doing."

"If they're building a weapon or something, you owe me ten dollars." Nick said.

"Nick, I don't bet."

Her phone quickly rang, and she answered. "Oh my gosh, Judy, you won't believe this!"

"Monster attack?" She asked, alert.

"Oh, that too, but you won't believe what just happened on this show I'm watching…"

"You can tell me later, Ben." She sighed. "Monster attack is more important."

"Right, right. So, they were spotted at a restaurant called Romino's, it's in Sahara Square."

"Any trouble?"

"Well, they kidnapped all of the staff to make them work this late at night, so that's probably a problem."

"Kidnapping is definitely a problem, we'll be right on it!" She followed. "Thanks Ben!"

"Your welc!"

She hung up. "Alright, we got work to do." Judy announced. "The monsters kidnapped the staff of a restaurant to, uh… prepare food for them, I think?"

"Diabolical." Nick said, sounding both serious and sarcastic. "There is nothing worse than labor. See, Carrots? They have to be up to something, why else would they kidnap a bunch of mammals unless they had something really evil planned?"

"Yeah, I seriously doubt they'd do this unless something was up." Max followed.

"You're right." She said. "We've already learned that those three are terrible, so they have to be doing something terrible as well."

Glad we got that all sorted out." Nick said. "What's the restaurant called, anyway?"

"Romino's."

Nick's ears popped up. He quickly clutched at his stomach. "Ouugh, I think I came down with something." He groaned.

Max and Judy glared at him. The fox gave a quick, insincere smile, and stopped faking. "I have a bit of a history with the guy who runs Romino's, alright?"

"Nick, is there anyone we run into that you don't have 'a bit of history' with?" Judy asked.

"Yes, but I know everyone, remember?" He continued. "Doesn't imply I know everyone in a positive way."

"So, what sort of illegal act did you do to get on this guy's bad side?" Max asked.

"Dine and dashing."

"Well, that's not that bad-"

"I did it twenty times."

"Oh my god, Nick." Judy let out. "How do you get into this stuff?"

"I had a hell of a lack of an upbringing."

"…Let's just go already."

---

"I think I'll have the lasagne and the saltimbocca." Sambash said. "Get me your hardest liquor, too."

"Alright, uh, sir." The camel waiter said, jotting it down. She turned to the other three monsters at the table. "Are you three prepared to order as well?"

"I cannot eat food, so just get me some wine." Yogostein said.

"I just want some water." Bottle Banki said. "Not for drinking, I'm just running out of fuel."

The waiter jotted the orders down, and waited a moment for Yabaiba. "I can come back when you're ready." She said.

"Can I get the tiramisu?" Yabaiba asked.

"Sir, that's a dessert." She sighed. "You have to order something else before the dessert."

"Oh… Can I get a cannoli instead?"

She sighed again. "I'll just order you a pasta dish." She said.

"Sounds good to me!"

There was a crashing sound, the four monsters and the waiter turning towards the entrance to the restaurant. The Zoorangers had busted through the door, weapons drawn. "What the…?" Blue let out, looking around.

The entire place was… peaceful. The waiters seemed to be going about normally, if a bit tired, while the monsters, who were at nearly every seat at the place, first and second floors included, waited for or were eating food. It was a bizarre spectacle to see.

"Uhhh, hello!" Red shouted. "We're here to rescue you… all?"

The waiters shook their heads, and started back to work.

"I can safely say I wasn't expecting this." Red said.

"Yeah, this is weird." Silver said as the three walked towards the table with the generals.

"Okay, you creeps," Blue started, quickly jumping up on the table. "You're going to tell us what's going on, right now!"

"We're trying to get something to eat, fuzzy." Sambash said, sounding very frustrated.

"Don't expect me to buy that!" She shouted. "You had to have kidnapped all these workers for something else!"

"Uh, not really." The camel waiter said. "They paid us a lot of money in advance to do this."

"But… but that's bribery! That's illegal!"

"Acting like you have the moral high ground, huh, Ms. Vigilante?" Sambash chuckled.

"So, you guys… aren't doing anything evil?" Red asked, genuinely surprised.

"Absolutely nothing evil going on here." Yogostein said. "In fact, while what we're doing is definitely illegal, we haven't harmed a single animal all night!"

"No matter how much we wanted to!" Yabaiba said. Yogostein quickly backhanded him. He shook the pain off. "We have witnesses, too! Right lady?"

"Oh, yeah." The camel waiter said. "It was more like a… hostile invitation, than an actual kidnapping."

"Still illegal." Blue snapped.

"Why don't you three have a seat, maybe we can have a nice, civilized chat?" The robot suggested. "It certainly wouldn't harm anyone!"

"Excuse us for a moment." Red said, bringing the other two Zoorangers a few feet away from the table so they could talk about it in private.

"You're not gonna listen to this, are you?" Red asked the rabbit. "They're still monsters, they're probably lying about everything."

"Yeah, I wouldn't trust them either." Max said. "I've watched enough Zoo Rangers to see this won't end up being good."

"They aren't lying, though." She said. "Everything they've said has been the truth. We're the ones who've been wrecking their night. Arguably, we just made things worse." She untransformed. "As leader, I say that we try to respect them for at least five minutes."

"Fine." Nick said, untransforming. He sounded frustrated at the order. Max quickly followed, though he mostly just seemed worried.

The three walked back up to the table, the camel waiter pulling up two seats. "This is all we have left, sorry." She said.

"It's fine, we have to do this a lot." Judy said. Her and Nick hopped onto one chair, while Max took the other seat.

Judy glanced across the table, scanning the monster's faces… well, their body language, since they didn't exactly move their faces. Yabaiba seemed amused, while Yogostein seemed… relaxed. Bottle Banki she couldn't get a read on at all, and Sambash seemed absolutely disgusted to be anywhere near them. Probably still resentful after the karaoke contest.

"You know," She started. "I think now would be the perfect time to ask some questions."

Nick glanced at her, which she returned with a bit of a sly wink. What was the rabbit up to?

"What can you tell us about your leader?" She asked, shocking the monsters. "You know… The Omnipotence?"

Instantly, the three generals seemed a bit apprehensive. Bottle Banki glanced back and forth at them, confused. "Well, he's…" Yabaiba tried to start. "He's a big… cylinder?"

"Really?" Max said, a bit disappointed. "I was hoping our main villain had an interesting design."

"He's remarkably powerful." Yogostein continued. "He brought all of us back to life, and is the reason we can make and upgrade our monsters. He might be the most powerful thing I've ever seen!"

"Guess a monster called 'Omnipotence' would be powerful." Nick joked. "You guys must be thankful that he brought you back, huh?"

"As thankful as we can be." Yabaiba said. "I mean, by last moments were being eaten by my bosses, kinda wish I went out on a bigger bang than that."

"I wanted to rest in peace." Yogostein followed. "One time, I had the chance to come back, but refused. I was forced away from my peace by this guy. Though, I enjoy how powerful he's made me feel."

"I wish I could understand what you guys are talking about." Bottle Banki said.

"How d'you even know who the Omnipotence is?" Sambash asked, bluntly.

Judy gulped, Nick and Max giving her an awkward look. "I, uh, saw it in a dream?"

"Oooh, dream messages, I love those!" Yabaiba said, suddenly sounding chipper again.

"So, you learned about our boss through some kind of dream?" Yogostein said, sounding a bit amused. "That's ridiculous."

"Well, your boss sent it to me." She continued, a bit smugly. "There was some kind of messenger in my dream, didn't look like any of you guys."

"That must mean you guys have a seventh member you're hiding." Max started.

"No, pretty sure there's just six of us." Yogostein stated.

"Uh, y-yeah." Yabaiba added. He seemed more nervous than he was a few seconds ago, tapping his fingers against the table and trying to avoid eye contact.

"You alright?" Yogostein asked.

"FINE!" He shouted. "NOTHING IS WRONG!" He quickly got up from his seat. "I… I need to go, see you guys later." Yabaiba quickly transformed into slime, and vanished.

"That was a bit… awkward." Nick said.

The waiter came back up to the table. "Your dishes will be ready soon… Where'd the clown guy go?"

"He ran off like a coward." Sambash said, standing up. "And hold our dishes, we won't be needing them for a bit."

"What? Why-"

Sambash pulled out his gun, twirling it, and fired several shots into the ceiling.

"The hell?" Yogostein shouted as Sambash brought his gun back to its holster.

"Yartots, Ugutz, Orgettes!" He shouted, bringing the minion's attention to him. He pointed towards the three mammals in front of him.

"Get them."

Without hesitation, the minions began to crawl out of their seats, heading towards the Zoorangers. "Hey, what's going on?" Judy said, confused. "I thought you guys were-"

"Taking it easy?" Sambash said, before chuckling. "Yeah, this was a big scam. Get your attention, get you into a vulnerable place, and then kill you."

"Sammy, you sly dog!" Yogostein laughed as he stood up. "You even had ME fooled!"

"Knew we shouldn't have trusted these guys, even for a moment!" Nick said, before the three transformed. They pulled out their weapons, and leaped into fights with the monsters.

Red tangled with a series of Yartots, dodging their cutlasses as he retaliated with his own sword, slicing through them one by one. Blue dealt with the Orgettes, dodging by their slow movements and rapidly kicking and cutting at them with her knives. Silver fended off the Ugutz, hitting their vulnerable points precisely with his rapier.

After a few minutes, the entire army had been wiped out. "You really didn't expect that to work, did you?" Red taunted. "We've handled these guys more than you guys have had victories."

"You're forgetting something very important, wall-mount." Sambash said. "You're dealing with two generals here."

"He's right." Blue said. "We can't even handle one general, now we have to deal with two."

"And me!" Bottle Banki said, popping up in front of the two villains. "You have to deal with me, the most powerful Banki Beast!"

"I wish that was true." Yogostein groaned. "If you think you can help, try it!"

Yogostein pulled out his spear, and rushed at the three Zoorangers, he quickly spun it around, Silver jumping over while Red and Blue ducked under it. The robot pulled the weapon above his head, still spinning, where it gathered electrical energy. He slammed the bottom of the spear into the ground, launching the three away.

Blue crashed into a booth table, while Silver was thrown into a nearby potted plant. Red was also thrown across the room, being flung into the nearby kitchen.

"See? That's how you fight!" Yogostein boasted. "Want in on this, Sambash?"

"Oh, you know I do!" He said, stepping forward. "I'll take the mutt, you take the roadkill."

"What about me?" Bottle Banki asked.

"Uh, go handle the fox."

"Got it!" The bottle robot quickly ran towards the kitchen.

Red had slid across the ground, past the feet of several different chefs. He stopped when he hit something big and bulky. He opened his eyes, seeing a very large, very angry hippo towering above him.

"Hey, Romino!" The fox greeted. "Uh, how's… business… going?"

"Why are you in my-a restaurant again, Wilde?" The hippo growled. "I told you before to never come-a back."

The fox quickly scrambled to his feet. "Listen, I'd love to do this dance in any other circumstance, but right now there's a bunch of deadly monsters who are going to kill my friends, and then probably your staff, so-"

"Hey, hey, what's going on in here?" Bottle Banki yelled as he burst through the door. "Oooh, chefs! One of you's gotta have hot water, right?"

"Uh, I have a sink full of hot water right-" The chef, a cheetah, was quickly pushed out of the way by the monster. He jabbed his blue bottle hand into the water, and drained it completely.

"No one will laugh at me once I roast a ranger alive!" He laughed, aiming his red bottle hand at ZooRed. He stepped back a bit… directly onto a puddle of water. "WHOA!"

The monster slipped, accidentally firing his boiling water at a more upwards angle. Directly towards Romino.

"WATCH OUT!" Red shouted, quickly leaping up and shoulder tackling the hippo. This was somehow strong enough to knock the massive mammal to the ground, the hot water splatting against the wall behind him.

"Wilde, you-a just saved my life." Romino said, genuinely surprised.

"Yeah, I do that a lot when I'm superhero-ing." He said, before jumping off of the hippo's stomach.

Meanwhile, back in the main lobby of the restaurant, Blue and Silver were sparring with the generals. Sambash fired several shots at the wolf, who dodged out of the way of one, and blocked a few others with his sword.

"Why are you going after me!?" Silver shouted, rushing up and attempting to slash at Sambash with his sword. The biker monster stepped out of the way, and fired a shot directly into the wolf's side. "Is this because of the karaoke!?" He shouted as he reeled in pain.

"Maybe." Sambash said. "Maybe I just think you're pathetic."

"If you're fighting the pathetic one, doesn't that make you pathetic?" Silver shot back.

"Nah, I call it being an opportunist." He fired a few more shots at the wolf, who rolled out of the way.

Yogostein attempted to jab his spear into Blue, but she leaped up and landed on it instead. "Why are you doing this!?" She asked, before running up the spear and kicking the robot in the face. The kick launched her off the spear and back to the ground. "Didn't you say you wanted to rest in peace!?"

"I do, but I want my revenge more!" Yogostein replied. "The Go-Ongers destroyed my friends, so I'll destroy them in return!"

"You can't be serious." She said, stepping back as the robot general continued to jab at her with its spear. "You're smarter than anyone else here, why are you consumed by revenge?"

"There's a difference between mechanical engineering and sensibilities, rabbit!" he opened his mouth, and blew a smoke cloud in Blue's face, blinding her. Using this as an opportunity, he kicked the rabbit into the wall.

Back with Red, he pulled out the Vickscannon as the monster climbed back to its feet.

"Gah, I'm never gonna be considered a threat if my fights keep going all comedic!" Bottle Banki lamented.

"You think shooting boiling water at someone is FUNNY!?" Nick yelled, before firing a shot at the monster. He was blasted through the kitchen doors, rolling across the ground like a, well, large bottle.

"Hey!" The monster shouted, scrambling to its feet. "You can at least give me a chance before attacking!"

"Why should I?" Red replied, before firing several more shots at the monster.

It narrowly managed to avoid each of them. The monster ducked and sidestepped the fireballs, never seeming to end up doing so intentionally.

"Has anyone told you that you're annoying?" Red asked, putting the Vickscannon away.

"You know, I don't think anyone has!"

"Well, you are." He said, pulling out his sword. "Time to get recycled!" He leaped up, and slashed at the monster's chest, knocking it back into a wall. Red attempted to go in for a second hit, but was smacked back to the ground by Bottle Banki. The Banki Beast then quickly ran off towards the bigger battles.

"MASTER YOGOSTEIN!" The robot shouted, before stumbling over.

"Seriously!?" Yogostein shouted, knocking Blue away, almost accidentally. "You can't even handle ONE of these guys!?"

"I could if I had some help!"

"Ugh, FINE!" Yogostein stomped over to Bottle Banki's side, prepared to fight against the fox. "You really wanna do this, Wilde?"

"Uh, not really, but I don't have a choice."

He quickly noticed something between the two monsters. Blue was standing a bit away from them, trying to get his attention. She made a few hand motions, one looking like she was unscrewing something. After, she gave a double thumbs-up.

He returned the thumbs-up, despite not getting it. If she had a plan, it was best to follow it. The only thing he could do right now was distract them.

The fox quickly ran off, leaving the two monsters behind. "Coward!" The general shouted.

Sambash and Silver were still fighting, the pirate somehow being incredibly good at blocking the wolf's sword swings. Red ran up to them, leaping up and smacking the distracted Sambash in the face with the blunt end of his sword.

Sambash let out an angry grunt as he stumbled back. "The heck are you doing, Red!?" Silver asked.

"Saving your butt, obviously!" He said. "Listen, Blue's got a plan, and we need to distract them until she can do… whatever it is."

"Oh, so just keep up what I was doing?" Silver said, a bit snidely. "Real great save."

"I mean, you're not gonna have to fight him alone now, so-"

Red was interrupted by combined gunshots and lightning strikes on both sides of them. "Yeah, but now we have to fight three guys!" Silver retorted as Yogostein and Bottle Banki walked up.

"Well, you're not going to die alone, at least."

"Real reassuring." Silver said, sarcastically. The two rushed in, almost impulsively, to fight the monsters. Silver clashed with Yogostein and Bottle Banki. He effortlessly knocked the Banki Beast back, and then entered a clash with Yogostein. "Can't you guys just go super?"

"Nope," Red started. He had started fighting Sambash, rapidly leaping into the air in order to attack and dodge his bullets. "Need to be in sync for that, which Judy is clearly not!"

"Oh, right." Silver said, kicking Yogostein back, and then slashing at Bottle Banki, causing him to stumble towards a raised section in the middle of the restaurant. "Stupid rules."

"I hope that Blue finishes whatever she's doing soon!" Red yelled, blocking a shot by Sambash.

"Oh, I'm ready to finish this!"

All five of them turned towards the raised section, Blue standing on top of it. She pulled out a white ZooTag, and plugged it into the Zoolizer.

"TRAINING THE WILD!
CUTTING THE JUNGLE!
POTSURI! ZUBARI!
WILD AXE!"

The massive axe appeared in her paws, and she propped it over her shoulder. "What is she doing?" Silver asked.

Red shrugged. "Don't ask me."

She leaped up into the air, and swung the axe towards, towards the cork in Bottle Banki's head. The monster let out a screech of pain as the axe got stuck in the top of the cork. "AAHHHHH! GET OFF MY CORK!"

"Silver, keep him steady, Red, help me pop this sucker open!" She yelled, still hanging from the axe's hilt.

Without hesitation, they rushed over to the rabbit. Red leaped up and grabbed onto Blue's legs. Silver rushed to the front of the monster.

"Oh no you don't!" Yogostein yelled, stomping forward.

"Don't even think about it, mutt!" Sambash followed, aiming his gun at the wolf.

"Alright then, shoot me!" Silver goaded. "Do it!"

Sambash looked around, a bit confused. He gave a shrug, and fired the gun.

In a split second, Silver spun his sword's guard around, putting it into Eclipse Mode. Time froze, a millisecond before the bullet would have hit his snout. He shuddered for a moment, before stepping out of the way of the bullet. He walked over to Sambash, and started to rapidly jab at him, before moving over to Bottle Banki.

Time restarted. The bullet flew into Yogostein's chest, causing a small explosion. Sambash, however, was met with a series of blasts all over his body, causing him to collapse to the ground.

Silver spun his sword's guard around, this time switching it to Moon Mode. He whipped the laser whip forward, causing it to wrap around Bottle Banki.

"H-hey, let go!" The monster pleaded, before Silver tugged him forward. The wolf planted a foot on the monster's body.

"Alright, ready to go!" He said. "You guys just gotta pop it open!"

The two, using their body weight, started to pull down on the axe. "Hey, wait!" Bottle Banki cried.

After a few seconds of struggling, it finally popped off.

Red and Blue crashed into the ground as brown liquid started to fire off from Bottle Banki's spout. Silver quickly retracted the whip from the monster as the liquid just continued to pour out.

As it did, Bottle Banki couldn't stop screaming. It poured from the sky, the color gradually draining from Bottle Banki's body. His scream got weaker and weaker, until he only let out a tiny grunt as the final drop spit from his top.

The monster teetered over, and smashed into a thousand pieces.

"Huh." Sambash said as he sat up, surprised. He dragged his finger across the carpeted floor, and put his finger to his face. "… Champagne?"

"Alright!" Blue shouted. "We've defeated all of your monsters, your plan's a failure!"

"Sheesh, alright." Yogostein said. "We give, we give."

"Alright, good-"

"NOT!"

Yogostein quickly tossed a chaos badge at one of the shards that littered the ground. It impaled, and all of the pieces started to glow.

"Oh COME ON!" Red shouted.

The pieces flew through the air, and started to reform. There was a bright flash, and Bottle Banki had been completely restored, with no real changes, facing away from the others.

"Oh, come on!" Yogostein yelled. "He didn't even change!"

"Wrong." Bottle Banki said, raising a hand. His voice was different deeper than before. "I have evolved. I feel a new power welling within my body… It feels… Divine!"

Out of nowhere, Bottle Banki pulled out a red robe, marked with stars. He quickly pu it on before continuing.

"It feels adventurous!"

He pulled out a red wizard's hat with similar markings to the robe. The shape of it seemed to cover up the spout of his bottle head.

"IT FEELS COURAGEOUS!"

It spun around, revealing that its face and upper torso had changed completely. While its eyes were similar, instead of a bottle opener, its face was now a spout itself, similar to that of a kettle. Its upper torso was also now completely red. With one final motion, Bottle Banki quickly slapped a sticker of the Chaos Symbol onto its chest.

"IT'S JUST MAGIC!"

The five others were stunned silent by the, uh, "changes".

"That's it, I'm done." Sambash said. "We're going home."

"Agreed." Yogostein followed, before belching out a cloud of smoke, which cleared away quickly.

"I'm getting a headache." Red moaned, pounding at his helmet.

"And you're about to get an even worse one!" Chaos Bottle Banki said. "BinBinBanBIN!" It thrust its arms forward, firing off a bolt of magic. The three dodged out of the way before the blast could hit any of them.

However, once it hit the ground, a massive bottle appeared in midair. It pointed itself at Blue, and fired off a torrent of champagne, blasting her right through one of the restaurant's front windows. Once the flow of liquid ended, the bottle disappeared as quickly as it had come.

"BOOMbinBAban!" The monster chanted, vanishing in a puff of smoke.

Red and Silver glanced at each other, before running outside. They quickly helped Blue up.

"Whhhaaaat the HELL JUST HAPPENED!?" She yelled.

The monster suddenly appeared in front of them. "It's magic, rabbit!" he said. "Your kind should know it well!"

"I don't get it." Blue replied.

"Ah, I see!" The robot continued. "Then let me show you!" He pulled his hat off, and started to chant. "BINbabanba!"

He reached his hand down into hat, and rummaged around for a moment. Suddenly, Blue vanished in a puff of smoke. Both Red and Silver let out confused grunts, no other way to let their confusion be apparent.

Bottle Banki pulled his hand back up, this time carrying a bottle. Inside it was a shrunken Blue, pounding on the glass. "Not your normal rabbit-out-of-a-hat trick, but thematic!" The monster laughed.

From inside the bottle, Blue pulled out her blasters, and fired out through the top, the small blasts hitting Bottle Banki in the face. "Ow, that stung!"

He glanced back up, Red and Silver rushing at him. The robot let out a bit of a yelp as they both kicked him, Red having to jump up to do so. The bottle flew out of his hand, and into the paws of Red. "Don't worry, we'll get you out somehow."

The rabbit shook her head, and placed her paw against the helmet. "Can you at least stop shaking the bottle!?" She yelled through the commlink.

"Oops, sorry."

"Not so fast, muggles!" Chaos Bottle Banki yelled. "BOOMboombaBIN!" Four bottles suddenly poofed into existence, hovering above the monster's head. They then proceeded to fire out quick laser blasts at the two.

One of the blasts hit Red's foot, causing him to fling the bottle into the air. "BinBINBINbin!" Chaos Bottle Banki chanted, causing recycling bin to appear underneath the bottle. It fell in with a clang, before the bin vanished.

Bottle Banki then lifted his hat up, what looked like hundreds of other bottles suddenly pouring down from it, scattering at his feet. He caught the last bottle that dropped, which held Blue. He shook it around, taunting the two.

"Can I just say that this is the second worst night of my life?" Red said.

"What was the FIRST!?"

"We can talk about that never."

The two readied their weapons, and rushed at Bottle Banki again. "BanbanBANBIN!" He chanted, before throwing the bottle up into the air. A burst of smoke poofed around it, transforming it into a club with a bottle-like end… Blue still being trapped in it, returned to her normal size.

He caught the club, and rushed at the two. The two other Zoorangers hesitated a bit, before the monster slammed its club into the ground between them.

"I really don't want to hurt Judy." Silver said.

"I don't either!" Red followed.

Bottle Banki laughed. "With your friend trapped, neither of you have to guts to try and hurt her! I'm a genius!"

Suddenly, Blue yelled at them through the commlink.

"JUST SMASH THE BOTTLE ALREADY!"

"But-" Red tried to respond.

"I DON'T CARE, JUST DO IT!"

The two shrugged at each other, and slashed at Bottle Banki with their blades. "I'll try to get the club, you distract him." Silver suggested, to which Red gave an affirmative nod.

He dashed forward, and leaped into the air, pulling out the Vickscannon. He fired several shots at the monster, causing it to stumble back. Silver switch his blade to Moon Mode, and whipped it forward. Distracted by the fire, the monster wasn't able to defend as the whip wrapped around the club, and pulled it out of its hands.

Red landed, just in time to watch Silver whip it into the air, and then slam it into the ground. The club shattered, releasing Blue… who seemed incredibly furious.

"Weapons, now." She ordered.

The three tossed their weapons into the air, combining them into the Zookaiser. They aimed and prepared to fire at the Banki Beast.

"Wait, I got more tricks!" He pleaded. "I just need a coin and I can-"

They fired the multicolored blast at the monster, firing through it in an instant. "AUUUUGH!" The monster yelled. "REMEMBER TO RECYCLE!" It cried, before it exploded. Out of the explosion flew a bottle, which shattered against the ground.

"Ugghh, thank god that's done with." Blue said. "But we need to keep on our toes."

They watched as the Chaos Badge flew up into the horizon, forming Chaos Bottle Banki on the outskirts of the city. "IDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION!"

The three quickly summoned up their mechs, which stomped towards the massive bottle wizard. "Hah, you fools haven't seen my GREATEST spell yet!" The monster yelled. "HOT WATER COMMERCIAL!"

A jet of water sprayed from his spout, directly at ZooRobo. The robot blocked the attack with its sword, though it didn't seem to do anything. "You know that hot water only burns flesh, right?" Red asked.

"Wait, really!?"

ZooKami stomped forward, and slashed at the monster with his blade, causing it to tumble over. "That's what you get for being an idiot!" Silver shouted.

"BOOMbinBAban!" The monster shouted, vanishing in a puff of smoke. It reappeared behind ZooRobo, and wrapped its hands around it. "Got you now!"

"No you don't!" Blue shouted, plugging in a ZooTag.

"JUNGLE MIND!
BUSTING TIME!
UKI UKI OO!
ZOOSARU!"

The robotic ape appeared out of thin air, and punched at the monster a few times, loosening its grip. ZooRobo, burst free from the monster, and spun around delivering a sword slash. The ape robot then combined with the mech.

"ZOOROBO SARU MODE!"

The robot performed an uppercut, knocking the monster high up into the air. "Hey, Silver!" Red shouted. "Ready to play spin the bottle!?"

"Got it!" Silver yelled back.

"Excuse me?" Blue said.

The bottle monster fell back down, but was met with a punch to the top of the head by ZooRobo. The monster started to spin around, propelled in the air by the attack. As he started to come down, ZooKami smacked him again with its sword, causing the monster to spin even faster.

"Whoever he points to gets to destroying him." Red said. "And maybe gets a kiss."

"No."

The monster landed on the ground, still spinning. After a few seconds, he stopped, pointing towards ZooKami. "Alright!" Silver shouted. "I haven't gotten to use my finisher in months!" He kicked the monster, bringing it back up to its feet.

"W-wait!"

ZooKami brought its sword above its head, gathering silver energy. "ECLIPSE CUTTER!" He brought the sword down, firing a slash of energy at the monster. It started to spin around, becoming a circular blade of energy. It clashed into the monster, grinding through it before eventually bisecting the monster.

"NOOOO!" The monster yelled. "I NEVER GOT TO DO THE COIN TRICK!" It exploded, ending the madness for good.

The robots unformed and vanished, the Zoorangers ending up right back in front of Romino's.

The three untransformed, absolutely exhausted by the events that had happened over the course of only a few hours. Nick glanced up, Romino was walking out of the restaurant… and towards him.

"Look, Romino, I'm really sorry we wrecked your restaurant." He apologized. "But-"

"Not buts about it." He replied. "Restaurant can be replaced, especially with how much-a money those guys gave us. You, Nicky, saved the lives or me and my staff."

"I've never actually heard you be thankful for anything, uh, wow." Nick said, bashful.

"I am-a in your debt." Romino said. "If you ever need anything, just-a ask me."

"I, uh, will." He said, nervously. With that, Romino gave a quick wave, and headed back into the restaurant. "That guy is intense even when he's happy."

"Does anybody even know what happened tonight?" Max asked. "I feel like I just had a psychotic breakdown."

"Yeah, this was… This was weird even for us." Judy admitted. "I say we just go home and get some rest, alright."

"I'm going to sleep like a brick." Nick said, rubbing his eyes.

The three started to head off, but Judy quickly turned around, noticing something still laying on the ground. It was the monster's gear. She quickly ran back, and grabbed it. "Hmm… Wonder if this could help." She muttered, examining it.

"Hey, Fluff, what are you doing?" Nick shouted back.

"Nothing!" She replied, slipping the gear into her pocket. She quickly ran back to the two.

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"Man, that night was a disaster!" Sambash lamented, falling down into one of the chairs.

"I don't think it was an utter disaster." Yogostein quickly followed. "You, me, and Yabaiba got to hang out for a while, I feel like we got to know each other better too."

"I guess." Sambash admitted. He quickly realized something. "Hey, haven't you been collecting the gears from your monsters?"

"Yeah, so?"

"Aren't you gonna go back and get the gear from that guy?" Sambash asked. "You've been doing it pretty obsessively, I assume its important."

"Uh, no." Yogostein said bluntly. "I need the best Banki Beasts for what I'm working on there, and tat guy was definitely not one of the best."

"Got a good point." Sambash said. "Want me to go get something to drink?"

"No thanks, I've seen enough bottles for today."

"Suit yourself." Sambash said with a shrug, before getting up.

Yogostein glanced over at the other side of the table. Yabaiba was sitting there, twiddling his fingers. He looked nervous, something that really wasn't a common look for him.

"You alright?" Yogostein asked, genuinely concerned.

"Yeah, I'm just…" He paused for a moment. "I'm alright."

"I haven't seen you like this before. Something's up."

"Nothing is up!" He shouted. "Leave me alone."

"Sheesh, fine." Yogostein scoffed. "Only wanted to help.

Yabaiba sat there as the room emptied, stuck on a single thought that had been naggling in his brain, but hadn't come out fully until this moment. It was an important question, one that none of the villains here would dare ask, even when they were alone.

Who is The Omnipotence?

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Wooo, that took me longer than I expected. I really wanted this to be like, just over 10,000 words, but nope, it was longer than the last episode.

Chaos Bottle Banki is basically just me referencing Magiranger, the best Sentai. His design is also taken directly from Go-Onger, it's a joke about how he already has a second form. Also, that last fight might be one of my favorites in the series so far.

Also, gonna be taking a break for a bit to get other things done. In fact, next month is probably going to be a bit light in content due to a few things. I have a life too, you know. But, I do promise that this arc will be finished next month.

Next time, we enter the climax of the arc.