Episode 4

"To Crack an Egg"

The Decepticons fighting against another group of rangers has gotten the eye of some Dr. Eggman. He proposes an alliance with them in helping them wipe away the rangers. In exchange, the Decepticons will loan him one of their robots to be piloted. Whenever he's not fighting against his main enemies, he'll be fighting against the Skyrangers.

As the Skyrangers begin to settle in their now homes for now, the first mission of this kind occurs in the nearby city of Sapphire Shores.

[Beginning of Episode]

After the failed attempt at defeating the fledgling Skrangers due to two veterans who happen to be the children of their mentors, Megatron starts to think that maybe this plan isn't going as well as he originally plan. He thought that going into another world and invading that instead was going to be easy and a world filled with inexperienced rangers are easy targets. Unfortunately, he seems to have made the mistake of assuming that the rangers there are slow learners. That turns out not to be the case.

He assumes that his greatest enemies, the Autobots, are probably waiting for him and his allies back at the Machine World. Why they did not simply follow him remains a mystery, but for now, he's stuck in the Prism World trapped by the very plan he conducted.

A meeting was announced in his throne room. An army of Decepticons stands before him.

"Okay, Decepticons," Megatron began. "Listen up! These humans of this world have different weaponry than our own. As a result, we will be easily defeated by their weapons and our weapons will probably be useless against them. Despite metal being much stronger then flesh, our weapons still fail."

His minions went into an uproar. They were mad that even though they have thousands of years of fighting experience behind them, they were defeated by humans who probably have a few decades of fighting experience, or maybe they were preparing for this for years without their knowledge.

"Yes, I know it's embarrassing!" Megatron roars. "Now stop complaining! We need to make some upgrades to counter their plans."

"But, who will attack them in place of us?" Starscream wonders.

"I believe that would be me," someone said.

Megatron looks up and spotted an egg shaped flying vehicle going towards him. His minions react by pointing their weapons at the flying machine. The dome opens up, revealing a man with a egg-shaped body in a red, white, and yellow suit. He wears concealing glasses and has a bushy mustache.

"Who are you, intruder?" Megatron asks. "State your reason for being here at once!"

The man inside bows down to Megatron. "My name is Dr. Robotnik," the man introduces himself, "commonly referred to as Eggman. I am the son of Gerald Robotnik, who you know assisted an escaped robot into expanding their reach. That is, until those meddling teens came in and blasted him out of the living dimension."

Megatron gets interested, even grinning upon hearing that this guy also fighting the rangers. "So, you have a grudge against them, I see," he said.

"That's not all," Eggman continued. "These teens who killed my father also bore offspring. Ranger offspring. Their children are the new rangers."

"How long have you've been fighting them for?" Megatron asks.

"I've been fighting them since last year," Eggman answers. "I've been planning this for a long time, ever since my father was killed. I gained two allies along the way, both of them having fought rangers before. And now, you came along and caught my attention."

The robots lowered their weapons upon realizing that they gained an ally.

Megatron leans forward towards Eggman. "Hmm, you seem to be a ally with great potential," he said. "Fine. Now that you're with us, what do you want us to do for you?"

Starscream turns around with his back towards the discussing Eggman and his master.

"Simple," Eggman replies. "Bring me one of your kind."

In the days following the attack on their school, Spitfire and her allies are moved to Sapphire Shores in the airbase. They will be kept here until the Decepticon threat is over, as well as all other threats that are present at the time. Under the security that will shoot down any unauthorized trespassers, their studies will continue.

At the top floor of the dormitories, the Skyrangers are sitting on some couches, talking to each other about their current situation.

"Well, so much for having a normal life," Spitfire said. "I was expecting to have one with these kinds of missions sprinkled in during my normal day."

Jet vents out a grumbling noise. "So, we're just like Sonic and his allies," he said, "in that he and his team were escorted to a base shortly after their schools got destroyed."

"Don't forget Rainbow Dash," Soarin added. "She's the other significant member of that team. Doesn't help that she and Sonic came in to help us as we were escaping our schools."

Something then came into Spitfire's mind. "Speaking of school..." she began. She turns to one of her new friends, Wave, to ask her a favor. "Wave. Give us the news update."

Wave reached into her backpack and pulled out her laptop, her personal one. The one issue by her school has been returned like all the rangers, so her only option right now is to use her personal one she brought along. She logs in and pulls up a news article that she kept to show to everyone. The team gathers around her as she reads out a brief summary of the article.

"Yesterday, two Columbian schools were attacked once again shortly after a new ranger team has risen," Wave began. "Speculators have stated that these two schools were the ones the new rangers attended. In the wake of the destruction of both Emerald High and Canterlot High School, these attacks reignited fears of schools having rangers walking around in their premises. People are starting to fear that should that have student rangers, they shall be escorted out immediately." Then she closes her laptop. "There. I summarized that for you so that you don't have to listen to my voice for very long. Got that?"

"Wait, so these scares of rangers being in school..." Storm said. "...They have not disappeared yet?"

Spitfire sighs. "Look, that incident was nearly a month ago," she said. "Weeks have passed since then. Do you really expect everyone to forget about it?"

Storm ponders for moment. "Uh...I do," he answers.

Spitfire covers her face with her hand, shaking with disapproval.

"Yes, Storm can get a bit stupid at times," Wave reminded.

Jet looks outside towards the city of Sapphire Shores. He sighs as he watches the sun go down. "I've only been to Sapphire Shores a few times in my life," he said. "I can't quite remember when...maybe during a friend's birthday party or something? Just living in this new city has me itching for adventure." He then turns around at the team. "How about we explore the place the following day? See what this place has to offer."

"Like what?" Fleetfoot asks, getting excited to hear.

Jet sets his backpack down and reaches into it. "Like some sort of skateboarding park!" he said as he pulls out his skateboard.

"Whoa!" Soarin yelped, nearly falling over on the couch.

"Jet, did you-" Wave opened her mouth to say.

"That's right!" Jet said as he rolls around the lounge on his skateboard. "Jet Hawk here! Ready to show off his boarding skills!"

Some members of the organization watch as Jet rolls around on his skateboard. They shake their heads with disapproval.

Meanwhile, Spitfire has her jaw dropped as she watches Jet being so enthusiastic over a skateboard of all things.

Wave leans over and whispers into Spitfire's ear. "This is why he's so excited over being on a hoverboard during the Columbia Games," she said.

Spitfire gazes over to Wave. "Is he really?" she asks.

"Here's Jet!" Jet continues to shout. "Rolling around in the lounge!"

The team watches as Jet continues to roll around on his skateboard. Then they look to where he is heading and starts to freak out. Jet stares at them, wondering why they look so worried. Then he hits someone, flinging him off his skateboard. He rubs his back, easing the pain. He looks up, only to find Firefly there looking down on him.

"Jet...take your board elsewhere," Firefly said. "This lounge isn't big enough for skateboards."

Jet smiles, nervously laughing.

Firefly smiles back. Then she turns to the Skyrangers. "Okay, that's it. Get to your rooms, rangers," she orders.

As night falls, Spitfire lays down on her bed, the bet for her dorm room within the base. While its usually reserved for employees who live far off and can't be bothered to travel there by any means, due to recent events six of them are now housing the six Skyrangers. Conveniently, there are six rooms for every floor, so the rangers are close together even during nighttime.

"I can't believe that this is my first night here," Spitfire said. "I'm just like those who live in their workplace in the nearby dorm rooms. Except that I'm a ranger and a teen and these guys are normal members and are adults. But some things just have to be done."

In another room, Jet is rolling his skateboard with his feet as he sat there on his bed. "Man, is there anything we can do between missions?" he asks. "I'm getting bored here.

In another room, Wave is trying to sleep with a red nightlight turned on. Even with the light helping to calm her down, she is still awake. "Ugg, even with the red tint, I still don't feel sleepy," she said. "I wonder if the stress that comes with being a ranger is keeping me awake." Laying on her bed, she lets out a sigh.

Eventually, everyone fell asleep, though they did so much later than usual.

At the Decepticon's base, Megatron presents Eggman with one of his own minions: a sleek black robot.

"Maybe this will do," Megatron said. "Meet Blitzwing! But you may call him Blitz. He can transform into a robot mode, a tank mode, and a plane mode."

"Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Egghead," Normal Blitz said.

"It's Eggman," Eggman corrected the robot. "Dr. Eggman. Get it?"

"My apologizes, mister," Normal Blitz said. Then, suddenly, his head spins around to one with a much angrier face. "Command me and I will crush the rangers you seek!" Hothead Blitz roars out. Then his face changes again. "Ooh! I love the taste of crushed metal in mercury juice!" Strange Blitz said.

Eggman stared at Blitz with a puzzled look.

"He's like that all the time," Megatron reminded.

Eggman shakes his head. "I'm afraid that I'll have to pass on this," he said. "His mood swings too wildly for my liking. The three modes are cool, but a robot with a personality problem isn't what I'd like to see."

Megatron understands that isn't the most stable and reliable of all his minions. "Oh? So you don't like this?" he asks. "Fine. Here. Have a version without a sentient mind." He presses a button and out comes a Blitz that is stationary. "It has the same functionality, but without the mood swinging personality."

Eggman gladly accepts the deal. "Perfect!" he said. "I will take it."

"Good," Normal Blitz said. "Please be advised that our bodies contain an embiggening fluid that, when ingested, makes the drinker grow to a giant size. While the fluid is inside this robot itself, the effects do not activate unless it reaches the processing core, where the fluid will activate."

"You mean the engine," Eggman corrected.

Normal Blitz sees that the terminology he is using doesn't line up with the ones humans use. "Right," he said, correcting himself. "The engine, expect the engines are modified to take advantage of the-"

Megatron is getting a bit impatient when he sees that the non-sentient clone has been sitting there and it is still not taken. "Just get what this man came here for!" he yells.

Blitz switches into his strange personality. "Oh! Did I drag on?" he asks.

"Yes you did!" Megatron yells, pounding on his arm again.

Eggman then hops on to the Blitzwing aircraft and transforms it into plane mode as it flies off into the distance. A door opens up, allowing the plane to leave,.

Starscream then walks up to Megatron to give him a little nudge. "So, when will I get out and fight the rangers?" he asks.

Megatron lets out a displeased grunt. "When I tell you so, Starscream," he answers. "That is...never."

"What?" Starscream gasps. "But...why?"

"Come on, Starscream," Hothead Blitz said, pointing at him. "You know what you did before, do you?"

Starscream looks confused. "What do you mean you know what I did?" he asks.

Megatron has learned not to trust Starscream unless it is absolutely necessary. He only brought in a few of his allies while he was escaping the Machine World, and so is waiting for the others to arrive, waiting for their time to be sent out. Until that happens, he is holding back his advisor, ironically not giving any helpful advice.

Spitfire was peacefully sleeping, and is about to wake up within the next hour or so. Her awakening comes in much sooner then she expected, as suddenly, her morpher began to ring and vibrate, waking her up.

"Rise and shine, rangers!" Firefly cheerfully announces.

Spitfire got up from her bed, rubbing her eyes. "Ugg...is it really necessary to get up this early?" she asks. Then she looks outside. "I can barely see the sun over the horizon at this point."

"It's wintertime right now," Firefly explains. "It's a common sight to see the sun over the horizon a bit later in the morning. You knew that, don't you?"

Spitfire grabs her Sky Morpher and attaches it to her wrist. She then heads over to the room's provided closet and takes out her Skyranger uniform, putting it on. As she puts on her uniform, she continues her call with Firefly. "When did you wake up usually?" she asks.

"Six in the morning, local time," Firefly answers. "I get here by eight, two hours later."

Spitfire stops as she looks at the time. "Hold on. It's a quarter after six," she said. "Does that mean-"

"Yes," Firefly confirmed. "I'm speaking to you from my house. Don't ask about how I am able to do that. All I can say is that this has something to do with the communications network. Say, is every one of you awake?"

Spitfire got out of her room and is greeted with the rest of her friends, all wearing their Skyranger uniform. However, Jet is still missing. They head inside his room to investigate and sees Jet sleeping away, ignoring the sounds made by his Sky Morpher.

"Uhh…" Spitfire began. "One person did not get the memo."

Suddenly, Jet wakes up, catapulting his body off his bed. "Huh?" he gasps. "Who said that?"

The rangers were hanging around in the mess hall, having some breakfast to start their day.

"I just have this amazing dream where I glide around with a boy from this team," Fleetfoot said.

The other three boys stare at Fleetfoot, wondering what she is talking about.

"What boy?" Jet asks. "There's three of us, and all of them are possible options." Fleetfoot did not answer. "Come on, tell us something," Jet said, demanding an answer. "Who was the boy that you hang around with in your dream?"

Fleetfoot could only help but giggle, with her eyes pointing towards Storm.

"Why are you staring at me this way?" Storm asks.

Spitfire has the answer figured out. "Oh, already, someone on this team has developed a crush," she remarks.

"I find it hardly surprising," Soarin said. "One time, I caught a glimpse of Fleetfoot's journal, and I found a sketch of Storm!"

Fleetfoot gasps at Soarin upon hearing that he took a peek at her journal. "Soarin!" she said. "How could you?"

The entire team then bursts into a laughter upon hearing that Fleetfoot has a crush on Storm. And both feel a but embarrassed.

"Fleetfoot, you're a dreamer," Spitfire said. "But, would you mind if you focus a little more on...you know...our missions?"

The rangers continued to laugh at Fleetfoot and Storm, except for one: Wave. Jet catches that Wave was not interested in joining in on the laughter. She seems a little distracted by something in her mind. "What's on your mind, Wave?" he asks.

Wave sighs. She pulls out a pocket notebook she brought with her, showing the rangers with sketches of the Sky Machines. "I've been thinking about the Sky Machines a lot lately. I was wondering how they work. I mean, they mentioned that they implemented Babylonian technology into them, but I want to know how they fly with those tiny wings. How are these boxes, which are able to combine into a giant robot, possibly contain the components need to fly? How do they generate enough lift to even get off the ground? I mean, they look heavy, so there must be something going on in the-"

"Wave!" Spitfire yelled, interrupting Wave. "It's...magical technology. We have no idea how these Sky Machines managed to fly, but that's how it goes."

"Doesn't that apply to every single flying 'machine' that looks less like an aircraft and more like a box with stubby little wings?" Soarin asks.

Spitfire gave Soarin a disapproving look. "Don't ask," she said. "It's probably the Morphing Grid that allows these things with stubby wings to fly."

Wave is starting to feel that this question about how the Sky Machines fly is bothering her. She stands up leaving her meal behind. "I'm just going to the hanger where all the Sky Machines are stored. Maybe then, I can get a chance to see how they work." Wave took a few steps away from the table she and the other rangers are sitting at, only to be interrupted.

"Don't, Wave," someone said.

Soarin jumps as he hears the oddly familiar voice. "Wait, who is that?" he asks while looking around.

"It's me. Chuck," the man answers. "I'm speaking to you from a train I'm riding."

The ranger are surprised to hear that their other mentor is able to talk to them even when they're not in the airbase.

"Dad too?" Soarin gasps. He looks up and sees that the others are a bit confused by what he meant. "I mean, my biological dad, not my adoptive dad. Sorry if I did not clarify."

"So, how was your first night in here, rangers?" Chuck asks. "Did you make your rooms feel like your home? Get a good night's rest? What about-"\

Suddenly, alarms began to go off, causing the employees to stand up from their seats. The Sky Morphers also blink out an alarm at the same time.

"What the-?" Chuck gasps. "An emergency? At this time of day? This early?"

"Oh, give us a break," Spitfire groans. "It's been two days since our schools got attacked, and this again?"

"What's going on?" Firefly asks, jumping into the conversation while on her way to the airbase. "I think it's coming from Sapphire Shores, but I'm not sure what triggered the alarms. Rangers! Get to my office!"

Spitfire switches focus to her morpher. "What?" she asks, not understanding why her mentor said that. "But didn't you say-"

"It's an emergency and I'm not here yet," Firefly responded. "Go now! We don't have time to waste!"

The Skyrangers then get going towards the founder's office, leaving their breakfast behind.

In Firefly's office, Wave is at the computer while the others are looking out the windows, searching for the intruder in the sky.

Wave looks at the other workers. "What is triggering this alarm?" she asks. "Who is that, and where is it going?"

She gets a call from the radar operator's room.

"We've gotten a call early in the morning reporting a suspicious plane that flew down into a street," Blackbird replies, "only to transform into a tank. Strange, isn't it? A plane that can transform into a tank?"

The other rangers look at each other with confused look. How could a plane transform into a tank and back? Only the genius designer behind that could help explain it, if there is one.

"It's at 3rd Avenue S," Blackbird responded, looking at the radar, "and it's moving northward towards our base.

"I really do not want an encounter with that on the way to work," Chuck grumbles. "Skyrangers, get to the Sky Machines!"

Spitfire nodded in agreement. "On it!" she responded.

Before anyone could get very far, Storm spoke something. "Wait, isn't the technical term 'Roger'?" he asks, being thrown off by the seemingly strange wording.

"Who's this Roger that you speak of?" Fleetfoot asks.

"Obviously, it's referring to Sonic, the son of one of the founders," Soarin answers. This got him some disapproving looks from Wave, Jet, and Spitfire. "Just kidding. It's a call sign. I know that."

"Get to the Sky Machines, you slackers!" Blackbird yells. "We've got no time to waste!"

The rangers flinched for a moment as Blackbird starts to yell at them. Then they hurried out the door leading up to the hangar.

Firefly was not happy with the way the radar chief is treating the rangers. "Blackbird!" she yells.

"Don't you dare punish me when you get here," Blackbird responded.

Approaching the slides, the rangers stop just in front of the top of the slides that lead into the cockpit. Then, they transform into their ranger mode, opening up the doors. Then they jump in and slide down towards the cockpit of their respective Sky Machines.

"Red Eagle, ready to launch," Spitfire announces as the machine turns on.

"Green Hawk, all system go," Jet announces as lights began to turn on.

"Blue Falcon, up and ready," Soarin announces as he grips the control wheel.

"Purple Swallow, engines running," Wave announces as the sounds of engines activating fills the air.

"Cyan Swan, conditions nominal," Fleetfoot announces as she checks on systems.

"Yellow Albatross, starting up," Storm announces as he straps himself to the seat.

Then the rangers take a grip on the throttle stick. "Sky Machines!" they shouted. "Go!" Then, the Sky Machines rolls out into the runway one by one, with each taking turns taking off. They fly in a V formation, keeping themselves together as they intercept the enemy.

The Sky Machines fly over the southern ends of Sapphire Shores, watching over the avenues as they pass by. On 3rd Avenue, they spotted something suspicious roaming the streets, firing upon civilians.

"There it is!" Jet yells. "It's at 3rd Avenue like it said!"

Spitfire assures her grip on control wheel. "Okay. Let's drive this tank out of this place," she said. "Civilian streets are no place where a military tank should find themselves in unless absolutely necessary."

"Like..." Soarin begins, trying to find a reply to Spitfire's statement. "Uh...protests?"

Firefly has no idea how to respond to that. Even if she does, she would feel discomfort mentioning it. The only thing she said was a command. "Fire away."

The Sky Machines fire down on the tank. Laser blasts hit all around the tank, with some missing and others making a direct hit. Noticing that it has company, the tank points it towards the sky. As the Sky Machines fly down for another round of firing, the tank fires anti-air rounds in an attempt to knock them out of the sky.

Wave nearly slams herself to the side of the cockpit as she moves to get out of the way of the enemy fire. "Ugg...Fighting it from here isn't working," she said. "Sooner or later, we'll be shot down. Let's get to ground level and fight it from here."

"How are we going to do that?" Fleetfoot asks. "We need a lot of space for a plane to land, and it doesn't look like there is any nearby spot for us to land."

"Rangers!" Chuck spoke, getting their attention. "The Sky Machines are automated, but they can't fire. Like all military fighter jets, they come with ejector seats in case of emergency. Use it to launch yourself out of the plane and into the ground. Just make sure to land correctly."

Jet looks around in his cockpit, trying to find a ejecting mechanism. "There must be an eject button around here somewhere," he said, looking around. "This is a military class aircraft, after all." He then finds the ejecting mechanism at the seat. "Ah! Here it is! Emergency Ejection. Well, this isn't an emergency. It's more like switching to fighting on the ground in this case." Suddenly, the Green Hawk and a few other aircraft gets hit with the anti-air rounds. "Whoa! Whoa! Danger! Danger! Ejecting now!"

The Skyrangers pull on the ejecting lever. The seatbelts undo themselves before the cockpit hatch opens up above them. Then, their seats spring them up, launching them out of the Sky Machines and into the ground below.

The rangers landed on their feet as the touch the ground. Around them, buildings are being trashed. Some of the damage are their fault, but it seems that most of the damage is coming from the tank.

For some reason, the tank stops firing. It points its weapons at their faces, but never bothered to pull the trigger.

Seeing this, Spitfire gets confrontational with the tank. "Okay tank that can transform into a plane," she begins. "Tell us who you are and why you are doing this to this city. We want answers now!"

The canopy opens up, revealing a bald man in an egg-shaped body wearing a red coat, black leggings, and obstructive glasses.

Remembering what their allies warned them to watch out for someone with that look, they recognized who that person is.

"What?" Spitfire gasps.

"It's Dr. Eggman!" Jet exclaims.

"But...what is he doing in a transforming plane?" Wave asks, baffled by this.

Eggman grins at the Skyrangers. "You thought this was an attack by your normal enemies," he assumes. "But guess what. I have gained access to their machines. So while they're repairing themselves for an upcoming attack on you, I'll use one of their robots to use to assist them in attacking you. Of course, that makes me having a busy schedule since I'm attacking two ranger teams at the same time, but I don't care. As long as I get to advance my ultimate goal, I will do it."

"What ultimate goal?" Spitfire asks.

"You'll just have to wait and see," Eggman said before setting the canopy window down. "Now, begone!"

Just now, a army of Mini-Con robots appear out of the air, ready to attack the rangers along with the transforming tank. The rangers get ready to face the army.

"How long ago was our last bout with these Mini-Cons?" Storm asks.

Fleetfoot tries her best to recall the last mission involving these things. "Uh...two and a half weeks ago?" she answers, unsure about the exact amount of time.

"If this happens again, then I'm expecting this to come with every single attack on us," Wave added,

The Mini-Cons then begins to fight the rangers. Spitfire jumps and flies around as she bombards the Mini-Cons with laser beams from her blaster. Jet fights the Mini-Cons head on, attacking them with his fists and legs while parrying every attack. He finishes off with a slab with a leaf fan, spinning them around and leaving them sitting ducks for anyone else. Or him.

Soarin smacks the Mini-Cons with his bat while being back to back with Wave. As they fight, they pay attention to the tank. When it fire at them, they jump out of the way, leaving the poor Mini-Cons to take the hits.

"Man, these things are a lot like those foot soldiers," Soarin remarks.

Wave smacks a Mini-Con's head out of it's body, leaving it to stumble and fall headless. "Yeah, these Mini-Cons are a lot like those foot soldiers that show up every time a major monster does." Then she spotted that the tank was about to fire on her again. "Look out!" she yells as she shoves Soarin out of the way.

Fleetfoot gives the Mini-Cons a good slap with a whip, sometimes knocking their limps off leaving them helpless to fight as she comes in flying. Meanwhile, Storm's punches sends some of them flying, with some even being directed at the tank. Angered at this, Eggman fires upon the rangers again. They react to these lightning fast, jumping out of the way just in time. Storm retaliates by picking up one of the Mini Cons and tossing them at the tank.

The tank shakes as it gets hit with its own minions. Eggman grumbles at the foot soldiers being used against him. "Well, this isn't working well for me," he said. "Time to take it to the skies!" He presses a button and the tank jumps up, transforming into plane mode while in the air and flying away when the transformation is completed.

"Whoa!" Spitfire said as she watches the plane fly off. "What is Eggman up to now?"

The plane then turns and flies straight towards the rangers.

Spitfire's eyes widen as the plane approaches her team and herself. "Everyone!" she yells. "Duck!"

Everyone aside from the remaining Mini-Cons drop what they're doing and duck. Instead of the plane zipping over their heads, it transforms into a robot, landing in front of them.

Jet gets up and sees the robot in front of him, towering over the rest of the team and matching the heights of the nearby buildings. "What the-?" he said, unable to continue.

"Hohoho!" Eggman laughs as he opens the canopy window. "That's right! This one has a plane mode, a tank mode, and a robot mode. Meet Blitzwing! Three forms in one package!"

Soarin groans after seeing another plane that can transform into a robot at will. "Of course it has a robot mode," he said. "We're fighting robots that transform into planes. Or...is it the other way around?"

Eggman looks down on the rangers, grinning as he reaches for a button. "Now, try this one for size!" he said as he closes the canopy. With the press of a button, Blitzwing fires off a barrage of missiles. They hit the around the rangers, exploding near them and taking out the last of the Mini-Cons on the battlefield. The rangers land on their chests, feeling the pain of the explosions.

Spitfire gets back up, covering the bruises on her chest. The others are getting up as well. "This is bad," she said. "Continuing this on the ground is not working. Let's lake it to the skies!"

The rangers leap up and fly through the air, spreading their arms wide as they glide. They approched Eggman in his cockpit and use whatever they can to crack it.

Eggman watches as the canopy window gets unfazed by the hard hits it's taking. "Haha!" he laughs, mockingly. "Try all you might to take me down, rangers. But you'll never stand a chance against me. Let alone my giant form!" He then reaches out for a button that acivates the embiggening serum.

Spitfire was about to go straight for the cockpit when suddenly Blitzwing grows into a giant size. She hits the lower chest, knocking herself back. The team regroups around her, watching as their enemy takes on a giant form.

Eggman looks down at the rangers, grinning with menance. "Get ready to be crushed, my enemies!" he declares. He then took one step forward in his robot.

There's no way that they'll stand a chance against a giant robot. It's time to unleash their own giant robot to counter this.

Spitfire reaches for her communicator and speaks back to bace with it. "We need Sky Icraus power, now!" she calls.

The six Sky Machines go into formation as they initiate the combination processs. The head of the Red Eagle gets lifted up and folded into the interior, trading places with the head. The Green Hawk also has its head folded into the body. It attaches to the bottom of the Red Eagle where the bird symbol on the chest is located. The engines then rotate to pointing down, forming the upper legs.

The Blue Falcon and the Purple Swallow separate from their wings, folding themselves into the body revealing a fist. The wings attach together, creating a sheild. The two planes then attach to the sides of the chest, completing the bird symbol that spreads from shoulder to shoulder.

Finally, the Cyan Swan and the Yellow Albatross move the cockpit into the body. The planes splits in two and the back reattaches to the top, forming the legs. The rear then extends out. The two planes then attach to the engines of the Green Hawk, completing the legs.

The Sky Icarus lands on the avenue, facing off against Blitzwing and its pilot, Eggman.

"Oh, so you decided to bring out your giant robot as well," Eggman observes. "Fine be me!"

Spitfire lets out a breath as she grips on the controller. The others assure their grip on the controls.

Back at the base, Blackbird is temporarly taking charge while waiting for Firefly and Chuck to arrive. The local emergency has stalled train lines, delaying their arrival. "Remember, rangers," he told them. "This is a tight space you're working with. Be careful not to destroy any buildings."

"There's so little space around us," Soarin observes, looking. "We can't even move from side to side. Only forward and backward. We can't even dodge attacks."

"True, but same goes for our enemy," Jet added.

Spitfire lets out a calming breath. "Let's hope we don't do too much damage," she said.

The two robots walked towards each other and gave each other a punch to the chest. The Sky Icarus kicks Blizwing in the chest, but it counters with a ram attack. The Sky Icarus gets pushed into a building, tearing down a section of it.

"Watch out!" Blackbird warns. "You're damaging a building!"

"That one's on our target!" Wave shouted. "He's pushing us into a building!"

"I'm not going to tolerate this any longer!" Jet said as he inputs a code.

The Sky Icarus summons its sword and its shield, grabbed them both.

Eggman sees from the canopy window as his enemy brings out their weapons. "Cheap tactics," he grumbles. "But a sword and a shield won't protect you from this!" He then presses a button on the control wheel, and Blitzwing fires off a barrage of missiles.

The Sky Icarus assumes a defensive position behind its shield. The missiles hit it and explode, knocking them back a little bit. Around them, windows are being shattered from the shockwave.

The rangers inside wrestle with the barrage of missiles.

"Fire at us all you want," Jet told his enemy. "But try to handle this!" he presses a button and watch as the action happens.

The Sky Icarus raises its sword skyward, gathering energy as it held it in that position. Eggman briefly glanced up before focusing on the sword itself.

"What?" Eggman gaps as he stops firing. "What are you doing with that sword?"

"Sky Icarus Sword!" the ranges announced. "Sky Strike!"

The Sky Icarus briefly held its sword in front of itself, before holding it behind him and swinging to deliver the finishing blow. Blitzwing was hit, sliced right in the chest. It then shrank into its native size, crashing down into the street in flames.

Eggman was ejected from the transforming plane in his Egg Mobile. He looks down at the remains of the robot. "No!" he hollers. "These things have thousands of years worth of fighting experience, and I got into one myself! And I was still defeated by a bunch of teens who been in this for a few weeks!" Eggman was about to pull his mustache apart in rage, plucking every last strand of hair from under his nose. "This won't be the last time you'll see me, rangers!" And then he flies away.

"He's getting away!" Spitfire yells.

"Just leave him alone," Firefly told them. "Your mission is completed. Me and Chuck have made it to the airbase. I suggest that you return as well."

Jet sighs, leaning back on his seat. "So much for finishing it off here and now," he said. Then, he stretches and yawns. "Man, these battles are exhausting. I need a break."

Spitfire performs some stretches in her seat. "I wonder when this will end..." she ponders.

The Sky Icarus splits apart into its components. The Sky Machines return to the base with their pilots onboard.

"Man, was that harrowing," Firefly said to the rangers from her desk. "You guys show that robot who's boss!"

"Actually..." Spitfire spoke, feeling nervous about revealing it. "While fighting, we discovered that there was someone on board, piloting the thing. He-"

"His name is Eggman!" Jet yelled, finishing for Spitfire. "It's Eggman! You hear that?"

Firefly stood up from her seat. "So, he's making enemies with us now," she observes.

Chuck sighs. "Some people just don't feel like they have enough enemies," he said. Then he goes back to reality. "By the way, how's breakfast?"

Suddenly, Storm's stomach growls. Everyone turns to him as he hubs his belly. "Well..." he began.

Remember that breakfast that was left behind? Someone called dibs on that and ate them all. Hopefully, these attacks won't happen in the middle of mealtime.

[End of Episode]

From the Author:

Oh dear, Eggman. Did you really think that the Sonic Rainbooms/Gemrangers is enough for you? Are you making enemies with everyone you can possible find to be a threat to you? What is going on inside your head?

Written by TheAPPstore

Sonic the Hedgehog characters property of Sega

My Little Pony and Transformers characters property of Hasbro

Series inspired by Super Sentai/Power Rangers by Toei Company/Saban Brands

Spiritual successor of Jetman (Super Sentai Season 15)