Chapter Twelve: Routines and Reveals

"Kaifasa!" yelled Zakar as Kaifasa neared him

"Zakar, are you alright?" asked Kaifasa

"Yes I'll be fine." replied Zakar. "But now those damned rangers have made me mad!"

"Kyle, sis, are you two alright." said Whyatt as he and the other rangers went to help them up.

"Yeah we'll be fine Whyatt." replied Fiona. "But who is that guy, I haven't seen him yet."

"Well despite who he is." said Rudy. "We know that he's on Zakar's side."

"Hey!" called Kyle. "Who exactly are you?"

"If you must know human." replied Kaifasa. "My name is Kaifasa, second in command to the great Zakar himself."

"And now." continued Kaifasa. "We'll destroy you."

"I hate to break it to you." said Cyrus. "But there are seven of us and only two of you."

"We'll see about that ranger." replied Kaifasa as he started pushing buttons on his wrist device and suddenly the Kesselair appeared.

"You won't be just fighting me and Zakar." continued Kaifasa. "But all of them as well."

As he said this, the Kesselair door opened and many zasatrons, much more than rangers previously fought came out.

"You might've been able to take out fifty zasatrons." said Kaifasa. "But now you'll have to eliminate six hundred!"

"Zasatrons!" yelled Kaifasa. "Destroy them!"

"Wow, that's a lot of zasatrons." said Krista.

"Don't worry Krista." said Roxanne. "If we stick together, we should beat them eventually."

Then the guardians appeared.

"Rangers." said Wave. "These are a lot of zasatrons, so you'll have to use your new power."

"What new power are you talking about?" asked Whyatt.

"Back when we fought Zakar on Elementia." said Bolt. "We used an attack we called 'Special Attack Routine."

"O.k" said Rudy. "What does have to do with this."

"If Bolt's correct." said Flame. "You should be able to do a special attack routine as well, but it might be different than ours."

"And how might it be different?" asked Kyle.

"You'll have to channel the attack into your weapons." replied Flame.

"O.k then rangers." said Kyle. "Let's give this new attack style a try."

"Let's do it!" replied the other rangers in unison.

"Ready...Charge!" yelled Kyle as he and the other rangers ran to meet the approaching Zasatrons.

"I'll try first." said Roxanne.

"O.k." replied the other rangers.

"Special attack routine, "Star Shower"!" yelled Roxanne as she fired one light arrow to the sky, and it multiplied sending down multiple arrows, destroying many zasatrons.

"Nice work cousin." said Cyrus. "My turn now."

"Special attack routine, "Hex Flurry"!" yelled Cyrus as he created a giant ice block and used his claws to break and scatter them in all directions, destroying more zasatrons.

"These new powers are awesome." said Rudy. "I'm up now."

"Special attack routine, "Diamond Tremor"!" yelled Rudy as he struck the ground with his lance, then he turned it, making a large opening in the ground, which the zasatrons fell in."

"I'm not gonna let you three get all the fun." said Krista. "Let's see what my power can do."

"Special attack routine, "Square Hurricane"!" yelled Krista as she shot a blast of wind from her cannon, and then it started to grow in size which drew in and destroyed more zasatrons.

"I'm ready now." said Fiona. "Time to show you what I've got."

"Special attack routine, "Tri Ricochet"!" yelled Fiona as she created a lightning orb and shot it with the side of her saber, hitting one zasatron, then bouncing off, increasing in power as it hit more.

"Cool sis." said Whyatt. "But I won't let you outdo me."

"Special attack routine, "Oval Gaysir"!" yelled Whyatt as he hit the ground with his hammer and water shot out at multiple points.

"Nice work team." said Kyle. "Last, but not least, it's my turn."

"Special attack routine, "X Inferno"!" yelled Kyle as he created a ring of fire around a group of zasatrons, then used his power to shoot himself up in the air, after that he split his staff in two and shot an X shaped energy slash at the trapped zasatrons.

"Not bad." said Cyrus. "Those attack routines were awesome."

"True, but we're not done yet." said Whyatt. "Combined, we only destroyed three hundred and fifty zasatrons, that still leaves two hundred and fifty."

"We have to eliminate them quickly before Zakar recovers from our last fight." said Fiona.

"FIona's right." said Kyle. "I think we should split up."

"What do you mean?" asked Krista.

"We should split up into teams, one handling Zakar, Kaifasa, and the remaining zasatrons." replied Kyle.

"I like it." said Roxanne. "Let's give it a try."

"O.k then." said Kyle. "Rudy, Cyrus, Roxanne, you three handle the remaining zasatrons. Krista, Whyatt, you two will take on Kaifasa. Fiona and I will deal with Zakar."

"Good luck to all of you." said Kyle. "Scatter!"

Then the rangers divided, going after their designated targets.

"Zakar!" yelled Kyle and he and Fiona ran to meet him.

"No way rangers." said Kaifasa as he stood in the way. "I'm not letting you near him."

"Think again." said Krista as she fired a shot from her cannon, blowing Kaifasa away from Kyle, Fiona, and Zakar, then along with Whyatt, charged at him.

"O.k then rangers." said Zakar. "I might be a bit wounded from last time, but I have enough power to deal with you two."

"We'll see about that Zakar." said Fiona. "Kyle, we should try to finish him quickly."

"Right, let's take him out." said Kyle as he and Fiona charged at Zakar using their weapons to attack, but to their surprise, Zakar dodged it.

"O.k then, if that didn't work, then take this." said Kyle as he attempted to shoot a blast of fire at Zakar in one direction.

"I'll help." said Fiona as she too attempted to shoot a blast of lightning at Zakar in the opposite direction.

"Nice try rangers, but not happening." said Zakar as he jumped in the air, causing Kyle and Fiona's attacks to hit each other.

"Well that didn't work." said Kyle.

"Let's see if he can take our routines." said Fiona.

"I can take anything you give." replied Zakar.

"We'll see about that Zakar." said Kyle.

"Special attack routine, "Tri Ricochet"!" yelled Fiona as she executed her attack.

"A good attempt, but there's no way I'd let that beat me." said Zakar as he unsheathed his blade and used the side to deflect it.

"You might've been able to stop Fiona's attack but let's see if you can stop mine." said Kyle.

"Special attack routine, "X Inferno"!" yelled Kyle as he trapped Zakar in his fire ring, then thrusted himself up to execute the final part of his attack.

"Enough of this!" yelled Zakar. "I'm not as weak as the zasatrons, do you really think that attack will subdue me."

As he said this, Kyle shot down the energy slash, but Zakar used his sword to deflect the attack directly at Kyle while in midair, sending him down with tremendous force.

"Damn, that hurt." said Kyle as he attempted to stand, but before he could even try, Zakar was standing right next to him.

"Well, well, well." said Zakar slowly. "It seems the tables have turned."

"Shut up, we can still beat you." said Kyle faintly.

"Be quiet now." replied Zakar as he unsheathed another blade and raised both in the air.

"I've barely known you and your little team for that long, but despite that, you've all been a real pain in my ass, well not anymore." began Zakar. "Goodbye...Kyle."

"No, I won't let you!" yelled Fiona as she ran in between the two and took the hit for Kyle.

"Fiona!" yelled Kyle as he felt a surge of energy rise and stood on his feet, then went to where Fiona was lying.

"That was quite foolish of her." said Zakar as he prepared for another attack. "Well look on the bright side ranger, at least you and her can die together."

"Not so fast." said Roxanne as she shot a barrage of arrows at Zakar.

"Rudy, Cyrus, Roxanne, you're here." said Kyle. "I take it you defeated the rest of the zasatrons."

"Yeah, we beat them pretty quickly." said Rudy. "We were about to go help Whyatt and Krista when we heard you screaming Fiona's name, so we decided to come here instead."

"Is Fiona going to be alright?" asked Cyrus with worry.

"I'm not sure." replied Kyle.

"Well Zakar isn't out yet." said Roxanne. "Kyle, you watch after Fiona. Rudy, Cyrus, and I will keep Zakar back."

"Thanks you three." said Kyle.

"Kyle." said Fiona faintly.

"Fiona." said a teary Kyle. "Don't worry, I'm here."

"Good, I'm glad." replied Fiona.

"But I have to know Fiona." said Kyle. "Why did you do that."

"You know how I feel about you." said Fiona. "I just couldn't watch as Zakar was a about to hurt you."

"But what about you." said Kyle. "I don't want you throwing your life away for me."

"Well, if it meant I could protect you, I'd gladly do it." said Fiona as she passed out.

"Fiona..Fiona...Fiona!" yelled Kyle as he started to cry.

"Sis!" yelled Whyatt as he ran to where his sister was lying.

"Whyatt, what about Kaifasa?" asked Kyle, still teary.

"He ran over to help Zakar, then Krista went to help the others." replied Whyatt.

"I'm so sorry Whyatt." said Kyle. "Fiona got hurt protecting me."

"It's o.k Kyle." replied Whyatt. "I know it wasn't your fault."

"I'm going to help the others." said Whyatt.

"Wait, aren't you going to stay with Fiona?" asked Kyle.

"I think she'd like it if you were with her." replied Whyatt as he went to join the others.

"Fiona, please don't leave me." said Kyle as he removed Fiona's helmet, then his own. "I have to tell you. Back in the Chrono Space, you told me you liked me, but I didn't get to tell you how I felt, and I have to tell you, the feeling is mutual, what I'm saying is that Fiona Qwill...I like you too."

"What, you like me too." said Fiona.

"Fiona, you're o.k!" exclaimed Kyle.

"Yeah I'll be fine." replied Fiona. "Right before Zakar's hit, I created a small barrier to lower the impact, it would've been bigger, but there wasn't enough time for that."

"Well never mind that." said a cheerful Kyle. "The important thing right now is that you're o.k."

"By the way Kyle." said Fiona as she got up. "You said you liked me too."

"Yeah, I guess I did" replied a blushing Kyle.

"Could you do me a favor and not tell the others, I wouldn't want them nagging us about…" began Kyle as Fiona rushed to kiss him.

"Well then they'll have to get used to it, to...us." said Fiona.

"Speaking of them, I think they might need some help." said Kyle.

"Sure let's go...sweety." said Fiona as she put her helmet back on and rushed to the action.

"Sweety!" said Kyle in surprise. "I'm going to have to get used to that."

"Hey there, I'm back." said Fiona.

"Fiona!" yelled the other rangers, glad to see their teammate was fine.

"So you survived." said Zakar. "No matter, we'll destroy you all."

"We'll see about that." said Kyle as he rushed over to the others.

"Rangers, we have to defeat them now." said Kyle. "Before they can call in reinforcements."

"And how do you suppose we do that?" asked Krista.

"With our attack routines." replied Kyle.

"But sweety." said Fiona. "We tried that on Zakar, but it didn't work."

"Sweety!" exclaimed the other rangers in surprise.

"Long story." said Kyle. "Back to the plan. What if we combine all of our attack routines into one."

"It could work." said Whyatt. "Let's at least give it a try."

"O.k rangers, weapons together." said Kyle as the rangers crossed their weapons with each other, forming a rainbow colored orb in the center."

"Fusion attack routine, "Geo Unity"!" yelled the rangers in unison as they fired the shot.

"Ahhh." yelled Zakar and Kaifasa as they fell to the ground.

"Not done yet rangers." said Zakar as he struggled to get up. "I still have one more trick up my sleeve."

"And what might that be?" asked an unamused Kyle.

"This." said Zakar as he took out two vials and handed one to Kaifasa. "Drink it Kaifasa, it's the thing I got from Lerik."

"O.k" said Kaifasa as he and Zakar drank the serums, and suddenly they started to grow until they were of immense size.

"Try to beat us now rangers!" exclaimed Zakar.

"Ready rangers." said Kyle. "It's time for one last adventure."