Ep. 3: The Power of Reckless Bravery

Episode(s) Adapted: Changing Courage into Magic ~Maagi Magi Go Gokai~ (勇気を魔法に変えて～マージ·マジ·ゴー·ゴーカイ～)

Robin was on the crow's nest as they sailed through the air. Her Mobirate rang.

"See anything, Robin?" Doc asked on the other end.

"Nope... the fog's gotten kinda thick all of a sudden," she said.

"This is just frustrating…" Doc said at the console. "If I don't get this thing fixed soon, we're not going to be getting anywhere…"

"That's cause we're just flying in a random direction!" Navi pointed out.

"And we're doing that because your navigation was off," Joe said to him.

"What? It's my fault!?" Joe just gave an exasperated look.

"I wonder what's wrong…It's never glitched out on us like this before…" Doc said as he typed.

"I must say, this is unexpected," Vivi said. "I wonder if the Armada's behind this..."

"I think they have better things to do with their time," Marvelous said as he steered at the wheel, morphed.

"Ah, I give up! I can't see a thing!" Robin said as fog was all around her. She looked around, hearing something faintly. "Something's coming…What the-!?" she said & saw an Armada ship.

It crashed into the ship's stern & they were all shaken away from where they were.

"What's going on!?" Doc asked.

"It's an Armada battleship!" Robin said as she came down the stairs.

"What did you say!?" Marvelous asked, then steered them away.

The other ship turned & began firing lasers on them.

"What's their problem!?" Marvelous asked as he steered. The other ship continued firing. "Red Galleon Cannon!" he said, then fired.

The other ship was destroyed, then the shockwave forced the Galleon on to the ground. They all were shaken away from where they were standing.

"Man, that one came out of nowhere…" Doc said as they were walking away from the Galleon.

"Are you all right?" Vivi asked.

"Yeah, but The Armada must be really mad…Well, at last the Galleon seems to be in one piece. Maybe we should just play nice & get out of here before they…" they were shot upon, sparks flying around them.

"How dare you get in our way!" the Action Commander said. "How'd you even know about our plan!?"

"Buddy, you're the one who rammed into us," Joe said.

"Yeah! We're not the ones picking the fight here!" Robin said.

"I didn't ask for a lecture!" he said as the X-Borgs lined up beside him.

Marvelous jumped out of the Galleon, still morphed.

"I don't know what this is about, but if you want a fight, you just found one!"

The others pulled out their morphers & keys.

"It's Morphin Time!"

They put the keys in them.

"Pirate Crew!"

They all pulled out their weapons & Marvelous shot a few X-Borgs. They then charged in.

"Get them!" the Action Commander said & they charged in.

The rangers began slashing X-Borgs. First, Joe's slashing, then Vivi's blasting, Robin blasted & slashed, then Marvelous did the same. Doc was on the ground fending some off, then the Commander came in & bashed him away, sending him through the air. He landed, then the Commander came at him, then slashed his feet, sending his feet upwards, which caused Doc to kick him with his feet. Doc then landed on his back as the Commander was sent upwards, then landed on Doc's feet as they stood straight up.

"Well, that made no sense," Doc said, then bounced the Commander upwards three times. "Off you go!" he said, then launched the Commander up in the air, sending him several yards away.

"Not bad, Doc! Doubt that'll catch on, though," Robin said as they lined up next to each other.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked, bewildered.

"Fine! Enough playing around!" the Commander said, then sent the cylinder things on him under ground. He then fired some sort of red light through them, which illuminated the ground in between him & the Rangers.

"Whoa! This is bad, he's up to something!" Doc yelled as he got behind Marvelous.

"Now be good and be gone!" he said as the energy cracked through the crust, sending hot air & flames at the Rangers. They were engulfed by explosions.

On the Gigant Horse…

"How long must I curse their name!? Why!? Why is it always them!?"

"Calm yourself, Prince," Damaras said.

"Silence! We're supposed to ignite all of the planet's volcanoes & make these humans suffer!"

"Boss. Our warship may have been destroyed…but its Action Commander, Salamandam, is unharmed," Biorg said.

"According to his report, the plan can continue on schedule if..." Levira started.

"No! I shall not forgive this! Inform him that he is to hunt down those pirates at once!"

"Even if that means deviating from our plan?" Damaras asked.

"Yes…no…I don't care! Eliminating that pirate scum takes top priority!"

"Hey. Get up, Doc," Marvelous said as Doc laid on the ground, unconscious.

"Did that explosion really fling us this far away?" he asked, getting up as he noticed they were in a forest.

"Yup."

"I guess you weren't ready for the Armada this time, huh?" a voice asked.

"Who's there!?" Marvelous asked.

"I'm just a wizard who's lost his magic," the man said as he stood at the top of a canyon in front of them.

"What?"

"Black & red clothes…" Doc said. "'A person dressed in black & red will provide the information you seek…'" he added, remembering, as Marvelous looked at him. "Wait, do you know where the Greatest Treasure in the Galaxy is?" he asked, stepping forward a few steps.

"Yeah, I know where it is."

"Seriously!?" Marvelous said, excited.

"Seriously," he said, jumping down in front of them. "But, there's no way you guys are gonna finding the treasure. Not yet, anyways."

"What?"

"You've still yet to tap into the greater part of the Power Rangers' powers, after all."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Doc asked.

"I'll tell you…if you can catch me. But you're not allowed to morph. Sound good?" he said, then started to run.

"Sounds good to me…" Marvelous said as he started to tail him.

"Wait! It could be some kind of Armada trap!" Doc said to him. "I think we should look into him, & be sure we know what we're doing before we make any rash decisions…"

"I see your point," Marvelous said, putting his hand on his shoulder. "Later!" he said as he ran after the guy.

"Wha-!? Hey, wait up!" Doc said, tailing him. He took out his Mobirate & hit some of the numbers on the keypad.

"He knows the secret of the treasure!?" Robin asked into her Mobirate as the three of them backed up into a circle formation.

"All right then," Joe said as he was in the call too. "But it might be a little while before we can meet up with you…"

"Don't worry. We'll make short work of them," Vivi said as the X-Borgs crowded around them. She got out her key & flipped it.

Robin put hers in her morpher & turned it.

"Pirate Crew!"

They transformed & immediately blasted the X-Borgs away with their blasters. More were behind them. Robin flipped her belt buckle, getting the black Alien Ranger key.

"Let's try something a little different," she said as she held the key in her right hand, morpher in the other.

"All right," Joe said, holding Dino Thunder black.

"Understood!" Vivi said, holding RPM black.

They flipped their keys.

"Power Switch!"

They transformed.

"Dino Thunder! Aquitar Ranger! RPM!"

They drew their weapons & began fighting.

Marvelous & Doc were still tailing the guy.

He stopped for a sec & held his hands out from his body, summoning energies, then used said energy to surround Marvelous & Doc with a ring of fire. He then ran again.

"Guess we're trapped," Marvelous said.

"Now what do we do?" Doc asked. "There's no way out of here!"

"I've got a plan."

"What? What is it?"

"We just power our way through!" he started to run.

"N-N-Now just hold on a second!" he stopped him. "Powering through with reckless bravery isn't really my thing…"

"What's gotten you so scared?"

"I just can't do this…I'm so good at calculating and planning things, but...when I have to act at the spur of a moment, I get so afraid... I just lose my ability to be brave…"

"I see what you're getting at," Marvelous put his hand on his shoulder.

"Huh?"

"Just believe…" he hoisted him in the air. "In me!" he threw him through the air, through the fire and flames.

"Whoa!" Doc yelled as he flew, Marvelous following. He landed on the other side. "I'm safe…"

"See? Let's go." Marvelous ran.

"Right!" Doc followed.

Joe was fighting X-Borgs still with the girls. He slashed several.

"Wave Strike!" he said, putting the Brachio Staff in the ground & energy came out of it at them.

"Rocket Blaster!" Vivi said, shooting her group. She got the other blaster from its holster. "Nitro laser!" she blasted them.

Robin fought her own group. She got struck by their swords, then disappeared, leaving her ranger suit behind. They were confused.

"Ninja vanishing style!" she said, popping out of the ground. "Aquitian Saber - Hidden Shooting Star!" she said as she cut a star in the air, then it exploded the X-Borgs. She holstered her sword.

"Problem solved. Bye now!" she said as the other two stood next to her, waving.

"You stubborn little pirates!" the Action Commander said. "I'll take care of you all right now!" he said, slashing his cylinders at them. They recoiled as the attack hit.

Marvelous & Doc were still following the guy as they ran. The guy ducked into a cave, they followed.

"All right then. This is the perfect place to catch him," Marvelous said as they walked through part of the cave.

"You make it sound so easy…" Doc said.

They heard something coming through the cave in front of them, then saw a giant boulder rolling towards them. They bolted the other way.

"It's gonna catch us!" Doc exclaimed.

"Stop!" Marvelous said, grabbing on to the back of his jacket.

"What!?" Doc asked.

"We've just gotta dive right in!"

"Dive!?"

Marvelous got his sabre out, then threw it to the ground in front of them. He then ran with Doc in tow.

"Get down!" he yelled & they both quickly jumped.

They landed on the ground & the boulder vaulted over them thanks to the sabre.

"I wanna go hoooome!" Doc said as he cowered while Marvelous stood up & dusted himself off.

"But it's just getting fun!" Marvelous said, then picked up his sabre & dragged Doc with him back through where they just came through.

The Action Commander slashed at Robin, then Vivi & Joe went to her as she rolled away.

"Pathetic!"

"Shall we make use of some white keys this time?" Vivi asked, holding up her Alien Ranger key.

"Sure," Joe said, holding up the Rhino Ranger key.

"Sounds good," Robin said, getting the Wild Force key.

"Power Switch!"

They put their keys in & transformed.

"Aquitar Ranger! Wild Force! Jungle Fury!"

Joe slashed at him with the Control Dagger.

"Rhino morpher!" Joe said, then shot at him.

Robin came in with the claws, slashing him.

"White Tiger claws!" she yelled, then dealt a more powerful slash.

Vivi drew her sword, then used the ninja powers of the suit to fast-slash him.

"Let's finish him," Joe said.

"Right!" the girls said.

"Like I'm gonna go down so easily!" the Commander said, then spun around & went under ground.

"Ah, we almost had him too!" Robin said.

Marvelous & Doc were running down a hilly cliff.

"Now we've got you," Marvelous said.

"Yes…But you've still got to get over here," the guy said, standing on a cliffside piece of land not connected to the mainland.

"Piece of cake. Right?" Marvelous said to Doc as they looked down.

"Huh?" Doc asked. "I...I can't do it!" he said, cowering a good few feet away from the edge.

"Fine then," Marvelous said, looking towards the piece of land. "The gap between our side and his is about 15 meters…Which is more than doable," he backed up a few yards to get a good running speed.

"Marvelous, don't tell me you're gonna…" Doc said, looking at him, horrified.

Marvelous smirked at him, then ran towards the edge. He then super jumped through the air towards the guy.

Suddenly, the Action Commander burst through the other side & caught him, causing them both to fall.

"What!?"

"Oh, how marvelous! I'll take you down first!"

Marvelous then broke away from him, got out his sabre, & saved himself by slashing it into the cliff face as the Commander fell into the water below.

"Marvelous!" Doc yelled.

"I'm fine! Just…hurry up & catch him already, would ya!?" Marvelous yelled to him.

"Wha-!? You want me to…!?"

"Just do like I did & you'll be fine!"

"I can't do it...I just don't have your reckless bravery!"

"Then find it!"

"This is for the Greatest Treasure in the Galaxy after all!"

Doc looked down at the water.

"I can't…I just can't...!" he looked towards Marvelous again, then saw some rock shifting from above him as a big boulder was forming & moving out of place.

He imagined what was probably going to happen, as a boulder came out from the cliff face, then he imagined it falling & smashing into Marvelous, causing him to fall into the water.

"Marvelous!" he said, then went back towards the trees. He got out his sabre & cut down a thin tree to use as a pole-vault. "All right…Well, (Gulp) as the song said, long live the reckless & the brave, I suppose," he said, then ran towards the edge & did as he'd planned.

He jumped high into the air, then saw what he'd predicted, taking out his blaster, then shot the boulder into small pieces above Marvelous. He then landed in front of the guy, but didn't quite make it as he looked down, then flailed in the air as he started to fall. The guy caught his hand.

"You're a pretty bad pirate, aren't you?" he started pulling him up. "Finding courage not to pursue your treasure, but to save a friend from danger…" he pulled him all the way up. "I was right to test you."

"What…?" Doc asked.

"Bravery… That was a part of the true power of those who used magic, the Mystic Force rangers. Now that you've found it, you can draw out the ultimate power the Mystic Force rangers once wielded…"

"Reckless bravery…becomes power...?" Doc asked. The guy nodded.

"Hey! Aren't you forgetting someone!?" Marvelous yelled up to them.

"One sec!" Doc yelled.

"Anyways, as promised, I'll tell you about the treasure," the guy said. "If you can tap into the entirety of the ultimate powers wielded by the previous Power Ranger teams, then you'll find the Greatest Treasure in the Galaxy."

"Who are you?" Doc asked.

"Nick Russell, Red Mystic Force ranger," he said & his suit flashed over him. "I've been studying magic more extensively since my team disbanded & now…I'm passing this knowledge on to you."

"Hyah!" Marvelous yelled as he jumped on to the platform. "Kept you waiting, huh? Where'd he go?" he asked. Doc looked back & saw no one.

"He was just here…" he said.

"Well, he's gone now."

"Doc!" Robin said as the three of them walked over to them, morphed.

"Marvelous!" Vivi said.

"Huh? Where's the guy in black & red?" Robin asked.

"Well, you're not gonna believe this, but…" Doc started, but was interrupted by the Action Commander coming out of the ground again.

"This time I'm going to obliterate you!"

"You sure are a pain," Marvelous said, then they all lined up.

He & Doc got their keys & morphers out & flipped.

"It's Morphin Time!" they yelled, then put their keys in the morphers.

"Pirate Crew!"

"Pirate Crew Red!"

"Pirate Crew Blue!"

"Pirate Crew Yellow!"

"Pirate Crew Green!"

"Pirate Crew Pink!"

"Power Rangers…Pirate Crew!"

"Let's go with a bang…" Doc said.

"A bang, huh?" Marvelous asked.

They got their blasters & fired on the Commander. He went flying. They drew their sabres & went after him.

"Then we'll have to go with a boom and cause some bruises!" the Commander said, summoning some Bruisers.

They all started slashing. Marvelous took on one Bruiser, Joe did as well, Robin & Vivi did as well, & Doc handled the Commander.

The Commander caught one of his arms in his cylinder, then slashed at him, causing him to go flying backwards.

"I'll tear you & this planet apart in one fell swoop!" he said, putting his back cylinder in the ground, then having pockets of fire come up all around them & explode.

"Take this!" he said, firing a fire ball at them as well, causing them to recoil. They fell to the ground.

"This is bad...we're finished if we keep this up," Joe said.

"Then let's use these!" Doc said, holding up the green Mystic Force key.

"You up for it?" Marvelous asked

"Sure," Joe said as he stood up.

"Sounds good," Vivi said.

Doc took his key & flipped it.

"Power Switch!"

They inserted the keys, then transformed.

"Mystic Force!"

The spell circles came down around them, transforming their suits, then they jumped into one above them, transforming their helmets as the Mystic Force theme kicked in.

They all flourished their capes.

"Power Rangers…Mystic Force!" they posed.

A beeping was heard.

"Huh?"

"What is that?"

Doc took out the Mystic Morpher & opened it, seeing a new spell sequence.

"'1, 7, end'…It's a new magic spell!"

"Hmm," Marvelous said.

"They're distributed via texts?" Vivi asked.

"Cool! Let's try it out!" Robin said.

"Sure," Joe said.

Marvelous then flipped the phone into its wand mode & entered the code.

"Magical source, Mystic Force!" they said, doing the poses.

"Galwit-Mysto-Pirates!" the Mobirate voice said & a spell was launched from their phones. It bound the Commander with his tentacle.

"I-Impossible!" the Commander said.

"Much better," Doc said.

"Quite," Vivi said.

"Yellow Garuda Lightening!" Robin yelled, firing on him.

"Blue Mermaid Water!" Joe said, making water splash up to hit him.

"Pink Sprite Storm!" Vivi said, summoning a vortex around him.

"Green Minotaur Strength!" Doc said, having vines come up & smack him.

"Red Dragon Fire!" Marvelous said, jumping up & soaring through the air, burning him with the flames.

He landed & they went back to their regular suits.

"Let's finish him off," Doc said.

"Sure," Marvelous said & he flipped his belt buckle, getting his key.

He flipped his key, got out his blaster, flipped up the cylinder, put the key in, turned it, then they all forced the cylinders down one by one.

"Final Wave!"

"Pirate Crew Blast," Marvelous said, then they fired, defeating the Commander.

"And he was so close, too," Levira said as they detected what happened. She then went & got her device to make him grow. She fired & it made the Commander as well as the bruisers grow.

"Again?" Marvelous said, then summoned the Galleon.

5-5-0-1.

"Red Galleon!"

"Combine Zords!"

"Megazord ready!"

"Bruisers! Show them your new functionality!" the Commander said, then they formed into ships.

"What the heck are those!?" Robin asked, then they fired on them. They defended themselves.

"I had no idea they could do such things…" she said.

"Keep it together!" Marvelous said.

"The Mystic Force Keys are flashing...!" Doc said as they held them in their hands. A rainbow circle came out of the Megazord, putting out the flames around them.

"Wow, that's awesome! What was that?" Robin asked.

"Oh, I get it! This must've been the ultimate power the Mystic Force rangers had," Doc said & the Megazord put its arms to its side & started to glow.

"All right!" Marvelous said & flipped his key.

"Ranger Key, set!" they all said as they put the keys in their wheels & turned them.

"Mystic Megazord formation, ready!" they said after the Megazord grew the dragon parts.

"Stay on them! Charge, Bruisers!" the Commander said & they flew towards the Megazord.

The dragon roared & they took off.

"So now we can fly too, huh?" Joe asked.

"All right! Let's make it showy!" Marvelous exclaimed.

He spun his wheel & the Megazord turned. They all did so & it turned again. The dragon expelled flames on one of the Bruisers.

"Go get them, Mystic Dragon!" Doc said & the dragon separated from the Megazord & flew to the other two Bruisers.

"All right!" Doc exclaimed.

"Nice!" Robin said.

They rejoined with the dragon as the Megazord fell through the air.

"Curse you!" the commander said.

"Now let's finish him for good!" Marvelous said & they turned their keys again.

"Let's Go! Magical Bind!" they said & the dragon came out again & put the Commander in three spell-binding circles, which dealt a lot of pain, then rejoined them.

"All right!" Robin said.

"Yay!" Doc said. "Amazing! So this is the ultimate power of the Mystic rangers," he said, holding the key.

Nick looked on to them from afar.

"The power's probably in good hands, for now," he said, then started to walk away.

"You see! You should have listened! There was a guy in black & red clothes!" Navi said, bragging. "And he told you how to get the treasure, see!"

"Sorry, Navi! I really underestimated you!" Robin said.

"I must admit I also had my doubts," Vivi said.

"Not you too, Vivi!" Navi said, then Doc picked him up.

"But from now on, we promise we'll trust you," he said.

"Really!?"

"Right?"

"Well...a little bit," Marvelous said.

"Jeez, you guys are mean! Meanies!" Navi said. "Horrible, nasty, mean meanies!" he said, flying around all of them as he did.

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