11: The Gold Standard

Nolan lifted his bamboo training sword to his shoulder and looked around. Wyatt, Alice and Ridge were circling him, weapons in hand.

"Alright, let's get to it," Nolan said, spinning his sword around in his hand. He held it in both hands in front of himself and looked around at the three, "As you will."

Wyatt leapt forward and took a large swing for Nolan, who lifted his weapon to block. He slid back and ducked as Alice shouted and leapt at him, swinging high.

Ridge rolled forward and shouted, swinging low. Nolan leapt up and thrust his other hand down to catch himself, staying like that. His only support was his hand on the ground, while his body just remained in the air, and his right hand blocked Wyatt's sword with his own sword.

"Wow," Ridge said.

"Don't admire him!" Wyatt called, pulling his weapon back. He swung down for Nolan's hand, but Nolan pushed himself up into the air to avoid the attack. He landed and span around, striking Ridge and Alice in their stomachs with his spinning. His slash came next for Wyatt, who managed to block, but his sword was knocked from his hand.

Nolan pushed forward and thrust his sword at Wyatt. Wyatt drew his hands down and caught the sword between his palms. Nolan smiled at him, "Nice catch. Not an easy thing to do."

"I like the sword catch," Wyatt said, "Usually the enemy doesn't expect it."

"They don't," Nolan said, swinging his leg out to take Wyatt's feet out from under him. Wyatt hit the ground and found the sword touching his chest, "But you were too focused on your catch."

"Very nice work," Oliver said as he came into the room and picked a sword off of the wall.

"Very," Rachel agreed, following him, "You're at another level entirely."

"I'm a little rusty," Nolan said, "But thanks. In time we'll all fight at a high level like this, and the Vadra won't know what hit him."

Wyatt picked himself up and lifted his sword, "Ok, let's go again."

"Again?" Nolan asked.

"You had your shot," Oliver said, pointing his sword forward, "It's my turn."

"We'll double team," Rachel said.

Oliver nodded, "Yeah, our turn."

"But…," Wyatt started.

"I'll get back to you, don't worry," Nolan said, "There's plenty of me to go around. This is my life now."

"Your life…," Wyatt muttered, stepping around the others. He set his sword against the wall and headed out into the hall.

"Wyatt?" Alice asked after him, but he didn't respond.

Amrion bowed before Vadra's throne.

"Did you bring what I requested?" Vadra asked.

"I have," she responded, producing a teapot which she held in both hands, "But may I ask one question?"

"What?" he asked.

"Why wouldn't you do this yourself?" she asked, "You could have done it while out in your academy," she said.

"It's easier this way," he said, holding up a star, "There is less risk of me being caught, and I must speak with this monster myself." He threw the star into the pot, which lifted out of Amrion's hands. She stepped back as the darkness overtook it. The pot formed into a smoke-like monster.

"General Vadra, Smokescreen is at your command," the monster said with a bow.

"Smokescreen, I'm going to have special need of your talents," he said with a smile.

Wyatt was walking around the park with his hands in his pockets. He sat down on a bench and looked out ahead with a sigh.

"What's wrong?" Nolan asked as he walked towards the bench, hands in his pockets as well.

"Nolan?" Wyatt asked, looking over at him, "Aren't you with the others?"

"I left a clone to do it," he said, "I beat Oliver and Rachel, then slipped out to come see you."

Wyatt rose, "And how do I know you're not the clone?"

"You don't," Nolan said, then lifted his star and showed his Morpher on his wrist, "I have these though."

"The clone might too," Wyatt said.

Nolan shrugged and lowered his arms, "Why'd you run out?"

"I don't know," Wyatt said.

"You know why," Nolan said, "So tell me. It'll help."

Wyatt looked down and licked his lips. He looked back up at Nolan, "It's because you're so good."

"You'll all get better," Nolan said, "I've had years on you guys."

"You also have nothing else to do," Wyatt said, "You're like me. You're just going to be at the academy constantly, training, because there's nothing else in your life."

"I don't follow," Nolan said.

"I was probably the best out of the team," Wyatt said, "Maybe not in strategy, but in combat. Maybe," Wyatt shook his head, "That's not important. I didn't have anything else going on though, and I was able to train a lot. I was so proud of it, and now…and now I'll never catch you."

"You'll catch me," Nolan said, "And I hope you surpass me."

"Why?" Wyatt asked.

"Being the best doesn't mean a lot to me," Nolan said, "Besides, I'm really good. If you guys can all pass me, then we'll defeat Vadra's forces no problem."

Wyatt nodded, "I guess you're right about that."

"Let's spar again," Nolan said, "Show me what you can do."

"Ok, let's go back then," Wyatt said.

"No," Nolan said, lifting his star, "Here. Let's see how this goes."

Wyatt looked around, "Here?"

"There's nobody around," Nolan said, "Let's get this done. Come on Wyatt."

Wyatt nodded, "Ok then," he lifted his left wrist and affixed his star, "Ninja Star, Ranger Strike!" he called, thrust his arm up, spinning the star.

"Gold Star, Ranger Flash!" Nolan called, spinning his star on his Morpher.

The two flashed their colors and appeared Morphed, then sped off in blurs of color.

"Why did you want me to come?" Oliver asked Alice as the two of them walked together.

"Because Wyatt respects you," she said.

"You're his best friend, surely he'll listen to you more than he'd listen to me," Oliver said.

She shrugged, "I don't think so. I think you have a pretty good chance."

"Fine," he said, "I guess I didn't have much else to do since Nolan disappeared."

The two slowed when they saw the Red and Gold Rangers slashing at each other, their swords clashing. Alice and Oliver looked at each other and then took off running towards them.

"Hey!" Oliver shouted as they neared.

The two Rangers stopped their fight and looked at the two newcomers. Nolan nodded to them, "Great! If you two Morph then I'll take you three on at once!"

"What?" Alice questioned, "Is this just a training thing then?"

"Yeah," Wyatt said, "Come on. I thought I could get him alone, but he's tough!"

"Oh good, you remember that whole teamwork thing," Oliver said, "But this is pointless."

"Come on, I heard you're really good," Nolan told Oliver, "I didn't really get to see much in our earlier fight."

"You're not going to bait me like that," Oliver said.

Alice hit his arm, "Come on Oliver, it'll be fun."

He sighed, "Fine…"

Both lifted their wrists and span their stars, "Ninja Star, Ranger Strike!"

In a flash of blue and white they stood Morphed.

[Ninninger 10. 5:58-7:33 (note: edit in lasers)]

Wyatt drew his sword up, "Alright guys, let's go!" He ran forward.

"We need a plan!" Oliver called.

"I'll lead!" Wyatt called as Nolan kept blocking him before throwing him over some bushes. Nolan threw strikes at Wyatt, who kept evading.

"I thought three would be fun!" Nolan called. Wyatt shouted and slashed, but Nolan blocked with his sword, "This isn't what I was expecting!" he said, then kicked Wyatt back and continued to engage him, avoiding every strike. He threw a series of strikes into Wyatt and knocked him back.

"You can do better!" Nolan called.

"I'll do better!" Wyatt shouted, running forward. He slashed down, but was blocked.

"Should we get involved yet?" Alice asked Nolan, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"I guess we should," Oliver said, running away from her with his bow in hand. He stopped and aimed, "Let's lay down some cover!" He fired, but Nolan avoided it.

Nolan began to block blasts from behind as well. Alice lowered her blaster, then started to fire again and move.

"Glad you guys are getting serious!" Nolan called.

"Here's an Arrow Rain!" Oliver called as he put his star on and fired, sending a flurry of arrows out at Nolan.

Nolan ran out of the structure to avoid the arrows, but Wyatt was on the roof. He leapt off and shouted as he came down for a slash, which Nolan blocked.

The two continued to fight until Wyatt was kicked back.

"You guys aren't bad," Nolan said, resting his sword on his shoulder. He span around, "This is getting pretty fun!"

He lowered his sword and started to fire from it forcing the Rangers to avoid or deflect them, until they were all struck and taken down.

[End Sentai footage]

Nolan flashed gold as he stood near the downed Rangers. He reached down to help them each up, "You guys did well working against me."

"We still couldn't hit you," Alice told him.

"You couldn't, but you had good plans going," he said, "Firing from two sides, using that raining arrows trick, Wyatt on the roof. I didn't even realize he'd disappeared."

"We still couldn't hit you," Wyatt mumbled.

Nolan sighed, "Don't worry about it," he said, "You guys are still learning and growing as ninja. You'll be beating me soon enough."

Ridge and Rachel ran towards the four of them and started to slow.

"What was going on?" Ridge asked.

"We were training," Nolan said.

"Sorry I missed that," Ridge said.

"You'd have gotten taken down," Alice said.

"Anyway, we're here for a reason," Rachel told them, "There's a monster nearby."

"Then let's go and take care of it," Oliver said.

"You ready to have another fight by our side, Nolan?" Alice asked.

"Actually, you guys go," Nolan said, "I'm going to do something with Wyatt."

"What if we need you?" Ridge asked.

"Then hail us," Nolan said, lifting his wrist, "We'll be there."

"We'll do what we can," Rachel said.

"Really?" Oliver asked, "You don't think taking all of us is smart?"

"It is," Rachel said, "But this'll be fine too. Come on, we can handle it."

"I'm fine with it," Alice said.

"I guess I am too," Ridge said.

Oliver nodded, "Fine, let's go," he said.

The four of them ran off.

Wyatt looked at Nolan, "What's going on with us then?"

"We're going to go and have a talk," Nolan told him, "Come on."

The four young adults slowed when they saw the smoke monster with a number of cornered civilians. They were trying to get away, but the monster and Tyvings were in the way.

"Now, fear!" Smokescreen shouted, letting smoke come from his body. The people started to cough and breathe it in, and then their screams increased. The monster just laughed.

"I think the smoke is making them more afraid," Rachel said, "That's actually rather effective, since they're gathering fear."

"Let's put a stop to him then," Oliver said.

The four stepped forward, lifting their Frog Blasters. They fired on the monster, striking him repeatedly. He cried out and his smoke stopped. The Tyvings turned along with the monster.

"Get them!" Smokescreen shouted. The people started to run, and Smokescreen turned, "No! Don't run! I need more fear!"

"Hold them here!" Oliver shouted, vanishing in a puff of smoke. He appeared in front of Smokescreen, who had started to run after the civilians. "You're not getting any farther!" he shouted, firing repeatedly into the monster to knock him back.

The Tyvings rushed the other three Rangers. They lowered their blasters and ran forward. Ridge leapt over them and landed in the middle of the group, fighting enemies on all sides. Alice attacked from the front, using her hands to block and redirect spears. She kicked at the Tyvings, tore some weapons away and started to use them against their owners.

Rachel leapt over the top of the enemies and threw her hand down, "Ninja Technique!" she called, and a number of them were gone. Rachel was on the ground now, fighting along with the others. A few Tyvings fell from the sky and hit the ground before vanishing.

"Nice replacement technique," Alice complimented.

Rachel nodded and continued to fight.

Oliver was striking Smokescreen with punches and kicks, jumping and flipping around to land some blows. He span his sword around and slashed the monster down the chest a few times before kicking him back again.

"You're going to pay for this!" Smokescreen shouted before turning to run.

"Stop him!" Oliver called.

The other Rangers turned to try to engage, but Smokescreen pushed through all of them without much difficulty and kept running.

"We need to get after him," Oliver said, "Use your ninja speed. Find him."

They were gone in flashes of their colors.

Wyatt and Nolan were sitting on a park bench.

"When I started, I was pretty bad," Nolan said, "But I grew a lot. And you're really good, so you can improve yet. I did, obviously."

Wyatt shook his head, "I improved a lot. But I peaked a while ago. I was pretty good when all of the students were around, and then with it being just me for so long? I got pretty good at everything I was terrible at, like throwing stars. I can't improve any farther."

"Everyone can rise higher," Nolan said, "It's not even a matter of pushing harder. It comes in time. Trust me. Just keep doing what you're doing, and train with me, and you'll grow."

"I have no life outside of this," Wyatt said, "Being this good was all I had."

"Just because I'm better, that doesn't invalidate anything you've done," Nolan said, "You're still a very good ninja, and I don't matter at all in that."

"I guess you're right," Wyatt said, "It doesn't reflect back on me like that."

Nolan nodded, "Good! You get it!"

"Should we go help the others?" Wyatt asked.

"If I'd known it was going to be such a short conversation, we'd have talked on the way," Nolan said, standing up, "Yeah, we should go."

Wyatt rose, and then explosions struck around them. The two turned and flipped over the bench and ran, but the small bursts followed until they got behind a tree.

"Tyvings?" Nolan muttered, glancing out.

Wyatt looked out as well, "Tyvings and…and Vyste…"

"Vyste?" Nolan asked, then looked out, "That one horned guy?"

"He's one of Vadra's strongest warriors," Wyatt said.

Nolan stepped out, "Then let's show them what we're capable of. How about that?"

Wyatt nodded and stepped out as well.

"Good, it's the Red Ranger," Vyste growled, drawing one sword, "Come on! Let's finally get a rematch!"

"I'll deal with the Tyvings," Nolan said. He ran forward and started to throw stars, taking them down. When they fired on Nolan, he vanished and appeared behind them in a puff of smoke, throwing more gold stars, taking them down.

"What?" Vyste growled, looking back. Nolan vanished again and appeared in front of another Tyving, kicking it back. He tore the blaster free and fired on Vyste, forcing him to block with his sword. "You're good," Vyste muttered.

Nolan span the blaster around and tossed it aside, "I'd like to think I am. But I'm not your opponent."

Vyste stepped towards Nolan, then pointed his sword towards Wyatt, "Red Ranger! Give me a few minutes to destroy your new friend, and then we'll duel!"

"What?" Nolan questioned, shaking his head, "No, I'm not going to…"

"This is our fight Vyste!" Wyatt called.

"A few minutes! You can be patient, right?" Vyste growled.

"Fine then," Nolan said, lifting his arm, "I guess I'll take you on."

"Good," Vyste growled.

"Gold Star, Ranger Flash!"

The four reconvened, shaking their heads.

"I've set Satty to start searching," Rachel said.

"That's something at least," Oliver said, "Maybe we should split into groups and search."

"If we couldn't find him as four groups of one, how will we as two groups of two?" Ridge asked.

"We cover less ground, but it's safer," Oliver said, "We've searched areas already. We keep moving, and then we won't be vulnerable to his fear smoke."

"I'm ok with that," Rachel said.

"Alice," Oliver said, "We'll go together."

Rachel looked at Ridge, "That leaves us."

The four of them nodded and dashed off in their colors.

The Gold Ranger lowered his sword and faced Vyste's single sword. They stared at each other, then Vyste lunged forward and shouted, making a mighty swing downwards. Nolan threw his sword up to parry, then pushed back and kicked Vyste in the chest.

Vyste laughed as he stumbled back, "You're strong, Gold Ranger." He reached down and gripped his second sword, drawing it free from the sheath, "Are you strong enough though?" He started to glow and crackle.

"Thunder?" Nolan asked, affixing his Elemental Star, "Ok then. Thunder Star!"

The two ran at each other, their swords crackling. They slashed and passed each other by. Nolan span around and threw some stars while leaping back. Vyste turned and took them to his chest.

Nolan landed and fired from his weapon, knocking Vyste back with repeated shots. Vyste roared and ran through them, but Nolan vanished as Vyste slashed, striking a bamboo dummy instead.

Nolan flipped around and came down behind Vyste, slashing him down the back. Vyste shouted and fell forward, resting a little. And then he laughed.

"Well done, Gold Ranger," he growled, coming to his feet, "You're my new target."

"What?" Nolan questioned.

Wyatt stood back, staring, "What?" he muttered.

"I'll be back for you," Vyste said, then he vanished into dark smoke.

Wyatt ran towards Nolan, who powered down. "I guess I did pretty well," Nolan said.

"Yeah…clearly better than I would have," Wyatt said, "He was always after me. I was the one who excited him to fight, and now…"

"I took your rival," Nolan said softly, "I'm sorry Wyatt, but I had to do my best against him."

"I know," Wyatt said, "I didn't want you to throw the fight for me or anything, but…but…if nothing else, I could count on Vyste's determination to destroy me to be what I needed, how I knew I was skilled."

"You're very skilled," Nolan told him.

Wyatt nodded and walked off.

"So, what's going on with Wyatt?" Oliver asked as he and Alice stood on a rooftop, looking around at the city around them.

"I don't know," she admitted, "I can take a guess."

"Then guess," he said, "I don't want to have him in such a bad place. He's going to slow us down like this. We need him."

"If I had to guess, Nolan really showed him up. He showed all of us up. In Nolan's first fight it didn't matter, because that was against a monster, but against all of us? Well, Wyatt's not too happy about being so…"

"Weak?" Oliver asked.

"In comparison," Alice clarified.

"We're all weak in comparison to Nolan," Oliver told her, "It's nothing for him to feel bad about."

"It's his entire life," Alice said, "Sure, you and Rachel were probably better than him at the start, but he grew a lot more."

"None of it matters though," Oliver said.

"Right," Alice said with a nod, "What matters most is that as a team we're stronger together. He should understand that, but he has his pride."

Oliver nodded, "Pride…it's both good and bad. In this case it's horrible."

She nodded, "Oh yeah…"

"What do you think?" Rachel asked as she and Ridge crouched next to some large footprints in the dirt.

"I think it's obvious he's been through here," Ridge said.

Rachel nodded and rose. She drew a star out, "Satty? Can you check the cameras around here?"

"I will do just that!" Satty's voice came.

"Thanks," she said, lowering the star.

"He sure is helpful," Ridge said.

"I'm just happy he became our friend and ally," Rachel said, "He's such a good guy."

"So, what do you make of this monster?" Ridge asked.

"He makes fear smoke. Simple, effective, but ultimately rather lazy. They want to gather fear, so they use a monster who does only that."

"Like you said, effective," Ridge said.

She nodded, "But they're wasting him, unless they're going to pull him back and just use him from time to time. That's what they should do, then use other monsters to keep us busy, or something."

"You're thinking like a villain," Ridge said.

She shrugged, "I think better than them. It's just simple strategy, really."

Ridge nodded, "Yeah, it is."

"I found him!" Satty's voice came. Rachel drew the star up quickly, "Straight ahead, left on Sixth Street."

"Thanks!" she said, then ran off as a blur with Ridge.

Wyatt was walking around in an outdoor structure, holding his Ranger Star tight in his hand. It was glowing red. He had his eyes closed and was shaking a little.

"Ha! So that was you?" Vyste's voice came.

Wyatt lowered his hand and turned, opening his eyes. "Vyste," he said, "I'm glad my energy drew you in."

"How much of your ninja power did you expel hoping you'd draw me in?" Vyste questioned, "Regardless, that was a lot of power, do you still have enough power to want to fight me?"

Wyatt lowered the star and placed it onto his Morpher, "I do," he said, lifting his arm up, "Last time my team took your horn off. Our newest ally defeated you solo. I've only grown stronger…"

"You've never expelled that much power before one of our fights," Vyste said, "And your new Ranger is a lot more powerful than you."

"I don't care," Wyatt said, "Ranger Star, Ninja Strike!" he shouted, spinning his star. His body flashed red, Morphing.

[Ninninger 11. 13:34-13:36]

"Alright then," Vyste growled, drawing his sword.

[Ninninger 11. 13:39-14:04]

Both combatants lifted their swords and ran forward, slashing and blocking. Vyste had the upper hand until Wyatt used his claw to help him.

"Two weapons?" Vyste growled, drawing his second sword. The two engaged with their four weapons.

[End Sentai footage]

Ridge and Rachel kicked Smokescreen back and lifted their arms up.

"I'll hold him back!" Ridge shouted, running forward. He jumped and kicked the monster, then ducked his next strikes before delivering a knee to knock him back.

Rachel spoke into her Morpher, "Oliver, Alice, we found the monster. He's at the park near Sixth Street!"

She lowered her Morpher and threw a few pink stars into the monster's back while it was facing Ridge. Smokescreen shouted, and Ridge leapt up, striking the monster on the top of the head as he flipped over it, coming to a roll and ending next to Rachel.

"The others are on their way," Rachel said.

"We can hold him back for now," Ridge said.

Both threw a series of stars forward, connected to wires. They bound the monster's arms, pulling them to the side. Both stepped on their wires and lifted their bows.

"Fire!" they shouted together, unleashing a few arrow blasts into Smokescreen's chest, knocking him back and undoing the wires.

Oliver and Alice slowed as they reached the other two, "Well, you two have this under control," Alice said.

"It'll be better with four of us," Rachel said.

"Five," Nolan said, hurrying forward, "Five of us."

"Happy to have you with us," Alice told him.

"Happy to be here," he said, "Should we Morph?"

"I think we've got this," Ridge said.

Alice and Oliver drew their bows up, and Nolan drew his sword, lifting it in blaster mode.

"Let's take him down," Rachel said.

[Ninninger 11. 14:53-15:25]

The fight had moved to a ravine. Wyatt leapt down, slashing, but he missed. The two continued to strike and evade until Wyatt got a red slash down Vyste's chest. Their fight was swift and furious.

Wyatt changed to his bow and fired, but Vyste blocked every shot, "Come on!" Wyatt shouted, then went to his claw and rushed forward.

[End Sentai footage]

Vyste stepped out of the dust and slashed both of Wyatt's weapons back.

"Not bad, for someone so weak," Vyste growled.

[Ninninger 11. 18:18-19:35]

The two continued to slash and Wyatt started to get some hits in before kicking Vyste back.

"Got you!"

"Ha!" Vyste laughed, "Impressive." He rose to his feet, "Even in the condition you're in, I'm very impressed!" He roared and blue energy erupted off of his body.

"What is this? This power is insane!" Wyatt shouted as it faded.

"I figure I'm going to use my full power to destroy you. You'd better enjoy it while it lasts!" he roared, sending shockwaves of power off of his swords. Wyatt was struck repeatedly and fell to the ground, shouting.

"You're still fighting? Seriously, impressive. You won't last much longer. Here's one more," Vyste said, charging power through his swords again. "Lightning Fangs!" He roared as he slashed them out.

Wyatt hit a button on his sword. He span his star, "Red Ninja Flash!" he shouted as he ran towards Vyste's attack.

He passed the attack and their swords clashed. Both shouted as they slashed each other in the chest.

Wyatt groaned, and then his sword fell.

[End Sentai footage]

Wyatt fell to the ground, while Vyste stood behind him, laughing.

"You wasted too much energy," Vyste said, touching his chest, "That last attack? I felt a lot more the first time you used it on me!"

Wyatt clawed at the dirt and pushed himself up. He looked at Vyste, and then he lifted his Morpher.

"What now?" Vyste questioned.

Wyatt vanished in a flash of red.

"Ninja trickery? Ha!" Vyste laughed, "You're too weak, Red Ranger! Why don't you just let me fight Gold? He's the real opponent, not you!"

The arrows and blasts from Nolan's weapon were smashing Smokescreen around. He threw a punch for Alice, but she blocked it with the blade of her bow, directed his arm down, and then span her weapon. She shifted it to the claw and slammed it into his chest, knocking him back.

Ridge rolled forward and slashed him in the back with his blade extension. As Smokescreen turned to punch, Oliver blocked with his sword and pushed the fist back, letting Rachel shoot the monster in the side.

Oliver slashed as he rushed past, and then Nolan dropped down, slashing Smokescreen in the back.

"I'll be back!" Smokescreen screamed as he fell and exploded.

Nolan crouched down, picking up the star that fell near his feet. He lifted it up, "I'm sure you will," he said, tucking it into his pocket.

[Ninninger 11. 20:39-20:41]

Smokescreen grew to giant size.

[End Sentai footage]

"I'll take care of this," Nolan said.

"If you need us, call for us," Rachel said.

"Will do," Nolan said. He span his star and flashed into his suit. He lifted his Zord Star and attached it to his sword, then span it.

"Look!" Ridge called, pointing, "It's Wyatt!"

[Ninninger 11. 20:52-20:57]

The Red Warrior Zord ran forward, then slid to a stop next to the Rodeo Zord.

"Glad we're fighting together!" Nolan called.

[Ninninger 11. 20:59-21:49]

The Rodeo Zord and Warrior Zord acrobatically fought the monster, leaping off of buildings and ducking and weaving through the fight.

"You hurt?" Nolan called over after Wyatt took a hit, "You ok?"

"I'll be fine! Let's get him," Wyatt responded.

"Two of you will be easy!" Smokescreen called, firing on them from his fingers. He hit the two Zords, "I can do this!" he called.

"No you can't!" Oliver called as he flew in on his Zord.

"Oliver!" Nolan called.

The Rodeo Zord threw the Warrior Zord onto the Dragon Zord's back, and then the Rodeo Zord grabbed Dragon's feet and rode.

"Let's try it!" Nolan called, flipping down to strike.

"Pretty nice hit," Oliver said.

Rachel's train came forward, "It's time for us to go to Megazord!" she called.

[Ninninger 11. 21:51-22:35]

The Rodeo Strike Megazord formed along with the Ninja Strike Megazord. They stood together.

"This is bad," the monster said.

"Radiant Slash!"

"Star Shot Flurry!"

The slash and shots struck, and the monster fell and exploded.

[End Sentai footage]

"Yamashiro-sensei!" they were yelling as they ran into the meeting room. Nolan was carrying Wyatt in his arms.

Yamashiro rose quickly from his chair, "What happened?" he called, hurrying over.

"I think he expended too much of his energy," Nolan said, setting him down on the table.

"Was the enemy that powerful?" Yamashiro questioned, looking at Wyatt.

"He wasn't around to fight much," Rachel said.

"Then where did he expend all this power?" Yamashiro asked.

"Vyste," Nolan muttered, "He did something stupid, didn't he? Just to try to reach my level…"

"Vyste?" Yamashiro asked.

"Vyste?" Vadra asked.

"Yes, General?" Vadra questioned.

"You found a new match in the Gold Ranger, did you not?" he asked.

"I did. He was fun," Vyste commented.

"Good. He's too great a threat. Destroy him."

Vyste laughed, "With pleasure!"

"And take the entire team with you. I want the ninja to be gone."

"Do I need to say it again?" Vyste asked, "With pleasure."

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