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They streaked through the entrance, and nearly tumbled over in their haste. David put Eva on her feet before turning to look at Dayton. "How the fuck did he do that?"

And that question opened up a flood.

"What was that stone he was carrying?"

"Where'd he get it from?"

"How in hell are we supposed to fight that thing?"

"We blasted the monster. How'd he bring it back?"

"It's huge! Huge! He made it grow, Dayton."

"He brought it back and made it grow!"

"Oh god, think how much of the city it can destroy!"

"There's no chance in a frozen hell the Spirit Cannon can do more than make a dent in its armour!"

"It tried to freakin' stomp on us!"

"Rangers!" Dayton raised his own voice against the overlapping ones, holding up his hands in an age old sign for stop. "Rangers, please."

They continued on – apart from David who, seeing Dayton's expression, placed two fingers from each hand into both corners of his mouth and let out a piercing whistle. They jumped, turned to stare at him. "Let's hear what Dayton has to say."

"Thank you David." Dayton couldn't help but be relieved the boy had a good, steady head on his shoulders. "Now, Rangers." He turned to a large screen hanging in the middle of nowhere. As he did, it flicked to life, to show what looked like six massive machines, each shaped like a particular mythological creature. "What are those?" Eva asked, stepping forward.

"They are your Spirit Zords. Eva, you will command the Blue Griffin Zord. David, the Red Dragon Zord is yours. Jeanie, you are the pilot of the Pink Unicorn Zord. Marissa, you have control over the Yellow Phoenix Zord. Trevor, yours is the Green Centaur Zord. And James has power over the Black Minotaur Zord.

"Combined, you create the Spirit Megazord."

"Whoa!" Ris bounced up to the screen, giggling as she touched the image of the Phoenix zord. "We get Zords. How cool is that?!"

But Trev was looking at Dayton's face. "There's a catch, isn't there?" He asked.

Dayton sighed. "Unfortunately, yes. You see, the Centaur was the one who created these Zords for the Griffin foresaw a time when they would be needed. And, being of suspicious nature, he hid them, away from his friends, out of their knowledge – so they could not be tortured and give the information, I believe he told me once. He gave me directions to find it, but the path is dangerous and only one who is he can walk it." He looked directly at Trev.

"Wait." Jeanie stepped up, placed a hand on his shoulder. "You're saying Trev is the only one who can get these things?"

"No." He held up a hand to forestall any comments. "You all need to go with him. But Trevor is the only one who can access the place the Centaur hid the zords in."

"Where is this place?" David asked, suspecting he wouldn't like the answer. He was right.

"Isn't that place a swamp?" Jay asked. "Crap, it got flooded few years back, didn't it? Became a swamp? Crap!"

"It'll take us a while to get there, even ninja streaking." David said. "And who knows what's out there? Plus the time it gets back. It'll take a while."

"The monster could destroy half the town in 'a while'," Eva pointed out.

"Unless we can freeze time, we're stuck," Ris said from where she was still standing beside the screen.

Dayton coughed. Jeanie, sensing something, grinned and raised her brows so she looked a lot like her dad. "Got something you wanna tell us Dayton?"

"One of the talents the Spirits…gifted me with was the ability to – "

"Freeze time!" Jay exclaimed, putting two and two together. "Hot damn, cool as all hell!" He nearly jumped the Guardian but David held him back. "Wait. Wait a minute. You can freeze time?"

Dayton nodded. "While you are on your journey to retrieve the Zords, I can freeze time here to ensure the monster does little damage."

"For how long?" Trev thought to ask.

"Unfortunately, there is a limited time of three hours."

Three hours. They had three hours to go to a swamp, retrieve six huge robots created by a mythological creature and get back to blast the monster to smithereens and save the day.

David, looking at the six faces before him, didn't even have to think about making the decision. "Do it." He took his stance, crossed his arm over his chest. And called out; "Ready?"

"Ready!"

"Dragon Rider, Ranger Form!"

"Griffin Rider, ranger Form!"

"Unicorn Rider, Ranger Form!"

"Phoenix Rider, Ranger Form!"

"Minotaur Rider, Ranger Form!"

"Centaur Rider, Ranger Form!"

Suited up, they nodded at Dayton, and he passed Trev the information they needed. His voice muffled by the helmet, David said; "let's do this!"

A/N: I know this chapter's short and I apologize for it but the first chapter was pretty long and so's the next one so I didn't want to over stretch.