RMS Queen Mary.
Upper Decks
Three figures sat at a nearby table on the portside of the ship, looking out at the Downtown skyline in front of them. The first one was an average sized man dressed in a tailored Armani suit, he was Asian in lineage but there was something different about him as he sat there in the middle seat watching the city in the distance. He took great interest in what was in front of him; there were millions of people in that city. All of them unaware of his presence or the plans that he wanted to put in motion. No, right now he just decided to relax and just enjoy the scenery in front of him.
His name was Shadam, the general in charge of the Gorma, but for right now he was a man enjoying some peace and quiet on one of the most famous cruise liners in history. He took a look towards an attractive woman beside to his right dressed in a black business suit that did not leave much to the imagination when it came to her upper chest. She just sat patiently while she looked at a silver sphere that had a small eye in the center; her name was Gara.
To the left of him was his enforcer, dressed in a leather jacket, black shirt, tight leather jeans, and biker boots. He looked like he had just stepped out of one of James Cameron's Terminator movies. He took a look to the left feeling disgusted by the fact that this ship was infested with humans, wishing that he could just eliminate them right now. They were all over the place like a disease, he hated the way they smelled, acted and how they ravaged any place they inhabited. He slowly moved his head back to the direction of the table and picked up his glass of vodka (the one redeemable thing he liked about humans was alcohol and violent movies) and took a hard swallow to keep his nerves together. His name was Zydos.
These three made up a Triumvirate that was considered to be the fiercest of the Gorma. Answering only to the head Gorma himself, but right now they were enjoying themselves observing what was going on in their surroundings.
"You know it is amazing that these people are so naïve to what is really going on in their world." Shadam said looking distantly at the city in front of him.
"That's what makes all this a lot easier." Gara said looking at her commander and then continued to fumble with the sphere, "They will not know what is coming."
"But what about the Dai?" Zydos asked, "We've already had problems with two of them."
"And we will continue to have problems with them." Shadam answered taking a sip of a glass of champagne in front of him, "That is just the way of things."
Shadam put down his glass and looked back out at the city, "But for right now, we will not let ourselves be known until we see what our enemy is capable of."
******
Downtown Long Beach.
"Are you crazy?!?" Jamie screamed from the driver seat of the Samurai, "Why in the hell are you going back there?"
"Because I am not going to leave Thomas and the others there alone!" Angela said walking out of the car.
"You saw those things; we barely got out of there in one piece." Jamie cried, "What makes you think that you can help them?"
"I just got to try!!" Angela said closing the door and running back towards the fighting, I owe Thomas a lot, and I will be damned if I am gonna keep on owing him for the rest of my life.
She continued running towards the fight hearing the sounds of combat nearby, her heart was beating heavily knowing that whatever was going on; it was not going to be good. Preparing for the worst she stopped on the corner of Daisy and 3rd, where she left the others. Angela took a deep breath and prepared for the worst but was stopped by a bright light blinding her in the face.
She covered her eyes from the intensity of the light until it she felt the heat slowly subside and disappear; slowly she turned around the corner and saw the monster that attacked her and the others back at Del Amo; but he was not alone for he had those black suited Copotros. Across from them were five people dressed like the people who rescued her in the mall. In fact, two of those five people were the ones who rescued her.
"What the Hell?" Angela gasped when she looked at the five squaring off against the monster. She watched as the five raced into battle with the monster, wondering what was really going on in front of her.
******
The Ryurangers jumped into the battle, each of them scared at what could the final outcome of this fight could be. Yet their fear was the only thing that helped them keep their resolve. Ryuu Ranger went straight for Himo Dansaku while the others decided to deal with the Copotros that were protecting him.
Hou-ou Ranger was the first one to attack the Copotros as she jumped into the air into a flying kick sending one straight down onto the ground and landed on her opponent's chest with her legs spread apart. (The male Rangers took quick notice and smiled under their helmets) She moved herself back up and used her chi abilities to call forth a long pink Bo Staff. With it she started using it like she had been trained with it her whole life (which was not too far from the truth.) She blocked the Copotros that were armed with weapons easily and managed to repel them back while the Kirin Ranger decided to use a more hands on approach by using the drunken fighting style that he had been learning.
Moving with fluid like agility, the Kirin Ranger attacked the Gorma around him, one by one they fell to his attacks. His mind was focused only on one thing, taking down all of those that were around him. For him that was the only thing that mattered while he was fighting. One Copotros charged towards him trying its best to lay a punch on him, but all that was seen was a swift yellow blur sending him flying into a nearby Honda Accord.
The Tenma Ranger was more of a playful type as he teased the group he was attacking. As one Copotros came towards him, he just moved out of the way and kicked it in the behind. While another came towards him and in a swift move Steve used his Dairenrod, and sent the rod into the foot soldiers groin at full force.
Shi-Shi Ranger on the other hand was more direct, like before he continued using his fists against any Copotros that approached him. When one fell down, he went straight to the next one; taking complete joy in the way the punches landed against the creatures face.
Ryuu Ranger ran through the fighting that was around her and continued towards Himo Dansaku with all the power she could muster and leapt into the air; moving her body straight to land a flying kick on him, but she missed her mark and landed right behind him.
"Nice try, lady. Now let's see how you do with these!" Himo Dansaku said as he launched his tentacles at her.
Ryuu Ranger blocked the first attacks and moved back from her attacker, immediately she went on the offensive by moving into an attack stance that she had never performed before in her life, but Himo Dansaku recognized it immediately.
"I'm impressed." Dansaku said, "You know the Violent Dragon technique. I haven't seen that style in 6,000 years. It gives me a shiver that I get the chance to fight someone who knows that style."
Mishelle was confused by the fact she could even perform Kung Fu, let alone a style that had not been performed in 6,000 years. Apparently the suit's abilities could "download" themselves into the person it belongs to; giving them a fighting chance when it came to going against enemies like the Gorma.
Ryuu Ranger and Himo Dansaku charged into battle, both opponents were using hand to hand combat at first. Punches and blocks were being launched with great speed that no normal human could see with the naked eye. The fight continued to escalate when Himo Dansaku started to launch his tentacles towards her and made the edges into sharp projectiles.
A sharp sensation hit Mishelle's chest plate as the tentacle slashed across her, ripping part of the white vest, revealing the red fibers of the suit underneath; the other tentacle came back towards her landing across her helmet, leaving a slight crack in the helmet. She looked back at Dansaku laughing at her .
"Mishelle." Chin Mei said from inside the helmet's communicator while the Ryuu Ranger was blocking attacks from her opponent, "You notice that you have two holsters on your side. Pull out the weapon on your right side; it is called a Star Cutter sword. It should be very helpful against Himo Dansaku."
Ryuu Ranger moved out of range of Himo Dansaku's attacks and reached for the Star Cutter and charged back into the battle swinging and chopping at whatever got in her way. She watched as her opponent pulled back from her attacks, which made her feel a little relieved that she might have the upper hand in this fight, but that changed when a tentacle grabbed her weapons away.
Himo Dansaku laughed, "Still a dumb little girl trying to play hero."
Ryuu Ranger moved her hands in front of her and reached out for her weapons, at first there was a small hint of movement but it continued to head towards her and back into her hands. She looked back at Himo Dansaku and began to feel a surge of energy swell within her.
Lightning and fire began to crackle around her as the powers she had inherited began to increase. Himo Dansaku looked worried as he watched Ryuu Ranger preparing to launch an attack at him.
"HEAVEN FIRE STAR THUNDER FLAME RISING WAVE!!" Ryuu Ranger screamed moving her swords together and launching a wave of flames towards Himo Dansaku.
In a brief flash of light, the Gorma warrior fell down on the ground as the attack that Ryuu Ranger launched sent him flying back. The Red Ryuranger looked in surprise that she was able to repel the enemy. She looked confident at the fallen warrior and then back at the Ryurangers heading towards her, the four of them walking confident and ready for more action after the fight they had just gotten into.
Small orbs of light release themselves from Himo Dansaku, at first they rose a few feet into the air and in an instant they fell down in front of the Ryurangers. The lights continued to grow and grow until they revealed that they were human bodies, still alive and breathing.
Apparently these people were the victims from the earlier attacks. Without even thinking about what they had to do; Kirin, Tenma, and Hou-ou Ranger rushed to the people's aid and helped them up to their feet. Some of them looked at the colored heroes with apprehension; others looked at them with relief knowing that these people were responsible for saving them.
Angela walked onto the street watching the five people and slowly began to move towards them. She was impressed with what she had just seen; these people had taken on these things with no thought for their own lives and then managed to save the people who were taken by that creature. She slowly walked towards the group of people to thank them; but she took a step back as she heard the faint sound of sirens in the distance.
Slowly she turned around from the five to see the Long Beach Police and the Long Beach County Sheriff's Department racing past her. She could not believe her eyes when she saw the patrol cars, unmarked vehicles, motorcycles, paramedics, and S.W.A.T. approaching the battleground.
The Ryurangers turned around, watching the vehicles stop a few yards from them. Kirin Ranger was the first one to be wary when he saw the patrolmen, detectives, and the S.W.A.T. officers stepping out of their vehicles and getting into an attack formation. The sounds of the guns clicking and poised at them, only made things worse.
"Put your hands up and step away from the people." The lead officer screamed at the Rangers.
"Are you nuts?" Hou-ou Ranger screamed towards the small squadron of Long Beach's finest, "You don't even know what the fuck is going on around here!"
"You got ten seconds to surrender or we will open fire." The detective screamed back on his bullhorn.
Ryuu Ranger moved in front of her teammates and the civilians they were protecting. Since she was chosen to be the leader of the team, this was one of those times that she had to prove it, "Look, there are innocent civilians over here. Given the fact that the public doesn't really trust the police these days, maybe you should hold on opening fire before you have an incident on your hands."
The Ryurangers moved out of the way to show the victims of Himo Dansaku, who were still shaken from their ordeal. Hou Ranger and Kirin Ranger still stayed close to them to be of any assistance. The officer gave the order to stand down to his fellow police officers and motioned for the paramedics to go aid the civilians.
While all this was going on, Himo Dansaku slowly moved his hands from the ground; slowly he woke back up watching the Ryurangers helping his prey escape back to the law enforcement forces further down. How could he have been beaten by that woman in red, how? He mustered whatever strength that was left in him and let out a deafening scream that broke the glass from nearby buildings and vehicles. Policemen, civilians, and Angela all covered themselves to keep the shards from ripping them to shreds.
The Ryurangers stood in the center as they stood between Dansaku and the others. Ryuu Ranger took the front and prepared for the worst while the others followed suit and went into their own attack stances. Mishelle, personally wondered what could happen next.
"I will not let some little child take me down that easily!" Himo Dansaku screamed as he pulled out a small little silver sphere indented in the center by a black ring and another small sphere on the top.
He pulled off the top as smoke began to cover him while he moved the hand holding the sphere up above him and within a second he dropped the sphere on the ground and it exploded in front of him into a ball of fire. The fire reached up above the creature but slowly moved back towards it, and caused him to grow, at first he was as big as a palm tree, but he continued increase in size and mass until he was almost 10 stories tall.
Hou-ou Ranger looked up at the enlarged Gorma and said, "I have seen some strange things in my life, but this one has to be the strangest yet."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Tenma Ranger asked, "Haven't you and Tommy been fighting these things for the past year."
Kirin Ranger nodded his head, "Yeah, but they never became the size of a Thanksgiving Day parade before."
Shi-Shi Ranger looked towards Ryuu Ranger, "I think we are gonna need a little more overtime on this one."
Ryuu Ranger was still in shock at was she was seeing, but snapped out of the awe and shock of what she witnessed and said, "I hope that we can take care of this."
Himo Dansaku looked down at the Ryurangers who couldn't even move when they noticed that their enemy had his attention on them. He moved his right hand in front of him and let form into a giant tentacle. He had toyed with these children long enough and had to teach them a lesson. In one swift move he aimed the body part towards them and let it elongate and crash right a few feet away, causing the ground around the Rangers to crack and fall beneath them.
The Lead Detective went into his car and picked up the CB microphone to contact his dispatch, "This is Detective Ryan over in Downtown, we are going to need someone to get on the horn to El Toro and have them send out some of their Hornets, because things have gotten way out of hand!!!"
The Police started shooting everything in their arsenal at the giant monster hoping that their bullets would have some effect. All they did was ricochet off of his skin and make him even more upset. Some of the bullets grazed nearby officers and civilians alike. The sounds of people screaming from either being shot or someone was killed by the stray bullets were heard from half a block away.
Himo Dansaku just looked on at the officers and just started stepping on Police Cars in his path. Hearing them crunch beneath his feet like soda cans and followed by a large plume of black smoke and orange flame. Officers started running away in different directions, knowing that they would not be able to handle anything of this magnitude.
The Ryurangers pulled themselves out of the hole left behind by Himo Dansaku's first attack at them. Hou-ou Ranger was the first to reach on to the street; her pink costume was covered in raw sewage. Underneath her helmet, she smiled because of the fact it did not get on her actual person, but the smell of it was enough to make her gag.
Tenma Ranger was the next to climb out, he took a look at the brown marks all over his teammates costume and shook his head in complete disgust, trying his best to keep his lunch from splattering all over his helmet. He took a look around to see the giant Gorma still rampaging further Downtown towards the shoreline. He ran back towards the hole and reached his hand out to help up Ryuu Ranger while Shi-Shi was helping the Kirin Ranger out of the hole.
Ryuu Ranger watched helpless as Himo Dansaku destroyed anything that got in his way. The sounds of police sirens and people fleeing for their lives filled her ears. She imagined what was going on further down was pretty bad.
"I am covered in shit because of that thing!!!" Hou-ou Ranger screamed, her fists clenched in anger, "I don't care how we do it, but I plan to kill that son of a bitch!"
"There has to be something that we can do." Ryuu Ranger said looking down at the ground, uncertain on what it was that she could do. She continued to look down at the cracked asphalt hoping a solution would come to her, when she began to notice that her shadow was slowly from the ground. She took a look up and heard the faint sound of a dragon's roar in the distance. Her heart began to beat wildly when she recognized that distinctive roar, "Ryuu Sei Oh!"
Over coastline Ryuu Sei Oh raced over Catalina Island towards Long Beach, below it the passengers of any ship that was in the area all watched up in awe as the massive red dragon raced on towards the battle. The United States Navy on the other hand was always consistent in their shoot first policy to any unidentified intruders. One small ship patrolling the waters near the naval bases let off a small missile towards the giant creature. A white cloud of smoke was all that could be seen as the missile continued towards its target.
Ryuu Sei Oh just looked at the missile and opened its mouth, releasing a wave of fire at the device. A loud explosion was seen above the port at first, and immediately it was followed by the thunderous roar of the red dragon as it raced through the smoke cloud and continued towards the city and Himo Dansaku, who was in the middle of obliterating the Long Beach World Trade Center.
Like a man obsessed, the dragon increased its speed leaving behind a wind trail that was strong enough to sway the Queen Mary back and forth in its berth. All it focused on was Himo Dansaku and made it abundantly clear when it flew right into the Gorma crashing down into the street. The Ryurangers rushed towards the battleground and watched in surprise as Ryuu Sei Oh sent Himo Dansaku onto the street. Their surprise quickly changed to roars of excitement at the sight of the dragon scoring a victory for them.
"Ryurangers." Chin Mei said over the team intercom, "I want you to pay attention to what I am about to tell you."
"We're listening," Ryuu Ranger answered, "What's the plan?"
"The first thing I want you to do Mishelle is to board Ryuu Sei Oh." Chin Mei said being very frank.
"How am I going to board a giant dragon?" Ryuu Ranger asked.
"It's very simple." Chin Mei explained, "The five of you will lift up your Star Swords into the air and say the phrase 'Kiden Shourai'. This phrase will summon forth Ryuu Sei Oh to aide you. This will allow Mishelle the chance to board him; to complete this action you will need to convert to side weapons to make a blaster weapon call the Dai Buster. I will give you more instructions after you have done this."
Ryuu Ranger looked at the others who just shrugged like they had no better suggestions to give, "All right, we all heard the woman."
The five Rangers reached into their right side holster and pulled out their Star Swords and pointed them into the air, "KIDEN SHOURAI!!!!"
Ryuu Sei Oh turned around from the battle and headed towards the direction that the Rangers summon had originated from. Ryuu Ranger took notice that the call had work and immediately converted the two weapons into the Dai Buster and aimed it at the dragon. With a pull of the trigger a blue beam shot forth towards the creature and curved around its neck into a collar. She continued to keep her finger on the trigger and felt herself lifting off the ground towards Ryuu Sei Oh's head.
She took a look down and started screaming, as she realized that now she was 20 feet off the ground. To reassure herself she looked back at Ryuu Sei Oh and pulled the trigger harder to reach the beast even faster. It wasn't that long until she reached the head of the dragon and saw that there were two boot prints in front of her. She placed her feet into the prints and heard the sound of prints magnetizing to her boots.
"All right Mishelle, the next thing I want you to do is say the phrase 'Bujin Henge'. This will transform Ryuu Sei Oh into a warrior mode. In this warrior mode, you should have enough power to kill Himo Dansaku."
"I sure hope this works." Ryuu Ranger said taking a deep breath before she screamed, "Ryuu Sei Oh, Bujin Henge!!!!"
Ryuu Ranger felt herself beginning to sink into the head of Ryuu Sei Oh, at first she thought she might of did something wrong, until she found herself inside a room with five spheres in the center and a monitor that showed her a picture of the chaos going on in the city. She walked towards the center sphere and moved her hand on it and saw a small screen that first flickered characters in Chinese, but immediately changed to English font reading:
RYUU SEI OH TRANSFORMATION COMMENCING…
Outside, Ryuu Sei Oh began to change form, the elongated parts of its body transformed into legs and the claws slowly transformed into the arms and hands, while the middle body made up the torso, and finally the head became part of the chest armor and revealed a humanoid head. This new form emerged from the sky and landed on the other side of Downtown.
The other four Ryurangers looked up in awe at the giant robot in front of them, but like the teenagers they are; they were jumping up and down at the fact they were just given the keys to a really big weapon.
"Ok, how do we get in there?" Shi-Shi Ranger asked.
Kirin Ranger looked thoughtful for a moment and said, "We could always try to jump up there and get in, I've seen that work in Tokusatsu shows."
"This is real life, not television." Tenma Ranger said when he noticed Hou-ou Ranger walking towards the right foot of the robot, "What are you doing, Nancy?"
Hou-ou Ranger walked towards the right side of the foot and saw a panel opening up in front of her. She took a look back at the other three and said, "Using the door."
The three male Rangers just quietly moved towards the robot through the door that Hou-ou Ranger opened up for them and followed her up an elevator compartment that was waiting for them and arrived in the control room where Ryuu Ranger was already waiting for them.
Each of the Rangers took a position that corresponded with their colors and placed their hands on the spheres, Tenma and Shi-Shi Ranger's were to the sides of Ryuu Ranger while Kirin and Hou-ou Ranger's were in the rear of the cockpit. Immediately the holographic readouts for each station powered up and showed the power levels and defensive capabilities of Ryuu Sei Oh, which included weapons like a giant Bo Staff, Fire and Lightning launching capabilities and a radio band which picked up both Federal, State, and Local emergency frequencies (not to mention the local radio stations like KIIS-FM, Power 106, The Beat, Arrow 93.1 and K-Earth 101 just to name a few).
"Dansaku, we are finishing this!!!" Ryuu Ranger said using the mecha's audio system.
"Then this fight will be to the death, Ryuu Sei Oh." Dansaku screamed immediately moving into a fighting stance.
******
Shadam looked on at the battle that was happening in the city from the top deck of the Queen Mary, and kept his composure. He knew that letting Dansaku just have his way was not the best of plans, but that could be overlooked for now. What he really wanted to see was if the Dai Tribe was going to retaliate against his machinations, and they did by reactivating the powers of those warriors who fought against him so many millennia ago. In fact he welcomed the challenge of facing the five chosen warriors.
Gara looked on as well, paying close attention to the reaction of her commander and said, "You were right about Dansaku getting over confident."
Shadam shrugged, "He was expendable to begin with, I thought he would be a good way to test out what the enemy was planning to do."
Zydos turned his head when he heard his master say those words, "So, how will we handle this situation?"
"One step at a time." Shadam said fixing his suit looking up at a small squadron of Hornets flying towards Downtown from the southeast, "War is like a game a chess, you send out your pawns to do battle, and eventually when the opponent's guard is down then you make your move."
******
Four F-18 Hornets raced across the Long Beach skyline towards the two giants facing off in the middle of Downtown. Sent from the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, these fighter pilots felt that their job was simple. Take down the giant threats, and go home to a celebration and maybe some tail after that. They were the few, the proud, the Marines. The lead wingman had Ryuu Sei Oh and Himo Dansaku in his sights. He heard the order authorizing the use of lethal force in a civilian zone and took the first shot; a missile flew from the right side wing and launched into the chest of the robot defender, more followed and some hit both Ryuu Sei Oh and Dansaku while others blew up some nearby buildings and street.
"What the hell?!?" Ryuu Ranger screamed as she and the other Rangers braced to their controls after the missiles impacted Ryuu Sei Oh.
"Goddamn U.S. Military!" Hou-ou Ranger screamed, "Shooting anything that they can't understand."
"We can't blame them." Tenma Ranger said as the room shook from another missile attack from the Marines, "A giant robot fighting in the middle of the city against a giant monster, it's a little unreal if you think about it."
"Enough with the conversation!!!" Shi-Shi Ranger said, "We got to protect them too, they don't know what they are messing with here."
"And we do?" Kirin Ranger asked realizing the gravity of the situation.
The Marines came back around for another run locking their sights once more on Ryuu Sei Oh and Himo Dansaku. The fighters moved in closer towards the two combatants and prepared to fire another round, when the Gorma monster charged his body up with energy and launched it towards the fighters and Ryuu Sei Oh. Sparks flew as the vehicles were hit by the immense power. The Marine pilot only had a few seconds to act as they ejected from the fighters and parachuted down towards the ground.
This did not stop Himo Dansaku as he let his tentacle elongate and engulf the five soldiers into its mouth. The Ryurangers still were trying to keep Ryuu Sei Oh together as they watched the fate of the Marines. Tenma Ranger stared helplessly at the sight of death that was in front of him. Deep down he knew that whatever it was that they were fighting, it was playing for keeps.
Kirin Ranger felt his hands shake as he watched the soldiers die in front of him, in the back of his mind he heard the cries of the dead once more as he flashed back to his classmates being slaughtered in front of him. His arms couldn't stop shaking as he continued to be reminded of death and destruction. From within his helmet, he let out a mournful scream as he collapsed on the ground.
"NOT AGAIN….not again….More people dying…." Kirin Ranger cried out, "How many more must die because of them…."
Ryuu Ranger grabbed Kirin Ranger's shoulders and shook him, "Tommy we need you, and the city needs you!!! Look Angela told me about what happened to you, I cannot imagine what exactly you have been through to bring you to tears like this. We are all scared here, but we are here because we are the only ones who can stop this thing from destroying all of those we care for."
Kirin Ranger looked up and saw Hou-ou Ranger now beside him she took off her helmet and looked her friend in the eyes, "Xiaou, you've come too far to just fall apart. Think about your mother and the sacrifice she made to make sure you would be at this place in time. Think about all the friends you lost because of the Gorma; think about the ones you could lose because of them. You just got to hang on a little longer."
"Nancy…" Kirin Ranger said trying to ignore the smell of human excrement but still nodding at what she said and slowly moving back up.
Ryuu Ranger kept one hand on her teammate's left shoulder and nodded, "We are not going to let Himo Dansaku get away for what he has done."
Kirin Ranger returned to his station and regained his composure; Hou Ranger looked at her friend and reassured him that it would be ok.
Ryuu Ranger put her hand on the controls, she felt the hum of Ryuu Sei Oh's power begin to increase and the robot began to move forward towards Himo Dansaku, she thought about the people who were down in the city injured or dead. The children who were crying over the bodies of their dead relatives or lovers who were now separated because of the motivations of the Gorma, but she also thought about her teammate and why he was involved in all of this. To fight because people bent on destruction took those you loved away from you for no reason, it was enough to make her blood boil, but more importantly; it was all the motivation she needed to fight on.
Ryuu Sei Oh continued to move forward, its speed increasing with each step. It continued down the street, its fists clenched tight. It continued towards Himo Dansaku and when it got into close proximity, the giant robot lifted up its right fist and sent it flying into the monster's giant eye. The sound of the hit was heard as far away as San Pedro causing some windows within the vicinity to break into millions of pieces.
Ryuu Ranger and the other Ryurangers continued their attack at full force, not relenting for one second. They knew that if this creature defeated them, then it would be the end of the city and possibly the world. Behind her the Kirin Ranger tried his best to keep strong; the words his two teammates said to him were now a source of strength. He held his hand on his sphere focusing his strength to help his friends defeat their enemy.
Tenma Ranger looked at the readings on the holographic readout noticing the weapons that did come with Ryuu Sei Oh, and noticed one that might be what they needed at this time, "Mishelle I am calling forth a weapon that might be what we need to kill this thing."
"Well don't waste time, bro!!" Shi-Shi Ranger barked, "What the hell is it?"
Tenma Ranger pressed a button and said, "Why don't I just show you."
From the sky a giant staff landed to the side of Ryuu Sei Oh, this staff was known as the Hiryū Kon or the Flying Dragon Rod. Ryuu Ranger did not waste time to gawk as she immediately controlled the mecha to grab it.
"All right Steve." Ryuu Ranger started, "What does this thing do?"
"Well from what I am reading, if we use the Super Windmill Attack. That might just be what we need to stop this thing."
Ryuu Ranger dug from deep within her and said, "Ok Ryurangers let's kick some ass and go home!!!"
The Ryurangers all agreed with that statement and in unison touched their spheres and screamed as a team, "SUPER WINDMILL ATTACK!!!!"
Ryuu Sei Oh's Right hand began to spin like a propeller, going slow at first but the speed continued to pick up with each revolution. The wind started to blow light at first and then continued to pick up which was obvious by the wind blowing in the nearby palm trees, which started to sway towards the east and then bend almost to the ground. Some trees began to uproot from the ground and fly off into the city and the nearby harbor. Cars were being moved back inch by inch and then by foot until some vehicles were off the ground being thrown like Hot Wheels.
Himo Dansaku tried his best to hold himself down from being blown away but the attack was too strong for him to even put up a minor resistance. Inside Ryuu Sei Oh, the Ryurangers felt something happening from within them like there was a tremendous build up of power emanating from them and continuing into the Dragon Rod. The Rod began to glow with power first turning the colors of each of the five, until it was white.
The power from the rod was released in a giant blast taking out Himo Dansaku. His body slowly disintegrated like one of the victims of the atomic bomb blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first turning into charcoal and then flying away like specs of tissue paper until finally there was nothing left except Ryuu Sei Oh standing victorious in front of a setting sun.
******
RMS Queen Mary.
"I am so looking forward to going up against those five. They really surprised me by how they handled Himo Dansaku." Shadam said fixing his jacket and tie followed by a quick glance towards Gara and Zydos, who eagerly waited to see what their master would do next, but he instead turned towards his right, where a young teenager dressed in a Lakewood High School basketball uniform awaited.
"Your turn is up soon." Shadam started, "You know what to do."
The young man in the basketball uniform only nodded and walked back towards the parking lot, to prepare for his chance to take on these five young warriors.
A female figure walked past the young teenager and headed towards the three Gorma generals. She kept herself well hidden in case someone was watching her, but she focused her attention on Shadam and said, "Do you think you can handle those five?"
"They're just children." Shadam said taking a drink of his champagne and put the glass back on the table, "Even if they have the powers of the Dai Tribe, they should not hinder our plans."
"Good, while you keep them busy. I will ensure that everything else goes into plan." The woman said looking at Ryuu Sei Oh in the distance transform back into its dragon form and head back into the skies above, "Just deliver your end."
******
The Ryurangers powered down and took a good look around at the damage caused by Himo Dansaku. Buildings were half destroyed while some apartments actually collapsed to the ground. The sounds of sirens and their flashing lights could be seen along the coast. Mishelle took a deep breath and just sighed to herself knowing that this was just the beginning.
Nancy on the other hand was glad that the stench that was on her uniform does not permeate onto her person. She hugged herself for a moment being very girly and then regained her composure showing her serious side once again. Li took a look around at the damage hoping that Angela was not among those who were trapped in a building or worse. He thought positively and just watched as Steve also took in the damage from the battle and wondered what was going to happen.
"Well what do we do from here?" Nick asked looking towards Mishelle.
"I am not too sure, but I think for right now we just all go home and try to forget this happened until morning and then we try to come up with a better plan." Mish said seeing her teammates nod in agreement.
"All right guys, we'll meet at the Lair first thing in the morning, ok?" Nick said and headed towards where he kept his car hoping that it did survive the fighting that ensued earlier. Steve and Mishelle followed behind him since they came with him in the first place. Nancy also agreed to join them since Li looked like he had something on his mind; but deep down she knew exactly what it was and just told them that Li was going to take care of something of a personal nature.
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Angela looked quietly at the damage that was left behind from the melee and took a sigh of relief. She kept herself hidden at a nearby elementary school as Himo Dansaku made his attack. She thought she saw everything earlier today, apparently she was totally mistaken. Never in her whole life did she thing she would get involved in a situation like this, but luckily for her she survived and part of it was thanks to the help of the mysterious five heroes she had seen take on that whatever it was. She smiled to herself remembering seeing Li jump off of his motorcycle to save the day, all she had to show from it was the tattered shirt she was wearing. To her, just seeing that crazy fool in a new light was something totally refreshing.
She continued to walk back towards Daisy Ave, and hopefully there would be a phone or something so she could call Jamie or even check to see if Mishelle was all right, given that she just disappeared when those five suddenly appeared on the scene. Hopefully she made it out before the fighting, but she might not be able to know until later.
Suddenly a faint sound got her attention; she recognized it immediately as the sound of a motorcycle coming towards her. Turning around she saw the motorbike's bright headlight racing towards her and then suddenly stop a couple of feet from her. Angela covered her eyes for a moment until the lights were turned off. She saw the driver get off of the motorcycle and head towards her.
"Hello Angela." The driver said revealing himself to be none other than Li standing in front of her still wearing the black Japanese School Uniform Jacket he had on earlier, but looking a little more relieved to see the young woman in front of him.
Angela only smiled when she saw Li and grabbed onto him as tight as she could, "Thank God you are all right Thomas, I thought you might have been hurt or something."
"I could say the same thing for you." Li smiled his eyes closed remembering what it was like to feel the warm embrace of someone close, "I am glad you are all right too."
The two of them let go of their embrace and just stared at each other for a moment. It had been so long since either of them had seen each other. Granted they had sent the other photos, but to actually be in front of the other was another thing entirely.
"So what happened to everyone?" Angela asked looking around, "Is my friend Mishelle, ok?"
"Yeah, they're safe." Li said casually, "They all went home as soon as it was safe to. I wanted to stay behind to make sure you were all right."
"You haven't changed." Angela said looking at him but stopped herself from saying something flirtatious, "At least where it matters."
Li was trying not to slip up on anything and just said, "Thank you. Would you like for me to take you home?"
"I was hoping you would." Angela smiled, "Do you know how much I miss riding with you?"
Li shook his head and smiled, even though he was not the toughest when it came to handling certain situations. What he lacked in being a fighter, he made up in being a compassionate and caring person. Even though today was not the best of days for him, it ended on a very good note.
To be Continued