Took me a while! Alhamdulilah it's finished! I was having a creative block! And it sucks...
Credits to Oreichalcos for beta and also writing some parts of this chapter during my creative blockage.
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Friendship Is Magic: Lauren Faust and Hasbro
Goseiger: Toei and Saban for licensing for Power Rangers
EPIC 4: THE STORY OF HYDE
Silence filled the empty halls of the ship, only broken by the occasional machine performing maintenance. However, not everywhere was quiet. Inside the ship was a laboratory. This was where Bladerun invented new weapons, the Bibi Bugs and the Bibi soldiers, among other things.
By a set of control panels, the alien equine stood with the humanoid Mons Drake and Dereputa standing next to him. On the other side of the room, a machine resembling a giant ray gun pointed towards a dirty ice block. Bladerun pressed a few buttons, causing the machine to make a humming sound. At its tip, a stream of blue energy flew towards the ice block.
All three watched with anticipation as the machine did its work.
The door slowly creaked open as a certain sleepy blue colt emerged from behind it. Hyde blinked and squinted, trying to make sure that what he was seeing right now was not a hallucination. In front of him was Ponyville's wall-eyed pegasus mare; Ditzy Doo, widely nicknamed 'Derpy Hooves'. From what he heard, she was the town's best mail carrier, always getting her job done right despite her condition. In her mouth was a letter. With an awkward smile, the colt took the letter with his hoof. He inspected it from front to back and spotted a familiar insignia printed on the lower right of the front of the letter.
"Thanks ah…Mrs. Doo." Hyde said politely with a nod.
With a smile and a salute, the pegasus flew off with a quick "See ya". Hyde closed the door silently. The blue colt was the only one awake in the house; the Landicks were having their morning jog while the Skicks were probably still sleeping. Making his way towards the couch, he took a seat. Gently, he opened the envelope and smiled at the familiar artistic design of the Seaick clan on the letter. "From mother, of course…"
His eyes rolled over from side to side as he read it. He came to a temporary halt as his smile disappeared. After finishing, he looked at the calendar on the kitchen's door. It was the 10th of July, marked by a red circle. He then continued to read the letter.
Later, once all of the Guardia members were awake and in the house, it was time for breakfast. They sat around the humble dinner table in the kitchen, enjoying their meal. The letter Hyde received was placed in the centre of the table for them to read. Since they hadn't bought any food for the week, they could only have pudding for breakfast.
"What did you guys think of the performance last night?" Eri asked as she bit into her pudding.
"Heh. Not my type of show…" Agri replied, remembering how he slept throughout the whole stage show. "Why did we even go there?"
"Well I think it was a good show," Eri said in between bites of yellowish dessert. "I just loved it when both of the main characters became best friends at the end."
Moune nodded in agreement. "That part was cool. It's like they were friends before they even knew it." Agri rolled his eyes.
"Yeah, best friends are certainly special." Eri said as she swallowed her last bite, pulled Alata's plate to herself and ate his pudding.
"They were both good foals." Alata said with a single nod. When he looked down, he was surprised to see that his food had wandered off. "Eri! That's my pudding!" He attempted to take the plate back with his mouth but his sister quickly pulled it away.
"What's wrong with that?" She regained her posture. "Alata's things are mine. My things are also Alata's. We're siblings, right?"
"...Huh?" was Alata's response.
From his side of the table, Hyde gazed towards them, stopping mid-bite.
"Oh, is that so?" Moune asked as she turned to her brother's plate of pudding and pulled it away while he was still eating. "Then I'm taking big bro's pudding."
"Ah! That's my pudding!" Agri complained.
"But we're siblings!"
"This and that aren't related." Agri continued before the two began bickering. Eri joined them as she wanted more pudding.
Quickly finishing his meal, Hyde gave them one last glance before walking away. The sound of his hoofsteps went completely unnoticed by everypony except for Alata, who quickly glanced at the calendar.
The blue colt slowly made his way to his room on the second floor of the house, next to Agri's room. Entering, he quietly closed the door behind him. From the shelf, he bit a thick book and dropped it onto the table. Using his muzzle, he flipped the hardcover tome open. The front page had Hyde's name printed on at the bottom, with a photo in the middle. It was a picture of him when he was younger with a small foal next to him. Both of them were grinning at the camera. Under the picture, the words "Hyde & Magis's first photo shoot together! The inseparable Seaick Brothers strike a pose!" were hoofwritten.
Tock tock tock
The sound of a hoof tapping his door came to his ears, interrupting his thoughts.
"Who's there?" He quickly put the album back on the shelf as his red coated Skick cousin pranced in. "Can I help you?"
The same worried look was still plastered on Alata's face. "You alright?"
Hyde flatly nodded. "Yes. Of course."
"It's today, isn't it?"
Hyde stood in silence, eyes fixed on Alata with a grim yet sad expression. Alata could only sigh. There were some things he knew he couldn't fix. As the red colt was about to leave, a smile grew across his face as an idea struck.
"Maybe you should go outside. To the marketplace?"
Hyde cocked an eyebrow before sighing. "I suppose…"
Hyde and Agri slowly made their way down the marketplace street, Agri pulling a large wagon with his tail rather than a harness. Some ponies from the crowd gave them weird stares and laughs upon spotting the wagon. Before they walked any further, they stopped at a corner for a moment as Agri checked the list Eri wrote for them.
"A nice-feeling bathing thing. A nice laundry detergent. Some tasty ingredients for dinner." Agri rolled his eyes, letting out an annoyed sigh as he put back the list. "That Eri and her childish writing!"
With that, both of them went and checked the stalls. Agri quickly spotted a vegetable stall. "For stew….how about these," He grabbed four carrots from the batch and put them into a burlap sack hanging off of the stall. "These…," He then grabbed a few turnips. "And this." As he was about to grab some potatoes, a blue hoof grabbed his front left leg, preventing him from taking them. Agri turned and looked.
"What is it, Hyde?" He asked as he quickly pulled his hoof away.
Hyde reached into the sack and put the items Agri took back in their respective places. The owner was too busy with his paying customers to notice this exchange.
"Don't be so quick to choose." Hyde said as he walked towards the stall. With surgical precision, Hyde closely observed the carrots to Agri's confusion.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"We're buying the ones best for our health from the gentlest environment." The blue colt replied, still looking at the carrots. Finally, he found a suitable one and put it into the sack.
And so their grocery shopping went on smoothly, for Hyde that is. From stall to stall, Hyde observed each of the items and took the ones he deemed suitable for their health. It was a relief when they went to Applejack's stall since her apples were all high-quality. Agri could only stand at the sidelines with his head drooped and the cart growing ever-heavier whilst watching his health strict cousin taking his time choosing the items.
After all the required items were in the cart, Agri finally spoke up. "You don't need to analyze every single veggie we buy, ya know."
Hearing those words, Hyde came to a halt. His withers tensed and the sunny day went cold as his voice rung out with more annoyance than he had meant to convey. "Don't belittle my shopping!"
Vroom….
"It's a basic part of daily life." The Seaick colt then turned to face his cousin with his usual serious expression. "Anyways, this proves that you're too simple-minded." He said, pointing his hoof at the Landick.
Vroooom….
"What was that?" Agri's attempt to headbutt his cousin failed when Hyde simply stepped aside, letting Agri crash to the ground on his face. Hyde could only chuckle at the sight. His thoughts were interrupted when he heard the sound of screeching tires.
"Hmm?" He turned to the sound and saw three screaming foals coming his way on some sort of stick attached to a wagon. Hyde could only stand there, watching the fillies smash into his side. Everypony heard the grunts of pain as the three girls picked themselves up.
"Ouch!" Said Sweetie Bell, rubbing her head.
"Ah told ya to slow down!" Applebloom said.
Hearing muffled noises from under them, the three stopped arguing and quickly moved away upon seeing the blue colt, face stuck flat on the tarred street.
"Oh my! We're sorry mister! We didn't mean to fall on top of you!" Sweetie Bell said apologetically.
Hyde pulled his face away from the road with a pop and got back up to his hooves. Shaking his head, he stepped towards them. His serious demeanour sent a wave of tension through the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who braced themselves for a scolding.
"At least you girls are alright." Hyde said with a smile, much to the Cutie Mark Crusaders surprise.
"Oi!" Agri hollered, walking towards the group and still pulling the wagon with his tail. He stopped and looked over the three foals to their fallen scooter. "Need a hoof with that?"
Meanwhile...
It was feeding time for the aquatic critters of Ponyville's lake. Fluttershy, standing on the shoreline of the lake, happily fed her animal friends. Next to her feet were two sacks; one containing fish food and the other bread crumbs. Gracefully, she tossed the fish food into the water with her mouth. Turning around, she then tossed the bread crumbs towards the ducks with the same elegance.
All of a sudden from the sky, a beam of light appeared with a low whining sound. Startled, the poor pegasus did what she does best in this kind of situation; hide. Fluttershy watched the lights die out from behind the bush. Much to her confusion, nothing appeared. Ensuring her safety, Fluttershy slowly walked out of the bush, glancing around. Her animal friends appeared from their hiding places as well and went to her side. The pegasus looked up to where the light came from, but her attention was quickly averted back down to the audibly bubbling water. To her horror, the fish floated up one by one onto the water's surface. The sound became louder and the disturbance bigger until it burst, releasing steam into the air and blinding her sight.
Fluttershy's eyes widened as she saw a monster emerging from the steaming lake. The monster had a white armoured body with holes on them, exposing reddish-orange flesh. Long bony growths protruded backwards from its shoulders, wrists and knees. Its groaning rang into her ears as she saw its red eyes blink to life.
The monster hadn't noticed her yet. She decided to retreat back into her bush slowly, but a dry twig on the ground snapped under her hooves. The sound attracted the monster's attention. Its red eyes gazed at her, making her freeze in her tracks. The alien gave what passed as a smirk from its mask-like face as it slowly moved towards her. With no other options, Fluttershy screamed.
After helping the CMC fix up their wagon, the two Guardias waved them goodbye and saw them speed away. Hyde smiled as they faded out of his view.
"Fillies." He simply said to nopony particular.
Agri just rolled his eyes as he continued to pull the wagon full of groceries. Before they could get any further, Hyde heard a scream echo through the air. He quickly tossed a sack he was carrying by mouth into the wagon.
"Take care of this!" He said as he galloped away, much to Agri's confusion.
"Wait! Hey!"
It didn't take him long to reach the sound of the scream. Upon arriving, he saw a terrified Fluttershy cowering behind a tree along with some little critters, with something walking out of the water.
"Warstar!" He then increased his pace.
"Come out little pony…." The alien said.
Fluttershy continued to whimper when she heard the unpleasant voice. Some of her animal friends bravely went forth to confront the alien. Their efforts were to no avail as the Warstar simply swatted them away with his superior strength. Among them was a duck, which was flung right back against the tree Fluttershy was hiding behind, much to her horror. The poor pegasus began to cry from the sight of the badly hurt animal.
The alien scoffed without any compassion. He continued towards the yellow pegasus. His flesh glowed a sickly orange as a ball of fire formed in his fist and flew at her. Fluttershy just couldn't move. As the flaming ball came within inches of her, a blue blur flashed in and pushed her to the side, letting the flames hit only the tree.
"What?" The alien said, confused.
Fluttershy grunted as she opened her eyes, widening to the size of tennis balls when she saw Hyde very close to her face. She squeaked as she quickly stood on all four of her hooves. The Seaick colt picked himself up as well, rubbing his sore ankle. He glanced towards the pegasus. "Are you alright?"
Fluttershy nodded with her hair covering her face. "Yes….."
It was then Hyde's turn to feel utter horror. This was too familiar. Once he took a good look at the alien, memories began to flicker in his mind. Unpleasant memories.
"It can't be…..!" Hyde said with disbelief. "You! You can't be alive! You're just a monster of the week! You're supposed to be dead!" His tone became harsher with each word.
"What?" was all the alien said in response. His eyes gazed on the blue colt. Somehow, this male felt familiar to it.
Fluttershy stood there, looking at Hyde with surprise. He had never been this angry nor this scared before, not even when the other scary monsters had attacked. Was it the dead fish? No, it was something...personal?
"You murderer!" Hyde shouted as he lost it. Tears began to swell from his eyes. "Kurasuniigo!" He growled this with a quieter voice, almost becoming a whisper.
"Murderer?" The alien repeated. Closing his eyes in focus, the alien finally remembered. "I see. I remember now." He pointed his bony finger at Hyde. "You're that foolish foal with that litt-"
Hyde interrupted him with another shout. "SHUT UP!" Summoning his Tensouder, he changed into Gosei Blue in an instant. Blue jumped just as the wings of his transformation dissipated, but his opening strike was blocked by Kurasuniigo's arm. Blue attacked randomly, kicking, shoving and hoofing with no plan in sight. The alien managed to block every one of these strikes with his lumpy arms, his feet still in the lake's edge.
"I will defeat you once and for all! For Magis!" Blue yelled, hooves flailing about.
"Impossible!" The alien responded. Seeing an opening, the alien elbowed Blue's neck, stunning him. While he was flinching, Kurasuniigo punched him in the face and kicked his underbelly, flinging the winded pony onto his back.
"So his name was Magis?" The alien asked, clenching his fist. "You're going to end up just like him."
The bits of flesh that his armour exposed flared up in that sickly orange-red. The light flowed to the palms of his hands and ignited, streams of blazing flame striking GoseiBlue where he lay. Exploding sparks flew from his suit as he was blown back. Kurasunigo chuckled evilly as he approached for the final blow.
Just as a shaking Fluttershy left her tree's safety to try and help, Gosei Red and Black appeared behind Blue, shooting the alien with their Gosei Blasters. They dashed towards Blue as soon as they landed, with Gosei Pink and Yellow behind them.
"Stop, Warstar!" Black warned, glowing with a purple magical aura that kept his weapon hovering in front of him and pointing at the Warstar. The other three Goseigers were checking on their comrade, only to be surprised by Blue's angry voice.
"Don't interfere!" Blue got up and pushed Black away from the front of the formation. "I'm fighting him!" The others took a step back in further confusion. Gosei Blue reared up, holding his Tensouder as he inserted a card. "Gosei Weapon Card, Tensou!" The Tensouder echoed as the usual voice announced,
"SUMMON SEAICK BOWGUN."
His mouth plate slid open and he grabbed the bowgun's trigger with his mouth, charging at his foe.
"Hyde!" Gosei Pink called out as she and the others attempted to stop him.
Kurasunigo unleashed short streams of blazing fire from his palms, shooting at the galloping colt but hitting only the ground. Explosions bloomed from where the flames hit. A bag of fish food exploded, the contents reduced to glowing ashes. When he was in mid-range, Blue fired his bowgun. The blue energy balls were as effective as marshmallows, dissipating without even denting the armour. Without breaking his stride, Hyde took the pristine bowgun and began to bash it into the monster's chest.
"What is he doing!" Gosei Black said as he activated his magic, arming himself with his Gosei Blaster. "Yellow!" He said, glancing at her. His sister nodded as she and the others took aim.
"Darn!" Yellow complained as she stomped her hoof lightly. There was no way to fire without hitting Hyde. If only he'd move!
"Hyde!" Red called out. "We can't aim!"
The fight between Gosei Blue and the Warstar did not last much longer as Kurasunigo got the upper hand. He continued to pound Blue to a pulp before grabbing his neck and throwing one powerful punch that sent the Seaick pony towards his comrades. All of them save Red fell to the ground under Blue's weight.
Red nearly rushed in to attack, but caught himself. Instead, he chose to help his cousins. "Blue!" he said, holding out a hoof that was only brushed aside.
The alien was now getting bored. "I don't have time to play with you guys," He proudly punched his chest. "I have work to do." His exposed flesh then flared up as he unleashed a ball of fire from his chest and shot it towards the Goseigers. A cloud of flame burst under them, smearing their suits with blackened soot. They fell to the ground as smoke rose from their armour with a hiss. With that, the alien walked back into the lake's depths. His feet had never left the water during the entire battle.
"Stop!" Black shouted as he got up. It was too late. He kicked away a pebble instead. He turned to Hyde for a moment before looking back at the bubbling lake. Dead sea creatures floated next to food that they would never get to eat, the monster's descent covered by both.
Blue could only hiss as he covered his wounded left forearm with his right hoof. He felt only disappointment and fury at his failure.
After the battle, Fluttershy led everypony to her house for treatment in a daze. The Guardias wanted to decline but seeing Hyde's injuries and Fluttershy's state of shock, they took the offer for everypony's sake. Now they sat in her living room, covered in bandages. Little woodland creatures watched them from a distance. Very few visitors came to their mistress' home, mostly Fluttershy's friends. The Guardias were total strangers to them.
At a table nearby, Fluttershy was tending to the Seaick pony with the assistance of her pet rabbit, Angel. The bunny, while helping her, was eyeing the colt with cold suspicion. Hyde either did not notice or simply ignored it. His face was utterly blank.
Every now and then, the pegasus looked at him with fear and worry. She pressed a clean towel over Hyde's wounded arm. A couple of minutes afterwards, she discarded the blood-stained cloth and put it aside. Afterwards, she grabbed a few squares of gauze and soaked them in iodine.
"H-Hold still now please…" She said meekly. Gently, she proceeded to dab and wipe the wound clean. The Seaick pony bit his lower lip as he winced at the stinging pain.
In the meantime, his cousins waited in silence. It was quickly broken when Agri stomped his hoof onto the floor angrily. The animals scurried off and Fluttershy herself jumped, but she quickly resumed her work and tried to ignore what happened next.
"What happened, Hyde?" Agri asked with a harsh voice as he gazed at his cousin. "You were acting bizarre!"
Moune joined in. "Yeah! That's not how you usually are."
The others could not agree more. He was the calm one in the group, the Seaick counter to Landick rashness and Skick insanity.
Hyde just responded with a cold glare. He hissed when he felt a burning sensation from his ankle. He turned his stare towards the terrified Pegasus there.
"I-I-I'm sorry..." Fluttershy said in her meek squeak of a voice.
His face softened as guilt washed over him. She was already quite traumatized. Her face still had a sprinkling of soot and some crusted fish food on her lips. "No, I'm sorry..." He then turned back to the front and looked into space once more.
Alata suddenly spoke. "Have you...met that thing before?"
He answered slowly, with a cold tone. "Yes."
The others blinked. He had an encounter with a Warstar before the Cloudsdale Invasion? Before they were Goseigers? Alata went on, "When?"
Hyde sighed inwardly. "I'm going to tell but first," He turned to Fluttershy. "Ms. Fluttershy, are you good with keeping secrets?"
Fluttershy nodded without looking directly at him. Angel on the other hoof, crossed his arms, glaring right at the colt.
"Promise me you won't tell anypony of what I'm about to say..."
Fluttershy nodded again, but this time she turned and did it to his face. She still looked shell-shocked, but rational enough to keep a promise. Or at least he hoped so.
"Alright." He said. "A few years ago, I was playing with my little brother. His name was...Magis."
Flashback...
It was a peaceful evening on the island of Guardia. Tall, luscious trees grew across the land, along with the majestic mountains that ran through the valley without end, fresh sweet air and the calm sea that surrounded the island made it look like a miniature paradise. On the streets, earth ponies began to close up shop after a hard days' work. Among the noise was laughter coming from two colts running through.
One was a blue furred colt with green eyes and a short spiky mane while the other was green with blue eyes and a black wavy mane. He was the younger one, only coming up to the other's flank.
"Come on Hyde! We gotta hurry!"
"Slow down, Magis!" Hyde said as he tried to keep up with his little brother.
Soon, both of them stopped running when they arrived at their destination, the beach. It was beautiful. Both of them then took a seat by the shore, where the sea water touched their hooves.
"I just love the sunset, bro!" Magis said with a smile. "Don't you?"
The blue colt smirked and nodded in agreement, before he noogied his brother. Both of them laughed as they played around the beach, not noticing how the time flew and the sun sank.
When it got late enough, Hyde decided that heading back would be a good idea. Magis, like the little foal he was, decided that his brother was wrong.
"Come on Magis, it's dinner time."
"But I wanna play some more!" Magis pouted.
Hyde sighed with a hoof to his forehead. The usual pout his brother gave when he wanted things his way was unbearable.
"Alright, alright, fine!"
Magis jumped with joy as he rushed into the water and began to swim. Not everypony could swim at his age, but this was the specialty of their family since ancient times, something they were proud of.
Hyde joined in as well. Both of them then dived in. Being Seaick ponies, they were able to stay under without snorkels for a while. The water held them in an embrace warmed by Celestia's sun. They swam through the darkening sea as if it were the sky above.
Something shimmered on the ocean floor, catching their attention. The two decided to go in deeper. The deeper they went, the darker and colder it got. Upon arriving, they saw a cave, filled with the same shimmering light. Here, the sea was warm and bright once more.
Magis swam into the cave before Hyde, who followed to keep his bonehead brother safe. It was small in there. Nothing except for the shimmering light, which shone from a white rock. It glowed an uneasy reddish orange.
Both ponies looked at the rock with awe. They had never seen anything like it. Magis began to rub it. Thinking it was some kind of treasure, the two decided to lift up, to no avail. They tried again, but the rock would not budge. As they were trying the third time, they felt the rock vibrate, followed by the sound of...popping?
They took a step back when they heard the sound was getting louder. Bits of the rock broke free, opening more holes from which the light escaped. In the darkness, two slanted red ovals opened. The water around the rocks began to heat up, with bubbles gurgling.
Hyde and Magis could watch in horror as the rock they found turned out not to be a rock at all, but rather the body of a monster!
The creature saw the two as it awakened, staring at them with killing intent. It stood on its hind legs, like a pony trying to reach something. The rocklike armour it wore was weblike, exposing cracked, raw flesh. The water around this flesh bubbled up. Its mouth looked like the ridges of a seashell crossed with the gills of a fish. A curved horn grew from both of its shoulders. It was unlike anything in all of Equestria.
The two panicked and decided to swim back up. When they reached the surface, they quickly swam towards the shore and got halfway there. That was when the water burst and the creature emerged.
"Well, what have we here? Two little ponies?" The creature said with a malicious tone. "And it looks like they could tell the rest about my existence. I can't have that. You will be the first victims of the reawakened 5000 degree warrior, Kurasunigo!"
His exposed flesh began to flare up with those sickening deadlights. The palms of his hands ignited and a stream of blazing flame shot towards the two. Luckily it missed and hit the water in front of them. The explosion caused the two young colts to stop momentarily, surprised by the loud noise it caused. A plume of steam rose and the water the brothers waded in grew unbearably hot.
"Quick!" Hyde said as he continued to swim. Magis, being smaller than his brother, was slower in the water. Hyde managed to reach the shore first. When he turned around, he saw Magis...drowning.
"Magis!" Hyde yelled as he went back into the water. He was terrified of dying, but he couldn't abandon his only brother! Kurasunigo just watched the scene in amusement as Hyde dragged the limp body to shore. His palm ignited and unleashed another stream of fire, boiling the sea behind the brothers. When they reached the shore, Hyde quickly helped little Magis regain some air.
"Bro...?" Magis murmured as he picked himself up.
"It's going to be ok! It's going to...be...?" Hyde turned when he felt the temperature increasing behind him. Much to his horror, a blazing ball of fire was closing in. They tried to move but the attack managed to land in front of them. They flew backwards in a cloud of flame. During the fall, Hyde's ankle hit a stone fence, fracturing it.
Magis gasped. "Hyde!" The little colt quickly dashed to his brother. Hyde grunted as he opened his eyes. He started crying as he felt the pain of his ankle. "Brother, you're hurt!"
An evil laugh than rang through the air. The two ponies looked up in horror as the monster was now standing in front of them. Their mouths moved but no words came out.
"Well, this is the end of the line." He pointed his ignited arm. "Now which one should I start with...You?" He pointed at Magis. "Or you?" He then pointed at Hyde, who chose to cry even harder.
"I'll start with you!" Kurasuniigo said, pointing at Hyde. His hand ignited as he released the blazing fire.
Seeing this, Magis did the only thing he could think of. He jumped into the air, did a twist to avoid looking at the monster and took the shot for his brother.
"Magis!" Hyde called out as he tried to grab Magis away. It was too late. The fire stream struck the poor foal, engulfing him in flames. Hyde could only watched in horror as his brother burned in front of him.
When the flame died out, the now charred Magis wobbled before he completely fell to the ground. Plumes of smoke rose from his burnt body.
"MAGIS!" Hyde screamed as he got up and moved towards his brother, ignoring the pain of his ankle. He shook Magis' body, hoping for him to still be alive. Bits of blackened coat fell away as the scent of singed pony filled the air. Magis opened his eyes and smiled upon seeing his brother. He was wrapping his forehoof around his brother's wrist when the smile disappeared and his eyes closed. Forever.
Flashback ends...
"I couldn't save him..." Hyde said solemnly. Tears poured down from his eyes, his narration broken and shaky. "The guards came right after that. They chased that monster off into a freezing current and drowned him there. Not like it did my brother any good."
Everypony else in the room stared at him with disbelief. Some cried while the others could only look at the floor. Fluttershy was a crier, completely unused to such a dark tale. The same went for the animals around them.
Burning with grief, Hyde limped across the room and walked out of the house. He did not even bother to close the door. Fluttershy stared at the door through her teary eyes. She still couldn't believe that somepony could go through something like that.
"So that's what happened. The full story" Alata said as he paced aimlessly.
"It's that guy's fault that Hyde lost his precious little brother," Moune added from the pet seat by the door. "Our cousin, Magis..."
Agri's teeth were clenched. "That explains it….He's different from usual because he wanted to take revenge."
In the Warstar's preperation ship, Kurasuniigo was kneeling on the cold steel floor with his head bowed down out of fear and respect for his lord, Mons Drake. The alien moth and his subordinates continued to look at the white armoured alien in silence, before Mons Drake decided to speak.
"Kurasuniigo," He turned to face the alien. "How does it feel to be alive once more?"
Kurasuniigo stood up and flexed his muscles. "I feel great!" He then bowed again. "I-If not for your kindness..."
Dereputa could only scoff at the sight. Despite the claims he heard about this soldier, he was still unimpressed.
"So, I want you to use your blazing powers to boil Equestria. The waters, the skies, even the land itself." He said, gesturing his hand in a dismissal manner. "Now go!"
Kurasuniigo stood up once again and bowed. "Understood." He then turned and walked out of the room, passing both Dereputa and Bladerun without even a glance.
Dereputa then let out another scoff. "He had trouble with those Goseigers before. I don't expect much from him!"
"Oh really?" Bladerun intervened, walking up to his side and facing the opposite direction. "He's the type of person that can kill without compunction. He'd even murder a foal."
The red alien turned his head slightly, confused. What was a foal?
The kindest yellow pegasus in Equestria felt completely numb to the world. The animals had already been upset ever since their homes had been frozen and thawed recently. There had been some nasty flooding, even some casual b ties. The ponies who dealt with nature were barely able to get everything back to normal recently. The fish were the only ones who hadn't really minded it. Now many of them were dead, murdered as she fed them. She could still see their large eyes staring at her, asking "Why?" The critters that had protected her were broken and bruised. She hadn't even treated them all in her haste to get back home with Hyde. His story was the final injury. This was all so cruel! How could all of this happen in Equestria?
She didn't want to upset the animals any further. Fluttershy opened the door and trotted out to the small river in front of her house. Hyde was to her left, one hoof in the stream. It was too peaceful. Every living animal had retreated back into their homes. The two ponies stared at the lifeless water. Hyde's one-track mind felt like a fishbowl that had been stirred up, right from the gravel base. Long-buried memories of his brother floated up and hit him all at once. The good times, the bad and that last horror were all as clear as ever. The swirling emotion overwhelmed his heart.
Fluttershy had a wider, if less personal set of worries. She thought about the gobies, the salmon, the lungfish. She even worried about the wildlife she hadn't seen floating on the surface. That Kurasuniigo was still out there. She tried one of Twilight's stress-management techniques: showing herself all the positives.
"Well, the sharks can dive deep enough to stay cool. And the turtles probably ran away. Oh, they've been very fast this year! I'm sure the carp don't mind the heat, either. And Zecora's playing with the hagfish. Did I tell her that Mishago and Hagos can't have peanuts? Oh, they get all slimy when they eat nuts."
Hyde stopped and turned. "Why are you so worried about the sea creatures? They can just swim away if they can't fight."
"Oh no, was I actually talking? I'm so sorry!" Fluttershy took a few steps away and looked in the opposite direction. "But, um, it's more complicated than that."
The Seaick pony embraced this new distraction. He liked to look at ocean animals, even if they didn't return the feeling. And this was something he didn't understand. "I don't get it. Where's the problem?"
Fluttershy seemed to struggle for a minute, but she pulled herself together and looked back into the clear river. "I'm afraid that it's going to be like last summer. When it gets hot, the fish start going into each others' homes and swimming where they shouldn't. There's a lot of hurt feelings. Even worse, we could have a jellyfish spiral on our hooves."
"Jellyfish spiral? Is that like when a shark family circles somepony?"
A raised eyebrow met Hyde's reply. "Er, it's not really a spiral. Except it is. Sort of. The jellies and the other fish all like the same food. But lots of fish don't like heat. So they all...die." She winced at the word. "The jellyfish eat up the extra food and their families grow. Then there's so many jellyfish that they take up all the space. The other fish don't have any food or homes, so they pass away too. Soon there's nothing but jellyfish and clear water."
The clear stream suddenly felt cold to Hyde. He pulled his hoof from it. "That's not a big problem. Just kill all the jellyfish."
Fluttershy's eyes widened in horror. She started to fly away, just as Hyde realized his mistake. He bit down onto her tail reflexively. "Um shorry! Dum iveuh!"
Taking a few deep breaths and settling down onto the ground, she looked directly at Hyde. This time, he was the one flinching from her accidental anger. "That's not an okay thing to even talk about." She stepped into the stream and touched a piece of coral. It was already dead. But a small minnow swam out from its shadow and did a few laps around her submerged hoof. "The important thing with all water creatures is to keep the natural balance from changing. It's not like the sky, where you can just carry away migrating birds or move around clouds. All the animals have to live together, just not too close. They know what's right."
She dipped her face into the water. The flakes of fish food that had dried onto her face now floated off. The minnow swam to them and ate happily. "That's why I think that ponies should protect the streams, the lakes, even the ocean! All the fishies need from us is food. As long as we protect where they live, they'll be just fine."
Hyde stood there, taking in Fluttershy's subdued passion. "Protect...the entire ocean?" He remembered the days at the beach with Magis, swimming through the unending waters. The rich coral, the schools of multicoloured fish. Everything was alive, beautiful, perfect. And nopony ever had to fix a thing. Unless there was a rainbow spill. Or an unnatural monster.
"I was only thinking about killing him for revenge. Just for myself. That's not what any other pony would do." He looked under the bridge, to where the water flowed from. "I should be looking at everything, not just analyzing what's right in front of me. Right?"
Fluttershy smiled. But only a little. The sadness that had brought them both out here still lingered in the air. Silence crept over them. A chilling wind blew at the same time.
"So umm...Thank you for the advice." Hyde said gratefully.
Hearing this, the yellow pegasus cheeks burned a bright flustered pink. She never been complimented by a colt before. She half-turned her head, hiding the other eye behind her forelock. Her heart rate began to beat rapidly. "N-Not a problem at all...". She said with a shy smile.
The last rays of the sun sank on the horizon as the reddish orange sky darkens, welcoming the beautiful night. The library was closed for the evening. The sound of snoring echoed through the wooden home, belonging to none other than Spike, who had fallen asleep on the stairs. Twilight let out a soft giggle at the scene, and decided to tucked him on the bed. With a yawn, Twilight turned off the last remaining light and went to bed as well. The second she closed her eyes, the whole place began to shake.
With a jolt, the lavender unicorn jumped out of her bed. Spike's eyes snapped open when he fell.
"W-What's going on?"
Screams could be heard coming from outside. Both of them looked at each other and went towards the door. When Spike opened it, they saw the townsfolk running in fear, followed by malicious laughter.
"That's it. Feel my wrath." Kurasunigo said as he burned the houses around him. The orange of the sunset met the flames spreading through the town. Everything was bathed in orange, to his delight. Seeing these little creatures cowering before him only increased his thirst for killing. However, he had to restrain that bloodlust for a moment as he began to blast through the ground with his fire powers.
Twilight was a scholar, not a real fighter. Tossing Spike onto her back with her mouth, she ran to the Guardias' home. Nopony responded to her knocking there. She did find a note, but all it said was "We're going to find Hyde and Agri at the place that sells things!" ~Eri!"
"Spike, where is she talking about?", Twilight asked. The dragon on her back shrugged.
"Well, they didn't have any food, so Sugarcube Corner? Or maybe the market?"
Twilight chose to check the market first. Everypony there had run away. Smoke bloomed up from a block away, followed by an explosion. No time to waste. They were fairly close to the lake, which was itself close to the Everfree Forest. Perhaps Fluttershy had seen them recently?
A brief of moment of silence crept over Fluttershy and Hyde. The trees rustled as the wind blew through their leaves. The two ponies sat down, not speaking another word. Hyde attempted to stand back up, but the painful burn was too much for him to bear without anger deadening his nerves. His hooves wobbled before collapsing once more and he slipped into unconsciousness.
Fluttershy gasped. "Hyde!" Her voice reached Alata's ears, who was nearest to the door at the time. Calling out to the others, they hurriedly galloped towards the two ponies. All of them looked over the Seaick colt with worry. Taking a closer look at his face, Fluttershy's frown faded and was replaced with a small smile.
"Looks like he's just sleeping…" Fluttershy said softly, much to the others' relief. They looked over his wounds anyways. The burns and bruising would heal with time, but he really did need his rest.
The sound of hoofsteps heading towards them went unnoticed. The voice ringing out from the top of the bridge didn't.
"Hey, Fluttershy! Listen, there's a problem by the library-what's going on?" Twilight Sparkle hadn't quite understood the emotions going through the air.
Spike was surprisingly better at reading the mood. "Twi, I don't think now's a good time." His opinion was quickly brushed aside. Twilight didn't have enough time right now for any of it to be good!
"As I was saying, there's a problem in Ponyville! Another monster's burning everything down!"
The Guardias gave a nod. Before they left, they looked back over to Hyde, unsure of what to do with him at the moment.
"I-I'll take care of him for you guys…" Fluttershy said.
"Alright!" Alata said with a smile and a nod. Fluttershy returned a similar response. Standing next to him, Agri bent his head down and hefted Hyde onto his back, carefully without waking him up, and walked towards Fluttershy's house. The yellow pegasus led him to the place to put the blue colt with Eri on Agri's side just in case Hyde fell.
When they reached the living room, Agri lowered himself and gently left Agri on the sofa. The Seaick pony's mild mutterings faded into a soft snore.
"Take care of him, please!" Eri said as she and Agri galloped out of the house, joining the others. They headed straight for Ponyville.
"Found you!"
Kurasuniigo stopped forging his white-hot pit and turned to the unknown voice. He saw six ponies galloping towards him with a little dragon sitting on one of them. All of them slowed to a stop.
"That's far enough, Warstar!" Twilight said defensively.
"We won't let you do as you please." Moune said.
"As long as we are around!" Agri added.
With Alata in the lead, he and the others summoned their Tensouders and changed into their Goseiger counterparts.
"My, my," The alien said as he brushed the ash off of his hands. "So you guys showed up here too?" Followed by an "Hmmph", he then continued. "That means more ponies for me to kill." He then attempted what could have been a cocking eyebrow gesture. His eyes wandered around, realising something was missing.
"Hm? Where is he?" He pointed his finger briefly towards the group. "The quick-tempered guy isn't with you."
"We're all you need!" Gosei Red said confidently. "Twilight, make sure everypony stays away from this area! Clear enough space for Gosei Great!" Twilight and Spike nodded in unison.
The Goseigers glowed with magic, summoning their Gosei Blasters from their holsters and firing carefully. Kurasuniigo's body flared up with radiant fire. The lasers reached him but seemed to be swallowed by the fire.
Stepping forward, Gosei Yellow and Pink then summoned their Gosei Weapon Cards and jumped up. Their mouth pieces slid open as they grabbed their dematerialized weapons in mid air.
"SUMMON LANDICK CLAW/SKICK SHOT"
Both of them attacked, with Yellow slashing and Pink pressing the trigger of their respective weapons, releasing cresent-shaped lights of their respective colours. However, Kurasunigo easily slapped them away with his wrist and countered with his usual blazing fire attack. The force of the fire pushed the two Goseigers to the ground.
The boys galloped towards them to check.
"Yellow!" Agri said.
"Pink!" Alata said.
Weapons ready, Red and Black galloped into a defensive charge towards the alien. Kurasuniigo laughed mockingly at this attempt. "Spin Crisis!" He began to spin, generating a blazing tornado that restrained the two before sending them flying back. They landed on the ground with a thud. The girls went over to them to check.
"What is this?" Were you all talk?" His exposed flesh began to flare up as several balls of fire came out of them and flew upward, growing in the process. "Corona Crisis!" With that, the fire balls rained down at them like a hellish meteor shower. The Goseigers couldn't get away in time as they were trapped by the explosions it caused.
Fluttershy sighed as she looked up to the moon through the window, trying not to look at the orange flashes coming from Ponyville. Soft snoring could be heard in the house as her animal friends slept soundly in the homes she'd built for them. Angel was still awake, staring at his mistress with worry.
"I wonder if they're alright…This Crass-niigo monster is terribly strong…and terribly evil."
Like a pony possessed, Hyde's eyes opened upon hearing that name. "W-What? Where am I?." His sudden actions startled both Fluttershy and Angel. "Where are the others?" He asked looking around sleepily.
"They're fighting that monster…" Fluttershy replied meekly.
Hearing this, the colt got up from the sofa, struggling to his hooves due to the pain of his wounds. Surprisingly, Fluttershy helped him up with a resigned sigh. "Please promise that you're going to rest after this."
The blue pony didn't think that he had a choice. Every fiber in his body screamed for sleep and time to heal. "I promise. I just need to do this now, or I'll never forgive myself."
He limped towards the open door before breaking into a hobbled run once outside. A few moments later, Fluttershy realized that the five of them were still wounded. The entire team would need new bandages even if they won! She ordered Angel to guard the house before taking off towards the flashing deadlights.
Fallen debris was everywhere, covered in flames. The Goseigers were having a tough time. They were attacking Kurasuniigo from all angles, most of which were completely useless attempts. The alien's armour was too tough to even scratch him and his immense strength made it easy to deflect their melee attacks.
Gosei Red swung his sword but was easily brushed off. When it came to the Landicks, he grabbed their weapons and pushed them away. Gosei Red then attacked again. His sword was quickly grabbed before it could even hit his opponent. Kurasuniigo released it and gave a swift punch to Red's underbelly, knocking him down.
"Alata!" The others said in unison as they trotted to him.
Without warning, Kurasuniigo unleashed another attack, this time a flaming slash. The cutting force changed into explosive force as it hit the ground, knocking the Goseigers back further.
"Okay, brats. This is the finisher!" Kurasuniigo said, smashing his right hand into his left palm.
The Goseigers looked at the alien with fear as they tried to get up, but to no avail as they were too injured.
"Corona Crisis!" With his flesh flaring up, he unleashed another set of artificial meteors. When the fireballs were about to reach their target, a towering splash of water appeared in front of the Goseigers, a voice echoing not far behind them.
"Presshower Card! Tensou!"
A familiar whining sound rang, followed by another familiar mechanical voice.
"SPLASH SEAICK POWER"
More geysers of foamy water shot out of the ground, putting out the fireballs before they could go any further.
"What?" Kurasuniigo said with a surprised look. He then looked forward when he spotted somepony standing on top of the roof of a destroyed house. The Goseigers looked as well.
Upon recognising the figure, Gosei Red stood up. "Hyde." He said, feeling relief. The other Goseigers picked themselves up.
"So you came to be killed?" The alien said mockingly.
Hyde just shook his head. "Wrong, Kurasunigo," He replied. "I came to do what I have to do."
"What you have to do? You talk big. Do you think you can take your revenge?"
"Taking revenge is not what I'm meant to do!" He straightened up and stared proudly. "It's to protect all life in Equestria from guys like you!"
"Hyde…" Gosei Black muttered. The others looked at him with a mix of worry, gratitude and excitement.
Summoning his Tensouder, he began his transformation.
"Tensou!"
"CHANGE GOSEIGER"
Kurasuniigo's hand then ignited and a stream of blazing fire flew towards Gosei Blue. Before impact, Gosei Blue jumped. Due to the magic in the suit, his jump was as high and his landing as graceful as it would have been without his injuries.
At that moment, Fluttershy spotted the bright explosion nearby. She coughed when the smell of smoke entered her nostrils. As she flew closer, she noticed that the streets were empty. Nopony was around. No lights in their homes. Had they been killed? Quickly she shook her head, brushing away those thoughts as she saw a bright blue light followed by the familiar blue Goseiger suit a few feet away.
Breaking to a gallop, Blue jumped and body-slammed Kurasunigo. The armour wouldn't break, but he could still cause blunt force trauma to the flesh within it. The alien grunted as he took a few steps back, hoping not to fall. Blue struck out almost as quickly as he did before, but with a cool mind. He aimed for the exposed flesh. Despite that, Kurasuniigo could still block most of his hoofstrikes. The day had taken its toll on both of them.
"Spin Crisis!" Kurasunigo spun as he created another blazing tornado.
Behind his mask, Blue clenched his teeth. How was he going to counter that? Suddenly, he began to glow in a bluish light. His eyes flared up in the same colour. Something flickered in his mind. All of a sudden he began to spin. A whirlpool appeared around him. The colt spun till he clashed with the alien. By logic, his water neutralized the fire.
Kurasunigo was tossed aside, grunting as he felt the pain around his body. The water tornado splashed down as Gosei Blue slowed down to a stop. He shook away the dizziness that came afterwards.
Behind the corner of the street, Fluttershy smiled upon seeing Hyde's triumph. "Yay." The other Goseigers trotted towards their Seaick cousin, glad he was here to help.
"Gosei Red, Pink, Black, Yellow! Sorry to keep you waiting." He apologised. Pain suddenly rushed throughout his body. He slowly lowered himself to the ground, covering his left leg with his right.
"Hyde!" Pink hollered as she and the others helped him up.
"Why did you come here? You're still hurt!" Black commented.
"Even so…," His feet wobbled as he stands up. "You guys still need my help. That's what family is for."
Those words made the Goseigers smile behind their masks.
At the meantime, the alien finally rose to his feet. He glared at the blue suited colt with pure killing intent. His raw-looking flesh flared up as horrible light flowed to the palms of his hands and ignited, striking the other four Goseigers with blazing flames. Their suits exploded with sparks as they were blown back.
Gosei Blue gasped. "Guys!"
Without warning, Kurasunigo pounced on him, catching the colt by surprise. Blue struggled under the alien's weight, trying to escape Kurasuniigo's grip. Still unarmed, he attempted to summon his Tensouder to no avail as Kurasuniigo started to strangle him.
As the others got up to help their comrade, a couple dozens of Bibi soldiers appeared in front of them. "Such bad timing!" Red complained. "Hyde, hang in there!"
Seeing this, Fluttershy flew out of her hiding place and landed in front of the two. Both of them looked up at her, wondering why she was here.
"You….let him go….NOW!" Fluttershy said with an uncharacteristic tone and wide, angry eyes. Somehow, Kurasuniigo found himself wilting under those eyes. He tried to look away, but was unable to. The pegasus seemed to be staring into his soul. He whimpered slightly, feeling as if his brain was burning.
Feeling the alien's grip around his neck loosening, Gosei Blue quickly pushed him away with his hooves, knocking the alien down and out of his trance. Blue then picked himself up and then looked at Fluttershy, shying away like usual.
"Thank you….But," He panted due to his drained energy. "What was that?"
Fluttershy cheeks flushed red with embarrassment. "Let's pretend that never happened," she replied, hiding half of her face behind a raised fetlock.
"Oh…." Was all he said as he resumed his attention towards the alien. His comrades, disposing of the alien soldiers, came to his side.
"Wow, Fluttershy, I didn't know you had it in you!" Yellow complimented, furthering her embarrassment.
Kurasuniigo let out a groan of pain, struggling to stand to his feet.
"Everypony ready?" Blue asked as he picked his weapon up. The rest knew what Blue meant.
"Of course!" Pink said!
"Let's do it!" Yellow said, clopping at the ground enthusiastically.
"Yeah!" They said in unison. "Assemble!"
With that announcement, the Goseigers began combining their weapons, forming the Gosei Buster. Like before, they inserted the required cards to activate the weapon.
"GOSEI DYNAMIC"
The tip of the cannon began to glow in a orange light, brighter and purer than the alien's own. "Fire!" They shouted in unison. The cannon released the 3 clan emblems which then combined, striking Kurasuniigo squarely. He screamed in agony as he fell to the ground and exploded into a cloud of flames.
On the Warstar command ship, Mons Drake stared at the monitor in disbelief. His only warrior with any anti-pony experience had been destroyed! "How could Kurasuniigo be defeated?"
"The battle isn't over yet." Bladerun said, his only words of 'comfort'. Gently, he stomped his hoof on the metallic floor, letting the Bibi Bugs know that it was time to do their job. Dereputa backed away slightly as the alien bugs flew out of the ship, screeching along the way. Those bugs still gave him the creeps.
When the bugs reached the unconscious alien, they latched themselves and bit him. An alien blue hexagram appeared over him as he glowed with the same color, growing to a gigantic size. Kurasuniigo's consciousness returned as the process completed.
"Now the world can burn with one strike!"
Fluttershy's eyes went wide, looking up at the now gigantic alien with horror. The Goseigers however, gave only soft gasps. Seems they had grown used to this kind of situation. Gosei Blue turned and walked towards the poor pegasus.
"Fluttershy, I think you better get out of here. I don't want any more casualties tonight."
She replied with a simple nod and flew away. Once she left, Blue regrouped with the others. They gave each other a nod as they summoned their Tensouders.
"Gosei Machine Card!" In unison, they inserted the cards. "Tensou!"
The Tensouders' eyes began to flash in green as they announced in their mechanical voice.
"SUMMON: GOSEI DRAGON, GOSEI PHOENIX, GOSEI SNAKE, GOSEI TIGER, GOSEI SHARK."
The Headders emerged from the Tensouders and flew up, transforming into the great Gosei Machines. Without further ado, the Goseigers jumped into their respective machines.
Together, they inserted their Tensouders on the control console and summoned their Gosei Great Cards.
"COMBINE GOSEI GREAT" In a matter of seconds, Gosei Great's formation completed, and quickly took position. Kurasuniigo jumped in front of them, ready to fight.
"Let's go!" Agri said. The others agreed and began to move the war machine. Due to its weight, Gosei Great moved forward at a rather slow speed. But this weight made it a much better opponent than a flesh-and-blood pony. Sparks flew as it was hit on the chest by Kurasuniigo's bony arm, but it continued to close the gap. Swiftly, Gosei Great punched the alien with its shark hand, striking his chest. Before Kurasuniigo could counter, he was given two more blows. The alien let out a groan, touching his pained chest.
"I'll….I'll just fry you worms!" The bits of his exposed flesh ignited as he released a blazing wave of fire onto Gosei Great, restraining its movement. The machine fell to its knees and tried to shield itself with its arms. Inside the cockpit, the Goseigers moaned as the temperature shot up. The heat was too much for them to bear.
"It's hot!" Red said.
All of them winced at the rising heat. Despite that, Blue managed to overcome it. For heat to reach the cockpit, those flames must have been unimaginable. This titan of magic and technology was all that stood between those infernal flames and Ponyville. His body went cold as his spirit rose up deep inside.
"I…..will protect this planet!"
Serene music echoed through the cockpit as Gosei Blue's buckle began to glow. From it, a glowing card materialized, revealing a picture of three different aquatic animal Headders. A hammerhead shark, saw shark and a sting ray. The phrase "Seaick Brothers" was printed at the bottom.
"What the…" Gosei Blue muttered, surprised by the card.
Everypony else looked at it with mixture of awe and surprise.
"That's…" Red said without finishing his sentence.
"….a new Gosei Headder Card!" Pink finished.
Without wasting any more time, Blue opened his Tensouder via magic, and inserted the card. "Tensou!"
The Tensouder let out a whine and the mechanical voice announced,
"SUMMON SEAICK BROTHERS"
At the lake, a bluish light pierced through the water surface for a moment. A bubbling noise soon followed, and it got louder until something burst out of the water. Flying out were three mechanical animal heads. The first was a hammerhead shark, the second was a saw shark and the third was a manta ray. All of them let out animalistic growls as they flew into the fray. Everypony, who have gathered safely, witnessing the scene from the edges of Ponyville looked at them with awe.
Taking the lead, the manta ray's fins glowed with a bluish light and fired kinetic lasers towards Kurasuniigo. With his focus interrupted, the blazing titan's fire died out. Even the lasers that missed him caused explosions great enough to make the alien plummet to the ground.
Gosei Red couldn't help but clop his hooves in excitement. "Alright! That is so cool!"
"Everypony, trust me! Let's try to combine with them!" Gosei Blue commanded. The others nodded.
Reactivating their magic, the Goseigers made Gosei Great stand up on its feet. The three new Headders flew towards their direction and came to a hover as they floated in front of Gosei Great. The feeling was nostalgic. For the first time, Hyde remembered Magis' last day without it hurting. Not the fight, but the time at the beach before then. Even when one of them wanted to leave, they would stick together. They had always been the inseperable Seaick Brothers. They would always protect each other.
"I'm counting on you, Seaick Brothers!" Gosei Blue said.
Both the Shark and Phoenix Headders shifted from the arms down to the knees and attached there. Taking their places were the Saw Shark and Hammerhead Shark Headders, slowly attaching themselves to form a new set of hands. Gosei Great's head then disappeared as it rolled backwards into Gosei Dragon's body, revealing a black joint. The manta ray Headder flew towards this joint while facing up. As it descended, its bottom part slid open, revealing another humanoid face with an eye patch on its left eye. Along with the manta ray's fins for a makeshift hat, it resembled a pirate. Now, standing on the battlefield was the new Seaick Gosei Great!
The Goseigers once again were awed. Not long after they received their 5 personal machines, they had already added another three to their arsenal! Alata started leaning to the sides, trying to see the additions while Eri stared at the eyepatch with glee.
"Guys, now is not the time!" Gosei Blue said, regaining his cousins' attention. Quickly, they took control of the machine and moved forward. Kurasuniigo moved as well. Before he could even land a hit, Seaick Gosei Great used its Hammerhead Headder to bash his head in. The alien screamed as it felt pain rushing through his skull. Seeing an opening, Seaick Gosei Great headbutted him. Sparks exploded from his body as he was blown back.
"Damn…." Kurasuniigo picked himself up quickly. "DAMN YOU!" He yelled as his exposed flesh flared up. However, he was greeted by the Saw Shark blade. Its saw blade began to spin, damaging Kurasuniigo's armor. The alien let out an agonizing scream when sparks exploded from his body. His armor had broken off and some of his flesh was torn off as well.
"Let's finish this!" Gosei Blue declared.
When they summoned their Victory Charge Card, the card they received was a different one. Instead of Gosei Great, it had the picture of Seaick Gosei Great.
"Tensou!"
"VICTORY CHARGE"
Seaick Gosei Great stood on the ground rather than flying to the air, moving into a striking position instead. Kurasuniigo tried to back away, but his movement was quickly restrained by magical energy. The war machine then proceeded to attack with the Hammerhead Headder. During mid-strike, the Headder glowed in a bluish light as the energy was channelled through it and into the enemy.
As it gave the final blow, the Saw Shark glowed a bright green. Kurasuniigo screamed, pain surging throughout his body from the magic and the lingering effect of the Bibi Bugs. Slowly, he fell into his final explosion, his life ending in a cloud of orange flames under the night sky.
At the lake and the outskirts, the ponyfolk cheered at their heroes once again. Fluttershy, Twilight and a winded Princess Luna smiled together, impressed by their heroism.
A few hours later, a large cloud hovered above one of the burning rooftops. With a mighty kick from a pegasus pony named Raindrop, rain poured down, extinguishing the flames. Despite the alien's attempt to incinerate the whole town, only a few buildings were affected, thanks to the Goseigers.
Fortunately, the Royal Fixers were there to help. They were a group of ponies trained to fix any kind of damages. Once exclusively workers within the Princesses' castle, they had now been assigned to fix the damage caused by the monsters. And they were very good at their jobs.
At the edge of town, four of the Guardia family members stood outside of their home, watching the repairs. Hyde was sleeping soundly in his room. He deserved it after all that he had been through for the day.
With the Guardias were Princess Luna and Fluttershy. Twilight Sparkle was with them a few minutes ago but she decided to go back to her home and write a letter for Celestia.
"S-Sorry for the damage to the town, your majesty…." Alata said with guilt. The others simply nodded and drooped their heads.
Luna smiled as she turned to them. "That is alright. Buildings can be fixed. You 5 saved everypony's lives. That's what's important." She said with a bigger grin.
The others raised their heads again and returned the smile.
'GRRREEHHHH'
Everyponies' ears perked up when they heard the noise. Out of the corner behind them, a certain red alien walked out of the shadows, red eyes piercing through the darkness.
Princess Luna gasped just like Hyde had the day before. Her wings shot out in anger. "You!" Everypony else looked at her confusedly.
The alien let out a chuckle. "Looks like your wounds have healed."
The night princess furled her wings, covering her clearly bandaged belly. She gritted her teeth in scorn.
That's all for now folks! Hope you enjoy the chapter. I'll try to update and make more original plotsw, plus making the interactions between characters better, Insya Allah :)
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