Chapter 5: Mason the Magnificent
At the High School, Logan and Jirou were standing at their lockers watching other students hang up a banner on the wall. Mason walked up and noticed the banner hanging on the wall. Mason's eyes then widened when he noticed something on the banner.
"No, he's not!" Mason said in frustration.
"Is something wrong?" Logan asked Mason.
"My father is going to be at the fall festival!" Mason told Logan.
"What's wrong with that?" Jirou asked Mason as he closed his locker.
"My dad is insane," Mason told Jirou.
"I think he's pretty cool," Logan said as he chuckled.
"You're only saying that because you're a dork just like him," Mason said to Logan.
"No, I'm saying that because he's a great magician," Logan said as he crossed his arms.
"Ah, so he's one of those guys who uses fake magic," Jirou said to Logan and Mason.
"Fake magic?" Logan said in confusion.
"What?" Jirou said to Logan.
"Jirou, there's no such thing as real magic," Mason said as he sighed.
"You should've seen what I saw four hundred years ago then," Jirou said as he walked away.
"Okay then?" Logan said in confusion.
"I need to talk to my father when I get home later," Mason said as he began walking away.
"Come on Mason!" Logan said in annoyance. "Just let it go!"
"No, he's not going to make me a laughing stock!" Mason shouted back at Logan as he walked away.
Later that day as school got out, Mason hurried off the school grounds and headed towards his house. Logan and Jirou walked outside the school and didn't see Mason anywhere around them.
"Man, he really took off quick," Logan said to Jirou.
"I guess let's head to the shop and wait on Mason there," Jirou said as he began walking down the steps.
"Shouldn't we wait on the girls?" Logan asked Jirou as he followed him.
"They'll be at the shop soon," Jirou said as he and Logan walked down the street.
"Well, I hope Mason can settle things with his dad at least," Logan said as he walked alongside Jirou.
Mason stormed up to a gate and pushed it open. Mason began following the path and came up to a large house. As Mason walked up to the front door, the door slowly came open on its own.
"Knock it off with the pranks!" Mason shouted as he walked inside.
A cloud of smoke instantly appeared behind Mason causing Mason to quickly turn around. A man walked out of the smoke and placed his hand on Mason's shoulder.
"So I assume you saw the news at school?" The man asked Mason.
"Oh yeah, I did dad," Mason said as he pushed his father's hand off his shoulder.
"It's going to be glorious!" Mason's father said as he smiled.
"No it's not, because you're not going to be there," Mason told his father.
"Says who?" Mason's father asked his son.
"Says me," Mason said as he walked up to his father and stared him in the eyes.
"You really think me doing this will hurt your reputation at the school?" Mason's father asked him.
"Yes dad, I do," Mason told his father. "You'll turn me into the guy with a magic dad,"
"Look son, this is my job," Mason's father said as he sat down in a chair nearby. "I need to make money for us,"
"No one cares about your fake magic," Mason said as he turned away.
"Magic isn't fake," Mason's father said to Mason.
"All you do is mind trick people!" Mason shouted at his father. "You hide things in your sleeves, that's it!"
Mason headed over towards the stairs and placed his hand on the railing.
"This is why mom left," Mason said to his father. "She was right when she said you cared more about your stupid hobby than your family,"
Mason ran up the stairs and left his father in silence. Mason's father sighed as he rose to his feet and walked off into another room.
Mason slammed his bedroom door behind him and walked over to his dresser and looked at himself in the mirror. Mason groaned in frustration and turned away from the mirror. As Mason sat down on his bed he heard someone knock on his door.
"Come in," Mason said as he slowly began calming down.
An old man in a black suit walked into the room and saw Mason sitting on his bed with a red face.
"What is it Ron?" Mason asked the old man.
"I see you and your father had another argument again," Ron said as he closed the door behind him.
"He doesn't care about anyone but himself and his stupid magic shows," Mason told Ron.
"Yes he can be quite annoying when he does that," Ron said as he sat down in a chair.
"How did grandpa react to this?" Mason asked Ron.
"Well he didn't care at all," Ron told Mason. "He just let Gregory be what he wanted to be,"
"Nothing ticked me off more than when dad used to tell me I would be like him," Mason said to Ron.
"Yes that was quite stupid of him," Ron said as he nodded. "He can't choose your future,"
"I just wish he would stop treating his magic shows like his favorite child," Mason said to Ron.
"Then maybe it's time to show him who his child really is," Ron said to Mason as he rose to his feet.
"What do you mean?" Mason asked Ron.
"Try talking to him, just without the arguing," Ron said as he opened the door.
"Thanks Ron," Mason said to Ron as Ron left the room.
Mason looked at himself in the mirror and sighed.
The next day at the school, many tents were being set up on the football field for the fall festival. In one of the end zones a stage was placed where the magic show would happen. Four of the Rangers were standing outside watching the people continue setting up the festivities while waiting on Mason to arrive at school.
"This year's festival is going to be amazing!" Beth said in excitement.
"Not to Mason," Logan said as he chuckled.
"He'll get over it in due time," Jirou said as he leaned on the fence.
"I really don't see the problem with his father being a magician," Jun said to the others.
"It's because his dad cares more about his job than he does Mason," Logan told Jun.
"Is that true?" Jun asked Logan in disbelief.
"Yeah, it even caused Mason's mom to move out," Logan said to Jun.
"That's awful!" Beth said in concern.
Mason suddenly walked up and caught the others' attention.
"Has my dad shown up yet?" Mason asked the others.
"No, I haven't seen him," Logan said to Mason.
"He wasn't at home when I left this morning," Mason told his friends. "I assumed he was already here,"
"He's probably around here somewhere," Jun said to Mason as the bell began ringing.
"Well we better get to class before we're late," Jirou said to the others as he walked away.
"Yeah, Ms. Kay would flip if we were late," Beth said to the others as they headed inside the school.
Out in the parking lot near a trailer to a truck, Greg was helping the men carry boxes off the truck. While the men were on the truck, a monster that looked like a kappa with fire extinguishers on its back suddenly appeared along with a group of Kudabots.
"Alright boys, let's get our boy Cosmo some views!" The monster shouted as Greg stepped off the trailer.
"What on Earth?" Greg said in confusion as he saw the monsters.
"Here's our first one to go slow-mo!" The monster shouted as he sprayed a mist at Greg.
Greg dropped the box he was holding to shield himself and was hit by the mist. Greg slowly opened his eyes and saw that he was moving very slowly.
"What happened to me?" Greg slowly said to himself as he continued moving very slowly.
"You've been sprayed by my magical mist," The monster said to Greg. "It slows down anything hit by it,"
The monster quickly ran off along with the Kudabots and left Greg by the trailer moving very slowly.
Inside the school, Mason was impatiently staring out a window as his teacher, Ms. Kay, came walking by. Ms. Kay placed a sheet of paper on Mason's desk and continued on past him.
"I know some of you are excited for the festival," Ms. Kay said to the students. "However, you can wait and finish this history test first,"
Ms. Kay placed a sheet of paper on Jirou's desk.
"Hopefully you studied Mr. Takayama," Ms. Kay said to Jirou. "I don't give new students a second chance,"
"What's her problem?" Jirou whispered to Logan next to him.
"She's always like this on test days," Logan whispered to Jirou.
"Good luck and you may begin," Ms. Kay said as she walked back to her desk.
Mason sighed and looked down at his test.
"This isn't going to be fun," Mason said to himself as he began working on his test.
A few hours later, the festival was completely set up and ready to go. People were standing in line at the tents to play the games. Other people were gathering up in front of the stage waiting for the magic show to begin. Mason walked up to the stage and saw no sign of his father.
"What's going on?" Mason wondered as he walked away from the stage.
Mason walked up to the others who were playing games at a tent and joined them.
"My dad is missing," Mason said to the others.
"Are you sure?" Jirou asked Mason as he threw a dart at a balloon on the wall.
The dart popped the balloon as Jirou turned towards Mason.
"I haven't seen him at all," Beth told Mason.
"Maybe he's still at his truck," Mason said to his friends as people began booing.
"What's happening now?" Jun said in confusion.
Mason looked over towards the stage and saw people booing at Ms. Kay on the stage.
"You guys go check the truck," Mason said to the others.
"What're you going to do?" Jirou asked Mason.
"I've got to help with something else real quick," Mason said as he walked away.
"Alright guys, let's get to the parking lot," Jirou said to the others as they ran off towards the parking lot.
Mason ran up onto the stage and walked over to Ms. Kay.
"Let me handle this," Mason whispered to Ms. Kay.
"Are you sure you can handle it?" Ms. Kay asked Mason.
"Until my father shows up, I hope so," Mason told Ms. Kay.
Mason walked behind the curtain and saw his father's hat and wand lying on a table.
"What the heck am I doing?" Mason asked himself as he grabbed the hat and wand.
"We want some magic!" A male student shouted from the crowd as the crowd began booing again.
The curtains suddenly came open and revealed Mason wearing his father's hat.
"Is that Mason?" A girl asked her friend in the crowd.
"Why is he on the stage?" A male student wondered.
"He looks like a dork!" Another male student shouted causing people in the crowd to begin laughing.
Mason looked down in frustration and began grasping the wand harder.
"I knew it," Mason said to himself. "They're making fun of me,"
Mason looked out at the crowd laughing at him and screamed in anger as he pointed the wand above the crowd. The wand suddenly began glowing and released a large dragon glowing blue that roared at the crowd loudly. The crowd went silent as the dragon disappeared. Mason's eyes widened as he dropped the wand.
"What just happened?" Mason said in confusion.
The crowd suddenly began cheering loudly for Mason as Mason stood motionless on the stage.
"What did I do?" Mason asked himself as he looked down at his hands.
"We want more!" The crowd began shouting continuously.
"They actually liked it," Mason said as he began smiling.
Mason knelt down and picked up the wand off the ground.
"Alright, let's get to the next trick!" Mason shouted to the crowd as he raised his arms into the air.
Jirou and the others quickly ran out into the parking lot and saw Kudabots toss Mason's dad into the back of his truck. As Jirou began running towards the truck, Slogre jumped out in front of him and startled him.
"If it isn't the power pukes!" Slogre shouted as he chuckled.
"Leave that man out of this," Jirou said to Slogre.
"Don't worry, he's the least of my worries now that you've shown up," Slogre told Jirou.
"Lock in guys," Jirou said as he placed his Power Star on his morpher.
The other Rangers locked their Power Stars in on their morphers stepped forward next to Jirou.
"Ninja Spin!" The Rangers shouted as they spun their Power Stars and activated their morphers.
The Rangers quickly morphed and ran towards Slogre.
"Kudabots!" Slogre shouted as he shot up into the air using the hoses from the tanks on his back.
Slogre landed on top of the truck as the Rangers began battling the Kudabots.
"Logan, get that truck open!" Jirou shouted at Logan as he struck a Kudabot with his sword.
"On it!" Logan shouted as he ran towards the truck.
Logan struck the latch on the truck causing the door to fly open.
"Help!" Gregory shouted very slowly as Logan climbed into the back.
"Whoa, he's moving in slow motion for some reason," Logan said as he approached Mason's father.
"Here, you give it a try!" Slogre shouted as he jumped into the back of the truck.
"Huh?" Logan said in confusion as he turned around and was blasted by the mist from Slogre.
"Logan!" Jun shouted as she watched Slogre jump out of the truck.
"Your friend won't be helping anymore," Slogre said as he snickered.
"I'll handle the turtle," Beth said as she struck a Kudabot out of the way and began running towards Slogre.
"Stop, you don't know what he's capable of!" Jirou shouted at Beth as he jumped on top of a car to get away from the Kudabots.
Beth swung her sword at Slogre and missed as Slogre flew into the air.
"Take it slow White Ranger!" Slogre shouted as he fired a stream a mist down at Beth.
The mist hit Beth causing her to begin moving slowly before Jun and Jirou.
"Watch out for that mist," Jirou said to Jun as he struck a Kudabot near her with his Battle Morpher in Bow Mode.
"I know!" Jun shouted as she pulled out her Ninja Blaster and shot multiple Kudabots far away from her.
"You're next pink!" Slogre shouted at Jun as he landed behind her.
Jun gasped as she quickly rolled away from Slogre.
"Sorry, slow and steady isn't my style," Jun said as she placed her Element Star on her sword.
Jun stabbed her sword into the ground causing rocks to shoot out of the ground in front of her. Jun began striking the rocks and sent them flying towards Slogre. The rocks hit Slogre one after another and barley fazed him as he continued making his way towards Jun.
"It didn't do anything!" Jun said in disbelief.
Slogre shot a blast of mist at Jun and missed as Jun jumped back away from Slogre.
"Oh, you're going to be a pain!" Slogre said in frustration as he began running towards Jun.
Slogre fired mist from the hoses of the tanks on his back causing him to speed towards Jun. Jirou struck down the last Kudabot with his Battle Morpher in Claw Mode and saw Slogre heading straight at Jun.
"Stop him!" Beth shouted very slowly.
Jun sidestepped causing Slogre to speed past her. After Slogre crashed into the side of a car, Jun noticed the mist from Slogre's tanks landed on her.
"No!" Jirou said as Jun began moving slowly.
"Oh no!" Jun said very slowly as Slogre rose back to his feet.
"Looks like you're all that's left red," Slogre said to Jirou as he turned towards him.
"This is too risky on my own," Jirou said to himself as he placed his Element Star on his sword.
Jirou's sword began glowing as he swung his sword while Slogre was still not near him.
"What was that?" Slogre said in confusion.
A pan suddenly fell from the sky and hit Slogre on the head causing Slogre to grab his head in pain.
"What kind of technique was that?" Slogre said in pain as he grasped his head.
Slogre looked over and saw that Jirou was gone.
"That stupid ninja tricked me!" Slogre shouted in frustration.
Slogre then looked over towards the others and saw them slowly making their way towards him.
"At least I still got you three," Slogre said to the Rangers.
Back at the festival, Mason was still performing in front of a crowd. Jirou ran towards the stage with Slogre chasing after him from above. Mason noticed Slogre flying in the air and quickly pulled out his wand.
"Looks like this will be my final trick," Mason said to the crowd as the wand began glowing.
Mason aimed the wand at Slogre in the air and sent another glowing blue dragon flying out of his wand.
"What is that?" Slogre said in confusion as he saw the dragon flying towards him.
Slogre dodged the dragon and crashed down onto a tent. The crowd began cheering as Jirou ran behind the stage.
"That's all for today!" Mason shouted as he bowed to the crowd while backing towards the curtains.
Mason walked through the curtains and saw Jirou breathing heavily.
"What's going on?" Mason asked Jirou.
"That monster got the others," Jirou told Mason. "He has some kind of power that slows down his targets,"
"That's not good," Mason said in concern.
"He's also the reason why your dad's been missing," Jirou told Mason.
"Is he at least okay?" Mason asked Jirou.
"He didn't seem to be hurt at all," Jirou said to Mason. "Just slow from that guy's mist,"
People on the other side of the curtain began screaming. Jirou looked through the curtain and saw Slogre emerge from the destroyed tent.
"I know you're hiding back there Red Ranger!" Slogre shouted as he walked towards the stage.
"Looks like it's time for my second act," Mason said as he pulled out his morpher and Power Star.
"Let's save the others and your father," Jirou said to Mason.
"Ninja Spin!" Mason shouted as he quickly spun his Power Star on his morpher and morphed.
"Your magic tricks won't save you this time!" Slogre shouted as the curtain slowly began opening.
On the other side of the curtain, Jirou and Mason were standing side by side ready for action.
"Ah, so you ran off to go find the Blue Ranger," Slogre said to Jirou.
"You're going to pay for what you did to my father and our friends," Mason said to Slogre as his Ninja Star Blade appeared in his right hand.
"That's only if you can fight through my mist," Slogre said to Mason as he chuckled.
"You distract him," Jirou said to Mason. "I think I know where the mist comes from,"
"Alright, good luck," Mason said to Jirou.
Mason leapt off the stage and quickly began running towards Slogre.
"You're such an imbecile!" Slogre shouted as he fired a blast of mist towards Mason.
Mason quickly jumped over the mist cloud and kicked Slogre causing him to crash onto a table behind him.
"That was a lucky shot," Slogre said as he rose back to his feet.
"There's more to come," Mason said as he began running towards Slogre.
Slogre stomped his right foot on the ground and prepared for Mason to attack. Mason ran up to Slogre and kicked him once again. Slogre began laughing as Mason just fell to the ground.
"It's like I hit a brick wall!" Mason said in astonishment.
Slogre struck Mason in the chest with a palm strike and sent Mason crashing into nearby tent. Mason rose back to his feet as Slogre began laughing at him.
"I'm not holding back this time," Mason said as he stepped out of the destroyed tent.
Mason placed his Element Star on his sword and quickly activated it.
"Ninja Element Star, Water Mode!" Mason shouted as his sword began glowing.
"You need to slow down!" Slogre shouted as he fired a blast of mist at Mason.
Mason spun his sword around in a circle and created a water shield in front of him that began blocking the mist.
"What's this?" Slogre said in confusion as Mason blocked the mist.
"Now's my chance!" Jirou shouted as he leapt of the top of a tent.
Jirou looked down at Slogre's back and saw the two tanks.
"Ninja Stars!" Jirou shouted as he threw two red ninja stars at Slogre.
The ninja stars struck Slogre's tanks on his back causing them to explode.
"My tanks!" Slogre shouted as a cloud of mist surrounded him.
Jirou landed next to Mason and watched as the mist cloud began fading.
"Damn you!" Slogre shouted slowly as he moved very slowly.
"Let's end him!" Jirou said as he pulled out his Ninja Star Blade.
Mason and Jirou placed their Power Stars on their swords and spun the stars.
"Red and Blue Steel Slash!" Jirou and Mason shouted as they began moving around Slogre at intense speed striking him repeatedly with their Ninja Star Blades.
Jirou and Mason instantly landed safely in front of Slogre as Slogre slowly fell to the ground and exploded.
"Show's over," Mason said as he twirled his sword around.
Over in the parking lot, the other Rangers returned to normal now being able to move normally. Mason's father walked out of the back of the truck trailer and saw the Rangers standing outside.
"Are you alright sir?" Logan asked Greg.
"Yeah, thanks to you guys," Greg said as he nodded.
"Then get somewhere safe," Jun said to Greg. "It's about to get worse,"
The Rangers ran off towards the festival and left Greg in the parking lot.
"My show!" Greg shouted in horror.
Inside of Cosmo's ship the crowd was roaring loudly as Cosmo stepped out onto the stage chuckling to himself. Cosmo grabbed a microphone and spun around in a circle as the Kudabots brought out the console.
"It already sounds like you want Slogre to have another go at the Rangers!" Cosmo shouted as the crowd continued cheering.
Cosmo walked over to the console and prepared to hit the button.
"Let me hear you one more time!" Cosmo shouted to the crowd. "Does Slogre deserve one more shot?"
The crowd cheered even louder causing Cosmo to begin laughing.
"Then he shall gigantify!" Cosmo shouted as he slammed his hand down on one of the buttons.
Out on the football field, Logan, Beth and Jun ran up to Mason and Jirou and saw that Slogre was gone.
"You guys actually beat him!" Logan said in amazement.
"It's not over yet," Mason said to Logan as he saw something coming down from the sky.
A large blast struck the ground where Slogre was destroyed causing the Rangers to jump away.
"Get ready to summon the zords," Jirou said to the others as Slogre's body began reforming.
Slogre instantly grew and towered over the school and the Rangers.
"Catch me if you can power pests!" Slogre shouted as he blasted off using his tanks.
"He's heading towards the city!" Beth said to the others.
"We won't be able to catch him in the zords," Jun said to everyone.
"No, but I can," Mason said as he pulled out his Zord Star.
"You can't handle him with just the Dragon Zord," Jirou told Mason.
"Then let's try something else," Mason said to Jirou as he nodded.
"What do you mean?" Logan asked Mason.
"I'm sure our Megazord has a few tricks up its sleeves," Mason said to the other Rangers as he placed his Zord Star on his Ninja Star Blade.
"I hope you're right," Jirou said as he placed his Zord Star on his sword.
The other Rangers quickly placed their Zord Stars on their swords.
"Summon Zords!" The Rangers shouted as they spun the Power Stars. "Out of the Shadows!"
The Ranger's zords instantly appeared before them and quickly took off towards the city as each Ranger boarded their zord.
"Alright, what's your plan Mason?" Jirou asked Mason as the Robo Red Zord ran down the street with Jirou on its shoulder.
"Well, it's not really a plan," Mason told Jirou as the Dragon Zord flew by the Robo Red Zord overhead. "It's more of an assumption,"
Slogre landed on the ground in the city and began striking buildings around him with palm strikes.
"I will make sure this city turns to rubble!" Slogre shouted as he spun around and struck another building.
"Found him!" Beth shouted as her Kodiak Zord leapt at Slogre and struck him with the kunai in its mouth.
"You stupid dog!" Slogre shouted as he swung at the Kodiak Zord.
The Kodiak Zord jumped away and landed back in one of the Zoom Zord's compartments.
"Let me take over this time," Mason said to Jirou as he rode by on his Dragon Zord.
"Alright, hopefully this works," Jirou said as the Robo Red Zord came riding up in the back of the Nitro Zord.
"Let's bring them together!" Mason shouted as he spun the Zord Star on his sword.
Each of the Ranger's zords began glowing. The Nitro Zord quickly combined with the Zoom Zord and Kodiak Zord forming the upper and lower body of the Megazord.
"Take over the left arm!" Mason shouted at Jirou.
"On it!" Jirou said as the Robo Red Zord transformed into an arm and connected to the Megazord.
"Dragon Zord coming in!" Mason shouted as the tail and wings detached from the Dragon Zord.
The Dragon Zord backed into the open compartment on the Megazord's upper body as the wings and tail attached on the back. A large Dragon Zord Power Star attached onto the head of the Dragon Zord and transformed into a larger head. The Rangers suddenly appeared in the cockpit with Mason standing in the middle.
"Ninja Steel Megazord, Dragon Formation!" Mason shouted as the Megazord roared loudly.
"The Megazord did have another mode!" Logan said in amazement.
"I don't care how many looks your walking pile of trash has!" Slogre shouted at the Rangers. "You still can't catch me!"
Slogre blasted off into the air.
"Now what do we do?" Beth asked the others.
"Go after him," Mason said as the Megazord flew off into the air after Slogre.
"Incredible!" Jirou said in disbelief as the Megazord went after Slogre.
Slogre looked over his shoulder and saw the Megazord catching up to him.
"Looks like I need to speed up!" Slogre said as he chuckled. "Or they need to slow down,"
Slogre turned towards the Megazord and blasted a cloud of mist towards them.
"That's not working this time!" Mason shouted as the Megazord flapped its wings and blew the mist away.
"Impossible!" Slogre shouted as the Megzord continued flying towards him.
"Dragon Tail Whip!" Mason shouted as the Megazord slammed its tail against Slogre.
Slogre crashed to the ground outside of the city in a grassy terrain. The Megazord then landed down near Slogre.
"This isn't looking good for me," Slogre said to himself.
"Now for the grand finale!" Mason shouted as the Megazord's mouth began glowing.
"Dragon Lightning!" The Rangers shouted as the Megazord fired a powerful blast into the ground.
The ground began cracking in front of the Megazord and quickly moved towards Slogre. As the crack reached Slogre, a blast of lightning erupted from the ground incinerating Slogre in an instant.
"And just like that, show's over," Mason said as the others cheered next to him.
A few minutes later the Rangers returned to the festival and were helping clean up the mess caused by Slogre. Jirou placed a handful of garbage into a garbage can and noticed Mason's father walking towards him and the others.
"Hey Mason," Jirou said to Mason.
Mason looked over and saw his father walking towards him.
"I heard what you did," Greg said to Mason.
"Someone had to do something," Mason said as he continued cleaning.
"I just didn't think you would do it since you moved away from doing magic as you grew up," Greg told Mason.
"Look dad, I might not want to be a full blown magician like you, but I still know the things you taught me," Mason told his father.
"Well, if you ever want to help me, you're welcome to," Greg said as he put his hand on Mason's shoulder.
"Only if I get to saw you in half," Mason said as he smiled.
"I don't know about that," Greg said as he chuckled.
"I haven't seen those two laugh together in a long time," Logan said to the others.
"It's good that they're closer together now," Jun said as she helped Beth with the garbage.
Jirou looked over at Mason and his father enjoying being together. A tear ran down Jirou's cheek as he turned away.
"I miss you too dad," Jirou said to himself as he carried a garbage bag away.
On Cosmo's ship, Ripcon walked into the control room and saw no one was there. Ripcon then left the room and headed down the hallway and came up to another door. Ripcon quickly opened the door and saw a woman standing in the room.
"Where did you come from?" Ripcon asked the woman as he pulled out one of his swords.
"Easy you moron," Ms. Kay said as she turned around.
Ms. Kay suddenly transformed into Madame Odius in front of Ripcon.
"It's only me," Madame Odius told Ripcon.
"Odius, why were you a human just then?" Ripcon asked Madame Odius.
"It's a new trick of mine," Madame Odius told Ripcon. "I'm using it to keep my eyes on the Rangers,"
"Ah, I see," Ripcon said as he put his sword away.
"Those Rangers are growing even closer together by the day," Madame Odius told Ripcon. "If we want those Power Stars, we need to hurry and stop them before it's too late,"
"Don't worry, we'll think of something," Ripcon said as he turned back towards the door.
As Ripcon left the room, Madame Odius turned towards a poster of Cosmo on her wall.
"Oh, I've already thought of something," Madame Odius said as she snickered and pulled out the Gold Power Star.