*Pikatwig was watching some Kyuuranger footage and had a big doofy smile*
KKD: Yo. What up?
Pikatwig: Funny bit from Kyuuranger.
KKD: Ok… *watches clip*
Pikatwig: Wait for it…
KKD: *sees line* …Huh… well, since it's unsubbed, I don't QUITE get it yet, but I want to.
Pikatwig: ...there was a Sailor Moon reference.
KKD: Oh! Right! *slaps head* Duh! The "Moon Kyu Energy, Make Up" bit.
Pikatwig: I love it! It's so fitting.
KKD: I can see that.
Pikatwig: So, it means both female Kyuurangers have made references to Sailor Moon at some point.
KKD: Funny how that works.
Pikatwig: Also… latest episode of Kyuuranger had the first trailer for Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger vs. Keisatsu Sentai Patrolranger. Kyuuranger is officially ending on February 4th… which sadly means… we'll need to be saying goodbye to the kyuukyoku no kyuuseishu soon…
KKD: Shame. We were having such a great time with them.
Pikatwig: Nine Ultimate Savoirs… plus allies… you will be missed.
*The two lowered their heads and stood for a moment. Eventually, they both got bonked on the back of the head with Star Spheres*
Pikatwig: ...ow.
KKD: What the heck was THAT for?
Off-Screen Guy: Get on with it! *walks off*
Pikatwig: ...alright. Anyway… with the confirmed ending date, we're gonna get four more episodes. So… 48 episodes of Sentai footage, maybe the movie, the seven henshin lessons, the four High School Wars, Episode of Stinger, maybe Chou Taisen… that will give us… about 62 things of Kyuuranger to work with.
KKD: That's a lot of material.
Pikatwig: Sadly, not among that number… Kyuuranger/Zyuohger team-up. Boo.
KKD: Uh… ok?
Pikatwig: Kinda lame. *sighs sadly* Whatever.
KKD: …
Pikatwig: And now… onto something kinda strange. So, Boom Studios has been doing Power Ranger comics for a while now. They're setting up a big event comic called 'Shattered Grid' for the 25th anniversary… and, in some promotional art for the event, was ChameleonGreen. She's behind the Ninja Steel Rangers in the artwork.
KKD: Spoiler much? We don't even know if Kyuuranger is gonna be adapted yet. I mean, yea, it's more likely than Zyuohger in my mind since America helped out in creating Kyuuranger, but still!
Pikatwig: The area where the artwork was shown mentioned it IS subject to change. ...also… *glares* ...what was that about Zyuohger?
KKD: Nothing!
Pikatwig: That's what I thought. Anyhow… today's episode will have no Sentai footage. Original plotline is original! ...well… there will be a scene from one of the henshin lessons, but no direct episode of Kyuuranger.
KKD: Well, that'll make things a bit easier on us.
Pikatwig: Well… let's begin.
Disclaimers: Neither Pikatwig nor KKD Silver own the rights to anything used in here except for any original content within. The rest belong to Saban Brands, Toei, NamcoBandai, and their respective owners.
"So… Orange has been kidnapped…" Hokulele stated as he was working on putting the cloaking substance on the Cygnus, Hercules and Andromeda Star Spheres.
-Leave him. He hurt the ladies here and he deserves to pay,- Bullbot stated angrily.
-Hey, uh… remember he's still got the Scorpius Star Sphere…- Theta reminded as the others were all still licking their wounds a bit, -We gotta rescue him, like it or not.-
"Right…" Doggie nodded.
Theta then walked on over to Bala to give the golden robot a new morpher.
-Thanks.-
-You're welcome. But… please don't get it stolen… we've had a really bad string of luck with those being stolen…-
"...the idiot and the orange guy stole one… that's two…" Connie pointed out.
-Two others were stolen before the raid on the base on Eltar. We don't know how they got stolen, but they were… at least that's what I think. The Commander claims the Morphers 'went to the stars who needed them' or some nonsense like that.-
"Sounds a bit silly…" Vul stated.
"I think it makes sense," Hoku admitted.
"Well, you're the one who keeps saying that stars can smile or some childish nonsense like that…" Iolana stated.
"Oi!" Hoku yelled.
"Whatcha gonna do about it? Tell your mo-" Iolana began, but her mouth was quickly covered by Connie and Mako.
"Don't give him ideas!" the two yelled.
Iolana looked confused about this, but then quickly remember how Karone had twisted her arm a while back and simply nervously scooted away from Hoku.
-For now… I'll begin scans to locate Orange. You guys try and relax a little in the meantime.-
"Right…- the group nodded.
(Theme Song: Go, Fly, Win, by Ron Wasserman)
When you need a hero to protect the place you live
Fighting Monsters all around who try to get within
Awesome power, no surrender, Rangers never fall.
Look to the sky as they arrive, when you hear this ca~ll~...
Go! Power Ranger!
Fly! Power Ranger!
Win! Power Ranger
Here we go!
Go! Power Ranger!
Fly! Power Ranger!
Win! Power Ranger!
Here we go!
Power Rangers Star Defenders
Episode 07: Rescue Task
Toxin growled as he watched SiniSting look over the Scorpius Star Sphere and his Comet Morpher.
"Fascinating pieces of technology…" SiniSting commented as he inspected the Comet Morpher in particular, "The rebellion on Eltar supposedly invented these… quite the impressive feat, considering their connection to the Morphin' Grid and one of the first Power Rangers in existence…"
"Will you shut up?!" Toxin groaned, "If you're gonna kill me, go ahead and do it already."
"Why would I do that? I was given orders to keep you alive… for a while."
"I don't know about any rebellion or anything!"
"I got no clue why the bosses wanted you alive… they just wanted you alive."
"Can't believe he got all the credit for taking the Orange Star Defender Ranger captive…" Sagittarrow growled, "Sagittarow… killer of enemies to the New United Alliance of Evil, including several Power Rangers… now mopping up a floor!"
Aquana walked on over and began to laugh a bit at him, "That's what happens when you fail to actually catch the Ranger…"
"...excuse me. He beat me to the punch!"
"Doesn't matter. The results came out the same."
Sagittarrow growled as he walked in a different direction from the octopus general.
Bullbot stared a bit at a table as he thought about how effortlessly the Orange Star Defender Ranger had kicked the group's collective butts. Doggie walked on in to see him just sitting there.
"...hey," Doggie greeted.
-What?- Bullbot groaned.
"I was just thinking about that fight…" Doggie sighed as he gripped a railing, "...we got knocked around… bad."
-No kidding. But…- Bullbot stated as he got up and walked to Doggie's side, -Maybe you and I can train to make sure our butts aren't kicked so hard next time.-
"Nice idea. Let's get to it."
-I know where we can train without getting bothered. Come on!-
The two now stood on a beach across from each other.
-Go all out, Doggie. We gotta be as ready as possible!- Bullbot called out.
"Gotcha. Well, let's go all out!" Doggie yelled.
"Star Spin!- they yelled.
=LUPUS/TAURUS STAR SPHERE!=
=SAY THE CHANGE!=
"Star Defenders…- they started as they posed before pulling the triggers, "Awaken!-
The two then morphed into their Ranger forms, posing, ready for action once in suit.
"Blue… Star Defender Ranger!"
-Black… Star Defender Ranger!-
They stood staring for a bit before they charged forward. Blue jumped into the air only to get swatted aside by Black, sending him tumbling on the sand as the two of them continued their training by firing energy from their Morphers at each-other.
At that moment, Connie was walking along the beach with her thoughts on what would happen when they rescued the last member of the team.
'Well… given how the idiot is… an idiot…I'm going to have to lead this team since he clearly can't seem to focus…'
She simply continued to walk along as she minded her own business.
"So… what's this book here?" Vul asked as he saw Hoku looking over a book that had numerous colors on it.
"Book about various Power Ranger teams. It apparently logged every team since the Mighty Moprhin' Rangers first appeared…" Hoku commented as he opened it up and looked through some pages and showing off the different teams and various parts about the history of the teams.
"Wow…"
-You could get some big money for that, I bet…- Bala commented.
"Bala, this isn't something you can just sell," Hoku said with a glare, "This book is magic."
-Even more reason we could get more money from it!-
Hoku just took the book and walked to his room with a sigh, "These people…"
"You ready to wrap this up?" Blue asked.
-Yea!-
They both pulled back on the Star Spheres.
=GALAXY!=
They both prepared the second triggers and aimed their morpher's blasters at each-other. The energy began to charge in their morphers before…
"Hey, idiots!" Connie yelled as she walked over.
"Huh?" Blue blinked.
-Hi cutie!- Black cheered.
"What are you two doing?"
The two just looked dumbstruck, unsure of what to say.
"...WELL?!"
-Training!- Black quickly responded.
Connie just looked at her two team-mates before she just walked off in an annoyed huff.
"...did we do something wrong?" Blue asked.
-Knowing the cutie… she's just being her usual self. Stuck-up and abrasive… and I love it!- Black cheered.
"...k…" Blue blinked as he walked off.
SiniSting watched as Skullstal entered with two other monsters. The first one was mostly silver, trimmed with gold with blue and purple (as seen in its gloves and cape), but its right arm held some kind of massive launcher with a red and yellow tip that looked like a rocket. The second one was a larger beast in grey with gold accents, had only one eye but a massive amount of teeth, had gears on its shoulders and held two massive hammers.
"Brushir and Forge… what exactly brings you two here?" SiniSting inquired.
"We're here on a top secret project for Dark Specter," Brushir informed.
"Now, please go back to your post of watching that Ranger…" Skullstal told him.
SiniSting just nodded and walked off to his post.
Theta continued her scans for any sign of the Scorpius Star Sphere, but it was hard to get a signal. She let out a sigh as she just continued her efforts while the other rangers just continued to relax. Suddenly, a small signal appeared on the map, giving her confirmation about the location, -Alright!-
She quickly pressed a button on the console and smiled, -Rangers! I found the signal of the Star Sphere. Our Scorpius user is in on the planet Hercuron!-
"On our way to the ship!" Hoku said quickly.
Unbeknownst to the Rangers, somebody was flying in a spaceship nearby Hercuron. A black-armored figure observed the planet before noticing something glow. He simply waited for the right moment...
"We managed to get everything we needed from you, Ranger…" SiniSting informed Toxin as he grabbed the Ranger, "And I got permission to kill you anyway I please…"
Toxin just growled in annoyance.
"SIR!" an Advanced Invaker yelled as he headed into the room, "Something is attacking our forces!"
"Do you know what it is?"
"No! Whatever it is, it's to quick for us to find it!"
SiniSting groaned as he walked after the Advanced Invaker, leaving Toxin bound to a pole of sorts.
The Rangers were soon in the space above the the planet.
-Ok Rangers. We're gonna need to move quickly if we're gonna pull this off. Looking over the possibilities of action, I have determined the best course of action is to have the team to rescue the Orange Star Defender Ranger be Mako, Iolana and Connie. The rest of you will serve as a diversion in the Megazord.-
"Oq," Iolana nodded.
"...uh… oq?" Hoku added.
"...don't say it…" Iolana growled.
"Yes ma'am…"
"How many of our men are down?" SiniSting demanded to know.
"Looks like almost all of the Invakers on this planet are dead…" another Advanced Invaker informed.
"Must be those Rangers trying a rescue effort…" SiniSting figured before the ground rumbled. He turned up to see the Star Defender Megazord, with the Ophiuchus Star Zord as the right arm, Libra Star Zord as the left arm, Taurus Star Zord as the right leg and Lupus Star Zord as the left leg, and he growled, "...deal with any Rangers on the ground! I'm going to deal with that pesky Megazord!"
The Advanced Invaker saluted before running off in a hurry.
The Green, Pink and Yellow Star Defender Rangers landed and began to look around the base.
"Huh… this is… odd…" Pink commented, "Shouldn't it be swarming with guards?"
"If you jinxed that…" Green grumbled as they continued onwards.
Unknown to them, somebody else was dealing with the guards, knocking them out quickly and quietly.
SiniSting's Megazord stood tall and ready for combat against the Rangers in the Megazord.
"Here we go… ready guys?" the Red Star Defender Ranger asked.
"Yea…" Silver nodded.
"Ready when you are!" Blue yelled.
The Megazord charged forward, bashing SiniSting's with the wheel on the Liba Star Zord acting like a buzzsaw, and kicking at it. SiniSting just growled as his Megazord fired bullets at the Star Defender Megazord. The Megazord, however, deflected the shots via the Libra Star Zord.
"Let's try something…" Silver commented as he had his Zord move and chomp onto the gun, gripping it tight enough to prevent it from shooting.
"Nice thinking!" Red yelled as he moved the Megazord and managed to yank the gun off of StiniSting's Megazord "Alright!"
"...alright… an arm for an arm!" SiniSting yelled.
Toxin groaned a bit as he just remained tied up to the pole. He attempted to break himself out, but was unsuccessful. He then heard the door collapse inwards and turned to see the Yellow, Pink, and Green Rangers.
"Bonjour, stinger boy," Yellow greeted as he walked over and sliced him free of the restraints.
"...my name is Toxin…" he growled as he grabbed his Morpher and two Star Spheres, "Thankfully, those scientists just left my Morpher here…"
"Your Morpher?" Pink blinked.
He nodded, slapping it on, and then began to head for the door.
"Hold up!" Green yelled, "You need to come with us, old guy!"
Toxin simply turned to the Green Star Defender Ranger with an annoyed look on his face, "Don't call me old. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to get out of here...
"We saved you, you ungrateful old man!" Green angrily told him, "You owe us!"
The elder man simply stood there for a moment before he realized that Green had a point. He sighed and turned back to the group.
"...fine…" he groaned as he grabbed his two Star SPheres and headed outside. The other Rangers quickly followed him out of the base.
SiniSting's Megazord managed to successfully tear the Libra Star Zord out of its place. SiniSting's Megazord quickly began to fire at the Megazord before it got stabbed in the leg.
"Huh?" Red blinked.
=SCORPIUS STAR ZORD!=
The orange scorpion zord scurried onto the battlefield and blasted at SiniSting's Megazord.
"Oh… I got an idea!" Red smiled as he pulled his Star Sphere to the right.
=SAY THE COMBINATION!=
The Scorpius Star Zord then quickly mounted into the left arm's socket and the Megazord posed.
=STAR DEFENDER MEGAZORD!=
"Back into action!" Red yelled as he had the Megazord rush in and bash SiniSting's Megazord with the spikes alongside the Scorpius Star Zord.
"Oi! Why'd you bring my Zord into this?!" Orange yelled.
"...because you were here…" Red responded.
"...idiot…" Orange sighed before he just reached for the controls, "Whatever. If it'll help me take down the New United Alliance of Evil, then I don't care."
"Alright. Let's do it!"
With that, the Megazord continued to attack the opposing Megazord. SiniSting tried to counter their attacks, but the Megazord managed to outspeed it.
"This is for the people of Sirius!" Blue yelled as he kicked the enemy Megazord back.
-Nice kick!- Black cheered.
"Indeed…" Silver nodded.
"...do you people ever shut up?" Orange groaned.
"Sorry! Just… well…" Red began to respond before Orange bonked Red's sphere with his Zord, "Hey!"
"...let's just finish this…"
"Right…" Red nodded.
=SUPER GALAXY!=
"Star Defender Bullet Bite!-
The Scorpius Star Zord quickly launched several missiles at SiniSting's Megazord before it sped over and bit off the other arm of SiniSting's Megazord. The opposing Megazord quickly changed back to its spaceship form to try and fall back. The ship managed to get out of the reach of the Megazord and fly off in a hurry.
The group was now back on their ship and they managed to bring Toxin onboard.
"Welcome to the team, Toxin!" Hoku cheered.
-...I refuse to have this man in the team…- Bullbot growled.
"HUH?- the others, bar Toxin and Connie, gawked.
-He hurt the cuties. That is an unforgivable act in my book.-
"...you are a Dumbot…" Toxin groaned as he walked away from the control room and to the exit.
"Old doofus…" Connie growled, "Let him get himself killed…"
-We need all nine of you if we want any chance of winning this war you know!- Theta quickly said.
"...He may need to come around on his own…" Vul figured.
"You let the Rangers escape?!" Insidior yelled via a communicator.
"They heavily damaged my ship. I was forced to retreat…"
Insidior sent electrical energy at SiniSting and forced him back.
"...there are now nine Rangers… they are an even greater threat now more than ever…"
"That may be, but we'll see if the nine of them can actual unite for their goal…" Sagittarrow mused as he walked over.
"Ah. There's a rift amongst their ranks. We can exploit this…" Insidior figured, "Sagittarrow, be on standby. SiniSting… get mopping."
Sagittarrow passed off the mop and headed off, leaving SiniSting to growl in annoyance.
A smaller Dark Specter looked at some schematics that the two scientists made and simply had a big grin as he looked at them…
Pikatwig: We managed to get one last chapter out before the end of Kyuuranger. Yosha!
KKD: Lucky! *gets look* ...what?
Pikatwig: Nothing.
KKD: Right… anyway, we got another installment finished, and things are getting intense.
Pikatwig: As we see with whatever Dark Specter is looking at… certainly a wonder.
KKD: Yea, and it's clear Toxin's not exactly keen on joining the team as of yet.
Pikatwig: Yep. We'll see what happens with that next time.
LupinRed: Yo. *walks over* Either of you see the space guy I gotta meet for that thing?
Pikatwig: No.
KKD: No, sorry.
*LupinRed just walked off*
Pikatwig: ...alright. That was weird.
KKD: Yea…
Pikatwig: So… the final episode of Kyuuranger is nearing. 'Space Final: Echo of the Universe! Yosha Lucky!'. ...hard to believe Kyuuranger's gonna be over soon.
KKD: Yea, that's nuts to consider.
Pikatwig: It'll be time to say goodbye… *sniffles a little* ...are you gonna cry when we see the ending? I think I might…
KKD: Possibly. *sighs* It's gonna be tough for us… on the plus side, we'll have a solid number stock footage to work with.
Pikatwig: Star Defenders will continue into this year and we are gonna do something for the 25th anniversary for Power Rangers. We have plans. We'll see how Ninja Steel's second half handles that… given the questionable appearance of Sledge in the first episode.
KKD: Huh? What's he doing in Ninja Steel?
Pikatwig: Turns out… the black hole didn't actually kill him and his forces. They got teleported into another dimension. ...which means Dino Charge is an alternate dimension like RPM was.
KKD: Oh… wow. That's nuts.
Pikatwig: For the record… Sledge wasn't there for even ten minutes. …*just sighs* Anyway… we're gonna figure out how to work the knowledge of Dino Charge being a separate dimension in due time…
KKD: I'm sure we can figure it out.
Pikatwig: Oh… something worth mentioning… Sledge brought some prisoners with him to the Warrior Dome when he went to get the meteor that crashed into it. The prisoners? The Ninninger general voiced by the same person as Sailor Moon, the Kurliner, and the monster that came from the combination of a Viral Core and Sealing Shuriken.
KKD: Huh. That's interesting.
Pikatwig: Yea. So… the monster from the Drive/Ninninger crossover… makes it the first monster to be from a Kamen Rider/Super Sentai crossover that was in Power Rangers. Neat.
KKD: Yea.
Pikatwig: Oh… two other things I wanna mention. The planet the Rangers were on? It's from In Space.
KKD: Alright.
Pikatwig: And Orange's comment about the Rangers constantly talking while in the Megazord… that's kinda meant as commentary on how some fight scenes in Power Rangers will have the Rangers keep talking and not shut it.
KKD: I get ya.
Pikatwig: Yea. ...onto favorite parts. You?
KKD: That's a toughie… hmm… I guess it'd have to be the final battle.
Pikatwig: Yea, the Megazord fight was pretty cool. Cool little fact… that mecha combination of Silver, Orange, Black and Blue wasn't in any of the Sentai footage.
KKD: Huh. Interesting. Didn't know that.
Pikatwig: If this was a show, you'd be able to tell from the camera footage. American-made footage has a slight difference from the Sentai footage. It's hard to describe… just… something about the suits look different…
KKD: Right.
Pikatwig: So… anything else you wanna mention?
KKD: No, I think that's about it for now.
Pikatwig: So… we have something of a road map for how Star Defenders is gonna turn out. The episode number is looking to be 62… plus an April Fool's Day special. You'll see what I mean when we get there.
KKD: Gotcha. It's looking fun to say the least.
Pikatwig: ...this month is looking to be the end of space heroes. Kyuuranger ends in a few days and Star Wars Rebels is getting set to air its final couple of episodes.
KKD: Ok…
Pikatwig: …*looks up to the sky and sees the Kyuuranger symbol* ...c'est… la vie… *gives the Kyuuranger salute* Sayonara… Kyuurangers…
KKD: *Salutes the Kyuuranger salute* Sayonara.
Pikatwig: Just Live More.
KKD: Jaa ne.