"Skelderon, I have had enough and ran out of patience. No more games." Drevis said as he was very displeased. "I want the rangers destroyed!"
"We're trying our best, Father." Skelderon claimed.
"Your best is not good enough!" Drevis claimed.
"Father, we are trying. We even had the likes of Queen Bansheera in our forces without knowing it, but even she wasn't enough." Toxa said.
"And what have you even done?!" Drevis shouted. "Skelderon has acted as the leader! Jinsin brought the defeated monsters! Even Lecar has done more than you have, Toxa! What exactly have you done?! You're useless!" Toxa was greatly hurt by what her father said. "Find someone who can destroy those rangers! This is your last chance!" He warned them before the flames vanished. Toxa was greatly offended by what her father said, and she feels that there's been some truth to it.
"Toxa, don't let Father get to you." Lecar said. "He's just upset over how he haven't defeated the rangers."
"But he's right. What have I done?" Toxa said. "I haven't done anything to try and destroy the rangers, and I need to do my part."
"She's right there. Lecar's the muscle and even he has done more than Toxa has." Jinsin claimed, but Skelderon and Lecar glared at him and told him to keep his mouth shut.
"You'll get your chance, Toxa. All that is needed is a plan." Skelderon said as he and Lecar tried to comfort her. This family might be evil, but they are still a family.
"It sounds like I came at a good time." All of them were surprised by the arrival of a monster they've never seen before. This monster appeared to be wearing black armor-like attire with him looking like a ninja.
"Who are you? How did you get in here?" Skelderon questioned.
"You can relax. I'm here to offer you my help. My name is Kuroi."
"Nice to meet you, Kuroi. Now, get out!" Lecar ordered as he threw an attack right at him, but Kuroi just vanished. All of them were astonished with how he just disappeared into thin air.
"Over here." Kuroi said as he appeared behind them. "I meant what I said. I came here to offer you my help. With my ninja abilities, I can accomplish more than anyone else has before." They were a little distrustful towards him with Lecar ready to attack him again, but Skelderon stopped him from doing anything.
"Maybe your abilities could be of help to us." Skelderon said.
"I will, and you can come as well." Kuroi said to Toxa. "I overheard your little conversation. You do want to prove yourself to your father, don't you?" It was quite a tempting offer to Toxa, and this Kuroi could be what they're looking for.
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Damien and Clare
"Here you go." Damien said as the two of them were out on town and handed Clare a drink. "Your favorite."
"Thanks." Clare said as the two started walking. Ever since the two admitted how much they like each other, they've been spending a lot of time with each other. "So...I've been thinking about something." She said as she grabbed Damien's hand "We've been together for a little while now, so I think it might be time to tell your parents."
"My parents?" Damien questioned.
"About us. That I'm... I'm your..." Clare wanted to say it, but she was a little too giddy to actually get the word out. Damien felt the same about that, but telling his parents was the opposite.
"Uh... I'm not sure if I have the time. Kathy is going to need some help with her next donation, we've got ranger responsibilities, and we..." "Damien." Clare stopped him from talking.
"I know what you're doing. Don't think I'm just going to drop this." Clare said. "I don't want to hide what we have from your parents."
"I know, but I'm a little worried." Damien admitted. "You know how my parents are. The last thing I need is for them to come down on me some more about being in a relationship or whatever."
"I get that, but they're still your parents. They should be happy for you." Clare claimed. Damien would like to think so, but he just isn't sure when it comes to the kind of relationship he has with his parents. However, there was no time for them to admit to anything when they heard their morphers going off.
"Guys, we got a problem happening near the plaza." Brandon alerted them.
"Told you that we've got our ranger responsibilities." Damien said as the two of them ran off to face that threat.
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The Plaza
The rangers reacted to the alert as all six of them made their way to the plaza. When they got there, they were in for a surprise. Standing before them were six monsters. They were monsters they actually faced before: Voltrage, Buddett, Moniliz, Brainacle, Doomfly, and Refracter.
"It can't be." Damien said as they were all shocked to see them again.
"We already destroyed these monsters." Tristan claimed.
"They somehow came back to life." Brandon said.
"We'll just have to take them out again." Damien said as it didn't matter to them that they came back.
"Nature Power! Ranger Power!" All six off them morphed and pulled out their sabers. They charged right at the monsters and swung their sabers right at them, but their attacks passed right through the monsters. They kept attacking, but none of their attacks worked because they just kept passing through the monsters like they were ghosts.
"They're not real. They're only images." Clare said. That's what they all thought, but something attacked the six of them as they felt something struck against them and knocked all of them down.
"That felt real!" Zeke said.
"Don't tell me they can hurt us when we can hurt them." Brandon said.
"Hold on. That attack felt like it came from somewhere else." Hallie said as she tried looking around for it.
"Watch out!" Clare called as the monsters came at them again. They made it look like they were about to attack them, but something did attack the rangers again.
"What is going on?" Damien said as none of this made sense to them.
"Hold on..." Tristan said he could feel something to the side. "Give me that for a moment!" Tristan said as he took Zeke's blaster and fired right at the building. It seemed he hit mark as Kuroi revealed himself and the monster illusions disappeared.
"You spotted me using your instincts. Not too bad." Kuroi said as he moved and stood in front of the rangers. "You were clearly trained to be a strong warrior."
"Who are you? You don't seem like any ordinary monster." Damien said.
"My name is Kuroi. I've been tasked with eliminating the six of you." He claimed as he took his katana and was ready to fight. "I'm interested to see what you mighty rangers are truly capable of."
"We'll be happy to oblige." Damien said as he was ready for a fight, but he ended up getting attacked in the back. They looked behind him and saw it was Toxa. "Toxa? Where did you come from?!" Rather than answering, she swung her sword against him and kept attacking. She aimed to finish him, but Tristan stepped in the way and blocked her with his saber.
"Back off!" Tristan said as he pushed her back while the others helped Damien up.
"You okay?" Brandon questioned.
"You all won't be!" Kuroi said as he used incredible ninja speed. He moved around the other five rangers and attacked each one of them. When he reappeared behind them, all he did was twist his sword and all of five of them were dealt a series of small explosions with them falling down. Tristan tried fighting off Toxa as the two of them kept fighting. Toxa swung her sword at him, but he flipped back and avoided her.
"That all you got?" Tristan said.
"I've got a lot more!" Toxa said as she held out her sword and was going to attack him again, but Kuroi jumped right over Tristan and kicked him back.
"Let's pull out for now." Kuroi said.
"Already?" Toxa questioned.
"To defeat your enemies, you must learn all that you can." Kuroi said. "We're going." He caused a smokescreen and the two of them used it to escape.
"What was that about?" Tristan questioned as the rangers regrouped.
"I don't know, but that is certainly no ordinary monster." Damien said as they could see another challenge is ahead of them.
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Battle Service
"A ninja? Are you serious about this one?" Michael said as the rangers reported back to the base and told them about what happened.
"That's what he was like." Tristan said. "I think he was studying us. It seemed like he wanted to know what we're like so he can look for ways to defeat us."
"We're gonna have to be careful with this one." Hallie said. "If he really is like a ninja, he'll be quite deceptive and stealthy. He made lifelike illusions and did have us fooled for a minute." They all agreed that this Kuroi is a tricky opponent and they need to keep their guard up. Just then, Michael was getting a call on his phone.
"It's Davin." Michael said.
"My father?" Damien said as it was rather strange.
"Yes, Davin?" Michael answered. "Now? Yes... Yes, I know. Can this wait? Very well. I'll meet you at City Hall." He said and ended the call. "Mayor Wade would like to speak with me about our latest progress."
"I think I should go with you." Damien said as he had a feeling this wasn't going to be good.
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City Hall
Michael and Damien were on their way to City Hall after Damien's father called in about what has happened. This might also be a good chance for Damien.
"Sir, can I ask you a personal question?" Damien asked.
"Of course." Michael said.
"Well, Clare would like to talk to my parents." Damien claimed. "She says she wants us to tell them about...her and me. It's just...I'm a little worried about what my parents will say. Clare's great, but you know how my parents are with me. What should I do?"
"I understand you and your parents have a rough relationship, but they are still your parents." Michael said. "You should be honest with them. Besides, what really matters is how you feel about being with Clare. Don't let what your parents say or think get in the way of that." That certainly is something for Damien to think about. Just then, the two arrived at City Hall and spotted his parents. "Davin! Liz!"
"Michael! Thank you for coming on short notice." Davin said.
"Damien, what are you doing here?" Elizabeth asked.
"We... We passed by each other and I just tagged along." Damien claimed.
"You wanted to talk to me about our latest progress?" Michael asked.
"Yes..." Davin said as this sounded serious. "Michael, while many citizens feel safe because of the Power Rangers, many are scared and concerned about the ongoing attacks. They're all wondering how much longer this is going to last, and I must admit that I'm a little worried about that myself."
"Well, it's difficult to say." Michael said as they all talked about this. While they were all talking, Kuroi and Toxa were watching from afar; studying the rangers like they thought to learn more about them.
"Who is that with the Red Ranger?" Kuroi questioned.
"That is their captain, the man in charge of Bluefin Battle Service." Toxa said.
"Interesting..." Kuroi said as he watched closely, but Toxa was growing rather impatient. Toxa was still bothered by some of the things her father said and wanted a chance to change his mind.
"This is the stupid. The ranger is right there." Toxa said. "I say we go on the attack."
"Be patient." Kuroi said, but Toxa can't afford to be patient. She doesn't want to just stand around, and eliminating a ranger will prove to her father that she's worth something.
"No." Toxa said as she hurried out there.
"Why don't we talk more about this inside? Damien, could you wait here?" Elizabeth asked as the three grown-ups went into the building. Damien just waited where he was and thought about what he was going to do. Just then, he saw Toxa jumped at him and tried attacking him, but he moved out of the way as she landed down. She spun around and tried attacking him with her sword, but he jumped back and flew right over the stairs.
"Nature Power! Ranger Power!" Damien quickly morphed and landed at the bottom of the stairs. "Toxa?! What do you want now?!"
"To get rid of you once and for all!" Toxa claimed. She jumped straight down and tried attacking him again, but Damien pulled out his sword and blocked her attack. He tried sweeping her legs, but she jumped over it and kicked him back. She tried attacking him again with a series of strikes, but Damien blocked each of her attacks. Damien jumped over some stairs and pulled out his blaster. He tried blasting her, but Toxa deflected each of his attacks and caused one to bounce off and hit him with him falling off the steps. She tried striking him while he was down, but Damien rolled out of the way.
"Toxa, haven't you and your family learned that you will never beat us?" Damien said.
"We won't stop until we've taken our last breaths. It's either live or be destroyed with us!" Toxa said as she tried attacking him again, but Damien blocked her sword and kicked her back. He then unleashed his powered attack on her and was able to land it against her with her being pushed back.
"Sorry, Toxa. Keep this up and you'll be the one to be destroyed." Damien claimed. He went to attack her some more, but that was when Kuroi showed up and tried striking him with his katana. He landed a clean strike against him and knocked him to the ground and stood with Toxa.
"That was rather careless, Toxa." Kuroi said. "You exposed us. We'll have to pull back for now."
"No! I want to destroy him and prove to Father that I am worth something!" Toxa claimed.
"Family trouble? I've been there." Damien joked as he got back up.
"I understand you want to prove yourself to your father, but now is not the time for this." Kuroi claimed.
"You don't understand!" Toxa said. "You don't know what it's like constantly having Father be displeased with your failures and never appreciate the things you have accomplished. He can't be satisfied with what I've done until I do something grand." Damien overheard that and it did have him think of his own situation.
"Perhaps, but we must leave for now." Kuroi said.
"You two aren't going anywhere!" Damien said as he snapped out of it and tried to fight both of them, but Kuroi caused an explosion of smoke to go off. Damien ran through the cloud, but they were both gone. "What was that about? Kuroi..." Something strange is going on with the evil family.
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Later
Damien was able to handle the situation, but they got away again. He told his parents and Michael about what happened and they stepped in to wrap things up.
"Damien!" Brandon called as he and the others showed up.
"Toxa and that Kuroi were here again? What did they want?" Hallie asked.
"I'm not sure. Toxa just showed up out of nowhere and attacked me." Damien said. "I think... I think Toxa mentioned something about trying to prove herself to her father. Sounds like things aren't going well with Drevis himself."
"Family trouble? Boohoo. That's not our problem." Zeke said as he wasn't interested.
"Maybe... The way Toxa described her problem just has me thinking about my own." Damien said. "Toxa doesn't have a great relationship with her father and he's a sinister monster without a body. Makes my problems seem a little small with my parents. So, I think it's time..." Damien grabbed a hold of Clare's hand and walked over to his parents. "Mom... Dad..."
"Yes, Damien?" Elizabeth asked as he finally got the courage to be serious with them.
"I know this might not be a good time, but I thought you like to meet Clare...my girlfriend." Damien said as he finally said the word.
"Girlfriend?! Oh my gosh!" Elizabeth said as she was actually happy.
"Well, aren't you a little Romeo." Davin teased. It seems like Damien really had nothing to worry about for his parents actually were happy for him. Funny he took a little inspiration from his enemy to be opened and honest with his parents.
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The Dark Realm
"Toxa! You ruined Kuroi's plans!" Drevis shouted. He was informed about everything that happened and he was even angrier with her. "You really are useless! Good for nothing!" He shouted as he continued to make her feel worse about herself.
"Father, don't say such things! She's your own daughter!" Skelderon said.
"And has failed me again! She hasn't done a single thing right!" Drevis called as he has ran out of patience.
"Master Drevis, please wait a minute." Kuroi said as he stepped in. "She hasn't ruined anything. In fact, I have a plan. I'm going to need Toxa's help with it." He claimed with Toxa feeling like she's been given a second chance. "I promise you, you will be pleased and everything is going to start changing. I say that the end is almost upon us." Whoever this Kuroi is, he's making his big move. With as powerful and cunning as he is, what is it that he has planned?