30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce, Episode XXVI: "Echoes, Awakenings and Fates"

CHAPTER TWO

Princess Lianna walked into the meeting room, where Rowan, William and the away team waited. "Sorry I am late, Brother," Lianna said. "Nice to see you again, William."

"Same here, Lianna," William said. "You remember my wife, Mozu." Lianna nodded at Sofia. "I do indeed," Lianna said. ""It is great to see you again as well, Mozu." "Same here, Lianna," Sofia said. "Well, now that we're all here, we need to discuss this information you said about the cause of these attacks," Rowan said, gesturing for William, Sofia and Lianna to be seated.

"We in Valla have been in diplomatic contact with a kingdom on the northern edge of our territory named Cinnabar," William began. "During that contact, the Cinnabarian delegation provided me with reports of a group calling themselves the Army of Inter-Universal Chaos."

"This group, inspired by the Chaos Dragon that threatened this world, travels to the various dimensions that exist in this universe to sow discord in order to conquer them," Sofia said. "In response to the information given to us by Cinnabar, one of our ambassadors—you know him as Christian Grey, but his real name is Adam Park—was sent here in order to gauge the A.I.C. threat and if it had spread to Aytolis."

"And it has?" Lianna said. "Very much so, Lianna," William said. "That is why we are here—to work with our allies here in Aytolis to thwart their intentions here."

Suddenly, the ground began to shake. "Speak of the devil," William said. "Guys, we're up." But, before the other Rangers could ready their Mobilates, six beings—two in red and one each in blue, green, yellow and pink—appeared in the field. "My God," William said. "What, William?" Sofia asked.

William gestured down to the field. "Those are the LupinRangers and the PatoRangers," William said. "Rose told me that there were once two Sentai teams that fought each other over a group of treasures known as the Lupin Collection. One team, the LupinRangers-" William gestured to the red, blue and yellow trio of Rangers, who were fighting a pack of Faceless. "-wanted the Lupin Collection for themselves to honor the legacy of their namesake as well as to wish back those they had lost, while the PatoRangers-" William gestured to the red, green and pink trio of Rangers, who were fighting a pack of Risen. "-simply wanted to apprehend the true thieves of the Lupin Collection and recover it."

"Did these LupinRangers and PatoRangers ever work together?" Sofia asked. "Only when an alien crime syndicate known as the Gangler wanted to use the power of the Lupin Collection to take over the Earth," William said.

The packs of Faceless and Risen exploded as they fell to the ground before the blades of the LupinRangers and the PatoRangers. "We gotta get down there," William said. The Rangers nodded, then followed William down to the battlefield where the LupinRangers and PatoRangers were preparing to walk off. "Hold there!" William yelled out. The LupinRangers and PatoRangers stopped and turned to see William and the Rangers approach. "I thank you for coming to our aid," William said. "Please reveal your identities to me so that I can honor you properly."

The LupinRangers and PatoRangers nodded, then deactivated their powers. Rowan and Lianna gasped when they saw their heroes. "By the Divine Dragon!" Rowan said. "Marth! Celica! Azura! Chrom!" Chrom, Exalt of the Halidom of Ylisse, smiled when he saw Rowan.

"Rowan, my friend, it is good to see you again!" Chrom said. "We were summoned here to locate the true bearer of the new Fire Emblem. King William of Cinnabar, you and your fellows are the destined holders of these Keys."

William turned to Rowan and Lianna "I am sorry to have lied to you about my true identity, you two," William said. "But, my mission against the A.I.C. required that I hold the information close to us." William, Sofia, Mal, Lennier, Chad and Sito stepped forward to receive the LupinRanger and PatoRanger Keys.

Sofia and Chad did not recognize the people who handed them their Keys. "Ike of the Greil Mercenaries," the man said to Sofia, while the man who handed Chad his key introduced himself as Prince Roy of the Kingdom of Pherae.

"Now that we have introduced ourselves, we must prepare for the next A.I.C. attack," William said. "Where they have attacked once, we must assume that they will strike again."

Ship's Log, DDV Enterprise, Mission Date 1,258, Crown Princess Elena recording.

King William has made contact with the Grand Key components from the Unaligned World of Fire Emblem, who have also provided the King and the other Rangers with the Megaforce Change Keys based on Kaitou Sentai LupinRanger and Keisatsu Sentai PatoRanger—which are assumed to be the "Fire Emblem," or the sacred object that will defeat the threat to this world.

Only time will tell if even the LupinRanger and PatoRanger Keys will be enough.

On the Bridge of the Enterprise, Elena watched as William led Marth, Celica and Chrom out of a turbolift. "Where are Ike, Roy and Azura?" Elena asked. "Sofia's leading them on a separate tour of the ship," William said. "Marth, Celica, Chrom, this is Crown Princess Elena of Avalor, the ship's executive officer."

"What does that mean?" Celica said. "When Princess Consort Mal is not on the Bridge—whether through being off duty, on an away mission, or for any other reason, I take command of the Enterprise," Elena said. "It's a pleasure to meet you three. King William has told me so much about you and your fellows."

"Thank you, Princess," Marth said. "He told us about you and the rest of your crew, which makes us so happy to join you."

"Princess Elena, we've got a situation down on the planet," Ferb Fletcher said. "On screen, Ferb," Elena said.

On the viewscreen, William and the rest of the Bridge crew watched as an A.I.C. army approached Aytolis Castle. "Sofia, this is William. The rest of the tour will have to wait," William said. "Get Ike, Roy and Azura down to Gavan's Glory. Marth, Celica, Chrom and I will meet you there."

Marth, Celica and Chrom followed William into the same turbolift they had just exited. "Tactical Alert! All hands to battle stations!" Elena said as the turbolift doors slid shut behind William, Marth, Celica and Chrom.

::TBC::