A/N: The last part of the crossover. Co-written with Michelle the Editor
Disclaimer: I only own Nathalie
The Command Center, and Satellite Base in general, was mostly abandoned in the wee hours of the morning. The only noise came from within the Command Center where James and Lew sat, still working in the dim light. Rex had opted to go to bed a few hours ago, and with some convincing Elandra went shortly thereafter. Nathalie had refused to leave, although she wasn't a major contribution and definitely needed the sleep. She was instead passed out on one of the main computers, much to James' irritation.
"Could you please move your Red Ranger?" James asked, working on Lew's power disc. Lew had his watch in his left hand, and tools in his right. Each was working on finishing the last morpher. The other five had been re-activated, and had been working for the most part. Lew sighed, and rolled his chair over to the sleeping Red Ranger.
"Nat–" Lew shook Nathalie gently, remembering the last time Bryce had done that. With a little more persistence, Nathalie started to stir, and eventually one eye opened. "Go to bed, we're almost done here."
"Hmm?" She asked groggily, rubbing her eyes. There was a small imprint of the keyboard on her left cheek. "I'm good. What needs to be done? I could go grab something." Nathalie shot up with a burst of cheetah speed, and was by the elevator in less than a second.
"We're done now," James said, setting the last disc down. Lew snapped his morpher back on to his wrist, hiding the tan lines wearing the morpher in the sun had caused. Nathalie quickly appeared by his side, the gust of wind blowing his hair sideways.
"Want me to take these to the others?" Nathalie snapped hers on and picked up the other four.
"Let them sleep," Lew said, making his way towards the elevator door. "Most of them have been up for hours. Tomorrow." Just as the elevator door opened, the Satellite Base alarm system blared, disturbing the silence.
"Why does it always have to be at the worst times?" Nathalie groaned, crowding past James's workspace. Annoyed, James pushed her back. The Satellite Base soon came to life, the others making their way into the Command Center.
"What have we got?" Elandra asked, shrugging her jacket on over her shoulders. Quickly, she took the seat next to James.
"Looks like Chronos and everyone's favorite Monster Rangers," Kaiden said, rubbing his eyes as they adjusted to the bright lights. The screen showed all of the villains storming through a city, Olympia Heights again from the looks of it. The sun was just barely peeking up over the horizon.
"Let's go," Rex commanded.
"Medieval Planets, descend!" the Stellar Rangers shouted, morphing in flashes of light. Nathalie quickly handed out the morphers.
"You fixed them?" Jet asked hopefully.
"Sort of—we can fight, anyway," Lew replied. That seemed good enough for Jet. He nodded and snapped his morpher on.
"Olympian Force, Protectors of Earth!" The group shouted. This time they morphed, and after a little glitching, each stood in their respective colors. As one, the Rangers ran for the elevator.
The Stellar Rangers' Demi-Zords—and Elandra's Swan Zord; it was her only one—landed in a ring around the Monster Rangers. Chronos, standing in the middle of the group, didn't look bothered by the numbers, or the now-morphed Olympian Rangers. As always, the Monster Rangers waited patiently for their opposites to dismount their Zords. Elandra stayed where she was.
"Back again, Olympian Rangers?" Chronos called.
"No, you're just having a very vivid dream," Bryce shouted back.
"We're pairing off by colors. If you need any help with Chronos, yell," Rex said to Nathalie.
"I'll keep that in mind, but I bet we can take care of ours before you're finished," Olympian Red teased.
"Oh, you don't know how cowardly these guys are," Rex replied quite loudly, gesturing to the Monster Rangers. He ducked his head to the side just as a red crossbow bolt shot past it.
"Have we done enough witty banter yet?" Monster Yellow demanded.
"I could go for a few more one-liners," Kaiden replied. With a growl, his opposite began whirling her meteor hammer. "Okay, fine, I'm flexible." He drew his own axe, whirled it around his head, and leaped to the battle with a whoop. The Monster Rangers charged, and their color opposites ran to meet them.
As Rex ran, Monster Red transformed his crossbow into a mace, ducked under Stellar Red's kick, and slammed it into Rex's stomach. The Ranger doubled over with a grunt, and his opponent whirled past him to strike him across the head. Then a sai blade slashed across his shoulders, and he staggered. Rachel, a pink blur, shot back around towards Monster Black, catching his sword between her two sais. They backed up against James and Monster Blue, the former deflecting all of his opponent's trident blows with a whirling pair of nunchuks.
Kaiden was hacking noisily at Monster Yellow, knocking her flying meteor hammer away with pings and yellow sparks. He missed, and got clonked across the head, sending Kaiden staggering into Tony. The Green Ranger caught him and swung him around, blocking Monster Green's thrown dagger with one glowing arm. The Stellar Rangers fought hard, despite their lack of sleep.
Chronos stood in the middle of all this chaos, gazing around at the fighting Rangers with the air of a mildly interested observer. As the Olympian Rangers closed in on him, the winged Daemon took off, shooting above their heads. They skidded to a halt, and Kennedi raised a hand.
"That's far enough!" She shouted, and tree roots erupted from the ground with a shower of dirt and concrete. Chronos tried to fly out of reach, but was snared by one foot. Nathalie summoned her bow. For a second, it flickered out of existence, but it came right back, and she nocked an arrow to the string.
The red shot took the Daemon through the wing as he tore free from Kennedi's roots, and he fell sideways with a yell of pain. Summoning her daggers, Kennedi began throwing them, gashing Chronos across one hand as he tried to right himself. With a snarl, Chronos caught one, flipped it around and threw it back. Jet jumped back, but not quickly enough, and the blade slashed across his shoulder.
"Jet! Are you okay?" Charley exclaimed anxiously, as the Black Ranger staggered. He nodded, breathless, and drew his sword. Chronos landed, wobbled a little, and dropped into a fighting crouch. The Olympian Rangers closed in.
"You wasted your time getting out of your Zords, Stellar Corps," the Red Monster Ranger called. He raised one hand over his head, and his teammates imitated him. "By the power and force of lightning, make us grow!"
Lightning crackled across the Monster Rangers' suits, and they grew monster-sized, their suits growing more angular and metallic, the black lightning bolt patterns sharply defined. The Stellar Rangers scrambled for their Demi-Zords, trying to avoid being stomped on by the Monster Rangers. Monster Black aimed a kick at the Olympian Rangers, but they scattered, and his boot dented the pavement.
"One opponent at a time!" Rachel shouted, and the Dash Zord transformed into its Quad Mode, becoming a metallic cheetah, and leaped at the Black Ranger. She forced him back, just as Monster Red took off into the sky. Rex, his Bolt Zord in its jet form, flew circles around him, peppering him with shots from his Beam Rifle. Monster Blue followed, as a massive blue blast from James's chest-mounted Positron Cannon hit his shoulder and knocked him off-course. One by one, the other Stellar Rangers drew or followed the Monster Rangers up into the air, away from the Olympians and Chronos.
"I've had enough of this creep!" Nathalie shouted. The Olympian Rangers had surrounded Chronos in the middle of the square. Nathalie pointed her bow at the Daemon, arrow already pulled back. Releasing the string, she fired, and the red arrow hit him in the forehead, throwing him back onto Charley. The Yellow Ranger's suit vanished just for a second, stumbling under the weight of the Daemon.
"Get him off me!" Charley screamed, waving her hands. Jet and Bryce pulled the unmoving Chronos off Charley, and tossed him against the fountain. The Daemon didn't move. His skin was splintered like a cracked rock around the arrow.
"Piece of cake," Jet said, rubbing his hands together. Just as the Olympian Rangers all started to walk away, Chronos sat up, and pulled the arrow out of his head. He shot up and ran towards the unsuspecting Red Ranger, just as her suit flickered out of existence. Grabbing her by the neck, he swung Nathalie around and slammed her face-first into a building. Her feet dangled in the air.
"You killed Jocasta, so I'm going to kill you," Chronos hissed in Nathalie's ear. Nathalie struggled for air, squirming to break free. Under her helmet, her face started to turn pale from the lack of air. Overhead, there was an explosion as the yellow Pride Zord punched Monster Yellow in the chest with two bursts of energy.
"W-who's Jocasta?" Nathalie managed, struggling for air. Chronos flipped her around. As the other Rangers moved to help her, a blow from Monster Blue's now-giant trident took the roof off a nearby building, showering them with debris. Their suits glitched as the rocks bounced off them, and Kennedi fell to her knees with a yelp of pain.
"My soulmate!" Chronos retorted through gritted teeth. Quickly, Chronos punched Nathalie in the stomach, and she doubled up in pain. Her suit vanished for a moment, and red energy crackled across her body. "Your predecessor killed her!"
Bryce ran up from behind Chronos and wrapped his red-hot hands around him, and the Daemon's grip loosened. Nathalie fell to the ground, stumbling on shaky legs as her morph returned. Quickly, she roundhouse-kicked Chronos in the gut. Jet caught Chronos as he fell back. Jumping up, he slammed the Daemon into the ground, denting the cement.
"That's how we do it Olympia Heights style!" Jet cheered, punching the Daemon one more time in the stomach, before getting up and joining his teammates. He didn't even react as his Ranger suit vanished for a second. Overhead, the Monster Rangers were in full retreat, being harried from all sides by the smaller, quicker Demi-Zords.
"Olympian Strike Cannon!" Nathalie shouted, as each of the Olympian Rangers threw their weapons into the air. The weapons rearranged to create a cannon-like weapon, landing in their hands. "Ready? Fire!" A red arrow shot out of the end, six other bursts of energy circling it. It hit Chronos just as he stood up, hurling him into the air. There was an explosion, and a tiny version of the Daemon fell to the ground, smoking.
The Rangers gathered around him, and Nathalie went for the Alscepius Cube attached to her belt. Taking up the cube, she pushed down on the middle square on one side, and it expanded big enough to fit the miniature Daemon, and pulled off the top. The now-tiny Chronos tried to get away, only for Jet to plant one booted foot in his path.
"One more down," Charley said, smiling, as she placed the squirming, shrunken Chronos into the Asclepius Cube. "Why do you think he didn't grow?"
The Monster Rangers had noticed the destruction of their ally. The distraction was enough for Stellar Blue to blast his opponent squarely in the chest with his Positron Cannon, throwing him to the ground with a thunderous crash. Monster Green darted after him with a cry, only for the red Bolt Zord to begin peppering her with rapid-fire lasers from its head-mounted guns.
"Hades is back in our time, so he can't recreate Chronos," Lew said, joining the others. His suit glitched again, and he quickly deactivated his morpher. "Which is fine with me."
"Amen," Kennedi said, laughing.
"Let's just figure out how to get home," Nathalie said, throwing her arms around Kennedi and Bryce as they walked away. Jet lingered behind, watching the fight overhead. It only took a few more blows for the Monster Rangers to give up, and they all teleported away. A few of the Demi-Zords did victory laps, but then they headed back down to pick up Olympian Force.
"Don't forget to look us up when you get back to your time," Kaiden said. "Dunno if we'll be able to help you with your baddies, but I'd like a chance to hang out with you guys without risking you losing your powers."
All of the Rangers were in the Rec Room. Although everyone was still tired, Elandra and James wanted to send the Olympian Rangers back home before their powers were destroyed or damaged.
"I'll try," Charley promised, grinning.
"Good luck," Rex said, holding out a hand to Jet. After a moment's hesitation, Olympian Black shook it. Rex's fingerless glove creaked in his grip.
"Thanks. You too."
"If you guys plan on getting back today," James interrupted loudly. He and Lew were together with the Kronos Cube, which looked something like a large, blinking Rubiks Cube. Coming up beside James, Bryce clapped him hard on the shoulder.
"Don't worry; we'll be out of your hair soon. What are a couple of minutes going to hurt, anyway?"
"They could cause permanent damage to your morphers," James retorted, rolling his shoulder around and glaring.
"Lighten up, that's an order," Elandra said, taking the Kronos Cube away from him and holding it out. The Olympian Rangers gathered around her, all touching the Cube. One little screen on the side showed their coordinates. Elandra hit the control.
There was a rush of wind and a negative flash, and then the group was standing on an ordinary street. It looked like the same time they'd left. Nodding, Elandra backed up, and reset the Kronos Cube.
"May the Power protect you," she said. Nathalie waved, and the Orange Ranger vanished.