Fruitlock Thirty Nine: Max's New Form...A Deadly One

The Riders and the Rangers clash against the Gorven and immediately start fighting. The vast numbers of Gorven prove to be too much for the team as they are pinned down. Eris shows up and confronts Dragon Slayer who runs away from her out of fear. He runs to the nearest tree while trying to shoot her. She ducks his attacks and throws him across another tree. Baron witnesses this and shoots a lazer arrow to Eris but she counters it. Queen and Knuckle try to tag team Eris, but she throws them aside. Marvelous and John try to attack her, but she just runs over them like nothing. Marvelous switches to his Turbo Ranger form and uses his super speed to attack her then he switches to his Operation Overdrive Ranger Form and uses his javelin to attack her. John upgrades by combining with Nick and tries to ram her, but she ducks. John then fires up and uses his fiery attack to throw her off balance. Birth activates the breast cannon to destroy several of the Gorven while Accel activates his cycle form to run over several of the Gorven. Then, Shadow and Buster combine their attacks to destroy the Dragon Gorven who were about to attack them midair. Beast and Meteor use their special martial arts to take out several of the Gorven while Dragon Slayer tries to fight off Eris. However, he discovers that one of the pulsating fruitlocks morphs into a darker grape fruitlock that looks similar to his.

"Hey guys, look at this fruitlock."

"How did you get that?"

"I found it here. It looks similar to the one I have."

"It looks dangerous, I don't think you should use it."

"What choice do I have? We're getting our butts kicked and there's no way we're going to beat them until we have a tactical advantage. You know, like in video games."

"Are you sure?"

"I'll take the risk."

"Rage!"

"Lock On!"

"Rage Arms!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah! It hurts, I can't bear it! Aaaaaaaaah!"

He transforms into a more evolved version of his Dragon Slayer form and attacks Eris. He manages to outperform her while the other Riders stand confused. He switches between the three weapons of the other overlords and prepares to attack Eris. He endures much pain while trying to remain focused on her. He can barely stand and hold his weapon so Eris takes advantage of the situation and slashes him down. Dragon Slayer gets up and points his blaster at her.

"Dragon Shot!"

The powerful blast veers towards her and devastes her greatly. Then, he gets his Vice Staff and initiates another devastating attack that causes her to die.

"Thruster Squash!"

Eris explodes and they are victorius, but it's too much for him and starts charging toward the other Riders. They try to fight him off but they are unable to hold him down. He begins to scream violently and rage while trying to kill all the Riders. Marvelous and John try to hold him down but he uses his other final attack to defeat them.

"Dragon Rage Kick!"

The kick forces them to power down and they are helpless against Dragon Slayer's new form. The other Riders try to fight back and hope that he doesn't kill them, but they aren't able to counter his great power or his strength. Then, he unleashes a great power of rage that defeats all the Riders and forces them to power down.

"Guys, get out of here! I can't control my power! Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!"

"Max, take it off! You can do it!"

"I can't! It won't let me!"

"Damn it! Guys, we gotta help him."

"I don't think we can. He's too damn strong."

"Yeah, and he might kill us."

"Come on guys, we can do this!"

"I don't think so, not unless Cade shows up out of nowhere."

Dragon Slayer charges toward the team, but not before Samurai shows up in his Orange Arms form to counter his attack.

"Cade! How did you get here from Japan!"

"Flynn teleported me here. Plus I saw it in my visions."

"Wow, you are fast. Where are the other guys?"

"They're outside guarding the facility."

"What about your vacation?"

"Forget about that, right now I have to help Max."

Dragon Slayer charges toward Samurai, but he uses his telepathy to counter his attacks. Then he immediately powers up to his Emperor form to counter his strength.

"Emperor Arms!"

He summons his Orange Saber and Banana Spear to counter Dragon Slayer's blasts. Then he summons two sonic bows and uses them as swords to slash him. Then, he summons his Melon Shield and Musou saber to counter his slash attacks. He then summons a Banana fruitlock and inserts it on the Musou saber and initiates his final attack to defeat Dragon Slayer.

"Banana Split!"

This causes Dragon Slayer to fall from the attack. He then tries to get up, but Samurai forces him down and he takes off the Rage fruitlock. He then smashes it to pieces which causes Max to revert back to normal. Max recovers but he is exhausted and coughing from the massive amount of energy taken from his body.

"Max! Are you okay! Max!"

"Uh, yeah, but I need a nap. I'm so tired."

"I hear you buddy. Luke, take care of him. Let's get out of here. I don't think staying here is good for us."

The team meet the other Riders and they talk among each other about the events that occurred. Cade takes Max to the shop where he can recover from the attacks. The other Riders head to the city to make sure that there are no more Gorven attacks. Meanwhile, back at the forest, Death looks around and talks to his remaining Gorven about the next plans for his strategy.

"So, they finally got you Eris. Well, too bad because now they will face my wrath. They may have killed you all, but I will avenge your deaths. I promise that much. I will show them what it means to be a Gorven. And soon, they will know the power of the forbidden fruit."

At night, Cade begins to have visions of the woman and this time he sees her hand him the forbidden fruit and the power he obtains through the fruit. He sees the people that were killed by the overlords and the people that could be saved with the fruit. Cade then sees himself holding up the fruit and a light shining around him. He is then teleported to a world full of green and full of beauty. He walks around and sees a man walking towards him. He tries to call out to him, but he can't scream and the figure just walks away. He then wakes up and sees that his Emperor fruitlock is glowing. He touches it and immediately the woman arrives and reveals herself to be Makoto. This surprises him as he had met her in Tokyo while vacationing. But he doesn't say anything to her as he is too shocked by her arrival. She smiles to him and touches his face. She then kisses Cade and sits down next to him. He is confused as to how she is next to him, but he just stares not knowing what to do next. She smiles and holds his hand. He ignores this and goes to sleep with her sleeping next to him.