Disclaimer: Just to keep it simple: A. I don't own Power Rangers. B. I just make fun of them; so don't get upset if I mock your favorite. C. Please review. I don't mind constructive criticism. D. Thanks to Writer's Guide to the Universe and Power Rangers Central for providing a lot of the information that I need.
If you haven't done so, please read the first hundred and fifty stories in "When Rangers Meet," "More of When Rangers Meet," and "Headquarters Where Rangers Meet"
This is story number fourteen. Happy New Year :)
Mack and Daggeron
by
Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)
"Good job, guys," called Mack. "Sorry I wasn't able to defeat the SuperGiganticoMonstrositios monster by myself, but I'm just an android after all. So, I'll just stay here and clean up all this debris. After all, I'm nothing but a worthless machine."
His teammates shook their heads as they left. They had already agreed to have a talk with Mr. Hartford about getting a much needed upgrade done on their Red Ranger.
Mack looked around after they left. "Sentinel Knight!" he cried in glee. "Whoohoo!" he exclaimed after changing form. "This is the best!" Mack couldn't believe the gold mine his so-called 'depression' over being an android had become. All he had to do was call his father 'Mr. Hartford' and the older man gave him whatever he wanted in order to assuage his own guilty conscience. So far Mack had every game system known to man (and a few known to something called 'Eltarians'.) He had his own old fashioned world war two airplane and parachute so he could reenact his favorite daydream over and over. Best of all, he had this really cool knight power. A power he would never have if was just a plain boring human. Mack began jumping around in his Sentinel Knight form swinging his sword as he pretended to slay dragon after dragon. "Take that!" he cried as he stabbed the Sentinel Sword into a large oak tree.
"Varlet! Knave!" called a loud boisterous voice. A caped morphed being in black and gold stepped from behind the large oak tree. "You dare to attack me? An honorable knight who is on a simple quest?"
"Oh, sorry," apologized Mack as he retrieved his sword. "I was just...uh...practicing." He stared at the other man. "Who are you, anyway?"
"I am your worst nightmare," exclaimed Daggeron as he swaggered about. "I am the one who shall defeat you and remove your hold over this defenseless kingdom! I am...the Solaris Knight!"
"Defenseless...what? San Angeles isn't defenseless. We have Rangers you know." Mack posed in his Sentinel Knight form. "I happen to be the Red Overdrive Ranger, myself." He then jumped in front of the Solaris Knight and pointed his sword at his chest. "You must be yet another villain in search of the jewels. As if four sets of bad guys aren't enough!"
"Villain?!" exclaimed Daggeron. "You dare to accuse me of being a villain when you are the one who is attacking defenseless trees? Are they not alive? Do they not have feelings? Do they not breath and walk and talk?"
"Uh, no." Mack lowered his sword.
Daggeron blinked. "Oh, yeah, I keep forgetting." He still had flashbacks to Xander turning into a tree. It had been almost five months before he stopped pouring water at Xander's feet and chasing the Green Mystic Force Ranger with pruning shears.
Mack breathed a sigh of relief. "So, are you really a knight? Because I am. Well, actually I get to be one. The Sentinel Knight, that is. I get to be the Sentinel Knight when I morph. But that's only because I'm not human...I'm..."
"Fiend!" screamed Daggeron. "Monster! Ogre! What evil do you plan against this fair village?" He turned and faced the other man with anger in his eyes. "I will avenge these defenseless villagers! Laser Lamp!" He pulled out the magical lamp.
Mack burst out into laughter. "What? No sword? What kind of weapon is that? What kind of knight fights with an old lamp?" He doubled over as he continued to laugh. "What...what are you going to do? Throw that old thing at my head?"
Daggeron growled at his opponent's disrespect. "Not at all! Laser lamp! Fire! Jenji Shining Attack!"
"Here I come!" called the genie cat as he shot out of the lamp. But he stopped in midair when he saw his target. "Hey Daggeron, have you been uh..dipping into the sauce again? That's the Sentinel Knight! Don't you remember the Snow Prince introducing him to us seven hundred and seventy seven years ago?"
"That's where I know him from!" exclaimed Daggeron as he lowered his weapon and demorphed. "And here I had you pegged all wrong. Please accept my apologies."
But Mack just stared at Jenji. "Fearcat!" he screeched. "Evil Fearcat! I will defeat you, myself! Then Rose will stop staring at Tyzonn and look at me! She will love...no!" He flung himself to the ground and began to wail and pound on it. "She can't love me! I am nothing but a machine!"
Daggeron stared at the Sentinel Knight in confusion. "What is he talking about, Jenji? Jenji?" He turned around to his feline friend bristling.
"That is not the Sentinel Knight," snarled Jenji. "Do you not remember his voice being the same as a certain hyperactive Yellow Ranger's voice? This is only an imposter."
"You are correct, my friend!" Daggeron prepared to morph again, but then thought better of it. Instead he stepped over to Jenji and whispered into his ear. Then Daggeron stepped back and addressed the still-tantrumming android. "Hey! Who are you anyway? Demorph and we shall help you win the hand of this fair 'Rose' of yours."
"Really?" asked Mack as demorphed. "How are you going to help me?"
"By giving you a bath!" replied Daggeron as the Solar Streak zoomed up behind Mack and shoved him into the nearby lake. "That should short-circuit you, you evil android!"
"Good one Dag...whoa!" cried Jenji as the caboose of Solar Streak caught him and also shoved him in the water. "A bath! Hissssss I hate baths!"
"Hehehehehe," chortled Daggeron. "That's what you get for leaving all those fleas around our apartment." He began to walk away only to have something grab his leg and pull him into the lake as well.
"I happen to be water-proof!" exclaimed Mack as he retracted his zip line. With that, he jumped on the other two.
For the next three hours, passers-by were treated to the sight of two humans and a very large cat wrestling in a muddy lake which only came up to their knees.
