To all my readers, if you don't like the way I write Mystic Force, then you don't have to read it and this goes for all of my Power Ranger fanfics, both current and future ones. I'm not gonna force you to read them.
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I DO NOT OWN CHARACTERS OF POWER RANGERS MYSTIC FORCE! I ONLY OWN THE OC!
Shoutouts:
At Rock Porium, Xander was playing a guitar, surrounded by box while Nick was setting down a couple of them to the ground. "Need any help there, Chief?" asked Xander.
"Not anymore. Thanks for asking." said Nick.
"Just doing my part." said Xander.
Suddenly Vida comes out of Toby's office. "Uh, hey, Nick, Toby wants to see you in his office." she said. "He seems really mad. His eye was doing that twitchy thing again."
"Oh man." Nick sighed. Xander stands up as Nick goes to the office and Maddie stands next to Vida. He then opens the door and looks inside. "The winner of the first ever Rockployee award goes to Mr. Nick Russell!" said Toby as he held a trophy with a guitar in the middle.
They started cheering for him as he takes the trophy into his hands. "I can't see! I can't see!" said Leelee as Vida blocks her view.
"Stop the world, I want to get off." said Lily, seeing how desperate Leelee was at trying to see the trophy.
"Thank you, Toby." said Nick as he shakes his boss' hand. "Thank you, guys. Wow. Well, I couldn't have done it without the help of my friends and co-workers, especially my little sister. Recent hires excluded. Thanks again, Toby."
The rangers cheered and clapped for Nick as they left the office. "It's amazing." said Nick.
"Looks like you and Lily finally found your groove in Briarwood." said Maddie.
"Like I told you, we've never stayed in one place long enough to have any real friends." said Nick. "But now…"
"Now you have." Maddie said, finishing his sentence.
In the chamber of the terrors, the stone tablet glowed again. "It's time for the select ceremony!"
The ball of light came out of the tablet and circled the 9 terrors before landing on Oculous. "Seems it is my turn." he said. "I have a plan to capture the light."
"Oculous, the cunning hunter." said Necrolai. "Those pesky rangers have their hands full now."
Oculous laughs as he walks through the stone. "I wonder why the stone chose him instead of me." Gekkor said.
"The stone is never wrong." said Matoombo.
"I don't care about stone rules! Argh!" bellowed Megahorn.
"Megahorn, you know we are governed by the rules." said Black Lance. "If you break the code, the consequences could be disastrous."
"I agree with Megahorn." said Serpentina. "Why do we allow the stone to tell us what to do?"
"Silence! Do you know what you are saying?" asked Itassis.
"I'm saying destroy the enemy at all costs!" said Megahorn.
"Watch your step, Megahorn." said Iron Sculpin. "You serve the master."
"Not today." said Megahorn.
Out in the woods, Daggeron and Nick were feeding Fireheart while Lily was sitting nearby reading one of her schoolbooks. "This is a dangerous time for you, Nick." said Daggeron.
"What's new?" Nick asked as he held a branch in his hands. Fire Heart bumps his head against his shoulder. "The terrors know you're the light. They will come for you." Daggeron said. "They will do anything in their power to deceive you, capture, and destroy you."
"Say what?!" shouted Lily as she puts down her book. "He's the light and is gonna get destroyed at some point! What am I, a next-door neighbor?"
Nick gives her a "Don't overreact" look before turning back to Daggeron. "I get it." said Nick.
"No, you don't, but nice try." said Daggeron.
"I got a question, Nick. Is it too late for you to start making a will?" asked Lily.
"I'm not going to make a will, Lily." Nick said in annoyance. "You will be fine. I will be fine."
"Says you." muttered Lily and sticks her tongue out at him. "At least I know that I'll be an only child if you die at this age."
"When the time is right, you will understand and you will also realize your connection to Fire Heart." said Daggeron, giving Lily a stern look.
"Fire Heart?" Nick asked as he looks at Fire Heart who then roars at him.
"Cool." whispered Lily.
"I got to get back to work." said Nick and Lily follows after him.
"You know, I don't think he gets it." Jenji tells Daggeron.
"Then we need to be ready for anything." he said.
"All right then."
"Come on."
"Hey, how about a day off?" asked Jenji.
"We're going to the Opaque dimension to train." said Daggeron.
"Great." said Jenji.
In another part of the woods, Udonna was trying to start a fire when she heard a twig snap behind her. She then turns to see who it was but whoever it was, hid behind the tree. "Oh, I'm not good at doing things the human way." Udonna said to herself as she continues to try getting the fire started.
Suddenly someone helped her start the fire. "Oh." she then said, surprised.
"My spell worked." Clare exclaimed, giving herself away. Udonna then turns to look at her and Clare's smile faded.
"You followed me?" asked Udonna, sounding a bit angry.
At Rock Porium, Leelee was taking a box off the counter when Nick and the others walked up to her. "Hi." she said.
"Hi." said Lily, glaring at her.
"Can the HI's." said Vida. "Why'd you decide to work here?"
"Are you going after Toby?" Maddie asked.
"No." said Leelee.
"Maybe she's trying to infiltrate the team and take us down one by one." said Chip.
"No, I'm not." said Leelee, starting to sound tearful.
"Oh god." said Lily as her expression softened.
"I just want to be like everyone else." she tells them. "I want to be your friend. Is that so hard to believe?"
"Yes." all but Lily said. They then turned and look at her.
"What? I'm deciding to stay out of this. Whatever this situation turns out to be." she said motioning the tension between them and walks past Leelee to hide when suddenly their morphers went off.
"Probably your mom now." said Nick as he goes past her.
"Leelee, if you want to be like everyone else, do some work." said Vida. "Help that customer."
"But I…" said Leelee.
"And could you finish cleaning the kitchen?" asked Maddie.
"I already started…" she tries to tell her.
"The trash is ready for the dumpster." said Chip as he hands her the trash bag.
"Yeah, I…."
"Sorry, Leelee. I won't be able to supervise you." said Xander and goes past her, leaving her by herself.
"I'm gonna need a lot of therapy after this is over." said Lily as appears by Leelee's side.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with them?" Leelee asked rudely as she puts down the trash bag.
"I should be….but I'm going to help you instead. I cast a duplication spell on myself when they weren't looking so that my double can fight with them." she tells her and Leelee gives her a confused look. "Don't worry. The double will talk and act like me, I just won't physically be there during the fight. The spell ends when I merge back with my double and I'll tell them the truth then. Point is, I may not like you right now because of your mom, but I am willing to give you a chance at redeeming yourself."
"Okay." she said and both of them got to work.
"Let the hunter begin." said Oculous as people ran from him in fear. "Ah!"
"Stop right there!" shouted Nick.
"I am Oculous the hunter, and you are my quarry." he said to the rangers. "But I'll make a deal with you."
"A deal?" asked Maddie.
"What kind of deal?" Xander asked.
"I only want the red ranger."
"Not on my life." said Lily (The double)
"If he surrenders to me now, the rest of you will be spared." said Oculous. "Interested?"
"He's the hunter and we're the prey?" Chip asked.
"That's right, and I'm the best." said Oculous. "Just surrender, red ranger, and spare me the trouble."
"Forget it!" Nick shouted.
"Yeah!"
"We don't go down without a fight!" he tells him.
"Okay." he said. "I'll demolecularize your friends one by one with my lasers. If I don't have all five by sundown, I'll surrender. That's the game."
"Well, then game on!" said Nick as he takes out his sword. Oculous fires at them before disappearing.
"Hey!" shouted Nick.
"Where did he go?" asked Vida as the smoke clears.
"He split!"
"Something tells me he'll be back." said Chip.
"Only thing is….when he'll be back." said Lily (the double).
"Rangers, the hunt is on." Oculous' voice said in the wind and the rangers huddled with their backs against each other. "I can be anywhere. I suggest you start running!"
He then takes a shot at Chip, who then deflects it. "He's up in the window!" exclaimed Chip.
"He's not so smart after all." said Nick.
"Magi staffs!" they shouted as Oculous takes another shot at them, creating a barrier but a shot had made it through and hit Nick.
"Aah!" Nick said in pain.
"Nick!" shouted Maddie.
"Are you okay?" asked the Lily double.
"That blast came from the other direction." Maddie said as she looks behind them. "How?"
"Watch it!" shouted Chip as more blasts came towards them.
"We got to get Nick out of here." said Xander as he and Chip help him up.
Down in the chamber, the other terrors were watching his progress. "This is so much fun!" said Serpentina. "Megahorn, what are you planning….something ruthless?"
"Exactly." he said as he chuckles evilly.
Back in Briarwood, Lily's double and the others were protecting Nick as they went through the city. "Come on!" said Chip and suddenly Nick falls forward.
"Nick!" shouted Xander.
"My leg!" said Nick and suddenly Xander was demolecularize in front of them.
"Oh, no!" said Chip.
"Xander!" shouted Nick, but it was too late.
In the woods, Clare was eating with Udonna. "When you are finished eating, you will head back to Rootcore." Udonna tells Clare.
"No." Clare replied, causing Udonna to look at her. "I'm not going."
"You have no idea, child, and the dangers that lie ahead." said Udonna. "This is no place for an apprentice."
"But that's just it." Clare said as she stands up. "I am not an apprentice anymore. I'm the one with magic. I am the sorceress here, and you need me. So if you try to go without me, I'll turn you into a newt! Or a stickleberry! And I'll jam you into my pocket."
What Clare had said caused Udonna to smile and laugh. "We will go together to find Leanbow, and you can't do anything about it." Clare said as Udonna hugs her. "Besides, Lily prepared me with this."
Clare then takes out a handmade book on 'How to survive in the wild' in Lily's handwriting. "That child is very thoughtful." murmured Udonna.
"She really is." said Clare in agreement.
"Where's Megahorn?" asked Black Lance.
"He left." said Iron Sculpin. "He better not be fighting on his own. Serpentina, you were with him last. Where did he go?"
"I am not his keeper." she tells him. "He does what he wants, and so do I."
"We have to watch them." said Itassis. "Those two are reckless and will upset the balance of evil."
"This guy is going down!" shouted Vida as they blocked Oculous' blasts.
"I don't know how much more I can take of this." said the Lily double when suddenly she was next to demolecularize.
"Lily!" shouted Vida and Maddie.
"Sis!" shouted Nick
"We have to keep moving." said Chip.
"Keep running!" said Maddie as they made it a little further.
"Look out!" shouted Chip as another blast came for them, knocking all four to the ground.
"We got to keep moving." said Maddie.
"Finishio!" they shouted and they disappeared from the city.
"Ah! You can run, but you can't hide." said Oculous as he watched them disappeared.
In the Opaque dimension, Daggeron and Jenji were training. "Less pussyfooting and more pounce when we train." Daggeron tells Jenji.
Jenji goes at Daggeron for the umpteenth time. Daggeron blocks Jenji's moves and reacts, attacking him in the stomach. "Uhh! Easy!" said Jenji, grabbing his stomach.
"Okay, Jenji, don't hold back." Daggeron said, but before Jenji could do anything, their training was interrupted by Megahorn.
"I'm Megahorn, and you're in trouble!" Megahorn said to them.
"Okay, looks like training is over." said Daggeron.
"Tell you what. I'm gonna take cover." said Jenji and he disappears into his lamp.
"Magical Source, Mystic Force!" shouted Daggeron. "Solar Streak Megazord! I'm ready when you are!"
"I'll defeat you quickly before the others know I'm gone." said Megahorn. "Then I will be the top terror."
"Let's go!" Daggeron said and the fight between them begins.
"Lizard Laser!" shouted Megahorn after striking the megazord a couple times, sending lasers from his eyes. Daggeron was ejected and landed on the ground. "Now that I have you on the ground, you will be easy to defeat!" Megahorn said, pointing his sword out at Daggeron. As he and Daggeron go at each other, Necrolai appears behind them on a cliff. "Megahorn is breaking the rules." she said as she watches from behind.
As the fight continues, Megahorn then said, "Come on! Get up! How do you like me now, Knight?"
He then pushes Daggeron back, causing him to fall to the ground. Daggeron gets out of the way and goes behind him. "Laser Lamp!" shouted Daggeron and takes a shot at Megahorn.
"Ha ha! Nice try." said Megahorn then runs at Daggeron. "Time to say good night!"
"I can't wait to tell the others." said Necrolai, clenching her fist. "Megahorn is gonna be in so much trouble."
Megahorn raised his sword in the air and a green ball of energy was created. He then sends it directly for Daggeron, causing him to fall to the ground. In the woods, Chip, Maddie, Vida and Nick were running through the woods. "We should make a break for Rootcore." said Vida as she and Chip were on either side of Nick.
"I don't want to jeopardize the base." said Nick. "This guy can follow us anywhere."
"I'm running out of suggestions." said Chip. "If this was a role-playing game, I'd give myself a time out."
"If only Lily were here. She would know what to do." said Maddie as they stop to set Nick down and rest. "At least we have some cover from the trees."
Suddenly a shot was aimed at a couple of trees and they demolecularize. "You were saying?" asked Chip.
"Guess I spoke too soon." said Maddie as another tree disappeared next to them.
"No." said Nick as more trees around them disappeared.
"We're in trouble!" exclaimed Vida now that their hiding place was gone.
"You can't hide from me!" shouted Oculous and points his staff at the remaining rangers, striking Vida.
"Sis!" shouted Maddie as she runs up to her.
"Vida!" shouted Chip.
"No!"
"Vida!" shouted Nick.
"Hey, Maddie, are you okay?" asked Chip as he rushes over to her.
"No!" she said as Chip brings her over to Nick.
"Vida!" Nick shouted again as Chip picks him up.
"Come on. We need to find cover." said Chip as he runs with Maddie and Nick. Phineas was hiding behind a tree, watching the three rangers run into the trees. "Run!" he shouted after them. "Run."
Down in the chamber, Necrolai told the other terrors the news. "I have found Megahorn." she said. "He is battling Solaris Knight in the Opaque dimension."
"What!?" shouted Iron Sculpin.
"His disregard for the rules has put us all in jeopardy." said Itassis. "I'll bring him back before it's too late."
Somewhere in Briarwood, the last three rangers were running behind a building. "Wait! Wait! Stop for a second." said Nick.
"Nick, we can't stop." said Maddie.
"I'm gonna surrender." said Nick.
"What?!" said Chip.
"You can't. We're a team." said Maddie.
"It's me they're after." said Nick. "If I give up, it'll save Xander, Lily and Vida."
"If it's you they're after, it's you we have to protect." said Chip.
"Gotcha." said Oculous as he spots the rangers.
"Watch out!" shouted Maddie as she takes the hit for them.
"Maddie! Oh, no!" said Nick as Maddie falls to the ground.
In the Opaque dimension, Megahorn makes another strike at Daggeron. "One more for good measure." Megahorn as he strikes Daggeron again and knocks him to the ground. "This should finish the job!"
A dark purple energy ball formed in his hand and throws it at Daggeron. "Ancient Mystic Mode!" shouted Daggeron as his Mystic armor appeared and goes straight for Megahorn. "Gotcha!"
Electricity cackled around Megahorn and Daggeron was shocked. "His armor's too strong." he said.
"Now that you're all powered up, it will be even more fun to send you packing!" shouted Megahorn. Another green energy ball formed and was sent towards Daggeron, only to be destroyed by Itassis.
"What?" Daggeron asks as he looks up.
"What happened?" Megahorn asked as he looks over to see who stopped the attack. "Itassis."
"Stop Megahorn." she said.
In the woods, Nick and Chip were the only ones left. "You know he's gonna find us." said Nick.
"I've been thinking." said Chip. "He's probably in another dimension, which allows him to follow us wherever we go. If we could make…"
"Stop." said Nick. "I'm gonna give myself up."
"What?" Chip asked.
"I'm not gonna lose all my friends and my sister." Nick explained. "There's something I can do to stop it."
"But if you surrender, you'll destroy everything we stand for." said Chip. "We're power rangers. Do you really think that's what Xander, Lily, Vida and Madison would want you to do?" Chip sighs and as he turns around, he was demolecularized. "Now, it's just me." said Nick.
Back in the Opaque dimension, Itassis stands between Daggeron and Megahorn. "Stop." she said as she looks at Megahorn.
"Itassis, this does not concern you!" said Megahorn.
"It concerns all of us when you break the rules of darkness." she tells him. "I know the possible consequences. How dare you put us all in jeopardy? I should destroy you myself."
"Looks like you're safe, Solaris." said Megahorn and turns to leave. "We'll meet again."
"Why did you help me?" asked Daggeron.
"I didn't." said Itassis as she walks away and Daggeron powers down. "Megahorn broke the rules. As we speak, your young apprentices are being destroyed."
Back in the woods, Nick was alone. "I have to end this once and for all." Nick thought to himself. He then comes out from behind the tree. "Come on, you coward!" Nick shouted. "Show yourself! I surrender!"
"Yes, the game is over." said Oculous. "I have won."
"It's me you want." said Nick. "Let my friends and sister go!" Oculous laughs evilly as he ignores Nick's demand. "I won't even fight you." said Nick.
"Have it your way." said Oculous. "You will be my biggest prize yet." Just as he takes his shot, Phineas knocks Nick out of the way and on to the ground. "Come on!" said Phineas as he drags Nick from the clearing.
"I should have known it was you, Phineas!" Nick said angrily.
"Good to see you too." said Phineas. "I just save a life again. We all have things we're good at."
"Let me go." said Nick but Phineas pushes him back. "I must surrender to save the others!"
"Interesting conundrum…you have to save us all." said Phineas.
"What? What are you talking about?" Nick asked Phineas.
"You are the light, the key to destroying the underworld." Phineas explained. "What a burden. I know. If you surrender, then we are all lost…every bird, squirrel, and fly, caterpillar, alligator, flea. Well, no one actually cares about the flea, except maybe another flea."
"Okay, okay, okay." said Nick, wanting Phineas to get to the point. "I'm the light, but they are my friends and Lily is my sister. What am I supposed to do?"
"Well, I don't know!" said Phineas. "What does your heart tell ya?"
"Heart?" Nick asked.
"Yeah."
"Heart. Fire Heart." said Nick then remembers what Daggeron had told him.
[Flashback]
"When the time is right, you will understand, and you will also realize your connection to Fire Heart." said Daggeron.
[Flashback ends]
"That's it." said Nick. "I am the light. Thanks again, Phineas."
Nick finally comes out of his hiding place and takes out his morpher. "Legendary Source, Mystic Force!" he shouted.
"Galwit Mysto Neramax!"
"Hyah!"
"Show yourself." said Nick as he sees a castle in the distance. "Face me!"
Oculous appears behind him. "I see you finally came to your senses." Oculous said.
"Yeah, I did, and you're going down!" said Nick.
"Oh, really? Rise!"
Hideaks rose from the ground behind Nick and with them, came Necrolai. "Well, well." she said.
"Perhaps you should have surrender." said Oculous.
"Fire Heart, red dragon fire ranger!" Nick shouted and Fire Heart flies overhead, dropping behind him.
"The beast!" shouted Necrolai.
"Let's go, Fire Heart!" shouted Nick as he hops onto the dragon and Fire Heart takes off into the air.
"Attack!" ordered Necrolai and the Hideaks fired into the sky. Fire Hearts returns fire and destroys what he sees. Suddenly Nick takes out a different morpher and combines with Fire Heart.
"Who's giving up now?" asked Nick. "I am the light! Hyah!"
"Go!" shouted Oculous.
"Get him!" shouted Necrolai. Hideaks from all sides ran towards Nick, who doesn't back down. "You want some more?" asked Nick as he looks around at the Hideaks. Nick continues to fight the Hideaks by himself. "Consider yourselves rocked!" he shouted as he hits the ground with two staffs. "Yeah, baby!"
"Slow learners." he then said as throws a staff like a boomerang at a group of Hideaks before catching it. Once he had destroyed the last group of Hideaks, Nick then turns to face the terror. "Oculous, you're next!" shouted Nick.
"So be it." said Oculous. "One on one, ranger."
"Give me back my friends and my sister!" shouted Nick as he knocks his attacks away from him.
"Never!" he shouted as he sends another attack at Nick who then takes to the sky. "No!"
Nick then combines the swords and sends them towards Oculous. He then slides past him as Oculous becomes destroyed. "Red dragon fire ranger!" Nick shouted. "Yeah!" Back in the woods, the others and Lily's double were back as Nick runs up to them. "Hey, look…there he is!" Chip said, causing Nick to look over at them.
"Hey Nick!" Maddie shouted.
"Over here!" Vida called out.
"You're back." said Nick.
"Nick!" said Lily's double as she runs up to hug him. Down in the chamber, Megahorn was frustrated. "Argh! I almost had Solaris!" he said.
"Where's Serpentina?" asked Itassis as she walks in and spots her. Serpentina hisses before walking away. "Megahorn broke the rules." said Black Lance. "It's a wonder we haven't been banished at all."
"If anyone breaks the rules again, they will have to answer to me." Iron Sculpin said, addressing the room.
Back at Rock Porium, Lily's double and the others walked in and sees Leelee sweeping the floor and her hair all out of place. "So, what do you think?" she asked.
"It's, uh, clean." said Nick as the Lily double went behind the counter and ducked.
"It seems that in your absence, Leelee has earned the right to the Rockployee of the month award." said Toby as he held the trophy in his hands and gives it to Leelee. "Congratulations."
They were shocked. "I think we can all learn from her commitment to excellence." Toby said to the rangers.
"Looks like I'm here to stay." said Leelee and Nick crosses his arms.
"She had my help, ya know." said Lily, popping up from behind the register. The others looked at Lily. "What's going on here?" asked Xander.
"You couldn't tell the different between me and her?" asked Lily's double as she also popped up next to Lily. The teens looked at one Lily to the other. "Aww, it's so cute when they look confused." said Lily 1.
"You're right. They look so confused." said Lily 2.
"How was the fight?" asked Lily 1, turning to face the other.
"Wasn't that bad." said Lily 2. "How was cleaning the store?"
"Enlightening." replied Lily 1.
"I'm confused here." said Chip.
"You're not the only one." said Vida.
"Lily, what did you do?" asked Maddie.
"I used a duplication spell on myself so that I can help both Leelee out in the store and fight with you guys." said Lily before turning to face her double again and touched her hand, merging back together.
"So, this whole time we were out there dealing with Oculous, we had a double and you were here?" asked Nick.
"Yeah and you can ground me all you want, but Daggeron has the final say so since mom's not here." said Lily.
"I hate being related to you." he mutters as he walks away from her.
"Yeah, I know…but you still love me!" she said with a smile at his retreating back.