Super Sentai is owned by Toei. I only own the storyline and the characters. I'm not making money off of this and I hope that Toei understands that. I also hope someone with Toei can read English.
Horses ran throughout the forest of the Olympus Academy. On them are the Hunters of Artemis, and Artemis herself. The twelve horses continued to race to the hunters' prey, a Ophiotaurus. Hopefully it's the Deimos they've been after for the last two days. The Deimos needed to create a cure for Athena, who grows worse by the day.
Rachel Fluros rides with the hunters, and her mother.
"See anything?" Rachel asks her mother. She only shakes her head before answering.
"No... I don't see no Deimos anywhere in this forest. We can only hope it's not making it's way towards the city."
However despite Artemis's hopes, the Ophiotaurus Deimos was in fact in the city, stalking a young homeless man with short dark black hair, red eyes and albino white skin.
Opening Song plays...
Episode 4: The Cure for a Goddess
The young homeless man felt the Deimos presence, and turned around to confront him.
"Nothing personal... Just business..." the man said. Before pulling out a Demi Driver with a cypress tree on it. "Transform!"
The man inserts a Demi Key into the Driver. "CHANGE UNDERWORLD!"
The man becomes a Demiranger, clad in black spandex and a black vinyl cloak. His weapon is a large grim reaper scythe, and his helmet has the image of Cerberus on it as the visor.
"Son of Hades! Demi Black!"
Demi Black then charged at the Deimos with his personal weapon, a large scythe, summoned...
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"Guys!" Takumi said as he ran up to the Demirangers. Rachel climbed off her horse with Artemis. "We found the Deimos! It's already in Athena City and already it's attacking!"
"Well let's go deal with this thing." Grif ordered his team, as they made a run for the front gates of the Academy. Takumi shouted something else to them, but they were out of hearing range. However Artemis heard him loud and clear...
"What's this I hear about a black Demiranger fighting the Ophiotaurus Deimos?"
"A unknown Demiranger wearing black and not a member of either Academy is fighting the Deimos in question."
"I hope it isn't..." then Artemis walked away to back to Mount Olympus, pondering Takumi's statement...
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When the Demirangers arrived and saw the mysterious Demiranger in black, they were beside themselves, not knowing who could be the eighth Demiranger on their team. If this mysterious stranger wanted to join their ranks. The Demiranger took notice of the new arrivals and it was the chance that the Deimos used to strike and escape. The Deimos charges, and Demi Black immediately turns his attention back to the task at hand. However it was too late, as the Deimos then knocks him into the air and runs away. With Demi Black hitting the cement ground hard. Then he changed back to his regular self.
"You distracted me!" he said to the others. "I would've defeated it if it wasn't for you!"
"Then what would have you done with the remains?" Grif asked. "Kept them for yourself? You know how valuable a Ophiotaurus is on the Greek black market."
"I know, but I wouldn't keep the remains." the young man said. Grif got a good look at him, and realized the young man was dressed a eighteen year old goth kid. Complete with pale skin and a black anarchy t-shirt and jeans.
"When was the last time you showered?" Grif asked. "Because you smell a little bloody ripe. Crikey!"
"I don't know... I have no home so probably never."
Brianna stepped forward to ask a question herself. "Who are you anyway?"
"Azrael... Azrael Lupine..." Azrael said. "And I'm the son of Hades..."
That got their attention, they were thinking that if he was the son of Hades. Why was he helping them?
"Why did you fight that Deimos if your father created it?" Marco asked.
"I only did it to anger my dad..." Azrael said. "And don't try to recruit me to your camp. I have no intensions of forming a cabin of Hades at either Academy. But I will help you at times. Just won't happen often."
With that, Azrael walks away, leaving the Demirangers bewildered.
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The next day Azrael was receiving food from the local Catholic soup kitchen. As he eats his bread and soup, and washes it down with a glass of fruit punch, Nigel Burnside enters. Of course Nigel is disguising his centaur body with a wheelchair, posing as a handicapped person.
"Greetings Azrael..." Nigel said. "I am Nigel Burnside. I want..."
"To try and recruit me to the Demirangers?" Azrael interrupted.
"Well yes... But I want to know why you don't want to join us right now."
"Look I'm not in this to protect the world from my father. I just want to anger him, to tell him that I will never join his side and that I'm my own person."
"Well you certainly your own person. Nothing can take that away from you. I won't be able to set up a cabin for you, if you join our side. But just so you know you're always welcome to train at the Olympus Academy and you're among friends."
Just then Nigel's cellphone went off. He always hated advanced technology, and really hated Takumi trying to explain it all to him. Though granted it is the best way to get a message out without having to rely on pigeons or other birds. If a messenger bird dies, you'd have to train another one, but if a cellphone dies. Then you can replace the batteries.
"Hello?" Nigel said into the phone. "They what? Alright I'll be right there."
"What's wrong?" Azrael asked.
"The other Demirangers grew jealous of their five peers going out to save the world. So they stole their Demi Drivers and locked the Demirangers away in their cabins. The seven cabin leaders are going after the Deimos. I'm not forcing you to help Azrael, but if you care about our cause against your father, it will be helpful to aid the Demirangers. Their stasis made them a bit rusty."
With that Nigel left to have Azrael ponder his words. While Nigel had to make his way back to the Academy to help the real Demirangers get their powers back.
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Brianna banged on the door to the Poseidon cabin once more.
"Let me out assholes!" she shouted at the top of her lungs. "I'm the rightful owner of that Demi Driver! I want it back now!"
Outside a boy and a girl of the Poseidon cabin stood guard. They like the other guards of the other cabins in Olympus Academy, were annoyed by the Demirangers' constant shouting and banging. But they knew their guard duty would be over when their leaders came back with the remedy to Athena's poison. Then they would show who is the true Demirangers.
"Would you please shut up Bri!" said the boy.
Just them Nigel arrives at camp in his centaur form, and is none to happy when he arrives.
"All campers report to the administration cabin immediately!" he ordered. Everybody, even the guards walked over by the camp's fire ring. Which was located in front of the administration cabin, where Athena slept and the Matsuo siblings kept watch over her condition. That was getting worse by the day.
"I received a call from Grif Parker." Nigel said. Still angry at the entire academy. "That you all ganged up on them, stole their Demi Drivers and locked them in their cabins as if they done something wrong."
"Mr. Burnside..." a student from the Zeus cabin raised his hand.
"Silence!" Nigel interrupted. "This action is unacceptable! While you were all turned to stone by Medusa. Those five and even the two from Spartan Academy fought tooth and nail to protect Earth from Hades' schemes! Yes it was true they were rated low in their respective cabins! But they trained and grew stronger while we were trapped at the mercy of Hades! None of us would be free if it wasn't for them. They were even trying to fight the Deimos Hades sent to Earth, that contains the antidote to Lady Athena's condition. Right now the rules had to bent in order to stop Hades! Even as we speak they're trapped in their cabins, while your leaders, the highest rated half bloods of their cabins are off to trying to prove to me that they still have what it takes to be Demirangers! Yet as they track down the Deimos, they don't realize how rusty they are. Your actions will get your leaders killed!"
It was true thay have been out of action for a good deal of time. Something that would make any warrior rusty on the battlefield, and will make any warrior dead on the battlefield. Nigel left them all to let his lecture soak in as he took the master keys and ran to the cabins to free the true Demirangers.
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Within the city the leaders had trapped the Ophiotaurus Deimos in a alley with a dead end. However they didn't realized what could happen if a animal was cornered by predators in the wild. Of course they were excited that they even trapped the thing, to even realize that the Deimo will fight back. Which is what it did after letting out a bovine like howl. The Deimos charged at them and began to thrash the five Deimrangers around. Demi Blue, a male Demiranger, brought down his trident. Only to have it break in half on the Deimos' head. The Deimo smacked him with a hard fist to the face, sending Demi Blue to the ground with a sickening thud. Like the other four Demirangers who were knocked down. Demi Blue dropped out of his transformed state.
"Damnit!" Demi Red said. "I guess this is it..."
"What kind of attitude is that!" the African American Demi Pink said. "We can still beat this thing."
"Speak for yourself." Demi blue said in a groan. "I think almost every bone in my body is broken."
"We have to beat this thing..." Demi Red said slowly rising to his feet. "Lady Athena is counting on us."
A figure came up from behind and knocked Demi Red back down. "Just stay down and know that you can't beat that thing."
The figure was Azrael Lupine. Who had decided to come to the aid of the beaten Demi Rangers himself, after pondering the words of Nigel Burnside. He took off his jacket and threw it to the side. Then he drew his Driver and Key.
"Transform!"
"CHANGE UNDERWORLD!" came the computerized voice. Azrael was then transformed into Demi Black.
"Son of Hades! Demi Black!" Azrael summons his large scythe weapon and charged into battle. The Deimos did the same but when it looked like it would clothesline Azrael to the ground. Azrael ducked and slid under the Deimos. Slicing the Deimos across it's thigh. It let out a roar as it slipped onto the ground. Just then the real Demirangers arrived and rescued their comrades to safety.
Azrael then continued his relentless attack on the Deimos, hacking and slashing away at various points of it's body. Causing damage, along with the limp from the slash across it's thigh.
"Time to end this!" with those words spoken by Azrael, he charged up the scythe blade held it towards the ground. Then in one swift motion, brings the scythe upwards, as purple energy in the form of a crescent moon flies towards the Deimos. The Deimos was confused but realized the power of the attack a little too late. The Deimos exploded into flames and burning entrails in the alley. Azrael found a unused bucket nearby and was relieved when it was filled with rain water. He pours the water over the burning remains to put out the fire. Finally he gathers the remains into his jacket and ties it up into a bundle for easier carrying.
"Let's get this to Lady Athena, before we're too late." Azrael said changed back into his human state and carrying the Ophiotaurus remains. The Demirangers escorted their wounded friends back to the camp.
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Takumi finished mizing the now ashes with herbs and water. He made a paste like substance that he gave to Athena.
"It may taste terrible, but you must eat it Lady Athena." he said. Athena nodded and ate a spoonful of the paste. Gringing as the foul tasting paste went down her throat.
Outside the five Demirangers received their respective Demi Drives and Keys back, along with a whole bunch of apologies for being locked up and stripped of their powers.
"Well that's over..." Nigel said. "Everything is back as it should be."
"Which we're grateful for Nigel. Our leaders would've been dead if we weren't released in time." Grif said.
"So true, but now everybody understands why you were chosen and not them. That before the incident with Medusa, you were a bunch of slackers that trained outside the academy borders. Now you five have shown everyone that they shouldn't judge a book by it's cover. That you five are worthy of being Demirangers."
Takumi exits the cabin with a empty pestle. He walks towards the group.
"How is she doing Takumi?" Grif asked the satyr.
"Looks like she'll make a full recovery." Takumi replied. "But she needs rest to regain her strength. She's going back to Mt. Olympus for that... So Lauren will be in charge for a while."
"That's good..."
Next Episode: With the death of Medusa. Demeter's daughter Persephone takes her place. Meanwhile two Deimos sinks the latest United States naval vessel, the Nimitz class super aircraft carrier, USS Ares. As well as killing it's entire crew. Leaving the Demirangers to investigate the death of the Poseidon twins, a brother and sister from the Poseidon cabin, who entered the United States Navy. Demi Black reveals the Demi Thanatos to help the Demirangers to combat the two Deimos.
MOVIE PREVIEW!: Coming soon the evil Zangyack Empire and certain Sentai villians of the past have been allowed to leave the Underworld under Hades orders. They plan on releasing the Titans from Tarturus. The Demirangers must team up with the past Sentai teams, including the Go-Busters, in order to stop the Titans once and for all.