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It had been about a week since Xandred's defeat and Dragomir's frustration was at its peak.
"No matter what we try we cannot seem to prevail over those blasted Power Rangers!" Dragomir roared.
"They've already defeated most of the monsters we have along with Aires."
Aquarius said.
"We still have an ace up our sleeve.
The Dreadnaught." Alpha said as he and his twin entered Dragomir room.
"But we haven't collected enough data on Rangers, Red, Silver, Gold and White." Aquarius said.
"The Dreadnought capabilites are at its maximum when we had information on all of the Rangers. Which is why we were able to take Nova's Life Source."
The fish General continued.
"I have thought of a way to get information on them." Omega said.
Even his twin looked a bit surprised at that statement.
Omega moved over to a large screen and pulled up seperate windows of Hathaway, Roxy, Blade and Megan.
"I have already placed sleeper cells inside the school they attend which I intend to activate if given the approval."
Dragomir huffed.
"So what are they supposed to do?"
"Well they are each designed to target each of the weaknesses that have been discovered by careful anaylsis."
He pulled Hathaway up to full view.
"This one, the Red Ranger. He is shown as an exponential fighter, balancing out the rest of his teams attributes. But here is where he blunders. He often shows a certain fondness for the Silver Ranger, which is why a few attacks had been sucessful in hurting him." Omega stated.
"Someone's been doing their research." Alpha said.
"The Silver Ranger, another good fighter, although she fights better alone. She has a strong tendency to let her emotions get the best of her both on and off the battlefield, which is easily exploitable."
"The Gold Ranger, he excels in long range combat. In a sense, he provides support for the rest of his team. So the best way to neutralize him would to have him shut down before he can get far enough to provide support."
Dragomir was truly impressed by Omega's work.
"Finally, the White Ranger. Her ability with a staff is almost equal to the Blue Ranger. The only difference is that the White Ranger appears to be very clumsy when not battling. So the best bet would be to have her combat a monster that would keep her constantly moving would effectively disable her." Omega concluded.
Dragomir clasped his hands together.
"An excellent deduction."
"But what if this doesn't work?" Aquarius questioned.
"Its not supposed to, its supposed to gather information for the Dreadnaught. Weren't you listening?"
Alpha stated.
Aquarius growled.
'They're being unusually cooperative.'
"Then prepare the monsters you need for this. I place my trust in you Omega, don't fail me." Dragomir said walking off. Aquarius followed but then soon stopped and turned around.
"I don't know what is is you two are trying to do but, it won't pay off for you." Aquarius said.
"Is that a threat?" Alpha questioned, stepping forward.
"Maybe it is maybe it isn't. I'll let you figure that out."
And with those words Aquarius left the room.
"You think he's catching on?" Omega asked his counterpart.
"Slowly, slowly but surely." Alpha said in an uninterested tone.
"Hm. Let's prepare. The Dreadnaught is vital to our plan." Omega said.
The two stalked off to plan their attack.
*-PRNF-*
Back on Earth the Rangers were in HQ looking over the new powers they obtained.
"So...the Solar mode and Eclipse mode more than double your Ranger powers, provide different weapons, new attacks...there has to be some kind of drawback." Wes sighed as he looked at the battle data from the fight with Master Xandred. Hathaway was too engrossed with his ring to pay any attention.
"I doubt it, the Nova Ranger specs had no flaws in them." Rilan said.
"Well we just unlocked the Solar mode so there could be some sort of problem." Marias said.
An alarm beeped on Tiffany's computer screen.
"Well you get to prove Wes wrong, there's a monster in the City Square."
"Hey you guys I accessed an underground tunnel that connects throughout the city! You can use your Nova Runners for it." Rey said.
"Got it." Leonide said. The Nova Rangers took off to their far left and stood side by side.
"Nova Force! Start it Up!"
The five ranger morphed then punched in the code for their Nova Runners.
The five motorcycles materialized in front of them.
"Let's go!" Hathaway said. The rangers boared their motorcycles and sped off into the tunnel ahead of them.
"Wow Rey this is pretty cool." Zeili said.
"Yeah you really outdid yourself."
Hathaway said.
"Hehe, well I try." Rey chuckled.
There was an opening a few yards away from them. The rangers resurfaced and drove around the corner before locating their target. The bikes swerved to a stop. The rangers dismounted their bikes as they dematerialized.
"Hey big and ugly!" Hathaway shouted.
The rhino monster spun around.
"What?" It asked.
"No snippy comeback huh? Well then let's get this over with!" Leonide said.
The Rangers drew their weapons.
The monster charged at them.
It didn't take long for the rangers to easily overpower him.
Zeili delivered a powerful roundhouse to the monster knocking him backwards. Marias and Leonide fired on him with their Raider Guns in hand.
"Urgh! Aagh!" The monster groaned.
"Rave Trigger!"
"Orion Saber!"
The two rangers initated a tag-team attack on the monster sending him to the floor.
The rhino monster struggled to get up.
"Paradox Cannon!" Hathaway shouted.
*-PRNF-*
"Initiate the Energy Sphere Boost." Omega instructed to a wanderer.
The henchman pressed a few buttons before pulling a small lever.
Back on Earth, the Rhino monster roared to life.
"Rrraagh!" He bashed the weapon out of the Nova Rangers hands.
"Whoa, what's with the sudden power boost!" Zeili wondered.
"No clue but this guy means buisness now!" Rilan said.
"Yeah well so do we!" Roxy called out in the distance. The five Nova Rangers turned around as their three allies sped past them and managed to stun the monster.
"The gang's all here." Hathaway said.
The eight rangers then charged at the monster which quickly knocked them all to the ground.
Rilan and the Novians were the first to get back up.
"I'm getting tired of this guy!" Rilan said pulling out his Solar Disc.
The other Novians followed suit.
"Solar Mode! Activate!" They called out.
Their belt buckles shone and had shrunk to match the shape on the inside of the Disc. They clipped the disc onto the buckle and in a brilliant flash of light, they transformed.
"Let's get him!"
The four Novians charged in on the Rhino monster.
"Ignore them. Your target is the Silver Ranger." Omega said.
"Yes...sir..." The monster strained out.
With a great amount of effort the monster forced its way through the Solar Rangers and charged straight at
Roxy. Hathaway had jumped in its way and shot it causing it to slow down.
"Enough of this! Solar Mode! Activate!"
Hathaway went to transform but instead a massive surge of energy coursed through his body.
"Aaagh!" He groaned in agony.
As the electric energy crackled throughout his body the other rangers looked on in shock. As did the Gemini's.
"Gaah! What's happening to me?" Hathaway moaned. He dropped to one knee before demorphing.
He clutched his chest in pain before collapsing onto the ground.
"What just happened? Rey!" Blade said into his mic.
"I have no idea! But you guys have to get him out of there!" Rey shouted.
Megan hoisted him up.
"Let's go guys!" She said.
The other rangers began to pull back.
"What an unexpected development." Alpha said.
"Rhinoceron, fall back." Omega said.
The monster roared then was teleported away.
*-PRNF-*
The rangers made it back to HQ.
"What in the hell happened?" Marias said. Wes and Rey were looking over the specs on Hathaway's suit.
"Hathaway's body is finally starting to give out under the stress of the Nova Ranger suit." Rey said.
"So Rilan was right. The Ranger Suit is putting to much strain on Hathaway's body because it wasn't designed for a human body." Roxy said.
"Wait well what about the Lunar Ranger suits?" Tiffany asked.
"That I can answer. After the diffusion of the Lunar powers, a chain reaction occured causing all three suits to lose overall power. Which is why you three are able to use them without causing any damage to your bodies."
Rilan said.
"So the Lunar Ranger suits aren't as strong as their supposed to be."
Blade questioned.
"That's correct." Rilan said.
"Well Hathaway until we can find a solution, your out of commision for awhile." Wes said.
"Ugh, no I can..." Hathaway groaned trying to stand up.
He stumbled around before regaining his composure.
"I-I can still fight." He said.
"No you don't." Roxy said sitting him down.
"You're not fighting anything until we figure out how to alter your suit." The Lunar Ranger instructed.
Hathaway groaned in disapproval.
"Fine."
*-PRNF-*
"Looks as if something is wrong with the Red Ranger." Omega said.
"Another exploitable weakness." Alpha said.
"Rhinoceron, you are to exploit the weaknesses of the Lunar Rangers upon your next deployment." Omega commanded.
"Why not now?, I'm ready to destroy those Rangers right at this moment!"
The monster shouted.
"Not now, you must recharge the ESB inside you." Alpha said.
Rhinoceron growled.
"You're right, but next time! I will destroy them!"
Alpha and Omega began to walk off.
"I'm sure you will." Omega said.
A/N: Well, next chapter is the start of the final arc of this season!