Power Rangers: Beasts of Myth

Talons of Portugal

CAVE OPS

Skyler was rocking out to his favorite band, Underoath, headbanging as hard as he could.

I've been crawling around in the dark for a while.

Spread out across the floor

Not collecting dust anymore

Define me a parasite, define my host

Trapped beneath the floor, I slowly waste away.

But, before the verse could start, Sasquatch turned off the music, much to Skyler's annoyance.

"Aw, come on, Sasquatch," Skyler said to the ape, "Why?"

"Because you haven't left that spot for three days!" Sasquatch replied.

"Well, I don't have anything else to do," Skyler retorted.

"You could always look up your lineage," the hairy lug replied.

"Did. Nothing."

"Nothing? No folklore, not even a whisper?"

"Nope." At this point, Skyler had sat in Sasquatch's computer chair and propped up his feet on the desk beside the desk.

"Well, have you cross referenced any books? Done any in depth searching?"

"Nah, sounds like too much work," Skyler replied, bringing his feet down.

Sasquatch facepalmed. Then, it hit Skyler. If he discovered his ancestry, he'd get a cool super-power. Immediately, Skyler began typing on the computer, bringing up his family tree, mythology references from Portugal, and a map of the state.

"Um, Skyler, what are you doing?" Sasquatch asked.

"Programming the computer to cross reference my family tree, any trace of a Tolroc in Portuguese lore, and where my family's from," Skyler replied.

Suddenly, a ding from the computer.

"Ah," Skyler said, reading the results, "There is a structure above the family estate in Lisbon dedicated to the Silver Tolroc, who slayed the Garuda Tyrant."

The green ranger looked at his fuzzy mentor with a confused look, and asked, "What's a garuda?"

Sasquatch shrugged and said, "Beats me."

Suddenly, four flashes of red, blue, yellow, and white light appeared, materialized, and became Tobias, Sean, Clarice, and Xue. Tobias had just finished changing the oil in his truck, and everyone knew, too because of the oil stain on his old jeans. Sean looked at the greasy teen, shook his head, and went to see what Skyler was up to. Clarice held her nose from the stench of oil as she walked over with Sean. Xue hugged him, ignoring the fact that he stunk of oil or it was possible that the oil could stain her white clothes. Tobias smiled and the two went over.

"Ugh, Tobias," Clarice said, her nose scrunched up in disgust, "Why didn't you change clothes before you came here?"

Tobias gaped and put his hand on his chest as if offended. "I just had to see Skyler working," he replied in a sarcastically offended voice, "Other than his job, he doesn't do any work."

"Homework?" Xue asked skeptically.

"Nope," replied Tobias.

"Classwork?"

"Negative."

"Not even chores?"

"No way, Jose."

"Wow."

"Yeah."

"So, what does he do all day?" Clarice asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Eat, sleep, and use the bathroom," Tobias replied, a smug look on his face.

"Oh, ha ha. At least my job isn't life threatening," countered Skyler in a lofty tone.

"Skyler, you give plane rides over Bermuda Bay in a cheap British WWII plane that has multiple holes it," Tobias retorted, ashamed by his friend's momentary stupidity.

Skyler slumped, and said, "Well, at least I found something, mister demi-dragon."

"And what did find, your Laziness?" Tobias teased, with a mock bow.

"A temple to the Silver Tolroc that isn't too far from the family estate in Portugal," Skyler replied, "However, it's in midair."

"Yes," Sasquatch said, "But since you've discovered this, you are a semi-realized demi-tolroc, which means you can fly without the need of an plane."

"Self-propelled flight? Sweet!" Skyler replied, pulling his fist closer to his body in a gesture of victory.

"After you go to the Strato Temple, you should have mastery over the wind," Sasquatch replied.

"I'm off, then," Skyler told them, "Wish me luck!"

With that, Skyler teleported to Portugal. Within a fraction of a second after he had gone, a Vampiric Beast that was half-garuda, half-vampire who named himself as Garufang started attacking Bermuda Bay.

"Well, back to business," Tobias said, "Ready?"

"Ready!" the other three called.

"Mythic Beasts, Awaken!" the four cried out.

Xue is trudging through a snowy mountain in a blizzard. Suddenly, a Yeti walks up. Xue gets on the Yeti piggy-back style and the Yeti begins to run through the snow. The snow kicked up becomes Xue's ranger suit and the Yeti disappears, leaving only a helmet. Xue is pitched forward and her head hits the helmet and it comes on her head. She continues to fall down the mountain until she finds her footing, stomps her left foot, and strikes a pose.

Clarice is in a desert. Suddenly, a snake with human arms slithers up. It is a Naga. Clarice is dragged under the sand and after a few seconds pass, comes back up in her ranger suit. The Naga pops out of the sand and falls on Clarice, but only the head hits her. The head becomes her helmet and she strikes a pose.

Sean is underwater. Suddenly, a Sea Serpent swims up and swallows him. Out of nowhere, the Sea Serpent starts glowing and its body becomes Sean's ranger armor. Sean grabs the Sea Serpent's head and shoves it onto his head, and it becomes the helmet. He swims to the surface, jumps out of the water, lands on the sea, and strikes a pose.

Tobias is in a volcano. Suddenly, a Dragon flies up and forms a ball of fire around Tobias. His ranger suit is burned onto him. The Dragon's takes his head, which becomes a helmet, and presents it to Tobias. He puts the helmet, then breaks out of the fire and strikes a pose.

"Let's go!" Tobias yelled as the four teleported to Bermuda Bay.

STRATOS TEMPLE

Skyler flew to the ceiling and pulled out a dagger. It was green with a bronze blade.

"So, this is the Tolroc Dagger," Skyler said, dubbing the weapon.

Skyler landed, and played a summoning tune that was totally different from Tobias's and Sean's.

With that, the Stratos Temple shuddered and green energy flew into the statue of the tolroc. The great bird flexed its wings and shook its head.

"Oh, my aching wings," the tolroc said.

"Um, excuse me," Skyler chirped.

The giant bird looked at the green ranger and said, "Yes?"

"Are you the Silver Tolroc?" Skyler asked.

The bird nodded.

"I am your descendant, Skyler Bornfly," the young man replied.

"Indeed," the tolroc said, "And why have you come here, Skyler Bornfly?"

"Bloodwing's back," Skyler replied tersely.

The tolroc slumped and said, "Crap. If he's back, you're going to need my help. Play the Tolroc Dagger, and I'll come."

"Thanks," Skyler replied.

"Skyler, come in!" Tobias's voice rang over communications.

Skyler held down the main button, and said, "This is Skyler. Go ahead."

"We're getting our butts handed to us. We need help," Tobias replied.

"On my way," Skyler said.

Quickly, Skyler morphed, and teleported to Bermuda Bay.

BERMUDA BAY

Garufang flapped his humongous wings, disarming and flinging the rangers, causing them and their weapons to disperse.

"Time to end this!" the monster roared.

"I couldn't agree more," a familiar voice called.

With that, Skyler struck Garufang in the jaw with his staff, if you could call it that. Suddenly, Skyler's ranger suit began glowing green.

Skyler kicks the monster into the air. Then, jumps up, twirling his staff. He strikes the monster in various spots before crying out "Aerial Facesmash!" With that, Skyler brings the butt of the staff into the monster's face, which hurtles the monster into the ground. Skyler lands, and the monster is reduced to ash.

"Chew on that, Bloodwing," taunted Skyler.

BLOODWING'S CASTLE

Bloodwing growled and roared, "Activate a steam pellet!"

Lillith nodded, typed on the keyboard, and hit enter.

BERMUDA BAY

Suddenly, there was a puff of smoke and a giant Garufang.

"Again?" Tobias asked.

"Well, now we have three zords," Skyler said, pulling out his Tolroc Dagger.

"Alright, guys," Sean said, "All together now!"

Tobias, Sean, and Skyler put their daggers to their mouthpieces and played their summoning tunes, all three harmonizing perfectly. Suddenly, there were red and green gleams in the sky, and a blue gleam in the puddle made by a severed fire hydrant. Then, they revealed themselves as the Red Mythic Dragon Zord, the Blue Mythic Serpent Zord, and the Green Mythic Tolroc Zord. The three rangers teleported to their cockpits and the zords were off.

The Tolroc Zord raked its talons at Garufang's eyes, momentarily blinding him. The Serpent Zord twined around the monster's legs, and as the monster leaned back to avoid the talons, he fell on his back. The Tolroc Zord and the Serpent Zord tore away from Garufang as the Dragon Zord activated its flamethrower. But Garufang blew the flames back at the zords with his powerful wings, and took to the sky.

"The Dragon Zord's energy is too low to fly," Tobias reported, "Skyler, it's up to you."

"Oh, God," Sean remarked, instantly facepalming.

"Have some faith, Sean," Skyler replied, drumming his right hand's fingers on the dash.

The Tolroc Zord flew after Garufang, and began to spin counterclockwise, beak acting as a drill.

"Cyclone Drill!" Skyler cried out as the Tolroc Zord hit the monster dead on, causing it to explode.

BLOODWING'S CASTLE

Bloodwing roared and overthrew a table.

"Curses!" he shrieked, an angry look on his face.

CAVE OPS

Skyler was back headbanging to Underoath, the other four close by.

I'm worn out.

I'm worn thin.

I will never break through.

I'm worn out,

Worn thin.

I will never out break through.

Let me out.

Let me out.

Let me out.

And with that, the song ended.

"I guess we all learned something today," Tobias said, smirking to himself.

Sean, Clarice, and Xue looked at the red ranger and smiled mischievously.

"And what is that?" Sean asked.

Tobias shook his head and said, "Nothing motivates Skyler like superpowers."

Trivia: The song used is "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures".