Power Rangers: Beasts of Myth

Five Versus Five: Negative Four Degrees

BLOODWING'S CASTLE

"Master, I must apologize for..." IcePhoenox began.

Bloodwing raised his hand for the Vampiric Beast.

"I know you lost a comrade you were rather fond of," the vampire said, "And I'm pretty sure you want revenge."

IcePhoenox bowed. "Yes, master, the Green Ranger."

Bloodwing nodded in satisfication. "See to it."

IcePhoenox chuckled and said to himself, "Now for Operation Christmas-in-July."

SKYLER BORNFLY'S RESIDENCE

"Skyler, obter aqui!" a fat, balding man on the couch yelled.

The green ranger ran into the room. "Sim, tio?"

"Você pode ir comprar um pouco de leite?" Skyler's uncle asked.

Skyler rolled his eyes. "I thought we had milk."

"O quê?" the Portuguese man asked.

"Desculpe. Pensei que tínhamos leite," Skyler replied.

Skyler's uncle shook his head. "Bebi o último dele."

Skyler sighed and shook his head. "Eu vou. Qualquer outra coisa?"

"Não," the Portuguese man replied.

Skyler nodded and walked out of the screen door that squeaked to a shut. Ever since his older brother was shipped to Iraq, his uncle has been taking care of him. However, it felt like it was the other way around. And although his uncle was easily a part of the American upper class, he insisted in living in a shoddy, gray house with the paint peeling.

"Tio, you are so lazy," Skyler said loudly.

He didn't worry that his uncle might hear; he only understood Portuguese anyway. Before Skyler could step off the porch, a snowflake dropped on the ground, followed hastily by another. Skyler ran onto the underwatered lawn and found several piles of snow around.

"This is strange. We never get snow in Bermuda Bay," the green ranger said with a thoughtful frown.

Without a second thought, Skyler teleported to Cave Ops.

CAVE OPS

Sasquatch paced as the computer scan the snow sample Skyler had collected.

"I'm thinking IcePhoenox has something to do with this," Skyler told Sasquatch.

Sasquatch looked at the computer screen. "Looks like normal snow."

Skyler gaped. "But we never have gotten snow before."

Sasquatch scratched his chin. Skyler looked at the bigfoot with a smirk.

"Are you sure nothing is wrong with this snow?" Skyler asked, pulling out a small Pizza Hut box from behind him.

Sasquatch looked at the box and asked, "What's that?"

"A p'zone," Skyler said.

Sasquatch cocked his head to the side in curiousity. "What's a p'zone?"

"It's like pizza, but the cheese, sauce, and pepperoni are on the inside," Skyler explained.

Skyler gave the ape the food, which he devoured hungrily. "I thought you'd like something since there are two more Elementals to take care of."

Skyler looked at the ground, then looked up again. "Are you sure?"

Sasquatch stopped in mid-chew. "Dif few get a goo ook a the cowds?" A few crumbs sprayed out of his mouth.

"Did I do what?" Skyler asked.

The mentor held up a hairy finger and swallowed. "Did you get a good look at the clouds?"

Skyler nodded.

"Any wispy looking clouds?" Sasquatch asked.

Skyler shook his head.

"Well, that is strange," Sasquatch said.

Suddenly, Sean walked in.

"Hey, guys, what's up?" the Irish boy asked.

"There's snow everywhere!" Skyler said.

Sean smiled. "I know. That was Xue's doing."

Skyler's eyes got wide. "Xue made it snow?"

Sean nodded happily. "It's her power."

Skyler facepalmed and laughed. "I forgot that we hadn't seen Xue's powers. I've been so worried about the Elementals, I've gotten a little paranoid."

Sean nodded. "Tobias and the girls are going to get some stuff for later. You wanna go pelt my cousin with snowballs?"

Skyler let out a laugh. "Sure."

With that, the two teleported. Sasquatch crossed his arms and walked over to his private quarters.

"No one ever asks me to go out," the bigfoot said to himself.

CONNERS' MANSION

Owen ducked behind a snow fort he'd made.

"Ha ha!" he said softly, "No one can get me."

Just as the redhead was getting settled, he felt some hard and cold hit him in the back. Owen turned around to see Sean and Skyler on the second floor balcony right above him.

Sean let out a chuckle. "How do you like that?"

Skyler smirked and lobbed a snowball at the sticky-fingered Irish boy, which hit him in the face, some of the snow slipping down the front of his shirt.

Owen growled as he wiped the snow off his face. "Not cool, Skyler!"

Sean laughed and high fived Skyler. The two walked into the house.

"Did you see the look on his face?" Skyler asked.

Sean chuckled. "Yeah."

The two looked around.

"So are you over Carmilla?" Sean said, bringing the topic out of the blue.

Skyler stopped, bit his lip and said, "I don't want to talk about it."

"I mean, you haven't had a girlfriend in a long time, then you got one, but she was a vampire..."

"I said, I don't want to talk about it," Skyler said, this time through gritted teeth.

Skyler walked over to the window and opened it, letting in fresh air.

"Skyler, why'd you open the window?" Sean asked.

Skyler looked at the window and then at Sean. "Sorry, I've been a little out of sorts over Carmilla. I'll go shut it."

But before he could shut it, IcePhoenox flew through the window.

"Why hello, Green Ranger," the Vampiric Beast said evilly.

Sean looked at Skyler. "I know you're out of sorts, but can you pull yourself together enough for a fight?"

"That I can do," Skyler replied, his eyes wide.

The two nodded and shouted, "Mythic Beasts, Awaken!"

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.

Skyler is flying in a green sky. Suddenly, a giant eagle flies up. It is a Tolroc. Skyler gets on the Tolroc's back, and the Tolroc flares its massive wings. The wings meld with Skyler's arms, the talons meld with his legs, and the Tolroc's body becomes Skyler's ranger suit. The Tolroc's head forms around Skyler's head, making the helmet. Skyler lands on the ground and strikes a pose.

"Serpent Whip!" Sean said as the weapon appeared in his hand.

"Tolroc Staff!" Skyler cried as he drew his weapon.

Sean whipped IcePhoenox across the chest, a few sparks flying out. Skyler then charged and struck the Vampiric Beast with powerful blows to his sides. IcePhoenox slid back and growled. He held his hand to his face and his eyes glowed cobalt blue. Suddenly, talons shot rapidly at the Green Ranger, causing an explosion of sparks. Skyler collapsed as he demorphed.

"Skyler!" Sean yelled.

IcePhoenox chuckled evilly. "And now you'll freeze from the inside out, Green Ranger! That'll teach you not to destroy my love!"

Sean's eyes widened under his helmet. "This is about Vampiren?"

The green ranger shuddered a little as he clutched his stomach. "I'd hate to see that baby."

Sean resisted chuckling as IcePhoenox began to shudder angrily. "You're lucky I don't kill you on the spot, Ranger."

"Yay me," Skyler muttered sarcastically.

"Enough of this," IcePhoenox said, "I'm going to plan my attack on Bermuda Bay. Have fun while you still can."

And with an evil laugh, the monster left. Sean demorphed and helped Skyler up.

"How do you feel?" Sean asked.

Skyler chattered his teeth. "C-c-cold."

Sean looked at his friend with concern. "Let's get to Sasquatch."

With that, the two teleported.

CAVE OPS

"Bad news," Sasquatch said, "Skyler's been injected with some kind of expanding, fast-freezing liquid."

Skyler's eyes became wide. "What?"

Sean looked at the green ranger, then Sasquatch. "Isn't there something we can do?"

Sasquatch thought for a moment. "Legend tells of a young yatagarasu that landed in Austrailia among an Aboriginal tribe, whose elder concentrated the energy of the sun eminating from the bird in a didgeridoo. It's supposedly in Uluru in a secret chamber."

Skyler looked at Sasquatch, a questioning look on his face. "Well that doesn't sound like a reject Sunny D commerical."

Sean looked at Skyler. "Now's not the time for jokes. I'll go get the didgeridoo. Skyler, stay put."

"Did I also mention the tribe considers the instrument sacred and will not part with it and that Skyler has to play it?" Sasquatch asked.

Sean looked at Sasquatch, miffed. "That would have been nice to know beforehand to save time!"

Sasquatch shrugged. "Sorry."

With that, the two teleported.

ULURU

Skyler hung limply from Sean's shoulder as the Irish boy drug the Portuguese teen across the rugged terrain.

"You couldn't help me even a little bit?" Sean asked.

Skyler let out a groan of pain. "Sorry, but I'm freezing from the inside out here!"

Sean leaned Skyler on the giant rock and sat down. "So, anything on your mind?"

Skyler tried to stand, but found his knees unable to bend. The green ranger growled in frustration.

"Why is it me?" he managed, reaching down to try to force his leg to bend.

Sean looked at him. "What do you mean?"

Skyler tried many times to make his knees work, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it.

"Well, Vampiren targeted me last time, and now, IcePhoenox," Skyler replied.

Sean let out a sigh. "Do you want to talk about Carmilla?"

Skyler stopped trying to bend his legs and looked at the blue ranger. "She was the only girl I ever loved with all my heart."

Skyler averted hs gaze from Sean. "Do you know what it's like to have dated dozens of girls and not find anyone?"

Sean bit his lip.

Skyler sighed and continued, "To love for real, and it's because of a vampire's spell?" He let out a bitter chuckle. "That's rich."

Sean put his hand on Skyler's shoulder and replied, "Skyler, I know someone out there is waiting for you."

Skyler smiled and said, "Yeah, and hopefully she'll be at the grocery store. My uncle drank all the milk again."

Sean laughed and said, "Ready to find the door?"

But before Skyler could reply, the two fell backwards into a secret door, revealing a rather large civilization of Aboriginees.

"Whoa," Sean said to himself.

"So, this is it," Skyler said as he picked up a nearby didgeridoo and pressed it to his mouth, creating a loud warbling note.

Suddenly, all the members of the tribe started to gather around the two, chattering in their native tongue.

"Skyler, I think we've got a problem," Sean said, nudging the green ranger.

Then, the Irish boy noticed they were smiling. Some of them had brought didgeridoos and drums and began to play. Soon enough, the Aborigines began to sing in their strange language and clap in time to the rhythm. A few began to dance as an important-looking man in a red cape-like garment and a staff in his right hand. He held up his hands and everyone ceased, even Skyler.

Sean looked at Skyler. "You never take orders."

Skyler looked back at the Irish boy.

"I... don't..." he replied breathily, "Tired."

The chieftain figure began to speak in a strange language.

"What do you think he's saying?" Sean asked.

"Like I speak Aborigines!" Skyler exclaimed.

Then, the chieftain broke his staff in half, revealing a shining red and gold didgeridoo. He then gave it to Skyler, a knowing smile on his face. Without hesitation, Skyler pressed the instrument to his mouth, its distinct sound resounding. Suddenly, Skyler noticed he could bend his legs again and the cold was vanishing. Skyler let down the instrument and gave it back to the chieftain.

"I know you can't understand me, but thank you," he said, a smile on his face.

With that, he stood up and moved his legs. Sean stood up, too, smiling as well.

"We did it!" Sean said.

"Yeah!" Skyler replied, and the two exchanged high fives.

With that, the two teleported back to Bermuda Bay.

BERMUDA BAY

Now is the best time to strike, IcePhoenox thought to himself. There are only three rangers left and I can easily handle that.

IcePhoenox created a large ball of ice and began to drop it on a car.

"Snowball, fire!" a voice shouted.

IcePhoenox turned to see Skyler and Sean in their ranger uniforms. Sean threw three snowballs into the air, which Skyler then hit with his staff, causing them to fly at IcePhoenox. The Elemental caught the first, but the second walloped him in the face, leaving his defenses open for the thrid to hit him in the chest. Taking this opportunity, Skyler swept the monster's feet from under him, following closely by three strikes from Sean's whip. IcePhoenox got up.

"For Vampiren!" he yelled as he charged.

Sean looked at Skyler, whose muscles had relaxed. Suddenly, Sean's suit radiated a blue-green aura.

This is for you, Skyler! he thought to himself.

Sean and the monster are on open sea with no land in sight. Suddenly, a tolroc descends from the heavens and creates a waving-making wind. Sean surfs on this wave, twirling his whip. "Tsunami Tolroc Torrent!" Sean yells as the monster is shattered in half and reduced to ash.

"Whoa, that was intense!" Sean said, as an explosion went off behind him.

"I'll say!" Skyler said, "You used wind power and well as your own element. This is interesting!"

"That was cool," Tobias said as he ran up, morphed and ready. The girls weren't too far behind him, also morphed, and Xue was carrying a bag.

"We arrived and saw that new finisher!" Clarice said, as she hugged Sean.

"Yeah, that's pretty cool!" Xue agreed.

"Alright, alright, let's go back to Cave Ops," Tobias said to the group and with that, they teleported away.

BLOODWING'S CASTLE

"Lillith, I want you to do something for me," Bloodwing said.

Lillith shuffled over. "Yes?"

"Find me a blood lotus, and bring it back here,"

Lillith bowed. "At once."

The female vampire shuffled out of the room and shortly returned with a rather large, blood-red lotus flower.

Inferpire looked at it in interest. "What does this do?"

Bloodwing chuckled to himself. "It increases your power tenfold. Unfortunately, it'll take a while as you soak in its juices, and if we fire off a steam pellet now, we won't have enough energy to use it."

Inferpire bowed and said, "Master, I am ready."

Trivia: The didgeridoo is played by buzzing your lips and gargling simultaneously.