Mordred was looking through his book of monsters. While he flipped through the many pages of the tome, a bat-like creature entered the main room of the lair. She approached Mordred, stopping a couple of feet in front of him and bowing. While staying in that position, she turned her head to look up at the evil wizard. "You wanted to see me Master Mordred," the creature inquired with a devious smile. Her mouth had multiple fangs sticking out and eyes that were a piercing red.
Mordred looked up from the evil book. "Ah Bawa, my loyal servant," Mordred said. "I want you to attack the Rangers alongside one of my monsters. All you need to do is distract them so he can peck them off."
"Forgive me Master, but why do I have to be the distraction for the peon? Shouldn't he keep them busy for me to defeat them?" Bawa interjected, slightly fearing the retaliation that could come her way.
Mordred chuckled. "No, when the Rangers work together as a team, they are far more capable of winning then when they are alone. This monster can separate them so that they can be defeated much easier. Once the Rangers are gone, no one will be able to stop us." Mordred flipped his book to a particular page as his hands began to glow with energy. "Ex quo mihi tenebis et vocavi te Matatour!"
A cloud of smoke rose from the book and took shape in front of Mordred. The figure was a cross between a man and bull. He wore a traditional matador's outfit, mint in color with gold accents. A red cape was draped over his left shoulder. The Minotaur quickly took a knee before the powerful mage, causing a smaller tremor as he did so.
"How may I serve moo, Master Mordred?" Matatour asked. he snorted and a jet of steam rushed out around the ring in his nose. the brown fur on his face collecting a small amount of steam from it.
Mordred snapped his fingers and five images appeared, each one was of one of the five Rangers in their civilian forms. "Find these five. Get them separated from one another and destroy them!" Mordred's eyes flashed red as he gave the order. His voice boomed off the walls of the cave, making him sound all the more threatening.
"As moo wish, my Master," Matatour replied, rising back up. He then was teleported away in an orb of black light, alongside a squad of Golems to fight the Rangers. Bawa disappeared soon after in a cloak of black bats, leaving Mordred alone in the main room.
Mordred turned his attention back to his main monitor, which currently showed a still image of the Rangers. "I hope you enjoyed you victory the other day Rangers because it is never happening again."
The class was dismissed for the day. The students began to make the mad dash for the parking lot to leave for the day. Some went to jobs, some went home, some went to hang out with friends. A few went to the school's library to study.
The hallway was empty, except for Maverick. He was pulling things out of his locker that he would need when he left school for the day. He stopped when he heard approaching footsteps. Maverick turned around to see Luke. "I thought I told you not to bother me at school," Maverick said, annoyed.
"Hey, we are a team now," Luke started. "We need to be able to communicate with one another, and here at school is a good way to get practice at it." Luke did not know why Maverick was constantly icing him out, but he was determined to get to the bottom of it. "You know, you'll need to open up to us at some point. You might as well start now." Luke stated this in a serious tone. Luke was honestly a little scared of Maverick, but Luke was standing before Maverick, to make a point, no matter how scary he found the situation.
Maverick slammed his locker door shut and spun around to face Luke. The look on Maverick's face made it quite clear that he was not happy. He started to say something when he saw out the window that Matatour appeared with some Golems. "We will talk about this later," Maverick said annoyed as he pointed the monsters out to Luke.