Tloj: And now, we introduce the villains! I'm having some fun being them. Especially Dragold. :3

IN THE FROZEN NORTH...

"It is time..." A monster that looks like the Statue of Liberty states, activating monster generators.

He creates some pods. "Arise, knights of Deboss! Dragold..."

A lion monster with a jagged sword growls.

"...Woemore..."

A Tinman sheds some tears with a sniff.

"Candelira..."

A heart-based female giggles and says, "Keep smiling!"

"...And Luckerio."

"How lucky!" A scarecrow girl giggles.

Woemore wipes his eyes, "To be awake after so long, it's making me shed a tear!"

"Why weren't we awoken earlier?! That's fucking irritating!" Dragold roars, slashing lightning at the ground.

Candelira puts a hand on each of their shoulders, "Now boys, why not give a BIIIG smile?! We're awake now, and ready to serve our master!"

"Yeah! That's super lucky!" Luckerio agrees.

"Welcome back, all of you. Deboss wishes to be awoken, so our mission begins." Ruin, their statue resembling leader, states.

Candelira hops for joy, clapping her hands, "Oh goodie! So what is our mission?"

He turns to three large containers, each with a face: one with an angry face, one with a sad face, and one with a happy face. "We need to collect large quantities of anger, sorrow, and joy so that Deboss can think like those pesky Mobians, and destroy them all."

Woemore sobs in his hands, "To think our master is still trapped in that frozen sleep... That STINGS!" Waterfalls of tears spray from his eyes.

Candelria sighs, "A shame these emotions have to be harvested from humans."

"Yeah... so unlucky..." Luckerio pouts.

"You three are in charge of collecting these emotions!" Ruin points to Dragold, Woemore, and Candelira. "You may summon generals to help your goal come to fruition. Do not disappoint our master."

They bow, and take their stations by the pillars, each extending a hand to combine their power into a monster.

Cinder runs away from a loud roar, and a large red and yellow T-Rex Zord chases after her.

She rolls, spinning to face it with a determined fire in her eye. For the past month she's been running these exercises with Gabutyra, and neither of them are willing to surrender.

He breathes fire at her as he charges, his green eyes furious.

She dodges sideways, running up a cliff face, and kicking him across the jaw.

He roars and snatches her from the air, holding her in his mouth and breathing fire at point-blank range before spitting her out, her clothes completely scorched off. He doesn't stop there, raising his foot to squash her.

She doesn't care that she's now completely naked, just that she is completely PISSED! She raises Ito a kneeling position, grabbing his foot with a rising growl. She lets out a war cry as she rises quickly to her feet, throwing Gabutyra off balance, and delivers a flying kick to the knee of the leg he's using to stand.

As she lands again Gabutyra falls on his side, and she faces him, ready for more.

Gabutyra roars and spins, kicking her into a boulder hard enough to shatter it before standing and breathing more fire at her.

Cinder tenses her muscles as she hits the boulder, and it protects her from shattering bones. He hides behind another boulder to avoid being burned, and then lifts it, rushing Gabutyra while using the boulder as a shield. With grunt she throws it at him, lodging it into his mouth.

"I thought you were going to smoke me, not fry me," she quips.

Gabutyra growls and fires machine gun lasers from his mouth, shattering the rock before charging at her again.

She runs between his legs, grabbing the end of his tail, and with a war cry she slowly manages to spin him off the ground. She throws him into the cliff face, and he gets hurried under the rubble.

She pants, and eyes a burn on her arm, "C'mon Gabutyra, get up."

His eyes shoot open, and he chomps her whole, trying to chew her as he stands.

From inside she opens his mouth, and looks down at the large cylinder pointed at her from the bottom of his mouth. "This looks important!" She grabs it, and yanks, tossing it out of his mouth. To her surprise it shrinks as it hits the ground, going into the size of a AA battery.

Gabutyra roars loudly before his head crest lowers and he drops on his haunches, glaring at her.

She rolls out of his mouth, and picks up the battery, "Okay... What is this?"

"It is Gabutyra's Zyudenchi."

Cinder turns, and blinks at the strange bird, "A Beast Battery?"

She keeps an eye on Torin with her Chi as she pulls her bag of clothes from its hiding place. Fortunately only her Gi had been burned to cinders on her encounter with the flames. She also people out an herbal rub for her burns.

"Indeed." He bows. "I am Torin, Guardian of the Voltasaurs. I wish to welcome you to-"

A breeze makes his mustache blow, and he gasps, stopping midsentence. "The city is being attacked!"

Gabutyra straightens quickly and roars, moving forward and stepping on her bags of clothes inadvertently.

"Are you sure? She's the one?" Torin blinks. "...Very well. There is no time to explain. Here."

Torin reaches into his robe and pulls out a yellow and black revolver with a dinosaur face on it. "I know you protest violence with a gun. But put in Gabutyra's Zyudenchi into the slot and call Kyoryu Change, and do what feels right. Hurry, there is no time!" He tosses the gun, and a mask for her face that had slid out of her bag just before Gabutyra squashed it.

Cinder puts on the mask, and elbows Gabutyra's foot, "My clothes! Now!"

He shakes his head. "Now means now. You don't have time. People are dying right now!"

She shakes his battery at him with a scowl, "Fine, but I'm still pissed at you for burning my favorite Gi."

She turns examines the gun, and presses down a tail on the back. She spots two holes in the front, and nods to herself.

She holds out the battery, and narrows her eyes, "Brave, In!" She presses a button on the ridge of the battery, and it glows with red energy. She loads it into the blaster's lower hole, and clamps the jaw of the gun shut.

Crossing one foot behind another she spins as she spins the barrel, aims, and fires upwards. The spirit head of Gabutyra flies up, and around her, his tail of energy encasing her. The energy becomes her Ranger clothes, and then the head bites down on her from behind, becoming her helmet.

She takes a moment to look herself over. On her left shoulder is a shoulder pad with short spikes aiming away from her head, and going across her chest is a yellow band with a zig-zagging black line inside it like teeth. On her belt she discovers her buckle turns, and opens to show three more Beast Batteries.

She pulls one out, and presses the ridge on it before throwing it to Gabutyra. As it expands, and flies into his mouth the size of a tank truck trailer, she lands on his nose.

"Now Gabutyra, let us show our enemies the true meaning of fear..."

He roars agreeably, and runs, jumping into the air.

Torin watches them leave. "Good luck, Cinder Waverider." He turns to the flat bag. "...I shouldn't leave this here. She'll never find it." He grabs the bag and warps away.

Trent is looking around Shadow's new workshop with interest, "No Mezogog, but does Shadow rest? Not a chance in Hell..."

It was more of a large airplane hangar built into a mountain, and Shadow was nowhere to be found.

"A man's got to have a hobby." Ethan shrugs.

Trent shrugs, and looks around, "I wonder..."

A computer starts going off, and Trent runs over to it. New monsters that look like they have seaweed for hair are popping up all over the world.

"...His hobby paid off." Kira observes.

Mina runs in and hops onto a swiveling chair, typing furiously. "Guys! Great timing!"

Trent scowls, "What the Hell are these things?"

"Dunno their names, Torin never said." Mina responds. "Are you guys ready for more action?"

"Just try to stop us!" Conner smirks.

"Good." She turns and stands, walking up to a display of guns and other weapons, grabbing the guns and handing the firearms to them. "Take these, and fire at the symbol on the wall."

They nod, and line up. Then as one they raise their blasters, and fire.

The symbol glows, and warps them each to a temple surrounded by walls and a roof of light that prevented them from knowing exactly where they are. Shadow is there, tinkering.

He looks at them and blinks. "Guys? Why are you here?"

"Big trouble," Trent replies. "These new monsters just popped up out of nowhere!"

"Just great!" Shadow growls, tossing his wrench. "Did Mina give you your morphers?"

Conner eyes his gun, "Uh... These?"

"Yes." He nods. "Good."

He turns and looks up. "Voltasaurs, your partners have arrived!"

From the whiteness, four Zords appear: a green velociraptor, a black parasaur, a pink triceratops, and a blue stegosaurus.

Trent walks up towards the green one, "Nice..."

Conner looks over the colors, "Where's red?"

Shadow puts a hand on Conner's shoulder. "Sorry Conner, he's chosen a great warrior to be his partner. But Parasagun here is a perfect fit for you."

The black Zord roars agreeably at Conner.

Conner smiles at it, and holds out a hand, "Alright then... I guess I'm back in black."

"Somehow I knew you were going to say that," Trent chuckles.

"...Why is my Zord pink?!" Ethan complains.

Shadow chuckles. "Ethan, Stegoshi has chosen you."

The blue Zord nods.

"Which makes Kira pink," Conner observes.

"That is correct." Torin walks in with Cinder's bag.

The four immediately take fighting stances. "Shadow, look out!" Kira shouts.

"It's fine, guys." Shadow motions them to calm down. "He won't hurt you. This is Torin. He's the protector of the Voltasaurs."

Torin bows. "An honor to meet you all." He sets Cinder's bag down, and pushes it from view.

Trent glances down at the bag, and then back up to Torin, "Alright, so you're the guardian of our Zords? How do we use our new powers?"

Torin and Shadow walk up to a charging station filled with colored dinosaur-themed batteries. "These are Zyudenchi." Torin says.

"Beast Batteries." Shadow translates.

"They run off of Bravery. If you aren't brave, they won't activate." Torin says. "Take one, all of you."

Trent picks up a green one, and Conner takes a black one.

Ethan takes the blue one, and Kira takes the pink one.

"With these morphers, you will become the bravest team in history." Shadow states. He then smirks. "See what I did there? Bravest?"

"Yes, we get it." Kira rolls her eyes.

"You will become the Kyoryugers!" Torin announces.

"Or, the Power Rangers Dino Charge, since I named your morphers Dino Chargers." Shadow smirks again.

Trent plays with his battery, and then examines his gun, "I'm guessing it goes in here?"

"Yes. Activate the Zyudenchi with the words 'Brave In', and press the unlock. Load the battery into the slot and call Kyoryu Change." Torin instructs.

"Isn't that kind of stupid?" Kira tilts her head.

"Stupider than 'Dinothunder, power up?' Because that's why I changed mine." Trent smirks.

"Whatever, let's do it!" Conner commands.

Conner goes first, "Brave In!" Then he presses the button on his battery, and loads it. Then he turns to Torin, "...What Change now?"

"Kyoryu Change." Torin repeats.

"Kyo and then ryu." Shadow simplifies.

Conner nods, "Kyouruu Change!"

The same transformation Cinder undertook takes him, only he is a black ranger.

"Kind of butchered that, but it works." Shadow nods. "Kira, Ethan, Trent... this time, spin the barrel before you fire."

Kira, Ethan, and Trent blink, but Ethan shrugs. "What's the worst that can happen? Let's do it!"

"Brave in!" They shout, pressing their buttons.

Ethan slams the hammer down to open the mouth, and slides his battery in before closing the mouth.

Stegoshi!

Kira and Trent follow.

Veloslash! Dricera!

"Kyoryu Change!" They shout, spinning the barrels of their gun. Immediately, sparks fly from the spinning barrels as samba-type music starts playing.

Ethan and Trent blink. "What the...?" Trent starts.

Kira shrugs. "I think it's kinda catchy!" She hops and lifts her left leg up behind her before landing on two feet, hopping and landing with her legs crossed before spinning and pointing her gun up. "Fire!"

She pulls the trigger, and the transformation happens, except her suit glows radiantly for a few seconds.

Ethan and Trent look at each other before shrugging, doing the same dance and morphing into their new forms.

Trent looks over his green ranger outfit, "Festive..." Then he looks to the table as the surface lights up, showing a battle going on. These new creatures are being cut down in Station Square by a Red Ranger matching their outfit scheme. Higher above on skyscrapers a red T Rex Zord is kicking some serious giant monster ass.

"So that's the new leader?" Ethan muses. "Pretty good, I must say."

Conner looks closely, "Hang on, look at the chest."

They all get a view as the Red Ranger blocks her oncoming minions at once with a sword, and uses the free hand to send them all flying away in sparks with a left hook. She then jumps and performs a double jump kick, her breasts bouncing a little as she strikes, and again when she lands and continues using her sword.

"...Red's a girl?" Ethan blinks.

"Cool!" Kira smiles.

"That's a first," Trent mutters. "Not that I have a problem with it!"

Shadow nods to them. "The portal will take you back to the city. Go Rangers, and while you should take orders from this new Red Ranger, I am ultimately this team's leader, so my orders supersede hers."

"Right." They nod, running to the back on the pedestal and warping to the city.

Cinder slashes one of the monsters twice cross the chest, and then leaps high over it to get out of the swarm for a quick breather. "How do you fare Gabutyra?"

Gabutyra roars and shoots fire at some monsters.

"What I thought," she says with a smirk.

"So you're the Red Ranger?" She turns to see Candelira.

"You're a girl?! How irritating! I wanted a challenge!" Dragold roars angrily, slamming lightning into the ground.

"I agree! Kyoryugers used to be powerful! This stings!" Woemore sighs, flicking a tear from his eye.

"A challenge you came for... And so a challenge you will get!" She pulls a Beast Battery from her belt, activates it, and loads it into her sword.

"Reaper's Wind!"

She moves so fast they never see her coming, and she slashes them all over before reappearing behind them a safe distance.

"Hmph," she holds her sword by the bottom of the handle, and as the tip of the blade hits the ground the three generals erupt in sparks.

"That really stinged!" Woemore groans.

Dragold hisses and gets to his feet, charging and smashing Cinder into a wall.

Cinder lets him hold her to the wall by her shoulders, and slams both feet into him.

"Impressive to recover so quickly." She stabs her sword into the ground, and spins the ammo reel on her gun as she draws it. "Armed On!"

She rolls the gun down her arm by the reel, and more armor like on her shoulder digitalizes onto her arm. In her hand is what appears to be a fist shaped like a T Rex head. She picks up her sword with her left hand, and holds it in a reverse grip, "Against such a strong opponent it would be insulting not to use all my strength."

"You're not as weak as I thought." He smirks, pointing his jagged sword at her.

She gestures to him with her fist, "After today I will teach you not to underestimate women."

"Yeah, tell him, girl!" Kira flips and lands, slashing Candelira.

Cinder looks at her in surprise, "Another Kyoryuger?"

"Four, actually." Ethan lands with Conner and Trent.

Cinder looks them over, "Gabutyra said there would be others, but honestly I doubted any of you were going to show up."

"We were being briefed, sorry." Conner says.

"Quit ignoring me! It's irritating!" Dragold roars, shooting lightning at all of them and creating an explosion.

They're sent flying, but Cinder spins, landing in a kneeling position, "Do what you want Rangers, but this one is mine!" She charges Dragold, and plants her Tyranno Fist in his chest.

"Let's go, Rangers!" Conner calls, charging Candelira and Woemore.

Woemore draws an axe, and Conner shoots it out of his hand. Trent follows up with a slash across the sovereign of sadness.

"Gah! That stings a lot!" Woemore cries, hitting the ground hard.

"Keep smiling, Woemore!" Candelira giggles, pulling out her own axe and slashing Ethan.

"Ow! Why is she wielding an axe?!" Ethan complains, rubbing his chest as he stands.

Cinder kicks her foe off the roof, and shouts, "Roll your revolvers down your arms, and call out Armed On!"

All four nod and swipe their barrels down their right sleeves. "Armed On!"

Armor digitizes onto their right arm, and they gain a weapon.

"Stego Shield!" Ethan bashes Candelira with it.

"Parashot!" Conner blasts her while she's still airborne.

"Dricera Drill!" Kira stabs Woemore.

The two land in a heap, and Candelira groans, "Owowow... how can I keep smiling with so much pain...?"

Dragold slashes Cinder across her body, sparks shooting off her.

"Veloslash!" Trent attacks Dragold from behind with his new weapon, and blasts him a few times with his gun.

Cinder suddenly sends Trent flying with a punch, "This is my fight, don't you dare interfere!" Then she slashes Dragold twice across the chest with her sword, and spins to deliver an elbow to his face.

"What's her problem?" Ethan tilts his head before blocking a slash from Woemore. "Bug off!" He growls, blasting the monster in the face.

"This isn't working! We need to retreat!" Candelira shouts.

"Then go! I'm killing this insolent witch!" Dragold growls, thrusting at Cinder.

Cinder uses her sword to deflect the blow, twisting their blades as she sends his sword flying. Then she puts all her strength into a punch to the chest that sends Dragold smashing through a building, and out the other side.

Dragold grunts and shakily pulls himself to his feet. "Fine then! I'll send my rage monster take care of you!" He disappears in a bolt of lightning.

Conner walks up to her, "Hey what's your problem, you can't attack your teammates like that!"

She opens the jaw of her Tyranno Fist, and grabs him by the neck with it. "We are not teammates. We are allies, but we are not a team."

Gabutyra roars at her, and she glares at him. "Why should I?"

He roars again, and she stares for a second, her eyes narrowing as she hisses, "You wouldn't dare."

Gabutyra makes as though to leave, and she growls, "Fine." She drops Conner.

Conner coughs as he holds his neck, looking up at her in disbelief.

The others come up. "Lady, what's your problem?!" Ethan growls. "We're all on the same side!"

She turns her head to him, "It was a one on one fight, I will not allow any of you to tarnish my honor with cowardly tactics."

"All right, fine." Kira raises her hands to disarm the situation. "But you'll at least help us when we need it, right?"

Cinder nods, "As I told Black here, we are allies. I would never have partnered with Gabutyra unless I intended to see this through."

She nods. "So could you help us as the leader you should be, and lead us against this new monster?"

Just as she had asked, an ice monster and minions appear.

Cinder looks over her shoulder, "These weaklings? You hardly need my help, but since you asked..." She twirls her sword as the others line up with her at the middle.

"Hear our roar!" Conner smirks.

Cinder cracks her neck, "Villains tremble when you hear..."

She slams the ground with a fist, and takes a stance, "The Fanged Brave, Kyoryu Red!"

Conner spins his gun on a finger, and then poses like he's aiming with the gun resting on his free arm, "The Bullet Brave, Kyoryu Black!"

Trent slashes with his sword and Velocident, holding his Velocident backhanded at the ground with his sword ready in the air. "The Slashing Brave, Kyoryu Green!"

"The Armored Brave, Kyoryu Blue!" Ethan poses with his shield.

"The Drilling Brave, Kyoryu Pink!" Kira kicks in a circle before stretching her back, posing with a giggle.

Cinder digs her heel in, "Here we come, just try to stop us!" She leads the charge against the array of monsters, and the others follow with a yell.

Cinder takes a flying leap, and slams both feet into the largest monster.

The rest start fighting the minions.

Conner loads a Beast Battery into the second slot, slamming the mouth shut.

Parasagun! Parasagun!

"Brave Finish!" He shouts, firing and clearing out a group of them.

Trent loads a battery into his sword, and slashes. A wide arc of green energy destroys a wave of these creatures.

Cinder turns her head as the minions start piling on to one another, and fusing together. Within seconds there's a giant monster with a downward curving jaw filled with sharp teeth bearing down on them.

Cinder shouts, "Gabutyra!"

Gabutyra turns his attention to it and roars, charging and headbutting it.

Cinder turns, "Pink, Blue, charge a battery, and throw it to your partners to activate their battle forms!" Then she leaps to land on Gabutyra's head.

They quickly nod. "Brave in!" They activate their batteries and throw them.

"Stegoshi!" Stegoshi opens his mouth and swallows the battery, spinning onto the ground.

"Dricera!" Dricera does the same, but her tail extends and activates.

Gabutyra stomps on Dragold's monster as the other Zords approach for their first combination.

They give up their batteries, and Gabutyra's flies out. He takes Stegoshi's and chomps on it.

Gaburincho! Stegoshi!

Stegoshi's battery flies out, and Dricera's flies in.

Gaburincho! Dricera!

"Initiate Megazord mode!" Kira and Ethan call.

As the batteries return to their rightful Zords, Gabutyra turns at the hip so his legs are facing his left side perfectly. The Stegoshi connects to a port under the chest by his mouth, and Dicera does the same to a port under Gabutyra's tail, effectively making a shield in the right hand, and a drill on the left arm. The legs lengthen a bit as a human head emerges from the dip in Gabutyra's back, and a battle helmet floats down onto the head.

Cinder crosses her arms over her chest in an X as she sinks into the Megazord. She, Ethan, and Kira appear in the cockpit, standing on platforms with a pedestal next to them with a slot for their Dino Chargers. Cinder draws hers, and inserts it, "So we control it with our movements... Think you two can keep up with me?"

"Hopefully." Ethan nods, placing his in.

"We can, and will!" Kira smiles, placing hers in.

"Complete! Kyoryu Megazord!"

Cinder holds out her right fist as if holding a shield, and they make the Megazord bash into the giant monster with it. Then they slam the left elbow into it before jabbing with the drill.

The monster stumbles back before firing lasers.

As one they raise the shield. Cinder scoffs, "He should just know when he's beaten. Let's finish this quickly!"

"Right! Kyoryu Megazord, Brave Finish!" They shout, turning so that Gabutyra faced the enemy. He roars, and an energy beam flies from his mouth and destroys the monster.

Cinder nods to the other two, "Be on guard, I know enough of the Rangers to know defeated monsters have a habit of resurrecting themselves."

They nod and focus.

Off to their left the Ice Monster suddenly springs into a gargantuan size. He growls at them, raising his bulky arms tipped with Icicles.

Cinder cracks her fists, "Black, Green, call your Zords to run interference. If you can make an opening we can take him down before any more damage is done to the city."

They nod and activate their batteries.

Parasagun! Veloslash!

"Cut that icicle into ice cubes!" Trent commands.

Veloslash's tail splits into three sections as he accepts his battery, and then he slashes the monster with it.

Parasagun's tail splits horizontally as Conner tosses him his battery, and then the black Zord jumps onto a building, facing away from the monster as he peppers it with lasers from his newly unveiled tail gun.

Cinder nods, "Alright, time to end this!"

"Right!" Ethan and Kira nod.

Cinder tilts her head as Gabutyra snarls at her, and then turns to Ethan, "Transform the shield into sword mode, Gabutyra doesn't have the strength for another blast like that."

"Conner, Trent. Hop into the Megazord, and you'll unlock the Pentablade." Shadow instructs.

They nod, and leap inside as two more platforms appear on the edges of their lineup.

"Stegoshield, sword mode!" Ethan calls, and the shield reveals a spike before folding into a lance with their colors emblazoned on the sword.

Cinder draws her sword, and traces a circle in the air in front of her, "Ready!"

"Ready!" They all nod, doing the same.

The Megazord charges forward, drill pointed, and sword raised high. It lets out a roar of its own as it knocks the monster's defending arms apart, and then brings the blade down on its neck.

"Stegosword, Brave Finish!" They yell, slashing through the monster and destroying it.

Cinder nods in satisfaction as the monster burns itself to ash.

Later as the Megazord unforms she stands on a rooftop with her arms crossed, looking Gabutyra in the eye. "I take it we need to have a discussion?"

Gabutyra gives her a toothy grin and roars.

She nods, and looks over her shoulder at the other rangers, "You fight well... Until next time." She jumps onto Gabutyra's head.

Gabutyra turns and jumps into the sky, disappearing from sight.

The others demorph, watching the pair fly away. "Huh. That's kinda cool." Conner tilts his head.

Trent smirks, "Okay, so we actually have a badass for a red ranger this time around."

"Are you suggesting I'm not badass?" Conner states.

"Nope," Trent laughs. "It's a fact of life... But who is she anyways? Did anyone catch a name?"

They look at each other. "...No. But she sounded familiar." Kira frowns.

Ethan scratches his head, "Maybe she's an actress?"

"Do you know any actresses that perform their own stunts?" Conner thinks aloud.

"Oh c'mon man, you're messing up my Megan Fox fantasy..."

"Ethan. I hate to shatter your dream world, but I refuse to be led by Megan Fox." Conner crosses his arms. "If it's her, I'm quitting."

"Same here," Trent says.

A flash of light later, and Cinder appears over the crest portal in the Ranger's new base. She holsters her gun, and steps off of it while looking around.

"You did well." Torin nods with a slight bow.

Cinder thumps a fist over her heart with a nod, "Thank you Torin."

"You're welcome. Now, I would like you to meet the one that designed the morphers and weapons you use to fight. This is Dr. Shadow."

Shadow looks from where he was working, nodding. He stands and dusts himself off before walking over and offering his hand. "Any flaws in the suit or weapons? You know, other than the glaring fact that you don't like using guns?"

Cinder shakes it, "None that can be found this far. I do prefer my melee option however, could you perhaps assist in this?"

"I'll keep working on it. I keep trying to convince the Samurai Rangers to let me use their design, but I can't make a spinning sword until they let me." He shrugs. "Copyright laws and such."

She nods, and spots her bag under a bench. "Thank you for retrieving this Torin." She draws her gun, and pulls out the Beast Battery she used to morph as she walks towards the bag."

Shadow's eyes widen as her costume fades away, revealing herself to be naked. "...Uh..." He blushes and clears his throat, unable to look away as she dresses. "Erm... did the costume chafe or anything... Cinder Waverider?"

She shakes her head as she puts her barely-concealing top on. Then she works the straps of her holster into a sheer holster, and slides her new gun in under her arm. Then she puts on her pants, not intending to give him a view but not caring either, "No Shadow the Hedgehog, you do your work quite well."

She pauses as she puts on a jacket to hide her gun, "...Can I ask a request of you both however?"

They both nod, Shadow recovering a little. "What is it?"

"I would rather no one know I am Gabutyra's partner," she says as she puts on her hat.

"Very well." Torin nods. He then reaches under his robe again. "Oh, I have one more thing for you. It's made from scales of the deceased Voltasaur Brutosaw." He pulls out a red jacket with yellow lining. "It's indestructible. Something tells me I should give it to you."

She blinks, and takes it with a nod, slipping the vest over her jacket. "Thank you Torin. Shadow, should the Rangers need me Smoke will tell you where to find me. Tell him I said 'The Yack yacked,' it's a code phrase we used growing up."

Shadow nods. "And if you need me, just use your Dino Buckle. Not only does it carry your batteries, it doubles as a phone. Oh, and when Gabutyra's battery needs charging, put it in the charging station." He takes a fresh Beast Battery and tosses it to her.

She takes it, and loads the batteries she has on hand into the charging station.

"Other than that, if you ever need to come here, just shoot the symbols." Shadow points to the symbol.

She nods, and heads for the portal, "How close to downtown Station Square can this drop me off?"

"It's connected to a bunch of manhole covers, so just think of the spot, and shoot." Shadow says.

She nods, and points her gun downwards, vanishing in a flash of light.

The moment she does the other rangers appear.

"...I'm telling you, Scarlet Johansson would totally fit! I'm sure she does her own stunts!" Ethan argues.

Trent laughs, "I dunno, maybe Angelina Jolie? She kicked ass as Laura Croft in Tomb Raider."

"...What are you guys talking about?" Shadow tilts his head, reaching under the table and pulling out a hidden camera, tucking it into his hair.

"The new ranger," Conner replies. "We think she might be some actress, she sounds familiar."

"Really? Hm, she doesn't look that famous." Shadow muses.

"You know? Dude, tell us!" Conner says.

Shadow shakes his head. "For now, she wishes to remain anonymous."

Kira frowns, "Why? What's she got to hide?"

"She has her reasons. Respect it, we all occasionally need time to ourselves." Shadow says.

Trent scowls, and then notices the bag that Torin brought in is missing. Then he looks to the charging station, noting that all but one Gabutyra battery is present. "How much did we miss her by?"

"Less than a second." Shadow walks past them, stepping on the platform. He holds up the camera teasingly and says, "I do have to tell you though, she's hot." He shoots the ground, and warps away with a smirk.

Ethan smirks, "I am so telling Mina he said that. You guys are witnesses, right?"

"Yep." Kira smirks.

"He probably has some answers sorted out, too." Conner shrugs. "He probably said that to tease us because he saw her and we didn't."

Trent nods slowly, "And if we can look on that camera then we can figure out who our mystery leader is."

"Yeah! So we need to get it!" Kira says determinedly.

Torin looks among them, forgotten. ...Shadow, hide that device well. He thinks to himself, glad that Shadow had taken it so they couldn't see the rather confidential discussion.

Trent glances at Torin, and then says slowly, "No wait guys, what am I thinking? That would totally be wrong, and we really should respect her privacy..."

"Yeah... but one peek at that tape wouldn't hurt." Ethan murmurs.

Trent puts an arm around him, and Kira as they head to the Battery Charger. Then he mutters in Ethan's ear, "Think you could set up hidden cameras around here without being noticed?"

"As long as Torin isn't around. He lives here or something." Ethan murmurs back.

Cinder sits in the Meditation hall, reaching out to Gabutyra, "You think me too harsh with them?"

"Perhaps a little." He nods. "I told you, this isn't a path you will take alone. Sometimes, they will jump into your fight. That is because they worry, not because they don't care about your honor."

"A leader must be an example of strength," she argues. "How can I expect them to follow me into battle if I cannot even dispatch a single opponent alone?"

"Because a leader isn't just stronger physically. They must be stronger mentally. And while you're very strong in both areas, this means you are weak in them as well."

Cinder furrows her brow, "I do not understand."

"You have experience with teammates, but your old teammates held equal footing as you. Here, you're the leader. You think for the entire team, and plan accordingly using their strengths in mind. They depend on you to make the right choice, even if it in no way is in your personal interest. Being Red is one of the highest honors. But it also has the highest prices." Gabutyra says sagely.

"You think I don't understand that?" She balls her fists on her legs, "Responsibility doesn't make one weak. I know the fate of their lives rests on my shoulders, and when push comes to shove I am going to be the one they have to rely on when their own strength fails."

"And they are going to be the ones you'll have to rely one when your strength fails. Whether or not it goes against your honor." Gabutyra states.

Her eyes go hard, "I will not allow my strength to fail Gabutyra. I cannot, that is what it means to lead."

"Leaders fall, Cinder. That's why a team backs you up. That's why it's a team." Gabutyra says, sitting on his haunches.

"As I told them we are not a team," Cinder looks down. "We are allies, and they expect me to lead them. A team is a far too friendly term for us."

"And that is where you are mentally weak." Gabutyra stands again. "Ready to get back to training?"

Cinder glares at him, "I think not. I may be your ranger, but I do have duties to the others in my care."

"Very well. When you are free again, or need stress relief, you know where I am. Just don't wake me up in the middle of the night except here, where I'm always awake, and to fight monsters." He smirks and bows slightly, disappearing.

Cinder rises from her Meditation pillow, and walks out to examine the rest of her dojo. She feels odd about the gun hidden under her arm, but isn't about to relinquish it any time soon.

Grace and Kala are fighting in the dark with wooden swords, making no noises except for the constant clicking of wood against wood.

Cinder watches them critically. Now she has a secret life from all but a select few.

I'll never be a hero... But that doesn't mean I can't do some good in this world.