Tloj: Kind of a short chapter. Oh well, enjoy regardless!
Woemore covers his face with his hands, "That battle was so embarrassing it makes me wanna cry a river! We were laid out like rugs!"
"I will allow it this once. You all just got awoken. Now you will complete your tasks." Ruin states, not looking up from his book.
Candelria giggles, and clasps her hands, "yeah!"
"So how do we do this then?" Luckerio asks.
Candelria gasps, "Rage didn't work, maybe now it's our turn!"
"How lucky!" Luckerio giggles.
Candelria giggles as she heads got the Pillar of Joy, and puts her hand to it.
The mask of joy lights up, and creates a monster.
Woemore looks up at the monster that looks like a Chef, an egg beater for the right hand, and an icing squeezed for the left. "What is he supposed to do?!"
"He'll make the best pasteries ever, and make all the people happy! Maybe some diet ones for the health conscious..." she giggles.
Luckerio claps, "A diet cake! We'll make a fortune! Lucky!"
"Very well. Go then." Ruin states.
In a flash of light Cinder appears in the base in her Ranger form. "Torin, are you here?"
Torin looks up from his book. "Yes. What is it, Cinder?"
"Gabutyra sensed a new Zord wandering towards us, Ankydon."
He quickly shuts his book. "Ankydon? Are you sure?"
Cinder nods, "Should be arriving within the next day or so."
He stands. Then that means he's also coming."
"His Spirit Ranger, yes?" Cinder sits at the table, "During myeditation Gabutyra often speaks of the others, and their history."
"Yes, Ramerez the gladiator. Despite his looks, he is a worthy foe." Torin smiles gently.
"No Kyoryuger is any foe of mine," Cinder replies. "And I have heard that this ranger fancies himself to be quite the jokester."
"Indeed. He's the life of the party." Torin chuckles.
Cinder smiles inside her helmet, "I see."
"If they are coming, he'll be over soon." Torin nods.
Cinder blinks, "They who?"
"Ramerez and Ankydon."
"Ah," Cinder nods. "How much have you told the other Rangers about the other Zords?"
"Nothing. But Shadow knows most of it." Torin says.
She stands, "I will carry this to him then as well. Will the portal take me to him?"
"Yes. It can take you to his lab." Torin nods.
Cinder nods, hopping onto the portal, and pointing her gun at it. One flash of white light later Torin is alone once more.
Shadow works with Mina on some weapons when she warps in.
"Hello Shadow," Cinder says as she holsters her gun under her arm.
Shadow pauses. "Oh, hey Red. Mina, this is the Red Ranger."
Cinder nods to her, "I just got here from visiting Torin. Gabutyra says Ankydon, and his Ranger are on their way here."
He pauses. "Really? I'll let the other Rangers know when they come over. I was going to show them a new Beast Battery anyways."
Cinder tilts her head, "Really now? Might I see it?"
He smiles. "Sure." He holds up a blue battery. "I call it the Kentrospiker. It holds a bunch of power."
She nods slowly, "So you have tested it already?"
"Not yet. I'm trying to figure out how to safely discharge the power without it backfiring on you guys." He scratches his head.
Cinder draws her gun, "While I deplore using a gun in combat, I am willing to use it to test it. The other Rangers should not be left wanting for an advantage in upcoming battles."
"Sure. Just to note, it can demorph you if it overloads." Shadow tosses the Beast Battery, typing on a computer to construct a fighting dummy.
Cinder nods, "In that case can you deactivate the portal to here? I would rather not be seen by the other Rangers if it forces me to demorph, and they just happen to walk in."
He nods. "Of course." He types a command, and the Kyoryuger symbol fades. He pulls out a camera and turns it on, pointing at himself, saying, "Test, test. Kentrospiker, Beast Battery number twelve, test one." He aims it at her and pulls a clipboard and a pen, ready. "Test commence in three. Two. One."
She loads the battery into the firing chamber of her gun, "Mina, you have my permission to witness this should it demorph me."
Mina nods, standing by with a medical kit.
She chomps down the mouth of her revolver, and aims for the dummy before pulling the trigger.
It electrocutes her instead with red electricity, wracking her body with destructive energy.
Mina gasps and clenches the kit tighter.
Cinder growls as she holds her ground, refusing to budge while fighting to keep the gun aimed at the target. "Come on..."
Suddenly, the gun explodes, shooting both her Beast Battery and Kentrospiker's battery into two seperate walls. She immediately demorphs, showing off her naked body and singed fur before collapsing.
Blood shoots from Shadow's nose as his jaw drops and his eyes widen, and he faints from sensory overload as Cinder does the same.
Cinder curses, "Damn... Why is it the universe insists on being so perverted where I'm concerned?"
Mina rushes over and helps her sit up. "Are you okay?!" She starts checking her burns.
"Nothing a salve won't cure... But now we can say for certain that the new battery is too powerful for any one of us to handle alone." She frowns thoughtfully, "I may have a theory..."
"Tell Shadow when he wakes up. I'm gonna get you something to eat, and if I can find something in your size, something to wear." Mina stands, handing her the medical kit and walking upstairs.
She all but the worst, and instead stands to pull the new battery out from the wall. As she does she realize she's going to need a new morpher.
Shadow groans and forces his eyes open, sitting up.
She turns to face him, "Shadow, the reaction destroyed my morpher."
He checks his nose and wipes off blood as he stands, clearing his throat. "Right. I'll have another programmed in no time."
She nods, and looks around for something to cover herself with.
"Well, I don't have anything in your size... but I found a hat that Shadow doesn't wear, and this bandanna." Mina walks in with a plate of cookies and milk on a tray, holding the hat and bandanna as well as a red towel.
She wraps the towel around herself, and puts on the bandana like a mask. Then she puts on the hat, "Thank you. Once I have my new morpher I can get more clothes at my dojo."
Shadow screws the gun together before giving it a test on the dummy, firing at it and spinning the barrel. He nods and tosses it to her. "Here you go."
She catches it, and fashions a new shoulder holster for herself.
"If you want to meet Ramerez, he should come to the Spirit Base." Mina says, offering Cinder the cookies and milk.
Cinder politely takes a cookie, "For now I would like simply to dress back at my dojo."
"We won't keep you then." She smiles and reaches over, pressing a button on the keyboard and activating the portals again.
Cinder points her gun, wasting no time in leaving the base.
Mina looks at her husband. "She definitely is good looking. But we're married together, don't you forget it."
"I can't forget." He chuckles and kisses her.
Connor, Kira, and Ethan walk down the street.
"I can't believe a store so new has become a sensation overnight!" Kira smiles.
Conner tucks his hands into his pockets, "Can you really say you're surprised?"
"Yes, I can! Do you know the odds of that happening?" Kira asks.
"At a cake shop? Yeah, pretty easy," Trent replies.
"Well, yeah. But the reviews are phenomenal." Kira says.
"And so is that line," Ethan says as they stop across the street from the pastry shop.
"Aw!" Kira pouts. "I was gonna get something for Mina so she can make it!"
"Well if it's as good as they say then maybe it's worth a wait?" Conner shrugs.
"It had better, I'm missing the matinee of "The Ultimate Lifeform from Space in 3D" for this." Ethan says, tapping his foot.
Trent gives him a weird look, "Seriously?"
"Seriously." Ethan nods. "So I could tell Shadow how badly they screwed up his backstory for him."
"Ah, okay now that sounds a lot less nerdy."
Conner taps Kira on the shoulder, "Hey, look who it is." He points down the street to where Cinder walks.
Kira smiles wide. "Hey Cinder! Over here!"
Her head turns towards them, and she walks over, "Kira, nice to see you again."
"Nice vest," Trent comments, looking it over.
"Thank you, it was a gift," Cinder replies.
"What are you up to? You can tell what we'll be doing for our afternoon." Ethan smiles.
Cinder eyes the line, "I see..."
"I doubt you want to join, but I can get you something if you want." Kira offers.
Cinder shakes her head, "No thank you... But Kira, since fate has brought us together, I am willing to keep my word if you are interested in taking me up on my offer."
"Really? Thanks!" She smiles happily.
Cinder nods, "It appears this will take some time. We can go to my dojo now if you wish."
"Really! Great! Hold my spot, boys. Trent, if I don't come back I expect you to get me and Mina something tasty!" She smiles and steps out of line.
Cinder gestures for her to follow as she heads for the less savory side of town.
She follows closely, looking around.
"Only those truly desperate, or dangerous lurk here," Cinder informs her. "That is why we hide out here."
"That explains why no one finds it." She tilts her head.
"Unless they need to." After thirty minutes of walking Cinder stops in front of a ruined hotel building, and then walks in.
Kira looks around in awe. "Wow..."
The inside looks way more refurbished than the outside, almost cozy. Females of every species walk about the room which used to be a lobby, most of which are carrying very lethal looking weapons.
"I've never seen so many girls with weapons! Or weapons!" She says, amazed.
"My informant friend Smoke helps us get what we need," Cinder informs her. "Food, utilities, weapons, and other things... Good man Smoke, a dying breed."
"Big Sister!" Lucy launches herself across the room into Kira's arms.
Kira stumbles with a giggle, hugging Lucy. "Hey Lucy! How are you?"
"I has a happy!" She hugs Kira around the neck.
Kira blinks, but keeps smiling. "That's good."
Lucy purrs, and Cinder chuckles... Right up until she notices the gun on Kira's leg.
"...Typically we don't allow firearms during training."
"Yeah, it's a give from my teacher Shadow. He loves his guns and gave me it." She unholsters it and shows it to her. "It's weird that it looks like a dinosaur, isn't it?" She says as absently as she can.
Cinder nods, deciding she would be foolish to jump to conclusions. While she has proof that Kira is Pink, she cannot know for sure who the other three are.
"Dinosaur," she muses absently. "I don't know if you've heard, but there are me Rangers in town using Dinosaur powers to do battle with monsters."
"Yeah... seems Reefside loves their dino protectors!" She smiles.
Cinder nods, and meets her eye with a knowing look. "Indeed. Now, is there a style of fighting that you would like to learn in particular?"
She shrugs. "Whatever you feel could help me."
"Don't be so nonchalant, the skills you learn here could most likely save your life in the future. I suggest you take careful consideration into your answer."
"Well... I need to work on my punches..." She says thoughtfully.
Cinder narrows her eyes thoughtfully, "Well Kala is on par with a champion Kickboxer."
"Well then, I guess kickboxing then!" Kira smiles.
Cinder nods, and takes a kickboxing stance, "The style I teach is a lethal variant that uses elbows, and knees for maximum damage."
Kira nods and copies the stance.
"As with all fighting styles control is most important. In this style of fighting it's especially important because your level of control over an elbow to the chest means the difference between knocking the wind out of your foe, and crushing their ribcage like a Ming Vase."
"Right." Kira nods.
"Therefore, I want you to strike that training dummy 100 times with each elbow, and knee."
She blinks. "Uh... okay. In a row?" She faces the dummy.
"Yes. 100 strike for each knee, and elbow."
She nods and takes the fighting stance, quickly striking the bag repeatedly.
Cinder watches her closely, "Don't put all of your strength into each blow. Just put enough to move your limbs quickly, and then apply force just before impact. Otherwise your tense muscles will slow you down."
She nods and does as commanded.
Cinder nods at the vast improvement in her strikes already. "You're no stranger to combat, are you?"
"You could say that." She smiles, not pausing.
"I would guess so, considering your true colors..."
"True colors? What do you mean?" She asks, not breaking stride.
"Lucy, go play with your sisters," Cinder says, walking up beside Kira. "I mean I know you are the Pink Ranger. I know for a fact that your Red Ranger uses a firearm identical to the one you carry to morph."
She frowns. "And how do you know the Red Ranger, hm?" She looks suspicious.
"I never said I did," Cinder says while crossing her arms. "I said I knew how to recognize the morphers you use."
She looks around before sighing. "You'll keep it secret, right?"
"Of course," Cinder replies. "And you have my word that I will do everything within my power to help the Rangers. Interesting though, when you were morphed your Chi was different. I wouldn't have been able to identify you if I hadn't seen your morpher."
"It's the Beast Batteries we use." She pulls one out and shows it to Cinder. "Since they're the same energy used as the Zords, it masks ours."
Cinder nods, it makes sense considering how Kira's Chi in her Ranger form feels like a combination between her own, and that of her dinosaur Zord.
Speaking of Chi she can feel another fast approaching. "Oh good grief..."
"What is it?" Kira blinks.
Suddenly and ash gray hedgehog boy bursts through the front door sliding on his knees, and holding a white box over his head. He shouts, "Mom, look what I brought!"
Cinder kicks a chair at him which hits him in the face, and not his legs out from under him. Lucy catches the box as it goes flying, "Saved it!"
Kira blinks, stunned. "Mom? You're married?"
"No," Cinder replies in an annoyed tone. "This idiot is Spike, a hedgehog I as good as adopted when I was a teenager. He was about seven then I think..."
Lucy open the box, "CAKE!" She cuts a piece with a throwing knife from her quills, and takes a bite.
"Huh... wait, Spike... I heard that name before..." Kira says thoughtfully.
Spike sits up, and picks up a golden cell phone that fell out of his quills.
Lucy suddenly cringes, holding her jaw, "Owowowowowowowow..."
Kira blinks, Spike pushed to the back of her mind. "Lucy? What's wrong?"
She has tears streaming down her cheeks, and holds her jaw with a whimper.
"Open your mouth, little sis." Kira drops to a knee.
Lucy sobs quietly as she does, and Spike peeks in as well .
Kira's jaw drops. "Your teeth are filled with cavities!"
Cinder frowns, "Unusual, Lucy is avid about dental hygiene... Wait that cake..."
Spike nods, looking concerned for Lucy, "Yeah, someone coming out of the sweets shop on 5th, and Winchester gave it to me... She was a nice lady."
"Wait, that's where the others are!" Kira gasps. She bolts for the door. "Sorry, gotta warn them!"
Cinder nods, and kneels by Lucy. "Spike, you go with her."
Spike nods, and bolts after Kira, easily keeping pace.
She spots the shop in the distance, and runs faster, throwing open the door and yelling, "Guys! Don't eat any of the pastries!"
They all look up, Conner frozen mid-chew on a cookie. "...Why?" Conner asks slowly. He then cries out in pain and clutches his jaw. "AH! My teeth!"
Trent drops a cookie he'd just been about to eat, "Conner your teeth!"
"No shit! The fuck did I just say?!" He shouts at him, tears streaming from his eyes. "They hurt so much!"
"That cuz you got cavities like you've never heard of a tooth brush," Ethan says as he pushes his cake away from himself.
Spike scratches his head, "Okay, I know I'm not the brightest Crayola in the box, but even I know it takes more than a few seconds for sugar to cause cavities."
Kira frowns before turning and firing, hitting Candelira and Luckerio through the double doors.
They yelp and hit the ground. "Power Rangers? What are you doing here?!" Candelira pouts.
"How unlucky! Just when we were collecting so much happiness!" Luckerio complains.
Spike blinks, "Hey, that pink lady is the one that gave me the cake!"
"These pastries are giving everyone cavities and making them sad!" Kira growls.
Both monsters look at each other, surprised. "But... they're supposed to make everyone happy!" Candelira protests.
Trent stands, "Oh Bullsh-!"
Spike holds up a hand, "Hang on, they're telling the truth... So what's causing the cavities?"
Candelira turns and bops the monster making pastries. "Yeah! What's the big idea?! I wanted everyone to be happy! This food is supposed to be wonderful and healthy!"
"Since when is cake healthy?" Trent frowns as Spike's eyes go wide.
Spike shouts, "Quick! Get away from him!" His warning comes too late however, the monster backhands Candelria with his egg beater, and runs out the back door.
Spike pulls out a gold cell phone, and dials a number, "Guys, we got one freaky monster down here, I don't think it's an Org..."
Candelira lays dazed, Luckerio dashing over. "Oh no!" She whimpers.
Kira frowns. "Conner, stay-" She turns, and sees Conner go out the door, switching into his Ranger form. "...Here."
Ethan, and Trent run out after him, already morphed.
"Wait for me!" Spike summons a red-bladed katana out of midair, and runs after them.
Kira throws her hand up and pulls out her Dino Buckle. "Shadow, get Red. We have a monster that's giving everyone extremely bad cavities!"
"...That's one. Of THE. Stupidest plans I've ever heard of. Ever. Of all time." Shadow states. He then sighs. "I'll let her know."
Kira morphs and runs outside, where Kira spots the Red Ranger running across rooftops towards the monster, sword drawn.
"Red! This way!" Kira waves and points where the monster and her team ran off to.
Spike uses his sword to block three purple beams shot from the Monster's mouth.
Conner fires at the monster a few times, growling with his long ears pinned back.
"Armed On!" Cinder flips from the top of a building, activating a battlizer as she comes down on the monster, punching it with her Tyrano Fist.
Spike smirks, "Awesome, Power Rangers!" He holds up his phone, "Is this an open-invite party?"
"Sure, c'mon!" Ethan nods.
Spike nods, and presses a big button on it, "Wild Access!" He holds the phone to his ear as he throws the other arm at the monster.
He gets wrapped in a black outfit, a black bear becoming his helmet.
Trent blinks, "Another ranger?"
"Oh right, you weren't around when we did a history lesson." Ethan smiles. "Spike is the Black Ranger of the new Wild Force."
Spike calls out, "I'll get in his face, you guys get him from far off!"
Cinder nods, "I have a plan." She pulls out the battery that destroyed her last morpher.
The rest of the team blinks. "Is that a new Beast Battery?" Ethan asks.
Cinder nods as Spike draws a second Katana, and charges the monster. Cinder says, "Quick, armor on!"
"Armed On!" They call.
"Para-ow..." Conner whimpers, cutting off his call.
"Velocident!" Trent holds his trident claw weapon back handed.
"Stego Shield!" Ethan waves it threateningly.
"Dricera Drill!" Kira grips her drill tightly.
Cinder holds up the new battery, "This one is too powerful for blasters. History has shown that every generation of Ranger has an ultimate weapon composed of the combined weapons of the whole team. I believe this battery is meant to power ours." She presses the button, "Brave in, Kentospiker!"
They nod, and they all throw up their weapons.
Kentrospiker!
The battery flies up in between them, and combines it into a giant sword javelin.
Cinder snatches it from the air, "Spike get clear!"
Spike slashes the monster twice on the front, and then twice on the back before leaping away.
The monster looks up, and fires a beam at her.
Cinder blocks it with her sword, and notices something. With a smirk she dashes for him, channeling all her energy into the weapon as she aims for its rotten teeth.
She drives into the teeth and shatters them all, and the chef monster shrieks and staggers before falling and blowing up.
Cinder nods, and turns to the other Rangers, "Excellent work."
Luckerio dashes up. "Oh great! Lord Ruin's gonna kill us..." She opens her purselike pouch and reaches inside, pulling out a pumpkin-shaped watering can. "Here we are! Nutritious Joygro!" She pours it on the monster before running away.
Cinder frowns, "What the...?"
The monster wakes up, and grows huge. "I'll give the world cavities!" He roars.
Conner groans and drops to a knee, his vision swimming from the pain.
Cinder yanks free a battery from her belt, "Brave in, let's go Gabutyra!"
"Yeah, let's go Stegoshi! Brave in!" Ethan pulls one as well and throws it.
"Brave in! You too, Dricera!" Kira calls, throwing the battery.
The Megazord forms, and they jump in, "Let's take him down!"
The monster shoots a beam at them, and Ethan deflects it with the Stego Shield. Kira then stabs the monster with her drill arm, and the monster growls and fires another beam.
Cinder helps dodge to the side, "We barely scratched him..."
"If C... If Black wasn't affected by the monster, then we could've used his Zord to blast out his teeth!" Kira frowns.
Cinder nods, and then gets an idea, "Spike's bear Zord! Gabutyra, can you handle it?"
"It's incompatible without an upgrade from Shadow. We don't have that time." He says regretfully in her head.
Cinder looks down at Conner, and shouts, "Black are you a man or not?! Stand, and fight!"
Conner struggles to his feet, stumbling. He hold up his battery and activates it without a sound, giving it a toss to Parasagun.
Cinder turns to the others, "Replace the arms with Zaktor, and Parasagun."
Trent nods. "Brave in!"
Parasagun! Veloslash!
Stegoshi and Dricera detach, and Parasagun and Veloslash combine on.
Gaburincho! Parasagun!
Gaburincho! Veloslash!
"Maximum Assault Kyoryu Megazord!" They all call, Conner remaining silent but mimicking their movements.
With a blade as the left hand, and a gun as the right they charge the monster. Cinder is reluctant to use the gun, but resolves to use it if her comrades ever need it.
"Super Slash!" They slash the monster with green energy, and it yelps, flying and falling. It gets up, rubbing the marks on its chest, before roaring and shooting more lasers at them.
They send the Megazord rolling sideways, and bring up the right arm to pepper it with lasers.
It groans with every laser, but remains resolute.
They hear a roar, and the ground shakes.
Cinder jerks, "That sound..." She remembers it from a memory shared with Gabutyra, "Ankydon?!"
"Need a hand? Or maybe a hammer? This guy looks like he needs them both, good thing I've always wanted to be a dentist!" A rather bulky but muscled armadillo with a cyan shell and gladiator armor steps up next to Spike with a smirk.
Spike turns to him, "Who the French Toast are you?"
"I am the partner of Ankydon, and warrior supreme! I am the Cyan Kyoryuger!" He smacks Spike's back jovially, but with such strength that he easily toppled the hedgehog.
"Ow..."
A large cyan ankylodon Zord with a hammer tail stomps in with a roar.
"Ready Ankydon? Use your hammer attack!" Ramerez calls.
Cinder takes solo control for a moment to slash at the monster's legs, toppling it within Ankydon's range.
"Ankydon! Hammer Brave Finish!" Ramerez calls, as Ankydon glows cyan and roars, jumping and slamming its hammer tail down on the monster hard.
Cinder nods, "Let's help him, it's time to end this!"
They nod. "Maximum Assault Brave finish!" They slash a green beam of energy, and shoot into it with a black orb, sending a powerful attack at the monster, destroying it upon contact.
Conner touches his helmet over his mouth, "Hey, the pain's gone!"
"Yeah! We did it! Good job, Ankydon!" Ramerez cheers.
Suddenly, Ankydon roars and slams his tail into the Megazord.
The rangers are knocked off their feet, and Cinder growls, "A double-cross?!"
Ramerez frowns. "Ankydon! What are you doing?!"
Ankydon roars and opens its mouth, showing its battery covered in black.
Spike turns to the reader, "And that, kids, is why even Zords should never smoke."
Ankydon slams Spike into the ground with his hammer, barely missing Ramerez, before roaring and burrowing underground.
The rangers get the Megazord back on its feet, and Ethan shouts, "What the heck was that?!"
Ramerez stares unblinkingly, shock written on his face. "Ankydon..."
Wow, only chapter three and Ramerez and Ankydon are here? Nice. :3