Chapter 31 – Power Rangers: Generations (Part 3)
Dino Mansion
The following morning, the Dino Mansion was more crowded than it had ever been. With the threat of Scorpina and the others, no one wanted to leave. The Mansion was big but having 19 people under one roof was stretching things. The current residents of the Mansion had their own rooms and the rest of the Dino Charge rangers had to share with them. There were a couple of spare rooms so the married couples, Kira and Conner, Tommy and Kim, got these. The rest of the Dino Thunder and Mighty Morphin teams had to sleep on the sofas and the floor.
By mid morning everyone was up and brunch had been served in the front room. The atmosphere was tense in anticipation of the battle to come but everyone was trying to keep it as light as possible, "Man I'm getting too old to sleep on the floor", Zack groaned as he stretched out his neck.
"Didn't you say you felt like a teenager yesterday", Trent smiled. The original black ranger just shook his head in response.
"At least you didn't spend all night playing with Alpha", Chase smiled at Koda.
"I wasn't playing", Koda defended himself, "I've always loved robotics so it was purely for research purposes".
"Yeah sure it was", Kim began, "I've got a question, how did Alpha get back to Earth? Last I heard he was on Mirinoi with the Galaxy Rangers".
"Adam knows the story the best", Tommy replied, "but from what I heard he got a visit from the Sentinel Knight just before the Overdrive Rangers lost their powers. The Galaxy Rangers packed him away in a crate and basically posted him back to Earth".
"Adam did say that he had only been back in Angel Grove for a few days", Kira added.
"Since then he's been helping behind the scenes at Adam's dojo", Tommy finished.
"He didn't like being in that crate", Koda snorted, "so why Hayley shipped him from Angel Grove like that I don't know".
"Alpha lost his ability to teleport a long time ago", Kiera began, "and he could hardly ride the bus could he? So the only option was to FedEx him here".
The blue Dino Charge ranger shook his head, "Alright so that answers that question but I've got another one and it's directed towards everyone from a previous team. You said your powers were either destroyed or used up right?" Koda asked. There were various nodded and murmurs of agreement, "So how did you get them back again for the Armada's invasion last year?"
"Now that is a very good question", Jason began. The younger Dino Thunder rangers listened up as even they didn't know the whole story, "Now you've all met Gosei".
"Freaky tiki-head?", Conner stated, earned him a slap on the arm from his Kira.
Jason shook his head, "I'll pretend you didn't say that", he paused for a second to regain his train of thought, "the Megaforce Rangers used the ranger keys to essentially mimic a team's powers. Gosei and Tensou found that they could use the same process that created the keys to restore someone's powers".
"The downside was that they could only do it once", Billy took up the story, "so even though there were two people who used the Red Mighty Morphin' powers, it could only restore them once for example".
"So what happened to those who shared powers" Shelby asked, "how did you choose who got them?"
"Most of us took the powers that we earned uniquely first", Jason replied, "so I got the powers of the Mighty Morphin' Red Ranger but my successor Rocky only got his blue Zeo powers".
"Aisha and I just decided between us", Trini added, "as she's got three young children at home she decided to put them first and left the original yellow ranger's power to me".
"The only other people who had that problem were the pink Lost Galaxy rangers", Jason added. Kendrix and Karone had decided between them that the Karovian native should use the powers during the Armada battle. It would give her some closure on a number of past issues. She was the last person to invade Earth with the same force that the Armada did, under her previous guise as Astronema. They didn't have the same problem as some of their predecessors as the Lost Galaxy powers were still active and the pink Quasar Saber recognised them both as the rightful owners of the power.
"So what power are you going to use when the rusty rejects finally show their heads Doctor O?" Ethan asked.
Tommy pulled down his one of his sleeves and showed off his black Dino Gem, "I thought I'd use this one, the Dino Thunder team looked a little bare with only four member's last time". He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small gold coin. He flicked it over to Jason, "Just in case you need some extra power bro".
Jason looked down at the coin, it was the Dragonzord power coin, "Thanks man", he smiled. Their conversation was cut short by the monster alarm blaring throughout the Mansion.
"Ay yi yi", Alpha bounced into the room, "Scorpina and the others have appeared on Hunston beach".
"Looks like they've finally made an appearance", Tyler stated, "we need to get to the beach as quickly as possible".
"Right rangers, let go", Jason called out, "Chloe would you mind keeping an eye on everything in the lab with Hayley and Alpha?"
"Sure thing Jason", she replied. The front door opened and seventeen rangers stepped out on their way to Hunston beach.
Hunston Beach
Standing in the sand, the four villains waited patiently for the arrival of the rangers. There weren't kept waiting for too long. Striding towards them with purpose were the rangers that made up the three dinosaur based ranger teams. The three red rangers led their teams forward without a hint of fear in their eyes. They paused a few feet away from the villains, much to Scorpina's amusement, "Aren't some of you a little old for this", she smirked, "I mean come on Jason, you're hardly a small guy anymore are you?"
"I'll still be more than a match for you", Jason snarled.
At the end of the line with the Dino Charge rangers, there was a flash of light and an unmorphed Andreas appeared, "Is there room for one more", he asked.
"We can never have too many rangers", Tyler smiled.
"So how are we going to do this?" Chase asked as he cracked his knuckles.
"Each team takes their own nemesis", Jason replied, "keep an eye on each other in case another team needs help". The original red ranger stared and the woman in the golden armour, "Us reds have got Scorpina here".
Zeltrax raised his axe, "This will be our final battle Tommy Oliver".
"You've got that right Zeltrax", the black Dino Thunder ranger replied.
"Alright everyone ready", Jason called out and everyone nodded, "It's morphin' time".
"Mastodon"
"Pterodactyl"
"Triceratops"
"Sabre Toothed Tiger"
"Tyrannosaurus"
"Dino Thunder, Power Up"
"White Ranger, Dino Power"
"Dino Spirits, Dino Charge"
"Ptera Brace, Dino Charge".
There was a bright flash of light, brighter than anyone had seen before. When the villains vision had cleared, eighteen Power Rangers stood ready for battle, "Alright guys, this is going to get wild", Tyler called out and everyone charged.
The Mighty Morphin' rangers found Goldar was still a tough challenge, even if he had been dead for seventeen years. The armoured creature slashed the pink and blue rangers across the chest. Kim and Billy fell to the ground but Zack came to their defence. He shimmied his shoulders and hit Goldar in the gut with a quick kick. Trini jumped in next and hit Goldar with a flying kick. Goldar wasn't going down that easily though and responded with a kick of his own into the legs of the black ranger. Zack groaned and rubbed his knee, "Alright no more Mr Nice Ranger", he cried, "Power Axe". A black and gold axe appeared in his hands and he immediately sliced Goldar across the legs, putting a dent in his armour.
Goldar roared and swung his blade towards Zack but he found it blocked by a blue staff, "Not so fast", Billy said and swung his Power Lance towards Goldar. The lion faced general couldn't mount an attack as he was getting distracted by pink energy bolts that were being fired by Kim from her Power Bow.
"Try this one on for size", Trini tossed one of her Power Daggers and it caught Goldar across the face. He reached up and touched his face and found that it was bleeding. He unleashed a ferocious battle cry and fired a pulse of energy at the rangers. They didn't have time to get out the way and fell to the ground and writhed in pain.
He advanced towards the rangers but he was repelled by several blasts of purple energy. He looked up and saw the Purple Dino Charge Ranger advancing towards him with her Dinovolver drawn, "Hey no one hurt my family", Kiera called out.
"You sure you want to fight me girl", Goldar taunted, "I'm much more powerful than anyone you've faced before".
"We'll see about that", she then looked down at the blue ranger, "plus I might not get to fight alongside my Dad again".
Billy and the other rangers found another level of resolve and stood beside the purple ranger. Weapons drawn, they all charged towards Goldar again.
The Dino Thunder rangers had soon found themselves joined by Ivan. Standing side by side, Ivan and Tommy attacked with their swords, pushing Zeltrax back. Seizing the opportunity, Trent summoned some energy arrows with his Drago Sword and blasted them towards the cyborg. To everyone surprise Zeltrax repelled them with his axe, "I've been learning some new moves", he boasted, "not even the help of your new friend can save you". With a wild swing of his axe, he cut across the chests of Tommy and Ivan. They were thrown back into the other rangers and they landed in one big pile.
"Alright this guy is getting on my last nerve", Ethan grumbled.
"Think it's time to go Super Dino", Kira suggested. The others agreed and they entered Super Dino Mode, the men gained some impressed spikes on their suits whilst Kira's had now had a pair of wings.
"Marvellous", Ivan smiled, "how about two Pterodactyl's show this guy how it's done". The yellow ranger nodded and they both took to the air. Ivan slashed Zeltrax with his sword and Kira used her Ptera Grips. The others soon joined them, using the spikes on their suits to inflict further damage.
The remaining Dino Charge rangers were left with Disciple Ice Age. True to his name, he was using a lot of ice themed attacks against them. His sharp claws were also not to be messed with, as Riley and Koda found out. The monster raked them down the sides of their suits, knocking them to the ground. "Alright that does it", Andreas said and summoned his Anklyo Hammer. Winding up with a big swing, he smashed it into the chest of Ice Age. The monster went sprawling across the ground but he wasn't beaten yet. Ice Age got to his feet quickly and started throwing giant blocks of ice. Fortunately Chase was alert enough to shot the projectiles out of the sky.
This opening was all that Shelby needed to launch an attack with her Tricera Drill. She flew through the air and her weapon crashed into the icy body of the Disciple. Ice Age slid backwards across the sand and rolled on to his back. Shelby quickly pulled out the Dino Lance Energem and called over to Koda and Riley, "Quickly I need your weapons". The blue and green rangers threw them over and the pink ranger formed the Dino Halbred. She rammed it into the ribs of the monster and it flew high into the air, landing back on the beach with a thud.
Even though it was three on one, the red rangers were struggling with Scorpina. Her boomerang blade would cut into them in quick succession, giving them no chance to mount a counterattack. As they lay on the ground for what felt like the hundredth time, Tyler had finally had enough, "I think it's time to break out the big guns", he pulled out his special Energem. He stood up and threw it into the air where it was caught by the Tyranno Zord.
"Why didn't my zord do that?" Conner whined as Tyler caught his miniature Tyranno Zord.
"Ask Hayley when we get back", Jason replied briskly and pulled out the Dragonzord coin. There was a flash of green light and the Dragon Armour appeared across his chest and in his hand was the Dragon Dagger, "Armoured Red Ranger", he called.
"Triassic Battlizer", Conner called and red armour appeared across his hands, feet and chest.
Tyler fired his weapon and his suit changed into his special mode, "Supercharged Mode", he called. Using the black and green energems, miniature versions of the Para and Raptor Zords appeared on his arms. Firing a burst from the Para Zord, Scorpina was forced to protect herself with her blade.
"My turn", Jason said and across his Power Sword and the Dragon Dagger in front of his chest. A burst of red and green energy struck Scorpina in the chest and she was thrown several feet across the sand.
The villainess was slowly getting to her feet when she was suddenly kicked around the head. Looking around, she saw the three red rangers hadn't moved. She was initially confused but she then saw that the arm of Conner's suit extend out towards her, catching her in the face again. From her crouched position, Scorpina ground her fist into the sand. Leaping she charged towards the rangers but she was caught in the chest by the red Dino Charge ranger and the Raptor Zord's tail. The sharp blade cut through her armour, causing a deep wound across her abdomen.
"Scorpina!" Goldar left his battle and rushed to her side. He tended to her wounds and the Mighty Morphin rangers gathered around Jason.
"Do you yield Goldar?" Jason called.
It took a few moments but he responded with a firm, "Never!"
"Then you leave us no choice", Jason replied and quickly formed the Power Blaster with the rest of his team. Conner and Tyler moved towards their teams and they assembled their own team weapons, the Z-Rex Blaster and the Dino Lance. To add some extra fire power, Ivan inserted his Energem into his Thunder Blade to bring it up to full charge.
Sensing the end was near, Ice Age and Zeltrax huddled closely around Scorpina and Goldar, "Ready", Conner said.
"Aim", Tyler added.
"Fire", Jason called and four powerful energy blasts tore into the villains. They cried in pain as their armour began to disintegrate. There was a large explosion, signalling the end of the threat.
A large cheer went up from the rangers as they began to congratulate each other, "Good to see back in action old man", Tyler said as he grasped Jason's shoulder. Before he could continue, Tyler saw something on the horizon, "Oh man I forgot about those", he cried.
A barrage of ice crystals hit the remains of the villains and they slowly began to grow, "This part I didn't miss", Zack said as he stumbled backwards.
"You all did well", Tyler said to the Dino Thunder and Mighty Morphin rangers, "but I think we should take it from here". The veteran rangers nodded and took a few paces back. Tyler, Koda, Shelby, Ivan and Kiera pulled out an Energem each and summoned their zords. The battle wasn't over just yet.
TO BE CONTINUED