Block Number P, Block Number M, and Jabberwock were approaching Auradon Prep with plenty of soldiers behind them. The remaining soldiers from the first fight had indeed reported not only the attempt at resistance that Mal and the others had put up but just as importantly the reptilian interlopers and their human friends. Maleficent had not been happy to discover that even her plan to block out fighters from the Earth realm fell flat because they had fighters that weren't dependent on ranger powers. In addition to that one of the reptilian creatures had stripped their forces of the gray ranger.
"When we see these freaks we tear them apart." Declared Block Number P. "They don't get the chance to mess with us the way they did Echoleon." He added, referring to the bat monster that was meant to subdue the insurgents that had been expected at Auradon Prep.
"And here they come now." Block Number M observed. "Along with some of the former rangers." He saw Mal, Audrey, Evie, Jay, Carlos, Lonnie, Will and Amy with them. "I guess they're eager to end their lives now." Jabberwock seemed to release a sigh of annoyance that someone was not there, the monsters guessed Ally.
"You made a mistake coming here, battery boys." Casey stated as he took out a baseball bat. "We destroy you we take out most of your operation."
"You think a baseball bat can take us out boy?" Block Number M asked him.
"I think Wingnut 2.0 might dispute that with you, you know if he was still around." Mikey replied.
"There is no Wingnut 1.0." Donnie said to his youngest brother angrily.
"Guys, can we focus?" Leo snapped at his two youngest siblings. He drew his two katana blades. "Right now we have other problems to worry about."
"And why did you kids come out here?" Block Number P demanded. "You have no powers to fight us with."
Mal smirked. "Are you clueless or just ignorant?" The purple haired girl questioned them. "Didn't you know what Gregory was doing?" She looked to her team mates and they pulled out their iPhones. "If not then I guess it's time you find out what he was up to."
"Get them." Block Number P ordered. The soldiers surged forward.
The six turtles intercepted the soldiers, with Casey right behind them. April and Jennifer had their weapons ready as April said to them, "I think it's time to show them what Gregory screw up did."
The seven teens entered their numbers and transformed into Auradon Rangers, much to the surprise of Block Number P who had assumed they were stripped of their powers. "How is that possible?" He demanded to know.
"Gregory had a chip inside of his iPhone that allowed him to transform despite your abilities." Carlos said to him. "And now thanks to Donnie and Doug, so do we."
Block Number P unleashed a rainbow stream of energy that Amy thought looked suspiciously like their own energies right at the team. Audrey reached over to take Jennifer's arm even as Lonnie reached over to take April's arm and the team scattered to avoid the attack.
"Dude, that wasn't cool." Mikey said as he slapped a soldier aside with one of his nunchuck before leaping up and kicking the monster in the chest hard. The monster fell back but the body felt like solid steel and the orange masked turtle let out a little yelp of, "Ow."
Casey swung and took out two soldiers before connecting with something solid and hard. He looked up and let out a gulp at the sight of the Jabberwock with his steel abdomen. "Heh, nice racket you make." He said. Jabberwock tried to shoot fire at him and the hockey masked vigilante dodged out of the way.
Karai moved in swiftly behind the general and jumped up to deliver a hard kick to the side of the monster's head. It staggered only a little before looking back at her. "And I thought Chrome Dome was armored up." She mused. He tried to bring his upper appendages down on the kunoichi but she rolled out of the way swiftly.
Audrey formed her elemental bow and found herself extremely grateful that she could do that too. She missed the surge of energy that went through her body when she transformed. Summoning a rain of arrows she unleashed them and brought them down around the soldiers and the two Power Blocker monsters.
As if knowing what his girlfriend was thinking Jay laughed out loud, "Man I have so missed this." He declared before starting to swing out at the soldiers that were in the way of the two monsters that they needed to get rid of to restore magic and fully restore their powers.
"Alright then." Block Number M said with annoyance in his voice. "Let's see what all of you think about this one." With that statement and a wave of his hands he sent out a wave of magical energy that struck them all, sending them back hard. For just a moment Jennifer thought her arm might have broken but she felt the pain lessen as she stood up.
"What was that?" Casey demanded.
"That was magic." Evie replied. "He hit us with a magical wave."
"Guess this world blows your whole 'magic can't exist' theory right out the window, huh Donnie?" Mikey asked as he stood up.
"Tell that to the average citizen of Auradon." Mal said as she recalled how rare magic seemed to be. She actually remembered Jane mentioning that Fairy Godmother didn't call their magic classes that in official school dossiers because it was basically retired. In fact Paradias was the only reason that magic classes were going on in the first place. And proverbially speaking of, the purple ranger activated her helmet intercom. "Jane, where do we stand on getting the others out here?" She asked. "The monsters made sure they had decent backup, even if they weren't expecting us to duplicate Gregory's chip."
"I'm working on it." Jane answered her. "That magical burst that that monster unleashed just fried some of our circuits. We're doing what we can to replace them but you guys might be on your own out there."
"Swell." Carlos groused. "What now Mal?"
"Leo, I think it's time to stop worrying about them and worry about the receptors." Mal called out to him.
Leo nodded. "Alright." He agreed. "April, Karai, Casey, Jennifer, Renet. Stay here and give the rangers a hand with the soldiers and the monsters." He looked to Aaliyah and Mikey. "You two come with me, we're going to the Badlands to take out the first receptor." He looked to Venus, Donnie and Raph. "You guys take out the other receptor."
"Where is the other receptor anyway?" Raph demanded to know.
"Evie, I managed to track it before the circuits were fried." Doug said to the blue haired girl over her intercom. "It's at the beach, where we first fought Undine and that Daedalus thing."
"I hope he doesn't decided to make a return then." Evie mused. The only thing that drove that away the first time was a large sea creature that Melody insisted was on their side that time, as well as being responsible for the rainstorm that helped them take out the fires that had recently struck thanks to Infernal Flame and his volcano creatures. "Donnie, it's at the beach. Fly south past the forests and you should be able to find it. Once the circuits are up Doug will guide you further if you need it." She said to the purple masked turtle.
Leo and Donnie nodded. "You heard her Donnie." The blue masked turtle said. "So as Mal said, let's get to work." The six turtles activated their cyber samurai armor and then started to take off. Some of the soldiers tried to see what they could do stop them but a combination of psychic energies from April and Jennifer instead sent those soldiers hurtling into others, like a bowling ball hitting bowling pins.
"That would have been awesome under other circumstances." Mikey said with a laugh.
"Just get going shell brain." Raph said to him. The six turtles flew off.
"And that leaves us with the dubious honor of fighting the monsters." Audrey said. "At least we're almost the way we should be."
Block Number P surged forward and rammed his fists into Lonnie and Amy's chest and the two girls fell backwards hard. He moved in to try and follow up but Will was in front of him with his recursive sword. He raised it to block the monsters fists and then kicked him back away from the girls.
Block Number M moved in and tried to unleash a flurry of magic arrows at Audrey as he said, "Seems like this should be appropriate for you red ranger." Just as the arrows were fired at her Evie was in front of her and unleashed her dark mirror force attack from her weapon to stop the arrows.
Mal stepped up with her dragon's eye staff, with Jay and his soul scimitar right beside her, and the two of them lashed out their weapons hard into the monster, sending him falling back too.
"Hey, back off." Karai instructed as Jabberwock again tried to drive his fists down on her. "Who made you the executioner anyway?" Casey dropped some hockey pucks with cherry bombs taped on them and with a cry of "Goongala!" shot them right at the general. They collided and exploded against his armor but with little effect.
"I think you need a better weapon there." Carlos said a bit mockingly right before Jabberwock unleashed a stream of fire that the hockey masked vigilante barely pulled the yellow ranger away from right before impact.
"Might want to save your taunts for later little dude." Casey noted.
"Wait, little." He started.
"Both of you, save it." April said to the two boys. "We have other problems to worry about here than your egos." She used her tessen to block a sword attack from one of the soldiers before blasting it back with her telekinetic powers into one that was getting dangerously close to Renet.
"She's right." Lonnie agreed. "Focus on the monsters. They haven't lost focus on us." She too raised her hurricane tessens. Amy had her rose lance out and into two pieces as they moved into to help Will against Block Number P.
Donnie was willing to bet the circuits were still being repaired in the command center but luckily it didn't matter because Evie's directions were dead on and soon Donnie, Raph and Venus found themselves at the beach. "So is this thing going to be just sticking around waiting for us or what Donnie?" Raph asked.
"Probably not." Donnie replied. He had a bit of time to review the schematics on their cyber samurai suits and concluded that he must have designed them, albeit sometime in the future. He wasn't sure he wanted more information than that. He did however find sensors on them, which would make it easier. "Venus, help me start scanning the beachfront for this thing. Raph, keep an eye out and make sure we don't end up being ambushed ourselves."
"Got it." Raph said.
"Starting scans now." Venus said as she cycled to the scanners and began to scan the area.
So far Raph hadn't seen to many things that could fly, but he was kind of hoping for some aerial combat. The bat thing wasn't enough as far as he was concerned. So far though all seemed rather quiet.
"I think I've got it." Venus announced to her brothers. "It's located on a bluff to the west."
Donnie did a double check and found she was right. It seemed to be on its own, which was good. He recalled hearing about a torii that was facing the Isle of the Lost and hearing about Raph's brief adventure through one not long ago he had no desire to encounter a demon from that. "It looks like it's unguarded but we better be careful." He said.
The three armored turtles flew closer to their target. It seemed to be a medium sized obelisk. There was no indication if this was the one that restrained powers or magic and there didn't seem to be any indication rather it was active or not, but they already knew they couldn't take the chance.
"Let me just blast this thing then." Raph said as he raised his gauntleted hands.
"Hang on Raph." Donnie said. "We don't know which one this is or what kind of defenses it has."
"That is not true Donatello." Venus said now as she edged herself closer to the obelisk and extended her hands, retracting her gauntlets in the process. "I can feel the magic coming off of this in waves. This is the receptor for Block Number M."
"Again, let me just blast the thing then." Raph repeated.
"I don't see any defenses on this thing." Donnie noted. "It would work."
"No." Venus said. "If you attempt to destroy it, it will defend itself with whatever it takes." She looked to her brothers. "I believe though I can bypass the magical defenses and disable it."
They heard noises from behind them to find soldiers had just appeared, as if waiting for them to realize they needed another alternative than confrontation to stop it. "Looks like we won't be bored after all." Raph said with a grin that his siblings couldn't see. "I guess we get to keep them away then Donnie."
"Joy." Donnie deadpanned less enthusiastically than his older brother.
"Dudes, this is not what I call fun." Mikey commented as Aaliyah and the two brothers angled to avoid the sand that would otherwise strike their eyes as they came into the Badlands. "Is this why they call this place the Badlands?"
"Probably." Aaliyah said. "It reminds me of the deserts in Arizona for example, inhospitable to pretty much every form of life unless they can adapt like digging under the sands when it gets too hot or too cold or something like this happens."
"It's a good thing that this protects us then." Leo said. "We don't have to stop to wait this out before finding the receptor." He was just barely able to make it out and a surprisingly stable sand dune. "What is under this sand?" The blue masked turtle wondered. "There is no way that something like the receptor should stand like that."
"I asked Jordan that at the command center while you and Mal were making plans." Aaliyah said to her boyfriend. "Apparently there are unexplored cavern areas under the Badlands. It must be thick enough to keep them stable."
"Imagine the treasures that are under these sands." Mikey said.
"Imagine the dangers." Leo countered.
"This is wrong." Aaliyah now told them.
"What do you mean?" Mikey asked. "The sandstorm bites but it's unguarded. We just blast it and go. No living thing could be comfortable here without armor like this." He tapped his armor covered plastron for emphasis.
"Is there something else Aaliyah?" Leo asked his girlfriend. He had learned to trust her instincts and in truth something seemed off to her as well.
"Mikey is right, nothing living could be comfortable around here." Aaliyah swore she caught movement in the sands. "But," She blasted at the area and a Mamluk rose from the sand. "I don't think those Arabian looking zombies care."
On the heels of that one Mamluk were dozens of other creatures of its kind. As if that weren't bad enough, the receptor started to sink. "We have to get rid of these walking dead things quickly, before we lose that receptor." Mikey said.
"Agreed." Leo said. "Turtles attack." The three of them raised their gauntleted gloves and started to blast at the Mamluk's.
"That's the last circuit." Jordan said as she scooted out from under a console. "We're back in business."
"Great. Thanks for the help." Jane said as she closed up one of the panels. "Let's start the duplication process." She looked to Doug. "How's the fight going?"
"Mal and the other rangers, along with the turtle's allies, are fighting Jabberwock, the power drainers, and the soldiers. It looks like a stand still." Doug said to them all. "On the other hand, Donnie's team has ran into soldiers and he says that the receptor will defend itself with magic. Venus is working to get past it. Leo's team has a horde of Mamluk's to deal with and their working on borrowed time as the receptor is sinking into the sands."
"Wouldn't it just sink into the caves?" Ben asked. "We could try to find it later."
"In uncharted cavernous territory with who knows what else is down there." Aziz added. "We need to try to cut that off at the pass man."
"Then we're going to have to play back up." Melody said. "Choose two people to get their chips in now so we can help the turtles out."
"Who should be the ones then?" Jordan asked.
"One of those is near the ocean." Ellie pointed out with a shrug as if it were obvious. "I'd say one of the chips should go to one of the mermaids. And since Melody's power comes from the trident, something we can't do the work around with, which leaves Aquiella."
"Ellie is right." Fairy Godmother agreed. "Her powers should be restored next."
"But she won't have access to magic." Doug reminded them.
"I don't need magic." Aquiella declared. "I just need to ask for the right help." She looked to her cousin and Melody nodded in agreement.
"What about Leo and the others?" Jane now wondered. "What's the best way to handle assistance in the Badlands?"
The response didn't come quite as quickly but then Jordan looked to Jane. "Alex." She stated. "The sands may not care about fire much but I bet those Mamluk's burn rather well."
"Alright then." Jane agreed. "Aquiella, Alex. We're going to get your powers back."
"Getting there in time might be a challenge." Alex noted lightly. "How do we handle that?"
"I know how we can get you there Aquiella." Fairy Godmother said. "We have waterways a couple of floors down from here. It leads to the ocean. As a mermaid you'll make it there faster than you will any other way."
"But doesn't she need to turn into one first?" Aziz questioned.
"Easy enough." Melody said and Aquiella nodded in agreement. "We have these." She held up her hand where both girls wore a ring. "They're moon rings. They let us mentally hold our legs. If we take off the ring we revert to being a mermaid."
Ally nodded. "I understand that, but once the ring is removed Aquiella will not be able to become human again until magic is restored." She said.
"It won't be an issue." Aquiella promised. "If Venus hasn't figured it out by the time we get there then we'll deal with it the old fashioned way. We can handle whatever it throws."
"Okay, how do we get Alex out there then?" Ellie wondered.
"Wait a second." Jane said. "I think I have an idea, but I'm going to have to contact Mal and run it by her."
Amy swung her rose lance at Block Number P. He caught her lance in his hands only for her to use that leverage to jump up and kick the monster in the face, which was not nearly protected as the battery casing like object that was around the monster's chest and torso.
Lonnie swept in with her hurricane tessen's and slashed the monster across the chest hard, leaving some damage but not nearly as much as she would have liked.
Audrey leapt off of Will's shoulder and came down with her elemental bow to slash the monster only to get the same result that Lonnie did. "Talk about a hard case." The brunette princess murmured.
Carlos and Jay moved in and together they struck Block Number M, getting the same small damage that Audrey and Lonnie had but still with very little effect. He moved in to ram his fists into the boy's chest and they dodged under it.
Mal moved in and swung her staff. He blocked the attack. She tried to hit again with the other side but he blocked that one too. She set her staff down and kicked him in the chin, sending him stumbling back but to little effect.
"I think we need to try something else here." Evie said to them.
"Do you think we have enough power for you and Audrey to use your battlizers?" Carlos asked Mal.
"I don't know." The purple haired purple ranger admitted. She looked to Audrey. "But I think we can try to find out."
The brunette princess nodded. "We have nothing to lose." She agreed. Together the two girls took out their iPhone's and pressed the little half sun button on the top of their iPhones, just under their gems. They weren't too surprised but were a little dismayed to see nothing happen. "I guess we don't have the power." Audrey stated softly. "Just great."
"You could try putting your weapons together." Will suggested.
"I'd be worried that we're not at full power and our weapons wouldn't be fully powered up either." Evie pointed out.
"Sounds like what we need is for the turtles to take out the receptor containing your powers." April said. "I just wish I knew how that was going."
"Doug, I hate to nag but how are the turtles doing?" Mal asked him.
"They've gotten some holdups." Doug answered simply. "That should come as no surprise I suspect. But we have an idea. Aquiella's powers are going to be restored to her and she's going to take the water ways to the ocean to help out. She said something about the sea creature that helped stopped Daedalus. We think that's the magic one."
"Doug, we kind of need the power one destroyed if we want to put down these monsters." Evie replied.
"That one is in the Badlands." Doug told her. "Leo, Mikey and Aaliyah have been ambushed by a horde of Mamluk's. We're going to restore Alex's power to burn them down but we need Renet to help us."
"How is she supposed to do that?" Jay asked.
"We're hoping she has some kind of time trick." Doug answered.
"I'll have Amy bring her back to the command center." Mal assured Doug. She looked to her twin sister, but it was as if the rose ranger had read her mind and she nodded in understanding before heading toward Renet.
It was just as well when Amy came up to her and said, "Doug has an idea but he needs you at the command center." Because the apprentice time mistress felt just a bit useless. Sure she could fight and she did have her own energy knuckles, but the soldiers were swarming and the Block monsters were too well armored for it to matter. She nodded and followed the rose ranger.
"Should they be insulted that the monsters don't seem to care that they're leaving?" Carlos wondered as he and Jay paced Block Number M.
"Not really caring what they think man." Jay confided to his friend. He then moved in to attack Block Number M only to get blocked. Carlos moved in and slashed the monster with his earthquake claw daggers but again with minimal effect.
Renet and Amy stumbled into the command center. Jordan just caught the apprentice time mistress before she hit the wall and Ellie caught ahold of Amy just before she was about to run into the table. "Calm down you two." Jordan said. "We need help, but not at the expense of your health."
"Sorry." Amy said.
"Yeah, my bat." Renet added.
"I think you mean bad." Aziz said with a small shrug of his shoulders. He thought that was like the fourth time they had to correct Renet on current time slang.
Amy saw Jane handing Aquiella her iPhone. "Remember that receptor has to be taken out for you to restore your legs again. It's best if we can stop that thing without a problem so give Venus every opportunity." She said.
"Will do." Aquiella said. She gave a small smile to Amy and then said to Fairy Godmother. "Let's get going then."
"I'll walk you to the waterway too." Melody said to her cousin and she nodded in understanding.
Before they could leave Amy stepped up and hugged her two mermaid friends. "Please be careful Aquiella." Amy said to her. "Come back to us."
"You can all count on it." Aquiella promised as she stroked her hair. Then the two mermaids followed Fairy Godmother out.
"So what do you want me to do?" Renet asked Doug.
"The waterway will take Aquiella to the beach quickly to help out." Doug told her. "But we have no quick way of getting Alex to the Badlands to help there. We were hoping you would have an idea."
Renet thought a moment and then lifted her scepter. "This isn't really a weapon, it's a time scepter that I can use to travel through time. I think if I can route a few doors I can get him there to the Badlands in a heartbeat." She revealed.
"Sounds good." Alex replied. Amy stepped forward and took his hand, almost worried about the idea. Then she realized it wasn't the idea itself but the result; Alex would be going to the Badlands alone and that scared her. He seemed to know what she was feeling and squeezed her hand reassuringly. "It'll be fine Amy." He said softly. "I'll get there okay, help the turtles and be back in time to watch you, your sister and the others beat those two metal garbage cans down."
Jane now handed him his iPhone and Renet stepped up. She opened up a door, which was about normal size but glowed white. It was almost like what Amy imagined the Iconian gateway the rangers used would look like. Alex gave Amy a small kiss on the cheek, stroked her hair and as he stepped through the portal to the Badlands he heard, "Don't get lost." Amy said softly. "Come back to m…us."