Chapter 21:
A little before Jaden and Nick entered the cave
"It's…useless?"
"Yeah, the blade is useless to me if I can't use it how I want"
Purple and green hazes surround Zolda and Arjet respectively, no one is able to diffuse the situation before Arjet tackles Zolda with enough force to send the two traveling miles away from the group.
Trees break, animals flee, and people cower in their homes as an unknown blur of purple and green destroy anything and everything in its path.
When they finally lose momentum, Rex is able to recollect himself and summon two rooks.
The first grabs Arjet by the head and throws her up, the second grabs her mid air by her feet and begins to slam her against nearby rocks.
Each time her face hits a rocky surface, the first rook will clasp its hands together, bringing them down onto the back of her head and slamming the woman further into the rocks.
" Stay out of other worlds business, Sit back while people get hurt, let homes get destroyed. There's so much wrong with that, I don't want even be be associated with a power that has that sort of restriction"
The golems stop their assault and drop Arjet, the woman dropping limb on the floor. Neither cares for the rain that just started.
"My mom literally let me rot in a cell for ten years cause of that bs, I'm sick of it!"
Arjet stays still on the ground as Zolda keeps up his rant. The purple haze around his body turning into a cloud.
"And you know what, screw the Masters too. Seriously, I can't fathom having that much power and not helping, I can only think that they're lazy!"
That causes Arjet to twitch a bit, and she mumbles something under her breath. Zolda just barely hears and asks "what"?
Green particles surround Arjet as she gets up in the blink of an eye. Zolda can't even see the woman as the Morphin Grids energy has completely engulfed her.
The two rooks move to grab her, but they are torn apart by the grid's energy. Arjet grabs Zolda by the head "I said" she lifts him up with one hand and slams him into a tree, the purple cloud around Zolda turning back into haze.
She doesn't stop there, she runs, holding Zolda In front of her and letting him take the brunt of everything ahead of them.
Zolda makes impact with trees, rocks, huts, and even a few carriages. When they fill any stop Zolda world is spinning, Arjet on top of him as she finishes her sentence.
"I'LL KILL YOU!"
Her fist slams into Zolda once more, the men sure something just broke.
As Arjet raises her fist for another strike, a hand grabs her shoulder. Strikes whatever is behind her, her only focus on the man she's on top of.
She's surprised however when it feels like she just hit a steel wall. No, she could break through steel, this was something worse.
Xandread lifts Arjet up by her arm…and snaps it like a twig covered in cheap plastic.
Skin is ripped and bone is peaking out, and it takes about 3 seconds for Arjet to register what's happened.
A scream fills the air, and that makes the purple haze around Zolda to completely disappear. He comes to his senses, calling on the pawns to hold Xandread.
The putties are immediately vaporized by blue fire shot off by Octomush. The Morlock grabbing him with tendrils and slamming into the mud repeatedly.
Both Zolda and Arjet lay on the defeated.
Meanwhile In the walls of root core, Zolda's blade wiggles free of its prison and flies to his location.
…
"We need to stop them" Thruster says, the 4 royal rangers have been chasing after Zolda and Arjet at full speed, and not making much progress.
As everyone stops to take a quick breath, Thruster curses this situation.
"We need to move faster!"
As he says this, the Turbo book shines bright. It levitates out of Thrusters pocket and spits out another, smaller book.
This new book came even fit in one slot of the book, so Thruster does the only thing he can.
He opens the book
The book flies 3ft ahead of the group and grows in size, unfolding into a very large, blue, jeep.
Not one of the four question what just happened, they just get in the jeep, and it drives without anyone steering.
While driving past broken forest, none see the red streak of light shooting past them.
…
Jaden and Nick are able to recover, the two men going to save the rookie ranger and Arjet.
Xandread has Arjet by the head, his intention to crush her skull.
The red samurai ranger is able to get a slash on Xandread, right under his armpit. This doesn't break the nighloks skin, but stings enough to get him to drop the Woman.
Jaden Then summons the fire smasher, changing it into its cannon form and placing the new disk he and Nick created.
The fire smasher changes to a blue and red color, and Nick adds his flames to the blast. Rings of fire taking place in the cannon where spin disks would normally go.
Jaden fires away, the light emanating from the blast making it look like day time.
Octomush flies Infront of Xandread and blocks the blast with his wings, both monsters being blown away into a nearby mountain.
Both rangers are forced to demorph, the two having used up too much energy.
"We need…to get these two out of here" Nick gasps as he and Jaden stumble to Arjet and Zolda.
"That won't be happening"
A cold chill runs through the spines of Jaden and Nick. The Nighlok and Morlock have already recovered, no worse for wear and very angry.
Xandread squats down and winds his hand back, his shoulder and back turning with him. Jaden can tell what's coming, he just barely has enough time to place the fire smasher in the direction of the attack.
Thrasher and the others are miles away, but they can hear the loud crack that comes from the attack. It was like a whip being played over a speaker.
The fire smasher cracks and Jaden is sent flying, the unmorphed ranger hitting tree after tree as he is sent mile after mile through the forest. A sharp pain hits him as he's finally stopped by hitting the hood of a large, blue Jeep.
The red samurai ranger is unconscious, his arm and leg shattered. The passengers of the jeep rushing out check on Jaden.
"What happened to him?" Toxala asks as she gently pulls the samurai ranger off the hood, his arm and leg falling in weird directions.
The limbs look a swollen red and purple, Toxala is scared to move since it feels like Jaden arm and leg might fall off at any moment.
As she places him in the back of the jeep, the stop annoying thruster.
"Everyone come on! We need to get there now!" He yells
"We should take him back to get help" Kyle responds
"Zolda is either dead, or dying, GET. IN. THE. CAR!!"
something odd happens, the seatbelts of the Jeep lash out and grab the others. Buckling them in so Thruster can drive off.
"Dude, we need to go back!!" Toxala screams
"Piss off!"
As the two argue, all four of their Morphers beep, and a robotic voice comes out.
"Injured ranger detected, would you like to repair?"
Everyone goes silent, not understanding what was just said.
"Injured ranger detected, would you like to repair?"
Kyle answers first, "yes! Yes! Heal"
The morpher glows pink, and a pink bubble surrounds Jaden. Slowly but surely his damaged body is returned to its prior state.
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Zolda is not unconscious, he just can't move.
His body is numb from the constant slams, he looks to his left and sees Arjet struggling to stand.
Nick is barely holding on, a shield of magic being the only thing stopping his demise.
Just then, the sword makes landing. The blade with a crystal flame like hilt shining brightly Infront of its wielder
As Zolda sees the blade, his one chance at deafening the enimes Infront of him, his one chance to save not only himself, but the entire forest.
And he scoffs
"You are an instrument made by people I can only see as arrogant and lazy. You are represent everything I hate about godlike beings"
The blade remains motionless, and as Nick's shield finally cracks, Zolda caves.
"Get over here, after this, I'll never use you again"