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Chapter 18: Protect the Prism

In Embryo's world, while the Norma risk and even lose their lives battling the DRAGONs to help maintain the peace and prosperity, the humans in the mainland continue to indulge themselves living happy and carefree lives due to the power of their Mana oblivious of the danger of the DRAGONs.

While the DRAGONs and Arzenal were supposed to remain secret, only a handful of high-ranking government officials and military officers know about their existence.

But the ones who know the actual truth about the DRAGONs and the Light of Mana are the six world leaders who help govern Embryo's world.

One of them is known as Roland Rosenblum, the King of the Kingdom of Rosenblum.

The Rosenblum family is in charge of maintaining military security over Arzenal by placing an inspector on the island. The inspector is known as Emma Bronson.

Once a year, a member of the Rosenblum family would arrive to Arzenal during the Festa to oversee the conditions of the island along with the Norma.

This year's overseer was Misty Rosenblum, the second daughter of King Marrick. Things were going well until Misty was kidnapped by the former princess of the Misurugi Empire, Angelise now known as Ange.

After Ange along with Momoka and Hilda had escaped Arzenal, they left Misty inside of the plane they used to escape, and the officers of the NMB were able to find her and thankfully she was unharmed.

After returning home however, Misty would mostly spend days inside of her room and only left during dinner along with having tea with her mother and sister.

Her family and many of the servants believe that she is still recovering from the ordeal she experienced from her kidnapping. But in reality, Misty was secretly learning things from a friend she made.

The Rosenblum Family's castle appears to be a mix of a medieval castle and modern aesthetics. There was a garden of flowers with a gazebo in the center.

Inside the castle's hallway, one of the maids was carrying a tea set on a tray as she was heading towards the room of Princess Misty.

She soon arrived but was a bit nervous before she knocked on the door. The door opened and Misty appeared before the maid with a smile on face.

Misty had long blonde hair tied up with a red ribbon and the ends of her hair was styled as ringlets and had blue eyes.

She was wearing clothes that befit a princess of her status. Consisting of a white blouse with a red dress and a long pink shirt along with white gloves, she also wears white long socks and brown shoes.

The maid bowed her head to the Second Princess of the Kingdom of Rosenblum.

"Greetings, Lady Misty. I've brought your tea." The maid said.

"Thank you, Chloe." Misty said before she carried the tea set with the Light of Mana, so she could enjoy it within her room.

"You're having it in your room again?" The maid asked.

"Yes. I'll be sure to call you after I'm done." Misty said.

"Very well. But both your mother and your sister had requested that you join them in the garden for tea." The maid told her and Misty flinched.

"Oh…Well…" Misty said before she appeared to be lightheaded and placed a hand on her temple.

Seeing that worried the maid.

"Is something wrong, Your Highness?"

"It's nothing…I'm afraid I'm still recovering from the incident." Misty told her.

"Do you want me to call the royal physician?" The maid asked and Misty gave her an assured smile and waved her hand.

"There's no need. It will pass. Right now, all I need is privacy." Misty told her.

"Very well. But if anything, please let me know." The maid told her.

"I will thank you." Misty told her before she closed the door.

The maid then left and soon encountered Queen Margaret Rosenblum, the mother of Misty and the wife of the King of Rosenblum.

She appears to be a woman in her mid to late 40s but still has a youthful appearance. She had blonde hair like her daughter that was tied in a bun but in a darker shade which showed her age and wore a light-violet dress.

"Oh, Queen Margaret." The maid bowed her head.

"How is Misty, Chloe?" Queen Margaret asked.

"Well…I'm afraid the incident is still affecting her."

"I see." Queen Margaret said before she gritted her teeth and said this in her mind.

'And it's all that Norma's fault. Honestly, what was Sophia thinking to keep that thing as her daughter.'

If only she knew that her daughter was lying to her and to the rest of their family.


In her room, after the maid had left, Misty took a moment to sigh in relief but still felt a bit guilty lying to her like that along with her mother and sister.

But she wanted to keep a new 'friend' of hers a secret knowing that her parents wouldn't approve of the things it showed her.

Misty then had an excited smile on her face before she entered her walk-in closet, which was filled with beautiful and priceless clothes along with accessories and shoes.

She then approached a large wardrobe but strangely there was a chair and a table in front of it.

After Misty placed the tea set on the table, she then approached the wardrobe and opened it, revealing the Nexus Prism that was hidden inside.

Misty smiles at the Prism and speaks to it.

"Please excuse me for taking so long. So do you have anything more to show me?" Misty asked.

Almost responding to her request, the Nexus Prism soon showed Misty a vision of a man known as RJ helping a fly-like creature.

Misty smiles as she was deeply excited to watch this before she sat down and poured the tea into her cup.


(Play: Believe in Nexus by Masaaki Endoh)

(Instrumental) (As the song starts, two Earths appear one at a time before they collide against each other creating a flash of light which blinded the screen.)

(Sono te nobashi te mabayui ashita o tsukamitore! Mugen no sora hamatake Believe in Nexus!) (Five of the Nexus Zords had appeared as the Racer, Wolf, and Dozer Zords were racing on a large road while the Chopper and Falcon Zords were flying above them before they turned into a flash of light and flew into the vast open sky before the story's title appeared on screen.)

(Araburu kono shoudo daremino tomiranai!) (The Nexus Rangers were standing on a hill as they looked at the town where the Children of Aura resides as some of them in DRAGON form flew above them as they watched them in awe.)

(Hiri asa mi kirikou o taka maru kono Heart Beat!) (Then it changes to a split screen with Salamandinay looking at her Enryugo as it was still incomplete, and Ange who was in her room in Arzenal as she was seated on her bed while looking at her ring, before it changes to Embryo and behind him was Kurt who was holding his Lion Knuckle Morpher.)

(Bi chinai sou o natato sekawaerai!) (Then it changes showing an army of Xedroids and behind them were Prince Crimson, General Swartz, and Cyber.)

(Koko de oarasatakunai Go For It!) (Next the screen changes to the Rangers commencing their Morphin Sequence as they Morph into their suits before their helmets appeared.)

(Tachiagare kodoku ni obiekuru e naide!) (The screen changes showing a fleet of Xe-Fighters and an army of Xe-Bots charging forward to attack, then changes to the Nexus Rangers loading their Zord Cards into their Morphers as they soon appear, and the Rangers jump into them.)

(Nakama ma batte irukoto mou ichido omoidase!) (In his cockpit, the Nexus Red Ranger inserts his Battle Mode Card into his Morpher and his Racer Zord changes into the said mode.)

(Kowaku wa naisa akirame wa shinai donna tsugoi yatsu ni mo make wa shinai itsudatte o kino yuuki de Believe In Nexus!) (Then each of the Nexus Zord launch respective attacks on their enemies before the Kaiser Sphere in the sky. Then the Zords combine forming the Nexus Prime Megazord, and then energy appears around the Megazord before it flies at the Kaiser Sphere to attack and when it collides against the Sphere a large flash of light appears blinding the screen. Then it changes to both Earths before the Nexus Rangers along with the villain leaders appeared as they faced each other.)


In Arzenal's hangar, Shin along with Salamandinay and Chiaki were looking at the designs for the Ryuu-Shin-Kis' beam rifles.

Shin hummed in thought as rubs on his chin.

"Hmm…the design is ideal in principle, but I still see a few problems." Shin told them.

"How so?" Chiaki asked.

"Well for one thing it's too heavy. Not to mention its power output is a bit on the large side. It will throw the Ryuu-Shin-Ki off balance, not to mention the power output will give it a slower firing-rate and will give it a low accuracy rate." Shin pointed out and Salamandinay could see the logic in that.

"You made a fair point. But if we use a weaker energy source, it will make the blast weaker and give it a lower firing range." Salamandinay pointed out.

"Huh? I hadn't thought about that?" Shin said before he had an idea and used his tablet to bring out the blueprints of the beam rifle's barrel. "What if we make adjustments to the barrel?"

"What sort of adjustments?" Chisaki asked.

"Well…" Shin said before he rapidly types on the tablet to make the said adjustments, it only took a few seconds, but he finished his task and showed the blueprints to Salamandinay and Chisaki. "How about this?"

Salamandinay and Chisaki were deeply amazed to see these adjustments.

"Amazing. This will not only give the Seiran a greater accessory rate, but it will still maintain its destructive power." Chisaki said.

"Glad to hear that. But that still leaves the weight problem." Shin said.

"Then what if we use the material from the Ryuu-Shin-Kis' armor?" Salamandinay asked.

"Hmmm…That won't work either. Wait, maybe instead of using lighter material we should try this instead." Shin said before he made some new adjustments and Salamandinay looked at it.

"Yes…Yes! This might work." She said.

The other Nexus Rangers along with Kaname and Naga were watching them from afar as they continued to discuss the Ryuu-Shin-Kis' development.

"Man…It's like they're lost in their own little world." Aaron said.

"Yes. I've only seen Lady Salamandinay act like this with Chiaki." Naga said.

"But she did find a new friend who she can relate to." Kaname said.

"I could see that…" Dean said as he looked at them with a pensive look in his eyes.

Claire notices that before she giggles.

"Don't tell me you're jealous Dean?" Claire asked and her cousin flinched.

"What?! No, of course not! Besides, I don't even see Salamandinay like that." Dean quickly denied as he turned away from her with his arms folded.

Claire then whispers with Alisa.

"He's totally jealous."

"Oh definitely." Alisa nodded in agreement.

The Red Ranger then narrows his eyes at the female members of their team.

"You know I can hear you right?" Dean asked and the Pink and Yellow Rangers only chuckled some more.

"But seriously Dean, you should try to talk things out with her. I mean Salamandinay is a great girl." Claire told him.

Putting her teasing aside, Dean thought about it before he turned to Salamandinay as she continued to discuss the Ryuu-Shin-Kis' development with Shin and Chisaki.

Dean then remembers how he bonded with Salamandinay after he woke up, the Red Ranger sighed and rubbed the back of his head.

"Look…even if I wanted to, now's not the time. Let's focus on the mission first, then we'll worry about the rest." Dean told his cousin and Claire narrowed her eyes at him.

"Buzzkill." Claire said.

The others look at the Reillys before Kaname spoke to Aaron.

"Did all families in your time usually act like this?" She asked and the Black Ranger shook his head.

"No, only those two." Aaron answered.

Then the Nexus Rangers heard their Morphers ringing, and they answered the call and a holographic screen appeared above their Morphers with Pixel within the screen.

"Hello, Rangers." Pixel waved at her friends.

The Nexus Rangers assumed there was another attack from the Kaiser Empire.

"Let me guess, there's another attack?" Dean asked but Pixel shook her head.

"No, not this time. We're actually receiving a call from an old friend." Pixel said and that got the Rangers and their allies' attention.

"Really?" Shin asked.

"Who?" Alisa asked.

"I'm putting him up now." Pixel said and appearing beside her was another screen with a noise line and someone spoke through.

"Testing, testing. One two three! Special greetings from the Lion Galaxy!" The Rangers recognized that voice.

"No way!" Dean said as he and his team smiled to hear that voice.

"He'll be appearing in your location soon." Pixel said.

"Then let's go!" Claire said before the Rangers dismissed the screen.

"Wait. Who's appearing?" Salamandinay asked and Dean answered her question.

"A living legend."


The Rangers and their allies were now outside and had arrived at the location where their old friend will appear.

Shin rechecks the location and time with his Morpher.

"Okay. According to Pixel's calculations, he'll be arriving right about…now." Shin said.

Then appearing in front of the Nexus Rangers and their allies is a portal created by Transportal Device.

While the Children of Aura wondered who was going to appear out of it, a bird flew out of the portal before it closed.

"A bird?" Kaname said as she and the others were surprised by this.

The bird then flew around the Rangers and their allies and flew close to their heads. While Salamandinay's crew were a bit annoyed, the Rangers chuckled in amusement before they spoke to the bird.

"Okay, Mick, that's enough!" Claire told the bird.

"Yeah! We know you love to play around, but you should introduce yourself to our new friends." Dean said.

The bird flies away from them before it transforms into a human as he falls to the ground. The Children of Aura were shocked yet amazed by what they just saw before the shapeshifter stood up and shook his head and soon turned to the Rangers and their allies.

He appears to be a middle-aged man with wild blond and dark hair that almost resembles a lion's mane, he was wearing a gray jumpsuit with a black shirt and boots, he also has a pair of goggles dangling from his neck.

This is Mick Kanic, the mentor and friend of the Ninja Steel Rangers.

Mick smiles and waves at the Nexus Rangers and their allies.

"Howdy, everyone."

For some strange reason, he looks somewhat familiar towards Salamandinay, Naga and Kaname.

The Rangers smile before they walk to Mick to greet him.

"It's good to see you, Mick." Dean said as he shook Mick's hand.

"You too." Mick said before he gave Aaron a first bump and received a hug from Claire.

"Ummm, Dean. I believe some introductions are in order." Salamandinay told the Red Ranger.

"Oh, right." Dean said before he moved to Mick's side to place a hand on his shoulder to introduce the shapeshifter. "Salamandinay, this is Mick Kanic. A friend of the Power Rangers."

"Hello." Mick waved at them.

"Wait. Isn't it 'mechanic'?" Chisaki said.

"No. Two words, 'Mick' 'Kanic'." Mick corrected her.

"I see…" Chisaki said.


After Mick had arrived in their world, the Nexus Rangers had brought him and Salamandinay's crew to their base. They then walk to the computer while Mick looks around the room.

"Whoa! I'm glad to see the Hub is still amazing as ever." Mick said and Salamandinay blinks to hear that.

"The Hub?" Salamandinay said in confusion before Dean explained about that.

"It's what we call this place. It's known as the Nexus Hub or Hub for short."

"You hadn't mentioned that before." She said.

Dean nervously chuckles.

"Yeah, I guess it must've slipped my mind." Dean said.

"Clearly." Salamandinay rolled her eyes before they chuckled together.

They then stop as Pixel to greet Mick.

"Hey, Mick, it's been a long time." Pixel waved at him.

"Pix! You're looking pretty as ever." Mick greeted the AI and Pixel chuckles.

"Oh, you charmer." Pixel said.

"Yeah. Also, I know it's too late to ask but care to explain why those three have wings and a tail?" Mick asked as he pointed at Salamandinay, Naga and Kaname.

"Well…Let's just say a lot happened after you left." Dean said as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Okay?" Mick said.

"Anyway, care to explain how you were able to change form like that?" Salamandinay asked.

Her people are used to changing between their human and DRAGON forms, but seeing Mick able to change from a bird to a human is quite new to her.

"Oh, right. More explanation." Dean said.

"Well despite how he appears, Mick is an alien shapeshifter from the Liong Galaxy. In fact, most of the people there are talented shapeshifters, they're able to change into both organic and inorganic forms." Shin told them.

"Truly?" Salamandinay asked as she and the others turned to Mick.

"Yeah. I can pretty much change into anything like…a dog!" Mick said as he transforms into a chihuahua and barks at them.

They were amazed once again before Mick changed back into his human form.

"I can also change into rock!" Mick said before he changes into a boulder and then to his human form. "And a fake skeleton!"

Mick transforms into a fake skeleton that's used for science class as he laughs at them.

The Rangers and Pixel chuckle before Dean speaks to him.

"Okay. I think that's enough showing off, Mick." Dean told him before the shapeshifter changed back into his human form.

"I know. I couldn't help myself." Mick said.

"Shapeshifting aside, Mick is quite well known in Ranger history. In fact, he was the one who gave us the Legendary Database." Claire told them and they were surprised to learn.

"Truly?" Kaname asked.

"From him?" Naga asked as she pointed her finger at the shapeshifter.

"Yep. Looks aside, he's pretty much famous to most Ranger teams." Aaron said.

"In fact, he once served as the mentor to the legendary Ninja Steel Rangers." Alisa told them.

"Really?" Salamandinay asked and the Nexus Rangers nodded.

Mick chuckles while rubbing the back of his head.

"Well, I wouldn't call myself their mentor. I like to think of myself as their advisor." Mick said before Dean patted him on the back.

"Come on. You shouldn't sell yourself short like that." He told him.

"Yeah. Especially since you help lots of Rangers back in your day." Shin said.

"Oh you." Mick waved his hand before he spoke to Salamandinay's crew. "But…there was this one time that I helped a team of Rangers when they were having trouble against a bad dog that made things fall apart."

"Is that so?" Naga asked.

"How?" Kaname asked.

"Well…I was able to stop its howl…" Mick paused for a moment and they were on edge on what he'll say next before he smiles. "By turning into a baby pacifier!"

Mick made some sucking sounds to mimic the said event.

The Rangers and Salamandinay's group sweat drop to hear that.

"And he's supposed to be a great mentor?" Naga questions the Rangers.

"Well…I do believe his words were advisor." Shin replied.

Dean coughed in his hand and spoke to Mick.

"Anyway, Mick, care to explain why you're here?"

"Well, you know me, I was just wandering around the universe following the Nexus Prism and here I am." Mick told them while the Children of Aura were confused, the Rangers and Pixel were a bit concerned to hear that.

"Really?" Pixel asked.

"So the Prism is here?" Dean asked and Mick nodded.

"Yeah. I've tracked the Prism's energy and for some strange reason, it crossed between different dimensions and the trail ends here. I was hoping that you kids had seen any trace of it." Mick said.

"Afraid we hadn't. But we're more than willing to help." Dean said.

Shin then turns to Pixel.

"Think you can handle it, Pixel?" The Blue Ranger asked.

Pixel chuckles before she brings out her holographic keyboard and screen, she then takes a moment to pop her fingers.

"No problem. Finding the Nexus Prism will be a simple matter for me." Pixel said before she uses the satellite network to search for the Prism.

"Ummm…I know it's too late to ask this, but what is the Nexus Prism?" Salamandinay asked.

"Oh, right." Dean said before he moved to the computer to access the Legendary Database and brought out an image of the Nexus Prism.

Salamandinay and her subordinates looked at the Prism in amazement at how beautiful it was and could tell that it's very powerful.

"The Nexus Prism is an ancient and powerful artifact that has a strong connection to the Morphin Grid. It was the very item that gave the Ninja Steel Rangers their powers." Dean explained.

"I see." Salamandinay said.

"It's beautiful…" Kaname said.

"That it is." Shin said in agreement.

"In the beginning, no one knew where the Prism came from. Until now, after meeting the Dino Fury Rangers, the Prism was created by a group known as the Morphin Masters." Mick told them and that got Salamandinay's attention along with Naga and Kaname.

"And who are these Morphin Masters?" Salamandinay asked.

"They're mystically transdimensional energy beings who strive to maintain galactic balance throughout the universe." Shin explained.

Salamandinay and her subordinates raised an eyebrow in confusion, Dean gave them a short and simple explanation on who the Morphin Masters are.

"They're space wizards who live within the Morphin Grid. They also use magic staffs and are very tall."

"Oh, I see." Salamandinay said in understanding and was interested by this.

"Why didn't you say so?" Kaname questions the Blue Ranger.

"I just did." Shin said.

"But like Mick said, the Prism was created by the Morphin Masters over millions of years ago." Dean said before he brings out images of six Morphin Masters.

Like the Nexus Rangers, there were Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, Pink and White Morphin Masters.

"So this is them?" Salamandinay asked and Dean nodded.

"Yeah. Along with the Prism, they also created many powerful artifacts that gave most Ranger teams their powers." Dean said before he brought images of the said artifacts created by the Morphin Masters.

The Dino Gems used by the Dino Thunder Rangers.

The Energems used by the Dino Charge Rangers.

The dinosaur statues of Dinohenge that serve as the link for the Dino Fury Rangers' connection to the Grid.

Salamandinay was deeply interested in this.

"Very interesting." Salamandinay said.

"But how is that possible?" Kaname asked.

"It's because of their staffs." Mick said before Dean brings out an image of a Morphin Master's Staff. "It's sort of a theory that I have. But similar to a Ranger's Morpher, the Morphin Masters can channel the power of the Grid through their staffs. But on a larger and more powerful scale. It's how they created several Ranger teams throughout the eons."

"I can vouch for that. In fact, the Morphin Masters were the ones that gave us our powers." Dean told them and that really got Salamandinay, Naga, and Kaname's attention.

"Wait…You met these Morphin Masters before? They gave you and your friends your powers?" Salamandinay asked.

"Yeah." Claire said.

"Amazing…How did it happen?" Salamandinay asked.

"Well…It happened way before any of you were born. But once upon a time, there was once a time when the Earth was attacked by invaders." Dean said before he remembers the day when he and his friends met the Morphin Masters and how they gave them their powers.


(Flashback)

In a city, an army of monsters had attacked and laid waste to the area and attacked the people who live in it.

Although they appear to be shadowy figures, they had blue bodies with black clothing and six blue eyes.

A young boy and his little sister were cornered by these monsters as they slowly approached the siblings, while his sister was scared the boy bravely faced them to protect her.

That's when Dean jumps in and attacks to defend the siblings. Dean turns to them before he knelt down to the siblings.

"You two alright?" Dean asked and they nodded. "Okay. Then how about we go and find your parents?"

Dean then guided the siblings to safety.

Claire is seen guiding an elderly couple to safety and thankfully, a truck driver arrives to bring them to safety. The driver only had enough room for two since it was already carrying a group of people and Claire let the couple climb on board while she stayed behind. The elderly woman held Claire's hand in gratitude.

"Thank you so much, young lady. We'll never forget your kindness." She told her.

"It's alright. Just take care of yourself." Claire said before the truck drives away.

"Hey, Claire!"

Claire looks and sees Dean rushing towards her.

"Dean, are you okay?" Claire asked before Dean took a moment to catch his breath.

"I've been better. Have to say this has been an interesting weekend." Dean said and Claire nodded.

"You can say that again."

"Dean and Claire Reilly…" A ghostly voice calls out to them.

The Reillys were spooked to hear that before they looked around to find that voice.

"Did you just hear that?" Dean asked.

"You don't think it was a ghost…" But before Claire could finish her question, both Dean and Claire were teleported away.


In the monsters' attack, Aaron was guiding a family and their dog to safety. They were hiding behind a wall with Aaron on lookout, and seeing that the coast was clear, he silently spoke to them.

"We're clear." Aaron said and they soon moveout.

But the daughter who was carrying the dog in her arms began to bark and she tried to keep it quiet.

"Don't Lulu! No barking!" She told the dog, but Lulu was alerting them of danger as the monsters had found them as they appeared out of their hiding spots and surrounded them.

The monsters then approach them, while the mother and father move close to their daughter to protect her, Aaron bravely faces them to protect them.

That's when everyone heard the loud roar of a car engine. Everyone looks and sees a modified blue jeep heading towards them, the driver then calls out to them.

"Close your eyes! Close them now!"

Aaron and the family quickly close their eyes, with the press of a button, the lights on the jeep give off a bright light which blinded the monsters long enough for the driver did a drift stop and brought out a high-tech rifle and fired a lightning bolt with it which destroyed the monsters around them.

The driver then turns off the lights and they soon see him stepping out of his vehicle to reveal himself as Shin wearing a pair of goggles on his eyes before he lifts them up to greet them.

"Did someone call for tech support?" Shin asked.

After they were out of danger, the daughter looked at Shin's jeep in amazement while he shook hands with father and then to Aaron.

"I'm Shinya Okabe. But my friends call me Shin." Shin told them.

"Please to meet you. I'm Aaron Pierce. Have to say that's a nice set of wheels that you have." Aaron said as he looked at Shin's jeep.

"Custom build her myself." Shin told him and that's when Aaron saw the rifle in his hands.

"I guess you're a science nerd?" Aaron asked.

"I prefer the term scientist." Shin counter.

After seeing that the family was in trouble, Shin decided to let them have his jeep and Shin spoke to the father who was behind the wheel with his wife and on the seat beside him and their daughter on the back seat while still holding their pet dog.

"Are you really sure we can have this?" The father asked and Shin nodded.

"It's fine. You need to take care of your family, and there's still people out there who need help. Just be sure not to press the blue button." Shin told him and the father looked only to see there were several blue buttons.

"I'll…be sure to keep that in mind." He said.

"Are you sure you're not coming with us?" The daughter asked as Aaron was standing beside Shin.

"I'm sure. Your uncle and cousin are still missing. Someone's needs to find them." Aaron told her before he rubs on the daughter's head.

"Thank you. But be careful, both of you." The mother said.

"Don't worry. I got that cover." Shin said as he showed off his rifle.

The family then drives to safety with Shin's jeep with Aaron and the daughter waving each other goodbye.

"I'm still surprised you still let them take your jeep like that. You sure are a nice guy." Aaron told him.

"Funny. I could say the same about you." Shin said before they chuckle together. "Anyway, we should.

"Shinya Okabe…Aaron Pierce…"

Both Shin and Aaron were surprised to hear that voice.

"What the…?" Aaron said before they were suddenly teleported away, and Shin's rifle was left behind.


In her family's dojo, Alisa and her family were seen guiding groups of people to their family dojo.

"Here. You'll be safe once the army comes." Alisa told them.

"Thank you…But do you really think the army could handle something like this?" A little boy asked in concern.

Alisa placed her hand on his shoulder to give the boy an assured smile.

"Don't give up on hope. We just need to be brave and hold out." Alisa told him and the boy had a hopeful smile and nodded and entered the dojo.

"Alisa."

She looked and saw Kurt had arrived while carrying an elderly man on his back.

"Kurt, are you okay?" Alisa asked as Kurt approached him.

"Despite monsters attacking and laying waste to the city, yeah, I'm okay." Kurt told her and Alisa chuckled at his poor sense of humor.

They soon brought the elderly man to the dojo. Both Alisa and Kurt were in the kitchen and took a moment to drink some water to keep themselves hydrated.

"I have to tell you, Alisa. Things are not looking good out there." Kurt said.

"I notice. Lots of these people are starting to lose hope." Alisa said.

"Damn it. I just wish there was a way to do something." Kurt said.

Just as Alisa was about to speak, they heard a ghostly voice calling to them.

"Alisa Parker…Kurt Summers…"

Both childhood friends were shocked to hear that voice and before they could figure out what it was, they were suddenly teleported away, and their water bottles fell to the floor.


The six teens soon found themselves in the center of town which was the area where the monsters had said to appear.

They look at the area in confusion on how they were.

"It was crazy. All six of us were out helping people, then before we knew it, we were in the heart where the attack had happened." Dean said.

"And that's when they appear before us." Shin said.

Then appearing in front of the six teens was a portal that leads to the Morphin Grid and appearing before them were the six Morphin Masters, Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, Pink and White.

"The Morphin Masters. Ancient and ageless beings with untold power. They arrived in our world to help us." Claire said.

"They were watching us from within the Grid and saw our courage and noble actions." Aaron said.

The six Morphin Masters then line up in front of the six teens with Red in front of Dean, Blue for Shin, Black for Aaron, Yellow with Alisa, Pink with Claire and White in front of Kurt.

"That's when the Morphin Masters use the power of their staffs to bestow the power of the Grid into each of us." Alisa said.

"And let me tell you. In our first Morph, it was one heck of a rush." Dean said.

The six Morphin Masters then aimed their staffs at Dean and the others and fired a beam of Morphin Grid energy into them.

After absorbing the energy, the six teens morph into the Nexus Rangers.

With their transformation, the Nexus Rangers then look at their suits in amazement as they could feel tremendous power surging throughout their bodies.

"From this day forward, you'll be known as the Nexus Rangers. Defenders of the Earth and to the universe." Master Red told the newly created Nexus Rangers.

The newly created Rangers then faced the army of monsters and soon fought against them using their newfound power.

"Thanks to the Morphin Masters, we were able to defend the Earth from almost every threat. And we did a lot of good and helped lots of people."

In one of these events, Dean kicks one monster on the head while Alisa cuts down one with her Nexus Dagger.

In one event, Shin and Claire had rescued a group of minors as they evacuated from a collapsed mine.

Then to Aaron and Kurt fighting against a group of monsters while protecting a little boy and his sister.

The next event showed the Nexus Prime Megazord combining with Kurt's Zord to form the Ultrazord and the Nexus Rangers used it to defeat a giant monster.

The Rangers cheered for their victory.

(End of flashback)


"We really did owe the Masters a lot back then. Without them, we wouldn't be here today." Dean told them and they were deeply amazed to learn this.

"That's…That's an incredible story." Kaname said and Salamandinay nodded.

"It's truly amazing. I hope I can meet them one day." Salamandinay said.

"Good luck to that. The Morphin Masters aren't exactly known for their social calls." Claire said, which caused them to chuckle.

"Story aside. It's all the more reason we need to find the Nexus Prism." Dean said before Shin gave an explanation about that.

"You see, while the Prism is often a force of good it doesn't mean that it's infallible. If it ever falls into the wrong hands, both the Prism and its power can be corrupted." Salamandinay's crew were deeply concerned.

"I see and with the Kaiser Empire here, it only be a matter of time they'll set out and find the Prism." Salamandinay said.

"Exactly." Dean nodded.

"But are you sure you can find it? I'm not an expert, but isn't our world quite large?" Kaname asked.

"Earth is around 3,900 large in radius. That's only one tenth of Jupiter." Shin told them and they sweat dropped to hear that.

"Shin, you're doing it again." Alisa told the Blue Ranger.

"Oh…right." Shin said before he coughs in his hand. "Anyway, there's nothing to worry about. Our satellite systems are the best in the world. I should know because I design and build them. So, finding the Prism's location will be as easy as pie."

That's when Pixel spoke to them after she finished her search.

"Ummm…You may want to reconsider that statement." The Rangers and their friends turned to the AI.

"What? Why?" Shin asked.

"Well…" Pixel said before she brought the holographic screen in front of them to show her scans and to their surprise there was no trace to the Prism anywhere on their world. "As you can see, our satellites can't find the Prism anywhere on Earth."

"What?" Dean said.

"But that's impossible. The Prism emits a strong energy source, it should've been an easy find." Shin said.

"Trust me, I know. But the only logical conclusion I can come up with is that the Nexus Prism was never here to begin with." Pixel told them.

"But Pix, that shouldn't be possible either. I've followed the Prism here, and nowhere else." Mick told her.

"Trust me, I believe you. But our scans are usually never wrong." Pixel said.

"Just what could this mean?" Salamandinay asked and Claire shrugged.

"Don't ask me, I have no clue." Claire said.

"There has to be a reason for that." Alisa said.

"What do you think we should do, Dean?" Aaron asked.

The Red Nexus Ranger was in deep thought about this.

Mick couldn't be wrong about following the Prism here to their world. But their satellites aren't able to find it anywhere. That's when the singularities appeared in his mind, and that gave Dean an idea while also giving him a sense of dread.

"What if…What if the Prism is here but at the same time it's not." Dean theorized.

"Okay…Now you lost me." Alisa said.

Dean then turns to Shin and Pixel.

"Shin, Pixel, is it possible to recalibrate our spycams to search for the Prism's energy source." Dean said.

Shin and Pixel then understood what he was saying and nodded to him.

"It is. But I'm really hoping that you're wrong." Shin said as he moves to the computer, he and Pixel then did the said recalibration for the spycams on the Embryo's world.

"Funny. I'm hoping for the same thing." Dean said.

After the recalibration is finished, the spycams then begin to search for the Prism's energy source as the Rangers and their allies watch them work.

It took about a few minutes but the spycams were able to find the Prism's energy and it was definitely on Embryo's Earth.

The Nexus Rangers were surprised and deeply worried about that as the spycams began to zoom into the Prism's exact location.

"Oh, no…of all places it has to be there?" Dean said.

The spycams soon showed that the Nexus Prism was in the heart of the Kingdom of Rosenblum.


In her room, Misty had continued to watch RJ and his friend known as Flit.

"Thanks for the play by play, Flit."

"No problem, boss. Since Camille turned me back into a human, I've got plenty of time to help my friends."

"Uh yeah…let's not tell the customers the part about you being a fly."

Misty chuckles before the Prism dismisses that moment in history. Misty then took a moment to sip on her tea.

"That was truly amazing. Can you show me more or was that the end?" Misty asked.

The Prism answered by bringing another vision of the past. Where a man known as Andros befriended and helped an alien creature known as Seymour.

Misty was deeply interested in how this would begin and end.


After knowing that the Prism was in Embryo's world, Shin went to his lab to gather his things while Dean prepared the Transportal device as he and the others waited for them.

"Are you truly certain about this?" Salamandinay asked.

"Afraid we have no choice. We've seen what happens once the Prism falls into the wrong hands and if those hands happen to Embryo's, then we'll have doomsday on both Earths." Dean told her.

"I understand that, but most of you are wanted fugitives in the False Earth and you're going to the heart of the Rosenblum Kingdom led by one of Embryo's servants. There's no doubt you'll be recognized there." Salamandinay reminded him.

"I know, but it will be different from last time." Dean told her.

"How?" Naga asked.

That's when Shin arrived carrying a shoulder bag.

"Because this time, we're going in prepared." Shin said as he approached his team.

"Got what you needed?" Alisa asked.

"Oh, you have no idea." Shin answered.

Dean then spoke to Mick.

"You should probably stay here, Mick. It's going to be dangerous." Dean told him.

"And let you kids face it alone, no chance with that. I may not have a clear understanding of what's going on, but by the sound of it, you need all hands on deck." Mick said as he was willing to face the danger.

"Okay. Just stay close to us at all times." Dean said before he spoke to his team. "You guys ready?"

They nodded.

"Alright. Let's move out." Dean said before he opens a portal and the Nexus Rangers and Mick jump into the portal with the others watching them.

"Good luck everyone and be careful." Pixel said.


The Nexus Rangers and Mick soon arrived in Embryo's world. They arrived in a forest, they took a moment to study their surroundings and after seeing no one was in the area, Shin soon brought out his tablet to pinpoint the Prism's exact location.

"Well, Shin, anything?" Dean asked. Shin thanks to the info from Lizardia, the Blue Nexus Ranger was able to track down the Prism's location.

"I have good news and bad news. Good news, I know where the Prism is."

"And the bad news?" Aaron asked.

"It's right where the king lives." Shin said as he showed an image of King Roland Rosenblum and his castle to his friends.

Excluding Mick, the other Nexus Rangers were once again concerned about this.

"A member of Embryo's inner circle. Fantastic." Claire said.

"You don't think he has the Prism do you?" Mick asked and Shin shook his head.

"No, if he did, then we wouldn't be able to detect its energy signature. Embryo wouldn't be careless like that." Shin said.

"Well either way, we need to be ready for anything." Dean told them and his friends nodded. "Let's move."

The Rangers and Mick then move out to the castle. But unknown to them, is that a pair of robotic eyes were watching from a great distance, and they soon contacted their master to report their arrival.


In his personal/hidden office, Embryo was looking at a list of all Para-mail pilots in Arzenal.

He was studying up on their combat records provided to him by the Rosenblum Royal Family. Each Norma on the list is special.

Each of them had survived a minimum of four to six years of combat duty of Arzenal's Para-mail squads without significant injury as well as at least one or two encounters with unknown DRAGON types. This made all of them perfect candidates to pilot the Ragna-mail for his master plan.

"So many beautiful and talented women to choose from. I should give Alektra my thanks for providing them all to me on a silver platter." Embryo said.

After he recreates this entire world, these women will serve as the seeds that will one day grow to become a new and better humanity. One that will finally be devoid of the errors within their very DNA that nearly brought them to extinction.

A swipe of his finger the list scrolled down, which showed members of the First and Second Companines.

Norma Number 0817-72: Tanya. Embryo marks her as a mid-level candidate.

Norma Number 4356-80: Irma. Also mid-level.

Norma Number 2186-32: Salia, the Captain of the First Company. Embryo labeled her as a high priority candidate because of her combat experience and leadership skills.

Norma Number 3192-14: Hilda, the Vice-Captain of the First Company. Embryo also labeled her as a high candidate due to her leadership skills and her ability to adapt from an unknown DRAGON type.

Norma Number 6187-26: Chris. Mid-level candidate.

Norma Number 4185-69: Ersha. Mid-level candidate.

Norma Number 9193-04: Vivian, First Company's youngest member but from what Embryo could tell, she's most likely their ace. Her extraordinary talent in combat also made her a high-level candidate.

There was also Norma Number 1203-77: Ange, the former princess of the Misurugi Empire.

Her record really got Embryo's attention. While it doesn't happen often, he was deeply surprised that this girl was able to reawaken Villkiss but he was even more impressed on how she was able to master the Ragna-mail despite not using its true power.

After Ange had escaped along with that maid of hers and Hilda, he once considered sending Kurt after her so he could take her under his servitude but ultimately decided against and let Emperor Julio have his way with her.

It would serve as a message and a good reminder for Alektra where her place is in this world.

After helping himself to a sip of his tea, Embryo was about to scroll down some more but stopped as someone knocked on his door. Embryo then dismissed the Mana screen and turned to the door.

"You may enter." Embryo said.

Then opening the door and entering the room was Kurt, the White Nexus Ranger. After entering the room, Kurt soon bowed before his master.

"Please pardon me, Master Embryo. Was I interrupting?" Kurt asked.

Embryo sighed before he drank his tea.

"It's nothing, Kurt. Care to explain what's wrong?" Embryo asked.

"The Rangers have been sighted in the Kingdom of Rosenblum." Kurt answered, and that got Embryo's attention.

"Truly?" Embryo questions him and Kurt nodded before he brought out a Mana screen to show recorded footage of the other Nexus Rangers.

"As a precaution, I set up groups of watchdogs on key points on where they'll appear in the world. And they happened to be in the heart of the Kingdom." Kurt told him.

Embryo wasn't concerned about this but he was curious as to why the Rangers had arrived in that location, since it was virtually enemy territory.

"And I should be concerned about this, how?" Embryo questions.

"Because they brought a special guest with them. Mick Kanic." Kurt answered before he zoomed in to Mick.

Embryo narrows his eyes to see that.

"Kanic…Isn't he the alien shape shifter from the Lion Galaxy?" Embryo asked, and Kurt nodded.

"That is correct and he also happens to be a friend of the Ninja Steel Rangers. If he's here then the Nexus Prism can't be far behind." Kurt said before he dismissed the screen.

"And if I remember my Ranger history, the Prism is the very artifact that gave those Rangers their powers, correct?" Embryo asked.

"That is indeed so." Kurt nodded before he coughed in his hand. "And if I may be so bold to suggest, the Nexus Prism does have a powerful connection to the Morphin Grid, and it would help accelerate the plan further than we originally intended. With your permission, I would like to investigate the Rosenblum Kingdom, secure the Prism and bring it back to you. I'll also bring Mick as a bonus. After all, his expertise with the Prism would be invaluable as well."

Embryo then thought about it. Although he has no doubt that the plan will succeed with or without the Nexus Prism, it wouldn't hurt to have some extra assurance along with a back up plan.

After making his decision, Embryo nodded at Kurt.

"Very well, Kurt, you are free to proceed. I'll leave everything to your judgment as always."

Kurt smiles before he bowed.

"Thank you, Master. I'll make sure to live up to your expectations as I always have." Kurt said before he left the room.

Embryo smiles before he drinks his tea once again.

"Now then Rangers, I wonder how you'll handle what's to come."


After the Rangers and Mick sneakily move through the city while avoiding any officers and people in the way, they soon arrive at the castle.

They then jump over the stone fence one at a time, with Mick jumping over last but ends up falling on his back.

Claire winced to see that.

"Oooohhhh…You okay?" Claire asked and Mick chuckled as he stood up.

"I'm fine. But man, I really need to work on those landings." Mick said.

They moved further towards the castle and arrived at a field that had large bushes that were styled and cut in the shape of animals, they also spotted a line of rose bushes line-up on the stone pathways of the castle.

They also took a moment to study the castle's style in architecture.

"Dang. They really pulled the expenses on building this place." Aaron commented and Alisa nodded.

"No kidding." She said.

"Well, Shin, where should we start looking?" Dean asked.

"I'm able to triangulate the Prism's source to the royal family's living quarters. But…" Shin said.

"But?" Claire asked.

"We have another problem." Shin said before he showed a blueprint of the said living quarters along with the Nexus Prism's energy but it covered the entire building. "As you can see, the Prism's energy appears to be every inch in the building."

"Now that's great…" Claire said as she shook her head.

"Do you think it's masking itself somehow?" Dean questions Mick and he shakes his head.

"Sorry, but I'm really at a loss here. And I'm an expert when it comes to the Prism." Mick told them.

"Okay. Guess we'll have to adapt. Best that we split into pairs of two. Mick and I will search the first floor. Alisa, Claire, you cover the second floor. Shin, Aaron, you'll get the third floor." Dean told them.

"Got it." Alisa nodded.

"Sounds simple enough." Aaron said.

"But one problem, our faces are pretty well known by now. So it's not like we can just casually walk in the front door." Claire said.

"Oh, please. You didn't think I didn't come prepared for that." Shin said before he opened his bag and brought out five round devices that were the size of quarters.

Knowing they weren't just for show, the four Nexus Rangers took one of the devices and looked at them.

"Another one of your side projects?" Dean asked and Shin nodded.

"You bet. How about I give you a demonstration?" Shin said and they nodded. "All you have to do is place it on your neck and press the button."

Shin placed his device on the side of his neck and pressed the button, then holographic hexagons appeared around his head and it took the form of a new face for Shin.

The Blue Rangers now have the appearance of a young man with short spiky black hair and sky blue eyes.

His friends were amazed by this.

"Tada! Say hello to the newest version of my hologram and hard light technology." Shin said with his voice now different.

The others turned to their own disguise devices, Dean shrugged and attached his own onto his neck and his disguise soon appeared.

Shin then gave Dean a mirror, and he took a moment to look at his disguise.

Dean was also a young man with blonde hair that was swept back and has blue eyes.

"Blonde hair. It looks good on you." Claire said.

"You really think so?" Dean asked as he rubs on his head.

Claire puts her on next and Dean shows her reflection with the mirror.

Claire was a young woman with long dark blue hair and matching eyes.

"You know, I always wonder what I look like with blue hair but now I know I look good." Claire commented to herself.

Alisa put her on next and saw her reflection. She was a teenage girl with brown hair that reached to her shoulders and green eyes.

"Well…at least I look cute." Alisa said.

Lastly, Aaron puts his device on and sees his reflection on the mirror.

Unlike his friends, he appears to be a man in his 30s with a bald head with a goatee and a mustache along with green eyes.

While he liked the facial hair, Aaron narrowed his eyes at Shin and pointed at his head.

"Bald? Really?" Shin shrugged.

"Hey, it's the best I can come up with in a short amount of time." Shin told him and Aaron rolled his eyes. The Blue Ranger turns to Mick. "Sorry, Mick. I only made five for each of us."

"Oh, that's fine. Besides, I'm already a master of disguise." Mick said and they chuckle.

"That you are. Anyway, the faces are one thing, we need to do something about our clothes." Dean said before Alisa noticed something walking by and pointed it out.

"I don't think we'll have to worry about that."

The others looked and saw two maids rolling two racks of clothing for the maids and butlers for the castle servants.

"Talk about great timing." Dean said and the others nodded.


In his office, King Roland Rosenblum was on his desk with a Mana screen in front of him as he was speaking to the newly appointed Holy Emperor Julio, and it was not a pleasant conversation as he shouted at him.

"Do you think I'm in the mood for your jokes?!" Roland exclaimed towards Julio who was enjoying a cup of tea.

Roland Rosenblum was a middle-aged man with short gray-blonde hair and gray-blue eyes. He was white royal clothing with brown shoes along with gold epaulets on his shoulders and wore a large red tie with a jewel.

Julio sighed before he put his cup down to properly address the King.

"Please, King Rosenblum, calm yourself. I truly have no idea what you're upset about." Julio told him fawning ignorance.

Roland was able to see through his ruse.

"Misty may have forgiven you for this transgression, but I most certainly have not! Because of your sister, my daughter was put in danger. Because she rarely comes out of her room now. What do you possibly have to say about yourself, boy?!" Roland exclaimed at him.

Julio once again sighed and shook his head.

"You should do well to remember that thing is no longer my sister. Besides, I already gave my apologies to your daughter. What more could you possibly want from me?"

Roland narrows his eyes at him.

"You really do take me for blind old fool, don't you?" Roland questions him and Julio raises an eyebrow.

"What do you mean?"

"That maid of Angelise. I believe her name was Momoka, correct?" Roland said and Julio narrowed his eyes. "Do you honestly expect me to believe that a lowly house servant was able to find her way to Arzenal by herself. If I hadn't known any better, you must have known Misty would go there herself to meet with her. That's why you must've led her there, you predicted that this would happen all along."

Julio was silent for a moment before he chuckled.

"Oh, please. You're speaking too kindly of me; I have exposed my father's deception, but I don't see that far into the future." Julio told him but Roland wasn't convinced. "But if that is somehow true, then it should be your own fault for not seeing through my stratagems. Besides, if I hadn't done something sooner, then Angelise's refusal to die would've caused a problem and you know how Master Embryo feels about that.

Roland then glares at Julio.

"Damn you and your arrogance…" Roland mutters to himself.

"In any case, you shouldn't obsess about it any longer. Once I capture Angelise, I'll make sure she'll pay dearly for the harm she brought to your family." Julio told the King of Rosenblum.

While he wasn't pleased about this, Roland had no choice but to accept.

"Fine…But make no mistake, we'll settle this matter another time." Roland said and Julio gave him a condescending smirk before he ended the transmission.

Roland lightly grits his teeth and slams his fist on his desk.

"Damn that impudent little upstart…" Roland said in displeasure towards Julio.

If it wasn't for the fact, they needed someone to take Jurai's place after his execution, Julio would never have become a part of Master Embryo's inner circle along with the other world leaders.

He then heard someone knocking on the door and one of the castle's maids spoke to him.

"Excuse me, sire. But you have a guest." She told him.

But Roland wasn't in the mood for guests right now.

"Send him away. I'm busy right now." Roland told her.

"But sir…he said he's from the Norma Management Board." She said and the King of Rosenblum blinked to hear that.

"The Board? Who is it?" Roland questions the servant.

"He said his name is Winter Schnee." She answered.

Roland was surprised while fearful to hear that.

"What?! Then open the door for him! Now!" Roland shouted.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The maid before she opens the door for Winter Schnee.

He soon entered the room, showing he was actually Kurt the White Nexus Ranger. Winter Schnee is the alias he uses for investigation, search and eliminate Norma sympathies groups or in rare cases, he would use his alias to investigate the world leaders and their families if they're under suspicion of betraying Embryo.

Roland sweated slightly to see him. He knows who Kurt is and that he serves as Master Embryo's envoy, along with the other world leaders.

Roland tries to keep his calm before he turns to the maid.

"Close the door and leave. Now!" Roland ordered. The maid flinched and bowed her head.

"As you wish, sire." She said before she leaves and closes the door.

Now that they're alone, Kurt bowed before the King of Rosenblum to address him properly.

"It's been a while, King Roland. I'm glad to see you are doing well." Kurt said before he raised his head.

Roland took a moment to clean up the sweat on his face before he stood up and approached the evil White Ranger.

"Honestly…You may be Master Embryo's envoy, but you could've at least told me you were coming." Roland told him and Kurt chuckled.

"And ruined the surprise. What would be the fun in that?" Kurt said with a condescending tone.

While a bit enraged by his disrespect, Roland kept himself in check out of fear what Embryo would do to him if he disrespected his personal envoy.

"If you have time for jokes, do you care to explain what you want? I'm rather busy at the moment." Roland told him.

"Oh, yes." Kurt coughs in his hand. "Please, pardon my rudeness, Your Majesty. But this won't take long, I'm only here to ask you some questions and I'll be on my way."

Kurt then brought out a Mana screen above his hand and showed an image of the Nexus Prism within the screen.

"Does this item look familiar to you?" Kurt questions him and Roland looks at it before he shakes his head.

"No. What is it?" He asked.

"It's a long story, but here's the short version. It's known as the Nexus Prism. A mystical artifact with untold power. It's also one of the few things in the universe that's able to destroy Master Embryo." Kurt explained to him, and King Roland was shocked to hear that, he always assumed nothing can destroy Embryo.

"What? Then what does this have to do with me?" Roland asked and Kurt dismissed the screen.

"Well…I have reason to believe that the Prism is here. What's more, I think you're planning on using it to rebel against Master Embryo." Kurt said.

Roland was both shocked and offended that he would even consider that before he gave the White Ranger an enraged look and spoke out to defend himself.

"Th-That is absurd! Unlike what Jurai did, I would never betray Master Embryo. He has my undying trust and loyalty."

But Kurt wasn't convinced by that as he rolled his eyes.

"Yes, yes, so you and the others have kept on saying. But after Emper…" Kurt said before he coughs in his hand. "Former Emperor Jurai's scandal, Master Embryo remained skeptical about you and the other world leaders' true allegiance."

Roland was once again concerned while cursing Jurai, even in death, he still found a way to cause a problem or two.

"But if you're that confident in your loyalty and that I wouldn't find anything remotely resembling the Prism, then you won't mind me searching the premises myself." Kurt said.

"What? You can't do that? I don't know how t-" Roland said but Kurt stopped him by tightly grabbing his neck and Roland was slowly on the verge of choking as Kurt slowly tightened his hold.

Kurt then forced the King of Rosenblum to fall on his knees.

"And I believe you're in no position to deny my request. Don't forget, my word is Embryo's word, and his will is my will. Are we clear?" Kurt questions him and Roland quickly nods, Kurt smirks. "Good."

He lets go of his neck, Roland then falls on his hands as he begins to cough and soon mended his sore neck.

"You have three minutes to heal yourself with your Mana. Then you're going to help with my investigation. Deal?" Kurt said and Roland nodded in resignation. "Well, I'm glad we were able to solve that matter."

Roland then begins to heal his sore throat with his Mana while muttering.

"Damn it…It's just one problem after another…" Roland said while wondering what he had done to deserve this.


The Nexus Rangers and Mick were able to take the uniforms, with the men wearing the butlers' uniform and the girls in the maid outfits, they used a window to enter the royal living quarters used by the Rosenblum family.

They hid behind a wall with Dean looking out for anyone in the area and so far, there was no one in the area.

"Okay, the coast is clear." Dean told his friends.

"Alright. But before we head out, we'll also need these." Shin said before he brought out a pair of glasses for himself and his friends.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's your thing." Claire told the Blue Ranger.

"Not that. I'll have you know these are highly advanced and not easy to make. Since there's no telling who we'll run into, these glasses are programmed to identify members of the Rosenblum family with data provided to us thanks to Lizardia." Shin said.

The other Rangers then took his glasses and put them on along with Shin and Mick.

That's when the glasses activated, and digital features appeared on the lenses.

"Amazing, right? I also added some extra features, but they'll have to wait." Shin said and Dean nodded.

"Right. We all know our assignments. The first one to find the Prism, report back to the others." Dean told them and they nodded. "Alright. May the power protect us."

They soon begin to move out and split up, with Dean and Mick walking in the hallway of the first floor with Claire and Alisa using the stairs to head to the second floor and Aaron and Shin doing the same as they head to the third floor.


Shin and Aaron soon arrived on the third floor while passing by a maid as they stopped, the maid took a moment to nod to them and they returned the gesture and the maid soon left.

The Blue and Black Rangers took a moment to discuss their game plan.

"Alright. Best that we split up, we'll cover more ground that way." Shin said and Aaron nodded in agreement.

"Got it. I'll handle the west wing, you cover the east." Aaron said and Shin nodded before they split.


In her room, Misty was moved to tears from watching Andros risking his life to save his friend Seymour. She uses her handkerchief to wipe away her tears, her tears then turn to laughter after seeing Seymour eyeing a female version of his species.

"Good luck to you, Seymour." Misty said.

But after seeing Andros' noble spirit and boundless courage to save his friend despite the fact he wasn't human, it almost reminded Misty of Ange's speech after their Iaria match.

Then she remembers her reunion with Ange during her visit to Arzenal, and how she kidnaps her to escape only to rescue her sister, and after everything the Nexus Prism had shown her, Misty can't help but have this thought in her mind.

But then it was interrupted as someone knocked on her door. Thinking that it was her personal maid or her parents and sister, Misty quickly wipes away her remaining tears and checks to make sure there weren't any marks or redness in her eyes.

She then approaches the Prism.

"I'll be right back." Misty said before she closed her wardrobe.

After that Misty soon approaches the door and opens it, she soon sees the disguised Aaron behind it.

"Oh, you're not Chloe. Who are you?" Misty asked.

"Please pardon my intrusion…" Aaron said before the features of his glasses showed who she was. "Princess Misty. It's just that your father is requesting your presence in his office."

Misty blinks to hear that.

"But couldn't he contact me via Mana?" She asked.

"Oh…well…I'm not sure myself. But if I had to guess he wanted this to stay between the two of you. He must be worried that someone would eavesdrop on the transmission." Aaron told her.

Misty raised an eyebrow before she thought about it and soon saw the logic in his statement, she nodded to the disguised Black Ranger.

"Very well then. It just so happened I was hoping to speak with my father for a personal matter myself." Misty said before she stepped out of her room.

"Then I wish you the best of luck." Aaron said before he stepped to the side and made a path for her.

Misty then leaves to meet with her father. Aaron sighed in relief.

"And to think that Claire once said I'm not a good actor." Aaron said before he entered the room. "Please pardon me for my boldness, your highness."


In his search for the Prism, Shin searched some guest rooms and even closets where the maids had placed their cleaning tools and supplies.

Shin walks through the hallway, still looking for the Prism but is a bit frustrated right now.

"Dang it. How is it even possible to have this much difficulty to find a large and powerful artifact?" Shin said as he approached a corner, he heard a woman's voice.

"Honestly, Father, is this truly necessary?"

Curious about that, Shin hides behind the wall to look, that's when he sees King Roland speaking with his eldest daughter Elizabeth.

She was a woman in her 20s, like the rest of her family she also had blonde hair that reached to her back and blue eyes. She was wearing a royal green dress with a choker around her neck and was wearing a pair of earrings.

Using his glasses, Shin was able to identify them but strangely they were standing outside of Elizabeth's room as the door was opened.

"I know this is sudden Elizabeth. But please, try to bear with it." Roland told his daughter.

"But I don't understand why someone from the Norma Management Board would want to investigate. It's not like we're harboring any Norma here." Elizabeth said.

"The board?" Shin said as he wonders why they're here too.

That's when the Blue Nexus Ranger heard a familiar voice.

"My apologies, Lady Elizabeth. But please try to understand, I only have my orders."

Then to Shin's shock and dread, he saw Kurt had emerged from the princess's room.

"But aren't you still overstepping your boundaries? We're the Rosenblum family, one of the six powers of the world." Elizabeth said as she doesn't know who Kurt truly was and about Embryo's existence.

Roland was deeply concerned on how Kurt would react to that and to his relief the evil White Ranger only smiled and bowed to the princess.

"Please, like I said, there's no need to be upset. Your family's position in the world is not in question and once I'm done, I won't bother you again." Kurt told her.

"Hmph! Good." Elizabeth said.

Before he could see him, Shin quickly turned away and left, he then contacted his friends with his Morpher.

"Hey, guys, we have a problem. Kurt's here." Shin told his friends.

"What?" Claire said in shock and worry.

"Oh, no." Alisa said in worry.

"How is that a problem? Isn't that a good thing?" Mick asked.

"Actually, it's a long story. But Kurt is working with the bad guys now." Dean told him and Mick blinked.

"Oh…In that case it is a problem." Mick said.

"He must know that the Prism is here somehow." Dean told the others through his Morpher.

"But how?" Claire said.

"It doesn't matter. Now we really need to speed up our search for the Prism." Shin said.


In his search for the Prism, looks under Princess Misty's bed as he hears that Kurt is here as well.

"Yeah. Like that's going to be easy." Aaron said before he stood up.

He was about to leave the room since he checked everywhere in the room but stopped as he turned to the closet. It was a longshot but it's better to be safe than sorry.

"Here's hoping." Aaron said before he entered the closet.

He pushed some of the clothes hanging on the racks to look for the Nexus Prism but still couldn't find it.

Aaron almost considered leaving before he spotted a chair and a table that was in front of a large wardrobe.

Curious about that, Aaron walks to the wardrobe and smiles as he finds the Prism inside. The Black Ranger then contacts his friends with his Morpher.

"Guys, I've found the Prism." Aaron told them.

"Really?" Alisa said.

"Alright! Go, Aaron." Claire cheered.

"I've got your location. Just stay there until we get there." Shin said.

"Got it." Aaron said before the transmission ended. Aaron then looks at the Prism. "But still…I wonder why you're here of all places."


In Kurt's search for the Prism, he finished inspecting a guest room but so far he found no trace of the Prism before he exited the room and closed the door.

"Have to say, either that I'm wrong like you said or you're just that good at hiding a mystical ancient artifact." Kurt said.

"Spare me from your sense of sarcasm." Roland said and Kurt chuckled.

"Father?"

Roland looks and to his surprise he sees his second daughter Misty approaching him and Kurt.

"Misty? Why are you here?" Roland asked and Misty blinked.

"I was told you wanted to see me. You wanted me in your office." Misty told him and Roland blinks to hear.

"What? I never called for you." Roland said and Misty was confused.

"But one of the servants told me that you did." Misty said.

"Well clearly they were mistaken." Roland said before Misty noticed Kurt.

"Father, who is that man?" She asks and Roland turns to Kurt before he turns back to his daughter.

"His name is Winter Schnee. He's from the Norma Management Board." Roland told her.

"The Board? Why would he be here?" Misty asked.

"It's…It's not important." Roland said before he placed a hand on her shoulder. "Listen Misty, we'll talk later. Right now, I need to assist Mister Schnee in his investigation."

"I…I understand. My apologies for intruding." Misty said before she left.

As she walks in the hallway, Misty wonders why her father doesn't remember sending a servant to deliver his message.

'It's not like father to forget something like this. Unless…' Misty thought to herself before she remembered the disguised Aaron and that's when she realized that he must have lied to her.

Concerned about that, Misty quickly moves to her room.

As she was leaving, Kurt looked at Misty in suspicion on why she thought her father had called upon her even though he was here with him in his search for the Nexus Prism.

That's when he made this conclusion and there was no doubt in his mind that it's true.

'They're here.'


As Aaron waits for his friends to arrive, he is looking at the Prism as he still wonders why the Prism is here.

"Just why are you here?" Aaron said before he looked at the chair and table with the latter having a tea set.

Aaron checked the tea and felt that it was still warm.

"Wait…did she…" Aaron said.

But before he could finish his thought, he heard the door opening and saw Misty had returned and was staring at the Black Ranger in shock to see him in her own room.

'Oh, crud!' Aaron thought.

"You! What are you doing in my room?" Misty asked.

"Well…I uh…" Aaron said as he couldn't come up with an excuse.

Realizing that he was an intruder, Misty brings out a Mana screen to call the guards.

"Wait, wait! Please, just let me explain!" Aaron pleaded and Misty stopped for a moment. "Please, I'm not here to hurt you or cause any trouble."

"Why should I believe you? You lied to remember?" Misty said.

"Okay…That's a good point…" Aaron said and Misty was about to call the guards before Aaron spoke out to stop her. "Wait…please…just give me a chance to explain."

Misty was hesitant at first before she looks at the Nexus Prism and remembers the things that it showed her.

"Then start with this. Who are you?" Misty questions him.

"Okay…Just don't freak out." Aaron said before he removed the device on his neck to show his true face to the princess, Misty was surprised to see that. "My name is Aaron. Aaron Pierce."

"Then are you here?" Misty asked.

"It's complicated. But right now, it's important that I get this thing out here." Aaron said as he pointed at the Nexus Prism.

"But why?" Misty asked.

While Aaron tries to come up with an answer, Misty then sees his Morpher, although it resembles a primitive watch from the ancient times but Misty had seen people wearing similar devices via the Prism.

That's when Misty had a theory on who Aaron truly was.

"Wait…Are you one of them?" Misty asked and Aaron was confused by that.

"One of them?" Aaron repeated.

That's when someone slams open the door. Aaron and Princess Misty looked and saw who was responsible, to the Black Ranger's shock and horror, it was Kurt with King Roland behind him.

"Father? What are you doing here?" Misty asked.

Before Roland had a chance to explain, Kurt quickly analyzed the closet and those who were inside.

Kurt looks at Aaron and sees the Nexus Prism. After seeing them both, he then aimed his hand in front of Aaron including Princess Misty.

Aaron saw this and knew what he was going to do while Misty was confused on why he was aiming his hand.

Then a white aura appeared around Kurt's hand and a ball of sonic vibrations appeared.

"Oh, no…Get down!" Aaron said and Misty turned to him.

"Eh?" Misty said.

Then Kurt soon unleashed his attack…


As the Rangers and Mick had regrouped and rushed to where Aaron and the Prism were waiting for them, they soon stopped as they heard a loud boom and the entire building.

While everyone in the castle and the building were confused on what that boom was, the Rangers had a good idea on who made it.

"Kurt?" Shin asked and Alisa nodded.

"Kurt."

"He must have found the Prism and Aaron." Claire said.

"Then we need to hurry!" Dean said as they rushed to where their friend is along with Kurt and the Prism.


After the boom, Roland could feel his head spinning along with a ringing in his ears. He was a bit disoriented before his vision began to clear up and the ringing began to fade away.

He then saw the entirety of Misty's closet was destroyed along with a large area of his home as Kurt's attack left a large hole.

The evil White Ranger then lowered his hand and saw the Prism was now on the ground and standing yards away from the castle. Kurt smiles as it is still intact.

"Should've figured it would withstand a blast like that." Kurt comments before Roland angrily yells at the White Ranger.

"What were you thinking?! My daughter was there!"

Kurt then narrows his eyes at him which frightens the King of Rosenblum.

"Do you really think you're in a position to berate me? Especially after you lied about hiding the Prism?" Kurt questions him and Roland looks at it before turning back to the White Ranger.

"But…I didn't know what it was until now. And even if I did, I would've let Master Embryo know about it immediately." Roland said to defend himself.

"Well then, I guess you'll have to explain yourself with the master himself." Kurt told him and Roland was left frightened by that thought, Kurt then turned to the rubble on the ground. "But I wouldn't worry about that daughter of yours. After all, that butler wouldn't let her die that easily."


Buried beneath the rubble, Misty was a bit dizzy as her ears were ringing while her body was lightly wounded, and her clothes were damaged and now dirty.

She then slowly begins to open her eyes as the ringing begins to stop but her vision was a bit blurry but she could tell that someone was on top of her.

"Hey…are you okay?" He asked.

Misty saw it was Aaron whose body is coated with damaged wood with a large pile of rubble on his back to keep it at bay and to protect Misty.

Misty was surprised to see his wooden face and soon remembers what happened.


(Flashback)

Before Kurt could unleash his ball of sonic vibrations, Aaron quickly acted and used his matter absorption on the wood on the wall to coat himself with wood armor.

He quickly grabs onto Misty to use his back as a shield and Kurt soon fires his sonic wave which made the large hole now on the building and thankfully, Aaron was able to withstood the blast while protecting Misty from the worst of it.

As they fall to the ground, Aaron quickly used his back to crashed while cushioning Misty,

Aaron groans before he sees falling debris heading towards them.

"Oh, come on!" Aaron said as he spun around to place Misty on the ground and used his back to protect as the rubble began to fall and pile on top of them.

(End of flashback)


"H-How did you?" Misty said.

"Like I said…It's complicated. Also, don't worry about the rubble…I just need to find my second wind." Aaron said before he absorbs the rock material from a nearby rock to coat his body in stone.

Using his increased durability and strength, Aaron manages to push the rubble off of him to free himself and Misty.

They end up coughing from the dust before Misty spoke to Aaron.

"Are you alright?" Misty asked and Aaron smiled at her.

"Yeah. Trust me…I'm a lot tougher than I look." Aaron said before his stone armor disappeared.

That's when they saw Kurt jumping to the ground before he used his sonic vibrations to soften his land, the evil White Ranger soon faced Aaron and he was ready to fight him.

"You need to go and hide. Now!" Aaron told her.

While confused, Misty quickly stood up and ran to safety.

"Been a while, Aaron. Glad to see that you're doing alright." Kurt said.

"Wish I could say the same about you." Aaron said and Kurt chuckled.

"I suppose that's true. But you should know why I'm here." Kurt said as he eyed the Prism.

"Then you should better than anybody that I can't let you do that." Aaron said.

"Well, I guess there's only one thing to say now." Kurt said before he and Aaron shouted at the same time.

"Access the Morphin Grid!" Aaron and Kurt soon used their Morphers to transform into their Ranger Forms.

After that, the Black and White Rangers were now ready for battle while Misty looked at them in shock before she made a smile on her face.

"Power Rangers…They're real." Misty said.

Aaron and Kurt roared before they charged at each other to battle.

They engage in hand to hand combat by clashing their punches and kicks which create sparks between.

After they clashed their arms, Aaron and Kurt landed a punch on their chests which forced Rangers to stumble back.

"Guess we're on even ground until the others get here." Aaron said and Kurt simply chuckles.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Kurt said before he snapped his fingers.

Then appearing around Kurt via teleporting, a legion of robots had appeared.

Had black bodies with armor attached to their bodies and their visor resembles a long diamond and they were armed with rifles with a blade attachment.

Aaron was surprised to see those robots.

"You like them? I call them E-Bots, just think of them as my personal army." Kurt told the Black Ranger.

"And I'm supposed to be impressed by that?" Aaron said.

"Oh, you should be. Attack!" Kurt ordered and the E-Bots soon charged at the Black Ranger to attack.

Two attack Aaron with their blades, he avoids them but three E-Bots aim their blasters and fire at the Black Ranger landing some good hits as sparks appear on his body.

That's when two more E-Bots move in and land some slashes on Aaron with their bladed rifles.

Kurt then jumps in and lands a punch on Aaron with his Lion Knuckle and Aaron is sent rolling on the ground and Misty watches in concern.

"Oh, no…Mister Pierce." Misty said.

Aaron groans as he stood up while Kurt faced him with his E-Bots.

"Just give up, Aaron. You're outnumbered." Kurt said.

"Don't bet on that!"

Aaron and Kurt looked and saw the other Nexus Rangers in Ranger Form had arrived as they appeared on top of the castle.

Misty looks at them as well and smiles to see them.

"Well look at that. The gang's all here." Kurt said.

Dean, Shin, Alisa and Claire jumped down from the castle and landed on the ground.

They soon charge at the E-Bots and battle them along with Aaron.

Alisa attacks them with her Dagger before she uses her flying ability to cut them down while spinning.

Claire is seen avoiding the E-Bots attacks while firing at them with her Blaster. She soon sees another group of them firing at the Pink Ranger, Claire throws her Blaster into the air and avoids their fire with flips before she jumps to her Blaster to catch and fires back at them.

"Nexus Blaster!" Claire said as she destroyed the E-Bots.

Shin is seen attacking the E-Bots with his claws while avoiding their slashes.

"Racer Saber!" Dean said as he uses his Saber to attack the E-Bots before landing a kick on one's head.

Misty smiles as she continues to watch the Nexus Rangers fighting against the E-Bots.

"They're incredible." Misty said.

"Misty!" Misty looks and sees her father rushing to her before she knelt down and grabs onto her shoulders. "Are you alright?"

"Yes, Father. I am…" Misty said before she turned back to the Rangers.

As the Nexus Rangers battle against the E-Bots, Kurt watches them but notices that someone is missing.

"Wait. One, two, three…where's Mick?" Kurt said before he heard movement beside him.

The White Nexus Ranger looked and saw a large rock.

Seeing through the ruse, Kurt moves towards the rock to kick it into the air, and it was actually Mick in disguise as he reverts to his human form before he falls to the ground.

Mick was going to stand up but Kurt stopped him by placing his foot on top of his chest.

Kurt looks down at Mick's face.

"Hey, Mick! Been a while." Kurt greeted him and Mick nervously smiled and waved at him.

"It's good to see you too, Kurt. I don't suppose you'll let me go?" Mick asked.

"What do you think?" Kurt darkly asked and Mick gulped.

Aaron punches one E-Bot on the chest to send it to the ground while Dean slashes one that was going to attack the Black Ranger from behind.

"Thanks, man." Aaron said.

"No problem." Dean said.

After seeing there were only a few E-Bots left, the Rangers were to finish them but…

"Alright! That's enough!" Kurt calls out.

Everyone looked and saw Kurt held Mick hostage with his arm around the shapeshifter's neck and his Lion Knuckle was in Blaster Mode.

"Mick!" Shin said.

"Oh, no." Claire said in worry.

Kurt then aimed his blaster right beside Mick's head.

"Now, unless you want Mick's brain to scatter on the ground, then I highly suggest that you surrender. Right now." Kurt told them as he was ready to pull the trigger.

Despite that, Mick shook his head and spoke to the Nexus Rangers.

"No, Rangers! You can't let him have the Prism! Though, it wouldn't hurt to save me too."

"Shut up!" Kurt exclaimed as he tightened his hold around Mick's neck to prevent him from speaking before he turned to the other Rangers. "So…what's it going to be?"

"Kurt…" Alisa mutters to see this.

"What should we do, Dean?" Aaron asked.

The Red Ranger tries to think of something before he looks at the Prism and then to Mick who is now Kurt's hostage. Dean grits his teeth and tightens his hold on his Saber as he makes his decision.

"Everyone…" Dean said before he thrusts his Saber into the ground. "Stand down."

Dean then steps away from his weapon. While the other Rangers are hesitant at first, they understand and comply as Claire and Alisa holster their Blaster/Dagger before they move to Dean's side.

Seeing that, Kurt wouldn't help but chuckle as he lowered his blaster.

"Honestly, I'm not all that surprised. Even though Mick here isn't even human, you still don't have the guts to make the necessary sacrifices for the greater good. Honestly, it just makes me sick." Kurt said.

But the part that Mick wasn't human, really got Misty's attention as he turns to the shape-shifter.

"He's not human…" Misty said.

Misty then turns to the five Nexus Rangers, despite the fact Mick wasn't human, they would rather lose the fight than to lose their friend.

Kurt then lowered his blaster and threw Mick to his former team as the Red Ranger caught him.

"Mick, are you okay?" Dean asked and Mick nodded.

"Yeah…I think so."

Then with a snap of his fingers, Kurt summons another group of E-Bots as they appear around the Rangers and Mick and soon aim their blasters at them.

The Rangers stood on guard as Mick hid behind the Red Ranger.

"Now then, how about you six stay there while I check on the Prism." Kurt said as he moved to the Prism.

Kurt stops for a moment to eye the Prism.

"Nice. It's even more beautiful in person."

"You've got the Prism now, Kurt!" Dean said and Kurt turned to the Nexus Rangers and Mick. "But let us take Mick back to the other Earth! He has nothing to do with this now!"

"Other Earth?" Misty said in confusion.

Kurt chuckled and soon gave his answer.

"Afraid I can't do that. No one knows the Prism better than Mick does, so I'm bringing him back to Master Embryo. Maybe I'll include the rest of you too. After all, we can't allow you to interfere more than you already have."

Kurt then continued to approach and the Rangers and Mick's concern only grew.

"This isn't good, Dean. What should we do?" Claire asked.

"The best that we can. Mick, can you transform into a toy car and distract these bots?" Dean asked and Mick nodded.

"You got it." Mick said.

"Alright. We move once Kurt is far enough. In three…" Dean said.

But Misty looks at the five Nexus Rangers with Mick still behind them and to the evil White Nexus Ranger. She then turns to Mick, despite the fact that he wasn't human, the Nexus Rangers truly thought of him as a friend.

Misty then made her decision.

"Two…on-"

But then to everyone's surprise, someone moved in and stood in front of the evil White Ranger as he stopped walking and everyone saw it was Princess Misty who stood in Kurt's way to protect the Nexus Prism.

"Misty?!" Roland said.

"What is she doing?" Aaron said.

"Care to explain what you're doing?" Kurt questions the princess.

"Standing up for what's right." Misty simply said.

Kurt then turns to the King of Rosenblum.

"Well, well…It seems like I was right this whole time." Kurt said.

Roland grits teeth and calls out to his daughter.

"Misty, stop this madness and let him have that thing!"

Misty turned to her father and shook her head.

"Forgive me, Father. But I can't do that." Misty said before she bravely faced the evil White Ranger.

"I do admire your courage." Kurt said before he brought out his sword. "But you should really take his advice and step aside. Now."

"No, Misty!" Roland said as he was about to move in to stop him but a group of E-Bots move and grab hold of him. "What are you doing?! Unhand me this instant!"

Kurt pointed his sword in front of Misty's face.

"Last chance. Take it or leave it." Kurt warns her while fearful of him, Misty continues to stand her ground.

"Just do it!" Aaron told her. "It will be alright! We can handle this!"

Then an E-Bot fired on his shoulder, and Aaron fell on his knee and had a hand on it.

"Aaron!" Alisa said in worry as she knelt down to him. "Are you alright?"

That only helped Misty fueled her courage as she continued to stand her ground against him, Kurt noticed that before he sighed and shook his head.

"Honestly…You really should've taken the deal." Kurt said before he swung his sword at her.

Time seemed to slow down around everyone as they could only watch.

"Misty!" Roland shouted.

"Nnnnnoooo!" Aaron shouted.

Misty could only close her eyes for her impending demise. But then a bright light appeared between her and Kurt which forced everyone to close or shield their eyes.

Time then resumed them, as Kurt was pushed back by a powerful force, then the light died down and to everyone's shock including Kurt and Misty, they saw that the Nexus Prism had moved on its own and protected Misty from Kurt's attack.

"The Prism…It protected her." Mick said.

"But why?" Dean said.

With its task complete, the Prism then flew into the sky and broke past Earth's atmosphere as it flew into space leaving the solar system.

"Okay, I know it's too late to ask. But is that normal?" Claire asked.

Misty wonders why the Prism had protected her, but then Kurt calls out to her.

"You!" Misty turns to the White Nexus Ranger before he strongly grabs hold of her neck. "What did you just do?!"

"I…I don't know…" Misty said and Kurt tightens his hold on her.

"Don't try to play innocent with me! The Prism wouldn't have acted like that, unless you were controlling it somehow!" Kurt exclaimed.

"I…I didn't…" Misty told him but Kurt still wasn't convinced.

"Mick, now!" Dean said.

Mick soon transforms into a remote control car and drives between the E-Bots to distract them long enough for Dean to pull out his Saber to attack them and the Rangers followed by pulling out their Blasters to fire at the E-Bots.

Kurt notices that and clicks his tongue in annoyance before he turns back to Misty.

"Fine. Since I've lost the Prism, guess I'll have to take you back instead. So I can beat the answers out of you." Kurt said.

That's when he heard Mick honking at him, Kurt turns to the shapeshifter before he jumps and changes into a cape and wraps himself around the White Ranger's head.

Kurt was forced to let go of Misty as he stumbled away while trying to remove Mick off of him.

Aaron notices that and uses that chance to jump at Kurt as he brings out his Dozer Hammer.

"Dozer Hammer!" Aaron said before jumping off of Kurt's head as he changed back to his human form.

Aaron then slams his Hammer on Kurt's chest and attacks him once again which sends Kurt rolling on the ground.

Before he had a chance to recover, Aaron slams his Hammer on the ground which sends a rockwave at Kurt and it falls right on top of him burying Kurt with dirt and rocks.

After that, Aaron knelt down to Misty who was coughing while mending her sore throat and used Mana to heal it.

"Are you okay?" Aaron asked and Misty nodded.

"Yes…I suppose I should thank you for saving me again." Misty said.

"No problem." He told her.

After dealing with the remaining E-Bots, the other Nexus Rangers move to Aaron and Mick with Claire helping him stand back up.

"Nice work, Mick." Claire said.

"Happy to help. Especially for the Power Rangers." Mick said.

"But Kurt won't stay buried for long." Shin said.

"We'll take him." Claire said but Dean shook his head.

"No, we're retreating." Dean told his team and they turned to him.

"We are?" Claire asked and Dean nodded.

"Don't forget, the only reason we came here was to secure the Prism. And right now it's out of anyone's reach, including Embryo's."

"Dean's right. We can't afford any unnecessary risks by fighting a pointless battle now." Shin said in agreement.

"Guess I can't argue with that." Claire said.

"Okay, Shin ready the Transportal Device. Mick goes in first." Dean said.

"Got it." Shin nodded before he brought out and used the Transportal Device to create a portal back to their world.

Mick jumps into first followed by Alisa and Claire, Shin jumps into next followed by Dean, Aaron was going to jump as well, but…

"Wait!" Misty calls out as she grabs onto the Black Ranger's suit.

Aaron turns to her.

"Please…take me with you." Misty requested.

"What? Why would you…?" Aaron said before he heard a lion's roar and an explosion appeared from the dirt and rocks of his attack.

Emerging from the ground was Kurt as he stood up and glared at the Black Ranger.

Aaron then turns to the portal and then to Misty before he sees Kurt approaching them.

That's when he made his decision.

"I just know I'm going to regret this." Aaron said to himself.


In the Hub, Salamandinay along with Kaname, Naga and Pixel were waiting for the Rangers and Mick's return. That's when they saw a portal appearing in the room.

"Oh, thank goodness. I was starting to worry." Pixel said.

That's when Mick along with Alisa and Claire appeared out of the portal, and saw that the female Rangers were in Ranger form.

"What happened?" Salamandinay asked.

"It's sort of a long story." Alisa said.

Dean and Shin soon appeared out of the portal before they turned to the portal, but saw that Aaron hadn't jumped through yet.

"What the…Aaron should've jumped through by now." Shin said.

"You don't think it was Kurt, do you?" Claired said and the others were surprised to hear that.

"Kurt?" Kaname said.

"He was there?" Naga asked.

"I'm going back for him." Dean said as he was about to jump back into the portal.

But to their relief, Aaron appeared out of the portal and landed in front of his friends.

"Aaron, you're back…?" Claire said.

That's when they saw that Aaron had brought Princess Misty with him as he held her in a bridal carry.

"Isn't that…?" Dean said as he pointed at the princess.

"I know how this looks, but I can explain." Aaron said as Misty was a bit embarrassed to be carried like this by a man.


After the Rangers had gotten away with Mick and surprisingly with Princess Misty, Kurt took a moment to sigh and dust off the dirt on his Ranger suit.

"Now this was truly unfortunate. This was supposed to be a simple search and capture mission, but I've lost the Prism along with Mick and the Rangers. Just how am I going to explain this to the master?" Kurt said to himself.

"What are you doing?!" Roland exclaimed at him and Kurt turned to him as the E-Bots still had him restrained. "They just kidnapped my daughter! Why aren't you going after them?!"

Kurt sighed in annoyance while shaking his head. The evil White Ranger approaches the King of Rosenblum, the E-Bots let go of him only for Kurt to slap him to the ground and place his foot on top of his head.

"You're in no position to make demands of me!" Kurt said as he lightly applied more pressure onto his foot and that was enough to make Roland groan in agony. "First you lied about hiding the Prism, then your own daughter risked her life to protect it! These are clear acts of betrayal towards Master Embryo!"

"I keep telling you! I didn't know it was here! And I don't know why Misty would even do such a thing!" Roland defends himself.

But Kurt wasn't convinced before he removed his foot and grabbed Roland by the collar to pick him up and brought his face close to his own.

"Then I hope you've worked on your groveling. Because we're going to have a nice and long chat with Master Embryo." Kurt said and Roland was left in utter terror.


Shortly after they returned to their base, the Rangers took a moment to rest while Dean was walking with Mick as he told him the full details about what happened to their world and the situation they were in.

"Well…I have to say, you kids sure are dealing with a lot of issues right now." Mick told the Red Ranger.

"You don't know the half of it. Between what just happened with Kurt along this Kaiser Empire and what Embryo is planning, I was actually hoping you would stay and help us out." Dean said before they stopped.

"What?" Mick said.

"I know you experienced a lot of excitement today. But with Grandpa missing and Kurt fighting against us, we could use the allies we can get. Plus we can learn a lot from you. If you're willing of course." Dean said.

Mick hummed before he sadly gave his answer.

"Aahhh…I want to but I also have other responsibilities that need my attention. So I can't afford to put those on hold." Mick told him and Dean sighed in understanding.

"Alright, I understand." Dean said before Mick placed a hand on his shoulder.

"But I will give you this word of advice. I don't think you should give up on Kurt yet." Mick told him and Dean was a bit surprised that he even suggested that. "I know what I'm saying might be crazy, but don't forget, the Morphin Masters themselves had made you and your friends Rangers for a reason, and Kurt is no exception to that. At least keep that in mind."

Dean thought about it before he nodded.

"Alright. I will." Dean said and Mick patted on his shoulder.

"Anyway, it's been fun. I hope we can do this again sometime." Mick said.

Dean smiled and shook Mick's hand.

"Me too. Until then, best of luck to you." Dean said.

Mick then walks away from the Red Nexus Ranger and brings his Transportal Device to create a portal.

Mick waved Dean goodbye and he returned the gesture before he jumped into the portal and it disappeared.

Salamandinay walks to Dean's side.

"That Mick is certainly a strange one. But I could see why you have so much trust in him." Salamandinay said.

"Yeah. Mick can be a goofball sometimes, but he has proven himself many times to be a trustworthy friend. In fact, there was once a time he became a Ranger himself." Dean told her and Salamandinay was surprised by that.

"Really? Then what color was he?" She asked and Dean simply smirked at her.

"Do you even have to ask?" Dean asked and Salamandinay blinked before she realized what he meant and smiled in understanding.

"I see. I should've known, he does seem similar to you."

"Hey, I like to think I'm more mature than him." Dean said.

"Don't worry, you are." Salamandinay said before they chuckle together.

Then Dean and Salamandinay walk back to the computer where their friends are waiting for them.

"Anyway, we should figure out our next problem." Dean said.

They look at the computer as it showed them footage of Princess Misty in one of the rooms of the Nexus Hub.

To be continued...

There you have it, hope you like it. Review to tell me what you think of the story.

Today's villain

E-Bots

Design: The Guardians from Kamen Rider Build

In case you're wondering why Mick didn't Morph in this is because this is set after the Dino Fury Rangers' final battle against Void Queen and before the events of Cosmic Fury.

And as for what the Nexus Prism had shown Misty, well…It will be revealed in the next intermission that will feature the Power Rangers' greatest virtue. Compassion.