Chapter Thirteen
Casey, Lily and Theo watched as Dominic demorphed and had become powerless.
"Dominic!" Casey was shocked because they were now down two rangers.
"I guess that means it's up to us." Theo said.
"Jungle Master Mode!"
The three posed as they were now in the Jungle Master Mode.
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Dominic managed to get enough strength to stand up and he looked over to see that RJ could barely move on his own.
"RJ!" Dominic hurried to help his friend.
"Hang on guys!" Casey called for his friends. He, Lily and Theo began to hurry for their friends.
"Rinshi! Stop those three!" Geneva summoned a group of Rinshi. The group of Rinshi advanced for Casey, Lily and Theo to distract them from helping their friends.
"We should finish them off now the others are distracted." Jillian suggested.
"Good idea." Nathan grinned. Geneva got out her blades and aimed them for both Dominic and RJ.
"Jillian." RJ looked up.
"Don't do this!" Dominic shouted.
Before the Python Warrior could even make a move, they were taken aback by a burst of flames.
"Flare Up Now!"
The warriors backed up even further by light blue energy hitting them.
"Stop! Leave them alone!" Master Finn demanded. The Dark Elite trio helped up the Pink Ranger as the Shark Master, and Master Swoop approached the scene along with Jarrod and Camille, both in their armors.
Dominic helped up RJ and the masters hurried away from the eclipse.
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Kimberly looked on in surprise upon seeing six men in mystical armor with five women in mystical armor joining in the battle.
"Where did those guys come from?" Kimberly asked to herself.
"You guys must be the Power Rangers of Ocean Bluff!" the guy in orange armor stated.
"And you are?" the red ranger asked.
"We are the Ronin Warriors!" the guy in the red armor introduced himself and his group.
"And we're the Lady Ronin Guardians!" the woman in the red armor introduced herself and her group.
"I've brought them here to help." the guy in the silver armor informed the rangers.
"Every little bit of help works for us," the yellow ranger replied.
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"RJ!" Master Finn called for his son as held RJ.
"Dad," RJ said, "the Dynasty took our animal spirits. Getting weaker."
"We'll need to get you and the others out of here." Master Finn looked over at his son as the rangers, Ronin Warriors and Lady Ronin Guardians were fighting the Rinshi.
"You can take on some rangers," James declared, "let's see you take on some Ronins and their guardians."
"Bring it on!" Nathan challenged the group.
"I'll start," James replied, preparing his attack, "Power Sword Strike!"
"Now for the rest of them," James said as a man and woman each in dark blue armors approached their opponents.
"Arrow Shock Wave!"
"Eight Way Storm!"
"All right!" Dominic exclaimed, "They gave them a good one!"
A man and woman each in light blue armors approached their opponents next.
"Super Wave Smasher!"
"Deep Fathom Sphere!"
"Looks like they're washed up now," RJ quipped.
"Something tells me that's not all they got," Master Finn noted.
Then, a man and woman each in orange armors approached their opponents next.
"Iron Rock Crusher!"
"Iron Stone Kinesis!"
"Flit must be having a field day doing the play by plays with the Ronin Warriors," RJ couldn't help but to chuckle.
"Now for the Halo group to thunder strike these bastards!" the girl in orange exclaimed.
"Josephine!" the girl in light blue exclaimed back.
"Thunder Bolt Cut!"
"Sunspot Fury!"
"Now we've saved the best for last!" James declared as a guy and woman both in red armor stepped forward, facing their opponents.
"Flare Up Now!"
"Tornado Fire Flare!"
With all those attacks, they defeated the Pink Ranger, Geneva, Keith and Nathan and wiped out all of the Rinshi present.
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"These Ronin Warriors are incredible!" Casey exclaimed.
"And the Lady Ronin Guardians too!" Lily added.
"Ah, it was nothing." the guy in orange replied.
"Just who are they anyway?" Theo asked.
"I am Ryo Sanada, Ryo of the Wildfire." the guy in the red armor introduced himself.
"I am his sister and guardian, Rekino Sanada, Lady Wildfire," the girl in the red armor introduced herself.
"I'm Rowen Hashiba, Rowen of the Strata," the guy in the dark blue armor followed suit.
"I'm Mia Sanada, Rowen's guardian, Lady Strata," the woman in the dark blue armor was next, "even though I am married to Ryo."
"I'm Sage Date, Sage of the Halo," the blonde man in the green armor.
"Hana Marie Utano," the blonde woman in the green armor, "I am Lady Halo."
"My name is Cye Mouri," the guy in the light blue armor with a British accent, "Cye of the Torrent."
"It is nice to meet all of you," the woman in the light blue armor with a French accent, "I am Amaya Blanchet, Lady Torrent."
"I'm Kento Rei Fuan," the man in the orange armor, "Kento of the Hardrock."
"And I'm his cousin," the woman in the orange armor introduced herself last, "Josephine Rei Fuan, Lady Hardrock or Diamond."
"I'm Casey," the red ranger proceeded to introduce himself before gesturing towards the yellow and blue rangers, "and this is Lily and Theo."
"Should we introduced ourselves so suddenly?" Theo asked.
"Hey," Kento replied, "we can keep secrets!"
Casey gestured towards the group near the alleyway, "RJ and Dominic are rangers too, but currently out of commission."
"Because of this eclipse?" Ryo asked.
"Yeah," Lily answered, "it took their animal spirits and now they're powerless and they can't morph."
"Not until they get their animal spirits back," Theo added.
Suddenly, dark energy struck Geneva, Nathan and Keith. First they turned into their Python, Griffin, and Dragon forms and then they grew 50 feet tall.
"Oh no!" Lily cried.
"Now what?" Theo asked.
"We can't take them on like that!" Kento whined.
"That's why we have the Power Rangers, dummy!" Josephine replied.
"Exactly. We can take them on with our Megazords!" Casey answered.
"Jungle Pride Megazord!"
Casey, Lily and Theo used their Jungle Pride Megazord to battle the giant monster forms of Nathan, Geneva and Keith. The rangers seemed to have a strong hand against the warriors despite the odds.
"These guys are really strong!" Geneva exclaimed.
"But don't forget!" Keith replied, "the dynasty has the energy belonging to the Wolf Ranger's spirit and the Rhino Ranger's spirit. I'll show you!"
The Dragon Warrior launched an attack for the rangers to show his cousin what he was talking about.
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Dominic appeared shocked on how the drainage and loss of animal spirit was taking its toll on RJ in particular. The Wolf Ranger slumped further to the ground as he groaned, surrounded in purple energy. Dominic was feeling the effects of the loss of animal spirit as well as he grasped his shoulder.
"RJ!" Master Finn cried as he knelt to his son, "hold on! I know that we can beat this!"
"Master Finn is right!" Dominic looked over at his friend, "You have to hold on!"
RJ looked up as he tried to hold on despite what is happening to him. Jillian approached the group and was prepared to take on the group, "Kartras is going to conquer all of you! You will all be destroyed!"
"Jillian, listen to me," said Master Finn, "you don't want to do this! This drainage is taking it's toll on Dominic and my son, affecting us as well. RJ cares about you, and you care for him too. You don't want to destroy him. Most importantly, you wouldn't want to serve someone as evil as the Dark Elite!"
"Finn's right," Master Swoop added, "we believe in you. There is really no evil in you."
"And rest assure this, the light that is in you will cast out the darkness within you!" Jarrod added.
"Save it! The rangers will all perish!" declared Jillian, "and Kartras and the Dark Elite will rule the world!"
Jillian got out her pistol and was about to take down the masters, Jarrod, Camille, RJ and Dominic.
"Spirit of the lion!" Jarrod used his animal spirit to knock down Jillian, "That oughta keep her down for awhile."
"We better get out of here quick!" Camille told the others.
"But what about the others?" RJ asked.
"They're not done," Dominic stated as he and the others saw the Jungle Pride Megazord in action.
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The Jungle Pride Megazord, with Casey, Lily and Theo in it, was starting to gain the upper hand against Geneva, Nathan and Keith. Suddenly the three warriors came up with an idea.
"Let's bring these three to their eclipsed doom!" Keith suggested.
"Good idea!" Geneva and Nathan nodded in agreement. The three gained the upper hand against the rangers, beating them and luring them to the eclipse. Once they were under the eclipsed sun, Nathan, Geneva and Keith moved from the scene and the megazord was hit by the drainage the eclipse was bringing in.
Casey, Lily and Theo fell out of the megazord and then red, yellow and blue energy left their bodies.
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At the Fortress, Kartras got the blue energy absorbed in her, and then the yellow energy absorbed, followed by the red energy.
"This is perfect!" Kartras exclaimed. She looked to see all five animal spirits in her gem: a red tiger, a yellow cheetah, a blue jaguar, a violet wolf, and a white rhino, "All these animal spirits in my position, and the rangers are now too powerless to stop me now!"
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Casey, Lily and Theo all powered down to their original ranger forms and then they demorphed as they watched in horror as they were now powerless and have no animal spirit.
"Are you guys okay?" James asked as he and the other Ronins and Guardians met up with the chosen protectors.
"They have my Jaguar Spirit!" Theo exclaimed.
"And my Cheetah Spirit!"
"They stole my Tiger Spirit as well!"
"Oh no!" Hana exclaimed in shock. Amaya gasped in shock.
The dark moon removed itself from the sun, which ended the eclipse.
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Kartras chuckled as she now had all five animal spirits belonging to the Power Rangers.
"I now have all the animal spirits: the Tiger, the Cheetah, the Jaguar, the Rhino and the Wolf. All mine!" Kartras declared, "My minions all did a job well done."
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Casey, Lily and Theo looked as the sun had returned and their animal spirits were gone. The Ronin Warriors and Lady Ronin Guardians noticed as well.
"They stole our animal spirits!" Theo exclaimed, "It's like the Dark Elite took a part of us!"
"Just when we needed them most," Lily added, "now they're gone!"
"There's nothing we can do now!" Casey replied, "we have to get back to JKP and decide on what to do from here."
The group met up with the masters, RJ, Dominic, Jarrod and Camille at the alley way.
"They took our animal spirits too!" Lily told the others.
"The Dark Elite must've sent this eclipse to lure you guys into losing your animal spirits," Jarrod said.
"We need to get out of here!" Camille replied. The Chameleon Warrior used her teleportation power to bring everyone back to JKP, even the Ronins and Guardians.
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Master Finn gently got RJ to his chair to get him to rest. The others ponder in their thoughts for a little bit.
"I can't believe it," said Theo, "Kartras has won. This could be the end of the Power Rangers."
"You guys," Casey protested, "we can't give up!"
"He's right," Rowen added, "we have to keep fighting!"
"Why shouldn't we?" Lily replied, "our animal spirits have been stolen, we're outmatched!"
"You still have us," Ryo replied, "you have the Ronin Warriors and the Lady Ronin Guardians."
"How long can you hold up against them before they defeat you?" Theo asked.
"Kartras used the Pink Ranger as her trump card!" Dominic exclaimed, "She used it and she won!"
"Not to mention the Pink Ranger is Jillian! Our own friend!" Lily added.
"I can't believe this!" Theo exclaimed, "How can she do this to us?!"
"Jillian must've been placed under a spell by the Dark Elite and they're controlling her mind," Twyla said.
"That seems to be the only logical explanation here." Jarrod added.
"See? We can't give up!" Casey insisted, "the world needs us to stop the Dark Elite! We also need to save Jillian and free her from the spell she's under!"
"Our animal sprits are stolen, Casey!" Theo exclaimed, "if we try to fight the Dynasty, we could be destroyed!"
"No!" Flit protested, "I refuse to believe this! I can't believe you are going to give up!"
"I refuse to believe it as well even though we saw what happened," Fran meekly added.
"Well, look at RJ! The mass draining plus the loss of his animal spirit has taken its toll on him." Dominic said.
"Mass draining?" Rowen asked, confused.
"He was taken by the Pink Ranger earlier," Master Swoop explained, "and the Dragon Warrior nearly killed him when he drained most of his energy during a battle."
"That can't be good," Josephine replied.
Hastily, Master Finn hurried to his son's side to check his vitals, "RJ, are you okay?"
"I'm going to be okay," RJ weakly answered before looking at his team mates, the Ronin Warriors and the Lady Ronin Guardians, "you guys can't give up. Not on Jillian. I know there's still good in her still. Don't give up on Jillian, for me."
Then RJ's eyes closed as his head turned to the side. The others seemed to be in shock seeing his condition.
"RJ!" Theo cried.
"Oh no!" Fran cried all in one breath, "The Dark Elite is going to win! They will destroy RJ and the rest of you guys! The Dynasty will enslave mankind and -"
"Breathe Fran!" Theo exclaimed.
"Is she always like that?" Rekino asked.
"You have no idea," Dominic answered, "but I love her nonetheless."
He sighed before looking at his girlfriend, "We get your point, Fran."
"Then you'll reconsider and figure out a way to save Jillian and RJ?"
"Yes," Lily nodded, "we will."
"We'll need to save Jillian and free her from the Dark Elite's control."
"Don't we have history of Evil Rangers?" Theo asked.
"From what I heard," Casey answered, "there was a legendary Power Ranger named Tommy. He was under the control of an evil empress who made him the original Green Ranger. He almost destroyed the Power Rangers, but they eventually freed Tommy from the control that he was under."
"Not to mention the Spirit Rangers," Theo added, "they were created by Dai Shi and the Phantom Beasts to fight for evil. After the masters were rescued, the Spirit Rangers were turned good and fought by our side ever since, even as we're fighting the Dark Elite."
"I knew this was familiar!" James exclaimed.
"So that was the deja vu you mentioned earlier, James." Twyla stated.
"Exactly!"
"If those rangers could be turned good," Lily said, "then we can manage to find a way to save Jillian."
"Let's do that." Dominic nodded.
"How about RJ?" Casey asked Master Finn.
"He's still alive," the Shark Master answered, "I'll look after him and try to regain some energy for him."
"And maybe when we free Jillian from the spell, we can get our animal spirits back as well." Theo said.
"That sounds like a plan!" Rekino replied.
"In the meantime," James added, "you will have the Ronin Warriors and Lady Ronin Guardians to help you in the fight against the Dark Elite. They don't know much about us yet."
"But it's only a matter of time," Ryo advised, "so we shouldn't let our guard down."