A masked man walked down the streets of Kawasaki at a slum partially recognized for the racism and persecution aimed at Koreans and Japanese Koreans. He was looking for someone important. For the past four years, there have been small-scale terrorist attacks aimed at different government buildings that bear a symbol he recognizes. Seeing an open door that the subject of his inquiry once resided in, he made his way.
Two teens blocked him from entering. Beneath his locust mask, the man frowned.
"What is your purpose for being here?" one of the teens interrogated in broken English, not trusting the man a single bit.
"Relax, I am looking for someone." the man commented as he raised his arms to calm them down.
"Name?"
"Stewart."
"Dare o sagashite iru no?"
Stewart smiled under his mask. "Aoi Izumi."
#
"So... Old man Protrude called you a ride-player," DJ asked as they rode in an armored police van guarded by other police officers.
Kaito nodded. "Guilty as charged. I was ten when Kamen Rider Chronicle came out. I got to play the game at first when I was in Japan. It's a game where you fight living diseases called Bugsters."
The police officers who weren't hostile toward the two looked at Kaito in interest. Some of them played Kamen Rider Chronicle when it came out and regretted it.
"Hmm... What was it like?" The tone became silent after that.
"I got rescued by an actual Kamen Rider after I got shot..." Kaito pointed at a deep scar on his right collarbone. "Here. By a Bugster boss named Salty. He saved me after Salty 'beat' most of the people I was 'playing' with to death in Japan when I was ten. *sigh* I still can't believe people didn't listen to his warnings until it was too late."
One of the officers nodded in agreement and grasped his ribcage's transplant scars in understanding, knowing who and what Kaito meant. "The 2017 Bugster Virus Pandemic. One of my kids and I were infected. It took an entire CR team to disinfect my hometown before I transferred here."
"Dang, that's rough," DJ commented. "What's a Kamen Rider though?"
"Kamen Rider? Masked Rider? Same name. Imagine Mr. Goshiki over here," another officer interjected by pointing at Kaito with his thumb. "But as a powerful one-man army capable of wiping out entire cities or civilizations depending on the powers they have. Masked Riders affiliated with CR worked with the UN to disinfect infected patients like Sgt. Moyotl."
Kaito scrunched his eyebrows at the fact that the authorities knew of his occupation as Mecha Ranger. Where Kaito was concerned about his identity, DJ nodded once again, liking how he was learning about these strange folk he never heard about.
"Well... Back in the Gearbreaker Empire, we feared Kaito as Mecha Ranger. He is the Empire's biggest threat." DJ turned to Kaito and pointed something out. "On the day they first tried to conquer this city three years ago, it was a disaster. Ten of thousands strong, armed with our strongest tech... and you destroyed them all within an hour."
"DJ, that's something personal and full of bad memories I can't talk about yet," Kaito grumbled quietly. He turned to the officer who mentioned his name and identity. "Is it possible for me to call an attorney?"
"After we ask you some things. Anything you say can and will be used against you."
Kaito grimaced a little and nodded. "Fine then. I just want to help my friend right next to me."
The van went quiet during the rest of the ride.
(Play Full Throttle! from Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger...)
A Power Rangers adaptation of :
"Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger!"
Celebrating 70 years of tokusatsu with a large crossover and new take between Super Sentai, Power Rangers, Kamen Rider, Saban's Masked Rider, and many more series in the Tokusatsu/Special Effects film genre.
[A white figure with a gold '45' flipped across the city skyline, rolling on the floor and stopping with his gun and sword drawn. A red silhouette with a similar blue goggle-like visor nodded in respect to his white counterpart.]
[Kaito Goshiki: Mecha Ranger (Mekarenger)]
[A red figure burst into the scene with his sword, and shield. A red T-rex zord silhouette behind his back blasted fire from its maw.]
[DJ: Red Mecha (Reddomeka)]
In a part of the multiverse where the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers returned their powers to Zordon for the next generation after defeating Rita Repulsa and Lord Zedd, a bustling new city named Go City emerged as tribute to the many heroes in the world who have come and gone such as the Power Rangers, Metal Heroes, Space Sheriffs, Ultras, and Kamen Riders.
[A yellow figure pounced from the left while a yellow lion silhouette stood behind her.]
[Yellow Mecha (Kieromeka)]
[A pink figure aggressively swooped in from above with her staff while a pink dragon silhouette roared behind her back.]
[Pink Mecha (Pinkumeka)]
[A cyan figure charged in from the right and came to a swift stop, with the silhouette behind her being a blue dump truck.]
[Blue Mecha (Mizumeka)]
A new generation of villains has emerged in the form of the Gearbreaker Empire, which has been waging a secret war against the city for the past three years. In response to this threat, a new group of heroes has arisen to confront the danger. Utilizing the power of the Edenites and the enigmatic Grid Gears, the Gearbreaker Empire's most formidable opponent will continue battling until peace is restored throughout the land.
"When you're the first, many more will follow!"
Keep fighting at full power, Rangers! May the power protect you in your darkest hours!
"Power Rangers: MechaVerse!"
(Stop the song...)
Professor Protrude tinkered with some materials, trying to find something that could be used to eliminate Mecha Ranger and the empire's newest foe, Red Mecha.
He doesn't like the new situation that is unfolding. The two fighters decimated hundreds of bolters and even a Giga-Class giant.
He was about to crush a rivet in frustration, but his daughter stopped him from doing something rash.
"Dad, you need that rivet."
"I know... I appreciate you cleaning my lab, 2218."
"Anything for the lab."
"And anything for the Empire." Protrude somberly added.
#
"SM Law, how may I help you?"
"Hi, I am looking for someone with experience handling cases for asylum-seeking kaijin and aliens."
"Where is your location?"
"MacArthur County Jail, Go City, California."
"We will have a representative visit and assist you tomorrow." the receptionist answered as she hung up and began calling across the planet.
#
Stewart was escorted across Kawasaki by the teens who questioned him. What he was questioning was why the teens were armed. More teens arrived and followed as well. He noticed some sunset orange bandannas wrapped around their biceps, thighs, necks, or foreheads and didn't argue about it.
They arrived at a worn-down shack on the city outskirts, surrounded by barren farmland. They turned to some overturned equipment, where children were training with explosives and firearms.
It was unnerving to Stewart, but he pressed on as he was led to a bus that had seen better days.
A disheveled girl in her late teens just finished a conference call when she noticed the escorts outside. "Okabe? Mondai wa arimasu ka (What's the problem)?" she inquired as she looked at the eldest teen of his group.
"Anata o sagashite ita amerikahito ga imasu, Aoi-san (We have this American who was looking for you, Aoi)."
"Kare wa kaijin desu ka (Is he a kaijin)?"
"Īe (No). Watashi wa uchū kara kita nodesu (I'm from space)." Stewart spoke up in fluent Japanese, removing his locust mask and showing his face.
White male and looks around his late-30s.
"Uchu (Space)?" Aoi asked.
Stewart nodded. "I know Kotaro Minami."
"Oji-san (The old man)..." Aoi called off the guards and walked with Stewart. "My name is Aoi Izumi. Who are you?"
As they walked, Stewart began explaining who he was in English. "My name is Dex Stewart. A lawyer from the United States and King of Planet Eden's Crisis Empire. Kotaro Minami adopted me in 1988 when he was on the run from Gorgom."
"Gorgom?" But they're exclusively in Japan."
"He fled to the Philippines in 1987 after beating down Gorgom's leadership the first time."
Aoi looked at Dex and frowned. "I guess there is a lot more that I need to know about Oji-san, Mr. Stewart. I am... not the same after he became the Creation King."
"You became a kaijin."
"Unwillingly."
Dex nodded. "That's what my father said when he revealed he was a Masked Rider."
"Oji-san was an urban legend aside from being a founding member of Gorgom?"
"Absolutely. Kamen Rider-." Dex was interrupted by a phone call and replied. "Minami-Stewart, how can I help?" he nodded multiple times and gave a final answer. "I'll take the client."
Aoi watched Dex end the call, waiting for a response.
"The call was urgent," Dex answered. He then wondered something. "Have you ever been to the United States?"
Aoi shrugged. "Only New York."
Dex looked into his log book and noticed an extra spot on his return flight to Go City. "Come with me to America. There's something I think you're going to be interested in."
#
A metal hand burst out of the rubble made from the battle from earlier. The feline Edenite, 7115, climbed out of the rubble in deep pain.
"*wheeze* What happened?!"
A few other Edenites who used to be Gearbreaker bolters climbed out of the fallen wreckage as well, injured but alive.
"Where are we?"
"This isn't the sewers!"
7115 turned to see some of her fellow bolters, slightly relieved that there were still bolters who survived. Her relieved face soon turned to concern when one of the bolters marched up to her in anger. One of the fiery seniors of the Gearbreaker Empire's army, 4514.
"Why did you do that?" the bolter growled out.
"What?"
"You were about to kill us all in a single blast!"
That took aback 7115. "It wasn't me doing that!
"I can hardly believe you.
"It was the Professor!"
All 4514 could do was point at 7115 and shake his head. "I can hardly believe you at that either."
7115 stared at him, dumbfounded. 4514 looked away while others took his place in announcing a hasty decision.
"We're going back underground to regroup."
"What time are we going?" 7115 was struck from the back of her head and was knocked out by another Edenite.
"You're not going."
4514 turned to the other bolters who were still alive and announced his intentions while walking to the nearest manhole with a few other Edenites. "We're going back underground right now! Anyone who wants a getaway from the Empire after this yellow scumbag nearly killed us needs to stay away from humans at all costs!"
Half of the bolters walked off, scattered to random parts of the city as 7115 lay at the park, alone and unconscious.
#
A private jet landed at the airstrip near Go City, where Dex and Aoi were boarding off.
"Why did you want to bring me to America, Dex?" Aoi inquired as they boarded the former's car.
"I remembered what my father wrote to me in his will a few years before he died."
"What was it?"
Dex frowned as he started his car. "He reminded me of the Crisis Empire... My people from Planet Eden."
"Is that what you meant by alien?"
Dex nodded. "He told me about you and the fact that even if he could have killed you, he didn't. You brought something up from him before he died. Inciting change with a purpose." He steered to the left and parked his car. He led Aoi to a tall building where his law firm operates. "I heard that you fight Kaijin rights."
"I do," Aoi responded. "I had no choice but to start the Black Sun Militia because nobody was doing anything about what was going on with the Japanese government."
"Have you ever thought about extraterrestrial rights?"
Aoi cupped her chin and hummed lightly. "I thought about it before but didn't think that aliens were real at the time. Do you support it?"
"I do. Same thing with robot rights."
"Like Hiden?"
"Yeah. Like Hiden Intelligence." Dex nodded as they made their way across the facility's courtyard. "I grew up here on Earth longer than in space. I learned how to truly be happy and how it feels to actually be angry or sad."
#
Protrude cautiously approached his newest inventions and carefully connected them. He has a bolter sitting next to the newest scrambler helmet, outfitted with his newest inventions and a prototype combat harness.
2218 stood from behind, reading the professor's notes. The device should be easy to produce en masse by locking up the powers of different heroes into the Morphin Grid—especially those similar to Red Mecha and the Mecha Ranger.
"2218, I need you to pull the lever next to you on my signal."
"Ready!"
Protrude hesitated for a moment in regret that the empire's main power generator was being used for this new project he made. He pulled out a blank gear and inserted it into the helmet's gear slot.
"Now!"
Everything went dark for a moment as a woman's menacing cackle slowly filled the room.
#
A crowd blocked the entrance to Dex's office, surrounding something. Aoi was about to ask what happened when she saw what was on the floor...
#
Kaito and DJ waited in a cell together, watching the lights flicker occasionally. They looked at each other and sighed at their current predicament.
"Second day as a ranger team, already?" DJ chuckled nervously.
Kaito's blank face softened a little and nodded in agreement. "Yeah... Second day as a team."
"So what now?"
"Well, I called an attorney."
DJ raised a mechanical eyelid in interest. "From where?"
"Here in Go City. An expert in international and interplanetary law who might be able to testify for you, also." Kaito admitted. "The firm I called has lots of experience with monsters and robots."
"Monsters? What does it have to do with me?"
"Officially they're called Kaijin. Organic cyborgs who were created as weapons of war by the Japanese Empire and conceptualized by the Nazi Third Reich. Under heavy stress, concentration, or excitement, they can transform into monsters based on actual living creatures. Edenites are bound to be treated the same since all of you supposedly came out of nowhere."
DJ went quiet for a bit while trying to understand what Kaito was saying. He then realized what his teammate meant. "Weapons of war? Why would anyone want that? You saw what the Gearbreakers did to the bolter who shot 1317!"
Kaito looked out the cell window and sighed. "I don't know... All my life, I've been a bystander to things that shouldn't even be possible. Even I'm a weapon in a way."
DJ cupped his chin and nodded. He wants to let Kaito vent his feelings. "Do you have any family?"
Kaito shook his head. "I don't know if my parents are dead or not. I was raised by a robot from another planet and former rangers for some time and went back and forth from the United States and Japan here on the surface."
"I'm sure you made friends, right?"
"I met plenty of great people over the years, but not many..."
"I see... You're kinda lonely." DJ looked down, understanding the isolation Kaito felt.
A mushroom sprouted out between two of the cell window bars, catching the two Mecha Rangers by surprise.
"What the heck happened to the window bars?" DJ asked out loud.
Kaito looked at the mushrooms in scrutiny for a moment. The mushroom is swelling at an unprecedented rate. He covered his nose and mouth after he realized what was about to happen.
The mushroom erupted, launching spores all over the cell.
"Better yet, what's with the spores?" Kaito coughed out loud, covering his nose with his jacket.
DJ began calling out for assistance with the spores, but nobody came. After multiple attempts, he made the brash decision to try to destroy the cell locks through brute force.
The door then opened from the outside, causing DJ to stumble out of the cell in confusion.
"The guards..." Kaito coughed. He looked around and realized that everyone in the jail was choking and writhing for air. "We need to get everyone to a cleaner room!"
#
"It worked..." Protrude whispered to himself. He got excited and banged his workbench in excitement before rolling his mobile platform to 2218. "It worked! Look at all of those humans we killed through our new device!"
2218 looked at a glimpse of the news and nodded. "That's amazing! Now we can take the fight to the Mecha Ranger!" She made a small grimace at the carnage, however.
"Now we need to wait for GridSpore to hunt the Mecha Ranger..."
#
"Are you sure this is the right call, Dex?"
"I'm sure of it. Her kind was manufactured by my people back in Eden. Somewhere around the 1970s to compliment the older Alpha Series models from the 50s and 60s."
7115 groaned as she got up from a makeshift cot made from chairs and emergency blankets. She looked around and was horrified when she realized that humans surrounded her.
One of the humans cautiously came forward, revealing a reflective gem on his forehead. "Relax. We aren't threats."
"Who are you?" 7115 barked.
The other humans looked at the human with a jewel on his head and shook his head. "Ectophase, release."
The human transformed into a dark green human grasshopper hybrid, with a set of grasshopper legs wrapped around his hips like a belt. "Dex Stewart, ruler of Eden and Emperor of the Crisis Empire."
7115 froze for a moment before going into a salute. "Crisis Emperor!"
Dex walked up to 7115 and crossed his arms. "What is going on? Why are you here?"
"The Edenites are at war with humanity, sir!"
"War?" Dex squinted his compound eyes. "Under who's orders?"
"Under the Gearbreaker Empire, Sir! Lord Mechadus deemed it necessary!"
Aoi looked at the other humans in the room and whispered to the receptionist. "Is this normal?"
The receptionist shook her head. "We all knew Dex isn't human. None of us here are entirely human. Just Seijin. People from space. He doesn't do this unless it's necessary."
Dex looked at the receptionist and sighed. "Ayla. Can you print out some asylum request forms?"
"Will do."
"Ectophase, activate." Dex focused on the gem on his forehead again and turned human. He looked at Aoi and 7115 and motioned them to follow him outside. Outside, they found mushrooms releasing spores outside with bolters attacking from multiple directions. "What is going on here?!"
#
"That's everyone..." DJ sighed as he laid down an inmate next to a water dispenser.
Kaito nodded as he picked up a surgical mask from a nearby cabinet and looked at it longingly. He shook his head and equipped it. "We need to get out, get our grid blasters, and figure out what's going on. Ready?"
"Ready."
The two left the jail, aiming to figure out what was happening.
#
Dex sped across Go City's streets in his car with Aoi and 7115 riding along. They saw people crawling on the floor choking and bolters killing groups of civilians. Once they got to the city outskirts, Dex sped up to the prison.
"Faster, Magno! Faster!"
The car began changing on the outside, growing a large serrated fin and the motor sounding like a low-pitched chitter. Dex turned on the radio to listen to news of the current situation.
"/-Breaking news. A new and unknown type of robot has been appearing in the streets of Go City, killing civilians with toxic mushroom spores. The city council and police strictly advise everyone to take shelter after a wave of them attacked downtown and were defeated supposedly by the mysterious Mecha Ranger and an unknown accomplice yesterday./"
7115 looked down, guilty of what occurred.
"Kaito called Ayla so I can represent his new friend in court," Dex commented as he slowed down his car. "I can't say no to someone who needs help. Especially to those who repeatedly lost parents and guardians."
"Kaito? Who is that?" 7115 asked as she turned to the driver. Aoi raised an eyebrow at the mention of the Mecha Ranger.
"He's notorious to people like me for getting caught up in dangerous conflicts all over the planet." Dex commented as they parked outside the prison. "Japan, Philippines, China, the Koreas, Russia, United States, United Kingdom, France? You name it. Nobody knows where he came from."
Everyone was silent as they got out, trying to figure out what was going on. They didn't go too far to see some hostiles.
"Keep looking for that blasted Mecha Ranger, damn you! The sooner we exterminate him and my brother, the easier it will be to wipe out all of the humans in Go City!" a sickly Edenite with mushroom spores called out as she continued throwing bags of spores at walls and vents.
"Yes, Miss Gridspore!"
Dex, Aoi, and 7115 decided to sneak around, but a bolter got the mushroom Edenite's attention of footprints displacing spores on the pavement.
A group of hostile bolters surrounded the three with their breaker rifles set to explosive. The humans and ex-bolter pressed their backs against the wall, not knowing what to do in this situation.
Gridspore walked forward, observing the three. "Unit 7115... How are you alive?"
"The Mecha Ranger knocked me out with a gunshot."
The Mushroom Edenite then poked at 7115 and corrected her. "That wasn't the Mecha Ranger. The one who shot you is the uncle of the DISASTER you shot!"
"So you're the one responsible!" a voice shouted out loud to get Gridspore's attention. DJ appeared at a corner, grid blaster at the ready. "I don't have anything to say but to stand down!"
"And speaking of the devil!" the Edenite taunted before growling. "My brother, who took my greatest mistake! I was hoping this worthless feline trash killed you already until the Professor revealed that you knocked her out like a tin can!"
DJ cringed at that but steeled himself. "I realized how messed up the Empire was when I couldn't take custody of my niece from a horrible excuse of a mother like you abusing and neglecting her! 1317 deserves to be ripped away from you, 1815! You locked her away and starved her!"
"A horrible excuse?! A horrible excuse?!" the Mushroom Edenite, 1815 guffawed at the accusation. Kaito hid behind a pillar and overheard the conversation. "She deserved it! Of COURSE I had to starve her! 1317 is a freak of nature and physics! She was responsible for bringing us into our current famine in the first place all those years ago!"
7115 meekly pointed at 1815 and muttered. "She has a point about the Disaster Child..." Dex and Aoi glared at the feline Edenite.
DJ growled. "No, she isn't. Not by a long shot, and not even by the tick of my gun... 1317 is innocent! As long as she's alive, I have a purpose taking care of her as well as all of the humans you're attacking!"
"Really? She is alive?" 1815 inquired halfheartedly before picking up a spore pouch.
"Yeah... She's alive."
"You know I can't let her live. Neither can I spare you for protecting her. No one will stop me from that!"
"You got people who will stop you from doing that!" Kaito called out to 1815, leaving his hiding spot and shooting a hostile bolter impaling a police officer. He inserted his Grid Gear and aimed at her venomously. "Including me..."
The bolters with 1815 aimed their weapons at Kaito, turning away from 7115, Dex, and Aoi. 1815 chortled before turning to the armed human teen. "And you are?"
Kaito and DJ looked at each other before morphing. "IT'S MORPHIN' TIME!"
"/MEKARENGER~!"
"/RED~DOMEKA!"
The Edenites who weren't rangers stepped back a little.
"Mecha Ranger..." 7115 whispered to herself.
Gridspore made a bloodcurdling scream as she ordered her bolters to attack Mecha Ranger. She turned her sights to Red Mecha and charged at him in absolute rage.
Mecha Ranger took cover from a volley of shots and swiftly returned fire at the bolters while Red Mecha began brawling with his estranged sister. Mecha Ranger quickly defeated the bolters and proceeded to pull out a gear from his belt.
"Power Rangers: Goggle Globe!" A group of five rangers appeared before Gridspore and proceeded to pose before disappearing into nothing.
Mecha Ranger raised a fist and glared at Gridspore, letting a stick form in his grasp. Red Mecha did the same and was stunned at what the result was.
"Ribbons?"
Mecha Ranger signaled Red Mecha to connect his red ribbon with his white counterpart. Red Mecha understood the assignment. "Goggle Go!"
Mecha Ranger immediately dashed past Gridspore while Red Mecha connected his red ribbon to the dangling white blur. Immediately upon doing that, the two swept Gridspore off her legs, making her fall to the floor. They then pressed a button on their ribbon handles, sending lethal electric shocks that could render a small living animal to lifeless ashes.
Gridspore groaned and disappeared into a cloud of spores before Mecha Ranger could shoot her in the head. Shaking his head in disappointment, Mecha Ranger looked at Red Mecha.
"Who was that?"
Red Mecha huffed. "My sister. 1317's mother." Red Mecha was about to add more when he heard some audible clicking from more bolters arming themselves for a suicidal rush to kill the both of them. "Got any more gears we can use?"
From afar, Gridspore gathered her equipment and aimed a breaker rifle at Red Mecha.
"Only enough to... GET DOWN!" Mecha Ranger shouted to Red Mecha as he pushed his fellow ranger aside. He was shot in the head, breaking his helmet's left visor and its protective wire filter.
"Kaito!" Red Mecha was immediately pinned under fire by a new wave of bolters, incapable of retaliating against the attacking force with an injured ally in his arms.
"KILL THEM! KILL THE MECHA RANGER AND MY BROTHER! KILL THEM ALL!" Gridspore screeched as she began firing at Red Mecha. Red Mecha used his shield to cover his fallen teammate and himself.
A group of bolters turned their sights on 7115, Dex, and Aoi, brandishing their weapons threateningly as they readied themselves to stab these three to death.
Dex aggressively pointed at the sky and made some swift movements with his arms. Aoi glanced at the lawyer and was stunned at a pair of sparks flaring from a bronze and silver belt forming on his hips. "Aoi... Do you remember when I was telling you about my father?"
Aoi nodded. "Yes."
(Play Kamen Rider Black RX (Instrumental Ver.) from the Kamen Rider Black RX OST...)
"Ectophase..." Dex pumped his left arm. He stared at the downed Mecha Ranger and turned to Gridspore. "HENSHIN (TRANSFORM)!"
A black and green set of armor formed over Dex as his abdomen and eyes shone yellow, blue, and red before revealing Dex in a set of armor. 1815 shielded her eyes from the lights as it died down.
Crimson red eyes on a black head met Aoi's eyes with antennae quivering like blades of grass in the wind. Aoi's eyes widened as she saw the figure before her.
"Ore wa taiyo no ko (I am the child of the sun)!" Dex shouted as he kicked away a bolter that tried to stab Aoi and shattered their leg with another strong kick.
Aoi looks at Dex even more as she realizes who Dex is. "Kamen Rider..."
"KAMEN RIDER (MASKED RIDER) BLACK!" the transformed Kamen Rider made some aggressive arm movements as he finished his chant. "R! X!"
Gridspore lowered her arms and glowered. She signaled her troops to turn on the Kamen Rider before she returned fire on Red Mecha.
Two bolters tried to gore him, but Black RX jumped over them and used his momentum to hop forward, fist over the belt.
"REVOLCANE!" a silver handle with a plasma blade formed from his belt, giving him the chance to swiftly cut into bolter abdomens like a hot knife and melting butter.
The pile of bodies surrounding Black RX was beginning to grow as the rider slashed and kicked at his foes. Unfortunately, some broke through and began targeting 7115 and Aoi.
Seeing no other choice, Black RX gave a few orders to Aoi and 7115 as he continued fighting. "Aoi! Get the Edenites out of here!" he aimed his sword at a bolter that nearly took him by surprise and fired a plasma bolt that disintegrated the attacker.
Aoi nodded as she allowed steam to engulf her. "Henshin!"
Red Mecha shouldered a few breaker rifle shots and fired at Gridspore, grunting when he realized he nailed his estranged sister on the left shoulder. He was about to collapse to the floor when he felt an insect carapace help keep him up.
"Let's go before anyone else can get hurt!" Aoi became a Mantis Kaijin.
Red Mecha moved her scythe hand a little and picked up Mecha Ranger. "Not without my friend!"
All Mantis Kaijin did was nod as she swiftly leapt to the roof with her two escorts.
(End the song.)
Gridspore got up, but growled in anger when she realized that her enemies left.
#
Black RX fled as well, but not before taking the impaled officer Mecha Ranger rescued and checking on his health.
"B- Blackman?" Sgt. Moyotl groaned to Black RX as he was carried to the facility's hospital.
"Masked Rider Black RX. Masked Rider Black's spirit lives on through me." Black RX consoled the officer as he took out his Revolcane.
"What are you gonna do with that?" Moyotl inquired. Black RX brought the plasma blade close to Moyotl's wound and cauterized it. "Damn that burns!"
Black RX chuckled before bringing a hand to the sargent' shoulder. "I know plasma's really hot, but this will last you for a few days. Please, call a doctor and get help. I know a guy who can foot the bill. The jail is compromised because of the robots that attacked yesterday."
Moyotl nodded as he struggled to get up. Black RX aided him in getting to the jail's communications room and began sending a message to his fellow officers in the city.
"Barb, we have a situation at MacArthur County Jail... The invaders who tried to take Go City in 2021 are back and are extremely pissed.
#
"Edenites are not easy to fix, you know," Doro commented as he talked to 1317 to try and keep her awake. Doro was taking care of 1317 when he found out that DJ and Kaito were taken by the police and the pink draconic Edenite woke up. "Especially anorexic ones like you who ate enough ice cream to give a human diabetes. If I didn't apply anesthetics, you would have collapsed!"
"Thank you, Doro..."
DJ dragged Mecha Ranger back to the command center, beaten and battered.
"Kaito?!" 1317 shouted in surprise.
Mecha Ranger could only choke and foam his mouth as Doro flew up to him.
"The Gearbreakers are spreading poisonous spores all over town!" DJ hollered as he picked up two guns from the armory. "We need help!"
"Do you know who's the culprit?" Doro asked as he injected an antidote into Mecha Ranger's neck.
DJ nodded grimly as he looked at 1317, who was scared for Mecha Ranger's health.
"Who is it, Uncle?"
DJ's face teared up as he shook his head in fear.
"Uncle 1021-?" 1317 felt DJ place his palm on her face plate, quieting her a little.
DJ sighed as he calmed himself down. "That isn't my name anymore, 1317. You can call me Uncle DJ. I don't want to be called by a bunch of numbers anymore and I don't want the same for you."
1317 nodded.
DJ stifled a groan as he placed an arm on her shoulder. "Your mother is out to kill us. She's the one responsible for hurting Kaito."
1317 shuddered. She looked down at Mecha Ranger and wiped away the foam on his visor with a paper tissue. As for Doro, the metal bird looked at the two in pity before motioning 1317 with a nudge from his beak. "We need an electric shock to neutralize the spores in his body. His armor is locked up, meaning it has to be a lethal amount."
"W- won't that kill him?" 1317 stuttered.
"No," Doro stated. "We need to take him to a power grid or prolonged contact with electricity."
DJ pointed at the ceiling and turned to 1317 when he heard explosions and screams. "There's a Gearbreaker invasion on Go City. We don't have a lot of time!"
#
7115 sat with Dex and Aoi outside the base, staring at the floor in contemplation.
Trying to get used to the fact that she saw the Mecha Ranger face-to-face for the second time ever.
Trying to know why the Empire's greatest enemies spared her.
Trying to understand how destructive the Empire was in its war against humanity.
She turned to her right when she heard some wood creak. Dex and Aoi looked as well, relieved that DJ was safe. 7115 saw a small pink metal mass appear behind DJ and realized who it was. She frowned that she failed when it came to taking down the girl she was supposed to kill.
DJ glanced at Dex and decided to ask him something. "Sorry for what happened earlier. So you're the Crisis Emperor?"
Dex nodded. "Kamen Rider Black RX. I'm also gonna be your attorney until the case is over."
"Thank you." DJ brought 1317 to his right and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Do you guys also have a way to make me my niece's legal guardian? I want to protect her from her mother in any way possible."
7115 looked at DJ, scrutinizing his behavior, but everyone was interrupted before Dex could answer. *BOOM!*
They looked at the Mojave Desert's horizon in concern.
DJ turned to 1317 with some instructions. "1317, I need you to electrocute Kaito while we're riding with Mr. Stewart."
"M- me?!"
"Yes! I'm letting you do whatever you need to do to get the spores out of Kaito's body with your electricity."
1317 meekly nodded as she helped DJ load Kaito to the back.
#
The car sped across the desert once more, filled to the brim with passengers. DJ and 7115 rode on the roof. 1317 sat in the back with Mecha Ranger, nervous about what she was going to do.
DJ looked at the dusty road ahead and huffed, holstering a grid blaster on each leg.
7115 did the same but readied her hair for a hard fight.
The city greeted them with explosions and flames, igniting and scorching the bodies of slaughtered or dying civilians. DJ began knocking on the roof of the car, signaling 1317 to start electrocuting Kaito.
A bright pink flash emanated in the car, with the smells of burning flesh pouring out.
DJ turned to 7115 and made a small comment as they hopped out of Dex's car. "I never got to know your name."
"I only know yours, 1021." 7115 responded. "My name is 7115."
"My name is DJ. Not 1021." DJ coolly replied. "I still don't forgive you for trying to kill my niece."
7115 rolled her eyes as she picked up a breaker rifle from a bolter who was shot to death. "Are you at least able to tolerate me until we deal with your sister?"
"Yes." DJ allowed his armor to materialize over his body after firing at the sky with his grid blaster. "It's morphin time!"
"/RED~DOMEKA!/"
"I'll lure out my sister. I need you, the Crisis Emperor, the bug girl, and my niece to take care of Kaito until he can fight."
"Wait!" 7115 stopped the only available Mecha Ranger to ask a question. "Why bother helping the Mecha Ranger and taking the disaster child with you?"
Red Mecha glared at her from his helmet's black lenses. "Do you have the spine to do something in return for something good someone did for you?"
7115 was silent.
"Even if we knew each other for only one day, Kaito gave me a reason to defend the surface." Red Mecha then angrily poked at 7115's chest to emphasize what he was going to say next. "1317 is like a daughter to me. Even more so because she is a member of my family! My niece! As if I was the father she needed after I lost so much underground because bolters like you."
"So they gave you a purpose?" 7115 was silent as Red Mecha came across a trio of dead bodies that were once a father and his two children who succumbed to the mushroom spores.
"Yeah. They gave me a new lease on life as a friend and... a dad. I'll be truthful that I don't like you because you intentionally hurt 1317, but I have to bite the bullet: If you didn't talk crap about my niece back at the jail, 1815 wouldn't have hesitated to kill me before Kaito arrived."
7115 watched as Red Mecha closed the eyes of the corpses and left without looking back. She found a dropped breaker rifle when she noticed something brown land on it. She used a finger and smelled the substance.
It's sweet...
7115 looked up and saw a peculiar sight:
A sign that read "Golda's Assorted Chocolates". It sounds like a place she should visit once this is over and return from underground.
But underground?
Her metal interior went cold. She recalled that DJ chose his name to break away from the Gearbreaker Empire. She remembered that Professor Protrude and Emperor Mechadus used her as a guinea pig for a device that hurt her just so they could kill DJ, Kaito, and 1317. She was knocked out for something out of her control by her comrades. 20 years of unconsolable grievances ever since she first joined and slowly rose to be one of their best through sheer grit and determination...
She exhaled and let out a few tears after realizing something about herself.
She's alone.
The Empire betrayed her trust ever since she was a teen drafted into their military. They were never even with her. Her former targets was someone who genuinely complimented her and a family that was nearly torn apart by her own hands. That is something she knows now. She just didn't realize until it was too late.
Wiping away the tears, 7115 looked once more at the chocolate shop sign and turned away. "I'll come back sooner or later."
#
Dex and Aoi sat in the front seats as 1317 electrocuted Kaito. The two conversed about a few things, but Aoi wanted to know something important.
"Dex? Why did you bring me here in America anyway?"
Dex leaned onto his car's dashboard and pointed at her abdomen. "You have a kingstone. From what I understand, they can turn whoever is made into a kaijin a century king. A kaijin who can evolve into the next creation king."
"I know that, but why is it so important right now?"
Dex brought out a neatly folded picture of someone she recognized. "Kotaro Minami, Kamen Rider Black, was my adoptive father. Since he had a Kingstone, I was wondering if I could do something for you since you got one as well."
"Like what?"
"I guess helping you get proper armor. One of the perks from what I learned from my father is that the first physical thing a century king or..." Dex awkwardly paused to find a definition to call Aoi. "queen... can do is conjure permanent sets of armor."
"So we can molt like a bug?"
Dex nodded. "Technically, we're already bugs. It's just that we need to get you into something better than your kaijin carapace so you don't get ripped to pieces by gunfire."
"Oh..." Aoi hummed out before pointing back. "That's fair-."
They were cut off by a breaker rifle's blast hitting the glass of the car. Aoi made an unsure face about the situation and nervously gulped. She lowered her window and moved closer to Dex's part of the car so she couldn't choke from the smoke.
Dex gave Aoi a concerned look, trying not to cough from the smoke in the car. "The glass is reinforced. It's if she can see us beneath the glass that's the problem." a shadow loomed over the smoke-filled car as lights flickered over them ominously. "Oh god, we're gonna choke at this rate..."
Gridspore menacingly revealed herself to them, cruelly pressing DJ's head against the car's hood with an armored boot. "Where is my daughter, 1021?"
DJ looked into the car's front window, showing a face of pure terror. 1317 lifted her head and looked through the smoke she caused, terrified just as much as the downed red mecha ranger.
Mecha Ranger opened his eyes, still disoriented by the smoke. He felt something still hugging him tightly. 1317 revived him.
"1317?"
1317 could only silently hug tighter before meekly distancing herself to give space. "Uncle DJ wanted me to restart your armor!"
Mecha Ranger eye-smiled at her. "I appreciate it."
"You're trying my patience by hiding 1317 from me." Gridspore noticed a weapon in DJ's hands and picked it up. "Arming yourself can only go so far nowadays!" she leaned her head and cackled. "Especially with equipment like what the Mecha Ranger has... Why would you even ally with a mass murderer?" Gridspore was about to use DJ's spare grid blaster to kill its user, but a breaker rifle blast blasted the gun away from her hands.
7115 picked up the fallen grid blaster and trained it on Gridspore. "I think you'd understand why; You're trying to kill your daughter and your brother! I was lucky to not kill them for you and the empire thanks of multiple interventions out of my control!"
"Get your damn mits off that gun, 7115!" Gridspore spat venomously.
"To hell with that!" 7115 retorted. "I choose to have something for myself now. I'm breaking away from the empire!"
"As what?" Gridspore growled.
Mecha Ranger crawled out of Dex's car with his visor repaired. He opened his belt picked up a lion-themed grid gear and felt something warm emanate from it. Beneath his mask, he smiled. He removed his armor but coughed some blood.
"As an enemy to the Gearbreaker Empire! From now on, my name is no longer 7115! My name is Golda!" the now-named Golda roared out.
A breaker rifle bolt fired at Golda from one of the rooftops, only to be intercepted by a grid gear colliding with the bolt and flinging into the feline Edenite's grid blaster. Golda retaliated by firing a fatal headshot.
"Your courage is beautiful! Roar it out as a ranger! You embody the spirit of the Wild Force Megazord! FIGHT AS A POWER RANGER! GO WILD, YELLOW MECHA!" Kaito shouted.
"CRANK THE LEVER!" DJ added as he used his legs to knock down Gridspore.
The three rangers gathered together after rolling away from any nearby threats, feeling the power emanate from their grid blasters. 1317 peeked from the door Kaito opened and stared in awe at them twirling elegantly against the gunfire. Kaito, DJ, and Golda aimed their guns at the enemy and fired. "IT'S MORPHIN TIME!"
(Play Gonin Sorotte Zenkaiger! from the Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger OST...)
"SECRET SQUADRON!" Kaito donned his white and red Mecha Ranger suit. His right eye shone a white glare, flashing as though it was a heartbeat. A pair of yellow lines appeared in the rainbow pattern and flared to life. "MECHA RANGER!"
"PREHISTORIC FANTASY!" DJ stomped and aimed his gun at the sky. His Dino Megazord-like armor flickered on like a flame. "RED MECHA!"
"COURAGEOUS NATURE!" Golda kicked the air with a roundhouse kick before aiming at the sky as well. "YELLOW MECHA!"
Mecha Ranger's red rainbow pattern gained a new pigmentation change, now turning into a rainbow with pink, red, yellow, and orange.
"/SHIROMEKA?! KUROMEKA?! MEKARENGER!/"
Red Mecha's eyes gave a blazing glow.
"/RED~DOMEKA!/"
The biggest change was with Golda. Her helmet looked like a lion's mane, with a golden 20 adorned where the muzzle is. A golden bandoleer imprint formed on her chest with Kaito's logo on her left chest. Her mouthpiece had sculpted clenched teeth and a transparent yellow cover shielded her eyes.
"/KIIR~OMEKA!/"
The three rangers stood in a triangle formation as Mecha Ranger pointed at the Gearbreakers with energy in his eyes. "FULL POWER, RANGERS!"
Red Mecha and Yellow Mecha aimed their guns and responded. "POWER RANGERS: MECHAVERSE!"
The two clashing forces began to battle.
Mecha Ranger began cranking his grid blaster and fired. Each burst from the grid blaster struck their targets with extreme accuracy. The grid blaster shredded a bolter into a silver mist before they could stab Red Mecha. Mecha Ranger grabbed his grid blaster's front grip and pressed a button. The gun barrels extended by a foot as he laid waste a bolter about to fire at Yellow Mecha. The gun barrels retracted as Mecha Ranger shredded another group of bolters with a flurry of gunfire.
Red Mecha bashed and slashed his way to Gridspore until the two exchanged blows.
Gridspore glanced at Yellow Mecha in shock but slowly saw red when she saw the last passenger of the car she was about to throw.
1317 frantically tried lifting up a car door that was crushing her leg, but she wasn't strong enough. Her arms hurt. Her legs hurt even more.
Gridspore changed her priorities. Forget wiping out the city's inhabitants. She has a bigger urge to deal with.
She wants to torture her daughter.
"1317?" the pink Edenite looked at her birth mother and trembled. The mother stomped 1317 to the floor and began laughing menacingly. "Hehehe... Momma's home~!" 1317's eyes teared in pain as she tried to swat away 1815. All 1815 did was press her foot on 1317's left knee and intensified the pain her daughter is in. "I should have done this YEARS ago!"
"L- leave me alone..." 1815 ignored her daughter's pleas as she reveled in the pain and suffering she has wrought on her.
What she didn't see was Mecha Ranger reaching into his belt and picking up another gear. "EVERYONE ON ME!"
"Power Rangers: Ninja Storm!" five rangers appeared behind 1815, taking the mad Edenite by surprise as they dissipated into a vast smokescreen.
Five shadows darted around, with each one doing their own attack.
A pair of mantis scythes swept Gridspore off her feet, leaving her in the air for a few seconds.
"RX KICK!' Two legs crashed into Gridspore, sending the sadistic Edenite tumbling to the floor.
"Gatling Blade!" Gridspore screamed in pain as a plasma blade bisected her right leg and three glowing shurikens cut into her harness.
A heavy sword cleaved her left leg off entirely.
The smokescreen vanished and revealed Yellow Mecha, who struck with an uppercut and finished the barrage of attacks with a rib cracking kick.
1815 flew across the street and crashed into the chocolate shop Yellow Mecha visited, mutilated and beaten. Her helmet and combat harness broke apart, leaving a metal gear rolling across the road.
#
Protrude and 2218 stared in silence from the result. 2218 could only look in worry as her father pulled out a button and connected it to the computer console. The button gave a menacing red glow as it flickered to life.
Protrude growled and pressed the button. "Activate failsafe."
#
The gear 1815 dropped slowly came to life. A group of reinforcements arrived, including a massive bolter. The gear was stepped on by the massive bolter and began glowing. The massive bolter was trying to figure out what she stepped before writhing in sheer agony. The gear accepted its new user and began forcibly corrupting her.
#
"What's happening now, dad? Why is that Giga-Class bolter hurting?" 2218 frantically read through some notes to see what went wrong.
"One of the purposes of the gears is to retain the memories of its first user, and does a system reboot when used by another with a backup copy of the first user. That Giga-Class unit is a goner." Protrude calmly sighed.
All 2218 could do is look at her father in horror. "What do you mean?"
#
The massive bolter went into a fetal position as armor and formed around her body.
[Protrude: "That is no longer the same bolter who stepped on the gear."]
A low chuckle emanated from the Giga-Class bolter as a mushroom cap grew on her head. "That hurt, 7115..."
Red Mecha took out his grid blaster and the gear from his belt. "1815?"
Gridspore made an evil cackle as she released fungal spores. "Gridspore!"
"Red Mecha! Red Megazord!" Red Mecha shouted as he reinserted his grid gear, grew in size, and torched the spores before they could harm anyone.
The streets rumbled as Red Mecha and Giga-Gridspore attacked, aiming to overpower and kill each other. Over and over, they made sharp blows that left scratches and hard dents on their bodies. Red Mecha was about to make the killing blow, but Giga-Gridspore grabbed his tail and swung him into a skyscraper.
"Flip your gear and crank it!" Mecha Ranger called out to Yellow Mecha as he pulled out a different gear.
"Yellow Mecha! Yellow Megazord!" Yellow Mecha grew in size until she was at the same size as Red Mecha. Her combat harness formed around her, making her resemble a yellow metal lion.
"Power Rangers: Avataro!" Mecha Ranger's grid blaster warbled as holographic books flew in a circle to create a portal to the base's living room. He motioned Black RX, Aoi through the portal as he helped 1317 get up from the ground.
"What are you doing?" 1317 groaned and hissed at her bruised leg.
Mecha Ranger lifted her into a bridal position and helped her onto a couch. "I gotta give them a run down of the Megazord sequence."
"Megazord?" the pink Edenite inquired.
Mecha Ranger nodded. "I promise I'll give you a video of everything that happened."
#
Yellow Mecha and Giga-Gridspore fought each other ferociously, attempting to wear down their opponent. It did not work for neither of them. What helped in Yellow Mecha's favor was her red teammate recuperating his strength. She noticed a golden portal made from books and energy and immediately launched Giga-Gridspore into a tower.
Mecha Ranger arrived, removing his grid gear from his gun. He glanced at Giga-Gridspore and flipped his grid gear.
"GATTAI!" the gun monotonously warbled. Mecha Ranger then glanced at Yellow Mecha and Red Mecha and made an odd robotic motion by cranking his weapon. The ominous lever cranking continued until the gun began sparking. He swiftly inserted the gear into his grid blaster...
Giga-Gridspore made an unhinged groan as she covered the sides of her head and barked something out as she struggled to get up from the tower wreckage she was in. "DESTROY THAT CURSED MECHA RANGER BEFORE HE KILLS US ALL!" Bolters scrambled and followed Giga-Gridspore's orders.
A bolter tried to gore him from behind, but it was all for naught. Mecha Ranger's visor shone a bright light as he ripped himself away from the spear and fired into the sky.
The result was both magical and electric.
A blank mecha 50 meters tall formed above Giga-Gridspore with a fist drawn back. It dropped down from the sky and struck the mad bolter with a heavy hammer fist down her back ligaments. Dozens of hostile bolters were crushed to death, forcing many to flee for their lives.
The mecha pointed at Red Mecha and Yellow Mecha and used its powers to bring them towards it.
"Hey! Hey!" Red Mecha called out as he was brought close to the mecha. "Isn't this a little extreme?"
"You mean a little too extreme?" Yellow Mecha added.
The mecha glanced at the two and tried to mash the pair's T-Rex and lion lips together, silently laughing at the two squirming away from each other.
"NO! NO! NO! I AM NOT KISSING MY NIECE'S ASSAILANT! / I AM NOT LOCKING LIPS WITH THIS LIZARD! LET ME GO, RIGHT NOW!"
The blank mecha began generating a holographic shell, revealing a translucent Mecha Ranger. The Mecha Ranger copy pulled the two close and let them envelope it...
A synthesized version of Kaito's voice rang out as the mecha made a pose.
"/MEGAZORD SEQUENCE... COMPLETE./"
#
DJ opened his eyes and looked into the void. There, he saw Golda, and a ghostly apparition similar to Kaito. He and Golda nodded to each other as they realized that they are in control of the Megazord.
#
Giga-Gridspore got up and proceeded to fight once again, only to get kicked across the entire city by a yellow and red dropkick. Like a butterfly's cocoon opening up like a crocodile's maw, the mecha revealed a determined metal face. Half of the mecha was yellow with lion features while the other half was red with a dinosaur motif.
"/VARIKING MEGAZORD... ONLINE!/"
Giga-Gridspore exhumed a dust of spores and directed it at the newly formed megazord. The Megazord summoned a power sword and a shield, and proceeded to charge forward with the intent of knocking over and disorienting. The heavy thumping from two giants rocked the city.
The charge made impact, but Giga-Gridspore flipped over and knocked the megazord onto the ground with a suplex. The Megazord rolled Giga-Gridspore off and blocked a few punches before kicking its attacker away.
Giga-Gridspore was about to fire more spores when a shield flew into her chest. She screamed in pain as her opponent, picked up its sword and held it warily. It was about to stand down when Giga-Gridspore pulled out the shield and charged forward with the intent of beheading. Giga-Gridspore made a bloodcurdling cry as she made a final effort to destroy the trio. The last thing she saw was a red blur.
"/POWER SWORD... SLASH!/"
The blade was swung at a swift pace until it made impact, collapsing her mushroom cap and splitting her head open. Giga-Gridspore made a soft whine as life ebbed away from her chassis and disintegrated in a massive explosion. The Variking Megazord turned away and stared at the city it just saved.
#
Professor Protrude sighed angrily at his failure. The gear he used was effective against the humans, but not enough to defeat the Mecha Rangers. He repositioned his monocle and clenched his fists.
The Mecha Rangers are getting stronger. How is he supposed to kill the leader if he is so well protected by his new allies?!
2218 was silent, mortified at what she and her father just created.
#
(Play Truly Yours from the Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger OST...)
"Welcome to the team, Golda!" Kaito coughed, setting down some cake and ice cream for everyone in the base's control center.
"Great to have a new member," DJ replied as he watched 1317 eat some ice cream.
Golda picked up a slice of mango meringue cake and ate it. Her eyes widened. It was sweet and delicious. "This tastes amazing!"
Kaito glanced at DJ with a raised eyebrow, knowing who made the cake, but he looked away when the red Edenite gave a glare and shook his head. The teen shook his head and changed the subject. "Listen, let's start over and get to know each other. The past three days meant we all had a rocky start, and portions of us tried to kill each other, and I want everyone to feel welcome here."
"Hm. Okay./Alright."
"1317, do you want to join us?" Kaito asked, wanting the pink Edenite to feel welcome.
1317 glanced at Kaito nervously, putting down her bown of ice cream. "W- what? W- Why? I don't have one in mind!"
"Maybe we can make a new name for you. Come on, kiddo. You can sit next to your Uncle DJ!" DJ motioned 1317 to sit on a stool to his left. Golda sat to DJ's right.
Kaito placed down his Grid Gear on a slot. "Ore wa Kaito Goshiki. I run a parkside cafe I inherited from my aunt and am a highschool senior."
"My name is DJ Juras. I used to be a baker and I take care of 1317." DJ inserted his Grid Gear into a slot next to Kaito's.
"My name is Golda. I used to be the Gridbreaker Empire's best scout until Professor Protrude used a helmet on me. Also, I'm sorry, 1317, for shooting you."
1317 nodded. "My name is..."
(Stop the song.)
#
Dex and Aoi looked at Go City from afar, unsure of what will happen now.
Aoi nodded and smiled softly. "When do we start?"
"Now." Dex and Aoi turned to the voice's source and stared in surprise. A bulky figure stood behind them with his blazing orange eyes illuminating his helmet's face.
"They'll handle it, Aoi."
"With who or what?"
"Most likely an infection specialist from the UN." Dex paused and added something Aoi should know. "I got three priorities: I want to help you become a better leader and negotiator so you don't get pushed around by corrupt officials, I need to help the red Mecha Ranger get custody of his niece, and I have to look into why there are Edenites on Earth. I'll take you back to Japan after you sign some papers."
Aoi nodded and smiled softly. "When do we start?"
"Now." Dex and Aoi turned to the voice's source and stared in surprise. A bulky figure stood behind them with his blazing orange eyes illuminating his helmet's face.
"I didn't expect you to get here so quickly, doc."
"I got the message Kaito was injured a few hours ago." the figure explained as he removed his armor.
Aoi looked at Dex wondering how he knows this person. Dex smiled and introduced the two to each other. "Aoi Izumi? Meet the guy who was the reason why pandemic quarantines were standardized when it comes to foreign diseases."
The UN representative warmly shook hands with Aoi. "Dr. Emu Hojo. Pediatrician, head specialist of CR and researcher of UNHCR, WHO, UNICEF, and UNSDG's pandemic and toxins research departments."
(Play Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan)
[Mecha Ranger: "NEXT TIME ON..."]
[MechaVerse Rangers: "Power Rangers: MechaVerse!"]
"Nice to see you again, Emu." Kaito greeted as he and the UN representative shook hands and hugged.
The representative looked around the base and smiled. "I'm glad you're still alive, Kaito. How's the collarbone implant?"
"Vulcan Eye!" in Mecha Ranger's X-Ray vision, the Ice themed Edenite the group was hunting removed her combat harness for a second and revealed a mangled 1817.
"My mom is still alive?!" 1317 shouted in horror.
The UN representative took out what looked to be a cartridge and pressed it. "Henshin!"
1317 aimed her Grid Blaster and fired. "It's Morphin' Time"
/SEE YOU NEXT GAME!]
Notes:
Featured Characters and their counterparts:
Golda/Yellow Mecha: Gaon/Zenkai Gaon, Grifforzer, Goldar, GaoKing, and the Wild Force Megazord (Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, and Power Rangers Wild Force)
Dex Stewart/Kamen Rider Black RX: Kotaro Minami/Kamen Rider Black/Kamen Rider Black RX, Dex Stewart/Masked Rider (Kamen Rider Black, Kamen Rider Black RX, and Saban's Masked Rider)
Aoi Izumi/Kamen Rider Blue Sky: Aoi Izumi/Mantis Kaijin (Kamen Rider Black Sun)
Universes and Grid Gear Numbers:
Universe 6 (Dai Sentai Goggle V/Power Rangers Great Globe Grid Gear)
Universe 6 in Power Rangers: MechaVerse focuses on a team of world class athletes and explorers fighting the Deathdark Empire, which has altered and manipulated scientific instruments for mass destruction since the beginning of time. It is a race against time for the Great Globe Rangers as they clash against their foes for a legendary crystal that can power entire nations and their super weapons.
Universe 20 (Yellow Mecha's Morphin Grid Gear)
Universe 20 in Power Rangers MechaVerse is about a team of highschool animal rights activists who fight the mishandling of animal rescues as well as a dark plot to commit planetary suicide.
Tokusatsu series references:
Kamen Rider Black and its Brazilian dub name, Blackman
Saban's Masked Rider, but mixed with Kamen Rider Black RX and changing Planet Edenoi's name to Planet Eden
Kamen Rider Black Sun's Kaijin race
Ultraman 2011/ULTRAMAN (Netflix Anime)'s seijin, which just means space people