There was much celebration and commontion in Tommy's headquarters that day as the original team of rangers reunited and began to talk over each other about the fight. The black ranger couldn't help but jump and thrust the air, "We kicked so much ass today! HA!"
The red ranger smirked under his helmet as he said, "I told you, Zach, our skills weren't going to diminish just because we've been off duty for a bit."
Zach lightly punched his best friend's shoulder, "Look who's talking. You had a chance to have some fun during Tommy's wedding." To wich, Jason calmly nodded.
"Um, excuse me," Pidge said, raising a hand, "Not to seem ungrateful, but who are you guys?"
"Oh, sorry," Tommy said, shaking his head, "We were just happy to meet each other again." with a sigh, he concentrated and pressed his morpher, changing back to his normal form. Holding up his wrist and looking at his dino brace, he nodded and put it away, "I'll put you back on later." Then he looked back at his silver morpher, the white tiger coin shining in the middle of the buckler in the cool night air.
Kim, also demorphed, patted Tommy on the back and kissed his cheek, "What are you being whistful about, you probably have a whole team of ranger suits waiting for you."
"Yeah, I'm just happy to be back in an old costume," Tommy said before turning to look back at the other four rangers.
The red one was first, demorphing in a flash of red energy, showing a man with short black hair and a lithe muscular frame, "Jason Scott, Red Ranger." he said, smiling at the Voltron Force.
"Zach Taylor, Black Ranger," Zach said, the african american smirking as he hand his hand through his short hair.
"Billy Cranston, Blue Ranger," Billy said, waving hi to the teams, his sandy blone hair shining in the cave lights.
Kim then looked to the yellow ranger and asked, "Wait, if Zach is here, then does that mean..."
The viatamese girl smiled as she demorped next, her long black hair laid on her bare shoulders, "Hey Kim."
Kim let out a squeal of excitement as she ran and gave her best friend a giant hug, holding her close, "TRINI! I thought that wouldn't come home again. You've been so busy and-"
"I even missed your wedding," Trini said, looking down, "I am really sorry about that, but I just couldn't make it."
"Hey, I'm sure you had a good reason. I'm just glad you're here," Kim siad, smiling warmly at her frined before giving her another hug.
"So, you all served on the same team together and now you came back together?" asked Keith, recapping what he knows about the team.
"Yeah, though speaking of wich," Tommy said looking back to Billy, "How did you all got your powers back and the coins? I thought the old coins were damaged beyond repair and the others were crushed by Zedd."
"That, is a long story," Billy said, stepping forward, "It all started a few months after your wedding to Kim. I was, admitally, felling rather despondant at my uselessnes during the confentration. I began to wonder how to fix it and my mind began to travel to my knowledge of the laws of energy and mass."
"Oh,like how energy cannot be created or destroyed, only trasferred to another source," Pidge said, smiling.
Billy nodded, "Excatly, and how it involves that one time we found our powers trapped in a jar during our time as Zeo rangers."
"I remember," Tommy said, "We followed Zedd and Rita to Master Vile's galaxy and took them back. We broke the jar and released the powers then.
"Thus, it would make sense that our powers still exsisted and would still be there waiting for us to obtain if we need it. And considering that the orb of time made it so Ninjor retreated back to his home in the desert. I figure a journey was in order," Billy continued.
Zach crossed his arms and added, "Me, Jason, and Trini happened to catch him in the middle of getting ready, so we offered to join him."
"It was a good thing they did, I don't think I would've gotten through the journey without their assistance," Billy said, smiling at his friends, and most importantly Trini. Continuing his tale, he said, "We then made our way to Ninjor's hideout. After freeing him once more from his bottle, we asked if he would remake our coins and reconnect ourselves to the grid once more. He agreed as thanks for freeing him and was able to remold our new coins and some for yourselves."
Jason smiled, "It was nice to get our powers back and at full strenght."
"Yeah," Tommy said, looking down at his morpher, "Just kind of wish you told us when we were not in the middle of a battle for our lives and our future."
"Wouldn't have it an other way," Jason said, fist bumping his old friend. Tommy returned it with a smirk and gave a nod.
Lance stepped forward and looked down, "So, now that we are all caught up and know each other a little better. What's the plan? We know those guys are gunnin for us now and are going to be setting mroe traps later for us."
"So we set them off and kick the butts of whoever decided to attack us," Zach said confidentally, leaning against the console.
Billy stepped forward and began to look atthe computer screens, his eyes looking over the data, "We don't have enough information to launch an assault on the main enemy's base, so for now it would be foritutious if we focus on protecting the project and the scientists. What is disturbing to me is that this seems...simple."
"Simple?" asked Allura.
"Indeed," Billy said, "Why isn't Zoltar targeting your ancestors instead, why is he just kidnapping the scientists, and why isn't he going for a more direct route? He is planning something bigger and this scenario is just a smokescreen for a larger plan. Perhaps something involving with the bridge project itself or manipulating the location so our allience will falter in the future."
"How sure are you of this?" asked Keith.
"Quiet sure," Billy said, "Forutiously, I am connected with the upper ecchelon of the scientists due to my aquantice with forgien intellengce and career as a ranger. I'll be able to connect with them and begin to investigate the plan."
As the crowd looked on as Billy began to talk in bigger words, they soon turned their heads to Trini. Trini sighed and shook her head, "He said its luckly that he knows some guys on the inside and can probably figure out what the target is."
"Oh," the group sad, nodding.
Billy couldn't help but smile at this translation from her. While he could always speak normally and lose his big words, he did love it when Trini translated for him. There was somethign there that made his heart feel warm when she did it. Ignoring the heart flutter, he turned to the group, "You guys continue to live your lives for a bit. I'll work down here and start investigating the project."
The rangers all agreed, getting up to leave with the Voltron force. As they began to walk out, Tommy felt Jason put something in his hand. It was a small green dagger that had flute holes in it, "My dragon dagger?"
"I found it not too long ago at the old center. Figrued you would like it as a memento. I mean, we never did see the Dragonzord get destroyed you know," Jason said, looking down at the dagger.
"Hey, you never know," Tommy said.
Maya walked through the halls of the Gallactor headquarters, watching over the men and scientists milling about the hallways. A slick smile came across her lips as she could see the fear in the eyes of her soldiers, knowing that she could make any of them scream like children with but a command. IT was this kind of power she reveled in, much more than her brother. Walking towards the command room, she looked at a scientist she recognized, "You, what is the report on the G-cells development?"
"Well, thanks to the missions that your black bird squadron have been undertaking, we now have a good viable collection of samples fromMonarch. As of right now we are working on duplicating them and seeing wich ones can combine with human DNA," the scientist said, shaking a little.
"Good, and as for the device, will it be operatinal in time?" Maya asked.
"Yes mam, as a matter of fact, the only thing missing are the scienists and the location of the island and all will be secure for this miss," the scientist nodded.
Maya nodded, "Good, make sure that there are no delays. The master does want this to be done within a certain time frame."
"Yes mam," the scientist said, watching as Maya walked into the conference room. Her eyes looked at Zedd as he stood against the wall, eyes focused. Then she looked to Zarkon who sat at his seat and looked impaitient.
Zarkon growled, "Oh, look who finally came to see us. Where do you go and where do you dissappear too? I swear we have seen more of your brother than anyone else. And then we have Zedd who has been doing nothing but standing there for several minutes!"
"I am busy trying to locate the hiding locations of the Voltron Force's mecha. However it seems that they have had some help hiding them," Zedd growled, clenching his fist. "Now, tell me about your little plan on handling our foes."
"The plan is simple, we focus on their weakest link. The voltron force," Maya said, a cruel smile gracing her lips. "We start by taking out one of the members and once the rangers see that the force is in danger, they will focus too much attention on protecting them. Distract them long enough, and we keep on our plans."
"Seems a little underhanded, doesn't it?" Zedd asked.
"We are villians, what do we care," asked Zarkon, waving his arms wide, "After all, I have already abandoned my son to the wolves. It is what he gets for abandoning me for the other side in the name of something revolting as true love."
"And there is the cliche," said Zedd exsaperally. Looking back at Maya, he asked, "And was that all you wanted to see us for?"
Maya shook her head, "No, I want to say that our plan is moving forward smoothly, in spite of annoying heroes stopping us. Everything has been progessing well and we should have the location of the island soon. Now if you'll exuse me-"
"One question," Zedd said, holding up a metal finger, "Why haven't we seen your brother or you in the same room together? I find it odd that we have had several meetings with him alone, but you never show up."
"I am too busy to be annoyed with my twin brother," Maya said, getting up and walking to the door, "If I were to be in the same room as that fool, I wouldn't hesitate to kiss his ass." she growled and walked out.
Zedd smirked, "I see."
"Why were you curious," asked Zarkon.
"Just wanting to make sure that all pieces are on the table and who all of our players are," Zedd said, watching as the door closed.
Upon leaving the room, Maya began to storm along the hallways of the headquarters until she reached a lonely room. Pressing her hand onto scanner, she opened the door and began to walk into the room, looking at the large monitor before her. On the screen, a bird's head wreathed in flame narrowed it's yellow eyes down at her, "Oh Illuminous One. I wish to update you on our progress. It is so far going satisfactory and it's-"
"Maya, you are as foolish as your brother if you think that your current progress is satisfactory," The Illiminous one echoed, glaring at her, "When your brother suggested this little time travel plan of yours, I expected it to be done very quickly. However, you have yet to accomplish any of your goals and have only alerted two teams to your activities. This is not good."
"I give you that my lord but," she paused, feeling a small tremor taking over her body. Kneeling to the ground, she found a dakr purple mask and put it on. Standing back up, he began to speak, "Master allow me to speak for my sister," Berge Katze said. "While it is tru that we have yet to find our targets, the other parts of the plan have gone very smoothly. We even made advancements in the studies on G-cells, and how to bond them to humans."
"And this is to make me happy? Everyday you waste here, every minute, is one more minute to our greatest enemies finding us!" Illunious one said, his anger obvious in his tone.
Berge Katze shook his head and sneer, "MY lord,I can assure you that they are nowhere near this operation. I had some of my top agents attack an ISO energy facility in Russia as well as an attack in Richmond. They will be too busy to come here."
"Berge Katze, I will hold you to this," the Illiminous one said, his tone lowering, "For if they have come to ruin our plans...there will be consquences."
"Understood, my lord. Your will be done," he said, crossing his arm over his chest and bowing.
"It's been two days...why aren't they attacking yet?"
"Gallactor knows what it's doing. They are probably on edge now that there are six rangers on the offensive."
"So, does that mean we're not needed?"
"Heh, not on your life. You know those assholes are just waiting for a moment to strike. Besides, taking out Gallactor Grunts? That's our job."
"Still, wonder what everyone is doing right now?"
Keith sighed as he watched Jason perform his katas, the movement of his arms and legs creating a delicate dance through the air. There was a feeling of sadness as he sa back and watched Jason go through the motions h had praiced many times over, and maybe a feeling of jelousy. Looking up at the sky, he said, "How come you and your friends are so laxed right now?"
"Simple," Jason said, not turning to look at Keith as he did a roundhouse, followed by an ax kick, "My friends are on it, and I trust my team to be able to do a good job."
"But, you aren't there, and there is still the fact that we can't do anything to stop Zarkon righ now," Keith argued.
"All the more reason why we can't worry about it now," Jason said, throwing a few punches and then performing a spinning back kick, "No point in getting worked over something we can't control. Until Billy can find out where they are and what their plans are, all we can do is relax and chill."
"Sure, you and your friends can chill. You guys are stronger than the enermies we have to face, you can handle it all on your own and-"
Jason paused and interupted, "Hey, don't put yourself down. Yeah, we are strong and powerful, but that's only because we've been doing this for years. We're only strong because we work together and we rely on each other."
"From what I saw at that last battle, I think that's a load of bull," keith remarked, "You breezed through those soldiers. Me and my team, we were whimps. WE could bearly do anything."
"Look," Jason sighed as he walked to the towel on the treebranch and began to wip the sweat off his body, "You forget one thing, you and your friends are pilots, you guys weren't meant to be hand to hand comatants. But, that's why you came out here isnt' it? To learn from the best and become better?"
Keith nodded a little and said, "That, and to get my mind off somethings. I figured if I learned some hand to hand and get my head on straight."
"Straight about what?" Jason said.
"My place about being a leader," Keith said, looking down. "I thought a great leader like you might give a few pointers."
"To be honest?" Jason said, shrugging, "I just winged it and hoped for the best."
"What? But all you did, everything you accomplished," Keith said, looking shocked. "You can't tell me that it was all luck."
"It wasn't," Jason said, getting into a stance, "It was all about trusting in my teammates and letting them make me better."
Billy's fingers danced along he keyboard of the computers, watching the monitors flash images and readouts in front of his face. The light of the monitor's played the information in front of him and with speed rarely seen by any mortal, he began to read it and take note what he had seen. His brain had always been able to understand data faster than most people, it's why it took him a long time to get used to people that were not part of his clique or even make friends with those four others that he has come to care for. Moving his hand quickly to his side, he took a few seconds to allow him to take a quick drink.
"Wow,and here I was wondering if you were still human," Pidge said, walking in with two sandwiches. Chuckling, she took a seat and sat next to him. "That was a joke by the way."
"Humor is not something lost on me, Pidge," Billy said, a warm smile on his lips as he looked to her.
Pidge rolled back a little, "Ah, he talks and breathes!"
"I am sorry if I gave the impression that I am a robot. It's just that I become very invested in my work and forget myself," Billy said, taking the sandwich with one hand and typing with the other.
"Any progress?" Pidge asked.
"When it comes to finding their hideout, no. However, by using my connections with the scientific community, and that I am an advisor to some of the heads of the project, I have been able to locate some potiential targets," Billy said, typing out the commands to summon the images for Pidge to see. "There are three main scientists involved in this bridge project, but what I find interesting is what they are also planning."
Seeing a screen pop up in front of the scientists, Pidge put a finger to her chin in curiousity, "A satellite?"
"Yes, part of the project is meant to use this satellite to connect the space bridge to Mirinoir and help to establish communications between earth and traveling space ships," Billy said. " What's also intriguin is a rash of thefts from several monarch facilities."
"What could they want from there," asked Pidge.
"G-cells. Monarch has a monopoly on cells originating from Godzilla and various other monsters. I think our mutual foes would have an interest in it," Billy stated, leaning back. "After all, Zarkon has given them the ability to mix humans with monsters."
"So, how do they all match up?' asked Pidge.
"That my dear Pidge, is the mystery," Billy said, leaning back. His eyes then looked at a photo of him and the other rangers standing together in a group hug. He smiled warmly at he sight, sighing a little.
"You six are really close," Pidge stated.
Billy nodded, "They are like my family, I would trust them with my life. I know some might wonder why we became friends, but...we did. I guess we just had what we all needed at the time."
Pidge, feeling a little warm in her heart, looked to Billy and asked, "You think all teams can be that close?"
"If they worked and known as long as we have. Then yes," Billy said calmly, "And if this is about your desire to transition to a girl then I suggest you tell your team as soon as you can."
"Wait, you-"
"To a very observant mind, it was quiet easy to figure out," Billy said with a smile. "And do not worry, none of my team would really care and would be supportative of your lifestyle, my lady."
Pidge chuckled, "Thanks. It still feels natural to be called a girl, you know?"
"Yes, I understand," Billy said drinking his tea and going back to his work.
Trini breached the water from the bottom of the pool, popping her head up while the rest of her yellow swimsuit body remained beneath the water. She looked over to where Kim and Allura were sunning themselves by laying on the chairs, both dressed in pink two piece bikinis. Quirking her head to the side, she asked, "What's the problem Allura?"
"I can't believe we're doing this," Allura groaned, "Relaxing by your friend's pool and not really doing anything but waiting. Its just so, annoying. We know that Zarkon is planning something, so why he made his move?"
Kim streched her arms over her head, taking in the sun before relaxing, "Easy, because he is planning something. There's something bigger to his plan, but we can't do anything about it right now. The only thing we can do is wait and rely on Billy to outsmart him."
"But is your friend as smart as you think he is, what if he fails?" asked Allura.
Trini swam to the edge of the pool and rested her head on her arms, "He won't fail. Billy is too smart for that." she smiled warmly as she began to think of Billy. Turning her head up to look to Allura, she asked, "Or is there something more to this than Zarkon."
"Yes, there is," Allura said, sighing. Looking at her two friends she said, "Before we came to this timeline, I was seen as nothing more than just a princess. Stay behind and let the men do their work. If you do anything more, then you aren't a real woman. And you know what? They were right!" she shuddered and leaned back, "Everytime I tried anything, I was either captured, beaten, or needed saving. And now, when I am trying to better myself? I'm just proving everyone right. I am weak. I haven't pulled my weight during these fights and twice now we needed saving by you guys."
Trini placed a hand onto Allura's foot, and looked at her softly. Smiling warmly, she said, "You arent weak. Being weak is dening your faults and not trying to fix the problem. Being weak is thinking you are perfect and without flaws. You know there is a problem, and you are trying to fix it. That is the right move."
"Ok, enough shop talk," Kim shouted, before laying on her stomach to look at Trini. "I want to discuss love lives."
"Wait, there is nothing between me and Lotor. We're just teamates!" Allura said, waving her hands.
"Not you," Kim said, lookng back at Trini, "Her. And Billy."
Trini blushed and began to hid beathe the water, "What about us?"
"You know," Kim smiled, "Have you two tried to ignite your old romance?"
"We aren't in love and I don't have a thing for him," Trini said, turning away.
"Surrrre," Kim said, "That is why you are the only one who can translate for him. Why you have been his partner in so many science labs, and why he stopped talking brainy the moment you left."
Trini shook her head, "That doesn't mean anything. I mean, sure, there is something to the way he talks. To his smile, and how friendly he is. But he has had several girlfriends now."
"That all ended in one date," Kim said.
"And he gets really focused," Trinis said, looking away.
"But he tells you everything," Kim said with a smile. "And there is only one girl he stays with all of the time."
Trini said nothing and looked away, swimming for a bit, "He doesn't have a crush on me."
"Because he would never tell you," Kim said with a warm smiled before rolling off the chair. "Now, I think we have two tasks ahead of us. One is to get Trini with Billy, and second?"
"Second?" asked Allura, seeing the smile on Kim's face.
"Boot camp."
Allura let out a grunt as she hit thr ground, her back flat to the ground as she looked up at the woman who threw her. Trini smiled back, wiping her hand and looking at her sparring partner. While sitting on a tree branch, looking at the two opponents, Kim shouted, "This is what happens when you chose the wrong parnter!"
"I thought she was gonna go easy," Allura said, getting up to her feet slowly.
"That was easy," Trini snarked.
Kim shook her head as she looked down, "Should've warned ya, Allura, I've never been able to beat Trini in sparring in all of the years I kown her. I'm more surprised that you lasted two rounds."
"Was that a compliment?" asked Allura as she took Trini's towel and wiped the sweat.
"A compliment. You are starting to learn," Kim said, "We just need to see what you are like in a fight."
Trini smiled, "You mean like the mooks that are slowly coming up behind us and thought they could get the drop on us?"
"Oh, you mean the idoits who were sent by our current big bad who thought that we were defenseless in a park, but they never thought that we have been attacked in the park so much that my husband and I never go on walks thoguht it?" Kim asked.
Trini nodded, "Yes, the same." she then looked at the beast men and putties that slowly began to appear from the trees. "Shall we show them why this was a bad idea?"
"Yes, let's," Kim said, spreading her arms out like a pair of wings and lift a leg. Trini followed suit, putting her hands into a praying mantis style. Allura got into her own stance, getting ready for the attack. Waving her hand in a beckoning motion, she smiled and said, "Well, come on...let's dance."
Two putties raced forth first, running at Kim. With well honed training, she did a jump kick into a putty soldier's head, and then landed into a back roundhous kick into the other. One putty tried to slash at Trini from behind, and in a quick movement, she ducked under the blade. Then she struck out with two quick punches and then hit his neck with the heel of her palm.
Allura watched this and then looked at another putty coming towards her. Breathing slowly, she reached out when it struck out at her and she grabbed the arm. Smirking, she spun around and threw the putty into the tree. Thinking about how Trini was punching, she pulled back her hand and delivered a cross into the putty's stomach before he could get back up. She then spun around to do a roundhouse into one the was coming at her side. She winced as the blow stuck, but hurt her too.
"That a girl," Kim said, ducking under one beast man's slash. Doing a backflip, she managed to strike on his chin and landed on her feet. "Watch us and try to copy our style." she said, performing a split and hitting the beast man hard in the genitles. Then as she got back up, she was struck from the side by a shoulder hit from the side.
Hitting the ground hard, she rolled the side before she got cut by his blade. Getting to her feet, she did anouther backflip, into a handstand, and said, "Well, if you waned to play that way," and as she flippled to a standing position, she reached behind her and grabbed her buckerl "It's morphing time!"
In a flash of pink energy, Kim was in her ranger form and quickly brought out her bow. Using her weapon as a makeshift sword, she blocked the blade from the beast man and parried it. She then fired an arrow into his chest, taking him down. Without looking behind her, she fired a shot behind her and to her side. Letting her weapon dissappear for a moment, she planted her hands to the ground and sprung into a double kick into two putties chest and flung herslef into the air. Coming back down, Kim struck her knees into the head of one beast man and slid him across the ground while firing her arrows into several putties.
As flash of yellow light, and Trini was garbbed in her yellow ranger attire. With two blades coming towards her, she used her daggers to parry both swords. Pushing them back, she stabbed one beast man in the stomach, and slashed upwards in the other. Pulling her dagger out of the beast man's gut,she threw the dagger into a line of putties, cutting them down in an instant.
Allura ducked under one of the beast man's attacks, backing up slowly. Seeing herslef backed up against the tree, she rolled to the side and quickly punched him in the side of the head and followed it up with a forearm into his eyes. Grunting, she looked down at his fallen weapon and picked it up to slash at his chest, killing it. Panting she smiled, "I think I'm-" she gasped as an arrow flew by her head, striking a putty behind her.
"Don't get destracted," Kim said, ducking under a slash, before striking out with a hard punch to the stomach. Finishing her opponent off with a spinning cresent kick, she said, "We'll talk about how well you did after taking out these mooks."
Trini struck out with a series of quick jabs into the face of one putty before hitting a beast man with an elbow. Getting onto the man's shoulders, she slashed him with her daggers and then threw one of her daggers at a putty, "Shame these guys can't talk. We could find out why they are attacking."
Kim fired an arrow at a long shot, eyes narrowing as she spun and blocked a blade, "I'm thinking distraction, but from who?"
A shadow rested in a tree, smirking as she brought out a kunai. Licking her lips, she whispered, "Shadow bird squadron reporting in. I have target in sight."
"Good." Maya said, "Launch the attack when ready."
"Yes, my master," the ninja said, leaping from the branch and throwing the dagger.
Time seemed to stop for a moment as the dagger flew through the air, whistling as it flew. Allura bearly had time to turn around before the dagger struck, "Keith?" she whispered, hearign the commander sream in pain.
Trini gasped and fired a shot from her blade blaster at the escaping ninja before running to the fallen commander, "What happend?"
"I..." Keith groaned in pain, feeling his heart racing, "Wanted to check up on you, but then I saw the fight. Tried to...tried to join in, but I saw the dagger and i-" he let out another scream of pain as he held his arm where the blade embedded itself.
"Let's get him back to the command center now," Kim said, watching as the other foot soldiers vanished
Keith laid on the table in Tommy's base, IV connected to him while an EKG beeped slowly. The slow rythmic beeping was haunting to the Voltron force, hearing a clock ticking on their leader's life. Standing outside of the door was Lance, watching his friend and leader slowly breathing. As if his watching would create some change in his fallen friend.
Behind him, he could hear his friends talking with a girl from a far away town called Mairner Bay, and to her diagnosis, "I'm sorry guys, but I'm using all the tech that Aqua Base has and I cannot recognize this poison. All I can say is that if he isn't cured soon..." Dana Mitchel, Lightspeed pink, said, looking down and letting the silence finish her sentence.
The voltron force were a mix of emoitions, while Jason stood up and walked to Dana, ". Thanks for doing what you can. We'll try to do something here."
Dana could only sigh and nod, walking away out of the base while the rangers and Voltron force stood in silence. Lance was the first to break the silence after a few moments, "So now what?! What do we do now? We've got to save him!"
"We know that," Lotor said, looking to Lance. "But we cannot ignore my father and his little group. Your future is at stake you know."
"So are you saying we just let him die?!" Lance said with a growl, glaring daggers at Lotor.
"He's not saying that," Allura said, looking back in the room at the poisoned Keith. "What's he's saying is right. We have to keep an eye on both, and we have to make sure that we don't lose anyone on this adventure."
"But we can't really do anything until we know more about this poison, can we?" Pidge asked.
Billy stepped forward, "As much as I am sorry to say this, we have other I was trying to find the location of the scientists and the island where the project is being completed, one of my contacts spottd something. A few grey men heading towards a lab where some space research is being held. ."
"A putty," Jason said. Then he looked up at them, "Pidge, you stay with Billy and help him find a cure for this poison. Trini, you help Billy out. The rest of you, come with us."
Zack walked close behind Jason, already morphed and with his blaster drawn. With each step, he began to look around the dark hallways of the lab building. As he looked and studied with a keen eye, he began to feel a certain unease that crept up his spine. Looking back at Jason, he said, "JAse, I'm not liking this. It feels like a-"
"Trap?" Jason said, nodding a little, "Kind of figured after we got here. But we can't really dissapoint them now can we?"
Tommy let out a chuckle, his hand on Saba's hilt, "After all, they went through all of the trouble. Might as well oblige them and set it off."
Zack smirked a little under his helmet, a part of him missing the feeling of comradarie of his friends and the thrill of a good scrap.
It did not take them long until they reached a large circular room in the center of the building, with couches and computers all set up for a comfortable waiting area. Slowly, the team walked out into the center of the room. Once reaching the center, Jason looked up, "Hey, morons! If you wanted to set up a trap, you need to be less subtle!"
"Awwe, but I thought we had you," a gruff voice said, stepping out from the center of the room. The being who spoke was a large simian dressed in golden armor with a mighty set of wings. Holding out his sword, he shouted, "Boys, come out!"
All around him, soldiers dressed in gallactor garb along with several beastmen and putties appeared from the shadoes. The soldiers and beastmen brought out guns and laser rifles, all aimed at te group. Instincivly, the rangers made a protective circle around the voltron force. Kim brought out her bow and aimed, "You really think those guns can harm us? We'll kick your butts before you can run out of ammo."
Goldar chuckled, "Oh, trust me, my master and his allies know this. Your suits make you very tough, but what about your friends?" he said, pointing his finger to the force. "WE know that their suits don't protect thme against our weapons. You'll protect them sure, but sooner or later, you'll slip up and then..."
Jason squeezed his hand, and narrowed his eyes, "Whoever made that plan...is a bitch. Too clever for you guys."
"I admit she is clever, though I prefer a one on one battle. It fits a warrior better," Goldar said, "But, what master wants is what master wants. Now, atta-"
Before Goldar could say his command, a flash of white sped through the air, cutting into the hands of the gunmen. Feathers followed soon after, stabbing some of the beastmen in the eyes, as well as a bolo choking some of them out. The Gallactor soldiers looked at the weapons and their fallen comrades and shook in horror before slowly stepping back. Goldar looked around and shouted, "Who, Who? Who is that?!"
Five shadows appeared in the skylights, each one the shape of a bird. The first, a white eagle spoke, "Sometimes we appear as five."
The black Condor spoke next, "Sometimes we appear as one."
"Sometimes we have no form at all, just a blink in your vision," the pink swan said.
"But you always know where we've been, because we always leave our mark," The young green swallow said.
"We are the Science Ninja Team," the Owl said.
Goldar looked to the soldiers, before growling at their stupidity, "SHOOT THEM?!"
The men nodded and fired, shooting skylights, but missing. After the glass fell to the ground and shattered, it revealed the five birds who saved the two teams. The white eagle rose to his feet and extended his left arm, pulling back his white wing cape, "GATCHAMAN!"
Without wasting a moment, the five birds jumped and flew out from their standing position towards the group of soldier. Before some could even fire a shot, the white eagle reached into his holster abd pulled out a boomerrang in the shape of a bird. With a shout of "Bird run!" he threw the small bladed weapon into the air and sliced the hands of the men, causing them to drop their weapons. While in the air, the condor pulled out a set of feathers and threw them into the eyes and throats of the beastmen, dropping them to the floor.
The swan soared throught the air, pulled out a yo-yo and threw it at a putty. When she landed on the ground, she pressed a button on her weapon that sent an electric charge through the putty's body. She then pulled him close to her and squng him around her like a hammer into the other soldiers that surrounded her. One beastman tried to stab her from behind, only to get strangled and taken out by a pair of clackers thrown by the small swallow. The swallow smirked at his teamate and held up two fingers in victory.
The owl landed with a thud on top of one of the soldiers, crushing him between his feet. Cracking his knuckles, he turned to one of the beastmen and grabbed him under the shoulders. Lifting the monster over his head, the owl then suplexed the monster into the concrete. Turning around, he let out a loud battle cry before slamming his palms into a set of soldiers, cracking ehri ribs with each hit into the wall. Turning around, he grabbed one putty's arm and threw him into his freinds.
Jason looked back at hsi friends, "Now, this is getting boring. Anyone up for joinging?"
"I'm in," Tommy smirked. "Anyone else." the other rangers and force members smirked and quickly joined the fray.
Spinning his ax in a circle, Zach turned his weapon into a small handheld cannon. Aiming and firing, he began to fire into the group of mooks with precise shots. This caused many to fly from the explosions of energy. Allowing his ax to disappate back into a null space, he moon walked to a putty behind him and did a backkick into it's stomach. Without missing a beat, he did a split and did a heel-palm strike into a monster's stomach. Getting back to his feet, he rammed an elbow to the head of one soldier and then punched another one hard in the gut. Zach then looked at the other soldiers and beconed them with a smirk, "Come on, dancefloor's open."
Kim stood with the voltron force members, using her bow to pick off the ones with guns while the others began to swarm at her and the team. With a growl, Hunk proceeded to shoulder charge one of the soldiers hard in the chest before turning around and grabbing one to throw into the other mooks. Slipping his hand into Kim's holster, Lance drew Kim's blade blaster and began to fire, each of his hits hitting their mark perfectly.
Allura ducked under one monsters blade and uppercutted him. When one grabbed her shoulder, she grabbed his arm and then threw him hard into the ground. Doing a back spin kick, she took out another putty with ease. As she panted, she over head Kim say, "I do believe you are getting the hang of this." To wich Allura smirked.
Lotor could only smirk as he watched his princess take out another mook, his own skills not failing him as he began to fight soldier after soldier. Looking to his left, he watched as Jason quickl began to engage with Goldar.
"Darn you!" Goldar shouted, slamming his blade against Jason's, their swords locking, "We had you," he broke the lock and slashed at Jason's side, only for his blade to be parried, "We had you right where we wanted you and then you had to bring in those five! Where did they come from?"
Jason parried another blade and slashed at Goldar's stomach, "What can I say, we just can be full of surprises sometimes."
Goldar let out a growl as he pulled away his sword and trird to back hand him in the head. This punch was blocked by Tommy, who then did a snap kick and jumped up to do a flying roundhouse into Goldar's head. Once he landed onto the round, Tommy pulled Saba to his black to blcok Goldar's blade. PArrying the blade, Tommy performed a spinning roundhouse into Goldar's stomach. After striking wiht a hard right cross, he then slashed with Saba across Goldar's chest.
With a roar of rage, Goldar grabbed Tommy's hemlet and headbutted him in the skull. At the same time, he tried to parry Jason's three strikes with his sword, only to miss with one slash ans get a strike onto his side. Backing up from his wounds, he looked at Tommy and Jason, then back to his men as they fell one by one. Feeling a shudder of fear come over him and a realization that he would lose, "Men, fall back!" he shouted, teleporting away in a flash of red energy.
Panting, Jason spun his sword and allowed it to dissappear into the ether wher the weapons were usually stored. Looking back at Zack, he couldn't help but smirk at his friend when he heard him say, "Well, that was easy."
"I don't know who you guys really are beyond your codenames, but thanks," JAson said.
Tommy nodded, "Yeah, but how did you know we needed help?
"We had heard of a Gallactor attack on a science lab in Austria," the commander began, "But that was a trap."
"Yeah, they tried to stop us with a weird monster and slow us down. But, we won!" the swallow said, "And that's when we began to figure out that this was a wild goose chase."
The condor smirked, "So we had a little talk about their true plan. Thats when we found about their activities here, and we decided to keep an eye on you. Later on, we talked to one of their mooks, and after getting the answer out of him, we found out about the trap they had for you."
"Wait," Lance said, stepping forawrd, "Then do you know what happened to KEith?"
"Something happened to your commander?" asked the eagle. Looking down and putting a finger to his ching, he said, "We should catch up on our plane. We'll also pick up you friend and take you all to our pbase."
"You, have a jet?" asked Zach.
Billy sat back in his chair, letting out a sigh and rubbing his temples as he looked at the screen. Websites and research all flashed across his screen as he looked over the poison's possible antidote. A small groan escaped his throat as he saw another failure to get a result. The silence was soon broken by the footsteps of a young woman and a placing of soda, "No results?" asked Trini.
"Nothing," Billy said, drinking his soda slowly, "No connection between any of the DNA strands, or how it connect to the," soon he began to speak in a long string of technobabble and science terms that it would've confused anyone. Turning his head, he saw Trini sitting next to him with her eyes focus and hanging on his everyword."And you understood all of that."
Trini smiled warmly, "Well, of course I did. You know I always have."
"Yes, interesting," Billy said, looking at her, "Ever since freshman year, you have been able to understand me when no one else could. Even longer actually, almost after we first met back in middle school."
"What, I can't be smart and strong at the same time?" asked Trini.
"OF course not," Billy said, and then looked into her eyes, "But you must admit, it is odd that you seemed to become my offical translator over time. You put a lot of effort into understanding me and helping me speak...normal as it were."
"Well, you are my friend, and I think you need to be heard by the others," Trini said, "and I like to help you. Besides, I like it when you talk smart."
"Is, there anything else you like about me?" Billy asked, "Because I can say that there are things I like about you."
"L-l-like what?" Trini asked, a small blush coming to her cheeks.
"Like your bravery for one, and your intellengce for another. Plus you are gentle mixed with being a fighter. You have an interesting mix of qualities." Billy sighed and looked away, "I am sorry I don't often get to say that. But, thinking about three important things at once helps me solve the problems of the others."
"Important?" Trini asked, smiling, "Are you saying I'm important to you?" Billy smiled warmly in response and she let out a giggle before looking at Billy's eyes.
"HAve you guys found the cure or," Pidge paused as she looked at the two, "or...are you busy."
"We were just having a talk," Billy said calmy, tryign to hide his own blush.
Pidge chuckledd, "Surre."
"Hey guys, could you come outside for a moment?" asked Zack, "You are never gonna believe what we brought with us."
A curious look comign over the three of them, they walked out of the hq and then made their way outside of their house. Once out side, they let out a gasp as they saw a giant blue jet land outside of Tommy's yard. The red nose cone was tilted, and the ends of the wings had blue pontoons, all giving it a visage of a large bird in flight. Billy began to walk around the plane, looking on in awe, "My word, this plane is extradornary. Just by looking at the design, I can see how it is capable of supersonic flight with little exhaust. Not to mention the-"
"Hey, you getting on or do you want to drool over baby some more?" the Owl said, looking ut of his plane, "Because we got to deliver your patient to our HQ ASAP."
Billy blushed a little, "Oh right, sorry. Its just seeing a powerful machine like this intrigues me."
"You should see it whenhe finds a new piece of tech. He'll be lost for ages," Trini giggled as she walked up onto the hanger port, followed by Billy as the two birds went to pick up Keith.
"Tell me the report again," growled Berg KAtze as he held his gun out at the soldier, watching him tremble.
"IT's them sir. It's the Science Ninja Team," the soldier said, shuddering in terror, "They have caught wind of our doings and are on the case. We bearly-"
The rapport of the gun silenced the soldier, making him fall to the floor dead. As Berg KAtze holstered his gun, he let out a growl wich quickly became a roar, "NO! NO NO NO NO! This can't be possible! This just can't be happening! Those interlopers cannot be involved! Not this time! Not when this plan is so close to being complete!"
Zedd shighed as he leaned against the wall, "So I have people dressed as dinosaurs, he fights cats, and you have a group of winged fools who like to ruin your plans." a low growl of annoyance escaped his throat as he leaned his head back and face-palmed, "Why can't we have normal rebels with just plan costumes like back in the old days?"
"Berg Katze, surely there is no way that these five birds can ruin everything? Can they? They are just five people and we are an army that is slowly getting stronger," Zarkon asked.
"Those five birds,have been responsible for stopping every one of my operations to date. Each one of them have taken out dozens of my men. We have fired bullets at them,burnt them alive, and made them explode, and yet," BErg Katze clentched his fingers into his palms so hard that he drew blood, "they lived. They are allied with the devil or god, because there is no reason for their impeccable abilty to stare down death again and again only to come out on top. Now that they are here, our plans' chance of failure has increased by fifty percent."
"Foolish brother," said Merle from the intercom, "You are so quick to let opposition get to you. You see the arrival of the Science Ninja Team as a thing to worry about. I see it more as a challenge?"
"Interesting," Lord Zedd said, watching Berg KAtze talk to his sister.
"Challenge?" Berg KAtze said, "Challenge? We are close to winning, this is no time for games or challenges!"
"You're wrong, big brother," Merle said, "This is nothing less but our biggest operation ever. It would be boring if we did not have our greatest enimies to be there to try and stop us. We just now need to make sure we are more careful in our plans and attacks. Then, when the moment is at hand? We will have the ultimate victory over our greatest foes. You just need to be patient and not so jumpy."
"And you need to quell your ego, sister," Berg Katze growled.
"Is she always this arrogant?" asked Zarkon.
"Yes, and it is always annoying," Berg Katze growled as he walked out of the control room.
The Pheonix flew through the air quickly and silently, cutting through the air with ease. Inside, Billy walked around the cockpit with an air of wonder. His dark brown eyes looked at the four stations and the myrad of computers surrounding him, takning in and anylizing everything he saw. With a soft breath, he said "Amazing, just amazing. These computers are unbelivably advanced, and these tracking systems..."
"Um, sis," asked the swallow from his console, "Is he all right?"
The swan nudged her little bother, "G-4, hush, he's just geeking out. Let him enjoy it."
"I assume that this machine is capable of different types of flight?" Billy asked, "Such as sub-orbital?"
"Buddy," the owl said with a smirk, happy to show off his plane, "We can go anywhere." and with that, he began to press a few buttons on his console, sending the plane into a dive towards the ocean below.
As the plane dived, the vents of the plane began to close while the wings began to shirnk a few inches. Then, with a mighty splash, the god-pheonix went under the water and began to move through the salty water as easily as it could through the air. Billy stood back, eyes watching in wonder as the jet sailed through. Soon, it came upon a giant underwater base beneath a cresent island, "Everyone," Gatchaman said, looking behind him, "Welcome, to the coral cresent base. Our personal command center."
Lance could only scoff as they flew towards the hanger bay, "Well, it's no castle."
The massive jet slowly floated through the water and into the bay, the doors closing behind it with a slam before draining all of the water out. Once empty, the plane rose on a platform into an upper level. Secure clamps locked onto the plane to hold it down while landing gear placed itself onto hte floor.
With the plane secure, the three teams began to disembark from within the plane. As medical personnel took away the injured Keith, Jason turned to look at the science ninja team, "Ok, you know who we are, but we don't know who you guys are."
The Eagle sighed as he looked at his braclet, "Techinically, we should'nt be telling outsiders about our secret identies. But considering you you six are, I don't think we are in danger of losing much if we revealed ourselves."
In a flash of light, the bird costumes vanished and revealed the five heroes underneath. Hunk was the first to speak, looking at the Owl, "Hey, I know you. We met at the parking lot a few days ago."
Kim nodded and pointed to the Swan, "And I saw you and your little brother at the park."
"Guess Zordon wasn't the only one who was ok wth letting kids become fighters," Tommy whispered to Jason. "But considering his skills, how old is he?"
"Ken Washio," Ken said, looking at the group, "Eagle Leader G-1"
"Joe Asakura," Joe said, smirking, "G-2, Condor."
"Jun Agatha," Jun went next, "G-3, Swan."
"Jinpei Agatha," the little boy said, "The awesome ninja swallow."
"Ryu Nakanishi," Ryu said, bowling, "G-5, the Owl and the pilot."
"So you were spying on us?" asked Zack.
"Not from the beginning," Joe said, "Gallactor sent us on a wild goose chase by attacking an energy plant. We saved a lot of people, but we then realized that was a distraction."
Jinpei smirked, "Thats when I discovered a little file hidden in their giant robot's main computer. They were talking about moving some of their soldiers to Reefside to capture a certain scientist who is working on the Bridge project."
"After we told our boss about what was going on, he sent us here to keep an eye on you," Ken said.
"How did you know who we are?" asked Jason.
A voice called out from an intercom, "IT was not that hard to deduce the identities of the Mighty Morphin team. I just used a few algorithims of my own making to figure it out. If you all will come to the conference room."
"Yes sir," Ken said with a nod, walking ahead of the group and leading them on.
After a long walk down a small series of hallways, some leading to rooms that held training and r centers, the group reached the conference room. Inside, was a man standing next to a large table. He was reasonably dressed, his suit showing that he was a professional in comparison to the young men and women in front of him, "Hello, I am Kozaburo Nambu, the founder and commander of the science ninja team."
"I know of you," Billy said, stepping forward, "A few years ago you gave an excellent speech on the theoretics of morphous change and how it connects to bioenergetic fields."
"Ah, I am glad that someone wa able to understand my theorems." Nambu said, smiling at Billy, "Tell me, what intrigued you the most?"
"It was how biomorphic fields can be transferred from the creator to the creatioon. I never assumed such a thing could be possible but considering my own experiments with mechanical life forms and mecha crafting..."
As the two began to get into a long conversation about Nambus findingns, the rgathered teams soon stopped listening to the two talk and turn their collective heads to Trini. Giving a small smiled, the girl chuckled and said, "They are admiring each other's research into the morphing grid and how to make zords."
"Oh," the rangers and Voltron force nodded.
Lance shook his head and took a step forward, "As much as I would love for us to sit here and listen to you nerds speak geek, we still have a poisoned commander here."
"I know, and it's the reason why I wanted to bring you here," Nambu said, walking away from the group to lead them into another conference room, "I've taken the time to anylize your leader's symptoms and began to figure out what kind of poison that Galactor used to infct him. The poison came from a mixture of flowers and herbs. Both ancient and modern. This is why you couldn't really find a cure for it Billy."
Billy put a finger to his chin, "So,how do we cure it?"
"Ever heard of Animaria?" asked Nambu.
"One of the ranger teams had set up a base there," Jason stated, "What about it?"
Nambu clicked on a button on a console and showed a phot of the turtle shaped island, "Seeing that there was an island hidden in the clouds, I became curious as to the location of other unknown islands and in my searching I found this." he then showed the picture of a island hidden in thee mist, "A secluded island in the middle of the pacific, one where I saw footage of an unique flower."
Lance looked curious and asked, "And you think that this flower can help Keith."
"I know so," Nambu said, turning off the screen. "I'll give the loctation onto the computer of the phoenix. Rangers, you can follow them on board while the Voltron force follows in their lions."
"Whoa, wait," Lance siad, "We don't know what we are facing down there. If there is anything big, we won't be able to form Voltron. We're kind of down a pilot."
Allura shook her head, "No we're not. I'm going to pilot the Black Lion." This got a few looks from the other members of her team. "I've been flying the lions just as long as the rest of you, I know the systems. And as princess it is my duty to take the lead, especially since Keith is currently down."
"Not that I don't think you can handle it princess," Hunk said, "But, who is going to be piloting Blue lion?"
"Me," Lotor said,raising a hand while he leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.
Pidge looked confused as she said, "You, but, how can you possibly-"
Lotor rolled his eyes, "If I can pilot a star fighter, then I can pilot a simple mecha. And besides, how much practice did any of you had piloting those lions when you first joined?" atthe silence, he added, "And besides, the others will be busy with their own mecha, your options are limited."
"He's right, and besides, he has proven himself loyal so far," Allura said with a smile at him, "We could use his help."
Ken stepped forward and said, "If we are done then, let's move out."
With a combination of the phoenix's sensors, plus Billy's computations, the mighty jet flew through the air towards it's destination. Next to the jet, the five lions flew alongside in a massive flying v. With nothing to bother the plane as it passed above the water, the group was allowed to rest and watch the world pass them by in a mix of blue and white. Inside the black lion, Allura sighed and turned on the comm, "How are you holding up?"
Lotor frowned as he made a mild adjustment with his controls, "Annoyed. This thing is more trouble than I realized."
"Well, she is used to me flying her," Allura giggled.
"Was that a friendly giggle or are you laughing at my misfortune?" asked Lotor with a frown.
Allura gave a shrug of her shoulders and said, "A little of column a and column b."
"I see," Lotor said, before looking at her screen with a calming smile. Running a hand on her screen, he said, "You'll be fine. If we find any threat, you'll be able to do this."
"Thanks," Allura said, rubbing the screen with a smile.
Inside of the cargo bay of the jet, a different conversation was taking place between two old friends. Zack was busy tapping his foot against the floor while he rested his back against the metal wall. All the while chanting, "Bored" at a rhythmic pace himself.
Jason sighed as he finished throwing a punch, "I know, I know."
"You know, this make me really miss the days that we used to teleport from place to place. Made things so much easier!" Zack complained and shook his head. "Alpha could've found the location and 'zap'! There we are."
A small chuckle escaped the red ranger's throat as he nodded, "I know it. But just the same, it's good to be back."
"Hell yeah," Zack said, looking at his black arms and white gloves, "You never know how much you miss the uniform until you lose it for a few years."
"The joy doing something good out there, getting out there to help people," Jason said.
"Hey," Zack said, lightly punching Jason's shoulder, "Don't try and kid yourself. We all know that you love just being out on th front lines and kicking ass. Trying to show off everything you learned and how awesome you are."
"Pot and Kettle Zack," Jason said, lightly punching his friend back, " You know as wells I do part of the fun you had being a ranger was showing off and dancing."
Zack nodded and chuckled a little as he shrugged, "Hey, when yagot it, flaunt it. And whne you got it like I do, you can show off as much as you want."
Jason let out a chuckle and looked to the side of the cargo bay, at the stairs leading up to the main cockpit, "I wonder how the others are spendng their time."
Up in the cockpit, Trini occupied her time sitting in a chair to look at the Science Ninja Team as they worked at the computers and pilot the plane through the air. Nearby, Billy was messing with the computer and doing additional researh. There was a small twinkle in his eyes as he began to not nly recheck the research of a famed scientist, but also to outsmart the evil organization that behind it all. Turning her head, she looked at the youngst member in the room, the swallow.
Feeling the pair of eyes looking at him, Jinpei smirked and played with his bolos for a moment, YEah, I know, I'm-"
"Young. I mean, I know me and my friends started when we were 15 but you are like, 12/13?" Trini said, looking at him curiously.
Jinpei sat up and frowned behind his helmet, "Hey, I know I'm just a kid, but I can still kick everyone's butt just as well as they can."
"But why did Nambu pick you?" Trini asked.
"PAckaged deal," Jinpei said, "The Doc saw big sis's talents after protecting me in a small town, and she said she wasn't going to join any team without me."
"She's your sister?" asked Trini.
Jinpei nodded, "Yep. Took me in when I was about five and she protected e ever since. Probably the best siter I could ask for."
He then smirked and asked, "So, how lng have you been dating Egghead over there?"
"D-dating?" Trini asked with a blush and pulling away from her eseat, "Who said...we aren't...our relationship isn't-"
"Oh I get it. Neither you have made a move yet," Jinpei said with a chuckle, "It's ok. Big sis is just as mch of a stubborn mul-"
Jun grave a quick rap on hi helmet to shut him up, and looked to Trini, "Just do that when he gets to be too annoying. Usually shuts him up quickly."
"Approaching the island," Ryu said, looking at the radar and then the windshield as the large mountain began to appear through the mists. Turning to look at Ken, he said, "What are your orders commander?"
Ken stood up and looked to Billy, "Billy, have you finished the updates to our comms?"
"Oh yes," Billy said, walking to stand next to Trini, "Just talk to your communicator and we'll all be able to hear."
Ken nodded and talked into the communicator, "Rangers, You and the Voltron Force fly through the eastern part of the island. We'll search the west."
The island was earily quiet as they made their way through the dense forest, much of the vegetation giving a colorful yet foreboding calm to the area. Each step taking them deeper into the woods giving them a chance to admire the ancient plants that sprouted around them.
Above, the five lions floated ahead, the radars od each scanning for the unique flower. Inside the green lion, Pidge pressed a button on her scanner and said, "Curious..." she said, tapping a few buttons on her console before talking on the comm, "Guys, there is a clearing about miles to the east of you. There also seems to be some statues, but I can't make it out."
"Statues?" asked Jason as he led the group towards the clearing, "Does that mean there was someone living here?"
"Of course there is, and who wants to bet that they are either jerks or have an ancient trap for us," Kim joked. Looking to her left, she saw Trini raise her hand to take the bet.
This made the other rangers join in as they soon made it to the clearing. Across the landscape, various statues resembling mythic beasts and dinosaurs stood lining a path towards a center place. IT did not take them long to recognize the statues as Jason ran his hand along the stone effagy, "Guys, don't these statues look familiar?"
"Yes, they actually resememble our dinozords. Interesting that these statues match up with our old zords," Billy said, looking t the Triceratops. "I think it would be safe to assume that perhaps Ninjor came here when he was making the power coins.
At that moment, a booming voice was heard from the end of the long path, "Who dares come to my island? Who dares intrude upon the land of Daizyujin, god of the old world."
"Jason, look," Tommy said, looking up at the large shadow that rose from the throne. As he stepped into the light, his horned form and chest plate brought forth old memories within the rangers, "It's the megazord."
"You five," Daizyujin said, glaring his eyes on the power rangers, "You bear the colors of the order of the medallion. Are you allied with that fool, Ninjor?"
Jason stepped forward and nodded, "Yes, he made our power coins and he-"
"Stole my pets and the visage for his worthless coins!" the massive titan said, glaring down at the group. "He arrived here millenia ago to take the gold for his coins, molded them after my statues, and then made them a link to the morphing grid for his own ends. HE borrowed my power just to help Zordon with his 'war'. And now you, who bare his colors, arrive. Why? Are you like those fools who took a flower from here to kill a man?"
"Yes!" Lance said, stepping forward in his lion, "But it's to find a flower to save our friend. He needs it!"
"I do not care for such matters. IF its a man's fate to die, then he dies," Daizyujin said, waving his black hand away.
"Even if there is a chance to save him?" asked Jason, "That's cruel!"
"It is fate, and no one has the right to change cfate or to stop death when the time comes. It's just the way it-"
"Fuck that!" Lance said, "If we have a chance to save someone, then we are going to take it! And if you don't like it, then you acan just go to hell!"
Daizyujin narrowed his yellow eyes and said, "Then die." in between his red horns, he generated a powerful lighting strike and unleashed it upon the rangers and the robotic lions.
Allura let out a grunt as the lighitng crackled across her console. Shaking her head, she flew the black lion into the sky and then dive bombed it, raking the claws along the chest of the giant god. Lance followed up, taking a position to the side with Hunk on the other, each firing a beam of elemental energy into the side of Daizyujin. The god shook his hed and swatted at the two lions before punching at the blue lion.
Black lion let out a roar and clawed at his right arm before he could hit Blue Lion, turned, and then fired a missile barrage at Daizyujin's chest. Then, landing on the ground, the mecha fired a lighting bolt at his legs. Green lion flew to the back of the robot god and began to claw at his back. Engraged, he grabbed the black lion by the head and slammed it into the body of it's ally.
Jason lightly punched the pillar behind him, lightly swearing under his breath, "Damn. We need to be up there and help them."
"Interesting," Billy said, taking a look at a statue of a symbol of five stars, each with a japanese character on the stars. "Shining in the heavens are five stars, bringing forth the thunder." looking down, he noted a small box and picked it up.
"What is it Billy?" asked Trini.
"This statue is unique. Its not representative of any dinosaur and it doesn't seem to be connected to anything around the area," Billy said, before opening the box, seeing six multicolored gems within its red velvet lining. Reaching down, he picked up a blue gem and looked at it for a moment and then pulled back in surprise, "Everyone, look at thist."
"Billy, we really don't have time to admire gems. There's a killer god roaring down our necks!" Zack said, before walking up to a greenish black gem, and then asking, "Billy, is it just me, or is hat a lion in that gem."
"Not just a lion," Jason said, walking to the box alongside his teammates, "But my dragon, Kim's Pheonix, Trini's gryphon, and Tommy's tiger. But, what does it mean?"
"Perhaps a team of warriors game here before us and hid away the secrets of their power here. Maybe as a way to say goodbye to their old friends,"Billy said, standing up and offering the gems to his friends.
Jason took his red dragon gem and looked to Billy, "So, anyone want to try and see if we can tame these beasts?"
"Need you ask?" Tommy said with a grin as each held up the gems.
Kim chuckled, "So, think they respond to the old call?"
"Only one way to find out," Tini said, before joining all of them in a single shout.
"WE NEED THUNDERZORD POWER NOW!"
The battle with the lions and Daizyujin continued, with each lion being strijked down before they could arise. The massive god growled as he held the blue lion in his hand, crushing it slowly, "Is this really all of the power you have? Did you really think that you can trespass onto my land and battle with me with so little strength? You are all fools!"
Lance pulled back hard on his controls, allowing the red lion to fly up and claw at the god's hand, releasing Lotor. Shaking his head, he opened a comm to the others, "If we could form Voltron, we would actually have a chance against this bastard."
"Yeah, a little problem with that," Hunk said, struggling to get the yellow lion to it's feet. "I don't think he's gonna give us that chance."
Narrowing his eyes, Daizyujin charged a powerful blast of lighting in between his horns. Then he pulled back, ready to release a powerful blow at the green lion. However, in a flash of flame and a crack of thunder, a black foot slammed into the face of the god. As his vision returned and Daizyujin stood to his feet, he saw before him another zord. It was red with a silver head and a dragon for a chest piece. If he could see inside of it's cockpit, he would see Jason standing in front of a glowing ball of electrity, "YEAH! Red Dragon back in the game."
"Interesting," Billy said, looking at the orb while his hands stood at opposite sides of it, "These orbs react to our thoughts in a symbotic manner, allowing for a continual connection while still establishing-"
"Billy, save the smart guy talk for later and let's focus on kicking tail!" Zack shouted over the line while letting the black lion to create a massive wall of stones to lift and strike into the body of daizyujin.
Hearing Billy's sigh of disappointment, Trini siad, with a small giggle "It's ok Billy, you can talk about this later."
"Tommy, do you have it from here?" Kim asked, flying her phoenix around the god and creating a small tornado of dust and temporarily blinding him.
"I'll be fine, you guys just keep him busy while I help the science ninja team," Tommy said, piloting the white tiger through the forest.
Turning his zord to look at the five lions as they began to regroup, Jason asked, " If you guys got something big up your sleeves, now is the time to use it."
"Yeah," Allura said, panting, "Just give us about one minute." and with that, she took off.
Daizyujin let out a shout as he charged and fired a bolt of lighting towards the five flying lions, "You won't get a chance!"
"Oh, shut up!" the rangers shouted as one. Taking his red dragon zord, Jason used it's legs to jump up to a flying platform that was being driven by the four other mecha. Taking out a majestic staff, the red dragon sword began to spin the pole in a large circle, creating a small shield that blocked the flying lighting bolt and keeping it away from the five lions.
Allura held her controls tightly, watching as the sky flew around her. She could feel her hands shaking a little as she guided her black lion into formation, 'Why am I so nervous? I've done this before...only with Keith in the lead." she shook her head and narrowed her eyes, "Guys, I know in the past I was always in the background. A damsel in distress who needed saving. I've probably haven't proven myself on the field enough for you to trust me and to believe in me; but I ask you right now, put your lives in my hands."
After a moment of silence, Lotor was heard on the comm, "My princess, I do not know what those fools who called themselves your guardians were thinking, but you should've been on the front lines leading alongside your soldiers. What you lacked in strength, you made up for in courage and determination. Never forget why I desired you for so long."
Pidge let out a little chuckle and she smiled, "We never saw you as some chick, Allura. We all saw you as an equal. Personally, I don't know what was Coran's and Nanny's big deal with holding you back. PErsonally, I think they are just a bunch of-"
"What I think Pidge means, they were old foggies who were stuck in their old ways," Hunk chuckled, "BEt ya they thought you should've been barefoot and pregnant too!"
"You're our friend, and now our leader," Lance said, "Of course we would put our lives in your hands. We would do the same for each other. Well, except blue boy."
Lotor rolled his eyes and held up a middle finger, "I believe this is the appropriate sentiment, fool."
Allura let out a laugh as she watched the team rib each other. Smiling, she said, "Thank you. Now...let's do this! Dynotherms connected, Infracells are up and go!"
"VOLTRON!" the group shouted as one as their lions became encased in electricity.
"Form arms and body," Allura said, as the red and green lions began to transform. Their metal legs began to become tucked into their bodies while their tails turned inward to form connecting gears. As black lion began to loose it's front legs, it prepared to accept the docking of the two lions on it's sides, forming two arms with the red and green lion's heads as hands.
"Form feet and legs," the yellow and blue lions' heads pulled up until they became feet along side their forepaws. From above, the black lion's hind legs docked into the bodies of the blue and yellow lions until it had a new pair of legs.
"And I'll form the head!" Allura said, as the black lion's mouth opened wide to reveal a blue face on the inside of the lion's mouth. Now complete, the mighty robot crossed it's arms in front of his chest before thrusting each lion out, letting out a mighty roar from each head. The five lions had now become one mighty robot, Voltron.
Down below, the lighting barrage continued to push the thunderzords back against the ground, creating a small trench. Just before the zords could lose the tug of war, Voltron drove a kick into the side of the face of Daizyujin and landed on the other side with his lef hand on the ground. Slowly getting to his feet, Voltron backhanded the stomach of god and followed it with an upercut. Daizyujin stepped back and shook his head and thrusted his left fist at Voltron's stomach, wich the mighty titan grabbed the hand with his left hand and lifted, giving it a good squeeze. The emotionless glare that Voltron gave made Daizyujin shudder.
Jason shook his head and then spoke to the others, "Hey, we can't let them have all of the fun, right?"
"No way!" the team said in agreement before saying as one
"Thunder Megazord!"
The red dragon lept off of his chariot and began to run by his four fellow zords, each one turning into a piece of armor. The pegasus and gryphon became boots, the lion into a breast plate a helm and gauntlets, and the pheonix into a belt with a sword. Leaping into the air, the four zords attached themselves onto the red dragon like a knight putting on his armor. Stepping forward, the thunder megazord pushed out his fist and allowed lighting to strike.
Daizyujin twisted his hand out of the grip of Voltron and went in for an uppercut. Voltron zimply backed up and then moved out of the way of two of the god's punches before doing a sidekick into Daizyujin's stomach. Voltron then took flight, roundhoused his face and then backflipped in the air to land on it's feet. Pidge smirked, "Oh look, we jst caught our second wind. Speaking of wich-" she said, lifting her zord up to unleash a whirlwind.
Daizyujin braced himself for the approaching strike of powerful wind, pushing him back hard. Wich his stomach open, Voltron threw out a spinning disk of blades into it's stomach. Before he could move, he felt a powerful right hook into the side of his face by the thundermegazord. Wiping his mouth, he growled as he watched the new comer walk to the side of Voltron and give him a high five.
Taking a few steps toward Daizyujin, the thunder mega drove it's right leg straight nto the stomach of the god. Then it knelt down to the ground, giving Voltron a back to vault itself off and drive his left foot into the chest of the god robot. Quickly, he crossed his arms to block a punch from Daizyujin, while the thunder megazord delivered a back fist into the face of the god, making him back up.
Daizyujin shook his head and held up a hand, palm open. From the heavens frloated down a powerful broad sword. Holding out his other hand, he formed a shield and crouched down into a fighting stance. The two other mighty robots turned to each other and gave a cocky smirk before turning to look back at Daizyujin. Voltron reached out first and slammed his fists together, generating a powerful light inbewteen them. Pulling his hands apart, he created a longsword that ended with a three pronged tip, "Form Blazing Sword!"
The Thundermegazord followed suit, reaching to it's side and grabbing the hilt of it;s curved blade that rested in the scabbard. Slowly unseathing it, the mecha brought it to it's side and crouched into a fighting stance.
Making his first move, Voltron raced forth and went for a slash at the god's right side. In a flash, Daizyujin lifted it's shield to block the attack, not seeing the head slash from above by the Thrundermegazord. With a quick strike of lighting, the zord cut into Daizyujin's left shoulder and landed on it's side. Turning around, it performed another slash and was blocked by Daizyujin's blade.
While Daizyujin tried to parry andblock the Thundermegazord's blows while using his shield to block the blazing sword. Using the guard of the blade, Voltron pushed up against his shield to expose Daizyjin's arm and side. Using the opening, Voltron slashed three times against his body before slashing at the arm. While thegod reeled in pain, the Thundermegazord managed to break the parry and then slash along his back and legs, foring the god to take a knee. Struggling to get back up, he was slashed in the stomach by the blazing sword and then hit in the neck, making him kneel.
Looking up from his kneeling positon, his eyes began to glare at them. A few gasps escaped his lips as he panted, "You warriors, surprised me. You were able to defeat a god and make him take a knee. I am surprised at this. Perhaps, you can indeed change fate and save the world from it's destiny. You," he let out a shuddering breath, "Have earned my power, and have earned the flower. I take my leave now. Farewell."
The rangers watched from inside the zords as Daizyujin began to split apart into five points of light, and then flew into their hands. As each light touched their hands, the lights slowly turned into five small cones, each matching their colors. Zach smirked as he looked at his black crystal, "Hey Jason. Does, this mean we got our dinozords back now?"
"I do believe it does," Jason said.
"Sweet," Zach said, a grin coming across his face.
"Hey guys, we found the flower," Tommy said, "You need any help over there?"
"No, we got it. And something else too," Jason said, smirking, "We'llhave to talk about it later. Right now, let's head for home."
Keith awoke to the slow sound of beeping and the dull light of a medical room. As he began to adjust to the light and sound, he turned his head to see a whale swim by his window. A slow moan escaped his lips as he said, "Whales?"
"We're underwater," Princess Allura said, "We're working with another team of heroes and this is their base. You've been under for a while."
"I see," Keith said, with a sigh. For a moment he closed his eyes and said, "I guess you were the only one who watched over me?"
"Oh no," Allura said. "Everyone else has been watching over you. Well, except Lotor but you know him. It was just my turn." she smiled at him and said, "I know Lance will really be happy to see you awake."
"Yeah, I bet," Keith said, and then looked at her, "Who piloted black lion while I was out?"
"Me," Allura said, before shaking her head, "Don't be so shocked."
Keith chuckled, "I'm not. You could fly the blue lion, black shouldn't have been an issue. And besides," he sighed, "I know they trusted you."
"Thanks," Allura said.
"So, what about Zarkon and his friends?" asked Keith.
"Been silent for the past few days," Allura said, "Either he's laying low, or...the plan is in motion and we can't stop it until we get a threat from them."
"So, all we can do...is just wait."
Hey Mina, it's been a while...hasn't it? Probably wonder why it took five years for this to come out. Was it beacause of something over the years? Was it because I lost interest? NAh...none of those things.
I think I know what happened, and it occured to me when my mother read this story for the first time. I need an audience. I need people commenting on my stuff, or making a tropes page. I have a discord and told people to check this out and no one did. It's kind of disheartening. Especially when it makes me feel like I'm a one trick pony and everyone was just here because I can make a great story out of Mykan's crap. I can do more than that, and I hate just being stuck with 'Deconstructions'. If there is one thing I dispise, more than anything, is labels and being labeled as just a 'thing' or a subject.
I think this kind of made me hit a wall...but then, my mom kind of did something to inspire me, and reignite something special when I wrote something...Maybe I'll post that for halloween real quick. What I'm saying is, thanks mom.
The ending might not be everything I need, but it's something I want to post. Like I've said, I've yet to write the perfect fic that I consider my opus...but one day.
That said, can someone out there please give me some more tropes pages!