Gretel stood silently with a few tears following down her face while Hansel stared at the ground silently. It was the time for Buccholz's funeral. The priest had said the prayers, and the casket was buried in the ground, and now people were standing to condolence the family and remembering Buccholz.
"I'll go talk to her family one last time before we leave.", Gretel mumbled before she walked towards the people.
Hansel said nothing but raised his head once he heard someone approaching him from behind. He smiled faintly once he saw the man behind him, "You didn't have to come.".
"Nah, I had to. You're my cousins after all.", The man said with a smile. He was a thin light skinned man, with shoulder-length black hair and black eyes.
"You've always been a great guy, MJ.", Hansel mumbled.
"Did they catch the one who did this? The BND or FAUSD? I remember you telling me that she joined them.", MJ asked curiously.
Hansel frowned angrily, "No one will touch her at all.".
MJ frowned heavily, "Why?".
"She's the daughter of Japan's Chief.", Hansel revealed.
MJ's eyebrows raised in surprise, "Woah... So, they did not kill her nor capture her?".
"They were trying to have her get her memories back now... but I doubt they'll do anything to her after everything.", Hansel explained.
"That's so unfair dude. This isn't what FAUSD is about from what you've told me.", MJ mumbled.
"I might leave the team at Japan's FAUSD, and if I do, I want you to join my place.", Hansel looked at MJ seriously.
MJ blinked before he scoffed, "Dude, I'm weak compared to you, Gretel, Dracule, and Alaina. I'll be a liability.".
"But you're incredibly smart, and know how to use your powers for your advantage.", Hansel assured him.
MJ shrugged before he mumbled, "So, what're you going to do now? Buchholz is gone and the murderer is getting away... now what?".
Hansel suddenly felt his blood boiling, rage and anger running through his veins, and he almost felt himself transform here and there.
"Oh, I'll be doing something... Trust me...", He growled.
~•~•~•~
FAUSD Headquarters,
"What's going on, Hondou?", Chihaya asked Eisuke, once she found herself unable to contact anyone down there in the Aquarium with her Technophone.
"Something is jamming our communication signals, and it doesn't just surround the Aquariaum, it surrounds the whole block it exists in.", Eisuke explained with a frown on his face, "This way the team down there can't request back up or contact us.".
Chihaya then pulled out her normal phone and sent a text messages as she said, "But we can still teleport to the block next to it, and head to the Aquarium there to help.".
"We'll come.", Kazuha spoke up first. Chihaya then looked up and saw not just Kazuha was determined, but so were Sonoko, Akako, Aoko, Hina, Masaki, and even Lupin.
"We might need everyone down there.", Chihaya nodded before she looked at Eisuke, "Can you override the device causing the jamming?".
"You can count on me.", Eisuke nodded.
"I'll go bring someone that might help.", Akako said before she teleported in red light.
"I contacted the remaining members and they'll rush over to the Aquarium. I can take one girl with me on the bike and...", Chihaya trailed off once Akako appeared in red light, with Watson standing next to her, in his Hippogriff form.
"I can use my broom and take one of you with me, the others can mount Watson.", Akako said as she rubbed Watson's head and he nodded.
Akako snapped her fingers, and her broom appeared in her hand just as Aoko said, "I'll go with you.".
Kazuha mounted Watson, behind her Sonoko who grabbed Lupin and held him in her arms.
"Alright, let's go!", Chihaya ordered.
~•~•~•~
Irene let go off her parents before she rushed towards Dracule and embraced him tightly, the latter not hesitating in returning the hug.
"I've missed you in a way you can't even imagine.", Dracule mumbled.
"I know Drac... I know...", Irene mumbled sadly.
Cerine and Kuroda looked at each other before the first rested her head on his shoulder, both smiling warmly at the scene of the two lovebirds.
"Such romance.". The four turned around to see Hansel standing there with a cold look on his face.
"Hansel...", Irene started, trying to gather her words as she let go off Dracule to face Hansel.
"Don't even try to explain...", Hansel growled before he transformed into his werewolf, "For I'll be killing you, for revenge.".
Cerine gasped in horror while Kuroda narrowed his eyes and Irene remained silent with a guilty look on her face, but none made a move except Dracule, who dashed at his top speed towards Hansel, and slammed into him with all of his body, knocking the Werewolf into the ground.
"Leave with Irene! I've got him!", Dracule cried.
Irene did not move an inch for a second before she sighed heavily and ran away from the scene with her parents.
"You two need to return to the Headquarters, I'll stay here to help.", Kuroda ordered.
Irene and Cerine nodded before they ran away, while Kuroda looked back at Dracule and Hansel.
Dracule had pulled out his Yami and swung it with a battle cry towards Hansel, who opened his mouth to catch the blade with his fangs.
"You're making a mistake, Hansel! We all understand how you feel! But you can't do this! You-", Dracule tried to snap Hansel out of his anger as he pulled his sword out of his mouth, but Hansel lunged forward, trying to bite Dracule while extending his claws to attack him.
"SCREW YOU AND YOUR BI-". Hansel did not get the chance to finish his sentence because Dracule smacked him in the face with Yami's side like a cricket bat.
Hansel growled angrily as he walked back a few steps, rubbing his nose, before he narrowed his eyes at Dracule.
Both men glared at each other for a few seconds before they dashed towards each other. Before Hansel's claws and Yami can clash, Gretel and Kuroda appeared between them, Kuroda using his energy shield to block Yami, while Gretel stabbed Hanse with a dart in his neck.
Hansel pulled out the dart quickly before he glared at Gretel, "Gretel...".
He could not continue the sentence because he started feeling dizzy, his body slowly going back to his normal form, before he fell face first, knocked out.
"It's a sleeping dart. He's out cold for an hour or so.", Gretel mumbled.
She then turned to Dracule and Kuroda before she sighed, "I'm sorry... about what he had done... but...".
"We understand.", Kuroda nodded, "But his actions were too risky, an enemy could've used it against us... And I was informed by Overwatch that the Rangers are in danger, and that Alaina was critically injured.".
Gretel's eyes widened, "Where is she?".
"Overwatch informed me that Speed returned her back to the Headquarters. And since he recently removed whatever was jamming our signals, Mercy and Healer are back there and probably are treating her.", Kuroda informed her.
Gretel narrowed her eyes before she sighed heavily, "I'll put Hansel in the containment cell, and I'll come back here to help.".
~•~•~•~
Cognac shot his last invisible attack at Alaina's head and the attack did hit.
But it hit the back of a FAUSD agent that appeared out of nowhere.
Cognac was surprised at the appearance of the agent, and he grunted once he was hit by bullets in the back, piercing his back. He turned around angrily to see Takaaki and Shukichi, using their gun-piston system to swing using the rides, and shoot at him with their guns.
The men had taken a turn around to approach Cognac from behind while he was busy, and they'd also used their normal phones to contact the other members of the team.
"You little-", Cognac did not finish his sentence because he received one hard punch in the face that sent him flying meters away into a ride.
"Alaina! Alaina! Are you okay?!". Alaina opened her eyes weakly once she heard her name being called, and saw the FAUSD agent across her, and her eyes opened wide once she recognized him from his soul.
"S-Sango?", She mumbled.
"Don't worry. Reinforcements are on the way for everyone.", He assured her before he carried her in his arms and turned to the other agent that had punched Cognac.
"Speed, take her away and teleport her to the medical team-", He ordered.
Alaina instantly recognized him from his posture and attitude, not just his soul; Jugo.
"No... Steel... I can... I can help...", Alaina tried to argue.
"Not in your condition.", A woman said as she landed next to them from the sky, and Alaina recognized her too; Chihaya.
"Skyress-".
"Speed, go now.", Chihaya ordered.
"Right.", Sango nodded before he dashed with super speed away with Alaina, who closed her eyes in a mixture of emotions; defeat, guilt, and weakness.
Takaaki and Shukichi swung with their grapplers upwards and landed on top of a train ride, while Chihaya and Steel stood ready.
Cognac slowly stood up and walked out of the smoke, glancing sideways and upwards at Takaaki and Shukichi before he looked back at Chihaya and Steel.
"Such strength you had in that punch.", Cognac noted.
"I ain't a Magi if that's what you're wondering, I'm a Mutant.", Jugo snorted.
"And I suppose the other one that ran away with Alaina using super speed is also a Mutant.", Cognac guessed.
"Give the kid a medal for his deductions.", Jugo snorted in mockery.
Cognac narrowed his eyes in anger before he perked up, as if hearing something that no one else can hear, before he smirked.
"I wish we could've continued our little fight, but my time's up.", He saluted before he disappeared in purple light.
"Huh... That's weird...", Jugo commented as Takaaki and Shukichi swung with their grapplers and landed next to them.
"We have to get to the Rangers!", Chihaya reminded the men.
"We'll need to divide ourselves to find them.", Takaaki pointed out.
"I'll go find Masumi and probably Shuichi has done the same.", Shukichi said.
"I'll go find Hakuba.", Takaaki said.
"I'll go find the girls then.", Chihaya said, "Let's move out!".
~•~•~•~
Shinichi vs Blaze (Kansuke, Yui, Ryu)
Shinichi stood back on his feet, holding his scythe ready, looking at the ten Deathnoids surrounding him like a circle, before he looked upwards to see Blaze standing on a floating cloud of blue fire.
"You're back up huh?", Blaze smirked, "You're gonna wish you stayed down.".
"You're not so threatening with you standing up there.", Shinichi scoffed, "Get down here and face me like a man!".
Blaze narrowed his eyes at Shinichi dangerously before the floating cloud disappeared, and he landed across Shinichi on his feet.
"You're gonna regret you ever said that.", Blaze growled.
"Fire Tri Crescent!", Shinichi wasted no time and fired the three-crescent shaped fire shots at Blaze.
The shots hit Blaze across the chest and Shinichi noticed the blue flicker that happened when they touched Blaze, and he deduced that the latter had an armor of blue fire on him, only activates when he is being attacked.
"Is that all you've got?", Blaze scoffed before he swung his hand, sending six larger blue fire shots at Shinichi.
Shinichi swung his scythe, blocking four of them, but he other two slammed into his chest, and he let out a cry of pain, feeling it burning.
He looked down at his chest, and his eyes widened once he saw that the area where the shots hit, had burned part of the suit.
"Oh, I've forgot to tell you. We were easily capable of killing the Rangers because of our powers were much stronger than theirs, than their armies, than their weapons.", Blaze growled before he dashed towards Shinichi, his fists surrounded by blue fire.
Shinichi slammed his scythe into the ground, streams of fire bursting into the ground, creating a line of magma ahead of him, before he manipulated the fire in them, and the magma rocks moved upwards like a wave, and went back down towards Blaze.
"Magma huh? So, you've learned beyond your element.", Blaze noted before he shot his fire at the ground, giving him a boost to jump above the wave, evading its slam back onto the ground.
"Still not enough!", Blaze cried as he readied his fists but his eyes widened once he only saw a red Lion spirit waiting for him, and the Lion pounced at him, the element of surprise giving him the chance to knock him down on the ground.
"You stupid beast!", Blaze cried angrily, hating being taken by surprise, before he punched the lion, and the spirit disappeared in a burst of red energy, and Blaze eyes' widened once he saw Shinichi high in the air, landing down towards him, his scythe raised, glowing red with the fiery red fire surrounding him.
He would've landed with his scythe's blade right into Blaze's chest, had a Deathnoid not shot from his chest a black rope that wrapped around Shinichi's waist, before it exploded, sending him with a cry flying backward, before he hit the ground.
Shinichi did not get the chance to recover for one Deathnoid had its arms' enter inside its body before two arms came out of its waist, but instead of hands, there were shurikens attached. The arms started spinning around the waist, sending at rapid speed what seemed to be an endless number of shuriken.
Shinichi rolled out of the way, before he hissed in pain once he felt a bullet graze his chest, and he rolled out of the way again, noticing that one Deathnoid had his hands turned into gun barrels.
Shinichi kept running around, taking a quick glance at the 10 Deathnoids, while evading the ones that could shoot projectiles, understanding that each one has a certain ability, and he also noticed that there was a number on their backs, marking.
Number 1: held a Katana.
Number 2: Arms as gun barrels.
Number 3: Explosive ropes.
Number 4: Can surround himself by fire or shoot fire.
Number 5: Can shoot shuriken.
Number 6: has two circular electric saws for hands.
Number 7: has claws that can be shot and retracted like a harpoon.
Number 8: can shoot electricity.
Number 9: can fly and shoot energy beams.
Number 10...
Wait, where was number 10?
Shinichi paused in his movements once he saw that the other Deathnoids were not making any move, and he then hunched over with wide eyes, feeling something hard punch in the gut, before receiving another on the face, then his chest again, then one last punch to his face that sent him landing across Blaze's feet.
"Nice work, 10.", Blaze said. Out of nowhere, the tenth Deathnoid became visible, and the only difference between him and his fellow bots, was that he had huge gauntlet-fists for hands.
"Now, where were we?", Blaze said as he pulled up Shinichi from his neck, but the latter spat the blood in his face before he head butt him, causing Blaze to let go off him with a growl.
Shinichi's fists glowed as Fire engulfed them before he sent another punch into Blaze's face, but Blaze ducked before he opened his mouth and let out a breath of blue fire, that hit Shinichi in his chest and face.
He cried in pain from the fire that reached his exposed chest, before Blaze sent a punch into his face, cracking the visor, before he sent another one, destroying the visor.
Shinichi then jumped back before he jumped high and landed, slamming his fist into the ground as he cried, "Heat Eruption!".
Blaze rolled backwards, avoiding the flame bursts that came out of the ground before he frowned once he saw his vision was blocked by the continues flame eruption.
When the eruption died down, Blaze cursed once he saw that Shinichi was nowhere to be seen.
"Where are you, Red Ranger?", Blaze mumbled as he looked around before he heard the sound of beams being shot. He looked up to see Shinichi standing on a cloud of fire and was using it as a hoverboard to avoid the beams being shot towards him from the blaster hands of number 9.
Before Blaze can do anything, Ryu landed out of nowhere onto the back of number 9, tackling him into the ground, before he deactivated his gun-piston system.
"You get Blaze, Scar, Canary, and I got the robots!", Ryu called as he activated his guns, and Shinichi then noticed the two other FAUSD agents arriving; Kansuke and Yui.
Yui stood across numbers 4 to 7 of Deathnoids before she let out a powerful sonic scream, more powerful than that of Rosé, and it sent the Deathnoids flying away, their eyes cracking from its intensity. Number 1 tried to sneak up on her, but she ducked, avoiding his katana swing, before she turned and sent an uppercut, before she used her sonic scream, sending him flying away too.
Kansuke pulled out his twin katana swords before, moving them swiftly to block the bullets being fired towards him from Number 2, but he was of capable of sending the bullets back at the remaining Deathnoids, even number 9 and 20, making them confused and unable to react.
Shinichi nodded before he opened his hand, the scythe flying from the ground back to his hand, before he jumped off the fire cloud and started spinning fast, pointing his scythe at Blaze, fire surrounding him.
"Bakunetsu Screw!", He cried before he slammed into Blaze. Smoke filled the area for a few seconds before it disappeared, and Shinichi, now standing properly, stared at Blaze's now dead burning body, his scythe buried deep into his chest.
His eyes widened however, once he saw the body changing into blue flames before it disappeared.
'A clone?! How-', Shinichi did not get the chance to finish his thoughts, for Blaze stabbed him with a blade into his back. Shinichi's eyes slowly glanced down at the blade that came out of his chest, blood pouring from his mouth and chest.
Shinichi spat blood once Blaze pulled out the blade, before he threw it back at number 10 while mumbling, "Thanks.".
Blaze stared at Shinichi's body before he turned to the Deathnoids.
"We're done here.". Shinichi heard Blaze say and he heard the cries of Ryu, Yui, and Kansuke, "RED RANGER!".
Before everything faded to black.
~•~•~•~
"HAHAHAHA!", Kaguya laughed like a maniac as she charged towards Masumi and Ran with her broadsword, swinging it towards both girls.
The girls jumped sideways, evading the swing, with Masumi performing a breakdance move with one hand, spinning around while crying, "Whirlwind Dance!".
The whirlwind she created was supposed to pull in Kaguya but she remained in her place.
"Tiger/Eagle Spirit!", Masumi and Ran cried as they shot their animal spirits at Kaguya, seeing that the whirlwind had no effect on her.
Kaguya smacked both spirits with her broadsword, swinging it sideways, causing them both to explode in a burst of energy, that blinded her for a second.
When she opened her eyes, she no longer saw both girls and narrowed her eyes.
She turned sideways once she heard Ran cry, "Thunderclap!".
Ran had thrown her staff high above her before she opened her arms wide, and slammed her hands together, the clap sound she generated creating an electric shockwave that headed towards Kaguya, before she jumped high, grabbed her Staff, and cried, "Flying Thunder Pole!", and disappeared in yellow lightning, diving down with her staff pointed at Kaguya.
At the same moment, on the other side, Masumi swung her glaive sideways, sending a large gust of wind as she cried, "Airway!".
She then jumped high before diving down with her glaive pointed towards Kaguya, spinning very fast as if she was a drill while crying, "Wind Drill!".
Kaguya smirked lazily before she disappeared, the thunderclap and airway clashing into each other, while Masumi and Ran halted themselves and landed on their feet at the last moment once Kaguya disappeared.
"Where did she go?", Ran asked as she looked around.
"And why aren't the Deathnoids helping her?", Masumi questioned once she saw the robots that stood like a statue, not moving nor making a sound.
"They're probably here to help her... if we get the upper hand.", Ran guessed.
Masumi's eyes widened before she grabbed Ran and dived forwards, evading Kaguya in the last minute, who had landed with a slam on the ground, cracking the earth beneath her.
"I almost stomped you both!", Kaguya cried disappointed before she rested her blade on her neck, "I still have more chances though.".
Kaguya then raised an eyebrow once she saw Ran and Masumi gathering in the palm of their hands (Ran in her right, and Masumi in her left), round spiraling spheres of their elements before they charged together towards Kaguya.
"Rasengan!/Chidori!", Both Masumi and Ran cried.
Before they can reach Kaguya, number 7 shot forward both of his claw hands, the claws heading toward Masumi and Ran, piercing through their backs, making them cry in pain, before he pulled back his arms, pulling Masumi and Ran away from Kaguya, and he swung his arms, throwing Ran and Masumi off the claws sideways.
Both girls landed on their back before number 9 flew up and shot energy beam at the girls once they landed on their back, but they rolled out of the way before they were hit.
"Ranged Mode!", Both girls changed their weapons to their ranged form, with Masumi using her rifle to shoot at number 9, while Ran charged towards the rest of the robots at top speed before she jumped and threw her daggers down at their feet.
The daggers then created an electric field around the rest of the robots, electrocuting them, while Masumi managed to aim at number 9's jetpack while it was flying, damaging it, and causing the Deathnoid to land into the electric field Ran created.
"Where is Kaguy?", Masumi said once she looked back at where Kaguya was once standing.
Ran had turned to look at where Masumi was looking until she heard the sound of her electric field dying down, and an energy beam being charged.
She glanced behind her and her eyes widened before she pushed Masumi out of the way just as Kaguya cried behind her while firing multiple pink beams from her finger, "Death Beam!".
Masumi fell on the ground from Ran's push and her eyes widened once she saw the beams grazing Ran's arms, but two of them pierced her stomach and chest.
"RAN!", Masumi cried as Ran fell face first on the ground, unconscious.
Number 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 9 fired their projectiles and weapons towards Masumi and Ran, but out of nowhere, Chihaya landed between the girls and the Deathnoids, creating a white energy shield that blocked the projectiles off the girls.
One by one, the Deathnoids received a barrage of bullets at their backs, and once they turned, the ones with weapons and projectiles had their weapons damaged.
Shukichi and Shuichi were both holding rifles and firing nonstop at the robots, but number 10 turned invisible and dashed towards Shuichi, sending a punch, but he was surprised by Shuichi ducking before he used his Telegaun to push number 10 away and slam him into the other robots.
"Ran! Ran! Wake up!", Masumi cried frantically as she turned her friend over.
But her eyes widened and she spat blood in her helmet, once two pink beams pierced her body, the same way that happened with Ran.
"Don't worry about your friend, you'll be joining her soon.", Kaguya smirked from behind Masumi as the girl fell over Ran's body, nearly unconscious.
"I'll enjoy slicing you both.", Kaguya licked her lips viciously as she raised her broadsword.
Before she can swing her broadsword down onto the girl's body, she heard something behind her and turned around, a bullet missing her head by a few centimeters.
"Who-", She grunted once the new female started firing at her, grazing her exposed neck, before Kaguya cursed and teleported with the Deathnoids.
The last thing Masumi heard was multiple voices calling her name, before everything went dark.
~•~•~•~
Heiji and Makoto hopped back on their feet, grabbing their melee weapons and standing in a fighting stance ready. Kisame smirked at them as he rested his sword on his shoulder.
"What type of sword is dat?", Heiji asked in disbelief, eyeing the weapon. It had a giant black pole with six shark tooth-shaped black blades on one side, resembling half of a sawshark's snout. Its handle was that of a katana, but without a guard.
"Like it? I named it Kiribachi for its sawshark-like design.", Kisame explained, "I've lost count of the number of bodies I've cut with it. It's only disadvantage is that it takes much time to be cleaned.".
Makoto and Heiji grimaced as the first said in anger and disgust, "You're sick.".
"You just noticed?", Kisame scoffed.
Heiji pulled out his Neo Striker, activated its blade mode, before he pointed the katana blade at the ground while the Neo Striker at the top, making their handles touch, before he started spinning them fast, with water being formed.
"Hydro Whirlpool!", Heiji cried as a whirlpool beam shot from the blades towards Kisame.
Makoto slammed his hammer on the ground, burying it deep underground, before he raised it back up hard, rocks flying up with it, and Makoto swung his hammer sideways, sending the rocks flying towards Kisame, and they changed to the shape of missiles mid-air.
"Geo Missiles!", Makoto cried.
Kisame smirked at their moves before he snapped his fingers. Number 4 appeared in front of him, before he engulfed himself in fire, and fired beams of fire from his flamethrower hands.
The fire defeated Heiji's water whirlpool and headed towards him while the rocks were headed back with the fire towards Makoto.
Both Rangers jumped out of the way, missing the attack, but number 3 fired two explosive ropes towards them, and they had to jump again out of the way.
"Earth Shockwave!", Makoto cried as he jumped high before he landed with his hammer slamming onto the ground, creating a shockwave that caused any creature standing on the ground in the area around them to be sent away from the attack.
Heiji had already jumped upwards as he cried, "Ranged Mode!", and aimed his bow weapon at the Deathnoids that had fell on the ground, "Piercing Rain!".
He created from the blue Neo energy three arrows before he fired them, and the arrows multiplied into hundreds of arrows that attacked the 10 Deathnoids.
Heiji landed on the ground next to Makoto, and their eyes widened once they saw that the Deathnoids weren't even scratched, as they got back up.
"What the-", Heiji grunted, feeling something burning in his back. Makoto turned and his eyes widened but before he can do anything, Kisame pierced his hand through his abdomen deep, making him cry in pain, and starting to feel dizzy from the blood pouring from his injury.
Heiji had three from the saw blades piercing his back from Kiribachi.
"Weren't you ever told to never take your eyes off your opponent?", Kisame laughed viciously before he turned to the Deathnoids, "Fire at them!".
The Deathnoids that could shoot projectiles aimed their arms towards the two Rangers.
"NO!!!". Kisame raised his eyebrows at the sound of female voices, until he saw Hina, Masaki, and Sonoko arriving, firing using their guns at the Deathnoids, while Kazuha used her bow and arrows to fire at the Deathnoids.
The attacks made the Deathnoids confused and then turn to face the women, and fire the projectiles at them.
Dracule then appeared in front of the women, creating a dome shield surrounding them, and it reflected all the projectiles at the Deathnoids, but the robots rolled out of the way.
"You idiots! Fire here! HERE!", Kisame cried angrily before he grunted in pain once Lupin landed on his back and bit him on the neck.
Kisame pulled his hand out Makoto and removed Kiribachi from Heiji's back, causing both boys to fall on the ground, blood pouring even more from their injuries, before he pulled Lupin off his back and threw him aside.
Lupin landed on his feet gracefully, and Kisame stared for a second at how he wore his own version of FAUSD, helmet and all, except that his mouth and nose were revealed for him to use.
Lupin growled angrily and viciously at Kisame, ready to jump at him again, but Kisame glanced at Heiji and Makoto, and saw them about to lose consciousness anyway, so he scoffed.
"Next time then.", He grumbled before he snapped his fingers at the Deathnoids, and they disappeared.
The last thing Makoto and Heiji heard were the women crying their names with Lupin barking, alongside the sound of running footsteps.
~•~•~•~
"I'm going to warn you. Anyone I defeat ends up becoming my lab rat.", Genesis said calmly as he adjusted his glasses, "And I won't even break a sweat with you.".
"Overconfidence is the first step for failure.", Saguru pointed out as he swung his axe.
"How overconfident.", Genesis scoffed as the tentacles shot towards Saguru.
Saguru stomped his right foot on the ground, vines shooting upwards from the ground as he cried, "Forest Vines!".
The vines collided with the tentacles, keeping them busy, while Saguru charged towards Genesis before he jumped, raising his axe above his head.
Genesis narrowed his eyes and Saguru's eyes widened once Genesis raised his arm, and a bone extending from his arms and shot towards him.
Saguru raised his axe in front of his face to block the attack before he landed on his feet and rolled out of the way once the tentacles returned to attack him, and he now noticed how they tentacles easily cut off all of his vines.
Saguru continued running around before he jumped and landed in front of the Deathnoids, rolling out if the way, at the last moment, expecting the tentacles to pierce the Deathnoids.
His eyes widened under his helmet once he found the tentacles retracing back to Genesis back before the latter turned to the Deathnoids, "You aren't gonna let his little scheme pass like that, now?".
Saguru understood what Genesis was ordering the robots to do so he slammed his axe on the ground as he cried, "Wood Coffin!".
Wood and vine erupted from the ground around the Deathnoids, coiling around them in circular form, creating a prison, before they wrapped around them even more, aiming to destroy the Deathnoids with one squeeze.
Saguru's eyes widened once he saw electricity, fire, energy, shuriken, and bullets shooting out and piercing the vines, the Deathnoids freeing themselves.
Saguru then noticed that only 9 Deathnoids were present but he let out a cry of pain once he received a hard punch in the gut, causing him to hunch over, before he received another on the back of his head, making him dizzy. It felt as if he was hit by a wrecking ball.
And something held his arms behind his back, and then number 9 shot from its arms beams of energy directed at Saguru's chest.
Saguru's eyes widened before he let out a continuous screeching cry of pain, the energy beams burning through his suit and reaching his chest and abdomen.
"Interesting, the new material the Deathnoids have been made of made them much more durable, and the new power core they have now not just have made them powerful but even more intelligent.", Genesis noted as he adjusted his glasses.
Saguru bit his tongue, drawing blood, kneeling down a bit before he slammed the back of his head into whatever was behind him. He felt himself being freed and he turned to see number 10 becoming visible.
He opened his hand, and the axe flew to his hand, swinging it sideways, making number 10 jump away from him to avoid the axe attack.
"Ranged Mode!", Saguru used his shield to block the upcoming shurikens and bullets fired towards him before he jumped high, avoiding the lunge of number 6, missing the saw attack at the last moment.
The Shield had its edges surrounded by green energy, in the form of sharp piercing spikes, and Saguru threw it while crying, "Hedgehog Shield!".
The shield attacked every Deathnoid, ricocheting between and another, until it returned to Saguru 's hand once he landed to the ground, and he threw it at Genesis.
"Idiot boy, haven't you noticed that your weapon barely managed to scratch the robots?", Genesis snorted, "You think that will work on me?!".
Saguru's eyes widened once Genesis caught his shield with his hand, before he tightened his grip, and the shield was shattered into pieces.
"Impossible...", Saguru mumbled in disbelief.
Saguru looked up once he heard the sound of an eagle cry, and he looked up to see Watson flying down with Akako and Takaaki on his back.
Number 1 raised his Katana to charge at Saguru, but he was attacked by Takaaki who landed with his escrima sticks on the head of the Deathnoid.
The Deathnoid shook his head before he turned to face Takaaki, and attempted to stab the latter, but Takaaki used his sticks to block every attack.
Akako jumped off Watson just as he attacked the flying number 9, while Akako floated in the air with her arms upwards as she cried, "Carcer!".
Takaaki jumped away as Watson kicked number 9 to the ground with his talons, just before red mana surrounded every Deathnoid like a prison.
Saguru had already charged towards then at Genesis with his Neo Striker in its blade mode, and attempted to stab Genesis, but the latter smacked his hand away before he grabbed him from his neck.
"You should've refused the Ranger role when you were offered.", Genesis said as a bone came out of his arm, changing into a pole arm, before he stabbed Saguru in the chest.
Akako let out a cry of horror, letting go off the Deathnoids, once she saw the scene, "SA-GREEN RANGER!".
Genesis scoffed before he threw Saguru away, the latter bleeding profusely, as Akako flew swiftly down towards him, while Watson and Takaaki rushed towards Genesis to attack him.
"Just like Akuma-sama ordered. If they die, good. If they live, they even better, for the sake of his ultimate plan.", Genesis recalled before he and the Deathnoids teleported away.
The last thing Saguru heard were Genesis's words, and Akako's cries of his named before everything turned black.
~•~•~•~
"You're the ugliest thing I've ever seen.", Kaito said as he spun his hook swords, readying himself to face Reaper, while eyeing the still and silent Deathnoids.
"Well, remember my face well, because this is the face of the man who will hang your head as a trophy with the others I had their heads before.", Reaper growled with a smirk.
Kaito felt like he wanted to vomit from Reaper's words, feeling utterly disgusted from the sick smirk on the latter's face.
"You'll pay for everything you've done.", Kaito promised before he charged towards Reaper.
But Kaito then heard an ear piercing whistle that made him groan in pain as he tried to cover his ears with both his hands, he managed to look up and his eyes narrowed once he figured out the source of the sound.
Reaper's gills.
Number 3 then shot an explosive rope that landed across Kaito's feet before it exploded, sending him flying backwards.
Kaito adjusted himself mid air and landed on his feet, keeping his grip on his weapons, before he created 10 ice clones from himself, "Cryo Clones!".
"Keep the Deathnoids busy!", He ordered as the 10 clones charged towards the Deathnoids tackling them into the ground, while Kaito ran towards Reaper.
"Nice trick.", Reaper commented before he evaded Kaito's attack with his hook swords and evaded the uppercut Kaito tried to send with his hook swords again, before he sent a punch right into Kaito's face.
Kaito walked a few steps backwards, feeling dizzy from the hard punch, and noticing how the visor easily cracked from one punch.
"You honestly think a months of training is going to beat a years of experience in training, hunting, and killing?", Reaper growled in mockery.
"Yeah, why not? Cryo Escape!", Kaito countered as he flicked his finger, sending a small ice ball towards Reaper's face and it exploded into an ice cloud that blinded Reaper for seconds.
Reaper moved his hand to push away the cloud and once it disappeared, he narrowed his eyes once Kaito was nowhere to be seen across him.
He turned to see that the Deathnoids had recently destroyed the ice clones, but Kaito was nowhere near them.
"Oi!". Reaper turned around once he heard Kaito's voice behind him.
Kaito spun his hook swords swiftly before he threw them at Reaper, and they started spinning around him, creating a snow tornado around Reaper.
"Ice Tornado!", Kaito cried once he threw the swords.
Kaito cursed under his breath once Reaper jumped out of the tornado, heading towards him with his claws outstretched.
But Kaito gathered energy in both of his hands before he shot it forward while crying, "Wolf Spirit!".
Reaper growled as he used his claws to attack the howling spirit that was heading towards him with its mouth opened. The spirit exploded in a cloud of energy as Reaper landed, blinding him, and once he turned to look at where Kaito was supposed to be.
He was no longer there.
Reaper rubbed his chin for a second in thought before he scoffed and looked upwards, and Kaito was up in the air, his two hooks having ice blades extending from them, resembling shurikens now.
He threw both shurikens before he clapped his palms, the shurikens multiplying into several ones as he cried, "Ice Shuriken Rain!".
Reaper raised his eyebrows in slight impress, "Hmm... The previous Ranger couldn't do that with ice and the hook swords...".
Number 4 stood ahead before he surrounded himself by fire and shot flames from his hands, using the fire to melt all the shuriken heading towards the Deathnoids and Reaper.
Kaito cursed as he landed on the ground, the two original Hook swords returning to his hands.
Number 1 rushed towards Kaito with his katana, number 6 following him behind with his saws, while number 7 shot his claws at him. The other Deathnoids shot the projectiles at him, including the explosive ropes.
Kaito raised his eyebrows in surprise once Nina landed out of nowhere, blocking the katana and saws with both her blades.
Aoko landed on the ground before she swung her staff, knocking the claws away and forcing number 7 to retract them.
Jugo landed on the ground and stood in front of the projectiles, all of them reflecting off his body easily, without him feeling any pain.
Kaito was about to charge to help them until he felt someone tapping his shoulders. He turned around, only for Reaper to use his claws to slash Kaito in the chest, creating 4 right diagonal deep cuts on his chest, another identical ones on the left.
He did not give Kaito the chance to even wince because he grabbed Kaito from the neck, jumped high in the air, before he threw the latter with all of his might back at the ground.
"KAI-WHITE RANGER!", Aoko cried in horror once she saw the scene, especially when Katio's body created a crate 3 feet into the ground.
Reaper scoffed before he nodded at the Deathnoids, and they teleported away, while Jugo, Nina, and Aoko rushed towards Kaito.
"A...Aoko...", was the last thing Kaito managed to say before he fell unconscious.
~•~•~•~
"Dragon Fist!", Kaiden and Akuma chorused as they shot their right fists forward, sending their dragon spirit from their body out of their arm.
Kaiden's white dragon flew high in the air with Akuma's dark purple dragon imitating the same movement, both Dragons circling each other with a roar before they head butted, the impact of their collision sent both warriors meters away as the spirits disappeared.
"Someone has been training.", Akuma scoffed before he charged at Kaiden first.
Kaiden blocked all of his fists and kicks, while sending his own fists and kicks, their attacks and defenses looking like a blur to the bystander.
"Same with you, makes me wonder where did Atlas sent you.", Kaiden smirked before he slammed his palm into Akuma's abdomen with his hands surrounded by white aura, "Dragon Palm!".
Akuma grunted in pain once the palm sent him meters backwards before his body became surrounded by purple aura, gathering energy in both of his hands before he shot them towards Kaiden, "Galick Gun!".
Kaiden's eyes widened for a second before he rolled out of the way, and then he appeared out of nowhere in front of Akuma, before launching a barrage of fists into the villains chest as he cried, "Gatling Gun!".
Akuma grunted at every punch he received before he placed his palms across each with other with his arms sticking next to each other, "Burning Attack!".
Kaiden disappeared in an instant, missing the yellow exploding energy that was aimed at his fist.
"Only Dragonians can fire energy attacks while us can use it to enhance our physical abilities, the same difference between Chi and Energy... How can you use Dragonian attacks?", Kaiden said in disbelief as he appeared out of nowhere behind Akuma.
Akuma narrowed his eyes before he turned with a kick towards Kaiden, but the latter blocked it.
"I'm sorry old friend, but I can't reveal my plans to you, especially since it involves your new students.", Akuma said.
Kaiden's eyes narrowed dangerously at him as he nearly growled, "Over my dead body.".
"Soft as always, Orionson.", Akuma growled, "Yet you didn't join me to avenge our families.".
"Don't even think about bringing them into this, because you and I know they've got nothing to do with this!", Kaiden cried before he jumped, spinning swiftly as he sent a flying kick towards, looking like a drill, "Drill Kick!".
"Such an old move!", Akuma scoffed as he disappeared out of Kaiden's sight, the latter landing gracefully on the ground.
"You were even so noble to not use your weapons since I don't have one you...", Akuma had appeared again with his hands glowing purple, ready to strike Kaiden, but he trailed off once Kaiden no longer stood where he once was.
"Drill Kick is an old move, but this ain't.", Kaiden said behind him.
"Eight Trigrams... 64 Palms...", Kaiden narrowed his eyes before he slammed two fingers into Akuma's chest, "2 Strikes!".
He then hit his chest again with the same fingers but using his left hand this time, "4 Strikes!".
He slammed four different punches into his upper torso, "8 Strikes!".
He swiftly used his fists and fingers to hit nearly every critical spot in Akuma's chest eight times, "16 Strikes!".
With every hit Akuma would receive, he would take a step back, and now Kaiden striked him again in the same manner but 16 times, "32 Strikes!".
Kaiden took a step back before he repeated his strikes 31 times again, before he slammed his palm with all of his might into Akuma's chest as he cried, "64 Strikes!".
Akuma let out a cry of pain as he was sent flying away, slamming into several booths, before he slammed into a large ride, and that was the only thing that prevented him from keeping on flying.
"I didn't even use my full strength for this move, and it ain't my strongest either.", Kaiden explained calmly.
Akuma growled angrily, "It's been 10 years since someone has been capable of hurting me like that, and it was you back then...".
He slowly stood up as he glared at Kaiden, "You're a thorn at my side...".
"Not him alone!". Akuma looked up to see Static firing from both of his cannon arms beams towards Akuma, but the latter rolled out of the way.
"Masenko!", Akira appeared in front of Akuma and used his trademark move, but the latter jumped backwards, evading the strike.
"Your replacements for your sons are here.", Akuma mocked.
"Old tactic, making Kaiden angry so he can attack you.", Static spat as they landed beside Akira.
"You're not going anywhere.", Akira growled.
Akuma narrowed his eyes as he watched Kaiden walk up to stand between them, before he let out a grunt.
"We're done here, my generals have done their part.", Akuma said, "I've gotta say, despite your students not having years of training, they're pretty good, and they're even resisting their deaths.".
The three's eyes widened at his words before Kaiden nearly cried, "What have you done?!".
Akuma narrowed his eyes and said before he teleported away, "I've taught them a lesson they'll never forget.".
~•~•~•~
Later,
Somewhere Unknown,
The Organization agents were gathered in a room, with Akuma and the generals across them. Chris, Hidemi (both bandaged up beneath their clothes), and Rei hid their grimace at the sight at the villains.
"Everyone, meet our new allies against the Rangers, FAUSD, and who will help us achieve our ultimate goal...", Ano Kata's distorted voice echoed in the room.
"These are the main villains of the Power Rangers; Lord Akuma and his generals; Kisame, Kaguya Mishima, Reaper, Genesis, and Blaze. They're the Chaos Army.", Rum continued with his voice distorted, echoing across the room.
"So that's why we were tasked to delay any law enforcements.", Vodka mumbled.
"The important thing is that they don't get in our way.", Gin growled.
"Yeah, I don't want anyone interrupting my killing spree.", Cognac nodded.
Kisame smirked, "I like you two already, up to a killing spree challenge?".
Kisame's words made Cognac and Gin share a look before they smirked.
"I like the sound of that.", Gin said, with Cognac nodding in agreement.
"What will we gain from this alliance?", Korn asked calmly.
"Anything you desire, actually, when we succeed in ending all those who stand against us on Earth, you will be the ones ruing the new order.", Akuma said.
"Anything?", Chianti's eyes gleamed with a smirk.
"Rule the world, huh? Sounds interesting.", Rosé smirked.
"I wan to kill Kaitou Kid.", Snake growled.
"Trust me, with the knowledge and materials we can provide you, nothing will stand in your away.", Akuma said as he placed his arms behind his back, his eyes glowing, "especially if everything goes according to my plan.".
Chris, Hidemi, and Rei remained silent and kept their poker face on, but they all thought the same thing.
'Not good. This is not good...'.
~•~•~•~
1 Day Later,
Hansel stood on the top of a building, on its edge specifically, staring down at the streets of Tokyo below, with a blank facial expression.
"Hans?", Gretel mumbled with a low voice, but he did not turn to face her.
"I did what I did for your sake before theirs, you know Dracule would've-".
"I'm not mad at you, Gretel.", Hansel interrupted Gretel's explanation, making her look at him with pity silently.
"So... what're you going to do?", Gretel mumbled, her voice barely audible.
"I'll continue training Aoko, the girl is making progress, and I won't abandon her.", Hansel said before he sighed, "But I won't be able to continue in the team, not with Irene present.".
"You're going back to Germany?", Gretel guessed.
"No, I can't just walk away with my woman'a murderer alive.", Hansel turned to her then with an angry look, "I'll chase down the men in black, not just Irene, but I'll go somewhere else.".
"I'll come with you.", Gretel said.
"No. Stay, the team needs you, I'm the one who should stay away. I won't be able to stand face-to-face with Irene.", Hansel said before he smiled weakly and sadly at his sister.
"I'll see you around, Gret.", Hansel saluted his sister before he teleported, leaving a sad Gretel alone.
Gretel stared at the moon above as she mumbled, "Stay safe, Hans...".
~•~•~•~
Meanwhile,
FAUSD Medical Department,
The Rangers winced as they opened their eyes simultaneously, guessing from their surroundings that they were in the hospital of FAUSD, and the seven sat up, noticing now that they were placed in separate beds next to each other in one large room, unmorphed.
The boys were bare chested with their arms and bodies bandaged, while Masumi and Ran wore a tank top over their bandaged chests.
"Thank God you're okay!", Agasa was the first to speak up, his voice cracking in happiness.
The Rangers then noticed that everyone who was involved in this mission was present with Agasa, Jii, and Kashiko. Even Alaina was there, but she was bandaged up like them.
"You're all lucky, your powers kept you alive long enough for us to save you.", Araide said.
"How many times did I tell you to be careful, you idiot boy?!", Kashiko cried angrily at Saguru as she teared up, making the latter look away for a second.
"You had us all scared...", Jii trailed off, trying to hide his cracking voice but failing to do so.
"How... how long have we been out?", Heiji spoke up, his voice feeling hoarse. Kazuha rushed to his side and handed him a cup of water. He mumbled a 'thanks' before he took a sip.
"A day.", Chris said grimly.
"The Organization have teamed up with the Chaos Army, didn't they?", Shinichi deduced grimly.
"Our mission was to kill Curaçao and keep any law enforcement busy...", Chris mumbled, "Rum never explained why, but putting two and two together... We now know... I'm sorry, I failed you all.".
"Wasn't your fault, had you known, you'd have said something.", A new voice said, making Masumi look up and her eyes widened.
It was Mary's voice, but she was no longer a middle school girl, she was back to her real age, wearing a FAUSD suit like the others, and Masumi then recalled the female FAUSD agent that fired at Kaguya.
"It was you back then...", Masumi mumbled.
"Wasn't going to let some sick alien kill my daughter.", Mary scoffed before she smiled as she walked towards Masumi and shared a side hug, making the girl smile.
She then looked at Ran, "Nor her friend who took the hit for her, nor caring about her life.".
Ran smiled, "I only did what was right.".
Kaito then noticed that everyone in the room was tense and grim, uespecially Kaiden, Akira, and Static.
"It was not your fault, Akuma and his generals decided to be a bunch of bastards, and they were coming to Earth sooner or later.", Kaito pointed out.
"Still, we should've protected you.", Static mumbled.
"We all fell for his trap.", Akira sighed heavily.
Kaiden remained silent for a few moments before he mumbled, "They've gotten stronger since we last met... They've been training for 10 years somewhere.".
"I guess that means more training for us.", Makoto said.
"Is that the first thing you think of when you've just woken up?!", Sonoko cried in disbelief.
Eisuke whispered to her, "Kyogoku, remember?".
"Their weapons managed to get through our suits.", Saguru said.
"And the Deathnoids are nearly indestructible.", Ran mumbled.
"This means that we'll have to upgrade everything.", Nina said, "And all of us must train even harder.".
Haibara then looked at Ryu, for he too was bandaged up, but he was still standing. He looked down at her and mumbled, "He got lucky.".
"He hurt you.", Haibara snorted.
"That was nothing, I'm going to kill him.", Ryu nearly growled. Chris and Mary noticed the interaction and shared a look.
"Wait, where is Irene?", Shinichi recalled their original mission.
Kuroda and Cerine smiled as they stood aside, revealing Irene who hid behind them.
Irene smiled faintly at them, "I can't thank you enough for putting your lives at risk for me, and I apologize for everything you've been through yesterday, for it was my fault.".
"What's with people blaming themselves for things they had no control over?", Masumi mumbled.
"Nonsense, Irene-san, the important thing is you're back and with your family.", Ran assured her.
'Family...', Alaina thought miserably as she remembered Hayden, and remembered Gretel and Hansel. When she went to visit them with Dracule, both were already gone.
Alaina snapped out of her thoughts once she felt someone squeezing her shoulder, and she looked up to see Sango giving her a comforting smile, which made her return it with gratitude.
"So... we got nothing from this mission but saving Irene, that's good enough.", Jugo shrugged.
"Not nothing, we now know who our enemies are exactly.", Shuichi pointed out, "And we know our weaknesses and faults. Yesterday we got lucky, and no one died, but we can't make the same mistakes again.".
"I-".
"Don't even think about investigating further.", Dan hissed at Chris making her look coldly at him, "You'll expose yourself and get yourself killed!".
Dan then turned to Hidemi and Rei, "The same with you!".
Hidemi said nothing as Akira placed an arm around her, making her look at him, and he nodded in agreement with Dan's words.
Rei found himself looking at Masumi, wanting to see her reaction, and his heart skipped beat when he saw her worried, and nodding in agreement with Dan's words, and that alone made him sigh and accept Dan's terms.
"We will go nowhere if I don't do anything.", Chris pointed out.
"The man before the mission, is how we function as FAUSD, unless it's very critical, and we are not in a critical situation.", Takaaki reminded her before his face softened, "I don't want to lose my mother again.".
His words made Chris's stubborn face expression soften a bit, and she turned to Nina and Ryu to see them look at her in the same way, agreeing with Takaaki's words.
"Chris-san, you don't have to risk your life, we'll manage with any information you can give.", Saguru assured her.
"Hey, we've done pretty well without you and with your small info, we can keep on doing so.", Kaito nodded in agreement, Aoko squeezing his hand from where she stood next to him.
"We are not exactly behind...", Irene trailed off before she smirked, "I still have my knowledge as Curaçao after all.".
Her words made everyone look at her with surprise before smiling slightly.
"You better have something useful, like Rum's abilities and men.", Kansuke grunted.
"I know who Rum is. I've seen his face and so have his other men. We're the only ones who know his real identity and face, and the only reason he revealed it to us was because if he required us to take his place using the voice distortion or disguise, especially when talking to the boss.", Irene smirked.
Yui narrowed her eyes, "Why would he want you to answer to the boss instead of him?".
"Ever since his mistake during the Haneda Kohji case, Rum and Ano Kara have issues, according to what he told us, especially since he believes that this was the case that had the Akai Family hunt us.", Irene explained.
"It's not the only one.", Akemi mumbled, Araide holding her hand and squeezing, the latter recalling being told her parents' were dead. Haibara herself looked away, recalling the same thing, while Mary's eyes turned cold.
"So, there is trust issues among the higher ups, that is something good and can help us take them down.", Sonoko pointed out as she sat next to Makoto on his bed, with Lupin barking in agreement, standing next to the bed.
"We don't know for sure if they're all fighting.", Aoko said.
"And I find it worrying how Cognac is a Magi, from what Alaina-Sensei said.", Akako recalled, petting Watson who was standing on her shoulder before she looked back at Saguru, checking on him with her eyes.
At the Rangers' surprised look towards her, she nodded, "He's very strong too, and I would've died had Sango, Jugo, Shukichi, Takaaki did not come back to save me.".
"Oh great, as if them bein super soldiers wasn' enough.", Heiji grumbled.
"Rosé was too, but she was easily defeated, so I don' think she's dat much of a threat... yet.", Kazuha recalled.
"They're not unbreakable.", Hina reminded them.
"No one is, but you can be capable of breaking others.", Masaki pointed out.
"Sweetheart, can you tell us now Rum's real identity? Maybe it can help us figure something out.", Cerine asked her daughter.
Irene nodded before she said, "He's 65 years old, and his real name is Kodaira Katsuta.".
Everyone furrowed their eyebrows, not recognizing the name, while Chris's eyes widened, and she froze in her place, recalling something that haunted her for years.
Dan instantly noticed and turned to her with a frown, "Christine?".
"It was... his father... back then... with him...", Chris mumbled as she placed her hands on her head, closing her eyes, trying not to remember something.
"Kaachan, are you okay?", Nina asked worriedly.
Chris let go off her head and let out a heavy sigh, "I don't know much about him... but I do know about his father...".
"We can talk later, you seem tired.", Kuroda nodded.
Irene was curious to know what was going on, but she continued, "And he has multiple fake identities, but he's current is a Sushi Cook named Wakita Kanenori.".
The Rangers' eyes widened while Ran's face paled, before her fellow Rangers turned to her.
"Oh God... no...", Ran mumbled in horror.
"That man... he's asked Occhan to be his detective apprentice... He's the sushi chef in the restaurant nearby...", Shinichi recalled before he frowned heavily, "My work as sleeping Kogoro had gotten their attention.".
Chris frowned at Shinichi, and he understood what she wanted to tell him, she had warned him to be much more careful before, and then he glanced down once he felt someone glaring daggers at him, and his eyes met Haibara's stern ones, before he looked away.
"I have to give it to him, he doesn't look that special nor dangerous when we once saw him while walking down the streets.", Saguru mumbled.
"I have to keep my eyes on my father... I can't let that man near him anymore.", Ran clenched her fists tightly.
"What about the Chaos Army? And the Deathnoids?", Makoto asked, returning back to the other big issue.
"Madeira's invention no doubt.", Haibara deduced.
"I guess it's time for your power up.", Kaiden said, getting everyone's attention.
"Power up?", The Rangers chorused.
"The Dragonian Rangers had for themselves a power up created for tougher enemies; suits, Zords, and weapons. Much durable and stronger than the normal mode, but when they passed away, the scientists hid their power ups out of Dragonia, placing the powers with the suits, Zords, and weapons, into Gauntlets.", Akira explained, "Since they were based on our Vanguard Warriors, which are equal to the commandoes or the elite special soldiers in any military force, they were named the Vanguard Gauntlets.".
"Ever since you guys joined and we found out about the Organization, we thought you might need them, but we never mentioned them unless we failed to discover their location.", Kaiden added, "And Static found in their old scrolls they'd stored a riddle to that points at the location of each Gauntlet, on Earth.".
"Thank God, they hid it on Earth, that makes things a bit easier.", Kaito sighed.
"I guess we know all know what we are going to do when we're healed.", Shinichi said.
Cerine stared at the Rangers intently. She already guessed from their actions and body language that they were ignoring their fear and anger at what happened yesterday to keep moving forward and considering how they did not bring it up and keep saying they are okay, her pointing it out is useless.
But that doesn't mean she won't mention it again.
"Static, relay the riddle.", Kaiden ordered.
"Aye aye, Captain!", Static saluted before their wrist opened up revealing a keyboard. They pressed a few buttons before a hologram shot upward from the wrist, displaying multiple lines of a weird symbols, close to Kanji, but it was not. This was the Dragonian language.
As Static read the riddle, the words being read would change into English and glow.
"Seven gauntlets lie in lands untamed,
Each holds a power, a force unnamed.
Seek them where nature's fury is rife,
Through elements' heartbeats, you'll find their life.".
"In molten depths where lava flows,
The Pyro Gauntlet's ember glows.".
"Where thunder strikes with ceaseless might,
The Electro Gauntlet sparks the night.".
"In a city submerged, where legends reign,
The Hydro Gauntlet guards the ocean's domain.".
"In a swirling dance of chaotic air,
The Aero Gauntlet waits in a tempest's lair.".
"Deep in the earth where shadows play,
The Geo Gauntlet rests in stone's embrace.".
"In a jungle vast, where green is supreme,
The Dendro Gauntlet feeds the wild dream.".
"On frozen peaks in endless white,
The Cryo Gauntlet chills with arctic bite.".
"Seven in all, in nature's grasp,
Find them and wield their Vanguard boundless clasp.".
~*~*~*~
Due to my upcoming practical and final exams, I'll pause updating all of my works (even Dusk Till' Dawn but I'll update this month's two chapters) until February.
Until then, I'll be beta reading all of my works and adding any missing images. Wish me luck, and I hope you guys liked this chapter!
Sorry I was late, my health issues are returning again ;)