Thank you to zuesthethundergod on Wattpad for suggesting the name for Megazord's final attack.
The Rangers are doing their usual morning training session outside the Shiba House. Jayden and Kevin are sparring. Meanwhile, outside the front gate, a man, around 5'8'' with almond-shaped brown eyes, medium-length, silky, straight brown hair and rosy skin, walks up to the gate. He sets the package down that he has been carrying for the last ten miles. He knocks on the front gate. Kevin stops mid-swing on the other side of the gate with the rangers. He turns to face Jayden.
"Hey, Kevin, what's wrong?" Jayden asks.
"I heard a knock at the front gate," Kevin answers.
Jayden and Kevin leave to investigate. Back outside the gate, the man hears Jayden and Kevin walking up. He quickly dashes over to one of the trees far enough away so they can't see him. A few seconds later, he sees the boys walk out.
"There is no one here, just a package," Kevin says.
"I can't believe that someone played ding-dong ditch on us," Mike says as he walks up to them.
"Mike, the front gate doesn't have a doorbell," Kevin says.
"Let's bring the package inside," Jayden says.
The man smiles because he is happy he has done what he was told. Another man, Fredrick, steps out of the shadows. He has eyes the color of milk chocolate, red hair and light-colored skin.
"Well done, my friend," Fredrick says
"Thank you, Fredrick, but why didn't you wait for your great-granddaughter? Isn't she going to visit the Tengen Gate today?" The man asks.
"Yes, but she feels she's not ready to become a ranger," Fredrick says.
The two men head back to the Tengen Gate. Inside the house, Jayden calls a meeting in the living room to discuss their findings.
"Who sent it?" Emily asks.
"I don't know. There isn't a return address." Kevin answers.
Mike notices a note attached to the top right corner of the box. Mike takes it off and reads it to the Rangers.
Hello Young Samurai,
Inside this box is my great-granddaughter Tracy's folding zord and a book full of new symbols that her father and I never had a chance to teach her. I know that she is brave in the face of danger and has the true spirit of a samurai. She hasn't had the best track record when making new friends, so she didn't want to come when she received the message arrow.
Thank you again,
Frederick, The Aging Samurai
"If Fredrick knew where the Shiba House is, did he come here before?" Mike asks.
"Yes, when Jayden was a boy, Tracy, her older brother Christen, along with their father Julian and Fredrick, would come here during the summer until she was around 8," Ji says.
Jayden opens the package. Inside are two power discs, snow leopard and penguin folding zords, and a book full of symbols Tracy needs to master.
"Those zords don't look all that intimidating," Kevin says.
"Do not judge a book by its cover," Ji says.
"You're right, Mentor. Jayden, how to go about finding the seventh samurai Ranger?" Kevin asks.
The Gap Sensor sounds. He tells the Rangers they have work to do.
Meanwhile, Tracy Buendia is walking through the entrance to the Tengen Gate. (She is 5'5', has blonde hair and blue eyes and normally wears contacts, but today, she decided to wear her backup glasses with star beads on the earpieces.) She is wearing a silver tank top, jean shorts and tennis shoes. She also carries her purse on her right shoulder and a reasonably sized backpack that she could store in the overhead compartment.
"Hi, Tracy. Your great-grandfather isn't here," Daisuke says as he approaches her.
"Where did he go?" Tracy asks through a yawn as she stretches her tired muscles.
"He went to the Shiba House," Daisuki says.
"Why exactly?" Tracy asks.
"Fredrick knows your doubts about being ready to become the silver ranger," Daisuke says.
"I know I'm ready. I've never been good at making new friends," Tracy says.
"You'll have to face those fears sooner rather than later," Diaskue says, handing Tracy her Samurizer.
"I know," Tracy sighs as she puts her Samuriazer in her back pocket.
She walks through the park, hoping it will calm her nerves since she's still anxious about meeting the other rangers. Tracy loves how peaceful it is here. Then a Nighlok walks in (it's dark green, bear-sized, and has incredibly long razor-sharp claws on its hands), and children run away screaming, seeing its terrifying appearance.
"Children's screams, what a glorious sound." The nighlok says.
"Hey, whatever you are, what do you think you are doing?" Tracy asks.
"I am a Nighlok. My name is Green Grasper, and I'm doing my job raising the Sanzu River," Green Grasper answers.
"The Sanzu River is not going to raise another inch, not while I am here," Tracy says.
"What are you planning on doing, little girl?" Green Grasper asks.
Tracy leads all the children to safety before returning to confront Green Grasper again.
"You may have saved the children, but you won't be able to save yourself. Moogers attack." Green Grasper says.
"Go, Go, Samurai," Tracy says.
"Wait, there are seven rangers now," Green Grasper says.
"It's only going to take one to defeat you," Tracy says.
Tracy is doing well. Green Grasper calls for some more Moogers to attack. They surround her. She notices a small gap between them. She leaps and does a summersault, rolling to safety. She gets to her feet and turns around to see the Moogers destroying each other.
"You're smarter than I thought you were." Green Grasper says.
"You've never heard the phrase big things come in small packages?" Tracy says.
It wants to see how she fares in fighting against it. Green Grasper rushes in. They do battle for a few minutes until he starts to dry out. Green Grasper slithers into a gap, back to the Netherworld.
"Come back, coward. This battle isn't finished yet," Tracy shouts.
Tracy demorphs and then looks down at her arm. She sees a deep cut where Green Grasper's attack hit.
I hate to admit it, but it was tougher than I thought. Tracy thinks.
Tracy leaves the park. She feels dizzy with every step she takes. She knows she needs to find the Shiba House fast. She stumbles up to the gate and musters up the last of her strength to push it open. She makes it up the front steps and knocks on the door. Inside the house, the rangers sit in the living room, resting from their latest battle with a different Nighlok in the forest.
"Antonio and I will go and check it out. Everyone else will stay put." Jayden says.
The others nod. Jayden and Antonio walk up to the front door. Antonio slowly opens it. Tracy falls forward, and he catches her in his arms. Jayden bends down to get a look at Tracy, too. The Leopard zord runs up, jumps into the air and lands on Tracy's shoulder. It nuzzles Tracy's cheek.
"Holla, Alegria, I guess you remember me," Tracy chuckles.
"Alegria? I didn't know it had a name?" Jayden says.
"Alegria, it means Joy," Antonio says.
"Tracy, what happened? Why didn't you call Ji?" Jayden asks.
"First question: a Nighlok attacked innocent children in the park, so I helped them. To answer your second question, I..." Tracy answers, thinking hard about each word to hide her Latina accent.
Tracy faints. Antonio stands up slowly. Tracy's Samurizer falls out of her pocket and lands on the floor. They walk back to the living room. The group gets out of their chairs and goes to greet them. The blue ranger is the first to notice the unconscious girl in Antonio's arm and the snow leopard zord sitting on her shoulder.
"Is that girl Tracy?" Mike asks.
"Yes, right now, she needs help," Antonio says, noticing the cut on Tracy's arm.
Antonio carries Tracy to the spare bedroom and lays her in the bed. Ji enters with the first aid kit and patches up the cut on her arm.
"She'll be alright, won't she?" Antonio asks.
"Relax, Antonio. Tracy will be fine after she gets a little rest." JI answers.
The two of them leave the room. So she can rest, but neither of them remembers to close the door. Antonio walks back into the living room.
"How is Tracy doing?" Jayden asks.
"She'll be fine. JI said she needs some rest." Antonio says.
"What happened to her, exactly?" Kevin asks.
"She said that there was a Nighlok attack in the park." Jayden answers.
"Why didn't the gap sensor go off?" Mike asks.
"I don't know, Mike," Jayden says.
An hour later, the groups enter the room. Jayden hears a low moan. He looks down and watches Tracy slowly wake up. She reminds herself to hide her Mexcian accent, wanting to make a good first impression.
"Tracy, I'd like you to meet Kevin, Mike, Emily, Mia, and Antonio," Jayden says.
"Nice to meet you. My best friend Ashley calls me T-Dawg. You guys can call me Tracy." She says, still concealing her accent the best she could, reaching over to the end table to get her glasses.
"How did you get that nickname?" Kevin asks.
Tracy gives Kevin an I don't know shrug before she gets out of bed. Her backpack and purse are sitting on the desk. She walks over to them, puts her glasses away and takes out her contacts and a pack of sanitizer wipes. She cleans her hands and then opens the contact case.
"When did you get contacts?" Jayden asks.
"Last year," Tracy replies, trying to hide her Mexican accent.
She puts the contact case in her purse, closes it, and puts it on her right shoulder before putting her backpack on her back.
"Wait, where are you going?" Antonio asks as Tracy starts to leave the room.
"To try to find another apartment," Tracy says.
"Find another apartment?" Antonio asks.
"The one I was going to stay at called me an hour ago and said they lost my application. I don't understand how since I emailed it to them three times and sent two copies in the mail." Tracy explains.
"It sounds like you did everything you could on your end. It was the post office's fault for losing it, and sometimes, when you send an email, it can get lost somewhere in cyberspace." Antonio says.
"I know, but I'm still too ashamed to call my mom. She already bought my plane ticket to fly out here, so I can't ask her to do anything else for me," Tracy says.
"What about your dad?" Mike asks.
"He uhh.." Tracy says, taking a deep breath to keep herself from crying, "passed away suddenly a month before my 15th birthday. Anyways, I'm supposed to be an adult. I can't keep running back to her every time something goes wrong. I need to handle this on my own." Tracy continues walking towards the door.
"You can't leave. You're the seventh samurai Ranger." Kevin says, changing the subject.
"I know that, Kevin. No soy tonto, I'm not dumb, but it's obvious that even though my great-grandfather may have trained me, Nunca voy a ser tan fuerte como él o mi madre, I'm never going to be as strong as him or my mom, Lo siento. I'm sorry, but the team is better off without me," Tracy says as she gets frustrated.
She tosses her Samurizer towards the bed like a Frisbee. It lands softly on it. Then she runs out of the room fast enough so Alegria, her zord, can't jump onto her shoulder to stop her from leaving.
The gap sensor sounds again. The rangers leave to fight the Nighlok. Back in the park, Green Grasper is busy scaring everyone. It laughs as the people run away in fear. The rangers led the people to safety. They turn around to face it.
"Samurai Rangers, what are you doing here? I have no business fighting you. All I want to do is battle the silver ranger," Green Grasper says.
"This must be the Nighlok Tracy told us about," Antonio says.
"Sorry to disappoint you, Nighlok, but you must battle us instead," Jayden says.
It calls for some Moogers to battle the Rangers. The air is filled with the sounds of the rangers' spin swords clashing against the Moogers' blades. Meanwhile, back at the Shiba House, Ji finds Tracy outside, sitting on the bench. He sits down next to her. She looks over at him. Algeria jumps onto her shoulder.
"Why were you hiding your accent?" Ji asks.
"I got made fun a lot during middle and High school, so I didn't want the others to think I'm weird," Tracy says.
"Teenage children can indeed be mean, but you need to give the others a chance," Ji says.
"I will, and I'm sorry about how I acted before JI," Tracy says.
"It's fine; don't compare yourself to your great-grandfather or your mom. Both were great Samurai. Even though you are your mother's daughter in so many ways, you are allowed to be your own person, find your own fighting style and use it to fight the Nighlok," JI says, handing Tracy her Samuraizer.
"You do remember the name of the spin sword attack, don't you?" Ji asks.
"No, Mom never told me what it is," Tracy replies, racing off to help the Rangers.
Back in the park, Jayden uses his blazing strike to destroy the Moogers he is fighting. Green Grasper aims its attack at Emily. Tracy makes a dramatic entrance and pushes Emily out of the way, saving her. The others run over to them. Mike helps Emily up, and Antonio helps Tracy.
"Nice entrance, chica," Antonio says.
"Gracias, Goldy," Tracy says in her Latina accent.
Tracy takes out her Samuraizer. She says go, go, samurai and draws the ice kanji. Green Grasper sees the silver samurai stand next to the others.
"Welcome back, Silver Ranger. This time, I'll defeat you," he says.
"I won't lose this time," Tracy says confidently.
She launches her spin sword attack - Frostbite. The Rangers watch as it heads towards Green Grasper. It dodges the spin sword attack.
"I guess you are more powerful than you were before. It won't matter. I'll still defeat you," he says.
"Keep dreaming, Green Grasper." Tracy says as she spins the disk on her sword to change it into her weapon, "Spin sword Leopard spear, try to dodge this Leopard spear ice symbol, strike!" Tracy says.
Green Grasper falls over and then explodes. He grows to the size of Dodger Stadium. Jayden and the other Rangers go into megazord mode. They call for their zords. They form the Samurai megazord.
"All right, it is my turn now, Snow Leopard folding Zord. Megamode power." Tracy says.
Green Grasper laughs when he sees the new zord.
"Aw, the pretty little kitty is going to try to hurt me, " He taunts.
"Leopard Zord, hail storm," Tracy says.
Kevin is impressed by how powerful the new zord is.
"Tracy, join us," Jayden says.
Tracy spins the disk in front of her. The snow leopard zord combines with the megazord. She puts her mega blade in the slot on the panel.
"Leopard storm megazord armed for battle," Tracy says.
"Is that new combination supposed to scare me?" Green Grasper asks.
Tracy decides to show Green Grasper what the megazord can do. She launches the blizzard attack. Green Grasper became an ice sculpture.
"Great job, Tracy. Now let's finish this," Jayden says.
The Rangers activate their megablades and spin their disks.
"Leopard storm megazord, Arctic Blast!" The rangers say.
Tracy watches as Green Grasper explodes. Tracy can hardly believe this just happened.
"Jayden, I think you should let Tracy say the five words you always say when we destroy a Nighlok," Antonio suggests.
"It's okay, Antonio. I don't want to steal any of Jayden's thunder." Tracy says.
"It's okay, Tracy, really," Jayden says.
Jayden walks over to her. He whispers the phrase into her ear.
"Samurai rangers, victory is ours," Tracy says.
The rangers walk into the living room. Everyone sits down. Tracy stands in the hallway. Antonio pats the chair next to him. She smiles, walks over to him and sits down.
"Tracy, you did a great job today," Kevin says.
"Thanks, Kevin. I think it was beginner's luck and nothing more," Tracy says.
"You really shouldn't talk about yourself that way. You do have the true spirit of a Samurai." Jayden says.
"Thanks, Jayden," Tracy says.
"Why did you hide your accent earlier," Jayden asks.
"Yeah, it's cute," Antonio adds.
"Thanks, Antonio," Tracy says, twirling her hair around her finger. "I got picked on a lot in middle and high school. I had to hide it so the other students would stop calling me the weird kid,"
"Tracy, we have plenty of room here. You're welcome to stay." JI says.
Tracy doesn't want to trouble them, and she doesn't want to admit it, but the Shiba House was much nicer than the apartment she would have gotten anyway.
"I could stay for a while," Tracy says.
The rangers stand up and put their hands together in a circle. Antonio's hand is on top of everyone else's.
"What is going on?" Tracy asks.
"It's another thing we do occasionally after a battle," Antonio says.
Tracy stands up and puts her hand on top of Antonio's. She looks down to realize that she put her hand in the wrong direction. Their fingers lined up perfectly—like they were meant to be.
"Rangers together, Samurai forever!" The rangers say.
The rangers raise their hands toward the ceiling. A few seconds later, Antonio's hand brushes against hers, and her heart skips a beat. Tracy puts her hand back down at her side. Antonio looks over at her. He watches her cheeks start to turn a light shade of pink.
"So, Tracy, do you like to sing karaoke, by chance?" Antonio offers.
"Me encanta cantar karaoke. I love to sing karaoke," Tracy replies.
"Great, let's get going then," Antonio says eagerly, taking hold of her wrist.
The others and Ji chuckle as they watch Antonio gently pull Tracy toward the door.