A/N: This is my first original chapter for OO, introducing Jazz's secondary Zord.
Sorry for the long wait, but my life's been a complete nightmare these past few weeks, giving me hardly any time to write for any of my stories. So sorry.
Shoutouts:
Mpatton17: I see your point, but you'll have to wait and see, as my previous OC appearing in it might be like Kira and Tori.
Guest: I had to look this up, as Aid Volunteers only get paid to cover their expenses, which I didn't know when I started. So I'm not really sure.
Please read and review?
Intro:
A spinner spins around and then stops, showing the Overdrive symbol. The Rangers all receive their gene resequencing, and then they walk along a beach. All but Will - along with Spencer - turn around in the Command Center. Mack twirls his morpher, then he and Will do a fighting pose.
Go Rangers Go...
Dax uses his Drive Vortex to hover above the ground.
..Rangers, Go!
Will holds up his Drive Slammer.
Go! Go!
Jazz holds up her Drive Axe, then Ronny jumps up with her Drive Claws, and Rose somersaults sideways to the left with her Drive Geyser.
Go Rangers...
Dax kicks a Chiller away.
..Go Rangers...
The Rangers gather around Mr. Hartford.
..Go! Go! Go!
Mack's morph sequence is shown, and then he morphs up. He then sits in his Zord as his Control Driver lifts up.
Power Rangers...
The DriveMax Zords all move out.
James MacLurcan
as Mack
..Operation Overdrive!
Catlin Murphy
as Ronny
Power Rangers...
The Super DriveMax Megazord stands at ease.
Samuell Benta
as Will
..Operation Overdrive!
The Rangers - minus Mack - morph up.
Watch six...
The DriveMax Megazord aims the Cement Driver.
..fingers reaching for the...
Rhoda Montemayor
as Rose
..sky in six ways,
Six heroes...
Gareth Yuen
as Dax
..walking through the sun for six days,
Dark forces...
Emily Barclay
as Jazz
..lurking, leaving evil where they roam
Flurious stares at the full Corona Aurora.
Six Rangers looking for the same six stones!
Flurious and Motor try to grab the Corona Aurora, but lighting comes out of it and hits them both.
David Weatherby
as Spencer
Rob Lousich
as Andrew Hartford
Go! Go! Go!
Ria Vandervis
as Miratrix
Kelson Henderson
as Norg
Gerald Urquhart
as Flurious
The Rangers stand together in the Command Center. Dax reaches for a cocoon, but it flies away past the Rangers and multiplies.
There's treasures to be found...
Will rides his Hovertek Cycle.
..there's some lives to...
Mack pulls a mother and child away from some lava.
..be saved,
The DriveMax Megazord aims the Drill Driver.
Our planet to look after, there's a whole lot of space!
The Rangers all spin the wheel on their trackers in their Zord cockpits.
Good vs...
The Rangers stand together on a rocky beach.
..Evil...
Flurious holds up his staff in his throne room, while Norg looks away.
..we got heroes...
The Rangers - minus Mack - all nod while helmetless.
..on the scene,
The Sub Driver approaches a rock underwater.
Producer:
Janine Dickins
Power...
The Gryo Driver hovers above in the sky, then the Dump Driver bounces along the ground.
..Rangers Overdrive...
The Copter Driver flies above in the sky.
..is the number one team!
The Rangers gather together.
Go!
The Rangers all run along a bridge as it collapses behind them.
Executive Producer:
Koichi Sakamoto
Power Rangers...
Mack summons his Defender Vest. He then fires the Drill Blaster as the others stand around him. The SHARC flies above some clouds.
..Operation Overdrive!
Will turns his Hovertek Cycle into hover mode.
The Rangers do a fight pose as an explosion goes off behind them.
Executive Producer:
Bruce Kalish
The DriveMax Megazord slashes its saber over the Overdrive symbol.
Power Rangers, Operation Oh-verdrive!
In the Hartford Mansion, Jazz was sitting on the couch in the main room, reading a medical book, as Mr. Hartford came in with Mack and Rose.
"So, we have the first jewel, but we still need to find the other five." Mr. Hartford said.
"Any idea on where to start searching for the next jewel, Dad?" Mack asked.
"No, not yet." Mr. Hartford said.
He stopped and turned to them as Jazz looked up at them all.
"No clue at all, Mr. Hartford?" Jazz inquired.
"No. I am however working on the newest Zord for your arsenal." Mr. Hartford assured. "Now that we have the first jewel, Moltor, Flurious and Miratrix are all bound to up their game."
"I agree. They'll all be determined not to let us get another." Rose agreed.
Meanwhile, Moltor was sitting in his throne in his volcano, with his hand on his chin.
"Hmm? The Rangers have managed to find the first jewel, but I have the crown." he said. "Everyone's bound to start looking for the next jewel, and I must do the same. Huh?"
He looked up as a Lava Lizard came towards him.
"He's here, Master." it explained.
"Good. Send him in." Moltor said.
The Lava Lizard nodded, before he turned and moved away, as a red monster called Flameking came in, who had a lion's face on his chest, boots with only one toe on, and a crown with five flame points on his head, which made him resemble the Wild Force Megazord.
"Ah, Flameking. Long time, no see." Moltor said.
"Indeed it has been, Moltor." Flameking said. "Nice lair you have here. Really suits you."
"Thanks. So, you wanna know why I summoned you here?" Moltor inquired.
"Yes, I do." Flameking replied.
"Well, I called you here because I need your help." Moltor explained. "I need your help to retrieve someone on this pathetic planet."
"I'm listening." Flameking smirked.
At the Hartford Mansion, Jazz was still reading the book, when Will came into the sitting room and sat down opposite her.
"You still reading that?" he asked.
"Yeah. Feels right to keep up in my work for when we're out there." Jazz assured. "I don't need to practice my languages as I know them like the back of my hand."
Ronny and Dax both came over and sat down near them.
"Just how many languages do you speak, Jazz?" Dax inquired.
"Know quite a lot." Jazz replied. "You just haven't seen any yet since we've been places where only English is spoken."
"Well, we'll see how good you are when that happens." Ronny said.
They all turned as Mack came running in.
"Guys, there's trouble." he explained, stopping. "Moltor's been spotted in the city."
"Let's go." Jazz said, putting her book down.
She got up and ran off, before the others followed her.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the city, several people ran off screaming as Moltor, Flameking and three Lava Lizards walked down a street.
"Ha. The people are this planet are pathetic." Flameking noted. "Running off scared like that."
"Oh, trust me, not all of them are." Moltor assured. "When the Rangers get here, you'll see. Now come on? What we're looking for is not far ahead."
They both kept on walking, with the Lava Lizards right behind them, when they heard a noise.
"What's that?" Flameking questioned.
"Huh?" Moltor muttered.
They both turned looked up with the lizards, seeing the SHARC flying over them, before the Rangers all jumped down from it, holding each other's hands in a circle.
"Hyah!" they yelled.
They all landed on the ground and stared at Motlor, Flameking and the lizards.
"Hold it right there, Moltor!" Mack yelled, pointing at them.
"Ah, the Rangers." Moltor said. "I was wondering when you'd show up."
"What are you up to now, Moltor?" Jazz demanded.
"None of your business, Purple Ranger!" Moltor retorted.
"It is our business when you threaten someone, Moltor!" Mack argued.
"So, what are you doing here?" Dax inquired.
"If you really wanna know, you'll fine out when it's too late, Rangers." Flameking snarled. "Really too late!"
"Lizards, attack!" Moltor commanded.
The Lava Lizards began charging forward, as more showed up and did the same.
"Let's do it, Rangers!" Mack said.
The Rangers all charged towards the Lava Lizards.
Will dodged past one as it tried to slash him, then he turned and blocked its sword with his right forearm, while Ronny sent a kick at another, which blocked it with her sword, then she rolled past it as it tried to slash her. Jazz blocked ones sword with her left forearm, then dodged past it as it tried to slash her again, while Mack kicked another's sword as it tried to slash him, before he ran past it, then they turned to each other. Rose rolled past one as it tried to slash her, before she got up and turned, then grabbed its forearm as it tried to stab her, while Dax jumped past one as it ducked and spun around, trying to tackle him, before he turned and spun around, kicking its sword as it tried to slash him.
Mack dodged as one tried to slash him, before he kicked another's sword away as it tried to slash him, before he got behind it and kicked its back, knocking it towards the first. He turned and ducked as a third tried to slash him, before he grabbed its arm and kneed its chest, knocking it back slightly, then he turned and kicked a fourth's chest, sending it flying away.
Ronny, holding her sword, blocked ones sword with her own, before she kicked its chest and back flipped away, landing on her feet, then she spun around and slashed another two, knocking them down. She turned and blocked a fourth's sword with her own, then lifted hers up, knocking it back slightly, before she slashed it down the chest, then she spun around and slashed a fifth across the chest as it came at her, knocking it down.
Jazz blocked ones sword with her forearm, before she elbowed its chest, knocking it back slightly, then she turned and punched another's chest, knocking it back. She then spun around and tackled a third as it came at her, tripping it onto its chest, then she got up and jumped slightly, split kicking another two, knocking them down.
Dax slashed one across the chest with his sword as it ran past him, then he blocked another's with it, followed by a third's, before he jumped over them as they tried to slash him together. He landed on his feet, then turned and blocked a fourth's sword with his own, then turned and slashed a fifth down the chest, before he spun around and kicked the fourth away, which hit the ground on its back.
Rose fired her blaster at one as she turned to it, knocking it down, then she turned and ducked as another ran past and tried to slash her, before blocked a third's sword with her blaster. She kicked its chest, knocking it back, then turned and fired her blaster twice, hitting two more, making them flip onto their chests, then she jumped up and twirled around, diving down before kicking a sixth with both feet, sending it flying away.
Will held his blaster up as several surrounded him.
"Ha. You lot make it look easy." he smirked.
He turned left and fired his blaster, hitting one, then he turned and fired to his right, hitting another, knocking it down, then he turned to his left and ducked, firing again, hitting a third, knocking it down. He spun around as a fourth came at him, before he kicked its chest, knocking it away, then he spun around and fired his blaster twice, hitting two more, knocking them down, before he turned and saw no sign of Moltor and Flameking.
"Uh, guys, Moltor and that freak's gone?" he noted, getting up.
"They must've escaped while they left these lizards to keep us busy." Mack realized, holding one by the arm. "Jazz, come with me? The rest of you, keep 'em busy!"
"Right." Jazz said, holding her thumb up.
She ran past one and pushed it away, while Mack threw his away, before running after her, as the others kept fighting. Rose blocked ones sword with her blaster, while Ronny slashed another down the chest, while Dax rolled past a third as it tried to slash him, and Will fired his blaster at a fourth, hitting its chest.
Mack and Jazz kept on running, before they turned left around a corner, seeing Moltor and Flameking entering a building.
"There they are." Mack said, pointing at it.
They both ran forward, when 10 Lava Lizards got in front of the pair.
"We better make this quick." Jazz said.
They both took out their swords and charged forward, as the ten Lava Lizards charged back.
Mack slashed one across the chest as he ran past it, followed by another, before he blocked the third's sword with his own, locking them together. They moved along together slightly to his right, before he pulled his sword away, then slashed it down the chest, then spun around and slashed the last two across the chest.
Jazz ducked as one ran past and tried to slash her, before she turned and slashed it down the chest as it turned around, then she spun around and slashed another across the chest. She turned and kicked the third away from her, then turned and slashed the last two across the chest as they came at her, before she and Mack turned to each other.
"That's all of them." Mack said. "Let's get inside."
They both turned to the door, just as Moltor and Flameking came out of the building, Moltor holding a scroll.
"Too late for that." Jazz said.
"Alright, hand that over, Moltor!" Mack demanded.
"And why would I do that?" Moltor smirked.
"Because whatever that is, knowing you, it can't be good!" Jazz retorted, pointing at him.
"Ha. Good guess, Purple Ranger." Moltor smirked. "But you're still not getting this."
"If you won't give it to us, we'll just have to take it." Mack retorted, as he and Jazz held up their swords.
They both charged forward, when Flameking shot lighting from his head, hitting them both.
"AH!" they moaned.
They both hit the ground and rolled onto their chests, as Moltor and Flameking laughed.
"Nice one." Moltor smirked. "See you later, Rangers."
They both vanished just as the two Rangers got up to their knees.
"Ah! They got away!" Jazz groaned, slamming her fist into the ground.
"Don't worry, Jazz. Whatever he's planning, we'll stop him." Mack assured, touching her shoulder.
Later, in the volcano, Moltor and Flameking were both looking at the scroll, which had a map on it.
"So, this is what you brought me here for?" Flameking inquired, pointing at it.
"Not entirely true." Moltor assured. "This is only part of the reason. I need your help to retrieve what this map leads too."
"Oh." Flameking said. "I take it it leads to something valuable?"
"Indeed. It might lead to a clue to where the next jewel is, since the Rangers already have the first." Moltor explained.
They both turned to the pool as they heard something in it, and saw Flurious in it.
"Flurious?" Moltor gasped, hiding the map behind his back. "What do you want?"
"I've been wondering what you're up too, brother." Flurious replied. "What are you hiding?"
"Uh, nothing." Moltor lied.
(Ice Cave)
Flurious stood before his throne, looking at Moltor
"You can't lie to me, brother." he said. "I saw what you took earlier and saw you hide it."
(The volcano)
Moltor sighed and revealed the map.
"It's a map leading to something here on Earth." he explained. "Might hold a key to where the next jewel is, or it could be something very powerful."
"I see. Well, then, brother, I'll be waiting and watching to see what happens." Flurious assured. "Let's hope for your sake, you don't foul up like with the weather machine."
He vanished from the pool, as Moltor and Flameking turned to each other.
"Oh, I'll show my brother. I won't mess up this time." Moltor assured.
"So, where in the world does this map indicate?" Flameking asked.
"That's the only problem, as I don't know yet." Moltor admitted.
"So that's why we haven't left to follow it yet?" Flameking inquired.
"Yes. We'll follow the map as soon as I figure out which part of the world it's in." Moltor replied. "It shouldn't take long though."
Meanwhile, in the Hartford Mansion, the Rangers walked down the stairs into the base, where Mr. Hartford and Spencer were, who turned to them both.
"Guys, what happened back there?" Mr. Hartford asked.
"Dad, Jazz and I left the others to deal with the Lava Lizards while we went after Moltor and that freak." Mack began. "Once we saw coming out the building with some sort of parchment."
"Parchment?" Mr. Hartford inquired.
"Looked like some sort of scroll or map." Jazz explained. "Nothing like the scrolls for the Sword of Neptune though."
"Hmm? I'll have to do some research on Moltor took." Mr. Hartford sighed. "It might be a clue to the next jewel."
"Or it could lead to something dangerous." Rose realized.
"Mack, did you or Jazz not get a look at it?" Spencer asked.
"We only saw it from behind, Spencer." Jazz explained.
"Oh, dear." Spencer gulped. "Sir, we may never know what that leads to until it's too late."
"I doubt that." Jazz said. "Moltor's bound to return and follow that map."
"But he'll most likely wait 'til under he discovers where it leads." Will argued.
"Well, in any case, there's nothing we can do at all until Moltor returns." Mr. Hartford realized. "I'll have the satellites try and find him while we look up what he took."
"I'll give you and Spencer a hand." Rose offered.
"Thanks." Mr. Hartford said. "The rest of you just wait and do what you want."
A little later, Jazz was upstairs in the living room, sitting on the couch with her arms folded, when Dax came over with a ham sandwich.
"I thought you might be hungry." Dax said. "It always helps when your grouchy."
"Dax, thanks, but I'm a vegan." Jazz explained. "So, no."
"Oh... Sorry." Dax said, putting the plate on the table. "Never mind."
He sat down opposite her and began to eat the sandwich himself, as Ronny and Will came over.
"You okay, Jazz?" Ronny asked, as they sat down around.
"Ronny, I'm fine. Just slightly annoyed by what happened earlier." Jazz assured. "Who knows what that map could lead too."
"Hey, we all know." Will assured. "We would've backed you and Mack up if there weren't so many Lava Lizards."
"Yeah." Dax said, his mouth full. "They really kept us busy."
Jazz sighed and nodded, seeing their point.
"Still, I'll be better when we find out what that map was about." she sighed.
"I'm sure we will when Rose finds out." Will assured. "Wherever it is though, you'll come in handy."
"Due to my language skills, I know." Jazz said. "I just hope I get to use them soon."
"Hey, just how did you pick up all those languages in the first, Jazz?" Dax asked, curiously.
"Well, I've travelled around the world a lot since I was a kid." Jazz explained. "Picked up the languages over my time in the countries and while looking through the phrasebooks."
"Wow. Impressive." Ronny admitted. "Do you speak every language in the world?"
"Uh... No, actually." Jazz admitted. "I know most, but not all."
"Well, have you tried studying those ones?" Ronny inquired.
"I've been trying, but these ones are harder compared to the rest." Jazz sighed.
Back in the volcano, Moltor was standing over his pool, looking at the map carefully, as the pool showed different parts of the world.
"Hmm? No sign of anything that matches this." Motlor said, as the map showed a valley shape.
The pool then showed a large field valley area in Germany.
"Wait? That's it." Moltor said.
Flameking came down the stairs, making him turn to him.
"Flameking, I've found the location on the map." Moltor explained. "We leave at once."
"Good. I was getting bored just waiting." Flameking smirked, punching his fist.
In the Hartford Mansion, the Rangers were now all down in the base with Mr. Hartford and Spencer, who both worked at a computer panel each, while Rose worked on a laptop on a table.
"Any luck in finding Moltor?" Jazz asked.
"No. He hasn't returned yet." Rose sighed.
The alarm suddenly blared.
"I think he might've just returned actually, miss Rose." Spencer corrected.
Everyone moved towards the main screen, seeing Moltor and Flameking heading towards a village.
"Dad, what are they doing?" Mack asked.
"I don't know, but he's doing something in Germany." Mr. Hartford explained.
Everyone turned to Jazz.
"How's your German?" Dax asked.
"Sehr gut, danke." Jazz replied, grinning.
Everyone looked at her in shock.
"It means 'Very good, thank you'." Jazz translated.
"You really are fluent in languages." Will said, impressed.
"Thank you, Will." Jazz smirked.
"Hmm? By the looks of things, they seem to be heading towards that village." Rose deduced.
"Whatever's on that map they stole must be leading them there." Will deduced.
"Then we better get over there and stop them, before they harm someone." Ronny said, punching her fist.
"Agreed. I have a new Zord ready in case you need it." Mr. Hartford assured, turning around.
"Good." Mack said. "We might need it if things get bad out there. Come on, guys?"
The Rangers all gathered together in front of the console drivers, then Mack took his tracker off his arm and held it up.
"Ready?" he asked.
"Ready!" the others said, doing the same.
They all opened up their trackers and pressed the top button on it.
"Overdrive Accelerate!"
(Morph sequence)
The screen split into six, Rose in the top left, Mack in the top middle, Will in the top right, Dax in the bottom left, Jazz in the bottom middle, Ronny in the bottom right. They all ran the wheel of their trackers down their arms, before they held them to their right, before the wheels stopped. They turned them and fired a beam at them, bringing up the projection of their suits and weapons, before they spun around and morphed up, with their chest symbol popping up on them. Their shoulder armor appeared on them, before their helmets did, then they did their fight poses.
(End morph sequence)
In Germany, two men were walking down a street in a town, when Moltor and Flameking showed up just outside the village, as two men turned and spotted them.
"Also gehst du morgen trotzdem dorthin?" one asked.
"Oh ja. Meine Schwester kann es kaum erwarten, es zu sehen." the other said.
They both laughed as they turned and spotted Moltor and Flameking.
"Was zum?!" the second gasped.
"Where is the statue of the warrior located on this map?!" Moltor demanded, holding it up.
"Wer ist das?" the second man gasped.
"Frag mich nicht, ich weiß es nicht!" the first gulped.
They both screamed as they turned around and ran off into the village.
"What did they say?" Flameking asked, puzzled.
"This planet must have more than one language, 'cause I never understood it." Moltor deduced, before looking at the map. "Hmm? According to the map, the field the statue is, is located in should be somewhere on the other side of this village."
"Then we don't we just go there?" Flameking inquired.
"Because I need some information from some of these people." Moltor said. "The only thing the map doesn't tell us is what the statue is hiding, but it is extremely powerful."
"Oh, I see." Flameking understood.
They both entered the village, as several people began to run off screaming.
"They're not speaking like the Rangers." Flameking noted.
"Yeah. We'll have to find one that speaks their language." Moltor deduced. "Huh?"
They both turned and looked up and saw the SHARC flying over them, before the Rangers all jumped down from it, holding each other's hands in a circle.
"Hyah!" they yelled.
They all landed on the ground and stared at Moltor and Flameking, who both looked at them.
"Stop right there, Moltor!" Jazz yelled, pointing at them.
"I had a feeling you Rangers will show up." Moltor said.
"Whatever that map leads too, we won't let you steal it!" Mack swore, pointing at him.
"Ha! You Rangers won't stop me this time!" Moltor promised.
A bunch of Lava Lizards showed up in front of him and Flameking.
"Flameking, stay here with the lizards and keep them busy." Moltor instructed. "I'll get the artifact. Do whatever you have too."
"As you wish." Flameking said, as a sword martialized in his hand.
Moltor turned and ran off with the map, as Flameking pointed his sword at the Rangers.
"You Rangers won't stop Moltor getting that artifact." he promised.
He aimed his sword up, shooting lighting out of it, which hit and hit several buildings, causing rubble to fall from them.
"Try and stop us while dealling with this?" he dared.
He laughed as he and the Lava Lizards all turned and ran off.
"Oh, man! There's bound to be people trapped around here." Ronny realized.
"Will, Jazz, get everyone to safely." Mack ordered. "We'll take care of these creeps and then go after Moltor."
"We're on it." Will said.
"Right, bro." Jazz said, nodding.
They both turned and ran off, as the others took out their swords and charged at Flameking at the Lava Lizards.
Will and Jazz approached a building, seeing several people running off, while others were trapped.
"Hilfe! Kann mir bitte jemand helfen?" a man cried, a beam pinning him.
"Jazz, you get them." Will said. "I see if I can find one who speaks English."
"Understood." Jazz nodded.
Will turned and ran off, as Jazz ran towards the trapped man.
"Geht es dir gut?" Jazz asked, crouching down.
"Ja. Du sprichst Deutsch?" the man asked, shocked.
"Ja." Jazz replied. "Einfach warten?"
She began to lift the beam up, grunting as she did, allowing the man to crawl out, who got up as she put it down.
"Danke schön." he said.
"Du musst hier raus." Jazz explained.
The man nodded, before he turned and ran off.
Nearby, Will was motioning other people to go with his arms.
"Run! You all need to run!" he called.
Most of the other people stared at him, before a woman turned to the others.
"Er will, dass wir rennen." she explained.
"AHH!" the others screamed, as they turned and ran off.
Will ran over to the woman, who turned and ran over.
"I'm one of the few who speaks English, and the only one still here." she explained.
"No wonder they couldn't understand." Will sighed.
"Hey, Will!" came Jazz's voice.
Will turned to her as she came up beside her.
"I can't see anyone else." she explained.
"Guess I'm the last one." the woman deduced. "Thank you, Rangers."
She turned and ran off, before Will turned back to Jazz.
"I'm glad Mack left you to help." he said. "That woman's the only one who speaks English that hadn't already left.
"Thanks." Jazz said. "Let's go help the others. The city's clear."
Will nodded before they both ran off.
Meanwhile, the other Rangers were all fighting Flameking and the Lava Lizards.
Mack locked his sword with Flameking's, before he pulled back and spun around, then tried to slash Flameking, but missed as he moved back. Flameking then tried to kick him, but he blocked it with his sword, then Mack spun around and moved away, as Flameking tried to slash him, making him miss.
Rose slashed a Lava Lizard across the chest with her sword, then turned and slashed another down the chest, before she kicked a third away. She turned and rolled past a fourth as it tried to slash her, before she turned and kicked its back, knocking it down onto its chest, then she spun around and slashed another two across the chest.
Dax kicked a Lava Lizard's sword away, then spun around and tackled another, before he got up, then jumped over another two as they tried to stab him.
"Whoa!" he yelled, twirling around sideways.
He dived over them, then split kicked them in the back, before he back flipped away and landed on his feet.
Ronny dodged past one as it tried to stab her, before she whacked its back with her forearm, knocking it slightly, then she did three backwards handsprings past two more as they tried to slash her. She got to her feet, then spun around and kicked a fourth's sword, knocking it away slightly, before she got behind it and kicked its back hard, sending it flying away, making it fall onto the second and third, knocking them down.
Mack and Flameking both tried to slash each other, but missed as Flameking ducked, while Mack dodged, before they both backed away and stared at each other. The other Rangers all came up behind Mack, as Flameking pointed his sword at them.
"You may have defeated the Lava Lizards, but you won't get to Moltor." he said. "And when he finds that artifact, you're all doomed."
"We'll see about that!" Mack retorted.
"Oh, really?" Flameking sneered.
He raised his sword up, when two blasts hit his chest, knocking him onto his back.
"AH!" he moaned, dropping his sword.
The four Rangers turned and saw Will and Jazz running towards them.
"Everyone's safe." Jazz explained.
"Good. Where's Moltor?" Mack asked.
"Your dad said Moltor's in a nearby field." Will explained.
"Right. Let's get over there." Mack said. "That must be where the artifact is, whatever it is."
They all turned and ran off, as Flameking tried to get up.
"Get back here?!" he demanded, reaching out.
A little later, in the field, Moltor found a large stone statue of a large rock like warrior.
"Aha. This is it." he smirked.
He held his right hand out, shooting lighting from his forehead, which hit and destroyed the statue, creating a puff of smoke.
"Perfect." he smirked.
Once the smoke cleared, he saw a shield with dragon markings all over it.
"So, this is the artifact; a shield." he said.
He picked it up and examined it.
"This is a magical shield, meaning it can shoot lasers as well as deflect anything." he said. "Perfect, and maybe this dragon symbol will lead me to one of the jewels."
"Not so fast!" came Mack's voice.
Moltor turned around and saw the Rangers all aiming their blasters at him.
"Hand that over, Moltor!" Mack demanded.
"Ha. Fat chance, Rangers." Moltor retorted. "You're never getting your hands on this!"
"We'll see about that." Mack retorted. "Fire!"
The Rangers all fired at him, but he held up the shield, deflecting the blasts, which hit the ground around him, making sparks come up from it, as the Rangers held their blasters up.
"What?" Dax exclaimed.
"No way?!" Ronny exclaimed.
"Oh, just our luck!" Jazz exclaimed.
"Ha. Looks like you Rangers are shocked." Moltor smirked. "This shield's power will enable me to destroy you, as it can do all sorts of destructive things. Watch!"
He held the shield up, but nothing happened.
"Huh?" he gasped.
The Rangers all looked amongst each other.
"Okay, what's going on?" Dax questioned.
"You got me." Jazz shrugged.
Moltor kept looking at the shield, then held it up again, but nothing happened.
(Ice cave)
Flurious stared at Moltor on the projector.
"Uh, come on?! Why isn't this thing working?!" he exclaimed.
Flurious laughed.
"Looks like my brother decided to act before thinking." he smirked. "This will defiantly end badly for him."
(The valley)
"Whatever he thinks that shield is, it's not working." Ronny deduced.
Rose took out her tracker in scan mode and pressed the button, before the number '44' appeared on it.
"44. Wait..." she said, as the number began to count down. "It's counting down."
"That's odd." Will said.
"I think we better get that shield and send it back." Jazz suggested.
"Agreed. I'll get it, you guys keep Moltor busy." Mack said.
"Right." the others said, as they all held up their Drive Defenders, now in sword mode.
They all charged forward at Moltor, who looked up and held up the shield, hoping something would come out of it, but nothing.
"I don't understand?!" he exclaimed. "It's acting nothing more than a shield!"
He lowered it slightly, before Will and Dax both jumped up and dived towards him, who both tried to stab him with their swords, but he blocked it with the shield. He backed away slightly as they landed in front of him, before they both kicked the shield, knocking him back.
"Uh!" he moaned.
He looked up, as Ronny and Rose both somersaulted over Will and Dax, who both then tried to slash him, but he blocked them with the shield, before Jazz came over and locked her sword with the shield.
"AH!" they grunted, moving around.
Ronny and Rose both slashed him down the back as Jazz kept her sword locked with the shield.
"AH!" he moaned.
He fell to his knees, before he looked up at Jazz.
"Mack, catch!" she yelled, slashing her sword across.
It hit the shield, sending it flying away, before Mack jumped up and dived for it.
"Got it." he said, somersaulting forward as he caught it.
He dived down and
"NOO!" Moltor yelled, getting up.
He took out his swords and slashed Jazz down the chest with them both, then turned and slashed Ronny and Rose across before they could react. He turned and began to charge at Mack, when Will and Dax got in front of him.
"Mack, do it!" Will said. "We got this."
Mack nodded and ran off slightly, as Will and Dax both blocked Moltor's swords with their own, as the girls got up.
Mack stopped near a tree and took out his tracker in phone mode.
"Dad, transport this shield to you." he explained.
(Hartford mansion)
Mr. Hartford and Spencer both looked at her on the screen.
"Understood." Mr. Hartford said.
He pressed some buttons on the computer, before Spencer turned around as the shield showed up on small table.
"There it is, sir." Spencer said, turning to Mr. Hartford.
"Good." Mr. Hartford said, turning back to the screen. "Mack, we've got the shield. We'll start analyzing it while you help the others deal with Moltor."
"Understood, dad." Mack said.
(The valley)
He turned around and ran off.
Moltor growled as the other Rangers surrounded him, all holding their swords.
"You Rangers will all pay for this!" he growled.
"We'll see about that." Will retorted.
The Rangers all charged at him from all sides, before he turned and slashed Dax down the chest with both swords in an X shape.
"AH!" he moaned.
He hit the ground and rolled over onto his chest, as Moltor blocked Will's and Rose's swords with his own, before he pulled back and spun around.
"Whoa!" Ronny yelped, ducking as he tried to slash him.
Jazz dodged as he nearly hit her, before he turned and slashed Rose across the chest, sending her flying away.
"AH!" she moaned, hitting the ground on her chest beside Dax.
Jazz ducked and rolled forward as Moltor tried to slash her, before he turned and blocked Will's sword with his left, then blocked Ronny's with his right. He kept them locked with his own, before pulling away, then he slashed Will across the chest, followed by Ronny.
"AAHH!" they yelled.
They both hit the ground and rolled over towards Dax and Rose, who tried to get up, before Moltor turned to Jazz.
"You're next." he smirked.
Jazz tried to slash him, but missed as he dodged, before he got behind her and slashed her down the back, knocking her onto her chest near the others.
"OH!" she moaned.
Moltor laughed as the Rangers all moaned, when Mack came running over and crouched near them.
"You guys okay?" he asked.
"Yeah!" Jazz moaned.
Moltor stared at them as they all slowly got up, before he turned and saw Flameking coming towards him, clutching his chest.
"Flameking, what happened back there?" Moltor demanded.
"They knocked me out back near the village." Flameking explained.
"I can see that, since they took the shield away." Moltor retorted.
"So, I guess we failed then?" Flameking guessed.
"Yes, you have failed me!" Moltor growled. "Maybe this will help you destroy the Rangers!"
He slashed Flameking down the chest with both his swords, shocking the Rangers.
"HEY!" Flameking moaned.
"What the?!" the Rangers gasped.
"Did Moltor just..." Dax began, shocked.
"AHH!" Flameking moaned.
He clutched his chest as he turned around, while Moltor put his swords away.
"Now grow, and finish off the Rangers!" he commanded.
Flameking growled as he got up, before his body shattered as he grew giant, making the Rangers back away.
"Oh, man, this isn't good." Mack said.
"We need the Zords." Ronny said.
Jazz took out her tracker and held it up.
"Mr. Hartford, is that new Zord ready?" she asked. "'Cause I think we might need it."
(Hartford mansion)
"Yes. The Roller Driver's ready for when you need it." Mr. Hartford assured, as Spencer stood behind him.
"Understood." Jazz said.
(The valley)
"Let's do it, guys." Jazz said, turning to the others.
"Right." Mack said, as they took out their trackers.
The screen split into six, going clockwise, Mack, Will, Dax, Ronny, Rose, Jazz. Mack pressed the 'Megazord' button, then the number 1, then Will pressed 2, Dax 3, Ronny 4, Rose 5, Jazz 6, as their Zords appeared in their sections.
"DriveMax Zords, activate!" Mack shouted.
(Zord bay)
The Dump Driver began to move along a ramp, followed by the Speed Driver, as the Gyro Driver began to lift up, its propellers spinning. The Dozer Driver began moving along a ramp, as the Sub Driver moved down a ramp and into some water, as the Jeep Driver moved along a ramp.
(The city)
The console drivers shot down towards the Rangers, who caught them, then Mack jumped up and somersaulted forward, followed by Will, Dax, Ronny, Rose and Jazz, before their landed in their cockpits.
"Okay, Rangers, let's get him!" Mack said.
The DriveMax Zords all raced forward as Flameking stared at them.
"Your little toys won't save you, Rangers." he sneered.
He aimed his sword and shot lighting from it, which hit the DriveMax Zords all over, making sparks come out of them, as they kept on racing.
The screen split into six, from left to right, Will, Ronny, Jazz, Mack, Rose, Dax.
"AH!" they moaned, sparks coming into their cockpits.
Flameking laughed, before the Dozer Driver rammed his left leg with its dozer down.
"Have a nice trip." Ronny joked.
The Dozer Driver lifted its dozer up, knocking Flameking up off his feet.
"AH!" he yelled, hitting the ground on his back.
"Nice one, Ronny." Jazz said, holding her thumb up.
"Thanks." Ronny said. "Now what, Mack."
"Let's combine, Rangers." Mack said. "Let's end this."
"Right. DriveMax Megazord, activate!" Jazz shouted, pressing the 'Megazord' button and 'Go' button on her tracker, then rolled the wheel on it.
The Dump, Dozer and Sub Drivers all combined, before the Dump Driver's loaders retracted out 180 degrees, forming the legs, then it rose up, retracting the front down onto the back. The Speed Driver then raced up the back, then the end rotated out onto the chest area, forming the armor, before the head rose up.
The Jeep Driver split in half and turned slightly as it raced forward, before both halves attached to either side of the back of the legs. The helmet from the Gyro Driver then landed on top of the head, as the rest of it landed on the back beneath the Speed Driver, forming the DriveMax Megazord.
"DriveMax Megazord, assembly complete!" the Rangers shouted.
Flameking stared at the DriveMax Megazord, which held up its saber and charged at it.
"Give me your best shot?" Flameking dared, holding up his sword.
The DriveMax Megazord tried to slash him with its saber, but he blocked it with his sword, locking them together, before he pulled back. He slashed it down the chest with his sword, knocking it back slightly, then he ducked and ran past it as it tried to slash him, before he turned and stabbed its back, knocking it forward.
"OH!" the Rangers moaned.
The DriveMax Megazord stumbled slightly, before it stopped and turned around, then tried to slash Flameking, but missed as he backed away.
"Ha, is that all you've got?" he mocked. "Pathetic, Rangers."
He tried to slash the DriveMax Megazord, but missed slightly as it backed away, before he tried to stab it, but it wrapped its left arm under his sword.
"Have a nice trip, Rangers." he joked.
He lifted his sword up, throwing the DriveMax Megazord over himself, which hit the ground on its back.
"AAHH!" the Rangers moaned, sparks coming out of the cockpit.
"Yes! Finish them, Flameking!" Moltor commanded. "Make this stupid trip worth it in the end!"
"As you wish." Flameking smirked.
"Oh, man! This guy's tough fighting one on one!" Will groaned.
"We told you he was tough!" Dax argued, turning to him.
"We seriously need some help." Rose realized. "He's about to pound us!"
"Agreed. I say we try the new Zord." Mack said, turning to Jazz. "Jazz, you got this one."
"You know it. Roller Driver, activate!" Jazz shouted, rolling the wheel.
She pressed the 'Go' and then the '9' buttons on her Tracker.
The Roller Driver soon arrived, which was white and resembled a construction roller, with two silver spiked roller wheels. Jazz jumped up and landed in it and landed in the cockpit with her console driver.
"I'm in." she said, putting her console driver down.
The wheel and knobs rose up, before she put her tracker down beside it.
"Roller Driver, online!" she shouted, grabbing the wheel.
The Roller Driver raced towards the scene, as Flameking turned to it.
"What?" he exclaimed.
The Roller Driver raced towards him, then raised its front wheel up.
"Let's flatten this creep." Jazz joked, pulling her knob back.
The Roller Driver put its front wheel onto Flameking's chest, knocking him back slightly.
"Oh!" he moaned, stumbling back.
The Roller Driver hit his chest again with its front wheel, knocking him onto his back.
"AH!" he moaned.
"Time to squash this guy." Jazz joked, pulling her left knob back.
Flameking sat up slightly, as the Roller Driver raced towards him.
"AHHH!" he screamed, as it raced over him, flatterning him.
The Roller Driver raced off him, before he turned around, as FlameKing got up.
"OH!" he moaned, wobbling.
He turned around as he steadied himself.
"Firing lasers!" Jazz shouted, pulling her right knob back.
The Roller Driver fried lasers from its headlights on the roof, hitting Flameking all over.
"AHH!" he moaned, as sparks came out of him.
The Roller Driver kept firing its lasers, hitting him all over, before he fell onto his back.
"AH!" he moaned. "Oh!"
The DriveMax Megazord got up and turned around, before the Roller Driver came up beside it.
"Nice work, Jazz." Mack remarked, holding his thumb up.
"Thanks, Mack." Jazz said.
Flameking got up and stared at the DriveMax Megazord and Roller Driver.
"I think this guy's not through yet." Will said.
"Agreed. Jazz, combine with us!" Mack ordered.
"Right." Jazz understood.
She hit the 'Megazord' button, then the '9' button, then he spun the wheel around.
The Roller Driver lifted itself up on its front wheel, as the back wheel split in half and rotated out, attaching to either side of the back. The DriveMax Megazord bent down, detaching the Dozer Driver from it, before the Roller Driver took its place. Jazz entered the cockpit and put her console driver down, before the wheel and knobs popped up.
"Now we're all set, Rangers." she said.
The DriveMax Megazord held up its right arm, as the front wheel of the Roller Driver spun around quickly, before it held the arm down.
"That new arm doesn't scare me!" Flameking snarled. "You're going down, and you're gonna pay, Rangers!"
He charged forward and and raised his sword up.
"Whoa!" Jazz yelped.
The DriveMax Megazord held up its right arm, blocking the sword, then the Roller Driver spun its wheel around quickly, smashing the sword to pieces.
"What?!" Flameking exclaimed, backing away. "No way?! That's impossible!"
"Anything's possible, Flameking!" Jazz retorted. "Let's finish this, guys!"
"Right!" the others said.
The Rangers all pushed their knobs forward slightly.
"DriveMax Megazord..." Mack said.
The screen split into six, from left to right, Will, Ronny, Jazz, Mack, Rose, Dax.
"...Roller formation!" Mack shouted. "Full power!"
He pushed his knobs forward, then Rose and Dax did the same, followed by Jazz, then Will and Ronny, before the DriveMax Megazord raised its right arm up, then slashed it down, hitting Flameking with the front wheel.
"AHH!" he moaned.
Sparks came out all over him as he wobbled.
"AHH! I've had my last roar!" he moaned, before he blew up.
"NOO! This isn't over, Rangers!" Moltor vowed, before he turned and ran off.
The DriveMax Megazord stood at ease.
Later, in his volcano, Moltor stood by his pool, clutching his fist.
"Oh, I can't believe it!" he growled. "That shield proved to be useless! A complete waste of time, and I lost one of best warriors as well! All for nothing!"
He turned and shot lighting from his forehead, hitting the side of the doorway, before he turned to the pool and saw Flurious in it.
"I saw what happened, brother." he smirked. "Perhaps you should've checked to see if the shield was indeed useful before searching for it. It's what I would've done."
"Oh, maybe you would've, Flurious, but I'm an action guy!" Moltor growled, pointing at him. "If you must know, that map I found said nothing about it being worthless!"
"Then you should've double-checked it first, brother." Flurious advised. "I am the smarter one, as I told you before."
"You may be, brother, but I'm still the better one out of the two of us!" Moltor snarled.
"Oh, we'll see who's better, brother." Flurious assured. "We shall see."
He vanished from the pool as Moltor growled.
Meanwhile, the Rangers were all back in the Hartford Mansion, walking down the steps into the base, where Mr. Hartford and Spencer were, who both turned to them by the main computer.
"So, you're back." Mr. Hartford said. "You did a good job out there."
"We saw the whole thing, and you did brilliantly." Spencer remarked.
"Thanks, Spencer." Rose smiled, as Will and Dax nodded.
The others smiled, before Jazz turned and saw the shield on the small table.
"So, did you find anything from the shield?" she asked, turning back to them.
"Well, we've scanned it thoroughly while you were fighting, and it turns out there's nothing important about it." Mr. Hartford explained.
"Nothing at all?" Will questioned, puzzled.
"There's no power in it at all. It's nothing but a plain old shield." Mr. Hartford explained.
"That explains why it just deflected our attacks and nothing else." Rose deduced.
"Yeah. So it was a dead-end?" Ronny deduced. "Nothing in there to lead us to the next jewel."
"Yes." Mr. Hartford replied.
"But Moltor was so sure that shield had power in it, dad?" Mack recalled.
"Yeah. You saw him try to summon power from it." Dax said.
"Well, if that's the case, whatever power Moltor thought the shield had, it's been used up, most likely from centuries ago." Mr. Hartford deduced.
"If the map that lead him there is that old, it's possible." Jazz reasoned, folding her arms.
"Indeed it is. I've read about how strange power fades away with time." Rose said. "If there was something about it that could lead to one of the jewels, it wouldn't have died out."
"Which means Moltor just wasted his time searching for it, without knowing." Will smirked. "I bet he's not happy at all."
"I think we can all agree there." Ronny stated.
"So, you had any luck finding a true lead to the next jewel?" Jazz asked, changing the subject.
"No, not yet." Mr. Hartford sighed. "I am however working on something to even the playing field for you in the meantime."
"Good. With the way things are going, we're gonna need it, dad." Mack said. "That last monster was tough."
The others nodded, all knowing they could use the new equipment to help them out in the future.
German translations:
Sehr gut, danke.: Very good, thank you.
Also gehst du morgen trotzdem dorthin?: So, you still going there tonight?
Oh ja. Meine Schwester kann es kaum erwarten, es zu sehen.: Oh, yeah. My sister can't wait to see it.
Was zum?!: What the?!
Wer ist das?: What is that?
Frag mich nicht, ich weiß es nicht!: Don't ask me, I don't know!
Hilfe! Kann mir bitte jemand helfen?: Help! Someone please help?
Geht es dir gut?: Are you alright?
Ja. Du sprichst Deutsch?: Yeah. You speak German?
Ja.: Yeah.
Einfach warten?: Just hang on?
Danke schön.: Thank you.
Er will, dass wir rennen.: He wants us to run.
A/N: The idea for Jazz's secondary Zord is because apart from the Sonic Streaker, they're all construction vehicles, so I figured I'd stick with that trend.
My next original chapter will start my own jewel quest, so understand that it won't be for a while.