"Come on!" The monster roared. "I land right smack dab in the middle of your city and not one hero or Ranger is out for me?!'
Luke, Jessica and Danny were already moving to confront this character, but a string of webs suddenly blocked their path.
"Let me handle this first." Peter said as he slipped his mask on, "Hey there, Skelaror! What brings you to my nieghborhood?"
The monster turned to find his quary in exicetment that died right away.
"You? You're the punk beat Rita?" He asked, not believing it at all…..and then cackling like a madman. "You're just a jokester who got really lucky once!"
Peter's mind flashbacked to that fight: Nearly crushed by a Megazord, the Putties….Seeing Ben and his parents? To hear this psychopathic man child call all that 'luck?'
Well, in a way he wasn't wrong, but still!
"Don't worry, I get that reaction a lot! I'll just have kick your boney butt before I start doing the skeleton dance!" Spidey was quick to note, making his foe stop laughing.
"Okay." The skelaton growled as he drew out his very spine like it was a sword. "First, I kill you. Then I level the city."
He swung the weapon down, Spidey easily dodging and webbing it to the ground, Undeterred, the villain swung it and then leapt after the wall-Crawler, determined to hurt him somehow. Our hero expertly leapt out of the way, webbed the sword and tossed it aside and threw a punch….
"Not bad!" beamed the villain after he caught the punch.
'…Oh, crud.' Our hero managed before being sent crashing into another store. "I'm okay!"
The Defenders and Trini raced forward, Tirini already in ranger form
"Where's the rest of ya?" The villain asked. "Yeah, yellows are the fighters, buts it no fun if I do it one at a time."
"Occupied." Trini cut off as she tried to cut Rito, whoi took a punch from Luke and Jessica, that sent him skitting backwards.
"Looking for that future evil baby, right?" Rito asked. "Yeah, Zed has interest in him; a future apprentice of something."
"Who the heck are you anyways?" Jessica asked. "Some sort of…skeleton…mutant?"
"He's not of this earth." Danny mused.
"The name is Repusla. Rito Repusla."
"…Any connection to Rita?" Trini asked.
"I'm her baby brother." Rito explained, letting that sink in for a second before he continued. "Take it Zordon never mentioned me? Well, long story short, our old man was the big bad of this universe before Thanos and Zed came along. Rita left me with the old man to help Zordon and them defend other worlds from Pops…"
"Yeesh. Family drama much?" April mused, Casey nodding in agreement.
"Or so Zordie thought!" Rito beamed evilly. "Sis was using the Rangers to gain info for dad to conquer the worlds whenever we were busy with another threat."
"…That is both pure evil and surprisingly smart," Alita conceded.
"So, you're out for blood." Luke guessed.
"Kinda." Rito explained. "This spec's been picking up publicity lately, and when Zeddie gave me an offer to rampage? You bet I'll take it!"
"Wait, you…DON'T like your sister?" Alita asked
"There's a difference between not liking your sister…" Rito explained. "And not being pissed she got her butt kicked by some beginner wannabe hero! Speaking of which, here's the diff between me and sis; she was sealed away…I'VE BEEN RAMPAGING SINCE SHE AXED MOST OF HER TEAM AROUND 65 MILLION YEARS AGO!"
Ignoring that last bit, our hero decided to pull out the big guns and summoned his Zord.,
"Oh, ya got one of those, too? GOOD!" Rito beamed. "I ALWAYS WANTED TO BREAK ONE!"
And all of a sudden, he grew to the size of a skyscraper.
"Wait! You can't do that!" Trini called out. "You're supposed to…why I am even telling him how to do evil?"
Inside his Zord, Spider-Man steeled himself and readied for battle…only for his Zord's attack to be caught by Rito.
"SEE?! You don't even know how to pilot that!" Rito cackled as he picked up and SLAMMED the Zord into the ground, then chopping off its legs as the Wall Crawler tried to kick. "There's no way you beat sis!"
Back at Xaiver's on the TV
"….I'm getting trauma flashbacks….that are NOT from my father. Or Touya." Shoto said.
"…Um…" Roberto started, before being silenced.
"Trust us; you don't want to know." Tsuyu assured them all.
The Hero Rangers and New Mutants had all been gathered in the Break room, where a newscast showcased their friend/idol getting his butt kicked.
"Can anyone teleport us there?" Billy asked desperately.
A tall, bluer skinned man with a tail stood up and extended his arms.
"Hold on to me and your lunches! This may take a few."
BAMF!
"….I really hate that he makes that smoke." Logan groaned.
Back to the fight
The Rangers quickly appeared and Morphed, summoning their Megazord. At least, the current ones did.
"…We…haven't gotten to our Megazord yet," Izuku sheepishly admitted when asked why they had not later.
"Yeah, giant monsters are surprisingly rare in our day and age." Mina admitted.'
So for now, the Hero Rangers focused on civilian rescuses and backing the Defemnders up wherever they could.
"There's the rest of the gang!" Rito smirked as he was now tearing into the Zord he'd bested and narrowly missing his prey. "Come to save the loser?"
"HEY! That loser taught us most of what we know about this hero gig!" Zack snapped.
"Less so for me, but accurate!" Tommy followed as she pulled out her flute.
"Wait a tic…THAT'S SIS'!" Rito snapped, racing towards the Megazord. "GIVE IT…!"
A new fighter suddenly sent Rito sktting back; a black and gold, Godzilla like Megazord.
"Been far too long!" Tommy smirked, just as Peter found himself ported inside.
"PETEY!" Trini quickly rushed to hug him. "You okay?"
Spider-Man looked down in shame.
"…I lost him." Was all he said. "…I..I swear I heard him say he was happy to have helped as long as long as he did, but…"
"TRINI!" Kimbelry called out as Rito prepared an attack…
"Ow! Hey, what the..?!"
The Hero rangers had managed to climb onto Rito and were unleashing everything they had; fire, ice, acid, blades, punches…and he felt them.
"Oh, how cute…Baby rangers!" Rito smirked as he grabbed them and began to sqieeze then
"GUYS!" Tommy called out, hurridedly commanding Dragon Zord to attack…but something else beta her to it:
The Tigerzord slammed onto Rito, sending him crashing to the ground and releasing the hurt, younger rangers…who were then caught in a web.
A great hush overcame the control center.
"What…who…?" Billy asked.
"GET OFF!" Rito demanded as he threw the Tige off him, but it quickly corrected itself and slashed at his leg.
Meanwhile, the Hero Rangers barely had time to gasp in shock and awe at their savior.
"You cuties okay?" A young woman in a costume very similar to Spider=man, only with darkend blue legs and under arms, asked. The younger ones managed to nod before she smiled under her mask, winking at Kirishima before she pressed a button on her wrist, summoning….
"...ARE THOSE GOSH DARNED SPIDER-ZORDS?!" Spider-Man, Billy, Alita and the Defenders all asked as three robots; one a black and red spider, another purple and the final one green and white.
"Not Quite!" The Spider-girl answered. "These are souvenirs from my last spat with Spider Slayer! We're still figuring out to form a Megazord!"
"Sis! Focus!" Another voice called out from within the Tigerzord.
Rito's confidence was beginning to fade; the baby Rangers were easy enough, the current Rangers were…decent and Spider-Man was an easy kill…but these newcomers somehow made him worry.
"Rito. What is taking so long?" Zed's voice suddenly became clear to all.
"Z-Zeddie!" Rito suddenly cowered, even shrinking down to normal, which did not help his confidence. "W-well, you see…"
"Never mind that." Zed ordered. "Get to Japan and find All for One. You can attempt your revenge another day."
Rito growled; he was angry to be denied revenge…but this future big bad seemed promising.
"…I'll get you yet, Spider-Man!" Rito growled, before he vanished into a blur.
The current rangers demorphed and raced to check on the Hero Rangers, who were being helped by the Defenders and doing alright.
The two newcomers suddenly hugged Trini, tears in their eyes.
"We miss you so much!" Spider-Girl sobbed.
"I almost forgot what you looked like!" The other Yellow Ranger added.
Despite her clear confusion, Trini accepted the hug and soothed the two, who then spied Spider-Man.
"…Dang, You actually DO look good in that." Spider-Girl mused.
"…May. That is our dad." The Yellow Ranger groaned. "Don't be weird."
A hush fell over the area.
"Wait…what?" Spider-Man asked.
The two newcomvers then stood at attention and declared:
"Spider-Girl and the third Morphing Yellow Ranger, reporting for duty, mom and dad!"
…
….
….
Peter and Trini reacted accordingly:
"Say WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA….?!"
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"…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?" The New Mutants followed an hour later.
"Okay, long story short." Spider-Girl explained. "Sis and I were on patrol when this portal popped up and brought us here."
"Actually, May saw dad fighting Rito as we were falling and web swung us here." The Second current era Yellow Ranger added.
"…Someone must be mixing with realities." Billy guessed.
"Probably yeah." Spider-Girl noted. "Luckily, mom and dad went through this so often enough that by the time we became superheroes, they mixed in little ding-dongs…"
"Goobers." Her sister remarked.
"Still not calling them that…Into our costumes, Good thing too….Though I don't exactly remember why…"
"…How is that possible?" Dani asked.
"All due respect, Wolfsbane, big fan by the way!" The newest Yellow Ranger began.
"Wolfsbane?" Dani mused. "I mean…I don't hate it but…"
"With all the stories we grew up on, its hard to keep track."
Donatello was awestruck by the latest arrivals and had questions for them, as did many others; Peter wondering why his daughetrs kept looking at one of his legs and Trini being concerned why they cried seeing her, but these were put on hold when Zordon cut into the conversation telepathically.
"Wonderful as it is to have these additional reinforcements from the future, this presents a problem. Too much of any ranger energy is dangerous; with three yellows…"
"No problem!" Toga said, deactivating her morpher. "I can fight just as well without morphing."
"Heck, all of us can." Tsuyu noted, and the Hero Rangers followed in suit, save for Shoto.
"There's no Silver yet." He recalled.
"…Does that color really do anything?" Zack asked.
"The Power of six." Was all Shoto said before he shot Izuku a look. "Depending on how things go and what kind of baby All for One is, seeing your face may actually be for the best."
The other Hero Rangers tensed, as did Shoto when he realized.
"…Oops."
"Sho. Sweetie." Mina said through her teeth. "We love you. You know that. We know your dad didn't let you act like a kid until recently and we all hate him for that…But did you HAVE to reveal that?!"
"….Um..what?" Kimberly asked.
"….I'm guessing that Izuku is…related to All for One?" Jason mused, not wanting it to be true, especially with the worried looks the green haired boy was getting.
"…He's my grandfather. My mom's dad." Izuku admitted, "We've met once before and he remarked how familiar I was, so when we realized we could maybe create a universe where he doesn't become…possibly as bad…"
"I' m not seeing a problem with this." Spider-Girl mused.
"Yeah, me neither" The other yellow added. "He's a ranger here AND a badass normal in a world where Superpowers reign. I'd say that makes up for anything. Plus…I read the manga."
"…We have a manga in your verse?" Kirishima asked. "But…we're from the future of this universe…How does that…?"
"Eiji. Stop before you hurt yourself and just put it under 'verse within the multiverse'." Himiko said.
"Good point."
"Well, your universe is different than it, but yeah."
"Only real problem we have now is that we don't even know exactly where the kid is!" Illyan pointed out. "Magneto wasn't exactly specific."
"And neither was Zed, beyond 'Japan.'" Zack noted.
"Leave that to me." Zordon promised as the gang's ride finally arrived.
"Strap in, kids." Cyclops said as he took the controls. "Even with the Blackbird's speed, this'll take a bit."
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Meanwhile, aboard another private plane, Karai observed Dr. Baxter Stockman hard at work.
"Would be easier if this was an actual lab, but…" The scientist noted as he carefully mixed chemicals, a smile on his face. "And done!"
"That was quick." Karai mused.
"Well, I am a genius after all." Stockman smirked. "But yeah; presuming it all goes according to plan, this latest batch of Mutagen is fast acting, additionally boosts and is mostly painless! If only we had a test subject…"
He was so caught up in his own hubris he failed to notice the knowing look on Karai's face.
"Oh but doctor…We do."
Faster than he could react, the Foot Head then injected the Mutagen into Stockman, who screamed as his shoulders and eyes grew larger and larger, another pair of arms bursting from him. A few moments later, in the genius' place was a humanoid fly.
"….Well, at least you should be able to fly."
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Behind Karai's jet, a commercial flight, filled with every Foot and Hand Ninja she had on hand, prepped themselves. Bebop and Rocksteady were enjoying their new ninja weapons, already plotting how to use them against the Turtles.
But off to the side, four were beginning to have doubts.
"….Kat? Rocky? Aisha?" Adam asked. "…Are…are we the bad guys?"
His question made them stop and think.
"…As long as I can put a roof over me and sis, I don't care." Adam said, but it was clear he didn't mean it.
"We're basically doing the Teriminator's work." Rocky pointed out.
"No, we're…" Aisha started, then paused and recollected what this mission meant: If successful, the Foot and Hand would train the next great supervillain; a man petty enough to undo what the X-Men worked so hard for and who made groups like the Power Rangers and intelligence agencies illegal, if they existed after all.
"…This'll be our last job." Kat assured them, but it was mostly for herself.
To be concluded…
Next time; the finale of the All for One story. And then, we get into Spider-Verse events!
SO, SO, SO, SO sorry this has taken so long, hope it was worth the wait and what you saw was entertaining.
Credit to justimtaylor for the Stockman fly scene! Took some inspiration from Raimi-Verse's Green Goblin and Naruto's Kimmimaro for Rito, who I think will become a member of the gang's rouge's gallery.
Naruto will not show up in this arc, sadly, its packed enough as it is and has gone on for long enough, so I am cutting several battle scenes and interactions to get things moving along, since this story is my second of third most popular. If there is enough interest, I may put up na 'What could've Been' chapter or post on Deivant Art, so if you'd like to learn what I'd had in mind, let me know in a review.
In my defense for taking so long, work has been…. difficult lately and I am a bit of a perfectionist. I am working towards curbing it, but it will take some time.
Also bringing in Mayday Parker (the comics Spider-Girl) and Min Qwan () as Peter and Trini's future daughters AND as part of a set up for the next arc; a certain Sony Animated motion picture that'll bring a few MORE Spider-people into the storu.
Finally, the fourth story of this verse, 'Calamity Factor' (which was originally going to be called 'Frosted Calamity' but I changed the title for being too on the nose) is up, and the next chapter will focus on Spidey and the gang as they travel to Japan, with an explanation and flashback to not only HOW Emma met the New Mutants, but why she and Magneto were at the school and how the cast of Amphibia tie into the mythos of this universe.
So if in you're interested, give it a read and review.
Until then, stay safe and warm out there!
