Robert Williams POV:

Oh for the love of Bloody Fucking Hell, now I was really in it. Once that damn flash of light cleared, I found myself demorphed and in a dark cave somewhere. Water dripped from the cave ceiling, and I could hear the sound of rushing water somewhere, letting me know I was somewhere near a river. To make matters worse for me, I was in a giant cage stuck with my least favorite pony in the world, the feathered bitch herself, Lightning Dust. And there was Bunglay standing outside the cage somehow managing to look smug even if he didn’t have any visible mouth to speak of.

Wonderful. Just bloody wonderful. To sum it up, I was trapped in a cage with bitch pony number two and a Davy Jones wannabe for company. We didn’t have our morphers, and our fellow Rangers had no idea where we were. All in all, it seemed like this would be just another Tuesday if what had already happened was any indication.

“Want these?” Bunglay asked both of us sarcastically in a mocking tone and dangled my morpher in front of me just to drive the knife in further. “Sorry, they’re mine now. Two Ranger Morphers, definitely worth some space bullion. Shame I couldn’t have gotten your Animal Crystals and Zords, but I’d need you morphed to grab those, and there’s no way in hell am I stupid enough to chance that.”

“How about this for a deal, give us back our morphers and maybe, just maybe I’ll keep my Thunderbird from frying you to a crisp! Savvy?” Lightning snarled.

“As fun as that would be, I think I’ll have to decline, little pony.” Bunglay sneered as he leaned in close. “Like I said, I’m not that dumb. You and your friend will be a good enough of a prize as it is.”

“Money, that’s all it is with you isn’t it? Why can’t you just want to rule the world like all the other sickos?” I said sarcastically, leaning back against the cage bars with a bored sigh.

“Cute, the fox has some wittiness in him.” The hunter said, pacing in front of the cage. “Money, contrary to popular belief, does indeed buy you happiness. And besides, ruling the world is just plain boring to me. No, I’m after something much more fun and with a bigger payoff.”

“Oh, bugger off and swab your shit deck Davy Jones.” I spat in defiance. “Trust me, as soon as we get out of here, we’re kicking your arse off this planet. Hell, I could probably take you on alone. You’re all talk, that’s the way it is with you lot. You can talk yourself a big game, but when it comes down to it, you just can’t get it up.” I taunted and Bunglay only laughed. Shame he wasn’t a woman, otherwise I could use my never-failing charm to flirt my way out of here.

“Funny, I’ve killed Rangers before. They were just like you, arrogant and foolhardy. They thought they could take me on alone, and I took them down every time. And now you think you can take me on, without powers? Kudos, I must give props to you for your courage, but you’ll still end up dead if you try.”

Suddenly, a faint ringing sound could be heard, and Bunglay turned and headed to the source: a small comms relay station nearby. My best guess was that he was just holding us here for the time being. After all, he had to keep his… specimens somewhere till he took them to his ship and then dropped them off wherever. This was most likely a waypoint he’d set up as a base camp.

I couldn’t really make out what Bunglay was saying, as it was in an alien language that I didn’t know, and being in SPD I had to learn a lot of alien languages as part of the job, but I did manage to pick up that he was clearly displeased about something and that I could hear a distinct roaring sound on the other end of his commlink. Sounded like one very unhappy animal, like a cross between a whale of some sort and something else I couldn’t describe. Whatever it was, judging by the noises it was making, it was big, very unhappy, and causing a lot of chaos. Good, give something for Bunglay to worry about. Might even wreck his ship and keep him stuck here so I-That is, I mean we could finish him off.

“You’ll have to excuse me for a moment maties, seems like some bleeding, and trust me they soon will be once I shove my hook up their jacksie, idiot made a huge cracking error and now I have to clean up the mess.” Bunglay said before teleporting out in a flash of blue light. Mind you, he was so preoccupied with the problem at hand he forgot two very important things, that is, our Morphers. Problem was, we couldn’t reach them and there were no keys to speak of to unlock this cage. So again, to sum up. Bunglay was gone for the time being, and we were stuck in a cage and our Morphers out of reach. That left me and Lightning Bitch with no choice but to talk to each other. Oh joy of joys. Knowing us, we’d probably kill each other before talking.

“Sooooo…” Lightning began. “This is a problem.”

“Understatement of the century Lightning.” I deadpanned. “Don’t worry, I’ll get us out of this. I’m the hero after all.”

“...You have no plan at all, do you?” Lightning said. I sighed and punched the cage walls in frustration. She was right, I didn’t have a plan, and eventually Bunglay would come back and teleport us up to his ship and we’d be taken off to who knows where so that some alien species could buy us for whatever sick reason they wanted.

“...Fucking amazing. I was a highly trained SPD officer, and now look where I’ve ended up. Trapped in a cage and about to be shipped to some arsehole’s idea of a poaching range, probably. I’ve really botched up my life haven’t I?” I muttered looking skywards and Lighting actually looked more than a little sympathetic.

“Trust me, you’re not the only one who’s made mistakes.” Lightning said softly.

“What, you’ve fucked up your life so badly it seems there’s no way out as well?” I asked her sarcastically. I was brassed off beyond belief with how things in my life lately had gone so far.

“Well, I wouldn’t go that far. I’ve made mistakes as well you know.” Lightning replied softly.

“Like being an arrogant bitch?” I snapped. Lightning ignored the remark.

“I was part of the Wonderbolts once. Did it to make my father proud. You’d really have to meet him. He set all the records, each and every one. He’s a living legend. That’s what I have to live up to. Sadly for me, I, on my first day of Wonderbolt training nearly got the heroes of Equestria killed by creating a tornado just to clear some clouds. JUST TO BUCKING CLEAR SOME CLOUDS! I should have been kicked out of the Academy, and I was. But for some reason, my wingmate Rainbow Dash, got me back in, gave me a second chance to become one of the best. But that still didn’t fix my father’s disappointment with me. Now all he does is look at me with shame and disgust, like I never should have been born.”

“I know the feeling, Maybe not as badly as you, but I have morons in my family… Two of them actually. They may not be ashamed of me, but they are just plain dumb. Always trying to show each other up at family reunions and such. There’s a reason whenever it happens, I always stand in the back just looking at a potted plant and trying not to get involved in their stupid little contests.”

Lightning chuckled.

“Yeah, I can relate.” She smiled. I have to admit, it was a very pretty smile. Shame it belonged to a mare like her.

“As much it disgusts me to admit it, I have to admit, seeing you smile is a good thing.” I remarked before facepalming so hard my forehead hurt a little.

“That… Just slipped out. I’ve always been a natural flirt. I’ll flirt with anyone, long as they’re not married or a comrade.” I explained, conveniently leaving out the part about me flirting with Sunset Shimmer a while back after I awoke. “It did serve me well whenever I was asked to go undercover back at SPD.”

“What is SPD anyways?” Lightning asked.

“I’ll explain to you another time, if we get out of here. I’m working on a plan for that.”

“What, what is it?” She snapped. “Or are you too stupid to actually think up one and are just flat out lying to me!?!”

“You know, your yapping isn’t helping much, so shut your bloody gob and actually help me think up a plan to get us out of here and defeat Bunglay! Or better yet, just keep your damn trap shut, as I doubt you can think of anything useful other than how to most efficiently murder me in my sleep!”

“Well, all you think with is your dick! You’re just thinking of the next mare you want to rut! Don’t think I didn’t know about your little flirtations with Sunset, I was on the island the whole time and heard Sunset grumbling about a certain womanizing human!” Lightning snapped back at me. If this was a harem comedy, and I really would hate to be the Keitarō Urashima here, I suspect Lightning would be soundly be boxing my ears in several times or sending me skywards with a “Naru Punch” before falling head over arse for me somehow. Fat chance of that happening.

“Oh, is that all!?! Well, let me just say this then: You are the single most arrogant arsehole I’ve ever met! You talk big, but you fight like a pregnant cow, you only got back into the Wonderbolts when the one who got you kicked out in the first damn place took pity on you! And to top it all off, you have the outright gall to lecture me after all of that!? Fuck you! You’re a pathetic excuse for a Ranger, and if you’re the best your totem animal could do, then this planet is FUCKED!”

“You bastard!” She roared back at me and threw a punch, which I sidestepped before locking her arm at the shoulder and throwing her into the bars, denting them a little. I stopped and stared at the bars, idly holding the flailing pegasus down in a submission hold as what should have been obvious was presented to me on a silver platter.

“I’m an idiot. A big fat fucking bloody idiot! The solution, it’s been staring me in the face the whole time! I know exactly how to get us out of here.” I smirked and let Lightning gape at me. It was fun seeing her dumbfounded.

“...And you’re going to do that how?’ Lightning asked, as I let her go. I needed my hands free to perform this technique.

“Just watch me.” I smirked. “Call to the Beast inside, Free the Fox!” I yelled, and an orange mist like form of a fox appeared and ripped open the bars as if they were paper. My eyes widened as I noticed an extra detail on my animal spirit before it had faded away. It had gained eight extra tails and rabbit like ears, silly as that sounded. It was now a full on Kyuubi no Kitsune.

“Looks like the new suit comes with more upgrades.” I remarked as Lightning and I rushed through the open hole and grabbed our Morphers. I pulled my morpher off its chain and flipped it open, projecting a digital maps of the cave system. I pressed down on the map and it expanded to show exactly where we were. We were in New Zealand, more specifically the Tawharanui, Auckland region. Heh, no wonder we couldn’t be found. We were off in another country entirely! The rest of the Rangers, if they even knew we were missing, and they probably did thanks to us not calling in for who knew how long, were probably searching all over what used to be America.

“Oh, now that is the business! Now we’re cooking with gas!” I exclaimed in triumph before turning to Lightning. “We’re getting out of here. Come along.”

Then a smile struck my face. This was too good an opportunity to pass up.

“Allons-Y!” I proclaimed and behind me as we ran, Lightning muttered “I thought only the Doctor used that moronic phrase…”

As we walked, something felt… off. This was too easy, breaking out of that cage was child’s play, and there was no way someone like Bunglay would let that happen. Suddenly, a cold feeling of dread filled me, wrapping around my core as though Death itself had suddenly grabbed my heart and began squeezing. Something brushed past me, and I whirled around to face it, only to find nothing.

“Something wrong?” Lightning asked.

“No, it’s probably nothing. Might just be the wind. This place is making me paranoid.” I answered back, even though I knew perfectly well I was in a place where the wind had no right to be.

Eventually we came to a very tight spot behind two rock faces. It would require a bit of a squeeze, but it was manageable. Beyond it, I heard the rushing of the ocean. We were close, I knew it.

“Ladies first.” I said, gesturing to Lightning who as she squeezed through the crack grumbled “And they say chivalry is dead. Least you have that in your favor, dickhead.” I rolled my eyes and followed her, sucking in my stomach to make the task of squeezing through more manageable. After what felt like an eternity of inching our way through the crack, we finally emerged at a beach, the scent of salty air and the sound of crashing waves had never seemed so beautiful before. Of course, the scene just had to be ruined by the sight of a certain alien hunter waiting for us on the beach.

“You really didn’t think I’d let you get away that easily did you?” Bunglay remarked smugly, “Don’t make me laugh, little Rangers.”

I grit my teeth in anger. Of course it was too easy! Nothing is ever easy! Damn you Murphy and all your descendants!

“Bastard.” Lightning muttered.

“No lassie, I’m a hunter. There’s a difference, learn it. And I never let my prey get away.”

“Whatever.” I muttered not caring in the slightest before turning to Lightning and she nodded, knowing exactly what I was thinking as we reached for our Morphers.

“It’s Morphin’ Time! Legendary Wild Access, ha!” We both shouted, and with twin explosions of energy, we were back in business.

“Hade ni ikuze.” I commented, raising my Kitsune Blaster and cocking it with an audible clicking sound with a whirring noise accompanying that. Lightning pulled out her whips and cracked them several times resembling Whiplash in Iron Man 2. I briefly wondered if they had the same destructive ability as Whiplash’s own, but then I realized Lightning probably didn’t know how to use them properly. Little did I know it, but I was about to be soundly proven wrong.

“Oh, quite impressive. But you’re still not going to be able to defeat me. And as a bonus, I’ll get your animal crystals and your Wild Zords now as well!”

Suddenly, Bunglay was in front of me and had grabbed ahold of my forehead, and I felt his mind searching through my memories. It felt unclean, like I was being violated against my will and suddenly he found THEM. The SPD files on every monster every Power Ranger team had faced.

“Ooh, these look like some good ones.” He muttered. I wondered what he was doing, but then I found out as several past monsters from various points in Power Ranger history appeared. Silo, from the Machine Empire. Vulpez, faced by the Power Rangers Samurai. Black Lance, faced by the Mystic Force and then Koragg, the Knight Wolf, also known as Leanbow, a former warrior for good and eventually he would reclaim that title as the Wolf Warrior. Finally, he pulled out Rito Revolto, the brother of Rita Repulsa.

I swallowed nervously. Here were some of the worse of the worst in villains, along with Bunglay and only Lightning and I were the only Rangers around to take them on.

Koragg unsheathed his sword and before I knew it, he called out “Dark Magic Strike!” and his sword was shrouded in black smoke and both me and Lightning leaped over it and I fired my Kitsune Blaster several times but was blasted backwards by a lightning/flame combo from Black Lance and Rito. Lightning had grabbed ahold of Silo and kicked him backwards before lashing out with her whips and striking him several times before getting in a good solid blow and cutting off one of Silo’s limbs with one single strike of the plasma infused whips before using them to grab ahold of the robotic soldier and using all her strength, she flung him into a cliff side. Okay, maybe she did know how to use them.

“One monster down… Four to go. And they’re all not going to be as easy as the last one.” I mused and my point was proven when Koragg shouted “Wolf Attack!” and several purple wolf’s heads coming from a red orb in his shield struck me making me stagger back as Black Lance hit me several times with his lance and drew blood.

“Time to try something new.” I said before raising my weapon skywards. “Kitsune Scatter Blast!”

Like homing missiles, several golden beams of energy came out of my weapon’s barrel and sought out the monsters and struck them one by one as Lightning then kicked Black Lance in the head and made him stagger back. Rito blasted flames at Lightning but she leaped over him and struck the tube connecting his flamethrower to his tank with her Crystal Saber, severing it. I fired a shot off at Vulpez, but he created a portal and then directed the shot right back at me before shouting “Fox Flare!” and I was sent backwards by an explosion underneath my feet but I managed to fire off my Kitsune Seipai Blast and take down the fox themed Nighlok. Soon, Black Lance suffered the same fate as well. I guess these imitations couldn’t take as much punishment as the real deal. But Koragg then brought out the big guns.

“Ulfe Mejor Catastros!” He shouted and sure enough as my eyes widened in terror, the infamous black horse appeared from a spell seal in the water and quickly shifted modes as Koragg leaped through a spell seal of his own and became giant before merging with his horse with a shout of "Uthe Mejor Ultimas!" and becoming the Centaurus Wolf Megazord as Bunglay teleported away, probably thinking he had us and would come back later to collect our dead bodies and Animal Crystals as his "Reward".

“Oh boy.” I muttered nervously to myself and pointed my Crystal Saber to the sky and shouted “Kitsune Zord, descend!”

But nothing happened and Lightning, as she finished off Rito, laughed to herself.

“Hah, you can talk big but you just can’t get it up can you?” She smirked and did the same summoning motions with her own Crystal Saber, but this time actually managing to summon the Zord in question. As if someone had flicked a switch, the clouds boiled over and a mighty looking bird, similar in appearance to the Phoenix Zord, but with the red and gold replaced with aqua and silver coloring emerged from the boiling clouds. It let out a loud screech and thunderbolts rained down all around the sky around Koragg. Okay, I admit I was jealous of Lightning for having a cool Zord that looked as if it could do some serious damage while I didn’t have even one.

“Dark Magic Spell Seal!” Koragg shouted and rotated his galve in a circle before slashing forwards at the Thunderbird Zord and striking it in the chest and it let out a screech of pain but quickly struck back even as Koragg fired a swirling tornado of dark energy at the Zord which it did a barrel roll to the left to avoid and the Thunderbird brought down even more lightning bolts making Koragg’s Megazord stagger.

“Now how long can you keep this up?” Koragg taunted. Lightning responded by having the Thunderbird fire a ball of lightning from it’s mouth but Koragg simply shrugged it off.

“Weakling. Dark Magic Spell Seal!” He shouted again and this time hit the Thunderbird in the wing making it fall into the ocean. But just as Koragg was about to stab it with his galve, a groaning sound was heard, and on top of a cliff was the Giraffe Zord, and soon Lightning found herself with a new Animal Crystal in her palm. Don’t ask me how, but she’d somehow managed to impress the Wild Zord. The Giraffe jumped down into the water and swung it’s long neck and head back and forth several times dealing considerable damage to the Centaurus Wolf Megazord and knocking Koragg out of his combination with Catastros just in time for the Thunderbird to deliver a final strike of lightning bolts and destroy the Koragg copy for good.

“Good riddance to bad rubbish. He had his time, and he failed.” I muttered as Lightning laughed triumphantly in victory. God, I’d never hear the end of this.

END

Author's Notes:

Okay, whoo boy, did this chapter have a troubled production. Me and Villain had so many disagreements on certain parts of the chapter, with the biggest being a rather forced and heated makeout scene between Robert and Lightning, but in the end I was forced to concede his point about it being rather rushed and coming across as rather rapey on Lightning's part. So, that argument went instead. I truly apogize for the pregnant cow remark on Robert's side, that was Villain's idea, not mine and to be quite frank I don't like that line. I know Robert's supposed to come across as a dick and he was furious at the time, but there are some lines that shouldn't be crossed. Anyways, we finally get to see how dangerous Bunglay truly is, given he can make memories come to life and we also finally get to see Lightning's Zord, along with her gaining a new one in the process. On that note, the reason I'm giving each Zord a separate fight scene is because I want to build up to the showdown between the Megazord and it's first giant monster, which'll happen in just three more chapters, Pinkie Promise so you won't be waiting long. Also, if you're growing tired of this type of chapter, thankfully for you and me (As I hate them too) there's only one more first person point of view confession chapter after this, and it's Sunset's turn. Stay tuned, as you're about to learn that the leader of the Power Rangers isn't quite as golden as she is nowadays...

Okay, Zord Line Up Time. This is where I'll give you a list of what Zords are active and who has them.

Robert Williams: Kistune Zord (Sealed Away)

Sunset Shimmer: Phoenix Zord, Elephant Zord, Bison Zord (Gained offscreen)

Lightning Dust: Thunderbird Zord, Giraffe Zord, Coyote Zord (Gained offscreen)

Vapor Trail: Leviathan Zord

Sunburst: Vampire Fruit Bat Zord

Princess Shayla: Soul Bird, Deer Zord

Zen-Aku: Wolf Zord, Hammerhead Zord, Alligator Zord

Shining Armor: Torozord

Galaxy Swirls: Pachy Zord