The Everfree Forest/100 Mile Wilderness, six days ago...

Jindrax ran, ran to his safe spot out of sheer terror. He knew nobody would ever follow him to this place, given the Everfree’s reputation which was well deserved indeed. As much as Jindrax’s ego would have liked to consider him the most dangerous thing in the vast acres of forest, he knew that wasn’t true. The Timberwolves, Cockatrices amongst other things were enough to send shivers up his spine.

“Know Toxica would probably lecture me for being a coward and not facing half of these things head on like a proper Duke Org should, but she probably hasn’t seen one of those wolves rebuild itself or a Cockatrice turn a Pony Princess to stone has she?” Jindrax thought to himself. “Plus, nobody ever said me or her were good examples of proper Duke Orgs did they?”

Jindrax suddenly heard the sound of hoof-steps following his every move. He went for one of his blades and whirled around to throw it into a tree in the direction of the hoof-steps.

“First and only warning! Next one goes between your eyes!” Jindrax shouted, sounding far more confident than he actually felt right now. A figure, purple in fur color and wearing a black weathered leather jacket stepped into the clearing.

“Wait, you’re that daughter of that strange pegasus aren’t you? ...Okay, adopted daughter… Maybe. Pony genetics still confuse me.” Jindrax admitted. Sparkler laughed as a familiar staff appeared in her hands. Jindrax went for his sword.

“Where’d you get that? Hand it over! It belongs to someone far better than you!” Jindrax snarled. He was suddenly hit over the head with that very same staff.

“Idiot, it’s me!” Sparkler said, but that wasn’t her voice coming out of her mouth.

“W-Wait, Toxica? ...Is that you?” Jindrax asked in shock. Another hit over the head. Jindrax groaned in pain as he rubbed his head. Yeah, it was definitely her alright.

“Seriously, you don’t remember waking me up, for lack of a better term?” Toxica asked as she resumed her normal form, that of an Asian woman dressed in blue and black garb with a veil over her face. A blood red horn jutted out of her forehead. Jindrax sighed as he remembered. After Solar Flare drove humanity to extinction, both Toxica and Jindrax agreed it was best to lay low and stick to the shadows as they figured Solar Flare wouldn’t stop with just one species. So, after hundreds of years of running and hiding as the Earth repaired itself, Toxica had performed an ancient Org spell and transformed herself to look like a pony with a personality taking over her own. She admitted it, she was afraid. Jindrax personally thought she was being paranoid, as if Solar Flare cared about killing them, she would have done it hundreds of years ago at the height of her powers. But Toxica didn’t listen. It was only recently that Jindrax had found the counterspell to put Toxica’s true personality back in place. He didn’t know who she had become, but he knew that by performing the counterspell he’d have her back.

Jindrax brought Toxica into a hug, but she shoved him off.

“Hey, what was that for, I’m glad to have you back!” Jindrax shouted, quite confused. “You know how lonely it gets for me without you around!”

Toxica huffed. “Please, you’ve been handling yourself quite well over these past few years, why bring me back now?”

“Well, seeing a new Master Org and him bringing a guy back from the dead even after something punched a hole in his chest might kinda make me want your help again.” Jindrax deadpanned.

“...A-Are you sure?” Toxica asked, not wanting to believe her ears.

“Yeah, one horn jutting out of his forehead, powerful dark magic, him resurrecting a baboon like guy, the whole enchilada,” Jindrax remarked. “Pretty sure those are good identifying markers for a Master Org. ...Plus, y’know, the whole Orgs attacking in an organized fashion schtick,”

Toxica dropped her staff out of shock.

“...Wow, I knew you’d be shocked, but not that shocked…” Jindrax murmured to himself, rubbing his forehead in confusion.

“Jindrax, please tell me I’m not seeing things.” Toxica asked worriedly.

“Seeing what? I’m right here you know.” Her fellow Duke Org asked in bewilderment.

“Look behind you.” Toxica asked, picking up her staff off the forest floor very carefully. It was then Jindrax slowly turned his head and he let out a small yelp of shock. Right behind him, sitting on a tree branch was Zen-Aku.

“Wondering when you’d notice.” The wolf themed Duke Org remarked casually as he jumped down off the tree branch and landed on the forest floor with a soft thud.

“You’re supposed to be dead!” Jindrax shouted after he and Toxica had regained their composure.

“And yet here I am,” the Duke Org commented with a smirk across his muzzle for all to see. “Lot of this going around lately, as you’ve noticed.”

“If-If this is your forest now, we can just… You know, leave.” Toxica asked, with Jindrax nodding along with her and saying “Yeah, what she said. Wouldn’t want to anger you.”

Zen-Aku chuckled, much to his fellow Duke Org’s worry. They hadn’t changed a bit in over 3,000 years really. Still afraid of him as ever.

“As they should be.” He thought to himself.

“What are you even doing up and walking about like one of those human zombies, except, y’know, an Org?” Jindrax asked, before whispering to Toxica “Can we even have Zombie Orgs?”

She could only shrug. Zen-Aku never answered. That was his little secret to keep. He took a sniff of the air.

“We need to get moving, soon. We’re being watched,” Zen-Aku stated keeping one eye trained to the bushes. Multiple sets of unfriendly yellow eyes peered out from the darkness. “I’m not the only dangerous wolf in these woods, you know.”

He gestured for his two fellow Duke Orgs to follow and rested his Crescent Blade over his right shoulder.

“Okay, you’re the boss, boss,” Jindrax said with Toxica nodding nervously. “Orgs together, and all that.”

Zen-Aku continued to smirk the rest of the way out of the Forest.

Now: Carousel Boutique

“Now, just stay still while I cut a little off the top…” Zephyr said to Robert as he gave his hair a trim, pieces of Robert’s brown bangs falling to the Boutique floor. Nearby, Bon-Bon and Lyra were getting their manes dried while Rarity was styling Fluttershy’s mane.

“You know, I had the most interesting conversation with Rainbow yesterday,” Rarity commented as she ran a brush through her friend’s pink mane. “Seems like that… Well, I won’t repeat the word I’m thinking, but anyways she told me Lightning’s adopted a little sister of her own. Never would have seen that coming in a million years.”

“It is nice that Lightning’s starting to become a nicer pony,” Fluttershy commented, looking towards the park outside, where she could see Lightning and Silver playing a game of chess. Lightning, from the looks of things, was losing quite badly.

“If you’re going to comment about me having a hand in that, I had nothing to do with it,” Robert admitted.

“Well, there’s a shocker,” Lyra joked as she looked upwards from her magazine. “No offense, but I would have expected you to have at least taken partial credit.”

“Nope, for once I had nothing to do with anything relating to Lightning. I only showed up to bail her stupid arse out of the fire, literally, in this case, nothing more.” Robert remarked simply.

“Funny, from what I hear, you got your ass kicked and Lightning had to bail you out,” Bon-Bon remarked. Robert thanked the Lord that the Boutique was mostly empty except for those who already knew or had figured out his secret by themselves. Robert still wasn’t sure how Lyra nor her wife had figured it out, but somehow they had.

“Oh sure, gang up on the resident human here,” Robert grumbled. He was soundly ignored.

“Point being, I think we should all be happy for both Lightning and Silver,” Fluttershy said. “Silver’s got somepony who’ll look after her, and Lightning’s becoming less of a…”

“Bitch?” Robert offered while Lyra laughed her head off and Bon-Bon snorted.

“Er, yes… That.” Fluttershy remarked, flushing red at Robert’s terminology.

“Funny… That’s the word I was thinking of earlier about her but was far too much of a lady to say…” Rarity murmured to herself in an inaudible tone.

Elsewhere in Ponyville, two figures teleported into an antique shop. Those two figures were Helicos and Retinax.

“Sure there’s an Org spirit here?” The Duke Org asked.

“Yes, I’m quite sure,” Retinax replied. “If we’re going to start going against Thrax, we’re going to need an army of our own and collecting Org spirits and recruiting them to our cause is the first step.”

The two walked through the dusty collection of antiquities, Retinax’s horn glowing brighter and brighter as the two got nearer and nearer to the developing Org spirit. Finally, it began to glow as bright as the sun as the two came across an old mirror.

“Should I repeat Bloody Mary three times or something?” Helicos deadpanned. “Far as I can see, just a stupid old mirror. Looks completely harmless to me.”

“Wait for it…” Retinax murmured to himself as a fine mist began to traverse slowly across the wooden floor and float towards the mirror. It wrapped itself around the mirror and with a bright flash of light, a new Org was born. Retinax smirked, this one would do nicely. He knew the Rangers would never see this one coming, that was for sure…

Ponyville High School:

Meanwhile, Sunburst was in the middle of his afternoon classes currently doing a lecture on the Triassic Period. Today, he was wearing a nice tweed suit instead of his usual black suit and tie combination.

“Now, what I’d like to ask all of you is this, can you name me a list of creatures that would have been alive during this period?” the Black Ranger asked while using a piece of chalk to write out the words “Triassic” behind him and then a page number. On his desk behind him lay a model of a Pachycephalosaurus.

One student, a white furred bat-pony raised his hand.

“Yes, Mr. Bubbles?” Sunburst asked.

“What about a Styracosaurus?” The bat-pony asked. Sunburst sighed as he took off his glasses and rubbed his temples. Navi, who was sitting on a perch like a real parrot would let out a sigh and shook her head.

“No, that was a dinosaur in the Cretaceous period. The fact of the matter is, dinosaurs, more specifically herbivores wouldn’t start forming armor on their bodies until the Jurassic period to protect themselves from predators. A good example would be the Stegosaurus,” Sunburst stated. “While we’ll get to those periods of the Mesozoic era eventually, right now let’s focus on the-”

Right then, Sunburst’s Growl Phone rang, much to his embarrassment and the amusement of the class. He answered it and nodded in understanding before saying “Got it, on my way.”

“Fiancee calling you up for a night in?” One student teased and Sunburst blushed red and stuttered out “N-No, something completely different actually!” as he tried to regain his composure.

“Sure, that’s what it is.” the exact same student snarked.

“Okay, I want a good sized report on the nature of the creatures of the Triassic Period due by the end of the week,” Sunburst said as he quickly ran for the door before he peeked his head back in as he saw his class go for their phones. “And just because my phone rang in the middle of class doesn’t mean that’s an excuse for you all to go and play with yours, got that?”

When all the students nodded, Sunburst nodded back confidently, adjusted his bow-tie and ran out the door. Of course, as soon as he’d left, the students went ahead and pulled their phones right back out. Navi gave the winged equivalent of a facepalm and thought to herself “I really need to help dad get more assertive. Guess it’s up to me now.”

With that, she gave the class an evil eye and they nervously put their phones away and began opening their textbooks to the marked page on the chalkboard.

Ponyville Park:

The group of three, soon joined by Vapor teleported themselves down to the main park in Ponyville and were greeted with quite a sight. Leading a squad of Putrids was an interesting Org to say the least. It looked like a regular unicorn pony but was made of pure solid crystal. The other main difference was that the horn split off into two, in a V shape of sorts. In one hand, a sword. In the other, a shield making the Org resemble a knight of some sort. But all four of the Rangers knew this was no Knight in any shape or form.

“Okay… Wasn’t expecting that I’ll admit.” Sunburst remarked, slightly nervous at this new Org’s form. Mentally, he had to keep telling himself that this wasn’t a pony, just another Org.

“Whatever, let’s just get this guy over and dealt with.” Lightning muttered as she, Vapor and Sunburst went for their Growl Phones and Robert his amulet.

“Legendary Wild Access, ha!” They all called in unison just as the Putrids fired their rocket cudgels. Running out from the ensuing explosion were the three Rangers, fully morphed. One of the Putrids swung his cudgel intent on bashing Robert’s skull in. However, it was not to be. He focused all of his Chi energy into a single powerful punch, sending the Putrid flying back while Robert’s hands glowed with a fine orange hued mist.

“Okay, I so wish I could do that…” Sunburst thought to himself with a sigh as he held off the Mirror Org’s sword and shield with his hatchets. “Guess I’ll just have to settle for the norm… As always.” He thought sadly. Sunburst let out a yelp as he was caught off guard momentarily and the Org got in a slash across the chest before he kicked the Black Ranger backwards into a group of putrids. Sunburst got up and brushed his suit off before one putrid got in a lucky shot with his rocket launcher and sent Sunburst flying into a tree.

“Got to help him…” Robert muttered as he shot down two approaching Putrids before he found himself dagger to sword with the Mirror Org. Nearby, Vapor was using her Trident to full effect, stabbing and slashing at Putrids in a blur of motion.

“Sorry to spoil your fun, but I can’t let you do that!” the Org taunted as the blades clashed, sparks flying off as metal ground up against metal. Robert kicked the Org in the chest making it stagger back, but the Org implanted his sword in the ground and sent a group of glass spikes erupting from the ground towards Robert who had to leap out of the way. The Orange Ranger fired off some shots, but the Mirror Org either blocked them with his shield or batted them out of the air with his sword.

“Okay, try something else then…” Robert muttered before he shouted “Kitsune Scatter Blast!”

The shot fired branched out into a group of many beams that sought out their target like heat seekers but to Robert’s surprise, the Mirror Org just absorbed the shots with his shield.

“And now, would you kindly, maybe you’ll reflect on your mistakes!” the Org cackled before his shield glowed and sent the blasts right back at Robert knocking him out of his morphed form.

Lightning’s eyes widen at the feat before she snarled and grabbed a group of putrids with her whips and tossed them at the Mirror Org. His eyes widened momentarily before they narrowed. With a few quick slashes, all of the putrids lay dead at his feet.

Sunburst, now fully recovered, threw one of his Shadow Hatchets at the Org. But before he knew it, the Org’s eyes glowed and Lightning was in his place. A wing fell to the ground as Lightning let out a horrific scream and clutched at the wound to stop the blood flow.

“Lightning!” Vapor shouted as she saw her adopted sister demorph in a flash of light.

Sunburst’s eyes widened under his helmet as he thought “Oh no! What… What did I… How did…?”

Robert’s eyes widened as well and he yelled into his comm “Princess, get Lightning out of here and to the nearest hospital! Now!”

Just as he said that, Lightning was teleported away in a flash of light as more putrids rose up from the ground and aimed their rocket-cudgels at the remaining three Rangers. Sunburst stood in a horrified dazed stupor as he saw the fallen wing and the blood on the ground. He couldn’t move a muscle out of sheer horror and shock at what he just did, even if by accident. The Mirror Org stood there laughing as Robert pulled out his Kitsune Blaster and aimed it at the putrids.

“Sunburst, you alright?” He asked, his words just barely reaching his fellow Ranger. “We need to fall back and regroup! Go, I’ll cover you!”

Sunburst nodded weakly, feeling quite sick with himself as Robert fired off a few shots and the Rangers ran for it in a tactical retreat. Just then, the Mirror Org’s eyes glowed and his shield hummed before next thing Robert or Vapor knew, they were trapped in two glass mirrors.

“Good, that’s two Rangers down. Only three more to go,” the Mirror Org chuckled. “Piece of cake really. Don’t know why I was even given a warning.”

With that, he directed his remaining putrids to grab both of the mirror-trapped Rangers and take them away. He had something special in mind for them.

“Time to make an example of those fools…” He thought to himself as he teleported away.

The Animarium:

Sunburst punched a tree in frustration and rage, tears falling down his face. The moon shown down in the background, rising high in the sky. For the past few hours, the only images he had in his mind were Lightning losing one of her wings thanks to his hatchets and then Vapor and Robert getting captured. He knew from Princess Shayla that by some miracle Lighting was stable, but that didn’t change the fact that she was in the ICU and two of his teammates were captured. Tartarus, they were probably dead by this point.

“I caused that, it’s my fault! My fault!” Sunburst thought to himself. “Who’s the one who’s always screwing up on this team and messing up? Oh, that’s right, me!”

Sunburst thought back to when he got his own fiancee captured by the Bell Org. Sure, he rescued him in the end, but who was the one to deal the final blow? Oh, that’s right, Galaxy. Galaxy was the Captain of the Night Guard, trained to deal with this sort of crap. Him, he was just a simple science teacher. That was the end of it. That’s all he’d ever be in the end. Sunburst, falling to his knees let out a scream of rage skywards.

“What… What do I do?” Sunburst asked, looking towards the sky in search of an answer. He received nothing of any sort. Sunburst took that as evidence of further mockery and scorn, that not even the Mystic Mother himself thought him cut out to be a Power Ranger. With another choked up sob, he pulled out the Bison and Fruit Bat crystals and threw them into a bush in rage and sat down on a stump. Sunburst took off his glasses and sobbed.

“I’m not cut out for this shit. Lightning, Robert, Sunset, Tartarus, even Vapor are better at this than me. They’ve all dealt final blows to a monster or contributed to the team in some way. Me… What have I done? Heck, not even my Zord is worth talking about,” Sunburst continued to think. “Just a stupid Fruit Bat. The others, they get giant beasts capable of taking down an Org in just a few short blows… Me, I get a Bat.”

Sunburst was so focusing on his internal musings, he didn’t even notice an area of the woods surrounding him shimmer and a man clad in a blue jacket appear along with an older man dressed all in black, with long gray hair and glasses over his eyes appear.

“Bats can be surprisingly adept at doing what needs to be done,” the older man said. “They’re the masters of stealth and rulers of the night. You should consider yourself lucky at being blessed with such a gift.”

“Gift?” Sunburst asked, looking up at the twosome before he scoffed. “I’d hardly call a Fruit Bat any sort of gift.”

“And yet it the animal it’s based on can clear out an orchard in a matter of hours and leave an entire town starved if it isn’t kept in check.” The older man said.

“Exactly who are you two?” Sunburst asked, drawing his Crystal Saber. The blue clad man forced it down gently.

“My name’s Theo, and this is Master Swoop,” The younger man said, introducing himself. “Pai Zhau Masters of the Jaguar and Bat Spirits and Styles respectively.”

“Pai Zhau… Why does that name sound familiar?” Sunburst thought to himself before his eyes widened in recognition. “Wait, that was the school Robert used to go to!”

Theo smiled.

“So, I see you’ve met my former student.”

Sunburst’s eyes widened again.

“Wait, you taught Robert everything he knows?” He asked in surprise.

“Well, not everything but most of it… Yes,” Theo admitted. “I don’t like to brag, but all of those martial arts skills you’ve seen Robert use? I taught him that.”

“And yet you still come off as bragging.” Master Swoop said, shooting Theo a look.

“...Paumanhin.” Theo apologized in Filipino, bowing to his fellow Master. Sunburst meanwhile shook his head.

“If I had Masters like either of you, probably wouldn’t have turned out as such a screw-up of a Power Ranger,” Sunburst muttered to himself. Master Swoop laid a hand on his shoulder and gripped it firmly making the slightly younger stallion wince.

“Now, that’s enough of that. You’re not a screw-up.” Master Swoop reassured, and Theo nodded in agreement.

“Far from it, I’d say. You created the Navi Blaster, and your Zord becomes the main battle weapon of your team’s Megazord,” Theo added. “You do contribute in your own way, so stop telling yourself otherwise.”

“Besides, even High-School teachers can make great Rangers.” Swoop put in as Theo put a hand to his chin in thought.

“He’s right, there was a Black Ranger back in 2004 that was a teacher for high-school age kids,” Theo remarked, leaving out that fact that said Ranger was Tommy Oliver, who had been a Ranger four times before that. “Impiyerno, believe it or not, I wasn’t exactly the greatest Ranger starting out either.”

“You?” Sunburst asked in disbelief, hardly able to believe his ears. “But you’re a Master!”

“Not at first. What, do you think I just popped out of the womb with super Kung-Fu skills?” Theo joked before his tone became more serious. “Hardly, I was quite arrogant starting out.”

“As arrogant as Robert?” Sunburst interrupted.

“Well, I wouldn’t go that far…” Theo trailed off with a tinge of amusement in his tone. “He’s a special case altogether really. Anyways, the point still stands. See Master Swoop here? I was rather dismissive of his teachings starting out, but that soon changed.”
Master Swoop nodded before he turned back to Sunburst.

“Teachings I’m about to pass on to you, help you harness your inner animal spirit.” Swoop stated. Sunburst’s gaze turned firm, almost confident.

“Then teach me.” He stated and Swoop allowed himself a small smirk.

“Wait, you’re blind?” Was Sunburst’s first immediate reaction to when Master Swoop took off his glasses.

“And yet I still trained two Pai Zhau Masters.” Swoop remarked simply while holding a paper fan. Sunburst also held one in his hand.

“Now who’s bragging?” Theo teased, crossing his arms at his former Master, eyebrow raised. Swoop said nothing in response and continued looking directly at Sunburst.

“Now, you have to focus yourself, you must manage your mind, release your anxieties otherwise I cannot teach you anything at all.” Swoop told him.

“Okay… Anything else?” Sunburst asked.

“Yes, you must focus on a single goal. Become one with your spirit, and it becomes a part of you,” Swoop continued to explain. “Now, close your eyes and just focus on the exercise.”

Sunburst closed his eyes and focused on one thing and one thing alone, his inner animal spirit.

“You feel it, do you feel one with your animal?” Swoop asked.

“Y-Yes,” Sunburst stuttered out nervously. “I-I can see it. It’s… It’s some sort of bird.”

Then a thought came to him, and he began to look incredibly nervous and feel all of his confidence from before began to leave him.

“W-Wait, if my spirit is some sort of bird, can you still even teach me?”

“The exercise does not change, both birds and bats fly unless that’s changed in the last couple of thousand years,” Swoop deadpanned. “It’s the exact same principle. Different spirit, but same lesson plan. Now.. focus!” Swoop stated firmly and he and Sunburst both closed their eyes and began to wave their fans. All the while, Swoop continued to instruct. “Block out the rest of the world. Only feel your breath. Allow the impossible to become… possible,”

Their movements began to become dance like as they continued, Theo nodding in approval. Then, it happened.

Without even thinking, Sunburst was surrounded by a yellow glowing energy as his fan unfolded and he began to levitate as he thought on one single thing. His teacher, his Master, he was counting on him. So was the animal that resided inside of him. That was the only thing in his mind. Then, like a majestic bird of prey, Sunburst took to the air and Swoop soon followed.

“Now, are you ready?” Swoop asked. Sunburst nodded before they both slowly floated back down towards the ground. Theo clapped as Swoop nodded. Then, the call came in as Sunburst’s Growl Phone rang.

“Sunburst, it’s the Mirror Org! He’s back!” Shayla shouted in fear. Sunburst looked towards Swoop and Theo.

“A-Are you sure I’m ready to face him alone?” He stuttered out in fear.

“You’ll never be alone,” Swoop said. “This time, you have your inner beast with you. Now go, your friends need you.”

Sunburst nodded.

“Let’s do it then.”

The Everfree Forest/100 Mile Wilderness:

Right now, the Mirror Org had set up both Vapor and Robert deep in the Everfree Forest and had lined up a firing squad of putrids to deal with them.

“Now, time to make an example of you both. This should teach that damn Princess you take orders from not to cross the Orgs.” the Mirror Org smirked. He motioned for the putrids to take aim. Robert closed his eyes, accepting death as it came while Vapor thought to herself, a tear trailing down her face.

“Sorry Grape if I didn’t hold up to your standards. But we’ll be seeing each other again soon enough.” She thought. Just as the putrids were about to fire, a small dagger came spinning end over end and sliced the ends off of the putrids’ weapons and implanted itself in a tree nearby.

“Who dares?” the Mirror Org snarled out in rage as he drew his sword. Suddenly, a black blur blindsided him, slashing at him from the left and then from the right. The blur slowed down and leaped up onto a tree branch. Robert’s eyes widened at who he saw, and more specifically at what the figure was holding. Two fans in either hand, black and silver with orange highlights with very sharp edges.

“...You gotta be kidding me.” Robert muttered, scarcely able to believe his eyes. He recognized those fans, alright, but seeing them in those hands was almost impossible to believe.

“S-Sunburst?” Vapor asked as her eyes widened.

“So, you came back for more punishment.” the Mirror Org chuckled.

“Sorry, but not this time,” Sunburst stated as he backflipped off the tree as the Mirror Org fired an energy blast from his horns. Sunburst actually smirked under his helmet as he landed on the ground below. He folded up his fans, holstered them and took his Crystal Saber out of the tree before holding it in front of him in a defensive manner.

“You, face me alone?” the Mirror Org cackled. “You’ve got to be joking.”

“Who says I’m alone?” Sunburst asked before he with two kicks shattered the mirrors holding Vapor and Robert setting them free.

“They lost against me before, they’ll lose again.” the Org commented.

“I didn’t mean them,” Sunburst remarked.

Then, he performed hand movements that Robert knew by heart.

“No. Bloody. Way. How the Hell did he learn that…?” Robert wondered in stark disbelief.

“Call to the Beast Inside! Free the Owl!” Sunburst yelled and let loose a misty yellow owl like form knocking the Mirror Org back and slashing away at him with its talons again and again. As soon as the onslaught was over, the Mirror Org called for more putrids and out of the treeline they came.

“You two ready to join the party?”

“Believe me, I was born ready. This yatsume has got some payback coming,” Robert snarled as Vapor nodded before they both shouted “Legendary Wild Access!” before morphing and engaged the putrids.

Robert began taking down various members of the squad with low kicks and takedowns using the Dog Style (The closest thing there came to a Fox Style) of fighting. Next, he unleashed his own animal spirit and ripped and tore into another squad. Vapor on the other hand just inserted her Eagle Crystal into her Saber and gained the Golden Eagle Sword and slashed away at her foes. Soon, all that was left was the Mirror Org.

“Only you now, mate,” Robert commented as he cracked his knuckles as Vapor produced her Trident. The Mirror Org’s only response was to shoot energy blasts at them. Vapor and Robert rolled out of the way but Sunburst unfolded his Jungle Fans and levitated high in the sky to avoid the blasts. Next thing he did was to glide forwards and kick the Mirror Org in the face making him stagger back before the Mirror Org took a swing at him with his sword but Vapor blocked the blow with the Golden Eagle Sword and her own Leviathan Trident.

Robert joined in and slashed at the Mirror Org’s shield with his suit’s inbuilt claws and ripped apart his shield before firing off a quick few shots hitting his target dead-on as he leaped backwards to avoid some more energy blasts. Of course, the Mirror Org wasn’t going to go down easy and created copies of himself, filling the whole clearing.

“Why that little bastard…Cute, real cute.” Robert thought. Sunburst then swung his Jungle Fans and created blasts of pure hot wind shattering each and every one of the mirror clones leaving only the original behind.

“Like I said before, only you now mate,” Robert smirked. To his surprise, a gigantic cat shaped cannon painted red, yellow, and blue appeared in his hands. Sunburst grabbed ahold of it by one side as a figure shimmered into existence and shouted “Jungle Beast! Spirit Unleashed!” and appeared behind the two. Robert’s eyes widened again.

“T-Theo?”

“Yeah, it’s me. Now let’s take this guy down.” Theo stated before he pulled back the Claw Cannon’s rear handle and then pushed it forwards as Sunburst’s, Robert’s and his own Animal Spirits charged up the Cannon.

“Now, would you kindly, please go and blow up on us?” Sunburst asked.

The Cannon then fired a blast of pure solid energy and shattered the Mirror Org into pieces before what remained went up in a shower of sparks.

“That one was for you, Lightning.” Sunburst thought.

The Nexus:

Thrax was not happy, and it showed. As soon as Retinax returned to the Nexus, he found even more Org Totems in ruins. Thrax’s throne spun itself around to face him, and its owner had a very displeased look on his face.

“Retinax, I have a question for you,” Thrax began, his voice quite low. In the back of the room, Goldar sat against a wall chuckling. “There was a new Org Spirit today, and nobody seemed fit to inform me about it.”

His voice began to slowly rise in tone to a growl.

“Care to explain why?” He asked, in a tone of tranquil fury. “You’re not making plans against me, are you… Retinax?”

“No sir, I’m not, but I promise you, I will get to the bottom of this. You have my word.” Retinax bowed, lying through his teeth.

“Good, you’d better. And if I find you’re plotting against me, let me make myself clear…” Thrax warned. The punishment will be very severe indeed.”

“Yes sir,” Retinax replied, still bowing before Thrax waved him off. As Retinax walked off and the door shut behind him with a loud thudding sound, he growled. He’d spent too long playing the fool against this usurper. It was time to make his move...

Author's Notes:

Okay, I admit it, this chapter was going to be released at the beginning of next month. But next month I'll be going back to school and starting my studies for my GED test meaning I'll have a bit less time to write so I wanted to get this out of the way first. Anyways, nope, no giant monster fight here today. Originally, I did plan for Sunburst to receive the Black Bear and Polar Bear Zords and fight with them against a giant sized Mirror Org, but I scrapped the idea as he's already gotten one power-up in this chapter with the Owl Spirit even if it's not going to be used as a Zord. Another little tidbit about this chapter was that it was originally going to be divided up into two parts, and in a sense, it still is a two part chapter as the next half will focus on Lightning's reaction and how she deals with the loss of one of her wings. No tribute chapter next time, but there will be another coming along the lines soon as a tribute to the series that started it all... (Finally, huge thanks to Ingen Hunter Enigma for his idea about Sunburst being tied to the Owl.)