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Wild Access

by The Bricklayer

Chapter 5: Part 4: The Barbed Wire Org

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A few minutes earlier...

It was a normal day at the Ponyville Park. The sun was shining, birds were twittering in the trees singing their songs and shop stalls had been set up for ponies to sell their wares. From Golden Harvest, a yellow coated pony with an orange carrot coated mane filled with curls and wearing a teal green sundress, selling her usual bounty of hand picked carrots, to a grey furred pegasus pony named Derpy Hooves, also called Muffins by her friends, with golden (matching her mane perfectly) eyes that were rather oddly set, as if someone had not known how to give a pony eyes properly and that seemed to be looking at everything around her but what was in front of her, selling her hand made and lovingly baked muffins, helped out by her adopted unicorn daughter Sparkler, who had lavenderish fur, and a tomboyish dark purple mane wearing a leather jacket and jeans which contrasted with her mother's green pants and white button up blouse.

"Muffins, muffins! Get your muffins here!" Sparkler shouted, using her magic to create a purple arrow pointing right at Derpy's muffin stand.

"Never have been one for subtlety, have you dear?" Derpy commented with a sigh upon seeing her daughter's idea.

"Nope, dunno where I could have picked it up from." Sparkler said dryly. "Must have been from dad. He embodies the term unsubtle."

Sparkler smirked, her dad was just downright odd at times, from wearing a brown trenchcoat and blue suit, that pretty much clashed horribly and always excitedly investigating every little thing with that little metal device with that glowing blue tip of his and his anti-Celestia graffiti which always ended up with him in the local jailhouse leaving Derpy or another member of the family to bail him out. Of course, that wasn't counting the Trottingham style Police Box he kept in a shed, which nopony in the family ever bothered to let him know how ironic that was considering how many times he'd been arrested. Everypony in the family wondered exactly what was up with that, but their dad never said a word. Mind you, he had laughed his head off when Sparkler tried to use the Police Box's phone to call one of her friends to put together a small party (AKA: Rave), but never quite managed to get anypony on the other end of the line.

Derpy sighed and murmured to herself "I just don't know what went wrong... I know mixed everything up just right." as she looked at her batches of unsold muffins. The mouth-watering smell of them wafted in the breeze, almost making you want to just walk up to the stand and buy one, but it seemed nopony was interested.

"Aw, don't feel bad mom, carrot cakes are just big this time of year." Sparkler commented, and gestured to Golden Harvest's stand, where ponies were lining up to buy her famous carrot cakes by the truckload. Sparkler gritted her teeth. So that's how it was, was it? Well, desperate times called for desperate measures. Unzipping her jacket, Sparkler flashed her bra to the park as her mother facepalmed in the background and sighed "Not again...", and with a huge cloud of dust kicked up in the air, all the ponies that were lining up to buy Golden Harvest's cakes were now in front of Derpy's muffin stand, (Golden Harvest harrumphed and exclaimed "Well, I never!") with the pony in question giving her daughter a distinct look and Sparkler grinned unashamedly.

"Hey, if it works, it works." She commented simply. Just then, two lines of what looked like barbed wire reached out and grabbed Sparkler pulling her towards a being comprised solely of the stuff, with a single red cycloptic eye resembling a visor in some ways and two devil like horns.

The Org grabbed Sparkler by the waist and held her close to her as ponies screamed in panic at the sight of the new arrival.

"Well, aren't you a pretty little thing?" The Org chuckled darkly, and if it could have smirked, it would have. "Might just think about keeping you as a pet."

Then a familiar voice shouted "Hey, tinhorns, get your claws off her!" before the Barbed Wire Org was hit by a series of green laser blasts forcing him to release Sparkler from his grip and making her run to her mother who pulled her into a hug as Robert in full SPD attire leaped onto the scene Delta Blaster in hand.

"Who do you think you are?" Barbed Wire Org demanded.

"3! SPD Green! Space Patrol Delta!" Robert shouted as he holstered his blaster blowing some pretend smoke off of it as he did so and thinking to himself "Really got to stop watching those old westerns that Bridge likes so much on Movie Night." and then striking a pose and then held out his Morpher like a badge with his helmet lights flashing. He didn't know how Orgs had come back to life, as he thought with the destruction of the Master Org and the Org Heart by the original Wild Force Rangers would have rendered the reanimation of the literally heartless beings impossible, but then again, as Robert had learned many times over from watching old Ranger history videos back at Delta Base, nothing was impossible if you were a Power Ranger, as him being shot to a world filled with misanthropic walking and talking ponies proved.

"Big deal, one Ranger alone won't be nearly enough to stop me!" Barbed Wire Org scoffed.

"Funny, I was thinking the exact opposite!" as Robert leaped down towards him and dealt in a few strikes with his Delta Blaster's blade mode making the Barbed Wire Org stumble back before he was blasted backwards by a red beam from the Org's eye into Golden Harvest's stand, causing her to exclaim "Okay, that's it, I'm never selling here again!"

Just then, Sunburst, Lightning Dust, Vapor Trail and Sunset Shimmer showed up as they ran up a cobblestone path way.

"Oh great, more fools who think they can take me on, and they're not even Rangers!" Barbed Wire Org laughed and Sunset chuckled and shook her head.

"Might want to amend that statement." She remarked before she and the others pulled out their Growl Phones and held them up to their ears as if they were trying to call somepony before shouting "Legendary Wild Access!"

(Morphing Sequences)

With a flash of flame, Sunset was transported to the inside of a volcano and stood on the middle of a rock as she was transformed and she gained a gold and red formfitting costume with diagonal tooth marks across her chest and her Cutie Mark on her right breast with a phoenix's head themed helmet forming around her head accompanied by a loud screeching sound.

Standing on a rocky desert plateau as storm clouds rumbled and lightning flashed in the background, Lightning gained an aqua colored costume with the same diagonal tooth marks across her chest and her Cutie Mark of a yellow lightning bolt with stars appeared on her right breast as a helmet similar in design to Sunset's appeared on her head, with the sound similar to that of a falcon's call.

On a beach, a tidal wave washed over Vapor Trail and she gained a purple costume similar in design to the others with her Cutie Mark of a comet on her left breast as well with the tooth marks on the opposite side of her chest and a sperm whale themed helmet formed over her head with the noise of a deep sea beast's hum.

In a dark barely moonlit orchard of apple trees, clouds of black smoke surrounded Sunburst and he gained a black costume with his Cutie Mark of an orange sun with bursting yellow rays on his left breast just like Vapor Trail's costume, and also like Vapor's the tooth marks appeared on the right side of his chest with a bat themed helmet much like the Jungle Fury Bat Spirit Ranger's appearing around his head along with a loud bat screech sound.

(Morphing Sequences End Here)

"With the blazing heart of the Phoenix, Golden Phoenix Ranger!" Sunset called out.

"With the lightning speed of the Thunderbird, Aqua Thunderbird Ranger!" Lightning joined in.

"With the strength of the Leviathan, Purple Leviathan Ranger!" Vapor chorused.

"W-With the s-stealth and bite of a Vampire Bat, Black Vampire Bat Ranger!" Sunburst stuttered out as all four Rangers struck poses and called out "Guardians of Equus, united we roar! Power Rangers, Wild Force!" as four explosions, each in their respective colors ignited behind them and then combined into one massive explosion. As Robert gazed upon the four new Wild Force Rangers, he mused to himself "Okay, they may be misanthropes, but I like the suits, and I have to admit the intergration of their wings and horns is pretty impressive."

"Enough with posing and shouting already, I've got a planet to destroy!" The Barbed Wire Org shouted before he pulled out a nautilus like shell and under his helmet, Robert's eyes widened as he knew what that shell contained. "You know, I think this fight is a little unfair. How about we make it even more unfair... For you, that is!"

The Org threw the shell's contents up in the air, and the purple gunk inside it formed into grey coated beings covered in some sort of unknown slime with purple insect like eyes and carrying staffs that could double as bazookas if needed. These were Putrids, the foot soldiers and if Robert's theory was correct, young Orgs as well, if the tiny horns on their heads were any evidence.

"Putrids, get them!" The Barbed Wire Org shouted, and Robert, along with his "Teammates", if you could call them that when they certainly didn't want them around engaged the Putrids. Robert pulled out his Delta Blaster once more, and fired off a few rounds at some of them, taking them down for the count.

"Back off human, we don't need your help!" Lightning Dust shouted at him as she kicked a Putrid in the face making it stumble backwards into the arms of two of it's comrades.

"Now, let me show you how a real Ranger and Wonderbolt in training gets the job done!" She yelled in an arrogant and haughty tone of voice before summoning two electric whips in each of her hands and lashing them at the Putrids before grabbing one with one of her whips and shouting "Get over here!" and pulling it forwards before punching it in the face. Nearby, Vapor had summoned her trident and had stabbed a Putrid in the chest and swung it around before throwing the unfortunate foot soldier into one of it's fellows before she used the trident a bit like a Bo staff and knocked a few others to the ground.

"Shadow Hatchets!" Sunburst shouted, before summoning two small golden double bladed axes and throwing them at some more Putrids and when they hit their targets, they boomeranged right back into Sunburst's grip. Meanwhile, Robert had found himself dealing with the Barbed Wire Org all by himself. It charged at him and rammed him with his horns, pinning him to a tree, but Robert kicked him away before finding dodging to the left to avoid another eyebeam blast and then blasted the Org with his Delta Blaster a few times.

"You're really beginning to annoy me! Do you know who you're dealing with?" Barbed Wire Org challenged and Robert, being the way that he was, couldn't resist a classic comeback.

"Do you?" He taunted and then that really made the Org mad.

"I'll destroy you for that remark, and when I'm done, the new Master Org will make me into a Duke Org!" He shouted before entangling Robert in a whole lot of barbed wire, it cutting into his skin and drawing blood in various places. Robert screamed out in pain, as the barbed wire continued getting tighter around him still and cutting more and more into his skin.

I... I... can't let him beat me! I've faced tougher challenges then this freak!" Robert thought even as the Org laughed and exclaimed "Ready to give in yet, Ranger? I promise, your end will be nice and quick if you do, if not... well, you'll just keep getting more and more of this!"

Just then, the Org was kicked from the side by Sparkler and Robert was released from his grip at last.

"Hey, that was for earlier you freak!" She yelled before running over to Robert and helping him up before asking "You alright, w-whoever you are?"

Robert nodded before he and Sparkler found himself surrounded by Putrids on all sides. Robert sighed to himself, wasn't over yet. Then, he got an idea. Problem was, he didn't know if it would even work or not.

"Let's hope Kat wasn't joking when she said she re-created as much of Lightspeed's technology as she could." He thought to himself before shouting "MegaBattle Green!" and then, with a green flash of light, a hefty backpack with flashing red lights and the SPD symbol of a dog on it attached to a giant green buzzsaw appeared on Robert. He gripped the buzzsaw tightly by its handles and used it on the Putrids with devastating efficiency. Of course, the Putrids were able to land a good few solid blows, as coupled with the sheer weight of the MegaBattle armor, Robert's injuries were already slowing him down. But he wouldn't give up, no matter what. It was part of the Power Ranger Code, no matter the odds, never give in!


The Org Cave

Elsewhere, a being's eyes observed the battle and watched as the buzzsaw blades opened up to blast some Putrids and the Barbed Wire Org back with powerful wind blasts. It's eyes narrowed. He couldn't let a potential soldier in his army be defeated by one mere Ranger!

"Artilla! Get down there and teach that Ranger who the real power around here is..."

"Yes, milord!" Artilla said, with a bow and teleported away to the sight of the battle.


Back in Ponyville Park...

Suddenly, Robert found himself blasted backwards by a powerful cannon blast from Artilla, who had suddenly appeared on the battlefield, with the blast being strong enough to knock him out of both MegaBattle Mode and de-morph him sending his SPD Morpher flying out of Robert's hands. With a mighty crunch, Artilla stepped on the Morpher, and Robert's eyes widened as he suddenly found himself...

"Powerless..."

Meanwhile, Sparkler's eyes widened for a different reason. The Ranger who had just helped her, and whose life she had probably saved, was a human? She'd read in the history books that all humans were dangerous wild animalistic creatures with no remorse for who or what they destroyed. But this one... He saved her and lost his powers in the process.

"What the Tartarus...? He's... He's not giving up!" Sparkler thought as Robert slowly got up off the ground, dripping blood from the tears in his jacket, which he promptly tossed off revealing his ripped and torn green T-Shirt which said "SPD" on it and clenched his fists.

"Look at this, a Power Ranger without power! What a joke!" Artilla laughed even as Robert charged at him and drew back his fist landing a powerful punch to Artilla knocking him backwards, if only just a little.

"We'll continue this later, Ex-Ranger. My job is done for now. But be warned, if you continue to meddle in the Master's affairs, today's pain will only seem like a spa treatment compared to what I'll put you through!" Artilla warned and turned into a ball of energy and vanished into the sky leaving him alone. Just then, he heard a shout of "Help us! Somepony, please!" and saw three teenagers, possibly no more than thirteen or fourteen years of age being surrounded by Putrids on a basketball court. One had yellow fur, a red mane with a bow in her hair and was wearing overalls making her resemble a farmer, another had orange fur and a purple mane cut in a tomboyish style and wore a black hoodie and jeans, and the third and final one had white fur, and a grayish mulberry with light pink accented curly mane and had one small horn on her head, wearing a pink tank top and light green skirt.

"Oh no you don't! Nobody threatens kids, no matter the species, on my watch, nobody!" Robert growled and ran over towards the trio and with a shout of "Ki-Yah!" kicked a Putrid into two of it's fellows before turning to the trio.

"Go, get out of here, now!" Robert shouted, and the three ran off to safety as Robert raised his fists and mused to himself "May not be a Power Ranger anymore, but I've still got enough left in me to take these guys down!" and pulled out his phone and put on Sweet's "Fox on the Run" and used a finger in a come here gesture towards the Putrids...


Elsewhere in the Park...

Meanwhile, Sunset had found herself fighting the Barbed Wire Org alone. She slashed at it with her Crystal Saber, (Which was a short grey blade with a golden hole in the middle for putting in one's Animal Crystal) creating sparks with each hit and then kicked the Org in the stomach. She then pulled out her Phoenix Blade and sliced at the Org in a scissor formation, both blades igniting in flames and making the Org stumble back. But then, out of the sky came a grey grenade like device which the Org promptly caught and pulled the pin. There was a powerful explosion and then the next thing the Princess of Empathy knew, the Org was towering above her.

"Oh ho, who's the one with power now, Princess?" The Org mocked and all four Rangers took a step back as the Org tried to squash them like bugs with one giant foot.

"W-Well, this is new." Sunburst stuttered out.

"Relax, we were trained for this. I think it's time for some animal power!" Sunset exclaimed, keeping calm the whole time. She was expecting the Orgs to start getting bigger sooner or later. The Princess had warned her this could happen. She knew exactly what to do.

"Crystal Saber!" Sunset yelled and inserted her Animal Crystal, a small orb which mixture of gold and red in color and had a small bird inside it. She pointed the blade skywards and it emitted a song which reached all the way to Canterlot Mountain, and inside, two piercing green eyes opened and two mighty wings began to flap as volcanic force began to build and soon the mountain erupted and a truly gigantic red bird with golden trimming on the head, beak, tail feathers and wingtips emerged and flew towards the Org with unmatched speed before flapping it's wings and creating powerful fireballs with each mighty flap which hit the Barbed Wire Org with tremendous and powerful force. Soon, the barrage of flame was over and the Org fell over before exploding in a huge fireball with the Phoenix Zord letting out a screech of victory.

"Well, I'd say he was well and truly scorched." Lightning smirked as all four Rangers demorphed, their task over.

"H-Hey, anypony see what happened to the human?" Sunburst asked nervously and Lightning waved him off dismissively.

"Bah, who cares about him?"

"But he's a Ranger!" Vapor Trail shouted at her in disbelief as Sunset looked on in shock, her thoughts running wild. How could one of her fellow teammates be so callous and cold? Sure, the Ranger may have been human, and she'd practically been raised on the stories of what the humans had done when they were around, but still...

"Human or no Human, he's still one of us, and we have to find him!" Vapor shouted back at Lightning, but before the Thunderbird Ranger could retort, the entire park was covered in shadow as a giant floating island in the sky, resembling a turtle suddenly emerged from the cover of clouds and all four Rangers were turned into pillars of color, each matching their suit and teleported upwards, never noticing a white pillar following them...

(To Be Continued...)

Author's Notes:

Oh boy, I do so love leaving you on cliffhangers with this story don't I? Relax, as the story goes on, that'll happen less often, unless it's a multi part story arc. Anyways, on the chapter, we at last get to see all four Wild Force Rangers (And one of their zords) on screen at last, so to speak, and get small snippets of their personalities, which will be expanded on given that Robert is now... Well, a powerless Ranger, and he'll stay that way for quite a bit, allowing him a little bit of time to get to know Ponyville's residents better and shave off some of the fear towards him, which I'd say he already has with Sparkler and the CMC. You know, I originally was going to have Shining Armor save Robert's life and show more of his worthiness to be the next Magna Defender, but I figured with his scene in the previous chapter I've shown enough for now, and seeing as how Robert saved Sparkler's life, I figured it was only fair for her to do the same in turn.

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