Another day in Ponyville, one that had settled into the new normal. That was, monster attacks. Almost daily, it seemed like at times on a particularly bad week. You see, about a year or so ago, (Nobody was really quite sure on the exact date) creatures from over 6,000 years ago -Give or take an odd century- called Orgs had returned under the leadership of a monster called Thrax. The son of the vile witch Rita Repulsa (Now the supreme force for Light Magic ironically enough, the Mystic Mother) and the former Lord Zedd.

With his mother’s wand in hand, Thrax had revived his father’s old general Goldar to help him lead his conquest against Earth, and eventually the galaxy. And with an army of Orgs at their strongest, it seemed like nothing could stand in their way.

Well, almost nothing. Four ponies with attitude (Yeah, like you didn’t know that one was coming) and one human from times long past had stepped up to the plate to defend Equestria and beyond as the newest generation of the Wild Force Rangers.

Gold Phoenix, Purple Leviathan, Orange Kyuubi no Kitsune, Aqua Thunderbird and Black Vampire Bat was this year’s power set in vogue. A first for Power Rangers possibly, at least in color combination but nevertheless, this was what the planet had to offer. And then the sixth member of the team stepped up. A Prince from an empire made of solid crystal, the Magna Defender powers had found a new owner making their wearer a literal knight in Shining Armor.

And now, the battle continued…

“Hi-Yah!” Robert, our Orange Ranger shouted as he kicked a Tenga warrior over the counter of Sugarcube Corner before whirling around and slicing a Tenga in the throat with his Crystal Saber. Watching briefly as purple blood dripped to the floor as the Tenga could only gurgle out its last breaths, he then let out a yelp as he was forced to flip backwards onto a table to dodge a swing from a Tenga’s scimitar-like sword.

He rebounded off the table as another swing sliced the table down the middle before kicking the Tenga in the face making it stagger back. He then whipped out his Kitsune Blaster, spinning it in his hand briefly before shooting the crow-like creature in the face in a blast of golden energy. He threw off his jacket and tossed it in a Tenga’s face, and as the warrior tried to get it off of him to clear his vision, Robert just socked him in the gut.

“I’ll be taking that, thank you very much!” Robert remarked as he took his jacket back and quickly put it back on, and used his wrist to block a Tenga’s blade before knocking it to the ground with a wide sweeping kick. “Time for you to go back to the bird sanctuary!”

Two Tengas kicked the door in, and Mrs. Cake -Who had been caught up in the middle of all of this- ducked behind the counter. Good thing too, as these Tengas had gotten ahold of some energy rifles. It seemed Thrax had started to better arm his warriors in the past few weeks. God knows they needed all the help they could get by this point.

With a spin in midair to avoid the shots, he landed on his feet before elbowing this Tenga in the face and shooting him.

“Lord Zedd, he ain't gonna help you. Old Rito ain't gonna help you. No, Goldar ain't gonna help you!” Robert mocked as he grabbed a Tenga by the shoulders and tossed him out the window. Glass shattered as the bloody and bruised Tenga hit the dirt footpath outside.

“Anybody else?” Robert asked, as he looked at the pile of feathered fiends around him. One Tenga let out a cawing sound for a war cry as he got up off the floor and Robert sighed.

“Question answered…” he muttered, shaking his head. Without even turning to look, he turned and fired the Kitsune Blaster at the Tenga.

Tossing a bit to Mrs. Cake, he remarked: “Sorry about the mess, I’ll see if I can get Rarity to send you a dress in apology,” before a thought came to him. “...Hey wait, isn’t your 25th wedding anniversary and vow renewals coming up soon? Promise I’ll go all out on Mr. Cake’s tux! Top of my priorities!” he asked hurriedly, and in apology.

Looking at the mess that was Sugarcube Corner around her, with smashed tables and windows, ruined cakes and other confectioneries and of course the dead Tengas lying around, Mrs. Cake only had one thing to say.

“I… I think I’ll pass up on your offer…” she stammered out in shock. Sadly, once again, Robert’s major flaw of making a show of things, even in battle, (Actually, especially in battle) had shown up. He’d paid very little attention to the damage he was causing, and more attention to just showing off everything he could do even unmorphed in the flashiest way possible. Every battle it seemed, nowadays, he tried to one-up himself.

Robert groaned and muttered: “Try to be helpful… Ungrateful bitch, seems she still hates me even though it’s been months since Princess Celestia made her speech...” to himself as he shook his head. An explosion then echoed in the distance from somewhere, as a purple toned fireball rose high into the sky. “How’d this fucking day began again?” the Orange Ranger asked himself rubbing his temples before he ‘remembered.’ “Oh yeah… It was that bloody concert, wasn’t it? One fine day, it was supposed to be...”

With that, he flipped out his Kitsune Amulet and pulled up a green wireframe map of the area. Now, to find and deal with that bomb...

Ponyville Concert Hall:

It did indeed start about a half hour earlier in Ponyville’s Concert Hall. There, an old friend of Applejack’s was giving a piano concert, and as a fellow musician Vapor was all too delighted to show up and maybe get a few pointers if she got lucky enough to get backstage passes. Lightning couldn’t honestly care less, but as she was pretty much forced to go along by her now much more assertive sister, there she was.

Sunset, thinking Robert needed to see some of Equestria’s music had dragged him along. Sunburst, being a fan on the musician in question, the former Countess Coloratura (Now known only by Coloratura as she’d dropped the whole Countess thing entirely, along with the Lady Gaga-like attire and vocals of her previous persona.) decided to go along just because he liked the music pure and simple.

And so, with a soft piano intro, and slow pre-recorded strings, small lights lit up the stage in whites and blues. There, a pure white pony with a dark blue mane in a sparkling grey dress played a pure black piano on the small stage.

“I'm here to show you who I am
Throw off the veil, it's finally time
There's more to me than glitz and glam, oh-whoa
And now I feel my stars align…”

“Beautiful… Just beautiful…” Navi said as she swayed her head back and forth to the music. As usual, she rested on Sunburst’s shoulder.

Coloratura’s music was tranquil and soft as her fingers played a ballet on the keyboard. The curtain behind her was lit up with sparkles, almost like stars. On Coloratura’s arm, was her Cutie Mark. Hers, in particular, was a shining star with five differently colored musical notes on the star’s arms. It seemed to shine as she played her music, telling everybody who she really was inside.

“Honestly… She’s not that bad…” Lightning muttered to herself. Vapor raised an eyebrow, before smirking. She knew Lightning would come along to her line of thinking eventually. Lightning may have acted all tough, but she knew her adoptive sister had a soft side, considering she knew Lightning had been thinking about taking ballet classes alongside Silver Spoon.

“For I had believed what I was sold
I did all the things that I was told
But all that has changed, and now I'm bold
'Cause I know

“That I am just a pony
I make mistakes from time to time
But now I know the real me
And put my heart out on the line.”

“Sorta reminds me of Elton John, now that I think of it. A female Elton John in his heyday, only without all the wild costumes and all of that shit…” Robert mused and Sunset smiled. Robert eyed her carefully, now that winter was over she dressed a lot more… showfully. She’d ditched the long winter fur coats and hiking boots and such and went for spiked leather jackets, purple skirts, and combat boots.

“See, I told you that you’d like some of Equestria’s music,” his marefriend said. “Not all electronic or techno.”

“Yeah, but what I wouldn’t give for some good old fashioned hard rock once in awhile…” Robert muttered.

“There’s just no pleasing you, is there?” Sunset sighed, and shook her head as she just listened to Coloratura’s singing. She smiled as she enjoyed this rare moment of peace, free from her Princess duties, or that of a Power Ranger.

“And let the magic in my heart stay true
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
And let the magic in my heart stay true
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa

“Just like the magic inside of you
And now I see those colors
Right before my eyes
I hear my voice so clearly.

“And I know that it is right
They thought I was weak, but I am strong
They sold me the world, but they were wrong
And now that I'm back, I still belong

“'Cause I know
That I am just a pony
I make mistakes from time to time
But now I know the real me

“And put my heart out on the line
And let the magic in my heart stay true
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
And let the magic in my heart stay true

“Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa
Just like the magic inside of you
Just like the magic inside of you…”

Of course, like I said, those moments were rare and fleeting. As proven when a wall exploded and Tengas poured, led by one ugly monster to be sure. Themed after a boombox, it was blocky in design and covered in speakers. Even on its arms and legs, they were there. Coloratura noticed the explosion and screamed in fear as two Tengas pulled her away from her piano. Sound waves from the Org knocked Audience members into their seats and sent some flying into walls.

Taking the hint, audience members scattered from the room, or tried to anyways as tengas blocked their path. Twin golden laser beams were fired from Lightning’s Crystal Saber -Giraffe Crystal equipped- and pierced the tengas holding Coloratura right through the heart. Bodies thudded as they hit the stage.

“Move it!” Lightning shouted to the Countess, and she took the hint and leaped off the stage and scampered out through a fire exit last thing she saw of her.

“Hey, hey, who do you think you are?” the Boombox Org shouted, almost like a Radio DJ. “You were interrupting my beat, yo!”

Lightning spun her Saber in her hand before she kicked a tenga in the stomach. “Just some random audience members enjoying a nice show, until you, ya ass, decided to show up and try and wreck it!”

“Seriously mate,” Robert asked as Sunset grabbed a chair, and ripped it from the floor and used it to bash two more tengas over the head. Meanwhile, he fired off shots at Tengas, hitting them dead-on with his Kitsune Blaster. “Who sent you an invitation?”

“Nobody!” the Boombox Org shouted. “I just decided to go along and invite myself. Alright, you got me, I’m gate-crashing!”

“Well then!” Sunburst said. “Allow us to show you the way out!”

“Again, I’m asking who you the Hell are, ordering me, Boombox Org about and interrupting my broadcast, yo!” the Org snapped.

“Seriously, are you this dumb?” Vapor asked sarcastically. “Haven’t you figured it out yet? Maybe this’ll give you a good hard reminder!” she said, taking out her Growl Phone and flipping it open. “It’s Morphin’ Time! Legendary Wild Access!”

Following her lead, the others quickly did the same and pulled out their Growl Phones or in Robert’s case his Fox Amulet and all together shouted: “Legendary Wild Access!”

Starring:
Sunset Shimmer as the Gold Phoenix Ranger

As Vapor did a spin in midair to avoid a sonic blast from the now terrified Org, her costume materialized into existence with a flash of light complete with a manifestation of her Power Animal forming the helmet.

Robert Williams as the Orange Kitsune Ranger

She landed back on the ground, and pulled out her Deer Clutcher before thrusting her arm into a Tenga and sending it flying backwards into the Boombox Org. Nearby, Robert’s outfit was coming into existence and as his cape formed itself from flames, several unlucky tengas were caught up in the inferno. Robert took no notice as his helmet formed itself from a misty nine-tailed fox flashing into existence and biting down on his head.

Sunburst as the Black Vampire Bat Ranger

“So not cool man!” the Org shouted as he stumbled back from the force of the tenga hitting him. “I’m out of here!”

Vapor Trail as the Purple Leviathan Ranger

He then began running for the exit, and as he reached the top of the room, he sent more blasts of sound ripping up the concert hall seats. Sunset and Sunburst shared a nod as their costumes formed themselves from magic and shadows respectively, before their horns glowed and created a hard light shield comprised of cyan and light yellow magic to keep the seats from hitting them and the rest of the Rangers.

Lightning Dust as the Aqua Thunderbird Ranger

“Yo… So not cool man!” Sunburst mocked as Navi transformed to her blaster form. He pressed a button, and her beak opened up to reveal a laser cannon barrel. “Time to take you off the airwaves for good!”

And guest starring:
Shining Armor as the Third Magna Defender
Zen-Aku as the Wolf of the Night
Princess Celestia as the second Solaris Knight

He fired a golden blast of light and the Org counteracted by firing off twin sonic blasts from his palms and the two canceled each other out. But Sunburst fired off several shots, right after his first was dealt with, and next thing the Org knew, some of his speakers were sparking.

“Sunny, cool as that was,” Lightning stated. “Try not to speak street slang. It really, and I mean this from the bottom of my heart, really doesn’t suit you one bit,”

“I… I was just trying to be hip, and cool…” Sunburst muttered back in response. “You digging it?”

“Okay, I agree with Lightning, and that’s a rare thing,” Robert said. “Stop with the street talk jive crap… I just can’t take you seriously at all.” he continued, barely holding back laughter.

“Uh, guys amusing as this,” Sunset pointed out. “Speaking of street talk, to use a phrase from that set of lingo, the Org’s bailing!”

Sure enough, the Org was running for it out the nearest door. To make matters worse, a couple of Putrids had found Coloratura, and were handing her off to the Boombox Org.

“That’s not all he’s doing,” Sunburst shouted out in shock, pointing to what was happening in front of the Rangers. “Look!”

“Oh, a hostage! Now this game’s gotten more interesting!” the Boombox Org said as he grabbed the screaming Coloratura. “Catch you all on the flipside, dudes!”

“Oh no you don’t!” Lightning said as she unfurled her wings and flew out the door after the Org with Vapor and Sunset following. Robert and Sunburst shared a look and sighed as they looked at the putrids and tengas pouring in.

“...And of course, us guys are left to clean up the mess…” Sunburst muttered to himself. “And it started out as one fine day!”

The three chased the Boombox Org and his captive to an abandoned warehouse. Much to their displeasure.

“Aw, for the love of…” Lightning muttered once she realized where they were at. “Really, another one of these places?”

“Ponyville does seem to be oftly fond of leaving warehouses left to rot, doesn’t it?” Vapor mused as she pulled out her Trident against the oncoming hoard of putrids and tengas. At the far end, she saw the Boombox Org pulling out what looked to be some sort of device and holding it close to Coloratura. It was shaped like a pure red gem, and he attached it to his chest. He then pulled out a similar gem attached to a necklace and put it around Coloratura’s neck.

“Now, my dear… You are going to provide me with the perfect voice to show the world what my earth-shattering, and I do mean that literally, earth-shattering music can do! Time to light up the airwaves!” He shouted, and almost at once, a red stream of energy flowed from Coloratura’s gem to the Org’s own.

“Sorry to say, but your little station’s about to be canceled!” Vapor shouted, tearing through the Boombox Org’s foot soldiers as if they were nothing with her Trident.

The Org simply raised his hand and blasted Vapor back into a pile of cardboard boxes with another blast of sheer sound.

“Oh… I’m really starting to get tired of that…” Vapor murmured as she rubbed her head in pain. The sound coming through her ears had been deafened temporarily by the sheer volume, so the sound around her, the sounds of blades meeting blades and the Org’s laughter was at a very low volume. As she stood back up, staggering to her feet, Vapor growled.

“Alright then… No more Ms. Nice Pony. Lights of Orion, activate!” Vapor shouted, and in a golden flash of light, she gained the various golden adornments that came with the powerup. A claw themed gauntlet on her left arm, a gold band with a green gem in the center on her right and her Crystal Saber changed from a dagger to an actual rapier-like blade.

Vapor leaped skywards and her Crystal Sword coated itself with a hard sheeting of water before she slashed downwards with one powerful strike to the Boombox Org’s chest and then struck again with a powerful horizontal slash making him stagger back.

She then pulled her arm back, and the claw gauntlet extended as its blades glowed gold and she thrust her arm forwards in a powerful left cross to the Org’s gut sending him sprawling to the floor. The gem in his chest shattered into little crimson shards with the force of the blow. Coloratura was released from his grip, and she staggered backwards into Lightning’s awaiting arms.

“Got you, Countess, no need to worry.” Lightning smiled under her helmet.

“T-Thanks… Though I do have one request, don’t call me Countess, please. I really hate that title.” Coloratura said.

“Then what would you like me to call you?” Lightning asked.

“Rara would be just fine, all my friends call me that.”

“Okay then Rara, we’ll be getting you to safety, and that damn necklace off of you shortly,” Lightning reassured before she let out a shout of: “Oh shit! Duck!” as two Putrids fired their bazookas at them. Lightning pulled Rara to the floor before pulling out her Lightning Whips and snarling.

“Get over here!” she shouted and pulled the Putrids towards her with her whips before tossing them behind her. Whirling around, she pulled out her weapon, and used the Sword of Pardolis to cut them both in two in one quick slice of a hard-light formed blade.

“For superheroes, you are fairly violent…” Rara observed. “Not exactly how I’d expect you guys to be in a fight.”

“Hey, last I checked in a fight to the death -And that’s what this is- there weren’t any rules except to survive,” Lightning remarked. “Besides, think of it this way, if I hadn’t just done that, they probably would have tried to blow us up again.”

“Point,” Rara noted. “Still, they don’t seem to be following their boss’ orders in keeping me alive very well, do they?”

“Yes… Well, these mooks aren’t exactly known for their intellect.” Lightning commented in a wry tone.

“Since when are henchmen ever intelligent?” Rara snarked.

“Point,” Lightning remarked, with an amused smile under her helmet. Who knew a pop musician had a way with banter? “Of course, considering who they follow orders from, it’s not entirely surprising.”

Lightning was suddenly reminded she and Rara were in the middle of a battlefield as two Tengas charged towards her only to be cut down by Sunset and a borrowed ‘Navi Blaster.’

“For the record, I’m still not quite sure what to think of that… thing,” Lightning remarked as she re-joined the fray with her Crystal Saber and shoved Rara towards Sunset. “Here, you take care of her. I’ve got some slicing and dicing to do.”

“Why do I have to be the one to take care of her?”

“Let’s see, you’re the only one with a big gun right now, plus if it all goes pear-shaped, you’ve got that incredibly powerful, if not partially narcissistic boyfriend of yours with the Ranger History Knowledge to back you up!” Lightning remarked. “Plus, you’re the smart girl in the group. Bet you have Ponyville’s entire layout in your head and could easily figure out the quickest route towards safety.”

“Well, when you put it that way…” Sunset mused to herself, figuring Lightning had a point about the fact that she probably did have Ponyville’s entire layout memorized in her head. “Still, I can handle myself! I don’t need somepony to bail me out if things do indeed go pear-shaped, as you so claim… I’m not entirely defenseless, you know!” she deadpanned, catching Lightning off-guard.

“Wow, first a pop star, then Sunset…” Lightning thought to herself in shock. “Everybody’s getting snarky as of late it seems… What next, Robert becoming less of an egotistical asshole? Pigs sprouting wings and flying? Princess Celestia going through Ponyville, completely in the nude?” she mentally commented. “...Actually, if you count the late Solar Flare, if Robert’s account of their first real meeting is to be believed, that one already happened. Course, he’s a perv, so probably should take that description with a grain of salt.”

All of this thinking, mind you, was going on while Lightning was blocking sword and cudgel strikes from putrid and tenga alike.

Sunset and Rara, meanwhile, found themselves blocked by those very same foot soldiers. Well, they did until the mooks were felled by blasts of laser fire from Robert and Sunburst’s Savage Cycles.

“Sorry for the late arrival, but traffic was a real bitch…” Robert muttered as he leaped off his Cycle and joined the fray, firing off devastatingly accurate shots into the hoard of henchmen.

“Uh Robert, don’t mean to spoil your fun… Though this might increase it actually, look!” Sunburst shouted, as he pointed to the Boombox Org, who was picking himself up off the ground.

“You gotta be freaking kidding me! I thought the Lights of Orion killed the guy!” Vapor shouted.

“Did you see an explosion or him growing large?” Robert asked in a dry, and somewhat condescending tone of voice. “We blow them up, they get big. What part of that little piece of the job description did you forget?”

“Relax Vapor, maybe one Light Powered Ranger can’t take him down, but maybe three can…” Sunset smirked as she activated her own Orion armaments and her wings ignited in a pyre of hot flame as her horn glowed a brilliant opal color. Lightning’s own adornments activated as well, and the runes on her makeshift wing glowed a dark green color as it and her real one cracked with lightning and the air began to smell distinctly of ozone. “Su-Er, Ranger Black, take Coloratura and get her out of here! Me and the rest of us can handle this creep!”

“Seriously, make up your mind about who you’re going to hand me off to…” Rara muttered to herself as Sunset shoved her towards the Black Vampire Bat Ranger and out of harm’s way.

“Come on Countess, we’re taking our leave!” Sunburst said, as Sunset tossed him the Navi Blaster. Quite quickly, he and Rara were on his Savage Cycle, and with a twist of the handlebars, Sunburst gunned it and was out of sight.

“Now that’s taken care of…” Sunset snarled. “Now for you.”

“Ah, ah… I wouldn’t focus on the Countess or me just yet… One little thing you should be informed about,” the Boombox Org remarked. “See… Uh, just in case you did get ahold of the Countess and kept me from broadcasting my sonic waves all over the world with her singing prowess, yo, yo, yo, I thought ahead and made a backup plan see? Man, you Rangers didn’t even consider the idea of me thinking ahead!” he laughed. “Planted bombs all over Ponyville, in several locations. Sugarcube Corner, the Golden Oaks, and the Mayor’s Office! Even if you destroy me, I still get to cause chaos even if I’m taken off the airwaves! This is DJ Boombox Org blasting his plans live at you, loud and proud!”

With that, speakers on the bottom of his clawed feet sent out sheer soundwaves that both knocked the team backwards and sent them sprawling to the floor. Meanwhile, the Org used these sound waves to send himself flying up through the roof.

“Sunset… Sunset?” Vapor asked, as she and the Gold Ranger picked themselves up off the floor. “Now what do we do?”

“I… I… I don’t know!” Sunset whispered, in a panic.

“Sunset, what’s wrong?” Robert asked softly, for a moment forgetting the fact that there was an Org on the loose. Forgetting everything related to his Ranger duties. Right now, the only thing on his mind was his marefriend.

“I… I just don’t know what to do… Before, I always had a solution to a problem, but now? Now… I’m just… I’m just a leader without a plan and far too frightened to compose one… That Org… He’s lain bombs all throughout Ponyville, in the homes of our closest friends, and meanwhile, he’s probably going after the Countess and Sunburst as we speak!” she said, completely freaked out.

Robert pulled her into a calming hug and just stroked her mane whispering “Deep breaths, deep breaths Sunset-Chan…”

As Robert held her tight, Sunset did as she was asked, and took several calming deep breaths as she tried to recompose herself. As that happened, she stood up straight and found herself face to face with Lightning Dust of all ponies.

“Hey, that’s why you have us right?” Lightning asked as she firmly placed her hands on Sunset’s shoulders. “Let Sunburst worry about that Org. He can handle himself. If worst comes to worst, and that fiancee with a scythe and a very big wrecking ball can’t show up, I’ll give him a hand okay?” she stated, retracting her visor and looking Sunset dead in the eyes. “Meanwhile, we worry about the bombs. Put the citizens of Ponyville first, we have to look at the bigger picture. I’m sorry if this sounds harsh, but two lives vs the lives of Ponyville? The bigger picture will have to win out I’m afraid.”

“Yes… Yes, for now,” Sunset whispered to herself as she gripped her sword. “We’ll do that. I don’t have to like it, but you’re right. Everyone, demorph now. Best not to let anyone panic if they see a Power Ranger in their home and say something about a bomb okay? Don’t even mention the bombs, are we clear? Just make up some story as to why you’re there, and search… discreetly. No unneeded panic should be generated if at all possible, are we clear on this?”

Everyone nodded, before they demorphed and took off in different directions via wing flap or Savage Cycle.

Sunburst meanwhile was keeping up with his promise of keeping Rara safe. He gripped the handlebars of his bat-themed Savage Cycle, with Rara’s arms wrapping around his waist, her knuckles whiter than usual as she gripped him tightly.

Sunburst then found himself drifting to the left to avoid a sonic blast from the Boombox Org.

“Yo yo yo, couldn’t think you could take my prize away from me that easily did you?” he asked.

“Man… Cut it with the street speak. Funny at first… Actually, that’s a lie, it was never funny. Downright annoying, you and your hip street slang. About as annoying as a certain Fox Ranger’s arrogance on a bad day…” Sunburst muttered as he screeched to a halt and got off the bike, and drew the Navi Blaster. He cocked it, aiming it right at the Org to finally shut him up. “Hope you don’t mind if I take you off the airwaves, huh?”

“Sorry, but to do that, you’re going to have to deal with my co-hosts on my little show! Tengas!” the Org ordered, and snapped his fingers and as ordered, tenga warriors teleported in flashes of purple light and feathers.

As they charged Sunburst, he quickly found himself outnumbered, and one lucky tenga managed to kick the Navi Blaster out of his hands. She landed with a squawk, and reverted back to her bird form.

“Rude!” she chided. “You crows have no sense of manners, you know that right?”

“Oh, you so did not just do that to my daughter…” Sunburst growled, and picked up a nearby broom and began spinning it around in his hands to block the tengas’ punches, in true Don Dogoier style.

He then saw some tengas heading towards Rara, but to his shock, she actually was fighting them off with a surge of karate techniques. He rubbed away at his glasses, just to make sure he wasn’t seeing things.

Even under the opaque visor of his helmet, Rara could tell the Black Ranger was gaping at him.

“What, you’d be surprised at how crazy some of my fans get at shows and trying to nag at me for an autograph…” she trailed off.

“Yeesh, I need to wonder if we can find you a Ranger suit…” Sunburst murmured to himself before he let out a shout of “Woah!” as he pulled Rara to the ground as the Boombox Org fired off more sonic blasts. Ingredients in a thankfully empty potions supply store went up in a purple fireball, and the smoke rose skywards.

“So, your prize… Does that mean it doesn’t matter if she’s alive or dead to you?” Sunburst found himself snarling in anger, surprising even himself. Unknown to him, his helmet’s visor had shattered from the force of the explosion, allowing Rara to see his face.

“Huh, so that’s who one of them is…” She thought to herself. “Who’d have thought, Ponyville’s local high school science teacher a Power Ranger?”

“Eh, long as I get her wonderful voice… Even if I have to pry her vocal cords right out of her, and strip her of that mark of hers with this lovely little gem here…” the Org remarked casually, holding up an exact duplicate of the gem Vapor had shattered earlier. More tengas teleported in to back him up. “Never hurts to have a backup copy after all… eh Black Ranger, or should we tell the at-home audience who you really are? Might want to check that visor of yours.”

Sunburst then realized what had happened, his eyes briefly widening in horror, and sighing, just tossed his helmet aside for the moment. He’d deal with the consequences later.

“And looky that, nobody to help you…” the Org chuckled darkly.

“Hey! I’m still here, aren’t I?” Rara shouted in offence. The Org, of course, ignored her.

“Yeah… right about that. None of my friends are here to help me… Not after that wild goose chase you sent them on. See, if I don’t miss my guess, you’re just an expert in sonic technology and making loud noises. Granted, bombs do that, but you’re no magic expert nor do you have the know-how in bomb-making I think. You just wanted them out of the way, so you could get to the Countess. Am I right, or am I right?” Sunburst asked.

The Org snarling “Get him, shut him up! I didn’t want him exposing the big plot twist in my show!” provided him the only answer he needed. Sunburst sighed, and pulled out his Jungle Fans and charged forwards.

And that was how Robert had found himself in the situation he was in currently. Searching a rather ruined (Which was not at all his fault, he’d just like to state for the record) Sugarcube Corner.

“Promise Mrs. Cake, nothing’s wrong… Nothing at all!” Robert reassured, rather badly I might add as he stepped over a dead tenga and the blood pooling from its throat. In his hand, was his SPD Morpher, searching for what you might call… Abnormalities. Any unusual magical energy surges, things like that.

“Odd… So odd,” Robert muttered to himself as he pressed a button on his SPD Morpher, and gave it a little shake. “I know this thing’s seen better days, but one would think it could detect something as simple as a magical…”

Robert suddenly stopped himself as he realized who was in the room. “Right… No unneeded panic... “ he thought to himself. “But it’s almost as if…”

Robert’s admittedly quite bad detective skills were screaming alarm bells to him right now. Something was wrong, and he knew it. Then, his SPD Morpher started beeping up a storm, and he rushed towards the back room and kicked the door in.

“Sure… She’s going to believe nothing’s wrong now when I’m pretty much breaking and entering into their storage room!” Robert whispered to himself and followed the beeping sound, the beeping increasing in speed as he got closer to the source. Finally, in a box normally reserved for what looked to be cheesecakes, he found it. Prying the bomb open, he muttered to himself: “Cut the red wire, that’s how things always are with this type of thing aren’t they?”

Predictably, guess what he found when he opened up the bomb, pulsating and glowing an ugly violet color.

“...Right, they all would be red wires wouldn’t they…?” he sighed looking skywards before calling Sunset.

“Hey, Sunset-Chan? Remember when I told you that this should be simple, just cutting a red wire?”

“Yeah?” Sunset deadpanned as she tossed books off of the Golden Oaks Library Bookshelves, going from one bookshelf to the next in a frantic frenzy. Behind her, stood Twilight and Spike watching her with expressions of both worry, and bewilderment. Spike was dressed in a frilly apron over his normal attire, and the apron read, amusingly enough: “All real male drakes wear pink!”

“Er… Sunset, not to bother you or anything, but are you sure everything’s alright?” Spike asked.

“Yes… Yes, everything’s fine! Absolutely nothing to worry about. You two just go back to whatever you were doing!” Sunset reassured in a none too convincing tone of voice. Spike raised an eyebrow. Next, he leaned over to Twilight.

“Sure you’re not rubbing off on her more than you think?” He asked in a low tone, before shrugging and heading back to the kitchen muttering “Ah, I got a gem salad to make, fun as standing around watching this is…”

Twilight soon followed, remembering she had food cooking as well.

“Not so simple. Org’s smarter than he looks, and a Hell of a lot more genre-savvy than one would give him credit for. The wires on these bombs… they’re all red!” Robert’s voice exclaimed over Sunset’s Growl Phone.

“To use one of your phrases… Wunderbar.” Sunset deadpanned as she found her own bomb, exactly like Robert’s.

“Bit easy though isn’t it, us just happening to find these bombs?” Robert questioned.

“Easy, you call this easy?” Sunset asked in reply. “I had to tear Twilight’s library apart to find mine! She’s going to kill me for this, if the bomb doesn’t! Or worse, help me reorganize her shelves!”

“Priorities…” Robert muttered to himself. “But still, us just happening to find these bombs, with very little hassle aside from the odd Tenga or two? And they only show up on our scanners as soon as our energy signatures get close. Makes one wonder doesn’t it?”

Right about then, what Sunburst had already figured out, Sunset and Robert did as well. Penny in the air, penny drops.

“I don’t believe it… We’ve been had! He wants us running all out and about in a panic, while he goes after Sunburst and Coloratura!”

She then opened up a comm channel to all of her team. “Everyone, get to Sunburst’s location now! Forget about the bombs, they’re fakes! Just a ruse to draw us away from the real threat! He needs our help, now!” she shouted before using her horn to hone in on Sunburst’s location with a simple location spell and teleported out in a flash of gold light.

Sunburst, cutting through the tengas on his way towards the Boombox Org, soon found himself joined by his comrades.

“Sorry we’re late, but…” Robert began and Sunburst finished for him.

“Traffic?” He snarked, raising an eyebrow.

“Uh, hate to point out the obvious, but you’re missing your helmet, we just teleported in and there’s a civilian watching all of this.” Lightning remarked, gesturing to Rara behind her.

“Fuck...” Robert swore under his breath. Where was a kaleidoscope themed Org that scrambled brains when you needed one?

“We’ll have to make do for the time being. Worry about the consequences later,” Sunset said before she turned back to look at Rara. “What you’re about to see… Well…”

“Yeah, I know,” Rara said with a smile. “Won’t tell anybody, Pinkie Promise.”

“Well… In that case,” Robert said with a smirk as he went for his amulet, and the others their growl phones. “Sorry to upstage you Countess, but I’m afraid this little show we’re about to put on might just be slightly better than your concert.”

“Probably,” Rara admitted with a shrug and a sheepish smile.

Holding her growl phone up to her ear, Sunset shouted “It’s Morphin’ Time! Legendary Wild Access, hah!”

(Morphing Sequence)
Sunset rocketed upwards into the sky flying through several spell seals in the process each time gaining a piece of her costume in the process before finally her helmet formed over her head with the screech of a bird before she rocketed downwards and landed on the ground with a mighty thud.
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 as Sunset’s. Her Cutie Mark of a yellow lightning bolt with stars appeared on her right breast. 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. The tooth marks on the opposite side of her chest appeared and a sperm whale themed helmet formed over her head with the noise of a deep sea beast's hum.
A flash of pure blue flames enveloped Robert as he stood in one of the red gate lined pathways that led up to Inari’s sacred shrine on Mt. Inari. He was given an orange form-fitting costume with tooth marks going diagonally across the left side of his chest and a golden fox’s head on his right breast. Then, a cape flamed into existence and a misty orange nine-tailed fox bit down on Robert’s head and formed his helmet.

(Morphing Sequences End Here)
“Lightning Speed! Ferocious Thunderbird!”
“Cunning Wit! Fighting Fox!”
“Great Strength! Monstrous Leviathan!”
“Shadowed Intent! Vampire Bat!”
“Fiery Nobility! Phoenix!” Sunset shouted before using her horn to project an image of a roaring lion behind her and shouted: “Guardians of the Earth, united we roar! Wild Force!”

“Oh, so you want to upstage my broadcast eh? Well…”

“No, sorry you Three Dog wannabe, like we’ve said numerous times before… We’re taking it off the air entirely!” Robert snarled before he and Sunburst fired their animal spirits at the Org, ripping his speakers to shreds completely. “Now, Lights of Orion, activate! Power Up Mode!”

Altogether, the Rangers charged forwards and turned into a blazing ball of fire which ripped through the Org and as they turned back to human form, he fell forwards and exploded.

“Bit anticlimactic I know, but best to keep the audience wanting more I suppose…” Robert mused, before he groaned and facepalmed. Now he was doing it!

Of course, if Robert wanted something a bit more worthy of a climax, he got one as ever, Thrax’s wand came down from the sky and with an explosion of magical energy, upsized the Org.

“Yeah, baby! Now I can blast my shows louder and prouder than ever before!” the Org snarled, as he stomped his feet. The Rangers and Rara had to roll to the left to avoid being flattened as the Org’s gargantuan foot came down with a deafening CRASH.

Sunset, with a flick of the wrist, summoned the Falcon Summoner and fired it skywards as the others pulled out their Crystal Sabers, calling out to their own Wild Zords.

With a loud screech, the Falcon flew downwards and used his talons to rip and tear into the Org before flying away as a bright blue blur slashed again and again at the Boombox Org.

“Alright, alright! Finally been summoned by a Ranger! Yes yes yes, now time to beat up an Org!” the Swallow Zord babbled in excitement, much to Robert’s displeasure.

“Great, traded in an arrogant grump for a motormouth who doesn’t know when to shut his beak… Wunderbar…” Robert groaned mentally. But the Swallow Zord was showing his worth, using his speed to outpace the Org’s sonic blasts, before he struck again and again with his ludicrously sharp wings.

The Falcon Zord meanwhile, tucked in his wings and flew in closer to the Org as the Deer Zord picked it up and tossed the Org towards him with his antlers. He grabbed the Org by the head with his talons before throwing him screaming to the mountains outside Ponyville, caving in a cliffside with an earth-shattering BOOM as he made impact.

“Much better, with that, less likely to cause unnecessary civilian casualties,” He said, as the Org picked himself up off the ground.

He began growling as his speakers began letting out a low, rumbling tone, trees flattened below him and then took to the skies, rushing at the Falcon Zord. “I’M GONNA PLUCK YOU LIKE A TURKEY YOU BIRD BASTARD!!!”

“Oh, so he can fly as well? Interesting.” The Falcon Zord mused nonchalantly, answering the challenge with a piercing shriek as it rolled out of the way of the Org’s charge.

Leading the Org on a chase through the clouds, he barrel-rolled again and again to avoid sonic blasts. The Falcon tucked its wings in, dropping like a stone and raking Boombox’s side with its talons as it dove past, a mach cone forming around it before it snapped its wings open, buffeting the surrounding forest with gale-force winds as the scarlet Falcon pulled out of its dive.

“Now, let’s go for the coup de grace, Rangers.” the Falcon advised. As he -and the other four Wild Zords summoned- mentally received the command to combine, he locked up his talons, and his head folded into his body to create the torso as another head, a cross between a bird and a human’s revealed itself. The Bison Zord’s entire back opened up and split apart, moving downwards to become legs as the Swallow Zord locked himself into place on top of him. Wings folded down to become extra armor. The transformed Falcon then locked into place on top of that. The Deer and Giraffe Zords then completed the transformation by having their legs fold up into their body and attached to the empty shoulder sockets to become arms, as the Giraffe gained a metal helm. The newly formed Megazord raised its spear arm to the sky, seemingly piercing the heavens.

“Isis Megazord, complete!” the Rangers shouted as they teleported into the cockpit.

And so, an aerial battle ensued with the Isis Megazord outflying the Org’s sonic blasts with its powerful wings.

“Woah… Okay, so definitely different from flying Aero Rescue 3…” Robert muttered to himself, holding down last night’s dinner as the Isis Megazord made a sharp, swooping left turn.

The Megazord banked right, swooping in behind the Org and striking it with the Deer Zord’s antlers, trapping him within its grasp.

“The hell you think you’re doing!?” The Org growled as he quickly regained his bearings, and fired off twin sonic blasts from his palms, right towards the Megazord.

“Falcon Shield!” Sunset shouted as the Isis Megazord’s wings folded in front of it to create heavy armor for the chest, forcing the Isis Megazord back, but otherwise leaving it unharmed. The wings unfurled again as the Megazord rocketed forwards, Giraffe Spear aimed directly at the Org’s chest. “I don’t think so!” The Org said, ducking under the spear’s head and grabbing the Isis Megazord’s legs, swinging them in a wide arc and throwing them as far as he could before rushing after it.

“Okay, let’s see how far, and how fast you can fly…” Sunset murmured, before the Isis Megazord rocketed directly upwards in an arc, looping back down behind the Org and delivering a powerful flying kick that sent him smashing towards the ground below, causing the ground to erupt as the Org created another crater with his body.

Before the Org could regain his bearings, The Megazord landed another powerful kick onto his back, forcing him even deeper into the crater before the Deer Zord’s antlers closed around his torso again, trapping him for the second time as he was lifted into the air. “Antler Crush!” Vapor called out.

The Org found himself spun 360 degrees several times, before he was tossed to the ground with a loud thud, with the Isis Megazord turning its back on him.

“Transmission… Canceled.” Sunset said as the Org went up in a fireball behind them.

Author's Notes:

Okay, so yes... Said I'd publish this in the spring, but I'm notoriously impatient, and with night school starting back up again soon writing time is going to be cut down considerably.
Probably not my smartest choice to now have five fics going on at once, but with me I really need things to keep my brain occupied, and considering I'll be starting Math courses AKA Hell soon, I need something fun on my mind. (Still not sure on the cover art, but...)

Okay, yes, references. The chapter title, it is a reference to the Operation Overdrive episode of the same name, and I've got plenty more PR references, large and small for this story planned considering this year is the show's 25th anniversary with Super Ninja Steel starting soon. ...Another reason why I'm releasing this so early. I want to beat Saban a little at their own game of releasing things. Anyways, thoughts, comments and things you wish to see in this story would be appreciated. Love you guys, you know that right?

Now, time to sit back and enjoy the ride. Next Time: Sunburst meets up with his younger sister, and has doubts about introducing his fiance to his family.