Episode 1: Part 1: Dimensional Curse

In the Dimensional Universe-- an alternate dimension of the human world…

Commander Lightning Dawn of Starfleet, and his team of friends, the best fighters in all of Starfleet had gone off on a mission to the planet Mangola, where reports had come in of an invasion of aliens that were terrorizing the good people.

As the planet was within the Starfleet territory, it was up to Lightning and his team to thwart the evil doers and bring them to justice!

During his absence, back on the planet United Equestria… within the laboratories of the royal palace in New Canterlot, something mysterious was happening…!

The Mirror-Gateway, the portal which connected their world to the human world was glowing in a weird way, and giving off abnormal flows of power.

Professor Brain and his team of experts examined the portal with all that they had. “Strange… most strange.” said Brain “The portal generators don’t seem to be powering down regardless of what we do.”

He sent for their royal majesties. Grand Ruler Celesto, his wife Queen Celestia, and Celestia’s younger sister, Princess Luna.

Celestia was able to determine immediately what was going on. “Every thirty moons the gateway opens by itself. This is done by a combination of light emitted from the full-moon absorbed by the solar panels on the palace, with magical energies we all have yet to understand.”

Princess Luna agreed, and recollected, “Durring the great war, when my evil side had invaded Equestria of old, the mirror was damaged, and though United Equestria had formed, the mirror had remained powerless… until Lightning was able to redesign and reconfigure it… these of course were based of plans he knew from Twilight Sparkle.”

Mentioning Twilight’s name, everyone fell silent for a moment, feeling a little down that she had been dead for almost a full year after being killed in action.

Once they all got a hold of themselves, Grand Ruler checked the calendar, “Tonight must be the night, when it opens naturally for the first time in two and a-half years since it was repaired. That would explain why it’s glowing.”

Everyone figured that when the portal was redesigned to allow instant and anytime access to the human world that had something to do with the portal’s now abnormal behavior.

“Do you think this could be… dangerous?” Celestia asked.

“That I am uncertain of…” said Brain “I’m afraid that only Lightning shall be able to assist in this, as he did design the gate.”

Grand Ruler shook his head, “Lightning hasn’t returned Mangola yet. I don’t know when he’ll be back, but I would suggest we try and shut the portal down. We don’t want things to get any worse.”

Everyone agreed, and Princess Luna went to the window and looked up at the full moon. “I shall attempt to block it out to stop the flow of energy from the light.”

She began to cast her magic, creating thick dark clouds in the night sky to cover the moon and block out the light shining from it. While she did this, the others decided it best to disconnect the portal from all power sources, hoping it would stop glowing.

While all that was happening, a few dimensional-lightyears away, was Conva, base of one of Starfleet’s largest prison facilities, housing so many dangerous creatures captured from all corners of the galaxy for crimes committed-- murder, conquest, theft, endangerment of life, revolutions, and various violations of the law in space and of other worlds.

The main complex housed thousands of creatures, but there were other smaller facilities, towers, and various complexes all over the planet, each housing their own set of imprisoned monsters and convicts.

All this was run and managed by the head warden: Colonel Cerise Wonder. A space alicorn, whom strongly resembled and sounded like Princess Cadance, and also had a rare golden horn and the ability to use the Uniforce.

“You’ve got to be tough to run a huge place like this.” she would always say, and she was right; all those roaring and snarling beasts hammering at their cells, others causing riots in the courtyards, and even some getting into fights with another on enforced labour assignments.

Cerise and her legion of guards and staff worked extra tight schedules to ensure that the prison was run properly, and to maintain the hold on the prisoners so that none would ever escape, which was why that day a maintenance team was scheduled to come and give all the systems and other things around the prison a good tune up to keep everything fine.

Unbeknownst to any of them the danger that was about to befall…

A grey Earth Pony, a technician with a bad attitude whom came with the maintenance crew from United Equestria, who detested Starfleet and the way many praised them, and wanted to think of some way to make them suffer or humiliate them…

He had crept away from his work team and over to an unmanned console for the main complex. “If I can just release a few criminals, Starfleet will get the blame for inefficiency and people may wake up and realize what lamos they really are.”

The only problem was, though he was good with simple wiring and tightening bolts and things like that, he had absolute no idea how the controls before him worked, or what they did.

He didn’t dare break them open, for fear of really doing something wrong. Still not thinking straight due to his bad obsession, he foolishly thought of pressing just one little button; what harm would it do?

So he pushed one large green button, and nothing really happened, just a yellow button began to flash. Still being foolish, he pushed that one two, causing a big red button to flash over a console with a label above it saying: “Prison Cellblocks”

He grinned very naughty. “This is it…” he hissed softly “This is what I’m looking for. Now all I have to do is release just one or two… nah, better make it five.”

Unfortunately, every switch he hit did nothing, as if the controls were locked. Only the big red button in the center of the console was flashing. “I’ll bet this unlocks it…” Brass said, and he pressed it right away.

In the cellblocks, the guards were still doing their rounds, when suddenly the shields around the cells deactivated, one-after-another!

The angry prisoners bust through their cells roaring and screeching loudly.

“What the…!” cried a guard, and before he knew it he and his fellow guards were fighting off all the escaping convicts.

“JAILBREAK!!” another guard screamed as more and more and more monsters escaped from their cells.

Cerise heard the commotion and raced to the scene, “SOUND THE ALARMS!!!” She shouted.

“We can’t, the systems are still down!” called a guard.

Before long an extreme prison riot had broken out, as pretty much every single creature in the entire complex escaped and began to fight their way through.

The worker ponies panicked and fled for their lives, before they got hurt…

…While Cerise called out the entire army in the complex to come and detain the prisoners. The soldiers only equalled to less than half of the hundreds of prisoners, but fortunately for the soldiers, the prisoners were still very weak, some had even grown very old from being locked up for such a really long time, and when they saw Cerise powering up her golden horn they knew they were in trouble.

“You’re not getting away that easy!” Cerise shouted, “UNIFORCE!!” Unleashing her power, she knocked many of the prisoners out cold, and trapped many of them back in their cells using the Uniforce energy as barriers.

One of the guards ran up to Cerise in a panic. “Colonel…! There’s a fault in the power systems! It’s spreading along the powerlines! It could cause more power failures all over the other complexes!”

Cerise knew this was serious. “Quickly, activate emergency shut down.”

“Already have, ma’am… the fault is still spreading!” cried the guard. He then looked behind him at a series of power lines, “There goes one now!”

Cerise looked and saw a speaking blue jolt of power heading along the lines.

“It’s heading for that tower!” cried the guard “…It’s Tower Number Seven!”

Cerise gassed, “Oh, no! Not Number Seven! One of our most dangerous creatures is locked up in there! He could escape!”

“Let’s get over there!” shouted the guard.

Tower Number Seven was just one of many identical prison towers on the entire planet. Five stories high-- about the size of a small apartment building-- it was round, metallic, and super high tech to keep all the many floors and rows of prisoners contained

Spectacular but functional living quarters, including main control ops, galley, and a laboratory were based at the top of the tower for the staff and guards on shift.

The guards, already well alerted of the crisis were doing they could to keep everything from flying to pieces, when suddenly that surge entered the tower through the wirelines.

“Stop it!” shouted the Captain “Don’t let it short out the power-grid! The prisoners will escape!” but it was already too late…!

The surge had hit a bank in the lines, splitting into one large one and three smaller ones. The three smaller surges had hit three cells on the main floor shorting out the power to the shields around the cells.

Three creatures broke free.

One of them was Marla: A very beautiful humanoid lady. She had pale grey skin, pointy ears, long, flowing light pink hair that ran all the way near the ground. She wore a red, sparkling, armored vest with a black skirt attached and matching black boots on her feet, and long fingerless black gloves.

Another of them was Bronc: A big muscular armored creature, much taller and muscular than the others. Very little of his actual body was scene as he was covered in head to toe in white and blue armor, complete with a helmet hiding his features. He almost looked robotic, but he wasn’t.

The last was Keto: A mage, though shorter than the others, about up to Marla’s upper-body. He skin was gold colored, he wore a black witch hat, a red cape, a green robe, and he carried a long metal staff with an upside-down crescent-moon with a large red ruby in the center at the top.

“We’re free!” cried little Keto.

Marla ran her hands through her long hair, letting it flow out as she stretched and sighed “Even after a hundred years, I’m still gorgeous,” she then cracked her knuckles, “…And ready to kick some butt!”

“Well, what are we waiting for then…?” said Bronc, “…Let’s blow this joint!”

Now that they were out of their cells, and thanks to the power surge, the magical manacles that prevented them from using their super strengths or special powers had gone dead.

The guards rushed to the scene to detain the escapees, and Marla saw this good chance to use an old move of hers. Her eyes glowed and her hair bulged out in all directions, releasing little dandruff like flakes to the floor, “Lingos, rise…!” Marla shouted, and the flakes began to glow and take shape…

Suddenly the whole floor was crawling with a swarm of humanoid creatures. Every single one of them had white head, with very little facial features, except for red eyes. They all wore silver, shiny spandex like outfits with red armor vests like Marla’s. All of them were growling in high raspy moans as they looked ready to brawl.

“GO!!” shouted the captain, and mega brawl ensued.

Though the Lingos were rather ugly looking, and tried to put up a valiant effort, they were not exactly the best of soldiers, and got pummeled by the guards.

“Come on! You think you can take me!” Bronc shouted as he faced three of the guards down. The guards charged at him, and all jumped on him, but Bronc, flexing out his huge muscles, repelled them all off.

Several of the male guards challenged Marla, but she fluttered her eye lids at them and flicked her hair in a pretty girl stance. The men could hardly resist her charm and froze in a daze.

“Works every time.” chuckled Marla, and hollering like a warrior princess, she leapt over and punched, kicked the men away… she even whipped her hair like a large club, bashing them all to the wall.

She blew the pitiful guards a flirtatious kiss

As for little Keto, he was surrounded by more guards, and though he was outnumbered like a little kid being cornered by bullies, all he could do was chuckle and tap his staff once on the floor. Large beams then fired from the top of his staff hitting each of the guards, making sparks fly.

However, what no one noticed was that final surge of energy had traveled along many wires and was now shorting out the seal to a very large cell on the main floor. A cell that seemed much thicker, stronger and much more concealed than any cell the tower, and for good reason!

There was a large crash making everyone freeze and turn towards the cell, followed by the several smaller crashes, as though someone inside was pounding on the strong seal.

Cerise and another team of guards had just entered the main floor through the tower doors just as the cell burst wide open in an explosion!

“Oh, boy…!” Cerise cried under her breath.

Everyone watched fearfully as someone walked forth through the smoke, leaving the cell.

“Who’s that?” Keto asked. The other criminals weren’t sure.

The creature came into full view; he was a humanoid like alien, the same height and Marla. He seemed rather muscular. He wore a black armored vest, with a black overcoat, with matching black pants, black boots with spikes at the toes. His hands were crimson red and scaly and had sharp claws, like a dragon. His head seemed human shaped, but was red, scaly, his hair was fiery orange with red highlights and stuck up all over like a flame. Yet his facial features were humanoid, and he wore a solid mask like shades across his eyes.

He snickered wickedly as he cracked his knuckles, and then pulled off his dead magical manacles and threw them to the floor. “I am Vulcan, planet broker extraordinaire!” he snarled “For five-hundred years I’ve locked in solitary confinement, robbed of my prime and glory!”

He began to heat up and smoke like a seething flame, which warned everyone that Vulcan was not going to be an easy one to handle.

Meanwhile, Princess Luna had almost complete blocked out the moonlight with her dark veil of clouds, and the others had nearly disconnected all power sources from the mirror gate, but it was still glowing, pulsating brighter and faster than ever.

“This isn’t working.” said Grand Ruler. “Maybe when it’s disconnected entirely, it’ll deactivate.” said Celestia.

They and Professor Brain continued to disconnect the systems and things, when suddenly…! The alarm on the console went off! The power levels were starting to climb to critical levels!

“Oh, my!!” cried Brain “It’s a system overload!”

That’s when the mirror glowed brighter than ever and began to vibrate violently, and it actually shook itself off the generator it was built on and began to bounce along the room like a mad creation!

“Look out!” shouted Grand Ruler.

Princess Luna got distracted by the ordeal, and broke her eye contact, causing her spell to cease and her clouds outside to fade off, once again unveiling the full moon.

“Quickly…! Try and hold it steady!” cried Celestia, and she and the others used their magic to halt the mirror in its tracks… directly by the window, but at that exact moment the moon had moved to that precise spot in the sky, putting it in perfect alignment with the stars.

Suddenly, POW… a large beam of bright moonlight shot right through the open window, right onto the face of the mirror, and instead of merely opening the gateway, because the mirror was no so unstable, it instead combined the gateway magic with the light that shining on it and fired it way out into space!

Then the mirror just keeled over onto the floor and shattered.

Everyone in the lab was shocked and totally silent by what had just happened and they were all especially worried with wonder about where the light was going, but there was no time to actually track it, or even warn anyone as it was traveling too fast!

Back on Conva, Cerise and all her guards banded together ready to take on Vulcan and the other prisoners, whom were marching along with the Lingos and the soldiers were backing out of the tower, while the aliens all stood directly at the doorway.

“And now…” Vulcan sneered “It’s time for a little payback!”

“Bring it on!” said Cerise, but just as the brawl was ready to begin, the sky went really bright. Everyone looked up and saw a mysterious beam of sparkling light heading straight their way!

“LOOK OUT!!” shouted Cerise, and she and her soldiers dashed for their lives just as the light slammed hard into the tower, forcing Vulcan and the others back inside. All at once, the place began to warp!

“What’s happening?!” cried Marla.

“It’s some kind of trans-warping magic!” shouted Bronc.

“I think I’m going to be sick!” groaned Keto, and as for Vulcan, “No!!” he shouted “My revenge!! This can’t be happening!”

The entire tower was enveloped in the light, and in a bright flash the light had ceased, but the tower and the prisoners were nowhere to be seen!

Cerise and the soldiers could not believe their eyes, and though it was a deep concern to figure out what happened, the prison riot was still happening and they were needed elsewhere to try and contain the other escaping prisoners.

Valiantly as they tried, in the end, all the prisoners from the main complex had escaped out into space.

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“Oh, No…!” Cerise whimpered.

The guards were equally as shocked and frightened as were the workers. This was a disaster to top all disasters!

***

Planet Earth, in the human world… the next day or so!

Mystic Island, just twenty miles off shore of the coast of California, home to a beautiful metropolis and the main base control of the Starfleet forces from that world, led by Major Sunset Shimmer.

It had been her home for quite some time after her many adventures, ordeals and other things many were already aware of.

In all that time, or rather more of it, she and her friends maintained the peace by using their powers handed to them by Commander Lightning Dawn and the deceased Princess Twilight Sparkle to battle evil and injustice that happened all over their world.

Unfortunately, they were all on an official hiatus from their heroic lives. Recently, Commander Lightning Dawn had returned and had taken all their energizer transformer badgers back with him to his world.

“Your energizers are in need of a good tune up so they can continue to work properly. Unfortunately, you don’t have the right magic or the proper technologies to do that here. So I’ll take them back with me. It will take a little while, but as soon as we’re done I’ll bring them straight back.”

Heeding his advice and trusting him, the team gave him their energizers, and had been without them for a few days now and thankfully there had no crimes and no dangers for them to worry about.

Right now, the friends were on their final years as students at Canterlot High. All of them were ready to graduate High School.

School was out for the day, and everyone was hanging out on the front steps of the building. Yet each and every one of them seemed more downhearted about things as they all

“Just think, one more semester and we’re done here.” said Sunset.

“Does that mean… we all just go our separate ways?” asked Buddy Rose.

“No!” snapped Pinkie and she grabbed the two Spanish twins, Dyno and Myte, “We can’t! We won’t! We mustn’t! We’re friends to the end! Inseparable! Stuck like glue!”

“We get the idea, Pinkie!” groaned Dyno. “Por Favor! Please let us go!” cried Myte. Pinkie let them go and backed sheepishly away and the twins breathed in relief.

“We can still keep in touch…” said Starla Shine “I mean we are a team.”

“A team would be too simple, dear.” said Rarity “Why, I actually think of us as… dare I say… family?”

Everyone agreed with her.

“The family that picks together, stays together.” said Applejack.

“What are you basing that on?” asked Artie.

Rainbow Dash seemed to be the only one whom wasn’t too fazed by the possibility of long separation as she casually kicked a soccer ball and did her usual show off of tricks.

“Well, on a plus side. No more school means we’ll have more times for things we like. Like sports…” she kicked the ball hard, clear across and all the way to the football field, hitting the goal line.

“Or even music…!” she whipped out her guitar and began to rock out. Some of the others jumped in and danced along with the music.

Fluttershy gripped Rhymey’s hand, and Rhymey smiled at his girlfriend.

“I just bet
You’ll be a great vet.”

She giggled softly, “Well, your idea to open up your own poetry corner and café sounds really good too, but… well… I--” she paused “Whatever happens, I hope we can still be together.”

His response; a tender peck on her forehead…

The others thought that was very sweet.

Artie then felt Sunset place her hand over his, and then she pecked him on the cheek. “What was that for?” he playfully asked.

His girlfriend smirked, “I’ll tell you over a milkshake… your treat.”

“Yes, my treat.”

They got up, bid their friends goodbye, and walked off arm-in-arm.

“Awe, they are so cute together.” cooed Pinkie Pie.

“I couldn’t agree more.” added Rarity “You’d think they were meant to be together.”

Buddy chuckled softly, and when the others asked he answered, “Well, I promised not to tell sunset, but not you guys…” he motioned them all to come closer and whispered what he knew.

…everyone suddenly was bustling with excitement and anxiety, “He’s going to pop the question to Sunset?” Rainbow squealed softly.

Buddy nodded, and explained…

A week ago, he tending to his school garden in the front yard, when he noticed Artie was all alone, and he was talking to a tree, pretending it was Sunset because of the way he kept saying her name, and then he held out a ring he had bought and was practicing proposing to Sunset, using the tree as a figure.

Naturally, he had to ask about it, and he got his answer.

“I’m going to ask to Sunset to marry me, Bud. I’ve made up my mind.”

“Whoa! That’s a big step man. Are you sure about this?”

Though Sunset was an alien from the Dimensional Universe, and she was a former evil villainess, that was all in the past. She had come a long way, and was proven to be a very caring and loyal person. “And it’s not all that…” Artie said “I want to give her a good home, and share my life with her, so when we’re done school, maybe she’ll have a lot more to think about.”

He had a great point there. Canterlot high was practically the only lifestyle Sunset ever knew.

The Twins had tears in their eyes, “Man, that is so deep.” cried Dyno. “It’s so deep, it’s… beautiful!” added Myte.

The others all agreed, and some of the girls had tears in their eyes.

“Do you think she’ll accept?” asked Fluttershy.

“Well, it’s up to her…” said Applejack “But if I were here, I’d take what I could get.”

Just then, Twilight Sparkle-- the original human-- came walking along with Spike riding in her backpack.

Her friends called over to her. Rainbow called to her, “Hey Twilight… we’re heading out for some grub. You want in?”

“Can’t, I’m busy.” replied Twilight.

“Yeah, she’s going to help Grandruler with his secret project.” Spike added, but Twilight quickly covered his mouth, not so he wouldn’t blurt out the project. “Spike… there’s too many people around. We can’t let them know you can actually talk.”

Spike felt annoyed, but he complied as he slipped back into Twilight’s backpack and Twilight apologized to her friend again before walking off.

Buddy Rose sighed, “Gee, that girl works way too much.”

“Well, it was nice of Mr. Grandruler to offer her a job with his companies.” said Fluttershy.

The others couldn’t help but agree with her. So much love, so much happiness, apart from their little sad worries about separation.

They couldn’t think of anything that would make things go wrong.

On a very tiny island, somewhere in the pacific,

Prison Tower Seven had long since materialized after that freak accident on Planet Conva,

All the systems still seemed to be functioning despite the minor damages, and thanks to the solar panels on the tower outside.

Marla, Bronc and Keto had awakened, and were stumbling about, as well as some of the Lingos.

“What a wild trip that was?” groaned Keto as he leaned against Marla.

“Eww… get off me, shrimp.” Marla grouched as she shoved him off of her.

“Hey!” he snarled.

“Somebody sure has a temper.” Bronc muttered. Then Marla shrieked, “My hair… My nails… my everything… AHAA-OW! It’ll take me forever to make myself look pretty again!”

The guys were already annoyed with her, “Hey, at least we’re free!” said Keto “And we don’t have to put up with Starfleet.”

“That may be…” agreed Bronc, then he looked out a window and could see nothing but ocean for miles, “But exactly where are we? That trans-warp force could have sent us anywhere."

“…We’ll soon find out!” hissed a wicked voice. The others all looked and saw Vulcan stepping out from the shadows. He glared at the three and practically demanded at Marla and her Lingos, “You… send those, whatever you call them out to find out where we are.” then he glared at Keto “You, you’re a mage, some way to get those creeps going so they can scout out.” Finally he looked at Bronc “And you… help me make this place livelier. It’s a mess!”

Keto blinked nervously, feeling intimidated by Vulcan’s appearance and voice, but Marla bolted upright and sneered, “Hey! Who died and put you in charge?”

Her answer was Vulcan heating up with fury, as was evidenced by the way his hair glowed a bright yellow, and he aimed a powerful blast at several Lingos, vaporizing them in a heartbeat, which made Marla fall to her knees, and quivered.

All three of the creatures could see Vulcan meant business as he stated, “Let what you have just seen be a warning to all of you. I don’t tolerate such attitudes thrown at me.”

Knowing they didn’t have a chance against such a powerful creep, but still frightened by his intimidation, they couldn’t seem to bring themselves to answer.

Vulcan cleared his throat and calmly said “Of course, being a man of business, I can make you a good offer.

You see, as a successful, but hard-working guy, I could use a helping hand to obtain my goals. I suppose I can… SHARE my soon to be wonderful, bountiful glory with all of you like the many before I have worked with.”

The others were starting to feel less intimidated and rather interested.

“However…” Vulcan stated “Let’s get one thing straight: I’m in charge! What I say goes… and anyone who dares to defy me… oppose me… or get in my way…” he paused as he charged up for another blast “…Let’s just say it won’t be pretty.”

Realizing their options, and feeling it’d be better to stick close for survival.

“But of course… Master Vulcan.” said Bronc

“Anything you say… sir.” added Keto.

Even Marla had to comply, “Yeah, what they said.”

Vulcan snickered “That’s more like it...” then he looked out the window at the sea surrounding the island. Though he still wondered how much more there was out there, he had a feeling that this world would bring him a pretty handsome price in his Planet Broker business, and maybe more.

“Yes…” he said, “…If all goes as I think it will, this world will be mine! Mine… MINE!!” He laughed wickedly.

The others still felt a little nervous, but the thought of having so much power made them grin sinisterly.

To Be Continued!

Episode 2: Part 2: Rangers Rise

Sunset and Artie were at a café, sitting at a table on the patio sharing a very large chocolate malted, with two straws, and yet they still gazed deeply into each other’s eyes.

Finally, the drink was finished, and they both let out a tiny burp each. They giggled softly, but then went back to gazing.

“Sunset…?”

“Yeah…?”

“What, um… what do you want to do after you graduate?”

There was a brief silence as Sunset felt awkward, then she answered, “Well… to be honest I don’t really know. I mean, I’ve never actually considered what else I’d do in this world, but…” she gazed deep into his eyes again “At least I can probably spend more time with you. You’ve been so wonderful to me… more than most people I’ve known.”

Hearing those words made him smile, and his heart melt. “Well… I know one thing I’d like to do.”

“What’s that?”

Artie hesitated for a while feeling a bit shy, but he got out of his seat and walked over to her and got down on his knees, which suddenly made her realize what was about to happen… sort of!

“Sunset Shimmer… we’ve been dating since summer, and it’s all be the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me… to us!”

She smiled lovingly, actually agreeing with him.

“…and I want to ask you something really major.”

Sunset blushed as she felt her heart racing. “Yes…? What is it?”

Artie reached for his pocket and was about to pull out the ring, “Sunset Shimmer… I want to ask you…” then he suddenly looked up “…What the heck are those?!”

“Huh...?!” Sunset snapped as she turned around. Other people looked and some screamed in horror…!

Strange creatures--The Lingos-- were rampaging through the streets, wrecking everything in sight and scaring the people passing by. Some of them even caused several cars to crash into one another, and a large tanker truck carrying a huge tank of “Gasoline” tipped over on its side, causing a small leak.

Another car had crashed into a power pole, causing the electric wires to snap loose. The two wires sat sparkling and flaring softly on the road.

Sunset and Artie, though they didn’t have their energizers, were not about to let those creeps get away with this, and they rushed into action.

Using their expert fighting skills and martial arts, they engaged in a farcie brawl with the swarm of Lingos-- punching, kicking and flipping the wicked creatures.

Their friends were just coming round the corner when they saw the commotion.

Rhymey gasped…!

Fluttershy screamed…!

“What in the world?!” cried Rainbow.

“Come on, let’s go help!” shouted Buddy Rose

The others all rushed in and began to battle out with the Lingos as well.

“Take that!” Rarity shouted as she kicked a Lingo in its chest and sent it crashing into two more Lingos.

Pinkie leapt up and about, clunking each Lingo on the head as she bounced saying a small poem…

“One, and two, and three, and four…
Then five, and six, and a whole lot more.”

The twins stood back-to-back as they spun and kicked, spun and kicked, knocking each Lingo down. “VIVA!!” they hollered.

Suddenly, people were crying out for help by the scenes of the crashes near the gasoline truck.

“Help me! The door’s stuck!”

“My baby’s trapped in the car!”

“Come on guys!” shouted Starla.

“We’re comin!” hollered Applejack.

“We’ll cover you guys!” said Sunset, and she Rhymey, Fluttershy, Rainbow and Buddy Rose continued to hold the remaining Lingos back, while all the others rushed to the danger scene to help the trapped civilians.

Artie helped too, but he took a moment to look over at Sunset, knowing she’d be alright, but a little upset that he didn’t get to propose to her.

Artie and the others, using their Starfleet strengths, managed to tip the turned over cars upright, and break off their doors to help the trapped civilians and get them to safety. Then they all gathered round the damaged cars by the gasoline truck to make sure they hadn’t left anyone behind…

…Not realizing what was about to happen!

Fluttershy engaged in a struggle as a Lingo grabbed her. “Let… me… GO!!” she shouted as she yanked on the Lingo’s arm, wrenching herself free, and kicking the creature by the sparking wires… as a small trail of liquid gasoline was approaching the flares… which lead all the way back to the huge tank on the truck where Artie and the others were scouting.

“YOU GUYS…!! GET OUT OF THERE!!!” she screamed

The others looked up, and they saw the gas trail just as it caught blaze and began to crawl swiftly back towards the large tank. “LOOK OUT!!!” Artie shouted.

The others all rushed about to get away, but it was too late!

KABLAM!!! The gas tank went up in a huge explosion, sending hordes of debris flying about all over, and the shockwaves knocking everyone nearby off their feet.

…The ring Artie had bought to propose to Sunset with even went sailing through the air, bounced along the road and fell through a sewer grill.

The Lingos were so frightened, that they retreated, vanished into thin air.

“NOOOOOOOOO!!!” cried Sunset!

Rhymey, Fluttershy, Rainbow and Buddy all gawked in extreme horror.

Fires were all over, lots of damages to the roads and vehicles, and worse… they could see all their friends lying unconscious and severely injured on the ground.

Fluttershy began to cry!

Rhymey held her tightly, but he himself felt like bursting into tears.

“No, they can’t be!” cried Buddy.

Rainbow was shaking in extreme shock, sadness, and horror.

Meanwhile, Vulcan had observed everything. Thanks to Bronc, who was excellent in mechanics and systematics, was able to rig up a viewing mechanism that would allow them all to view everything that happened on the computers.

“Well, that was interesting.” said Marla “Told you my Lingos could handle the job.”

Bronc and Keto were not amused with her boasting.

“Maybe so…” hissed Vulcan “But that’s hardly the kind of force I need.”

Marla felt insulted, but knew better than to argue with her new master.

“We need more power if we’re going to conquer this world.” said Vulcan, and then he felt along his arm “I’ve been locked up for so long, I’m stiff as a board. Ture, I’m stronger than you three, but I’ll need a whole army to conquer this world!”

“Pardon me, Master.” Bronc said trying to make a suggestion.

“Ooh, if only I had an army!” grumbled Vulcan.

“Master…”

“Then it would be so much easier.”

“MASTER!!”

“WHAT?!” shouted Vulcan. His shouting blew Keto’s hat off and ruffled Marla’s hair. The two of them shuddered, but Bronc cleared his throat, “…We DO have an army, right here.”

He motioned through the open doorway leading from the lab and rest area to the inner prison where all the monsters and creeps were hammering at their cells demanding to be released.

“Ah, the prison convicts that came here with us...” Vulcan snickered, “An excellent idea, Bronc.”

Keto and Marla grumbled softly, feeling their places badly.

The fire-brigades were working hard to put out the fires, and work teams were already hard at it clearing up the damages caused by the explosion.

As for Sunset and the others, the police were questioning them about what had happened. “That’s how it all happened…” said Sunset. The others all nodded in agreement, and from what eye-witnesses and other near victims had claimed, the officers actually believed them.

It was no surprise, what with all the past adventures and dangers that ever occurred on Mystic Island, no one would be surprised if there was some evil force at work.

As for the rest of the gang, the paramedics were loading them onto to stretchers to take them to the hospital.

Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Starla, the Twins… even Artie. All seven of them were still out cold and horribly injured. It was almost too shameful and frightening to even look at them, all burned, bruised and bleeding.

Sunset felt positively horrible for her fallen friends, especially for Artie. “Is he going to be okay?” she tearfully asked.

“It’s too early to say now, hon…” said the doctor “We’ll let you know as soon as we can.”

She felt her heart skip a beat and her blood run cold.

“Wait… Hold it!” someone called.

Everyone turned and saw Celesto Grandruler running from his limo, having just arrived on the scene after hearing of the news. He was very much as devastated that his students were hurt in the explosion.

He dashed up to the paramedics and handed them a business card, “Contact these doctors. I want these kids to get the finest treatment possible.”

“…Will do, Mr. Grandruler.” replied the doctor. Then he and his colleagues finished loading the patients onto the ambulances, and then drove away to get them all help.

Celesto felt very upset.

“Mr. Grandruler…” Rainbow said trying to explain. “It’s alright, Rainbow. I know what happened here. I saw it on the breaking news.”

“Those creatures left without a trace,
They really made a mess of this place.” said Rhymey.

Fluttershy sniffled and wiped her eyes “And now… are friends are really hurt. They could even be…!”

“No!” snapped Buddy Rose and he bravely declared “They’ll pull through, I know they will. We’ve all been through way worse!”

The Worst…! That was what was going around everyone’s mind. They had no idea what those creatures were or where they came from, “They’ll be back… I know they will.” said Sunset

“I agree…” said Celesto “And when they do, we’ve be ready for them.”

Rainbow didn’t feel so optimistic about that though. “If we only had our energizers back! We could summon our powers, and we could show those creeps a thing or two.”

The others all felt same. “But we don’t have them. We’re all but powerless for this one.” said Buddy.

“Wrong…” Celesto said as he turned round to face them “I think I have just the solution to this problem.”

The others all gazed at him curiously, and before they knew it, they rode in his limo with him back to his estate by the coast of the island. “Now, follow me…” Celesto said “But no matter what, no one outside this group must know what you are about to witness, understood?”

The others all nodded, swearing not to tell anyone. Now they were really curious as to what was about to happen, especially when Celesto led them not near the mansion, but into the massive yard, with all its hedges, fountains, statues and great big oak tree in the center.

Celesto reached for a branch and pulled it like a level, which opened up a doorway to an elevator. “In you go.” he said to the students. They all climbed in, and the elevator took them, down, down, down…!

“Wow! You’d think we were in the bowels of the Earth.” said Buddy Rose.

“It’s only two-hundred feet down actually.” Celesto confirmed.

Fluttershy felt a little nervous and gripped Rhymey’s hand softly.

When they reached the bottom, the emerged in a small complex, Complete with hallways, laboratories, testing chambers and more

“This way…” Celesto said, leading them all down a hallway and into a main laboratory complete with computer consoles, central table, crates of important things like circuitry, pipelines, and other equipment for experiments.

There, sitting at one of the consoles was Twilight Sparkle, and Spike was napping in her lap, but woke up when he heard everyone come in. “Hey, guys.” Spike said and he hopped down and dashed over to Fluttershy.

She patted him softly and he licked her cheek. “What are you doing down here, Spike?” Fluttershy asked.

“I could ask you guys the same thing.” added Twilight.

“I brought them…” Celesto replied “It’s time to reveal my secret project to them.”

The others exchanged small exclaims to one another, and Celesto explained to Twilight what had happened, which turned her blood cold. “No, it can’t be!” she cried.

Spike felt easily as devastated “They hurt Rarity?!” he cried “Oh, let me at ‘em! LET ME AT ‘EM!!” he raced for the door, but Twilight grabbed him “Take it easy, Spike.”

“Um… excuse me…” Rainbow said “But would you mind saying what this is all about, and what we’re doing here?”

Celesto motioned for everyone to have a seat at the central table, and there he explained everything.

“Ever since our very first encounter with Starfleet from the other dimension, here in my secret lab, my team of experts and I were inspired to try and create special weapons and powers, powers almost exactly like that of your Starfleet and Friendship magic.

Now, I don’t know who or what is causing all this, but we are under attack again, and as you all pointed out, without your energizers, the keys to your super powers, it would be nearly foolish to try and fight them again... but there is still a way.”

With that, Principal Celestia, Vice Prinicpal Luna, and Professor Brain came into the room.

“All of you,
Are in on this too?” asked Rhymey.

“That’s right.” Celestia said, and she placed a simple steel brief case on the table, and left it for her husband to open.

Celesto used a special key that only he had to unlock the case, and inside were five multi-color badges-- Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Pink-- exact replicas of the Starfleet and Friendship energizer badges the team normally used to transform.

“Whoa!” Rainbow Dash “I think I know what this is…” she looked up at the others, and Celesto smiled, and Brain answered “That’s correct Rainbow. Thanks to my scientific expertise, and with Twilight’s expert programing and technological skills, we have managed to create and synthesize powers and technologies, almost exactly like your Starfleet and Friendship powers, and with these new energizer badges… you five will now be tasked with helping us to defend our home.

…To carry the great legacy of…Power Rangers.”

The students were virtually speechless. All of them had heard of Power Ranger before, but never thought they would actually become any.

Luna took each energizer and passed them out to students one-by-one as Celesto explained their colors to them.

“Fluttershy: You have proven to be a worthy fighter when you put your mind and heart to things. You shall be the Pink Ranger.”

Fluttershy took her badge. “But… But… I… I don’t know what to say.” She sounded more proud than nervous.

“Rhymey: Skilled, stealth, and swift. You shall be the Yellow Ranger.”

Rhyemy took his badge and declared,

“I will treasure this forever,
I shall back down never!”

The adults were pleased to hear him say that.

Buddy Rose took his badge, the Green One next, but he felt a little confused. “You sure this color matches me?” he asked. “The color of your suit doesn’t really matter, Buddy.” said Celesto “With the power of the Green Ranger, you will be just as strong as you are graceful.”

Unable to argue with that, Buddy accepted his color…

“Rainbow Dash: Your athletic skills and determination make you a valiant fighter to be reckoned with. I am proud to dub you as the Blue Ranger.”

Rainbow could hardly contain herself. “This is so AWE-SOME!” she squealed.

"Lightning Dawn: Your crime fighting skills and justice make you a skilled fighter. I am proud to dub you as the Comet Ranger."

"Thank you, sir."

“And finally… Sunset Shimmer: As the Red Ranger you shall lead the team as you have valiantly in the past. With your courage and determination, I know you will make us all proud.”

Sunset accepted her badge, and nodded proudly.

The others also thought it neat she was red. “I don’t think there’s even been a female red ranger before.” said Buddy Rose.

“Well, now there is.” said Sunset.

Celesto felt proud with his students, as did everyone else. Even Twilight felt pleased, knowing she helped create the energizers. Though she, herself did not have one as she was no fighter. Plus, her services were better needed in the lab.

Meanwhile, Vulcan was going through the files of the prisoners on the computer. “Let’s see, which of these rotten wretches should we release?” he wondered aloud.

“I say we should just unleash them all.” said Marla “We could conquer this planet by sundown.”

“Great idea… Not!” sneered Keto “These guys have been locked up as long as any of us have. Maybe they don’t have what it takes.”

“He has a point…” agreed Bronc “It would be most unwise to just waste all of our resources at once.”

Marla scoffed, “Whatever, it was just a suggestion.”

“Aha!” shouted Vulcan “This one will do fine!”

He viewed the image a huge burly creature with spikes on his back, and sharp claws. Name: Spiker!

Spiker suddenly noticed the force-field around his cell vanish, and the bars opened wide. “What’s going on?” he asked “Why am I being let out?”

“To do my bidding…!” Vulcan shouted down at him from the top floor. Spiker was not impressed “Yeah, uh, why should I? I can just walk right out of here and--” he shut up when Vulcan began to flare up, “Take your choice! Either you work for me, or you’ll soon wish you were never released from your cell!!”

Spiker shuddered in fear and stammered “Ha… Ha… Happy… to be of service… Ahem, Sir!”

Vulcan snickered, “That’s more like it. Making them an offer they can’t refuse! NOW GO!!”

“Yes, sir!” called Spiker.

Bronc approached the monster, “This way please…” and he guided him to a special teleporter pad he had built and Keto had energized with his magic. Soon, with a flick of a switch, Spiker was sent on his way.

Vulcan grinned wickedly, “Now it… Begins!” he laughed maniacally.

Meanwhile, the rangers were going over reading small pamphlets of how their new energizers, now dubbed morphers, worked—the morphing sequences, command codes, they even acted as communicators like from Star Trek which helped them keep in touch with each other and the base.

“If you guys have any problems, let us know…” said Twilight “We’ll be keeping tabs on you and guiding you as best we can from here.”

Despite the obvious danger ahead, the rangers were really psyched. “Those baddies are going to regret what they did to the others.” said Sunset, then she muttered softly, “…Especially to Artie.”

“Man, I can’t wait to try this out.” said Rainbow.

Suddenly, an alarm sounded and red lights blinking throughout the place.

Twilight and Celesto rushed to the computers. “Looks like you won’t have to wait.” said Twilight.

The rangers dashed over to the console and could see that those weird creatures had returned and were causing havoc in the city again.

“Wait, what’s that?” asked Fluttershy. Everyone then saw in horror, a huge burly, spiky monster laughing in the streets and leading the Lingos on the attack. “Have a taste of my spike launch.” He roared, and unleashed a barrage of his spikes from his back like missiles all over, creating massive explosions and causing loads of damage and endangering the people!

“Guys, we’ve got work to do.” said Sunset, and the others agreed.

“Rangers, this way…” Luna called to them, and she directed them all to the back to the room where a series of transport tubes were waiting. “These will help you reach your destinations a lot faster.”

The rangers were astonished that such technologies existed and that Celesto had it.

Celesto winked at them all “Sometimes it pays to be rich. How else could I afford to make these projects work?”

The rangers shrugged, but they stood under the tubes. “Here we go!” shouted Sunset, and with their destinations programed, they were all on their way, like riding a super-fun-happy slide.

Fluttershy couldn’t help but scream in fright.

“WHOO-HOO!! THIS ROCKS!!” shouted Rainbow.

The others thought it was amusing too!

While in town there were more fires, more damages, and more people running scared wondering where help was.

“Aw, what’s the matter… did I miss you.” Spiker teased, “Well here then…!” and he launched more spike missiles, creating more explosions, and even injuring a few people.

The police showed up and pointed their guns at Spiker and the Lingos, demanding they surrender at once. “Oh yeah?!” snarled Spiker “Well here’s a second opinion.” And he slashed his huge claws through car, actually lifting it up over his head and throwing at the police cars, forcing the officers to run.

“Who’s next?” Spiker shouted.

“You are!” thundered a voice from behind.

“What?! Who said that?” Spiker turned round and saw Sunset and the others standing together and glaring at him, and Sunset called to him, “That’s enough your troublemaking for one day. Now we’re going to teach you a lesson!”

Spiker burst out laughing, “You got to be kidding me; a bunch of no-good kids standing up to me like they can something about it? Go back to your mommies!”

“We’re no ordinary kids!” said Rainbow.

“We’re the kids who are going to kick your spiked can back from whence you came.” snarled Buddy Rose.

Spiker only laughed more. “Stop, stop, I have to city to destroy. I can’t do it while I’m laughing at your stupidity.”

The rangers were growing irate.

“I think we’re ready.” said Fluttershy.

“Good and Steady.” rhymed Rhymey.

“Well… let’s do it then.” said Sunset “It’s Morphin’ Time!”

She and the others stood ready, and with those words, their morphers began to glow as an automated sound of Twilight’s voice was heard, “Morphing Sequence: Ready!”

The Rangers raised their hands high to their lefts, then to their rights while enunciated, “STARFLEET MAGIC… POWER ON!!” Then, a single press of their badges, and they transformed…!

They all were standing on white stars, spinning softly through a shower of shooting stars in space. Suddenly, a large star matching their respective colors zoomed past them donning their suits, followed by a large shimmering star glow from their heads donning their helmets.

The suits themselves were basic white spandex-like suits, and the rest-- long leggings, arm guards at the lower arm, torso armor, shoulder pads, helmets with pony-like ears on top—each the respect color of the ranger.

Spiker could hardly believe his eyes “Whoa! What in the world is this?!”

As for the rangers, they all felt incredible. Feeling this was exactly what they needed. “IT’s time to shine!” Sunset declared, and then she and her teammates shouted out their names.

Sunset: “Evil’s Dread! Starfleet Red!”

Buddy Rose: “Let’s make the scene. Starfleet Green!”

Rainbow: “We’ll see things through. Starfleet Blue!”

Rhymey: “Though peace and Woe! Starfleet Yellow!”

Fluttershy: “Quick as a Wink! Starfleet Pink!”

Lightning: "Fear no danger! Comet Ranger!"

All together they stood as Stars Showered around them, “POWER RANGERS… STARFLEET!!”

Spiker was growing annoyed, “I’ve had about enough of this! Get them Lingos!”

The Lingos all charged straight for the rangers. “Let’s get ‘em!” shouted Sunset, and she and her team lunged into battle.

With their newly found confidence, and their suits to protect them, they punched, kicked and plowed their ways through the swarm of creatures.

Rainbow back flipped and was surrounded by Lingos, but using her made soccer skills, she swerved round their attacks, and kicked them all hard bashing them away and tripping them up.

“Ah, yeah… That’s what I’m talkin’ about!”

Buddy and Lightning punched one Lingo, and then kicked another. Then he saw one Lingo pick up a geranium in a flowerpot to throw at him. “Oh, no you don’t!” he shouted and he rushed the Lingo, tackling it to the ground, and then he swiftly grabbed the flower pot before it felt and set it and little plant down innocently. “There you go little one.”

As an expert gardener, and a studying ecologist, he really did have a heart for plant-life.

Fluttershy, once again was held at the wrists by a Lingo, but this time her confidence came through and flipped the creature over. Then, two more came at her for a sneak attack, but Rhymey came leaping in and split kicked the creatures away.

The two rangers nodded at one another, promising to look out for each other when needed.

As for Sunset, having just cleared the Lingos out of her way, she went straight at the monster, but Spiker proved to be a lot stronger than any of the Lingos were as he raised his burly arms to block Sunset’s every attack, and then slashed at her with his claws, making sparks fly.

Then, he gave another slash, sending her rolling along the ground.

The others dashed up to her. “Sunset, Are you okay?” cried Buddy.

“I’m okay, but he’s much tougher than I thought.”

“You call that tough? This is tough!” snarled Spiker, and he launched his missiles at the rangers. KAPOW…huge explosions sending them all tumbling about!

“Take that!” snarled Spiker.

“We can’t beat him like this. We need more power.” said Rainbow.

From the base, Twilight and Celesto saw everything, and Twilight contacted them. “Guys, listen to me. Use your weapons. They’ll help give you an edge.”

“Hey, she’s right.” said Sunset “Let’s bring ‘em out.”

The others agreed, and doubled tapped their morphers, triggering the auto-voice again, “Summon Weapons!”

Each ranger held and shouted out their weapon…

Sunset: “Star Scepter!”

Buddy Rose: “Plasma Whip!”

Rainbow Dash: “Sonic Cannon!”

Rhymey: “Raid Blade!”

Fluttershy: “Strong Shield!”

Spiker was not impressed as he teased, “Ooh, you got new toys. I am so frightened.”

“You should be!” sneered Sunset, “Let’s go!”

The rangers, all rushed forth, and Spiker rushed for them as well.

Spiker slashed his claws, but Rhymey defended with his sword, and parried him back, striking him hard. Sunset and Rainbow their used their weapons; Rainbow fired a huge blast of sonic energy, and Sunset launched a bright beam from her scepter, making sparks and explosions that blew him back hard.

“Oh! I love this thing!” Rainbow exclaimed as she stroked her cannon.

“Okay, that’s it! Two can play at that came! Take this!” and he launched more of his spikes at them. “Oh, no you don’t!” shouted Fluttershy as she leapt in the way and held up her shield blocking the spiker, much to Spiker’s shock.

“Now I’m really mad!” shouted Spiker, and he began to charge, but Buddy Rose lassoed him with his whip. “Sorry, line’s tied.” And he yanked on him hard making him spin like a twister and he fell to the ground dizzy and weary.

Sunset contacted the base. “Twilight, we’re holding him back just fine, but we can’t do this forever.”

Celesto spoke to her. “Okay, Rangers, listen up. Give the signal altogether, and combine your weapons to form the Star-Slammer. It will help you capture the monster.”

“What…? Capture it?!” snapped Rainbow.

“But why capture it?” asked Buddy Rose.

“JUST DO IT!!” shouted Celesto.

“Let’s do it right away.
Quickly without delay.” said Rhymey.

“Right, everyone set?”

The rangers all agreed, and activated a little switch on their weapons, again triggering the auto-voice, “Weapons Combine!”

Fluttershy’s shield was first, then with Sunset’s Scepter at it’s top, Rhymey’s sword on one side, and Rainbow’s cannon on another side, the four weapons formed an odd-shaped five-point star, which connected to the end of Buddy’s whip, like a weapon on a chain.

“Star-Slammer Ready!”

The rangers all stood together as Sunset held the weapon and Lightning's gauntlets glowed with power. “Okay, let’s see what this thing can do.”

Spiker finally shook himself to his senses and saw the rangers, “Hey, what are you doing with that?”

"COMET TRAIL... FIRE!" Lightning shouted.

“STAR-SLAMMER, ULTRA-STRIKE!!” The rangers shouted, and Sunset whirled weapon on its chain round, and around, and around, and thrust it towards the monster. The end of the weapon glowed brightly like a shining star.

“Uh oh…!” shouted Spiker as the star slammed right into him. His body began to jolt and spark with bright bolts of lightning and stars shooting out from him “I GET THE POINT!!” he hollered… and then…

KABLAM!! He went up in a fiery explosion, which in actuality was just him being transformed into a miniature version of himself, and as he laid on the ground a bright light shrouded him, and he was encased in a special capture-sphere.

“Whoa!” cried Buddy.

“I can’t believe that just happened!” squeaked Fluttershy.

The civilians, had seen everything, began to cheer for joy that the monster was gone and hailed to the new heroes.

“Hey, we did it!” cried Rainbow.

“The Battle is done,
And victory is won.” added Rhymey.

Sunset nodded and then she picked up Spiker in his sphere and declared, “Monster Captured! Mission Complete!”

Back the base, Spike leapt about and howled happily. “They did it! They really did it!”

“Satisfactory! Most, Most Satisfactory!” cheered Brain.

Twilight simply smiled proudly, and was near tears of happiness, and as for Celesto, he placed a comforting hand on her, equally as pleased.

His wife and Sister-in-law were also delighted.

While back at Vulcan’s tower, Bronc rushed over to Vulcan with disturbing news. “Master, Spiker has been defeated.”

“What?! Defeated…?” snapped Vulcan.

“Captured, sir… by five creatures calling themselves, Power Rangers.”

Vulcan didn’t like the sound of this one bit. “Well then… they shall pay for this, and dearly! This is only the beginning!”

When the rangers returned to base, wearing their casual clothes again, they were all most excited about their victory and kept exchanging cheers and thoughts back and forth with one another.

Sunset had nearly forgotten about the monster, and handed him to Professor Brain at once. “Fascinating…” Brain said as he examined the creature in awe, “Well, by studying this creature it may prove to be most beneficial in future for us.”

“That may be…” said Sunset “But we still don’t know where it came from, or the Lingos.”

A hush fell upon everyone, and Fluttershy got a bad feeling in her gut, “Do you think… there will be more of these guys coming after us?”

“Well, if there are, they’ll find that we’re more than ready to send them packing!” said Buddy.

The others all agreed, and so did Celesto, but suddenly his cell-phone rang, he took the call to the corner of the room privately, and when he was done, he had a queer look on his face. “It was the hospital…”

The others felt their stomachs lurch, and they all wondered if it was about their friends… which it was.

“The good news is, thanks to the special care I requested for them, they are now stable.”

Everyone sighed in huge relief, and then Sunset asked, “What’s the bad news?”

Celesto hesitated for a moment, but then he explained “The explosion… they were all hit by it pretty hard, and suffered massive internal traumatic shocks, as well as major concussions.”

“Um… in English please.” said Rainbow.

Twilight answered, “It means they’ve fallen into deep comas.”

The rangers felt their stomachs lurch again, even Celestia felt a little uneasy in her stomach… most likely from her pregnancy. “Steady, sister…” Luna said trying to keep her calm.

“That’s awful!” cried Fluttershy.

"Yeah." Lightning said.

“Will they be okay?
How long will they be away?” asked Rhymey.

Celesto didn’t know any other way to say it to them. “With the special care and treatment I requested, they shouldn’t get any worse, but… I’m afraid we don’t know when they’ll ever wake up. It could be days, weeks, months… even years if we’re really unlucky.”

Sunset felt her heart aching, and tears coming to her eyes. “…Artie.” she peeped softly.

The others all felt as down as she did.

They could only picture their friends now, as the lay in their hospital beds hooked up to life-support machines; all of them lying still as rocks and silent as boards with stitches on their faces, and remnants of their treated wounds.

Nothing the rangers or even Celesto could say or do would really change much now. All they do was be brave and hope for the best as things would continue!

Episode 3: Blowhard

Over the weekend, the rangers helped out in the city to clean up the messes and damages caused by the battle. People already well-knew whom they were… they SAW them morph right in the open streets, and they wore their morpher badges right on their shirts where even more people could plainly see them… but then again they already knew them as Starfleet Heroes anyway.

Even Celesto didn’t mind that their identities were revealed, but he did solemnly make them swear never to reveal the location of their underground base. Many of their vital experiments and secrets lay there.

And, as a quick way to get the rangers to the base, secret tunnels with long travel slides leading to the base were revealed to be secretly set up all over the island, which only they and other team members could locate and access with their own equipment.

The people of the city were thankful to the rangers, despite the collateral damages, and promised to try and be brave and let whatever evil was lurking forth know that they would stand strong, hence the helping in the clearing up.

Meanwhile, Sunset had excused herself from the big cleanup to visit the hospital and check up on her comatose friends. Dr. Penny Sillion, whom had long since transferred from Canterlot High to work full time at the hospital was watching over them.

“How are they, Doc? Are they doing any better?”

“I’m afraid not…” replied Penny, “They were really hit hard in that explosion and their bodies need time to heal. Lots of time, but don’t worry… as long as they stay on their treatment, it won’t get worse. Just try to be brave for them… it’ll help.”

She left Sunset to run her shift, and Sunset walked down the room, gazing at each of her friends and seeing them lying so still and silent.

Rarity… Starla… Applejack… Dyno and Myte… Pinkie Pie… and way at the end was Artie, whom she came to see most of all. “Hi Artie…” she said softly to him “It’s Sunset… Look, I don’t know if you can hear me, but I came to give you this.” She held up a small flowery shrub in a flower pot, “It’s actually for all of you. The guys and I put it together. We also got a card.”

She held up a lovely “get well” card, with everyone names signed in it. Even the adults signed it, and Spike made a little paw mark. She placed the plant on the window so it could get some sunlight and put the card next to it.

She then gazed down at her boyfriend again, and wanted to peck his cheek but was advised by the staff not to because of the all the face wounds which were still probably infected. She didn’t want to get sick herself.

“Please get well soon.” that was all she said, and then she left.

(Que Intro)

During a break in the cleaning up, Celesto invited the rangers back to the base to show them something very special, and he led them to a large hanger bay. “We’ve been working and perfect this for five years now. You’re the first ones outside of this base to see these, but I figured it be best if you saw them now.” he explained to them, and once inside the Ranger’s eyes widened with awe.

Five powerful jet vehicles, all were silver but with colored chrome edgings matching each ranger’s color, were being fueled, worked on, and maintenance by the professor and his crew. “Wow!” exclaimed Sunset.

“Double wow.” added Buddy.

“These are the Star-Jets.” Celesto told them “They were built from jets and parts from when I worked at NASA and when I was in the Air-Force, but don’t be fooled by them first glance. Unlike ordinary jets, these have been super up with astonishing abilities weapons; they are even capable of traveling in space and underwater.”

“This is so incredible!” Rainbow squealed “I’ve always wanted to get into the air-force, and really hit the skies!”

“Well don’t be getting any big ideas.” Twilight said “We probably won’t even need to use them, and besides we’ve only just completed basic tests. Now the serious testing begins. It’ll take a few more weeks.”

Rainbow felt disappointed, “Well that’s a real drag.”

Fluttershy twiddled her fingers nervously as she gazed at the huge jets. “They seem so big.” She whimpered “I… I don’t think I can actually climb in there.”

The others rolled their eyes; a typical Fluttershy timid moment.

“Well, you needn’t worry about that, Fluttershy.” Celesto said “As Twilight said, we may not even need to use them, but just the same I just thought I should show you them.”

Rhymey admired what would be his own jet, not touching it of course.

“Look at this here, look at that there.
I can only imagine this thing being in the air.”

He imagined himself flying his jet in the cockpit and spelling out a love poem for Fluttershy in the sky.

…and she would be definitely flattered.

“Now, now… Rhymey.” Professor Brain said, snapping him out of his trance “I realize how tempting this must be, but you must consider… we have taken five long years to construct these vehicles, spending quite massive fortune as well, and after many failures, we have only just reached the point where they think we have the answers…

…but we only THINK that we do. We still aren’t certain. We simply cannot take any chances.”

Rhymey and the others were more than understanding, but Rainbow was still sulking.

Suddenly, Sunset’s knapsack was vibrating as a soft glowing light shone through it. It was her communications tome, which she used to keep in contact with United Equestria.

“I sent word to Commander Lightning Dawn about what’s going on, and asked about our energizers. I think he’s finally answering me.”

“Everyone, to the main-chamber.” said Celesto, and off they went.

While at the prison tower, the prisoners were still hammering and thumping at their cells demanding to be released.

“SHUT UP!!” shouted Marla “We’ll let you out when we’re good and ready, and not before! So there!”

The monsters were most infuriated, but still trapped behind the bars and force-field which their powers could not break.

Bronc watched from the top floor, and felt rather sorry for the prisoners, remembering how it felt to be locked in for so many long years. But Vulcan left explicit orders: No one left their cell unless he said so.

Keto was sitting in the corner, seemingly doing nothing at all as he sat perfectly still. “Don’t you think you could do something more constructive, like help figure a plan to get back at the rangers?”

Keto opened his eyes and glared angrily at him, “I’m trying to remember an old spell I think that can help us against the rangers, and you just made me lose my concentration!”

Now Bronc felt rather curious, “And just what spell is this…?”

“If I get it going right, you’ll see. Now leave me alone!”

Suddenly, a single jail cell powered down and opened up as another creature stepped outside. He was a large creature with a large blower for a head. “Ah, it feels so good to be out of there!” he said as he stretched out his arms.

He began to walk down the way, when a row of Lingos blocked him off. “Excuse me; you’re kinda in my way!”

He gave them all huge blast with his blower, and blew them all away in a strong gust. Marla got caught in the gale which messed up her long hair. “Hey!” she shouted “UGH!! You’ll pay for messing up my hair, not to mention leaving your cell.”

“Enough!” Vulcan shouted as he approached them.

“Oh… Master…!”

“Tornado is free because I set him free, and he’s going to help us crush the rangers…” he glared at Tornado threatening “…Aren’t you?”

“Oh, um… yes, sir… Master Vulcan. I’ll blow them all right off the face of the Earth. You can count on it.”

“See that I can. Those rangers are the one thing standing between me and conquering this planet, and I want them annihilated!!”

“Oh, yes, sir… of course sir.” whimpered Tornado, and he walked off muttering “What a blowhard.”

Marla could only scoff and blow a set of her bangs out of her face.

The team had gathered at their big table, and Sunset placed her book down where everyone could see it and they all read Lightning’s message.

“Sunset… I read your message, and I’m afraid I have very bad news…

…I know where that monster you fought came from, as it confirms my deepest fears, and puts your planet in grave danger.”

Everyone exchanged looks of deep concern, and Sunset wrote her message saying it aloud for all to hear, “Where did they come from?”

Her text vanished instantly as it was received on the other end by Lightning and he wrote back his response telling everyone, “Listen very carefully… or rather… read…”

Everyone read carefully as the messages appeared…

“Several days ago, there was a massive prison breakout in one of our facilities. Many prisoners had escaped and fled out into the galaxy, but that’s not the worst of it…

It had also been thirty moons, the time in which the portal link between our worlds opens automatically.”

Sunset gasped softly, and the others felt concerned.

Lightning’s message went on explaining how to portal was now severed due to a freak accident which destroyed the link between worlds.

Now everyone was really concerned. “If that’s true… then we can’t get our energizers back.” said Buddy Rose.

“Oh, no!” cried Fluttershy.

“It can’t be true?
What will we do?” asked Rhymey.

What they all really wanted to know what this had to do with the monsters, all which was explained on the next page.

“Before the portal was shattered, it launched a powerful transport beam, which accidently hit a prison tower on Planet Conva sending it to your world beyond our control. This tower was filled many dangerous creatures which Stafleet had captured through the ages… and among them was this one…!”

The book actually then showed a perfect magical image of whom they were dealing with below the message, and everyone gawked in horror.

“His name is Vulcan. I’ve never actually met him in person, but according to the records; he is a powerful and ruthless Planet Broker! Five-Hundred years ago he came to Unicornicopia, Starfleet’s original location, and tried to conquer the planet, but Starfleet managed to beat him and tossed him into solitary confinement within Tower Number Seven.”

“What a minute… Planet Broker?” asked Buddy.

“I’ve heard about these guys, but I never thought they were really real.” said Sunset, and explained to everyone what she knew.

Planet Brokers: Like real estate agents, only instead of buying and selling lands and buildings like that… they bought and sold off whole planets. Some did it innocently, politely and without trouble. Some of the deals were vitally important to intergalactic businessmen, others were important to the security and evolutions of the star-systems.

…But there were some like Vulcan that ruthlessly and wickedly conquer the planets for profit and power!

Whenever they found a planet they believed would bring a high price on the market, without warning and without mercy, they and their legion of followers invade the planet and purge it of all life to get the planet ready for sale!

Everyone gasped, and Fluttershy nearly froze in her seat.

“If what you say is true about that,
This Vulcan is nothing but a Space Pirate!” thundered Rhymey.

Sunset clenched her fists with worry and outrage, “So Vulcan’s the one behind all these attacks, and he’s got a whole tower full of monsters and bad guys.”

Everyone was thinking the exact same thing by this point; it was obvious that Vulcan was planning to conquer the Earth and sell it in his cruel conquest for power and glory!

Lightning’s final message was read out…

“I only wish that I could help you more, but as you’ve been told the link between our world’s has been severed, and it will not reconnect until the portal from this end has been repaired, it will be a long job.

Even still, thousands of more dangerous monsters have escaped the prisons and fled out into space. Starfleet is working harder than ever to get them all back before disaster occurs. I am needed here to help my friends more than ever.

But if what you tell me is true, I believe that you and your ranger powers will be able to successfully defend your world form Vulcan’s treachery. You must continue to capture all the beasts he sends your way and keep them safe and secure until someday we can return them to their proper place in jail.

I have absolute faith and high beliefs in all of you, and I am very sorry to hear of our fallen friends and pray they will recover soon.

…Good luck to you all, and may the stars be there to guide you!”

He said no more.

“Well, I guess we’re definitely on our own for this one.” said Fluttershy. The others agreed, but at least now they knew what they were up against.

The alarms went off, Celesto dashed to the controls, “We’ve got trouble, signs of abnormalities coming from the Central Park.”

“Let’s go!” snapped Sunset, and she and others dashed for the transport tubes and were on their way.

Once in the park, it was very windy, so windy that some of the pine trees looked as if they were going to be blown over, birds couldn’t fly forward, and water from the ponds was splashing outward. Frogs and ducks and even the fish were blowing about.

The rangers themselves could hardly move forward, or even keep their eyes open. “What’s going on?!” shouted Fluttershy.

“I don’t know,
This is some wind blow!” hollered Rhymey.

Suddenly, the wind died down and all seemed to be getting calmer. “Hey, it’s stopped.” said Rainbow.

“But not for long…” called a sinister voice. The rangers turned and saw Tornado laughing at them. “So, you’re the pesky rangers I get to destroy. Master Vulcan will be very pleased.”

The rangers’ features hardened. “Suck it up you blowhole. We’re sending you right back to him in pieces!” Rainbow called to him.

Tornado felt most insulted.

The rangers all stood together, “It’s Morphin’ Time!” shouted Sunset.

“Morphing Sequence… Ready!”

“STARFLEET MAGIC… POWER ON!!”

The rangers were all morphed, but Tornado laughed “That’s cool, but not as cool as this…!” and he let out a cool but strong blast of wind from his big blower.

The rangers found themselves struggling against the wind, barely able to move forward, and they soon found themselves being blown clear across the park and into a clearing.

“Whoa! I’ve heard of blowhards, but this is nuts.” said Buddy.

The wind was getting stronger again.

“He’s coming this way!” cried Fluttershy.

Tornado reached the clearing and ceased his blower. “So Rangers, are you going to give up yet?”

“Never!” shouted Sunset “We’ll never give up to the likes of you.”

“Oh, well, you blew it.

…Get them, Lingos!”

A swarm of Lingos appeared on the field, and the rangers lunged into action.

Sunset punched one, kicked another, and flipped a third one right over onto its back.

Rainbow was surrounded by three more that all came at her at once, but she flipped down onto her hands and spun gracefully as she kicked them down “Triple play!”

Fluttershy was running as a Lingo chased her, but then she ran straight into a tree, dashing along up the trunk and flipping herself over to kick the Lingo hard into the tree. “It’s not nice to chase a girl like that.”

Buddy Rose and Rhymey, wielding their weapons, slashed and cracked at all the Lingos coming their way, making sparks fly and the Lingos vaporized into hair bits.

“Okay, bugle-face, you’re next!” snapped Buddy.

“Ha! Let me blow you a tune!” snarled Tornado, and he blasted the boys hard, actually blowing their weapons out of their hands and sent them both hurdling backwards and rolling along the ground.

“Boys!” cried Sunset as she and the girls joined them.

“He blew us both here,
We couldn’t get near.” said Rhymey.

“Ha! Sounds like you’re full of hot air, like me…!” shouted Tornado, and instead of his usual gusts, he blew out burning balls of hot air, hitting the rangers, making sparks fly and knocking them over.

“That’s wind burn for ya!” Tornado laughed.

The rangers were most annoyed. “There’s got to be some way to cork this guy.” sneered Buddy…

…and that gave Rainbow an idea. “If you guys try and distract him, I’ll fire my cannon at him. He won’t be able to blow off that.”

“Good idea.” said Sunset “Let’s move!"

“I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow ya all down!” shouted Tornado.

Sunset charged forth and leapt right over him, grabbing onto his back, but he elbowed her off him.

The boys then lunged at him together and he punched them both away.

Finally Fluttershy came charging in with her shield, but Tornado blasted at her, and even with her shield up, Fluttershy was still blown back hard, dropping her shield in the process.

“Four down and one to go...!”

“And that one is you!” Rainbow called.

“Huh?!” Tornado snapped as he turned round and saw Rainbow aiming her cannon at him. “Set to full power!”

“Sonic Cannon… Ready!”

“Oh, no you don’t!” shouted Tornado, and he began to blow his gusts at her to knock her away.

“FIRE!!” shouted Rainbow, and her canon fired its beam at the oncoming winds. “Come on…!” Rainbow groaned as she tried to keep her stance as she kept on firing the beam straight at the blower’s mouth, finally hitting it form the inside.

KAPOW!! “Whoa!” shouted Tornado as he tumbled backwards, “Talk about a low blow!”

The other rangers ran up to Rainbow commenting her on her great shot.

Meanwhile, Vulcan was observing the fight. “Oh! What was I thinking sending that blowhard buffoon! He needs more power!”

“Pardon me, Master…” Keto said “I believe I can provide you with what you need. Just watch.”

Vulcan and the others watched as Keto stepped over to the window.

“What is that little shrimp up to?” Marla asked to Bronc, but Bronc had no idea.

They all watched as he raised his little staff out the window, waving it in circles he shouted “FORTISSIMO!!”

A small octagonal shape appeared and before anyone could question him about it, Keto used his staff to send the little object on its way; soaring across the ocean to Mystic Island.

The object appeared above the battle zone, and expanded to a larger size.

“Hey, what’s that?” asked Buddy Rose.

“It’s a Mugic!” cried Sunset “A powerful magical music; I’ve studied these.”

The others still didn’t understand, but the object began to spin round and around while simple notes of a small song were heard. The song then replayed in a remix-symphonic form, like something from a Chaoticworld

As the song played, Tornado’s body glowed in a bright light, and suddenly… in a bright flash… he was as tall and as large as a skyscraper, much to the rangers’ horror.

“Well, what do you say now, rangers? I can blow you all away in one shot!”

He raised his huge foot to stomp the rangers like bugs.

“Look out!” screamed Fluttershy, and the all leapt out of the way just in time.

“What are we going to do?” asked Rainbow.

“I don’t know. Our weapons won’t even make him flinch.” said Sunset.

Back at the base, Celesto, Twilight, Spike and Brain saw everything.

“I wouldn’t have believed t possible!” exclaimed Brain.

“If he uses his air blows now, he could blow up the whole city.” cried Spike.

Celesto struggled with an idea and he decided, “…Launch the Star-Jets!”

“Sir…?” Twilight said in shock “But they’re not ready yet. We haven’t thoroughly tested them.”

“Well, what finer way to test them than right now.” replied Celesto, “The rangers and the city are in danger. We have no other choice.”

As much as Brain wasn’t too keen on the idea, he was inclined to agree. What was five years anyway compared to the lives of so many? “Prepare for launch.”

Twilight sighed, “You always have ways of making me agree with you.”

Celesto spoke to the rangers, “Hold on, rangers… help is on the way!”

In the hangar bay, everyone was running about to their stations and getting well out of the way as the fully-fueled and ready jets were prepared for launch.

The jets were programmed to taxi forward to the front of the hanger. The bay hatch opened wide revealing a long launch tunnel.

“Twilight, you have the honors.” said Celesto.

Twilight nodded and she flipped the switch on her console as the auto-voice called out, “Summon Zords!”

The jet thrusters fired and the five jets zoomed out the hangar through the tunnel, soaring all the way to the end of the island and flying out through a secret doorway.

The autopilot took the jets to where the rangers were, just flying past Tornado, surprising him. “Hey, what’s going on?”

The rangers stared up at the jets in awe. “They’re incredible!” said Sunset.

“Awe-Some!” cried Rainbow.

The jets then launched multi-colored tractor beams, beaming each ranger into the cockpit of their own jet.

The controls all seemed so standard and easy to understand.

“Instructions please,
How do we control these?” Rhymey called.

“Don’t worry about it.” Celesto said to the rangers “The controls may look complicated, but they’re as easy as playing a video game.”

Fluttershy still felt a little nervous about this, but she shakily grabbed hold steering gear, as did each of the others. “Okay, it’s time to shine!” declared Sunset.

The jets steered back towards the giant monster ready for battle, and Tornado furiously launched his hot air-balls at them again.

The rangers quickly veered off and avoided the attack. “WHOA!!” cried Fluttershy “This is scary!!”

“YA-HOO!! This is wicked!” shouted Rainbow.

“Let’s give the lasers a try.” suggest Buddy Rose, and he zoomed in closer and opened fire at the monster, making sparks fly.

The others then came in and fired their own missiles and weapons at him as well making more sparks and more explosions. Tornado fell off his feet and rolled along the ground.

He got back up fuming, “So, you wanna fly high, huh?! Have some wind!” and he blasted a huge burst of wind from his large blower, which created such an air-current blowing the jets about.

“Whoa! Hey!” cried Sunset.

Rainbow pulled on her steering gear hard to maintain control.

Fluttershy tumbled around in her jet shrieking, “GET ME OUT OF THIS CRAZY THING!!”

The team back at the base saw this. “Man, they’re still getting creamed!” said Spike.

“Not for long.” said Twilight, and she quickly typed up a program she had been working on in her help perfecting the jets and their design. “Guys, listen up. I’m sending you a new program. Now you can combine your zords to form the Jet Star Megazord!”

The rangers saw the program on the screens in their cockpits.

“Cool, let’s try it.” said Rainbow.

“I’m up for that.” added Buddy.

“Ready, Steady.” said Rhymey.

“O-o-okay.” peeped Fluttershy.

“Alright, let’s do it now!” said Sunset “Initiate transformation, mark!”

“Zords Combine!”

The jet’s autopilots took over and the jets began to fly in astonishing formation and began to combine together.

Sunset’s Jet, the largest of the five: It’s wings folded inward and the nose of the jet separated from the front. It was the main body of the Megazord.

Buddy’s Jet: folded in its wings and opened out into three curves forming the lower body and the upper legs of the Megazord.

Rainbow’s Jet: Split into two vertical halves down the middle and folded at the fronts forming the legs and feet of the megazord.

Rhmey and Fluttershy’s Jets: Their jets formed the two arms --Rhymey the right arm, and Fluttershy the left-- The fronts of the jets opened and folded out as the bodies of the jets pointed downward as to large fists folded outward.

The five jets combined together, complete with a sword in a scabbard on the back, and the nose cone of Sunset’s jet rested and fitted atop forming the head, where the rangers all sat together inside.

“Jet Star Megazord, Ready!”

“I don’t believe it! It’s not possible!” shouted Tornado as he glared at the giant robot.

Back at the base, everyone was very impressed with the Megazord. “Amazing… Most astonishing.” cried Brain. Twilight smirked proudly at him.

Celesto was most impressed as well “This is turning out better than I thought, but the rest is up to the rangers now.”

“Okay guys…” Sunset said to the others “According to Twilight’s program, we all have to work together. Everybody set…?”

The rangers all agreed as they took hold of their controls.

“Alright, let’s take this windbag!”

“Come and get some!” thundered Tornado as he tried to blast the megazord with his wind gusts, but the giant robot was much too heavy to be really blown that easily.

The megazord began to stomp forward, engaging in a fist brawl with Tornado. Their huge fists collided and parried one another’s, but Tornado managed to strike the megazord hard in the chest.

“Let’s turn up the heat!” shouted tornado as he launched more hot air-balls, hitting the megazord mercilessly …Rocking the rangers about in the cockpit.

“Hold it easy, guys!” cried Sunset!

Still standing, the megazord marched forth for more.

“Oh, no you don’t!” snarled Tornado and he prepared to launch more hot air-balls.

“Oh, yes we do!” snapped Rainbow and she pulled back on her controls, making them megazord kick Tornado in the gut, flipping him over onto his back.

“You did miss,
Now try this!” shouted Rhymey, and he thrust the right fist clear into the mouth of the blower, just as the hot balls fired, resulting in Tornado practically blasting himself hard and damaging his blower.

“That’s a lot of air!” Tornado groaned as he fanned himself to cool off.

“Alright!” cried Spike “We’re really cooking with gas now!”

Twilight agreed, and then told the others, “Guys, draw the saber, and use the Star Slash.”

“We, got it, Twilight.” said Sunset “Engage Megazord Saber!”

The Megazord grabbed hold of its sword in the right hand, and pulled it from its sheath. It was a beautiful piece of craftsmanship, with a golden star mark at the hilt, and a silver star at the tip of the blade.

“Star Saber… Engage!”

“All together, guys…” Sunset called to the others, and all together they shouted, “STAR SLASH… GO!!”

The saber began to shine with a bright glow as the Megazord waved it around in a perfect circle forming a five-point star, jolting with power. The Megazord then gave a single slash with the saber, sending the jolting star forth, crashing into Tornado!

“LOOKS LIKE I REALLY BLEW IT NOW!!” Tornado shouted as his body sparked and jolted with electrical currents… then he exploded, shrunk down.

“Engaging Capture-Beam…” Fluttershy said as she worked her controls, and the megazord shot a small ray from its chest at where Tornado was, beaming him into the cockpit where he was already encased in a sphere.

The rangers cheered and exchanged high-fives as Sunset declared, “Monster Captured! Mission Complete!”

Back at the base, Spike howled in joy as everyone else rejoiced in victory. Twilight, Brain and Celesto were especially pleased that all went well with the megazord after all…

…But suddenly, “Wait a minute… look!” cried Celesto.

Everyone could see on the monitors…

…while the Rangers could see through the view-port, a sinister image of a wicked creature appeared in the sky. “That’s him…!” cried Buddy Rose “That’s the creep Lightning warned us about.”

Sunset’s features hardened behind her helmet. “…Vulcan!”

It was only an illusion he was using to communicate with the rangers, as well as the city.

“Hear me now, Power Rangers. You may have gotten lucky in defeating my monster today, but all you’re doing is delaying what is yet to come. This planet is mine to conquer, and I will continue to come at you with everything that I have until you’re destroyed. Then, there will be none that can stand in my way.

So savor this victory while you can, Rangers. Your days are numbered!” He laughed maniacally as the image vanished.

The rangers all felt outraged and determined not to let this creep have his way. “We’ll be ready for you, Vulcan.” Sunset sneered “As long as the Power Rangers exist, evil will never triumph!”

The others all agreed, and prepared to ready themselves for anything in the long fight ahead!

Episode 4: New Ranger Appereance

It was another day at Canterlot High and all the students were in walking to class. The rangers and Twilight were walking to their history class aka Lightning's class.

“I can't wait for history class!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Ugh. You are such an egghead, Twilight." Rainbow dash complained.

"I'm not an egghead." Twilight countered. Everybody else rolled their eyes. They walked into their history class and Lightning took his seat at his teacher's desk while his friends took to their normal seats.

Just when Lightning was about to start talking, Principal Celestia came with a new girl; she had peach skin with aquamarine hair with a pink streak in it. She wore a dirty white t-shirt with a old, faded jean jacket over top and jeans. There were small patches of dirt on her face and her hair seemed a little messy. Also, the girl had small scratches on her arms and face too, but they were hardly noticed by the class.

"Hello Lightning, this is Sapphire Sunlight, she’s going to be a new student in your class.” she said.

Sapphire tried to his behind Principal Celestia. “She’s really shy, for some reason.”

“Alright. Sapphire, you can take your seat next to Twilight, okay?” Sapphire nodded and quickly walked over to her seat, avoiding eye contact with anybody.

And so Lightning began to teach his class. Today’s topic was World War I. As usual, Twilight answered most of the questions, but when Lightning asked for Sapphire to answer on, she just stayed quiet and looked away from him. “Sapphire? Are you okay?”

Sapphire just nodded still not saying a word. Twilight and the others could sense something was bothering Sapphire.

On the other side of the classroom, there was girl about a foot taller than Sapphire was, with long blonde hair, wearing a tilted pink beret with a matching pink sweater and white windbreaker.

This was Nikki Trent, a popular girl at the school, but definitely a Queen Bee, who liked to insult other students she regarded as nerdy.

With her were her two underlings, Amber and Dionne. Amber had long red hair and wore a black shirt with tan pants, and Dione had long black hair and she wore a white T-shirt with matching white pants.

Together, they were called “The Jazzies” a rather odd name, but Nikki picked it and no one dared question her about it for fear of her wrath. Trent, a popular girl at the school, but definitely a Queen Bee who liked to insult other students she regarded as nerdy and so far Sapphire fit that description.

Soon, class ended and the student were going to their next class. “Sapphire, can I talk to you for a moment?”

Sapphire stopped walking and turned towards Lightning, not making eye contact. “Sapphire, is there something bothering you?”

Sapphire shook her head. “Then why wouldn’t you answer when I called on you?”

Sapphire still didn’t reply. Lightning could see he wasn’t going to get an answer out of Sapphire yet so he decided to let it go… for now.

At the end of the school day, Sapphire was walking by herself through downtown when the gang came beside her. “Hey Sapphire, where are you going?” Rainbow asked.

“H-Home.” Sapphire replied, surprising the gang as to that was the first word she’s said all day.

“So where’s your home?” Buddy asked. Sapphire shrugged and quickly walked away from the gang. “Well that was weird.” Lightning commented.

Sunset was starting to become suspicious of Sapphire. “Let’s follow her.”

The others agreed and they all quietly followed Sapphire. Eventually, the came to an ally with trash cans to the mouth.

Peeking into the ally, they could see Sapphire crawling into what looked to be a makeshift shelter; a cardboard box with old blanket inside. “What is she doing in a cardboard box?” Fluttershy whispered.

They saw Sapphire take off her jean jacket and could see she was profoundly thin for her age she even had a few ribs showing. Sapphire wrapped herself in the old blanket she fell asleep.

“What’s going on?” Lightning asked. “Sleeping in a cardboard box, really thin and dirty.”

“Guys… I think she’s… homeless.” Sunset said. Everybody gasped softly.

“Homeless!” Rainbow exclaimed.

“Oh my goodness!” Fluttershy cried.

“So what do we do?” Buddy asked.

“Let’s quietly take her to Mr. Grandruler. He’ll know what to do with her.” Sunset suggested. The friends agreed and Lightning and Rainbow silently tiptoed to the box Sapphire was sleeping in and slowly lifted Sapphire out of the box and Lightning cradled her in his arms..

“Okay let’s go.” Rainbow whispered.

Soon, they arrived at the mansion and Sapphire was sleeping soundly in the living room couch with a fresh, clean blanket wrapped around her.

They told Mr. Grandruler, his wife, Principal Celestia and her younger sister, Vice Principal Luna, what they found out about Sapphire.

“My goodness.” Celestia said. “And you all just found this out?”

“Yes.” Sunset replied.

“Poor dear. No wonder she looked a little… unhealthy.” Luna said.

Fluttershy looked over at Sapphire peacefully sleeping. “So what do we do with her?”

“We’ll keep her here for a while and see how’s she’s doing.” Celesto suggested. The others nodded and all went off to do their activities, leaving Sapphire in the Grandrulers’ care.

Celesto and Celestia looked at Sapphire. “Wonder what happened to her.” Celestia wondered.

“Hopefully we’ll find out soon.” Celesto replied.

Meanwhile, Marla was walking down the round walkways, passing by each cell and inspecting the prisoners on their looks.

“Ugh! Too dark!

Too hairy!

Ew, gross! I think I’m going to gag!”

The three creatures did not take kindly to her scoffing at them and would have loved nothing more than to teach her some respect as they hammered at their cells, snarling at her.

Marla just blew them a raspberry, “Tough bricks, boys!”

She got out her compact mirror and gazed at her beautiful face “It’s so hard to be ravishing in a world of ugly creatures.”

More creatures overhearing felt very offended and Marla then heard one of them speak out from a cell behind her, “Beauty isn’t the only thing you know…!”

Marla felt so shocked, not just by that outburst, that she nearly dropped her mirror. “That voice! Oh, no… it can’t be!” she turned and looked in the cell behind her, and inside was a female humanoid, devil-like creature with red skin, and white horns on her red. She even had a devil’s tail.

“Devila!” sneered Marla.

“It’s been a while hasn’t it, old friend!” Devila hissed.

“Ha! You and I were never anything more than partners in crime…”

Marla recalled how she and Devila were once the greatest notorious of intergalactic jewel heisters in the entire Dimensional Galaxy from their world.

With Marla’s incredible charm that could stun just about anyone, and with Devila’s cunning… as well as a super special trick she could perform… they robbed whole star-systems of their precious jewels, ores and refinery materials.

…But then, one day, while during a heist in trying to take a set of crown jewels being donated to a museum on a planet. Things went horribly wrong, Marla and Devila were about to capture the crown jewels, when Marla realized she had horrible split ends in her hair, and a hangnail, which made her scream out in shock… giving both crooks away and alerted the guards.

It also turned out that the crown jewels they tried to steal belonged to Grand Ruler Celesto, the commander-in-chief of Starfleet, and ruler of the planet Unicornicopia, whom was donating his crown jewels for a charity cause.

The ladies were caught and arrested, and from that moment on they become such bickering ninnies, that the guards threw them in separate cells in the tower.

“Why Vulcan lets an overbearing diva like you serve him directly, I’ll never know.”

Marla was losing her temper and protested, “At least I’m not trapped in a cell anymore!”

The bickering was getting so annoying, many of the prisoners hid under their mattresses to drown out the sound.

“QUIET!!!” Vulcan shouted as he appeared before the bickering ladies.

The ladies trembled before him and his look of fury and annoyance, and he unlocked Devila’s cell, turning her loose. “Since you both claimed to be old accomplishes, you can both get out there and find a way to crush those rangers.”

“WHAT?!” the ladies whined, not looking forward to the idea of working with each other again, but Vulcan flared up and thundered “…GET GOING!!”

The ladies freaked out and left the tower in the blink of an eye.

Bronc saw the whole thing, “Very well done sir.”

Vulcan snuffed “At least it stops them nagging. Now they’re the rangers’ problem.”

It was in the afternoon when the rangers returned to Celesto’s mansion to check on Sapphire. Entering the living room, they found her sitting up eating some bacon and eggs. “Sapphire.” Fluttershy called. Sapphire looked at them and waved, “Hi.”

“Feeling better?” Lightning called. Sapphire nodded. “M-Mr. Grandruler and P-Principal Celestia are very nice.”

The rangers smiled a little. “Um… Sapphire can we ask you something?” Buddy asked.

“Umm… okay.”

“How did you end up in the alleyway?”

Sapphire sighed sadly, “It’s something I guess I have to tell you.” Unknown by any of them Mr. Grandruler and his wife came into the room. Sapphire explained,

“It all began in a hidden lab where I was created. The people who made me gave my the DNA of every single animal that ever lived on the Earth.”

“Even dinosaurs?” Lightning questioned.

“Yes. Even dinosaurs. They put me through tests to see how efficient I was with my powers; from shapeshifting to communicating with animals.

Then one day I broke free from the lab and escaped. I found the alley and hid in there, being too scared to show myself in public.” The rangers and the Grandrulers’ were amazed and shocked at Sapphire’s story. “So you’ve been living in the streets for two years!” Rainbow exclaimed with concern, “How come we never noticed you?”

“I used come out at night to avoid people, but since I’m attending school I guess I’ll have to change that."

“So why were you avoiding eye contact with everybody?” Sunset asked.

“I was scared and I didn’t have much social interaction in isolation.” The rangers and Grandrulers’ felt pity for Sapphire.

“Well that changes today.” Rainbow said. “From now on, you’ll be with us. We’ll teach you everything you need to know about being a normal teenager.”

“Normal teenagers don’t have magic or are Power Rangers.” Sunset pointed out, giving Rainbow a look of disdain. Rainbow shrugged, “Whatever.” Sunset rolled her eyes and looked back at Sapphire. “Like we said, we’ll help you.” Sapphire smiled and hugged Sunset. “Thank you.” Sunset hugged Sapphire back as the others watched with happy faces. It looked like a bright future for Sapphire. The moment was ruined by the jewel on Celesto’s cane going off, meaning there was trouble a foot! “What’s that?” Sapphire asked.

“The red-alert. There’s trouble in town. We’d better get going guys.” Sunset replied. The rangers nodded and dashed off.

“Come on Let’s go to the base.” Twilight said and she took Sapphire’s hand, “You can come too.”

The four of them arrived in the underground base. Twilight went it the monitors and saw what was wrong. There was a hold up at the First National Bank. The goons in the suits, the hostage-- but no signs of any dangerous alien activity. Just as they saw it, it seemed to be nothing more than a simple bank holdup.

But Twilight was rather concerned about the looks of those goons on the roof. “What are you thinking?” asked Spike.

Twilight didn’t answer and began to type on her keyboard, and the scanned showed what was really going on. “Oh, no!” she cried softly.

Even Spike growled angrily at what he saw.

“I’ve got to warn them.” said Celesto, and he ran off to the radio!

At the bank roof, Marla was growing impatient as well as uncomfortable in hiding, “What’s taking those rangers so long?” she wondered.

Before long the people in the crowd began to holler…

“The Power Rangers…!”

“They’re here!”

The rangers came leaping in from out of nowhere and onto the bank roof, and they just stood where they were, not saying a word.

The goons all turned and gazed at them, even turning their hostage towards to face them, and that’s when Sunset whipped out her Star Scepter and fired at the hostage and the goons holding her.

Much to the horror of everyone in the crowd below, even the Crusaders were shocked and livid. “They… they shot the hostage?!” cried Sweetie.

“What in tarnation are they thinkin’?” snapped Applebloom.

DD looked closer, “Wait a minute… Look!”

The goons that got shot got up, revealing to be Lingos in disguise, just like all the others.

“We’re not fooled by your little trick!” sneered Sunset.

“Good thing, Twilight warned us in time.” said Buddy.

The hostage woman angrily got up, and her eyes glowed furiously red as she transformed into her true form-- Devila. “You rangers got lucky, but it won’t save you this time…

…GET THEM!!”

All the Lingos threw off their disguises and attacked the rangers.

“Let’s go, guys!” said Sunset.

It was quite brawl as the rangers fought their way through the swarm of Lingos. Then they stood to face Devila, and though she didn’t seem like it, she was rather strong and swift, which she demonstrated by blocking their every attack, and hitting them back with strong punches and kicks. She even head butt them hard in the chests with her horns, and swatted them with her long devil’s tail.

…even knocking Sunset’s scepter out of her hand, sending flying far, far off the roof and way down into the streets. “No!!” she cried.

The scepter soared far, landing far up the street. Devila laughed, “Too bad, Red Ranger. What’cha gonna do now?”

Sunset clenched her fists furiously, but before she could answer, the other rangers were suddenly grabbed by long threads of familiar pink hair.

“Marla!” shouted Sunset.

“Surprise!” Marla teased…

…That’s when Devila extended her long tail and ensnared Sunset, binding her tightly.

The rangers struggled all they could, but they couldn’t’ seem break free from bondage.

“Looks like our little trap worked out after all.” said Marla.

“Our… trap?” sneered Devila “It was MY idea.”

“Yeah, but without my help you wouldn’t have caught all the rangers, would you?”

“Shesh, you two sound like sisters fighting over a doll.” teased Rainbow. That only angered the ladies, and made Marla tighten her grip around the five rangers she had. “Take it easy, we’re not melons!” cried Buddy.

“You think that’s rough?” teased Marla “Just you wait until we take you to Vulcan. I’m sure he’ll enjoy breaking you all limb from limb as we would have.”

“But first we’re going to have a little fun of our own.” hissed Devila “Sorta… soften you up a bit!”

With that, Devila sent a wave of burning energy through her tail, harming Sunset greatly, sparks flew all around as she groaned in pain, while Marla bashed and crashed the other rangers into one another, making more sparks fly, and each slam was more harder than the last.

“We’ve… got to… get out… somehow!” screamed Fluttershy.

“Yes… OW!
But how…?” cried Rhymey.

“Wow, this is so incredible!” cried Marla “Serves you rangers right anyway for causing us so much trouble.”

Devila laughed and continued to burn at Sunset.

Down below the crowds watched in horror, but were ultimately powerless to do anything about it.

Sapphire, Twilight and Spike watched everything on the monitors, and the power levels for the suits were reading critical! “They’re getting their cans kicked.” said Spike “We’ve got to try and help them.”

“I… I don’t know what to do!” cried Twilight.

“Try activating their Able-Boost.” Celesto ordered.

“Right.” Twilight said. “Hang on guys, help is on the way.” She hit the send command, but the computers showed a flashing sign saying “Error: Cannot Transmit”

Celesto grunted in frustration, “The evil energy from the monsters is blocking the signals. The rangers need to break free first, or we can’t help them.”

Twilight and Spike whimpered in fear, and turned back to see the thrashing! Unknown by any of them, Sapphire slipped out of the main room and secretly took on of the jump tubes to the bank. When she arrived she saw Sunset’s scepter on the ground. She knew what she had to do. She just hoped it would work.

Grabbing it, she raced into the bank which was unharmed due to everybody, including the guards, busy staring up at the battle.

”Hang on guys, I’m coming.”

The rangers were already beginning to look really beat up, and the all felt very woozy.

“Can’t… defeat… us!” groaned Sunset.

Devila snickered “Oh, really… and she slammed her down hard on the ground, and Marla did the same.

“Okay, that one really hurt!” groaned Rainbow.

Marla laughed, “I think that’s about enough punishment. Time to take you rangers for a ride…”

“…To meet your end!” hissed Devila.

The rangers grunted and growled, but still were hardly able to do a thing to stop them. Suddenly, someone called out to the evil ladies, “Drop those rangers!”

“Huh?”

“What?”

The rangers looked up, and even through their weariness, they could see Sapphire, holding Sunset’s scepter.

"Sapphire!" cried Sunset.

"What are you doing here?" Lightning asked.

Marla and Devila looked at each other and burst into laughter. "Look at who's trying to be a hero." Marla taunted. Devila's eyes glowed red. "You've made a big mistake. We'll give you one last chance, leave or else it'll get ugly." Sapphire was starting to sweat nervously, but she kept her brave face. "No! I'll give you one last chance! Let them go! Sapphire threatened.

"Sapphire! Get out of here!" Lightning cried.

"You can't save us! Just go!" Rainbow added.

Sapphire was staring down Marla and Devila, waiting for one of them to make a move. "We gave you a chance, now you'll regret it." Devila snarled. Marla and Devila launched themselves at Sapphire but at the last second, she quickly turned around and flipped over them and slashed them with the scepter.

Everybody was shocked!

Marla and Devila charged at Sapphire again, but she swiftly dodged and kicked the two. "Let my friends go, now!" she demanded.

"No! And if you take one more step." Marla added. Marla and Devila placed the rangers over the edge of the roof, if they let go the rangers will fall to their deaths! “They’re done for.”

"*Gasp* No!" Comet cried. Something inside her snapped! Clouds began to form near the area and the wind began blowing. "What's happening?" Marla asked. Even the rangers didn't know what was going on.

"Let.. them.. GO!" As soon as she yelled' go' the clouds behind her turned into roaring lions.

(Like This)

Seeing this shocked everybody in the crowd, the monster, the rangers and the base. Marla and Devila were so shocked they moved the rangers back on the roof and dropped them. Sapphire roared again and stared intensely at Marla and the Devila.

The girls in fear retreated away. The people cheered down below. The rangers de-morphed and looked at Sapphire in amazement.

At the base, the rangers, Celesto, Twilight, Spike and Krysta all had the same question. "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?"

Sapphire, recovering from the yelling, replied, "I don't know. Something just.. snapped inside of me when Marla and that other monster threatened to drop you guys."

"Well that wasn't natural, that's for sure." Lightning said.

"And according to my reading on it, that roar is very powerful." Twilight informed.

"How powerful?" Rainbow asked.

"Strong enough to destroy and entire forest." The rangers were taken aback by that reply. "Woah, that is powerful." Spike added. Everybody else agreed.

"Looks like those experiments gave you a lot more than what you said." Sunset claimed.

The friends nodded, "For now, let's all get some rest." Celesto said. The rangers agreed and they went to the mansion to get some well-deserved rest.

At the Prison Tower, the Devila reported to Vulcan and the boys. "So there's a new Power Ranger with powerful magic, huh?"

"Yes Master."

"Well then, how about we give this new ranger a test of our own." Vulcan chuckled evilly and the minions chuckled along wit him.

The next morning, Sapphire woke up and went downstairs to have some breakfast. When she entered the living room she noticed the ominous silence. “Mr. Grandruler! Principal Celestia!” she called.

No response.

"Where is everybody?" She thought. She looked all around the house and found no sign of them. That’s when Twilight’s talking dog, Spike and Krysta, Lightning's talking pet robin came up to them.

"Spike, Krysta, have you guys seen Lightning and the others?" Spike and Krysta shook their heads.

"They weren’t there when we woke up either. This isn't like them. Where could they have gone?" Krysta asked.

Just then, a big screen appeared in front of Canterlot High and everybody could see and hear it. Nacluv appeared on the screen. Sapphire shivered at the sight of him while Spike growled. “What does he want?” He snarled.

"Greetings people of Mystic Island. We have your little rangers and their team mentor." Vulcan began. The screen changed to see Twilight, Lightning, Sunset Shimmer and the rest of the team, including Mr. Grandruler and Principal Celestia! They were all tied to the outside of the rocket with thick chains.

“Lightning!” Krysta cried.

“Twilight!“ Spike added.

"If you ever want to see them again, meet me in the cave at the Hawaiian Island.....if you dare!" The video ended. The people were in a mass panic! Spike, Krysta and Sapphire knew this was bad without the rangers, Mystic Island is defenseless. "Not good!" Spike said, How did they even kidnapped them?"

"They must have snuck into their homes and the mansion then nabbed them while they were asleep." Krysta said, "Now what?"

"Don't worry, they have their morphers, so they should be fine." Spike reassured.

"Uh, you mean the morphers I found on the mansion floor,right?" Sapphire asked.

"Oh no! They don't have their powers. That's so not good." Krysta said.

"What do we do now?" Spike asked in panic.

"We'll have to rescue them." Krysta said.

"How? We don't have the powers we need to rescue them or fight those monsters!" While Spike and Krysta argued, they suddenly heard Sapphire speak up, "I'll do it"

"Huh?" they both asked.

"I'll go to the Hawaiian Island and rescue my friends." she added.

"WHAT?! Sapphire you can't! You almost got creamed the last time if you didn’t call your raptors. It too dangerous!" Krysta objected.

"I know, but it’s a risk I’ll just have to take. If we don’t do something our friends are goners." Spike and Krysta saw that there was no way to talk her out of this.

"Then we're going with you." Spike said.

"Us too." A voice added. Krysta, Spike and Comet turned and see Vice Principal Luna, Celestia's sister and Celesto's sister-in-law, Cadence and Shining Armor, Celestia and Celesto's niece and nephew. "We wanna help too. No creep is going to threaten my family." Luna said. Cadence and Shining Armor agreed.

"Right! Let's go!" Krysta said.

Soon, the friends all arrived at Hawaiian Island, by flying Celesto's limo that turned into a rocket. Luna landed the rocket-car and they all exited. Looking at the ominously, quiet environment. "Creepy” Cadence complimented.

"Come on let's go find the cave and rescue our friends!" Spike announced. The friends all cheered and dashed off. Racing down the beach they saw the cave Vulcan was talking about. They also heard some voices and entered, tracking the voices lead them to a large cavern, the group saw their friends and the monsters. They peeked in and listened.

"Finally, we'll get rid of these pests for good!" Marla declared.

"You won't get away with this!" Mr. Grandruler sneered.

"We've already have, nobody's coming to save you. They won't even know what happened to you..... once we launch you into space!" Vulcan exclaimed.

Cadence, Luna, Shining Armor, Spike, Kyrsta and Sapphire gasped in horror.

Marla pressed a button on the control panel and a timer appeared starting at five minutes and counting down. "Once this timer reaches zero, you'll be blasted into space with no way to come back. HAHAHA!" Vulcan added. Marla, Keto and Bronc all laughed.

"We've got to stop them." Luna said.

"You think?!" Shining snapped.

"We have to get to that rocket and free our friends." Cadence said.

"Spike, Krysta, You two will hide while me, Cadence and Shining Armor distract the minions. Comet, you try to free the others." Luna ordered. Everybody nodded. Luna stepped into the cavern.

"HEY!" she called.

Marla and Keto looked, "What are you doing here?" Marla snarled.

"We're here to rescue of friends." Shining added, stepping forward.

"Well you'll be too late. Lingoes… Attack!" Lingos came out and attacked the friends. Comet managed to sneak pass all of the fighting and made her way to her captured friends.

"Sunset, Lightning, Everyone!" She whispered.

"Sapphire?!" Lightning said.

“What are you going here?!” Sunset asked. “You shouldn’t be here!”

“Just be glad she came, Sunset.” Rainbow added.

"Don't worry. I'll get you out!" Sapphire was about to untie them when. “Oh no you don’t!” Vulcan came in and rammed her, sending her into into the wall.

"No! Sapphire!" Mr.Grandruler cried. She slowly got back up onto her feet and saw, to her horror, that the Lingoes overpowered Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor and tied them to the rocket as well!

Vulcan charged Sapphire, but she dodged making him hit the wall. However, Keto blasted her with his staff, sending her to the ground. "Ooh. Too bad you couldn't save your friends, huh? Now you'll never see them again." Bronc taunted.

Sapphire couldn't stand this at all! Her friends were in trouble and she was powerless to help them.

She wasn't about to give up. "I won't give up!" She yelled. She began to glow a light magenta color.

"What's happening to Sapphire?" Sunset asked. Krysta and Spike peeked out from their hiding place and saw her glowing as well. She glowed brighter and brighter, until it was too bright for anybody to see. The light dimmed and everybody saw Sapphire had transformed; her hair grew longer and was in a ponytail and gained magenta, yellow and red highlight strips. Also, a tail sprouted from her lower back. Her ears turned into pony ears and

"I WILL SAVE MY FRIENDS! NO MATTER WHAT!” Sapphire shouted. Lingoes charged her and she blasted them all with a pulse of magic turning them all into dust. She dashed at the minions and knocked them all over, causing great damage. “Awesome!” Rainbow cried.

Sapphire fired a beam at Vulcan and the minions but they teleported away at the last second. Breathing heavily, Sapphire glowed again and she changed back into her normal self. Krysta and Spike came out of their hiding spot and ran to her. "That...was...awesome, Sapphire!" Spike cried.

"Incredible!" Krysta added.

"Umm... hate to break this up, but we're about to be BLASTED INTO SPACE!" Lightning cried.

Sapphire and the pets looked at the timer and gasped only five seconds were left! There wasn’t any time for her to deactivate the timer. It reached zero and the rocket’s engines started up and blasted through the cavern’s roof and into outer space.

"AHHHHHHH!" The gang cried.

The pets and Sapphire raced outside and saw the rocket zooming up though the sky. "We have to go after them!" Spike cried.

"How?" Sapphire asked.

"Celesto's rocket." Krysta suggested.

"That's not fast enough to catch up with that rocket!" Spike added.

"So now what?" Sapphire said desperately.

Sapphire, Spike and Krysta saw no way to save their friends. Just then, Sapphire’s chest began flashing a white light. “Huh? What’s going on with my chest?” Suddenly, a line of white magic appeared and lead towards a mountain.

“What does it mean?” Kyrsta asked.

“I don’t know, but we should follow it.” They all dashed off towards a mountain. The group followed it and saw it enter a tunnel. Still following it, the stone led them to a enormous, mechanical jaguin (hybrid of a Jaguar and macaw)

The body was light yellow with black spots and the wings were also yellow but with black highlights. “Woah, a Zord!” Spike exclaimed. The Zord seems to have heard them because it’s eyes shot open and it stared down at the trio.

Lowering its head, it examined Sapphire while growling at her. “Easy boy, it’s okay. I’m a friend.” Sapphire cooed. Sensing the kindness and sincerity in her voice the Zord nodded and opened it's mouth. “Let’s go, you guys.” Sapphire and the pets walked inside. In the zord was a cockpit with a control panel, complete with handlebars and special buttons and weapons. "Awesome!" Sapphire complimented. She sat in the seat behind the handlebars and grabbed them. "Now....how do I drive this?" she asked.

"Figure that out later, we have to save our friends!" Spike said.

"But we don't know how far they are. They could be in space by now." Krysta added.

Just then, the radar destroyed something in the Thermosphere. “That must be the rocket!” Spike identified.

"Oh no! They're almost to space. We have to catch them!" Krysta cried. Sapphire grabbed the control and pushed them forward. “Hold on!” The zord flapped it's massive wings and soared out of the mountain.

"WOOOOHOOOOO!" she cried. Spike and Krysta grabbed onto her clothes, trying not to get thrown into the back wall. In minutes, the zord was in the Thermosphere.

"There they are!" She cried.

"Let's go!" Spike added.

"Right!"

Lightning and the gang were in extreme panic. "What are we gonna do?" Fluttershy asked.

"There's nothing we can do." Buddy replied.

"If help doesn't come soon,
We will meet our doom!" Rhymey said.

"That's supportive." Rainbow grumbled.

It looked hopeless, until Mr. Grandruler spotted something big and metal coming towards them. "What's that?" Everybody saw it and as it got closer they realized what it was and who the pilot was. "Is that a… Jaguin zord!?” Sunset asked.

“With Sapphire.... driving!?” Celestia added. Sapphire drove the zord over top of the rocket. “Don’t worry, guys, I got you.” Sapphire was about to grab it with the Zord’s powerful claws when the rocket jerked to the right. “Huh?” She tried again and it moved to the left. Then the rocket flew away from the Zord. "What's going on?" She asked, totally confused.

"I bet Vulcan is controlling it!" Spike said. Sapphire steered the zord, following the rocket.

Meanwhile, back on earth, Keto was busy controlling the rocket with a remote control. "Hehehehe. That weakling will never be able to catch my rocket." He declared.

"Hey! I built it!" Bronc declared, insulted.

"Oh suck it up!" Marla snapped. Bronc and Marla began getting in each other faces and began pushing each other.

Soon they knocked into Keto, making him drop the control on the ground. The remote broke into a million pieces. "Now look at what you've done!" Vulcan thundered.

Back in the sky, the rocket's engine began stuttering,

"What's going on?" Rainbow asked. That's where the rockets gave out! "The engines must have died!" Grandruler cried.

"If the engines died that means we're gonna....!" Lightning started.

".......FREEFALL!" Everybody cried. The rocket began dropping like a rock. The people all over Mystic Island saw the rocket falling and were deeply afraid. "WE ARE DOOMED!" Mr. Grandruler and Celestia screamed.

"Roar!"

Just then, they saw the Jaguin Zord diving towards them in a powerful dive. Sapphire lined up with the rocket and extended the claws. The claws gripped the rocket “Gotcha!” she pulled up on the handlebars. The zord began pulling up, slowing down with the rocket. Soon, the zord and rocket gently floated down to the ground. The civilians all rejoiced and went to untie the gang.

Sapphire landed the zord and it lowered its head. She and the pets climbed out of the zord and raced towards their friends.

"Lightning! Guys! Are you all okay?! Krysta asked.

"Yeah, We're okay. Thanks to you guys." Grandruler replied.

"Actually, you should thank Sapphire. She's the one who really saved you guys." Spike said.

Sapphire blushed and said "Oh. I didn't do that much." The gang was shocked.

"Not much?, Sapphire you saved our lives! Without you, we would have been goners." Sunset replied. The civilians all cheered and rejoiced for Sapphire. Sunset and Lightning lifted her up onto their shoulders and walked into the crowd, where Sapphire was cheered for, because of her heroic rescue.

Meanwhile, the villains were watching the whole thing from the tower monitors. “You win today, rangers. Next time won’t be so easy.” Vulcan sneered and his minions agreed.

That night, a party was held at the Mr. Grandruler's mansion in honor of Sapphire. Everybody was dancing and having all kinds of fun. The rangers all gathered around and listened to Grandruler's speech.

"Sapphire Sunlight, today you've shown great bravery in the face of danger. Even when you were against all odds, you never gave up and succeeded in rescuing us from certain doom. We are ever so grateful to you." Her friends all cheer and clapped for her, making her embarrassed again. "And now, we have a gift for you."

Principal Celestia came in front of Sapphire with a red box with a pink morpher, like her friends, "Sapphire, on behalf of all of us, you are the newest Power Ranger. The Animal Ranger!" Grandruler concluded.

Sapphire gasped softly, "R-Really?!"

"Really. You’ve earned it.” Grandruler approved.

"Thank you. This is the best day ever!" she exclaimed. She took the morpher and placed it on her shirt. They both shined in the moonlight. Sunset and the rest of her friends were proud of their new teammate.

Episode 5: Elements in the Making

Thurday Morning, Twilight and Professor Brain were working hard in the laboratory, within the rangers’ base.

“Right, are we ready, Twilight?”

“Ready, Professor!”

“All right then… power on!”

Twilight switched on the controls, and Spike ducked down behind her leg nervous shaking as powerful beams of energy fired at a monster dummy at the end of the room, imprisoning it in a sphere within a split second.

“Oh, wow!” Twilight cried, “IT WORKS!!”

“Satisfactory! Most-Most-Most Satisfactory!” added Brain.

Spike howled in joy, but then he stopped and asked “Um… what did you just do again.”

"We’ll explain when the others get here.” replied Twilight. After that, all she, the professor and the lab technicians did was ogle proudly at their success.

Later that day, the rangers were all summoned to the base for the announcement of their new success.

First, Twilight made them all view footage of past battles, at the precise moments when the rangers used the Star Slammer to finish the monsters off the first time. “You called us here just to show us all that?” Rainbow asked.

“No, there’s more.” said Twilight “Now you all know what usually happens at this point.”

Sunset nodded, “Just before the monster is captured and imprisoned, it grows.”

Surely enough, the next bit of footage showed just that-- Keto’s Fortissimo mugic working its magic and making the monster grow, thus sparing the creature from capture.

“So what’s all this about?” asked Buddy.

“Well, that’s just it…” Celesto cut in, “Professor Brain has…” he stopped when Twilight cleared her throat and gave him a straight look, “Ahem, Professor Brain and Twilight…” Twilight nodded at him “…Have increased the capturing power.”

“So, we’ll be able to capture the monsters much faster then?” asked Fluttershy.

“Correct…” replied Celesto, and he typed into the controls and showed every one the blue prints. “Once we transfer the upgrade to your weapons. As I just answered Fluttershy, you’ll be able to capture the monsters much quicker before Nacluv can order that they be grown.

So, I’m afraid I’ll have to ask you all the leave your morphers here for a while so we can make the transfer.”

Now the rangers all felt concerned,

“But what if a monster should appear?
We’d be in such trouble. That is clear.” said Rhymey.

“Well, let’s just hope that doesn’t happen.” said Lightning, “We could use this upgrade after all.” With that, he and the others turned in their morphers, promised to have them back soon.

“We better go or we’ll be late for first period.” said Sunset.

“Oh, joy!” groaned Rainbow.

'Yeah! School!" Sapphire squeled as she dashed off.

"... I swear she like another Twilight." Sunset commented. The rangers chuckled and they all walked off together, and Twilight had to go with them. She couldn’t be excused with exams coming up, and the technicians could easily perform the upgrade without her being there. She took Spike with her, stuffing him into her knapsack. She was allowed to bring him to school, leaving him in the care of her Principal Cadance, sister-in-law, Celesto sighed as he watched the rangers head through the jump-tubes, “You do so much for us, rangers. It makes me proud to know and help all of you.”

That day, the five rangers and Twilight all shared the same Home Cooking class and the class was taught by the Cafeteria workers, Cupcake and Carrot Cake.

“All right everyone…” said Mr. Cake “Today, we have a very special guest joining us. Please, Welcome Cookie Dough, Mr. Grandruler and Principal Celestia’s personal home chef.” The rangers knew Cookie Dough very well, having had many meals at Celesto’s mansion cooked by him, while the other students seemed honored and amazed he was there, and they whispered about to one another…

“That guy’s a world-renowned chef!”

“I heard he once cooked for the Queen of England.”

Cookie Dough cleared his throat, “Now, everyone, your teachers have asked me to take part in this special assignment of yours. All of you are going to use whatever foods are provided for you, and try to create the best kind of dish that you can, and I personally shall sample your dishes.”

Rainbow raised her hand “You mean this is some kind of cook-off?”

“That’s correct…” said Cookie Dough “And I’m a master chef, so I have great expectations, but try not to let that get to you.”

Fluttershy already was shuddering nervously as the pressure got to her.

“There’s one other thing…” Cookie continued “If you manage to score more than 90 points with me… you’ll be excused from your written exams and have passed this course.”

Many faces light up with joy, while Twilight seemed shocked of the thought of skipping the written portion, and she raised her hand, “Um… why should we not have to do our written exam?”

Cookie chuckled, “Because, Cooking isn’t really just something you learn on paper. It’s all about making it real. Knowing all the types of food and tools is just part of it, but actually using them is the real task. So, if you get it right… then you already have proven you’ve learned all you need.”

With that said, everyone got straight to work, but they didn’t have to rush as the project would last for a few days, in case other people had to prepare meals that required a waiting period, and at least students were allowed to work in groups of two or three.

Rhymey and Fluttershy worked together, naturally being distracted by one-another, and blushing, but they managed to work well together.

Twilight was working with Sunset, and they had so many different kinds of foods that Twilight literally calculated how many different kinds of dishes they could make and then how they could be prepared.

“Come on, Twilight… let’s just pick a dish and get to work.” said Sunset.

“We will, I just need to calculate how much time we need to spend working on it.”

Sunset sighed, “This could take a while.”

Sapphire was looking through a cookbook Celesto bought her. She decided to make some cookies. "These are going to be great. Hehe." she said to herself in happiness.

Meanwhile, Rainbow and Buddy were already hard at work creating their own meal, while noticing that Nikki and the Jazzies weren’t doing a thing. They were just standing at their stations looking grimly at the tools and foods as if they had never cooked in their lives, which Nikki suddenly confirmed…

“Why am I even doing this?” Nikki complained “As if theses skimpy aprons and these gross bandannas didn’t already make me want to puke.”

“I don’t touch knives!” whined Amber.

Dionne simply turned on the stove, and the soft pilot light from the element surprised her. “Okay, this is really freaking me out.”

“What’s wrong Girls; you never cooked before?” Rainbow teased.

Nikki didn’t take kind to that and marched over to their station and sneered, “I don’t cook, I eat, and I’ve eaten finer things than you dweebs ever could cook.”

She then noticed a bowl of tomato sauce Buddy had made, and put her pinky in it “So there…” and she proceeded to lick her finger clean.

Buddy quickly tried to warn her, “Uh… Nikki I wouldn’t do that! That sauce has…” but Nikki had already taken a lick, and at once, she gasped, and he face went bright red as steam shot through her ears, and she took off round the room gagging and screaming!

“…Ghost peppers in it.”

Nikki dashed back to her station panicking, “Water…!! WATER!!!”

Panicking themselves, Amber and Dionne grabbed the faucet nozzle, switched on the water and sprayed Nikki hard, drenching her from head to toe.

The entire class laughed at her, but the teachers and Cookie Dough were from impressed. “That’ll be enough mischief ladies.” snapped Mr. Cake, “Your grade as well as part of your future depends on how well you can cook.” added Mrs. Cake.

The girls felt humiliated and in disgrace, while Nikki was infuriated, especially with Buddy and Rainbow, “I’ll fix those two, and pass this course at the same time!”

Amber and Dionne had a good feeling it was time for a Jazzie revenge.

Meanwhile, Keto was demonstrating her new idea to Vulcan and the others. “Behold, Fryer Chuck!”

The creature seemed to resemble that of a large cooking cauldron, with a passive frying pan shape for his head, and his special ability was creating vast amounts of heat that cooked anything it touched, as well as summoning large cauldrons to cook his victims.

“The heat is on.” he hissed “Do you like your rangers charred, or well done?”

“Hmm…” Vulcan said “How about… extra-crispy?”

Marla and Keto snickered along with their master at the joke, "Get out there, Fryer, and cook those rangers good for us. And bring me that Animal Ranger.” Vulcan said.

“You got it!” Fryer hissed, and he prepared to teleport off.

Meanwhile, Vice Principal Luna was out walking Spike, since Principal Cadance was far too busy. “I still find it amazing how intelligent you are, that you still require a walk to do your… business."

“…It’s a dog’s life.” retorted Spike.

Krysta came flying along while out on her patrol, “Hiya guys, what’s new?” she asked.

“More as in what is old.” Luna groaned as she pointed down at Spike. She really wished he would hurry up and do his business, but suddenly, her perked up his head and sniffed the air deeply. Then he growled angrily!

“What’s wrong?” asked Krysta.

“I smell something foul, and it isn’t what I want to do!” replied Spike. Then he took off, yanking his leash out of Luna’s hand. “Spike… Stop…!” Luna shouted as she chased after him.

“Oh, boy…!” Krysta groaned as she pursued after them both.

They arrived in the park, and all three of them halted when they saw Fryer Chuck, with a massive cauldron pot, and a whole gaggle of civilians he had captured, bound by chains and dangling over the pot.

He turned round and looked right at the trio, “Well what have we here?”

“RUN!!” shouted Luna, but as she and the pets turned to flee, they were suddenly surrounded by a swarm of Lingos.

The pets managed to slip past them, being small and swift, but Luna was unable to overcome the swarm and was taken hostage.

Soon, she was dangling over the hot cauldron as well, and the heat was just sweltering, making it almost hard to breathe.

“This ought to get the rangers attention.” Fryer hissed, “And once they get here we’ll have a real cook-off!”

The pets saw everything behind the shrub. “We’ve gotta go get the rangers!” cried Krysta. “But wait… they still don’t have their morphers.” Spike pointed out, “We can’t just ask them to rush into battle without their powers.”

Krysta would have agreed, except seeing all the poor people suffering and fearing for their safety… even Spike suddenly agreed, “You’re right… let’s go!”

Back at school, the period had ended, and all the students decided to finish their food project the next day.

“I hope Cookie Dough likes our dishes.” said Sunset.

“So do I.” added Rainbow “It’ll be nice to have less exam to worry about.”

Fluttershy was still rather nervous about the project. “What if I make some sort of mistake? What if Cookie dough doesn’t like the dish Rhymey and I make? What if he fails us so badly he’ll never let us cook again!!”

She was really starting to panic.

“Calm down, Fluttershy, nothing will go wrong.
Not as long as we work together, things will go right along.” said Rhymey.

The others agreed and gave Fluttershy more confidence. “It’s just a test, Fluttershy. You don’t need to be super perfect. Just pass it…” said Buddy.

Fluttershy smiled, but suddenly Lightning came running down the hall while the period had changed. “Lightning, what’s up?” asked Twilight.

“There’s trouble… Krysta and Spike called me form outside my window. There’s a monster in the park and he’s got hostages!”

“HOSTAGES?!” the others cried softly.

“Yes, including Vice Principal Luna.”

“Come on, let’s go!” cried Sunset, and the six of them dashed off.

While the classroom was totally empty the Jazzies snuck in and crept to the refrigerators where the rangers had stored what little bits of concoctions for their projects to use the next day.

Nikki then held her hand out to her friends, and they each passed her two shakers full of extremely hot pepper flakes. “Let’s spice it up a bit.” Nikki hissed as she began to sabotage the rangers’ foods but sprinkling large amounts of flakes into the foods which would soon melt away, but leave the foods super spicy.

Amber and Dionne snickered.

Later on, the monster was growing impatient. “Where are they? I’m getting a heatstroke waiting for those rangers to show up.” The rangers and Twilight hid behind a bush with the two pets. “Oh, those poor people!” cried Fluttershy.

“We can’t just sit here. We have to do something.” said Rainbow.

Twilight called Celesto on her cellphone and informed him of the situation.

“I was afraid of this…” Celesto said, but unfortunately he could not get the morphers to the rangers yet, “The upgrade isn’t fully finished yet. If we disrupt the process, the morphers could get damaged, possibly beyond repair. We just can’t risk it. The second it’s done I’ll get them straight to you.”

With that, he hung up. The rangers continued to watch the hostages suffering, and finally decided that powers or not, they to help the people somehow. “Let’s go.” said Sunset, and she and the rangers leaped through the bush. Sapphire was about to do the same thing when, "No Sapphire, you have to stay here." Sunset said.

"Stay? Why?"

"We can't let you be left vulnerable without your morpher." Sapphire sighed and watched as the rangers went to the scene, leaving Twilight to look after the pets.

“You there…!” Sunset shouted.

Fryer turned round, “Ha! There you are. Like moths to the flame.” then he noticed something. "Hey! Where's your Animal Ranger? I have to bring her to Vulcan."

“You let those people go right now!” shouted Lightning.

"Yeah and you're not getting Sapphire." Rainbow added, but the monster only laughed, “Someone’s hot-tempered, and speaking of heat…” he demonstrated another specialty of his by unleashing a heat blast from his very face… as it was a frying pan after all.

KAPOW… there were big explosions that struck the ground, just barely missing the rangers, and still knocked them all back.

Fryer laughed at them, “What’s the matter, not hot enough for you?”

Infuriated, the rangers jumped back onto their feet and charged! “So that’s how it’s going to be, huh?” snapped Fryer “Lingos…!” and at his command, his swarm of followers rose and charged at the rangers.

Even un-morphed, the rangers fought valiantly against them.

“Take this!” Rainbow shouted as she gave a Lingo a good kick in the chest.

Fluttershy was ambushed by two more, “Couldn’t we talk about this?” she asked, but her enemies charged her, forcing her to attack and knock them both down with one swing of her fist, “I guess not.”

Buddy leapt in the air over a swarm of Lingos taunting, “Ever play leapfrog?” He landed right behind them and then gave a swift spinning kick, tripping them all over. “STIIII-RIKE!”

Rhymey was faring well too, as he punched, kicked and tackled the Lingos to the ground.

“You’re going down,
You sick clowns!” he shouted. He almost didn’t make a legit enough rhyme, but it didn’t bother him much. At least the Lingos were down!

Lightning and Sunset managed to break-through the ambush and attack Fryer, but even with their combined efforts, he was much stronger than the Lingos were; skillfully blocking their every attack, and then proceeding to attack them back.

Lightning and sunset managed to avoid getting hit and rolled away from him, regrouping with the others.

“This guy’s tough!” Sunset groaned.

“How are we going to beat him?” Lightning wondered.

“You’re not…!” snarled Fryer, and he used his powers it make another huge cauldron appear from under the rangers.

“Hey!” snapped Rainbow.

The monster chuckled, “And, for an extra bit flavor…” he created a large barrier of flames around the pot so the rangers couldn’t jump out. “The heat is on!”

“It’s getting hot,
Here in this pot!” cried Rhymey.

“Tell me something I don’t know.” snapped Buddy.

“If we don’t get out of here, we’ll be cooked!” cried Rainbow.

“That’s what you get for not having your powers.” chuckled Fryer, and with that, he intensified the heat, “Coming up, rangers stew!”

The rangers were suffering horribly. It was getting so hot it was hard to breath, and all they were sweating so hard it was horrible to watch. Twilight and the pets could only watch helplessly from the bush. “Lightning…! Guys…!” cried Krysta “Oh, I can’t watch this!” and she hid her face behind her wings.

“We’ve got to help them somehow!” cried Spike.

“Yeah, but what can we possibly do!” cried Twilight. She was right. They had no way to beat that monster, or stop his cooking powers. "You three can't do anything but I can." Sapphire said. She was about to step out, but Twilight said. "Sapphire, NO! You don't have your morpher."

"But I have my shapeshifting and my roar. That's enough for me."

"But that may not be enough." Spike said.

"I don't care. I'm not leaving my friends." When Sapphire said that, her wrist began glowing and a bracelet appeared. It was golden with a red ruby lighting bolt in the center. Krysta peeked at the bracelet. "Woah, what's that?"

"No time." Sapphire dashed out of the bush and towards the scene.

The rangers were starting to lose consciousness from the heat.

“Some…body… help!” groaned Fluttershy.

“So… hot!” cried Lightning “So very… very hot!”

Fryer laughed “Your goose it cooked rangers! MORE HEAT!” and he increased the heat even more!

"Not so fast!" Fryer turned and saw Sapphire. "So the Animal Ranger has showed up."

"Let my friends go now!" Sapphire said as she clenched her fists, which began to glow blue.

"Fryer laughed. "And what are going to do about it?"

"I can do this!" She roared like yesterday and the lion appeared, only this time instead of sending strong wind currents, the lions launched four large stream of water to Fryer Cook, hitting him extra hard. He flew through the air and crashed to the ground. His cooking powers stopped and the people and the rangers were freed, through weary from the heat.

"Alright, Sapphire!" Rainbow cried.

Fryer was not amused. “That does it! Now I’m really getting boiled!” snarled Fryer “I’ll just have to finish you off the old fashioned way!”

The rangers stood ready to brawl again, when suddenly Celesto showed up. “Rangers…!” he called to them, “Here…!” and he tossed to them their morphers, now fully energized.

“Thank you, sir!” Sunset called to him.

“Insolent human!” shouted Fryer, and he launched a blast at Celesto, but he ran for cover.

The rangers clipped their morphers back on, and Sunset shouted, “…It’s Morphin’ Time!”

“Morphing Sequence… Ready!”

The first five rangers morphed, “STARFLEET MAGIC… POWER ON!!”

Then Lightning morphed, “Cosmic Comet… Power On!!”

The rangers then summoned their nearly supped up weapons. They all looked exactly the same as before, but the rangers trusted Celesto when he promised they had been upgraded. “All right! Time see what these new babies can do.” said Sunset

“I’ll roast ya!” shouted Fryer, and he charged forth, as did the rangers.

Sapphire lunged and transformed into a leopard. She pounced on Fryer, slashing him with his claws. "Agh! Get off of me!"

While the five rangers dealt the monster, Lightning leapt over to the hostages. They were all passed out a little from the heat, so they hadn’t seen Celesto giving the rangers their morphers back. So secrecy was safe.

“Hang on, folks. I’ll get you down.” Then he blasted at the chains with his comet gauntlets, breaking the metal, and all the people fell with a thud, but it wasn’t that bad. They began to come to their senses and were delighted to be freed.

Celesto and Twilight dashed over, and Celesto said “We’ll take care of them. Go help the others!”

“Right…!”

Meanwhile, the others were fighting hard against the monster.

Rhymey slashed at him hard with his sword, and the monster blocked his attacks with his strong arms, but as an expert fencer, Rhymey found his way around and slashed the monster hard. Sparks flew and the creature backed away a bit.

“My turn…!” shouted Buddy and he lassoed his whip round the monster’s leg. “Here, let me take you for a spin!” and he whirled the monster around and around like a hammer-throw.

“PULL!!” shouted Rainbow, and with that, Buddy let the monster fly, letting Rainbow and Sunset shoot at him with their weapons, hitting him in midair.

“That does it!” shouted Fryer, “Take this!” and he fired the biggest and strongest heat-blast he could muster up, which headed straight for the girls. “No…!!” Fluttershy shouted as she leapt in the way with her shield armed, intercepting the blast and sending it right back at Fryer.

KAPOW!!

“That burns!” he groaned.

Lightning rejoined the group just in time, “Did I miss anything?” he asked casually. “No, you’re just in time for lunch; monster soup.” said Sunset “Bring ‘em together guys!”

“Weapons combine!”

“Star Slammer… Ready!”

“Let me boost it up.” Lightning said.

“Comet Gauntlets, Engage!”

“Comet Trail… Fire!” He charged up the Star-Slammer, and the others aimed it at the monster. “STAR-SLAMMER… ULTRA-STRIKE!!”

The monster roared as he watched the rangers slam him hard, enveloping his body in sparks and flames, “WHOA!! TOO HOT TO HANDLE…!!”

KAPOW!! He exploded, and thanks to the weapons upgrade he was already imprisoned in a sphere!

Vulcan was furious, and he thundered at Keto, “Don’t just stand there! Make him grow!”

“I can’t! He’s already been captured! My spell won’t work!” cried Keto.

Vulcan flared up in anger, ready to roast the little mugician. “Yikes…!” Marla cried as she ducked behind a counter, not wanting to watch.

“I got this." Bronc said, he pressed on a remote control he held, and at once a beam of light shot out of the tower, and flew over the sea heading straight for Mystic Island…!

Meanwhile, the rangers rejoiced in their victory. “They really worked!” cried Rainbow. Sapphire joined them and changed back into her human

“Now Vulcan won’t be able to make the monster grow.” added Buddy.

With that, Sunset picked up the monster in his sphere and decided to call it, “Monster Captured… Mission--!”

Suddenly, there was a loud crash, and something huge appeared! “What’s that?!” cried Sapphire.

“It’s a giant robot!
That is what!” cried Rhymey.

The Robotic Knight stomped its huge feet and raised his sword to strike.

“Look out!” cried Sunset, and she and the rangers all jumped away just in time before the huge blade could hit them. Sunset then contacted the base, “Launch Star-Jets!”

“Summon Zords!”

The Jets were launched and came to the rangers’ aid.

“GIGANTIFY!” Lightning shouted, and he pressed on his morpher.

“Giant-Mode, ready!”

With that, he grew into a giant, and at the same time, the other rangers combined their zords.

“Jet-Star Megazord… Ready!”

Sapphire called her "Jaguin Zord, I choose you!" and she was beamed into the cockpit.

“Let’s take this creep!” said Sunset.

“RIGHT!!” the others agreed.

The Knight glared at the zord and lunged forth, while Lightning leapt up and began to attack the robot’s metal plating, only to then get slashed at with his sword. “Whoa! This guy’s strong!”

The megazord then grabbed the knight by his right arm, only for the robot to saw it with his left arm, creating a shower of sparks. “Veer off!” cried Rainbow, and she pulled on the controls getting the megazord away before its arm was sawed off.

Back at the tower, Bronc laughed, “Thanks to special ore I fused, not only is my Robotic Knight gigantic, but his power is increased immensely. The rangers have finally met their match!”

“Hmm… well done, Bronc.” said Vulcan “Perhaps I’ve underestimated your talents.”

Bronc snickered thankfully.

The Knight slashed at the megazord, bashing it hard back, and kicked at Lightning hard with his strong legs sending him rolling along. "Hey nobody messes with my friends!" Sapphire drove Jaguin Zord hard into the Robotic Knight and made the zord bite it actually piercing the coated armor!

The Zord then tossed the Robotic Knight high into the air. "Woah!" the rangers cried. "Now FINAL THUNDER! "

(It works like this)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hilWP5o7E3Q

The robot sparked, and small explosion erupted from its body, and it fell over and really exploded… nothing fake. Since it was not a monster, and could not be captured, it was really blown to scrap-metal.

The rangers all rejoiced, and as the monster had already been defeated earlier, sunset merely called, “…Mission Complete!”

At the Tower, the minions and Vulcan were speechless. "Such power!" Vulan exclaimed softly. The minions were also impressed with the Zord.

Bronc was upset, "She destroyed my robot with one attack!" Marla and Keto chuckled to themselves. "This will give you another chance to come up with something better, next time, Bronc." Vulcan scoffed as he walked away.

"There's more to that human than meets the eye. Let's see what she does the next time." Vulcan said to himself.

Back at the base, Sapphire showed the rangers her new bracelet. "Awesome, but what is it?" Lightning asked.

"It looks like one of the Elements of Harmony." Sunset said.

"Elements of Harmony?" Celesto questioned.

"They are magical and powerful artifacts that exist on United Equestria; Loyalty, Honesty, Kindness, Generosity, Laughter and Magic." she looked at the bracelet. "and it looks like Sapphire got the Loyalty element."

"So will she gained more in the future?" Flutershy asked.

"That I don't know."

"If it is true,
We must keep and eye on you." Rhyemy said, looking at Sapphire.

Rainbow groaned irritably. "Sapphire's becoming more and more of a target for Nacluv." The others could tell she was frustrated with all the new powers she was getting, making Vulcan even more interested in her. "I know, Rainbow, but look on the bright side. With her powers, we'll be able to defeat him faster." Fluttershy reassured.

Rainbow smiled a little. "I guess."

"In the meantime, we should keep this Element bracelet hidden." Celesto suggested. "if they are as powerful as Sunset says, we can't risk them falling into Vulcan's hands."

The rangers agreed and decided they would keep the bracelet in the base in a secure room. Still, one question was one everyone's mind. "What will come next for you, Sapphire?"

The next day at school, the rangers all got back to their cooking class, still unaware of Nikki’s sabotaging their foods, and Nikki actually came in with a terrine containing an actual dish she seemingly made.

“Good luck dorks.” she teased at them.

“We don’t need luck, Nikki.” Sunset sneered at her.

“Ah, just ignore her.” said Twilight “Let’s concentrate.”

She and Sunset made a special chili, with beans, ground meat, and some of Buddy’s hot sauce to spice it up.

Rainbow and Buddy blended up some vegetables to make a special vegetarian drink for an athlete, promising that one glass would have the nutritious equivalent of a full steak meal.

Rhymey and Fluttershy made spaghetti, with a few vegetable mixed into the noodles, and topped it off with a golden mushroom cream sauce.

All of them used food they had prepared the previous day that Nikki had spiked with hot-pepper, and Nikki couldn’t wait to see the looks on Chef Cookie Dough’s face when he tried their dishes.

“Okay class… let’s taste those foods.” Cookie announced.

He started with Nikki’s meal. “Hope you like it sir. We spent hours making it.”

She pulled off the lid of her terrine, revealing a delightful casserole made with rice, pork slices, and melted butter.

Cookie tasted it, “Mmm… this is fantastic ladies.” he didn’t rate it just yet, he had to wait until had tasted everyone’s dishes.

He tried other students’ cooking. Some were good, some were not, but he gave them all confidence and encouragement.

Then it came to the rangers.

He tasted the chili, “And it was pretty spicy, but not insanely spicy, just enough to make Cookie fan his tongue. “Fantastic! Just like chili should be!”

"Ahh, nice flavor, Sapphire." Sapphire smiled.

He sipped Buddy and Rainbow’s drink, “Oh, my! The vegetables combined with the ground up spices; it’s like an entire meal in one drink!”

Rainbow and Buddy slapped each other a high-five.

And then he tried Rhymey and Fluttershy’s pasta, “Oh… Oh, my! This is… exquisite!” he shouted “The mushroom sauce spiced with the pepper, the way it mixes with the noodles and the flavors of the vegetable to reduce spice and sweetness!”

Rhymey and Fluttershy were confused by what he meant about spiciness, since they never added anything spicy. “You… really like it?” asked Fluttershy.

“Like it… I LOVE IT!!” cried Cookie. “That also goes for you all.” He said to the other rangers, “All of you definitely get the passing requirements, and are excused from the written exam!”

The rangers and Twilight rejoiced, but the Jazzies were outraged “How can this be!” cried Nikki.

Amber wasn’t so sure, “I think maybe when they cooked up and prepared their foods, the spices got mixed in too well!”

“No way!” said Dionne “I think I have a book that can totally confirm that.” she reached into her knapsack to pull out a book, but something fell out.

“What is that?” Cookie asked.

Nikki gasped and stood in front of the object. “What’s what sir?” she asked trying to play innocent, but Sapphire picked up the object, which was an empty plastic food tray with a price tag on it. She read the label aloud…

“Chinese Pork and Rice, with melted butter: Simply heat in microwave and serve. Your local grocery store: $12.95.”

Some of the students laughed, and Cookie tapped his foot in front of the Jazzies. The girls tried to cover up their deceit, but Cookie said to them, “You get A for effort, ladies, but I suggest you study hard if you want to actually cook.”

The girls sighed in humiliation, knowing they would have to take the written exam now.

“I am, like, so embarrassed!” Nikki groaned, and she picked a small bean out of a salad bowl near her, forgetting she had spiked, and unlike the other cooked foods… she got blasted by the spice hard, and took off at a fiery pace!”

“Nikki, here!” Sapphire cried as she used her magic to spray cold water at Nikki, soaking her completely, making everyone laugh at her more.

Episode 6: Musical Talent

It was Tuesday evening in Mystic Island and the rangers were at Grandruler's manor having a nice dinner. "Hey Sunset, What are you going to do on the talent show on Thursday?" Lightning asked.

"Hmmm, I don't know." Sunset replied.

"Well, I'm gonna play my awesome guitar skills." Rainbow bragged. The rangers rolled their eyes at Rainbow's bragging.

"Sapphire, what are you gonna do?" Rainbow asked. Sapphire looked up from her plate with a sad expression. "Ummm. I.....don't think I'll enter." she replied.

The friends gasped in shock and confusion, "Not enter, why not?" Buddy asked.

"I don't have a talent to show." Sapphire replied.

"That can't be true! Sapphire, everybody has a talent." Lightning reassured.

"Everyone has a talent to show,
There are many things that you know." Rhymey added.

"Yea, you're good with your raptors. Maybe she could use that in the talent show." Rainbow suggested.

"She can't, Fluttershy is already good with animals. If she does that, it won't be that good or entertaining." Lightning objected.

"What about her magic?" Sunset wondered.

"Sunset, she still needs to train more with her magic." Celesto pointed out. Sunset sighed. "Well is she can't do that, then what can she do?"

Sapphire sighed. "I'm gonna go to bed, guys. Night." Sapphire walked upstairs, leaving her friends, feeling a little sad, for their friend.

Marla, Bronc and Keto were walking down the hallway of the Prison tower looking at all of the creatures inside.

"Too ugly."

"Too bulky."

"Ugh, Too lame."

"None of these monsters are useful!" Keto cried.

"They couldn't even beat the rangers' grandmothers." Bronc added.

"ENOUGH!" Vulcan yelled, scaring the minions into gaining their attention. They found him standing in the end of the hall. "I've found a monster that's sure to crush those pesky rangers." He opened the cell and a monster came out.

The creature resembled a large music book with a music note for a head. It's special ability was making loud, irritating music that would render its victims powerless. It's name was Singer.

"I'm at your service, Master Vulcan ." Singer said.

"Good. Now make those rangers pay for all the trouble they've caused me!" he ordered. "You've got it." Singer replied and teleported away.

The next morning, Sapphire and Sunset were in history class, their last class of the day. Lightning passed out a test to everybody and by the end of the class, everybody was done. "Pass your tests to the front please." Lightning called.

After the school bell rung, Sapphire was walking by herself when Nikki and the Jazzies came up to her. "Hey Sapphire, word is, that you're not participating in the talent show. Too bad, a nobody like you could never outshine me at anything." Nikki taunted.

Amber and Dionne laughed at her. She tried her hardest not to cry, even with tears forming in her eye. "HEY!" The girls turned and saw Sunset and the rest of her friends walking behind Sapphire. "You leave her alone." Sunset said.

"And just so you know Sapphire is entering the talent show and she will win!" Buddy said.

Nikki scoffed and walked off with Amber and Dionnee following. Sapphire turned to her friends, "But guys, I don't have a talent.”

"Sapphire, you do have a talent. You've just haven't found it yet." Sunset replied.

"Yeah. One day you'll find your talent." Rainbow added. Sapphire smiled. Suddenly, the rangers coms began beeping.

"Rangers there's a monster terrorizing downtown. Check it out!" Celesto said.

"Let's go!" Lightning said. The rangers dashed off to downtown and sported the monster. "Hey!" Sunset yelled.

"Ah. Looks like I've found an audience." Singer said. "And now for my owning act...Lingos attack!" Singer made Lingos appear and they charged the rangers.

"STARFLEET MAGIC....POWER ON!!!"

"Cosmic Comet....Power On!!!"

The rangers charged through the Lingos and attacked Singer. Singer blocked every attack they threw and blasted them.

"Time to sing." Singer declared.

Singer blasted out sound waves and the rangers stopped and dropped to the floor in pain.

"Ahhh! My ears!" Lightning cried.

"This....is...torture!" Rainbow added.

Sapphire's Element of Loyalty glowed and covered her in a red magic shield, protecting her from the music's affects. Singer laughed and blasted near the rangers sending them flying. “No! Guys!” she cried.

“Hey! How come you're not on the floor, ranger? No matter, I’ll just destroy you the old fashion way.” Before Singer could do anything, Sapphire turned into a falcon and launched energy rings at Singer, blasting him away from the rangers. She swooped down, grabbed them and flew off. "No!” Singer cried in frustration. “Well they'll be back."

Back at the base, the rangers were resting their eardrums. "Man, his music is awful!" Lightning declared.

"It's like nails on a chalkboard." Buddy added.

"Ugh, Agreed." Sunset said.

“How come Sapphire wasn’t affected by his music?” Rainbow asked.

"It looks like her Element somehow protected her from the monsters' music." Twilight said.

"How are we gonna beat him?" Sunset asked. Twilight came in with a scanned of the monster. "Guys. I found that the only weakness this monster has in smooth, gentle music."

"So, we have to sing something smooth and gentle to render his attack powerless!" Rainbow concluded. “Easy!”

"Only one problem....if you guys are fighting, who's going to be singing?" Spike asked. The rangers realized he was right. They can't sing and fight at the same time. That shot down Rainbow's enthusiasm. "Then what do we do?" Fluttershy asked. The rangers thought hard until Spike's ears perked up. "Spike what is it?" Krysta asked.

"I heard some....singing." Spike replied.

"Singing?!" The rangers repeated. Following Spike, the rangers traced the singing to the lab. The lab workers were absent. Inside they found an unlikely and amazing sight....

.....It was Sapphire singing a beautiful song:

As she was singing, everyone could see a string of magic coming out her chest. The string moved along the floor, creating flowers and planets, surprising everybody.

When she stopped singing, she heard clapping behind and quickly turned around and found her friends and Celesto looking at her. She immediately blushed with embarrassment.

"H-How long have you all been standing there?" she asked.

"Oh, just long enough to hear what a. amazing voice you have." Krysta complimented.

"Where did you learn that?" Lightning asked.

"I came up with it a few years ago. It helped me go to sleep." Comet replied.

"How'd make flowers grow with you singing?" Buddy asked.

"That's a new one for me." Sapphire replied.

"Maybe it's another power from the Elements." Sunset suggested.

"That does make the most sense." Krysta agreed.

"Well you've got a voice is smooth and gentle." Spike said. Suddenly Twilight said, THAT'S IT!"

She sudden shout frightened the rangers for a second. "What's it?" Sunset asked.

"If Sapphire sings while you guys are battling them, the monster will be powerless.” Everybody was on board with the plan, expect for Sapphire. "M-Me! Sing! Oh....I don't know. I-I never sang in front anyone before." she said. Sunset could tell that she was letting her shyness take hold. "Sapphire, you can do, you just have to close your eyes and sing." she added.

"That's it?" Sapphire asked and Sunset nodded.

"Okay. I'll do it!" Sapphire declared. The rangers cheered for joy. Now they had a new plan to take down Singer.

Meanwhile, in town, Singer was using his power to hurt people. They all fell to the ground, holding their ears.

He sighed irritably. "Ugh! What's taking them so long?"

"HEY!" a voice shouted. Singer turned and saw all the rangers running towards him fully-morphed.

"Ah, finally! Now, let's finish what we started." Singer said.

"Bring it!" Sunset countered. The rangers all charged Singer. Rhymey tired slashing him with his sword, but Singer blocked every attempt.

Buddy tried his whip, but Singer grabbed it and pulled Buddy towards him and punched Buddy, sending him flying back.

Sunset tried her scepter, but Singer blocked that attack as well. Sunset regrouped with the others.

"This guy's tough." Sunset groaned.

"Now, let's add some music to this show." Singer activated his sound waves and once again, the rangers fell to the ground in pain. Nacluv, and his minions were watching via the monitors. "Finally, we'll get rid of the rangers for good!" Marla cried.

Singer approached the rangers, preparing for the final move. "Time to end you rangers." he said.

Suddenly,

"Hush little one and say good night,
Dream of two hearts side by side~"

"Huh, what is that horrible sound?" Singer asked. Singer turned and saw Sapphire walking towards her friends while singing. Her voice began to corrupt his soundwaves, freeing the rangers.

"No! You ruined my plan!" Singer cried.

Sapphire continued to sing, much to Singer’s annoyance.

"Hush little one and say good night,
Two stars shine as one tonight,
So make a wish and close your eyes,
And may your wish come true tonight~"

Singer tried to attack her, but the rangers blasted him with their weapons, "This isn't sounding good at all!" Singer said.

"Bring them together!" Sunset called.

"Hush little one,
Goodnight-"

“Weapons Combine…!”

“Star Slammer… Ready!”

Singer whimpered.

“STAR SLAMMER, ULTRA-STRIKE!” The blast hit Singer and he went up in a huge explosion. The rangers all rejoiced.

"Keto!" Vulcan called.

"On it! FORTISSIMO!!” Keto launched his magical Mugic out and off to Singer's aid…

.....Singer turned into a giant! "Time for an encore!" he thundered. The rangers all gawked. Sunset contacted the base, “Launch Star Jets!”

“Summon Zords!”

As the base, the jets were already well prepped up and launched at once through the tunnel.

The jets arrived near the beach in almost no time, and the rangers beamed into their cockpits. “Okay, let's end this creep's music career!” said Sunset.

“Zords Combine!”

“Comet Striker, Armor up!” Lightning shouted as he grew big and his armor encased him.

“Jet-Star Megazord… Ready!”

“Comet Striker… Ready!”

Once the megazords was fully mobilized, it was time to brawl. Singer charged at the rangers and the megazord tried slashing him but Singer blocked the attack and bashed the megazord. Lightning tried attacking from behind but Singer turned around and dodged him then kicked him, sending him rolling across the ground. Singer then punched the megazord again, rocking the rangers inside.

"This isn't working!" Sunset cried.

Lightning help the megazord to it's feet. "Keep trying!" Lightning replied. All the while, Sapphire watched from the ground. "I've got to help them. And I know just he Zord to do it."

"Dire Wolf Zord, I choose you!" she called out. The Zord burst from the ground and leaped towards the battle, beaming Sapphire into the cockpit.

Lightning and the megazord were looking really beat up. Now they were laying on the ground to damaged and exhausted to fight back.

"What are we gonna do?" cried Fluttershy.

Singer snickered wickedly, "Time to end your careers, rangers." Singer rushed towards the megazords, ready for the kill.

"Watch out!" Rainbow cried.

Suddenly, a blur bashed into Singer, knocking him away from the rangers. The rangers and Lightning looked and saw Dire Wolf Zord. "Leave my friends alone!" Sapphire yelled. Singer got back onto his feet, furious! "Your little dog's got nothing on me!" he sneered. Singer charged the Zord but it howled and leaped high into the sky,

The Zord spun around and lasers came out of it's tail and hit Singar, exploding on impact. The Zord growled at Stingar,

"HOWL PULSE!!!"

The Zord howled and a stream of rings came out of it's mouth, damaging Singer even more.

"Alright Sapphire!" Lightning cried.

“That’s the way!” Buddy added.

The Zord snarled and rushed at Singer, it leaped up and bit him with it's powerful, sharp teeth. Singer struggled to free himself, but it was in vain. Comet was getting rocked inside with all the shaking and turning.

"Finish him you guys! Hurry!" she called, struggling to keep a tight grip.

“Tractor-beams, capture-mode, ready!” Sunset said.

“Tractor-beam Engage!”

“FIRE!!”

The megazord launched their beams at the weakened monster, at the last second the Zord released it's hold on Singer and leaped out of the way. It beam blasted him hard and actually shrinking him down. Singer was imprisoned and beamed into Sunset’s cockpit. “Monster Captured! Mission Complete!”

The rangers cheered.

At the tower, Vulacn was not happy with the minions. "You three never succeed in beating the rangers!" he thundered.

"It's not our fault, it's the prisoners and the pesky Animal Ranger!" Marla replied. Vulcan flared up, looking ready to fry them, when he suddenly calmed down, much to the minions relief. "Well, then... I'll just have to make an adjustment to the Animal Ranger then." The minions didn't know what he was talking about, but judging by the way he was laughing ii would be bad new for Sapphire.

Back at the base, Sapphire spoke to the gang.

“Guys, I think I’m gonna enter the talent show.”

“Really?” Rainbow said. "What made you change your mind?"

"I just thought I should a least try to sing for the talent show. If I can sing in front of my friends, then I can sing in front of a crowd of people." The rangers were happy Sapphire was going to enter the Talent Show.

That night, the talent show was in full swing! Lightning was in audience along with Celesto, Celestia and their babies.

As planned, Rainbow played her guitar, Buddy painted one marvelous painting and Rhymey and Fluttershy both did a small tap dance.

It was Nikki's turn now. She was wearing high heel shoes with a blue dress with sparkles and had a necklace around her neck.

Nikki sang a song about....well....herself.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5IeL_pctMMc

The crowd clapped for her and she went backstage where Sapphire was; she was wearing a white dress with pink and purple striped on it. "Beat that." Nikki taunted.

Sapphire gulped and took a drop breath.

"And now for our final performance give it up for Sapphire!" Twilight announced. Sapphire came out on stage and made an announcement. "This is a song that I want to dedicate to my friends, who always believed in me." The crowd was touched by the speech and she began singing;

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwGnNuw5zKQ

Just like in the lab, a string of magic came out of Sapphire's chest but instead of making flowers, the magic made ghostly images of pheonix appear. They flew around the crowd, who gazed in awe as Sapphire continued.

She ended the song and the phoenix disappeared. The crowd stood up and roared with applause, the rangers even shed some tears. All the competitors stood on stage, "And now the winner of the Canterlot High Talent Show is... Sapphire Shimmer!" Twilight announced. The crowd burst into applause and Sapphire was shocked that she won. Twilight came in front of Comet with a trophy reading "First place winner!" The other rangers came on stage and hugged Comet. “Way to go, Comet! You won!” Sunset cheered.

Sapphire blushed. “Yeah… I guess I did.”

Nikki, on the other hand, was far from happy, "What how could she have beaten me?" she asked.

"Well it could be that I'm not a self-absorbed diva..... like you." Sapphire replied.

Nikki gasped and nearly felt like fainting, and she did, right into Amber and Dionne’s arms.

“Oh, you are so going to rue the day you said that to us!” growled Amber.

“Totally.” added Dionne, and then she and Amber dragged their miserable leader away, much to the gang’s humor, and they shared a good laugh.

Episode 7: Megashark Problem

That Saturday morning, rangers were in the base and Professor Brain was scanning Sapphire with a magic analyzer. Twilight was interested as too how Sapphire sprouted wings and a horn when she came to rescue them from Nacluv and the minions. The other rangers were interested as well so they decided to try and find out how and why.

Sapphire layed down on an examination table as Brain moved the analyzer over her body and check the results on the computer. "What have you got Professor?" Celesto asked.

"According to the results, Sapphire has an a large amount of magic within her body, but I do not see anything that can lead us to how or why she transformed the first time." he replied.

The team sighed. A dead end. "We'll be have to figure it out." Rainbow said. "Just think with Sapphie's new form on our side, we'll be unstoppable!" The others shared her idea, but Celesto calmed her down, “Now now, Rainbow, while all this is fascinating, we still have to keep an eye on her.”

“He’s right, Vulcan and the minions might try to capture her to get a hold on her magic.” Fluttershy added.

“Those creeps won’t lay a hand on, Sapphire." Rainbow said. The other agreed to that. That’s when Twilight came into the lab. “Guys! I found something on the radar. Off the coast." The rangers looked at each other in concern and they all went to the main room. Twilight showed the item on the radar; it looked like a metallic blue shark. “What is that?” Buddy asked. The shark was about 50 feet long. Half of it's body was blue and the bottom half was white.

“Looks like a giant shark.” Sunset said.

“But they never grow that big and they are not metal.” Fluttershy replied.

“It looks like a Megalodon Zord.” Sapphire suggested.. Twilight scanned the item. “I think you’re right.”

“But what it doing out in the ocean?” Buddy asked. “It must be a wild Zord.” Twilight claimed as she further scanned it and discovered something disturbing. “Uh-oh.”

“What is it Twilight?” Celesto asked.

“It says here that the Zord is unstable.”

“Unstable?” Lightning asked.

“Since the Zord is wild that means it doesn't have a regulation on it's powers, it may attack somebody or hurt itself.” Twilight added. The rangers looked even more concern. “So what do we do?” Sunset asked.

“The only way is for one of you to tame the Zord.” Twilight replied.

"One of us?!" Rainbow cried. The rangers looked at each other in shock and concern.

"The Zord will only respond to one of your morphers. Once you get close enough the Zord will turn the same color as you."

“But who can do that?” Buddy asked. "There's no way one of us can get even close to that thing."

"There's one person who has a chance." Sunset said turning towards Sapphire. Sapphire saw all of them looking at her and caught on to what they meant. “Me?”

“You’re the only one who even has a chance at befriending that thing.” Rainbow stated.

“But-“

“And you tamed four zords already.” Buddy added. Sapphire rubbed her arm with a really nervous look on her face. “Yeah but... it’s a large shark. That thing might swallow me whole.”

“Don’t worry, nothing will go wrong,
Things will go right along.” Rhymey reassured.

Sapphire looked between the rangers and the Megalodon Zord. She knew if the shark goes out of control it may kill someone and she couldn't allow that to happen. She sighed and said. “Okay. I’ll do it.”

The rangers cheered. “Then let’s get you prepared.” Celesto stated.

Meanwhile, at the Prison Tower, Vulcan and the minions saw the Megalodon Zord too. “We need that Zord.” Vulcan stated. “With that kind of power, the rangers won’t stand a chance against us.” The minions liked the sound of that. “I’ve already selected a monster to help you failures” Vulcan added. The minions took offense to that but they didn’t dare protest. “Whirlpool!”

The creature appeared. His face was a wave and his body was blue and in a water shape style. He had a wand in his hands that allowed him to control water currents, making big waves and storms.

“Whirlpool, at your service.” he said. “Those rangers paint know what hit them.” Vulcan smiled. “Now go get that zord!” he ordered. “As if you fail again, I’ll make you into sushi!” His minions and Whirlpool nodded rapidly and teleported to Mystic Island.

Back at the ocean, Sapphire was swimming in the ocean with her suit in aqua mode; it had a thruster on the back propelling her through the water and a oxygen tank was also attached allowing her to breath within her helmet. Her suit now had fins on the ends to make it easier for her swim.

She was looking for any sign of the Megalodon Zord. She didn’t like the eerie surroundings of the dark ocean and being all alone didn't help.

“Guys... I have a bad feeling about this.” she whimpered. “It’s really dark out here.” The rangers contacted her via radio. “Don’t worry, we’re tracking you, so if anything happens we will know right away.” Celesto reassured. That made her feel a little better.

The radar beep and a blue blip appeared. “Sapphire, there’s a blue blip near you.” Twilight informed.

“What is it?” Sapphire asked.

“It may be the Zord.” Lightning said.

“Go check it out, Sapphire.” Celesto stated. She gulped nervously but compiled and swam towards the blip. When she reached the blimp her question was answered. “I found the Zord.” It was just swimming around in a circle.

“Okay, I’m going in.” She carefully swam to the Zord. She had a good feeling about this... until the Zord saw her. “Uh-oh.” she squeaked. The Zord began swimming towards her. She stayed completely still as the Zord circled her curiously.

At the base, the rangers, Twilight, Spike and Krysta were worried. “What’s it doing to her?” Spike asked.

“It’s circling her.” Krysta said.

“Not good. The Zord gonna attack her!” Fluttershy cried.

“Now, now, Fluttershy, don’t jump to conclusions.” Celesto replied. “Let’s see what happens.” The rangers looked at him in disbelief but they trusted their mentors word and continued watching with nervous eyes.

Sapphire watched the Zord stopped circling her and sniffed her. She closed her eyes, fearing the worst. Just then, she felt something rubbed up against her chest. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that it was the Megalodon Zord rubbing her. "At least it's friendly."

"So what do I do now?" Sapphire asked.

"You have to place your morpher on the top of the zord's nose. I'll recognize you as it's controller and become stable." Twilight answered. Before Sapphire could take her morpher off...

“Not so fast!” a voice came suddenly. Sapphire gasped and she whirled around and saw the minions and Whirlpool beside them. “Vulcan's minions and a monster!” Spike cried.

“What are they doing there?” Sunset asked.

“They’re probably there to steal the Zord!” Krysta said.

Sapphire swam in front of the Zord with a sour look on her face. “What are you doing here?”

“We’re here to take the Zord, why else?” Marla said. Sapphire knew she couldn’t let them take it, knowing they would experiment in it. The Zord roared and thrashed violently at the villains. It opened it's mouth and made a large suction of water. "Watch it!" Keto cried. The villains scattered but Sapphire unfortunately, was in the direct path of the suction. She tried to swim her way out but the suction was too string and she got sucked inside the Zord! "AAAHHHH!" and all she saw was black.

"Oh no!" Twilight cried.

"Oh dear." Fluttershy whimpered.

"Sapphire!" Lightning added. The others were just as worried as their friend.

"Rangers." Celesto said.

"Yes, sir. Come on guys, let's go!" Sunset snapped. The rangers nodded and headed to the hanger bay. "Please be alright, Sapphire." Sunset thought to herself. It was the same thing running through the others heads as they flew their Star Jets to the zords' location.

Sapphire woke up a little groggy and dizzy. Looking around she found herself in a large... something. It was dimly lit but her lion night vision helped her see better. The walls were made of metal and there were what looked to be muscle around her. "Where am I?"

Suddenly her morpher began emitting static. "Sapphire... are... okay?"

"Twilight?"

"Say... something."

"I'm okay, but I don't know where I am."

"Zord... you... stomach."

"What?"

"Inside... stomach."

"I'm inside it's stomach!"

"Yes."

Sapphire squeaked at that response. The last place she ever thought she would be would be a Zord's stomach.

"Don't worry... help.. coming."

"Alright." All Sapphire could do was sit and wait for her friends to come and rescue her.

Meanwhile, the villains saw the whole thing and were laughing. "Now with that ranger out of the way, we'll capture this Zord and use it for ourselves." Marla said. "Whirlpool?"

"Yes, ma'am." Whirlpool made a string of water and launched it at the Zord. The Zord roared and swarm away quickly. Sapphire felt a large movement which sent her flying backwards. She grabbed the floor with all her strength. "What the-?" Then there was a jerk and she was sent flying upwards and crashed back down. "What's going on out there?" Another jerk sent her sliding across the floor. "Woah."

Whirlpool kept trying to lasso the Megalodon Zord but it evaded every attempt. Until a laser came in and blasted the water lasso. "What?" Whirlpool snarled. The monsters looked and saw the rangers in their Star Jets. "Leave the Zord alone, you creeps!" Buddy said.

The monsters snarled. "Lightning, you me and Fluttershy will go and rescue Sapphire." Sunset ordered. "Buddy, Rainbow, Rhymey hold off the monsters."

"Yes, Sunset." Rainbow said.

"Ready and Steady." Rheymey added.

Sunset and Fluttershy steered their jets towards the Megalodon Zord. The Zord was still smoothly swimming along. Now they were closer to Sapphire so the signal was strong. "Sapphire, are you alright?" Lightning called in.

"Yeah... I'm good. Just a little dizzy." Sapphire replied in a dizzy tone. All the Zord's dodging had knocked her around the stomach like a pinball, making her head spin. "Don't worry, we'll get you out of there." Fluttershy reassured.

Rainbow, Rhymey and Buddy were blasting the monsters with their Star Jets lasers. They were effective but the monsters had their own tricks. Marla used her hair and grabbed Rainbow's jet. "Hey!" She tossed it towards Buddy's Star Jet. "Watch it!" Luckily, he swerved out of the way and the jet stopped on it's own. Rainbow shook her head. "Alright, it's on!" Rainbow pushed the controls, sending her jets rushing towards Marla. The jet rammed her, knocking her back. "That's no fair!"

Meanwhile, Buddy and Rhymey were blasting Keto and Bronc with their missiles. The rockets knocked the two back. Whirpool came in. "Alright, time for some waves." He waved his wand and made a large water spout and hurled it towards the three Star Jets. "Uh-oh." Buddy whimpered.

"Brace!" Rainbow cried. The three jets were sucked up into the spout. The three rangers were spun around inside. "WOAH!" The monsters laughed. "Now let's get that Zord." Bronc called. His comrades nodded and all four of them dashed towards the Megalodon Zord.

"How are we gonna get Sapphire out of this Zord?" Lightning asked.

"Maybe we can force it to stop?" Fluttershy suggested.

"That may work, but how it Sapphire going to get out of the stomach?" Sunset added. Just then, the two Star Jets were blasted from behind. "What was that?!" Fluttershy cried.

Whirlpool, Marla, Keto and Bronc appeared in front of the jets and Zord. "Hand over the Zord, rangers." Keto demanded. The Zord roared at the monsters and swarm quickly away, rocking Sapphire inside, "WAH!" she was tossed backwards.

"Get it!" Marla cried. The monsters chased the Zord. "After that them! We can't let them get it!" Sunset snapped. The three jets followed the monsters. Sapphire's came in on the radio, "Guys... help!"

"Hang in there, Sapphire." Lightning answered. "We're working on it." The monster fired at the Zord, but once again it dodged each one, rocking Sapphire inside. Once again she was tossed around inside the stomach. "Woah! Gah! Ugh!"

Finally, the Zord decided it had enough of running. It turned around and blasted the villains with a powerful beam of water, actually blasting them out of the water and high into the air. "Woah!" Lightning cried. With them gone, the water spout holding the other three rangers disappeared.

"Hey, what happened?" Rainbow asked.

"No time for that, let's go." Buddy said. The three of them drove to Sunset and Fluttershy. Sapphire was glad the Zord settled and stopped tossing her around. "Now how can I get out of here?" Sapphire asked. Then, the Zord glowed and launched a stream of water from it's mouth and Sapphire came out as well. "... What just happened?" Buddy asked.

"I think the Zord threw up Sapphire." Fluttershy replied. Sapphire shook her head, shaking off the dizziness from the launch. She looked at the Zord, "Thanks, boy."

The Zord roared in response and Sapphire took off her morpher and placed it on the Zord's snout. All at once the Zord and morpher glowed. "The Zord's becoming stable!" Twilight called in. Once the glowing stopped the Zord seemed calm and cool. "The Zord is completely stable."

"She did it!" Lightning cried. The others cheered in joy. The Megalodon Zord beamed Sapphire into it's cockpit, finalizing her control. "Alright gang, let's go home." Sunset said. The team drove the Star Jets and Zord to the surface... only to be faced with a giant Whirpool. "Surprise, rangers."

Rainbow grunted, "Enough is enough. Let's take this creep down already."

"You read my mind." Sunset agreed.

“Launch Star-Jets!”

“Summon Zords!”

The Jets were launched and came to the rangers’ aid.

Lightning leaped out of Sunset's jet, “GIGANTIFY!” and he pressed on his morpher.

“Giant-Mode, ready!”

With that, he grew into a giant, and at the same time, the other rangers combined their zords.

“Jet-Star Megazord… Ready!”

“Let’s take this creep!” said Sunset.

“RIGHT!!” the others agreed.

Whirlpool fired water spikes at the team, but Megalodon Zord flew in and smacked them back at Whirlpool with his tail. The water spikes struck Whirlpool, causing damage. "Alright, Sapphire!" Sunset cheered. Whirpool got up and waved his wand, forming a large water spout. "Time to do the wave!" he launched it at the zords, "Watch it!" Sapphire dove the Zord away.

Unfortunately, the Megazord and Lightning were consumed in a giant water spout and lifted up into the air. "WOOOOOAAAAAHHHH!" the rangers cried as they were spinning around. Whirpool laughed with glee as Sapphire couldn't bear to watch this,“Guys! I’ve gotta help them!”

That’s when a button glowed in the Zord’s console. It had a picture of the Zord inside a large stream of water. “What’s that, ...well no time to find out.” Sapphire pressed the button. “AQUA JET" the Zord roared and charged into the water spout covered in large amounts of water. It burst in and pushed the Megazord and Lightning out of the water spout and they crashed to the ground. "You guys okay?"

A little dizzy, but we're okay." Sunset answered sickly.

"Take it easy, guys I'll take care of him." Sapphire turned the Zord back towards Whirlpool. "Ready, boy?”

Megalodon Zord roared. "Now, ULTIMATE WATER!"

The zord roared and charged Whirlpool while geysers of water appeared in the background. It bashed into him and he exploded, shrunk down and was imprisoned in a sphere.

(Skip to 5:08)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZevgJ-T3pYI

The Zord sent out it's tractor beam and beamed the monster inside the cockpit. "Monster Captured, Mission Complete!" Sapphire declared. The rangers cheered in joy.

The minions returned to the tower and were met with an infuriated Vulcan “You lost the Zord and failed again!"
The minions tried to come up with an excuse but, “Silence, seems I’ll have to teach you three a lesson.” He powered up his fists with fire balls. “About failing.” The minions freaked and ran away with Vulcan firing fireballs at them. The minions only screamed and ran. “Come back here! Don’t run while I’m firing at you!” He roared.

When, they got back at the base, Twilight and the others were glad to see Sapphire unharmed. "You sure gave us a scare when that Zord swallowed you." Krysta said.

"I'm okay. Really." Sapphire said.

"Anyway, now we have a new Zord added to our team." Celesto said. "One step closer to defeating Nacluv."

The team nodded. "Anyone hungry? Pizza is on me." Celesto added. Everybody cheered and went out for some delicious dinner after an eventful day.

Episode 8: Aerial Assistance

Hawaii, almost twenty-five hundred miles away the U.S Coast…

Molt: A muscular creature with shiny red skin, positivity hot to the touch, and he had the power to absorb forms of heat to create molten lava attacks

Vulcan had sent Molt to Hawaii on a special mission, to gather special energy emitted from the lava within the volcanos all over the islands, and assisting him were Lingos wearing special heatproof suits that Bronc had designed for them.

“Come on, you louses, move it! Keep that energy coming.” shouted Molt as he absorbed more energy for the Lingos to store in special containers to take back with them to Vulcan. “Steady there now. We haven’t got all day!”

Unfortunately, their interference and tampering with the molten craters caused even the most long-dormant volcanos to come to life again, threatening to erupt and destroy all of Hawaii.

The rumbling already made the islands start to shake, and all the people, tourists and locals were falling into a panic, but there was already no time to evacuate everyone as those volcanoes would blow within minutes.

As Molt and the Lingos watched the people panic, Molt couldn’t help but laugh, “Run all you like, no one can save you!”

“No one but us you hothead!”

Molt turned and saw the rangers all standing together, having just arrived in their star-jets after receiving the alert.

“You made a big mistake coming here, rangers.” snarled Molt, “I’ll make sure you never leave here alive… GET THEM!!”

The Lingos that were empty handed began to rush the rangers while the others all teleported back to Vulcan’s tower with the energy they had stolen.

“Go guys!” shouted Sunset, and the battle was on, and all at the same time the volcanoes were dangerously close to erupting!

The rangers fought valiantly, punching, kicking and knocking all the Lingos out of their way.

“These guys just never learn.” remarked Buddy

“Too bad for them.” added Rainbow “Now for Flame over there!”

Molt scoffed, “Speaking of flames, take this!” and he drew in a huge breath and unleashed a barrage of molten-fireballs, striking the rangers hard and knocking them over.

“What a shot!
That was hot!” groaned Rhymey.

Molt laughed, “Not hot enough, eh? Well, take another blast!” and he unleashed another wave of fireballs. “No!!” shouted Fluttershy as she leapt in front of everyone with her shield ready, “Strong Shield, show your stuff!” she said as she charged her weapon.

“Strong Shield… Engage!”

Her shield began to glow with a bright pink light.

“Hey, what’s that?” shouted Molt, but he got his answer as his fireballs hit the shield and were actually absorbed and repelled back hard, along with a strong burst of power from the shield itself.

“Alright, it’s time to shine!” hollered Sunset “Bring the weapons together!”

“Weapons Combine!”

“Star Slammer, Ready!”

Molt got up angrily and roared, “The Heat is on!” but then he saw the rangers standing together with their Star Slammer ready “…Or not.”

“STAR SLAMMER… ULTRA STRIKE!!”

The rangers struck Molt hard, “WHOA!! TOO HOT TO HANDLE…!!” Molt shouted, and he exploded and was imprisoned. However, the volcanoes were going crazy as black smoke started to spout from their mouths, and the very islands themselves began t quiver.

“The volcanoes…! They’re going to erupt!” cried Fluttershy.

“The lava will flow for miles insight,
They’ll destroy everything in a fiery might.” said Rhymey.

Back at the base, Twilight was working up all her calculations and trajectories of the area, combining with what information and knowledge she had of geology and volcanic-activity.

“Those mountains are going to blow any second!” cried Spike.

Twilight and Celesto ignored his whining and continued to observe and Twilight finished her computations. But before they could contact the rangers about their plan, Sapphire beat them to it. "Megalodon Zord, I choose you!" The large shark Zord burst from the water and beamed Sapphire into the cockpit. "Sapphire, what are you doing?!" Lightning cried.

"I've got this." Sapphire drove the Zord over the top of the volcano, "Megalodon, HYDRO PUMP!" The large shark launched a large stream of water from it's mouth and into the volcano. The cool water turned the volcanic lava into igneous rock and it quieted down. The Zord did the same thing with the other openings and the volcanic activity decreased completely. The Hawaiians all rejoiced that their home was saved thanks to the rangers, and the rangers all rejoiced as well for a job well done.

Celesto was very proud of them. “Well done, Rangers; mission complete. Return to base.”

Meanwhile, Nacluv was surprisingly calm despite that Molt had been captured. “This volcanic energy is what we really wanted anyway.” he hissed as he watched the Lingos unload it all into a special generator he had hauled out.

“I don’t get it…” said Marla “What do we want all this energy for anyway?”

Bronc whapped her upside the head,

“Ow!”

“We already explained this… it’s for a special project we’re working on; One that will surely bring the rangers to their knees; correct, master?”

Nacluv nodded in agreement, “Unfortunately, this volcanic-energy, powerful as it is, will not suffice. We require another boost of power from a different kind of energy, and not just any kind; something really big, something extreme…”

He then silently thought, “There’s also something else I can use this energy for. Most likely it won’t be needed, but it’s best to be thorough.”

The minions wondered what he was thinking, but didn’t dare ask, seeing the kind of mood he was in. for now, all they could do was wonder where what other source of energy they needed for their project… and where to get it from.

Meanwhile, the rangers were well on their way back to Mystic Island to bring in their catch and to refuel and prep their jets for the next battle.

“Hey, I’m getting something on radar.” said Buddy “…A whole fleet of ships ahead on the water.”

Everyone else got the same blips on their radars. “Hey, I bet it’s the U.S.N Sentinel.” said Rainbow, “Many of their patrol ships come out in this area every day to watch out for potential threats.”

“She is right,
And soon we’ll be in sight.” said Rhymey.

Fluttershy felt very nervous and whimpered “Maybe… maybe we should alter course. I mean, what if they see us? What if they think we’re enemies?”

The rangers all felt that was a possibility, but their current course was the fastest and shortest possible way to get home, and already having used up plenty of power form their getting to Hawaii and the battle and chaos, they didn’t want use up any more without taking too big a risk.

“Well, they can’t track us with their equipment.” said Sunset “Let’s try and fly a bit higher so they won’t see us themselves.”

Agreeing, the rangers made their jets soar up high…but it was already too late!

Onboard the mother-ship, the commander and his crew had already seen the Star-Jets with specialized telescopes. “What sort of vehicles are those?” the commander asked “I’ve never seen anything like them.”

The men and women tried and tried to lock onto the mysterious vessels, but their best tracking equipment came up blank. “It’s no good, sir…” said the lieutenant “Whatever those craft are they don’t show on radar.”

“Have you managed to make any radio contact with them?”

“None sir… We can’t seem to get onto their frequency.”

The commander was starting to feel a little uneasy about this. He knew Washington hadn’t scheduled any target practice for the fleet, and no government agency he knew of could have possibly designed such unusual craft.

He could only assume the worst! “It must a surprise hostile attack from a foreign country. All hands, level-one battle stations. Arm all warheads!”

The ship alarms sounded as all air-missiles were aimed on their launchers and ready.

The rangers of course were much too far away to see, or hear anything that was going on.

“Fire one and two…!” Two small but powerful armed missiles were launched from the first ship and headed straight for the star-jets…

The rangers’ warning alert sounded. “Missiles!” cried Sunset!

“Look out!” shouted Rainbow!

The missiles got closer, and the rangers swerved out of the way causing them to miss, but those missiles were heart-seekers and chased after the jets. Since Megalodon Zord didn't have any jets, the missles just left it alone, but Sapphire didn't like the looks of this.

“Sunset, on your tail!” called Buddy.

Sunset hammered on the controls all she could to shake the menacing missiles, but they kept gaining on her, until she swerved carefully downward, causing the missiles to try and follow, but ended up crashing into each other and exploding.

Everyone felt so relieved, but the danger was far from over.

“Launch missiles three and four!” shouted the commander, and two more missiles were launched.

“Scatter!” shouted Sunset, and the rangers veered their jets away, but the two missiles followed after Fluttershy.

“Help me!” she cried.

While Rhymey dashed to help his girlfriend, Sunset contacted the base to warn them of the attack!

“Can’t you just call them on the radio?” suggested Spike. “That’s impossible, Spike.” said Celesto “Our communications work on an entirely different principle.”

He then ran off to make a very quick emergency phone-call, leaving Twilight to advise the rangers.

It was out of the question for the rangers to return fire to the gunboats, or they’d be really proven to be hostiles to the men and women aboard. “Try using your weapons to blast them!” Twilight suggested.

Heeding her advice, the rangers steered and spun their jets all around to try and get the rockets in sight, while Fluttershy continued to try and dodge them.

Rhymey was closing in, diving straight down from above, and fired his lasers. Kapow! One of the missiles was destroyed, but the second one was still gaining on his girlfriend.

“Guys, heads up! More missiles!” shouted Rainbow. The oncoming rockets forced the rangers to scatter about to avoid being hit, unable to get at the missile chasing Fluttershy.

Sunset saw the missile gaining on her, and it was too close to her now to shoot without the risk of hitting the jet instead, but not wanting Fluttershy to get hit, she did the only thing she thought she could try and rammed straight onward towards the oncoming jet and missile.

“Sunset, what are you doing?!” shouted Buddy.

Rather than answer, Sunset called to Fluttershy “PULL UP!!”

Fluttershy saw Sunset coming straight at her, shrieked, and yanked on her steering gear soaring straight upward, causing the missile to lock onto Sunset’s jet and chase after her.

“SUNSET!!” everyone shouted as the watched the rocket gain on her. She tried her very best to shake it, but it was no good…!

KAPOW!! The missile struck the jet’s back end, and the force of the explosion rocked Sunset hard in the cockpit as her systems began to go haywire “I’ve been hit! I’m losing control!”

The back of her jet was blazing as she began to lose height, but still the rangers were forced to dodge the remaining missiles.

“Twilight, Sunset’s been hit… she’s losing control!” cried Fluttershy.

“We can’t shake off these other rockets.” added Rainbow.

Twilight and Spike had nearly fallen into a state of shock, but Celesto came to them “I’ve just been on the phone to Washington. Let’s hope they can stop this senseless attack!”

The commander was ordering another salvo of rockets to be fired, when the communications console went off.

“Washington, sir… emergency call.” said the lieutenant.

The message was played; “Message to sentinel commander: Stop attack immediately! Unidentified craft are Star-Jet machines belonging to the Power Rangers!”

Everyone was shocked and nearly froze with great fear and shame of their actions, especially the commander. “Quick, stop the launch, and destroy the remaining missiles!”

The remaining two missiles to automatically destroyed, but Sunset’s jet was still blazing in back and she was still losing height.

“Dear god, what have I done!” the commander murmured!

Though the attack ceased, Sunset’s jet was in bad shape. The smoke from the blazes had reached the cockpit, and even with her helmet on, it was getting hard to breathe and see.

“It’s no good, I’m losing control!”

The rangers cried out for assistance from the base, and Celesto called to them, “Sunset, bail out! Rainbow, catch her. The rest of you, use your tractor beams to guide the jet back to base!”

Sunset quickly ejected and was launched from her cockpit in her seat, and her parachute opened.

“Hang on, Sunset!” Rainbow called. Carefully parking her jet in free float, she let Sunset calmly float down. Sunset strapped herself down tightly, “Okay, go!” she called, and Rainbow steered her jet off.

Meanwhile, with no pilot, Sunset’s jet began to take a nose dive to the waters below, but Megaladon Zord caught it in its mouth and carefully carried it back to the island.

“Quick, prepare emergency landing pad.” said Celesto.

Right near the island, by the launch bay entrance in the rocky side, a large square pad stretched out from within the rock, and large foam blasters were mounted on it.

The Zord was coming in, bringing Sunset’s flaming jet towards the pad. The Zord placed the jet on the pad and with a loud thud, and the flames began to spread.

“Release foam, all sections!” shouted Celesto. While all that was going on, Megaladon Zord and the other jets touched town in a clearing near the edge of the island, and Sunset hopped down from Rainbow’s jet and stared sadly through her helmet at the sight of her wrecked Star Jet.

By nightfall, all the worst was over, and the all the jets were safely back inside the hanger.

The others decided to take Sunset out for dinner, feeling it would help her stay strong.

“Are you feeling okay, Sunset?” asked Fluttershy.

“Yeah, I’m fine… just shaken.” replied Sunset “I can’t believe this happened.”

Rainbow crumpled her napkin angrily “Just let me get my hands on the sentinel commander, and to think, I used to dream about being guys like them!”

“Hey, take it easy, Rainbow.” said Buddy “Getting mad at the sentinel isn’t going to help anything.”

Rhymey agreed and said…

“We should be thankful you are alright,
All that happened gave us quite a fright.”

Sunset smiled softly that everyone was showing good care about her, and it was good to know that Celesto and his team were already working to put her jet right again, but the fact still it would require at least a week or two to make repairs. Until then, it would be impossible to form the megazord.

They just hoped they wouldn’t need it anytime soon.

At the base, Celesto had teams working in round-the-clock shifts, day shift and night shift, to repair the jet.

Professor Brain was pained that his lovely creation was attacked so senselessly.

Twilight came in to deliver him his ordered dinner from the galley. “How’s it coming, Professor?” she asked. “Oh, slowly I’m afraid, Twilight.” replied Brain “Even with our current figures and assets, it will still take quite some time.”

While the workers all did their jobs, Celesto and Spike watched from the observation deck above, and Celestia and Luna had joined them, having heard of the crisis.

“Boy, what a mess.” groaned Spike.

“I cannot believe the sentinel would do this!” said Luna. She and the others were all just as outraged as anyone, but getting angry about it wouldn’t help. The most important thing was to fix the jet and fast.

“I’ve just ordered all the new components.” said Celesto “Once they get here, my teams will have to work round the clock to fix things up.”

Spike felt a little shiver run down his spine, “Are you okay, Spike?” Celestia asked. “I’m just worried, that’s all. I mean, what if the people making all that stuff find out about us. They could find out where we’re based.”

“Oh, don’t worry about that, I took careful steps.” said Celesto “Each and every component I’ve ordered from different aircraft corporations around the world. None of them know what they’re building. It’s only when they arrive here that the puzzle unravels.”

“An excellent precaution.” commented Luna.

“Yes…” her brother-in-law said “But I just hope we get it fixed soon. I’d hate to think of what would happen if Vulcan found out about this.”

Everyone feel silently, fearing disaster if that happened! Vulcan would virtually have a free hand if he found out the megazord was inoperative!

Two days had passed, and there hadn’t been any attacks, or sign of alien activity. A good sign to everyone, and it meant the rangers could catch up on their school-work and other chores.

Twilight, being a student as well, couldn’t spend all her time lurking around at the base. She did have her homework and school assignments to work on as well, but in her every spare moment she spent the time working on her new laptop, configuring programs for the megazord.

“How’s it coming, Twilight?” Sunset had to ask.

“Well, some of the new parts have come, but the Star-Jet was damaged deeper than we thought, and more systems need replacing and re-configuring.” replied Twilight “It could take a little longer than we thought, but we’re doing our best. Let’s just hope the megazord isn’t needed.”

Everyone was very hopeful, but rather uneased at such a thought.

At the tower, the minions were just laying around, “Ugh! It’s been two solid days!” growled Marla “I’m tired of being cooped up in here.”

Bronc looked from his tinkering and scoffed, “Well complaining about it sure isn’t going to make it any livelier.”

Marla clenched her fists and bolted upright, “That’s it! I’m going to send out a monster.”

“Don’t…!” said Keto as he stepped in front of her “You know Vulcan doesn’t like it when we just send monsters without his consent…”

“Pah…!” grunted Marla shoving him out of the way, “Like he’s even going to notice or care since he’s so wrapped up with whatever he’s doing.”

It was in vain that the boys tried to talk Marla out of it, and neither one of them dared to disturb Vulcan, but both feared and said to each other “…She’s toast.”

Nevertheless, Marla sent a random creature out, not even bothering to look at its credentials and files. She was that bored and wanted to stir some excitement.

The monster she chose was female creature called Airdrea; and she was rather ravishing creature; humanoid, with a human like face, but she had talons for feet, claws at the end of her wings like hands elegant silver wings, but the beauty was only skin deep… as she was just as ruthless as any monster, and do powerful air-attacks.

She demonstrated this by flying over the city…

People too one look at her and screamed and ran, which only amused her. “Time for some aeronautics.” she snickered, and her wings shined and she dived down, soaring past the sides of buildings and power pole, slashing at them with her wings like blades, and causing huge explosion and bits of rubble to go flying about.

Airdrea could only laugh at the destruction she was causing, and Marla applauded the joy, “Now this is what I call stirring up chaos.”

Meanwhile, thought he rangers were in separate classes that period, some were taking a test, others doing regular work, their morphers began to buzz warning them of danger.

One-by-one, each ranger excused themselves from class, though the teachers felt slightly annoyed, and many of the other students jealous that they got to leave, everyone more than understood duty was calling. "Ooh! One thing." Sapphire said. She used her magic to make another clone of herself. "You go to all my classes and do my work, alright clone me?"

"Right, real me." Clone Sapphire replied. The class and teacher were freaked out, but since they sorta understood Sapphire's magic and the magic-related incidents that have happened in the past, they didn't say anything. The real Sapphire went off to d her ranger duties, while her clone stayed behind for school.

Twilight, quietly giggled at the teacher and classes' reactions. Unfortunately was the only one who couldn’t be excused so simply, and she couldn’t blow her cover and let people know she was in alliance with the rangers, all she could do was with them all luck in her mind.

Soon, the rangers, morphed, were on the scene and in time to find the streets were in such a mess; fallen lampposts, bits of broken debris, blazing cars that were smashed up…

“Oh, my goodness!” cried Fluttershy.

“Just let me get my hands on who did this!” snarled Rainbow.

Suddenly, they heard someone cackling wickedly, and they all turned round to see Airdrea glaring at them. “So, you’re the rangers… you don’t look like much to me.”

“Oh, really…?” sneered Sunset “Then I don’t think you realize what we’re really like." Airdrea clenched her fists, “Lingos, attack!” A swarm of Lingos appeared and lunged for the rangers, and the fight was on.

Four of the rangers trounced the Lingos, while Sunset had smashed her way through the swarm and engaged with Airdrea.

Sunset leapt up high for a jump kick, but Airdrea put her wings out and over her like a shield. Sunset’s feet hit the wings like hitting a solid wall, “Going airborne…” said Airdrea and she flung Sunset up into the air, tumbling backward, but she landed safely on her feet.

The rangers all huddled together. “You okay, Sunset?” asked Buddy. “Don’t worry, I’m fine.” she answered.

“Ha! Not for long you won’t be. None of you will…” Airdrea sneered, and she flapped her wings hard blasting a wave of air at the rangers, that nearly blew off their feet.

“Hey, she’s gone!” cried Rainbow.

They all looked high and low, and suddenly, “LOOK OUT!!” cried Fluttershy, but Airdrea already swooped down and struck them all hard making sparks fly.

Marla jumped for joy, cheering. “This is more fun than an airshow.”

Airdrea halted in midair and zipped back striking the rangers again. “That’ll knock the wind out of you.” she laughed “And soon I’ll knock you out for good along with your entire city!” She came round for another swoop, but this time Buddy felt ready for her, “Plasma Whip!” and he lassoed the creature by her talons. “Got’cha….Whoa… Hey…!”

He thought he had her, but Airdrea flew so hard that she dragged him along with her, way up high.

“Buddy!” shouted Sunset.

“Trying to get me by the tail, huh?” Airdrea called back to him, and she began to fly and swoop in furious circles and dives to shake him off.

Buddy groaned and fretted of being dropped from such a height, but maintained his grip tightly.

“Maybe we should try and shoot her…” suggested Rainbow, and she got her Sonic Cannon, but Rhymey heled her back saying…

“No, that won’t do.
We may hit Buddy too.”

“What can we do then?” asked Fluttershy.

"I got this." Sapphire changed into a eagle and took to the skies. Airdrea was still swerving and diving vigorously to shake Buddy off of her. “Haven’t you fallen off yet?”

"Not... by... a longshot." Buddy replied. Then they both heard a sqwack just before Sapphire slashed Airdea with her wings. "Agh! Pesky bird!"

Sapphire blasted Airdea with a powerful wind current, sending her to the ground, but she grabbed Buddy and safely placed him on the ground. "Thanks Sapphire." Sapphire changed back into her morphed self. "No problem."

The rangers huddled together. “Great job, Sapphire .” said Sunset. Airdrea angrily got up growling, “It’ll take more than that to clip my wings.”

“And much more is what you’re going to get, rangers!” Marla called out, and she called to the tower for Keto to do his thing.

“…FORTISSIMO!!”

In almost no time at all, Aridrea was grown huge! “Talk about your wingspan!” she remarked.

At the base, Celesto saw this on the monitors “I was afraid this would happen.”

He contacted the rangers and told them, “Rangers, Sunset’s Star-Jet is still out of action. We can send the other four jets, but, as you know, you won’t be able to form the megazord.”

The rangers were deeply concerned, but knowing they couldn’t just sit and do nothing while that monster threatened their city. “Send them…” said Sunset “We’ll have to make do with what we’ve got.”

“Right…” said Celesto, and then he called to the staff “Launch the four star jets!”

Soon the four jets were on their way, and the four rangers beamed aboard leaving Sunset behind. “Go get her, guys.” she called to them. Sapphire stayed where she was to see how her friends would do against the monster. Airdrea flew up, up, up over the city to confront the jets and laughed at them, “So you wanna take to the sky, huh? No problem!”

“You got nothing on us, Airdrea!” sneered Rainbow.

Rhymey did the calculations on his onboard computer…

“We will have to weaken her very much,
Then our tractor beams can beat her with one touch.”

“That won’t be easy without the megazord.” added Fluttershy.

“Well then… here goes something.” said Buddy.

The jets rushed forth and fired their lasers. “Oh, yeah!” shouted Airdrea, and put up her wing-defense again. The lasers hardly even scratched her much.

“Try our missiles then!” shouted Rainbow, and she fired a barrage at her, but Airdrea skillfully swerved and dodged each one causing the missiles to fly harmlessly off the island and into the sea. “Not good enough.” she teased and she soared right at the jets, striking them hard with her solid wings.

Each of the rangers were rocked about in their cockpits nearly losing control of their jets, much to Sunset’s horror and Marla’s delight.

“Direct hit…!” Marla cheered.

“This isn’t working.” Sunset called to Celesto at the base, “The jets aren’t strong enough alone. We need more power… a resource… anything!”

"Sapphire, launch your Zord." Celesto replied.

"Alright sir, Jaguin Zord, I choose you!"

The Zord appeared on the scene and beamed Sapphire into the cockpit. "Alright, girl, let's go!" She pushed on the controls making Jaguin ram into Airdrea, sending her towards the ground. She stopped herself a few feet above the ground and launched back up. "I'll get you for that!"

Jagiun charged and bite Airdrea on the shoulder. She cried in pain and shook around violently, rocking Sapphire inside. "Gotta... hang... on." She managed to steady the control and pushed a button, "THUNDER FANG!" For a second, the Zord released and it's jaws emitted lightning energy. It bit down on the shoulder with more force this time and also shocking Airdrea. "Woah, check it out!" Rainbow called. The others and the friends at the base were amazed.

Airdrea flung Jaguin off of her shoulder, "Woah!" The Zord crashed onto the ground. "Sapphire, are you okay?" Buddy called in.

"Ugh.. I'm good." Jaguin stood up again to face Airdrea. "Time to end you little pussy cat." she sneered. Jaguin growled at her and charged her. "Now VOLT TACKLE!" Jaguin covered itself in lightning energy and in a burst of speed, rammed Airdrea, launching her into the air. "Alright Sapphire!" Sunset cheered.

Airdrea crashed on the ground, breathing heavily, showing a sign of weakness. "Get her guys!"

The rangers saw this was their chance. “Everyone, charge your tractor beams.” Buddy called to them.

They all did as told and fired their beams at the creature. The tractor-beam succeeded in shrinking her down, imprisoning her in a sphere, and Buddy hauled it into his cockpit.

“It worked!” he cried. Everyone cheered for joy. “All together guys…” Buddy called to his comrades.

The other all nodded, and altogether they declared, “MONSTER CAPTURED! MISSION COMPLETE!”

Back at the tower, Marla couldn’t believe her eyes. “What… just… happened?!” she squealed.

“Um… I’d say the rangers just won again.” grumbled Keto.

Marla threw such a hissy fit, many of the Lingos walked away covering their ears.

“Ha! You ought to save your whining for when Vulcan hears about this.” said Bronc. However, much to everyone surprise, Vulcan was taking a nap! No one knew why and didn't dare awaken him.

“If either of you tell him of this, I’ll give you guys such a nag you won’t know what hit you!” she threatened Bronc and Keto.

The guys shuddered at such a thought.

The team returned to the base and Sunset hugged Sapphire, "That was wicked, Sapphire."

"Yeah, your Zord has a lot of tricks and attacks." Buddy added. "We couldn't have defeat that feather duster without you." Sapphire blushed at their compliments. Celesto approached the group and cleared his throat, “Sorry to break up this rather touching moment, but shouldn’t all of you be getting back to school?”

The rangers’ features twisted into sour faces, and they groaned softly. Nevertheless, they found themselves back in school, and having missed three periods that day, they were forced to stay an hour after school to complete their tests and missed assignments, plus an extra thirty minutes for running into Cadance and Luna earlier. Sapphire wasn't present cause her clone did all her schoolwork for her so there was no reason for her to stay after school to make it up.

Nevertheless, he ladies found amusing, “Think we’re being too harsh on them?” Cadance asked, but her aunt shook her head, “Despite being close to us, we can’t always pamper and spoil them.”

The ladies snickered, but the rangers all had to groan again.

Episode 9: Sapphire and the Sleepless Night

One morning, the rangers all met up at the park where Twilight had invited them on a picnic with her brother, her sister-in-law, and Spike.

“Hey there…!” Shining Armor called, but he suddenly retracted his pleasantry when he noticed how beat the gang looked. Everyone looked tired, frazzled, as if they wanted to fall over any moment.. except Sapphire. “What happened to all of you?” Twilight asked.

Sunset let out a yawn, “We’re just tired.”

“I had to work two whole shifts last night.” said Rainbow “One of the delivery-boys called in wanting to take a Saturday night off and the manager just let him. So I covered his route.”

“I had to cover up the entire community-garden.” said Buddy “The weather was calling for rain last night, and we don’t like our plants to get over-watered.”

Cadance raised an eyebrow, “But it didn’t rain last night. Not a drop.”

“I know!” groaned Buddy “Don’t the weathermen ever get it right?”

Rhymey stretched out and said,

“Well, the weather was just great,
Fluttershy and I went on a date.”

His girlfriend nodded, “We went to the movies, then out for a pizza, and a romantic stroll here in the park.” Everyone awed at how romantic that sounded, “…But we lost track of time, and we didn’t get home until late. We didn’t mean to do it, and our parents understood.”

"And why do you look so rested up?" Cadence asked.

"This girl finished her work in school like 30 mintues early and takes a nap." Rainbow complained.

"It's not my fault, I understand subjects like that." Sapphire retorted with a snap of her fingers.

Still all the rangers felt like coming out on the picnic, feeling the fresh air would do them all good. “I slept like a baby last night.” said Twilight “I was studying for college, and then suddenly I just felt heavy like a rock and I went out like a light.”

“Yeah, thanks to the sleeping powder in your water.” Spike blurted. Shining Armor and Cadance tried to hush him, but he already said it! “Sleeping powder?” Twilight asked, looking at her relatives in shock, “You two drugged me?”

“Well… um… yeah.” Cadance confessed, “Look don’t get us wrong, we know you love your studies, but you need your sleep too. I hate I when you pull those all-nighters of yours.”

Shining Armor chuckled, “One time, she was so tired she left her dorm room in her PJ's.”

The others couldn’t help but chuckle at that, but Twilight sneered sourly, “Believe me, it was far from amusing.”

Still, the rangers soon began to feel more awake after lunch, and playing in the field, unaware that Marla was watching them from within a high tree. “Play now while you can, Rangers. Once my plan is put into action, you’ll be history.”

She snickered and vanished.

By the end of such a lovely day, the sun was beginning to set and everyone felt tired enough to sleep for a week.

“This has been such a nice day.” said Fluttershy, “I really like spending time with all of you.”

“You do?
Me too.” said Rhymey, but then he let out a big yawn.

“I think we all should get home.” said Buddy. Rainbow stretched out and said “I’ll sleep like ten logs tonight.”

The friends bid each other good night, and they all walked their separate ways.

Spike was already super tired, and Twilight scooped him up in her arms. She and her realities began to sing to a song that played as they headed home, and saw how equally tired everyone else was in the city.

(25:36)

As it got darker and the stars came out, Marla stood atop a high-rise deep in town. “This is it…” she hissed, “Are you ready, Sandy?”

Next to her, stood a female, humanoid monster dressed in a purple robe with black stars all around it, a wizard’s, and long black hair. She looked more sinister than charming.

“I’m all set.” she hissed, and she grabbed a large pouch of magic sand. “This sand, when spread out all over town will cast a magical spell that will keep all the humans wide-awake. They won’t be able to sleep even if they want to.”

Marla snickered, “And of course if the humans don’t sleep, they’ll fall into chaos all over, and the rangers… they won’t be able to throw a punch, let a lot stand in battle. Do it, Sandy!”

Sandy nodded and leapt high up, floating on a dark cloud, “Wakey-Wake humans.” She snickered as she poured her cursed sand through the air.

The people of course, didn’t suspect a thing, and yet as the night continued, those whom had gone to bed were tossing, turning, pounding their pillows, readjusting their bedsheets. Some even tried sleeping facing the wrong way-- with their feet at the head of the bed and their heads at the other end...

…But no matter how hard they tried, they just couldn’t seem to fall asleep. Regardless of how sleepy they felt, it was no use. Everyone just remained wide awake, right up until daylight.

Twilight’s radio-clock went off at eight in the morning, and the reporter spoke in a very groggy voice. “Good morning… at to some of you if you managed to sleep… and… oh, heck with it…”

That’s when Twilight pounded the snooze button as she lay flat on her bed, with her eyes wide open and looking very red with bags under her rims. Spike lay at the foot of her bed, and he looked just as baggy-eyed as she did.

He tried to stand up, but he felt so floppy and wobbly that he fell right off the bed. “Spike…!” Twilight groaned as she turned to look over the bed to see her little dog flat on the floor. “I’m so tired right now, that didn’t even hurt!” he groaned.

Twilight then heard a loud crash coming from the kitchen, which snapped her upright softly, and she found a few seconds of strength to rush downstairs. There, she found Cadance attempting to make breakfast for everyone, but she seemed to be a little backwards-- putting a plate in the toaster. Pouring coffee into a potted plant, and all she did was pick up one spoon, and she actually keeled over forward as if her weight had become unbalanced. “I can’t sleep!” she groaned.

Shining Armor was sitting at the table with a newspaper in front of his face, and he let it fall down over the table revealing that he, too, was as weary and baggy-eyed as everyone else.

“How could we all not have slept well?” groaned Twilight.

“I don’t know!” said her brother, “I just couldn’t keep my eyes shut! Even the sleep powder I took didn’t work, and I took three whole dosages.”

Cadance struggled to her feet, “You took that much?!”

Her husband nodded, “And I didn’t sleep a wink.”

Twilight and her family weren’t the only ones in this state; all over town people were baggy-eyed, grumpy and not quite themselves; unable to concentrate due to lack of rest. People were late for work, barely able to bring themselves to walk forward, and people who were driving, ended up crashing their cars into one another, causing traffic pile ups in the streets and loads of delays.

Unfortunately, even some of the police and paramedics were exhausted from lack of sleep, and it was very hard for them to help anyone. However, not everyone in the city was completely exhausted. Those who worked very late at night were still naturally awake, including more paramedics and police and all that, and they were able to help, but even they wouldn’t be up and about for good. They usually went home to sleep in the morning after a long night’s work, but they, too, would soon find themselves unable to rest and be just like everyone else.

..Celesto was among them. He had been working very late, but he didn’t seem too tired yet. He looked down from his office complex, and he began to have a sneaky suspicion. “I’ve got to get to get to the rangers.” He said to his driver, but unfortunately, the driver was too tired to see straight, and of course with the roads all blocked off due to the many accidents, “Um… maybe I’ll just walk.”

“Very… good… siiiiiiiiiir.” The driver groaned and he collapsed over the steering-wheel, right on top of the horn. Celesto moved him off the horn before getting out of the car and heading off.

As he walked along town, he looked all over at all the many people whom were getting grouchier, and falling into more misfortune due to weariness, “This can’t be an act of nature.” he said to himself “This has “evil” written all over it!”

He let out a huge yawn, and he quickly reached into jacket pocket and pulled out a simple bottle of pills. He popped one in his mouth and let it dissolve on his tongue. Within moments, he felt a little better, but he had to hurry and round up the rangers fast.

By using the jump-tube system, he was able to get all over town, and round up each ranger, one-by-one form their respective homes and get them to the base.

He also brought Twilight and her family, as well his own. All of them were suffering from the same problem.

“I hardly got any rest time,
I’m almost too tired to even rhyme!” groaned Rhymey.

Rainbow moaned as she held her head, “I feel like I’ve been to three whole rock-concerts.”

Buddy yawned, “I was so bushed that even a real bush looked more rested than me!”

“What’s wrong with all of us?” cried Fluttershy “Why can’t we sleep?”

“When you find out… fix it!” grumbled Sunset.

Lightning, Twilight and her family looked ready to pass out, but still they couldn’t.

Baby Castor and Leilani were fussing about. They were groaning softly, too tried to cry; which spared everyone even bigger headaches than they already had. Celestia herself was also very exhausted, “I was up all night with them.” she groaned, “They couldn’t sleep. Even I couldn’t sleep.”

Luna let out a huge yawn, “None of the house staff got their rest either.”

Celesto got out a small alien scanning device, and held it over Celestia’s face. “I knew it…!” he said. His wife groggily looked up at him, “Celestia, you’re covered in some kind of alien compound.”

“What…?” groaned Celestia, but her husband then scanned everyone, and surely enough they were all covered in the same substance. He even scanned himself and found that he, too, was covered in it.

He fed the information into the computer. “It’s a kind of sand that seems to be affecting our central-nervous-systems. No matter how tired we get, we won’t be able to sleep even if we want to.”

“Can’t we just wash it off?” asked Spike “You know, take a bath? I can’t believe I just said that.”

Celesto ran a simulation test, but to his dismay, “Whatever this stuff is, it effects as well as outside. Washing it will have no effect at all.”

Everyone, although still groggy and fatigued, understood everything. It took no skill for them to understand this was the work of their enemy. “If we’re not well-rested, we don’t stand much of a chance in a fight, do we?” said Sunset.

This was confirmed as Celesto scanned the city and found the effects were registering all over the island, but the mainland hadn’t even been touched yet.

The monitors showed more and more accidents happening in the city because of people who were so incredibly tired and unable to concentrate on their doings and surroundings.

Just then, the gang heard whistling. "Grr.. what's that?" Shining Armor snarled. That's when they saw Sapphire walking into room. What surprised everyone, even though their baggy eyes, they could see Sapphire was totally rested. No bags under her eyes and no slumping statue. "Good morning every- AH ZOMBIES!" she cried when she saw her friends.

"Thanks for that compliment." Twilight grumbled.

"Why don't you look ready to pass out like the rest of us?" Spike asked.

"I don't know." Celesto scanned Sapphire face and body to discover, "Sapphire, you not covered in the sand that's keeping us all awake." Now that part shocked everyone. "How is that possible?" Sunset asked.

"All I remember is waking up with this peach colored dome around me and the Elements somehow floating in the air in front of me."

"The Elements of Harmony were floating in front of you?!" Sunset inquired. "And a peach dome was around you?" Sapphire nodded her head. "Weird."

"That dome must have prevented Sapphire from being covered in the sand, unlike us." Twilight concluded.

"Lucky." Rainbow grumbled.

Then, the alarm sounded. The loud sound annoyed everyone most irritably. “Shut that off!” shouted Shining Armor.

Celesto quickly shut them down. The babies finally were scared awake enough and began to scream and cry, much to everyone’s annoyance. “We’ll take them to a quieter room.” said Celestia.

Her sister agreed, and they both managed to pick themselves up and carry the frightened babies away. Celesto hated seeing them all bent out of shape and restless, but remembering that the alarms sounded, he saw the source on the monitors; he saw Sandy standing atop a high-rise laughing, “Now that everyone’s wide awake, Come on out, Rangers! I’m waiting for you!” and she leapt down from the building and began to cause havoc in the streets, and the people were so tired they could hardly run.

Celesto clenched his fist in anger, but then he himself began to feel a little weary. So, he popped another one of his special pills, while the rangers were all struggling to get up. “We’ve… gotta go… out there.” said Buddy.

Fluttershy nearly fell off her feet, but caught the chair to balance her, “We can’t! We can barely stand, let alone stand to fight.”

Sapphire helped Fluttershy into the chair. "You guys stay here and take it easy. I'll deal with the monsters."

The rangers and Celesto looked at her in concern. "Alone?" Buddy questioned, receiving a nod from her.

"But Sapphire, there's too many of them; you're outnumbered." Rainbow claimed.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Sapphire said. She headed towards the jump-tubes. "Sapphire." Celesto called. Sapphire stopped and turned around, "Be careful."

"I will." And Celesto sent her through the jump tube. "Do you think she'll be alright?" Fluttershy asked.

"We just have to hope she will be." Lightning said.

While in town, more and more people were collapsing from being overly exhausted, and still they could not rest. While Sandy, accompanied by Marla and a squad of Lingos were still causing havoc, blasting up the streets, blowing up empty cars, knocking over lampposts, and taking a few shots at some of the buildings blowing small chunks out of them.

“Where are those rangers?!” sneered Marla. “Yeah, it’s way past their waking time.” added Sandy, and suddenly, Sapphire appeared, already morphed. "You called?" Sunset sneered.

Sandy couldn’t believe what she was seeing, “What’s this? You don’t seem as tired as you should be.”

“Your sand didn't even touch me." she sneered.

The ladies were shocked but that didn't stop them, “Ha!” scoffed Marla “You're all alone, ranger. We'll beat you easily."

"Don't count me out yet." Sapphire claimed and she did a familiar raptor call.

In an instant Blue and the raptors came to her side, screeching and hissing.

"These pests again!" Marla whined. "Well they won't stop us.” and she ordered the Lingos to attack! The raptors and Sapphire lunged forth as well and began to attack the Lingos back. Blue and the raptors easily pounced on the Lingoes and bit them in the head, destroying them while Sapphire went after Sandy and Marla. "Lion Power!" she called and she changed into a male lion.

She slashed the ladies with her claws, making sparks fly. Sandy threw another handful of magic sand up, “Maybe you should… LAY DOWN!!” the sands took on the shapes of daggers. Sapphire amazingly deflected all the daggers and they came soaring back at the ladies causing explosion and the ladies fell to the ground.

They got up and saw the raptors coming to her side. “Oh, we’ll time for the big guns!” snarled Sandy, and she threw more magic sand and caused it to spread into a giant dust cloud. “How can you fight what you can’t even see?!” she called out.

Marla couldn’t stand the sand. “Ugh! I’ve got sand in my hair!” she groaned “I’m getting out of here! You’re on your own now!” and she vanished and was gone. Even though Sapphire and the raptors couldn't see Sandy they could still smell her scent. Sapphire closed her eyes as her sense of smell was firing. Just then,

"Gotcha!" She pounced into the sand and slashed Sandy with her sword, throwing her back and the gust cloud vanished. "Hey, no fair! You can't do that!" she whined.

"I just did." Sapphire retorted. "Now time to capture you." She swiftly turned back into her human self and lit her horn, ready to strike...

…But back at the tower, Marla saw everything on the monitors, “Oh, no you don’t!” and she turned round to bark at Keto, but he was one step-ahead of her; already at the window with his staff ready. “…FORTISSIMO!”

The mugic reached the island and worked its power, turning Sandy into a giant! “Sand’s ahoy now!” she thundered!

Sapphire gasped and growled. "Jaguin Zord, I chose you!" she called out.

The Zord responding to her call, burst from the mountain and flew onto the scene, beaming her into the cockpit. Blue and her raptors knew she had it from here and disappeared back into the night.

“You think I’m scared of you?” shouted Sandy “I’ll crush you like an empty tin can.”

She rushed forth towards the Zord who lunged at her as well. The two enagaged in struggle until Jagiun Zord pushed his head up and clawed Sandy, knocking her to the ground. "Ugh." Sandy got up again and glared sourly at the Zord, "Grr... You'll pay for that." Once again she made another giant dust cloud but the Zord flew into the air and use it's massive wings blew the dust away.

"Time for bed!" Sapphire sneered. "THUNDER DRIVER!"

Jagiun Zord roared and charged Sandy. He tossed her into the air and leaped high above her. Lightning energy form from it's paws as it dove in a downwards spiral, colliding with Sandy and smashing her into the ground. “IT’S BEDTIME FOR ME!!” she shouted, and she exploded and was imprisoned.

"Victory!" Sapphire called.

With the monster captured, her evil spell was broken. The cursed sand dissolved right off of Twilight, her friends in the base, and every single person in the city, only at that precise moment; everyone just collapsed into a deep and well needed sleep!

The entire island was totally silent. Not a car was moving, not a machine was going, all was silent and still as the people all got their rest. "Time to clean up the city."

While back at the prison tower, Marla felt exhausted and felt ready to turn in. “I feel like I could sleep for a week.” she said to herself as she adjourned to her cell for a nap, only to find Vulcan standing there waiting for her, and he didn’t look pleased.

“And where do you think you’re going?” he asked shyly

Marla let out a yawn, “It’s been an exhausting day, with all that work with the rangers, and getting the sand out of my hair…”

“And FLUNKING your mission as well! Unacceptable. So I've decided as your punishment…” that’s when he dropped a whole load of equipment into Marla’s arms, “You’re going on the night shift tonight; watch all the prisoners, feed them, and maintain the peace.”

“What…?!” Marla whined, “But Bronc and Keto were supposed to be on shift tonight.”

He snuffed and then turned to the guys, “Keto… Bronc… you get the night off. Marla will cover all your shifts.”

The guys laughed wickedly and Keto jumped for joy before running off, much to Marla’s outrage, “But… but I… I’ll be working all night long!” she whined.

"Don't complain. Now get to work!" he snarled. Vulcan wandered off with her, leaving Marla annoyed and upset with a long and exhausting job ahead of her, much to her misery! It was going to be a long night for her.

It wasn’t until sundown that all the people began to awaken again, feeling quite better after getting some rest.

The rangers had awoken as well and made it back to base to find the rest of their friends were back on their feet as well. "Looks like Sapphire did it." Rainbow said.

"Yeah, speaking of which, where is Sapphire."

"Here I am." The gang turned and saw Sapphire entering the room. They gasped at how she looked; bags under her eyes, hair disheveled, a few scratches and she looked ready to fall over at any second.

"Oh my goodness." Fluttershy cried. She and the others raced over to Sapphire. Sunset had her sit down in a chair. "Sapphire, what happened?" Buddy asked.

Sapphire gave a huge yawn, "I cleaned up the... yawn... city."

"By yourself?" Sunset questioned. Sapphire nodded. Celesto looked at the monitors and saw she was right. All the accidents were now gone and all the damage the monsters had done was repaired. "Sapphire, you didn't have to do that." Lightning claimed.

Sapphire yawned again, "I wanted to.. yawn."

"Come on, let's get you to bed for some rest." Celestia suggested. Lightning carried Sapphire, bridal style as they all used the emergency stairs that took them up and into the garden. From there, they entered the mansion and went to Sapphire's room. Lightning placed her inside as Luna pulled back the covers. Sapphire was out like a light, "Sweet dreams.. hero." Luna teased. The gag laughed quietly as they left the room, giving their hero of the day some well deserved rest

Episode 10: Deep Ocean Danger

On an offshore oilrig somewhere in the Pacific the drillers had just struck a new batch of oil after days of hard work and digging. The oil was now loaded into shipping drums and these were being loaded onto a large taker boat to take the oil to the mainland.

This tanker was one that belonged to Celesto’s company, and the foreman of the oil drilling contacted him by satellite phone. “It’s all loaded, Mr. Grandruler. Thanks to your tanker, we’ll reach the mainland ahead of schedule.”

“Very good, just remember our deal. I need some of that oil myself.” Celesto said, “Okay, thank you.” then he hung up. He now had just enough time for a little breakfast and coffee before heading for work.

Celestia had already eaten and was now feeding the babies their breakfast. Luna was helping her sister feed her little niece and nephew, before she would have to head for work herself. She wasn’t on maternity leave like her sister.

As Celesto stood at the sink in the massive kitchen, cramming his toast and sipping his coffee, he couldn’t help but gaze at his loving family. His wife looked over her shoulder and gazed lovingly at him, “You know, you could help feed your own children.” she teased.

Her husband pretended to be insulted, “I paid for their food. So in a way, I already did my share.”

They shared a small chuckled, and a smooch. Then Celesto gave his kids a small peck on their little heads. “You-two be good for your mommy.” he cooed.

“I must go too.” said Luna, and she pecked her niece and nephew goodbye. “Have a good day, sister.” she said to Celestia.

“Oh, kids…” Celestia cooed to the babies, “One day you’ll understand how it feels to work, and maybe you can help your Daddy fight evil.” She giggled softly, but the babies just looked confused.

Meanwhile, Vulcan gathered the minions before him. “I suppose you’re all wondering why I brought you here. I’m wondering myself since I hate the stinking sight of you all for your constant mess ups.”

The minions took offense to that!

“However, I’d like to show you all the setup for what will be our latest plot to crush the rangers.” He activated the monitors and showed them the images of the oil tanker traveling across the sea.

“An oil tanker?” asked Keto, “How can that help us?”

“Obviously… we’re going to make a deal with the rangers.” sneered Vulcan “From what we know, these humans can’t bear it when an international disaster occurs. Therefore, we’re going to threaten the ocean with that boat and the oil it has.”

“Ah, I see…” said Bronc “Instead of fighting the rangers with brute force, we’ll fight with logic. They would have to surrender.”

Nacluv nodded, “For this, I have selected just the monster we need: Aquarian.”

The creature walked in. She resembled that of a grey fish-woman, but with silvery crystal armor and ghastly green hair, sharp fin blades on her arms and legs. She even had a large shark tail coming out behind her back, and she had gills on her neck.

She was rather beautiful looking. Keto and Bronc couldn’t help but ogle at her, which instantly irked Marla. “I suppose you do look pretty, but I’d hardly consider you on my level.”

Aquarius gave Marla a simple glare and approached her. Once right in front, she gave a huge roar, exposing her immensely sharp teeth, which according to her profile were strong enough to bite through steel.

Marla yelped and hid behind Bronc.

“That’s not even the best of my powers.” Aquarius explained, “My best specialty is that I can meld myself in water, making myself completely invisible. That taker won’t even know what hit it.”

Vulcan snickered, “Now that’s my kind of girl monster.” much to the annoyance of Marla.

The bell rang for lunch period. Sapphire was struggling to finish a test. It was a history test. There were alot of subjects in school she was good, but history was difficult, if it didn't involve animals, she was lost. “Sapphire…!” Lightning suddenly called to her “Exam’s over. Hand it in please.”

“Uh…?” Sapphire looked down at her history test and realized she only answered two questions out of twenty. Lightning also noticed this, “Sapphire…” he said looking at her with concern, but seeing how she was already looking distraught and he took pity on her, “If you want to talk about it, I’ll be here during lunch, okay.”

Nikki overheard this, and while she would have loved to have laughed at Sapphire, she quickly rubbed out all her own answers on her own paper, hoping Lightning would want to see her at lunch as well.

“It’s not going to work, Nikki…” Lightning said as he picked up her exam, “And besides… you wrote the answers in pen. You can’t erase that.”

Half the class laughed at her, and even Amber and Dionne couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle each, which irked Nikki.

Sunset, Rainbow and Twilight however, felt concerned about Sapphire.

Meanwhile, Krysta was flying about over the sea, away from the island, where she enjoyed the silence and privacy. Just she and the salty sea air-- Then again, a flock of seagulls here and there were pleasant company.

“Hey guys, what’s up…?!” Krysta called to them…

The seagulls only wailed at her. They couldn’t speak English like she could, but she could still understand them. “That’s easy for you to say…” she joked, and she soared off.

A little later, she looked down below and saw the big oil tanker that was still on its way to the mainland with its shipment. Onboard the massive boat, the sailors were all keeping a watchful eye on their course, speed, and schedule. They could see the mainland ahead, and they were bang on schedule, unaware of the imminent danger they were in. Aquarius was lurking in the water, and she spotted the boat from afar. “This should be easy.” She snickered, and with that, she melded into water, completely disappearing and dashed for the boat.

“Captain…” one of the sailors called “Sonar has detected something moving in the water off the port side.”

The Captain looked with his binoculars, but he couldn’t see anything on the surface, but he suddenly could see the motion of the water as something seemed to be coming at the boat with incredible speed. “Veer Off, Hard to Starboard!” he shouted.

The sailors prepared to veer off, but suddenly, they were grabbed by large threads of pink hair, and pulled away.

“What the…?!” the captain cried, and suddenly, Keto appeared behind him and gave him a huge whack to the head with his staff, knocking him out cold. The security alarm was sounded and guards rushed into action with their weapons ready.

“Ha! Try this…!” Keto shouted, “Refrain of Denial!” His powerful mugic disarmed the guards and rendered all their weapons useless. Keto was pleased that while his mugics couldn’t affect the rangers due to their upgrades, at least it still had a good use to overpower normal humans.

The guards were still not willing to give in and were willing to fight hand-to-hand, when suddenly the ship was hit and rocked hard, knocking them all off their feet. That’s when Aquarius leapt out of the water and onto the deck, breaking through large boxes with her massive teeth!

Her presence frightened guards so badly that they surrendered and groveled like babies.

That’s when Nacluv and Bronc appeared. “Well done! The ship is ours.” hissed Vulan.

Bronc then proceeded to opened more crates which contained the drums of oil. “With all this oil at our hands, we can hold the entire world in demand!”

“My thoughts exactly.” agreed Vulcan, “And now we even have hostages to further enforce the world to our whim. Nothing can stop me this time!”

He laughed loud and manically.

Krysta saw everything from way above and away. “I’ve got to warn the rangers!” and off she flew towards Mystic Island.

Meanwhile, at lunch, Sapphire came to talk to Lightning, and the others rangers came for moral support. “Sapphire, you shouldn’t let the simple tests get to you like this.” said Lighting.

“I know…I try, and I try but it’s still hard. I just know history with animals, not people.” The friends understood. Sapphire been more around animals than people so she knows alot about them. Sunset placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, “It’s really not that bad, Sapphire. If you had lived my old world of Equestria, the tests I used to take were nothing like this.”

“What we’re they like?” asked Buddy. The others wanted to know as well. Sunset agreed to explain, though it felt kind of rough on her as she would have to remember all the bad times!

“In my world, as Queen Celestia’s former student-- when she was Princess Celestia-- my exams weren’t just reading and writing and basic skills. I had to master my own magic and spells, but…” she paused, having a look of regret on her face, “I was younger and blinded by my own greed and spoiled attitude. I couldn’t get what I wanted fast enough. So I abandoned my studies, and that’s how I came here to this world.

…I think you all know the rest.”

The others all nodded, and it all brought them a bit of sickly feeling remembering when Sunset used to be evil.

“To be honest, you didn’t crack nearly as much as I did.” Sunset said to Sapphire, “You can do it, because you have a better reason to.”

“She is right… we all do.
That’s why I know we can all make it through.” said Rhymey.

Sapphire began to feel better, and Lightning was pleased. “Nevertheless…” he said “…As your teacher, I still expect you to come by after school and retake the test.” Sapphire nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, there was a tapping sound outside the classroom window. “Krysta…” cried Lightning, and he let his little friend inside. The poor little bird was exhausted. “What happened to you?” asked Rainbow.

Krysta looked insulted and through her panting sneered, “You try flying fifty miles as fast you can and tell me you’re not ready to fall to pieces!” She finally caught her breath and explained what she saw.

“Vulcan hijacked an oil-tanker?!” cried Sunset.

Krysta nodded, “I saw it myself. I don’t know what he wants with it though. I couldn’t hear him from that far away.”

Suddenly there was a sound of a sinister laugh echoing outside, “Attention, Power Rangers…!”

“That voice…!” cried Buddy, and outside, in the skies above the city, Nacluv appeared as a large image of himself. Many of the citizens all over looked up in fear and in worry.

“This is an ultimatum, Rangers.” Vulcan declared, and the images changed to show the tanker out at sea. “I have seized this tanker and all the oil it had loaded on it. I plan to dump it all into the ocean, thus polluting the waters and killing all life it touches.”

You can expect, the rangers, especially Fluttershy were livid and shocked. “And if you’re thinking of trying to stop me this time, you should know I have hostages as well.” The next images shown were all the sailors and guards aboard the tankers. All of them were bound and gagged and under the watchful guard of the Lingos and the minions. “I will give you one chance, Rangers.” hissed Vulcan, “Surrender, and hand your morphers over to me. If you fail comply within two hours, I will sink this vessel, releasing the oil and destroy these men. Surrender or your ocean pays the price.” he laughed wickedly, and the images vanished from the skies.

“We better get to the base.” suggested Sunset. The others agreed and headed out through the window, and went to the nearest jump-tube without being seen.

Meanwhile, Vulcan had taken the boat further out into the ocean. Naturally, the coast guard and the sentinel heard of the hijacking. One of the guards had pressed an emergency alert switch during the struggled before he was bounded.

Naturally, the forces found there was very little could do. They couldn’t shoot at the boat, without risking of making it sink, and taking the oil with it, and Vulcan was prepared to fight off against anything anyone tried to get anywhere near the boat.

Vulcan snickered, “You see, I told you all this is how to form a master plan. Now it’s only a matter of time before the rangers come. They’d be fools not to.”

“But boss…” Keto pointed out, “The rangers are always up to nasty tricks. What if they try to pull another fast one on us?”

“He’s got a point…” added Marla, but Vulcan snuffed them off. “You’re talking a bunch of nonsense. With all this, plus Aquarius patrolling in the water below, we’ve got all the cards.”

“They’ve really got all the cards this time.” cried Rainbow. Celesto was almost inclined to agree, “They certainly what they were doing they planned this. The problem is what do we do about it?”

Fluttershy felt her heart breaking at the thought of the oil being spilled, and all the fish and other sea-life it would kill. “We can’t let them do it!” she cried “We can’t let them kill all those fish.”

“We won’t let them, Fluttershy.” said Buddy. He wasn’t pretending or just trying to cheer her up. He too, as a fiend of the environment and all the plants he looked after, was just as concerned for the nature at risk. “We’ll find some way to work it out.”

A moment of silence followed, nobody seemed to have any ideas. Not even Twilight. “This is Vulcan we’re dealing with, and I don’t think we can trust him.”

Rhymey agreed with her,

“Even if we surrendered, what’s to say?
That Vulcan won’t go ahead anyway.”

Lightning was growing frustrated, “And we can’t take the zords out there either. He’d probably be ready for us.”

Another moment of silence followed, and Sunset finally asked “So… does that mean we… surrender?”

Nobody liked the idea at all, but they just couldn’t risk the tanker being sunk and the oil breaking loose.

“No way!” snapped Spike “You guys can’t just give in. Can’t you just take the risk of it? So what if a little oil leaks out, we can always clean it up after, and who knows, it may not do too much damage.”

Krysta landed right on his head and sunk her talons right into him, shouting “How can you even suggest such a thing?!!”

“Krysta, stop that!” shouted Lightning, and Twilight picked the bird off her dog’s sore head.

“Look, I only meant…”

“Save it, Spike.” Twilight scolded “What you suggested is not only insane, it’s completely foolish.”

“Twilight is right…” agreed Celesto “That boat was carrying enough gallons of oil to kill every fish for miles. But the oil isn’t even the only problem. The tanker itself is nuclear-powered. If they sink that boat and the reactor gets damages, it could kill all marine-life in the ocean as we know it for the next few centuries. It could even cause an irreversible pollutant that could endanger human-life as well.

Do you think, even for one minute, that we can take such a risk?!!”

"I would." Sapphire said, getting shocking faces from everyone. "Sapphire!"

"What?"

"Did you not hear what Mr. Grandruler just said?" Rainbow asked.

"I did."

"Then why are you saying yes?"

"My Magic?" A moment of silence passed as the others felt very silly. "Of course, you can use your magic to purify the water!" Twilight declared.

"But does she know how to do that?" Rainbow asked. "There's no time to figure out if she can. We have to act now." Sunset snapped.

"Yes, but we can't surrender ourselves to those creeps." Buddy protested. "I think I know a trick we can use." Sapphire said. The others watched as Sapphire concentrated and ponied up. "Woah." Spike whispered. Sapphire's horn glowed and what appeared next to her shocked everyone... another Sapphire. It matched every detail of her from the hair to the clothing.

Sapphire's horn stopped glowing and she opened her eyes. "So what do you think?" the two of them asked. The gang just stared at them with wide eyes. Until Rainbow exclaimed, "AWESOME!"

That snapped the others out of it and they stared in awe. "You made a clone you yourself?" Sunset said. "How?"

"I just thought of another well... me? The personality and all that stuff."

Celesto and Twilight were astounded. "So do you think you can do the same with the others?" Twilight asked. Sapphire's horn glowed again, "Let's see."

A while later, the patrol boats were still near the area of the hijacked tanker, but still unable to do anything at all due to the risks.

“What is taking them so long?” Marla whined, “All this salt air isn’t good for my hair!”

“I’m getting seasick just listening to your whining.” grumbled Keto.

The Lingos kept the ship’s crew under tight guard, and suddenly, one of them pointed up at the sky as a chopper came soaring in. “This is it…” Bronc said “The rangers have arrived.”

Nacluv snickered, “I knew they wouldn’t be able to refuse.”

The rangers came sliding down, unmorphed, on zip-lines, landing softly on the deck of the boat. Or in Sapphire's case, fall all the way down and slam into the deck. "AHHHHHHH! OW!"

The chopper then reeled in the lines and flew off, just leaving them there.

The Lingos surrounded them, but did not attack. The minions all stood at the head of the circle, and Vulcan glared wickedly at the friends. “Greetings, Rangers, I’m glad you’ve finally come to your senses.”

“Never mind that…” sneered Sunset “We’re here, now release these men and get off this ship!”

“Uh-uh-uhn…” said Vulcan “First thing’s first: Hand over your morphers, now!”

Lightning held out a small case, and he opened it wide to show the six morpher badges resting neatly in a foam block. “If we give them to you, will you let these men go and leave the boat?” Lightning asked.

“Certainly.” hissed Vulcan, “I have the mind of a great business dealer after all.” The rangers didn’t take good comfort in that, but Lightning still handed over the case to Bronc. he snickered wickedly. “At long last, the Power Rangers are no more!”

Vulcan nodded and ordered the Lingos, “Hold them!”

“Hey!” snapped Rainbow “We did as you said! You said you’d let us go!”

Vulcan snickered, “And I will let you go… go down to the bottom of the sea that is. After all, if I’m to takeover this world, I want to make sure than no one interferes again!”

“Why you big…!” Buddy sneered, but he couldn’t find the words to say.

“Throw them over the side and prepare to sink this tub!” Vulcan ordered, and Lingos began to shove the rangers along with the men.

While they struggled, Bronc wired a huge bomb in the center of the deck. “There!” he snapped as he activated the countdown. “This thing will go off in five minutes, and nothing can stop it now!”

Keto was giddy with glee, “I can’t believe it-- we’re actually going to do it!”

“Pinch me, I must be dreaming!” added Marla.

Suddenly, the five star-jets zoomed in overhead. “What?!” snapped Vulcan “What’s going on?”

“It can’t be…!” cried Bronc.

“Oh yes it can!” Sunset hollered. Lightning road in the seat behind her, and the other rangers all saluted from their own jets as well.

Furious and confused, Vulcan blasted the supposed rangers on the deck, with his fire powers, blasting them to pieces and revealing, “…Clones! We’ve been tricked!”

Bronc check the morphers in the case, they were fake too-- made out of plaster. He angrily smashed the case on the deck, breaking the fake morphers.

“Now that that’s settled, I’ll take that.” said Sunset, and she used her Jet’s tractor beam to pull the huge bomb up. “No!!” shouted Bronc, and he tried to shoot at the jet, but Rainbow had already rocketed up high, jettisoned the bomb, and shot at it with her lasers… KAPOW!! Blowing it up harmlessly in the air

“My turn… said Sunset, and she fired her own tractor beam, taking all the hostages with her.

“Oh, no you don’t!” shouted Keto, “Song of Embernova!”

Fireball swarmed all around Sunset’s jet, forcing her to swerve and dodge. The jet got hit a few times. “I’ve got to get these men to safety!”

“Right, I’m doing down. I’ll keep them busy!” said Lightning. With that, he ejected and leapt down hard onto the deck. “Get him!” thundered Vulcan.

The Lingos went crazy, “Bring it on!” Lightning sneered, and he fought back ruthlessly, kicking them down, tossing them over the side and into the water below.

The three minions then went at him. The three of them lunged at him, but Lightning leapt up high causing them to bump into each other hard and they all fell into a huge pile on top of one another. “Must I do EVERYTHING MYSELF?!!” thundered Vulcan!

That’s when he and Vulcan began to brawl hard. Even though Vulcan was very short, he just as powerful and strong as Vulcan was, and his short height made it easier for him to dodge Lightning’s kicks and punches, while he slashed at Lightning hard, making big sparks! He then gave Lighting huge kick, bashing him hard into a box, and the vibrations caused another box of oil on top of it to tip over and fall into the water.

“Oh, no!” cried Lightning, “Guys, get that box before it breaks open!” Sapphire changed into an eagle and swooped down, grabbing the box within her claws. The weight of the box was great, but she didn't give up. "A... little... help... here." she grunted. Fluttershy came in with her jet, "I got you." Using her tractor beam she grabbed the box of oil. "Thanks. Now I'll go help Lightning." Sapphire swooped down and bashed into Vulcan sending the monster in the water. "HA! Nice shot, Sapphire." Lightning praised, giving her a thumbs up.

Sapphire smiled but it went away when she saw the minions behind Lightning. She dove towards him, "Lightning duck!"

Lightning heed her words and she sent out a ear piercing, supersonic 'sqwack' at the minions. The force of the attack knocked the minions away and they landed in the water as well.

"AHHH! MY HAIR!" Marla whined. "It takes forever to blow dry all of this hair!" She shook her head and growled, "You are going to pay dearly for this." She launched her hair at Sapphire, but she smartly changed into a phoenix and blasted them with her fire breath, destroying them.

Down below, the other three rangers spotted the crate of oil. It had broken wide open when it crashed on the seabed, but the oil drums were all still intact as they sat in a cluttered pile.

“Oh, thank goodness!” cried Fluttershy.

“Let’s get them out of here before they spring a leak.” said Buddy. He was about to activate his tractor beam and seize the drums, when suddenly his sonar went off with a warning, and something hit him and other jets as well.

“What was that?!” cried Fluttershy. She got her answer when Aquarius appeared out of nowhere. She was also very big thanks to Keto’s mugic.

She laughed at the rangers and sneered, “Surprise, rangers! I am Aquarius: Scourge of the waters, and I shall be destroying you as well as your ocean now.”

“Not if we have a say!
You won’t get your way!” shouted Rhymey.

Aquarius glared at the jets with her sharp teeth.

“Shoot her!” shouted Buddy, and he and the others fired their missiles, but the swift monster zoomed around the rockets and struck each jet hard as she passed.

“She’s too fast!” cried Fluttershy.

Buddy called Rainbow and Sunset, “We need back up down here!”

“We’re on our way!” Sunset responded.

She and Rainbow steered their jets down towards the water, “Cannonball!” Rainbow hollered as she splashed down.

“Hey, fish-face…!” sunset called, and she and rainbow both fired their missiles, but the monster melded into water and vanished. The missiles missed and exploded, and the force of the explosion slit one of the oil drums open.

“Oh, no!” cried Sunset.

“This is not good!” added Rainbow.

“We’ve got to get the drums out of here now!” cried Buddy. He tried to steer his jet inward, but Aquarius rammed him hard and gnashed her teeth at the side of his jet. “Whoa!” Buddy cried.

“It’s no use!” she thundered, “Here in the water I’m twice as fast and slick, and you can’t even try to hit what you can’t even see!”

She demonstrated her wickedness by striking the other jets. The rangers couldn’t even try to pinpoint her on sonar-- she was too fast.

The oil was spilling out even more.

“There’s got to be a way!” cried Fluttershy.

“There is…” hissed Auqaruius “…You get destroyed!!”

She charged again, when suddenly a missile went right past her, frightening her into appearing. “What the?!” she turned round to see a whole bunch of mini-subs, from the coast guard and the sentinel.

They couldn’t contact them over the radio because their communications still worked on different principles, but the lead craft flashed its lights twice at Sunset’s jet, signaling they had come to help!

“Perfect, that gives us all the help we need.” said Sunset.

“Fluttershy and I will get each drum,
You guys fend off that monstrous bum.” said Rhymey.

“Got’cha!”

Rhymey and Fluttershy steered into to grab the drums.

“No! I’ll stop you!” shouted Aquarius, and she melded into water again, vanishing from sight.

“Not this time you don’t!” shouted Buddy, and he veered his jet right in the path the monster was going to reach the others. She was forced to veer another way, and two sentinel subs blocked her way.

“That’s it! Now I’m angry!” she thundered. Her teeth and her finlike blades actually shimmer while invisible. She lunged forth and slashed at all the crafts hard, shaking everyone in their cockpits. “Keep it together, guys!” Rainbow called.

The crafts continued to hold steady and did all they could to give Rhymey and Fluttershy their opening.

Soon, the two jets reached the leaking drums and grabbed them in their tractor-beams, hauling them to safety. Not too much oil had leaked out to cause much panic.

“Let’s get them out of here!” said Fluttershy.

“Right behind you, dear.” her boyfriend rhymed. Their jets leapt sprang out of water and dumped the drums back onto the boat.

The villians climbed back onto the boat where Sapphire faced them, “Okay, Vulcan, the jig is up! We’re taking this tanker, and you’re coming too, as our prisoner!”

Vulcan turned wound and saw the sentinel and coast guard boast pulling alongside the ship, with men aiming their guns right at him. Still, he wasn’t quite licked yet. “You could take me in if you desire… but will you risk it?!”

Before anyone would question him, he blasted a huge hole clear through the hull of the tanker, causing it to start sinking! “Oh, no!” thundered Lightning.

“We can’t let the boat sink!” cried Fluttershy.

While the rangers and the gunmen were all distracted, Vulcan laughed and saw this as his chance to escape, “So long, Rangers!” and he and his minions vanished off the deck.

“A’RGH!!” growled Lightning, but he had no time to be angry now.

The commander of the sentinel mothership called to them with a megaphone, “Lift the boat out of the water and put it on our deck. We’ll handle it from here!”

The rangers agreed, and Sapphire grabbed Lightning and she lifted him up and onto one of the other boats where he’d be safe, and Rhymey and Fluttershy used their jet tractor beams and pulled the boat safely onto the mothership where it, too, would be safe.

Now all that was left to do was beat the monster.

Rhymey and Fluttershy dove back below. Their friends and allies had taken quite a beating, and a couple of sub crafts were down, but still intact, and everyone else still hadn’t given up yet.

“Have no fear,
We are here!” Rhymey hollered.

“Great, we could use more power.” Buddy called.

“All the power in the ocean won’t save you now!” thundered Aquarius, and she zoomed past the crafts striking them all again.

“Okay, that’s it!” snarled Rainbow “We’ve gotta sink this fish right now!”

“And I think I know how…” said Sunset, “Everyone, huddle together.”

All the many crafts huddled in a big circle, pointing their weapons outward, “All right, FIRE!!”

Their lasers and missiles shot out all around, and eventually the monster got hit in a huge barrage. “Whoa…!” she groaned as she reappeared looking all battered and woozy, “I feel seasick!”

“Now’s our chance!” cried Sunset “Tractor-beams, capture-mode, ready!”

“Tractor-beam Engage!”

“FIRE!!”

All five jet’s launched their beams at the weakened monster, blasting her hard and actually shrinking her down. She was imprisoned and beamed into Sunset’s cockpit. “Monster Captured! Mission Complete!”

The rangers cheered, the aquanauts whom helped them cheered, and Lightning heard the news over his com, and he and the other sailors were cheering as well. “Way to go guys!”

Vulcan was so furious that his screams echoed all over the tower “I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED!!!” and he turned to face the minions “This is all YOUR faults!”

“What? Us?” whined Marla.

“I come up with a perfectly good master plan, and you three messed it all up again!”

Bronc tried to protest, “But master, the ranger…”

“QUIET!!” thundered Vulcan “I don’t want to hear any excuses! GET OUT…!! GET OUT ALL OF YOU BEFORE I BLAST YOU ALL TO THE MOON!!”

“You heard him!” cried Keto, and he and his comrades ran off swiftly, leaving Vulcan to angrily kick over a table. “Ooh… I’ll get you for this, Rangers! Just you wait!”

When the rangers got back to Mystic Island, School had just gotten out for the day, but the rangers were at the base for their debriefing, and Celesto just got off the phone with Washington.

“Good news…” he said to the others, “The sentinel took the taker to the mainland and the oil is still safe; all thanks to you. Well done, Rangers.”

The rangers all nodded proudly.

“And what about the spilled oil in the water?” Fluttershy asked with concern. “It’s all fine…” Celesto assured her “I spoke with the coastguard, not too much oil leaked out and it’s already being cleaned. So no fish will be hurt.”

“That’s wonderful news!” said Buddy “Just the same, we just barley manage to pull it off, thanks to Sapphire's cloning spell.”

Sapphire felt flattered, “Well, what can I say, I have many tricks up my sleeves. Nonetheless, I dare say Vulcan may not fall for the same trick again."

Lightning looked at Sapphire, “Don’t you have a practice test to complete, like we promised?”

Sapphire blinked once, but she didn’t seem to be too nervous about it, or the real exams coming up next week. “If I could get through what we did today, I can pass a little test…” then she acted nervous again “…I hope.”

The others all sighed funnily.

Episode 11: Dance Dance Ranger-Lution

Today all over the school, the students were getting supplies ready for big dance party. It was a fundraiser for the school. Sapphire was using her magic to make the decorations. Making large stars and adding large sparkles to make them look prettier. "Nice work, Sapphire." Sunset praised.

"Thanks you."

The DJ set was up and ready on the left side of the stage in the back. "I can't wait for the dance party." Rainbow said. "It is going to be held at one of Grandruler’s five-star hotels. How awesome is that?!”.

"So are you going to the dance with anyone, Sapphire?" Lightning questioned.

"Oh, umm. I don't know." Sapphire answered quickly. Rainbow nudged her, "Come on, you can already sing, we have to get a date."

"I-I don't know about that." she replied, rubbing the back of her head shyly. The team could tell Sapphire was nervous about asking somebody out. Who wouldn't with her past? Hiding away from humans and basically socializing with animals, even though she's gotten pretty good at socializing with people, she still had a little's way to go. That's when Fluttershy came into the room, almost out of breath. "Fluttershy?" Sunset and the others came to her side, while Sapphire walked over to the DJ booth. "Hmm... this looks interesting." Looking at all the buttons and turntables, she was tempted to try it.

Meanwhile, Fluttershy explained to the rangers and the other students what was going on, "Dj-Pon 3 is sick?!" Sunset cried.

Fluttershy nodded, "He somehow got a cold and he won't be able to Dj for the dance."

The students started chattering with worry and concern. "Oh no, this is bad." Lightning groaned. Without a Dj, there would be no music for the dance. "We can't have a dance without any music."

"So what do we do?" Buddy asked. The gang tried to think of a solution when they heard some music coming from the DJ booth, "What the-?" Turning around, they saw Sapphire skillfully playing the DJ Booth! "Sapphire?!" the rangers exclaimed. She seemed so in tuned with the music, she didn't notice everyone looking at her in amazement.

(She was playing something like this. Play the first 2 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_64hwy4A9Zo

When she was finished playing the booth, she was greeted with a bombardment of cheers and applause from the students. She blushed with embarrassment and walked off of the stage, "That was amazing!" Rainbow exclaimed.

"Sapphire, you sure know how to play,
Dj skills are right of way." Rhymey added.

Sapphire smiled shyly. "Hehe. I was just playing with it." Sunset then gasped, "I think I know how we can save the dance!"

"How?" the friends asked.

"We can have Sapphire be the DJ!" The rangers immediately liked the idea, Sapphire, however...

"Me? Dj? No way?!" Sapphire claimed.

"Aw, come on, you're a natural." Rainbow encouraged.

"Yeah, you'll be fine." Sunset added. Sapphire whimpered with worry. "i-I don't know, sure I know how to dj, but to perform at a party, in front of people. It's kinda overwhelming."

"Don't worry, we'll be right there with you." Buddy said.

Sapphire saw the hopeful expressions on their faces as well as the other students who had listened to their conversation, and sighed. "Alright, I'll give it a try."

The rangers and the other students cheered.

At the Prison Tower, Keto was presenting his lasted idea to destroy the rangers to Vulcan and the others. "Behold Scratch."

Scratch: a a simple humanoid monster with a dj turntable set. He wore back glasses like a normal dj with lots of bling on his body. "Once he plays on this table, anyone within range will fall under his control." Keto explained. "The rangers won't be able to resist coming with him."

"You may proceed, but don't mess this up, or else." he suddenly threatened waving his hand which was covered in flames. Keto whimpered, "Y-Y-Yes sir." He and the monster scurried out of there

Back at the school, Sapphire was practicing her dj skills alone in the school's gym. Playing the same song she was playing before she started to feel a little better about this. "I do need to try some new things." she said to herself. "And this would help me."

As she was playing, some students walked in. Sapphire looked at them, but she noticed something weird. Their eyes were glowing green and they looked like mindless zombies. "Umm... are you alright?" She asked them. Her response were the students rushing towards her. "Woah." she leaped over them and ran out of the gym's door, pursued by the students.

Entering the hallway, she was greeted by more students in the same condition. "What is going on?" she screeched. The rushed towards the door, but was blocked by students. "Looks like I have no choice." She lit her horn and blasted the students with her magic, sending them crashing onto the concrete. She flew out of the school and saw the entire area had people in the same condition.

She heard a scream and saw the other rangers surrounded by the students. "Guys!" she swooped down towards them and scooped them up in her magic. "Thanks Sapphire." Lightning thanked.

"Yeah, but what's with these people?" Rainbow asked.

"I think I've found the answer." Sunset said, looking in the city. The ranger looked and saw Scratch with Keto. Scratch was sending out musical waves that placed people under his control. "He's the one who made the students attack us. Let's get them!" Rainbow said.

"No Rainbow, you guys will be placed under his control too. We need a plan." Lightning said. "Sapphire get us to the base."

"Right." Sapphire teleported the gang to the base where Celesto, Twilight, Celestia, Luna, Krysta and Spike were. "Thank goodness you all are alright." Celestia said.

"Wish I could say the same about the people." Spike stated.

"What are we gonna do?" Buddy asked.

"That creep is using his turntables to control people with his music." Buddy said. "We have to find someway to cancel the spell."

"Why can't Sapphire use her singing magic?" Rainbow suggested.

"I don't think that'll be very effective." Twilight said. Twilight scanned the sound waves. "The sound waves are stronger than Sapphire's singing magic. So we need something stronger to break the spell."

"If only we have our own turntables, then we could make our own sound waves to cancel the spell." Spike said. That gave Sapphire an idea. "That's it!"

"What's it?" Celesto asked.

"I can play my turntables and combine it with my magic to create a spell to cancel the monster's." The others thought about that plan for a moment. "That could work." Twilight said. "Let's give it a try."

"Right, Sapphire, go get your turntables. We'll stall the monster." Sunset ordered. Sapphire nodded and teleported off while the rangers headed out once again.

Meanwhile, Scratch and Keto were admiring their human army. "Hahaha, with these humans under own control, we'll destroy the rangers in seconds." Scratch claimed.

"Don't be so sure." Keto and Scratch turned around and saw the rangers, except for Sapphire. "So you rangers want to go again do you?" Keto taunted.

"Let those people go!" Rainbow demanded.

"No and there's nothing you can do to stop us." Scratch said.

"Oh this there?" Sunset smirked.

Just then, Sapphire teleported onto the scene. "Time to dj!" and she began playing on the turntable. Her lit her horn and combined her magic within the music. The music reached the peoples' ear, snapping them out of the spell. Once they saw Scratch and Keto, they ran for the hills. "What?! NO!" Scratch cried.

"Time to put your concert to an end. Ready guys?" Sunset said.

Keto growled, "Lingoes, get them!" A handful of LIngoes appeared and charged the rangers. Sapphire stopped playing, teleported her turntables back to the school and joined in the fight. "STARFLEET MAGIC... POWER ON!"

Sunset did a tornado kick, and knocked one of them down easily. Then elbowed another in the guy and flipped it by the arm and flat onto its back.

Three more Lingos charged and Rainbow and she began to act like a sports commenter and a soccer-player. “The field’s wide open! The offense is closing in…!” she called it right as the Lingos attacked, and she gave a single a dramatic soccer-kick, knocking them all down in one shot.

Buddy brawled the Lingos that came at him, “You’d think with all that power they absorbed, they’d improve their fighting styles.”

“Guess they never learn.” said Rhymey, and he bonked two Lingos’ heads together, “Which is why they burn!”

Fluttershy was surrounded by several Lingos, but she waited until they all lunged at her at once and then leapt up high, causing them to crash into each other.

Sapphire just blasted them with her horn. Then she and the rangers set their attention to Scratch and Keto. "Time to take this to the next level. FORTISSIMO!"

Keto casted his mugic on himself and Scratch, making them grow gigantic. The rangers gasped, “She just can’t take a hint.” said Lightning, and he activated his morpher, “GIGANTIFY!”

“Giant Mode… Engage!”

…And he grew large himself, not bothering to don his armor, needing more speed.

"Wolf Zord, I choose you!" Sapphire called. The wolf burst from the group, howling and rushed to the battle, beaming Sapphire into the cockpit.

“Jet-Star Megazord…!” Sunset called, and the ranger’s megazord appeared.

The rangers were all beamed inside. “All right… let’s get them!” said Sunset.

"I don't think so!" Scratch's turntables glowed and changed into a guitar. Scratch started playing on the guitar sending a beam towards the two zords. Wolf Zord leaped out of the way, but the megazord was struck. "Hey!" Rainbow snapped. Scratch and Keto laughed. Scratch's guitar magic lifted the megazord into the air, rocking the rangers inside. Scratch started wailing on his guitar, sensing electrical waves through the megazord. The ranges pressed the controls, but the megazord didn't move. "It's no use, she's won't budge." Buddy said. "The controls aren't working."

Scratch and Keto chuckled. "Time to end you rangers." Keto said.

Suddenly, Scratch was rammed from behind by the Wolf Zord. "Forget about me, morons?"

"No, we didn't." Keto growled. Wolf Zord fired a beam at Keto, hitting him hard. Wolf Zord then charged Scratch and bashed into him, disrupting his guitar magic and freeing the megazord. "Thanks Sapphire." Rainbow said.

Wolf Zord landed in front of the megazord and growled at the two monsters. "Now to end this ULTIMATE LEAF!" Sapphire cried. Wolf Zord howled and charged the two villains. “Uh, oh…!” cried Scratch, “This can’t be good!”

Keto only growled irritably, as Wolf Zord got closer and in act of desperation, Keto grabbed Scratch and threw him right in the past of the attacks, sparing himself from harm!

“THE WAS RUDE!!” the monster shouted as he flared up, “I’VE BEEN OUT-TUNED!!” and he exploded in midair and was imprisoned.

"Yeah, Sapphire!" Lightning cried.

"Monster Captured, Mission Complete!" Sapphire declared.

At the Prison Tower, Vulcan had cornered Keto against a wall. He was scowling at him in anger. "Sorry sir." Keto whimpered.

Vulcan growled at him, "Sorry doesn't cut it, wimp." He made a fireball in his hand, indicating that he was planning on trying to roast Keto for failing. "Yikes." Keto bolted away from Vulcan as he chased after him. "Come back here!" Vulcan thundered. Marla and Bronc, meanwhile, were watching the whole chase unfold while eating popcorn. "This is better than a movie." Marla said.

"I agree." Bronc added. Then Keto turned towards them! Marla and Bronc screamed, throwing their popcorn in the air and running away from an angry Vulcan along with Keto. "Look what you did you little shrimp!" Marla cried.

The minions swerved vigorously to avoid Vulcan's fireballs while the other prisoners laughed at them.

Meanwhile, at the hotel, Sapphire was djing the party in the gymnasium. The students were dancing and jamming to the beat, including the Grandrulers'. "Nice dj work, Sapphire." Rainbow called.

"Thank you." She even had a pair of headphones and dj sunglasses on. All in all, the friends all had a good time.

Episode 12: Never Judge a Book by it's Cover

One morning, Sapphire was in her History class doing her assignment, which was almost done when...

"Excuse me, Lightning."

The whole class stopped whatever they were doing and looked towards the door. Principal Celestia was standing at the doorway with a new student as her side. "This is Emerald Crescent." Emerald looked like a bad boy with a leather jacket, black sunglasses and the black pants and boots. He also had some jewelry on his hands. The class stared with a mixture of surprised and fear.

"Umm... nice to have you here Emerald." Lightning greeted slowly. "You can have a seat next to Sapphire Shimmer,"

"Sure." he grunted. The walked over to his seat and roughly sat down. None of the students took his eye off of him. Sapphire stared at him for a moment and he noticed, "What are you looking at?" he snarled. Sapphire blinked, "... You."

He growled, "Well then.... don't." He turned to the side, not wanting to have anything to do with Sapphire. "Alright class, back to your assignments." Lightning called to the class. While Sapphire went back to working on her assignment, she couldn't help but look at Emerald. There was something about him that made her curious

Hours went by and soon it was lunchtime. Sapphire sat with her friends while she saw Emerald sitting all alone at a table. She just... didn't feel right, seeing him alone. All the while her friends were talking,

"Have you heard about Emerald?" Sunset asked. The gang nodded.

"I've heard he was in a gang before he came here." Fluttershy whimpered.

"I heard he robbed a few places." Buddy added. As the friends chattered Sunset noticed Sapphire aimlessly staring at Emerald. "Sapphire, are you alright?" she asked.

Sapphire came to her senses. "What? Oh! Yeah I'm fine."

"Then why are you staring at Emerald?" Lightning asked.

"I was thinking of going over there and talking to him." she replied.

The friends immediately stopped chattering when they heard that. "No way Sapphire, he's bad news." Rainbow disagreed.

"Yeah, he could hurt you or rob you." Fluttershy added. Sapphire mentally rolled her eyes. "That's just a bunch of gossip and rumors." Sapphire replied. "I don't believe he did all those things and I'm going to talk to him." Sapphire stood up and walked over to the table despite her friends objections.

Emerald wasn't even touching his food when he spotted Sapphire sitting down across from him. "What do you want, cheery?" he asked rudely.

"Nothing. I just want to talk." Sapphire replied with a cute smile

Emerald frowned at her and gruffly said, "Well, you can talk to somebody else, not me."

"I don't want to talk to somebody else, I want to talk to you."

Emerald growled. He found Sapphire more annoying since History class. "If you don't leave me alone, you'll regret it, girly." he threatened.

Sapphire only smiled, "I'm not scared."

Emerald was now turning red in anger and snatched his food and gruffly got up from his seat and walked away. Sapphire went back to her friends.

"Are you alright?"

"Did he hurt you?"

"Guys, stop worrying, I'm alright. He did nothing except talk rudely to me." The friends gave a sigh of relief. "That's god, but you should stay away from him, Sapphire." Buddy advised.

"No. I'm going to make him talk." Sapphire looked at the area where Emerald walked over to. "There's something else going on behind that 'tough guy' act. I just know it."

The friends only felt concern and worry for her.

Emerald was walking down the hall with his hands stuffed in his pocket. "Wanting to be friends." he grumbled. "Pffft. Pathetic." He stopped for a moment and thought. "Then again, she didn't act afraid of me at all." Remembering how Sapphire seemed oblivious to his frightening demeanor, Emerald had a strange feeling in chest. "Maybe... Maybe..."

Emerald sighed sadly as he took out a picture. The picture was of three people. A man looking to be 35 years old with short, brown hair and light brown skin, wearing a white shirt and a black jacket. Standing next to her was a women who looked to be 45 years old. She was wearing a pink shirt and jeans. In the middle was a little boy. Seeing the picture, Emerald's eyes began to water a little. "Mom, Dad. I miss you." he whispered. "Please come home."

Emerald just stood there in the a hallway quietly sobbing unaware that peeking at him was Sapphire.

In the Prison Tower, Vulcan was training by himself; launching his fire powers and punching and kicking Lingoes. The minions were curious as to why he was doing this. "Umm.. Master." Keto called. Vulcan stopped and stared at the minions. "Why are you suddenly training?"

"Because you idiot, I'm going to get rid of that Animal Ranger, once and for all."

"What?!" Marla cried. "But Master, she's way too powerful, even for you." Bronc and Keto tried to shut her up but Vulcan laughed softly. "Do not worry. I have a plan."

The minions looked at each other with curiosity.

Meanwhile, at Celesto's mansion, Sapphire and the rangers were doing some training of their own. The rangers were doing push-ups, sit-ups wall climbing, even weight lifting to boost their physical strengths. They even ran through an obstacle course while each carrying heavy water buckets to work on their agility.

Meanwhile, Celesto and his lab staff were working hard to improve the rangers’ weapons and their morphing abilities as best they could. Even still, they couldn’t give them too much of a boost or the surge and strains would have horrible effects on the rangers physically.

Sapphire, on the other hand, was honing in on her magic. Now she could make large trees grow, change clouds into different types like thunder or rain.

With she shapeshifting, she could change into many animals without getting tried. She even sparred with a few of the rangers and won. The rangers were proud of her.

After finishing her training for the day, Sapphire went into the mansion and sat on the couch. Rainbow gave her a towel to dry herself off while Lightning gave her a bottle of water. "Thanks."

"You're getting better and better, Sapphire." Sunset praised.

"Yeah. At this rate, we'll beat Vulcan soon." Rainbow added. Sapphire smiled at her friends.

Outside, the rangers heard some people gasping and screaming. "What's going on?" Lightning asked. They all raced outside and were met by a large holographic image of Vulcan.

"Vulcan." Lightning snarled. The others stared with angry expressions.

"What does he want?" Sunset added.

"Hear me Animal Ranger, I challenge you to a battle!" Vulcan claimed.

"A BATTLE!" the rangers, except for Sapphire cried.

"Accept my challenge. and meet me at Central Park in one hour. If you don't I'll fry your city to the ground!" The image disappeared.

Now, the minions now saw what he was doing. "So you're gonna force her to fight, cause you know she would do anything to protect her friends. Great idea." Bronc commented.

"Indeed. It's an offer she cant refuse."

"But what if she tried something, like trick you?" Keto asked.

"Well, that's where you three come in."

The three minions were surprised and curious about what Vulcan had in mind. "That Animal Ranger will have no choice to refuse."

"You have to refuse!" Rainbow cried. The rangers had gone to the base and told Celesto what happened. You can bet he was shocked and flustered. "Sapphire can't fight Vulcan by herself! That's suicide!" Lightning added. All the others agreed.

Twilight and Celesto were already there and had heard everything. “What do we do, sir?” Sunset asked.

“There’s no way we're letting Sapphire fight that monster all by herself and to the death!” Rainbow exclaimed in anger. Twilight sighed. “I don’t think she’s has a choice, guys.” she said.

The rangers turned towards Sapphire. “Don’t worry guys, I-I’ll be fine.” she said nervously. The rangers could easily see she was extremely nervous due to her fidgeting and their complaining wasn’t helping her either.

“Sorry, Sapphire, guess we’re not helping you feel any better, is it?” Sunset asked. Sapphire shook her head. Rainbow cake over and placed a hand on her shoulder. “You’ll beat the stuffing out of Vulcan. I just know it.” she encouraged. Sapphire looked at all her friends and took a deep breath. “Okay, guess I better get going.”

With that, Celesto sent her to the via the jump tubes. “Do you think she’ll be okay, sir?” Twilight asked.

“We just have to hope that she will be.” Celesto said. “However, I get the feeling Vulcan has something up his sleeve.” Hearing that, made the others worry about their friend.

An hour had passed, Vulcan appeared in the vacant park alone. "Now where is that ranger?" Sapphire appeared on the other side of the park. "Looking for me?"

Vulcan smiled. "Why, yes. I'm glad you accepted my offer." Sapphire frowned, "You made it hard to refuse." Vulcan grinned and took a fighting posture. "Now then, shall we get on with this?"

Sapphire took a fighting stance too. "Yes." she transformed...

"STARFLEET MAGIC... POWER ON!"

He lunged at Sapphire. She leaped into the air and blasted Vulcan with her magic. He growled and blasted fire at Sapphire, whom used a shield to protect herself. "Stop using your magic, coward! Fight!" Vulcan thundered as he lunged at her. "You asked for it."

Sapphire lunged at him and the two were engaged in a ruthless fight. Punching, kicking and even scratching each other. It was like two big cats fighting over territory. The rangers watched everything from the monitors. "Woah, look at her go! She's doing really well." Spike said.

The others agreed but Sunset couldn't shake the feeling that Vulcan was up to something.

Sapphire and Vulcan separated and skidded on the ground. Vulcan growled and coated himself in all his fire power. "TIME TO END THIS! RANGER!" Sapphire coated herself in her magic. The two charged each other and full speed, roaring like warriors.

They collided.

KABOOOM!

A massive explosion erupted, shaking the ground. "SAPPHIRE!" the rangers cried. When the smoke cleared, they saw Vulcan and Sapphire laying on the ground, not moving. The rangers feared the worst. "No." Sunset whispered.

Then, Sapphire twitched as well as Vulcan. The two were badly banged up. The explosion was enough to de-morph Sapphire, leaving her in her tattered clothes. She was covered in scratches and bruises. Even the slightest movement equaled large amounts of pain. The two struggled to stay standing when he began laughing.

"What's... funny?" Sapphire groaned.

"You... didn't think... I would lose... this easy, did you?" Vulcan replied. Sapphire didn't know what he meant until she saw Marla, Bronc and Keto appeared. Keto pointed his staff at Vulcan, “Song of Resurgense.” The power of the melody magically took away the pain from him, actually healing his wounds, to Sapphire's horror.

The rangers were outraged. "That sneaky creep!" Rainbow cried.

"It was a trap!" Lightning added. "He wanted to weaken Sapphire, so he could capture her."

"We've got get to her, fast!" Sunset said. Celesto agreed and he sent them through the jump-tubes to the park. "Hurry, guys." Twilight thought as she didn't like what she was seeing on the monitors.

The minions chuckled as they approached Sapphire. "Looks like the tables have turned, huh?" Marla said. Sapphire painfully tried to crawl away, but she was in too much pain to do so. "Time for some fun." Bronc said. He fired lasers from his helmet while Keto fired from his staff. The blasts send Sapphire flying and crashing to the ground. "Uuuugggghhh." she groaned.

The four monsters laughed at the thought of victory. "Capture the ranger and let's leave." Vulcan ordered. The minions complied and Marla sent her hair towards Sapphire.

At the last second, a creature burst from the brush and bit Marla's hair, tearing it. "AAAAHHH, MY HAIR, WHO DID THAT?!" she screeched.

The first one was 24 feet long with a 42 feet wingspan. It was white as snow with pink glimmering sparkles all over it's body. Name: Light Fury.

That’s when three other creatures came out of the bush.

The second one was similar in shape but it was 2 feet bigger with a wingspan 3 feet longer than the other. It had lots of ear appendages around it's head. It was jet black with lighter spots. Name: Night Fury.

The third one had two heads and was purple with blue spots. It also had two long split tails. It was 66 feet long with a 38 feet long wingspan. It had two horns on each of their heads. Name: Hideous Zippleback.

The last creature was purple and yellow and 61 feet long with a 68 feet long wingspan. Double-clawed wings with two pairs of long horns. Sharp spines and snake-like neck along with snake-like tail with frills. Also, it had barbels along with a nasal horn and it had flammable gel on skin. Name: Monstrous Nightmare.

The four creatures didn't like the villains and growled aggressively at them. "What are those things?" Marla questioned.

"I don't know, but they aren't gonna stop us from destroying that ranger." Bronc answered. Bronc and his comrades charged the dragons. The Monstrous Nightmare roared and swung her tail at the minions, smacking them into a tree. Vulcan growled, “What?”

At the base. Twilight and the others were shocked. "What the heck are those things doing here?" Spike cried.

"There dragons!" Twilgith exclaimed. "And they're protecting Sapphire." Twilight replied.

'Well, that's good at least." Krysta added.

"Let's hope it'll stay that way." Celesto said.

Nacluv and the minions just stared at the dragons while the rangers appeared on the scene. "Woah, what are those things?!" Lightning asked.

"They looks like dragons, but that's impossible." Sunset stated.

"Well, whatever they are, they're standing between us and Sapphire. Let's get them." Rainbow said. She rushed towards Sapphire, but the Zippleback looked behind and saw Rainbow moving towards Sapphire. It used its two heads to bash Rainbow away from her. “Rainbow!" Sunset cried. Rainbow grunted as she got to her feet. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm good."

The Night Fury grabbed Sapphire they all flew towards the forest. "Hey, they're gonna get away!" Sunset cried.

"Not for long, COMET TRAIL... FIRE!"

The attack headed towards the dinosaurs but he was too late. The dragons were already gone with Sapphire. "No, they got away!" Buddy exclaimed.

"With Sapphire!" Fluttershy squeaked. The monsters weren't happy either and they teleported away.

"Let's get back to the base." Sunset suggested.

"And then they just flew away with Sapphire." Lightning finished explaining. Twilight was busy trying to track Sapphire. "And one of them bashed into me." Rainbow added.

"But why would they do that?" Sunset asked.

"Well from what we saw on the monitors, the dragons were protecting Sapphire from Vulcan and the minions. When you guys showed up, they acted the same way." Krysta replied.

"So they thought we were a threat to Sapphire?" Fluttershy added.

But we're Sapphire's friends,
Why would they think that,
We're friends till the end." Rhymey said.

"We may know that, but the dragons don't." Celesto revealed. The other began to catch on to what Celesto was saying. "So all we have to do is show the them we're friends, instead of enemies." Sunset suggested.

"Only one problem." Spike pointed out. "Those dragons could have taken Sapphire anywhere." The rangers winced, being reminded of that. "Guys! I've got her signal." Twilight called.

"Where?" Lightning asked.

"She's in the forest near Canterlot High."

"Let's go!" Sunset snapped.

Meanwhile, at the forest, Sapphire was layed up against a tree, groaning in pain. The Night Fury gently rubbed against her. "Easy, Midnight. I'll be okay."

The other dragons watched with concerned eyes. Sapphire smiled at her dragon friends. "I'm okay, guys."

Bushes behind them began to rustle. The dragons growled at the spot. That's when the rangers, un-morphed appeared. "Woah, woah, woah." Sunset said with her hands in the air. "We come in peace." The dragons snarled and narrowed their eyes at the rangers, suspicious of them. Fluttershy saw Sapphire and gasped. "Oh you poor thing." she rushed towards her and examined her. "Where does it hurt?"

"Ugh... everywhere."

"You need help right away."

The dragons were still acting hostile. "We just want to help Sapphire, that's all. But we can't do that if you four don't let us near her." Buddy pleaded. The dragons looked at each other and they back up a little. Trust had been established. The rangers went to Sapphire's side. "We've got to get her to the hospital, quickly." Lightning stated.

The others agreed, but before they could pick her up...

"Hold it, rangers."

The rangers turned and saw Vulcan and the minions again. The Night Fury roared at them and the others growled. "What are you doing here, again? Haven't you caused Sapphire enough pain?" Buddy asked, annoyed.

"Yes, and we're back to cause her even more pain." Keto replied.

"Fluttershy, Rhymey, get Sapphire to the hospital, we'll deal with the monsters." Sunset ordered.

Fluttershy and Rhymey nodded and Fluttershy carefully picked up Sapphire, bridal-style. Snowflake came up to her and nodded towards her back. "You want us to get one?" Fluttershy guessed. Shock nodded. "Alright then." the two leaped onto the Light Fury and dashed to the hospital.

"Alright, now let's deal with these three." Lightning said.

The others agreed and morphed. "STARFLEET MAGIC... POWER ON!"

The minions and Nacluv lunged at the rangers but the Midnight and the Zippleback rammed the four villains."Nice shot!" Rainbow commented. The villains growled and charged again. This time the Monstrous Nightmare blasted the four villians with it's fire and the four villains collapsed on the ground.

"Woah, it took them out with one attack!" Buddy exclaimed with awe. The villains staggered to their feet. "You rangers won't get away with this!" Vulcan declared as the four teleported away. The dragons roared in victory. "Come on let's get to the hospital." Lightning suggested. The others nodded and they all headed towards the hospital.

You can bet when the rangers showed up with prehistoric, living dragons at the entrance to the hospital, people were amazed and shocked. The rangers ignored them and asked about Sapphire. They were taken to her hospital room where Fluttershy and Rhymey were present. "How is she?" Lightning asked.

"The doctors say she'll be fine, but she'll have to stay here for a few days." Fluttershy informed.

Sapphire came to and saw her friends. "Hey guys."

"Sapphire... how are you feeling."

"Dizzy and woozy." she replied in a groggy voice.

"Just take it easy." Sunset suggested. Sapphire nodded and closed her eyes. "How are my dragon friends?"

"They're fine. We'll ask you about them when you get discharged, alright?" Sunset added. Sapphire nodded and Sunset suggested that they should leave to give their teammate some well needed rest.

Outside the hospital they saw a crowd of people around the dragons.

"Actual dragons!"

"Amazing!"

"They're beautiful!"

"We better get them to the mansion." Lightning whispered to the others. They nodded in agreement and they leaped onto the Midnight and the Monstrous Nightmare. "Come on, you guys." Lightning ordered. The dragons obeyed them and they flew off to the mansion.

Celesto, Celestia and Twilight were waiting outside when they saw the dragons walking towards them. The two were shocked and amazed by the huge creatures while Twilight's eyes sparkled. "Wow, real, live dragons. Amazing!"

The rangers hopped off of the Midnight and the Monstrous Nightmare. "So what do we do with them?"

"We can keep them in the here and near the mansion. They won't cause too much trouble... will they?" Celestia asked.

"Not as long as you show them your friends." Sunset said. "Anyway Sapphire will be in the hospital for a few days."

"Right, until then, why don't we show our new friends where they will be staying." Celesto said. The others helped Celesto and Celestia guide the dragons around the coast of the island. Their new home.

A few days later, Emerald was sitting by himself at lunch. Staring at the other teenagers as they laughed and smiled at each other, he sighed with sadness. Until...

"Emerald."

Emerald jumped and looked, seeing Sapphire standing there with a tray of food in her hands. She still had some bandages on her arms and a gauze on her face from the battle with Vulcan, but overall she was okay now. "Is this seat taken?"

Emerald stared at her for a moment. Sapphire was the only one who showed him kindness ever since he got here. "... No... you can sit here." he replied and for the first time he actually smiled at her. Sapphire grinned back and took her seat next to Emerald. Unaware by both of them, Sapphire's right arm glowed and two more bracelets appeared. One had a pink butterfly in the center and the other ahad a purple diamond.

Emerald and Sapphire didn't notice and they continued having lunch together as the other watched from their table. "Looks like she broke his tough shell." Rainbow said. "And gained two more elements."

"Yeah, she's full of surprises." Lightning said. The gang continued at watch as Sapphire and Emerald engaged in their newfound friendship.

Episode 13: Angles in the Outfield

One morning, Lightning was giving his History class back the results from a small test they had on World Wars. The answers were to be written in full explained definition.

“Many of these tests were very impressive, though some of you may be a tad disappointed.”

Sunset felt very nervous and twiddled her fingers, but Rainbow seemed very confident. “That test was a breeze.”

“How can you act so calm?” asked Sunset “History isn’t easy you know.”

“It’s just a whole bunch of dates, names and places. What could be simpler?”

Lightning handed Twilight back her test, she a perfect score. “Well done, Ms. Sparkle.” He commented. Then he came to the other two. “Ms. Shimmer, not bad, not bad at all.” he said handing her a C-Plus. Sunset sighed heavily in relief.

Then he came to Sapphire, "Sapphire Shimmer, very well done." he said, handing her an A-Plus. "Yeah!" she cheered. Lightning smiled.

Then it came to Rainbow, “Ms. Dash, you on the other hand could use some improvement in your answers.” and she was handed a D-Minus. Rainbow couldn’t believe her eyes. “What?” she exclaimed softly.

She even compared her answers with Sunset’s paper, and while their answers seemed the same, Sunset’s answers were more definitive in contrast to Rainbow merely using simple and fewer words for her answers.

“Hey, at least you didn’t do the worst.” Sunset said motioning over at Nikki.

“No way…!” Nikki whined, “Minus Ten Percent?! How is that, like, even possible?”

“You spelled your name wrong… “Nik-ki-ki Tent.” Lightning said, making several students chuckle. Nikki felt outraged, but as she gazed at Lightning she couldn’t help but not stay mad at him, but rather fall into a lovey dopey daze, much to his annoyance.

The bell rang, and Lightning dismissed his class, but Rainbow sat still a-puzzled and shocked that she got such a low mark.

Twilight and Sunset, even Lightning himself seemed concerned. It was just that she didn’t do well on this test. Lately her grades had begun to slip, and she had been getting low scores on many of her tests, even the P.E coaches were growing concerned with her. While she was doing outstanding in P.E, good grades were important as well.

If she couldn’t bring her grades up, she feared she would most likely be kicked off her sporting teams.

“Attention, Attention please…” Vice Principal Luna announced on the intercom “Rainbow Dash, please report to the main office immediately.”

Rainbow gulped hard and begged softly to herself, “Please don’t be what I think it is!”

(Que Intro)

During Lunchbreak period, normally Rainbow jumped straight out to the field and began to kick her soccer-ball around, but instead she just sat on the bleachers with the ball by her side.

The other rangers weren’t about to let this slide. So they all approached her. “Rainbow Dash…?” Fluttershy said sweetly “Do you want to talk about it?”

Rainbow sighed, knowing her friends wouldn’t lay off about it unless she told.

“The Principal Cadance said that if I don’t starting brining my grades back up, not only will have to be laid off all the sports teams, but… I may not be able to graduate with you guys.”

There were plenty of shocked and concerned expressions then, you would believe. “We can’t graduate without you.” cried Buddy. “It goes against everything we all are as a team.”

“You think I didn’t feel the same.” said Rainbow “Ah! I’m so mad and frightened about it, I don’t think I can even kick the ball straight anymore.”

She picked up her ball, dropped it intending to kick it really far across the field, but ended up kicking it back into her own head.

“Ooh, that’s gotta hurt.” teased Spike, but everyone gave him a stern look telling him that he wasn’t helping.

Twilight sat next to Rainbow and asked, “How much studying do you actually do?”

“What do you mean? I study; I study as much as I can.”

“How much…?”

“Well, I guess a couple of hours.”

Twilight was no convinced. “Okay, I study for a bout fifteen minutes. I look up all the answers by the internet and then just put them on my tests.”

“No offense, Rainbow, but that seems kind of lazy.” said Sunset.

“Well, it’s not like I have all the time in the world.” protested Rainbow “Between schools, soccer practice, band practice, being a ranger, training, working at the base. I’m usually all wiped out at the end of the day, and I even forget what I studied.”

The others couldn’t argue with her there. Knowing her busy schedule, it was understandable that she’d slip up. Sadly, this excuse wouldn’t get her out of the possibility of being held back. “What am I going to do?” she cried.

“You just need to organize
All your studying, work and exercise.” said Rhymey.

Rainbow scoffed, “I have so much to do I can hardly TELL the time at times.” She rubbed her head at what she just said, “Okay, that one hurt.”

Rhymey thought it over,

“Well, if we can’t find any go-betweens.
Maybe we can some other means.”

Hearing him say “Go-Betweens” gave Twilight a great idea. “Rhymey, you’re a genius!” she cried, and before anyone could ask why she ran off telling everyone to meet her on the field after school.

“What do you think she’s got in mind?” Fluttershy wondered. Not one of the others could tell, not even Spike.

Meanwhile, Keto was outside the tower and held out his staff, “Here it comes…” he called out to someone. “Song of Embernova!”

The mugic was summoned and as the song played a barrage of fireballs were launched at a calculator-like monster. “Calculating angles and velocity…” he said as he hit his own keys, and the green screen on his face glowed with equations. Now able to see the fireballs, where they were coming from and how fast they were coming, it was easy for him to dodge them and bat more of them, sending them straight back at Keto.

“Whoa!” shouted Keto as he barely dodged his own attack. “Watch it, Calculus! We’re just practicing.”

Calculus scoffed “Even with this practice, I calculate the odds of victory approximately one-hundred twenty percent!”

“Really…” hissed Vulcan as he appeared before the two, “I like those odds. That’s why I’ve entrusted you to destroy the rangers, Calculus.”

“You can count me, sir.” said Calculus “My figures are never mistaken.”

“They had better not be.” sneered Vulcan, and he turned to face Keto “Because if he blows it, you’ll be minus a guarantee that I won’t roast you alive!”

Keto felt nervous, but assured him “We’ve been training all morning. If he says victory is assured, I believe him.”

“Very well then.” hissed Vulcan.

Later that day, after school as promised, Rainbow and the other rangers met up with Twilight in the soccer field. She had already got permission from Principal Cadance to use for her experiment.

Sapphire and Twilight had set the field up with various sporting obstacles; cones, hurdles, net-climbing, long jumping, and various others. Each one had different papers clipped onto them with bits of study notes, questions and basic answers. Even the soccer balls were marked with answers, questions and things…

“I thought maybe we could combine your studying and your sporting practice into two.” Twilight explained “Sort of multi-tasking. This way you can practice, and study for tests and assignments.”

Rainbow didn’t seem too keen on such an idea.

“Well, it wouldn’t hurt to try is.” said Sunset “After all; you do have to keep your eye on things while you practice.”

“And sports do have loads of math and memorization of patterns and things.” added Buddy.

Rainbow thought it over “Well, I guess that is true.” So she agreed to give it a try.

She started with simple lap racing, hurdle-jumping and running round the cones placed. Unlike most lap-racing, during each lap one of her friends would hand her a question card with a math problem, or a test question, and she was required to jump over the hurdle kick over the cone that had the correct answer clipped to it.

Of course, it wasn’t very easy to think and read the answers clearly while running at the same time. She ended up jumping over hurdles and knocking down cones with the wrong answers on them, and when she tried again and aimed for the correct answers her timing and speed were messed up because she couldn’t concentrate on what she was doing. She tripped over the hurdles and the cones, and she made terrible timing finishing her laps.

So the friends decided to try something easier: simple soccer shooting.

Each soccer-ball was marked with washable ink. Some had answers to math questions on them. Each ranger would call out a question to her, and she was to kick the right ball into the goal.

Then they would place multiple balls in a row with words making complete and definitive sentences to questions on the history test she flunked. She had quickly read the answers and then kick the respective balls into the goal.

Twilight even set the balls up at different angles to help her work on her geometry.

For a while it seemed to be working, but when it came time for her to take a much needed break. She was re-tested on her questions.

“Come on, you did this before…” said Fluttershy.

Rainbow thought hard looking like her head would explode, but in the end, “Ugh! This isn’t working. I’m too pooped out to think.”

The others all sighed in dismay, but they still didn’t want to give up on their friend. So they all decided to take her out to dinner, no doubt they quizzed her along the way.

“Come on, guys, this is actually starting to annoy me.” Rainbow said.

“It’s really for your own good.
You need to go along with this, you should.” said Rhymey.

Rainbow sighed, “Okay, ask me another question.”

“How about what are five rangers minus five rangers.” called a sinister voice. The rangers saw him, Calculus, and a swarm of Lingos by his side. “It’s nothing, and according to my calculations, that’s what you’ll be soon enough!”

Twilight noted the shape of the monster, a calculator; “Okay, normally I’m all for calculators, but this is crazy!” she muttered.

“Get someplace safe!” Sunset said to her. Heeding, Twilight scooped Spike up and slipped off into an alley.

The rangers all stood together and Sunset declared, “It’s Morphin Time!”

“Morphing Sequence, Ready!”

“STARFLEET MAGIC… POWER ON!!”

They all morphed and stood ready to brawl.

“Ha!” scoffed Calculus and he called to the Lingos “Let’s divide and conquer these pest!”

The Lingos charged, and the rangers rushed forth as well.

Even though Rainbow was still tired from her sporting studies, she still had plenty of energy to fight back. “Game time!” she hollered as she punched and kicked down the Lingo’s skillfully.

“Score one!

You’re out of there!

…Home-run!”

“Good rhymes, Rainbow.
Way to go.” Rhymey called to her.

Rainbow gave him a high thumb.

Calculus could see the Lingos weren’t fairing so well, as usual, “Try this!” he shouted, and his screen glowed brightly, unleashing several equations, which were actually laser beams, Sapphire saw it in a second and leaped into the sky, but the blasts hait the rangers hard and knocked them over.

“Cheap shot!” groaned Buddy.

Sapphire landed on the ground.

“Let’s get him!” shouted Sunset.

Sapphire came charging in turned into wolf. She leaped towards him. "Calcultaing speed and force." with his calculation he dodged the pounce... or so he thought. Sapphire, in a moment, turned and bashed him hard. "Hey, that wasn't in my calulations!" he whined. Sapphrie only growled at him. Sunset and the others came charged in then.

Calculus snickered, “Calculating angles and speeds.” with his calculations, he was able to dodge the rangers coming at him and hit them with huge punches….

…Much to Twilight and Spike’s chagrin as they watched. “Sorry, rangers,” mocked Calculus “I’ve done the math and it calculates victory is one-hundred percent! You may as well make it easy and surrender!”

“Never!” shouted Sunset “There’s five of us and only one of you. The odds are still in my favor!”

“Oh, you like addition? Well how about some multiplication…?” he tapped his big multiplication key and his screen fired several beams of light which produced several copies of himself evening the odds five-to-five. The only differences were they could not speak, and their screens were red in color.

“Looks like your math is a little off…” the real Calculus sneered, and he ordered his clones, “Attack!”

“Weapons ready!” shouted Sunset. All the rangers grabbed their weapons and each charged a monster, but much to their surprise, the clones were just as able to calculate the angles, strengths and other details of the rangers’ attacks as well.

Rainbow fired her cannon, but the clone simple fired back with its laser beams, and then shot her.

Buddy tried his whip, but the clone caught it and yanked him in close then kicked him back out again.

Sunset fired her stars from her scepter, and Rhymey swung his sword hard, but the creatures calculated every angle and managed to dodge and avoid the barrage and swings and knocked the rangers back with laser shots.

Even Fluttershy’s shield didn’t help defend her. She hid behind it as the real Calculus punched her hard and actually sent her sailing backwards.

“Fluttershy…!” Sunset cried as she and the others helped her up.

“I’m alright.” said Fluttershy, but Calculus laughed, “Say, who here can tell me how many monsters it takes to destroy this city?” and with that, he his multiplier again producing more and more clones of himself flooding the entire area with a small army.

“Ah, man! As if a few of these guys weren’t bad enough!” groaned Buddy “What do we do now?”

Sapphire came in and unleashed a sonic howl. "AWWOOOOOO!"

The sonic waves of the howl destroyed the clones, revealing the true Calculs. "Hey! Grr... I've had enough of you!" Once again he made the clones again and this time Sapphire changed into a lion and lunged at all of them. She was slashing the clones with her electricity covered paws, destroying them, but when she destroyed one, two more showed up. But she wasn't giving up.

Sunset and the others could see the outcome of this.

“She can’t fight them all, not while they have the advantage.” said Sunset.

“Guys…!” Twilight called motioning for them to follow her into the alley for an obvious retreat. Seeing it the best option for now, the rangers dashed over to the alley. "Sapphire, over here!"

Sapphire stopped slashing and saw her friends retreating. She started at Calculus and growled as if saying 'This isn't over." and she dashed off to catch up with her friends. The monsters didn’t even bother to follow them.

“Run all you like, rangers. It doesn’t matter.” hissed Calculus “With me and my clones, we’ll crush this city as easy as One-plus-One!”

He laughed wickedly.

The rangers had safely made it to their base, and they took off their helmets.

Celesto reviewed all the images recorded of the fight. “Needless to say, the way they can calculate and predict your every move gives them a serious advantage.” he said

“Serious is right.” said Buddy “They came at us like we were moving in slow motion. We couldn’t even get close.”

"Sapphire was the only one who actually did damage to him." Rainbow said.

Celesto reviewed Sapphire's pounce attack and tail smack. "How did you manage to smack him?" Sunset asked.

"I knew he would calculate my pounce attack, but he didn't calculate the second part of my attack; My tail smack. Attacks are like equations for me. There are many parts to it. Not just one. With you guys, you just do one attack and that's it."

Suddenly, Rainbow had an idea “So what you're saying is that we need like a sudden change in strategy.”

The others caught onto her idea, and Rainbow explained her plan to them all.

“It just may work.” said Celesto “But you’ll need backup. Lightning was in a staff meeting, but I’m sure he can join you now. I’ll contact him at once.”

“In the meantime, we better get back out there before those clones destroy the city.” said Sunset.

She and the rangers quickly grabbed their helmets and left through the jump-tubes.

“Sure hope they know what they’re doing.” Spike murmured to himself.

“Of course they do.” snapped Krysta “When have they ever not?”

Spike preferred not to get into an argument.

The rangers rushed through the city, and met up with Lightning along the way. “I got the message. What’s happening?” he asked, but he could suddenly see for himself, the many Calculus clones all over the place, terrorizing the people and breaking everything in sight.

“We have to find the original and attack him.” said Sunset.

“There he is!” cried Buddy.

Up ahead was the real Calculus, as was identified by his green screen. “So, you’ve come back, have you?” he sneered.

“We sure have!” said Sunset “And we’re going to take you and your clones down!”

Calculus laughed “You must have some miscalculation going on in your brain. I have any army at my side… hello!”

Rather than wasting time arguing, the rangers rushed right into battle, and the clones charged at them.

Sapphire attacked many clones at once with her electric attacks while each ranger attacked two to three clones at once, which would prove to be very foolish to most. The clones were still able to calculate and determine their every move and were able to dodge every attack and strike the rangers back hard.

“This isn’t working!” cried Fluttershy.

“Stay strong!” shouted Sunset “Rainbow needs a chance to get an opening.”

Rainbow fought against two clones, very near to the original whom watched with glee, enjoying watching the rangers getting beat up. “Just think of all the profits I can get from this job.” he chuckled to himself.

Rainbow got shoved over again by the clones, knocking her several feet away from the original. “Well, I think this is a good enough angle now.

…Sonic Cannon!”

She fired her shots, and the clones avoided and repelled each and everyone one of them.

The Real Calculus saw this as a good chance for him to shoo her himself. “Time to calculate the final sum.” he joked as he prepared to fire, “Calculating angle and power level.”

Once he had a lock, his screen glowed and ready to fire.

“Now’s my chance…!” Rainbow said to herself, and she imagined the whole place like a big soccer game and the ball coming straight at her from behind at a steep angle.

Using her mad soccer skilled she leapt up high, back flipping over, and while upside down she fired her shot straight at the original’s screen before he could calculate what she was doing.

KAPOW!! The blast hit him hard and shattered his screen. “A’RGH! My screen! My beautiful screen! Look what you’ve done!” he cried and whined. He tried all his keys but nothing worked, and because he malfunctioning, all his clones vanished in shatters of number-shaped pixels.

“All right, Rainbow!” called Lightning.

“Way to go!” rhymed Rhymey

“Awesome, looks like the odds are on our side now.” said Sunset.

“I like those odds.” peeped Fluttershy.

The six rangers stood together. “Bring it together…” Sunset called.

“Weapons, Combine!”

“Star Slammer… Ready!”

“You think that toy of yours can beat me. I’m still twice as strong.”

“Fine!” snapped Lightning “Then let’s make it ten times; charging gauntlets.”

“Comet Gauntlets… Engage!”

"Volt Tackle!"

“Uh, oh!” cried Calculus ah aw the rangers ready to stike.

“STAR SLAMMER… ULTRA-STRIKE!”

“Comet Trail… Fire!”

Sapphire charged with her electrical attack and the Star Slammer's power and Lightning's comet powers combined with her attack. She struck the monster hard, slamming him to the ground in a big explosion.

The rangers rejoiced…

…but the rejoice was about to be short lived, as Vulcan’s minions viewed everything on the monitors.

“Looks like our plan just hit a big zero.” Marla teased “We’ll see about that!” sneered Keto, and he marched straight up to the window, “FORTISSIMO!”

His mugic reached the island, and grew Calculus to giant size, and repaired his screen too. “Looks like I’ve been added up a few hundred times!” he called to the rangers below.

The rangers winced, and Sunset pressed on her morpher badge, “…Ultra-Star Megazord!

“Zords Combine!”

“Ultra-Star Megazord… Ready!”

"Dire Wolf Zord, I choose you!"

The Wolf Zord burst from the ground and leaped onto the scene, beaming Sapphire into the cockpit.

Calculous laughed, “I’ll divide you all up evenly, and then subtract you from existence!”

The megazord only lunged forth ready to fight, but the monster calculated the angle and dodged skillfully. “Missed me!” he taunted.

The Megazord struck again only to miss, and again, and again. “You should’ve studied your numbers more…” the monster teased, and fired his lasers at the megazord hard.

The Megazord’s armor was strong and it hardly got knocked back a few steps.

“This isn’t working! He’s still able to calculate us.” cried Buddy.

“We have to shatter his screen again!” said Sunset.

Dire Wolf Zord growled and howled loudly into the air. "Sapphire, what's with you Zord?" Buddy asked.

"I don't know. Dire Wolf, what's is it?"

Dire Wolf Zord growled and suddenly a loud trumpet sounded through the air. "What was that?!" Lightning cried.

"Look!" Sunset pointed and everybody saw something large charging their way. "Is that a Elephant?" Rainbow asked.

"It's a Mammoth Zord!"

The Zord was light brown with very large snow white tusks. It trumpeted and bashed hard into Calculus, "Agh!" he fell to the ground. "Woah!" Rainbow gasped.

The Mammoth Zord formed a large rock at the end of it's trunk and launched it at Calculus. "That as Rock Throw!" Sapphire cried. The rocks slammed into Calculus cracking his screen! "Alright Mammoth Zord!"

“Great going.” said Sunset “Now let’s finish him! Charge up Star blast!”

“Energy Charge, Ready!”

“Star Blast-Wave… Fire!!”

POW! The strong energy wave fired, striking the monster hard. “I DIDN’T CALCULATE THIS!!” Calculus shouted, and he exploded and was imprisoned.

The rangers all rejoiced, and Sunset allowed Rainbow to call this one.

“Monster Captured! Mission Complete!” The Mammoth Zord trumpeted in joy.

Back at the tower, Keto was cornered by a very furious Vulcan. “He said that chances of victory were a-hundred percent!” Vulcan shouted “You were wrong, Keto!”

“Um… actually…” Keto whimpered “He only said “Victory” was calculated. He never actually said “whose” victory.”

Vulcan only roared and unleashed a wave of fire on him until Keto was all black, and he coughed out a little smoke ring.

Marla and Bronc could only gaze at him pitifully, while Keto felt more embarrassed than hurt. “I should’ve rechecked my figures.” he groaned.

The next day, the rangers came to school, meeting up with Twilight and Spike and saw Rainbow in the field trying the obstacle study course again, and she was doing much better than ever.

She didn’t trip, miss her marks, didn’t lose her timing, and she actually managed to nail every correct answer to each question.

“What’s happened to our friend?
Where did it start, where will it end?” asked Rhymey.

“She’s been going at it since daylight.” said Spike.

The rangers were shocked to hear that; Rainbow being up that early. “I couldn’t believe it myself, but she said she was so eager to try it again. She said she had a new strategy to balance her work and studies.”

The gang just watched and wondered what inspired Rainbow.

Rainbow was inspired by the las battle, and pretended that her every shot and correct answer was hitting the bad guys and helping to save her friends and the city; a great way to help her feel there was no room for many mistakes.

Rainbow kicked a soccer ball, and when the ball passed by, she was suddenly playing her guitar as she sang to a rock song she made up.

…eventually the others joined in as choir singers.

A guitar solo happened, and then played a montage of scenes, where Rainbow was able to continue on this course; studying her notes while engaging in her activities, while imagining it was a battle and the outcome depended on her correct answers and swiftness.

She was even doing it during the song as there were notes stuck onto her guitar.

As the montages continued, she was seen passing her tests and assignments and boosting her grades up, so that she was no longer in danger.

Her friends were so happy that they hoisted her up, and she continued singing…

The song faded out, to in Lightning’s history class, and he passed her latest assignment with good marks. “Well done, Rainbow.” Lightning said to her, “Not a perfect score, but well done.”

“Ah, yeah…!” Rainbow cheered for joy like she was at a ball game, but then realized everyone looking at her, and Lightning giving her the sign to “Tone it down a little”

Her cheeks went red, “Sorry.”

Nikki and her friends scoffed and turned the other way, but the Lightning gave back their tests, and they were still very poor. “Ladies, if this keeps up, perhaps I’ll have to assign you tutors.” Lightning said and he hinted over at Rainbow and her friends… as a joke.

Naturally, neither side seemed to like the idea, and Lightning couldn’t help but chuckle.

Episode 14: Vulcan's Robot

Early one morning, Vulcan stood atop his tower. His overcoat fluttered in the breeze as he looked out the miles of ocean surrounding the island “The time is near…” he hissed to himself “After many battles and man failures; I may finally have what it takes to defeat the, rangers.”

He teleported inside and yelled for his minions!

Bronc, Keto, and Marla all rushed to him. “You called, Master?” said Bronc. “Yes.” replied Vulcan “The time has come for me to unveil my work to you all. Come with me.”

The minions, intrigued, followed him to his private lab. “Behold, my masterpiece!” said Vulcan as he flicked on the lights and everyone saw it…!

…A large robot, coated in gold and silver armor, with four arms, and it was loaded with all kinds of weaponry; buzz-saws, small cannons, and a spiked-ball on a chain.

“Whoa!” remarked Keto.

“It’s incredible!” whispered Bronc.

Marla didn’t know what to saw or feel, but she impressed no doubt.

Vulcan explained that using the remains of the volcanic and comet energies from creating Lightning’s powers and stuff, he used it to create his robot which he named “Vulcano”!

“This will prove to be far greater than any prisoner we have sent.” he picked up a remote control, and a type of visor, revealing he would be controlling the Vulcano himself; almost as if he himself were actually going to be fighting the rangers.

“Um, I hate to sound like a downer,” Marla cut in “But what it if doesn’t work?”

Bronc and Keto urged her to be quiet so as not to upset Vulcan, but Vulcan actually snickered, “That’s just the point. You see, in business you can never be too certain your plan will succeed or not.

…I know this especially considering the the number of times you all failed in the past!”

“It wasn’t all our faults.” said Keto “The prisoners are the one who…”

“Never mind!” snapped Vulcan “The point is, in business before you do anything with a new machine or a plan, be sure to test it to see how it works.”

He pressed on the controller and Vulcano began to come to life, and it looked raring to go.

Vulcan laughed wickedly, and the minions laughed too.

(Que Intro)

Later that day, the rangers were visiting their friends in the hospital.

After all this time, they still showed no sign of awakening, but at least their bodies felt warmer, and their wounds had healed nicely, but it would’ve been so much nicer if they were awake. Sapphire tilted her head to the side, being that she never met them before, but her friends told her what happened before they met her and she felt really bad for them.

Lightning gazed down pitifully at Starla. “I can’t begin to think of all the stuff they’ve missed out on.”

Fluttershy looked as if she would cry, such thoughts broke her heart. All the picnics she and her friends had been on, all the activities and events at school, why even school itself. “What if they never wake up!” she cried.

Rhymey placed his hand upon her shoulder saying,

“They will awaken, I know they will.
But we must continue to be strong for them still.”

The others agreed, “And watch…” Rainbow joked as she stood near Pinkie Pie “They wake up and she’ll want to throw us the biggest party ever.”

The others all smiled and sniggered softly, except for Sunset. Everyone saw her by Artie’s bed. It had been really hard on her all this time, and she really wished he were awake. “I miss you so much.” she said softly to him as she held his hand.

She remembered all the wonderful times they had when they first became a couple. She thought it so magically that he could ever have feelings for her, but more magically when she discovered her true feelings for him.

All her life she hardly understood passion and true love, and thanks to him and to all her friends, now she knew, and it was all worth it.

“Please come back to us…” she whispered to Artie “…To me.”

She didn’t even care that the others were watching, or whether if it was even allowed or not. She bent down gently pressing her lips against Artie’s.

All the others thought that was a deep moment; like something in a fairy-tale, but of course her kiss didn’t wake Artie up.

Tears flow down Sunset’s cheeks. Buddy came over and comforted her, holding her close. “Come on, maybe we should go. It won’t do you too good to stay here.”

Sunset tearfully agreed.

They all left the hospital where Twilight was outside with Spike. “How are they?” she asked, but the silence she received and the remains of Sunset’s tearful expression told her, “About the same, huh?”

The others all sighed. “I wish we knew how much longer we had to wait until they woke up.” said Buddy. The others all felt the same, but of course there wasn’t much they could do.

“By the way, how’s the status on the portal?” Rainbow asked Sunset. She shook her head, meaning the connection between the two worlds had not yet been repaired. “I even wrote to Commander Lightning, and he said it will still take time, that and he and his friends are up to their ears in danger tracking all the escaped prisoners.”

Spike shuddered, “Just the thought of that ruffles my fur. You guys only face a few monsters a week, but… imagine facing a few hundred at once!”

Fluttershy could actually see it before her eyes; Monsters! Everywhere she looked she could see monsters of many shapes and sizes, all of them laughing and growling at her.

She whimpered nervously as she quivered.

Even the others couldn’t help but find such a thought horrifying.

Meanwhile, Krysta was flying about, humming and singing softly as she, pretty, much patrolled around the island. The suburbs were quiet, the parks were clean, there didn’t seem to be anything bad happening in the city itself.

Krysta heard the sound of the town clock chiming. “Twelve-O-Clock and all is well.” she said as she stood on a roof ledge. Then he stomach gurgled, “Oh… right on que. Lunch time!” she said, and she was about to take off when suddenly she heard people screaming below.

She looked down and saw Vulcan’s minions all in the street with a swarm of Lingos. All of them causing trouble; terrorizing the citizens and smashing things up causing a huge ruckus as they shouted out for the rangers to appear.

“Come on out, Rangers!” Marla shouted, and she ordered her Lingos to “Destroy!”

Bronc and Keto fired their blasts at the ground and buildings.

Krysta flew off in a heartbeat to warn the rangers on the other side of the city. She found them all walking down the street from the hospital.

“Lightning…! LIGHTNING…!!”

Lightning looked up “Krysta…?”

She soared down so fast she almost crashed onto the sidewalk. She was panting very heavily trying to catch her breath. Lightning scooped her up in his arms as she tried to explain. “Saw the… city… screaming… monst…”

“What is she saying?” asked Rainbow.

“Don’t look at me, I don’t speak bird, if that’s even what it is.” said Spike.

Krysta finally caught her breath, but as she was about to explain, Celesto called the rangers. “Red Alert…! Red Alert!” he said to them over their coms, “Vulcan’s minions are terrorizing downtown. Proceed at once!”

Lightning looked down at Krysta, “Let me guess… THAT’S what you were trying to say?”

“…Duh!” remarked Krysta.

Twilight took Krysta and Spike, “We’ll head to the base. You guys get going.”

The rangers agreed and Sunset called, “Come on guys… It’s Morphin’ Time!”

“STARFLEET MAGIC…!!”

“Cosmic Comet…!”

“… POWER ON!!”

The citizens continued to run in panic, but a little girl dropped her stuffed dog on the sidewalk and wrenched away from her mother to run and pick it up.

“No! Come back!” her mother shouted as she dashed to catch up to her daughter, only to run right into Keto and a few Lingos. “Hi there…” Keto teased, frightening the lady and child.

“Leave them alone!” Sunset shouted as she and the rangers leapt onto the scene. This gave the mother and child their chance to escape.

Bronc snickered, “You certainly took your sweet time getting here.”

“Yeah…? Well it won’t take much time for us to get you OUT of here!” sneered Sunset. The other rangers all agreed.

“Get them!” Marla called to the Lingos.

The rangers all rushed forth!

Rainbow gave a Lingo a huge soccer-kick to the chest sending it crashing into two more.

Sapphire skillfully punched and kicked the Lingoes. Fluttershy was surrounded by several other Lingos, but as they all lunged for her at once, she leapt up high at the last moment causing them all crash into each other.

Lightning knocked one Lingo down, then another, and then he jumped and spilt kick another two. “I get a kick out of this.” he joked.

Buddy leapt in and attacked at Marla with his whip. “Hold still, will ya?!” he thundered as he kept swinging and Marla kept dodging. Suddenly, she caught his whip and yanked him towards her. “Why don’t you sit DOWN!” she thundered as she swiped him hard with her sharp nails making sparks fly. Just then, Sapphire came in and slashed Marla with her sharp lion claws, sending her flying. "Pesky cat!"

Rhymey fought with Keto, staff against sword. “You didn’t think magic was my only forte, did you?” said Keto.

“So I see,
But you’re smaller than Me.” scoffed Rhymey

CLANG!! The two weapons met in a struggle, and while Rhymey seemed to have the upper-hand, Keto underhandedly cast a mugic on himself. “Song of Fury!” making him stronger, and able to knocked Rhymey back hard.

Sunset fought against Bronc, or rather was dodging and evading his huge fists. Suddenly, she was backed up against a wall. Bronc snickered as he cracked his huge knuckles.

“Uh, we could talk about this…” whimpered Sunset.

“Now where’s the fun in that?” remarked Bronc and he thrust his fists forth, but Sunset rolled to the side at the last moment, and Bronc’s fists went straight through the wall; he was stuck. Sunset saw this as her chance to attack, but Bronc turned his head and shot her with his eye-lasers.

“Sunset…!” Fluttershy cried as she and the others ran to her side and helped her up.

Bronc pulled himself out of the wall with ease and regrouped with his comrades. “You seem to be losing your touch, Rangers.” he teased.

Sunset clenched her fists, “Oh, yeah? We’ll show you!”

The rangers all agreed, but as they charged forth, powerful shots bombarded them from out of nowhere, knocking them all down. “What was that?” snapped Rainbow.

“Look…!” cried Buddy as he pointed on ahead, and the rangers all saw a big hulking robot, Vulcano, stomping its way towards them.

At the base, the others saw it, but they could hardly believe it.

“Who or what is that?” snapped Spike, but much to everyone’s dismay, no matter how hard Twilight tried, “I can’t scan it!”

Celesto clenched his fists, “It must have a special coating! We’ll have no way of knowing how strong it is or what it can do.”

Krysta felt a chill run down her back, “That means the rangers will have to figure this out for themselves!”

The gang had their hopes for the rangers, but didn’t dare leave their stations and kept on working to do whatever they could in case of emergency.

Vulcano glared the rangers down. “That has got to be the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen.” said Rainbow.

“Well take a good long look, Rangers…!” said a voice over a radio. “That voice! cried Fluttershy. “…Vulcan!” growled Sunset. Vulcan laughed.

Vulcan controlled Vulcano from the safety of the tower and viewed everything through the visor. He spoke into a small microphone, calling to the minions, “Return to the tower at once. I’ll handle things now.”

The minions sighed; they were just getting warmed up, but complied with their master’s order, and they vanished out of sight.

“Now then…” Vulcan hissed as he glared at the rangers “…Who’d like to go first?”

The rangers all stood ready to go for it. “Go!” shouted Sunset, and she and the rangers charged forth, while Vulcano remained wear he was, not even moving.

“Attack!” shouted Sunset, and she and each of the rangers aimed powerful punches and kicks mercilessly at the robot’s armor, but of course such pitiful attacks didn’t even move the robot a single millimetre. Sapphire knew they needed something more pwoerful to deal with the bot so she went off.

“How pitiful…” Vulcan hissed, and he hit the controls…

…Vulcano extended his strong arms and knocked all the rangers back hard, sending them sailing and crashing along the ground.

“Whoa!” Lightning groaned as he held his arm “This thing’s tough.”

“I guess we should’ve expected that.” agreed Sunset, “Everyone, get your weapons out!”

Once armed, the rangers dashed to attack, but they found that even their weapons weren’t good enough either. Rhymey slashed his sword as hard as he could and Buddy gave his whip a heck of a swipe. Sunset and Rainbow blasted him with their weapons charged high.

“Here I come!” said Lightning “Comet Trail… Fire!”

KAPOW!! All those attacks combined made a huge explosion. The rangers looked with excitement, “Did we get it?” asked Fluttershy “Please say we did.” But they all suddenly heard the sound of Vulcan laughing over the radio, and when the smoke cleared, Vulcano had not even a scratch on him.

“I don’t believe it!
He took every direct hit!” growled Rhymey.

“Now, let me show you some real weaponry!” hissed Vulcan “Engage cannons!”

Two cannons on Vulcano’s back took aim. “Watch out!” cried Sunset, and the rangers scattered about as the cannons fired small shots that made big explosions, and though the shots missed the rangers the force of the explosions still knocked them all back hard.

“Launch the buzz-saws!” Vulcan shouted as he hit the controls, and five circular saws were launched like flying discs. They flew furiously like boomerangs, actually curving and made comebacks forcing the rangers to dodge like crazy.

Lightning and Rainbow tried to blast the saws, Rainbow with her cannon, and Lightning with his Comet trail, but the saws took the hits like nothing and kept right on going forth, hitting them both hard.

Fluttershy held up her shield, catching two saws that buzzed furiously against the surface of the shield making showers of sparks, and the force of the push was actually shoving Fluttershy back softly.

“Help me!” she cried.

Rhymey, responding to his girlfriend’s cry came leaping in and took a big swing with his sword knocking the two blades away like baseballs and the two blades plopped onto the ground, having run out of speed, as did all the others.

While the rangers felt a slight relief, Vulcano blasted them with his cannons knocking them all over again. Then, Vulcan activated a special magnet that brought all the saws back to his robot, and launched them again.

Vulcan laughed as he watched the ranger dodge fruitlessly. “I haven’t had this much fun in five-hundred years!”

The minions watched the battle from the monitors in the main laboratory. “A right and a left! OOH, Chi Wawa!” cheered Keto.

“Chi Wawa…?” Marla asked in confusion “How does that even work?”

Keto shrugged.

“Quiet!” snapped Bronc “He’s coming around again!”

He then pressed on the controls and made Vulcano extend the balls on chains on two of his arms.

Swinging the balls wildly, Vulcano dove straight at the rangers. “Let’s move!” shouted Sunset, and she and the others all leapt up, up, up onto high rooftops. “This should give us some space to think of something tot ry.”

Buddy gawked ahead, “Uh… I don’t think so! Look…!” Everyone looked to their horrors as Vulcano was levitating, via rocket-boots. “You didn’t think you could lose me that easy, did you?” teased Vulcan.

Vulcano jumped onto the roof and fought like crazy, swinging his chains and hitting the rangers with the spike-balls and even punching the rangers with his two free arms, knocking them off the roof.

Budd skillfully lassoed his whip round a flagpole sticking out of the building and swung across grabbing his friends forming a human chain allowing them all to land safely in the street.

“Great job, Buddy.” said Sunset.

Buddy gave the team a high thumb, but Vulcano glared at them from above and leapt down “Ready or not, here it comes…!” Vulcan called as he launched the saws and fired the cannons, forcing the rangers to dodge about again.

From the base, the others were watching everything, powerless to help or even come up with a solution.

“They can’t last much longer like this!” cried Krysta.

Twilight continued to try and scan the robot and any possible weakness it had, but to no avail. “Ugh! This is ridiculous!” she groaned as she pounded the keyboard “I can’t come up with anything. Even the Able Boost won’t work against that thing.”

Spike pulled on his ears in frustration. “Man, how much bigger can our problems get!”

Celesto suddenly got an idea from hearing that. “Normally it’s against better principles, but the situation calls for it. Send out the Star Jets! We’re going to fight this machine-to-machine!”

"Wait, sir look!" Twilight cried pointing back at the screen.

Two of the saws struck Lightning and Sunset.

Vulcano then swung his chains, hitting Rhymey and Fluttershy with the spike-balls, and finally shot at Rainbow and Buddy with his cannons.

The rangers were starting to look and feel pretty beat. Their suits had scorch marks from the numerous attacks they had sustained, while Vulcano had hardly been scratched.

“I don’t know about you guys, but I can hardly take much more of this.” Lightning groaned as he stood.

“Me either.” added Rainbow.

Vulcan laughed, “Getting tired, are we? Well, you’ll all be taken a long rest soon enough!” Vulcano prepared to bash the rangers again when...

Jaguin Zord bashed Vulcano away and Dire Wolf Zord slammed into it. "Jaguin and Dire Wolf Zord?!" Rainbow cried.

"Sapphire!" Sunset cheered.

"So you wanna take me on, Animal Ranger?" Vulcan challenged.

"Bring it, creep!" Vulcan grinned widely and very wickedly.

The minions could hardly believe this; Vulcan being cool about it.

“I’ll make the robot grow.” said Keto, and he was about to cast his spell, “No…!” Vulcan thundered, causing Keto to slip off his footstool and fall to the floor. “But sir…”

“I said No!” snapped Vulcan “…That will not be necessary this time.”

Marla whispered to Bronc “Has he flipped his lid?”

Bronc shrugged as he didn’t know, but he and the others continued to watch.

Jaguin Zord roared and poucned onto Vulcano, latching onto the back of the neck, with it;s claws digging into the arms. Vulcano jumped and leaped aorund trying to shake the Zord off and rocking Sapphire inside. "WOAH, YEOW, GAH! DIRE WOLF, HURRY!"

Dire Wolf howled and leaped into the air, spinning quickly and curling up into the ball, at the last second Jaguin Zord detached itself and the Wolf Zord slammed into Vulcano, sending it crashing to the ground. "Awesome!" Lightning cried.

Vulcan growled and got up again. "Time to cut you down to size! and he launched the buzz saws. The Zord blasted a beam from their mouths actually deflecting the saws back and they reattached themselves to Vulcano. "Insolent pest!" Vulcan yelled. He fired the lasers at the Zord but Jaguin Zord and Dire Wolf Zord leaped into the air and dodged.

Vulcano launched the cannons at the Zords. Jaguin Zord blasted the beam back with it's own negating it. "Time to end this Vulcan!" Sapphire called.

"Same here!"

Vulcano glowed brightly with massive amounts of energy ready to charge the Zords. "Ready girls?" Sapphire said.

The Zord roared and howled charging up as well.

The rangers below looked on in concern.

Twilight and Celesto had been monitoring the wavelengths of the communications. “Sapphire, that’s too dangerous.” Celesto said trying to discourage him, but it was no use. "The force of his charge may destory you and the Zords!" Twilight added. “I have to do this!” she responded.

“Is she crazy?!” snapped Buddy.

“I’d say so.” said Rainbow.

Vulcano finished charging up. "SAY GOODBYE, RANGER!" He rammed the controls and Vulcano charged the Zords.

"ULTIMATE THUNDER AND LEAF!"

The Zord roared with amazing power and charged head on towards Vulcano.... the three machines collieded.

BOOM!

The explosion was so great it was seen and heard all over the island!

The smoke cleared and there was an onimous silence. "SAPPHIRE!"

There was a large figure standing... when the smoke was completely cleared it revelaed to be...

...Jaguin and Dire Wolf Zord with Vulcano nothing more than pieces of scrap metal.

The rangers sighed in great relief while everyone at the base cheered with joy. "SHE DID IT! SHE DID IT!" Spike cried.

Jaguin and Dire Wolf roared and howled in victory.

Back at the tower, the controls and images in the visor had gone dead with the robot’s destruction.

The minions were all trembling with fear that Vulcan would start lashing out in fury at this loss. “I don’t know about you guys, but I’m ready to run!” whimpered Keto.

“Not before me you aren’t!” said Marla.

However, Vulcan didn’t seem angry at all; he was laughing rather hysterically as he pounded the wall like a madman.

“He doesn’t seem that mad to Me.” said Bronc.

The minions all approached their laughing master. He was laughing so hard he coughed and hacked a bit trying to catch his breath.

“Uh… sir…?” Keto asked trying to get Vulcan’s attention. At least he calmed down a bit and wasn’t laughing so hard.

“How can you be laughing? Your plan didn’t work!” said Marla.

“I’m quite aware of that…” Vulcan sneered.

“But sir…” Bronc try to inquire, but he was cut off when Vulcan held up his hand. “I told you all, didn’t… This was merely a test, and regardless of the failure, I now have all that I require.”

The minions were all confused.

“In business, you should always be sure to have a backup; cover your losses… and I have just the thing.”

He showed them all the blueprints of what was surely his ultimate plot, which the minions all took a shine too.

“Wow!” cried Marla.

“Cool!” said Keto.

“Magnificent!” Bronc said in astonishment “When do we begin…?”

Vulcan only snickered.

Meanwhile, the rangers and Sapphire made it back to base.

“Hail the conquering hero!” Spike sang, and he and Krysta acted like it was a big parade show, hoping around and throwing confetti. Sapphire smiled at the little, cute scene, but the rangers didn’t seem so optimistic, as was hinted by their deeply concerned looks.

Twilight and Celesto looked exactly the same way.

“Come on, what’s with you all?” asked Krysta “Sapphire sent that bucket of bolts to the scrap-heap.”

“Yeah, almost getting herself destroyed in the process…” said Rainbow. "She took a huge risk and managed to survive, but that may be different the next time."

“I can hardly believe Vulcan would actually send a robot after us.” Lightning said. Sunset had a sickening feeling in her stomach, the way the battle had gone and how Vulcan nearly crushed them all if it wasn't for Sapphire and her Zords, “…I think… he was just testing us.”

“It is very possible he was.” agreed Celesto “We have no way of knowing for sure what Vulcan has gained from this, or what he plans to do next, but rest assured… we must be ready for it.”

Everyone agreed, promising to train hard and be ready for whatever lay ahead.