My Brave Pony: Power Rangers Starfleet (Rewrite)
Chapter 19: Episode 19: Triple Stryke and Speed Stingers Oh My!
Previous Chapter Next ChapterIt was a cloudy day on Mystic Island, Sapphire woke up and found Snowflake staring at her with her cute eyes. "Yes, Snowflake?"
The Light Fury nuzzled Sapphire in the face, making her laugh. "Hehehe... alright alright, I'm getting up." Sapphire climbed out of bed, took a shower and got dressed. Snowflake and Oshawott cuddled next to each other. "Come on you two." Sapphire teased. The two followed their friend downstairs.
Entering the living room Sapphire was greeted by the most usual sight. "What the-?!" There were civilians crowded in the living room. Almost everyone whom lived on Mystic Island. Sapphire saw her friends were included in the bunch. Some of the people were frozen stiff with scared expressions. "What's going on here?" she asked.
Sunset and the rangers came to her. "Sapphire, it was awful. They were speedy. So fast! And their sting!" Fluttershy cried.
"Woah, woah, woah, calm down Fluttershy." Sapphire said.
Celesto, Celestia, Cadence, Shining Armor and Luna came up to the group. "What happened sir?" Sapphire asked.
"These creatures came to the island in the middle of the night and cause a panic." Celestia replied.
"What did they look like?"
"They were small, but they were extremely fast and quick. They were green with a large fin on their heads and smaller fins on their backs. They also have a large red stinger on the end of the tail. Their leader was larger and he had red markings on his body."
"They looked like raptors almost.” Cadence said. "And there was one other. This one was larger than the others and it had three tails, each with stingers on the ends. it was brown and yellow."
"Hmmm...." Sapphire thought. "Not good."
"Do you know what they are Sapphire?" Lightning asked.
"Yes.... Speed Stingers and a Triple Stryke dragon."
"A Speed what and a Triple what?" Rainbow asked.
"One sec." Sapphire rushed upstairs and soon came back down with a large book in her hands. "This is my Book of Dragons. It contains all the information on dragons." She opened the page to the Speed Stinger.
"Speed Stingers are part of the Strike Class of dragons. The can't fly but they are lightning quick and their sting can paralyze in an instant. They have a leader that directs them like a war chief."
"But how did they get here in the first place?" Sunset inquired.
"Speed Stingers have webbing between their toes, so they can run on water like a Basilisk lizard but for much longer. They are scavengers as well so they might be here looking for food."
"And what about this Triple Stryke?" Luna asked.
Sapphire turned to the page with the Triple Stryke dragon.
"This dragon had a prehensile tail with three stingers. Each stinger has a unique venom. The first one numbs the target. The second disorients them with mild hallucinogens, and the third creates the agonizing sensation of your blood burning. This dragon also has a defense roll. When these dragons are not using their stingers they can wrap the tails together creating a whip they can use to hit their opponents."
"Great so now we have a pack of dangerous dragons on our island. Now what?" Rainbow grumbled.
"We have to get rid of them." Lightning said.
"But how, those Speed Stingers will paralyze use in no time." Buddy said.
"There is one thing. Speed Stingers always go where their leader goes. If we can catch their leader and take him somewhere; far away from the island than the others will follow." Sapphire explained.
"That solves the Speed Stingers but what about the Triple Stryke?" Sunset asked.
"We'll worry about him later, right now the Speed Stingers are out priority. I'll go out there and find them."
"Alone?! No way Sapphire!" Rainbow said.
"I'm the only one who knows more about these dragons than you do, so I should be the one who drives them away."
"You can't do that by yourself." Sunset said.
"You need us there with you,
To drive these beasts away
This is true,
And the only way." Rhymey added.
Sapphire sighed, knowing her friends weren't going to back down. "Alright, you can come." The rangers smiled. Soon they were walking through the city with Oshawott, Snivy and Snowflake "Where did you first see the Speed Stingers?" Sapphire called.
"Near the First National Bank." Rainbow replied. The gang headed in that direction and landed a yard away from the bank. The Speed Stingers were prowling around the ban for any sign of food. "There they are." Sapphire whispered. Their leader was at the front of the pack. "We have to get that leader."
"But what are we gonna put him in?" Lightning asked.
Sapphire looked around and saw a large dog crate near them. "We'll put him in here."
"Now we have to get him away from the other Stingers." Buddy said.
"We got this. Snivy use Leaf Storm to confuse them" Sapphire ordered. "Alright?"
"Snivy." Snivy nodded "Once she does that, Oshawott will use Water Gun and pushed him in the cage then we'll take him and the pack to a deserted island." Sapphire added.
The rangers agreed. Snivy then leaped out and used Leaf Storm creating a cyclone of leaves around the Stingers. They roared in confusion. "Now Oshawott!" Oshawott quickly used Water Gun and it threw the Stinger chief into the crate. "Rainbow, Buddy, now!"
"Right." Rainbow and Buddy mounted Snowflake and the Light Fury grabbed the crate and flew off with it. Just as Sapphire said, the Speed Stingers followed the crate and dragon to the coastline and the ocean. They rushed across the water. "It's working!" Rainbow said.
Snowflake flew far out into the ocean and eventually came to a deserted island. Midnight deposited the crate on the island and blasted it open. The Speed Stinger pack caught up and roared the Light Fury and humans flying away from the island. "One large pack down, One dangerous dragon to go." Buddy said.
The trio got back to the island and landed near the others. "Now that the Speed Stingers are taken care of now we can deal with that Triple Stryke."
"So how are we gonna get rid of that dragon?" Lightning asked.
"Or better yet... tamed it and train it." Sapphire said.
"HUH?" The rangers exclaimed.
"You seriously want to train that dragon?!" Rainbow exclaimed. "It's way too dangerous!" Sunset added.
"If I can train a Snowflake than I can train a Triple Styrke."
"Not if we train it first!" a voice said. The rangers gasped and turned to see Marla, Bronc and Keto! Oshawott and Snivy growled at the sight of them. "What are you three doing here?!" Lightning snarled.
"We're here to train that Triple Stryke." Marla said. "With it, we can destroy your rangers and take over the world."
"That's not going to happen!" Sunset said.
"We'll see." and the minions dashed off. "We've gotta find that dragon before they do." Fluttershy claimed.
"But we don't know where it is." Rainbow said. Sunset turned to Sapphire, "Sapphire, is there anything that could help us?"
Sapphire thought for a moment. "Well... Triple Strykes do live in forests, maybe we'll find it there."
"There the forest near Canterlot High. Let's go." Lightning said. The rangers nodded and went to the forest near Canterlot High. They landed on the outside of the forest, luckily, there was no sign of the minions. They all walked into the forest. The shadows of the trees danced along the ground and the leaves were dancing in the wind. "It's quiet... too quiet." Sunset said.
"This dragon shouldn't be too hard to find." Rainbow said. Suddenly, they all heard a loud roar. That's when the Triple Stryke leaped out of the brush and struck the ground with it's tree stingers. The rangers, Sapphire and pokemon separated. "Well, we found him." Rainbow said.
"How are we gonna tame this thing?!" Lightning said.
"You don't and we take it home." The minions appeared behind the Triple Stryke. The dragon turned around to face them with it's three stingers, ready to strike. "You're not getting this dragon!" Sapphire claimed.
"Try and stop us!" Bronc taunted.
"Sapphire, you deal with the Triple Stryke. We'll deal with the minions." Lightning said.
"Right."
And the rangers morphed.
“STARFLEET MAGIC… POWER ON!!”
Then Lightning went last!
“Cosmic Comet… Power On!!”
They all did their own role call
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: “Fighting all danger! Comet Ranger!”
And altogether they shouted “…POWER RANGERS… STARFLEET!!”
The Triple Stryke roared and flew into the air. It curled up and rushed towards the rangers, who dodged and went after the minions. “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.
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.
Oshawott slashed them with Razor Shell and Snivy used Vine Whip and whipped the Lingos.
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 tree. 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, causing his fists to become stuck in the tree. She slashed him with her scepter, making sparks fly.
Meanwhile, Sapphire slowly approached the Triple Stryke. Her dragons growled at the Triple Stryke. "Easy there, boy. I'm not gonna hurt you." she cooed. The dragon snapped his claws, trying to intimidate Sapphire. "I want to help you."
The dragon roared and combined his tail and swung them towards Sapphire. She leapt over them, much to the dragons' surprise. She landed and talked to it again. "It's alright. I'm not your enemy." she cooed.
Just then, the rangers were blasted back by the minions, catching the attention of Sapphire, the dragons and the Triple Stryke. "Guys!" she cried.
"Now hand over that dragon!" Keto demanded. Sapphire stood in front of the Triple Stryke. "You'll have to get pass me, if you want him." The Triple Stryke stared at Sapphire, a little shocked.
"Alright then. Song of Embernova!" Keto launched a barrage of fireballs at Sapphire. Sapphire braced herself. "This is gonna hurt."
KAPOW!
There was a large explosion. "Sapphire!" Sunset cried. The minions laughed maliciously. But when the smoke cleared it was revealed that the Triple Stryke shielded Sapphire with it's wings. "What?!" the minions cried. The Triple Stryke roared angrily at the minions but looked at Sapphire with a soften expression. That only meant one thing.
Trust had been established.
The Triple Stryke fired it's highly concentrated streams of fire at the minions.
(Like this)
The fire blast forced the minions to jump out of the way. The dragon roared and flew over to the minions and performed his defense curl attack, knocking the minions onto their backs. "Woah!" Rainbow gasped.
The minions got onto their feet. "Luckily, we brought some back up. King!" A monster suddenly appeared on the scene. His body looked like that of a king cobra with the hood and everything. His arms had stingers on the ends as well as his tail. "King is ready for battle!" he said.
"And to help you even more, FORTISSIMO!" Keto used his mugic to make King grow big!
The rangers all winced in shock, and Sunset activated her morpher, “Star Jets… Combine!”
The jets were already on the scene and combining!
“Jet Star Megazord… Ready!”
Once the rangers beamed inside, Lightning saw his chance and activated his own morpher, “Gigantify… Go!”
“Giant Mode… Ready!”
With that, Lightning grew into a giant. “Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about!”
The megazord looked at Lightning and held up its fist like a salute.
King whipped his tail at the megazord striking them hard and rocking the rangers inside. "Guys." Lightning said. King then struck the megazord and Lightning with his tail stinger. The controls in the megazord all went red. "What's going on?" Buddy said. Sunset pounded the controls, but nothing happened. "That sting must have paralyzed us!" Sunset cried. "The controls aren't responding. Lightning tried to move but the venom had paralyzed him too.
"Hahaha, time to give you a real sting!" King said.
Sapphire and the dragons didn't like this. "I need something that can take out those stingers of his, but what?"
Just then, Midnight's appendages perked up. "What is it, Midnight?"
The Night Fury raced over through the forest followed by the others. They came to the edge of the forest to a rocky reigon of the island. There Sapphire saw something moving through the rocks. it came closer and closer to them all and they all got a good look at it.
"A Smilodon Zord?! Awesome!"
The Smilodon Zord a icy blue with long, white fangs and paws. Unlike the normal Smilodon, it's teeth were thicker than normal, so it could handle side-to-side movements. The Zord spotted Sapphire and walked over to her. It purred at the sight of her and Sapphire touched it on the nose. "I need your help, boy." The Zord nodded and beamed Sapphire and the pokemon inside. "Let's move!"
Sapphire pushed on the controls and the Zord roared and leaped over the forest and launched itself at King, surprising him "WHA!" The Zord slashed him with it's large white claws, knocking him to the ground. "Nice Sapphire." Rainbow said.
The Smilodon Zord stood in front of the paralyzed Zords. "You can't take me on, little kitty. With my vemon still in affect the rangers are immobilized!"
"Not for long! Dire Wolf Zord, I choose you!"
The prehistoric wolf Zord burst from the valley and howled loudly. It appeared on the scene and growled at King. "Dire Wolf, NATURE'S BLESSING! Heal the Zords!"
The wolf stood on it's back legs and howled as leaves circled around it. It got down on all fours and unleashed a barrage of leaves. The leaves circled the Zords. The controls in the Jet Star Megazord were not red anymore and the controls started working again and Lightning could move again as well. "Alright Sapphire!" Rainbow cheered. "We got control again!"
"Uh-Oh!" King whimpered. He launched his tail stinger at Smilodon Zord. "Look out!" Sunset said.
The Smilodon Zord stepped to the side and used it's large fangs to bit the tail. King screamed in pain and the Zord spun him around and around before finally tossing him up into the air. "Woah!" Lightning said.
"Alright boy, finish this with ICE CANNON!" The Zord's mouth opened and massive amounts of ice energy formed inside. It blasted a large beam of ice energy at King. The blast hit him hard, "THIS IS GONNA STING!" he exploded and was imprisoned in a sphere. "She did it! She did it!" Sunset cried.
Lightning cheered as well. "Yay! Alright!"
"Monster Captured! Mission Completed!"
At the Prison Tower, the minions were cornered by Vulcan. "W-We're sorry, sir." Bronc whimpered.
"Don't give me that, time for your punishment." Vulcan yelled. The minions hugged each other in fear as Vulcan fired his fire attacks at all of them. The minions bolted away from Vulcan as he chased after them bellowing, "DON'T RUN AWAY FROM ME WHEN I'M FIRING AT YOU."
Normally, the prisoners would be scared of Vulcan when he's angry, but seeing him chase his minions around, they laughed.
The rangers want back to the mansion, where all the people were anxiously waiting for their return. "Rangers, how did it- What is that doing here?!" Celesto cried, pointing to the Triple Stryke in fear. "It's alright, he's a friend now."
"... Really?" Celestia inquired.
"Yes. And the Speed Stingers are gone for good." Lightning reported. The people sighed in relief. The one whom were stung by the Speed Stingers were now moving around. "So everyone can go home now." Sunset announced. The people cheered and rejoiced and they all exited the mansion and went back to their respective homes, leaving the rangers and the dragons behind.
"Now what are we gonna do with the Triple Stryke?" Twilight asked.
".... Looks like we'll have to make another space in the yard for you.... what's his name?"
"Oh?" Sapphire and the rangers were so concentrated on the battle that they didn't name the Triple Stryke. "How about Striker?" Buddy suggested.
"That could work, I mean he does have three stingers to strike with." Lightning said.
"So Striker it is." Sapphire declared. Striker roared happily and snapped his claws. He rubbed against Sapphire, "Welcome home, Striker." she cooed, having another dragon to add to the family.
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