A/N: The following series takes place in the Mangaverse as seen in The Magic Within Turtles Forever my Nicktoons Unite story. This is also loosely based on the Power Rangers series: Zyuranger/Super Senti and the Sabrina the Teenage Witch manga: The Magic Within. Enjoy some characters owned by myself and some friends while everyone else belongs to where they belong to. Enjoy!
It was a sunny summer day at Greendale Prefecture's local water park, Typhoon Land, and our familiar group of heroes was hanging out there for the day.
"Ugh... This heat..." Cherry groaned.
"Let's get you in the water," Atticus suggested. "That'll make you feel nice and cool."
"Solid idea," Lionel replied. "I can't wait to go down the mega-slide!"
"To the slides!" Thor proclaimed.
They soon came to a rather long line for The Mega-Slide which made them grumble slightly.
"Oh, come on!" Atticus complained. "It's too hot for this!" Just then, he was sprayed with a water blaster.
"Then maybe THAT oughta cool you off!" Slugloafe laughed.
"Gah!" Atticus yelped before glaring. "Slugloafe!"
Slugloafe laughed a bit from that.
"At least that helped somewhat." Cherry crossed her arms as she carried a parasol to protect herself from the simmering sun.
"Lemme guess; goths don't burn, they simmer?" asked Mo.
"That look suits you." Lionel added.
"Yes to Mo and thank you, Lionel." Cherry replied.
"I thought the sun would make you burn and die." Slugloafe mocked.
"Go away, child," Cherry rolled her eyes. "As if this heatwave can't possibly get any worse."
"Hello, everybody, royalty coming through~" A voice smirked.
"Oh, no..." The group groaned as they saw a blonde girl with a black-haired girl and a brown-haired girl beside her. "It's Amy, Gem, and Cassandra!"
"Bitch Brigade at a quarter to 3," Lionel remarked. "And they're coming in fast."
"Hey, guys, feeling hot?" Gem smirked.
"Yeah, but you're gonna feel even hotter when you have to wait in line like the rest of us." Mo glared.
"So you say," Gem smirked as a guard came by. "Stone? Party of Three?"
"Ah, yes, come right this way." The guard said as he led them to be in front of the line while everybody else had to wait in the heat.
Lionel began to mutter under his breath as his head began to sizzle before it caught on fire. "...Ow," he remarked as his watch-com started to beep. "Looks like Drell's a-calling."
Suddenly, the kids found themselves teleported away.
At the Command Center, Skippy was making gestures at a delivery guy.
"Whaddya mean nobody ordered a fully set-up indoor pool with Jacuzzi settings?" asked the guy.
Skippy made more gestures.
"Well, it's already set-up!" The guy replied as the group teleported into the pool.
SPLASH! Skippy looked over, a bit concerned.
"Heh... This feels good..." Cherry smirked. "We should get called away more often on a very hot summer's day."
"We're good, Skip," Atticus told the chimpanzee. "Great timing, actually!"
Skippy sighed in relief, then held up a sign. "Get to the main room A.S.A.P.! It's very urgent!" it read.
Soon after, the group was seated at their group table, and Drell teleported in, cleaning his glasses. "Good, you're here," he noted, as Skippy wheeled in a television and turned it on. "Look what's happening in the big city!"
On the screen, it showed people running and screaming as a massive skyscraper began moving down the street like it was on wheels. The group watched with a bit of surprise.
"So buildings are attacking people?" Cherry asked. "...That's what I'm getting from that imagery."
"Keep watching," Drell replied.
Several buildings grouped together as the rolling skyscraper blasted into the sky like a rocket; soon, it came back down, topped with a massive, odd-looking house. As the city folk watched, Della emerged from the house, riding atop a flying penny-farthing bicycle, accompanied by Craven, who was flying behind her in a scene very reminiscent of "The Wizard of Oz".
"Attention, pathetic filth that makes up the disease known as humanity!" Della announced. "I am Della, the most powerful sorceress to ever exist! Once our worlds were one, but I shall merge them again and seize control, as I was meant to! The surviving humans shall be put to work for the mystical beings, but the rest are mere filth! Wasting your time on idiotic notions like love, while you hate and slaughter each other like savage animals! Ever heard of 'practice what you preach'?" she cackled as she pointed her staff, firing some magic blasts, which blew up some buildings nearby.
"Della... Didn't you tell us about her once?" Atticus asked.
"Yes... One of my most dreaded enemies..." Drell glared as he shook his hands into fists. "She irks me worse than you can imagine."
"What about those two witchgicians that do magic tricks for mortals in the big city?" Cherry spoke up.
Drell glared over which made the others cover her mouth. "Never mention those two around me!" he said firmly before trying to regain his composure. "But... Della is far worse than them..." he then said.
Skippy held up a sign that said "SHHH... IT'S STILL GOING."
In the video, Drell could be seen watching the events play out until suddenly, Della was literally a foot away from him.
"Well, isn't this a pleasant reunion?" The wicked witch woman asked. "I thought I recognized that gut; my old colleague, Drell."
"Della!" Drell spat. "What business do you have here, fiend?"
"Thought I'd drop by, combine both realms into one, and then reap the benefits by becoming ruler of both worlds." Della shrugged. "Business as usual."
"I suppose all those years of imprisonment haven't changed a thing about you." Drell remarked.
Della stuck out her staff towards a garden hose, and it instantly coiled around Drell's body before changing into a snake. Fortunately, Drell succeeded in breaking free, and the snake was returned to being a garden hose.
"Well, well; it looks like you're not as sloppy as I remember." Della remarked.
"Damn right!" Drell exclaimed as he spun his own staff like Bruce Lee. "This old dog's learned a few new tricks!"
The adventure group gathered together, out of the way before they were back in their normal clothes.
"Stay behind me, kids," Drell glared. "It's time to soak a witch."
"Interesting choice of words," Della smirked. "Are these your little minions?"
"You never did learn proper terms," Drell spat. "They are my ACOLYTES! Alright, time to show her what you're capable of!"
At once, the group took out their Dino-Bucklers.
"Ah, but this fortress is so cramped," Della remarked. "I say we need some space!"
With a wave of her staff, she teleported them all to an empty beach.
"Where are we?" asked Mo.
"Looks like a beach..." Atticus replied.
Suddenly, Thor saw something toddling around in the sand nearby. It was a quintet of small, vaguely-humanoid creatures.
"They look like little clay dolls..." Cherry noted as the group approached.
"Aw, they're kinda cute!~" Thor gushed as he knelt down. "Hey, widdle guys!~"
But then, the small dolls knocked Thor back with massive fists before growing to full-size.
"Still think they're kinda cute?" asked Cherry.
"Okay, okay, I made a mistake," Thor replied. "I'm sorry, alright?"
Cherry rolled her eyes a bit.
"What do you want this time, Della?" Drell glared.
"I just thought I'd visit an old friend," Della smirked. "Is that so wrong?"
"It wouldn't surprise me if you were the reason why Sabrina was taken away from her parents." Drell grumbled to himself.
"Why are we at this beach?" Mo asked.
"Summer, thought I'd go with that vibe," Della replied. "And I figured I'd let you play with my little pals, my clay warriors! Have fun!" she cackled.
The group soon struck dramatic poses.
"Why must you drag them into this?" Drell glared.
"I must be going..." Della smirked as she walked off.
"Get back here, you coward!" Drell growled as he chased after her. "Nobody runs away from me!"
"You dare touch her royal personage?" Craven spat as he stepped in front of him, blocking his path. "Besides, she's got better things to do than mess with an ant like you!"
"Alright, guys; let's smash these clay dolls!" Lionel remarked, taking out a pair of kusari-fundo.
Everybody else took out their own weapons, though Atticus and Thor would use their fists and feet.
"You kids wanna show this fool what you're made of?" Drell grinned at the teenagers behind him.
"Heck, yeah!" Mo replied.
"It will be my honor to defeat them." Cherry said as she bowed before she got into a fighting stance with a kanabÅ.
"Then let's shatter them good!" Lionel whooped. "BUKUJUTSU!"
"Get 'em!" Drell called out as he got out of the way.
The group yelled out as they charged towards the clay dolls as they began to fight them with violence as they were evil.
Lionel wrapped his kusari chain around two Clay Commandos' necks, and yanked them back, pulling their heads off. "Heads up!" he exclaimed.
Atticus decided to punch and kick away the heads that flew over to him. Mo began to tackle and kicked down some of the other clay figures. A few clay figures chased after Thor before they stopped in confusion as he seemed to disappear before he let out a battle cry and pounced on top of them with a smirk. Cherry slashed her club a few times with any clay figures that tried to ambush her.
"Anyone get the feeling that this was a bit too easy...?" Lionel asked.
"...Maybe just a little bit..." Thor replied before he sat up.
"They are clay after all." Mo added.
"Unless... It's a diversion!" Cherry suggested.
"You might be right," Atticus replied. "But what could be Della's plan?"
"Hmm..." The group paused thoughtfully.
The clay figures tried to jump out at them before they punched or kicked them away without looking. The fallen clay figures, however, began to drift away from the group as they seemed to be building something without the group seeing.
"We'd best zap back to HQ and figure that out," Lionel explained. "But what happened to the other clay jerks?"
"They were just here..." Atticus said. "Thor?"
Thor looked around as even the clay figures he squashed were gone.
"Maybe they disappeared?" Cherry shrugged.
There was soon some stomping which made them all freeze in place before they looked behind them to see a very big and tall clay beast who growled and roared at them like a killer monster.
"Ah, right," Lionel remarked. "This felt like a given."
"I don't know why we didn't see that one coming." Cherry sweat-dropped.
The clay monster soon slammed its fist right on top of all of them to squash them.
"Ugh! Nope!" Atticus glared as he grabbed the fist and began to try to lift it. "Don't mess with us, Clay Face!"
"Wrong guy!" Thor replied as they ran for it.
"Let's go," Atticus smirked at the clay monster. "Just you and me."
The rest of the group got out of the way before Atticus slammed down the fist and jumped high up and landed on it.
"You're messing with the black-belt of the best karate class in the world!" Atticus proclaimed as he began to fight with his best efforts.
"Clearly we won't beat this guy with just raw strength alone," Mo pondered. "How are we supposed to beat a monster made of clay...?"
"I'd like to give him a big 'ol Banzai Bolt from my energy." Thor smirked as he cracked his knuckles which made static electricity spark out, due to his special thunder and lightning magic.
"Well, we'd need to concentrate our power into one point... Like a magnifying glass!" Lionel exclaimed before conjuring a gigantic magnifying glass.
"Are you saying that we gotta melt him?" Mo guessed.
"No! Clay don't melt!" Lionel replied. "I meant we gotta bake him! He'll freeze up and then we smash him!"
"Ah!" The others replied.
"Activate the magnifying glass," Atticus smirked. "We'll aid you every step of the way."
"Through what?" Cherry asked.
"Through magic!" Atticus replied.
The clay monster growled as it came toward them, stomping every step of the way.
Lionel held up the magnifying glass. "Okay, team! Concentrate your powers through the center of the lens!" he shouted.
The others gathered around as they began to channel their magical energy one-by-one before they all did just that for Lionel's giant magnifying glass. The resulting energy ball was shot through the lens and covered the clay beast, baking it thoroughly and turning it into a gigantic statue. Lionel put down the magnifying glass, replaced it with a chisel and hammer, went over to the clay statue, and hit it with the chisel and hammer, shattering it into tiny pebbles. The others coughed a bit and waved some air around.
"Take that, Clay Face!" Atticus narrowed his eyes. "You can't mess with our team!"
"Yeah!" The group jeered as they all struck dramatic poses together.
"Alright, now to get back to the base!" Lionel proclaimed. With a clap of his hands, the group was suddenly poofed back to HQ.
The group ended up at a round table together with their own seats, each of them in their seats.
"Good job, everyone," Thor said as he dug into his mini-fridge. "Anybody for Chicken Yakitori?"
"Sounds good to me!" Lionel replied. "I'm hungry enough to eat a tanooki!"
"Same here." Mo added.
"Let's get some munchies before we have other work to do, yeah?" Thor chuckled as he decided to make them all some snacks.
"That sounds so good right now." Cherry agreed.
And so, the group all had snacks. Skippy soon appeared and came over to them.
"The monkey!" Cherry gasped.
Skippy rolled his eyes from that.
"You want a banana?" Cherry asked. "I bet you do."
Skippy rolled his eyes in mild irritation at that.
"Any news from Drell?" Atticus asked.
Skippy gestured a bit to tell them something.
"Urgent news after he tries to get through with Della?" Mo replied. "I wonder what he has in mind then?"
Drell suddenly poofed back inside the HQ. "Well, it took some time, but I managed to get Della's lair out of the city," he explained. "Fortunately for us, they're stuck on the moon."
"I guess it's a good thing that in space, nobody can hear you scream." Thor remarked as he began to cook.
"Yes," Drell nodded. "Though it'll take some time for Della to return. In the meantime, we'll have to look for the five robotic warriors that correspond with your Dino-Bucklers."
"I guess we could do that," Atticus replied. "You want us to put flyers all over the school hallways?"
"Sarcasm?" Drell asked.
"Just a smidge." Atticus smirked.
"Well, I'd have to say no on that either way," Cherry said. "Most kids in school don't know who we are, aside from maybe the snooty popular girls and that jerk Slugloafe."
"Also Sabrina," Lionel added. "But she's not ready to know about this just yet. So we'll have to set off on a trip to recover and reunite the five robots!"
"Yes, it might take some time for Sabrina to adjust, especially with Hilda's new job coming." Drell said.
"So she's in the Magic Council with you?" Cherry asked.
"Yes, and I enjoy having her there," Drell beamed as he turned bright red in the face as pictures of the witch woman appeared beside him as he got lost in a daydream. "Oh, I'm so blessed to have Hilda in my life... She's so funny... So gorgeous... So smart..."
"And we're all happy for ya." Atticus replied.
"Ahem!" Drell cleared his throat as he stood up straight. "Yes, yes, very good. Mm... Something smells good..." he then said.
"Want some Chicken Yakitori, Uncle?" Thor offered.
"Hmm... Yes..." Drell smirked. "Hook me up with some of that, Junior."
And so the group proceeded to feast on their food once more, with Drell and Skippy joining in as well.
"Was there anything else you had to tell us?" Atticus asked.
"I don't think so," Drell replied. "Just look out for Della and remember what I told you."
"Roger-roger!" Lionel nodded.
"Can do." Mo added.
"No prob." Cherry chimed in.
"Consider it done." Atticus added.
"Got it!" Thor finished.
"Good," Drell told them. "Good luck to all of you, I hope you can pull it off," he then took another bite. "Ugh... This is so good... There should be a law against food like this, but I love it so~" he then gushed.
"And so, the adventures of the new team of super-warriors have only just begun," said a narrator's voice. "But Della and her cronies will not give up so easily! Keep on fighting, Beast Rangers, for a brighter tomorrow!"
After the snacks, the group met up back at Cherry's house.
"All right, guys, we need to come up with this puzzle," Cherry said. "We need five robotic warriors. Any ideas?"
The group paused thoughtfully.
"...Anybody?" Cherry asked weakly. "Anybody at all...?"
"Remember the Dino Bucklers Drell showed us after our Nicktoons Unite adventure?" asked Lionel. "Well... Maybe if we each take one and call the name of the prehistoric creature, it might activate the robots and summon them."
The group looked at each other.
"I guess that is brilliant..." Thor said. "I can't think straight today."
"Don't go calling yourself dumb now," Cherry replied. "We're all in a funk."
"Let's do it!" Atticus proclaimed as he jumped up to his feet.
Each of them took a Dino-Buckler and got ready to summon their robotic warriors.
"Everybody ready?" Atticus asked.
"Ready!" The others replied.
"Alright then..." Lionel raised his up. "MASTODON! BY YOUR NAME, I SUMMON YOU FROM WHEREVER YOU CURRENTLY REST AT THIS MOMENT! COME FORTH AND HEED ME!" he exclaimed loudly.
"We're next," Atticus said. "You guys ready?"
"Willing and abled!" Thor proclaimed.
"Let's do it to it then!" Atticus replied. "Tyrannosaur!"
"Triceratops!" Thor added.
"Sabertooth!" Mo added.
"And as for me... Pterodactyl!" Cherry concluded.
Suddenly, from a far-off volcano, the Tyrannozord roared to life and charged into action.
Somewhere in the frozen tundra, the Mastodonzord burst from the ice and ran forth. In the jungles of the Amazon, the Pterodactylzord screeched to life and flew off. In the desert, the Saberzord burst from the sand and sprinted towards their location. And finally, the Tricerazord burst from the water and came running like crazy. The group smirked to each other as their work was done so far.
"Now we wait..." Atticus smirked. "Though it might cost me to miss a lesson from Sensei Goku."
"Well, depending on how far they are, it should take them some time." Mo replied.
"That's true..." Atticus said as he practiced some karate skills on his own. "HEEYAH!" he then yelled out as he did a spin and twirl before leaping on the table with a bowl of fruit on it before they flew up in the air and the bowl landed in his hands with the fruit falling one-by-one inside which made him grin sheepishly.
"I wonder about you sometimes, Atticus Fudo." Cherry muttered.
"Pretty sure we all do..." Lionel replied, cracking his neck.
"Well, we might as well hang out a bit until we have more work to do," Atticus said. "How about a little TV?"
The others agreed as they sat down to watch TV together until they would have to cater to their next move.
"Also, Cherry? It's good to see you being social again and not be locked in your room with a bunch of homework." Thor then said.
"Yeah, I guess it's good to cut loose once in a while, especially since it's summer vacation." Cherry replied.
Everyone agreed as they turned on the TV.
"When should we call Sabrina?" Atticus asked.
"Sometime after this is taken care of," Cherry shrugged. "Maybe she'll get a Morpher too."
"Sabrina Spellman with a Morpher..." Mo remarked. "Now there's an interesting image."
"Indeed," Lionel agreed. "I've never seen her fight without magic before."
"It'll be an interesting sight for sure," Mo said. "We'll keep an open mind as Sabrina is our friend after all."
Meanwhile, Drell soon came back home to rest since he couldn't get back at Della just yet. He came over to a house which was his home, though he lived downstairs in the basement because in reality, the house was his parents' house.
"That wicked wretch is going to be the death of me..." Drell grumbled as he took out a bottle from the fridge and sat down on the dusty old couch. "Not only will she try to get to me, she'll get to the Magic Council, and then I don't know what'll become of the kids..." he sighed before he looked out in the distance. "What am I going to do?"
Skippy was asleep, having been busy throwing darts.
"I don't know what I'm going to do... It feels impossible..." Drell sighed. "I just hope that the kids don't get hurt."
Meanwhile, Della had zapped back to Earth in her mortal disguise. "Clearly I'm going to need to step up my game if I want to put Drell's acolytes in their places: bowing before me." she muttered. She soon wandered about for a bit to see if she could find some recruits as the fate of the Mortal and Magic Realms could change forever if she were to somehow win as she wandered on her own.
She soon spotted Cath, who was in the local gym, whaling on a punching bag before going into something she called "Wolf Mode" and ripping it apart with her teeth... After which she felt the urge to messily devour a well-done steak, as well as a few trout.
"Well, this sure is interesting." Della remarked upon seeing Cath.
"What's the problem, lady?" Cath asked as she gnawed at her food. "You got a starin' problem?"
"No, no, I just thought I would talk with you about something," Della smirked. "You're Cathleen Ross, right? You have special abilities such as being the daughter of a wizard and a werewolf?"
"Yeah?" Cath replied. "What's it to ya, you old hag?"
"...What if I knew of a way you could get even stronger than you already are?" Della asked.
"I'm sure I'll already be strong," Cath replied. "I'm descended from a wolf goddess."
"That may be so, Cathleen, but you should learn," Della advised. "In order to achieve the strengths and abilities as a god or goddess, descended or not, you must earn it so you can keep it rather than just being born with it."
"Oh... How would I do that then?" Cath asked.
"Simple," Della smirked. "You join my side because I can help you," She handed her the Green Dragon Morpher. "Amazing, isn't it? You would have power undreamed of at your disposal, like a one-man army. Nobody would be able to stop you, you'd get what you wanted!" Della explained.
"Hmm... It does sound promising..." Cath admitted as she wiped slobber off of her face as she took a look at the Morpher. "Does this mean I'd have to help you?"
"If you really want to get what you want," Della smirked. "Also this way you won't be seen as weak by others. You would make me very proud."
"I really hate being seen as weak..." Cath narrowed her eyes. "Especially when I get made fun of for reasons that aren't even my fault."
"Exactly," Della smiled warmly. "If you had this sort of power on your side, you could get even with everyone and anyone who's ever wronged you!"
"Well... That does sound promising..." Cath smirked. "I could even show off that wannabe Mary Sue: Amy Reinhardt. That little blondie princess wannabe."
"Exactly!" Della chuckled, before taking a mental note of that name. "Whaddya say you take this little tool, and meet me and my colleagues in a half-hour so we can begin your training?"
"Hmm... All right," Cath smirked. "But I don't wanna hear any complaining about how amazing I might seem as a wolf. I'm one of the strongest animal hybrids alive and could withstand anything."
"Not to mention a bit humble." Della mumbled.
"What was that?" Cath demanded.
"Oh, nothing," Della grinned. "Just be ready and I shall come fetch you for a little meeting with your new friends."
"Okay, lady," Cath replied. "This better be worth my time."
"Oh, it will," Della smirked before saying something to herself. "Especially with the reawakening of The Black Wand Clan."
"So, what exactly is the Black Wand Clan?" asked Lionel, while he and the others were at Sabrina's house while they waited for their robots to arrive.
"You don't know who the Black Wand Clan is?" Drell asked.
The group just gave him collective shrugs as they had no idea.
"Ugh! What do they teach you in that Wicca-for saken school?" Drell face-palmed before he soon explained. "Very well... The Black Wand Clan is a gang that was loyal to a guy by the name of Vosblanc until they were stripped of their powers and their memories wiped of Vosblanc's influence after he was trapped in interdimensional limbo."
"This Vosblanc character sounds like bad news supreme." Thor remarked.
"Oh, he was," Drell explained. "And he almost dethroned the past Queen of the Supernatural Realm, but he was beaten back by a team of six heroes... The sixth being one of Sabrina's ancestors."
Sabrina's eyes slowly widened from that. "...What?"
"Congratulations, Sabrina," Cherry smirked. "I guess you have some sort of mega power after all."
"Wow," Atticus then said. "I don't know who this Vosblanc guy is, but I don't wanna meet him."
"Fortunately, you won't have to, at least for a while," Drell explained. "Like I said, he's trapped within interdimensional limbo. However, during her third year in Charm School, Della chose to do some research on Vosblanc, and formed a little group of her own, consisting of Vosblanc loyalists, calling themselves the New Black Wand Clan. Fortunately, Skippy and I just barely managed to disperse their forces, and trap Della, exiling her to the Mortal Realm."
Skippy tipped his hat with a small smile from that.
"Pretty clever of you both," Cherry said to them. "But we still should keep our guard up, right?"
"Yes," Drell replied. "This could be very dangerous and intense for all of you being involved like this."
Everyone looked at each other and nodded.
"Also... Consider this an early birthday present." Drell told Sabrina, giving her the Green Ranger Buckler. "Happy early Birthday, kiddo."
"Um... Wow... Thanks, Drell." Sabrina replied to the warlock.
"Call me Uncle!" Drell grinned.
Sabrina sweat-dropped from that. "A bit of wishful thinking, don't ya think?" she then asked.
"Oh, it will be wishful thinking coming true," Drell grinned as random cherry blossoms fell around him as he turned bright red in his cheeks with hearts in his eyes. "I'll be the lucky man to marry Hilda Spellman. She is my sword and shield and without her, I would be nothing~... She is my muse and everything!"
"Not to mention she does really like him," Lionel replied as the ground rumbled beneath his feet. "Ah! That must be the Zords!"
"Is it?" Thor asked his uncle.
"I believe your friend is right," Drell replied. "This is gonna be the start of a brand new adventure." he then smirked eagerly.
"I'm not sure if I can be a Morpher or whatever," Sabrina said nervously. "The thought of Charm School scares me enough already," she then added a light mumble. "Not to mention Drell becoming my uncle which means he'll be living here in my house with me... Drinking from my cups... Touching my stuff..."
"Heh... Good one," Drell replied. "I bring my OWN cups, thank you very much. Besides, it's time to begin training with your Zords."
Sabrina soon let out a small gulp before she joined the others.
"Come," Drell said. "We'll meet outside."
"Hopefully no nosy neighbors will spy on us then." Cherry replied.
"Relax," Drell smirked with his hands on his hips. "With me around, you'll be practically invisible."
Outside, the group's Zords stood triumphantly; the DragonZord, however, jumped up and down like a big, playful dog.
"I... Guess... He... Seems... Excited!" Thor managed to shout as the jumping shook everyone around.
"Kinda reminds me of you, Shortstuff." Drell chuckled to his nephew.
"I'm still a little unsure about this." Sabrina mumbled.
"Hey, it'll be fine," Drell told her. "Think of it as a job where all of humanity and survival depends on you."
Skippy raised a sign that read 'YOU'RE NOT HELPING'.
"But seriously though, you have to prove that you're worthy by taming the DragonZord's... Rambunctious spirit." Drell explained. "You have to raise your buckler and call his name. It's the only way to calm him down."
"Uh... Like this?" Sabrina asked before she held out her Morpher as high as she could.
"Good," Lionel nodded. "Now call out his name."
"So would I say the animal name?" Sabrina asked as she just wanted to make sure.
"Pretty much," Lionel nodded. "But DragonZord also works, too."
"Well, all right," Sabrina then nodded as she lifted her Morpher up high and cleared her throat. "Ahem... DragonZord!" she then proclaimed as bravely as she could.
The DragonZord ceased bouncing up and down, then lowered its head towards Sabrina, tilting its head sideways like a curious dog would.
"...Hi, there..." Sabrina waved sheepishly.
The DragonZord barked, before it gave Sabrina a playful lick with its metallic tongue.
"Gah!" Sabrina shuddered a bit from that.
Cherry snickered a bit while the others looked sheepish for the teenage witch. The DragonZord wagged its tail while it panted; as the others climbed aboard their Zords.
"Well, come on, Sabrina," Drell told the blonde girl. "Get in your Zord."
"Are you sure about this?" Sabrina asked.
"I wouldn't make you do something if I knew it wasn't safe," Drell replied. "Now come on! You have work to do."
Sabrina sighed with a grunt as she came to go over to her DragonZord, looking a bit overwhelmed as she came to join her friends. The DragonZord lowered its door to let Sabrina inside and carried her in like an escalator before closing the door tightly.
"You'll get used to it, Sabrina." Atticus promised.
"Yeah, sure," Sabrina sighed. "Whatever you say."
"You all comfortable? Good!" Drell said to them. "Sabrina, this'll be very good for you. When have I ever let anybody down whenever it was majorly important?"
Sabrina thought for a few minutes, but didn't get the chance to finish her sentence as the Zords were now on the move.
Meanwhile, Cath had gone to meet with Della and her associates at the scheduled place and time so they could continue their discussion.
"Hello? Anybody here?" Cath called as she came to where she was supposed to be before she began to sniff the air like a wolf.
"Good, you've come, Cathleen dear," Della replied. "To test your power, I'll need you to battle some friends of mine. It'll let you use your morpher. Think you've got what it takes?"
"Think I got more than that," Cath smirked. "As long as your so-called friends can keep up with me."
"Oooh, such spirit," Della chuckled before she summoned her clay soldiers to attack Cath. "Let's see if it's for real."
"Clay soldiers?" Cath rolled her eyes. "Really?"
Della just stepped back with a smirk. Cath soon fell to her hands and knees as she growled a bit, using some sort of magic and she soon transformed into a werewolf with a bit of a long transformation sequence of her teeth becoming fangs, her hands becoming claws, a tail shooting out from her spine as her bones rearranged themselves before she turned into a light brown-colored wolf and soon let out an earth-shaking howl before she lunged out to pounce onto the clay soldiers to rip them apart like they were her prey. The clay soldiers each attacked her, first one-by-one, then coming at her in droves so as to overwhelm her. Cath refused to quit as she kept herself strong and even ripped some apart and bit on some, chewing at their arms and legs to tear them apart which would look a bit graphic if they were actual people. Finally, she stood alone, atop a massive pile of dismembered clay body parts. Della and her associates applauded at the ferocious display they'd just borne witness to.
"WHO ELSE WANTS SOME?!" Cath glared with blood-red eyes.
"Very impressive, Miss Ross." Della said to the werewolf girl.
"I've been telling people that for years," Cath replied. "Those people at school don't know what I can do, especially that stupid Amy."
"I can honestly say that I know how that feels," Della replied, as Cringe and Craven presented Cath a very large sword. "And as a prize for proving your worth, take this: the Blade of Darkness."
"Whoa..." Cath said as she stood upright and took the sword. "This is mine?"
"That's right!" Della beamed as a surge of evil energy seemed to travel from it into Cath. "And in your Green Ranger form, nobody will know that it's you."
Along with making Cath more subservient towards Della, the energy seemed to visibly enhance her body. Cath soon went wide-eyed as she went through a big shift that was deep within herself as this was going to be quite the summer and school semester to remember.
"Just call me 'Aunt Della'." Della smirked as she surged the energy through Cath.
"Yes..." Cath nodded her head.
Della chuckled to herself. "Very good... Now, your mission, as the Green Warrior, is to aid in freeing Vosblanc by any means necessary. Is this clear?" she asked.
"Yes, ma'am." Cath replied.
"He'll be very proud of us, especially you," Della grinned. "This is going to be the start of a new adventure."
"As long as I get all the steak I can get," Cath replied. "I'm a meatatarian, you know, that means I eat meat."
"But of course," Della replied before tapping the bottom of the sword to shrink it down to a dagger. "Just so you can carry it around more easily."
"Hm... Pretty cool," Cath said as she accepted the dagger. "It looks like I've found my calling."
"Now, you have fun, alright, dear?" Della asked. "You'll receive your first mission soon enough, and don't forget to take down anyone who would dare to get in the way of your progress."
"I won't let you down," Cath promised with a toothy grin before looking at Cringe and Craven. "Whatcha starin' at?"
The two soon looked away from her.
"That's what I thought," Cath glared. "Don't make me go medieval on your butts next. I might even eat you alive."
"Please don't!" They begged, dropping to their knees in fear. "We taste terrible!"
"Maybe if ya don't piss me off too much, I'll let you go," Cath smirked. "Just remember, you saw what I could do and I could probably do worse, especially since I'm a wolf goddess from birth."
"Which you have to earn," Della mumbled. "You think they gave that elf Seles power just because she's an elf sorceress?"
"This is gonna be awesome," Cath grinned. "Wait 'til everybody sees how powerful and awesome I am."
"Remember, you can only show a little of your power," explained Della. "We don't want anyone to get suspicious of you."
"Hmm... Fine..." Cath narrowed her eyes. "Just know that when the full moon comes out, there's no turning back."
"I'll keep that in mind, dear." Della replied patiently.
And so, Cath walked off, new weapons in hand, and a new goal ingrained into her mind.
"Excellent!" Della grinned darkly to herself. "This'll be a great partnership, wouldn't you agree, boys?"
"Yes, Lady Della, of course." Cringe and Craven told her, obediently.
And in a ZORCH of energy, the three of them vanished back to their own home base. Cath soon let out another howl in victory that nearly shook the ground as she changed back into her human form and she dashed off back home on her own.