So guys, this is the final chapter of the story. I've been working on this story for about 11 months, and I've been on this website for 4 years and 1 month to tomorrow.

It's just crazy - every time I end a story it feels strange, but I'm glad to be starting new things after this and all. As with every finale in Power Rangers, this will have a lot of fighting, so I hope I don't loose you guys in the midst of things haha.

Anyways guys, here you go. Enjoy!

Last time on Power Rangers: Animal Guardians

After she spoke, the room quieted down and they all sat in the room, the only sound being the pounding at the door. That was, until Cal broke the silence. "What if we loose?" She asked quietly, attracting all of the attention to her. No one seemed to know exactly how to respond.

"We won't." Geo turned to her, putting a hand on her shoulder, before looking around the room. "I know this situation seems really bad, and it is, but we can't give up hope and we can't stop fighting. If we keep our hope and we fight as hard as we can, we'll always win. That's how people before us have won, that's how people after us will win, and that's how we'll win."

Tanzo looked up at him. "Are you sure?"

Geo nodded. "100%." He gestured for them to come in closer. "Come on, let's make a plan and end this once and for all."

Now

"So, that's it, huh?" Ada crossed her arms, before nodding. "I like it, but there's no way we could beat them like that. You saw what happened when we fought them - we got pummeled."

Geo nodded. "Maybe, but we weren't prepared like we are now. We have a plan, and I know we can do it." He looked around. "Are you guys ready for this?"

All the rangers nodded, but Tanzo brought something up, "Wait, but what about the Chimera outside? There's so many - we'll never get past them!"

Maya stood up and touched a key pad on the wall, opening it up to reveal a vault of weapons - including the ranger's own. Maya grabbed a blaster, and threw a sword to Vi. "We got it." She threw her thumb back. "There's a back door through the locker room that leads away from the Chimera. Just walk around the building and you'll be back into the main town."

"Oh, and you guys might wanna take your personal weapons when you go," Vi pointed out as she, and the rangers, stood up from the floor. "It'll definitely help."

The rangers nodded as they all stood in front of the two. "Ready?" Geo asked, looking at his team as they prepared to morph for, possibly, the last time.

The others looked around each other as well, before nodding. "Ready."

"Animal Guardians," They yelled in unison. "Arise!"

"Power of the Eagle!"

"Power of the Bear!"

"Power of the Gorilla!"

"Power of the Elephant!"

"Power of the Flamingo!"

"Power of the Owl!"

"Power of the Lion!"

"Power of the Giraffe!"

Maya and Vi watched them morph, before they all walked forward and took their weapons. Geo took his sword, Roger with his mace, Cal with her bow, Tanzo with his dagger, Kay with her staff, Ada with her axe, Nate with his hammer, and Benny with his spear.

As they were about to leave, Maya called out to them, "Hey! Good luck guys," She said, intensely hoping this wouldn't be the last time she saw them.

They nodded back. "You too," Cal told them, as they all gave each other one last glance before running out of the back door.

"Are you ready for this?" Vi asked, turning to Maya.

Maya took a deep breath. "Ready as I'll ever be."

The two stepped forward and ripped the chains from the door before stepping back, knowing that the Chimera could easily break the lock by itself, if it wasn't already. They waited for a few moments, when the door burst open, allowing the group of Chimera into the studio, running straight for Maya and Vi.

Vi jumped back as a Chimera swung at her, and stabbed it quickly with her sword. She ducked low under a blast, before knocking the feet out from under another near her. Grabbing that one and rising it above her head, Vi launched the downed footsolider into another group that was trying to blast at her.

Maya blasted one back when it swung a sword at her, and jumped above a low-aimed kick. She flipped back, out of the way of a blast before blasting that one back with her own weapon. She shot another blast at an incoming Chimera, but the blast missed and hit the wall, making Maya rush to duck out of the way, allowing the Chimera to practically tackle the punching bag next to her.

She looked up from her place on the ground, looking at the large hole in the wall. Maya scrambled back into the weapons vault and looking around, seeing a flame thrower sitting at the top. She took a look back at the studio, having to shoot another Chimera down in the process, before she grabbed the flame thrower and pointed it at the foot soldiers.

"Vi!" She cried, knocking a Chimera down with her fist as she flipped over to stand next to her girlfriend. "I have an idea, but I don't think you're gonna like it - you or Ben."

Vi looked over at the flame thrower in her hand as she kicked a Chimera square in the chest. Her eyes widened behind her glasses. "You're no gonna do what I think you're gonna do, are you?"

Maya nodded, smacking an alien down with the butt of the weapon. "I don't want to, but I think it's our best chance."

The intern slashed a Chimera across its body, before sighing and nodding. "I'll create a distraction, and you get ready."

"Wait," Maya pulled her in close, planting a kiss on her lips. "I love you." She said, staring at Vi.

Vi nodded. "Yeah, I love you too."

The two stared at each other for a few more moments before they ran in separate ways. Vi ran to stand in the boxing ring, slashing down Chimera with ease as she made her way over there. She grabbed Maya's disregarded blaster and shot them left and right, attracting all of the attention on her and allowing her to shoot at the walls in the process, breaking down the integrity of the building.

Meanwhile, Maya ran over to the locker room and out through the back door, finding a can of propane sitting out next to the building from the shop next door. She grabbed it and hauled it in, throwing it into the boxing ring as Vi flipped over the group of them and ran to stand at the front door with Maya.

Maya turned the flame thrower on and wrapped a rubber band around the trigger to make it keep going. Once it was at full strength and secure, Maya threw the weapon at the boxing ring and the two girls made their escape through the back door, running away just as the entire building exploded.

~Cue Opening 3~

Kay groaned as she hit the ground once more, having been thrown back by Bison. While Ada, Benny, and Nate went after Scorpion, Kay and Tanzo were in charge of handling Bison.

Besides the monster's obvious, and intense, strength, Bison really didn't have much over them.

The pink ranger watched Tanzo fight the monster, the yellow ranger grabbing him by his upper body to try and tackle him to the ground or throw him off of balance, though it definitely wasn't working for him, as Tanzo was thrown back second's later.

Kay scrambled over to help him up off the ground, before pulling him behind a car as Bison began to throw discarded objects at them.

"What the hell are we gonna do?" Tanzo whispered frantically. "Was Geo really sure about this idea? I mean, if we can barely get him, how can the others fight against Scorpion or Valcon?"

"I know what to do," Kay told him, looking up once to see what Bison was doing, but having to duck back when a barrel was thrown at her.

Tanzo stared at the barrel in shock. "Where did he get barrels from?"

"Not important," Kay growled. "Look, the only thing Bison has on us is his strength. Without that, we would be able to take him down without a second thought."

The yellow ranger nodded. "Okay, but how does knowing that help us?" The two shrieking as something else flew over their heads.

Kay smirked under her helmet. "Because, that's how we're going to take him out. Just do exactly as I say, okay?"

Bison continued to throw things at them, and was beginning to wonder if the two rangers had ran away since they didn't seem to be coming out. He walked closer, just as the pink ranger jumped up on the car and used her staff to launch herself at the monster.

Kay wrapped her legs around the alien's waist and began to punch rapidly at his face, disorienting him as Tanzo came out from the car, unnoticed by the monster, and grabbed Bison by the legs and running back, effectively knocking him to the floor while Kay pinned him.

"Now!" Kay exclaimed, making Tanzo pull his dagger out of his belt and ram it hard into the alien's leg, making his unable to stand as Kay beat him down.

Tanzo stepped back as Kay jumped off of the disoriented Bison, and the two both pulled out their blasters, pointing them at him as he shook his head, trying to regain his bearings to attack the two.

Bison saw the blasters pointed at him, and Tanzo chuckled a bit. "I guess you were right, Kay."

Kay nodded. "I know," She smirked, as the two pulled the triggers, eliciting a large explosion that destroyed Bison and knocked them both back.

~PRAG~

Benny jumped back to avoid Scorpion's tail stabbing at him, and flipped back to get away from the quills being shot back at him. He used his spear to counteract the tail, as both were similar 'weapons.'

He stabbed forward at the monster, but he grabbed his spear and tried to pull it forward. The two got into a tug of war for the spear, in which Benny let go of his weapon to make Scorpion fall and drop the weapon. Benny ran over and grabbed it and stabbed it at Scorpion, but the monster rolled out of the way and jumped to the ground, smacking Benny down with his tail.

"Benny!"

Nate quickly ran in, swinging his hammer at the monster as he flipped through the air. Scorpion put his hand up and pushed the hammer back, making Nate fall on his feet from the air and stumble back a bit, and seemed to be a worse idea for the monster. He clutched his hand, which was a bit deformed from his action.

The silver ranger tried to use this to his advantage, swinging low at Scorpion's hip to attempt to knock him to the ground, to no avail.

"You little brat!" Scorpion grabbed Nate with his tail and threw him, slamming him into a nearby tree trunk.

Ada leaped off of the top of a car, swinging her axe downwards, seemingly aimed towards the monster's head. Scorpion ducked out of the way and put his tail up in and attempt to stop her, but she swung to the side instead, hitting his tail hard and severing it from Scorpion's body.

The monster cried out in severe pain, and grabbed Ada by the neck with his good hand, lifting her up and effectively choking her. She gasped for air and hit downwards at his arm, but he just tossed her off to the side and attempted to collect himself while the three rangers were down.

Benny and Nate ran over to Ada and helped her up, all three of them having their weapons in hand.

"You thinking what I'm thinking?" Nate asked, looking between the two.

Ada and Benny nodded. "Oh yeah."

"Final strike?" Benny smirked at them.

"Final strike," The two older rangers nodded.

While Scorpion was trying to regain his bearings, the three rangers stood in front of him. He looked over at them, his eyes widening when Ada ran forward, slashing through him easily with her axe, then Nate rushed in, smacking him straight in the chest with his hammer, before Benny jumped in with his spear, stabbing him in the same spot and running hit forward, knocking him against a tree and cracking it down the center.

As this occurred, Scorpion exploded, knocking the three excited rangers off of their feet.

~PRAG~

Valcon stood on top of the tallest building in Welch County, overlooking the chaos as people ran through the city trying to find other people or objects they knew or needed. Some were dead, some were injured, and many were frantic.

The only ones he didn't actually see were the rangers. He wondered why that was for a moment, until he heard the door to the roof opening from behind him, making him smirk to himself.

"So, you actually decided to show up?" Valcon chuckled, keeping his back turned to them. "Even with your whole team with you, you'll never beat me."

He heard one of them scoff. "Good, because we don't have the whole team with us."

Valcon turned slowly, and almost burst out laughing when he saw only three of the eight rangers standing in front of him. "Only three of you? Please, you'll never beat me."

"We'll see about that." Geo growled.

The rangers ran forward. Valcon grabbed Roger and Cal by their arms, slamming them into each other as Geo ran at him. He ducked under Geo's sword, sweeping his feet out from under him. Geo growled and grabbed Valcon's feet and twisting his body to the side, knocking the new leader to the ground. Said leader kicked his foot out at Geo's leg and jumped to his feet.

Cal shot an arrow at him from her bow as he attempted to slam his foot down on Geo's chest. She stood on top of the air conditioner as she shot, getting a better angle from the top of the structure.

Valcon pulled a blaster out of his jacket and shot back at her, making her jump back and duck down to avoid being blasted off of the building or something.

Roger ran back at him with his mace swinging low, and Valcon jumped over it, kicking it out of his hands. He tried not to seem fazed and sent a punch flying towards his face, but Valcon easily grabbed it and twisted his wrist to the side, making him fall to one knee in an attempt to compensate for the pressure being put on his hand. Valcon, noticing this, quickly brought it back to the other side before flipping him to the ground and kicking him off to the side.

Geo jumped over Roger as he slid off to the side, ducking under Valcon's incoming fist. He tried the same move Valcon had used on himself, by trying to sweep his feet out, but Valcon put his foot up and kicked his leg away. Geo flipped back, pulling his out his sword and trying to stab at him with it. Valcon ducked under the first attempt and grabbed the sword, trying to pull it out of his hands. Geo pulled back, and Valcon let go, allowing him to fly back to the floor.

Again, Valcon was hit by an arrow. Cal was now ducking behind the air conditioning unit, opting for safety rather than a great angle. Despite her hiding spot, Valcon saw her when she came up to shoot and blasted her back, making her seem to fall of the side of the building.

"Cal!" Roger called as Geo ran at Valcon, stabbing at him with his sword.

Roger ran to the edge of the building, seeing Cal barely holding on to the barrier above the window just below the edge. Unfortunately, she was just out of Roger's reach.

"This is really bad!" Cal cried up to him. "Can you reach me?!"

"I..." Roger trailed off, looking around for something to use to let down to pull the blue ranger up to the top of the building. He looked to the side of him and saw his mace sitting on the ground. He held it up to see how long the chain was, before looking back down at her. "I'm gonna put my mace down and I want you to grab onto the chain. I'll pull you up!"

Cal looked at the mace as he lowered it. "Are you sure it's strong enough?" She asked, looking up at him worriedly.

Roger swallow past the lump in his throat. "Yeah, it is." It better be, He thought to himself.

"Okay," Cal said as she grabbed onto the chain. Roger prepared himself for the extra weight as she clutched onto the chain for dear life and let go of the barrier she was holding onto. She swung a bit and made a muffled screaming sound as Roger slowly tried to pull her up.

As he did so, he could see the chain straining against the weight. Once she was up close enough for him to reach, he quickly let go of the mace with one hand and grabbed her wrist instead, pulling her up completely and scrambling back from the edge.

They both looked at each other and breathed heavily. "Thank you so much," Cal hugged him tightly, though it was short lived when Geo knocked into them and almost made all three of them fall over the side.

At the hit, the three rangers demorphed and groaned in pain. Valcon walked forward, stepping up on top of the AC unit and looking down on them.

"Any last words, rangers?" He chuckled, training his blaster on them.

None of the three knew what to do. Geo looked around frantically and saw Cal's bow sitting next to him. Since Valcon was on top of the unit, he was standing close to the edge, with his back to it.

While Valcon turned his blaster up to full power, Geo pulled the arrow back and pointed it at him. Valcon looked down and saw this, his eyes widening.

"I have a few," Geo stared in hatred at the leader. "Go to hell," He growled, shooting it at Valcon and making him fly back, off of the building.

All three of them stood up in shock, running over to the edge of the building in time to see Valcon hit the ground and make a large explosion. Unfortunately, the explosion made the building lurch dangerously. The three rangers looked amongst themselves as the building rumbled beneath them.

"We need to go, now!" Roger exclaimed.

"Jump!" Cal exclaimed, causing the three to run to the side of the building. They closed their eyes and jumped just as the floor seemed to be swept out from beneath them.

When Geo opened his eyes next, he found himself landing ungracefully on the ground in Ranger Ops. He opened his eyes in shock and looked up to see Alicia, Ben, Vi, Maya, and the other rangers standing above the three on the floor, smiling at them.

Geo looked over himself and the others, finding himself and them to be more or less alright. "What just happened?" He asked, standing up with Roger and Cal.

"You did it!" Vi exclaimed, looking to be okay, with the exception of cuts and bruises. "You defeated the Animali."

The whole group of rangers looked among each other. "So, does that mean it's over? For good?"

Alicia sighed. "No one can know that for sure," She told them. "But, for now, it's gonna be okay."

"Basically," Maya crossed her arms and shrugged. "There's always going to be more threats, but the Animali won't be one of them."

"But, what does that mean for us?" Ada asked, looking at her morpher.

Ben shrugged. "Whatever you guys want. You're duty to the world has been fulfilled - what you do now.. that's all up to you."

~Epilogue~

A few weeks later, after graduation, the rangers had all gone off in different ways.

Geo went off to college to become an archaeologist, and Benny went with him to finish off his school, with plans to open up his internet cafe where ever he decided to settle down.

Roger decided to go to community college in Welch County, taking creative writing classes to hone his skill as he wrote his first book - Protectors of the Earth. He also developed a relationship with EJ, and stayed at home to take care of his baby brother, Isaiah.

Cal and Ada went on to create a nonprofit organization to help people who have been affected by monster attacks, having known about the pain of the fight better than most people.

Tanzo ended up going to community college, deciding to go to a four year university after graduating to fulfill his dream of becoming a therapist.

Nate went to play college baseball, going to the same college as Kay to stay close until the two graduated and moved onto bigger and better things.

Along with them leaving, Maya and Vi also went. Maya sent a whole book full of her poetry to a publisher, and Vi continued to dance.

Riana, Julie, and Terra left as well. While Terra was still in a comatose state, Riana and Julie decided it would be best to take her back to their home planet in hopes of finding something to help her.

"You miss them, huh?" Ben asked as he approached Alicia, who was staring at a picture she had taken of all of them at graduation. She nodded. "Don't worry, I do too, but I'm really happy for them now. They're doing good."

Alicia smiled softly. "I hope they visit."

Ben chuckled. "They will." He sighed. "You know, something tells me, that, no matter where they go, they'll always have that mindset of being rangers and helping people."

She nodded in agreement. "They will, but that might not be the worst thing. They'll always help others, and that's a great trait to have."

"So, I'm guessing you're still monitoring for any alien/monster activity, aren't you?" Ben crossed his arms.

Alicia turned to look at him. "You know me so well." She said. "But, even if I am, it's not my job to do this anymore. I talked to Iris and Adrianne - they're handling the threats for now."

"You sure about that?" Ben asked.

Thinking for a moment, Alicia nodded once more. "Yeah. I have faith that good will always beat evil in the end. Hopefully that rings true for the new teams."

Next time on Power Rangers: A new group of rangers form in Rainbow Rivers, fighting against an alien warrior named Jetta, who wants to destroy all of the color and light in the world.

Next Chapter Title: Light Against Darkness

So, this is it, huh? This is the final chapter of Power Rangers: Animal Guardians, and I'm pleased with how this series turned out. There was a few rough patches, but overall I believe that this was a very good series and I enjoyed writing it a lot. Let me know what you guys thought, not only of the finale, but of the series as a whole! I'd love to hear your opinions!

I hope to see you guys back with Rainbow Fighters and Earth Defenders later this week, so keep a look out!

Anyways, for now guys, this is goodbye! See you soon!

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