Episode 3: Working Together

Valdox's Base

"So our first attempt was thwarted by Power Rangers?!" yelled Valdox as Silva, Dr. Braynox and Hiss were standing in front of him. He wasn't surprised that there would be a team of rangers to counter his attacks if he returned. His brother always thought five steps ahead.

"Do not worry my liege," said Dr. Braynox while shaking uncontrollably, "My next monster will be sure to destroy the rangers."

"That will not be enough good doctor." Said a mysterious voice that sounded mechanical. Suddenly a cloaked individual appeared limping into the room. It was accompanied by several automatons that Valdox remembered belonging to one of his lieutenants.

Silva stepped in front of the figure with his sword drawn, "Who are you and how did you get here?"

The cloaked stranger chuckled mechanically, "You security systems are extremely weak General. All I had to do was input the access codes from King Mondo."

"So," said Valdox with a raspy voice, "You are one of Mondo's soldiers."

The cloaked figure bowed, "I am Mechanis, the last of the Machine Empire."

Hiss chuckled, "So Mondo fancied himself a king after our lord was defeated."

Mechanis took offense, "How dare you talk about King Mondo in such a way you…"

"ENOUGH!" shouted Valdox and the two stopped their bickering, "It does not matter what Mondo did in my absence. The fact of the matter is he was destroyed. Along with the other traitors. Zedd, Vile, even the Dark Spector was destroyed. But now I have returned and will reclaim by former glory."

"Indeed my lord," said Mechanis, "Unfortunately my Cogs aren't ready to combat, but they will be able to make repairs to your ship."

"Excellent," Valdox turned to Dr. Braynox, "Doctor when will your next monster be ready?"

Dr. Braynox shivered, "Within the next few hours. The Rangers will not stand a chance.

Power Fortress

"So our Gigablaster will be able to aid us when our Power Weapons aren't available?" said Greg while Lex was giving him a run down of the Ranger's side arms. It had been a week since he became a ranger but he was still the least experienced off them. The only training he had was when he took karate when he was six.

Lex nodded, "Yes they come in three modes: rapid fire, armor piercing, and sword mode. They are meant to be adaptable."

Greg smiled, "So you really designed all of our weapons."

"Yes and no." Lex explained, "The Ancient Eltarians left many blueprints, I am simply creating them."

"Yeah but you still made them," Greg was still shocked, "I mean the closest I over did was make a model plane with my dad."

Lex looked at him, "Model?"

Greg said, "Never mind. So can you tell me a little about you guys? I mean I am the leader but I hardly know you guys."

Lex smiled, "Sure Greg, what would you like to know?"

Greg took a deep breath, "First, why do you guys look human? Second, why does Triton hate my guts? Third, how long have you guys been training?"

Lex turned around and started pressing buttons on her keypad, "For your first question, it is possible that some alien race must have seeded our homeworlds so that we have common traits. Second, I haven't noticed. And third, it depends. I've been training for about six years. But Zaira, Triton, and Rex have been training for much longer."

Greg nodded, "So where is Triton?"

Lex said while looking at the screen, "I believe he is where he always is. The Battle Simulator."

Greg smiled. Then he left the room and walked into the Simulator room. And sure enough, Triton was in the middle of a program. He was currently battling several humanoid holograms with his gigablaster in sword mode.

Triton looked at Greg and said, "What do you want human?" Then he continued to fight the holograms.

"Hey listen," Greg said from a distance, "I know that we might have gotten off to a bad start. But I've been thinking, since we've have to work together, maybe we should get to know each other."

"Why would we do that?" Triton as he decapitated one of the holograms.

Greg said, "Because we are a team and it will be easier if we got along."

Triton said, "End program. Look human, I know what you are trying to do. But we are not friends. In battle I will follow your orders. But outside, just stand out of my way." Then suddenly an alarm started to sound and the two of them rushed to where Zion and the others were looking at the screen.

Greg said, "So what do we have?"

Alpha said while pushing buttons, "It appears the General Silva has teleported to Stone Canyon along with another monster."

"General Silva?" Greg asked.

"Valdox's personal bodyguard," said Rex looking at the screen, "he is one of the most deadly swordsmen in the universe. Best not to underestimate him."

"Alright," said Greg while clutching his morpher, "It's morphin time!"

"Black Ranger Power!"

"Pink Ranger Power!"

"Blue Ranger Power!"

"Yellow Ranger Power!"

"Red Ranger Power!"

Stone Canyon.

The Rangers teleported to the town and saw a large griffon-like humanoid in silver armor accompanied by a monster the resembled a giant safe with arms and legs.

The griffon unsheathed his sword, "I am Silva, Supreme Commander of the Zolon Ground Forces and bodyguard to the glorious Emperor Valdox."

The safe began to pound his fists together, "And I am the Collector. I've come to steal your stuff." And he began to laugh.

Greg pointed at the Collector, "I always wanted to crack open a safe. Rangers attack!" And the rangers pulled out their gigablasters and entered them into sword mode and rushed toward Collector.

Triton was the first to strike the Collector, but he was knocked back by its fist. Then Zaira and Lex jumped towards the monster and slashed downwards, but the Collector was able to grab them by their legs and tossed them into the air. Rex then rushed towards the Collector and began to unleash a barrage of sword strikes at the monster before punching the creature in the face.

Greg prepared to attack the Collector, but was stopped by the blade of Silva, "You are not going anywhere. Your fight is with me Red Ranger." Then Silva began slashing Greg, but Greg was able to parry most of the attacks, but Silva was too strong.

The Collector laughed, "You rangers are putting up a good show. Time to add you to my collection." Then he opened his safe-like body and released a blinding white light that engulfed Zaira, Rex, and Lex. Then suddenly the light vanished, along with them.

Greg looked at the fight, "No!" Then he slashed Silva down the middle and ran towards Collector. Silva just watched and thought. He needs to become stronger. He must become stronger.

Triton continued to attack the Collector with his sword, "Where did you take me friends?!"

The Collector just laughed, "Don't worry, you'll be joining them soon!" Then he opened his chest again, but as soon as the light was beginning to appear, Greg jumped into the air, changed his gigablaster to gun mode and fired at the Collector's back and it caused him to stumble. Triton took notice.

Greg summoned his Power Sword and began to flail wildly at the monster, "Bring them back!"

But the Collector was able to easily dodge the attacks and was able push him back with a single punch. But before the Collector did anything, Triton jumped in front of Greg and fired his gigablaster which caused the Collector to spark. When the Collector came to, the rangers had vanished.

Power Fortress

"What the hell were you thinking?!" yelled Triton as he punched Greg in the face, "Did you actually think that you could defeat Valdox's second in command or are you just a moron?!"

Greg stood up and grabbed Triton's shirt, "Like you did any better. You let our friends get kidnapped by that thing."

"MY friends," Triton said, "You might be the red ranger, but that doesn't mean we are all friends. Let me ask you, what does Lex do when not tinkering? Did you know that Rex likes to cook? What is Zaira's daily routine? ANSWER ME!"

"Enough!" yelled Zion as the two argued, "You two are acting like children. The more that you two argue, the Collector is gathering more people. So whatever your problem is, SOLVE IT!" Then he walked away and Alpha looked at the two of them.

"You must understand. He is angry that his daughter wasn't able to be saved. But you two have to work together as rangers." Then the little robot left the room.

Greg looked at Triton, "They're right. Look I know that you don't like me. I would go so far as to say that you hate me. But listen, if we don't work together, our friends will be dead."

Triton looked at Greg, "Alright. Do you have any ideas on how to deal with the Collector?"

Greg thought hard, "Well when I attacked Collector when he was trying to suck you in, he got hurt more. So maybe he is weaker when he uses that move."

Triton nodded, "I may have a plan."

Stone Canyon.

The Collector loved the sounds of peoples screams as he sucked them into his safe. Soon they will be transformed into Zelteks and fuel the Zolon war machine. Then he heard the sound of something heading his direction. He saw that is was the red ranger.

"So," said the Zolon warrior, "Ready to meet your friends." Then he opened his chest and the white light appeared.

I hope this works. Greg thought to himself as he shouted, "Triton NOW!" Then Triton holding two gigablasters jumped behind Collector and fired two armor piercing shots behind him. The shots caused Collector's chest to change color as Greg summoned his Power Sword and stabbed Collector in the chest. This caused Collector to explode.

Then around twenty people, including the other rangers appeared on the ground.

Greg ran towards Zaira who was the closest and said, "Hey guys wake up."

Zaira opened her eyes and saw Greg and gave him a hug, "You did it!"

Greg blushed underneath his helmet, "Well I can't take all the credit. It was Triton's idea."

Triton walked over and nodded.

Zolon base.

"So you failed Mechanis," said Hiss with almost joyful glee, "what other plans do you have?"

Mechanis smiled, "Actually Hiss my Cogs have repaired the Enlarger. So let me demonstrate."

Stone Canyon.

As the rangers began to celebrate, a large purple beam hit the remains of Collector. Then suddenly he returned to life. And began to grow the size of a skyscraper.

The Collector laughed, "Now no one can stop me." Then he opened his chest and began stealing whole buildings.

Greg fumed, "At this rate, he'll capture the entire city."

"Rangers," said Zion through their helmets, "Alpha has just finished preparing the Zords. I suggest you use them."

Greg nodded, "Alright guys. Let's do this."

Then they said in unison, "We need Ultima Zord power now!"

Then from the sky five mechanical animals landed on the city.

Greg entered his cockpit, "Griffon Zord ready!"

Zaira entered her cockpit, "Tiger Zord ready!"

Triton entered his cockpit, "Shark Zord ready!"

Lex entered her cockpit, "Beetle Zord ready!"

Red entered his cockpit, "Wolf Zord ready!"

The five robots then began to form a humanoid shape. The griffon became the head and torso. The shark and wolf became the right and left arms respectively. And the tiger and beetle became the right and left legs respectively.

The rangers said in their now combined cockpits, "Ultima Megazord online."

The Megazord walked forward and punched Collector in the chest. Then the Collector attempted to grab the Megazord, but it was able to counter with an uppercut. Then the Megazord grabbed the Collector by it's legs and spun it around and threw him towards the ground.

Greg said, "Let's finish this. We need Megazord Saber." Then a curved blade appeared in the Megazord's hand as it began to glow as the Megazord flew into the air and unleashed a downward slash on Collector which caused him to explode.

Power Fortress.

Greg walked into the Battle Simulator and saw the Triton was once again training.

Triton saw Greg and said, "Can I help you?"

Greg just said, "I just wanted to say thanks for today. I couldn't have done it without your idea. And don't worry. I won't bother you again."

Just as Greg was about to leave he heard, "Greg," he turned around and looked at Triton, "If you want we can train together because that sword work today was horrible."

Greg smiled and stepped into the room.

Zolon Base.

Mechanis entered bows of the ship. It hadn't been used in millennia. It was a perfect place for his plan.

He walked towards a computer console and placed a disk into it.

"Ender," said Mechanis, "Can you hear me?"

Then the computer screen transformed into a pair of red eyes, "Yes my lord."

Mechanis smiled, "I need you go through the ships databases to find me a suitable power source. We need to rebuild our army."

The screen made a smile, "As you command my king."

Now that was episode three. If you have any comments, suggestion that you want to see, please review. I do read them.