A/N: Okay, first Super Sentai story. I hope you guys like it!

He's surrounded by the sounds of fighting but for a first time, it's not comforting to him. It's not all fun and games as it usually is. They're outnumbered, obviously, and it's killing them.

Big time.

Swinging his sword above his golden opponent's heads, he stops and stares at his crew. They're being pummeled, they're being hurt, they're losing. All de-morphed, they're getting knocked to the dusty ground. Only Joe and Luka seem to be keeping it together. They're at least trying to fight back while Don and Ahim are doing their best to just protect their faces.

Luka. He can't help but worry that she'll be alright. Of course she can take care of herself, she was getting along just fine until he and Joe found her, but it's just his captain instinct.

Right?

He should be more worried about Don, he should be more concerned about Ahim, but now all his energy is focused on Luka.

And he doesn't know why.

So focused on his team, he doesn't notice the blasts headed towards him until it's too late to get out of the way. They hit him head on, the shocks vibrating up and down his body. The pain is too much, fraying his resistance and he falls, hitting the ground hard, his weapons flying from his hand. The slide away from him, resting on the small rocks littering the valley.

He hears the cries of his crew and raises his head to find them held by the keys.

The smoke clears and he sees Basco smirking over his shoulder. It's the same smirk he used when they had fought together before, after a victory. But now it wasn't a victory with him.

It's a victory against him.

"I suppose it's time to go now. Come on!" he shouts to the ranger keys, now grown, as they try to drag his crew along, despite their weak protests. He nods to the forlorn ranger keys in front of Marvelous. The only ones they thought Basco had. "You can keep those, Marvy-chan."

"You…you were after my comrades all this time," Marvelous grunts out, using his Gokai sabre to pull himself off the ground. He's leaning all his weight on it but it's no use. Only his rage is keeping him standing.

"Precisely!" Basco seems delighted at his having caught on. "If I've told you once, I'll tell you again-to obtain something, you must give something up. Let's head out!" He turns on his heel and walks into the dust cloud caused by his ship flying right overhead. The cries of his team make Marvelous take a few steps forward. But it's not enough.

"Stop!" He stumbles another step before falling back down. The pain is paralyzing him so he can only watch as his crew is herded onto the ship, up the platform.

"Marvelous-san!" Ahim's screams are innocent, terrified. Just like her.

"Marvelous!" Don is scared too, but he's not fighting. Not yet.

Joe doesn't say anything, just struggles as much as he can to get back to his captain, his comrade. His growls are soft and menacing.

But it's none of them that pulls at Marvelous's heartstrings. Or at least, not as much.

It's Luka's grunts and her fights to get back. Even from the ground he can see her dust-streaked face a pallet of determination to get back to him, to keep fighting.

"Marvelous!" He's never heard her sound so desperate, so scared. And he hates it. More than anything. He wants to stop it.

But he can't.

"Guys…" he murmurs as they finally vanish from sight inside the ship. The door closes, it lifts off, it streaks away into the blue sky all in a matter of seconds.

Marvelous finally stands. He's weak, he's tired, he's drained. Not just physically but mentally too. After everything he's done, he has still lost them.

For once he's glad to have the mask.

But not for long.

De-morphing, he falls to his knees in front of the forgotten ranger keys. The symbol of what he had lost to gain something else.

He punches the ground once, twice, three times, exhausted. He can't do this anymore.

"Guys…" he lets out before screaming. It's a single, rage-filled sound that is of what he had, what he lost, what he has left.

No matter how loud it is, it's doesn't help to block out the last he heard of Luka's voice that is ringing in his ears.