Chapter 5
The Fans
"DDD get out of my laboratory!" Blazen yelled as he swung the giant alligator clamps. The clamps knocked a rather foolish looking creature out of Cossack's room.
"How did he even get in here?" Dranzer asked as he readied his club.
"Dunno, but he made a mistake coming now." RD said taking a step forward. RD drew his golden scepter. The head of the scepter was a dragon head, mouth open to show a red orb in its jaws. The bottom was fitted with a bayonet like blade. He aimed the scepter's head at the creature. The DDD creature before them was groaning in agony. It was a pitiful thing, with D shaped eyes, a black suit with a red D on it and D shaped shoes. Its head was also the shape of a D.
"Just don't break anything, eh?" Fallen asked and RD nodded. In a flash the scepter shot out a golden bolt of energy. DDD turned into a pile of sparks just like that.
"Hmph, very well done Rising Dragon. Now Breakman-5 could you explain to the Lamers just how he got in?" Dr. Cossack asked his robot.
"Lock lock lock, I'm not sure Doctor. All my sensors say that nothing is damaged, our shields are at full power and there's no sign of forced entry anywhere. It was like someone let him in." Breakman-5 explained as he looked at the buttons on his prettyful com.
"So, did anyone by any chance let someone in?" Blazen turned to the other Lamers. Everyone just shrugged.
"I hope the pizza guy is ok, I ordered it about an hour ago." Ribbita then piped up.
"Take away Ribbita's phone privileges, Breakman-5." Dr. Cossack then said with a sigh. Ribbita jumped up on the giant glass that held the Doctor's head.
"Nooooo! I'm sorry!" Ribbita whined.
"You'll get them back when you learn to behave young man! Now get off of me!" Doctor roared and Ribbita slumped down.
"IT'S THEM!" The Lamers turned back to the main room's doors. Two kids stood in the doorway.
"How did
you get in?" Risk asked, alarmed.
"The door was open." One of them said. He was wearing a pair of goggles on his head, a small jacket, big shoes, and puffy shorts. There were a lot of zippers. The other had brown hair and wore a blue suit with a grey tunic over his torso.
"My name is Teej," Said the first.
"And mine is DreamSword." Then said the second.
"We're huge fans of you guys." Teej explained.
"Fans?" Blazen asked a bit surprised.
"Yeah, we saw you guys take down that one kid in the park. We followed you here and saw the fight just now." DS then said.
"Looks like you picked up a couple more Rangers to." Teej said pointing to Fallen and RD.
"Listen, I don't think you two should be here." RD then said.
"Naw, we want to stick around and take a look at the Doctor." DS said simply
"No, I think you'll leave." Doctor Cossack then said.
"Nope, we stay."
"Leave."
"Stay."
"Leave!"
"Stay."
"LEAVE!"
"…stay."
"FINE! They can stay…" Dr. Cossack finally gave then disappeared.
"Whatever…" Dranzer sighed.
"Just don't get in our way." RD said rather gravely.
"Awesome!" The two fans said together. They then split up on their own adventures through the rangers. Teej found his way to Blazen.
"So you're the leader right?" Teej asked.
"Huh? Doc's the boss around here." Blazen responded.
"But you're red, red's always the leader."
"Really?"
"Yeah," Teej then smirked a bit, "and that also means you get the girl."
"Really?!"
"No. It's usually the extra ranger like gold or white." Teej then said and laughed.
"Oh…" Blazen responded, somewhat disappointed…then shrugged, "Whatever, I'm not the leader anyway. We're a team."
"But red's always the leader." Teej countered.
"Not this time." Blazen said simply then crossed his arms.
"You should be, c'mon you're red, maybe its natural or something. Try it next time." Teej suggested.
"Well…maybe…but I don't think so. RD doesn't look like the kind of guy to take orders. Especially from me."
"Maybe, you'll see." Teej said, very confident in his words. DS found the pink ranger.
"Hey, babe." DS said simply.
"Excuse me?" Risk responded, taken back and somewhat disgusted.
"I said: hey babe." DS said smiling, "What's up? You free Friday night?"
"Are you serious?" Risk asked, in utter shock.
"Yeah. I-oof!" Risk's fist made hard contact with DS's crotch.
"Beat it, loser…" Risk mumbled and walked off. Dranzer, Teej, and Ribbita laughed.
"Bitch…"DS muttered under his breath as he stood up, holding his crotch in pain.
"Rangers!" Cossack suddenly appeared again, his voice a loud bellow. Teej nearly shrieked from the sudden booming voice. He fell.
"'Sup, doc?" Blazen asked.
"Trouble, the park again. Looks like a big one this time to. All eight of you should go."
"Right, let's go guys!" Blazen said, perhaps taking what Teej said to heart more than he intended. They nodded in response however and all eight were sent to the park in their flashes of light.
"Lock, lock, lock. Doctor, what of the humans?" Breakman-5 then asked after the rangers left.
"Hmm? Oh…those two." DS and Teej looked up and waited for a moment.
"Can we stay and look around?" DS then asked. Doc considered that for a moment. Then they were sent away in a yellow light.
"Lock, lock, lock. Doctor, where did you send them?" Breakman-5 then asked.
"Anime convention, even…dressed them for the occasion." Doctor Cossack said with some devious glee.
"Oh my, lock lock lock."
DS and Teej then appeared in the convention, the light around them signaling their arrival. Everyone turned and looked to see DS and Teej appear from the light. DS was wearing a green skirt and sailor shirt however, with a green crown and knee high boots. Teej was wearing a long red dress, pink hair, and a blue headband with blue shoes with the toes showing. For a moment, the lives of the two were over.
MEANWHILE IN YMAGGION PARK
"Well, well, ain't it the Lamer Rangers!" Laughed a large man in blue armor.
"Yeah, and who might you be?" Blazen asked.
"They call me Hardman! Just try to get by my girth of armor!" The man stood at least ten feet tall and his armor must've been half as thick.
"Well you know what they say…" Morphman then said grinning through his helmet, "the bigger they are…"
"The harder they fall." Dranzer chimed as he readied his club.
"Rangers, attack!" Blazen yelled as he retrieved his giant pair of alligator clamps.
"Who made him leader?" RD mumbled to Fallen.
"Heh, what's the matter, RD, jealous?" Fallen responded with a chuckle as he drew X-saber, the cloth over its mouth still.
"Not at all…let's just get rid of this guy." RD pulled out his scepter. As the other rangers flanked out, RD blasted out a golden beam of energy from the orb at the top. A visor came down from Hardman's helmet in response.
"Pathetic, rangers! You won't penetrate my hardness!"
"Morph, try and blast a crack in that guy!" Blazen ordered. Morph pulled out some more of his acorns, pulled their pins, waited a moment then threw. The acorns flew into the air and blasted all around Hardman.
"Dranzer, get in there while before the smoke clears!"
"Right!" Dranzer ran in, the smoke from Morph's bombs still around Hardman. However, before Dranzer got close enough Hardman's massive hand flew through the smoke and grabbed Dranzer by his arm.
"I can see you, ranger!" Hardman said through the smoke. He then tossed Dranzer like a rag doll.
"Dranzer!" Ribbita called then jumped up. He caught his comrade, but barely. They both fell back, but Ribbita stopped Dranzer from hitting a tree.
"Good catch, Ribs!" Risk commented. Ribbita blushed under his helmet.
"Y-yeah, thanks!"
"Ok…uh…what do we do now…" Blazen mumbled to himself, confused and embarrassed. Some leader he was.
"We need a plan!" THD yelled to Blazen, "Got any ideas, mister leader?"
"I…I'm thinking hold on!" Blazen yelled back in panic.
"Well think of something fast! Here he comes!"
"Here I am!" Hardman charged through the smoke and at Blazen, he threw a punch down at the disoriented 'leader'. Blazen looked up, like a deer in the headlights. THD threw himself in between Blazen and the massive fist. His held his shield and blocked the punch making a loud thud. THD grunted from the force of the hit.
"We need a plan, Blazen!" THD yelled as he tried to push back against the fist.
"Morph, throw more acorns at his visor!" Blazen turned and saw RD next to Morph. He yelled the command.
"Huh?" Morph responded.
"Just do it!" RD then blasted Hardman's visor with a beam of his scepter. Hardman stumbled back slightly from the sudden impact. Morph threw his bombs and they exploded in Hardman's face.
"I can still see you rangers!" Hardman yelled as he recovered.
"Focus on the visor, it's got to be the thinnest point in his armor." RD shot at him again. The visor took the full blast once again. More acorns went off around his face.
"Gah, stop it!" Hardman roared and held his arms up around his head.
"Fallen now!" Fallen suddenly came up behind Hardman and up on the giant's back. He stood tall on the man's shoulders then stuck his sword in one of the cracks on the visor. It was beginning to give already.
"Don't think so!" Hardman took hold of Fallen's arm before he could begin to pry it open. Fallen saw his world spin, he the saw the sky, the ground then suddenly he saw Morphman. They collided and fell on top of each other.
"Morph, Fallen!" THD called when he felt the thundering steps of Hardman come his way. He turned in time to feel his shield be yanked out of his hands. THD looked up to see a part of the visor, just over Hardman's left eye was gone, then felt his own shield smack him on the side of his head. He fell with a groan.
"Blazen look out!" Blazen dodged back as Hardman swung the shield again and again. Hardman then began yelling in pain. Risk had climbed on his back then. Surprisingly something in her purse was of use.
"I hate being pink! I hate having a purse as my 'weapon'. And I hate guys who throw around my friends!" Risk emptied the bottle on Hardman's eye who was still screaming and roaring in pain.
"Blazen do something!" Blazen couldn't. He could only think about THD, Morph, Fallen, and Dranzer. He screwed up bad, real bad.
"For fucks sake…" RD took aim was about to blast Hardman's eye with his scepter. He called his shot off however when Hardman then took hold of Risk. He grabbed her by the arms and took her hold in both hands.
"You little bitch! You blinded me!" He began to squeeze. Risk began to scream. RD aimed again.
"Let her go!" Hardman held her out in front of him.
"Fire, I dare ya!" RD did not. He didn't need to. There was a warcry in the air, one of a true hero.
"Risssssssssssk!" Bouncing from seemingly nowhere was the green wonder, Ribbita. He came in, his voice that of a warrior and his body glowing bright green. The large spring shoes he wore suddenly disappeared. In their place, a spring icon appeared on the side of Ribbita's boot. It had melted inside of him, became one with Ribbita. He was one with the frog within.
"What the…?" Was all Hardman could let out before being kicked in the side of his head. The force was amazing. Hardman let go of Risk and fell to his back with a loud crash. Ribbita came again this time jumping on Hardman's face, breaking the visor further. Ribbita bounced upward, back flipped, and landed again with more force. Ribbita did this once more, but this time, as he back flipped, the acorns he stole off Morph rained down into Hardman's visor. Then the X-Saber flashed in Ribbita's hands as he came down and stuck the blade into Hardman's eye, covering the hole. He jumped off, and landed in a crouch. There was a moment of silence, of stillness…
BOOM! The dozen or more acorns all exploded at once inside of Hardman's helmet and upper armor. When the smoke cleared…there was only Fallen's X-saber stabbed into the ground. Hardman was finally gone…but so was the cloth.
"Holy fucking shit!" X-Saber yelled in surprise. Nothing else need be said.
A/N: Didn't quite end up like I intended. I guess I wanted more jokes in the fight, but it turned out more serious for the plot's sake. Yes there actually will be a plot in the making, with a reference to IO even. It got things moving at least.