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Power Rangers In Retrograde - Mystic Force ? Broken Spell

(Based from transcripts from Ranger wiki)

A short time ago, there was a dimension filled with wonderful magic. But then, darkness came into power, and the great battle began. An army of the undead, led by a powerful warrior, swarmed over the land, setting their sights on the human realm and beyond. All seemed hopeless when a small legion of brave and true wizards came forth. Against insurmountable odds, they battled heroically. They drove the evil back from the edge of the human world.

And then, two brave wizards cast a spell rising the Gates of the Underworld the forces of evil had come from and that sent the armies back into the Underworld. But great victory comes at great cost. The one who rise the gates, the Gatekeeper, lost her life in the deed while the other who pushed the forces back beyond the gate was lost, defending the gateway to prevent even one dark soul from escaping as it was sent back to the Underworld, and evil disappeared from the surface world.

The human world never knew of the great battle, or the sacrifices that were made to save them from destruction. Even to this day, they live in peace, totally unaware of what is about to awaken, or of just how significant the small town of Briarwood truly is...

On the highway overlooking Briarwood a young man rides up on a motorcycle, Nick Russel, stopping to look over the city he muses, "So... that must be Briarwood..." before continuing on down the road and into town.

Situated in the heart of the town we find the Rock-Porium, a music store with a most eclectic crew to manage and own it. Madison Rocca swims about the place behind a camera recording each of the crew in their elements. Vida, her sister working the turntables to create custom music for the customers is her first stop.

"Go Vida!" she laughs, "Sounds great sis!"

Before turning to Chip Thorn who is making random sword thrusts as he acts out some part from a Renaissance fair or fairy tale, his jacket tied around his neck as a cape, "Woah! Put the sword down Chip, we're at peace!" Madison laughs as she zoom in on Chip's antics.

"Even in times of peace a Knight must keep his skills sharp! Away!" Chip says dramatically as he dances away to fight invisible monsters.

Flashing a charming smile and a toned muscle Xander Bly winks at Madison just as a customer, a slighly heavyset young man enters, Xander quickly making his way over, "Hello, names Xander, what can I get you?"

The customer pauses, taking a glance at the door, "Just picking up a CD for my brother before we hit the road again."

Xander flashes his smile warmly as he leads the customer deeper into the store, "Names Xander Bly, come on I'm sure we can find something."

"Nikolai Blecker," the customer responds as the side office opens and their boss, Toby, emerges wearing goggles, a snorkel, and flippers.

Blecker suppresses a chuckle as the four employees stop what their doing and head over to their boss, Xander offering a quick, "One moment." before heading Toby's way. "Hey! Nice snorkel boss."

Xander reaches for the snorkel, but Toby slaps his hand away. Vida steps up next to Madison, laying a hand on her sister's shoulder, "Weren't you taking the day off today?"

Toby begins to respond, but has to yank his snorkel and goggles off to do so. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I was at the beach, snorkeling with the little fishies. And one swam right up to my mask! And he looked at me with these big fish eyes, and he said 'Are your employees cleaning the store like they said they would do?'" Smushing his face up, simulating a fish's mouth during the last line, which sends his workers into snickers and giggles, as well as the waiting costumer. "Now I have to go back to the water, back to the reef, find the fish, and say?no!"

Toby walks to his office, all four teens following as Blecker chuckles, "Seems like a fun place to work."

"Why don't you relax boss? Take a breather! I'll gather the troops; assign them things to do. Like sweep the floor, stock the merchandise, put out the trash, etcetera etcetera," Xander promises.

"Oh, you?you mean, do the jobs I pay you for. Guys!" Toby mocks jokingly before vanishing into his office.

"Alright, you heard the man, snap to it. Chip, grab a broom, Madison, deal with the stock, Vida, throw out the trash. *claps hands* Snap, snap!" Xander orders with sudden firmness as he heads over to Blecker, "Now about that CD you wanted."

Chip and Madison wander off to do their respective duties, as Xander helps Blecker find something of interest the entire place suddenly shakes violently.

"Earthquake!" Chip exclaims panicky as Xander helps Blecker to the safety of a door frame. "It's the end of the world!"

"Everybody take cover!" Vida exclaims.

Chip holds his hands up like an enthusiastic preacher of the apocalypse before shouting, "Just kidding."

"NOT funny," Blecker says looking a bit pale as he makes his way to the door, quickly paying for his purchase, "I hope my bro's ok in the car."

"Chip!" Madison admonishes before running up and grabbing him around the waist, pulling him backwards, supposedly towards safety.

Toby stands in the doorframe to his office, "Don't panic, don't panic! Remember the safety procedures!" quickly trying to read from a little pink piece of paper while staggering back and forth.

Vida is peering out from under a table, while Xander quick to help Blecker find the door, skating helmet sideways on his head.
"Get under a desk!" Toby exclaims as he dives back into his office, presumably under a desk.

Just outside town Nick exclaims, "Whoa!" as his motorcycle fights to stay on the road. He loses, and the motorcycle drives off onto the grass, sliding sideways. Nick crawls off and raises the visor of his helmet, looking out.

Deep in the forest The Xenotome unlocks and opens itself.

"Oh no. The darkness has been unleashed," a Mysterious Voice intones ominously.

Back in the Rock-Porium, Madison and Chip peer out from their hiding place.

"Is it over?"
"I'm alive!"

Both stand up and walk out from around the counter.

"Oh, great. The store's messier than before."

Vida emerges from her own hiding place as Xander reenters. All four survey the store.

"That Blecker kid and his brother OK?"
Xander nods as Vida survays the damage.
"You'd have thought that wouldn't be possible." she muses on the mess.
"Well, the good news is, the worst is over."

A purple, glowing ball shoots out from the Gates of the Underworld, going above ground and landing with a gigantic explosion. Something stands up from the ground. Evil laughter is heard.

"After all these years, I'm free," Koragg gloats.

A new page in the Xenotome reveals itself, showing a symbol of some sort, "There is a crack in the gate," the mysterious voice muses dangerously. A shadowy figure is seen reading from the book, illuminated for a second by lightning. "The darkness has returned."

Madison is videotaping all of her friends. Chip is lounging and eating pizza, while Xander skates up to a bike and jumps over it. Madison's face appears in the viewscreen, "After narrowly escaping death, the human species copes with it in very different ways."

Xander flips his skateboard over and pops it up into his hands, winking at the camera, "Some use physical activity. Some listen to music." Vida is sitting in the back of her truck, listening to music on her headphones and reading a magazine. Vida sees her sister filming, and waves.

"And, some eat. Tell me, Chip Thorn, what type of pizza are you eating?" her camera pans over to Chip, who is eating a very weird pizza. He takes a very large bite, and can barely be understood around it.

"Chicken, pepperoni, cheese, and chocolate marshmallows."

The camera pans back to Madison's face in disgust, "Eww... a fine example of the non-human species."

Just then a old voice call out, "Somebody please help me."

Xander, Vida, Madison, and Chip all stop what their doing and turn to the old man, along with several random townsfolk.

"Please. Someone. Anyone. I need help." he pleads again to the crowd, "It's my brother. We were walking just up the road, and some creature grabbed him. I fear the worst. It's just out of town; the creature took him into the woods."

The crowd looks at each other, shaking their heads in denial until...

"Can you imagine that, V? Him asking for someone to go into the woods." Xander talks softly into Vida's ear.

She does not respond.

"V?"

"Won't somebody please help me?"

"I will." three voices speak rise among the crowd.

The crowd parting to reveal Nick, Blecker, and his older brother. Nick kneeling by his motorcycle, apparently tinkering with it while the Blecker's are standing by a rent a car, the younger leaning on a wood stick with a dear-hide wrap for the handle, a native American design.

"I could use a break." Nick adds.

"Thank you." the old man says thankfully.

Nick stands up as the Bleckers gather around near him Nick slipping on his leather jacket as the Old Man totters over to him. Xander steps up, still wearing his skating pads."Hey, I'm a?I'm Xander. You're new around here, aren'tcha? Probably not aware of all the facts. And there's just one: you go into those woods, you don't come out."

"Heard about it. But the guy needs help. No one else in this city seems to care." Nick starts, him and the Old Man starting to turn away.

"Oh I'm sure we can handle anything with of us, what kind of jerk just abandons someone in need asking for help," the older Blecker comments as Vida steps forward.

"Make that four!" Nick turns back, looking at her with surprise. Vida looks around at the rest of the crowd. "Not everyone in this city's a coward."

Nick smiles subtly, as Chip steps forward, his demeanor one of excitement, "I'll go too! I've always wanted to go on a dangerous quest." Chip's smile fades into a frown, and he turns to Vida. "This is a dangerous quest, right?"
"Perilous."
Chip's smile returns full force, "Sweet!"

Nick adding, "Well, let's go."

Vida walks off after Nick, a

Vida walks off after Nick, and Chip follows, joined by the Bleckers. The entire crowd disperses. Xander looking at Madison in astonishment. "Don't look at me! I'm the sister with the common sense."
Both watch as their friends walk off the Old Man.

Atop a building Necrolai stands menacingly, laughing evilly, then flys away. Quickly finding a tunnel and deep, deep underground, past hundreds of foot soldiers, landing in front of a throne with a distant figure atop it.

"Report, Necrolai." The figure demands irritably, hundreds of foot soldiers jittering above the throne.
"I have seen the human world. It is all that we imagined, and let it be destroyed!"
"Destroyed, it will be."

Necrolai clasps her hands together in glee, while Morticon strokes his sword. "Let me be the one!"
"In due time, hag. We must not make the same mistakes!" The gear part of Morticon's head is pumping wildly. "We must be clever. Ruthless. This time, we will be victorious!"

Morticon slams the point of his sword into the ground, using it to level himself to a standing position. He begins strutting around the throne room. "Listen, my undead warriors! You have lived only in nightmares. But no longer! Where is Koragg? Send him forth to all who live in the light! To destroy!"
Morticon raises his sword into the air, dramatically. Koragg walks up in the shadows.

"Careful, Morticon. You are only a servant of the Master."

Back on the surface the five approach the edge of the woods, a sign reads "Danger: Keep Out."
The Old Man, Nick, Vida, the Bleckers and Chip file in a line past it. The old man whispering softly "and then there were five."

Raising his voice to audible levels he looks over the others, "You sure you're willing to enter? The woods are a very scary place."

Nick stares suspiciously at the Old Man, "You ask a lot of questions for someone whose brother is in danger."

"Everyone's in danger," he says cryptically.

Chip is still excited, "Everyone's in danger? Yeah!"

The younger Blecker eyes the old man suspiciously, "That doesn't sound suspicious at all," he says sarcastically.

His older brother chuckles.


A horn honks, and everyone turns around to face the noise. It is Xander and Madison, driving Vida's truck. Vida is very annoyed, "Xander! I told you if you ever took my car I'd rearrange your limbs."

Xander hops out of the truck, not even bothering with the door. He brushes imaginary dust off of the hood, "You're going into the woods and never returning. As if you're even gunna see it again."

"He's got a point," Chip jokes.

"You're my sister. Where you go, I go."

The Old Man, standing a ways off, watches; "And so, there is seven...quite unprecedented."

The teens are wandering single file through the forest, followed by the Old Man.

"Ugh, its creepy out here." Madison comments.

"You got that right." Xander adds.

The teens keep walking, but the Old Man stops, and falls back. The teens do not notice. The Old Man disappears. Madison noticing a odd tingle as they pass through a invisible barrier. "Huh? What was that? I felt something weird."

"Wait! Where's the old man?" Nick muses.

"Ten seconds in the woods and we're already lost. Alright!" Chip exclaims excitedly!

"We can't be lost," The younger Blecker comments, "Just stop, and back up a little."

"We could split up into group the Old Man can't have gotten far," the older Blecker advises.

Chip looks excitedly, "This is like Scooby Doo! I wonder who will run into the monster first when we split up! Hey either of you guys named Fred or Shaggy?"

"Nick Russel."
"Nikolai Blecker"
"Chris Blecker"

The 3 rattle off, N Blecker joking, "Besides none of us have a talking Great Dane or Scobby Snacks."

"Ruby Ruby Roooooooo!" Chip jokes.

"The group laugh before Xander breaks in, "I think it would be best if we stuck together."

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Shortly...

We pick up again in the middle of a rant, complete with hand gestures, from Chip, " ?trolls, goblins, and elves live in the woods, too. I've also heard that a witch lives here. She's hideous, with green skin and a black tongue with yellow drool that slowly drips from the corner of her mouth when she speaks."

"You've been reading too many fairy tales, friend." Nick jokes, the teens appear to have been walking a long time. Nick stops them, and they fan out facing of him, appearing scared. "Guys. There's no such thing as witches."

Nick notices that they aren't paying attention to his entreaty, and looks at their scared faces. "Okay, so now you're playing with me." his voice rising to a mocking falsetto, "Ooo! Someone's behind me! I'm so scared. Boo!"

"There is someone behind you!" Vida warns.

Nick turns around. There is a very dark, cloaked figure standing almost directly behind him. He screams and jumps backwards. The figure holds its arms out and advances.

"Anybody wanna run?"
"Already tried, but my feet won't move."

Hidiacs, the foot soldiers of the Underworld jump out of nowhere, making noises.

"She brought friends!"

Hidiacs surround the group of teens, leaving the cloaked figure alone.

"Watch out!"

The cloaked figure pulls a glowing, snowflake-topped wand out from behind it. A woman's voice cries out as she spins, trailing light. "Mysto Aerotan!"

Seven brooms fly out of nowhere, and pick up the teens in various ways, causing them to flail wildy hundreds of feet in the air. Meanwhile, the Hidiacs rush the cloaked figure, who uses her wand to blow them up.

N Blecker comments as they fly off, "Ok I believe in magic now!"
"Yeah!" Chip exclaims excitedly.
Everyone Else shouting, "Whoaaaaa!"

The brooms are flying the teens closer to a gigantic tree deep in the forest. Chip and N. Blecker enjoying the flight. The teens are dumped on their faces on the ground, while the brooms fly away. The group stands up, brushing off the dirt from their landing.

"Okay. So, new guy. Now you know why no one goes into these woods," Xander grouses.
The teens advancing on the 3 out of town visitors.

"What is this place?" Vida's completely ignores their little testosterone fight, and is instead wondering where the brooms have dropped them off. There appears to be a cave, directly behind them.

"I call it: Rootcore," The shadowy figure is standing right behind Nick, once again.

"Quick, in here!" Chip offers as The group of teens backs into the cave, the cave is revealed to be what looks like a stone dragon's mouth. The mouth lowers as the teens back further in, locking them in.

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Having passed through some unseen doorway the seven emerge into a strange room full of computer monitors melded with twisted roots and trees, the Cloaked Figure appearing before them suddenly, "I thought it best you were brought here."

Lost and confused, Xander raises his hand in greeting, trying to act charming, "Hi, I'm Xander. It's a really nice place you got here, its?its really..." he pauses to knock on nearby table, "...woody."

The cloaked figure raises her wand in a flash of sparkles, and the brooms appear in five color-coded stations along the wall, the last 2 resting against a wall.

The cloaked figure dramatically throws off her cloak revealing to be an older woman, with long red hair, dressed in white. "I am the sorceress Udonna. Welcome to my home."

She opens her arms in the universal gesture of welcome, and the group of teens looks around the room a touch more relaxed.

"Wow... this is awesome!" Chip exclaims.
"Right up you ally Nikky," the older Blecker says prodding his younger brother with a elbow.
N. Rissel looks confused at the older Blecker before noting the younger one chuckle, "Well of course."

The room is more then computers and wood but is also decorated with illuminated stain glass and lots of shadows, Udonna continues "When the seven of you went to the forest, you stepped into a magical dimension."

Chip is excited, like a kid in a candy store, "A parallel dimension outside of Briarwood? Do we live in a great city or what?!"

N Blecker smirks, "Gothem's better but I never saw Batman."

"Everyone knows Batman's just a comic," Vida counters, "Like the Power Rangers,it's not real."

C Blecker interrupts, "Um you guys do realize the Power Rangers were on TV, heck a team of them publicly defended Mariner Bay."

"Cool that proves Batman is real!" Chip exclaims, "Like the Ninja Tutles!"

Both Nicks face palm.

A weird noise is heard, and suddenly Udonna is on the other side of the group of teens. She advances on them. This time, they do not back up, "A few years ago, there was a great battle in our world. Dark magic conquered our realm, and was about to enter your dimension, when we finally defeated them, and sent them back to the underworld. But at a great cost." Udonna is looking away in sadness, then comes back to herself and whirls around. "The gate was sealed with a powerful spell. However, during the recent earthquake, a crack appeared in the gate, and evil has slipped through."

Xander raises his hand, a finger pointing to the ceiling as if he is in class, and trying to get his teacher's attention, "Remember me? Xander? Look, I'm just wondering: what does that have to do with us?"

"It could mean the end for both our worlds."

"Please." Nick (Russel) laughs, "None of us are buying this fairy tale."

Udonna has turned around and walked up the stairs, but she turns to face the teens again as Nick talks, "This is not a fairy tale. What I tell you is what happened."

Nick scoffs, "Guys..."

"We just fought undead things and flew on brooms, I'll believe anything the magic witch lady says." N. Blecker comments, Chip high fives him.

"All right!"

Vida adds a bit of rationality, "Hey! Let's hear what she has to say. We can always leave after that."

Udonna is standing in front of a giant book on a pedestal, her arms stretched out around it, "The Xenotome. The Book of the Unknown. In it, is everything we do not know."

"Xena...tome?" Chip comments, "I loved that show."

N. Blecker chuckles.


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N. Blecker chuckles.

The teens walk up the stairs cautiously, approaching the book. As they get closer, a new inscription appears in the book, "What kind of language is that? I've never seen it before."

"It is the language of the ancients. You will soon learn it. It says, that when evil rises again, five mystical warriors from the human realm will step forward. You are those warriors. You... are the POWER RANGERS."

The expressions on the various teens' faces ranges from enthusiasm to outright skepticism.

"Nice!" Chip exclaims.

Xander raises his hand again, "Uh, excuse me. There must be some mistake. How are we gunna defeat pure evil? Our high school hasn't even won a football game in like, six years."

Udonna ignores the comment, and holds out a set of wands, five wands, "These are your magic wands. Never go anywhere without them."

"Wait," C. Blecker injects, "There's only five of those, and you just said Five POWER RANGERS, there are seven of us."

Udonna pauses in thought, "Yes, clearly there is more going on then predicted, the evil must have found a edge, or perhaps two of you are meant for something different later on. The wands will decide who will be their masters."

As she hands each teen a wand, the colored part glows: yellow for Chip; Green for Xander; Blue for Madison; Red for Nick (Russel), who takes his reluctantly, and Pink for both Nick (Blecker) and Vida. Chris Blecker has no reaction to any of them. Just as she finishes, another woman runs into the room frantically.

"Udonna! Oh! Hello. Nice to meet you," Clare pauses, flustered enough by the unexpected presences to lose her urgent train of thought. Xander raises his hand in a hesitant greeting. "Uh, excuse me. Udonna!"

Clare leans over and whispers frantically in Udonna's ear. Udonna has an immediate reaction.

"You must stay here until I return. Do not go into the woods by yourselves." Udonna raises her hand, snapping her fingers, and disappearing in a flash of white light. Clare begins imitating her.

"I wish I could do that; I practice and I practice, but, tch, nothing!"

The teens are watching Clare warily, kind of shocked.

"Oh, um, hello, again. Um, I'm Clare, sorceress in training here at Rootcore," Clare is very helpful, perky, and completely scaring Nick.

He throws his hands up, "Okay. That's it. I'm out of here." Nick (Russel) tries to walk away, but ends up walking into Clare, who has put herself in his path.

"No! You can't go."

"No?"

"Udonna said you had to stay here until she returned."

"We all better go," Madison adds.

"Maybe we should vote on it, I mean come on guys last time we ventures out into the woods monsters attacked us, it's how we wound up here!" N. Blecker argues.

The group pause a moment, Nick R. looking impatient, "Well I'm going, who else is with me."

"And where exactly are you going?" C. Blecker asks.

"Back to town, what else."

"Oh go somewhere you need to be? Didn't you come in on a motorcycle, my brother and I have far more pressing matters, we have to get to San Angeles, our dogs were ever taken up there ahead of us, their waiting for us, but we're waiting, we can spare a few hours, especially if the fate of the world is somehow up to us, right Nicky." he says glancing over at his brother.

"Stop calling me that, KIM." the younger Blecker injects. "Just call me Blecker, everyone else does."

C. Blecker chuckles, "Makes you sound like your our dad, Mr. Blecker."

"Not Mr. Blecker, just Blecker!" N. Blecker counters.

"Sure," his brother says dropping the subject, before turning back to Nick R. "So you really in that big a hurry Nick?"

Nick R. huffs and crosses his arms, dropping himself into a near chair, "Fine, witch lady's got fifteen minutes."

The others take his lead and find seats, N. Blecker rubbing his legs as he sits, looking sheepishly at the others, "Bad knees."

"Oh, Oh I know! I can fix that!" Clare says gesturing wildly as everyone cautiously watches her as she shouts some strange words.

N. Blecker is enveloped in light, and falls out of the chair, as he tries to sit back up he finds the bones in his legs have turned to jelly and can't support any weight. All four local teens and Nick R. jump backwards in shock, while Blecker's brother helps sit his brother back in the chair.

"Oh boy, is Udonna gunna be mad at me."

"C'mon," Nick R. protests, "You really want to stick around with miss magical misfire over there?"

Xander injects, "You really going to leave Blecker after that, we need to at least wait for Udonna to return to fix him."

"Thanks Xander." Blecker adds.

Nick throws up his arms and takes a seat, glaring at Clare, "Fine! But you, I want you at least 20 feet away from any of us at all times!"

Clare nods and backs away, "S-Sorry."

N. Blecker shrugs, "Mistakes happen."

"She melted your bones!" Nick objects.

N. Blecker chuckles, "Meh, it's magic, I was asking for it."

Nick R, huffs.

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Udonna looks around see burning ruins of a village populated by faeries, goblins, and elves. The Elf Leader comes out of nowhere, interrupting Udonna's reflections, "It is her! It is you! The protector is here. Hail, the Mystic Force."

Several villagers adding, "Hail!"

All the villagers walk up, and kneel before Udonna, she smiles warmly just as a giant ogre growls from behind the trees and charges, waving its arms. The villagers flee in panic. Udonna pulls out her wand, and stands in an aggressive stance. "Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

In a flurry of light and magic she is transformed into...
"Flurry of snow! White Mystic Ranger."

Udonna jumps up into the air, to the height of the ogre, "Fire!"

The blast has no affect upon the ogre, who tries to smash Udonna with his fist. Udonna flips backwards out of the way. The Hidiacs, meanwhile, sneak up on her as she lands, she turns quickly and freezes them with a blast of her wand, shattering them with one blow before turning back to the ogre.

"Snow Staff!" she exclaims freezing the ogre, then poses as the ogre explodes, "You're iced." Udonna then powers down, "Power down."

It is a bit premature as Koragg pops out of a dark seal on the ground. Udonna watching him carefully.

"You may have defeated my Hidiacs, but you'll not defeat me. Wolf Attack!"

There is a gigantic explosion, sending Udonna flying, she glares at Koragg from the ground.

"It is the end for you."

Power Rangers In Retrograde - Mystic Force ? Broken Spell Part 2

(Based from transcripts from Ranger wiki)

"On your feet. Darkness has come," Koragg orders.

Udonna struggles to her feet, "I do not know you, Warrior. But if its a battle you want, I am ready to fight."

"I am Koragg, the Knight Wolf." Koragg throws out his hand, summoning a spell seal. Udonna takes a step back cautiously. "Uthe Mejor Catastros! Ride up from your depth!"

A giant horse jumps out of the spell seal, riding into the air.

"Sumbol Unithos Equestras! Power of the centaur!" Koragg jumps into the air, passing through a spell seal, and joining with Catastros. "Haha. You are now just pebbles under my hooves." Koragg rears, and Udonna steps back in alarm.

"Magical Source, Mystic Force!" Udonna steps forward, and a magicl seal rises under her, "Galwit Mysto Prifior!" turning into a gigantic version of herself, as big as Koragg. They square off, Old West style.

"I'm ready."

"Energy of Light, FIRE!"

Koragg deflects the blast with his shield, "Darkness destroys light."

Udonna runs at Koragg, who laughs evilly and then kicks Udonna in the chest. Udonna and Koragg hit each other again, "Have I seen you before, Wizard? You are too familiar."

"And you too, Witch. But that will not stop me from destroying you."

"What?"

"Behold the Eye of the Master!" A portion of Koragg's shield opens up, revealing a red gem. The light from it knocks Udonna flying. "Charge!"

Koragg jumps on the fallen Udonna, and slashes her with his sword. Udonna flails in a show of sparks, then disappears. Her staff lands in the ground, and it starts snowing, "You are defeated."

Udonna is lying on the ground, groaning, obviously haven fallen there. Her morph explodes as she reverts to human form and size. Stumbling to her feet she quickly chants a spell vanishing as she collapses.

Koragg snorts and turns disappearing into the ground, back to the Underworld.

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"Our first victory. Hail the Master! Hail!" Koragg cheers, as Necrolai crosses her arms and scoffs.

"Then why did you let the White Ranger escape?"

Koragg huffs, "She was a coward and fled but I have show my superiority over the White Witch she will not escape next time."

Morticon scowls, "You had best be right Koragg..."

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Rootcore

Udonna is surprised to see all seven waiting, and is a bit disappointed but hides it well, 'The real Power Rangers would have felt compelled to investigate, could I have chosen wrong?' before she notices N. Blecker rubbery looking legs and the guilty look on Clare, "What happened to you?"

Blecker smirks nervously, "Bad knees, Clare tried to fix um."

"Oh child," Udonna says compassionately to Clare, and with a wave of her wand Blecker's legs are fixed. "My Apologies."

"Great so Blecker is fixed, everyone ready to go now?" Nick scoffs.

No one moves.

"Come on," he argues.

"Magical witches turning guys knees to rubber not convincing enough for you?" Chip injects.

Nick R. glances at his wand and huffs, "Sorry but I'm not carrying around something stupid like this around."

"I could get use to it," N. Blecker and Chip comment.

"?well, it might be good for Chip, but..." Xander gestures and N. Blecker and Chip mock duel (chip with his wand and N. Blecker with his walking stick), an embarrassed look on his face, Vida laughing at their antics, tossing her wand to N. Blecker.

Udonna looks back at Clare, who nods, amused, "Very well. Utum Zore!"

Udonna waves her hand, and the wands in the teens' hands are transformed into cell phones. The teens examine them closely, sort of like any kid being given new tech.

"I hope you find these more to your generation's liking." Udonna muses.

"Cell phones. Very cool." Vida comments.

"So unlimited daytime minutes or what?" N. Blecker chuckles.

The others laugh.

"They are your Mystic Morphers. They are activated by spellcodes that you will come to learn along the journey. Now go back to the city, live your normal lives, and wait until you are needed. Remember, there is evil everywhere, and you would be best served speaking to no one of what has happened."

"Question." N. Blecker raises his hands, "Do you have a extra one for me and my brother or what?"

Udonna pauses a moment in thought, "Come with me, Nicholas, we will see weather it is you or Vida who is destined for the wand."

N. Blecker waves his hands dismissively tossing it to Vida, "I'm not just going to leave my brother behind while you have a perfectly good ranger right here. Just give us a lift back to town and call us when you figure out what role we are to play."

N. Blecker reaches into a pocket and takes out a small silver case, handing out a black business card to everyone preasent.

"I can show them the way out of the woods!" Clare offers.

"No, they must find their own way. Just remember: the trees are your passage." Udonna advises.

"We'll walk them out, right guys?" Madison offers. Everyone nods, even Nick. R. begrudgingly.

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Standing outside the teens stare perplexed at skinny, newgrowth, trees.

"How could a tree be our... passage...?" Chip wonders raising his hand to touch the tree, and is sucked in in a flash of light. The other teens' faces are shocked, and right then the tree spits Chip back out, he twitches about in excitement. "Whoa, guys, its so cool! Just touch the tree, and?BAM?you're flying through roots, branches, stems, leaves, and bark... just think of the tree in front of the record shop. Really. It works."

Xander approaches the tree, as Chip stands back, "Nononono. There is no way that this could-"

Xander touches the tree, and is sucked in in a flash of light. He's tossed out in front of the record shop, a totally unbelieving expression on his face. He looks back and forth in confusion. Toby walks out of the shop, looking at a piece of paper. He eyes Xander, who is obliviously trying to figure out what the hell is going on.

"Okay, it can!"

The other teens come flying out of the tree behind Xander, slamming into him and knocking all four forward. Toby's mouth is open in confusion.

"Hey, you guys just... from the tree..."

The teens approach Toby, and Xander raises his arms in a 'I don't know' gesture.

"Nevermind."

"You feeling okay?" Vida asks Toby.

Vida, Chip, Xander, Madison, Nick R. go inside the record shop, waving goodbye to the bleckers as they head off to their car, whilst Toby approaches the tree.

"Uh, I gotta check this out," Toby leans over to look at the tree, then points at it. He walks into it, sure that something will happen. Instead, he just bumps his head.

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Some time later, outside the Rock Porium...

"Hey there." Madison approaches Nick R. who is messing around with his bike, she stands awkwardly by.

"Hey."

"So still not convinced about the entire, you know," her voice dropping to a wisper, "Power Ranger thing."

Nick shakes his head, "That Chris guy should have just taken my morpher, but whatever."

"So, while we're out in the world fighting evil, what're you gonna do?"

"Well first, I'm gonna fix my bike, then I'll head to my grandparents' and see if I can live there, instead of with my sister in Briarwood."

Madison grimaces, and Nick obviously contemplates giving her the cold shoulder, though he settles on amused. "No parents?"

"Ohhh... you are nosy! Yes, I have parents. They're working overseas for a few years. I was living with my cousins for a while, then my uncle, now my sister."

"Must be hard, leaving friends all the time."

"I usually don't stay around long enough to have friends."

"You know, you could... I mean, you could stay somewhere longer, y'know, like... here, maybe."

"I'd love to talk to you all day, but I've still got a lot of work to do on my bike, and?"

"Oh yeah, I'm sorry. I just...I was?I was trying...um... I'm gonna leave you to it." Madison turns away, hurt, embarrassed, and trying to cover it up with good manners. Nick has done a good job at shutting her down and out. He feels bad.

"Hey, look. I?I really appreciate what you're trying to do?trying to say?but I guess I'm just not cut out for this magic stuff like you guys. But, good luck."

"Yeah, you too."

She points awkwardly at his bike, then turns around again and walks away. Nick watches her go, a sad look on his face. Udonna and Clare watching this scene on a crystal orb.

"Forget him, Clare. It is not to be."

"Yea, I guess so. I just don't know why the Xenotome showed five warriors, not four. Maybe I'm the fifth warrior!"

Clare raises her broom, swinging it around like a sword. She nearly hits Udonna, who ducks, and then grabs the broom on the return swing. They begin walking up the stairs towards the Xenotome.

"Probably not. What is more curious to me is why 7 responded and 2 were Pink Mystic Rangers."

"Right," Clare glancing at Udonna's Snow Wand, "Do you think the other one could..."

Udonna pauses, glancing down at her own wand, "Sweep, please." a reflective look on her face.

"But, its a good thing you didn't move on when I started here. Any other sorceress would have tossed me to the trolls when I cracked the crystal ball, or when I dried up the lake, or when I?"

"Yes, there was a long list of things you needed to learn. Not to mention turning yourself into a sheep." Both pause, and shake their heads, laughing. Udonna strokes Clare's hair in a maternal gesture. "You, child. You are not someone I would ever give up on."

"And I appreciate that... but, just for reference, so when I become a powerful sorceress I'll know... why is it that we're giving up on Nick?"

Udonna looks at Clare, a look of musing upon her face, "I'm not sure what the Xenotome is up to."

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The Underworld

"Its almost time," Koragg muses.

From in the shadows behind Koragg, Necrolai and Mortico

The Underworld

"Its almost time," Koragg muses.

From in the shadows behind Koragg, Necrolai and Morticon are collaborating.

"He is not to be trusted," Necrolai warns.
"And you are? Koragg! I want you and your Hidiacs to do something for me."

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Back to Nick, still trying to fix his bike.

"It will still not run." Udonna says appearing out of nowhere.

"You may know about magic, but you know nothing about bikes. I just fixed it."

Udonna stands watching, in plain view, as Nick tries to start his bike. The starter sputters, but nothing catches.

"It should have started right up... Look, if you messed with my bike, trying to get me to stay, you can just?"

An old man walks by on the sidewalk, giving Nick a weird look.

"What're you looking at?"

The old man continues walking.

"Only you can see me."

"Just my luck. As I was saying: you can undo whatever you did to my bike."

"I have done nothing to your bike! Nick, there's a reason why you're here, at this place, at this time. Don't run away from it."

"Look... I know you think you need me. But you don't. I'm not your guy. Go bug the Bleckers."

"To much Pink energy can be dangerous, while I could craft a new wand for Blecker it would be dangerous for there to be two Pink Mystic Rangers, but you, there is only one Red Mystic Ranger. Though I am keeping a eye on the Bleckers for...whatever their role may be."

Nick turns back to fiddle with his bike, ignoring Udonna. She ups the ante.

"Then why did you speak up first to help the old man who'd lost his brother?"

Nick is surprised, and angry, as well he should be, and stands up to confront her.

"How'd you know about that?"

In a flash of moving light, Udonna transforms into the Old Man, then transforms back. Nick is angry.

"No way."

"It let me know that you were the one to lead the Rangers."

From some way off come the voices of the other teens.

"Come on!" Vida exclaims.

The teens run out of the record shop in a line, and disappear through a tree. Nick looks concerned, the Bleckers running off to join them a moment later.

"Where are they going?" Nick wonders.

"There's trouble in the woods. They're gonna help. Nick, they need you."

"I'm not a leader. Apparently, I can't even fix my bike."

Udonna waves her wand, and the bike immediately turns on, rumbling, "It's fixed. Isn't it about time you owned up to who you really are?"

"Thanks for the help with the bike. But I gotta?" Nick looks up from retrieving his helmet, and Udonna is gone. "?go." Nick puts on his helmet, and pulls off onto the street, driving away.

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The six teens run out of a tree in the forest, dressed in color-coded leather and capes.

"Whoa! Check out the uniforms!" Madison exclaims.

"And cloaks!" Chip spins around in a circle, emphasizing the new items of clothing, nearly hitting Xander in the face. "Nice."

"I hate pink." Vida grouses, before suppressing a chuckled to see N. Blecker also has Pink attire, C. Blecker in yellow. "I though you two were giving up the Ranger thing."

"Meh our hotel room is already paid up might as well lend a hand while were still in town." C. Blecker jokes, his brother nodding.

A flash of light in a dark place nearby wipes the good mood from their faces.

"You can go to the complaints department later, Vida. Look." Xander warns as they are surrounded by Hidiacs, stepping forward with a smile, "Time for Plan Xander."

A large group of Hidiacs rises up from a spell seal on the ground.

Xander steps forward, towards the Hidiacs, straightening his shirt. He sticks his hand out in greeting, "Hi. I'm Xander. We're not really from these parts, hey, so if its okay with you, we'll just be heading off in another?"

A Hidiac jumps up and kicks Xander in the chest, sending the unprepared boy flying backwards into his friends. They help him up. Xander stands in a fighting stance.

"Guess we fight."

"I hope everyday isn't going to be like this," Madison wonders.

The four teens jump right in, the cloaks emphasizing their movements and making the battle look a bit like a fluid dance. Each teen is thrown to the ground within moments. N. Blecker's leg seizes up and several Hidiac gather around him prone on the ground.

Shutting his eyes tight she grunts preparing for the attack, "I believe in magic!"

Suddenly spinning N. Blecker turns into a living tornado blowing away Several Hidiac, Vida follows suite, "I believe!" becoming a second tornado.

A chorus of voices follow suit with 'I believe.' Xander summoning p roots and vines to ensnare, Chip blasting them with lightning, Madison with a torrent of water, and C. Blecker with a blinding flash.

"She said we'd know when to use our wands. I think this is the time!" Chip commenting.

"Ya think?!" Vida jokes.

"Let's ranger up!" Xander offers, glancing back at the Bleckers, "Get to cover."

The four teens line up, then dramatically toss their cloaks over their shoulders. They pull their cellphone wands out of the holders on their belts, and raise them to the sky. "Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

Mystic Seals appear and they transform.

"Strong as a tree! Green Mystic Ranger!"

"Everchanging as the wind! Pink Mystic Ranger!"

"Fluid as the sea! Blue Mystic Ranger!"

"Fast as lightning! Yellow Mystic Ranger!"

Xander starts off as the ranger pose ready, the Bleckers flankign them on either side, "What are you two doing?"

"We may not be Ranger but we can still help." C. Blecker offers.

Everyone shouts, "Mystic Force!"

The Rangers run after the Hidiacs, thoroughly kicking their asses this time, The bleckers once more transforming into a pink tornado and a burst of light and power.

"You want more?" Chip brags.

"Let's see what I can do with this! MagiStaff! Ha!" Xander pulls out his MagiStaff, aiming at the Hidiacs. Vines appear in midair, then wrapped around the Hidiacs in groups. "MagiStaff, Axe Mode!
The staff's guard is moved to the top, and enlarged to an axe."

"Take this!" Xander slams the axe into the ground, creating a tremor headed right for the Hidiacs, who flail around and explode in sparks.

"Bad boys! You forgot your water-wings! Ha!" Madison is standing on top of some water, and there are Hidiacs surrounding her, in the water. She uses her staff to create explosions in the water, and sends one Hidiac flying away.

"Pink is not my favorite color. But trust me: its not gonna be yours, either! Wing Power!" Vida raises her staff to the sky, and large, flimsy pink wings appear on her back. She stands still, and the wings beat furiously, sending the Hidiacs flying.

"Let's give them a little MagiStaff jolt and enlighten them! Crossbow mode!" Chip lowers his transformed staff, and takes aim at the Hidiacs. The entire group explodes. All the Rangers regroup, and they are congratulating each other and celebrating. They stop as the sky suddenly turns dark.

"Or maybe not." Xander grouses.

Koragg appears from a bright, ominous spell seal on the ground, crouching, "I'm back."

"Its Koragg!"

"Right!"

"Ugh."

"We can take him!"

"Come on V, wind power times two for the win!"

Koragg approaches the teens, and they shift around, trying to get in good stances, "You can try, but you are no match. I call on my sword from the darkness! This is your end." Koragg's sword and shield appear in his hand, and the sword makes an ominous noise as he unsheathes it.

"Okay. Now what?" Xander wonders.

"Now you will feel the power of dark magic!" Koragg's shield opens, revealing an eye.

At Nick R., who is driving his motorcycle along a mountain road he is not focused, instead of watching the road Nick is seeing a vision of Koragg attacking the Rangers.

"Oh no..." Nick's eyes widen, and he pulls over to the side of the road, pulling off his helmet.

Udonna's Voice piped into his head, "You are the one to lead the Rangers."

Nick looks around in confusion. Normal people don't hear voices.

Back to the Rangers rolling on the ground in pain. Koragg advances on them.

"I will not be merciful this time."

"Can't we talk this over?" Xander offers.

Koragg raises his sword, growling.

"Guess not."

"You're doomed. Any last words?"

"Yea! Just one!" Nick's motorcycle flies over a bump, launching Nick into the air. Nick jumps off, hitting Koragg with a flying kick, right in the center of his shield.

"Come on!" he says to the Rangers as he lands.

"Whoa!" everyone says.

"Now there are seven..." Koragg says confused.

Nick dramatically removes his helmet, "I guess there are."

Koragg rushes at Nick, who stands his ground.

"This is as good a time as ever to start believing in magic."

Koragg swings his sword down heavily on Nick's head. Nick throws up his hands, screaming, and a red light blocks the path of the sword.

"I do believe in magic!" Nick shoves Koragg backwards, and the scene is shown once again from the crystal orb in rootcore.

"Yes. he finally believes."

Clare dances in happiness. Red firefly lights surround Nick, transforming his clothes into the wizard ones. Nick smirks knowingly, and his phone appears in his hand as he tosses off his cloak. "Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

"Red Ranger!" Xander smiles.

"Get 'em, Nick!" Vida cheers.

"He believes!" Madison adds.

"Way to go!"

"Heat things up Red Ranger!"

"Way to go!"

"Fearsome as fire! Red Mystic Ranger!"

"Prove to me your worthiness; battle my forces. Hidiacs, arise!"

Nick jumps out into a clear area, preparing himself for the onrushing Hidiacs. "You fight with words? So be it. MagiStaff, do your thing!"

Nick pulls out his MagiStaff, and aims it at a leaping Hidiac. The staff transforms it into a giant rubber ball. "Nice! Who doesn't love soccer? Let's have some kicks!"

Nick kicks the Hidiac!Ball towards the group of them, where it bounces off, and Nick has to kick it back several times. Eventually the Hidiac!Ball explodes.

"MagiStaff, Sword Mode!" The MagiStaff transforms into a sword, which Nick uses to e

"MagiStaff, Sword Mode!" The MagiStaff transforms into a sword, which Nick uses to expertly slice through the Hidiacs. "Yikes!"

The Hidiacs have launched Nick in the air, where he is flipping around wildly. They shoot something at him, which he blocks with his sword. "That all you got?"

Nick goes back to flipping through them. "Power of the Phoenix!" Nick is surrounded by red glittering lights, and flies through the center of the group, destroying and/or scattering them everywhere. They explode. "That's hot. Ha! I guess it works after all."

The others run up to congratulate him.

"Nick, that was awesome!" chip exclaims.

"Mystic Force?" Nick offers.

"Mystic Force!" Everyone's say together.

They combined their hands together in a show if comradely.

"Do not celebrate, Rangers. This was just one battle. Next time, the outcome will be different." Koragg says vanishing.

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Toby is again trying to puzzle out the mystery of the teleporting tree. Once again, all he gets to show for it is a bump on the head. Inside the Rock Porium, the teens are trying to clean up from the earthquake earlier that day. Xander walks past Nick, who is reading a magazine, carrying a box.

"Nick, now that we're a team, do you feel like helping?" Xander wonders.

"I fight soulless mutants. I don't clean."

"Then out of the way, bucko," Vida walks past Nick, shouldering him out of the way.

"Okay... but as a wise old woman once asked: do you believe in magic?"

"You think?"

Nick nods, grinning

"Well... I believe," Madison pulls out her cell/wand, and aims it at the comics on the floor, which begin to pick themselves up. "Cool!"

"It works! Sweep like lightning!"

"Hmm...easy does it!"

Chip is using his wand to animate a broom. Xander floats the trash bags out the back door, and Vida cleans up the CDs. All sorts of junk is now floating around the store on its own.

"Sorry, Chip!" Xander almost hit Chip square in his chest.

"Hurry! Someone's coming!" Nick warns.

"Wait!" Madison says with alarm.

Toby comes walking in through the door, "Okay I knew you wouldn't?ah...oh. You would. It's clean. Very clean. Its the cleanest its ever been. Maybe it's... its lost its edge! Have I become a megashop?!" Toby worriedly bites his fingers, as the assembled teens laugh, and a girl walks in through the front door.

"Hello? I'm new in town... can somebody help me?"

"That'll be me." Xander offers before...

"No, no, me!" Chip interupts.

Both boys rush to stand next to her, waiting for her to choose between them. She leads them on, then walks towards Nick.

"Hm... I... want... him!"

"Sorry, I don't work here."

"You know, Toby, you really gotta hire this guy, because he was?um?instrumental in cleaning the store." Madison smooses.

Nick twitches, and growls at Madison, "Wait! I wasn't looking for a job."

Toby looks Nick up and down, ignoring the whispering, and imperiously asks a question, "Who's the greatest guitarist ever?"

Nick looks horribly confused. The conversation makes no sense, "Well, its?its gotta be Jimi, but?"

"You're hired!"

"...Okay..."

Toby shakes Nick's hand. The confused look on Nick's face has only gotten worse, "Now help the customer."

"My name's LeeLee Pimvare. And yours?"

"I'm in trouble."

All the teens laugh at Nick.

Power Rangers In Retrograde - Mystic Force ? Code Busters

(Based from transcripts from Ranger wiki)

"Let's see... Beetle's Bane... check! Slug root... check!" Clare is walking through the woods, a basket full of herbs dangling from her arm. She is checking off a list in a small notebook. As she looks up, the Rangers on their Mystic Racers blow past, startling Clare, who ducks.

"Heads Up!" shouts Nick R.

"Coming through!" exclaims Chip.

"Yeah!" Madison shouts excitedly.

As they race past, Nick turns back to yell at Clare, "Sorry!"

Clare huffs, "They need to put traffic lights out here. Ah! Hollyflower petals. Come to mama. Borum... gorum..? Florum Xylo Copa!" Clare gestures at the flowers, a look of concentration on her face. Instead of picking the flowers for Clare, it makes bees shoot out.

"Bees?! Shoo!" Clare dances as she swats at the insects, until she manages to banish them. They disappear in a glittering cloud of light.

"I'll just say I couldn't find any hollyflower petals...What's next? Ah, stickleberries."

Clare is happily picking stickleberries when the bush and the ground begin to shake. She looks downward and around for the source in fear. A gigantic tunnel of dirt is headed straight for her. She gasps, drops the basket and notebook, and runs for her life.

"Look out!" A figure tackles Clare, knocking out of the way of the flying dirt monster just in the nick of time. Clare lands on the ground, the figure lands somewhere out of view.

"What was that?" Clare stands, coughing and brushing the dirt off. She doesn't see the figure behind the trees.

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The Underworld

"Now there are five mystic warriors, just like the ones who tried to trap us down here forever." Necrolai says gravelly.

Koragg is unimpressed, "Udonna had to give the mystic powers to someone. These children pose no threat."

"And while you two argue, I've taken steps to see that they don't," Morticon gloats as the underground cavern shakes, suddenly, sending all three characters staggering.

"What under-earth was that?" Necrolai says incredulously.

"The Hydra Worm..."

"The creature that dug this enormous pit?"

"It's only a matter of time before it breaks through to the surface."

"Briarwood will be destroyed from below... unless the Rangers stop it."

"I'll make sure they don't with a creature from my army of the Underworld!" Morticon raises his sword, pointing it at an opening. Some sort of green... thing... walks up and growls.

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Flying over the treetops are Rangers on their Mystic Racers, "Woohoo! Yeah!"

Nick leans back, motioning challengingly at his fellow Rangers, "C'mon, Pinky. Try'n keep up!"

"No one calls me Pinky."

"Go get him, V!" Xander shouts encouragingly.

"Ha! You'd better run!"

"Go, sis!"

Vida accelerates to try to catch Nick. The other three follow after her. Nick dives into the trees, and they all begin to weave in and out. Nick laughs, enjoying his lead.

"Almost gotcha!"

"You still there? Whoa!" Nick had turned around to yell at Vida, and when he looks in front of him again, there is a tree directly in his path. He flails his arms wildly, then jerks his Mystic Racer to a stop. The other Rangers fly past him, cackling.

"Who's in the lead now, Nicky-boy?!"

"That'd be me! Go, baby! Yeah!" Chip pulls out in front, pumping his fist in the air. The five are flying around the gigantic tree that is so essential to Rootcore.

"Dismount, alright!" Nick shouts.

They all jump from their Mystic Racers, falling to the ground gracefully, powering down along the way, and landing on their feet. The Mystic Racers continue hovering, then transform into brooms and fly directly into the upraised hands of the Rangers. They have a bit of a problem catching them, like they aren't entirely used to it yet.

"Very good, Rangers. That's enough Mystic Racer practice for today." Udonna explains.

"Aww, c'mon. Just one more lap around the forest?" Chip begs.

"Yeah, I'm just getting warmed up. I wanna see what this bad boy can really do!" Vida swoons.

The other Rangers giggle, but Udonna's face remains stern. "I'm afraid not. It's time for Elementary Incantations."

Chip and Vida groan, "Awwww, BORING!"

"Hey!" Madison shrugs, "I think that sounds kind of interesting."

"Only you, sis."

Looking around Xander frowns slightly, "I take it the Bleckers already left?"

"To much Pink Energy can be dangerous so there is no reason for them to stay, until the Xenotome reveals more of their fate."

"Can't you just teleport them to San Angeles," Vida grouses, "I mean they should have to get training too...right?"

Nick ribs her gently, "You just don't want to be the only Pink Ranger in town."

Udonna looks thoughtful a moment, "A wise observation, I shall be right back. Head into Rootcore."

The Rangers nod and begin walking back towards Rootcore in a group as Udonna vanishes, the Rangers jostling and joking with one another.

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As the Rangers enter Rootcore proper Udonna appears with the Bleckers in a shower of light particles.

"Welcome back Blecker," Vida smiles as the Bleckers find seats, "Udonna, the Mystic Racers are amazing! But now that we're Power Rangers, don't we get lots of other cool stuff too?"

"Oh yeah! I mean, no one's more excited than me to finally get to wear a cape, but?" Chip begins.

"Whoa! Finally? If I remember correctly, you used to come to school with a pillowcase pinned to your back." Xander prods.

All Rangers present laugh, and Chip stops fiddling with his new cape long enough to assume a pouty expression, "Yea, but that was a long time ago."

"That was last week, mate."

More laughter ensues, and Chip turns the discussion back to other things.

"Well, anyway, Vida's right. We're official superheroes now. Where's the rest of the vehicles, weapons, and gadgets that we get?"

"The Xenotome holds the spell codes that can unlock magical powers beyond your imagination."

N. Blecker raises his hand, "Even for us Substitute Rangers?"

"Yes," With a wave of her wand Udonna makes a plain silver/white Mystic Morpher appear in the hands of th Bleckers, "using these training wands."

"So what're we waiting for? Let's bust it open, load our codes, and get our booty!" Vida exclaims.

"It doesn't work that way, Vida. As you perform heroic deeds, and grow as rangers, the Xenotome will reveal the spell codes... when the time is right."

"Mmm... okay," Madison says skeptically.

Udonna's chiding tone causes the excited faces of the Rangers to fall, and a few groans are heard. She has paused to lecture them, but then starts walking again. Chip and Vida do not follow, but rather talk to each other in soft tones.

"When the time is right? I don't wanna wait that long," Vida grouses.

"Me neither. There's gotta be a quicker way to get those codes," Chip adds.

"Got it. C'mon. We'll catch up with you guys later!"

Vida and Chip walk off in a different direction, while the other Rangers sit around the table at Rootcore.

"Look at all these incantations! How is my brain supposed to fit in all this information?" Xander groans.

"Why don't you let me help you out with that," Maddie puts her stack of books carefully down on the table, right next to Nick, who is reading a small red book. His hand is on his forehead, probably to assuage a headache. She pulls out her morpher, and aims at Xander. Nick is looking on disinterestedly, "Craneor Magnus!"

A shiny blue light flies towards Xander's head, causing it to expand like a bubble. Xander tries to look at his head, creating a funny picture. Nick, the Bleckers, and Maddie giggle uproariously.

"Now you have lots more room."

"And I thought he had a big head before!"

"Verrry funny. Madison? If you wouldn't mind."

Maddie aims her morpher, reversing the spell. She, the Bleckers, and Nick are still giggling like schoolgirls, and Xander smiles grimly. He's not amused.

At the cauldron Udonna looks to Clare, "Clare? Didn't I ask you to gather some stickleberries for this protection potion?"

"Oh. I did have a big basket of them, but I accidentally dropped it when I was attacked by the giant worm. I'm really sorry."

Udonna has been magically adding items to the potion, and stirring, while Clare was talking. But at her last words, she spins around and stares at Clare. The Rangers sitting at the table turn to look as well, "Giant worm?"

"Well, I think it was a giant worm. I didn't really see it because it never surfaced, but then this freakish looking gnome or troll or goblin knocked me out of the way and saved me."

"Did you see who it was?"

"No! He took off before I could thank him."

"Well, this is troubling."

"Well, this is troubling."

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Back in town we see a view of a stand run by a cute little kid with cornrows, selling lemonade for five cents. "Aren't you guys a little old for this?"

"Beat it, kid. We don't need the competition,"Vida and Chip have set up a homemade 'Heroes for Hire' stand right next to the lemonade one. They are sitting in camp chairs looking bored. The kid sticks out his tongue, and Vida does too. Chip turns around and look at their sign.

"So how do you figure that being 'Heroes for Hire' is gunna get us more codes from the Xenotome?" Chip wonders.

"Udonna said that heroic deeds unlock the codes, so all we gotta do is perform a bunch of them and we're golden"

The two stop talking and jump to their feet, trying to look professional and not creepy, as they confront a woman walking by, Chip leading, "Hey?hey, ma'am, you don't happen to have any heroic deeds that need doing, do you?"

"Well... as a matter of fact, I do."

Vida looks at the woman talking, then turns and grins at Chip.

Shortly Chip is approaching what is presumably the woman's backyard?it's pretty big. It is also covered in dead leaves. Chip grimaces, then grabs a rake and gets to work, weariness obvious on his face.

Vida is examining a woman's black sedan, which has the hood up and is obviously experiencing engine problems. "I can fix this."

Vida reaches inside the engine, and the engine gives a sputter, spurting out oil onto Vida's face.

Back to Chip, who has managed to rake all of the leaves into one gigantic pile just as the wind starts blowing them all over the place again, "Oh nononono!"

Back to Vida, who is giving a dog a very soapy bath. The dog shakes off the soap all over Vida, who grimaces in disgust.

Back to Chip, who is helping a farmer carry stacks of eggs to the back of a truck. Chip stumbles, and almost drops the entire stack, but manages to get it on the back of the truck. He rights himself, and turns around. The stack falls off, eggs break everywhere.

Now Vida and Chip stand at their stand.

"Man, I don't know how many more heroic deeds I've got left in me." Vida groans exausted.

"I know what you mean. I'm beat. And you smell like wet dog!" Chip laughs.

"Can it. Hey! Let's see how many new spell codes we've got!"

"Yeah!"

Both check their morphers, excitedly, it chimes and blinks some of the keys, they hurry off to someplace out of sight to try out their new spells. And...

Summon their Mystic Racers.
Fire a lighting bolt
Turn into a tornado
And then ranger up.

They both look disapointed, "I was hoping for something more impressive then stuff we can already do." Vida grouses.

The Yellow Ranger shrugs looking around, "I dunno I feel a little stronger."

The Pink Ranger nods for a moment and look around, "Y-Yeah...b-but still."

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The other five Rangers are walking through some sort of parkish, open area in a shopping center.

"Hey, Chip and Vida never showed. Where do you think they went?" Xander muses.

"I don't know. But when my sister gets that crazy look in her eye, it usually means trouble."

Necrolai jumps out of the sky, landing in front of the Rangers, who are too busy walking and talking to notice. Tsk, "I'll show you real trouble."

"We walked right into that one," N. Blecker rolls his eyes.

The teens are extremely surprised, and immediately switch into fighting stances.

"Who are you?" Nick R. demands.

"I am Necrolai, Dark Mistress of the Underworld," Necrolai poses dramatically, as Xander steps forward.

"I'll handle this one. Hi! Xander Bly. Whatever the problem is here, I'm sure we can just talk this one out," he winks.

"You wish," Necrolai shoots beams out of her eyes at Xander, who flies backwards into his friends. They catch him, and help him back to his feet.

"Xander!" Madison shouts.

"Not a big talker, I see." Xander jokes.

"Let's Ranger up!" Nick R. says quickly, glancing back at the Bleckers, "You two run."

"Don't have to tell us twice," C. Blecker comments as he pulls his brother into a alley for safty.

They all pull out their morphers, type in the spell code, and transform. The three run for Necrolai, though Xander gets there first. He attempts to dropkick her, but she flips him backwards.

"C'mon, Maddie!" Nick and Madison flip towards Necrolai, attacking her alternatively.

Spinning and jumping and excessive cape use in the attacks. Randomly, all fighters simultaneously execute a cartwheel to the right, only afterwards resuming the fight. Eventually, Xander pulls out his axe and sends a ground shockwave headed Necrolai's way. The Rangers line up, facing Necrolai.

"Playtime's over!" Necrolai growls.

"Oh yeah?" Madison counters.

"We'll see," Nick argues.

Necrolai answers by extending her butt-wings of doom, and flying off into the sky. As she flies off, she shoots lasers at the Rangers, who fly to the ground. She turns back around for another strafing run, cackling.

"Look out!"

"Let's go for a ride!"

Necrolai grabs up the Rangers: Nick and Xander in her arms, Madison with her feet. Her butt-wings fly them off into the sunset.

N. Blecker looks to his brother as the vampire queen flies off, "So any ideas bro?"

The brothers share a look before saying together, "Udonna." And hurry off.

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In the Underworld, past levels and levels of minions we come to Morticon, and Korragg.

"Send Mucor to the surface, Koragg. He has an appetite... for Power Rangers!"

"So be it. Uthra Norqua Ozarro!"

Mucor begins to grow gigantic, appearing above ground in the forest. Necrolai is carrying the Rangers towards the larger than life Mucor.

"Patience, Mucor. Dinner is on the way."

"Let go!" Nick R. demands.

"Good riddance, Rangers," Necrolai tosses the Rangers into Mucor's mouth, and he swallows them.

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Rootcore, which looks suspiciously like a dragon, opens up, and we can hear two of the teens inside.

"Let's check the Xenotome," It's Vida!

Chip and Vida are paging through the Xenotome. All of the pages are blank. Udonna is watching them curiously in the background.

"What? Nothing? This thing must be broke."

"What're you doing?"

Both whirl around, obviously frustrated to see Udonna waiting.

"We've been out doing heroic deeds all day, and haven't gotten one new code. Being a superhero is kinda a ripoff." Chip grouses.

"It seems you know very little about being a superhero."

"Are you kidding? No one knows more than me! I've spent a fortune on video games, DVDs, graphic novels, trading cards?"

"Okay, okay." Vida says trying to calm Chip.

As the Bleckers rush in a chime similar to a church bell sounds; Udonna's smiling expression is immediately gone, as she races towards the Crystal Orb.

"Necrolai took the others," the brothers pant.

Mucor is flailing around on the Crystal Orb, threateningly.

"Us? Look at that thing; its massive! We'll get pummeled."

"You might. There's only four of you, and you've hardly mastered your Ranger powers. Are you afraid?"

"No... its not that I?"

Chip interrupts Vida's stuttering, raising his hand as if in a class, "I'm totally scared. Look! My goosebumps, they've got goosebumps!"

"I'm with Chip, I already regretting not wearing my brown pants today," N. Blecker adds humorously.

"Don't supose you have a mystic surface to air missile," C Blecker adds.

"Okay, I guess I'm a little freaked." Vida admits.

"You should be. That creature's size and strength are unlike anything you've encountered."

"But Maddie... and Nick..." N. Blecker looking to Vida a moment confused.

"And even Xander! They need us," Chip adds.

"We gotta try and help them. C'mon."

"Real heroes are born in the face of real danger." Udonna explains calmly.

Vida turns to N. Blecker, "Your with me, wind power together right?"

"Right!"

"Ready?" C. Blecker asks.

"Ready." the other 3 respond.

They pull out their morphers and begin the transformation, amid glowing lights and weird overhead voices.

"C'mon." chip exclaims.

"Right behind ya." Vida adds pulling the Bleckers to the broom stands the revolving door turns and they appear in a garage, where the Rangers change the broom into their Mystic Racers and set th Bleckers behind them N. Blecker with Vida and C. Blecker with Chip.

"Galwit Mysto Aerotan! Ready? Firing engines! Okay!" the two rangers say, they both touch something on their Mystic Racers at the same time, and a hole in the side of the gigantic tree opens up. They fly out at top speed, racing towards Mucor.

"Rangers, good!" the monster purrs.

Both Rangers jerk their Mystic Racers to a stop. Chip pulls out his phone and starts dialing.

"There it is!" Vida anounces.

"Guys, this is Chip. Where are you?" he says speaking into his Mystic Morpher.

Nick's voice is audible over the phone, Inside the belly of the beast as Mucor roars. The other three rangers swimming inside the stomach of Mucor, which is It's all green and sticky. "Stay there, Chip. I think he's got room for seconds!"

"I don't care! I'm going in!" Vida accelerates her Mystic Racer towards Mucor, pushing for speed. She flies around and around him, like an annoying fly, and then jumps into the air. "Mystical Wings! Faerie Dust!"

N. Blecker struggles to control the Mystic Racer, firing off wind blasts at the monster.

N. Blecker struggles to control the Mystic Racer, firing off wind blasts at the monster.

Vida starts flapping her gigantic wings, spreading glittering faerie dust all over Mucor, he \sneezes, sending the three Rangers in his stomach flying out.

N. Blecker laughs, "Ah magic, logic has no meaning for you!"

"Alright, it worked!" Vida laughs happily.

"Ew... I'm covered in monster muck." Nick R grouses.

Mucor, in retaliation, shoots green splodey things at Chip and C. Blecker, who are still flying around on Chip's Mystic Racer.

"Somebody's gotta take this freak down, and I'm just the Ranger for the job." Chip jumps onto the front of his Mystic Racer tursting the controls to C. Blecker, "Keep me steady Chris!"

C. Blecker nods.

"MagiStaff, crossbow mode! Sneeze on this! Fire!" Bolts from Chip's crossbow hit Mucor all over, sending him reeling. Chip flies past, unharmed. He is sitting down on his Mystic Racer again as Mucor falls over, then jumps off to join the other Rangers on the ground.

The Bleckers landing, almost crashing, the Mystic Racers next to the Rangers.

"Bullseye!" Chip exclaims.

"Great job, Chip." Nick R. congratulates.

"Woohoo!" Vida cheers.

"Nice work!" Xander congratulates.

"That was incredible!" Maddison says happily.

"You two did a great job as well," chip says turning to the Bleckers.

"All in a day's work!" Vida laughs.

At the Xenotome, which turns its own page and writes new spells upon itself. Udonna is amazed, "Incredible."

Back with the Rangers... they all stumble around like drunks as Mucor stands back up, shaking the forest, "Whoa!"

"Hungry!"

"I'm not afraid of him; c'mon, Rangers." Chip leads the charge.

"Strong as a tree, Green Mystic Ranger!"

"Everchanging as the wind, Pink Mystic Ranger!"

"Fluid as the sea, Blue Mystic Ranger!"

"Fast as lightning, Yellow Mystic Ranger!"

"Forceful as fire, Red Mystic Ranger!"

Even the Bleckers get into the posing even without Ranger forms, starting with N. Blecker, "Rock you like a Hurricane! Nikolai Blecker Mystic Ranger!"

C. blecker pausing a moment in though as the others pose makes his last, "Burring with Light, Chris Blecker Mystic Ranger!"

"We call forth the magic: Power Rangers Mystic Force!" they all say together.

Almost as if in response to the roll call, a glowing ball of light falls out of the sky and into each Ranger's hand. They're understandably confused, "Whoa..."

"Oh look!" Xander exclaims.

"What's going on...? Hey! It's a new spell code!" Vida says excitedly.

"I get it now. Udonna was right. Amazing..." chip coos.

Nick R. steps in front, as the leader, "Alright, Rangers. Let's do it!"

"Yeah! It's Titan time!" The Rangers say together.

They twirl around, and a mysterious voice is heard saying phrases. Each Ranger presses buttons on their morphers, and the next transformation begins.

"Mystic Minotaur!"

"Mystic Sprite!"

"Mystic Mermaid!"

"Mystic Garuda!"

"Mystic Phoenix!"

Together the Titans shout, "Ancient Power, Mystic Titans!"

Then the Bleckers dial in their Spell Code and dissipate into light one enveloping Vida the other enveloping Chip and then we heard the Blecker's voices from the bodies of the two titans.

"Woah this is weird," N. Blecker's voice is heard as the Mystic Sprite begins patting done her body.

"Hey watch those hands Pink Boy," Vida's voice says slapping her own hands away.

A similar scene is shared with Chip and C. Blecker.

Back at Rootcore there is a proud look on Udonna's face. "Most unexpected."

Mucor launchs his green splodey things. The Garuda and Phoenix leap forward through the resulting blast, headed for Mucor.

"Lightning Lasers!" Garuda shoots bolts of light out of the eyes towards Mucor, who falls over into a lake, struggling to his feet. Phoenix then pulls out a sword, slashing Mucor, who flails about helplessly in a shower of sparks, "This power's incredible!"

"Let's go!" the Minitaur says charging with his axe.

"Right! Let's play ball!" Sprite spins around in a dainty circle, transforming in a flash of pink light to a... soccer ball?

"Nice. Maddie!" Minotaur hits Ball!Sprite with his axe, sending her flying towards the Mermaid, who is swimming under the water.

Mermaid jumps out of the water, flipping over and hitting Ball!Sprite with her tail. "Chip! Coming your way!"

Garuda catches the ball between his wings, then spins around in a circle, releasing it towards Phoenix. "Nick! Go long!"

Phoenix is running, pacing the ball flying in the air. He jumps up, flips, and kicks the ball at Mucor, "Here we go! Watch this!"

"Don't! I don't catch so good!"

Sprite goes through Mucor, making him explode all over the mountainside. The Titans gather and cheer. "Yeah! Woohoo! Rock on! Good job!"

Back in the undworld the locals are angry and distressed, who are bemoaning this latest turn of events.

"The Rangers have tapped into the power of the Mystic Titans. We've got to bring them down before He awakens."

"Not to worry. The Underworld will triumph. And He will take his place as Supreme Master of All!" Morticon rises off of his throne, gesturing dramatically to the ceiling. This guy has a serious drama issue.

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Back to Rootcore

"I'm proud of you all. And you've only begun to tap into the potential of the Mystic Titans." Udonna beams.

"Yeah, but now green freak is gone, right? So its all good in the woods?" Madison hopes.

"Oh, well, let's hope so. I mean we still don't know if that was the same creature that attacked Clare." Xander says cautiously.

"Nick's investigating that." Udonna answers.

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Nick digging through the evidence in the forest. But what's this? Our master detective feels someone watching him! "Hello? Anybody there?"

Nick approaches a copse, peering through the tall plants... some person-thing screeches and jumps out from the bushes, and Nick does the same. Both are in recognizable fighting stances.

"Stand back!"

"You stand back!"

"I said it first!"

The thing blinks, and turns its head to smell under its raised arms. It winces, sticking a hand under the arm and lowering it. Both start warily circling each other. "So you did. Yeah. You're not from around here, are ya?"

"No. Not really."

"Ah, I didn't think so. I've seen monktoads with prettier faces. Oh, he is an ugly one, to be sure, to be sure." The Thing is talking off at an empty corner of the forest, presumably to an imaginary companion.

"Excuse me! I don't want to interrupt your... uh... conversation, but what're you doing here?"

"He wants to know what you're doing here. Well, I don't think you should tell him. Well, because he's the one that came into our part of the forest and?" The Thing's outer monologue is interrupted by something beneath the ground, which just sucks him down into it. Nick runs forward to look into the hole, obviously disturbed by the fact that the Thing got sucked into the Earth. But as Nick approaches, the Thing gets spit back out, flying through the air and landing on its face. Nick runs to help the Thing.

"Oh man... c'mon, are you okay?"

"You saved me!"

"Not really."

"Gimme a hug."

As the Thing reaches out for Nick, the dirt worm monster approaches them from farther off.

"We can discuss it later; I'm just kind of busy now."

"Wait!"

Nick runs off, the worm following him, leaving the thing behind. As Nick runs, he dials a number on his morpher, "Guys! I think I found what I was looking for." the other watching him run on the Crystal Orb.

"What is he running from?" Xander wonders.

"I dunno. But he needs help." Vida says.

The worm catches up to Nick, and he is forced to jump out of the way. Nick is obviously fed up with the whole cat and mouse game, "Alright, you wanna play? Magical Source, Mystic Force! Mystic Power!"

the Red Mystic Ranger pulls his sword, posing majestically. The worm finally reveals itself above ground, and seems quite capable of moving freely through the air. Nick is forced to roll and jump out of the way of its mouth. He tries to hit the monster, but it knocks his sword away and sends him flying. He lies on the ground, watching as the worm comes straight for him.

"Oh man. No!"

Xander jumps out of nowhere, smashing the worm's head with his battleaxe. The worm withdraws into the ground, "Yeah!"

"Thanks man, I owe you one."

"No worries," As Xander helps Nick struggle to his feet, the other Rangers come running up. Vida offers Xander a high-five.

"Way to go, amigos!" chip offers.

All the Rangers stumble back and forth as the ground shakes, and the Worm fuddles its way out of the ground. Surprise! Worm is actually a Hydra!

"Uh oh!" Vida groans.

"He looks mad!" Nick offers.

"How can you tell?" Chip quips.

"Hey, I've got a new spell code!" Xander coos.

"Nice." Chip cheers.

"Great! Udonna said the Titans had more power." Vida cheers.

"Let's just see what they can do." Nick exclaims excitedly.

"Mystic Titans!"

The entire group transforms, but then Phoenix stumbles backwards, watching in surprise as the rest of the group moves on without him.

All, minus Phoenix exclaim, "Mystic Titans, Dragon Formation!"

The Titans shift and merge until a Dragon appears!

"How cool is that?! Hang on, everybody, I'm ready to ride!" As the Dragon flies by, Phoenix jumps onto its back. The entire contraption wobbles, as the Dragon tries to fly, and Phoenix tries to balance.

Udonna watches from her Crystal Orb. "Hold on tight, Nick."

Now Phoenix is really flailing about wildly, but he suddenly balances himself. The Dragon and Phoenix fly right at the Hydra Worm. "Let's bury that worm."

The Hydra shoots purplish lasers at the Dragon, which doesn't even notice their existence, or the huge explosions caused by them. It flies right through, ever onward.

"Still hungry?" Phoenix slices the worm with his sword, and the Dragon flies up, turning around for another pass. Hydra begins shooting things at the Dragon; its almost as if they ar

"Still hungry?" Phoenix slices the worm with his sword, and the Dragon flies up, turning around for another pass. Hydra begins shooting things at the Dragon; its almost as if they are having a midair dogfight. "Yeah! Look out! Dragon Blast!"

The Dragon opens it's mouth, shooting a blast of fire at the Hydra. Most of the heads fall over.

"Okay, Rangers! Let's get fired up! Ha!"

The Dragon shoots a blast of fire out of its mouth, and Phoenix, who has jumped off, jumps up into the air and repeats the flip kick of last time. The Hydra explodes, and Phoenix and the Dragon pose.

"Alright! Now that was a snap."

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Once more Nick is digging around in the dirt.

"Oh. So these are stickleberries," Nick puts them in his mouth, curious, and starts chewing. Before long, he gags and spits up the berries.
"Ugh, gross... better pick some more," Nick stands up, approaching the bushes, but as he shifts them aside, the Thing pops out.

"GAH! You gotta stop doing that."

"I've been looking everywhere for ya. I wanted ta thank ya, for saving me."

"Tell you the truth, I don't think I saved you so much as the monster spit you out."

"Rat feathers. Even that hideous beast rejected me. I don't belong anywhere, not even in a worm's stomach," the Thing mopes, and almost sounds like he's crying. Then he awkwardly sticks out his hand, at the right angle to be shaken. Nick takes his hand.

"I'm Phineas."

Nick is walking along, looking for more things on his list, and Phineas is following him, hopping and providing conversation.

"See, I'm a troblin. Now, that is the unfortunate result of the union between a troll and a goblin. But, both sides hate me. So, I wander the forest on my own."

"Well, actually the reason I was out here is because, uh, you helped a friend of mine. I wanted to thank you. I hope you like stickleberries."

"Who doesn't?!" Phineas dives for the stickleberries, inhaling them as Nick watches, embarrassed. There is awkward laughter.

"Right..."

"I must warn you, though, Young Warrior. This forest is full of danger."

"Tell me something I don't know. My friends and I are up against Necrolai and Koragg. It can't get worse than that."

"Uh. Yes. Yes it can. You still haven't faced... Him."

Both pause in their walking. Phineas is pretty close to cowering, and Nick is obviously worried.

"Who's him?"

"The Supreme Master of the Underworld. Shh."

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The Underworld where Morticon is obviously very angry. All the pistons and smokestacks on his head are working full-out. He is gesticulating wildly, like normal, "They destroyed my Hydra Worm! Impossible."

"Even I am surprised." Koragg says impressed.
"Morticon, look!" Necrolai says alarmed.

The circle in the center of the floor that has been providing most of the fog turns red.

"It's Him! Bow down to the Supreme Master, you fools!" Morticon demands.

"Hail!" Everything present in the cavern bows to the red glowing spot, in which, is revealed to be AN EYE!

Power Rangers In Retrograde - Mystic Force ? Rock Solid

(Based from summaries from Ranger Central)

Emerging from the shadows the Clawbster surprises a man leaving work, with but a blast of energy from his eyes the poor victim is turned to stone, just the latest in a line of such victims of the last few days.

At the Rock Porium we find Madison filming Chip as he cavorts about, price gun in hand.

"Fear not loyal costumers Count Discount, Defender of the Bargain Bin is here to save you!"

"Wait! Wait!" Xander comments snatching the price gun from Chip as he begins marking price stickers all over Chip, "Here, here, here, annnnnd one here." he says wit ha final sticker on Chip's forehead, "Now you really are Count Discount!"

Madison and Chip chuckle before Maddie movies to corner Nick in Toby's office.

"Still hiding behind your camera Maddie? Why don't you show us something instead of always living through your friends. Be spontaneous."

"I'm not hiding!" Maddie protests. "I'm spontaneous...w-why just this morning I need toothpaste, I normally get Wintergreen but this time I said 'Let's try Spearmint.'"

Nick does not look convinced, just as LeeLee comes in, "Oh please the last time you went out those shoes were in," she comments as Maddie storms off. Heading for Toby who is reading the local paper with new on the recent stoning.

"Another one," she muses conspiratorially, "Sure have been a lot of weird things going on since the POWER RANGERS showed up in town."

Toby looks thoughtful a moment, clearly taking LeeLee's words to heart.

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The Underworld

"Another human turned to stone," Necrolai gloats, "one at a time, soon Brairwood will be a statuary."

Koragg counters, "One at a time is hardly domination, let me take a group of my Styxoids to the surface and we can do some real damage."

"Don't disappoint me Koragg, and dont get in Necrolai's way!" Morticon orders.

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Rootcore

Clare has turned herself into a fish, complete with bowl and decorations as Udonna enters, "Oh child." she says motherly before waving her wand and transforming Clare back to normal.

Crestfallen, wet, and her lips still puckered and fish like as she talks sighs, "Oh Udonna will I ever get the hang of this?"

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At a park in Briarwood, Madison is feeling the weight of LeeLee and Nick's jabs, she sees a cute guy, steeling her will she prepares to walk over to him.

The man catches a ball tossed by some friends and Maddie turns around, "He looks busy, maybe later."

Turning back around, she steels herself again, perparing to march forward, "You can do this Maddie just walk up to him and-"

The boy walks over to Maddie extending his hand, "Hi I'm Ben."

"M-Madiso...M-Maddie, my friends call me Maddie."

A short distance away the other Rangers arrive at a terrible sight, dozens of people turned to stone a grim statuary, and in the center of it the Clawbster monster and Necrolai.

"We're to late," Nick exclaims as Necrolai lands, crossing her arms.

"And now you'll be next!" Necrolai gloats.

The Clawbster fire energy blasts alongside the Necrolai at the Rangers, forcing them to scatter.

"MagiStaff, Axe Mode!" Xander slams the axe into the ground, creating a tremor headed right for Clawbster and Necrolai, "Take this!"

Necrolai flies off to the side, with Clawbster taking the full force, he staggers for a moment but quickly recovers.

"Crossbow mode!" Chip lowers his transformed staff, and takes aim, Clawbster takes the blast and remains standing, countering with a energy blast of his own as Nick charges with his Magi Sword.


Necrolai knocks Nick aside with a side tackle blasting the other Rangers, leaving the four of them prone on the ground. "So much for the mighty Power Rangers," she gloats before she and Clawbster fly off, "Catch you later Rangers, more people to transform." she flies of cackling.

A short distance away at the same area of the Park Maddie and Ben are in Necrolai and Clawbster appear causing a panic, "Get um Clawbster!"

"Ben, run!" Maddie says shoving the young man just as Clawbster blasts her, in a instant she is turned to stone.

The rest of the Ranger show up a moment to late, urging Ben off, he pauses a moment at Maddie before Necrolai moves toward him then quickly runs off with the other civilians.

"Maddie!" The Pink Ranger fires on Clawbster who retreats by Necrolai, "Necrolai your going to pay!"

The other Rangers gather around Maddie as Vida charges Necrolai and Clawbster firing angrily.

"Later Rangers, this should be fun," Necrolai gloats as they disappear, "especially with you down a Ranger!"

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Rootcore

Udonna waves her wand, but nothing happens, frustrated she exclaims, "This magic is quite strong, it wont be broken until Clawbster is destroyed."

"She shouldn't have been out alone," Nick muses.

"What does that mean," Vida says angrily.

"Look I'm just saying Maddie shouldn't have gone out on her own, she got in over head, she should have been smarter. She should have just stayed behind her camera."

"The only reason she stormed off was because you called her a wallflower." Chip injects.

Vida spins around pointing her Mystic Morpher at Maddie's camera, "Nick you don't know anything about Maddie, he look, this is what she was doing 'behind the camera.'"

One of the monitors comes to life it starts with a video talking about Vida, showing her working the turn table, "Introducing DJ Vida. The best sister ever."

The scene now ships to Xander making goofy faces, "And don't forget Xander, not only a great friend but he's siick on his board."

"No man has ever attempted this without loosing his life," we cut to Chip readying a arrow to fire at a bulls-eye before Maddie's voice-over comes in. "Chip Thorn, known him since grammar school. There is nooobody in this world quite like Chip. That is until a couple of brothers came through town on their way to San Angeles."

The camera switches to N. Blecker hiking through the town with his walking stick, "This is Nikolai Blecker, in many ways Chip's equal in interests though with a bit more jokester personality. Nick, we all just call him Blecker is never without a joke to lighten the situation, and has even formed a strong bond with my sister."

It then cuts to C. Blecker in a heated discussion with Toby, "And we can't forget Chris Blecker, who managed to out music trivia Toby, proprietor of the Rock Porium."

It then cuts to Xander skateboarding, "Yeah! How about some extreme Xander!"

Lastly it cut to Nick R. working on and riding his bike, "And then there's Nick, the new guy in town. We don't know to much about him yet. But I can feel it...he's something special."

"So those are my friends, old and new. I know I can count on them for anything."

Finally Udonna speaks, "Everyone has their own way of expressing themselves Nick, for Madison maybe she does it through her films."

Sense knocked into him Nick leans over the table with a sigh, "I've been such a jerk." glancing over to Maddie's statue his resolve firms, "I'll fix this Maddie." just then a new spell code lights up his mystic morpher and the Xenotomb. A moment later Clawbster appears on the orb, and the team gather up to morph. "Everyone ready to do this?"

"Let's rock!" Vida says before looking apologetic at her sister, "Sorry sis."

Morphing they quickly board their Mystic Racers and speed off.

On the way back to town however Koragg appears, his Styxoids firing on them, "I'll keep them busy, you guys take out Clawbster." the Red Ranger orders and he turns to engage the Koragg and his forces the others speeding off to the scene.

Taking potshots that destabilize his Mystic Speeder the Red Ranger swings around blasting them with the Speeder's lasers before drawing Koragg's ire.

"This ends here!" Koragg grouls as he leaps into the air, slashing the Red Ranger causing him to loose control.

As the Mystic Speeder plummets the Red Ranger exclaims, "Time to try out that new spell code."

'Gulwit Mystic Motro.'

As the smoke clears from his landing The Red Ranger is seen atop a Mystic Racer, a motorcycle, "Alright, this is just my style...Punch it!"

Gunning the engine he tears a path through the Styxoids, firing lasers from the head of the bike. As more gang around him the Mystic Racer shows off a new ability as it launches it's nose as a missile blowing the Styxoids to kingdom come, the Red Ranger pushing forward firing more headlamp lasers at Koragg and any remaining Styxoids.

Koragg counters by raising his shield, "Wolf Attack." launching a double shot at the Red Ranger who deftly dodges it before launching the Mystic Racer right at Koragg for a broadside attack on his shield.

Koragg stumbles back, and huffs, "This isn't over Red Ranger." before quickly turning and disappearing into a spell seal.

"I'm coming Maddie!" The Red Ranger exclaims as he quickly turns his Mystic Racer and speeds off.

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Meanwhile, the other Rangers take on Necrolai and Clawbster, as well as a handful of Hidiacs. Green, Pink, and Yellow embroiled in the brawl and definitely outnumbered and out gunned.

"I'm here for payback!" The Red Ranger exclaims as he flies in on his Mystic Racer, plowing into Clawbster.

"Whoa! I want a bike like that!" The Yellow Ranger swoons.

Dismounting just as Clawbster launching his petrification beam at the Red Ranger he raises his Magi Staff, "Reflect on this! Reflecto Targus!"

A mirror wall erupts from the ground, just as the blast is about to Hit the Red Ranger, reflecting it back at Clawbster, turning him to stone.

"I told this wasn't over," Koragg says as he appears from a Spell Seal next to Necrolai.

"Koragg, what are you doing here?"

He turns to Necrolai with a growl, "Making sure you succeed."

A suddenly sheath of Ice appeared over the Clawbster monster before it cracked and shattered, the White Mystic Ranger running up a moment later.

Koragg growls, "White witch, we meet again."

As Clawbster shatters, all across the city and even into Rootcore the petrified people return to normal, looking to the action on the Crystal Orb Maddie quickly runs off to join the others.

"Koragg revive Clawbster!" Necrolai demands.

With a growl he chants a spell, a spell seal appearing under the rubble of Clawbster, reassembling him back together before a second spell seal appears over his head and initiates the Clawbster's transition to giant form. Maddie running up with N. Blecker beside her.

"Maddie your OK!" The Pink Ranger exclaims happily.

"Hey Maddie I-I'm sorry, I was a total jerk." The Red Ranger apologizes sincerely, "You're not shy."

"Your forgiven, now you ready to take on the big guy, I even brought in support!"

N. Blecker smiles, "Apparently travel by tree roots makes the distanced between San Angeles and Brairwood material."

The Yellow Ranger looks around, "Where's Chris?"

"He got a job, besides he didn't think you guys needed the element less wonder." N. Blecker laughs.

"Ready?" Maddie says flipping open her Mystic Morpher.

"Ready," N. Blecker parrots just as the other five rangers Mystic Morpher's beep with a new spell code.

"Your mine Wolf Wizard," the White Mystic Ranger says charging Koragg ans Necrolai makes a tactical retreat.

First Maddie rangers up, then the five transforms into titan Form, gathering up into a group.

"Let's try that new spell code," Sprite suggests.

Together the five chant the incantation, "Gulwit Mysto Unios."

The five Titans contort and shift transforming into the Titan Megazord, a moment later N. Blecker puts in his own spell code, transforming into energy and combining with the Titan Megazord. But unlike last time when each part of the Dragon or individual Titans minds existed inside their individual body parts all six appear in a new place, a chessboard with each person set inside a chess piece.

"A chessboard," The Blue Ranger comments.

"Good thing I was leader of my Chess Club," The Yellow Ranger comments as they all shift and settle into position.

"I get it we use strategy to make out moves." The Red Ranger comments.

"Well this is better then body riding," N. Blecker jokes. "Everyone ready?"

"Ready!"

The Titan Megazord adjust it's hat and takes to the air to dodge the Clawbster's attack. Landing again and blocking his attack with a wing shield just as Koragg and the White Ranger take their own giant forms and exchanges blows.

Drawing their saber the Titan Megazord slashes at the Clawbster, forcing it back a step before drawing a spell seal in the air with the sword, and with a final slash the Spell Seal destroys Clawbster just as Koragg blasts the White Ranger with a Wolf Attack.

As the White Mystic Ranger falls the Titan Megazord moves into block the next wolf attack, deflecting it with it's saber. Then countering with another Spell Seal slash that pushes Koragg back several paces.

"Impossible!" Koragg exclaims in disbelieve before regaining his composure, "Your power is impressive Rangers."

"Did you guys see that?" The Yellow Ranger exclaims, "I didn't think the Titan Megazord had that kind of power."

The Rangers all look to N. Blecker, he smiles sheepishly, "Uh...you're welcome?"

Pressing forward the Titan Megazord and Koragg clash swords as the White Ranger gets to her feet, "Back to the dark with you monster!" she exclaims as a Spell seal appears under his feet and with a defiant yell Koragg is sent back into the Underworld.

"Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!"

"Checkmate!" all 7 warriors say in unison as Koragg vanishes from sight before they all return to normal size.

"That was cool Udonna, can you banish the Necrolai as well?" Chip bubbles.

She shakes her head as they begin walking back to Rootcore, "I suspect Koragg will not stay sealed for long, it was at best a delay. He has already bested me once in combat and I suspect he could eventually even overwhelm you. This seemed like the best solution for now."

"We could have beat him," Nick R. Say slapping N. Blecker's back, "Right Blecker?" sending him sprawling to the forest ground. Vida and Chip helping his stand again, "Uh sorry-I...I didn't think I hit you that hard."

Blecker dusts himself off, leaning heavily on his walking stick until Vida and Chip support him on his shoulders, "Bad knees remember, and that...Megazord thing just zapped everything out out me."

Maddie looks concerned to Udonna, "Udonna? I feel fine why is Blecker so knocked out."

Udonna pauses a moment in thought, "The Megazord is very high level magic, I imagine that your Ranger Powers provided a buffer against it. Alas I do not think it would be wise to continually count on Blecker to add extra power in such cases, and a prolonged fight would only make his condition worse."

"I felt fine when I fused with the Sprite Titan though," Blecker comments.

Xander injects, "What about Dragon formation?"

"Who and the what now?" Blecker asks confused.

"It's another formation we have," Chip adds, "Well everyone but Nick; the four of us, Xader, Maddie, Vida, and myself."

"I'll give it a shot," Blecker comments, "Later...a-after I get my strength back."

Everyone nods, "Hey if you can make the Dragon formation as strong as a unenhanced Megazord all the better," Nick muses, "Besides that would mean I could help as the Phoenix Titan."

Vida holds out her Mystic Morpher to Blecker, "Want to borrow mine, maybe you'll feel better if you ranger up."

Blecker shakes his head, "Somehow I don't think transforming into the Pink Ranger and using MORE magic is going to restore my drained magical batteries," he laughs. "Besides I'm pretty sure I don't have the figure for the Pink Ranger's skirt."

For a moment everyone imagined the overweight Blecker shoved into the Pink Ranger's spandex and let out a collective laugh. Chip took lead making the collective dream into a visible image before them before waving his Mystic Morpher, "Oh I dunno maybe you get a body to match." the image shifted becoming a more trim male build, with a uniform more like the male Rangers trading the skirt and leggings to color matching pants.

Blecker looked at the image and waved his own Training Morpher the image shifting back to the classic Pink Ranger form, before she removed helmet to reveal not Vida's face but a feminized version of his own, "Or you know, with my luck I end up like that."

There was a uncomfortable silence before Xander broke it, "Oh that would never happen," he glanced hopefully to Udonna, "R-Right?"

Udonna was again thoughtful a moment, "I am not sure, the previous Pink Sorcerer was a woman, as have been all previous holders of the wand, there have never been 2 inheritors of the power active at the same time and no men. The same holds true of the other 4 wands, their users were all of the same gender as the current generation, of you all. There are too many variables to truly know what would happen in such a case." seeing the looks of horror and shock on the faces of her team she smiled, "But I am sure everything will work out in the end. I will find a way to craft a wand for Blecker that does not draw on the same energies causing a overload of Pink energy, and then concerns over forced gender roles of the power will be a non-issue."

The group gave a collective sigh of relief.

"Udonna," Maddie finally added, "Don't you know a spell to fix Blecker's knees permanently."

"Spells no, but I am working on a potion."


Blecker looked a little green at the prospect of some magic potion, but kept his mouth shut.

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Later at Rock Porium as everyone is working Ben, the boy Maddie met in the part earlier, enters the store, making a beeline for Maddie once he sees her.

"M-Maddie," she stumbles, looking a bit flustered.

"B-Ben," she says surprised as she sees him. "W-What are you doing here?"

Ben flusters again, coughing anxiously, "I...Uh...wanted to apologize-"

"Apologize? For what?" Maddie interrupts.

Ben looks away, avoiding her gaze, "I saw you before the monster attacked, t-thought you were cute, but was too shy to go over and say hi. If I...if I had-" he cuts short.

Maddie smiles.

Finally he spit it out, "If I had just come over sooner we would have moved on and away," he starts, adding quickly, "to talk...you know...and wouldn't have been there when the monster t-turned you to s-stone."

Maddie smiles pulling him into a hug, "It's no problem."

Ben smiles awkwardly, "Can I see you again, maybe after work?"

Maddie pauses a moment in thought, 'I have magic lessons after work. But he's so cute.' looking crest fallen she sighs, "Sorry, things are kinda crazy about now. Don't know when it will lighten up."

Ben nods slowly, "Can I get your number?"

Maddie nods, grabbing a Rock Porium business card and quickly writing out her number on the back, handing it to Ben, "Keep in touch."

Ben takes it, nods and hurries out of the store, "I'll make sure to do that!"

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The Underworld

"The great Koragg, defeated again," Necrolai gloats as she circles Koragg, "And now he's banished here to the Underworld. Perhaps the Master choose wrong when he put his faith in you."

Koragg growls, "The white witches seal is but a nuisance, I will have it broken in no time."

"Sure you will. But will you ever redeem yourself in the eye of the Master? He can not continue to put so much faith in you without some sort of actions to prove your worth."

Koragg growls but eventually bows his head, dropping to one knee as he stares down into the crimson eye in the center of his shield. "Master I will redeem myself in your eye. I just need more time, more power, I just need one good plan to destroy those Rangers."

Necrolai kneels by Koragg, "I may know of a way to get

Necrolai kneels by Koragg, "I may know of a way to get you back in the Master's good graces."

Instantly Koragg stands, looking to the Vampire Queen conspiratorially, "And what is in it for you."

Cooing she runs her fingers along Koragg's armor, "You are both a great wizard and a knight, I am neither which is why I must leave the destruction of the Rangers to other agents. But perhaps if you were to teach me some of your secrets-"

Koragg quickly cuts her off, "Not everyone is able to harness the Dark Magic of the Master, in fact very few are. You are not one of those, neither is Morticon, in fact there are no others in all the Underworld who can."

Necrolai huffs, "Then what of your armor, can you make me some of my own, teach me to fight?"

Koragg looks thoughtful a moment, "That is do able but not easy, the minerals needed to craft the armor are not easy to come by, plus there is a time element in the crafting of armor. Time that would no doubt be hindered by the demands of Morticon, if you can keep him off my back and help me to gather the minerals, AND keep it a secret lest Morticon demand I made armor for all his forces then, and only then, do we have a deal."

Necrolai looks thoughtful, "I will think on your offer."

"And as for your side of the bargain?" Koragg demands, "To get me back in the graces of the Master?"

"Let me think on our proposition, and then I will answer you."

Koragg growls, "Fair enough."

Power Rangers In Retrograde - Mystic Force ? Whispering Voices

(Based from summaries from Ranger Central)

"You will not walk away this time Red Wizard," Koragg gloats as he and the Red Ranger square off.

"We will see about that Koragg," The Red Ranger counters as the two charge each other, parrying blade to blade.

Koragg fires his Wolf Attack as the Red Ranger dodges only to be caught by Koragg's sword and knocked to the ground by a blow from his shield, "It is over."

The Red Ranger balls his fists, grabbing some dirt in the process, as he gets to his feet, "Not yet!" he says defiantly as fire envelopes his form, "Mystic Phoenix!" Flying toward Koragg.

Koragg groans dropping to his knees, "No, it can't end here." before collapsing and then, exploding. The Red Ranger celebrates his victory.

Koragg steps back from the Pool of Possibilities as Necrolai hovers around him, "Watching your defeat the hand of the Red Ranger?"

"This is but one of numerous possible futures." Koragg grouses angrily.

"Perhaps in every future you will be destroyed," she taunts.

"What is it you want?"

"I have thought on our deal and agree to the terms." she pulls out a cloak and drapes it into Koragg's arms, "The Red Ranger's cloak, surely a mighty wizard like you could use such a personal item to get into his mind, make him question his allies."

Koragg looks at the item introspectively and muses on the possibilities, "If this plan succeeds I will begin immediate work on gathering the supplies for your armor."

Necrolai purrs.

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As Nick enters the Rock Porium he is confronted by Chip wielding a plunger like a sword, "Halt! You have stumbled into my moat, where my crocodile's will no down make a short meal of you!"

"Freshwater or saltwater crocks?" Nick asks slyly.

"Confused chip stumbles for his words, "Uh...fresh water, I guess."

Nick pushes past cockily, "I know from personal experience it is the salt water crock that is most dangerous to man, so I'll just swim on through."

Emerging from the 'moat' Nick almost immediately bumps into Xander, making him drop his envelop, both bend down to grab it but Nick gets to it first.

"A thousand dollars," Nick whistles, "Sure could use dough like that."

"We all could mate."

"Hey Nick, check out this song it's tight." Madison calls out.

Nick makes his way over to the girls on the turntables slipping on the headphones, starting to bob his head to the music, 'No one trusts you Nick'.

Nick pauses giving the girls a odd look, "Very funny girls."

As he wanders off to help move boxes of stuff from outside the store through the back of the store, running into LeeLee on one trip outside, she is sporting a new leather jacket.

"Hey Nick," she coos, dancing around him and showing off his jacket, "Like my new jacket? Five hundred bucks! You like it?" she dances in front of him, "Hey! Why don't you give me a rind on your bike so I can show off...I mean show of my new jacket."

"Sorry LeeLee don't have the time," he says rubbing his forehead as Koragg continues to pester him, vanishing into the store.

LeeLee huffs, "You'd have time for me if you didn't have a job."

Slipping into the store she heads to the counter where Xander is putting the envelope into a box just as a girl heads off, "You get her number Xander," she purrs temptingly.

Xander looks to the door and rushes off, "Great idea LeeLee."

While he is gone she quickly grabs the envelop, glancing at it a moment before quickly stashing it near the teller buried between several documents just as Xander comes back, "Any luck?"

"Yeah...all bad, she has a boyfriend."

LeeLee shrugs, "Hey have you heard about the thief?"

Xander, "What thief?"

"Someone's been hitting all the music stores in town, they think it's a inside job."

"I'll keep a eye out."

She slips off with a shrug, "Well I hope they catch him in the Nick of time."

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In the Mystic Woods Nick is holding his head as Phineas comes over, "That's my rock you know."

"Oh it's you," Nick groans.

"'Oh it's you'" Phenius jokes, "I love how you say that."

"I'm just having a bad day."


"Excellent!" Phineas finds a seat next to Nick and smiles, "let's compare bad day...I'll go first: Well...woke up and was immediately attacked by a mouse...the mouse won. Then when I was washing my rather ample nose in the river, a fish bit it. So! I swam after and bit it back. But, and here's your important lesson of the day, did you know a fish can swim away from a giant waterfall and a troblin can't. To my surprise I survived, but, I got a crab in my pants-"

'No one trusts you Nick. You don't even trust yourself, how can you when you don't even know who you are?'

Nick howls in pain dropping to the ground holding his head in pain, "Get out of my head." as he hows he has a sudden flashback; a child, a baby, in a red blanket being spirited away by some stranger in a black robe running through the woods.

"Ok you win," Phineas is taken aback as he watches Nick in pain.

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"You will get me out of here!" Morticon hows drawing his sword as he slashes it against Koragg's shield, "I am a WARRIOR!"

Koragg caught off guard is forced back on Morticon continues to rant, "A spell, a monster, something I can't stay down here!"

As Morticon backs off Koragg pushes himself to his feet, "I don't have enough power to release you just yet."

"You find a way! I don't care how but find something!"

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Back at the Rock Porium, Xander, Vida, Maddie, and Chip are looking all over, Chip using a spell to levitate himself.

"Come on we have to find it before I have to call the police."

"Aren't you overreacting," Maddie says disbelieving, "You don't really think Nick too-"

Xander grabs the drop box waving it a bit, "All I know is I put it in the box, Looked away for a moment and then it's gone. Look I'm not saying it's any of you," Xander says a bit panicked, "But I know I didn't take it and I'm pretty sure none of you did but-"

"What do you mean pretty sure," Vida says defensively.

"You guys have been my best friends since I moved to the states, the money can't just fly away."

All eyes turn to Chip, "what just because I'm flying you immediately suspect me?"

Xander sighs "I'm not saying that, I'm just saying-" he is cut off as Toby enters from his office.

Toby double takes as he glances back at Chip as he lands behind him, "Was chip just..."

"I was practicing my ballet," Chip dodges the situation and immediately pirouettes behind a row of CDs.

Toby shakes his head as he turns to Xander, "Did you make the bank drop?"

"I said I would didn't I?"

Toby nods and wanders back into his office, "R-Right."

Xander sighs as the others gather around him, "I can't believe I lied to Toby."

"Technically you didn't lie," Chip comforts, "You just asked a question."

Nick enters with Blecker a moment later, "You aren't looking too good Nick."

"Bad day," Nick comments rubbing his temples.

Blecker takes out his Training Morpher and pulls a rather large notebook from the large pockets of his jacket skimming through it, "Let's see..." he comments a moment before casting a spell, Nick doesn't look all that much better. Blecker glances at his Training Morpher, "Humm guess that pain relive spell doesn't work on headaches."

"Nice try thought, thanks for the effort," Nick offers.

Making his way over Xander confronts Nick, "Nick remember that money for the bank, have you seen it?"

"And what you just thought I took it?" he says defensively.

"It's not that it's just, well we don't really know you and-"

"And you figured I'd just blow into town, make friend with all of you just so I can rob you blind?" Nick says storming off.

"Nick wait!" Blecker comments trying to wave him down before looking back to the others, "Seriously guys, you don't trust him that much."

"He didn't deny it," Xander counters.

"And he seemed to be in quite a hurry to leave," Vida conspires.

"Did it ever occur to you that instead of the guy you work and fight even with it might be some random costumer, I mean seriously guys, who let the money out of his sight, maybe you just lost it or hell LeeLee stole it, she was bragging about her expensive new jacket, where the hell she get the money for that?"

"But she had that before we lost the money," Chip argues as Blecker storms off after Nick.

The four Rangers pause in thought though before Xander heads for Toby's office, "Toby, I need to tell you something."

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Outside Blecker catches up to Nick who has collapsed in a alley holding his head, shouting to the air, "What do you want."

'Meet me at the beach, join me. Join us your so called friends don't trust you.'

Blecker offers his hand to help Nick up, "Hey you alright," then pausing a moment, "that's not a migraine is it."

"Koragg, he's in my head somehow, wants me to join him, he's at the beach."

Blecker gasps, "Your not seriously considering it are you?"

"Maybe I should, those ungrateful jerks don't even trust me!"

Blecker shakes Nick a bit, "Don't let Koragg play with your head."

"What else can I do, I feel like my head's going to explode if I don't shut up Koragg."

Blecker narrows his eyes and balls his fists, "Then we shut him up together."

Nick narrows his eyes at Blecker then waves his hands dismissively, "N-No, your no good in a ground fight, and I'm not Vida."

Blecker looks down at his Training Morpher looking a little sick, "Well I..." the Training Morpher changing into a exact copy of Vida's, to Nick's surprise.

"H-How?"

"Udonna said I could use it in a emergency but if Vida were to change it could cause a problem, cause you know...too much Pink energy can be dangerous."

Nick looks thoughtful a moment, then nods, "L-Let's go." his voice a bit unsure.

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Nick looks thoughtful a moment, then nods, "L-Let's go." his voice a bit unsure.

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"I'm here Koragg!" Nick says ans he and Blecker run out onto the beach.

"And he brought a friend!"

Koragg emerges from a Spell Seal, "You were not invited Pink Wizard."

"You attack one of us you attack all of us, Rangers together!" He says flipping open his Mystic Morpher glancing over at Nick.

"Ready?"

Blecker nods, "Ready."

"Magical Source, Mystic Force!"

A spell seal rises up transforming both, revealing the Red and Pink Rangers. As it finishes the Pink Ranger glances down at her bust, her voice a bit defeated, "I hope this is just cosmetic." her voice is unchanged.

Koragg pauses thoughtfully, "I stand corrected Pink Witch, but your deception will not change the outcome of this battle."

The two Rangers draw their weapons and charge Koragg, he parries Red with is sword while deflecting wind blasts from Pink with his shield.

At Rootcore Clare looks up to the Crystal Orb as it comes to life, her latest spell having robbed her of her hair, in the orbs she sees the Red and Pink Rangers having a tough time with Koragg.

"Udonna!" she calls out, bringing her down to look in the orb.

"What are Vida and Nick doing..."

"That isn't Vida, it's Blecker!"

"Oh dear! I better call the others!"

"Aren't you going to help?"

"Of course!"

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Toby waves the envelope in one hand, "I found it next to the teller."

Xander looks crestfallen, "We thought Nick had...sorry Toby, I should have been more careful."

"And what mad you think it was Nick in the first place?"

"Yes you should have, but I'm glad you owned up to it...still I don't think I can trust you with this task next time."

Xander nods as Toby tosses it to Vida, "You're up Vida."

She nods, "I'll do it right now!"

"We'll get back to work then," Chip says leading the others out of Toby's office, just as their Mystic Morpher's ring.

"Nick and Blecker are where?" Maddie says in a soft voice.

Vida looks confused as her phone did not ring, "Guys?"

"Nick and Blecker are fighting Koragg, we're going to help."

Before Vida could ask more questions her Mystic Morpher range as the others ran out, they passed LeeLee as she is opening a soda can that explodes and covers her new jacket in soda, "My new jacket!" she whines.

"What do you mean I should wait," Vida objects over her Mystic Morpher.

"If both you and Blecker transform at the same time you could overload the Morphing Grid, too much Pink Energy can be dangerous."

"But it's Koragg," she Argues heading out at a slow jog, the envelop still in hand, "He could go giant and Blecker isn't-"

"All the more reason for you to show up late so you can take over for him but not cause a overload."

Vida nods, "I have a errand to finish up first for Toby, I'll do that first."

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The other rangers run up taking a moment to look over the Pink Ranger, "V-Vida?" the Blue Ranger says confused.

"Not quite," Blecker answers back.

Green and Yellow snicker as blue reaches out for Pink's bust, "Is that...are you?"

"I think it's just cosmetic."

There is a explosion causing the five to flip out of the way, the White Ranger showing up a moment later, followed by Vida. Koragg counters by summoning Catastros and transforming to Centaur form.

"Vida your up!" The Pink Ranger says powering down to normal Blecker, giving out a sigh of relief when he see's hes back to normal. "Thank goodness."

Quickly Vida Rangers up, the four taking a moment to turn to Nick, "Hey sorry for accusing you," Green apologizes.

Red pauses a moment then sighs, "Well talk about punishment after we fight the giant centaur."

"Right!" Green, Blue, Pink, and Yellow say in unison.

The six Rangers transform to Titan form then Blue, Green, Yellow, and Pink to Dragon Formation.

"Well time to find out how bad this is gonna wipe me out," Blecker comments transforming to energy and combining with the Dragon Formation, "Well this is a day of new experiences." his voice coming from the dragon's head.

The White Ranger joined the Phoenix Titan aboard the back of the Dragon Zord charging toward Koragg, he fends them off for a moment but the combined power is to much, he stumbled and drops to one knee.

"This is too easy!" Phoenix comments.

"Time to show off my own new power!" Koragg gloats "Uthe Mejor Ultimas."

Disconnecting from Catastros the Horse shifts and bends until Koragg can combined with it like a suit of armor forming the...

"Centaurus Wolf Megazord," Koragg announces before adding, "The time has come to take this fight to the next level...Dark Source, Evil Force!" Thusting his hand into the air a ball of energy is drawn from the Dragon Zord, causing it to drop to ground level.

"What's wrong guys? Why can't we combine?"

"I shall use your own magical powers against you," Koragg gloats, "And use your combining power to rise Morticon from the Underworld."

Creating another spell seal Morticon starts to emerge, first his hand and slowly the rest of him.

"Rangers lend me your strength, we can't let Morticon return to this world!" The White Ranger asks rising her snow staff. The Dragon splitting into the component titans, with Blecker sharing Sprite, as they all focus their magic toward the White Ranger.

Morticon continues to rise despite a counter seal appearing around the dark seal, "Rangers we must try harder!" the white Ranger pleads just as Morticon gets free.

"Finnally I am free of that pit, now the world will fall befor-"

He is cut short as the Phoenix Titan's eyes glow bright green and a reed particle aura envelopes him, the white spell seal suddenly red shifts and Morticon is sucked back into the Underworld.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooo! So close, so clo-"

"Dark Magic Spell Seal!" Koragg's attack scatters the Rangers knocking them all over the landscape just as Morticon vanishes. "Impossible...how could they counter my spell?"

The Mystic Phoenix drops to one knee as Koragg turns around, "I don't know how you did that Rangers but I still have you Megazord power." He cackles and vanishes into the setting sun, Necrolai trailing him as he arrives, still in Centaurus Wolf form somewhere else and examines the power he stole.

"I have the Ranger power to combine," he gloats looking at the orb of energy in his hand, "And for now I will keep it to myself."before hiding it away inside his chest.

Necrolai watches, ideas turning in her head, "Interesting." and she flies off and away from Koragg.

As the Rangers return to human form Blecker stumbles, Vida and Nick catching him, "Whoa careful there." Nick cautions.

"So it would appear even dragon form is too draining for you," Udonna notes.

Blecker gets to his feat easily enough but is still leaning on his walking stick more then is normal, "I'm a bit weak in the knees but it's no where near as bad as the Titan Megazord, I think I can handle it."

"Good," Nick says gravely, "Because without our Megazord power we're going to need your power to boost the Dragon formation now more then ever.

"Oh...joy," Blecker says collapsing.

The others hurry to help him up, and help his make the trip back to Rootcore. Xander turning to Nick as they walk, "Look we just-" he stops correcting himself, "I just wanted to say that I'm sorry, I really am."

"Your our friend Nick," Maddie adds heartfelt, "and you deserved better."

"No more jumping to conclusions," Vida adds, "Promise."

"It was Xander's fault," Chip adds, getting a chuckle from everyone. Even Nick, "It was!"

"Thanks guys," Nick smiles, "And I owe you guys a apology too...I should have come to you when I started to hear Koragg's voice. So...I guess we both learned our lesson about...trust...and friendship."

"No more secrets between us."

"No more secrets," Nick confirms giving Xander a firm handshake.

"Well this is nice," Maddie adds, "But let's get Blecker back to Rootcore to rest."

Blecker glances over at at Vida, then Udonna, "So Titan Megazord is out, and Dragon Formation doesn't look promising but I can Boost Sprite just fine so I was thinking...Udonna...do you think I could boost the Pink Ranger?"

Udonna looks thoughtful a moment, "You mean use your spell code when Vida is in her ranger form to improve her magic?"

Blecker nods, "Exactly."

"I can't see why not, though Ranger form and Titan Form are on very different levels, there may be unexpected side effects."

"Can't be much worse then Megazord form."

The other Rangers nod, Xander patting Blecker's back, "We really appreciate your help mate."

Blecker nods, "It's no big thing, but I think I'm going to leave the Rangering up to Vida." he looks over to Vida smiling, "No offense but even if it's cosmetic and has no real impact on my civilian life it's just way to weird turning into a girl when in ranger form."

Vida and Madison both pat Blecker on the back teasingly, "Awe but you make such a cute Pink Ranger." Maddie jokes.

"How can you tell, with the helmet," Chip jokes.

"Oh a girl can tell," Vida laughs, the others joining in a moment later. "But no seriously Blecker, it's no big deal. Leave the fighting to me. I'm just glad you got my back."

"As good as that all may be you must not come to rely on Blecker's assistance," Udonna warns, "The fusion spell is clearly very taxing and we must not put his heath at risk just for a faster victory and more power, Blecker is still a person after all not a magic wand to use as you see fit."

The other Rangers nod Vida speaking first, "I know things are going to get harder without our Megazord power but I promise I won't keep calling you out here." she looks to the other rangers for support, "What do you say guys, give Blecker a few days off duty?"

The others all nod in consent.

Vida smiles, "We'll only call if it's a absolute emergency, OK."

Blecker gives a relived sigh, "Thanks, wasn't sure how much more of this I could take." pausing a m