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Keiko nodded "Right! Let's show them the power of a woman!" she engaged in her fighting stance "Okay! Together!" she raised her hand in the air then out of nowhere lightning bolts shot towards her fist forming a golden staff with Two black markings and the ends which was engraved with the symbol of thunder "Goldenrod Staff Extend!" The staff was around two metres longer she waved it and posed similar to a Shaolin monk she stared at the Golden Monster "In the name of Thunder you shall be punished!"

Not really either surprised or disappointed by Keiko's continued brush-offs, Ryo replaced his earpiece, then took off through the desert after Geoff's Jeep. He followed right alongside it the whole way to the spot indicated on their GPS units. Soon enough, the Big Ugly came into view.

Wasting no time, Ryo jumped off the bike and tore off his helmet, beginning his transformation immediately after Geoff. "Super Spectrum, power up!" A whirlwind of cool air mixed with streams of blue light swirled around Ryo, moving fast enough to almost seem solid, and within the vortex he changed. He began to spin as well, and jumped out of the swirling air, landing in a traditional hap ki do stance. "Blue Cerulean Ranger, ready to rock!"

"Gonna follow your lead, Red. How about you and I for number one and number two?"

Tamya bumped hips with Keiko and extended her hand, a scythe burst from the ground. She twirled it a couple of times and took an offensive yet defensive stance, "hit 'em high hit 'em low?" she suggested smiling.

TJ looked at Ryo and Geoff, spiritual energy flowed around him and a Guan Do appeared in front of him. He grasped it while flipped to line up with Geoff and Ryo, "let's get this creep, on your word fearless leader,"

Lexie got out of the jeep, keeping a careful distance from the creature she would be fighting momentarily. It was ugly, definitely with a face only a mother could love, and even that was being generous. A few short steps later, and Lexie had joined her group. She looked around at the others morphing, as the majority of the group had already become battle ready.

"Here goes nothing." she whispered, bringing her right hand to her ear and gently pressing on her ear piece. "It's Morphing Time!" A soft melody played without her head just as the first time she morphed. However, there was one big difference this time. The ground around her shook, and the earth rose around her, a protective barrier. Just as that began, an orange mist surrounded her, solidifying and encasing her body, quickly becoming her suit. Pieces of rock broke off from around her, moving through the air to her back, forming a bow and arrows.

The transformation was over quickly, and the rocks shattered, flying harmlessly away to reveal a morphed Lexie. She was crouched down, her left arm extended in front of her and her right one arched toward her back. Though her stomach still felt filled with butterflies, all of her nervousness was replaced with a feeling of strength and steadiness. She felt strong and stable, like the earth she apparently represented.

"Orange Amber Ranger here, ready to show this guy what we can do," she said, taking steps in Geoff's direction. "Right behind you captain, so what's the plan?" Lexie asked, her voice sounding amplified behind her visor.

"Okay! I'll start!" Keiko charged towards the monster and grabbed her staff tightly and smacked the monster on the chest "Now Ranger Gun!" Keiko grabbed the gun from the holster (is that what that thing is called? LOL) she aimed it at the golden monster that had a face that reminded her more of her father than the King Askyl or what ever his name was. She fired at the monster "Now! Your turn Green!" she placed the gun back on the holster "Discover his weak point!" Keiko placed her gun back on the holster and engaged in a defensive position!

"Uh..." said Geoff as he watched Keiko jump the gun again. He could appreciate her eagerness to fight, but to jump into battle by herself was a little, well... reckless? To add insult to injury Stevo was still dozing in the jeep as the rest of them had already morphed. This teamwork exercise was going down the drain faster than Geoff could say Super Spectrum. Sighing to his own inabilities as a leader he quickly clapped his hands together. From the strike ignited a flame that when pulled apart, reveal two sais that were close to burning the crap out of his hands. Luckily his hands were well protected.

"All right," he said to his teammates awaiting instuctions. "Tamya, TJ... hit from the left and right. Ryo, follow my lead and attack after I make first strike. Lexie, get airborne and attack from above. Keiko... good... job. Be ready to back up Tamya on the left, this guy looks like he's favoring that side." With that settled, he gave his sais a twirl before charging. "Move out!"

Suddenly he was upon the monster who had by then recovered from Keiko's attacks and had drawn his own weapon. Geoff thrusted with one sia while uppercutting with the other. The first one caught his sword while the second caused a small explosion on his chest. A roar came from the monster along with a heavy swipe of his sword that Geoff barely escaped with a tumble to the side to get out of the way of the impending attacks from his teammates.

"Careful guys," he readjusted. "This guy has some power behind him." Hopefully they would be able to wear him down as much as possible, but by then what would they do to finish him off? Didn't the old Power Rangers combine weapons at some point? He quickly checked his wristband, finding schematics and making a mental note for when the barrage of attacks came to a stand still...

"Roger!" Keiko giggled "I'll help Tamya!" She grabbed her staff and launched herself and hit the monster's back. It turned around and slashed Keiko she flipped back in defence "That was a close one." Keiko ducked down and used the end of the staff to trip the monster over but it wasn't good enough since the monster jumped over her Staff "Okay I'll just help Tamya..." Keiko giggled nervously. "Leader! Just start attack whene- wait don't worry. Just go whenever you're ready!"

Ryo nodded at Geoff's instruction, and windmilled through the air as Geoff began his attack. In midair, vortexes swirled around Ryo's feet, and when they disappeared, mirror-like blades, sharper than razors, extended from his toes and ankles.

He landed just as Geoff dodged the monster's attack, and went into a series of aerial kicks that caught his recovering opponent off-guard. But Ryo's light attacks were hardly enough to damage the huge creature. Sparks flew from where his blades made contact, but that was about it. The golden monster retaliated with a closed-fist backhand that smashed into Ryo's side. He tumbled through the air and landed a short distance away, dirt staining his once-spotless new uniform.

Ryo rolled a couple times, then was back on his feet. "Got that right... guy hits like a frickin' wall."

"Ryo-kun!" Keiko screamed "Are you okay?! Don't do anything stupid!" she engaged in a defensive position and twirled her staff around. She flipped over to the Golden Monster's side and whacked him like it was no tommorow before the Golden Monster grabbed his sword and slashed Keiko causing her to fly backwards "He's too strong!" She stood up and touched her gun from the holster "No... must find another tactic..." she launches herself in the hair and whacks her staff on the Golden Monster's head "S.O.S!"

"Get airborne, right!" Lexie called, acknowledging Geoff's instructions. She moved into position behind the monster, keeping a good distance between herself and the beast as she grabbed for her bow. When Ryo took a painful hit, Lexie took another two steps back, just for good measure.

Hitting high was no problem for Lexie, as her assigned weapon was a bow and arrows. She was quite thankful for this, as years of being a camp counselor had taught her a few things about bows. Now, the camp bows weren't nearly as fancy (or powerful) as the one on her back, but chances are she would figure it out.

It only took a few seconds for Lexie to reach back and grab the bow and an arrow. How they were fastened to her suit, she had no idea. However, just having her hand near it seemed to allow the bow to disconnect from her suit. Lexie loaded the arrow onto the sting, knowing where and how to do it as if by a magnetic pull. She held out the bow, bending her elbow to pull back the string. In one flick of a finger, she let the arrow fly, sending up in the direction of his neck. Her aim was a little off, and it instead hit the monster's shoulder. What was impressive, was the small, earthquake like cracks that began to form in the beasts armor where her arrow had lodged itself.

Lexie loaded and shot another arrow, this one landing closer to her target. Aggravated and disoriented from the barrage of attacks coming at all angles, the beast stepped back and swung a fist in Lexie's direction. Lexie stepped out of range of the first, but did not see the other one coming from her other side just as the first one passed to defend another attack. Lexie tried to flip out of the way (she is after all a gymnast), but the tip of his hand caught her left leg, connecting with her ankle and causing her to land back on the ground, a cloud of dust rising where the ranger fell.

"You weren't kidding about the wall part." Lexie groaned to Ryo as she moved her ankle, making sure the beast didn't shatter it. It hurt like hell, but seemed to at last still be in one piece. It took a moment, but Lexie finally stood, wincing when pressure was put on her injured foot.

"star, i found 2 compact cubes in the transport. inside one were two hover boards. not sure if you want to ride one, but i sure am going to." said delen, thinking that she might as well get on a board. his internal computer read that the energy source that just spiked was a little ways away.

Noticing his teammates going down one by one and seeing Keiko go a little AWOL after witnessing Ryo get hurt, it was time for drastic measures in Geoff's mind. "Stevo! Get your ass out here!" He yelled as he pulled out his laser blaster and shot a couple rounds at the beast from the front. The armor stayed intact while giving the monster an irritating jolt. This brought the beast to charge at Geoff with his sword, playing into his plan of distraction.

As the beast rammed towards him with his sword, he waited until the last possible second to pull out his sais and catch the blade in between them. He could feel his feet dig into the ground underneath as he attempted to hold the beast at bay.

"Now!" he shouted. "Someone aim for his shoulder!" If his plan worked, the beast would receive a bunch of damage via the crack in his shoulder armor, effectively bringing the beast down long enough for them to regroup and hopefully have Stevo there to form this so called, "Spectrum Blaster."

Hearing Geoff's call for action, Lexie dropped her bow into the sand and picked up her laser blaster. She had a clear shot of the things shoulder, and was confident she could hit the same spot she had shot with her bow. Wasting no time, Lexie took aim and fired two shots. The first one was just a little off center, but the second hit home perfectly. An earsplitting sound erupted the mouth of the monster, and Lexie grimaced as it began to flail, just swinging it's arms and sword in hopes of saving itself. Lexie moved with the beast, a definite limp in her gate, as fired again. She hit her mark once more, and creature fell in pain onto its shoulder, hoping to get the annoying orange ranger under it as he fell.

Being agile as she was, Lexie was able to roll out of the way, grabbing her bow with her just in time. The creature fell, crushing a large rock with it's even larger body.
"And to think that could have been me." Lexie joked, knowing full well what would have happened if the monster had caught her. "That things pissed, he won't be down for long. What's plan B?" Lexie asked, acknowledging that they only had mere moments before their opponent rose once more.

Geoff gave a relieved sigh as Lexie's shot made contact with the beast. By the time it had began to flail and swing uncontrollably Geoff had managed to leap out of the way. He regrouped over by Lexie when the beast finally fell down for a moment. He looked around to see where the other rangers were, noting their positions and thinking of a way to get out this next part without sounding extremely cheesy...

"Alright guys," he said hesitantly. "Let's bring 'em together! Red Ruby Sais!" As he finished his quick line, the sais linked together via their handles and he threw it up to float in the air as the other's followed suit to create their weapon. Hopefully Stevo would be up and running by then to contribute, otherwise the weapon would be running at a seventh less power... would it be enough to bring the monster down?

Despite all the Rangers' efforts, this thing just wasn't giving up. It was like a tank. With arms. But after all, it seemed Geoff had the solution. Ryo hoped it would work. He jumped into the air and performed a swift double kick, yelling out, "Windslash Greaves!" The blades on his toes and ankles detached from his feet as each one reached the end of its kicking arc, and flew through the air as if magnetically attracted to Geoff's weapons.

Ryo ran forward, hopping over the downed beast. It was beginning to stir. The other Rangers needed to throw in their weapons soon if they were going to take it out in time. As Ryo arrived next to Geoff and Lexie. He pulled out his blaster and aimed for the monster's shoulder. Two quick shots bounced off its thick hide, but Ryo could see the energy weaving through the cracks in the armor, and the monter's sudden cry of pain assured Ryo his attacks had hit home.

Tamya and TJ had done what they where told to do, they attacked the monster from the left and right but it was like a tank, it just wouldn't go down. FInally after a while Geoff managed to damage it and Lexie managed to shoot the monster and damage it's shoulder causing it to fall.

Geoff called for them to combine their weapons, TJ and Tamya nodded and called out their weapons, "Green Wood Scythe, Violet Soul Guan Do," TJ and Tamya shouted as their weapons detached and fused with the main weapon which had fused already with Ryo and Geoff's weapons.

Tamya hung out beside Geoff's left side as TJ went back into battle, "Soul Burst," he called out as his hands filled with soul energy. He flipped over the monster just in time and landed a hard power filled punch to the shoulder of the beast. But the beast retaliated by elbowing TJ with it's other shoulder, knocking him back a few feet.

TJ regain his composure and took a fighting stance, "uhhh hurry up guys," he stated through the communicator. The monster wavered from the hit from TJ's attack, hopefully it would give the others time to combine the weapon.

Keiko grabbed her staff and flipped backwards towards the Rangers "Yellow GoldenRod/Thunderstrike Staff!" she threw the staff which was used as a peg to combine all the weapons together as one and also transfuse thunder energy through the cannon. "Now Guys! Let's defeat this beast" she tried not to let anyone give her the most wierdest expression she hoped at least she wouldn't be kicked off the team "In the name of the Spectrums you're punished!"

Still favoring her left foot, Lexie managed to step forward and toss her bow into the mix of weapons. Not surprisingly, it didn't take much to get the bow to join the other weapons, just a toss in the right direction. As the weapons began to combine themselves, Lexie realized that from this moment on, nothing would ever be able to surprise her.

"Alright guys, my bow is in place. This thing isn't staying down for much longer, if we are gunna do something before it strikes back at us, then we need to do it fast." Lexie stated into the communicator. "Hey TJ, you ok? That was a rough hit." she added, looking over at the violet ranger.

With the majority of the weapons joined, it was time to fire this thing and hope that it would be enough to get rid of the monster. As Geoff grabbed hold of the weapon, he could feel all senses of uncertainty fade away while the power of the Spectrum circulated through his body. The words seemed to form themselves as he prepared to pull the trigger...

"Spectrum Power Blast!" Geoff said with authority as the weapon sent out a powerful wave of light energy. He could see the different colored lights mixing into a kaleidoscope effect as it careened with the beast. A direct hit caused the monster to yell out in the strongest painful yell known to man. Finally, he relinquished control on light and fell to the ground, shattering into billions of stardust particles.

Just as quickly as it took to combine the weapons, they instantly separated and returned to their rightful owner. Geoff let his sais disappear in a flash of flame before saying, "Super Spectrum, Power Down." He looked at where the monster had fallen, nothing more than a bit of singed dirt was left.

"Well," Geoff said as he communicated with Cranston. "How'd we do?"

"Umm," a voice came through the speaker in his ear. "Just head back to the base. See if Stevo's all right while you're at it."

A roll of his eyes and a hang of his head would automatically give Geoff away as being totally defeated. He knew they had done their best, but from the sound of Cranston's voice, it apparently wasn't good enough. As he walked back to his jeep, he thought about if there was anything in that contract about being fired...

"Let's go guys," he said the rest of the group. "I have a feeling Cranston's not going to be too happy about this."

"yea I am fine," TJ replied to Lexie getting up and jumping out of the way as Geoff unleashed the combined weapons power upon the beast, completely destroying it.

TJ walked over to Tamya and the rest of the rangers as they waited for Geoff. After Geoff finished talking with Cranston and Cranston issued a command to return to the base, TJ and Tamya powered down and returned to TJ's vehicle, waiting on the others.