Power Rangers Starfleet
Episode 6: Sapphire's Battle
Previous ChapterNext ChapterIn the Prison Tower, Nacluv was training by himself; launching his fire powers and punching and kicking Lingoes. The minions were curious as to why he was doing this. "Umm.. Master." Keto called. Nacluv stopped and stared at the minions. "Why are you suddenly training?"
"Because you idiot, I'm going to get rid of that Animal Ranger, once and for all."
"What?!" Marla cried. "But Master, she's way too powerful, even for you." Bronc and Keto tried to shut her up but Nacluv laughed softly. "Do not worry. I have a plan."
The minions looked at each other with curiousity.
Meanwhile, at Celesto's mansion, Sapphire and the rangers were doing some training of their own. The rangers were doing push-ups, sit-ups wall climbing, even weight lifting to boost their physical strengths. They even ran through an obstacle course while each carrying heavy water buckets to work on their agility.
Meanwhile, Celesto and his lab staff were working hard to improve the rangers’ weapons and their morphing abilities as best they could. Even still, they couldn’t give them too much of a boost or the surge and strains would have horrible effects on the rangers physically.
Sapphire, on the other hand, was honing in on her magic. Now she could make large trees grow, change clouds into different types like thunder or rain.
With she shapeshifting, she could change into many animals without getting tried. She even sparred with a few of the rangers and won. The rangers were proud of her.
After finishing her training for the day, Sapphire went into the mansion and sat on the couch. Rainbow gave her a towel to dry herself off while Lightning gave her a bottle of water. "Thanks."
"You're getting better and better, Sapphire." Sunset praised.
"Yeah. At this rate, we'll beat Nacluv soon." Rainbow added. Sapphire smiled at her friends.
Outside, the rangers heard some people gasping and screaming. "What's going on?" Lightning asked. They all raced outside and were met by a large holographic image of Nacluv.
"Nacluv." Lightning snarled.
"What does he want?" Sunset added.
"Hear me Animal Ranger, I challenge you to a battle!"
"A BATTLE!" the rangers, except for Sapphire cried.
"Accept my challenge. and meet me at Central Park in one hour. If you don't I'll fry your city to the ground!" The image disappeared.
Now, the minions now saw what he was doing. "So you're gonna force her to fight, cause you know she would do anything to protect her friends. Great idea." Bronc commented.
"Indeed. It's an offer she cant refuse."
"But what if she tried something, like trick you?" Keto asked.
"Well, that's where you three come in."
The three minions were surprised and curious about what Nacluv had in mind.
"You have to refuse!" Rainbow cried. The rangers had gone to the base and told Celesto what happened. You can bet he was shocked and flustered. "Sapphire can't fight Nacluv by herself! That's suicide!" Lightning added. All the others agreed.
Twilight and Celesto were already there and had heard everything. “What do we do, sir?” Sunset asked.
“There’s no way we're letting Sapphire fight that monster all by herself and to the death!” Rainbow exclaimed in anger. Twilight sighed. “I don’t think she’s has a choice, guys.” she said.
The rangers turned towards Sapphire. “Don’t worry guys, I-I’ll be fine.” she said nervously. The rangers could easily see she was extremely nervous due to her fidgeting and their complaining wasn’t helping her either.
“Sorry, Sapphire, guess we’re not helping you feel any better, is it?” Sunset asked. Sapphire shook her head. Rainbow cake over and placed a hand on her shoulder. “You’ll beat the stuffing out of Nacluv. I just know it.” she encouraged. Sapphire looked at all her friends and took a deep breath. “Okay, guess I better get going.”
With that, Celesto sent her to the via the jump tubes. “Do you think she’ll be okay, sir?” Twilight asked.
“We just have to hope that she will be.” Celesto said. “However, I get the feeling Nacluv has something up his sleeve.” Hearing that, made the others worry about their friend.
An hour had passed, Nacluv appeared in the park alone. "Now where is that ranger?"
Sapphire appeared on the other side of the park. "Looking for me?"
Nacluv smiled. "Why, yes. I'm glad you accepted my offer." Sapphire frowned, "You made it hard to refuse." Nacluv grinned and took a fighting posture. "Now then, shall we get on with this?"
Sapphire took a fighting stance too. "Yes." she transformed...
"STARFLEET MAGIC... POWER ON!"
Nacluv lunged at Sapphire. She leaped into the air and blasted Nacluv with her magic. Nacluv growled and blasted fire at Sapphire, whom used a shield to protect herself. "Stop using your magic, coward! Fight!" Nacluv thundered as he lunged at her. "You asked for it."
Sapphire lunged at Nacluv and the two were engaged in a ruthless fight. Punching, kicking and even scratching each other. It was lke two big cats fighting over territory. The rangers watched everything from the monitors. "Woah, look at her go! She's doing really well." Spike said.
The others agreed but Sunset couldn't shake the feeling that Nacluv was up to something.
Sapphire and Nacluv separated and skidded on the ground. Nacluv growled and coated himself in all his fire power. "TIME TO END THIS! RANGER!"
Sapphire coated herself in her magic. The two charged each other and full speed, roaring like warriors.
They collided.
KABOOOM!
A massive explosion erupted, shaking the ground. "SAPPHIRE!" the rangers cried. When the smoke cleared, they saw Nacluv and Sapphire laying on the ground, not moving. The rangers feared the worst. "No." Sunset whispered.
Then, Sapphire twitched as well as Nacluv. The two were badly banged up. The explosion was enough to de-morph Sapphire, leaving her in her tattered clothes. She was covered in scratches and bruises. Even the slightest movement equaled large amounts of pain. The two struggled to stay standing when Nacluv began laughing.
"What's... funny?" Sapphire groaned.
"You... didn't think... I would lose... this easy, did you?" Nacluv replied. Sapphire didn't know what he meant until she saw Marla, Bronc and Keto appeared. Keto pointed his staff at Nacluv, “Song of Resurgense.” The power of the melody magically took away the pain from Nacluv, actually healing his wounds, to Sapphire's horror.
The rangers were outraged. "That sneaky creep!" Rainbow cried.
"It was a trap!" Lightning added. "He wanted to weaken Sapphire, so he could capture her."
"We've got get to her, fast!" Sunset said. Celesto agreed and he sent them through the jump-tubes to the park. "Hurry, guys." Twilight thought as she didn't like what she was seeing on the monitors.
The minions chuckled as they approached Sapphire. "Looks like the tables have turned, huh?" Marla said. Sapphire painfully tried to crawl away, but she was in too much pain to do so. "Time for some fun." Bronc said. He fired lasers from his helmet while Keto fired from his staff. The blasts send Sapphire flying and crashing to the ground. "Uuuugggghhh." she groaned.
The four monsters laughed at the thought of victory. "Capture the ranger and let's leave." Nacluv ordered. The minions complied and Marla sent her hair towards Sapphire.
At the last second, a creature burst from the brush and bit Marla's hair, tearing it. "AAAAHHH, MY HAIR, YOU DID THAT?!" she screeched.
Thats when four other creatures came out of the bush.
The first one was about six feet in height and eighteen feet long. It had a frill with horns all over and along nose horn. It was green with yellow markings. The second one was twenty eight feet long and thirty nine feet in height. The third was extremely long with spikes down it's neck. It was thirty three feet long and nine feet high. The last creature was fifteen feet long and six point sis feet high.
The four creatures didn't like the villains and growled aggressively at them. "What are those things?" Marla questioned.
"I don't know, but they aren't gonna stop us from destroying that ranger." Bronc answered. Bronc and his comrades charged the dragons. The largest creature roared and swung it's tail and the minions, smacking them into a tree. Nacluv seem interested in these creatures. "Impressive."
At the base. Twilight and the others were shocked. "What the heck are those things doing here?" Spike cried.
"There dinosaurs!" Twilgith exclaimed. "A Styracosaurus, Fukuisaurus, Allosaurus and Amargasaurus and they're protecting Sapphire." Twilight replied.
'Well, that's good at least." Krysta added.
"Let's hope it'll stay that way." Celesto said.
Nacluv and the minions just stared at the dragons while the rangers appeared on the scene. "Woah, what are those things?!" Lightning asked.
"They looks like dinosaurs, but that's impossible." Sunset stated.
"Well, whatever they are, they're standing between us and Sapphire. Let's get them." Rainbow said. She rushed towards Sapphire, but the Allosaurus looked back and bashed Rainbow back. "Rainbow!" Sunset cried. Rainbow grunted as she got to her feet. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good."
The Styracosaurus grabbed Sapphire they all headed towards the forest. "Hey, they're gonna get away!" Sunset cried.
"Not for long, COMET TRAIL... FIRE!"
The attack headed towards the dinosaurs but he was too late. The dinosaurs were already gone with Sapphire. "No, they got away!" Buddy exclaimed.
"With Sapphire!" Fluttershy squeaked. The monsters weren't happy either and they teleported away.
"Let's get back to the base." Sunset suggested.
"And then they just ran away with Sapphire." Lightning finished explaining. Twilight was busy trying to track Sapphire. "And one of them bashed into me." Rainbow added.
"But why would they do that?" Sunset asked.
"Well from what we saw on the monitors, the dinosaurs were protecting Sapphire from the monsters. When you guys showed up, they acted the same way." Krysta replied.
"So they thought we were a threat to Sapphire?" Fluttershy added.
But we're Sapphire's friends,
Why would they think that,
We're friends till the end." Rhymey said.
"We may know that, but the dinosaurs don't." Celesto revealed. The other began to catch on to what Celesto was saying. "So all we have to do is show the them we're friends, instead of enemies." Sunset suggested.
"Only one problem." Spike pointed out. "Those dinos could have taken Sapphire anywhere." The rangers winced, being reminded of that. "Guys! I've got her signal." Twilight called.
"Where?" Lightning asked.
"She's in the forest near Canterlot High."
"Let's go!" Sunset snapped.
Meanwhile, at the forest, Sapphire was layed up against a tree, groaning in pain. The Styracosaurus gently rubbed against her. "Easy, Shock. I'll be okay."
The other dinosaurs watched with concerned eyes. Sapphire smiled at her dragon friends. "I'm okay, guys."
Bushes behind them began to rustle. The dinosaurs growled at the spot. That's when the rangers, un-morphed appeared. "Woah, woah, woah." Sunset said with her hands in the air. "We come in peace." The dinosaurs snarled and narrowed their eyes at the rangers, suspicious of them. Fluttershy saw Sapphire and gasped. "Oh you poor thing." she rushed towards her and examined her. "Where does it hurt?"
"Ugh... everywhere."
"You need help right away."
The dinosaurs were still acting hostile. "We just want to help Sapphire, that's all. But we can't do that if you four don't let us near her." Buddy pleaded. The dinosaurs looked at each other and they back up a little. Trust had been established. The rangers went to Sapphire's side. "We've got to get her to the hospital, quickly." Lightning stated.
The others agreed, but before they could pick her up...
"Hold it, rangers."
The rangers turned and saw Nacluv and the minions again. The dinosaurs roared at them. "What are you doing here, again? Haven't you caused Sapphire enough pain?" Buddy asked, annoyed.
"Yes, and we're back to cause her even more pain." Keto replied.
"Fluttershy, Rhymey, get Sapphire to the hospital, we'll deal with the monsters." Sunset ordered.
Fluttershy and Rhymey nodded and Fluttershy carefully picked up Sapphire, bridal-style. Shock came up to her and nodded towards her back. "You want us to get one?" Fluttershy guessed. Shock nodded. "Alright then." the two leaped onto the Styracosaurus and dashed to the hospital.
"Alright, now let's deal with these three." Lightning said.
The others agreed and morphed. "STARFLEET MAGIC... POWER ON!"
The minions and Nacluv lunged at the rangers but the Allosaurus and Fukuisaurus rammed the four villains."Nice shot!" Rainbow commented. The villains growled and charged again. This time the Allosaurus roared and flashed light blue for a second. "What's that?" Lightning asked. The dinosaur dashed towards the villains super fast and vanished for a moment. Then it rammed the villains multiple times, causing massive damage. It dashed away and the four villains collapsed on the ground.
"Woah, it took them out with one attack!" Buddy exclaimed with awe. The villains staggered to their feet. "You rangers won't get away with this. We'll get your Animal Ranger, if it's the last thing we do!" Nacluv declared as the four teleported away. The dinosaurs roared in victory. "Come on let's get to the hospital." Lightning suggested. The others nodded and they all headed towards the hospital.
You can bet when the rangers showed up with prehistoric, living dinosaurs at the entrance to the hospital, people were amazed and shocked. The rangers ignored them and asked about Sapphire. They were taken to her hospital room where Fluttershy and Rhymey were present. "How is she?" Lightning asked.
"The doctors say she'll be fine, but she'll have to stay here for a few days." Fluttershy informed.
Sapphire came to and saw her friends. "Hey guys."
"Sapphire... how are you feeling."
"Dizzy and woozy." she replied in a groggy voice.
"Just take it easy." Sunset suggested. Sapphire nodded and closed her eyes. "How are my dinosaur friends?"
"They're fine. We'll ask you about them when you get discharged, alright?" Sunset added. Sapphire nodded and Sunset suggested that they should leave to give their teammate some well needed rest.
Outside the hospital they saw a crowd of people around the dinosaurs.
"Actual Dinosaurs!"
"Amazing!"
"They're beautiful!"
"We better get them to the mansion." Lightning whispered to the others. They nodded in agreement and they leaped onto the Allosaurus. "Come on, big fellas." Lightning ordered. The dinosaurs obeyed them and they walked off to the mansion.
Celesto, Celestia and Twilight were waiting outside when they saw the five dinosaurs walking towards them. The two were shocked and amazed by the huge creatures while Twilight's eyes sparkled. "Wow, real, live dinosaurs. Amazing!"
The rangers hopped off of the Allosaurus. "So what do we do with these big fellas?"
"We can keep them in the here and near the mansion. They won't cause too much trouble... will they?" Celestia asked.
"Not as long as you show them your friends." Sunset said. "Anyway Sapphire will be in the hospital for a few days."
"Right, until then, why don't we show our new friends where they will be staying." Celesto said. The others helped Celesto and Celestia guide the dinosaurs around the coast of the island. Their new home.
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