Chapter 12:
Power Ranger Punks

“All right, guys. Let’s go.” Gary called out after Aya tossed him the Volleyball. The heroes decided to play a round of Volleyball: Brock and Bill vs. Gary and Aya with Misty as the spectator. Their field leader successfully served it to the other side which the dancer and genius tagged team to toss it to the other side.

“Get it, Gar.” The one in yellow called out after a good exchange between the four before she set up a spike. The swordsman delivered to them with ease.

“Got it.” The egghead said and tried to hit it back but had his arms angled wrong.

“Wrong direction. No!” The music expert called out and tried to get to the air ball in time. Sadly the sphere touched the sand before his hand could. Seeing this yellow and red celebrated that they won the first bout.

“Wow, Bill, you’re gettin really good.” Hart, who decided to pick up some refreshments while they were playing, admitted to the one that was face down in the sand. The Mastodon master heard her and decided to do the same thing to his sports partner.

“Nice try.” Brock said after picking up the ball and was wanting to start another round.

“Thanks.” Bill answered back to his friend, appreciating their words of praise as he rose to his feet.

“Hey, I have some drinks over here.” The acrobat informed the others after setting the trey on the picnic table closest to the Volleyball net.

“Great.” The book smart member said back to her after getting to his feet. Once standing tall he walked over to her with a smile on his face. “Boy, those drinks look good. Your turn.” The boy in blue commented before tagging pink in to take his spot so that he could cool down.

“Let’s go.” The Ptera warrior said to the rest once she was ready to play. This new round started off good. Brock served it, Gary returned it, “Sorry.” Misty shouted as she almost botched it, but her partner hit it the rest of the way over the net.

‘I’m happy to call these four - friends.’ The one on break thought as he sipped at his water, and watched them play. Unknown to them there was one that was going to spoil their merriment.

“The long tube is connected to the small tube, and the small tube is connected to the even smaller tube. I think I got everything. Let’s see…snail slime, spider legs, Poison Ivy, Rattlesnake lips. Yes, all done. Most perfect.” Ba-Choke stated as he watched his serum make its way through a path of tubes, and counted up the other ingredients that he needed. “Hmm, but is it potent enough?” The muscular minion questioned before the combination of serum juice and solid ingredients popped. “Yes, my punk potion is complete.” He said before walking over to one container and watched red gunk slowly drip into a beaker. “You know Jessie may be so thrilled that she might even give me my own planet.” Ba-Choke wondered aloud, and as he was waiting for it to stop dripping the Power Rangers were still happily playing their game.

“I got it.” The swordsman said as he returned his friend’s serve with little effort. Brock saw it coming and set it up for his friend:

“Yeah, Misty.” He shouted in encouragement, but sadly her attempt hit the net. The group had a good laugh before getting back to the game. Above them the Alchemist of the villains was on the company tricycle.

“We seriously have to motorize this thing.” The four limbed man said as he was having trouble peddling the primitive device. Down below the group was getting ready to start another go.

“Set, two points.” Aya informed before tossing the ball to her partner.

“Come on, Gary.” The book smart blue boy said as he sat on the table portion of the picnic table. Lee Scott sent it up, Taylor tried to counter, but the ball landed on his side of the field.

“We win.” Kwan stated happily as she and Gary gave one another a one arm hug: which they both liked this closeness even if it is for a moment. Brock and Misty did the same as them since for their lack of knowing this sport they both needed that gesture.

“So, who do we get to take on next.” Their leader said with a big smile on his face since he was feeling pretty confident right now. ‘With Aya I feel as if I can take on anybody.’ He thought which is when a gaggle of Putties appeared around them.

‘This is weird. They aren’t jumping around like they usually do.’ Cranston thought as one of them tried to grab him with his arms through the net. Despite his evasive style their smart one could tell that the Putties were running from one side of the field to the other. ‘But for what purpose.’ Bill thought before running again.

“A bunch of goodie two-shoes, but once they have my punk potion they’ll be as bad as bad can be.” Ba-Choke thought as he was above the battlefield, and thought the worst of the warriors when red picked up yellow from her fall. “Drink up, Power Geeks.” The minion stated as he used an eye dropper to drop his serum into their drinking water.

“Enough of this. Hit `em hard heroes.” Gary called out causing he and three others to pound the lumps of clay. Gary gut punched one so hard that he fell to the ground. Misty gut kicked one that was a little too close for her liking. Aya double kicked one in the chest. Brock did a series of punches on a fallen foot soldier.

“Whoa!” Aya shouted out as she tried to spin and punch but her target, and the others teleported away as quickly as they arrived, but before she knew it Kwan fell to the sand - butt first.

“You okay?” Lee Scott questioned to his friend, and pulled her up to her feet. As he was checking on black and yellow to see if they were okay blue and pink decided to wet their whistle.

“So much for the game, I guess.” The dancer questioned to his leader since he wanted to make sure that more foot soldiers didn’t come and spoil their fun.

“What next?” The multi-talented woman questioned as she was catching her breath. At the picnic table Bill and Misty sat down to cool down from their fight.

“Wow, I am really thirsty.” The agile woman commented in an exhausted tone. Being the gentleman her friend reached into the tray and picked up two - one for her and one for him.

“Well, here.” He said while giving the young warrior her drink.

“Thanks.” She answered back with a kind smile.

“Bottoms up.” He said back to her since he could not wait to wet his whistle. They tapped their glasses and drank it all down, but as soon as it was all gone they both felt weird, but at the same time - it felt natural.

“Hey, you okay?” Taylor questioned after he and the other two heard some commotion from their friends, and wanted to see if they were okay.

“What happened?” Gary questioned as he saw the other three glasses of water spilled on the ground behind them, and knew that it could not have been the Putties since there was only four.

“Get out of my face.” The pink warrior said to her field leader in a harsh tone.

“Yeah. Get out of her face.” The blue warrior said in a parrot style.

“What’s wrong with you.” The athlete questioned calmly even though he knew even without his power he could beat some common sense into them, but he was raised to handle things in a peaceful manner.

“Nothin.” Bill said as he tapped his field leader’s right shoulder. “What’s wrong with you?” He asked in a snotty tone.

“Guys, guys, guys how about another game of Volleyball, huh?” Aya questioned with a sympathetic smile on her face. The saber tooth knew her leader, by now, was feeling really tempted to use their brainy friend for a punching bag, so she tried to defuse the situation.

“No. Volleyball is for dorks.” Misty said to her friend after getting right in the yellow warriors face.

“Yeah.” Their big-brain chum agreed to the new tude Hart. “And these guys are DORKS.” He added while shouted the last word to the dancer. “Come on, let’s kick it.” He told his friend before wrapping his arm around her neck and walked off.

“I think they’ve had too much sun.” Kwan guessed to the remaining two, but the leader suspected something else as he watched the turned warriors walk away.

‘I pray it’s just that.’ Gary thought, but a part of him already knew that it was their main threat. Above them the woman in thought saw what had happened and liked it.

“Excellent!” Repulsa said after taking her sight out of the telescope and back to her base. Ba-Choke and Manuatt were with her, and seeing his mistress’ happy face the alchemist decided to admit their change in behavior.

“It was me, my queen. I know, I know you’d like to reward me, but I really couldn’t…” The muscular one’s rambling was cut off due to the woman’s voice.

“QUIET!” She bellowed to the ones to her right. “Nanba, make me a monster.” She ordered to the artist of the team before walking over to the room in question. The four limbed lame-o tried to propose a reward from his leader again.

“I expect no reward, my queen. Although I’d accept one if did - a planet or a small asteroid maybe.” Choke suggested to her as they were all heading to a monster making section.

“There we go.” Nanba said as he got done looking through his monster book, and after placing it on the desk the artist got to work on the lump of clay before him. “Now then…” He started to say, but soon saw his leader walking into his station with a smile on her face.

“So, a toad?” She questioned as she saw the lump on the workstation, and recived a nod from the monster maker. “A bad one I assume.” She double checked since there are a dream or two involving her friend making good creatures, so she had to make sure.

“Yes, that is correct. In fact he is a Terror Toad, my queen.” The creature creator informed the wicked woman before him the creature’s name before going on to explain his specialties, “As you may recall we had great success with him on Solsary 7. He’s large, hungry, and quite evil.” The scepter tosser heard what he had to say, but now just wanted to see this beast in action.

“Enough talking. Prepare it Nanba.” Jessie ordered since she knew with a simple glance the toad was only halfway done, and a partial monster is something that would only take one Ranger to beat. Back on earth the three heroes decided just to leave their friends alone, and check back with Bill and Misty at school.

“Hey, guys. Sup.” Brock said as he was doing a few tricks with his Basketball while walking down the hallway to meet up with his friends.

“Hey, Brock.” The multi-talented one said after watching black and red pass the ball back and forth to one another.

“Not much.” Gary muttered as his answer after giving his friend his ball back. He spoke so low because he was still thinking of his two friend, but luckily so was the big cat of the team.

“You know, I hope Bill and Misty are alright.” Kwan stated to the others and they did see the worry in her face. Brock let out a sigh before grabbing a hold and hung on his friend’s open locker door.

“Yeah.” He said back to her before opening his locker. The music expert was the sort that preset the three numbers so that all he had to do was pull on the handle. As the warrior put away his Basketball he and the other two heard a banging coming from the other side of the hall.

“Jack.” Morrison, who had been banging on his locker door to make it open, but was having zero luck, so he hoped that his friend would help him.

‘How long have you been in there.’ Jackson thought as he blew some dust off of one of his books before putting it back in his locker.

“Jack, this thing is jammed again.” he complained to his fellow student. “Stupid locker.” He shouted and punched said object.

“Yeah, stupid locker.” The skinny one parroted and hit as well before going back to the skull in his hand.

‘One last try, and then I give up.’ The portly fellow thought and gave it all he had, and this time it worked, but as soon as the door opened a waterfall of random objects fell out of it.
‘I know we should feel angry that a fellow student would leave his locker in such bad shape…but this is just too funny.’ The three heroes thought as they could only laugh at the bully’s plight.

“Hey, look.” Morrison said to his friend as he spotted something strange coming down the steps.

“HEY!” Bill shouted after Misty pointed to a fellow stairwell walker. The two of them began to push the man in question to one another in evil glee.

“Would you look at that?” The bigger bully stated in awe as he saw two of the five in biker themed outfits - bullying a random person.

“Where’s your lunch money, kid.” Cranston questioned in a sneering voice.

“Yeah, give it up.” Hart said while standing behind the kid.

“I don’t have any.” The bystander stated in an honest tone.

“Aw, you’re worthless.” Bill said to the youth in disgust and pushed him down the hall.

‘So much for them being better in the morning.’ The three thought as they watched the whole thing, and didn’t like it.

“Hi, Bill…Misty.” Aya said as their two…friends walked past them.

“Hey, what’s going on?” Brock questioned by standing right in their way.

“Studying.” Bill answered back before pushing his friend away, and headed over to Morey and Jack.

“Hey, tough guy. You are my kind of man.” Misty said to Jackson as she stared right at him. At that moment the student in question seemed a little off by her comment since he knew that she was kind, and sweet, so why should she say that to a follower like him.

‘Me?’ Jack thought while pointing at himself with a questionable look on his face. She nodded before grabbing him by his handkerchief, and pulled him down to her level which freaked him out a bit.

“What do you say: me, and you go out Saturday night, and tear up the town.” She said to him, and at that moment the follower knew that something was up since the parts he liked of Misty weren’t there at the moment.

‘If I don’t say something she’s probably going to hurt me.’ Jackson thought before answering with, “Well…okay.” He said back to her and prayed the purpose stall would please her.

“Hey!” Morey shouted as he pulled his friend away from a group cackling before adding, “What is this? Some kind of trick?” He questioned since he knew the five would never behave like this and Misty would never ask either of them out no matter what.

“Hey, man, your not the baddest dude on the block anymore. So, don‘t ask any stupid questions. Got it?” The team’s smart guy said to the big guy before him, and poked him a few times for good measure.

“Listen pincel neck…” Morey countered but the man before him grabbed his collar and slammed him against the lockers.

“GOT IT?!” The egghead shouted at him - demanding an answer.

“Yeah, I got it.” The red head whined out while thinking, ‘This is seriously not Bill.’ His comment pleased this new Bill Cranston since he released the other bully’s clothing.

“Good.” The blue warrior said back before checking the big guy’s jacket pockets. The three other heroes saw this and was still wondering what was going on.

“What is with them?” The saber-tooth titan questioned to her remaining friends Red and black were not sure how to answer that since this change even had them stumped.

“They’ve turned into complete punks on us.” Taylor said to the other two freedom fighters, and was wondering if their founder made a mistake choosing those two in the first place.

“I know.” The field leader agreed with the axe raider beside him before looking back at the anti Rangers. They were not the only ones displeased at what they saw - their founders were also watching the whole thing.

“Ayie, ayie, ayie.” Alpha chanted as he watched the events along with Morrison dragging his old friend away from the new school terror. “Bill and Misty have gone punk. What do we do?” The mechanical helper looked up at his old friend for guidance.

“Teleport the Power Rangers here, and encase Bill and Misty in a transparent force field.” The blue faced man instructed to his robotic friend. The automaton looked at the globe to make sure that the halls were empty before doing so.

‘Guess Zordon saw the mess in the hall.’ Gary thought as he saw that himself and four others were at their base. Sadly the trip did not help blue and pink’s demeanor.

“Hey! What’s this!” Bill shouted as he found himself surrounded by several rods. He saw that there was space between the rods, so he tried to stick his hands full, but pulled it away due to some sort of shield in the way.

“When we get outta here we are gonna kick your sorry buns.” Misty empty boasted to the group since she too was trapped within those rods.

“Yeah.” Blue shouted in agreement. As they began to laugh at their own asinine comment the other three decided to get down to work

“What’s wrong with them, Zordon?” The remaining female questioned with concern in her voice. The brave warrior prayed that their founder had some sort of idea of this problem.

“Look at the Viewing Globe.” He requested to them, and with that device they saw what was going on. “Ba-Choke has put a potion in their drinks at the park and that caused them to turn from good to bad.” He explained while images of the man in question dropped a red liquid into the drinks. “The only cure is a potion made from the sap of the singing squash. A rare root found in certain dimensional gaps. Eons ago I have discovered that singing squash in a dimensional in Promnax 5.” The founder explained and showed them a moment when he fought off a group of Putties by himself. “Jessie sent the Putties to stop me. The battle was fierce, but I was able to repel them with the help of the squash.” He informed and they watched as their founder lassoed a plant which turned out to be the squash, and with its wail drove the foot soldiers away.

‘Man, that was painful even for an illusion.’ Gary thought as he and the others held their ears due to the shrill coming from the Viewing Globe itself.

“I don’t know what’s worse: those Putties or that squash.” Brock said once the flashback was done and the wailing had stopped; allowing them to put their hands away from their ears.

“Drinking the sap of the Singing Squash is the only hope Misty and Bill have of returning to normal.” The founder said to them, and that was one thing they all liked to hear.

“It won’t be easy.” Aya informed her fellow fighters since she believed that Jessie must have thought ahead and placed guards at that location.

Quit staring at us.” Misty shouted at the Black Ranger who swayed his head in disapproval over what his friends have become.

“Yeah, take a picture. It’ll last longer.” The formerly brainy one said to them causing both to laugh at what he had just said.

“Ayie, ayie, ayie.” The robot shouted in alarm after hearing the warning alarm go off.

“Jessie has taken advantage of the situation, and released the Terror Toad on Earth. It must be stopped.” Zordon said as a strange purple frog like beast appeared on the view screen.

“Wow, look at that cool frog = warts-vile.” Misty said once she got a good look at the daily baddy.

“It is Jessie’s most evil creation yet - the Terror Toad. It has an enormous appetite. Be careful and let the power protect you.” Their boss said which was their cue to head to the battlefield.

“It’s morphin time.” Their field leader said as he and two others raised the power sources to the sky.

“Mastadon.” Brock called out.

“Saber-tooth Tiger.” Aya shouted out.

“Tyrannosaurus.” Gary shouted out along with, “Alright, Rangers, let’s get im.” Once they were on the battlefield. They tried to hold him down with their bladeblasters, but he forced his way free, and countered attack by slapping them away with his hands while laughing at them at the same time.

“How bout going for a little spin, bud?” He questioned the female of the group before a double slap sent the fighter tumbling to the ground. Right when she was about to get up to try it again the toad stuck out his tounge, turned her into a yellow ball, and then ate her. “Yum. Yum. Delicious.” He said after smacking his lips from what he had done.

“He’s got, Aya.” Gary shouted out as he saw an image of her helmet on his stomach.

“It’s supper time.” He called out to them, but the duo was ready to test something out.

“Bladeblasters up.” The red one announced after changing his dagger to gun form, and stood ready as he charged at them.

“Ready.” The partner said as they both aimed at the latest monster.

“Ya can’t hurt me.” The amphibian said back at them, and his words spoke true. As soon as they opened fire some sort of shield appeared and turned their shots back on them.

“You’ve had it, frog-face. Ha!” Black shouted and charged, but was blocked by red.

“No, Brock. He’s too powerful. We need a new plan.” The carnivore said as they carefully backtracked. Back at their base the others saw them retreating from this foe.

“Ayie. Ayie. Ayie. Ayie. That toad is a real terror.” The machine said as he saw that they were now down by three rangers.

“Alpha, I have located the dimensional gap that contains the Singing Squash. Since Gary and Brock are busy fighting that monster I must send you to retrieve it.” Zordon informed his old friend about this new plan that just came to mind.

“Me? Why me?” The assistant questioned even though that he already knew the reason.

“Unfortunatly, Misty, and Bill are of no use at the present time as you can observe.” The founder said as they both looked at the bully themed Rangers.

“Oh, yes, I see what you mean.” The aid said as he realized that in their condition they were worthless to them in any way.

“Hey, when are we gonna get outta here?” Misty said to the blue faced man.

“Yeah.” The taller one added.

“Ayie. Ayie. Ayie.” Teleporting now.” Alpha said as he pressed the two yellow buttons on the base of his chest armor, and with that he was gone.

“Hey! Green head, why don’t you quit buggin that frog and let us outta here.” The blue clothed man said to the intergalactic savior.

“Yeah, you big brained geekoid.” The pink woman added. Both wanting to sound tough; forgetting how much of the building was under his control.

“You will be released once our mission succeeds.” He said to them in a calm voice which was hard for him since they were even starting to tax his patience. In the different dimension - away from the wannabe thugs Alpha spotted his target.

“Ah, there it is. Why this is even easier than I thought it would be.” The mechanical man said as he was about to bend down to retrieve the item, until the stone foot soldiers appeared all around him. “Oh no, Putty Patrol. Activating Internal Defenses.” The aid said and accessed a special electrical function on the top of his head.

‘Can’t take this much more.’ They all thought as their hands began to really hurt. With no other option they let go, and fell to the ground.

“Ayie. Ayie. Ayie.” Alpha said as he pulled out the item. He even tested on the ones that tried to ambush, and it worked. “I’ve got to get this to the Command Center. I just hope Gary and Brock are alright.” He said as he journeyed to the spot he entered from.

“You can’t win.” The big mouthed man said to the two even though they were now holding their power weapons. “Every time I swallow one of you my power grows.” He warns the two as he patted his belly.

“Double team.” The field leader ordered to the axe wielder.

“You got it.” He answered back. The two struck his face, but there was no damage in the slightest.

“Back off.” The opponet said to the two of them as he punched them away.

“You okay.” The axe raider said to the swordsman after getting back on their feet from that fall.

“Yeah.” Red answered back as he prepared his sword for another go.

“This fight is making me hungry.” Toad said to them as he tried to decide which one to eat second.

“Let’s get `im.” The field leader said and charged at him.

“Oh, you think I’m scared?” The foe said as he dodged their attempts with ease before adding, “You like to fly again. Here, try it.” He said to the mastodon master since that is what the two had been doing since the start of it. He then tried his tounge move again and snagged another one. “You Power Rangers are pretty tasty.” The creature said after his snack was done.

“Brock!” Lee Scott shouted after seeing the second fighter be devoured.

“Don’t worry I’ve still got lots of room for you.” The frog said back at the lone hero who withdrew his sword, and went back to his bladeblaster.

“Gary is in great danger from the Terror Toad, Alpha. Misty and Bill must drink the juice from the Singing Squash, and quickly.” Zordon said while watching the fight. The machine stirred the main ingredient in with a glass of water before taking it to the two bullies.

“Finally, you give us something to drink, bucket-head.” Misty said after receiving her drink.

“Yeah, the service around here, stinks.” Bill said as well before they both started drinking.

“Power Grid off.” The machine said causing the bars surrounding the two to stop glowing. The two downed their drinks in no time at all, and once they did the two felt like their old selves.

‘Why do I have sunglasses?’ Bill thought as he took of his specs and gave them a once over.

“Hi, Alpha.” Hart said; happy to see a friend before seeing what she was wearing. “YUCK! Who did my nails?” She exclaimed and questioned calmly.

“Alpha…” Cranston started to speak, but stopped since he knew that he had a feeling that the two of them were hit by some form of magic.

“Look.” Pink said to blew before pulling him in between the polls and over to the Viewing Globe when something caught her eye.

“That’s Gary. What’s going on?” The smart one questioned; curious why he was in Ranger form and alone.

“I don’t know. Who is he fighting?” The agile one questioned before the screen gave her that answer as soon as she asked it. “Oh, totally gross - toad.” She said once she saw the purple toned creature on the globe.
“Exactly, and the Terror Toad can only be defeated in one way: remove his horn, and look for his weak spot - right below his neck.” The founder of the team said, and did not tell the others since it would take a range weapon to hit the weak spot.

“Gary’s in big trouble.” Misty said as she watched as her friend was being beaten up.

“Misty, Bill - you must help Gary before he is swallowed by the Terror Toad. Go now, and let the power protect you.” The blue faced man said since he could tell that they were ready to get into the fight.

“It’s Morphin Time.” The two of them said before getting to work.

“Pteradactyle!” Pink said since she wanted to pound for someone for the outfit she was wearing, and a thug of Jessie was the best thing for that.

“Triceratops.” Blue said and joined the fight because it was the right thing to do. The duo appeared on the battlefield - ready to throw down.

“Man, am I glad to see you two.” Gary said to the two fighters standing before him, and after going on point he added, “Be careful though this guy’s a tough one. He’s already got Aya and Brock.” The leader went from his basic weapon back to his signature weapon since it offered more fight time.

‘We can take care of that.’ The two new fighters thought after the three of them evaded a horn blast from the amphibian, but the two of them quickly countered by cutting away his horn.

“Not my horn! Oh, now you made me hopping mad. You’re gonna pay for this, and I’m gonna start with you.” Terror Toad said before using his tongue to snag their field leader - Gary Lee Scott. As he was chewing this body the two saw what could only be described as a second face.

“Take a look at his neck. I’ll bet that’s his weak spot.” Misty said as they now knew what the spot actually looked like.

“Time for dessert.” Their foe said as he slowly walked over to them. The two slowly backed up while coming up with a plan.

“I know what to do. If I get him to eat me, it’ll expose his core.” Cranston said as he kept an eye on their foe.

“You can’t! You’ll be eaten…” Hart exclaimed; afraid at the prospect of the last of her friends being eaten.

“THERE’S NO OTHER WAY!” He shouted, while going from her right side to her left side. The two continued their steady back peddling as the leather skinned glutton was still walking over to them.

“I know but…” She said but before either of them could do anything the Toad struck them both with a mid air double punch. One for each of them, and after their tumble Bill got up to execute his plan.

“Here I go! I’m counting on you, Misty!” The Tricera hero said as he leapt into the air, and seemed to be trying a plunge method with his blade mode Blade Blaster. Terror saw him coming, and countered by wrapping his tongue around him, and followed that up by eating the Blue one as well.

“Bill, no!” The sole survivor shouted out as the last of her friend’s went down the beast’s gullet.

“SHOOT HIM NOW, MISTY!” Were the last words Bill shouted, before disappearing down the Terror Toad’s throat.

“You’ve had it, Toad!” Misty shouted in rage, and took aim at the main weakness to the beast before being slammed to the ground by a sneak attack.

“Oh no, you don’t.” The attacker said, as he pointed an accusing finger at the attacker to his boss` flunky.

“Ba-Choke!” The last of the five shouted after looking over her shoulder and saw that it was the alchemist of Jessie’s crew.

“In the flesh.” The man in question stated to her before doing a muscle pose. “I got you good, didn’t I?” He added in a good natured tone as if they were old buddies.

“Now there’s only one left.” Terror Toad said to the aid after picking his teeth of the Blue Ranger. At that moment Misty didn’t like her odds one little bit. Suddenly the Toad’s tongue whipped out, lashing across Misty’s body. Crying out in pain and distress, she gasped in horror that her fear was so great that she de-morphed. Rolling around on the ground, she struggled to push herself up, bleeding slightly from the lip, and gazing at the two monster’s in disbelief.

“It can‘t be…It can‘t be…” Misty clutched her left side, getting up to her feet: eyes wide. “This can’t be happening!” She exclaimed in anguish.

“It is happening.” Cheered Ba-Choke, turning to the Terror Toad he gave his command, “Now, eat her!”

“Alright.” The frog said back with a chuckle and his eyes gleaming with hunger as he stared at the defenseless warrior. Misty couldn’t wrap her head around any new ideas, so with nothing left she went with her last resort = running.

‘This is the kind of fight I like.’ Ba-Choke thought as he laughed and watched the female running scared. He then proceeded to follow after the Terror Toad.

“Wait!” Terror Toad called out, not really caring if she did or not. The game was over and she would be eaten soon as well as the rest of the humans on this planet. “Huh? She’s gone? Where did she go?” The beast croaked once in further into the forest Terror Toad and Ba-Choke lost sight of the Ptera Ranger.

‘She was just in front of us.’ The muscular minion thought with a frown. ‘I’ve already gotten the other Rangers. I couldn’t show my face at the base if I didn’t get Jessie the last one.’ He thought and began to image what she will do to him with this latest failure. In the brush behind them Misty tried to calm down and catch her breath. She was alone now, and still had no idea how to deal with this situation.

“There must be something…huh?” Misty whispered before looking at a sharp pointed stick that she had grabbed and was still gripping out of panic. The warrior then saw a small tree in the distance, and it was then an idea came to her.

“Where are you, Power Geek? Come Out!” Ba-Choke called out, he wanted to finish this up since there was a program known as: Sumo Slammers which would be on in thirty minutes. “Show yourself. Show…” He called out again but trailed off when the acrobat stepped out in full view: a pensive look on her face. “There you are.” The strong man said with a grin, but he and the frog stood still: unsure what the obviously desperate Ranger would do.

“I understand. I give up.” Misty sighed as she shook her head in a woeful manner. “I can’t beat you. I see that now.” She added with defeat evident in her tone.

“HA!” Ba-Choke laughed with his fists on his waist and his chest puffed out with pride. “How good that you came to your senses, Misty.” The fool said: falling for her ploy. Choke then waved a fist at Toad, the beast shot out his tongue and tied up Misty. Sadly neither of them noticed wrapped around Misty’s ankle. “You’re beaten, Power Punk.” The alchemist chuckled: pleased with the irony of his statement.

“NO! I’M NOT!” Misty shouted through gritted teeth at being squeezed before adding, “I’ll show you who’s beaten!” Summoning all her strength and praying to the Power, Misty leapt into the air which broke the branch on her ankle. The broken branch released the string which led all the way back to a bent, but not broken tiny tree that held several sharpened sticks The tree shot upright hurling all the sticks through the air and do to her gymnastic abilities Hart came out unscathed, but the same could not be said about the face shaped weak spot on the toad’s neck before they struck Misty jumped into the air causing the amphibian to crane his head to look up: exposing the face to the multiple sticks.

“Oh no! Stop it!” Ba-Choke shouted in dejection as the Terror Toad fell backwards with sticks stuck on his second face. With his weak spot punctured four colorful spheres came out of it, and once the glow from the ball’s faded the remaining members of the team appeared.

‘Better get over to them.’ Misty thought and transformed again before reaching the others. The frog got back up and saw that his snacks have escaped him.

“Now, I’m really mean.” Terror said as he saw the four fallen Rangers before him.

“Let’s do it!” Gary shouted and it was then Pink joined their side of the field.
“No more Mr. Nice Toad.” The purple scaled man said as got ready to charge at them.

“You’re going down, Wart-Face.” Gary called out after summoning his sword.

“And you’re going down hard.” Bill added as he too summoned his lances and brought them together before doing a pose.

“You’ve had it fly-breath.” Brock taunted after calling up his axe.

“Give it up, toad. You’re going to loose.” Aya said as she spun one of her daggers in her fingers before ending with a fighting pose. He continued with his attack, but the axe and dagger wielders stopped his charge. With that Blue stepped in and struck as well.

‘My turn.’ Gary thought as he leapt up and slashed the toad’s face, and followed that up with a roundhouse kick to a tree. Their field leader saw that the toad was trying to make a run for it, but he was ready for that. “Misty, Power Bow.” He said to the archer before stepping aside.

“Right.” She said back before taking aim and fired it. Thanks to the Power that protects them in battle the arrow found the toad, and just as he was about to scream, ‘no’ the arrow went through his mouth causing the beast to blow up. “No body messes with my friends.” Hart warned as she and the others posed with their weapons.

“They aren’t going to get me.” Ba-Choke shouted as he ran off as fast as he could, stumbling from time to time, but was still able to get some distance from them. Back at the base of badness Jessie saw the whole thing and didn’t like it.

“I have such a headache. It hurts. It hurts.” She cried out while holding her head in pain. Back on Earth the Rangers had returned to civilian form and were relaxing at the Youth Center.

“How was that?” Aya questioned as she was learning a few gymnastic moves from her old friend.

“Good.” Hart answered back since she was doing all that she could to make sure her friend didn’t injure herself.

“You know it’s really good having you and Bill back to normal again.” The multi-talented one said in an honest tone.

“Hey, guys, check it out.” Gary said as he leaned against the wall and gestured with a motion of his neck of the two new arrivals. The bullies with one in a blue suit.

“Hey, babe, tear up the town.” Jackson said as he pulled her in close to him.

“Get your hands off me.” Misty said after pulling the offending arm off of her, and gathered by her friend. This was the young woman Jackson preferred to see, but he still decided to pursue for his friend’s sake.

“Huh? I thought we had a date?” He asked in confusion even though he was grateful she was back to normal; that other self didn’t suit her at all. There was silence among to group so he continued with, “Well, maybe we could get some…frog’s legs.” Not kowing that he mentioned the one animal the girl didn’t want to think of for a while.

“Or maybe we could make it a…double date.” Morey said as he was eyeing Aya and the training outfit she was wearing.

“Ew.” Misty said as soon as that image crossed her mind. In truth she would rather go out with Ba-Choke and Persar than these two knuckleheads.

“Misty and Aya don’t date Neanderthals.” Bill said as a means to back up his friends after listening to this exchange of words.

“Okay, wimp. Your not so tough any more.” The big bully said as he saw that the blue one was wearing his traditional theme of clothing. “Now, I’m gonna show you.” He said before his buddy spoke.

“Yeah, we’re gonna show you.” The skinny man caught the mean look from his pal so he then remained silent.

“Give me the ball, goggle-eyes.” Morrison said to the book reader since he believed book smart people were no good at sports.

“Give it to him, Bill. This is gotta see.” The dancer said with a smile on his face since he knew that this was going to be fun. The hand off was made and the teams were assigned at the indoor Volleyball net: Bill, Gary, and Brock vs. Morey and Jack. Morrison served, Brock and Bill returned, Jackson tried to head butt it, and when Morey tried to help since he saw that it wasn’t going over the net fell on the both of them.

“I hate Volleyball.” The server said while trying to get out.

“Yeah, I hate Volleyball.” The head-butter parroted as he too was trying to get out while everyone in the gym half was laugh at their expense

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