CHAPTER 8: "Teamup of the Timelines"



News blurbs went out everywhere, that Rita's latest attack of Slaisionnach, Slaisionnutties, and Clownscavator were causing the body count in Angel Grove to rise like no other monster before! Graphic mutilations and venom-injected bodies rotting on the scene were popping up all over, as parts of the city began to burn and updates noted that Slaisionnach had just crippled the military!

"Where are the Rangers?" asked the lady on the news, right as a Slasionnutty reached from behind and decapitated her on live television!

Tommy (watching viewing globe): "This level of depravity is beneath even Rita!"

Alpha: "Results are in, Vinny! With my recent treatment, wearing your armor should grant you temporary immunity to Rita's mind spells. You're safe for field combat."

Kayla: "I'll ready myself as a medic if anyone drops. These things clearly outclass Gwirdon Treaders, and I don't have any of my security equipment."

Vinny: "I'll find a way to make you a Knight someday, Kayla. Promise. It doesn't seem fair that all your potential should be wasted now."

Billy: "That's a relative notion, Vinny. She's simply employing it through a different means."

Kayla: "Billy's right. Thanks anyway, Vinny. We've had plenty of other adventures together, and we'll probably have many more. I'll be fine sitting this fight out."



Just then, the other Percolated Rangers began arriving with MODM to the Command Center.

Jason'17: "Well...this is different all right! Where I'm from, the Command Center is a spaceship inside a cave. And...Zordon is in a wall, not a glass case."

Zordon: "You have proven your merits many times already, Jason of another Earth. I now need for you, Tommy, and Vinny to lead this makeshift army of Rangers against an entire city of the unholy fusion of Rita and Gwirmalesh's powers. You should take pains to avoid the spikes on your enemies. Vinny, your armor makes you best suited to fight Slaisionnach directly."

Fai: "This is so retro-fashionable!"

Zordon'93: "Fai: You, Vinny, and Tommy will take on the task force to battle Slaisionnach."

Fai: "Righty-o!"

Zordon'93: "Zack of Another Earth: I charge you and Ross to work together against Clownscavator."

Ross: "Sweet."

Captain Emohead: "Oh, you two have no idea!"

Zordon'93: "Vicken: you and Trini of Another Earth shall work together against the Slaisionnutties."

Vicken: "Of course."

Zordon'93: "MODM is still trying to figure out Kimberly of Another Earth's situation. Until then, I need my Kimberly to work with Stef on more Slaisionnutties."

Kim: "Glad to think pink, Zordon!"

Stef: "I'm gonna break their hearts!"

Zordon'93: "And then Luke and Jason of Another Earth: I shall need you two to alternate between attacking Clownscavator and Slaisionnach."

Luke: "Sounds like fun."

Jason'17: "We'll do what we can."

Captain Emohead: "Okay, everyone! Let's get down there, and kick his ass!!!"

Hanom: "Come home safely, guys."

Zordon'17 (snarling, rolling eyes): "Don't mess this up, Rangers."

Tommy: "It's Morphin' Time!"

Ross: "It's Moshin' Time!"

Vinny: "Golden Lion Time!"

Alpha'17: "Yeah!!!!! Power Rangers!"

Emo 5: "Emo too!"



With a final blow of a kiss to Kayla, Vinny activated his Golden Lion Mogriffer. The death toll was too high, and it was time for this new makeshift team of Rangers plus one Knight to stop Slaisionnach by any means!

Vinny: "Golden Lion, Cortascius Defend!!!"

Tommy: "Dragonzord!"

Kimberly: "Pterodactyl!"

Billy: "Triceratops!"

Stef: "Bleeding Heart Emo Power!"

John: "StraightxEdge Emo Power!"

Ross: "Introspective Emo Power!"

Vicken: "Weeping Tears Emo Power!"

Luke: "Chaos Mohawk Emo Power!"

Fai: "FashionxCore!"

The other Rangers flexed, thinking of all that was at stake and how badly their new friends needed them. The Angel Grove that was usually sunny and full of happiness was now beginning to look more like the other Rangers' Angel Grove...the war-torn fishing town version. The Emo Rangers were used to this sort of thing.

Vinny saw it as a forewarning of what could happen if he should ever drive Gwirmalesh to desperation. Bozeman, for starters, would be leveled until it were in worse shape the Mighty Kingdom back on Cortascius!



The various factions of heroes finally arrived to the burning area of Angel Grove, seeing a city filled with smoke and fire. Rubble, guts and gore strewn about, the stench of death, destroyed cars...it was worse than when Cortascius fell! Screams and carnage filled the air, as the Slaisionnutties had a field day on any residents they could get close enough to sink their venomous claws into!

Volkonir: "I take it, it's never this bad for you guys?"

Kimberly: "No. Never."

Volkonir: "Very well. Fai, Tommy, come with me. We'll take Slaisionnach himself. Kim...stay by us and Stef. Flank any Slaisionnutties that get too close."

Kimberly: "Will do!"

Stef: "And tell them to Ford-truck off!"

Volkonir: "Ross, Zack, you two do your thing. Luke and Jason will do theirs. Trini and Vicken will do theirs. Billy...stay close to John. I have a samurai friend of my own back home. Never know when they'll come in handy."

Billy: "Affirmative."

Fai: "All this barbarism is so not fashionable!"

Tommy: "Then let's make 'em pay!"

Ross: "Indeed! They've bloody 9/11'd this place!"

Kimberly: "What?"

Volkonir: "You...don't wanna know, trust me."



As the strike teams assembled, it didn't take long to find a decrepit office building in which several residence were hiding in terror. Slaisionnach and Clownscavator went looking for any children they could find cowering beneath desks, and had the Slaisionnutties drag one out to be decapitated in front of the others.

No sooner did he succeed, however, than he felt a very sharp pain the back! The Rangers and Volkonir had arrived!

Slaisionnach: "You shoot well. I shoot HARDER!!!"

Volkonir, Fai, and Tommy went after Slaisionnach with all their might.

Volkonir: "Watch out for his new fangs!!!"

Slaisionnach wasted no time using these new accessories to try to pierce Volkonir's armor. However, Volkonir defended with Selshon, deflecting most of the monster's blows. Fai attempted to use her makeover spray to weaken him, but to no avail. Tommy tried his signature moves.

Slaisionnach: "Green Pajama Man have spirit!"

Tommy: "And you can bet, I have plenty more where that came from!"

Slaisionnach then activated his new super mode. An energy beam with a 160-degree radius quickly jutted from his mouth as his new teeth came out, providing the three heroes with an assault they couldn't hope to deflect in time. Sparks flew, as the heroes got in closer to search for a weakness. It didn't take much for him to toss them around like ragdolls!

Fai: "No, not cool, nooo!!!!"

After landing a lucky strike on his knee, she soon found herself being sent right through a wall! Slaisionnach attempted to claw Tommy's arm the way he had Jason's, but Tommy saw it coming and got out of the way in time. Before Slaisionnach could try again, he had Volkonir to deal with again!

Slaisionnach: "You vaihp vihndows, Knight!!!"

Slaisionnach landed a lucky snag, and sent Volkonir through the window to the balcony one story below!



Downstairs, Kim and Stef were having only slightly better luck. The Slaisionnutties kept right on coming! One unlucky swipe from their claws could go right through the armor and take someone's head off, so the girls knew they had to be careful. It was hard to draw their weapons inside the old office, but they had to do what they could to get civilians out.

Landing a lucky break, the two managed to get two Slaisionnutties to crash into each other.

Kimberly: "Good thing these guys are still as stupid as regular Putties!"

Stef: "Eww!!! 90's office clutter!"

Kimberly: "Yeah well, you're from 2005, right? You're 12 years in the past now."

Stef: "I'd be a toddler! No way! Kinda on the weird-side-like, don't you think? And I'm hoping to become a pinup model and run a food blog!"

Kimberly (weirded out): "Uh....."

The girls didn't have long to argue. There were more on the way!



As the Slaisionnutties began tearing up a nearby highway, it was up to Billy and John to fight claws with blades.

John: "Bloody hell these things! I've de-clawed most of them, but they're not down yet!"

Billy: "We have to keep at it. I have an idea...you de-claw them, and I'll bludgeon them with my lance!"

John: "That could work!"



Luke and Jason found that while Clownscavator wasn't quite as tough as Slaisionnach, he sure was a fast learner on the sadism!

Luke: "Oh shoot!!! Is that a...?"

Jason: "DX-4 Vaporizer?"

Jason quickly destroyed Clownscavator's weapon summoner before the monster could manifest the weapon.

Jason: "Yep."

Luke: "Should he even know about those things? This is why the government sucks! Inventing things like that!"

Clownscavator: "You're dressed in red, you'll soon be DEAD!!! I'll dig right through you all!!! How dare you slap my summoner away!!!"

Jason: "I know; weird, right?"



The two Yellow Rangers found themselves having fantastic luck with the Slaisionnutties, with a few minor issues.

Vicken: "Is that the last of them? I'm not excited for more!"

Trini: "Compared to what I normally face? These chumps are nothing! Just avoid their claws, is all. Though, I hope I don't get the bill for that basketball hoop!"

Vicken: "I won't tell Melanie."

Trini: "Thank you! I'm not ready to be the Orange Ranger yet!"

Vicken: "Nor Andrew Garfield."

Trini: "Ford-truck!!!"