Power Rangers Wild Hunters

Episode 5: Poisoned Pride

The sun shined high in the sky of Ember City as its youth arrive to attend another day of school. The Wild Hunter Rangers were enjoying their break time before their classes start with breakfast and some pleasant chatter. Despite the happy times that the group was having there was a tense feeling in the air since they were a member short.

"Hey, has anyone seen Davion?" Luke asked his friends. Since this morning after he arrived at school after picking up Jazmine the rest of his friends and comrades had arrived but he had yet to see any bit of his blue ranger friend.

Jacob shook his head, "No idea bro, I stopped by his place to make sure that he had woken up on time, but his mom told me that he had already left for school which I found weird." He said. That was strange while Davion wasn't a slacker by any means, he wasn't exactly the kind of man to get up early to head to school.

"I hope he hasn't gotten himself in any trouble." Whisper said crossing her arms.

Jazmine placed her hand on Whisper's shoulder, "Ma ma, anshinshiro Whisper-chan I'm sure Davion-kun is just fine." She said. Just after Jazmine had said that all four rangers had their attention drawn to many students running towards the football field.

"C'mon hurry, the blue ranger is showing off his powers." One student said as he and a few of his friends followed him. The other rangers shared a look of both shock and concern at the news that their friend was showing off his ranger powers.

Luke growled in his throat, "Idiota!" he said slamming his fist onto the table and standing up. Davion was a smart guy but he had no idea what could happen if he abused his Earth Energy for something as useless as showing off. Luke left the table with his friends following behind him as they headed for the field to talk or perhaps smack, some sense into their comrade.

As the four rangers left the school and had their eyes land on the green and white pasture of the Ember Football field where their own Ember City Phoenix's fought to defend their championship title but that wasn't what the rangers were so focused on. Right in the center of the field Davion was firing off large blasts of water at various targets of different sizes and ranges while several students were cheering and clapping at the show he was putting on. The four rangers walked through the crowd of students and up to the front of the crowd just as Davion finished firing off another water shot.

Davion looked towards the crowd of students seemingly unaware that the others were standing there watching him, "Thank you, thank you. Now for my next trick I will show you something great, I'm going to present to you a war between the big bad bear and a savage crocodile all in the magical form of water." He said like he was a master magician. The students that were watching all stood in awe as the anticipated the show. Davion's eyes flashed blue and he brought his hands together, in the space between his hands began to gather blue, watery energy. It started off small but then began to gradually grow till it got to about the size of a small building before splitting in two different forms, one taking on the shape of a giant bear like Ratchet while the other turns into a giant crocodile. Davion then used his powers to make the two giant animals fight one another in quite a showy performance which delighted all the people around him. All except for Luke. He was getting tired of seeing his friend abuse his powers for something as ridiculous as this, so he decided to put an end to it. While Davion was busy showing off and the other students were busy focusing on the water show, Luke went over to Davion and grabbed his wrist. Davion was startled by the sudden action and look at his friend. Luke then spun inside Davion's guard and Judo-threw him to the ground and onto his back. The break in concentration caused Davion's water creatures to break and fall to the ground earning groans of disappointment from the audience.

Davion groaned in both pain and annoyance, "Ow, damn Luke what's that about?" Davion said as he looked up at Luke with an annoyed look in his eye.

"That's enough Davion." Luke said with an authority in his voice fit for an alpha.

Luke then looked towards the audience of kids, "Okay everyone, show's over. Get out of here and get to class." He said. The tone in his voice and the look in his eyes made all the students immediately disperse and leave.

Davion got back to his feet as the rest of the rangers joined around them, "Hey c'mon Luke what's the deal? I was putting on a good show." He said.

"That's the problem Davion, showing off your powers in a way like this is totally unnecessary." Luke said.

Davion scoffed, "Oh please Luke, it was just a little fun. We got these awesome powers and we use them to fight every single day. What's wrong with using them for ourselves just a little bit?" he asked.

Luke sighed, "There's a difference D. Using your Earth Energy for everyday simple tasks isn't a problem but using them in such a way like what you did could have some major side effects. You could even end up not being able to use your Earth Energy at all." Luke said trying to get some sense into Davion.

Davion waved it off, "Ahh, don't be such a worry wart Luke, I got it under control," he said before looking Luke in the eye, "I think the real reason you're so uptight about me using my powers is because you don't like the fact that I'm stealing the spotlight from the Charming Wolf." He said with a cocky smirk. Luke looked at his friend like he was crazy. Sure, Luke was a bit of a charmer, but he never used it just to get fame and attention. Davion gave Luke his trademark smirk before turning around and heading back to the school. Luke gave an annoyed sigh before he and the rest of the rangers followed Davion back into the school.

PRWH

In the Shadow Dimension, Techwing was currently giving the Mechbeast Prisoner his daily feeding. Even though he was still a prisoner, Dark-Heart wanted to keep the young man alive so that he could see the eventual downfall of the rangers, but the young man still held out hope.

The prisoner took a long sip of water from the glass that Techwing had given him before stopping. "Thank you Techwing." He said.

Techwing put the cup away before feeding the prisoner a spoon of oatmeal, "You need not thank me, I am merely doing what my master asked me to do." She said.

The prisoner swallowed before smiling, "Oh that I can see but here is something that I do not understand about you. Why is it that both now and when the original Wild Hunters were around, you never personally attacked humans or harmed the human world in any way?" he asked. Techwing paused from giving the prisoner another bite before thinking about what he said. While it was true that she was a Mechbeast and she did want to conquer the human world so that she and her fellow Mechbeasts could live in it peacefully there was something about humans that intrigued her. She could never figure out what it was, but she found all humans a very strange and intriguing bunch.

The prisoner chuckled a bit, "I think you are more human than you think Techwing." He said. Techwing looked into the man's eyes and thought about what he had said, she had wanted to ask him more about what he had meant but before she could the sound of a laser being shot off drew her attention. Techwing quickly dropped the bowl that was in her hand and drew one of her bladed war fans, she spun on the spot and quickly deflected the shot away from her. The sound of cackling sounded around her and her eyes focused on a section of the floor that appeared to have something rising from it. The stone floor broke apart to reveal another Mechbeast that had a sadistic look in his eyes. The Mechbeast was male with a humanoid mechanical torso that was deep burgundy in color and polished like metal, his arms were the same way including his hands except for the giant curved claw appendages that were growing from his wrists. His legs were the same burgundy color and covered in deep black armor that protect everything from his knees to his feet. He was covered in a traditional Egyptian cloth that draped over his chest and ties to his waist where it connected to a loose-fitting robe attachment in front of his waist and legs. But the biggest eye catcher was the large burgundy scorpion tail protruding from the base of his spine and wrapped all the way up his body to his where it ended in what looked like a ballista tip with a machine-gun barrel for quick reload.

The Mechbeast had a head that was human in shape but the part where its mouth would be was replaced by a black cloth that was covered by a silver mouth guard while its eyes were bright gold. His left eye was lined with black Kohl and its right eye was protected by a high-tech eyepiece that looked to be made for hunters and glowed a deep red. The scorpion Mechbeast looked towards Techwing with a made look of glee in his eyes before he let out a loud cackle.

"Man, I should have known that wouldn't have taken you out Techie. Your skills are just as good as ever." He said before laughing. The Scorpion Mechbeast walked up from out of the floor and towards Techwing.

Techwing sneered, "Venoshot, what are you doing here? I thought you would be burrowing your head in the sand somewhere." She said with clearly no love for the Scorpion.

Venoshot laughed loudly, "Well it is true that I prefer chilling out in the heat of a sandy desert but Master Canex called me up and said he wanted me to take care of something."

"That's right," Canex said as he walked into the room they were all in and towards his newest soldier, "I plan on using Venoshot's unique talents to take out the rangers one by one with a slow and painful death for each one of them." He said.

Venoshot grinned, "That's right and once those color coated punks are dealt with I can go back to chilling in a hot sandy desert for the remainder of my days." He said before leaving the throne room. As he left, Blaze-Fang watched with a disapproving glare in his eyes.

"That scorpion is no more than a coward. Attacking from a pit with cowardly stealth tactics is in no way honorable at all. This plan will surely fail." He said before disappearing into the shadows.

PRWH

After this morning's events, all the rangers were once again together for lunch but there really wasn't anything that had changed. Davion still used his abilities to create miniature water creations for the number of people watching but as he created more and more of them they began to get smaller and smaller while his eyes started to look a bit bloodshot. Luke looked over at his friend with a worried look, if Davion kept this up his body would eventually give out on him and his powers wouldn't work on his command. Luke tried to talk some sense into Davion but there was no getting through his stubbornness, that's just who Davion was.

As Luke planned on going to go and talk to his friend more, Anya popped out of his morpher.

"Kishi, I'm getting a Mechbeast signal over near city hall. There are also reports of multiple citizens falling ill due to an attack the Mechbeast is using." She said.

Luke nodded and stood up while the others followed suit, "Let's go to work guys." He said as the rangers left their table. As they headed for their vehicles Davion was still seated and showing off his powers.

Jacob rolled his eyes and went over to Davion and grabbed his collar, "Come on playboy, time for work." He said before he pulled Davion along with him.

PRWH

Around City Hall, the Mechbeast Venoshot was excitedly shooting off various bolts from his tail at numerous civilians. Each time the shot hit someone the person would immediately go down and start groveling in immense pain. The Mechbeast was still using his burrowing powers to hide in plain sight so nobody would see him till it was too late.

Venoshot cackled, "Man this is too easy, I thought humans would be some good target practice, but this is like shooting fish in a barrel." He said as he heard the roar of engines coming towards him, a sadistic grin appeared on his face as he ducked underneath the ground again, so the rangers wouldn't see him.

As the rangers appeared at the location Anya had given them but when they got out of their vehicles there was no Mechbeast in sight.

"You sure this is where the Mechbeast signal came from Luke?" Whisper asked as the rangers grouped together.

Luke nodded, "Yeah these are the exact coordinates that Luna gave me, I don't understand why there isn't any Mechbeast here. But if there isn't one let's at least go and help the- "Luke didn't finish what he was going to say before his eyes flashed red and his prefelx ability activated.

"Head's up!" he said as a large Sentella of Mechies appeared around them with their bladed spears pointed at them.

Davion smirked, "Well even if there's no Mechbeast, some Mechies will do just as good. Free the beast, Wild Awakening!" he said as a flash of blue morphed Davion. He drew his Bear Axe and quickly charged at the Mechies.

Luke groaned, "Davion wait, don't rush in!" he said but his friend wasn't listening to him as he was too busy slicing down Mechies. Luke groaned while the others just rolled their eyes.

"Looks like we better go after him, c'mon guys!" Luke said.

The other rangers nodded, "Free the Beast, Wild Awakening!" they all shouted before they all morphed and drew their specialty weapons before rushing after Davion.

The girls decided to fight back to back with a group of Mechies surrounding them on all sides.

"Shall we Jazmine?" Whisper asked raising her Hawk Fan.

"Hai Whisper-Chan." Jazmine responded readying her Deer Tonfa. The two girls then began to work in perfect harmony by striking down any Mechie that was getting to close to them. Whisper would take one down only to have Jazmine follow up with a strike of her own, Jazmine used her Tonfa to trip one Mechie off its feet and hit the ground where she hit square in the chest with her other Tonfa, Whisper then used Jazmine as leverage and flipped over her to hit a Mechie with an axe kick to the head. Jazmine followed up by swinging her tonfa around and taking out several more Mechies with powerful strikes.

Jacob was taking on several Mechies on his own, using his natural build and strength he was making quick work of them. Jacob swung his spear around and took out several Mechies and followed up by clotheslining another one and stabbing another. One Mechie tried a sneak attack on him but he quickly dealt with it by taking off its head and stabbing the head into the ground with his spear. Jacob then used then severed head and flung it at several Mechies that were trying to rush him, the head hit the Mechies dead on and knocked them flat.

Davion was too busy being quite the show-off, he didn't even stop to form a plan he just rushed in and began slicing down Mechies that crossed his path, while it was effective it was quite showy causing the surrounding people to cheer him on.

"Yeah Blue ranger!"

"Take those Mechies down!"

"Blue ranger I love you!"

Davion was just loving the attention he was getting from the people and continued to take down Mechies with his axe. Luke slashed down a Mechie and saw the show his friend was putting on and it made it incredibly furious.

Luke made his way over to Davion and covered his back, "Hey D, why don't you quit putting on a show and fight seriously." He said slashing down another Mechie.

Davion choke-slammed a Mechie before looking over his shoulder at his friend, "Sorry Bro but this is how it should be. People are finally looking at blue instead of red and that's the way it should be." He said taking off a Mechies head.

Luke growled and took out two more Mechies with his Wolf Blade before grabbing Davion and looking him in the eye, "Is that really what you think this is, that we're doing this for fame or popularity? Davion that is not why we are fighting." He said trying to get through to his friend.

As the two rangers continued to argue, Venoshock poked his head up from where he was hiding and aimed his tail-blaster at Davion and Luke, "Oh this is going to be good, two rangers with one shot." He said as he aimed and shot off a blast.

Luke and Davion were still fighting the Mechies when Davion turned around, "I think its time for people to see that the blue ranger is top spot not red Luke." He said. Luke was trying to make his point across to Davion when his Preflex activated.

"Davion look out!" Luke said pushing his friend out of the way. Davion was about to snap at Luke until he saw his friend get shot in the back by some kind of bolt. Luke's body went rigid and he fell over onto his back, causing him to de-morph. All time seemed to stop as the red ranger screamed in intense agony of whatever hit him was causing the veins in his body to turn black.

"Luke!" the other four rangers yelled before quickly running to their leader's side. Davion was the first there while the others quickly joined.

Venoshock revealed himself and cackled loudly, "Man I was hoping to take down to rangers, but I think this is even better. Taking down the red ranger just made my day." He laughed. The rest of the team looked at their leader with worry and fear, Luke's skin tone began to become paler and the black veins became more pronounced.

Davion was in shock. His best friend had been poisoned and it was all his fault. Luke took the shot for him.

"Well doesn't matter anyway. By sundown tomorrow if you guys can't figure out some way to make an antidote then your pal as well as the others that have fallen victim to my venom will die an agonizing death." He said cackling with glee. The other rangers looked at their fallen leader and worried over his condition but right now Davion was feeling the worst. Luke had pushed Davion out of the way and got hit in his place, Davion was filled with a thousand different emotions but right now the one he was feeling the most was anger at the fact that the monster that shot his friend was now laughing with glee while his friend was lying on the ground in pain.

Davion clenched his fist in anger, "Damn you, you scorpion bastard!" he said drawing his blaster and fired off several blasts at Venoshot. A few hit him, but he was able to avoid most of them and burrowed back into the ground. Once Venoshot was gone, Davion got himself back under control and went back to where his friends were.

Jazmine took Luke's head into her lap, "This isn't good, we need to get Luke back to the Tower as soon as possible hopefully Marcus can do something to help him." She said. The others agreed and quickly helped Luke back to his feet and got him towards the vehicles. As they were walking Davion stayed behind for a bit and reflected on what just happened.

"What have I done?" he asked himself in dread.

PRWH

Back at the Tower, Luke was lying on a long white table with Marcus using hand-held scanner to pass over Luke's body which also had a syringe in his arm that was constantly giving him fluids since the poison in his veins was causing his bodily functions to slowly shut down. Marcus put the scanner down and took a quick blood sample from Luke. Marcus patched Luke up quickly and checked his blood under a microscope and what he saw wasn't any good.

Marcus shook his head, "This is not good, whatever Luke was shot with is nothing that is in any kind of medical base. Not that I'm surprised. It does look like there are traces of scorpion venom but everything else is undoubtedly unknown. It looks like the only thing we can do is stop that Mechbeast and hope that whatever he did to Luke and the other people will end the minute he's down." Marcus said turning to the rest of the team who all looked to their leader with dread and worry in their eyes.

Davion, who was sitting down, looked over at the table where Luke. The internal dread that he was feeling for getting his friend hurt was tearing himself up inside. With Luke looking like he could eventually die at any moment made him feel even worse. Davion put his head down and growled to himself before he stood up and flipped over the Holotable that was in front of him in anger.

"This is all my fault! If I hadn't been so busy showing off then Luke wouldn't have gotten hit." He said before walking over to the table and looked down at his friend.

Davion braced his hand on the table and leaned over Luke, 'I'm so sorry Luke. You warned me that there would be consequences if I abused my powers and this is what happened." He said.

Luke opened his eyes slightly revealing the blackened veins that had now covered his eyes, "With…you…through…the…end." He wheezed out and raised his hand, Luke opened his fist to reveal silver chain that was connected to a pendant which appeared to be a silver triangle inside of a circle. Davion's and Jacob's eyes widened at the sight of that, it appeared they were the only ones who knew what it was.

"Brothers…always." Luke wheezed out again.

Davion chuckled slightly and shook his head, "You always were a sentimental bastard Luke." He said as he and Jacob brought out their own pendants that looked the same.

Jazmine glanced at the boys with a confused look in her eyes, "What are those?" she asked.

Davion looked to Jacob then at the pink ranger, "When all three of us were kids, shortly after Luke's brother died, I got caught up in a bit of problem that involved a local street gang a few years ago. I knocked out their leader after he messed with my sister and they ended up chasing me all the way to downtown where they cornered me in a warehouse. Just as they were about to beat the shit out of me Luke and Jacob broke into the building and saved me just in time. The three of us took on the whole gang and ended up beating them down but got pretty torn up along with them." He said.

Jacob put a hand on Davion's shoulder, "After that all three of us stumbled home but ended up at a diner where we stayed for over three hours while the diner owner's wife patched the three of us. The owner ended up giving these pendants to us, when the owner was in the Army he and two of his comrades made a blood pact after their first tour to be brothers even though neither of them were related in blood. When he gave them to us the three of us made the same pact." He said.

Davion gave a sad smile, "The three of us have been as close as brothers since then. After Luke lost his brother we became even closer. And even though we made this pact I got so jealous of Luke getting so much attention as the red ranger that I nearly got him killed." He said.

Whisper looked at Davion, "You were acting that way because you were jealous of Luke?" she asked surprised.

Davion sighed, "Yeah I know it was ridiculous and stupid but that's how I felt. I had always been the one that everyone looked at and that was always in the spotlight. Once Luke became the red ranger it felt to me that I was taking a backseat to everything that was happening in our everyday lives. That no one really looked at me anymore, that it was all about the red ranger. Damn I don't think I could have been more stupid." He said looking down at Luke who seemed to be getting paler by the minute. He put his hand on his friends shoulder and nodded.

"Don't worry Luke, I'm gonna get you out of this," he said looking to the rest of the team, "We all will. And the first thing that we are gonna have to do is figure out where that scorpion Mechbeast is going to show up next." He said.

"I may have an idea about that." Marcus said getting up from his seat. He went over and picked the Holotable back up to how it usually was and began typing on it.

"As you know all Mechbeasts are in some way bound to the animal portion of their DNA that makes them act like the type of animal they depict. Scorpions tend to live underneath rocks and near places that have high heat, I did a little bit of searching from where Venoshock originally escaped underground and employed a algorithm that would tell where a Mechbeast would most likely appear due to the characteristics from where it would appear next." He said as the images on the Holotable projected several different images that appeared to be a large dam.

The rangers all looked at the image, "Is that the Redwing Dam?" Whisper asked.

Marcus nodded, "It is, based on the trajectory of where Venoshot was escaping from the distance that he traveled gave me several different options as to where he would go. Since he is still a Mechbeast the desire to destroy is still within him and the fact that the dam has a high-pressure heater and cooling unit that would definitely be tempting to a scorpion." He said.

After seeing the dam, Davion's eyes widened, "That's it, I got it," he said going over to the image, "This dam is one of the main sources for water in the city, all the water they channel gets diverted into the city's main water supply. If Venoshot gets to this area and contaminates the water then every person in not just the city but also in this part of the country could also get poisoned just like Luke." He said causing the other to gasp in surprise. Jacob looked Davion in the eyes and nodded before looking over to Luke.

"That's not gonna happen, Rangers, let's roll." Davion said as he and the rest of the team left to go and save their city and their leader.

PRWH

Over at Redwing Dam several workers and employees were busy at work keeping the dam in working order. Suddenly, the concrete at one of the nearby roads had broken open from underneath to reveal Venoshot with his sadistic grin on his face.

"Man, this place is perfect! If I can infect all the water in this place who knows how many people will bite the dust, then Master Dark-Heart will give some serious downtime in a sizzling desert." He said laughing as he made his way towards the dam but before he could take another step an enormous stalagmite blocked his path.

"What the?!" he said before another shot up underneath him, then another, and another before they stopped. Venoshot looked curiously at the stones until he was hit in the face with a powerful stream of water that sent him rolling off to the side. He looked up with an annoyed look in his face to see the four remaining rangers fully morphed with their weapons ready.

Venoshot groaned, "Of course you punks would be here." He said getting to his feet.

Davion spun his axe, "Damn right you lousy bug and guess what? You messed with the wrong team." He said.

Venoshot laughed, "Oh is that so? Well whatever, I'll just take the rest of you down that will surely please the master. Mechies!" he shouted as a Sentella of Mechies came out of the shadows around him.

The rangers all took fighting stances to ready themselves, "Okay guys, this one's for Luke. Take care of the Mechies and make sure they don't get anywhere near the dam. I'll take care of Venoshot." Davion said causing the other to nod.

"Alright let's go hunting!" he said as the rangers charged forward.

Jazmine and Whisper jumped over a group of Mechies and readied themselves as they were quickly surrounded.

"Ikimashou Whisper-chan (Let's go Whisper)" Jazmine said as she raised her tonfa.

"Let's kick some bot Jaz." Whisper said as she raised her war fan and knocked it against Jazmine's tonfa. The two girls quickly went to work at dispatching the Mechies around them. Whenever a blind spot for either of the girls came up they were quick to cover for each other. Jazmine knocked two Mechies away from her with her Tonfas while Whisper came in and slashed them both across the chest with her fan. One Mechie tried to strike Whisper while her back was turned but Jazmine flipped her tonfa around and pulled the Mechie off of its feet and landed a solid strike on its chest before using its body as leverage to jump over Whisper and planted her knees right on a Mechies shoulders. She then twisted her body and flung the Mechies to the ground, breaking its neck in the process.

Whisper was quick to cover Jazmine as several Mechies came around to strike her, the yellow ranger jumped up and landed several fiery flying dragon kicks to the Mechies setting the ablaze before being reduced to ash. Jazmine stood up and Whisper joined her while the two female rangers charged up their weapons with Earth Energy before turning them loose on the rest of the Mechies.

"Vulcan Ballistic!" The two females yelled as they launched a modified version of their combined attack at the Mechies, showering them in blazing, sharpened stones. When the attack ended the Mechies around them were gone and the two girls high-fived each other in victory.

Jacob on the other hand was like a giant, green bulldozer. He charged at the Mechies and quickly dispatched them as he used his superior size and strength to take many of them down in one motion. He used his spear to keep the creatures at a safe distance but still being able to strike them down. Jacob quickly spun his spear around his body to slash and pierce and Mechie that got near him, he spun the spear around his back and slashed one Mechie across the chest and taking another's head off. One Mechie tried to wrap his arms around the green ranger but he quickly regretted it as Jacob broke free and choke slammed the poor Mechie in the ground and stabbed his spear into it. Jacob then flung the Mechie corpse over to the remainder of his companions before charging his spear up with green Earth Energy.

"Static Stampede!" he shouted as the large electric strike barreled towards the remaining Mechies reducing them to ash on the ground.

Davion was locked in combat with Venoshot himself as the two used the weapons they had on them to try and outduel the other. Venoshot himself, while being slightly bulky still had some agility and stamina on him due to his slimmer stature but Davion was no slouch either. Thanks to his Capoeira training he boasted serious stamina himself and was able to keep up with the scorpion Mechbeast. Davion attempted an overhead strike with his axe but it was intercepted by Venoshot's tail and the two were soon in a deadlock trying to over power the other.

Venoshot chuckled at the blue ranger, "You sure got a lot of power on you Blue, but I guess you would since you're pretty pissed at yourself for getting your boy Red shot with one of my bolts!" he said cackling. The scorpion's voice was beginning to really aggravate the blue ranger causing him to grit his axe in anger. The images of his friend and leader lying on the ground came back into his mind, causing him to falter. Venoshot took this opportunity and charged at the ranger with his tail raised. As he neared the blue ranger his tail went right through his body causing the scorpion to grin with glee but that his joy quickly vanished as the body he thought was Davion's turned into water and fall into a puddle beneath his feet.

"What the, a freaking clone?!" he shouted as he stomped on the puddle beneath him. Soon after he did that, the puddle of water soon began to swirl around him in a vortex.

"You're right, my own ego and arrogance led to Luke getting poisoned and put his life on the line. But right now, I don't have time to sulk in what has already happened," Davion said as he appeared behind Venoshock with the water growing in size and strength, "Right now, my best friend and countless other people in this city are in danger of losing their lives unless I find some way to defeat you which is exactly what I plan to do. Or should I say we plan to do." He said as some of the water opened and Whisper came flying in and sliced off Venoshot's tail and grabbing it in her hands. The scorpion Mechbeast screamed in pain at the sight of his dismembered limb, next thing he knew the ground beneath him opened to reveal several razor-sharp stones that struck Venoshock in the chest shooting him into the air. The water around him soon became charged with electricity and struck the Mechbeast with charged up water as he fell back down to the earth as the water disappeared. Venoshot struggled to get up however the brutal beating and electric shock that was enhanced by the savage water his body was still feeling the electric pain surging through his muscles. And with the fact that his tail was gone, that just made it even worse.

"Nice job guys, that combo attack was just perfect." Davion said the other grouped around him with Whisper having Venoshot's tail under her arm. The yellow ranger handed the tail over to Davion who presented it to Jazmine.

"Get this to Marcus and get our boy back on his feet." He said. Jazmine nodded with her visor flashing pink while she zipped out of sight. While the rangers watched as Jazmine left Venoshot slowly got back to his feet but he looked a little worse for wear.

"All of you are so dead." He hissed raising his claws. Jacob and Whisper raised their weapons ready to fight but Davion raised his hand to stop them before he turned to them.

"I'll finish this one guys." He said. The other two rangers looked towards each other before nodding in understanding.

Davion looked towards Venoshot before opening and closing the bear head on his axe, charging it up with blue, watery energy.

"Time to say goodnight bro." he said calmly before raising his axe. Venoshot charged towards Davion with bloodlust in his eyes.

"Hydro Roar!" Davion yelled as he slashed down and released a large Bear shaped tidal wave that charged towards Venoshot, once in range it bit down on Venoshot who let out on cry of pain as his life ended in a large fiery explosion. The fire died down and Davion released a sigh of content as the battle was now over.

He shared a quick hug with Jacob and Whisper, "I'm glad that's over with, now hopefully Luke and everyone else that was poisoned will be okay." No sooner had Davion said that, a large black bolt of lightning came down from the sky and struck the remains of Venoshot who grew to immense size and now towered over the rangers now.

"Ha ha ha, now this is what I'm talking about!" the giant scorpion yelled in joy.

Jacob groaned, "Great now we got to deal with this giant pain in the ass again." he said.

Jazmine appeared beside them again, "Did things get big while I was gone?" she asked looking at the giant Venoshot."

Whisper nodded, "Unfortunately yes, did you get the weapon to Marcus?" she asked.

Jazmine nodded, "I did, he said he should be able to formulate an antidote from the tail's venom in no time." She said.

Davion nodded, "Then let's take that massive bug down before it can cause anymore harm. Let's summon the beasts!" he shouted getting nods from the other rangers. They all spun their morphers and raised them to the sky.

"Beasts of the elements, Gaiazords awaken!"

While the rangers' giant animal partners were being called, Venoshot was too busy smashing things apart and blasting buildings with his laser. Just as he was about to strike another one, he was hit in the back by a blast of thunder. He turned around to see four large robotic animals all blocking his way.

Venoshot laughed, "Well damn, I just cant catch a break here. Oh well, time to finish things here and I'll start with turning your metal pets into scrap metal." He said swiping his large claws at the zords, the strike hit all four in one go and ended up throwing them all over onto their backs. The zords got back up and each tried to strike the giant scorpion with their individual elements, but he quickly dove underneath the ground to avoid them and came back up underneath the zords knocking them away again.

Davion groaned, "Well this is getting annoying." He said righting Ratchet back to his feet, while the other did the same.

"With Luke not here we can't form the Megazord, we'll just have to hold out till he arrives." Jazmine said readying Geb for another strike.

"Ask and ye shall receive" a voice said into the rangers helmets. The rangers and Venoshot all looked up into the sky as the red wolf zord came down from the sky and bit down onto Venoshot's shoulder and clawed its back as well.

Venoshot thrashed to around to get the wolf off, "Gah, damn it, get off of me you damn dog!" he shouted before Luna jumped off of Venoshot's back and spun in the air to blast him with a cyclone of red wind before landing with her legs on the ground.

Luke's ranger form appeared on the consoles of his comrades zords, "Hey guys did you miss me?" he said getting cries of happiness from his friends.

Luke turned to Davion's viewer, "Hey D, thanks for holding the fort down brother." He said.

Davion chuckled underneath his helmet, "I did what I could bro. Glad to have you back." He said. Luke nodded and turned his attention towards Venoshot who was getting back to his feet.

"I think its time we squash this bug for good, let's bring them together guys!" Luke shouted with the other nodding. The rangers all moved their zords around and brought them all together to form the Megazord with the Orion Saber in its hands. The Megazord charged in with its saber and quickly got into a slashing battle with Venoshot who was using his claws to parry each of the Megazord's strikes, he quickly pinned the saber to the ground and fired off a quick shot from the scorpion's tail which caused it to back up.

Whisper groaned, "Gah, even with the Megazord we still need to find a way around that tail of his." She said.

Luke nodded, "Don't worry Whisper, I already have something ready for that. Arrow, activate Wing Shield." He said over to the Hawk Gaiabeast, Whisper's morpher began flashing and the Arrow's eyes flashed as the wings of his body shot off and joined together above the Megazord before landing in the Megazord's left hand.

"Since when can Arrow do that?" Whisper asked in disbelief.

Luke chuckled, "Marcus told me about this new upgrade before I left. He though that it could help us out with an enemy who has some long-range ability." He said.

Davion nodded, "Well let's get to it." He said. The Megazord then raised its shield and charged at Venoshot who had initially gotten over the shock of the Megazord having a shield and began firing off his laser at the rangers but with the shield raised the attacks did not really do any damage. When the Megazord got in range they slashed at Venoshot with a few rapid slashes before dodging a tail swipe from the Mechbeast and gotten behind him and landed a powerful shield bash to the back of the Mechbeast's head and sliced off his tail again. The Megazord didn't let up and kicked the Mechbeast back and followed up with a powerful slash to Venoshot's mid-section.

"I think it's time to finish this up." Luke said while the others agreed with him. They all spun their morphers causing them to light up with their individual colors as the ranger's Earth Energy collected into the Orion Blade but this time the attack was different. The rangers threw the Wing Shield at Venoshot which circled around him at a rapid pace, slashing him with the sharp wing tips before flying off to reveal the rangers charging at him with their blade fully charged with a multi-colored blade ready to cleave the Mechbeast in half.

"Hunter's Ending!" The rangers shouted as they appeared right behind Venoshot with the Orion Blade held out and the Wing Shield in their hand. Venoshot's body was cleaved in half as he went up in a bright explosion.

The rangers all heaved a sigh of relief as their newest enemy had met its end.

Luke looked over at Davion, "Now that was wild." He said breathing heavily.

Davion chuckled and nodded, "Damn right." He said before the two friends bumped fists in victory.

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The prisoner in the Shadow Dimension looked on as Venoshot met his end by the rangers. A small smile crossed his lips as he saw Dark-Hearts annoyed expression.

"Another one bites the dust." He said.

PRWH

The days following Venoshots destruction, things seemed to have returned to normal as the rangers enjoyed a relaxing afternoon picnic. As they were eating, a group of girls around their age came up and immediately started flirting with Davion.

"Hey handsome, you think you could show us some of those awesome moves of yours?" one said twirling her hair seductively.

Davion looked over to his team then to Luke, seeing his friend poisoned was a wake up call to the young blue ranger who now knew he had to get his priorities straight when it came to ranger business.

Davion looked to the young women, "Sorry ladies, the blue bear is taking a break. No shows today." He said. The girls huffed and merely walked off to find someone else that interested them. He turned back just in time to see Luke throwing a can of soda at him with a smile on his face. This was what it really meant to be a ranger and Davion would not take advantage of it again.

Next time on Power Rangers Wild Hunters: Jacob is having the chance of a lifetime to live his dream of being a fireman thanks to a program supported by Lightspeed but when a Salamander Mechbeast goes on a rampage setting fires Jacob will have to make a choice. His future or his city?