Mystic Emergency

The rangers' plans went into action early the next morning. Udonna went out alone into the open, knowing that if she called for Imperious he would show up immediately.

"Oh Imperious," chirped the white witch. "I have a bargain to make with you."

As if on cue the underworld demon appeared, toting Jenji's lamp. Udonna recognized it from before the beginning of the Great War.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? The little powerless sorceress, all alone," Imperious snarled.

"My rangers have a proposal," Udonna stated bravely. "I think you will rather like it."

The mummy-like creature looked rather interested in Udonna's words. "Let's hear it then."

"You will give Jenji back to my rangers. And in return, you get me." Udonna drew herself up to her full height and tried to look brave.

"You have no powers. Koragg stole your Snow Staff just days before the darkness conquered your precious surface world. Why would I relinquish my genie for a useless sorceress?"

"Because I have the dark magic spells in my books. There would be no stopping you. And since you'd be invincible, the rangers would surely be destroyed trying to stop you," Udonna explained.

"Agreed," came the reply after a moment. "Call forth your rangers. The Barbarians will make short work of then, even with their powers returned to them."

The Mystic Force rangers strode into view out of the forest. They fell in around Udonna and peered at Imperious. Then Nick walked forward, his mentor following. "Give me Jenji and I'll give her to you."

And imperious handed over the lamp. Nick turned around ad tossed it to Madison, who caught it and held on tightly. Nick then pushed Udonna gently towards Imperious. Udonna nodded and stood proudly.

"Now, Maddie!" shouted the red ranger. Maddie rubbed at the lamp furiously and out came the cat genie.

"Nice to be out of there," said Jenji. "What'll it be, Madison?"

"I wish we had our magic back."

"Can do!" There was a flash of multicolored light and the rangers' colors returned, as well as everything else's.

"Oh, and we tricked you," Nick added to Imperious. He seized Udonna's arm and sent her off in the direction of the forest. "Hide!"

Imperious looked livid. "Barbarian Beasts!" he shouted. "Destroy them."

The five Barbarian Beasts appeared from the underworld at Imperious' command. They saw the rangers' color had returned. "Well, what are you waiting for? Fight!"

"You guys can't hog all the fun!" shouted Z as the SPD rangers emerged from the forest.

"More rangers?" questioned Imperious.

"That's right!" called Jack cheerfully. "You ready, rangers?"

"Ready!" shouted Sky, Bridge, Z and Syd. "SPD Emergency!" called the six rangers from the future.

"Magical Source, Mystic Force!" yelled Nick, Xander, Chip, Madison and Vida.

"I think we're ready to make them pay," observed Nick.

"Oh, we'll just have to see about that," said Imperious. He then retreated to the underworld.

"Let's do this," Jack said to the others. "One, SPD red!"

"Two, SPD blue!"

"Three, SPD green!"

"Four, SPD yellow!"

"Five, SPD pink!"

"Shadow Ranger!"

The Mystic Force nodded at their fellow rangers appreciatively. "Our turn," announced Nick. "Forceful as fire, red mystic ranger."

"Strong as a tree, green mystic ranger."

"Fast as lightning, yellow mystic ranger."

"Fluid as the sea, blue mystic ranger."

"Ever-changing as the wind, pink mystic ranger."

"And don't forget me," Daggeron shouted, running to the side of his team. "Solaris Knight."

"When did you get back, Daggeron?" asked Madison.

"As soon as you got Jenji back," answered the Solaris Knight. "I see we've got some new friends."

Doggie nodded inside his ranger uniform. "We will chat later. For now, we will fight the Barbarian Beasts."

And SPD and the Mystic Force rangers charged at the monsters, separating into six groups.

Sydney and Vida looked at each other. "Let's show them what the power of pink can do!" yelled Syd, and her counterpart nodded. "Agreed." Syd took out her Delta Max Striker, and Vida her Magistaff. The pink rangers shouted the names of their respective weapons, hitting one of the monsters square in the gut.

The pink rangers were joined by Z and Madison. "Girl power. It does a monster good," Z said to her blue counterpart. She and Madison planted themselves firmly on the pink rangers' shoulders, and promptly jumped off again, landing in a solid punch each to Shrieker's chest.

"Alright!" the four exclaimed as they exchanged high fives.

Green rangers Bridge and Xander were faring just as well. The two double teamed with their respective weapons, turning away when their beast had sparks emitting from its chest, evidently destroyed.

Chip and Sky had a similar experience. "Nice work, Sky!" Chip said in awe as Sky struck their beast with his Delta Max Striker. "Now it's your turn," Sky replied.

Magistaff crossbow mode" Chip said with authority, and not too long after that their beast had been destroyed as well.

Nick and Jack were fighting Fightfoe. "We'll show him not to mess with red rangers," Nick declared. "Magistaff sword mode!" He slashed his sword against the dog-like Barbarian Beast. "Delta Max Striker!" Jack shouted.

"Good job rangers," Doggie praised from where he stood battling with Daggeron against the last of the beasts. The Solaris Knight landed a punch and then a roundhouse kick, not an easy feat wearing armor. Doggie Cruger pulled out his Shadow Saber, slashing against the final monster in a similar manner to Nick.

This final monster was made of stronger stuff than the other four, and the Solaris Knight and Shadow Ranger weren't strong enough to beat it by themselves.

"Mystic Force, when you got Jenji back, it unlocked a more powerful source of magic. The code is Legendary Source, Mystic Force," Daggeron instructed his pupils.

"Legendary Source, Mystic Force!" repeated the red, green, yellow, blue and pink rangers. Their uniforms were magically endowed with golden armor, and in their hands were Lion Staffs.

"SPD S.W.A.T mode!" cried the SPD rangers. The twelve rangers kicked and punched and fired off their respective weapons. "We should see what our new powers can do," Chip suggested.

"Code One, tidal wave," called Maddie, and a colossal wave of water crashed down over the final beast.

"Way to go, Maddie," Nick said, and then tested out his own Code One, which was fire storm.

The five core SPD rangers assembled themselves. "S.W.A.T mode," they said in unison, and fired their weapons.

"Shadow Saber," Doggie said, striking again. "Jenji's shining attack," Daggeron said at the same time, and in a flash of golden light came the cat genie.

"Mission completed," the twelve rangers said together, turning away as the creature exploded.

Udonna and Clare came running from the forest as the rangers demorphed. "Daggeron!" cried the white witch, running to her old friend. She wrapped him in a tight hug.

Clare threw herself into Chip's arms, who then leaned down and kissed her. The two's faces flushed, but neither ended it.

"Aw," cooed Vida sarcastically. But then she glanced at Xander, who promptly seized her and did the same.

"What was that for?" demanded the pink ranger when he let go of her.

"Couldn't resist, V," said the Australian with a sheepish smile on his face.

Everyone laughed at this. "Hey…Z…" said Bridge shyly, running his gloved hand through his hair. "Um, can I talk to you?"

Z moved closer. "Yeah. Shoot."

Bridge took a deep breath and pulled her close to him. "I really like you," he whispered, and then he touched his lips to hers.

"I blame the two of you for this," Commander Cruger mumbled to Sky and Syd, who were wrapped in the others' arms, kissing like there was no tomorrow.

"Enough," Daggeron said. "It was nice meeting all of you, SPD rangers."

"The same," replied Cruger. "It was our pleasure." And then he took out the memory erasing device.

"Do we have to?" asked Syd. "I want to remember them."

"Yes, Syd, we have to," answered Commander Cruger. He held up the beam and zapped the Mystic Force. And then he did the same to his own team. "Now we find the time ship."

And the SPD rangers filed back into the forest.

"Why do I feel like I had a dream about a talking dog?" Chip asked a moment later. His teammates nodded.

Later that evening after the Rock Porium anniversary party, Nick and Maddie were closing up. "I know it's weird, but we couldn't all have had the same dream. We had Legend Warrior powers."

"I know we did." Maddie rested her head on his shoulder, and he slid his arms around her.

"Hey, Mads…I've been wondering something. You maybe wanna go to a movie or something? Just us?"

Madison's eyes widened, "Um…" she stuttered.

"I understand if you don't want to but…"

And Maddie remembered the promise she'd made to herself. "I would love to." With that she hopped off the counter where she'd been sitting and laced their fingers together, dragging him to the door. "Let's go."