• A day ago. •
Rita screamed with hatred, banging her fists on the table in fury. "Now we have to deal with these two!? First that pathetic copycatof a Ranger, and now this so-called Trailblazer too? Why is it so hard to conquer the earth!?" Her subordinates tried to calm her down, but when she looked at what was on the table, a smile appeared on her face. "Finster! Start the creation of a new monster, but with this thing in the mix, NOW!" Her screams scared Finster, who ran to obey her orders.
As an experiment for a new creation, Rita ordered that a new monster be created, but this time using one of the bodies of a Mara soldier with their classic monsters, fusing the power of Abundance and her own magic. However, the experiment failed because the Mara soldier still had remnants of personality and emotions; the new monster had no bond or loyalty to Rita, and she ordered the destruction of such a failed pawn. At the opportune moment that it appeared, the owl monster escaped.
She was first hiding in the forest, watching young people dancing or doing their outdoor activities—so many things to do, so many ways to express art...art? Why is she so interested in this? Not even she knows the answer for that.
Roaming over the city of Angel Grove, she found amusing the lives of people, some rushing to their jobs and others just spending their time with other humans, talking until the sunset, a monster with no memories and just a mission: destroy the Power Rangers. But why?
Why would she follow an order from someone who tried to kill her when things didn't go according to the plan? Watching from afar, she watches the Rangers fight Fiery Silkymo, a monster sent before her creation, and finally their victory.
The battle ended, and she flew away from the place, arriving in a desolate place, but there were still people on a stage: a woman with a red dress, dancing alongside a man with passion and fire, but still carrying delicacy in their movements. The owl's eyes shine at the scene, she wants it, dancing until her feathers fall.
But she doesn't have this right, her life was not hers. What right does she have to live at the expense of someone else's life? Even though she was turned into a Mara Soldier, she had dreams, reasons to continue, and possibly a chance to return to normal, but it was all ended with her creation. She can feel it, the Abundance in her own core, two lives but one is repressed.
The next day wasn't much different, the owl observed all the humans at night, how they slept, or what they did before resting, but his attention was turned to a single individual, Ace. How could someone who expresses himself so happily in front of others carry so much melancholy? Why is he lying to himself?
Humans are weird and nonsensical but so charming at the same time, maybe following him the next day won't be so bad.
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After talking with Owl, Ace put away his Ride Chaser and was exploring an abandoned apartment, looking for new materials for his experiments. He discovered that this form of Ranger did not disappear with its previous forms but created variations.
The purple ranger is the perfect balance of all forms, not being bad or very good at anything, it's energy conservation is the best among all forms.
Shovel Knight, His armor was now heavier and stronger, his speed was affected, becoming slower than expected by the increase in armor, but his defense and physical strength increased much more, being the most resistant and strong form he has in his possession.
Death Knight is the fastest form he has, his thinner and more mobile armor allows Ace to reach great distances in less time, as well as increasing his reaction time, but his thin armor makes him more vulnerable for the enemies to exploit, in addition to the overdrive mode that is still found in the armor, increasing all his stats greatly, but the cost is his own stamina.
As Ace was digging for materials, a loud sound echoed behind him, and when he turned around, he found himself surrounded by enemies. "Oh my, what a surprise to have in my humble place; please don't mind the dust, I didn't have time to clean." Pretending to receive, he would place his hand on his chest, imitating the way a butler acts.
The monsters didn't expect it and advanced against Ace, who jumped back to escape the attack, placing his hand on the ground and raising his feet up, giving a kind of cartwheel, and hitting his feet against his attacker's head, sinking him to the ground. "Oh, sorry about that, silly me, I forgot you were in front of me." Keeping his provocative tone, the monsters tried to attack more furiously, but because they were in a closed space, they pushed each other trying to reach Ace. "And goodnight!" Ace moved his body backwards, rotating his chest but keeping his right foot firmly on the ground, extending his other foot with his leg, causing the spin and force of his own attack to hit his enemy's face, throwing him back.
But a roar echoed inside the place. "Enough! I'm tired of waiting!" Breaking the ceiling, a monster fell on top of its own allies, crushing them, now one against one. The monster reveals himself, or rather herself, a pink creature that resembles a human, with a pink dress accompanied by a pearl necklace, dilated yellow eyes, and an equally deformed mouth. "I will show you the beauty of Elastique!" Using her elastic arms, she attacked from long range, preventing Ace from getting close, her sharp claws were another powerful weapon in her arsenal.
Ace, seeing another arm approaching him, realized that he would have no space to dodge. Being cornered by the walls, he raised his arms to defend his head. The attack was strong enough to break the wall completely, throwing him into one of the abandoned rooms. He fell onto one of the beds, dust rising with the impact. Elastique jumped on top of Ace. "That's rather pushy, don't you think? You didn't even ask me out first!" Place placed his hands against the headboard of the bed, pushing himself forward, kicking Elastique in the stomach, and pushing her away. "Sorry bubblegum, I have better tastes." He put his hand on his waist, pulling out his morpher, holding it with both hands, putting them behind him, and finally placing them in front of his face.
"Henshin, Entelodont!" The light from her morpher shone, blinding Elastique's vision. All the light returned to Ace's body, circling him like a cocoon, beginning to form his armor that expanded to his head; his helmet appeared in a last burst of light. He spun his sword around and stuck it in the ground. Enraged, Elastique charges forward again with her elastic arms lashing out in a frenzy. Ace dodges and defends himself with his sword but still is not finding a gap to attack, but sadly for him, a new wave of foot soldiers started to appear. "Hey, hey, hey! Time out!" Ace used his thrusters to advance against the door, breaking it open and leaving the confined room he was in, but coming from his shadow, a hand grabbed his legs, making him unable to move.
Pink limbs stretched out towards Ace; the claws hit him squarely, making sparks fly everywhere. "Wraagh!" Ace spun in the air before falling to the ground, beginning to be surrounded by enemies. "This is the end, Ranger!" Jumping out of the shadows beside Elastique was the shadow creature, a humanoid being with glowing blue eyes wielding a sickle. Before Ace was attacked, the window was destroyed by several feathers that went towards the monsters, hitting them all. The feather shots made sparks come out of the enemies' bodies and knocked them down.
Coming out of the window was the monster owl again, the sun falling on its back, making its face covered in shadows. "At least I'm not late. Better prepare for combat, Ranger." She jumped towards him, using one of her wings to help him up. "Well, well, good that you are here, because you are the owl I need!" His form began to take on an orange light, the same light created a type of hood, and Ace's armor changed, now being in his Death Knight form.
"Shall we hoot them out?"