A/N: As I get closer to the episode, "Beast King Rampage" (I have like three more episodes to go). Please give me ideas on how I can do it. Since Trent has the Lion DNA inside of him, the Zord will be going to him instead of Devon.

I was thinking about combining that Zord with his Zord from Ninja Steel, but if you have any more ideas, let me know.

Enjoy!

edited on april 26th, 2022 @ 8:58am

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - GAME ON!

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"WELCOME, EVERYONE! IN A FEW MINUTES, we will begin the final round of Coral Harbor's annual e-sports championship!"

I was currently wearing a black leather jacket with a gray t-shirt, as I was with the others in order to support Devon.

"The next fight will decide who will be the next champion of Backstreet Brawler 3!"

Everyone cheered. "Hey, son." Mayor Daniels greeted.

"Congratulations to our finalists, Devon Daniels. . ." We all cheered for Devon as he placed the game chip in.

"Can you believe it? I'm in the finals, Dad!" Devon said.

"Yeah." Mayor Daniels pats him on the back and steps back.

". . .and Kerry Dixon!"

"That trophy's yours, sis."

"These consoles use augmented reality. Each player controls a holographic fighter." Nate explained to Mayor Daniels.

Zoey nudged me a little. "I'm surprised you didn't enter, Trent." She told me.

I chuckled nervously. "It kinda reminds me of Game Goblin. Things didn't turn out well. Since then, I've stayed away from anything that has to do with games." I explained.

"Players set!"

"Player one fighter— Sensei Bones."

A holographic figure soon appeared.

"Player two fighter— Sinister Sasha."

Kerry activated her player as it showed up in front of her. The two figures faced each other.

"Fighters set!"

"Good luck." Devon told Kerry.

"You'll need it." Kerry said in a smug tone.

"And now, the moment you've all been waiting for. Ready, set, . . . brawl!"

The fight began as Sinister Sasha headed for Sensei Bones as the two began fighting each other. Kerry's character ended up crashing into the announcer.

"Warning!"

"Yes!" Devon cheered.

"Did the hologram just bump into the judge?" Mayor Daniels asked.

"Affirmative. The game uses hard-light technology, capable of physically interacting with real objects. Cutting-edge stuff." Nate responded. "Go, Devon!"

The fight continued on. "Excuse me. I need to make a call." Mayor Daniels coughed.

"Mm-hm."

The two fighters continued going at each other until Devon's froze up. "What in the. . . ? I'm frozen!" Devon exclaimed.

"Come on, Devon!" Zoey shouted.

"You're history now." Kerry claimed, looking at Devon.

That's when Robo-Blaze and Robo-Roxy appeared out of nowhere and fired at the characters, making them shatter. The people started screaming.

"Blaze and Roxy— I thought we'd finished those bots." Zoey pointed out.

"Gimme that!" Robo-Blaze took Kerry's console.

"Hey, that's mine!" She exclaimed.

"Ha! Not any more." Robo-Blaze informed.

"Come on, Louie."

"Hey!" Devon called out as the two bots were leaving.

"Ugh! What now?" Robo-Roxy complained as we stepped forward.

"You two wanna play games? It's Morphin' time!" Devon shouted as we got out our morphers.

"Activate Beast Power! Ha!" We shouted as we morphed.

"Unleash the beast!"

"Thanks, but we got what we came for. Tronics! Take care of them." Robo-Blaze snapped his fingers as Tronics appeared. We all began fighting the Tronics.

We all then began rushing over, seeing a Robotron. "Hey, robo-jerks! Your Tronics are toast!" Devon claimed. "You has-beens are about to be too."

"Ha! Don't be so sure, cos we're about to beta-test Gamertron— on you!" Robo-Blaze exclaimed.

"You guys take Blaze and Roxy," Devon told Nate and Steel. "we'll shut down that Robotron."

"Got it!" Steel saluted as him and Nate began fighting the two bots.

"Let's play!" Zoey exclaimed, the four of us heading towards Gamertron.

The four of us took a step back as Gamertron laughed. "Welcome, players. You've chosen multiplayer mode, difficulty level— hardcore." Gamertron exclaimed as clones of us appeared.

"Oh, man. It's, like, . . . double us!" Ravi commented.

"Copies of you will protect me!" Gamertron claimed.

"Gamertron wants us to fight ourselves!" Devon exclaimed.

"What?!"

"The real backstreet brawl is about to begin!" Gamertron laughed evilly.

"Get them!" Devon shouted as we all headed for our clones.

"May the best player win!" Gamertron said.

I was fighting the Black Ranger clone as he kicked me aside. I charged forward and swung my leg as my clone ducked.

"I have got to show Blaze and Roxy!" Gamertron exclaimed as he headed off.

"Stay here, okay?" Kerry told her brother as she rushed forward.

"Sis? Where are you going?" Louie questioned.

I continued to dodge the attacks from the Black Ranger clone. "This is the best game ever!" Gamertron laughed, watching the scene. "Don't you think?"

Devon's clone fired at him as Devon did the same right back. The two attacks collided.

"Gotta go fast." Devon said as he used his cheetah speed while his clone did the same thing.

I tried my best against the Black Ranger clone as our moves were the same.

"Your health bars are about to be zero out, Rangers." Gamertron informed.

"Not yet." Zoey said as we continued fighting once more.

"Let's even the playing field— everyone gets a weapon." Gamertron announced as weapons showed up.

"Uh-oh." Ravi commented.

The four cloned Rangers fired at us as we fell to the ground.

Gamertron laughed evilly. "Well done, my Ranger colonies!" He praised.

"Huh?"

We all glanced over to see Nate and Steel still fighting with Robo-Blaze and Robo-Roxy.

"Is everyone okay?" Nate asked as him and Steel rushed over to make sure we were okay.

"Yeah, but these clones are strong." Zoey replied.

"We need to retreat and regroup." Devon informed.

"Transport Beast-X Blaster!"

"Beast Blast!"

We fired at Robo-Blaze and Robo-Roxy. "Move out!" Devon ordered as we retreated.

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"Found my spare console." Devon informed, rushing into the room.

"Great. Taking a look inside it might help us find a way to defeat that Robotron and her clones." Nate said, hooking up a wire to the console.

"If anybody can figure it out, it's you." Devon said, making me nod in agreement.

Devon's cell phone than rang. "It's the gaming tournament." He said, answering the call. "Devon Daniels."

"Okay, I'll be right there." Devon said, hanging up. "I gotta get to the Riptide. There's some kind of announcement about the tournament."

"We'll call you if we need you." Ravi reassured.

"Thanks." Devon said as he headed out of the room.

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"I really thought there'd be something, but we've studied every inch of it— no clues on defeating Gamertron." Nate informed.

"And no sign of her or Blaze and Roxy anywhere." Zoey added on.

"We need some kind of strategy." Ravi told us.

"I wish I could help. But this situation is entirely different from Game Goblin." I sighed out.

"Rangers."

Commander Shaw's voice was heard as we all turned around. "There's a young lady here— she says it's important she meets with you immediately." She announced.

"Why?" Devon asked.

"She claims to have information about that Robotron, but she'll only talk to the Rangers." Commander Shaw responded. "You'll need to morph, since she can't know your identities."

All of us were soon morphed as we followed Commander Shaw. I was in shock when I spotted Kerry waiting.

"Hello." Devon greeted.

"Hi. I'm Kerry." Kerry introduced herself.

"You?!" Devon suddenly exclaimed.

"Excuse me?" Kerry asked, causing me to slap Devon's arm, silently telling him to keep quiet so she wouldn't be suspicious.

Devon cleared his throat. "Nothing." He replied. "So, uh, the Commander said you wanted to talk to us."

"Yes. I was in the video-game finals when the gym was attacked. My console was stolen and transformed into that Robotron, the one that made the Ranger holo-clones." Kerry explained.

"We know. They're tough customers." Zoey chimed in.

"I saw your fight, and those clones seem to be using the game's programming. But I think I know how we could beat them." Kerry said.

"You do?" Ravi asked with uncertainty.

"How?" I questioned as well.

"I figured out a secret move, one that can beat any fighter. I think it could beat the holo-clones too." Kerry stated.

"How can a move in a game help in a real battle?" Steel asked.

"If the fight is based on the same game, then it stands to reason that it may have the same weaknesses." Nate pointed out.

"Almost like back with Game Goblin, when people stopped playing, his points went down." I noted before letting out a snort as I remembered Levi dressed as a goblin.

"Exactly. It's a certain combination of fight moves. When you do it, you opponent will freeze up. You hit your opponent fast, twice on the left shoulder, twice on the right shoulder, then one slash down the chest. When you've done that, your opponent should freeze in place." Kerry explained.

"Wait a minute." Devon then realized something back from the fight against Kerry. "Twice on the left shoulder, twice on the right, then one slash down the chest? And your opponent freezes up?"

"That's right. It's a bug in the game. I found it by accident. I haven't told anyone. . . except you." Kerry revealed.

"Hold on. So if it's a bug, then you're not winning the game by fighting." Ravi trailed off.

"You're winning by cheating." Devon finished for him.

"I didn't want to cheat. It's just my little brother, Louie, he loves soccer, and he was badly injured. If we can't pay for his surgery, he'll never play again." Kerry said.

"So the winner's prize money would pay for the surgery?" Zoey asked.

"Yeah." Kerry responded.

"Listen, Kerry, I'm sure you've worked hard to become a great gamer. With your skills, you've got a chance of winning the final. But if you cheat to win, then you're no winner at all." Devon claimed.

"Dev—" I stopped as I coughed to cover up my mistake, placing a hand on Kerry's shoulder. "My teammate is right. And I get it, Kerry. I don't have any siblings, but I do know what it's like to be severely injured. So I sympathize with your brother more. I lost my left arm in a battle long before I met these guys." I gestured my hand towards the others. "The best way to win is to know you worked for it, not cheating your way there."

Kerry nods at me as the alarm suddenly blared throughout the base, making Kerry gasp.

"What's wrong?" Devon asked.

"Gamertron is attacking a truck of game consoles in Sector Zulu 7-5." Commander Shaw answered.

"If she gets those consoles, Evox will have everything he needs to build an army of Gamertrons." Nate informed.

Devon turned to Kerry. "Kerry, you gotta show us those moves one more time." He said.

"Okay." Kerry nodded in determination.

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"Oh! Goody, goody! Plenty of consoles to make an army of. . . me!" Gamertron exclaimed.

"No chance!" Devon declined as he fired at Gamertron, making her collapse to the ground.

"The jig is up, Gamertron." Zoey announced.

"So you've returned for a rematch?" Gamertron asked.

"Yeah, to end you." Devon replied, glancing over at Nate and Steel. "You two, escort the truck back to base. We'll handle this noob."

"Good luck." Nate told us as him and Steel rushed off.

"The game's over, Robotron." Devon announced.

"First, you have to beat. . . the boss level." Gamertron claimed as our clones appeared.

"Here we go, team." Devon told us.

"Okay, clonies. Ready, set, brawl!" Gamertron shouted out.

We all rushed forward as we began attacking our clones once more.

We then soon regrouped. "They fight like us!" Zoey informed.

"It's time we tried Kerry's move." Devon announced.

"It's time I go old school!" I shouted, getting out my Power Star. "Power Star! Lock in! Ninja Spin!"

I then morphed into the Green Ranger.

"Lead the way!" Ravi told Devon.

We all grunted as we did Kerry's move that she showed us, before finally slashing them in unison, causing them to freeze up.

"It worked!" Devon exclaimed.

"Huh? What's this?! My clonies are all frozies!" Gamertron exclaimed as I began to glow green.

"Beast-X Blast!" Devon, Ravi, and Zoey shouted.

"Poisonous Slash!" I shouted out, rushing forward and slashing through the Black Ranger clone.

"No! Critical hit!" Gamertron exclaimed.

"Guess we beat your high score." Devon claimed.

"Uh-oh."

"Beast-X Cannon ready!" Devon called out. "Thanks for the match, Gamertron. Beast-X Cannon blast!"

He fired at Gamertron, before she finally exploded.

"Gamertron over!" Devon exclaimed.

"Got it! Nice job!"

"Yeah!"

"Good work!"

We all laughed as Devon gave the three of us high fives. "Well played, team." Devon told us as his communicator beeped. "What's up, Commander?"

"Gigadrone incoming in Sector Foxtrot 0-5." Commander Shaw replied.

"Roger that. We're on our way." Devon informed, turning off his communicator. "Let's go."

We were all in the Ultrazord, seeing an energy sphere around the Gigadrone.

"What is that dome?" Nate asked.

"We're about to find out!" Devon responded.

We slashed through the dome, breaking it apart and getting inside. Gamerdrone fired at us as we dodged it.

"Whoa, it's powerful!" Steel exclaimed.

"Our Morph-X levels are dropping!" Zoey informed.

"My sensors say that the dome is sucking Morph-X out of this area and out of our Ultrazord!" Nate pointed out.

"Then let's take out that Gigadrone." Ravi claimed.

We then began attacking the Gigadrone. "Ultra Blast!" Ravi, Zoey, and I shouted, firing at the Gigadrone.

"Yes! Got him!" Zoey cheered.

"Finish it, Devon!" Nate told him.

"Transport Cheetah Beast Blaster!" Devon shouted as the cheetah blaster appeared in his hands. "Beast-X Ultra Strike!"

The Ultrazord attacked the Gigadrone, as it went up in flames and the dome disappeared.

"Virus eliminated."

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"Okay, folks. The final round of the e-sports championship is about to begin."

All of us were back at Riptide Gym as the two players were out.

"Okay, players. Ready, . . . set, brawl!"

The game soon began as Devon's character made the attack first and kept attacking Kerry's character, in which she attacked back.

"I got you, boy! I got you!" I heard Ben laugh.

"Kerry, use your move." Louie whispered.

Kerry took a minute to respond. "No. I'm not gonna cheat." She declined, making me smile a little as I had overheard her conversation.

The battle then continued on as Sinister Sasha fell to the ground.

"K. O.! Sensei Bones wins!"

Devon cheered as Kerry just looked distraught. "She didn't cheat!" Zoey exclaimed.

Sensei Bones was labeled the winner as he soon disappeared while Devon cheered in victory.

"You won, fair and square." Kerry said as she shook hands with Devon.

"Yeah, but you didn't make it easy." Devon said as Kerry grabbed hold of her brother before walking away.

"Congratulations, Devon. You're the Backstreet Brawler 3 grand champ!"

Everyone then cheered for him. "Yeah! All right!" Steel cheered as the crowd began cheering his name over and over.

Devon took a look at me as I nodded, gesturing my head over towards Kerry and Louie.

"Kerry." Devon called her name, heading over towards her. "This prize money's for you."

"For me? I just lost." Kerry replied.

"There's more to gaming than just winning. And you're a great player. Honestly, I'm happy with the trophy. Besides, somebody told me that you need the money more than I do." Devon said.

"I really appreciate this, Devon." Louie admitted.

"No problem, bro." Devon told him.

"Thank you." Kerry said, taking the check from Devon as she gave him a hug.

"So, see you at next year's champs?" Devon asked.

"I'll be taking home that trophy." Kerry claimed, making Devon chuckle.

"Congrats, son." Mayor Daniels said, clapping his hands with Devon's before giving him a hug.

"I know you're busy. Thanks for coming out and supporting me." Devon thanked him.

"My pleasure." Mayor Daniels said before he let out a cough. "Sorry, I'm feeling a little under the weather." He coughed again. "I'll see you later."

"See ya, Dad." Devon said.

"There's the champ!" Ravi exclaimed as we cheered for him.

"So, who wants to take a pic with my trophy?" Devon asked.

The camera clicked, snapping the photo and capturing the moment.

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A/N: Another chapter is finished! Thanks for reading!

Word Count: 2762 words.