A/N: Hello, readers! We've finally reached the end of season one! (As you know, I don't do the holiday episodes). Enjoy!

edited on march 17th, 2022 @ 7:25am

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - EVOX: UPGRADED

𝓣𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃

"WE'RE READY TO GO." Ravi announced as I followed him and Zoey into the hangar. The three of us were in our Ranger suits without our helmets as we saw Mr. Daniels.

"Meet my son— Ravi." Commander Shaw told him. I could only guess that Mr. Daniels was angry with the fact that Devon was a Ranger and he didn't know about it.

"Mayor Daniels?" Ravi questioned, shaking his hand.

"Your son is the Blue Ranger?" Mr. Daniels asked. "I had no idea."

He then scans the room. "All of you. . . are Rangers?" Mr. Daniels asked.

"Yes, sir." Zoey replied, clearing her throat. "Based on our intel, Evox is going to use the Morph-X from that tower to transfer into a new body so that he can return to the real world, our world. Devon was trying to stop him."

It was silent for a moment as Mr. Daniels glanced back towards Commander Shaw. "What can I do to help?" He questioned.

"Nothing." Commander Shaw shook her head. "Devon is trapped in a place called the Cyber Dimension, where Evox has his stronghold. That Cybergate is the only way we know of to get there."

"Once we know it's safe, we can go through it and rescue Devon." Nate added on.

"Ok, we're all ready to test here, Nate." Ben informed.

"Everybody clear!" Nate ordered. "I'm bringing the Cybergate online now."

The Cybergate soon began to activate before it finally stabilized.

"That's the Cyber Dimension!" Steel announced.

"What?!"

"Something's wrong!" Betty pointed out, stepping forward.

"Wait, Betty, don't stand there."

Betty suddenly got pulled into the Cybergate. "Nate, do something!" Ben told him as Nate was looking at his tablet.

"It's not responding!" Nate informed.

Betty finally returned back to normal as she gasped in relief. "That was close." She said as Ben engulfed her into a hug.

"You had me worried!" He exclaimed.

"Heyyy! It's kind of fun to be stretchy!" Betty commented.

"Nate, is that portal safe or not?" Commander Shaw asked.

"Negative. There are flashes of stability when we might be able to get through, but it's too unpredictable." Nate answered.

"I'll carry the beacon through the portal. It'll broadcast the coordinates of Evox's base, and. . ." Ravi paused for a moment. "you guys can follow."

"Absolutely not." Commander Shaw disagreed, taking the beacon from Ravi's hands. "We can't afford to lose another Ranger."

"But, Mom, someone has to try!" Ravi argued.

"He's right." Mr. Daniels agreed, taking the beacon.

"Mayor Daniels! Don't!" Commander Shaw warned as we all shouted at him in a panic, watching him go through the Cybergate.

"It's overloading." Nate informed. "The portal's shutting down!"

The portal had then closed shut. "The Mayor. . . Did he make it?" Zoey questioned.

"Nate?" Commander Shaw called his name.

"What is it, bro?" Steel asked.

"I think it's the beacon. It's giving me the exact trans-dimensional coordinates of the Cyber Dimension!" Nate announced.

"Great! Let's fire up the Transporters, get in our Zords and go surprise that snake!" Steel exclaimed.

"Hold on. I know firsthand that surprise isn't enough. We need something bigger and stronger that Evox has never seen." I informed.

"Like all your Zords combined." Commander Shaw suggested.

"I've been developing a new Megazord formation, the Ultrazord. If that isn't powerful enough, nothing is." Nate said.

Soon enough, all of the Megazords were coming together. "Everyone ready for Ultrazord combination?" Nate asked.

"Copy that! Disassembly engaged."

The Megazord then began coming apart for Nate and Steel's Zords.

"Beast-X Ultrazord unleashed!"

"Cyber Dimension coordinates locked in. Ready to deploy on your command."

"Ravi, complete your mission and bring the team back in one piece. That's an order, son." Commander Shaw informed.

"Yes, ma'am." Ravi said.

"Deploy Beast-X Ultrazord." Commander Shaw ordered.

The Ultrazord rose up into the city. "We can do this, team. Devon's counting on us." Nate encouraged. "Transport!"

The Ultrazord then disappeared, taking us with it.

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The Ultrazord had landed into the Cyber Dimension. "So this is the Cyber Dimension?" Cruise questioned.

"Well, what do you know? Even a villains lair improved. This proves that Galvanax and Odius were really unoriginal. I mean, their command center was a spaceship." I replied.

An army of Gigadrones soon appeared. "Oh man. That's a lot of Gigadrones!" Ravi commented.

"Oh! I've never seen that many!" Smash stated.

"Time to give the new Ultrazord a workout!" Zoey exclaimed.

We headed for the Gigadrones that began firing at us. "Here we go!" Ravi shouted as we slashed through the Gigadrones.

"Take this!" Nate grunted. We continued fighting off the Gigadrones.

"Beast-X Ultra Strike!" We all shouted out as all of the Gigadrones exploded.

"Whoo-hoo! This Ultrazord is legit." Ravi stated.

A green light suddenly appeared in front of us. "What is that?!" Ravi questioned.

"Hello, Rangers." Evox, now transferred into a robot body, greeted. "Have you come here to stop me?"

"Could. . ." Zoey paused. "Could that be Evox?"

"Now that I'm free from my digital prison, your time in this dimension will be brief and painful!" Evox exclaimed as he fired at us.

"Systems critical. Our Zords are breaking up!" Nate informed.

"Hold on, team!" I told everyone.

Our Ultrazord then broke apart as we crashed to the ground. "Zoey, Jax, Trent, Harlem! Over here!" Steel called out as all of our helmets were off once more.

"Everyone all right?" Ravi asked.

"Yeah." Zoey groaned.

"Barely." I breathed out.

"Guys!"

The sound of Devon's voice grabbed our attention. "Devon!" Zoey exclaimed as she engulfed Devon into a hug.

"Oh my. We're so glad you're okay." I informed, engulfing him into a hug next.

"We're all lucky to be alive." Devon stated.

"Couldn't have done it without you, Mr Mayor." Ravi told him. "But now we're in a tight spot."

"What's wrong?"

"Our Zords, they're history." Nate replied.

"Really?" Devon asked in disbelief.

"And it's not over yet! Look!" Steel pointed out.

We all got into a fighting stance as Evox appeared. "Well, what do you think of the Cyber Dimension, Rangers? Is it a fitting place for you all to meet your ends?" He questioned.

"Dad, get somewhere safe." Devon said.

"Ok." Mr. Daniels agreed as he headed off to a safer area.

"Devon. I thought you'd need another wrist comm." Cruise stated, handing him a wrist comm.

"Thanks, Cruise." Devon thanked him, taking the wrist comm from him.

"There's no escape. You're finished." Evox claimed.

"We won't go down without a fight! It's morphin' time!" Devon shouted. "Activate Beast Power!" He said as he morphed.

"Unleash the Beast!" We all shouted with our helmets now on.

"How charming." Evox said sarcastically.

The six of us headed towards Evox. However, he fired right at us, making us fly back as we collapsed to the ground.

I groaned in pain before getting covered in black mist, reverting me back into my civilian form as I wore a gray t-shirt with a black flannel over it. I could see that the others had been demorphed as well from Evox's attack. 

"Enough distractions! I can feel the Morph-X pulsing through my body. I am unstoppable!" Evox exclaimed as he began to grow huge.

"Whoa. That's bad." Steel pointed out the obvious.

"Time to finally leave this dimension!" Evox claimed as he began walking away.

"Where's Evox going?" Mr. Daniels questioned.

"Roxy said he was planning to teleport to Coral Harbor to access the Morphin' Grid." Steel responded.

"I don't think we can take him down without our Ultrazord." Ravi stated.

"Morph-X is highly explosive. If we blow up that tower, it will take Evox with it." Zoey said.

"But how? All our Zords are gone." Devon reminded her.

"Actually, good news! I just double-checked, the Racer Zord is still operational." Cruise informed.

"That's it, then. I'll take out the tower. Scrozzle will be controlling things from his base. Dad, can you lead the others back there?" Devon asked, looking towards his father.

"I can try." Mr. Daniels replied.

"Great. We'll shut down their teleportation systems and trap Evox here so you can destroy him." Nate said.

"We all know what to do. We've come this far." Ravi stated.

"Nothing can stop us." Zoey said.

Devon placed his fist in the middle, I followed soon after, then Zoey, Ravi, Steel, and Nate.

"This way." Mr. Daniels told us as we followed him.

"The lab is just through. . . there." Mr. Daniels informed as Tronics suddenly appeared.

"Great! We've got company." Zoey stated as we all got into a fighting stance.

"Go stop Evox. We'll handle these guys." I told Nate as he nodded and left with Mr. Daniels.

"You cheap circuits want a taste of Steel?" Steel questioned.

Devon was busy dealing with Blaze underground. "Someone's gonna get hurt." Blaze stated.

"That someone is you." Devon claimed. "This is it, Cruise. We have to finish him."

"Nice knowin' ya. Hah!" Blaze exclaimed.

Blaze fired at Devon as Devon deflected the attacks. "Transport Cheetah Beast Blaster!" Devon shouted as his blaster appeared. "Racer Zord, Cheetah Hyperstrike!"

Devon attacks Blaze, destroying him along with his Zord. "Whoo! Looks like Evox is out of avatars now." Devon stated.

"I've managed to stop Evox, but you need to get out of there. The tower's becoming unstable." Nate told Devon.

"You're right, Nate. It's beginning to blow." Devon said, seeing that the tower was about to explode. "You guys have to get to safety too."

"Copy that!" Nate responded.

"How do we get out of here, huh?" Smash asked.

"We should go back to where the Cybergate is open. Come on." Mr. Daniels answered.

"We're cutting it close. Let's go!" Devon said.

"Hold on, Devon." Cruise warned as they flew up the tower, getting out just in time for the tower to explode.

"No-o-o!" Evox exclaimed out as he faded into purple particles.

"Quick, everyone, just up here!" Mr. Daniels informed as a purple portal appeared.

"The Cybergate—it's opening." Nate said as Ben and Betty appeared on the other side.

"Come on, guys. You can do it. Let's go!" Betty called out to them.

"We gotta hurry." Nate told us.

"Move, move, move." Mr. Daniels said in a rush as all of us jumped into the portal one by one.

We appeared back into the hangar. "We're safe!" Smash stated.

"Come on, Smash." Zoey said.

"Wait. But. . ."

"Where's Devon?" Mr. Daniels questioned.

"Mr Mayor, get away from the portal!" Zoey warned.

"Come on, son." Mr. Daniels pleaded.

"Look out!"

Mr. Daniels ended up getting caught in the blast as he flew back.

"Mayor Daniels!" Zoey shouted out.

"Are you ok?" I questioned as we helped him up.

"Yeah." Mr. Daniels groaned. "I'm ok. But Devon. . ."

All of us anxiously looked into the portal that was about to be destroyed. "I don't see anything." Ravi informed.

"He has to show up. He just has to." I said, trying to calm my nerves down.

"Is that. . . ?"

"Is it. . . ?"

"Devon! Cruise!" I shouted in relief, seeing Devon being supported by Cruise.

Mr. Daniels chuckled as he went towards his son. "Dad. Guys." Devon groaned as the portal closed behind him.

Devon then demorphed. "You guys ok?" Ravi asked.

"Yeah." Cruise answered.

"We're fine now." Devon reassured. "It's good to be back."

"Good work, guys. You fixed the Cybergate and saved us." Nate praised the two siblings.

"We did?" Betty asked.

"You're darn right we did!" Ben stated as the two sent a high five to one another, causing Betty's arm to be all stretchy.

"The Vortex Plasma's still affecting you. We gotta fix that." Nate stated.

"Son, I'm so proud of you." Mr. Daniels told Devon before hugging him.

"I always admired the Red Ranger. So, in a way, I was proud of you all along." Mr. Daniels revealed.

"Thanks, Dad." Devon smiled.

"It's really over." Smash informed.

"Thank goodness for that." I think to myself in relief.

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Blaze was now awake since Devon had destroyed his avatar as we all gathered in front of the mayor. "Trust, loyalty, courage, sure, that's at the core of a good team. But the key to your teamwork. . . is friendship." Mr. Daniels announced.

"One week ago, that teamwork saved our city." Mr. Daniels continued on as Commander Shaw gave us small medallions. "So for my first act as re-elected mayor, I couldn't be more proud to award each of you the Coral Harbor Medal of Valor."

Sounds of applause could be heard. "Thank you. It was nothing, really." Steel said.

"Go, Ravi!" Smash cheered.

"Ben and Betty Burke, please come forward." Commander Shaw said as the two stepped forward nervously.

"What's up with the bubble suit?" Devon questioned Nate.

"It helps with her vortex exposure." Nate replied as Devon understood.

"Ben and Betty, in recognition of your bravery. . ." Commander Shaw began.

"Are these for us?" Ben interjected.

"Dad! We got medals!" Betty exclaimed as General Burke was tearing up a bit.

"Here you go, Betty." Ben said.

"Wait, Ben, don't—!" Nate started to warn.

It was too late as the pin from the medal poked the bubble suit Betty wore as she flew into the air until Ben eventually caught her.

"That was fantastic! We should get more medals!" Betty exclaimed.

"Everybody, listen up! We've gotta take a group selfie." Steel informed, holding a selfie stick. "It's what humans do on special occasions, and this is a pretty special occasion."

"You got that right." Nate agreed.

We all gathered around Steel as I was between Devon and Zoey.

"Three, two, one." Steel counted down before snapping the picture.

After the picture was taken. I brought it upon myself to go up to Blaze and Roxy.

"I assume you two already know who I am." I told them.

"Trent. Black Ranger." Blaze said, holding out his hand. "Nice to finally meet you."

"You as well. It's nice actually communicating with the both of you instead of fighting." I admitted, shaking Blaze's hand.

"We could say the same." Roxy said.

"I think we'll be great friends, Trent." Blaze informed.

"Yeah." I agreed before a shiver went up my spine, getting my attention.

Dacoda suddenly grabbed onto my wrist pulling me away from Blaze and Roxy.

"Did you get the same feeling?" Dacoda asked me.

"I did." I responded.

"Something tells me that our fight isn't over yet."

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A/N: And that's a wrap up on season one! Yes, I added that last bit with Trent, Blaze, and Roxy so he can be formally introduced to them.

I'll see you in season two! Thanks for reading!

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