EMILY
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The gap sensor goes off at the Shiba House. The gates open as the Rangers run through them. Red Ranger: "There's no time to lose!" Blue Ranger: "Right behind you!" Yellow Ranger, Green Ranger, Pink Ranger: "Yeah!" The six Rangers race into Panorama City and immediately notice the giant Moogers attacking. Gold Ranger: "Six, no seven!" Green Ranger: "Whoa! At once!" Yellow Ranger notices something else. Yellow Ranger: "Down there! Look! The Sanzu River is seeping through!" Red Ranger: "Let's go!" Red Ranger: "Samuraizers!" All: "Go!" Red Ranger: "Lion Folding Zord!" Blue Ranger: "Dragon Folding Zord!" Green Ranger: "Bear Folding Zord!" Yellow Ranger: "Ape Folding Zord!" Pink Ranger: "Turtle Folding Zord!" Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Red Ranger, Green Ranger, Pink Ranger: "Mega mode power!" The five Rangers leap into their zords. Gold Ranger: "Samurai morpher! Gold power!" Gold Ranger looks at his morpher. Gold Ranger: "Clawzord, I need you now!" Clawzord leaves the fishing cart. Octozord peeks out. Gold Ranger: "Octozord, you're coming too." Octozord leaves the fishing cart. The two zords join the rest of the zords as they race along. Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, Pink Ranger, Red Ranger: "Zords combine! Battlewing Megazord! Armed for battle!" Gold Ranger leaps into Clawzord. Gold Ranger: "Mega mode power! Clawzord transformation! Let's switch this up! Let's see what we catch today!" Gold Ranger spins the device. Gold Ranger: "Fantastico! Claw Battlezord North! Ready!" The giant Moogers have both Megazords surrounded. Gold Ranger: "Whoa! Is this a Mooger family reunion?" Red Ranger: "Antonio, focus!" Gold Ranger: "I am. I'm going to go for the high score. Hey, who wants their butt kicked first?" The Moogers charged towards the Megazords. Red Ranger: "Let's get to work. Now!" Claw Battlezord North battles several Moogers. Gold Ranger: "Hey, careful where you point that thing!" Claw Battlezord North knocks down two Moogers. Gold Ranger: "Golden baby! Yeah!" More Moogers charge towards Claw Battlezord North. Gold Ranger: "Aww, these guys keep coming!" Battlewing Megazord is battling another batch of Moogers. Red Ranger: "Got them!" More Moogers seeps between two buildings and arrive to fight. This set of Moogers fly through the air and fire at Battlewing Megazord. Green Ranger: "Oh man, the flying ones freak me out!" Red Ranger: "Not a problem!" Battlewing Megazord takes to the skies. Red Ranger: "It's time for these flyboys to get their wings clipped!" The flying Moogers continue to fire at Battlewing Megazord. Battlewing Megazord flies towards the Moogers and knocked them out of the sky with it's sword. Claw Battlezord North continues the battle on the ground with another batch of Moogers. Gold Ranger: "Let's finish this! Octospear charge!" Claw Battlezord North with the Octospear fires and destroys several Moogers. Battlewing Megazord continues the battle in the sky and destroys the more Moogers. Battlewing Megazord lands on the ground. Red Ranger: "Megablade!" Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, Pink Ranger, Red Ranger: "Activate! Katana power! Final strike!" The remaining Moogers are destroyed. Red Ranger: "Samurai Rangers, victory is ours!" Gold Ranger: "Our team is as good as gold!" After the battle, Emily, Kevin, Jayden, Mike, and Mia return to Shiba House. Jayden and Kevin are already seated by the table as Mia and Mike walk in and head towards the table. Mia: "I don't know what to do. We fought so hard, but the Sanzu River keeps seeping into our world." Mia takes a seat. Mike: "I can't believe this is happening." Mike takes a seat. Emily walks over. Emily: "What else can we do?" Emily takes a seat. Emily: "We've beaten the Nighlok every time." Jayden: "We can't think about winning or losing. We have to believe in ourselves and keep fighting." Kevin: "Jayden's right. We can't give up no matter what". Mentor Ji walks into the room. He has overheard their conversation. Mentor Ji: "I'm glad to hear that. Because I may have found something that can help us." Mentor Ji places an opened book on the table. Jayden recognizes the illustration right away. Jayden: "The Black Box? Ji we can't." Mia: "What is it?" Mentor Ji: "A magic talisman created by the very first Red Ranger. It is said it can unite the symbol power of all Rangers into one." Mike: "Okay, cool, so let's fire it up." Jayden: "It's not as simple as that. Red Ranger never finished the talisman." Mentor Ji: "Many have tried, but none have the skill and the power to complete it." Emily: "What about Antonio? He's a tech whiz." Mike likes the idea. Mike: "Yeah, I mean, the guy programmed the zord like it was a coffee maker." Kevin is not so sure. Kevin: "But he doesn't have mastery of symbol power like we do. You know how much it drains us each time we use it." Jayden agrees. Trying to transfer even a few of our symbol power into the box could destroy him. I can't ask him to do this. Emily tells him, none of us want to see Antonio get hurt. But....Mia continues, we're talking about saving the human race. Mike adds, if he's willing, give it a shot. Jayden reluctantly agrees. Mentor Ji tells them, first you must retrieve the Black Box. For generations it has been guarded by the guardians of the Tengen Gate. Emily and her friends head out. Emily, Kevin, Jayden, Mike, and Mia arrive at the Tengen Gate. Mike is not very impressed. It's just a big wood thing. Jayden explains that the Tengen Gate is an important part of Ranger history. Emily, Kevin, Jayden, and Mia all give a small bow before walking underneath the gate. Jayden leads his friends through the courtyard. They pause at a monument where Jayden explains, this commemorates where the first Samurai Rangers battled the Nighlok army. Emily adds, they say the Sanzu River flooded the entire city. Mike asks, what happened? Kevin answers, the Rangers defeated them because they never gave up and they took their training seriously. Mike shakes his head with a grin. An older man arrives and adds, we certainly did. Although the legends tell us the Green Ranger was a bit of a prankster. Emily laughs. Mike can't believe it. The older man continues, apparently he drove the Blue Ranger crazy, but they were still the best of friends. Everyone chuckles. The older man introduces himself as Daisuke, the elder guardian. Emily, Kevin, Jayden, Mike, and Mia all give a small bow. Daisuke welcomes them to the Tengen Gate. Your mentor advised us that you were coming. With his arm, Daisuke indicates that they should go ahead. Another guardian waits to escort them. Emily, Kevin, Mia, and Mike follow the guardian. Inside the room, Emily, Kevin, Mia, and Mike set about exploring it. Kevin and Mia are drawn to a tapestry hanging on the wall that depicts a tragic scene. Daisuke and Jayden enter. Daisuke explains to them that it's an old folk tale. A young woman made a deal with a Nighlok king to save the life of her beloved. But the king tricked her and turned them both into Nighlok. Kevin responds, sure sounds like something a Nighlok would do. Daisuke continues, the king took away the man's memory and cursed him to wander the Earth all alone forever. Mia tells them, it's strange. It's almost as if I met this woman before. Mia places her figures on the two tragic figures. Emily, Kevin, Mike, Mia, Jayden, and Daisuke are sitting in a circle on the floor. Daisuke places a small box on the floor and removes the lid. Inside is the Black Box. Daisuke tells them, the Black Box is the most powerful samurai weapon ever conceive. Few even know of it's existence. Jayden carefully picks up the Black Box. He thanks Daisuke. I shall protect it with my life. Behind them, a guardian is pouring tea in cups for them. Daisuke hopes their friend can program it. With each passing day, the Nighlok presence grows stronger. I fear that soon even this sacred place will be corrupted by their evil. No one notices Octoroo's arm as it comes through the gap, stretches over to the table and poisons the tea. A guardian carries the tray of tea and places it close to Daisuke. Daisuke tells the teens, let us drink tea together. Everyone reaches for a cup. Mike takes two cups and gives one to Mia. They all hold their cups up in a toast. Daisuke states, to honor the ancient Rangers and for good fortune in battle. Jayden is the first to take a drink. He suddenly drops his cup and lays on the floor in pain, clutching at his throat. Jayden manages to choke out a warning - don't drink the tea, it's poison. Mia goes over to Jayden's side. The rest of the teens are alarmed. A guardian races in and tells Daisuke there are Nighlok in the garden. Mia tells the rest, we can't leave Jayden. Jayden tells them not to worry about him. Go! Hurry! In the courtyard, the Moogers have grab some of the guardians and toss them around. Emily, Kevin, Mike, and Mia run into the garden, using their power symbols to morph as they run. The four Rangers face down Arachnitor and the Moogers. Arachnitor notes that there are only four of them. and concludes that his little scheme worked. The Moogers charge towards the four Rangers. The four Rangers pull out their Spin Swords and leap towards the Moogers. Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, and Pink Ranger battle the Moogers with their Spin Swords. After knocking down a few Moogers, Pink Ranger announces she is calling Antonio for backup. The battle has moved into the woods by Tengen Gate. Green Ranger is battling several Moogers with his Spin Sword. He hopes Antonio can find them in this big forest. Green Ranger transforms his Spin Sword into his Forest Spear. He battles several Moogers with the Forest Spear. Blue Ranger is battling another batch of Moogers with his Spin Sword. He thinks this is taking too long. Blue Ranger transforms his Spin Sword into his Hydro Bow. Blue Ranger knocks out several Moogers with his Hydro Bow. Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger are battling several more Moogers with their Spin Swords. Yellow Ranger wonders where Arachnitor is hiding. Pink Ranger doesn't know and wonders if it will turn up. Suddenly Arachnitor leaps into the battle. Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger battle Arachnitor with their Spin Swords. As Arachnitor fights the two Rangers he brags that he's not even breaking a sweat. Arachnitor knocks both Rangers to the ground. Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger quickly get back up and charge towards Arachnitor with their Spin Swords drawn. Before they can strike, Arachnitor leaps out of the way and strikes them from behind. Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger have a hard time keeping up with Arachnitor's swift moves. Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger are knocked down to the ground once more. Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger get back up. Arachnitor shoots webbing out of his mouth that encircles the two Rangers. Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger can't break free. Blue Ranger leaps in and breaks the webbing with his Hydro Bow. Blue Ranger stands protectively in front of Yellow Ranger and Pink Ranger with his Hydro Bow. Green Ranger makes sure the two Rangers are okay. Yellow Ranger lets him know that they are okay. The four Rangers face down Arachnitor with the Hydro Bow and Spin Swords. Arachnitor is confident he can take them all. Arachnitor and the four Rangers charge towards each other. Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, and Pink Ranger battle Arachnitor with their Spin Swords. Arachnitor has an easy time fighting the four Rangers. Arachnitor leaps up into the air and when he comes down, he spins really fast, knocking all four Rangers to the ground. Pink Ranger tells the rest of the Rangers, we can't beat him. Blue Ranger tells her, we need to. Jayden's in trouble! Blue Ranger gets back up and battles Arachnitor with his Spin Sword. After several blows, Arachnitor knocks Blue Ranger to the ground. Green Ranger has had it. Green Ranger and Pink Ranger leap into the air and are about to strike Arachnitor when Arachnitor shoots out his webbing. It encases both Rangers. Arachnitor fires at the two trapped Rangers. Pink Ranger and Green Ranger fall to the ground. The webbing vanishes. Arachnitor tells them they are toast as he charges towards them. Arachnitor strikes Green Ranger and Pink Ranger. They hit the ground hard and demorph. Yellow Ranger races over to them. Arachnitor tells them it's time for the big finish. Suddenly Arachnitor is hit from behind. It's Antonio. Antonio tells Arachnitor anyone who hurts my friends, has to answer to me. Arachnitor has no idea who Antonio is. Yellow Ranger and Blue Ranger run over to Arachnitor and pin down his arms. Yellow Ranger tells Antonio to go help Jayden. Antonio promises he will come back and races through the forest. Arachnitor knocks Yellow Ranger and Blue Ranger down. He can't believe that someone came to save them and they told him to run away. Yellow Ranger and Blue Ranger battle Arachnitor with their Spin Swords. Arachnitor strikes Yellow Ranger and Blue Ranger several times. Yellow Ranger and Blue Ranger hit the ground and demorph. Antonio finds Emily, Mia, Mike, and Kevin unconscious on the forest floor.
Antonio managed to get Emily, Kevin, Mike, and Mia back to Shiba House. Emily, Kevin, Mike, and Mia were resting comfortably as Mentor Ji and Antonio kept an eye on them from the doorway. After a few minutes, they walked away, but Emily and the rest could still hear their conversation. Hearing Antonio state he had to pick up the slack, struck Kevin the hardest. Kevin flung the covers off his bed and sat with his feet on the floor. Kevin: "There's no time to rest. It's our sworn duty to keep the world safe." Kevin struggled but managed to stand up. Kevin: "We're Samurai. Nothing can stop us." Kevin took a step forward and fell to his knees. Mia: "Kevin!" Mia convinced Kevin to get back in bed. Later they could hear Antonio working on the Black Box. Antonio felt the strain and Mentor Ji cautioned him to be careful. If there was another Nighlok attack, Antonio was the only who could respond. It affects Kevin the hardest. Once more, Kevin sits up in his bed. Mia is concern. Mia: "Kevin? What're you doing? You need to rest." Kevin: "I have to find some way to help." Mia: "No. You don't have to do this. Not alone. Let's help each other. That's the best way we can help Jayden." Mia got out of bed and held her hand out to Kevin. Kevin takes it with a smile. Emily, Kevin, Mike, and Mia got dressed and walked into the main room, just as Mentor Ji was telling Antonio the dangerous part with the Black Box was next, infusing it with everyone's symbol powers. Kevin: "That's where we come in!" Mentor Ji: "You shouldn't be out of bed!" Kevin: "Antonio can't take this all on himself. We need to help each other. Especially since Jayden is gone." The gap sensor goes off. Antonio: "So what do we do now?" Mia: "Well, I know what Jayden would say." Kevin: "At all cost, protect the innocent." Antonio: "That's golden! You guys go take care of the Nighlok, and I'll go find Jayden." Antonio starts to leave, but Mentor Ji stops him. Mentor Ji: "No! You must finish the Black Box first." Antonio: "I can't! I need their power discs and they're taking them into battle." As Antonio spoke, Emily pulled out her power disc, looked at it, and then walked over to Antonio. Emily held out the power disc to Antonio. Emily: "Here...it's yours." Kevin and Mia exchanged glances and small nods. They pulled out their power discs and walked over to Antonio, along with Mike. Kevin, Mike, and Mia gave Antonio their power discs. Antonio: "Are you guys serious? How can you defeat the Nighlok without these? Emily: "We'll make due. But without the Black Box, the whole's world's in danger and you're the only one that can program it." Kevin: It's true. No one else can match the skills you bring to the team." Antonio: "But, my best friend needs me." Mia: "I know what he'll say to that too." Kevin: "One person is insignificant compare to the fate of the world." Mike: "Dude, you have that impression down." Kevin scoffs and smiles a little. Antonio: "Okay. Man, I wish you guys weren't right but you are. This has to come first." Antonio noticed Emily and the rest were still standing around him. Antonio: "Well, go on! Get out of here! I've got work to do!" Emily, Kevin, Mike, and Mia started to head out. Mike: "We're on it!" Antonio: "And be careful!" Kevin: "Don't worry about us!" Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, and Pink Ranger arrived in Panorama City. Arachnitor's back was towards them and he was blowing up buildings. Green Ranger: "Fighting buildings?! Wow! You're tough! Fight someone that fights back!" Arachnitor turned around and blasted Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, and Pink Ranger. But they managed to stay put by using their Spin Swords to block most of the blast. Yellow Ranger: "Wait! Does this creep look familiar? It's like he's mutated or something." Blue Ranger: "Guys, stay on your toes!" Arachnitor stretches out his arms and strikes the four Rangers several times, knocking them to the ground. Green Ranger: "So much for staying on our toes! Come on! Let's get him! Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, and Pink Ranger quickly get back up on their feet and charge towards Arachnitor. Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, and Pink Ranger battled the Moogers with their Spin Swords. Blue Ranger: "You Moogers need to get a lot better at this." Pink Ranger: "So far, fighting without our power discs...is working out just fine." Pink Ranger leaps into the air and knocks a Mooger out. Arachnitor runs into the battle and strikes each Ranger. Arachnitor then blasts the Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Green Ranger. Green Ranger: "Much more of this and we're toast." Suddenly Arachnitor is struck with several strikes. Gold Ranger: "Back off Nighlok!" Gold Ranger and Red Ranger race over to Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Green Ranger. Gold Ranger: "Hey guys, now we're all here!" Yellow Ranger: "Jayden, you're okay." Gold Ranger and Red Ranger faced Arachnitor and the Moogers. Gold Ranger: "What is that thing?" Arachnitor growled at them. Gold Ranger laughed. Gold Ranger: "Sorry, I don't speak snarl." Arachnitor sends the Moogers to attack the Rangers. Gold Ranger races through the Moogers and strikes each one with his Barracuda Blade. Gold Ranger: "Well, allow me to introduce myself! I am Antonio Garcia! Gold Ranger destroys several Moogers. Gold Ranger: "The Gold Ranger!" Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Green Ranger race up to Gold Ranger. Gold Ranger: "Hey guys, I didn't have time to finish the Black Box, but I promise to try again. Here, have your discs back." Blue Ranger: "Thanks." Yellow Ranger: "We can sure use them." Green Ranger: "Yeah, let's show these Moogers how we really roll." More Moogers charge towards the Rangers. Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, Pink Ranger: "Spin Sword! Quadruple Slash!" Several Moogers are destroyed. Arachnitor charges towards the Rangers. Red Ranger: "Spin Sword! Fire Smasher!" Red Ranger transforms his Spin Sword into his Fire Smasher. Red Ranger battles Arachnitor with his Fire Smasher. Arachnitor strikes the Fire Smasher, having it transform back into a Spin Sword. Red Ranger: "This just got a lot tougher. I better back pedaled." Red Ranger kicks Arachnitor and then flies backwards. Arachnitor tries to blast him several times, but misses. Arachnitor leaps into the air and battles Red Ranger, knocking him down. Red Ranger: "Man, this mutant Nighlok's got a lot of energy." Yellow Ranger, Pink Ranger, Blue Ranger, and Green Ranger race over to Red Ranger. Pink Ranger: "We're all too exhausted to put up much of a fight." Blue Ranger: "But if we can combine all our strength." Green Ranger: "Yeah, but we don't have a ton of it. We need something that doesn't need much symbol power." Red Ranger: "Quintuple Slash?" Blue Ranger: "Right!" Yellow Ranger, Green Ranger, Blue Ranger, Red Ranger, Pink Ranger: "Spin Sword! Quintuple Slash!" The power of the slash knocks Arachnitor down. Red Ranger: "Got him." Arachnitor gets back up. Green Ranger: "What?!" Yellow Ranger: "It's still not enough." Gold Ranger races over to them. Gold Ranger: "Do it again. But this time, I'll help it on it's way." Gold Ranger ran towards Arachnitor. Pink Ranger: "But we'll hit you." Gold Ranger stopped a few paces in front of Arachnitor. Gold Ranger: "Oh no you won't. Trust me. I've got a golden move that will keep me safe and power up our attack." Pink Ranger: "All right." Red Ranger: "I hope you know what you're doing." Gold Ranger: "Go for it!" Once more the five Rangers use Quintuple Slash. Gold Ranger uses the power of the Quintuple Slash and puts a spin on it. Gold Ranger then hits Arachnitor with the more powerful Quintuple Slash. Arachnitor goes flying, hits broken concrete and lands on the ground. Arachnitor still gets back up, but this time he takes off. Gold Ranger points out that Arachnitor is getting away. The Rangers are about to chase after him when several giant Moogers emerged from a gap. Yellow Ranger comments, this isn't good. Yellow Ranger, Blue Ranger, Green Ranger, Pink Ranger, and Red Ranger summon their zords. When they arrive, Samurai Megazord is formed. Gold Ranger summons Clawzord. Once it arrives, Gold Ranger leaps inside and transforms Clawzord into Claw Battlezord East. Several of the giant Moogers shoot arrows at Samurai Megazord and Claw Battlezord East. Both are hit. Gold Ranger tells the rest of the Rangers to take care of Arachnitor, he will take care of the Moogers. Red Ranger agrees. Green Ranger spots more Moogers seeping out of a gap. This group of Moogers fly towards them. Green Ranger notes, they are not kidding around today. The flying Moogers fire at Samurai Megazord and Claw Battlezord East. Blue Ranger can't believe there are more Moogers. Samurai Megazord is hit several times and Yellow Ranger notes they are sitting ducks. Gold Ranger tells the rest of the Rangers, they got to take action now! Red Ranger agrees, we must control the sky. Swordfish Zord, Tiger Zord, and Beetle Zord are summon and Samurai Battlewing is formed. Samurai Battlewing takes to the sky. Claw Battlezord East battles the giant Moogers on the ground and knocks a couple to the ground. The flying Moogers fire at Samurai Battlewing. Samurai Battlewing strikes several of the flying Moogers with it's sword, knocking them out of the sky and the flying Moogers retreat. The giant Moogers on the ground continue their attack on Claw Battlezord East. Gold Ranger notes, they want some more. Remember these claws can handle you! Gold Ranger activates the mega blade. Claw Battlezord East strikes the Moogers several times with it's claws. The Moogers are destroyed. Gold Ranger wants to get spider breath next. Green Ranger tells them, that mutant must given us the slip. Red Ranger tells Gold Ranger, that Arachnitor is long gone by now. After the battle, Emily, Kevin, Mike, Mia, and Antonio find Jayden sitting alone in the courtyard, his back towards them. Emily calls out to him. Jayden turns around and Emily asks if this is a bad time? Jayden replies, no, what's up? Mia tells him, first they wanted to make sure you're okay after all that you have been through. Mike adds that they are going to chow down on some pizza and figure out a strategy for the new, more powerful Nighlok. Emily asks if Jayden wants to join them. Jayden thanks them. I'm doing fine. But why don't you go ahead without me. Mia asks if he is sure. Jayden replies, yeah, thanks. Emily tells him, okay, no problem. It's your choice. Disappointed Emily, Mike, and Mia head towards Shiba House. Kevin and Antonio hang back a little, concerned for their friend, but eventually joins the rest. A few moments later, Jayden quickly stands up and calls out to his friends, you guys! Jayden walks over to his friends and tells them, I changed my mind, I will join you. Emily, Kevin, Mike, Mia, and Antonio are happy to have Jayden join them. They all head inside.
Team Spirit
The Tengen Gate
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Young Emily