JAYDEN

JAYDEN

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Jayden: Shhh. Jayden points to the closet and slowly walks over to it. Mike, Mia, Emily, and Kevin gather behind him. Jayden slowly opens the closet door and a practice form falls down. Everyone screams. Mia: "Don't scare us like that!" Jayden: I could have sworn there was something. Mike: Relax dude, there's nothing here. Jayden: There's something definitely otherworldly here. I sensed it. Mia: Sorry Jayden, we didn't sense anything. Could it be your imagination? Jayden thinks it over. Mentor Ji enters. Mentor Ji: Jayden. It's important to trust your instincts, but I don't feel another presence. Jayden's hair is ruffled once more. Jayden pulls out his Samuraizer and quickly does the symbol for his Spin Sword. Jayden spins the Spin Sword around and almost slices Emily's face. Jayden: Sorry Em. Jayden looks around. Jayden: Where are you? Jayden starts searching the house, occasionally slicing the air with his Spin Sword. Mike, Emily, Kevin, Mia, and Mentor Ji follow him and stand in a doorway watching Jayden. Later, Jayden enters the bathroom. Jayden: I know something was there. Jayden walks over to the sink and stares into the mirror. Once more, he feels a presence behind him. He looks behind him, but sees nothing. Jayden gives a small shake of his head and then turns on the water. He splashes his face with water and then notices something. He stares into the mirror once more. Jayden: It's gone. Jayden glances at the running water. The next day, Jayden goes to Spring Valley. Jayden performs symbol power and then vanishes in the thick fog. Soon, Vulpes emerges from the gap sensor and enters Spring Valley. Vulpes is not happy about being forced into this vile world. Suddenly Lion Folding Zord flies towards Vulpes and carries the enchanted mirror away from him. Red Ranger emerges from the lake and strikes Vulpes with his Spin Sword. Soon Vulpes and Red Ranger are fighting. Red Ranger knocks Vulpes to the ground. Vulpes demands that Red Ranger give him back his mirror. Lion Folding Zord has the mirror clasped between his teeth. Lion Folding Zord tosses the mirror to Red Ranger. Red Ranger catches the mirror and tells Vulpes it's not nice to spy on people. Vulpes doesn't care, he just wants his mirror back. Blue Ranger and Pink Ranger pull out their Spin Swords as they come running up. Vulpes is surrounded by the three Rangers. Pink Ranger concludes this must be the Nighlok Jayden has been sensing this whole time. Vulpes comments, three against one is not fair. Red Ranger replies, neither is watching us. Luckily I saw through you. When I splashed water on my face, the presence I sense went away. That's when I realized that water could help me block your spell. I knew then this was the one place I could completely hide from you. Vulpes is not happy. Pink Ranger adds, of course. Our water is more pure than the evil water from the Sanzu River. Blue Ranger concludes and the water from the springs must have cut off the creepy Nighlok's mind spell completely. Red Ranger tosses the mirror into the sky and slices it in half with his Spin Sword. Vulpes is furious and lets slip that he never got to see him practice the sealing symbol. Pink Ranger quickly concludes that was what Vulpes was after. Vulpes doesn't care if they know, they are still going down. Vulpes twirls around and creates a cyclone that quickly has the three Rangers trapped in it. When the cyclone vanishes, the three Rangers are dropped to the ground. Red Ranger tells the rest of the Rangers they need the others to outfox this guy. Where are they? Blue Ranger replies they are still chasing the fishy arrow guy. Red Ranger has no idea what Blue Ranger is talking about. Pink Ranger tells them she will call and see where they are. Vulpes threatens that no one can help them now and charges towards them. Pink Ranger tells them we need you at Spring Valley. Forget that guy you are chasing. Around Pink Ranger, the battle continues. Vulpes shoots fox fire out of his eyes. The three Rangers try to block it with their Spin Swords, but it is difficult. Red Ranger charges towards Vulpes. Vulpes then shoots fox flash out of his eyes. It hits Red Ranger. Red Ranger tries to strike Vulpes, but falls to his knees instead. Vulpes tells him he may have seen through all of his plans, but the stress of battling all his spells has finally taken it's toll on you. You're finished! Vulpes is about to strike Red Ranger with his sword when Green Ranger and Yellow Ranger leap in and strikes Vulpes with their Spin Swords. Vulpes falls on the stones. Yellow Ranger checks to make sure Red Ranger is okay as he gets up. Pink Ranger and Blue Ranger join the group. The Rangers use their Spin Swords for the Quintuple Slash. Vulpes quickly puts up a fox reflection shield. Instead of the Quintuple Slash striking Vulpes, it hits the Rangers from behind. The Rangers are knocked off their feet. Vulpes uses his sword to strike the Rangers several times and the Rangers soon demorph. The five teens struggle to sit up. Vulpes gloats that he has thousands of mirror spells. I can handle whatever you throw my way. But I know you can't handle what I'm about to throw at you. Suddenly several explosions hit Vulpes. The five teens notice the young man. The young man (Antonio) tells them, now this is a big moment. Man, this is going to be so golden. Now let's do this! Mike wants to know, who is this guy? Kevin points out it's the guy you were chasing. Emily wants to know what he is doing? Jayden states, he's going to get taken apart if he goes up against that Nighlok. Instead, Antonio whips out his Samuraizer and morphers into the Gold Samurai Power Ranger. The teens are surprised to see another Ranger. Gold Ranger is disappointed by their reaction. That's it?! No, thanks for helping! Mike asks his friends, who is this guy? Emily is amazed at how sparkly the Gold Ranger is. Gold Ranger tells them not to worry, just leave this one to me. Gold Ranger leaps over and stands protectively in front of the teens. Vulpes is not happy to see there is another Ranger. Kevin tells his friends, he has never read about a Gold Ranger in the archives. Jayden? Jayden replies, first I heard of it. Gold Ranger thinks there has been enough talking, now it's time for action. Gold Ranger goes into a fighting stance. Vulpes laughs at him - what kind of stance is that? You're not worth my time twinkle toes! Let these guys take care of you. Several Moogers appear. Gold Ranger replies, my style's different, but it's all mine. And as they will see, there is plenty of strength behind it. Gold Ranger pulls out his Barracuda Blade as the Moogers charge towards him. Within seconds the Moogers are destroyed. The teens are confused. Mia points out that he didn't even move. How can he do that? Jayden replies, he did. Just faster than the eye can see. Kevin has never seen anything like it. Jayden adds, that was the legendary sheath maneuver. Kevin replies, that's impossible. Jayden tells him not anymore. Mike points out he's pretty fast. More Moogers arrive and are hidden by the trees. They shoot several arrows at Gold Ranger. Gold Ranger blocks each arrow with his Barracuda Blade. Gold Ranger leaps over into the woods to battle the latest batch of Moogers. He battles them with his Barracuda Blade. Jayden, Kevin, Mia, Mike, and Emily stand up. Kevin points out the strange techniques the Gold Ranger has. Emily doesn't care, it's good. During the battle, Gold Ranger ends up on top of a tree. He taunts the Moogers below, what's the problem? Come up and get me! I'm right here! Suddenly Gold Ranger slips and falls to the ground. Jayden, Mia, Kevin, Mike, and Emily run up. Mia asks if he is okay. Gold Ranger tells them, stand back! I told you I got this! Watch! Gold Ranger goes back to battling the Moogers with his Barracuda Blade. Soon the Moogers all fall to the ground. There is a cracking sound. Gold Ranger didn't mean to play lumberjack. Several trees fall around Gold Ranger and he is soon caught in them. Gold Ranger comments on his Barracuda Blade, man, this thing is sharper than I thought. Suddenly Vulpes leaps in and battles Gold Ranger. Vulpes uses a spell that releases fears fox's flock and they fly towards Gold Ranger. Mike points out that they need to help him out. Jayden morphs and leaps into the battle with his Spin Sword. Red Ranger destroys the flying creatures with his blazing strike. Vulpes is knocked to the ground. Gold Ranger tells Red Ranger, you're better than I remember. Gold Ranger quickly goes back into action with his Barracuda Blade. Gold Ranger strikes Vulpes several times with the Barracuda Blade and Vulpes is defeated. Gold Ranger is very excited. Red Ranger is still puzzled over Gold Ranger's comment and asks him, what did you mean, I'm better than you remember? Mike, Emily, Mia, and Kevin come running up. Vulpes grows to giant size. Surprised, Gold Ranger falls to the ground. Red Ranger tells the rest of the Rangers, we'll deal with our gold friend later. First things, first. Mike, Emily, Mia, and Kevin morph. The zords are summon and Battlewing Megazord is formed. Gold Ranger watches all of this from the ground and he is impressed. Vulpes vanishes using his Vulpes' veil. Battlewing Megazord looks around to see where he went and gets struck from behind. Blue Ranger notes, he's still there. He's just invisible. Vulpes strikes Battlewing Megazord several times. Pink Ranger wonders how they are going to defeat him, if they can't even see him. Green Ranger concludes there must be a way to uncloak him. Vulpes continues to strike the Battlewing Megazord. Red Ranger warns the rest of the Rangers they better think of something quick. We don't have much time left. Vulpes lands hit after hit against Battlewing Megazord. On the ground, Gold Ranger realizes he needs to help them. Gold Ranger texts Octozord. Octozord leaves the fish cart and flies into the sky and then lands beside Battlewing Megazord. Green Ranger notes that's not something you see every day. Red Ranger mutters, it can't be. Gold Ranger goes into mega mode power and leaps inside Octozord. Octozord flies into the air once more. Green Ranger can't believe Gold Ranger has a zord too. Yellow Ranger wonders if he really could be one of us? Red Ranger recognizes the Octozord, but asks himself, how? Octozord flies towards Vulpes. Gold Ranger instructs his zord to use it's ink cloud. Octozord spreads it's ink cloud and soon Vulpes is revealed. Vulpes is not happy. Octozord lands on Vulpes' head and strikes it with it's tentacles. After several strikes, Octozord flies away. Pink Ranger notes, now's our chance. Blue Ranger agrees, time to finish him. Pink Ranger notices Red Ranger is lost in thought and calls out his name. Red Ranger comes out of his trance and tells his team, let's do this. Battlewing Megazord flies into the sky. Battlewing Megazord uses it's flying slash, final strike. Vulpes is destroyed. Gold Ranger leaps around with excitement. Octozord flies over to Battlewing Megazord as Red Ranger declares victory is ours. After the battle, Gold Ranger walks towards the teens, dragging his cart behind him. Gold Ranger asks them if that was golden with a capital G. Kevin demands that he start talking. What's your story? Gold Ranger demorphs. Jayden recognizes him as Antonio tells Emily, Mia, Mike, Kevin that he had come because of the Nighloks showing up. Guys, I'm on your side. Tell them J. Jayden can't believe it's really Antonio. Antonio is thrilled that Jayden remembers him. When they were little boys, Jayden and Antonio were friends and then Antonio moved away. Jayden tells him, he can't believe it's really you. Antonio replies, believe it, I'm back! And I'm ready for some action. Antonio walks towards Jayden and does some fighting moves. Jayden stops a punch. Antonio asks him, do you still think you can take me? Jayden grins. Jayden and Antonio get into a fighting stance and then begin sparring. Emily, Mia, Mike, and Kevin watch. They are both very good. As they spar, Antonio thanks him for giving him a chance. Jayden remarks if there is anything I learned, it's to trust my instincts. They go back to sparring.

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