Third Person's POV
The other rangers were gathered at the clock tower in shock and disbelief over the events of the past few hours.
"There's got to be something that we can do?" Trip asked holding a part of his ribs
"We have to save Natalie" Wes said worried to death about his sister "Whatever it takes"
Jen went over and put a hand on the red ranger's shoulder as they sat at the benches in the tower, while Lucas and Jen stood.
"We will, Wes" Jen said confidently "We will bring her home"
"But, how?" Katie blurted out as they held their helmets in their hands "She is now under Samurhive's control"
"I don't know, but we'll find a way" Wes said confidently as Lucas was quiet
"Rangers!" Circuit said letting himself be known as himself and Riley stepped/flew into view
"There is a way" the younger Walker sibling explained as all the remaining rangers turned their attention to her and Circuit
"What is it?" Lucas immediately spoke up
"The system says that his weakness relates to the jewel on his belt and the sword he wields" Riley explains as she brings up Samurhive's file on the holographic screen
The mutant's picture appears to them spinning, showing off the features.
"It seems like the only way to break the spell that Natalie is under is for someone to connect with the jewel at the same time someone connects with Natalie" Riley continues as the other rangers looked uncertain
"But, what about his sword" the green ranger asked
Circuit flapped his wings as he flew over to the middle of the table the rangers were seated at.
"One of you has to use Samurhive's sword on Natalie!" Circuit said sadly (A/N: If you have seen the Power Rangers Samurai's episode when Kevin is put under a spell you will get what this is about)
"But the question is..." Katie trailed off, making the others, including Riley and Circuit, look at her
"Who is going up against Natalie?" Riley finished after her sister playing with the bracelets on her wrist
"Riley's right" Trip said looking from one face to the next "Natalie is an amazing fighter, which two is going up against her?"
"I will!" Wes said without hesitation
"Jen, what about you?" Trip suggested, and the rangers pondered about it, but Jen had another idea
"Lucas, what about you?" Jen suggested and the others looked shocked
"Why me?" He asked "why not you? Or Katie for that matter?"
"You've gone up against him before" Jen said "We need someone with the experience, so we can get a better angle on this"
The blue ranger was still very hesitant going up against a very familiar foe.
"Just give me a second" Lucas said rubbing the back of his neck before walking over to the window where Natalie usually sat and looked out over the city.
Various emotions ran rampant through his body and mind, and he simply didn't know what to do for the first time in what seemed like a million years.
Trip went to walk over to his friend, but Wes put a hand on his shoulder, stopping him from walking any farther.
"Let me talk to him" Wes said after the green ranger gave him a hesitant look
Wes gave Trip another pat on the shoulder and then made his way over to Lucas.
"What's wrong?" Wes asked the blue ranger
"I'm fine, just give me a minute" Lucas said as a million thoughts ran rampant in his mind
"You know you can always tell us, right?" Wes said and then thought for a second "What did Jen mean when she said you've gone up against him before?"
"It's nothing" Lucas said as he seemed to close up "It's just like history repeating it's self"
Lucas then brushed past Wes towards the others once again
"Lucas" Trip said noticing how troubled he looked, but Lucas payed him no mind
"This is going to be difficult, so we may only have one shot at this" Lucas said and the others nodded before Lucas went on explaining his plan to the other rangers.
"Anything to help Natalie" Wes said, wanting his twin to be ok
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Meanwhile, in the Plaza of Silver hills...
It has been a few hours since confronting the rangers when Samurhive began plotting his next move.
"Those rangers won't know what hit them" Samurhive evilly laughed as he watched the citizens of Silver Hills casually walk through the plaza not knowing what was about to happen
"Purple!" Samurhive summoned the purple ranger, who was currently under his control
Natalie, who was still morphed, stood to attention by his side.
"You'll be my element of surprise and that blue ranger won't know what him" The mutant said darkly and then threw a handful of nuts and bolts into the plaza
"Cyclobots!" Samurhive summoned the robots from the nuts and bolts he had thrown on the ground
The cyclobots then charged forward towards the civilians who ran in fear.
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"Rangers!" Circuit said as he and Riley got alerts about mutant DNA in the area
"There is mutant DNA coming from the Plaza" Riley said seriously as the remaining rangers gathered around the young girl and their owl friend
"Let's go!" Wes said as he left the clock tower, followed by the other rangers
"Be safe!" Riley whispered before looking at her communicator
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"The rangers can't protect you forever!" Samurhive evilly said as the people screamed and ran in fear for their lives
"That's what you think!" Wes shouted as the rangers appeared in the plaza
"Cyclobots!" Samurhive ordered the cyclobots that were wreaking havoc in the plaza
The remaining rangers ran first toward the incoming swarm of cyclobots. The rangers fought hard against the horde of cyclobots.
Wes dodged a cyclobot and landed a roundhouse kick on another. He punched two more before throwing a cyclobot across the plaza.
Katie and Trip fight as a unit as they jump-kick two cyclobots while sweeping three more off their feet. Katie grab the arm of one cyclobot and threw it into another. Nearby, Jen ducked as she dodged an attack from the cyclobots and roundhouse'd kicked another who charged her.
Lucas was dodging attacks left and right, but he had one thing on his mind.
'Where was Natalie?'
As if she heard her name being spoken, Natalie appeared beside Samurhive.
"Purple, Attack!" Samurhive ordered
"Yes, Master!" Natalie said, still under Samurhive's control as she charged toward the rangers
She charges at Wes, but he dodges her attack, not wanting to hurt her. With his own blade, Wes defends herself against her chrono saber.
"Natalie, you have to wake up!" Wes says as he blocks another attack
"Your purple ranger is no longer one of you!" Samurhive says as he laughs evilly "She is my puppet!"
"No! She'll always be one of us!" Lucas said as he goes to charge at Samurhive "You'll pay for making her your puppet!"
"Chrono saber!" Lucas says as he summons his weapon and lands a hit on Samurhive making him stumble
Lucas lands hit after hit on Samurhive who, then blocks one of Lucas's attacks and knocks him off his feet.
"Lucas, you alright?" Trip asked him as he ran over and help him up
"I'll be fine!" Lucas brushed him off as the two fought Samurhive together
Trip managed to make Samurhive stumble once more and drop his sword in the process.
"No!" Samurhive roared as he went to go for his sword, but Trip blocked him
"Lucas, go!" Trip said to the blue ranger "I'll cover you!"
Lucas nodded and ran and grabbed Samurhive's sword
"We'll take care of Samurhive!" Jen said as the others made their way toward Trip and the mutant
"Just remember the plan!" Wes said and then Lucas ran off dodging cyclobots in order to confront Natalie
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As the others held off Samurhive and the cyclobots, Lucas went to confront Natalie to try and get her to wake up and come home.
He landed a kick on some cyclobots and knocked them away with the sword in his grasp.
"Natalie, you have to wake up" Lucas shouted to the mind-controlled purple ranger as he blocked an incoming attack from her
"There's no use in trying to wake her, blue ranger!" Samurhive laughed evilly "She is completely under my control"
Lucas and Natalie were evenly matched. It seemed like neither could conquer the other.
Natalie jumped off of one of the pillars and landed a strike on Lucas, which took him off guard and made him let out a groan of pain as he hit the ground.
Lucas managed to get back up again and this time blocked Natalie's attack.
Not too far away, the others were taking care of Samurhive.
"What are we gonna due?" Katie said as they blocked an attack from the mutant "It seems no matter how we attack we can't knock him down!"
Jen and Wes shook their heads at the girl in yellow.
"We don't need to knock him down" Wes said beginning to explain
"We just need to land one good attack on him when there's an opening!" Jen said as the remaining four looked between each other and nodded quickly "Katie, you and Trip take him from the left, I'll go from the right and Wes..."
"I'll work on landing the final blow!" Wes said getting into position as the pink, green, and yellow rangers took their places
Lucas must have sensed what the others have planned because he took one good look at the purple ranger in front of him, which gave him strange feelings of both heartbreak and mourning.
"I'm sorry, Talia!" Lucas said without thinking and grabbed Natalie's arm as she went for another blow but was stopped in her tracks and thrown back
"Do it now!" Lucas shouted towards the others and it all seemed to go in slow motion
Natalie charged toward Lucas just as the others charged toward Samurhive working in sync.
"No!" Samurhive roared as the red ranger landed the final strike
Natalie reeled back as she began to groan as she felt her mind shift back to normal and she demorphed on the ground.
"Natalie!" Trip and Katie shouted as the other rangers began to crowd around the fallen ranger
The purple ranger slowly blinked her eyes as they opened to reveal Lucas and the other rangers standing over her looking at her worriedly.
"What happened? What's going on?" Natalie said as Wes helped her up keeping her steady in case she fell
"After you pushed me out of the way, you fell under his control!" Katie retold her "I'm sorry!"
"There's no need to be sorry, Katie!" Natalie shook her head before stating seriously, "Now, I think it's time we fight someone that's not our own team!"
"Couldn't agree more!" Jen said as Natalie went to morph again
"Time For Time Force!" Natalie shouted as she morphed once more into her familiar purple gear
Samurhive rises once more and takes the mutant patch from his chest off.
"Now we'll see how you can handle the boss level?!" Samurhive roared as he grew ten times his normal size
"Riley! Circuit! We need the megazord!" Natalie called into her morpher to her friends
"On their way! Natalie, it's good to have you back!" Riley said happily over the comms
"It's good to be back!" Natalie said as she and the rest of the rangers jumped up one by one as the zords combined into the megazord
"Megazord Mode Red!" Wes said as the megazord combined
"You can't stop me now rangers!" Samurhive sinisterly said "Ransik will rule the future!"
"We'll just see about that!" Lucas said
Samurhive begins to charge with his sword drawn. The rangers stand their ground as they also charge at the mutant.
The rangers summon the megazord saber and land a hit on Samurhive's chest. The battle continues and the rangers land hit after hit on Samurhive. Samurhive also managed to get some lucky hits on the rangers and their megazord.
Samurhive jumped through the air taking the rangers off guard and sweeping them off their feet.
Jen groaned as the megazord was tossed around like a rag doll "The megazord can't take much more!"
" I know what to do!" Natalie said taking the lead once more "Let's show him you can't mess with the time force rangers!"
"Allright!" Trip said seriously
"Let's get it done!" Lucas said as he grabbed the sword that was in front of him.
Like before, it seemed like everything went in slow motion.
Samurhive charged forward with his sword drawn to try and destroy the power rangers.
"Time Strike!" Natalie said as she took her blade out of the consol in front of her
Time instantly stood still freezing the mutant in his place as a clock appeared around him. The clock ticked down and with each noise, the clock shined as bright as the sun.
"This will teach you to mess with me!" Natalie said as she slashed her arm across her and the megazord and the others copied her movements.
"You fools!" Samurhive yells as he falls and their is a giant explosion "Ransik will rule the future!"
"Yeah, I doubt that!" Katie says as she waves sarcastically
After that, the rangers leave the megazord and watch for a split second as the zords go back through the portal and return to the year 3000.
Natalie turns back around and demorphs. She walks over with a canister to house the now shrunken Samurhive.
"Time for you to be put back where you belong!" Natalie said picking up the mutant and putting him in a cryogenic case to put him with the other captured mutants
"It's great to have you back!" Katie squealed as she rushed to Natalie who groaned as Katie picked her up and hugged her tightly
"It's great to be back, Katie, but, uhh... I can't breathe!" Natalie spit out quickly, and Katie let go quickly and apologized
Natalie waved the girl off, telling her not to worry.
"Come on, let's go home!" Jen said with a smile as Wes through an arm over his sister's shoulder, glad to have her back safe and sound
The rangers walked back to the clock tower, happy to have one of their own back safe and sound.
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Hello Everyone! I know it's been a while since I updated this story, but I promise to have more chapters out as soon as I can.
School is going well so far, and graduation is scheduled for May, Which I'm excited about!! I'm not sure if I want to transfer to complete my bachelor's degree or if I want to take a few months off, but I'm sure it will come to me at some point!
I want to thank you guys so much for your continuing support, and I promise Chapter 10 will be up very soon!