On Fire (Power Rangers Samurai)

72 - Rubbish / Ceremony

Velos kicked his pointy feet up on a crate in Master Xandred's personal quarters, humming taunting tunes.

"Oo ah oo... You look awfully comfortable.." Octoroo rolled his eyes at Velos. He still didn't dare enter Master Xandred's quarters, so he stood at the entrance and watched Velos relax.

"Watch your tone, you compressed Squidward. Don't sour my exquisitely delightful mood." Velos spread out even more, enjoying Xandred's absence.

"Oo I will admit, what you did was clever." Octoroo waved his staff a bit as he exited Xandred's quarter's, leaving it to Velos's disposal. "Maybe it was a mistake on Serrator's behalf to ally with you."

"Did you like Serrator better?" Velos finally looked Octoroo in the eyes.

"..."

"You can be honest, I won't hurt you." Velos cooed at the smaller nighlok.

Octoroo gathered up his courage to say, "Serrator reminds me of Master Xandred centuries ago; powerful and cunning."

Octoroo had been grieving the lost of Master Xandred's stability ever since Jayden's father sealed him away.

Whatever was in that sealing symbol managed to knock the sense out of Xandred, making him the raging and mindless leader he was today.

Serrator wanted to be the new master of all nighlok. He wanted to be a prideful leader, even if that meant he had to go the extra mile of conquering the human world.

Velos too, wanted to be the master of all nighlok as well, but only for his eternal pleasure. Being a ruler would be his game. Conquering the human world and toying with the rangers was another mere game.

"If only Serrator never teamed up with you." Octoroo clenched his teeth. "Serrator would probably still be here."

"If there's one thing I'm good at, it's talking a lot." Velos smiled, remembering how he convinced Serrator to ally with him.

"But without me, he never would have found a way to get Xandred out of the picture. Only I knew the black ranger existed and that she would be the only thing butting Xandred out of this rickety ship."

"And," Velos continued, "I couldn't do much while I was banished and Xandred wanted me dead. I needed Serrator's access to send my nighlok to root her out. Who knew she would be with the gold ranger? "

"That's Master Xandred to you. Master. Xandred! Oo ah oo!" Octoroo was getting riled up. He was sick of Velos's games. "You will lead this world to it's destruction!"

"Hmmm, maybe that's what I'll do. Lead this world to destruction, and sit on top of the rubbish." Velos sighed contently, closing his eyes in reminiscence. "There's no rush for anything."

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"You look really cute." Emily smiled after she completed Terry's makeup.

He looked like a woman in the wedding dress, makeup, and wig. Though it wasn't so hard to make him look feminine with his soft features.

His build was very slim as well. And strangely enough, he looked similar to Mia.

"You're only a kid." Emily spaced out as she came to terms with reality. They were sending a teen to get kidnapped by nighlok.

"But you're all close to my age. How old are you?" Terry asked.

"19... the other rangers are years older." Emily replied, opening a case with fancy earrings. "I'm going to take off your earrings and put these on."