Strike Back

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"Palkex" Vinnie screamed at the top of his lungs as the small pen he'd been concealing this whole time began to glow and expanded into a full size staff. As it did, the entire battlefield became bathed in a brilliant light as soon Palkex, the PokeSpirit of Space, materialized overhead.

"You rang?" it asked as it gently held Vinnie in the palm of its hand like a pebble.

"No time to explain!", he cried in a frantic voice. "I need you to - "

"WAIT!" Palkex interjected

"IT SERIOUSLY CAN'T!"

Despite Vinnie's protests, Palkex's attention turned squarely towards the spire that was emitting the suppression field as well as two other distant points in space. It raised its free hand - its claws now beginning to glow a royal shade of purple - and slashed the air several times. In the distance, a massive slash mark appeared through the center of the tower before it came crashing to the ground. Moments, later, an additional pair of towers - seemingly hidden behind some sort of spatial distortion - came crashing to the ground as well as if from thin air.

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A noticeable surge of electricity crackled up Zekks arm, catching everyone's attention.

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"Sorry about that! You were saying?"

"Uhhhhh, that was basically it" Vinnie sighed.

"Wait, really?"

Vinnie simply nodded in reply

"God, I'm good!" he boasted before shouting into Vinnie's intercom. "YOU HEAR THAT STINKY! I did a good job!"

"Well there's a first time for everything" Bewear sighed in reply.

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"You're so mean..." Palkex pouted from the other end of the comms.

"Speaking of 'time'", Dawn grinned as she cracked her knuckles, "we're up!"

"Payback!" Mandibuzz added

"And then some" Houndoom added

"Thanks for everything you four" Greninja offered as he smiled towards Macho, Xammoth, Skaraxia and Araxorn, "but we'll take it from here!"

"Like hell you will" Xammoth replied.

"Yeah, we're not dead yet!" Araxorn added, to which Skaraxia nodded.

"Been there, done that!"

"Besides", Macho added as he cracked his neck, "Macho just got his second wind!"

"I'll leave matters down here to all of you" Zekks added as he glared towards the cliffside, "I've got unfinished business."

And with no other words spoken except for a loud crack of thunder, Zekks was off.

"Glory hog" Dawn huffed

"Then I guess we better wrap things up here fast" Infernape smiled.

He and the other Rangers shared a look, nodded and raised their wrists, ready to morph.

"Let's do it, everyone!"

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"Sire, the Rangers -"

Before the man could even finish his sentence, an assortment of spines flew past him and into the wall behind him. Not a single one hit him, but the message was received all the same.

Giravan's shadow sat coiled around Giravan, its eyes staring daggers at the supplicant. And yet the whole time, Giravan's gaze trailed from the red engraved bangle on his right wrist, towards a similar one on his left - this one with blue markings.

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