"Well children, I'd like to say it's been fun - ", Giravan offered as he paused to give the now powerless Rangers one final glare, "- but it really hasn't."
Giravan turned back towards the portal, fully prepared to step forward and claim what had been kept from him for so long – fully prepared to resume his crusade, his 'magnum opus' – but instead, he found a pair of piercing blue eyes staring back at him from the other side.
Without a moment to make sense of what he was seeing, a massive form leapt out from the portal and tackled Giravan to the ground.
"Hold up, that's..."
"... the DaiLiger"
Mandibuzz's and Houndoom's voices were cautious, nervous to put too much hope into something - this roller coaster of a battle had worn them all down - but it was hard not to as the Zord continued to maul Giravan relentlessly.
"But if DaiLiger's here, then that means - "
Bewears comments were cut short as a familiar voice crackled over their comms
"You know, I've never been ghosted by five people at once before."
"DUSKY!" the five all cheered.
"You know, Macho believes this 'Dusky' might be the Dusk Ranger they've previously spoke of" Macho mused.
"Brilliant deduction" Vinnie complimented, a not so subtle tinge of sarcasm to his voice; but Macho paid it no mind and thanked him anyway.
As Giravan tried to swat the beast away, the DaiLiger leapt to the side before tackling him once more - this time, using its mouth to savagely rip the already damaged antler off of Giravan's back before landing and kicking him away from the portal with its hind legs.
'So that's my doppelganger huh', the former Tyranitar Ranger thought as the DaiLiger spit out of the antler like a chew toy it'd gotten tired of and let out a triumphant, earth-shaking roar. He had been the only doppelgänger yet to meet his counterpart; and compared to the others, he could genuinely say that this one knew how to make an entrance!
"Boy are we glad to see you" the Greninja Ranger gleamed as he scrambled forward, more or less trampling over Bewear in the process. Prompting an elbow to the chest as his first response.
"GET OFF!" she scolded
As the two began to bicker, the Dusk Ranger couldn't help but pause and chuckle to himself.
"I'll take that as a sign that you're all okay - and not under the effects of Enthrallment"
The two stopped bickering long enough to offer a stunned look in reply.
"You know about his Enthrallment Mag-"
"Dusky!" Infernape interrupted, "Whatever happens, you can't -"
"Let Giravan flee to our world and reclaim the remains of Darklopsis. Yeah, I know" he concluded, again to all their surprise. "Kayla already filled me in on everything."
"Kayla?" they mused
"WHO THE HELL'S KAYLA?!?!?!" Greninja mused louder
"I'd hate to be that person and interrupt this touching reunion", Giravan interjected as he rose to his feet, once more summoning another giant energy ball of death, "but I'm on a tight schedule - and you're in my way!"
With a flick of the wrist, Giravan hurled the massive weapon towards the DaiLiger; and just like before, a torrent of blackened flames began to engulf everything within its radius, until -
"SUNEATER!"
As if sucked up into a vacuum, all of the flames were quickly pulled towards the DaiLiger, leaving not a single trace of the attack - as though it had never happened in the first place.
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PokéRangers: New World
FantasíaImagine a world much like our own; but where Pokémon exist only in ancient mythology. It is here that 6 youths were chosen to wield their powers and become PokéRangers. After a ferocious battle, our heroes have found themselves in a time of unexpect...
