A Shattered Destiny

Bonds of Strength

The scene that greeted us was chaos. Drakkon's forces were everywhere, swarming like ants over the open plains just outside the base. Rangers from other teams were already locked in battle with Drakkon's foot soldiers, their weapons clashing with the enemy's in a desperate struggle. My heart clenched at the sight of so many Rangers fighting—so many already wounded or struggling to hold their ground. But we had no time to dwell on it. We jumped straight into the fray, cutting through the enemy lines with fierce determination.

I swung my Wolf Saber, cutting down two foot soldiers as I moved through the battlefield, scanning for any sign of Drakkon. He had to be here. My pulse quickened with anger, my mind still haunted by the torture I endured at his hands. But there was no sign of him. Suddenly, a deafening roar cut through the din of battle. My blood ran cold as I turned in the direction of the sound, only to see a massive figure barreling toward us. It was like nothing I had ever seen before—a grotesque, mutated Putty, standing at least three times the normal size of a regular Putty.

"Watch out!" Jason shouted, and we barely managed to jump out of the way as the mutant charged past us, its massive feet leaving deep imprints in the ground. I stared in horror as I took in the monstrosity before me. Fused to the right side of its shoulder was the head of Aurico, the Red Alien Ranger. His helmet was shattered, exposing half of his face, which was frozen in a grotesque expression of terror. On the left side of the Putty's shoulder was Delphine's head, the White Alien Ranger, her face contorted in a similar expression of agony.

My breath hitched as I realized it wasn't just their heads—both Aurico's and Delphine's limbs were also grafted onto the creature's body. Aurico's arms and legs jutted out grotesquely from the left side of the mutant Putty, while Delphine's limbs mirrored the same horrific mutilation on its right. Pieces of their red and white armor were fused throughout its body, like jagged shards sticking out from the Putty's flesh. "Kali, focus!" Jason's voice snapped me out of my daze, and I blinked, just in time to see him and Billy charging the mutant with their weapons drawn.

They struck fast, landing solid blows to the mutant's body, but the creature barely flinched. It swung one of its massive arms at them, knocking Jason back with a powerful hit. I shook myself, gripping my Wolf Saber tightly. I couldn't let this thing win. Gritting my teeth, I charged forward, joining Jason and Billy in the attack. My Saber clashed with the Putty's thick skin, cutting deep, and together, the three of us managed to weaken it, pushing it back bit by bit.

With a final, powerful strike, we brought the mutant Putty down, its body disintegrating into a heap of lifeless rubble. I stood there for a moment, panting, trying to catch my breath, but before I could even process the horror of what we'd just seen, something else caught my eye. A dark figure stood at the edge of the battlefield, watching us.

Venjix.

My blood ran cold as I took in his new form. His robot body was sleek and menacing, forged from dark metal that seemed to absorb the light around him. Red, pulsing lights ran along his limbs and torso, accentuating the deadly weapons built into his frame. His eyes glowed with a sinister red light, piercing through the chaos of the battlefield as he stared directly at me. Billy and Jason stepped in front of me immediately, their stances protective. "Venjix..." Jason muttered under his breath, gripping his Power Sword tightly.

Venjix smirked, a cold, calculating expression that sent a shiver down my spine. His new body exuded power, a dark aura radiating off him as if he was a walking embodiment of destruction. "We'll meet again, Black Wolf Ranger," he said, his voice a metallic growl. "And next time, I'll finish what I started."

Without another word, he turned and walked away, disappearing into the chaos of battle as if he had all the time in the world. I wanted to chase after him, to stop him, but Jason's hand on my arm held me back. "Kali, we'll get him. Just not now," Jason said, his voice firm but gentle, trying to calm the fury boiling inside me. I clenched my fists, my heart racing with anger and frustration. But he was right. There would be another time to face Venjix.