"WHITE TIGER-THUNDERZORD POWER!" "SABER-TOOTHED TIGER-GRIFFIN THUNDERZORD POWER!" And lastly Kimberly and Billy bestowed their powers on Sonic. "PTERODACTYL-FIREBIRD THUNDERZORD POWER!" "TRICERATOPS-UNICORN THUNDERZORD POWER!" "MORPH TO THE POWER OF THREE!" All the Power Coins glowed, White, Black, Pink, Blue, Yellow, and Red, then suddenly went duller than they had been before. "Good luck you guys!" said Kimberly as they vanished beneath the waves. Stealthily, they entered the fortress. "Tails, you stay here and guard the SEA-FOX. It’s our only way out of here. We may need to make a quick getaway and you’re the only one who can drive it," said Sonic. "Okay Sonic," said Tails. Making their way as quietly as, well, cats, the three searched for the device. It was in the very heart of the fortress. Razor attached {Allright guys, you like explosions?} a very powerful bomb to it. "It took us about five minutes to get down here, so I’ll set the detonator for, fifteen minutes." 15:00, 14:59,... "Hey Razor, don’t set the detonator just yet," said Sonic. "Huh? Why?" "Because we might be here a while," said T-bone. "Well it’s too late anyhow it’s set, and uh oh." The three were surrounded by tall black robots shrieking "INTRUDER ALERT!" "C’mon, We have get past them to Tails!" said T-bone. Well that was no problem. Sonic grabbed his last Power Ring from his backpack and tore through the middle of the Swatbots, leaving an opening for Razor and T-bone to follow. They reached Tails and the Swatkats entered while Sonic held off the Swatbots. Everything would’ve gone smoothly, except for one thing. Tails kept beckoning and waving to Sonic to come, but he saw something, or rather someone that caused him to pause. "Desert Flower." Sonic hadn’t seen or thought about her in a while. He wasn’t sure how to react, all he knew was that he missed her and wished there was something he could do for her. That was all the hesitation the Swatbots needed, one of them pounced on Sonic, taking him completely by surprise. The power of his ring had worn off by now and he didn’t have any others. He was in a very strong struggle. T-bone suddenly jumped up and shut the hatch. "What are you doing?!" cried Tails. "No time! We can’t wait for Sonic. We’ve got to get our tails outta here!" "And that goes double for you," he thought. "Sonic can take care of himself, let’s move!" said Razor. Caught in a tense moment where it was difficult for Tails to think, he consented and took them up. Sonic looked up just in time to see them leave. "Aw krud!" and at that moment the Swatbot managed to slip in a good punch. Meanwhile, the other Swatbots had gotten popcorn and had settled down to watch. "Hey you guys, Where’s Sonic?" asked Kimberly as they emerged from the water. She could see on their faces the answer. "Sonic!" Kimberly dove into the water. "Three minutes till detonation," said Razor’s bomb. Meanwhile, Sonic had at last broken free of the Swatbot while all the others booed. "Aw man, now what do I do? This place is gonna blow sky high if I don’t get outta here soon." He noticed the door in which his friends had left. He opened it and jumped outside. Suddenly, Sonic remembered something, "Hey I just remembered something! {See?} I can’t swim!" He tried his best to reach the surface but it was impossible. Kimberly at last found Sonic and swiftly made her way toward him. Kimberly grabbed Sonic’s arm and starting swimming back to the surface; she made it. Just as the two crawled on land, both gasping for breath, a sound like thunder, and a hugemungus splash of water spluushed forth from the center of the lake. Jason pounded on his chest. "Sonic, don’t you do this. You promised!" said Kimberly. Just then Sonic sat up, leaned to the side, and coughed out water. "Hey Sonic, Careful you don’t hack up a hairball," said T-bone. "Or hoewrk your liver," added Razor. Still trying to catch his breath, "What happened?" gasped Sonic. "You were out like a blown engine." "Desert Flower! I saw her! She was in there! Could she be-" "No Sonic, I don’t think so, Look!" said Kimberly as she pointed to the sky. One of those Swatbot hovercraft thingys was terminally booking. Desert Flower was aboard. "Well we should have our powers back by now," said Tommy, hoping to change the subject. "No, Robotnik got out with it," said Sonic. "Hey do you guys hear something?" asked T-bone, his ears pricked up and twitching. "Like what?" asked Jason. "Like, marching." Out of nowhere, a bunch of {don’t you just love ‘em and can’t get enough of ‘em!} Swatbots surrounded them. The Swatkats took aim with their Glove-o-trixes, but a long clawlike thing reached out, grabbed the weapons, threw them to the ground then grabbed and tied them up. "You are under arrest by order of Robotnik." "Yeah, Yeah, you don’t have to rub it in," said T-bone. Seeing that the Rangers and Sonic were winning over the other Swatbots, they took their captives and fled in a transport. Soon, the cool dudes had disposed with the rest of the Swatbots. Then they began to realize their friends were missing. "Hey guys! I just realized our friends are missing!" said Sonic. "Where’s T-bone and Razor?" asked Kimberly. Then they all saw the fallen weapons. "Aw man, the Swatbots must’a got ‘em," said Zack. "Oh well, I guess this means the fun isn’t over yet," said Sonic, picking up the weapons. "Hey Kim!" tossing her one, "It might come in handy." "Morphinomenal," she exclaimed deep in her thoughts as she gazed at the weapon. She put it on. Obviously it fit a little unusually, but hey, it designed for a giant cat, whad’ya expect?! She slid it off and put it in her small bag next to her morpher. Meanwhile in a small dungeon under a nearby power station... "This is great, this is just great. We’ve fought Viper and Morbulous and the Past Master a dozen times and defeated them. We’ve faced DarkKrud without even blinking; and what gets us? A overgrown walking tin can, and a fat bald guy with a mustache that looks like two paintbrushes stuck up his nose!" T-bone kicked the wall in frustration then winced in pain. "Razor, when will you ever remind that it hurts when I do that?" "Just check out those laser bars. There’s no way we can ‘claw’ out of here," said Razor. Sonic and the Rangers noticed a bunch of signs with arrows... BIG POWER STATION AHEAD SPECIAL ON SWATBOTS, ROBOTS, AND SWATKATS. POWER RANGERS AND FAST BLUE HEDGEHOGS WITH RED SNEAKERS WELCOME P.S. THIS IS NOT A TRAP. "You know, this seems just a touch ominous," said Sonic. "Knocking out this power station might just be a plus," said Kimberly. "First we get T-bone and Razor, then we get the station and our powers," said Tommy. "BREAK!!!" They could see it from where they stood, high atop a rocky ledge. Each of them entered the power station keeping alert for signs of danger. All seemed quiet, too quiet. "Hey Sonic, Did T-bone or Razor ever tell you how to work this whatever-they-are?" said Kimberly. "Sonic? Sonic?" "You know Sonic, he doesn’t wait around for anyone," said Billy. "I suggest we spilt up, if anyone finds the dungeons call the others on the communicators," said Tommy. Tommy went with Kim, Billy went with Trini, Jason went with Zack, and Tails chased after Sonic. "I wish I knew how to figure out this Glov-o trix thing," said Kimberly as she tried a button. The mini-scanner was suddenly activated. "Hey what’s that?" said Tommy. "I don’t know. It couldn’t be a large warm-blooded thing, could it? Maybe it’s T-bone and Razor!" "Great! let’s follow it." Meanwhile...{again} "Hey T-bone; I’ll bet now would be a good time for those um Morphin Powers or whatever they’re called," said Razor. "Great, How do you activate them?" "Oh, I don’t know." "Krud." "Well what did they do? They yelled out a name and turned into it. Um, Mastodon?" Instantly, where the cat once stood now was the first ever Black Mastodon with whiskers. Razor was able to use his tusks to wrench open the door. "Wow, this is really way past cool," exclaimed Razor. "What do you think, T-bone?" "YOU’RE STANDING ON MY FOOT!" "Oh sorry." He lifted his foot. T-bone’s looked like a pancake. "Mastodon-Lion Thunderzord Power." Razor then turned into the Black Lion. "You know I think I’m getting the hang of this." T-bone did the same and unleashed the power of the White Tiger. "Nice stripes, pal." "Nice mane, buddy." "Woah, I am picking up a massive energy surge where those little blip thingys are coming from," said Kimberly. Suddenly both of them paused. "Did you feel that?" "I think T-bone just morphed." "Oh great! Who needs us? Now for our Powers. Ahem, Radar." The Mini-scanner disappeared and the radar appeared, with its signal on Robotnik’s Morphing Machine thing. "You’re really starting to get the hang of that thing, huh?" "I try." Suddenly a pink blur zoomed past a nearby window. They hurried over and looked down. A Pterodactyl zoomed in the window; The force demorphed him. "Sonic, are you okay?" Little pink pterodactyls fluttered about his head. "You know, Kim, I think I’ve got this flying thing down." Dizzy, Sonic fell on his back. Kerplunk! {Don’t ya just love these cool sound effects?} Tails sailed in and landed gently as a feather. "Amateur." Sonic morphed again, despite the others’ pleas and glided out the window, searching for the other Rangers. "Jas, we found it!" The Red and Black Ranger team had made it to the device first. It was in a large room with a tall ceiling and that same mechanical hum that they had heard before only louder. They covered their ears in hope of droning out the horrible sound, but even they could not withstand its power. "Great, there’s no way we can get close enough to that thing to destroy it, or our heads’l explode." "Even if we could get near it, how would we destroy it? Robotnik probably has the thing installed with reinforced steel, how could we bust it without our powers?" "You rang?" Turning the corner, before the two boys, were the White Tiger and the Black Lion. "Hey guys. I think we've mastered the "Morphing into sequence thing" but ah, how do we get back to normal?" said Razor. They showed them how to demorph. Razor and T-bone entered the large room-hallway. They passed a Swatbot guard, currently off-line and recharging. "Tight Security," remarked one of them. They brought down the anti-glare visor thingys and were then able to see all the security lasers. {Wow, I love laser shows!} They hopped over or crawled under each one. "Wow, some workout, buddy," said T-bone afterward. "Oh man." They just saw a large dead-end of many doors. Razor however found one marked as follows... TOP SECRET AUTHORIZED ROBOTIC PERSONNEL ONLY KEEP OUT! REALLY COOL WEAPONS AND OTHER STUFF THAT GOES BOOM! "Looks like the place," said Razor. He tried the door. It was locked. "Locked." He kicked the door in. "Unlocked." {As you well know, I enjoy writing every word I write as colorful as possible...} Well, they found the thing, and they destroyed the thing until nothing was left but krud. {In this particular case, I was stuck.} At the destruction of the device restraining their powers, the Power Rangers' Morphers and Coins shone again signaling their return. {For the Power Rangers had keyed the Power to return as soon as the device was destroyed. Oh dear! I just thought of something. Sonic!} Back to Sonic... "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kimberly morphed into the Firebird and caught the now wingless Sonic the Hedgehog on her back. "Seems familiar, huh, Sonic?" "Please don't remind me. I've got a sore back already." Sonic readjusted himself to Firebird riding position. They rejoined Tommy and Tails on the ground. Kimberly demorphed and said, "Okay, I'd say it's time for us to have some fun," to Tommy. She set the radar to the main power source of the station and they were there shortly, where they ran into Jason, Zack, T-bone, and Razor. "The Power Rangers, The Freedom Fighters, and the Swatkats, together at last," said Tails. "Did you make that up yourself?" asked Sonic. "No, actually, it's the title of this story." "Oh." "Guys, Get back, shield your eyes, and get ready to seriously book," said Kimberly. Tommy and Kimberly morphed into their Thunder Creatures. "Ready?" "Careful you don't singe the fur." The golden pink Firebird perched herself on the head of the White Tiger. With a screech Kimberly took off, and then Tommy shot the White Tiger Thunderball at her and it met it's target. But instead of seemingly to feel pain, she seemed strengthened by the blast. She shone ever more brighter and speeded up as the Thunderball burned into her. She zoomed right through the power source, leaving a large gaping hole behind, then turned around and made an axis of pink and white laser beams all around it, then returned to the others. "Run." They zoomed through the halls and met up with Billy and Trini who were trying to shut off the security devices when the saw the energy surge in the main power room... "I highly suggest we relocate our present locations to a position much less combustible than here at mediocrity." "In other words," said Trini, "It's time to speed, Keed." "Tommy are you sure this is the way we came in? That blast started a chain reaction, if we don't get outta here soon, we're gonna be street pizza. Whoa, Where did that come from?" "Yes, I'm sure this is the way we came in. This is definitely the way we came in." They were suddenly stopped by an unfamiliar staircase and a dead end. "Okay this is definitely NOT the way we came in." They turned around and met an arsenal of Swatbots. "But this is the way we're getting out!" They bolted up the stairs and Tommy finally just decided to blow a hole in the wall with a Thunderball. At last they all escaped. "Get down and hang on to something, There's gonna be one heck of a recoil," said Kimberly. At last the blast came, and it knocked the Swatkats off the ledge. Kimberly dove after the nearest one, T-bone. "How much do you weigh?" "What?!" "How much do you weigh?" "Why?" "How much do you weigh?!" He told her. Kimberly bit her lip. She grabbed the Swatkat in her claws and tried to pull him up to where the others were, but she was being dragged down! "TRINI!!!" The golden Griffin responded to the cry for help. The combined wing power was enough to get him to safety. "I'm used to only carrying no more than Sonic's weight. By the way, I think you weigh a little more than what you say," said Kimberly, "But Trini, Griffins are strong fliers. Once you've strengthened your wing power a little bit {It took me some time to get used to that flying thing,} I think you should be able to carry one of the Swatkats all by yourself!" Meanwhile... Dulcy and Tails had managed to rescue Razor. Once safe, Tails thought a moment. "Dulcy, where'd you come from? I don't remember you tagging along." "I don't really know. But I'm sure our esteemed author will provide us with an explanation somehow." "Oh wow Dulc, You were tailing us all this time?" said Sonic. "Um, I guess." Later... The Power Rangers as promised were helping the Swatkats fix the Turbocat. They used Billy's levitation power as a hydraulic lift, and while doing that he and Razor discussed plans to install an interdimensional portal generator in their jet. "I'd attach the thing-a-mud-do-hick-em to the squigee what-its to the thingamabob to the doohickey to the doodle-what-its," said Razor. "I disagree. I'd attach several functioning interdimentional crosswires into the flying apparatus. The next step is to attach the circulatory cantos to it." "Whatever." "I wish I had a blow torch," said T-bone as he bent down for another tool. When he looked up, the piece was already melted. "Huh?" Kimberly was right beside him blowing on her finger. "One thing we know about our Morphing powers, they stay with you always; even when you don't have them anymore. We're all going miss you guys-Trini just loves cats. Figures since she is part-cat." At last was time to go. The Freedom Fighters would eventually build an underground hangar and landing strip before their next return. Billy fashioned two communicators, one dark brown, the other light yellow with brown stripes. On both were those little red upside down triangles they have on stuff. There was a rustling behind them. "Please take me with you!!!" cried a very weather beaten Past Master. "I've been chased by Lions, Tigers, Falcons, Frogs, Cranes, Wolves, Bears, and even Apes! My watch has stopped and I can't fix it here!" Another sound came from the foliage. It was Bulk and Skull, saying something like, 'We are here to serve you, master.' "Bulk and Skull?! What are they doing here?" "Once everyone gets back to their home dimension the spell will be broken, and they'll remember nothing." T-bone and Razor looked at each other and flashed that famous smile that says, "Duck for cover" and said, "Okay."