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It Could Always Be Worse - Nanoha/Power Rangers Dino Thunder
This fanfic also comes with two fic recs, something I've been meaning to pimp out as the source hilarity for the crack.
But You Have Heard of Me a Kingdom Hearts fic where Jack Sparrow is the keyblade master.
And...
Takamachi Nanoha of 2814" a fantastic Nanoha crackfic set in the DCAU.
It Could Always Be Worse
Written by Shaun Garin
Mahou Shounen Teacher… Tommy?
Tommy had a fairly lackluster day. Get up, get ready for work, eat a bagel while hopping to his jeep, teach his class, excuse himself at break to fight one of Anton’s mutant dinosaur monsters, drag himself home, listen to weird little voice in his head pleading for help…
…wait. Rewind to the last part.
Dr. Tommy Oliver followed the call of the voice that evening, panning a flash light in the dark murk of the forest behind his house. He didn’t trust himself to not fall into a sinkhole.
Keen Ranger instincts kicked in as he dove to the side as a giant oversized dust bunny attacked him.
… wow, that brought back memories.
“Dino Thunder, Power Up!”
Tommy woke the next morning hoping it was all a dream. The giant dust bunny, the hurt ferret, the jewel that turned into a reasonable facsimile of his Brachio Staff if it somehow had a love child with Saba and Billy’s lance.... he opened his eyes and saw the ferret sitting up and looking at him.
FUCK. Maybe if he feigned sleep…
And why did he feel like he needed a pink jacket now?
“Not. A. Word.” Said Tommy as he marched into the classroom, dressed in black and pink. A pink jacket obstinately borrowed from some kind of free-will thrift store was slung over his shoulders as Yuuno rode on his shoulder and Raising Heart around his neck.
Ethan tried not to laugh. He really didn’t. Conner didn’t even try. Kira looked halfway between mortified and dying of laughter. And Trent had big eyes as his gaze was drawn towards the ferret, mouthing “ferret?” at the doctor.
“Dr. Oliver, any sudden comment on your wardrobe change?” Ah Cassidy, blunt as ever.
Tommy counted to ten, tried not to assign her detention and grit out, “Laundry accident. Turn to page 345.”
“So these Jewel Plants…”
“Jewel SEEDS,” corrected Yuuno. Really did the leader of this team have less braincells than an actual ferret?
“Right, seeds. So anyway, these seed things. They grow out of control or just make with the explosions?”
“They’re a powerful artifact from the early days of Belkan society. Magical in nature and highly destructive if left alone,” said Yuuno.
“Well that doesn’t explain why Dr. O’s got a hankering for pink now.” Said Kira.
“Too much pink energy in him,” said Hayley, causing the group to look over to Tommy who was busy trying to drown his sorrows in a sandwich too big for himself. “And causing serious nourishment issues too.”
“I can’t help it. I haven’t felt this hungry since the Green Ranger days,” said Tommy, gulping down half his soda in a single go.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him EAT like that in ever,” said Ethan.
“Excessive magical depletion can cause hunger and fatigue,” pointed out Yuuno.
“And when Tommy was leaking magical power from the Grid like a sieve, he was hungry. All the time.”
“Is this fresh?” said Tommy as he drank some whipped cream.
“Dr. O, this is your job. That Jewel Seed just meshed with Mesogog’s freaky monster of the week,” said Ethan looking into the sky as a giant monster was stomping around shooting up the city.
“Right. Raising Heart!”
[Standby Ready.]
“Set up!”
Pink light flared and Black Brachio gained several more fancy attachments like he had gone Super Dino Mode. Flared gloves, gauntlets, the giant staff in his hand merging with his Brachio Staff as he jacked it in. “BRACHIOZORD!”
The black carrierzord stomped into view impressively. Or rather it would have been impressive if it wasn’t painted pink at the moment with a big shining jewel in the center of it.
Tommy resisted the urge to facepalm when he saw the repainted zords. He then allowed himself a fiendish grin under his helmet.
Fate Testarossa didn’t really know what to think of her opponent. She may have had the superior firepower of a well trained mage and speed, lots of it. But so did her opponent. This Ranger tuned Mid-Childa mage had a device, was pumping out a lot of magic – PINK! Her brain screamed at her in a giggly sort of manner – and ow that really hurt! Clearly he wasn’t adverse to hitting little girls.
“Sorry!” exclaimed Tommy, long enough for Fate to clip him with her energy scythe.
“Dr. O stop wimping out on us, she’s a little girl! You can hit harder than that!” called out Conner, totally ignoring that he too got his ass kicked by Testarossa.
“You try not hitting a vital!” yelled the pink-and-black clad Ranger-Mage.
“Thunder Smasher,” said Fate eloquently.
“FFFFF!” replied Tommy as he was Thunder Smashered.
“Dr O? Can we offer some critique?” said Conner as Hayley bandaged up the cut on Tommy’s forehead.
“If it’s anything to do about my choice of attack methods…” growled out Tommy.
“No, I just wanted to ask: is it too much to let Kira handle her? I mean she’s a girl! And little girls are just big ones not grown up.”
Kira slugged Conner. Hard.
“BRACHIO STAFF FULL POWER!”
Fate really hated that yell as she dodged the attack.
“DIVINE BUSTER FULL POWER!”
She really had to hand it to Dr. Oliver: he knew how to dual wield. Now if only she could dodge a little faster oh wait falling to the ground ow…
“Fate!” yelled Arf from the sidelines, having been waylaid by the other Rangers.
Tommy caught Fate on the way down. And just slightly, Fate’s cheeks pinked as she was held close to the spandex.
He was very muscled…
“You know Elsa, I thought you’d have been above kidnapping helpless girls out of my house,” growled Tommy as he stormed into Mesogog’s lair with Raising Brachio Heart-Staff as Ethan coined it already humming with an Energy Orb or a Divine Buster or at least ONE of the two.
Never both. Tommy learned never to channel Grid Magic and perform advanced calculus at the same time.
“Dr. Oliver your timing is really something,” said Elsa with a smirk. “So you’re downgraded your tastes in women?”
Tommy really tried not to flinch, he really did. But with the tabloids citing that the girl and “BlackPink Ranger” were together in the Reefside Tabloid, well, yeah.
Tommy said nothing. Except a four letter phrase.
“Brachio Staff – Starlight Breaker.”
“You know Yuuno, I gotta hand it to you. You really know your Grid Artifacts,” said Hayley as the pair poured over a list of known Grid associated items.
“Most of them are practically myth in Mid-Childa,” replied the ferret-boy. “Like the Zeo Crystal. I’d love to study it.”
“Why don’t you?” said Hayley. “Tommy has his Zeonizer in his sock drawer.”
A pause. And Yuuno scrambled upstairs.
“This is the Time/Space Administration battleship Asura,” said Chrono by way of introduction. “And this is the captain.”
“Admiral Lindy Harlaown,” said the woman to the Rangers and one ferret. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Power Ranger.”
“We don’t get off world that much,” admitted Tommy. “Save for a few teams here and there.”
Lindy nodded. “We have much to discuss.”
“Yeah, about that. You mind sending at least three of us back? Your son just hauled us out of an impending zord battle,” said Kira.
“Zord battle what now?”
Anton limped into the room, much to the concern of his son. “Dad! What happened?”
“Negotiations. Got a little strenuous.” Groaned out Anton as he sat down heavily. “Mesogog decided to go speak face to face with that Testarossa woman.”
“… I’ll get the Tylenol too.”
“Make it a double. And bring the ice packs.”
Crazy she may have been, but she was a damn good hit with that whip. Though in his defense, the parental side of Mesogog had flared to life when he walked in watching the nutcase whip her own daughter. Negotiations for his Jewel Seeds had ended quickly.
He smiled grimly. Elsa had leaped to his defense at least. Testarossa would be sporting energy burns and a shiner for weeks.
Arf really didn’t know what to think. Sure her battles with the damn rodent and the three hang-ons to the real threat of Fate earning her mothers happiness had been entertaining, far more than say watching two elementary kids go at it, but that dinosaur man was beyond scary.
Which was beyond her that she was sharing a suite in a posh upscale mansion under the watchful eye of the woman who blasted Testarossa into a wall repeatedly. “Why are you helping us?”
Elsa sneered. “Master said you’d be useful.”
Arf swallowed. In her own way, Elsa was scarier than Precia Testarossa.
“You have Fate in your house?” hissed Kira to Trent.
“Under observation. Dad found her outside the mansion all abused. He totally went into his fatherly protectiveness rages.” Said Trent in a half-lie. The others didn’t know that Mesogog and Anton were the same person after all, even with Elsa grudgingly helping hide the child from the TSAB.
“I should go and check in on her,” said Kira. “We fought the least. Maybe she’ll appreciate an older girl around.”
“Better than Hayley trying to muscle her way in.”
“You told Hayley?”
“She’s not the easiest person to keep secrets from.” Admitted Trent.
Fate discovered she liked to draw.
It was a little thing she had discovered as she had limped around the Mercer household, but she had found Trent’s studio in the house and started to draw. Crude pictures yes, but they were of happier moments, or at least happier moments she wanted.
Kira would find her later after arriving to find Fate curled up in the chair, clutching a picture. Like a children’s drawing it was of a black and pink man holding hands with a blonde child.
“Dr. O are you certain?”
“Goes against everything I believe in, but we’re going to have to take the fight to Precia before Mesogog finds out that we’ve lost all the Jewel Seeds,” said Tommy, suiting up.
“I don’t know about you, but after hearing what this woman does to her own child? Makes me sick. Save me a punch Dr. O.” spat Ethan venomously.
“That goes double for me,” said Kira. The girl had gotten attached to Fate in the few short weeks they had her in custody and the pair were as close as sisters now.
“I say we skip right to Triassic and Super Dino Mode,” said Conner and Trent nodded grimly. “Escalation be damned.”
“You think we can get the zords in this garden of hers?” asked Ethan. “Nothing says ownage like a Stego slamming through your front yard.”
“Focus people. We get in, get her into custody and then we blow the place up.” The route was familiar by now and Tommy’s brachio armor got pink highlights and add-ons. “Let’s do this people.”
“Hey we can get the zords here,” chirped Ethan happily as Precia grew into a giant monster and the Brachio Carrierzord was summoned. “Sweet.”
It would be noted that Precia sported a giant shiner under her monster appearance as the Rangers and TSAB went to town on her.
“I wish we had these sooner,” said Conner as he picked up the tiny shrunken Precia Testarossa and put her into a capsule. “Why didn’t we have these sooner?”
“It took me months to get Eric to pony up on one of these,” said Tommy as he looked over the capsule holding Alicia Testarossa.
“She’s dead,” said Chrono sadly. “There’s nothing for it.”
“Yeah there is,” said Tommy, startling everyone. “Everyone link your hands and circle the container. I’ve got a plan.”
Rainbow light cascaded across the garden that day.
“You know you Rangers are made of pure miracles,” said Lindy. “Bringing back someone from the dead, capturing a villainess hopped up on Jewel Seed powers…”
“Not to mention summoning zords from out of nowhere,” put in Yuuno helpfully.
“Now what?” asked Trent. “Mesogog’s still out there.”
“We’ll file a report, but get back to you on that,” said Lindy. “Precia has to stand trial and Fate as an accessory. However Fate’s actions will probably be ruled out as coercion rather than willingness.”
Fate clung to Tommy. “I don’t want to see you go…”
“It’s okay Fate,” said Tommy, hugging the girl close. “You can come and visit as soon as your hearing is done.”
“And your sister is here now too,” said Conner. “Having a twin is awesome. I’ve got one myself.”
“Isn’t that the one at Ninja School?” asked Ethan.
“Yeah. I gotta email him today, let him know that the twin factor went up by one.”
Chrono and Yuuno groaned in unison. “Two of you? You’re bad enough!” exclaimed Yuuno.
“Hey!”
“Home sweet Reefside,” breathed in Ethan. “I missed this place.”
“We were gone for about a day,” said Kira.
“It was a very frantic day,” countered Ethan.
“Yeah. Back home with the mutant dinosaurs,” said Conner.
“Speaking of which, Mesogog should be unleashing one any second,” said Trent.
“How do you figure?” asked Kira.
“Simple.” He pointed towards where Tommy had decided to run at the closest pack of Tyrannodrones and a mutant dinosaur who looked like it had been beaten with a length of pipe. “Dr. O saw em first.”
“Well well Dr. Oliver, I see we’re not wearing pink today,” said Hayley. “Finally drain enough of that pink energy?”
“For the time being,” said Tommy, pulling up a chair to the bar, watching his students fight over the new video game, or at least attempt to. “Zordon was right: too much pink energy can be deadly.”
“Thought he said dangerous,” replied Hayley with a grin.
“That too. What do you recommend?”
“One Thunder Smasher.” And Hayley passed the drink over to Tommy who twitched reflexively. “Oh c’mon Tommy it’s not like she’s going to show up with that as a greeting from now on.”
“No. Just hug my leg. Tell me something, do I have a thing for blondes?”
“No.” said Hayley automatically. She grinned. “You have a giant father complex though.”
“Touche.” And Tommy drank.
Oh, mango juice!
Mahou Shounen Teacher Tommy A’s?
“When you said it would take time, you never said anything about a year,” said Tommy into the holographic comm..
“Sorry Tommy,” said Lindy apologetically. “They were really putting the girls through the wringer. By the way, the official papers are going through for Alicia.”
“I’m surprised she doesn’t want to stay with her sister,” said Tommy.
“Alicia grew attached to Chrono and they’ve been cute ever since as brother and sister. Fate however has been talking non-stop on how she’s going to be your daughter.” Tommy sighed and facepalmed. “You seem disappointed.”
“No, just surprised s’all. I’m not the most fatherly material. I save that for Jase.”
“In any case, we’re coming back to the planet again. There’s been talk of the TSAB forming up there but the red tape is murder.”
“That, and this is officially known as Zordon’s Planet: Keep the Hell off the Yard.” Chuckled Tommy. “See you soon Lindy.”
“WOULD IT KILL YOU TO BREAK INTO MY HOME AFTER YOU PUT UP THE BARRIER?” yelled Tommy, fistshaking at the hammerloli.
Vita sneered. “You’re just an old man, what can you do?”
“Oh I’ll show you old.”
Zrrt. Zrrt. [Standby Ready]
Vita blinked. Wait, what was he doing? It looked like he was… flipping her off?
“ZEO RANGER FIVE RED! RAISING HEART SET UP!”
“…” Vita turned to Signum, appalled. “You never said we were going after the most longest serving Power Ranger!”
“I never said anything of the sort.” Replied Signum coolly as Zeo Five unsheathed his sword which merged with the Mid-Childan device effortlessly, his red sheathed with pink highlights and armor. THIS would be interesting.
“Tommy can I ask a question?” said Adam Park, a long serving friend of his over the phone.
“Shoot.”
“I saw the news. … why pink?”
“It’s a long story Adam.”
“And the magical girls?”
“Those are included in the package.”
“Uh huh…” Adam looked at the wine cabinet. “This is going to take a while isn’t it?”
“Better sit down for it.”
“How are you feeling Dr O?” asked Ethan, hovering over Tommy’s chest.
“In a word? Like someone stuck a hand through my chest and tried to yank out my soul. By the way, OW.” Tommy glared at Ethan. “You’re home early for the High School Reunion.”
“We saw the news,” laughed Conner from the corner of the room. “Red and pink don’t serve you justice.”
“It’d explain why his wardrobe looks like he got smashed with a bucket of paint now,” said Kira. “Why tye-dye?”
“When they tried to rip out his Linker Core, it caused a massive backlash into the Morphin Grid,” said Hayley, trying not to laugh. “As such, it caused a semi-permanent connection to all the previous colors.”
“So that’s what, Green, White, Red, Red and Black?” said Conner.
“And pink.” Randall grinned fiendishly. “You’re going to look like a hippie come release Oliver.”
“Sure, laugh at my expense.” Groaned Tommy.
“Tommy.”
“Kim! What’re you doing here?” asked Tommy, looking up at the woman standing there as he raked the leaves dressed in pink, the color of the day apparently.
“I just wanted to uh…” Kim shook her head as if trying to clear it. “Pink?”
“Pink,” replied Tommy as Fate clutched to his waist protectively. “Fate, this is Kimberly. Kim, this is Fate. Uh, my daughter.”
“You didn’t marry,” said Kim accusingly.
“Adopted,” said Fate’s soft voice. “I live with father now.”
“I see. Does this have anything to do with you being in black and pink a year ago?” asked Kim.
“Yeah. C’mon in, I’ve got cookies. Before the crazy hammerloli shows up and busts my house. AGAIN.”
“It’s never a dull moment with you around, is it Tommy?” said Kim fondly.
It was slightly humbling to let a ferret take you for everything you had, but the men had been drinking a little.
“One pair,” said TJ as he threw down his cards.
“Three of a kind,” retorted Yuuno and the Red Rangers groaned. Well, five Red Rangers and two TSAB operatives.
TJ, Jason, Rocky, Andros and Carter had all showed up at his house when Yuuno and Chrono were there and it degenerated into a poker game. The stakes: most embarrassing moments.
“Did I already use the giant pizza?” asked TJ.
“YES,” chorused the men.
“I haven’t heard it,” said Chrono who had been in the bathroom when TJ related the incident of his inglorious first steps as Red Turbo.
“It’s TJ’s most infamous moment,” said Jason fondly. “This is why you don’t send a rookie into an ongoing war.”
“So says the man who just can’t keep out of the field of valor,” ribbed Carter.
“Hey go easy Carter,” said Andros. “Last thing you want to do is kidnap a local and convince them they’re under alien attack.”
“I only did that once!” Glance. “Twice.” Glance glance stare. “Okay a few times.”
“Alright aces up. Let’s bring it home. My kids are due back soon.” Said Tommy.
“You’re really domesticated Tommy,” said Rocky with a grin. “Maybe Kim’s rubbing off on you?”
“Hey, just cause she’s single and I still am doesn’t mean we’re going out. Again.”
“De-nile, not just a river in Egypt!” chortled Jason and Tommy hit him on the shoulder.
Chrono looked confused. “What does a river have to do with it?” Somehow, Jason found that funnier.
“Hey you’re the hammerloli right?” said Jason.
Vita FUMED. “Oliver! You’re so dead when I get my hands on you!”
This was Tommy’s current nemesis? A tiny girl with a hammer, a swordswoman and that help they had lurking in the corner? Even with upgrades to Raising Heart and Bardiche, would it be enough?
It would have to be enough.
“Tommy’s occupied so why don’t you dance with me,” said Jason, flexing his muscles.
Vita had to admit, he was bigger than Zafiria. She smirked. “You’re on! Graf Eisen!”
[JAWOUL!]
“Tyrannosaurus!”
Vita wanted to scream. Why did she manage to attract the legends?!
Signum couldn’t say. But she was being triple-teamed by Carter, Andros and TJ so she couldn’t do a damn thing about it while Zafiria took on Rocky, Yuuno and Chrono.
Yeah, it was a bad night all around.
“You’re drunk,” accused Kim as Tommy showed up with Chrono and Yuuno in tow. Fate and Alicia peeked around the corner and skittered off to bed. “And you were in a fight.”
“Kinda-sorta,” said Tommy with a lazy grin.
“We won by the way,” said Chrono, all pretext of dignity stripped away after having the most glorious battle alongside a pack of Red Rangers and one ferret.
“I hope we won’t see it on the news.” The men looked at each other. Kim’s expression fell. “PLEASE?”
“Sorry,” said Yuuno. “On the upside, magic’s scrambling the broadcast so Chrono and I aren’t identifiable.”
“We need to get those barriers fixed,” muttered Chrono. “Damn Morphin Grid messing with Mid-Childan magic…”
“Belkan too, just fyi.” Pointed out Yuuno.
“I don’t care if it’s the power of El Hazard itself! We shouldn’t have done that!” Chrono moaned. “My career is over.”
“Hey don’t worry. Claim it as Ranger Collateral,” said Tommy, slapping the distraught young man on the shoulder. “We always do. Right Yuuno?”
Yuuno would have nodded, but lightweight ferrets were already sleeping it off.
“How was your day at school?” asked Tommy, getting a kiss and hug from his daughter and a polite bow from her sister before she hugged him too.
“We had fun,” said the more outspoken Alicia and Fate nodded. “We met these nice girls named Arisa, Suzuka and Nanoha.”
“Arisa-chan and Suzuka-chan are from rich families, and Nanoha-chan is a family friend,” said Fate softly, adhering to honorifics.
“Well you’ll have to tell me all about it.” Chuckled Tommy. “Rich huh? I’ll give Anton a call, see if he doesn’t know their parents. What’s their last names?”
“Arisa Bannings, Suzuka Tsukimura and Nanoha Takamachi,” said Alicia.
“Oh. I know the Bannings and Tsukimuras. They’re business partners of Anton’s. The last I don’t know.”
“Nanoha-chan moved in this month, from Japan,” said Fate. “She’s… nice.”
“And pretty too,” added Alicia and Fate fidgeted.
Tommy smiled. “We’ll have to meet them. For now, dad’s got a headache.”
“Did you drink too much?” asked Fate, worried.
“Naw… got slugged by that girl in the green dress.”
“Fate-chan!” exclaimed Nanoha, running up to the girl who was getting ready to set up her device. “What’s going on?”
“Oh dang,” groaned Fate as Nanoha watched the skies light up with offensive magic and a body crashed to the ground in front of them with a loud impact. Fate sheltered Nanoha from the impact as Tommy groaned.
“A… Power Ranger?” gasped Nanoha. “Fate-chan what’s going on here?”
“Fate… get Nanoha out of the barrier,” said Tommy, groaning as he picked himself off the ground. “Vita’s coming in fast.”
“Too late!” laughed Vita as she smashed her hammer into Tommy who went tumbling, demorphing as he did. “Hah! So much for the vaunted Zeo Ranger Five!”
The gem bounced once, twice, and rolled to Nanoha’s feet.
“So this girl, Nanoha, picked up Raising Heart, set up a barrier jacket… and blew Vita into the next county?” exclaimed Chrono. “With no training, no apparent magical power… and just by imitating Dr. Oliver.”
Clearly he didn’t have enough to drink as he began to headwall.
“Yeah. In my state, I can’t support two colors for now,” groaned Tommy from his hospital bed. “I’ll support Zeo Five but Nanoha’ll have to use Raising Heart for now.”
“I’m surprised the device let her use it,” said Yuuno.
“It probably sensed the good heart deep within,” said Hayley, earning a look from the pair. “Ranger powers are the same way. You don’t choose them, they choose you. Either way, Raising Heart is pumped so full of pink energy from the Grid, anyone could use it provided they wanted a severe wardrobe change.”
“Either way, it adds another fighter to the list. Nanoha is progressing rapidly in her studies too,” said Tommy, groaning as he sat up. “Damn I’m getting old.”
“Fate-chan!”
“Nanoha-chan what is it?”
Nanoha’s eyes grew big and wide with fear. “I can’t stop wearing pink!”
“… oh.” And Fate sat her friend down and started to explain the process of Morphin Grid energy to the girl.
“I’ve almost gotten accustomed to you wearing pink with the red spandex,” pointed out Kimberly as she watched the yellow clad Fate and pink clad Nanoha play. It was like watching a miniature Trini and her play.
“Hayley says if I take back Raising Heart now, it’ll cause problems later,” said Tommy. “Something to do about the tie-dye ranger.”
“Sounds about right,” said Kim with a chuckle. “What does Yuuno and Chrono say?”
“Something not fit for print and getting elementary school kids involved in a battle.” He rolled his eyes. “Heroes get younger and younger every day.”
“Drew. Jo. Roland.” Put in Kim.
“… they’re still younger.” Defended Tommy.
“That’s the plan. THAT. IS. THE. PLAN?!”
“Simple, effective, and they want it full, correct?” said Hayley as Chrono looked like he was about to explode into a messy pile of body parts. “And it will save a life in the process.”
“DENIED! This is a bad idea!” howled Chrono. “How in the world are we supposed to fill it with GRID ENERGY?”
“Oh that’s a doozy.” Hayley grinned as Jason held up a sword.
Yuuno nearly drooled. “Is… that…?” his voice was nearly reverent.
“The Sword of Power.” Affirmed Jason. “I went and dug it out of the ruins of the Command Center.”
“… can I touch it?”
“I figured there was someone pulling the strings,” said Tommy as he and Chrono stared down Admiral Gil Graham and the Liese Twins. “Everything seemed TOO convenient.”
“An awfully pragmatic stance from one of Zordon’s chosen,” said Gil with a sneer. “But you’re too late. Yagami and the book will be sealed away.”
“Not when I’ve got backup.” Said Tommy and Chrono blinked.
“What backup? You said nothing about backup!”
“You never asked,” said Tommy with an infuriating smirk.
“No one’s gotten in or out of this barrier,” boasted the admiral. “You’re wasting your time.”
“Are we? We’ll see about that. READY!”
And a chorus of morphing calls echoed across the landscape as Rangers of all colors came out of the woodwork, a massive explosion of energy erupting across the landscape in all colors.
Chrono couldn’t help but feel impressed. Score one for you Dr. Oliver.
“In short, we’ve managed to A) readjust the program thanks to some timely hacking by Hayley, B) apprehended the Admiral and his cohorts, C) let the TSAB take the glory for it to restore Chrono’s honor…”
“You can thank us for that rookie,” chuckled Jason, nudging Chrono who was deep in his cups already.
“And as promised, the Sword of Power is yours Yuuno.”
Yuuno if he was in private, would have danced. Instead, he bowed.
Tommy turned to Nanoha. “Nanoha, you’ve been a great help. And I can’t think of someone better to wield Raising Heart than you.”
“Really?” gasped Nanoha. And she hugged Fate and Alicia.
“Dr. Oliver, your device is almost ready,” said Amy as the mechanical item floated there, a gem similar to Raising Heart.
“Hi there,” said Tommy. “You don’t know me, but I know you. We’ll be good friends, I promise.”
“What’s its name father?” asked Fate.
“… Raging Heart.”
“… Tommy you suck at naming things,” said Hayley decisively, the assembled people laughing.
Mahou Shounen Teacher Tommy S.P.D.
“Doggie. The new recruits are here.”
Anubis “Doggie” Cruger sighed. “Alright. Send them in.”
Once assembled, Doggie folded his hands behind his back and began to pace. “You are here, because you answered the call of the police. Space Patrol Delta. The finest intergalactic police system known to mankind. We work in tandem, to defend earth from aliens, and intergalactic crime. And as such, you, D-Squad, will serve under our instructors lent out by the TSAB.”
“SIR!” chorused the trio. Sky Tate, son of a famous SPD Ranger. Bridge Carson and Sydney Drew: three of the most promising new recruits to be sure of.
“You will be under the command and testing of our best field agents. Be sure to listen to them, for they are the trio known as the Aces.”
Sky stiffened. Bridge’s mouth fell open. And Syd suppressed a girlish squeal.
“Alright! Everyone here in D-Squad is here to learn to become A-Squad Rangers one day. As it stands, we three will be instructing each of you one on one and as a team.”
Nanoha smiled at Fate who was clearly the leader of the group. “Any questions?”
“No ma’am,” snapped off Sky and Bridge and Syd saluted as well.
Hayate smiled. “I’ll take Syd. Girls, you have the run of the boys.”
“Sky, come with me then,” said Nanoha, a glint in her eyes.
“Then I will be with Bridge,” said Fate.
“What do you make of them?” asked Doggie of his visitor.
“Eager. Young. Ready for greatness,” said Tommy. “You know what they say: Rangers begin best as teenagers.”
“Still, admitting them in so early…” Doggie looked at Oliver. “I hope you know what you’re doing. SPD is still a fledgling operation on this planet.”
“I know the stakes. If we’re going to stop Grumm, then we’ll need all the help we can get.”
But You Have Heard of Me a Kingdom Hearts fic where Jack Sparrow is the keyblade master.
And...
Takamachi Nanoha of 2814" a fantastic Nanoha crackfic set in the DCAU.
It Could Always Be Worse
Written by Shaun Garin
Mahou Shounen Teacher… Tommy?
Tommy had a fairly lackluster day. Get up, get ready for work, eat a bagel while hopping to his jeep, teach his class, excuse himself at break to fight one of Anton’s mutant dinosaur monsters, drag himself home, listen to weird little voice in his head pleading for help…
…wait. Rewind to the last part.
Dr. Tommy Oliver followed the call of the voice that evening, panning a flash light in the dark murk of the forest behind his house. He didn’t trust himself to not fall into a sinkhole.
Keen Ranger instincts kicked in as he dove to the side as a giant oversized dust bunny attacked him.
… wow, that brought back memories.
“Dino Thunder, Power Up!”
Tommy woke the next morning hoping it was all a dream. The giant dust bunny, the hurt ferret, the jewel that turned into a reasonable facsimile of his Brachio Staff if it somehow had a love child with Saba and Billy’s lance.... he opened his eyes and saw the ferret sitting up and looking at him.
FUCK. Maybe if he feigned sleep…
And why did he feel like he needed a pink jacket now?
“Not. A. Word.” Said Tommy as he marched into the classroom, dressed in black and pink. A pink jacket obstinately borrowed from some kind of free-will thrift store was slung over his shoulders as Yuuno rode on his shoulder and Raising Heart around his neck.
Ethan tried not to laugh. He really didn’t. Conner didn’t even try. Kira looked halfway between mortified and dying of laughter. And Trent had big eyes as his gaze was drawn towards the ferret, mouthing “ferret?” at the doctor.
“Dr. Oliver, any sudden comment on your wardrobe change?” Ah Cassidy, blunt as ever.
Tommy counted to ten, tried not to assign her detention and grit out, “Laundry accident. Turn to page 345.”
“So these Jewel Plants…”
“Jewel SEEDS,” corrected Yuuno. Really did the leader of this team have less braincells than an actual ferret?
“Right, seeds. So anyway, these seed things. They grow out of control or just make with the explosions?”
“They’re a powerful artifact from the early days of Belkan society. Magical in nature and highly destructive if left alone,” said Yuuno.
“Well that doesn’t explain why Dr. O’s got a hankering for pink now.” Said Kira.
“Too much pink energy in him,” said Hayley, causing the group to look over to Tommy who was busy trying to drown his sorrows in a sandwich too big for himself. “And causing serious nourishment issues too.”
“I can’t help it. I haven’t felt this hungry since the Green Ranger days,” said Tommy, gulping down half his soda in a single go.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him EAT like that in ever,” said Ethan.
“Excessive magical depletion can cause hunger and fatigue,” pointed out Yuuno.
“And when Tommy was leaking magical power from the Grid like a sieve, he was hungry. All the time.”
“Is this fresh?” said Tommy as he drank some whipped cream.
“Dr. O, this is your job. That Jewel Seed just meshed with Mesogog’s freaky monster of the week,” said Ethan looking into the sky as a giant monster was stomping around shooting up the city.
“Right. Raising Heart!”
[Standby Ready.]
“Set up!”
Pink light flared and Black Brachio gained several more fancy attachments like he had gone Super Dino Mode. Flared gloves, gauntlets, the giant staff in his hand merging with his Brachio Staff as he jacked it in. “BRACHIOZORD!”
The black carrierzord stomped into view impressively. Or rather it would have been impressive if it wasn’t painted pink at the moment with a big shining jewel in the center of it.
Tommy resisted the urge to facepalm when he saw the repainted zords. He then allowed himself a fiendish grin under his helmet.
Fate Testarossa didn’t really know what to think of her opponent. She may have had the superior firepower of a well trained mage and speed, lots of it. But so did her opponent. This Ranger tuned Mid-Childa mage had a device, was pumping out a lot of magic – PINK! Her brain screamed at her in a giggly sort of manner – and ow that really hurt! Clearly he wasn’t adverse to hitting little girls.
“Sorry!” exclaimed Tommy, long enough for Fate to clip him with her energy scythe.
“Dr. O stop wimping out on us, she’s a little girl! You can hit harder than that!” called out Conner, totally ignoring that he too got his ass kicked by Testarossa.
“You try not hitting a vital!” yelled the pink-and-black clad Ranger-Mage.
“Thunder Smasher,” said Fate eloquently.
“FFFFF!” replied Tommy as he was Thunder Smashered.
“Dr O? Can we offer some critique?” said Conner as Hayley bandaged up the cut on Tommy’s forehead.
“If it’s anything to do about my choice of attack methods…” growled out Tommy.
“No, I just wanted to ask: is it too much to let Kira handle her? I mean she’s a girl! And little girls are just big ones not grown up.”
Kira slugged Conner. Hard.
“BRACHIO STAFF FULL POWER!”
Fate really hated that yell as she dodged the attack.
“DIVINE BUSTER FULL POWER!”
She really had to hand it to Dr. Oliver: he knew how to dual wield. Now if only she could dodge a little faster oh wait falling to the ground ow…
“Fate!” yelled Arf from the sidelines, having been waylaid by the other Rangers.
Tommy caught Fate on the way down. And just slightly, Fate’s cheeks pinked as she was held close to the spandex.
He was very muscled…
“You know Elsa, I thought you’d have been above kidnapping helpless girls out of my house,” growled Tommy as he stormed into Mesogog’s lair with Raising Brachio Heart-Staff as Ethan coined it already humming with an Energy Orb or a Divine Buster or at least ONE of the two.
Never both. Tommy learned never to channel Grid Magic and perform advanced calculus at the same time.
“Dr. Oliver your timing is really something,” said Elsa with a smirk. “So you’re downgraded your tastes in women?”
Tommy really tried not to flinch, he really did. But with the tabloids citing that the girl and “BlackPink Ranger” were together in the Reefside Tabloid, well, yeah.
Tommy said nothing. Except a four letter phrase.
“Brachio Staff – Starlight Breaker.”
“You know Yuuno, I gotta hand it to you. You really know your Grid Artifacts,” said Hayley as the pair poured over a list of known Grid associated items.
“Most of them are practically myth in Mid-Childa,” replied the ferret-boy. “Like the Zeo Crystal. I’d love to study it.”
“Why don’t you?” said Hayley. “Tommy has his Zeonizer in his sock drawer.”
A pause. And Yuuno scrambled upstairs.
“This is the Time/Space Administration battleship Asura,” said Chrono by way of introduction. “And this is the captain.”
“Admiral Lindy Harlaown,” said the woman to the Rangers and one ferret. “It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Power Ranger.”
“We don’t get off world that much,” admitted Tommy. “Save for a few teams here and there.”
Lindy nodded. “We have much to discuss.”
“Yeah, about that. You mind sending at least three of us back? Your son just hauled us out of an impending zord battle,” said Kira.
“Zord battle what now?”
Anton limped into the room, much to the concern of his son. “Dad! What happened?”
“Negotiations. Got a little strenuous.” Groaned out Anton as he sat down heavily. “Mesogog decided to go speak face to face with that Testarossa woman.”
“… I’ll get the Tylenol too.”
“Make it a double. And bring the ice packs.”
Crazy she may have been, but she was a damn good hit with that whip. Though in his defense, the parental side of Mesogog had flared to life when he walked in watching the nutcase whip her own daughter. Negotiations for his Jewel Seeds had ended quickly.
He smiled grimly. Elsa had leaped to his defense at least. Testarossa would be sporting energy burns and a shiner for weeks.
Arf really didn’t know what to think. Sure her battles with the damn rodent and the three hang-ons to the real threat of Fate earning her mothers happiness had been entertaining, far more than say watching two elementary kids go at it, but that dinosaur man was beyond scary.
Which was beyond her that she was sharing a suite in a posh upscale mansion under the watchful eye of the woman who blasted Testarossa into a wall repeatedly. “Why are you helping us?”
Elsa sneered. “Master said you’d be useful.”
Arf swallowed. In her own way, Elsa was scarier than Precia Testarossa.
“You have Fate in your house?” hissed Kira to Trent.
“Under observation. Dad found her outside the mansion all abused. He totally went into his fatherly protectiveness rages.” Said Trent in a half-lie. The others didn’t know that Mesogog and Anton were the same person after all, even with Elsa grudgingly helping hide the child from the TSAB.
“I should go and check in on her,” said Kira. “We fought the least. Maybe she’ll appreciate an older girl around.”
“Better than Hayley trying to muscle her way in.”
“You told Hayley?”
“She’s not the easiest person to keep secrets from.” Admitted Trent.
Fate discovered she liked to draw.
It was a little thing she had discovered as she had limped around the Mercer household, but she had found Trent’s studio in the house and started to draw. Crude pictures yes, but they were of happier moments, or at least happier moments she wanted.
Kira would find her later after arriving to find Fate curled up in the chair, clutching a picture. Like a children’s drawing it was of a black and pink man holding hands with a blonde child.
“Dr. O are you certain?”
“Goes against everything I believe in, but we’re going to have to take the fight to Precia before Mesogog finds out that we’ve lost all the Jewel Seeds,” said Tommy, suiting up.
“I don’t know about you, but after hearing what this woman does to her own child? Makes me sick. Save me a punch Dr. O.” spat Ethan venomously.
“That goes double for me,” said Kira. The girl had gotten attached to Fate in the few short weeks they had her in custody and the pair were as close as sisters now.
“I say we skip right to Triassic and Super Dino Mode,” said Conner and Trent nodded grimly. “Escalation be damned.”
“You think we can get the zords in this garden of hers?” asked Ethan. “Nothing says ownage like a Stego slamming through your front yard.”
“Focus people. We get in, get her into custody and then we blow the place up.” The route was familiar by now and Tommy’s brachio armor got pink highlights and add-ons. “Let’s do this people.”
“Hey we can get the zords here,” chirped Ethan happily as Precia grew into a giant monster and the Brachio Carrierzord was summoned. “Sweet.”
It would be noted that Precia sported a giant shiner under her monster appearance as the Rangers and TSAB went to town on her.
“I wish we had these sooner,” said Conner as he picked up the tiny shrunken Precia Testarossa and put her into a capsule. “Why didn’t we have these sooner?”
“It took me months to get Eric to pony up on one of these,” said Tommy as he looked over the capsule holding Alicia Testarossa.
“She’s dead,” said Chrono sadly. “There’s nothing for it.”
“Yeah there is,” said Tommy, startling everyone. “Everyone link your hands and circle the container. I’ve got a plan.”
Rainbow light cascaded across the garden that day.
“You know you Rangers are made of pure miracles,” said Lindy. “Bringing back someone from the dead, capturing a villainess hopped up on Jewel Seed powers…”
“Not to mention summoning zords from out of nowhere,” put in Yuuno helpfully.
“Now what?” asked Trent. “Mesogog’s still out there.”
“We’ll file a report, but get back to you on that,” said Lindy. “Precia has to stand trial and Fate as an accessory. However Fate’s actions will probably be ruled out as coercion rather than willingness.”
Fate clung to Tommy. “I don’t want to see you go…”
“It’s okay Fate,” said Tommy, hugging the girl close. “You can come and visit as soon as your hearing is done.”
“And your sister is here now too,” said Conner. “Having a twin is awesome. I’ve got one myself.”
“Isn’t that the one at Ninja School?” asked Ethan.
“Yeah. I gotta email him today, let him know that the twin factor went up by one.”
Chrono and Yuuno groaned in unison. “Two of you? You’re bad enough!” exclaimed Yuuno.
“Hey!”
“Home sweet Reefside,” breathed in Ethan. “I missed this place.”
“We were gone for about a day,” said Kira.
“It was a very frantic day,” countered Ethan.
“Yeah. Back home with the mutant dinosaurs,” said Conner.
“Speaking of which, Mesogog should be unleashing one any second,” said Trent.
“How do you figure?” asked Kira.
“Simple.” He pointed towards where Tommy had decided to run at the closest pack of Tyrannodrones and a mutant dinosaur who looked like it had been beaten with a length of pipe. “Dr. O saw em first.”
“Well well Dr. Oliver, I see we’re not wearing pink today,” said Hayley. “Finally drain enough of that pink energy?”
“For the time being,” said Tommy, pulling up a chair to the bar, watching his students fight over the new video game, or at least attempt to. “Zordon was right: too much pink energy can be deadly.”
“Thought he said dangerous,” replied Hayley with a grin.
“That too. What do you recommend?”
“One Thunder Smasher.” And Hayley passed the drink over to Tommy who twitched reflexively. “Oh c’mon Tommy it’s not like she’s going to show up with that as a greeting from now on.”
“No. Just hug my leg. Tell me something, do I have a thing for blondes?”
“No.” said Hayley automatically. She grinned. “You have a giant father complex though.”
“Touche.” And Tommy drank.
Oh, mango juice!
Mahou Shounen Teacher Tommy A’s?
“When you said it would take time, you never said anything about a year,” said Tommy into the holographic comm..
“Sorry Tommy,” said Lindy apologetically. “They were really putting the girls through the wringer. By the way, the official papers are going through for Alicia.”
“I’m surprised she doesn’t want to stay with her sister,” said Tommy.
“Alicia grew attached to Chrono and they’ve been cute ever since as brother and sister. Fate however has been talking non-stop on how she’s going to be your daughter.” Tommy sighed and facepalmed. “You seem disappointed.”
“No, just surprised s’all. I’m not the most fatherly material. I save that for Jase.”
“In any case, we’re coming back to the planet again. There’s been talk of the TSAB forming up there but the red tape is murder.”
“That, and this is officially known as Zordon’s Planet: Keep the Hell off the Yard.” Chuckled Tommy. “See you soon Lindy.”
“WOULD IT KILL YOU TO BREAK INTO MY HOME AFTER YOU PUT UP THE BARRIER?” yelled Tommy, fistshaking at the hammerloli.
Vita sneered. “You’re just an old man, what can you do?”
“Oh I’ll show you old.”
Zrrt. Zrrt. [Standby Ready]
Vita blinked. Wait, what was he doing? It looked like he was… flipping her off?
“ZEO RANGER FIVE RED! RAISING HEART SET UP!”
“…” Vita turned to Signum, appalled. “You never said we were going after the most longest serving Power Ranger!”
“I never said anything of the sort.” Replied Signum coolly as Zeo Five unsheathed his sword which merged with the Mid-Childan device effortlessly, his red sheathed with pink highlights and armor. THIS would be interesting.
“Tommy can I ask a question?” said Adam Park, a long serving friend of his over the phone.
“Shoot.”
“I saw the news. … why pink?”
“It’s a long story Adam.”
“And the magical girls?”
“Those are included in the package.”
“Uh huh…” Adam looked at the wine cabinet. “This is going to take a while isn’t it?”
“Better sit down for it.”
“How are you feeling Dr O?” asked Ethan, hovering over Tommy’s chest.
“In a word? Like someone stuck a hand through my chest and tried to yank out my soul. By the way, OW.” Tommy glared at Ethan. “You’re home early for the High School Reunion.”
“We saw the news,” laughed Conner from the corner of the room. “Red and pink don’t serve you justice.”
“It’d explain why his wardrobe looks like he got smashed with a bucket of paint now,” said Kira. “Why tye-dye?”
“When they tried to rip out his Linker Core, it caused a massive backlash into the Morphin Grid,” said Hayley, trying not to laugh. “As such, it caused a semi-permanent connection to all the previous colors.”
“So that’s what, Green, White, Red, Red and Black?” said Conner.
“And pink.” Randall grinned fiendishly. “You’re going to look like a hippie come release Oliver.”
“Sure, laugh at my expense.” Groaned Tommy.
“Tommy.”
“Kim! What’re you doing here?” asked Tommy, looking up at the woman standing there as he raked the leaves dressed in pink, the color of the day apparently.
“I just wanted to uh…” Kim shook her head as if trying to clear it. “Pink?”
“Pink,” replied Tommy as Fate clutched to his waist protectively. “Fate, this is Kimberly. Kim, this is Fate. Uh, my daughter.”
“You didn’t marry,” said Kim accusingly.
“Adopted,” said Fate’s soft voice. “I live with father now.”
“I see. Does this have anything to do with you being in black and pink a year ago?” asked Kim.
“Yeah. C’mon in, I’ve got cookies. Before the crazy hammerloli shows up and busts my house. AGAIN.”
“It’s never a dull moment with you around, is it Tommy?” said Kim fondly.
It was slightly humbling to let a ferret take you for everything you had, but the men had been drinking a little.
“One pair,” said TJ as he threw down his cards.
“Three of a kind,” retorted Yuuno and the Red Rangers groaned. Well, five Red Rangers and two TSAB operatives.
TJ, Jason, Rocky, Andros and Carter had all showed up at his house when Yuuno and Chrono were there and it degenerated into a poker game. The stakes: most embarrassing moments.
“Did I already use the giant pizza?” asked TJ.
“YES,” chorused the men.
“I haven’t heard it,” said Chrono who had been in the bathroom when TJ related the incident of his inglorious first steps as Red Turbo.
“It’s TJ’s most infamous moment,” said Jason fondly. “This is why you don’t send a rookie into an ongoing war.”
“So says the man who just can’t keep out of the field of valor,” ribbed Carter.
“Hey go easy Carter,” said Andros. “Last thing you want to do is kidnap a local and convince them they’re under alien attack.”
“I only did that once!” Glance. “Twice.” Glance glance stare. “Okay a few times.”
“Alright aces up. Let’s bring it home. My kids are due back soon.” Said Tommy.
“You’re really domesticated Tommy,” said Rocky with a grin. “Maybe Kim’s rubbing off on you?”
“Hey, just cause she’s single and I still am doesn’t mean we’re going out. Again.”
“De-nile, not just a river in Egypt!” chortled Jason and Tommy hit him on the shoulder.
Chrono looked confused. “What does a river have to do with it?” Somehow, Jason found that funnier.
“Hey you’re the hammerloli right?” said Jason.
Vita FUMED. “Oliver! You’re so dead when I get my hands on you!”
This was Tommy’s current nemesis? A tiny girl with a hammer, a swordswoman and that help they had lurking in the corner? Even with upgrades to Raising Heart and Bardiche, would it be enough?
It would have to be enough.
“Tommy’s occupied so why don’t you dance with me,” said Jason, flexing his muscles.
Vita had to admit, he was bigger than Zafiria. She smirked. “You’re on! Graf Eisen!”
[JAWOUL!]
“Tyrannosaurus!”
Vita wanted to scream. Why did she manage to attract the legends?!
Signum couldn’t say. But she was being triple-teamed by Carter, Andros and TJ so she couldn’t do a damn thing about it while Zafiria took on Rocky, Yuuno and Chrono.
Yeah, it was a bad night all around.
“You’re drunk,” accused Kim as Tommy showed up with Chrono and Yuuno in tow. Fate and Alicia peeked around the corner and skittered off to bed. “And you were in a fight.”
“Kinda-sorta,” said Tommy with a lazy grin.
“We won by the way,” said Chrono, all pretext of dignity stripped away after having the most glorious battle alongside a pack of Red Rangers and one ferret.
“I hope we won’t see it on the news.” The men looked at each other. Kim’s expression fell. “PLEASE?”
“Sorry,” said Yuuno. “On the upside, magic’s scrambling the broadcast so Chrono and I aren’t identifiable.”
“We need to get those barriers fixed,” muttered Chrono. “Damn Morphin Grid messing with Mid-Childan magic…”
“Belkan too, just fyi.” Pointed out Yuuno.
“I don’t care if it’s the power of El Hazard itself! We shouldn’t have done that!” Chrono moaned. “My career is over.”
“Hey don’t worry. Claim it as Ranger Collateral,” said Tommy, slapping the distraught young man on the shoulder. “We always do. Right Yuuno?”
Yuuno would have nodded, but lightweight ferrets were already sleeping it off.
“How was your day at school?” asked Tommy, getting a kiss and hug from his daughter and a polite bow from her sister before she hugged him too.
“We had fun,” said the more outspoken Alicia and Fate nodded. “We met these nice girls named Arisa, Suzuka and Nanoha.”
“Arisa-chan and Suzuka-chan are from rich families, and Nanoha-chan is a family friend,” said Fate softly, adhering to honorifics.
“Well you’ll have to tell me all about it.” Chuckled Tommy. “Rich huh? I’ll give Anton a call, see if he doesn’t know their parents. What’s their last names?”
“Arisa Bannings, Suzuka Tsukimura and Nanoha Takamachi,” said Alicia.
“Oh. I know the Bannings and Tsukimuras. They’re business partners of Anton’s. The last I don’t know.”
“Nanoha-chan moved in this month, from Japan,” said Fate. “She’s… nice.”
“And pretty too,” added Alicia and Fate fidgeted.
Tommy smiled. “We’ll have to meet them. For now, dad’s got a headache.”
“Did you drink too much?” asked Fate, worried.
“Naw… got slugged by that girl in the green dress.”
“Fate-chan!” exclaimed Nanoha, running up to the girl who was getting ready to set up her device. “What’s going on?”
“Oh dang,” groaned Fate as Nanoha watched the skies light up with offensive magic and a body crashed to the ground in front of them with a loud impact. Fate sheltered Nanoha from the impact as Tommy groaned.
“A… Power Ranger?” gasped Nanoha. “Fate-chan what’s going on here?”
“Fate… get Nanoha out of the barrier,” said Tommy, groaning as he picked himself off the ground. “Vita’s coming in fast.”
“Too late!” laughed Vita as she smashed her hammer into Tommy who went tumbling, demorphing as he did. “Hah! So much for the vaunted Zeo Ranger Five!”
The gem bounced once, twice, and rolled to Nanoha’s feet.
“So this girl, Nanoha, picked up Raising Heart, set up a barrier jacket… and blew Vita into the next county?” exclaimed Chrono. “With no training, no apparent magical power… and just by imitating Dr. Oliver.”
Clearly he didn’t have enough to drink as he began to headwall.
“Yeah. In my state, I can’t support two colors for now,” groaned Tommy from his hospital bed. “I’ll support Zeo Five but Nanoha’ll have to use Raising Heart for now.”
“I’m surprised the device let her use it,” said Yuuno.
“It probably sensed the good heart deep within,” said Hayley, earning a look from the pair. “Ranger powers are the same way. You don’t choose them, they choose you. Either way, Raising Heart is pumped so full of pink energy from the Grid, anyone could use it provided they wanted a severe wardrobe change.”
“Either way, it adds another fighter to the list. Nanoha is progressing rapidly in her studies too,” said Tommy, groaning as he sat up. “Damn I’m getting old.”
“Fate-chan!”
“Nanoha-chan what is it?”
Nanoha’s eyes grew big and wide with fear. “I can’t stop wearing pink!”
“… oh.” And Fate sat her friend down and started to explain the process of Morphin Grid energy to the girl.
“I’ve almost gotten accustomed to you wearing pink with the red spandex,” pointed out Kimberly as she watched the yellow clad Fate and pink clad Nanoha play. It was like watching a miniature Trini and her play.
“Hayley says if I take back Raising Heart now, it’ll cause problems later,” said Tommy. “Something to do about the tie-dye ranger.”
“Sounds about right,” said Kim with a chuckle. “What does Yuuno and Chrono say?”
“Something not fit for print and getting elementary school kids involved in a battle.” He rolled his eyes. “Heroes get younger and younger every day.”
“Drew. Jo. Roland.” Put in Kim.
“… they’re still younger.” Defended Tommy.
“That’s the plan. THAT. IS. THE. PLAN?!”
“Simple, effective, and they want it full, correct?” said Hayley as Chrono looked like he was about to explode into a messy pile of body parts. “And it will save a life in the process.”
“DENIED! This is a bad idea!” howled Chrono. “How in the world are we supposed to fill it with GRID ENERGY?”
“Oh that’s a doozy.” Hayley grinned as Jason held up a sword.
Yuuno nearly drooled. “Is… that…?” his voice was nearly reverent.
“The Sword of Power.” Affirmed Jason. “I went and dug it out of the ruins of the Command Center.”
“… can I touch it?”
“I figured there was someone pulling the strings,” said Tommy as he and Chrono stared down Admiral Gil Graham and the Liese Twins. “Everything seemed TOO convenient.”
“An awfully pragmatic stance from one of Zordon’s chosen,” said Gil with a sneer. “But you’re too late. Yagami and the book will be sealed away.”
“Not when I’ve got backup.” Said Tommy and Chrono blinked.
“What backup? You said nothing about backup!”
“You never asked,” said Tommy with an infuriating smirk.
“No one’s gotten in or out of this barrier,” boasted the admiral. “You’re wasting your time.”
“Are we? We’ll see about that. READY!”
And a chorus of morphing calls echoed across the landscape as Rangers of all colors came out of the woodwork, a massive explosion of energy erupting across the landscape in all colors.
Chrono couldn’t help but feel impressed. Score one for you Dr. Oliver.
“In short, we’ve managed to A) readjust the program thanks to some timely hacking by Hayley, B) apprehended the Admiral and his cohorts, C) let the TSAB take the glory for it to restore Chrono’s honor…”
“You can thank us for that rookie,” chuckled Jason, nudging Chrono who was deep in his cups already.
“And as promised, the Sword of Power is yours Yuuno.”
Yuuno if he was in private, would have danced. Instead, he bowed.
Tommy turned to Nanoha. “Nanoha, you’ve been a great help. And I can’t think of someone better to wield Raising Heart than you.”
“Really?” gasped Nanoha. And she hugged Fate and Alicia.
“Dr. Oliver, your device is almost ready,” said Amy as the mechanical item floated there, a gem similar to Raising Heart.
“Hi there,” said Tommy. “You don’t know me, but I know you. We’ll be good friends, I promise.”
“What’s its name father?” asked Fate.
“… Raging Heart.”
“… Tommy you suck at naming things,” said Hayley decisively, the assembled people laughing.
Mahou Shounen Teacher Tommy S.P.D.
“Doggie. The new recruits are here.”
Anubis “Doggie” Cruger sighed. “Alright. Send them in.”
Once assembled, Doggie folded his hands behind his back and began to pace. “You are here, because you answered the call of the police. Space Patrol Delta. The finest intergalactic police system known to mankind. We work in tandem, to defend earth from aliens, and intergalactic crime. And as such, you, D-Squad, will serve under our instructors lent out by the TSAB.”
“SIR!” chorused the trio. Sky Tate, son of a famous SPD Ranger. Bridge Carson and Sydney Drew: three of the most promising new recruits to be sure of.
“You will be under the command and testing of our best field agents. Be sure to listen to them, for they are the trio known as the Aces.”
Sky stiffened. Bridge’s mouth fell open. And Syd suppressed a girlish squeal.
“Alright! Everyone here in D-Squad is here to learn to become A-Squad Rangers one day. As it stands, we three will be instructing each of you one on one and as a team.”
Nanoha smiled at Fate who was clearly the leader of the group. “Any questions?”
“No ma’am,” snapped off Sky and Bridge and Syd saluted as well.
Hayate smiled. “I’ll take Syd. Girls, you have the run of the boys.”
“Sky, come with me then,” said Nanoha, a glint in her eyes.
“Then I will be with Bridge,” said Fate.
“What do you make of them?” asked Doggie of his visitor.
“Eager. Young. Ready for greatness,” said Tommy. “You know what they say: Rangers begin best as teenagers.”
“Still, admitting them in so early…” Doggie looked at Oliver. “I hope you know what you’re doing. SPD is still a fledgling operation on this planet.”
“I know the stakes. If we’re going to stop Grumm, then we’ll need all the help we can get.”
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And we need to RPM crossover in this. Just for kicks.
After this the second ICABW fic will be worked on. "How much PTSD can Tommy have wearing green?" Omnitrix or Green Lantern Ring. I haven't decided yet.
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...For that much green, I'd have to say Green Lantern. JLU. Mental image of Tommy talking to John about ex-girlfriends is hysterical.
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Oh totally. And we've done the Omnitrix Joke before. Best let it cool off for the moment.
I'm working on A's to S.P.D. right now. Decided to leave the SPD segment really short for the time being.
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Yeah, wait until Ordinary Day is older. It's still too fresh to use another Omnitrix joke. Though throwing Ben into another situation ala Tommy is always up for grabs.
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