Fight!

[morphmasters]

The final claiming of Earth has begun, or so our dear villains believe. As far as they're aware, there are no Rangers left to stop the invasion. Now it's simply a matter of 'persuading' humanity to surrender. Rita and company charge in, guns blazing so to speak. Their presence is quickly felt in Angel Grove's business district, turning over statues, flipping cars, and trapping citizens until they cower together in the fountain for shelter.

Unfortunately, there's a wrench in that plan arriving. Streaks of colored light hit the sky---white, black, red, orange, yellow, pink, blue. A horde of humanoids (and one pony) stand in the center of the action, witnessing all the damage. They've been given just their morphers and some cryptic advice: rely on the Power, it will protect you.

It was time to find out just how far their power could take them. Could this Earth be saved after all?

[ooc: Thread it up! Run away, challenge baddies! I'll put up one or two threads for my own NPCing, but feel free to NPC your own monsters in your tags. The Zord battle section will be posted later, so watch this post! Villains, feel free to come down and taunt for some interaction as well.]

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[morphmasters]

In response, the baddies simply shrugged. A group of about five decided to charge Goku, using their bodies as blunt weapons. For clay, it made surprisingly solid noises when it hit things.

Two attempted to grab Goku from each side while the others moved in.

[twistedreality]

G was sitting in the sidelines, hidden away by his clever illusions as he watched the battle unfold. He wanted to make sure he knew what was going on as well as seeing just how well these other 'chosen' fought.

Nightgale was not about to risk her neck out for weaklings, though she did have an eye on the child. He'd be the only one she'd probably go out of her way to save. Him or any other children in the line of danger that she could spot.

[songoku]

Goku broke out into a wide, excited grin; nothing like a good fight to get the blood pumping! "Nyoi-bo, extend!"

The staff in his hands grew rapidly in length, catching one of his opponents in the stomach and knocking the clay body aside. Using the bo as an impromptu pole vault, Goku quickly skipped ahead to the top of another car a short distance away, further from any bystanders that might remain on the street.

"Heh heh! Come an' get it!"

[morphmasters]

Like fools, they did. The soldiers leapt and gave chase, trying to surround Goku. But they weren't quite fast enough, were they?

Perhaps these solders would need a little help.

A group flipped over a car and tried to toss it at Goku, throwing hard.

[twistedreality]

Except that the car got intercepted by a large blue fireball that knocked it aside in a powerful explosion. Said fireball seemed to be the size of a hot air balloon and stopped in mid air after knocking the car away.

In that moment, the fireball grew eyes and a sinister mouth and even laughed at the soldiers before rushing at the ones who had tossed the car and beginning to envelop them in the flames of the fox fire.

G of course remained in the illusion that hid him. He only felt likelending a slight hand to the kid.

[songoku]

Goku looked up in surprise as the fireball suddenly intercepted the car and exploded -- he'd been all ready to take the thing on.

"What the heck?" A quick look around revealed no trace of whatever had caused the fire, but since it was helping and not hurting, he'd just go with it for now!

He hopped down from his perch, then extended the nyoi-bo again, using it to sweep several of the soldiers off their feet. A flurry of punches and kicks followed as he took on several at once.

[morphmasters]

As the biggest threat, they continued to concentrate on Goku. There was no saying what had caused the fireball, so they simply ignored it and all tried to pile on Goku at once.

That was going to end well for them. The boss would have to make the monsters grow---and quickly.

[twistedreality]

G kept his distance, the kid seemed to have been telling the truth about his skills... He'd wait and see if he needed any help, but if the previous display was any indication, he wouldn't need to step up unless they tried some bullshit like with the car.

[songoku]

Goku leapt nimbly from one spot to the next, even landing on the shoulders of one of the soldiers to lure its friend into slugging it in the face by mistake. While his small size meant that he didn't have quite as long a reach as his adult opponents did, it also meant that Goku was a hard target to hit -- and he knew it.

He blew another away with a palm strike and laughed, clearly enjoying the challenge.

[morphmasters]

They kept coming, agitated now. One hopped in the car and attempted to crush him, but only succeeded in driving into a pole. That resulted in a nice explosion, though---hopefully everyone was clear out of harm's way.

[twistedreality]

G smirked, the kid really wasn't all talk after all, and better yet? He was enjoying himself. That ever made Nightgale's heart warm up as G relaxed against the nearby wall and simply crossed his arms. The kid wouldn't need help anytime soon.

[songoku]

Goku hadn't been hit by the car, but those machines sure did make a lot of noise when they exploded -- enough to make him pause a for a moment in mild awe. Once he thinned the crowd, he figured that was it for the enemy soldiers, so he called loudly skyward. "Kinto'un!"

In response, a fluffy golden cloud zoomed toward him at high speed. He took a running start and jumped up onto it, riding it up until he was directly above the remaining soldiers. Goku peered over the side of the cloud, making funny faces at them at his leisure. "Nyeh nyeh! Betcha can't get up here!"

[morphmasters]

Time to send in the heavy artillery.

With a crackle of lightning in the sky, there's a sudden darkening of the street. Shadows pass overhead, swooping ever closer. Strange bird-humanoid hybrids approach, all black feathers, sharp claws, and vicious beaks. They charge at Goku, seeking to rip at him with their claws from up above.

[twistedreality]

G feels the change in the surrounding area and frowns. He keeps an eye on the kid, even though he couldn't help him up there even if he wanted to.

"Keep sharp kid! You have incoming from above!"

[songoku]

Whoops! Goku urged the Kinto'un forward in a blast of speed, lining himself up just so. When he gauged the time was right, he pivoted, letting the cloud do the flying as he drew his hands together and back in a strange stance. "Kamehame..."

"HA!" He thrust his palms out into the air in front of him, and a concentrated beam of bright blue energy burst into being. It cast a brilliant glow over the area as it out shot from his hands directly toward his pursuers.

[morphmasters]

The warriors yelped, several of them fried by the blast. Black feathers rained down around Goku, but he now had a series of enraged birds pursuing him from all angles. They were fast, definitely faster than before.

Someone really wanted to crush this kid before she had to use the mega-monsters.

[twistedreality]

It didn't look like those scrubs had a chance, not after that display by the kid. The scene made G grin widely as he placed his hands in his pockets, cigarette between his lips and began to walk after the kid and the pursuers.

Always keeping the illusion around him to conceal himself from everyone.

[songoku]

The crowd didn't bother Goku, who saw the sudden of new enemies as more of a challenge than anything else. He launched attacks at enemy after enemy, striking out with the nyoi-bo and even taking advantage of the Kinto'un's flight capabilities, diving downward into an alley below to force his opponents into wedging themselves into limited quarters.

If they wanted to pursue him there, they wouldn't be able to come at him more than a few at a time.

[morphmasters]

And attempt to pursue they did.

One stretched its wings too far and got caught on the roofs. Another smacked straight into an electrical wire, bringing down a shower of sparks. That left one to come at Goku, very aware that it was about to die and desperate to do some damage.

His beak waited. His wings were ready to slice. He charged hard.

[twistedreality]

So the kid might not be a genius, but his battlefield awareness and tactics seem to be honed.

G smiled and shook his head, these croons don't have a lick of a chance against this kid. Not as far as he can tell from what he's seen. He made his way to the alleyway, looking up at the fight, or massacre unfold.

[songoku]

That was the stuff! Goku grinned in excited anticipation, waited to get his timing just right, and launched himself at the flying goon for a headbutt aimed right at the crown of its skull.

It was no small threat, either -- his head was hard enough to deflect bullets at point-blank range!

[morphmasters]

A loud, resounding crack followed. The creature fell down and down, knocking out several of its comrades.

This section of the battle was a bust, wasn't it? There were crows of discontent from above, then the remaining monsters fleeing for their lives. Playtime was over.

[twistedreality]

"That's one way to use your head." came a familiar voice from seemingly nowhere.

From the resounding crack, G had to rub his own head and shake it. That kid had a hard head in more ways than one. But it looked like this battlefield was done and over with. All thanks to that kid.

[songoku]

"Huh?" Goku looked around, but saw no one in the alley with him. He scratched his head.

He was sure he'd heard someone -- someone familiar, even!