Episode 23:
Double, Double, Toils and Time Trouble

     It was a hot and balmy spring day. Many students cut class to go lay out in the sun. But, as usual, the Warriors and Senshi were engaged in another battle.
     Alex West and the other Warriors who were Scouts in Black had decided not to wear their usual SiB uniforms, but go with shorts, T-shirts, vests, and either boots or hi-top sneakers. As usual the monsters were throwing energy bolts, causing people to duck behind assorted items which were used as shields. Alex, Jason, and Darren were behind Darren's ferrari, trying to come up with some sort of plan.
     "SELMA," Alex said, activating his computer, "give me an approximate time for the next available power ring."
     A number blinked up on his visor, followed by the word "minutes".  Alex read this and exclaimed, "5 minutes?! We'll never make it that long!" He then took a bottle of cherry cola from a catch on his belt, chugged half the bottle, replaced the bottle on the catch, and felt a recharge. He turned to the other two and said, "Cover me!"
     "What?!"  Jason exclaimed, "You're actually going to try to draw their fire?!"
     "Ex-actly!"  Alex said, "Just because I don't have a power ring doesn't mean I can't run fast."
     "It just means you don't have hyper speed,"  Darren said.
     "Right. SELMA, give me a count down."
     A small timer appeared in the top left corner of the visor and began to tick backwards. Alex stood up, looked at his friends, and leapt into the air. He landed on the roof of the car, produced a compound bow of gold and silver, notched a golden arrow, drew back, and released. A shock wave of energy erupted from the arrow and slammed into one of the creatures, knocking it on its butt.  Alex then glanced at the readout and saw it was at t-minus 4 minutes.
     "Great, less than four minutes until power up,"  he grumbled. He then noticed something odd about the armor the creatures were wearing.  "No way," he said to himself, "that's the symbol for Ganymede."
     "That's absolutely correct,"  Warrior Ganymede said from above. Alex looked up and almost died of shock.  There was Andrew in his black and red armor, but his eyes were now bright red and his black hair was more or less on end. "You're heading for a fall real soon."
     "I don't think so,"  Alex said, leaping into the air, "Star Crystal POWER!"
     There was a flash of violet light and Alex transformed into Warrior Saturn.  He drew his sword and as he came down he slashed downward, only to be deflected by Ganymede's own blade.
     "You'll never take me down,"  Ganymede spat.
     "You wanna bet?!"  came from behind. Ganymede turned his head to face Derek, Adderson, Darren, Jason, and Josh.
     "I always knew he wasn't one of us,"  Josh said.
     "That makes two of us,"  Derek said, "I never liked him that much."
     "Me either,"  Darren said, "he gave me bad vibes."
     "I guess I'll have to kill you first,"  Ganymede said, "Lava Rain!"
     Before the attack could commence, Alex opened a sub space vortex around them, drawing the seven of them into alternate realities. As soon as the vortex closed the troopers vanished into thin air, leaving the Senshi and remaining Warriors in shock.

     "I'll kill you, you bitch!"
     "I don't f*cking think so!"
     "Latoya, Aisha, settle down!"
     Just then Latoya dove for Aisha and a cat fight ensued. Members of the audience became involved in the brawl at this point, turning it into a repeat of the Geraldo Rivera show. The only thing which caused the fighting ot end was a clap of thunder and a flash of light. Out of this appeared Warrior Pluto, his staff in hand and his cape billowing behind him. He looked around the studio, then down at the stage and the now shocked women.
     "Excuse me,"  he said, "could someone please tell me where I am?"
     "Um... yeah," the host said, "You're on the Jerry Springer show."
     "Peachy,"  Warrior Pluto said, "Oh well, I guess I gotta find my friends some way. NICHOLE," he said, activating his wrist communicator, "Scan dimensions for the others."
     "WORKING DEREK," the computer chimed, "UNABLE TO LOCATE AT THIS TIME."
     "Damnit!" he said, "Oh well, I can't stick around here forever."
     He then commenced his Dead Scream attack, blowing a hole in the roof. He then sailed out through the hole and into the sky, leaving total chaos in the studio.

     It was a dark night in the city. The only light was coming from the stars which lined the sky. Nothing moved; no sound was to be heard; nobody dared to breathe.  There was a clap of thunder which broke the silence and woke all those who slept.   Following that thunderclap was a flash of light which woke all those who were not shocked awake by the explosion.  From this dropped a single armor clad person. Once the echo died and the sky went back to the dark of night this person looked at their surroundings.
     'Where am I?'  Warrior Saturn thought as he looked around, 'Am I still on Earth? No, too high tech to be Earth in 1998. Maybe I'm on Mars? No, hasn't been terraformed yet. Where the hell am I?'
     Just then the sound of high - heeled boots on pavement broke his concentration. He whipped around to face a familiar female form in black vinyl and red leather. He looked up to the blue eyes and blond hair of Naomi Armitage. She immediately recognized Alex and was in total shock to see him.
     "What are you doing here?"  Naomi demanded, "It's dangerous to appear like that!"
     "That as totally out of my control,"  Alex said, "I opened a vortex and sucked myself and six other people into the dimensional flow. I have no idea where they are and where I am."
     "You, for one, are on Mars in 2080."
     "Crap! I need to find the others before Warrior Ganymede does."
     "What does he have to do with this?!"
     "He's evil. He tried to destroy us earlier today and that's when I sucked us into a dimensional vortex."
     Just then a tone sounded and the readout on his visor said 'Power Ring Ready'.  Upon seeing this he grumbled, "Peachy. Now the damn thing is ready."
     "Why don't you stay with me  tonight?"  Naomi said, "You could continue your search in the morning."
     "Sorry Naomi,"  Alex said, "I gotta do this right away. I'll see you around." he called as he ran off into the night. Naomi watched him vanish into the black ink of darkness before saying, "You sure will."

     The campus was quiet in the pre dawn hours. Lights were visible outside the dorms and a few inside the dorms as well. In one particular bathroom on one particular floor there was a crash of thunder, which awoke everyone on the surrounding floors. A flash of light brought forth Warrior Europa, landing in one of the bathroom stalls, one foot landing in the toilet. He drew out his foot, shook the water from it, cursed a few times, and returned to his mortal form just as the entire floor burst in the doors in search of the disturbance. Out stepped Josh, slightly dazed and confused by what had just transpired.
     "Hey guys, what's up?"  Josh asked. Everyone fell down at this point.
     "Where have you been?!"  Jack demanded.
     "Around,"  Josh said, "Anyone seen Alex and Adderson?"
     "Not since yesterday afternoon,"  Nate said.
     "Oh, well then, goodnight everyone."
     Everyone except for Nate left the men's room. It was at this point that he questioned Josh.
     "Where have you been for the last 15 hours?!"  Nate demanded.
     "I have absolutely NO idea,"  Josh said, "the last thing I remember was Alex opening a vortex. After that..... nothing until I reappeared in the stall."
     "Do you know where the others are?"
     "No idea. Though I get the feeling that we need to find them."
     Just then Jack walked in, dressed in jeans, a T-shirt, and loafers. He looked at the other two and said, "Let's go!"
     "Go where?!"  Nate and Josh asked simultaneously.
     "To find our friends, of course."
     "When did you gain Warrior powers?"  Nate asked.
     "Just now,"  Jack answered, taking a red, black, and gold pen from behind his back. "Star dropped in and gave me this. Said I'm the new Warrior Ganymede and this was all he had since the gauntlet is gone and corrupted."
     "Well, that makes three Moon Warriors,"  Josh said, "too bad Jason is still lost in space."

     At that moment, halfway across the globe, another gateway opened, this one more of less like a black hole, for it was dark and silent. From this portal emerged Warrior Ganymede, still as evil as ever. Once he was free from the gateway he absorbed the energy and grew stronger. He then surveyed his new surroundings and laughed demonically.
     "Muwahahahaha, this place will be perfect for my evil stronghold!!"
     He then wrecked havoc with the environment, creating a giant wall and inside that an immense fortress. He then flew down and entered his stronghold, closing and locking the door behind him.

     It was the midnight hour in the city of Chicago.  The New Ronin Warriors were in Alex West's apartment, watching a horror movie marathon.  As a monster on the movie was about to get one of the actors, there was a thunderclap loud enough to throw everyone into disarray, sending the entire entertainment room into chaos.  There was a blinding flash of light which deposited a single form dressed in black clothes and black armor.  Once the light died away everyone crawled from assorted spaces and situations to view the enormity of the catastrophe.
     "What happened here?"  Richard asked, trying to stop the ringing in his head.
     "I don't know,"  Lizz said, "That thunderclap sounded like it was on top of us."
     "Try, it was in the same room,"  Deborah said, "That flash of light was in here also."
     "You have got to be kidding me,"  Tod said, "That's impossible."
     "Alas, it's very true,"  Tara said from behind the couch. Everyone moved to where the guardian cat was sitting and all viewed the stranger laying on the floor.
     "Who is that?"  Steve asked.
     "I'm not sure,"  Alex said, "he looks familiar, though."
     "Possibly because he's in that picture of your grandfather's,"  Cathy said. They all turned to face a large portrait of Alex West I with the Senshi and Warriors, which hung over the fireplace. Under each person was their signature and their symbol. Jess walked to the portrait and examined it until she found the symbol which was on the person's armor. She then said, "According to this photograph, this is Warrior Universe, also known as Adderson Martin."
     "That's why he looked familiar,"  Alex said, smacking his forehead, "my great uncle Ross."
     "Uhhh..." Adderson moaned, "What hit me?"
     He blinked his eyes a couple times before they focused upon Tara, Chloe, and Spirit, who were sitting on and around his chest. His eyes soon focused on the remainder of the people.
     "Hey guys," he moaned, "what the hell happened to me?"
     "We were about to ask you the same thing,"  Steve said.
     "Why's that? All of you were there when Alex opened the sub space vortex."
     Everyone turned to Alex, who said, "He means my grandfather, you dips. I've been with you guys all day."
     "Did he just say grandfather?"  Adderson asked, the color draining from his face.
     "That he did,"  Deborah said, "You're in 2078, in Chicago."
     "Oh brother. I seriously need to find my friends."
     "That's one thing we can help you with,"  Dan said, offering his hand to Adderson. Adderson took hold and Dan hoisted him to his feet. "Follow me,"  Dan continued, walking towards the computer room. Adderson shrugged his shoulders and followed. Once inside the room, Dan said, "You can use these to scan the time stream and spatial coordinates for your friends."
     "Thank you,"  Adderson said, seating himself at one of the terminals and logging in, "Thank you very much."

     Elsewhere in the time stream there was a clap of thunder, a flash of light, and the universe burped. Two forms dropped from a dimensional tear into the brink of chaos.  They stood up, dusted themselves off, and looked around at their surroundings.
     "Where the hell are we?" the first person, who was dressed in black and orange clothes and armor, asked.
     "You're supposed to be the genius," the second person, who was dressed in silver armor and light blue clothes, said, "I'm just along for the ride."
     "You are at the end of time," a very faint voice said. The two looked at one another and said, "What did you say?!"
     "You are at the end of time," the voice boomed, throwing both onto their butts. "Welcome Warriors Night and Callisto."
     "Gasp," Warrior Night said, 'That's worse than a movie theater sound system check.'
     "At least he didn't say..." Warrior Callisto began to say, but was cut off by the voice saying, "The audience is now deaf!"  A sweat drop formed on Callisto's head.
     "So, if we're at the end of time,"  Warrior Night said, "Is it possible to get back to our own time?"
     "Yes, it is," the voice said, "you just need to hop into the portal you used to get here."
     "One small problem,"  Warrior Callisto said.
     "And that is?"
     "We have no portal to get home," Warrior Night said, "it closed and sealed as soon as we appeared."
     "Oh brother," the voice moaned, "oh well, you could always use the gateway room."
     "Where might that be?"  Warrior Callisto asked.
     "About three miles to the east. Only thing is there are monsters everywhere."
     Both Warrior Night and Warrior Callisto drew their weapons before saying, "Let's get going!"

     "This is Warrior Io calling all Senshi and Warriors. We have ourselves a situation."
     "What's up?"  Ami asked.
     "Josh appeared in the men's room on our floor of the dorm,"  Jack said, "He was alone, which means the other six are still somewhere out there."
     "Make that five," Derek said over the communicator, "I'm almost there."
     "Four,"  Dan said, "Andrew has created a stronghold somewhere in Europe or Asia."
     "Three,"  Deborah said over the sub - space communicator, "Your friend Adderson is with us."
     "Which leaves Alex, Darren, and Jason," Nate said.
     "I've managed to locate them,"  Adderson said over Deborah's communicator, "Alex is on Mars in 2080, with Naomi Armitage, and Darren and Jason are at the end of time, trying to get to the portal room."
     "Do any of them have their sub - space communicators?"  Josh asked.
     "Nope,"  Serena said, "We found three of them on the ground after the portal closed."
     "Peachy," Crystal said, "just peachy."
     "In the meantime we should collect some data about Ganymede's base."
     "You mean the ex - Warrior Ganymede or Dark Ganymede,"  Jack said, "because I'm the new Warrior Ganymede."
     "Let's rock and roll!" Tod said.
     "I'll catch up with you guys as soon as I'm done here,"  Adderson said, "Warrior Universe, over and out."
     As soon as all the communications broke off the Warriors met out in front of the dorm where Josh, Jack, Nate, Adderson, and Alex lived. they switched their armors over to jet mode and took off for Dark Ganymede's base.

     "So, the Warrior Wimps are on their way to try to defeat me,"  Andrew chuckled, "They'll never get through my labyrinth of terror. And if they do then they'll have to face me, and nobody who has face me has survived!"
     The lights in the chamber suddenly flicked on, shedding the room in an unearthly red glow. All around the room, hanging on the walls and off of the ceiling, were the skeletons and remains of those who had challenged him and lost. Also on the walls hung the heads, weapons, and armor of those who had lost. Andrew laughed demonically as he gazed upon his prizes and the lights blew out.

     The night in the city continued on silently. The air was still except for a lone figure charging head long through the darkness. At closer inspection the person was exhausted, but running on pure fear and refined adrenaline.
     "I have to... find a portal... back to earth," he panted, charging through the streets of the city. He seemed to be making real progress toward the MPD head quarters. The he took a wrong turn and ran headlong into a mob.
     "Hey," someone shouted, "he must be one of those new Thirds!!"
     "Yeah," another person said, "where else would he get armor like that?!"
     "Awww... crap!" he panted, "I'm SOL!"
     He turned to run back the way he came, but found that way to be blocked as well. He turned around to see that all routes of escape were blocked by people with torches and weapons. Thinking quickly he copied one of Sailor Mercury's power.
     "Shabon SPRAY!"
     The fog bank which formed following the attack provided some cover, giving him enough time to super - jump towards the roof top of a near by building. Unfortunately he ran out of leap half way up and began a rapid descent towards the pavement and the angry mob. Thinking quickly he slammed his ring into his left gauntlet, activating his techno - armor. He then soared back towards the sky.
     "Damn," he said to himself, "something is seriously wrong with people around here."
     "You're telling me," a familiar voice said. He looked around in confusion until the other person said, "Look up."
     The person looked skyward to see a blond woman with blue eyes, a small form, and wings, hovering above his head. The woman waved and said, "Heya Alex, what's up?"
     "Naomi," Alex sighed, "how long have you been up there?!"
     "Long enough to see how you handled that mob. They're out for blood or something similar. I've managed to avoid them long enough, but even I'm getting tired of running."
     "They almost killed me, and all because of my armor."
     Just then several torches fell past them from above. The two looked skyward to see part of the mob on the top of the building Alex was trying to reach. Alex looked to Naomi, who pointed skyward. He then deactivated the armor and activated the jet - pack option, which gave him more maneuverability. The two then moved skyward, past the rooftop, and right over the mob.
     "What do we do now?" Alex asked, looking at the angry mob on the roof top.
     "We wait a couple minutes," Naomi said, winking. A couple seconds later the sky was filled with winged females.
     "What in the...?!" someone from the mob said.
     "More third types?!" a woman said before passing out.
     "The cavalry has arrived!" one of the winged woman said in a southern accent.
     "Yeah - haw!" another woman shouted, Texas style, "We're here Armitage. What's the plan?"
     A large sweat drop formed on Naomi's head. She giggled uneasily before saying, "I don't have one yet." Everyone fell over in mid air. Just then the hum of chopper engines filled the air. Naomi then exclaimed, "Shoot! The army is on its way!"
     "What do we do now?" one of the women shrieked in a heavenly voice.
     "We wait until they get here and then we kick their butts!"

     Elsewhere in the stream of time and space two people clad in armor were slowly making their way to escape. The road behind was filled with broken bodies, the road filled with monsters. The road in between was getting smaller and smaller for more and more creatures attacked every time.
     "How long have we been fighting?!" Warrior Night asked.
     "About a mile, mile and a half tops," Warrior Callisto panted, "Why?"
     "Because I think I see the place we're trying to get to!"
     Warrior Callisto looked up and saw it: a small temple, ornately decorated with gold and silver, marble pillars rising to meet finely carved ceilings. In the center they could see several pillars of light, each showing faint signs of the world on the other side. The two, upon seeing this, felt a renewed strength and went on toward the temple, using their max attacks.
     "Spinning Shards!"
     Crystalline throwing stars spiraled through the air, striking down many of the creatures. But more moved in around them.
     "Star Solar Winds!"
     The blazing winds kicked up to force five in a matter of seconds, disintegrating the creatures for a radius of 500 feet. Once this attack ceased they charged for the temple, only to run into another armor clad hero. Callisto and Night looked up and sweat drops formed on their heads.
     "Who are you?" Warrior Night asked the person, who was standing atop a small cliff.
     "I'm Warrior Scorpio," the warrior said. Night examined him, from his somewhat shaggy black hair, to the fine Latin face, to the stubble on his chin, to the black, very well fitting chest armor, to the baggy green cargo pants, to the brown boots barely visible under the cuffs of the pants.
     "Oy la bamba!" Callisto exclaimed.
     "I take it you're here for the portal to 1998?" Scorpio asked.
     "Bingo," Night said.
     "Cool. I'll come with you. I have some business there."
     The three walked into the temple and soon found the portal to 1998. As soon as they stepped in, though, an energy surge over - took the portal and sent them careening into 1999 - the day of destruction.

     Meanwhile, in 2078, Adderson was busy scanning the time stream, not only of Earth, but of Mars as well. He discovered, much ot his horror, that Warriors Night and Callisto had slipped into 1999, and the day of destruction was where they appeared. Warrior Saturn was with Naomi Armitage and an armor of Third types, but he was doubtful Alex could hold out for long. As for himself, he was extremely confused when the building began to shake.
     "What's going on?!" he asked as he stumbled out of the computer room.
     "Gravity bomb attack," Steve shouted as he charged by, "And this one is the worst one yet!"
     "Peachy," Lizz shouted as she blew by him, "Why does it always happen when I'm baking?!"
     Adderson joined them in their charge from the building. Once they were outside they looked up to the sky to see a huge space craft dumping hundreds of gravity bombs on the city.
     "What ever shall we do?" Jess asked in a Southern accent.
     "Let's kick some butt!" Tod said, "Sun Armor!"
     "Night Armor!"
     "Earth Armor!"
     "Nova Armor!"
     "Blizzard Armor!" etc. etc. etc.
     Once everyone had powered up, Adderson created a large gravity bubble around the group and floated them to the craft, where Alex, Matt, Joss, and Tony opened a hatch, the hard way. Once inside they immediately met with alien resistance.
     <Halt or I will shoot,> an alien said, brandishing his / hers / its laser rifle. Other aliens behind the first repeated the action.
     "What did he say?" Lizz asked, a sweat drop on her head.
     "I think that was the alien equivalent of 'Put your hands in the air'!" Bryan said. Sweat drops formed on the heads of the aliens.
     <Do you think they understand us?> a tall alien with green - brown hair asked.
     <I highly doubt it,> a short alien with magenta hair said, <Earthlings are not known for their intelligence.>
     <Try voice setting 8-0-9,> the first alien said, presumably the leader, <that translates to standard Earth English.>
     All of the aliens reached for an object by their ears and turned tiny dials. Once this was complete the leader said, "Testing, testing, my mic sound nice, check one." Sweat drops formed on the heads of the humans.
     "Who is this guy?" Jess whispered to Cathy. Cathy shrugged her shoulders as if to say, 'I have no idea.'
     "Now that we understand one another," the leader continued, "Resistance is...."
     "Yeah, yeah, resistance is futile," Alex said, faking a yawn, "we know the drill."
     "And we also know what comes next," Steve said, taking his lance from his back.
     "And we aren't going to let you get away with this!" Dan said, unclasping his bow and extending it to full height.
     "Let's get `em!" Alex shouted, taking a pair of swords from the hilts on his hips. The group charged at the aliens, taking no prisoners.

     "Dark Ganymede's base ETA is two minutes," Mike said over the intercom of the small jet.
     "This is Warrior Wing one calling sky base," Brian said over the communicator, "how's things there?"
     "Everything's A-ok," Mike replied.
     "Warrior Wing two checking in," Jack called over the communicator, "Everything here is breezy."
     "Warrior Wing three checking in," Doug said, "Things here are all right."
     "Sky base to all Warrior wings. Maintain positions for another thirty seconds and then break off and attack."
     "Wing one reports ok."
     "Wing two reports go!"
     "Wing three reports go also!"
     "In five.... four... three... two... one... BREAK!"
     The airborne Warriors broke formation, drew their weapons, and dove towards the base, meeting heavy resistance from anti - aircraft cannons positioned around the base.
     "Wing one leader to all Warriors," Brian said over the communicator, "converge on my flank and prepare to move in!"
     The Warriors moved into position and waited for Warrior Earth to do his stuff. They didn't have to wait long.
     "Iron Rock CRUSHER!"
     The attack caused one entire wall to crumble long enough for the first two wings to get inside the base. When the third wing approached the hole the wall sealed itself shut.
     "Sky base, this is wing three. We've got a problem here."

     Elsewhere in the time stream, Warriors Night, Callisto, and Scorpio appeared at the same moment Lavos emerged from beneath the Earth's crust and began a reign of terror.
     "What the hell IS that thing?!" Night exclaimed.
     "I don't think I want to find out!" Callisto exclaimed.
     "This guy isn't so tough," Scorpio said, "all you gotta do is find the weak points."
     "Where exactly is that?!" Callisto and Night said simultaneously.
     "The soft, fleshy head," Scorpio said, producing an Atma Weapon. He then leapt into the air and swung downward, striking Lavos with the power necessary to defeat him. The head disintegrated upon impact, opening a gateway to the unknown.
     "Shall we go in?" Scorpio asked, grinning, his dark brown eyes saying 'you gotta love me!'. Callisto and Night fell over. They pulled themselves together and the three walked in to the unknown inside the shell.

     "Silence Glaive APPLY!"
     Saturn's attack blew up a couple choppers, which were quickly replaced by several more. He looked over at Naomi, who was busy fighting with her wrist mounted blaster and the twin blasters on her back. He glanced at the other Third types, who were in the same sort of position. He then turned back to the task at hand: stopping the army and getting to the portal generator.
     "Death Ribbon Revolution!"
     Millions of razor sharp ribbons flew from the blade of his Glaive, blasting through the choppers, wrapping up the blades, and pretty much causing havoc to the mechanics of the helicopters. Once the attack subsided there was a break in the action long enough to allow Saturn and Naomi to get past the army and on their way to the MPD and the portal generator.
     The minute they were past the army they were once again under attack. Saturn shielded Naomi with his body and took several direct hits to his armor from laser cannons. Weakened by the blast he barely managed to get the power ring from beneath his armor. He hoisted it into the air and kicked into hyper drive. He grabbed onto Naomi and they blew through the sky at speeds greater than that of sound. They arrived at the MPD seconds later, crashing through a wall and landing right in the science lab. Unfortunately some of the officers were in the lab at the time.
     "Armitage!" one of the officers shouted.
     "Ross!" Naomi cheered, running and embracing the person, "I missed you so much."
     "Who's your friend?" Ross asked.
     "Ross, this is Alex West. Alex, my boyfriend and partner, Ross Sylabus."
     "Pleased to meet you," Saturn said, shaking Ross' hand.
     "Likewise," Ross said, "now, would you mind explaining why you just crashed through the wall?"
     Alex and Naomi took turns telling the story, causing a sweat drop to form on Ross's head. Upon completion of the story Ross turned to the other officer and said, "Eddie, start up the portal generator. The three of us are doing a spatial leap to Earth."
     "Woah, what do you mean by 'the three of us'?!" Naomi exclaimed, "We need you here to cover our butts!"
     "I can do that," Eddie said, smiling, "The three of you go out and have a blast!"
     "Ok," Naomi said, "Just be warned that this may be dangerous."
     "I'm well aware of that," Ross said.
     The three strapped into the portal generator and Eddie cranked it up. The three spun around and upon reaching maximum escape velocity were transported through time and space to Earth in 2078.

     As the New Ronin Warriors engaged in combat with the alien forces, a great crash of thunder rocked the ship, sending everyone into confusion. A brilliant flash of light followed the thunderclap and from the chaos emerged Alex, Naomi, and Ross. The three looked at everyone sprawled out everywhere and asked, "What the hell happened?!"
     "Your entrance," Tony moaned.
     "What a light show!!" one of the aliens moaned.
     "What an explosion!" Jess gasped.
     "What a migraine!" Adderson, Joss, and Dan said at the same time. Naomi, Alex, and Ross fell over.
     "What is this place?" Naomi asked, looking around as she got up.
     "This is the Event Horizon 2," one of the aliens said.
     "You have got to be kidding me!" Matt said, "This is a second Event Horizon?!"
     "What exactly is the Event Horizon?!" Adderson, Naomi, and Ross asked. Everyone fell over.
     "The Event Horizon was a research vessel which implemented a gravity drive," both of the Alex's said at the same time. They looked at one another, smiled, and continued. "On its maiden voyage it vanished and wasn't heard from for seven years, which was when it mysteriously reappeared around the planet Neptune.  A rescue vessel was sent to rescue the crew and salvage the ship. All but three members of the crew died and the gravity drive was lost."
     "That is where we come in," one of the aliens said, "our scientists found and returned the gravity drive section of the ship. Following blueprints we managed to rebuild and improve the design, giving way to the Event Horizon 2."
     "And what is your name?" Cathy asked.
     "My name is T`ellerubachozonia, but you can call me Bob."
     A large sweat drop formed on Cathy's head. She smiled uneasily and said, "Yeah, ok, whatever."
     "Don't forget, you're our prisoners!" Bob said.
     "Not for long," Alex said, opening a gateway. All of the New Ronin Warriors stepped in. Once everyone was on their way he sealed the portal, leaving Bob and the remaining aliens in shock.

     Elsewhere in the time stream Warriors Callisto, Night, and Scorpio had just entered the Lavos shell when a portal opened and sucked them inside. They spiraled through time and space and ended up meeting with Warrior Saturn and his group of time travelers.
     "What are you doing here?!" Callisto asked, rather shocked.
     "We were about to ask you the same thing," Universe said.
     "We defeated Lavos in 1999 and had just entered the shell when a portal opened and sucked us inside," Warrior Scorpio said.
     "Who is this guy?" Naomi asked, eyeing Scorpio from head to foot.
     "Naomi Armitage, this is Warrior Scorpio. Scorpio, this is Naomi Armitage," Night said.
     "Does anyone know where we're going?" Jess asked.
     "I'm hoping we're going home," Saturn said, "I'm sick of being hiccupped around time and space!"
     Just then someone's communicator beeped. Everyone turned to Warrior Universe, who was in the process of answering the call.
     "Universe here. What's up?"
     "Adderson, this is Mike. We've got a problem!"
     "What's the problem?" Saturn asked, floating over to the communicator.
     "Dark Ganymede has a HUGE base of operations and right now he has wings one and two of the Warriors in his grasp."
     "Who's Dark Ganymede?" Scorpio asked.
     "The ex - Warrior Ganymede," Mike said, "Jack is the new Warrior Ganymede and now he's in the grasp of Andrew."
     "Peachy," Callisto said, "just peachy!"
     "I agree," Night said.
     Just then there was a crash of thunder, a flash of light, and the universe burped yet again, spitting everyone out inside Dark Ganymede's base. What happened next was not good.

     "Well, well, well," Dark Ganymede chuckled, "the might New Ronin Warriors and five more of the Star Warriors have stopped in to say hello." He then walked over to Naomi and held her chin in his hand. "Who is this lovely lady?"
     "My girlfriend!" Ross shouted, getting to his feet. Andrew waved one hand and Ross was tossed across the room like a rag doll.
     "I'm Naomi Armitage, of the MPD," Naomi said, "and you're in deep trouble pal!"
     "Such harsh words for such a lovely woman. I'm sure you make your boyfriend very happy."
     'What's with this guy?!' Jess thought, 'He hasn't said or done anything to really prove how evil he is.'
     "And who do we have here?" Andrew asked, walking over to Warrior Scorpio and, brushing back a few stray locks from Scorpio's bangs, said, "I've never seen you before."
     "The name's Warrior Scorpio, and I'm sick and tired of seeing people give up their souls in the quest of power!"
     "And what do you know of this?!"
     "I've seen the end of the world as we know it and the end of time and I know that you're the cause of the destruction!"
     Everyone turned to face the two people who were going at it head to head.
     "Hmmm... Scorpio you say. What time period are you from?"
     "He's not from a particular time period," a familiar voice said. Everyone turned to see Sailor Pluto standing near the opening of a portal. "He's with me!"
     "Are you going to try to stop me?!" Dark Ganymede demanded.
     "No, but we are!"
     All around the room Warriors and Senshi stepped from the shadows, each with weapons drawn and all striking battle stances.
     "Now that the gang is all here, let the battle.... BEGIN!"
     Andrew took to the sky and opened a portal, which he entered and closed behind him. Everyone looked at everyone else before piling into Pluto's gateway. They immediately piled out and went to find their friends. Once they were all together again they entered the portal and followed Andrew to the end of time, where the ultimate showdown was about to commence.

     Upon exiting the portal the Warriors and Senshi witnessed the sheer vastness of the plane of existence. They looked around until they saw smoke rising from a point on the horizon.
     "Oh shit!" Scorpio exclaimed, "The temple!"
     "What temple?" everyone asked.
     "The temple which houses the time gates," Sailor Pluto said, "he can travel to any point in time and alter the future!"
     "Do we exist out of the stream of time while we're here?" Warrior Saturn asked.
     "Yes, which is thankful, for without that ability of this plane none of us would exist right now."
     "Where is he right now?" Warrior Mars asked.
     "Give me a second to check," Sailor Pluto said, holding her garnate orb in her palm. The orb glowed before an image appeared.
     "Wow!" Roxy exclaimed, "An inter spatial, multi - dimensional, time seeking crystal."
     "Say WHAT?!" everyone asked, turning to Sailor Juno.
     "In plain English, a time seeking crystal ball," Roxy said, a sweat drop forming on her head.
     "Dark Ganymede has traveled back to 12,000 BC... no, wait, he jut left there... He's on his way to 600 AD... cancel that... he's on his way... "
     Sailor Pluto's sentence was cut off when a giant portal opened in the sky and burped out several large creatures, followed by Dark Ganymede.
     "Holy... " Alison started to say.
     "... Moly!" Alyssa finished.
     "Oh shit!" Matt, Richard, Tod, Steve, Josh, and Jack said simultaneously.
     "What's wrong?" Dark Ganymede taunted, "Afraid you won't be able to defeat my little old army?!"
     "That's no army," Naomi said, "that's deep trouble!"
     "And that is why we gotta stop," Scorpio said, drawing his Atma Weapon, "CHARGE!"
     Scorpio took off like a shot, slashing left and right with the energy blade. He seemed to be doing well for a while, but as he raged on his power level began to drop, resulting in the diminished power of the blade. After a couple more minutes of the rage the blade shattered and Scorpio collapsed, extremely exhausted.
     Upon seeing this, Warrior Mars shouted, "We gotta help him!"
     "Right on!" Warriors Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Draco said at the same time, each drawing their weapons.
     "Mars Flame Sniper!"
     "Jupiter Plasma Bolt CHAIN!"
     "Venus Melt My Heart Strike!"
     "Blizzard Winds!"
     "Nitro Bubbles Blast!"
     The five attacks met with an energy barrier, were absorbed, and redirected right back at the Warriors, who became wrapped up in the assorted chains, etc. and were ultimately frozen solid.
     Upon viewing this, Saturn looked at the rest of the Warriors, who looked back at him and shrugged. He shrugged back and said, "Oh, well. We finally met an enemy we couldn't defeat."
     "Wha... what... WHAT?!" everyone stammered.
     "It's true. They reflected all the attacks of our first string back at them and Scorpio exhausted most of his energy for nothing. If they couldn't defeat them how can we?"
     "I won!" Dark Ganymede shouted, "I won! I actually defeated the Warriors and Senshi! I am the greatest!"
     As his ego swelled, the force shield lost energy until, with a loud and very audible POOF, it collapsed altogether. Once the shield was down the Senshi and Warriors moved into position and prepared to attack. They joined hands in a large circle, leaving room for Scorpio, Draco, Mars, Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter when they were back in action. Once everyone was ready the attack began.

"Mercury Crystal Power!"
     Dark Ganymede stopped his ego trip for a split second to see what was going on.
"Mars Crystal Power!"
"Jupiter Crystal Power!"
"Venus Crystal Power!"
"Moon Crisis Power!"
"Pluto Planet Power!"
"Uranus Planet Power!"
"Neptune Planet Power!"
"Saturn Planet Power!"
     Dark Ganymede looked down to see the large circle of Senshi and Warriors. He started to form an energy orb, but was stopped short when Deborah Torres' web attack wrapped him up.
"Maker Star Power!"
"Healer Star Power!"
"Fighter Star Power!"
"Eternal Moon Power!"
"Mercury Prism Power!"
"Mars Prism Power!"
"Jupiter Prism Power!"
"Venus Prism Power!"
"Sun Crystal Power!"
     "Nooo!" Dark Ganymede shouted, "How can you do this to me?!"
     "It's pay back time!" Alex shouted, "Get `em guys!"
"Juno Moon Power!"
"Pallas Moon Power!"
"Ceres Moon Power!"
"Vesta Moon Power!"
"Io Cosmic Moon Power!"
"Callisto Cosmic Moon Power!"
"Ganymede Cosmic Moon Power!"
"Europa Cosmic Moon Power!"
"Mercury Nova Power!"
"Mars Nova Power!"
"Jupiter Nova Power!"
"Venus Nova Power!"
"Moon Eclipse Power!"
"Earth Life Power!"
"Saturn Nova Power!"
"Uranus Nova Power!"
"Neptune Nova Power!"
"Pluto Nova Power!"
"Solar Nova Power!"
"X Nova Power!"
"Night Eclipse Power!"
"Nova Eclipse Power!"
"Hellfire Nova Power!"
"FireStar Nova Power!"
"Arctic Chill Nova Power!"
"Thunderbolt Nova Power!"
"Ganymede Eclipse Power!"
"Io Eclipse Power!"
"Europa Eclipse Power!"
"Callisto Eclipse Power!"
"Universe Life Power!"
"Phoenix Crystal Power!"
"Oberon Moon Power!"
"Sphinx Crystal Power!"
"Dragon Crystal Power!"
"Thunderbird Crystal Power!"
"Pegasus Crystal Power!"
"Griffin Crystal Power!"
"StarBlaze Star Power!"
     "Oh no!" Dark Ganymede and his army exclaimed, "We're gone for sure!"
"Scorpio Nova Power!"
"Phobos Moon Power!"
"Deimos Moon Power!"
"UNITED UNIVERSAL PLANET POWER!"
     The resulting energy wave ripped through not only the end of time, but the other time streams, righting all which had been disturbed and destroying all the large evil creatures which composed Dark Ganymede's army. Yet Dark Ganymede still remained to be defeated.
     "Let's take him out!" Alex West III said to the New Ronin Warriors. He took his swords and commenced his attack.
     "Dark Hurricane Acid Storm!"
     "Hyperspace Solar Flare Burn!"
     "Black Gaia Earth Crush!"
     "Arctic Ice Wind Strike!"
     "Nova Flare Force Ignite!"
     "Magma Tsunami Encase!"
     "Tornado Arctic Smash!"
     The energy attacks severely weakened Dark Ganymede, but did not finish him completely. He had some energy left and proved it by forming an energy sphere, which he came close to releasing and would have if not for Deborah's second attack.
     "Web of Deception!"
     The mass of sticky goo which flew from the blades wrapped around his body, preventing him from releasing the energy sphere. To complicate things Rowen used his bow and arrows to ignite the energy, bringing and end to Dark Ganymede. As soon as the energy wave ceased the Senshi and Warriors collapsed due to the extreme energy drain. They recovered a couple minutes later and witnessed a portal opening. From that portal stepped Andrew, who smiled and said, "Hey guys, what's up?" Everyone fell over.
     "Is this the guy who caused all the trouble?" Jack asked.
     "Yup," Adderson said, "he may be small, but he's a real trouble maker!"
     "Oh brother," Dorrie moaned, "If I ever have another night like this it'll be too soon."
     Just then Naomi's communicator beeped. She took it from her pocket and activated it. Eddie's image appeared on the small screen.
     "Armitage, we have a major problem! The mobs are huge, the army is pissed, and the Thirds are losing the battle. On top of it all some guy named Tetsuo is using some sort of psychic or mind powers to destroy the city!"
     "Peachy," Alex West I said, "we encountered him at the Cherry Hill Temple and he blew up Warriors Europa and Io."
     "Well, he has the ability to do even more damage now," Eddie said.
     "What are we waiting for?!" Tony asked, "the future needs our help!"
     The group started to charge off for the portal room, but turned around and looked at both of the Alex's. The pair shrugged and pooled their powers to open an industrial sized portal. The next stop for the Senshi and Warriors: Mars in the year 2080. As for the New Ronin Warriors their next stop was Chicago in the year 2078, and a showdown with the aliens on the Event Horizon 2.
To Be Continued...