[TunaKaslana: Do you guys doubt that this Ace is Shovel Knight? It's so obvious!]
[Benehime: Really, a character appears out of nowhere that never existed? He definitely is, and look at him! He doesn't look like an extra!]
[AizenChair: I agree, but I feel like his appearance is familiar to me... maybe he's from Shovel Knight too?]
[NoobMaster69: I've never seen an NPC with that appearance, but hey, aren't you curious about something in particular? He appeared in Goblin Slayer!
[MiniMessi: There's that too...]
The Internet was in a frenzy now, they weren't stupid and easily figured out Ace's identity from the episode.
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The battle continued in the amusement park, and thanks to changes in the plot and the addition of a new monster, the Rangers found themselves having trouble staying in the fight. Meanwhile, in a laboratory, Alpha 5 was doing experiments to find out how to reverse the effects of the transformation into a cardboard box, but they quickly discovered that water was the way to solve the situation. "Argh... my head..." Ace stood up, feeling an uncomfortable headache, which would gradually disappear, and started to notice the place he was. "I think... an explanation would be good..." Trini said a little tiredly, already knowing that she would feel a headache in the future. The explanation was brief, it was the Power Rangers. Of course, Ace already knew, but he pretended to be a little surprised.
"I need to go now! The situation is complicated, and I need to help!" Trini started to get ready to go back to the Rangers, Ace stayed quiet and ended up being teleported away from the confusion, and she held tightly to her morpher. "I think it's time to put you to use, huh?" Ace started to run towards an isolated place, transforming into Shovel Knight. Once ready, he threw a capsule on the ground that expanded.
He used the same technology from his morpher to compact his new invention, Ride Chaser. A white and blue motorcycle with a cannon in the front. All the materials obtained so far were for this project and another one. He couldn't always walk to the places, especially given how far they were. "I hope I don't end up crashing into something." Ace got on his Ride Chaser and headed towards the amusement park at maximum speed. Ride Chaser didn't need wheels thanks to its thrusters, making the trip smooth.
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With Trini's entrance, the Rangers were managing to have a minimal advantage, but the monsters weren't behind either. The clown threw his bowling pins with precision, causing considerable damage to the Power Rangers.
Pineoctopus, the original monster from the episode, wasn't far behind in the fight. His sharp tentacles proved to be a truly lethal weapon. "Dammit! We can't get close to them!" Jason said with anger, the only way he found to face the monsters was with the Blasters or Kimberly using her bow, but in the middle of the fight they began to hear the sound of an engine and something approaching. "What is that?" Billy began to look around until something jumped through the walls of the amusement park. It was a strange motorcycle, and on top of the motorcycle was Shovel Knight, the mysterious knight who appeared to help.
Using the motorcycle's thrusters, he advanced against Pineoctopus. The motorcycle's blades were glued forward, making him fly backwards due to the attack. Ace drifted with the motorcycle, stopping it on the other side. The front visor of the motorcycle rose, revealing the cannon, which began to shoot at the monsters, giving the perfect opening for Zack. "Hey!" His axe collided with the clown called Pinwheel, making the battle much easier.
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• In space •
"Aaaah! How many times will this horned idiot mess up my plans!? Goldar! Why did you listen to that idiot and let him deal with the Power Rangers alone!?" Rita was furious, and Goldar just lowered his head in irritation, after all, he thought Pineoctopus and Pinwheel would be enough. "Grow up NOW!" Throwing his staff again, the monsters began to take on an enormous height.
'This time I didn't come unprepared!' A huge smile was found on Ace. The days of him running like a coward were coming to an end. The Power Rangers already had their Zords attacking both enemies, but they were having difficulty deciding to go straight to the Megazord. "I'll join them this time!" Ace threw another of his capsules into the sky and accelerated his Ride Chaser, jumping towards his creation, a huge blue and orange bee. His creation should be considered a Semi-Zord, since the real one was still in production.
The compartment inside Bee Blader opened, allowing Ace to enter with the bike. Now its propellers began to spin and gain altitude. Even due to its size and weight, the Semi-Zord was not slow, managing to reach the place of the fight. In place of the real bee stinger, there was a gun barrel that started shooting at Pinwheel.
"Looks like our helper has something to give us a hand! Let's take advantage and end this!" Jason prepared himself, giving an air of confidence. Preparing his sword, he advanced against Pinwheel, cutting him in half. The explosion would come soon after, but to the surprise of everyone, the remains went to Pineoctopus, merging with him and creating a more powerful monster. "Do you think I didn't come prepared for this? Are you Rangers listening to me? I'll join you!" The Rangers knew what it meant and just agreed among themselves. Bee Blader went to the Megazord, starting to merge together, making shoulder pads and a cannon appear on the right arm, and the Propellers turned into a Shuriken. In the front of the zord.
"I'll be giving support and about questions... we'll do that after we finish everything." The Rangers received a newcomer at their control base. "Do you think that just because you have a new friend you'll defeat me!? You're wrong!" Red energy balls formed and went towards the Rangers, but with new weapons, they aimed the cannon, shooting without mercy. All of Pineoctopus' attacks were destroyed, and he was hit in all directions. "Let's go, final attack!" Red Ranger gave the final order, removing the Shuriken from the Megazord's chest. They prepared themselves by launching it at Pineoctopus, destroying it instantly, bringing victory to the Power Rangers.
"That's it, haha!" The celebration of victory was mutual among everyone. Now with Zords falling apart and Bee Blader returning to being a capsule in Ace's hand, he just stood there looking at the rest of the Rangers. "This is going to be kind of weird, huh?" He felt pressure on his shoulders, and the Rangers' looks didn't help the situation, although they weren't showing aggression, just caution.
"Enough secrets then, it will be better this way, and I will be able to receive at least help from you in the future..." The Rangers didn't know what to say, but when Ace detransformed, astonishment was the only feeling everyone had. "ACE!?" Everyone shouted in unison; detransforming together, they were in disbelief with everything. "Hehe...surprise?...I'll explain everything. Can we just get a kebab? I'm starving..." This helped to break the tension, making Jason laugh nonstop.
Now with them resting and talking, Ace would just eat as always, preparing to explain himself. "So, I saw you Power Rangers fighting those monsters. Of course, I didn't know your identities, but I thought, why not help too? So I started putting together my own stuff." Ace's explanation only helped the rest of the Rangers to be open-mouthed, they imagined something similar happening to them, not that Ace put everything together by himself. "Ace, this is insanity!" Billy, the most ingenious of the group, couldn't even imagine the technological advancement that was needed.
"I know, I know, but let's take it easy. I decided to help in the fights I could. Before this fight I didn't have this Zord, so I couldn't help when the monsters got giant..." He seemed embarrassed talking about it, after all, every time the enemies got giant, he just ran away as fast as he could. "But hey! I can help now, right?" The tension in the group disappeared a long time ago; now they were happier. "So you're one of us, huh? It's a shame your armor is blue." Zack was excited that his friend would now be helping him, although the color choice would leave two Blue Rangers.
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"He managed to create a morpher on his own? Even though it has no connection to the Morphin Grid, that's still pretty impressive. He seems to have his heart in the right place. Alpha 5, could you prepare a communicator for him? Even without being a Ranger, he'll still be useful to protect everyone." Zordon spoke to his assistant, who was just going to prepare something new, falling into thought, 'Maybe I should have called him to transform him into the Purple Ranger?...'
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