Sailor Mars and Psychoblue wasted no time with idle banter and went straight for each other. Sailor Mars started the battle with a stream of fire, but Psychoblue easily absorbed the impact and countered with a Psycho Shot. Raye barely escaped what would have been a lethal attack, but when she turned around, Psychoblue had already grabbed her leg. He lifted the Sailor Scout up and flung her to the pavement.

"Now as long as you're just lying there," Psychoblue said as Raye wiped off her bleeding lip and forehead, "I want to ask you a question: why aren't you the leader?"

"....." Raye was speechless as she thought about that question.

"I mean come o-" Psychoblue was interrupted by a flurry of Raye's kicks, but he gave her a roundhouse kick to her chest that sent her reeling.

"I mean come on," he continued. "To assume the role of Red Ranger is to assume the role of leader. Just who is the leader anyway?"

Seeing that taking Psychoblue head-on was flat-out futile, Raye decided to play along "...Serena...was given leadership by Luna."

Psychoblue checked Amy's memories that he obtained earlier and let out a crazed laugh."HAHAHAHAHAHAH!! THAT WHINER...HEHE..WAS GIVEN LEADERSHIP...BY A TALKING CAT!?"

Raye was about to say something, but she stopped. She had never really bothered thinking about it until now. Serena was anything but leadership material. Lita, Amy, and even herself were far better qualified. This train of thought was broken when Psychoblue pierced her leg with his Psycho Axe, hitting her femoral artery. A blood-curtling scream filled the air, but was stopped short as Raye remembered how to keep from bleeding to death. She ripped up her skirt and used the rags to tie a makeshift bandage.

"See what I mean, kid? Sailor Moon would've kept on bleeding, but you kept a cool head. That wound will keep you out of the picture for several hours though, so think about this:" Psychoblue said as he began walking away and Raye started to black out from the pain.

"If you want even a snowball's chance of beating me, you're gonna need to change the rank of your roster...."

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"URANUS EARTH SHAKER!!!"

Megachill swatted Haruka's ultimate attack away and followed up with his own technique.

"NIGHTMARE WAVE!" A dark purple sphere of ki sent Haruka flying. Megachill jumped up and caught the golden Sailor Ranger and sent her crashing to the ground with a double-hammer punch. A killing blow to Haruka's windpipe would have been dealt if not for Serena's Rainbow Heartache.

"......Not bad, Buns. Not bad for fighting 3-year-olds, that is!"

Sailor Moon was so shocked at hearing this new enemy call her Buns that she had no time to react to Megachill's warhammer that destroyed Serena's Pegasus sword. Megachill grabbed her throat and slammed her into the ground.

"I waited and waited for you to save me, Bunny, but you never came. Well now it's payback time!"

"Wait..." Serena whispered, "Who...who are you?"

".....Sorry, Bunny. You'll just have to go to your grave never knowing! HAHAHAHAHA-ARGH!!!!" Megachill's maniacal laughter was interrupted when a laser beam hit him from behind. He turned around, and saw a man dressed from head to toe in dark blue and white save for 5 blocks on his chest with a different color for each one. His face was covered by a helmet with a silver mouthpiece.

"Hey, homie," the Blue Ranger(circa PRiS) yelled as his Astro Axe cut through Megachill's hammer, "didn't anyone ever tell ya that women should be treated with respect."

Seeing that he was outmatched for the time being, Megachill disappeared in a saphire blur..

Meanwhile, a block away..

Andros gently picked up Raye and placed her on his galaxy glider. "Let's see..yes, her friends are safely hidden at her shrine. I'll take her there and they can treat her. GALAXY GLIDER, HANG TEN!!"

The red glider whirred and left with Andros and Raye in tow..

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The elder Red Ranger sat down next to Raye and thought about the questioned she just asked her. "Well...' he began, "what Psychoblue said about the Red Ranger usually being leader is true. But I don't know much about this system you girls use."

Raye wanted to check his face to see if he was bluffing but it was still covered by his helmet. This did not escape Andros, who read her facial expressions quite well.

"I'm not kidding! You said that Sere-er, Sailor Moon rather, was a princess? Her leadership could very well be a result of monarchy. Maybe if you demonstated those skills like you did against Psychoblue...."

Andros noticed that he was beginning to trail off, and changed the subject. "Hey, why don't you call the others into the shrine? TJ should be back soon, and I think he'll know how to handle Psychoblue and his new sidekick.

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TJ ran over to Haruka to see if she was still alive. After checking for a good pulse, the communicator on his wrist warbled. He turned it on and heard Andros's voice.

"Hey, Andros, did you find him?"

"Not yet, TJ," Andros responded. "But I did find the Red Ranger of the group. Psychoblue clipped her femoral artery but she survived. I'm right now treating her at her house."

"At her house?"

"Don't worry, no one else is home aside from some of the other rangers. How are things from your end?"

TJ looked at Serena and Darien who were at the side of the road, and then at Haruka who was getting back up. "It looks like I came just in time. This new guy almost killed them. I'll bring the ones here up to speed. Tell Carlos that we'll meet at your location."

"You got it, TJ. And if I find Psychoblue, you'll be the first to know."

"Hey you!" TJ turned around and saw a limping Tuxedo Mask. "Where's Raye!?"

"Hey, easy pal!" TJ dodged a swipe from Serena and Darien. "I'm on your side! Your friend is back at her place with Andros...."

#(Psychoblue)

The kid and I met back up somewhere near the neighborhood that we annihilated when we fought.

"Well.." I ask, "did you get 'em?"

"Grrr....they had help! A Power Ranger got in my way and trashed my hammer!! Aaaagh!!"

I paused for a moment. If a Power Ranger is here, then more can't be far behind. "Which one?" I ask.

He began gripping what was left of his hammer tight. "The Blue Ranger..."

"........."

No....nonononono it's probably one of those Lightspeed or Time Force thugs..It can't be him...

"What did he look like?"

"Well," the kid started pacing, trying to remember more details. "He had 5 color blocks on his chest...."

!!!!!

"And..the way he spoke..he sounded African-American..."

"......."

"Hey, Psycho, you okay? Your power's going off the scale."

"......."

"Uhhh...Psycho?"

He's back.....HE'S BACK!!!

"YEEEEEEEEEEEARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!"