Trading Faces Is the twenty-fourth episode of Power Rangers EDF and the Destiny Wars.
Summary[]
Inspired by Aaron Jacobs' magic show, Fuden accidentally switches bodies with Raiden thanks to Fuden's body switching spell he stole from Sakura. Only Sakura knows how to switch them back before the two wither away forever. Can the team save Raiden before it's too late?
Featured Lineup 1: Red, Blue, Pink, Green, Purple, Silver
Plot[]
"And with a wave of my wand, and a little magic... Out pops a..."
The Magician here has captivated the audience with his trick. The Audience is fixated like never before. In the crowd, a suited man sits bored, slouching in his seat, of the trick.
"It's not special, he's just going pull a rabbit out of the hat." He groans.
The magician does indeed pull out a rabbit.
"A rabbit's foot!" He exclaims.
"See? What did I say?" The man says. But then the magician pulls out a large rabbit, larger than the hat. As he continues to pull out the rabbit, it's size is revealed to be even bigger than once thought.
"Ooooo" the crowd ooos. The suited man sits up straight. It's Fuden!
"What the?" He says. The Magician struggles to carry the Rabbit due to it being over 30 feet tall. He stumbles into the crowd, and as he gets closer, the rabbit shrinks down to normal size. It's all an illusion!
Fuden is left befuddled. The audience claps in approval. The Magician bows.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for coming out to the Aaron Jacobs show! The Greatest Magician On Earth!" The magician, Aaron Jacobs says. He bows to the crowd. However, a large booming voice pops in.
"EARTH'S GREATEST MAGICIAN? IF YOU THINK THAT WAS IMPRESIVE, WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE PRINCESS SAKURA SHOW!"
"Sakura? What?" Fuden says. At once, the building melts away. Aaron looks across at the dispersing crowds. He begins to run away, but his feet are cemented to the ground.
"Woah, what is going on man??!!!" He panically asks. Fuden gets up and hides behind a pillar. He sees her. He sees his sister, Sakura.
"My, my, my. Earth's greatest magician." Sakura walks up to trapped Jacobs. But before she reaches him, she is hit by Calvin's Star Shield.
"Not so fast, witch!" Calvin yells. Ryan and Ayumi shoot at Sakura, but she simple blocks the shots with a Wall. She then pushes the wall to crush the team, but Julian is able to put the Wall in Sub Space. Peter uses this opening to kick Sakura, but she portals him back to the rangers.
Sakura is a threat like the team has not seen before. Raiden arrives, and throws his Inazuma at her, knocking off her balance.
"Ah, Raiden's friends, the Rainbow Brigade!" Sakura jokes. "If I were you, pathetic Humans, I'd move aside before I get put down."
Ryan remarks "I see you're the only nice one aren't you Raiden."
"So this is your sister?" Peter asks.
"Aye. She is. She's lovely when she's not trying to kill us. I don't know what's gotten into her. Lara flies in and takes control of Sakura's body. The two fight. Only Lara is a match for Sakura's ability, which impresses her. Lara is able to push back the Princess.
"Raiden, your sister is quite strong!" Lara says. She fires an energy beam at Sakura, knocking her off.
"Impressive, your Magic is quite advanced. You are the Earth's Greatest Magician that I've been looking for!!" Sakura goes to bow down to Lara, but is knocked away by her power.
Angered, Sakura retreats. "You'll pay for this! You WILL be my teacher!"
Fuden sees all of this and begins to think. "Sakura, she'd become so powerful! If I can swipe that power..."
"No time to waste, we need to find Myron before he hurts anyone else!" Calvin says.
As the rangers, run out, Raiden is impressed at Lara's power, she's become more powerful since meeting her. He coughs a sickly cough, to which Will looks at him concerningly. His friend looks to be dying, slowly...
The next day, Sakura is seen sleeping in her newly constructed castle. She sits at her throne. Dark red lines the interior, regal majesty it's number one callling card. Guarded by her minions, the Juzos, the Castle sits at the top of a mountain. Her magic is able to create such majesties.
Fuden traverses this castle. He makes his way up to Sakura. Defeating the Juzos, and breaking into the Castle, he finally comes face to face with his sister, who wakes from her sleep.
"Sakura! Wake up!"
"*YAWN*. Fuden. It sure is nice to see you again." She says like a doting sister would.
He walks over to her bookshelves, and begins to screen her Magic texts. "What are you doing here? Why are you on Earth?" He asks.
She smirks. Just like in Africa, she starts her speech.
"I have one goal!" She begins to ham it up. "To be the GREATEST, MAGICIAN, EVER!!!!" She creates fireworks and cheers for her.
"And to do that, I must learn from the greatest magicians on each of the 10 worlds. And on Earth, I've honed in on the Orange friend of Raiden. Did you know Raiden is here too? It's like a small family reunion!"
"You always did like magic, huh. Well as long as you stay out of my way, I'll stay out of yours." Fuden replies. And begins to walk out.
"Oh yeah? And what is it that you want, Big Brother?" Sakura inquires.
Fuden is actually taken aback by the question. The Star Orb is gone, taken by Doctor Infinity. He and Raiden have been condemned to Earth. And Fuden himself has began to integrate with Human Society. What does he want anymore?
"That's, not for you to know." He says as he walks out.
As it turns out, he actually stole one of her Texts. He reads it for inspiration on what to do next in his life...
Meanwhile, Scowl's son awakes at the riverbank he was thrown over. He rushes up to his father. His hair obscures his face, but the panic bleeds through as he sees his father in his dying state.
"FATHER!" He cries as he cradles the Captain. Scowl looks on at his son, takes off his helmet, and reveals his face to him, the scared, bloodied, elderly Didier Benzema. He parts the hair from his son's face.
Revealing, Antoine Benzema, Calvin's doctor.
"Avenge Me.." Scowl's dying words as he hands his helmet to Antoine. A new Scowl, has been born...
The rangers respond to one of Viro's armies collecting at a riverbank, looking to poison the water supply. Viru watches intently as his new monster, Shovel Man digs up dirt to do so.
The rangers arrive to deal with it, and ready to finish of Shovel Man with the Defender Rifle. But as it is shot, Fuden arrives, and blocks it with Sakura's text. "Fuden! What are you doing?" Raiden asks. "Defeating you once and for all!" He proclaims.
He begins to utter a spell, and begins to switch Raiden's soul with that of Shovel Man, making Raiden easily killable. But as he does, he actually switches instead. Raiden and Fuden switch bodies...
"Hmmph. Not excatly what I had in mind, but this will do." Fuden says.
"Wha-, what have YOU DONE!!?!!?" Raiden, in Fuden's body says as he grabs Fuden, in Raiden's body, by the chin.
"I wanted to switch your body with that robot, but this works just as fine! HAA!!"
"YOU FOOL! THIS IS A DARK ART! ONCE WE LEAVE OUR BODIES, WE SLOWLY WITHER AWAY! YOU FOOL!"
"What?"
"BODY SWITCHING IS A DARK ART! WE ARE GOING TO DIE THANKS TO YOU!"
The two argue, and Fuden reveals he stole the spell from Sakura. Calvin and the brothers fly to Sakura's temple for help.
"HAAHAAHA! This is what you get! Don't ever steal from me again!"
Fuden pleads for his life. "Sister, I'm sorry, forgive me! I don't wanna die! Please forgive me! I'm sorry!"
"You wanna live? Figure it out yourself. The two of you always thought you were smarter than me. Prove it!" Sakura then pushes the three away.
Fuden and Raiden sit in the Starzord. The two show signs of withering away.
"So this is how it ends. Sakura, will be the empress this way." Raiden says.
Fuden is genuinely fearful of dying, something that strikes Raiden's big brother sensibilities. Fuden truly DIDN'T know this would happen, and is filled with so much regret, and remorse.
But then, Raiden remembers Lara. "Calvin, do you think, Lara could save us?"
"How would I know? I didn't believe in magic until this morning!"
The team arrives back at Royle's tower. Fuden is frantic as he withers more. "That human girl? She can't save us! She's nothing before Sakura's power! WE are nothing before him." Fuden says.
Lara and Peter sit at the table nervous at losing Raiden, but being the only thing that could save him.
"Look, we have no other options! Give her the book, I know she will save us."
Fuden reluctantly puts his faith in her. But before they can begin, Shovel Man attacks again. Calvin, Ryan, Ayumi, Will, Julian, and Andy mobilize.
As Lara reads Sakura's textbook, she is inindated with the dark powers that the book has. As she tries to undo Fuden's spell, she struggles. Peter tries to protect her, but can't do it himself.
"SUCH POWER!" Lara says. It's far above her control. SHe sees the visions of every instance of th spells in the book. She looks for how to save the two, leading her to a vision...
A vision, of Aaron Jacobs...
She is able to save the two, and the three rangers join the others and defeat Shovel Man with the AstroFleet Megazord and AtomFleet Megazord.
Afterwards, Fuden talks with his brother.
"I guess, the humans are capable." He says.
"They've stopped your every move. I don't know why it took you this long." Raiden jokes. Fuden smiles, and realizes he wants to be brothers again. But he is still left with a longing, sinking feeling.
Lara sleeps after the task. In her dreams, she sees Aaron Jacobs' magic show. She and Peter sit in the crowd watching. Upon seeing him in her vision after using Sakura's book, she's been seeing him everywhere.
"And with a wave of my wand, and a little magic... Out pops a..." Aaron Jacobs starts
But then he pulls out the same Cloaked Figure who hands out reactors. The same Cloaked Figure who appears in Ryan's dreams. The same hellscape appears before her.
"DESTROY EVERYTHING! DESTROY EVERYONE!" It says. Everything around her fades away. Aaron Jacobs fades away, Peter, fades the same way.
"What is going on?" She says as the Figurerings out louder and louder
Lara wakes up, with the same red eyes as Ryan, Calvin, and Raiden....
What is going on with the rangers?
Debuts[]
- Aaron Jacobs
- Shovel Man
Trivia[]
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