Alright, so to recap, our hero doesn’t like being a superhero, lived an entire life in the span of eight hours on another planet, and rescued Sailor Moon. Let’s continue.
I forgot to mention this, but the scene changes are made through VCR-like fast-forwards. So Davey and Edward carry Sailor Moon to Edward’s Big Fancy House. Edward also has a huge amount of books. Davey opens a closet and a bunch of stuff falls on them, Edward says that “I have fallen” meme in Klingon (if I had a Klingon translator, I would see if what he says rings true, but I’ll let it slide) and his closet is a TARDIS in terms of size. Oh, and it has velociraptors. I could not be making this up if I tried. For some reason, this fooling around with the closet seems nostalgic to me. Don’t know why.
TIME SKIP! Davey and Edward begin to patch up Sailor Moon, Edward quotes Whoopi Goldberg (I assume the line’s from Ghost) then Davey’s wrist communicator goes off.
He talks to Zordon about the current situation. It seems that Beryl wants to take over America. Wait, didn’t her plot consist of taking over the world, not just Japan? Huh. Okay, so she handed the Scouts’ asses on silver crystal platters and sent Sailor Moon flying across the pacific. No, really. There was an attack that sent a human being (I do not care how reincarnated she is, she is still human) half way across the world. That is impossible. First, in order to get enough force to be sent flying, you need to be shot out of the world’s most powerful cannon, which may freaking kill you, then you have to make sure the force and velocity don’t mash your organs together. Then you have to hope that you do not burn your ass upon re-entry, assuming that you survive flying out of the atmosphere. This does not even cover what would happen if a cyborg Power Ranger kitsune flew up and caught you with spine-breaking force. Enough talk about how Sailor Moon could have died if Reality Ensues and instead focus back to the story.
So Zordon gives Davey a translator for Serena and tells him that he has to go to Angel Grove on foot, since we needed padding Beryl disabled teleporting. So as Davey placed the translator in Serena’s ear, he notices that his arm hair was orange. Oh, and he talks about hitting it off with a redhead hedgehog. Oooookay... Moving on, Serena takes out the translator, resulting in her speaking Japanese again (I assume the ear not only translates what she hears, but alters her brainwaves to speak English) with Davey in subtitles. Also, Davey’s eyes glow red whenever his HUD activates. Be warned. So anyways, we flashback to Japan where we see that Beryl had this giant monster that was so powerful that nothing could take it down. Including every single Megazord. Now, the Power Rangers are in America, so unless it’s the Super Sentai counterpart the flashback’s referring to, then I wouldn’t mind. I would ask why Beryl did not bring this on the very first day, but I would assume that it would require a lot of energy or that she couldn’t make it by herself. The monster then picks up Sailor Moon and throws her across the pacific. Hm... Still does not convince me, but for the sake of sanity, I will accept it.
So Serena whines on how it’s impossible for the monster to throw her across the pacific and worries that her friends will think she’s dead. Or worse. And Davey at this moment thinks, “I like her. She’s silly.” Yes, because when you see someone crying over the thought that her friends think she’s dead, it is very silly indeed. He comforts her though and tells her that they will kick the monster’s ass. Here’s a good question. Isn’t the monster still rampaging in Japan? By now, Japan would be a wasteland and Beryl would be on her way to America. Anyways, Davey tells Serena that he’s a freelancer for Zordon and that he has dozens of them across the country. I would assume he’s referring to the Big Bad Beetle Borgs, VR Troopers, and Masked Rider, but if that’s the case, how come when the United Alliance of Evil invaded the entire galaxy and eventually Earth, no freelancer came to save the day and it was up to the Power Rangers? Answer? They all died. That’s my theory.
So sometime later, they are eating lunch and in the middle of talking about how hot peppers are, the Hiroshima bombing is mentioned (long story short, Davey says that the peppers were almost nuclear and then referred to the bombing). Oh boy. First off, it’s made as an off-hand joke, but when Serena got nervous, it’s a clear sign that the author understands that he and his In-Universe counterpart were on thin ice with that comment and was acknowledged greatly. The problem lies with that during that paragraph, there was a comparison of said bombing... to a tornado. Wow... Words cannot describe how stupid that sounds. One was a war-ending move that killed millions of people and left thousands scarred, mentally and physically, and the other is nearly common in some places with the usual destruction barely holding a candle towards the Hiroshima bombing. For comparison, watch Grave Of The Fireflies, then Twister.
Sorry for that little rant. The joke was that the pepper was so hot it was almost nuclear. Now, other than the Hiroshima reference, the rest of this scene is good and it’s one of the many bits that illustrate Davey and Edward’s friendship. Anyways, back to the plot, it turns out that major teleporters won’t work and that the Zords are rendered inoperable (although I’d like to think that they were destroyed because that usually happens when a monster worfs a Zord). There’s also a comment that the Power Rangers are “the ones in pajamas”. At least he didn’t say spandex. Anyways, Davey decides to contact Amy and let her know what is going on. One thing I liked is Serena’s line, “Um, Sailor Mercury has one. She's into that stuff.” Keep in mind that this was made in the 90’s, where the Internet was just getting started and was considered a novelty. So in a way, it makes sense.
So anyways, Davey calls Serena “Rabbit” again (I forgot to mention, Davey had a habit of calling Serena by that name) and Serena asks him why he does so. He then points out her hairstyle that looks like rabbit ears. That is a great way of pointing out the fact that Serena was called “Usagi” in Japan, which means rabbit. She also points out that the nickname beats Meatball Head. Now, this is the final straw in terms of whether Serena was written to be Japanese or American in this fan fiction. Her being Japanese makes the most sense in terms of the fact that she came from Japan and everything stemming from it. The only “American” bits about her make less sense with that fact. First, unless they were looking for something exotic, why would her parents call her Serena in Japan? Secondly, her confusion to why Davey calls her a rabbit would have been clear long ago when her brainwaves were translating what she hears, thus when she heard “Rabbit” she would instead hear “Usagi”*. Third, in the Japanese version, she is called “Dumpling Head”, not “Meatball Head”. I’m sorry, but that is confusing. I would believe the translators have something to do with giving Serena her American traits, but unless the ear translators are tiny DIC studios (Oh dear, God), there’s no way they would totally rearrange nearly everything about Serena in order for her to speak English.
Anyways, then Serena and Davey talk about his nickname, Davey Crockett, and apparently she knows about the Disney version of it. Wait, what? Isn’t Serena Japanese? Yeah, I know that Disney also has companies in Japan, but if I recall correctly, it wasn’t that popular enough for Serena to recall a TV miniseries that existed in the 50s. Unless Disney was big on distributing Japanese translated Davey Crockett TV episodes on VHS, her knowledge of this is impossible. Another reason why it’s so inconsistent with Serena’s background in this Fanfic. But this gives us a little backstory for Davey. He refers to the internet as the Wild Frontier of the 90s, and hence why he emulates Davey Crockett by placing a racoon tail on the back of his cap. That is the most normal thing about him. Other than that, we learned that his arm was blasted off in the middle of a battle, that he lived on a planet where animals would be captured by robots to be turned into other robots, and that he’s partners with a floating head in a tube.
Anyways, Davey shows Serena his “Power Rifle” which is more of a shotgun than a rifle. Oh, and it’s a beta version of a street legal version that is sold to the military, police, and other militia. ...WHERE WERE THEY WHEN THE ALIENS CAME TO EARTH? NO! HONESTLY! THIS IS MORE STUPID THAN “THERE’S NO SUCH THINGS AS MONSTERS!” Freelancer heroes I can understand, but selling weapons to the military? Why didn’t Zordon do that from the beginning? This raises too many questions. I am starting to figure out why people don’t like this fanfiction and it isn’t because of the homophobic speech.
So Davey takes Serena to a firing range to test out the rifle. I sort of like this scene, but one question is why doesn’t Zordon give this to the Power Rangers instead? Okay, now we head back to the Moonbase where Numbah... No wait, Wrong show. Anyways, back to Zedd’s lair, they catch wind that Sailor Moon is still alive. Yeah, they allied with Beryl. Obviously. Oh, and it’s revealed that Rita gave Beryl that monster. Okay then, new question. Why didn’t Rita sic that monster on the Power Rangers from day one? Anyways, Rita goes Oh, Crap! when she notices that it’s Davey shooting at the cans and Lord Zedd talks about him like they were rivals. This is usually what Mary Sues do, they replace the spot of most hated enemy, no matter how deep the original relationship goes. Oh, and he was responsible for the Piasa Monster incident in a way. Nice.
Well, that wraps up part two. Tune in next time.
