SPD: The Continuing Saga
Episode One
Shifting Harts
Commander Sky Tate was at his desk, when he received a call from the ECIA (Earth Central Intelligence Agency). The voice on the phone responded urgently, "Mr. Tate we are in need of the services of Space Patrol Delta-Earth." "And how can we be of service to the planet Earth?" Sky replied, mystified. The gravelly voice responded urgently, "On of our wards has escaped custody and may be of danger to the general populace."
Sky was puzzled but accepted this. "I would ask that you send all available information on that ward to help us contain him or her." "I'm sorry Mr. Tate, but all information on said person is of confidential nature and any attempt to allow access those notes could compromise global security."
Sky was further confused. "Very well sir, but if there is anything non-confidential that could help..." "Very well Mr. Tate our Subject is female, approximately 18 years old, Brown hair, Brown eyes she is 5'5" tall and weighs 125 lbs."
Sky thanked the man and asked who would be coming to pick the ward upon containment. The phone just cut off leaving Sky alone and bewildered. "Interesting." He called for Dr Manx. There was no answer, and he realized that Dr. Manx had taken the job at Headquarters out of loyalty to Supreme Commander Cruger. Boom was now in Charge of her Department.
Bridge comes in and starts rattling off almost incoherently about the year 2007 and being part of a different team of former rangers. "What the... slow down Bridge. Start from the beginning. Where have you been again? And what is this about other Rangers?"
"Alright see I was just sitting around, eating my buttery" -wiggles fingers- "toast and next thing I know I'm at Stonehenge and I met 4 other rangers. The strange thing is I think I met one of them before, but that's not the point. Anyway, the current team at the time, the Overdrive Rangers had lost their connection to the morphing grid; so the 5 of us were summoned to defeat a gathering of the ranger's enemies by the son of 2 former ranger enemies."
"Ok, I see. I want a full report on my desk by 1800 hrs. In the meantime you have two assignments. The first is to of course make a full B-Squad. Do you have ideas in mind?" Bridge stuttered, "Who would have thought that I would need to find 2 replacements for myself?"
"Well you need at least one soon. The other assignment is that the ECIA has asked for our services in capturing one of their wards that has escaped from their custody and may be a danger to the public." Bridge responded, "I'll get the girls and we will check out C-Squad." "Oh and Bridge, just between you and me…"
Bridge noticed that Sky seemed hesitant. "You can tell me anything, Commander Tate." "The ECIA was rather... tightlipped about the ward that escaped. Something to do with global security... Something fishy there. Anything you find, bring to me." Bridge got serious "You know I don't like to use my abilities like that." "I don't mean your powers. Just anything else." "Affirmative." Bridge left the room.
Bridge walked over to the room, the girls, Elizabeth "Z" Delgado, the Yellow Ranger and Sydney "Syd" Drew, the Pink Ranger share. He proceeded to knock on the door. "Come in." Z called. "Oh hey, Bridge." "What's going on, Big Red?" asked Syd. Bridge responded. "Sky said it's time to pick the rest of the team, so I'm going to go check on the C-Squad." "Ok, we'll go with you." Z said, as she and Syd got up to go."One more thing though" Bridge says as he walks in and closes the door behind him.
"What is it?" Syd asked - she loved secrets. "Sky seems worried it seems a secret agency from the government contacted him we have a mission to capture an escaped ward of theirs." Z looked amazed. "What Secret agency?" Bridge tried to remember. "it was like ACE or something like that." "ACE? Never hear of it." Syd said. "Nor have I." Z said. "I know of the EFBI, the ECIA, the ENSA, and even the EMIB but not ACE." Bridge responded "Well, we can ask Sky later as for now..." he opened the door. "Its time to pick some new rangers."
In the Holodeck training room, the Rangers had assembled the C-Squad and D-Squad. Among the cadets was Kimnara "Heart" Sinai. Bridge spoke in a clear voice not often used by the young man. "As I am sure you know I am Bridge Carson, Red Ranger for Space Patrol Delta-Earth." A large applause was heard. "As I am sure you may know due to events that have occurred internallym in the last few years our active team is down to only 3 members. Myself, Z, and Syd. We are in need of 2 additional cadets and we shall see if any of you have the skills to help defend the world as Power Rangers, Defenders of the Earth."
The training began with fighting ordinary minimal level car thieves and progressed. Bridge looks over to Syd, "Sure brings back memories don't it." "Yeah, it does," she said, as one Cadet Kimnara "Heart" Sinai threw a Krybot across the room. Bridge stopped the simulation. Z just stared. "What the?"
Bridge looked to Z and then to Syd, "Who is that girl?" Syd looked down at her clipboard then up at the girl. "Oh that would explain it..." She trailed off. She looked up at Bridge's questioning look. "What? Oh. She's Kimnara 'Heart' Sinai, daughter of SPD Ambassador Trini Kwan-Sinai, former UN Ambassador, former Peace-talker and original Yellow Power Ranger of Earth."
Bridge was speechless as he jumped down from his podium. "Well if she is that good, and she has genetic strength from her mother being a Ranger… I say she's in," voted Z. "I'm calling Sky." "Shouldn't he already know about her?" Syd wondered.
Bridge actually thought about that for a second. "Wait I have been in charge of the cadets since I was the green ranger. How come I never noticed her? How long has she been here?" Syd looked down at her notes. "Since the day before Omni hit Earth. That's a good excuse." Bridge stands there, "Very curious, I didn't know we had been taking applicants at the time." Z looked startled. Syd shook her head. "We weren't. She was an exception, since her mother served as a teenager."
The trio walked over to the young woman. "So, Kimnara is it?" "I prefer to be called Heart, but yes." Bridge responded "We have an offer for you, should you be willing to accept it." "What is it?" Heart asked. Bridge responded. "As I am sure you are aware we have 2 open slots for Cadets, to join the Ranger Team. We believe your skills far surpass those of your peers." Z smiled. "And we would like you to take one of those spots." "I definitely accept," Heart eagerly said.
"Excellent." The young Red Ranger said. "The empty spots are Blue and…" he added in a proud tone, "Green." Z nodded. "But your color is for Commander Tate to decide." "Yes the commander is quiet. Just he knows the reasons, why certain people deserve certain colors." Bridge said before stepping back to the podium and dismissing the remaining cadets.
The Alarms went off.
TO BE CONTINUED…