THE NEW ZEO POWER RANGERS

VOLUME TWO

BY SM9

Disclaimer

I do not own the Power Rangers or anything affiliated with the television show.

The views as fictional as they may be are not meant to offend anyone.

I urge you to accept the ideas whether you agree with them or not, for the sake of the story.

Not Rated Yet.

Summary

The terrible wave that is The Machine Empire has declared war on the known universe.

The New Zeo Power Rangers will respond.

170 strong.

Battles are raged.

Lives are taken.

This is a galactic war.

The great armies shall clash.

Intro

December 2006.

Well Volume One was my very long introduction.

This is the war.

This is Zeo.

The new characters will be introduced.

But the story should read differently than the previous installments because it is a story about a war, a very long war, at least for the Power Rangers.

If I were to compare it to anything, I would loosely relate it to the "Halo" universe.

That includes the games and books.

If you have any knowledge with that style of storytelling then you may see the similarities.

This entire alternate universe of Power Rangers that I have created is very much influenced by the three "Halo" books: "The Flood", "The Fall of Reach", and "First Strike." (I haven't got around to reading the new one "Ghosts of Onyx") but it's sitting on my shelf.

Anyway this story brings up some new issues, such as the hundred and seventy new Power Rangers, and their reaction to "The Burden".

There are all sorts of conflicts, internal and external, large scale and small.

Action galore.

Yet there are other aspects.

Very human ones.

Lets see where my mind can take us next.

I did very little research on this project.

I implore that you attempt to indulge your imagination.

Enjoy.

Chapter One

Day 01.

Rain.

Thunder.

Lighting.

The essence of battle.

The night sky as black as the cold space above.

None of that can be felt deep below the surface.

Kilometers beneath Aquitar's great ocean.

They advance.

Cogs.

Tens of thousands.

They march.

Rifles in hand, programed for murder.

They feel no pain.

No sorrow.

They are emotionless.

Mathematical killers.

They march on the ocean floor.

Submerged in the dark water.

What lies ahead is a fortress.

A resilient people lie within it.

The guardians stand alone between the viciousness of the Cogs and their beloved city.

Five brave Aquitians.

Delphine, their leader, their Valkyrie:"There could be no better death than to die on the battlefield, and there's no greater victory, no greater feeling than being successful on the battlefield. If I am to lose my life here with you, I would be proud to say I have served, with such fine of warriors as yourselves. Such brave soldiers. These machines have decimated all that is holy. What marches toward your sword now is a pack of demons. We are the last defense. If we fall, Aquitar falls! And I cannot allow that! Show King Mondo and his entire empire that Aquitar will never surrender, never give in! We will fight to the bitter end!"

She unsheathes her blade and the five warriors sprint ferociously into their inevitable deaths.

In the abyss of darkness that is Aquitar's great ocean, they fight.

Three hours later.

//log.on/pink/kat/06/ When we arrived all that was left was the remnants of a civilization. Submerged in an ocean of blood. Where a short time ago there must have been a great slaughter. Im running through a shattered underwater complex. It once held life. Bodies float by. I knock them out of my path as I hurl my super-powered body at that sound. I have been given the ability to run through water as if it were as thin as air. And so I sprint. Metal sparks. Blades ignite. Bullets are launched into armor. Screams are bellowed. My "Brothers" as the leader said. Strangers. But still humans. And that is why I pound my legs into the rock floor below. I haven't lost sight of my purpose. The sight of obliteration that I am traveling through only intensifies my drive. The Zeo-Tech shotgun in my fingers gives me the means to fight back. To join them. These machines are a quick second away from being sprayed by explosive shells. As I turn the corner or the corridor I unleash that unstoppable annihilation on the first Cog I see. What remains of it disperses into the surrounding ocean of blood. I go to work. //log.off/pink/kat/06/

In the crumbling infrastructure of the flooded underwater city of Aquitar the 170 Power Rangers of Earth avenge the deaths.

Tommy runs through the mess.

He pushes away metal and flesh as he slices the unforgiving Cogs.

His Zeo-Tech seems to be holding up just fine.

Effective as ever.

He breaks free of the city and travels on bloodstained sand now.

Over the remains.

Onto the siege-tanks.

His anatomy so enhanced, he plows himself straight through one of the vehicles.

/com-transmission/tommy-trini/"I've reached the artilery! Report!"/com-transmission/tommy-trini/

/com-transmission/trini-tommy/"I've found the Aquitian Rangers. Severely wounded. One dead. We've retaken the city. I'll send reinforcements."/com-transmission/trini-tommy/

/com-transmission/tommy-trini/"Affirmative! I'll need all I can get, there's another assault wave inbound."/com-transmission/tommy-trini/

/com-transmission/trini-rangers/"Inbound at Red 1's coordinates. (3,5) (8,1). Form a defensive line on his mark. This battle is not over. We must secure the city!"/com-transmission/trini-rangers/

She ends her transmission and summons a medical cylinder from her Zeo-Tech suit.

Trini to the blue Aquitian ranger:"You'll be okay."

She places the device on his severed arm and reaches to aid his traumatized skull.

Trini:"Where is white?"

Tideus the yellow Aquitian ranger:"She's dead. Prince Gasket killed her himself."

Trini:"He's here? On the ocean floor?"

Tideus:"He was."

Trini:"Where is your red?"

Cestro the blue Aquitian ranger:"He saved my life. We were swarmed by cogs in the temple. When I got hit he sacrificed himself so that I could live. He was a great man. Never forget that."

Trini:"And he will be remembered."

03/Green/Adam:"So who is your ranking officer?"

Tideus:"Corcus, our black."

Trini:"Where is he?"

Tideus:"My com. link says he is still alive. No location though."

Trini:"Alright."

She turns her attention from the Aquitian rangers.

Trini now speaks to the platoons of rangers that have gathered around her:"Bravo team with 03/Green, search for survivors and establish base camp here, tend to the wounded. Alpha team with 06/Pink/Kat, report to Tommy and assist in defending the city. You three come with me, we're going after Corcus."

The soldiers disperse to their assignments.

Across the bloody ocean battlefield.

Tommy:"Form up!"

05/Blue/Rocky and 04/Yellow/Tanya stand beside him, their blood thirsty hearts aching for more killing.

The almighty force of the machines clash with the fierce rangers under Tommy's command.

Trini and her three corporals sprint toward a diminishing energy signal.

The life force of Corcus the black Aquitian ranger.

They halt as they reach a ravine.

With the magnification within her mask Trini can see him.

A mangled ranger.

Struggling to survive.

She has seen this sight before.

Trini:"Let's go!"

Corporal:"Enemy contact on radar Sir."

Trini:"Distance?"

Corporal:"Two klicks."

Trini:"Mount rocket launchers. I'm going in."

As she descends down the cliff she is reminded of her dying rangers.

/com-transmission/trini-tommy/"They're flanking us! Another force from my position! I need reinforcements!"/com-transmission/trini-tommy/

/com-transmission/tommy-trini/"You'll get em!"/com-transmission/tommy-trini/