Disclaimer; I will do this ONCE only for this entire story. I do NOT own Power Rangers SPD, weapons, characters, etc. The only ones I own are Lexi, Alyssa, Tony, and the Elemental Morpher stuffs.
Author's Note; Hello my pretties! Well I'm back hopefully, and maybe if I'm lucky I'll be able to backtrack to Dino Thunder, but for now... SPD! For my sake you guys, lets see how this goes.
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It started out with just three police cadets. A girl in pink, and two men, one in green, one in blue. They burst into a building, looking around as if on a hunt.
"You can hide monster." the one in green chuckled; "Well actually, you can't really hide." the one speaking took off his right hand glove, hand waving in the air, looking for hidden auras, he had a goofy look about him complete with his floppy short brunette hair, and he saw the hiding crook; "Perp at two o'clock." The girl in pink faced one direction, and the green seemed to sense it; "That's nine o'clock Syd."
"Got it." the pink one nodded, she was peppy and blonde Without another thought she took out little beads from her pocket and spoke clearly to activate their potential; "Fists of iron!" She slammed her fist down into the ground, and the crook flew out and almost hit the blue one.
The blue one, having a comedical yet stern face and short, spiked brunette hair formed a small shield in front of him to protect himself. The crook, a weird looking alien slammed into it but fell backwards and got to his feet trying to escape; "GO!" The three pulled their fists ahead of them and chased after the alien.
The monster, having powers of his own blasted at the three teens coming at him, but they didn't seem phazed as they got into full on hand combat. They were perfectly syncronized with one another and soon had the monster cornered but he wouldn't go down without a fight, blasting them all away. Using little lasers they attacked the monster from long ranged distances, and soon took him down all together.
"Sky Tate reporting in." the blue one said into a little communicator device, with the way he talked it sounded as if he knew he was a born leader; "Mission complete, please advise."
A cat like lady walked into the broken building, smiling proudly; "Well done cadets, your training progresses nicely."
The one in green rose his hand, panting slightly as he talked, overworked; "Uh Kat... I mean, um I mean um ma'am... I mean miss Minx, we were all wondering." He talked nervously, and the others were just staring at him, waiting for him to get to his point; "We know there are A Squad Power Rangers and we're B Squad Cadets, not that there's anything wrong with being B Squad Cadet or C Squad or D Squad-"
The girl in pink got tired of his rambling and cut in; "Let me translate, I speak fluent Bridge. He wants to know when we're getting those great designer color suits."
"Kat." Sky said broadly; "I told them. It's not about the suits or the weapons, its about helping people and upholding tradition of being a Power Ranger."
"That's up to Commander Cruger." Kat told them, pressing buttons on her little tablet; "Not me." The building disappeared slowly and they found themselves in a training room; "Dismissed." The three saluted and walked out.
In the command center, one of the cadets approached his high ranking officer, saluting; "Commander Cruger sir, we have a problem in the-"
"Five Quadrant." A canine man answered; "I am aware. Vylandia has been destroyed. There is not a lot of time and much to be done... he is coming."
Kat overheard this conflict, and walked over with a smug expression; "Commander, we need extra reinforcements."
"We have the some of the best Rangers working here to protect Earth and other planets." Cruger replied grimly.
"Yeah but we can still get help from more of the greatest Rangers of the past." Kat suggested.
"Interfering with time is not the brightest of ideas." Cruger snapped.
"Ah but Commander, the Ranger I know of is in possesion of the Elemental Morpher, she herself can bend time at her will." Kat informed; "And her legacy still lives as a reminder of her Power."
"You're talking of the Orange Wind Ninja Ranger?" Cruger asked wearily.
"And the Orange Dino Ranger, Orange Mystic Ranger, Orange Overdrive Ranger, Orange Jungle Fury Ranger, Orange R.P.M Ranger, and Orange Samurai Ranger... most importantly Orange Elemental Ranger." Kat grinned.
"Fine, open up a wormhole, and bring her here, but keep it secret so the public won't get suspicious." Cruger nodded, though the idea wasn't his favorite.
Boom, Kat's lab assistant, and the sorry fellow who dressed up as the mosnter the Cadets almost killed walked into the lounge, his arm plastered and propped up.
Syd gasped, worried; "Boom! Did we do that?"
"Naw, you guys just dislocated my shoulder." Boom said happily; "Popped it back in and it's as good as gold, see?" He tried fixing his shoulder but it didn't work and he groaned in pain. He put on a brave face as he talked to them; "Anyway, this is just Kat's new arm cast laser. Cool huh?" Bridge jumped up from his seat to inspect the cool new gadget; "Anyway I gotta go so bye." Boom tried waving but had a spasm, dropping the lunch tray he was holding, and as he and Bridge began picking the spilled contents, Boom's cast accidently shot a laser.
Sky walked in the room from behind, royally pissed as he bellowed; "Boom! Clean up your mess!"
"Yes sir." Boom said, then comtemplating the thought; "Sir, which mess?"
"Start with the last mess you made, and work backwards." Sky answered grimly.
"Yes sir." Boom said nervously, then walking off as fast as he could.
"Lighten up Sky." Syd told him sourly; "Boom's a great guy. A little wierd, but a great guy."
"Yeah well some day our lives may depend on that 'great guy'." Sky told her, and then turning his attention to an unfinished game of chess, moving a piece but not finished with their conversation; "And then what?"
"I know, I know!" Bridge shot his hand up. He was like an over-excited kid; "Then our lives will depend on him."
Sky looked away so that his anger wouldn't rouse up; "Commander Cruger wants to see us. Now."
Commander Cruger was actually busy talking to his first round Cadets, ready for battle; "Listen carefully A Squad, preparation is the key to any tactical defense. Report to Delta Base for last minute simulation instructions. Earth depends on you." His soldiers stood quietly and patiently as he spoke to them, his voice booming in their ears; "Dismissed. Good Luck A Squad!"
The three cadets were able to see as the Squad ran past them. Sky, being the leader and good role model he is stopped; "Attention!" The Rangers didn't give a backwards glance as they ran forward, accidently bumping into Bridge and the Green Cadet waved his arm after them to sense their auras. Sky practically drooled after the Rangers; "That is who I wanna be. I'm gonna be the Red Ranger."
Syd gwaked after the Rangers as well; "Sheesh, did you see the size of them? Even the girls are massive." Bridge seemed spaced and confused as he looked back, making Syd worry; "What's wrong Bridge?"
"I don't know." the Green cadet said honestly; "Their energies, their color... something's off." They shook it off as they went to find Commander Cruger.
"Cadets." Commander said immediately as they entered the area; "I trust you've enjoyed your training at the SPD Academy."
"Well, since you've asked. The flourescent lighting gives me a headache, and-" Syd began, and Cruger growled, stopping her mid- sentence; "Yes sir."
"Not that your training is had ended, or will it ever end while you're here." Commander began; "But as your commander I must now call upon B Squad to step up and take on new responsibilities."
"Yes!" Bridge said happily, fist pounding with Syd.
Lexi looked at herself in the mirror. It's been a year since her days as an Orange Dino Ranger, two since her Ninja Ranger days. Alyssa was now 13, going on 14, she still trained at the Wind Ninja Academy under Cam's supervision, and lived there too. Lexi on the other hand stayed in Reefside, but away from the Dino Rangers. Her hair was now a firey, elbow length Red, dyed when the Ninja Rangers met up with the Dino Rangers. Hunter and her have had a steady relationship, though she hasn't spoken to him in a few weeks. She turned on her computer, entering into her email account and typed the Thunder Sensei a short message telling him how she missed him and admitting herself missing her Ranger Days again. She was two seconds away from hitting the send button, but behind her a portal opened up, and Lexi took up a defensive position. She had the Elemental Morpher so that made her ready to see what type of monster was there. Two normalish looking boys, possibly her age.
"Who are you and what do you want?" Lexi sputtered, unsure on what was happening.
"We are not here to harm you." one said; "We come from the year 2025. Our bosses Kat and Commander Cruger told us to come here and ask you, the Orange Elemental Ranger to come with us to the future to help us save the universe."
"Become a Ranger again?" Lexi asked unsurely, it was tempting, but could she leave her own time to protect another?
"We're not sure yet." the second spoke up; "All we know is that your help is required."
"I'll come." Lexi nodded, and they shared relieved glances, but she held a hand up; "Just let me tell my boyfriend I won't be back for a while and that he is to tell my cousin and my brother to protect my sister in my absence."
"Normal civilians shouldn't be worried." the first said.
"My boyfriend, brother, and cousin are all former Rangers." Lexi shook her head. She turned back to her email, deleting everything and writing instead, 'Hunter, I've been called to go on a mission to protect the world. I'm sure I'm to become a Ranger again. Please stay safe and tell Cam and Trent to watch Alyssa in my absence. Also, don't tell anyone I'm gone to do something dangerous, just say I went on vacation. I love you extremely, I miss you a lot. XOXO, Lexi.' She turned her attention back to the Cadets who were peering over her shoulder to the words on the screen; "Alright, I'm ready to go."
"Just step into the portal please." the second instructed, and Lexi nodded, doing what was told.
She found herself in a labratory, her surroundings were some things she hasn't seen before, but some things she has seen. One she hadn't seen before was a Cat lady... unless it was halloween; "Alexandria Fernandez, it's nice to meet you, my name is Kat I am a scientist for SPD."
"You know who I am, you know what I am..." Lexi trailed; "So this is definately the future."
"Indeed." Kat nodded; "2025 to be exact."
"Okay so what do you need from me again?" Lexi asked, slightly confused.
"I think I can answer that." Cruger interrupted. That was another thing Lexi had never seen, a talking, walking dog. But she didn't stress herself out over that, her uncle WAS a Guinea Pig afterall. Cruger studied her; "She will do. Lexi Fernandez, will you please help us in our mission to rid the evil, known as Emperor Gruumm. An evil alien from the outermost parts of Space."
"Another alien creep?" Lexi groaned; "Bad enough my dad was Lothor now I gotta fight off another ugly evil alien dude? Sounds like fun."
Kat eyed the Elemental Morpher and cleared her throat; "Will that Morpher be suited for you here?"
Cruger shook his head; "The morpher will give her identity away faster, make her one that won't let her stand out like a green thumb."
"New morpher, coming right up." Kat
"Orange please." Lexi chirped, and Kat walked away.
"Now... how far are you in your training?" Cruger wondered.
"I was a Wind Ranger, Elemental Ranger, Dino Ranger... my training pretty much ends right there." Lexi shrugged; "For Powers I can use Fire, Electricity, and I can make clones."
"For now I suppose that will be enough." Cruger said, busy in thoughts; "You must be tired after the time travel."
"Actually, yeah, I am." Lexi yawned, nodding.
"Boom!" Cruger shouted, and the lab assistant came, smiling; "Take our new guest to her quarters." He then turned his attnetion back to Lexi; "You are dismissed, and will be called upon when needed."
Lexi bowed; "Thank you."
Cruger stood there unsurely, then remembered the girl was trained as a ninja so he did the only thing his mind could think of and bowed.
(MEANWHILE)
"I thought new responsibilites meant kicking some intergalactic freakazoid butt." Syd said in clear annoyance; "All the data device says is to bring in the Parkington Market thieves."
"It's code no doubt." Bridge said as if he solved and obvious puzzle; "What do you think it means?
"We're bringing in the Parkington Market thieves." Sky said, doubting his friend's intelligence.
"You know Sky, you are good." Bridge smirked, but before Sky could reply a grumpy voice shouted;
"STOP THIEVES!"
Two teenagers were caught running with goods and were stuck facing the Cadets.
"Out of the way!" the first, a dark skinned man with black hair hanging in curls; "Out of the way! We don't wanna hurt you."
"Hurt us?" Sky said humourlessly; "That's a good one.
"SPD." Syd said, catching their attention, and the attention of a tired security guard behind them; "We'll take it from here."
"Thank you." the Security Guard said happily, backing away.
"You may not be coming in peacefully..." Sky said, his tone serious and harsh; "But you're coming in."
The second thief, a pale- skinned girl flashed her eyes gold and behind the Cadets she stood; "What about me?"
Syd kicked at the girl behind her; "It's a hollogram, it's not real." But the same clone kicked her to the floor, making her bite back her words; "Okay, she's real."
They split up, Syd taking on the girl and the girl's clone and the guys taking on the other guy. Soon enough, the Cadets found themselves outmatched by the thieves who now looked over them looking smugg.
"I'm sorry we can't stay and play but... we gotta run." the man said, grinning evilly. The two sprinted off faster than the Cadets could get to their feet and regroup.
Bridge couldn't help but smile slightly; "That went well."
"You underestimated by your opponent and were sadly defeated." Cruger said grimly as he paced.
"We are so not ready to be Rangers." Syd muttered sadly.
"I'm ready." Sky smirked cockily.
"Oh, so it must've been Syd and I who let those two get away then." Bridge quipped.
"Listen to yourselves." Cruger said disappointed; "There's no team here, this is the issue you will have to overcome before you can become a Power Ranger."
"OH I get it! All we have to do is stop blaming, criticizing, and judging each other?" Syd asked.
"You forgot to mention failing to bring in suspects." Bridge said dumbly.
"Right, lets see." Syd thought aloud; "That puts us right on schedule to become Rangers right around... never."
"You will meet those two again." Cruger said firmly, as if he could see the future.
Sky moved forward; "Sir, the civilians, they were different. They have special abilities like we do."
Cruger nodded; "Yes I know. Cadet Tate, come with me." The commander walked off and Sky followed closely. He waited until they walked out of hearing range from the others and Cruger turned back to his Blue Cadet; "Why Red Ranger Cadet?"
"Lots of reasons sir." Sky replied stiffly; "I'm top on B Squad in test scores, weaponry, and in fighting." Cruger nodded and Sky continued speaking; "As you know sir, my father was the Red Ranger, and ever since I was a little kid I trained for the day I become like my dad, the next Red Ranger."
"Your father was the best of the best of Rangers." Cruger replied; "If you're anything like him we will all benefit from your services. Dismissed."
Sky saluted happily; "Thank you sir," and started to walk off.
"Cadet." Cruger stopped him; "If I were to appoint Syd as Red Ranger, would you follow her into battle?"
Sky scoffed; "Sir, she's a girl."
"Or Bridge?" Cruger asked.
"I like Bridge, but in all honesty sir he's no leader." Sky said, confused partially.
"I see." Cruger nodded; "Thank you for your honesty cadet. That will be all."
Sky saluted once more and walked off. Lexi turned the corner to see Cruger was still standing there; "Commander, in all honesty, Sky is no leader either."
"How can you be so sure?" Cruger asked, though he knew why.
"My Sensei told us this a long time back when Hunter and Shane argued over being leader." Lexi said; "He said, 'the best quality of a leader is to know when to follow'."
Cruger nodded; "Thank you for reminding me of this Alexandria."
Lexi tried to salute him the way she'd seen others do, but it didn't feel right so she bowed and walked away, but paused; "And if you need someone to go capture the market thieves, you just gotta call me."
"Actually." Cruger said, stopping her; "Follow me."
Bridge cheered happily as he beat Syd in Rock, Papper, Scissors; "Yes! 55 times in a row!"
"Okay enough." Syd snapped, clearly annoyed; "I'm officially bored to tears. We get called to report an hour ago... report to who?"
"Whom." Bridge corrected her, but that only seemed to upset her more.
"Never correct me again." Syd growled, and Bridge looked taken aback; "I'm sorry, I'm just a little tense watching walkathon boy wear a path in the floor."
"If you have a problem with it Sydney, make me stop." Sky said, knowing she couldn't do anything.
"Okay." Syd said, clearly about to burst; "I may be a girl, and I may be cute, but no one-"
Suddenly the door slid open and Cruger stood there with a girl, Lexi in her Ninja Uniform, behind him; "I trust you're using this time to bond as a team."
"Yes sir!" they said in unison, and Lexi smirked.
"Good, come this way." Cruger instructed, and the three also followed to the lab.
The four stood in one straight line as Cruger, Kat, and Boom watched them; "Without going into details, Earth's ultimate survival dictates that I elevate your team to act of status. Any questions?"
Bridge raised his hand; "Um, yeah... just one. Did you say ultimate survival as in Earth may be destroyed?"
"I did." Cruger nodded, but he didn't talk further of that.
"Cadets, you've spent the last 2 years in simulated training, but this time the game is real." Kat spoke, then taking a glance at Lexi; "You on the other hand Lexi have had two years of actual experience, and probably know whats going on."
"Oh yeah." Lexi nodded; "Guns, super powers, zords." she counted off the things she remembered; "I remember all that."
Kat nodded and Boomer came up with a tray holding five morphers and held one in her hand; "SPD morphers, they are, without a doubt your best friend." Lexi smiled at that, knowing her best friend was still her Monkeyzord; "They're also judgement scanners. They will acess the guilt or innocence of those you take into custody." She turned to her assistant; "Boom, guilty or innocent of eating the last slice of chocolate cake today."
Boomer fiddled around nervously; "Me? I- I- uh, no... no, I didn't."
"The scanner reads body temperature, pulse and electrical impulses and renders a verdict." Kat explained. On the little screen it was switching back and forth between an X and an O and finally stopped at the X, flashing a bright red; "Guilty, and it DOES NOT make mistakes."
"Okay, I'm guilty." Boom said as if he commited a homicide; "But it was just a piece of cake."
Kat pressed a button on the morpher, turning Boomer into what looked like a playing card, and Kat showed it to the Cadets; "This makes transportation of detainee a non-issue."
"You are trained and now equipped." Cruger spoke; "You are the new B Squad Power Rangers, congradulations." Bridge fist pumped into the air happily; "Celebration can come later, I need your assistance on an urgent matter, follow me."
They got into the parking garage, Sky on a motorbike, and Bridge and Syd on a police jeep. Lexi looked at them but was deciding on wether or not to see if her Tsunami Cycle was still around. She decided against it, jumping into the jeep as well.
They rode until they met the thieves again, done with giving out free clothes and food for the day, one done stealing for good.
"Nice to see you two again." Sky smirked, taking his leader stance.
"I told you we should have quit while we were ahead Jack." the girl rolled her eyes.
Jack held his hand out to hush her; "Don't worry, I'll take care of this and we'll be on our way."
He chraged forward and Sky made a shield, making him fly backwards.
"Jack!" the girl gasped, helping him to his feet.
"Guess what, you're not the only one with tricks." Sky said smirking once more.
"Jack, lets get out of here." the girl said worried.
"Can't do that. We need to finish this here and now or these clowns will be bugging us forever." Jack shook his head defiantly.
They charged at each other again, Sky and Lexi on Jack while Syd and Bridge took the girl. Sky tried doing most of it, but Lexi wouldn't have it, using her years of Ninja training. Bridge tried talking to the girl and looking for another way around being friendly but the girl wouldn't have that. Syd joined Bridge but the two seemed to have trouble as well. The cadets pushed the thieves together, and Lexi nodded in approval.
"We're not doing as well as before bro, any suggestions?" the girl asked her friend.
"Run?" Jack suggested, and so they did.
The Cadets ran after them, closing them off, and Sky held up his badge; "You're both accused of stealing and distributing stolen goods."
"Stealing and distributing stolen goods?" Lexi asked in disbelief; "Are Power Rangers really this stupid during this time?"
"Can you prove it?" Jack asked, ignoring the redhead.
"Actually, yes we can." Bridge nodded eagerly. The red X showed; "Guilty."
"Any chance of going two out of three?" the girl asked hopefully, but the Cadets stayed still; "Didn't think so." She decided to stall them; "Wait."
"What is it?" Sky asked.
"What are you going to do with us?" she wondered.
"Well it's actually quite fascinating." Bridge grinned, and Lexi realized she had just met another Dustin, he even made hand gestures to explain; "We're gonna blast you with anti-matter fusion which reduces you to approximately this big, and this thin. Simultaneously, you're inserted into a confinment card where you're shipped off to filing til..." everyone sent him a look and his voice went small; "your time is served."
"You had to ask Z." Jack said to his partner.
"You do the crime, you pay the time." Syd spoke, she looked at her friends; "I always wanted to say that."
"Enough with the small talk." Bridge grinned, ready to blast the thieves, but something dropped out of the sky in front of them.
It was a metal foot soldier, like Kelzaks and Tyrannodrones, but more like computers. The cadets and Lexi found themselves back to back, and Lexi tried thinking of a way to escape.
"That's okay, a few extra friends won't bother us." Sky said, raising an eyebrow at Jack.
"Hate to break it to you. These aren't our friends." Jack said, beginning to back away; "So with our deepest apologies we'll take this opportunity to be on our way." He bowed at them laughing; "Good luck, let's go Z!"
The monsters, known as Krybots charged and the four split up. Lexi flipped one into another and swept under another. She stayed on high defense as the creatures came, usually just keeping them away from her. She was successful, but the others were getting beat by these things, she rolled her eyes, THESE were the new Power Rangers? She had to admit, the Krybots were harder to beat than Kelzaks and Tyrannodrones, but not indestructable.
The other three were forced to regroup and Lexi kicked more away and joined them to hear their panting; "Sure feels good to be saving the world again!"
The commander of the Krybots, known as a Bluehead shot at them, reminding Lexi of after Cam came back from the past with the Samurai amulet and everyone was out of energy and ran from blasts as Lothor kept firing at them. She shook her head and stayed on task. They stood back to back once more.
"Can I ask a question?" Bridge asked.
"Is it gonna be one of those long and drawn out Bridge- type question that really isn't a question that leads us into asking lots of questions?" Syd asked in return.
"Wait, I ask long, drawn out questions?" Bridge pondered. Sky glared at his friend; "Okay! Wouldn't now be a good time to morph?"
"YES!" Syd and Sky nodded.
"Ready?" Sky bellowed.
"Ready." the other three agreed.
The cadets morphed; "SPD, Emergency!"
"SPD Blue!" said Sky.
"SPD Pink!" said Syd.
"SPD Green!" said Bridge.
"SPD Orange! said Lexi
"Looking good Bridgie! You're green." Syd exclaimed; "And I'm Pink! My favorite color!"
"Blue?" Sky demanded in disgust; "I'm blue? I'm supposed to be the Red Ranger."
"Blue, Red, all overused colors." Lexi scoffed; "Orange works.
"Give us what we're looking for!" the bluehead growled.
"If it's a fight you're looking for, you got it." Bridge shouted, and they launched themselves at the Krybots.
This time, while morphed they were all doing so much better. They regrouped after defeating all the Krybots and Syd smiled happily; "This Power is amazing!"
"I'll show you power!" the Bluehead growled, blasting at them.
The three got blasted away, but Lexi kept up a flame wall protecting just herself; "Ooh, forgot about you guys, sorry!"
Suddenly Jack and Z jumped on a car, and joined them in battle taking down the Krybots and then going for the Bluehead.
"Good job!" Syd nodded at them.
"Save it, we still got work to do." Sky told them bitterly. They took our swords and ran at the Krybots again. Once they were down to just a few, they took those swords and put them together with blasters, using the Delta Max Strikers.
"What we want is not here." the bluehead realized, and he jumped away in a fashion that looked just like Ninja Streaking.
"Okay guys." Sky nodded; "Power Down."
They walked up to Jack and Z, and Bridge shook Jack's hand; "Thanks for the help."
"No problem." Jack smiled.
"There is a problem." Sky said matter- of- factly, grabbing Jack's hand; "You're under arrest."
"But they helped us!" Syd protested.
"They are criminals." Sky shot back.
"Alright back off Blue." Lexi pushed his hand away; "From now on until we find a Red I'm leader. I can't take your snobbyness."
"I'm still the higher ranking officer here." Sky hissed.
"Shut it pretty boy, I've been a Ranger twice." Lexi snapped; "You listen to me." But a jeep's siren took everyone's attention.
It was Cruger; "Cadet Tate, Miss Fernandez, stand down."
The next day Cruger took Z down to where the original Cadets were training. Lexi insisted on doing her own training elsewhere, saying they would just distract her. He called for their attention; "Rangers, Elizabeth Delgado has chosen-"
"Hey! Remember me? You can call me Z." she smiled.
"Hey." Bridge smiled back, being as friendly as ever.
"Miss Delgado has chosen to join SPD. I've assigned her to B Squad." Cruger finished.
"Sir, she's a criminal." Sky smirked; "Sir we've been here for years and you put her with us? You already gave us a partner who we don't even know."
"Cadet, you would be wise to remember that she was a worthy opponent despite your prior training and greater number." Cruger said, not bothering to raise his voice; "She, as well as Lexi are your new team members. I expect you to treat them as such."
"So, uh, what do you guys do for fun?" Z asked to fix the awkward moment.
"Bring in thieves." Sky said plainly.
"Discipline, control, teamwork. These are the elements that make you a Power Ranger." Cruger said. The five Rangers listened to them, four out of five actually paying any attention; "But these are not things the Academy teach you. These are things that you must learn for yourself. Any questions?"
Sky took Cruger to the side and Bridge turned to Lexi; "So what's your story?"
"Not much actually." Lexi answered; "I was a ranger back in 2003, Ninja Storm, a Ranger in 2004, Dino Thunder, and in 2005 I was pulled into the future to become a Ranger again. Apparently I'm some legend." The three stood there surprised and Lexi turned to Z; "Your friend still not listening?"
"He's just too stuborn." Z sighed.
Then they heard what Sky was talking about to Cruger and Syd rolled her eyes; "Let it go Sky."
"But sir, I know it would have made a difference fighting those goons." Sky faught back anyway.
"Who you calling a goon?" Z asked angrily.
"Not you, the other goons." Syd said.
"They were weird huh? They had these Big, metal soccerball heads that were going like 'bing, bing'." Bridge thought aloud.
"Krybots." Cruger said; "Troobian Robotic Footsoldiers. They do not feel pain or emotion. They do not know mercy, they are programmed to follow orders and to destroy"
"And there was a blue one with a big X head." Syd added.
"A Bluehead?" Cruger asked in disbelief; "Gruumm's elite robotic guard. This is more serious than I thought." It was as if he was speaking to himself; "Do you know what they are after?"
"We have nothing of value." Z said; "We gave everything we stole- I, we acquired to the poor."
"They were after something." Cruger muttered. Then the screen beeped, calling B Squad to go out and do something for A Squad.
"Yes! Finally some action!" Sky said relieved.
"You guys go without me." Lexi waved them off as she walked away.
Lexi walked down into the cells only to witness Jack hose Boom with the dog... and though it sounds wrong it was still really sweet.
"I was just testing Kat's new fire suit." Boom said to Jack; "Works pretty good. Didn't even know I was smoking, thanks." He stuck his hand out; "I'm Boom."
"Jack." the boy smiled, shaking the man's hand.
"You must be the new Power Ranger." Boom said in awe.
"No!" Jack said defensively; "I'm not a Power Ranger, I turned down that position."
"Uh excuse my bluntness, but what what are you, whacked?" Boomer asked; "I would give anything to be a Power Ranger. Me, I flunked out of the Academy... after only three days. That was five years ago... But lucky for me, the Big Blue Dog saw my potiential. Made me their chief gadget tester."
"Sounds important." Jack said, half seriously.
"The way I see it, we're all important." Boom said; "We all... make a difference! Even R.I.C!"
"You're completely right Boom." Lexi said, and they spun to her.
"Oh hey, you're one of the Power Rangers! The one that came from the past!"
Boom exclaimed.
"Yup." Lexi nodded. She turned to Jack; "I've been a Ranger twice (not including the time I lost my Wind Morpher). I'm not here to help myself, I'm here to save the world. Jack, I know this seems weak to you, but it isn't, its big. Being a Power Ranger is important, it's the most important thing to me right now, more important than the little sister I left back in 2005, or the big brother I left after being reunited with him for less than 5 months, or the boyfriend I've loved for about two years, and the cousin who's been there for me through everything. I'm not trying to force this on you Jack, just think about it. None of us have to be friends, I'm doing this out of business, not friendship. And when I save this world again I'll go home and be happy, and hopefully not have to worry about doing the sort of thing thats almost gotten me killed twice before."
Jack and Lexi went up to the Command Center to watch the battle commence Jack's eyes lit up once Z hit the floor; "Z's in trouble!" The Rangers on screen regrouped to fight the Bluehead, but were still in trouble.
"Then let's go!" Lexi said, grabbing one of the spare morphers and Jack's wrist at the same time, pulling him out to the battle. They faught the bluehead demorphed, jumping into the air and kicking it back, surprising the other Rangers.
"We got company." Syd sighed as two shadows moved towards them.
"Friend or foe?" Bridge asked. The two shadows stood clearly.
"It's Jack!" Z exclaimed; "And Lexi!"
"You guys need any help?" Jack asked them.
"Just with him." Sky said pointing to the Bluehead.
"SPD, Emergency!" the Red and Orange said together.
"SPD Red Ranger!" Jack shouted.
"SPD Orange Ranger!" Lexi followed after him.
"Let's get this party started!" Jack said; "SPD Red!"
"Looking good there." Lexi winked.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Sky snapped; "He's the Red Ranger?"
Jack took care of the Bluehead and the Krybots the Bluehead conjured with his assigned weapons with slight help from Lexi but he had to admit he was having fun.
"Now he's just showing off." Syd groaned as Lexi moved and let Jack fight on his own.
"Oh you haven't seen anything yet." Z laughed.
Even though Sky argued Jack wasn't following regulations, the new Red was able to defeat the Bluehead all on his own.
A giant monster showed up, blasting at the Rangers, but Lexi was able to shield herself once more; "Keep forgeting I'm on a team again. Sorry!"
"Sir, Blue Ranger requesting some squad runners! Looks like we're about to fight a giant robot!" Sky said into his communicator.
Cuger's voice cut through the line; "B Squad I've sent A Squad. Your orders are to stand down and exacuate your position."
That pleased Jack as he grabbed Sky's hand and spoke into the communicator; "We're not gonna fight that thing? Thank you, thank you, thank you."
Suddenly a giant Megazord stomped up to fight the monster, which is what Bridge exclaimed.
Lexi punched a pillar standing by; "If I had my Elemental Megazord I would have taken that thing down a while ago."
The others didn't seem to know what to do as the Orange Ranger Ninja Streaked back to Base.
"I congradulate you for such noble instincts and exceptional teamwork." Cruger said to them proudly; "But you disobeyed a direct order. The Troobians got what they wanted, and now have unobstructed passage in our Galaxy. Great battles lay ahead for all of us. You may make fine Rangers one day, but today is not that day..." at that Lexi clenched and unclenched her fists so she wouldn't be tempted to punch the damn mutt in the face; "Dismissed." The three first cadets saluted, Lexi bowed and the four left but Z and Jack stayed back stood there; "I'm pleased with the new members on the B Squad, but that doesn't change the fact that you've committed crimes and will have serious consequences."
"Excuse me?" Jack asked in disbelief; "We were giving people food and clothes. I don't see that as a crime."
Z agreed; "Look, we said we're sorry, what else do you want from us?"
What they had to do was clean windows, and the number of windows, 1273 shocked them.
"I think I liked it better when I didn't know." Jack smirked; "Let's each take half."
"Sounds good to me." Z said, then making a clone; "Me too." Then she made another one; "Race ya, loser buys dinner."
"Z that is so not fair." Jack groaned, suddenly splashing water on one of the clones; "Gotcha!"