Red Alert
Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers in any way shape or form. This was my ending to the Operation Overdrive series and takes place immediately after "Nothing to Lose". Please enjoy and no flames please! ^_^
Beneath the large house that was the Hartford mansion, Mack, Rose, Will, Ronny, Dax and Tyzonn were all discussing the location of the fifth and final jewel of the Corona Aurora—Greece.
"I don't get it. How did we miss the jewel's reading when we were in Greece before?" Dax pondered, pacing the base's floor back and forth.
"A strong barrier shield was surrounding it from all sides, but due to a recent explosion, the barrier was annihilated." Rose explained, she was always so smart and the first to figure anything out.
"What do you think could have caused the explosion?" Ronny pondered shaking her head.
"I'll give you one guess." Mack said bluntly, leaning against the doorframe of the base.
"Moltor or Flurious…" Tyzonn said rolling his silver eyes. He was sick and tired of all the damage the two had caused. Then Rose went to the nearby computer. She tapped on the keys briskly.
"Well, whoever intended on getting the jewel, hasn't gotten there yet. So we had better hurry if were going to make it there before they do." Rose said, backing away from the screen joining her friends.
"Let's do this. We have a long time score to settle." Will stated, giving the others a confident look mixed with vengeance. The rangers all scurried to the doors in preparation to leave. Andrew watched them head out.
"Well, be careful. There's no telling how much power either of them have, since between the two of them they have the crown, and a jewel." Andrew said, walking to where the rangers were exiting. The rangers gave a confirming nod and began to leave. All the rangers were out of the room except Mack. He had let the others go before him.
"Mack!" Andrew called with a mix of nervousness and sadness. Mack still wasn't getting along with his father since he found out he was an android. The once loving bond between father and son had turned into relationship of betrayal and hate.
"Mack, can I talk to you before you leave?" Andrew asked hesitantly, for Mack hadn't even turned to look at him. He just stopped. Coldly.
After a few moments, Mack turned to face what he saw as his builder—not is father.
"I have to go help my team." Mack stated with a cold hearted tone and began to head back to the exit. He was stopped by his father's hand on his shoulder to yield him.
"I know you're still angry-" Andrew began until his son abruptly cut him off.
"Stop using that word!!" Mack shouted, full of fury and sadness. He pulled away from his father's grip.
All Andrew could do was look at him. His eyes were wide, shocked at the way his son had just lashed out at him.
"I'm not…angry." Mack continued, shutting his eyes hard. After a moment, he opened them once more. " Anger is…a feeling. Androids are incapable of feeling. There just…wires and metal." Mack voice had fallen from enraged to hurt. Mack started to walk away once more.
"Mack, please!" Andrew pleaded sadly, "You're my son and I love you." Mack walked into the exit. But before he left, he turned back to Andrew.
"I'm not your son. I'm your…creation. I have to help my team. See you around…Mr. Hartford." Mack said. Then he left the base. Andrew stood there. Still. Hoping that all of this was just a dream, and that his son loved him again. His thoughts were interrupted where he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see his servant and long time friend, Spencer, there to console him.
"Don't worry. He'll come around in time." Spencer told him. Andrew just shook his head.
"I'm not so sure he will, Spencer." Andrew spoke softly then turned around, leaving the base in a depressed manner.
The Overdrive rangers took the S.H.A.R.C. to Greece. It was the best way to get there undetected by Moltor and Flurious. They landed in a rock quarry. After they each left the ship, they looked around.
"Where do you think the jewel could be?" Ronny asked, turning her head, looking for any possible answer. Rose stepped forward and pointed out before her.
"I'm thinking, right about there." Rose stated. She pointed to a nearby cave. It still had faint smoke emerging from it from the recent explosion.
"Let's check it out!" Mack commanded as he and his team made there way into the cave.
Once inside the cave, they came to a small area. Almost like a little room in the cave. It was gently lit from above. The explosion caused a large hole in the roof of the cave.
"Well here's where the jewel should be." Ronny stated.
"Just keep your eyes peeled guys. We'll find it sooner or later…hopefully." Dax said with little confidence. Then the rangers all began to look around. Gravel and soot was everywhere. The light that hit the cave wasn't bright enough to make a lot of things out. Tyzonn sifted his hands through some broken rock and dirt. He felt something that felt like a large, smooth stone. He yanked it out.
"I've got it!" Tyzonn exclaimed, holding up the egg-shaped violet jewel. The sun washed over it, making it glisten.
"Great! Now let's hurry and get it back to the base." Mack insisted. As the rangers were about to leave, Rose halted in her tracks.
"Wait!" She called out to her team; "This seems too easy…like a trap."
"Don't say that! Because every time someone says that…" Dax began, but was cut off by the appearance of about thirty Lava Lizards from the hole in the ceiling. "…that happens." He finished with a sigh.
"I've had enough of these posers! Let's make them pay!" Will shouted, itching to battle.
"Let's ranger up!" Mack commanded as he and his comrades all lined up. "Ready?" Mack continued.
"Ready!" The others responded.
"Overdrive Accelerate!" The six rangers shouted, morphing into the Overdrive Power Rangers. After striking a brief pose, they called out their battle cries and ran at the Lava Lizards. Each ranger had about five lizards apiece to deal with.
Mack ran at the red pests. Two grabbed both of his arms while the other three stood before him. While still in the lizards' grasp, he leapt and slid a kick across the chests of the other three. He then flipped the two that attempted to capture him.
"Don't mess with the android." Mack bragged, watching the lizards writhe on the ground.
Five Lava Lizards surrounded Dax on all sides. He walked around the circle, looking at each on of them. He then took a stance in the center of the circle, waiting for the lizards to charge. And they did, all at the same time. At that instant, Dax jumped high in the air and began to spin. As he made his descent, he successfully landed a kick to each of the lizards, which crashed to the floor.
"Dax one, Lava Lizards nada!" Dax shouted happily.
Rose and Will stood before about ten Lava Lizards. They all began to charge at the pink and black rangers. Rose just looked to Will, and he gave her a confirming nod. As the lizards grew closer, Will and Rose locked arms. Will lifted Rose off the ground, and spun her into the incoming enemies. Her legs took out about half of the fiery reptiles.
"I've got the rest of these freaks covered!" Will stated.
"Gotcha!" Rose said, she then bent over, and Will rolled across her back. He performed a sweep kick and a flurry of punches on the remaining lizards, that were then defeated.
Ronny saw her five lizards close by. As one tried to attack her, she'd just use her super speed to dodge them.
"Come get me…if you can!" Ronny yelled almost in a playful manner as she dodged another three lizards. All the lizards gathered to one spot in confusion. They looked for the yellow ranger, scanning the cave for any possible sign of her, but there was none.
"Yoo-hoo!" She called from a distance with a playful wave. The lizards readied to attack, but her fast feet took the five out in seconds.
"Super speed. Gotta love it." Ronny chuckled.
Tyzonn faced his Lava Lizards with no problems. He dodged all the lizards failed attempts at attacks and shot them with is Drive Detector. Taking the lizards out easily.
"That's called Mercurian style!" Tyzonn taunted. Then all the rangers made there way to the center of the cave, jewel in hand. They headed to leave, then Moltor showed up out of nowhere.
"Hello rangers. I see that you are trying to steal my jewel." Moltor hissed.
"Your jewel? How do you figure that?!" Will asked, almost insulted at Moltor's words.
"Well, since I have the crown that you and your team so stupidly lost. I've decided that all the jewels belong to me." Moltor told the colorful rangers.
"Not on our watch!" Dax shouted, equipping his Drive Defender, charging full force at Moltor, the others did the same, except for Tyzonn. He had the jewel, he rushed to leave the cave and take the jewel to a safe place, but as he did, Flurious transported right before him, stopping Tyzonn dead in his tracks.
"Going somewhere? Power pest?" Flurious stated. Even though Tyzonn was in his ranger form, he felt the room turn frigid when Flurious entered.
"Yeah, and I'm taking the jewel with me!" Tyzonn yelled, he started to run as fast as he could. What he wouldn't give to be Ronny with her super speed. Then Flurious equipped his staff.
"I don't think so, Mercurian." Flurious said, sending a pale blue, icy wave of energy right at Tyzonn. The blast nailed him in the back and he felled to the floor, crying out loudly in pain. The jewel rolled from his hands.
"Tyzonn!" Mack yelled, running to him. "You alright pal?" He asked, helping Tyzonn to stand.
"Yes, but there goes the jewel!" Tyzonn responded pointing at the violet jewel rolling away from them.
"I got it!" Will said as he dove for the jewel, but beams from Moltor made him miss it by a matter of inches. Moltor let out a maniacal laugh.
"That's mine!" Moltor growled, grasping the violet jewel in his claws.
"Not so fast!" Rose said, Dax quickly followed behind her. Moltor was unfazed by the blue and pink ranger. Moltor took out his long sword, and gave the two rangers a slash across the chest. Sparks and smoke filled the air. Rose and Dax stumbled backwards, holding their chests. Tyzonn ran past them.
"Let me give this a go!" He shouted. As Tyzonn got a few feet from Moltor, he stopped. "I've had enough of you and all your evil schemes!" he yelled, preparing to fire a blast of Mercurian powers at Moltor. When the blast was fired, it collided with Moltor and sent him to the floor. Moltor had met his match…for now.
Mack was hard at work fighting off Flurious. Mack threw punch after punch at the cold-hearted beast. Just as the battle seemed to be over, Flurious jumped slightly back, and in front of him, a monster appeared. The monster seemed to have a computer theme. His head looked like a monitor, but had the body of what can only be described as half man half wolf.
"I'm CyberChip!" The monster called, striking a powerful pose.
"Whoa! That guy's massive!" Mack stated looking up at the large creature. The sheer height of the monster caught Mack off guard.
Tyzonn was still trying to hold off Moltor, but when he saw what Mack was preparing to face, he felt he had to intervene.
"Mack! Get out of there! We don't know how powerful he is!" Tyzonn shouted while ducking a punch from Moltor. Moltor was getting angry, he didn't want a ranger to defeat him this easily, so he gathered all the strength he could and clawed Tyzonn, hard, right across his abdomen. Before falling to the ground Tyzonn hit one knee then just fell over, clutching his abdomen tightly. Pleased with his actions, Moltor looked down at the Mercury ranger and snickered. He then made his way to Mack, Flurious, and CyberChip.
"I have what I came here for, Flurious. I look forward to watching you fail, while I succeed!" Moltor taunted, then teleported away. As if never even there.
"Yes, run! Run away my cowardly brother! I'll show you the power of my monster, and I will triumph over you tenfold!" Flurious yelled. He knew that although Moltor had left the cave, he could still hear Flurious' cold words. The other injured rangers struggled to their feet. Flurious shot a quick look at his adversary.
"CyberChip, you know what to do, just make sure you do it right!" Flurious warned the robotic monster. "Later losers!" Flurious finished, then teleported away as well.
"Wait!" Mack yelled, running to the area where Flurious was standing, all that was left was a cool chill of air. "I wasn't finished with you yet!!" Mack shouted angrily. When he saw that he wasn't going to return, he punched his fist hard on the cave floor.
"Mack! Stop! We have bigger problems to worry about right now!" he heard Ronny yell in the distance. He looked at his team and then at the new monster they would have to defeat.
"Pull it together, man!" Will called
"We have to defeat this thing!" Dax added. All the rangers equipped their weapons and waited for the monster to make a move.
"Let's do this!" Rose said with a tough tone.
"Right!" The Mercurian responded.
Mack looked at his team once again. He stood from the floor.
"You're right, sorry guys." Mack apologized. "Drive Defender!" he called, pulling out the long blade he carried. He made a beeline for CyberChip. The others had waited long enough. They five joined Mack and ran full force at the monster. They all tried to strike a blow at the monster with their weapons, but CyberChip always seemed to get the hit in first. He was just that fast.
"Come on, rangers! Is that all you've got?" CyberChip taunted loudly with a chuckle. He saw the rangers fall to the floor, the struggle to rise from it.
"What're we going to do? We can't seem to even scratch him!" Mack shouted, his voice laced with concern.
"I may have a plan! Hovertech Cycle online!" Will shouted into his Morpher, and then the vehicle appeared. Will boarded the craft and drove it at the monster. He shot a series of lasers at CyberChip, but, like with their weapons, it didn't even make a dent in the monster. CyberChip retaliated with Will's actions by firing a ball of energy at Will.
"Time to crash and burn, ranger!" CyberChip said with his actions.
Will then got shot off of his bike and into the ground. Will groaned loudly in pain.
"Time for some double trouble!" Ronny said.
"You know it!" Rose added as she and Ronny equipped their laser guns, firing with all their might at the opponent.
All the computer did was laugh at their endeavors.
"Ha! That tickles! Now have a taste of your own medicine, ladies!" CyberChip shouted back at the two, he twirled his metallic arms around and around, firing the lasers right back at Ronny and Rose. The women fell to the floor, as Will had done.
"Rose, Ronny!" Dax yelled as he reached an arm out for them, but CyberChip was right on top of him. A punch was heading to his chest, and at the last second he summoned his Defender Vest. The punch bounced off of his chest. "I'll make you pay for this you ugly computer…wolf…thing!" Dax pulled out his Drive Defender and slashed angrily at the monster, knowing all the while that it was most likely useless.
"How pathetic, blue ranger." CyberChip sneered, picking Dax up by the shoulders. Dax kicked his legs to try and free himself, but it wasn't going to be of any use. "See ya!" CyberChip said in a singsong tone. He heaved Dax far from him, causing him to crash into a nearby wall. Dax let out a faint whimper.
"Who's next?!" CyberChip asked, holding out his arms, begging for a challenge.
"Oh, now you've made me mad!" Tyzonn stated, clenching his fists tightly. He grabbed is Drive Detector and shot it mercilessly at the enemy. CyberChip just feigned yawning.
"Come on! Challenge me! Manic Mice!!" The enemy called shooting hundreds of tiny cyber mice at Tyzonn. They hit his body like bullets. Tyzonn joined the others on the floor.
"I've had it!!!" Mack roared at the top of his lungs. He ran as fast as his legs would carry him at CyberChip. Upon seeing this, CyberChip grinned evilly.
"Ah, just who I was looking for!" The Computer Monster said happily. He grabbed Mack and clenched his arms tightly. Mack screeched in pain. He may have been an android, but this pain was as real as any human could feel.
"What are you talking about?! Let go of me!" Mack yelled struggling to break free of the monster's grip.
"Have a little taste of the dark side, red 'android' ranger!" CyberChip said wrapping a long blue wire, cord like object around Mack's body. Then the Computer monster sent waves of electricity through the wires, shocking Mack violently. Mack screamed loudly. After the monster was done with his task, he threw the red ranger to the floor, causing his ranger powers to fade away. Mack lay there breathing heavily, tightly shutting his eyes. CyberChip laughed.
"What?!" Dax shouted at the event that just happened.
"No!" Will shouted in response.
"Mack!" Rose screamed in horror. Ronny just let out a gasp of utter disbelief.
"You will pay for this!" Tyzonn said, struggling to get to his feet, but failed in the process.
"I've done my part rangers. I hope you enjoy the new and 'improved' Mack. Just think of this as a little…upgrade." CyberChip laughed then teleported away. All the rangers managed to make it to their feet, the rushed quickly over to their badly injured leader.
All the rangers powered down, then helped Mack get to his feet. He was still breathing hard, cradling his right shoulder with his hand.
"Mack, are you okay?'" Rose asked looking him head to toe, concern shooting from her eyes.
"Yeah, you took a really bad shock there." Ronny added.
Mack just nodded his head and blinked a few times.
"Yeah. I'm fine. I'm an android remember? I…just need to get back to the mansion." Mack said, pain still lacing his voice. The rangers all nodded in agreement and began to walk on.
"Okay, man, but are you sure you're-" Dax began, but was cut off by Mack.
"I said I'm fine!" Mack yelled meanly, glaring at Dax, his eyes and orange color. The other rangers stopped. Shocked at the tone Mack used. He never sounded that angry.
"Hey man, calm down! He's just concerned about you." Will scolded.
With that, Mack just closed his eyes and shook his head gently. When his eyes reopened, they were back to normal.
"Dax, I'm sorry. I just lost it for a second." Mack apologized, looking at Dax, then at the floor. He was confused. What had just happened? Dax was like his brother; he'd never lash out at him like that.
Mack's thoughts were interrupted when he felt Dax's hand pat his shoulder.
"Don't sweat it, buddy. It's totally understandable. You just got fried…like an egg." Dax stated. The others shot him a 'you're crazy' look. But, that was Dax, not the sharpest knife in the box, but a good friend all around.
"Let's get you back to the mansion." Ronny said sweetly. Mack gave a weak nod. The look in his face was that of worry, and confusion.