**NOTE - This is transcribed from a story started by Shrike on Rangerboard. The authors were ShinySephiroth, MichelleTheEditor, RedLegacyRanger, Mikey Yamamoto, coolbluetj, U.R Dimand, Black Dragonrang, Shrike, and MASTERMIKE2010

The Ultra Defense

Gosei scowled as he looked at the acts of the new general on Earth. Making all the rangers surrender their gear and equipment... it sickened him.

"It's time..." He said, holding out his hand.

It was simple: Gosei sent out a pulse of power from himself, summoning those who the power said would be worthy to be the next generation of Power Rangers. There was no time to waste and Gosei had a lot to do. The new team was going to have to be a lot stronger than his Megaforce team if they were to succeed.

. . .

A young man named Blake Maxwell was walking to the train station from his house. His mind was preoccupied with many things as, suddenly, he began to glow a fiery red color.

"What the heck is happening!?" He managed to yell before he vanished.

. . .

Carissa Williams stared at a blank computer screen, typing a few lines before realizing how dissatisfied she was with her entry. Sighing, she deleted it. A reassuring hand cupped her back. Turning, she looked up at her counselor.

"I don't think I can do this..." she said.

The counselor took a moment, searching for the right words before offering his response. "You can not force words on the page, you have to let them organically flow on the paper".

She rolled her eyes before saying, "Maybe if you gave me a more interesting story to write about than those pretentious jocks... I could-"

"Carissa. We've went over this. There is more to people than you think. Why don't you take a break and come back to it?" He stated, interrupting her.

Irritated, she grabbed her backpack and headed out of the classroom. As she walked away, trying to calm herself down, she suddenly felt a tingling sensation. Everything became a blur as she suddenly vanished, engulfed in pink light.

. . .

Walking alone in his backyard, just minding his own business, Sean Anderson stared down at the grass. He wasn't quite sure precisely why he was outside at that moment. He had a lot on his mind, especially dealing with the tremendous load his life carried with it on his shoulders, and had just wanted a moment away from life with his Uncle Sal. He felt that familiar aching of being lost that came to him often after his accident. He clenched his fist as he tried to fight back the waves of anger that he often had to bottle up to stop them from boiling up to the surface.

As he walked, he noticed a strange light appear around him. It was odd because the light was black, which didn't seem possible to Sean. Its glow didn't feel dark... no, it felt like light and... Hope. As he began to vanish, a strange spark appeared and the black light vanished.

"What's going on...!?" He thought outloud in distress.

Morgan...

"Huh!?" He cried out. "Who said that!?"

Before he could question further what had just occurred, the black light once again enveloped him. He could see the spark from before once again interact (interfere?) with the black light, but that time instead of sparking violently, he vanished.

. . .

Marcus Barton walked happily down the street of his neighborhood, his dog being held by a leash attached to the collar. Things were going very well for Marcus in his life. He supposed that from then on out, his life would be pretty much set on easy. That was until the blue light began to wrap itself around him.

"What in the-!?" He managed to sputter out before both he and his dog vanished.

. . .

Maya Fraker was sitting on a subway bench, her ears covered by Beatz headphones. The music drowned out the sound of the individuals hopping on and off the train. She had a black pen rolling between her right hand fingers as she stared down at her notepad filled with various scribbles, bridges, chorus, and other music notes. She looked down at her watch made a face before looking up at the next cart.

"Where are you, Blake?" She muttered, frustration in her voice. She was yet again alone on the bench, a moment that happened in between trains. She had been there waiting for her best friend for what felt like hours, and her patience was beginning to wear thin.

That was before the area around her started spinning. It took a moment before she realized that it wasn't the area that was spinning, but her vision. Glowing an intense yellow color, Maya and her stuff were ripped from the subway bench as if she'd never been there.

. . .

Maya was transported to what seemed to be a room with advanced equipment. Looking around, she said cheerfully, "Not gonna lie, that was intense and I liked it."

As Maya scanned the room, Carissa yet had her eyes tightly shut, just as she had while she whizzed through the air moments earlier to get to her current location. Once certain she felt that she was indeed on solid ground, Carissa slowly opened her eyes. Her mind was flooded with various dark possibilities, all ending with her death.

"Woah..." Blake said from where he was standing, breaking the silence. "Where am I?"

Hearing his voice snapped Carissa out of her dark daze. She looked to the direction of Blake's voice and stepped toward him cautiously.

"H-H-Hello" she stuttered.

Meanwhile, Maya was certain she had recognized that voice. She scanned the room, taking note of a boy sitting at a nearby table, a guy looking very confused with his dog on a leash, a giant tiki head on a nearby wall, and the girl she didn't know was Carissa approaching a young man. Her eyes became big when she saw that young man was indeed the voice she thought she'd recognized: Blake. She walked over to him, pushing his shoulder semi-affectionately.

"Want to tell me what is going on?" She demanded.

"Thank goodness you're here!" Blake said happily, hugging her.

Before Maya, or anyone else, could say another word, a deep voice penetrated the room. Sean, from his place sitting quietly at the table away from the others, was the first to see it was coming from what everyone had thought was a wall decoration.

"Of the people of Earth, you five have been selected to become Power Rangers. I am Gosei, guardian of the Earth. I have selected you for a difficult situation. The people of Earth may not appreciate you working to save any of them, because of the actions of General Atlas Nek."

At that, a small door opened up on the wall next to the tiki head. From out of the door stepped Gosei, revealing himself to the people he had selected for his new team. Gosei held out his hand and the morphers he had made for this occasion materialized in the air near each person they were supposed to be assigned to.

"These morphers are unlike any that have ever been used. They have the potential to use the power of all the previous ranger teams that have come before you.

"You must be ready to deal with the problem Nek has created. Ultimately, as Power Rangers, you will act as Earth's last line of defense against evil. General Nek's plans for Earth are proving to be catastrophic. As much as I wish Zordon were here, I will do all I can to handle equipping you with what you need to know for this threat as he would have done for his rangers."

"No, really... what's going on?" Maya found herself asking. The idea of becoming a Power Ranger was intriguing, however, she could not allow herself to image bearing such an opportunity in light of what was happening with Rangers all around the world under General Nek's martial law.

"I mean, I never thought I could become a Power Ranger..." Blake said suddenly, almost muttering to himself.

Carissa looked down at her hand meanwhile, finding the morpher to materialize from its spot hovering near her to her wrist in a pink flash. She looked up at her would be teammate, Blake, as the morpher likewise appeared on his wrist.

Suddenly, a huge smile appeared on his face. "Yeah... I accept!"

Carissa found her stomach to be in knots... she realized she could not match his sentiment. "I'm sorry... this must be a mistake. You meant to bestow this responsibility on someone who wants to help people. There is no way I can be a power Ranger."

All the while, Sean sat in silence. He looked at the morpher that appeared in his hand, then looked at Gosei. Nodding, he decided to break his silence.

"I'll take it only to prove a point to the world..." Sean stated simply as he looked at Carissa and smiled. "If this guy here is telling the truth, then there is no mistake. We were picked for a reason. My name is Sean, and I accept."

"Huh?" Carissa answered in confusion to Sean's statement.

"I'm psyched!" Blake exclaimed happily. "I don't care what anyone else says... I'm in!"

Maya stared at Blake in disbelief. "I was waiting for you on the bench... and now I'm in a strange location. Blake... is this really happening? We're being selected to be Power Rangers!? And you're acting like this is normal!?"

Before Blake could reply, Gosei stepped forward and smiled at Carissa. "You may keep the morpher, and when you have the need put the power to use, Carissa. I chose you because you have the potential to be stronger than the original Human Pink Ranger, Kimberly Hart. You have a long way to go, but with the right education and training you could surpass all the pinks before you."

"I will try to live up to the past pink rangers." Carissa was shocked to her herself saying as she unstrapped the morpher from her wrist and placed it into her pocket. She couldn't believe she had said that, even with all of the reservations about all of this and what it would mean for her life.

"This is why I keep to myself..." She muttered.

Then, turning to the others, Gosei said, "We have a lot of work to do and very little time to do it in."

Stepping toward Gosei, leaving Maya standing dumbfounded behind him, Blake smiled. "Where do we start!?"

Meanwhile, Sean stood up from his seat and walked up to Carissa. "I know how you feel. This isn't easy to take in... but you really think Mr. Fantasic over there can do it alone?"

Carissa followed Sean's finger as he moved his arm to point. She found herself smiling as she saw he was pointing at the overly eager Blake.

"This guy who gave us powers? He may be the last guy crazy enough to go up against Nek like this... I mean, things haven't really gotten better for anyone ever since the president sided with him and gave the military control over the country to wipe out rangers... So here we are, huh? We're the people selected to be rangers. It's been done before and I guess it's our turn to be plucked out of our mundane lives for this task... And this team needs people like you and me to keep people like him on the ground. Just think it over... please..."

As Sean walked away, back to his seat, Carissa's mind was spinning. How were these people so ready to accept something as crazy as what was going on!? It was beyond her understanding.

Finally finding the courage to speak, Marcus raised his hand (and as he did, the morpher placed itself firmly on his wrist, startling both him and his frightened dog). "Th- thank you, Gosei. I will do my best."

Turning around enthusiastically, Blake put out his hand toward Marcus. "Name's Blake Maxwell!"

Maya continued to stare at Blake incredulously. "Are you serious!?"

"My name is Marcus," He replied with a smile, shaking Blake's hand. "Nice to meet you all. I'll try to help out as best I can. I'm a pretty mellow guy and I'll try hard not to cause any waves! Umm... also... could somebody give me a doggy bag for Molly? This has been pretty traumatic for her and she kinda had an accident here on the floor..."

Gosei sighed and asked the computer to get something for Marcus to use. A moment later, a doggy bag appeared near Marcus on the floor.

"We will have a lot of work on our hands," Gosei stated as Marcus began to clean up after his dog. "If you all will follow me, we will go forward to unlock your ranger weaponry. I stored it in a room that requires your five active morphers to unlock the weaponry."

As they walked, Carissa found herself slowing down to walk alongside Sean. Without saying Carissa saying anything, Sean spoke to her yet again.

"I just think we need more grounded rangers..." He said before pointing to Maya. "With those two guys seeming to be a little... spacey... one more like them will doom us all, hehe... I hope she's more like us..."

"I heard that, Sean." Blake said as he followed behind Gosei, with Marcus and a reluctant Maya in tow.

Sean shrugged it off and continued to speak with Maya. "So, I haven't actually introduced myself to you. I'm Sean Anderson."

Carissa watched as Sean stretched out his hand. She hesitated before accepting the handshake.

"Carissa." She said as their hands locked for a few seconds. When she noticed she was still shaking his hand, she quickly pulled back.

"Sorry...kinda awkward. Not sure what social etiquette dictates for meeting people who are going to save the world. Asking 'who is on your playlist' doesn't seem to matter at a time like this. Ya' know?"

What are you talking about!? She thought, realizing she was going off an a tangent.

At that moment, Gosei waved his hand and opened a door. He motioned for everyone to enter and, as they did, he followed them closely behind. When they all had turned to look at him, he nodded and smiled.

"Your first mission will be to acquire enough technology for me to construct the weapons for your ranger suits, and the zords." Gosei said, opening portals for them so they could go to the areas they needed to.

"Alright, Gosei. Umm... what do you need, exactly? " asked Blake.

"What kind of mentor doesn't have the weaponry we need to combat evil all ready to go? We have to get it?" Carissa sarcastically whispered to Sean.

"I do not have the gear because I used most of my reserves during a previous invasion of Earth, unfortunately," Gosei answered, causing Carissa's face to turn red. "And the rest I used to create your new morphers. I have fine tuned your morphers to be attracted to objects around the world that will be compatible with your powers. As a way for you to familiarize yourselves with what lies in store for you in the future, I am having you each retrieve your objects. I will then process the objects into your new weapons.

"You will all need to head through the portals. From there, you will feel through the Morphing Grid where your object lies. As these are rare artifacts, I and others in the past have put them in places that are not obvious unless you can feel them. Please be careful when trying to extract the artifact. If you need to communicate with me, simply speak into your morpher and you will be able to speak with me," Gosei informed them.

Without another hesitation, Blake ran forward into the red portal. Shrugging, Marcus tied Molly's leash to a hook he saw near the door and followed suit, entering the blue portal. Maya, on the other hand, was not satisfied.

"Are you serious? Why should we trust you!?" She found herself saying, her bottled up emotions spilling out. "This is crazy... you know that, right?"

Sean smiled and looked to Carissa. "Well, at least she's not like that Blake guy, right?"

Gosei nodded slowly. "Miss Fraker? Listen... You were chosen because of your tenacity. Your Willpower. You have seen what Nek is doing to the world. I am offering you the opportunity to stop him. Do you not want it?"

Maya stood, staring at Gosei unflinchingly. As she did, she thought of all of the things she'd seen in the news. The Ranger War between Nek and the rangers. The media had tried to paint a picture of how the rangers had gone rogue. How Nek was leading the fight to help humanity not fall under the tyranny of super powered beings... but so many people like Maya knew something was wrong. Time and time again the Power Rangers had saved the world from evil. But no one had the ability to question anything. They couldn't fight back. They had to accept things as they were.

With a slight sigh, Maya simply turned and made her way to the yellow portal. On the other side of the portal, Maya found herself in at the base of a mountain.

"Hmm... I guess this is really happening..." She said, as if for the first time realizing this wasn't just some fantasy. Nodding slowly to herself, she began her trek along a narrow path that seemed to lead up the mountain.

Sean shrugged and looked at Carissa. "I guess you're the rotten egg."

"Wait, what?" She asked, but before she could say another word Sean had walked into the portal.

Sighing, Carissa silently began to walk over to one of the portals. She held her stomach as she did, remembering the uneasy feeling she had while teleporting to her current location.

"Carissa?" Gosei said as she approached the portal. "Good luck. And... thank you for accepting."

Nodding, Carissa slowly stepped through the portal. Unlike teleporting, there was no sensation. She simply appeared on the other side of the portal. Looking around the area quickly, she gathered that she was in a salvage yard.

"Now what?" She asked herself, looking around in confusion.

. . .

Blake's journey had been fairly straightforward: atop a large tree was a bright red stone. Although he wasn't happy about it, Blake climbed up the tree to the top and had retrieved the stone. As he grabbed it, the branch beneath him had broken and he found himself falling through the air. Having closed his eyes, Blake suddenly found himself on the ground in the room Gosei had called the weaponry.

"Huh? How?" Blake asked.

"Upon seizing the stone, you fell through a portal. You are safe," Gosei answered.

"So this is what you wanted?" Blake asked, standing up and showing Gosei the beautiful red stone.

Gosei looked closely at the stone and smiled. "This is the remnant of the Power Crystal that once fueled the the Red Dino Ranger's Power Sword."

Blake's face lit up. "This is totally awesome!"

"I will get the computer working on this immediately," He stated, turning and putting the stone on a scanner.

. . .

On the other side of the portal, Sean found himself in what appeared to be a well manicured park. It was decorated with gorgeous bridges and what appeared to be a waterfall. He looked around and quickly found a statue of a lion a few yards away. In its mouth was some sort of stone...

Sean looked around yet again. He could feel the stone calling out to him. Was the stone what he was supposed to grab? He knew it couldn't be that easy. Shrugging, he took a step forward. That's when he heard the "click" under his foot. Almost instantly, arrows shot at him from nearby pole. He instinctively threw himself onto his back as the arrows chased after where he'd been. He then shot his legs up and, lifting himself off his back with his arms and the momentum from his legs and core, landed onto his feet before launching himself toward the statue. He then touched the stone and that spark from before appeared for a moment.

Morgan...

Shaking his head as another of his frequent headaches began, the stone shined brightly in his hand. At that, a portal opened up.

"Well, that was easier than I thought!" He said happily as he leapt into the portal.

"Gosei, is this what you wanted?" Sean asked as he appeared in the room, holding the stone up proudly.

Gosei nodded. "I am not familiar with this, so I will begin a scan and get your weapon to you soon. Unfortunately, I can only make one weapon at a time. While I finish processing Blake's sword, you two will have to a mission to retrieve some electronics and a few other things. I will get things set up for you momentarily..."

As Gosei walked away, Sean found himself shaking his head. He had the sneaking suspicion Gosei may have been coming up with missions for them on the fly and that this next one was just to occupy time until he finished processing the stones.

"Sean, I got my Power Sword!" Blake said happily as he was petting Marcus' dog.

Sean shrugged. "Good for you."

. . .

In the scrap yard, Carissa lifted various metal scrap parts off the ground, looking underneath them hoping one would "resonate" with her. Her preoccupation with the task did not allow her to see the figure rapidly approaching behind her.

It happen to so fast; she was knocked on to the ground. Her back absorbed most of the impact, sending sharp pains in various directions of her body. She could feel the pressure of a figure, but was unable to see what was pinning her down.

"Cloaking technology. I'm in the right place..." She surmised, summoning enough strength to turn to her left side while striking with her right elbow. A whimper signified she had connected with the figure.

Her strike disrupted the device's ability to cloak the figure, now revealed as a black canine-like creature.

"You must be the guard dog of junkyard." She said, steadying herself for its next attack.

Hanging from its next was a silver device, with some sort of gem attached. Eyeing it, Carissa felt instantly attracted to it. She knew that was her goal.

"Be a good doggie and let me take that collar off, okay?" Carissa said, easing up to the creature. The beast warned Carissa, flashing its sharp teeth accompanied with growls.

Once she was in range, Carissa leapt forward (as did the creature). Carissa moved her body in time to miss the creature's aggressive swipe from its paw, managing to allow her time to grab the collar. With one tug the collar came off, leaving the creature's neck bare. Carissa, satisfied with her achievement, ran behind what appeared to be discarded jet engines.

"Wow, I can not believe I just pulled that off. Alright... let's see what was worth almost getting bit for." Carissa stated as she quickly began to pull the gem from off the collar.

. . .

Maya walked along the narrow mountain trail until she came to a part which forked into one part which was broken off due to a large crater, and another which continued on normally. Staring at the part of the path with the massive hole, she felt something strange stir within her. Something told her that it was her new power morpher, telling her that her artifact was indeed down the more treacherous path. She decided to listen to that feeling and so jumped over the gap.

Maya made the landing just fine. The ground beneath her, however, began to crumble. This caused her to begin to slide down the mountain. Her heart was racing faster than it ever had before. The girl tried to stop her descent by grabbing on to any ledge or branch she could, but it was to no avail. Maya knew what her destination was: the very bottom of the mountain.

She didn't know how long she'd been there, stuck with her right foot wedge between two rocks. She'd hit her head rather hard and was fairly certain she'd passed out and had only just awoken... but even then, she wasn't sure if that was what had happened. All she knew was that she was stuck.

After her head had stopped throbbing, Maya gave one more tug on her leg. She let out a sigh of relief when she found herself free from the rocks. She stood up, brushing the dirt off of her clothes. She then looked around the area, locating a cave. Feeling that familiar tingling, she decided to slowly walk in. The air became more and more stale the further she went into the dark area.

After a few meters, Maya came to the end of the tunnel. She was shocked to find it lead into an armory. The wall was line with various weapons. Maya lifted her morpher to her mouth, speaking softly, "Gosei? I have found weapons we can use in battle."

"Weapons... as in plural?" Gosei asked, astonished.

"Yes...? Was that not the plan?" Maya asked, confused.

"I am just surprised," Gosei replied. "I don't know why your morpher would send you there... perhaps your artifact just so happens to be in an armory? This is quite fortunate, indeed!"

Is this guy as clueless as he sounds? Maya thought, worry gripping her.

"I have a lock on your location. I will teleport everything here for analysis. You will also join Sean and Blake on a mission here soon," Gosei reported.

"Um... I do need to check in with my family, you kn-" Maya started before she fell through a portal that appeared beneath her.

. . .

"Carissa, how are you?" Gosei stated.

"I just finished grabbing my artifact, Gosei," Carissa reported, having literally just managed to pull the gem off the collar. Having to continually hide from the "guard dog" had slowed her down considerably.

"Excellent work. I am also happy to say because of what Maya found, we have the tools we need to commence phase two of our operation to halting Nek's plans for Earth." Gosei reported.

"And that would be...?" Carissa asked, curious.

"There is an old junkyard filled with old zord parts that Nek has hidden. He is going through it to try and create new tech for his army. I have found it recently and, now that I can get for you rangers the weapons you need, I need you join Sean, Blake, and Maya at the junkyard. There are specific items I have told Blake that I need, that we cannot let fall into Nek's hands. I will open up a portal for you to get there and help them."

"What about Marcus?" Carissa asked. "Is he not finished yet?"

There was a silence before Gosei replied. "It appears as if Marcus will not be joining our team after all. I will be looking for a new Blue Ranger to fill out the team."

"Huh? Is he okay? What happened?" Carissa further pressed.

"You will be sent to the junkyard immediately," Was Gosei's only reply as Carissa felt herself fall into a portal. It was a weird transition, falling forward to suddenly be right side up again in the junkyard.

That was pretty weird... Carissa found herself thinking. What happened to Marcus?

Before she could think more about it, Carissa slowed her breathing when she heard something. People talking... Looking up and over some of the garbage in the junkyard, she spotted mean wearing uniforms she'd seen so often on television. Soldiers wearing the uniforms signifying they were General Nek's men.

As she peered from her hiding spot, her attention was drawn to a few of the henchmen carrying various pieces of machinery resembling engines, flight controls, and monitors. One device almost slipped out of the hand of the henchmen; luckily he was able to control his grip preventing, the device from dropping. Another henchmen scolded him, reminding him how important the device was.

"Decision time... either I try to find the others or I try to stop them from gathering more tech right now," Carissa pondered. "Wait... am I buying into this super hero bit? Really?"

Carissa looked down at the gem she snatched off the beast. She recalled how it had some sort of cloaking feature. Carissa took the gem out of device she had pulled off the collar and placed it in the mouth piece of the morpher which had yet been in her pocket. The hand held morpher changed form quickly, attaching itself to her left wrist and becoming a gauntlet.

"Have to admit... that was tight," She said, her body blending into her surroundings.

Similar to her fight with the beast, Carissa moved in to attack quickly and swiftly. She couldn't believe how easy it was to sneak up on someone and grab them from behind to choke them. Once the first henchmen fell, she saw that the rest of Nek's forces turned their attention in Carissa's direction.

"What the... What happened to Jones!?" One demanded.

"Keep your guard up! Now! We may have visitors!" Cried the man who seemed to be the leader.

Unable to see what was going on, the group advanced on the location where this Jones, and consequently the invisible Carissa, were.

This is bad... should have called for backup before charging in, She thought to herself.

She realized that, even in her cloak mode, she was cornered and would eventually be found out. Closing her eyes, Carissa lifted her gauntlet to her face and yelled as quickly as possible, "Sean! I need your help!"

. . .

"This is so stupid..." Sean muttered under his breath, picking through the scattered pieces of old zords. "It's going to be impossible to find what Gosei is asking here... there's so much of it!"

"Just... just keep working..." Maya said, her face tight and serious.

Sean stood up fully straight and, folding his arms across his chest, looked at her. "What died inside of you and gave you a bad attitude all of a sudden?"

Not looking at him, she continued to work. "Nothing. Um... yeah... let's just keep working..."

Sean furrowed his brow, making his way toward Maya. "Are you okay? Did something happen to you after we separated?"

Maya suddenly jumped back at his words, here eyes wide. "What!? No... um... no! Everything is fine! Nothing happened!"

"What the...? What's going on, Maya!? Why are you acting like this!?" Sean demanded.

"It's nothing! Just leave it alone!" Maya barked, turning her back to Sean and marching off.

"Shh!" Sean snapped. "Nek's forces are here, remember!? Ugh... these people are so stu-"

"Sean! I need your help!"

The voice of Carissa emanated out from Sean's morpher. His heart was suddenly in his throat. Looking at his morpher, he could suddenly feel how it worked, as if a message from the morpher was being sent straight to his mind. He focused on the morpher and an image of Carissa in his mind. Suddenly, a portal opened up before him. Sean dashed out to into the portal. When he got to the other side, he was shocked to see Nek's forces. They were equally as shocked to see Sean, a seemingly ordinary guy appear out of seemingly nowhere.

"You know, Carissa... you know how to really make a guy work for it!" He said with a wink as he stared at the soldiers in front of him.

Are you serious!? Carissa thought. He's saying I'm flirting with him!?

"Who are you!?" The Squad Leader demanded. "How did you get in here!? This is a government secured facility!"

Sean swallowed hard before putting his gauntlet up to his mouth. "Gosei? These Nek guys you spoke of? They're here and there's a lot of 'em... I might be in trouble..."

"Gosei!?" The Squad Leader cried out. "He's a ranger sympathizer! Take him down while I report this!"

As the closest soldier went to reach for Sean, who was in a fighting stance and ready, the yet invisible Carissa blocked the incoming attack and countered with a punch to the left temple knocking the henchmen down. Although he had insinuated she had been flirting with him, she was yet happy he was able to come to her rescue. It was an odd feeling Carissa was not used to.

Before she could linger any longer on the thought, a new henchmen would take the place of the other as this time Sean jumped and kicked the man in the chest, sending him flying back.

"This is getting ridiculous!" Carissa said, backing up to where Sean stood.

Sean pointed at his gauntlet. "It's about time we used this for what's meant for, right?"

Carissa nodded. "You bet!"

Before they could make a move, though, a loud voice was heard from the opposite end of the area in which they were gathered, calling for everyone's attention. Instinctively, everyone turned to see who it was. Sean was the first to break the silence.

"You've got to be kidding me..." He said, shaking his head.

It was Blake. He stood out in the open, his hands on his hips in the best Superman pose he could do. Smiling, he lifted up one arm to point at the soldiers.

"Hey guy's! Time to show these goons what the Power Rangers are really made of!"

The Squad Leader furrowed his brow. "Power Rangers? Weapons out! Now!"

Blake jumped into a fighting stance and put his gauntlet wielding arm out before him. "Ultra Morpher Activate!"

Everyone stared in awe as Blake pressed the red button on his morpher. As he did, he was surrounded by an orb of Red Morphing Energy. They were all stunned as it appeared almost as if Blake's body absorbed the energy. Where he stood was only the red silhouette of a figure no one could yet discern.

"Red Ranger Ultra Power!" Blake shouted.

Everyone stood in shock as Blake emerged from the orb. He was wearing a costume similar to that of the White Dino Thunder Ranger, but red in color. He walked slowly out of the cloud of Red Morphing Energy, looking almost sinisterly at those before him.

"First shot's all yours..." Blake said as got into a fighting stance.