CH 2. ACTIVATE
Kyle sat his bag down nearby the pullout couch of his one room apartment and took a seat. He ran his fingers down his tired eyes, feeling like he could sleep for days, reeling from one crazy event after another.
This is the big leagues is it?
Kyle dug through his duffel bag and pulled out the metal box Mr. Collins gave him yesterday and opened it. Inside was a wristband with a micro computer on it with seven random buttons facing every other direction.
"Seems like some piece of junk. This was my fathers?" Kyle said to himself as he toyed around and pressed the buttons, trying to find the ON button to whatever the thing was. After a few minutes he finally gave up trying to figure it out.
"I'll wear it as a memento for my dad." Kyle said, fastening the band around his wrist. Kyle pulled out the couch into bed form and flopped down on top, tired.
"Guess I'll turn in early." He said, yawning and soon falling asleep.
The next day Kyle drove back to Delta Command center. As he was driving to work he saw a humanoid alien with small tentacles on his face trying to mug a lady.
"Give me the money. I need my fix!"
"That's the line." Kyle said, screeching to a halt. He stepped out of the car and walked up to them.
"Hey octopus face, you got a problem?" Kyle shouted. The alien looked up at him and hissed. "You tell me human."
He fired his laser pistol at Kyle, who sidestepped the shot before kicking the gun out of his hands. Kyle caught it as it fell to Earth.
"I'll give you a 5 second head start. " Kyle said, narrowing his eyes. The alien thief turned and ran, dropping an empty glass tube from his pocket as he ran.
"Five!"
Kyle shot out the red cloth awning the crook ran under, netting him in it. He turned to the lady to make sure she was all right.
"Sorry about that." He said. She nodded to show she was okay as she walked across the street to the sidewalks until she was lost in the crowd. Kyle brought the tied up alien to the base and turned him over to the guards.
As he strolled in to the control room, Commander Cruger was waiting for him in his seat. "I heard you stopped a mugging. Nice work cadet Myers."
"Just doing my job sir." Kyle said, saluting. He turned to leave, but then he remembered the vial he found earlier and turned around.
"Commander Cruger, I found this on the mugger. Any idea what it is?" He asked, tossing it to Cruger, who caught it and examined it.
Cruger nodded "Hmmm, I've seen this before. A lot of the criminals we bring in have had these vials on them. It's called Mirage, and it's a very addictive substance to aliens. Kat has analyzed it and found nothing. No one knows where it's made or what it is made of." He explained.
"Terrific…" Kyle said, sighing.
After leaving the control room, Kyle walked by the bulletin board and noticed many of the flyers pinned up were about missing people. There had to be 20 or 30 all around the board. Kyle shook his head, shrugging it off.
After donning his S.P.D cadet uniform he headed out to the training ground where he saw B-squad training.
"Got room for one more?" Kyle asked.
Sky and Bridge looked at each other and then nodded to Kyle. He began sparring with the others when they began using their genetic powers. Each cadet that was chosen to be a ranger would be given a unique ability, or so Kyle heard. Sky made a force field with his hands to block their attacks. Z made two clones of herself to gang up on Syd.
"Time out!" Kyle shouted. "What, are you hazing the new guy just because he isn't one of you yet." He asked.
Sky stood upright. "Sorry cadet Myers, that's how we always practice." He said, as he looked down at his wrist, seeing a peculiar wristband fastened to Kyle's arm.
"What's that thing?" He asked.
Kyle held it up to give them a better look. "It's-"
Bridge looked at it "Interesting, I've never seen technology like this before. It reminds me of Sam's Omega Morpher." He noted.
Sky looked at it. "It reminds me of my father's-"
Before he could finish, the alarms in their badges went off. The four of them answered them. "What is it Commander?" Sky asked.
"Rangers, report to the Command Center immediately." Cruger said. The four nodded.
"Gotta go Kyle, see you around." Bridge said. With that the B-squad ran off. Kyle scratched his head while holding his cap in his hand. "I wonder why Sky has such an interest in this thing." He said, looking at the wristband.
The rangers ran inside to see what the matter was. "What's going on Commander?" Z asked. Cruger showed them the screen. It was two big reptilian monsters attacking the city. Kyle saw them inside and hid behind a wall, eavesdropping.
"We want the Power Rangers. Come out you fools." One of them shouted. The rangers looked at each other wondering who sent them.
"Let's give them what they want." Sky suggested. Cruger nodded as if in response.
"Ready?" Sky asked, holding up his Morpher. The rest did the same. "S.P.D Emergency!!" They shouted, morphing
Kyle came in after they left.
"Commander, permission to accompany the rangers." He asked. Cruger shook his head. "Denied. You are not ready for this kind of battle, you are still a C-squad cadet and I can't allow it." He said.
Kyle looked on the screen, he saw the same woman he saved earlier today was being attacked. He ran off without thinking. "Come back Myers!!! It's too dangerous." Cruger called out.
The rangers appeared in town in front of Urab and Bitel. "You wanted Power Rangers, and you got em." Sky said. "Rangers, we have a message for you from Blackland. He wants the Earth for himself." Urab said. The rangers unsheathe their strikers. "Not if we can help it." Bridge said. The rangers began to attack the monsters.
Kyle grabbed a parked patrol bike and headed down the street.
I have to do something.
He had to prove himself to Cruger and the B-squad that he was more than just a grunt. His mind flashed back to when Mr. Collins would tell Kyle about his father.
Eric would spare no expense to prove himself to me and the others. He was my son's bitter rival as it were. He went the distance to become the leader of the Silver Guardians. Always showing off, being reckless and fighting like he had something to prove. I see a lot of him in you. I do miss him, and so does Wes.
Kyle shook his head as he sped to the scene of the crime.
The rangers were now dealing with a pack of Mafbots that were summoned by th aliens, but they tried focusing on Urab and Bitel. Sky tried both of his Delta blasters but they didn't even make a blemish. Urab sprayed acid from his mouth but Sky dodged just before the sidewalk concrete began to melt.
"Acid spit, you're kidding me right?" Bridge muttered, firing his blaster at Bitel, who swatted them away. The girls tried striking him from behind but his thick leathery hide protected him.
"This is nuts." Syd shouted. The rangers regrouped. Urab grabbed the young girl from before as the nearest hostage.
"Surrender rangers, or this one gets it." He slithered. The girl squirmed, trying to get away.
"Stand down guys." Sky ordered.
"Now, are you going to give up and take it like soldiers or else?" Bitel said, holding a forked spear.
The sound of a speeding cycle could be heard from behind the monsters. Kyle jumped off the bike and kicked both the monsters in the back.
"Who dares????" Urab said, turning around. Kyle took a defensive stance. "I won't let you hurt innocent people." He said.
"Cadet Myers, get back!!! What are you thinking?" Sky shouted. Kyle didn't listen as he started fighting off the Mafbots with his blaster and martial arts. "Five is better than four." Bridge decided, and jumped back into battle. The others nodded and did the same.
Kyle fired at Bitel, who swatted the shots away and smacked him to the ground. "Get up pathetic human." He barked at him. Kyle flipped up and went on the attack again. Bitel blasted Kyle into the wall with an electrical charge with his spear.
Kyle hit the concrete wall hard, smacking his arm on the side. He slid down the wall, not wanting to get up at first.
"Quantum controller activated." A voice said.
Kyle looked around. "Who said that?"
"Access ranger weaponry with voice identification." The voice said again. Kyle looked down and saw it was coming from his wristband. "This thing is…"
"Use voice activation command "Quantum Power"." The wristband said. Kyle held the wristband up to his head.
"Quantum Power?" Kyle asked it. The wristband began to glow a bright yellow, the digital command spelling out the word "FIRE" appeared on the small black panel. A huge explosion occurred around Kyle.
The rangers and the monsters looked up to see what happened. Out of the smoke and debris arose a new ranger in red with black armbands and dark outline on the collar.
Kyle looked down to see what he was wearing.
This is WAY beyond weird…