Welcome back, fellow writers and readers. I apologize for the prolonged wait for this chapter, but the problem was I knew what I wanted to happen, but I just could not put it into words. After taking a break, and thinking it over, I think I finally have what I am looking for. Although I only had a couple of reviews, since no one has said anything to the contrary, I am going to hope that means you all trust me on my idea of not emphasizing a fight in this story, in favor of a different kind of "action" in this story. On to part 2 of Rangers to the Rescue.
The rangers looked into the forest, to see about a dozen or so metallic, humanoid figures wandering around, somewhat aimlessly.
"X-borgs! But where did they come from?" Jake asked.
"I wonder if another commander has been sent down to attack us?" Noah surmised.
"Doubt it; the Armada always seems to wait a few days between attacks… come to think of it, it does not look like there are any bruisers or commanders leading them" Gia observed.
"Perhaps they are left over from the last attack; they must have gotten separated from the main force during the fight" Troy concluded.
"They look pretty clueless; I guess without commanders they can't function properly" Noah concluded.
"Seriously; we keep destroying them so why bother sending them down?" Jake asked.
"Jake, now is really not the time to be asking those kinds of questions" Gia reprimanded him.
(Author's note: apologies if anything said here is out of character, but when it comes to writing stories, I love "lampshade hanging" certain things. Let me know in the reviews if it takes away more than it adds to the story)
"Let's stay quiet for now; if we can find a way to ambush them, perhaps we can destroy them before they even notice the people in the car" Gia said with determination.
The red ranger looked over to the car; he could see that the smoke was getting thicker around it, but what choice did they have? There was nothing they could do about them right now, and if the X-borgs spotted them, then there would truly be problems. He gave a heavy sigh and nodded, "right; if we're going to ambush the X-borgs, we're going to need to direct their attention away from the road. So here's what we'll do" Troy began. But then there was another noise- off in the distance, sirens could be heard, heading right towards the crashed car. The rangers looked up, to see an ambulance and a couple different kinds of fire trucks racing towards the scene.
"Thank goodness; the people in the car must have called 911 earlier" Emma noticed.
"Yea, but I think it may have backfired, look!" Orion pointed out.
Suddenly, the dozen X-borgs in the forest turned to the direction of the road, and started moving towards it.
"We have to stop them! Not just for the civilians, but for the firefighters and paramedics!" Troy said with resolve.
"Right!" His team called back as they charged into the forest to stop the X-borgs.
As the rangers took out their Super Mega weapons and fought off the foot soldiers, on the road the emergency responders were setting to work. From one of the fire trucks, a man in short brown hair stepped out; his red and black jacket a sharp distinction from the firefighter uniforms of the rest of the men on the truck. Out of the ambulance, in addition to the paramedics a blonde haired woman stepped out, wearing the same red and black jacket as the man from the fire truck.
"I know you're more of a doctor than a paramedic, but thank you for helping us today; with the city in chaos we need all the help we can get" one paramedic said to the woman as they began pulling out various medical equipment.
"It's the least I can do- with the attacks so focused around here, I had a feeling doctors would be really needed" the woman explained.
"You can say that again!" the other paramedic in from the truck explained as they rushed over to the car.
The firefighters were assessing the situation, and when they realized what was going on, they began spreading out to take action. The man began shouting orders.
"All right, begin marking off the road! I know it's unlikely but we out of caution we should block off the road in case another car comes along! It looks like we've got some leaking gasoline, so use the cones, not the road flares!" He said, as men began taking things from the equipment truck. Another man came up holding a bag "I got the sand; I'll put it down so the gas doesn't ignite!"
"Good man" the brown haired man said as the firefighters continued working.
Paramedics were looking at the civilians through the window, "looks like they are shaken up, some minor cuts and bruises, but otherwise no serious injury" one called out.
Looking over the vehicle, the man concluded the same thing as the rangers, "no good, with the way the roof came down, this door isn't going to open on its own. Ok, get the jaws of life! If we're going to open the door, we're going to need the big guns" he said.
Once everything was in place, the firemen set up the special device and began the process of forcing the driver's door open. As the firemen did that, the man and woman noticed the rangers fighting in the distance.
"If I had to make an educated guess; I'd say they got here before us… but it seems those things got their attention before they could do anything" the woman said.
"Fighting the bad guys may be what will save this city… but I think these new rangers should understand there is a lot more to the job" the man added on.
"Should we intervene, Carter?" the woman asked.
"No, I think they got this one- let's focus on saving these people, Dana" the man replied.
"Looks like just foot soldiers- they should be done soon" Dana surmised.
"Carter! We need an extra hand!" A firefighter called out.
The two ran back to the accident as the rangers went back to fighting.
Troy was beating back a couple of X-borgs when he came to a decision.
"Ugh, this is taking too long! We have to go legendary if we want to finish this now!" He called out.
Emma pushed back a pair of X-borgs herself then acknowledged "Ok, what mode should we use?"
"Well, since we're fighting to protect those rescue workers, I think I have an idea" Troy said.
He reached into his belt, and pulled out a red ranger key. The others nodded in agreement as they took out the keys for the same team. Orion though, seemed to have an issue.
"Wait a second… where is mine?" he said in confusion.
That's a relief; looks like the people in the car will be saved, if the rangers can hold back the X-borgs long enough. Initially, I was aiming for a three chapter story, kind of like how an episode is broken into three parts (two commercial breaks). The more I thought about it though, I realized this story would do better with four parts. I will try to get the next chapter out sooner- so here is hoping for the best. Until next time fellow writers and readers; stay tuned for part three of Power Rangers Super Megaforce: Rangers to the Rescue.