Power Rangers: An Alternate History

by Vexacus

It has been said that for any event, there is an infinite number of possible outcomes. Our choices determine which outcome will follow, and therefore all possibilities that could happen do happen across countless alternate realities. Join us for one such outcome in which the world of the Power Rangers is not what you once knew but something alternate and different

2. Chapter 2

Date: January 4th, 2014

Place: BioLabs Main Facility – Collins' Office

Still somewhat in shock at what he had just seen, President Manahan sipped his coffee. "So Mr President, what do you think of MegaZord?" Edward asked with a confident smile on his face. "I still think I'm dreaming Collins" Manahan says "That thing, that MegaZord looked so far advanced, I can hardly believe that you built it… ". Edward glances at his son, Manahan picks up on this. "What's going on?" He asks. "Mr President, what we are about to tell you no-one outside of this island knows it" Wes says "The truth is, we didn't build the DinoZords..." he hesitates, then after receiving a nod from his father, he says "We found the DinoZords back in 1992 and have been studying them ever since". Wes gets up and moves to a map of Zordnia Island on the wall. "We were excavating for a new underground testing facility when we tunnelled into a large hangar-type facility" he says, he then indicates a spot on the map, which is set high in the North Western Range of mountains "This is where we found the DinoZords... and a whole lot more".

"You found those things?" Manahan asked, hardly able to believe what he had just heard. "That we did Mr President" Edward says "We studied them and everything else and have managed to get a lot of stuff working and have been testing it ever since. And believe me Mr President, what else we have will Advance Project...". Before Edward could continue, a uniformed soldier, belonging to BioLabs personal Security force the Silver Guardians entered the office, whispered something to Edward then left. "Problems?" Manahan asked. Edward nodded and said "Indeed there is Mr President; it would seem that Vice President Fielding tried to access and download classified information on the Zords". Manahan frowned and replied "I thought David went to contact the Secretary of Defence about a full scale test of the Zords?" Edward shook his head and said "See for your-self". He indicated a wall-mounted monitor which flickers to life and shows security footage of Vice President Fielding sat at a computer in an empty lab, he inserts a memory stick and tries to access files when alarms go off and a few seconds later, he's surrounded by heavily armed Silver Guardians.

"The information he downloaded was full of worms, spyware and errors" Edward says "What computer he would have used that to download, would have been destroyed and a virulent worm released, erasing all traces of our technology from the network the computer would be hooked up to". Looking at the security camera footage, Manahan did not know what to believe. "He's the Vice President of the United States" Manahan says "Before I make ANY choice on what to do next, I need to speak with him AND I need proof that he tried to access classified material..." Edward nods and says "Of course you can speak to him Mr President. And I'll have all the evidence you need waiting for you...".

Place: BioLabs Main Facility – Holding Cell A5

Looking around, Vice President Fielding took in his surroundings. The holding cell he had been placed in by the rather arrogant commander of the Silver Guardians, a man called Eric Meyers, was sparse, except for a bed, a sink and carefully concealed lavatory. In a fit of anger at his confinement and at having been caught, Vice President Fielding grabbed the tatty looking pillow from the bed and he threw it at the entrance to the cell. It hit the force-field keeping him confined and was subsequently disintegrated by the force-field. "So, what happened?" Manahan asked as he approached the cell, flanked by two Silver Guardians and their commander, Eric Meyers. "I'm not saying anything with THEM present" Fielding says, indicating the Silver Guardians and Commander Meyers. "I'll be ok" Manahan says, Meyers dismisses the two guards but turns to President Manahan and says "For security reason, I'll be keeping an eye on both of you..." Meyers moved away and went out of sight. "So, what happened?" Manahan asked, leaning against a guard-rail. Fielding stood up and moved close to the force-field but stayed a half foot away from it. "These private security ass-holes arrest me on trumped up charges" He says "I'm the fucking VICE PRESIDENT of the United States, they have..."

"I've seen the footage David" Manahan says, interrupting him "You tried to access classified and restricted information AND download it onto a memory stick" he then asks "Just what were you trying to do?" Fielding is silent for a moment, then asks "Can you get me out of here? We have a lot of work to do; the election is in November and..." Manahan held up his hand, silencing the Vice President and asked, this time with a hard tone in his voice "What were you trying to do?" Fielding replied with "I was simply trying to e-mail my wife and..." Manahan stepped close and says quietly "You do NOT need to e-mail your family with a high density memory stick and classified weapons technology..." he backs away and once again leans on the guard rail and says to the Vice President "David, I've known you since I was Governor of Puerto Rico, and I can tell when you are hiding something". Fielding now knows the game is up and that he has been caught out, the only question is how much Manahan knows, so he decides to try and find out.

"I am not hiding ANYTHING" Fielding says firmly "Why would you even suggest that?" Manahan indicates the holding cell. "The fact that you are in a high-tech holding cell, accused of trying to steal classified information" he says "That is proof enough that you're hiding something". Manahan then says "Collins' says he has hard-core proof of your guilt of trying to steal classified technology, I might not be able to protect you..." Upon hearing this, Fielding got as close to the force-field as he dare, but before he could say anything, Manahan informed him of something that made him want to reach out and strangle Manahan. "I'll be getting the FBI to investigate you once I get back to the mainland, YOU will stay here, and I've given BioLabs jurisdiction over the entire island. You will stay here until the investigation proves you either innocent or guilty". Manahan turns and walks away. "YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT SORY OF MISTAKE YOU'RE MAKING" Fielding yells after him "THE DRAGON WARRIORS ARE THE FUTURE...". As he walked away, Manahan still could not believe that the Vice President of the United States had been caught trying to steal information to pass to China. He did not know how far Fielding's treachery had gone. All he knew now was that it had ended and such treachery would not happen again, he would make certain of it as soon as he got back to Washington.