Chapter Three. Red With Uncertainty.


Previously On Poke Rangers SDI...

While taking a tour of the Aquabase, the rangers met the brains behind the entire operation, Miranda Underwood. She introduced them to their Aura Carriers and their brand new SDI zords. Which came in handy as Darkia and the demons decided to attack Waterfall Shores with the use of the Golicargo demon. A demon that fell to earth in the form of a meteorite. Upon reaching the scene of disaster, they had to rescue some people from a burning building, the rangers quickly formed their new SDI Megazord. After a brief battle, they managed to finish the demon off by throwing it into the ocean. Meanwhile, Darkia, Joltara and Kable were greeted by Queen Misteria's new warrior, Ramelow who showed up with her daughter. As a threat to Darkia...


"Man," Luke complained, as the five rangers got out of the Defense Driver. All of them were wearing clothes to the most casual degree possible. Xavier was wearing a white T-Shirt and black sweatpants. Danni was wearing a yellow vest and a pair of grey jeans. Katie and Nahir had also gone for jeans, only mixed with T-Shirts of their ranger colours. While Luke had gone for a pair of brown slacks and dark green vest. "Why the heck did we have to leave before breakfast?"

"To see how our resolve focuses up under an empty stomach?" Nahir suggested. "Now, quit complaining, otherwise this is going to be one long morning."

"Anyone else here not a morning person?" Dominic asked, wandering over to them with a grin. "'Cos I can see that Luke ain't."

"Whatever, Arcady," Luke replied. "We weren't all up at the crack of dawn to howl at the Torchic or whatever."
"What's with the nickname?" Dominic demanded. "Honestly?"

"Seems to suit you," Luke said, determined to start an argument.

"Got to say," Dominic replied. "I actually kind of like it. If I didn't, I'd be looking forward to the unarmed combat sessions with you, Luke."

"You're joking, right?" Katie commented. "That's something in store for us at some point?"

"Exactly!"

That word came from Bristow as he walked out of the building in front of them, folding his arms.

"Morning, Commander," Nahir called.

"You might be wondering why you were woken up at three AM this morning," Bristow said, looking them up and down. "Then told to drive four hours out here."

"Thought had crossed my mind," Danni muttered.

"Well then," Bristow replied, gesturing out behind him. "I present to you the SDI obstacle course. Time to see what you can really do."

"Alright," Xavier said, beating his hands together. "Let's do it."


SDI ready!!!

The five rangers salute at the camera. Shots of Waterfall Shores.

Somewhere out there, a signal is calling

Darkia and Joltara shake their heads. Ramelow stalks away.

Verger is falling.

The Aquabase is shown, the train bay rises up out of the ocean.

The danger is here.

Danni leans back in her chair, shaking her head. Shots of her climbing up the Merlin's Plateau. Danielle Tanner. Yellow SDI ranger. Created by Joseph Winter.

Better call on SDI!!

Katie drops into the pool, ducking under the water. Shots of her scuba diving. Katie Myers. Blue SDI ranger. Created by Blue Bongo.

Poke Rangers SDI!!!

Xavier sprays a fire with a hose. Shots of him diving through a window. Xavier Jackson. Red SDI ranger. Created by Blazin' Saddles.

Poke Rangers SDI!!!

Nahir reads a book, shaking her head as the alarm goes off. Shots of her sat in the medical bay. Nahir Moon. Pink SDI ranger. Created by Famousgirl01.

The trials will test you.

Luke does a chin up on a door frame. Shots of him stood at the helipad. Luke Sunderland. Green SDI ranger. Created by MakubeDaKiddX.

Better call on SDI!!!

The Aura Carriers charge along the track. The SDI zords start to emerge from them.

S.... D..... I....

Commander Bristow and Miranda appear. Arcady tests a weapon.

Powers on display

The Skull Tower appears. Darkia, Joltara, Ramelow and Kable bow down before the altar.

Rangers on the way

The SDI Megazord forms. The five zords come together.

They'll save the day.

The SDI Megazord swings its sword.

Poke Rangers SDI!!!

The five rangers pose. The Emergency Fearow Cannon flies from the roof of the train bay.

Poke Rangers SDI!!!

Mal and Tim run into a cave with a camcorder. They're chased out by a swarm of Zubat.

S... D.... I....

The Aura Carriers fly up off the track and into the sky.

Poke Rangers!!!!

Poke Rangers: SDI. Created by Blue Bongo. Verger Region created by Blue Bongo. All other rights reserved.

Go!!!!!!


"Ready!"

At the whistle, both Danni and Nahir ran over to the building. A pair of ropes were set up, allowing them to climb up. Eventually, after going hand over hand, they managed to get to the balcony at the top. Just as the course detail had intended. An automated crying system could be heard from the room nearest to them.

Gulping, the two rangers shoulder barged the wooden doors open, running inside to complete their tasks.

"There!" Nahir yelled, pointing to the cot across from them. Danni was closest, sliding over a table to get to it. Reaching down inside, she plucked out the fake baby, looking back to see that Nahir was already charging out of the room. Cradling the baby under her arm, Danni followed her. Just in time to see the pink ranger waiting at the edge of the balcony.

"Come on!" she said. "Hand her to me once I've got a grip on the rope."

By the time Nahir had jumped over the balcony and held there for a moment, Danni had made it over to her. Giving her the baby, Nahir let go of the railing and went down towards the ground.

It took only a few seconds for the yellow ranger to follow her.

Upon hitting the ground, Danni darted across the ground to grab up the medical kit. Nahir had already put the baby to the ground, reaching up to catch the thrown bag.

"Gotcha," she said, placing the bag down next to the model and standing up. "We're done."

As both ranger saluted, Bristow and Dominic strode over to them. Dominic was grinning, while the Commander was checking his stopwatch.

"One minutes thirty six," he reported. "Not bad."

"Not bad?" Nahir asked, shaking her head.


"Aww, this ought to be fun," Katie said, dryly.

"Go!" Bristow roared, causing her and Luke to jump down off the platform. Barely any time passed before they were running across the ground towards the obstacles. Both of them hit the ground, sliding their way under the net on their stomachs to get through to the next part. Jumping to their feet, the two of them managed to scale a seven foot wall, dragging themselves over the top of it. As they hit the ground, Katie rolled her eyes. Seeing a pool of water and some ropes to swing across.

"Now, that's my forte," she said.

"Lucky you," Luke muttered, as the two of them ran forward and began to jump from rope to rope. "Don't think you can swim it."

"I know," she muttered, going to next one. "Although, you're not afraid to get wet, right?"

"No, why?"

The next rope in front of Luke snapped, sending him crashing down into the pool.

"Because of that," she replied, jumping onto the next rope. Which promptly gave under her.

Taking deep breaths, the blue and green rangers pushed their way through the water. Until getting out at the small jetty at the end, before continuing on. Just a row of tires to run through, something that the two of them quickly realised wasn't as easy as it looked, and they were at the end.

Clicking his stopwatch off, Bristow looked them up and down.

"Was the water really neccesary?" Luke wondered.

"Of course," Dominic replied. "Ever changing procedures. What happens if you end up in that situation in battle."

"One minute eleven," Bristow said, reading aloud the time on his watch. "Pretty good."

"High five!" Katie said, holding her hand up. A gesture which Luke reluctantly returned.


Working his way through the lower floor of the building, Xavier raised up the paintball gun and fired a flurry of shots at the targets that span out in front of him. With only a few of his shots going wide, he watched the dispatched pieces of cardboard clatter down to the ground, before running on. Another cardboard target of a demon came spinning out at him, only to be splattered with paint. Diving through a window, he brought the weapon up and blasted another three targets around him. Part of him knew that shooting at actual demons in the field was drastically different to this, but the rest of him was caught up in the moment. Pulling the trigger again and again, he heard one of the paintballs thud against something metallic, but put it to the back of his mind. Then, the sound of movement behind him caught his attention, forcing him to turn around with his weapon up...

Only to find it aimed barely inches from Bristow's face, seconds before the whistle was blown.

"Hmmm," the Commander muttered, looking down at his stopwatch. "Forty seven seconds. Outstanding."


With all the rangers having engaged in the various trials offered to them, they met back up at the Defense Driver. Where an infectiously cheery Xavier was already bragging about his accomplishments.

"Check it out," he said, punching the air with enthusiasm. "Best times in everything. How about that."

"And, so modest about it as well," Katie remarked, shaking her head. "Better quit boasting, or your head won't fit in your helmet."

"I'll get a new one," Xavier told her, still grinning. An expression that made her groan.

"Where's the Commander, anyway?" Danni wondered. "What's he keeping us waiting for?"

"Anyone up for grabbing a sandwich on the way back to the Aquabase?" Luke asked, watching Bristow come out of the building.

"Xavier," he said, calling the red ranger over. "Come here!"

"What's up, sir?" Xavier wondered, coming across to look at the commander.

"Before you start to think yourself the best thing since sliced bread," Bristow said, his face expressionless. "Just know one thing. You had the fastest times, but you got the lowest scores in the shooting gallery."

"What?" the red ranger exclaimed, suddenly shocked. "But, I hit every target..."

"... And that means absolutely nothing," Bristow said. "Think before you act. Suppress impulses, or people will be badly hurt by your actions."

"I don't understand," Xavier replied.


"Aw, Princess Chumso is sleeping," Kable remarked, looking down at her. "Looks so peaceful in her slumber."

"Yeah..." Joltara commented. "So, what's our next move?"

The question was directed over at a musing Darkia, stood looking out of the window with a blank expression.

"Our next move is to strike back at the rangers and destroy their city," Darkia said. "Waterfall Shores is proving to be much of a nuisance."

"Didn't we already try that?" Joltara wondered.

"Okay, so we tried to take it from above," Darkia told her. "Now, we're going to try from below."

He picked up a book and gestured with it to Kable.

"I've been looking through the archives," he said. "And, I've selected the perfect monster for the job. Tridigger."

"Ah, Tridigger," Kable replied. "This should be most interesting."

He reached down for a card, and held it up to the light.

"From out of the ground! Make your sound! Cause the ground to shake! With a giant Earthquake! Tridigger, come forth and destroy!"

Flipping from out of his hand, the card flashed into the fireplace, before exploding. Seconds later, from the shards, a monster emerged. He had the body of a Diglett, but also had a moustache underneath the pink nose. There was a large pointed horn on his head and he wore a set of silver armour. At the end of his arms, were a pair of pointed drills. While, to complete the look, he walked on a set of legs similar looking to those on a Rhydon.

"I'm here to serve Queen Misteria!" Tridigger exclaimed, bowing towards the altar. "Just give me a directive, your majesty."

"Calm it down, fool," Darkia said. "Go and destroy Waterfall Shores with Earthquakes."

"Earthquakes are my middle name, sire," Tridigger replied. "Seriously, they are. Tridigger Earthquake Doyle."

"I don't care," Darkia snapped. "Get down there and..."

"That's not a good way to treat your soldiers."

Groaning inwardly, the General looked around and saw Ramelow walking in with a smirk.

"Why are you even still here?" he demanded. "Isn't there a convenient cliff for you to hurl yourself from?"

"Well, I was going to do you a favour and help out Tridigger," Ramelow replied. "Guess I'll make myself useful around here."

"Then, why can I still see you?" Darkia demanded.

Offering a sound that suspiciously resembled a taunt, both Ramelow and Tridigger vanished.


"So, you didn't get the best scores," Nahir said, as the five rangers returned to the Aquabase. "You at least got the best times."

"Which probably means nothing," Xavier muttered, kicking the back of Katie's seat petulantly. "Face it, I suck."

"Would it be cruel if I agreed with you?" Luke asked.

"Would it be cruel if I kicked you out of a moving vehicle?" Xavier replied, rhetorically.

"Hey, there's no need for that," Danni pointed out. "Just chill out. Can't be great at everything from the start. That's why we practise. If you think you did something wrong, then don't do the same thing again."

"I suppose," Xavier muttered, as the elevator stopped moving. And, just like that, they were back in Miranda's labs.

"At least we can take a quick break now," Katie said. "Because, there's no..."

Before she could finish, the alarms started to ring out.

"... Demons about to attack," she finished.

"Demons are attacking," Miranda reported. "The signatures are coming from..."

Before she could tell them where they were coming from, the Aquabase began to shake. Knocking several items off tables. The sounds of smashing glass could be heard.

"... Downtown," Miranda finished. "Which is where..."

She paused for a moment, looking down at the satellite pictures.

"... That earthquake originated from."

"Oh terrific," Xavier muttered, jumping behind the wheel of the Defense Driver. "Let's get going."

Even though it had only just descended a few moments earlier, the elevator began to rise again.


"This place ain't so great," Ramelow remarked, as he and Tridigger walked through the streets of Waterfall Shores. Every few moments, Tridigger would stop and focus his energy on a part of the ground. And, in that moment, a demonic looking Diglett would pop out of it. With a smirk on his face, Ramelow would stamp down on the Pokemon, causing an Earthquake to occur. After one of Ramelow's brain waves, they were heading for a shopping mall. Ready to unleash some real damage down onto the city.

"Yeah, I think we'd be doing them a favour if we demolished it all," Tridigger said, shaking his head. "Because, it's currently a dump."

From out of nowhere, a pair of Hikers ran over to them. One carrying a camcorder and the other holding a microphone.

"This is Mal and Tim about to approach a pair of scary looking demons," the one holding the microphone said into the device. "We're going to try and get a few words from them. Excuse me, Mr. Scary-looking Diglett thing. Who are you and why are you here?"

"I am Tridigger," the demon roared, proudly beating his drills against his chest. "And, I'm here to flatten this city into the earth."

"But, why?" Mal asked, keeping the camera poised on him. "This city is a nice place. Why do you want to destroy our home?"

"Hey, we were here first!" Ramelow snapped, taking out his sword. "Do you think your viewers would like to see some bloodshed?"

"Not so fast!"

Hearing the threat from behind them, Ramelow and Tridigger turned to see the five humans running towards them. The Defense Driver parked behind them.

"Ah, great," Mal said. "That's our cue to make a run for it."

Completely losing interest in them, the two demons looked across at the rangers.

"So, you must be these annoying protectors that I keep hearing about," Ramelow remarked. "This should be interesting. Dashing heroes intent on keeping this craphole safe from demons like us."
"Let me guess," Katie said. "You're both here to cause damage and destruction".

"And, so intelligent as well," Ramelow said, sarcastically. "I can see how you ended up being rangers."

"He got you there," Luke commented. Drawing a dirty look at him from Katie.

"Whose side are you on?"

"Let's find that out," Tridigger said, focusing on a patch of ground directly in front of him. Just a split second later, the Diglett popped out of the ground in front of them.

"Allow me," Ramelow laughed, stamping down on the creature. The shock wave that resulted was enough to send the rangers crashing down to the ground, the shopping mall behind the two demons shaking under the assault.

"This wasn't in training," Nahir muttered, as the five rangers got back to their feet.

"All possibilities," Danni said.

"You sound like Bristow," Xavier quipped, taking the Pokeball morpher from around his neck. "Ready to do this?"

"Oh yeah."

"SDI!" the rangers shouted. "Time to battle!"


Transforming into their costumes, the rangers looked across at the two demons.

"Ah, so we see your true colours," Ramelow said, drawing out his sword. "Misdrabeings attack!"

From out of nowhere, the foot soldiers appeared to attack.

"I'll get the drilling moron," Xavier shouted, running forward to engage Tridigger. His Defense Blaster came out, quickly being converted into its sword form.

Meanwhile, the other rangers fought against the Misdrabeings. Katie leaped up and kicked one in the head, before grabbing another by the neck and hurling it to the ground. Luke struck the closest Misdrabeing to him in the stomach with both fists, hearing the creature screech in pain at the blow. Then, with it stunned, he kicked its legs out from underneath it and watched it vanish as it hit the ground. Nahir jumped forward and hit another one of the creatures in the chest with both feet, sending it crashing back into another behind it. As the two hit the ground, she spun around and smashed her fist into the face of a third. Sending it right into the path of Danni who hit it with a spin kick. Before the yellow ranger could continue on against the Misdrabeings, something came through the back of her and sent her to the ground.

"Compliments of a mutual acquaintance, yellow ranger," Ramelow said, wielding his sword with glee.

"Who?" Danni demanded, jumping back to her feet. The Defense Blaster in her hand switched into its sword form.

"That would be telling," Ramelow giggled.

"Come on, you crazy freak," Danni exclaimed, going on the assault. Swinging out with the weapon towards the demon, who easily parried her blows.

"Not the greatest with the sword, are you?" Ramelow smirked, feinting away from her attack and hitting her in the back of the leg. She went down onto one knee, groaning in pain. "Looks like you need more training."

"Hey, moron!"

Before he could react, Katie's sword came swinging out of nowhere and slashed him across the shoulder.


Metal met against metal as Xavier duelled with Tridigger. His sword crashing against the drills at the demon's arms, determined not to let him through.

"Come on!" Tridigger yelled. "Are you even trying?"

"More than you might think," Xavier replied, jumping up to hit the demon with a flying kick. One that managed to keep him off balance, while he reformed the sword into its blaster form. Pulling the trigger several times, he watched the laser fire ricochet off the drills being used to block his attack.

"Boring!" Tridigger snapped, turning to run. "I'm going to go do something else."

"Hey, get back here!" Xavier yelled, running after him.


Screams rang out in front of the mall, as Tridigger ran around the area.

"Ooh, goody," he said, creating many Digletts around him. "Time to cause a shake down."

"Don't do it!" Xavier yelled, seeing the people around them.

"We are who we choose to be," Tridigger replied. "And, I choose to do this. In the name of Queen Misteria."

He swung down his drills and hit two of the Digletts. An attack that caused a pair of simultaneous shock waves to ring out, causing half of the building front to collapse. The people who were still there began to scream as the stones and bricks shattered to the ground around them. Two of the cars across from the demon began to burst into flames.

"I need to get across and save those people," Xavier said, as Tridigger ran away laughing. A few seconds later and he vanished from view.


"He's not going to..." Dominic commented back in the Aquabase, as they watched the events taking place.

"Xavier, this is an order," Bristow said, speaking into his mouth microphone. "Put out the flames first before tending to any civilians."

"But... They'll get hurt."

"Obey the order right now!" Bristow repeated. "Now!"

"But...Sir!"
"I don't wish to ask you again," the Commander said. "Time's short. Now, put out the damn flames!"

"Okay," Xavier replied, sounding uncertain.

"There's an extinguisher option upon your blaster," Miranda told him. "Little upgrade for you."

"Thanks, Miranda," Xavier replied, holding out the weapon to spray the flames.

In the moment that they vanished away, the side of the building finally gave out. Landing on top of a group of petrified people.

"Holy crap," the red ranger exclaimed, running over to try and get them out of there. "What have I done?"


Pushing the door open and letting it slam, Xavier stormed into Bristow's office, a look of fury etched upon his face.

"Why did you give that order?" he demanded. "Because of you, those people were badly hurt. The paramedics didn't give one of them even a chance at survival."

"Which is an unfortunate consequence of the work we do," Bristow replied, coldly. "No matter how hard we try, it is unfeasible to expect that we will be able to save absolutely everyone without casualties. What we try to do is to limit those casualties. Your actions would not have done that."

"How can you be sure of that?" Xavier asked, clenching his fists together.

"What was it I said to you?" Bristow said. "Think before you act. Think that through, and we'll talk again. This conversation is over. You can either leave, or I'll have Dominic throw you out."

Simmering under the threat, Xavier had no choice but to turn tail and slink out of the office. Wondering what the Commander had meant.


"What am I doing back here?" the red ranger wondered, striding through the shooting range at the obstacle course. Part of him had felt drawn here by Bristow's words. It had been the first place where he had heard the phrase, thus telling him that the answers would be here if they were anywhere. For some inexplicable reason, the shots from his paintball gun were still on the walls. And, against the..."

Remembering the metallic thud he had heard while firing, he lifted up a canvas cover that was concealing part of the wall. And, his heart stopped as he realised that the containers behind it were marked with explosive signs.

"Crap," he muttered.

"Hence why you got the lowest score."

Upon hearing Bristow's voice, he wasn't even surprised.

"Reckless firing resulted in what could have been a cataclysmic disaster for you and those around you," Bristow continued. "Without knowing the full grasp of your situation, you went in while firing blindly. The heat of the moment got to you. Now, with that in mind, do you understand why I gave you the order to put the flames in those cars out first?"

"Because they could have exploded," Xavier said, softly. "And, that would have hurt even more people."

"Exactly," Bristow replied. "Thinking before you act. Keeping a cool head under fire. Everything that you need to be a good leader and an even better ranger.

Shaking his head, Xavier reached up around his neck and removed his morpher.

"Maybe I'm not cut out to be a ranger," he said. "I shouldn't be here. I think you should find someone else."

"I don't," Bristow replied, refusing to accept the morpher. "From what I saw before today, I think you're doing a good job. I'm more convinced than ever that you are suitable."

"I don't know," Xavier said, slowly.

"If you aren't sure enough to trust your own judgement in yourself," Bristow remarked. "Then trust the judgement that I have in you."

As he digested the words, a small smile flashed across Xavier's face.

"Now, Tridigger is back," Bristow said. "I already sent the other rangers to go for him, but something tells me that they need your help."

"I'm right on it, sir," Xavier replied, stepping back away from him. "And, thanks."


"Where's our fearless leader when we need him?" Danni groaned, as she hit the ground. Courtesy of Tridigger's attack. Laughing away in front of them, the monster began to focus on the ground.

"I'm going to bury you all alive," he said, as a pair of Dugtrio appeared out of the dirt. "Enjoy your slow death rangers."

He brought the drills up, ready to hit home against the Dugtrio...

"Not so fast!" Xavier shouted, running onto the scene. Firing his Defense Blaster into Tridigger's back. The demon yelled out in pain, turning to round on the red ranger.

"Xavier's back!" Katie exclaimed, getting up to her feet. As Tridigger still complained in pain, they crowded around him.

"Yeah, I'm here," he said, looking at Tridigger. "And, this time he's going down."

"Someone seems in a better mood than earlier," Luke remarked.

"I'm happy with the taking him down," Nahir remarked.

"Emergency Fearow!" Xavier shouted. "Fly!"

Launching itself out of the roof of the trainbay in the Aquabase, the Emergency Fearow sailed through the air towards the rangers. Where Xavier caught it in both hands.

"Laser Cannon Mode!" he commanded, as the other four rangers gathered behind him. "Fire!"

A bright white beam burst from the beak of the Fearow, striking out into Tridigger. With a distraught howl, the demon slumped to the ground and exploded.

"That dude wasn't so tough," Nahir said, shaking her head.

Then, from out of nowhere, a strange card came down and hit the remains of Tridigger.

"Filled with fury this night," Kable called, from the rooftop. "Grow forth and invoke the fear of fright."

A strange crackling sense of blue energy whipped down from the card and struck Tridigger's remains. Within seconds, he was back on his feet and thirty times taller.

"Now, I can really cause some damage!" the monster laughed.

"Aura Carriers," Xavier yelled. "On track!"


From the Aquabase, the Aura Carriers began to automatically speed towards the battle. As they approached the five rangers, Tridigger watched with amusement. Amusement that continued as the rangers got inside the vehicles.

"Okay," Xavier said. "Let's get this going. Volcano Tamer."

The side door of his Aura Carrier opened up, letting the fire truck and Entei combination out. All across the board, the other four rangers did the same.

"Emperor Racer."

"Mystic Soarer."

"Flycatch Tracker."

"Happiness Rider."

Still Tridigger watched as the five SDI Zords started to charge towards him.

"Like they'll help you," he laughed.

"I beg to disagree," Xavier replied. "SDI Megazord formation. Now!"


As they had done before, the five zords began to combine. The back part of Emperor Racer split away from the other part, Katie throwing the zord into reverse. As she did so, the backs of Happiness Rider and Flycatch Tracker opened up to allow the Emperor Racer to interlock. Once that had happened, Danni and Nahir activated their controls. Sending the two zords up onto the cabin part of their body. Next, Mystic Soarer swept down and gathered up the separating Volcano Tamer, depositing it down on top of the Emperor Racer. The arms swept out, accepting the water cannons from the top of the Emperor Racer's cabin, before Mystic Soarer came swooping in, the front part only remaining visible to form a head. The five rangers travelled up on a rail system, ultimately arriving in the cockpit.

"That felt different to last time," Katie commented.

"Maybe," Xavier said, sending the Megazord forward. Within moments, it was already striking out at Tridigger, hitting him with a pair of punches.

"Probably because we did it all at once, rather than in stages," Danni pointed out. "Last time, we had to..."

"... Is now really the time for this?" Luke demanded.

"For once, I agree with him," Xavier said. Again, the Megazord punched Tridigger, only this time the attack didn't seem to do as much damage.

"Let's try this," Luke said. "Dragon Pulse Blasters."

The mouth of the Megazord opened up, firing out the beams of energy into the demon, who held up his drills and blocked it.

"Not so fast, rangers," Tridigger laughed.


"Rangers," Miranda said, through her mouth microphone. "Remember how I told you that the weapon wasn't finished?"

"How could we forget?" Nahir replied.

"Well, you might want to summon the Enforcement Sword," the head technician told them. "With that, you can finish him off."
"Thanks for the heads up, Miranda," Xavier said. "Enforcement Sword, now!"

The golden SDI logo'd buckle launched up from the middle of the Megazord, extending out both ways. One end out into a hilt, while the other extended out into a fifteen foot blade. Sunlight glinted off the weapon, as Tridigger let out a gulp.

"Now, let's see your smile," Xavier said, sending the weapon slashing forward. Tridigger tried to block it with his drills, only for the sword to cut through them with ease.

"Uh oh!"

"Ignition drive," Xavier commanded.

At his words, the SDI Megazord shot forward across the ground, swinging the sword repeatedly. Flames burst up across the metallic blade, as the lightning fast strikes swept through Tridigger. With a scream of pain, his body hacked to pieces, the demon collapsed to the ground and exploded.

"Score three for the good guys," Danni said.

"Three?" Katie asked. "Are you including the first battle against the Misdrabeings in that?"

"Yes."

"Well, I thought that you were only including the Megazord battles in that," Katie replied. "Make that Golicargo and Tridigger."

"Either way, we're doing well," Xavier said.


"And, where were you?" Darkia demanded, looking over at Ramelow with fury. "Shouldn't you have been helping him out."

"Sorry, my survival instincts kicked in," Ramelow replied, shrugging his shoulders. "Anyway, I delivered that message to the yellow ranger for you."

"What?"

"What, you mean you didn't know?" Ramelow said, mock sarcastically. "She's an old friend of yours, I believe."

"Who?"


"Congratulations," Bristow remarked, as the five rangers came back down into the Aquabase. It was said to all of them, but he seemed to be focusing on Xavier mainly. "You managed to adapt to changing circumstances yet again, and come out on top."

"That sounds dangerously like praise, Commander," Luke remarked.

"Because you did a good job today," Bristow told him. "You stopped this whole city from being destroyed by a series of earthquakes. And, that's something you can be proud of."

"Ah, that monster wasn't anything special," Danni said. "Seen tougher."

"So you keep saying," Katie commented.

Watching Bristow walk away back towards his office, Xavier broke away from the rest of the group, ignoring the heated debate that was starting to break out between Katie and Danni. Taking a run after the Commander, he wondered what he was going to say.

"Sir," he finally said, attracting Bristow's attention. The Commander turned his head towards him, raising an eyebrow in anticipation. "Thanks for believing in me."

"You're giving me reason to believe in you," Bristow replied. "Keep it up."

He gave a salute towards Xavier, who returned the gesture. Then, without saying another word, he started to walk towards his office. Leaving the red ranger alone, with a smile on his face.

Author's Notes.

Whew...

Another chapter done.

Just a quick warning. Updates may be a bit sporadic over the next month or so. I do need to do some coursework, but I will be able to update from time to time.

Thanks for the reviews. All appreciated.

So, that's Xavier's first chapter done with.

Next chapter will be entitled Green Gone Rogue and will be up... At some point. Preview below.

Thanks for reading.

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Chapter Four, Green Gone Rogue, preview below.

Darkia: It's been a long time.

Danni: You!
Luke: You know that guy?

Bristow: Oh lord, not again.

Luke: Because you gave that order, the demon got away.

Bristow: Think of the mission.

Luke: Screw this. I could do a better job on my own.

???: What an idiot!

Luke: Argh!

Xavier: Luke!


Coming soon.