Chapter 3 of Zeo Reborn.
The Green Zeo Power Ranger, Chris Wakefield, had often heard the phrase "roof-hopping", mostly by Spencer in reference to anime or manga. However he had never thought he'd be able to do it as he jumped from roof-to-roof, looking for any sign of something out of the ordinary. He had already set up his sensor, which would inform him of Sicorax activity within a 9 block radius. By now the others had set up their sensors. They weren't powerful enough to cover the entire city, but they were set up in a random pattern, which meant maybe they would get lucky. Stopping to get his bearings, he leaned against a wall, looking at a virtual map of the city, wondering where he should go look next, when a blip appeared, then another.
Quickly raising his wrist close to his helmet as he ran, he activated the communicator. "Guy's I've got a hit on something. A big signal, lots of them bunched up, over near the church on the corner of Park Ave and E 65st."
"Check it out, but wait for us to get there before you jump into things." Kyle's voice came over the communicator.
"Oh, don't you worry your pretty little head, fearless leader. Looks like there's at least 20 to 30 of them and I can guarantee you that nothing will make me take on that many….by….myself." Chris stared at the numerous foot troops of the Sicorax, the beastials who had all turned to see him approach, no doubt due to their natural and enhanced abilities. They looked like blue grizzly bears, with gorilla arms, and a sort of cat head with large dog ears. All over their bodies were signs of cybernetic enhancements. "Um guys, they don't seem to want me to wait to get on the dance floor. Hurry." Keeping the transmission open so they can lock onto his position, Chris immediately begins defending himself from the beastials.
Emma raced to her friend's location as fast as she could. According to the map she was less than a block away, with the other closing in quickly. As she approached, she heard sounds of fighting. Jumping over a fence, she delivered a kick to a beastial, knocking it into a few others. Stepping back a bit she helps Chris up, making sure to keep an eye on the enemies.
"They don't seem to like you? Did you try your stand-up routine on them?" She asked.
"They didn't get the joke. I think something got lost in translation." He replied grinning as the other rangers arrived.
"Come on man, starting the party early? At least you saved us some treats." Spencer joked as he stood next to his friend.
"What do you expect? He's just that kind of guy." Lilly replied.
"What is it with you and the ugly dancers Chris? First that he/she in Chicago, then these F-Sci-Fi rejects." Kyle said, unable to resist getting in his own jab.
"Yeah, mock the guy getting his butt kicked." Chris joked; glad his friends had his back.
Before it had been one ranger against 35 beastials, which explained why Chris had such a hard time against them. But with the other rangers it was now one ranger against 7 beastials, more than manageable. Thankfully the beastials had been in a reasonably large open space, enabling the rangers to move around more. They used the fight to get used to their powers. Running and jumping were good warm-ups, but a fight was the perfect way to see how their powers reacted in times of stress. Within 10 minutes they had managed to defeat the last of the beastials.
"Well, that was fun. Who's for Chinese?" Spencer asked, making the others laugh, up until an energy blast knocked them back. Getting to their feet, they saw their attacker, a green and silver humanoid robot with a fish like face.
"I am Riquitar. I am afraid that your involvement in my masters business cannot be overlooked.'
"Oh yeah, well we're the Power Rangers, and we're pulling your business license." Kyle cursed silently after he spoke. He had criticized the pervious teams of rangers for their use of puns, but now that he was in their boots, he knew why they did, it was almost like instinct. Pulling out their Zeo Power Weapons, the 5 rangers battled the cyber monster to a near draw, until Lilly did a baseball slide between his legs, shooting him with her zeo laser pistol, followed up by a slash from the Green Power hatchet and Red Power Sword. Regrouping, the Rangers combined their weapons into the Zeo Blaster and fired, causing him to explode.
"Wow, next time someone bring marshmallows." Emma joked, as the rangers congratulated each other. As they were about to leave a curious phenomenon occurred, an expansion of blue gas and pressure filled the area, and suddenly Riquitar reappeared, 20 stories tall. Jumping back, away from his massive feet, the rangers reassessed the situation.
"Ok, that goes in the file 'Not good.' What do we do know?" Asked Chris.
Kyle thought, looking the files he was able to access from his helmet, until he found the one he was looking for.
"Guys I found the answer. It's time to haul out our heavy artillery."
The group closed their hands into a fist, which glowed with their respective ranger color as they raised their fists over their heads.
"We need Zeo Zord power now!"
Chapter 3 was originally meant to be longer, but the a.m. hours seem to be my prime fanfic times, and this is getting fine-tuned at 4:10 in the morning, so I'm gonna leave the summoning of the Zeo Zords as a cliff hanger and pick it up next chapter, which will see the return of the Law and Order cast. I wasn't sure how to put them in here, but they were active during the time this story took place, which will be detailed in the middle to end of chapter 4.
