Hello everyone. I sincerely apologize for the lack of activity on my profile. It was hard to find inspiration for the next part of the story, and that slowed me down. The good news though, is that I know what I want to do in this chapter, and I hope you enjoy it. And without further ado, here is the next installment of Rangers to the Rescue.
The Megaforce rangers could not believe their luck; till now the only rangers they had met were the red samurai ranger and the red jungle fury ranger. And even then, only Troy, Noah and Jake met Jayden, and only Jake and Emma met Casey. And right now in front of them, the whole team got to meet two legendary rangers. Under her helmet, Gia managed to crack a smile; "it's about time I got to meet a legendary ranger or two" she said to herself.
Carter seemed to look over them at that moment… he was surveying the battlefield of the forest the rangers had just fought the X-borgs in. After that, his attention redirected to the megaforce team. "Well, I have to say, you are rather good at holding your own in battle… but I think that as rangers, you still have a lot to learn" Carter explained.
"What? But we stopped those X-borgs, doesn't that mean anything? I mean, we have been fighting the Armada since they arrived on Earth, and from day one we've been giving it our all. Our job as rangers is to stop the forces of evil, after all!" Jake pointed out. But Carter and Dana only sighed.
"Seems you only understand half of your responsibilities, green ranger" Dana replied.
"But that is what we've been doing most days for the last several months, fighting the Armada!" Gia retorted.
"Fighting the forces of evil is important… but how often do you find yourself having to rescue people, even when evil is not around?" Carter asked.
The megaforce rangers hadn't thought of that before. Now that they had to stop and think about the actions they had taken these past months, it occurred to them that almost always, their ranger duties were spent fighting the Warstar at first, and later on the Armada. Yes, there was that one incident involving the time humans were turned into loogies and they had to be quarantined… but beyond that, their time was spent fighting the invading forces, both on the ground and in the megazords. And once the battle was over, they went back to being teenage high school students (That somehow looked like they were in their mid-20s). Rarely, did they ever take action when the Armada was not around.
"Come to think of it… we never really take action unless the danger in question involves the Armada. I mean, we do make sure that people are evacuated from the area before the battle begins, but that's about it" Troy noted.
"Yea… the Armada often leaves a huge trail of destruction behind, but there's nothing our megazord can do about it, so we just sort of leave after the battles are over" Noah added.
"Exactly. Granted, it is definitely a miracle that no one has been killed since the Armada invaded, and the number of wounded has been minimal, but still it is important as rangers to remember the "rescue" aspect of your duty" Carter explained.
"The emergency services work hard to do their jobs rangers, it's not like we are sitting back idly… but at the same time, there is only so much we can do as well" Dana added.
The rangers felt bad at this point… all the work they had done now felt like it had lost some meaning. They had worked so hard to protect the city from the invaders, yet they had never once given thought to taking action to make sure everyone was ok afterwards. However, they did have a reason.
"To be fair to us though Carter, it's not like we've ignored that part of the job purposefully" Noah began. "From what I understand, when your team was selected to be rangers, you were professionals, in fields relating to civil service. I mean, a firefighter, a pilot, a doctor, a marine specialist… you guys were professionally trained to do these things" he elaborated.
"Yea, we're only… uh, young, so we don't have the training you guys have" Emma perked up, but out of caution did not reveal the fact they were just high schoolers.
Carter and Dana whispered some things to each other, and then came to a decision. "All right, how about you guys come with us for now?" Dana began. "Looks like you could use some training in the "rescue part" of the job, and as former rangers ourselves, I think we can handle giving you guys a crash course in the job." She continued.
The rangers were unsure at first, as this was not something they expected. But after a quick huddle and discussing the situation at hand, they came to a decision.
"All right, we'll go with you" Troy said for the team as a whole. Carter nodded.
"All right then, Red, blue and green rangers, you are with me" Carter said as he gestured to them to follow the former red ranger.
"But… that fire truck does not look big enough" Jake said.
"Who said we were taking the fire truck?" Carter said. He walked them over to a yellow, roofless Humvee which Noah immediately recognized. "The Rescue Rover!? This is pure ranger history!" He said in awe.
"Well, get it everyone, we've got work to do" Carter said as they got in.
"Yellow and Pink ranger, you're with me. We're going to split up to cover more ground. Come on, we're going in the ambulance with the paramedics. First, we'll get these patients to the hospital, then we'll go around the city to see who else needs help" Dana explained.
"Understood" Gia said as she and Emma got into the ambulance with Dana.
The five main rangers got into their vehicles and were beginning to start off. But a confused Orion was left behind. "Wait, what about me!?" He asked in confusion. He was about to chase after one of the departing vehicles when a firefighter put his hand on his shoulder to prevent him from going.
"Actually… I'm going to need you to come with me. We've got something important to talk about, Silver ranger" the fireman said.
"But, my friends…" Orion said.
"Don't worry… they are in good hands with my good friend Carter and my sister Dana" the fireman said.
"Huh?" A confused Orion said. Then he looked up and saw the fireman's face. "Wait a minute… it's you!" He said, as the fireman nodded.
Well, seems like a third legendary ranger may appear in this after all. It may sound like a lot, but I want to give this one the attention he deserves, since he did not get a lot of screen time in the show. I hope this chapter was worth the wait, and that you all enjoyed it. Till next time fellow readers and writers, and don't forget to leave a review.