Previously on Power Rangers Cyber V... Tensions began to mount within the team as Jake and Walter continued their attempts to impress Wendy and Anya. Cindy began her training in an attempt to get out of Wendy's shadow, while Matt, still recovering from injuries, began training Jeremy to pilot Razor Bat, the first of the Combat Zords. This training was well timed, for Tem-Tar revealed a special power of his own, making one of Kalask's cyborgs grow. Using Razor Bat, Jeremy killed the monster, but according to Anya, this is only the first of many to come!
Begin Mission Log.
Location: Training Room, Fort Myers, Horizon, California
Time: 9:25 AM, Saturday
Anya, Wendy, Matt, and General Sauder watch the happenings in the room from the above observation window. Anya and Sauder are in their typical dress, Matt has already abandoned his wheelchair for a pair of crutches and has once more donned his usual manner of dress, and Wendy's head wound and bandage are completely gone now. She wears her usual outfit as well, including her repaired glasses atop her head. Below, the other four Cyber V, all morphed, are training using virtual Combat Zord cockpit simulators.
Wendy: Okay, guys. You're doing well... But you need to work together. Now that Kalask knows about Razor Bat, he's bound to set a trap to lure it out into the open again. We need all of you to be ready, because one thing is absolutely certain, and that's that Razor Bat won't be able to do the job alone next time.
Matt: Not to mention the fact that we can't piggyback for all four of you like I did in that last fight. You need to learn to trust yourselves, to trust us, and to trust each other.
Jake: (steering) Easy for you to say! You were the one who MADE this stuff! Of course YOU know how to use it! What the heck am I driving, anyway? Handles like a tank!
Matt: It IS a tank.
Jake: SEE?
Anya: This is not something to take lightly, Jake. Your attempt to fight Cybrilla alone only serves to demonstrate how badly we need to practice working as a team. We cannot keep relying on new weapons and luck to bail us out every time. We must be as one if we are to win.
Walter: You heard the lady. Keep going, Blue's Clueless.
Cindy and Jeremy: (sigh heavily) KNOCK IT OFF!
Sauder exchanges glances with the three longest-term recruits.
Sauder: Damnit... Time's running out, and if they can't even learn how to drive those contraptions you built... we're all finished...
Anya hears this and looks down at the other four recruits. Silently, she balls her hands into fists. She would sooner die than let Kalask win...
Power Rangers Cyber V Created by Aaron Thall
Episode 4: Unite For Combat!
Written by Aaron Thall
Location: Shadow Claw, Dimensional Limbo
Time: Inapplicable
Tem-Tar paces back and forth once again, deep in thought, and, of course, quite panicked.
Tem-Tar: Oh my oh my... I simply MUST find a way to lure out any more of those battle machines the Rangers possess... If I don't, Kalask is sure to vaporize me! But what to send? What to send? If those punks were able to defeat Cybrilla...
Emeralde and Thrak walk into the room, obviously healed since their last encounter with the Cyber V Rangers.
Emeralde: Why so worried, Tem-Tar? Afraid that your usefulness has worn itself out? Or maybe you're just afraid that Kalask will finally realize that, except for making monsters grow, you have no purpose at all?
Tem-Tar: Watch your tongue, lest you lose it!
Emeralde: Is that a threat, little man?
Tem-Tar: You wouldn't dare attack me.
Emeralde: Of course I would, you pathetic worm. I look forward to the day Kalask creates something else to make them giants, so we can have the pleasure of placing your head on a wall.
Thrak: I'll do the unscrewing.
Thrak flexes his metallic hand, making Tem-Tar wince.
Tem-Tar: Errr... Perhaps this is not the best time to be indulging in rivalries... Especially ones I would surely be killed in... No... Thrak, I require a monster of immense power, one that would provide sufficient threat to warrant the Cyber Rangers summoning all their mecha... and then be powerful enough to annihilate both them and Fort Myers. Do you have any recommendations?
Thrak: (nods) Neutron.
Emeralde and Tem-Tar gasp in shock and horror.
Emeralde: Neutron? But he is the single most deadly monster in the army! None who have faced him have ever survived! His power is great enough to annihilate cities in the blink of an eye!
Tem-Tar: Indeed... Oh dear... Kalask would surely disapprove of using such a robot again... He makes the victories far too easy.
Thrak: Do I look as if I care about how hard a victory is? I'll settle for an easy victory if it means we prove to Kalask that we can win without him. Tem-Tar, you asked me and I have answered. Summon Neutron, and the Rangers and their base will both be ash.
Tem-Tar: Indeed... Along with all of Horizon, and perhaps the entire world... for how can anyone hope to battle... a living nuclear bomb?
Location: General Sauder's Private Office, Fort Myers
Time: 10:00 AM
Sauder is sitting behind his desk looking over progress reports, while the twins and Anya stand at attention, Matt using crutches to stay up.
Sauder: What's the status of the Combat Zords?
Wendy: Completely fueled. Calibrations complete. Test runs finished within expected parameters.
Sauder: And the training of the new recruits?
Matt: Slow going. Jeremy is showing great improvement, no thanks to Cybrilla and Tem-Tar. Cindy is still far too hesitant in battle, Jake refuses the concept of teamwork, and Walter is spending far too much time... Errr... Mooning over Anya.
Anya's eyebrow rises. She had not noticed that before.
Sauder: But can they work as a team?
Anya: I do not know, Sir. They are a very scattered group, easily distracted. None of them is willing to work with anyone else except for Walter and Cindy. Cindy is willing to work with anyone because she is too fearful of being on her own, while Walter keeps volunteering to work with me, for reasons I am only now comprehending. But as a whole, I am having my doubts. They are undisciplined and, in Jake's case, insubordinate.
Matt: Cindy is the one I worry about most, Sir. Her lack of confidence hinders any effectiveness she could have. She feels she's living in Wendy's shadow, and that thought is overwhelming her.
Wendy: And I worry most about Jake... Mainly that I may have to hurt him badly if he does not cease his incessant bragging and posturing. I take great offense to the phrase "Brain Babe", and-
Sauder: Your personal problems are irrelevant here. Deal with Taylor on your own time.
Wendy: (chagrined) Yes sir...
Sauder: And you yourselves have not helped the situation any. If anything, your actions have exasperated the situation.
All three blink.
Sauder: Anya, you say that you are a part of this team, but you do not train with the other recruits. It's good that you've taken Cook under your wing, but it isn't enough. Find a way to rein in Jenkins and to convince Simms and Taylor to not be solo acts. You are a team of five, not a team of one and four hanger-ons.
Anya: But Sir-
Sauder: No buts. You came to me to solve the Kalask situation, and I would hope that you'd trust me to know what's best by now. You've been fighting the guy longer than any of us, and we need you to stay focused on that. The answer lies with those four down there... And you have to work with them as an equal. Guide them in their training.
Anya: Yes, Sir...
Sauder: As for you, Matt, I am fully aware of how you took control during the Cybrilla incident, and while I applaud your actions, it does not change the fact that you do not trust the team to solve their own problems. The minute it looked bad, you sent in the Razor Bat without clearing it by me first. And then you proceeded to tackle the monster yourself by remote control in a pitched battle throughout downtown Horizon! I've listened to the recording of your "chat" with Simms, and I'm not happy. You were behaving as though you were in command of the mission.
Matt: I only did what I had to do to safeguard lives, General.
Sauder: Heard the excuse, don't buy it. I know how you feel about losing your chance to Taylor, and if I could change the situation, I would. As it is, you are not Cyber Blue, so get used to it.
Matt: (annoyed )Yes, Sir.
Sauder: (turns ominously towards Wendy) And as for you...
Wendy: Oh crap...
Sauder: You've wreaked more havoc on base than all the others put together. Rampaging through the hallways like a half crazed Viking, the incident in the mess hall, your attitude and general demeanor, and the air of inherent indignant superiority you've taken to wearing on your sleeve the last few days are all completely intolerable. If we didn't need you, I'd either confine you to quarters or demote you. As it is, have you forgotten everything we had to go through to get the two of you Ranger Status to begin with? For god's sake, it took every bit of political pressure Supreme Commander Cruger and I had to even get you onto the base! By all rights, it should be a federal offense just HAVING you two here! You know how people feel about... (General Sauder backs up a bit. ) About your... condition.
Wendy's face betrays her thoughts. Those thoughts are "Oh crap, here it comes... Help..."
Sauder: Cook needs your help more than anyone else. Take over for Anya. Train her to be the Cyber Pink you were going to be. Show her everything you know, and get her to be as good as you possibly can. We need her, and we can't afford to have her screwing up at the wrong moment.
Wendy: Do I have to-
Sauder: (Gets up from his desk faster than lightning and leans over it, mad as hell) VENTURAS! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?
Wendy: yessir...
Sauder: Excellent. Get to work... and for god's sake, show them their Combat Zords before we end up with a new problem on hand...
Location: Combat Zord Holding Bay
Time: 11:30 AM
The bay is pitch black as a single door opens. Wendy and Anya lead the way, followed quickly by the other four CV recruits. Matt, naturally the slowest thanks to his crutches, brings up the rear.
Wendy: Welcome to the Combat Zord Holding Bay, Rangers. From here, Matt and I have gone about constructing the largest weapons and vehicles in your arsenal. You are to familiarize yourselves with this area most of all, for your Zords are, after your Cyber Ops, the most important and powerful weapons you will possess.
Matt: You all saw how much power Razor Bat wielded in battle... How easily it took down Cybrilla... Cybrilla was nothing compared to what you will face in the future. You have to be ready. And thus, we present to you all... the Combat Zords.
Matt hits the light switch. In rows of fifty, the lights come on across the ceiling of the Bay, revealing the five Zords to the eyes of the recruits. Four of them stand their ground on the floor, while Razor Bat lays upon its ceiling perch once more. The team gasps in amazement as they look upon their new weapons.
Walter: WOAH! Totally cool! How do we drive these things?
Matt: By paying attention during your driving lessons. Regardless, the General wants you familiar with these immediately. Kalask knows of Razor Bat's existence. He has to suspect there are others as well. He will stop at nothing to draw them out and eliminate them.
Jake: Like to see him try... So, which one is mine?
Wendy stifles a pained groan of annoyance.
Anya: Be strong, Wendy...
Matt: Jake, you will pilot MortarTread.
A bright light shines upon the first Combat Vehicle. It is very much a gigantic tank with powerful looking treads and a turret to match. The turret is silver, while the treads are jet black. The main body of the vehicle is the same blue as Jack's uniform.
Matt: MortarTread utilizes heavy armor and explosive shells for a potent combination. It can take a lot of damage without even slowing down.
The team hears a twinge of regret in Matt's voice. It is obvious that he wishes it were he behind the wheel of this Combat Zord. To their credit, they say nothing, leaving him alone with his thoughts.
Wendy: (feeling the same regret as she begins) Cindy, you will pilot BlastTruck.
The second vehicle is spotlighted. It is a massive vehicle resembling a semi, but with a very thick flatbed back. Upon the back are twin white and red missile launchers that look very dangerous. Like all the remaining mecha save Razor Bat, it is mostly blue, but highlighted with pink trim, to signal it belongs to Cyber Pink.
Wendy: BlastTruck utilizes twin missile payloads to strike enemies hard and fast. It may be the most dangerous of the four vehicles in terms of sheer power.
Matt: Walter, you will pilot WeatherTrain.
Another spotlight, this time on WeatherTrain. It closely resembles Rail Rescue Five from Lightspeed Rescue, but the front is built like a grill, or blinds. It is blue with green trim.
Matt: WeatherTrain uses an array of weather based weapons. It can launch blasts of ice, wind, water, lightning, and heat. Be very careful in using these weapons, because too much could cause serious damage to anyone around them.
Anya: My Zord is LightTank.
The fourth vehicle is highlighted by a spotlight. It is a long and heavily armored vehicle, again, mostly blue with yellow trim. Several large laser cannons can be seen along its body.
Anya: It allows me to utilize extensive laser weaponry for precision attacks and heavy duty battle. And last, of course, is Razor Bat.
Spotlight turns on Razor Bat.
Anya: No doubt you are already aware of what it can do. Let it be your greatest weapon, Jeremy, and little will be able to stop you.
Wendy: But regardless of how powerful each Zord is, they are far greater when you apply teamwork. Together, working as one, you can unite them to form Cyber Combat Megazord. However, teamwork is something this group is sorely lacking.
Matt: Indeed. We're here to help, but the bulk of the effort must come from the five of you. You should return to training to drive your Zords immediately.
Jake: What about lunch?
Anya: It can wait.
Walter: Says you. He gets cranky when he doesn't get what he wants... Not that he's EVER a ray of sunshine...
Jake: Watch it, Green Acres.
Walter: Make me, Little Boy Blue...
Jeremy: Guys... There is a time and a place, and this isn't either.
Both: Who asked you?
The team starts to leave. Wendy reaches out and grabs Cindy by her shoulder
Wendy: Not you, Cindy. I think it's time we talked.
Cindy: Wh... What about?
Wendy: Everything.
Location: Shadow Claw, Dimensional Limbo
Time: Inapplicable
Thrak, Emeralde, and Tem-Tar walk slowly through the halls of the Shadow Claw. The halls seem to be made of mildewing stone, with clouds of steam coming from the floor. The sounds of machinery in the distance belays the image of almost ancient hallways of brick. The walls are filled with small "caves", each containing a monster we cannot see through the shadows. We will meet them all, given time. The trio stop before a barred cave.
Tem-Tar: I still have reservations about this, Thrak.
Emeralde: As do I. There is no honor in using such a powerful robot. It is far TOO easy.
Thrak: Then leave. Go run to Kalask and hide behind his power, like you usually do. I, however, choose to not cower, but to ACT!
Thrak's metal arm grabs a bar and pulls. The metal strains and bends, before snapping off of the wall with a few sparks. Thrak smiles and tosses the bent metal aside before repeating the act twice more, bending bars, breaking them, and throwing them aside.
Thrak: In less than a minute, the greatest weapon in our arsenal will be free again!
Emeralde narrows her eyes. It is obvious that her concerns are far greater than just a too easy victory or Kalask's anger. Tem-Tar watches Thrak with an odd mix of apprehension and concern. Thrak continues to grin like a madman as he grabs the two remaining bars in his massive grip and pulls, ripping them free, and taking chunks of wall with it. He tosses both aside and steps back.
Thrak: NEUTRON! You are summoned to do the bidding of the master!
There is silence for a moment, then sudden noise as servos begin operating again. Yellow, mechanical eyes flash on and rise as Neutron stands. Lights upon his body serve to highlight the still shadowed monster as he steps forward, out into the light.
Neutron: Neutron is ready to serve. What are your orders?
Neutron is a robot, slightly smaller than Thrak. He is shaped like a large bomb, appropriate, since that is what he is. The tip of his head is a small antennae, while his chest cavity is dominated by an ominous counter, currently off. His body is silver, with many colored lights upon him. His yellow eyes glow with preprogrammed hatred.
Thrak: You are to go to Earth at once. When you arrive, you will activate, drawing out the newest enemies of the Master. They are called the Cyber Rangers. You are to lure out their battle robots and then vaporize them and the city they defend. Tem-Tar and I will go with you to make sure the mission succeeds.
Tem-Tar: (startled) I AM?
Thrak: You ARE.
Tem-Tar: (cowed) I... guess I am...
Neutron: Orders processed. Will proceed at once, as per your orders.
Location: Mess Hall, Fort Myers
Wendy and Cindy are sitting at a table by themselves as several other military personnel walk by them, including a troll, an ogre, and a Horath.
Cindy: ...So... Wendy... What did you want to talk about?
Wendy: I... I wanted to apologize, Cindy.
Cindy: Apologize? For what? You haven't done anything wrong.
Wendy: Actually... I have... I haven't been fair to you at all. I guess I've just kinda blamed you on some level for losing my chance to be Cyber Pink, and you deserve better than that. You've done a great job so far, and you've earned my respect.
Cindy: ...Oh... Well... It's okay... You've been under a lot of stress lately... I mean, it can't be easy for you.
Wendy: And it has to be worse for you. You weren't ready for this...
Cindy: How could I be?
Wendy: True, true... Tell you what... Would you like me to train you? I mean, you have a few good moves already, and Anya's been showing you a few things, but-
Cindy: Did the General put you up to this?
Wendy: (slight smile) Sorta, but he's right. I should be helping you instead of stomping around like an ogre. (She pauses, and looks at the ogre.) No offense. So, what do you say?
Cindy: ...Okay. But I've got to ask... Why haven't they ordered you back into the field yet? You're fully healed, right?
Wendy: There's... a complication. Suffice to say, some very important people bent over backwards to get me the role of Cyber Pink, and I blew it when I got hurt. Now I'm permanently off Ranger status because I let them down. And all because people are afraid of- (She stops, catching herself.)
Cindy: Afraid of what?
Suddenly the alarm begins blaring. It startles Cindy, who looks out the window to see four streaks of light flying towards the city. She hits her Cyber Op's communications port.
Wendy: (thinking) Saved by the bell...
Cindy: Cindy here. What's going on?
Sauder: (over Com port) Thrak, Tem-Tar, and some kind of robot just appeared at the edge of Horizon Park. Morph and join the others immediately.
Cindy: Yes, Sir. (turns to Wendy) So, training later? If I survive, I mean.
Wendy: You will. You're tougher than you think.
Cindy: (nods) Thanks.
Cindy gets up from the table and turns to face the window. Cindy lifts her left arm to chest level while she raises and pulls back her right arm, palm facing out towards the window. Then, she shoves her right arm forward, pushing the "disk" into the Cyber Op.
Cindy: CYBER OP ENERGIZE!
Cindy finds herself amidst more cascading binary that flows around her. It quickly forms a pink battle suit around her body, a 16-bit style triangle forming at her shoulders and meeting at her chest's center. A short miniskirt appears as well. White gloves and boots, trimmed with binary at the cuffs, appear on her, before a belt with two holsters appear. A Data Ray and a Data Blade materialize in these. Finally, the helmet forms around her head, created by data swarming around her head. Its visor is not unlike a VR goggle set. Her transformation completed, she was now Cyber Pink!
Location: Horizon Park
Cindy appears in mid air and flips, landing in front of her teammates, who are already facing Thrak, Tem-Tar, and Neutron. She turns around and runs to join them.
Cindy: Sorry I'm late, guys. Who's the robot?
Anya: I believe he is called Neutron. He is Kalask's Doomsday Device. Anya points at the robot Do you see the counter upon his chest?
Cindy turns to see that there is indeed a counter on the chest of Neutron, counting down from fourteen minutes, thirty five seconds.
Anya: When the timer reaches zero, he will detonate.
Jake: And this is a problem? One less robot to worry about.
Anya: I only wish it was that simple. When he detonates, it will be a nuclear level detonation. It will wipe all of Horizon off the map, and the radiation will pollute the skies, ground, and ocean for decades to come.
Jeremy: So how do we stop it?
Anya: I am not certain. No one has ever survived long enough to find out. I don't know how he can still exist after all the times he's been used...
Walter: So we can't attack it without him going off sooner?
Anya: Correct. There may be nothing we can do.
Thrak: Oh, what a pity. The Rangers are stumped!
Tem-Tar: I must admit, Thrak, this is going quite well. Perhaps we shouldn't detonate Neutron, but instead hold the city hostage with the THREAT of nuclear annihilation.
Thrak: Bah! Hostages are for cowards! Neutron, I have a new command for you. Under no circumstance are you to stop the countdown before the time comes to erupt. Do I make myself clear?
Neutron: Orders received. Affirmative, Sir.
Walter: We can't just stand here!
Cindy: We have to try something!
Thrak: You can DIE along with your CITY, fools! Tem-Tar! You know what to do!
Tem-Tar is quite startled, realizing what it is Thrak wants him to do.
Tem-Tar: You can't be serious! You want him to GROW? But the explosion could destroy the entire continent, throw the planet from its orbit, and annihilate everything!
Thrak: (slowly, gleefully) I know... NOW DO IT!
Tem-Tar: ...Oh dear... I'll have you know this is under extreme duress!
The tube extends from Tem-Tar's robe and, hesitantly, he fires a red nanite. The team can only watch in horror as it strikes Neutron and burrows deep before replicating itself constantly. In no time at all, the nanites expand outwards, causing Neutron to grow into a giant.
Tem-Tar: Kalask will not be pleased... Not at all...
Tem-Tar warp portals away.
Thrak: Enjoy the show, Cyber Rangers! I'm sure it'll be a BLAST! HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Thrak summons his own warp portal and steps through, vanishing from the field of battle.
Jeremy: Okay, this is really bad.
Matt: (over helmet communications system) Rangers, I've analyzed Neutron. He is not entirely a bomb. If you can separate his chest cavity from the rest of his body, you can take him down and then worry about the bomb. Furthermore, if you annihilate the antennae on his head, he cannot return after detonation.
Anya: The antennae is a molecular reconstruction device?
Matt: Yes. Get to the Combat Zords. HURRY! We're running out of time!
Anya: All right. Time to put the training to work, everyone.
Jeremy: (holding his left hand to the side of his helmet) COMBAT ZORDS: MOBILIZE!
Location: Combat Zord Holding Bay
Wendy runs into the Holding Bay, just as the lights all come on. Matt is already at the control console. Wendy takes her place next to him.
Wendy: Matt, we need to talk.
Matt: Once this situation is handled, Sis.
Wendy: Your call.
Matt types in a few commands and the ceiling above Razor Bat slides away, revealing blue sky. The platform starts to rise, taking the machine to ground level. Razor Bat reaches ground level. It's engines start powering up, superheating the air around it.
Matt: Razor Bat launch in five...
The engines ignite
Matt: FOUR...
Razor Bat's cockpit lights up. It starts rolling down the runway, dwarfing the fighter jets parked nearby.
Matt: THREE...
Razor Bat picks up speed.
Matt: TWO...
Razor Bat angles it's wings for maximum lift.
Matt: ONE...
Razor Bat takes off blazing into the sky, rising to skyscraper height before blazing towards the city.
Wendy: Launching Combat Zords.
The floor of the Holding Bay tips upwards, forming a ramp as the ceiling slides away to reveal open airspace. Each of the four Combat Zords, MortarTread, WeatherTrain, LightTank, and BlastTruck, activate their cockpits before revving to life and rolling up onto the ramp, two by two. The Vehicles quickly reach the surface and pick up speed, catching up to Razor Bat easily. They reach the city in mere instants.
Jeremy: (pointing) Here they come! Let's do it!
The Rangers all touch their belt buckles and teleport in beams of cascading data to the cockpits of their mecha.
Jeremy: LOG ON!
Walter: Walter here! This is kickin'!
Jake: Jake here. All systems go!
Anya: Anya here. Up and ready!
Cindy: Damn, this feels SO familiar... Hey! Nice stereo!
Jeremy: I'm going battle mode to try and nail his antennae.
Cindy: Good luck!
Jeremy pulls the lever down. The effect is immediate. The transformation begins by extending the engine thrusters out, revealing them to be the feet. They continue extending into legs. Next, the tips of the wings separate, revealing themselves to be hand weapons, which are easily caught by twin arms that come out of the sides of Razor Bat's main body and extend. The wings fold backwards from their midway point, while the Bat head cycles forward, becoming a chestplate. A new head rises from the main body, a odd mix of humanoid robot and bat. The transformation complete, Razor Bat lands on it's legs and stands ready for battle, weapons raised.
Neutron: Internal sensors detect incoming opponent. Initiate defense procedures.
Neutron turns to face Razor Bat, which raises it's weapons. Jeremy looks and sees the counter is down to ten minutes.
Jeremy: We need to do this fast and hard! RAZOR BLADES!
Razor Bat lunges forward, slamming it's right weapon into Neutron's side. Neutron reacts by grabbing Razor Bat's arm and twisting, flipping the mecha over it's head. The impact of Razor Bat landing shakes the ground, but the robot, it's pilot determined to win, gets right back up and staggers back a little.
Jake: Okay, new plan. We just plain HIT IT!
MortarTread fires, an explosive shell slamming into Neutron's arm, eliciting sparks.
Cindy: I'm with you!
BlastTruck's missile launchers raise and fire, ramming explosives into Neutron's left leg and staggering the robot. The missiles immediately regenerate in the launchers.
Walter: Let's see how it does once it's cooled down a little!
The front of WeatherTrain raises and a nozzle extends, spraying a blizzard of ice at Neutron's legs, freezing the robot in place.
Walter: Now THAT'S more like it!
Anya: Indeed! Jeremy, can you restrain him?
Jeremy: I can try!
Razor Bat leaps and flips over Neutron's head. As it lands, it grabs the robot around the "neck", restraining it's movements.
Anya: Lasers locked. FIRE!
LightTank lets loose with a laser barrage that slams into Neutron's head, vaporizing the robot's antennae. Explosions rock the robot as it pulls free of the ice and swats Razor Bat away.
Neutron: Damage Estimate: Five percent. Detonation will occur in nine minutes.
Cindy: Man... We have to hit him harder!
Jake: All over it!
MortarTread fires again, but eye beams erupt from the head of Neutron, detonating the shell prematurely.
Walter: Let's see what else this bad boy can do!
Lightning launches from WeatherTrain's front and strikes Neutron, who greedily absorbs the voltage.
Neutron: Power Rangers must not interfere with primary mission any further. Initiating removal procedure.
Neutron thrusts it's left hand forward, returning the electricity Walter hit it with as a coherent beam of force. The beam slams into MortarTread, LightTank, and WeatherTrain. Cindy grinds her teeth together from BlastTruck's cockpit and takes aim.
Cindy: ENOUGH!
BlastTruck fires, but Neutron senses the attack coming and swats the missiles aside with his right hand. The missiles return and detonate next to Cindy's Combat Zord, rocking her inside the machine.
Cindy: AHHH! That was too close!
Walter: You're telling me? That blast almost tipped me over!
Jake: Heavy armor my ass Venturas! When I get back to base, I am gonna kick your butt so hard your whole family will feel it!
Wendy: (over speaker) You are, are you?
Jake: Errr... Scratch that...
Jeremy: Is everyone all right?
Walter: Still in the fight, if that's what you mean.
Cindy: A little shaky, but I'm here.
Jake: Like THAT could slow me down...
Anya: Systems still fully operational.
Matt: (over speaker) Okay, guys, this may be difficult to comprehend, but you cannot defeat him alone. You need to work together in order to stop him.
Jake: Says you! I could handle this guy!
Matt: Or you could get yourself killed, followed quickly by everyone else on the planet. You heard what Anya said about Neutron's detonation. You need to combine your Zords immediately and form the Megazord if you are going to save the entire planet from a short Nuclear Winter, followed by being wiped clean by the Sun's gravity.
Wendy: In other words, this group needs teamwork, and it needs it in less than seven minutes! So initiate Cyber Combat Megazord IMMEDIATELY!
The Rangers all nod and unsheathe their Data Blades as slots open for the weapons. They slide the weapons in, and their helmets all flash with the phrase "Cyber Combat Megazord Initialized". Razor Bat flies into the air as it's legs fold in on themselves at the knees. The blade weapons return to the wings as the arms return to the main body of the mecha. The laser weaponry on LightTank retracts into various ports, while WeatherTrain closes it's weapons array as well. Blast Truck splits right down it's middle, forced apart by retrorockets. The two halves continue to race forward. They are joined by LightTank and WeatherTrain, which brace as Razor Bat flies down, back facing the ground, it's legs locking into the backs of the two mecha before they speed up, allowing BlastTruck to meet them at Razor Bat's shoulders. Blast Truck's halves moves in closer, revealing connector ports that lock onto Razor Bat and snap into place. MortarTread splits into two as well, the top half rocketing off and flying in behind Razor Bat as the treads and main body ride up the impromptu ramp created by WeatherTrain and LightTank. As it reaches the top of the ramp, it slams down onto the chest of Razor Bat, locking into place and revealing a stylized Cyber V logo, the Data Blade and a circle of binary code separating digital style letters CV. The other half of MortarTread begins a transformation as well, as the turret extends away from the remainder of the main body and turns around, revealing a helmet. The barrel rotates down the back of the barrel before the helmet snaps into place over Razor Bat's head. Finally, the combined machine takes to the air. The front ends of LightTank and WeatherTrain rotate forward, creating feet. The cab sections of BlastTruck move upwards as well, revealing two large metallic black hands. The missile launchers and missiles rotate and shift as well, forming massive shoulders. The remainder of MortarTread snaps into place on the back. The transformation complete, the new gestalt lands on it's feet and poses dramatically, raising and lowering it's fists as it's eyes light up green.
Rangers: CYBER COMBAT MEGAZORD COMPLETE!
The Cyber Rangers appear in a combined cockpit made of their five Vehicles' individual ones. Jeremy is in front, Walter to his left, and Jake on his right. Behind them are Anya, behind Walter, and Cindy, behind Jake.
Wendy: Rangers, meet Cyber Combat Megazord. He utilizes all your individual Vehicle's powers and combines them for greater effect. More than ever, you must work as a team or you will fail in your mission.
Anya: We must work quickly now. Walter, can you bring us up a windstorm? And your ice attack?
Walter: Can do.
Anya: Good. Cindy, can you aim at either side of the timer?
Cindy: I can try.
Anya: Just do your best. Jake, be ready to blast Neutron if he tries to stop us.
Jake: Oh, definitely.
Anya: Jeremy, be ready to move as quickly as Cyber Combat can.
Jeremy: ...I get it... You're going to perform a little surgery, aren't you?
Anya: Yes.
Jeremy: With you all the way. This is gonna take split second timing. We mess up, we're all toast.
Wendy: Guys... Be careful...
Jake: Always, Babe.
Jeremy: Whenever you're ready, Anya.
Anya: NOW!
The chestplate of Cyber Combat Megazord suddenly unleashes a windstorm and ice that washes over Neutron. The robot begins to slow almost instantly as it's joints are frozen.
Walter: Neutron's a popsicle! You're up, Anya!
Anya says nothing, but nods before lasers shoot from the eyes of Cyber Combat, quickly slicing a circle through the robot's chest and out his back.
Anya: Cindy! Jeremy!
Cindy: FIRE!
Cindy aims and fires. The missiles launch from Cyber Combat Megazord's shoulders and slam into both sides of Neutron. Even as this happens, Cyber Combat Megazord moves quickly, leaping over Neutron and coming down behind the robot to catch the nuclear core before it can fall and detonate. The impact of the missiles has another effect, freeing Neutron from the ice.
Neutron: Alert. Nuclear core has been tampered with. Begin retaliatory measures.
Jake: Retaliate THIS...
Cyber Combat Megazord puts the core down and faces Neutron, who still functions despite the massive hole in it's chest. The Megazord's own chestplate begins glowing before the insignia releases a powerful burst of energy that strikes Neutron, causing the robot to erupt violently in several smaller explosions before it falls backwards on it's heels and collapses, detonating in a far larger fireball.
Anya: Neutron has been terminated, but we still need to deal with the core.
Matt: All over it. Jeremy, grab the core and use the combined powers of the Zords to blast the Megazord into the edge of the atmosphere.
Jeremy: Gotcha.
Cyber Combat Megazord complies, picking up the nuclear core. The timer states they have less than a minute. Holding the core carefully, the Megazord rockets upwards, propelled by the combined energies of LightTank, BlastTruck, MortarTread, and LightTank, channeled through it's feet.
Wendy: Initiating teleportation.
As the Megazord reaches the edge of Earth's Stratosphere, the team feels a familiar experience as the mecha is engulfed by the teleportation matrix. In seconds, the light clears, revealing the vastness of space. None of the team says anything, but they merely allow Cyber Combat Megazord to release the core, which floats off into the void.
Jeremy: Guys, get us outta here.
Matt: We're trying!
A monitor in the cockpit clicks on to show Matt and Wendy huddled over a fair-sized device.
Wendy: The teleportation drive is momentarily overloaded by the stress of transporting the Zords! It won't realign to bring you back!
Cindy: Thirty seconds!
Jake: You're saying we saved the entire world, and we're still gonna die? Okay, this day officially SUCKS.
Anya: You can do it... We have faith in you.
Wendy: We're not giving up, but...
Walter: Man... There has to be a way!
Cindy: Twenty seconds!
Jeremy: (clenching his fists) We can't let Kalask win!
Wendy: Damnit! Reboot already, you stupid piece of junk!
Cindy: Ten seconds!
Jake: Can't believe this is happening!
Anya: At least we paved the way to stop the invasion.
Cindy: Five seconds!
Matt: Only one chance! DONATELLO EMERGENCY REPAIR KICK!
Matt throws his crutches aside and spin kicks the teleportation drive. It sparks violently and churns back to life.
Wendy: YES! TELEPORTING NOW!
The core explodes, less than a mile from Cyber Combat Megazord . Suddenly, the Rangers feel themselves being pulled away again. As their vision clears, they see that they are once more in the city, Cyber Combat Megazord posing triumphantly.
Jeremy: (breathing heavily with relief) Mission accomplished... Good job, everyone.
Location: Shadow Claw, Dimensional Limbo
Time: Inapplicable
Kalask's mask's eyes burn with fiery anger as he looks down upon Thrak and Tem-Tar.
Kalask: You fools DARED to use NEUTRON! IDIOTS! I had him locked away for a REASON! You're both just LUCKY the Megazord defeated him. As it is, you succeeded in drawing out their Combat Zords, and for that, I commend you... But for attempting to take away my greatest source of amusement was most unwise of you both. Consider this a final warning... Do not attempt such a foolish stunt again... EVER. If you do, a warning will NOT be all you receive.
Midnai appears as Tem-Tar and Thrak scurry away. She walks over to her master.
Midnai: Does this Cyber Combat Megazord worry you, my Lord?
Kalask: Of course it does not, Midnai, but it's power is to be respected, and it's pilots hailed as the worthy adversaries they are. Yes, breaking them should prove a suitable challenge for one such as I... A most suitable challenge indeed...
Location: General Sauder's Private Office, Fort Myers, Horizon
Time: 5:00 PM
Once more, Sauder is at his desk with Anya, Matt, and Wendy standing at attention. Matt has now abandoned his crutches, and is obviously still in some minor pain, but nothing he can't handle.
Sauder: That was good work out there today, but the group still has a long way to go.
Matt: True enough, but they were able to stop what was reputed to be the deadliest robot in Kalask's arsenal, and that speaks volumes about the possibilities for them, Sir.
Sauder: I want results, not possibilities.
Anya: And you'll have them soon enough.
Sauder: Good. I expect no less from the three of you. Dismissed.
The three leave his office. Sauder turns around and looks at the wall where his safe is hidden.
Sauder: Sorry, kids... It's for the best... Just be glad you're not locked up somewhere instead...
Directly outside Sauder's office, Matt turns to his sister.
Matt: Wendy, you were going to tell me something earlier...
Wendy: Oh yeah... I kinda almost let Cindy in on our little secret.
Anya and Matt both gape at her.
Matt: Sis, you DIDN'T...
Wendy: I said ALMOST. Relax. She doesn't know anything... Not yet, anyway.
Anya: You two can't keep it from them forever. Working that closely with the two of you? It's only a matter of time before they figure out the truth. It would be wise for you to tell them before then.
Wendy: But what would they say if they knew that we're both...
Anya: It's never meant anything to me. But then again, my reality never suffered those events to begin with. To me, you're you, and it's that simple. If they're going to be your comrades and friends, you need to tell them the truth. (smiling softly) In any case, Wendy, don't you have somewhere you need to be?
Wendy: (nods) That I do...
Location: Gymnasium, Fort Myers
Time: 5:07 PM
Cindy is there, performing warm-up stretches and wearing a formfitting pink lycra bodysuit. Wendy walks in, wearing a similar suit of pink, gray, and light blue. She smiles.
Wendy: Glad to see you're on time, Cindy. Ready to get started?
Cindy: (smiling) Yep. And thanks.
Wendy: My pleasure. Now, let's start with something simple... Forward kick.
Cindy shakily performs one, nearly losing her balance.
Wendy: Good, but you need to try to balance a little more... Try it like this...
Wendy performs the same move, but leaning back a little more to distribute weight equally.
Cindy: (nods.) I get it.
Wendy: Well what say we do a few together... And... Kick! Kick! Kick!
Cindy: KICK!
And so it goes...
Mission Log Complete.
Next time on Power Rangers Cyber V: Munch returns, and Anya goes into full vengeance mode! But when the job proves to be too much for her alone, will anyone be able to save her from herself? All this, and the new Cyber Cycles, next time!
