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The following morning, Sterling stopped by each of the Rangers quarters to pick them up.
Amanda and Elle where already out with Sterling. Tyler was the last to wake and soon joined his allies for their debriefing.
"Okay so what are we doing and why is it this early?" Tyler sighed as he zipped his uniform jacket up.
"You guys are going to be debriefed by Professor Baskov now," Sterling said as the four entered an elevator.
The elevator began it's descent and soon entered the clear tube.
The elevator came to a stop and the quartet stepped out.
Professor Baskov was already there waiting.
"Hello Rangers, I trust you slept well?"
She asked.
The two female Rangers nodded happily while Tyler responded with a disoriented groan.
"Okay it's time for a little history lesson," Professor Baskov said pacing back and forth.
"Demoniacs, originally reptillian in nature, studies show that a strand of reptile DNA was taken and was combined with nanobots and various pheromones. The German scientist who created this tried to use this in an attempt to cure spreading diseases in Munich. The scientist attempted to use this serum on his brother but with obvious adverse affects,"
"So I'm going to go out on a limb and say these nanobots were those that could adapt instantly right?" Elle said.
"That's correct, those nanobots adapted and evolved and created the first Demoniac. The nanobots began to replicate the toxin they were created from and whenever a Demoniac manages to inflict a flesh wound, they are spreading the D-Toxin into that person's blood stream infecting them as well," Baskov said showing them an animated recreation of the transformation.
"The transformation however is not immediate, the incubation period is 48 hours but no one survives that long," Sterling added.
"Has there been anyone that hasn't lost their sanity after the transformation?" Amanda asked.
"Very few people have managed to hold on to their sanity, all of those people except for one were executed," Professor Baskov said.
"Well who was the one that got away?" Tyler said.
"He called himself Greiger," Sterling said.
"There was no information about him, he escaped the execution and was never found," Baskov said.
"Now onto vehicles and weapons,"
Professor Baskov said.
She strolled off with Sterling and the Rangers in tow.
The group walked into a small hangar where T.F.D's best engineers were working on various land vehicles.
There were three motorcycles,two ATV's and a large combat truck that looked like it could fit the motorcycles and the ATV's inside of it.
"This is the Rapid Response and Asault Vehicle or RRAV for short. This is what you'll be using to pursue and intercept Demoniacs on the run," Professor Baskov said.
"That's pretty sweet," Amanda said admiring the motorcycle.
"Now onto the rest of the tour," Professor Baskov said walking off.
After an hour of explaining little things that no one cares about the group finally came to the end of the tour.
"Now, I need to explain the Tendro Warp Drive to you all," Professor Baskov said as she opened a silver door with the T.F.D symbol on it.
Inside was a large black portal arc with blue energy streaming around it.
There were various screens and computers with scientists busily working on it.
"This is the room housing T.F.D's pride and joy, the Tendro Warp Drive,"
The Professor said.
"Okay so now what exactly does it do?"
Elle asked.
"Well-"
Just then the Demoniac alarm blared.
A female officer whispered in Sterling's ear and then ran off.
"A group of Demoniacs spotted in sector 2B,"
"Well looks like this is it for you three," Professor Baskov said stepping out of the room.
"Wait, we're going out already with no prior training?" Amanda said.
"Yeah, that isn't exactly safe," Tyler said.
"Just get in the RRAV, Sterling and I will fill you in later," Professor Baskov instructed.
The three Rangers exchanged reluctant looks.
"Just go," Sterling said.
The trio ran into the RRAV and sat along the benches. The motorcycles and the ATV's were already loaded up. The hatch closed and the whole truck came to life. Suddenly, an automated voice filled the room.
"Hello, this is Sol, you're AI system for the Rapid Response and Assault Vehichle, Demoniac coordinates are now being downloaded through the Tendro Warp Drive system,"
The voice said.
"Well that is just awesome," Elle said.
On the window of the truck, both Professor Baskov's and Sterling's face appeared on screen.
"Okay Rangers, since you haven't had time to prepare, we'll guide you through it," Sterling said.
"Sol is an AI that drives the RRAV so you don't have to,"
"So basically its our Jarvis and we're it's Iron Man?" Tyler asked.
"Well yes," Professor Baskov said.
The motorcycles and ATV's were loaded onto the RRAV.
"The RRAV is now being loaded onto the launch bay," Sol said.
The RRAV was elevated into a launch bay and spun around in a 180.
There was a stoplight to the far left it went moved down from red to yellow and then green.
The wheels began to spin rapidly as the hatch to the launch bay opened. As soon as their was enough room, the RRAV sped out.
"Whoa, for a big truck this thing is pretty fast!" Elle said.
The RRAV began speeding towards its location.
*-PRTFD-*
There were several Demoniacs in the warehouse district terrorizing the workers. A Demoniac had drove it's tail through a worker's chest before throwing him aside. Several more workers were slain before the Demoniacs began attacking the rest of the district.
The RRAV rounded a corner before entering the warehouise district.
"Demoniac presence detected 30 meters ahead," Sol said.
"I am not looking forward to this," Tyler said.
"Demoniacs are now within firing range, activating weapons systems,"
Sol said.
On the outside of the RRAV various, guns and cannons sprung up and took aim at the fleeing Demoniacs.
The RRAV unloaded on the Demoniacs taking out two of them as it did.
A video link of Professor Baskov and Sterling reappeared.
"This is it, you have to get out there and take down the remaining Demoniacs,"
Sterling said.
"All righty then, let's do it!"
Amanda said.
Once the RRAV came to a stop, the three Rangers stepped out.
They had cut off the Demoniacs who had stopped when they saw the Rangers. Elle looked at her teammates.
"You guys ready?" She said.
"It's now or never I guess," Tyler said.
"Then let's do it!" Amanda said pulling out her MemoCell Morpher.
Tyler and Elle did the same.
"Tendronize!" The Rangers called out.
They thrust the morphers forward before bringing it to the right side of their body. Four black straps materialized from their back and met just below their sternum. An upside down pentagon materialized and the four straps clipped into it. A rectangular holster swivled out of the pentagon shaped holster. The Rangers put their MemoCells in the holster and pushed the holster back into place. After that pillars of red,blue and yellow light engulfed the Rangers. Their suits began materializing in a pixelated manner from the floor up.
In a flash of light, the pillars disappeared and the Rangers suits were formed save for the helmet.
The pentagon holster on their chest glowed and revealed their number.
Amanda was number one, Tyler was number two and Elle was number three.
They pressed their fingers on the pentagon and the helmets materialized.
"Transmission complete!"
An automated voice called out.
The fully morphed Rangers now stood ready. Their suits were half back and had gold accents on the helmet, shoulders, wrists and calfs.
"This feels amazing!" Amanda said.
"I feel so strong!" Elle said.
"Well alright," Tyler said.
The Demoniacs hissed and growled before lunging at the Rangers.
"Whoa!" Amanda said as she ducked under a lunging Demoniac.
Tyler and Elle dove off in different directions and began to fight other Demoniacs. The Demoniac swung its tail at Amanda who grabbed it and swung it away from her. Amanda drew her sidearm and fired at two more incoming Demoniacs.
"Scan Blaster!" She said.
She fired several shots at the Demoniacs stopping them in their tracks.
"Do I have anything in the reserves Professor?" Amanda said.
Professor Baskov's voice rang in through her communication channel.
"Tap the morpher and you'll see!" She said.
"Alright then," she said tapping the morpher.
Amanda's hands glowed and electrified gauntlets took the place of her red gloves.
"Electro Bracers!" She said.
She punched a Demoniac in the chest and hit another. Amanda roundhoused a third before leaping away. Amanda ran forward and hit another Demoniac full force, sending it flying into a warehouse. She electrocuted another by pressing her hands on its head. When she dropped that one Amanda spun around and drove her hand through the final Demoniac's stomach.
"I love these things," Amanda said.
Tyler was skillfully evading the four Demoniacs attacking him.
"Wow, without this suit I wouldn't be able to do any of this!" He said flipping over the Demoniacs.
"The suits neuro sensors that are in the suit push all your natural abilities to their limit to make you efficient in combat," the Professor said.
"Well, I like!" Tyler said roundhousing a Demoniac, knocking it backwards.
He delivered several quick strikes to another before leaping out of the way.
"Now to put these things down for good," Tyler said tapping the pentagon on his chest.
Tyler's wrists glowed bright blue. When the light faded two wrist mounted cannons were armed and at the ready.
"Disrtuptor Cannons!" Tyler said.
A Demoniac lunged at him. Tyler leaned backwards and grabbed the Demoniac was close to him. He fell on his back and threw it over him. Tyler rolled over onto his stomach and blasted the Demoniac with his cannons.
The blast rippled as it hit the creature causing some of it's scales to fall off.
It hit the floor and disintegrated.
The previous three that Tyler was fighting had regained their composure and attacked him.
"I don't think so!" He said.
Tyler delivered a flurry of strikes to all three while firing the Disruptor Cannons.
"Tyler, lock your Cannons together to finish them off," Sterling told him.
"Got it," he responded.
Tyler slid his cannons into their grooves and heard a locking sound.
"Fire!" He said shooting a burst of energy at the remaining Demoniacs blowing them all away. The blast caused the walls of the surrounding warehouses to shake and tremble.
Tyler got to his feet with a huff, admiring his handiwork.
Elle ran inside an empty warehouse with the Demoniacs in hot pursuit.
Elle leaped over a barrel and kicked it at a Demoniac.
"Scan Blaster!" She said.
She fired at one Demoniac, blowing it back. Elle ran up to another and swept it off of its feet and into the air. Elle leaped up and kicked it. She flipped backwards and fired the Scan Blaster again, taking the Demoniac out. Elle landed on her feet but was knocked over by the Demoniacs. She hopped right back up and rolled away from the creatures.
"All right you scaled freaks you're goin' down!" Elle shouted.
She tapped her morpher. A bright yellow bo staff with silver and cerulean blue rounded ends materialized into her hands.
"Sonic Staff!"
Elle attacked the Demoniacs, knocking them backwards. She raised the staff up high, blocking their attacks. She shrugged them off and quickly hit them with the ends of the staff. Elle did a 360 and swept the monsters off of their feet. She slammed her staff into both Demoniacs and they instantly disintegrated.
"Mission accomplished!" Elle said resting her staff on her shoulder.
Amanda and Tyler ran into the warehouse where Elle was.
"Nice job," Amanda said patting the Yellow Ranger on the shoulder.
"Thanks," Elle said.
The three Rangers stepped out of the warehouse to return to the RRAV when several workers had stepped out of a warehouse cutting off their path.
"Hey there are some workers," Amanda said walking over to them.
Tyler intently observed them.
He looked over to the largest worker who had a hole in his throat.
"Something isn't right," he said staring harder.
Tyler saw that the man had scales growing over his hand. Tyler drew his Scan Buster and ran forward.
"Hey!" Elle said.
Tyler shoved Amanda aside and blasted the several workers. They all hit the floor and slowly convulsed.
"What is your deal?" Amanda said pushing him.
"Hey, maybe you should take a look at those people before you get ready to swing on me," Tyler said.
The murdered corpses had reanimated and began to meld together.
"Uh, what is that?" Elle said as she ran over to them.
"That is a meld of corpses that have been infected by Demoniacs, when they combine they take on random forms. They have been classified as Druagas," Professor Baskov said.
The Rangers returned their attention to the forming Druaga.
"That thing looks really dangerous," Amanda said.
Once it had finished forming it's full form was finally visible.
The Druaga's upper body could be closely compared to the Hulk's. It's lower body was very small, and the scales were scattered all over the legs, with melded human skin finding its way through.
"That thing is disgusting," Tyler groaned.
"Let's just get it before it can cause any major damage," Elle said gripping her staff.
She ran at it and swung as hard as she physically could. The blow made contact but the Druaga wasn't fazed. The Druaga swung on her. Elle was quick enough to block it but was knocked backwards. Tyler and Amanda caught her before she could hit the floor.
"You okay?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah I'll live, but the Druaga is pretty tough, not even a scratch on him,"
Elle said.
"Well lucky for you three, the Professor was prepared for this, set the dial on your Scan Blasters to elimination mode," Sterling said.
"You guys all hear that?" Amanda asked.
"What are we waiting for?" Tyler said.
The three Rangers stood side by side and turned the dial on the barrel of the blaster to 'ELIM'. The Scan Blasters all grew and converted into rifles.
"Scan Rifles ready!" The trio said.
The Druaga roared and ran at them.
Tyler and Elle dropped down to one knee and fired at the Druaga. The Druaga stumbled backwards. The bullet holes were smoking but slowly healing.
"Combine your weapons to finish him off!" Sterling said.
Tyler and Elle flipped the handles of their rifles 90 degrees and held them so that they were upside down. Amanda pulled her handle out so that it was at least five inches away from the rifle. Tyler and Elle linked the rifles together so that they would form a triangular shape. The weapons glowed brightly and the barrels changed in shape. The barrels took the form of a USB head.
Kneeling down, Elle and Tyler took the left and right handles on their weapons.
"USBuster!"
"Giga Buster Shot!" The three shouted.
Amanda's rifle lit up and began to pulsate. The USB head glowed and fired off a blast. The blast hit the Druaga and destroyed it on contact.
"All Demoniacs in the surrounding area have been eliminated, return to base,"
Sterling said.
"Well we did it!" Elle said holstering her now Scan Blaster.
"Great, now let's get back," Tyler groaned.
The three headed back to the RRAV to make their way back to T.F.D.
*-PRTFD-*
What the Rangers didn't know was that a Demoniac had escaped from the scene of the battle. It had ran into the sewer and came up just outside of the city.
Not to far away was an old rundown church. The Demoniac scurried inside.
Inside the church Demoniacs were scurrying around. The Demoniac moved to the other side of the church and over to a throne. A man sat atop the throne with his leg crossed and his right hand resting on his head.
"So what happened my little pet?" The man asked.
The Demoniac hissed and growled before being petted by the man.
"So, T.F.D may prove to be more of a threat than anticipated, no matter it will only be a matter of time before they are crushed beneath my heel," he said running a hand through his pale blonde hair.
A woman of Egyptian descent, wearing a lab coat stepped out of the shadows and next to the throne.
"Should I begin the distribution Grieger?" She asked.
The man known as Greiger leaned forward.
"Yes Ariah, I need as many Amalgam's as possible," Grieger said.
"Very well then," she said.
She walked out of the church to begin her mission. Grieger leaned back in his seat.
"T.F.D will be mine no matter the cost," he growled. In that moment, his grey eyes sharpened and turned to a blood red color followed by a wicked smile.
A/N: Well another one down! Two quick things, I meant to explain what an Amalgam is but it will be explained in the next chapter. Anyway I'll be uploading another chapter soon!