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Megaforce: Dimensions Apart
By
Heir of Emrys
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Chapter IV
Dimensions Apart - Part IV
"A Whole New World"
(Jake's Room, Command Base, Dimension Y)
Jake sat up and stretched, after Wes had announced that he and Emma needed training Tori had said to Wes that they should turn in for night and start training the following morning.
Adam had taken him to an unoccupied bedroom and given him some spare training clothes. Tori had done the same for Emma and the two former Megaforce Rangers retired to bed.
Jake swung his pyjama clad legs over the side of the bed and stood up. He rubbed his bare chest and walked towards the bathroom to take a shower.
-Megaforce-
(Emma's Room, Command Base)
Emma yawned as she tied her laces, she had been up for the last half hour, at 6:30, she was always an early riser. She reasoned that if Jake was anything like other teenage boys he would not be awake until at least ten o'clock.
Emma stood up and stretched, walking over to the door. She took a black and white bracelet off the dresser by the door and put in on, hiding it with the long sleeve of her black hoodie.
She opened the door and stepped out into the deserted corridor, closing the door behind herself. She walked along one door and knocked.
To her surprise Jake's voice echoed back, telling her to enter. Emma opened the door and stepped inside.
Jake stood in the middle of the room, dressed in a tight long-sleeved black tee, dark green jogging bottoms and white trainers.
The Green Ranger leapt up and performed a spin kick, landing back on the ground. He followed it up with a side snap kick. Jake sighed and halted his attack on his imaginary enemy.
"I didn't think you would be up so early," commented Emma, sitting on the bed.
Jake sat down next to Emma, who was surprised to see he hadn't even broken a sweat.
"I've been up a couple of hours, I don't really sleep much," spoke Jake, before continuing in a whisper, "Nightmares."
"What about?" asked Emma, placing a hand around the Green Ranger's shoulders.
"The car crash, but the saviour doesn't come," said Jake darkly, looking down, "I drown."
"I'm scared we're never gonna make it back home," stuttered Jake, "I'm scared I'm never gonna see Ernie or Noah again."
"It's gonna be fine," assured Emma, squeezing Jake's shoulder comfortingly.
Jake looked up at her hand and saw the black and white bracelet peeking out from under her sleeve.
"You kept it, huh?" spoke Jake.
Emma blushed, the bracelet had been part on a bonding activity at the beginning of their freshmen year. They had been partnered together to create a bracelet for each other. Jake had made her a bracelet and Emma had kept it ever since. That had been when her crush on Jake had first started.
"Yeah," answered Emma.
Jake chuckled and rolled his sleeve back, revealing the red, green and pink bracelet Emma had made for him three years ago.
Emma smiled, "I can't believe you kept it!"
Jake shrugged and blushed, rubbing the back of his head.
Suddenly the door and Wes's head appeared.
"Hey, just to let you know, it's breakfast time!" exclaimed Wes with a grin.
"Thanks Wes," spoke Emma, smiling at Wes's enthusiasm.
Wes grin increased as he saw Emma, "I hope you haven't been in here all night."
Wes dodged out of the room and shut the door seconds before a pillow hit it, thrown by Emma.
"WES!" half-shouted Jake, blushing deeply.
-Megaforce-
(Command Base Armoury, Two Hours Later)
"Welcome to Weapons Training 101," announced Wes, holding up a hand blaster, "This weapon here the Quantum Defender, it belonged to the Quantum Ranger."
Wes stood in front of Jake and Emma with Jen stood close by. The Pink Ranger sighed and walked over to Wes, lightly punching him on the arm.
"Sorry about that, the Quantum Defender is Wes's pride and joy, it belonged to Eric Myers," spoke Jen, before turning to a massive rack of weapons behind her.
At these words Wes face dropped, reminded of Eric's death at Vrak's hand, just before the time wave wiped him and the other rangers out of existence.
"You will be getting one blaster and one melee weapon, so choose carefully, understood?" informed Jen.
Emma and Jake nodded and Jen continued, "We would like to test to you out on our holo-training simulator, just to get a rough idea to where you're at."
"Cool," breathed Jake with a smile.
"I'll show you how it's done," stated Wes, cocking the Defender and flicking his wrist revealing one of the swords the Ninja Storm Rangers used.
"We will also give you a communicator which can summon you weapons from the Bio-Field with a flick of your wrist," explained Jen, "we each have two weapons, I have Saba, the original White Ranger's Sword and an SPD Wrist Blaster. Adam has a Zeo Pistol and the Power Axe and finally Tori has a Blade Blaster and the Power Sword."
The two new recruits nodded and acknowledged Jen as Wes entered the Holo-Deck through a metal door, which shut behind him.
Jen stepped over to a control panel and pressed a switch. A display on the wall lit up, showing different camera angles of Wes in the Holo-Deck.
"When I activate the program Wes will face holograms one after another until he is hit," explained Jen, "The simulation stops when you are hit or reach sixty, the current record is mine, at thirty-six."
"Sounds cool!" cheered Jake.
Jen called out to Wes and activated the simulation. Using both his weapons Wes fought the holograms one after another. As he used the Ninja Sword to cut down thirty-three, thirty-four snuck up behind him, blasting him in the shoulder.
Wes stopped and sighed as the holograms faded away, "I was so close, only four more form beating your score."
"Trust me, Wes," replied Jen confidently, as her husband entered back into the armoury, "No one's ever gonna beat my score."
"Ah, let's just see if these two new recruits can beat it," countered Wes, "Jake, you're up first."
Jake stepped forward and immediately gravitated to the Megaforce Section. He reached his hand out and took hold of his Megaforce Blaster, complete with the SnakeZord Header.
Suddenly a blue bowgun next to the black one caught his eye. He replaced the Black Megaforce Blaster and pulled out the Shark Bowgun.
"That's the Shark Bowgun, it belonged to the Megaforce Blue Ranger," informed Jen.
Jake felt the weight in his hand and smiled, choosing it. His eyes roamed over the Snake Axe but he decided that required two hands, meaning he couldn't use his bowgun at the same time.
He looked up at a sword with an odd shaped handle, either a dog or a wolf head. Jake reached up and pulled it out. He held it out in his hand and felt the weight.
"That's the Shadow Sabre, it belonged to the SPD Earth Commander," spoke Wes.
Jake smiled, "I'll take it."
"Good, let's go," commanded Jen.
Jake grinned and entered the Holo-Deck, bracing himself for the holograms.
"Start!" called out Jen, pressing the activation button.
The holograms started to appear all around Jake. The Green Ranger nailed the first two with his bowgun before they could attack. He swung around and scythed the next five down with the Shadow Sabre.
"What was that about your unbeatable score?" teased Wes, making Jen scowl slightly.
Emma stood close by shocked by what she saw. She had never seen Jake fight with such ferocity whilst in battle.
Jake continued to mow down the holograms until one unleashed a large blast at him. Jake blocked it with his Sabre but was forced to his knee.
Jake looked up at the hologram, which seemed to be taunting him. It reminded him of all the times he had felt powerless. In Jake's mind the hologram morphed into Gia, then Troy, Vrak and, finally, the man who had killed his parents.
"Whatcha say, once a pathetic loser, always a pathetic loser!" jeered the hologram, "It's your fault your parents are dead!"
Jake faulted, his bowgun dropping out his hand. He looked up again and saw a worried Emma thought the glass partition. He couldn't understand it, a day ago he had been completing smitten with Gia and Emma was her best friend, but now the tables had been irrevocable reversed.
Jake looked back at the hologram, "I'm not afraid of you anymore!"
"Ha, don't make me laugh," replied the simulation, "I am the manifestation of all your fears."
Jake shakily rose to his feet, "Correction, you were the manifestation of my fears!"
The Green Ranger raised his Sabre high and slashed downwards, cutting through the hologram, disintegrating it.
With the program resumed the holograms once more began to rush at Jake, who used his sabre to cut them down one after another. On the wall the counter zoomed past thirty-six, making Jen gasp.
Jake continued until the holograms ceased to appear to replace the fallen. Jake relaxed and picked up his discarded bowgun. He walked over to the door and re-entered the armoury.
"Very impressive, sixty, that's the maximum," praised Wes, choosing not to mention Jake's near fail.
"Thanks," spoke Jake shakily, before changing the subject, "So, who built all this stuff?"
"Government, it's called Project Hexagon," answered Jen, "It was meant to have an active team of rangers but it was scrapped. The morphers they build eventually ended up a the SPD Delta Morphers."
"So Emma, you're up next," spoke Wes, returning them to subject in hand.
Emma stepped forward and quickly chose the Power Daggers, she strapped them around her waist with the belt they were holstered in. She then browsed the rows of weapons, picking up blasters and returning them, examining them as she did.
"What about this one?" asked Emma as she pulled a large blaster rifle down, testing it in her hands.
"That's a SPD Delta Enforcer, used by the SPD Rangers in S.W.A.T. Mode," explained Jen.
Emma cocked the Enforcer and grinned, "It'll do."
"Right then, head on in," invited Wes, opening up the door for her.
Emma strode in, her head held high. She stopped in the centre and raised the Enforcer.
"Lets go!" called out Wes, activating the Holo-Deck.
The holograms and Emma began to fire blindly, spinning in circles. The repetitive blast annihilated the simulations, many shots missing and striking the walls.
As the counter on the wall struck forty a simulation managed to get a shot in, just missing Emma's hand, the heat causing her to drop the Enforcer.
Emma swore and drew the Power Daggers. She leapt forwards cutting down the simulations, until the fifty-sixth hit her with a blast.
Emma grinned, re-holstered the Daggers and picking up the Enforcer. She pushed open the door and entered the armoury.
Emma's grin widened, "Now that's how you do it!"
-Megaforce-
(Ranger Base Uniform Storage, Thirty Minutes Later)
"Right, lets get the two of you kitted out," stated Tori, gesturing to the rows of uniforms behind her.
After they had received their weapons, Jake and Emma had lunch with Adam and Tori. They had promised to kit them out with uniforms like the others and Adam had promised to take them to choose a vehicle from the garage the day after.
Adam reached onto the shelf and pulled out two pairs of black jeans and a stack of green tees. He held them out to Jake, who took them. Finally Tori added a pair of boots to the pile.
"Now, these should fit, I'm never wrong," spoke Adam, "But you'd better try them on, just in case. There's a row of changing rooms you can use back there."
Jake nodded and set off in the direction Adam was pointing. Once he had disappeared the Blue Ranger turned to her Yellow counterpart.
"For now I'll kit you out with the same as Jake but I'll get some more sensitive items to you later," explained Tori, in a hushed tone, so Adam couldn't hear her.
Emma nodded and Tori gave her a similar pile of clothes, only with more yellow, and the same instructions as Adam had given Jake.
Emma followed Tori's instructions and entered the changing room area. Only seconds after Emma entered her booth, Jake exited his, walking back into the main room.
"Okay, next is the jacket," informed Adam, pulling a black leather jacket with a green three on the right side of the chest.
Jake took it and rubbed his hand along it, feeling it.
"Is that real leather?" asked Emma as exited the changing room, crumpling her face in disgust.
"It's synthesised, part of the failed ranger project, fire-retardant and akin to Kevlar," assured Tori, handing Emma a jacket with a yellow four on it.
"What's with the numbers?" questioned Jake.
"They relate to your command position," informed the Black Ranger, "One and Six are the co-commanders, Two and Five are joint second-in-command and Three and Four are both third-in-command."
"Or in other words, bottom of the pile," joked Jake with a grin.
"Basically," Tori smiled slightly, "You know, you two are a lot like your counterparts from this dimension."
"Yep, Jake's a bit more serious, but other than that you're identical," commented Adam.
Tori opened up a box off the shelf and pulled out two similar objects.
"These are communicators, they both belonged to Tommy Oliver," explained Adam.
"This was his original communicator," explained Tori as she handed the device in question.
Emma took and examined it, it had a solid, thick green stripe down the strap.
Tori moved over to Jake and handed him a similar communicator with a red, green, white and black stripe on it, "This was his second communicator he received after he became the White Ranger."
The two strapped them on their wrists and summoned their melee weapons and then their blasters.
"Ah, that reminds me," spoke Adam grabbing a two items from the shelves.
Adam handed Jake a sheath and a belt, "The sheath for your sabre clips onto your jacket and belt is for the Shark Bowgun."
Jake installed the two items, one on his back, the other around his waist.
"Emma, you're okay," said Tori, "The Power Daggers come with a belt, you have it on you, and the Delta Enforcer unfortunately is too large for a strap."
Emma nodded and looked over at Jake who had put the jacket on and holstered his weapons.
The Green Ranger stared at his reflection in the mirror. He looked every bit of the memetic badass he'd always wanted to be.
"Holling! Are you stand there ogling yourself all day or come with us, we're leaving," called Emma.
Jake looked around to see the other three stood by the doorway, ready to go.
"So when do we get the cool cars?" asked Jake, rubbing his hand together eagerly, catching up to the others.
"Okay, you'll both get a car, or a bike, tomorrow," informed Adam, he and Tori leading Emma and Jake along, "I take it you can both drive?"
"Yeah," answered Jake for both of them, "We had to take Driver's Ed last year."
"Good, all the cars have a small nuclear fusion device in them, so they run on hydrogen and oxygen," continued Adam, as the four exited the uniform fitting area.
-Megaforce-
Edited 02/11/14