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Chapter 06: The Last Crusade
Kat's mouth dropped as she saw Wallace and Charlie hugging each other "She's your…sister?"
Wallace turned to face Kat and smirked "You didn't see that coming did you?"
"But that's impossible! Cruger knew everything about your life and Charlie's. And there's no document saying that…"
"You see…" Charlie interrupted Kat "Wallace is my half-brother. That's why we have different last names. Nobody knew about it except for us and our father."
"And it's not like he would be able to say anything. Father slept around a lot, he probably has dozens of others sons and daughters, but we're lucky to find each other," Wallace said putting his hand on his sister's shoulder.
"So you joined SPD to save her?" Kat asked.
"No, I was already a cadet on Mirinoi when I met Charlie," Wallace smiled to Kat "I joined the SPD Earth's branch to save her. You have no idea how easy it was!"
Kat shook her head not believing in everything that just happened as Wallace gave Charlie the weapon that Kat tried to use on him and grabbed the other cards from the case and showed them to his sister.
"My team…" She said as she looked to the four containment cards.
"Want to materialize them?"
"Of course my brother," She turned to Kat "You know what to do."
Kat didn't move. She couldn't bring herself to release all five of the A-Squad Rangers.
"You don't want to be shot again do you? Especially by one of these," Charlie said motioning to the weapon in her hand.
Kat winced. The pain in her arm was growing. If she was shot again she was dead for sure. Sighing, she grabbed the card of the Blue A-Squad Ranger from Wallace and started the process to materialize him. She could only hope that the Rangers would find a way to stop them.
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Kaylee and Boom were walking through the empty corridors of the Delta Base. They stopped in front of the Command Center and nodded to each other before entering. They slowly walked through. Boom was about to use one of the computers when Kaylee grabbed his arm fiercely.
"Boom, look!" The cadet pointed in front of her where Commander Cruger was laying in the floor.
"Oh no…"
The two kneeled around him and looked at each other not sure of what to do.
"Is he…alive?" Boom asked.
"I don't know. Do you know how to check vitals on Sirians?" Kaylee asked which Boom answered shaking his head.
"What're we going to do?"
Kaylee putted her face close to Cruger's snout and felt his breathing. She smiled to Boom "He's breathing! Come on, help me get him up."
"Why?"
"We have to take him to the infirmary. We can't just leave him here."
Boom nodded and helped the girl to pull the Commander from the floor. The two started to walk with him.
"He's heavier than I thought!" Boom said as he and Kaylee exited the Command Center.
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Sky, Z and Syd came running through the first floor of the Delta Base and stopped. They looked around the extremely quiet base. Sky turned around to his teammates.
"I think we should split up."
"Why?" Syd asked.
"That way we can find Paxton faster," Sky explained.
"Ok!" Z nodded.
The three Rangers split up and each one went to a different direction to search for the Green Ranger.
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Bridge shifted on his bed before slowly opening his eyes. He sat up and scratched his head. He was sure that Wallace was there with him. He looked to his side and saw his book on top of the nightstand. Maybe he fell asleep? He got up and moved to the door, but instead of the door opening, he hit his face on it.
"Ouch!" He said grabbing his nose.
The Blue Ranger pressed his hands against his door, but nothing happened. He pressed some buttons on the control pad, but the door still didn't open. Seeing no other way he started to knock on the door.
Kaylee and Boom had just left Cruger at the infirmary and were walking past the corridor of Bridge's room. The two stopped when they heard someone.
"That sounds like…Bridge!" Boom said after running to the Blue Ranger's door "Bridge?"
"Boom? Hey, it's me. I'm stuck here, although I don't know how."
"I guess this has something to do it," Kaylee said pointing to the burned control pad.
"Who's that?" Bridge asked from behind the door.
"Kaylee Myers, C-Squad cadet."
"Oh. Hi Kaylee."
"Can you fix it?" Kaylee asked Boom.
"Just a second and…" Boom worked something in the control pad "Presto!" The door opened.
Bridge got out from his room and smiled to his two rescuers "Thanks you guys. I don't know I got stuck in my own room," Kaylee and Boom smiled back "Wait, why the base is so quiet?" The Blue Ranger asked after noticing that there was no one in the corridors.
"Hum…It's kinda hard to explain. You see…" Boom started.
"Wallace putted the entire base under DEFCON 3 and took Kat to the vault area," Kaylee finished for Boom.
"Wallace did this? No, you must be mistaken. Why would he want to lock everyone inside the base?" Bridge asked.
"I don't know. But we're pretty sure he's behind this. And that he shot Cruger," Kaylee said.
Bridge shook his head "No, he would never do something like this…"
"Look Bridge, I know he's your boyfriend and all…"
"What? You're dating Wallace?!" Boom asked shocked.
"Boom, that's beside the point! Bridge, trust me, Wallace wants something from the vault area and he didn't want Cruger or anybody else to be on his way."
"I'm sorry Kaylee, but…" The memory of Wallace coming to his room early that day flashed in Bridge's mind.
"What?"
"Nothing," He shook that thought away "I can prove to both of you that you're wrong," Bridge started walking towards the vault area.
"How?" Kaylee asked following him.
"We'll go to the vault area and you'll see that this is all just a big…" The three turned the corner and were face to face with Rachel, Beevor, Ivan and Cliff: The A-Squad Rangers. "…mistake."
"Well, well. What do we have here?" Cliff, the Green A-Squad Ranger said looking menacingly to the three in front of him.
"So you really turned into the Blue Ranger huh?" Beevor, the Blue A-Squad Ranger asked Bridge.
"Charlie said that everyone was locked up, but I guess she was wrong. We can have some fun now," Rachel, the Pink A-Squad Ranger smirked evilly.
"Well, if guys want to play, you'll have to catch me first," Bridge said before sprinting through the opposite corridor in order to lure the A-Squad Rangers away from Boom and Kaylee.
"I'll go after him. I've been dying for a rematch," Cliff said and went after the Blue Ranger.
"I'll go with you. Let's see if he's a true Blue Ranger," Beevor ran after Bridge and Cliff.
Rachel and Ivan turned to Kaylee and Boom who had fear written all over their faces. The two A-Squad Rangers smiled.
"I guess we have to go with this two," Rachel said motioning to Boom and Kaylee.
"Fine by me," Ivan said.
Kaylee and Boom looked at each other before running away. Rachel and Ivan laughed before going after the two. Coming from the corridor where the A-Squad Rangers appeared, Charlie and Wallace were pushing Kat at gun point.
"I guess the others found a way to entertain themselves," Wallace said.
"I freed you all, so what're you going to do now?" Kat asked weakly.
"Get revenge of course. We'll start by destroying this city that Cruger cared so much about. And you are going to help us," Charlie told Kat.
"What you mean?"
"You're going to show us how to use the Delta Command Megazord," Charlie said with a malevolent smile.
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Bridge jumped from the top of a set of stairs with Cliff and Beevor hot on his trail. The Green A-Squad jumped right in front of Bridge and the Blue A-Squad Ranger was right behind him. The Blue Ranger had nowhere to run.
"Nowhere to run Carson," Cliff told the Ranger.
Bridge sighed. If he wanted to make alive from a fight with two A-Squad Rangers he was going to need a little help. He took out his Delta Morpher and called SPD EMERGENCY. His Morpher opened and a blue light shaped his Ranger Suit around his body.
"So scared that you need to morph?" Beevor asked.
Without warning Cliff threw himself at Bridge. The Blue Ranger's reflex kicked right on time and he grabbed Cliff's arm and threw him at Beevor. The Blue A-Squad pushed his teammate away and charged at his adversary. Bridge took out his Deltamax Striker and tried to shoot Beevor, but the alien caught the Ranger's wrist and made him drop the weapon on the floor. The Blue Ranger used his other hand to punch Beevor right in the middle of his face which made the alien release Bridge who quickly gave the Blue A-Squad Ranger a high quick, sending him to the ground.
Cliff got up and prepared to attack the Blue Ranger again. He grabbed Bridge's Deltamax Striker from the floor and was about to use it when RIC appeared and knocked the Green Ranger out with his heavy body.
"RIC! Thanks for the save buddy," Bridge said patting the robot on its head.
Beevor got himself up and ran to tackle Bridge. The Blue Ranger turned around right on time and shot the alien, knocking him to the ground. Bridge got up and sighed relieved.
"Bridge!" The Blue Ranger turned around and saw Z running towards him.
"Z!" The two hugged quickly and Z's eyes widened at the sight of the two fallen A-Squad Rangers
"They! But how…"
"I don't know."
"Did Wall…."
"Z, we don't have time for this! Kaylee and Boom are in trouble, we have to find them," Bridge left the Yellow Ranger and ran back from where left Boom and Kaylee. Z looked at him before calling RIC and following the Blue Ranger.
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Kaylee and Boom just turned around a corner and ran through it only to find two doors in the end of the corridor. Boom tried to open the doors, but they were locked. Kaylee looked at the top of the doors and sighed.
"It's one of the security rooms. They're all locked because of DEFCON 3," Kaylee told Boom
"Ok. We can just go the other way," The two turned around the same moment that Rachel and Ivan turned the corner of the corridor.
"Crap…" Kaylee said to herself.
"Not really Rangers, but I think we can have some fun with them," Rachel said as stepped closer to them.
Kaylee took a fighting pose while Boom putted his fists up in an awkward way. The two A-Squad Rangers laughed before attacking.
Rachel charged at Kaylee and tried to punch her, but the cadet duck before she could get hit. Kaylee tried to punch the Pink Ranger, but she grabbed her fist. Trying to punch the cadet once again, Rachel ended up with her fist been grabbed by Kaylee. The two girls tried to get rid of each other, but neither one was ready to let go.
Ivan got closer to Boom and tried a tornado kick which Boom smartly rolled out from the way. Boom kicked the back of the Yellow Ranger, making him loose his balance. Ivan turned around with murder in his face. Boom quickly took his lab coat of and threw it on Ivan. The Yellow Ranger was gotten by surprise by the move and taking his chance, Boom jumped on top of Ivan.
Kaylee was still trying to get rid of Rachel's grip on her wrist. Getting tired, the Pink Ranger twisted Kaylee's wrist hard enough to get the cadet on her knees. With the cadet on the floor, she kicked in her upper chest and spread her in the ground. She was about to attack again when an extremely hard grip caught her shoulder. She turned around and found Sydney with a hand of steel on her shoulder. Before she could do anything, Syd hardened her grip which made Rachel fall to the ground unconscious.
"Thanks Sydney," Kaylee said as the Pink Ranger helped her from the ground.
Ivan finally got Boom off his back and ripped the lab coat that was covering his face apart. He was about to attack Boom when a beam stroke his back and made him fall to the ground. Boom looked at Kaylee who had the Quantum Defender, the Quantum Ranger's trademark weapon, pointing to where the Yellow Ranger was.
"Where did you get that?" Boom asked Kaylee as he got up from the ground
"I told it was a gift from my dad."
"So your father was…" Kaylee nodded and Boom finally understood from whom she had inherited the last name Myers.
"What are we going to do with those two?" Kaylee asked Sydney.
"Well, they're knocked out and neither of them have their powers so I think we could leave them here," The Pink Ranger said.
"Then now we have to find Wallace," Kaylee said
"So he's really behind all this," Sydney said to herself.
"Let's go to the Command Center. We can track him from there," Boom suggested. The two girls nodded and the three sprinted to the Command Center.
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Sky was walking fast still looking for Wallace or any other person in the Delta Base. He was in the corridor that led to the Command Center and heard someone coming from another corridor. He stopped when Wallace appeared in front of him with Kat and Charlie.
"Paxton!" Sky screamed to get the Green Ranger's attention.
"Tate!? But you're supposed to be…" Wallace let go of Kat and started walking towards the Red Ranger, but his sister grabbed his arm to stop him.
"We don't have time for this. You take Manx to the Command Center and continue the plan," She turned to face Sky "I'll handle him."
Wallace hesitated a little before grabbing Kat again and leading through the corridor. Charlie walked slowly to Sky who surprised to see the Red A-Squad Ranger back.
"You're the Red Ranger now huh?" She laughed to herself "This is going to be interesting."
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Z and Bridge, who was still morphed, were running with RIC to go to the vault area. After going down a set of stairs they met Sydney, Kaylee and Boom.
"Bridge, you're okay!" Sydney said hugging the Blue Ranger.
"I'm fine. What about you two?" Bridge asked Kaylee and Boom who said they were fine.
"Where were you guys going?" Z asked.
"We were heading to the Command Center to track down…" Syd eyed Bridge "…the one responsible for all this."
Everyone stayed quiet. Bridge sighed "What are we waiting for? Let's go," He went first with the others following him.
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Sky and Charlie were now circling each other, studying each other before attacking.
"So Wallace is your brother? I should now he was related to someone like you," Sky spitted.
"You must be so happy of finally achieving your dream of becoming Red Ranger," Charlie said ignoring Sky's comment "Let's hope you do a better job than your father."
That was it for Sky. He charged at Charlie who grabbed the male Ranger's shoulder spun him around and threw him in a wall. She tried to hit him with a high kick, but Sky grabbed her leg. He swept her other leg with a kick and sent her to the ground on her back. He set himself on top of her and held her arms to the ground.
"Hum, so you always like to be on top?" Charlie commented with smirk as she shifted beneath him, trying to free herself.
Seeing that he couldn't loose anymore time, Sky head butted Charlie strongly enough to knock the female Red Ranger. He got up and gave her one last look before running to towards the Command Center.
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"Now, how do we start the Megazord?" Wallace asked Kat who was hardly keeping herself up "I asked how I start the fuckin' Megazord!" He grabbed Kat's arm and shook her violently.
"Get your hands off her!" Wallace turned to the Command Center's entrance to see a fuming Sky standing there. His face matched his Ranger color.
The Green Ranger quickly grabbed the weapon of the vault area and prepared to use it on Sky, but the Red Ranger was already on him. The two soon started to tussle with each other. Sky tried to get the weapon away from Wallace while the Green Ranger tried to get rid of the Red Ranger. He kicked Sky on the stomach and hit him across the face with the weapon, sending him to the ground.
"This time I'll make sure you're dead," Wallace lifted the weapon to shoot and Sky prepared himself for the shot when a blast hit the Green Ranger on the back making him fall to the ground.
Sky looked up and saw Kat holding a SPD Blaster. She smiled to Sky before passing out. The Red Ranger ran to her and held her off the ground. He saw her arm which was bleeding too much. He was about to lift her up when he heard people entering the Command Center.
Syd, Z, Boom and Kaylee ran inside the Command Center and kneeled before Sky and Kat together with RIC. Bridge entered the Center slowly and saw Wallace laying on the floor. He couldn't believe Wallace was behind everything that happened that day. He turned away from him and got closer to the others.
"She lost too much blood. Let's take her to the infirmary," Sky said.
Unseen by them, Wallace shifted and woke up. He looked to the gathered Rangers and rapidly reached for the weapon besides him. He got to his knee and set the weapon to maximum power.
RIC's bark warned everyone that Wallace was up. They turned to see the Green Ranger ready to shot them all "You can all go to hell!" He screamed before shooting.
Everyone covered their faces, but the blast never hit them. Instead, the blast hit Bridge who put himself in front of the group to protect them. His Ranger Suit started release blue sparks until it dissolved into his body. Bridge fell limp to the floor with blood coming from his mouth.
The vision of Bridge falling to the floor made Sky's mind run a million of thoughts. But they were all gone when the Red Ranger flewfrom the floor onto Wallace. The Green Ranger was so shocked that he had hit Bridge that he didn't reacted when Sky started to punch his face brutally.
"YOU SON OF BITCH!" Sky screamed with all his lungs as he kept punching Wallace's face with a mindless fury.
Z and Syd ran to Bridge and turned him around. The Yellow Ranger checked her friend's neck and sighed relieved, he was still alive. Sydney looked at the savage Sky who was still punching Wallace and ran to him.
"Sky, stop it! You're going to kill him!" The Pink Ranger yelled as she tried to grab Sky's arm.
"He deserves it!" Sky said. His face was twisted with anger and wet with tears.
"That's not the way Sky!" Syd finally caught the Red Ranger's arm "He didn't kill Bridge!"
That seemed to calm Sky down. Syd helped him to get up from Wallace. He looked at the Green Ranger whose face was completely bloodied. He was about to leave when he heard Wallace speaking.
"You…are go-going to pay f-for this Tate…" Was all that the Green Ranger could say. Sky turned around and kicked Wallace's face, knocking him out.
Sydney pushed him away from Wallace and the two went to help the others get Kat and Bridge to the infirmary.
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A few hours later, the base was back to normal. The Rangers, together with Kaylee and Boom, were in the infirmary. They were all patched up and waiting for news from Dr. Felix. The feline alien came from another room and greeted the five.
"Cruger and Kat are okay," They sighed in relief "Cruger didn't suffer any wound from the shot he took and Kat had a blood transfusion. They both are going to be fine."
Sky stopped his friends commemoration with a serious voice "Doctor, what about…Bridge?"
The doctor sighed and everyone stayed quiet "Cadet Carson received a very dangerous amount of energy from the Delta Booster. His entire body was seriously damaged by it."
"What does that mean?" Z asked almost crying.
"He slipped into a grave coma. We're trying everything we can to keep him alive, but we don't know how much he's going to support. I'm sorry," He gave them a sympathetic smile and left.
Z and Syd hugged each other crying while Boom putted his hand over his eyes. Kaylee hold Sky's hand while she too cried quietly. Tears started to fall free from Sky's eyes as his entire world crashed around him.