Power Rangers SPD: Aftershock

A.N: Alrighty, new chapter. First of all, thanks to the people who have reviewed so far. Secondly, this fic is nearing its end (about three more chapters to go). I know it was short (kinda…), but I had imagined it as an expansion or mini story arc rather than a full length thing.

Disclaimer: I do not own Power Rangers or anything related to them, and so on and so forth.


Kat cursed silently as she worked the inner components of the EMP bomb while Krybots attempted to enter the room. Bridge was proving to be a major hindrance to their attempts, shooting or kicking away the invading Krybots.

"Kat, what's wrong?" asked Bridge as he kicked a Krybot out the door, before blasting the two that tried to get through.

"There are wires that control some of the bomb's function, particularly the ones that need to be disabled," said Kat as she fiddled with wiring.

"And how is that bad?" More laser fire.

"These wires weren't in the blueprints!" shouted Kat. "And I'm not a bomb disposal expert, either!"

"Try to cut some of the wires like they do in the movies!" Bridge called back over the sounds of him keeping out the Krybots.

"Bridge, this isn't a movie! Cutting the wrong wire could do something worse!" shouted Kat.

"What's worse than having an EMP go off in our faces?" asked Bridge.

"We could accidentally alert Malignticous that his bomb is ready to be detonated by remote, if he doesn't know already!"

"Just how many Krybots can he throw at us!" shouted Bridge as he blasted another group of Krybots. They ran at the control room without fear or hesitation. Two reached the doors, and Bridge was forced to revert to kicking and punching.

Things were seriously getting out of hand. The amount of Krybots that were coming were starting to increase in number, and with only one Delta Enforcer, and with one Ranger too busy to combat them, it left only Bridge to keep Kat safe while she worked to defuse the bomb.

And it was a job meant for at least two Rangers.


"Where are they?" asked an S.W.A.T.-outfitted Syd as she and Cruger ran into a devastated Mall.

The Mall had three levels, and the second and third levels were connected to either end by a series of open walkways. Overhead, the sun shone through the glass roof.

"Let's find out, officer," said Cruger, also morphed.

Before they could get further into the ruined place, they heard yelling, and the clashing of weapons.

"Whoa!" they shouted as Sky was blown through one of the walkways on the second level, breaking the glass railing. He landed at their feet.

"I think they just found us sir," quipped Syd.

"Where's Z, Sky?" asked Cruger.

Seconds later, Z too was blown through the same walkway. Syd and Cruger caught her by the arms, and stopped the Yellow Ranger from crashing to the ground.

"Never mind," amended Cruger. The Krybot Kommando appeared at the walkway that it had knocked the Red and Yellow Rangers through.

"Not this guy again," moaned Syd. "Doesn't he know when to quit?"

"Hello Rangers. Glad we can get acquainted again!" said the robot before leaping down to get at the Pink and Shadow Rangers. "These two were becoming boring!"

Syd however, simply blasted the Krybot with her Delta Enforcer as it leapt down, causing it to crash into the ground.

"Get acquainted with this!" yelled the Pink Ranger as she stood and proceeded to fire away while Cruger charged the Krybot.

"Come on you guys, go S.W.A.T.," said Syd to Sky and Z.

"We're one step ahead of you. S.P.D. S.W.A.T. Mode!" they called.

The Krybot Kommando twirled and ducked around in a single fluid motion to avoid the Delta Enforcer's blasts before returning fire at Syd and the S.W.A.T. equipped Red and Yellow Rangers behind her.

The blue lasers forced them to dive, leap or cartwheel away, and allowed for the Shadow Ranger to get up close and personal.

Cruger parried, attacked and counter-attacked, while the Krybot did the same. However, the Krybot had the advantage of two blades, and was putting them to good use, forcing Cruger to go on the defensive.

"Syd, Z, take positions around the Krybot. See if we can surround it," ordered Sky.

"I'll take the second floor," said Syd before racing off for the escalator.

"I'm with you girl," announced Z, following Syd. That left Sky standing by himself, and after mumbling about women, he ran off to help his commander.


"Kat, I think you had better hurry up, these Krybots just keep on coming!" said Bridge, taking cover to the side of the doorway, leaning out occasionally to blast any Krybot which showed itself. They seemed to be learning; they were hanging out outside of the room, trying to blast Bridge and Kat whenever they saw either of them.

"Don't rush me Bridge," said Kat.

"Yeah, but I can only hold off so many Krybots at once," said Bridge.

To prove his point, a group of Krybots amassed together, and barged at the room. Bridge took action, firing precise shots from his Delta Enforcer at the group. The last one entered, but was blasted out of the control room's window by a shot from Bridge's Delta Enforcer.

"How much longer?" asked Bridge. The Krybots had stopped for a moment, and the survivors from the drawn out fight had pulled back. Bridge, taking the opportunity to rest, leaned against one of the panels next to Kat, who was still crouched down, fiddling with the bomb's interior.

"I think I managed to isolate the main wires. A lot of these wires seem to be fakes, to put us off," said Kat. Despite being encased in a helmet, Kat's ears picked up the sound of a dozen pair of feet marching in their direction, along with the distinctive sound Krybots made.

"Bridge, company's coming," Kat warned. Sometimes Kat wished that the helmet was easier to remove. She could feel the beads of sweat running down her forehead as she worked.

"Back to work," Bridge sighed, moving back to the doors for protection. Kat was out of sight, mainly because the side of the bomb she was working on was covered by part of the door.

"Kat, where are you?" came Cruger's voice over her morpher.

"We're still working on the bomb," said Kat.

"I thought you said you were finished with it?" asked Cruger.

"The timer's been deactivated. The problem now is that I need to take the warhead offline, and we still have Krybots coming in," answered Kat.

"Hurry Kat. We're going to need your's and Bridge's help to disable this Krybot."

"I'm trying my best here, sir," said Kat into the morpher. "Bridge!" she called out.

"What?" he called back, firing his Delta Enforcer rapidly.

"I've isolated the real wires from the fake ones. Someone must really like you, because we've got a red, a blue, a green, a yellow and a pink wire."

Kat couldn't help a chuckle despite the conditions.

"And you're telling me this because…?" Bridge asked.

"Because this is as far as I can go," answered Kat.

"What do you mean?"

"All I can do from here is to guess which wire to cut," said Kat. "You're probably better at this guessing thing than I am."

"Ummm, maybe you haven't noticed, but we've still got a dozen or two Krybots still knocking on the door!'

"Give me your Enforcer then!" shouted Kat as she got up and ran to where Bridge was taking cover, throwing a few Cat Stunners out into the corridor for good measure.

"Come again?" he asked as she took cover next to him.

"Give me your Enforcer, I'll hold them off while you cut the wires!" repeated Kat.

Bridge sighed heavily, and handed Kat his Delta Enforcer. She took it, and shouldered it like she had done it many times before. Leaning out, Kat fired and knocked out three Krybots that had taken advantage of the lack of return fire.

"Bridge! Get to the bomb now!" Kat shouted.

He didn't need anymore encouragement, and sprinted to the bomb, vaulting over it to get to the side where the wires were hanging out. He stared at it, and looked at Kat.

"How long until it goes off?" asked Bridge.

Kat, who was still firing and tossing Cat Stunners, didn't answer for awhile.

"It's not going to go off! But it might if the Malignticous sends the detonation code to it!"

Bridge thought for awhile, before doing a handstand. Kat took a break from shooting Krybots and stared at him, before shaking her head. Now wasn't the time to be debating Bridge's odd habits.


"I'm trying my best here sir," came Kat's voice over Cruger's morpher.

Cruger sighed, before ducking to avoid a blade aimed at his head. He kicked at the Krybot, but it jumped back. Back into Syd and Z's combined fire from where they had taken cover.

The lasers struck the Krybot, but it managed to land on its feet, before rolling away to avoid more blasts from the Red Ranger. It fired a shot at where Sky was firing from, which struck him in the chest. Despite being armoured, Sky was thrown back from the blast.

Rolling to get away from Syd and Z's superior position, it ran straight into Cruger who wasted no time swinging the Shadow Saber at the Krybot.

It had no time to dodge, and the Saber bit deep into the Krybot's armour. It skidded away, but remained on its feet, before bracing and jumping at Cruger, its arm raised. Before it could land, Syd and Z had already shot at it again, striking multiple places on its chest.

As it fell, Sky jumped up and kicked it, sending it flying further away. It crashed and landed heavily.

Sky jogged up next to Cruger. "Well done Sky," said Cruger.

"Thank you sir," said Sky before a series of lasers forced them to take cover.

"We got you covered Sky!" shouted Syd as she and Z rained lasers on the Krybot's position.

"Not anymore!" it yelled before unleashing a blue crescent of energy at their position.

"Syd, Z, get out of there!" shouted Cruger.

Syd and Z jumped off the walkway, and landed safely. Seconds later, the wave reached the walkway, and ripped it apart. Debris rained upon the two female Rangers as they ran away from the unwanted shower of glass and ceramic.

"Come on Z, let's show that Krybot how it's done!" said Syd as both ran at the Krybot.

"What is this? So eager?" it asked tauntingly.

Z jumped over it, and fired at it while she was in midair. It lost its focus on Syd, and gave the Pink Ranger an opening to run in with a kick that caused it to miss Z with a laser blast and pushed it past where Z was going to land. As Z landed, she braced herself as Syd leapt onto her shoulders, and pushed off, both of them firing their Delta Enforcers.

The lasers distracted the Krybot long enough for Syd to land in front of it, and score another kick.

"You go girl," said Z as she aimed her Delta Enforcer at the Krybot. "You're going to the scrap pile!"

Z fired, and the Krybot Kommando leapt into action. It rolled forward, and the blasts from Z and Syd went over it. It stopped in front of Syd and punched her hard enough so that she was disorientated for a few precious seconds. Those seconds were long enough for it to grab Syd and swing her around at Z.

The Pink Ranger crashed into the Yellow Ranger before she could react, and sent both to the ground as Sky and Cruger ran up.

"You girls O.K.?" asked Sky with concern.

"Yeah…never mind us…" groaned Z.

"Give us a sec or two," panted Syd who had managed to sit upright.

"Then we'll leave you to it," said Cruger, before Sky fired at the Krybot Kommando, who was little more than fifty metres away.

The Krybot jumped, flipped and dove to avoid the lasers, and returned with its own volley that forced Sky to stop firing and start dodging.

Cruger ran up to meet the Krybot with his Shadow Saber. The Krybot managed to grab onto Cruger's wrist before he could bring the blade down, and tried to bring its other arm blade down. Cruger saw it coming, and grabbed that arm.

Locked in a struggle, Sky, Syd and Z raced up to help their Commander.

"Commander! We can't get a clear shot!" shouted Sky. While he could have ordered Syd and Z to go around, separate, they were really not much of a match against the Krybot Kommando alone.

The Krybot Kommando kept manoeuvring itself so that Cruger's back was always facing the Rangers, so they were unable to shoot the Kommando without fear of hitting Cruger accidentally.

"Z, go around and flank him!" ordered Sky.

The Yellow Ranger moved off quickly, trying to stay out of the Krybot's sight.

"You're no match for me," said the Krybot to Cruger, growing tired of their wrestling match.

It kicked Cruger's leg, and as the Shadow Ranger fell, it brought its knee up, and slammed it into Cruger's stomach, causing the Shadow Ranger to double over. The Krybot Kommando vaulted over Cruger, and in midair, fired at Sky and Syd.

The blasts caused them to quickly scatter, and the Krybot Kommando landed where they were standing seconds before. It whipped around and lashed out at Syd, who was closer than Sky.

Syd took the blow and was sent careening into a store. Z answered back with a fury of lasers from her Delta Enforcer. The lasers hammered the Krybot, again sending it flying into a wall where it left a crater.

"How much can that robot take?" asked Syd as Cruger hauled her out.

"I can already hear the advertisements for this Krybot," said Z. "'It takes a licking but it keeps on ticking'!"

"How clichéd is that though?" asked Sky.

"Does it really matter?" asked Syd, eyeing the robot as it got up again.

"Come on guys, let's bring it down once and for all!" shouted Sky. The Rangers ran forward, and met the Krybot in battle.


"Bridge!" shouted Kat as lasers flew into the room, missing her by centimetres.

The roles were strangely enough reversed now. Kat was shouting at Bridge to hurry up, while Bridge was trying to figure out which wire to cut.

"Hey Kat, in the movies, don't they usually cut the red wire?" asked Bridge.

"This isn't a movie, Bridge. There are two wires that need to be cut. I think that cutting one wrong one might cause the warhead to go off," said Kat, firing Bridge's Enforcer at the constant wave of Krybots.

Again, three Krybots got past Kat's accurate shooting, and she was forced to revert to kicking and punching at them. Kat kicked one into the wall, and punched another before grabbing it and pushing it into the other one which had entered. The one that Kat had kicked into the wall got up, but a shot from the Delta Enforcer was enough to destroy it.

"I wish I had some toast here," said Bridge.

"Not a great time to be talking about food Bridge," said Kat.

"It helps me think!" he protested.

"Just cut the wires!"

"Alright, alright! I'm doing it, O.K. Kat?" said Bridge, before taking out his Striker in its sword form.

Looking at the wires, he took a deep breath, and counted to three, before cutting two of the wires. No explosion or any kind of thing wrong. The bomb just sat there.

"It's done!" shouted Bridge to Kat, who was busy blasting at Krybots who had still not given up, despite the fact that large numbers of them covered the corridor's floor.

When the last Krybot Kat could see had fallen, Kat turned and ran to Bridge, leaning against the bomb.

"I don't think Sky and Z would be happy when they realise I had to cut their respective colours," Bridge said.

"Good job," Kat congratulated, checking the bomb. Sure enough, the bomb's fail-safe had activated, locking it down, and the warhead was offline.

"I believe this is yours," Kat said, handing Bridge back his Delta Enforcer.

"Thanks Kat. How'd you learn how to use one? You looked like a pro handling the Delta Enforcer. I mean, you did design it, and therefore probably would know more about its workings than anyone else, but-…" Bridge was cut off before he could finish, as usual.

"Later Bridge. Use your S.W.A.T. scanners to see if there are anymore Krybots in the building," Kat said, before pulling out her morpher. "Boom, are you there?"


In Kat's lab, R.I.C. lay on a desk, inactive. Boom was moving around, trying to upgrade his systems without causing damage to the robotic canine.

He had dropped a small but vital part under the desk, and had his head underneath when the communications unit beeped loudly. Surprised, he banged his head against the desk.

"Owww…" he mumbled as he crawled out, and walked over to the terminal.

"Boom, are you there?" came Kat's voice.

Boom sprinted for the terminal. "Yeah, I'm here Kat. Where are you?" he asked.

"Don't worry about that. I need you to get C-Squad to the power station immediately. I strongly suggest that a security accompany them. Get them to the power station's control room, and bring the device in there back to the base. We don't read anymore Krybots, but that's not to say they're not there," said Kat.

"Alright Kat. Anything else?" he asked.

"That'll be all. Kat out." The link died. While Boom didn't have much authority, he had to relay the information to the acting Commander of the base.

And then he had to put R.I.C. together. While it would be problematic, Boom was sure that the increase in power from R.I.C. in his Canine Cannon form would be worth it, as would the strengthened alloy.


"Are you sure it's safe leaving the bomb there?" questioned Bridge as he and Kat ran back outside to his Patrol Cycle.

"The warhead is offline, and C-Squad should be here soon. So it's safe, for the moment at least," answered Kat.

Outside, they ran into a pair of Blueheads.

"Now I know where all those Krybots came from," said Bridge as he and Kat stopped.

"Stop right there Rangers. You'll be coming with us," growled a Bluehead threateningly.

"Don't we usually say that, not the other way around?" whispered Bridge.

Kat fought the urge to roll her eyes. "Bridge, get to the Patrol Cycle, and give me your Enforcer," Kat whispered.

"What are you going to d-…"

Kat shoved Bridge, cutting off his question and ran. The two Blueheads turned their lasers onto the Rangers, but missed. One ran after them, and nearly caught Kat, but a swift twirl and a kick in midair was enough to discourage the Bluehead, as well as sending it flying into the fence.

Reaching the Patrol Cycle among explosions, Bridge jumped on, followed by Kat who grabbed Bridge's Delta Enforcer as he tossed it to her. As Bridge drove away, the two Blueheads leapt at them. Kat sent a stream of lasers from the Delta Enforcer whilst riding shotgun, and guided it into the Bluehead.

The Bluehead collapsed to the ground in a shower of sparks. The other was hit less, but still crashed to the ground. Kat blasted it once more straight in the head before Bridge rounded a corner, and its remains disappeared from sight.

Having disposed of the immediate danger, Kat placed the Delta Enforcer into a rack designed to hold such weapons, and wrapped her arms around Bridge's waist to keep from falling off.

Bridge, feeling a bit strange with Kat wrapped around his waist, managed to keep the Patrol Cycle straight.

"So, Kat, you never told me how or when you learned to handle a gun," stated Bridge.

"Long story short, it has been a while since I handled a rifle. A pistol, such as your standard-issue one is easy enough, but I used rifles back on my homeworld. I was a scientist, but that was before the civil war, and then came Grumm. So, when you spend a couple years fighting non-stop, it becomes ingrained into you," answered Kat.

"Alright, that explains it," said Bridge. Kat's arms felt really good where they were right now...

"Bridge!" Kat shouted.

"Huh? Whoa!" he shouted as he narrowly missed a truck, and brought the Patrol Cycle straight. "Sorry!" he apologised. Kat didn't know who to: her, or the driver of the truck.

"Just keep your eyes on the road," sighed Kat.


"Hee-ya!" shouted Sky as he leapt and corkscrewed towards the Krybot. The corkscrewing motion threw the Krybot off enough so that the lasers it fired missed, and Sky landed in front of it. Sky went for a kick, but the Krybot grabbed his foot, and pushed back, sending Sky sprawling backwards.

"Sky, duck!" shouted Syd and Z before they fired their Delta Enforcers, giving the Krybot Kommando something to concentrate on while Cruger closed the distance.

"Haven't we tried this already?" sneered the Krybot as Cruger slashed at it. It again grabbed Cruger's wrist, but this time, Cruger swung his arm around, taking with it the Krybot.

The Krybot's back was now facing three Delta Enforcers. Sky, Syd and Z promptly fired, and as soon as they had stopped firing, Cruger punched it in the head, causing it to let go of his wrist. He swung the Shadow Saber, and hit the Krybot in the chest, causing it to crash to the ground heavily.

The Krybot got up again. This time, it staggered slightly as it tried to balance itself.

"I think we finally got it on the ropes," said Syd.

"'Bout blasted time too," added Z.

"Stay sharp Rangers," ordered Cruger, raising his Shadow Saber, causing Sky to also shoulder his Delta Enforcer.

The Krybot growled menacingly, before leaping into the group of Rangers.

"Scatter!" shouted Sky again, but this time, it came too late.

The Krybot landed in the midst of four Rangers, and before any of them could get away or aim at it, the Krybot spun around and slashed Syd and Z across the chest in one fluid motion that brought it to a halt in front of Sky. It blasted Sky across the chest, and ducked the single shot Sky had fired. Cruger tried to slash the Krybot, but it too shot Cruger before the motion could be completed.

It viewed all the Rangers lying on the floor, before walking so that it faced all of them, who were only beginning to recover.

"Did you really believe that you could have defeated me?" it asked rhetorically.

"We…still…can stop you!" gasped Sky, struggling to stand. Cruger and Z rose next, clutching their chests, followed by Syd.

"Pitiful," it remarked, before the blades began to glow a bright blue again. "Say goodbye Rangers; it was fun knowing you."

"Cat Stunners!"

A flock of explosive feathers flew by into the Krybot, followed by a series of lasers. The Krybot stumbled back from the fury of the assault, and threw the wave behind the downed Rangers.

"Kat? Bridge?" asked Syd as the Blue and Kat Rangers ran up.

"You two are the best things I've seen all day!" said Z.

"Don't worry. The best thing you'll see today is that Krybot being scrapped!" said Bridge before he and Kat ran at the Krybot.

"More Rangers!" it shouted, before meeting Kat with a blade.

Kat ducked underneath, and swept the Krybot off its feet. The Krybot jumped up, and tried to fire at Kat but was stopped by the lasers from Bridge's Delta Enforcer. As it came flying down, more Cat Stunners hit it and lit it up in a bright shower of sparks, sending it flying back into a pile of rubble.

It rose up from the pile, and angrily tossed a piece of rubble at the two recent arrivals, causing Kat and Bridge to dive in different directions to avoid it. It ran up, and grabbed Kat by the throat as she got up from her roll. Kat clawed and grabbed at its hand as it hoisted Kat up by the neck. She started choking, the metallic hand cutting off her windpipe and any subsequent air to her lungs.

"Kat!" shouted Bridge, but the Krybot Kommando threw Kat almost carelessly at Bridge.

Kat crashed into Bridge, and both of them were sent flying into the wall.

"You alright?" asked Cruger as he ran in front of them.

Kat massaged her throat through the material that covered it gingerly, but Bridge ended up answering for them.

"We'll be fine," he assured as both of them got up, Kat coughing as she did so.

The two joined in on the attack on the Krybot Kommando. Facing six Rangers, the Krybot was starting to become overwhelmed. It would halt and blast two Rangers, but another two would strike it from behind while two more attacked from either side.

"You are starting to annoy me!" it shouted, kicking away Cruger and Sky, and stopped Bridge's kick only to be knocked off balance by a roundhouse kick from Syd, allowing Kat and Z to get up and grab its arms.

Sky and Bridge took the opportunity to blast the Krybot while it couldn't retaliate, and as Kat and Z let go of it, they both kicked or punched it as it collapsed from Sky and Bridge's attacks.

Kat's morpher beeped again. "Kat here," she said as she pulled it out and ran towards the other Rangers with Z alongside.

"Kat?" came Boom's voice. "Do you need help? R.I.C.'s coming to your position, and I think you could do with his assistance," said Boom.

"Thanks Boom," said Kat as she closed the morpher. "R.I.C.'s coming," she announced as she and Z arrived in the small group of Syd and Cruger.

"That's…great…" said Sky as he and Bridge struggled with the Krybot Kommando.

"Hey! Ugly!" shouted Syd and Z at the same time as they ran at the Krybot. The Krybot didn't have time to turn around, and was hit by two kicks at the same time. Bridge and Sky stepped aside, and it stumbled between them. Bridge roundhouse kicked it, as Sky simply blasted it.

Becoming frustrated, it started to fire wildly, hitting anything from the Rangers to miscellaneous pot plants. A loud mechanical bark caught it and the Rangers attention.

"R.I.C.!" shouted Syd happily as the canine sped up, and leapt at the Krybot Kommando.

"Blasted mutt!" it shouted as it jumped to the side and tried to swat the robotic canine away. R.I.C. again leapt at Krybot, this time hitting it straight in the head. The Krybot Kommando fell to the ground, and didn't get up.

R.I.C. barked again, and chomped down on the seemingly deactivated robot's leg, and started to drag the inert body back to where all the Rangers had gathered.

"There's a good boy!" cooed Z as R.I.C. dragged it back, growling and shaking its head like a real dog. It let go of the Krybot's leg and left in front of the Rangers.

"Who's the good dog," said Syd as she and Z patted the dog.

"You pay more attention to the dog than me," Sky said to Z.

"Aww, you jealous of a robot Sky?" teased Z. Sky huffed indignantly.

"Well, he definitely helped us," remarked Bridge.

"Agreed," said Cruger.

"Nice job R.I.C.," said Kat. The Krybot's red slit suddenly lit up a blood red again.

"Definitely!" it sneered, before immediately powering up and sending a huge blast at the gathered Rangers.

The blast sent all of the Rangers flying, and crashing back down heavily. The Krybot then kicked R.I.C. away and into a wall. The robotic canine smashed through the wall, leaving a hole.

"R.I.C.!" screamed Syd.

"You should be more worried about yourself!" the Krybot said before lining up the Rangers again. Before it could fire, R.I.C. bounded out of the hole, and pounced on the Krybot, throwing off its aim. R.I.C. didn't appear to be damaged, and it growled angrily as it tried to bite through the Krybot's armour.

"How did R.I.C. do that?" asked Bridge, getting up.

"Do what?" responded Sky, also recovering from the blast and the fall.

"Well, not do what he's doing right now, because he is a dog after all, and I meant how did he survive the kick from the Krybot and going through the wall," Bridge half rambled and explained.

"Not now Bridge!" said an exasperated Cruger.

"Let's end this now!" shouted Sky. "R.I.C.! Catch boy!" he said, throwing one of the bones into the air.

R.I.C. barked loudly and leapt into the air, catching the bone and transforming to his canon mode.

"Kat!" shouted Cruger. The morphed scientist/Ranger looked at him. "Let's distract the Krybot so it doesn't try to avoid the blast!"

"Yes sir!" Kat said. "Cat Stunners!"

The Krybot saw and rolled to avoid Kat's trademark move, and rolled into Cruger's Shadow Saber. The Krybot ended up tumbling backwards, and it stopped in a crouch. The Krybot looked up to see Kat's boot flying at its face. It brought both hands up and blocked the kick. Kat however, pushed off the Krybot, and used her superior agility and feline physiology to push off in a back flip, landing and then scissor kicking the Krybot, off-balancing it and sending it to the ground.

"Go Kat!" cheered Syd, before Sky butted in.

"Kat! Get away from him!"

Kat did so without hesitation, running back to where Cruger was standing.

The Krybot managed to get up. It was now nearing the end of its operational capacity. The armour charred, dented and ruined in places, and its visual receptors were damaged, obvious from the crack that ran from the top left crescent down to the centre.

"You haven't beaten me yet Rangers! Time to finish you off!" it shouted, still defiant and unwilling or unable to accept defeat.

"Funny. That's what we were thinking," said Sky coldly.

The Krybot Kommando looked up to see the four S.W.A.T. outfitted Rangers holding the Canine Canon.

"Say your prayers," advised Z.

"Fire!" they all shouted simultaneously. A large fireball blasted out from the Canon.

"Nooo!" the Krybot shouted, before letting lose with its own crescent wave.

The fireball met the crescent as it was three-quarters of the way to the Krybot, and overpowered the wave. The wave was pushed back, and only added to the destructive power of the canon's shot.

A massive fireball enveloped the Krybot Kommando, and a pressure wave threw debris and rubble all over the place. Kat and Cruger shielded their helmeted heads and faces with their hands to stop rogue bits of glass, ceramic and metal from striking them. When the blast cleared, all that remained of the Krybot Kommando was a few parts of burnt metal and circuitry.

The Rangers let out a cheer of triumph before embracing each other, and then ran to where Kat and Cruger were standing. R.I.C. transformed back to his canine form, and ran with Sky, Bridge, Syd and Z, barking madly.

"Go Kat! You were so awesome!" shouted Syd as she embraced Kat while Sky, Bridge and Z de-morphed, and stood there watching with amusement.

"Yeah, thanks Syd," said Kat, patting Syd on the back.

"Well done all of you," said Cruger, de-morphing as well. "Looks like we've proved that these things aren't unbeatable after all."

"They were close to being unbeatable," said Z.

"Not quite close enough," said Sky, wrapping an arm around Z's waist. She whacked his arm playfully, a smirk predominant on her face.

"Kat, see if there is anything salvageable," ordered Cruger. Kat de-morphed as well, and walked to the place where the remains lay littered.

"I don't think there'll be anything salvageable other than fried Krybot parts," said Bridge as he picked up a piece of the armour.

Kat knelt down, and rummaged through the largest pile. "You'll be surprised Bridge if you look hard enough," said Kat. She flicked through some remains, and then stood up, smiling.

"This is intact," Kat said, holding a large piece of circuitry.

Bridge put down the piece of blackened armour, and walked over.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Looks like its CPU," answered Kat. "I'm pretty sure this will give answers so some of the questions."

"Can I keep this?" asked Bridge, holding onto the forearm, which was still tipped with the blade and the blaster.

Kat scrutinised it. "Yes, you can keep that. What for, I don't want to know," she said.

"Cool!" Bridge exclaimed happily. "Sky! Look! Kat said I could keep its arm!" he shouted, waving the detached limb excitedly.

Kat could only smile. Bridge was sometimes so childish. Picking up the largest piece of armour that was intact, Kat kicked a part of the Krybot. Which part, she didn't know.

"Doggie!" Kat called out.

Cruger turned around. "What is it Kat?"

"I think you should get D-Squad on clean up detail," Kat said. "There are still parts left back there."

Cruger just nodded, and continued walking out of the ruined Mall, Sky, Syd and Z right behind him, Sky's arm still wrapped around Z's waist.

Bridge ended up walking next to Kat, who brought up the rear.

"How did so much of it remain?" he asked, still holding onto the arm.

"The blast doesn't disintegrate it, Bridge," Kat answered. "It loses most of its destructive energy when it hits the target. And before you take that arm anywhere where else in the Base, let me run a scan to make sure it's safe and free of any bugs, alright?" Kat asked.

"How long does it take?" asked Bridge.

"Not very long. You can stay in the lab and wait if you want," Kat replied.

"O.K.," said Bridge.

Up ahead, even Bridge could hear Syd's shrill scream.

"My favourite store!"

Kat winced, and Bridge could only laugh.


"Therntia!" bellowed Malignticous as he stormed through the doors leading to the laboratory where the human worked.

Therntia spun around in surprise and shock. "Yes Emperor?" he said politely.

"Your new Krybot failed to do any sort of damage to S.P.D.!" Malignticous roared. "And to top it off, they disabled and captured the bomb! What do you have to say for yourself?"

"That was simply the first Krybot Kommando, and therefore, it was a prototype," Therntia quickly and smoothly said. "The bomb, we captured it from the military, did we not? So it won't be of a large hindrance to your plans."

"You are very close to suffering the same fate that befell Choustos, Therntia," hissed Malignticous. "Do you have a plan that can spare you the same fate? Because I am willing to listen."

Therntia had not come this far, had not killed another person just so he could be vaporised less than a week after achieving freedom. He did have plans.

"I do in fact, have a plan, Emperor," he said.

"Then enlighten me," ordered Malignticous.

"Do we not agree that when something is over ten times its original size, they are more effective?" stated Therntia.

"Go on," said Malignticous. Therntia always seemed to come up with better plans he admitted to himself.

"I have devised a way of enhancing the size of ordinary things," he revealed. "For example, we could enhance the size of an average Krybot, so that it will rival the size of the giant combat robots you use."

"And you are suggesting that we use this device of yours to enhance our Krybot army?" asked Malignticous.

"In essence, yes."

"Why Krybots? Why not some of my soldiers?" asked Malignticous.

"Because simulations have shown that a wide variety of unfortunate, side-effects can happen if something organic is exposed to the beam," explained Therntia.

"Then can we use against S.P.D.?"

"While it would have made an effective weapon, the device requires a liquid that we do not possess, and it is an extremely cost ineffective way of combating S.P.D.," explained Therntia. It was the truth, but Therntia had no desire to use it upon her.

"What about the few giant robots that I have remaining?" Malignticous questioned.

"Their onboard reactor would not be able to supply sufficient power to power the robot, making them significantly easier targets for S.P.D.," answered Therntia.

"So, we can only use it on Krybots then?" asked Malignticous.

"Unfortunately, yes, if I had the liquid necessary for the device," said Therntia.

"Then go and collect the liquid you need! Take some of the Krybots for protection. I do not wish to learn how to use this device myself," ordered Malignticous.


Bridge was in the room that he now shared with Sky. He knew that it would eventually come in handy to only take up one half of the room. Sky had moved in rather quickly, and as usual, Sky's side of the room was the complete opposite of Bridge's side. It was like Ying and Yang, black and white, butter and jam, mused Bridge. Wait, scrap the butter and jam.

Bridge wrestled the arm that he had retrieved into place on a shelf. It had been scanned by Kat, who had determined that there was nothing potentially harmful in the arm. It looked rather out of place, and Bridge stared at it as it hung limply.

"Hmmm," mused Bridge as he pulled it out. "You look rather uncomfortable there, don't you?" he asked the arm.

"Oh yes, very," Bridge said in a higher pitched voice, shaking the arm and causing the hand to flop around. He shook it a bit, until he shook it too hard and the hand ended up slapping Bridge across the face and causing him to fall down.

"Owww…" muttered Bridge. He looked around and saw Sky standing at the doorway. "Umm…how long were you standing there?" Bridge sheepishly asked with a small grin.

"Long enough…" said Sky, walking further in and falling onto his bed. "And I don't want to know Bridge."

"O.K.," replied Bridge. Before he could do anything else with the arm, the alarm sounded.

"Rangers and Dr. Manx report to the Command Centre!" said Cruger's voice.

"Ugh, let's go," sighed Sky, who had only just started to relax on his bed.

The two Rangers ran out of the room and headed for the Command Centre.

"What's going on Commander?" asked Sky as he and Bridge ran in, followed by Syd and Z. Kat already stood at the main control console. Bridge could see the outline of Kat's morpher tucked into her pocket.

"We've got something new," remarked Kat. "Giant robot attack, western district. And if that's not enough, two Blueheads are wreaking havoc in the eastern district."

"Alright, Sky, Bridge and Syd, you take the S.W.A.T. Megazord and deal with the robot. Me, Kat and Z will deal with the Blueheads, got it?" said Cruger.

"Wait. We got another alert," said Kat, fingers dancing across the keyboard. "Newtech Laboratory has a break-in. A group of Krybots, accompanying a person."

"Alright, new plan. Bridge and Sky, take the S.W.A.T. Megazord. Syd, and Z, deal with the laboratory break-in. Kat and I will deal with the Blueheads," Cruger said.

"Sir, I need to go to the laboratories," said Kat. She had recognised Therntia as soon as he had appeared on the screen.

"What difference would it make Kat?" asked Cruger.

"I know the person who's breaking into the laboratory," Kat said.

Cruger sighed. "Very well then Kat. Syd, you go with Kat to the laboratory, and Z will come with me to handle the Krybots," ordered Cruger.

"Yes sir!" replied five Rangers at once. "S.P.D. Emergency!"


The giant robot wreaking havoc and devastation across Newtech City's western district was not an uncommon sight among Newtech's residents.

The robot stomped on a warehouse. Civilians ran screaming as the enormous appendage of the robot broke through steel roofing like it was nothing more than a piece of paper. Another factory exploded like a bomb as the robot turned its various weapons onto the building.

"S.P.D., halt!" came Sky's amplified voice. The robot stopped its spree of destruction, and looked up to see the S.W.A.T. Megazord come flying out of the heavens.

"You wouldn't know who you are messing with!" snarled the Bluehead piloting the robot. The robot fired a stream of lasers at the rapidly approaching Megazord, which quickly did a barrel roll in midair to avoid the blasts. Landing, it rolled behind a building to dodge more shots fired at it.

"Doesn't this guy know when to stop?" asked Bridge from his cockpit. Lasers flew by over every now and then, effectively pinning the S.W.A.T. Megazord down behind a large building.

"They'll stop when we're destroyed," answered Sky, thinking of a solution.

"Why doesn't he just blow up the building?" asked Bridge, becoming bored sitting in the Megazord whilst a Bluehead in a robot endlessly fired laser after laser above them.

"If it blows up the building, we'll get the first shot in," replied Sky.

"I don't mean to sound like Syd, but I am seriously getting bored here," said Bridge.

"Then think of a way out of this mess!" snapped Sky.

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking!"


"Is this the right place?" Z asked as she and Cruger raced onto the scene.

While the scenery looked alright, that is, most of everything was ablaze and ruined, the perpetrators were nowhere in sight.

"It should be, seeing as this was the last place they were seen," answered Cruger. "Stay alert."

"Yes sir," said Z, before morphing into S.W.A.T. Mode.

"Over there!" Z shouted, pointing out the Bluehead that was running into an alley.

"Let's go Z!" ordered Cruger.

Entering the alley, Z could not help but feel like she was being watched.

"Do you get the feeling this is a trap?" Z asked. Cruger nodded, slowly moving down the alley, his Shadow Saber drawn and held in front of him.

Z scanned the alley once more, and could not see any traces of the Bluehead that had run into the alley.

That was, until the ground in front of Cruger beeped and exploded, the explosive throwing bits of concrete and shrapnel throughout the alley. Had it not been for their protective helmets and vests, they would have been torn apart from the shrapnel.

"Above us!" shouted Z as both Blueheads appeared on the rooftops above, and threw down the canisters that contained more of the ordinary Krybots.

"Fall back!" shouted Cruger, starting to hack away at the Krybots which had charged them. He began to step back, constantly slashing at any Krybot which came close.

Z backed away as well, firing her Delta Enforcer at the crowd of Krybots which filled up the alley. Cruger backed away, until the two were side by side, firing and slashing at the approaching Krybots.

"What's the plan, sir?" asked Z.

"First, get out of this alley. Then we think of a plan," said Cruger.

Seconds later, just before the exit to the alley, a Krybot leapt at Cruger. The Krybot managed to smash the blunt end of the blade it had against Cruger's helmet. The force sent Cruger's head into the wall, which hit with a loud crack. Cruger slumped to the ground, the Shadow Saber dropping to the ground as well.

"Commander? I think this is getting out of hand," said Z. When she didn't get a response, she tried again. "Commander?"

Z looked away from the Krybots to see Cruger lying on the floor, slumped and not moving. The Krybot which had done the deed leapt at Z, but was blasted by the Yellow Ranger.

"Commander!" shouted Z with alarm, kneeling next to Cruger, and blasting away another Krybot. She shook Cruger, before doing it again.

"The Commander's down! I repeat, the Commander is down!" Z shouted into her headset.


Kat and Syd ran for the Newtech Laboratory. One was following an order, the other for an order as well as a more personal reason.

"There it is!" said Syd. Surprisingly, there were still some security officers still alive, hunkered down behind and inside a checkpoint, desperately trying to keep Krybots from overrunning them, despite having three times less firepower.

"Syd, can you take care of the Krybots?" asked Kat. The doors to the labs were already open, and Kat could only surmise that Therntia had broken in whilst the Krybots kept the security details busy.

"You want me to take care of a few measly Krybots? Kat, you underestimate me," said Syd before running over to help the beleaguered security guards.

"Hey! You need any help?" Syd asked out of formality.

One of the guards looked up to see the Pink Ranger outfitted with S.W.A.T. gear.

"Well, what does it look like?" he sarcastically said as a laser bolt exploded on the concrete mere centimetres away. "Where's your friend going?"

Syd turned to see Kat run into the lab. "She's taking care of her own business," Syd replied, before turning her attention to the Krybots. There were a good number of them, approximately twenty. Syd figured she could at least distract them while the guards got away, and then she and Kat could finish the rest off.

"Alright, here's the deal. I'll draw their attention, you get the heck out of here," said Syd as laser bolts flew over. "Some covering fire while I get out there would be appreciated."

The guards nodded. "Alright, guys. Give the Krybots something to chew on while missy here gets the grunt work done," ordered the head of the guards.

Therntia was helping himself in the labs. He had filled two cases, or gotten ten vials of the needed fluid, and was starting on a third when a familiar voice came out from behind him.

"S.P.D., halt!"

Therntia stopped, and put the cases down and turned. The figure in the doorway stepped in, and revealed a white and orange outfit, along with a helmet.

"Power down," said the figure, revealing Kat underneath.

"Kat, long time no see," greeted Therntia. 'You haven't changed a bit."

"Those were the exact words Jake said to me when I had to talk to him," said Kat.

"What are you going to do Kat? Arrest me? Handcuffs and all? Strange fetish, don't you think?" said Therntia.

Kat eyes burned with an odd mix of hatred and pity. "Stuff it Therntia. No handcuffs. You're going straight into a Containment Card."

"What for, officer?" asked Therntia in a rather playful tone.

"Not officer, and you know what for."

"What? Enlighten me."

"I think collaborating with the Troobians should be enough to land you a booking in a Card," said Kat.

"And do you have any proof of these claims, Kat?"

"I think the Krybots outside is proof enough, don't you think?" said Kat.

"They could be a remainder that came with me to clean the place up," replied Therntia.

"Well, if that's not enough, then your disruption technology in the hands of the Troobians should be."

"And what if it isn't mine?"

"Oh well then, Jake and Mooney revealed some rather interesting things about that technology," said Kat, walking further in.

"Ah yes. How is Jake?"

"Don't try to act like you care about Jake anymore," Kat retorted.

"You cared a lot about him. You dated him, and then dumped him soon after, maybe after what you got what you wanted. Sounds very caring to me," Therntia said.

"I…we had to break up. I couldn't keep up the relationship, and neither could he!" Kat said.

"And then I offered you a shoulder to cry on. You didn't; instead, you buried yourself in your work and emotions to get away from the reality of it!" Therntia said. "I admit it; you stole a lot of hearts back at the Science Academy, including mine. Then, you tore those hearts into pieces like they meant nothing to you. How many more hearts have you broken these years, Kat?"

"You go through a civil war then! You go through another war, which destroys your home, your family, everything you loved dearest! You go through a relationship, and the heartbreak when you realise that it won't work! You have no right to criticise what I did when you turn a blind eye to what went on before it!" Kat shouted, anger blazing.

Then just as suddenly, Kat's anger disappeared and she took on a much softer tone. "Don't worry Therntia. You'll go through what I did soon. You'll be able to think those thoughts again in a different perspective after Malignticous is through with us. S.P.D. Emergency," Kat said.

Her suit formed up around her again, and sealed her off from a more vulnerable world. "So Therntia, why did you join the Troobians? Was it just to get back at me? Just because you wanted me to love you but I didn't?"

"More than that Kat. Every being has a sense of self-preservation…even at the cost of others," Therntia said.

"Someone who is willingly to sacrifice others just for the sake of themselves without even thinking has no right to call themselves a being. Especially humans. All humans have a strong sense of morality. You don't deserve to be called human anymore," Kat said sadly. Raising her morpher, she was about to activate it when a laser struck her, throwing her into one of the many tables around the room.

Looking around, Kat hissed in anger as she saw Therntia run through the doors, a Bluehead right behind it.

Kat got up and ran outside, to see that the pair had stopped, Syd aiming her Delta Enforcer at them. "You alright there Kat?" Syd asked.

Kat ran to meet Syd. "I'm fine. Alright Therntia. You are under arrest for collaborating and assisting Troobian forces," said Kat.

"I think not!" shouted the Bluehead, before it pulled out an explosive and threw it at Kat and Syd.

The small explosive bounced in front of them, before Kat and Syd leapt away. But it was too late, as the explosion hurled them into a wall with enough force to cause them to de-morph.

"Ouch," groaned Syd.

Kat didn't pay attention to her as she stared ahead at Therntia.

Therntia looked back, and met Kat's eyes for seconds, before pulling away, guilt written over his face rather than triumph as he stared at the de-morphed Kat. He ran with the Bluehead, his trench coat flapping away.

"Damn, he got away," said Syd as the two of them got up.

"Yeah. Doggie's not going to be happy," said Kat.

"The Commander's down! I repeat, the Commander is down!" Z's voice suddenly said.

Syd and Kat froze.

"Oh my God," murmured Syd, before snapping out of her trance. "Z, can you read me? Z, it's Syd. Can you read?"

"Z's must be in trouble if she's not responding," said Kat. "We need to get to their position fast!"


Away in the distance, Sky and Bridge manoeuvred the S.W.A.T. Megazord so that it ended up behind the robot. The gigantic machine raised a fist, and slammed it into the robot's face, shaking the Bluehead all around the cockpit.

"Curse you Rangers!" roared the Bluehead as it spun the robot around, and tried to backhand the S.W.A.T. Megazord, which caught the hand before it connected.

"Good job Bridge," said Sky, before the S.W.A.T. Megazord threw the arm away, and fired both of its weapons at the robot from the hip.

The blasts hit dead-on, and the robot crashed to the ground, conveniently crushing an abandoned Starbucks.

"Don't worry; those stores are everywhere," Bridge said in attempt to humour the destruction.

Sky said nothing as the S.W.A.T. Megazord walked over to the fallen robot, but was knocked onto its rear end when the robot swept the S.W.A.T. Megazord off its feet.

"Ouch!" cried Bridge as he was thrown against his harness and into the wall.

"I've got you now, Rangers!" cackled the Bluehead as the robot moved towards the downed Megazord.

"Hold on Bridge! I got an idea, and cover your eyes!" shouted Sky.

He aimed the Megazords weapons at the factory directly underneath the robot. Sky fired the Megazord's twin blasters at the fireworks factory located conveniently under the robot.

The blasts hit, and ripped through the walls of the factory, setting off the innumerable number of explosives inside. The explosion went up, burnt through the armour plating on the thighs and melted delicate electronics.

"What!" shouted the Bluehead as it lost control of the robot's leg, and was locked in place. It banged at the controls, kicked at the equipment inside, but nothing responded, save for the upper body, which was also paralysed.

"Good one Sky," remarked Bridge as he viewed the frozen robot.

Sky wasn't listening, and only saw the results of the damage; molten metal from the factory and the robot had fallen everywhere within close to a few hundred metres, catching buildings, vehicles and even people under the deadly shower.

"The Commander's down! I repeat, the Commander is down!" Z's voice blared through.

"What?" asked Bridge. "Sky, did you just hear what I just heard?"

"Yes, I did Bridge. Z broadcasted on the major channels, so I think everyone would have heard it," replied Sky.

"We better get to Z's position," said Bridge.

"No! We need to finish this robot first, then we go help Z. She can handle herself, I hope." Sky had said the last part so quietly that Bridge didn't hear.

"But the Commander and Z could get hurt!" said Bridge.

"Bridge, we finish the robot first! We have our orders; to stop this robot. We'll do so, and then head to Z's position. That's an order!"

Bridge sighed in defeat. "Alright, then let's hurry this up."

Sky didn't answer as the S.W.A.T. Megazord got up, and grabbed the disabled robot, before blasting off through the Earth's atmosphere and out into space.

"What…what are you doing!" shouted the Bluehead as the robot drifted away in space helplessly.

"Taking care of business," said Sky, punching several buttons as Bridge did the same.

The S.W.A.T. Megazord flipped, and transformed into the S.W.A.T. Cannon, aimed at the drifting robot.

"Fire!" shouted Bridge and Sky, before the Megazord fired. The blast and the ensuing explosion consumed the robot in flames, which dissipated in the coldness of space quickly.

"Now can we get to Z?" asked Bridge. Sky just nodded, and the S.W.A.T. Megazord flew back down to Earth.


"Z? Where are you? Talk to us!" Syd said into the headset that her S.W.A.T. gear provided. Kat sat next to her, fiddling with the Delta Cruiser's GPS tracking system.

"Got her!" Kat announced. "A few blocks away from the Plaza, just inside an alley!"

The radio blared again, static hissing through. This time, Z's voice came with it as well.

"…Officer…Gado…Krybots….outside…pinned down…" an explosion that echoed through the radio distorted Z's voice for a moment. "Too many…becoming overrun!" Z screamed as another explosion overcame the radio, before it died out completely.

Syd looked at Kat, who also looked worried.

"Double time it Syd," said Kat. Syd needed no more encouragement as she accelerated the Cruiser well past the speed limit. Being police helped at times.

Kat pulled out her morpher, and opened it. "Sky, Bridge, where are you two?" Kat asked.

"Look over your shoulder!" Bridge said. Confused, Kat looked around to see the S.W.A.T. Megazord flying behind them, many kilometres away from the ground.

"You got Z's latest transmission?" asked Kat.

"Yeah. Where is she?" asked Sky.

"I'm transmitting her coordinates now," Kat answered.

"Alright, thanks Kat!" said Bridge.

"We better drop the S.W.A.T. Megazord back at the Base. We'll get the Patrol Cycles and get there as soon as we can!" said Sky, before the S.W.A.T. Megazord flew away to the Delta Command Base.

"Hurry Sky," said Syd.

The Delta Cruiser eventually reached Z's last position, after what felt like forever for Syd and Kat. They jumped out, and ran towards the alley.

"Oh no," Kat said sadly as she surveyed the destruction. Krybot parts littered the area, and behind one of the large bins in the alley lay a Delta Enforcer, and the Shadow Saber.

"We're too late," Syd echoed Kat's thoughts. "Z! Commander!" Syd called out in a fruitless effort.

"Guys! Here!" came Z's distant shout. Syd and Kat instantly ran as fast as they could to where Z's voice had originated from.

"Z!" shouted Syd and Kat as they rounded a corner, and saw the Yellow and Shadow Rangers being escorted away by a large group of Krybots.

Before they could do anything, lasers fired from above sent Syd crashing to the ground, and Kat against the wall. They both slumped down together as the other Krybots dragged Z and Cruger away.

"Don't even try it," said the shooter, another Krybot Kommando, as it leapt down. It pointed the blasters it had at them menacingly.

"We're taking these two whether you like it or not. But we won't mind taking you two in as well; the extra company would be nice," it said devilishly with a laugh.

"Ugh, that sounded so wrong considering we're female," said Syd.

"I agree," said Kat.

"They're not going anywhere!" shouted Sky, as he and Bridge raced up on their Patrol Cycles. They fired the mounted laser canons, and the blasts caught the Kommando off guard. It fired back, which was dodged easily by the Patrol Cycles. The blasts it fired hit and ignited the Delta Cruiser.

Syd fired her Delta Enforcer from where she was on the ground, as Kat threw her Stunners. While both attacks missed, they ended up collapsing a power converter on top of a large metal pole as well as the pole.

The Kommando, busy with the Patrol Cycles, didn't notice the converter or pole until it was too late. The converter hit it first and bounced off. The pole however, falling at extreme speeds, smashed through the Krybot, neatly cutting through it until its momentum was expended.

"That was surprisingly easy compared to the last one," Syd remarked as Bridge stopped his bike near Syd and Kat.

"Z!" shouted Sky. Instantly, the three other Rangers looked around wildly.

There was no trace of Z and Cruger. The only thing around to suggest they were here was the dropped Delta Enforcer and Shadow Saber.

"Z! Commander!" Sky shouted once more, before falling to his knees and bowing his head down in defeat.

"Let it go Sky. They're both gone," Kat gently said, her voice beginning to crack as well. "We need to get back to the Base. To regroup and plan."

"Alright. Mind if I hitch a ride Sky?" Syd asked as she hopped onto Sky's Patrol Cycle, as Kat jumped onto Bridge's.

"Keep your attention on the road this time." Kat whispered to Bridge. He blushed furiously under his helmet.


"Excellent work Therntia!" laughed Malignticous as the technology expert walked through the doors.

"Thank you Emperor," said Therntia. He was deep in thought, and had little desire to do anything else than to go through the conversation he had with Kat.

"What's this? Who enters!" bellowed Malignticous as a Bluehead walked through, escorted by four Krybots who were in gathered around something.

"I apologise Emperor, but we have captured two of S.P.D.'s Rangers!" the Bluehead said, waving the Krybots aside so that Malignticous could see the Yellow Ranger in the grip of another pair of Krybots, and the Shadow Ranger sprawled on the ground.

"Let go of me you simple minded freaks!" shouted the Yellow Ranger, trying to break the Krybot's grip.

Malignticous chuckled. "She's a feisty one, isn't she, Therntia?" he asked.

"And who the hell are you?" Z snapped, still trying to free herself.

Malignticous raised himself up to his full height. "I am Malignticous, Emperor of the Troobians, and your worst nightmare!"

"Yeah, Grumm deciding to have a more effeminate make-over definitely gives me nightmares," said Z.

"Take them away to the holding cell!" bellowed Malignticous. The Krybots carried out the order, dragging the Shadow Ranger's prone form and the still fighting Yellow Ranger away.

"Therntia, when can you begin the Krybot enlargement?" Malignticous asked.

"The liquid needs to be stored at extremely low temperatures to keep it in that state for the conversion," said Therntia. "I will need to set the machine up, but it will take at least four days to do so."

"Then begin setting up the machine!" ordered Malignticous.

Therntia nodded, and walked away, Kat's words beginning to form in his mind again. Walking into his lab, he shuddered as the cold hit him. The vials of liquid were kept on a rack on the far end of the room. Icicles were beginning to form on the roof, and he stared at the photo of Kat he carried around to remind himself of the hate he had against her.

You'll be able to think those thoughts again in a different perspective after Malignticous is through with us.

Kat's words at the Newtech Laboratory. He shook his head to as if doing so could clear it of the thoughts he had. He couldn't regret his decision to join the Troobians now. It was too late, wasn't it?


A.N: And I thought that there would be a nice place to end it. Woo, I met the deadline I had set (dances)! Not much Megazord action in this fic, eh? Well, get ready for Robot Rampage next chapter! Please leave a comment, and I hope to see you then, and if I don't update before Christmas, then Merry Christmas to you all! Especially to the reviewers! And everyone else as well!