Trini franticly searched the nearby area of the forest. Still she could not find him. Jason was gone, and there seemed to be no sign of him anywhere. The worst fears began to fill her head. Did the aliens somehow kill him? Did he evaporate into a million pieces when that red light appeared? It was all a mystery to her. "Jason." She called out again.
"Trini?" I voiced spoke from behind her.
Trini turn around sharply to see a fairly tone William standing behind her. "Billy?" she looked at him and walked closer in the dark of night to see if it was indeed him. "Billy is that you?"
"Yeah. Where's Jason?" He asked her as they came closer to each other. "I thought he was supposed to be with you when you guys met up?"
"I don't know. He just disappeared on me. One second he was there, the next he was gone."
"How so?" Billy asked
"I can't say. So red beam of light surrounded him, then BAM, he was gone. Like he teleported or disintegrated into light. I don't even know how that's possible."
"It wasn't possible until a few hours ago…"
"We have to find him." Trini proclaimed.
Billy paused a moment. "Trini… I think we have to face the idea that Jason is gone for now… if not maybe even dead. We can't go looking for him. My cabin's not far, we should head to it."
"Jason is not dead Billy! He's alive, I know it. And I'm going back to the city to find him."
"Trini be reasonable…" Billy stated as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "We have to get to my cabin."
Trini smacked Billy's hand off her. "I am not going with you! You can cower in a cabin all you want, I am going to find him!"
"Staying alive is not cowardly. It's smart!"
Trini paced and stepped away from Billy, then began to climb back onto Jason's bike. "Look… I'm going to find him. I know he's somewhere in the city, I can feel it. I'll meet back with you later once I get him. Bye…"
Billy shook his head in disappointment. "Trini… just be careful. It's not every day the Earth gets invaded…"
"I will." Trini said as she put Jason's helmet back on and rode off back into the direction of chaos.
Downtown Angel Grove: 10:45 pm
Cyber Puddies… vicious monsters, grey, black eye balls, ugly faces, slits for noses, monstrous looking teeth, that was how the humanoid demons looked like. They were evil, tough, and zombie minded warriors, the Cyber Puddies. Their outer skin masked the mechanical interworking of their insides, like androids. They were easy enough to kill with a few well placed fists, though ironically bullies had little effect on them. The Cyber Puddies were the lowest of the so called Alien cast system. Little more than workers and cannon fodder. However, to the people of Earth, they were a fearsome group, and a very crazed enemy. So loyal to whoever sat upon the thrown of Zedd, that rebellion was unheard of to them.
In the city of Angel Grove, the Cyber Puddies were wreaking havoc on the streets. They fired what appeared to be laser rifles at random citizens setting fire to cars and buildings. As they continued their killing spree more of Angel Grove fell before them, the city ablaze. They grunted, and chanted in the night sky, howling a strange language that only other Puddies could speak. If a human could speak the language of Puddie they would have heard…"Hail to the Return of Rita! Hail to the Return of Lord Zedd. May the cities of the Earth crumble before them!"
The Puddies continued to chant as they fired randomly into the city, laughing at the poor people of Angel Grove, mocking those attempting to fight them. "Hail Rita! Hail Lord Zedd! Death to all humans!" Again the Cyber Puddies rioted.
KA-BOOM! Suddenly a pack of five US Marines popped out from an alley way proceeded by a well placed charge of C-4 explosive. The blast from the C-4 quickly took out 3 of the Puddies and sent a few more flying backward. The Marines raised their rifles and began to fire at the enemy. "Marines engage, engage!"
Pop pop pop pop. The rounds from small arms fire filled the city streets blasting at the pack of now overwhelmed Puddies. If the militaries of Earth were fighting and losing, this fire fight of US Marines against the forces of Zedd seemed to be in favor on the side of humanity. "2-5 retreat Hell!" Called one of the Marines as he fired.
Before a half minute had passed the pack of Puddies were quickly taken out and the Marines stood victorious. "Hell yea! Take that you alien scum bags!" The commanding officer of the Marine squad called out. "Alright boys lets report to HQ before…"
"What was that?" A lance corporal asked suddenly turning in the direction of a strange sound lost in the background of the burning fires to the nearby buildings.
The grunting began to grow louder, louder, coming ever closer to the Marines. "Head on a swivel Marines." The lieutenant called out referring to be the Marines to be on the lookout as the five warriors raised their weapons again.
The grunts grew louder still, until the shadows of Cyber Puddies began to appear all around them in the darkness of the night. It seemed at first as though only another 10 or so Puddies would appear, but as the sounds grew it became more clear that there were much more Cyber Puddies nearing them.
"Shit!" One of the Marines called out. "We're surrounded!"
The Cyber Puddies approached the Marines blocking them off from the center of the city trapping the Marines in what they might call a kill box. The Puddies didn't fire, it seemed as though they were mocking the Marines as they came slowly near them. One of the Marines grunted out. "2-5 Retreat Hel…" but before the Marine could finish his sentence an energy blast fired from one of the Puddies' laser rifles and blew a small hole in the head of the US serviceman. The Marine was dead before he hit the floor, and the remaining Marines began to fire wildly at the Puddies now surrounding them.
Rat tat tat tat tat tat tat! The sounds of gun fire sprung out in all directions, but the Cyber Puddies took the shots from the primitive human weaponry. The very young Marine corporal who initially heard the sounds of the puddies approach fired his weapon at the incoming Puddies, but it was no use stopping all of them. Some 50 Puddies were lunging at the Marines and it was clear that there seemed to be no end in sight at the number of demons that were advancing.
The corporal looked over his shoulder to see a Puddie take down his commanding officer killing the lieutenant that had led the team. Another Puddie fired three bolts of energy into the Marine to the right of the Corporal killing him instantly; now only he and another single Marine remained alive. But before the Corporal was through reloading his magazine the last Marine other than himself went down as a Cyber Puddie lobbed off his head with a blade that seemed to be attached to the demon's hand.
The young Corporal realized that only he remained and lifted up his hands in defeat showing the Puddies that he was surrendering. "Down shoot, don't shoot! I give up…." The Puddies began to surround the Marine. Silence was all that was heard apart from the crackling of the fire of an overturned HMMWV. "I give up…"
For a moment, the young corporal thought he might be taken prisoner, but a Cyber Puddie began to jump at the Marine raising his blade in the air and slicing downward in a chopping manner. The Marine felt his heart sank, he knew in his mind he was dead, but as the blade was about to pierce his skin a Red blast of energy knocked the attacking Puddie killing him instantly and saving the Marine's life. Where did the shot come from; the young corporal thought?
Jason landed atop of the over turned HMMWV pulling out his blade blaster, a weapon that could take the shape of a laser pistol or short sword. The Marine looked on at Jason's Red Ranger suit, to the young corporal, Jason appeared to be just as foreign as the Puddies. His body was covered in a very bold and futuristic Cyber Armor, the suit looking much more advanced than his MMPR counterpart. His armored suit was much more pronounced, the symbol of the tyrannosaurus power coin was embedded in a single white diamond at the center of his chest. Jason's belt contained his morpher situated as a buckle, white trimming accented the flashy crimson red armor, and his helmet took the form of a tyrannosaurus with a black reflective visor in its' center. His Ranger look was a mixture of the classic Mighty Morphin Power Ranger suit that seemed to have merged with a medieval knight from space.
The Cyber Puddies were all taken back, knowing fully well what was in front of them, the Red Power Ranger! To the Marine who had never seen anything like a Power Ranger before, Jason looked like a guardian angel, but to the Puddies who had encountered Power Rangers in the last war between good and evil, the sight of Jason sent chills to the back of their spines.
"Ranger! Ranger! Power Ranger!" The Puddies grunted in a language only they understood. "RUN! RUN!"
Jason looked like a red blur as he made his way around the Puddies moving so fast his fight could barely be seen by the Marine. Jason fought with the expertise of a fabled Kung Fu warrior, his kicks and punches flowing like water. His blade was as smooth and as sharp as the wind as it cut through the pack of Cyber Puddies like a hot knife through butter. Red energy burst from Jason's hands and armor, his blade slicing through more of the Puddies. They demons tried to fight back against Jason but it was no use, not a single one of them could land a hit or dodge the swiftness of Jason's attack.
The Red blur that was Jason zig-zagged through the horde of Puddies as he continued to fight destroy the incoming demons with ease. The young Marine was in shock as he witnessed the display of power Jason had exhibited. He had witnessed his entire platoon be cut down by these same creatures, but this mysterious red figure was decimating the ranks of this alien threat and making it look so very easy. The ballet of violence the Marine witnessed was something almost surreal, time seemed to slow down as he witnessed Jason move against this powerful enemy. Before the Marine could truly understand what was happening, Jason was already finished with his fight, and all the Cyber Puddies were destroyed.
The young corporal looked up at Jason who was now towered over him as he stood on a ledge overlooking the entire surrounding area. The Marine didn't know what to expect as he stared at Jason whose weapon was still drawn. "Are you going to hurt me?" The Marine asked in a slight tone of fear. Jason's only response was to shake his head no. Relieved the Marine spoke again. "W-what … what are you? Are an… uh… alien… like them?" Again Jason shook his head no. "You're human?"
Jason stood tall as he answered. "I'm a Power Ranger…"
"A what?" the Marine asked.
"You should go… don't bother fighting these demons. You might kill one or two of them with Earth based weapons… but Earth's militaries are extremely outgunned against them. Nothing more than a nuisance to them. Evacuate the cities, that should be your primary concerns. Tell your leaders that!"
The Marine tried to understand, but couldn't grasp the situation. "What do you mean demons? Aren't these things aliens? I mean… they have ships."
"I said you should go soldier. More will be coming…"
"I'm not a solider… that's the Army… I'm a Marine, and Marines don't run from a fight."
Jason looked down at the Marine again. "Today they do son… This is now a Power Ranger fight."
"Didn't you hear me?!" The Marine said in anger. "Marines don't run from a fight!"
Jason began to lose his patience as he jumped down and grabbed the Marine by his collar pulling him close to eyelevel. "You think this is about America?! "You think this is about just our country?! The whole world is in danger from these things, and nothing, NOTHING, you or your leaders can do will be able to stop them short of nuclear war, and do you want that for our planet?!"The corporal was silent. Jason began to let him go and dropped him to the ground. He quickly regained himself and again calmly spoke to the Marine. "I know you want to help, but right now, what I need you to do, is help by getting the people of this city as far away from these demons as possible.
Finally the Marine broke his silence. "And what are you going to do?"
"Me?" Jason asked. "I'm going to finish what I started…"
