-Cyber Drive-
"Keya!"
Drake kicked off of a nearby tree, dodging Calder's attack, the green ranger kicking underneath his intended target. Landing behind his opponent, the Red Cyber Ranger went into a spin kick and then tried to backhand Calder as the green ranger blocked his attacks. Using this to his advantage, Merrick attacked the two, Drake and Calder dodging the attack before kicking at the blue ranger and knocking him back. Kris smirked as she and Amy met each other move for move, the two female rangers went about their fighting as if it were a dance, playing off each other's moves as they sparred one another. In a second's notice, the rangers switched sparring partners, Kris now challenging the red ranger, while Amy, Calder, and Merrick sparred one another. Looking up towards the sky, Calder noticed that the sun was high in the sky and, knowing that they told Conner they would be there for the lunch rush, let out a sharp whistle, catching the attention of the other rangers. Stopping, the Red Cyber Ranger looked over at his friend with a confused expression while the others stopped and did the same.
"Sorry to interrupt our training session," Calder said pointing to his watch, "but we did promise that we would be at Cyberspace for the lunch rush."
"Come on man we're training, I'm sure Conner would understand," Merrick pointed out as he tried to catch his breath, "besides we need to train in order to defeat Scanner."
"Not to mention Actifed," Kris added as she fixed her ponytail.
"Still, my grandpa always told me that if I made a promise then I better keep it, that way word will get around that I'm true to my word," the green ranger explained as he wiped the sweat from his brow.
"He's right, why don't you guys head back to Cyberspace and help Conner," Drake suggested as he picked up his towel and water bottle.
The other rangers looked at each other confused as their red ranger started to head in the opposite direction of Reefside. Just as Drake reached the tree edge, the red ranger felt a hand on his shoulder and looked behind him to see Merrick had stopped him, the blue ranger wearing a questioning expression.
"And just where do you think you're going?" he asked as the others walked over to the two, "I thought this whole lone wolf thing was behind you."
"It is, I'm just going to get in a little bit more training in," the leader of the Cyber Rangers said grinning.
"What happened to us helping Conner?" Amy asked smirking as she used his own words against him.
"I'll be there soon, I just want to get in a little dual wielding training in," Drake explained as he picked up a bag next to the nearby tree and opened it to show two training swords, "Conner got these for me so I could learn how to better wield both swords at the same time."
The other rangers didn't say a thing, knowing that Drake was Actifed's target was all they needed to know to let the red ranger shoulder his stuff and head out. Walking through the trees, Drake made his way towards a nearby beach that Conner had told him about. Seeing the edge of the water, he set his stuff down and pulled out the two training swords, twirling each one of them before walking out a bit farther and getting into his normal fighting stance, starting to go through the normal motions he used while fighting. Slashing one of his swords through the empty air, Drake watched his movements to the best of his abilities as he imagined what it would be like to fight Actifed. Just as he was about to deliver the 'finishing blow' though, his imaginary partner lashed out and Drake yelled out as the blade in his right hand fell to the ground. Reaching down to pick up the sword, the Red Cyber Ranger was surprised when he saw an older man wearing what looked to be old style traveling cloths with a sword on either side standing in front of him, the man kicking up the sword and grabbing Drake's training blade.
"You lost your focus," the man pointed out as he watched the younger man stand up, "you'll never to be able to fully master dual wielding if you don't focus."
"It's not that I lost my focus," Drake retorted, "I just…"
"You can't let the image of your opponent beating you enter your mind," the older man barked, cutting Drake off, "like I said you have to focus in order to fully use two swords at the same time, and by the way you move I'd say you have a long way to go."
"Look I don't need some old timer standing here, harping at me," Drake said turning to face him, "so if you'll excuse me I have to practice."
The older man stood back as Drake turned away from him and started to go through the movements again, but this time however just as he was in mid swing, the man blocked his sword and pushed him back. Stumbling a bit, Drake looked at him in shock as the man straightened up and stood in front of him, pulling out his own swords.
"Truly you can do better than that," the man teased as Drake shouldered one of his swords, "now then I suppose I'll just have to teach you how to properly use your swords."
"You? You're going to teach me?" Drake asked looking the older man over, "and how are you going to do that?"
The man smirked as he got into a fighting stance, readying his blades, and making sure that the younger sword wielder was watching carefully. When he was sure that he was paying attention, the man started to go through a series of moves, making it seem that his two swords were part of him instead of separate, Drake watching in awe the entire time. When the man finished he sheathed his swords and turned back to his new student, grinning at the look of shock in his face.
"Who do you think taught the Red Jungle Fury Ranger?" he asked, Drake's expression changing from shock to amazement in mere seconds, "Now then, it's time to learn the shark technique."
-Cyber Drive-
Returning to Cyberspace, the rangers all grabbed their aprons and started helping Conner as the lunch rush started up, Amy smiling as she took some orders and handed them back to Merrick. However when Conner walked passed her, the Yellow Cyber Ranger, looked at him and bit down on her lower lip before following after him, heading into the back where Conner would normally be found going over the days income. Sensing that he wasn't alone, Conner looked up and saw the younger girl standing there and motioned toward the chair across the desk from him.
"What's up Amy?" Conner asked as she sat down.
"It's…I…well you see…" Amy stuttered as she tried to think of the best way to go about the situation.
Conner watched as the yellow ranger tried her best to find the right words, the younger of the two finally sighing as she looked at him again.
"You see the thing is, well now that we know you were the Red Dino Thunder Ranger," Amy said composing herself, "I think it's only fitting that I finally thank you properly."
"What do you mean Amy?"
"You probably don't remember," the Yellow Cyber Ranger said folding her hands together, "but when eight you saved a little girl from getting attacked, that little girl was me."
Conner looked at the yellow ranger, looking her over as she kicked at the ground slightly waiting for him to say something. Sitting back in his chair, Conner looked her over and chuckled as he recognized her as the little girl that he protected from a group of Tyrannodrones all those years ago.
"You were that little girl I saved when Zeltrax was trying to attack the senator," the older ranger said smiling at her, "and look at you now, all grown up and a power ranger yourself."
"I always wanted to thank you properly after that, but of course I never knew who you really were," Amy said smiling at him, "but now that I do I can finally say thanks for saving me!"
Standing up, Conner walked over and placed his hand on her shoulder, the yellow ranger looking up at him as he ruffled her hair.
"It's our jobs as rangers to protect the world," Conner explained, "but sometimes things just happen to come around full circle, like a past ranger saving a little girl because it was the right thing to do and seeing her become a ranger later."
Amy smiled brightly as she hugged Conner before returning to work, leaving Conner standing there, watching the younger girl leave. Shoving his hands in his pockets, Conner smiled as he looked over at his desk, a picture of him, Kira, Ethan, Trent, and Dr. Oliver standing in front of Cyberspace, all of them smiling. Picking up the picture, the former red ranger looked at the picture, a tear cascading down his cheek as he put it down.
'I promise you guys, we'll find a way to save you,' Conner thought as he put the picture down, 'I promise.'
-Cyber Drive-
"How long does it take to find one rouge Viralite?!" Alcon yelled out as Scanner flinched at the outburst.
"I promise that I will find Actifed soon Commander, I just hadn't realized that he would be able to hide this well," Scanner explained, bowing to his Commander, "just give me a little more time."
Alcon brought his sword up, ready to destroy Scanner where he stood, when Scores stepped out and spoke up in Scanner's defense.
"Commander Alcon, allow me to supervise Scanner as he works ta find this yellow bellied snake," Scores offered, bowing his head, "besides he did manage to defeat the rangers last time."
Alcon looked at his general, contemplating rather or not he should allow Scores to do as he asked, or destroy him for getting in the way of his target. Setting his sword down, the Viralite Commander, tapped the hilt of his sword as the two in front of him waited for his judgment.
"Fine then, but you better hope that you find Actifed, or there won't be a next time," Commander Alcon threatened, "and if the rangers get in the way again, you had better make sure you finish them off."
"I won't fail this time Commander," Scanner said disappearing.
"Scores where is Gem?" Alcon asked before Scores can follow after Scanner.
"Gem…I thought she was here somewhere," Scores responded turning to face Alcon, "Ah wonder where she could have ran off ta."
"Hm, for her sake she better not be doing something that I would disapprove of," Alcon said tapping his finger on the armrest of his throne, "now then go and make sure that Scanner doesn't fail."
With a bow, Scores vanished in a stream of ones and zeros, leaving the Viralite Commander to sit in his throne, wondering what it was that his other general was up to.
-Cyber Drive-
Following after the master in front of him, Drake wondered where they were going when the older man stopped as a red gate, the red ranger stopping next to him. Walking towards the gate, the man looked around and nodded as Drake set his bags down and looked back at the master in front of him.
"So you're supposed to be Master Finn, the Shark Master?" Drake asked confused as Finn turned to face him again.
"And who else would I be?"
"It's just that, all the past rangers have been captured, and I thought that since you held the spirit of the shark that…"
"That I was a power ranger?" Master Finn asked cutting him off, "No, I assure that the other masters and I are not rangers, merely our animal spirits were able to manifest in to ranger form."
"So then you can help us," Drake pointed out excitedly, "with the Spirit Rangers we'll be able to easily handle Alcon and his Viralites!"
"I'm sorry, but our animal spirits have for some strange reason been unable to manifest into ranger form," Finn explained, "their manifestation is connected to the Jungle Fury Rangers, if they can't call upon them, then the Spirit Rangers can't help either."
"Okay then, um…what about Jarrod and Camille can't they help us?" the red ranger asked, his hope somewhat smashed.
"You seem to know quite a bit about ranger history."
"Yeah just had a history lesson not too long ago."
"They are back at the academy, seeing to the younger students," Finn replied, "but that's not why I'm here, I'm here to help you learn how to properly use those swords of yours."
Drake sighed and looked off towards the water, Master Finn watching him as he waited for a response from the newest ranger leader.
"Alright, I'd be honored to train under the same master as Casey," the Red Cyber Ranger stated, bowing the same way he saw the Jungle Fury Rangers bowed in the video.
"Then let's begin," the shark master said pulling out his swords, "first thing you need to remember is that you don't move your swords, allow the swords to be an extension of your body and allow them to move freely."
As Master Finn started to move, Drake followed the same motions, mimicking the flow and allowing his blades to glide through the air. Walking through the park, Caleb shifted the weight of his ball bag slightly when he was suddenly pushed to the ground and looked up to see the kids that were bullying him the earlier. Standing up, Caleb was about to say something when he recalled what he was told not long after he was bullied and started to walk away to avoid fighting.
"What's the matter Caleb, I thought you wanted to play with us," the leader said stepping in front of him.
"Leave me alone Ryan," Caleb said raising his shoulders a little bit.
"Come on you said you wanted to play with us," Ryan said smirking before taking Caleb's bag and pushing him, "so why don't we play keep away?"
Tossing the bag to one of his friends, Ryan laughed as the group kept tossing the bag around, Caleb trying to get it back but kept being pushed back or to the ground. Standing up, Caleb watched the bag go through the air and tackled the boy that it was going to. Grabbing his bag quickly, he started to run from the group of boys, knowing full well that they were chasing after him. Not looking back, Caleb ran with all his might, keeping a good distance from the group of boys when he heard screaming up a head and saw that a group of monsters was attacking. Just as he was about to turn around and run the other way he noticed that there was four figures running through the mass of people telling them to move as fast as they could. Not wanting to miss the fight, Caleb hid behind a nearby tree and watched as the Power Rangers cleared the area.
"Well, well if it isn't the cyber punks," Scanner said as the Technos made a wall in front of him, "I promise you that you won't escape this time."
"We're not the same rangers you fought last time Scanner," the blue ranger said clenching his fist.
"Is that so?" Scanner asked with a laugh.
"Yeah we're stronger than last time," Calder yelled back, punching his fist.
"Well we'll just see about that then won't we," the Viralite said holding up a memory chip, "Technos download."
With a download sound, a mass of Technos appeared in front of Scanner, the rangers pulling out their Cyber Blasters, Calder and Merrick switching theirs into saber mode, and charged forward, not realizing that Caleb was nearby watching. Jumping into the air, Kris fired her blaster, shooting down the Technos under her, before landing and going into a spin kick to knock the Techno off of the car she landed on.
"Try to keep up," Kris said kicking off of a nearby pillar.
Going into a spin, she landed and held out her arms as Amy launched herself off of her friend.
"My turn," Amy said shooting the rest of the Technos.
Landing, the yellow ranger quickly downloaded her Cyber Daggers and slashed a couple of Technos that had appeared where their fallen comrades once stood. Twirling his blaster, Calder fired off a few shots, hitting the Viralite minions in the chest, making them fall to the ground and derezz. Kicking off of the wall, he then jumped over them and switched his side arm into saber mode, slashing them as he came down before spinning around and slashing some more. Standing up, the Green Ranger saw some more Technos in front of them, all of them pointing their staffs at him.
"You want some?" Calder asked downloading his axe, "Come on then."
Running towards them, Calder swung his axe and hit all of them, breaking the group apart as he stopped on the other side and shoulder his weapon, the group derezzing behind him in the process. Slashing Merrick across the chest, Scanner was surprised when the blue ranger merely rolled across the ground, only to get up to his knees quickly to fire his blaster at the Viralite. Clutching his chest, Scanner pushed some energy into his sword and used a slash attack toward the Blue Cyber Ranger, said opponent quickly switching his side arm into saber mode and slashing the attack in midair.
"Like I said before we're not the same rangers you fought before," Merrick commented, shouldering his weapon.
"I doesn't matter if you're not the same as before, in the end you'll meet the same fate as the previous rangers," Scanner said pointing his sword at the blue ranger.
The two rushed forward, their weapons slashing through the air and colliding together sending sparks flying everywhere as metal hit metal.
-Cyber Drive-
Bringing his swords together to block his opponent's attack, Drake's knees buckled as Master Finn's swords slammed into his and pushed him down slightly. Pushing back Drake jumped back and spun through the air, landing a few feet away as Master Finn followed in pursuit. Slashing at the younger boy a few times, the Pai Zhuq Master smiled slightly as the newest red ranger blocked his attacks before going into his own flow of motions to catch him off guard. Twirling his training swords, Drake did a few more attacks, giving Master Finn an opening for half a second, though that was all he needed, allowing the master to attack and hit his younger opponent.
"Whoa!" Drake yelled as he skid back away from Master Finn before getting back into a fighting stance.
However he quickly noticed that Master Finn no longer had his swords out, instead he was standing there with his hands behind his back, giving the red ranger a nod. Lowering his weapons, Drake followed as Master Finn as the older of the two walked through the gates, to where a small box was sitting.
"You have made great progress," Master Finn said sitting down.
"Thanks to you, it would have taken me so much longer to get those moves down without you," Drake admitted sitting next to him, "…Look I…I mean, me and my team, we're going to save the other rangers."
Master Finn sat there and looked out over the water, not saying anything as he rubbed his goatee.
"I know you will," Master Finn said with a nod, "the other Pai Zhuq Masters believe in you and your group as well, which is why we have created this for you."
Opening up the chest, the shark master pulled out a memory chip and held it out, the Red Cyber Ranger taking it and looking it over. The memory chip was a shiny metallic blue, the classic power ranger lightning bolt in the middle of it.
"What the…this is a Cyber Chip!" Drake said in shock.
"That's correct, we knew that you would need help and I'm certain that this is what you'll need," Master Finn pointed out before Drake's morpher started to beep, "and just in time, I would answer that if I were you."
"Conner what's wrong?" Drake asked answering.
"Drake, Scanner is back in town, the team is holding him off but they need your help," Conner told him, the red ranger nodding.
"I'm on my way."
Standing up, Drake turned around and bowed to the Pai Zhuq Master, Mater Finn standing up and bowing also.
"Thanks, for everything," the red ranger said straightening up, "and I wish I could continue training with you for a little bit longer, but my friends need me."
"I understand, you were a good student, much like Casey was, now go the world isn't going to protect itself," Finn said with a nod.
Putting his newest Cyber Chip in his pocket, Drake rushed off back towards Reefside, and to where his team was waiting for him. Ducking underneath Scanner's attack, Merrick used his Cyber Lance in a hope that he would be able to strike the Viralite, or at least distract him long enough for Calder to attack. However, blocking both of their attacks, Scanner easily pushed them away and fired off an energy attack knocking Calder through a walk of crates. Getting back up, the Blue Cyber Ranger, began his attack again, meeting his opponent move for move as the two tried to overpower each other.
"Just give up Cyber Blue, you didn't win last time and you won't win this time either," Scanner taunted as the two locked weapons.
"We'll never give up, not until the Earth is safe and the past rangers are free," Merrick replied pushing back.
"The past rangers belong to the Viralites, and soon enough you will too," Scanner said as they broke apart and he slashed Merrick across the chest.
"Whoa!" Merrick cried as he hit a nearby car.
"Now then to finish this."
"Don't forget about us!" Amy said landing in front of Scanner, slashing him with her daggers.
"Heads up," the pink ranger said firing a few arrow, piercing the Viralite and forcing him back, "you okay Merrick."
"Yeah, though a few more seconds and it would have turned ugly," the blue ranger replied standing up as Calder ran over to them.
"We need to defeat him and fast," the green ranger said as they pulled out their weapons.
"Come on rangers!" Merrick ordered as the boys and Amy rushed forward.
"Bad idea rangers," Scanner said placing his hand on his chest, "Tracking Beam!"
Shooting a beam of light blue energy from his chest, the rangers taking the fill force of the attack making them separate as an explosion went off behind them. Seeing the rangers on the ground, Scanner laughed as he noticed that they were still morphed and trying to get back up on their feet.
"You're persistent I'll give you that," Scanner said placing his hand on his chest again, "but you won't be lucky enough to survive this attack."
From behind his tree, Caleb's eyes widened as he watched the rangers struggle to get up, but with no such luck. Seeing that the monster they were fighting was about to attack again, the younger boy wondered if he should start running to find help, but found that his feet wouldn't listen as he stood there.
'Why can't I move, the rangers need help,' Caleb thought clenching his fist before noticing a decent size rock next to him, 'I can't just sit here and do nothing, I have to help.'
"Now then ranger it's time to add you to Commander Alcon's collection," Scanner laughed as he charged his attack, "Just so you know I hope this hurts."
Ready to attack, the Viralite was too excited about his supposed victory to notice a rock flying through the air, striking him in the side of his head.
"OW! What the heck was that?" The Viralite asked looking around till he noticed a kid standing there with wide eyes at what he just done, "You? You threw that rock? Well then I'm going to have to teach you a lesson you brat."
"NO!" Merrick yelled trying harder to stand up.
"Get out of here kid!" Calder yelled with a wave of his hand.
"Run! You're going to get hurt!" Kris said trying to get up but falling back to the ground.
Backing away, Caleb tried to look for an escape but the monster was right in front of him ready to strike the younger boy in a second's notice.
"Just stand still kid, and I'll teach you what it means to mess with a Viralite."
"I don't think so!"
With a red blur, Caleb watched as the Viralite stumbled backwards, clutching his chest as the Red Cyber Ranger landed in between the two. Turning around and taking a knee, Drake placed his hand on Caleb's shoulder, giving the younger boy a nod as he looked at the red cladded figure with wide eyes.
"That was pretty brave of you kid, but why don't you leave this to me alright?" the red ranger asked giving him a thumbs up.
With a nod, Caleb ran back to his hiding spot, watching as the red ranger turned around and shoulder his Cyber Sword, Scanner finally realizing who it was that attacked him.
"You!" Scanner said pointing at the ranger in front of him.
"Sorry to be late, but I'm here now and that's all that matters," Drake said as the other rangers final managed to stand up.
"It's about time you got here," Merrick stated, clutching his arm.
"Sorry about that, I got caught up in training under Master Finn," Drake apologized as his team hobbled over to him.
"Wait Master Finn? As in Pai Zhuq Master Finn of the Shark Technique?" Amy asked in shock.
"What don't you know about ranger history?" Calder asked, shaking his head.
"I think the question is what doesn't she know," Kris pointed out before turning to Drake, "I'm just glad you're here now."
"Yeah, and if Master Finn was right," the red ranger mentioned pulling out a Cyber Chip, "then this should help."
"A Cyber Chip, what does it do?" Calder asked looking it over.
"Don't know but we're going to find out," Drake commented turning his attention back to Scanner, "and trust me I'm looking forward to seeing what this thing can do."
"It doesn't matter what you do I'll still crush you rangers and then I'll deal with Actifed," Their Viralite opponent threatened charging up his sword.
"We'll see about that," Drake said twirling the Cyber Chip in his hand, "Download!"
Inside his visor, Drake watched as a blueprint for some armor showed up making him smirk as he glanced back at Scanner.
"Download, Saber Gear."
In a flash of data, Drake was stood there wearing a metallic blue chest piece, his new armor shining in the afternoon sun as he pulled out both his swords. Twirling his weapons, the red ranger got into a fighting stance, pointing his Cyber Sword at his opponent.
"Cyber Red, Saber Mode!"
"This isn't good," Scanner said backing away from the red ranger.
"Oh yeah, I feel great," Drake said tightening his grip on his weapons, "let's see what this new armor can do."
Charging the Viralite, the red ranger attacked with his Cyber Saber, Scanner blocking his attack but forgetting about his Cyber Sword coming in the other direction. Stumbling back, Scanner didn't have the time to react as Drake continued his attack, following the motions that Master Finn taught him. Finally getting enough distance between them, Scanner was able to block Drake's attacks, pushing him back and making him skid across the pavement before stopping in front of his team. Watching the fight on the monitor, Conner smirked as he watched just how far Drake was able to come with a few hours of training, but such was expected when training with a master of the art. Seeing that he wasn't using his new armor to its fullest potential, the team's mentor hit the communications button to contact the younger red ranger.
"Drake your new armor isn't just for protection, it has some abilities that will give you an edge in the speed department," Conner explained as the red ranger lifted his left arm up to talk to mentor.
"What do you mean Conner?" Drake asked confused.
"It has jets built into it, allowing you a boost of speed," He explained, the red ranger looking towards Scanner.
Smirking, Drake did his signature sword twirl, shouldering his Cyber Sword on his right shoulder, catching Scanner off guard.
"Why do I have a feeling this isn't going to end well?" the Viralite questioned, sensing the red ranger's confidence.
"You're about to find out aren't you?" the red ranger asked readying himself for the next attack, "now then let's see what this can do, ACTIVATE JETS!"
Bursting out of the back of his armor, fire propelled Drake forward, allowing him to catch Scanner off guard and attack him a couple of times. Hitting the Viralite up into the air, the red ranger followed after him, slashing his midsection once on the way up and then again on the way back down. As Scanner hit the ground, he struggled to get up and stumbled back to lean against the nearby wall, looking towards the rangers to realize that the Red Cyber Ranger was ready to finish the fight.
"Alright then time to unleash this things full power," Drake commented as the jets behind him came on at full force, "Saber Mode, Final Barrage!"
Propelling forward, Drake unleased multiple attacks, each one hitting Scanner with more power than the least until finally he the red ranger finished and landed on the other side of his opponent. Shouldering his sword one last time, Drake smirked as Scanner exploded as he derezzed, leaving only the rangers to stand there.
"That was awesome!" Calder cheered as they ran over to him.
"I'll say, that's some cool equipment that you picked up," Merrick admitted tapping Drake's shoulder plates.
"Yeah, the Pai Zhuq Masters really knew what they were doing when they created this," the red ranger said with a small fist pump, "but the fights not over yet, we all know what comes next."
On cue, a beam of data struck where Scanner once stood, reforming him and making the Viralite grow in size. Now towering over the buildings in Reefside, Scanner let out a laugh and attacked a nearby building, causing it to break apart a bit and rubble to fall to the ground below, making the citizens run screaming from the wreckage.
"Well guys I think we know what we need to do," Drake said pulling out a Cyber Chip.
The other rangers followed suit and pulled out theirs, the team quickly inserting the chips into their morphers and activating them.
"Cyber Riders, Download."
"Red Racer, online."
"Blue Flyer, online."
"Green Rover, online."
"Yellow Dozer, online."
"Pink Cruiser, online."
"Cyber Riders Combine, Cyber Max Megazord ready!"
"Bring it rangers," Scanner yelled placing his hand over his chest, "Tracker Beam."
"Watch out!" Calder said as the rangers moved the megazord out of the way.
Dodging the attack, the rangers tried to get in closer to attack, but Scanner knocked them back away, allowing the Viralite to attack once more and knock the Cyber Max Megazord down. Hitting the ground, the rangers got their megazord back up as quick as they could, only to be hit again by Scanner, making them fall against a nearby building.
"He got the upper hand," Merrick growled as the stood the megazord up, "if this keeps up then we're not going to be able to hit him before he damages the megazord too much."
"There's got to be away to attack first," Kris suggested looking at her fellow rangers.
"It's not like we have a new zord," Amy replied as they dodged another attack.
"That's not entirely true Amy," Conner said watching them over the monitor, "Drake your new Cyber Chip will be able to call upon a new arsenal zord, the Cyber Spinner, use it to keep some distance between you and Scanner."
"Got it," the red ranger replied pulling out the Cyber Chip, "let's see what it can do, Cyber Spinner, download."
With the Cyber Chip activated in the main console, the hanger doors opened up and fired out a wheel at high velocity, the wheel striking Scanner and knocking him back before spinning over to the Cyber Max Megazord. Seeing the wheel coming towards it, the megazord held out its hand and stopped the Cyber Spinner in its tracks, the rangers looking at the newest tool for combat.
"It's…just a wheel," Amy stated confused.
"What's a wheel going to do to help us?" Kris asked looking over at Drake, "Any ideas?"
"One way to find out," the red ranger replied flipping a couple a switches next to him, "Cyber Spinner combine."
Bouncing a few times, the Cyber Spinner jumped into the air, a sheet of metal quickly plating it before a bunch of spikes popped up. A chain was then attached to the new arsenal zord, the megazord taking a hold of the chain in one hand and the wheel in the other.
"A new weapon's not going to help you one bit," Scanner said charging at them.
"Okay then let's test our new weapon," Drake said, the Cyber Max Megazord bouncing the wheel in its hand.
Throwing the wheel at the Viralite charging them, the rangers watched as it hit Scanner, knocking him back as the blades of their weapon hit him, causing sparks to fly off of them.
"Ow! What was that?" Scanner asked standing back up.
"Whoa!" Merrick said shocked.
"I see what Conner means by keeping some distance between up now," Calder said tapping the side of his helmet.
"Me too, now let's show Scanner what it means to fight the power rangers," Drake said running his thumb over the top of his visor.
With a swing of the chain, the Cyber Spinner flew through the air and struck Scanner again, keeping the distance that the rangers wanted between to two. Attempting to dodge the attack, Scanner was blindsided as the Cyber Spinner turned in midair and struck his back, knocking him to the ground.
"Argh, I'm getting fed up with this," the Viralite roared standing up, "time to end you, Tracker Beam!"
"I don't think so," Drake retorted as the Cyber Max Megazord flung the Cyber Spinner into the attack, effectively blocking it, "alright, time to end this."
Tossing the Cyber Spinner up and then bouncing it on its knee, the Cyber Max Megazord brought its leg back, the rangers' new weapons starting to glow, before it came down and the megazord kicked it towards Scanner. As the Cyber Spinner flew towards their opponent the blades started to spin as well, picking up an air current around it.
"Cyber Spinner, Final Strike!"
"This isn't good!" Scanner said, yelling out as the attack hit him hard, causing him to start to derezz, "NO!"
Catching the Cyber Spinner, the megazord turned around as an explosion went off behind it, their opponent finally defeated.
"Cyber Rangers," Drake said running his thumb over his visor, "he's been disconnected."
-Cyber Drive-
Walking through town towards his house, Caleb smiled as he recalled what he just watched, excited that he was able to watch the power rangers fighting up close. Turning the corner, the younger boy considered stopping to get something to drink when he saw, the group of bullies up ahead, pushing around another little boy that was in their class. Tightening his grip on his backpack, Caleb considered walking away but figured the rangers wouldn't leave someone like that and neither should he.
"Come on I thought you loved eating dirt," Ryan said as the kid fell to the ground, "so why don't you eat some now."
"Eat it, eat it, eat it," the others started chanting as the boy looked like he was about to start crying.
"That's enough Ryan," Caleb said catching the bullies' attention, "leave him alone."
"Well, well, well," Ryan said turning to face him, the other boy running off, "if it isn't our buddy Caleb, you know that wasn't nice what you did earlier when we were playing keep away."
"What do you care, nothing you do is nice," Caleb pointed out frowning.
"Is that so?" Ryan said turning to his friends, the group starting to laugh, "Well then why don't I show you how nice I really am?"
Caleb readied himself to feel Ryan's fist collide with the side of his face but instead was greeted with a murmur of surprise, making him wonder what was going on. Opening one of his eyes he quickly spotted the older boy he had met in the park earlier that day, and noticed that he had a hold of Ryan's wrist, keeping him from punching Caleb.
"Hey now that's no way to treat a hero," Drake said letting the boy's wrist go with a slight push.
"Hero?" Ryan asked confused looking at his friends then back at the older boy, "he's not a hero, the power rangers are heroes."
"True, but from what I understand, Caleb here helped the power rangers beat that monster they were fighting today," the older boy said with a shrug, "in my opinion that makes him an honorary hero."
"Really?" the younger boys asked in shock.
"Yep," Drake replied turning to Ryan again, "now then what were you about to do?"
Ryan looked at his friends, back to the two standing in front of him and then back to his friends before frowning and starting to walk off. As the group left Drake shoved his hands in his pockets before turning back to Caleb, who was looking at him with wide eyes as the older boy kneeled down to be face to face with him.
"I don't think I gave you my name last time," the red ranger said grinning, "My name's Drake, and what you did back there, not just with the rangers but with those bullies, well that was pretty brave."
"It wasn't that brave," Caleb muttered looking at the ground, "all I did was throw a rock at that monster."
"And it gave the red ranger a bit more time to show up," Drake pointed out, "not to mention what you just did for that kid you stood up for."
Looking back up at Drake, Caleb gave him a small smile, the red ranger patting him on the shoulder before standing up again.
"I'll tell you what, you've impressed me so I'll make you a deal," Drake said smirking at him.
"Okay, what is it?" the younger boy asked confused.
"I want you to keep being brave, stand up for those who need it," he replied ruffling Caleb's hair, "in return I teach you some martial arts, but only if you use it in self-defense."
Caleb's eyes went wide as what he heard processed in his mind, grinning at the older boy before jumping excitedly, high fiving his new teacher.
"You got it," Caleb said grinning brightly.
"Alright then, why don't you and one of your parents come by Cyberspace tomorrow and we'll talk this over some more," Drake said patting Caleb on the back, "until then why don't I treat you to a drink?"
"Okay!"
As the two walked off, a hooded figure watched from a nearby alleyway, smiling as she kept her eyes trained on the Red Cyber Ranger. Pulling back the hood of her hoodie, Kira turned and started off towards the other end of the alley, ready to go back to where she was hiding and get some rest.
"You're doing a good job with them Conner," she whispered, her smile still there, "maybe we'll be reunited sooner than I thought."
-Cyber Drive-
Back in the Cyber World, Gem snuck around in the shadows, hiding as some Technos walked passed the hallway she was hiding in before running the opposite way that the minions came from. Reaching the door that was between her and her destination, the female Viralite looked around, making sure that no one was watching her before opening the door and slipping inside. The room she entered was filled with computer parts, though her target was the main controls in the middle and, with practiced eases, she slipped over to the console and started it up, files of all the Viralites popping up on a holographic screen.
"Alright then, time to see what it is that Commander Alcon didn't want Digi spouting off," she whispered scrolling through the files, "no…no that's not me either…no…no…"
Gem continued to scroll through the files, her frown growing as each name that wasn't hers passed by on the screen. Finally, when she reached the bottom, the female second-in-command, slumped to the floor, her file nowhere to be seen on the computer.
"But…that's impossible, why is my file not there?" she questioned, her confusion clearly etched on her features, "this computer holds files on all of the Viralites."
Looking at the computer screen, and then back at the door, Gem's curiosity continued to grow as she tightened her hands into fist.
"And if my file isn't there," she muttered looking at the ground, "then what does that say about me?"
