Mariner Bay
A demon called Strikning was attacking Mariner Bay. He had horns attached to him.
"Lightning spikes away!" some of his horns shot out and attached to buildings. Then lightning flashed and the building was destroyed! People ran everywhere to avoid being crushed by the rubble. Batlings started to attack just as the rangers arrived. They helped everyone to safety, then turned to Strikning.
"Batlings attack!"
The rangers battled the Batlings while Carter fought Strikning but Strikning was too powerful. He shot some of his horns at the rangers and some trapped civilians. Lightning knocked them down.
"You rangers are pathetic! You're no match for me. It's time to complete my mission" Strikning raised his staff about to finish off Carter, but then he was shot at. The rangers turned and saw robotic versions of themselves coming toward them! The rangers were confused, but had no idea where they came from!
"I'll destroy you all!" Strikning ran toward the robots but he was no match for the robots. Before the robots could finish him off, Strikning teleported away. The rangers ran off to meet them but the robots walked toward a black car where a man with a remote control came out.
"Who are they?" Carter asked
"These are the Cyborg Rangers" the gentleman said
"They're robots?!"
"Indeed" the man flipped some switches and the cyborg rangers moved!
"What's going on?" Carter asked
"I'm sorry, we must go" the man and cyborg rangers got into the car and left. Carter then called Ms. Fairweather.
"We aren't developing any such cyborg rangers"
"If we didn't send them" Captain Mitchell said "then who did?"
"I did" a man in uniform came in.
"General McKnight" Captain Mitchell saluted him "What's been going on? I wasn't told- "
"No one has been told; the cyborg rangers are a top-secret project"
"For what?" Captain Mitchell asked "We already have 5 power rangers"
General McKnight scuffed "You mean, those kids? The cyborg rangers are 10x stronger and they are programmed for one thing; fighting and they never make mistakes"
"Meaning what?" Captain Mitchell asked angrily. But their attention was turned away, the rangers were just coming back. The rangers approached Captain Mitchell and expressed their excitement over the cyborg rangers.
"The cyborg rangers are here to replace you, not join your team" McKnight interrupted them.
The rangers couldn't believe what they were hearing
"Replace us?"
Captain Mitchell approached McKnight "Sir, this is a mistake"
"I don't think so captain. You saw them; they saved these 'kids'. What were you thinking, they can't defeat Diabolico and his demons"
"Meaning what, General Mc Know it all" joked Joel
"Yeah, you want to see how tough we are?!" Kelsey challenged
"QUIET!" Mitchell said. The cyborg rangers came marching in.
"You are relieved of duty" General said
The rangers gave up their morphers and left Aquabase.
Skull Palace
Loki was getting tired of Impus's crying.
"Don't you ever stop crying?!"
"I've tried everything to calm him, but he misses his mother!" Jinxier said
"When she returns, Impus will remember how you treated him Diabolico" Vypra pointed a finger at Diabolico
"He needs the comfort of his mother, I hope she comes back quickly"
"The sooner, the better. With her great power, we'll crush the rangers like flies!" Diabolico said
Aquabase
Ms. Fairweather was examining the Cyborg Rangers.
"Impressive, aren't they?" General McKnight asked
"Very, but I fear they miss something"
"What?"
"The one thing you can't program; a heart"
The general's smile dropped and Ms. Fairweather left the room.
Mariner Bay
The rangers were thinking about all that has happened.
"So, Carter do you think the cyborgs are truly better than us?" Chad asked
"I don't know. I guess it's a good thing; now I can focus on searching for Hannah" Dana wrapped her arms around Carter's arm and laid her head on his shoulder.
Somewhere else, Strikning appeared and started causing destruction. The cyborg rangers soon showed up and battled Strikning. General McKnight and Captain Mitchell were watching the battle form the Aquabase.
"Didn't I tell you Captain? The cyborg rangers are our future!" Captain Mitchell said nothing. The cyborg rangers were indeed powerful against Strikning!
The cyborg rangers raised their blasters to finish off Strikning, but Strikning fired some of his lightning spikes at them. The lightning then knocked the cyborg rangers to the ground.
The rangers saw an explosion. Chad turned to Carter
"Even though we aren't rangers, don't you think?" Chad asked
"Let's check it out" Carter said.
"Why? It's not our job anymore" Joel said
"Yeah, we were fired. Let the cyborgs handle it" Kelsey said
The man holding the controller inspected the cyborg rangers. He seemed pretty sad, but then the cyborg rangers all got up. The man was about to fix them, but then they started attacking him. The man tried to regain control but the Cyborgs wouldn't listen to him.
"What are they doing?" General asked
"Their circuitry is fried. You have to stop them!" Ms Fairweather said
"They aren't responding to any commands" the doctor with the controller said over the intercom
General McKnight was in disbelief "This can't be! We had them test over and over"
"Doctor, activate self-destruct" the doctor tried but the rangers didn't explode.
The general was at a loss for what to do next. Ms. Fairweather and Captain Mitchell eyed the box that contained the rangers morphers. The doctor and his assistants kept running until they were pinned. Just as the cyborg rangers were about to attack, Carter showed up and knocked them out of the way. The other rangers soon showed up.
"We'll take it from here"
The rangers were about to battle the cyborg rangers when Captain Mitchell showed up. He threw the morphers at the rangers, they caught them and strapped them to their wrists. The rangers morphed into their respectful colors and engaged battle with the cyborg rangers. The Cyborg rangers were tough, but in the end, the rangers were able to defeat them!
Then Strikning showed up "Aren't you forgetting something?"
"Your reign of terror ends now!" Carter said
"We'll see about that! Lightning spikes away!" Strikning shot some of his spikes but the rangers were able to dodge them.
"Our turn!" the rangers took out their blasters and changed them to sword mode. They got some strikes on Strikning and then called the Rescuebird to finish him off.
But the battle was far from over, Jinxier threw a card and said a spell that caused Strikning to grow!
"Rail rescues on track!" The rail rescues raced into the city. The rangers boarded their zords and formed the megazord. Strikning shot some of his lightning spikes that attached to the megazord.
"We have to do something before the lightning strikes" Chad said
"I have an idea. Ladder arms!" one of the ladder arms attached to Strikning. Instead of the rangers, the lightning struck Strikning.
"Megazord saber ignite!" The maegazord's saber ignited and slashed at Strikning. The slash destroyed him.
Aquabase
The rangers were very enthusiastic about their victory. They stopped talking when General McKnight came in.
"I underestimated your own capabilities. I apologize. I see now that Captain Mitchell made 5 very wise choices" The rangers saluted
"Captain" Captain Mitchell stand at attention "I won't interfere again. Carry on" As soon as the general walked out, everyone went back to celebrating!
To Be Continued…
I know, I'm SORRY for the long wait! It's just finals are coming up and I've been REALLY busy making sure I study for everything! Before I leave, I would like to share this quote that corresponds to this chapter!
"There's a thin line between confidence and arrogance…It's called Humility. Confidence smiles, Arrogance smirks"
Respect the 80s,man out!
