"No way, the turbo powers were destroyed years ago." Spencer stated, looking at the group that replaced the original Zeo Ranger Powers.
"Well, I don't think those flashy lights were for show. Looks like they want a fight, let's give it to them.
It's Morphing time!"
Zeo Ranger I: Pink
Zeo Ranger II: Yellow
Zeo Ranger III: Blue
Zeo Ranger IV: Green
Zeo Ranger V: Red"
The Zeo Rangers jumped over the Turbo Rangers to avoid the rush attack, pulling and firing their Zeo Laser Pistols, but missed when the group scattered, firing back with auto-blasters. Holstering their sidearm's, they all charged at each other, drawing their blade weapons, going in for close range combat.
Lilly paired off with Turbo Pink, using her Zeo Power Disc in tandem with her Laser Blade, as a sword and shield. Jumping over a leg sweep, she cursed. She was left handed, and in her quickness to get a defensive weapon she had been forced to use her sword in her right hand, and hasn't been able to get orientated. Making a split decision, she let go of her blade, kicking it at Turbo Pink, who blocked it, drawing her Turbo Wind Fire, forcing her to go on the defensive, blocking the energy bolts, rolling behind a column of mechanical parts, she tossed the Disc, Captain America Style, catching her in the face. Leaping, Lilly grabbed the dropped Bow, firing it back at its owner.
Meanwhile, Emma used her Zeo Power Clubs to try and keep Turbo Yellow from point her weapons, the Dune Star Chargers at her. Her lucky break came when the ends of her clubs was able to wrap around her wrists and slipped behind her. Kicking Turbo yellow away, Emma drew not only her Zeo Laser Pistol, but grabbed Yellow's auto-Blaster, firing both guns into her enemies back, blasting her off the walkway down a level.
Chris and Spencer were finding hand-to-hand combat difficult, their weapons, which were basically tonfa's and hatchets, weren't quite what you want when going up against a pair of large hand-held blasters and a large cannon. But they weren't about to give up so easily. Using their speed to try and keep them from getting hit. Circling as fast as they could, they were able to cause the Turbo rangers to blast each other, allowing them to capitalize. Spencer leapt as Turbo Blue, using his tonfa's to strike the blasters out of his hands, and following up with a kick to the stomach, then helmet. Chris used one of his hatchets to strike the top of Turbo Green's cannon and the inside of the barrel, pivoting and delivering a kick to the back of the head.
Kyle glanced at his team out of the corner of his eye. They seemed to be having things under control. He was getting a tough time from turbo Red. It was Zeo Sword vs. Turbo Fender Sword, with the turbo ranger having a slight edge. Moving in close, Kyle blocked a strike, going for a kick to the side, which was blocked and followed up with a slash across the chest, hitting the Zeo leader. Getting kicked off the catwalk, he could see Turbo Red jumping down, hoping to press the advantage, when 4 laser bolts struck him, allowing Kyle to regroup with his team.
"Thanks you the assist guys. Let's put them together." He said, combining weapons to form the Zeo Blaster. As they did so, the Turbo Rangers formed their Turbo R.A.M. Since the Zeo Rangers formed their weapon first, they were able to fire before the Turbo Rangers, striking them down. However before they could celebrate, Turbo Red got up, pointing the Turbo R.A.M at them. Before they could do anything, the Turbo weapon exploded, taking out its operators.
"What Happened? Why did that thing explode like that?" Asked Emma as the Zeo Rangers picked themselves up off the floor. Walking over to the remains of the Turbo Rangers, they looked around.
"Best as I can tell from what's left of the weapons, Chris did some damage to the Turbo Thunder Cannon during the fight. When they tried to fire, it caused an energy backlash that took them out." Spencer said, using the Zeo Scanner on the debris.
"Better question, what were they even doing here? The Turbo powers were destroyed back in 1997. I remember watching the news, ugliest monster you've ever seen trashing both their megazords, then a few hours later huge explosion in the desert. Some Park Rangers check it out, and find wreckage of the old Power Chamber, scared most of California to death." Said Lilly, the only one among them who lived in California at the time.
"I think I found the answer. Look at this." Said Chris, holding up the arm of Turbo Red, they could clearly see metal and circuits inside.
"So, Artillatron was guarded by Robo-Rangers? Cool, and very eerie." Said Kyle, tossing the arm down. "For now, let's get going. We may have less time than we thought. If those Robo-Turbo's were left here as a guard, chances are the Veteran Rangers will have some gizmo in place to tell them they lost." And with that, the Rangers ran up the ladder, entering the main control room of the large zord. Chris, Spencer, and Emma, the ones who had spent the most time looking over the schematics, looked over the systems.
"Ok, looks straight forward. We will have to do some rewiring, but I don't think it will be that difficult. We'll pair off. I'll stay and monitor things from here, and direct you guys. Chris and Lilly, go down to the middle section of the zord and go to auxiliary control room #1, Emma and Kyle, head down to the bottom level to auxiliary control #2." Spencer said. The group was able to take transport tubes down to their designated levels, rather than manually climbing down.
"Hey Lil, you notice Emma and Kyle hang out a lot? I thought she had the hots for Spencer?" Chris asked as he took off a hatch to allow access to the control system.
"Their siblings, they feel comfortable together." She replied as she looked at the screen, showing what to work on.
"You Serious? Emma and Kyle are bro and sis?" He asked.
"Foster siblings. Kyle's mom was a hooker so the great state of Colorado took him away, ended up in Missouri, where the girl formerly known as Emma Wielant finds herself after her parents were both killed in a car crash. They ran away together, few years later ended up in Texas with the rest of us. " Lilly informed Chris, watching him unhook some wires from a router box, plugging them in to one of the alternate router boxes they had prepared.
"How'd Emma wind up with a different last name?" He asked her.
"She got stopped by a cop one night, he asked her for her name, so she gave him a generic last name." She replied. After Chris finished with his wiring, Lilly typed the algorithm she had been given into the system control. After a few moments, she got a positive response on her communicator; they had control of this section of the Zord.
Meanwhile, Zeo Yellow and Red worked on their control systems. Emma sat on a console watching her oldest friend working on the systems. After a few minutes she voices something that had been in the back of her mind since the plan had been outlined.
"We're not leaving this fight alive are we?" She asked. Kyle continued working unphased. Some would have thought he simply hadn't heard her, but she knew him well enough to know that his silence was him agreeing with her, but not wanting to give it a voice.
"I'm not complaining. We all knew when we signed on that we knew we might not be walking away, but at least say it." She said, sending the algorithm into the system. She was rewarded with a positive response. "That's it; we've got control of the zord. We'll start getting ready and leave within a week." As she packed up the left over components, alarms began to ring throughout the Zord.
"What's going on, did we trip something?" Chris's voice came from the communicators.
"Negative, it's our systems, which have been synced up with the Zord. It's detecting some Sicorax. Looks like packing will have to wait. We need to handle these guys first."
Hurrying to the top of the zord, the ranger's teleported to the city, and engaged a pair of Sicorax and their beastials in combat. Kyle and Spencer fought the Sicoraxs, while Emma, Lilly, and Chris took care of the Beastialsl. After dispatching the foot soldiers, the rangers rejoined the battle. The monsters resembled each other, with the only real difference being their color. After over hearing a comment about how they need to avoid touching, the Rangers realized that they must energies opposite to the other. After that, it was a simple matter of getting them to collide, causing an explosion that knocked the Rangers back. Getting up, they prepared to call on their zords, only to realize that the monsters weren't growing.
"Wait, that's it? No way, that was way too easy." Lilly said.
"Maybe they lost all their power and can't go mega-size." Suggested Spencer.
"Whatever the case, let's get out of here, we don't have time to waste." Said Kyle. With that the Zeo rangers went back to the warehouse, where they began packing, planning and replanning. Once they took off they would be on their own, so they needed to prepare for as much as they could. They were bringing everything that could even remotely help them in stopping the Sicorax ship.
What they didn't know, was the battle had been too easy. A Sicorax Major had followed the Rangers back to their base, and was going to launch an attack as soon as he had enough forces.
I promise, the next chapter will have much more involvement from the Law&Order and Bones cast. Please review.
