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Power Rangers GPX, episode 26: Under New Management
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It's a nice, sunny, warm summer evening in Orlando. With sun going down and reflecting off the buildings, it provided an ethereal glow. The cars driving past offered another image. These people live here and they're returning home after a rough day at work or an eventful day at one of Orlando's tourist attractions. There's more to this city than that, though. And while it has a dark side (like all U.S. cities) it's still home to many.
Even downtown was a place to live. Yeah, the steel-glass apartment buildings that helped dot the skyline and the houses in places like Lake Eola Heights remind you that this is a home for many.
Okay, the home thing is getting old. But it's still a nice evening. Families are out enjoying the evening. Some of them are at the Lake Eola band shell for an evening of music. Some of them were heading out to Orlando's nightlife. It's a vibrant, modern city. Who wouldn't do anything like that?
CRASH! ! !
And of course, the city is home to five superheroes called the Power Rangers.
Kevin, in morphed form, lifted himself out from a damaged car. "This looks familiar," he remarked to himself. He got out just as a Zordonian cyborg threw a punch at him.
He blocked it and countered with a hard left hook. The punch dented the cyborg's head. The other Rangers were taking care of the many Swabots in town. Another familiar scene!
Sean was finishing up his batch of Swabots. He jump kicked at the first Swabot. He ducked and countered. Then, he jumped and kicked at another one behind him. He gave quick one-two punch and took down the last Swabot he was fighting.
Aaron had it a little easier. He took a big swipe at the Swabots and punched one into oblivion. He ducked and blocked with his foot. Then he jumped, tackling another group of Swabots. He pushed the Swabots into a crowd of them.
Maria hacked and slashed with the Haz Daggers. Crystal flew all around and sparks exploded. She cut upwards, sparks exploding from the Swabot's chin. She got down and sweep-kicked the Swabots down. Then, she threw them at the Swabots.
Hitomi had gotten over her recent anxieties and was kicking butt. Yes, she realized she's an important member of the team and all that crap. She blocked a Swabot sword with her Am Staff and retaliated with a thrust to the chest. She jabbed the blunt end into the last one and slashed it.
Sean ran over to the cyborg. He punched at it. It blocked the punch, and kicked back. Sean tumbled backwards. Aaron threw an upper cut forcing the humanoid cyborg backwards. Maria jumped on his shoulders and thrust the Haz Daggers down into the cyborg's shoulders. Hitomi came in, spinning the Am Staff.
But when Sean tried to kick the cyborg (really just an upgraded Swabot) something went wrong. After the kick, he felt something wrong with the suit. It wasn't moving. Sparks flew out from the joints and a feeling of dread fell over him. "Oh no," he said. "Not again."
"Not good," Aaron said as his suit began to flail around. The cyborg didn't take long figure out what was going on. It whacked Aaron right in his chest. Luckily Kevin's suit was still working. He drew his Octane Blaster and fired a couple shots.
Sean was able to get the suit to work again and attacked the cyborg. He unleashed a barrage of punches and kicks at the robot that ended when… "Oh, no, not again! Come ON! MOVE! !" The cyborg punched him in the chest.
He winced while Maria used his body as a springboard to attack the cyborg. She thrust the daggers into the cyborg before she started freezing up, too. Sean got up and caught her before she fell. "What's wrong with the suits?" she asked. "They did this yesterday!"
"Don't talk!" said Sean. Hitomi was busy with the cyborg, doing as best she could. Her suit wasn't freezing up, but it was clear it was malfunctioning. "We need to end this," said Sean. "Supercharge!"
The Rangers grabbed their AcceleKeys and jammed them in the Octane Blasters. They let off two volleys of blaster fire that destroyed the cyborg.
Their suits disappeared in a flash of light and Sean collapsed on a nearby car. "I think I'm gonna be sick," he said.
"Please don't!" said Kevin. But it was obvious he was sick, too.
"Something is wrong with the suits," said Aaron.
"Ya think! ?" Sean asked after a nasty Technicolor yawn. "Ugh, and that was a good pizza, too." Maria rubbed his back, even though she too was ready to barf.
"If the suits are making us vomit, something is certainly wrong," said Maria. "And I think we need to leave… once we're done losing our lunches."
"That's obvious," said Sean. "I just hope the city isn't going to mad at us."
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Kalderon just happened to be watching the fight from his apartment in Kissimmee. Zordonian satellite cameras, people. And even he had an interested look on his face. He examined the suits freezing up and malfunctioning time and time again. No, he wasn't obsessed. Instead, he looked more… pleased.
"Emperor Rashon," he said. "Have you seen the footage?"
"Yes," said the Emperor. "It looks like your plan won't need to be fulfilled. Who shall I send down?"
"Please send down a cyborg," said Kalderon. "And Hercuron."
"He has been yearning to fight the Blue Ranger," said Rashon. "I will tell him to go down with you."
"Then he will not need any incentive," said Kalderon. "I look forward to our victory."
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Since Sean has what you could call long hair (even though it didn't go past the bottom of his neck), you could imagine the bed hair he's got. Well, it's not bad, but Kevin still made fun of it. Of course, on this particular morning, Sean replied with a Death Glare nasty enough to make the Irishman back off. Even Aaron knew better than to say anything. But… "You need a haircut," said the South African.
"So do you," said Sean. "You look too much like Bob Marley with those dreads, Zulu."
"I like them!" said Aaron.
"Testy," said Maria. "Are you always like this in the morning?"
"Are you?" asked Sean.
"Sometimes."
"Well I'm used to times much later than this," said Sean. "I don't think the jet lag has worn off yet."
"Which jet lag?" Maria asked. "The one from Tokyo or Chicago, because you slept for half the time we were in Toronto."
"There was nothing to do on that day!" said Sean. "We went to the Blue Jays—oh wait, we stayed in the Rogers Centre hotel." Don't worry; you should be able to see what happened sooner or later.
"Then it must be Chicago," said Maria. "Don't worry, it's only one hour."
"Laugh it up," said Sean. "Take a look at Hitomi. Her clock is screwed up."
"Chica, are you okay?" Maria asked.
"My body still hurts," she groaned.
"Oh, I'm sorry chica," said Maria.
"Hitomi, you should be resting more," said Sean. "I know you don't want to be a load, but I'm not sure you should be fighting in that condition. And I'm only saying that because the rest of us are worried about you."
"Thank you, Sean," she said.
"I can understand that," said Hitomi. "Thank you."
"It is really that bad?" Aaron asked.
"It's not too bad," said Sean. "It's not as bad as the beating Kevin, Maria and I took back in Japan against Phaedos. I'm still feeling that." Remember, back in episode 13.
"How's that rib?" Aaron asked.
"It's fully healed," said Sean. "I went to the doctor about it yesterday with Rob."
"We're talking about me, not you!" said Hitomi.
"Sorry," said Sean.
"In all honesty, Hitomi's probably a little more fragile than us," said Maria. "No offense, chica."
"None taken," said Hitomi.
"We also need to find out about Silver," said Sean. "But since we have no leads, we can't really do much about it."
"I hope you don't get obsessed with him," said Aaron.
"If I was obsessed, I'd have brought him front and center as soon as this conversation started," Sean replied. "Is there anything we c—"
Ding-DONG!
"What was that?" said Kevin. "And at this ungodly hour?"
"We're still in our pajamas!" said Aaron.
"Forget it, I'll take care of it," Sean said as he got up to answer the door.
He opened it up and found him face-to-face with a man wearing a black leather trench coat. The man looked at him and sighed. "You're still wearing gym shorts from high school?" he asked.
In his still kinda-sleepy state, he said, "Hey, who ordered the Samuel L. Jackson look-a-like?" Then the man forced his way inside, much to Sean's, well… "HEY! Who said you could come in? This is bre—Col. Greene? What are you doing here?"
"This shouldn't take too long," said Col. Greene. Several men wearing black came inside much to Sean's surprise. He followed them into the kitchen where the new guy was looking over the Rangers. They felt… awkward, to say the least.
"So these are the Power Rangers," said the man. "They certainly don't look the part."
"We wanted them to stay civilians," said Col. Greene, "Including in terms of dress."
"Is that supposed to sound nice?" said Maria, "Because if you keep insulting us like that, we're going to throw you out." The Rangers flexed and cracked their fingers. The man in the eye patch seemed to hesitate.
"You should see what they can do in these forms," said Col. Greene. "Don't underestimate or insult them, Tom."
"Very well," said Tom. He gestured for the apprehensive Sean to sit down, which he did. He paused, and spoke. "My name is Tom Maelstrom, director of Strategic Worldwide Organization of Reconnaissance and Defense, or S.W.O.R.D., for short. I've been watching you for some time, and I'm here with an announcement."
"What kind of announcement?" Sean asked.
"S.W.O.R.D. has taken over joint command of Project Ranger," said Col. Greene. "The personnel will stay the same, but will use S.W.O.R.D. facilities and S.W.O.R.D. operatives as back-up."
"What?" asked Maria.
"S.W.O.R.D. and the UN are sharing joint command of Project Ranger," said Maelstrom.
"Who or what is S.W.O.R.D.?" asked Aaron. "I've never heard of them."
"I'm glad you haven't," said Maelstrom. "We're a top-secret, highly classified, however you want to say it, organization. That's all I can say about us."
"They're partially funded by the UN, but act independently," said Col. Greene.
"So technically, we're not leaving the UN," said Sean.
"But why is this happening?" asked Hitomi.
"Project Ranger isn't very popular in the US government," said Maelstrom. "Senator Jim Evergreen of Tennessee, who's pretty popular with the Tea Party crowd, has been criticizing Project Ranger and brought Col. Greene to his Senate committee. Luckily, Greene has an ally in Senator John Klein of Vermont."
"Evergreen's been going all 'fiscal conservative' lately," said Col. Greene. "He's been getting a lot of support, as Mr. Maelstrom said, from the Tea Party. He also thinks you're a threat." The Rangers burst into laughter.
"Us a threat?" Sean asked. "Yeah, right!"
"Conspiracy theorists, Tea Partiers and Ben Dreck have been singling you out," said Maelstrom. "They've latched onto documents released via the Freedom of Information Act linking you to the US government."
"It means the guise that this is a civilian operation is slipping," said Col. Greene. "Not even the character of 'Professor Gearhead' we created is working, all thanks to some paranoid nuts with Internet access. Luckily, we still have the Miyazawa money."
"I guess the government can't pull off a simple job like that after all," Sean remarked.
"But don't expect things to change too much," said Maelstrom. "You'll just be getting better support. Plus, we've destroyed a few documents. There's no evidence you're working with the US government."
"I like it," said Sean. "But you did this to save your own skins."
"Unfortunately," said Col. Greene. "But, I'm still in command of Project Ranger. I can't bear to leave this Project."
"Touching," said Kevin.
"SHIELD has a facility in Kissimmee," said Maelstrom. "We'll be shifting our command center there and should be completed in a matter of days."
"What about the Silver Ranger?" Aaron asked.
"The Silver Ranger is a concern," said Col. Greene. "My people forgot to include a GPS transmitter or an RFID chip so we could track it, and we should have been able to lock onto the user's DNA. Since they were forgotten, we can't."
"I think we already knew that," said Sean. "But the guy was sloppy when fighting. He can't be a Project Ranger member."
"But he was good when it comes to his fundamentals," said Maelstrom. "His fighting style reminds me of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Oh, speaking of morphers, we need to give you something."
"What is that?" asked Maria.
"Since your suits are malfunctioning," said Col. Greene. "They need to be changed."
"But we liked them!" said Sean. "They did their jobs!"
"They were workhorses, true," said Col. Greene. "But these new suits are faster, stronger, tougher, and better."
"I like the sound of that already," said Aaron.
"We have the equipment with us," said Maelstrom. "Just give us your morphers… now that that's taken care of, please get dressed and wait until we're done."
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"I cannot wait to wrap my hands around that blue bastard's neck!" Hercuron growled while Kalderon winced at the strong man's savage attitude.
"Good for you," he said. "Do you know the plan?"
"ATTACK!" Hercuron shouted.
"He got dumber," Kalderon muttered. "But we must watch for the new Silver Ranger. We have no information on him."
"He is not my concern," said Hercuron. "Killing the Blue Ranger is."
"I hope you are not obsessed with him," said Kalderon. "Do not attack unless I order it, understood?"
"Yes," said Hercuron.
"Good," said Kalderon. "You will have you chance at the Blue Ranger. Just be patient."
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"… According to eyewitness testimony, these people calling themselves 'Choushinsei Flashman' attacked the Swabots and, that's it," said Capt. Granger.
"That's it?" asked Aaron.
"That's it," said Capt. Granger. "The eyewitness said he left."
"Looks like we'll have to talk to the Flash Rangers," said Sean.
"Easier said than done," said Kevin.
"The Flash Rangers should appear once the Zordonians attack again," said Hitomi.
"Unfortunately, they never attack on cue," said Sean.
Right one cue…
"A Zordonian force is about to land in downtown Orlando," said one SWORD agent. The others looked at Sean.
"What do ya know?" he said.
"And your morphers are ready," Maelstrom said as he unveiled their old morphers. "We kept them that way since you're used to them."
"Thanks," said Sean.
"And, we got you black leather jackets."
"Oh, yeah!" said Sean.
"Perfect!" said Kevin.
"Mucho bueno!"
"Hundreds!" said Aaron.
"Okay!" said Hitomi.
"Stop praising them and take the jackets!" Col. Greene shouted.
"Don't have to tell us twice," said Sean. "Let's go!"
"Wait, are we going to morph now or at the scene?" asked Kevin.
"I vote we wait," said Aaron. "I want to see the look on their faces when they see our suits."
"I like his thinking," said Sean. "Looks like we need a ride."
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Right on cue, a force led by Kalderon and Hercuron landed in Orlando's Central Business district. Having already been through this, Orlando residents ran as fast as they could. "They're smart," said Hercuron. Kalderon nodded. They were quickly surrounded by the Orlando Police and SWAT.
"They always do this," said Kalderon. "You can have some fun with them if you want." Hercuron savagely smiled and cracked his knuckles.
"Fall back!" shouted the police chief. Hercuron growled and rushed the cops.
But an explosion stopped him dead in his tracks. As the dust cleared he noticed a police officer loading a rocket into a tube. Hercuron didn't need to be told this was the man who shot him. He jumped, ready to strike, and—
"Hercuron!" he stopped. "It seems we have some company!" He pointed at a black SUV that had arrived. Five people wearing black jackets climbed out to confront them.
"Were you going to start this party without us?" said the one wearing a baseball cap with a flaming "C" on it.
"I was wondering when you were going to appear!" said Kalderon. "Red Ranger!"
"Oh, he recognizes us!" said Sean. "So how do you like the new threads?"
"Why are you wearing them?" asked Kalderon.
"We're under new management!" said Sean.
"Oh, really?" said Kalderon.
"Red, let's just cut the chatter and show him our other new threads," said Kevin.
"Gladly," said Sean. "READY! ?"
"READY!!!"
"GPX, Start it Up!" Hercuron shielded his eyes from the flash and looked back to see the Rangers' new uniforms.
First off, the straps at the shoulder blades were wider than on the rest of the torso. The stripes on the sleeves were over a black rectangle, just like on a road and bordered by white. The Arsenal-like stripes were back on the side, but this time they only went down to the knee. The belt, rings, chest insignia and helmets were still the same.
"Not too bad," said Kalderon. "Hercuron, you can attack any time you want."
"GET THEM! !" shouted the savage Zordonian. The Swabots rushed the Rangers like in the early battles. The Rangers did the same and they met in the middle.
Sean tore through the Swabots like they were paper. The suit was that good. They had no chance to stop him as he punched and kicked with all his strength. He gave a hard right hook. The Swabot's head crumbled. He back kicked another one. Its chest was dented. He ducked and slammed into the next one. He grabbed one and tossed it into a pile of Swabots. Grunting and screaming, he slammed into the next Swabot, grabbed it and let loose with the punches. He really looked like a hockey player.
Kevin picked the first Swabot up and piledrove it into the pavement. He ducked and blocked the Swabot's punch, he countered, destroying the upper part of the robot's torso. He ducked, tackled the next Swabot and threw it to the ground. He blocked a Swabot's kick and countered with one of his own. He back kicked the next one. His suit gave him more energy and strength. It was a rout.
Aaron started by introducing his fist to a Swabot's face. The robot's skull was crushed. He dodged the next Swabot's punch, and retaliating with a left hook. He roundhouse kicked one that tried to sneak up on him. He ducked and threw the next Swabot off of him. He ducked and twirled, his boots screeching. He swatted at one Swaobt. The ring on his gauntlet spun, sending sparks flying. Then he threw the Swabot off. He jumped up, and used a Swabot as a springboard to kick on.
Maria jumped on top of a parked car. The Swabots lunged at her. Then she jumped, extended her arms and slammed the Swabots to the ground. She got up, blocked a Swabot sword. She countered with a punch that dented the robot's gut. She jumped, spun and kicked at a multitude of Swabots. A few heads rolled. She blocked a punch and countered, hard. She pulled out her blaster and let off a couple of shots. She ducked and two Swabots slammed into each other.
Hitomi felt herself getting grabbed by a Swabot. She didn't stop, just kicking two Swabots in front of her, and then bashing the Swabot behind her with her head. Now that she had some breathing room she jumped up and grabbed on to the street light. She started swinging like on the parallel bars. She launched herself at the Swabots, kicking one into a group of them like a bunch of bowling pins. She reverse roundhouse kicked a few and looked up to see Hercuron charging Kevin.
"This does not look good," said Kalderon. He turned to Hercuron. "Why aren't you attacking them?"
"My apologies!" said Hercuron. He punched the palm of his hand and ran towards Kevin. Kalderon had a split second to react when Sean aimed his foot at his face.
Kalderon retaliated by telekinetically pushing him back. "I am not Phaedos," said Kalderon. "Do you actually think you can beat me?"
"Most people who say that get their asses beat," Sean replied.
"It will not happen today," said Kalderon. "I have to leave now, so adieu!" He disappeared, leaving Sean fuming.
"KALDERON, YOU COWARD! !" He shouted. Luckily, he still had something to fight when a big robot threw a punch at him.
We cut back to Hercuron punching at Kevin. "Stand STILL!"
"No!"
Hercuron threw a right straight. Kevin jumped out of the way. Hercuron found him and punched him in the chest. Kevin fell to the pavement. He struggled to get up. The blow had hurt his sternum. Hercuron raised his fist and was about ready to throw a wicked punch. But Kevin rolled out of the way. Hercuron's fist broke through the pavement. "I feel sorry for the taxpayers," Kevin muttered.
Kevin got up, holding his chest. Hercuron threw a hard right straight. Kevin felt the blow on his helmet and he staggered back. The HUD in his helmet said that there was no major injury. Well, that's good. "I've been waiting the do this," said Hercuron. "Say good—"
POW!
A figure came out of nowhere and punched Hercuron right in the right cheek. He flopped on his backside, holding his cheek. Kevin looked to see—"Maria?"
"I don't like him," she said. "I just wanted to give him a punch in the cabeza. Besides, it looked like you needed help."
"Thank you," Kevin said sarcastically.
"You're welcome," she said before getting attacked by another Swabot.
Well, it did give Kevin time to recover and he started his counterattack. When Hercuron got up, Kevin threw a massive right hook at him. Hercuron blocked the punch and Kevin retaliated with a left straight. Hercuron caught it, but the two started to struggle.
Meanwhile, Sean had gotten into it with a commander Swabot. Now these are much different from regular Swasobts, so Sean had his hands full. The commander Swabot had its hands on his neck, but not squeezing. Sean was trying to rip its arm off. He kneed the Swabot in the gut.
The Swabot stumbled back, and started throwing punches. Sean dodged several, throwing a few back. "Huh, I didn't know Maria could hit that hard," he said before the Swabot punched him.
Hitomi jumped in, taking a big cut with the Am Staff. Some exposed circuitry and sparks flew out. She thrust the back of the staff into the Swabot's head. That's when it noticed Aaron and—
"AAAAHHHH! ! !" Aaron noticed it, summoned the Mountain Axe, took a big cut aaannnnddd… cut its arm off.
"Ouch," said Sean. He took his blaster and shot its head off. "This fight's been easier than I expected," he said. Then he noticed Hercuron. "One second thought, let's go!"
"Gladly!" said Maria.
Hercuron picked Kevin up and tossed him into the pavement. Even with the new suit, he was still having trouble. Kevin recovered quickly and threw a massive punch at Hercuron, landing on his right cheek. Hercuron touched his cheek, smiling savagely. "You're good, Blue Ranger," he said.
"Not good," said Kevin. Hercuron wound up to throw another punch at him.
But a pair of shots hit Hercuron. Kevin expected to see Sean, but got a big surprise. "Bet you weren't expecting me, huh?" said the Silver Ranger.
"No," said Kevin.
"I wasn't talking to you," said the Silver Ranger. From the look on Hercuron's face, he certainly wasn't.
"I was wondering when you going to show up!" Sean said as the other four gathered around to protect Kevin. "We have some questions to ask you!"
"Maybe later," said Silver.
Hercuron growled. "I don't think he wants to see all of us," said Hitomi.
"Too bad," said Sean. "One at a time, gentlemen!"
It was actually Hercuron that went first. Angry that his fight with the Blue Ranger was interrupted, he rushed the Rangers. Aaron stepped up for the Rangers, tackling him in the gut. Hercuron grunted and threw Aaron away.
"Green! You okay?" Sean called.
"Not really," said Aaron.
Silver was next, pointing his weapon at the Zordonian strongman. Maria pulled out her blaster and fired off a couple of shots. Sparks flew and Hercuron screamed in pain.
Now it was a free-for-all. All six Rangers attacked. Hercuron couldn't hold them all off and several of them landed hits.
Their superior numbers had Hercuron on the run—literally. He made a break for it and the Rangers gave chase. Sean jumped up, tumbled over and landed in front of him. "Don't even think about it!" he said.
Hercuron screamed and threw a massive punch at the Red Ranger. Sean dodged, grabbing his arm and elbowed him in the face. Kevin grabbed Hercuron's shoulders and dragged him away. He wound up and threw a hard right hook at Hercuron. The blow made the strongman stagger backwards.
But he is still much stronger than all of them. He kept his footing and fired back, knocking Kevin into Aaron, Hitomi and Maria. But Silver was next, kicking him right in the face. "Ooh-rah!" he said.
"Ooh-rah?" said Sean. "Hey! Who are you!"
"I'm the Silver Ranger, of course!" he replied.
"I know that!" Sean replied. "What's your name?"
"I'm not telling!" he said matter-of-factly. Sean growled.
Hercuron picked Hitomi up and tossed her—lightly—to the side. Aaron grabbed his arm, pulling him to the ground. Silver ran up, flopped on his back and elbowed Hercuron right in the chest. John Cena, eat your heart out!
Meanwhile, Eltar was monitoring the fight and starting to panic. "Where is Kalderon?" he said. He growled and got on the communicator. "Hercuron! Get out of there!"
Hercuron growled while he got up. The Rangers had him surrounded. "Leave, now! It's too dangerous!"
It was obvious from the look on his face he didn't want to leave. But underneath that he was certainly considering it. "I will," he said.
Sean realized what was about to happen. He rushed forward, but it was too late and Hercuron disappeared in a flash. "Well that was a bust," he said.
"I guess it's time to leave," said Silver. But Sean grabbed his shoulder.
"Not so fast!" he said. "You have US Government property. Where did you get it?"
"I'm not telling," said Silver.
"You think I'm joking around?" said Sean. "Tell me now!"
"No!" Silver said, throwing his arm off and taking off.
"AFTER HIM! !" Sean shouted. The Rangers started to chase him but, he was long gone.
"Damn," said Kevin.
"What a waste," said Maria.
"Not quite," said Sean. "We got one thing out of him.
"What's that?" asked Aaron.
"This guy was in the Marines," said Sean.
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Hercuron was forced to lick his wounds not just physically, but mentally. This was probably the first time he'd been beaten this soundly. But it wouldn't stop him. If anything, he was going to get back at the Rangers. But, he had a few bones to pick with a certain general.
"Hercuron!" Eltar said as he walked up to him. "What happened?"
"Kalderon left me," said Hercuron. "Is he here? I want to—"
"He's not here," said Eltar. "But we can call him. I want to know what he was thinking too, especially now that the Emperor has returned to Zordon."
"He returned to Zordon! ?" Hercuron shouted.
The command center was filled with screens. It showed scenes in every area the Zordonians controlled, even Earth. Eltar pressed a few buttons and Kalderon's image popped up. "Kalderon, you have some explaining to do!" said Eltar. "And I do not want any excuses!"
"I wanted to evaluate these new suits," said Kalderon. "I felt that—"
"That is an excuse!" said Eltar. "Hercuron was nearly killed because you left! Once Emperor Rashon hears, you will be in big trouble!"
"I apologize!" said Kalderon.
"You are lucky Emperor Rashon likes you," said Eltar. "Because if you were Phaedos, he would have had you frozen again!"
Kalderon growled. He bowed his head and said, "I understand. It will not happen again."
"It had better not," said Eltar. "The Rangers are getting better. We cannot afford to let them gain on us if we intend to reclaim Earth."
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