Power Rangers: A New Beginning
Chapter 10: Clash of the Robots
The Green Ranger was proud of himself, within a week of receiving his new powers he had beaten the Power Rangers to a pulp, pissed off the United States military and had destroyed one of the largest ports in America.
The latter had just happened, with his new Dragonzord, the Green Ranger had destroyed the dock and warehouse district, he stood on top of the Dragonzord, holding on the giant fin as the monster crushed everything in its path on its way into the heart of Angel Grove.
General Millar was barking orders to his soldiers
"I want every civilian, within a twenty block radius of that thing evacuated, now"
"That could take hours sir" a soldier called out
"You think I give a damn son? Those people out there are innocent and I want them to be safe, get them out of the city NOW!" Millar roared as his men scrambled around following his orders, Lieutenant!"
"Yes sir?" the Lieutenant said
"Get the third tank battalion down there; I want them situated right in front of that thing"
"Yes sir!" the Lieutenant said, he picked up a radio and began to bark orders into it
"There has got to be something to stop that thing" Millar said to himself
The Dragonzord crunched its way through the city streets, people ran around screaming as it neared the center of the city
"You know big guy" the Green Ranger said "When you step on people, they make the most interesting sounds"
The Dragonzord roared its approval
"I agree this is a blast, lets head over to the high school and take that out next"
The Dragonzord roared and turned towards the high school and began to walk towards it
"Stop!" a voice called out
The Green Ranger turned his head to see the Megazord standing behind him, its massive fists raised
"About time you showed up" the Green Ranger called out. "You're just in time, because schools about to be out forever"
"You have got to stop this" Jason called out through the Megazord's mega-phone
"Now why would I want to do that?" the Green Ranger said pulling out his dagger. "Name me another time when you could ride around in a giant robot and blow up shit? These things only happen when you are the bad guy"
The Green Ranger brought the dagger to his helmet, a thin strip of the helmet melted back allowing the dagger to be brought to his lips; he was playing the dagger like an instrument. The Green Ranger played a melody the Dragonzord's eyes lit up, six re lights on his chest began to glow and blink. The Dragonzord raised its hand, its fingers flipped open revealing five missile launchers.
"That dagger, its how he is controlling that thing" Billy said as he sat up and looked closer at his view screen, it was so simple he should have thought of it sooner. That melody he keeps playing is really a code, sending the Dragonzord his mission. "Music to tame the savage beast" Billy muttered "Jason, we have to get that dagger!"
"I think we are about to have bigger problems" Jason said "Look"
"Let them have it" the Green Ranger said
The Dragonzord roared and fired its full salvo of missiles at the Megazord. The missiles exploded on impact, sparks erupted from all the control boards in Megazord's cockpit as the robot stumbled backwards, crashing into an apartment building
Zack ignored the tiny screams of pain and horror coming from his view screen; he punched a few buttons and read the screen
"Shields are down to 65" Zack called out
Jason pulled back on his control yoke, pleading to the machine to stand, to fight.
"Get up…get up" Jason muttered under his breath, warning lights flickered on inside his helmet "Billy give me a sit-rep"
Billy moved his hands across his control boards, downloading information into his helmet
"We've lost most of the stabilizers in the right leg"
"And to add on top of that, most of the servos in the left leg are shot all to hell" Trini said
"Reroute power and get us back on our feet" Jason ordered
"Rerouting power…done" Billy said "We should be able to stand, Trini?"
"We are good, hold on everyone" Trini said
The Megazord jumped back on his feet
"Rush him" Jason yelled. The Megazord started to stomp towards the Dragonzord
"You guys just don't give up" the Green Ranger muttered as he jumped down into the cockpit of the Dragonzord "You want to see what my big friend is capable of? The come on!"
The Megazord swung its right fist, striking the Dragonzord in the jaw, a hollow metal CLANG reverberated through both machines at the hit. The Dragonzord roared and shook its head and swiped out with its claws, sparks erupted as the Dragonzord tore three ragged holes down the Megazord's chest, the Megazord stumbled back from the attack. The Dragonzord rushed forward and swiped out again, the Megazord sidestepped and brought it's massive leg up, kicking out at the other Zord. The Dragonzord fell backwards crushing a building underneath it. Suddenly a tail whipped out, snagging the Megazord's legs and pulled it to the ground. The Megazord crashed to the ground, knocking over a water tower in the process, fifteen thousand gallons of water rushed through the streets of the city.
"Front deflector shields are down, we've got a major rupture through five of the main interlock systems" Zack called out
"Damage to the targeting sensors and outside cameras, Jason we have to be careful or we are going to be blind soon" Kimberly yelled
Jason sighed; piloting a giant robot wasn't as easy as it looked on TV. "Do we still have the power saber?" he asked
Kimberly checked through her screens
'Yes, a little damage to the retrieving door, but it should work. Call for it Jason"
"Well then launch the damn thing, power saber, online!" Jason roared. A case on the back of the Megazord opened quickly, shooting the power saber into the sky. The saber came crashing down to the ground. The Dragonzord rose back to his feet and started to bring its massive foot down on the Megazord.
"Billy, get us out of this" Jason said
Billy pulled on his control yoke, the Megazord responded by rolling away from the Dragonzord and climbed back to its feet, grabbing the power saber as it stood
"The days of us getting knocked over are done pal" Jason said through gritted teeth
General Millar watched the battle rage from ten blocks away. Property damage was already in the billions and climbing quickly, casualties were coming in by the thousands. This was quickly becoming the worst attack on American soil, and it was all going to fall on his head
"General, third tank battalion is in position" a voice called out through his radio
Millar sighed and grabbed his radio
"It's about time. Quit fucking around and fire at will" He roared
"At which target sir?"
Millar rolled his eyes
"How about the two giant robots you fucking moron, take them both out" Millar shouted
Mortar shells exploded from the barrels of three tanks and shot straight for the Megazord. The Megazord reached out and grabbed the Dragonzord and used it as a shield, the shells exploding on across its back, The Dragonzord roared in what sounded like pain.
"Do they think they can stop you with tanks? Show them what you are made out of" The Green Ranger said, the Dragonzord replied by slamming its tail out and crushed the tanks, as the giant raised its tail, a fireball, from the destroyed tanks, lit up the night.
"Whoa" Millar exclaimed as he threw his night vision scope to the ground, he blinked his eyes furiously to clear them from the green blaze, he grabbed his radio "Get me the Pentagon" he barked into it
"Give up?" the Green Ranger said
"Never" Jason replied
A stream of fire erupted from the Dragonzord mouth, frying the already damaged circuits in the Megazord's chest
"Great, it can breathe fire as well" Zack muttered "Jason we are going to have to detach the Megazord if this keeps up"
Jason shook his head, he had had enough. He pulled back on his control stick, making the Megazord swing the power saber around and plunged it straight the Dragonzord's chest plate
Sparks erupted from inside the Dragonzord's cockpit, the Green Ranger laughed as flames erupted from the mech's mouth again
"Ill cook you all alive" the Green Ranger screamed
"That's it, Jason we have to detach" Billy said breaking a glass covered panel
"No, not yet" Jason screamed
"We don't have a choice Jason. If we don't do it we risk blowing the Megazord's power cells that would be just as devastating as ten atomic bombs, plus it would kill us all" Billy screamed as he pushed the emergency detachment button
Light shot out of the Megazord's joints as the robot broke apart and teleported away
The Green Ranger laughed madly, sure his Zord was damaged but it was nothing compared to the Megazord. He knew that that was a last resort move and they had barely escaped with their lives and knowing that fact made the Green Ranger very happy
The Command Center…
Jason pulled off his helmet and balled his hands into fists; he crossed the room just as Billy was removing his helmet and swung his fist at Billy's face. The punch sent Billy crashing to the ground, blood trickled from his nose
"What the hell were you thinking?" Jason yelled "I am the leader of this team"
Kimberly rushed over and helped Billy to his feet
"What was I thinking? What were you thinking Jason, the longer we stayed out there the longer that guy kicked our asses, another hit or blast we would have been done for" Billy said
"That wasn't your call Billy to make" Jason said
"I'm sorry if you think you got punked out Jason. Billy made the right decision to pull us out" Zack said
"Shut up Zack!" Jason roared "If it wasn't for you…"
"Me, what did I do?" Zack said
"Exactly, if you would have done your job" Jason said
"Look mother fucker if you want to go, we can go right now" Zack said getting right up in Jason's face
"ENOUGH!" Zordon boomed "It is no ones fault that the mission failed"
The team turned and looked up to Zordon
"If you feel that blame must be cast, the cast it towards me"
"What re you talking about Zordon?" Kimberly asked s she knelt beside Billy
"I did not explain to you the situation at hand. The Green Ranger is supposed to be the leader of the Power Rangers. I specifically made his coin stronger than the rest, this is why he has armor and the Dragonzord can stand up to the Megazord"
"And you let that power coin fall into the hands of Rita" Jason asked
"There was nothing that I could do; it was chance at its very best. I apologize for not going into more detail with you when he made his appearance" Zordon said
"Yeah, that info would have helped us from the beginning" Zack said
"Is there anyway to stop the Dragonzord" Trini asked
Zordon shook his head
"No, it has not been in my control for so long, Rita has corrupted it just like she has corrupted the power coin" Zordon said "I am sorry my friends"
"Is there anyway that we can find out the Green Rangers identity? That way we can meet up with him on neutral turf" Billy asked
Zordon shook his head slowly
"Alpha and I have been looking into from the beginning; we believe that Rita is using a spell to keep us from finding out the Green Ranger's true identity"
Jason walked over to Billy and helped him to his feet
"I'm sorry Billy, I have just been as mad about this whole situation, you as well Zack"
"Its' ok Jason, we are all under a lot of stress" Billy said
"Whatever man" Zack answered
"I think I know who the Green Ranger is" Jason said
"You do?" Billy asked
"Jason, what are you thinking?" Zordon asked
Jason shook his head, dredging up the memories from his inner mind
"I think it's Tommy"
"That new kid?" Zack said
"Why do you think that Jason?" Trini asked
"Because I sparred with him before, and the Green Ranger was using the same moves as him. That axe kick was the same move that Tommy used on me to knock me out"
"Are you sure?" Zordon asked
"Positive" Jason replied
"It will take a full day for Alpha to repair the Megazord" Zordon said "I think you should use this time to follow Tommy around and see if he is the Green Ranger"
"Sounds like a plan. Anyone know how to get to him?" Zack said
Trini raised her hand
"I think I do, I kinda talked to him earlier before the Dragonzord appeared" Trini said
"Well then it shouldn't be Tommy then, if the Dragonzord appeared while she was talking to him": Zack said
"Not necessarily" Zordon said "I designed the Dragonzord to act independently from the rest of the Zords, if it is Tommy, he did not have to be in the Zord for it work"
"So we find Tommy and tail him" Zack said "Shouldn't be so hard"
"Just finding him will be the problem. Trini, you talked to him, did you get anything out of him" Jason asked
"Just that he seemed interested in Kimberly" Trini said
Kimberly raised her hands
"Uh huh, I am not going anywhere near that psycho. I am not going to play Matri Hari. "
"Come on Kim, you have to" Jason said
Billy wanted to say something, he didn't want Kim to go anywhere near Tommy, especially if he was the Green Ranger. Billy wanted to play the protective boyfriend, but he knew if he started down that road, it would be hard to stop.
"That was all before I told him that she had a boyfriend" Trini said, saving the day "He wanted to me go for a ride on his bike with him"
"Ok then Trini do you mind?" Jason asked
Trini shook her head
"No, it's kind of exciting" she said
Jason's temper flared up again, but he calmly chewed it back. Exciting, what the hell was she thinking, this was fate a of the world problem
"Ok then, Zack and I will follow you just to be safe" Jason said
"Yeah, no worries babe, I don't think he can take the three of us" Zack said
"Well where do we start looking?" Jason asked
"I'd try the juice bar" Trini replied
"Ok" Jason said as he turned to Billy and Kimberly
"Kim, you and Billy are on stand by. Go home and wait for use to call you if we need you"
Billy smiled at Kimberly, and found that she was already smiling, young love, young teenage love. It was the best request they could ever have.
"I think we can handle that" Kimberly said, nudging Billy's hip
"Good luck Rangers" Zordon said
The Juice Bar…
Trini walked inside the juice bar, for a week night it was packed, even with an evacuation order out on the city. She walked up to the bar, she needed something to calm her down, and Ernie's friendly face could usually lift her moods
"Trini!" Ernie called "I'm glad you are ok"
A woman brushed past Trini as she walked up to Ernie
"Kind of busy isn't it?" she asked
"Yeah, I am running a make shift shelter. Did you see the size of that thing?" Ernie asked
"Up close" Trini muttered under her breath
"What did you say, you have to speak up, and it's pretty loud in here" Ernie said holding his hand to his ear
"I said no" Trini yelled
"Oh, well on the news they were saying that the other robot was defending the city" Ernie yelled
"Bullshit" a voice yelled out behind them
Trini turned to find Bulk and Skull standing behind her
"We saw the whole thing; it was like one of those bad monster movies. Both of those things were totally destroying the city" Bulk said
"And why do you care Bulk?" Trini said smirking
"Who said anything about caring? I was down there with skull looting the jewelers" he held out his wrist, a large gold watch hung off of it "Pretty cool huh? Be nice to me and maybe you'll get on yourself"
Trini shook her head
"Hey have you guys seen Tommy?" Trini asked
"Not since before the attack" Bulk said staring at his reflection in the watch "Why? You looking for him?"
"Who's looking for me?" Tommy said as he strolled up to the bar
"Trini is" Bulk said
"Hey where'd you get that?" Tommy said pointing to the watch
"Found it" Bulk said
"More like stole it, give it here" Tommy said
"Fuck you, I got it fair and square" Bulk said
Tommy eyes narrowed, Bulk suddenly looked scared. He pulled the watch off and handed it over to Tommy, he grabbed Skull and they walked off into the crowd
"Wow, that's pretty nice of you Tommy"
Tommy smirked
"Who said I was a nice guy? This thing will get a nice price at a pawn shop"
Trini's face faltered
"I see, is that all you care about? Money?"
Tommy smiled as he put the watch in his pocket
"No. Beautiful women are a number one in my book"
"Does that line even work?" Trini asked, trying hard not to laugh
"Sometimes" Tommy said
"Hey is that offer still open? For the ride I mean?"
"Hell yeah, let's get out of here?" Tommy said grabbing Trini and pulling her out of the door. Outside he handed her a helmet and kick started the engine of a dirty Honda motorcycle, he climbed on, Trini climbed on behind him and wrapped her arms around him as they rode off into the night
They never noticed the red Mustang pull out behind them and began to follow them
Kimberly's house…
"You know I haven't been home in days" Billy muttered
"Don't tell me you are passing up a chance to make out with a beautiful girl with her parents not home? Are you that big of a nerd" Kimberly said
Billy blushed
"What about Miryla?"
"She can get her own damn boy" Kimberly said with a smile, pushing the front door open
Miryla was asleep on the couch; a history book was laid on the table in front of her
"Aw, look she looks like an angel" Billy said
Kimberly turned and locked the door behind him, kicking Billy out of the way. She flipped open the alarm panel for the house and set the alarm. Now if any doors were opened they would know about it.
"You have an alarm?" Billy asked
"Yeah, it was one of my Dad's ideas, seeing how I was spending a lot of time here by myself, he wanted me to be safe" Kimberly said pushing Billy towards her bedroom
"Are you safe?" he whispered leaning down to kiss her neck
Kimberly closed her eyes
"Sometimes, when you are around" she whispered back
She pushed Billy down the hall and into her bedroom, slamming the door shut behind them.
Miryla opened her eyes a little bit, noticing nothing, she rolled over and went back to sleep.
Elsewhere…
"What are they doing?" Zack said
"It looks like they are talking" Jason said
"What could they be talking about for over an hour?"
Jason smiled
"A little bit of everything, you mean to tell me that you and Aisha, never talked that long"
Zack shook his head
"No, not really?"
Jason laughed
"Bullshit man, come on"
Zack shook his head
"Nope, never that long"
"Hey whatever happen to her by the way?" Jason asked
"She lost interest in me" Zack said, his face dropping
"You are kidding me!" Jason said
"Nope, she called me up one day and told me it was over. I think she had someone on the side"
"That bitch!" Jason said
Zack shrugged
"Eh, it's cool. That shit got kind of tiresome after a while"
Suddenly Zack and Jason's watches both started to beep
Jason brought his up to his mouth
"Go ahead"
"Jason, the Green Ranger has been seen?"
"What, are you sure" Zack said
"Yes, he has appeared in downtown Angel Grove" Zordon boomed
"What is he doing?" Jason asked
"Apparently nothing right at the second, he has just released the Dragonzord back into the ocean" Alpha chimed in "He has completely destroyed the main servos in the legs, that's what took him so long to do anything, he had no choice but to repair them at the scene"
"Anyone else get hurt?" Zack asked
"No, no one went near him"
"That's kind of weird Jason"
"Keep an eye on him" Jason said starting the car and flooring the gas pedal. He turned and roared past Tommy and Trini and drove in the direction of the ruined docks
Zack turned and looked at Jason
"But if the Green Ranger isn't Tommy, who is it then?"
"I don't know, but I am damn sure going to find out"
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