Some of this was written on my phone so please excuse any grammar mistakes :). Also, I'm finally on time!
Previously on Power Rangers: Data Surge
Her phone began to ring and she noticed it was from an unknown caller. "It says unknown." She told Nick, frowning.
"Answer it, it could be important." Nick said.
She nodded and slid the button on the screen to the side to answer. "Hello? Who is this?" She asked as soon as she answered. "Darry? Whoa whoa slow down. I'm at school. What am I doing? Uhh.. hanging out with a friend, why? The hospital?! What? Are you alright?! What? No! Is he okay? I'll be right there." She hung up and turned to Nick fearfully. "Austin's in the hospital!"
"What? Is he alright?" Nick asked, concerned.
"I don't know. Darry said something about a fire and Austin getting thrown onto a table, I don't know, but I have to get there!" Sam exclaimed.
"Do you want me to go with you?" Nick asked.
Sam shook her head. "No, Darry would be pissed. I'll go and text you to tell you what happened later, alright?"
Nick nodded. "Alright. I hope he's okay."
"Me too." Sam said, and then took off running.
Nick's bracelet then began vibrating as Robbie, who had been watching them, came up to him. "What just happened?" He asked, but Nick held up a hand and lifted his bracelet to his lips.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Do you know where Jordyn or Renee are?" Kyro asked.
"No, why?"
J"I can't find them on the map anywhere. They disappeared about the time of that battle. You were there, you know right?"
Nick looked around frantically, as if they would be there, playing a joke on him because Jordyn would be mad that he didn't show up for the battle. "I wasn't there, Kyro."
"What?! Why weren't you there?!"
"Renee told me to stay here and reconnect with Sam while they went to battle. I thought they would be okay. Where was the battle?"
"I'll send you the coordinates now, but we're gonna have a talk when you get back." Kyro growled.
"Whoa, was that the alien?" Robbie asked in astonishment.
Nick nodded. "I need to go, Jordyn and Renee might be in trouble."
"Can I come?" Robbie asked excitedly.
"I can't bring a civilian into a battle." Nick frowned.
"It's not a battle." Robbie smirked. "It's where a battle was and now isn't."
Nick rolled his eyes. "Fine, but if anything happens..."
"I'll be out of there before the monster even knows I'm there."
Nick nodded. "Alright. Grab my arm and hold on as tight as possible."
"Why?" Robbie asked, though he did it anyway.
Suddenly, Nick began running at top speed with his power and they were at the scene of the battle before they knew it. Robbie had to steady himself against Nick as they stopped and he stared up at Nick with wide eyes. "That was.. awesome!"
Nick nodded distractedly. "Okay, anything that looks out of the ordinary, tell me."
"Like this?" Robbie asked, picking up a photograph off of the ground.
Nick rolled his eyes. "A picture isn't suspicious."
"Not even if it's one of a ranger sword? Or this one which has a tree with a white background when there's a large hole in the ground over there?" Robbie raised an eyebrow at him and showed him the pictures.
"What the hell?" Nick frowned. He looked at the ground and saw two more photographs under his feet. He picked them up and examined them. One was of Jordyn's weapon, and the other was a man crying and knocking on the picture, trying to get out.
"Okay, I don't think pictures move." Robbie commented.
"They don't." Nick nodded. "Oh my god, I think Jordyn and Renee got kidnapped in photos like these." He gasped. "I need to find them before Red Code finds out they're rangers."
"Nick, not to ruin your sense of optimism or anything, but it been what? 2 hours since the battle? Chances are he already knows." Robbie told him.
Nick realized he was right and nodded. "Then I've gotta destroy the monster. If I do, they can get out and figure out a way to tell me where they are, because we don't actually know where Red Code is."
~PRDS~
"Once you get your body, Master, I think we should transfer our army to that island." Shifter said. "There's a lot of items there that might be useful to the development of our army."
Red Code was silent for a moment before he spoke. "Alright, Shifter, I'll take your word for it, but if anything goes wrong, I'll have your head."
"Master!" Crunch ran in with the Camera Bot behind him, dragging two struggling girls along on chains behind him. Their hair covered their faces as they tugged fiercely on the chains. "Camera Bot caught two out of three rangers!"
The girls lifted their heads and gasped up at the screen in front of them. Neither Jordyn nor Renee had ever seen Red Code or any of his generals. Not only that, but they had no idea where they were and their morphers didn't work, Jordyn assuming they were under ground or something or the sort. The only reason they still had them on was because they had a defense mechanism to latch tightly onto their wrist so no one besides them could take it off.
Red Code gave a pleased humming sound and seemed as if he was looking them up and down. "Good, they will come of use soon enough." He cackled.
Now
"So, how do you think we can destroy the monster?" Robbie asked, looking worriedly at Nick.
"I have no idea." He cursed under his breath. How could he have thought that it would be okay to let Renee and Jordyn go off on their own?
"Is there anyone we can call for help?" Robbie said.
Nick shook his head. "Robbie, I think you should go home. I need to handle this on my own. It's my fault they're missing, and I have to save them. I'll never forgive myself if I don't."
Robbie looked up at him a bit disappointed, but nodded. "Alright, but if you need anything, call me."
Nick nodded. "Don't worry, I will."
~PRDS~
Sam ran into the hospital and spotted Darry pacing worriedly in the waiting room. "Darry!" She called to him and he sighed a breath of relief and hugged her tightly. "Are you okay?" She asked, pulling away and looking him over. "What happened?"
"Me and Austin were talking, and we distracted and the food Austin was cooking started a fire. He tried to contain it with his powers but there was some cooking oil and it spilled and the fire just lit up and the energy he used to contain it broke and he was thrown back and he was hurt and I just... I don't know." He ran a shaky hand through his hair.
"He'll be fine." Sam put a hand on his shoulder. "Austin's tough."
"Yeah, I hope you're right."
Sam opened her mouth to ask a question, but a nurse called them over. Darry looked back at the nurse and walked quickly over there, with Sam on his heels.
"Is Austin alright?" He asked quickly.
The nurse held up her hands. "He'll be fine. He has some deep bruising on his back and left side, and his shoulder was dislocated, but it was minor and we were able to put it back in place without complications, so he should be released sometime late tonight or early tomorrow, though you'll need to talk to his doctor about that."
"Can we see him?" Sam asked.
She nodded. "Yes, he's in room 206."
The siblings nodded and walked quickly to the elevators and upstairs into his room. Austin's eyes were closed when they entered, but as they neared he opened his eyes and smiled at them. "Thank God you guys are here. When can we leave?"
"Whoa whoa, hold on Austin," Darry said, a bit taken aback by his brother haste. "Before we even discuss you leaving, are you okay? I mean, I've never seen anything break one of your barriers."
"I'm sore and exhausted and my left side hurts a lot, but I also want to leave." Austin told him. "Wait, did either of you eat?"
Darry gave him a look. "Austin, I don't care if I ate! You're in the hospital! Me eating is not nearly as important as your health!"
Sam was standing behind them when sharp pain erupted from behind her eyes. She groaned and her eyes turned silver as she clutched her head.
"Sam?" Austin asked, leaning forward in bed. Darry turned around and grabbed her as her legs gave out and they both fell to their knees. She gasped out as the pain went away.
"Are you alright?" Darry asked, not letting go of her in case it wasn't over.
She nodded. "Yeah," She aside breathlessly. "But we need to go."
"What?" Darry asked, helping her up. "Why?"
"The rangers - they're in trouble." Sam told them.
Darry frowned. "What kind of trouble?"
Sam looked to be in deep thought. "I think Jordyn and Renee are with Red Code. Nick wants to go after them, and if he does alone, he's gonna get killed."
Darry rolled his eyes. "Of course he is."
Sam growled. "I don't care if you don't like him, we need to go save him. He's a ranger."
"And so are we!" Darry exclaimed.
"Exactly." Sam nodded. "Which is why we have to save him."
"What about Austin?" Darry asked. "How am I supposed to get him out of here? I'm not sure if he can be released."
"We'll have to go without him." Sam said, then turned to Austin. "Sorry, bro."
Austin nodded but Darry shook his head. "We can't..."
"Yes, we can. This is important, Darry." Sam told him forcefully.
Darry bit his lip before nodding. "Alright," He turned back to Austin. "You call us if you can get out."
~PRDS~
Nick cried out in pain as he was thrown back into the side of a building. "Where are my friends?!" He demanded as he got to his feet shakily. As with most attackbots, the Camera Bot had no vocal capillaries, and couldn't talk, though Nick didn't care. He just wanted Jordyn and Renee back.
The Camera Bot tried to blast him to turn him into a picture but Nick flipped over the blast and it hit the building behind him, turning it into a picture. Nick cursed and ducked as the Camera Bot tried again, but hit a tree instead.
"You know," Nick said as he stood up. "I figured you would have better aim than this."
The Camera Bot seemed to growl and ran forward, punching Nick hard in the stomach. Nick took out his sword and stabbed it in the shoulder, causing it to stumble back a bit, and Nick stood up straight, back flipped, and kicked the Camera Bot back.
He lifted his bracelet to his helmet. "Kyro, have you located Jordyn or Renee yet?"
At the Command Center, Kyro stared at the screen as he saw the green and silver rangers come online, fortunately, Nick couldn't see that. Kyro knew the white ranger would likely come online at least for the next battle, and knew that once his three rangers found out that there were three others, they'd start asking questions.
"No," Kyro told him, and Nick once again cursed. "I'll keep looking. You keep fighting."
Nick rolled out of the way of another blast and ran forward, grabbing the Camera bot by it's shoulders and flipping over it, trying to take it with him and slam it into the ground, but he couldn't. Usually, the rangers could do it with their feet if they really tried, but it was hard. It was times like this that he wished he had super strength instead of super speed.
The Camera Bot seemed to laugh at him and grabbed him by the arm, flipping him back over his head and slamming him into the concrete. Nick gritted his teeth, trying not to show his pain to this bot, but the Camera bot didn't seem to care and kicked him to the side.
Nick forced himself to his feet and took out his blaster. The Camera Bot blasted his ray at him and Nick sighed. He felt that this was his one chance and shot the blast with his own. The blast bounced off of Nick's and came back and hit the Camera Bot, turning him into his own picture.
Nick stared in awe and smiled. He went over and picked up the picture with a smirk. He threw it up into the air and blasted it, destroying the picture, and the Camera Bot for good.
~PRDS~
Darry, as the green ranger, and Sam, as the silver ranger, ran down an alley until they came up upon a ramp like entrance that was invisible to the naked eye, but with their enhanced senses, they saw it and ran down until they were in a cold, dark place.
Looking ahead, the two could see Grinders walking around to guard the place. "How are we gonna get in?" Sam asked. "We're not invisible, and the Grinders will see us."
Darry shrugged. "You're the one with the whole 'superhuman mentality' thing."
Sam groaned and closed her eyes. She could see a lay out of entire place and could see signs of human life in the prison cells, but also nearing them. She opened her eyes and looked at Darry. "There are people coming, but they're not full human. I think they're soldiers working for Red Code."
"Good. Demorph, we'll steal their uniforms." Darry said.
Sam nodded and the two demorphed. When the soldiers came around the corner, Darry's arms turned green as he put all of his super strength into knocking them out, knowing that if they were part machine, it would be harder to do. He winced as his fist connected with metal, and dragged them over to Sam. The two quickly threw on the outfits and grabbed the blasters in their hands and began walking into the underground fortress.
Darry nodded at a passing soldier, but was ignored and the two kept walking. "You know, in movies when people do stuff like this, the soldiers usually nod at each other."
Sam rolled her eyes. "This isn't a movie, Darry. This is real life, and we need to treat it as such. These soldiers are probably programmed to act a certain way."
"You're probably right." As the two walked forward, Sam put a hand in front of Darry's chest to stop him from walking forward. "What?"
Her eyes were silver. "There's a check point up here."
"A check point?" Darry raised an eyebrow, and looked ahead. In front of him he could see a very discreet scanner on the walls.
"That scanner scans to see if you have robotics or a chip in your mind. If you don't, an alarm will go off and the fortress will go into lock down." Sam said worriedly. As far as the two knew, they didn't have any robotics in their bodies, nor did they have a chip in their minds. "I might be able to disable it for a moment with my technopathy."
"I don't even know what that is," Darry said. "You have so many abilities up in that brain of yours I can't even keep track, but go for it."
Sam nodded and closed her eyes, focusing on the scanner until she felt the power go out. The two walked through it, and didn't notice that it turned on just before they walked in, but nothing happened.
Sam pointed ahead, where there was a large cell door, and behind it were the unconscious forms of Jordyn and Renee. They didn't looked too injured, and they were alive.
Darry gestured forward, "Go, try to open the door, I'm gonna stand watch over here."
Sam nodded and ran forward to the door. While she focused one of her mental abilities into the lock to break it open, Red Code and Shifter were talking, and the two rangers didn't notice.
"Master, we're still working on the device to control them and set them against the red ranger." Shifter said, smiling evilly.
Red Code was silent for a moment. "Will it work?"
Shifter nodded. "I scanned their brains to see why the alarm did not respond to them when they were brought in. Humans aren't born with powers."
"How did they get them then?" Red Code demanded.
"I believed that they had robotics in their bodies, but upon further inspection I realized that their powers are a result of a power chip implanted into their brains, most likely as young children."
Meanwhile, Sam grabbed Jordyn and Renee and hoisted them up. She heard a grunt behind her and saw a Grinder grab Darry from behind and force his arm behind his back. Darry had an angry expression on his face and tried to get out. The Grinder smiled sadistically and gestured with his head to the alarm and the main room.
Sam put Jordyn and Renee down and morphed silently. She brought out her weapon, double swords that could combine, and threw one at the Grinder's head. It fell back and hit the alarm anyway. Darry cursed and morphed with her, running over and hoisting Jordyn and Renee over his shoulders and pushed Sam in front of him as they ran quickly towards the exit. The Grinders blasted at them and Shifter and Crunch joined them, Shifter nailing Darry on the back with a blast.
He cried out and Sam stopped a bit to look back at him, but he pushed her forward until they ran out of the fortress and towards the command center.
The two were quickly in front of the Command Center and Darry laid Jordyn and Renee gently on the ground in front of the door.
The two didn't want to risk demorphing in case they saw them and even with his suit on, Darry's back was very painful. Sam was standing behind him and could see that the blast had burned through his suit and left a very bad burn in the center of his back.
"Are you alright, Darry? That looks really bad." Sam said worriedly.
"I'll been fine, just patch me up when we get in the back." He told her. The two knocked once and ran back to the back of the command center and into their section and demorphed. When they got in, the two were shocked to find Austin deeply asleep on the couch, shirtless with bandages wrapped around his middle and a sling on his shoulder, with his jacket draped on his shoulders.
Darry sighed and carefully lifted his jacket off of him and draped a blanket over his younger brother instead. "He shouldn't have had to walk home, especially not alone," Darry shook his head, upset that he wasn't there to help Austin. "Can you patch me up now, please?" He said not unkindly.
Sam nodded and went to find the first aid kit.
So I'm guessing some of you probably expected them to be the next rangers on the team but what about the revelation that they have powers because of chips in their brains? And that they don't know about it? Oh no.
Next time on Power Rangers Data Surge: Jordyn finally reveals a week later that she saw the two new Rangers, but Nick and Renee don't believe her until they see all three of the new Rangers, even though the green and white rangers aren't at the top of their game. Meanwhile, Darry, Austin, and Sam try to avoid the rangers in civilian form.