LAST TIME ON POWER RANGERS CYBER DRIVE:
"The name's Amy."
"Trey," he replied grasping her hand and shaking it, "I'm new here."
"What we need is something powerful enough to take on the rangers, no something even stronger than that, we need something that will not only be able to hand the rangers, but have the power to obliterate them completely, what we need is…yes, yes that's perfect," Digi muttered looking at the Cyber Key.
"Huh what's this?" he questioned looking over it, "where did this come from?"
Running his thumb over it, a crimson aura started to glow around him making Trey stumble slightly, before he placed his hand on the wall next to him to steady himself. The crimson aura started to glow brighter, Trey falling to his knee before it over took him, causing him to vanish from the shop. Outside the shop, Drake and Kris looked around to make sure that no one was around before Drake brought his wrist up and hit the button on the side of his morpher.
With another flash of lighting, the rangers shielded their eyes from the light, waiting for it to die down when they noticed a new being standing there facing them, this one making their eyes widen in surprise.
"Is that what I think it is?" Amy asked hesitantly.
"But that's not possible," Calder muttered unbelieving of what he was seeing.
"Please tell me I'm seeing things," Kris pleaded.
"I wish I could," Merrick replied panting, "but there's no denying it, that's…"
"Another ranger," Drake said as he looked at the newest ranger in front of them.
-Cyber Drive-
The newest ranger stood there staring down the five on the ground, his crimson outfit matching the red ranger's, only darker in color. The new ranger didn't move from his spot, instead choosing to stand there and allow the ranger to assess just how bad the situation might be. There they were, demorphed and face-to-face with a ranger that seemed to be fighting for the Viralites, and according to ranger history, an evil ranger was never a good thing. Standing up, the rangers struggled to wrap their minds around what was going on, none of them wanting to fully accept that there was a ranger staring at them ready to attack in a second's notice.
"So does anyone else want to tell me why we're looking at a new ranger," Calder challenged making the Viralites laugh.
"It's quite simple Cyber Green," Gem said smirking at him.
"Commander Alcon was tired of all the failures, so to ensure that we were victorious this time," Digi continued as Scores finished what he was saying.
"The Commander had Digi here cook us up one of our own rangers to defeat ya," the western style Viralite finished.
"Okay this is crazy," Amy stated looking at the new ranger, "you're a power ranger, one of us, you can't possibly be working for the Viralites."
Walking over to him, Amy was quickly thrown back as he grabbed a hold of her wrist and tossed her back over to the team, Drake and Merrick catching her before she hit the ground.
"I would morph if I was you," the new ranger said getting into a fighting stance, his deep voice sending a chill down their spines, "otherwise you won't last long against me."
"Drake…" The pink ranger asked looking over at him.
Drake growled, clenching his fist as he started to shake as he tried to come up with a plan for what to do about an evil ranger. This wasn't what he had wanted, what he and Conner had planned for. They had wanted to find the sixth Cyber Key and hopefully find someone to use it that would fight alongside them to take down the Viralite threat, but now they were about to confront the very thing they wanted on their side.
"I don't like this, rangers shouldn't fight each other," Drake muttered looking up from the ground, "but we don't have a choice, if he's sided with the Viralites then we have to defeat him."
"Yay, we get to fight an evil ranger," Merrick replied, "that's never been a bad outcome for other ranger teams."
"CYBER DRIVE, GET CONNECTED!"
"Good, now we can fight," the evil ranger said with a bit of cockiness in his voice.
Charging the ranger team, the evil ranger worked his way into the middle of the group, attacking the others quickly. Kicking Drake in the chest, the newest ranger grabbed a hold of Calder and flung him over towards Amy, the green and yellow ranger colliding and falling to the ground. Just as quickly he went into a sweep kick and knocked Kris down, grabbing a hold of her and kneeing her in the gut before throwing her to the ground and elbowing Merrick in the gut and blocking the red ranger's attack. The two rangers locked arms, circling around each other before pushing away and skidding back from each other, the evil ranger moving to attack again, kicking Drake in the gut and punching him multiple times. The other rangers rejoined the fight, the evil ranger using their momentum against them as he took them down yet again just as easily as before.
"I'm a little bit disappointed," he said as he walked over to Drake, pulling the red ranger up to his feet before punching him in the gut again, "I was hoping that you would provide me with more of a challenge."
Drake groaned as he fell to his knees, still feeling the other ranger's hand still on his shoulder. Spreading out the fingers of his right hand, Drake quickly reached up and grabbed a hold of his opponent's wrist, the evil ranger looking at him with mild interest as the red ranger pulled in into the side and stood up.
"I wouldn't count us out just yet," he replied before attacking the darker colored ranger.
Blocking his attack, the newest ranger fought back against the red ranger, the two matching blow for blow. Downloading his Cyber Sword, Drake was about to attack when he saw that the evil ranger was right in front of him with his blaster drawn pointing right at him.
"I don't think so Cyber Red," he said firing his blaster at point blank range.
With his sword knocked out of his hand, Drake hit the ground and watched as the evil ranger caught the sword, looking at the weapon as the other rangers ran over to their red ranger.
"Is that really all you got?" the evil ranger asked slashing the sword through the air in front of him, "Honestly I don't know why the Commander is having trouble with you."
"We can't beat him," Drake groaned as he stood up with Kris's help, "we need to retreat and come up with a plan."
"Drake's right we need to move," Merrick agreed as they started to back away.
"Leaving so soon rangers?" the evil ranger asked shouldering the Cyber Sword, "Why would you want to leave, we were just getting started!"
Slashing the swords through the air, the opposing ranger pushed some of his energy through the blade and sending it at the other rangers. The attack struck the ground in between them, exploding on contact and knocking the rangers back on to the ground, demorphing them yet again. Laughing, the other Viralites watched as their own power rangers was about to finish off the Cyber Rangers, finally riding them of the one thing that was getting in their way.
"Cyber Fire is actually doing it," Gem said smirking.
"Ah hate ta admit it, but even ah'm impressed," Scores said tapping the grips of his guns.
"Oh this is perfect, Cyber Fire has exceeded even my expectations," Digi said in glee clapping his hands together, "now then finish them and rid us of those pesky rangers once and for all."
"No problem," Cyber Fire said pointing the Cyber Sword at the rangers.
"Wait you don't have to do this," Drake said holding out his hand.
"Please you're a ranger, join us," Amy said looking up at him.
"That's where you're wrong, I maybe a ranger," Cyber Fire said stopping in front of them, "but I'm nothing like you."
Conner stood in the headquarters, watching as his team was taken down by something he was hoping wouldn't show up. Alpha stood next to the former ranger, freaking out as the team was overpowered, the robot knowing what was about to happen.
"Aye, yi, yi, yi, yi the rangers are in trouble Conner what are we going to do?" Alpha asked moving around erratically.
"Alpha is the emergency teleport system up and running?" Conner asked look at the robotic companion.
"It is but there's still some bugs in it," he replied as the former red ranger ran his hand through his hair.
"Activate it, hopefully it's enough to get them out of there," Conner stated as the robot started up the program.
"Oh I hope this works," Alpha muttered pressing the button, "activating emergency teleportation."
Just as Cyber Fire was about to finish off the rangers, the team was surrounding by lights that matched their colors, vanishing before the blade hit the ground, the sword vanishing soon after. Opening their eyes, the rangers looked around to see that they were now in their headquarters, Conner and Alpha running over to them and helping them up.
"Are you guys okay?" Conner asked as Drake sat down on the stairs, the other rangers following suit.
"How can be Conner?" Drake asked wiping some dirt off his face, "We're now facing an evil power ranger."
The Viralites stood there in shock, their own ranger standing up straight and looking around before tightening his fist and turning to face them.
"That was…unexpected," Gem muttered, her eyes narrowing.
"It matters not, we know now that the rangers can't possibly beat Cyber Fire," Digi stated, his mustache twitching again, "the next time he faces them…"
"The next time I face them, the rangers won't survive to see the next day," Cyber Fire said walking pass them, "I'm out of here."
"Hey you just can't up and leave like that ya varmint," Scores said turning to face him, Cyber Fire not even bothering to turn around.
"That's what you think," he replied a Cyber Gate opening up, the ranger vanishing from sight.
"Oh great another ego maniac," Gem groaned rubbing her forehead.
"Hn, whatever I all I know is once those rangers are gone he better watch his back around me," Scores said as he vanished as well.
"I better go and report back to the Commander," Digi said as he turned away, a gleeful smile on his face, "he's going to be happy about Cyber Fire overpowering the rangers."
Gem stood there as Digi vanished, leaving the female Viralite there alone. Looking over towards where the rangers just were, she wondered just how long it was going to be until their own ranger defeated them once and for all. However as she thought of this an image of Calder flashed through her head, startling her and making her shake her head to get rid of the image. Narrowing her eyes, Gem wondered why the green Cyber Ranger would randomly pop into her mind, it wasn't like he was her friend, and he had only shown concern for her once.
"Great, even when they aren't here those rangers are annoying me," She muttered as she started to walk away from the quarry, "oh well once the rangers are destroyed I can continue on my merry way and go back to figuring out what the Commander is hiding from me."
-Cyber Drive-
The rangers were sitting around their Headquarters, Drake and Kris on the stairs, Amy sitting on the floor leaning against the wall, Calder sitting in his chair next to Conner and Alpha, and Merrick sitting next to them on the ground. Kris leaned against Drake, the red ranger only moving his finger as he tapped it on his knee, trying to gather his thoughts just like the other rangers.
"So then," Calder said from his chair, looking over at Drake, "what are we going to do?"
"We need to come up with a plan," Drake replied rubbing his wrist, "he's working for the Viralites and unfortunately that means we have to stop him."
"Okay did you not see how fast he was out there?" Amy asked, "He took us out like it was nothing."
"Most of the time when a new ranger shows up not only are they better equipped than the current team, but faster and stronger than them," Conner pointed out as he turned around and brought up pictures of past sixth rangers, "and trust me, it's never easy when they were on the opposing side, but the good news is they always ended up joining the team."
"I wonder what Viralite they got using the sixth Cyber Key," Merrick stated as he leaned his head against the wall, "has to be a powerful one if he was using the thing."
"Couldn't have been a Viralite they can't use the Cyber Keys like that," Conner replied, the rangers all looking at him in confusion, "I can't explain it as well as others, but from what I understand is the Cyber Keys require a certain biological coding found in humans that Viralites don't have, they can use them to power their weapons, and if they had enough power from the Cyber Keys then they could even power up the Cyber Gates to allow Alcon to escape, but for that they would need more power than any one of the keys have."
"So wait, what you're telling us is that the ranger we just faced, the ranger that just kicked our butts…is a human?" Calder asked in shock.
"Don't be so surprised Calder while there have been a few alien rangers, most are still human," Alpha said looking at the green ranger.
"I guess, by the way how did you manage to get us out of the quarry?" Calder asked looking at his robotic friend.
"Emergency teleportation system," Conner answered, the keyboard behind him sparking slightly, "and unfortunately we no longer really have that ability anymore."
"I'll take a look at it later with Alpha," Calder promised their mentor.
"Can we get back on topic here?" Merrick asked standing up, "We have an evil ranger out there that we just found out was human, and we have no clue as to why he's with them."
"I don't want to accept the idea that a human would willingly work with the Viralites if they knew what they were going to do," Kris said frowning.
"I don't want to accept that either, but until we have a firm grasp on what's going on and why this guy's doing this then we have to be open to all ideas," Drake explained with a small shake of his head.
"Okay so we know that he's human, now the question is, who is it?" Amy said bringing her knees to her chest.
"I have someone that I can call and see if she can help us," Conner said leaning back in his chair, "For now you guys rest and heal up, don't worry about coming back to work for the rest of the day."
The rangers nodded as Conner walked up the stairs, the older ranger pulling out his cell phone and hitting a few buttons before holding it up to his ear. As he continued behind the counter he smirked as he heard the sound of the other phone being picked up.
"Hayley, it's Conner," he said smirking, "I need your help with something, the sixth has shown up."
-Cyber Drive-
Amy walked down the street, head down as she tried to come up with something that would help the team with their latest threat. After Conner had left, the rangers went out to do different things, Calder was back in their headquarters, working alongside Alpha as they tried to get the emergency teleportation up and running again. Kris had gone home to help her mother paint the living room, Merrick and Drake had gone to the park in order to spar with each other, she guessed, in a hope to get stronger and cover their weaknesses. Amy didn't realize just how far into her thoughts she was as she ran into something sturdy, making her fall to the ground with a grunt. Looking up to see what happened, Amy saw Trey standing there looking at her with concern, helping her up after they both regained their bearings.
"You okay?" Trey asked as she wiped the dust from her jeans.
"Yeah I'm fine, probably my fault anyway," Amy muttered as she straightened up, "so what are you doing out and about?"
"Had a headache and when that happens I usually go for a walk," Trey replied smirking at her, "what about you? You seemed lost in thought?"
"Oh um…something happened and my friends and I don't really know what to do," the yellow ranger said, trying to avoid the subject.
"Work related?" the new kid asked curious, the two starting to walk down the street again.
"Yeah," Amy answered watching as some kids ran pass them, all of them laughing as they played a game of tag, "something new came up and we're not too sure how to deal with it."
"Well how do you guys normally deal with new things?" Trey asked looking over at her, noticing her smile fall slightly.
"Unfortunately I don't think that this is one of those things that we can deal with the way we normally do," Amy muttered, reaching up to touch her t-rex pendant, "Conner says that other groups have dealt with what we're dealing with and was able to get through it, but I'm worried that we're not up to the task."
"Maybe I can help," Trey offered, trying to get her to smile again.
It seemed to work as Amy stopped and turned to him, her smile coming back a bit as he stopped and faced her as well.
"Thanks Trey but this is something we have to deal with on our own," she replied taking a hold of his hand and giving it a squeeze, "looks like it's my turn to leave quickly though, Mexican night at my house and I want to be there before my dad gets to the food."
Trey looked her in the eyes, trying to figure out what it was that she was trying to keep from him, but shrugged it off figuring that if it was important enough he would figure it out sooner or later.
"Alright then, but if you need my help don't hesitate to ask okay," he stated giving her a lopsided grin.
"I will," Amy said walking away from him, speaking to herself when she was far enough away, "though it might be hard for you to help with ranger business."
Watching as Amy walked away, Trey couldn't help but feel his headache coming back with a vengeance, a faint crimson glow starting to surround him again. Stumbling into the nearby alleyway, he fell to his knees, clutching his head as the aura overtook him and transformed him into the evil power ranger. Standing up, Cyber Fire looked around before walking back to the entrance and looking over at the yellow ranger walking away from him. With a small chuckle he turned away again and started back down the alleyway, a Cyber Gate opening and allowing him to walk through.
-Cyber Drive-
Alcon was happier than he has been in a long while, so much so that he wasn't even upset that the rangers had gotten away from his Viralites the last time. His two second-in-commands, and his scientist had just watched their own power ranger defeat the Cyber Rangers as if it were nothing, and he was certain that the next time he would destroy them. Speaking of their own power ranger, Alcon could hear the sound of dial up as Cyber Fire appeared in the fortress, his footsteps echoing off the walls. Walking up next to Commander Alcon, Cyber Fire looked around the place, his hand twitching slightly when he noticed Gem and Scores standing there as well.
"Why did you call me here?" Cyber Fire asked unamused.
"Why does it matter?" Gem retorted narrowing her eyes, "You work for us, don't forget that."
"Silence, all of you," Alcon said slamming his fist on to the arm of his throne, "Cyber Fire, we are the ones that gave you your power and you will listen to me."
Cyber Fire looked over his shoulder at Commander Alcon, noticing quickly that the Commander's hand was very close to his sword at the moment and, even though he knew he would be able to take on Gem and Scores, he wouldn't survive against Alcon.
"Forgive me Commander," Cyber Fire muttered turning away from Gem, "so why have you called me here?"
"Digi has completed something for you," Alcon explained as the Viralite Scientist walked in, "something that will help you against the rangers."
"I don't need help against them," the ranger replied, "if you didn't notice I defeated them easily the last time."
"Be that as it may, this weapon that I created you will boost you advantage over them even more," Digi said holding out a black and crimson blaster, "I call it the Cyber Gun"
The blaster itself, Cyber Fire noticed, looked somewhat familiar. It was wider than the Cyber Blasters he saw on the rangers, it actually didn't even look like the Cyber Blasters. The main part of it was crimson, while the grip and the very bottom was black.
"This was created based of the Quantum Blaster that the Quantum Ranger used in battle," Digi explained as the ranger picked it up, "Those rangers aren't the only ones who can use past ranger tech."
"Hm, this will do then," the ranger stated, putting it in the holster on his belt, "The next time I fight the rangers I'll destroy them."
"And that will be sooner than you think, I want all of you to go to the human world and destroy those rangers no matter what," Alcon said as the three fighters looked at each other, "Take Pop-up with you, I don't want to take any chances this time."
"Don't worry will take them out," the evil ranger replied, the three of them leaving.
-Cyber Drive-
Calder listened intently to Alpha as he cut a couple of wires and moved them out of the way, the robot instructing him on how to fix the emergency teleportation system. The other rangers had left not long ago and he had wanted to get the system back up and running again in case they had to escape once more and, if he was being honest, he was hoping that he could get it running to a point that it would be able to teleport them whenever.
"Alright Calder now connect the red and pink wires together," Alpha said from out in front of the computer.
"Alright," Calder said, taking the two wires in his hands, "here we go."
As the two wires connect, sparks flew from them, making the green ranger shield his face as he got out from within the computer. Wiping his hands on his pants, Calder stood up and sat down on in his chair, Alpha walking over to him.
"Well that worked well," he said with a laugh, "it was almost like those two wires seemed to have too much of a spark."
"I was certain that it was those two wires," Alpha said walking around in a circle.
"It's fine Alpha, we just need to check some of the other wires," the green ranger said leaning back in his chair, "but I'm going to need some of my tools back at my place, should make it a little bit easier to fix those things down there."
"Shall we continue tomorrow then Calder?" the robotic ranger companion asked stopping and looking at the green ranger.
"Yeah I think that for now that's the best idea, I have some other things I want to work on anyway," Calder said turning to the computer and bringing up a program that he had been working on.
Alpha looked at the screen in front of him, quickly noticing the picture of the Viralite he had come to know as Gem, with what seemed to be a scanner constantly going over her. For a moment, Alpha wondered if he was merely scanning her to see if there were any weaknesses she had that they could use, but if that was the case then he would had also scanned Scores and the other Viralite wasn't up there. Then he remembered, Calder had taken an interest in the female Viralite, something about her having captured the young man's attention, and since then he had been trying to figure out what made her different from the other Viralites.
"Have you found anything out about Gem yet Calder?" Alpha asked, the green ranger sighing and shaking his head.
"No, not yet," he replied looking at the picture of Gem on the computer, "I know that there's something different about her but I just can't place my finger on it."
"I'm sure that you'll figure out Calder, you would make Billy and Ethan proud," Alpha stated making him smile.
"Really wish I could have met them," Calder said as he went back to work, "Conner told me a lot about Ethan, and I read all that I could on Billy, is it true that he really left Earth and married an alien?"
"That's correct, though the Alien Rangers were captured as well when they came to Earth to help," Alpha explained, "once Billy got word that rangers were disappearing from the planet, he made sure to get back to his home planet to help out in any way he could."
Calder nodded in understanding, as he turned his eyes back to the computer screen as the scanner continued to go over Gem's person. He had built the program after his last fight with Gem when he got a sample of her blood that fell to the ground after she had left. He was hoping that he would be able to use this in order to figure out anything about her that he could use to help, even though she wasn't aware of his meddling. As the green ranger continued his work, Alpha doing what he could to help him, he was caught off guard when the alarms went off, the computer screen switching over to the surveillance system that the rangers had in order to signal them when a Viralite showed up. On the screen, Calder could see Gem, Scores, Pop-up and, much to his dismay, Cyber Fire walking were in a construction zone outside of the city, a bunch Technos following them, Cyber Fire firing his weapon and destroying things as the workers there ran away.
"Ah man, they're already attacking again?" Calder asked with a groan, "Alright, Alpha contact the others, I'll head that way."
"You got it Calder," the robotic companion said as he ran off, "good luck rangers."
-Cyber Drive-
Drake panted as he came to a halt, having gone on a run after sparring with Merrick for a while. Taking his pulse, the red ranger looked around and saw that he was in the woods, that is if the trees around him were anything to go by. Sitting down, he opened the water bottle he brought with him and took a quick drink from it, only stopping when he heard the sound of a twig snapping nearby. Standing up again, Drake looked around to see who else was there when he jumped behind a tree to hide when said person walked into his line of sight. Actifed was now no less the twenty feet away from him, the dual wielding Viralite, as far as the red ranger knew, was unaware of his presence.
"This isn't good," Drake muttered as he pressed his back up against the tree, "Actifed is the last Viralite I want to run into at the moment."
As the Viralite continued to walk pass the red ranger, Drake tried to look out from behind the tree so that he could gauge if he would be able to get out of there. It didn't look like Actifed had noticed him just yet, but knowing what little of the Viralite it seemed unlikely that he could stay hidden for very long. Staying hidden as best as he could Drake attempted to leave the area, doing what he could in order to not draw attention to him and avoid a confrontation with a Viralite that he knew he couldn't beat at the moment. Looking out from the tree he was now hiding behind, the red ranger's eyes widened when he noticed that Actifed was now heading his way. Pressing himself up against the tree again, he closed his eyes and attempted to lower his heartbeat a little bit to calm himself down.
'Just so long as he doesn't find out that I'm here, then I'll be able to get out of here without him noticing me,' Drake thought taking a deep breath, 'okay let's move.'
Just as Drake was about to dart out from behind the tree and make a run for it his morpher went off, making him groan as Alpha's voice could be heard.
"Drake, the Viralites are attacking, and Cyber Fire is with them you need to hurry back and help the others," Alpha said as a sword shows up, positioned as his throat.
"Dang it," Drake muttered bringing up his morpher, "I'll be there as soon as I can Alpha."
Lowering his hand Drake glanced over to his left, Actifed walking to stand in front of him, his sword never wavering from where it was pointing.
"Stand up Cyber Red," he said, Drake standing up slowly as he pulled out his Cyber Key, "I guess now would be a good time to test just how far you have come with your dual wielding skills."
"Look as much I want to fight you, my friends need my help," Drake said, Actifed not moving an inch.
"Your friends can wait, we will fight now," the samurai Viralite tightening his grip on his sword, "now morph so we can begin."
"I don't have time for this, the city is being attacked and I need to go and help my team," Drake stated getting into a fighting stance.
"And yet you still prepare to fight me," Actifed pointed out as they started to circle around each other, "is it that you are like me, that you wish to see which of the two if us is the stronger fighter."
Drake glared at his opponent, the wind blowing a few leaves off of their branches and swirling them around in between them. In a second both parties were at it, Drake having summoned both of his swords, and the two clashed. Blocking Actifed's attack, Drake did his best to swing around and slash at his opponent, said Viralite moving out of the way with ease before attacking again. Going under the blades, the red ranger quickly ran pass the Samurai, through the trees as fast as he could. Actifed followed close behind as their fight continued, both warriors attacking one second and defending the next, their blades sending sparks off each other.
"CYBER DRIVE, GET CONNECTED!" Drake yelled as he flipped over a massive rock, morphing in midair.
Going into a shoulder roll, Drake blocked the incoming attack and pushed him away, spinning around so that he was now on his feet facing Actifed. The two circled around each other again for a few seconds before going back at it at full force. Actifed watched every move that the red ranger made, trying to decipher his opponent's fighting style as best as he could, but something seemed off, it was as if the red ranger wasn't completely into the fight. He was there, he had his swords, and he was dueling him, but his mind seemed to be somewhere else besides what he was currently doing. This annoyed the Samurai Viralite slightly as he wanted Cyber Red's full attention while they dueled, not just half of it, there was no honor in defeating something if they weren't a hundred percent into the fight. As the red ranger attacked once more, Actifed blocked it easily and pushed him back, the red ranger sliding back and getting into another fighting stance when he noticed that Actifed had put up his swords.
"This fight is over," Actifed said turning away from him, "but know that next time I won't let you go so easily, come ready to fight me with your full attention, or prepared to be destroyed."
Hesitantly, Drake lowered his weapons a bit, watching Actifed to make sure that he wasn't going to attack him when he guard was down. But when the Viralite started to walk away, the red ranger lowered his weapons completely and spoke up.
"Tell me this, why do you want to fight me so bad?" Drake asked catching his attention.
"I have said this before, you and I are both dual wielders," he said looking back at him, "I wish to fight you in order to see which of us is better."
"That's it huh? No hidden agenda where you simply destroy me and take my Cyber Key to Alcon?" Drake questioned tightening his grip on his sword.
"I do not follow Alcon, he has no honor and I cannot work for someone with no honor," the Viralite explained turning away again, "I also have no intentions of destroying this planet like he does."
"And why is that?" The red ranger asked confused.
Holding out his hand, Actifed caught a leaf falling from the tree above him, and turned around the face the ranger again. Holding the leaf between his thumb and index finger he held it out for Drake to see before answering.
"This world, I have come to find, holds much beauty, and Alcon wishes to destroy that," he replied catching the red ranger off guard, "I hold no grudge against this world, I only wish to fight you, but know this, our fight will end with one of us destroyed, so if you wish to continue to protect this world, you'll have to be stronger than me."
Watching as Actifed walked away, Drake couldn't help but feel the chill run down his spine, but at the same time he was relieved that it was one less Viralite that want to destroy the world. Thoughts of his friends resurfaced quickly though and the red ranger put away his weapons before pulling out another Cyber Chip. Running through the woods, he came to a fenced area separating the road from the trees, and jumped off it with a cry.
"CYBER RIDER, DOWNLOAD!"
Landing on his bike, Drake started off back towards the city, his friend and the safety of the world on the forefront of his mind.
"Don't worry guys, I'm on my way."
-Cyber Drive-
The rangers, having arrived earlier to where their opponents has shown up, were having a hard time as they were quickly separated. Merrick was fighting off Pop-up, the monster continuing to send out exploding ad after exploding ad. Blocking the attacks the best he could, Cyber Blue made his way towards the Viralite, only to get pushed back by another attack and a group of Technos that were aiding his opponent. Using his lance though, he was quickly able to disperse of the minions, leaving Pop-up wide open for an attack. Pulling out his blaster, Merrick fired away, his attack hitting Pop-up enough times to push him back and allow him to get in close enough to use his lance.
"You're not going to get away this time," Merrick said attacking him, the blades of his lance slashing the Viralite across the chest.
"That's what you think Cyber Blue," Pop-up said as he attack him, punching Merrick in the side, "but it's going to be you who's going to be destroyed in this fight."
"Keep dreaming," Cyber Blue said pushing him away, "come on show me what you got!"
Kris and Scores, not far away from where Merrick and Pop-up were fighting, were locked in a showdown, Kris using her bow to fire at the western styled Viralite. Shooting down her arrows, Scores laughed as he fired at her, Cyber Pink ducking behind a nearby pillar to avoid the attack.
"Do ya really think you can beat me with something as old fashion as a bow girl?" Scores asked firing his guns again, "ya must be crazy to think that."
"This coming from someone dressed like he belongs in a western movie," Kris retorted readying an arrow.
Twisting her body so that she spun out from behind the pillar, Kris fired her arrow, Scores firing his gun at the same time, and the two attacks passed by each other, each of them hitting their intended target. Rolling across the ground, Kris quickly recovered and pulled back on the string of her bow again, firing some more arrows before Scores could get a chance to attack. The arrows were quickly to hit their target, Scores shielding himself with his poncho the best he could. Panting, Cyber Pink smiled as she stood up, but her smile quickly disappeared as she saw Scores stand up as well, dusting off his poncho and pointing his gun at her.
"Ah'll tell ya this much pinky, ya have some good aim," he said as she pulled back on her bow string again, "but ta still ain't the marksmen ah am."
Firing their attacks both were knocked back on the ground again, their weapons being knocking out their hands as they gave a grunt of pain when the hit the ground. Calder and Gem were farther way from the ground, the two of them fighting yet again as the female Viralite attacked with her twin daggers. Using his Cyber Saber, Calder blocked the attacks and was able to push back against her, using said weapon to lock her into place when they clashed again.
"Look Gem this is crazy," Calder said keeping her in place, "I know there's something different about you, and you do too, you're not like the other Viralites."
"And what makes you say that Cyber Green?" Gem retorted with a growl, pushing back against him.
"Look at the facts, out of all the Viralites we've seen, while they appear mostly humanoid, you're the most human looking one of them all," Calder pointed out as the spun around, "you know it's true, I can see it in your eyes, they're hiding something from you and you want to know what it is."
Pushing him away, Gem twirled her daggers and attacked again, Calder ducking underneath the blades as he attempted to get her attention again.
"We can help you figure out what it is, all you have to do is leave the Viralites and join us," he stated as he blocked her attack.
"Shut up, stop trying to get into my head," she yelled, her attacks becoming more vicious, "I'll figure it out on my own, and I don't need you or her to help me."
The two attacked each other, both of their blades hitting the other, sending sparks flying off of them as they stumbled backwards. As they fought, Amy yelped while Cyber Fire tossed her to the side, using his new weapon to fire at her and knock her to the ground before switching it to blade mode and walking over to her. Standing up, with a bit of difficulty, Amy turned to face her opponent, backing away when she noticed just how close he was to her.
"Please you don't have to do this, you're a power ranger just like us," she said summoning her daggers, "you can join us and put a stop to this."
"And why would I want to do that?" Cyber Fire asked still walking towards her, "When what you want is couther productive to what I want."
"Why would you want to destroy the world?" Amy asked confused, using her daggers to block his attack, "You're human aren't you, you must have a home somewhere."
"I want to destroy the world because it's what the Commander wants," Cyber Fire explained attacking her again, "nothing more, nothing less."
Amy couldn't speak, not that she could at the time since he attacked her quickly afterwards, but her mind was running a hundred miles an hours as she rolled across the ground. Struggling to get to her hands and knees, she gasped in pain as he kicked her in the side and knocked her back to the ground. He pointed his blade at her throat, ready to strike and end this fight, when she finally found her voice again and spoke up.
"The sixth ranger always joins the team," She stated making him stop, "even if they're evil, they always join and help the team save the world."
Cyber Fire looked down at her, his blade stayed in place as the yellow ranger looked up at him and, he was sure if he could see her eyes, she would see that her eyes would be pleading to him. This however only made him laugh and he raised his sword again to attack when a round of blast went off around him and Amy, Cyber Fire backing up when he noticed Cyber Red was driving down the road towards them.
"Well, well, look who's shown up," he taunted leaving Cyber Yellow on the ground, "I was wondering if I was just going to be able to destroy your friends before you arrived."
"Well I'm here now," Drake said getting off his Cyber Rider, "and I'm not going to let you hurt my team."
"Is that so?" Cyber Fire asked with a laugh, "You probably should have showed up sooner if you wanted to avoid that."
"How about we just cut to the fight since I have a feeling words won't matter to you," Cyber Red suggested getting into a fighting stance.
Cyber Fire didn't reply, instead taking his own fighting stance to mirror his opponent. The two started to circle around each other slowly, waiting for the other ranger in red to make the first move. Standing up, Amy held her side as she could feel some pain, probably a broken rib, but pushed it to the side as she watch the two rangers. The two rangers stopped for a second before rushing forward, both of them ready with their swords, and bringing them together. Sparks flew off the metal, and with the force that they used it was enough for the two of them to push through and slash the other across the chest. Stumbling forward, Drake was quickly spun around and kicked in the chest as Cyber Fire continued his attack as if nothing was wrong. Getting his footing back though allowed the red ranger to block the incoming blade and push it off to the side. Jumping into the battle, Amy lashed out at the evil ranger but he quickly dodged out of the way making her instead hit the red ranger.
"This is just too easy," Cyber Fire remarked as he switched his weapon back into its blaster mode.
Seeing the gun the two rangers backed up, Amy's eyes widening as she was able to realize what the gun looked like.
"That…that looks like…"
"The Quantum Blaster," Drake finished in shock.
"Close, but it's not quite the Quantum Blaster," Cyber Fire replied pointing it at them, "but I'm surprised it took you this long to recognize my new weapon, this is the Cyber Gun, a better, more power weapon then your Cyber Weapons."
Firing his gun, Cyber Fire watched as his attack hit them, the two rangers falling to their knees as an explosion went off around them. As they fell to the ground, Merrick and Kris was tosses over next to them, both of the grunting as they rolled over the concert and stopped.
"Huh? Guy?!" Calder yelled out as he saw his team on the ground.
"Don't you forget about me Cyber Green," Gem growled attacking him.
Calder blocked and attempted to attack back, but Gem was starting to get faster in her movements again, making it close to impossible to escape her and help his friends. The others were getting to their feet as Scores and Pop-up walked over to where Cyber Fire was standing, the latter of the three switching his weapon back into saber mode.
"I believe it's time I ended this," Cyber Fire muttered as his blade started to glow yellow with power, "It's too bad Cyber Red, you might have survived longer if you didn't show up."
"Wait Gem's over there you can't attack them just yet," Pop-up pointed out, the evil ranger looking over his shoulder at him.
"The Commander told me to defeat the rangers," he replied turning back to the rangers, "and that's exactly what I'm doing."
Lightning started to shoot of the blade as the sound of crackling energy could be heard. Lifting his sword into the air, Cyber Fire stabbed it into the ground, the lightning shooting forwards towards the rangers and exploding around them, the attack also going towards the green ranger and Gem. Seeing the attack coming towards them, Gem's eyes widen in shock as she attempted to move out of the way but wasn't fast enough as it exploded around both her and the green Cyber Ranger. As the explosions went off around them, it was strong enough that it forced the rangers to demorph and knocked them away. As the others were knocked back and out of sight, Calder and Gem were knocked over a cliff edge, the two of them hitting the ground and rolling down the slope at the bottom of the cliff. As they came to a stop, Calder looked up from where he was laying and noticed that Gem was out cold, the female Viralite probably having hit her head in the fall. Standing up, Calder could hear the Technos coming down the nearby hill, more than likely looking to take his Cyber Key and retrieve Gem, and was about to run off when he stopped and looked back at Gem.
'I can't just leave her,' Calder thought as he looked back over to where he could hear the Technos coming from, 'even if she is evil I have to help her.'
Picking her up, Calder looked around the area and ran off with Gem on his back.
