Sorry about not answering the reviews this time (or maybe I will in PM). I am really sick, and didn't even feel like writing this chapter, but I was inspired to go just a little further for now. So I wanted to get this out for you all. Especially those of you who took the time to review, fave and follow. It brightened my day a little after I got back from the doctor's office that day.
Now...
Chapter 12
The ground trembled once again as Emperor Mavro sent wave after wave down in droves. Play time was over. Almost all of the remaining rangers on Earth and the off planet rangers had been recalled with the exception of the gold Zeo ranger and the Phantom Ranger who'd yet to be found. The rangers had no choice but to leave the safety of the command center to protect the civilians after Mavro started taking children hostage. The RPM rangers were still engaged with Professor Cog when the future team of SPD rangers joined the battle for Angel Grove.
"Swat Mode!" the large squadron of SPD rangers called, and every single one of them adorned additional armor which indicated they were the Elite of the Elite, even their new orange ranger. The dog like Lizard leader of the group called out, "Professor Alexander Cogswell, you are hereby charged with illegal tampering with the dimensional barriers between worlds, illegal biotechnological engineering, converting yourself to this abomination you are now, and just for my own edification, just for being ugly. How do you plead?"
"Screw you, worthless humans, and their pup too."
"Judgement Time!" a loud booming voice filled the air as if coming from all directions.
SPD serves as police in the future, and in rare cases even in the present. However, they are also tasked with being executioner as well should the criminal be deemed too violent for reintegration into society later in life. The Special Police(Yes I know the US name for it) Delta can request the universe's ultimate courthouse for immediate judgment. A large X appeared on the internal displays of the SPD rangers' helmets.
"Execution approved," the Swat team stated unanimously.
"Delta Enforcers!" the same rangers called out, summoning their heavy artillery riffles and opened fire on the remaining cogs on the ground, and the few grinders which managed to make their way to the area. "Dino Charge right?" They nodded in affirm. "Please take the south side of the neighborhood. I am picking up residual robotics, and I don't think it's ranger tech."
"Got it covered. You heard the man Dino Charge. It's about to get wild!" Tyler said, taking back command of the team from his girlfriend who was outwardly annoyed, but secretly loved this new Take Action thing Tyler had going on. "Boom, you, Sky, and Doc Manx assist them. We've got things handled here."
Everyone had their marching orders and moved out without much trouble.
The Red SPD swat specialist ordered his team back as he stepped forward and pressed a button on his morpher. Scott seeing the other rangers back away, he opted to do the same with his team. Cog glanced around until he saw Marcus, and he raised his arm and sent out a sonic pulse which knocked people out of the way, and knocked Marcus back into a bus that was turned over on it's side. Scott was about to retaliate when Jack, the SPD red ranger pressed a button on his morpher. A small portal opened above his head, and a white mechanical dog fell down. It took a few seconds and shook off the jolt and looked to jack and gave a 'ruff,' in acknowledgment of his tag team partner.
"Ready Rick?" Jack asked.
A affirming growl was all jack needed. "Fine then. SPD Battlizer... Cyber Mode!" The team's cybernetic companion raced forward to and laid waste to the few minions left in front of Jack, then began to dismantle, and flew at jack at breakneck speeds. Upon reaching his person, Rick's body transformed into a few armor pieces and granted Jack a sword.
Z, SPD yellow tilted her head in askance. "Cyber Mode? Really? That's barely any stronger than our swat mode, if that."
Jack simply shrugged and said, "Rick had a rough trip. I just wanted to make sure he was up for it.
Accepting her field leader's reasoning, she stepped back in line as he then called out, "Sonic Mode!"
The rest of the Rick armor formed around Jack's uniform to create a battle armor with massive destructive capacity. Inside his helmet he grinned a little with the thought, 'Maybe I was a little to quick to give all of this up. I can still help poor people in the future. I just need to do so from a corporate stand point. I make enough as an SPD cop that I can pay people who really need jobs a bit more than minimum wage and still live okay if I continue to live on the base for now...' he concluded, a thought for a later time after the war was over. Jack took off into the air and armored up further as rocket boots were added to his feet and jet streams shot out from his boots and the jet pack built into the armor. He then landed in front of a stunned Professor Cog.
"Mode Two Complete." Jack didn't even wait for Cog to attempt to talk his way out of it or escape. He used his now much larger sword and sliced him in two. He then took to the sky aimed down at the left over pieces and fired, ensuring no chance of any sort of second life, or back up program.
As Jack landed, both teams of rangers met in the middle of the clearing. Scott shook the other red ranger's hand as he said, "We have destroyed him twice now. I don't know how he keeps managing to come back, but what you just did," Scott whistled appreciatively, "Was a work of art."
"No worries man. We're all rangers right? It's what we do." Jack returned.
The crowd which dispersed slightly returned in droves, cheering the rangers. Some even recognized a few SPD rangers from the fight in Reefside a few years back much to their surprise.
Scott then remembered, "Oh SHIT. Marcus!" but by the time he arrived, he saw a gorgeous blond woman over him treating his wounds. He recognized the jacket from a the command center. "Lightspeed rescue?"
"Yup. Your brother's fine, if not a bit bruised. And I have some scanning equipment from Doctor's Watanabe, Hartford, and Kay to confirm the identity of your brother. If you would?" Dana, the pink lightspeed rescue ranger/resident MD pricked the now de gloved ranger's finger and did the same to the man of the hour. After doing a scan using a hand scanner, and analyzing the blood, Dana smiled and looked at Scott and said, "You don't get a lot of second chances 'ranger red," she did her best to remember, having dealt with a very livid Doctor Kay on that subject. "But I lost my brother for nearly sixteen years, and got another chance. Don't waste it."
Before Scott or Marcus could say anything, a voice called out, "Glad to see I was missed."
Dana's eyes fought back the tears of emotion as she turned around to see a bearded man in the old lightspeed rescue jacket gear. She screamed out in joy as she jumped into his arms. "Oh my God. Ryan? How? How did you get past the patrols? You were in France with your wife for heaven's sake!"
"I guess you just can't keep a good ranger down right? I had a few more errands to run, but I was in good company with SPD and Dino Thunder for a few days."
"What was so important that you couldn't come here right away?" Dana all but demanded.
"Eric of Time Force got to me and asked for a bit of help finding some friends. I can explain the rest once you fill me in on the rest of what's been going on."
"Yeah, yeah of course Ryan. Everyone is going to freak out knowing you made it."
The other rangers were off talking to civilians, letting them know the rangers had not abandoned them, no matter how bad the situation got.
Elsewhere
A man's heart was heavy as he never wanted to go back into the fray. Even his little scuffle was nothing compared to what he was about to do. He closed his eyes and felt the power deep inside of him as he pulled it forth, making a black scepter, with gold adorning it appear in a golden flash of light.
He looked to the sky of his home planet which he managed to visit 'one last time' before he made his decision. "If Earth is taken... how long before my home is too?" He placed one hand over his heart as a tear fell to the ground as he silently said, "It's Morphin Time."
To Be Continued.
