Disclaimer: Still don't own Power Rangers.
A/N: Next chapter! Again, another
huge thanks to the reviewers! Action packed chapter this time around. Let me know what you think!
"Move!!!" Jason yelled in that commanding voice of his as the missiles were launched right at them. Tommy, Zack, and Billy leaped to the right, landing on top of a building while the other three dove into an alleyway on their left.
"Billy!" Zack yelled over to his teammate, despite the fact that he was only a few feet away. They always yelled at each other when things started going wrong. "I thought you said the morphing grid was one whole unit!"
"It is!" Billy said, turning on his communicator. "Alpha! What's going on here!!!"
"Aye yi yi yi yi!" Alpha replied through it. "Rangers! I had been working on disconnecting the Green Powers and the Dragonzord! I managed to get the Dragonzord detached from the rest of the grid just as David arrived!"
"And you didn't TELL US!?" Tommy yelled over into it, extremely aggravated now. That would have been a damn good thing to know.
"I didn't think David would understand the readings!" Alpha replied. "He used it for the exact opposite effect I had intended it for!"
"We noticed!" Zack yelled, pretty aggravated as well. "Can't you reverse it!?"
"He destroyed the console controlling it! Rangers, I'm trying to get Zordon back first because he has access to all the Command Center's systems and can fix this instantly!" Alpha told them. "Hold off the Dragonzord for just a little bit and everything will be taken care of!"
"...Easier said than done!" Tommy said, looking up to see the Dragonzord approaching the building the three of them were on. The Dragonzord took a powerful swing, and knocked out an entire section of the building beneath them. The three of them quickly leaped in opposite directions, landing in different places.
Tommy landed on another building, and glanced to the side to see the Red, Yellow, and Pink Rangers running up to him.
"If we find David and the Dragon Dagger, we can stop this now!" Jason said, stepping up next to Tommy.
"Dragonzord's going to destroy Angel Grove at this rate, though. Did you hear what Alpha said?" Tommy asked, looking between the three of them.
"Yea, but I don't know if we can handle this," Jason said, glancing over as Zack and Billy landed near them.
"We don't have a choice. Rangers, draw your weapons!" Tommy ordered, pulling out Saba as the rest of them drew their own respective weapons. "Spread out, surround him, keep him busy! If you can get aboard, do it. David may be in there, and either way, the manual controls are in there."
The Rangers all nodded, taking battle stances and watching the fast approaching Dragonzord. Jason smiled underneath his helmet. Tommy was going to be a fine leader of this team.
"Let's do this, guys!" Tommy yelled out, and they all leaped in different directions.
David smiled as he piloted the Dragonzord after the Red and Yellow Rangers, who were nearest to him. This upgrade to the Dragonzord had given it far more speed and power than he ever imagined. The controls were so much easier to use now, it almost felt like he was the one running around and causing all this trouble, not the giant robot he was sitting in. What a stroke of luck it had been to find Alpha in the Command Center, working on draining the Dragonzord's energy. All the hard work had been done, all he had to do was move a few knobs, then make sure no one could use the consoles themselves. He was also surprised the Rangers had decided to stick around and attempt to fight him like this. They clearly didn't stand a chance. Whatever, now he would destroy them once and for all.
The Dragonzord opened fire on Jason and Trini with it's missiles, and they quickly jumped to either side. The building they had been on, however, didn't fare too well, being almost completely destroyed. David glanced into his rear camera to see the White Ranger running down a building's roof, heading straight at him from the back. David simply moved the tail's joystick, causing the drill tail to take a swing at Tommy before he jumped. Although it didn't hit him, the White Ranger was forced to break off his attack. He then quickly turned the Dragonzord, and guided it right at another building, swinging at the Pink and Black Rangers on top of it. Those Rangers dodged his attack as well, and all David managed to destroy was another building.
David grunted in frustration. He couldn't hit these bastards. They were jumping all over the place like a bunch of damn gnats, and he was the annoyed person that just couldn't swat them. He thought quickly, imagining himself in that exact situation. What would he do? Aim for individual gnats, most likely. David grinned, steering the Dragonzord forwards.
Zack landed on top of another building, looking back at the Dragonzord and seeing it charging right at him. Zack converted his ax to it's cannon mode and quickly fired three shots at the Dragonzord. The Dragonzord didn't even slow down though, and kept charging right at him. With no other choice, Zack had to abandon yet another building to David's wrath, and leaped backwards as the Dragonzord charged straight through it. He landed on another building, next to Trini. This time he got four shots off before his gun overheated. It wasn't meant to be used as a machine gun like Zack was trying to do, it was supposed to fire slow, powerful bursts. Zack opened up the slides on either side, watching as the steam poured out. Meanwhile, Trini took a few shots with her blade blaster. Zack closed the slides again, and managed to get one more shot off before the Dragonzord moved in, swinging downwards at the building. Zack leaped backwards once again, and Trini dove to the right side.
Jason, Billy, and Kimberly landed side by side on a building as the Dragonzord chased after Zack. Billy and Jason pulled out their blade blasters, holding them in their left hands while keeping their main weapons in their right hands. Kimberly just stuck with her bow, since it was ranged already.
"Looks like he's singling us out!" Billy observed as he converted the blade blaster to it's pistol mode.
"He's tearing this city apart!" Kimberly pointed out as well, loading up an arrow and firing at the Dragonzord. It didn't do any damage, but she hoped it would make him turn around. That didn't work either.
"If he's focused so much on Zack, his guard should be down!" Jason yelled, switching his blade blaster to the dagger mode. "I'm going in!"
"Be careful!" Kimberly screamed after him, but it was too late. Jason had already leaped off the roof, and was approaching the Dragonzord from behind. Billy bolted to the side, leaping across buildings while firing at the Dragonzord.
Tommy jumped off the building, sailing through the air towards the Dragonzord's left side. He had noticed the Dragonzord's sudden interest in Zack as well, and was more than willing to take advantage of it. As he closed in, however, the Dragonzord swung it's left hand at him. Tommy was hit by the backside of his former Zord's hand, and was launched right back to where he started. He backflipped through the air, landing on the roof of a random building.
"Tommy!" Saba suddenly said, causing Tommy to look at the head on his sword.
"What's up, little buddy!?" he asked quickly.
"Alpha is transmitting me some information," Saba reported, and Tommy's eyebrows raised a bit. That was a nifty little feature they needed to use more often. "Military forces are mobilizing and moving in to attack the Dragonzord!"
"Good!" Tommy said. This was the one time he was glad the government was interfering. "We need all the help we can get!"
Jason landed in the middle of an empty, destroyed street right behind the Dragonzord. He charged at the Dragonzord, hoping to catch David by surprise. He was almost positive David was actually in the thing by now. He put his blade blaster back in it's holster for now, deciding he wouldn't be needing it after all. As he got closer, the Dragonzord's tail swept sideways across the street, obviously trying to hit him. The Red Ranger jumped just high enough to go over it, spinning sideways in the air but landing on his feet again. He kept running forwards, but the tail swept across the street once again. This time, though, Jason jumped up and landed on it, grabbing on tight as the tail began shaking like crazy in an attempt to throw him off.
"Dammit!!!" David screamed in frustration as he violently shook the joystick to the Dragonzord's tail, trying to throw Jason off. This made chasing Zack a lot harder though, as he was only piloting the Zord with one hand, now. He was also taking fire from Billy and Trini's blade blasters and Kimberly's arrows. Although the damage to his shields was minimum, the alarms inside the cockpit were blaring nonstop, driving him insane. He glanced to one of his many side cameras to see Tommy leaping at him once again, and immediately gave up on chasing Zack. He grabbed the controls with both hands, turning the Dragonzord to swing at the airborne White Ranger once again. He connected with the White Ranger, but this time he didn't see him go flying away. Looking to another camera, he saw that Tommy had grabbed onto the Zord's hand, and was holding on for dear life.
Billy holstered his blade blaster as he leaped off the roof of a building, flipping through the air. He threw his lance forwards in midflip, twisting his wrist just right on release and causing it to spiral through the air. He had aimed it perfectly, and the lance made a boomerang style maneuver, slashing out on of the Zord's side cameras before turning around and going back to the Blue Ranger. Still in the air, Billy caught the lance. With no buildings left in the general area surrounding the Dragonzord, he landed in the streets below.
Watching Billy, Trini decided to follow his lead. She was holding her daggers in her left hand while shooting from her right, but now she holstered her blade blaster, taking a dagger in each hand again. She leaped at the Dragonzord from the other side, throwing both of her daggers with that same wrist twist. They boomeranged as well, taking out two more of David's side cameras, and making the battle that much harder for him. The Dragonzord was too concerned with eliminating Tommy, Zack, and Jason right this second, so she caught her daggers and landed on it's right arm with ease. Meanwhile, Kimberly was closing some extra distance, jumping from building to building to get closer to the battle, but still firing her bow at the Zord like crazy.
David opened fire with the right hand missiles, aiming at Zack. Zack began running sideways, so instead of the missiles completely destroying one building, several buildings took repairable damage. That way no more buildings would collapse. David was too frustrated to see Zack's logic on that one, though. He had lost three very important cameras, and had no idea where Kimberly and Billy were anymore. He did know that Tommy, Jason, and Trini were all aboard his Zord. He had to do something fast. A sensor went off, and he looked at a functioning camera. Jason was on the Dragonzord's head. David gritted his teeth, hitting the auto pilot. He stepped out of the cockpit, looking up at the entrance to his Zord.
Jason ran to the hatch that led to the cockpit, and ripped it open. David was waiting for him, though, and fired a green energy burst straight up at him. Jason was in square in the chest, and was sent rolling backwards down the side of the Dragonzord's head. The Red Ranger almost fell over the edge, but grabbed on in time. David leaped up onto the head, himself, kicking the hatch shut. He then pointed his Dragon Dagger down and fired another burst, welding it shut.
Trini leaped up onto the top of the Dragonzord, looking over to David. David noticed her at about the same time, but he held his ground while Trini ran forwards at him. David swung his dagger at the same time Trini swung her right one. The daggers slammed into each other, but Trini quickly brought around her left handed dagger, slashing across David's neck. The Green Powers protecting him, all that happened was he was sent stumbling backwards. He rolled down the steep incline, but quickly stumbled to his feet near the edge. He glanced sideways to see the Pink Ranger fire an arrow at him from the side. He swung the Dragon Dagger at it as it approached, redirecting the arrow to the side.
Right as Tommy climbed up top with the rest of them, the arrow slammed hard into his chest and knocked him backwards off the Zord. Trini wanted to help him, but she knew she didn't have a choice. David had to be stopped. This time she was the one who stood her ground as David ran back up. In that short few seconds she took a quick look around. The Dragonzord was still on it's rampage, focusing mostly on Zack with it's missiles. However, it seemed to also be attempting to get Billy with it's tail down on the ground. As David closed in, she crossed her daggers and blocked his attack. David shoved the Yellow Ranger backwards, and threw a swift kick to her stomach.
As Trini stumbled backwards, Jason ran right past her. He stabbed at David with his sword, but David quickly swung his dagger and hit the side of Jason's blade, directing the attack away from him. Jason stumbled past David, but instantly turned and swung again, this time a slash that David blocked head on. David leaped backwards, firing another energy burst from his dagger. This one hit the recovering Trini, throwing her from the Zord. David then turned and fired one at Jason. The Red Ranger held up his sword, though, absorbing the energy in his blade. Jason then stepped forwards, releasing the energy back into David and blasting him clear off the Dragonzord.
David landed on the roof of a nearby skyscraper, one of the few remaining. He quickly stumbled to his feet, looking at the Dragonzord from a distance. It was busy trying to destroy five of the Power Rangers all at once, still. Looking up, he saw the sixth one closing in on him.
Jason landed on the skyscraper, swinging his sword at the Green Ranger. David ducked under the swing and dove to the side, ending up on the other side of the rooftop. They both looked around quickly. This rooftop was perfectly flat and empty. The only possible obstacle was the door that led to the stairs. They turned their attention back to each other, holding their weapons ready.
"This is it, David!" Jason yelled, hate and anger filling his voice. "It ends now!"
A/N: The showdown you've been waiting for...next time!