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Ranger Red 2.0 - First, thank you for your constant reviews to both of my stories; it means a lot! I did get your review from the chapter before last, and to answer your question about Renee and her boyfriend, you can look back a few chapters and it should explain how they met and stuff. Now, as for doing a crossover, I would totally be cool with that, just let me know when you have a story up and we can discuss details!

Anyways, here's the chapter!

Previously on Power Rangers: Data Surge

Darry sat inside the infirmary with Sam - the silver ranger had a sling on the arm with her dislocated shoulder - waiting for any news on the others. They had found out that Renee went to Robbie and Josh's house to talk to the latter about what she did. Jordyn, meanwhile, was still resting, and Nick had recently woken up.

Nick groaned as he pushed himself up, and he looked over to see Sam, and was shocked to see Darry sitting there.

"Darry," He said in a bit of shock and a hint of fear. "I'm.. glad you're.. back?" He said awkwardly.

Darry frowned. "What?"

"From being under control," Nick frowned in confusion in response.

Darry stared at him in shock and then at Sam. It all suddenly came rushing back to him. "Oh my god."

Sam put her hands out at him. "Darry, it's not a big deal. I promise, it's okay."

Darry backed away from her as if she would get hurt if she got near him. "I hurt you guys?"

"It'll be okay," Sam stood up to comfort him, but he continued to back away.

The green ranger shook his head. "No, I'm gonna.. I'm gonna go."

"Go where?" Sam demanded. "You can't go back there!"

"I won't," Darry looked down, not being able to even look at her. "I'll just go upstairs, but I can't be around you guys right now, I'm sorry."

Sam watched him leave and took a deep breath. "Damn it."

Now

Darry stood in front of the now morphed Elias and Royal as the latter held Sam hostage with a sword at her throat.

"Let her go, please!" He yelled.

Elias smirked. "Are you too weak to fight us, Darry? 'Cause if you are, there's no Sammy!"

Darry stared at horror as Royal brought the sword a little closer to Sam's throat. "Don't do it! Please!"

"Like he said," Royal started. "You'll have to fight us for her. You win, you get Sam back,"

"But if you lose," Elias added. "You get to watch your precious little sister die before we kill you."

Darry took in a deep breath. There was no way this was happening. He wasn't fit to be a ranger. He had willingly left to become evil all because of a stupid argument with Austin. He didn't deserve to be a ranger, and he didn't believe he could do it.

"Darry, please!" Sam cried. "You can do it!"

Darry looked at the fear in her eyes and swallowed hard. He brought his hand down by his side to touch his morpher in his pocket, and stared at them.

~Cue Opening~

*Earlier that Day*

Sam sat outside of Darry's room, waiting for him to come out. The green ranger had been in his room for the better half of a week, usually only coming out to grab something to eat before retreating back to his hole.

"Darry, please come out," Sam put a hand on the door. "I miss you, and I'm fine."

"Yeah, now." Darry whispered from behind the door. "I hurt you, Sam. I don't deserve to be around you."

Sam shook her head, even though he couldn't see her. "That's not true, Darry. I'm okay, and I want you to be around. Come watch Dustlands with me! You know it's my favorite show!"

Darry snorted. "You can say that again."

"Exactly," Sam nodded. "Come on,"

"I don't feel like it," He said. "I can't face anyone right now."

Sam sighed. "Not even me? I can find a place we can hang out, just the two of us."

"Sam," Darry muttered. "I can't."

"Yes, you can!" She exclaimed. "Austin got over his problems, and you can too." There was silence from behind the door. "Don't shut me out," He was still silent. "I'm not leaving until you at least look at me. You're never gonna get over your problems if you don't face them."

Darry shook his head from behind the door. "That's easy for you to say."

Sam sighed. "Do you want something to eat? I'll get you something. You don't have to eat with me, but I'm hungry."

"Sure," He whispered from behind the door.

Sam stood up and walked down the stairs to see Nick waiting for her. "How is he?"

"As good as you'd think." She responded. "I know he did something wrong, but we forgive him. I don't get why he doesn't understand that."

"I think we should probably just give him some time." Nick pulled her in for a hug. "He'll be okay."

Sam melted into his embrace. "I hope so." She looked up at him from her position against his chest. "How are you doing? You have a pretty bad concussion."

He pursed his lips. "Yeah, it sucks. Still hurts, and I gotta wear these," He gestured to the sunglasses on his face. "Any kinda light hurts."

Sam pulled away and took his hand. "I'm sorry, baby."

"It'll be okay." He touched her shoulder lightly. "Is your shoulder alright?"

She nodded. "Yeah, almost one hundred percent." She smiled. She gestured to the kitchen. "I'm gonna get something for me and Darry to eat,"

"He let you in?" Nick asked, raising an eyebrow.

"No, but he will let me get him something." She sighed. "That's a start at least."

~PRDS~

"Okay," Vance started, putting his hands up at the faces of his angry rangers. "I admit, we may have lost our most powerful way to stop the rangers, but this isn't a total setback."

"And how do you suppose that?" Sabrina growled.

Vance smiled. "Well, Ms. Osborne and I have come up with a plan. Darry is super depressed over what he did, and what he did weakened the rangers, therefore this is the perfect time to spring an attack on them."

"Perfect," Levi clapped his hands together. "Let's go, then."

As they were about leave, Vance stopped them. "Actually," He stood from his throne. "I only need Elias and Royal to go."

"And why is that?" Dee crossed her arms.

Vance shrugged. "That's just the breaks of the game. Don't worry, though, you three will have your time."

Elias and Royal left with smirks on their faces as Levi, Sabrina, and Dee watched them angrily.

~PRDS~

Renee had told Josh and Robbie everything, and, surprisingly, they were more-or-less understanding about. Josh had said he didn't want to see Renee anymore, as he had really fell for her in the time they were together, and Robbie said they were still friends, just not as close.

Meanwhile, she still had to do something about her relationship with Austin.

She walked into the living room, where she found him sitting on the couch, his chest wrapped in bandages, but no shirt. He was watching TV.

"What are you watching?" She asked, walking near him and sitting down on a seat near the couch.

Austin made a face at the TV. "Sam's favorite show, Dustlands. It's pretty confusing."

"What's it about?" Renee turned towards the show.

He waved the remote in a gesture. "Umm... I'm not really sure. All I know is that the brown haired girl - I think her name is Saba - she's the twin sister of the blonde guy, Lugh, and there's her love interest, Jack, and... that's kinda it. I don't really know anything else."

"Speaking of love interests," Renee chuckled, turning back to him. "We should talk."

Austin nodded. "Yeah." He muted the TV and looked at her. "So, what happened with Josh?"

"We broke up," Renee sighed. "I think it's for the best. I feel so bad about what I did to him."

"Me too," Austin said. "I'm so sorry, Renee."

Renee shook her head. "Don't be. The one thing I don't regret about this whole thing is time we spent being a couple."

He smiled. "Me too. I may have been.. messed up, but I meant what I said. I do like you, Renee. A lot."

"Really?" Renee smiled as well.

He nodded. "Of course, but I feel like we should make this official, if we're gonna do it at all." He leaned forward, a bit painfully, and took her hand. "Renee, will you be my girlfriend?"

She smiled even wider and nodded. "Of course."

~PRDS~

Zoe held her hands over Jordyn's eyes as she led her towards her new apartment in Welch County, which was only a fifteen minute drive from Sol Valley. When they got into the front room and closed the door, Zoe removed her hands, and Jordyn looked around.

"Oh my god, this is a great place," She smiled, walking a bit forward as she took it all in. "This must be expensive."

Zoe waved it off. "No, it's my older brother's old place. He's letting me stay here while I get started."

"And it's not too far from school?" She asked.

Zoe shook her head. "No, it's really not that far at all."

Jordyn smiled. "This seems like a great deal for you."

"Well," Zoe looked at her a bit sheepishly. "It could be a great deal for us, if you wanted."

Jordyn looked quickly over at her. "What?"

"Look, I know you're only 16, and this may seem a bit fast, but I just thought you might want to?" She asked.

"I don't know, Zoe," Jordyn sighed. "What about being a ranger?"

Zoe shrugged. "You don't have to move in right away," She told her. "You could wait until you're done with your ranger duties, if you wanted."

Jordyn sat down on the couch and thought about it. She could imagine herself and Zoe spending their lives together, definitely, but she also wanted to be sure it was the right move. After some time, she nodded.

"Alright, I'll take you up on that." Jordyn smiled.

Zoe smiled back. "Really? That's so great!"

Jordyn stood and the two embraced tightly. "I love you," Zoe whispered.

"I love you too,"

~PRDS~

Sam walked through the living room to see Renee and Austin curled up on the couch, asleep as the TV played her favorite show in front of them. Making sure it was just a rerun, she then ran upstairs to see Darry open his door.

She ran forwards and stopped him just before he closed it again by shoving her body between the wall and the door. She peeked behind it and saw a very disheveled Darry holding the door just tight enough so she couldn't come in.

"It's kinda too late to kick me out, now, Darry." She muttered to him, trying to push the door back so she could get in.

"Why must you insist on torturing me?" Darry retorted back as he finally let her in and then locked the door behind her. "What do you want?"

Sam rolled her eyes. "Wow, you're super welcoming,"

"Well, you did burst into my room without consent, so..." Darry glared at her.

Sam smiled at him. "Hey, guess what?"

"What?" He frowned.

"You're looking at me," Sam told him. "And you can see that I'm fine."

Darry crossed his arms and walked over to sit on his bed. "I still hurt you, and the others. I don't think you get it."

"No, I really don't." Sam mimicked his posture. "We all forgive you and want you to come back to us and be normal again. We don't care what happened."

"How can you just say that?!" Darry exclaimed. "After what I did, I don't deserve to be a power ranger."

Sam sighed. "Darry, look, I'm gonna tell you right now how it is, and I want you to listen to me carefully. Yes, what you did was wrong, but you were hurting. After what happened with Austin, I get it. I knew he wasn't the same either, and that hurt me to see him like that. Now, besides that, you may have gone there out of your free will, but that doesn't mean you were in control when you fought us. Vance had a very clear control on you, which I removed to get you back to normal. You didn't hurt us out of your free will. Not only that, but Vance has been messing with your mind since he first showed up."

"Does that really make a difference?" Darry asked.

Sam nodded. "Of course it does. You're not a bad person, Darry. I know it, and so do the others. We all love you, and I hope you do too."

Darry sighed. "I..."

He was cut off when the alarm went off, startling Sam. She gestured to the door. "I'm the only one who can fight, besides you. I'm gonna go, feel free to join if you want."

~PRDS~

Sam ran to the scene of the battle and saw Elias and Royal blasting people and destroying property.

"Hey!" She yelled. "Stop right there!"

Royal turned around while Elias continued his rampage. "Excuse me, little girl?"

Sam frowned. "Little? We'll see about that, old man! Data Surge, Charge!" She morphed, standing as strong as she could in front of these two. "Data Surge Silver Ranger!"

Royal chuckled. "You think that's impressive?" He nudged Elias. "Ready?"

"Ready." Elias nodded.

"Go, Star Strike!" They yelled in unison.

Suddenly, stars in white for Royal and green for Elias began to come and hit them all over their bodies until it formed a rangers suits, much to Sam's surprise.

Royal's suit was completely white with a white armor pad on his shoulders, with a star in the middle of it and at the top of his helmet. His arms were a more sheer silver, and he had black cuffs around his wrists and ankles leading respectively into his gloves and boots. He had a small mouthpiece and his visor was shaped somewhat like a wrench.

Elias' was similar to Royal's, though his was green with the same white armor pad. He had the same black cuffs and sheer silver material around his arms. He also had the same small mouthpiece and his visor was shaped like an oval.

"So, what now, Sammy?" Elias smirked.

~PRDS~

Darry eventually brushed his hair and teeth, and put some new clothes on before creeping slowly downstairs to see how the fight was going. He saw Austin and Renee asleep together on the couch and a small smile graced his lips.

Despite all that had happened with them, he was happy his younger brother found someone he really liked. He hoped Austin felt the same way about Renee that he himself felt about River.

He walked quietly past them, as he didn't want to wake them, though he found that he had failed at doing so when Austin said his name sleepily.

"Go back to sleep, Austin. It's fine." He whispered. "You don't want to wake Renee."

Austin looked at him wearily and rolled his eyes. "I missed you too."

Darry closed his eyes as he felt a wave of emotion crash over him. "I missed you." He promised. "I did. I'm just glad you're okay. I'm gonna go check on Sam, you stay here."

Austin nodded and went back to napping as Darry walking into the monitoring room to find Kyro, who seemed to have been avoiding everybody, watching the fight.

"What are you doing here?" Darry asked.

Kyro looked back at him. "I could ask you the same thing."

"I wanna see how my sister's doing, now what?"

Kyro sighed. "I'm sorry for what I did to you guys."

Darry rolled his eyes. "I do love saving the world and being a ranger, but you honestly ruined our lives. We could've been happy with our families, without weaknesses and powers, and never have to deal with this. Did you even think about the consequences? I don't know much about Nick, Jordyn, or Renee's weaknesses, but I do know about mine and my siblings'. I can never handle my anger right because of my stupid powers, Austin is constantly exhausted from practically nothing because of his stupid powers, and Sam has constant, horrible headaches from her stupid powers."

"I know," Kyro nodded. "I didn't think that would happen."

"Exactly," Darry growled. "You didn't think. Don't get me wrong, you bringing us here has definitely had a good impact on our bonds with each other, and with the others. We've obviously had some great times, and yeah, I know I knew before, but when Sam made a speech about how bad this was, I finally got the problem here, and it made me realize something."

Kyro looked down at the ground. "What?"

"I hate you, and everything you stand for." Darry spat. "You're a liar, and jerk. I have nothing else to say to you."

He pushed past the extraterrestrial and looked at the monitor, seeing Sam be attacked harshly by both Elias and Royal. "I have to go stop them,"

*Now*

Darry looked at the fear in her eyes and swallowed hard. He brought his hand down by his side to touch his morpher in his pocket, and stared at them.

"Darry, please, help me!" Sam exclaimed.

Darry touched the gem on his morpher. "Data Surge, Charge," He said, and took a deep breath. He felt a familiar warmth as green 0's and 1's overtook his body. "Data Surge Green Ranger."

Elias and Royal laughed. "You think that's gonna help you? Really?"

Darry growled under his breath as his arms began to glow green. "It just might," He told them as he ran as fast as he could at the two, grabbing them and tackling them to the ground, knocking Sam out of Royal's grasp.

She rolled away as Royal lurched out to grab her again and grabbed the blaster at her belt, blasting his hand, making him cry out and grasp his hand in pain.

Darry, meanwhile, pounded his fists into Elias' helmet, busting and breaking pieces off every time until he got to his face. "It's nice to know you get so see my face as you kill me," Elias chuckled, making Darry pause mid-swing. "I know you like to see the faces of those you hurt."

Darry looked over at Sam, seeing her forcing herself to her feet, still holding a blaster towards Royal.

"That's right, Darry," Elias laughed. "You almost killed your little sister," He smirked. "Oh, and your brother."

Darry took a deep breath. "You're wrong, Elias."

"How so?" He kept the smirk on his face.

"Because, I know I wasn't in control of myself. I would never willingly let anybody hurt my family, and if they did, I would kill them. I don't care who they are. It's over once you mess with them." He said. "You obviously wouldn't know anything about that, though. Would you?"

Elias laughed again, blood from his split lip staining his teeth. "I've always been evil. Even when they thought I was good. I faked them out - Levi, Sabrina, Royal, and even Dee. Aww, precious little Dee. She was the only one that made me second-guess what I was raised for, but I knew better. You see, Royal over there almost died, and I would've let him if the others didn't show up in time. And then, I told them I was evil, and Dee tried to help me. I was almost sold for a minute there, but I forced her to kill me.

"Finally, I woke up one day from my endless slumber to find Vance there. He brought us back with his energy manipulation or something, and used mind control on the others. Of course that was only at first before he got some goddess to come in and turn us all before we even knew she was there. Well, not necessarily us, since I was already evil, but whatever." Elias shrugged. "It's all good."

Darry look at him as if he was insane. "You're a horrible human being."

"So I've been told," Elias smirked.

Darry stood up and brought his hammer out. "You'll never hurt anyone ever again." Darry launched the hammer down onto Elias' head, pounding him into the ground and killing him instantly.

He looked over and saw Royal standing over Sam, who defiantly pointed her blaster at him.

"Too bad your big brother's not paying attention to you," He chuckled. "Cause now you're gonna die."

"Actually," Darry growled. "You're gonna die."

Darry launched himself into the air and brought the hammer down hard on Royal, killing him as well. Unfortunately, unlike attackbots, the bodies didn't explode, but at least they disappeared.

Darry demorphed along with Sam and helped her up. "You okay?"

Sam nodded. "I'll live, what about you?"

"Same," He smiled. "What do you say we go back to the command center and watch Dustlands with our two resident sleeping beauties?"

Sam laughed. "Definitely."

~PRDS~

Vance growled in anger as he saw Elias and Royal get destroyed. "Can't you resurrect them?"

"Last time took so long, and so much energy," Vance sneered. "There's no possible way I could ever do that again with out potentially destroying myself."

Ms. Osborne sighed exasperatedly. "Well, what now, then? Are we just going to let them win?"

Vance shook his head. "No, but I have a feeling the end is definitely near. I'll send Dee and Sabrina next, hopefully we have a better plan."

"I hope so too," Ms. Osborne nodded. "I wouldn't want you to become a liability."

"Excuse me?" Vance looked back at her in shock and anger. "I summoned you. I rule you."

Ms. Osborne laughed. "How absurd can you possibly get? I'm a goddess, and all you are is a human. Granted one with superhuman abilities, but still a human."

"Oh, well at least I don't have other gods hunting me down? How's Kael? Or should I call him Mercury?" Vance retorted.

Trivia shrugged. "I'm not worried. Mercury will not attack me, he's here for something else. I only wonder what."

Next time on Power Rangers Data Surge: Jordyn begins to feel insecure when Zoe's ex-girlfriend, Andy comes to visit, which makes it harder for her and Renee when they face off against Sabrina and Dee. Meanwhile, when something strange comes to Sol Valley, Sam investigates with the help of someone very special.

The next episode will be reminiscent of a crossover between this story, and a very important upcoming one, Power Rangers: Mythic Destinies. It's going to premier probably after Guardians of the Galaxy, so it'll be a while before you get to see it since I've been planning stories a lot lately, but hopefully it'll be worth the wait. I know I shouldn't be mentioning it already, but when I was planning it I fell in love with it and decided I just had to add something about it in now.

So, five chapters left. I'm actually really excited for these last chapters, and starting Guardians of the Galaxy, so I'll be updating more soon. Here's a preview of the upcoming chapters after the one I just described above.

Special III: TBA - Surprise chapter for you guys!

Ep 26: Final Mission Part I - Christmas rolls around and becomes anything but jolly when Vance unleashes an extremely angry Levi on them.

Ep 27: Final Mission Part II - Clip show of sorts.

Ep 28: Final Mission Part III - Final face off between Vance and the rangers.

Anyways, hope you guys liked this chapter! Feel free to leave your opinions in the reviews!

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