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Last time on Power Rangers: Data Surge
Renee ran in just then, looking disheveled and bleeding from her split lip. She saw the broken up apartment, and saw Jordyn hugging Zoe tightly.
"Sabrina?" She asked. Jordyn nodded. "Is she...?"
"Gone." Jordyn said.
Renee sighed in relief and walked over to them, collapsing on the floor next to them and hugging them as well.
~PRDS~
Rhea ran over to Gabe, helping him up after Sam had made sure his foot had stopped bleeding. "That's gonna need stitches." She commented.
"Oh yeah," He nodded. "Definitely."
"I can do them back at the hotel," She offered. "Do you have your motorcycle around?"
He gestured behind them. "Over there."
Rhea nodded and turned back to Sam. "Hey, good work."
"I didn't do anything," Sam responded. "It was all you two, and you were amazing."
Rhea chuckled. "Thank you. I know you are too, I've seen footage of you fight. You're a great ranger, and I know you'll beat Vance," Rhea smiled. "Goodbye, Sam." Rhea paused right before she left. "One more thing. I hope you can find a way to stop the gods too."
Sam raised an eyebrows. "Gods? Like with an S? Plural?"
"Yeah," Rhea nodded. "That guy Kael, he's a god."
Sam stared at her in shock. "What?"
"Yeah, he's the Mercury, the Roman god of Messengers."
Now
With her new-found knowledge about Kael and Carly, Sam rushed home, just to find Renee, Jordyn, and Zoe looking disheveled and beat up.
"Oh my god, what happened to you guys?!" Sam exclaimed as she rushed forward and led them to the couch.
Renee was the first to speak up. "Dee and Sabrina happened," She muttered, wincing as she sat down.
"They tried to kill us," Jordyn growled.
Sam gasped. "Did you...?"
Renee nodded as Jordyn hugged Zoe close, hearing her whimper in fear. "Are you okay?" Jordyn asked.
"I almost died," Zoe whispered. "I don't wanna die."
Jordyn shook her head. "You won't, I promise." She grabbed a blanket off of the back of the couch and wrapped it around her. "You're gonna stay here until this is over. Come on, let's go upstairs."
As the blue ranger led her girlfriend upstairs, Renee turned to Sam. "So what did you do today?"
"Watched the one of the greatest power rangers ever fight a monster," Sam smirked. "And no, I'm not talking about Tommy Oliver."
Renee chuckled. "Rhea Jones?"
Sam nodded. "Hell yeah."
Just then, Nick, Darry, and Austin walked into the room, laughing and joking around before they noticed the two.
"Hey, are you alright?" Austin asked, walking towards Renee and looking her over.
"I'm okay," She assured him, a hand on his shoulder. "Just a little banged up. Nothing serious."
Nick frowned. "What happened? Where have you two been? And where's Jordyn?"
"Long story," Sam told him. "Basically, I watched Rhea Jones fight somebody, and Renee and Jordyn destroyed Dee and Sabrina. Jordyn's upstairs with Zoe. She's pretty shaken up."
The three stared at them. "What?" Darry shook his head, a bit confused. "How did that happen?"
"Dee attacked me," Renee responded. "I went to grab some food for us, and she held me at.. I wouldn't say gun point, it was more like blaster point."
Austin hugged her close. "You sure you're alright?"
She nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"Okay, and then what happened?" Nick asked, egging her on.
"Well, then I took her out, and realized that if Dee attacked me, Sabrina probably attacked Jordyn too. By the time I got there, Zoe's apartment was ruined, and Jordyn had defeated Sabrina." Renee explained.
Darry raised his eyebrows and then turned to Sam. "Okay, and what happened with you?"
Sam smirked at him. "I had a great day, actually. I helped and watched the Rhea Jones fight. What did you do today? Nothing."
Darry rolled his eyes. "Oh, did you now? Do you have any proof?"
"I got her autograph," Sam handed it to him. "I got that just before she left. My life is almost complete, as of now."
"Impressive." Darry smiled. "I'm proud of you, Sammy."
Sam smiled back. "Thanks, Darry, but that's beside the point. She also told me something important."
"What's that?" Nick asked, turning to her.
Sam sighed, "Okay, first of all, Darry, I'm sorry."
He frowned. "Why?" He asked, a bit suspiciously.
"Well, I kinda thought your girlfriend was Vance's new assistant because she has the same last name, Osbourne. I just didn't realize that it wasn't River Osbourne, it was Carly Osborne. Without a U, if you were wonder. I thought Carly was this new student at school, but she's actually the Roman goddess, Trivia." She explained.
Nick stopped her by putting his hands up before she could open her mouth again. "Hold up," He shook his head. "I'm gonna make an assumption that you're mistaken. A goddess? That's impossible."
Sam shrugged. "Hey, I don't know anything about it, either. That's just what she told me."
"Well, if there's one, there must be more." Austin pointed out.
"Exactly," Sam nodded. "There are more. I think the mythology might be real, guys. I mean, yeah, it sounds a bit far-fetched, but Rhea told me that this one guy, Kael, was also a god, and I couldn't read his mind, which is basically impossible. So, we have to think about it. If gods and goddess' are impossible, but me not being able to read someone's mind is impossible..." She sighed. "I think they really might be gods."
Nick sighed. "What are we gonna do about it?"
"Rhea advised me not to do anything about it," Sam responded. "Though she did say she hoped we could if we needed to."
Darry scoffed. "Hopefully we won't," He said. "We might be toast if we do."
~Cue Opening~
It was the last day of school before Christmas break, and the ranger decided that, despite the problems hanging in the air, they would try to enjoy it. While they were all having a hard time with this, one ranger in particular was unable to relax.
Sam was sitting in class, shaking her leg anxiously as she eyed Carly and Kael out of the corner of her eye.
Carly sat as far back as she could, avoiding everyone. As Sam observed her, she found her looking different than she imagined. Carly had long, dark auburn hair that looked almost brown, blue eyes, and was about 5'7. She had a youthful and beautiful face, which was a bit strange, considering she was a goddess who was probably eons old.
When she saw Carly look up, she quickly looked away, catching Kael's attention.
"You could be less obvious about your staring," He whispered to her. "She won't hurt you, don't worry."
Sam raised an eyebrow at him. "You sure about that?" She asked. "I've never heard of gods and goddess to be the nice-type."
Kael stared at her in shock. "Excuse me?"
"You heard me,"
Sam turned back to her work and began to write frantically to avoid him, and was startled when the phone rang in the class. The teacher answered it, and Sam began to read her mind to hear what was happening.
Intruder was the one word she heard.
The teacher hung up and quickly walked over to the door, locking it before closing all of the blinds and turning off the lights. "Students," She announced, catching their attention. "This is not a drill. There is an armed intruder on campus. Be quiet and get into position."
The students frantically stood up and began pushing things against the door before hiding out in the corner where there were no windows or anyway an intruder could see them.
"Sam," Kael grabbed her and pulled her to the side. "We need to talk."
She ripped her arm out of his grasp. "Let go of me!" She whispered. "This isn't a good time!"
Kael opened his mouth to respond but a shadow was slowly passing by the window. The figure seemed to be wearing a cloak from the way his shadow looked and he seemed to be carrying a gun shaped item in hand. Sam knew from experience that it was a blaster, not a gun. That didn't make it any less dangerous, though. Especially for unarmored people.
The shadow turned towards the classroom, and students began to whimper and cry out of fear. The shadow lifted up the blaster and shot in the window.
~PRDS~
Jordyn, who was out of class to go to the bathroom when the drill was announced, was walking carefully around the campus, trying to find a safe area to hide out while the intruder was around.
She heard a blaster shot from nearby, and looked over to see a man in a red cloak shooting through the window of a classroom. He fired a few rogue shots into the classroom before turning away.
Jordyn tried to move out of the way, but was too slow as he turned and saw her. She couldn't see behind the cloak, but she knew it was Levi.
"Levi," She growled. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Levi raised his blaster at her and walked closer to her. "You killed her!" He exclaimed emotionally. "You killed Sabrina!"
Jordyn realized what was happening and put her hands up in fear. "She would've killed me if I didn't do anything about it. I'm sorry!"
"Sorry's not good enough!" He yelled. "She's dead! Again! Now you'll be!"
"Stop!" Sam exclaimed from behind them. She had jumped out of the window of her classroom in the midst of the chaos. "Don't do it, Levi!"
Levi turned to her and pointed the blaster at her. "I'll kill you too! I've been meaning too anyway! You're the stupid little girlfriend of that red ranger Nick!"
Sam took a deep breath. "Go ahead! Just think of how happy Vance will be when he finds out!"
"Vance doesn't want you alive!" Levi sneered.
Sam shook her head. "Obviously not. He wants to kill me. Himself." She added. "Just think of how he'll react when he finds out you did it for him! He only sent you out because he knows you can't do it! You're the calm before the storm!"
Levi turned back to Jordyn. "Oh? Well what's stopping me from killing her then?"
"You saved lives once, Levi," Jordyn told him. "Do it again! You must know this is wrong!"
Levi looked at both of them, feeling very overwhelmed with all of their statements. He finally disappeared, shocking Sam and Jordyn.
"You okay?" Jordyn asked, walking towards her.
Sam nodded. "You?"
"I guess, but what was all of that about?" Jordyn frowned.
"This is just the beginning. He'll be back, and it won't be pretty." Sam said.
Kael looked out the window at Sam and Jordyn talking. He needed to get to the silver ranger to explain himself, but she wouldn't let him. He would just have to figure it out for his sake, and hers.
~PRDS~
Once the five rangers in high school got home, Darry and Zoe immediately hounded them with questions and making sure they were okay. "Do you know who it was?" Darry asked, looking them over.
Nick shook his head. "I didn't see him."
"Me neither." Austin and Renee shrugged.
They looked to Jordyn and Sam, who stood there awkwardly. "What?" Nick asked, frowning at them. "Do you know something we don't?"
"It was Levi," Jordyn said.
"He tried to attack us, but before he could do anything, he just left." Sam explained. "I know he'll be back, though. He was very angry."
Nick growled. "Obviously."
Sam wrapped her arms around him. "It's okay, Nick. It's not your fault."
"Yes, it is, Sam! He's my opponent." Nick pushed her away. "He attacked the school looking for me."
"But you couldn't have known that," Renee pointed out. "Dee killed people in a diner to get to me, and Elias, Royal, and Sabrina killed people along the way too. It's not your fault."
Nick sighed. "Well, it feels like it."
Liela and Mason came into the room, smiling. "Since you guys are all okay, I think it's time to go get our Christmas tree!" Liela announced.
"Is that really a good idea?" Austin asked. "Considering everything going on?"
Liela shrugged. "Maybe not, but I don't want to deprive you guys of Christmas because of this. We didn't celebrate last year, so we are now."
"Where's the tree?" Nick asked, slipping his jacket on. "I'll go get it."
"You sure?" Mason asked, handing him a slip of paper with the address on it.
Nick nodded. "Yeah. Besides, I need to clear my head, anyway."
~PRDS~
As Nick walked down the street to go get the tree, he was surprised at how cold it was. He knew it was mid to late December, but it usually didn't get this cold. There were dark clouds above him, and fog around him. It was also very windy, which made it even colder, and even harder to see.
Nick put an arm up in front of his face to keep the wind away and continued walking when he saw a figure in the distance in front of him.
He frowned. "Hello?" He asked, walking slowly forwards. "Who are you?"
The man threw a cloak off of him to reveal Levi. "Nice to see you again, Nick." He smirked. "How are you?"
Nick growled under his breath and touched the gem on his morpher. "Data Surge, Charge!" He called. "Data Surge Red Ranger!"
Levi scoffed. "Really? You think that'll beat me? I've been doing this before you born!" He began to morph. "Go, Star Strike!" Red stars began to overtake his body all over until it covered him completely. When it stopped, Nick looked back at him and gasped.
Levi was fully morphed in a red ranger suit. His suit was very similar to Elias' and Royal's, though with red instead of green and white, and his helmet had a diamond for a visor.
"Star Strike Red Ranger," He said, putting his hands down menacingly at his sides, clenched hard into fists. "So, now what, oh great red ranger? What are you gonna do now that you're equally matched?"
"I'm not," Nick growled, grabbing his sword from his side. "But you'll wish I was."
Levi crossed his arms as Nick ran at him with a sword. As Nick got close, Levi grabbed it and twisted it to the side before punching Nick hard in the shoulder, making him drop the sword into Levi's hand.
He looked at it and shook his head. "Bringing a sword to a hand to hand fight isn't fair, Nick," He threw his sword off into the distance, and with the thick fog surrounding them, Nick couldn't see it.
Levi kick Nick back hard and stormed towards him, grabbing him up by his shoulder as he kneeled over him. "It's actually quite funny that you consider yourself a great ranger. Maybe it's just because you're the red ranger, the leader," He punched him hard, still holding him up from the ground. "I used to be the leader, you know." He punched him again.
"I used to be a great ranger, too,"
Punch.
"At least, that's what I used to think,"
Punch.
"But I knew, that in this business, it's never good to be cocky. When you get cocky, you lose!"
Punch.
"You,"
Punch.
"Will,"
Punch.
"Never!"
Punch.
"Beat me!"
Punch.
Nick felt the world spinning around him, and vaguely wondered if that was because he was losing consciousness or not. Levi then pulled him up closer, and Nick felt a bit more in tune with himself.
"I can't wait to rip you, and your team, limb from limb." Levi growled in his ear.
"Hey!" A voice yelled from the distance, shooting a yellow beam at Levi, knocking him away from Nick. It was Renee, running towards them, the others not far behind.
Sam ran straight towards Nick. "Nick!" She cried, kneeling beside him. "Are you alright?" She asked, hugging him close.
Regaining his bearings, Nick nodded shakily. "I'm okay."
"You won't be for long!" Levi exclaimed, taking something off of his belt that looked like a grenade.
Darry held Jordyn, Renee, and Austin back. "You're crazy! You're gonna kill yourself too!"
Levi scoffed. "I don't care anymore! I'm done with this! All of the people I cared about are dead! What do I have to lose?"
Nick and Sam stood up and got with the other rangers, Nick and Darry now holding the rest of the team back. Levi took the clip out of the bomb and threw it to the ground as he and the rangers tried to run.
Unfortunately for both parties, neither got nearly far enough away to save themselves from the impact of the blast which went off just seconds after the bomb was thrown to the ground.
Next time on Power Rangers Data Surge: Continued in Part II with a clip show!
I know this chapter was shorter than I usually do (most of my chapters are around 4,000-5,000 words) but it's only because I didn't want this chapter to be very crammed, especially with the final chapter coming up and the big fight. This was mostly just a set up chapter for Part III.
The next chapter is not needed to read, considering it to be a clip show, though you can read the first part to see how they are after the explosion!
See you guys tomorrow with the next chapter!
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