Chapter Thirty-Six: Gang Wars
Note: Glad you people liked the HK/HKA units. Now it's time for SPD to start a new battle…GANG WARS. It will only take a few months out of the SPD timeline but this chapter also introduces the new powers, weapons, and upgrades.
April 17, 2028
For the first time since getting their new morphers and weapons SPD had finally gotten a chance to use them and they had to admit they were coming in more than handy in the recent gang war that was being waged on New Tech City grounds. Sky had a staff that reminded many of the staff Tommy Oliver carried as the Black Dino Thunder Ranger only red and its orb was created out of the matter reducer energy to put the criminals into cards. Bridge had a force lance (Andromeda High Guard weapon) that could turn from a blaster to a bow staff. Z had two daggers that made people think of Trini Kwan or Aisha Campbell. Syd had a bow that had blades on the ends and shot arrows created from electricity. Miranda had a light-saber with a green blade. The hilt was silver with green finger places and a message carved in that said "To Miranda from mom, may the light lead your way". Commander was less than thrilled leading him to issue her a sword. Miranda feverishly practiced with both as to not disappoint her mother. She and Bridge were getting "Special Lessons" for sword/light-saber and staff use from an unknown man and an unknown woman that only they knew the identity of. This pissed Cruger off to no end with the light-saber and special lessons. However Miranda made a few calls and her mother made communications that ended up putting Cruger in the dog house. All the rangers had two Zat pistols (Pistols with Zat power cells). Cruger didn't need updated weapons but did take a pistol. His morpher was also upgraded.
Kat was in the lab working when Miranda and Bridge brought in three cards each while Syd and Z brought in four more. Sky however had a gang boss in cuffs and was on his way down to the basement containment cells. When they got there Sky remained standing after taking off the cuffs and kept a Zat Pistol pointed at the boss. "So where is your enemy's base of operations?" Sky asked once a security camera was active. "Will you take down our enemies if I tell you?" The gang boss asked Sky. The boss obviously didn't care if SPD took down his enemies or he did as long as they were gone. "I will make sure they no longer bother you." Sky told the boss. Not telling him they were going to offer the same deal to a boss of the other gang and that the boss talking to Sky would be in a card for several years. "Well then their main base is in a warehouse on the far side of the city. It is heavily guarded. It's pretty run down on the outside but it is more than adequate inside. Almost like a fortress. You'll need to disable the auto-torrents before you can get past the first room." The gang boss told Sky. "How many are there?" Sky asked the boss. "Don't know. My spies say ten line the roof of the first room." The boss responded while eying the door. "Good. Now we will see what we can do." Sky told him, shot him once with his zat pistol, turned and left locking the room behind him.
"How can we get into a fortress?" Z asked as the SPD Rangers were all around the central command control. "I'm not sure, any ideas?" Cruger asked the group. "Hey I know!" Syd piped up happily. "We use the assassins!" She nearly squealed. "No Syd. Those droids are a menace. If General Dickson and Miranda's mother didn't threaten to make me a dog house and have me sleep there for a week with the droids watching so I wouldn't get out I would have them scrapped." Cruger told Syd demoralizing her. "Sir I would usually agree with you but since you wont let us have the fire power to deal with the situation I agree with Syd, this seems to be the best option." Sky interjected squeezing his girlfriends hand reassuringly. Cruger sighed putting his paw on his head. "Anyone else think this is the best course of action?" As Cruger was asking four hands flew up including Doctor Manx's. "Fine go get the damned things." Cruger dejectedly told the group. Kat went on to get HK-47 while the others went to get their own droids except Miranda who just used her communicator to call EB.
EB was the first one in followed by HK-47 who walked out of Cruger's office with Kat behind him, and finally the other four teleported in with all of their rangers hanging on. Z and Syd hopped down from their rides that were hovering above the other four. "Excited Statement: Master are we collectively going to commit mass slaughter of meat-bags to honor your names!" HK said sounding as if he was a child about to open his gift from Santa Clause. "I agree with HK-47, blowing holes in meat-bags to honor you all and then having a wiener roast after with their corpses would be ever so much fun meat-bag commander." EB said earning joyous squawking and other noises from her counterparts. "You are not killing anyone!" Cruger yelled over the animals throwing his arms up. "Disappointed Statement: Master I am disappointed in you. In your SPD profile you have sentenced hundreds of meat-bags to death yet when we, the masters of destroying, maiming, and dismembering meat-bags are sent after those who deserve that sentence you refuse to allow us to do our jobs." HK told his master. "Yea." The others replied in unison. The rangers snickered knowing the droids were all whining now. "Listen droids, you are going to destroy the building's defenses; not kill anything. Look at the address on the view screen and get to it!" Cruger yelled now completely annoyed. The droids then walked (or flew) up to the main view screen saw their destination and teleported out. "Rangers after them. I don't want them killing anyone!" Cruger barked again before walking into his office and the rangers ran to get to their vehicles.
About an hour later the rangers got to the building they found nothing but a pile of rubble where the building once stood and their droids marching around in circles behind EB and his pounding drum. When they got over to the celebrating droids the droids stopped and looked at them. "You destroyed the building!" Sky yelled in disbelief. "Proud Statement: We disabled the buildings defenses like the quadruped master told us to. Disappointed Statement: As for the meat-bags inside; the building killed them not us." HK told them. "Though I am saddened we did not do the killing we disabled the defenses as we were told to do and we didn't even kill a single meat-bag. How depressing." EB told the rangers before all the droids teleported out. "How are we going to explain this one?" Z asked with her right hand rubbing her neck. "I have no idea." Bridge said just as dejected as the group looked at the still smoldering building.
When the rangers got back they found Commander Cruger yelling at the droids rather loudly. When Cruger was finally done they heard HK-47 speak up. "Frustrated Statement: Ignorant quadruped master we did exactly as you instructed. We went in, destroyed the defenses and we waited for your meat-bag rangers WITHOUT killing any meat-bags. We did exactly as you said." HK told Cruger which caused Cruger to growl and narrow his eyes. "You killed those people." Cruger said menacingly as he bent down to look HK in the optics. "Your ignorance meat-bag commander is astounding. We set no bombs or traps, nor did we rip them apart, beat them down, or blast them. The building killed them as it fell on their heads. Though their screams were soothing to my auditory sensors it pains me that I could not do it personally." Cruger was now clenching his fists. He only told the droids to leave before looking at B-Squad. "Lieutenant Park, Lieutenant Carson please follow me." Cruger told them.
When they walked into his office and the door closed behind them Cruger began to speak. "Miranda we got word a few minutes after you left that your uncle has negotiated a world military treaty and is negotiating with other species. According to the president they are building military bases that are reinforced like nuclear bunkers. Would you mind telling me what the hell is going on here?" Cruger asked half irritated with his back still toward the couple. "Yes sir, I would mind." Cruger whirled around at Miranda's refusal to give him the information. "Lieutenant I order you to tell me what is going on!" Cruger barked loudly thinking Miranda would back down. However Miranda just stepped forward and looked him in the eye before speaking. "No." She told him determinedly without flinching or hesitating which caught the commander off guard. "If and when my uncle wants to tell you what is going on he will. Until then I suggest you let Bridge and I train these cadets. When B-Squad is ready I will assign them cadets. You also may want to reinforce this academy." Miranda told him before turning, grabbing Bridge's hand and dragging him out of the room without a salute. After they left Cruger pulled out a world map showing all locations for these bases and looked intently at the carefully placed sites. "What is going on?" He asks himself as he tries to make sense of the situation.
Note: Well the Military Bases are now being built and Cruger is pissed he was left out of the loop. Well the war I have decided will start around 2034 so everyone sit tight on that, lots more fun stuff to come before that happens.