The drive back to Angel Grove had been extremely frustrating for Rocky. The Sigling Rangers had left his truck undamaged but that was as far as their generosity had stretched. They had removed any road maps from the car, making navigation almost impossible. A quick stop at a road side cafe to get directions revealed that he was almost 150 miles away. There was even more bad news, his truck was running low on gas.
Instinctively he paused outside the Youth Centre and took a quick look inside. The two Megazords towered over the store and they were probably less than a mile away. He pushed the door open and called out, "Kimberly", there was no answer, "Kimberly are you still in here?"
"Over here Rocky", he heard Kimberly's voice call out weakly. He found her behind the counter with a blood stained rag clutched to the back of her head, "It's not as bad as it looks", she tried to protest.
Rocky took a look for himself, the store owner had a cut to her scalp but it wasn't very deep, "I don't think it'll need stitches", he stated, "but I would keep that towel pressed to the wound just in case".
Rocky was about to ask Kimberly something else when he saw something on the television screen out the corner of his eye. The StegoSabre Megazord struck the Fury Megazord with a tremendous blow, enough to disable the Dino Ranger's controls.
Rocky watched in horror as the Fury Megazord sparked and smoked due to the damage caused. He was instantly transported back to the destruction of his own Thunder Megazord eight years ago. He had been in command of the craft when it was destroyed by Rito Revolto along with the White Tigerzord. That incident followed by the violent disagreement he had with his then team leader, Tommy Oliver, were one of the low points of his life and now history was repeating itself. The Fury Megazord seized up and fell backwards towards the buildings below. Suddenly Rocky snapped out of his memories when he realised the Megazord was falling towards their neighbourhood, "Kimberly get down", he shouted and ran towards the brunette.
Kimberly ducked below the counter just as Rocky covered her body with his own. There was a loud crash and several of the stores windows exploded inwards, showering the shop floor with glass. A cloud of dust quickly followed and it burned the pair's eyes and their lungs when they tried to breathe. As quickly as everything started it was over and everything had fallen silent. Rocky coughed deeply a few times before croaking out, "Are you alright?"
"Peachy", Kimberly choked back and slowly looked over the counter. All the windows were broken and all of the merchandise was covered in a thick layer of dust but structurally the building looked to be alright. Kelly stepped over the debris and began heading for the door, "I'm going to see what the damage is", she added.
"Kimberly wait it's not safe", but it was too late, the red head was already halfway down the street. Left with no choice but to follow her, Rocky climbed through the broken window and quickly saw a scene of devastation. The remains of the Fury Megazord had crashed onto several buildings a couple of blocks away from the Youth Centre. The robot looked to be largely in one piece but it was severely damaged and showing no signs of life. A few people who had been in the area were running away as quickly as possible, fearful of another building collapsing.
Initially there was no sign of the rangers but it was Kimberly cry that gave Rocky hope, "Rocky over here". He ran over to the store owner's position and found a very battered looking Ruby, Jessi and Demi picking their way through the remains of the building. Their street clothes were torn and there were a few superficial cuts and bruises on their faces but otherwise they appeared to be in good health.
"Kimberly what are you doing out here", Demi said as he limped towards them, "and what happened to you", he added when he saw the wound on her head.
"Never mind me", she slapped him on the arm, "why did you run out of the store during an attack?"
"Perhaps now isn't the time to discuss this", Rocky interjected, "we should get you three to the Emergency Room". He was about to lead the rangers away so they could get back to Hexagon when he noticed Hunter and Izzy running in their direction. They were both in their civilian clothes and had a worried looking expression on their faces. Rocky immediately moved into a defensive position, "Hello again", he greeted them coolly, "come to help out".
"We were on our way to the store when we saw this thing fall down", Izzy began, "we thought we could help out".
Rocky took a moment to analyse the behaviour of the Sibling Rangers. Hunter was his usually indifferent self but Izzy looked worried. She was either genuinely concerned or a fantastic actor, Rocky hadn't decided yet, "This is probably something best left for the emergency services", Rocky answered, "you should probably should get yourselves somewhere safe", he added.
"You never asked why we were in the area", Hunter reached into his pocket, "you dropped your wallet", he threw in Rocky's direction.
"Thanks", Rocky hissed through gritted teeth, "now we should get you three seen to", he practically pulled the Dino Rangers away, much to their confusion. Unseen the sibling Rangers surveyed their handiwork before quietly leaving the downtown area.
Dino base
A couple of hours later everyone had been cleaned up, Ruby, Jessi and Demi had been teleported away from Rocky, Billy had been called to assess the damage to the Fury Megazord, leaving them other nothing to do apart from watch some news coverage of the day's events. "This is the scene live from downtown Angel Grove, as you can see the remains of one of the Megazord's has been removed, allows us to fully see the devastation". There was now a large crater where previously there had been a number of outlet shops, fortunately the falling zord had missed the nearby gas station. The damage an explosion could've caused would have been almost unimaginable.
The news reporter continued as a grainy picture of the retreating Sibling Rangers flashed up on screen, "There is still no word on way these two would attack their fellow rangers. I have reached out to Hexagon for a comment but as of now, no one had gone on record to discuss the actions of these two renegade rangers. This is Caitlyn Cornell for NBC News".
"I knew there was something suspicious", Demi said as he forcefully shut off the new channel, "but this is a new low".
"I will admit that even I did not see this comig", Jason sighed, "it makes me wonder if someone or something is influencing their decisions".
"But Rocky said that he didn't sense anything funny about them", Jessi added, more in hope than anything.
"No offence to Rocky but he's not as good as you think he is ", Jason stated.
The group let that sink in for a few moments, Hexagon and Power Rangers were designed to deal with monsters not a couple of boys having the mother and father of tantrums. Their thoughts were interrupted by the reappearance of Billy in the main room, "Well congratulations for reducing years of technological research into a pile of scrap metal in a matter of minutes", he said.
"Billy, this isn't the time for your witty banter", Jason sighed, "what's the damage and how long before the Megazord is operational?"
"The good news is that there's no permanent damage", the young genius began, "the bad news is that the auto repair program isn't working".
"And that means?" Ruby asked.
Billy sighed, "Well if I can't get it restarted, all the repairs will have to be completed by hand", he paused for a moment and added, "worst case scenario is that the zords will be out of action for a couple of weeks".
"Two weeks", Demi exclaimed, "we can't be without the Megazord for two weeks".
"Perhaps if you had taken better care of it then we wouldn't have to", Billy shot back.
"arguing amongst ourselves isn't going to solve anything. I suggest that you three head home and get yourselves healed up", he said to the three rangers. They grumbled but reluctantly headed up the stairs and out of he Dino Base, " Billy when can you start ?" Jason asked.
" As soon as you want me to " Billy answered. Jason smiled, the two old friends got to work. " You know Tommy and Hexagon aren't going like you taking over their rangers " Billy added, " Yea i know, but i don't really care" Jason replied, " Good " Billy said.