Captain Blues: Ahoy! Captain Blues is back with another chapter. It's time to reveal a few things in this chapter so let's cut the Grand-Standing and Hotdogging short and begin the chapter.
The Legend of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Chapter Seventy-Three: Three Strikes
[Location – ? *Sunrise*
POV: David Truehart]
'Need to get away!' David repeated within his mind as he looked back in a panic in the middle of the night within a dense forest. David tripped on an uprooted tree root, which sent him tumbling down a steep hill before he rolled to a stop, right into a river.
David stayed under the water for a moment before he sprang up to the surface and swam to the other side and pulled himself free of the cold water. David stood up and looked back and, in the darkness, he saw a pair of golden irises gazing at him through the shadows before several putties ran down the hill.
David screamed and ran as fast as he could until he found himself outside of at random house just as the sun began to rise. "Help!" he screamed in a panic as he heard the footsteps behind him getting louder. David looked back briefly and then ran forward to the door and began to franticly bang on it.
The door opened moments later with an exhausted looking Billy, who blinked in alarm at the sight of David.
"David?!" Billy exclaimed.
[Location – Angel Grove High *Morning*
POV: Katherine Hillard]
"The nerve of that woman," Katherine said to Kimberly and Zack as they walked to their next class.
"Yeah, Billy's mom is kind of a jerk," Zack said with a wince.
"Yeah, she knew what she was doing comparing you to me…And I'm sorry she did that," Kimberly said to Katherine, who smiled at her.
"Don't sweat it. I know she was trying to get under my skin. I just wish I knew what to do about Billy leaving…" Katherine sighed out. "We just started to have a relationship and now I won't see him for six months? That's ludicrous…Maybe we can convince Billy not to go?" Katherine suggested but both Kimberly and Zack shook their heads.
"His mom has a fucked way of forcing him to comply…The last time he tried not to leave, she banned him from talking to us for all six months he was gone," Zack told her.
Katherine scowled.
"Damn her," Katherine whispered with a furious tone.
"It'll be alright," Kimberly said as she placed a hand on Katherine's left shoulder. "We'll figure something out."
"Hey guys!" Jason's voice shouted out from ahead. While Katherine and Zack looked up and gave a friendly wave to Jason and Trini, Katherine noted Kimberly apprehension at seeing their leader. She bumped Zack and motioned to Kimberly subtly, which caused him to narrow his eyes curiously.
Jason and Trini walked up, with Trini standing beside Zack, who gave her brief wink, as Jason asked, "Anyone seen Billy this morning?"
"It's not like him to be late…" Kimberly said with concern.
"Kimberly!" April's voice shouted from behind them. The group turned around to see a panicked April. "Matt is missing!"
"Matt? Who is Matt?" Zack whispered to Katherine and Trini, both of which shrugged.
"Adonis she means," Kimberly replied before she looked to April and asked "What do you mean?"
"Well we stayed at a hotel last night…." April blushed at this admission. "But last night, I caught him leaving but when I called out to him, it was like he was in a trance and his wrist was glowing red."
Katherine saw the grime looks on her friends faces and before anything else could happen, a loud, monstruous voice shouted "CRANSTON!" before a loud explosion was heard.
April paled.
"Uh-oh…" Jason whispered.
[Location: Cranston Residence *Morning*
POV: Billy Cranston]
An exhausted Billy had just finished getting dressed and was in the kitchen eating before he heard a rapid knocking on his back down. "Help!" A familiar voice cried out. Billy walked to the door sluggishly before he opened it, only to blink in shock.
"David?!" Billy exclaimed in shock as David pushed past Billy and stumbled into his house and began to drag himself backwards in terror. Billy then heard footsteps and when he turned around, he saw a load of Putties in the distance.
"Stay here and do not move," Billy warned the frantic looking David before he pulled out his morpher and ran towards the putties and shouted, "It's Morphin' Time: Triceratops!"
With a quick flash of radiant blue light, Blue continued to run before he leapt up and delivered a dropkick to a pair of Putties, which caused their bodies to fly backwards into their companions. Blue landed on his shoulders then flipped to his feet and blocked the right hook of a Putty then pushed it away only to grab its head and ram it down to his right knee.
The Putty's head crumbled upon impact of his knee and Blue immediately pulled out his blade blaster and blasted three Putties in the chest before he ducked/swayed to the right to avoid a roundhouse kick from a Putty, only for him to rise, grasp the leg and swing his opponent into the remaining Putties.
After he holstered his blaster, Blue held his arms out with shards of radiant blue light, his Power Lance appeared in his hand and then instantly leapt into group of Putties while he simultaneously swung the lance, striking the remaining ten Putties in the chest, causing them all to crumble from the impact.
"Very good…" A voice echoed out around him. Blue turned his head slowly as the voice said "But you aren't out of the woods yet, my prey…"
Blue saw a flash of gold ahead of him, which caused him to roll to the left where a beam of gold energy crashed into the tree behind him, which tilted backwards and fell down to the ground, the tree and its branches/leaves, barely avoiding his house.
"Whew," Blue said as he spared a glance behind him before he looked ahead to see an attractive Asian woman in the distance, a golden armor gleaming from the rising sun. Blue stood up and dismissed his Power Lance with a flourish of light. "Who are you?" he questioned.
The woman smiled. "I am Scorpina…The Blue Ranger Slayer," Scorpina said as she crossed her arms.
Blue was instantly on guard. "Interesting," he noted with narrowed eyes. "You chased David here. No doubt to gain my attention. Well congratulations because you have it."
Scorpina let out a laugh and replied "I came to analyze you. You moved quick and did not hesitate to slay those Putties. You seem skilled as well, much better than your predecessor at least."
Blue frowned.
"You have yet to attack…Is that because you are waiting for an opening or because you are trying to distract me?" Blue asked her.
"Diversions are not necessary," Scorpina said with a smile. "No…That is what she is for…"
From behind her, a shard of ice flew past her left shoulder and slammed into his chest, which caused blue sparks to fly from his chest as he was sent backwards from the attack.
Scorpina smiled as a 7ft tall humanoid woman with pale white skin, frosted blue eyes, long luxurious ice blue hair, a navy blue dress with a high collar that had a metal corset fixed above it and metal spiked heels walked from behind her.
"Lady Frost. Please take care of him and capture the runaway," Scorpina ordered softly.
"Understood," Lady Frost replied as she summoned a long rapier and a short dagger, both made of ice, into her right-hand and left-hand respectfully. Scorpina smiled and turned away before she vanished in a glittering gold light.
Blue rose to his feet, his chest smoking as he faced down the monster, he found himself strangely reminded of his mother and it shook him to his core. "Blue Ranger. You will surrender yourself and the prisoner to me immediately," she said and Blue flinched.
She sounded like her as well.
He shook off this fear and said "Unfortunately, I will have to deny your request."
"Then you will die," She responded before she lunged forward.
[Location: Abandoned Warehouse *Morning*
POV: Ash Hammond]
Fists pounded against an old dirty mattress as Ash repeatedly jabbed at it as fast as possible. She swayed to the left as if she had avoided an attack and twisted her body to deliver a hard punch to the face before she took a step back with her left leg in the air and delivered three quick kicks then with a leaping twist, she delivered another kick to the mattress.
"This just in! There are two monsters attacking Angel Grove. One attacking a residence and the other attacking Angel Grove High. The Blue Ranger is fighting a monster alone while the other Power Rangers are protecting the school. Citizens, please evacuate to the Crisis Center!"
Ash panted slightly and walked over to her cloak and threw it over her body and placed the hood over her head.
"A diversion tactic. Attack two areas to separate. Impressive," Goldar said.
Ash turned her head to the bound and weak knight and said "Unfortunately, it won't work. Now sit tight. I have a ranger to save."
Goldar chuckled and bowed his head in a salute as he said, "To your eventual death."
"Not likely," Ash responded as she smirked and with a raised hand, radiant orange and white light began to expand from her body.
But without warning, the large iron doors to the warehouse opened and dozens of Putties spilled in. The energy around Ash lessened as she acknowledged the Putties. "Seems we were found…" Ash muttered.
The putties moved to the side to reveal a 6'5ft monster that wore ice-white armor which fades down to grey with three orange circles on his chest and abs, black foot bottoms with icy permanent attachments resembling bottoms of cowboy boots with spurs, yellow fading to orange poncho-like tendrils around his neck and a tail-like appendage acting as a waist cape, and on his thighs are two gold safes
It also wore an ice-like sombrero that put a shade on its Cthulhu-like ebony colored mask. "Hello Little lady," the monster said, its voice reminding Ash of a cowboy as he tilted his sombrero in her direction. "My name is Zamigo Delma and you have a friend of mine. I've come to retrieve him."
"Interesting," Ash noted as a slow empty smirk appeared on her face as she said "It's Morphin Time: Dawnbreaker." With a flash of radiant orange light, Dawnbreaker stood in Ash's place. The ranger turned her attention fully to Zamigo Delma and nodded her head. "Then, kill me and save him," she challenged.
"Yes Ma'am," Zamigo Delma responded before he motioned for the Putties to attack.
Captain Blues: A Three pronged attack to keep all rangers busy but saving Goldar can't be part of Rita's plan, can it? Or is there something more to it? Only one way to find out…
