Episode 427: Power Rangers Tribulation: The Seals
"When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, 'Come!' And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, 'A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!'
When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, 'Come!' And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth
When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, 'O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?' Then they were each given a white robe and told to rest a little longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.
When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood" -Revelation 6:5-12
In Corinth, a pilot named Scott Truman fails a simulation and he is approached by his commander and his squadron leader, Colonel Truman and Marcus Truman
"That simulation wasn't fair" said Scott
"If you want fair, son, then you picked the wrong business" said Truman
"In Scott's defense" said Marcus "only one pilot has ever beat Flight Simulation 42, me"
"How'd you do it?" Scott asked
"How do I do anything? With style!" said Marcus
"Marcus" said Truman "I want your recommendation for the Second Squadron leader on my desk by the end of the day. Put their profile in this" and he hands him a red envelope as alarms go off.
"To the hangar" said Marcus "and be sure to turn off your flight computer, we're going dark"
In the hangar, Truman is instructing Eagle Squadron
"We need you to continue defending Corinth until we can raise the shields" said Truman "my son Marcus will lead the mission, Marcus?"
"My fighter will be armed with a Remote Overthruster Core Reactor" said Marcus "it has enough firepower to cause serious damage to the Drones. Let's go, Eagle Squadron"
"Scott" said Truman "hold back and stay out of the way of the lead formation, you're not ready to be up front with your brother"
At the Landsdown Mansion, word reaches that Grinders are invading. Summer and her friends go to the city to take a military vehicle to Corinth, but her friends push out as they're leaving due to there not being enough room. Summer watches in horror as the vehicle leaves without her, and Grinders approach. She runs off towards Corinth
Later, an old ice cream truck pulls up and Andrews gets out
"Miss Summer" said Andrews "I have found us some transportation to Corinth"
"Good" said Summer "but couldn't you have found something nicer?" but they get in and race towards Corinth
Later, the ice cream truck runs out of gas and they're forced to walk and Summer makes Andrews carry her. They stop for a quick lunch
"You've known me my whole life" said Summer "You practically raised me I don't know your first name"
"Time to go Miss Summer" said Andrews and he gets up and bends down so she can get on his back, but Summer walks on her own.
"Why have you put up with me all these years?" Summer asked as they walked
"Miss Summer" said Andrews "I've been waiting for you to show who you really are, not some stuck up rich kid, but a kind and compassionate young woman" and Summer is so shocked she can't think of anything left to say. However, the Grinders catch up to them. Summer manages to fight them off, but then one shoots at her, but Andrews takes the hit. Summer destroys the last one
"Miss Summer…" said Andrews "go to Corinth… and don't forget who you really are" and he dies
In the skies above Corinth, Eagle Squadron is fighting, but losing badly. Marcus goes to shoot down a Drone, but is shot down himself
"Marcus!" said Scott, who's fighter is quickly shot down too, but his radio still works "anyone that can hear me, this is Eagle Two, I've been shot down, I'm transmitting my coordinates"
In Corinth, Summer hears Scott's distress call and takes a motorcycle to go get him. Nearby, Flynn and his father arrive on a bus
"Someone help me" said a woman "my little girl is still outside of the city" and Flynn takes the bus and drives out of the city to find the girl
At Scott's crash site, Summer arrives and helps him on her bike
Right outside of Corinth, Colonel Truman watches as the battle rages on
"Colonel Truman!" said Hicks "Colonel Truman!"
"Easy, son" said Truman "Get yourself together and give me a proper report"
"Yes, sir" said Hicks "They broke through the western corridor into Zone Delta, sir. We can't hold them off"
"And Eagle Squad?" Truman asked
"We lost contact with air support over an hour ago, sir" said Hicks "What should I do, sir?"
"Go shoot at something" said Truman
"Sir, yes, sir" said Hicks and the battle continues on. Flynn drives his bus up and enters the city, knocking a Grinder off as he enters. Soon the Grinders push the soldiers inside of Corinth
"Close the gates and raise the shields" said Truman into his communicator "If there's anybody left out there, may God help them, because we cannot"
"Yes, Colonel" said K and Truman and the other soldiers fall back.
Just inside of the gate, Flynn gets off the bus with a bunch of more people he rescued, including the little girl
"Look at ya" said Flynn's father "Racing off to your certain doom for a group of people ya don't know. Are ya proud of yourself, Son?"
"Dad, I had to go" said Flynn
"Cause I am" said Flynn's father "All these years telling ya superheroes didn't exist. Turns out the whole time I was looking at one"
As the gates are about to close, Scott and Summer make it through. The gates close and the shields are raised
"Eagle Two" said Truman "what happened to Eagle One?"
"Eagle One didn't make it" said Scott
At Zordon's Command Center, Alpha 5 watches as nuclear missiles begin to fall
"Alpha, what's going on?" Charlie asked "why are they nuking us?"
"Rossi ordered it" said Alpha "it's happening all over America, Britain, Egypt, and the entire planet of Andresia! Your suits and Zords will keep you safe"
"Can you teleport some people to safety?" Charlie asked
"I can try" said Alpha "but the nuclear radiation is throwing the system haywire. I can lock onto Corinth, the shields aren't all the way up yet and no nukes are falling near it, I should be able to send at least a few people there" and he types something into the computer and the teleporter activates.
Later, the A-Squad teleports back
"What happened?" Charlie asked
"I managed to teleport a few people" said Alpha "I was able to lock on to anybody near a team of Rangers, as the teleporter could home in on the Power signatures, and I managed to save a few others here and there, and strangely enough the Statue of Liberty, but most of the people sadly perished, including the entire planet of Andresia"
"We failed" said Charlie
"We all did" said Alpha
On Andresia, Orion is racing back to civilization, he had seen the Armada ships above. The Armada ships only attacked populated areas, but he was so far from civilization, that he survived. He was getting closer to his home time, when a Red Ranger stops him
"Let me go" said Orion
"Orion" said the Red Ranger "my name is Michael. Your planet was attacked by nuclear weapons, you are the only one left alive"
"My family" said Orion "you've got to let me see them"
"I am sorry, they are gone" said Michael "and while the nuclear weapons used a shorter lasting nuclear radiation than usual, it is still in the air near civilization and will still kill you. You must head back into the jungle, the radiation will not reach there before it fades. Take this" and he hands Orion what looks to be a silver cell phone and a figure of a Silver Ranger "you will learn to use it when the time is right"
"Whoever did this will pay" said Orion "I will bring whoever did this to justice
"Careful" said Michael "it is dangerous to confuse justice and vengeance" and he teleported away
Over the next few months, prices skyrocketed due to the war and many people died from various diseases. Even in Corinth, which was cut off from the rest of the world prices were high due to having to produce all of their own goods themselves. Rossi also authorized the persecution of anyone not belonging to the Babylon One Universe Faith, except for the Jews, as Israel still had its special treaty with the United Worlds
December 31
In Corinth, a young man named Ziggy failed his driver's test. He goes to a mob boss
"I know you want to join the Scorpion Cartel" said the boss, whose name was Fresno Bob "but you failed your driver's test 5 times, those aren't that difficult. I don't want a getaway car driver to crash the car while we're trying to get away! Maybe there's something else you can do. Benny, take Ziggy and go collect out interest"
Benny takes Ziggy around Corinth collecting interest on debts people owed to the Scorpion Cartel, including for an orphanage, which Ziggy learns went in debt to pay for medicine for the children who had Gamma sickness
"All right Ziggy" said Benny "we just have to deliver this truck for the Five Cartels and we can get paid and go home" Ziggy checks the truck and fines medicine
"We can't let the Cartels have this" said Ziggy "not with the medicine shortage"
"We can't go against the Cartel" said Benny
"How about we take this stuff to the orphanage" said Ziggy "and then you help me out of Corinth and say I took it all"
"I guess that'll work" said Benny and they deliver the medicine to the orphanage and then go to the edge of the city "how do you plan on getting by the shield?"
"Pray for a miracle" said Ziggy and all of a sudden a massive earthquake appeared. The shield went down and Ziggy ran out
At Colonel Truman's headquarters, Truman is calling Dr. K
"Dr. K!" said Truman "what is going on?"
"A massive earthquake is occurring all over Earth" said K
"Is that possible?" Truman asked
"It shouldn't be" said K "but the earthquake knocked out the shield"
"Can you get it back up?" Truman asked
"I'm trying" said K "but until this earthquake is over, I can't do anything"
"I'll dispatch the Corinth Defense Force" said Truman
"And I'll dispatch the Ranger Operators" said K and an hour later the shaking stopped and Dr. K got the shield back up. Rossi was unable to take advantage of the shield being down, due to dealing with his own problems
At the Delta Base, which was tilted into the ground a bit, Rossi is furious
"The shields were down and nobody did anything?" Rossi asked "We've been trying to get in there for months, but that shield doesn't let anything through, not even radio signals or teleportations. Even portals won't open in it!"
"We were all a bit busy" said Zedd "I'm still working on getting the Delta Base level again"
"General Venjix!" said Rossi
"Yes sir" said Venjix as he appeared on screen
"Concentrate all of your energy on destroying Corinth" said Rossi "get back Project RPM and don't leave anyone alive"
"Yes sir" said Venjix "I will begin a full scale assault"
"Finally that base I built for you is paying off" said Rossi
"And I have my new generals running it" said Venjix "I built Shifter and Crunch to replace the traitor Beckman"
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A mysterious man approaches Corinth. Who is, what does he want, and will he make it there? Find out next time on Power Rangers!