A/N: I had no idea for the title. Yeah I think I suck at titles,


Ch- 14: Whip-hand

"where are we heading?" Sky asked, as he, Draco and Z ran through the streets of New Tech City. They were going on foot because if they took their vehicles, it'd alert the commanders, and they didn't trust the two of them enough to let them in on their plan. They'd be sure to say that it was too risky, and overall discourage them, because that was what adults did. Technically they were adults too, but they didn't exactly fit into the 'Mature' category, did they?

The commanders had known that Freddy smith was Bridge Carson's son, and yet they hadn't done anything about it, maybe out of guilt, maybe out of pity, but either way, it didn't make them trustworthy.

This was something only the three of them had to handle.

"I ran a search, and I tracked Carson's last location, we're sure to find him there, and if not him, then maybe something that can help us more." Draco explained.

"you're really resourceful, you know that?" Z complimented, and Draco chuckled.

"sometimes you just know where to look" he shrugged, and then under Sky's infiltrating gaze, he admitted, "Aurora, my sister"

Z smiled. She kinda felt sad for this girl, who couldn't meet people, couldn't see the light of day, just because she had a power a little too powerful.

"we seem to have completely forgotten about Count Time o'Clock no?" Sky said, and Z replied, "we made a commitment to catch DeeZee Vaughn, we can't back down on it, besides, SPD can always track Time o'Clock, it won't be that hard, they can even send us back. It's possible that our own friends are working on it, so I'm not really worried. We'll find a way home, even if we don't find the Count."

"you have a point." Sky remarked, and was just about to say something when he was cut off by a breathtaking sight.

They seemed to have arrived at a beautiful hilltop villa that sat looking attentively over the city like a cat on its haunches, surrounded by beautiful trees and an all too knowing mist.

There was no way this was the residence of the psychopath. It was just too nice. It had that holiday villa feel, with vibrant colors and artistic designing, combining with a modern tech savvy outlook. Z gasped, Draco took off his sunglasses to look at it.

"he lives here?" Sky asked,

"I was given the location, I had no idea this would be here" the three were completely mesmerized by the place.

"okay, let's snap out of it, and comprehend our criminal." Sky said.
"is that the correct usage of comp—" Z began to say but was cut off by Sky saying, "yeah yah, whatever, let's get him"

and the three made their way up the small hill by a winding path towards the house. They decided that a fight was inevitable, and so, just knocked on the door, neither wanting to take the risk of going around the house searching for the back door knowing that even missing one step would lead to a fall of about a hundred or two hundred meters.

A bulky, kinda obese man answered the door, and Draco was quick to notice that his right arm seemed to be well… not there. but he had had so many years of service at SPD that he knew better than to let the first glances fool him. Sky looked at him like he must be some sort of housekeeping help or something, but it was Z who realized that it was none other than DZ Vaughn.

"SPD hands in the air and drop your weapons!" Z said, while Vaughn grinned.

"come on in, then I'll do as you say." He said, leaving the door open. Sky, Z and Draco followed in uncertainly, afraid of what might happen next.

There they saw him taking off his shirt with one hand, and Z turned to look away for some reason, and realized she shouldn't have, because the next second, before Sky and Draco could realize it, she felt a tentacle wrap around her neck, choking the life out of her. She screamed at the top of her lungs, but was afraid only a meek "ah" left her throat. Sky and Draco seemed to be unable to do anything, like mad they attacked the tentacle, but it showed no sign at all of any injury.

She felt the hold tighten and tighten, and finally felt like she couldn't breathe anymore… wait, that was the ke—

Crestos couldn't feel the pulse in her neck anymore, and so, deciding she was dead, he let go of her, and dropped her limp body on the ground. Sky squeaked, shocked at what had happened, while Draco recovering from the shock, lunged at DZ with a laser extended, while Sky crouched down beside her, almost sobbing, "Z" he softly mumbled, obviously upset, and then, the next moment, to his surprise, she stirred, an gently opened her eyes, and he sat back in shock.

She gestured him closer, and whispered urgently to him, "I'm fine, Sky, I stopped my breath to make him think I was dead so he'd let go, let me recover a little bit, and then I'll join you in the fight." She looked over to DZ and he nodded, understanding, and went over to join Draco in the fight.

"how's Z?" Draco asked, hoping for some good news,

"she's dead" Sky shrugged, Draco's face turned white, but he couldn't process it properly as the next second, he felt a huge whip hit his chest, and blood gushed out, turning his uniform redder that it already was. He staggered back, and finally fell beside Z, as Sky morphed into the SPD blue ranger, and attacked the monster with his delta-max striker.

DZ also attacked Sky with his whip hand, but Sky being in ranger form, easily caught it in his hand, and yanked it, causing DZ to lose his balance, and topple over and fall at Sky's feet. Sky grinned being victorious, but it was short lived as DZ pulled at Sky's feet, toppling him over, and stood up himself.

He turned to look at the great sight of three fallen rangers, but was immediately alarmed, as he didn't see the dead girl. She wasn't there, and then the next moment, she came flying out of nowhere right at him, somehow alive, and hit him with a saber.

Then as DZ struggled back to his feet, Z helped Sky and Draco up, and he looked at her as if she was a ghost.

"you're alive?" then turned to Sky, "you said she was dead?"
"DZ was listening" Sky said, and gave a meek smile, and then turned away with Z to attack DZ as Draco pulled out his own morpher and yelled "SPD EMERGENCY!" and there was the Cyro ranger standing there in his white-crimson ranger suit with a 8 printed on the side.

"Let the games begin" he said, it was like his catchphrase, and then all the rangers launched their attacks together.

After a long struggle, the three managed to pin DZ on the ground, and then asked him, "where's Bridge?" wondering why he hadn't shown up to help DZ.

Draco had his foot on his tentacle, to prevent anyone else getting whipped like him. his ranger suit was also soaked in blood by now, and his wound needed dressing, while the others were still in a better state.

"he's gone" DZ spat out, full of anger.

"what?" Sky asked.

"he left to find that bitch Z Tate" he grunted as Z Delgado, angered, pressed a shoe over his mouth.

Sky looked at Z, panicked, "he's going out to get them!"

Draco tried to say something from the other side, but instead demorphed, and spat out a lot of blood on the floor, "he has a point, they'd be unsuspecting" Z said.

"you understood what he said?" Sky asked, as he went over and helped him up, while Z still held on to DZ, "no, but I could figure out what he was gonna say. It isn't rocket science. We need to warn the—" Z was cut short by DZ getting up, toppling her over.

"I may have lost, but I'm never going to prison" he said, and caught Sky by his neck, and lifted him in the air, as he struggled, Z attacked him, yet again, but was thrown to the floor by a blast from a gun in his other hand.

This was the end…

But.

The very next moment, a series of rapid gunshots knocked DZ down on the ground as the three saw a ranger in a sorta golden suit, leading the rest of Cyro's squad, minus Nova for an attack. Sam was also there.

The gold ranger shouted some orders, and then dragged the three wounded rangers away to a corner, and dressed their wounds.

"primary nurse" she grinned at their shocked faces.

"come on mom! This is the third time this month!" Draco protested, while Sky and Z gaped as Sydney demorphed and addressed their injuries.

"Syd?"

"I thought you went into the medical unit"

"that doesn't mean I can't get into battle once in a while."

"how did you know we were here?"

"Aurora saw you getting killed." Syd said, "Sky and Z were busy, so I had to come. The rest of the squad was also looking for some action."

By the time the three got to their feet, the squad had arrested DZn thanks to their superior technology, and swat gear, and he yelled some stuff from the confinement card.

"Bridge is going after Sky and Z, we don't know where, but we know we're out of time," Z explained hurriedly.

Sky tried reaching the commanders, but they didn't answer.

Syd had an explanation for that.

"they're having a family meeting and that means no communicators AND no phones. It's a silly rule, I know" Syd shook her head,

There was no stopping Bridge Carson, and there was no way to alert the commanders and their kids for what was coming. And what was coming was as grave as death.


A/N: See? I didn't take another six months. I've regained my interest in the story, n so I'm hoping i'll complete it soon. N did anyone get that 'Forked-up' Good Place reference in the last chapter?
PS: How was it?