Chapter Seven: Valhor's Grudge
"Damn it! What is five degrees to port?" Zelda screamed over the useless comm. channel, afraid she might have lost the gold ranger again. Forgetting about trying to communicate, Zelda quickly scanned the entire region of space in which she occupied.
"Varox war cruisers?" Zelda spoke silently. That was what the gold ranger had tried to warn her about five degrees to port. "But why here?" Suddenly, the once useless comm. channel flickered to life as the gold ranger tried to reach Zelda.
"Zelda, can you hear me?" Zelda groped for the button on the communications pad that would allow her to talk through the channel. She was thankful that she hadn't lost the gold ranger yet again.
"What happened?" Was the first thing out of her mouth.
"I don't know. But we have a whole fleet of Varox cruisers headed straight for Terra Venture." Was his reply.
"I know." Zelda contemplated their next actions. If one of them didn't get to Tryforia soon, the whole planet would be under siege again. But if one of them didn't get to Terra Venture… Zelda couldn't even begin to imagine what would happen.
"You get back to Tryforia. Take out a few of the Varox Cruisers if you can."
"What are you going to do?"
"What I was born to do." Zelda replied with a devilish grin on her face. "Kick some ass."
"Have fun." Trey replied over the comm.
"You know I will." Zelda headed forward towards the Varox as she replied. "Yee haw!" Zelda then converted her attitude into that of a space cowboy. "It's time to round 'em up and ship 'em out" After manipulating a few controls, Zelda commanded her zord. "Alright. Golden Eagle Warrior mode!" Zelda's golden eagle zord then converted to megazord stance. "Mind matter mergence now!" Zelda swiftly felt her mind and body become one with her zord. Now that she had gotten the hang of the Mind and Matter mergence technique, she was able to fight in combats that would normally be too much for a regular megazord. With her own mind in control, her megazord acted as a solid plate of armor against whomever she was fighting.
"Alrighty then. If you guys want Terra Venture, you'll have to go through me first. Golden Power Bow!" Zelda called upon her favorite weapon in which she was going to pick off her enemy with. Armed with years of experience behind the power bow, Zelda always hit her target with deadly accuracy. "Light arrow!" She pulled back the powerful arrow of light and let it loose on her target who was still half a mile away. She did that so that she could get the attention of the whole fleet. When it had, her target was immediately destroyed.
"It's about time." Zelda smirked, as the whole Varox fleet headed towards her.
"Lord Valhor," A servant burst onto the bridge of the flagship of the mighty (Yeah right. Opps! Sorry. ^*^'ehh… erm… author's comment ^*^'.) Imperial Varox Cruiser Fleet.
"What is it Stinky? I'm kind of busy." Valhor continued to lay out his plan of attack on Terra Venture on the main view screen of the bridge.
"Yes Lord Valhor." The crew on the bridge covered their noses in disgust as Stinky's musky odor followed her out onto the bridge. "I just received a report from Intelligence that indicates that Zelda is located on the colony."
"Good."
"My Lord?" Stinky was confused at her master's words. The last time that Valhor had met Zelda face to face, it ended in his defeat.
"She created the colony Stinky. If we can capture Terra Venture, she would do anything to make sure the people remain safe."
"As you say my Lord, it shall be done." Stinky then left the bridge, leaving her odorous stench behind.
"Ugh." Valhor moaned. "I've got to find myself a new aide."
"My Lord," The Varox warrior, who was placed at communications, attempted to grab his master's attention. "Incoming messages from the rest of the fleet."
"What are they about?" Valhor sighed in frustration at his thoughts being interrupted once again.
"It appears that Zelda has shown herself here and now."
This perked up Valhor's attention somewhat.
"What is the status of our fleet?"
"Take that you slime bags!" Zelda had just let loose another arrow of light and had taken out her forty-fifth vessel. (One less pest to the universe. Did I do that again^*^?) The vessel that Zelda had taken out erupted in flames as two more came in to take its place.
"What do you think of me now?" Zelda taunted at the two cruisers coming directly at her on a suicide mission. "Gold Quasar saber!" As Zelda called upon her saber, her mighty zord unsheathed it's own sword. (Which ironically enough looked like the gold quasar saber.) "Gold Lightning power up!" The quasar saber, and the sword in the hand of the zord, lit up with golden light as Zelda channeled her vast power through her saber. When the two ships were close enough, Zelda sliced her sword through the air, causing her zord to slice the two space vehicles in two. When that task was complete was the exact moment when Zelda noticed, for the first time, Valhor's flagship.
"Well, well, well," Zelda tisked her mortal enemy. "You pick the wrong day to fight me." Zelda then twirled her quasar saber in her hand and headed directly towards the flagship.
"It appears we've lost nearly half of our fleet. And two more were just destroyed."
"Will we have enough fighters to carry out our plan?" Valhor commanded an answer from any of his warriors.
"More than enough my Lord." Was the reply from one at tactical.
"Tell the fleet to run on cloaked mode. It's time to carry out our assault. Remember my warriors; revenge is a dish best served cold. *"
* "Revenge is a dish best served cold" Is a Klingon Quote from Star Trek