POWER RANGERS INFINITY
CHAPTER 01: ACTUAL COMBAT
"They expect us to fight all of these guys? Our first mission and we're being ganged up on." Said Setsuna to the other four Cyber Force Rangers as they stood back to back surrounded by about fifty faceless enemy soldiers with plain gray bodies, white gloves and forearm pads, white knee high boots, and a black diagonal stripe around their torsos.
A.J. cracked his knuckles and took a boxing-fighting stance. "Do we have enough room to fight in this area of the city? Of all places why Meiyer street? Nothing but a bum's sanctuary it is." He was right. The Rangers unwittingly lead their foes to the most deplorable and compacted streets in Ferris Heights. So small was this street that most consider it to be a rundown alleyway.
Setsuna removed his black Kango hat so that it would not obstruct his view. His shoulder length, strawberry blond hair had gotten a bit mussed but he rubbed his head quickly to fix it and brush it away from his eyes. The young Japanese teen had been waiting for so long to be finally dispatched by Mother Board to fight against Viral-Beasts.
Their leader Daniel, the strongest member of the team, gave the others the order to attack. "Let's set 'em up and knock 'em down guys!" He yelled as he ran into the literal eye of the storm. They followed along with him. They all broke away from each other so that they might have enough room to fight without banging heads.
"You won't be able to catch me slow pokes." Amanda taunted the enemy as she back flipped through the horde to gain some room to fight. She stopped and engaged the enemy. She had a favorable speed advantage over the others and could strike them and duck under their blows with ease. She was enjoying herself as she made her enemies look like fools. She could see Jerryca in the distance using her immense leg power to pin her opponents against the wall with Tae Kwan Do kicks.
Jerryca was much stronger than Amanda was. Being that her father owned the worlds largest weight training facility she was able to tone and shape her body to her desire. She may not have been as strong as Daniel and A.J. but she could out muscle the others without a problem. "Hey Setsuna!" She yelled down the street.
He flipped an enemy over his shoulder and replied. "I hear ya!"
"Double roundhouse kick?"
"All right!" They dashed forward at the only soldier standing between them and they both kicked him hard in the chest with a roundhouse kick that sent him flying through an already somewhat broken window.
One by one the V-Troopers became one with the ground that they stood upon (before they were whooped). Daniel overpowered those that surrounded him. Setsuna stunned his foes with lightning fast kicks and A.J. dominated the mindless automatons with powerful punch combinations. However their opponents seemed endless and after about a few minutes of fighting they have began to grow very fatigued. They regrouped back in the same spot where they started. They were all panting and huffing and wiping sweat from their face.
"Anyone else feeling shaky in the knees from all of this like I am?" A.J. complained.
"I think I am." Said Amanda. "I think its time that we morph. Our chances will be better that way."
"I'll get us started then!" Jerryca raised her left hand high into the air. The silver and black morphing device worn upon her wrist opened and illuminated with a bright blue light. "Cyber system activate!" She dropped her arm to her side and performed an elaborate series of poses. "Cyber Ranger One; blue!" A ring of blue light appeared around her feet and elevated up around her body changing her blue long-sleeved belly shirt, denim Capri pants, and white track shoes into a full body, navy blue spandex suit. Upon it were round, golden shoulder plates, golden forearm guards, and single black rings around each bicep. Upon her chest rested a yellow triangle shaped jewel turned upside down with a black stripe leading up from the jewel to were the spandex suit stopped at the base of her neck, and around her torso was a wide, black, horizontal stripe that didn't connect in the front. It also was fitted with dark blue leather gloves; white, knee-high boots with a long diamond like black silhouette shapes upon the front shin part of them. Upon her waist was a golden belt with a gun holster on her left side with her blue and silver blaster resting in it. Her long braided, walnut colored hair rested comfortably within her blue and black helmet. The helmet was designed with a small, golden pentagon shape above its upside down triangle shaped black visor and just below the diamond shaped black design on the top. Below the visor was a silver area, built to protect the mouth that wasn't deigned with lips like some Ranger helmets of the past.
The enemy troops looked around at each other. Jerryca glanced over her shoulder at the others and said, "What the hell are you all waiting for? Transform now so we can beat these jerk offs!"
"All right!" A.J. mimicked Jerryca's transformation sequence perfectly. "Cyber system activate! Cyber Ranger Two; black!" Around the Hispanic male's body appeared the same type of ring of light. It changed his black sweat jacket, cream-colored cargo pants and brick red work boots into a grayish black version of their Ranger uniform. However the visor upon his helmet was shaped like a horizontal oval.
"Cyber Ranger Three; pink!" A pink ring appeared changing Amanda's pink, low-cut t-shirt and blue jeans with a pink uniform and helmet with a heart shaped visor.
"Cyber Ranger Four; green!" A green ring appeared around Setsuna changing his green and white, velour jumpsuit and white slip-on tennis shoes with a green uniform and helmet with a horizontal rectangle shaped visor.
One Ranger was left unmorphed. Daniel did the motion and cried the activation signal with a proud voice, "Cyber Ranger Five; red!" A red ring appeared changing his red tank top, black nylon shorts and brown hiking shoes with a red uniform and helmet with a V-shaped visor. "All together we will delete the evil from our world with CYBER-FORCE power! Let's X these guys from our world!"
"So you changed your clothes? What good will that do? We Virtuon soldiers have strength in numbers." Said one of the V-Soldiers in a cocky voice.
"Preprogrammed, walking, mechanical dolls won't defeat us!" A.J. drew his blaster from its holster and gunned down a few soldiers in the blink of an eye. Amanda and Setsuna aided him with gunfire as Jerryca and Daniel rushed in with their Cyber Lance weapons. One by one their enemies fell to the ground.
"Guy's, finish them off with your Eraser Rifles!" Daniel cut the V-Soldier before him with a mighty downward strike.
Amanda, Setsuna, and A.J. gave the command for their Eraser Rifles and grabbed them when they materialized in the air in front of them. They all took aim as they waited for the blaster's power cells to fully charge. Daniel and Jerryca caught a glimpse of the others with their blasters and knew that they had to flee from their scuffle to ensure a clear shot yet their opponents kept them in the center of the fray. What could they do? The others yelled to them to try and get them out but it was almost impossible.
"Shit! What can we do?" Setsuna asked in frustration.
"Looks like we'll have to engage them head on; we can't risk hitting the others." A.J. stated but before he could act he was struck with a powerful laser blast. Sparks spread through the air as he was sent flying back about six feet. He flipped off of his back and onto his feet but was nearly blasted again by the group of V-Soldiers who had assaulted them out of nowhere. They were now engaged in a losing battle against their enemies. Setsuna was being beaten worse then the others however. As always his brashness was his undoing.
"Setsuna, watch yourself!" A.J. warned but he was too late. He watched as his teammate was hit in the chest with a force so hard that it should have indefinitely disabled him. His helmet reeked of fresh blood that he had coughed up and his outfit was seriously damaged. He fell to his knees, as his arms lay limp at his sides.
Amanda shook free from her adversaries and luckily saved him with a powerful roundhouse to the three surrounding him. "Setsuna speak to me! Come on little buddy! Don't pass out! Don't die!" She removed his helmet and wiped the blood form his mouth.
Meanwhile above the roof of the old Watch Company building nearly seventy feet away stood the puppet masters behind the V-Soldiers. A silver armored cyborg general known as Gates and a similar golden cyborg named Pentios. They stood there enjoying the mayhem with wide smiles as if they were at a stage show. Gates turned to his fellow general and spoke of a wager with him. "I bet you ten AOL disks that the green one dies before this fight is over."
"What do you think I'm binary? Of course he will. These humans can't win against our soldiers."
"I'll take that bet sense he's a pussy."
The two generals looked at each other in confusion and turned to face the young African American man behind them. "Who are you?"
"I'm the sixth man, the savior if you will." He said as he brushed the bang across his forehead away from his eyes. "The name's Asa Spade and I'm here to erase you two from existence." He jumped high into the air and gathered energy in his palms. "Kaiser Splaaaaaash!" A hail of white lasers rained down upon the two generals and nearly destroyed the entire rooftop.
"He-he can't be human!" Pentios cried as he and Gates plummeted to the ground. Asa leapt from the small portion of the roof down to the ground upon Gates.
Daniel rushed to Setsuna's side and pounded the ground with his fists. "Damn! What kind of leader am I to let this happen?!"
Asa yelled at Daniel as he fought the generals. "That's a good question. You should have watched your men!" He hip tossed Gates into a wall and joined the others protecting Setsuna. "I'm taking control of this team since you don't seem to be cut out for the job." Asa reached into the pocket of his white and gray army fatigue pants and removed his chrome and gold morpher.
"I'm sorry Setsuna! I'm sorry." Daniel removed his helmet and hugged his fallen teammate tightly.
"Stop blubbering! Chrome Ranger power activate!" He held the morpher up high and it began to glow. He was then outfitted with a silver ranger uniform with a golden armor chestplate, gold armbands upon his biceps, silver gloves, and a gold ring around the rim of each boot and around each glove.
"Who are you? How come we've never seen you before?" Jerryca asked.
"I'm Asa Spade, better known as the Chrome Ranger. I'm here to save you chumps from getting your asses killed."
"Destroy them all wipe them from our memory!" Cried Gates as his soldiers rushed in against the rest of the Rangers. Gates and Pentios could only watch in disbelief as Asa and single handedly eradicated the first wave with his mighty silver boomerang weapon, the Spin-Striker. The weapon flew back to him with an amazing force that would have shattered any other man's arm, yet he caught it with ease.
The rest of the team formed a circle around Setsuna who was still being held by Daniel. They each felt an immense amount of psychological damage from what they had unfortunately witnessed but Asa commanded that they all stop feeling sorry and do something to avenge his defeat. They fought as if they had been possessed by a new and blood thirsty fighting spirit. But even though they were winning they knew Setsuna required medical assistance quickly. They regrouped and called upon their Cyber Riders.
"Don't let them escape!" Pentios charged with his large blaster ready to kill their powerful enemy. "For the glory of the mighty Motherboard!"
"Daniel come on! Get Setsuna onto your bike and lets get the fuck out of here!" A.J. revved the engine of his black two cylinder cycle. Pentios was drawing closer and so we're the soldiers. A.J. stated off on his own running right over two soldier in his way and the others followed, except for Asa. He stood his ground against the general and with a mighty swing he completely crushed Pentios' chest with his boomerang.
Gates, who followed closely behind his comrade, screamed out in anger as Pentios fell to his knees. "DAMN! Ranger! You won't walk away from this unscathed!" He order the soldiers to back away and challenged Asa to a one on one battle.
"Silly robot. He who fights and runs away...will kick your ass another day!" Asa snickered as he sped off on his cycle.
"GET BACK HEEEEEEEERE!" Gates fired he and his comrade's blasters at the Rangers as they darted around the corner.