Sorry about the long wait. I had totally forgotten about about this fic until a few days ago! :os
well hope you like what I've done :o)
Title: The Maroon Ranger Needs Help
By: Moonlit Sea
What happened previously:
Astronema wants to know the identity of the Maroon ranger. Knowing they only show up when the other rangers are in trouble she sends Ecliptor and Darkonda to capture them, which they do and wait for the Maroon rangers appearance. Meanwhile Nicki was visiting her cousin Becky out in the country when the call about other rangers came through. She teleported to her base where she got Janeway (her computer) to help with the rescue of the rangers.
When the Maroon ranger shows up she must give Janeway enough time to free the rangers but Janeway encounters Darkonda inside the cave and is caught up in fighting him while trying to free the rangers.
And now the continuation…
"Activating defence program Sisko-odo-sisko…
…Program activated" Janeway stated.
"Come here you piece of scrap metal!" Darkonda shouted.
"Now that's not very nice is it." Janeway replied.
Darkonda growled and shot out an energy beam at Janeway and missed, Janeway fired back and also missed.
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*-I wish Janeway would hurry up! I'm getting tired-* she thought as she just managed to duck from an oncoming arm. *-Don't these guys ever give up?-* as she kicked one in stomach causing it to stumble backwards, but she was slowing in her reaction time and her reflexes were also slowing.
Seeing that she was getting tired Ecliptor went in for the kill
SMASH!
Direct hit! The Maroon ranger was unable to dodge Ecliptors attack in time and fell straight to the ground. She tried to get up again but she was so tired from fighting the quantros that she couldn't. She spoke into her communicator
"Janeway I need help." She said breathing heavily.
"I'm sorry, but I'm kinda busy in here. I'll try and help if I can." Janeway replied.
Great, Janeway was her last hope! Now what she gonna do? Suddenly there was a loud crash from within the cave everyone was distracted wondering what it was, all except Nicki so Janeway had found a way to help her. She smiled and with the last of her strength she got up and ran and ran and ran until she was sure she was safe at least for now then she powered down and looked for somewhere to hide.
By the time Ecliptor looked back the Maroon ranger was already gone
"What! Where is she?" Ecliptor asked when he saw no ranger in sight.
Then realised that she must have ran off while everyone was distracted
"I'll find you Maroon ranger! Wherever you are, I'll find you!" He shouted.
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Back inside the cave things were going well for Janeway. She had heard Ecliptor and was glad her friend was okay. Ecliptors shouting had also distracted Darkonda. This was her chance to free the rangers.
"Come on Rangers hurry." She said urgently.
She had just managed to free the rangers when Darkonda stuck and down she fell.
"Well so much for that." He said and went to pick Janeway up thinking the rangers were still all trapped when he heard.
"Leave her alone!"
He turned round to see who it was only to be greeted by the Black Ranger's foot as it kicked him in the stomach sending him backwards.
Cassie picked up Janeway and asked.
"Are you okay?"
Janeway was flicking she had been damaged pretty bad but before she went offline she managed to say
"Must find Maroon…"
"Guys Janeway's damaged pretty bad." Cassie said to the others.
"Let's get her back to the megaship." TJ replied.
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Nicki was exhausted she didn't know whether she could go on or not and dropped to her knees.
"Must… continue… not… safe…" she said as she gasped for air.
But as soon as she got up she fell right back down again. She only hoped she had enough energy left to teleport back, and so with the last of her strength she stood up and teleported back to her cousin Becky's garden and collapsed.
When she woke up she was in a room it was all white and smelled of disinfectant *-a hospital room?-* she thought *-but how?-*
She tried to look round but her vision was a little blurry then she heard a familiar voice ask "Nicki? Are you okay?"
"Shane? Is that you? What happened?" she asked weakly.
"Yeah it's me Nicki, you were found unconscious in Becky's garden. Guess all that fresh air must have been to much for you." he joked.
Nicki smiled slowly her vision was coming back and she looked at Shane.
"What?"
"Come a little closer." She answered.
So Shane moved his head little closer to Nicki in which she put her arms around his neck and kissed him after some of the shocked had gone Shane started to kiss back.
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"You idiots! How could you have failed! My plan was perfect!" Astronema shouted.
"Forgive us my princess." Ecliptor said.
"If it wasn't for that blasted computer we'd had them!" Darkonda added.
"Computer?" she said.
"Yes I managed to short circuit it but before I did it freed the rangers."
"Tell me does this computer belong to the Maroon Ranger?" Astronema asked.
"I believe it does, I also believe it goes by the name of Janeway." Darkonda answered.
"If we could capture this Janeway then all the Maroon Rangers secrets will be mine!" she smiled evilly.
"But it's with the other rangers." Elgar pointed out.
"A mere formality. That computer will be mine!" Astronema stated.
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"I never seen circuitry like this before it's very complex." Andros said.
"I'll say." Zhane replied.
Just then Ashley walked in.
"Hey guys, how's it going?" she asked.
"Okay I guess." Zhane answered.
"I think we've just about fixed everything." Andros said.
"Only one-way to find out." Ashley said.
"Right." Zhane said with a nod.
They closed Janeway up and waited to see what would happen, slowly but surely Janeway began to light up.
"Oh my aching circuits. What happened Nic…"
But she stopped mid sentence when she saw where she was.
"Who are you? And where am I?" she asked.
At that moment Carlos walked in.
"Hey you fixed her." He said.
"Fixed me? Will someone please tell me what's going on and where Nic… the maroon ranger is?" Janeway asked confused.
"You mean you don't remember… you saved us from Ecliptor and Darkonda." Cassie said trying to make her remember.
"Yes I remember now. So what happened to the maroon ranger did you find her?" Janeway asked nervously.
"Unfortunately we haven't yet." TJ answered.
"I must return to base and see if I can locate her." Janeway said rising up.
"So you know who the maroon ranger is." Carlos said.
"Of course, I wouldn't be very good computer and friend if I didn't." she replied.
"Do you think can you tell us?" Zhane asked.
"Sorry when maroon ranger wants you to know her identity she'll reveal it to you herself." Janeway answered.
"Do you mind if we come with you?" Andros asked.
"I don't know, Maroon was always a little picky at who she shared her secrets with. That's why she built me."
"She built you?" Cassie asked surprised.
"That's right."
"We could help you look for her." Ashley said getting back to the topic of looking for the maroon ranger.
"I suppose. You did fix me…."
She thought for a moment before saying.
"Okay but only two of you." she said hesitantly.
"Okay Ashley and I will go. The rest of you continue looking here." Andros said.
"Right." Cassie said.
So Andros and Ashley went with Janeway while the rest stayed on the megaship.
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"Wow look at this place." Ashley said amazed.
Then an alarm went off.
"What's that?" Andros asked.
"Uh oh. I forgot to deactivate the intruder alarm." Janeway said.
She went over and connected with the main computer, a few seconds later the alarm stopped.
"So how do we find the maroon ranger?" Ashley asked.
"I've already found her." Janeway stated.
"That was fast." Andros said.
"We don't waste any time here."
"So where is she?" Ashley asked.
"Right here Rangers." A voice said from behind.
They all turned around to see the maroon ranger standing right behind them.
"Maroon!" Janeway said a little shocked.
"Janeway, you know I don't like 'visitors' coming to the base." She said annoyed.
"But Maroon… they repaired me after I got damaged by Darkona." Janeway explained.
"You did?" she asked Andros and Ashley.
Andros gave a nod.
"Then it's time you knew who I am."
Then suddenly TJ, Cassie, Carlos and Zhane appeared.
"What the…" TJ said then saw Andros and Ashley. "We were all on the megaship looking for the maroon ranger then we're here."
"Where are we anyway?" Cassie asked.
"Perhaps we should ask them." Carlos said seeing the maroon ranger.
"The maroon ranger…" Zhane said stating the obvious.
"Rangers over the past couple of months I have helped you whenever you needed help." The ranger said, "And you have helped me more than you realise by fixing Janeway. I believe it is now time to reveal my true identity to you."
She then powered down and revealed herself.
"Nicki?" TJ said remembering her from the SurfSpot.
Nicki nodded.
"So that time when you had to go you were coming here." TJ asked.
"That's right. I had to leave in a hurry because you guys nearly discovered my base." She laughed a little.
"So that's what the strange energy readings were." Andros said.
Nicki gave a nod walked toward the main computer.
"Time for you to return Janeway." She said to her computer friend.
"Right."
Janeway floated over to the interface and connected with main computer once again. The others watched Nicki as she transferred Janeway from her 'body' to the main computer.
"Ahhhh much better." Janeway said happily. "It's a bit cramped in that body ya know. You should build me a bigger one." She complained.
Nicki laughed.
"If I did that…" she stopped realising the other rangers were still there.
"Sorry it's been a while since I've had company." She apologised.
"Hey what I'm I? Invisible?" Janeway said a little hurt.
"I meant human company Janeway." Nicki answered with a chuckle.
