Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
Beautiful Day
Chapter 10- The trade
Summary- It's time for the rangers to put their plan into action, but will it work?
Other Stuff- I'm not sure if I ever remembered to rate this story, OOPS, I think it should be PG-13, but I really have no idea. What do you think?
Sorry for not updating for ages, we had the HUGEST assignment. Ugh! If I hear one more word about Images of Australia shown in this or that article I will explode! Anyway, I hope you like this chapter.
Oh last thing; Finding Nemo is the best movie! It is so cool! Go and see it! My friends reckon I'm like Dory, the blue fish. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * *
Diabolico had been searching the skull cavern for nearly half an hour when he finally found Jinxer.
"Jinxer!" called Diabolico, "hey Jinxer, I need a monster and I need one fast. Disparon just got his hide kicked by those rotten rangers."
"Ok Diabolico" Jinxer took one of those card things and threw it into the monster maker machine thingy. Out jumped a really ugly, bright yellow monster. It had four huge eyes, long claws and a stumpy tail covered with spikes.
"I am Voltaren!" It had a voice that was deep, and icy, "How may I serve you Diabolico?"
"You can help me to destroy the power rangers" Diabolico said, and he explained what was happening to Voltaren.
"That sounds like fun!" Voltaren giggled rubbing his hands together.
"Yes, it does doesn't it" Diabolico smiled. Then turning to Jinxer he barked out a few orders.
"Tell Vypra and Loki to have a large group of bat things ready to go by 8:30, I want to be at the forest in plenty of time. I'm going to go try get some more information out of the prisoner. He should be awake again by now."
Diabolico strode off towards Carters cell. Although his last two interrogations had yielded nothing, he was hopeful that he could get something this time.
Carter lay miserably on the floor in his cell. Everything hurt, courtesy of the assorted fights and interrogations he had been in the last few days. He was about to lie down and try to drift off to sleep (at least in his sleep he could dream about being back at the aquabase with the gang) when Diabolico stormed in.
Carter ignored the pain and lifted his head up to glare at Diabolico. It wasn't to much of a gesture of strength but it satisfied Carters need to be defiant. "How are we feeling today? Better?" Diabolico asked reaching down to grab Carters Lightspeed Rescue jacket and pull him into a sitting position.
Carter grimaced from the pain, but didn't make a noise. He wasn't going to give Diabolico the satisfaction of knowing that he was in pain.
"You know," Diabolico said conversationally, "you really are being childish. It would be easier I admit if you told me what I want to know, but I'm going to find out soon anyway."
Carter didn't have anything else to say to that but "Why?"
"Because, foolish ranger, in half an hour I am meeting your friends in the forest near Mariner Bay, and they are going to give me lightspeed rescue in exchange for your life."
Carters stomach started doing back flips, they wouldn't! The couldn't! If Diabolico got hold of the lightspeed technology and the aqua base, Mariner Bay was doomed. Surely the rangers would have better sense than that.
"I seriously doubt that Diabolico" he said casually, "they will never let you have lightspeed rescue. Not for any reason."
"Well then ranger, looks like your in trouble. Because if they don't give me what I ask for I turn you over to Voltaren, my new monster, and he is just a little" Diabolico clicked his fingers dramatically, searching for the right word, "homicidal".
It wasn't just the word, but the way he said it that sent a chill careering down Carters spine. Oh goody gum-drops, Carter thought glumly. I hope they have a plan to get me out of this one.
"So, ranger" Diabolico continued, "are you going to tell me what I want to know? Or do I have to wait?"
"You'll be waiting and awful long time if you expect the lightspeed rangers to tell you what you want to know, and I'm not going to tell you anything either." Carter answered defiantly.
It earned him a backhanded swipe from Diabolico that knocked him to the ground.
Diabolico was beginning to lose his temper with the stubborn red ranger, pulling him up he grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him hard.
"Tell me what I want to know!" He cried shoving Carter across the room.
"Never" moaned Carter as he slumped to the floor, his whole body feeling like it was on fire.
"You foolish ranger. I am not going to waste any more time with you, but know this" Diabolico stormed over to the door as he spoke, "if those rangers do not hand over lightspeed rescue then I will make your death as slow and painful as I possibly can. Sleep well." And with that Diabolico slammed the door and marched away, grumbling about how much he loathed humans.
Carter stayed where he had fallen on the floor and drifted into unconsciousness.
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The rangers had arrived back at the aquabase and told the others what had happened, Disparon had apparently blocked the camera's again so they hadn't known what was going on.
Evryone was happy now that they had defeated Disparon, it would certainly make the ambush go better tonight if Diabolico didn't have Disparon with him.
It was almost 7:00 when the rangers all arrived in the briefing room to prepare for the first stage of their plan.
The galaxy rangers were dressed in dark clothes, and were ready and rearing to go and prepare for the ambush.
The plan was to drive them to the edge of the forest, and then they could go and find good hiding places so they could be in position when it was time to make the trade.
After hearing a pep talk from Captain Mitchell, (it was very along the lines of 'don't get killed, bring back Carter') the two teams jumped into the lightspeed mobile and set off.
When they arrived at the forest Ryan went over the plan one last time.
"Don't come out until Carter is back in our custody, if the monsters are lying and they ambush us you guys jump out and help. The most important thing is that we get Carter back."
"Ok, we'll see you soon!" said Kai as he and the others ran off through the darkness to find a hiding spot. When they were well concealed the lightspeed rangers went back to the aqua base to wait until it was time for them to go back to the forest.
The rangers were all very excited about the trade. Their plan, though it had some holes in it, seemed to be going to work. Carter would soon be back with them, and Diabolico and his monster friends would think twice before messing with the rangers again.
They settled down to wait for the time to come when they had to go to the trade. Joel and Chad were quietly playing cards, Kelsey was rollerblading around the aqua base, Ryan was reading a book and Dana was having a nap.
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Diabolico was pacing in the main room of the skull cavern when Jinxer came in.
"Diabolico, it is almost time for the trade. I have readied the prisoner, and Voltaren is ready to go."
"Excellent Jinxer. Now, have Vypra and Loki standing by in the forest in case we run into trouble. The rangers are probably to foolish to do anything but wail about their lost leader, but we can never be to sure."
"Good idea Diabolico, I'll go find them right now." Jinxer hurried off to find Loki and Vypra.
After Jinxer had left Diabolico went to the dungeons to collect the prisoner, Voltaren was waiting for him there.
"Are we ready to go boss? Ready to destroy the power rangers?" Voltaren was very excitable.
"Yes, now lets get going. We don't want to be late for the destruction of Mariner Bay."
They teleported down into the forest and began to wait for the lightspeed rangers to turn up. Diabolico was almost unhappy that the red ranger was unconscious, watching him wait, agonizingly for the destruction of his home would have been excellent, but on the other hand Diabolico didn't think he could stand all the self-sacrificing talk that seemed to come from the rangers mouth every time he talked.
Diabolico was just beginning to think the rangers weren't going to show when he heard the sound of they're lightspeed mobile coming through the forest.
They fell for it! They fell for it! Diabolico's almost danced for joy! Lightspeed rescue would be his! The world would be his!
Behind him Diabolico could hear Loki and Vypra laughing evilly, they wee going to win! Lightspeed Rescue would be there's!
The rangers drove around the corner and into the clearing. Ryan looked around from his seat in the back of the car. There was no sign of the galaxy rangers anywhere. Excellent. They had good hiding places. In front of him he heard an agonized gasp.
Dana saw him as soon as they drove into the clearing, and gasped loudly. Carter was being held up by two of Diaolicos' henchmen, she didn't take the time to look who they were. All Dana could see was Carter.
He had bruises all over him, some of them looked really nasty. His blond hair was matted with blood, the same blood that covered most of his body. It was obvious he was unconscious, and it was also obvious that he had at least one broken rib. His breathing was so laboured she reckoned he was lucky to still be alive at all.
"Carter!" cried Kelsey, almost as upset as Dana at the state he was in.
Joel kept quiet and glared at Diabolico and his rotten henchmen. They were all there, Loki, Vypra, Jinxer and. hello there, who is that? The fifth monster was one Joel had never seen before. He was butt ugly, (Which monster isn't?) and looked at bit like a retarded stegosaurus, except he wasn't a dinosaur and he was standing on two legs.
Diabolico savoured the looks on the rangers faces as the drove in. The absolute horror at what had happened to Carter. Man, it was good to be a bad guy. When they had recovered from their shock a little Diabolico stepped forward.
"So rangers, you couldn't stand to lose your precious red ranger. How typical of you pathetic humans. That is your weakness you realise, the love you have for one another."
"Shut up Diabolico" Ryan's voice was deadly quiet, but it could have shattered glass.
"Why?" Diabolico seemed amused. Here he was, with a hostage, about to take over their miserable planet and the rangers had the gall to tell him to shut up. Oh well, it was Ryan, must have something to do with his upbringing. Grinning at his own joke Diabolico continued after a long, hard stare at Ryan.
"I'm the one in control rangers. One wrong word from you and whats-his-name over there" he airily waved a hand at Carter, who hadn't stirred, "dies instantly." The last words were a growl, intended scare the heck out of the rangers.
It worked fairly well.
The pink one almost fell out of her seat in the car. The others just looked scared, and clamped their mouths shut as if to make sure nothing threatening slipped out.
Happy they would keep quiet Diabolico continued.
"Anyway, hand over lightspeed rescue and we'll give you back your leader." Diabolico decided to have a bit of fun tweaking the rangers before he took over their pathetic world.
"Although, I can't see why you want him back. He's just a little bit pathetic. All that self-sacrificing 'you'll never win' crap really grates on my nerves after a while."
"Why you big." Chad didn't get to finish his sentence because Kelsey firmly clamped a hand over his mouth. He looked like she was going to explode into a ball of pure fury any moment, and the other rangers looked almost as angry.
"So rangers, hand over the keys and the codes, or I'll be on my way."
"Give us back Carter first!" Ryan demanded as he jumped out of the lightspeed mobile.
"How bout no!" exclaimed Loki jumping forward his eyes flashing.
"Rangers, I have to agree, that isn't the idea. Give us the keys. NOW!"
"How do we know you'll give us Carter back?" Ryan exclaimed. "How can we be sure?"
"You can't be, but you are in no position to demand anything from me! Let me ask you, who is the one with the hostage?"
There was no answer. None of the rangers could think of a better comeback than, 'but that's not fair!'.
Ryan decided to give it the go ahead. They would just have to trust the monsters on this one.
"Ok Diabolico, here you go." He stepped forward to just in front of Diabolico and began to hand over the briefcase with the fake codes in it. He hoped the galaxy rangers were ready to jump out and grab Carter if the monsters changed the plan and attacked.
"Now give us Carter back!" cried Joel. He and the other rangers were out of the truck and standing, facing the monsters.
"If I must rangers, I warn you though. It really makes little difference, now I have your codes I can take you all down without a sweat." With a move of his hand Diabolico signalled Voltaren and Jinxer, who were holding Carter, to fling him towards the rangers.
They did it.
The lightspeed rangers could have danced for joy! Carter was back with them. Now it was time to take care of business.
The galaxy rangers were out of the bushes almost as soon as Carter hit the dirt in front of Dana.
"You are going down Diabolico!" cried Leo as he and the others charged the five monsters.
"Lightspeed Rescue!"
"Titanium power!"
The other rangers were morphed to, and as Dana dragged Carter back to the lightspeed mobile as gently as possible the battle began.
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Ok, sorry it's a bit crap and the plot has so many holes in it it's like cheese. But it's almost finished! Aren't you proud of me? More is on the way, thank goodness the holidays are coming up soon. REVIEWS PLEASE! LOTS OF REVIEWS PLEASE!- Capt.Cow
Summary- It's time for the rangers to put their plan into action, but will it work?
Other Stuff- I'm not sure if I ever remembered to rate this story, OOPS, I think it should be PG-13, but I really have no idea. What do you think?
Sorry for not updating for ages, we had the HUGEST assignment. Ugh! If I hear one more word about Images of Australia shown in this or that article I will explode! Anyway, I hope you like this chapter.
Oh last thing; Finding Nemo is the best movie! It is so cool! Go and see it! My friends reckon I'm like Dory, the blue fish. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * *
Diabolico had been searching the skull cavern for nearly half an hour when he finally found Jinxer.
"Jinxer!" called Diabolico, "hey Jinxer, I need a monster and I need one fast. Disparon just got his hide kicked by those rotten rangers."
"Ok Diabolico" Jinxer took one of those card things and threw it into the monster maker machine thingy. Out jumped a really ugly, bright yellow monster. It had four huge eyes, long claws and a stumpy tail covered with spikes.
"I am Voltaren!" It had a voice that was deep, and icy, "How may I serve you Diabolico?"
"You can help me to destroy the power rangers" Diabolico said, and he explained what was happening to Voltaren.
"That sounds like fun!" Voltaren giggled rubbing his hands together.
"Yes, it does doesn't it" Diabolico smiled. Then turning to Jinxer he barked out a few orders.
"Tell Vypra and Loki to have a large group of bat things ready to go by 8:30, I want to be at the forest in plenty of time. I'm going to go try get some more information out of the prisoner. He should be awake again by now."
Diabolico strode off towards Carters cell. Although his last two interrogations had yielded nothing, he was hopeful that he could get something this time.
Carter lay miserably on the floor in his cell. Everything hurt, courtesy of the assorted fights and interrogations he had been in the last few days. He was about to lie down and try to drift off to sleep (at least in his sleep he could dream about being back at the aquabase with the gang) when Diabolico stormed in.
Carter ignored the pain and lifted his head up to glare at Diabolico. It wasn't to much of a gesture of strength but it satisfied Carters need to be defiant. "How are we feeling today? Better?" Diabolico asked reaching down to grab Carters Lightspeed Rescue jacket and pull him into a sitting position.
Carter grimaced from the pain, but didn't make a noise. He wasn't going to give Diabolico the satisfaction of knowing that he was in pain.
"You know," Diabolico said conversationally, "you really are being childish. It would be easier I admit if you told me what I want to know, but I'm going to find out soon anyway."
Carter didn't have anything else to say to that but "Why?"
"Because, foolish ranger, in half an hour I am meeting your friends in the forest near Mariner Bay, and they are going to give me lightspeed rescue in exchange for your life."
Carters stomach started doing back flips, they wouldn't! The couldn't! If Diabolico got hold of the lightspeed technology and the aqua base, Mariner Bay was doomed. Surely the rangers would have better sense than that.
"I seriously doubt that Diabolico" he said casually, "they will never let you have lightspeed rescue. Not for any reason."
"Well then ranger, looks like your in trouble. Because if they don't give me what I ask for I turn you over to Voltaren, my new monster, and he is just a little" Diabolico clicked his fingers dramatically, searching for the right word, "homicidal".
It wasn't just the word, but the way he said it that sent a chill careering down Carters spine. Oh goody gum-drops, Carter thought glumly. I hope they have a plan to get me out of this one.
"So, ranger" Diabolico continued, "are you going to tell me what I want to know? Or do I have to wait?"
"You'll be waiting and awful long time if you expect the lightspeed rangers to tell you what you want to know, and I'm not going to tell you anything either." Carter answered defiantly.
It earned him a backhanded swipe from Diabolico that knocked him to the ground.
Diabolico was beginning to lose his temper with the stubborn red ranger, pulling him up he grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him hard.
"Tell me what I want to know!" He cried shoving Carter across the room.
"Never" moaned Carter as he slumped to the floor, his whole body feeling like it was on fire.
"You foolish ranger. I am not going to waste any more time with you, but know this" Diabolico stormed over to the door as he spoke, "if those rangers do not hand over lightspeed rescue then I will make your death as slow and painful as I possibly can. Sleep well." And with that Diabolico slammed the door and marched away, grumbling about how much he loathed humans.
Carter stayed where he had fallen on the floor and drifted into unconsciousness.
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The rangers had arrived back at the aquabase and told the others what had happened, Disparon had apparently blocked the camera's again so they hadn't known what was going on.
Evryone was happy now that they had defeated Disparon, it would certainly make the ambush go better tonight if Diabolico didn't have Disparon with him.
It was almost 7:00 when the rangers all arrived in the briefing room to prepare for the first stage of their plan.
The galaxy rangers were dressed in dark clothes, and were ready and rearing to go and prepare for the ambush.
The plan was to drive them to the edge of the forest, and then they could go and find good hiding places so they could be in position when it was time to make the trade.
After hearing a pep talk from Captain Mitchell, (it was very along the lines of 'don't get killed, bring back Carter') the two teams jumped into the lightspeed mobile and set off.
When they arrived at the forest Ryan went over the plan one last time.
"Don't come out until Carter is back in our custody, if the monsters are lying and they ambush us you guys jump out and help. The most important thing is that we get Carter back."
"Ok, we'll see you soon!" said Kai as he and the others ran off through the darkness to find a hiding spot. When they were well concealed the lightspeed rangers went back to the aqua base to wait until it was time for them to go back to the forest.
The rangers were all very excited about the trade. Their plan, though it had some holes in it, seemed to be going to work. Carter would soon be back with them, and Diabolico and his monster friends would think twice before messing with the rangers again.
They settled down to wait for the time to come when they had to go to the trade. Joel and Chad were quietly playing cards, Kelsey was rollerblading around the aqua base, Ryan was reading a book and Dana was having a nap.
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Diabolico was pacing in the main room of the skull cavern when Jinxer came in.
"Diabolico, it is almost time for the trade. I have readied the prisoner, and Voltaren is ready to go."
"Excellent Jinxer. Now, have Vypra and Loki standing by in the forest in case we run into trouble. The rangers are probably to foolish to do anything but wail about their lost leader, but we can never be to sure."
"Good idea Diabolico, I'll go find them right now." Jinxer hurried off to find Loki and Vypra.
After Jinxer had left Diabolico went to the dungeons to collect the prisoner, Voltaren was waiting for him there.
"Are we ready to go boss? Ready to destroy the power rangers?" Voltaren was very excitable.
"Yes, now lets get going. We don't want to be late for the destruction of Mariner Bay."
They teleported down into the forest and began to wait for the lightspeed rangers to turn up. Diabolico was almost unhappy that the red ranger was unconscious, watching him wait, agonizingly for the destruction of his home would have been excellent, but on the other hand Diabolico didn't think he could stand all the self-sacrificing talk that seemed to come from the rangers mouth every time he talked.
Diabolico was just beginning to think the rangers weren't going to show when he heard the sound of they're lightspeed mobile coming through the forest.
They fell for it! They fell for it! Diabolico's almost danced for joy! Lightspeed rescue would be his! The world would be his!
Behind him Diabolico could hear Loki and Vypra laughing evilly, they wee going to win! Lightspeed Rescue would be there's!
The rangers drove around the corner and into the clearing. Ryan looked around from his seat in the back of the car. There was no sign of the galaxy rangers anywhere. Excellent. They had good hiding places. In front of him he heard an agonized gasp.
Dana saw him as soon as they drove into the clearing, and gasped loudly. Carter was being held up by two of Diaolicos' henchmen, she didn't take the time to look who they were. All Dana could see was Carter.
He had bruises all over him, some of them looked really nasty. His blond hair was matted with blood, the same blood that covered most of his body. It was obvious he was unconscious, and it was also obvious that he had at least one broken rib. His breathing was so laboured she reckoned he was lucky to still be alive at all.
"Carter!" cried Kelsey, almost as upset as Dana at the state he was in.
Joel kept quiet and glared at Diabolico and his rotten henchmen. They were all there, Loki, Vypra, Jinxer and. hello there, who is that? The fifth monster was one Joel had never seen before. He was butt ugly, (Which monster isn't?) and looked at bit like a retarded stegosaurus, except he wasn't a dinosaur and he was standing on two legs.
Diabolico savoured the looks on the rangers faces as the drove in. The absolute horror at what had happened to Carter. Man, it was good to be a bad guy. When they had recovered from their shock a little Diabolico stepped forward.
"So rangers, you couldn't stand to lose your precious red ranger. How typical of you pathetic humans. That is your weakness you realise, the love you have for one another."
"Shut up Diabolico" Ryan's voice was deadly quiet, but it could have shattered glass.
"Why?" Diabolico seemed amused. Here he was, with a hostage, about to take over their miserable planet and the rangers had the gall to tell him to shut up. Oh well, it was Ryan, must have something to do with his upbringing. Grinning at his own joke Diabolico continued after a long, hard stare at Ryan.
"I'm the one in control rangers. One wrong word from you and whats-his-name over there" he airily waved a hand at Carter, who hadn't stirred, "dies instantly." The last words were a growl, intended scare the heck out of the rangers.
It worked fairly well.
The pink one almost fell out of her seat in the car. The others just looked scared, and clamped their mouths shut as if to make sure nothing threatening slipped out.
Happy they would keep quiet Diabolico continued.
"Anyway, hand over lightspeed rescue and we'll give you back your leader." Diabolico decided to have a bit of fun tweaking the rangers before he took over their pathetic world.
"Although, I can't see why you want him back. He's just a little bit pathetic. All that self-sacrificing 'you'll never win' crap really grates on my nerves after a while."
"Why you big." Chad didn't get to finish his sentence because Kelsey firmly clamped a hand over his mouth. He looked like she was going to explode into a ball of pure fury any moment, and the other rangers looked almost as angry.
"So rangers, hand over the keys and the codes, or I'll be on my way."
"Give us back Carter first!" Ryan demanded as he jumped out of the lightspeed mobile.
"How bout no!" exclaimed Loki jumping forward his eyes flashing.
"Rangers, I have to agree, that isn't the idea. Give us the keys. NOW!"
"How do we know you'll give us Carter back?" Ryan exclaimed. "How can we be sure?"
"You can't be, but you are in no position to demand anything from me! Let me ask you, who is the one with the hostage?"
There was no answer. None of the rangers could think of a better comeback than, 'but that's not fair!'.
Ryan decided to give it the go ahead. They would just have to trust the monsters on this one.
"Ok Diabolico, here you go." He stepped forward to just in front of Diabolico and began to hand over the briefcase with the fake codes in it. He hoped the galaxy rangers were ready to jump out and grab Carter if the monsters changed the plan and attacked.
"Now give us Carter back!" cried Joel. He and the other rangers were out of the truck and standing, facing the monsters.
"If I must rangers, I warn you though. It really makes little difference, now I have your codes I can take you all down without a sweat." With a move of his hand Diabolico signalled Voltaren and Jinxer, who were holding Carter, to fling him towards the rangers.
They did it.
The lightspeed rangers could have danced for joy! Carter was back with them. Now it was time to take care of business.
The galaxy rangers were out of the bushes almost as soon as Carter hit the dirt in front of Dana.
"You are going down Diabolico!" cried Leo as he and the others charged the five monsters.
"Lightspeed Rescue!"
"Titanium power!"
The other rangers were morphed to, and as Dana dragged Carter back to the lightspeed mobile as gently as possible the battle began.
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Ok, sorry it's a bit crap and the plot has so many holes in it it's like cheese. But it's almost finished! Aren't you proud of me? More is on the way, thank goodness the holidays are coming up soon. REVIEWS PLEASE! LOTS OF REVIEWS PLEASE!- Capt.Cow