Chapter 14 Coming together PT. 1
It begins
Oron blue:
Hollie adjusted her perch on the jet jammer as she fine-tuned the pocket rocket launcher and then checked the new weapons that Devon and Mrs. Rawlings added to the mini-cruiser. She hoped she was ready for this even as she adjusted her fingers to take on the SAR fighters. True she was going to distract them but too she would cripple as many as she possibly could. Just because she couldn't kill them didn't mean she couldn't help her side along a little here and there.
"Ready?" Sarah called over her communicator.
"Ready when you are." Hollie told her and the launch was fast, like rocketing. The difference was she went sideways instead of up. Then Hollie was rising, keeping her head low as she came up head on with the first cruiser. She had a nasty little smirk on her face as the gold starspeed ranger came within inches of it before the SAR rolled and came up behind her. Having been expecting this she had spun and was firing even as the fighter began to fire back at her.
The ship was tough but she was very determined and soon the SAR fighter was crashing to the ground. True she couldn't destroy either the ship or it's pilot but she did disable it.
"Hey Devon got an idea for you." Hollie called over her communicator.
"What's that red?" The onyx starspeed ranger called back from the ship.
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Neoaquabase, Earth:
"We've just received word from Andros." Brian said as he entered Carter's office.
"What's happening?" The Captain asked the red lightspeed ranger who looked about as tired as he felt.
"Their bringing the first shipment back. " Brian said standing at attention before his commander's desk.
"Thank heavens." Carter said running a weary hand over his face. He'd not slept, not even after Dana had drifted off. He'd stayed with her and then he'd come here when the doctor checked her over again. Now all he wanted was this over so he could sleep for a week with his wife and twins. Still he knew this was important.
"Their expected ETA is six hours." The red lightspeed ranger reported and Carter nodded.
"Good."
"Sir?" Brian began hesitantly and Carter gave him an encouraging nod to continue. "You haven't slept in hours and since things are pretty much stable shouldn't you go rest?" The younger man asked and Carter thought how much this man was like himself. He knew Brian was right; he didn't have to sit here. If anything happened they could just alert him and Joel was on duty so…
"Actually that's a good idea. Alert me if…"
"Done." Brian cut him off even as Carter got to his feet following the younger man from the room.
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Oron Blue:
"Do you have it in range?" Hollie asked over her com as she provided as much distraction as she could for the Light raider.
"In bay now. Precede with faze 2." Devon answered and Hollie was all too happy to do so. She loved the rush she got from this stuff.
Hollie went after the armed SAR on the ground and as she fought, hand to hand she found he was good but he had one weakness, he couldn't see sideways. His eyes could only see straight ahead.
"Hey guys?" Hollie called over her communicator.
"Yeah?" The opal starspeed ranger asked on the other end of the transmission.
"You know these guys can't see on their side's right?"
"Hollie what are you…" Hollie didn't hear the rest of Sarah's question as she was ducking a blast.
"Their freaking blind sided!" The redhead shouted as she felt the fire erupt in her arm.
"Hollie get your butt out of there!" Ryan shouted and she cursed dodging another blow. Didn't her boss have better things to do than watch her?
"I'm a bit busy right now Ryan!" Hollie shouted and she used her helmet controller to scan the area. She noted the drop-off up ahead and knew she just had to get the SAR to follower her and she could at least lose him long enough to get out of there. Thank goodness she'd studied the area just before leaving the ship. The sand would also clog some of the sar's armour. Maybe that would hinder him a bit.
"Too bad it's too dangerous!" Ryan shouted back even as she was racing head on for the drop off.
"That's why you gotta get that ship outta here!" She shouted as she raced on dodging blasts from the SAR.
"Hollie…" This time it was Heath on the com, he sounded uncertain.
"Go!" She shouted and saw the two ships coming after them she had to keep going but still she fired a missile at one of them, and to her shock it exploded. Not thinking Hollie raced on even as the other ship exploded.
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Light Raider:
Devon stood back, he could fly that puppy, it was a simply affair, much like one of their zords but suited for space travel. He wondered if maybe Hollie was right, he could fix her up and…" he felt the ship shaking with the nearing fire. He knew they'd have to move. He said a quick prayer, one of his first in years that Hollie would be ok and went to work on the fighter.
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Light raider:
Ryan just stood there watching as on the main screen a ship blasted the two SAR fighters to dust. The ruby starspeed ranger didn't know what had happened but he wasn't going to question it. His attention went to Sarah.
"Try and get Hollie back on the link."
"I have her on viewing." Sarah called even as another channel beeped and there stood a figure none of them had ever seen.
"Greetings rangers."
"Who…?" Heath asked and Ryan rubbed at his temple.
"I don't know."
I am called the phantom ranger. I was sent by the red galaxy ranger to see if I could assist you here." The form said and then before anyone could speak there was a yelp. All attention on the bridge of the Light raider went to Sarah who was still watching the scene on her mini-viewer. At the look on her face Ryan's heart dropped.
"Sarah what is it?" He asked moving over to her, temporarily forgetting the SAR and the ranger on; the main viewer.
"Hollie, Hollie can you hear me?" She was asking but there was no reply.
"I don't understand." Ryan said and so Sarah replayed the last five minutes at high speed. He watched Hollie reaching the cliff like drop and saw her disappear over the edge and then the transmission cut off.
"What the…"
It was from her morpher and from what I gather…" Sarah didn't go on, she didn't have to they all knew the obvious conclusion, she'd gone over the edge. .
"Hollie!" Ryan said into his own communicator and waited preying she was alright that it had merely been a breakdown that had her camera malfunctioning.
To Be Continued
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*wipes brow* another successful chapter finished. Now comes your part. Please review and let me know what you think about it.
Also, I may just write a third story to this series if enough people are interested in another tale in their AU. Let me know if you think I should and if you have any ideas although I may just have a few I'm still open to suggestions.
Dana Grayson