Wes felt Jen push him into the building. He was shoved right into Steelix. Wes made a soft cry when his hurt shoulder hit Steelix's armored body.
"Well, look who we have here. I'm surprised, to say the least, considering you should be dead."
Once Wes got his bearings back he looked right at Steelix angrily. "YOU!" he growled. Wes used his left hand and quickly grabbed Steelix by the neck. Steelix remained still, against the metal pole. Wes was shocked when Steelix made no attempt to come after him, and that's when he noticed why. Steelix was chained to the pole. Wes slowly removed his hand from Steelix's neck, and heard Steelix let out a light breath. Wes slowly turned around to find Jen watching the two of them from a distance. He watched as she played around with the blasters.
"Won't this be interesting! Instead of dying in the break-in, you'll die by your wife's hand," laughed Steelix, finding it amusing.
Wes turned his head, furiously looking at Steelix. "Shut up! And I wouldn't be talking if I were you; you're the one who's chained up………And what is this talk about me already being dead?"
Steelix smiled cunningly at Wes and chuckled. "Oh that's right. You wouldn't know….You were supposed to have died in your sleep in a coma. This is why I took the opportunity to come after Jen, with you out of the way. It would have been easy." He smiled an evil grin.
Wes felt his anger and fury building. "You….You……"
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" he laughed. "I don't think you're in any position to be making threats. Besides….." Steelix looked across the room at Jen who was loading the blaster guns up. "I don't think she'll keep us around for much longer…." said Steelix, as he laughed darkly.
Wes looked over at Jen, his Jen. He saw her take a few practice shots with the blaster gun. The blast he heard pounded right into his heart. He then watched as Jen grabbed the blaster gun she had taken from him off the table. She held it firmly in her hands, pointing it. He had to do something. He had to get through to her. She had to be in there somewhere. He did it once before, he'd do it again. If he didn't try he would end up dead, and if he did try he still could wind up dead. "I got through to her once and I'll do it again….."
Steelix laughed. "Fool! This drug is far more powerful then the one I gave her before, you won't stand a chance."
Wes turned around and faced Steelix. "That's where you're wrong! Just as your drug is stronger, so is the love we have for each other..."
Andros and the others had been fighting close to an hour now and with each passing second they all felt their energy being drained. Time was running out for them. Their powers could not hold out for much longer.
One of the CellBorgs punched Rocky square in the chest. The blue ranger was sent flying backwards and crashed to the ground, rolling in the dust. The CellBorg began to approach him, laughing darkly. The punch had left Rocky dazed and winded. He tried to push himself up, but didn't have the strength to do so. Rocky's vision was blurred, he knew if he took one more hit like that, he would be out cold, or worse - it could finish him. The CellBorg pointed its blaster ray gun right at Rocky's fallen form. Rocky felt his heart pounding. He couldn't move to avoid it; he was a sitting duck.
The CellBorg pulled the trigger. Just as the blast was about to hit Rocky, Ryan jumped in and used his sword to reflect the blast away from Rocky. Ryan stood his ground eyeing the CellBorg carefully. He slightly turned his head. "You going to make it?"
"Think so. Thanks for the help."
Ryan slowly backed up, still keeping his eyes locked with the CellBorg. He bent down and helped Rocky to his feet. "Think you're up for a double team?"
"I think I still have a little bit of strength left in me," replied Rocky.
"Alright! Let's do it!"
Ryan and Rocky charged at the CellBorg.
Eric was dodging blast after blast. He saw a large rock that would give him some cover. The Quantum ranger went running towards the rock and dodged just in time as another blast missed him by an inch. Eric grabbed his Defender from his belt and got it ready. He slowly peered up, holding his blaster out, and fired at one of the CellBorgs. Once he had fired he quickly took cover and waited for the CellBorgs to fire. A few of the blasts hit the rock he was taking cover behind. Eric peered up again and fired another round. This time his blasts did hit a few CellBorgs, but bounced off harmlessly. "Damn it! Why can't you just die like everything else!" growled Eric. He ducked down right before the CellBorgs began to fire continuously at him. Eric crept down as low as he could. He raised his morpher up to his mouth. "Andros do you read?" There was a long pause.
"I read you Eric..." Eric could hear blaster fire in the background. "But I'm kind of tied up at the moment!"
Andros kicked one of the CellBorgs in the shoulder, but one of them hit Andros from behind. Andros cried out loudly, clutching his shoulder. He felt arms grab hold of him, lifting him off the ground. Then as they tossed his body against a large rock, Andros heard what sounded like a bone-crushing snap.
"Andros? Are you all right?" called Eric from the morpher.
Andros took a long deep breath. He felt around his body. Everything seemed to be in place. He heard Eric call his name again. Andros slowly raised his arm up. "Yeah, I read you…"
"You okay?"
"I think so." Andros tried to stand up. He cried out loudly, looked down at his ankle, and found it twisted. "My ankle's twisted…can't move..." Andros looked ahead of him and saw two CellBorgs heading right at him. He felt fear rush through his body. He couldn't move. Andros quickly grabbed his sword from his belt. "Eric, I could really use a hand about now." Andros watched as the CellBorgs got closer and closer to him. He tightened his hands around his sword.
"I'd love to help you but unfortunately I have my own tin-heads to deal with….Oh crap!" Andros heard blaster fire exchanged. It looked like he was on his own.
The CellBorgs were just a few feet away from him. Andros felt his heart racing, it looked like it was the end of the road for him, until he saw a silvery figure jump over him and stand in front of him. It was Zhane!"Zhane! Man am I glad to see you."
"You didn't think I'd let you go down that easily did you? Just hang tight, I'll handle these bolt-brains," announced Zhane, before he went charging at the CellBorgs with sword and all powering up.
Chad and Kelsey were back to back, fighting off CellBorgs. Low punch. High punch. Front kicks. Back kick and round kicks to the side. With each blow they put all they had into it, but each hard-wrenching kick was not enough to even put a dent into their opponent's bodies. Both the yellow and blue rangers were tired and felt their energy going down.
"Chad, I'm not sure if I can go on for much longer!"
"We have to hang in there, Kelsey. Billy and the Phantom Ranger will come through..." assured Chad.
Both of their hearts were pounding to the point it hurt to breathe or even talk. The CellBorgs were all around them, red eyes and all. Chad and Kelsey looked around hoping for some help. But the others had problems of their own and were in no better condition than they were. All of them were tired and they all knew their time would be up very, very soon.