Part 3
"Fox!!!"
"Panther!!!"
"Phoenix!!!"
"Lynx!!!"
"Bull!!!"
"Eagle!!!"
"Oh man do I miss doing that." Jason said.
The Rangers finished their transformation and teleported away from the Power Chamber in a multi-colored streak of light.
Jason looked at Tara for a second and then walked over to the control panel "Okay kid how we going to find Ashlyn?" he asked, throwing a quick look over his shoulder.
"Well we have Scorpinas energy signature. That's where we start." Tara punched in a command on the control panel. "There it's done." she said.
"What did you do?"
"I set the scanners to look for Scorpinas particular energy signature. When she shows up we can grab her." Tara said confidently.
"Good plan." Jason said impressed that the girl had picked up so much in such a short period of time. It hadn't been that long since he had given Tara and her brother the Power Coins. Jarrold and Tara had both proved to be excellent fighters but she had pretty much figured out the complete run of the Command Center. Even Billy would have been impressed by how smart she was.
"I'm going to my work shop. I have a few things to finish there but I want you to watch these monitors." she pointed to a display. "When Scorpina shows up this screen will light up with her location. Call me as when we have something." With that the Purple Ranger turned and headed into her lab.
Jason nodded and set about watching the monitors.
The six Power Rangers materialized just outside of the city and looked around. The plan was to stop the on coming Vandairre extermination unit before they reached the city. Each of the had a fair amount of fear. They all knew that they would be facing overwhelming odds even if the weren't two people short. But with Ashlyn missing and Tara searching for her things had gotten that much tougher.
The Green Ranger looked over at his team. "We're going to need some serious help here guys." he said to them. He moved closer to the Pink Ranger. "Leslie I want you to go into the city and find Captain Sawyer."
"I want to stay. I can help you guys out." Pink argued.
Jarrold became frustrated but tried to remain tactful and not just start giving orders. "Look we are going to need Captain Sawyers people if we're going to pull this off and with Ashlyn not here you are the fastest mover in the group."
Without another word Leslie turned to head towards the city. She knew that they could have called Captain Sawyer over the communicator but appreciated the fact that the Green Ranger was trying to protect her. She broke out into a fast run. It was a good thing that she had taken a few days to walk through the city to memorize it. What struck her as ironic was the fact that she could remember the layout of Angel Grove but that she couldn't remember anything about her life before she became a Power Ranger.
"Jarrold why didn't we just call Becky over the communicator?" Bryan asked his team leader.
"I wanted Leslie to get out of here. She would just be in the way when we really get into it." The Green Ranger answered.
"Oh makes perfect sense." Mark said.
"What makes sense?" Jarrold questioned.
"Oh nothing." Mark responded before breaking into a run. "Let's go stop those aliens."
"Ashlyn you look a little bummed out. Maybe when I bring you're friends here you'll cheer you up a little." Scorpina taunted.
Ashlyn was getting sick of hearing Scorpinas voice and wanted her to leave, but she what was going to happen if the warrior left. 'I wish that the others would get here. Hell I would even settle for Tara right about now.' she thought.
"Well Yellow Powerless Ranger it's time for me to go destroy your friends." in a flash of fiery red and gold light Scorpina disappeared.
'Damn' thought. 'This isn't going to be good at all.
"Here they come!" shouted Red.
"Well let's not wait for them." replied White as he and Black started a dash towards the oncoming soldiers.
"I'm with you." Blue said.
"Well we might as well start it off right then. Call out the hardware." Green told them.
"Earth Axe!" said Blue.
"Flame Sais!" said Red.
"Ice Blade!" said White.
"Elemental Staff!" said Black.
"Storm Sword!" said Green.
As the Rangers personal weapons appeared the group began to run into the onslaught of Vandairre soldiers.
Black was the first to reach they attackers and started his attack by bashing his staff against one of their heads. He followed up by flipping over the soldier as he was turning to dust and landing a kick on a second soldiers helmet. Next he landed on he left leg and brought his right leg up into the mid-section of another soldier before bringing his staff into that soldiers helmet.
"Maybe we should sit this one out." Blue said. His eyes had gone wide under his helmet. He hadn't remembered seeing Mark fight like that before.
"Yeah it looks like Mark can take on the whole damn Vandairre army by himself." White laughed.
"Well I would prefer that he's not given the chance." Green said, as he ran to join the fight.
The others all watched for a moment as their leader and then ran in themselves. The Black Ranger had already taken out several of the attacking Vandairre soldiers but there seemed to be no end to them in site.
Blue began his attack by throwing his axe at one soldier while pulling out his blaster and firing at another. Both went down simultaneously. Blue then followed up by launching a kick to the head of another soldier while firing his weapon at yet one more.
White swept the leg from under one and as it dropped he brought his elbow into its head.
Red, not to be out done lept in the air and performed a cresent kick that smashed the helmet of its target. Before his feet hit the ground he reversed course in mid-air and caught another soldier with the opposite foot.
The Rangers were inflicting damage on the ranks of the enemy but it seemed inadequate. Green pulled his Storm Sword into it's two seperate components. He quickly cut down two soldiers and followed by a third. He looked over to see a forth sneaking in behind the Red Ranger and threw the smaller of the two pieces of his weapon into the soldiers back.
The Vandairre continued to moved in and the Rangers were starting to be overwhelmed. Green Ranger reached down and activated his communicator. "Pink Ranger are you there. Please respond." he called into the device.
There was silence for a moment, followed by the crackle of static and then a voice. "It's me Jarrold." came Leslies voice.
"We need that back up soon. How far away are you?" he asked.
Pink Ranger kicked a soldier "hold on a sec." she told him. The Green Ranger could here her over her communicator. "Fire Whip!!!" she called out. He then heard the sound of screams and then a crack. "I'm back." she said. "Sorry about that."
"Leslie are you okay?" Jarrold asked the Pink Ranger.
"I'm fine. A few of the soldiers got through but they won't be bothering anyone anymore." she answered.
Jarrold smiled under his helmet "Understood." he said. "But please hurry with those reinforcements."
"I'll be back as soon as I can. Pink Ranger out." Leslie returned before shutting down her communicator.
Jarrold had become proud of Leslie. Sure she still bugged him but she the girl was shaping up to be quite a fighter and a very good Power Ranger. The Green Ranger was about to turn around the take out another soldier when he was met by an explosion that throw him and the rest of the Rangers back off their feet.
When he recovered he saw that Scorpina had arrived and standing to her left was a new Alpha. This newest Alpha was smaller than the others that they had encountered. He was lean and looked like he was made for speed. The monsters skin was a bright yellow with tinges of red flowing through it. The creature had bright red hair that was slicked back in a ponytail. It had over-sized hands that ended in razor sharp claws.
"Hello Power Rangers." Scorpina said. "I hope your ready to die."
"You think that you're going to stop us with that wimp. Come one Scorpina you must be kidding." Blue said with a chuckle.
"Oh little Blue Ranger you won't be laughing when Riptor is finished with you." the Scorpian Queen then looked over each of the Power Rangers for a split second and then pointed at them as if giving her monster an unspoken command to attack.
Riptor instantly charged at the Rangers with almost blinding speed, He cut down Blue before he had a chance to react and quickly followed up his attack by taking down Black and White.
Green pulled out his weapon but before he could lift it the Alpha was on top of him and had knocked the Storm Sword away.
Jase almost jumped out of his seat when the alarms in the Power Chamber went off. He activated the viewing globe and saw that Scorpina had arrived on scene with a new monster.
Tara ran from her lab and over to the control panel. "Looks like our little friend showed up." she said over her shoulder.
"Well that's one step but how are we going to get to Ashlyn?" Jase asked.
Tara continued to work on the control panel and the stepped back. "Simple, your going to go get her out."
"And how am I going to do that?" Jase asked.
"Simple. I had a constant scan running for her. When she came in the computer was able to trace her signal and I was able to pinpoint the location that she teleported in from."
"Okay but how are we supposed to get there?" he asked.
"That's not a problem at all." Tara said with a smile. "Ashlyn in not in a Dark Dimension like we thought."
Jases eyes popped open wide. "Then where in the world is she?"
"Well not exactly in the world." Tara told him. "Ashlyn is on the moon."
The Pink Ranger was almost out of breathe when she entered the Angel Grove Police Department. Several members of the Angel Grove resistance movement as they were now calling themselves were there. They all stopped what they were doing and looked over the almost breathless Pink Ranger.
"Where is Captain Sawyer?" Leslie asked.
The kids all sat around staring at each other for a moment and then one of them stepped forward. "She's in here." he said as he started to walk through a door heading into the back of the building. They entered a room where Captain Sawyer was sitting behind a desk.
Becky quickly stood up when she saw that the Pink Ranger had entered her office. "Pink Ranger." she gasped.
"Captain Sawyer the city is about to come under attack. The other Rangers are holding off a swarm of soldiers but we could really use your help." The Pink Ranger told her.
"I'll gather my team immediately." Captain Sawyer told the Pink Ranger as she stood up and headed for the door.
"Great." Pink said as she reached down and activated her communicator. "Green Ranger come in."
Jarrold answered after a few moments. Everyone in the room could here the sounds of the raging battle coming in from over the Pink Rangers communicator. "Go ahead Pink Ranger." was his response.
"Mission accomplished. We're on our way now." she informed him. "Any word on the other issue?"
"Not yet. We'll keep you informed. Green Ranger out."
'Damn I think that we're going to be in big trouble if we can't form the MegaZord.' Leslie thought to herself.