Power Ranger Digital Cosmos
Geeks and their Toys
He had cried; letting out all the emotions that his sarcastic nature had tried to hide. He had cried all the way home, back to the penthouse, HIS penthouse. He was now lying on his bed, tearstains draping his chocolate skin. He had cried himself to sleep, asking to himself questions. The first one being why, after all this time, why now did his dad show up? And he was on the side of evil, according to the others. It made little sense, he didn't have the best relationship with his dad; but he was still his dad, flesh and blood! Wasn't he?
"I think he finally went off to sleep." Adam was resting on the doorframe, which linked that room to the open plan lounge/dining room. Rocky was sitting on a sofa knees drawn to chest, whilst both Blake and Tori were standing on the balcony, which lead from the kitchen.
"Poor kid, its bad enough thinking that your parents were dead." Rocky's legs dropped down and he beckoned Adam over to take a seat. Adam obliged, closing the door as Rocky continued, "But to see your father protect some one that was evil, pure and utter evil..."
"That's why we've got to be supportive of him, no matter what. If we are true friends then we owe it to Rex. I mean if I were in that sitch I would want my friends to be there for me." Adam had sat down; his dark green pyjama combo seemed to get lost within the couch. The lack of space on the couch meant that Rocky's bare shoulders were rubbing against that of Adam's. Rocky only had on a pair of red jogging bottoms, preferring to sleep topless rather than be 'constrained by the restraints of social acceptance!' They sat in silence, going over the pain that they couldn't understand; then, as usual, Rocky got a little side tracked.
"Adam..."
"Hmmm…"
"Where's Tanya?"
"She's in New York recording her album as we speak."
"Oh right...Don't you think you should phone her?"
"Why? I don't keep tabs on everybody; you know that for a fact!"
"Yeah but she's you're girlfriend and all, I just thought..."
"Rocky, ...Tanya isn't my girlfriend anymore." Mentally Adam made a '3, 2, 1' countdown.
"...When? How? But I think more importantly, WHY!" Adam took a deep breath in and exhaled loudly. Of all the people yet to know the true nature of his sexuality, Rocky was the last. He knew that Rocky was gay from Aisha in Africa. He had been going through it in his head how he would tell him; and every time ended with one of them walking away. He knew this time though, duty bound to protect the world, that neither could walk away from this conversation.
"...Rocco, me and Tanya broke up because we...just weren't right for each other."
"You're hiding something frog boy! Spit it out." Adam turned to face Rocky, grabbed the older guy's hands and looked skywards. After a long pause, which made things stir downstairs for Rocky, Adam looked him square in the eyes.
"The reason we were together...the reason why we were a 'couple' is because...I'm...I...I prefer a cock in my ass than a cock in a pussy and I didn't want anyonetoknowandthingskindof... gotoutofhandand..."
"Stop! Breathe...and relax. Should have seen you face going red there." Adam was both shocked and embarrassed at Rocky's actions, so much so that he went a bright shade of crimson! This wasn't how it was supposed to go, there was supposed to be an argument or...or...anything. Not just the boy of his dreams, his best friend for years, sitting opposite him smiling. "I kinda had a hunch! Your relationship was a bit too nice. I mean Tommy and Kim that WAS a relationship; Tommy and Kat that was a relationship. There were some arguments there!" Both of them exhaled deeply as they remembered past experiences. "You and Tanya were a bit too nice; it was as if you were stepping over eggshells to please each other!"
"I just thought that you would hate me the most. For not being gay when you came out, for not telling you sooner."
"Hey," Rocky moved closer (if that was at all possible) to Adam and put his arm around the Korean's shoulder. "I knew, from the very first time I met you, that I was drawn to you. I just thought it was a connection, a brotherhood thing. But the more I think about it the more it makes sense to me." Rocky used his free hand to gently caress Adam's cheek; Adam was frigid but then started to melt into it. "I care a lot about you and I can't lose you, never again!"
"How much do you mean that?" Adam's face looked towards the floor. He didn't want to be hurt by the only person he loved with all his heart. Rocky was just like that, his rock, his foundation for the whole change about in his life. He didn't want that same foundation to become a jagged edge in the ass. Rocky could see that Adam was thinking way too much and decided to quell the beast that is Adam's mind. He leaned forward and gently stroked Adam's cheek until he was facing him. Then he slowly moved in, eyes locked on him. Adam's heart was pumping in his throat, whilst Rocky was trying hard to keep his raging boner down. The distance closed, all that was left between them was a few particles of air. They were ready; they were going to seal the pact. They were...
Beep-Beep Bee-bee-beep Beep! The digitisers began to ring. They were still locked on each other when Tori entered the room. "We have a problem downtown; we need to get going ASAP!"
"Ok we're on to it. Where's Blake by the way?" Adam had quickly gotten of the couch as soon as Tori had entered. Rocky however had kept on leaning forward and landed face first into the couch! Tori, trying hard not to laugh answered, "He's waking Rex up. Poor kid might be emotionally drained but we still need him."
"He's not there," Blake shouted as he came careered into the room. "He's not in his room, the windows open! I don't think he jumped though. We're too far up!"
"Zordon, what's the commotion about?"
"One of Ooze's henchmen has started to attack the city. He goes by the name of Kadoka, but he used to be called Rupert Talbot."
"Wait," mumbled Rocky from the couch before raising his head "Isn't that Rex's last name?"
"You don't think..." Tori started
"Don't answer that!" Adam began to get changed. "Well what are you waiting for? We aren't going to fight him in our jimmy-jams are we?"
Rex had started running. He heard all that he needed to hear. His father was attacking the city and he was not about to let anything bad happen to him; unless it was him opening the sweet can of whoop-ass all over his butt! It didn't take him long to find him but he wasn't going to go in without preparation. He got out his digitiser and prepared himself.
DIGIMORPH, DATA DOWNLOAD!
A flash of red light later and he was fully morphed and ready. He confidently stepped out and confronted his father. "So, this is the work of a servant of the dark side." He stopped and turned to face him, right hand on his sheathed Cyber Sword. "If I were you, I'd look for another occupation."
"And if I were you I would mind my own business! Same nosy little brat you always were; thinking that one-day you will stop me. Hahaha, you used to crack me up. So," Kadoka turned to face Rex, "have you come to play, lil' one?"
"No, I came to kick your booty!" Rex drew his Cyber Sword and charged at the half-humanoid/half lava monster that was his father. The 'man' stood not that much taller than Rex at 6ft but where Rex was chocolate coloured, Kadoka was just stone grey. He carried a purple broad sword that clashed with Rex's smaller Cyber Sword and a flash of pulsating light shone throughout the city for a brief moment.
"Hnn, not bad for a munch kin!"
"Watch it there Pappy. You're turning GREY in your old age!"
"Why you arrogant son of a bitch..."
"That makes you the bitch, hey DAD!" And with that they broke apart and continued the fight. Swords clashed in a frenzy of metal on stone (Kadoka's Sword was more stone like than polished metal!), which sent sparks flying around the battlefield. Rex delivered a sharp sidekick to Kadoka, which floored the monster. But it didn't take long for him to gain the upper hand; as Rex charged to deliver the finishing blow, Kadoka used his blade and manipulated it so that one became many! All the manifested blades were shot straight at the red ranger and he back flipped to the ground, landing hard on his stomach. The monster snickered as he approached Rex, "Now that I am the general for Lord Ooze, no one can stand in my way!"
"Hey numbskull!" Kadoka turned to see the other four rangers fully morphed with their Cyber Swords unsheathed. Rocky stepped slightly forward and raised his sword. "I was in the middle of something very important and you had to go and wreck, its 12:30am for God's sake! Don't you ever go to fucking sleep?"
"Watch carefully son as I rip this one limb from limb!"
"You want him you got to go through me!" Adam stepped in front of Rocky and tried to shield him from the impending attack. Kadoka rushed towards the duo but realised to late the sounds of two other sets of feet running toward him. He turned to be met with a double drop kick by both Tori and Blake. He stumbled back into the path of both Adam and Rocky; who slashed at his kidney and caused him to go down on his knees.
"How is that possible?"
"A wise man once said that through team work anything is possible. Welcome to power ranger 101: Lessons in kicking inter-dimensional mutated freak assess! Cyber Sword Fire; Full Power Scorching Slash!" Rex's sword glowed red hot, then caught on fire! Huge flames emanated from the sword and as he brought it down on his father! Lots of spark flew from him and he collapsed to the floor with a huge explosion!
"Way to go big guy!" Rocky came up and patted him heavily on the back.
"Way to go? Are you serious! Rex, why did you go off on your own?" Tori went into responsible adult mode.
"Duh! He went to fight his father, didn't he?" Blake couldn't believe that Tori had missed this matter of fact point.
"He isn't my father," Rex started with a cold steel in his voice. "My father died a long time ago. This thing is one of Ooze's pawns. Nothing more, nothing less!"
"You got half of that right!" They turned to see Kadoka starting to grow to the size of the empire state building!
"Oh fuck he grew!" Adam had experience of this but as they didn't have any Zords to combat it with yet they were screwed. "What now, we're powerless?"
"Good job Zordon called us in then, isn't it?"
Adam and Rocky turned at the familiar voice and saw Billy, Cam and two other ladies who were unrecognisable. The rangers ran up to the quartet and were about to do pleasantries when the buildings near them crumbled under the weight of Kadoka.
"Look we don't have much time. You need to call on your cosmic Digi Zords right away!"
"Cosmic Digi Zords? Cam what have you and Hunter been up to?" Blake crossed his hands over his chest and raised an eyebrow. Tori looked between the two with questioning looks.
"Nothing, Blake! Look, Billy, myself, Miss Fairweather and Hayley have been working hard to get them online. Listen there are five components of the Cosmic Digidragon. The Dragon will be itself controlled by Rex, and then there is the armour and artillery. Rocky and Adam are on Armour duty; you will control the antelope and the falcon Zords respectively. Blake you will control the cheetah Zord whilst Tori will control the Swordfish Zord!"
"Wait, how do you know my name?" Rex enquired.
"Let's just say you know my father!"
"Oh! Right, well if you put it like that...Ready for a test run?"
"Hell fucking yeah!"
Adam sighed, "Rocky, sometimes you are too excitable!" All the rangers lined up as the non-ranger quartet stood back. Then in unison they shouted "Initiate Cosmic Digi Zords, Now!"
The dragon arrived from out of a volcano, the Swordfish swam out of the lake whilst the falcon flew threw a whirlwind. The cheetah sprinted across the desert whilst the antelope smashed through a mountain. The rangers jumped into their corresponding Zords and logged in.
"Time to take out the trash!" The rangers each attacked with their own Zords, each of a different element. Rocky's antelope caused an earthquake, whilst Adam's falcon caused a tornado. Tori's swordfish created a devastating tidal wave that enhanced the power of Blake's thunder blast from his cheetah. Finally Rex's Dragon ensnared the monster in its fire column attack. But the monster still had fight in it yet.
"You and your pathetic friends are going to regret that!" He raised his blade and turned one into thousands that hurtled towards the Zords causing sparks to fly and consoles to begin sparking. It was then that they heard the quartet on the ground shouting at them.
"This is Mrs. Angela Rawlings, can you hear me?"
"Rex here, I thought you were Miss Fairweather? Never mind! What do we do now? We tried to attack it head on but it's not working!"
"Well, have you tried pushing the red flashing button?"
"Isn't that kind of corny? Most times you're not supposed to push that button!" Rocky was just getting his head around one idea and didn't need to be confused more.
"Just do it, ok?"
Rex paused for a second as his hand hovered over the red button. He then hit it with as much force as possible causing the lights in the cockpit to grow extremely bright. The Dragon converted, so that its head was looking upwards and its legs and arms were folded over its chest. The Antelope converted into a pair of legs whilst the Falcon converted into a breastplate and wings combo. Finally the Swordfish and the Cheetah converted into the right and left hands respectively. Finally the mouth of the Dragon opened to reveal a mouth guard and the start of a nose. The Zords combined together to form the Cosmic Digidragon! The Rangers all appeared in the same cockpit.
"Whoa! This is so COOL!" Tori exclaimed!
"Yeah like totally!" Blake added.
"Man, these seats are so comfortable. Their more comfortable than the couch back in the penthouse!"
"Nice to see you're easily satisfied then, Rocko!" Adam quipped. He turned to Rex who was already pressing several button combos. "What the fuck is you doing?"
"What does it look like? I'm taking him down now!" The Zord flew into the air and delivered a hard dropkick to the sternum of Kadoka; then flew in a loop and charged straight into it with its wings. After that it jabbed several times with the left Cheetah fist, and then delivered a stern straight punch with the Swordfish fist.
The consoles panels started glowing and humming loudly. The rangers in unison shouted "Cosmic Digidragon, Astral Barrage!" The Megazord fired five different energy shots. The dragon's eyes fired lasers, the falcon fired an energy missile, the cheetah fired an energy bomb, and the Swordfish fired smaller blasts whilst the antelope's horns fired two energy cannons. They all hit on target, causing Kadoka to drop his sword and stumble backwards.
"I'll get you next time, you bastards!" With that he shimmered out of sight. The rangers hi-5 and whooped as they went back to HQ. After the de-briefing in which it was revealed that the tech experts were going to stay around and help with the maintenance of HQ, thoughts returned to Rex.
"I know it was bad to go there by myself but I wanted to know for sure if he had sold his soul to the devil to save his life, or he did it to spite me."
"So...the answer is...?"
"He did it for both reasons, Rocco! Making me think that he was dead when he was still alive was his way of punishing me for something. I never knew what it was...probably never will..."
"But it doesn't matter cause we're your pals, no matter what," Blake interrupted. Rex looked up, his eyes slightly misty, but had a big grin on his face. "Thanks guys. And thanks especially to you, Adam and Rocko. You're conversation kept me up for the most part."
"But I saw you fall asleep!" Adam had turned a bright shade of crimson, which was mirrored by Rocky and his sheepish grin.
"You don't spend months on a film set and NOT know how to act!" He, Tori and Blake started laughing hysterically. Rocky moved closer to Adam, wrapped his Hispanic arms around his waist and looked into the hazelnut eyes. He rested his head against the Korean's and said, "Let them laugh, it don't matter. Cause we've got each other!" With that Rocky accomplished what he was so rudely interrupted from doing before and lunged in for a firm but soft kiss. Adam reciprocated the action and opened his mouth allowing Rocky access to his tongue. As a tongue war broke loose between the older guys, Rex purred, "Oooh, someone's getting laid tonight! Isn't that right Blak...?" He turned to see Blake and Tori mirroring the actions of Adam and Blake. Sighing heavily, Rex went to the command console, grabbed a scanner and went to join the technicians working on the Zords, slightly encouraged that all was right in the world.
"How could he defeat me?"
"Because he valued the power of friendship, unlike you!" Somebody in white robes stepped out of the shadows of the pitch-black cave.
"Right, cause I haven't heard that bullshit before! Why do you haunt me, Lamar?"
"Because you killed me and Tonia, Rupert!"
"Don't call me that," another figure lashed out and the sparks showed his face. "Rupert is no more, there lives only Kadoka!" The robed figure, Lamar seemed to float forward to stand right behind him.
"Do not hurt him, or you will regret it!"
"He's the only thing left in this world that reminds me of my former life, and sooner or later he will know the truth. That I was never his real father!"
Fyaguardian: OMG, my first proper cliffhanger! What lies in store for Rex? Now that the rest are in relationships, will the group dynamic change? Will I continue to use several fancy words when one common one will do? For these answers and more...
WAIT AND SEE!