Summary: Introduction to the Dino Thunder – S.P.D team-up. Jack is feeling a little strange and goes to confront Commander Kruger about it when Maleificent attacks. Can the S.P.D rangers defeat their foe? Or will they fall victim?
Author's Notes: See the Bottom Enjoy the Episode because if your confused, my ending notes will explain everything. OH yeah, sorry about the mix-up of Disney Movies :P I'm not a big fan of that movie.
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Jack Landors laid comfortably on his bed as he stared at the silvery ceiling. He'd been apart of S.P.D for the last year and half and he was enjoying the time off since Grumm's defeat, but lately he'd been feeling a little…out of place. He had asked Bridge to read his energy signature, but the Green Ranger had said he seemed to be in good order. But it didn't seem to help as he continued to feel more and more anxious as the days went by. It was almost like something was nagging at him and he couldn't pinpoint what.
"That's it; I have to go talk to Doggie." Jack said, sitting up abruptly, startling Sky. He looked to his Blue Ranger counterpart and frowned. "This is getting annoying."
"When did it start?" He asked, looking up from his morpher. It had been a couple weeks since he last needed it.
Jack shrugged and frowned. "It started shortly after Grumm was destroyed." He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Have you ever had the feeling where…you think something bad is going to happen, but nothing ever does?"
Sky shrugged and nodded. "Sure. Everyone has, Jack."
"Yeah, well, this must be a pretty bad case because it won't go away." He scowled at the bed and slid off. "I'm going to see Doggie, see if one of his senses can come up with an answer."
Sky shrugged and leaned back against the wall, fiddling with the morpher. "Whatever works."
Jack slipped out into the hallway and made his way towards the Command Room. All the while, he continued to stare at the floor, desperately trying to pin the feeling down. Several technicians walked out of the Command Room and Jack slipped in before the doors closed.
"Commander Kruger." He said and snapped a crisp salute at the human-like dog. "May I speak with you, sir?"
Kruger looked to Kat and seen her shrug. "Go ahead, Jack."
Jack inhaled to say something but a loud blaring siren echoed throughout Delta Command and red lights flashed brightly through the room. "On second though, Jack, save that thought. We'll get back to it later." Jack nodded and the doors opened with a signature hiss and the other Rangers poured into the room. Kat was already furiously working at the computer to pinpoint the disturbance.
The rangers snapped a crisp salute and went to attention as Kruger walked in front of them. "What's the problem, Commander?"
Doggie glanced back at Kat as she looked up at him. "I'm afraid the news isn't good." The holo-projector flashed to life, displaying a model of a cloaked figure. Its hood was down, but they wished it was up. The face was thin and tall with thin eyebrows and evil, crimson red eyes. Its teeth were jagged and a yellowish color and it scars all over its face. "This is Maleificent, the Universe's greatest criminal. I'm afraid he's the worst enemy you'll face thus far."
"Worse them Grumm?" Sam said quietly, glancing at the other rangers.
"I'm afraid so, Sam." Kat answered, looking down at the computer. "He's a Warlock of the Trilock Sector and he's reportedly responsible for the deaths of over two dozen S.P.D officers; including a full team of A-Rank Officers and miscellaneous B-Squad Cadets. Other reports are placed his file, however, are unconfirmed thus far."
"And they are?" Doggie asked, standing beside his Rangers. He looked just as curious as the others.
"The files include High Ranking Assassinations; mass genocide which includes the destruction of 7 planets and the Murder of countless human lives…nearly a thousand years ago." Kat answered, looking up at their stunned faces. "The only other thing his file says is, his source of power is magic and it is said to be limitless."
"How can we defeat someone that powerful? He's pretty powerful if he can successfully wipe-out A-Squad Rangers. They are the best S.P.D has." Syd protested, looking between Kruger and Kat.
"Syd, we'll defeat him because we must." Kruger said, glancing at all his rangers. Pulling out his own morpher, he gave the signal. "Suit up, Rangers!"
All Six Rangers withdrew their morphers and summoned all the courage and energy within them. "S.P.D Emergency!" They cried as their morphers flashed their respective colors. Kat and the other assistants shielded their eyes from the bright lights and when it cleared, they were already gone…
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"You should be coming upon his position now, Jack." The Morpher called as he looked down at the built-in scanner.
"Right, thanks Kat." He shouted and flipped the lid shut before slipping it into its holster. "Now the right question would be…where is he…" All the rangers had split into two teams and currently Jack was with Kruger, scouting out the eastern section. "Commander, you picking up anything?"
Kruger looked down at his Patrol Morpher and shook his head. "Not a thing, Jack. He's a warlock, so he's probably able to slip past our energy detection range"
Jack swallowed hard but froze when he heard a loud clang. He suddenly rolled forward as a massive fireball slipped over head and came to his knees, firing off several powerful laser shots. The red-white blasts slammed into the metal walls, railings and steps, sending sparks and fireballs spraying in every direction. He stopped a moment to survey his damage and winced at seeing the destruction. All that firing and all he managed to do was destroy some steps and the wall of a building.
"This is starting to get on my nerves, Commander." Jack said, slowly standing.
"Don't get to angry, Jack. You got to keep a level head if you want to defeat this guy." Commander Kruger said, scanning the perimeter again. Pulling out his morpher, he flipped the top and began a search again. "Kat, can you set our Morphers pick up ethereal traces rather then physical traces? If this guy is a warlock, he'll leave behind some supernatural signature."
"Commander, wouldn't that pick up hundreds of readings? That would include your laser blasts and energy signatures yourself." Kruger growled loudly. "Alright, fine Commander. I'm beginning the recalibration process now."
Slowly the screen faded as the energy signatures began to change. He widened the search perimeter and picked up blotches of multiple colors. It was easy to determine which where the rangers and where the warlock was now. His screen displayed a wide ranger of energy signatures; a pale yellow. But he caught sight of a faint reddish-yellow amongst it all.
"Jack; 9 o'clock, fire." Kruger whispered. Jack turned to face his commander and suddenly released a volley of laser fire towards the warehouse. Painful cries escape the warlock's lips as he was sent flying through the air from the explosions. Maleificent slammed against the ground and clutched his back with a painful moan. Jack stood over him, Delta Blasters aimed for the head.
"Thanks Commander." He said, glaring down at the warlock. "You're coming in with u-AUGH!"
A fireball slammed into Jacks chest, heaving him high into the air. A second fireball slammed into the charging Kruger and sent him racing into a nearby container. Slowly, he stood up again, grinning. "You S.P.D Rangers are all alike." He said calmly and folded his arms. "I defeated a dozen of your kind…all of them charged in with hopes and dreams…and with a simple crash of my magic sent those and more plummeting into the abyss of hell." Suddenly, to green and yellow blasts slammed into back and exploded. He swayed forward slightly and glared back over his shoulder. "More rangers? How annoying."
Bridge and Z stood side-by-side, complete with S.W.A.T mode. Hidden beneath their masks were not calm and authoritive expressions, instead they were ones marred with fear and disbelief. No one, in the course of their Ranger careers, had ever taken a full powered shot from two Delta Enforcers, simultaneously, and just stand there. He turned to face them now, energy gathering in his curled palms.
"You're going to need more then your pathetic little ranger toys to defeat me." He hissed and shot his arms out. The Grand Fireballs slammed hard into Bridge and Z's chest, sending them flying into a nearby wall. Slowly, he advanced upon the rangers, gathering another set of mage in his hands. "A dozen of your kind fleetingly threw their lives in my direction and failed to accomplish their goals. Now they lay in the Abyss, screaming in pain as the fires eat away at their souls…" he stood above the rangers now and brought his hands together in a sphere. "NOW JOIN THEM!"
He growled, feeling a saber strike his back twice over. He whirled around, unaffected by the attacks, and slammed the fireball hard into Kruger's helmet. A painful cry echoed through the air as Doggie clutched his helmet; feeling the pain shoot through his entire brain. Maleificent stood over the Commander and leaned down, clutching his neck. He raised him up to eye level and hissed a snake-like hiss.
"You Kruger…you have been the most fun to play with." Maleificent began, turning to face the fallen Green and Yellow Rangers. "Commanders always were the last to fall at my hands…so unwilling to die; wanting desperately to complete what his or her students could not." He growled, feeling several laser blasts strike against his back. Kruger gurgled as he felt the fingers close around his throat a little tighter. Maleificent looked back, seeing Sky and Sam rushing to the scene; one in S.W.A.T, the other charging up for another attack. "Ahm…the Omega Ranger could cause a problem."
Sky raised the Enforcer and took aim. "LET HIM GO!" He hissed and opened fire, pelting the warlock with laser after laser. To his shock and horror, he just stood there, glaring at him. "W-what…how?"
Maleificent dropped Kruger to the ground and waved his hand. Sky found himself flying through the air and crashing into a container. Sam charged forward and met the Warlock half way. Sam slammed a fist hard into his extended forearm and threw his knee hard into Maleificents stomach. The warlock doubled over in pain and collapsed to his knees. Omega slammed a brutal knee hard into his nose and threw him to the ground.
Maleificent rolled forward and swiped viciously at Omega. Sam jumped back and kicked the second strike away before snapping his other leg out into the warlocks face. Maleificent staggered back and fell into stance. He hissed, wiping the blood away from his lip. Sam stepped forward, grinning beneath his mask and clutched his morpher tightly.
"Are you ready to give up, Warlock?" Sam challenged, powering up the morpher. "Please say no."
He stood up, growling and gathered energy within his palms. "Are you ready to die, Omega Ranger?" Maleificent scowled as two batwing-like sabers appeared. Suddenly, the two fighters clashed, trading blow after blow. Sam blocked the first sword and shoved the second away before launching his leg outwards. Maleificent dodged to the right, swinging the blades around and across the Rangers chest. Yellow-orange sparks splashed across the ground as Sam rolled across the ground and struggled to his feet. "AIR SLASH!" Maleificent screamed, slashing the blade left-to-right and back. Sam cried out in pain as the invisible blades slammed into his chest. An explosion rocked the ranger, sending him flying into a nearby container.
"Does that answer your question?" Maleificent laughed, shaking his head. "You rangers are nothing compared to my power." He waved his hand again, blue-black energy gathering at his fingertips. "Are you ready for a little history lesson?"
The rangers staggered together, growling and panting heavily. Kruger glared at the warlock and clasped his blade tightly. Before any of the rangers could do anything a giant purple-black portal opened behind Maleificent. The last thing they saw before the darkness consumes them was their own screams of pain as they were sucked into the portal…
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A bolt of lightning expelled from the clear sky and slammed into the ground. Ethan, Conner and Trent stood there, looking at the clouds bewilderedly. A nice walk in the forest suddenly became terribly complicated. They sighed and glanced at each other and charged into the forest.
"What do you think it is, Conner?" Trent asked, flipping over a downed log. Conner sprinted through the forest and jumped over a log before he suddenly came to an abrupt halt. Trent and Ethan slammed into him, nearly toppling him and their eyes went wide as well. There, what looked to be being recovering, were…Power Rangers? "W-Who are they?"
Jack held out his Morpher and nodded his head. "It's good to see you, Dino Rangers." He said as his morpher flashed a crimson red. "We are Power Rangers S.P.D."
The Dino Rangers glanced at each other then to the new comers. Today just a lot more complicated…
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Alright, the theory I'm playing on here is that there are multiple universes. For a better explanation, refer to this site: http/ Now, if you didn't follow it, good, neither did I. All you need to know is, someone from the future, going back to the past does not affect the future you came from. You effect only THAT timelines future. If you still didn't understand, sorry :S That's the best I can explain it. The only other thing I can say is, go watch Time Force again :S Best explanation I can give. That's the reason why you see two Jacks. In one time line, Jack dies. That Jack tells Adam about the future. In another timeline, Maleificent hasn't yet defeated S.P.D and goes back to the past. Thus makes Adam's premonition come true.
May the Powers Protect you.