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A/N: This takes place moments after "The End of Time pt. III"
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New Tech City, California 2025 ADThe lights in the Command Center were flickering, and then eventually went out completely. Commander Cruger walked over to the control panel. "Kat, this is Commander Cruger, respond," he said, but there was no response.
After looking at the controls, he realized that power for the entire Command Center had been shut down. He walked over to the doors with the intention of going to Kat's lab to see what was happening, but the doors wouldn't open. With no power to operate them, they wouldn't move. Frustrated with the situation, he grabbed both ends of the door, trying to force them open, but no luck.
"What is going on around here?" he reached for his morpher. "Jack, this Commander Cruger, can you hear me?" he asked, hoping the morphers would still work, but no luck. 'This morphers are tied into the main systems here. If they're offline, and morphers communicators are offline too,' he thought.
With no idea what to do, much less how to get out the Command Center, he reached for his disrupter, readying to blast a hole in the door if necessary. Before he could fire, there was a flash of light. He turned around, only to see a small rift opening in the middle of the room. Not taking any chances, he aimed his disrupter at the rift, unsure of what was about to come out. Just then, someone fell through the rift, landing on top of the main control panel, then rolling off, hitting the floor. No sooner than the rift opened, it closed.
The mysterious figure stood up slowly, trying to get their footing.
"Who are you?" Commander Cruger snapped, standing firm with his disrupter in hand. The figure turned around, allowing Cruger to get a good look at her. It was a young girl, maybe in her mid twenties, with short brown hair. Though he didn't recognize her, he immediately recognized the uniform. "Time Force?"
"I'm Jennifer Ann Scotts, Time Force," she paused, getting a good look at him. "A mutant!" she said, standing ready.
"I am not a mutant, I am from the planet Sirius. I am Commander Anubis Cruger, SPD," he said proudly.
"SPD?" she looked around. "What year is this?"
"The year is 2025, but before I answer any more of your questions, you need to answer some of mine. Are you responsible for my station losing power?" he asked her.
"No. I'm here because history is about to be altered. Something happened here, in the past that drastically changed the future. I have to find a robot named Frax and stop him before…"
"A robot? One of my scientists is working on a robot we found earlier today in a junkyard. You're saying it has something to do with what's going on?" he inquired.
"Frax is from the year 3000. He's dangerous, and it he's been reactivated already, the first thing he'll be looking for is a human to bond with."
"Bond? With a human?"
"In the future, Frax is the head of the Cyborg Alliance, he's a robot/human hybrid. We have to stop him before that happens," she said.
"I can't even get out this room, much less anything else. Internal power has to be restored before…"
He was interrupted, as there was a crash of some kind. The doors to the command center blew open, and Syd was standing there as the smoke cleared.
"Commander, we…" she got a look at Jen. "Stay right where you are!"
"Cadet, stand down. Where are the others?"
"Jack and Z are in the ventilation system trying to get to Kat's lab. Sky and Bridge are…"
"Right here sir!" Sky said, walking in the room, standing at attention.
"At ease. We have a priority situation. The robot you found earlier today is reactivated, and it plans to bond with a human. We need to get to the lab and put a stop it before it has a chance to bond with someone and escape," Commander Cruger told them.
"Yes sir!" the three of them said in unison.
"Sky, this is Officer Scotts. I want you to work with her on how to shut down the robot once we do find him. Syd, you need to get all personnel off of this floor and to the lower levels. The last thing we need is this thing bonding with one of our officers," he said.
"Understood sir."
"Ms. Scotts, you're the only one here with any experience with this… Frax. Do whatever you have to do to neutralize this threat before it gets worse," he said.
"Count on it."
"I'm going to Kat's lab to check on her. Communications are down, so we can't keep in contact. Bridge, I need you to find a way to get reserve power online so we can at least communicate with one another," he said.
"I'll do my best sir."
Frax was nearly at 100, drawing on energy from the lab to make repairs to himself. As he worked, he was able to access his memory core, figuring out what had happened to him over the years. His internal sensors had recorded over two decades of data, but most of it was useless. What he could recall was losing a battle to the power rangers, and Ransik standing over him, kicking him. Most of his major systems went offline then, but his secondary systems were still active. He could recall being moved from location to location, eventually ending up in a scrap heap of some kind, where he remained until just a few hours ago.
So consumed with his work, he didn't see Kat reaching for a laser welder. She turned it on and jabbed it into his midsection, but it had no effect at all.
"You are not human," he turned his head, facing her. "What are you?"
"I'm…"
"It doesn't matter. You will serve my purpose nicely," he said.
"Purpose?"
"While my internal systems are nearly at 100, exo-skeleton is beyond repair. I am going to transfer my consciousness, my inner being, to your body," he told her.
"But… you're a robot, you have no consciousness. You're not alive."
"That's where you're wrong. I was once human, but my body was destroyed in an explosion. I transferred my essence into this body, but now, it can no longer sustain me, and a new host is needed," he explained.
Just then, a vent cover fell off the wall, and Jack climbed through the opening, pointing his disrupter at the robot.
"Stop right there, you're under arrest!" he announced.
"You silly Time Force ranger, you cannot stop me," he said, shooting a beam of energy at him, hitting Jack in the chest. It was enough to knock him up against the controls, sending him falling over next to Boom.
"Time Force? You said Time Force?" Kat mentioned, keeping him occupied as Z climbed out the vent as well, landing on the opposite side of the room.
"Ah yes, this is Time Force's early incarnation, isn't it? Space Patrol Delta. Based on the time I was offline, I would estimate this is year 2025. Yes, that's about right. SPD was the dominant force in this time period," he said.
"You're from the future?"
"The year 3000. Not that it matters; I intend to stay here, to change history, to shape it to my liking. I will be the dominant force in this time and every other from this moment on," he proclaimed.
"Not if I have anything to say about it," Z said, swinging a metal pole at him. It connected, but did no damage at all. Frax responded by shoving Z across the room. She hit the floor with a thud, but within seconds, the lights in the lab came back on.
"What?" he glanced around, realizing that she he pushed Z, he'd knocked the wires connecting him to the equipment loose. "No matter, I have sufficient power to destroy you and everyone here," he said, getting off the examining table and walking towards the door.
The doors opened, but Frax found himself face to face with Doggie Cruger. "You can stop right there Frax, this is as far as you're going," he told him.
"A survivor from the planet Sirius? I thought you'd be extinct by now," Frax said.
Cruger rushed at Frax with his sword, swinging, but missed. Frax side stepped him, then shoved him forward, knocking Cruger into the wall. Cruger turned around, hitting a kick that knocked Frax backwards, flipping him over the examining table. Cruger closed in to finish him off, but Frax stood up, aiming his laser at him and fired. The impact was enough to blast a hole straight through Cruger's chest, sending him collapsing to the floor.
"A pity you creatures are so fragile. Once I have control of the planet, we'll have to change that," Frax said, walking out the room.
Kat rushed over to Commander Cruger to check on him, but it was too late, he was gone…