POWER RANGERS: Cyber Protection Unit
Episode 1: CPU RESCUE! Part 1
Metronic City – 3025
The holographic news screen on the front of the building displayed the breaking news of yet another computer related robbery perpetrated by Gearbox the robotic villain.
The sterile appearance of the city covered out the troubles. Robots and humans lived in peace – it was the minority of cyborgs that proved troublesome. Cyborgs were humans with technological implants in their bodies.
Usually this resulted in extra abilities…they weren't well liked, more often then not. They faced huge disctimination.
Robots weren't programmed to feel anything, emotions were never an option. No one had found a way to make robots feel anything yet.
There were 4 main laws concerning robots:
1. Never give them a totally human appearance – it was unthinkable
2. Robots could never be completely independent
3. Technology that might disrupt the order of things was banned and punishable by life in prison (i.e – Bionics which meant that the robots were made of synthetic organic tissue, Neuro-synthesis which gave emotions to robots etc)
4. Robots had to have licenses otherwise they got recycled instantly
Breaking these laws was a weighty matter…no one was able to break the third one though and it was really the most important one.
Metronic city flourished, it was the most technologically advanced city on the continent. But it was on the verge of disaster and it didn't even realize it.
"Commander David Benson reporting for duty SIR" the young man saluted stiffly. He was the youngest Commander in the history of the United Security Force – but it hadn't gone to his head.
Higher ups had called him in. They were the Lance-Commanders – the best of the best in the world. "Commander, welcome" nodded Veloni. "As you know we've been experiencing a rash of Cyber Crimes lately."
"Yes sir, the media is having a field day over the accessing of the records of every graduate of our academies" nodded David Benson.
"We believe that it's the work of Gearbox" LC. Chen said from the other side of the curved table where she sat, serenely calm as always.
"However" the dignified grey haired LC. Parkinson said in his clear, well modulated voice. "We have recently received intel…Cyber Space has been compromised, the V-reality is somehow being manipulated – organic matter is transporting through it"
Chen spoke next: "Gearbox has gained powerful technology – we have notified Time Force to come and aid us" she took a deep breath. "As you know transporting organic matter into the cyber realms is very difficult – however we believe that the Time Force Rangers can pass through safely…however…"
"We need a contingency plan" Magistrate Forbes sat in the middle of the table, his skin was so dark it was almost like staring into space without the stars. It contrasted sharply with his blue eyes. He was several years older then Benson and like David Benson, Mitchell Forbes had shot through the ranks.
"Which is why we're going to approve CPU" Parkinson grunted.
David remained emotionless, but his eyes lit up ever so slightly. "Thank you sir".
"It is only a contingency plan" Forbes said firmly. "We've decided to give you the Eden Hoverbase to work from. The matter at hand however is that we are dealing with a dangerous criminal who has got his hands on technology we've only just started to work with – if he can transport organics into the VR world then its entirely possible he can cause total destruction to this city – maybe the whole world."
David nodded. "I feel CPU can help -"
"They will be on standby" Parkinson cut in. "The morphers have been completed by Dr Fairchild they will not be handed out until it is necessary"
David frowned. "Sir, with all due respect, the Cyber Protection Unit would be best for this threat and the morphers were built by Edison Carver – a leading…"
"Yes his robotics and cybernetics research is capital" Veloni said as she leaned forward in her chair. "But we've found that, like the Titanium Morpher of the Lightspeed Project, people have difficulty maintaining the morphs due to the amount of energy the nanotech creates and pumps through their bodies"
"I agree Ma'am and that's why cyborg candidtates are-"
"We only allow a handful of candidates into the academies" snapped Parkinson. "Cyborgs are notoriously unstable, unreliable and insubordinate – we have three active cyborg officers in the entire Force!"
"Yes – all in menial positions" muttered David. "Magistrate Forbes, the academy files are handwritten for confidentiality – they have not been accessed by any computer systems…I know for a fact there are many cyborgs who are in the academy."
"Yes – Dr Carver's son" nodded Forbes. "He's not shown much frailty after his father's disappearance two years ago – we'll need an emotional profile of him done"
"That's just it Magistrate Forbes, sir, the cadets haven't been registered on the system, if it's been compromised they're all wild cards…which is why I greatly support using cadets in the Cyber Protection Unit"
"Cyborgs was bad enough" sneered Parkinson. "But CADETS? Why not send a group of pre-schoolers out?"
"Allow me to handle the selection process" Commander Benson said. "You can send Dr. Fairchild to meet me but I have reviewed the cadets files and I can select a team in less than an hour!"
"Go ahead" Forbes said, raising his hand to stop Parkinson interjecting (again).
"Sir, thank you sir" Benson said with another salute, he turned on his heel and marched out. Parkinson glowered after the man.
"We're letting CYBORGS near MORPHING technology" he spat through his teeth. "Magistrate, this is mad!"
"You forget Lance-Commander Parkinson – we don't have a choice, Benson is an excellent character judge, he will choose the right cyborgs, after all, they have free will"
Parkinson twitched a little and relaxed as best he could. Now was not the time to try and shut down a project with…Cyborg Rangers…
Benson opened the files. Paper was quite outdated these days, but there was still a lot of it in bureaucracy. It took him an hour to whittle the numbers down.
He reached for the holo-phone on his desk and tapped the buttons, the hologram of Sergeant Wan appeared in the stream of light that glowed from it. "Sergeant, I'm going to be giving you and your men a list of cadets at the Academy, see that they are brought aboard the Eden within the hour"
"Yes sir" saluted the Sergeant.
Warren Miller was in the Simulation Deck. He walked along the street in the neutral black outfit of the a cadet. He carefully scanned the area with sharp eyes… the shimmering form leapt out.
The blast to it's chest dispersed it, he ducked low as fire came from above and darted down an alley beside the building the shooters were on.
Quickly he leapt up and grabbed a fire escape. Stealthily he climbed up.
The blank grey holo-troopers had silver face masks and gauntlets. Their eyes and mouths were represented by black circles… they swung around and fired at the fire escape as something clattered on it.
Running over they fired down…only to find there was nothing there, save a set of ID cards... Warren burst from the stairwell and blasted the holo-troopers. The first one scattered into a million pigments while the other aimed and fired…
Warren dived to one side and fired, catching his opponent in the arm, he rolled and fired again, the blast hit the Holotroop in the chest and it disappeared. The holographic city faded away to reveal a room made out of silver that had morphed into models of the city and been covered with a holographic veil.
As the building sank into the floor like jelly Warren noticed the two officers. Sergeant Wan was a Korean man with an heart-shaped face and dark eyes. "Cadet Miller, you're to follow us" he said.
"Okay – mind if I ask why…uh…Sir?"
"That will be explained later, the Officers will escort you to an important briefing – you will not require anything there"
Warren put his blaster back on the rack and saluted in a casual manner, he followed the officers out of the academy VR room.
Morgan Moriarty watched the holographic screen as various human and cyborg criminals scrolled past. She scribbled down a few notes on her pad. "Let's see" she mused. "Cross reference Cyborgs with VIDEO equipment of every type in the past 40 years" the images flitted past. "All right…now, reference all of them with the use of acid base explosives" she smiled. "All right…three left – now this jerk's got serious mother issues and the three men were killed by laser blasts – he's a strictly beat-to-death kinda guy…not him"
She viewed the next one. "Well it's not him, he's too tall to have punched so hard in the stomach. That leaves – Subject 00981TM…" she tapped the data in. "Computer- is that correct?"
"Well done…Cadet Morgan Moriarty… the crime simulation has been solved" the computer bleeped. Morgan yawned.
"Computer- you can turn off the simulations now" Morgan sighed as she stretched. "I'm done for now". She rose and headed fro the door, it opened before she reached it and Sergeant Wan entered.
"Cadet Morgan Moriarty" he said firmly. "You've been selected to join in a briefing aboard the Eden. Please follow the officers in the hallway."
"Oh a social event…and me without my cocktail dress" sighed Morgan. She took off her glasses, slipped them into a pouch on her belt and walked out into the hall to join two officers.
Mason Carver sat in the digital library reviewing data. He paused, sensing someone entering the library. He turned the large swivel chair around and stood up, he saluted the senior officers and Sergeant Wan.
"Cadet Mason Carver – you are to follow these officers to a briefing" Officer Wan said.
Mason saluted, turned around, turned off the computer and walked after the two officers. Sergeant Wan watched the young man leave, his every move was precise and coordinated for perfect grace.
"Where will the briefing be held?" Mason asked at last.
"The Eden" Sergeant Wan said. "The officers will guide you"
"There is no need sir, I have memorized the floor plan of the Eden" Mason said quietly. Officer wan watched the boy for a few moments and let him pass by.
Sean Law aimed and fired the blaster. The target disappeared, he aimed and fired again, this time hitting a target with a blast that went straight through it and destroyed a target beyond.
"Excellent shot Cadet Law" Sergeant Wan said to the boy.
The young man swung around and saluted, he took a rigid stance. "Sir!" he exclaimed.
"At ease cadet, you're being called out to a briefing on the Eden, follow these officers directly to the Eden" Sergeant Wan stated.
"Yes Sir, right away sir" Law saluted again and without a question he followed the officers out of the room.
Charlie Dean shook her head and swirled the test tube again. "Come on you useless composite" she sighed. "Get with it" it turned from green to white and then to red and then went black. "Oh come ON" she exclaimed.
She tipped the contents into a disposal pool where it was sucked away to be destroyed. "Okay so let's try that one again since we've got Carbon that's just SO useless."
"Cadet Charlotte Dean?"
Charlie turned around, she gave an informal salute and took off her labcoat. "What can I do for you sir?" she said, not really caring.
"You've been called out to an important briefing aboard the Eden – these officers will escort you"
"Well since you've asked SO nicely" snorted Charlie as she walked towards them, flipping her hair as she passed Sergeant Wan. "And – so you know – a lady likes to hear please now and then…no wonder you don't have a girlfriend"
Sergeant Wan spun around but Charlie had already vanished down the hallway.
The Eden was a submersible base – it rose out of the water every so often to recharge its solar batteries faster. Then it lowered back in… it was made out of thick glass and glowed like a diamond in the bay.
The Cadets stood in the well lit room that had an entire room dedicated to a view of the reefs. "What's this all about" Warren sighed at last. "Seriously!"
"Has anyone committed any crimes or breached any codes they'd like to confess to?" Sean asked as he stood, with his arms folded, near a large chair.
"Yes all right it was me! I took the cookies from the cookie jar!" Morgan cried with cynical exaggeration, leaping up from her seat. Sean raised his eyebrow. "What? Oh…right…I was mocking you"
"Well now – it's Barbie with a PhD in insults" Charlie said. "But where's her tutu? Did she leave it in the dream house?"
"Heh - Barbie" snorted Warren
"This is improper conduct for future officers" Sean said with his usual cold tone. "I assume that we are not all being briefed on the same mission…"
"Well I hope not" Charlie sighed. "You're so high strung I could play Motzart with you!"
"Ladies please" Morgan sighed. She looked at Mason who stood at the window, staring out into the reef, his blank face a picture of curiosity as he pressed his fingertips to the cold glass.
"Hey! It's called water!" Warren scoffed.
Mason turned around and looked at Warren, he cocked his head to one side in a cute little move. Morgan even went "Awwwww". "My name is Mason Carver" he replied. "I know what it is but I am intrigued by the wild life of the reef I count over 37 varieties of fish in this area in the past 5 minutes alone" he said.
"I thought it was illegal to let robots look human" Warren scoffed.
"He's got an incredible memory you twerp" Morgan sighed in her British accent. "I'm Morgan Moriarty" she said to Mason.
"Warren Miller" Warren introduced himself with a big grin and cocky wink in Charlie's direction.
"Charlie Dean" Charlie looked a way from Warren with a snort.
"Cadet Sean Law" Sean said curtly. "Where is the Sergeant?"
David Benson stepped from behind an Aquarium. "The Sergeant was merely to have you escorted here…I am Commander David Benson"
"Aren't you a bit young to be a Commander?"
"Isn't the Magistrate a bit young to be a Magistrate? Age is insignificant right now" shrugged the commander as he walked towards them. "I've chosen the five of you out of 17 candidates from the academy to be taken directly into the Cyber Protection Unit…the CPU"
"Wait you're assigning us to a new unit? Yeah!" Warren grinned, punching the air.
Benson raised an eyebrow. "Let me explain…walk this way, I've got to meet the head scientist -" he glanced at a post-it attached to a folder. "Sam Fairchild… a genius it seems. I've never met him…" he walks towards the doors. "The CPU is going to be the most extreme unit yet; the technology has been worked on from other projects and by top minds"
"You want us here? What as? Coffee Gofers?" Charlie sighed.
"Not exactly…you see, you 5 have certain…credentials – you all excel in particular fields as well as the standard drills of the training routine" Benson explained. "Cadet Miller is a specialist in tactical operations, Cadet Dean is a forensic Biochemist of great achievement, Cadet Moriarty is an excellent profiler, Cadet Law is a sharpshooter and Cadet Carver is an expert in information technology and retrieval particularly in cyber space."
"Cyber Space Case" Warren snickered to Charlie.
"Don't make me punch you" Charlie said through her teeth.
"Wow tough crowd" Warren said as he eyed Sean nearby
"You have no idea" Charlie snorted. They followed Benson towards the round command room with the huge plasma screen framed with smaller plasma screens on one wall, the glass roof was lit by spears of light from the surface.
"This is the command Post, the computers here all inhabit a cyber-zone surrounded by a binary flux which protects us from Cyber Crimes"
"What?" Sean murmured.
"All their computers store data in a special part of cyber space not connected to the gigantic data world all others are, they're expensive to make but the Binary Flux field, which deletes data trying to get in that isn't cleared thoroughly, is three times more expensive" explained Mason. "It's impenetrable…in theory"
"So what's CPU about?" Charlie asked.
"As you know Cyber crimes are on the increase" sighed Benson. "Unfortunately they seem to be led by one Person: Gearbox, a cyborg criminal who's gotten his hands on some technology that allows him to transport organic and non-organic matter onto the cyber plane"
"That was a project for the Security Forces – to store weaponry and food stores in case of serious times" nodded Morgan. "I thought only our people had it?"
"Well, it seems that he's gotten it somehow, and he used it to launch a cyber attack on our firewall in Cyber Space, the digital defenses were washed away and he got his hands on the files to every single officer on the force…but not the Cadets, all your files are kept on paper in the archives so that you're officially classed as civilians" Benson stood at a console and pressed some buttons. "We've developed Morphing technology for a team that would cross onto the Virtual Reality Planes…however it's so powerful pure organic matter can't handle it…"
"Morphing tech - Are you saying you want us to become power rangers?" murmured Warren with a grin.
Benson nodded slowly. "Come with me, I'll introduce you to Dr Fairchild… and meet him myself" he added. They walked towards a round elevator that descended in a glass tube deep into a luminous reef where a large glass dome swirled with movement beneath nearly opaque glass. The round doors parted with a hiss and they entered the bustling laboratory.
"Where is Doctor Fairchild?" Commander Benson asked a scientist who was tuning an electronic device nearby. The woman pointed to a large tank of water.
"Energy Bolster tank, it's where we check energy cores, if the core explodes then there's only danger to someone standing at the blaster charge unit in there – the Doctor is finishing the Binary Blasters up."
"Impressive" Benson mused.
He and the cadets walked over to the tank as a man climbed out, he was holding a case and removing his snorkel revealing a stiff square jaw and dark face. "Dr Fairchild?"
"Right here" another diver said. This one pulled off the scuba mask and shook her hair out, unzipping the suit a little to expose her neck. She kicked off her wet scuba shoes and slipped into a pair of slip on boots that came up to her ankle. "Dr Samantha Fairchild, pleased to meet you commander"
Benson very slowly accepted the offered hand and shook.
"You were expecting a man" she grimaced.
"Uh…well…yes" admitted Benson. "Sam Fairchild…"
"yes that would be the usual joke, whenever I get transferred – no one calls me Sam, Samantha is the name thank you…Dr Fairchild if you please. Now, I expect these are the recruits" she looked over the five. "Motley lot aren't they?"
"Hey!" Warren grunted.
"No offense intended" sighed Dr Fairchild. "Follow me please" she led them up a flight of steps to a large office walled with glass that was sound proofed. She shut the door and tapped a button on the wall and the glass filled with frost of some sort. "Now…" she walked over to her desk and opened a case on it slowly, she turned it around. "Firstly, the Binary Blasters"
"Binary Blasters" Sean said. "They resemble a hybrid of the Z2X003 of the Time force patrol and the LP34 of the Lightspeed team. However there are elements that indicate a relation to the SPD691K model"
"They are" Benson said. "But they've been made more powerful by modifications, like the rest of the equipment at your disposal."
"Indeed, next up…the Scanner Arrays" Dr Fairchild opened the smaller case and revealed sets of sunglasses with microphones and ear pieces. "These are for communications with civilian radio stations, hologram screens, communication devices…that sort of thing, it's also got a visual uplink system and will allow for stealthy communications that can't be tracked by Cyberspace methods – in addition they have visual and audio scanners attached."
"Plus they are pretty trendy" Morgan smiled. "Can I have mine in silver?"
"This isn't the shopping network" grated Sean.
"These are the Defense Batons" Benson said as he lifted out a small cylinder with the CPR logo (a green segmented orb with four green rings circling it with a silver star in the centre on a black background). "They snap out with the push of a button" he pressed the button and swung the metal Tonfa quickly.
Dr Fairchild lashed out with her hand and caught it. "Thank you Commander, the demo is not required" she pressed a button and the foot long pole collapsed into the handle. "And lastly – of course…the Morphers"
"Finally, the good stuff" smiled Charlie.
The middle box held the rectangular devices made of silver and black with the CPR logo on them. "These are the most powerful morphers known to man, they will lock with your Cybernetic implants to empower you to new levels, they're communicators between VR and actuality, they also have your ID and badges inside and can be used to isolate dangerous cyber elements"
"How do you mean?" Mason asked.
"Like this" Dr Fairchild smiled. She raised the morpher and pointed it face first at a robot flickering and sparking in the corner. "This is a virus infected robot drone" she explained. "It went ballistic on the shooting range – Digital Containment, Download!" she exclaimed.
The 0's and 1's flickered around the robot and in a flash he reappeared on the small screen in the device. The screen flashed and a silver X crossed out the drone on the screen. A small silver disk popped out, on it the image of the drone was still animated. "Dropped, Downloaded…Disked" Dr Fairchild smiled.
"You're the last line of defense people" Benson explained as he looked at the morphers as Dr Fairchild replaced the one taken. "I've chosen you five but if you want out, you can leave any time…if Time Force Fails…then its you guys left to fight. It would mean going places most people don't, VR, Space, the sea, the skies. You have the choice, the chance…are you in?"
"If I can find my father…yes, I will be a member" Mason said.
"I amn't turning down this chance!" Warren exclaimed.
"hey, why not – you'll need a woman's touch" Morgan grinned.
"It would be an honour to be a member of the team sir" Sean saluted.
"Let's make it five out of five…I'm in" decided Charlie with a sigh.
Benson saluted them as Dr Fairchild handed the morphers out. "Welcome aboard" he nodded. There was a knock at the door and an Officer hurried in with Dr Fairchild permitting entry.
"Sir! The Time Force are moving in, the command centre has direct feed, there's a VR portal opened up in the shopping district" the officer gasped breathlessly.
"Right, come on Rangers, lets take a look" Benson grimaced.
The Rangers stepped from the Time Fliers. The Black, Green, Yellow, Blue and Pink Time Force Rangers strode towards the gateway. From the energy glow shapes emerged. The Rangers were wearing silver plating on their arms, legs, chests and a shoulders – their blasters had been made more powerful…they were the best of the best. Now they faced new enemies.
They were rigidly standing men with black bodies covered in silver and green plating. Their triangular visors glowed green and they advanced with automated, clunky movements. "This is seriously warped" Lucas sighed. The rangers attacked swiftly, Alex, the Black Time Force Ranger, slashed expertly while Jen used every martial arts trick she had to obliterate the monsters. Katie hurled the machines around and Trip demonstrated all his athletics to evade and defeat.
A slow clapping resonated from the portal. From it stepped a men in a black spandex outfit, he had a silver mask with a red visor across his eyes on his face and metal circuits plated his outfit.
Next came a man with a masked face, it looked like he had a gigantic gear across his face, his body was plated with gears on the black and bronze metal. Red eyes glowing he held up a sword and laughed.
The next shape was slightly comedic, two thick fore arms on the robot that were spiked to try and look menacing but the fact there are strange slots on his chest and an ATM machine on his stomach take a way from it… the flat, aerodynamic helmet helps in no way but he advances, huge metal feet crushing the concrete.
They stood apart as a woman walks from the portal, she was dressed in black leather with glowing neon green accessories here and there. She removed her green sunglasses and smirked, her eyes glowed green, the sky overhead glowed black, green lightening flashed overhead… and it began to rain metal soldiers.
The Time Force cruiser floated overhead… "Time Force Pink, we have an attack on the power plant the local authorities are overwhelmed, they require assistance" one of the technicians exclaimed.
"Don't worry I'm on it" Jen exclaimed, she leapt onto her cycle and took off as the others rushed forwards to engage the enemies.
"Jackslot, take the green Ranger, Gearbox deal with Yellow, Zorion Blue is yours… black will be mine…Pink is running into a trap" the woman in black and green smirked.
"Yes mistress" Zorion nodded, he bowed and launched at the Blue Ranger. He swung two scythes expertly, locking with Lucas' time lances. "You're pathetic organic" he sneered.
"At least I'm pretty" Lucas smirked, he twisted the blades, knocking Zorion's arms aside, he swiped…Zorion rolled under the blades and leapt up, he slashed the air and sent waves of blue power into the ranger. Lucas recovered but Zorion rushed him, slashing expertly and sending him flying into a concrete pillar with a spin kick causing the brick to break.
"When I'm through with you, you won't even have that…" Zorion laughed.
The monster was composed out of what looked to be various forms of Batteries and wires. The cylinder batteries on his antennae blasted the police forces with bursts of energy. "No one can defeat Battalery" cackled the monster. The large car battery on its forehead glowed and waves of electricity blasted the cars, sucking energy up.
The blasts from the cycle knocked him away. "Not so fast" Jen exclaimed, she flipped off her bike and planted both feet on the monsters chest, he staggered back and she blasted him.
"hey! It's you! That's my cue!" Battalery giggled, he turned and ran into the power plant. Jen followed. She entered a courtyard…behind her wire mesh slid over the entrance. Battalery stood beyond it, electrifying it.
"Sorry, but this dance goes to someone else!" giggled Batallery as he burst into a cloud of static, vanishing.
"Damn!" Jen exclaimed. She ran at the mesh and was hurled back by a wave of electricity. She landed with a grunt and leapt to her feet.
"Now, now, pinky…it's not nice to run away from the hostess" the woman said, she descended the steps, dressed in a tight black and purple outfit that left nothing to the imagination, not with the gaps at the stomach, (far) upper chest and open collar anyway.
Her thin purple visor glowed. She had gripped the hilt of her sword across her back. "It's time for the show to begin" she smiled.
"Hey, show what? Bad manners, never detain a guest!" Jen fired her blaster. The woman lashed out, the silver gauntlets on her arms had large teardrop shaped opals on them, the blasts were deflected to the ground around Jen.
"I think you should quit while you're ahead" snorted the woman.
Jen charged and slashed with her lances. The woman blocked with her sword, kicked the blades aside and spun, slashing Jen off her feet.
Katie punched Gearbox, he staggered back, the gear at the hilt of his sword clicked and whirred. "Tick-Tock Time Force" he laughed. He spun around and launched gears from his chest, they blasted Katie, the gear slid up Gearbox's sword, he slashed with it and the buzzsaw effect threw Katie down.
"Oh – did that hurt girlie?"
"You're about to feel the hurt" snapped Katie as she leapt to her feet. She attacked furiously. Gear box exploded into a cloud of gears and blasted her before reforming.
Trip blasted with his V3 cannon – Jackslot took the blast. "Tita-Platinum lining" grinned Jackslot, rapping on his body. "Tough stuff…" his fists retracted into his large forearm gauntlets. The slost on his chest whirred.
"Huh?" Trip exclaimed. Three red flames popped up.
"Uh oh – bad luck!" Jackslot grinned. The thin spouts popped out from his arms and unleashed waves of flame, three of them – straight at Trip. The green ranger was blown off his feet. The slots whirled.
"What now?" Trip exclaimed.
Dollar signs clicked up. "Pay out in Dimes!" laughed Jackslot. The hail of silver coins threw Trip into the air, sparking and flashing.
"Luck of the Draw organic" laughed Jackslot
Alex attacked the woman. "You're under arrest" he exclaimed as he leapt at her, she stepped aside casually, laughing, mocking him, he hated to be mocked.
"Oh please Alex" the woman smirked, in a burst of green light she had darted backwards away from him. "I know everything about you, I've learned every move you had…" she blocked his fist with her gauntlet and kicked him with her high heeled boot in the chest.
"I've watched your VR simulations…tip – you leave your guard low -" Alex punched her. "On the LEFT' she slashed him as his fist missed her head, she caught his wrist as sparks flew from his side. She judo flipped him and her gauntlet sent energy into the metal rings and wires on her fingers.
"But if you're ignoring advice I simply MUST fry you" she stabbed down, the energy passed through his body and into the earth in green waves, Alex screamed.
Zorion's scythes caught the Lances, he twisted his arms violently and the weapons Lucas held flew into a wall, the Blue ranger tried to block the kick but failed, the slashes following the strike spun Lucas.
"Goodbye ranger" Zorion snarled. He stabbed his scythes into the earth, blue energy swung out, three strands forking along the earth to converge into a circle around Lucas.
The column of energy lifted the Blue ranger up, he cried out and crashed down with an echoing cry
Katie tried to grab Gearbox, he hit her with a glowing amber cogwheel and pointed his fist, it rocketed at her, popping her in the jaw before swinging back and smacking her in the face again on its return to his arm.
"Sorry ranger…this is the end" he said as he hit her with zig-zagging energy from his eyes that lifted her up. A glowing gear appeared in his hand, he spun and hurled it, it slashed amber lines across her over and over…she cried out and fell to the ground unconscious.
Jackslot's reels rolled and he pointed his arms, the reels switched to spiked orbs. The maces popped out, he spun into a small cyclone and whipped around Trip, filling the air with flashes and sparks. The reels rolled again, this time the pattern that clicked into place in triplicate was a black circle with silver rings inside it, clustered in a pattern together.
The gattling guns popped out and blasted Trip. "Aw – not your lucky day Green Ranger" laughed Jackslot. Trip fell down, groaning.
Jen blocked her opponents slashes. "You're done" Jen flipped the sword away and it hit a power box. The woman took the uppercut to the face and flipped backwards into a series of purple hued super fast flips, she landed into a ballet pirouette. "Okay dear- lets begin the concerto" she performed a long legged cartwheel that slashed down Jen
Jen tried to fight back but the dancing spins evaded her strikes. The sonic scream slammed her into a wall. Jen struggled to her feet, fighting pain to continue the battle. "I'm not done yet"
"Actually darling" the woman smiled as she cartwheeled, the wave of purple shot out from her body, snaking along the earth to coil around and damage Jen. "You are" The woman pointed, purple ripples surrounded Jen, lifted her up and sent purple blasts flickering from her body.
Jen fell down.
She didn't get back up.
Alex glanced at his fallen comrades, each had been taken forwards by their opponent. "Oh – suddenly alone Alex? I'm afraid your friends weren't able to reach their full potential because…well…we learned the schematics two months ago for that trendy new armour" she laughed. Alex rushed at her and leapt, times slowed down.
The leader stood aside as he soared at the place she'd been standing. She grabbed his leg and swung him like a ragdoll with her large gauntleted hand into a pillar. She flipped him up into the air and green light streamed from her eyes and the green gem on her forehead, snaring him and sending energy coursing through his brain.
He crashed down. "End of the line" smirked Vectress. "Battalery the rangers are down, proceed to drain the power circuit" she sneered, her eyes glowing. The rangers and generals vanished in a flare of light that started at their feet and worked up to their heads.
The command room was silent. "They…lost" Sean gasped
"That is…unexpected" Mason murmured
"It's not unexpected – it's impossible – I call a do over" Warren gasped
"Yeah and then we can have rock paper scissors by the jungle gym" snorted Charlie. "The TF rangers lost…that means - - - us"
"We're up" nodded Morgan
"If we're ready" Sean breathed. "The Time Force Rangers were – experts!"
"Then we will need to learn quickly" exclaimed Morgan. "We cannot leave the city in danger. It would be a cowardly thing to do"
"Hey – the deadpan has a point" Warren sighed. "So do we get started now?"
"The Patroller is parked nearby" Commander Benson said slowly. "Don't morph until you need to, you might be able to use the surprise on the monster at the power plant"
"Hurry" Dr Fairchild exclaimed. "In less than an hour he'll have drained the city of its electrical power!" The Rangers sprinted out of the room together.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: Okay so here's the info: I have pics of the heroes and villains and the ranger suits, nothing for the monster though! I can supply bios and data for individual characters if you ask. Review me please! Shameless aren't I
PR: CPU was originally an RPG on rangertalk but never took off...alas. These characters are mine thank you