Power Rangers CPU
Batallery: Q-mark-shaped body made out of jumper cables, antennae of battery, legs and feet made from wires and batteries. He has car batteries growing out of his back with large spikes from the connection points and jump cables are wrapped around his long neck. Colors: Green and Mustard Yellow, red eyes.
A/N: Sorry about the morphing description but I needed to get it out of my system! Jeanka...what say you now?
Episode 2: CPU RESCUE! Part 2
The black and green SUV sped down the street. Morgan was at the wheel; she swung around the corner furiously and let the sirens speak for her. "ETA is 3 minutes" she said.
"You're breaking the speed limit" Sean grunted
"We're the police here" said Warren with a grin. "Cool – or – what?"
"The temperature is perfectly acceptable – it isn't cool"
"I mean the speeding thing – no more queuing for donuts!" Warren grinned
"Someone's fond of the job perks" Charlie said. "Okay, let's see…there are instructions on the morphers. We have to do special movements for the activation sequence and they state our codes aloud."
"Fabulous…let's see" Warren said as he opened his transformer out.
The touch panel glowed blue with numbers and symbols like it were a calculator. A glowing screen on the inside of the lid was lit up. "We're here" Morgan said as she rammed the gates. "Let's go!"
They leapt out…workers were going about their business. "This is wrong" Mason said. It was the first time since they left the command centre that he'd spoken. "This is VERY wrong…something does not feel RIGHT"
"He's weird" Sean said slowly. "I will address a manager here"
He walked towards a foreman ahead of the others. The workers paid them no heed. "Excuse me sir" Sean said, he opened his morpher; the screen closed over and revealed the circular badge of the CPU. "I'm with the CPU we wanted to ask some questions about the power drainage."
"This is wrong" murmured Mason.
There was a burst of static noise from the foreman, his body rippled and revealed the machine body underneath. Sean jumped backwards as the machines advanced. "Hello kids" cackled Battalery from a gangway above. "The Mechons wanted to throw a surprise bash – no you've gotten the surprise so prepare for the bashing!"
"I don't think so" Charlie said.
A Mechon lurched at Morgan who ducked. The young woman blocked the kick and kicked the Mechon away. Three rushed her in a flash of light she was suddenly gone.
"Now you see me" she smiled and shrugged as the flash engulfed her. "Now you don't" she laughed.
The Mechon's skidded to a halt… the loss of their target baffled them. The invisible punch knocked one senseless. An invisible kick from the vague outline in the air sent another flying away. Morgan blocked a club swing and spun around backwards catching the attacker with a heel to the torso that knocked him away.
Warren moved like lightening, he grasped a Mechon's arm and flipped it over. "Watch your step" he said. "Don't hurt yourself!" The Mechon punched him in the gut…there was a clunk noise. Warren smiled and kicked the Mechon away. A glow made its way across his body, leaving shining metal in its wake. "Hi I'm the Man of Steel" he head butted a Mechon, grabbed it by the arms and hurled it across the yard into a pillar. "And you're a paperweight" the machine thrashed and then with a burst of static it turned into to blue light and left a few nuts and bolts behind.
"Nice and tidy … the disposable are disposed" Warren smiled with his metal face.
Charlie leapt into the fray. She kicked them around with swift spins, and then elbowed a monster away. Her body glowed and she transformed into a Mechon, diving into a crowd of them…they looked around…stunned…suddenly Charlie burst out. "It's "Where's Charlie" …and you guys suck at the game" suddenly there were three Charlie's. Each one moved differently. In confusion a Mechon leapt, dispersing a clone in a small burst light.
"Missed…pay the penalty" the other two laughed. A Mechon aimed its strange blaster-club and fired. The other clone dispersed. The Real Charlie leapt into the air and landed a flying kick to the Mechon's chest, knocking it away and causing it to become spare bolts.
"Oh that was so very impressive" snorted Charlie.
Sean dived and rolled, he blocked the spinning kick and retaliated with one of his own, and he twisted aside and dropkicked a Mechon. Two of them aimed their blaster-clubs and fired. Sean's body glowed with a bright aura, catching the energy in it.
"You're not only terrible shooters" he smiled. "You have weak weapons!" He thrust out his hands and sent the blasts back at them destroying the Borgs completely. He spun around and reflected another blast at a machine. He leapt at a Mechon and with a spinning kick sent it crashing into one of its friends. "You need more practice" he said sternly.
Mason back flipped and used a twisting block to knock a Mechon off balance as it swung its club at him. He lashed out with a kick to a Mechon's head and spun into a back fist to knock it into one of its friends. "You're very obvious" he said quietly. "Your moves are all the same"
A Mechon fired at him…the burst of light was all that could be seen…the Mechons swung around, Mason had been behind them, he kicked the first one away, swung towards the second and slammed an elbow into the back of its head, and in a burst of blue light he was gone again. This time he reappeared in the air and drop kicked a Mechon. "And I am unpredictable to you."
Battalery leapt down. "Okay you annoying brats…watch how you do this!"
"Excuse me if I'm a bit cynical" snorted Charlie.
"Only a bit!" Warren muttered.
Battalery unleashed an electric blast from his antennae at them; they staggered back, shielding their eyes.
"Okay…now is a good time" Charlie said.
The fortress was obsidian black, reflective in so many places, flickering green strobes across its surface flared in an out of existence, green cybernetic lines traced their way round it, fading and reappearing in no particular order.
Vectress sat in her black throne which was surrounded by wires and screens. Between two thin silver poles a green framed hologram showed the battle. "They're…cyborgs" Jackslot gasped from the other end of the shadowy room.
"Congratulations Jackslot – you stated the obvious" Gearbox growled.
Vectress raised her hand and her underlings were silent. "This is interesting… what have they planned? Those are cadet uniforms…" she smirked. "Watch with me"
"I sense something amiss, milady" Zorion said.
"Well…let's see what" Vectress smirked.
"Okay – let's do this" Sean said as he unlatched his morpher from his belt.
"Oh boy – guess who's on a power trip" Charlie muttered.
"We must follow the instructions" Mason said quietly. "Grip morpher firmly and extend to a 45 degree downwards angle away from your hip as you flip it open". He did so.
"Raise into the air as you say Cyber Systems" Sean continued as they raised the morphers straight up.
"Complete by saying: Online" Morgan finished. "As you swing your arm down, out in front of you". They did and stared… nothing had happened.
"Bear with us here" Warren said to a confused looking Battalery.
"Did we need to buy batteries?" asked Morgan
"I don't think they run on batteries" snorted Charlie
"Are you sure?" Warren quizzed.
"Perhaps you are not compatible with the morphers" Sean remarked. "They seem connected; you interrupted my flow I expect"
"Arrogant Jerk" Charlie snapped. "Honestly!"
"There is another step…must be performed quickly" Mason said. Everyone looked at him. "I have memorized the instructions… it states clearly at the start to move quickly"
Everyone looked at Sean. "I didn't read that…admittedly" he said through gritted teeth.
"So we will try it again" Mason said as they stood in a line.
"CYBER SYSTEMS!" the cadets shouted. "ONLINE!" they swung their arms down and the world flashed with white light.
Morphing Sequence: The rangers' bodies are glowing with their respective colors as the same colored binary numbers run across a black background. The rangers throw themselves backwards into the numbers and only their heads remain as the glow vanishes…flag labels point at them and data run down across their bodies rapidly. The Numbers flowing across them solidify into their ranger suit. Their badge appears at their feet and lifts them up. Their helmet closes across their faces and the visor burns into existence in a burst of color. The devices in their headpieces glow online
"Cyber Protection Unit! Online!" Sean said. He paused and looked down. "WHY am I the YELLOW ranger?"
"Girlie color" Morgan smirked. "Just as well pink suits me I guess".
Battalery frowned. "So what? You're in spandex…I'll fry you five ways from infinity!" He charged up his energy blasts and fired.
"Hey everybody! Guess who the RED ranger is!" chuckled Warren. He pulled out his blaster and hit Battalery with two shots to the head. He rushed the monster. It snared him with electricity and hurled him backwards; he flipped in the air and landed in a crouch.
The Rangers drew their batons and charged. They battered Battalery furiously but he knocked them back with waves of electricity. "HAH! Your little sticks aren't any match for me"
"You need some oomph for this creep" Dr Fairchild said. "I'm sending you your weapons" she tapped on the keys of the console before her. "You can put them together to form a powerful blaster"
The Red Force Axe, Blue Cyber Staff, Yellow Binary Bow, Green Giga-Blades and Pink Power Sword materialized before the rangers. Sean unleashed a barrage of glowing arrows at Batallery giving Warren time to leap into the air and slash down heavily on the monster. Charlie flipped forwards swung the two S shaped weapons in a pirouette, flipping off to one side as Morgan cart wheeled with her sword, slashing Battalery over to Mason who smashed the monster with his staff.
"Okay let's put them together!" exclaimed Sean.
"Hey who's the red ranger here?" Warren said.
"Fine you say it" Morgan grimaced.
"I don't want to now!"
"How do we put these together anyway" Charlie said.
"Allow me" Mason said. He slotted the weapons together quickly and stepped back. "Done" The rangers hefted the device up.
"BINARY BLAST CANNON, ONLINE" the computer blipped.
"Ready?" Mason asked.
"Aim" Charlie smiled.
"Fire!" Warren grinned. The silver energy spheres circled the glowing ball of flaming power as it shot towards its target…Battalery raised his arms in some sort of defense.
He exploded. His body flashed through the colors of the spectrum before shattering into black light and leaving only a cloud of pigments behind that faded slowly.
Vectress' eyes widened. "They…defeated Batallery" she shrugged with nonchalance, all shock fading away. "Oh well…move the satellite into place – level the city" she smirked.
The pathetic organics hadn't seen it coming, her eyes glowed green as she watched a VR relay display the satellite of black metal light up with lime green lights dotted across it. It opened out like a flower in bloom as energy crackled across it. "They're as good as dead" she smiled. "What a waste of perfectly good cyborgs."
"Sir!" a panicked technician exclaimed. "Something's appearing over the city" The flash of green energy hit a sports stadium and set it alight.
David vaulted the railings to reach the console and its City Eye monitors. "What – what does the radar say?"
"Nothing sir – it's not on it – it's over the city, in our range…and it's not meant to exist" the confused woman said. "I'm rerouting the scanners, trying other frequencies"
"It won't work" Andrea said. "The computer's are facing stealth technology and a scanner reversal…we'll need to up the ante – the Cyber Response Units can blast it down" She paused and sighed. "Did Cadet Miller even pass his driving exams?"
"He did…barely…all right" Commander David Benson touched the command console. "Rangers – there's trouble"
"The giant satellite over the city that just blasted the Metronic Bowl?" Charlie said. "Yeah we saw it"
"It appears to be a reverse-engineered solar satellite – I imagine that it's been gathering light energy for ammunition all day" Mason said with faint admiration.
"We have got to get him a hobby" Warren snorted.
"Listen to the commander he has a plan" Sean groused, still annoyed at wearing yellow and not Red.
"We're sending you the Cyber Response Units" Benson said. "Five powerful mobile units that you can use to shoot the satellite down. Go for it…the city needs you"
All five saluted.
From the waters of the harbor a metal rectangular box emerged. On its front were 5 colored doors…they hissed open and there was a blast of their respective colors.
The Red six-wheeled all terrain vehicle launched onto the streets. In a blur of red Warren leapt onto it and landed in the cockpit. "Man this thing handles like a dream!" he exclaimed. "Anyone wanna watch me do a wheelie?"
A chorus of No came across on the com-link
The sleek pink racer shot out next and screamed down the streets, it's streamline form glimmering in the sun. Morgan leapt into the piloting area. "And they say that the police force doesn't have style" she smiled.
The Green police cruiser was low to the ground with six wheels near the back and two up front. Charlie somersaulted into the cockpit. "Sure beats the bathtub racers some of the past rangers got…did anyone see the Zeo Zords the Pink and Yellow had to drive? Gross"
The Blue jet swooped overhead its aerodynamic form glinted in the sun. "This looks like a challenging leap" Mason mused. He shot upwards and landed in at the steering wheel. "The view is aesthetically pleasing" he said.
"Speak English man" Warren groaned.
"That was English you jerk" Morgan sighed.
"Well you'd know Brittie"
"I swear once this is over you're getting a slap" Morgan snapped.
Sean leapt onto the motor-bike shaped zord and dropped into his steering device with a grimly set expression. "All systems online, optimal functions, all utilities online"
"Woo – party animal" Charlie snorted dryly.
"You're mocking me, aren't you?"
The satellite drew a line of energy out before the approaching zords causing a curtain of flame to whip up before them – they passed through – shocked from their banter.
"Rangers - focus" Dr Fairchild chided. "Mason, your jet can distract the laser, it should be fast enough to fly rings around it, Sean and Morgan have agile units that will be fast enough to launch themselves upwards and land additional shots while Charlie and Warren use their weapons below."
"Ready?" Warren asked. There was silence. "This is the part where you guys say "Ready" all together…hello? Am I alone here?"
"Yes" Charlie said curtly. "Okay here we go"
They broke formation. Mason shot around the satellite, peppering it with blasts of light that exploded on its green energy sphere.
"Going up" smiled Morgan as she used a hill as a ramp and shot into the air, firing laser blasts from her headlights. Sean used his bike's jump ability to launch upwards and hit the shields with more energy.
Below Charlie and Warren fired rockets at the satellite. "The shields are holding up on it" exclaimed Warren.
"It has to have a weak point" Charlie sighed. "Think…where?"
"I believe it lowers its shield to unleash a blast from its primary energy gun" Mason said as he avoided the small bursts fired from turrets on the satellite.
"I'll get in a shot if it fires again" Sean said.
"I think we can force it to do so" Morgan said. "We need to give it a localized target without too much -"
"The Mall parking lot, perfect for drawing fire" Warren said. "Once it fires Mason and Sean can blast it heavily. The Mall has some cover but not a lot, if the computers targeting system could choose a site to trap us that'd be it"
"Your use of the word trap does not inspire me with confidence" Mason said.
"He's a flake" Warren muttered.
"Stop picking on him" Charlie growled as the green, pink and red units headed for the huge car park to draw fire. The satellite aimed, energy rippled around the long aerial on its body and energy bounced off the extended panels at its sides…it fired…Mason launched his payload
There was a vivid explosion. "I have the core in my sights" Sean said as he leapt his zord into the air and fired. The energy ran across the satellite and small explosions burst like blossoms on the weapon.
The other zords joined in, blasting the satellite as it began to fall from the air until it splashed into the sea and exploded vividly.
The Response units idled on the coats as the green energy burst died down and the waters settled over the dark shape far below in their depths
Vectress uncrossed her legs and stood up.
"Uh – maybe the satellites just…wet" Gearbox suggested.
"Hm – nice idea" Vectress said with a sweet smile that was far from sincere.
"Yeah maybe we can dry it out"
Vectress snapped out her hand at them to silence them, hitting them with a psychic energy wave for good measure. "Shut up…obviously I underestimated the organics…fine. We'll play their game – I'll level the city the old fashioned way: with an army of monsters…sometimes to basics are best"
Her eyes glowed green.
"Well done rangers" Commander Benson said as he crossed to them. "The city owes you gratitude". They were in the canteen; multicolored balloons had been tied all over the place. They held up the blue-green liquids in the rectangular glasses.
"To the Cyber Protection Unit" Dr Fairchild said as she raised her glass. "May all their victories be visually exciting ones"
"Does no one talk normally around here?" Warren sighed.
"I fail to comprehend your question" Mason said. "Unless it is a statement and instead is a general statement voicing your disdain for the use of polysyllable words in the average linguistics of your teammates"
There was silence and Mason looked around… everyone seemed to be waiting for something.
"Was that a question?" Charlie asked.
"Sort it out later" Dr Fairchild said. "Here are your new uniforms" the black suits were decorated with the ranger colors and had the insignia on the backs in the respective shades as well. "Before you ask they do fit, can't be returned and no one is allergic to them"
"Just as well they don't clash then" Morgan said.
"Yellow isn't my color" Sean grumbled.
"Another toast – quickly – before sourpuss ruins the mood" Warren exclaimed.
"To CPU - again" Commander Benson sighed.
TBC
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