"All Rangers to the docking bay! Red alert! We have a security breach!" The alert prompted the Rangers to morph and go straight into SWAT mode. They were waiting in front of the docking bay doors, which were sealed when the breach was detected. They had then received their orders; Benag had infiltrated the base and they were to apprehend him and destroy the transporter device. At that moment, the doors blew wide open and the Rangers went into battle ready mode.
"What?" Benag taunted when he emerged. "Only four Rangers to greet me and not their commander? My, this should prove to be interesting."
"It most certainly will." Jack muttered. "Fire!" All at once, the Rangers fired their rifles but Benag was able to dodge the blasts. This was going to be difficult; with Syd recuperating and Cruger on his way, dealing wtih Benag was going to be hell.
As the Rangers were holding off Benag, Doggie had just about reached the base. Something was bothering him, he could feel it, and it wasn't just the fact that Benag had escaped or infiltrated the base via his transporters. Nor was it Benag's plan to free Grumm...no. As he made his way to the docking bay, Nyal's words played out in his head.
General Benag will avenge our emperor by destroying his enemies starting with the weakest!
'Starting with the weakest', he had said. Last that Cruger checked, the weakest—in Benag's opinion—was usually the soldier with the lowest rank. Benag was going to work his way up the ranks of SPD until only Cruger himself was left, witness to the destruction that the Troobians can cause...just like before. But if Benag was going after the Rangers only...cold dread suddenly filled Cruger up as he came to the realization on who was going to be first.
"No..." he whispered. "Syd!" His pace doubled towards the docking bay and he had arrived just in time to see his Rangers--four of them at least, Syd was still recouperating--barely holding their own against Benag. This wasn't looking good. On the bright side, it was distracting Benag so Cruger sped to the transporter device and destroyed it, causing Benag to look up in surprise.
"NO!" Benag shouted, seeing the transporter in complete flames.
"It's over, Benag." Cruger barked, his tone colder than ice. "Central Command knows what you're up to and they've destroyed the device smuggled there. Your third transporter is also destroyed, which means you're going back to Antari one of two ways—in a confinement card or a box!"
"If that is the case, I will see you in hell." With that, Benag took all of his attention from the Rangers and focused on Cruger.