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When the Grim Reaper Knocks
A/N: I finally figured out how best to describe Xyrthias. He resembles a minotaur. That's the word I was looking for. I watched the episode Wired Part 2 and tried to describe Sophie's battling as best as I could.
Chapter XII
"Well, well, well Pinky. It doesn't look like there's anyone left to save you," Xyrthias remarked stalking the pink ranger.
Syd held her position. "I'm not afraid of you," Syd said.
Xyrthias let out an evil laugh. "Well, I guess we'll have to fix that now won't we?" he asked.
Syd aimed her Delta Enforcer at Xyrthias and fired. Xyrthias shot a laser beam out of his eye and the two blasts met in the middle creating a huge explosion that threw both Syd and Xyrthias backwards.
Syd heard the engine of a car approaching. She looked and saw that it was Sophie of all people. She couldn't help but wonder what Sophie was doing here.
"Syd, plug your ears," Sophie warned.
Syd had no idea why Sophie wanted her to plug her ears, but she decided to listen to her anyways.
The pupils of Sophie's eyesturned red as her robotic half activated the command "Voice Pitch". Sophie let out a high-pitched, shrill, scream. Xyrthias staggered on his feet from the sound. He was holding his head with both of his hands as the sound was very rapidly giving him a headache.
"Stop it!" Xyrthias shouted shooting a laser beam at Sophie. Sophie stopped her scream and did a diving somersault to evade Xyrthias' attack.The pupils of her eyes turned red as Sophie's robotic half activated the command "Battle Mode Engaged".
Xyrthias had shifted his attention to Sophie now instead of Syd as he ran towards her. Sophie caught him with a roundhouse kick that staggered Xyrthias back a few feet. Syd shot Xyrthias with her Delta Enforcer, knocking Xyrthias to the ground.
Xyrthias got up from the ground. "Mark my words, I will be back," he said before vanishing.
Thepupils of Sophie's eyes turned red as her robotic half entered the command "Dis-Engage Battle Mode".
"Thanks for the help," Syd said offering Sophie her hand to shake.
"No problem," Sophie replied shaking Syd's hand.
"Power down," Syd said.
Just then, the medical staff arrived. They dispersed to give assistance to Jack, Bridge, Cruger, and Z.
12-12-12
Later that day, the infirmary was quite full at the Academy. Bridge and Jack were awake, but Kat wanted to keep them in the infirmary for observation. Luckily for those two, they were morphed when they fell. Had they not been, they would've been injured much worse. Fortunately though, they had been knocked unconscious with only some cuts and bruises to show for it.
However, Cruger and Z were in much worse shape. They both lost a significant amount of blood. They lost so much blood in fact, that they both required blood transfusions. Luckily for Cruger, his Shadow Saber missed his heart by a fraction of a centimeter. Had it not, Cruger would surely have died. Both Z and Cruger were unconscious. Kat had done all she could do for them, and now it was just a matter of them waking up although admittedly, she had no guess as to when that would happen.
As it turned out Sky had an asthma attack, which Kat found to be odd given that Sky had no history of asthma. He had since recovered from his asthma attack and was over by Bridge's bedside.
"I'm sorry I wasn't there for you guys. I would have helped you guys out, but first Cruger wouldn't let me, and then once he had left, I had an asthma attack," Sky explained.
"Yeah, Kat told me about that. I didn't know you had asthma Sky," Bridge remarked.
"Yeah me neither," Sky added.
"I believe it is due to the disease that Sky has. It had been awhile since Sky showed any symptoms, and I guess this wasanother ailment," Kat said.
"There's something you should know. This disease of mine is the result of Xyrthias having given me a shot when I was a kid. That was the nightmare I didn't want to talk to you about Bridge, but as it turned out, it was no nightmare. Instead, it was a repressed memory," Sky said.
Bridge had wondered about that. He just didn't want to pry because he feared that Sky would react much like he did when he first asked him about his nightmare. Bridge figured that when the time was right, Sky would tell them.
"This is disturbing news. This disease was intentional then? Surely there has to be some antidote," Kat said.
Syd was appalled at the thought that Xyrthias would do something like that to Sky. She had no idea that Xyrthias and Sky had a long history with each other.
"Whoa. Wait a minute. Why would Xyrthias choose you to test out his disease though? What does he have against you?" Jack asked Sky.
"Xyrthias chose me because my father was responsible for putting Xyrthias behind bars. Since my father is deceased, Xyrthias wants to get his revenge on my dad through me. We need to stop him soon though. Now that Xyrthias knows the disease is working, he will probably produce more of it with the intention of infecting the entire planet," Sky said.
Sophie stood up from the chair next to Bridge's medical bed. "Hold on. How does Xyrthias know that the disease is working in the first place?" Sophie asked.
"I'm not sure, but somehow he is able to track its progress," Sky answered.
Just then, the alarms in the Academy went off. Kat, Sophie, Syd, and Sky rushed to the command center to see what the problem was though they had a pretty good idea.
"We're coming too!" Jack said climbing out of his medical bed as did Bridge.
Kat wanted to keep Jack and Bridge for observation, but she knew that Sky and Syd would need their help, so she decided to let them come.
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When they arrived at the command center, they saw Xyrthias was back wreaking havoc this time in the city plaza.
"Ready?" Jack asked.
"Ready," Syd, Sky, and Bridge answered.
"S.P.D. Emergency!" they shouted in unison.
The four rangers made their way to the parking facility and got in their respective vehicles.
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It wasn't long before the rangers arrived on the scene.
"S.P.D. You're under arrest!" Sky said flashing his badge.
A malicious grin appeared on Xyrthias' face. "Well, it looks like it's finally time for round two blue ranger," Xyrthias said.
Sky noticed that Xyrthias was carrying what appeared to be a briefcase. He had no idea what was inside the briefcase, but he wasn't even sure he wanted to know.
"Yeah, well it's going to be the last round for you, because this time we're bringing you in!" Sky shouted with clenched fists.
"I think not. Why is that you ask, because what I have in here," Xyrthias said holding up the briefcase.
Xyrthias opened the briefcase. In it was four test tubes filled with a bluish liquid. Sky had no idea what was in those test tubes, but he had a feeling it couldn't be good.
"You see, these here are for your friends. It's similar to the liquid that was in the shot I gave you way back when. You remember that day don't you Sky?" Xyrthias taunted.
Sky's fists clenched even tighter, and if weren't for his gloves, the others would've seen that Sky's knuckles were white since he had his fist clenched so tightly.
"Oh, and one of these test tubes is the antidote. Are you surprised that I made an antidote? Are you surprised that I produced more of the virus? Now then Sky, I have a proposition for you," Xyrthias said.
"What is that?" Sky asked fuming.
"You and I will face each other one on one. If you manage to beat me, the test tubes are yours. Should you choose the right test tube, you will be cured. However, choose incorrectly and the shot will without a doubt kill you. Now if I happen to win, I destroy the antidote and get to infect your three friends you brought with you. So then Sky, what do you say?" Xyrthias asked.
Sky had no idea what to do. He remembered Xyrthias telling him that he wouldn't live to see his twenty second birthday. Now he had a chance. If he could defeat Xyrthias in a battle, he could be cured. Was it worth the risk though? If he lost, there would be no cure and three of his friends would be infected as well and ultimately die just like he would.
Syd was worried when she actually saw Sky giving Xyrthias' question thought. "Sky, you can't seriously go through with this! It's too big of a risk! Let's just capture him and take the antidote," Syd said.
"I don't think so! You don't go along with my proposition, and I'll destroy the antidote right here and now," Xyrthias warned.
Bridge stepped forward. "Wait a second. How will we know when the battle is over?" Bridge asked.
Xyrthias let out an evil laugh. "That's simple. It's a fight to the death," Xyrthias said.
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Back at the command center, Kat and Sophie were observing all of this from a viewing screen.
Kat contacted Sky through his morpher. "Sky, Syd's right. This is too big of a risk. You can't go through with this. The four of you capture him and whatever test tube he destroys, we'll get a sample of that and I'll make more antidotes," Kat said.
"What if you can't?" Sky asked in response. "He's the only one who knows what's in the antidote."
Kat hated to admit it, but she knew Sky had a point. If the antidote were to be destroyed, who knows how much they'd be able to salvage? What if they weren't able to salvage enough? What if there is just enough antidote in the test tube to be effective? She wouldn't put it past Xyrthias to pull something like that. After all, he obviously had this so-called proposition very well planned out.
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"So then Sky, what's your answer?" Xyrthias asked.
Jack stepped forward. "Hey creep, how about you and me go at it instead?" Jack asked.
Xyrthias grabbed a test tube and looked to drop it.
"I don't think so. It's either my way or no way!" Xyrthias replied.
Jack reluctantly fell back in line with the others.
It almost didn't even seem worth the risk. It had the potential to make matters worse. From what he's gathered, this disease is lethal after all. Potentially then, he could end up killing not only himself, but Bridge, Syd, and Jack as well. Sky knew what he had to do.
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