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Dissension within the Ranks
Chapter 8
Cruger and Kat had made their way to the command center. They were trying to figure out what had caused the alarms to go off. They suspected Grumm had sent a monster or krybots or something to wreak havoc on the city, so they were scanning Newtech City for any disturbances. Just then, the guard had arrived at the command center.
"Sir, I know what caused the alarms to go off," the guard said.
"Well come on! Out with it!" Cruger yelled.
"A prisoner escaped sir," the guard answered.
"A prisoner? Which one?" Cruger asked.
"Jack. That's not all sir," the guard said.
"Go on. What else have you to report?" Cruger questioned.
"Jack somehow managed to get into Syd's cell and he raped her!" the guard exclaimed.
"Oh my God!" Kat exclaimed.
"He did what? Wait, how do you even know this?" Cruger asked.
"Because I saw it take place," the guard responded.
"You did nothing to stop this?" Cruger asked enraged.
"At first no because I was in too much shock as to what I was witnessing. However, I eventually shot Jack with his own civilian blaster," the guard stated.
"Eventually?" Cruger asked even more furious.
"Yes eventually. Once I had gotten over my shock," the guard answered.
"Where are they now?" Cruger asked.
"They're both still in Syd's cell sir," the guard replied.
"I thought you said you shot Jack?" Cruger inquired.
"I did," the guard answered.
"So he's no longer raping her correct?" Cruger asked.
"That is correct sir," the guard answered.
Kat had fetched some cadets and went to Syd's cell to clean up Jack and Syd as well as to run some tests on Syd.
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While Kat was doing that, Cruger made an announcement over the intercom.
"All cadets, there is no more cause for alarm. We have pinpointed the problem. Power Rangers please report to the command center immediately," Cruger stated.
Within moments, Z, Bridge, and Sam were in the command center.
"What I'm about to tell you is very shocking," Cruger said.
"Does this have to do with why the alarms went off?" Z asked.
"Yes it does," Cruger answered.
"What is it sir?" Sam asked.
"Jack had escaped prison and raped Syd," Cruger said.
"Oh my God!" Bridge, Sam, and Z said in unison.
"I don't know what I'm going to do with Jack. This kind of behavior is not tolerated around here. I don't know how else I'm going to punish him. I've already taken away his morpher and put him in prison," Cruger said.
"Is Syd ok?" Bridge asked.
"Kat and some cadets are checking on her as we speak," Cruger replied.
"What was he thinking?" Z asked.
"How did he escape?" Sam asked.
"Apparently, he phased through the cell door and then phased through Syd's cell door," Cruger answered.
"Why would he do something like that?" Bridge asked in disbelief.
"I don't know. This has been a long couple of days. Dismissed!" Cruger ordered.
Sam, Z, and Bridge left the command center.
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On Grumm's ship, Giganis ( Cadet Dru Harrington's Tangarian form) had arrived after just recently being freed from prison by an army of krybots led by an orange head.
"Thank you Grumm for getting me out of there! How ever can I repay you?" Giganis asked.
"Well, I do have something in mind and it involves your old friend," Grumm answered.
"My 'old friend'? You mean Sky?" Giganis questioned.
"Yes. It seems Cruger has recovered Sky's body after the explosion. My guess is that Cruger has him on life support in an attempt to revive him," Grumm said.
"What exactly do you want me to do?" Giganis asked.
"I think it's time the two of you join forces again," Grumm commented.
"I see. I'm on it," Giganis said.
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Back at the Academy, Z, Bridge, and Sam were in the recreation room.
"I can't believe Jack would do something like that!" Z exclaimed.
"Poor Syd," Bridge said.
"I thought you'd be happy Z," Sam remarked.
"Happy? How could I be happy at a time like this?" Z asked.
"Well, since Jack raped Syd, Syd will have no choice but to be with Jack because the baby that Syd will soon be carrying will be Jack's and so you will no longer have any competition," Sam explained.
"How can you say that Sam?" Z asked.
"Oh please like you really care about what happened to Syd!" Sam exclaimed.
"Of course I do!" Z shouted back.
"Yeah right. You probably think it serves her right for attacking you!" Sam retorted.
"Sam, Z, knock it off," Bridge said trying to be the mediator.
"It wasn't my fault. Sparky the night light over there started it!" Z remarked.
"Oh that's real mature Z," Sam said sarcastically.
"Like you would know anything about being mature," Z snapped back.
"Cut it out! Would one of you like to tell me what's going on between you two?" Bridge asked.
There was silence.
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By now, Kat had Syd brought into the infirmary and she had finished running tests on her. Like Sky, Syd was in a hospital gown.
"How is she?" Cruger asked.
"I don't know if she's asleep or unconscious," Kat answered.
"What did the tests show?" Cruger asked.
"It's as we feared. The guard wasn't lying. All the signs of rape are there," Kat replied.
"What are we going to do about Jack?" Cruger asked.
"I don't know. There's not much worse we can do to him besides put him in prison," Kat responded.
"What is happening to my rangers?" Cruger asked.
"I don't know Doggie. I really don't know," Kat answered.
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Back in the prison section of the Academy, Jack came to his senses in his prison cell. He found himself with a clean uniform on and on the bed in his cell.
"Ha! They didn't learn their lesson last time! I can still…" Jack started to say before finding that his hands had been handcuffed.
"Okay never mind then," Jack thought to himself. Then Jack thought about Syd. "I warned you Syd. I told you that I'll take whatever I can get, and that you were the only thing I can get. Soon, you will be carrying my baby and then you will have no choice but to be with me. I told you that once I was through with you Sky would be the last thing on your mind!"
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Back in the recreation room, Bridge was still waiting for an explanation.
"Will one of you tell me what is going on between you two?" Bridge repeated.
"Z broke my heart that's what!" Sam shouted.
"Oh yeah! That's real mature Sam. Blame it on me," Z said sarcastically.
"Well I didn't break my own heart!" Sam retorted.
"Wait, do you even have a heart? I mean you're a freaking ball of light!" Z remarked.
"Of course I have a heart, and you broke it!" Sam replied.
"Whine, whine, whine is that all you can do?" Z asked.
"Z, enough!" Bridge said.
"Why are you taking his side?" Z snapped.
"I'm not taking anyone's side. Need I remind you that we're a team, and I'm trying to keep it that way," Bridge stated.
"Yeah right! Like we could be a team. Our leader attacked two rangers and raped a third. Our pink ranger attacked me. Yeah that's quite some team we have here," Z remarked sarcastically.
Bridge had enough on his mind without having to deal with the quarrel between the yellow ranger and the omega ranger. "Could things get any worse around here?" Bridge asked himself. "Let's recap. Sky nearly got himself killed because of me. Jack and Syd were thrown in prison and had their morphers taken away. Jack raped Syd while in prison. Now Z and Sam are at each other's throats!"
"Sarcasm, sarcasm, sarcasm is that all you can say?" Sam asked Z sarcastically.
"Haha. You're so funny. Not!" Z replied.
Bridge had enough. He left the recreation room not caring if Z and Sam were still going at it.
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The alarms went off and red lights were flashing. Kat and Cruger rushed to the command center to see what the disturbance was.
Moments later Kat was on the intercom. "Rangers, please report to the command center immediately. I repeat rangers please report to the command center immediately!"
It wasn't long before Sam, Z, and Bridge were in the command center.
"There are four separate attacks in Newtech City. The four of us will split up and go to each of the four locations," Cruger stated.
"S.P.D. Emergency!" they shouted in unison.
Lurking in the air vent above the infirmary was Giganis.
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At the location Z had went to was an about a dozen or so krybots and a blue head.
"Get her!" the blue head commanded.
Z pulled out her Patrol Baton and slashed an oncoming krybot in the chest. A second krybot threw a punch at Z. Z caught its fist and flipped it on its back. Two krybots had surrounded Z and both had a laser instead of an arm. They fired. Z did a backflip and the krybots ended up shooting each other.
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At the location Bridge had went to was a dozen krybots with an orange head leading them.
"Attack!" ordered the orange head.
Bridge formed his Delta Max Striker and blasted the closest krybot. Another krybot attempted to sneak up behind Bridge, but Bridge caught its sword just as it was about to connect. Bridge elbowed the krybot in the stomach. He followed it up with a leg sweep. Bridge blasted another approaching krybot. Another krybot threw a punch. Bridge sidestepped. It threw another punch. Bridge ducked. It attempted a kick. Bridge caught its leg and flung the krybot into another one.
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At the location Sam had went to was three blue heads.
"Omega Morpher blaster mode!" Sam said.
Sam punched the ground knocking all three blue heads to the ground. They got back to their feet and fired their lasers at the omega ranger.
Sam went flying back several feet and landed on his back.
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At the location Cruger went to was three orange heads.
"Time for a shock!" all three said.
Cruger was nailed by three waves of orange lightning. He fell to the ground.
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Back in the infirmary, Giganis had come down from the air vent and was standing at Sky's bedside.
"Stop right there!" a voice shouted.
Giganis turned around to see the pink ranger.
"I thought Grumm said the pink and red rangers were in prison," Giganis thought to himself.
"S.P.D. Emergency!" Syd shouted.
Syd pulled out her Patrol Baton and charged Giganis. Giganis caught the sword as it was about to hit him. He then sent a stream of electricity up the weapon and shocked the pink ranger. She convulsed for a bit then fell to the ground. Giganis then turned his attention back to Sky. The next thing Giganis knew, he was face down on the ground.
"Leave him alone!" Kat yelled.
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Back at Z's location, she took out her morpher and punched a few buttons after saying, "I hope you like fiery, confined spaces!" The remaining normal krybots were trapped in Z's morpher and erased.
"Well, well, well. I guess that just leaves you and me," the blue head said.
"Thank you Captain Obvious!" Z said sarcastically.
The blue head fired its laser. Z rolled out of the way. Z formed her Delta Max Striker and blasted the blue head knocking it off its feet.
"You'll pay for that yellow ranger!" the blue head said while getting up to its feet.
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Back at Bridge's location, Bridge just realized something.
"Oh crap! I forgot to count how many krybots I've destroyed! Was it 4? Or maybe it was 5? Wait! There were 12 to begin with and there are one, two, three, four, five, six, seven left. Ok, let's see. Twelve minus five. Borrow the one and…" Bridge started to say before a krybot took a swing at him.
"Oh screw it! I'll just start over!" Bridge said. He sidestepped the punch and blasted it with his Delta Max Striker. "One!"
He detached his Patrol Baton from his Patrol Grip. He slashed one krybot. "Two!" He slashed another. "Three!" Another. "Four!" He swept the legs out of two krybots. "Five, seven! Wait did I miss one? Oh well. I'll just start over!" He slashed the remaining krybot. "One!"
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Back at Sam's location, Sam was picking himself off the ground.
"That does it! Omega Morpher fully charged!" Sam yelled.
One of the blue heads had made its way over to the omega ranger. The omega ranger punched it sending it flying backwards several feet. It landed on the ground short circuited.
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At Cruger's location, Cruger was avoiding attack after attack from the three orange heads. After they had knocked Cruger to the ground, they relentlessly attacked him. Cruger had been successful in not getting hit, but he hadn't been able to get a hit in himself either.
"Shadow Saber power up!" Cruger shouted. Blue flames lit up the ground. Cruger slashed one orange head. It fell to the ground and exploded.
"Alright, who's next?" Cruger asked.
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Back at the infirmary, Giganis was picking himself off the ground. He turned to see his attacker.
"Well, look what we have here?" Giganis said. He changed one of his hands to a sniper. "Come here kitty!" He fired a shot.
Kat ran up the wall and did a backflip avoiding the attack. She then leapt at Giganis. Giganis was one step ahead of her though and he blasted her with the sniper before she could get to him. Kat fell to the ground in a heap. Giganis walked over to the life support machine and pulled the plug.
"No!" came a shout.
Giganis turned around and saw the pink ranger was on her feet.
"Grr…don't you rangers ever stay down?" Giganis yelled.
"Delta Max Striker!" Syd shouted forming her weapon. "Fire!"
Giganis leapt out of the way and the blast nailed Sky.
"Oh my God! No!" Syd shouted in horror running over to Sky.
Seeing that Syd was too distracted to pay much attention to him, Giganis aimed his sniper at the pink ranger and fired. Syd fell to the ground demorphed and unconscious.
Giganis unplugged Sky from all the machines. Then, he scooped Sky up in his arms.
"Old friend, you are coming with me!" Giganis said before teleporting out of the Academy.
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Back at Z's location, the blue head fired its laser. Z somersaulted out of the way.
"R.I.C. you're on!" Z shouted. She threw up the bone. R.I.C. caught it in his mouth and transformed into the Canine Cannon.
"Uh oh," the blue head said.
"Canine Cannon. Fire!" Z yelled.
The blast engulfed the blue head and shattered it to pieces.
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Back at Bridge's location, Bridge was getting made fun of by the orange head.
"Haha! You count worse than a 5 year old!" the orange head remarked laughing.
"That does it! R.I.C. you're on!" Bridge said.
He realized he didn't have the bone with him.
"Damn it! Who the hell took the bone?" Bridge asked.
"Time for a shock!" the orange head said sending orange lightning Bridge's way.
Bridge fell to the ground. He was helped to his feet. He looked and saw Z.
"Looking for this?" Z asked showing Bridge the bone.
"There it is! Let's do it!" Bridge said. He threw up the bone.
"Canine Cannon, fire!" Z and Bridge shouted.
"Time for a shock!" the orange head said sending orange lightning to meet the blast.
Now, it was a battle of will. Who wanted it more? Although the Canine Cannon could be used by one ranger, it's true strength is reached when rangers use it together. However, even with two rangers, the orange head appeared to be winning. The orange lightning was three quarters of the way there. Just then they felt someone else grab onto the Canine Cannon. It was Jack.
Flashback
"I've gotta help the others! They could be in danger!" Jack thought to himself. Then he looked down to his hands and saw the handcuffs. "I got it!" Jack exclaimed out loud. He used his powers of molecularization to phase his hands through the handcuffs. Then, he phased his way out of the cell. The alarms would have gone off, but they were still going off due to the four separate attacks on Newtech City. Jack made his way to the command center. He looked on a viewing screen and saw there were four separate attacks.
"Where's my morpher?" Jack thought to himself. "The lab! It's gotta be there!"
Jack headed to the lab and found it sitting on Kat's desk.
"S.P.D. Emergency!" Jack shouted. He turned into the pink ranger. "Oops. My bad! Power down!" He put the morpher back on the desk and picked up the other one. "Let's try this again. S.P.D. Emergency!" He transformed into the red ranger. "There, much better. Hold on guys, I'm coming!"
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"Jack, what are you doing here?" Z asked.
"Yeah, how did you get out?" Bridge asked.
"Come on, do you really think Cruger could keep me in a place like that?" Jack asked.
"Well yeah that's kind of the whole point of prison," Bridge said.
"I used my powers. Anyways, let's take care of this fool. Full power guys!" Jack commanded.
With the addition of Jack's powers, the yellow, green, and red rangers blasted the orange head with the Canine Cannon and the orange head shattered into pieces.
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Back at Sam's location. Sam had an idea.
"Omega morpher hyper mode!" Sam shouted. He nailed both blue heads with swift punches and moments later, they fell to the ground short circuited.
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Back at Cruger's location, the remaining two orange heads had Cruger surrounded.
"We've got you now!" one orange head said.
"Time for a shock!" they said in unison.
Cruger dove out of the way and the two orange heads destroyed each other.
"Rangers, are you ok?" Cruger said speaking into his morpher.
"Yeah, we're fine!" Jack answered.
"Jack, what the hell are you doing out of prison?" Cruger yelled.
"It's ok Cruger, he saved Bridge and me!" Z replied.
"He did?" Cruger asked shocked.
"Yes I did. We're a team and they needed me!" Jack said.
"Ok, well I'll meet you back at the Academy," Cruger said.
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When they arrived at the Academy, they headed to the command center only to find it empty.
"I wonder where everyone is?" Bridge asked.
"I have a bad feeling about this," Z commented.
"Yeah something's not right," Jack added.
"Come on. Let's check the infirmary," Cruger said.
They made their way to the infirmary and their mouths dropped open at what they saw in front of them.
"Oh my God! What the hell happened here?" Cruger yelled. Cruger kneeled beside Kat and put two fingers to her neck.
"Is she…" Bridge started to say.
"No, she's still breathing," Cruger answered before Bridge could finish.
Z made her way over to Syd. She checked for a pulse.
"Syd's still breathing too," Z said.
"Guys, wasn't Sky supposed to be in here too?" Jack asked.
All of their eyes turned to Sky's bed where he was supposed to be and found it empty.
To Be Continued…
Note: Wow! Chapter 8! I had no idea my first story would be so long! I told you I probably wouldn't get another chapter up until today. Tomorrow I start summer session two at college. I'm so not going to have a summer. This past weekend where I went home is probably about as much of a summer as I'm going to get this year. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thanks to everyone who has read my fanfic and enjoyed it. Thanks to everyone who has reviewed and had positive things to say. Please be nice people because this is my first fanfic.