The last of the bat creatures had fled from the rangers. Riley had just sliced through one of them with Saba when she noticed the rest were retreating.
"Aw, no more?" Riley asked jokingly as she holstered her weapon. She looked at the blood covering her. "Maybe I should have asked for a different color."
The red ranger from the other team walked up to her, wiping the blood from her sword. The sword disappeared from sight and the red ranger took off her helmet.
"I'm Naoko. ToQ Red."
Riley took off her own helmet. "I'm Riley. I'm...White." The two shook hands. "I appreciate the assistance."
"We got a call about some disturbances up here," Naoko said. "We were told a single ranger was up here fighting bat like creatures."
"You guys got up here really quick," Riley said.
"Our team is the fastest of the Japanese rangers because we use the Rainbow Line and as you can see we're not a normal train service," Naoko said.
"We were unaware of any one man ranger teams, let alone a foreigner ranger in the country," ToQ Blue said.
"To be honest, I'm not even from this time," Riley said. "I'm from a few years in the future and I don't know how to get back. This guy with a flute appeared and I'm more worried about him than I am getting back at the moment."
"I'm sure he's nothing we can't handle," Naoko said.
"I haven't been able to lay a finger on him," Riley said. "He plays this flute with a terrible sound and it's as though he has an unlimited amount of those bat creatures to use. Any time I get close to him, I get swarmed by those bastards."
"I didn't see him when we arrived," Naoko said.
"He was on that rooftop over there but he disappeared when you arrived. He said he was going to bring about the end of the world."
"All the bad guys say that," Naoko said.
"Well considering what I know I think he tries to start it," Riley said.
"What do you know?" Naoko asked.
"An earthquake will cause a giant tsunami and slam into this place. It will kill about twenty thousand people."
"Are you sure?" Naoko asked.
"Of course I'm sure," Riley said. "What kind of question is that? It will happen on March eleventh about a quarter to three in the afternoon. The tsunami will hit roughly forty-five minutes to an hour after the quake."
"Have you told the authorities?" ToQ Blue asked.
"Who would I tell?" Riley asked. "Would they honestly believe me that I'm from the future and I bring word of a devastating event that comes in a month? People can only believe so much."
"How do we know you're not messing with us now? You could be an evil ranger," ToQ Blue said.
"How do I know you're not?" Riley asked. "If I was evil, I'd just flat out attack and not come up with such an elaborate story. What could I possibly gain by telling you that a tsunami is coming?"
"People panicking," ToQ Blue said.
"Is that something that monsters get off on?" Riley asked. "I thought they'd just want to kill and destroy."
"Some are more manipulative than others," Naoko said. "Blue brings up a good point that you may not be who you claim to be."
Riley sighed as she put on her helmet. "Well, you can sit around and decide whether I'm evil or not while I figure out a way to defeat this guy and possibly save thousands of lives."
She turned and walked away a bit frustrated. The rangers watched her until she turned the corner. Naoko turned to her teammates.
"What do you think?" she asked.
"I'm skeptical," Blue said. "A ranger acting alone with the all too convenient story of being sent here by some unknown power? Something isn't right."
"I believe her," ToQ Purple said. "I didn't get any bad vibes from her. She appeared to be genuine."
"You always try to see the good in people," Blue said.
"And you always try to see the worst in people," ToQ Green said stepping up next to Purple. "You're always skeptical of others."
"It's not a bad thing," Blue said.
"And that's why you'll never find a guy," Green said. "You're always thinking they're after something else when they talk to you."
Blue stepped forward as did Green. They stood close to each other and stared the other down through their black visors.
"Enough," Naoko said. "We'll keep an eye on this white ranger and see what she's up to. If we find out she's on our side then we'll help her and if she's actually a spy for the Shadow Line then we'll eliminate her."
Riley was still frustrated as she walked down the street. She pulled Saba from her holster, holding him up to eye level.
"Why would they think that I could be against them?" she asked.
"From the information I have from our time, the Train Rangers used to have a different orange ranger. They recruited her and was best friends with the blue ranger. It turned out she was a member of the Shadow Line."
"Shadow Line?"
"Another evil empire wanting to take over control of something," Saba said. "In this case, it's the railroad system."
"At least they start small," Riley said. "Then what happened?"
"They had to destroy the orange ranger," Saba said.
"But they had an orange ranger with them," Riley said. "I thought they would have destroyed the powers because it would be a sore spot for the others.
"I'd imagine they still need a person to fill that spot despite the stigma," Saba said.
"You know a great deal," Riley said.
"Ishimaru's research is extensive and I'm her backup file if anything happens to her copies."
"Is it that in depth with all the teams?"
"Yes, with the exception of the very first team. No one knows where they came from or the location of their base. They appeared centuries ago. They inspired others to create their own teams to assist them. Some of the older teams such as JAKQ or as they later became the Blitzkrieg Rangers, Battle Fever and the Samurai Rangers have worked with the original team before but never learned anything from them. They always remained in their morphed form but were cordial when interacting with other teams. With the increase of ranger teams, they've essentially disappeared. They haven't been seen since before the turn of the century."
"That'd be a fun adventure to go on," Riley said. "Trying to find the first ranger team. If they existed for centuries then they're aliens, immortal or their powers are passed down and those receiving the powers have to keep it a secret. What about this guy we're fighting? Do your files include any monsters that could be linked to this guy?"
"Nothing that fits him exactly," Saba said. "There have been several flute wielders."
"Well just give me a few," Riley said.
"Possession Boma was a monster from the Hundred Boma Tribes and destroyed by the Supercharger Rangers."
"Still alive," Riley said. "Destroyed monsters don't do me any good in this case."
"Leh Nafel has used a flute before. She is a field commander that often battles with the Prism Rangers. There's your brother the Green Ranger but he's not a monster. There is Hell's Angel who has appeared from time to time fighting against several different teams such as the Blitzkrieg Rangers and Battle Fever. He has mostly acted like the Pied Piper and hypnotized children. He can cause earthquakes and..."
"That's the one," Riley said. "If he can cause earthquakes then it would stand to reason those earthquakes could spawn a tsunami. This could be his human form that we've encountered."
"But the question remains as to why he's doing this here," Saba said. "There are more populated areas to destroy in such a manner."
"Maybe this place has a personal connection."