Authorized Personnel Only Chapter 8: London Calling, a power rangers fanfic

Well it appears nobody took me up on my contest, oh well. The answer was that all of the streets were in Boston and that Copley was a tea dealer (his brother was the artist) in Boston during the Boston Tea Party, and it was his tea that was dumped into the Bay of Massachusetts. The song that I use in the chapter is called Cities by the Talking Heads. If you wish to use it be my guest as it is David Byrne's and the Talking Heads' property. Thank you reviewers for all of your compliments and its now time to enter Chapter 8 of APO.

Enjoy,

PRTFLO

P.S. MLA can kiss my ass (damn A- on a history exam)

Authorized Personnel Only

Chapter 8

London Calling

Central Square Station

Silver City

Evening

All five rangers were in the Central Square subway station leaving APO HQ.

"So where are you two going?" Lucas asked them in a tone, Katie jabbed him in the ribs

"I'm getting used to that now." Lucas said in defense

"Now I'm going to have to come up with something different," She said as the group laughed

"Well I'm going to take Wes out to dinner and show him around, you're all welcome to come," Jen said earning unsure looks from the trio

"Rain check," Lucas said as he raced away from the group

"Uhh.. I'm going somewhere or doing something tonight that I can't remember…"Trip nervously said before darting off behind Lucas

"I got to go with Trip somewhere," Katie said to Wes and Jen as she followed Lucas and Trip up the stairs to the street, leaving Wes and Jen on the platform, alone.

"Looks like it's going to be the two of us, which isn't such a bad thing," Wes said in a sneaky tone.

"Don't get any ideas about the first night too soon Collins, There's only one bed and I can make you sleep on the couch," Jen said to him as a whistle sounded in the distance signaling the arrival of the next train.

"Oh now that's cold," Wes said as he followed Jen towards the platform. The train came to a complete stop at the platform and opened its doors. Wes and Jen cot into an empty car and sat down, then the doors closed and the car began to move.

"So where's our stop?" Wes inquired

"Not for a couple," Jen said as she moved closer to Wes as they began kissing passionately. They lay back on the seat and the train hurtled them to their stop.

COPLEY SQUARE, PRUDENTIAL CENTER

The train came to a halt at the platform, when the doors opened a couple came out and exited the platform up the stairs to the street.

"So where are we going?" Wes questioned

"There" Jen said as she pointed to the top of a tall building.

"On top of that skyscraper?" Wes said in disbelief

"Yes there's a restaurant at the top called the Top of the Hub." Jen finished. Wes nodded as he put his arm around her shoulder and they entered the building for a nice dinner.

Think of London, a small city
It's dark, dark in the daytime

The people sleep, sleep in the daytime
If they want to, if they want to

I'm checking them out
I'm checking them out
I got it figured out
I got it figured out
There's good points and bad points
But it all works out
I'm a little freaked out
Find a city
Find myself a city to live in.

There are a lot of rich people in Birmingham

A lot of ghosts in a lot of houses
Look over there!...A dry ice factory
A good place to get some thinking done

Down el Paso way things get pretty spread out
People got no idea where in the world they are
They go up north and come back south
Still got no idea where in the world they are.

Did I forget to mention, to mention Memphis
Home of Elvis and the ancient Greeks
Do I smell? I smell home cooking
It's only the river, it's only the river.

Wes and Jen's Apartment

Boylston Street

Midnight

Wes and Jen opened the door to their apartment and threw down their coats on the floor.

"Well." Wes yawned, "I've traveled a thousand years today and I could hit the sack right about now. Now if you want me to sleep on the couch I'm fine….." He was cut-off as Jen pulled him into her arms.

"I think I'll take it I'm in the bed tonight." Wes said between kisses as Jen began to laugh

"Loose the clothes" She said to him between kisses. Wes pulled away in a little disbelief

"What?" He said shocked, "You mean…" He said trying to beat around the bush.

"You know what I mean" Jen said with a sly grin, I'll be out of the bathroom in 5 minutes." She said walking away towards the bathroom

'Holy shit I clearly wasn't ready for that' Wes thought as he headed to the bedroom.

Five minutes later Jen emerged from the bathroom in some revealing clothing. She looked at Wes who was in bed.

"Are you sure about this Jen?" Wes asked her

"I'm sure" Jen said to him with confidence, "You?"

"I'm game" Wes said with a grin as he turned out the light. Jen climbed into the bed and they both began to passionately make love reaffirming their devotion to each other. The only witness to their night of passion was a small camera placed in the vase on the nightstand.

Meanwhile

"Holy shit they're actually doing the do on the first night," Lucas said as both he and Trip were huddled around a small screen

"Go Wes!" Trip exclaimed as he looked into the screen as it switched to night-vision mode.

"Well that didn't take long!" Lucas exclaimed still shocked at what he saw on the screen. Suddenly the screen went black.

"Whoa, whoa, what the hell!" Lucas jumped up off the floor while Trip was frantically pressing buttons on the keyboard below the screen.

"Alright, kissing and making out I can live with you two watching, but seeing my best friend and her lover 'doing the do' as you so insightfully pointed out," She said pointing towards Lucas, "I will not tolerate." She shouted, "Now you are going back to your apartment while you will destroy that camera." She finished, pointing to Trip. She then grabbed Lucas by the ear and pulled him out of the room.

APO HQ

9:00 AM

Wes entered APO and walked back towards Alex's office. He pushed what looked like to be a doorbell. A buzzer went off in Alex's office. At the same time he put down the paper he was reading and he pushed a button on his desk causing the doors to open. We entered and took a seat in front of Alex.

"Ah yes good of you to be on time Wes," Alex said as he looked at Wes, "Now as you have probably no experience in covert operations we're going to have to give you a crash course so that you will not become killed in action on your first assignment. Now today we will have you go into a weapons simulator, vehicle simulator, and finally we will put you in a mission simulator. Now if you should pass all three of those with flying colors, than you will be out the door by oh say noon today." Alex said, "But should you take longer, you will not be able to go on your first mission, as you will miss the transport taking the team to London. Now I'm sure that won't be a problem will it," Alex finished

"No not at all," Wes replied coldly

"Look I know that I'm sounding like a hard ass here, but we can't screw up this mission here. If we don't take out the deck, then the outlook for the future isn't good." Alex said darkly

"What exactly do you mean?" Wes inquired

"From what basic intel we've received the deck is in the works of a major plan for world domination. How, when, or by what means are still unclear. However we will be able to attain that by capturing the deck." Alex finished Wes nodded soaking all if this in and believing Alex.

"Right, now off we go then to the simulators," Alex said to him as he got up leading the way out of his office. They exited the office and walked trough the main area of APO, then they came upon a door which automatically opened when Alex stepped towards it. Both he and Wes entered the simulator control room. There were a few computers in the dimly lit room, along with two doors, one marked; Weapons/Gear, the other Simulator. Alex went into the weapons room and pulled out what looked like a standard Chrono Blaster.

"First we are going to se how accurate you are with a standard issue blaster." Alex said handing the blaster over to Wes.

"Okay" Wes said taking the gun,

"Head into the sim, and the shooting range setting will appear momentarily." Alex said motioning to the door leading to the simulator. Wes went to the door and it opened automatically. He stepped inside the room and suddenly there was a flash of light and the room turned into a stereotypical shooting range. Over a PA system a computerized voice said: "Welcome to the first of three simulations to test for 31st century combat proficiency. This simulation will test your accuracy at still, moving, and shooting targets. Please load your weapon and say "I'm ready" to begin the simulation" Wes loaded the blaster and thought 'Geez that voice sounds so familiar, I think it was in a movie that I can't put my finger on. Wait, 2001 HAL' "I'm ready HAL" he said to the computer.

" Your are correct Wes, my name is HAL. Simulation commencing, minimum allowable accuracy is 80, Begin" HAL finished as the first targets came up, bulls-eyes. Wes began shooting, and noticed that after a few shots the targets disappeared. He was focused and was shooting rather well when the targets began to move across the room. 'Ok moving onto the next challenge now, I must be doing well.' Wes thought as he began to shoot the moving targets. All of a sudden, holograms of people with blasters took the target's places. Wes noticed that some of the people were unarmed and looked like civilians. 'Ok, I've got to shoot the guys with the blasters and not the civilians.' After he eliminated some holograms, a hologram of Jen showed up being held hostage by a guy with a blaster, Wes flinched, and the hologram shot him. Suddenly Wes felt a shock on his chest where the hologram shot him. He writhed in pain, and HAL came alive "Simulation aborted by instructor." The room turned back into the simulation room, and the door opened to reveal Alex.

"What the hell was that for Alex!" Wes said angrily

"That could have happened in the field, and you would have had to make a

decision about what you should have done next. Look, if you're going to be a part of this agency, you have to…."

"I know I know….I just…." Wes stammered

"Seeing the person you love being held hostage, it's not easy, but no one said it was going to be Wes. You scored a 95, so we'll move onto the next part, driving the getaway car."

"Okay, what's the third going to be?" Wes questioned

"Simulated mission, you'll need to complete objectives, and demonstrate you're capable of being a field operative" Alex finished.

"Let's get to work" Wes said

Wes was able to pass the driving and mission simulations after a little coaching from Alex as to the 31st century version of cars and weaponry. Alex cleared him for the mission and met up with the others in the hangar as they were finishing loading up the ship which would take them to London. Alex followed him out to the ship and called for everyone's attention.

"Wes passed the three tests with flying colors and will take Lucas's place as point man for next mission. Wes's call sign will be Boy Scout, and good luck to all of you. I know you can do this." Alex said as he waved to the group, turning on his heel and hading back to HQ.

"So what did he mean about call sign?" Wes questioned

"When we're in the field, we communicate through radios, and rather than us saying each other's names we have call signs. For example I'm Wizard" Trip said "Lucas is Ferrari, Katie is Avalanche, and Jen is Bluebird." Trip finished as Jen emerged from the craft. "Hey we got to get going, we're running late." She finished getting back into the ship. Lucas boarded the vessel first followed by Katie and Trip. Wes noticed that the ship looked exactly like the time-ship that brought the others back to the future after Ransik was captured. Wes boarded to find the three passenger seats in the rear occupied by Jen, Trip, and Katie. Wes became confused when Jen pointed to the cockpit where Lucas was sitting in the left pilot's seat leaving the copilot's seat vacant. Wes sat down in the seat noticing Lucas was busy preparing the ship for takeoff.

"Wes take out that checklist and read off the things under pre-takeoff." Lucas said pointing to the pouch near Wes's leg.

"Ok," Wes said reaching for the sheet; he slowly began reading the items off when he stopped reading.

"What's the matter?" Lucas said

"You mean to tell me that HAL is on the ship?" Wes said almost scared

"Sure, HAL was made into reality about 20 years ago." Lucas said

Don't worry Wes, my fictional persona in 2001: A Space Odyssey is the only computer known to have homicidal tendencies. I can assure you that I would never resort to homicide in the fulfillment of my programs. All of my systems are functional Lucas, and I will begin the hangar opening sequence along with the water pressurization.

"Good, thank you HAL" Lucas said to HAL's "eye" on the console

"Wait a minute, why do we need water HAL?" Wes questioned

Water is what fuels our vehicles in this time Wes, it is renewable, and there will never be any droughts because releasing water vapors into the atmosphere produce clouds, thus rain. Hangar doors opening, commencing engine start……….

END CHAPTER 8

A/N: The point-man/woman is the person in the field who is the one always in the action, or the main person in the operation like Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible, or James Bond. If you don't know who/what HAL is, just Google him and you'll find a treasure trove of info. Sorry for the delay all.

Co-Author: Brian