30 Worlds: Royal Megaforce, Episode XX: "Kokaku Kidotai (Mobile Armored Riot Police)"

CHAPTER TWO

Ship's Log, Mission Date 1,200, Tris Prior recording.

Four days have passed since the Enterprise's arrival in the Unaligned World of Ghost in the Shell, with no trace of the A.I.C. In accordance with Master Yen Sid's directives, King William and his away team have remained in their cover identities while working with the World's keys—Major and Batou—in order to investigate the rash of retaliatory attacks by the remnants of Hanka Robotics' security forces.

Unaligned World of Ghost in the Shell

District 9 Headquarters, Research Laboratory 1

William and the Rangers stood and watched with Major and Batou as an Indian woman examined evidence from the latest Hanka crime scene. "No evidence that this is a Hanka device," she said. William looked at the woman. "Miss Ladriya, do you mind if I take a look? Maybe a fresh pair of eyes can find something you've overlooked," William said.

Ladriya nodded, then gestured to the microscope she was examining the evidence under. "Knock yourself out, Harve," she said. William looked into the microscope and recoiled at what he saw. "Sofia, come look at this," William said.

Sofia moved over to the microscope and saw what William saw. She simply nodded. William reached for his Mobilates. "King William to Enterprise," William said. "This is Tris. I read you, Your Majesty," Tris said.

"Tris, we have confirmation," William said. "The A.I.C. is afoot. Initiate Key retrieval protocol. Eight to beam up immediately." "Understood. Stand by," Tris said.

The six Rangers, Major and Batou dissolved in the Enterprise transporter.

DDV Enterprise-A, Cargo Bay 3

The Rangers, Major and Batou resolved from the transporter to find Phineas and Tris waiting. "Major, Batou, I realize that this is a sudden change in what you knew of us, but my name is not Harvey Bennett. I am King William of Cinnabar, and you two are now aboard the Dimensional Defense Vessel Enterprise," William said.

"My team and I travel to the various dimensions that exist in order to protect them from a force known as the A.I.C., or the Army of Inter-Universal Chaos," William continued. "To do so, we must find the person, persons or item that, when combined with their counterparts from the other 29 dimensions the A.I.C. are threatening, will form the only force that can defeat them once and for all."

Sofia stepped forward. "I am King William's wife, Queen Sofia," she said. "You, Major, and you, Batou, are those entities from this world."

Phineas nodded at Major and Batou. "I am Phineas Flynn, High Commander of the Scarlett Army," he said in introduction. "Please come with us while King William and his team discuss what to do next."

As Phineas and Tris led Major and Batou out of the cargo bay, Mal turned to the nearest E.R.I.N. audio pickup. "E.R.I.N., take us to Tactical Alert," she said. "Acknowledged, Mal," E.R.I.N. said.

As the Tactical Alert sirens began to blare, Mal turned to William. "That is, I presume, what you would have done, William?" she said. William smiled at Mal. "Exactly, Mal," William said as the six Rangers exited the cargo bay.

In the Observation Lounge, Mal sat in what had once been William's position at the head of the table. William and Sofia sat next to Major and Batou as Mal called the briefing to order. "Now that we know the A.I.C. is working with the remnants of Hanka Robotics' security forces, the discussion must shift to what we should do next," Mal said.

"Lady Mal, if we're to help you against this A.I.C. thing, we need to know everything we can about them," Major said.

"Allow me," E.R.I.N. said. "Major, I can jack you directly into the Enterprise's data core to supply you with the information on our past contacts with the A.I.C. All I need is your consent for the interface. Batou, Mal should be giving you a data pad with the necessary information."

As Mal handed Batou a data pad, Major took a breath. "My name is Major Motoko Kusanagi, and I give my consent," Major said. A panel slid open on the headrest of the chair Major sat in, allowing four cables to latch onto the input ports on Major's neck.

Major's eyes glowed as the information on the A.I.C. was uploaded into Major's brain. "Data upload complete," E.R.I.N. said. As soon as the normal color returned to Major's eyes, Major turned to William.

"King William, are you familiar with a team of warriors known as Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger?" Major asked. "I am," William said. "We've used their Megaforce Change Keys many times on this mission already." "Well then, are you familiar with a team known as Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave?" Major asked.

William shook his head "no." "Then, we must head back down to Section 9," Major said. "Something you need related to that team is there." "Then head back down there, we shall," William said.

::TBC::

Author's Note: Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave is the Japanese title for Power Rangers: Dino Force Brave, a co-production between Toei Company, Ltd. and Daewon Media, a South Korean company that owns the rights to Super Sentai in the country.

The series—an online-only sequel to Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (or Power Rangers: Dino Force as the series was retitled in South Korea [keep in mind that Power Rangers, in this case, is used as the name for Super Sentai's Korean dubs and is not related to the American Power Rangers])—only ran for twelve episodes and followed six South Korean characters as they fought a revived version of the villainous group from the original Kyoryuger using modified versions of the Kyoryuger powers.

Further details can be found via the "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave (a/k/a Power Rangers Dino Force Brave)" link in my profile on this website.