Kekejo099-Glad you liked it, thanks for reading.

Fallingstar22-Likewise I'm glad you're enjoying it. Don't worry I got a little bit more planned for Tenaya and Dillon before everything comes together when they realize on how they are connected.

AN: Everyone I like to say again, thanks for reading. Power Rangers does not belong to me.

Chapter 7: Divide And Conquer Part 2

By Screech04

"Turbo Cannon!" A voice yelled out as the entrance to the cave that led to the Alphabet Soup technology dumping ground glowed a bright orange as multiple figures jumped out from the entrance. The robot that referred to himself as Kilobyte was the first to jump out and was followed by Flynn, Summer, and Ziggy already morphed into their Ranger bio-suits.

"Zip Charger!" Summer followed as the little yellow remote bounced back and forth as Kilobyte swatted at it multiple times before finally scoring a hit and the tiny car smashed into a tree.

"Turbo Axe!" Ziggy swung his axe twice in diagonal slashes towards the Venjix general. Two emerald colored energy waves burst out of the axe and flew towards Kilobyte's direction.

"You Rangers have no concept of proper etiquette." Kilobyte sighed as he effortlessly deflected away Ziggy's attacks with his sword. "I come with a proper greeting and you attack me." He continued as he brought out his rifle blaster and fired at each of the Rangers, knocking each of them back.

"Hey you forgot-." Came Gem's voice as he came running out of the cave fully morphed followed by his sister Gemma.

"-About us." Gemma finished as they leaped into the air with their Cloud Hatchets to make a downward strike on Kilobyte. The general brought up his rifle to block off the twins' attacks and countered by slashing the both of them across the sides with his sword.

"Oh don't worry, I was going to come for you two next." Kilobyte replied as he rubbed the top of his head and smirked.

"Let's get him!" Flynn shouted as he charged forward and switched to his Nitro Sword.

"Ranger Series Blue, Yellow, and Green. Disengage yourselves from the battle and return to the city." Dr. K's voice ordered through their morpher. "Leave the Venjix general to Gem and Gemma."

"The lad and lass can't take him on by themselves, that's a risk to their lives." Flynn pointed out as he watched Gem and Gemma switch off in dueling Kilobyte with their hatchets and his sword.

"I well aware of the risks Ranger Blue, but the military won't be able to last much longer against Venjix's Magnet Bot. You three need to be there to aid them." Dr. K replied.

"But can we take it on? Last time it took not only us, but Scott and Dillon as well." Ziggy put in.

"It will have to be the three of you. Ranger Red is directly not responding to any calls I am sending to him and I am still having difficulties in establishing any sort of communication with Ranger Black. The Magnet Bot has moved into the downtown district, you need to hurry."

"Right Gem and Gemma can take care of Kilobyte. Ziggy think you can teleport us downtown?" Summer asked Ziggy.

"You got it." Ziggy replied back. Both Flynn and Summer grabbed hold of Ziggy as he closed his eyes in concentration and pressed the switch on his morpher. In an instant, they flashed away in a splash of green energy.

"Teleport successful." Dr. K observed as she saw that Ranger Green, Blue, and Yellow's signals disappeared from the mountain range and instantly reappeared in Corinth's downtown district close to where the Magnet Bot was. "Gem and Gemma, you are clear to fully engage."

"Thanks Dr. K we were-" Gem started as he charged forward.

"-Wondering when you would say that." Gemma finished following behind her twin.

"Slash Mode!" Gem yelled as he swung his weapon outward and become engulfed in flames as he ran forward and engaged Kilobyte in a vicious acrobatic combination of slashes and parries. At first he was able to easily counter the Gold Ranger's strikes, but was starting to fall back as the increased power from the Ranger's weapon was making him falter.

"Your like little annoying gnats." Kilobyte sneered as he parried the Gold Ranger's next strike which sent him stumbling back. The general took the opportunity as he slashed him across the chest and immediately spun around and raised his rifle blaster, shooting the Silver Ranger as she tried to make an aerial attack on him from behind. He watched with glee as the Silver Ranger spun out of control and crashed right on top of her Gold colored counterpart.

"This is going to be tougher-" Gem gasped as he helped Gemma back onto her feet.

"-than we thought." Gemma agreed as she took a few deep breaths.

(Venjix Palace)

Dillon was laying on what he considered the world's most uncomfortable bed. It was a just a metal slab jutting out from the wall and not even having his hands on the back of his head brought much comfort. Heck even for the short time in that he was in Corinth's prison, the cots there were more comfortable than what he was laying back on now. He thought back to earlier when Tenaya came into his cell and demanded of him to fix his pocket watch, just so she could hear the melody play on it. Confusion came to Dillon's mind as he pondered on what significant importance the watch would have for Tenaya 7. All he knew now was that he needed to get out of this cell.

"It's lunch time." General Crunch announced as he opened the cell door to Subject D44's cell and walked in holding a bowl.

"What is it?" Dillon asked sitting up, not really interested in what it was. He was more interested in noting that the Venjix bot failed to close the cell door behind him.

"I believe you humans call it chicken noodle." Crunch looked down at the bowl then back at the hybrid.

"What no crackers?" Dillon raised an eyebrow.

"Cracker, what's a cracker?" Crunch asked back, twisting back and forth as droplets of soup spilled on the floor from his twisting.

"Never mind." Dillon shrugged then a smirk grew on his face as the cell door was still open. "Hey want to play a game?"

"Ooooooooooh! I love games, which game?" Crunch laugh as\he dropped the soup bowl and clapped his hands excitedly. The bowl's contents spilling all over the cell's floor.

"Ever heard of hide and seek?" Dillon asked.

"Uh…no…" Crunch replied poking his head in confusion, "How'd you play?"

"One person goes to hide, and the other counts to ten then has to seek them out and catch them before the hider reaches the safe zone." Dillon returned.

"Yeah ha ha ha. Let's play!" Crunch clapped his hands again.

"Okay so I'll hide and you'll seek." Dillon smiled.

"Right, I count to ten. One…two…." Crunch started then stopped when Dillon held up his hand.

"You have to count with your eyes closed." He told the robot.

"That sounds hard, but I'll try." Crunch replied as he held his hands over his eyes. "One…two…three…four…"

"Oh yeah and you have to say 'Ready or not, here I come' once you finish counting." Dillon stood up and walked past him to leave the cell.

"Right…oh now you made me lose count. One…two…" Crunch started again. Dillon grinned as he stepped out of the cell and pressed a button on the nearby keypad that closed and locked the cell's door.

"Nine…ten…ready or not, here I come." Crunch ran forward only to run headfirst into the door, opening his eyes he saw he was locked in the cell and the Black Ranger was standing outside. "Hey! You tricked me!" Crunch pouted.

"Maybe so, not my fault you left the cell door wide open when you came in." Dillon replied with a smile as he turned and ran off. The corridors all looked the same and he wasn't even sure he was going the right way, for all he knew he could end up back in Venjix's main chamber. He paused and hid behind a corner as a patrol of Grinders came walking past with no notice to him.

In the main chamber room Venjix, Tenaya 7, and General Shifter were watching the Power Rangers face off against the Magnet Bot and Kilobyte. Tenaya smiled when she saw the Blue, Green, and Yellow Rangers were pulled in by their weapons' magnetic properties then throw away like rag dolls by the Magnet Bot. On the other screen it showed the Gold and Silver Rangers repeatedly countering Kilobyte's offensive, secretly Tenaya was hoping those two would win so she wouldn't have to put with Kilobyte anymore. She was brought out of watching the battles when two Grinders came running into the chamber, both were raising their arms rapidly and their heads were looking back at each other then at Venjix then at each other again repeatedly.

"Hmmm they say that the Black Ranger escaped from his cell and that Crunch is locked inside of it instead." Shifter made out what the Grinders were trying to tell them.

"He must not be allowed to escape, Tenaya 7 you will…" Venjix started.

"Yeah yeah I got it." Tenaya gave a wave of her hand that she understood what Venjix was trying to get across and motioned for the pair of Grinders to follow her. She walked down the halls until she reached the cell and saw that Crunch was stuck inside, rolling her eyes she punched in the code on the keypad to open the door. "How did he get out?"

"Well…you see…we…we were playing…a game…" Crunch mumbled.

"What game?" She growled out.

"Hide and seek…" He mumbled. Her eyes widened at this, of course with such an idea for a childish game that Subject D44 would easily be able to fool the childish mind of General Crunch.

"You two, find him now!" She shouted to the two Grinders that had been following her.

"What about me?" Crunch asked.

"You? You can stay here." Tenaya snapped as she stepped out of the cell and input the code to lock the cell door. She then raised her blaster and shot the keypad turning it into nothing more then a smoldering mess of sparkling wires and burning debris, effectively leaving Crunch stuck inside the cell.

"Hey come on, you can't leave me in here!" Crunch complained, but his plea fell on deaf ears as Tenaya turned and simply walked away on her own search for the Black Ranger.

(Corinth City Downtown)

"You know this is getting really old." Ziggy groaned as he picked himself up from the ground after being pulled and then tossed across a parking lot by Venjix's Magnet Bot.

"I'd hate to admit it, but the lad's right." Flynn pitched in as he dived out of the way as the robot fired magnetic blasts of energy.

"We have to keep fighting." Summer exclaimed as she managed to get a few shots in with her blaster before feeling herself be pulled in by the robot then tossed away again.

"Turbo Cannon, fire!" Flynn yelled as he fired his weapon at the attack bot. The projectiles hit their mark as the bot was sent flying back, hitting the side of a brick wall.

"I got it from here." Summer jumped up next to him as she started to channel energy around her into the palms of her hands. "Energy Blast!" She cried and threw her hands forward releasing the built up energy in a concentrated blast. The Venjix bot flew back again, going straight through the brick wall.

"I'm up next." Flynn brought out his Nitro Sword and activated his time freezing powers. He charged and jumped around and over the bot, slicing it with his weapon each time he made a pass. Once the ten seconds were up, the robot recoiled from every hit it took when it was frozen. It stood up and glared as sparks emanated from its body and one of its arms was hanging loosely from its arm socket.

"Turbo Axe!" Ziggy brought up his axe and threw it with all his might, it started glow green with energy as it gained momentum from being thrown. "I'd say that's a direct hit." Ziggy chuckled as he saw that his weapon had embedded itself into the Magnet Bot's head. The bot made a low growling noise as it fell back and exploded into a burning pile of debris.

"Dr. K, we've taken care of the attack bot." Flynn spoke into his morpher.

"Affirmative Ranger Blue, I've managed to reestablish a link on Ranger Red's position. I'm sending the coordinates to you now. I must digress you must hurry, I believe Scott won't be able to last much longer." Dr. K's voice replied through the morpher.

"And Dillon?" Summer asked.

"Ranger Series Black is still off the radar, I still have not been able to link a connection with him. Ranger Red's survival is a bigger priority Ranger Yellow, you and the rest of the team have to help him."

"Roger." Summer looked over to Flynn and Ziggy. "Come on, Scott needs our help."

(Elsewhere)

"What will everyone in this city think when one of their precious Rangers attacks one of their own." Cog replied with a smirk growing on his face.

"What do you mean?" Scott growled at seeing Professor Cog's growing smirk.

"I mean this Red." Cog held up a hand and a holographic screen popped out of it. Scott saw himself on the screen entering the control tower with a Grinder. He saw Vasquez go for her firearm and he watched in shock as he watch himself bring up his Nitro Blaster and blast Vasquez in the side. Scott gritted his teeth as he knew that Professor Cog was telling the truth, he had shot Vasquez and so he would look guilty to the people of Corinth.

"You're going to pay for this Cog." Scott growled darkly as he charged the professor. However the robot was quicker as he turned and swung low knocking Scott off of his feet. He grunted in pain when he felt one of Cog's feet slam down onto his chest and kept him trapped to the ground.

"Want to know something else Ranger Red?" Cog smiled. "At the battle where you defended your precious city a year ago, I was the one piloting the drone that shot you down. I was the one who robbed you your brother. Maybe now you'll be able to reunite with him." Scott struggled futilely as he saw Cog raise his arm, shifted it into what looked like a big arm sized drill bit. It started rotating and the robot threw his arm down. Scott closed his eyes as waited for the end to come to him.

"Not today." A voice called and he opened his eyes and saw a green light flash over his eyes. Scott looked up and saw blue sky the next minute.

"Argh!" Professor Cog growled as soon as he saw that he was drilling into rock and pavement.

"I am glad you guys are here." Scott greeted his team then turned to Cog. "Your time is done Cog, let's do it guys! Combine weapons!" He yelled as Flynn and Summer joined in adding their weapons to Scott's Street Saber. "Engine cells, activate!" They aimed the weapon at the professor. "Target Locked! Fire!" They all called.

"No matter what Red, they are going to hate you." Professor Cog yelled as he felt his body start to come apart from the Rangers' attack and fell back before combusting into a fiery explosion.

(Sulfred Mountain Range)

Colonel Truman and Corporal Hicks were driving ahead in a jeep while a troop transport truck was following behind them. They recently had gotten a signal from an anonymous source and Truman instantly realized that Dr. K was hiding out at the Alphabet Soup dumping ground and ordered a platoon to join him in case they encountered any resistance.

"Hicks, stop the vehicle!" Truman ordered as Hicks pulled the vehicle to a stop and motioned for the truck behind them to stop.

"Sir over there." Hicks pointed off in one direction and Truman trained his gaze on where Hicks was pointing to. Off in the distance he could see Dr. K's Gold and Silver Rangers fighting against a Venjix robot.

"Ahh perfect timing." Kilobyte announced as he saw the Corinth soldiers coming in their direction. "As much as I want this to go on, I must take my leave." He fired his rifle blaster at the ground and disappeared amidst the dirt brought up by the robot's blaster shot. Truman marched up to the Ranger twins.

"Where is Dr. K?" He asked them.

"We don't know, our guess is-" Gemma started.

"-as good as yours." Gem finished.

"Stop with the games! Tell me where Dr. K is now!" Truman yelled.

"It's alright Gem and Gemma. Lead them to the cave." Dr. K's voice came from the twins' morphers. Gem and Gemma looked at each other and shrugged and turned and started walking back towards the cave with Truman and Hicks following them. When they got inside, Dr. K stood up from where she was working.

"Colonel Truman." She greeted.

"Dr. K." He returned with a near emotionless tone of voice.

(Venjix Palace)

"Oh geez." Dillon grumbled as he dived out of the way as a pair of Grinders appeared in front of him and fired in his direction. He could hear the footsteps of at least three more following behind him. He turned a corner and ran into what he could only guess was an examination room, turning around to lock the door behind him. There was a few tables with computer consoles on each one of them, on the opposite end of the room was another locked door. On one of them rested his morpher, the engine cell that goes with it, and his pocket watch.

"Spread out! Shoot to disable, not destroy!" Tenaya 7's voice could be heard booming outside of the room. The whirling of Grinders at the door told him that he was found, Dillon turned and grabbed his morpher.

"Doc? Doc are you there?" Dillon asked, but the only response he got was static. "Summer? Summer can you read me?" He tried again, once again the answer he got was only static. "Great, now what?" Dillon growled as he grabbed his engine cell and watch, he turned and ran towards the door on the other end of the room and pressed the open key for the door. The door opened and he ran back out into the hallways of the palace. A Grinder immediately spotted him and fired its blaster at his legs in an attempt to disable him.

"Oh no you don't!" He muttered as he ran towards the Grinder and ripped the blaster from its hands and then drove the tip of it into the robot's head. He kept on running until he reached what appeared to be hangar of some sorts. The Drones that Venjix used for aerial attacks were clamped along shelves on the wall, while the motorcycles the Grinders used for perimeter patrols were lined in orderly fashion in a row. "Better than nothing." Dillon exclaimed as he got onto of one and started it up, noticing the front gate was locked he pressed the trigger on the cycle's right handle. A red laser blasted out of the front of the motorcycle leaving a good sized hole in the gate.

"You're not going anywhere, Venjix has plans with you." Tenaya's voice came from behind him. He turned around and saw her pointing her hand blaster in his direction.

"You know I am really getting tired of the whole point the blaster at me thing. So why don't you just get it over with." He retorted back to her as he got off the bike and walked up to her.

"Not a bad idea Ranger Black." She growled as he grabbed the him and shoved him against a nearby wall with her blaster pressing hard against his neck. Despite all the irritation and annoyance she felt for the hybrid, she couldn't find it in herself to fire. Sighing she released him and stepped back. "Go on, get out of here."

"You're letting me go?" Dillon asked, clearly surprised.

"I said get out of here! Before I change my mind." She shouted at him, wondering herself on why she was sparing him. This assignment that Venjix gave her concerning Subject D44 was becoming more trouble than it was worth. First it was simple enough with playing mind tricks on him by saying she was his long lost sister, but other complications such as Kilobyte and the melody from the pocket watch. Tenaya wasn't so sure she could pull this assignment off. She turned and walked out of the hangar leaving the Black Ranger to his own thoughts.

"Weird." He commented on it as get back on the bike and started it up, giving it a few good revs before pushing on the acceleration and zooming out of the Venjix Palace and into the open wasteland desert.

Well another chapter finished, what'd you guys think? The next upcoming chapter will conclude this whole 'Divided Ranger/Professor Cog' mini arc that began in Chapter 4 and the chapters after that will have some special guests appearing in the RPM universe. Once again let me know of what you guys thought of this chapter, and thanks for reading.