Author's Note: This update is long overdue. Hope you guys like it.
Trackstar Sentai Acceleranger
Chapter 3
Rocky Roads: Your Experience May Vary
After taking several hits from the Rangers the monster decided to up the ante and replicated itself into five beings. The Rangers took several steps back holding thier weapons out as the monsters walked towards them.
"Well...s#it out of the frying pan and into the fire wouldnt you say guys?" Kevin asked.
"Echo Echo would really come in handy right about now." Ben said getting back.
"Guys you know we're not exactly outnumbered here." Gwen told them.
"Good point but incase you havent noticed we're still fairly new at this." Kevin replied.
"How is this any different from the other guys we fought? Granted the replication thing is new but we did just fine with our regular powers." Gwen said. Kevin stopped retreating and comtemplated this.
"The girl has a point. All right then let's kick some ass." Kevin said twirling his sword. The monster laughed.
"You couldnt even handle one of me!" said the one in the center.
"I'm a learn on my feet kind of guy." Kevin smirked underneath his helmet.
The Black Ranger threw himself in the air with his saber drawn. The aliens opened fire on him as he came towards them. At that same time the rest of the team ambushed the copies.
"By the way thanks for showing me the original!" he yelled striking the middle one across the chest.
Blasts of energy from the other Rangers weapons flew across hitting the copies. The lead monster fell backward as Kevin twirled around and slashed him again across the chest. The monster staggered backward on its claws trying to get away from the Black Ranger as he charged up his sword.
"Formula Saber! Full Power!" he yelled sending out a downward slash.
A small explosion erupted from its chest injurying it. The monster cried out in pain as the rest of the copies vanished and the monster exploded at Kevin's feet. The Ranger celebrated and sheathed his blade.
"That's how we get it done." he said.
From around the corner Drayzar swore having seen the battle along with the rest of his people.
"Come on let's get out of here!" Ben said holstering his weapon. His teammates agreed and ran towards the ship.
"They're not getting away that easily!" Drayzar growled.
The alien general looked towards the charred remains of the villain. Bolts of lightning flew from his fingertips as they reanimated the chunks of debris that started to move. But Drayzar's power wasnt enough to resurrect the villain as one of his cronies took out a large cylindrical grenade.
"Allow me General!" he yelled and threw the bomb.
The grenade landed next to the remains and was charged with energy before detonating. The team looked back from the starship's entrance as the bomb went off. A large cloud of smoke filled the air as a giant pair of glowing eyes glared at them.
"Get us out of here!" yelled Gwen.
The explosion grew in intensity and blew the ship away from the space station. Kevin struggled to ignite the engine as they drifted in space. A second later the engine lit and evaded the station. At that same moment the remains of the monster raced towards the destroyed bay and entered space. As the space ship retreated, the chunks reformed and grew in size. The alien roared as he was reborn and was now a giant.
"You lousy punks! You think you can escape me?" his voice boomed.
"Floor it Kevin!" Gwen yelled.
"I'm giving her all she's got. But we cant warp yet!" Kevin said at the controls.
"He's going to attack!" Ben yelled.
The monster raised its arm and fired a blast of lightning from its claw.
"Kevin!" Gwen yelled.
"I know!" he yelled and diverted the blast as best he could.
The bolt of lightning sailed under the ship just barely missing it. The monster growled and took off after them.
"We have to do something about him!" said Ben.
"Ya think?" yelled Kevin.
"We need to get to the Zords its the only way we can stand a chance against him." Julie said.
"All right looks like we're about to get a crash course in zord battles." Ben said.
"Get to the vehicles I'll join you shortly." Kevin said still strapped in.
"Be careful Kevin." Gwen said touching his shoulder. He looked up at her.
"You too." he said.
The Blue Ranger raced to the back of the ship joining Ben and Julie. Inside the Zord Bay she climbed into her Mustang and shut the door. On the other side of her Ben straddled his bike while Julie got into her Eclipse and buckled up. The Rangers started their vehicles and wait for the door to open.
"Does anyone know what we're doing?" Ben asked.
"Just play it by ear like always." Gwen replied. Earning a chuckle from the Green and Pink Rangers.
"All right you guys ready?" Kevin said from the cockpit.
"We're ready." Gwen said revving the engine.
Kevin set up the auto-pilot and opened the bay door, a current of air filled the room as thier headlights shined. Kevin raced through the ship reaching the bay a second later. Gwen led the Nitrozords out as Kevin rode on the airstream reaching the Chevelle. The Black Ranger fought with the slipstream a bit getting into his ride and started it up before following Julie out. The Zords vaulted out the ship as their wheels turned. However nobody seemed to tell them that they need roads to run in order to be effective. But that didnt stop the Rangers as they directed their vehicles towards the attacking monster.
"Okay we're out what now?" asked Ben.
"Are you serious?" said Kevin.
"I mean we do have a plan right? We didnt just fly out here without really thinking about it?" joked Ben.
"Why is that different from any other time?" asked Kevin.
"You guys can we please focus on the fight?" Gwen responded.
"This is kind of fun." Julie added.
"Oh yeah, loads of fun." Kevin commented.
"Here we go!" Ben said as they flew towards the monster.
The alien opened fire on them as the cars skattered evading the blast between them. However there was little they could do as the cars floated around helplessly in space.
"Guys we gotta take it to Zord mode its the only way we can survive this." Kevin said.
"Okay how exactly do we do that?" Gwen asked.
"I'll let you know as soon as I figure that out." he admitted looking down at his controls.
"Guys its the first button behind the gear shift next to the Information Center." Julie told them.
"The what?" Kevin asked.
"The thing that tells you how fast your going." she said deadpanned.
"Oh...I knew that." he replied.
"Guys my gear shift is on the floor. Is that where everyone else's is located?" asked Gwen.
"Yep." said Julie.
"That's a 10-4." Kevin stated.
"Well if the thing's up here next to the speedometer then..." she trailed off.
"I guess just try it and see what happens." Kev shrugged.
Gwen pressed the button igniting the car's nitros and sent her barreling towards the monster. The Blue Ranger screamed as she flew towards its head and quickly disengaged the rockets causing it to stop just short of the monster. The being swung its claw at the Mustang and threatened to crush it when she fired it again and zipped right past his ear. Julie covered her mouthpiece in shock.
"That wasnt it." Kevin said.
"Gwen are you all right?" Ben asked.
"Yeah I'm fine just a little shaken. At least now we know how to steer them...more or less." she said.
"All right I'm going to try something else. Everyone try the button on the floor shift now!" he said pressing the button with his thumb.
A sudden surge raced through the black Chevelle as all systems came on line. Kevin hung on for dear life as the car charged up and in the next instant grew to Zord size. The monster growled in confusion as the car raced towards him, acting on instinct Kevin hit the button on the steering wheel and lasers fired out of the headlamps at the monster. A flurry of explosions raced from its chest as the beams hit and Kevin circled around him still firing.
"All right we know what to do now. You guys ready?" Julie said to Ben and Gwen.
"Ready!" yelled Gwen.
"Ready!" yelled Ben.
"Go!" she yelled pressing the button as Gwen hit hers in succession while Ben hit the on the throttle of his bike. In the next instant the vehicles were sheathed in blankets of light emerging in Zord form.
The Blue Mustang, Pink Eclipse and Green Kawasaki raced into battle. In zord form the area where Ben once rode was now under a canopy of opaque glass. And now rode in a small cockpit front and center under the dome in regular size like the others.
"Now let's see what this thing can really do." he said opening fire.
Bombarded on all sides by the Zords the monster shielded himself as his anger grew. Finding an opening Kevin rammed his zord into the monster's left side setting off sparks. The alien was enraged and let loose a lightning storm on the car and all the others, electrifying all the vehicles before slashing Kevin with its claws and knocking it away. The Black Chevelle rolled helplessly across the void as electricity continued to mess with its systems. Kevin held onto the ceiling as he tumbled through space yelling.
"This isnt getting us anywhere Cant we just form the Megazord?" Gwen said as her controls continued to spark.
"Without a Red Ranger we cant really do that. Will somebody catch me already? I'm getting airsick in here!" Kevin yelled as he continued to roll.
Graciously Julie manuvered her ride towards Kevin and brushed up against him stopping his space roll. Sparks flew inside her cockpit as thier cars came into contact.
Kevin groaned fighting to keep his lunch down as he recovered from the sommersaults.
"Are you all right?" Julie asked. The Black Ranger groaned and leaned to one side before doubling over.
"Ohhh...define all right." he stated. Julie looked on as the monster continued to fry Ben and Gwen's zords. She touched the side of her helmet to speak.
"Rangers we cant beat this guy in our current state. We need to retreat." she stated.
"Julie's right, if we cant form a Megazord we're no good against him." Ben said while the inside of his cockpit sparked.
"Hang on, I'm going to distract him. Everyone else get back to the ship." the Pink Ranger said positioning her zord behind the monster.
Julie hit the thrusters and rocketed towards him firing her lasers. The blasts hit the monster's back creating a large explosion breaking off his attack. Julie then rammed her Eclipse into the monster's back still firing getting his full attention. The villain whirled around as Kevin came at him firing at his chest and head. The alien raised its claw over his head undetered by the blast ready to swat Julie's zord. Kevin fired a full powered blast from his headlamps hitting the monster in the face while Julie made a break for it, still shooting at his side as she raced by. The Chevelle flew between the monster's legs while Ben, Gwen and Julie headed back towards the ship. Shapeshifting back to their regular size Ben and Gwen were the first ones to board with Julie close behind them and Kevin bringing up the rear. The monster had once again turned his attention back toward the ship and started chasing them. Gwen raced up to the bridge and readied it, though she didnt know anything about space ships. As Julie and Kevin headed back to the ship the monster was fastly approaching. Hitting the nitro Kevin caught up to Julie and the two boarded the ship after changing back to normal size.
With all the Rangers safely on board Kevin raced to the deck and set the ship on warp drive. Kevin collapsed into his chair and took off his helmet setting it beside him.
"Well that was a bust." he muttered.
"So much for our first Zord battle." Ben said deflated.
"At least we got out of there." Julie reminded. Gwen looked out the window across her shoulder as they left the battlefield.
"We should have never left the ship." Ben said.
"Its all my fault. If I hadnt suggested it, we probably would have been miles away by now." Julie said crestfallen.
"Technically we're lightyears...ow!" Kevin corrected before being elbowed by Gwen.
Ben touched Julie's shoulder and lightly grasped her chin with his remaining hand gently turning her eyes towards him.
"Dont blame yourself. We were going to pilot those things eventually. We just need more experience." he assured her. A small smile formed on her face.
"Now that we're finally out of there. We should probably focus on finding the Omnitrix again." Kevin stated.
"He's right with all the time we've wasted the Negative 10 could very well have it by now." Gwen added. Her cousin turned his attention towards them and stood up and made his way to the front.
"Kevin do we have any way of tracking the Omnitrix?" he asked leaning over his shoulder.
"Yeah I mean I'm not totally familar with this tech but I should be able to bring something up." he said working the controls. After a few seconds of typing he finally got something.
"Got it." he said bringing up a holographic globe infront of him. A small red dot appeared on the upper left corner of the globe locating it.
"Its in the Wolf's Head Galaxy, also known as the M51 Galaxy." Kevin said pointing at the blip.
"Get us there." Ben ordered. The Black Ranger nodded and typed in the coordinates as they traveled through the wormhole.
Author's Note: Well, shoot sorry this isnt really my best work. I started this chapter a long time ago and have taken forever to update it. Actually this may not have been as bad as I thought. Still how many other people are giong to tackle this sort of thing? Let me know what you think of it.
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