Disclaimer: Still don't own Power Rangers.
A/N: Here's a longer than normal
chapter for no real reason. Enjoy. Thanks again for all the reviews!
"David...please. This has gone too far out of control. Please stop. I don't...I don't want people to get hurt."
"Trini...I'm sorry, but..."
But what?
What happened next?
Trini slowly opened her eyes, looking around. She was in a dark, cold room. Then she looked ahead and saw the steel bars. Oh, God. She was in a prison cell. She tried to move, but found herself unable to. Looking up she saw that her arms were chained to the wall above her head. She wasn't going anywhere.
Where am I? What happened? The last thing I remember was walking into David's house...did he...?
"Welcome, Yellow Ranger!" the booming, evil voice of Lord Zedd filled the entire room. Trini looked back to her cell door to see the Emperor of Evil himself standing on the other side of the bars. Fear instantly took place in her. She had never been alone with Lord Zedd. Alone and unable to fight, even. But she wouldn't show her fear. That's what he wanted.
"So you are the one behind this!" Trini screamed the accusation with rage. "What have you done to David! Break the spe-"
"David isn't one of us, human!" Zedd interrupted with a louder scream. "We just happen to share the common interest of wanting to see the destruction of the Power Rangers! He agreed to give you to us in order to keep you out of action. After all, it's much easier for us to hide you from your friends than it is for him."
"My friends will rescue me! Just wait and see!" Trini bravely shouted back.
"I'm sure. It's been over one Earth week, fool. They still think he has you. And a four person Ranger team isn't one of fearsome and untold power, either. They're lucky I'm so busy with some other projects, or they would already be dead." Zedd laughed.
"Other projects?" Trini asked curiously. They would rescue her, she knew it. She wanted as much information as possible. Anything would do. Still, the fact that she had been out for a week scared her. She assumed that there had been some sort of magic spell to keep her asleep that long, but was wondering what her other friends and family were thinking...
"Suffice it to say, your Ranger friends will meet quite an elaborate demise. I'm not calling off such an ingenious plan just because of these events, too much work has gone in to it. Soon, ALL the Power Rangers, no matter what side, will be defeated!!!" Zedd roared triumphantly as he turned and stormed out of the cell block, satisfied with ending the conversation on that note. Trini just leaned her head back against the rock wall, noticing for the first time just how hungry and thirsty she was, hoping she would at least be fed soon.
Billy slowly walked through the hallways of the office building, pointing his gun into every doorway he passed. He had lost David when he entered the building, but didn't think he could have gone that far. The beeping of his communicator startled him a bit. Keeping a firm grip on both his lance and his pistol, he pushed the button to turn it on with a free finger, never lowering the gun, though.
"Billy," he whispered into it as he continued walking.
"Billy, it's Tommy!" the team leader's voice answered. "You have to get out of there, news reports show the SWAT team is storming the building!"
Billy looked around uneasily, but realized he couldn't risk getting anyone hurt. Besides, he might not be able to handle them on his own. "Alright. I'm pulling out."
Before he could do anything else, though, an air vent was kicked straight downwards onto his head, knocking him over and making him drop his weapons. David quickly dropped down from the vent, kicking the pistol away as Billy reached for it. As the Blue Ranger instead tried to get to his feet, David grabbed him with both hands by the helmet, and hurled him sideways into a wall. The force was so great that Billy ended up going straight through the wall, and rolled to his feet inside the small office on the other side. David came charging through it full speed, but Billy quickly dove to the side and ran back out into the hallway, picking up his lance. David came running back out that hole in the wall again, ready to kill, but quickly ducked as Billy swung his lance over his head. Billy took that opportunity and leaped backwards, making his lance vanish as he picked up his pistol and opened fire on David.
David quickly rolled to his feet and sprinted down another hallway, dodging all the shots. Billy was in hot pursuit, and turned the corner firing another shot at David. David ducked into a nearby room, pulling out his Dragon Dagger as Billy shot out a window at the end of the hallway. David stepped out of the room, back into the hall, and released an energy blast right down the hallway into Billy. The force knocked Billy off his feet, launching his pistol from his hands as he slammed through a wall. David turned and ran the other way, jumping out the window Billy had just shot out and leaped across the street to the other building. Billy was on his feet in a heartbeat, not taking the time to look for his pistol since he knew it would disappear when he unmorphed. Instead, he took off in a sprint after David, leaping into the other building after him. He wasn't going to lose him this time.
The Firebird Thuderzord ripped through the skies at an incredible speed, with the Red Ranger standing on its right wing.
"You alright out there, Hero?" Kimberly called through the communicator for the twentieth time. She didn't like flying with him standing out there, but he had insisted it would make things faster.
"Doing fine, Firebird, just relax." Jason answered, smiling at his nickname. He and Kim had a lot of nicknames for each other, it was just one of their little things. That one was probably his favorite, though. Dammit! Focus, Jason!
"We're closing in on the city. Zack! Do you read us!?" Kimberly said into the communicator again, hoping they weren't too late.
"Boy, I needed a miracle!" the Black Ranger answered. "I'm down on 5th Avenue! Taking a beating! Need assistance now!"
"I'm on my way!" Kimberly responded as the Firebird entered the city at a breakneck speed. "Dropping Jason off to get Billy, just hold on!" She spotted the building Zordon told them Billy and David were in, and nodded, gripping her controls tighter while taking a deep breath. She didn't like this idea at all. This was so dangerous. If she did anything wrong, Jason was dead. Deep breath...deep breath...
Kimberly neared the building, and immediately pulled a hard left and back. The result was the Firebird barrel rolling to the left and turning upwards. In the process of the roll, the Red Ranger was launched straight off the wings and towards the building.
Jason slammed into the glass window, going through it as if it were just air. He hit the floor hard and rolled to his feet, trying to contain his excitement. Nothing gave you an adrenaline rush quite like being launched off a Zord like that. Now wasn't the time, though. He raised his communicator, pressing the button that began a transmission. "Great work, Kim!" he called into it. "I'm in."
Kim breathed a huge sigh of relief, and finally loosened her grip on the controls. "Good." She answered, wanting to tell him how there was no way she would ever do that again. "Good luck," she said instead, and piloted the Firebird above the skyscrapers, spotting the Dragonzord quite easily. She brought the Firebird down, pressing the triggers on her controls, firing her main lasers at the Green Ranger's Zord. The Dragonzord aimed upwards and fired its own missiles upwards at Kimberly as she passed overhead.
Zack seized that opportunity, and activated his boosters, charging at the Dragonzord from behind. The Dragonzord saw it coming, though, and with a powerful swing of its tail, sent the Lion rolling into a building nearby.
"Zack! I'm hit!" Kimberly called into the communicator, trying to figure out just where the missiles had hit. All she knew was staying it the air was suddenly quite a chore.
"We can't fight it! We have to keep moving!" Zack responded, already piloting his Zord down a street, with the Dragonzord following after him. Kimberly struggled with the controls some more, bringing the Firebird higher into the air.
Jason slowly walked through the office building, disturbed that there were no sounds of battle. There were, however, plenty of signs of one. Knocked out walls, burn marks, and lots of dents everywhere. No sign of the Green or Blue Rangers, though. Suddenly, Jason saw something that caught his eye. He bent down and picked up Billy's blade blaster, looking it over. Why did he leave it here?
"You seem to be confused, Red Ranger," a female voice said from behind him. Jason would recognize it anywhere. Scorpina, another of the Rangers' sworn enemies.
Jason turned with lightning reflexes, converting Billy's blade blaster to it's pistol mode while pulling his own out and switching it to it's knife mode. Before Scorpina could figure out what was going on, she was slammed into a wall and held there with a knife at her throat and a pistol right underneath her mouth.
"Where's Billy?" Jason asked simply, not wanting to waste anytime with the usual sarcastic pleasantries.
"You should be more worried about the other one." Scorpina said with a grin. With that said, the Red Ranger wouldn't think about killing her.
"Trini!? Tell me where she is!" Jason demanded, even more furious.
"Let me go and I'll think about it." Scorpina suggested.
Jason wasn't about to fall for it. "Tell me or I'll..."
Gunfire interrupted him. Down on the other end of the hall, a small SWAT unit had found them, and opened fire. Scorpina kicked Jason away quickly, and ducked into a small office. Jason dove the other way, rolling into another hallway while converting the other blade blaster to its pistol mode. He knew he had to think fast here. Those SWAT guys were persistent, and he wouldn't hurt them. They were innocent. Technically. Still, the gunfire wasn't helping things. Raising both blasters, Jason opened fire on the wall at the end of the hallway, blasting it away and exposing Scorpina's hiding place. Scorpina pulled out her crescent blade and slashed out the window, jumping upwards and began scaling the building. Jason took off in a sprint, rolling across the hallway the SWAT team was moving down and into the office, and leaped out after Scorpina, climbing after her.
Scorpina jumped to the roof, and looked around. She had to get out of here, this had been a mistake. Zedd had told her not to interfere, but she had wanted to get involved so badly. It looked like so much fun. The sound of a helicopter roaring overhead shook her from her thoughts.
"Freeze! You are under arrest!" a voice called through the PA system. Scorpina noticed the guns trained on her already. They obviously didn't expect her to comply. She held back her crescent blade, preparing to throw it at the helicopter when two blaster shots connected with her, throwing her backwards. Scorpina quickly rolled to her feet to see the Red Ranger standing on the other end of the skyscraper, with both his pistols pointed right at her.
Jason looked up at the Apache helicopter with annoyance. These guys weren't going to give up. They had their guns trained on him by now, too. He didn't like this at all, he wasn't sure he could battle Scorpina while dodging fire from all those MP5s up there. If he so much as flinched by now, though, they would surely open up on him. Just as he was about to take that risk, however, the helicopter burst into a huge explosion, and went crashing to the streets below.
"Shit!!!" Jason yelled as he ran to the edge and looked down to see the damage, Scorpina completely forgotten. There were too many casualties, more than they had ever allowed in the past. With him in charge, he took all the blame.
"I wanted a fair fight, Red Ranger," a deep voice called from behind him. Not Scorpina's voice at all. Goldar.
Jason spun and raised both blasters again, one trained on Scorpina and one Goldar, who was now standing right next to Scorpina. "Goldar! What are you doing here?" he yelled in rage.
"Like I said, I wanted a fair fight. They would have been in the way. It's just us now," Goldar answered as he raised his sword.
Jason took a step backwards, but he was running out of room. "Two on one. Not exactly even teams, Goldilocks," he snapped back, still holding the pistols on them both.
Goldar just shrugged as he turned to Scorpina and nodded. She simply nodded back, and the two of them charged forwards at Jason.
David landed inside the opposite building and quickly rolled to his feet. He turned to see the Billy land right behind him, so he quickly threw a punch with his left hand as he approached. Billy landed at a roll and ducked under it, and came up with a powerful kick to David's gut. David was caught off guard by the strike, and was thrown backwards down the hallway, stumbling into closed elevator doors. As the Blue Ranger neared him, David slammed his hand into the down button. Billy made it to David, and opened up a flurry of punches, all which David blocked with little trouble until the elevator opened behind him. David threw his knee into Billy's stomach, knocking him back a few steps. David then stepped backwards into the elevator, mashing the button to a random floor. Looking up he saw Billy charging in for a tackle. The Green Ranger sidestepped and grabbed the Blue Ranger, slamming him hard into the elevator's wall, leaving him completely dazed. In the meantime, David leaped out the closing doors, leaving Billy inside as the elevator brought him downstairs.
A very satisfied David stepped back, smiling and taking a deep breath, but his moment of pride was short lived. About fifteen seconds later the Blue Ranger exploded from the floor, lance in hand, and took a swing at the him. David ducked under it, throwing out his leg and tripping him. Billy hit the ground hard, and quickly tried to get back on his feet. The Green Ranger wasn't about to give him a second of breathing room, however, and threw a hard kick to Billy's stomach while he was still down, launching him through the door that led to the stairs. Billy quickly looked up to see David leaping at him, so he quickly rolled aside. Unfortunately, he hadn't been entirely aware of his surroundings, and ended up rolling down the stairs until he hit another flat area. Stumbling to his feet, he held his lance ready as David cupped his hands by his side, forming a glowing green energy orb in them. The Green Ranger leaped down the stairs, thrusting the energy orb into Billy at point blank. Billy stabbed at it in midair as it closed in on him, causing a massive explosion.
An unmorphed Billy slammed hard into the wall behind him, while David was thrown, unmorphed, to the top of the stairs. Their morphers landed on the stairs between the two of them. Billy stumbled to his feet, the agility and power of the Blue Ranger now absent in him as he reached for the nearest morpher, hoping it was his. David, however, was still a powerful threat when unmorphed. He leaped straight down the stairs in a jump kick, hitting Billy square in the chest and sending him into the wall. Billy hit the wall hard, knocking the wind out of him as he fell to the ground. David quickly picked up both morphers and jumped over Billy, running for the next set of stairs. He was done with this battle, he had what he needed. Billy grabbed his foot in midair, pulling it and sending David rolling down the stairs. As Billy stumbled back to his feet, he took off after David, but David was practically leaping down the stairs. Billy just couldn't keep up. David reached the bottom and ran out the door, quickly disappearing into the crowd of people still running in the streets. Billy quickly began to fight his way through the crowd as well, but it was too late. David was gone.
Hope it was good. My action chapters seem to naturally turn out longer than anything else, because that's what I really enjoy writing. Anyway, let me know what you think!