DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN POWER RANGERS
Here comes the 5th dose of complete and utter craziness for you all to (hopefully) enjoy.
I'd like to say BIG thanks to all my reviewers so far; Knightwood, Harry2, Blueberry Blaster, pinkrangersforever, AnimeJunkieGrrl, PhinalPhantasy, darknessmoon89, Space Pirate Trooper, Blazing Gryphon, Luthiem Vardamir, SSJ-Jolt, Terrific Tina and xquisittexabie. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
"Doggie?" Kat addressed the Commander hopefully as he stood in front of them; wearing a hideous pink, flowery dress in the place of his SPD uniform and twirling on the spot to get a good look at himself.
"Does this color suit me?" he asked in an unnaturally high voice, "Or do I need to go a shade lighter?" he posed; one foot in front of the other, calmly waiting for a response.
Having got over the initial shock, it didn't take much of Kat's intelligent mind to figure out that the unknown substance and the Commander had met. In fact, the situation was now highly amusing as the feline struggled to keep a straight face.
Bridge still giggled like a small girl, before crouching to the floor and running off to the Rec room on all fours. His latest curious behavior sparked the interests of both Sky and Z as they chased after the Green Ranger excitedly.
"Doggie, I really think that you should wait he-..." Kat began, before the Commander skipped away down the corridor, "..here," she sighed as she resentfully chased after Cruger.
Jack meanwhile, had now managed to climb into one of the storage cupboards underneath the control panels in the Command Center. Unfortunately though, he had squashed himself so far in that he couldn't actually get out. "Heeelp!"
Syd rushed to the aid of the Red Ranger and poked her head inside the cupboard, "What are you doing in here? It doesn't look like fun..."
"I can't get out," Jack whimpered, almost on the verge of tears.
"I'll help!" the Pink Ranger grabbed hold of Jack's arm enthusiastically and tugged...
Nothing.
She pulled harder...
Nothing. Not even the slightest budge.
After looking around for any object with the potential to free Jack from his predicament; Syd failed to find anything. Instead, her eyes rested on the cupboard wall in front of her. With zero amount of grace, the Pink Ranger made sure she had a firm grasp on Jack, before placing one of her feet on the side of the cupboard and then the other so that she was now balanced in mid-air with only the Red Ranger for support.
Now using both her arms and legs as leverage, Syd pulled with all of her might; much to the raised eyebrows of several passing cadets as Jack's frame shifted slightly towards her. Grinning at her success, the Pink Ranger tugged persistently, until...
CRASH!
Jack's sudden release caused Syd to let go of him and his weight promptly sent her flying into the center console.
"Oops..."
"Doggie?" Kat called down the corridor. The Commander had disappeared completely out of sight somewhere in the basement and had not been seen since. This would have been fine, had that part of the building not been home to the weapons storage facilities...and the containment card storage rooms...
The feline's ears twitched at the sound of movement somewhere ahead and she proceeded forwards to a large door that was guarded by two armed SPD officers. "Have you seen the Commander at all?" she asked.
"Yes ma'am, he went inside about five minutes ago," answered one of the guards as he gestured towards the door with his rifle.
"Thankyou," Kat stepped between the pair and entered her security clearance code into the keypad adjacent to the door. A small green bulb lit up in confirmation and the door hissed open.
"There you are!" her eyes immediately fell on Cruger, who was stood by the back wall, where the top-security items were housed behind a sheet of reinforced glass and steel.
"Look what I found!" Cruger beamed as he held out a small object towards Kat.
Her eyes narrowed in confusion as she reached out, "What is-..." Kat's expression rapidly changed to one of worry and panic as she stared at the item. Cruger decided to make good his escape as he bounded away and out of the door, still wearing the pair of curtains otherwise known as a dress.
Kat left the room, her eyes never leaving the empty containment card in her hand. "This is not good..."
"Is everything alright ma'am?" one of the guards voiced his concern as he strode over.
Kat sighed. Running the Base was evidently not anywhere near the top of Cruger's thought list at the minute, and neither was escaped criminals for that matter. "We have a top security prisoner on the loose," she explained as the other guard joined his colleague, "And she can't be allowed to get away...we need to secure the Base; you have full authorization to start emergency lockdown."
"Yes ma'am!" the guards saluted and sprang into action, running in the direction of the escalator which would take them to the ground floor. Kat followed, but instead headed for the Command Center where she rapidly opened all communication links, "B-Squad to the Command Center! This is a Power Rangers emergency." After a brief pause, she addressed the rest of the Base. "Attention all cadets and personnel, please make your way to the safety zones, this is not a training exercise."
The sound of hurrying feet through the adjacent corridors indicated that the message had been taken onboard, although Kat's confidence in the Rangers showing up anytime soon was not the highest.
"The Base is fully secure ma'am." the voice of one of the security guards rang through the intercom.
"Thankyou, suspect not yet located so keep alert and don't let anyone into or outside of this Base." she replied.
"Understood ma'am."
As she finished her reply, Kat glanced out of the window only to spy five familiar people in different colored uniforms as they leapt in and out of the large memorial water fountain in the grounds. Sighing loudly, all that the feline felt like doing was bashing her head against a brick wall, but that thought quickly left her mind at the sound of a scuffling in the corridor.
Kat's ears pricked up; listening intently as she silently strode to the weapons rack in her adjacent lab. The first item she found was Sky's Deltamax Striker which had needed heavy repairs after their last battle, when he had somehow managed to jam all the mechanisms up with dirt.
Quietly picking up the weapon, she moved towards the main doors in the Command Center, which were currently closed. The faint shuffling noises could be heard once more as Kat pointed the weapon towards the entrance, whilst standing well back.
The noises grew louder until finally...
BOOM!
The doors exploded open with huge force and Kat was flung backwards onto the floor from the force of the blast, the Deltamax Striker flying away across the floor. She looked up slowly towards the smoking mess that was the door and immediately confirmed her worst fears...
"Hello Doctor Manx." the A-Squad Red Ranger grinned evilly as her sharp brown eyes bored into Kat's.
The scientist quickly leapt off the floor to keep a good distance between them both, "What are you doing here?"
"Well..." Charlie strode more quickly towards Kat, who matched her every move, "One of the imbeciles here actually let me out...so much for 'top security'." Then suddenly, without warning, the Red Ranger charged towards Kat, giving her only a split second to block the first attack.
The feline took up a fighting stance as the next torrent of blows came her way, reminding Kat of why this particular cadet had been made the A-Squad Red Ranger and also leaving her thankful that Charlie's morphing powers had been long since taken away.
Kat blocked the next spinning kick with her arms and attempted to sweep Charlie off her feet, but she easily jumped over the attempt and sent her elbow flying into her opponent's stomach.
Kat staggered backwards slightly, clutching the target area and taking a quick second to glance out of the window, where the Rangers were now happily dunking each other's heads into the fountain. Her eyes flicked back into the room and came to rest on the abandoned Deltamax Striker that now lay on the floor in her lab.
Turning back to her opponent just in time to shield herself from a barrage of fists, Kat quickly let loose a rapid sequence of spin-kicks; one of which connected with its target and sent Charlie harshly to the ground. Not wanting to wait for her opponent to regain her feet, Kat took a flying leap off the center console to land just inside her lab where she dived to the floor to recover the fallen weapon.
"Give it up Kat," came the snarling voice behind her as the Red Ranger strode confidently up to her, a malicious look in her eyes.
Kat hurried to her feet and quickly pointed the Striker straight at her adversary. Charlie merely sneered and carried on approaching, forcing Kat to step further and further backwards into the lab.
"This game is over..." the Red Ranger launched herself towards the feline, who in return, opened fire...
"AH!" Charlie was blasted into the opposite wall of the lab, where she promptly crashed back down to the floor.
By the time the Ranger had picked herself up, Kat was already stood over her, the Deltamax Striker pointed firmly at her face. "Now then...how about you accompany me back downstairs?"
Charlie looked up and Kat immediately became worried at the glazed over look that had suddenly appeared in her eyes. The Red Ranger sniggered slightly before blowing a large raspberry straight into Kat's face.
The feline's features widened in shock over the sudden change in personality of the Red Ranger and eyed her rather suspiciously.
Charlie's head cocked to one side and she seemed to have her eyes fixed on the side of Kat's face.
As Kat surveyed the very strange behavior, her gaze fell on the open tube that contained the unknown and proven hallucinogenic-amongst-other-things substance which sat innocently on the work surface behind Charlie. "Uh oh..." two and two clicked together inside her mind. "Ouch!" Kat recoiled as a sharp pain spread from the tip of her ear as Charlie reached out to flick it once more.
Realizing that the Striker wouldn't be needed anymore, Kat reached out and tried to hold Charlie steady in an attempt to shake some sense into her. "Okay, let's get out of-...Ahhhh-." Her sentence was cut short as her former opponent physically opened Kat's mouth and started ogling and examining her sharp teeth, "Hehehehe, they're pointy!" Kat clamped her mouth back shut. "You're a pussycat!" she giggled before bouncing over the computer work station and out of the still smoldering hole where the door used to be.
The feline walked calmly over to the center console in the Command Center to relieve the tension amongst the rest of the Base's population. "Deactivate security lockdown, the suspect is no longer a threat. Cadets and personnel - you may return to your stations." She shut the comms link and buried her head in her hands - this was going to be a long day...
Hope everything was up to scratch, i'd love to know your comments on how it's going so far. Thanks for reading!