Author's Note: Hey this is White Avalanche Ranger. I tried my best to get this ready before thanksgiving but it didnt exactly go according to plan. Anyway here's the next chapter of our story. I hope everyone likes it. You've wanted to see what became of the A-Squad now you'll find out. I cant believe we're up to 8 chapters already.
Chapter 8
Silver Vengence
A few hours later on Grumm's ship the alien monarch and his henchmen went down to the dungeon to check on the A-Squad. When they got there they found the team sprawled out on the ground it seemed as though they'd been terminated.
"So are they dead?" Grimjor chucked.
The Troobian prince nudged his foot against Charlie's side the Red Ranger laid motionless.
"Sure seems that way." Emperor Grumm said.
The space monarch pressed the butt of his staff on Bailton's back there was no response from the Blue Ranger either. Broodwing kicked the Green Ranger in the side. Mora placed her foot on Ivan's left shoulder blade and stood over him in triumph. She turned to Rachael and smacked the Pink Ranger in the back of the head with her doll.
"Well they served their purpose. Let's get em out of here before they start stinking up the place." Grumm said.
"Not too bad an idea." Mora added.
"The cold darkness of space will be their burial ground." Broodwing injected.
Grimjor smiled as he looked up at the robotic foot soldiers that came into the room.
"Blue Heads get rid of this refuse." He told them.
"As you command Master." The Blue Head replied.
A quintet of Blue Head soldiers picked up the A-Squad and dragged them out of the prison. Back at the SPD Earth Headquarters the computers picked up a faint trace of energy. As usual Dr. Kat Manx was on the job.
"Sir I'm picking up a faint trace of Ranger energy." She told Cruger.
"Is it Grimjor?" the Sirian asked as he approached Kat.
"No, this energy signal is really weak. The computers can barely register it." She told him.
"Do you think it's the A-Squad?" he asked.
The Feliner turned to face him.
"It's possible." She told him.
The Commander pondered this for a moment and turned to Sky.
"Cadet Tate, I have an assignment for you. It seems as though our computers have picked up a faint trace of Ranger energy. I want you to investigate it and report back if you find anything." He instructed.
"Yes sir!" Sky saluted the extraterrestrial canine and left.
"Take the Blue SWAT Flyer." He told Sky.
"Yes Sir!" Sky called as he slipped through the Zord Bay Tube taking him straight to his vehicle.
A while later he was in Earth's orbit scanning for the energy signatures while at the same time dodging Grumm's sensors. After flying around for a while he was beginning to think the search was futile just then the council started to beep. It had located the source. As Sky flew deeper into space he found them.
"Oh no." he said to no one.
The A-Squad was floating motionless in the dead of space. He guided the flyer closer to them and gently positioned himself next to them. Opening the cockpit Sky leaned out in his civilian form. And fortunate the laws of physics don't really apply in this show. He reached out and attempted to grab Charlie but was just beyond his reach. Leaning farther out he shook her shoulder.
"Charlie, Charlie can you hear me?" he called out.
She lay facedown unresponsive.
"Ivan, David, Rachael, Bailton can anyone hear me?" he called out to the other Rangers.
Sky's heart was racing in all his years in SPD he had never been around this many dead bodies before, he could feel his pulse throbbing in his veins as he reached for his morpher. It was one of the few times he was truly afraid.
"Commander I found the A-Squad but…." His voice trailed off.
Cruger stood up listening intently on the message. Kat look on reluctant to hear the end sentence. Sky swallowed the lump in his throat and pressed the button on his morpher.
"…I don't think any of them survived." He concluded.
The Commander's jaw dropped. Kat was just as shocked. Even though they had betrayed SPD it was hard for everyone to except the A-Squad's fate. Kat bowed her head and looked away from the monitor tears welled up in secret not wanting to show any emotion in front of her boss. Cruger sighed somberly as he looked down at the controls and pressed a button.
"We'll send a shuttle. Return to base." He told Sky.
"Yes sir." He replied softly returning to his seat.
As he looked out at the fallen A-Squad he decided to offer up a eulogy for the team.
"You guys were the best of the best. Going through cadet training I looked up to you and strived to be part of your ranks. In spite of everything we've been through, you truly were the best even to the bitter end. You were all worthy adversaries. I'm sorry things didn't work out between us, we could have made a heck of a team." He finished.
Turning his head away from the team he was about to close the cockpit when he heard a moan. One so soft he almost didn't register it. Looking back he saw the Charlie was breathing very raggedly. He pulled his morpher from his pocket so fast it almost slipped out of his hand.
"Commander I think they're alive. The Red Ranger is breathing; I repeat A-Squad Red is breathing!" he said.
At the same time he could hear groans coming from Ivan and David and then Bailton and Rachael they were starting to regain consciousness.
"Sir the A-Squad is alive! I repeat the A-Squad is alive!" he told them.
Cruger spun out and gave out the order.
"Kat send out a shuttle I want them their 5 minutes ago." He told her.
"Yes sir." She smiled.
"Attention all available C-Squad cadets, report to the shuttle bay immediately. C-Squad report to the shuttle bay immediately." She said through the intercom.
The lower level cadets scrambled to one of the SPD shuttles and flew out of the base. Sky sighed in relief and relaxed in his seat holding the morpher to his chest. A while later Jack woke up in his hospital bed. The Red Ranger rubbed his eyes and tried to sit up, he felt his body reach its physical limit and fell back on his pillow and groaned to himself.
"Its about time you woke up." said Syd.
He turned and saw the Pink Ranger sitting next to his bed.
"Syd? How long you've been sitting there?" he asked.
"Not that long." She answered.
"How do you feel?" she asked.
"Like I had a bus dropped on me." He answered.
"Greyhound bus or Double Decker?" asked Bridge.
Jack gave his friend a weird look and saw Bridge standing next to the doorway behind Syd.
"Whatever's heavier." He shrugged.
"Well that depends a double decker would be heavier but then again on the other hand a Greyhound…"
"Bridge." Syd said in a 'not now' sort of tone.
"What? I'm just saying." He told her.
She smiled and turned to Jack shaking her head softly. Jack cracked a smile as well; he had to admit Bridge has a unique way to lighten any situation. Zek stuck his head in the room behind them.
"Hey guys they just found the A-Squad. There bringing them back to the base!" he told them.
The Red, Pink and Green Rangers looked at each other before the Silver Ranger took off down the hall.
"Hey wait up!" Syd called.
"I'm coming too." Said Jack.
"You couldn't even sit up a minute ago." Syd told him.
"Come on, let's get you in the wheelchair." Said Bridge.
"I am not going in a wheelchair!" he protested.
"Well it's either that or your not going at all." Syd told him.
Their leader sighed.
"All right, help me up." he told them.
Bridge and Syd got him out of bed and into the wheelchair and led him up the hallway.
"Come on faster!" he told Syd.
The Red Ranger then hijacked his own wheelchair and raced down the hallway forcing Bridge and Syd to race after him.
"Jack wait up!" Syd shouted.
Syd finally caught up to him and took over as she and Bridge raced towards the departure bay and were soon joined by all the other cadets in the base. Z ran along side Jack and Syd as everyone raced to see the A-Squad and whether or not they had been arrested. The shuttle pulled into the bay and landed. The doors opened, to everyone's surprise the A-Squad was being led away in stretchers.
"What happened to them?" Syd asked.
Sky slipped in unnoticed.
"I found them floating like that in space. Grumm must have tried to kill them." He informed the team.
"What?" Jack said in disbelief.
"That's just low. Even for Grumm." Added Z.
"Yeah but in a way I shouldn't be surprised." Said Sky.
"Do you think they'll be all right?" asked Syd.
"I don't know guys. I mean I thought they were dead when I first got there. They were breathing on their own when the C-Squad came." He told them.
"So what do we do now?" asked Jack.
"I think a better question is, what can we do?" said Sky.
While this was going on Grimjor was planning his next attack on the city. After discussing it with his father he teleported down to earth. The Troobian Prince then grew to giant size to terrorize the city. The A-Squad lay in stasis in the SPD infirmary ward, Zek was on his way down there to check on the team when the alarms sounded. With no choice but to answer the call he ran towards the command center.
"Sir, what's happening?" he asked as the others rushed in.
"Grimjor is attacking the city once again." Doggie informed them.
"Come on out and fight!" he taunted.
Zek growled as he glanced at the Troobian prince on screen he was seething in anger.
"We better get out there." Said Sky.
"No I'll handle it!" Zek told them.
The Silver Ranger turned back to the monitor.
"This one's all mine. On your orders Commander." He asked.
Doggie looked back at him as if to question his logic.
"I have to make him pay for what he did to the A-Squad." Zek answered.
"All right. Be careful." Cruger replied.
Zek nodded.
"Kat is my zord ready?" he asked her.
"Its on-line." She told him.
"Sweet. Thank you sir." Zek said.
"Go get him." said Cruger.
"All right."
Zek tore his morpher from the Velcro strap on his left shoulder and held out the long slender silver morpher.
"Alpha Power!" he yelled.
Pressing a button on the side of the morpher. The cover flipped up exposing the police badge and light bar underneath. The light bar flashed bright red while the badge glowed brilliant silver. Streams of blue, white and silver light shot past him as he began his morph sequence. Zek's Ranger form was projected from the badge, as the suit broke apart and fused to his body. The golden body armor quickly attached itself to his silver jumpsuit as the front and back of his Ranger helmet came together the visor flipped down completing the transformation.
"S.P.D. Silver!" he yelled with the police badge in the background.
"Opening zord bay tube." Said Kat as one of the consuls flipped open to reveal the entryway to the zord bay.
Zek grabbed a hold of the pipe above him and slid down to where his zord was being kept. Once inside Zek powered up the zord pressing a series of buttons and putting his morpher in its designated place as the engines and systems came to life. Pushing down on the joystick the Mega Winger rolled out of the zord bay. The front of the base opened up and a ramp shot out of it ready to launch the Mega Winger into the air.
"Mega Winger take flight!" he yelled.
The huge glider zord flew out of the base its wings unfurled as it climbed the ramp. The rockets fire launching the Mega Winger into the air to take on Grimjor, the Troobian prince saw the space glider coming towards him and fired a series of energy blasts from his scythe. The glider did a barrel roll to avoid the blasts and returned fire from the massive gun barrels on the wings, direct hit. Grimjor staggered back as the Mega Winger went into a power climb and began its transformation sequence. In an instant the cockpit flipped down and became the arms while the rear of the space explorer became the legs. The head rose up out of the chest revealing a black visor with a gold band going across the head of the Megazord. The Mega Wingerzord dive-bombed Grimjor and fired its Wing Blaster at the evil heir. The blasts were powerful enough to send Grimjor back several steps. The wings detach from the back of the Megazord and became its own weapon. Zek threw the wing blaster like a boomerang at the Troobian. The Wing Blaster glowed brilliant yellow in mid-flight and struck him across the chest. The wing blaster returned to Zek and threw it again at Grimjor it struck him again in the back before retreating back to Zek who caught the weapon in the air.
"I see the mighty Silver Ranger has come out of hiding." Said Grimjor.
"Your going to wish you never met Me." Said Zek as he went in for another attack.
The Mega Wingerzord charged Grimjor flailing its Wing Blaster around like a club. The two met in the midst of the battlefield and clashed. Zek swung his weapon at Grimjor that was blocked by his scythe. Grimjor slashed the Megazord's side with said weapon and ran past him. Zek spun around to face him once more Prince Grimjor fired a couple of energy blasts from his scythe getting Zek's zord in the chest. Sparks flew from its chest as it staggered back, refusing to lose any more ground to him.
"You're going down Grimjor!" Zek yelled charging him once again.
"I'm not going anywhere!" replied Grimjor.
"Oh yes you are!" the Silver Ranger yelled.
And struck Grimjor across the side with a running slash. He spun and struck Grimjor across the back with a diagonal strike. Grimjor turned around and blocked the third on-coming attack with the handle of his scythe and fired a massive energy blast from his mouth knocking Zek's zord to the ground.
"I'm not going to lose to you!" he yelled getting back in the fight.
"Give it your best shot!" Grimjor yelled charging the Silver Ranger.
The Mega Wingerzord charged him back, but Grimjor was faster and struck the Megazord in the side with a running slash just as Zek had done to him prior. The Megazord spun around Grimjor held his scythe above his head and brought it down on the Megazord's chest. He got him again carving a gash in the Megazord's chest plate. The Mega Wingerzord staggered back as smoke began to pour from the gash. It was beginning to heat up in the cockpit he couldn't take another hit like that. Unfortunately he didn't have much of a choice as Grimjor came at him again. Zek fired his blaster at Grimjor point blank but missed. Grimjor held the scythe straight up and leading to a vertical slash the Megazord was taking on heavy damage. Grimjor fired his eye lasers knocking the Mega Wingerzord back even further. If he didn't do something this battle was going to be over very soon. Time for the big guns Zek pressed the button on his morpher calling in reinforcements.
"Magna Defenderzord go!" he yelled.
Just then a large machine reminiscent of the Max Solarzord descended from the clouds and blasted Grimjor with its lasers knocking the Troobian heir back. Putting considerable distance between the two. The Mega Wingerzord held itself up using its Wing Blaster as a crutch.
"MagnaDrive Megazord!" he yelled.
The Mega Wingerzord launched itself into the air as it joined up with the Magna Defenderzord. The larger shuttlezord split itself into five different sections as the new Megazord began to form. The four main sections of the Magna Defenderzord became the new arms and legs of the Megazord fitting over the Mega Wingerzord, the back of the Magna Defenderzord became the wings, a new chest plate covered the front of the damaged Mega Wingerzord and the cockpit subdivided revealing the new golden helmet of the Megazord with a pair of wing like projections on both sides of the helmet. The cockpit folded over and attached to the back of the Megazord. The MagnaDrive Megazord was black with blue solar mirrors covering various ends of the Megazord. The hips and thighs of the Mega Wingerzord were the only things that were visible under the massive armor. The new Megazord touched down in front of Grimjor.
"Say hello to my little friend." Zek remarked.
"You think that heap will be enough of a challenge?" Grimjor shot back.
"Your about to find out." Replied Zek.
The Megazord crossed its arms in an "X" and unfurled them ready to face him. Grimjor charged the MagnaDrive head-on with scythe in hand.
"Solar Fusion Ray!" commanded Zek.
The large blue solar panels on the MagnaDrive lit up and fired a powerful blast of energy that enveloped the Troobian Prince and sent him flying knocking him flat for the first time in the battle. Grimjor was back up apparently unimpressed by the megazord's power.
"Not bad kid. But let's see how you deal with real power!" he yelled.
Grimjor summoned up a gigantic thunderstorm as a bolt of crimson lightning shot down out of the clouds and powered up his scythe. Grimjor swung the weapon unleashing a tremendous energy wave at the Megazord. The MagnaDrive absorbed the blast undeterred and advanced towards him. Grimjor jumped back in shock.
"I don't get it that should have roasted you!" he yelled.
"What was that you were saying about real power?" Zek asked.
The Megazord continued towards him as Grimjor continued to back away from the massive machine.
"Solar Pulse!" called Zek.
A series of short powerful laser beams fired from the mirrors on its legs at Grimjor that knocked the Troobian prince back to the ground. The end was drawing near.
"Time to finish it!" said Zek.
The rockets fired on the legs of the Megazord as the massive machine launched itself at Grimjor and lashed out with a series of powerful punches that knocked him back with each hit. Grimjor was quickly losing ground as Zek pounded away at him. Each hit more aggressive than the last. Grimjor tried his best to defend himself but couldn't keep up with the barrage of power punches. Zek hit the thrusters propelling the megazord into the air with a flying kick that leveled Grimjor. The megazord landed in front of him ready to finish the battle. Combining the Wing Blaster with the Magna Shooter a wrist mounted cannon on the Megazord's right arm forming the Magna Crossbow aiming the weapon at Grimjor.
"This battle is over." Said Zek.
"For now maybe, but let me assure you. This isn't the end of it Silver Ranger." Grimjor fired a blast at the megazord throwing it off balance allowing the Troobian time to escape.
Zek smacked his hand against the council in frustration. Back at SPD headquarters the Silver Ranger voiced his annoyance.
"I let him get away." He told Cruger.
"That's all right Zek we'll get him next time. But we have more pressing matters at hand." Doggie told him.
Down in the hospital ward the A-Squad Rangers lay in stasis.
"What are we going to do with them once they wake up?" asked Syd.
"I don't know Syd." Jack said sitting
AN: All right so I wasnt too happy with the way this one ended, but I just couldnt think of a good way to end the chapter. So yeah the A-Squad is alive but not exactly well at the moment. And we finally got to see Zek's new Megazords. So let me know what you think of this chapter.
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