I OWN NOTHING!
Ziggy stared at the two siblings with shock coloring his features.
"What do you mean, 'What's a Power Ranger?'" he asked carefully.
"There." he pointed at red who was charging at the monster with his nitro sword.
"That." he pointed at blue who was charging at the monster with his turbo cannon.
"Those." he pointed at the Summer who was also charging at the monster, but with some small car. Ziggy, Dillon and Tenaya had gotten out of the car to watch the fight. Dillon stared at the yellow RPM ranger with a grin. Once the monster was destroyed, Dillon and Tenaya were about to get back in the car until Ziggy grabbed them both by their jackets and pointed up at the sky.
"Look." he said. There were millions of drones flying towards them. Then the Rangers heard their mentor speak through the transmitters in their helmets.
"Rangers, do you have a visual on the incoming targets?" she asked them. Red looked up at the sky with the rest of the team and noticed the drones. His mouth gaped in absolute shock until he realized Dr. K was awaiting an answer.
"Uh, affirmative." he said quickly.
"They'd be a bit hard to miss." Blue muttered, his accent thick as it was last year. They landed on buildings, some still flying in the air, shooting lasers.
"Whoa." said Ziggy. Some of them shot at the car, where Ziggy screamed. He jumped through the open car window, hoping for some shield from the lasers while the siblings just stood and watched.
"Rangers, I'm downmorhping the zord attack vehicles to you. Stand by." said the mentor. The zords roared down the streets, ready to come to the command of their owners. The Rangers jumped inside.
"We're in!" he said. The lasers shot at the zords as they were driven.
"Attack formation delta! I'm on point!" Red yelled.
"Watch hose blasters, red!" Summer yelled.
"Drones to the east!" called Blue.
"Going airborne!" yelled Red as he flipped a switch. The eagle grew wings and flew with the drones. He attacked a few of them and then landed on the ground with a 'thud'.
"Blue, clear a path for yellow!" yelled Red.
"Right, I'm on it." He led his lion to crush a few of the drones, making a path for Summer to get through. But Summer was hit by one laser. She groaned and Dillon growled. Ziggy spotted grinders, ready to finish Summer by ambushing her with a bigger laser. He crawled through the car, next to the window where Dillon was and pointed at the laser. He groaned softly and muttered "I hate grinders."He threw open the door that Ziggy was in causing Ziggy to move over. Tenaya was still watching the fight. He tried to start the engine, but it wouldn't work.
"C'mon, c'mon!" he muttered. He punched the dashboard which made it start up. He backed up fast, ready to run over any grinders that tried to hurt Summer. Dillon crushed trash cans making the grinders fall back, and the laser flew up, making it shoot all the drones.
"Grinders are neutralized." said Red. Summer had no words as Dillon smiled up at her from the car. She got down and took off her helmet. Dillon smiled at her and she rushed to him. She grabbed his face as he grabbed her hips.
"It's you." she smiled.
"Yeah. And it's you. Every time Tenaya and I stopped to rest out there, I had this pull on my heart. Seeing you, it finally stopped. I knew I loved someone. Now, I know it's you. And I always knew yellow was your color." he smiled at her. He leaned down to kiss her before he was grabbed by the arms. They looked behind them to see Tenaya and Ziggy in restraints, too.
"What are you doing?" Summer asked them.
"Don't worry, Miss Summer. He won't be bothering you, anymore." a soldier said.
"But he wasn't- guys!" she struggled against the restraining of her two teammates, who covered her mouth and held her arms. She shook her head as Dillon stared at her, his eyes filled with sorrow as he was dragged away. They scanned him and one soldier said "Detecting internal Venjix hardware. Generation 7 at least." He widened his eyes. He didn't even know that was there. Summer also widened her eyes. But she didn't care. As he was put in the car she turned on her friends, who had turned her loose a couple seconds ago.
"So you don't know how much I missed him and love him? I've cried myself to sleep every night, and so has my daughter! You want to make Sonny suffer. She has a father. And that was him! That's the 'Dillon' I've been going on about for the past year. He's the reason I saved you!" she pointed at Red. He looked down as she continued.
"How could you do this?" she cried as she completely demorphed and ran over to her motorcycle. The two guys looked at each other, wondering what they would do about their female teammate.
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Summer had gone upstairs and locked her door. The only person she let in was her daughter, and after she told her what happened, she came out crying. She ran to her room and locked the door just as her mother did. The boys scanned the attack bot after they de-morphed.
"So what'do we got here, doc?" Scott asked the screen.
"Something different, radically advanced. Venjix technology is now evolving at an exponential rate. If we don't upgrade the firepower in our zord configurations, Venjix will over-run the city within a month." said the screen.
"We're gonna have to activate series Black and series White. There's no way around it." said Flynn.
"Yes, but we don't have an operator that can handle that bio hardware. Where are we supposed to find one now?" said Scott. Summer had been listening from the stairs. She smirked slightly, an idea forming.
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In a cell, Dillon and Tenaya sat side-by-side.
"So you're aware that you have robotic technology throughout your body, but you have no idea how it got there?" asked Colonel Truman.
"We just learned today." said Tenaya.
"You don't know who you are?" he asked.
"Nope." the twins muttered.
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In another cell, Ziggy sat alone.
"Who am I? You want to know?" he asked.
"Let me tell you who I am. I'm the type of guy who knows exactly when to keep his mouth shut, and that's all you're gonna get out of me." he pointed a finger at the guards. He crossed his arms and lied back. The guard clicked his pen and Ziggy yelled.
"Okay! You win! You've broken me! I-I'll tell you everything!"
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"So what exactly do you remember?" asked the Colonel. Dillon and Tenaya looked at each other.
"I remember him."
"I remember her."
"I remember my niece."
"I remember my fiancee."
"And that we need gas." they said.
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"And that was the first time I-I ever had the courage to, to look myself in the mirror and just love myself, unconditionally." The guards nodded and smiled at each other.
"But I'm getting way ahead of myself here. Let's, let's back up, and, and we'll cover the rest of my preschool years." he said.
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"So, we can also assume that these robotic upgrades provide you with enhanced abilities." he said. Summer and Sonny appeared by the cell. Sonny smiled at the fact that her father, who she hadn't seen in a year, was right in front of her.
"Extra Strength." he said.
"Improved..." he started, but knocked his coffee cup over. Dillon dived and caught it, keeping the coffee in the cup. Summer smiled at him as he returned the cup to the Colonel.
"Sir, I'm gonna mark that down as a definite 'Yes'." said Hicks.
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"And then, I would, I would wake from the dream only to suddenly realize, hold on, that part wasn't a dream at all. I had actually gone to school in just my underwear." Ziggy told the 7 guards he had attracted.
"Well, my friends, that was a tough thing to bounce back from, especially since by that time," He opened a marker.
"The rash had spread so far down the back of my...," he wrote a red spark on his drawn back.
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"You can see my problem here. How am I supposed to know, if you are humans that are part machine, or machines that are part humans?" the Colonel asked.
"Maybe you can ask her?" Dillon said, pointing to Summer and Sonny.
"Miss Summer, you know children aren't allowed back here," said the Colonel.
"Well, this is her father who she hasn't seen in a year, so I thought it'd be fine." Summer said sarcastically while glaring at him. The Colonel glared back at her, then he led Hicks out.
"Get him to side with us, or he's a goner." he whispered to her. She nodded and walked in there. Tenaya and him stood up. Summer grabbed Dillon and pulled him in. They kissed and hugged tight. Sonny was hugging her aunt. Sonny ran over to her dad, who picked her up and smiled at her.
"I missed you princess." he told her. She cried and laughed at the same time, hugging him tight. Summer hugged Tenaya.
"How are you? Are you ok? I mean, look at you. You're a Power Ranger." he told his fiancee, holding her hand.
"We're good. I'm sorry that the guys got you in here." she said. Seeing their confused faces, she said "My teammates. Oh yeah, and there is something else I wanted to give you Dillon. And I remember this song." she muttered, handing him his watch. She kissed him quietly and left. He put his key in it and listened to the soft music as it played.
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Tenaya lied quietly on the bed, with Dillon walking around their shared cell and Ziggy in a chair.
"Don't worry, yeah, my uncle Marty, he's a very reputable personal-injury lawyer." Ziggy said.
"We don't plan on staying..." said Tenaya.
"Right, so it's an escape, OK. When are we gonna bust out of this can?" asked Ziggy.
"We?" asked Dillon.
"The only people I plan on taking with me, is Summer and my daughter. And that's only if they want to come." he said.
"And give us one reason why we should take you with us..." said Tenaya as she stood up. Ziggy looked down for a couple seconds.
"Shadow Puppets." he muttered a couple seconds later. Dillon and Tenaya looked at each other confused.
"Brilliant shadow puppets." he said, before putting his hand behind a sheet, making a chicken.
"That'll come in handy." said Dillon sarcastically.
"Listen, I could be a big help. I've got a lot of friends in here." he whispered. A line of prisoners walked by their cell.
"I'm gonna end your world, Ziggy!"
"First chance I get, you're finished." said a couple of them. Dillon and Tenaya crossed their arms, looking at each other, then at Ziggy.
"He must have me confused with, uh, some other Ziggy, because I-" then, the same prisoner grabbed onto the bars of their cell.
"It's game over, Ziggy." he yelled, shaking the bars, too aggressively for the people in the cell.
"We're gonna ghost you, man." said another one.
"Well, that's uh, kind of, uh, kind of a long story." he said.
"I'll bet." muttered Tenaya before patting him on the back and lying on the bed.
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"But I mean, their machines, though, aren't they?" asked Flynn, as they spoke to Dr. K about Summer's suggestion. Summer glared at her companion, and noticing the glare, he muttered "Respectively."
"They're technically humans, equipped with Cybernetic modifications." spoke Dr. K.
"Technically? Now, I'm just a simple Mechanic, I'm not a scientist, but I'm looking and seeing metal, I'm seeing bolts, and I'm seeing circuitry, all right? Now, if that is not a machine, I don't know what is..." he muttered, trailing off as he saw Summer's red face. She growled, stomping on his foot, hard. He groaned.
"I'm just gonna sit down now." he said, limping over to the couch and sitting down.
"Scott, you're team leader. This is your call." said the Doctor. Scott turned to his crush.
"Look, Summer. I seriously hope, you know what you doing with this, I really do, because I cannot see anything impressive about them at all." he said. They walked away, leaving Summer to stare at her fiancee's and his sisters' bolts and metal.
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Ziggy, Dillon, and Tenaya walked up the winding stairs in the prison to lunch.
"I may not be the ideal partner, but, you know, I'm here, and I'm somebody." he said as they passed a guard.
"You can't just do it alone." he said to the twins. As they walked in the door, an Asian man with an American accent noticed Ziggy.
"Ziggy!" he said. Everyone stood up, throwing chairs and tables, so they were all surrounding him, Dillon, and Tenaya.
"You've got a lot of nerve showing your face in the city after what you pulled." said the man. Ziggy chuckled as the guard left the room.
"Ronin, Ronin, listen, tha-that was a big misunderstanding. Uh, my friends and I came here to explain." he gestured to the twins.
"He with you?" Ronin asked them. They looked at each other.
"Nope." they said and pushed through the circle. The men grabbed Ziggy and lied him across a table.
"You know your problem, Ziggy? Respect. Even in here, they respect me. You see those deserts?" he pointed to trays of green and pink jello.
"That strawberry one? That one is mine. They make that just for me. It's a sign of respect. You have no respect, Ziggy. Not for anybody, or anything, and that's why you'll always be a loser." he told the younger boy.
Dillon and Tenaya heard the harsh insults and something pounded in their hearts. Regret and guilty. They looked at each other and practically told each other the plan through their eyes.
"An outcast. Alone." continued the man. Dillon and Tenaya picked up the trays and walked over to the last couple pints of strawberry jello. Tenaya picked up the first half, and Dillon picked up the last, getting their attention by tapping the ladle on the pan.
"I'm gonna make an example out of you, Ziggy. So no one ever dares to defy me ag-" then the man heard the ladle.
"Hey!" he said, noticing the jello on their trays.
"What do you think you're doing?" he asked, his clique surrounding the twins now.
"My brother and I were getting some dessert." said Tenaya.
"You should have picked another one, my friends. The lime is just as good." he said.
"Then, you won't mind eating it." said Dillon. Ronin glared.
"You should walk back to your table now while you still can."
"We are. And, we're taking out desert with us." said Tenaya.
"You'll never make it." glared Ronin, he grabbed Dillon's shirt, making Tenaya grab his arm. They were protective over each other. Dillon nodded at his, by 5 minutes, younger sister and they nodded at each other.
"Let's find out." said Dillon. His eyes glowed yellow before he went into action. Tenaya stared at her brother's eyes in confusion before she fought the inmates alongside him. Throughout all that fighting, all the roundhouse kicks, punches and flips, they kept their jello in their tray. When they were done, they smiled at all the unconscious bodies that surrounded them. They sat back at their table and tasted the jello.
"Mm." muttered Dillon, shrugging.
"That's right, ladies. How you like me now? And believe me, there is plenty more where that came from." said Ziggy, getting off the tables and walking over to Ziggy.
"Guys-" he started when he got over there.
"Forget it. We just wanted some desert." said Dillon. Then another prison mate, who probably didn't see what happened, put his hand on Dillon shoulder.
"Hey, man. You're in my seat." he said. Dillon looked at Tenaya, who was glaring at the man, but he didn't notice.
"Eye, I said you're in my seat, bro." said the man. Ziggy laughed.
"Uh, Hector, you might want to let this one slide." he muttered.
"Why? What are these little fools gonna do?" asked Hector. Dillon and Tenaya looked at Ziggy, who smiled and made an O shape with his mouth.
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"Yay, Daddy!" said Sonny, happily, clinging to her mother. The team, and their mini-sidekick, were watching the footage in the prison, as the prisoners fell down the staircase. Summer grinned at her daughter and her teammates.
"Sweet mother molasses... " said Flynn as Scott looked down. Summer stopped the tape.
"Impressive enough for you?" she asked Scott. He bit his lip and looked at her as she raised an eyebrow.
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The team and her daughter walked over to the cell. They walked in and Dillon have a lop-sided grin, seeing the love of his life. His eyes flashed yellow again.
"Whoa..." muttered Summer.
"Why does that keep happening?" he asked frustrated.
"Maybe we have someone who can tell you." said Summer. She opened a mini-laptop that showed the K on it.
"What is that?" asked Tenaya.
"That's Dr. K" said Sonny. Dr. K spoke.
"Dillon, I've been looking through the files, that my team hacked in about 6 months ago from Venjix HQ and it shows that Venjix created each of his cyborgs, and a partner for each. Series Ranger Yellow, I'm afraid to say that, you and Dillon were both meant to be half Venjix hardware. The grinders got it mixed up and took Tenaya instead. Venjix had plans because he knew that you and Dillon were both the best fighters in your state. He wanted you two to lead the Grinders and be his two generals. Your eyes glow yellow because you can tell when your partner is near."
"I was meant to be... a machine?" asked Summer. She looked away and then walked out of the cell.
"Mommy?" asked Sonny, running after her mother.
"Well, back to business. Dillon, Tenaya, we'd like you to be our Black and White Power Rangers and don't even think of objecting because that's the only way you'll ever get out of this prison. So, you in?" asked Scott not so subtly.