I OWN NOTHING!
Four of the rangers walked into the garage.
"Here we are. Home Sweet home." Scott said to his two new team members. Summer was hanging onto Dillon's arm, her face in his sleeve and he was consoling her more than he was listening to Scott. She had taken the machine thing hard and the fact that the man she was in love with had been caught and turned was not helping.
"We call it The Garage." Scott continued. Then they spotted khaki pants underneath a blue truck. It was Flynn, working on his truck.
"See if you can guess why." he said, his Scottish accent getting thicker as he slid from under the truck. Summer let go of Dillon and ran upstairs as the two looked around the garage. But Dillon ran upstairs, following the girl of his dreams. Tenaya approached Scott's car.
"Yours?" she asked. He smirked at her and slid his hand across the hood.
"All 700 horses." Tenaya rolled her eyes.
"Cute toy." she muttered, walking past him. He stared at her in disbelief. Was her piece of junk any better? Yeah right. Tenaya, Flynn, and Scott went over to the monitors and other computers where Flynn spoke.
"These are the real toys." he smiled as Tenaya looked in awe at all the computers.
"Where did all this stuff come from?" she asked, turning to Scott.
"It came from me." said the largest monitor as it flipped to a white screen with a large capital K on it.
"Come in, I'll show you. " a door opened and smoke cleared out. The three ventured through the door where Dr. K began its story.
"Three years before the Venjix Virus attack, I was the leader of a research team developing exoskeleton robotic suits to amplify human strength and speed. We were attempting to harness the human body's natural electrical output to prolong the suit's battling life when we had a breakthrough— the discovery of a universal bioelectric field. An unseen energy grid that connects the life force of all living things. Manipulating this field allowed for unimagined advancements in technology, including these— the ranger prototype series covert infantry bio suits." as it said this, the capsules that the ranger suits were in lit up, showing the red, yellow, and blue ranger suits.
"Right, because nothing says 'covert' like bright red, yellow, and blue spandex." mocked Tenaya as she headed over to the suits.
"That is not spandex!" growled the computer.
"Doc K can get a little defensive about his work." muttered Scott looking towards Tenaya.
"The material is a self-assembling nanofiber formed with an intracellular sheet of memory alloy." the computer growled.
"My mistake." laughed Tenaya as she put her hands up in surrender.
"Now, is this machine-washable or strictly dry-clean only?" she joked once again.
"You've seen this in action. You know what it can do." said Dr. K.
"Yes, and it's all very impressive. But I don't belong here. I mean, my brother, he's always been about saving people. That's even how he met Summer— he saved her from two thugs who had gotten the jump on her— and he belongs here. I've saved no one. I'm not cut out to be your white power dude." she gestured to the white suit in its capsule.
"Ranger Operator Series White." Dr. K growled once again.
"Whatever. I'm no superhero. Besides, I've got places to go." she muttered, putting her hands in her pocket.
"Promises to keep." reminded Scott as he walked over to her.
"Something like that." she muttered, looking up at him.
"Now, as I seem to remember, the only place you have to go is back into that cell where we found you." Flynn threateningly told her, stepping up besides Scott.
"And just how long do you think that's going to hold me, Blue Boy?" she laughed.
"Flynn, forget her. This chump would never make it through basic training anyway." laughed Scott. They left the room and Tenaya watched after them. She then called "Testing? What testing?"
XXX
Tenaya gathered her brother, niece, and best friend for their Testing and Dillon had already decided he would stay with Summer and Sonny whether he became a ranger or not. But he would still go through the Testing just in case he would be good for series Black bio hardware.
Dillon's Testing
Motor Reaction and Adaptation Capability
Dillon jumped and dodged, flipping backwards and forwards as balls were thrown at him at lightning speed.
Field Motion Recovery
Dillon had done maybe 200 push-ups, all with the full-weight of a boulder on his back.
Liquid Immersion Capabilities
Dillon fell backwards in a human-sized tank of water, head first. He looked over to Summer and Sonny who watched him with large smiles. He waved at Sonny, smiling, and winked at Summer.
Anatomical Flexibility
Dillon bent his leg fully back causing Sonny to cover her eyes giggling. It really was a disgusting sight to see.
Tenaya's Testing
Three-Dimensional Special Orientation
Tenaya held onto the bars of the wheel she was spinning in as it spiraled her around and around and around.
Anatomical Stress Resistance
Tenaya leaned back as the stimulator shook like an earthquake. She smiled at the small family she had here and winked.
Panic Control Reflexes
Tenaya flipped through a magazine, her legs crossed as fire erupted all around her.
Horizon Line Recovery Time
Tenaya jumped and flipped on her pogo-stick as everyone watched her with amazement.
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"Their scores are too high to measure." exclaimed Summer as she looked through the papers.
"Their bionic implants are giving them the extra reflex and coordination skills." Dr. K reminded them.
"I don't care!" growled Scott as he threw his hands up in the air. They didn't know that Dillon and Tenaya were listening from Tenaya and Summer's rooms.
"I'm sorry, Summer. I just don't trust these guys." he turned to Summer. He trusted Dillon. He had saved his crush's life, and he wanted him to leave so he could have Summer for himself. Scott really didn't trust Tenaya. She seemed like bad news.
"Well, Dillon is staying, whether you guys like it or not. So you better just learn to live with it." Summer remarked rolling her eyes. Scott growled at that as Dillon smiled.
"Look, Scott, I don't trust him either. But it's not like we have a whole line of other qualified candidates just stretching 'round the corner, now do we?" Flynn growled, pushing past Scott towards the kitchen.
"We have no choice." interrupted Dr. K as Scott looked ready to throw something back.
"Series Black and White need to go operational before the city's defenses are breached again!" the monitor warned.
XXX
"Corinth City. A self-sustained, self-contained living environment. Everything's recycled, everything's programmed. Even the weather." Scott told Tenaya as they walked down the street. Above them, the domed sky sounded with thunder.
"I know what you're trying to do. You're trying to show me what it is I'd be fighting to protect." Tenaya sighed. She looked around and she could see a family having a picnic, a couple kissing under a tree, and mostly, Dillon and Summer sat on a bench watching Sonny run around and play.
"I'm only trying to show you what it's worth fighting for." he told her.
"You're only trying to make me care." she rolled her eyes at him.
"Look, once you're DNA is bonded to the series-white morpher, it's permanent. We'd be trusting you with all this." he gestured to the beautiful park.
"Plus you're brother is staying here. So is your best friend and your niece. They may be rangers, but they need you. They trust you, Tenaya." he tried to persuade her to care.
"Well, they shouldn't. They can't." she sighed.
"Why not?" he asked her.
"I'm just not that kind of person. As I told you before that's always been Dillon. It's never been me, who saved the guy and fell in love and saved a city. Besides, someone trusted me to save them once, and I—" she started and Scott cut her off.
"You're still out there looking for them even if you can't remember who they are. You're the kind of person that I would want saving me." Scott muttered. He looked towards Summer remembering when she had saved him and his heart broke again as he watched Dillon and Summer share a passionate kiss. But he looked down at Tenaya and his heart soared. As he looked toward her again, he walked off with Flynn. Tenaya glanced around the park once again as rain fell down. She saw many families getting under umbrellas, she saw the guy put his jacket over the girl and most of all, she saw her family walking off back over to Flynn and Scott. They looked happy. Maybe she could help. She'd stay and be around family, and maybe that person she needed to save wouldn't rely on her as much as they used to. Maybe, just maybe, she'd be fine. Suddenly, the rain stopped, and she headed over to the 3 rangers, her brother, and her niece.
"So you'll do it?" Scott asked smiling. He easily read the smile on her face as she looked around at them.
"I'll do it. But I have a condition." she looked to her brother, and he smiled, knowing what she meant.
XXX
Ziggy walked through the prison cells dodging the prisoner's hands that would probably choke the life out of him if they got to close.
"Hey, guys. Look, I'm sorry. I-I'd love to stay, I really would. But I have some work for this little group. I don't know if you've heard of them. Um, they're called... the Power Rangers." he smirked as the criminals and crooks screamed at him as he walked away. He headed toward the rangers.
"Hi. Ziggy Grover reporting for duty." he shook hands with Summer and almost tackled Dillon. Sonny was behind them, laughing at the strange man going on and on about how he was such a huge fan of the rangers. Flynn reached his hand out for a handshake, but Ziggy pulled him in for a hug and Flynn patted his back with an uncomfortable expression.
"Remind me why we're taking him with us?" Scott turned to Tenaya. She shrugged for a moment then chuckled.
"He makes shadow puppets." she laughed at Scott's expression as Ziggy came over to hug her.
XXX
Back in Dr. K's lab, Dillon and Tenaya stood in the middle of the room.
"Series Black and White DNA morph-bonding sequence initiated." Dr. K voiced above them. The siblings winked at each other as they fingered the morphers on their wrists. They each put the engine cell in their morpher. As they both set, the suits disappeared from their capsules. The two smiled underneath the helmet, taking a stance in their new suits. Dillon clenched his fists to get used to the texture of the spandex locked onto his skin. They both had the same outfit except different colors. Tenaya had a six on her chest instead of the five that Dillon had.
"Series Black and Series White unlocked. " Dr. K finished the initiation as the siblings took in their new outfits. They looked over to the original three that morphed.
"Congrats." Summer smiled as she headed over in her yellow spandex, the others in blue and red.
"How's it feel?" Flynn asked.
"It's a little tight, but, um-," started Dillon.
"Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah!" Ziggy sat over in a spinning chair, his mouth full of popcorn as he spoke. He continued to clap.
"This has got to be the coolest thing I've ever seen in my— wait! Wait! Wait!" he exclaimed.
"Don't move! Hold that pose! It's perfect." he yelled. The rangers looked at each other and moved into a more comfortable position. Dillon beside Summer, Tenaya next to Dillon, Scott next to Tenaya, and Flynn beside Scott. Ziggy reached into his pocket to get his phone.
"Yellow, squeeze a little closer to black." he muttered.
"Um, hey man..." Dillon started, figuring his new teammates, sister, and girlfriend were uncomfortable. Along with himself. Ziggy went on and on as he took the picture, and Flynn muttered "Oh, this is just embarrassing."
"Oh, yellow, you're eyes were closed. Let's try another." he laughed, looking over the picture.
"Can he even see my eyes?" Summer muttered to Dillon in question.
"Black, can I see you smile? You're a power ranger, have fun with it." Dillon gave him a moderately annoyed expression. Ziggy had known him longer than the red and blue rangers had known him and even they realized he barely ever smiles unless it's when he's jubilant. Plus, you can't even get a glimpse of his face.
"Come on, take the shot already." Tenaya said, her voice showing what her brother's face was showing. Ziggy put himself into the picture and he called
"One, Two, Three, Rangers!" Dr. K cleared her throat.
"Oh, I'm kind of, um— I'm kind of ruining the special ranger moment here, aren't I? Maybe stepping on tradition, just a bit..." he muttered subtly. The computer cleared its throat again, interrupting him.
"Totally cool, I understand. Just pretend like I'm not even here." he said, zipping his mouth, locking it with a key, and throwing the key away. But, he came back up to the monitor.
"But there's one thing I have to know. What's with the spandex?"
XXX
Next thing Ziggy knew, he was scrubbing the floor with a toothbrush.
"Talk about sensitive." he sighed.
"Would it be a cliche for me to point out you missed a spot?" said Dr. K virtually dancing in its revenge. Summer walked past and daintily laughed as Ziggy sighed.
"Welcome aboard. No turning back now, is there?" asked Flynn, heading over to the siblings holding a blanket and pillow for Tenaya. They had a room set for her upstairs, but no sheets were on the bed yet, so she had to apply them herself. Scott headed over to them.
"OK, so you got Summer's room over there, our rooms are over there, that way. And Sonny's room is right beside Summer's." he pointed. Then he heard the soft music playing in Dillon's watch.
"Do you sleep with that thing?" he asked Dillon. Dillon looked at him ready to answer until Summer came over to them.
"Yep. We used to sleep with it every night." she smiled up at Dillon and kissed him gently. Earlier that day, after much convincing, Dr. K gave permission for Dillon and Summer to share a room and that's what Summer told him after the kiss. Seeing the exchange, Scott sighed unhappily and glared before heading up the stairs.
"Tenaya, you're room is up there, right next to mine." she smiled as Dillon closed the small trinket. Tenaya thanked her before heading upstairs. Summer grabbed Dillon's hand, and he went along with her up to their room.
XXX
A girl stood in front of her, a watch in her hand. She saw Dillon strapped to a bed in a hospital like gown and he was yelling "No!" to both of them. But she could feel it wasn't directed at the two of them. She looked at her brother that stared at her with fear in his eyes. She reached out to touch the girl that turned to her with white eyes. Their hands slipped away from each other and she heard her brother scream one last time before she jumped up in her bed, breathing heavily. She thought about that other girl. Who was she? And why did she have white eyes? She sighed, breathing steadily, before getting out of bed. She put on her white T-Shirt and the black jacket she had along with her black skinny jeans. Tenaya stood and walked out the door, heading over to Summer and Dillon's room. She opened the door silently and saw the couple spooning, Dillon's face buried deep in Summer's neck and Summer clasped her small hand with his. The way they looked, it looked as if he was protecting her. That's the way it had always been. They had protected each other. She sighed, seeing her brother look peaceful for the first time.
"I hope you guys are happy together..." she smiled sadly before closing the door. She went into Sonny's room where the little girl was sleeping peacefully with her stuffed yellow bear and new stuffed black wolf. Tenaya leaned down and kissed the small girl's head.
"I love you, Sonny. And I hope you never forget that." she headed out the door. She rushed down the stairs and ran over to Ziggy who was still scrubbing the floor.
"Ziggy!" she cried, pulling him off the floor.
"Do you know a way out of the city?" she asked, a hand on his shoulder.
"Out? You mean— you mean out. Out." he exaggerated, making a couple hand gestures.
"Just tell me!" she growled. Ziggy sighed and shrugged.
"Well, they vent propane gas from station 19 at dawn, but-but you've only got, like, two seconds in between burns." Tenaya looked away from him and headed toward Scott's red racer. She unhooked her morpher and threw it into his car.
"Tenaya, wait!" Ziggy called. But, she opened the door and sat in the seat, and hot-wired the car, using her nail. She figured, if she has venjix-hardware, might as well use it.
"Tenaya! You can't just go!" Ziggy tried to persuade her.
"Tenaya!" he yelled, hoping to wake the others. Tenaya's brother might talk her out of it.
"Ziggy, tell my brother, my sister, and my niece, I'm sorry." she told him, before the tires squealed and she raced out of the garage, into the wasteland where dawn was just awakening.
XXX
The rangers were awakened by the alarm sounding. They each got dressed quickly and ran down the stairs. Sonny still slept peacefully, the earplugs in her ears keeping her from worrying.
"Some kind of substance dispersed from inside the city is disrupting the shield frequency. We have multiple panel breaches." Dr. K said. But as Scott, Summer, and Dillon made it down there, they realized that Scott's car was gone. Ziggy sat on the stairs with a forlorn and guilty look.
"Tenaya." Dillon muttered. They turned to Ziggy who shook his head.
"She said to tell you, she's sorry." he muttered. But Scott had different thoughts.
"What? My car!" he growled. Over at the computers, Flynn had finished.
"I've traced the source. It's coming straight from sector 4 water plant." he let them know. Scott was standing in the space where his car once was.
"But my car. Nobody touches my car." he said with a disbelieving face.
"That's going to have to wait." Flynn said. Summer turned to her fiance and said "Dillon, you can't go."
"What? Why not?" he said, his eyes flaring at the thought of not protecting her.
"Because, without Tenaya here, your morpher won't work. They were made together. You can't have one without the other. Just stay and watch Sonny." she told him. He growled.
"Fine. Be careful?" he pleaded.
"I will." she smiled before kissing him and running off with the team, leaving him with sad eyes.
XXX
Tenaya sat in Scott's car at station 19. The radio was going on and on about broadcasting frequencies. She sighed and tapped the steering wheel. Her foot teased the gas, not pushing down, but not letting up. Her mind fleeted to her brother, sister and niece. Were they thinking of her now?
XXX
The Red, Blue, and Yellow rangers raced toward the scene. They stopped with the help of their skidding boots. The big tentacled monster turned toward them and growled.
"You guys just keep getting uglier." insulted Scott.
"You're too late. I've already released the mist." the monster cackled evilly, pointing down to the lake where green mist was released and going faster into town.
"And a battalion of grinders is flooding into the city." he laughed as Grinders appeared around him.
"Attack!" he yelled. The grinders came toward them.
"Engine Cell Activate!" Scott called, causing his teammates to do the same. They each ran forward with their blasters.
"Nitro Sword!" Scott called. As the blaster changed to a sword, Summer and Flynn fired at the grinders. The battle raged, each of the rangers doing their parts. When Summer and Flynn finished their batches, they met in the middle and jumped in the sky, aiming at the two grinders before them. They both shot at least one. Then they went back to back. Flynn shooting the left, and Summer shooting the right. As the grinders were easily destroyed, the monster cried out "My grinders!" As Summer, Scott, and Flynn regrouped, Scott called out "And you're next!" They raced toward him.
"Not so fast." the monster said as he created a large pile of fire. He fired it at the rangers who just moved through it. Scott started first.
"Street Saber!" he yelled. He slashed the monster a twice, leaving the rest to Summer and Flynn.
"Zip Charger!" the yellow ranger called. She zoomed it off her arm, and it attacked the monster.
"Turbo Cannon!" Flynn yelled, taking the big ray gun off his shoulder and pointing it toward the monster.
"Fire!" he called as it shot. The monster flew back, but stayed on his feet.
"You think you've won? The other grinders will keep you busy while I tear this city apart!" he threatened. He disappeared in a flash of water. The rangers ran to the spot where he once stood, but he was gone. Scott groaned before turning to his teammates.
"Let's move!" he ordered before they ran towards the scene.
XXX
Tenaya sat in front of station 19, watching as the fire appeared and disappeared. She tapped her finger against the wheel, and watched her watch. A few more minutes. A few more minutes and she'd be looking for her again. Her? Who was her? She'll find out. She knows she will.
XXX
The Rangers arrived near where more grinders were. Dr. K spoke to them.
"He's traveling in the city's main waterline, going right into the harbor." he voiced as the rangers ran.
"On our way! E. T. A - Three Minutes" Scott said. They ran for a few more minutes before the Doctor spoke again.
"Rangers, sensors are detecting movement ahead of you. Try to proceed." He said. But as they neared the grinders, Scott spoke.
"They're blocking our way to the harbor." he said before they stopped. There they stood, and they realized, grinders were surrounding them from all sides. "We're surrounded." Scott stated the obvious.
"Oh, boy." Flynn muttered in discouragement. The Grinders advanced on them, so the rangers had no choice, but to fight. Flynn took left, Summer took right, and Scott ran forward. Flynn threw punches left and right before spinning with his fist out. He took out the few surrounding him, but more kept coming. One kicked him in the stomach, knocking him into the arms of two others. But as the two tried to hold him, he swung them both over his arms and they slipped away. As another threw a punch, he ducked and advanced on others. Scott threw a double punch to the chest of one, and kicked another before being thrown to the ground. He got up quickly and sent a kick to one before he was grabbed around the waist.
"They're everywhere!" he cried out as he pushed another off of him. Two of them kicked him in the back and for a second, his vision went blurry. His arms swung everywhere, like a child throwing a tantrum. Then, when he could see again, he realized, he was surrounded, and they were coming at him as a group. So he ducked before the weapons could connect with his helmet. He pushed out of them and they attacked him even more. But most of them were going for Summer. He called to her, but she didn't hear him. There were groups around her, and she fell to the ground.
"I can't get them off me!" she yelled in pain. She threw a few off and it gave her time to get up before two grabbed her arms again. As they held her, two went for a punch. She kicked the two in front of her before flipping the two behind her. As more came at her, she rolled out of reach. Flynn went for his special power.
"Time Manipulation Burst!" he called. Everything froze around him and he attacked most of the few surrounding him. And when time returned, the grinders exploded. He came out of the manipulation and more surrounded him again. He stumbled into a group of them.
"Energy levels dropping." He moaned in pain.
"Burst Attack!" Scott called. He raced toward a group of grinders at lightning speed. They exploded behind him when he finished.
"Levels reaching critical." he groaned.
"Energy Blast!" Summer called, holding a ball of energy in her hands. She threw it toward them and it rolled at them and knocked them down like bowling pins. Her energy levels dropped.
"There are too many of them!" she cried out. In front of her, and only her, stood an army of grinders.
XXX
"No, they're pinning us down!" Scott yelled in anger.
"Guys, we're almost out of juice!" Flynn warned them. Dillon glared at the screen that showed the rangers levels dropping. The thing making him angry, Summer's was the lowest.
"That's it! I'm going out there." Dillon yelled.
"Ranger Series Black, you cannot. Going onto the battlefield without your morphing partner would be unwise." Dr. K warned him.
"My fiancee is out there practically dying because no one's doing anything. Tenaya's probably out of the dome already and I don't see either of you getting up and doing anything!" he yelled at the doctor and Ziggy. Sonny, still in her monkey PJs and holding a black stuffed cat, walked into the lab.
"Daddy?" she asked softly, rubbing her eyes. Dillon looked to her, his hard glare turning soft at her small puppy eyes.
"Yes, princess?" he asked, kneeling to her height.
"Are you mad?" she asked.
"Not anymore. I have to go help, Mommy, OK?" he asked the girl. She nodded.
"Stay safe?" she held her pinkie out in hopes for a promise.
"I promise, baby." he whispered locking his pinkie with hers before kissing her head and running into the garage. He peeled out in the black fury, Ziggy and Sonny watching after him.
XXX
The rangers regrouped, but once they came together, they got shot at. They landed on the ground and groaned in pain. They all looked up to the army that surrounded them, but noticed a path being made. Not the grinders just moving aside, no, they were being pushed aside and beaten. Grinders retreated away from the figure and when the path was clear, it showed an angry, yellow eyed Dillon. His eyes went back to normal brown at the look of Summer and the others. He helped them all up and Summer wanted to say something, but decided she'd wait until they were finished. The energy levels rose, but still near critical level. Dillon went along fighting through them effortlessly while the other rangers tried to keep up with him.
XXX
Ziggy watched the levels rise and fall again and realized Dillon was right. He and the doctor were just sitting there, doing nothing. His eager mind formed an idea. He turned to the computer.
"Doc, can you tap me into the feed for this radio transmission?" he asked frantically.
"Don't ever call me Doc." The monitor growled.
"Just tell me how to do it. I-I want Tenaya to hear." he told him his plan quickly.
XXX
Tenaya's eyes flared in determination as the time came. She pulled the lever and slammed on the gas. She drove steadily toward it, ready to leave the dome and go back to the life that her and her brother once had.
XXX
"Rotate Attack! We need to conserve energy!" Scott yelled to his teammates, excluding Dillon. Flynn was getting pushed back easily, and Summer wasn't getting attacked at all. They were just stalking her. She tried to create a ball of energy, but it didn't work.
"I'm out!" she yelled. And as they came at her, she tried to fight back and it was slightly easy, but her energy was wary.
XXX
Ziggy was quickly disconnecting and reconnecting wires, trying to find the perfect one to get Tenaya to hear.
'Me too!' he heard Flynn say.
'Summer, watch your six!' he heard Scott say.
'I can't! They just keep coming!' she cried. He heard a low growl and raised his eyebrows, knowing who it was and that Summer was being defended already. Finally, he got it.
XXX
Tenaya gradually got faster and faster as she neared the flames. Then she heard 'Dillon isn't enough, without his suit!' It was Scott's voice. Coming through her radio. How did that happen?
'They're relentless!' Dillon yelled to his teammates. She widened her eyes and slammed the breaks, trying to convince herself again. They didn't need her, they were fine.
'Flynn, behind you!' Scott warned.
'Scott, behind you!' Flynn warned the red ranger. No, they're fine. They're good. They're rangers, and they can handle it. But what did they mean, Dillon wasn't enough without his suit? What if they did need her?
'Dillon, watch out!' Summer yelled. '
Get out of the way!' her brother screamed. Then, she heard a pained cry from her sister.
'Summer, no!' Dillon yelled. That was it for her. The tires screeched and she swerved. She drove away from station 19 with the thought 'I'll be fine. Definitely.'
XXX
Summer was pushed against a car in the middle of the street by a grinder that was immediately pushed away from her. She looked up seeing a head of brown hair and a tall frame that punched a couple grinders away from her. She smiled before taking on a few others. Scott fought as well but was pushed to the ground.
"Scott!" Summer called. Flynn was thrown to the ground, before they all looked up, and saw a red racer.
"Hey!" growled Scott as he saw the rubber on his precious car being burnt. The car raced behind him. Dillon smiled, running to the front of the car as it stopped. He nodded at his sister who nodded back. She opened the door, waiting for a second before stepping on it. She flew towards her brother, who caught her arm and swung her around at multiple grinders. He stopped swinging her and caught her around the waist to set her onto the ground.
"We always have been better as a team, weren't we?" she asked. He laughed before they turned to their team. They felt a slight sensation on their wrists and looked to see that their morphers were glowing. They nodded again and flipped the switch on their morphers.
"RPM! Get in gear!" they called the morphing sequence before their suits came to the call. Then as if it was rehearsed, in the same tone, same stance, and same exact words, they said "I hate grinders!"
XXX
Back in the lab, Ziggy had heard the two morph, and he was looking at the energy levels expectantly. The red, blue, and yellow levels were still critically low, black levels and white levels showed up on screen. Ziggy smirked, knowing his new friends came through.
XXX
"If you scratched that, I'm gonna make both of you wish you never came here!" Scott threatened. Summer hit him over the head and he mumbled "Ow!" The two didn't seem phased by what he had said as Dillon turned to him.
"You take care of big ugly. We'll keep the grinders busy." he said.
"But, Dillon-" started Summer.
"There must be hundreds of them!" Flynn warned.
"We know. Venjix should've sent more." Tenaya laughed. And with that, her and her brother went into action.
"All right, let's do this!" Scott said.
"Right!" Flynn and Summer both said. The red and blue rangers ran off, and with one last look at Dillon and Tenaya, Summer followed right behind them. As they ran, they pulled out their morphers.
"Calling zords!" Scott commanded. The eagle, lion, and bear were called on. As they jumped into their respective vehicles, they called "We're in!" They stuck their morphers on and set their levers on overdrive. Scott's eagle was the head, Summer's bear as the stomach, and Flynn as the legs. A head flipped out of the top of the eagle, showing the face of the megazord.
"High Octane Megazord!" Scott finished. The monster, shot juice out of a hole in his chest.
"He's firing!" warned Summer.
"Deflect!" yelled Scott. They didn't notice until the last minute, but a tentacle shot out of his arm, heading for their legs. It tripped them, and they fell into a bridge, breaking it.
XXX
Dillon and Tenaya could dodge shots and explosions erupted behind them that weren't meant for them. They ran through them and Dillon punched each of them in the stomach repeatedly. He kicked and threw them. One tried to punch him in his chest, but it didn't work at all.
"You want some?" he asked before elbowing in the fist and double punching his chest. He fought through them quickly and when he got to a last one, he knocked him over a few barrels. One tried to hit him in the head, but he caught it and laughed before stepping forward. The grinder cowered in fear as Dillon said "Bad idea!" He threw it to the floor where it tried to punch him again, but he caught its fist. He twisted its arm and threw him along the concrete.
"Who's next?" he growled. He jumped and did an air kick that landed on 5 grinders. The kick threw two of them into cars. They came at him from behind, but he easily blocked them. They overpowered him only a bit, so he took his blaster out and they felt the wrath of it. Another came at him, so he grabbed his arm and used it as a defense. He shot the grinder behind from it and threw that grinder to the ground. He ran forward before kicking off of one, disarming him in the process and flying, shooting at others. Dillon landed, blaster in hand, and smirked.
XXX
Scott got his team back up and looked left and right between the bridge to see cars coming from both sides. He sighed in frustration before putting his arms up.
"Come on! Hurry!" he called as the cars went over their arms. The monster growled, before coming at them while they were still trying to keep the street intact. He attacked them, and cars stopped immediately.
"Hold on!" yelled Summer.
"We can't!" yelled Flynn. He tried to hit one more time, but they got a grip and immediately caught his hand. As they tried to fight them off, Summer screamed "He's way too big!"
"I've got an idea."Flynn said. They wrapped one of his tentacles around one side of the bridge and another arm across the other part.
"Now, I've got him." Flynn saluted.
"Initiate weapon!" Scott commanded. Out of their leg, jumped a sword, and they caught it.
"Super Saber!" they chorused together.
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Tenaya called on her weapon.
"Nitro sword!" she yelled. She fought through the blasts that were being sent her way and when they were done, she ran forward. She sliced at three, continuing to move through the crowd of grinders. Then she used the heels of her boots to skid through a group, all the while, taking them out each. She finished, and laughed, blowing out the top of her nitro sword.
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As they got ready for the last strike, fire busted out of their ears. Scott pushed his lever all the way back up.
"Punch it!" he called. They skidded towards the monster, dust jumping behind them.
"This is it!" Scott called.
"Right!" Flynn yelled.
"Let's go!" Summer finished. The monster screamed.
"Let's go!" They yelled together as the saber strikes the monster. It strikes 4 times before the monster is finally finished. As the monster exploded, the megazord stood proud and tall.
"Enemy is down! Down and out!" finished Scott.
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Ziggy began to jump and down and screamed "Yes! Haha! Whoo!" For some reason, he raised a hand to Dr. K looking for a high 5. But he sighed.
"Please stop that." he asked nicely.
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"Dillon, come in. Are you there?" Dillon heard Summer ask on his communicator. He and his sister both removed their helmets and Dillon held his wrist to his mouth.
"Yea, Summer. I'm here." he smiled.
"Ranger White, give me a status update, now!" Scott growled. The siblings looked at each other and smirked, before turning to the large pile of grinders in behind them that had purple electricity starting from one end and going to another.
"I'll be fine." she muttered.
"We'll be fine." Dillon said to Scott.
"No, I mean give me a status update on my car!" Scott growled. Tenaya laughed as Dillon cut the red ranger off.
"Rangers Black, and White, out." he smiled at his sister. They both nodded at each other, walking forward. This would be new for them after a year, but they knew, they'd be fine.
I really enjoyed writing this episode and I loved writing the father-daughter moment between Sonny and Dillon. I hoped you enjoyed this episode and I'll be back soon!