Author's Note: Okay, so yesterday I officially finished the Overdrive season with Kaylee, and all it needs is to be updated. This is both good and bad news. Good news, you guys get at least one, maybe sometimes two, chapters a day (two chapters if you guys review fast enough so I'm not attacking you with updates, and if I update in the morning before I leave, and before I go to bed so they're spaced out enough). The bad news: One more Kaylee series story is done. But I have many more planned, actually, the next season after this, my own creation, is already done and needs to be looked over.
As always, let me know what you think. I'm glad you all loved the OaR teamup. I worked my ass off for that. Since I started this series I rewrote that one Arc 5-6-7 maybe 8 's good to know my efforts paid off.
You're all the best!
October 31st, 2007
Halloween.
Ronny's favourite holiday for a few reasons. First, you got to dress up as anyone or anything you wanted to be, and sometimes it was a great escape from real life.
Second, it was the one day of the year where she and her siblings got to eat candy, without any restrictions from her parents. Any kid would love Halloween for that should reason, but with five brothers and one sister, everything was so much more chaotic when all seven siblings were hyperactive.
Third, Ronny was allowed to scare the shit out of people. Who wouldn't love this holiday?
"You dressed Karly up as batman?" Kaylee frowned, looking at her cat, who was sitting on top of the bookshelf in a batman costume for cats.
"They didn't have any dog-like costumes for cats," Ronny sighed, putting her mask over her face. She was dressed as a ghoul, and was planning on scaring the boys in the game room. "So I went with batman."
"I didn't even know they had costumes for cats," Kaylee giggled, reaching for her cat and cuddling the little batman, "You're so cute, Karls."
MEOW!
Karly jumped out of Kaylee's arms and ran under the couch to hide.
Ronny laughed, patting Kaylee on the shoulder as she walked to the pool table.
Meanwhile, in the game room, Dax has just taken his turn, calling an impossible shot. He hit the cue ball, knocking the black ball into a hole, and the cue ball bounced off the table.
"What happened?" Dax asked, opening his eyes.
"You lose, hot-shot," Will smiled, walking over to the other side of the table to gather the balls for a new game. "Doc, feel like playing this round?"
"Sorry, Will," David said from the orange couch, "Hartford wants me to take a look at the Chalice the retros brought back when you guys were gone."
"You're looking at it?" Dax asked. "I thought you were a booboo doctor?"
"I am," David laughed, "but with Rose gone, someone had to do research."
Dax suddenly started shaking nervously as he dropped into a defensive stance and pointed over David's shoulder. The doctor and Will both turned to where he was looking at, as a ghoul popped out of nowhere.
"GARH!" the ghoul yelled, grabbing David. Will grabbed his Tracker, ready to morph in case the ghoul tried something funny.
"I go next!" the ghoul demanded, grabbing the pool stick Dax was waving in his face, "GARH!"
Suddenly, the ghoul started laughing, before pulling off its head, revealing Ronny. David rolled his eyes at his girlfriend, as Dax sighed in relief. Will however was not as amused as the other two, or Ronny.
"Happy Halloween," Ronny giggled, "I thought I would go as something scary this year, it's my favourite holiday."
"Halloween's for kids," Will sighed, shaking his head at Ronny's childish behaviour.
A siren went off as Hartford's voice sounded over the intercom.
"All Rangers, please report to the base."
"Now remember," Ronny told the boys as they made their way to the base, "if you don't help decorate for the party, you don't get any punch, okay?"
"Party?" Kaylee asked, coming from around the corner, "There's a party? Who's coming?"
"Some friends," Ronny smirked, "One for each of us."
"Who? WHO!" Kaylee giggled, jumping up and down as she walked into the elevator, too distracted to remember it was a tight space.
"Oh, someone special," Ronny grinned.
"Who?"
"Kayl," Ronny laughed, putting a hand on Kaylee's shoulder to keep her from bouncing. "You'll find out soon enough."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
As the Rangers and David gathered around the flaming chalice, Hartford picked it up and smiled.
"I think I found something," he said. David shrugged, dropping his report on the table for future reference.
Hartford looked at the papers for a second, before grabbing the bottom of the Chalice and twisting it. As he pulled down on it, a little beetle, trapped in amber came with it. Mack pulled it out, smiling as he examined it.
"It's a beetle," he said.
"I hate bugs," Kaylee frowned.
Hartford didn't need to say anything for Mack to know he had to scan the beetle. He grabbed his tracker and checked the reading.
"It's not a jewel, but it's pretty high," he smiled. "What kind of beetle is it?"
"It's an ugly beetle," Dax stated, causing Kaylee to giggle.
"It's a scarab beetle," Rose explained, "but it's golden. I've never seen anything like it."
"I'll send it to the lab for analysis," Hartford smiled, "but don't wander too far. I'm also working on a new fleet of Zords for your arsenal. Kaylee, its green... ish."
"Cool," Kaylee answered, but with no enthusiasm. Hartford turned to look at Spencer for a second, who only shrug.
Hartford had been trying to get on Kaylee's good side for the past month now, but with no major monster battles, there was no way he could prove to her he really did care about the team. There was also a lot of jewel activity recently, and he was busy working on location the jewel, giving most of his time to that. He was so close to finding the next one.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Once the Rangers returned upstairs, they got started on the decorating. Kaylee was bouncing around the room, following Ronny like a little puppy, hoping the yellow Ranger would tell her who she invited to the party.
Spencer was in the corner, hanging up a plastic bat as Karly, still dressed as batman, sat on his shoulder. The butler turned to look at her and smiled.
"I love Halloween... the candy, the pumpkins..."
As Spencer walked down the ladder he was one, Tyzonn walked by, holding a plastic jack-o-lantern in his hand.
"Rose explained it to me," he smiled, "she said that you put on disguises and go door to door begging for food. It sounds like fun!"
"Yeah, it's great!" Will frowned as he sat on the couch, bored. He was the only one not helping for the party, "When you're a kid."
"Oh, come on Will," Ronny smiled, "don't be such a party pooper."
"Yeah, even the Sentinel Knight is helping out!" Kaylee giggled, turning her attention to the knight, who was carving a pumpkin. After returning to his solid form, the Knight had promised to help out around the house and with the Ranger business. He had already shown the others that he could transform into a powerful sword that the Rangers could use anytime they wanted, or needed.
"Yeah, it's quite fun!" the Sentinel smiled.
"Yeah, and he's already got his costume," Will teased.
"Look, there is nothing wrong with embracing the kid inside you and having some fun!" Ronny laughed, turning to Kaylee, who had stuck two plastic cups over her eyes. The blonde was giggling madly as she pretended to be a bug. "See, Kaylee's doing it."
"She's always doing it," Will frowned.
Kaylee lowered the cups as she gave Will a mock-hurt look. As she opened her mouth for a comeback, the siren went off once again.
"Rangers, we have a situation!"
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
The Rangers found themselves in the middle of town, standing before the Fearcats, who weren't doing much harm other than to an empty building. Tyzonn was first to arrive and stopped dead in his tracks as he pointed to the little kittens.
"Looking for us, Fearcats?" he yelled.
"Ah, the Mercurian, we meet again," Mig smirked, "Too bad you're not who we're after this time."
The other Rangers ran up behind Tyzonn, with Kaylee holding the Sentinel sword in her hand.
"Oh, it's a reunion!" Benglo laughed.
"Our plan worked perfectly," Mig nodded.
"We won't let you destroy the city!" Kaylee frowned.
"Yeah, we have a secret weapon now!" Dax grinned, pointing to the sword in his leader's hands. Kaylee's shoulders dropped as she turned to Dax.
"Way to ruin it, Dax," Kaylee breathed, "It's not secret anymore! You don't tell the bad guys we have secret weapons, because they now have time to think of a plan to take it from us, or use it against us..."
"The Sentinel Sword is no match for our old friend!" Mig smirked.
"Come forth!" Benglo called, before Moltor appeared before the cats, laughing.
"A-are... are you kidding?" Kaylee frowned. "You build us up for some big, bad, scary dude, and you bring Moltor in? Dudes, we face him already! This is nothing new!"
"Whatever you're planning won't work!" Mack yelled, "It's time you leave the city, and the people, alone!"
"Silly Rangers, the plan is already working," Moltor grinned, before turning to Ronny. "You're here, aren't you?"
"Ready?" Mig nodded.
"Let's do it," Benglo smiled, "We have waited long enough. It's time to get our revenge for you breaking the mirror and trapping our brothers!"
The Fearcats held their hands up, and Moltor followed, before they shot a blast at the Rangers, knocking them off their feet. Before the rangers could get up, the three villains ran to attack. Mig and Benglo quickly grabbed Ronny and pulled her to her feet.
"You're coming with us!" they told her.
To distract the Rangers, Moltor attacked them, holding them off long enough for the Fearcats to get a good hold on Ronny before disappearing.
"You've got to be kidding me," Kaylee growled, swinging the sword at the lava-monster. "No one takesmysister!"
Moltor staggered backwards, holding his chest in pain as an idea hit. The sword was powerful, and could be used as a bonus in his plan.
As Kaylee ran in for another attack, Moltor grabbed onto her and knocked her out, before teleporting.
"NO!" Mack yelled as he and the Rangers ran to the spot Kaylee once stood.
"Where did they go?" Dax asked.
"Hartford," Rose called, holding her Tracker to her mouth. "We have a bit of a situation."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Kaylee finally came too and found herself tied to a tree, with Ronny right beside her. She looked up and saw Moltor was standing in front of her, holding the Sentinel Sword.
"Rescue plan, fail," she breathed.
Moltor laughed as he turned away to join the Fearcats.
"Kayl," Ronny whispered, poking her friend's leg, "can you untie us?"
Kaylee nodded, trying her best to reach for her pocket. Inside, she had a laser she had stolen from Will during the Great Prank War.
"What do you think they want?" Kaylee asked as her fingers touched the laser, but she couldn't quite grasp it.
"The same thing as last time," Ronny frowned. "They want our power."
"Well, hopefully we're not around to find out."
"Why did you grab the green Ranger?" Kaylee heard Benglo asked. She thanked Sensei for training her to listen carefully to her surroundings. Even if the villains were slightly out of earshot, years of intense training and meditation had allowed her to become more aware of her surroundings, and as a result, helped her develop her hearing, "She wasn't part of the plan. We only need the yellow one."
"She was holding the Sentinel Sword, you flea hotel," Moltor snapped.
The Sentinel Knight is too powerful to drain with our device," Mig growled. "And he will take much longer! Yellow Ranger's powers can accelerate our time and the device will be up much faster than with any of the other Rangers!"
"And she would have been dead long before the others could rescue her."
"The Sentinel is too powerful to drain, but not too powerful to convert to evil!" Moltor smirked. "Maybe so, but the Green Ranger is a liability! We can't keep her around!"
"What are they saying?" Ronny asked.
"Fine, we'll keep the yellow Ranger," Moltor sighed, "I'll take care of the green one myself."
"Kaylee," Ronny called, "What are they saying?"
Kaylee took a deep breath, taking in all the information. The Fearcats wanted Ronny to power up their machine. If she understood them right, powering up the device was going to end up killing Ronny. They also wanted to convert the Sentinel to their side, and on top of everything else, they wanted to kill Kaylee before things got out of hand, meaning there and now.
"Kaylee!" Ronny nudged her friend, snapping her back to reality.
Kaylee finally got a good hold on the laser and pulled it out. She turned it on and burned through the ropes holding her and Ronny. It didn't take long before the two were running through the forest.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
The Rangers slid down their poles and landed in the base as they ran over to Hartford, Spencer and David.
"Dad, they got Kaylee and Ronny," Mack started.
"And the Sentinel!" Rose added.
"I know," Hartford nodded, never looking away from the computer, "I'm using the satellites to comb the area."
"We have to rescue them quickly!" Tyzonn said, "The Fearcats don't waste time!"
"Can we use the new Zords?" Dax asked.
"No," Hartford answered, "they're not operational yet."
"What are we going to do?" Will frowned.
"You're going to Egypt!"
All questions stopped there as jaws dropped to the floor.
"I'm sorry, what?" David frowned, "What about Kaylee and Ronny? Two of your Rangers? Ring a bell?"
"Listen," Hartford started, refusing to look at David and Spencer, "the lab report from the amber confirmed that the beetle's from Egypt. It has a jewel signature. Finding that jewel is our number one priority. If anything happens, I'll call you."
"Sir," Spencer started, but Hartford held a hand up.
"Look, I'm concerned too," Hartford said, "but Ronny and Kaylee are trained Power Rangers. Now, get yourselves to Egypt."
"Cares about the Rangers my ass," David groaned as Spencer handed one blue business card, one green one, and one yellow one. "Someone's gotta go after them... thank god for these."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
When Kaylee was sure she was far enough away, she grabbed onto Ronny and screwed her eyes shut.
"It's zwopping time!" she called. Instead of disappearing in a green cloud of smoke, she held her head in pain as she dropped to her knees. Ronny knelt down beside her, quickly scanning the area before turning to Kaylee.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I-I can't Zwop..." Kaylee frowned, "It hurts..."
She got to her feet, grabbing Kaylee's hand as she tried to speed off. Just like with Kaylee, she grabbed her head and dropped to her knees.
"I feel your pain," she groaned.
Suddenly, lava lizards began filling the area, and the two girls knew they had to run. Ignoring the pain in their heads, they got to their feet and bolted. Ronny was in front, while Kaylee always stayed a step or two behind, making sure her friend got away safely. Every once in a while she would look over her shoulder. Thankfully, the lizards didn't spot them, so once they were clear again, she stopped for a breather. Ronny stopped as well and turned to Kaylee.
"What did they say?" she asked, putting her hands on her knees. When Kaylee refused to answer, she forced the Green Ranger to look at her. "Kayl..."
"They want you..." Kaylee answered. She knew she wouldn't be able to hide the truth from her sister much longer. "They want to destroy me."
"Not so fast!" Mig called as he jumped out from behind a tree, with an army of lizards behind him.
Ronny turned to Kaylee and sighed. She knew the Green Ranger wasn't going to give up and run, even if she was in danger. Ronny knew that Kaylee would do anything to protect her, and that included sacrificing herself.
She pushed Kaylee into the woods and ran towards the lizards, letting herself get captured as Kaylee watched. As the Green Ranger stepped forward to help, Ronny yelled.
"RUN!"
Kaylee shook her head and tried to attack, but Ronny freed herself in time to jump into the air and kick Kaylee in the head, knocking her out. Ronny looked down at Kaylee and silently apologized before running in the other direction, taking the Fearcat and the Lizards with her. When Kaylee was out of their minds, she let herself be captured.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Kaylee... hello, anyone in there?"
Kaylee slowly opened her eyes and rubbed her head as she tried to remember what happened. She knew she was running away and she knew she had to protect Ronny.
Ronny! Ronny had knocked her out when they were ambushed!
"Ronny!" Kaylee yelled, sitting up a she looked around for her friend.
"Whoa... careful."
"Ronny!" Kaylee yelled, hoping the yellow Ranger would answer her.
"Find, don't mind us."
"Ronny!" Kaylee felt guilty as her own echo answered her. She knew Ronny and sacrificed herself to save her... but she wasn't supposed to. Kaylee was team leader! She was the experienced on. She should be the one captured by the enemies.
Kaylee grabbed her Tracker and called for Hartford.
"Kaylee to the command center, anyone there?"
"Kaylee, what's your status?"
"Ronny sacrificed herself so I can get away."
"Return to base, and wait for the rest of the team."
Kaylee screamed as she threw her Tracker across the forest. She had warned Hartford about this. Ronny was in danger, and he wanted her to go back to base and sit there waiting for the team to return from who knows where.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Ronny had been dragged into an underground room, where a huge machine sat in the middle. She looked up at it and rolled her eyes.
"You'll never get away with this," she growled.
"You may have escaped last time, princess," Mig laughed, "but you will be drained long before any of your Ranger friends can find you."
"I'll plug the Sentinel Sword directly into the converter," Moltor announced, holding the sword. "He will either be turned to evil, or destroyed."
"Looks like we're in for a long night," Ronny breathed, before she was pushed towards the machine.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"You know, you gotta be more careful with these things," a voice spoke, and Kaylee finally realised it wasn't a little voice in her head. There was someone with her.
"Without it, you can't morph," another voice laughed.
Kaylee turned around and saw Kira and Kelly were behind her, holding a water bottle in their hands.
"Hey, she heard us this time!" Kira giggled.
"Finally," Kelly smiled. "I was gonna suggest we get her hearing tested."
"What are you guys doing here?" Kaylee asked, taking the water bottle Kira was offering her.
"David called me," Kelly explained. "He told me you and Ronny were in danger."
"And David called Tori, who couldn't make it because of exams at the Academy, so she called Dustin, which was stupid because he had the same problem, so he called me," Kira explained. "Why do I feel like the understudy?"
"Because you are," Kelly laughed.
"I'm still important!"
"Sure..."
"Kel!"
"Guys... shut up," Kaylee frowned, rubbing her head, "I've been knocked out twice today, once by my team-mate, and I've traded my powers for insta-migrain. I can't handle you two bickering about Kira's importance!"
"Sorry," both girls whispered.
"Thank you," Kaylee sighed, "But Kira, Kelly's right. You're the understudy."
"Ha!" Kelly laughed, poking her friend.
"But that doesn't mean you're not important," Kaylee took a deep breath as she held her head in her hands. "What is important though, is that we rescue Ronny."
Kelly and Kira both agreed as they helped Kaylee to her feet. After making sure Kaylee was okay to run through the jungle, they three slowly made their way deeper, looking for any sign of Ronny.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Initiating energy draining sequence," Moltor called, flipping a switch at the machine turned yellow. Ronny's hands were force to what looked like a cracked egg, and instantly, the yellow Ranger felt weaker.
"Prepare for a very draining day," Mig laughed.
"You're making a big mistake!" Ronny tried pulling her hands free, but found they were glued to the egg.
"This time there will be no mistake," Moltor swore.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Slowly, the three girls were making their way through the forest. As they did, Kaylee tried using any of her zwopping powers. Zwop, Zwoom, hell, even Zwip if it meant proving she still had her powers.
"Come on!" Kaylee yelled, clenching her fists and randomly stopping. Her eyes were screwed shut as she tried her best to zwop. "It's zwopping time!"
Nothing.
"It's Zwopping time!" Kaylee yelled again, but still, nothing. "ZWOP! ZWOP!"
"Kaylee!" Kira frowned, gently touching Kaylee's arm. Kaylee opened her eyes and looked up at the yellow Ranger.
"Kira... they're gone..."
Kira turned to Kelly with a worried look. They knew Kaylee had taken a hard hit to the head, because she hadn't come to right away, but did that mean she lost her powers.
"It's fucking ZWOPPING time!" Kaylee yelled, trying her hardest to teleport, even a couple inches. Suddenly, the pain in her head returned as Kaylee fell to her knees, holding her head in her hands and crying out in pain. Kelly and Kira were on the ground, by her side, in record time as they looked down at the girl, worried.
"Kaylee, are you okay?" Kelly asked, putting a hand under Kaylee's chin, forcing the blonde to look up at her. That's when she noticed a cut on Kaylee's forehead that had been there since she and Kira had first found her. Kira had assured the pink Ranger that Kaylee had a regeneration power, but so far, it didn't look like it in the slightest. The cut wasn't getting any worse, but it wasn't getting better.
"It hurts," Kaylee whispered, holding her head.
"Kayl, until we get home, don't try to use your powers, okay?" Kelly said gently, helping her friend up. "Promise me?"
Kaylee nodded, taking her friend's hand and getting up.
"Ronny had the same thing," Kaylee whispered after taking a breather, "She couldn't run... it was painful... just like now..."
"We'll figure this out after we find her," Kira assured her.
"If they hurt her, I'll kill them," Kaylee growled. She stepped forward to continue her search, when a yeti jumped out in front of her.
"Whoa..." Kira frowned. "Um..."
"AH!" the yeti yelled, stepping backwards in fear, before calming himself down.
"Wait a minute," Kaylee smiled as she walked up to the yeti, "I know you... you follow Flurious around... like a dog... right?"
"I'm not a dog," Norg frowned, "I'm a yeti."
"What's that?" Kira asked.
"It's... uh..." Norg paused, trying to find some way to explain it. "It's like a dog, but I don't bark!
"Could have fooled me," Kelly whispered.
"You are a Power Ranger!" Norg smiled, bouncing up and down as he clapped it hands together. "OH! Are you gonna capture me?"
Kaylee turned to her sisters. Wasn't he supposed to try and capture them?
"Um... consider yourself captured... I think," Kaylee frowned.
"If he works for the bad guys, wouldn't he be able to answer a few questions?" Kira asked. Kaylee nodded.
"Do you know where Moltor and the Fearcats are?" she asked.
"I don't know," Norg shook his head.
"What do they want with Ronny?"
"I'm not sure."
"What happened to my powers?"
"I don't know... I just..."
"Do you know anything?" Kaylee frowned, shaking her head at the "dog".
"Uh..." Norg looked up to the sky for a second as he paused to think. Finally, he turned to the three girls and shook his head, "no..."
"You're useless," Kaylee growled, turning toe and walking in the other direction.
"But..." Norg started, but Kelly raised her finger and glared.
"Sit," she ordered.
Norg obeyed, finding the perfect rock to sit on as he waited for another command. Kelly and Kira laughed before following Kaylee.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Meanwhile, down in Egypt, the Rangers found the little shop they were looking for. They stepped inside and found the merchant. Mack put the beetle down on the table, catching the man's attention.
"What can you tell us about this?" he asked.
"Where did you get it?" the merchant asked.
"We got it from a..."
"We need to know more about this golden scarab beetle," Rose said, cutting Dax off before he leaked any valuable information. "Where in Egypt can they be found?"
The merchant picked up the beetle and looked at it in awe, "It can't be..."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Ronny tried her best to stand as she looked over at the monitor, showing how much energy she had left. Half of it was already gone, and the other half was draining too fast for comfort.
"That's enough energy to run my robot!" Moltor announced, pushing a button that converted Ronny's energy into power for the Megazord in the other chamber.
As Moltor walked out, Benglo stuck his arm out to stop him.
"She's not done draining!" he told the hot head.
"Complete the draining," Moltor growled. "I'm taking my robot."
As Moltor left, the Sentinel Sword broke free from the console and turned back into the Knight. Ronny felt a glimmer of hope at finally being freed as the Knight stood before her.
"Hold on Ron..." the Knight dropped to his knees, holding his head for a second. He turned to the cats and frowned. "What... what have you done to me?"
"You're one of us now," Mig laughed as the Knight's eye flashed a bright green and he stood up. He turned his back to Ronny, causing the yellow Ranger to groan.
"C'mon, Kayl..."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"Look, here," the merchant pointed to a page in a book he held up for the Rangers to see. His finger was resting on a picture of a beetle. "These are secant beetles... I can't believe they are real."
"Where are they found?" Will asked. The longer the merchant spent looking at the beetle, the more uncomfortable he felt.
"According to legend, they are buried deep in the sands of the geyser desert."
"We need to look for sand in Egypt?" Dax smiled, thinking a loud. "We can do that!"
"Rangers, we have a problem, return immediately!"
Rose took the beetle from the merchant, who looked painfully upset at losing what seemed to be a very valuable insect in his eyes, and ran off with her team as Hartford alerted them of danger.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
The Rangers landed back in the United States, in a clearing not too far from the forest Kaylee and the girls were in (though they didn't know it). As they looked up, they spotted a giant metallic lava lizard.
Tyzonn and Mack grabbed their Trackers and called for their Zords.
As soon as the Megazord was formed, the Rangers found themselves on the wrong end of laser shots that immediately caused their Megazord to break back into the different Zords. The Rangers were forced to eject as they landed in a lake of water.
Back at the Base, Hartford was watching the monitors closely.
"Okay, you have two choices here," David frowned, patting Hartford on the back. "One, you send in the battle fleet, and you can save the rest of your team, or two, you can leave them to die like you did with Kaylee and Ronny."
Hartford pushed a button on the computer, giving David his answer.
"Dispatching the battle fleet."
"Miss Robinson would be upset if she found out she was missing this," Spencer whispered to David.
"I just want Ronny to come home..." David sighed, looking over at the monitor that displayed the Ranger's energy status. Mack, Will, Dax, Rose and Tyzonn's energy levels were normal, considering they were in battle. Kaylee's was dropping slowly, but wasn't low enough to raise concern.
Ronny's however was dropping way too fast. If it didn't slow soon, David feared he would never see her again.
On the battlefield, an arsenal of Zords emerged from the lake, right under the Rangers.
"Okay, this is, by far, the coolest toy yet," Will smirked.
"It won't matter," Moltor said, finally telling the Ranger who they were up against. "Lava-dactyls!"
"Kira rip-offs!" Dax yelled as he jumped into the cockpit of his new Zord.
"Activating cannons!" Mack yelled as the ship was bombarded by blasts from the "Kira rip-offs", as Dax called them. Cannons emerged from the deck of the new battle fleet and shot down the lava-Pterodactyls.
"I hate those rangers!" Moltor yelled as he watched his army was destroyed. He looked down at his energy levels and saw they were dropping dramatically. "I have to recharge!"
He pulled on a lever, causing his Megazord to spin down into the dirt and disappear.
Good job, Rangers, return to base."
"But..." Dax frowned.
"We're not done!" Rose added.
"Let's go," Mack sighed.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
"We had him on the run, why did you call us back?" Will asked, walking behind Andrew.
"The battle fleet isn't fully operational yet!" Andrew explained. "I couldn't take any chances..."
David slammed his hand down on the table as he jumped up, "Oh, you can't take any chances with this hunk of metal! But you leave Kaylee and Ronny in the hands of the Fearcats and Moltor because they're trained Power Rangers!"
"David, this isn't the time..."
"Shut up!" David yelled. "You can more about this piece of shit than you do your team! Admit it!"
"I can't risk these guys getting hurt because of Zord malfunction!"
"Have you not looked at the energy levels of the Rangers?" David pointed to the other monitor, where Ronny's reading was flashing orange.
"Kaylee's contacted us," Hartford snapped. "She's okay!"
"She's okay?" David asked, moving his finger to Kaylee's readings, which were above Ronny's, but well below the other Rangers. "For all you know Kaylee could have passed out by now! Who knows what can happen to her if she's not able to defend herself!"
"David, you have to understand, the corona..."
MEOW! Karly hissed jumping onto the monitors, still in the batman costume Ronny dressed her in, as she glared at Hartford.
"The fucking crown can wait," David breathed.
"We need to protect that jewel! We can't risk losing anymore."
"Fuck the jewel!" David yelled.
MEOW!
"I'm with batman," David frowned. "You can send these guys to Egypt, but if Ronny's energy levels reach red, and you haven't done a thing about it, I'm going after her."
MEOW!
"And Batman's coming with me," David nodded, picking up the cat.
Meow.
"Why am I Robin?" David growled, turning his back to Hartford as he nervously watched Ronny's energy drop.
Rose looked up at Hartford, waiting for his orders. She wanted badly to go after her two best friends, but she knew she had to stick with her team and do whatever Hartford asked of them.
Hartford let out a long, deep breath as he turned to the Rangers, "I need you to..."
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Kaylee, Kira and Kelly ran through the forest, looking high and low for signs of Ronny, Moltor or the Fearcats. Anything out of the ordinary was examined as a clue.
"I'm coming, Ronny, I promise," Kaylee swore under her breath as she jumped over another log.
-----Operation-Overdrive-----
Ronny finally gave into her weakness and dropped to her knees. She would have fallen further, if her hands weren't glued to the energy sucking egg. She looked over at the monitors and saw that almost three quarters of her energy had been drained. It was only a matter of hours before the machine sucked up what was left, and killed her.