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"This we'll defend."

~U.S. Army

Jason

He stepped off the plane and back onto the army base, breathing in the scent of fresh air after his tour of duty overseas. A cadet then came running up to him and gave a crisp salute.

"At ease, cadet."

"The Captain wants to see you right away, Lieutenant Scott."

Jason nodded and the cadet scampered off as Jason picked his duffel back up and made his way to the Captain's office. Once at his destination, Jason saluted his superior officer.

"At ease, Lieutenant, have a seat."

"I heard you wanted to see me sir," Jason sat in the chair in front of the Captain's desk.

"Yes, there's a situation. Angel Grove is under attack, and the Power Rangers are severely outnumbered. It would seem that the aliens are winning so the army is being deployed."

Jason leaned back in his chair in shock, never before had the army been sent to help the Power Rangers.

"Seeing as how it is your hometown, Lieutenant, I thought you might like the chance to lead the assault."

"Of course, sir," Jason agreed without hesitation and leaning over he shook the Captain's hand, "Thank you."

He felt the adrenaline pumping through his veins as he pulled on his gear and met up with the rest of his squadron. He looked over the men and women that were his teammates for this mission, though they all wore the same color he was still the man in 'red' and felt as if they were his responsibility.

Hopping into the lead jeep one of the other officers handed him a file that contained all the information the government had on the recent alien force trying to invade and conquer earth, which unfortunately wasn't much. Finally, back to an enemy the former red ranger could understand and handle. When it was humans killing humans, he just didn't understand. But good vs. evil he had a clear grasp on.

The military had some contacts in Angel Grove so they knew where most of the citizens were being held, and their main objective was to rescue them and evacuate. Jason knew, however, that he would be staying in Angel Grove until all the alien forces were gone.

They came under fire as soon as they reached Angel Grove, but they didn't stop to engage the enemy, their target was the hostage area. One of the following jeep's tires was hit and it veered off course ending on its side. Looking back Jason could see the passengers climbing to their feet and attacking the approaching Quantrons.

"Keep going," Lieutenant Scott ordered the driver and waved on the following jeeps. He wouldn't leave his men behind if he thought they couldn't handle it.

Upon reaching the target zone, the soldiers opened fire and jumped out of their jeeps ducking behind them for cover from the return fire.

Going around the jeep and making his way towards the unprotected citizens of Angel Grove Jason noticed as he was shooting the Quantrons that they would stumble but would always keep attacking. Upon closer inspection, he could see that sometimes the bullets ricocheted.

Seeing that this mode of attack was useless Jason shouted, "Hold your fire! Don't shoot!" He then rushed a Quantron, using his rifle as a bludgeon.

Some of the soldiers heard him and followed his example whereas others wanted to stick to their guns, scared and not used to fighting aliens.

Jason launched himself into a group of Quantrons with a vicious tornado kick. He then deftly twisted one's arm, relieving it of its blaster and swung the Quantron into its comrades.

Ducking a wild swing, Jason came back up and grabbed the Quantron's shoulders, slamming his knee into its chest at the same time. Then, he rolled over the Quantrons back and pulled a Quantron off a fellow soldier. He delivered several punches to the Quantron's chest and roundhouse kicked it to the side. Turning to the left he blocked an oncoming punch and punched it in the face so hard that its whole head swiveled to the side and it collapsed.

Facing another Quantron, Jason grabbed its attempt at a front kick and tugged up causing the Quantron to flip over and unlike Zack it landed on the ground, hard. Breathing hard, Jason took a quick survey of the battle field. The army was fighting tooth and nail against the Quantrons in hand to hand combat, but Jason didn't no how much longer his troops would be able to last. After all, humans had to rest and re-energize, whereas the robots could go at it all day.

Jason saw a group of citizens trying to escape from their captures and flee to safety. He also noticed that the Quantrons had seen them and were currently preparing to fire upon them.

"No!" Jason shouted and with no other options coming to mind he ran in front of the citizens, arms spread wind and took the blasts that were meant for them. He collapsed on the cement, the pain unbearable. The soldiers saw the fall of their leader and instantly surrounded him, trying to protect him from further injury.

"Let me through, I'm a doctor I can help him," a woman pushed her way through the soldiers and kneeled next to the injured man.

She checked over his wounds and caught sight of his name stitched on his uniform, 'Lieutenant Scott'. She gasped and took off his helmet so that he could breathe easier and she could get a clear look at his face.

He struggled to remain conscious as a woman came over, a doctor based on the scrubs she was wearing.

"Jason, hold on you'll be alright," he squinted, trying to bring her into focus, as the woman said his name, which she shouldn't know.

"Trini," he managed to croak out through the pain and gave her a small smile.

She smiled back, "Yeah, it's me Jase."

Safe in the arms of a close friend and former teammate, Jason let the darkness consume him.