Power Rangers GPX SIU episode 4: Park Rangers
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Later that night, they would gather at Sean and Aaron's apartment. They had decided earlier in the day to make contact with their helper and they'd do it tonight. After they'd escaped from the fight, Maria and Hitomi walked to the east side of campus where some students were getting ready to go out for the night. They ignored them. The fate of the region—and possibly the world—is at stake here.
Maria got off the phone with Sean as the two walked up to Wall & Grand, where he and Aaron had their apartment. Sean would be down in a few minutes to take them up to his apartment. They waited a moment for someone to open the door (getting into SIU Housing requires a key fob for security reasons) and came inside. After a couple of minutes, Sean came down. "There you are," he said. "I was wondering when you were going to show up."
"We did not want to be late," said Hitomi.
"They're with me," he said to someone as he brought them with him.
Once on the third floor (where the apartment was), Sean led them to the apartment where Aaron was watching a Doctor Who DVD. The girls took off their coats (Maria turned down Sean's help) and hung them up while Sean went into the kitchen. "Fuck you," said Maria.
"Why?" Sean replied.
"Because your apartment is fantastic," she replied.
"Whatever," he replied. "You want anything? We've got some stuff from Quatro's, Cokes,"
"No beer?" asked Maria. "Didn't you try to sneak that in?"
"I got caught last semester," said Sean. "I'm not going to do it again; Might as well follow the guidelines."
He's actually following rules? Maria thought.
"I'll have some soda!" Hitomi said eagerly. Sean grabbed a can of pop and handed it to her. Maria just helped herself to some potato chips that were out on the counter of the small apartment. "Are you going to meet with your friend, Sean?" asked Hitomi.
"Not tonight," he replied. "Marty's busy tonight and tomorrow his parents are going to Memphis, so he'll visit with them."
"Oh, okay, said Hitomi.
"Shall I go get the thing?" he asked. Maria and Hitomi nodded and Sean went into his room. He came out a couple of minutes later with a glowing rock. Bits of red, blue, yellow, pink, green, black, grey, purple and white were emanating from the rock. Sean brought it into the living room and Aaron turned off the TV. Sean hooked up a few cables up to the rock.
"Are Rob and Kevin coming?" asked Maria.
"No," said Sean. "Rob's on duty and Kevin, well, we know his story."
"Right," she said. A panel popped out like a disk drive in a PC. Sean pressed a few buttons before the panel slid back in. The rock began to glow again and started to project something. A human figure began to materialize in the room and before long, a holographic figure of a man in his late 30s appeared, projected by the physical embodiment of the Universal Morphing Grid.
"Hey guys," he said. "You called me?"
"That we did, Jason," Sean said to the holograph of Jason Lee Scott, the first Red Ranger in his universe. "We need some help."
"Considering you'd call me from a whole other universe, I'd say so," said Jason. This ability of the Morphing Grid is not magic, but involves a lot of wibbly, wobbly universey-wersey stuff (long story short, the Grid can allow Ranger teams in one universe to contact another). "What's the problem?"
"Well we already told Tommy Oliver about the last semester," said Sean. "Basically, after we destroyed their last transmutation circle, which would have leveled the city, whatever trail we had with them has gone cold. We've got no leads and no clues. All they're talking about is that they've got some sort of plan. But they're smart; they're not talking about it."
"Absolutely nothing?" Jason asked, leaning against nothing (although he was most likely leaning against something in his universe).
"Nothing," said Maria. Jason looked at all the Rangers. They were stone-faced.
"I'm sorry, but I'm a little unfamiliar with these guys," said Jason. "What do you know about them?'
"Well as of right now, they seem happy to fight us," said Sean.
"But it used to be that they would tell us to go away last semester," said Hitomi. "They kept telling us not to interfere with them or there would be consequences."
"Typically, that's still the attitude," said Jason. "And they're—"
"Immoral alchemists," said Sean. "And they turned Hitomi's brother, the first Green Ranger, against us, although splitting from us might not exactly be turning against us."
"Just like your alien-fighting counterparts," said Jason. "Tommy told me about them."
"And now he's going to Northwestern," said Sean.
"How did he transfer so quickly?" asked Maria.
"I think he's starting there in the spring," said Sean. Northwestern University does not have the same semester-based calendar SIU uses; they use a trimester-based calendar. "Lucky bastard." Let's just say that Northwestern is a better school that SIU.
"Are you sure that's all you know?" said Jason.
"Why, do you have some experience-based advice?" asked Sean.
"Exactly," said Jason. "Usually, the bad guys have a back-up plan if their plans fail."
"We think they have one," said Sean. "But I'm not so sure what that plan is."
"Well what would they be doing?" asked Maria.
"I don't know," said Sean. "I mean, there are so many possibilities, they could be doing nothing for all we know, they're just bluffing to keep us off their backs! I doubt it, but it's possible."
"Either way, you have to keep your guard up," said Jason. "The enemies are always planning something, and it's hard to stay a step ahead, much less keep up with them."
"It's being a reactionary force that's the worst," said Maria.
"Obviously," said Jason. "Of course, from what I've heard about you guys, if you had the knowledge, you'd go after the enemy yourselves."
"You know it," said Hitomi.
"Great to hear it," said Jason. "And also, don't put too much trust in the authorities."
"You talking about SWORD or the cops?" asked Sean.
"It doesn't matter," said Jason.
"Because you, know, SWORD is pretty particular about who they recruit," said Sean. "I don't think we have anything to worry about from them."
"Well, I don't really trust them a whole lot," said Hitomi.
"I guess a little healthy skepticism doesn't hurt," said Sean.
"But our Silver Ranger is a cop," said Maria. "An SIU cop, but a cop nonetheless."
"That's different," said Jason. "Just be careful, okay? And one more thing; don't give up."
"Are you kidding me?" said Sean. "That's our motto! Did anyone in your universe come up with it?"
"No," said Jason.
"Good! Do you want me to repeat it?" said Sean. "Fuck it, I'll say it anyway. We don't quit, we don't surrender, and most of all, we don't lose!"
"Your counterpart in the other universe—"
"Yes, I know that!" said Sean. "But I came up with that on my own."
"And one other thing," said Maria. "Our Blue Ranger thinks we need a seventh Ranger. Do we—"
"You can never have enough," said Jason.
"Looks like we'll have to find a seventh Ranger," said Sean. "Other than that, we're good."
"Fine," said Jason. "I don't need to tell you anything about being a Ranger." A knowing smile was on his face. "I guess I don't have much to say except, good luck and happy hunting." With that, his hologram disappeared, and Sean took the rock back into his bedroom, where he'd hopefully be able to hide it until the end of the semester.
"Well that wasn't much help," said Maria.
"Probably not as much as I hoped," said Sean. "But, it's nice to know we've got some support."
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Sean brushed some of the snow (which had been falling lightly) off his jacket when he came to lecture at Lawson Hall the next morning. All of his classes were in the morning, save for one discussion period in the afternoon. He walked into the lecture hall where the class would be held and found a seat near the front… right next to Marty.
"I didn't know you liked to sit this close," said Sean.
"Is that bad?" asked Marty.
"I was just saying," said Sean. "Are you even Marty McAuliffe? Has someone created a clone of him that's actually dedicated to his schoolwork? Give me back my buddy!"
"Ha, ha," Marty said sarcastically. "Hey, did you hear about last night?"
"About what?" asked Sean.
"These… things were attacking the Strip, dude!" said Marty. "One of them tried to eat me, and then I saw the—what's his name—Red Power dude!"
"You did?" said Sean. "Huh. Were you drinking?"
"No!" said Marty. "I was at Wise Guys!"
"There?"
"Yes, there!"
"But that's—"
"I know! But that's not what I mean, dude!"
"Then what do you mean?"
"He sounded… kind of like you!"
"A lot of people probably sound like me," said Sean. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"I thought you were—"
"Dude, are you kidding me?" he said. "I'm not going to go running around fighting… whatever, in spandex!"
"Then who the hell was that?" asked Marty.
"I don't know!" Sean replied. "It could be anybody! I was over at Quatro's, but I got out of there as soon as I heard the 'BANG'."
"You were at Quatro's? Why didn't you—" He stopped when Maria came in and sat down in their row, right next to Sean. "Fuck you."
"Why?" asked Sean. Marty didn't answer, only looking pretty miffed about something. Sean could only shrug at Maria right before Professor McDonald came out on stage to begin the lecture.
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At the end of the day, Sean and Aaron got back to their apartment and right as soon as Sean got onto his laptop and logged onto the university's internet, he got a Skype call from SWORD. "Great," he muttered to himself as he answered the call. "Yeah?"
"You address your commanding officer with a 'Yes sir, what is it?'" Maelstrom said as soon as he popped on screen.
"Yes sir, what is it?" he asked again.
"We got a call from the Illinois State Geological Survey," said Maelstrom. "They called the USGS and they called us. They've detected small tremors near the Giant City State Park."
"Giant City?" asked Sean. "And how did U of I detect this, anyway?"
"It was actually SIU that detected it," said Maelstrom. "We need you to investigate."
Sean sighed and said, "Sure."
"I need a little more enthusiasm out of you," said the Samuel L. Jackson look-a-like.
"Yes, sir!" he said with (fake) enthusiasm. "But it sounds like a trap."
"Then be prepared for a trap," said Maelstrom. "Dismissed." He turned off the screen and his picture disappeared.
Sean got up and went back into the living room of the apartment. "You ever been to Giant City?" he asked.
"No," said Aaron. "Why?"
"We're going there tomorrow," said Sean. "Maelstrom wants us to investigate something."
"Why can't SWORD do it on their own?" asked Aaron.
"Because we're the ones who have to get killed first," said Sean. "I'll go call the others."
"Great," said Aaron.
"When are you going to do the dishes?"
"Just now," said Aaron.
"Alright, get to it!" said Sean. Aaron chuckled to himself. Oh, how he loved fucking with his roommate.
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"Drake, SWORD is—"
"I know, Cedric," said Drake. "Tell Neville to prepare a monster for the Rangers. We need an exceptionally good one."
"At once," said Cedric. He walked out of Drake's office, leaving him to contemplate the recent turn of events.
Have they… no, it must have been an accident. There is no way they could have figured it out this quickly.
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Two cars pulled up into the parking lot at Giant City Lodge, one a sedan the other smaller car. The sedan opened up and Sean, Aaron, Maria and Hitomi stepped out. Kevin got out of the second car (a closer look would reveal that it's a rental.). Some of the snow had melted, as the temperature was a bit close to 36 degrees.
Contrary to what you are probably thinking, Giant City is not actually a city, but refers to giant bluffs of sandstone that are naturally arranged like a city, hence the name. The park is also a popular spot for camping, picnicking and other activities, and his home to hundreds of flower species. Basically it's a big tourist attraction for Southern Illinois and one of the state's most popular state parks. Unfortunately, it's also winter, so… it's not as hopping as it usually is.
"Tell me why I had to come," said Kevin.
"Because you're a Ranger?" asked Sean.
"At least we're not investigating some supposedly haunted forest," said Maria. Consult Power Rangers GPX Part 1, episode 12 for reference.
"Do you have your devices?" asked Sean. They looked at him. "Oh, so it's my responsibility, huh?"
"Yep," said Kevin. Sean pulled out his GPX Tracking device and pressed a few buttons. "Alright, the tech guys said this should scan the soil and find a few things out of the ordinary. But, I'm not holding my breath any time soon. Let's go." They walked off to find whatever it was they were looking for. Little did they know, they were being watched…
In a strange twist of weather, it had gotten much colder and the snow was starting to fall. In all fairness, this was predicted for today, and the Rangers had come prepared, dressed in their jackets and other cold weather gear. Sean's boots tracked in the show while he scanned the ground, looking for anything.
The others were clearly bored, completely unsure why they should even be there. It felt like a jip. In the meantime, Maria seemed content to pass the time by texting some of her amigas, checking her step along the way. Hitomi get a little look, only to see that it was addressed to her amigas in Brazil. Hitomi shrugged and asked Maria to say 'hi' for her.
"I could be watching something good today," said Aaron.
"Or working on our essay," said Maria. Sean groaned.
"Yeah, two weeks in and McDonald assigns a fucking essay," said Sean. "Three essays, all a month apart. Stupid class schedule."
"Hey, do you feel strange?" asked Hitomi.
"It's just the wind," said Sean. He did feel a bit of cold wind.
"No, something's wrong," said Hitomi. "It's not the wind."
"Okay, this is strange," said Sean. "There's something on my detector and it's… above ground and phasing in and out?"
"Is there anything else?" asked Kevin.
"Yeah, it looks like it's starting to pick something up underground," said Sean. "I'm getting little spikes in seismic activity."
"How is this strange?" asked Aaron.
"Because the nearest fault zone is to the south," said Sean. "And I don't think these are really seismic—"
"Sean, something's wrong!" said Hitomi.
"Ndebele, Maria, get your blasters out!" said Sean. "I think Hitomi might be right about something."
Maria and Aaron pressed a button on their AcceleMorphers and their Octane Blasters materialized in their hand, despite probably breaking a couple of local laws. Sean went back to his scanner. "I'm not sure if these are seismic," he said. "They're kind of like… if someone was digging."
"How do you know that?" said Kevin.
"It's just a guess," said Sean.
"Sean?" asked Hitomi. He looked and noticed she looked very nervous. In fact, even Maria and Aaron were nervous.
"Keep your eyes peeled," said Sean. "We're not alone."
A sense of dread filled them, it was almost unearthly. These woods are not haunted, but they felt like they were. Even in the bright daylight, it seemed horrible. There's a reason peoples of old are afraid of dark forests. Who knows what might be lurking in these woods? Even in this modern age, there's something not quite right in the forest. And here they are, in the middle of the woods, being stalked by something.
They heard a wail in the distance. Maria shrugged, saying "Heck of a wind."
But Hitomi knew better. "It's not," she said. "I didn't feel anything."
Sean's face looked very nervous now. His breath was getting quicker, he said, "Get your Keys ready."
They heard the wail again. It was closer now. Sean went back to his scanner. Nothing. "This is weird," said Aaron.
Sean kept scanning the ground and checking behind him. His unease got even worse when he heard the wail again. It was getting much closer. But still, his scanner showed nothing, until—"Got something!"
"What is it?" asked Kevin.
"It looks like there's something hollow underneath us," said Sean. "It looks like a tunnel."
"A tunnel?" asked Kevin.
"Yeah, and it's pretty deep and wide, too," said Sean. "Several feet underground, looks like it's been dug into solid rock."
"How?" asked Kevin.
"Well, there are all those old coal mines in the area!" said Sean. "Maybe this is an extension of one."
"If that's the case, then who's using it?" asked Kevin.
"Who do you think?"
Then, they heard the wail again. "It's close," said Maria.
Sean got up and pointed his blaster out at the forest. He felt his heart pounding it his chest, and he suspected the others' hearts were pounding, too. He checked the scanner again. The tunnel was still there. They looked out at the forest, their dread almost getting to them. But they're Power Rangers. This kind of dread is simply a bump in the road. Whatever this is, they'll get it.
Hitomi was hyperventilating, her old confidence issues bubbling back up to the surface. She heard Maria taking some sniffs. "Do you smell that?" she said with disgust.
"Aye," said Kevin. "It smells like... a decaying body. Ugh! It's so bad!" His voice was muffled from covering his face with his jacket.
"I'm getting something," said Sean. "It's 20 yards away!"
"Keep your eyes open!" said Kevin.
Hitomi backed up in the clearing. The stench was almost overpowering. The wail came again. And this time, it was… right… behind…
Her.
She turned around, and her face contorted in fear. She was looking straight at the beady eyes of a monster. It was gaunt, almost to the point of emaciation, its skin, cold gray like corpse, was pulled tautly over its bones and its hair was stringy. The beady eyes were pushed back into its sockets, and whatever lips it had were tattered and bloody, and blood dripped from its mouth. Its breath was a cloud in the cold air. Even though it looked human, it looked so terribly inhuman. The stench was so bad it almost caused her to faint.
Instead she panicked and started shooting. The monster dashed out of the way, but her shooting got the others' attention. "What the hell was that?" said Sean.
"Four o' clock!" Maria shouted. Then she started shooting.
"Dammit, we gotta morph!" said Sean. He pulled out his Key. "READY!?" The, the monster appeared right in front of them. It was big, towering over them at probably 15 feet tall. Its arms were long and it walked with an ape-like gait. The hands ended in talons and its feet were also massive. It let out another blood-curdling wail and took a big swipe at the team. "GET DOWN!"
The big paw missed and the Rangers got out of the way. Individual shouts of "GPX, Start it Up!" could be heard and they were all morphed before long.
"Sean, what is that thing?" asked Kevin.
"Let me check," said Sean. His HUD was filled with text as it searched for data. Finally, he got something. "Got it! It's called a Wendigo!" He ducked out of the way of the monster's massive paw. "Uh, Algonquin legend, upper Midwest, Canada… oh, fuck! It's a cannibal!"
"What does that mean?" asked Hitomi.
"IT MEANS IT'S TRYING TO EAT US!" The wendigo took a massive swipe at Kevin and missed, smashing the tree into a million splinters. "Oh man, the park rangers are gonna be so mad at us! And this is a Canadian monster, what's it doing here in Southern Illinois?"
"I think I know why," said Kevin.
"Yeah, now that you mention it," Sean said as he let off a couple shots. "But whatever; JUST SHOOT THE DAMN THING!"
The forest was filled the sounds of their shooting, but they didn't land a shot. The wendigo dashed out of the way. The place was quiet again. But that's never a good indication anything's over. Right on cue, Aaron's HUD alerted him to an enemy on his 6. He spun around and shot the wendigo. Again, he missed. "DAMN!"
"This is bad!" said Sean. "I think he's playing with us."
"I hate it when they play with us," said Kevin.
"So what should we do?" asked Maria.
"We should get out of here," said Kevin.
"HEY! Remember what I said? We don't quit!" said Sean.
"What about retreating?"
"… That's different. Let's go!" The Rangers holstered (or just reattached their blasters to their belts) and ran back the way they came. "That thing's gonna follow us, anyway. My HUD said it can smell us and hear our heartbeats."
"Three o' clock!" said Maria. She pulled out her blaster and shot the monster twice. The monster disappeared into the woods.
"We're almost at the parking lot!" said Sean. They busted out of the woods right in front of the lodge, much to the surprise of some visitors. "Get outta here, there's a monster on the loose!" he said.
"What?"
"I said GET OUT OF HERE!" he shouted, grabbing one of them by the collar.
"Why?" asked a woman, presumably the man's wife. "What is going on, and who are you, anyway?"
"If you don't get out of here—"
"REEEDDD!" Hitomi shouted. The Wendigo burst out of the trees and let out a wail.
"Does THAT answer your question!?" They didn't answer the question, just getting back in their car and driving off. "Now then," said Sean. "Listen up! We gotta keep that thing here! Kevin, you got your rifle?" Kevin pressed his belt buckle.
"So what's the plan?" asked Kevin.
"First off, everyone, get some melee weapons!" He said that while Maria dodged the Wendigo's paws. They all summoned their weapons and Hitomi got her Am Staff. "Alright, one at a time, go!"
"What about me?" said Kevin.
"Keep it away from the woods!" said Sean.
Hitomi started it off, taking a big cut at the Wendigo. The monster swung its paw at herm but she got out of the way just in time. Aaron took advantage and whacked the monster with his axe. The monster wailed and whacked him to the side. He felt the wind knocked out of him and a bad pain in the gut as he doubled over. However, this gave Maria a launching pad and she jumped on his back and wrapped her arms around the wendigo's neck. The beast flailed about as Maria stabbed the monster in the neck.
The wendigo howled an even more inhuman cry than when they first heard it. "GOT IT!" said Sean. "Not so invincible now, are ya?"
"Silver, what can't it do?" Kevin said as he shot the beast. "Trace amounts, but still some silver in there!"
"Just enough," Sean said as he prepped. He took a big cut at the Wendigo. The wendigo's paw fell off and turned to clay. "Figures," said Sean. Then, the wendigo reached out its arm and its hand reattached to it. "That's new!" Suddenly, the wendigo grabbed him and started squeezing. Even with his high-tech suit that nearly made him invincible, he felt the wendigo squeezing him to death and he let out an unearthly scream.
"SEAN!" Maria shouted. She rushed the Wendigo and stabbed its hand. The wendigo didn't seem fazed, but once Aaron and Hitomi did their thing, it let go of Sean. The others rushed to his aid while Kevin tried to keep it away from him. The wendigo dashed in and out, trying to get into the forest where it could use its cunning hunting skills.
"Keep calm," said Kevin. "Keep it away from the forest. Aaron!"
"Got it!" said Aaron. His boot tires spun and he sped to keep the wendigo in place, stopping right in front of the wendigo. It swatted at him, but he jumped away. The wendigo tried to escape, but Maria was right there, keeping it in place. And by now, Sean had gotten up and the Rangers had the wendigo surrounded.
"I don't know what you're protecting," said Sean. "Or what you have to do with the plot, but here's what I know; THIS FIGHT ENDS NOW!"
The wendigo just screamed at him and tried to make a break for the woods. Maria and Aaron got in the way, grabbing the wendigo's forearm. Then Hitomi and Kevin got in on the act, grabbing its legs. The wendigo thrashed about, but the Rangers held firm. Then Sean jumped up on the wendigo's back and drove his blade through the monster's neck. The monster howled in pain and when Sean drew the sword, the monster's eyes rolled back in its head and it fell to the ground.
The Rangers got off, examining the monster. "I kind of feel sorry for it," said Maria. "It looks so hungry."
"The stats say the wendigo is insatiable by nature," said Sean.
"In that case," she said. She was about to say something when a blue circle appeared under the wendigo's body. They back off and ran once the Wendigo became charged with energy and woke up. As this is Power Rangers, what comes next is to be expected.
The Rangers ran as the wendigo began to grow (just missing the Giant City Lodge) and grew until it towered over the state park. "Great," said Sean. "We need the Grand Prix Zords!" The Grand Prix Zords emerged in the forest. The Wendigo took noticed, but the zords fired several cables that kept the wendigo in place. "Nice!" Sean said as he jumped onto his zord. "GT Racer, online!" Sean said as he fell into his cockpit. His zord was a large, red-colored GT race car.
"Touring Racer, ready to go!" Kevin said. His was a large, blue-colored touring race car.
"Mountain Hauler, engage!" Aaron cried. His was a massive green-colored pick-up truck.
"Haz Runner, roll out!" Maria called. Hers was a yellow-colored HazMat vehicle.
"Am Chaser, let's go!" Hitomi said. The Am Chaser was a large white, pink-trimmed ambulance.
"AcceleKeys, ready!" Sean said. He and the other Rangers pulled out their AcceleKeys.
"READY!" The rest shouted. They then jammed the keys in the key slots near the steering wheel and gave them a turn. A series of lights lit up indicating their activation.
"Initiate Grand Prix Megazord docking sequence," Sean said. "NOW!"
Mountain Hauler joined with Touring Racer. The touring car split in two and rolled up to the rear wheels of the Mountain Hauler. A pair of panels adjusted, revealing elbows. At the same time, a pair of fists popped out of the back. The Touring Racer then joined with the Mountain Hauler, forming arms. Then the grill on the Mountain Hauler lifted up and the front of the truck split and a pair of extensions popped out. The Hauler then rolled up the rears of the Am Chaser and Haz Runner and joined with them.
The Haz Runner and Am Chaser formed legs. Then, the GT Racer rolled up the back of the Mountain Hauler and docked with it. The large lights on the top of the Mountain Hauler rolled back and folded down. Now the Megazord was ready. It was then that several rockets fire, propelling the megazord upright. The cabs of the Am Chaser and Haz Runner stayed put, forming feet. The Haz Runner formed the left leg and the Am Chaser the right. The rear compartment of the GT Racer folded back, revealing a head. The eyes resembled goggles, and the face mask was solid. No mouth piece. A pair of wheel-like panels on the side completed it. Finally, the robot was upright. The Megazord let out some steam, ready to fight.
"Grand Prix Megazord, online!" The Rangers shouted from the cockpit. They were in their Indy Car-style pods. The megazord then advanced on the wendigo.
The wendigo broke free. The megazord wasted no time, sucker-punching the wendigo in face. The wendigo fell down, probably smashing over a few trees. Good thing SWORD was on good standing with the state. The wendigo got back up and swatted the megazord. It blocked the monster and retaliated with a punch.
With its newfound size, the wendigo did not have the speed it had earlier and was now vulnerable. It did, however, have its strength, and one swipe from its hand almost knocked the megazord onto downtown Makanda (the town closest to the state park). Luckily, Maria and Hitomi were able to right the zord.
The wendigo, being more intelligent than it appears, wrapped its arms around the megazord and began to squeeze. While the Rangers tried to deal with the pressure it put on them, it tried to bite the megazord.
However, biting a robot is probably not a good idea unless you want to lose your teeth, even if you have a whole lot of fangs and teeth for cutting and are a (clay) supernatural monster. The megazord kicked the wendigo in the groin to get it off.
The wendigo got back up and took a big swipe at the megazord. It still has that weapon, and it severely destabilized the megazord. This time, the megazord fell to the ground (missing the closest town). The wendigo pounced, but the megazord kicked it away. With the wendigo dazed, the megazord got back up and punched the wendigo. "Time to finish this!" said Sean. "Grand Prix Megazord saber!" The large sword materialized in front of the megazord. The megazord grabbed the sword and the eyes under the visor flashed. It was time to finish this fight. "Turbo jets!"
Some jets on the soles of the megazord's feet fired and lifted the megazord above the ground. "Grand Prix Megazord Strike! Go!" At that point, the megazord launched forward at the jester rabbit, its jets propelling it. The wendigo was still dazed and just barely got a glimpse. The megazord slashed at him and then stopped. "Checkered Flag!" The megazord stopped and posed in victory with the wendigo was consumed in a shower of sparks, fell to the ground and exploded.
"Well that was more eventful than it should have been," a now unmorphed Sean said as they went back to the car.
"Let's just hope the state doesn't get mad at us," said Kevin. "By the way, I've talked to another TA, he knows some chem TAs who might be able to help us."
"That works," said Sean. "Now let's just hope Marty doesn't get any more suspicious and we can take care of these guys."
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That's the end of that chapter! There's the debut of the zords!
I got a request to do the Blackhawks mascot for a monster, but I'd already decided on my monster, so that's a no-go. Besides if I did, it'd break poor Sean's heart (and he's already depressed about the 2012 NHL lockout as it is). Plus, I've got a target of about 14 chapters, and I really need all the plot I can fit in and I'm planning out the rest of the story. So, I'm not sure if I can do monster requests from now on.
Still, reviews are very much appreciated!