Power Rangers GPX SIU

by DChan87

GPX AU: Southern Illinois University Carbondale is under siege by immoral alchemists with unknown intentions. Its best hope for defense are five superheroes calling themselves "Power Rangers". But they're also students at SIU, and schoolwork and personal lives mix with professional as they try to unravel the mystery of their alchemist enemies.

6. Ronald's Wrath

Power Rangers GPX SIU, Episode 6:

Rob VO: "Last time, on 'Power Rangers GPX SIU'!"

Maria: "SWORD sent us something. They've sent us a very important package and they want us to keep it safe".

Aaron: "So it's just you they sent it to?"

Hitomi: "Uh-huh!"

Drake: "Whatever it is, it must not reach the Rangers."

Ronald: "Yes, Drake".

(Cut to shot of Ronald attacking postal van. Maria and Hitomi intervene and a fight breaks out. Then cut to a scene of a black box being picked up by a bystander)

Ronald: "DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!"

(Cut to shot of Rangers fighting Falconer and then destroying him. Cut to Sean looking for bystander)

Sean: "Where'd he go?"

:-:-:-: Power Rangers, Grand Prix, G-P-X, Go!:-:-:-:

"You let the package get away!?" Drake shouted at a prostrating Ronald. The muscle-bound alchemist, despite looking as though he was not afraid of anyone, was cowering and prostrating himself before the frail alchemist.

"My deepest apologies, Drake!"

"Apologies are not enough!" Drake shouted back. "Our plan is still on track, but you have failed every single time you have faced the Rangers, Seamus was better than you and he was only in the area for two weeks!" Seamus is another alchemist who was defeated by the Rangers at the end of last semester as they destroyed the Society's transmutation circle that would have destroyed the city of Carbondale.

"But Seamus—"

"Was a good alchemist and a good fighter and strategist!" said Drake. "You are a skilled alchemist and a very important part of this society, but I am losing my patience!"

"My most serious and humble apologies, Drake!" Ronald pleaded again.

"Of course, the factor that is in your favor is that the Rangers were simply determined… as they always are," said Drake, "And you had no real understanding of what the Rangers were supposed to receive and thus our loss will most likely have no effects whatsoever on our plans."

"Thank you Drake," said Ronald.

"HOWEVER." He said loudly but did not shout, "Ever since our founding, we have had only had one challenger that truly was a threat to our existence, and although I relish a challenge, this has not been your best battle!"

"My apologies!"

"Stop apologizing!" said Bellatrix.

"Bella," said Drake. "Be calm, please. Now then, where was I? Oh, yes. I never thought that since we moved our operations to a relatively rural area in the Midwestern United States with a large enough population and close enough to a large city, that we would have no opposition, but since August, we have been foiled time and time again by young adults with no alchemical prowess!"

"Young adults with the backing of a top-secret international espionage and defense organization and skills and weapons to stop us," said Cedric.

"That is true," said Drake. "However, Ronald, prior to this, you had been one of our best alchemical minds and physical threats. However, since we have fought these young adults, you have been as ineffectual as a man with impotence!" Ronald shuddered. "I am in no real hurry to complete our plan, but I would enjoy a victory every now and then and you have failed time and again!"

"My apologies!"

"Stop apologizing!" Drake shouted. He stepped forward to Ronald, who was prostrating in the middle of the Ouroboros symbol on the floor. Cedric, Bellatrix and Neville stood back. "Ronald, I am patient, but alas, my patience with you is gone! You have failed me for the last time, Ronald!"

Ronald was in a state of pure terror as Drake stood over him, glaring at him. Bellatrix looked at her lover in a very concerned manner and Neville quietly slipped out of the room. Ronald shuddered in fear. Cedric looked as if he was ready to intervene to try and save his friend's skin.

But Drake did nothing. "I cannot kill you," he said. "I am not like many a movie villain who can kill his subordinates at will; I do not have those resources. And besides, you are a valuable member of this society."

"Thank you Drake!" Ronald said with relief.

"HOWEVER!" Drake interrupted. "That does not mean I cannot punish you. Instead of killing you, I will leave you alive. But, you are not to go on any more missions for the Society. You will be demoted to a mere JANITOR! Instead of died instantaneously, you will rot in your status. If our plan succeeds, I may reconsider. However, if we fail, you will live with your failures for the rest of your life!"

Ronald heard enough and ran out of the room. Cedric followed his friend out of the room. Drake sat back at his desk, holding his head in shame. "I did not wish to do that," he said. "But I feel as though I must have."

"I do not like it either," said Bellatrix. "In fact, I fear what may come net."

Ronald was in a hallway in the Society's compound still retreating from the talking to he got from Drake. There were several emotions running through his head, and none of them were good. He leaned against a wall, overcome with so many emotions running through his head. Eventually, one emotion asserted itself. "DAMMIT!" he shouted, slamming his fist against the wall and cracking it.

"Ronald!" Cedric said, finally catching up.

"Hello Cedric," he said.

"Ronald, I'm truly sorry," said Cedric. "I will discuss the matter with Drake, he might—"

"BUT HE WON'T WILL HE!?" Drake shouted. "I was once the most feared alchemist in the Americas. Anyone who heard of me and my deeds trembled! The Society's enemies knew their place as soon as I introduced myself to them. I was UNSTOPPABLE! Until this August…

"Those damn kids," he growled. "I was the first one they fought, and they defeated my Mannequins like they were DOLLS! NO ONE can defeat the Mannequins, but they did! And every time I faced them, I came close to victory only to have it snatched from me by those PESTS!" He was nearly in Cedric's face. "And the worse part is, they had no idea who I was.

"They mocked me, Cedric. MOCKED ME! They mocked my reputation, said I hadn't fought any real enemies; I fought the strongest alchemist in CHINA! HE had as much power as Drake, and I made him look weak! DAMN those Rangers!

"But no more, I will not stand for this," he said with pure rage, malice and hatred in his eyes. "They will pay. I will show them true pain. If they think that studying for their silly little university is painful, wait until I am through with them. They will beg for my mercy, Cedric."

"Ronald," said Cedric. "Calm yourself. You know what our teacher—"

"DON'T INTERFERE, CEDRIC!" he shouted. Cedric backed off. "When they were still in their diapers, I was transmuting lead into gold. While they were starting their silly training, I killed my first enemy. No, they must learn their place. We should have expanded our influence to the non-alchemical world! Instead, we are the subject of a silly little cartoon!

"I will show them what they are dealing with! The Rangers will pay, Cedric!" With that, he was gone and Cedric could not stop him.

"Ronald," he warned. "Do not do anything foolish."

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Sean stuffed his backpack and put on his North Face vest after another lethargic class. Ever since the failure of Wednesday, he and the others had been trying to find whoever took the black box. Unfortunately, it was a miserable failure. They could not track the black box and other than a couple of CCTV videos, they had no way of knowing where exactly the guy went.

It had been two days and still no attacks from the Ouroboros Society. He was sure they were going to come to campus and try to find it themselves. And just what was it that he was looking for? Frustration was beginning to boil over for him as he walked out of the classroom. Faner Hall was packed with students trying to get through the maze and out onto the pavement.

He got out pretty quickly, but with some difficulty and the next stop was his class with Professor McDonald and Maria. There was a shortcut that went right between Morris Library's back entrance and the north end of Thompson Woods that was a quicker route to Lawson then going around Morris Library, past the Old Baptist Foundation building and Pulliam.

While stuffing his hands into his vest, he did not see someone coming up behind him and giving him a little shove. Yes, even super soldiers with the best reflexes and incredibly strong bodies can be caught off guard when someone comes up behind them. A quick reflexive turn-around brought him face-to-face with his best friend. "Dammit, Marty!"

"Dude, dude, dude!" Marty said, completely excited and trying to tell Sean something.

"Well, 'dude' what?" said Sean. "What are you trying to say?"

"I found something man!" he said.

"Really?" said Sean.

"Well, I-I-I-I don't know what it is, but—"

"Then why are ya tellin' me?" he said.

"Man, I don't know who to go to about it!" Marty said, getting in front of Sean right in front of the greenhouses.

"Man, I gotta get to class!" said Sean.

"But it's the same one," said Marty.

"Oh, right. So, where is this thing you found?"

"Oh, damn. I… left it at my apartment."

"Then why the hell are you asking me!?" Sean snapped. "Oh, sorry about that, I'm just feeling a little angry right now."

"About what?"

"I don't know, maybe all these damn cheeseheads, stress, a bunch of stuff!"

"Sorry dude," said Marty. "Whaddaya say we go to Pinch tonight and forget about it?"

"Eh, that sounds fine," said Sean. "I'll probably invite some friends with me, too."

"Like that Mexic—"

"Venezuelan."

"Venezuelan girl?"

"Yeah, I'll invite Maria," said Sean. "And now, I have to get to class!"

"Hey, wait up, dude!"

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Drake was looking around the Society's compound. His steps were hurried and frantic, and he looked around. "Where is he?" he said to no one in particular. He ran into two Society members, wearing the cloak of initiates. They froze when they saw him coming towards them. "YOU!" he said. "Have you seen Ronald?"

"No," said one of them. "Is he—"

"Damn," Drake muttered under his breath. "He must be around here somewhere."

"Cedric also told us to watch for him," said one of the initiates. "Why must you find him?"

"I fear he may be making a rash decision," said Drake. "I must find him before he lets his anger overwhelm him."

"Have you found Cedric?" said the other initiate. "Might you know where Ronald will go?"

"I must find Cedric too," said Drake. "And if Ronald is going to make his decision, I already know where he will be going."

"After the Rangers?"

"Yes," said Drake. "But if he does, I fear for his life."

Ronald was about two floors below Drake. Neville was preparing a transmutation circle for him and looking up at him in concern. And yet, Ronald watched with the most wrathful face imaginable. "HURRY UP!" he shouted. Neville paused and looked at Ronald.

"Are you certain you wish to—"

"OF COURSE I AM!" Ronald shouted. "NOW HURRY UP!"

"A circle like this takes time," said Neville. I hope he believes that.

"Fine," Ronald scoffed.

He believes me! Neville thought.

"But you'd better hurry up!" he said.

"Yes, yes, of course!" said Neville. I might as well procrastinate as much as I can.

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Sean listened to Professor McDonald give his lecture (the actual subject of the class shall not be revealed) with his jaw on his hand and his elbow on the little desk on his seat's handrest. He jotted down notes every now and then, copying off the words on the professor's power point presentation. A quick look to his left saw Maria transfixed with a face of pure concentration on the professor. A look to his right and he saw Marty coming close to falling asleep.

He kicked Marty in the shin to wake up his friend. Marty snorted, interrupting the professor for a second before the professor shrugged and went back to his lecture. Marty fumed while Sean slowly shook his head and pointed at the professor. He also gestured with his eyes to hammer home the message.

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Drake was becoming much more desperate to find Ronald. He frantically ran through the building, running into Bellatrix and telling her to find Ronald quickly. Not only that, he was looking for Cedric. And he found him on the third floor. "Cedric!" he said. "I must find Ronald!"

"Why?" asked Cedric.

"I fear he may be about to make a rash decision," said Drake. "He will be going to… Cedric, what do you know?"

"I did not think he was serious!" said Cedric. "I can only think of one location; Neville's workspace."

"Of course!" said Drake. "Why did I not think of that? Come, Cedric, we must stop Ronald!"

Unfortunately for both of them, Ronald had grown tired of Neville's stalling and forced him to complete the teleportation circle much more quickly. A teleportation circle certainly requires a great deal of energy, but for a master alchemist like Neville, is of no concern for him. Ronald stepped in the circle. "Activate it!" said Ronald.

"Yes, of course!" said Neville. The circle activated and Ronald tensed up as his body was broken down to be transported to the SIU campus.

"RONALD!" he heard. Drake and Cedric appeared in the workspace right as Ronald was nearly completely broken down.

"Sorry Drake," he said. "But I'm going to do something I should have done a long time ago!"

"RONALD, CEASE THIS FOOLISHNESS!" Drake shouted. "NEVILLE!"

"I cannot!" said Neville. "It's too late!" It was indeed as Ronald disappeared.

:-:-:-: Power Rangers GPX :-:-:-:

After class Sean and Maria stopped outside into the Lawson lobby with windows out into the campus to stop at the vending machines. Sean got a Dr P*pp*r and Maria got some water before the two left the hall to head for the Student Center, taking the long way past Pulliam Hall. "So you're still not mad about the rescue, right?" asked Sean.

"A little bit," said Maria. "We had that bird on the ropes."

"Sure," said Sean. "You still needed our help."

"Will you stop that?" she said, shoving him off the sidewalk.

"Hey! Take it easy!" said Sean. Maria chuckled as did he. "Still wish we had a lead on that guy who took the package, though." They walked towards Woody Hall and about to make the turn towards the Old Baptist Foundation.

Then, they head the familiar crackling of electricity. They stopped and looked behind them as a transmutation circle appeared in front of them. Sean put his hand out for her and pulled the bill of his Blackhawks cap over his eyes to shield himself from the light. They watched with an 'Oh Crap' look on their face as a familiar foe appeared on front of them.

Ronald.

"W-who are you!?" Sean feigned, hoping to get Ronald off his trail.

"You don't remember me?" he said "Red Ranger?"

"Listen dude, I don't know what you're talking about, so please leave us alo—ACK!" Ronald grabbed him by the throat and started to squeeze.

"Don't play games with me," Ronald said in a cold, savage tone of voice.

"Let him go!" Maria shouted. But Ronald whacked her out of the way. "SEAN!"

"I swear I don't know what you're talking about!" Sean rasped.

"I said don't play games with me!" Ronald replied, lifting Sean off his feet. Maria got up again and rushed Ronald, but he whacked her to the side again. Not Ronald had drawn a crowd of shocked onlookers who, if they had been thinking about trying to stop him, their fear overwhelmed them. "Do you have any idea what you've done to me?" he said, holding Sean above his head.

Sean shook his head. "You liar! Do you actually think you can fool me?"

"HEY! Put him down!" A voice called from the side. Ronald turned to his right and looked at Rob like he was a germ. "Put him down, now!"

"Stay out of my way, you glorified security guard!" said Ronald.

"I SAID PUT HIM DOWN!" Ronald smiled sadistically at Sean. He slammed Sean down onto the grass, causing him to scream.

"SEAN!" shouted Maria. Ronald quickly drew something on the sidewalk and the circle began to glow. A machine gun materialized, made out of concrete.

"Don't get in my way!" Ronald said sadistically. The gunfire filled the air and the students who had gathered around fled, their screams mixing with the gunfire. Rob ducked behind his police SUV and used his radio. "This is officer SS1975, I'm under fire and I need back up over near Pulliam Hall! Again, shots have been fired!"

The SIU public safety department quickly went into action. As a result of the Virginia Tech shootings (which happened during the author's first year at SIU), they have an alert system using e-mail and text messages to warn students and staff about emergencies on campus, and that system was in full effect right now as e-mails and texts were sent out telling students to evacuate immediately.

Aaron was in the student center when he received his text message. The word spread quickly throughout the building and the gossip began immediately. "What's going on?"

"Why do we have to evacuate the campus?"

"Is there some kind of attack?"

However, Aaron knew something was wrong and he slipped among the students to get outside. It was the same for Hitomi and Kevin who took advantage of the confusion to get outside.

Also, the local news media went into high gear. WSIL, KFVS and WPSD began showing reports of an attack on the campus. At the same time, someone was watching and took the black box he took two days earlier.

Meanwhile, Ronald literally had Sean by the throat and dangling above the sidewalk. He squeezed, caused Sean to gasp. "Why are you trying to kill me?" Sean asked.

"I said don't play dumb!" said Ronald. "Ever since I first fought you, you've made my life miserable, and now I've been demoted so low, I'm an untouchable thanks to! YOU'VE RUINED MY LIFE!"

"I don't-I-AAH!"

"So I'm going to punish you!" said Ronald. "I'm going to strangle you slowly, so that you will beg for a quick death, and then I'll kill your friends just as slowly, no matter how much they beg, I will make them suffer the worst pain imaginable! And then, I'll come after this campus and kill everyone here!"

He squeezed again. "I don't—"

"I said don't play games with me!" Then he paused and came to a realization. "Oh, I see, you don't want these people to think you're the Red Ranger. Very well then, but I'll still use you as an example!"

"PUT HIM DOWN!" Rob shouted. He had his gun out and now several SIU and Carbondale police officers had surrounded Ronald.

"I'm not going to attack them," said Ronald. "They'll only come after me. Oh, yes, I remember where I was. I'll make you suffer so much that there is no comparison for the amount of pain you'll suffer! I am going to enjoy—OOF!"

Maria had tackled him and he fell to the pavement. Sean dropped on the ground, gasping for breath. A pair of police officers dragged him out of the way and let him regain his breath. After a few coughs, he got up and ran off to find a place to morph.

Meanwhile, Maria got up and ran off, Ronald almost grabbing her ankle and now he was surrounded by SIU and Carbondale police officers. "You're under arrest," said one of the officers. He moved to place the handcuffs on him, but Ronald swatted him away.

The officers recoiled as Ronald drew another transmutation circle. A club materialized. The officers recoiled again and now Ronald attacked. He smashed a police car and then connected with a pair of police officers. Gunshots filled the air as Ronald sung his club again, smashing a police car.

The officers ran and Ronald smashed another car and swatted at a pair of police officers. The scene was utter chaos as Ronald was on the rampage. "YOU INSECTS CANNOT KILL ME!" he shouted. He turned to Rob, who was not moving. "I knew you'd keep fighting."

Rob did not move, keeping his gun trained on Ronald. Ronald prepared to smash Rob, but that's when a flash of red kicked him in the head and he landed on the pavement. "THERE you are!"

"Get out of here, Ronald!" The now-morphed Sean warned.

"MAKE ME!" Ronald shouted as he moved to attack Sean. Sean jumped up and flipped, onto the green. Ronald followed suit, swinging his club at Sean and barely missing. Sean punched him in the jaw, and then Ronald punched back. Sean blocked the punch and countered. Ronald then gave him a nasty backhand that sent him tumbling on the ground.

Then Maria came in, kicking him in the head. Aaron, Hitomi and Kevin were next and they had Ronald surrounded. Ronald growled. Then he attacked. He swung his arm, knocking Aaron to the side. Then he punched Kevin hard in the gut. He went to Hitomi and kicked her way and did the same to Sean and Maria.

"COME ON!" Sean shouted. "GET UP!"

"Ow," said Maria.

"You Ranger flies," said Ronald. He kicked Maria in the jaw.

"You bastard!" said Sean.

"Then get up and fight me!" said Ronald. As if to say 'gladly', Sean got up and attacked Ronald. Ronald took Sean's punches and tossed him to the side. "Did you actually think you were a match for me?" he said.

Hitomi snuck up behind him and kicked him in the back. However, he took his club and whacked her and she flew through the air, landing in the pavement right next to Rob, who helped her get up. "COME ON!" Ronald shouted. "Where is the challenge? I came for revenge, and what do I get? WEAKLINGS!"

Kevin had gotten up and took his Octane Blaster, turning it into the Grand Prix Saber. He charged and swung, locking "blades" with Ronald. He groaned while Ronald smiled sadistically, ending their blade lock and then clubbing Kevin in the helmet. The Irishman groaned in pain, tumbling several feet away.

As this happened, Rob watched with a feeling of helplessness. He could not leave to morph, since he was needed by the SIU police. He had to watch his Ranger comrades get beaten by Ronald in the most agonizing way possible. However, that did not mean he couldn't do anything, and he provided whatever covering fire he could. Too bad Ronald shrugged it off. "I'll get you last!" said Ronald.

By the time Aaron was brought down, Ronald was getting impatient. "Is this all you've got?" That was answered when Sean grabbed his ankle. Ronald simply kicked him in the helmet.

Then, he felt a sharp pain in his back. He noticed that Maria had shot him there. "Feisty, aren't you?" he said with predatory and psychotic smirk. "You won't be so feisty when I'm—" An arm wrapped around his neck and dragged him away from Maria. She took the opportunity to punch him in the gut.

"I kind of like being feisty," she said.

"Don't you dare touch her, you sick bastard!" Sean spat in his ear.

"We'll see about that!" Ronald growled, grabbing Sean and then lifting him above his head. "I'm not going to break your back; that's much to quick! But I will do this!" In a very familiar scene, Ronald slammed Sean's back into his knee, causing Sean to let out the most agonized scream his friends had ever heard and then he was tossed to the side. Luckily his HUD was telling him he had no major injuries, just some severe pain.

"HAHAHAHA!" Ronald laughed evilly and manically. "THIS IS TOO EASY! I THINK I'LL DESTROY THIS WHOLE DAMNED INSTITUTION!"

"STOP!"

Ronald looked, and so did the Rangers and everyone else, at someone standing not too far off. "What are you doing?" said Ronald. "Get out of here!"

"No!" said the other person.

"HEY! GET OUT OF HERE!" Sean called. "Wait; is that—No way! Marty?"

Marty grabbed something out of his pocket that Ronald immediately recognized as the black box he'd chased on Wednesday. Marty pulled an object out of the box and inserted a card into the device and said, "GPX, Start it Up!"

There was a flash of gold light. When it faded, it was obvious how shocked everyone else was. Marty had morphed into the Gold Ranger. His suit wasn't much different from the regular Rangers' suits, with a gold top, white pants and gold boots. But it had the same rings that Rob's suit had, only silver-colored. On top of that, he also had a silver-colored visor. A gold numeral 7 was overlaid on a pair of wings, completing his suit. "GPX GOLD!" he shouted.

"Great, another one," Ronald deadpanned. "Fair enough, another one I can break!" Ronald rushed Marty. He put up his dukes and when Ronald got close. Ronald threw a punch, but Marty ducked and punched Ronald in the gut. Ronald recovered, but then Marty grabbed him by the back of the collar, pulled him down and started punching.

"That technique is horrible!" said Aaron.

"That's hockey brawling," said Sean.

"You said he was the worst fighter on your team!" said Maria.

"I lied," said Sean, "But it was only to piss him off. BUT WHAT THE HELL ARE WE WAITING FOR!? LET'S GET 'IM! Ow! My leg!"

"You wuss!" said Maria. She stood up, wobbling, but firm. And with Marty starting to lose, something needed to be done. But she too fell to the ground.

"I get it, I get it," Sean growled. Getting back up. "COME ON, YOU IDIOTS! LET'S GET 'IM!"

"Looks like he saw through it," Maria said, also getting up.

Ronald had Marty by the throat and thinking of whatever painful tortures he could when he felt a blow to the back of his head. Angrily, he looked and saw Sean. "Fuck you," he said. Ronald angrily threw a punch.

Only for Sean to catch it.

"I said fuck you," he said, returning with a much stronger punch that knocked Ronald backwards. "You want to torture me, right? Make me feel the worst pain imaginable before I die?"

"Exactly!" said Ronald, who threw a punch at Sean… who didn't even block it. Ronald may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he knew exactly what Sean was doing. 'You intend to rob me of my victory… by dying easily?"

"If I can't win!"

"DAMN YOU, RED—" He felt a blow to the gut in the form of Kevin. Then Hitomi jumped up on his shoulders, twisting his head around. Ronald threw her off, but two fists connected with his face. Then Sean and Maria's feet connected with his face. Rob's bullets bounced off of him. He may be a bystander in this fight, but there's no way he was going to stand by.

Marty threw another punch at Ronald, connecting with his face and causing a bruise. "Now THIS is an Inigo Montoya moment!" said Sean.

But Ronald was not done. He grabbed something out of his pocket and put it on his hands. Gauntlets… and they didn't look good. "Holy shit!" said Marty.

Ronald punched Aaron in the gut; lighting flashing all around and Aaron flew several yards before landing. "WHERE THE HELL DID HE GET THAT POWER!?" Sean shouted. Ronald stomped on the sidewalk and punched the concrete that popped up, turning it into darts and things like that.

The Rangers' screams filled the air, as Ronald's new power turned the tide back in his favor. Rob ducked behind his SUV while he tried to get several students to run away.

Marty was screaming in fear while Sean drew his GT Sword and rushed Ronald, knocking away the darts and stuff. He swung his sword, knocking them away but got hit in the head. Ronald laughed evilly/psychotically. "YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS, RANGERS!?" he said. "YOUR SILLY DETERMINATION CAN'T STOP ME!"

"Are we gonna give up?" Marty asked, grabbing Sean by the arm.

"No fucking way, rookie!" said Sean. "By the way, we're talking after this." He got up and rushed Ronald again, only to get knocked back by the spikes.

Now Ronald turned to the stunned/dazed Maria who was lying on her back in front of him. A smile of unmentionable intentions crossed his face and he punched the ground, causing her wrists to be cuffed to the sidewalk. "I'll take care of you first," he said menacingly. "Tell me, are you a virgin?"

"No," she said, "But Red is."

"HEY! I told you not to tell anyone!"

"Damn, I can't take that away," he said. "But don't worry; I have something in mind for you." Maria tried to escape while Ronald drew a circle on the ground. She suspected he had something very bad in mind for her. She may not be a virgin, but no one should have to go through… that. It scared her.

When Ronald was about to activate his transmutation circle, he felt a pair of gunshots; Rob and Sean were shooting him, as was Marty. Ronald ignored them, activating his transmuta—"ACK!"

Maria gasped in shock and a louder gasp could be heard as Ronald coughed up a serious amount of blood. He could see that the spike he'd tried to summon had impaled him. He tried to get off, but he gasped in intense pain. Sean ran over to Maria and smashed the braces around her wrist and took her away from Ronald.

"Damn you, Rangers." He gasped. "HURK! Damn you…" His last breath was a death rattle with his eyes wide open. Blood trickled from his body onto the ground.

"Holy shit," said Sean. He turned to Rob. "We'll be leaving, with the Gold Ranger." Rob nodded.

"We'll set up a perimeter here," he said. "I don't think the Department of Public Safety will care about you, but… it looks like we have an investigation."

"Sure," said Sean as he walked off and grabbed Marty.

"GODDAMMIT, MARTY!" he shouted, unmasking himself and Marty in a secluded spot. "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!?"

"I wanted to help!" said Marty. "And besides, I tried to tell you!"

"Oh, right," said Sean.

"First Rob, now Marty," said Aaron. "Why do they all have something to do with Sean?"

"That's what I want to know," said Sean, "Looks like we have a seventh Ranger now if Maelstrom approves of him." Marty gulped, fearful of what would happen if he was rejected.

Drake gasped in shock while Bellatrix tried to keep him up. "Ronald," he said, struggling to find his words. "I never intended…" Bellatrix wrapped her arms around his head, trying to get him to calm down. "The damn fool…" She now turned her wrath to the Rangers. They were going to pay for killing Ronald, no matter how much of a monster he was.

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Oh, dear, um… yeah, that was dark and violent. Well, I needed to develop Ronald and… this happened. Jeez. Um, I think this might be a turning point for this, so um, sorry. Please review?