Kevin VO: "Previously on Power Rangers GPX SIU!"
Sean: "He has the Morpher, do we have any other choice?"
Maria: "He doesn't seem like Ranger material to me."
Bellatrix: "I want to avenge my brother."
Bellatrix: "You will slip the poison into his meal."
(Cut to shot of an assassin attempting to poison a professor, only to be stopped by Rob)
Rob: "Can I help you with something?"
(Cut to shot of Marty punching Bellatrix and then Bellatrix holding her cheek)
Bellatrix: "My mission is over. I will leave you now Rangers!"
Power Rangers GPX SIU, episode 8: The Circle
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"That officer got in our way," Drake said, sitting at his desk and examining a clay figure.
"Drake, just how are we going to get that officer out of our way?" asked Cedric.
"Stop your worrying Cedric," said Drake. "The problem has already been dealt with… well, not fully, anyway."
"What do you mean—Oh! My apologies!" said Cedric. "Has Neville already been asked—"
"It will attack tonight," said Drake. "It is just another typical Power Rangers monster attack."
"So have all of them," said Cedric.
"An unfortunate necessity," said Drake. "I must hope they do not come across him, but given his position, I feel it is only a matter of time before they find him. In the meantime, prepare the next blood ritual. It will be necessary."
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Dr Mike Nelson could be the best chemistry professor in the state of Illinois that doesn't teach at the University of Illinois or Northwestern University. A graduate of the University of Toronto, he's actually happy to be working here at SIU instead of at U of I or Northwestern. Maybe it's the setting or the freedom he has here. Whatever it is, he's resisted efforts by other universities to bring him to their school.
But he's happy here in Carbondale as we find him working with some TAs, grading students' tests. One TA came back from the bathroom, still wiping his hands off. Another TA took his fifteenth sip of coffee (tiny sips). That coffee must be getting cold by now. He must have been drinking it for close to an hour. He never liked Starbuck's coffee. He's actually Canadian, so he (shamelessly) prefers Tim Horton's.
"Dr Nelson?" A voice with an Irish accent asked. Prof. Nelson looked to see someone walking in his office.
"Can I help you?" asked Dr Nelson.
"I'm Kevin O'Donnell, one of Professor McDonald's TAs," he said. "I'm just here to meet with Leo." He pointed to another TA.
"Hola, Kevin," said the TA named Leo.
"Are we and the group still scheduled for tonight?"
"Of course," said Leo. While Kevin was talking to Leo, another person walked into his office.
"Professor Nelson?" Aaron asked. Kevin glanced at him but didn't react.
"Oh, Aaron," said Dr. Nelson. "What can I help you with?"
"My grades," Aaron replied while taking off his gloves.
"Well, we're grading your tests right now," said Dr. Nelson. "I can't tell you what you got right now, so, I'm not sure if I can help you."
"I did notice I was listed as being absent on two lecture days," said Aaron. "I was there, and I have the notes to prove it."
"Oh, let's see them," said Dr. Nelson. Aaron took them out while Kevin continued to talk with Leo. As Dr. Nelson continued to look over the notes, Aaron decided to talk.
"Is there anything else I can ask?" he asked.
"Unless it's about your schoolwork, probably not," said Dr. Nelson. "I prefer not to get friendly with my students until they're not my students."
"Then I can I ask something?" asked Kevin.
"Shouldn't you be with Prof. McDonald?" asked Dr. Nelson.
"I just got off," said Kevin.
"Fine," said Prof. Nelson. "What can I help you with?"
"Well, my friend is a fan of the Fullmetal Alchemist series," said Kevin. "And he's wondering if it's related to modern chemistry."
The other TAs looked at Kevin as if he'd just said something crazy. However, "Ha, ha, ha! Your friend is into some interesting things," said Dr. Nelson."In a way, yes, alchemy is related to modern chemistry, but it took a few centuries to really get there."
"How is that?" asked Kevin.
"Well, the thing about alchemy was that its main purpose was to try and transform materials like lead into gold," said Dr. Nelson, "Never mind the fact that this would only diminish the gold's value. But it was also to try and find an elixir that would grant immortality and eternal youth to the user. Of course, that's not the point of chemistry, where we simply try to find out how the world works, like in most branches of science."
"Anything else?" asked Kevin.
"Symbolism," said Dr. Nelson. "Of course, alchemical symbols tend to differ from out modern Periodic Table of Elements, they're figures, after all. Look here." He showed Kevin some alchemical symbols for air and modern symbols for oxygen. While this was going on, Aaron noticed a map of Illinois with a circle laid over it. An "X" was on the map somewhere in the central part of the state.
"Aaron, is there anything else I can help you with?" asked Dr. Nelson.
"Yes, I need help with…" as Aaron talked to Dr. Nelson, Kevin got a look at the map. He took out his iPhone and took several pictures of the map while no one was looking. Then he checked his iPhone and said,
"Dr. Nelson, I need to leave," he said.
"But you just got here!" said Dr. Nelson. "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure," said Kevin. "Leo, I'll see you later tonight."
"See you!" Leo said as Kevin walked out.
A few minutes later, Aaron walked out of the Life Sciences building. He felt a tap on his shoulder and noticed Kevin. "Did we get anything?" asked Aaron.
"He certainly knows something about alchemy," said Kevin. "And we should send that map to Sean and SWORD."
"Done," said Aaron.
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Rob and Bridget lived not too far from campus, close to the Schnucks on Main St (it's a grocery store). It was a nice house, not too big, not too small, about two stories and three bedrooms, one for each of their girls (Allie and Cassie).
"DADDY!" Allie squealed when he arrived back from a day on patrol.
"Hey, little girl!" Rob said, lifting the three-year old above his head. "Did you have fun today?"
"Uh, huh!" she replied. "I made a pict-ah!"
"You did? Can I see it?" He let the little girl down and she ran off to go and find her picture.
"Hi, honey," Bridget said, getting up from the couch. She's a young woman, in her mid-20s and looked very much like an older, female version of Sean. She wore a maroon polo with the SIU athletics logo. She gave Rob a big hug, which both of them appreciated very much. They met in high school in Naperville and married while Rob was still an active duty Marine (he's now a reservist). "Any arrests?"
"No," he replied. "It's been uneventful lately."
"After that creep attacked?" she replied. "Goddess, I thought this place was peaceful… relatively, anyway." Typical problems in this city include drugs, gangs and crime, not alchemists.
"Well, the Power Rangers have it under control," he said, going over to the kitchen counter to check his mail. "I guess."
"You act like you know them," she said.
"I've talked to them," he replied. "So what's the plan for the weekend?"
"Well, we have that BracketBusters game this Saturday," she said. "And Clyde Fraizer himself will be there."
"Clyde Fraizer!?" he said, apparently being unable to register that name.
"Yep, one of the greatest basketball players of all time," she said. "I'm actually kind of envious of this school."
"At least NU has a good football team," he replied.
"Sure," she replied. "If only they'd win a bowl game." As of January 2013, Northwestern has won a bowl game.
"Sorry about—" Ring! Rob's phone went off and he answered it. "Hello," he said. "Yes? It's from the Public Safety department!"
"What do they want?"
"Uh-huh, um, well, I guess… a transfer?"
"Oh, that's great! Wait, a transfer?" She watched her husband listening to the part at the other end. She watched his face change. He looked worried. She never liked seeing him worried like that. It was bad for his already stressful day.
"Okay, thanks a lot," he said, hanging up his cell phone. "Carbondale Police say they're impressed with me," he said. "And they want me to join the force."
"And why are you so worried?" she asked.
"They said they'd give me time to think, though," he replied. "But if I accept, I have to transfer immediately."
"But why are you worried?" she asked again.
"I like the SIU police," he replied. "And I have a bad feeling about this offer."
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"Of course it's a map of the state!" Sean said when he got a look at the pictures Kevin took.
"Then what's that X over the state?" asked Aaron.
"Hold on," said Sean. Maria walked over to them, laying her hand on Sean's shoulder while he checked an atlas of the state. "That's Springfield, the state capital."
"I thought Chicago—"
"Nah, but it's usually mistaken for it," said Sean. "It is the biggest city in the state, after all."
"So what's this map for?" asked Maria.
"Does it look like I know?" Sean replied. "All I see is a damn circle, how am I supposed to tell?"
"So what else is this?" asked Aaron. "And why does it cover parts of the other states?"
"Let's see, Indiana, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, and Kentucky," said Sean. "I have no idea; all I see is a circle with Springfield as dead center!"
"Well that was a lot of help!" said Maria.
"You don't have to be so sarcastic!" Sean shot back. "I don't know much about maps. We should probably send this to SWORD."
"What about the government?" asked Aaron.
"They're too incompetent," said Sean, "Especially with those stupid Teabaggers in charge now."
"Is a political statement necessary?" asked Maria.
"I thought it was funny," said Sean.
"We're getting off… what's the term?" asked Aaron.
"Off track," said Sean. "Well until we can get this thing looked at, all it is, is a circle over the state."
"What if it's like that… circle in Fullmetal Alchemist?" asked Aaron.
"What do you mean?" asked Sean.
"In the manga, there's this giant… circle think that sucks people's lives and…"
"I doubt it, but it's possible this might be like that," said Sean. "But right now we can't prove that."
"But it's not out of the question," said Maria. "Oh, Sean, did you get the tickets yet?"
"They're free for students," he replied. "Of course I did."
"What tickets?" said Aaron.
"Maria and I are going to the game on Saturday," Sean replied with a mischievous smile. "We're gonna see Clyde Frazier!"
"I thought you were a hockey fan!" Aaron shouted. "But why didn't you invite me!?"
"You can still go!" said Sean. "Tickets are free for students! Or are you envious that I get to see Clyde Frazier?" he said with a trollface.
"YES!" Aaron shouted. "I can't believe one of the greatest basketball players ever went to this school!"
"You can still go!" Sean replied, getting up and grabbing his jacket to go to Trueblood. "It's just that Maria and I are going on our own."
"Wait, are you two dating?"
Instantly, Sean and Maria turned redder than Rudolph's nose. Stuttering, they tried to find the right words to answer Aaron. "N-NO!" Maria shouted. "It's just one time!"
"Yeah, I said you were invited!" Sean replied. Aaron sighed. These two are so stupid! As he stormed off, Maria smacked Sean in the back of the head and mouthed something to him. Sean was about to reply when his phone started ringing. "Rob? Yeah, what—a transfer?"
"Transfer?" asked Maria.
"To the Carbondale police," Sean said, putting his hand over the phone and then talking to Rob again. Aaron heard Sean's conversation and was also eavesdropping, much to Sean's annoyance. "Wait, you don't? Why not?" Aaron and Maria looked at each other. Sean walked away. "So… you just don't want to? Sure, I guess. So what are you—oh, okay. Right, see you on Saturday."
"So what's his story?" said Maria.
"He said he wasn't sure if he should accept the offer," said Sean. "Something just seemed weird to him."
"Did he say why?" asked Aaron.
"No," said Sean. "He just wasn't crazy about it."
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"So what did Sean have to say?" Bridget asked when Rob hung up.
"He didn't say anything," Rob replied.
"And why don't you have any good feelings about this transfer?" she asked, her face showing suspicion.
"I guess I just like working at SIU," he replied. His face was straight, both to show honesty and to cover up the main reason—his Ranger duties—for his skepticism. Whatever it was, he had a reason to be concerned about a potential transfer. In his mind, he wasn't that great a cop, anyway. Plus, the Carbondale police chief just rubbed him the wrong way.
A look at his adorable daughter attempting to dance to her Sesame Street movie broke his reverie. The look on his wife's face was enough for him to smile as well. Maybe things would work out… provided he survives this fight against alchemist.
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"So what happens now?" asked Maria.
Sean scoffed. "I don't know!" he said. "I mean, we have a lead, just not one that's good enough!"
"I may have to go back to Dr. Wilson," said Aaron.
"And how are you going to do that?" asked Sean. "You can't tell him you have a picture from his office, he'll get mad!"
"I'll find a way!" said Aaron.
"Enough of this, muchachos!" said Maria. "Now's not the time to get angry with each other. Just calm down."
"Sorry," said Sean. He sat back on the couch, looking out over Grand Avenue. "Aside from the possible… what happened with that transmutation circle in FMA?"
"It sucked people's souls out," said Aaron, "So the person using it could become God."
Sean and Maria stared blankly at Aaron. There was silence; silence that would have been worse than the quietest place on Earth had it not been for occasional car driving by and other sounds in the apartment. "Holy shit," Sean finally said. "We'd better tell SWORD." He immediately got up and went back into his room.
"Are you sure about that?" asked Maria.
"I don't know," said Aaron. "It was just a guess." Maria let out a heavy sigh, stroking her face before getting up and going in back to check up on Sean. Aaron looked in Sean's room to see her getting close to him. Sean and Maria came out a couple minutes later.
"They're gonna investigate," he said. "They can't guarantee anything."
"Perhaps it's related to the tunnel we found in Giant City?' asked Aaron.
"I wouldn't doubt it," said Sean. "If there's another monster that shows up, we're gonna try and capture it, make sure we get some answers. Yes, I know that's easier said than done!"
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"So, are you going to decide yet?" Bridget asked while cleaning some Mac & Cheese off the pot. Rob sighed and put his sponge down. "Well, sorry, I just wanted to know!"
"Bridge, I need to decide on my own!" he said.
"Well, sorry if I wanted to—"
"Look, I haven't decided yet," he interrupted. "The person told me to take my time; I don't want to rush into something I'll regret!"
"You'd earn far more money," she said, "It's better than working as a glorified security guard."
"You know that's not helping," he said. He checked the time and walked away from the sink.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"Some friends are going to PK's," he said, "And they asked me to come with."
"Fine," she said. "Go ahead."
"I won't stay too long," he said, giving her a kiss. "I'll be back around ten!"
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He left just in time.
Another monster appeared on the Strip, stopping in front of a car going north on Illinois Ave. "GET OUT OF THE CAR!" The armadillo-like monster shouted. The driver, not wanting any trouble, got out and ran while the armadillo lifted it up and tossed it. Several on-lookers, enjoying the unseasonably warm weather, ducked into Sidetracks, Wise Guys and other places. "Come on," Armadillon groaned. "Where are they?"
Its wish was granted just minutes later as five Rangers showed up to challenge him. "Where are the others?" he said.
"They're not here yet!" said Sean.
"Too bad!" Armadillon replied. "Mannequins!" Several armored and unarmored Mannequins appeared. The Rangers groaned.
"Great," said Sean. "LET'S GET 'EM!" The Rangers rushed forward and engaged the Mannequins, tearing through them to get to Armadillon. Sean was fighting the most furiously, grabbing a Mannequin by the collar and tossing it into a horde of them. Believe it or not, he was actually afraid of them when he first saw them (of course, that was only the first time). He punched another one in the face and dug his heel into the gut of another.
Kevin and Aaron were working together, pounding the Mannequins into submission. Aaron was more acrobatic, jumping around the Mannequins while Kevin just tackled and pounded them. Aaron got up, kicking a Mannequin into Kevin, which the Irish Rugger reverse roundhouse kicked right in the jaw. A Mannequin grabbed Aaron from behind, but the South African bent forward and let Kevin finish it off.
And Hitomi and Maria, as they usually did, also fought together. Maria grabbed a pair of Mannequins and tossed one to Hitomi. She side-kicked the Mannequin, then went back-to-back with Maria. The two fought off the incoming Mannequins. They punched, kicked, and tossed the Mannequins. Maria blocked a Mannequin punch and threw it to Hitomi. She put a boot in the Mannequin's face. "I wonder where Marty is," Maria said to herself.
Maria's question was answered when a gold blur shot out of nowhere and the ping of an aluminum bat could be heard. A Mannequin's body fell to the ground. Its skull was caved in. "Wow," said Hitomi.
"What took you!?" Sean shouted. "Is that a baseball bat?"
"Uh, yeah," said Marty. "I had it laying around the apartment, so I decided to bring it!"
"But a baseball bat!?" Sean shouted. "That's weird!"
"You're the one who wanted to use a hockey stick!" Kevin shouted while breaking a Mannequin's spine.
"Oh yeah, I forgot," said Sean. He and Marty teamed up to take out the rest of the Mannequins. Sean just kept knocking the Mannequins away. Marty looked like he was going to damage that bat the more he kept swinging away. Of course, seeing a bunch of Mannequins with their skulls bashed in was kind off… gross. Of course, if Marty used his hammer, then that'd be a different story.
But the bat gave Marty a competitive edge, so it was for the best he broke that thing. Oops, while Sean was thinking, a Mannequin was in his face. Sean retaliated, punching the Mannequin right in the jaw. He looked to notice that Amradillon had curled up into a ball—oh, crap.
"SCATTER!" Sean shouted. Armadillon's body barreled down Illinois Avenue, right at the Rangers. They all jumped out of the way. The Mannequins, however, were not so lucky.
"Wow," said Marty. "They look like pancakes."
"That's kind of morbid," said Sean.
"Dude, this has happened before!?" Marty shouted.
"GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Sean shouted again as Armadillon barreled past them.
"Can armadillos even do that?" Marty lampshaded.
"Where the hell is Silver!?" Sean shouted. The question went unanswered. They had to get out of the way of Armadillon again. They already knew their weapons were going to be ineffective against him as a ball. What they needed to do was get the guy to unc—"Here he comes again!"
Armadillon barreled at them. They jumped out of the way, but Sean shouted "Get that guy to uncurl!" Hitomi jumped up and started log-rolling on him. She summoned her Am Bow, pointed it at Armadillon. When she found an opening—THWIP!
"GRAH!" Armadillon groaned as he crashed near Chicago Hot Dogs. He pulled Hitomi's arrow out of his chest when Sean grabbed his neck and pushed him down.
"YOU SEE THIS!?" Sean shouted, pulling up a photo of Dr Nelson's map and the circle around the state. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS!?"
"No!" Armadillon shouted back.
"Are you sure?" Sean replied, unaware that a Mannequin was sneaking up behind him.
"I don't know," Armadillon said while stalling. Sean crumpled the photo and looked about ready to punch Armadillon in the snout. The Mannequin raised its sword, about to kill him—
BANG! The Mannequin's head exploded, making Sean look back and then to the side. Armadillon whacked Sean with his tail right as Rob thrust the Silver Sword at Armadillon.
"Who is that?" asked Marty.
"That's Rob," said Maria.
"ROB!?" Marty asked. "He's a Ranger?"
"Si," said Maria.
"Oh, fuck!" Marty groaned.
The other Rangers rushed over to Sean, who was still dazed from Armadillon's tail. His HUD said he was fine. "Are you okay?" asked Hitomi.
"Yeah," he replied. He looked at the intersection and saw Rob and Armadillon engaged in battle. "GET 'IM, SILVER!" He cheered.
Armadillon spun around, trying to smack Rob with his tail. Rob ducked and countered, punching Armadillon in the gut. Armadillon tried to hammer Rob with his fist, but Rob caught Armadillon's arm. He strained while trying to keep Armadillon from smashing him to the pavement. Then he kicked Armadillon in the shin.
"YOU STUPID—" Armadillon stomped the ground and then curled up into a ball.
"Oh, FUCK!" Rob groaned. Armadillon barreled towards him. He jumped out of the way and Armadillon crashed into Melange, a now-closed restaurant. "At least we didn't cause any damage," Rob said to himself.
Sean and Kevin grabbed Armadillon and rolled him out of the wreckage of the closed-down restaurant. They uncurled the dazed armadillo. "We'll show mercy," said Sean. "Just surrender and tell us what you know about what Drake is up to and we'll let you go."
"Does that ever work?" asked Marty.
"It's a good idea," said Maria. "Unfortunately…"
"Do you think I'll tell you idiots anything!?" Armadillon replied, right on cue.
"One more chance," said Sean. Armadillon replied by whacking Kevin with his tail. "Suit yourself." He punched Armadillon in the face. That made Armadillon curl back up into a ball and he rolled himself at the other Rangers.
"HEY!" Marty shouted. "WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE GOING TO DO!?"
"Calm down, rookie!" said Rob.
"Dammit, if we only had the Nitro Cannon," Sean growled. The Nitro Cannon used to be the Rangers' finishing weapon, introduced in the main GPX story, but it was destroyed by a Zordonian (in that continuity) robot called Gargotron. In this, it was destroyed by Ronald. "We need to break that shell," said Sean. "Not even our supercharged weapons can break that. Does the department have an RPG?"
"No, but the National Guard should have an anti-tank weapon," said Rob.
"THEN WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?"
"YOU!" Rob shouted back. "I'm not a Guardsman!"
"Damn, I gotta do—FUCK!" Armadillon barreled at them again. They jumped out of the way and Sean tried to contact SWORD. "HOLD 'IM OFF FOR ME!"
"Got it!" said Kevin. "Get ready and brace yourselves!" he said. Armadillon rolled their way again. The Rangers (besides Sean) braced themselves. Armadillon crashed into the wall they created. Their tires spun and their boots screeched.
"Okay! SWORD said the National Guard should be here in a couple minutes!" said Sean. "We just gotta hold 'im off!"
"Easier said than done!" said Marty.
"Actually, it's not that hard," said Kevin. He pushed off and pressed his belt buckle. His Touring rifle appeared and he ran over to East Walnut St. and took aim. He shot Armadillon a couple times. The projectiles bounced off harmlessly, but it got Armadillon's attention.
Armadillon rolled towards Kevin and he realized just how stupid that idea was. But he reacted by jumping on top of Armadillon and shot his shell, right as the National Guard Humvee pulled up. "HEY! Do you have any anti-tank weapons?" Sean asked when he ran up.
"We have two," said the sergeant. "Why?"
"I have an idea," said Sean. The Guard sergeant shrugged while two Guardsmen came out, assembling their weapons. "HEY!" Sean shouted. "Get ready to use Supercharge!"
"What's the idea?" asked Aaron.
"We're going to use our Supercharge the same time they fire," said Sean. Sean then relayed that suggestion to the sergeant. Kevin rolled away from Armadillon, but not before kicking him away.
"Alright, get your keys out!" Sean shouted. They got their keys out and jammed them in their blasters and rifle. Rob pressed a button on his blaster while Marty look confused. "Press your belt buckle, you should have a—SCATTER!" Armadillon barreled at them again, just missing the Guardsmen. Marty pressed his belt buckle and a blaster appeared before him. "Alright, on my order, the Rangers will use the Supercharge, and the sergeant will order his Guardsmen to fire. Sergeant, ready?"
"Ready!" said the Seargeant.
"Rangers, SUPERCHARGE!" They turned their keys and their blasters were supercharged. The Guardsmen loaded their anti-tank weapons. "FIRE!"
"FIRE!"
The Rangers fired at the same time the Guardsmen fired. The Rangers' blasts hit the target first, and then the rockets blasted Armadillon. "You bastards!" Armadillon growled. He uncurled and his shell was cracked in several places.
"Now's our chance! FIRE!" The Rangers fired another round. The Guardsmen had reloaded and they fired another volley, too. Armadillon erupted in a shower of sparks and fell over, exploding. "Sorrybutwegottagoyouwerearea lgoodhelp, 'kaythanksbye!" Sean shouted as the Rangers took off.
The Carbondale police had the area cordoned off several minutes later. It was then Police Chief Arnold Granger showed up to take a look at the scene. "What's the situation?" he asked.
"Another Power Ranger fight," said an officer. "An armadillo monster showed up and attacked the intersection. The Rangers showed up and destroyed it with the help of some National Guardsmen."
"Are they still here?" Chief Granger asked.
"No, they left," said the officer. "We have an SIU officer here." Granger recognized the man and walked over to him.
"Are you Robert Jackson?" he asked.
Rob turned around. "Chief Granger," he said. "I didn't expect to see you here."
"I take it you got our offer?" he asked.
"Of course," Rob replied. "I'm just thinking about it."
"Oh well, no rush," said Chief Granger. "But you know, you'll be getting much better pay and—"
"I understand," said Rob. "I just want to think about it."
Chief Granger's brows furled, ever-so-subtly, but he smiled. "Very well, then. Just respond soon."
"Thank you, Chief," said Rob. As Chief Granger walked away, Rob couldn't help but feel something was wrong. He didn't have any evidence or reason to feel that way, but something was bugging him about Chief Granger.
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Tom Maelstrom was unaware of any new developments at first, but when a SWORD agent whispered in his ear that the Rangers got something, he wanted to know what it was. "Talk to me," he said when the agents brought him a photo. "What is this?"
"Red said Blue took a picture of that," said the agent. "It's a map—"
"I see what is," said Maelstrom. "And there's a circle around it."
"The Rangers sent it to us to analyze it."
"Are you?" Maelstrom asked.
"We're looking at it right now, sir," said the agent.
"Good," said Maelstrom.
"The team seemed pretty worried," said the agent. "They think this thing might rip people's souls out or something."
Maelstrom looked at the agent with his one eye. "Until we have proof," he said, "Keep assuming it's not."
"Yes, sir," said the agent. The agent walked away while Maelstrom wondered to himself if the Rangers had a reason to worry. He should have told the agent to make the analysis quick but thorough. There is absolutely no room for error.
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Drake looked at the report, specifically the part where it read "RED RANGER THEN SHOWS ARMADILLON PICTURE OF A MAP OF ILLINOIS WITH A CIRCLE AROUND IT". He looked up at Cedric. His second-in-command was calm. He wasn't shaking. After all, he wasn't the one to blame.
"The Rangers must be dealt with," said Drake. His voice was serious.
"I'm sorry, what?" asked Cedric.
"When we first met them, all we had to do was keep them occupied," said Drake. "Now they are clearly a threat. But we must not divert all of our resources."
"It will be done," said Cedric.
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Marty VO: "Next time on Power Rangers GPX SIU!"
Drake: The endgame has begun. All we must do is defeat the Rangers.
Hitomi: Maria, what do you think about Sean?
Maria: Que?
Sean: So what is Hitomi talking about?
Maria: I don't know, she seems to think something about us.
(Shot of Sean getting beaten by a wolverine monster)
Maria: SEAN!
Marty VO: That's next time, on Power Rangers GPX SIU!
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Dun, dun, DUUUUNNN!
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