Beginnings Part 3
Rogue walked through the dark, grey streets of downtown Newtech City. Her body was begging for a rest, but she had to go on or Grumm would be giving her a permanent rest. She struggled to keep her balance, her steps were slow and weak. She clutched her chest, she put her hand over the spot where the energy beam had hit her. She leaned against a wall, breathing hard, trying to recover from the battle with the SPD Rangers. The leather body suit suddenly disappeared. She felt a little energy coming bak, enough to get something from a dumpster and find this Piggy that Grumm had told her about.
She stumbled to the nearest dumpster. She looked inside the dumpster for anything that seemed or smelled like it had been there for some time. She looked at her hands.
"Im not getting dirty or smelly, I just got a manicure and I don't plan on ruining it." She scoffed and covered her hands with a pair of leather gloves and started searching for Piggy's payment. 5 mintes went by until she finally found a bag which contained an old sandwich with mold and a few rotten eggs. "Bingo!" She exclaimed triumphantly and smiled as she walked through the ally to find this disgusting creature.
A few hours went by and she was still looking for Piggy. She was tired and dirty, she needed to get above the ship, pronto. Then she suddenly heard it, it was like music to her ears, she felt like the angels were singing Hallelujah to her. She hid behind a grey brick wall. An alien who's hwight was almost double hers was standing next to a dumpster, he was angry and screaming, he was threatening a creature who's head was visible. She waited for the creature to leave and then made her move. She walked to the dumpster and knocked loudly until Piggy opened up.
"Are you the disgusting creature they call Piggy?" Piggy looked at the girl before him, he wondered what a girl like her was doing in that part of town or what her businesswith him was.
"It depends on who's asking." He answered, rather cocky for her taste. She took hold of Piggy's collar and smiled. She took a piece of metal out of her pocket and wrapped her hand around it. Piggy watched in amazement as her hand transformed into pure silver.
"Grumm's asking, now you either help me or I beat you for information." She smiled evilly and formed a fist, she placed it very closely to Piggy's face.
"Ok, what do you need?" His voice trembled, his whole body shaking with fear, she put him down and glared at him.
"Well, Grumm said you had something that he needs." She took her attention of Piggy for a second, looking around the area for any possible threats that may interfere with her plans. "He is looking for something called a... proton accelarator." She took a picture out of her pocket and showed it to him. Piggy nodded and disappeared for a few seconds. He stood up straight with the proton accelarator in his hands. Rogue smiled and handed him the paper bag. He opened the paper bag and took in the putrid aroma. She plugged her nose and tried hard not to puke. Piggy closed it again and she sighed, regaining her breath.
"A rotten sandwich and rotten eggs, such a delicious meal. Here you go." He handed her the proton accelarator. Rogue obeserved the object in her hands. She looked back at him.
"It was nice making business with you, Piggy. I will be seeing you."
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Jack sat in the cell whistling to himself. Thinking about the options he had. He had already done a mental list of the
pros and cons of joining the SPD Academy. He had also gone over the cons of spending the time of his sentence in a containment card, he could find no pros to that option. His thoughts were interrupted when Z and Commander Cruger stepped inside. Z was wearing something completely different. She stepped inside with a tray in her hands. She placed the tray besides Jack and looked at him. Jack didn't know if Z was angry with him or happy to be part of what she called 'something bigger'.
"Nice costume Z, it would look incredible for Halloween." Jack commented and started munching on the chips.
"For your information, its not a costume, its a uniform and I happen to like it." She glared at him and walked out of the cell. Commander Cruger observed him.
"So, final choice, Mr. Landors?" Commander Cruger stepped forward. Jack stood up and looked at the Commander in the eyes.
"I will join you. Z is right, we cant keep on playing Robin Hood in the streets. There are other ways to help people and this is one of them. I think this is what she meant by being part of something bigger." Jack came out with his decision and the Commander opened the cell. He stepped aside so Jack could go outside.
"Alright Mr. Landors, follow me." Jack nodded and followed the dog-like creature. The Commander showed him around SPD, the different training rooms. Jack was amazed by all the technology that the facility had. Simulation rooms, a control center, weapons and the Ranger suits. He had never seen that much technology in his life. At the end of the tour, the Commander brought Jack to the Command Center. Three cadets turned around and saluted him.
"At ease, B-Squad." Z glanced at Jack and smiled. The cadets relaxed and stood straight, their arms behind their back. "Cadets this is your new team member, Jack Landors." Jack gave a small, nervous wave, Bridge smiled and shaked hands with him.
"Im Bridge, the Green Ranger." Jack noticed Bridge was wearing leather gloves to cover his hands. "I wear them because of my powers." Jack nodded and looked at Sky. Bridge nudged Sky with his elbow. Sky stood still and said nothing.
"Is there a problem, Cadet Tate?" Sky turned to the Commander and observed Jack. Sky inspected him slowly, Jack and Z felt self conscious as his gaze penetrated them.
"Miss Manx gave me the wrong morpher, Im supposed to be Red, like my father, not Blue, Commander." Sky announced as he held out his morpher, the Commander shook his head and looked directly at Sky.
"There is no mistake, Sky, the Red morpher belongs to Jack. May I speak with you alone?" Sky nodded and headed outside, the Commander closed the doors. "May I aks what the problem is?"
"I was supposed to have the Red morpher like my father, and then you take it away from me and give it to him, he was a thief, Sir." Sky declared angrily. Anubis put a hand on his shoulder.
"The Red morpher was never yours, you knew that the minute you signed up for the Academy. You need to work for the leader position and you have not demostrated that you can be a good leader, Sky. I mean, you are top of your class, but I dont see you as a leader." Sky nodded in agreement.
"Yes Sir, but the morpher is still hers if she appears or we find her, right Sir?" The Commander sighed and nodded. "Yes Cadet, the Pink morpher belongs to Miss Drew." He walked into the Command Center again and saw the A-Squad Rangers going to the Zord bay.
Sky stood next to Bridge and let out a dreamy sigh. He looked at Bridge. The Green Ranger took his glove off and read the auras of A-Squad. "Now that is what I want to be." He pointed to the A-Squad Rangers.
"There is something different about them, theya re ginving off a mix of negative energies and colors." Bridge muttered under his breath. He pulled the glove back over his hand and relaxed. He smiled at Z and Jack. "Welcome to the team, this is Sky Tate, the Blue Ranger. Seems like you are our new leader, Jack." Jack nodded and smiled. Sky walked off, he was fuming. He closed the door of his room and started practicing hand-on hand combat on a punching bag.
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Rogu walked inside the ship, she carried the metallic object in her hands. She smiled to herself as she strided to her master's throne. She saw a couple of Krybots working on the ship's motors as he walked by the engine room. She looked everywhere for Grumm, she finally found him. He sat on his throne. She walked to stand in front of Grumm. The skeleton was talking with Broodwing. They were discussing some plans. She bowed down obediently. A knee on the floor, her head bent down. Grumm stood up and walked to her.
He motioned for her to stand. Rogue stood up and looked at him. She handed him the object to him. Grumm shouted with joy, his once dull eyeballs lighted up to a bright neon red. Rogue took a step back and watched him with curiosity, she had never seen Grumm like that.
"Good job, Rogue. Now we are ready to proceed to phase number two." Grumm praised her. She smiled and nodded. She could not help but feel aproud of herself, but she had to remember not to be too cocky or it would affect her.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to take a shower. Searching through a dumpster and carrying a bag full of rotten food can make you smell bad." She held a hand up and observed her nails. "Besides, I need a new manicure, I heard pink is the new black." She walked out of the throne room.
She headed to her room to take a nice, well deserved bath. She removed her clothes and got inside the tub, she looked at her reflection in the water. She smiled to herself and reflected for a few moments. A lot of questions went through her head at that moment, she decided to leave them for later. Too many things for her brain to handle, she relaxed and stayed on the tub for about thirty minutes, when she was too sleepy and tired. She got out and dried herself. The petite girl put her pijamas on and tucked herslef into bed like she had done a million times.