I don't own Power Rangers. Rick, Rebecca, Louis, Zara, Alex, Joe and Jin were created by Jetman21, Thewhatzupwriter26, RushQuake, GoseiShinkenPink, decode9, TimmayIsAwesome and Gadget the Critic, respectively. Ted, Cronus and the Professor were created by me.
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The Professor sat in the lab, tinkering with the Paladin morpher. The Rescue Armours had taken little to no time to fix, but the Paladin morpher was essentially a full rebuild. Portax had really done a number on it.
As he finished the circuitry of the device, the lighting shifted to red and an alarm klaxon began blaring out. In front of the Professor, a holographic image displaying Chamella and a group of two dozen drones attacking the external doors. They were at the Command Centre.
The Professor moved to a drawer, opening it and withdrawing the Chrono Morpher, before picking up the Paladin morpher and pressing a control on the console.
"Computer, engage emergency protocol one." He said "Transport the arsenal and Zords to the bunker."
"Acknowledged." A female voice said "Equipment transfer in progress. Estimated time to completion ninety seconds."
"Transport the Paladin Morpher to operator zero zero one." The Professor said, the Paladin morpher being enveloped in red energy and teleporting away "Engage Command Centre radiation purge."
"Radiation purge in progress." The Computer spoke as a wave of green energy passed through the control room, passing through the Professor.
"I hope that worked." He said, slapping the Chrono morpher on his wrist, pressing the control on it and teleporting out as the bulkheads sealing the control room were blown apart, Chamella and the Drones entering.
Chamella moved to the terminal, pressing a control and having a loud access denied sound played. As it did, an image of a younger Professor appeared in the centre of the room. One of the Drones swung for it, but passed through the image. Chamella moved to the fallen Drone, pushing her sword into it's chest.
"It's a hologram, you idiot." Chamella hissed before removing her sword.
"Emergency protocol one has been engaged. If you are seeing this projection, it means that you are not authorised. All I can hope is that I am talking to Prothiak, Rektax, Portax or one of the other major players among the Kaltax." The Hologram spoke "When I came back in time to help protect the future from you, I always knew there was a strong chance you'd come and attack the Command Centre. You did it in my time, and you're nothing if not predictable. Unfortunately, you have not accounted for one fact. The Power Rangers. They will defeat you. And when they do, I will have defeated you, and avenged my Father. I was the Red Ranger in my time line, and my counterpart here will succeed where I have failed. I set events into motion that would ensure that before he was even born. There is one more unfortunate fact for you. While I have been talking and you have been listening, a self destruct countdown has been going on silently. Now, you have less than five seconds."
Chamella's face twisted into a look of horror.
"Good bye."
There was a large rumbling, as the Command Centre was quickly enveloped by a fireball, disintegrating it into ash.
….
Ted laid in his bed, texting. He had tried talking to Kendra a couple of times since what had happened on the ship. She was replying. Slowly.
He sighed to himself. If him being a super hero wouldn't get the girl interested, nothing would. After what had happened to his Dad, trying was all that kept him feeling normal.
He tossed the phone down to the end of his bed. As he did, there was a flash of red light and the Paladin Morpher appeared on his desk. He grimaced. The Professor wasn't one for sending equipment out in that manner and definitely not one for doing it unannounced.
He pulled his Rev Morpher, pressing the communication control.
"Ted to Command Centre." He said, getting static in response "Professor, respond."
There was nothing. Just static. He hit a control.
"Ted to…. Everyone." He said "Meet me at the Command Centre."
….
Ted teleported to the co-ordinates of the Command Centre, materialising on the edge of a massive crater, nearly falling in before being caught by the recently teleported in Joe and Rick.
"What happened here?" Jin asked, looking around.
"Looks like the Command Centre self destruct was activated." Alex said, looking at Ted "You don't think that-"
"I don't know." Ted said, raising his left wrist and showing them the Paladin Morpher "He sent me this. Then when I tried to call, just static."
"Damn." Rick said "What do we do now? Our base is gone."
"Same thing we've always done." Zara said "We fight back. I say we take the fight up to them, kick their collective butts!"
"I'd love to." Ted replied, grimacing "I'm not sure, even with the Rescue Armours and Paladin Ranger powers, we could fight Portax and Prothiak. Then there's Chamella and all the Drones."
The seven Rangers looked at their leader for a moment. He wasn't usually the one quitting on them. Finally, Joe moved up to him, squaring up to the Red Ranger.
"So that's it, huh?" He said "Shit hits the fan and you run? Some leader you are."
"I'm sorry…." Ted said "I just don't think we can win this now…"
"That's quitter talk." Jin said, stepping in "When did you start quitting?"
"Probably round about the time he had that taken away from him." Joe said, nodding to the Paladin Morpher "You're nothing special without that Battilizer. If he could see you now, your Dad would be embarrassed of you."
Ted said nothing, instead swinging for Joe, his fist connecting with the other young man's jaw. He went to punch Joe again, his hit being blocked and countered. As they both went to swing another hit, Louis and Rick stepped between them, catching both of their hits.
"That's enough!" Rick said, looking Ted in the eye "Your Dad wouldn't want this, and neither would the Professor! You're right, right now we can't beat them, because we're too busy trying to fight each other!"
"Yeah, and that' something that got us so far when Chamella had Ted, Rick and Louis at each other's throats." Rebecca cut in "Guys, we've got to find a way to beat them. Now, maybe we can't win. But I'll be damned if I'm not going to try, if not for me then for my sister. We've all got someone to fight for, right?"
"Kelly…" Louis acknowledged "And my Gramps."
"Sarah. My niece." Alex said.
"Dad." Joe admitted.
"My folks, they're all I've got." Rick said.
"Same here." Zara said "My folks, not Ricks."
Everyone sniggered at her need to defend her comment. They looked at Ted and Jin.
"All I've got is my Dad." Jin said, pausing "He's sick. Not got long."
"I'm sorry…" Rick said, looking at Ted "What about you, Red boy?"
"Back to Red boy, huh?" Ted remarked "All I've got is Mom. Prothiak made sure of that."
"What about Kendra?" Zara teased.
"Shut up." Ted said, rolling his eyes "She's not interested…"
"Then she's an idiot." Alex said, quickly continuing "Or at least that's what I'd expect someone to say."
The Rangers laughed for a moment. Then, their morphers began to beep. Ted raised his to his mouth.
"Who is this?" He asked.
"It's me." Came the voice of the Professor "Standby, I'm bringing you in."
The Rangers didn't have a chance to respond before they were enveloped in energy of their respective colours and teleported away.
….
The Rangers were teleported into a large, dark room. There were cables hanging from the walls and ceiling, consoles showing readouts of the various suits and zords. In the centre of the room, The Professor was working on a console, wearing the Chrono Ranger suit, minus the helmet.
"Why the hell are you wearing that?" Ted sputtered as he moved over to the Professor "I thought you couldn't morph?"
"I've been working on that issue for a long time." The Professor said "Cronus… Dad, knew that. He was helping me. The plan was I'd take his place in the field. This is us finishing that plan."
"So I guess you're taking charge then?" Ted asked with a scowl.
"No. This is your team, Ted. This is your time." The Professor said "Welcome to the Power Bunker. This was my original Homebase when I first arrived. The Command Centre wasn't developed until about five years ago. Today, Chamella attacked with a group of Drones, I had no choice but to bring the equipment here and self destruct the Command Centre. She was caught in the blast."
"The wicked witch is dead…" Rebecca said, rolling her eyes.
"Indeed." The Professor said "The Kaltax are down to their prince and their Emperor, plus about a thousand Drones."
"We take out Portax and Prothiak, the Drones will retreat." Jin said "I remember Cronus told me once they're like an ant colony, unable to function without their leaders."
Before they could get a word in, an alarm started blaring. The Professor read the screen.
"Two disturbances." He said "No, wait… Three. I've got Prothiak attacking the city with about fifty Drones, I've got Portax looking a lot bigger and destroying a different part of it, and I've got an energy pulse being emitted at… I can't pinpoint it…"
"Okay, so we need a plan." Ted said "Professor, take Alex, Jin and Joe with the Ultrazord. Take down Portax. The rest of you, with me."
"We'll finish him." Joe said, pausing "Listen, Ted, about before…"
"It's fine, word's spoken in anger." Ted said "We can talk about it later."
"Let's do this then." The Professor said, before calling "Back to action!"
…...
Portax slashed across the high rises in front of him with his sword. The Humans below were pathetic, running screaming. It would do them no good to appease him in that way. Their deaths were guaranteed.
As he went to stomp down on a group of Humans, a large blast hit him, causing him to stagger back. He looked up, seeing the Rangers' gigantic mech in it's battle chariot. The mech had all of it's weapons trained on him.
"About time you showed up!" He yelled "Do I get to kill you now?"
"Not today, Portax." Came a voice projected from the mech "This is the end for you!"
Portax began to advance. As he did, he found himself under bombardment. He raised his sword, taking a slash at the mech, stripping away one of the wings on it's back in a shower of sparks. As he went to take another slash, he found himself hit with a large blast from the main cannon, staggering him.
"My turn." He said, collecting energy in his hand before hurling it at the mech, a large explosion shaking it, most of it's components falling to the ground, battered and destroyed.
All that remained was the core, five vehicle mech. The robot pulled it's sword. Portax grinned.
"As it should be." He said as he charged in, locking swords with the machine "You can't win."
"Want to bet?" Came a female voice from the mech before it kneed him in the crotch "Rev Max Megazord saber! Final strike!"
The zord's sword lit up Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, White, Green, Gold, Silver and Bronze as it brought it down on Portax. The Kaltax Prince roared as the attack hit, grabbing the mech.
"If I die, you die with me!" He screamed, moments before he exploded, taking the Megazord with him.
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Ted, Rick, Rebecca, Louis and Zara teleported into the street where Prothiak was attacking. It was chaos, bodies littering the place. There were people running everywhere.
"Zara, Rebecca, get everyone to safety." Ted said "Rick, Louis, we'll-"
"Ted!" A voice came over the chaos, the five teens looking over to it's source, seeing Kendra with a small girl, a group of Drone cornering her "Help!"
"And you said she wasn't interested." Louis teased "Looks like a classic damsel in distress to me."
"Stop being moronic." Ted said with a smirk "Let's go!"
The five teens ran over to where Kendra was, beginning to punch and kick the various Drones, knocking them back. The Drones made a series of buzzing noises before retreating. Kendra grabbed onto Ted, pulling him into a tight hug.
"It's okay." Ted said, pausing "Kendra, I need a favour."
"What?" She asked, not letting go.
"Take your little friend here, round up everyone you can and get out of here." Ted said "This is about to go from a terror attack to a war zone."
"Already looks like a war zone." Rebecca grimaced.
"Okay, I'll do it." Kendra said, letting go before kissing Ted, hard "Good luck."
She ran off with the girl. The four teens looked at Ted, who was about as Red as the T-shirt he wore.
"Let's get to work." Ted said, moving down the street, yelling at Prothiak "Hey, ugly!"
Prothiak stopped where he stood, turning to face the five teens, a smirk forming on his face.
"We're taking you down!" Ted yelled as they formed a line "Ready guys?"
"It's Morphin' Time!" The five teens yelled as they pulled their morphers "Rev Max! Power Up!"
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So, here we are. No more Megazord, and what's happened to the Professor, Alex, Joe and Jin? Find out next time! Next up; the final battle. R&R. Please, no flames. B.
