Disclaimers: I do not own Power Rangers. However the characters that exist as their children are my creation.
Their Children
Chapter 24: Back to Action
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The security guard slid to the floor in a slump. "Please tell me we're getting closer to the world's leaders. It feels wrong knocking out civilians."
Blue just stared at White. "Don't worry Tommy. They're trained for worse." He said before continuing down the corridor.
White rose his hands into the air animatedly. "True, but they aren't our enemies. Xian is." He argued while following after his friend.
"I don't like any more than you do, but we have a higher objective here." Blue pointed out. "Wait." He said holding up his hand.
White stopped at Blue's side. "What's up?" He whispered. Blue turned to look at his comrade. He tilted his head, motioning for White to look around the corner. White did as motioned. He witnessed four guards standing outside a large door. He pulled back out of sight and looked at his friend. "Well, that's more guards than we've seen in one spot so far. I'm willing to bet that the people we are looking for are behind that door."
Blue nodded his head. "Yes, I concur." He raised his hand to his chin, well bottom of his helmet, in thought. "We'll need to proceed cautiously. It's best to be quick and swift."
"Right. There's four, so two each." White added. Right before they ran out into the perpendicular hallway, they noticed movement in their peripheral vision. "On second thought…" White began as they turned to see a group of men running in their direction. The group consisting of six armed officers began shouting at them and creating a lot of noise, which earned the attention of the group of four in the connecting hallway. "You get to that door. I'll make quick work of these guys."
Blue could hear the other guards heading their way. With a quick wave to White, he ran around the corner and ran right into two of the four guards. Upon seeing their weapon drawn, he immediately disarmed and head-butted the first one. Then with the rifle in his hands, he slammed the end of its handle onto the shoulder of the second. It wasn't too forceful to cause too much harm, but enough to knock him out. Tossing the gun to the ground, Blue noticed the other two guards aiming their weapons. He braced himself.
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(Imagine this next scene like the fight scenes in 300 =))
White watched as the group of military personnel approached him. He was now alone in the hall with them. 'Gotta make this quick.' He thought to himself. As they neared him, he ran at them full speed. And for White, that's pretty fast. He zipped past the first two, and made a beeline for the rear. He delivered a punch to the man(1) at the rear, while kicking a rifle out of the hand of the woman(2) at his side. The force of the kick sent her reeling backwards into the next man(3). While the two were falling to the ground, another woman(4) sent a punch in Blue's direction. He dodged and sent a high kick to her middle. She fell to the ground trying to catch her breath. The man(5) behind her immediately jumped to her defense, but received a jab and right upper cut to his chin which sent him flying backwards. White then zipped behind the first man(6) he passed by and slammed him into the wall.
White slowly turned around to face the last two conscious. Two of the soldiers (2 & 3) slowly made their way to their feet. The man reached for a dropped rifle, but White was too fast for him. His feet were kicked out from beneath him and he received a blow to the head. He was out cold. White turned his attention to the last standing weapon wielding woman. She clearly grabbed while he was busy knocking out the guy. White rose his hands into the air, looking at the rifle she had aimed. "Ma'am, you don't want to do this. I'm on your side."
She raised it a little higher. "Yeah, I can see that." She said sarcastically motioning to her comrades out cold on the floor. However, unfortunately for her, White used her weakness against her. In the short second her eyes moved to her fallen teammates, White moved in, pushed the gun aside and gave her a quick karate chop to the neck. She fell against him.
Gently lowering her to the ground, White murmured, "I suppose you wouldn't believe me if I said that I was sorry?" He then stood up, looking at her unconscious silent state. "No, I didn't think so." He said, before speeding away.
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The guns went off, but something was wrong. The two guards noticed that the bullets were ricocheting off of the blue intruder. "Hold your fire." The taller one said to the other.
The shorter one looked at his partner. He tossed his gun to the side and said, "I guess we gotta do this the old fashioned way." He grinned, flexing his fists before slamming one into the opposite palm. He then ran to Blue prepared to strike him down.
Blue easily dodged the first punch, but was caught by surprise to the kick. It was clear that this guy has had more training than the average soldier. However, as far as Blue was concerned, it made no difference. His armor had protected him from the kick. He calmly lifted the shorter male off of the ground by his collar and tossed him into the fairly low ceiling and watched him fall to the ground; alive, but unmoving. He then looked up at the scream coming from the taller one.
The tall guard watched as Blue treated his friend like a rag doll. Infuriated, he let out a battle cry and ran full speed at the intruder. However, before he met his mark, a white blur blocked his path and then all he saw was darkness.
"What took you?" Blue said while staring at the back of his longtime friend.
White turned around to face. "Guess I'm getting slow in my old age." He said jokingly. "But I still managed to get here just in the nick time." He stated motioning towards the guard he had just knocked out.
"You know I had him, right?" Blue asked lightly.
White shrugged his shoulders. "Now, we'll never know." He then dodged a play punch directed at him from Blue and laughed.
Blue shook his head and walked past White. "Well, let's get in there before more distractions show up."
White looked back behind them as if expecting to see more soldiers. "Why are they fighting us anyway?"
Blue paused and looked back at his friend. "Come on Tommy. Look at it from their point of view." He began as he turned back towards the door. "They are already on pins and needles because of Xian and his Goons. Now power rangers show up." He continued, stopping at the door and bending down on his right knee. "Sure, they've trusted power rangers in the past, but," He activated his X-ray vision to peer through the door, "they are probably having abandonment issues."
White crossed his arms over his chest. "It's not like our predecessors had a choice." He pointed out, while keeping an eye down the hall.
Blue eyed the interior of the door; more specifically the lock. Recognizing its schematics, he channeled his telekinesis to start undoing its combination. "Still, I'm not surprised that they are afraid of us too. These are dangerous times." There was a resounding CLICK down the hall. "Which is why," He slowly opened the door, "it's important that we show the world that we are on their side." He pushed the door fully open.
White looked at his friend. "You're right. And today we start by convincing the U.N. to lay down their arms. And let us do our jobs." He stated before walking past Blue and through the doorway.
Blue looked down both sides of the hallway, before following behind. "Easier said than done." He mumbled, and then closed the door shut.
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"I still can't believe it. This is all just so… surreal." Aisha said while watching the viewing wall.
Zack stood beside her. "You said it sistah." He watched his son deliver a powerful roundhouse kick. "Did we ever look this awesome?"
"I like to think so." Rocky answered him, with his arm around his wife's shoulders.
Jason crossed his arms. "Yeah, it's all in the genes. Right bro?" He asked, nudging Tommy on the shoulder.
Tommy just stared mesmerized at what they were seeing. "Yeah man…" He responded absentmindedly. "I just wish the others could see this." He said thinking of Kim. Then his expression became perplexed. "Hey Omega," he called to the android in the room, "is there a way for us to see what our families are doing?"
Jason turned to look at Omega. "Yeah, that's a good idea. Can you manage it?"
"Aye yi yi, of course! I can manage anything!" He started punching codes into the console. "Viewing wall, show us the Ranger's families in the outside world." He commanded after inputting the last sequence.
Immediately the wall changed from the battling rangers to the basement of the Oliver's residence. There they could see Tanya standing in a defensive position. She held a bat in her hands. She was looking anxiously at something, while three scared children stood behind her. Jason's brow furrowed. "What are they looking at?"
Before they could get their answer, the screen switched over to the outside of the Oliver's residence. Here they watched a blue SUV pull to a stop halfway on the lawn and half way in the street. They saw their friends run out of the vehicle in a mad dash for the house. Aisha frowned she was getting worried, "Why are they so panicked?" She asked fearfully, without taking her eyes away from the scene.
Zack at once realized they had still not seen his wife. "Cassie…" He murmured to himself. He looked wildly at his friend beside him.
Rocky realized what was wrong. "Omega, show the inside of the house."
"Aye!" He shouted, before the screen switched to the interior of the Oliver's living room.
They all gasped at what they saw. There were Goons everywhere. The room was practically destroyed. But what shocked them the most was the sight of Cassie. Her abrasions were clearly visible and she stood on shaky legs. They watched her dodge a punch, but took a kick to the stomach. Zack was beside himself. Tommy unable to look any longer, pleaded to the sole android in the room. "Omega, please bring them here. Now!"
"Of course!" The android said before inputting the proper commands. He only hoped that he'd get them all in time.
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The crack of the Power Whip sounded loudly on the battlefield. Yellow wielded her weapon with expertise as Goons ran at her in all directions. She flipped over one while snapping her whip back. It wrapped around the Goon's neck. Once her feet planted on the ground, she pulled with all of her ranger strength. The pull of the whip caused the Goon to lurch forward and over Yellow, colliding with several of its comrades on the other side. "Whoa. I'm good." She commented out loud in satisfaction.
Unfortunately, she did not see the Goon directly behind her sending a well-aimed punch in her direction. Luckily, before it could connect, a flash of pink blocked its path. Sending a butterfly kick to the Goon, Pink looked on in pleasure as it flew backwards onto its back. She quickly turned to her friend. "You were saying?"
Yellow turned around in time to see her friend knock the Goon back into last week. At Pink's question, she shrugged her shoulders sheepishly. "Oh, you heard that?"
Pink just shook her head at her friend's antics. "Only you Livvy." She said. Then at the exact same time, they completed a side kick, taking care of a couple Goons coming at them. Suddenly five more appeared. "Really, we're talking here!" She exclaims, doing a couple front snap kicks followed by a few quick jabs.
Yellow swung her whip around, sending a few Goons to meet their maker. She placed her hands on her hips and looked at Pink with a shake of her head. "So rude."
Pink nods her head in agreement, before doing a quick back flip to avoid being sliced and diced by the butterfly swords, now imbedded into the ground where she once stood. She looked up at the creature who tried to assault her. "Raptor!"
Raptor stood proudly looking down at the Pink Ranger still crouched on the ground. He grinned, "In the flesh."
"Swords? Where did those come from?" Questioned Yellow, on the other side of Raptor. 'What else does this creep have up his sleeve?'
A growl escaped from Raptor. "I'll deal with you later." He gruffed, before spinning around and surprising Yellow by knocking her back with his tail.
Yellow was immediately swarmed by countless Goons.
"Livvy!" Pink yelled. She stood up and called out her Power Fans. She tossed one at Raptor, but he deflected with the use of the sword in his left hand, while used the one in his left to attack Pink.
Pink blocked the blade with the use of the Power Fan still in her left hand. Raptor was not fazed by this and tried to hit her with his other sword, but just as the blade started to come down on her, his arm received a deep cut from behind. "Aarrgghh!" He cried out from the pain.
Pink caught her Power Fan as it returned to her after delivering a nice blow to Raptor's arm. "What's the matter gator-breath? Ya gonna cry?" She taunted.
Raptor didn't like that one bit. "We'll see who's crying by the end of the day." He took a step towards her and opened his mouth wide, and sent a stream of flames her way.
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Green stayed high in the air and in deep concentration. She was continuously dodging Maura's attacks. 'What is she? Some sort of witch?' She thought to herself. She was getting tired of this. She wasn't exactly defenseless. Green called on her Power Staff.
Maura send a bolt of energy from her wand to Green. Instead of dodging this time, Green stood her ground. She spun her staff in front of her in an alarming speed, causing Maura's attack to deflect. This surprised the sorceress, which Green took advantage of and made a beeline for the woman.
Maura saw this and pulled back her wand to shoot another beam of energy. She executed her attack perfectly, but Green easily dodged. Maura was not expecting that and was not prepared for the close proximity Green now was to her. However, before she could even contemplate another move, Green pulled back on her Power Staff and sent a blow directly to Maura's head.
The villainess flew back, knocking into many of the Goons. Green planted her feet on the ground only to be startled by a reddish light beaming down in front of her. She immediately moved into a fighting stance; relaxing only when she realized that it was her teammate who appeared. "Welcome to the battle front. What took you?" She asked in jest.
The Red Ranger assessed his surroundings before turning to face Green. "Really Samantha, I know you miss me and all, but let's keep things professional between us," He patted her on the shoulder. "okay?"
Green pushed Red's hand off of her shoulder. "Alex… don't be an as-"
"Samantha! Language dear." Red said aghast. "Tsk, tsk, what would our fearless leader say?"
Green held onto her staff, resisting the urge to knock the Red Ranger down a peg or two. "Now is not the time Alex." She reminded him as he did what he did best… annoying her.
Before Red could come up with a smart response, he noticed a blast of electricity headed their way. He grabbed onto Green's shoulders and pulled back, causing the both of them to stumble onto the ground while evading the blast. Red landing on his back with Green landing on top of him. "That was close." He remarked to his friend.
"Ya think?" Green asked before pushing herself up and immediately getting into a fighting stance. She starting looking around for Maura.
Red returned to his feet and mirrored Green in getting his defense up. "What was that?"
"Apparently that Maura lady has a stick that shoots out electrical current." Green explained. She didn't see Maura, but there were numerous Goons headed their way.
Red's Power Bow materialized in his hand. "I see." He raised his bow high, summoned three arrows, and the tips immediately lit up. He concentrated on the Goons nearing them. But before he could release the arrows, a soft voice stopped him.
Green's feet floated a little off of the ground. "I'll take care of these rejects. Go help the others." She told him, before flying straight for the Goons.
"Aye, aye captain." Red said giving her a sarcastic salute, even though she'd already left him. "Now where is everyone?" He surveyed his surroundings, and saw a larger group of Goons. "Bingo." He said, before running in that direction.
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"Sir, we've lost contact with the men." The militant man said running into the room filled with twenty or so diplomats of the 1st committee of the United Nations General Assembly. "The compound has been breached." Immediately a loud murmur dispersed throughout the room. Some people looked very anxious; while others were getting up from their seats ready to leave. However, before anything could get out of hand, the speaker in the room stepped forward to address the group.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please have a seat and calm down. Everything will be fine. I will find out what is happening." The man was Jarmo Viinanen, Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations and also the Chairman of the committee. He stepped to the side to question the man who entered the room with such news. "What do you mean, we've been breached?" He asked low enough so that the others could not hear.
"Well, sir-" The man began; however, he did not get the chance to continue as the side door to the room was thrown open. He immediately stepped in front of the Chairman, weapon raised and ready.
Everyone in the room turned in shock at the source of the disturbance. There, standing at the entrance to the room, were two figures; one in blue and one in white. One lady in the room stood from her seat. "Power Rangers!" She shouted, breaking the silence, and falling in a dead faint into the lap of the person sitting beside her.
White turned to Blue with a shrug of his shoulders. "Talk about making an entrance."
Blue just shook his head.
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The Goons were falling left and right. The sting of the Yellow Ranger's Power Whip was rubbing them in the wrong way. It got even more difficult for them as she would turn invisible time and again. Fortunately for them, she could not sustain the form for too long while utilizing so much of her power on the whip. But in the end, it did not matter, Yellow was still superior.
Yellow stood proudly over the carnage of Goons. They soon disappeared to wherever it is that they came from. In her peripheral vision, she could see a line of Goons headed her way. 'Here we go again.' She thought to herself. She had long since lost track of Pink and hoped that she was alright with Raptor. Noticing the creatures were getting closer, she prepared herself. However, just as she was about to attack first, the line of Goons started to dissipate. "What the…?" She questioned out loud. It was then that she noticed, something black and blurry bashing through them. She was so enthralled by the sight, she had not noticed the figure beside her. She jumped at his voice.
"Yeah, thought you could use some help." Came the warm deep voice of the Black Ranger. "Although," he began as he looked around at some of the Goons knocked out that had yet to vanish, "it looks like you're holding your own well enough here." He finished, turning his gaze to her as he expertly caught the Power Mace that flew into his extended hand.
"Marcus!" Yellow yelled, shocked at his presence. She forced herself to calm down. "How were things elsewhere?" Here she noticed his shoulders slump. "That bad?"
Black shook his head 'no'. "Worse. It's clear that Lord Xian means business."
Gripping her whip tightly, she responded fiercly. "Well, then, let's give it to him." She then turned to face the rest of the Goons not blasted by the Power Mace. "Starting with these tools."
Black nodded his head. "Agreed. Back to action!" He yelled, bracing himself as the Goons made their way to the two.
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Pink found herself on her knees and slightly out of breath. 'This guy is tough.' She thought to herself. 'Even with foresight. I can't follow him.' She frowned beneath her helmet. 'It's like I'm losing power… energy…' She didn't understand why she was feeling this way. 'I lasted longer during training…'
"What's wrong Pinkie? Are you going to cry?" He asked before chuckling as he walked up to her.
Pink tried not to cringe at him throwing her words back into her face like that. She reached down to grab… dirt? Pink looked down around herself. "Oh no, my fans." She whispered. 'They must have disappeared from my energy drain.' She heard two crunches right before seeing two dirt stained boots stepping into her line of vision. She looked up to Raptor glowering savagely down at her. He opened his jaws wide. She could see an orb of fire igniting within the base of his throat.
Frozen in place, Pink could only watch as the ball of fire grew, until a stream of it shot her way. "Holy…!" She gasped while raising her arms to brace herself for the onslaught… of… 'Wait a minute.' … Seconds went by and… nothing… Pink calmly removed her arms from her face and jumped at the shock of what she saw. "Alex?"
Sure enough before her stood the Red Ranger as he took the full force of the hit. Red had his arms crossed in front of him in a defensive stance as he used his body to shield the Pink Ranger. At the shout of his name, he turned his head to the right to get a look at his friend behind. "You alright?" He asked her in concern.
Pink nodded her head immediately at his question. "Just a little tired."
"Tired?" Red frowned beneath his helmet. He turned his attention back to Raptor as the stream of flames died down. He quickly delivered a roundhouse kick to the creature's head, catching Raptor by surprise. The villain flew back some feet, giving Red some time to check on Pink. He turned to his friend and helped her to her feet. "What did you mean by tired Tiff?"
She immediately began shaking her head. "I don't know…"
"Did you remember to grab your head device?" He asked her firmly.
Pink was never as happy to be wearing a mask as she was now, considering how wide her eyes became. 'That's it! The device. No wonder I'm so drained.' She thought to herself. Then she noticed Red was waiting for a reply. She couldn't let him worry about her, he needed to focus on the fight; they both did. She nodded her head. "Of course, Alex. I wouldn't forget." She told him in what she hoped was reassuring voice.
Red just stared at her for a moment, as if assessing her body language. Somewhat satisfied with her answer, he nodded his head. "Okay then. Stay close to me. If your energy is draining, I want you near me so that I know you are safe." He told her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
Pink smiled at him from behind her visor. 'What a guy.' She thought. She placed her hand on top of his. "Thanks Alex. That means a lot to me." They gazed at each other; momentarily forgetting the battle waging all around them.
Suddenly Red removed his hand from beneath hers and rubbed the back of his protected head. "Uh… yeah, n-no problem." He stuttered out. He almost mentally slapped himself for sounding like an idiot, but before he could, he noticed Raptor slowly getting up from the ground. "Can't he ever just stay down?" He groaned in complaint.
However, Pink hadn't noticed Raptor, she was too busy looking in the opposite direction. "Um, Alex… I think Killer Croc might be the last of our worries." She told him.
Red turned around to ask her what she was talking about, but paused before he could get any words out. "Uh… Tiffany?..." Red called while simultaneously summoning his Power Bow.
"Ye-yeah?" Pink asked, while summoning a Power Fan. It was less of a drain with one fan than two.
Pulling back the string on his bow, Red lit five arrows. "Run!" He shouted to her before releasing his bowstring and sending a stream of flaming arrows into the air. He concentrated on his power to keep the arrows continuously shooting.
"No! I'm not leaving you!" Pink shouted as she summoned her second Power Fan. Although it made her feel slightly light-headed, she decided to push through the discomfort. She stayed at her friend's side, as she watched what looked like thousands of Goons headed their way at an alarming pace. "Xian must have sent reinforcements." She said dejectedly. They were finally making a dent in the goon army, and now this.
"My arrows are slowing their march a bit, but they'll be here any second." Red explained. He glanced back at Raptor and noticed the gator-man shaking his head while still on his knees. "Let's get out of here before he completely comes to." He said nodding towards Raptor.
Pink nodded in agreement. "We need to get to the others."
Red lead her past Raptor and further towards the frontline. He activated his com-link within his helmet. "Sami. Marcus. Livvy. Xian as sent reinforcements. Regroup at the frontline. We need to keep Xian's army from getting through to the military." He ordered firmly. He knew that this fight was just beginning. 'Dammit Tommy. You and Connor had better get here soon.' He frustratingly thought to himself as he and Pink continued to fight their way to the front to meet their teammates.
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"Look, I know you all are a little shocked." White stated loudly and clearly to the room as he and Blue stepped further instead. They halted once the few military men in the room ready and aimed their rifles. They raised their palms to face the room. "But I want you to know that we come in peace."
Everyone was quiet and still, that is everyone sans the Blue Ranger, as he turned his head to look at his friend, his hands dropping to his side. "Really? We come in peace?" He asked in a whisper.
White shrugged and whispered back. "Okay, I didn't really think that one through." He admitted. He then eyed everyone in the room. "Who's in charge here?"
The man near the podium stepped forward. "I am the Chairman of the United Nations 1st Committee. I am in charge here." He quickly and efficiently answered the White Ranger's question. "Now, would you mind telling us who you are? What do you want from us?" The chairman asked. "Did Lord Xian send you to stop us?" He asked fearfully. At this question, the armed men took a step closer to the rangers and removed their safeties.
"No. We are not on Xian's side." White assured him. "We are Power Rangers, defenders of the Earth and all her people. We are here to help. We are on your side." He told them strongly.
"How can we believe you? You'll abandon us. Like those before you." An older woman remarked from the back of the room. Everyone murmured amongst each other in agreement.
"Our predecessors gave their lives to protect us all." Blue argued. He made to continue, but White raised his hand to stop his friend.
"I'm sure there is not much we can say to prove this to you. So let us show you by our actions." White offered.
"And how do you propose to do that?" Asked the chairman.
"Let us fight for you. Call your army back and let us do what we do best." White told him.
"What you do best is roll over and die!" An angry man near the front of the room yelled. "We don't need your kind here. We will do what we should have done from the beginning, and defended our home ourselves. We don't need nor want you here." Everyone in the room shouted in agreement.
"But please, you don't understand." White started, but was interrupted as his teammate placed a hand on his shoulder.
Blue stepped forward. "Ladies and Gentlemen. The reason we've come to you today is to stop your nuclear attack on the moon."
"And they said they were on our side." Another man started. "Their trying to help Lord Xian!" His shouting caused more babbling.
"No, we are not." White proclaimed.
"If you go through with this attack, it will only hurt you. It will not reach the moon. Instead it will detonate once it breaches our hemisphere. There will be a backlash of catastrophic proportions that will pollute our air and ocean. It will spread at an alarming rate, decimating half of the planet within one week." Blue explained. He had no time for sugar coating. "The other half will be the unlucky ones. Spending a year in a slow death."
"Lies, all lies!" A short old man in glasses shouted stepping up to the rangers. "I am the lead scientist on this project. I've evaluated all sides to this. What you say simply is not true?"
Blue started to argue with him, but was stopped by another voice.
The chairman stepped forward. "Even if it were true. We are all in agreement to do what it takes to stop Lord Xian; or die trying." He said, sending the room into a quiet still.
White looked at him. "Do you even know what you are saying?" He asked the man. When he received no answer, he looked at everyone else. "Do you speak for everyone?" When White received nothing but nods and silence, he grew angry. "What gives you the right to speak for an entire people?"
The chairman stood tall. "I am the Chairman of the United Nations Disarmament and International Security Committee. Meaning that all of the Nations gave me the authority to speak for them." He answered stonily. "Now Rangers, please leave our building, before I have you escorted out.
White just stood there, unbelieving of what he just heard.
"Come White Ranger, I think it's best that we left." Blue said out loud to his teammate. "But first," and then as quick as lightning Blue sped to the controls on the mainframe computer and expertly disabled them all. He destroyed to the wires. Now it would take them a couple weeks to fix that.
The chairman turned red. "What are you doing?" He screamed.
But Blue was not done yet. He ran to the missile launch computer. It was much too sensitive to deactivate in the same way as the main computer. Instead he opted to access their files. He took a chip and inserted into the computer and infected the computer with a virus that would take months, if ever, to undo. Satisfied, he took the chip out.
While Blue was busy sabotaging the U.N.'s efforts. White flashed by everyone, disarming the guards, and protecting his friend. He was obviously way faster than Blue that no one even noticed him until he had already gone.
The chairman glared at the Blue Ranger. He grabbed a berretta off of one of the officers and aimed it at the meddling ranger. However before he pull the trigger, a blur of white entered his vision and in a flash, the Blue Ranger was gone. It wasn't until he looked around that he noticed that the White Ranger, too, had disappeared. "Dammit!"
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A bright ray of light shined throughout the room. It caused everyone in the room to squint, not being able to fully see until the light finally died down. As the light faded, seven adults and three kids stayed in its place. The three kids, unused to the pressure of being teleported and also due to their young age, immediately passed out at arrival. They lied sprawled out on the floor.
The adults, like riding a bicycle, were able to adjust and land on their fit without a hitch. Well, all but one that is. Zack raced to his wife's side as he noticed her slumping to the ground. He caught her in her arms right before she made contact. "Cassie! Cassie baby, open your eyes."
Everyone ran to Cassie's side in concern. "Cassie!" Tanya shouted from her place beside the children. After checking that they were okay, she and Kat moved to their friend's side as well. "How is she?"
"I- I don't know…" Zack answered sounding broken. And then he noticed her eyes cracking open a little. "He- hey baby-"
Cassie tried to speak. "Mmm… mMar…arrc…"
"Shhh, don't speak honey. Marcus is just fine. We found them." Zack told her softly. Content, Cassie closed her eyes and went still. Zack was shaken by that. "No, no! Cassie, wake up. Cassie!"
Everyone looked on in shock. They hugged their respective spouses in sorrow. Until Tommy removed himself from Kim's arms at the sound of his friend's screams. He moved to Zack and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Come on man, we'll get her help."
Zack shook his head. "But she's… she's…" He couldn't say anything else.
Kat was immediately at his side, she grabbed one of Cassie's wrists. "Zack she's alive." She told his friend calmly. "She's still alive."
"Omega!" Jason shouted as he moved away from the group and looked around for android. 'Where is he?' He thought. "Omega, we need help!" He shouted. 'Where did that little robot disappear to?' Jason was becoming frustrated. "We need you to take us to the hospital!"
"I don't think that that will be necessary." Came a child's voice.
Jason as well as everyone else, surprised by the voice, turned to see Omega trailing into the C-Deck through the large double doors on the opposite side of the room from whence they came. But what shocked them the most was the young boy that accompanied the android. "Who are you?" Trini asked before she could help herself.
"Ah, it's good to see you again, young Yellow Ranger. I've missed you all dearly." Replied the boy as he looked over the former rangers. A frown came to his face as he noticed his third pink ranger crumpled in the arms of his teary faced first black ranger. He then nodded to Omega. "Inform Phaedra that her assistance is needed urgently."
After the A.I. made his exit, Kim took a step closer to stand beside her big bro'. "I'm sorry, do we know you?" She asked the boy.
The boy clasped his hands together. "I sincerely hope so. One would hate for their pupils to easily forget their mentor." He said mysteriously.
They all looked at each other slightly confused. Then one by one it dawned on them. Aisha looked at the boy with wide eyes. "Zo- Zordon?" She asked timidly, scared to believe it to be true and scared to believe it to be false.
"Yes my fierce Bear, it is I?" Zordon replied in his soft child voice.
Before anyone could reply, Adam shouted, "Tanya!" He grabbed his wife by the shoulders in an attempt to steady her as rocked on her feet.
Tanya looked at Adam. "I'm just… I feel a little tired." Was all she got out before placing her hand on her belly and slumping against her husband in a dead faint.
The room grew quiet once more as everyone looked at their third pink and yellow rangers in concern. Rocky glanced at Kim. "And I always thought fainting was your thing." He told her. Kim just stared at him with a disapproving glare. "What? Too soon?" He asked before getting hit upside the head by his wife. "Ouch!"
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AN: Great chapter! At least I hope you think so. Okay, I'm gonna have to wrap this AN up short. This chapter took forever. There was so much that I wanted in it. I had not realized how long it was. I guess I could have split it up into 2 or 3 parts, but I really didn't want to, so hope you didn't mind.
Well, everyone's deep into action. The Originals now know that their mentor is alive. UN now know that the Rangers are back, but don't seem to be too thrilled about it. So instead of being praised like Superman; I've decided to make them hated like Batman. But don't worry, they will have some of the public on their side; but not so much the government.
I'm getting close to wrapping this first installment up. Please let me know how you found the chapter and the new developments. I take your comments and suggestions very seriously. And thank you all for continuing to read this and review it, it means a lot to me.
Next chapter up soon. And I guess I didn't keep this AN short, oh well, so much to say, so little time. Oh yea, and I used the real name of the Chairman of our U.N. 1st Committee. So, thought I'd give a shout out. Like he'd ever be reading this. LOL.
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