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AN: Here's chapter 33! Enjoy and let me know what you think! Sorry for the delay on this chapter. Real life gets in the way sometimes. Thanks to all the great reviews too and here's notes to those individuals:
Alex B. Goode: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
RHatch89: No, Dax and Will have a lot to learn about being rangers. But...all the Overdrive rangers displayed these bouts of selfishness throughout that season, at least in my opinion. That's the inspiration for the way they are acting now. But they're still redeemable. It will just be a loooong road. ;)
Pinkrangerfan: Thanks, glad you're enjoying the story. :)
fallingstar22: Yeah, the situation with her dad is not good. But I'm glad you liked the flashback scenes. Glad you enjoyed the other tender scenes. As for Hunter...stayed tuned. ;)
TommyOliverMMPRFan: Well, stayed tuned to see if they get helped or they get creamed. It will be an uphill battle for sure. ;)
Harry2: Yep, things are getting blurry, so to speak. Glad you're enjoying the story. ;)
Lmv16: Time will tell. ;) There's lots of action ahead.
MMPRFansince93: Glad you enjoyed the flashback scenes. There is a battle filled chapter ahead. :)
WideOpenSpacesGirl045: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. :)
garnetred: Thanks, glad you enjoyed the chapter and it will be an interesting battle indeed. ;)
Crimson Rising
Chapter 33: Careless Disregard
Is this the way I want it?
To be sold out and shattered
The threat is veering closer
Leave me out to dry
Fear will waste us
Never make this soul weigh in and shake it off
Crack the cycle, force time to bend a little enough
'Cause we're running out
I have seen the dangers of careless disregard
I have seen the dangers of careless disregard
Song: Careless Disregard
Artist: Eyeshine
GAMA Military Base
Outside Turtle Cove, CA
The base's red alert alarm sounded and General Gorbin waltzed into the zord bay with purpose. Will and Dax followed him with their personal legion of GAMA guardians.
"Mr. Hanson, there's another battle being waged. It's time to see if you have come through with the new weaponry you have promised," Gorbin said. Peter looked like he hadn't slept at all and in truth, he hadn't, evidence that his conversation with his daughter had not gone well. Wordlessly, the gifted engineer opened several silver cases and revealed sleek rifle sized blasters.
"These will nullify the foot soldiers just as well as the other ranger's weapons and may be semi-effective against the Burlots and Sharkanians," Peter stated monotonously.
"And the big green guys?" Will asked. Peter looked up sharply at the young, headstrong ranger.
"Even the most seasoned rangers have immense difficulty with them. So far, only the combined firepower of their weapons and the crimson ranger himself has been able to defeat the Duronian generals. I would exercise caution with them," Peter advised.
"Good work Mr. Hanson, as a reward, I will have your daughter moved to a small residence near yours. It will be on lockdown and an ion shield will cut her off from the entrance. However, she will have the rest of the quarters that will be far more comfortable," Gorbin stated.
"Thank you General," Peter said gratefully, though he knew that a comfortable residence wouldn't get her to forgive him.
Downtown Blue Bay Harbor
Explosions rocked through the streets of downtown Blue Bay Harbor and people ran frantically from the invading aliens. There were already casualties, as Ivan's monsters mercilessly ripped their way through anything or anyone in their way.
A prone woman on the ground screamed, as the attacking Burlot General's spear-like tail came at her, intending to impale her. The black ranger landed in front of her after somersaulting through the air. With his axe, he sliced through the deadly appendage, sending the creature reeling back in pain. Adam helped the woman up.
"Hurry…run…" he urged.
"Thank you!" she called, as she hurried away.
The battlefield was filled with alien creatures, presumably from Ivan's army that they had not yet come in contact with. Adam was first to spot a new and frightening General that came with his own minions. The minions were reptilian in nature like their presumed creator and were lizard-like with a full set of sharp teeth. The General responsible for them was even scarier. He stood erect on two scaly legs and was clothed in a scaly armor around his torso that seemed to be an extension of his body. But his head was possibly the most frightening, as it looked like the head of a King Cobra with bleeding yellow eyes, large fangs, and a forked tongue.
"You're right to fear me, black ranger," the voice was very raspy, deep, and like a continual hiss, only adding to the terror. But in true ranger fashion, Adam would not allow this monster to prey upon his fears.
"We're not afraid of you, ugly. You're just another of Ivan's lap dogs mindlessly carrying out his orders," Adam retorted.
"You pathetic fool, are you any different? You don your armor and fight like a good little soldier for this pitiful mud ball in the name of your great mentor, Zordon. You risk your life for people that have turned their backs on you simply because you're a ranger…different from them. Why protect such flawed beings? Because Zordon said to?" he rasped.
"No, because it's the right thing to do," Adam snapped.
"Lie to yourself if you need to, ranger. The end result will be your demise, regardless," the creature hissed, as its three fingered, scaly hands literally mutated into two blade-like extensions, the weapons being an actual extension of the creature itself. The blades were scaly, but gleamed in the light, indicating that they were likely razor sharp.
"Well, that's different," Rocky commented, as he willed the power sword into his hand.
"And we thought we'd seen it all," Tommy joked.
"Nah, I'd remember something as gross as him," Kim commented. The creature growled and charged at the rangers. They sunk into fighting stance and engaged him.
"Ahhh!" Dustin cried out, as he made impact with a wall. The yellow ranger picked himself up and glared at the Ooze henchman from behind his visor.
"You're so going to pay for that, dude," Dustin said, as he pulled out his Earth axe and shot a clean hole through the offending minion.
"Man, we are getting worked," Shane hissed, as he recovered from being pounded by the obnoxiously strong foot soldiers.
"Being two down on our team isn't helping," Cam mentioned, as he delivered a flying kick and made a puddle of ooze out of one lackey.
"No lie," Blake agreed, as kicked another away, before he suddenly felt himself be blasted by a beam of energy, hitting the wall behind him.
"BLAKE!" his teammates cried, as they saw the Duronian General slowly approaching.
"Carry on rangers, this is between me and the Navy ranger," he stated.
"It doesn't work that way, ugly. You want one of us, you get all of us," Shane refuted. The Duronian growled and blasted the red, yellow, and green rangers out of his way, sending them into a smoking heap nearby.
"I am not in the mood for your silly games, rangers. General Xin has sent me to deliver your fate to you, Navy ranger. Your brother killed General Xin's brother and now he orders that I take you in payment for your brother's actions," the green skinned warrior stated. Blake willed the Navy Thunder blade into his hand and fell into defensive stance.
"Bring it then, I'm not going down without a fight," Blake hissed. The alien chuckled and drew his sword, as they charged at each other.
Ivan Ooze's Spaceship
"Tell me! Tell me what's happened to Tori!" Hunter screamed, as he pulled incessantly at his chains. He was met with a hard backhand across the mouth, courtesy of Xin.
"If I were you, Phoenix ranger, I would be eternally grateful that she's anywhere but here right now or I'd be making you watch my men rip her apart," Xin answered him. Hunter spit a mouthful of blood on the dirty floor beneath him as a holographic screen shimmered to life before them.
"My Master thought you might like to watch the demise of your friends though. It promises to be an epic battle, one that I promise your baby brother in particular…will not survive," Xin hissed. The crimson ranger's eyes were fixated on the images before him, as explosions rocked the city and his friends fought tirelessly. The footage suddenly zoomed in to focus on Blake. The Navy ranger was engaged in a fierce duel with a Duronian general, thunder blade locked with the alien's own sword.
"Blake has nothing to do with this!" Hunter seethed.
"Like I told you before, you killed my brother and now I shall in return make sure your brother dies as well," Xin stated.
"Watch Phoenix ranger…as everyone you care about is destroyed and know that you're the reason," Xin spat. Despair started to fill Hunter, as he watched his baby brother fight for his survival.
GAMA Military Base
Outside Turtle Cove, CA
"Where are you taking me?" Tori demanded, as the two officers, the same ones that had harassed her the night before, led her down the corridor in cuffs.
"You'll see soon enough, baby," one leered. Tori fumed and turned, glaring at them.
"Call me baby again and you're going to lose a testicle," she growled. But they just laughed at her, before grabbing her arms and marching her onward.
"And if you're hand moves any lower on my back, you'll lose both," she threatened the other one.
"Yeah, you're not so tough without your little morpher. There's a reason why the chick rangers always wear pink," the other joked.
"I'm the blue ranger, moron," she spat. They chuckled.
"Yeah, but it's like girl blue," the first one joked. Tori ripped her arms away from them and leapt into the air, roundhouse kicking the first one into the wall and then thrust her elbow into the second one's face. He cried out in pain, as blood gushed down his face.
"You bitch…your broke my nose!"
"Guess that's what girl blue gets you," she taunted.
"Victoria," Peter said, as he appeared, his voice chiding her.
"Don't call me that," Tori complained, as her father escorted her from there.
"Did you have to break his nose?" Peter asked.
"Considering he is a huge asshole, yes," Tori replied, as he led her into a room, undid her handcuffs and then turned on the purple force field that would block her from accessing the exit.
"What is this?" she asked.
"I thought you would be more comfortable here than in that dank cell," he replied. She looked at him incredulously.
"Yet I'm still prisoner. Changing the background doesn't change that it's wrong to keep me locked up," she spat. Peter sighed.
"I know…you have to know that I'm only trying to keep you safe," Peter pleaded.
"Save it dad. At least there's a hot shower in this place, so I'm going to go take one," she cut him off, before retreating further into the room, intending to find the bathroom.
Ranger Ops
"It's getting bad out there, we're going to help," Andros decided, as he and the other space rangers, minus an injured Ashley, readied for battle. Karone would fill in using the yellow morpher.
"Be careful, standard morphing grid armor has proven to not be as resilient against these guys," Hayley warned. Andros nodded, understanding the stakes.
"Wait…let us come with you," Mack pleaded.
"Mack, I'm not so sure that's a good idea," Andrew replied.
"Why? Because you think I can't handle it? Mack questioned.
"Mack…" Andrew lamented.
"No, be honest with me for once, dad, I was never supposed to be the red ranger. You wanted that for yourself. I was just supposed to be kept locked up in your mansion like some dirty little secret," Mack hissed. Andros wasn't sure what was going on between them, but he didn't have time for it.
"Look, you three can come if you want, but this isn't a game. If you're going out there with us, then you'll follow mine and Zhane's lead," Andros stated. Mack nodded, as they turned to Hayley.
"Ready when you are," she said reluctantly.
"Let's Rocket!"
"Overdrive Accelerate!"
As the morphing calls were initiated, Hayley teleported them to Blue Bay Harbor, leaving her, the inactive or injured teams, and various past ranger mentors behind to observe the gritty battle that was taking place.
Downtown Blue Bay Harbor
Trent's Drago arrows struck the lizard-like foot soldiers, throwing them to the ground, hissing in pain and causing them to angrily launch themselves at the Dino rangers. The horrid little creatures latched onto the white, yellow, and green Dino rangers. Trent ripped the one trying to sink its teeth into him and threw it into the nearby building wall. He saw Kat use one of her Stego sabers to slice it in half.
"Thanks, these things are nasty little creeps," he growled.
"I know, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd rather fight the Tengus," she responded.
"Ahhh…it's trying to bite through my suit," Kira cried, as she ripped it off with one of her Ptera grips and stepped on it. The creature hissed angrily at being trampled, but exploded into nothing more than a blue blood stain, thanks to Trini's silver Ankylo lightning bolt.
"Did that thing get through your suit?" she asked.
"No…I don't think so. The armor seems too thick for them," Kira responded.
"Guys…I think we have a problem!" Ethan called, as he was knelt beside two civilian casualties.
"What is it Eth?" Conner asked, as he continued fighting off the minions.
"These two were bitten…I think by these lizard things and they're dead," Ethan said. Trini knelt down and noticed the fang marks on the first victim's neck, as well as the instant skin discoloration of the person.
"The venom in those creatures is poisonous," Trini stated. Conner activated his battlizer and started eliminating the rest of the creatures. The monster laughed.
"Yes rangers…my vipers have a deadly bite, but they are nothing compared to what I, General Vlask, will do to you all," he hissed.
"You'll fail…just like all the others," Conner retorted, as he charged, armed with the Triassic shield and sword.
Conner's sword slammed against the creature's and the red ranger felt himself struggling just to keep his footing against the reptile's oppressive strength. He slammed his knee into Conner's stomach and tossed him away. The Tyranno ranger crumbled to the ground in pain, as Andros and Zhane helped him up.
"He's monstrously strong…even with the battlizer," Conner warned, as they saw the three Overdrive rangers charge him.
"No guys…wait!" Jason called to the younger rangers. The creature hissed and knocked Mack away like nothing. The pink and yellow rangers slammed their weapons against Vlask's. But the reptilian alien batted them away easily and towered over their fallen forms. Ronny felt chilled to the bone, as the creature's eyes glazed with a sadistic gleam. Hissing loudly, vile smelling, yellow venom sprayed from his mouth. It splattered on their helmets and suits. The two female rangers' uniforms began to smoke, as it ate away at their armor.
"It's acid!" Kira cried in alarm.
"It's eating through their armor!" Cam called.
"Demorph before it can touch your skin!" Billy called, as he swatted two more vipers away with his lance. Ronny and Rose cancelled their morph and the pink Overdrive ranger cried out in pain, as Billy's warming came a little late. An acid burn marred Rose's right shoulder and arm.
"Shit…get her to Dana!" Tommy snapped. Rocky and Adam gathered the pink and yellow Overdrive rangers and carried them out of harm's way, off to the side near a building, just in time for Adam to see Mack foolishly charge at Vlask.
"Mack…NO!" Adam cried. But the distraught red Overdrive ranger ignored the plea from the seasoned ranger and fired his blaster wildly at the Reptile. But as Conner experienced, the blasts bounced harmlessly off his tough exterior. Unfortunately, that didn't stop Mack, as he angrily threw himself at the creature, his rage seemingly blinding him.
"Conner…if I can hold him down, then you can hit him with a battle blast!" Mack called.
"You stupid child…you can't even put up a decent fight, let alone hold me down," Vlask laughed, as he knocked him away without effort. Mack got up and latched onto the monster again.
"Come on…what are you waiting for?!" Mack screamed.
"What the hell is he doing?!" Jason roared, as he kicked and punched his way through the vipers until he made it to Conner's side.
"Ronny said he's been distraught lately. He thinks he's expendable…you know, because he's an android," Kira mentioned, as she landed, having used her Ptera flight powers to evade a hoard of foot soldiers.
"Dammit…the last thing we need out here is a suicidal ranger," Jason cursed.
"Hayley…can you get these three out of here?" Tommy called into his communicator.
"Teleporting in three," she responded, as the three disappeared in streaks of their respective colors.
"Conner and Shane…let's hit this guy with a triple battle blast," Andros suggested, as his battle armor molded itself around his body. The other two red rangers nodded and took their places. Vlask growled violently, as Shane's blast slammed into him first.
"You fools…I'll kill you all!" he snarled, as a yellow energy beam combatted Shane's blowing him back, higher into the air.
"A little help Dino boy!" Shane growled.
"Battle blast!" Conner called, as he launched his own beam. It slammed into the creature and he screamed in disbelief, as he felt the raw power begin to eat away at him.
"Let's finish him off," Jason said. Andros and Tommy nodded, as Andros fired a red energy beam and Tommy a white spirit orb. Jason joined them by lending his Brachio energy orb. A huge explosion ensued, as fiery chunks of the monster peppered the ground.
The Sharkanian General angrily smacked Adam and Rocky away.
"Damn…we're getting creamed," Rocky complained.
"Lord Ooze will reward me richly when I kill you and present your helmets to him," the shark-like alien boasted.
"Well, your smell is enough to kill us, that's for sure," Rocky quipped.
"Amusing red ranger," the monster seethed, teeth barred.
"Let's power blast this freak," Adam suggested.
"I've got something better," Billy said, as he raised his communicator to his mouth.
"Hey Carls…send me those new toys we've been working on," Billy said.
"Okay…but we haven't tested them yet," she cautioned.
"No time like the present," he said, as five, sleek chrome weapons appeared in their hands.
"Sweet…blaster?" Adam asked, not exactly sure what the weapon did. It resembled a large blaster type weapon, but the barrel was much larger than normal.
"A cannon actually. I wanted to pack something with the power of the old power cannon into something compact and easier to get a shot off. Careful though…I haven't quite gotten all the bugs out yet," Billy warned. As he said that, Rocky fired a red cannon blast, which hit his target, but knocked him on his ass at the same time.
"Like the recoil," Billy winced. The blast, however, left the Sharkanian General smoking and growling in pain.
"Let's fry us a fish!" Aisha called, as they simultaneously fired their colored coded cannon blasts and despite throwing them back with the recoil, they hit their mark. The creature exploded and pieces of him unfortunately splattered Kim and Aisha. The three guys winced, as the two women let out a frustrated yell.
"Gross…" Aisha complained.
"Ugh…I think I'm going to be sick," Kimberly said, as she scraped shark guts off her helmet.
"Let's go see how the Dinos are faring with the bugs," Billy suggested, as they sprinted after him.
Will and Dax fired their weapons, picking off the Burmites, as the GAMA guardians joined them. But they were fair game for the Burlot General leading them, as he picked off several with ease. The blue and black Overdrive rangers charged him with their weapons, combatting him in a double team barrage of attacks. The insect creature handled it well enough and kicked the black ranger away so he could take on the blue ranger by himself first.
Dax grunted in pain, as he took several blows to the chest.
"Pitiful…you're not worthy of my time. I was hoping a ranger would put up a better fight. The Burlot general hissed, as he violently kicked Dax in the stomach before snaking his tail around the blue ranger's neck.
"You flesh creatures are so fragile, even with ranger armor," he mused, as he constricted his tail. Dax choked and gasped for air, while Will was held at bay fighting the creature's surprisingly resilient soldiers.
Suddenly, a blue blur zoomed toward the creature and it screamed in agony, as Billy severed its tail with his lance, causing yellowish blood to splatter on the ground and all over Dax.
"Get his helmet off," Billy instructed, as Aisha and Kimberly knelt beside him and pulled it off. Dax gasped in relief, taking in deep breaths of air.
"Take slow, deep breaths," Kimberly instructed.
"Ready guys?" Billy called, as Conner, Kira, and Ethan formed the Z-Rex blaster. They nodded.
"Fire!" Billy called, as he, Adam, and Rocky fired their cannons, while the three Dino rangers initiated their blast at full power. They hit their target head on, incinerating him completely. Will helped Dax up, as he cancelled his morph, before tugging him away.
"You're welcome," Aisha called.
"You know, we didn't ask for your help. I would have beaten him," Will spat back.
"No, Dax would be dead right now if we hadn't stepped in. Get off your high horse, rookie," Rocky spat.
"Forget this, let's go," Will snapped to Dax and his men, as they followed.
"I can't believe what a prick he's being," Kira scoffed.
"He just doesn't want to admit that he needs more than two rangers and some glorified military police to combat these guys," Conner said.
"Well, denial is a river in Egypt," Ethan quipped.
"And God forbid he take any cues from rangers that have been doing this a while," Billy said, as they headed off to finish off the last of the remaining foes.
Blake's thunder blade clashed with green skinned alien's in a series of furious exchanges, but Blake felt himself quickly slowing, due to the monster's brute, overwhelming strength.
"You're weak…navy ranger. I expect better from the brother of the Phoenix ranger," the alien taunted. Blake growled and channeled his navy thunder into his weapon, before thrusting it at the monster's chest. It made contact, but the elemental power only seemed to cause the monster minor discomfort. He batted the weapon away and slammed his fist into Blake's chest. The navy ranger felt the air forced out of his lungs and the alien grabbed him, landing blow after blow all over his body. Blake fell to the ground, groaning in pain, and desperately trying to catch his breath. He rolled out of the way just in time, as the alien slammed his foot down where he had just been laying. Unfortunately, the Duronian grabbed him around the neck and lifted him effortlessly off the ground, before slamming him into a wall head first. Blake heard a loud crack in his helmet and felt woozy, as his vision swam and the world seemed to be spinning. He got to his hands and knees, but the ruthless General gave him no time to recover, by viciously kicking him in the ribs. The navy ranger fell onto his back and the alien kicked him away. Blake rolled several feet and landed on his stomach. His visor slid open and he coughed violently, watching his own blood dot on the cement before him.
"Any last words for your big brother, navy ranger? He's watching, you know. General Xin has made sure he has a front row seat to your demise," the General said, as he grabbed Blake and raised him to his knees. He brought his blade to his throat, preparing to slit it once his last words were spoken.
"This isn't your fault bro, cause I know that's what you're thinking. Just beat these bastards, I know you can," Blake said, as he tried to blink back the tears in his eyes. He didn't want to die.
Suddenly, he felt the ground beneath him rumbling and jumped in surprise, as Dustin shot to the surface with a yellow earth beam aimed at the General. He batted the attack away and kicked Dustin back. This allowed Blake to scramble away from his would be killer, as he saw Cam's ice beam slam into the Duronian as well. He growled in annoyance, as he used an energy blast to violently blow the green Samurai ranger back, before striding toward Blake again with purpose.
"Stego shield!" Kat called, as she stood in front of Blake with her purple shield protecting them.
"Out of the way, little girl," he growled.
"Not a chance slime ball," Kat called back. He growled in annoyance, as the rest of the rangers blocked him from the navy ranger.
"Your friends won't save you next time, navy ranger and I imagine big brother will pay the price for this," the General hissed, as he disappeared. Blake coughed again and tried to stand up, but found himself extremely dizzy.
"Whoa there, easy dude," Shane said, as he steadied his teammate.
"I'm fine," Blake insisted.
"You're coughing up blood, that's not fine," Cam drawled, as he put Blake's other arm over his shoulder. Jason looked around wearily, noticing that, while most injuries seemed to minor, many of them were not as unscathed after this battle. And he had a feeling that this battle had just been another one of Ivan's sick games.
"Hayley, do you have a lock?" Tommy asked.
"Teleporting in three…" she responded, as they disappeared from the wake of the wreckage.
Ivan Ooze's spaceship
Hunter's head snapped to the side, as Xin struck him hard.
"Wipe that smug look off your face, crimson ranger. Your baby brother got lucky. Next time, I'll make sure no one can interfere…and then he will die," Xin spat, as he stormed out the cell. A figure emerged from the shadows once the General was gone.
"Well, well, so you're the ranger that is responsible for my ousting," Flurious said, as he appeared before the plasma bars.
"Your ousting?" Hunter asked with a board expression.
"I would have had the crown by now if not for all this…and then I would be the one in charge," Flurious replied fiercely.
"Oh, so that's my fault?" Hunter asked sarcastically.
"Well, I suppose it is Ivan Ooze's fault…but I hate power rangers more, especially ones that would potentially keep me from ever obtaining the Corona Aurora," Flurious answered. Hunter scoffed, as the villain stepped inside his cell.
"Oh I get it…you're going to come in here and teach me a lesson. It must be beat the crap of Hunter day," he joked.
"Prepare to feel my icy wrath, crimson ranger," Flurious hissed, as he wrapped a cold hand around the thunder ninja's neck…
Ranger Ops
The group of tired, weary, and injured rangers filled Ranger Ops, as they arrived via teleportation. Trini cancelled her morph and went for the most injured first, being Blake, while Carly nervously hovered. The navy ranger hissed in pain, as she prodded his ribs.
"Why am I so dizzy?" he asked.
"Probably a mild concussion and definitely at least two broken ribs. You may have internal bleeding as well. I need him carefully moved to the med bay," Trini instructed, as Cam and Dustin carefully walked him down the corridor, while Carly followed.
"Blake is definitely on inactive duty for a while. Dana and I can check out minor injuries once we're done with Rose and Blake. If it's just first aid stuff, then I could use some help treating that," Trini prompted.
"I have training as a paramedic. I can handle the first aid and Kelsey can help me," Carter volunteered. Trini smiled.
"Thanks guys," she replied, as they followed her down the corridor.
"I'm fine dad…I need to see Rose," Mack snapped in frustration, drawing their attention.
"You're not going anywhere until we talk, rookie," Jason snapped.
"Jase…this might not be the best time," Tommy warned.
"No time to be soft on him, Tom. He could have gotten himself and some of us killed out there," Jason said, as he approached.
"I appreciate your concern Jason, but believe me, my son and I are going to talk about his recklessness out there," Andrew said.
"Don't try that mentor tone with me, Hartford. It may work on the kiddies, but not with me," Jason snapped. By now, everyone had stopped what they were doing to stare on at the confrontation with rapt attention.
"Excuse me?" Andrew questioned.
I think it's about time you take responsibility here, especially since you're the reason he's acting this way," Jason stated, calling him out. Hartford scoffed.
"Look son, I know you think you have the right and authority to make demands, since you were the original red, but I don't like your tone," Andrew said firmly. A low whistle could be heard, as Rocky shook his head in amusement. Jason smirked.
"You know, I've excused most of the mistakes you made with your team. I let it go that four of your rangers at any given time will quit when things get rough or pout when their feelings get hurt, even when there is a monster trashing the city. I'll even forgive the fact that you gave ranger powers to a kid with stars in his eyes and one that specializes as an artifact recovery specialist, cause having a ranger that steals, even for the supposed greater good, is a brilliant idea!" Jason yelled.
"But I'm not going to let Mack put the rest of our lives in danger, because he can't keep his head on straight in battle! You gave him fake memories and lied to him!" Jason roared.
"I was just trying to get rid of the monster! What does it matter? I'm just a robot!" Mack screamed back. Jason shook his head in frustration.
"Every life has value," Jason told him, before turning back to Andrew.
"I assume you built him, because you wanted a son, so now it's time for you to be a father and teach him the value of life. Until then, Overdrive is on inactive duty," Jason said, as he stormed upstairs…
Lots of action and drama and there's more to come in the next chapter. Thanks for reading!