Power Rangers: Public Enemies
Chapter 7: Former heroes, current fugitives.
As tears streamed down his face and unto the corpse of the fallen soldier, Blaise could think of nothing other than to curl up into a ball and allow the cruel world to devour him.
"Wind…. I'm sorry", said Blaise, "I didn't mean to… I mean…"
"Wind's not here", was all Bella could say, "She's not here, Blaise."
"Blaise…", Jason wanted to comfort the young man, "You did it to defend Bella. It's ok."
"I'm sorry", Blaise could not get over the fact that he had taken a life, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to kill you."
A smoldering hole burned through Mickey Campbell's neck. His heart already stopped about twelve minutes ago.
"We have to get the hell out of here", says Jason.
"Why?", asks Bella.
"Those soldiers are gonna report this", Jason explains, "They're coming after us. Bella, Blaise, the three of us are now wanted criminals."
"I… what's gonna happen to Wind?", Blaise asks.
"I think they will most likely leave her alone", Jason explains, "After all.. She's already registered, right?"
"None of us were ever asked to turn in our Morphers", Bella explains, "We just signed our names."
"Wait…", Suddenly, Jason seems worried, "Why didn't they? I mean, all the other Rangers had to turn in theirs!"
"I don't know", Bella responds.
"Anyway…", Jason takes a deep breath, "Bella, Blaise, the three of us are heading over to Briarwood. We can hide out in the Magic Nexus."
"Wait!", Cried out a voice. It was Arthur Dent, Blue Ranger of Mu. He was followed by Wind and his brother, Kenneth.
"Blaise!", Wind hugs him and kisses him passionately. Though she is 17, Wind hardly passes for a young adult. Her voice is very pixie like, she barely measures five foot three, and her chest is… flat, She's flat chested… but she also has a sweet personality. She's forgiving and insightful. In my opinion, her black eyeliner also goes well with her brown hair and her milky white skin. I find her to be very, very beautiful.
"Wind…", Blaise' tears stream down his face, "I'm sorry. I…"
She slaps him across the face. Her usually beautiful green eyes are poofy from her tears. She says, "Where you gonna leave me here, all alone!"
"Look at what I did!", Blaise points to the dead soldier. Arthur, Kenneth and Wind gasp.
"Dude! What the hell!", Arthur screams in fury.
"He… Bella…", Blaise is all choked up.
"That soldier grabbed me, and tried to use me as leverage against Jason", Bella explains, "He was ordered to shoot… to kill us all. It's my fault. I pulled out my Morpher without thinking."
"This has gotten out of hand", says Kenneth.
"Yeah! Baise should have" Arthur could not finish that sentence because his younger brother, Kenneth, had hit him upside the head.
"Don't be such a hot head. Blaise has nothing to do with this", Kenneth explains, "It was inevitable. We can't ignore that the military had come here fully armed. They either expected a fight, or thought we could be intimidated."
"Shit!", Arthur punches the ground, "Let's bring the fight to them, then!"
"No!", Jason roars, "If we do that… who knows how many people will get killed! Bella, Blaise and I will all hide out in the Magic Nexus. You three…"
"Are coming as well", Kenneth finishes Jason's sentence, "We registered, remember? How much you wanna bet they'll come after us, to either use as informants… or hostages?"
"Hoy hell", Arthur's eyes widen upon the realization, "We messed up, man. Up the creek without a boat."
"Well then… huh?", Jason is surprised to see five tanks rolling into town.
"Jason!', Echo communicates through telepathy, "For this reason I have informed the rest of the Rangers to come. Those tanks, they are hostile!"
"Rangers! Let's run!", Jason commands. The six begin to run for their lives.
The time is eleven forty five AM. The nation is in an uproar over the death of Mickey Campbell. In Queens, a youth spray paints a picture of soldier, with the subtitle 'Campbell Forever'. In Fort Lauderdale, School is dismissed early to allow the students time for prayer. In Silver Hills, The Silver Guardians, or rather, their remnant, hold off what appears to be the beginning of a riot. A news reporter tries to ask the Guardians a question, but one of the Guardians opens a can of pepper spray, and uses it on the reporter. As the reporter writhes on the asphalt in agony, various college students pick up stones and begin throwing them at the Guardians. A riot has begun…
It ends with a massacre…
"Jesus Christ!", George Sears slams the TV remote. He is sitting in the Oval Office, surrounded by his Aides.
"Mister President, we need action!", Says Donald Stevenson, Secretary of State.
"May I suggest a State of Emergency?", says the Secretary of the Navy, Nancy McCallip.
"No, the people have had enough of that", says George Sears, "What we need is to get this over with, quickly, but clean."
"What?", General Wade Miles is incredulous.
"Listen, all of you. The people are tired", George Sears explains, "Tired of giving up their freedoms in order to ensure their supposed safety. Tired of paying taxes in order to cover up OUR incompetence. They don't deserve to be driven into the ground, simply so we can fight this enemy."
"If we don't take action NOW, Mister President, this enemy you won't fight could topple the American Government!", Roars the Secretary of State, "What else is there! Nothing!"
"I may have an idea,"-says General Miles, "But please understand, it's a risk…"
Over in Atlanta…
The people gasp and stare as Vida Rocca, in her Zord Mode, flies across the sky. Trailed by over a hundred fighter jets, she streaks across the skyline, thoughts of the innocents who could get caught in the crossfire never escaping her mind.
"Hey losers! You can't stop me, so just let me go!", she yells at them, "Come on, people can get hurt from those missiles!"
Over on the ground…
"This is Mitch Baker, reporting for HND News!", the reporter looks rather harried, "As you can clearly see, the giant pixie robot is flying across the sky, pursued by over one hundred of the Air Force's best fighter jets! The giant robot seems completely unfazed by the idea that its antics can hurt the people below it!"
A man carrying a paper enters the screen, and whispers something to the reporter's ear. The reporter says. "Bill, I've just been informed that the Giant Robot is in fact piloted by a Power Ranger!"
Back in Turtle Cove…
"Are you serious?', Taylor asks.
"Yes, Miss Earhardt", General Wade Miles explains, "We need you to take down these rogues, and bring them to justice."
"But… why?", she asks, incredulous.
"A soldier has already died by their hand. Further, it seems we currently lack the firepower to stop them properly", the General explains, "However, perhaps this is a time where fire can only be fought with fire."
"So, why me?", she asks.
"You were the first Ranger to register", explains the General, "Who else can defend this country, if not a patriot?"
"General…", Taylor breathes in, "I will need a team."
"I suspected as much", the General smiles, "You bring them in, and we will return their morphers."
Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill…
"For years, my warnings had fallen on deaf ears", says Senator of California, Ernest McCarthy, "I had warned you that the Power Rangers could never be trusted. What do we have now? We have a power that can plunge the United States back into Chaos, running around in our own back yards!"
"So what should we do?", asks Amanda Jones, President of the Senate.
"I will tell you", Replies Ernest…