Power Rangers: Public Enemies
Chapter 23: Civil War, part 1. (Event Horizon)
"They killed her." Vida cries over her sister's body. Madison Rocca, age 23, killed by Rose Ortiz. "They killed her!"
"Those damn sellouts." Chip is inconsolable. "It's not enough that they threw us in jail. They want us dead now!"
"This is…" Nick takes a pot and smashes it on the ground. He lets out a primal scream, smashing anything he can get his hands on.
"This is because of them…" Chip begins to tremble in anger. "This is because of those fucking sellouts."
"I have had enough…" Vida gets up. "They took away my sister… the fucking Government took away my only sister. MY ONLY SISTER!"
"They threw us away…" Nick punches the wall. "They locked us up for nothing. FOR FUCKING NOTHING!"
"Guys…please." Xander grabs Nick's arm, keeping from punching some more. "Enough! Maddie wouldn't want us to act like this… we should be mourning her…"
"If it wasn't for the Government… if it wasn't for them…" Chip grows angrier and angrier. "None of this would have happened… it's all the Government's fault… it's all America's fault!"
"Ingrates, that's what they are!" Vida picks up her morpher. "We saved the world! We stopped Octomus! We put our own lives at risk to stop Baal! We all did! And when we needed help the most, America just tosses us aside! Well… I've had enough!"
"They say it's OUR fault the world's gone to hell, when if it wasn't for us, the world wouldn't even be here right now!" Nick throws Xander aside, and picks up his own Morpher. "I say we take back what we gave. I say we show the world they NEED us! No… I say we show the world they should FEAR us! THAT WE HAVE THE POWER!"
"Guys, you're talking crazy! You're talking about using violence against innocents!" Xander attempts to block the exit to Rootcore, but Nick uses a fireball to get him out of the way. As Xander reels in pain, the last three Mystic Force Rangers take their leave. "I can't… let them do this…"
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In San Angeles…
"The Mystic Force?" Ronnie tries her hardest to keep her composure. "Rose was killed by the Mystic Force?"
"I am sorry to say…" Danny scratches the back of his head, a habit of his. "I saw them with my own eyes."
"This is beyond messed up." Taylor looks at Rose's remains. "This doesn't even qualify as a corpse… they burnt her alive…! This is overkill!"
"Why would they kill her?" Will looks at Rose's charred remains. "I mean, what she ever do to them?"
Dax remains silent. He doesn't know how to tell them, that he knew how Rose felt about the Mystic Force, that he suspected that Rose attempted to exact revenge on them. He figured they caught her, and did her in.
"I don't believe it…" Ronnie finally breaks down, crying. "They killed her, they killed our friend."
Andrew Hartford remained stone faced. He knew who did this, and he knew why.
"Don't worry Rose." He thought to himself. "I will finish what you started…"
In Briarwood…
An explosion! The Briarwood Monorail is out of control, going faster and faster. As the conductor attempts in vain to stop the train, the many passengers scream in fear for their lives. The monorail reaches a curve, crashing past it, falling off…
A giant hand has kept the monorail from completely falling off the railings! As the relieved passengers peer out their windows to view their savior, they are shocked to see the Red Mystic Titan holding the train. Many relieved passengers actually cheer on Nick for having saved them. Nick watches this, holding the monorail in his hands. His hands begin to tremble, as Nick vacillates with his feelings.
A thought passes through his mind. Madison's screams echoing across the Piedra, her frail body being violated, her CORPSE…
In his fury, Nick lifts the Monorail above him, ignoring the panicking passengers within. He tosses the train aside, crashing it into a building, causing an explosion that kills hundreds. As people on the streets flee in terror, Nick crushes many more underfoot. He picks up a car, crushes it in his hands, killing the driver and his child, then tosses the car towards another building. The wrecked car pins a secretary, destroying her spinal cord. Nick then punches another building, causing it to collapse. The falling debris kills a few bystanders who had been running for their lives.
Before any of the local Jet Fighters could launch to counter the Rangers attack, Vida picks up a large gas tank and tosses it at the Air Force Base, causing an explosion. The explosion destroys many jets, rendering the local Air Force unable to counterattack. However, as hundreds of Jets approach from afar, Vida rushes towards them, intent to destroy them all.
Chip crushes many tanks underfoot, kicking some of them away as well. As many soldiers run away in terror, Chip seethes with rage. In his mind, he simply remembers that pain he felt because of those men at Piedra del Diablo. Far beyond any help, any reasoning, Chip's rage echoed within him, becoming his sole driving force. He smashes away many buildings, killing innocent people as well…
"I have gathered you here, today, to talk to you about something very important." Andrew Hartford fights back his tears, but something in his eyes gave the impression that he has lost a significant chunk of his humanity. "We have lost two of our friends… my son…my future daughter in law…"
Ronnie and Dax look down at the ground in sorrow, though still in attention. Will's expression could best be described as stone faced.
"I have received permission…from the Government…" Once he heard Hartford say that, Will's eyes reflected shock. "To deploy my own Rangers…Operation Overdrive… to hunt down the ba…the Rogues that have taken the lives of Rose...and Mack."
"You mean…hunt them down to take them to jail?" Something about the look on Hartford's eyes made Will rather uncomfortable.
"Alive…dead… I have NOT been given any specifications from the Government on how to turn in those…Rogues…" Will could see the murderous intent reflected in Hartford's eyes. This scared him…