To all my readers, if you don't like the way I write SPD, then you don't have to read it and this goes for all of my Power Ranger fanfics, both current and future ones. I'm not gonna force you to read them.
A word of warning, to those of you who like to announce the next chapter (i.e. episode) title of the fanfic, don't ever do that. It's extremely annoying to me and I don't like it. If you continue to do it again for all of my Power Rangers fanfics, you will be blocked until I have posted more than enough Power Rangers stories in order for me to trust you again. You know who you are because it's not a joke and I'm not playing around. As always, no negativity and Happy Reading!
I DO NOT OWN CHARACTERS OF POWER RANGERS SPD! I ONLY OWN THE OC!
Shoutouts:
At the command center, Boom, Cruger and the rangers were getting worried. "Boom, I want you to analyze the data on the computers and tell me everything there is to know about that robot and those spikes." said Cruger.
"But, sir, well that's Kat's job." said Boom, nervously.
"Kat's not here. Can you do that?" asked the commander.
"I'm not sure. (Growled at by the commander) yes sir!" said Boom.
"Go!" ordered Cruger. Boom runs out the door and Jack steps up to Cruger. "Sir, I may be out of line, but you seem to be losing it sir." said Jack.
"You're right. You are out of line." said Cruger.
"Sir, I'm gonna have to agree with Jack." said Sky.
"I do, too." said Z.
"Me too." said Syd.
"Me three." said Bridge. Cruger realized that he was outnumbered and remembered what Kat said to him. "Rangers, when I told you of my past, I did not tell you everything." said Cruger. "Kat always said a team has no secrets. While the great battle for Sirius was raging…I was fighting at the front. Benaag snuck in from the back and captured my wife, Aisynia. I was overrun. I couldn't save her. I never saw Aisynia again."
The rangers has sad looks on their faces when they heard this. "Sir, you can't blame yourself." said Jack.
"You were overrun at your position." said Z.
"You had your squad to defend." said Bridge.
"Your planet was at stake." said Syd.
"Sir, he was clearly setting a trap." said Sky.
"Knowing all those things, does not stop my nightmares." said Cruger. Somewhere Benaag was walking past Leah and Kat. "Hey, Hosehead…when Cruger gets here, you're gonna pay…big-time." said Kat.
"She's got you there, ugly." said Leah, laughing.
"Ha! He didn't come for his wife. He won't come for the two of you, though he may send the power rangers!" he tells them, then shows them two belts that he had in his hands. Both of them looked at the belts in fear.
"I don't like the looks of those belts." said Leah. At Piggy's café, patrons were running again. "It's S.P.D. Run!" someone said.
"Oh, no!" Piggy complained. "You're killing my business."
"Sorry to hear that, Piggy. How about you answer us a couple of questions and then we'll be on our way?" asked Jack.
"I'm out of that line of work." said Piggy.
"Of course you are, Piggy." said Sky, annoyed at him. "We just thought you might heard something about a friend of ours…Kat Manx. Leah's missing as well."
"No, doesn't ring a bell. If that little girl is gone then, thank god she can't scare me to an early grave."
"Leah is not going to send you to an early grave, Piggy. Don't be so hard on her." said Jack.
"You know, Syd, I kinda like it here." said Z. "Nice and quiet. I think I might become a regular."
"I don't know anything about Kat Manx!" Piggy tells them. "And Leah is nothing but trouble. You've got to believe me."
"You know that she's helped you out, Piggy. Leah's actually found her family." said Jack.
"You know, being the advisor of the "C" and "D" level cadets and the editor of the academy newspaper and just generally being a pretty big blabber mouth, I'm sure I can have this place bouncing off the walls with S.P.D." said Bridge.
"Oh, all right!" Piggy said in frustration. "Gruumm is here on earth."
"Uh, this is what we know." said Boom once the rangers were back at the base. "Okay, we know that the robot has been placing spikes into the ground and then activating them. First downtown, then the harbor. Uh, west end, east end, north end. And then the airport. Now, after analyzing these spikes, I believe them to be, uh, proton spikes." Boom explains. "By themselves, harmless. Unless pulled from the ground without deactivating them first."
"You were right, Commander." said Sky.
"But if, uh, a mega neutron spike is placed in the middle and the activated, we are talking seismic activity on a quasar three level." said Boom, holding up three fingers.
"Interesting. No doubt that is why Gruumm had decided to take a firsthand look at the destruction himself." said Cruger.
"I say we give Gruumm a little destruction taste of his own." said Jack.
"Be patient. Gruumm is a cunning adversary. If we act too soon, we may fall into his trap."
"So…we wait?" asked Bridge.
"That maybe a trap as well." said Cruger.
"I was afraid you say that." Bridge said. Just then R.I.C. walks in, his power fluxing as he lays down on the floor. "R.I.C?" asked Syd, as they ran to him. R.I.C. dropped something out of his mouth. "Another message."
"Doggie Cruger, once again, I have taken something of yours." said Benaag as he popped up as a hologram. He walks away to reveal Kat and Leah, sitting behind a containment field, wearing some belts. "Benaag, you will pay for this!" growled Cruger.
"Come alone! I will be waiting for at Sector 4, area 6. You have one hour." said Benaag as he laughs evilly.
"It's a trap, Doggie." said Kat. Suddenly Gruumm appears. "Yes, I assure you. It is." said Gruumm. "One hour, Cruger. Or their demolecularizing belt will activate and scatter their molecules will scatter, and they will vanish."
"What!?" said Leah, freaking out, trying hard to get the belt off her waist. "Get it off me! Get it off me!"
"Doggie." said Kat and the hologram turned off. Seconds later, Cruger addressed the rangers. "All right, now we go into action." said Cruger.
"Sir, I think Z and I should go after Kat and Leah. And Sky should lead the others in stopping the seventh spike from being planted." said Jack.
"I agree, sir." said Sky.
"A good plan, but not the one we'll employ." said Cruger. "Jack, I want you and the other rangers to make sure that seventh spike is not secured."
"But sir, what about Kat and Leah?" asked Syd.
"We just can't leave them with Benaag." said Z.
"Sir, we leave no man behind. Even when that man's a…woman." said Bridge.
"I appreciate your concern for them, but I have given my orders." growled the commander.
"Then send four of us to stop the seventh spike. Let me go after Leah and Kat alone." said Jack.
"Do not challenge my order! Go!" said Cruger, raising his voice. The rangers left the command center and Cruger then took a deep breath. He then grabs his sword off the wall and walks into Kat's lab. Once inside, he grabbed the case that Kat tried to give him. Somewhere in the outskirts, Kat and Leah trapped in something other than the belts.
"Mom, I…." Leah started to say when Kat said, "Leah, I…"
"You first." said Kat when they smiled at each other.
"I was wondering why you left me at the hospital." said Leah.
"Well, I was new to S.P.D and Felisa had already been destroyed by Gruumm. At the time, I didn't know if I could juggle with being a single parent and working." said Kat. "I was planning on coming back to get you, but things got in the way."
"I get it. You didn't have a choice." said Leah.
"I did have a choice. I chose to place you in that hospital, hoping they would take care of you until you were ready to join the academy." said Kat, brushing away a strand of hair from Leah's face. "What I would like to know is, why were you out on the street?"
"A few years ago, the hospital pushed me out onto the street when they couldn't find a more permanent home to adopt me. I basically raised myself until Z and Jack found me one night." said Leah.
"I didn't know." said Kat.
"It's ok. I just…I never knew what it's like to have a parent raise me." Leah tells her.
"I can tell you a secret. I don't know what it's like to raise a daughter either. It's a learning experience for the both of us." said Kat. They talked a while longer before falling asleep.
Back in the city, the rangers formed the megazord and were waiting for the seventh spike to pop up. "Are you guys ready for this?" asked Jack and heard them in agreement. Just then, the seventh spike popped up along with the robot. "Hey! There he is!" said Sky. They wrapped in police tape and just as they were about to place handcuff on him, the robot broke free.
Back to where Kat and Leah are held captive, they were waking up to see a force field surrounding them. Kat looked down and tried to get the belt off, but couldn't. In a rock yard, Cruger was seen, walking his way to save Leah and Kat. Once stopped, Cruger saw a truck up on a high ridge. "I'm here, General Benaag. I've come alone as you've asked. I've come to avenge the spirit of my people…the honor of my fallen comrades...my wife! Now show yourself." said Cruger.
"Doggie Cruger, you disappoint me!" said Benaag and Commander Cruger turned to face him. "I was certain you would not show."
"I've come here for the Manx women…and you." said Cruger.
"Then we must start this party! Their time is not long! hehehehe." said Benaag. "You escaped me last time, galaxy defender. This time you will not." Out of nowhere, a swarm of Krybots came out and gathered in front of Benaag. On a cliff top, Broodwing stood there watching. "Cruger doesn't stand a chance." he said to himself.
"I will fight you Doggie Cruger, but only if you can defeat 100 of my robotic foot soldiers first." said Benaag.
"Then that is what I will do." said Cruger, growling at Benaag.
"Krybots, attack!" ordered Benaag. Cruger grabbed the morpher that was in the case from Kat's lab. "Thank you, Kat." he said, looking at the morpher.
"S.P.D. EMERGENCY! Shadow Ranger!" shouted Cruger as he activated the morpher and went through the morphing grid. "You have taken what was dearest to me, Benaag, but that has only made me stronger. I am Shadow Ranger!" said Cruger. He then takes his sword out of its holster and powered it up. "Shadow saber! With this, the truest sword in the galaxy, I will right all wrongs."
He then starts fighting the Krybots. As the group of Krybots dwindled down to zero, he growled at Benaag. "Looks like it's just you and me." Benaag said. Back in the city, the rangers were still fighting the robot. They struggle a bit but regained control of the fight.
Back with the commander, he was fighting Benaag. "You have lost this battle Benaag." said Cruger.
"It's not over, yet. Take a look at that truck." said Benaag, pressing a button. On the truck, a hole was blasted off the side, light shining through towards Kat and Leah, who then had to shield their eyes. Both standing up and tried to get to the commander but was knocked back because of the force field. Cruger saw both of them were still alive. "Leah! Kat!" shouted Cruger.
"Bright! So bright!" Leah, blinking her eyes.
"Get him, Doggie!" Kat shouted back. "Go on, Doggie, you can beat him."
"An old wound, Commander?" asked Benaag. Both Kat and Leah gasped at what was happening. "A new battlefield, but the same losing battle, Doggie Cruger!" he tells him, throwing the sirian to the ground. "You would think that the leader of S.P.D. would do better than this! Fire!" He then shoots missiles from his back towards the commander.
"No Doggie!" shouted Kat.
"Commander!" shouted Leah.
"Doggie Cruger has fallen! Emperor Gruumm will pay handsomely." said Broodwing then leaves the fight.
"Just like before, you lose the planet and you lose the girl…and your rangers lose to my robot. Once again, you are at my feet." said Benaag.
"This is not the end, Benaag, not while I can still breathe." said Cruger.
"I can stop that too."
"This will be your last battle."
"Big words from a helpless dog who can't save himself or his old friend and her daughter." said Benaag. Both Manx women gasped as the timer on their belts ticked down.
"I'll not be defeated!" exclaimed Cruger.
"We'll see about that." said Benaag and his arm changed into a laser gun. "Beat that for firepower!"
"Give it all you got, Benaag!" Cruger said. Kat and Leah started to cry as they watch Cruger run towards Benaag. Benaag fires his laser gun at the commander and Cruger stops the laser from hitting his body with his sword. He then aims it straight at the truck holding Kat and Leah, destroying the force field and the belts that were around them.
"What?! I don't believe it! Impossible!" exclaimed Benaag.
"I call it 'Justice'." said Cruger. Back in the city, the rangers continued fighting their fight against the robot. "See if you like this." said the blue head and charged toward the megazord.
"Charged!" the rangers shouted, charging back, their sword made contact and the robot fell to the ground.
Back in the rock yard, Cruger was running towards Benaag. "You have destroyed my planet of Sirius. You've defeated my comrades. You have taken my wife, Aisynia." said Cruger, making each strike against Benaag. "But now, your day of reckoning has come." The rangers came to a stop.
"Who's that?"
"Look, his sword!"
"It's Cruger!"
"All right!"
"Go, D.C!"
"It's judgement time!" said Cruger as Benaag got up. "General Benaag, you are charged with the obstruction of justice and you will be judged."
His morpher went into judgement mode. "This can't be happening!" said Benaag.
"You are charged with the destruction of five planets and atrocities throughout the galaxy." said Cruger and his morpher read 'Guilty'. He then said, "You are charged with the disappearance of Aisynia Cruger, my wife!" With that, his morpher then read innocent.
"Huh? What?" Cruger asked.
"There is so much you do not know, Doggie Cruger!" said Benaag.
"Perhaps. But I do know where you are going!" said Cruger, raising his sword. "Shadow Saber!"
He then goes at Benaag at top speed, causing him to be in a containment card. The rangers cheered for their commander. "Justice Prevails." said Cruger.
"Way to go, Doggie." said Kat.
"My hero." Leah said quietly.
"I vow, from this day on, to crush evil wherever it hides." said Cruger. While the rangers talked amongst themselves and saw that he disappeared, they turned to see that he was carrying Kat in his arms and Leah was on his back.
"Let's go home." said Cruger.
"Yeah." said Leah and Kat.
"Nice one, commander." said Bridge as Z takes Leah of his back.
"We're glad you guys are okay." said Z.
"I'm just glad that I get to be safe and sound in my own bed." said Leah, falling asleep on her shoulder. At Piggy's café, patrons were happy. "What a great place." said one of them.
"That looks good." said another.
"You might want to stir that." Piggy said to a patron through the window.
"It's S.P.D!" someone shouted and the patrons scattered.
"Let me guess. Who just pulled up?" asked Piggy as he turns around to see the rangers with Cruger, Kat and R.I.C.
"Hey Piggy." said Syd.
"Excuse me, but what part of 'never, ever, ever, ever, ever come here.' didn't you understand?" asked Piggy.
"Oh, I've got to hear this." said Leah.
"Trouble maker." said Piggy.
"Mimi itabidi kisasi changu juu yenu siku moja, Piggy." said Leah, glaring as she points her finger at him.
"I don't know what that means but I don't like the sound of it." Piggy said.
"Come on, Piggy. It's all good." said Jack.
"Oh yeah, it's swell. I lose 40 customers, and get all of you. And that dog." said Piggy, proving his point as R.I.C. barks.
On Gruumm's ship, Gruumm was in his room. "Yes…I have failed thus far. I have underestimated the power rangers. I have underestimated Doggie Cruger. I swear, it will not happen again. No, that won't be necessary. I can do this…no more mistakes. No more miscalculations! I will be victorious! I fear nothing!" said Gruumm.
Back at Piggy's café, Cruger was making a toast. "A toast…to my comrades-in-arms and comrades in friendship. And to you, Kat…my dear friend. Thank you for calling me out to be who I really am." Cruger said. "Thank you for being there when I was not."
"A word to the wise, I wouldn't be drinking anything that Piggy brings me if I were you." said Leah, pouring her drink out.
"I'm going to regret asking this…how in the world you would know?" asked Sky.
"You'll see what I'm talking about. I don't like where he got it." Leah said.
"Friends, my loyalty is to all of you. Forever!" said Cruger and all but Leah started drinking what Piggy brought them.
"Enjoy! It's my best gutter water." said Piggy and everyone started spitting it out.
"I tried to tell you, but you did it anyway." said Leah with a smug grin on her face, laughing and her hands raised.
"Brat." said Kat.
"Yeah…but I'm your brat and you love me no matter what." said Leah and everyone but Piggy started laughing.
"Yes I do and I'm lucky to have someone like you around." said Kat.
"You got that right." said Leah.
Translations:
Mimi itabidi kisasi changu juu yenu siku moja, Piggy-I'll have my revenge on you one day, Piggy