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.
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I DO NOT OWN CHARACTERS OF POWER RANGERS SPD! I ONLY OWN THE OC!
Shoutouts:
It was night in Newtech City and in a bookshop, a book was out on a table, shaking when the store owner came running out. Lightning struck the book and it opened to reveal some type of rock inside. "It's awake." said the shopkeeper. "The evil is awake."
On Gruumm's ship, Gruumm was in his chair. "Yes, I have felt it. It can only mean one thing. The evil has awaken from its slumber. I will send one of my minions to find it for me! Yes, an army with the stone at its side would be most powerful. I will use it to destroy the power rangers and crush anything that gets in my way!" said Gruumm.
At the base, in a simulation room, the rangers and Commander Cruger faced each other. "Commander, with all due respect, sir, are you sure you really want to do this?" asked Jack.
"Yeah, it hardly seems fair that the six of us against you." said Sky.
"Don't get so cocky, Jack. You don't know what he even has up his sleeve." said Leah.
"I'll try my best. Now suit up!" said Cruger.
"Ready?"
"Ready! S.P.D. EMERGENCY!"
"S.P.D. EMERGENCY!"
The rangers and their commander all went through the morphing grid. "Ready, Rangers?" asked the commander.
"Ready!" they said, weapons drawn.
"Roof top, simulation." Cruger said and the room around them became a rooftop.
"Take your positions." Jack said to the others as they surround the commander.
"Ha. This should be fun." scoffed Cruger. Leah looks around at her fellow rangers positions as they took their stances. "Looks like this is going to be a snap." muttered Leah as she got behind Cruger.
"Easy now." said Sky.
"We got him surrounded." said Z.
"I'm going in!" said Jack and started his attack towards the commander. Cruger whips out his sword and deflected Jack's laser blasts. "No way!" exclaimed Jack.
"I saw that coming from a mile away, Jack. You'll have to be quicker." said Cruger.
"Yes, sir!" said Jack, saluting him.
"Now, it's our turn." said Sky as he and Bridge begin their attack. Both boys ran towards him, using his sword, to deflect their moves. Leah started planning her moves carefully as she watched Sky and Bridge get defeated by their commander. To her, this was like a chess game.
"Is that all you have?" asked Cruger.
"Sir, no, sir." said Sky.
"Bridge?" Cruger asked, turning to him.
"No, sir!" replied Bridge. Cruger releases his grip from both of them. "Man, he's tough." said Sky.
"You're not kidding." Bridge said in agreement. Cruger then turns to Z and Syd.
"How about some girl power?" asked Syd as she and Z began their attack with their baton swords. As they fought, Leah knew exactly what her game plan was and placed her sword back on her belt. All she had to do now was find an opening for her attack.
Just as Z and Syd went to the ground, she quietly walked up behind him, with her arms drawn out. "You two work well as a team…but you must train hard. Understood?" said Cruger.
"Yes, sir." said Z and Syd. He growled and started to walk away from them. "I'm glad he's on our side." said Z.
"Yeah. I bet he can beat Gruumm all by himself." said Syd. Cruger then stopped to remember something. "Wait a minute…where is…" Cruger started to say when suddenly from behind, he gets punched in the back. He turns around to see Leah, waiting for him to react.
"You almost forget about me, didn't you?" she asked, her arms still drawn out.
"As a matter of fact…" said Cruger and their fight begin. "I did." After about five minutes into the fight, Leah was laying on the ground, breathing heavily on her back. "Leah, although what you did was unorthodox, you underestimated your opponent." said Cruger as he pulled her up from the ground.
"Yes, sir." said Leah. Cruger then walks in front of them. "Rangers, you are a team! You must work as such." said the commander.
"All right, if that's how you want it." Jack said and they went at him on all fronts.
"Got you this time!" said Jack, Sky, Bridge, Z and Syd in unison, but Leah couldn't bring herself to say it.
"Fire!" said Jack but were easily defeated as the commander knocked them down.
In the rangers' common room, all of B-Squad (except Leah who left to go ask her mother something down in the lab) started talking about their commander. "Man, I thought I was strong, but I can't believe the strength of the Shadow Ranger." said Sky as he handed Syd her drink.
"I know. It's like, all of us put together, times two, couldn't beat one of him…times one." said Bridge.
"I was thinking about what Leah did. I mean…I know that she was behind him and all, but how did she do that with her reflexes?" asked Syd.
"I've been wondering about that myself." said Sky, then looks at Z.
"That is something you would have to ask Leah about. Things like that, she never talks about." said Z.
"I wonder why." said Bridge.
"Honestly, I think Leah is good…I mean, she's really good. She's talented. Think she can teach me some of her moves?" asked Sky.
"I tried asking her once to teach me, but she said no." said Z.
"Personally, as much as I love saving planets, with Shadow here, I want more time to work on my tan." said Syd, going back to the topic of Commander Cruger.
"And I can trick out my bed." added Bridge.
"How do you trick out you bed?" asked Z. Just as he was about to answer, Z then said, "Wait, I don't want to hear it."
The doors open and Jack walks in. "Okay, game over. It's way past your bedtime." Jack said to a couple of cadets.
"Why are you so chipper?" asked Sky.
"Well, Sky, with Shadow Ranger here, it's a big weight off my shoulders, so…I can just sit back, relax…and go with the flow." said Jack as he puts a pillow behind his head.
"We still have to be ready for battle." said Sky.
"Sky, you saw how strong Shadow Ranger is and on top of that, you saw how sneaky Leah is when she was behind the commander." said Jack.
"Yeah, what's to worry about?" asked Z.
"I guess you're right." said Sky, putting down his book. "With Shadow Ranger here and how talented Leah is, we're golden."
The other rangers cheered in agreement. In a dark alley, a monster was looking for something. "It's here somewhere. I know it!" said the monster. "And when I locate the evil, Gruumm will reward me with riches beyond compare!"
Back at the academy, the rangers were asleep in their rooms when the alarms decided to go off. "Rangers, the perp is downtown. Let's move it." said Kat. The rangers sleepily came out of their rooms when suddenly Bridge and Syd screamed at each other.
"Sorry. I thought I was still dreaming." said Bridge.
"Funny. I can't believe I have to fight evil with guacamole on my face." said Syd. Sky cleared his throat and Bridge got in line. "Ready? Ready! S.P.D EMERGENCY!" they said, going through the morphing grid.
"SPACE PATROL DELTA!" shouted the rangers.
"I'm close! I can feel it!" said the monster. Jack and the others finally came up behind him. "Hey, hold it right there!" said Jack.
"Says, who?" asked the monster, Drakel.
"S.P.D Red!"
"S.P.D Blue!"
"S.P.D Green!"
"S.P.D Yellow!"
"S.P.D Pink!"
"SPACE PATROL DELTA! DEFENDERS OF EARTH!"
"I thought there were six of you." said Drakel. They turned to see that Leah wasn't with them. "Hey! Where's Leah?" asked Bridge.
"She better not be in trouble like last time." said Jack. "We need her out here."
They then turned their attention back to Drakel. "Kat said this guy's big trouble." said Z.
"He sure looks it!" said Bridge.
"Get out of my way, or be destroyed!" he said. Jack starts firing at him and Drakel laughs evilly. "What?! No way!" said Jack. The other rangers and Drakel began to fight, Drakel then threw Syd with all his might. "Syd, are you alright?" asked Jack.
"Yeah." replied Syd.
"I'm not through!" said Drakel and shoots lasers out of his eyes. The rangers fell to the ground from the blast. "We need Leah and Shadow Ranger." said Jack. He then pulls out his morpher.
"Commander?" he asked. Back at the academy, Kat and Cruger were watching the fight on the screen while Leah walked in with a cookie in her hand. "Leah! Shadow Ranger, come in!" said Jack. Commander Cruger then sighs, growling as he walks away. Kat turns to see Leah still in her pajamas. "Why aren't you out there?" she asked.
"It's a long story." said Leah, taking another bite of her cookie.
"Oh, I see." she said and takes her back to her room. "Are you going to tell me?"
"Don't blame me. It's all part of Cruger's plan." said Leah. She then looks down at her legs. "Does having skinny legs run in the family?" she asked. Back in the city, Jack said into his morpher, "Leah! Shadow Ranger!"
Drakel shoots them another round of laser blasts from his eyes. "This is brutal! Why won't they come help us?" asked Jack.
"Now to finish the job!" said Drakel and just then, the sun started to rise.
"Aah! No! The sun!" he yelled out in pain.
"Huh?"
"What's going on?"
"Fire!" said Sky, as he and Bridge pointed their laser guns at the monster and fired.
"I'll be back." said Drakel and runs away from the rangers. A container of some sort falls to the ground and Jack notices it. "Look! He dropped something." said Jack. Back at the academy, the rangers walked into the control room.
"All right, so what's the deal leaving us high and dry on the battlefield?" asked Jack.
"Why didn't you bust out Shadow Ranger?" asked Syd.
"I thought we were a team." said Sky.
"Why didn't Leah come with us when we needed her?" asked Z.
"I was busy." said Cruger.
"Busy?" asked Jack.
"Yes, and so was Leah." he said, then he turns to them. "Before Shadow, you didn't need my help. Leah thinks you don't need her anymore. You did fine."
Bridge was confused. "Fine as in "Good" or Fine as in 'We weren't doing too well, but in order to spare our feelings, you just said fine.'" he said as Kat walked in.
"Somebody wanted to see me?" she asked.
"Yes, Kat, last night, that freak dropped this device as he fled. Any idea what it could be?" asked Sky.
"Kat is not to assist you. You do not need her help. Do not go out seeking Leah, she's running an errand." said Cruger.
"But…" said Jack.
"Dismissed." he tells them. The rangers left the control room with Kat stunned at what he was doing. "Do you know what this means?" she asked the commander.
"That will be all, Kat. Thank you." said Cruger. She shakes her head and leaves. Out in the city, Drakel meets up with Broodwing. "This better be worth my while. I'm making some very important clients wait." said Broodwing.
"I need your help. I'm looking for…" he started to say.
"The evil. Yes, I know." said Broodwing, finishing his sentence. "The power rangers are looking, as well."
"If I don't find it first, Gruumm will vaporize me. And as you can see, I'm a Vampiranoid. I can't go into the sunlight." said Drakel.
"Quite a quandary." said Broodwing.
"Can you sell me a sunshield and distract the power rangers?" asked Drakel.
"Heheheheheh. With enough money, anything's possible." said Broodwing. Giving the money to Broodwing, Drakel asked, "Is this enough?"
"Ha ha! It's a start." said Broodwing.
At Piggy's café, Piggy just handed one of his customers their order when another customer said, "Its S.P.D.!"
Everyone started scattering when Piggy started to complain to them. "Why do you insist on coming here…and chasing away my clientele?" he asked. "They haven't done anything. Well, not today, anyway."
"We didn't come here to bust anyone. But we will if you don't give us the information we need." said Sky.
"Oh…fine." said Piggy, wanting them to finally go away.
"Fine, as in…" Bridge started to say when Z said, "Bridge!"
"Right. Um, what is this thing and what does it do?" he asked, holding the unknown container up to Piggy. Piggy takes a step back in fear, stammering. "Piggy." said Jack.
"Where did you get this?" Piggy asked.
"Off some goon. What is it?" asked Sky.
"The evil has awakened." said Piggy.
"Evil what?" asked Z.
"That's a class five containment field, used only to hold the evil…" Piggy started to explain, trailing off. "That's it. We're closed."
Piggy then starts to walk off when Jack stops him. "Hey. What is the evil?" he asked Piggy.
"Legend says it's a piece of the abyss." said Piggy.
"Wait a minute. You mean…" said Sky.
"Yes. A stone brought back from the depths of Hades, used to level mountains and boil oceans. It hibernates for 100 years. And when it awakens, the most treacherous creatures in the galaxy will try to obtain it. And if they do…a maniac with the evil on its side would be…unstoppable." explained Piggy.
"Where is it?" asked Syd.
"Huh? Look no further than your own backyard. The old bookstore." said Piggy. "The evil has been guarded for 2,000 years by a great warrior."
The rangers went to the old bookstore. "This old place?" asked Sky when they entered the bookstore.
"It hardly seems like a great warrior guarding an ancient evil stone would be here." said Jack.
"Well, with 100 years between gigs, maybe he likes to read…a lot." said Bridge. The rangers then heard a sound coming from around the corner of the bookcase. They went into a fighting stance when Leah appeared with a stack of books in her hands.
"I need to get a new hobby. Like knitting or something." Leah said to herself as she puts the books down.
"Leah? What are you doing here?" asked Z.
"I'm getting myself some books to read. It's not a crime to go out and get myself books. I need new reading material and I can't always work on stuff in the lab." Leah said. "I do have a life outside of S.P.D. that doesn't always involve you guys."
"No…it's not. Why didn't you come and help us last night?" asked Jack, crossing his arms.
"We needed you out there." said Syd.
"I have my reasons. Right now, you just don't need my help." said Leah, stacking her pile of books. Before the rangers could say anything, the bookshop owner popped around the corner.
"Hello? Oh, ho, ho, ho! Welcome, welcome." he said to the rangers. "Baskin's my name and old books are my game. How can I be of service?"
"You, uh, work here alone, Baskin?" asked Jack.
"Uh, no, J.B works right alongside of me." replied Baskin.
"J.B., huh?" asked Sky.
"Yes, J.B. My pet turtle." he said, petting a turtle that was on another stack of books. "He keeps me company on slow days. Get it? Slow days?" He then starts laughing at his own joke.
"Hey Baskin. I've picked out the books I plan on reading. I'm gonna head out. Still on for tomorrow, same time?" asked Leah.
"Sure thing, young one. Until tomorrow." Baskin said as Leah hugs him and pets J.B. on her way out. The rangers watched her go out, then turned back to the bookshop owner.
"I wonder if she keeps a straight face during chess." said Bridge.
"I'm thinking poker." said Sky.
"We're looking for an evil stone." said Syd as Z shook her head at Leah.
"Oh. Evil stone?" asked Baskin. "Well, let me see…I've got "Rolling Stones", "Romancing the stone", uh, "Sword in the Stone"…but no evil stone. Sorry."
"Okay, this can't be the place." said Jack.
"I knew we couldn't trust Piggy." said Sky.
"I thought Cruger said we could do this by ourselves and why does Leah need any books. Why won't they help us?" said Z. Suddenly their morphers went off. "What's up, Kat?" asked Jack.
"The west side is under attack. I'm sending the runners." said Kat.
"Looks like there's real ranger work to be done." said Sky.
"Well, then, bye-bye!" said Baskin. The rangers said their good-byes as they were leaving and Baskin turns to the stack of books where the book holding the stone of evil was sitting next to. He picks up the thick book and opens it to reveal the stone of evil. "Just the book I've been looking for." said Drakel, standing behind Baskin. Baskin turns around to see the Vampiranoid standing there.
"Hand it over, old man!" he demanded. "Give me the evil."
"You do not know who I am." Baskin said.
"Nor care!" said Drakel, swinging his weapon. "I'm taking the evil one way or the other!"
"Not on my watch you won't." said Baskin as his cane turns into a sword. "You didn't think I was going to hand it over, did you? I am the keeper."
"Keep this!" said Drakel and both began fighting. As they fought, Broodwing was distracting the rangers. "This battle should keep the power rangers busy." said Broodwing as one of his robots was wreaking havoc in the city.
"There it is." said Jack as they arrived on the scene.
"Delta Squad Megazord." they all said, forming the megazord.
"Who are we fighting?" asked Sky.
"Let me check." replied Syd and does an internal scan of the robot. Once finished, she then said, "What?! It's just a foot soldier!" The rangers couldn't believe they were tricked.
Back at the book shop, Baskin ran into a warehouse and placed the book containing the evil stone with some others. "Come on, come on, you ugly mutt." said Baskin and continues to fight.
"Impossible, old man!" said Drakel. "You're using Bonetti's defense."
"Naturally." said Baskin, chuckling at his opponent.
"But it won't work forever." Drakel said and leaps at him. At the academy, Kat begs with Cruger as Leah walks in. "Doggie, you have to help them." said Kat.
"No." he tells her.
"What are you waiting for?" she asked him.
"If it ends today, it ends." said Cruger. She looked at him in shock before turning to face Leah to look for an explanation. "Give me 5 minutes and I'll tell you why I'm not fighting beside them right now." said Leah.
"You have 5 minutes. Starting now." said Kat, causing Leah to cringe at the tone of her voice.
"Roll and fire!" said Jack, getting the megazord out of the way and firing at the robot.
Back at the bookshop, Baskin was getting defeated and knocked down. The book containing the evil stone fell to the floor. "I will take that!" said Drakel as he laughs evilly, picking up the evil stone. At the academy, Kat, Leah and Cruger were watching what had happened on the screen. "At last!" they heard him say, shocked to see what was happening.
"No…not without a containment field!" said Baskin. Suddenly, the stone of evil started giving Drakel a whole lot of power. "I can feel the evil becoming part of me! Now nothing can stand in my way!" said Drakel.
"Rangers, Drakel has taken the evil and fled! You must intercept him." said Cruger.
"In a minute." said Jack, then fires the megazord's weapon at the robot, destroying the blue head foot soldier. "Got him!"
"We're not done yet!" said Z. They jumped down from the megazord and intercepted Drakel. "Even the sunlight can't affect me anymore." said Drakel, knocking the rangers to the ground. "Now that I have the evil, I'm unstoppable."
"That's what you think!" said Syd.
"That's what I know! No one can match my strength!" said Drakel, powering up to send another attack towards the rangers.
"Ha! You haven't met the Shadow Ranger, or Leah." said Sky.
"Shadow Schmadow. And that little purple ranger I heard so much about might not even come to save you." said Drakel and sends out what looks like to be vine. He then starts laughing evilly. "Ready for some more?" he asked, swinging the vines.
"Look out!" said Jack but his warning came out too late. They started doing the same technique they pulled with Commander Cruger but they didn't have Brooke to sneak up behind him. As Drakel starts laughing, Jack asked, "Where's Leah and Cruger?"
Just then, Cruger was on a rooftop with Leah teleporting by his side. "There! Look!" said Z.
"Commander! Leah!" they said.
"Now you're in trouble!" declared Jack. "Both Shadow and Purple Rangers are here."
"Wanna make a fool's bet on this fight?" muttered Leah, looking up at her commander. Cruger looked down at her, curious to know. "I'm listening." he said.
"How long do you think it'll take for them to start asking questions? I'm thinking in about…three hours." said Leah holding her hand out for a shake.
"I'll take that bet. I think it would be a couple hours." said Cruger, shaking her hand and the bet was made, just before they turned their attention back on the rangers.
"Like I care." said Drakel then attacks. It wasn't long until Jack asks, "Commander, Leah help us!"
Drakel attacks again, causing them to fall to the ground. "Commander! Leah!" said Sky.
"Come on!" said Bridge. Both the Sirian and the young Felisan stood there, watching them get defeated. "What are you waiting for?" asked Z.
"We're getting toasted!" Syd called out. Just then, Jack gets out of Drakel's grasp and shoots him with his laser guns. He then turns to run and face his commanding officer and fellow squad member. "Why won't you help us?" asked Jack.
"You don't need it." said both commander and cadet.
"What?" he then asked.
"Finish the job, trust me!" said Cruger.
"You can do this without me!" said Leah.
"Fine, we'll do it!" said Jack as he runs back to the other rangers. "Come on, guys! Let's show him!"
"Yeah." they said in agreement.
"Bring it!" said Drakel.
"With pleasure!" said Jack and began the rangers attack. He gave Z and Syd a lift as both teenage girls attacked Drakel with their baton swords with Sky and Bridge as back up. "Ranger Power!" said the five teens
"Let's do it!" said Jack. The others took Drakel's attack as Jack comes running up from behind them. They took their final shoots and defeated him with Cruger nodded his head and Brooke said, "Awesome."
"It's judgement time!" said Jack. When Drakel got up confused, Jack had out his morpher, then said, "Judgement Mode!"
"Huh? But it wasn't me!" said Drakel, as the morpher was scanning him.
"For the crimes of stealing property that doesn't belong to you, and the intent of using the evil's power against the earth, you are found…" said Jack.
"Guilty!" said the rangers. Jack threw the bone in the air for R.I.C. as he changed into the Canine cannon. They fired at Drakel, causing the stone of evil to be detached itself from him as he went into a containment card. The stone fell to the ground and rolled away a bit.
"That's mine! Give it back!" said Drakel, banging on the containment card screen.
"Careful, Bridge." said Jack as Bridge puts the evil in a level five containment field.
"It's all good. Safe and sound." said Bridge, showing them that it was locked in there and they cheered. "Excellent." said Cruger as he and Leah left the rooftop. On his ship, Gruumm looked at his view screen to see another victory by the rangers. "With or without the evil, I will crush that planet…into space dust." he said, making a fist.
Back at the bookshop, Baskin had gotten the evil stone back. "Thank you." said Baskin as he received the container from Bridge.
"There you go. It's as good as…old." said Bridge.
"You really had us going there with that dopey shopkeeper character." said Syd.
"Well…thank you." said Baskin.
"I guess without the containment field, even that freak couldn't handle the evil." said Z.
"In 2,000 years of guarding this hideous thing, this is the first time anyone's ever taken it from me." said Baskin.
"I guess you have another 100 years to get in shape before your next battle." said Sky, looking through a book.
"Ah, I think that we will move to New Zealand. No one will ever find us there." said Baskin. "Please tell Leah that all the books here are hers to keep."
"You got it." said Z.
"So long, Power Rangers and keep up the fight." he said laughing as he disappears. They stood amused and Jack then said, "Speaking of fight, we have a couple members of our team we need to talk to."
"Think Leah would let me read any of them?" asked Sky.
"I doubt it." said Syd as they leave the bookshop.
"But it won't hurt if you ask her though." said Z.
Back at the academy, the rangers were shouting over each other at their commander and Leah, who was then sitting in a meditation position. "I'm like 'Where's purple and the shadow been'?" asked Bridge.
"Yeah." said Z in agreement.
"Where has purple and shadow been?" asked Cruger as he turns around. "Well, they've been listening to you talk."
[Flashback]
"I can sit back, relax…and go with the flow." said Jack as he puts behind his head. All five of them didn't know that Leah and Cruger were on either side of the door, listening in.
"With Shadow Ranger here and how talented Leah is, we're golden." said Sky.
[Flashback ends]
"Ever since the arrival of the shadow ranger, you have lowered your guard and relied solely on me." Cruger said. "In order to defeat Gruumm, we will all need to battle with 100 % commitment. No one ranger is more important than another."
"I'm not talented as you think I am. Gifted, sure I will admit that. But not that talented. The moves I used against him were just lucky. I still have a lot to learn in training before I'm as good as him." said Leah, opening her eyes and standing from her meditative position.
"We didn't come to your aid because you didn't need us. You just didn't know it." Cruger added.
"Now they're starting to sound like Bridge." said Syd.
"Besides I'm not like Bridge…I'm a mini-Kat Manx." said Leah.
"You're both right. I guess we did sort of did take you for granted. It won't happen again, sir. I'm sorry, Leah." said Jack.
"Apology accepted." said Leah with a smile as she walked over to a monitor.
"Good. Because I can't stand watching you get your morphers kicked all over the city." said Cruger.
"Well, I can. This video is straight up internet gold. I'm saving this for when I have my first litter." said Leah as they laughed about it.
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