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. "The battle of Sirius. You took everything from me." said Cruger as he breathed heavily, remembering what happened on his home planet. He then morphs into Shadow ranger. "But not this time. I am waiting, Gruumm."
On his ship, Gruumm sees Cruger with his sword in the air. "Yes. The time is right." he said, touching the right side of his head as he remembered the battle. "I accept your invitation, Doggie Cruger!"
Back at the base, everyone was scrambling to the shuttle bay. "Why is Commander Birdy coming here, huh?" Cruger asked Kat as they were on their way there. "That over stuffed pelican and I do not get along."
"He is not a pelican." said Kat. "He's your supreme commanding officer, and you get along with him just fine…I hope."
"Shuttle landing in bay three." said a female voice on the P.A. system. A shuttle lands in the shuttle bay and off steps Commander Birdy, a tall bird like man.
"Welcome to S.P.D. Earth Station, Supreme Commander Birdy, sir." said Cruger as he walks behind him.
"Hello, Cruger." said Commander Birdy. Kat was nervous as well as scared of what Leah might do if she teleported in front of the Supreme Commander, so she made a necklace made for her in order to help her teleporting during the visit.
"Cadets, Ten-hut." said Sky. Birdy walks down the line of the rangers as if inspecting them, then turns to Cruger. "Hmm. Commander…where is this S.P.D. squad you brag so much about?" he asked.
"These are my S.P.D. power rangers, sir." said Cruger, motioning to the rangers.
"Really?" Birdy asked intriguingly. "These are the power rangers? Well, I expected different. How proud you must be, Commander. Shall we continue this in the command center?"
Once in the command center, Birdy was facing the monitors. "It must be nice, working in a state-of-the-art facility." said the supreme commander.
"No complaints, sir." said Cruger. "The technology you see was built by Dr. Manx here."
"Well, well, I'll have to see about getting your Dr. Manx up to supreme command." said Birdy.
"I'm quite happy here, sir. I don't like to be far away from my daughter." said Kat.
"I see. Your daughter is the…purple ranger, correct?" asked Birdy, looking over at Cruger.
"Yes, sir. She is." Cruger replied. Just then, the alarms went off. "Rangers to your stations, a robot is attacking the city." said Kat.
"Ready!"
"Ready! S.P.D. EMERGENCY!"
"Delta Squad Megazord!" shouted the rangers as they formed the megazord.
"I'll crush you!" said the monster inside the robot. Back at the base, Cruger, Kat and Birdy were watching the rangers. "The megazord should have stopped that blow." said Birdy, criticizing Jack. "Red ranger should have anticipated."
"There are procedures, commander…strategy." Cruger tells him. "Be patient."
"Patience? You were patient on Sirius." said the supreme commander.
"That was uncalled for, commander." said Cruger as he spun fast to face him.
"That's Supreme Commander Birdy, Cruger…your superior." said Birdy.
"Understood."
"Understood, what?"
"Understood, sir." said Cruger. Out in the city, the rangers were still fighting the robot.
"You're gone!" said the monster, pointing a finger at them and its robot made an attack on the megazord.
"Look out!" said Jack. The megazord then used its sword to defeat the robot. "6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" they shouted and used the megazord gun to knock out the robot.
"Nice work, guys. We got him." said Jack.
"That robot should never have gotten into the city." said Birdy as he turns to Commander Cruger. "This is not good commanding, Cruger. You should have split up the rangers and let them fight on two fronts."
"Sometimes I do split them up. However, today I feel their strength lies in their team." explained the sirian commander.
"Oh, you do?" asked Birdy. "Split them up immediately….for good. The youngest one can turn in her morpher and permanently can help out in her mother's lab."
"That would be our downfall. If the rangers are separated, Gruumm will pick them off one by one. You're putting them and earth in danger." said Cruger. "And for the record, Leah does help out in her mother's lab. I make sure of that every day."
"This is an order, Cruger, not a conversation." said Birdy angrily.
"I cannot support this decision." said Cruger. "I will not."
In the shuttle bay, everyone was waiting for Commander Cruger and Supreme Commander Birdy. "Birdy's brief stay was a little too long for me." said Kat.
"I heard that. That makes seven of us." said Jack.
"Uh, eight." said Boom.
"I can't wait to get this off." said Leah as she was scratching her neck.
"Stop messing with it." Kat said.
"But mom, I can't help it…its itchy." complained Leah as she continues to scratch her neck. "We should've used different materials." Just then, Birdy and Cruger were coming down the stairs and it did not look good. "I don't like the looks of this." muttered Leah as Kat places her hands around her.
"Neither do I." said Kat.
"Attention!" shouted Sky and Jack steps forward.
"Commander Birdy, speaking for the entire S.P.D. earth station, we hope that you have enjoyed your visit, sir." said Jack.
"Thank you, Sky." said Birdy.
"It's Jack, sir." said Jack, correcting him as he steps back.
"And now Commander Cruger has an announcement." said Birdy as Jack steps back.
"To all personnel and to my rangers, I want to thank you for your loyalty. It's been a privilege to lead S.P.D forces and my honor to have served with you all." said Cruger. "As of today, I am relieved of duty. You are now under the leadership of Supreme Commander Birdy."
In one of the stairwells of the base, the rangers were upset by what happened. "Why would Birdy relieve Cruger of his command?" asked Z. "I hope it wasn't because of us."
"Do you know what this means to me, right? I'm gonna be demoted. Good bye B-Squad and hello D-Squad." said Leah.
"You're not going to D-squad." said Jack.
"You don't know that. It could happen." said Leah, pointing at him. "My future is at stake right now."
"No way, earth is the last place Gruumm hasn't conquered, and that because of us and Doggie Cruger." said Bridge.
"Maybe Birdy thinks we should be attacking Gruumm." said Sky. "Not waiting for him."
"What are you saying? You think Cruger was doing a bad job?" asked Jack. "If you remember correctly, he already lost a squad of power rangers."
"He was relieved of duty because he was trying to protect you." said Kat as she walked up to them.
"What do you mean?" asked Syd.
"Commander Birdy ordered your squad to be split up, Leah to turn in her morpher and work with me in the lab permanently." said Kat. "Cruger refused."
"I was not expecting that." said Leah.
"No one was." said Kat.
"Well, then, I'll refuse. We'll all refuse." said Z.
"I second that. I'll go crazy in the lab if I work in there permanently." said Leah.
"We can't do that, Z. Birdy is now our commanding officer, and we obey orders even if we don't agree with them." said Sky.
"Sky's right. You are power rangers. S.P.D. You follow the chain of command." said Kat.
"Chain of command sucks." said Leah.
"Yeah, but we gotta do it." Syd said.
Soon as the others walked away, Leah looks up at her mother. "I guess this means that I'll be catching up on my school work and building a lot of stuff, right?" asked Leah.
"Yeah. You're getting behind on your school." said Kat, wrapping her arm around Leah's shoulder.
"Siyo kosa langu kwamba Gruumm anataka kuchukua juu ya dunia." said Leah in their native language.
"True. It does give me time to work on your application to the science academy." said Kat.
"Hm…going there is a possibility." said Leah. Walking into the command center, Kat and Leah, who was now wearing an outfit similar to her mother's, were walking towards a console. Leah had one of her school notebooks in her hands, reviewing for a test she had to take later that week.
Suddenly, the chair spun around to reveal Commander Birdy sitting in it. "Ah, Dr. Manx." said Birdy. "I was just about to call for you. And you, young lady, I hope that your demotion from B-squad hasn't affected you."
"No, sir. It hasn't." said Leah nonchalantly and he turns back to her mother.
"I want you to install another monitor. And make a note to add silent alerts to the rangers' uniforms." said Birdy as she types this all down. "And let's start thinking about replacing these rangers."
Just then, the alarms sounded and the red lights went off. "Report." said Birdy.
"It's an energy alert, sir. It indicates any unusual surges." said Kat. "Sir, this reading is off the scope. I've never seen anything like it before."
"Call the rangers." Birdy tells her but then pushes her for not getting them fast enough.
"Rangers, report to the command center." said Birdy. The rangers quickly ran in and Z looks over at Leah, seeing the sadness in her eyes. "Please help me!" she mouthed to her.
"Rangers reporting, sir!" said Jack.
"We've got a report of an unusual energy surge. Red, blue and green rangers, I want you to investigate." said Birdy.
"Yes, sir." said Sky.
"Just red, blue and green?" asked Z.
"Is there a problem ranger?" Birdy asked her as he turned around so swiftly.
"No, sir." Z replied. Jack, Sky and Bridge went to their bikes, already suited up. "Let's do it!" said Jack, revving up his bike and all three took off. In an old stadium where a broken-down car was, Jack, Sky and Bridge arrived. "Okay, here we are. Let's check it out." said Jack.
"Hm…I don't see anything." said Bridge.
"Maybe, but I got a bad feeling." said Jack as white smoke appeared in front of them.
"Something's there, look." said Sky as he looked at the smoke. Coming through the smoke, was Gruumm, laughing evilly, on a cycle. "No way! It's Gruumm." exclaimed Jack.
"This is what we trained for, guys." said Sky. Agreeing with him, all three boys rode their bikes towards Gruumm for their attack. Gruumm retaliated and drove towards them as well. It looked like it was a medieval scene pulled out of the sword in the stone, with only three against one.
"Who dares?" said Gruumm and fires laser shots at the rangers.
"Hang on, Sky. I'm coming." said Jack as he went over to get him. Gruumm was chasing him on his bike.
"Fire!" shouted Jack as he fired at Gruumm who then deflected his shots. When the three of them were past him, Gruumm turned around and pulled out his staff, aiming it at them. The battle on cycles continued until Jack was thrown off his bike. "You are the mighty power rangers?" asked Gruumm. "Give Anubis a message. Tell him, I am waiting for him."
He then rides off, leaving them hurt and bruised. "That was brutal." said Jack. Back at the base, Jack, Sky and Bridge were debriefing Birdy. "That energy surge…it was Gruumm." said Jack. Kat and Leah were standing in the background.
"He's here?" asked Birdy, rising from the chair. "And you let him defeat you?"
"Sir that may not be a fair…" Kat started to say but was cut off by Birdy.
"Anything further to report, rangers?" Birdy asked. Bridge looked over at Jack and Sky before saying, "Yeah, uh…"
"No, sir." said Sky. "We were lucky to get way when we did."
"Dismissed." said Birdy.
"Welcome to the new S.P.D., Sky." said Jack as they left the command center.
"The new and improved S.P.D." Leah muttered quietly so Birdy didn't hear her.
Commander Birdy sighs as he sits down. "Cruger may not have been able to defeat Gruumm on Sirius, and the rangers failed today." Birdy said to himself. "(Chuckles) If you want something done right, do it yourself. And if Gruumm is looking for a fight…I will give him one." In the corridors of the academy, Kat and Leah caught up with Jack, Sky and Bridge.
"Gruumm did say something, didn't he?" Kat asked, causing them to stop.
"It was a message for Cruger." said Jack.
"It was a personal message. He wants to meet Cruger on the battlefield." said Sky.
"You didn't hear this from me, but I think Commander Cruger would like to hear about this." said Kat. "Only one of you should go. If all of you are gone, it will arouse suspicion. Take Leah with you before she drives herself insane."
"I can only handle so much lab time in one day." Leah said gravely and twitches for a second. "I think I've done all of my course work for the rest of the year and maybe even next year."
"I'll go." said Jack and motions Leah to follow him. Leah takes off the necklace and hands it to Kat. Walking into the command center, Kat notices Commander Birdy getting ready for battle. "What's the alert, Commander Birdy?" asked Kat.
"There's been a report of a wanted criminal in "C" sector. I want you to send yellow and pink." said Birdy.
"Sir, I'd like to analyze the situation first to see who is best suited…" Kat started to say.
"Are they not capable?" he then asked, cutting her off. "They're power rangers, are they not?"
Just as Kat was about to answer his question, Birdy stopped her and said, "Do not question my orders, Doctor. Just do as I say." He leaves the command center, leaving Kat with bruised feelings. In an entrance to the beach, Z and Sky got out of the jeep. "It was sector "C", right?" asked Z.
"That's what I heard." said Syd.
"Oh, I am Changtor. Welcome to my beach party, where you're the guests of honor." said the weirdly dressed alien in front of them. "Our first and last party game is called "Bring in the rangers and collect a big reward from Broodwing.""
"Hmm. Love that game. What about you, Syd?" asked Z.
"Me too. It's too bad Leah's not here to see it. She loves parties. But I'm really disappointed you didn't tell us there was a dress code. Just a sec, 'kay?" said Syd.
"S.P.D. EMERGENCY." they shouted, suiting up.
"Nice outfits." said Changtor.
"Thanks." the girls replied and the fight began. In the abandoned stadium, Birdy went to face Gruumm. "Show your face, Gruumm!" shouted Birdy and grabs his sword. "Come out and fight!"
Coming up behind the supreme commander, Gruumm was on his bike and became confused at what he saw. "Huh?" he said. "Who is this they sent to fight me?"
"Supreme Commander Fowler Birdy." he tells Gruumm.
"I asked for Doggie Cruger, Supreme Commander." said Gruumm. "You will do for now." Gruumm sped forward on his bike and attacked the supreme commander, causing him to hit the ground, groaning. Sitting in a park, under a tree Jack and Leah found their commander.
"Sir?" asked Jack.
"Hmm?"
"Gruumm is here on earth." said Jack. "He's put out a challenge for you. He wants to meet you on the field of battle."
"Does Birdy know this?" asked Cruger.
"No, sir, the message wasn't for him. It was for our commander." said Jack and both he and Leah saluted.
"S.P.D.!" said Leah. Cruger sighs as he remembers his battle with Gruumm.
[Flashback]
Planet of Sirius
Cruger and Gruumm were fighting in the crumbling city. Cruger swings his sword at Gruumm's head, taking a piece of his horn off.
"Noo!" shouted Gruumm as it lands on the ground.
[Flashback ends]
Back at the base, Kat was monitoring both fights when Cruger suddenly walks in with Leah. "It's going badly, isn't it?" asked Cruger.
"Syd and Z are holding their own, but Commander Birdy is in trouble." replied Kat.
"He's a fool. He's no match for Gruumm." said Cruger.
"No, he isn't." said Kat, then turns to Cruger and Leah. "Sir, Leah and I have something for you. Will you come with me?"
"I know what you're trying to do, Kat." said Cruger.
"Good. For all the more reason for you to come with me, sir. Leah." said Kat as she left the command center with Leah. Cruger groans as Leah then said, "Trust me, I hate being demoted from B-squad and working in the lab 24/7. I'm going insane in there."
Syd and Z were still fighting Changtor on the beach. "No!" shouted Changtor as he fell to the ground.
"We did it! Yeah!" cheered the girls.
"Look what I can do." said Changtor and placing his thumbs towards him, giving him the advantage to grow.
"Hey, guys, we want the team back." Z said into her morpher.
"You've read my mind, Z." said Leah, taking out her morpher. "S.P.D. EMERGENCY!"
The runners were dispatched with Leah inside. "Megazord, online!" said the rangers as they formed the megazord.
"Let's do this." said Changtor.
"You look a little washed-out." said Z and sends water out of the megazord's gun. Falling backwards, Changtor was flat on his back, sputtering out water. "It's judgement time for you buddy." Z said, holding out her morpher.
"No! This is all a big mistake!" he tells her as the judgement scanner went back and forth between innocent and guilty.
"Guilty!" they shouted. "6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1! Fire!"
They fired at Changtor and he was taken down. Back at the stadium, Gruumm was circling around Birdy, laughing at him. As he gets off the bike, Gruumm walks to Birdy saying, "You sorry old bird. Prepare to be vanquished."
Suddenly a laser shot was fired at Gruumm, knocking him down. Birdy turns around to see Cruger on a four-wheeler. "Cruger!" shouted Gruumm.
"Shadow Ranger?" questioned Birdy. As Cruger passes him, Birdy then sees Leah on the vehicle with her back against Cruger, waving at him. "Hi, Commander Birdy!" Leah calls out with a smile on her face.
"I am here, Gruumm." said Cruger.
"At last-my revenge!" said Gruumm as he head towards Cruger.
"Leah, you know what to do." said Cruger.
"Yes, sir!" shouted Leah, taking off the necklace and throwing it into the air before she finally teleported away.
"What the…?" Birdy asked, as he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"Commander Birdy, sir." said Leah as she appeared behind him, tapping his shoulder.
"You have powers?" he asked her.
"Yes, sir. I'm the first one in my family to have them. I'm proud to have these powers and I'm proud of my mother for everything that she does for S.P.D. I hope that one day, you'll be appreciative of her as I do." said Leah.
The fight between Cruger and Gruumm continued. "Lasers locked." said Cruger as his lasers tracked Gruumm. "Fire!"
"My turn." said Gruumm and returns fire on him. As Cruger and Gruumm fought, the other rangers, who were still suited up, ran up to them. "You okay, commander?" asked Jack.
"They disobeyed my orders." said Birdy, pointing his sword at Cruger before looking down at Leah.
"And if they didn't, you wouldn't be around right now." said Jack, causing Birdy to groan. They watched as Cruger was weaving in and out, making Gruumm miss his target. "Game over." said Gruumm.
"Full throttle!" shouted Commander Cruger as he went into airborne. Gruumm went airborne as well, holding his staff out. Cruger drew his sword and jumps off his vehicle, striking Gruumm as he went through the air.
"This is what you get for messing with S.P.D." said Cruger as he and Gruumm both landed. "Fire!"
As he fell to the ground, Cruger dismounted the four-wheeler. "It's all over Gruumm." said Cruger.
"Don't be a fool, Cruger. You may have won this time, but I swear to you this…it will be a long battle with many surprises." said Gruumm.
"Nothing you do surprises me, Gruumm. I will be waiting. And this time, S.P.D. will prevail." said Cruger. Gruumm sends laser shoots at him, causing Cruger to deflect them. Once he did that, Gruumm was gone. "You'll never take earth, Gruumm. I promise you that." said Cruger.
"Well done, sir." said Jack as he walks over to them.
"You all did well, rangers. S.P.D.!" shouted Cruger, raising his sword in the air.
"S.P.D.!" said the rangers. They all looked at Commander Birdy.
"S.P.D." he said.
Back at the base, everyone was seeing the supreme commander off. "I have written my highest recommendation to the central command regarding these rangers of yours, Cruger. A fine group." said Birdy as they both looked at them. Leah was back in her purple uniform, her head held high.
"That they are sir." replied Cruger as Kat smiled. They saluted as Birdy and Cruger walked off.
"I still think there are certain areas in which S.P.D. could improve, like, for example, the supreme commander staying out of his best commander's business." said Birdy as Cruger walked him to the doors of the shuttle.
"We, that is, Kat and I, should have told you about Leah's powers." said Cruger.
"You should have and I respect on why you did." said Birdy. "I couldn't have a finer leader than you, Anubis."
"Thank you, sir." said Cruger.
"The galaxy is depending on you. Bring it home for all of us." said Birdy, then gets on the shuttle.
"I will, sir."
"Yes!" said Z as Syd chuckles. Cruger quickly turns to face the rangers, Kat and the cadets. "Wipe those silly looking grins off your faces." said Cruger. "If you think that it gonna be a holiday around here now, well you're wrong. You're soft, spoiled, stubborn…every last one of you. Aren't you supposed to be attending some training at this particular moment?"
They all looked at each other before scattering off, leaving Kat and Leah with the commander. As he walks by, he tells them, "Ooh, it's so good to be back.
"And it's good to have you back…sir." said both Manx women, smiling at each other.
"It's also good to be back in purple." said Leah, hugging herself.
"I'll see you in the lab at 1300 hours for testing." said Kat.
"Ok, mom. See you then." said Leah.
"Je, si kukaa kwa muda mrefu sana." said Kat and she leaves her staring into the shuttle bay.
Just then, the sparkle ball of light comes around and goes towards Leah. "It's going be hard to keep this a secret you know. I just hope that you know that you owe me big time." said Leah as the sparkle of light hovered at her shoulder.
Translations:
Siyo kosa langu kwamba Gruumm anataka kuchukua juu ya dunia.-It's not my fault that Gruumm wants to take over earth.
Je, si kukaa kwa muda mrefu sana-don't stay too long