Recruitment, Part 4
"Justice League, activate," John shouted after doing the procedure Commander Wayne told them. At that moment, a white light covered John's body for two seconds, before he revealed a Power Ranger of color...
-Green? I'm green? -Said John with anger- It should be red. Oh, "he said that when the other thugs started attacking him. John started attacking the thugs with his fists modified by his objects that he could create with his mind. "Come on, they're not here just to observe."
While complaining, John was hit hard in the head, but she got up quickly and started attacking the thugs, feeling more motivated. Literally, he went into battle, outnumbered, but very anxious, and began to demonstrate her true power, using his ability to créate things, but he couldn't do much. He was only a Power Ranger, and could not do it alone.
"To one side," said Shayera, "here comes the leader. Justice League, activate."
"Pink? I'm Pink?" Shayera asked with a certain degree of indignation in her tone of voice. "Please, I hate pink, I had to be red..."
The same thing that happened with Shayera happened with John, a white light enveloped him and revealed his uniform.
"Here I go," Diana said. "Justice League, activate."
A few seconds later.
-I am blue? Wow! I am blue! It means that Kal or Barry are red! Let's go! Transform yourself!
Diana launched into the fight with the other two Rangers. Finalmante was the turn of the two friends, so Kal and Barry did the procedure at the same time.
"Justice League, actívate."
Seconds later.
"I'm yellow."
"I'm Red."
"I did not think I was red!"
"Why are you the red one?"
"Let's go! I did not think I was!"
"Forget that and help once!" John shouted.
In that, Barry and Kal forgot their conversation and joined their fellow Rangers in the fight. Barry ran around the thugs while hitting each, and Kal threw strong punches at his opponents.
The five Rangers continued the fight, until the swordsmen arrived ready to attack; It can be said that they were less swordsmen than rappers. The knuckles with metal knuckles were already on the ground, some with broken bones and dislocated, and others were with many bruises on his face. The Rangers used their Morphos by pressing the sword key, obtaining swords. The fight was the simplest for the Rangers, that no matter how many blows they received from the swordsmen, they threw a stronger blow. The swordsmen fell, and finally they won.
"Ranger... Green to the central," John said, "I'm requesting personnal to arrest criminal thugs. Two faces, I'm sending coordinates now."
"Well done, team!" Barry said, dancing.
"Stop," Diana asked. "Where is the leader?"
After he said that, Barry toured the place in half a minute looking for the man who had hit him and almost sent them and his companions with Two Faces, possibly for possible torture. The search was unsuccessful, which meant that he had escaped. They would have to solve it later in the plant.
Back in the center, there were the five Rangers in the conference room with the commander. After each mission they would have to go back to the commander.
"Rangers," said the commander, "I must say that this performance was for novice soldiers. What you did normally is committed by beginner cadets. So I tell you, if you can not handle this, then you will not be Power Rangers."
"No sir!" They all shouted at the same time.
"Sir," Barry said, "we were just excited for the first mission, but we can do it."
"We can all," the other four Rangers added.
"Good," said the commander. "Maybe the man you were talking about escaped. The man who directed the organization of Dos Faces, or at least part of that organization. However, J'onn has used the city's surveillance cameras to get a trace of him, and we found him in the center of Old Gotham City. His goal is to go to that place, arrest that criminal and bring him here to be imprisoned and interrogated. Any questions?"
"Yes." John raises his hand. Then he approaches the commander's ear and whispers, "Sir, was there an error?" Is that my Morpho is for the green Ranger and not the red or blue, so..."
"There was no mistake" he responded. "Well, if there is no more delay or excuses, it is time to fulfill your mission."
The five Rangers left sharing the new mentality that they have to fulfill a mission with a good result, without bragging, or at least Barry and Diana had that thought. Kal was very surprised to have been chosen as the Red Ranger, since he never thought about being a leader or while John was outraged to have been placed in third place, behind Diana, whom he still did not consider fit for the League of the Justice, and Kal, whom he believed was not fit to be a leader and considered him more like a follower or a soldier.
Barry and Diana did not see much importance in being chosen as the yellow and blue Ranger, respectively. Barry at first was surprised that he was chosen behind John, but he liked to know that he was going to be useful, and he was happy that they chose him over Shayera, which caused that he was already planning to tease her later. Diana was happy to be Power Ranger, and at the same time I wanted to rub her in the face of John that she has a higher position than him, but I knew that that was going to cause another fight with him so she did not say anything; also, I wanted to talk to Shayera later about this, since I assumed that she was angry about being chosen as the pink Ranger, so it would be good to remove grudges later.
They had arrived at the building seen in the holograms, which was an old abandoned paperwork office. The five Rangers were ready to enter, but still very thoughtful with the color of Ranger that had been assigned to each. Fortunately, this thought was banished when they knew they would be removed as Power Rangers if they allowed their thoughts to blind them. The five of them walked, knowing that later they would have to talk a lot about this separately or accompanied.
The silence spoke for itself, now they just wanted to fulfill the mission and bring the, possibly right hand of Two Faces, to justice. They entered through a front door. Their training instilled in them the learning that all criminals used the side or back door to enter, and usually never went to the front door.
They entered and went straight upstairs, probably because there were fewer thugs upstairs than downstairs. This time, Barry was his own boss and quickly searched the floor above, where he found a shooter, who easily knocked him out and took him out of the house. He returned quickly with his companions, who gave him a sympathetic look, but at the same time wanted to say "good work". The five returned to the floor above, and were placed in different places, all wanting to beat the thugs.
"Very good, thugs!" John shouted. The other four did not see how this man suddenly became very rushed against the criminals. "Surrender or force them to do it!"
That said, John jumped to the second floor, only to be greeted by a wave of thugs against him. At least the other four Rangers had not given themselves away, but they only witnessed John trying to defeat all the thugs.
"Justice League, activate." said the four Rangers.
After their transformation, they jumped to the second floor to help John, who was already being beaten by the thugs. Diana freed John from the hands of the batterers and continued her individual struggle. John took advantage of these moments to transform and start fighting, this time, in a uniform that he still hated very much. Shayera was totally focused on making both male and female thugs pay for being criminals, and Diana was enjoying fighting them, for demonstrating that a woman could beat them.
Kal and Barry were very attentive looking for the establishment leader everywhere. Barry decided to take a tour of the place, but Kal did not leave because he did not want to leave the others, that and he was not as fast as Barry. It used to be friends for years, you know the other's strengths and behaviors. Although Kal hoped that Barry would not be beaten as easily as his meeting in the old house of justice.
The four Rangers were able to beat these thugs more easily than those of the old house of justice. The good thing is that they were caught off guard, or a little less, even in spite of the stupid move -as many would say- of John. While Shayera and Diana worked back to back, each bully was either shocked or electrocuted. Kal and John were beginning to understand how they should act, on the battlefield, but they still had great resentment for each other.
The last bully fell to John, who to the surprise of many, did not mock or boast to the criminal knocked out. Kal realized that Barry had not yet returned, while the others did not know that he was not there until the fight ended. The sudden sound of a shot brought them out of the suspense and they ran to the source of the shot, which was the old computer office, which was on the other side of the building.
When they opened the door they saw Barry being shot twice, until he fell into the hands of the leader of the place. The Rangers could not contain themselves, and they threw themselves against the man with a weapon. Sadly for the Rangers, facing him was a bit more difficult, because he had two pistols and was very good with them.
"I was instructed by Two faces, my leader, for this, clumsy." Said the bully.
"Good thing you think you're invincible, but you're going to lose," John said.
At that time, they pressed their morphos and received pistols. A great shootout between the Rangers and the bully was unleashed. Diana and John were the first to fall, followed by Shayera. Kal was still standing. Kal managed to remain standing, managed to put his tired eyes on the bully and ended up flying the gun from the thug's hand. Once unarmed, Kal jumped high and gave a great kick that sent him a few meters above the ground before falling on his back with a thud. Kal pulled some handcuffs from his morpho and put them in the hands of the thug.
Barry got up and asked for help for his morpho. He approached Kal.
"You're good?" He asked Kal.
"Yes," he said. Let's make a pact, Barry: when we already have a career or good fame in the League, we will leave here not to return. I do not like this toxic city."
"I understand you, and yes we make the pact."
They shook hands sealing their covenant. Right after that handshake, the other Rangers woke up and verified that they were okay. Diana felt bad after she lost another fight, but this time it was for a weapon. Shayera and John looked at each other, while Kal was leading the criminal out of the building. They waited for five minutes until help arrived.
"Say what you want, I was not a leader, I was just an expert bully for my boss. I do not know anything that serves them, league of losers." said the bully before they put him in the patrol car.
Kal could only watch as the two-faced bully smiled as he was eager to leave that headquarters. He could not do anything stupid like to leave now like abandoning the Power Rangers, especially now that he was the Red Ranger, which he never thought he would be. Kal now knew that he must give good impressions on himself to others to gain a good reputation and leave that place as soon as possible, with or without Barry.
Meanwhile, Barry agreed to leave with Kal as soon as possible of Gotham City, because he was afraid of his commander and the city. The first encounter with the bully who beat him easily gave him problems with his self-esteem, because he did not like being beaten by another, not even Kal. He hoped he did not have to fight too much over Gotham City, or that things would improve for the City in a short time. That, and he hoped to please Diana and then kiss her. Since he saw her, he felt great physical attraction for her, and was very willing to go through everything to get to that moment.
Back at the base, the five Rangers were very absorbed in their different thoughts. Kal and Barry wanted to talk about their situation, while John thought about how to be tougher, Shayera wanted to talk to Diana, but Diana was paying full attention to the commander.
"After the interrogation, the criminal who was arrested along with his followers did not know much about the whereabouts of Two-Faces, but there is something good about this" the commander said without flinching, "now that the League has occupied its two hiding places, it is probable that Two faces have no hiding place and will be exposed in a short time. I also wanted to tell you that you improved in this mission, so I congratulate you, but this is just beginning. Being a Power Ranger is an arduous task and it is not a question of fame or good impressions, it is a duty, and their lives will not be the same."
"I'm willing to take that risk commander," Diana said with some enthusiasm. Being a Power Ranger is my life, and I will fulfill that duty, commander.
"We, too," said the other four, not so enthusiastic, but surprised by the enthusiasm of the woman who seems so innocent.
"How brave," the commander replied. "With this we finish. They are free to go to their rooms, but we will call them if something happens."
They were divided into three groups, Kal and Barry, John, and Diana and Shayera.
In Shayera's bedroom, she and Diana were standing, but talking like little girls.
"I hate pink," Shayera said. And you are blue.
"Sorry, Shayera," Diana answered, "but the commander chose us that way."
"Sure, it was for your pretty face," he teased.
"Hey, I'm not just a pretty face," she said angrily.
"Calm, it was a joke."
"I'm sorry, but everyone in my house told me that I get benefits for my face. It is very derogatory and it has become very offensive to me."
"I'm sorry, it was not my intention to hurt you. But I also wanted to ask you, if you've found someone attractive that you want to pursue, like Kal."
Diana thought for a moment. They had asked her many times before if she had a boyfriend, but not if she liked someone or a boy. She had love affairs before, but now she was single, but her past experiences made her think a lot, and she discovered that none of the three Rangers seemed candidates to her, and she only thought that it was not a very important issue, only until she thought of the Major Wayne again, but for now I just wanted to meet him, but I would not tell Shayera.
"No," Diana answered. "Kal is a good guy, but I do not see him as a candidate, or any of the other two."
"Barry is nice, and I know John is not your type, but nobody, really?"
"No one. But I want this team to work, so it is necessary to call you a friend, but I will do it when we know each other better."
Shayera hugged Diana, because she was happy that she wanted to be his friend, in the near future. They spent the next two hours talking about how good it felt to be wearing the Power Ranger suit.
John was again doing warm-up exercises to calm his mind. He did not want to talk to anyone at this time, but he did want to help Gotham City. He would spend the rest of the day alone.
Barry and Kal were walking through the plant talking about how they would make a good impression on future missions, to be able to leave Gotham as soon as possible as they had agreed. Although they were also satisfied to improve in the mission.
At the end of the day, the commander was intrigued by how Diana was the most enthusiastic and perhaps optimistic, because he knew that the other four Rangers were similar to the other soldiers who worked at the base of Gotham City. He thought he did the right thing in choosing Diana to be a blue Ranger, because he would maintain the positive spirit of the team, but the others would become friends on their own, without Diana's help, and perhaps make the bad attitude of others more bearable.
This was just the beginning. Many battles would come in the not so distant future, and the Power Rangers would be the ones who would have to fulfill this mission.
Note: Power Rangers are a friendly and united team. But, in comics, Wonder Woman is the one that keeps the team together, or the most part, so I plan that this team be more united by contribution of all, instead of just by Diana. I await your revisions. Also, I finally finished the first two chapters of this series, if it was on television, so I'm very happy. But, I apologize if my english is bad, but i'm mexican and the translator is bad some times.
Next: A good leader, Part 1.