A BETTER TEAM, PART 3.
Diana left with a patrol car towards Burnley. She was a warrior, which meant that she would fight alone, even if she was at a disadvantage, against the five Power Rangers in Zone B. That blue male Ranger had defeated her, and it was too humiliating for her to be defeated by Major Wayne with some ease. She was determined to get her revenge on that blue Ranger and the Zone B Rangers.
Diana knew that she had to go to where the battle had happened, but she also thought that the Rangers must already be advancing into another section of the City, so she headed for Coventry. Diana was upset about how her team never followed her, and how Commander Wayne was so inhuman. She would prove that she was a better Ranger than anyone else thought.
She spent about ten minutes, unable to get a signal from the enemy Rangers, but she would demonstrate her great ability, closing her eyes and using all her concentration. One of Diana's abilities was the deduction... and the talent of detecting her enemies if she concentrated enough. After a few minutes of total concentration, Diana followed the direction her mind indicated. The funny thing is that she came to the shores of Coventry, where there was a small old abandoned building. Diana took a quick look around. Although everything was so quiet and there was no sign of the enemies, Diana sensed the enemies at a short distance.
A giant purple crow appeared above Diana, ready to attack, but when it reached her, Diana jumped and kicked it in the crow's beak. The crow vanished, but a small fireball hit Diana in the air, causing her to fall hard on the ground. Diana got up from the floor, and saw the enemy Rangers, who still had their suits on. Diana seemed to have committed stupidity, but she also thought about using the anger she felt towards her companions and towards Commander Wayne in her favor.
"I'm surprised that a Ranger from Zone C has been so stupid and naive to come to us, believing that she could beat us," said Dick. "It's amazing that you're the blue Ranger. There has not been anyone as stupid as you, but we will enjoy making you pieces. "He finished as he approached Diana with his team.
"And best of all, no one is here to save you," said Victor. "You do not know anything at all."
"And you are the most cowardly Rangers of all Rangers." Diana said pointing with her index finger.
"What did you just say?" Kory asked.
"They listened to me," Diana said, keeping a firm look ... and angry. "You are five, and I am only one. I would not have problems in facing the five, but I thought we were a better team to yours. Then they were just liars like most people I've met. "
"Of course not, naive." Raven said. "We can defeat you without transforming ourselves."
"High Raven," ordered Dick. "We will prove to this Amazon trash that only one of us is enough to defeat it," said Dick, retreating. "Victor ..." said Dick looking at his blue Ranger. "... deactivate the suit." Victor did what his leader ordered, something that enraged Diana, since she hated following orders like that. When Victor ran out of his Power Ranger suit, it was revealed that he was not a human, or at least not entirely; Victor had a bionic eye and part of his face was metallic, and you could also see that his neck and hands were metallic, which explained how he could change the shapes of his hand so fast. "Have fun, Victor." Dick kindly told him. Victor nodded and ran to Diana and threw swipes at Diana.
Diana stopped all attacks, and when Victor tried to throw punches from both sides, Diana grabbed them and took them to Victor, to finish off with an accurate hit on his chest. Victor backed away. Although his chest was made of metal, Diana had great strength, so the blow hurt him. Diana took advantage of the fact that the blow hurt Victor, and she grabbed him by the arm again and threw him to the ground. Diana tried to jump on Victor to beat him, but Victor formed knives with his hands and managed to get rid of the Amazon, who turned out to be stronger and stronger than he thought.
Victor thought about using the same trick that worked with Diana before, so he threw slow punches, which Diana bolted. Diana hit Victor and made him turn around. Victor threw his slow punch that was obviously blocked by Diana, but Victor changed his hand to a cannon again.
A shot rang out.
But after Victor was being beaten by Diana, who threw strong blows to the metal part of Victor's face. Diana hit Victor in the chin, and left him almost unconscious. Thanks for the training commander, Diana thought as Diana's anger disappeared for Major Wayne.
Curiously, all the training that Diana had with Major Wayne and her fellow Rangers who they always complained about had unwittingly served and made her learn from unpredictable attacks and how to counteract them. For that reason, when Victor threw his blow before turning it into a cannon, Diana saw something similar in this attack, so she took out her Morpho when Victor threw the blow, so when Victor changed his arm to cannon, Diana pulled out a pistol of his morpho and shot him at Victor's cannon. Victor did not know what to do, and he was stunned, so he was helpless when Diana crushed him. Diana had taken revenge on the male Ranger who had humiliated her in combat, but the victory lasted a little when the other Zone B Rangers aided her fallen comrade, when Raven prevented Diana from moving with her telekinesis.
"You have humiliated Victor, and now you will be dismissed from this world," said Dick.
Diana could not do anything. Raven's powers were strong, as was Diana's strength, so they were tied. It was almost his end, but a green truck the size of the Rangers in Zone B knocked them down, freeing Diana from Raven's telekinesis.
Diana turned and saw her fellow Rangers from Zone C without their Power Rangers suits, who had come to her rescue, something that had encouraged Diana. This meant that J'onn and Major Wayne had already finished the apparatus that would free the Zone B Rangers from mind control.
"Thanks for coming." Diana thanked. "I guess we already have the device to rid the Rangers of mind control."
"Not at all, Di," said Kal. "Major Wayne learned you ran away and you'll be in trouble when we get back." Kal said more focused on the Zone B Rangers.
"But, this time we have to beat the Rangers, not kill them," John said.
"By the way, good work in teaching men that women rule," added Shayera.
"I thought they had learned from their lesson, mediocre Rangers," said Dick helping to lift Victor up. "This time we will not have mercy on you," Dick warned.
"We are Power Rangers, Dick," said Kal. "And we have to defeat them to free them from Nigma's mind control."
"Nigma will be happy when he knows we will eliminate them all," Garfield said.
"But, now, let's show them the same thing: that we can beat them without our suits, but this time, Victor, go against yellow; Garfield, go against the blue; Kory, against the pink; and Raven, take on the green." Dick ordered.
"Yes, sir." The four Rangers in Zone B said, obeying their boss.
"Power off," the Rangers said at the same time, except for Victor, who did not have his suit on. Without their costumes their faces were revealed. Dick had short hair that was well combed with a fringe to the front and had tanned skin. Garfield looked like J'onn because he had green skin and green hair, but unlike J'onn, Garfield had green eyes and not red, just like he had hair. Kory had orange skin, but completely green eyes and red hair. Raven had dark skin and short but purple hair, which made her look a bit creepy.
"Attack," ordered Dick. The five Rangers in Zone C and the five in Zone B ran again, but this time, four of the five Rangers in Zone B had a new opponent.
Kal and Dick faced each other again. Kal threw slow but strong punches, but Dick only dodged them. Kal tried not to use any of his Morpho's weapons, as he tried to comply with Major Wayne's order, but Dick dodging all his blows only made him despair. Kal ran against Dick to put him on the ropes, but Dick surprisingly took an acrobatic leap back, so he managed to enter and land on the top floor through a huge hole in a wall. Kal jumped and landed in front of Dick. Dick started running and Kal followed him up the top floor of the abandoned building. Dick threw several objects at Kal, some objects hit Kal, and others did not. Kal had a good plan when he saw a weak door arch, an arch that Dick would probably use to try to escape. Kal fired his heat vision at the weak arch of the door and there was no exit. Dick stopped and kicked Kal, who hit him in the face, and got Kal back. This time, Dick would confront Kal, without his suits, but one wanted to destroy the other and the other just wanted to stop him.
Diana faced Garfield with quick punches and agility. Diana wanted to beat Garfield just as she had with Victor, so she drew her sword from her morpho and began brandishing her thrusts against Garfield activated his felinity, and jumped great distances over Diana. Diana threw a blow with which she planned to take down Garfield, but he jumped high and addressed Diana, but something amazing happened: Garfield became a snake. Diana was startled, so she dodged Garfield's attack. Garfield was smiling, showing snake fangs and a sharp tongue. Garfield made quick attacks with his face, but did not see it coming when Diana grabbed him by the neck and threw him to Kory.
Kory jumped in surprise at the snake, but Garfield returned to his original form, and then turned into a bear and attacked Diana again.
Kory held fireballs against Shayera. Shayera was trying to find a good hole or moment when Kory was careless, but she seemed too focused on destroying her. Then Shayera took out her gun with her Morpho, and tried to shoot Kory, but it was very difficult since she could not concentrate with the multiple shots, but she had an excellent idea. Shayera moved away from Kory, causing Kory to run after her, making her aim a little less accurate. Shayera took advantage of this and shot her to the ground, making her step back. But Kory counterattacked again with more shots of fire.
Victor was now the one trying to regain his confidence by beating the speed of the group, and then take revenge on Diana for how he humiliated him. Victor turned the arm that still served him into a cannon, and shot Barry as Kory shot Shayera. Sadly, Barry drew a sword with his Morpho and began to hit Victor again and again. The attack served for a few minutes, and even Victor was protecting his head. However, when Barry was about to hit his face, Victor disappeared into a tube of light, baffling Barry. Victor appeared behind Barry and stunned him with his cannon created with his metallic hand. Barry thought fast and threw his sword at Victor, Victor shot him with the sword, but he could not stop Barry when he kicked him with such speed that he sent him flying a few meters. They both got up and went back to fight.
John and Raven faced each other with objects they both created with their minds. If Raven created her traditional raven, John would create a bird trap; if John created a tank, Raven created a missile; if Raven created a gun, John would create a bulletproof shield; If John created a machine gun, Raven would create a portal into which all his bullets would enter, and the bullets came from another portal in the direction of John. John created brick walls to prevent bullets from hitting him. John counterattacked by creating a cage on Raven. Raven began to use more energy that was harder to contain with every second that passed, and in the end the cage broke down. Raven attacked with people or something similar to people, but John created two swords and hit them easily and almost managed to hit Raven a hit.
Kal and Dick continued to throw punches, Dick punches fast, but Kal slow. Dick was weaker but more agile, and Kal was slower but stronger. In the end, Kal's training with Major Wayne served and he could improve in combat, just like his fellow Rangers, so he grabbed Dick and threw him a few yards near the vetana. Kal knew that Dick would land well on the ground. Dick finally began to feel afraid of being able to lose to less experienced but more seasoned Rangers than they thought. Dick knew he had to increase power and strength. Dick jumped back out of the building and landed on the ground floor.
"Regulate," ordered Dick. Almost immediately, his four companions followed him, and waited anxiously to be able to transform. "Let's do it."
There was no going back, but before they took out their Morphos, the five Rangers from Area C ran towards them to stop them from being transformed, but unexpectedly they were stopped by small dispositovs that someone shot them. The devices gave them a small electric shock. The Rangers of Zone C quickly got up and saw a Riddler of the Riddler, wearing a uniform similar to the other henchmen who had won a short time ago.
"We did not need reinforcements from the boss," said Dick.
"Of course they need it." The henchman replied with some calmness. The Rangers in Zone C did not act yet. They were wondering what a henchman of the Conundrum was doing here. "Especially now that we have conquered the base of Zone C, with everything and commander."
"What ?!" the five Rangers in Area C asked at the same time.
"We have conquered the base of Area C, and now we will complete Mr. Riddle's revenge and destroy the Rangers of Area C as the chief's last mission." Said the henchman.
"And why did not the boss come here?" Victor asked.
"Because he wants us to complete his mission and take the bodies of the Rangers. Now, find them. They are orders of the Riddle. "
"With pleasure," the five Zone B Rangers said in unison. And curiously, before they returned to activate the Morphos, the henchman interrupted them.
"But first, they need these power-ups," said the henchman, giving them green discs. "They are courtesy of the Riddle, insert them in their morphos and they will be more powerful than now," he told them.
"We already have powers," Kory interjected.
"With this they will easily overcome them," said the henchman, convincing them with that phrase.
The Rangers in Zone C could not move. They found everything so hurried and hard to believe. Major Wayne had been defeated and was now held hostage. And to make it worse, they would be annihilated by the Rangers right now. The Rangers of Zone B inserted their green discs in their Morphos, and now they would transform and finish with the Rangers of the Zone C.
"Justice League, activate!" The Zone B Rangers shouted, but instead of transforming themselves, an electric shock of green rays electrocuted the Rangers for a few seconds before falling stunned to the ground.
"What's wrong here?" Barry asked. The henchman turned around to the Rangers in Zone B, but changed shape and revealed J'onn in his black suit and green skin. "I do not understand anything," said Barry, still confused.
"Several Martians can change shape, like my race." J'onn replied. "And while they were fighting the Rangers in Zone B, Commander Wayne and I managed to create the device without errors, and now they should be free of Riddle control." He finished explaining before remembering something important. "By the way, Diana, you're in trouble with Commander Wayne... again." He added.
Barry almost laughed but Shayera hit him on the shoulder to prevent him from letting out a laugh. Diana did not need to be reminded, since she already had an idea about what she should do to win the conflict with him.
"Hey, where are we?" Dick asked as he rubbed his head and got up off the floor. His fellow Rangers did the same.
"Are you all right, Ranger Grayson?" J'onn asked.
"Yes. "He replied. "But where are we?" Dick asked more impatiently and looking sideways. "No." He whispered.
"Yes, Mr. Grayson. It's in Gotham City. "J'onn told him very calmly.
"Great, I swore I would not fly to this forgotten and cursed place," said Dick, turning around and shaking his arms violently in the air. Kory ran to him, since both she and her Rangers heard J'onn's response, and rubbed his hand on Dick's shoulder. Kory whispered something that the others did not hear, not even Diana. "No, Kory. This place is horrible and we'd better get out of here and go back to Zone B to stop Nigma. "This really did startle the Rangers from Zone C."
"You can not leave, boy." John said.
"Not after we release you from mind control, you brat," said Shayera. Even though Dick had more experience than she did, Shayera, having only seen him complain, thought he was talking to a child.
"We're not going to stop you from escaping, but you should not leave here, especially to keep them from falling under mental control again," Kal said.
"We do not know them, but because of their clothes and, as they are five, I deduce that they are the Power Rangers of Zone C."
"Exactly, Dick." Barry agreed. "We are the incredible Rangers in Zone C, but I am Barry, the fastest of all." Said the latter extending his hand, waiting for Dick to shake his hand. Sadly, Dick just slapped him on the shoulder.
"Then Wayne already has his team. I have to save them before Wayne ruins their lives. "Dick thought.
"I'm sorry, but we'd better get back to Zone B and defeat Nigma," said Dick, starting to walk. Kal's Morpho sounded. Kal answered, and gave Dick the morph.
"The commander," Kal said to Dick before giving his morpho to Dick. Wayne is hiding from me using his puppet, Dick thought.
Dick and the commander spoke for a few minutes. During those few minutes, Dick's complaints were heard as the Rangers and J'onn remained quiet. They needed to know what to do, but it was more surprising to see how Dick complained talking to the commander, and getting away with it. When the conversation ended, Dick hung up slowly and turned around as slowly.
"Then we will go by force to the base of Zone C." Dick said holding his jaw very tight.
"Understood," said the four Rangers in Zone B.
"By the way, some will have to go in the patrol car with Shayera and me, since they do not have vehicles," Diana said kindly.
"But the pretty redhead can drive my bike." Barry said patting the seat of his motorcycle, literally offering it to Kory, which made Shayera angry. She barely knew a Ranger who might be an alien like her, but she knew nothing about her, so she worried him very much and it annoyed him how Barry always acted like this with any pretty girl.
"I'm sorry, but I prefer the patrol car with Raven," Kory said. Going to the patrol car.
"I'm going with you, Kory," said Dick, half angrily.
XXX
The Rangers in Zone C and those in Zone B, except Diana, were standing in the hallway outside the door of the conference room. They had been waiting for fifteen minutes, but nothing was heard inside the conference room. This had become boring. J'onn was not in sight, because he was inside the conference room.
"Can we talk about us?" Barry asked, very bored and annoyed.
"No, remember that the commander gave us orders not to say anything about the mission while he was in the conference room," said Kal, who did not want to risk another punishment from Major Wayne.
"At least the infernal journey is over," Raven said. The trip to the base of Zone C was tortuous, but for her, since she had to be next to Rangers who did not know Kory and Dick, just as Victor and Garfield had to go on a motorcycle behind John and Kal. , since Kory did not want to go with him, and obviously refused to let someone else go with him.
"Be patient, newbies. Wayne will take another hour to make his blue Ranger understand that she is not the queen of the world, "said Dick annoyed by this.
"How does it feel to work with him?" Barry asked, with a very curious attitude.
"You have no idea how hellish it is," Dick replied without looking Barry in the eye.
"Welcome to our world." Kal, Barry, John and Shayera said at the same time.
"Imagine us." Victor interjected. "Every time something reminds him of Wayne, he always complains all day."
"That's not true," said Dick. "Is that true?" He asked Raven and Kory.
"Yes, a lot." Both answered.
Inside the conference room, Major Wayne kept scolding Diana for intentionally endangering herself, confronting lethal Power Rangers and nearly destroying the entire mission.
"You disobeyed again." Major Wayne reproached while Diana remained totally oblivious to him. She was sick of her scolding and arguments with Major Wayne. "Maybe I should wear an electric dog leash that electrocute you every time you try to disobey me. What part of do not leave the base you did not understand? "After a few seconds, Diana responded.
"The Rangers in Zone B are fine." she replied with annoyance.
"And you risked your life and you were alone!" He yelled almost at her face. "And we almost lost a blue Ranger for having challenged a professional criminal and Power Rangers willing to kill you!"
"I do not need the team, I can take care of myself, and I did it alone," Diana said.
"You did it with one, but you almost killed yourself for just a silly matter of pride," Major Wayne said.
"It's not pride, Bruce." Diana said.
"Of course it is. Whenever I give an order, you disobey it and put yourself and your team at risk. And all for your silly pride. "
"And your precious pride is also threatened." Diana replied. "Are you afraid when someone challenges an order because you can not control me or is there something else?"
"You are not a Power Ranger," Major Wayne said, causing Diana to get up, but J'onn came up to Diana and stopped her. Diana did not attack. The commander continued. "A Ranger is loyal, obedient, and commands respect. And you, on the contrary, only disrespect me, and all those who tell you that you can not do anything. "
This did cause Diana to stop. It was true what he said, in part. She was not respectful to many, but with the commander most disobeyed almost all orders, and partly because of her pride, and she wanted to repair it.
"I have a lot of respect for you, Bruce." Diana said in a lower voice.
"What?" The commander said surprised.
"I respect you for being someone very dedicated and focused on his mission, but I left the base, but not only for pride, but because I wanted to avoid risking more innocent lives. I could not let them go through anything, Bruce. They taught me not to risk anyone's life, even if I had to take a chance on that, "he said very softly. Everything was true. This was too much for Major Wayne, who surprisingly relaxed his facial expression, but was not free of problems.
"Then you are a Power Ranger, but you will not be able to disobey every order that you give. Now, you will spend two weeks sleeping in the corridor, and you will be tested indefinitely. Only until I see that you are obedient, then I will tell you that the test is over, but if you disobey another order, then I will remove that Morpho, I will remove that uniform and I will throw you out. Understood, Princess? "He asked after all his huge warning.
Diana had no choice but to accept, and she had already been honest with him at this time. She really did have respect for him and her companions. J'onn let out a smile very consciously, since he was happy that Diana had not left, just as she had been honest with him, something that almost nobody faced him.
Major Wayne opened the door to the conference room, and all the remaining Rangers entered quickly. The good thing is that the conference room was soundproof, so no one could hear anything of the conversation they had just had.
"Rangers, as you know the base of Zone B has been conquered and the base commander, Roy Harper, sent a message to ask for help, and for the henchmen to whom the rangers of Zone C and for what he did J 'onn, it's clear that the criminal mind behind this is Edward Nigma, aka the Riddler. And all this he does to avenge us for having beaten him before. "Commander Wayne explained, but now they had to know the Rangers and the purpose. "So, it would be better if they told us what happened to Nigma." He said, but technically he gave an order to the Rangers in zone B.
"We were about to stop Nigma, but before we did, he activated a device that fired a lightning bolt at the mind, which sadly did not spill under his mind control." Dick began to explain. "But how did they know what to do to free us from Nigma's control?" He asked.
"J'onn." Major Wayne commanded.
"Our new system was able to detect a new advanced technology. After some time of analysis of the electricity, we managed to elaborate the devices that would give an electrical discharge that would interrupt the mental control of Nigma. But we knew that they would not grab the discs if we were from the base, so I pretended to be a Riddler for the discs. "J'onn explained very calmly.
"And it's good that they did it. We almost kicked their butts, "said Barry.
"Do not be a bad loser, kid." Victor said. "A little more and I would have hit you on the ground," he said jokingly. This caused laughter from all the Rangers and J'onn.
"Stop laughing," Major Wayne said. "We have released the Zone B Rangers from Nigma's mind control, but now we have to come up with a plan to save the base of Zone B. And now I ask them: Are you ready?" He asked in a defiant tone, Defiant tone that everyone responded quickly.
"Yes." All the Rangers said at the same time.
"But I make the plan," said Dick. This surprised everyone, but Major Wayne put on a serious face that scared his Rangers.
"You are not the commander, Grayson. I am the one who will make the plan. "Major Wayne said.
"You're not going to make the plan, and it's final. Even if you do not accept it, I'll force you to do it. "He said in a very threatening tone. Major Wayne looked at the other Rangers and J'onn. "Come out. Him and I have to talk. "He ordered. Everyone left, even J'onn and the door closed.
This was going to be somewhat surprising, but most of all, because the Rangers in Zone C realized that he called Dick using "him" to refer to Dick, a term he never used with them, which angered them all, because he never showed that behavior with them. They expected the commander to show less cold behavior after this or they would complain, but now, they had to make a plan.
NEXT: A BETTER TEAM, PART 4.