A/N: Here's Chapter 15…
"Setsuna Yukimura: Time Force Red," said Capone, looking at the photo on the screen, "She chased us here and gave four people from the present powers to arrest our criminals. I put a hit on her family years ago. Surprised she's still alive."
Pressing the button, an image of Stacy appeared, "Stacy Jones: Time Force Pink. She is an ex-Team Rocket member. She has a lot of guts and power. She's Setsuna's partner in solving crimes… and knows a lot about criminal activity."
Next, Xavier's image appeared on the screen, "Xavier Bishop: Time Force Blue. Sinnoh League Champion. Apparently, he has a defensive side and will strike upon attacked. Don't get to carried away."
He then pressed a button, revealing Mason's image, "Mason Taylor: Time Force Yellow. Sinnoh's top chef. But, can pack a punch."
The last button pressed, Carl's image arrived as Capone chuckled, "Carl Sanchez: Time Force Green. His father, dead, was Roberto Sanchez. He was a detective. He knows how to use technology from both time periods."
He turned around as he turned to the next image, the picture of the Time Force Rangers appeared. Capone turned to the new creature. She had a blue shirt and black pants with a green vest. Her face was a Tangela with red eyes and lips. She also had a yellow scope on her right eye, "Rella, these rangers are what's stopping my empire."
"Rella, we will give you 5 million for each head," said Persira.
"5? After what they've done?" asked Satfrax, "Sorry, but they've stopped the highest of crimes. 10…"
"We're broke, Satfrax," said Persira.
"Shouldn't have used a human and fused him with DNA," Satfrax responded.
"He agreed to work with us if we got him out of prison," said Persira.
As the two of them were arguing over the bounties, Cyrus walked in as he heard them. Cyrus turned to the villains as he spoke to them, "I agree to kill them."
The arguing stopped as Cyrus walked over. He turned around as he spoke with Capone, "But, I think it's best to capture them. They can help me…"
"Do what?" asked Capone.
"Simple. Get the Adamant Orb and Lustrious Orb….," he said.
Capone rolled his eyes as he looked at him. Cyrus elaborated, "If we can get both orbs, we have control of time and space and you can restart your empire."
"Thanks Cyrus but I want them dead… we can figure out your stuff later," said Capone, "Besides, you have to hold your end of the bargain."
"I have," said Cyrus, looking at him, "My plans may have not gone well, but they are better than Persira's."
"If you want to bring back Team Galactic, you will have to do better. And that's executing the plan with Rella. Kill the rangers and I'll consider your plan," Capone said, getting up from the table. The villains watched as Capone walked away from the table. Persira turned around as she looked at Cyrus, "You just had to do it."
"He's failed every time," he said.
"Because of us… you are part of that equation. Now, prove him wrong. That is, if you can. Look where it got you," Persira responded, walking away from the conversation. Cyrus grinned as he turned to Rella. He went to pat Satfrax, only for Satfrax to walk away from the conversation too.
Go over time and space…
(Poké Rangers logo appears with Wingulls appearing on the screen, flash goes white, pan to Sunyshore City 4024)
Narrator:One person from the year 4024 met with four trainers to protect the past, present and future of the Sinnoh Region
(Time Force Rangers appear on the Time Force Jets loading dock)
Setsuna: Poké Rangers
Rangers: Time Force!
(Logo appears in a colorful background)
Time Force, Time Force!
(Quick images of rangers in a time distortion)
Poké Rangers!
(Rangers morph into their suits)
(Adamant Orb electrifies as Time Jets launch into the time dimension)
Racing to another time
(The Time Jets go through periods of time)
(Setsuna shoots the ship down as they break out of the timeslip)
(Xavier, Carl, Mason and Stacy meet Setsuna, Chrono Morphers are shown, rangers morph)
Chrono Morphers are online
(Five way split screen of the rangers morph)
(Setsuna turns around as she stands on the beach. "Setsuna Yukimara- Red Time Force Ranger" created by DreamySkies05)
Timeless wonders
(Stacy turns around as she sits behind the Sunyshore Lighthouse. "Stacy Jones- Pink Time Force Ranger" created by Blaze Productions)
(Xavier turns around as he walks down the main strip of Sunyshore City. "Xavier Bishop- Blue Time Force Ranger" created by NashWalker)
Fire and thunder
(Mason was cooking at his restaurant, looking at the camera. "Mason Taylor- Yellow Time Force Ranger" created by DreamySkies05)
Off to save the world
(Carl walks along the entrance to Sunyshore City with his backpack, looking up. "Carl Sanchez- Green Time Force Ranger" created by Blaze Productions)
Time for Time Force
(Rangers dash on the main strip and hop on the Time Flyer)
Time, Time, Time for Poké Rangers Time Force
(Shawn and Jace sit in their office, monitoring the battles)
Time, Time, Time for Poké Rangers Time Force
(Each ranger shows their badge)
Time, Time, Time for Poké Rangers Time Force
(Capone and Centuroids start shooting up the city with Persira holding bags of cash)
(Satfrax and Cyrus turn around as a mysterious shadow appeared behind them)
Time Force, Time Force
(Instrumental: Dialga and Palkia are shown, Cyrus's past is shown, criminals enlarge)
Time, Time, Time for Poké Rangers Time Force
(Time Force Megazord: Beta shoots down criminals)
Time, Time, Time for Poké Rangers Time Force
(Time Force Jet creates tornadoes, shooting down criminals)
Time, Time, Time for Poké Rangers Time Force
(Time Force Megazord: Alpha slices down criminals)
Time Force, Time Force
(Each ranger shown on camera quickly in a time distortion)
Poké Rangers… Go!
(Rangers, unmorphed, show the Time Force Badge as they disappear. © 2024 Blaze Productions. Based on "Power Rangers Time Force" © 2001-2002 by Saban/Hasbro and Disney and "Mirai Sentai Timeranger" © 2000-2001. All rights reserved)
Chapter 15: Sniper Photography
"Hey!"
The sound of Mason's voice could be heard as he was coming up the stairs from the Sunyshore Lighthouse. Mason took a deep breath as he went to talk to the rangers. Setsuna looked at him as she went to have a cup of coffee, "You said you needed to see me?"
"Well, everyone," said Setsuna, "We're in trouble."
"Trouble?" asked Mason.
The yellow ranger turned around as Carl and Xavier arrived. The two of them headed toward Mason as Setsuna walked over toward them. Hoot turned around as it went to speak, "I think I found the issue of why you've been targeted. Remember when I said there would be a target on your backs?"
"Yeah," said Carl, looking at Hoot. Hoot sighed as a picture of the imagery. The rangers froze as they were looking at past battle footage as well as photos. Carl stood in shock as Mason looked to see their photos, "These were recovered from Time Force Central."
"Great," said Stacy, "That means someone knows EXACTLY who we are to take photos. But, who?"
"And how did Capone get them?" asked Mason.
"Well, it's not a matter of how Capone got them. Capone was able to see the battle footage and it wouldn't surprised me if they ran your info. It explains the personal attacks. How about that photographer?" asked Hoot.
"Carol?" asked Mason, "No…"
"Now thinking about it, she was taking photos when we were in Pastoria City," said Stacy. She turned around as she turned to Mason, "Is she still taking photos?"
"I haven't spoken to her since our last encounter," said Mason, "I know she's hell bent on finding our identities and getting paid to do that."
Xavier turned around as he looked at Mason, "We need to get to her home. You know her."
Mason rolled his eyes as he turned to the blue ranger, "Not personally."
"I'll find the address," said Carl, sitting down as he went to figure out the address, "I would rather not have a replay of what happened in Pastoria."
Flashback to Chapter 11…
Pressing the button on her morpher, her Vortex Sniper appeared in her hand as she went to aim for the weapon. As she did, the rainbow lines surrounded her visor as it was scanning a readout. The frequency scanner matched to what the Vortex Sniper needed.
"I have it!" she said, aiming.
As she went to aim, Mason looked around. He stood in shock as he noticed Carol taking photos. Heading closer, she tripped and fell. Upon falling, a pink blast of energy aimed right for it. Mason quickly jumped up as he grabbed Carol, only to get hit by the attack.
"Mason!" shouted Stacy, only seeing why he moved. Setsuna stood there in response as she saw Carol, looking up at Mason.
"I thought we asked you to leave," said Mason, taking a deep breath. The other rangers hustled over as Stacy threw her Vortex Sniper on the ground, "I hope you're happy with yourself."
"To get live footage is everything… this is what I needed," said Carol.
Setsuna walked over, pushing Stacy and Mason aside. She grabbed her by the collar of shirt. Carol had fear in her eyes as Setsuna looked at her behind the visor. She turned around as she saw people walking around the center of town. Setsuna angrily turned around, "If you would've let us do our job, we wouldn't be doing this. We just had to blow that thing up and everything would've been back to normal."
Throwing Carol down, she looked up as Setsuna pointed at her, "I'm telling you, stay out of our way! Get to safety!"
Carl turned around in his seat as he got the printout, "I got her address."
Setsuna grinned as she turned to the rest of the rangers, "Let's get going."
Sunyshore City…
Carol's house was on the corner of a random street somewhere near the center of the city. Carol was on her bike, heading down the street toward the home. Seeing the white and green house on the corner, she managed to get to the front gate. Pressing a certain code, the gate opened. She walked her bike to one of the lots, locking it up. She headed toward a green door that was on the first floor. Finding her keys, she walked into her home.
Her home had a beautiful kitchen when you walked in as well as the living room. It was white walls with a green couch and golden frames. She placed her backpack on the white and golden island in the center. She walked toward the front of the living room as she was looking at her photos. She grinned as she was getting all of the Time Force photos to put in a magazine. She looked over to see the other five photos. She grinned as she was looking at the photos that were already returned to her. As she placed the photos in an envelope, the doorbell rang. Carol looked up as she placed the envelope down, storing it in her bedroom, locking the door. Heading to the front door, she went to turn the golden knob. Immediately, the door broke open. Carol freaked out as Rella appeared. Rella, who had a golden and silver blaster aimed at her with the Centuroids.
"Carol da Silva, correct?"
"Yeah," she said, shaking.
"My name is Rella, Croak Capone's top sniper. We managed to get photos of… your rangers," she said.
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"The man you went to with the photos… did you know that was a Centuroid? We did give them back to you," she said, grinning, throwing the case of cash on the ground, "Now, we need all of the photos."
"I'm sorry but the photos are about to head to the Sunyshore Gazette," said Carol.
Rella grumbled as she grabbed Carol, knocking her out with her blaster. She turned around as she looked at the Centuroids, "Search the place. We are going to take a little trip."
Later that afternoon…
"This is the place?" asked Stacy.
Carl nodded as he walked toward the front gate. Usually, the front gate would be locked, but he saw construction workers working on the gate. Carl stepped forward, "Hey, we are here to see Carol da Silva… is she home?"
"I guess," the construction worker said, "Apparently, the landlord called it in. The gate was broken into."
Carl said nothing as he marched toward her apartment. The other rangers followed. As they walked in, the door was busted open. As Carl went in, he froze. Mason walked in as he froze as well. Stacy and Setsuna freaked out as Xavier noticed the apartment. Everything was tossed and ransacked. Carl turned around as he saw the couches burnt from blaster shots, "It seems they found her."
Mason nodded as he walked toward the living room. As the rangers were searching for clues, Mason climbed over a few items as he noticed that everything was attacked. He then noticed the door to the bedroom. Opening the bedroom, he walked in. He turned around, seeing the room. It was the least damaged. From what he could tell, the police were on their way.
"Hey, was the police here?" asked Mason.
"Why?" asked Setsuna.
"They just got to the bedroom, but didn't trash it," he said. Turning the light on, he freaked out as he saw a poster… of him in a ranger suit. Mason's eyes grew as he looked at it. Carl walked in as he saw it too.
"She likes you," said Carl, grinning. Mason rolled his eyes, "I didn't expect to be a celebrity."
As he turned around, he noticed something sticking out from the drawer. As he walked toward it, he pulled out the envelope. Opening the envelope, he stood there in shock. He turned around as he saw the notes and addresses. He turned around as he went to the living room, "Setsuna!"
Setsuna turned around as she walked toward them, "What's up?"
"I found this," said Mason. Setsuna opened the envelope. She froze, looking at all of the photos from the recent battles as well as their identities. Setsuna looked at the notes, "This was given to a man named Chris Martez of the Pastoria Record."
"Pastoria Record?" asked Carl, "Their newspaper?"
Setsuna looked at the page that was attached to the envelope, "And look at this… a whole page contract."
Carl took out his morpher and pressed a blue button. The Chrono Morpher acted as a scanner as all of the information was scanned together. He turned to the other rangers, "Looking at all of the photos that were taken, this was from when we were in Pastoria City."
"Let's head back and see if we can go through the information," said Setsuna.
"What do we do about the envelope?" asked Carl.
"Bring it. We can't have our identities go to the public," Setsuna replied. Carl nodded as he grabbed the envelope. Turning the lights off, Mason turned around as he saw the poster again. He then turned off the lights and closed the broken door. The rangers were heading toward the kitchen, on their way out. Xavier and Stacy were walking with them, "So, what do we know?"
"Well, we have the evidence we need. Anything from the neighbors?" asked Setsuna.
"They heard something… the police were finally called five minutes ago," said Xavier.
"Why didn't they call when we showed up?" asked Setsuna.
"Good question… that's odd," said Stacy, turning to Setsuna. As the rangers got in the car, Setsuna started the engine and drove away, just in time for the detectives arrive. As the car pulled up, Rey Curtis opened the door as he was looking at the apartment, "Forced entry?"
Within a few minutes, Rey froze as he looked at the apartment that the call was made to, "Damn, Ben!"
Ben, who was not that far behind, walked toward the apartment floor. He shook his head as he looked at Rey, "Well, someone had some fun here."
"And there's no one in the apartment," Rey said, looking around.
Sunyshore Lighthouse…
Hoot was sitting with Carl as the evidence was being channeled through the computer banks. The rangers watched as the data was being loaded into the database. Within minutes, the data was released in paper form for Carl to read off as well as the diagrams.
"Okay," said Carl, standing as he went to give his evidence, "We ran through the papers and evidence… get ready."
The rangers sat down as Carl walked toward one of the boards where Carol's face was on the board, "Carol gave the photos of us to a man named Chris Martez, the chief of the Pastoria Record. That is false information. There isn't a Chris Martez on staff, but we did get a copy of the contract. Hoot, Exhibit A?"
Hoot nodded as the document appeared. It was signed, but when Carl pressed a new button, the rangers noticed red lines. Stacy turned to Carl, "So, are the red lines supposed to show forgery?"
"Actually, if a human signed it," said Carl, looking at the scanner, "It was signed by a Centuroid. There were prints on the photos…"
"Prints?" asked Mason.
"Capone's prints were on the photos. So, based off of that, the Centuroid brought the photos to Capone and he was able to run down our personal information," said Carl, "This must've happened when Max and Persira went on a robbery spree."
"So, what are you trying to say," said Xavier, "Carol was going to give us away just to get paid. But, instead of the public knowing, it was given to Capone?"
"Correct," said Carl.
"What about the doors and the burnt marks?" asked Stacy.
"They were not from Centuroids," said Carl, "Actually, they're armor-piercing bullets from the future."
"Only one person can use those," Hoot said, changing the screen. The rangers turned around as they saw Rella in a diagram, "This is Sniper Rella, did about 450 years for completing Capone's first wave of killing."
"She's a hitman?" asked Mason, looking at the rangers, "Great, we're on her list."
"Yeah, we're on her lit list," said Setsuna.
"Well, hopefully she doesn't know our true identities," said Stacy. The rangers had a moment of silence to let that sink in. Hoot broke it up as it went to speak, "Well, besides carrying the blaster, Rella can use her scope to shoot armor piercing bullets. These bullets can go right through your suits."
The rangers turned to each other. Learning that they could probably die from her attacks was the last thing on their mind. Xavier sat down as he looked at the rangers and then at Hoot. He took a deep breath as he went to speak, "Well, Max tried to kill us, Gargosby… Rella now. It doesn't surprise me."
"Why?" asked Carl.
"Capone's starting to run out of options. Didn't say he's out of options," said Xavier.
"True, this is the fourteenth criminal we had to freeze compress," said Stacy.
"Yep. To be safe," said Setsuna, looking at the other rangers, "I think its best we put a security lock on the lighthouse and stay here tonight."
"But, I have a restaurant to get back to," Mason replied.
"I know," said Setsuna, "But, I would rather arrest Rella and hide our identities right now so we can go back to living our lives. If I let you go back, you could be dead overnight."
The yellow ranger slowly nodded as he went to leave the lighthouse. He took a breath, "Let me go get my things."
The next morning…
PEW! PEW! PEW!
The sound of lasers in close proximity caused Setsuna's eyes to bulge out of her sockets, rolling on the bed and falling face down first on the floor. Looking up, she could hear the sounds of laser blasters. She withdrew her Time Blaster, which was activated as she reached her morpher that was on her nightstand. As she opened the door, she performed a shoulder roll as she went to pull the trigger. A red beam struck across, only for Carl to arrive with his Vector Saber, deflecting it. Setsuna stood there in shock, seeing Carl morphed in his ranger suit. Carl took a breath as he removed his helmet, looking at Hoot angrily.
"I had a feeling this was a bad idea Hoot," Carl responded.
"Damn it, Carl!" Setsuna shouted.
Carl turned around as he saw the drowsiness from the other rangers who were awaken by the sudden blasts. Carl sighed as he looked at Hoot, "This needed to be done outside."
"But, I didn't want you to be detected out there," said Hoot.
"What were you doing anyway?" asked Xavier, yawning.
Carl sighed as he grabbed the Vortex Pulsar that was on the couch, "I was going to use my weapon to create a pulse… come here."
The other rangers hovered over as Carl went to sit down next to the computer. He moved the mouse back and forth as the rangers looked at the diagram. The rangers were impressed as Carl went to continue, "I calibrated my Vortex Pulsar to create a barrier with a tenth mile radius. Anyone in the tenth mile radius can't get shot."
"So…" said Setsuna, looking at the living room, "You weren't actually firing at somebody."
"No, I was shooting beams out the window," Carl said, "We were testing it."
"Talk about a crazy idea, Carl," said Stacy.
"Look," said Carl, turning around to the pink ranger, "It's either we try something to protect us from Rella or… pray we don't get shot and killed! Your choice."
Stacy sighed as Carl turned to Hoot. Before Hoot could respond, the alarm appeared on the computer as Hoot's eyes turned around, "Everyone! I see a disturbance."
The rangers turned around as they were looking at the screen. The rangers were examining the middle of Sunyshore City. Mason shook his head as he turned to look at the area. Carol was sitting on a park bench by herself, "Nothing… I don't see the problem."
"I do," said Stacy, "It's a trap."
"What do you mean?" asked Mason.
"Well," Hoot said, turning to Stacy, "If I sensed a disturbance and the photographer is there, it only means that she is being used as bait."
"To kill us," said Setsuna, turning to Mason. Mason froze as he looked at the screen. Xavier stepped in to continue the conversation, "What do we do?"
"Simple. Follow Carl's plan. Carl, can that pulse be not detected?" asked Setsuna.
"So far, we haven't had a police call. So, it worked," said Carl.
"Good. Because that's what we're going to do first. Everyone, be on your guard," Setsuna replied. The rangers nodded as they headed down the stairs. Carl nodded as he turned on the settings in his Vortex Pulsar. Pressing his morpher, the Vortex Pulsar disappeared, saving memory into the databanks of his morpher. He picked up his helmet as he headed to follow the rest of the team.
Meanwhile…
Carol was sitting quietly at the park bench, watching everyone do their normal business. It was quiet and serene. She looked down as she felt a silver and blue necklace around her neck. As she went to poke at it, a red spark surrounded her as she turned around. She grinned as she looked at Rella, who was watching her.
"I wouldn't…," she said, holding the device in her hand, "I'll blow the whole city up."
Outside…
The rangers were heading together in the Vector Rover, driving toward the city. As the rangers were traveling, Hoot's voice was activated, "Rangers, it seems that there is a bomb attached to Carol's neck."
"Can it be stopped?" asked Carl.
"No. Rella already started the timer. We have about 30 minutes until explosion."
"Is it one of those bombs that can blow up a whole city?" asked Setsuna.
"Based on the bomb, yes."
"Lovely, this criminal really wants us gone," Mason responded, rolling his eyes.
Setsuna turned around as she looked at the location where Carol was being held. As she pulled the Vector Rover to a complete stop, the rangers turned around as Carl pressed a button on his morpher, "Chrono Access!"
A green aura surrounded his hands as the Vortex Pulsar appeared. Pressing a few buttons, he modified his beam to not be detected or seen. He aimed his weapon up in the air, toward the sky, "Barrier Beam!"
A green beam struck out, heading toward the top. As it did, it dispersed into nothingness. Carl pressed his helmet, "Chrono Search."
His visor began to detect a purplish-bluish barrier that surrounded Carol and the neighboring people. He nodded as he saw the barrier began to form. He looked at the others, "We need five minutes for the barrier to take full effect."
"Got it," said Setsuna, "Everyone, head to your positions… stay hidden."
"Right!"
The rangers split up in multiple spots across the location. Each ranger was armed with the Vortex Weapons as they aimed at the location, spread out hidden. Carl watched as the barrier began to rise from the surface. He turned around as he looked at his morpher, "Once the barrier reaches to max capacity, we will only have two minutes to get her out."
"Chrono Morpher, synced," said Stacy, setting the time as she waited. Everyone waited patiently as the time was decreasing. Carl nodded as the barrier was rising, slowly. As the rangers were all quiet, Rella laughed as she was looking at her watch. She knew that the rangers would come, but it was all a matter of time. She had her weapon out, ready to aim at whoever was coming out first.
Meanwhile, Mason was sitting with his weapon. As he laid his head on the tree branch, he looked up as he was waiting for the time. He then turned around as he felt something scratch his nose. Removing his helmet quickly, he rubbed his nose, trying to get rid of the tickle. As he placed his helmet back on, the tickle turned into a sneeze. As he sneezed, his head smacked against the branches as a Starly nest landed. Looking up the Starly floated across angrily with a Staraptor, looking down.
"Oh boy…," he said, gulping. As he started to run, the Staraptor aimed its beak at Mason. Mason gulped as he was struck by an Aerial Ace. Mason yelled as he flipped, landing on the ground. Staraptor grumbled as it flew across. He turned around as he noticed Carol, who was watching the whole thing. Mason gulped as he headed toward Carol.
"Time Force Yellow!" she shouted.
"Damn it! Mason!" Carl shouted, "Everyone, move in!"
As the rangers leaped out, the Staraptor went to swoop down, heading toward Mason. Rella laughed as she used her weapon. Blue and pink beams struck. The beams struck the barrier first, causing everyone who was there to run. The barrier was then struck again, with the beam nearly missing Starapator. Staraptor, terrified, flew away from the battle. As the rangers headed toward the trees, the barrier was then destroyed.
"Way to go, dummy," Carl shouted.
"I had to sneeze, sue me," said Mason.
Pink beams struck, causing the rangers to dodge the attack. As the rangers hid behind concrete, Stacy reached for her morpher, "Where's Rella?"
"I see laser beams coming from the top of the billboard behind you."
As Hoot finished speaking, more beams blasted from behind. Stacy turned around as she withdrew her Vortex Sniper, aiming for Rella. As Rella went to her right, Stacy pulled the trigger. A pink blast of energy hit as Rella's left hand was hit. The device that was tied to the bomb landed on the ground. Stacy dashed forward as she turned to Carl. Carl nodded as he modified his weapon, shooting across. A green blast dispersed as the barrier began to form again. As she dodged the blasts from Rella, Stacy flipped over as she grabbed the device. Turning around to run, she ran in a zig zag motion, confusing her. As Rella went to shoot, the barrier appeared, shattering. Stacy headed over toward the device as Setsuna looked at it. Pressing a green button, the necklace began to unlock. Carol took a deep breath as Mason grabbed it and threw it across. Using the Vortex Vulcan, yellow beams struck the device as it exploded. A wave of explosions appeared as Rella stood there in shock. Mason turned around as he looked at Carol, "Stay."
The rangers headed over toward the center of the square as Rella had her weapon out, "I almost had you… almost killed you and that photographer."
"Well, your hitlist is going to have to be put on hold," said Setsuna, stretching out her Time Force Badge, "We're bringing you in."
"You can go to hell, Centuroids!"
The Centuroids materialized from multiple places, heading straight for the team. Setsuna, Xavier and Mason stood in a line, reaching for their Chrono Morphers. Upon pressing the button, flashes of red, blue and yellow appeared as their Vector Sabers were received. Immediately, Setsuna dashed forward, slashing each of the Centuroids as they were coming her way. Turning around, she made the final cut as the last Centuroid in her area fell. Xavier jumped up as he slashed the Centuroids across. Landing on his own feet, the Centuroids went to strike, only for Xavier to release a blue wave of energy from his saber, slashing the Centuroids across. Finally, Mason slashed a few of the Centuroids across their armor and then diagonally. He turned around as he began to build up. Yellow energy formed from his saber as he went to attack the rest of the Centuroids. Explosions appeared as he turned around to help Stacy and Carl.
Stacy and Carl used their Vortex Weapons. Shooting Rella with the Vortex Sniper and Vortex Pulsar, Rella dodged the attack. She then tried to release more armor piercing bullets from her sniper, only for Mason to block them with the saber. As the bullets fell down, Stacy flipped over and aimed her weapon right at her yellow scope. Pulling the trigger, a pink energy beam pierced her eye as the scope broke apart. As she did, a purple patch appeared around the scope. Stacy froze as she turned to the others.
"Nice job!" said Carl, looking at Stacy. Stacy pointed to Rella as Carl looked up, seeing the purple patch glow, "So, the patch was in the scope?"
"Now to finally take you all down!" she shouted, bringing out her sniper weapon. Green and yellow beams struck as the rangers took cover. The beams pierced certain objects and items as Setsuna went to call it in, "Hoot!"
"Emergency System Activated!"
During the slipstream, the Time Force Zords went through two thousand years of history. As a white light surrounded one of the buildings, the five jets appeared out of Sunyshore City's attractions. Flying across, the Time Force Zords were in a linear formation, heading toward Pastoria City. The rangers hopped on the Time Flyer and then headed into their zords.
The rangers all landed in their respective zords. As the rangers logged in, Hoot's face appeared on the screen, "It seems Stacy did a good job piercing the scope. We can easily just freeze compress her and we're home free."
"Awesome," said Setsuna, "Megazord Formation, Alpha Mode!"
In a flash of red light, the jets transformed into their own zords. Iron Valiant folded its weapon as it transformed into an arm with Luxray. Luxray transformed into arm as the tail shrunk, legs folded with a hand forming. The two arms floated across as the Empoleon Zord split into two legs. The head shrunk as the body split. The Torterra Zord shrunk its head and arms, becoming the chest as the tree detached, becoming the shield. The Infernape jumped up as it crossed its arms and legs. The Infernape combined with the Torterra as its head popped up. The other zords connected with it. The tree was held, becoming a shield.
The rangers this time landed in a cockpit, with red lights. Setsuna appeared with her console, "Time Force Megazord Saber!"
A pink blade, similar to Iron Valiant's lance appeared. It was a pink blade with a silver hilt and blue crystal with black and gold lights.
Rella laughed as she went to strike with her weapon. Pink and blue bullets headed straight toward the Time Force Megazord without hesitation. Quickly, the Time Force Megazord Shield deflected them. As the bullets were hit, a blast of energy appeared as the rangers lowered it. She was missing.
"Where did she go?" asked Xavier.
"Be on your guard," said Setsuna.
Carl, looking around, noticed that Rella was not in any location, even in infrared. As he tilted up, he noticed a purple beam heading straight for them. The sensors started kicking in as he went to turn to the others, "Looks like we found her."
As the beam hit the Time Force Megazord, the rangers held on as she started to shoot a few more times. By the time she pulled the trigger, a third time. The Time Force Megazord began to glow in a red aura as the Time Jets pulled out. The Time Jets headed toward Rella, shooting Rella as she landed on the ground.
"Megazord Formation, Beta Mode!"
"Megazord Formation, Beta Mode!" Setsuna shouted.
The rangers held on as the Time Jets were floating up in the air. Time Jets 2 and 3 were flying up vertically. The jets folded as blue arms appeared. Time Jets 4 and 5 were flying below as the jets folded, turning into legs. Time Jet 1 formed to become the chest. All of the jets combined as the front of the jet opened, revealing a blue helmet.
Looking across to see the Time Flyer, the Time Flyer started heading toward the Time Force Megazord.
"Time Blaster!"
The Time Flyer folded into a white laser pistol with two black nozzles poking out. Picking it up, the Time Force Megazord Beta landed on the ground, picking up the blaster. Rella went to shoot using her weapon. A pink beam struck, only for the Time Force Megazord to release a blue wall of energy, reflecting it back. Rella screamed as she was hit, "How?"
"Did you think I did not also modify our systems to go against your attacks?" asked Carl, "Allow me… Time Blaster, Stun Spore!"
The Time Blaster began to glow in a yellow aura as a stream of Stun Spore emerged. As the Stun Spore began to touch Rella, Rella freaked out as she was paralyzed. Rella was unable to move as blue sparks surrounded her. Rella couldn't even pull the trigger due to the heaviness of the paralysis.
"Now that we have that taken care of…," said Carl.
The rangers nodded as they detached the Time Force Megazord, switching it back to Alpha Mode. As the Time Force Megazord landed on the ground, Setsuna grabbed the joystick in front of her, "Now… let's go!"
A red aura surrounded it as a duplicate saber appeared, the same as the Time Force Megazord Saber. Pulling it out, Setsuna stretched it out as two blades on either side stretched out, exactly like the Megazord. As the Megazord stretched it, the same thing happened. A green clock appeared behind it as the clouds and skies got darker.
"Blizzard Strike!"
A teal aura surrounded the Megazord Saber as it slashed Rella. Upon contact, a yellow and green energy slash surrounded the criminal as he screamed. Rella froze as the rangers turned to the screen, "Time's up!"
3… 2… 1… FREEZE!
"Nooooo!"
As she fell to the ground, an explosion appeared all around her. Blue energy swirled around as she shrunk back into a miniature. Setsuna turned around as she looked at the team, placing her saber back in the console, "Case closed."
Carol's Apartment…
Carol was already asleep in her bed. Sleeping from the long day, Carl and Stacy were cleaning up the apartment, trying to make it look somewhat decent for her to walk around. As they picked up things and organized it, Xavier turned around as he was sweeping the kitchen floor. Carl sighed as he managed to take the photos of the rangers out of the envelope but kept the ones with suits. He turned around as he placed it on the counter. Stacy turned around as she looked at Carl, "Why are you not taking them all?"
"Well… we've been noticed a lot," said Carl, "But, I did take our actual photos."
As Stacy looked at it, she went to see the photos. She then turned to see Carl grinning as he grabbed a post-it note. He wrote down the email address and then Time Force Yellow at the end of it. Stacy looked at him and punched, "Carl Sanchez."
"Just saying…," he said.
"Mason's going to murder you," responded Stacy.
"Maybe," said Carl.
Carl and Stacy headed out the door with Xavier locking the door on their way out that was just replaced by the damage. Carol continued to sleep, unaware of the conversation.
Capone's Lair…
"Great… we got a lot of money from the attack," Capone said happily. He turned around as he looked at Persira and Satfrax. Cyrus laid back as he shook his head. Capone turned around as he looked at Cyrus, "You seem displeased."
"You didn't watch the battle footage…" he said, "Your hitman's arrested."
"How?" asked Capone.
"Rangers caught on to your plan. They're good," said Cyrus, "They also found a way to not reveal themselves to the public."
Capone clenched his fists and slammed them on the table, "Those rangers are going to be my downfall. At least I have plenty of weapons available."
Sunyshore Lighthouse…
As Mason woke up the next morning, his bags were packed as he was going to go back to his house. Sitting on the chair, he went to check his emails. As he went through his business, he saw an email. Clicking on it, he froze.
Dear Time Force Yellow,
I never knew that you had an email address! Someone was nice to send me this email address. I hope you are well. I wanted to thank you for saving me from Rella. She seemed to be a horrible opponent. Because of this, I was afraid to send my photos to the Pastoria Call. It would've been not fair for you and your friends. I also respect you. I broke the contract to protect any evidence. You have a heart of gold. I hope we can get a cup of coffee soon.
Regards,
Carol da Silva
"Wow," said Mason, ready to respond to the email. As he was responding back, Carl and Stacy looked at each other as Mason was finishing his response. Carl grinned as he turned to her, "An IP Address where no one can trace it. He can email her back and forth."
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" asked Stacy.
"Simple. Playing matchmaker," said Carl.
"You are going to get yourself in deep trouble," she said, rolling her eyes as she headed back into her room. Carl grinned as he hopped on the couch with a book in hand. Mason grinned as he was writing her back.
Case File: April 23, 2024
Next… Time Force!
Capone: I am hungry…
Mason: What happened to your restaurant?
?: It's failing.
Mason: Well, allow me to show you how it's done.
Carl: Careful, dude. This guy wants to destroy restaurants not up to his standards.
Mason: It's not just the food quality, it's about the service, it's about how we treat each other.
Mason: No excuses, pal! Do your job!
?: Since when do you think you can take over my restaurant?
Mason: You failed them, I'm going to put you out of business.
Poké Rangers Time Force Chapter 16: Bar Rescue
Mason: I'll arrest you for destroying people's hopes and dreams!
A/N: This was one of my favorite episodes to write when I wrote this back in December. I also realized that it was Carol da Silva, according to the Google Form of characters that were sent to me. So, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Please feel free to leave a review. It's March! I can't believe it's March already. I hope you all have a fantastic week. I might have a new chapter coming soon. I'm curious to know your thoughts on it.
We do have two more chapters until an actual story arc. I'm sure you are getting tired of seeing case after case, criminal after criminal... it's coming, you just got to be patient.